thelibertydaily--2020-08-16--Developing . . . Several Police Officers Shot in Austin, Texas Suburb; Subject Barricaded

Multiple officers have been shot while responding to a call in Cedar Park , Texas .
According to the Cedar Park Police Department , three officers have been shot in the incident .
They are at a local hospital in stable condition .
Police also say the subject is not in custody at this time and that the incident could be a hostage situation with children inside the home .
Multiple law enforcement agencies are at a home off of Natalie Cove in the Heritage Park subdivision as the scene remains active .
Police say the subject has barricaded himself @ @ @ @ @ @ @ source at the scene of the shooting told FOX 7 Austin that one officer was shot in the arm .
Another officer was shot in the chest but was protected by his vest .
A third officer has suffered a grazing head wound .
Police are asking people in the area to stay in their homes during the incident .
On Sunday , Texas Governor Abbott released this statement about the shooting .
`` Our hearts are with the police officers who were injured while protecting the Cedar Park community this afternoon .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ service and sacrifice of our law enforcement officers , and the State of Texas stands ready to provide the support and resources needed to bring justice to those involved .
I ask that all Texans join Cecilia and me in prayer for the these officers , and for the safety of all law enforcement officers across the state . ''
This is a developing story , check back for updates .

Three Cedar Park Police Department officers are recovering after being shot in the line of duty and the man suspected of shooting them has surrendered to police after a long standoff.
Police say that the suspect surrendered at around 9 a.m. The last hostage, who is the suspect's mother, came out of the house at the same time.
The suspect's mother was one of three hostages that were inside the home. Two others, the suspect's brother and sister, were released at around 7:45 a.m. A family dog was also released.
Two of the three officers that were injured have been treated and released from the hospital. The third officer is undergoing surgery.
Police say the scene in the area will remain active for some time as the investigation continues. Those who live on Natalie Cove in the Heritage Park subdivision had been asked to stay inside their homes.
It all started at around 3 p.m. on Sunday, August 16. Police say that the suspect is a man in his 20s and has a history of mental illness. The man's mother reportedly called police and asked them to come to the home.
According to Cedar Park Interim Police Chief Mike Harmon, when the mother called she said her son kicked in the door and was acting aggressively. When officers went inside the home, the suspect opened fire.
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A law enforcement official tells FOX 7 Austin that the injuries to the officers include a gunshot wound to the arm, a shot to the chest that was protected by the officer's bullet-proof vest, and a graze wound to the head.
During a press conference last night, Interim Chief Harmon said police have a history at the residence.
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Texas Governor Greg Abbott has since released this statement about the shooting:
"Our hearts are with the police officers who were injured while protecting the Cedar Park community this afternoon. We must never take for granted the service and sacrifice of our law enforcement officers, and the State of Texas stands ready to provide the support and resources needed to bring justice to those involved. I ask that all Texans join Cecilia and me in prayer for the these officers, and for the safety of all law enforcement officers across the state."


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thelibertydaily--2020-08-16--Mike Adams: A Government-Engineered Food Collapse Means Citizens Must Practice ‘Extreme Preparedness

Mike Adams: A Government-Engineered Food Collapse Means Citizens Must Practice ‘Extreme Preparedness’ or Be Starved Into Vaccine Compliance

( Natural News ) UPDATE from the Health Ranger : If you happen to notice any reduction in my article throughput lately , it ’ s because I ’ m prepping like crazy for what ’ s coming .
We are watching the final battle for humanity , and the anti-human , demonic forces are unleashing everything they can muster in a last-gasp effort to try to destroy our human world .
And yes , the upcoming coronavirus vaccines will be slow-acting euthanasia shots .
Hence the desperation to censor all criticism of vaccines and even reject the Russian-made vaccine @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for the simple reason that Russia isn ’ t at war with the human race ( unlike Western globalists ) .
The next global lockdown will be permanent , and they will attempt to vaccinate everyone using door-to-door vaccine compliance programs administered at gunpoint .
If you refuse , you will be taken to a “ quarantine camp ” which is really just a death camp .
If you take the vaccine , you are signing your own death warrant .
Meanwhile , famine is being engineered as a weapon of control , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to keep people locked down until they can fully achieve their mass starvation goal , which will drive tens of millions of Americans into food banks and FEMA camps where vaccines will be mandated .
( Want some food ?
