thelibertydaily--2020-11-21--David Limbaugh: The Censorious Left Is Obliterating Free Speech

A lot of things worry me about a Joe Biden-Kamala Harris administration , but nothing troubles me more than that it will accommodate the left 's disturbing march toward selective suppression of free speech .
Much of the war against this sacred liberty occurs at the level of our culture , but when a leftist-friendly administration is in power , our efforts to combat this culturally will be more difficult .
As a result of structural and technological changes in our society , threats to free speech no longer come from the government alone , and so , our constitutional @ @ @ @ @ @ @ There has been such a consolidation of power in the media and social media that these two institutions pose a great danger to our speech apart from any state action .
As you know , the federal Constitution and state constitutions only restrict government abridgments of speech , not those emanating from privately owned entities .
But lately , these institutions have become increasingly powerful and alarmingly censorious toward conservative speech , and their actions clearly impacted the presidential election .
The mainstream media does n't even present both sides of issues anymore @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Trump has been entirely negative , despite the enormous successes of his administration .
The media conspiratorially shielded a cognitively failing Joe Biden and abdicated their reporting function concerning his condition and his unprecedented absence during the campaign .
They wholly ignored credible corruption allegations against his son Hunter Biden .
They invariably present their editorial views as straight news .
All of these practices and more deceive and poison their viewers .
Social media oligarchs Facebook , Twitter , Google , and YouTube discriminate against conservatives and their viewpoints .
When questioned @ @ @ @ @ @ @ arrogantly scoff and invoke vague , bogus standards to obfuscate their censorship .
When asked to explain their censorship , they descend into postmodern psychobabble , such as Twitter 's Jack Dorsey 's saying , `` We 're simply linking to a broader conversation so that people have more information . ''
What ?
By limiting opposing views , you are broadening the conversation ?
Please .
As conservatives , we do n't want the government to suppress the biased liberal media , no matter how noxious , one-sided , and unfair it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ do a better job competing , and elected officials must consider amending the Communications Decency Act and look into antitrust remedies to deter and prevent censorship by the emerging social media Big Brother .
What concerns me more than the current concentration of power in these various institutions and their censorship is that they and their Democratic allies would want to suppress opposing views in the first place .
But they do , and they are .
Leftists are brazenly hostile toward the publication of opinions with which they disagree .
This is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ end justifies the means .
Their allegiance is not to liberty but to their agenda , which must be achieved at all costs , including the obliteration of our most fundamental freedoms .
Leftists no longer subscribe to the American tradition that the cure for erroneous or offensive speech is more speech , not the muzzling of objectionable speech .
Indeed , this censorious trend is so pervasive that its purveyors have become entirely irrational and totalitarian in their attitudes and practices .
This ominous assault on conservative speech is coming not only @ @ @ @ @ @ @ other assorted leftist fringe groups but also from Democratic elected officials .
The rationalizations they use to justify their censorship are breathtaking .
They 've convinced themselves that certain political views are so toxic they 're not entitled to protection .
These days , that category of forbidden views has grown to include virtually all conservative speech , which the left regards as obnoxious , hateful , racist , and violence-inducing .
Leftists do n't bat an eye when Twitter or Facebook removes conservative posts or bans conservative posters simply because they are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ example , said that more stringent warnings , not fewer or none , should be applied to Trump 's tweets alleging election fraud as if the public is too stupid to make its own assessment .
Sen. Richard Blumenthal argued that Twitter and Facebook should be ratcheting up their censorship of certain conservative outlets , such as Breitbart , because of its `` incendiary '' content .
For Blumenthal , `` incendiary , '' of course , is just a synonym for `` conservative . ''
If you 're a Democrat , does @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 's leaders want to muzzle conservative expression instead of allowing it to be vetted in the marketplace of ideas ?
Do n't you see the `` 1984 '' -ish smell of their news-speak ?
Is advancing your policy agenda worth the suppression of opposing ideas ?
You 've effectively transported book-burning into the digital age .
I dare say , you wo n't find many examples of conservatives suppressing liberal speech .
They 'll dispute and sometimes ridicule it , but they will not ban it from their platforms or their publications .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ because of their different political views .
You do n't see conservative institutions banning Democratic officials the way Harvard students advocate the banning of Trump officials from their campus .
The left will never run out of specious arguments to suppress conservative speech , but even if it were correct in its depictions of our speech , which it most emphatically is not , its move to silence its political opponents is far more dangerous to the republic than any ideas it seeks to suppress .
If this censorship train continues down the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ they 're not going to be protected from the tyrannical juggernaut they have enabled and that the culture and society they 've unleashed will ultimately come for them , too , just like the French revolutionaries finally turned on Robespierre .

A lot of things worry me about a Joe Biden-Kamala Harris administration, but nothing troubles me more than that it will accommodate the left's disturbing march toward selective suppression of free speech.
Much of the war against this sacred liberty occurs at the level of our culture, but when a leftist-friendly administration is in power, our efforts to combat this culturally will be more difficult.
As a result of structural and technological changes in our society, threats to free speech no longer come from the government alone, and so, our constitutional guarantees against encroachments are now inadequate. There has been such a consolidation of power in the media and social media that these two institutions pose a great danger to our speech apart from any state action.
As you know, the federal Constitution and state constitutions only restrict government abridgments of speech, not those emanating from privately owned entities. But lately, these institutions have become increasingly powerful and alarmingly censorious toward conservative speech, and their actions clearly impacted the presidential election.
The mainstream media doesn't even present both sides of issues anymore, and its coverage of President Donald Trump has been entirely negative, despite the enormous successes of his administration. The media conspiratorially shielded a cognitively failing Joe Biden and abdicated their reporting function concerning his condition and his unprecedented absence during the campaign. They wholly ignored credible corruption allegations against his son Hunter Biden. They invariably present their editorial views as straight news. All of these practices and more deceive and poison their viewers.
Social media oligarchs Facebook, Twitter, Google, and YouTube discriminate against conservatives and their viewpoints. When questioned by senators about their bias, they arrogantly scoff and invoke vague, bogus standards to obfuscate their censorship. When asked to explain their censorship, they descend into postmodern psychobabble, such as Twitter's Jack Dorsey's saying, "We're simply linking to a broader conversation so that people have more information." What? By limiting opposing views, you are broadening the conversation? Please.
As conservatives, we don't want the government to suppress the biased liberal media, no matter how noxious, one-sided, and unfair it has become. But we need to do a better job competing, and elected officials must consider amending the Communications Decency Act and look into antitrust remedies to deter and prevent censorship by the emerging social media Big Brother.
What concerns me more than the current concentration of power in these various institutions and their censorship is that they and their Democratic allies would want to suppress opposing views in the first place. But they do, and they are. Leftists are brazenly hostile toward the publication of opinions with which they disagree. This is unsurprising because, for them, the end justifies the means. Their allegiance is not to liberty but to their agenda, which must be achieved at all costs, including the obliteration of our most fundamental freedoms.
Leftists no longer subscribe to the American tradition that the cure for erroneous or offensive speech is more speech, not the muzzling of objectionable speech. Indeed, this censorious trend is so pervasive that its purveyors have become entirely irrational and totalitarian in their attitudes and practices.
This ominous assault on conservative speech is coming not only from media and social media companies and other assorted leftist fringe groups but also from Democratic elected officials. The rationalizations they use to justify their censorship are breathtaking.
They've convinced themselves that certain political views are so toxic they're not entitled to protection. These days, that category of forbidden views has grown to include virtually all conservative speech, which the left regards as obnoxious, hateful, racist, and violence-inducing. Leftists don't bat an eye when Twitter or Facebook removes conservative posts or bans conservative posters simply because they are conservative.
Sen. Dianne Feinstein, for example, said that more stringent warnings, not fewer or none, should be applied to Trump's tweets alleging election fraud as if the public is too stupid to make its own assessment. Sen. Richard Blumenthal argued that Twitter and Facebook should be ratcheting up their censorship of certain conservative outlets, such as Breitbart, because of its "incendiary" content. For Blumenthal, "incendiary," of course, is just a synonym for "conservative."
If you're a Democrat, doesn't it bother you that your party's leaders want to muzzle conservative expression instead of allowing it to be vetted in the marketplace of ideas? Don't you see the "1984"-ish smell of their news-speak? Is advancing your policy agenda worth the suppression of opposing ideas? You've effectively transported book-burning into the digital age.
I dare say, you won't find many examples of conservatives suppressing liberal speech. They'll dispute and sometimes ridicule it, but they will not ban it from their platforms or their publications. You don't find conservatives canceling people because of their different political views. You don't see conservative institutions banning Democratic officials the way Harvard students advocate the banning of Trump officials from their campus.
The left will never run out of specious arguments to suppress conservative speech, but even if it were correct in its depictions of our speech, which it most emphatically is not, its move to silence its political opponents is far more dangerous to the republic than any ideas it seeks to suppress.
If this censorship train continues down the track, Democrats will eventually find that they're not going to be protected from the tyrannical juggernaut they have enabled and that the culture and society they've unleashed will ultimately come for them, too, just like the French revolutionaries finally turned on Robespierre.