Here , take this vaccine shot first . )
That ’ s how they ’ re going to pull off their depopulation agenda : Starve people into vaccine compliance .
Food is their weapon of control , followed by vaccines as the weapon of death .
If you aren ’ t stocking up @ @ @ @ @ @ @ re crazy .
I ’ m telling everyone to prepare for 18 months without a food supply .
If you figure you can grow 50 % of your own food , that means you ’ ll need 9 months of stored food to survive the full 18 months ( and that ’ s assuming you already know how to garden , and you have seeds and soil , etc. )
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Most people don ’ t know how to grow food .
Most people will starve to death or be culled in quarantine @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for humanity as you know it .
I ’ ve just posted a new interview with Jose of ManMadeSurvival.com which offers a fascinating discussion of the problem of other people not being prepared .
How do you deal with the non-preppers when it hits the fan ?
Elections analysis : Democrats are done for Democrats already know they can not win the November election if it ’ s fair and free , hence the new Big Tech censorship of any attempt to “ interfere ” with the election by criticizing Joe Biden .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ is a brain-dead dementia case , and Krazy Kamala is a power-crazed authoritarian whose radical left-wing ideas are almost as bonkers as AOC ’ s .
No one in their right mind will vote for this combination of a brain dead president and a power-hungry Hillary Clinton wannabe .
Dems can ’ t win in a fair election .
So instead of trying to win the election , Democrats are primarily working on unleashing mass confusion through cheat-by-mail efforts , baseless attacks on the U.S .
Postal Service , fake news media disinformation @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the streets .
Their only hope now is to make it impossible for the election to take place at all , and barring that , if the election does happen , they want to make sure nobody can have confidence in the results .
The left-wing media will immediately claim Trump is “ illegitimate ” and they will call for Nancy Pelosi to assume the presidency .
This will be how the political coup will be carried out against Trump , unless the treasonous deep state actors are stopped .
The best way @ @ @ @ @ @ @ vote for Trump in huge numbers , beyond the “ margin of vote theft , ” and give Trump an enormous mandate , including helping Trump win the so-called “ popular vote.
” This will make it far more difficult for the treasonous Democrats and left-wing media to carry out their planned political coup .
I have been told from high-level sources that the Democrats have already lost the election .
Even more , I ’ ve been told that the DNC will be disbanded after this election , meaning the Democrats are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ bag , and the Federal Reserve is fully supporting Trump with endless money printing .
Trump will also receive the full support of the Pentagon as soon as the military is allowed to engage in conflicts with China ( the Pentagon has long wanted a war with China ) .
This will no doubt begin in the South China Sea .
But make no mistake : When Trump wins the election , he will still be the last President of the USA as we know it .
Left-wing states will attempt to secede @ @ @ @ @ @ @ erupt to whole new levels of lawlessness and insanity .
I wouldn ’ t be surprised at some point of left-wing mayors like Lightfoot ( Chicago ) or Wheeler ( Portland ) just rip off their human skin and go full-blown DEMON .
There ’ s no more point in them pretending to be human , after all , when everybody knows they ’ re at war with humanity .
The financial collapse is coming Adding to all this , the engineered financial collapse is now closer than ever , with central banks @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to replace fiat currencies .
They know the dollar is finished , and they ’ re already well on the way to rolling out a global digital currency that will track all your purchases and tax you “ automatically ” based on what ’ s in your digital wallet .
The era of financial privacy is over .
Between the medical police state lockdowns that are being tested in Australia , and the engineered collapses of food and financial systems , the vast majority of human beings won ’ t survive the first @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” lockdown .
It doesn ’ t take long to collapse society and crush human populations , given the intricacies of modern complex societies .
People like Bill Gates know this as well as anyone : To depopulate the planet , you don ’ t have to actually go around and murder billions of people , you merely have to eliminate the supporting infrastructure that makes feeding billions of people possible , all while injecting people with biological weapons that mop up the survivors .
That ’ s why food distribution centers and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
It ’ s why the banks are going to be shuttered in an engineered global financial collapse that halts all transactions , making farming and food production impossible .
States are stockpiling tens of millions of pounds of long-term storable food It ’ s also why states like Washington are building massive bunkers of emergency food , as even the Seattle Times is now reporting .
The people in charge know what ’ s coming .
In fact , they ’ re engineering it .
The food supplies aren ’ t for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ re for the political elite .
From the Seattle Times : In Washington state ’ s new food warehouse , there ’ s enough Jif peanut butter to make nearly 3 million sandwiches .
Barilla pasta boxes stretch to the ceiling , 100,000 in all .
Large stacks of TreeTop applesauce , pancake mix and canned green beans sit on pallets , like soldiers waiting to be sent into duty .
After seeing food banks struggle to meet demand once the pandemic hit and the economy tanked , the Washington state Department of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ buy and stockpile tons of food to ward off a shortage in the months ahead .
The new stockpile is driven by two major factors : A nearly doubling in demand for food assistance across the state and a national food supply chain that is bogged down amid an overwhelming surge in demand .
“ We went into panic mode , ” Sandison said .
“ That ’ s not an exaggeration .
… So we jumped in with both feet and started active procurement on our end.
” But as the WSDA @ @ @ @ @ @ @ food as it could to increase the state ’ s emergency reserves , so was everyone else .
Not only was the WSDA competing with other states and large national food-assistance programs , it also faced competition from grocery stores as national supplies of products such as pasta and peanut butter were becoming increasingly hard to come by .
Does that sound like a description of an economy that ’ s going to bounce back to normal with a “ V-shaped recovery ?
” And that ’ s a rare example of a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ under way by governments across the nation .
Most of the food stockpiling isn ’ t being reported .
Just remember this : When you stockpile food , the left-wing media says you ’ re “ hoarding.
” When the government stockpiles food , that ’ s said to be , “ planning.
” Hoarding will be criminalized , which means local and state governments will go door-to-door , confiscating “ hoarded ” food supplies in order to add to their own “ planning ” stockpiles that they control .
Mark my works @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Health Ranger Store I want you know to know that we anticipated all this , and we ’ re working hard to maintain supplies of lab-validated storable food for our customers and readers .
We recently opened up a new 7,000 square foot section of our food production facility , and we ’ re in the process of building another 20,000 square feet for storage of incoming food supplies from commercial trucks .
We ’ ve secured food delivery contracts with numerous groups representing U.S. farmers , and we are stacking pallet @ @ @ @ @ @ @ thousands of pounds of food staples like beans , lentils , rice , quinoa , nuts and more .
Even though all of our storable foods are currently sold out at our store — see our storable food product lists here — we already have in our possession the materials to make thousands of new “ Ranger Buckets , ” and we are now producing 500 sets at a time .
The next 500 Ranger Buckets should be available in less than two weeks .
The best way to get these is to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Buckets and click on the “ Notify me about restrock ” button in the product description .
This will automatically send you an email alert when the buckets are back in stock .
We already have enough materials to manufacture thousands of Ranger Buckets , but we are very short on human labor due to the insanely stupid federal government policy of the government paying people to stay home and avoid working .
As a result of this insane policy — fully supported by GOP Senators , by the way — food production @ @ @ @ @ @ @ find any labor , and the food supply is collapsing .
This has affected us as all .
If not for this engineered labor shortage , we could easily produce double or triple the current output , but instead of allowing America to get back to work , both Republicans and Democrats are conspiring to pay American workers to stay home and do nothing while setting up the nation for engineered mass starvation .
This is not an oversight on their part : It ’ s the plan .
We have all been @ @ @ @ @ @ @ They signed our death warrants while they made “ elite ” plans for massive stockpiling and underground bunkers .
Download and listen to the Global Reset Survival Guide audio book I ’ ve posted a free , downloadable nine-hour audiobook called the Global Reset Survival Guide .
It ’ s free to download at GlobalReset.news It covers everything you need to bug out , prep up and survive the onslaught against humanity that ’ s being waged by depopulation globalists and complicit Democrat anti-humanists .
A downloadable PDF transcript is printable , allowing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ all this information in case the internet goes down ( or we ’ re taken offline ) .
Download and save all the MP3 files to your local computer or mobile device , so you always have the files .
These are free to share .
Join the pro-human resistance against global tyranny and genocide .
See the full details at GlobalReset.news .
Also see GenSix.com for the new multi-speaker program “ Final Warning : Brace for Impact , ” where myself and other speakers offer our final warning for humanity .
This @ @ @ @ @ @ @ message we are able to get out before the engineered collapse kicks in .
Lastly , I may not be posting as many articles as usual , as I ’ m spending a lot more time working on personal preparedness .