thelibertydaily--2020-11-21--Sidney Powell: Dominion Voting Systems are ‘Shredding Documents’

Sidney Powell joined Larry O'Connor for an exclusive interview about her legal case on behalf of the Trump campaign in the 2020 presidential election .
In her much talked about press conference with Rudy Giuliani on Thursday , she claimed that President Trump won re-election in a landslide , and they were going to prove it .
O'Connor pushed her about her claims that computer software used in the election , particularly Dominion Voting Systems , has been tainted , and he wondered how she would prove it .
For starters , Powell said that her legal team has pictures @ @ @ @ @ @ @ `` It is terrifying , and it is a huge national security issue , '' Powell said .
`` Why the Department of Justice and FBI have not done something , Dominion is closing its offices and moving .
No doubt they 're shredding documents .
God only knows what else .
More than 100 Dominion people have wiped any connection with Dominion off the internet . ''
She also claims that they have testimony from witnesses opening military ballots and trashing them if they were for Trump , and substitute ballots were @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 'm essentially staking my personal and professional reputation on these allegations , and I have no hesitation from what I 've seen in doing so , '' she noted .
`` In fact , I think it would be irresponsible if not criminal of me not to come forward with it . ''
She also says she would LOVE for Dominion to sue her over her allegations so she can conduct civil discovery .
Powell also reacted to Fox News host Tucker Carlson 's criticism of her on his program on Thursday night @ @ @ @ @ @ @ interview below .

Sidney Powell joined Larry O'Connor for an exclusive interview about her legal case on behalf of the Trump campaign in the 2020 presidential election. In her much talked about press conference with Rudy Giuliani on Thursday, she claimed that President Trump won re-election in a landslide, and they were going to prove it.
O'Connor pushed her about her claims that computer software used in the election, particularly Dominion Voting Systems, has been tainted, and he wondered how she would prove it. For starters, Powell said that her legal team has pictures of votes being manipulated in real-time.
"It is terrifying, and it is a huge national security issue," Powell said. "Why the Department of Justice and FBI have not done something, Dominion is closing its offices and moving. No doubt they're shredding documents. God only knows what else. More than 100 Dominion people have wiped any connection with Dominion off the internet."
Dominion has denied these allegations.
She also claims that they have testimony from witnesses opening military ballots and trashing them if they were for Trump, and substitute ballots were put in for Biden.
"I'm essentially staking my personal and professional reputation on these allegations, and I have no hesitation from what I've seen in doing so," she noted. "In fact, I think it would be irresponsible if not criminal of me not to come forward with it."
She also says she would LOVE for Dominion to sue her over her allegations so she can conduct civil discovery. Powell also reacted to Fox News host Tucker Carlson's criticism of her on his program on Thursday night.
You can listen to their full interview below.
UPDATE:
The Trump campaign has since released a statement about former federal prosecutor Sidney Powell, saying she is no longer part of President Trump’s legal team. The reason or the change is unclear. Details about her departure, and whether she was fired, were not provided.


thelibertydaily--2020-11-21--Ivanka Trump Blasts Ongoing NY Tax Fraud Probe as ‘Harassment Pure and Simple’

No American should have to take the treatment heaped upon President Donald Trump and members of his family for the ‘ crime ’ of running for ( and winning ) the presidency from people who are abusing their offices and their power .
But because in most respects the system of checks and balances our founders put in place to prevent such abuses of power no longer function , thanks to loyalty to party rather than to country , these officials increasingly get away with abusing their power .
VOTE NOW : Are you BOYCOTTING Fox News After They Betrayed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ happens mostly in deep blue , Democrat-controlled enclaves like New York .
Presidential daughter Ivanka Trump took to Twitter Friday to express her righteous anger and disgust in response to a Thursday New York Times story reporting that two tax fraud investigations have been launched by authoritarians in New York State .
“ This is harassment pure and simple .
This ‘ inquiry ’ by NYC democrats is 100 % motivated by politics , publicity and rage .
They know very well that there ’ s nothing here and that there was no @ @ @ @ @ @ @ simply ruthless , ” Ivanka Trump wrote .
Of course , she ’ s right .
Two separate New York State fraud investigations into President Trump and his businesses , one criminal and one civil , have expanded to include tax write-offs on millions of dollars in consulting fees , some of which appear to have gone to Ivanka Trump , according to people with knowledge of the matter .
The inquiries — a criminal investigation by the Manhattan district attorney , Cyrus R. Vance Jr. , and a civil one by the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ are being conducted independently .
But both offices issued subpoenas to the Trump Organization in recent weeks for records related to the fees , the people said .
The subpoenas were the latest steps in the two investigations of the Trump Organization , and underscore the legal challenges awaiting the president when he leaves office in January .
There is no indication that his daughter is a focus of either inquiry , which the Trump Organization has derided as politically motivated .
As in most prior Times reporting that focuses on the Trumps @ @ @ @ @ @ @ but very little in terms of substance .
It ’ s interesting that , after being in New York his entire adult life and showering the city with billions in assets , Donald Trump and his children are being treated worse than Mafia figures .
What really ought to offend every American , and especially New Yorkers , of any or no political persuasion is the blatant abuse of office by Democratic politicians – and that ’ s what these ‘ prosecutors ’ are – to exact political revenge on a fellow citizen @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Amendment flag yet ?
If not , order today Because let ’ s face it : If they can abuse their offices to go after a current ( and someday former ) president of the United States , they can literally do whatever they want when it comes to “ the little people ” they ’ re supposed to be serving .
But of course , in this day and age of political tribalism , there won ’ t be any remorse shown the Trumps from the unhinged left .
Every abuse of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as “ well-deserved , ” and literally none of them will ever consider the consequences of cheering on and enabling unchecked power .
Until , of course , that power is directed at them .
Then it ’ ll be too late .

No American should have to take the treatment heaped upon President Donald Trump and members of his family for the ‘crime’ of running for (and winning) the presidency from people who are abusing their offices and their power.
But because in most respects the system of checks and balances our founders put in place to prevent such abuses of power no longer function, thanks to loyalty to party rather than to country, these officials increasingly get away with abusing their power.
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And of course, it happens mostly in deep blue, Democrat-controlled enclaves like New York.
Presidential daughter Ivanka Trump took to Twitter Friday to express her righteous anger and disgust in response to a Thursday New York Times story reporting that two tax fraud investigations have been launched by authoritarians in New York State.
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“This is harassment pure and simple. This ‘inquiry’ by NYC democrats is 100% motivated by politics, publicity and rage. They know very well that there’s nothing here and that there was no tax benefit whatsoever. These politicians are simply ruthless,” Ivanka Trump wrote.
Of course, she’s right.
The Times reported:
Two separate New York State fraud investigations into President Trump and his businesses, one criminal and one civil, have expanded to include tax write-offs on millions of dollars in consulting fees, some of which appear to have gone to Ivanka Trump, according to people with knowledge of the matter. The inquiries — a criminal investigation by the Manhattan district attorney, Cyrus R. Vance Jr., and a civil one by the state attorney general, Letitia James — are being conducted independently. But both offices issued subpoenas to the Trump Organization in recent weeks for records related to the fees, the people said. The subpoenas were the latest steps in the two investigations of the Trump Organization, and underscore the legal challenges awaiting the president when he leaves office in January. There is no indication that his daughter is a focus of either inquiry, which the Trump Organization has derided as politically motivated.
As in most prior Times reporting that focuses on the Trumps, there is a lot of innuendo but very little in terms of substance. It’s interesting that, after being in New York his entire adult life and showering the city with billions in assets, Donald Trump and his children are being treated worse than Mafia figures.
What really ought to offend every American, and especially New Yorkers, of any or no political persuasion is the blatant abuse of office by Democratic politicians – and that’s what these ‘prosecutors’ are – to exact political revenge on a fellow citizen.
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Because let’s face it: If they can abuse their offices to go after a current (and someday former) president of the United States, they can literally do whatever they want when it comes to “the little people” they’re supposed to be serving.
But of course, in this day and age of political tribalism, there won’t be any remorse shown the Trumps from the unhinged left. Every abuse of power directed that them will be perceived as “well-deserved,” and literally none of them will ever consider the consequences of cheering on and enabling unchecked power.
Until, of course, that power is directed at them. Then it’ll be too late.
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thelibertydaily--2020-11-21--U.S. Companies with ‘Made in China’ Products, ‘Optimistic’ About Beijing Biden