Those who survive the collapse that ’ s being engineered for humanity will be those who undertook “ extreme ” preparedness plans in advance .
How much should you prepare ?
Unless your family and friends are looking at you and shaking their heads , saying you ’ re totally crazy , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ People who think they ’ re “ fully prepared ” with a two-week food supply and a pistol with 50 rounds of ammo will be dead in less than a year , most likely .
Natural selection has a way of eliminating those who are too stupid to accurately anticipate approaching events .
Download the full nine-hour audio book now at GlobalReset.news .

Health Ranger update: A government-engineered FOOD COLLAPSE means citizens must practice “extreme preparedness” or be starved into vaccine compliance
UPDATE from the Health Ranger: If you happen to notice any reduction in my article throughput lately, it's becausefor what's coming. We are watching the final battle for humanity, and the anti-human, demonic forces are unleashing everything they can muster in a last-gasp effort to try to destroy our human world. And yes, the upcoming coronavirus vaccines will be slow-acting euthanasia shots. Hence the desperation to censor all criticism of vaccines and even reject the Russian-made vaccine which isn't a kill switch for the simple reason that Russia isn't at war with the human race (unlike Western globalists).
The next global lockdown will be permanent, and they will attempt to vaccinate everyone using door-to-door vaccine compliance programs administered at gunpoint. If you refuse, you will be taken to a "quarantine camp" which is really just a death camp. If you take the vaccine, you are signing your own death warrant.
Meanwhile, famine is being engineered as a weapon of control, and the powers that be are working to keep people locked down until they can fully achieve their mass starvation goal, which will drive tens of millions of Americans into food banks and FEMA camps where vaccines will be mandated. (Want some food? Here, take this vaccine shot first.) That's how they're going to pull off their depopulation agenda: Starve people into vaccine compliance. Food is their weapon of control, followed by vaccines as the weapon of death.
If you aren't stocking up on food right now, you're crazy. I'm telling everyone to prepare for 18 months without a food supply. If you figure you can grow 50% of your own food, that means you'll need 9 months of stored food to survive the full 18 months (and that's assuming you already know how to garden, and you have seeds and soil, etc.). Most people don't know how to grow food. Most people will starve to death or be culled in quarantine camps. This is the end game for humanity as you know it.
I've just posted a new interview with Jose of ManMadeSurvival.com which offers a fascinating discussion of the problem of other people not being prepared. How do you deal with the non-preppers when it hits the fan?
Watch and share:
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Elections analysis: Democrats are done for
Democrats already know they cannot win the November election if it's fair and free, hence the new Big Tech censorship of any attempt to "interfere" with the election by criticizing Joe Biden. Yet most people already know that Biden is a brain-dead dementia case, and Krazy Kamala is a power-crazed authoritarian whose radical left-wing ideas are almost as bonkers as AOC's. No one in their right mind will vote for this combination of a brain dead president and a power-hungry Hillary Clinton wannabe. Dems can't win in a fair election.
So instead of trying to win the election, Democrats are primarily working on unleashing mass confusion through cheat-by-mail efforts, baseless attacks on the U.S. Postal Service, fake news media disinformation campaigns and widespread chaos and violence in the streets. Their only hope now is to make it impossible for the election to take place at all, and barring that, if the election does happen, they want to make sure nobody can have confidence in the results. The left-wing media will immediately claim Trump is "illegitimate" and they will call for Nancy Pelosi to assume the presidency. This will be how the political coup will be carried out against Trump, unless the treasonous deep state actors are stopped.
The best way for us to stop this is to vote for Trump in huge numbers, beyond the "margin of vote theft," and give Trump an enormous mandate, including helping Trump win the so-called "popular vote." This will make it far more difficult for the treasonous Democrats and left-wing media to carry out their planned political coup.
I have been told from high-level sources that the Democrats have already lost the election. Even more, I've been told that the DNC will be disbanded after this election, meaning the Democrats are finished. Trump has it in the bag, and the Federal Reserve is fully supporting Trump with endless money printing. Trump will also receive the full support of the Pentagon as soon as the military is allowed to engage in conflicts with China (the Pentagon has long wanted a war with China). This will no doubt begin in the South China Sea.