American companies that do business and make their products in China are , by a majority , “ optimistic ” about a Joe Biden presidency , a new survey reveals .
The American Chamber of Commerce in a Shanghai , China , survey asked 124 business executives their opinions on a Biden presidency , to which a majority , nearly 63 percent , said they are “ much more optimistic ” or “ more optimistic ” about their doing business in the Communist country with the former vice president in the White House .
Likewise , the survey found that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ impose more tariffs on China-made products — as President Trump did with billions of dollars worth of goods against the wishes of corporate interests .
“ The majority of our respondents look at it as a positive , ” Ker Gibbs , president of AmCham Shanghai , told CNBC in a phone interview .
“ The Biden administration would be a positive to the stability of the environment , the stability of the relationship.
” [ Emphasis added ] Under a Biden administration , only 5.6 % of AmCham Shanghai survey respondents expect @ @ @ @ @ @ @ anticipate new U.S. leadership will work more with other countries to put pressure on trade relations with China .
[ Emphasis added ] In August , Biden seemingly claimed he would repeal Trump ’ s tariffs on Chinese products .
Later , his campaign aides walked the statement back , and he has since not been definitive on whether he plans to keep the tariffs or throw them out .
Already , the Business Roundtable , which represents some of the nation ’ s largest multinational corporations , is pushing Biden to ease @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Trump , according to the Wall Street Journal : “ Unwinding the tariffs , especially with China , shouldn ’ t be a unilateral act , ” said Josh Bolten , the BRT ’ s chief executive .
“ It should be an opening to begin a serious negotiation that the Trump administration attempted but in many respects made difficult through overly aggressive measures.
” [ Emphasis added ] On Monday , former George W. Bush administration Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson made a proposal similar to Mr. Bolten ’ s .
“ I @ @ @ @ @ @ @ have extracted a reciprocal and tangible benefit from China , met by defined benchmarks in a phased bilateral trade agreement , ” he said at conference .
[ Emphasis added ] Myron Brilliant , the U.S. Chamber of Commerce ’ s executive vice president , added his voice to the rollback call on Tuesday .
“ We would hope that China would agree to the importance of further efforts on structural reforms unaddressed by the phase-one agreement , ” he said in an interview , “ and that the U.S. and China can @ @ @ @ @ @ @ tariffs that are currently in place.
” [ Emphasis added ] Biden has promised the opposite approach to China that Trump has successfully implemented for almost four years .
Whereas Trump ’ s focus was on an “ America First ” bilateral trade policy with other nation-states , Biden is promising the multilateral approach that has formed the Washington , D.C. , free trade consensus for decades .
Many Senate Republicans have suggested that they are behind a return to the multilateral approach with Biden .
Republicans on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee @ @ @ @ @ @ @ declared their support for Biden ’ s strategy , the Wall Street Journal reports : “ It is our populations—the U.S. and Europe—that built the world order of today , not China , ” said Sen. Jim Risch , the chairman of the Senate committee , in an interview .
“ The world order that we have , based on democracy and based on the rule of law , is where this planet should go if it ’ s going to have a future.
” [ Emphasis added ] If Republicans retain control @ @ @ @ @ @ @ continue leading the chamber ’ s foreign-policy committee , which President-elect Joe Biden also chaired during his Senate career .
The Idaho Republican said the report wasn ’ t timed with the election or presidential transition but that he would be willing to work with a Biden administration on confronting China with more help from Europe .
[ Emphasis added ] Andrew Bates , a spokesman for the Biden transition team , said : “ President-elect Biden agrees that we should stand together with our allies and partners to press China ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ rights , and other abuses .
And he looks forward to working with both parties in Congress to realize that approach.
” [ Emphasis added ] Since 2001 , U.S. free trade with China has eliminated at least 3.4 million American jobs .
In 1985 , before China entered the World Trade Organization ( WTO ) and before the U.S. normalized trade relations with China , the U.S. trade deficit with China totaled $ 6 billion .
In 2019 , the U.S. trade deficit with China totaled more than $ 345 billion .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ WTO and normalizing U.S. trade relations with China .
John Binder is a reporter for Breitbart News .
Follow him on Twitter at @ JxhnBinder .

American companies that do business and make their products in China are, by a majority, “optimistic” about a Joe Biden presidency, a new survey reveals.
The American Chamber of Commerce in a Shanghai, China, survey asked 124 business executives their opinions on a Biden presidency, to which a majority, nearly 63 percent, said they are “much more optimistic” or “more optimistic” about their doing business in the Communist country with the former vice president in the White House.
Likewise, the survey found that business executives do not expect Biden to impose more tariffs on China-made products — as President Trump did with billions of dollars worth of goods against the wishes of corporate interests.
CNBC reports:
“The majority of our respondents look at it as a positive,” Ker Gibbs, president of AmCham Shanghai, told CNBC in a phone interview. “The Biden administration would be a positive to the stability of the environment, the stability of the relationship.” [Emphasis added] … Under a Biden administration, only 5.6% of AmCham Shanghai survey respondents expect more tariffs. Instead, 70.2% anticipate new U.S. leadership will work more with other countries to put pressure on trade relations with China. [Emphasis added]
In August, Biden seemingly claimed he would repeal Trump’s tariffs on Chinese products. Later, his campaign aides walked the statement back, and he has since not been definitive on whether he plans to keep the tariffs or throw them out.
Already, the Business Roundtable, which represents some of the nation’s largest multinational corporations, is pushing Biden to ease the tariffs imposed on Chinese products by Trump, according to the Wall Street Journal:
“Unwinding the tariffs, especially with China, shouldn’t be a unilateral act,” said Josh Bolten, the BRT’s chief executive. “It should be an opening to begin a serious negotiation that the Trump administration attempted but in many respects made difficult through overly aggressive measures.” [Emphasis added] … On Monday, former George W. Bush administration Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson made a proposal similar to Mr. Bolten’s. “I would only remove existing tariffs when we have extracted a reciprocal and tangible benefit from China, met by defined benchmarks in a phased bilateral trade agreement,” he said at conference. [Emphasis added] … Myron Brilliant, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s executive vice president, added his voice to the rollback call on Tuesday. “We would hope that China would agree to the importance of further efforts on structural reforms unaddressed by the phase-one agreement,” he said in an interview, “and that the U.S. and China can find the political space to pull back tariffs that are currently in place.” [Emphasis added]
Biden has promised the opposite approach to China that Trump has successfully implemented for almost four years. Whereas Trump’s focus was on an “America First” bilateral trade policy with other nation-states, Biden is promising the multilateral approach that has formed the Washington, D.C., free trade consensus for decades.
Many Senate Republicans have suggested that they are behind a return to the multilateral approach with Biden. Republicans on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee issued a report this week wherein they declared their support for Biden’s strategy, the Wall Street Journal reports:
“It is our populations—the U.S. and Europe—that built the world order of today, not China,” said Sen. Jim Risch, the chairman of the Senate committee, in an interview. “The world order that we have, based on democracy and based on the rule of law, is where this planet should go if it’s going to have a future.” [Emphasis added] … If Republicans retain control of the Senate, Mr. Risch will continue leading the chamber’s foreign-policy committee, which President-elect Joe Biden also chaired during his Senate career. The Idaho Republican said the report wasn’t timed with the election or presidential transition but that he would be willing to work with a Biden administration on confronting China with more help from Europe. [Emphasis added] Andrew Bates, a spokesman for the Biden transition team, said: “President-elect Biden agrees that we should stand together with our allies and partners to press China’s government to curtail its economic, human rights, and other abuses. And he looks forward to working with both parties in Congress to realize that approach.” [Emphasis added]
Since 2001, U.S. free trade with China has eliminated at least 3.4 million American jobs. In 1985, before China entered the World Trade Organization (WTO) and before the U.S. normalized trade relations with China, the U.S. trade deficit with China totaled $6 billion. In 2019, the U.S. trade deficit with China totaled more than $345 billion.
Biden supported China’s entering the WTO and normalizing U.S. trade relations with China.
John Binder is a reporter for Breitbart News. Follow him on Twitter at @JxhnBinder.


thelibertydaily--2020-11-21--Hispanic Voters In Florida Who Fled Communist Dictatorships Think The Election Was Stolen From Presi

Hispanic Voters In Florida Who Fled Communist Dictatorships Think The Election Was Stolen From President Trump

If you fled to America from a country with history that included communist revolutions , don ’ t you think you ’ d have a heightened sense of the things that led to such events ?
In Florida , there are many Hispanic voters who came to America from places like Cuba and Venezuela , and they think the 2020 election is being stolen .
Why do you suppose they feel that way ?
TRENDING : AWFUL .
Tucker Carlson Doubles Down , Hits Sidney Powell and Says No Evidence of Switching Votes -- HERE ARE 11 TIMES THEY GOT @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Voters in Florida Feel Election Was Stolen from Trump In Florida , many Hispanic voters are worried this election was stolen from Donald Trump .
They ’ ve seen this before , hence why they fled places like Cuba and Venezuela .
They ’ re also not too keen on the media censorship and bias during this race , either .
Some interviewed by USA Today also said that they never feared communism becoming entrenched on America ’ s shores until this election year .
Margarita De Castro , who fled Cuba two @ @ @ @ @ @ @ has voted Republican ever since she arrived in the United States , citing her persecution by Cuban communists as one of the main reasons .
They point to this article from USA Today : Latino voters who fled dictatorships fear election was stolen from President Trump For many Americans , the idea of a presidential election devolving into a months-long battle for control of the nation may be unprecedented , but for many Latino supporters of President Donald Trump – many of whom escaped authoritarian regimes themselves – it raises old ghosts .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ , but many fear covert socialists are in cahoots with the media in an attempt to rob a sitting U.S. president of power .
“ People used to say Communism can ’ t happen in Cuba , and look how that turned out , ” De Castro said on a recent afternoon as she played with her great-granddaughter in her home in West Miami , a working-class Cuban American enclave in South Florida where the majority of votes were cast for Trump .
“ When you have national Democratic leaders praising Fidel Castro @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as ‘ the future of the party , ’ it communicated to our community that the Democratic Party does not respect our values , ” said Giancarlo Sopo , a Cuban American communication strategist on the Trump campaign .
“ We simply voted accordingly , as did many other Latinos – like Colombians and Peruvians – who want nothing to do with socialism and the progressive agenda.
” Do you think these people are just crazy conspiracy theorists ?
They lived this .
It ’ s documented history .
They ’ re not @ @ @ @ @

If you fled to America from a country with history that included communist revolutions, don’t you think you’d have a heightened sense of the things that led to such events?
In Florida, there are many Hispanic voters who came to America from places like Cuba and Venezuela, and they think the 2020 election is being stolen.
Why do you suppose they feel that way?
Townhall reports:
Hispanic Voters in Florida Feel Election Was Stolen from Trump In Florida, many Hispanic voters are worried this election was stolen from Donald Trump. They’ve seen this before, hence why they fled places like Cuba and Venezuela. They’re also not too keen on the media censorship and bias during this race, either. Some interviewed by USA Today also said that they never feared communism becoming entrenched on America’s shores until this election year. Margarita De Castro, who fled Cuba two years after Fidel Castro took over, has voted Republican ever since she arrived in the United States, citing her persecution by Cuban communists as one of the main reasons.
They point to this article from USA Today:
Latino voters who fled dictatorships fear election was stolen from President Trump For many Americans, the idea of a presidential election devolving into a months-long battle for control of the nation may be unprecedented, but for many Latino supporters of President Donald Trump – many of whom escaped authoritarian regimes themselves – it raises old ghosts. There is no evidence of election fraud, but many fear covert socialists are in cahoots with the media in an attempt to rob a sitting U.S. president of power. “People used to say Communism can’t happen in Cuba, and look how that turned out,” De Castro said on a recent afternoon as she played with her great-granddaughter in her home in West Miami, a working-class Cuban American enclave in South Florida where the majority of votes were cast for Trump. “When you have national Democratic leaders praising Fidel Castro’s indoctrination programs and hailing neo-Marxists as ‘the future of the party,’ it communicated to our community that the Democratic Party does not respect our values,” said Giancarlo Sopo, a Cuban American communication strategist on the Trump campaign. “We simply voted accordingly, as did many other Latinos – like Colombians and Peruvians – who want nothing to do with socialism and the progressive agenda.”
Do you think these people are just crazy conspiracy theorists?
They lived this. It’s documented history. They’re not just making it up.
Cross posted from American Lookout.


thelibertydaily--2020-11-21--How Christianity Gained Cultural Momentum In The Trump Era

On this episode of The Federalist Radio Hour , Staff Editor Madeline Orr Osburn joins Culture Editor Emily Jashinsky to discuss how the Trump era has inspired Christian celebrities to become more outspoken about their faith and incorporate it into pop culture .
“ We are seeing it in their art but we are also seeing it in their lives , ” Osburn said , noting celebrities such as Justin and Haley Bieber and Kanye West are acting in “ very conservative Christian ” ways , with some such as Kanye West choosing to express pro-life views .
Jashinksy also @ @ @ @ @ @ @ talking the talk , but they seem to be walking a walk that seems to counter what Hollywood culture promotes and accepts .
“ It ’ s not like they ’ re taking this sort of easy route in talking about their spirituality and in a way that doesn ’ t really ruffle any feathers or raise any eyebrows , ” Jashinsky said .
“ They ’ re openly acknowledging that it ’ s counter-cultural and openly acknowledging that it kind of sets them apart and they ’ re going to do things @ @ @

On this episode of The Federalist Radio Hour, Staff Editor Madeline Orr Osburn joins Culture Editor Emily Jashinsky to discuss how the Trump era has inspired Christian celebrities to become more outspoken about their faith and incorporate it into pop culture.
“We are seeing it in their art but we are also seeing it in their lives,” Osburn said, noting celebrities such as Justin and Haley Bieber and Kanye West are acting in “very conservative Christian” ways, with some such as Kanye West choosing to express pro-life views.
Jashinksy also noted that these celebrities are not just talking the talk, but they seem to be walking a walk that seems to counter what Hollywood culture promotes and accepts.
“It’s not like they’re taking this sort of easy route in talking about their spirituality and in a way that doesn’t really ruffle any feathers or raise any eyebrows,” Jashinsky said. “They’re openly acknowledging that it’s counter-cultural and openly acknowledging that it kind of sets them apart and they’re going to do things differently.”
Listen here:


thelibertydaily--2020-11-21--Left Attacks Scott Atlas For Saying Same Things About the Chi-Com Virus as The New York Times, Six M

Left Attacks Scott Atlas For Saying Same Things About the Chi-Com Virus as The New York Times, Six Months Earlier

Power-hungry elites seek to destroy Scott Atlas because he and the scientific coalition he represents makes it clear that these public health emperors may have plenty of masks , but no clothes .
The evidence continues to accrue that the dominant policies sold to mitigate the COVID-19 outbreak were catastrophically wrong , yet those who pointed this out early on continue to be reputationally crucified by media and Democrat elites .
A premiere case in point is White House Coronavirus Task Force member Dr. Scott Atlas , who has been making science-based arguments against locking down healthy people since the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ he has courageously presented evidence that gums up the media ’ s goal of ending Trump ’ s presidency by using coronavirus to punish Americans , the knives have been out for the views Atlas represents since the beginning .
Atlas is not at all alone in professional skepticism about the value of extended lockdowns , cloth masks , and obsessing about case counts as opposed to hospitalizations and deaths .
So far , more than 12,000 medical and public health scientists and more than 35,000 medical professionals from around the world have @ @ @ @ @ @ @ this advocacy of “ focused protection.
” Atlas is just a prominent face for this view that the power-hungry elites need to crush to avoid responsibility for their horrifically bad leadership during the COVID outbreak , as well as to get Trump .
So they seek to destroy him because he and the scientific coalition he represents makes it clear that these public health emperors may have plenty of masks , but no clothes .
Thus YouTube , Twitter , and Facebook have repeatedly banned or slapped warnings on Atlas ’ s statements @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Great Barrington view .
This week a former Obama official called for Atlas ’ s medical license to be revoked for the crime of practicing science .
Things like this are not only anti-science , they are anti-public health .
Yanking Atlas ’ s license because he participated in the scientific process by challenging interpretations of evidence with more evidence will not only end scientific advancement , it will legitimize the growing anti-vaccine movement by providing a legitimate martyr to rally around instead of a fake one .
Anyone who cares about @ @ @ @ @ @ @ more reasons to distrust the people who stamp their foreheads with “ public health expert.
” That is what all this suppression of research and of discourse does .
It is also what all the personal attacks on people like Atlas do .
Refusing to engage with the evidence he cites and instead attacking his professional background — “ he ’ s only a radiologist , not an epidemiologist ” – or smearing him — “ he ’ s a grandma killer ” — makes the people doing this look like the real @ @ @ @ @ @ @ destroy Atlas ’ s credibility would be to engage with him on the science , to point out where his arguments are wrong or weak or what they are missing .
This is called the scientific process , and it is essential to the advancement of knowledge .
Since very little of that has been forthcoming , the thinking public is left to assume his coalition ’ s stance is legitimate and the people who use dirty tactics are attempting to avoid facing that their policies have devastated the world while possibly causing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Protection Is Right Indeed , the evidence continues to mount that those who advocate for focused protection have been right about their interpretation of the science for months .
Like other public health experts including the World Health Organization and Dr. Anthony Fauci before he reversed himself , Atlas has long pointed out that the preponderance of better-quality evidence about masks shows mandates for the general public to wear them accomplish no significant public health value .
Just this week a large-scale Danish study was finally released .
This randomized controlled trial , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that those who wore masks were not statistically less likely to contract COVID-19 than those who did not wear masks .
As The Spectator UK pointed out , “ The results of the Danmask-19 trial mirror other reviews into influenza-like illnesses .
Nine other trials looking at the efficacy of masks ( two looking at healthcare workers and seven at community transmission ) have found that masks make little or no difference to whether you get influenza or not.
” Those who say these results are because “ my mask protects you , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to take a long and hard look at the fact that countries , states , and cities with near-universal mask-wearing have the same patterns of COVID spread .
“ No matter how strictly mask laws are enforced nor the level of mask compliance the population follows , cases all fall and rise around the same time , ” notes a recent Federalist roundup of such examples .
This is likely why Fauci , who criticizes Atlas ’ s statements publicly , doesn ’ t wear masks when the cameras aren ’ t on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Atlas has consistently stood against depictions of data that encouraged a hysterical response to COVID .
In a widely publicized exchange in September , for example , Atlas pointed out that Dr. Robert Redfield , head of the Centers for Disease Control , exaggerated how many Americans were still threatened by the Wuhan virus .
Redfield said “ more than 90 percent ” of Americans were still susceptible .
Atlas pointed out that much of the data underlying this claim was old , taken from early in the outbreak , and that “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ shown that people who haven ’ t contracted SARS-CoV-2 can have an immune response to it , presumably from having fought off other coronaviruses .
This meant that many more Americans than the 9 percent Redfield claimed would have some level of protection against COVID if they chanced to encounter it .
At the time , the NBC reporter questioning Atlas was incredulous , and the exchange set off another round of media and bureaucrat attacks on Atlas , calling his promotion of herd immunity — a goal of any basic public health @ @ @ @ @ @ @ unethical ” and “ unachievable.
” Now that Joe Biden is presumed to soon be president , however , The New York Times saw fit to finally report on the research reinforcing Atlas ’ s explanation of T-cell , antibody , and other immune responses and protections against COVID .
“ How long might immunity to the coronavirus last ?
Years , maybe even decades , according to a new study … Eight months after infection , most people who have recovered still have enough immune cells to fend off the virus and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
A slow rate of decline in the short term suggests , happily , that these cells may persist in the body for a very , very long time to come , ” the Nov. 17 Times article says .
It goes on to cite research on other coronaviruses showing similarly long-lasting protection for many people from the frightful hospital stays corporate media has hyped for eight months .
It even cites the exact same study Atlas did on SARS , showing that the protective T-cell immune response lasted at least 17 years @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and claims like this are flagged by “ fact-checkers ” for social media like Facebook .
Not The New York Times , though , when it says exactly the same thing .
Leftist writers like Nicholas Kristof at The New York Times are also now trying to retcon the fact that it was Democrats and their media allies who demanded school shutdowns , due not only to their political need for coronavirus hysteria but also their ties to teachers unions .
Biden ’ s own national school closures plan mimicked the New York @ @ @ @ @ @ @ conjecture .
Leftist media and politicians brutalized Atlas and others for pointing out early in the outbreak that children are the lowest-risk group for coronavirus contraction and complications .
Yet highly influential dual-income parents in blue places like New York City are now in uproar about rolling blackouts and brownouts of their children ’ s education based on nonsensical metrics like a 3 percent infection rate ( if the infection has mild consequences for nearly all children and most teachers , who are also comparatively young , why shut down schools even if @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Trump has been demanding for months that schools reopen , and on that he seems to have been largely right , ” Kristof wrote on Nov. 18 .
“ Schools , especially elementary schools , do not appear to have been major sources of coronavirus transmission , and remote learning is proving to be a catastrophe for many low-income children.
” Some of us pointed this out in April , back when much of this damage could have been prevented .
We were throttled on Facebook and Twitter , and our children held @ @ @ @ @ @ @ entire school year now .
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos was heckled and cast as a would-be child murderer on grounds a single child might get COVID if kids went back to school .
American children ’ s safety and futures has been sacrificed because too many adults have been cowards more concerned with protecting their egos than acting courageously and prudently .
Herd Immunity Is Not Controversial to Scientists Let ’ s all repeat the scientific facts : Most of us are going to get COVID , either through a natural infection or @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
There is no way to prevent that .
There are only ways to mitigate it .
Lockdowns are one way , but they have extremely high costs concentrated on the poor .
Children and other young people — those under age 60 — are the most likely to not only survive a COVID infection , but also the most likely to experience a relatively mild case when they do get it .
All this is scientifically indisputable .
The conclusion the Great Barrington types derive from these facts and others is that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ thus live normally .
Those who are least likely to be harmed by a COVID case should accrue herd immunity as quickly as prudently possible on behalf of the vulnerable .
In response to this charitable view based on scientific evidence and arguments , the left , often using Fauci , Deborah Birx , and Redfield , have crucified the characters and careers of those , like Atlas , who have dared to espouse it .
As a consequence , hundreds of millions of Americans are being needlessly forced to suffer with no @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in the crossfire of a giant ego war between people of cowardly , self-serving , intellectually narrow , and deceitful character .
Those who tell us the truth about all this are publicly shamed while those who lie to us are feted .
Societies that punish the good and reward the evil sow the wind .

The evidence continues to accrue that the dominant policies sold to mitigate the COVID-19 outbreak were catastrophically wrong, yet those who pointed this out early on continue to be reputationally crucified by media and Democrat elites. A premiere case in point is White House Coronavirus Task Force member Dr. Scott Atlas, who has been making science-based arguments against locking down healthy people since the earliest months of the pandemic.
Because he has courageously presented evidence that gums up the media’s goal of ending Trump’s presidency by using coronavirus to punish Americans, the knives have been out for the views Atlas represents since the beginning.
Atlas is not at all alone in professional skepticism about the value of extended lockdowns, cloth masks, and obsessing about case counts as opposed to hospitalizations and deaths. So far, more than 12,000 medical and public health scientists and more than 35,000 medical professionals from around the world have signed the Great Barrington Declaration that summarizes this advocacy of “focused protection.”
Atlas is just a prominent face for this view that the power-hungry elites need to crush to avoid responsibility for their horrifically bad leadership during the COVID outbreak, as well as to get Trump. So they seek to destroy him because he and the scientific coalition he represents makes it clear that these public health emperors may have plenty of masks, but no clothes.
Thus YouTube, Twitter, and Facebook have repeatedly banned or slapped warnings on Atlas’s statements and all scientific evidence that might support the Great Barrington view. This week a former Obama official called for Atlas’s medical license to be revoked for the crime of practicing science.
Things like this are not only anti-science, they are anti-public health. Yanking Atlas’s license because he participated in the scientific process by challenging interpretations of evidence with more evidence will not only end scientific advancement, it will legitimize the growing anti-vaccine movement by providing a legitimate martyr to rally around instead of a fake one.
Anyone who cares about public health should not be giving people more reasons to distrust the people who stamp their foreheads with “public health expert.” That is what all this suppression of research and of discourse does. It is also what all the personal attacks on people like Atlas do. Refusing to engage with the evidence he cites and instead attacking his professional background — “he’s only a radiologist, not an epidemiologist”– or smearing him — “he’s a grandma killer” — makes the people doing this look like the real hacks.
The only way to legitimately destroy Atlas’s credibility would be to engage with him on the science, to point out where his arguments are wrong or weak or what they are missing. This is called the scientific process, and it is essential to the advancement of knowledge. Since very little of that has been forthcoming, the thinking public is left to assume his coalition’s stance is legitimate and the people who use dirty tactics are attempting to avoid facing that their policies have devastated the world while possibly causing additional deaths.
Evidence Mounts that Focused Protection Is Right
Indeed, the evidence continues to mount that those who advocate for focused protection have been right about their interpretation of the science for months. Like other public health experts including the World Health Organization and Dr. Anthony Fauci before he reversed himself, Atlas has long pointed out that the preponderance of better-quality evidence about masks shows mandates for the general public to wear them accomplish no significant public health value.
Just this week a large-scale Danish study was finally released. This randomized controlled trial, the highest-quality scientific study available, found that those who wore masks were not statistically less likely to contract COVID-19 than those who did not wear masks.
As The Spectator UK pointed out, “The results of the Danmask-19 trial mirror other reviews into influenza-like illnesses. Nine other trials looking at the efficacy of masks (two looking at healthcare workers and seven at community transmission) have found that masks make little or no difference to whether you get influenza or not.”
Those who say these results are because “my mask protects you, and your mask protects me” need to take a long and hard look at the fact that countries, states, and cities with near-universal mask-wearing have the same patterns of COVID spread. “No matter how strictly mask laws are enforced nor the level of mask compliance the population follows, cases all fall and rise around the same time,” notes a recent Federalist roundup of such examples. This is likely why Fauci, who criticizes Atlas’s statements publicly, doesn’t wear masks when the cameras aren’t on.
Atlas Was Right About Immune Response
Atlas has consistently stood against depictions of data that encouraged a hysterical response to COVID. In a widely publicized exchange in September, for example, Atlas pointed out that Dr. Robert Redfield, head of the Centers for Disease Control, exaggerated how many Americans were still threatened by the Wuhan virus.
Redfield said “more than 90 percent” of Americans were still susceptible. Atlas pointed out that much of the data underlying this claim was old, taken from early in the outbreak, and that “about 24 papers at least” had shown that people who haven’t contracted SARS-CoV-2 can have an immune response to it, presumably from having fought off other coronaviruses. This meant that many more Americans than the 9 percent Redfield claimed would have some level of protection against COVID if they chanced to encounter it.
At the time, the NBC reporter questioning Atlas was incredulous, and the exchange set off another round of media and bureaucrat attacks on Atlas, calling his promotion of herd immunity — a goal of any basic public health response to infectious diseases! — “unethical” and “unachievable.” Now that Joe Biden is presumed to soon be president, however, The New York Times saw fit to finally report on the research reinforcing Atlas’s explanation of T-cell, antibody, and other immune responses and protections against COVID.
“How long might immunity to the coronavirus last? Years, maybe even decades, according to a new study … Eight months after infection, most people who have recovered still have enough immune cells to fend off the virus and prevent illness, the new data show. A slow rate of decline in the short term suggests, happily, that these cells may persist in the body for a very, very long time to come,” the Nov. 17 Times article says.
It goes on to cite research on other coronaviruses showing similarly long-lasting protection for many people from the frightful hospital stays corporate media has hyped for eight months. It even cites the exact same study Atlas did on SARS, showing that the protective T-cell immune response lasted at least 17 years. He was attacked for it, and claims like this are flagged by “fact-checkers” for social media like Facebook. Not The New York Times, though, when it says exactly the same thing.
Yes, the Research Supports Keeping Schools Open
Leftist writers like Nicholas Kristof at The New York Times are also now trying to retcon the fact that it was Democrats and their media allies who demanded school shutdowns, due not only to their political need for coronavirus hysteria but also their ties to teachers unions. Biden’s own national school closures plan mimicked the New York City one with arbitrary targets based on conjecture.
Leftist media and politicians brutalized Atlas and others for pointing out early in the outbreak that children are the lowest-risk group for coronavirus contraction and complications. Yet highly influential dual-income parents in blue places like New York City are now in uproar about rolling blackouts and brownouts of their children’s education based on nonsensical metrics like a 3 percent infection rate (if the infection has mild consequences for nearly all children and most teachers, who are also comparatively young, why shut down schools even if there are infections?).
“Trump has been demanding for months that schools reopen, and on that he seems to have been largely right,” Kristof wrote on Nov. 18. “Schools, especially elementary schools, do not appear to have been major sources of coronavirus transmission, and remote learning is proving to be a catastrophe for many low-income children.”
Some of us pointed this out in April, back when much of this damage could have been prevented. We were throttled on Facebook and Twitter, and our children held hostage to these lies for nearly an entire school year now. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos was heckled and cast as a would-be child murderer on grounds a single child might get COVID if kids went back to school. American children’s safety and futures has been sacrificed because too many adults have been cowards more concerned with protecting their egos than acting courageously and prudently.
Herd Immunity Is Not Controversial to Scientists
Let’s all repeat the scientific facts: Most of us are going to get COVID, either through a natural infection or a stimulated immune response from a vaccine. There is no way to prevent that. There are only ways to mitigate it. Lockdowns are one way, but they have extremely high costs concentrated on the poor. Children and other young people — those under age 60 — are the most likely to not only survive a COVID infection, but also the most likely to experience a relatively mild case when they do get it. All this is scientifically indisputable.
The conclusion the Great Barrington types derive from these facts and others is that those under 60 and without comorbidities should thus live normally. Those who are least likely to be harmed by a COVID case should accrue herd immunity as quickly as prudently possible on behalf of the vulnerable.
In response to this charitable view based on scientific evidence and arguments, the left, often using Fauci, Deborah Birx, and Redfield, have crucified the characters and careers of those, like Atlas, who have dared to espouse it. As a consequence, hundreds of millions of Americans are being needlessly forced to suffer with no end in sight. We are caught in the crossfire of a giant ego war between people of cowardly, self-serving, intellectually narrow, and deceitful character.
Those who tell us the truth about all this are publicly shamed while those who lie to us are feted. Societies that punish the good and reward the evil sow the wind.


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thelibertydaily--2020-11-21--President Trump Announces Groundbreaking Rules to Lower Prescription Drug Prices

President Donald Trump announced two sweeping regulations Friday aimed at lowering prescription drug prices for Americans .
One of the rules implements what is known as a “ most favored nation ” approach that limits what Medicare pays for medications to the lowest price paid by other economically advanced countries .
The administration says it could save $ 28 billion for Medicare beneficiaries through lower copays .
The other rule would require drug makers to push rebates and discounts directly on to Medicare patients rather than to insurers and middlemen pharmacy benefit managers .
The Trump administration says the rule @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for patients , although the Congressional Budget Office estimates it could ultimately cost taxpayers more .
Both rules are set to take effect on January 1 , although the pharmaceutical industry is expected to mount legal challenges that could delay or block the rules .
The rules could also be overturned if Joe Biden takes office in January .
“ The drug companies don ’ t like me too much .
But we had to do it , ” Trump said in announcing the new policies at the White House .
“ I @ @ @ @ @ @ @ hope they have the courage to keep it.
” The drug industry ’ s influential lobbyists are also expected to pressure Congress to reverse the rules through legislation .
The industry is considering “ all options to stop this reckless attack on the companies working around the clock to beat COVID-19 , ” the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America said in a statement .
Trump came into office accusing pharmaceutical companies of “ getting away with murder ” and complaining that other countries whose governments set drug prices were taking advantage of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , Trump advocated for Medicare to negotiate prices .
As president , he dropped that idea , objected to by most Republicans .
Instead , Trump began pursuing changes through regulations .
He also backed a bipartisan Senate bill that would have capped what Medicare recipients with high bills pay for medications , while generally limiting price increases .
Ambitious in scope , the legislation from Sens .
Chuck Grassley ( R-IA ) and Ron Wyden ( D-OR ) did not get a full Senate vote .
Many other countries have their medical @ @ @ @ @ @ @ prices , effectively making the U.S. bear more of the costs of drug manufacturing and development and subsidize the prescription drugs consumed by the rest of the world .
This has long bothered Trump , and economic nationalists have urged him to push back on this by adopting something like the most favored nation rule announced Friday .
The Associated Press contributed to this report .

President Donald Trump announced two sweeping regulations Friday aimed at lowering prescription drug prices for Americans.
One of the rules implements what is known as a “most favored nation” approach that limits what Medicare pays for medications to the lowest price paid by other economically advanced countries. The administration says it could save $28 billion for Medicare beneficiaries through lower copays.
The other rule would require drug makers to push rebates and discounts directly on to Medicare patients rather than to insurers and middlemen pharmacy benefit managers. The Trump administration says the rule could potentially result in 30 percent savings for patients, although the Congressional Budget Office estimates it could ultimately cost taxpayers more.
Both rules are set to take effect on January 1, although the pharmaceutical industry is expected to mount legal challenges that could delay or block the rules. The rules could also be overturned if Joe Biden takes office in January.
“The drug companies don’t like me too much. But we had to do it,” Trump said in announcing the new policies at the White House. “I just hope they keep it. I hope they have the courage to keep it.”
The drug industry’s influential lobbyists are also expected to pressure Congress to reverse the rules through legislation.
The industry is considering “all options to stop this reckless attack on the companies working around the clock to beat COVID-19,” the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America said in a statement.
Trump came into office accusing pharmaceutical companies of “getting away with murder” and complaining that other countries whose governments set drug prices were taking advantage of Americans.
As a candidate in 2016, Trump advocated for Medicare to negotiate prices. As president, he dropped that idea, objected to by most Republicans. Instead, Trump began pursuing changes through regulations.
He also backed a bipartisan Senate bill that would have capped what Medicare recipients with high bills pay for medications, while generally limiting price increases. Ambitious in scope, the legislation from Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) and Ron Wyden (D-OR) did not get a full Senate vote.
Many other countries have their medical systems negotiate with drug makers for lower prices, effectively making the U.S. bear more of the costs of drug manufacturing and development and subsidize the prescription drugs consumed by the rest of the world. This has long bothered Trump, and economic nationalists have urged him to push back on this by adopting something like the most favored nation rule announced Friday.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.


thelibertydaily--2020-11-21--American Hero Kyle Rittenhouse Released From Jail After Patriots Post $2 Million Bail

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17-year-old volunteer lifeguard Kyle Rittenhouse has been released from jail after supporters raised the staggering $2 million required for cash bail, attorney Lin Wood announced on Twitter Friday afternoon.
Rittenhouse shot three men who attacked him during the riots in Kenosha, Wisconsin this summer, and video evidence confirms the teen’s defense team’s assessment that he acted in self-defense.
“KYLE RITTENHOUSE IS OUT OF JAIL. God bless ALL who donated to help #FightBack raise required $2M cash bail. Special thanks to Actor Ricky Schroder @rickyshroder1 & Mike Lindell @realMike Lindell for putting us over the top. Kyle is SAFE. Thanks to ALL who helped this boy,” Wood tweeted.
https://twitter.com/LLinWood/status/1329896525925928960
Rittenhouse has been inexplicably charged with first-degree murder by Kenosha prosecutors, who have been accused of displaying a nakedly partisan and unethical political bias.
On November 12, Rittenhouse’s mom Wendy appeared on Tucker Carlson Tonight to announce a defamation lawsuit against Democrat presidential candidate Joe Biden, and ask for help getting her son out of jail, where he had languished for several months:
“You saw the Joe Biden campaign smear your son as a white supremacist. What was your reaction to that?” Carlson asked Kyle Rittenhouse’s mom Wendy. “How dare [Joe Biden] do that to my son,” Wendy Rittenhouse said. “That’s my son that he did that too, and I’m not gonna back down to him. And [Kyle Rittenhouse] is not a white supremacist, and he’s not a racist. He’s my son, and I know him, and he is none that, what Joe Biden said.” READ MORE: Kenosha Rioter Repeatedly Says ‘Shoot Me N**ga,’ Gets Shot Multiple Times Moments Later “Kyle is a caring young man. He went to Kenosha to help people. What Joe Biden did, showing my son’s picture and labeling him a white supremacist – I will take him down,” Wendy Rittenhouse added.
In October, Illinois prosecutors were to forced to admit they would not file charges against Rittenhouse after uncovering no evidence of any wrongdoing whatsoever by the teen.


thelibertydaily--2020-11-21--House Democrats Suddenly Lose Their Totally ‘Legislative’ Interest in Mueller’s Grand Jury Files

( Headline USA ) House Democrats tipped their hand to the true motivations behind a lawsuit that the US Supreme Court was expected to hear , which argued that they should be given access to secret grand jury testimony from special counsel Robert Mueller ’ s Russia investigation .
Douglas Letter , the top lawyer for the House , had asked the court to put off arguments scheduled for Dec. 2 .
The court on Friday agreed , removing the case from its calendar .
The sudden disinterest in the case comes as little surprise with Democrats now operating under @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Biden will take office in January , despite several pending legal challenges .
Biden is , himself , believed to be under investigation for his family ’ s foreign dealings related to the Ukrainian energy company Burisma and China ’ s CEFC .
The FBI took the rare step of confirming its probe after questions surfaced about why it had confiscated a laptop of Hunter Biden that was abandoned at a Delaware computer shop .
The laptop ’ s hard drive contained damning evidence of potential criminal conduct , including confirmations of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ impeached by the House Democrats for asking Ukraine to investigate .
Meanwhile , the Democrats had sought to leverage their own politically motivated probes into a debunked conspiracy theory that Trump ’ s 2016 campaign had colluded with Russia .
Mueller ’ s report concluded it had not—but that didn ’ t stop the opposition party from wanting to dig up additional dirt from the classified testimony .
Trump ’ s attorneys contended that it not only would undermine the secrecy of the grand jury process , but that the House Judiciary Committee @ @ @ @ @ @ @ it .
It was long suspected that if Trump were no longer in office , the case would be rendered moot since the purpose behind it was strictly political .
Judiciary chair Jerrold Nadler , D-NY , initially sought the material in the summer of 2019 as part of the committee ’ s sour-grapes investigation of possible misconduct by Trump—including whether he obstructed Mueller ’ s investigation .
Democrats claimed that Mueller ’ s 448-page report , issued in April 2019 , had “ stopped short ” of reaching conclusions about Trump ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ House ’ s impeachment power but that he otherwise would have recommended prosecution .
Mueller , however , contradicted those claims during testimony before the Judiciary Committee .
After the House ’ s entirely unrelated impeachment effort in the Burisma matter—which resulted in Trump ’ s acquittal by the Senate—a federal appeals court in Washington revisited the Mueller issue in March , ruling that the materials should be turned over .
But doing so could now set a dangerous precedent for the Democrats by empowering future Republican majorities to wage political warfare through @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Letter had told the court in a written filing that the next Judiciary Committee , which takes office in January “ will have to determine whether it wishes to continue pursuing the application for the grand-jury materials that gave rise to this case.
” While the presidential election remains in dispute , Democrats are currently projected to hold a narrow lead in the House , despite having lost several seats .
Adapted from reporting by the Associated Press

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thelibertydaily--2020-11-21--💣 WA Restaurant Defies Democrat Despot Jay Inslee’s Shutdown Orders, Calling it a ‘PEACEFUL PROTEST’

💣 WA Restaurant Defies Democrat Despot Jay Inslee’s Shutdown Orders, Calling it a ‘PEACEFUL PROTEST’!

With riots and protests in the past few months drawing crowds of people , and reports of lawmakers potentially defying lockdown rules , some business owners are upset with what seems to be a double standard and say they ’ re having trouble taking the mandates from governors like Inslee as seriously as they once did .
Koko ’ s Bartini , a restaurant in Kennewick , Wash. , says they ’ re going to engage in civil disobedience and not close down during the mandated shutdown .
Owner Dana Slovak joined KIRO Radio ’ s Dori Monson Show to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ had to shut down .
There were a few restaurants that could make it .
We were living on a shoestring .
I had to let my employees go home , get on unemployment , stuff like that , ” Slovak said .
“ Well , it was OK in the beginning , then they started screwing around with the unemployment and they were going , ‘ We need to open back up.
’ So we started doing to-go meals with the first responders out here and helping them out with sandwiches.
” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for the health of people ’ despite restrictions “ But it was hurting , ” he added .
“ It was bad .
I mean , I almost closed the doors .
It was just one of those times you can ’ t sleep at night .
You ’ re going , ‘ OK , what am I gon na do ?
I can ’ t pay the employees living on a shoestring budget.
’ The yields are not that much in the restaurant business , and it was pretty tough.
” Slovak @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
At this point , he says if his restaurant is going to go down , he ’ d rather go down with a fight .
“ They keep pushing the goalposts back : a mask here , hand sanitizer .
We sanitize our tables and stuff like this , we keep everything extra clean , which we normally do anyway .
So every time they push the goalposts back , we just look at ourselves and go , ‘ We got ta fight this.
’ We ’ ve got to fight to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ going to go down we might as well go down with a fight , ” he said .
Local actor won ’ t stop singing at church , says be ‘ forgiving to opposite points of view ’ Slovak has gone on social media and is telling customers that they ’ re going to defy the governor and have inside dining .
“ Well , it is a peaceful protest .
If we call it a peaceful protest , they can ’ t shut us down , ” he said .
“ So @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the peaceful protest , and we had hundreds of people show up .
I mean , we ’ re a small place .
So we were slammed last night … Everybody was in complete support , saying , ‘ Yeah , you guys stay open , ’ ‘ we support you , ’ stuff like that , ” he said .
Slovak says he called it a “ peaceful protest ” in part because of the way Inslee handled the riots and protests in Seattle and around the state .
“ Governor Inslee @ @ @ @ @ @ @ re burning down Seattle , and I ’ m looking at this , and my employees were looking at this and going , ‘ This is not right , you know ?
Why is he turning his cheek on the rioters when he ’ s shutting us down ?
That ’ s not fair , ' ” he said .
“ So we got a couple of the restaurants out here that are getting behind us.
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With riots and protests in the past few months drawing crowds of people, and reports of lawmakers potentially defying lockdown rules, some business owners are upset with what seems to be a double standard and say they’re having trouble taking the mandates from governors like Inslee as seriously as they once did.
Koko’s Bartini, a restaurant in Kennewick, Wash., says they’re going to engage in civil disobedience and not close down during the mandated shutdown. Owner Dana Slovak joined KIRO Radio’s Dori Monson Show to discuss.
“In March, we had to shut down. There were a few restaurants that could make it. We were living on a shoestring. I had to let my employees go home, get on unemployment, stuff like that,” Slovak said. “Well, it was OK in the beginning, then they started screwing around with the unemployment and they were going, ‘We need to open back up.’ So we started doing to-go meals with the first responders out here and helping them out with sandwiches.”
South Sound gym to stay open ‘for the health of people’ despite restrictions
“But it was hurting,” he added. “It was bad. I mean, I almost closed the doors. It was just one of those times you can’t sleep at night. You’re going, ‘OK, what am I gonna do? I can’t pay the employees living on a shoestring budget.’ The yields are not that much in the restaurant business, and it was pretty tough.”
Slovak says the goal posts keep getting moved. At this point, he says if his restaurant is going to go down, he’d rather go down with a fight.
“They keep pushing the goalposts back: a mask here, hand sanitizer. We sanitize our tables and stuff like this, we keep everything extra clean, which we normally do anyway. So every time they push the goalposts back, we just look at ourselves and go, ‘We gotta fight this.’ We’ve got to fight to the death because if we’re going to go down we might as well go down with a fight,” he said.
Local actor won’t stop singing at church, says be ‘forgiving to opposite points of view’
Slovak has gone on social media and is telling customers that they’re going to defy the governor and have inside dining.
“Well, it is a peaceful protest. If we call it a peaceful protest, they can’t shut us down,” he said. “So last night was our first night of the peaceful protest, and we had hundreds of people show up. I mean, we’re a small place. So we were slammed last night … Everybody was in complete support, saying, ‘Yeah, you guys stay open,’ ‘we support you,’ stuff like that,” he said.
Slovak says he called it a “peaceful protest” in part because of the way Inslee handled the riots and protests in Seattle and around the state.
“Governor Inslee turns the other cheek when they’re burning down Seattle, and I’m looking at this, and my employees were looking at this and going, ‘This is not right, you know? Why is he turning his cheek on the rioters when he’s shutting us down? That’s not fair,'” he said. “So we got a couple of the restaurants out here that are getting behind us.”
Listen to the Dori Monson Show weekday afternoons from noon – 3 p.m. on KIRO Radio, 97.3 FM. Subscribe to the podcast here.


thelibertydaily--2020-11-22--ROGER STONE: Bill Gates, Microsoft Designed Election Fraud Software Used By Dominion Voting Systems

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Roger Stone, the longtime political veteran who has been identified as one of the progenitors of the Stop the Steal movement for election integrity in the United States, released a video explaining that he has evidence Microsoft, at the direction of Bill Gates, designed the vote counting software used to commit election fraud by Dominion Voting Systems and competing companies.
Stone explained that Microsoft, at Gates’ instruction, “designed a software called Election Guard” that has “been used by Dominion, as well as Election Services, Hurt Intercivic, Clean Ballot, Election Systems and Hardware, BPro, and SmartMatic.”
“In other words, 100% of the voting machines and voting systems in this country are using the same software that Dominion has been using to switch votes,” said Stone.
Dominion Voting Systems has been repeatedly accused of using vote counting software that can switch votes if an administrator desires. Trump campaign attorney Sidney Powell made these claims publicly last Thursday.
Since Powell charged Dominion with supplanting the will of the American people and stealing the election, over 100 Dominion Voting Systems employees have purged their LinkedIn accounts, and the company reneged on its promise to meet with Pennsylvania lawmakers on Friday.
“The denial by the mainstream media that there’s any evidence whatsoever is ludicrous. The evidence is overwhelming and compelling. Whether Sidney Powell, a fine attorney who isn’t given to making claims she can’t back up in court, can bring a case without the cooperation of the Central Intelligence Agency and the FBI to come clean remains to be seen.”
Bill Gates has remained at the center of several COVID-19 scandals, as the billionaire likely stands to profit from the mass vaccination campaign soon to be underway in much of the civilized world.
Gates was also recently tied to the infamous “Antifa U-Haul” that was seen delivering shields and other supplies to rioters in Louisville, Kentucky.


thelibertydaily--2020-11-22--Democrats Assisting Violent Communist Overthrow: 100+ Antifa Rioters Vandalized Portland Buildings —

Democrats Assisting Violent Communist Overthrow: 100+ Antifa Rioters Vandalized Portland Buildings — No Arrests

Reports from Portland , Oregon , indicate that police made no arrests of Antifa rioters who vandalized businesses on Friday night .
“ This evening ( Friday ) , a group gathered outside the Mexican Consulate in Downtown Portland , ” the Portland Police Bureau tweeted .
“ The group was described as dressed in all black and wearing helmets .
The group engaged in criminal behavior which included spray painting and vandalizing the property.
” Portland journalist Andy Ngo , reported the Antifa group publicized the planned march and vandalism via a digital flyer on social media .
They @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ private ” march to take place while police were distracted with the downtown event , he reported .
Portland police acknowledged that “ a separate group of nearly 50 people gathered at NE Halsey St and NE 52nd Ave before moving to NE 43rd Ave and NE Sandy Blvd .
As the group headed southwest on NE Sandy Blvd towards NE 40th Ave , they vandalized many businesses including many small businesses in their path.
” An official police statement reports “ no arrests were made.
” Ngo reported the group attacked @ @ @ @ @ @ @ city ’ s northeast side during a “ day of rage ” in support of trans people .
They also attacked multiple financial institutions including Bank of America , Chase , and OneMain Financial .
In addition to local and national businesses , the rioters also turned their attention to the Consulate of Mexico in Portland , Independent Media PDX tweeted .
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Reports from Portland, Oregon, indicate that police made no arrests of Antifa rioters who vandalized businesses on Friday night.
“This evening (Friday), a group gathered outside the Mexican Consulate in Downtown Portland,” the Portland Police Bureau tweeted. “The group was described as dressed in all black and wearing helmets. The group engaged in criminal behavior which included spray painting and vandalizing the property.”
Portland journalist Andy Ngo, reported the Antifa group publicized the planned march and vandalism via a digital flyer on social media. They secretly spread the word about a second “private” march to take place while police were distracted with the downtown event, he reported.
Antifa organized two separate mini-riots tonight. One was publicly announced for downtown. It was meant as a decoy to fool police. There was another unadvertised one for vandalizing businesses along NE Sandy. @PortlandPolice didn’t stop either one. #PortlandRiots #antifa pic.twitter.com/CO4iZgllt4 — Andy Ngô (@MrAndyNgo) November 21, 2020
Portland police acknowledged that “a separate group of nearly 50 people gathered at NE Halsey St and NE 52nd Ave before moving to NE 43rd Ave and NE Sandy Blvd. As the group headed southwest on NE Sandy Blvd towards NE 40th Ave, they vandalized many businesses including many small businesses in their path.”
Tonight, a separate group of nearly 50 people gathered at NE Halsey St and NE 52nd Ave before moving to NE 43rd Ave and NE Sandy Blvd. As the group headed southwest on NE Sandy Blvd towards NE 40th Ave, they vandalized many businesses including many small businesses in their path pic.twitter.com/Oyc5RWlFOY — Portland Police (@PortlandPolice) November 21, 2020
An official police statement reports “no arrests were made.”
Ngo reported the group attacked the liberal icon Whole Foods on the city’s northeast side during a “day of rage” in support of trans people.
The Whole Foods on NE Sandy Blvd. in Portland was one of several businesses vandalized by antifa as part of their “day of rage” in support of trans people. #PortlandRiots #antifa pic.twitter.com/RMuENwTBr2 — Andy Ngô (@MrAndyNgo) November 21, 2020
They also attacked multiple financial institutions including Bank of America, Chase, and OneMain Financial.
“Black trans lives matter” Antifa smashed up the Bank of America on NE Sandy in Portland and left another political message on the building. Video by @BridgetChavezTV. #PortlandRiots pic.twitter.com/RSKR8ZK7C4 — Andy Ngô (@MrAndyNgo) November 21, 2020
Antifa used a shopping cart as a ramming tool to smash the glass on the Chase Bank in NE Portland. Video by @BridgetChavezTV. #PortlandRiots pic.twitter.com/J4IvbswBfE — Andy Ngô (@MrAndyNgo) November 21, 2020
In addition to local and national businesses, the rioters also turned their attention to the Consulate of Mexico in Portland, Independent Media PDX tweeted.
As today is Transgender Day of Remembrance, protesters move tonight from The South Park Blocks to the Consulate of Mexico in Portland, before spray painting the building. This is after years of reports & data of discrimination towards women & the LGBTQ community in Mexico. pic.twitter.com/e1Y50ao3S3 — Independent Media PDX (@NDpendentPDX) November 21, 2020
Photos from last night where damage was left to businesses in the Hollywood District by Portland protesters along Sandy Blvd. Businesses shown here: Chase Bank, Bank of America, Rose City Realtors and Wells Fargo. #Portland #protest pic.twitter.com/a6SyuJmNjE — Independent Media PDX (@NDpendentPDX) November 21, 2020
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thelibertydaily--2020-11-22--Dominion and Smartmatic Agreement of Non-Competition Agreement Revealed

The two voting tech companies Dominion and Smartmatic , it has been revealed , have previously signed an non-competition agreement between the two of them , despite perception to the contrary .
This revelation comes despite the companies themselves insisting that they are , in their own words , `` fierce competitors '' , and many major media outlets saying the same thing .
Dominion and Smartmatic are also both under intense scrutiny due to allegations of incompetence and fraud involving the recent elections held on Nov. 3 in the US , and many times so far , vote counts @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and had to be reversed .
According to the National Pulse , the revelation came from analyzing a lawsuit back in 2009 , in which Smartmatic was suing Dominion .
The text of the complaint reads , in part : “ The license agreement contained a noncompetition provision , which , among other things , prohibited Smartmatic from “ develop [ ing ] , market [ ing ] or sell [ ing ] any Licensed Product in the United States.
” A later legal text in a follow-up to the lawsuit reads as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s noncompetition provision prohibited the plaintiffs from selling the licensed products in the United States.
” Particularly alarming is the issue that these facts run contrary to the Associated Press 's `` fact-check '' on the subject .

The two voting tech companies Dominion and Smartmatic, it has been revealed, have previously signed an non-competition agreement between the two of them, despite perception to the contrary.
This revelation comes despite the companies themselves insisting that they are, in their own words, "fierce competitors", and many major media outlets saying the same thing.
Dominion and Smartmatic are also both under intense scrutiny due to allegations of incompetence and fraud involving the recent elections held on Nov. 3 in the US, and many times so far, vote counts have been found to have been incorrect and had to be reversed.
According to the National Pulse, the revelation came from analyzing a lawsuit back in 2009, in which Smartmatic was suing Dominion. The text of the complaint reads, in part:
“The license agreement contained a noncompetition provision, which, among other things, prohibited Smartmatic from “develop[ing], market[ing] or sell[ing] any Licensed Product in the United States.”
A later legal text in a follow-up to the lawsuit reads as follows:
“...the agreement’s noncompetition provision prohibited the plaintiffs from selling the licensed products in the United States.”
Particularly alarming is the issue that these facts run contrary to the Associated Press's "fact-check" on the subject.