But make no mistake: When Trump wins the election, he will still be the last President of the USA as we know it. Left-wing states will attempt to secede. The violence in the streets will erupt to whole new levels of lawlessness and insanity. I wouldn't be surprised at some point of left-wing mayors like Lightfoot (Chicago) or Wheeler (Portland) just rip off their human skin and go full-blown DEMON. There's no more point in them pretending to be human, after all, when everybody knows they're at war with humanity.
The financial collapse is coming
Adding to all this, the engineered financial collapse is now closer than ever, with central banks openly talking about rolling out digital currencies to replace fiat currencies. They know the dollar is finished, and they're already well on the way to rolling out a global digital currency that will track all your purchases and tax you "automatically" based on what's in your digital wallet. The era of financial privacy is over.
Between the medical police state lockdowns that are being tested in Australia, and the engineered collapses of food and financial systems, the vast majority of human beings won't survive the first 90 days beyond the "final solution" lockdown. It doesn't take long to collapse society and crush human populations, given the intricacies of modern complex societies. People like Bill Gates know this as well as anyone: To depopulate the planet, you don't have to actually go around and murder billions of people, you merely have to eliminate the supporting infrastructure that makes feeding billions of people possible, all while injecting people with biological weapons that mop up the survivors.
That's why food distribution centers and farming operations are being deliberately shut down. It's why the banks are going to be shuttered in an engineered global financial collapse that halts all transactions, making farming and food production impossible.
States are stockpiling tens of millions of pounds of long-term storable food
It's also why states like Washington are building massive bunkers of emergency food, as even the Seattle Times is now reporting. The people in charge know what's coming. In fact, they're engineering it. The food supplies aren't for the people, either: They're for the political elite. From the Seattle Times:
In Washington state’s new food warehouse, there’s enough Jif peanut butter to make nearly 3 million sandwiches. Barilla pasta boxes stretch to the ceiling, 100,000 in all. Large stacks of TreeTop applesauce, pancake mix and canned green beans sit on pallets, like soldiers waiting to be sent into duty.
After seeing food banks struggle to meet demand once the pandemic hit and the economy tanked, the Washington state Department of Agriculture (WSDA) began preparing to buy and stockpile tons of food to ward off a shortage in the months ahead. The new stockpile is driven by two major factors: A nearly doubling in demand for food assistance across the state and a national food supply chain that is bogged down amid an overwhelming surge in demand.
“We went into panic mode,” Sandison said. “That’s not an exaggeration. … So we jumped in with both feet and started active procurement on our end.” But as the WSDA was trying to buy as much nonperishable food as it could to increase the state’s emergency reserves, so was everyone else. Not only was the WSDA competing with other states and large national food-assistance programs, it also faced competition from grocery stores as national supplies of products such as pasta and peanut butter were becoming increasingly hard to come by.
Does that sound like a description of an economy that's going to bounce back to normal with a "V-shaped recovery?"
Nope.
And that's a rare example of a story covering the massive food stockpiling efforts under way by governments across the nation. Most of the food stockpiling isn't being reported.
Just remember this: When you stockpile food, the left-wing media says you're "hoarding." When the government stockpiles food, that's said to be, "planning."
Hoarding will be criminalized, which means local and state governments will go door-to-door, confiscating "hoarded" food supplies in order to add to their own "planning" stockpiles that they control. Mark my works.
What we're doing at the Health Ranger Store
I want you know to know that we anticipated all this, and we're working hard to maintain supplies of lab-validated storable food for our customers and readers. We recently opened up a new 7,000 square foot section of our food production facility, and we're in the process of building another 20,000 square feet for storage of incoming food supplies from commercial trucks. We've secured food delivery contracts with numerous groups representing U.S. farmers, and we are stacking pallet racks to the roof with hundreds of thousands of pounds of food staples like beans, lentils, rice, quinoa, nuts and more.
Even though all of our storable foods are currently sold out at our store -- see our storable food product lists here -- we already have in our possession the materials to make thousands of new "Ranger Buckets," and we are now producing 500 sets at a time.
The next 500 Ranger Buckets should be available in less than two weeks. The best way to get these is to go to this product page for Ranger Buckets and click on the "Notify me about restrock" button in the product description. This will automatically send you an email alert when the buckets are back in stock.
We already have enough materials to manufacture thousands of Ranger Buckets, but we are very short on human labor due to the insanely stupid federal government policy of the government paying people to stay home and avoid working. As a result of this insane policy -- fully supported by GOP Senators, by the way -- food production and distribution companies across America cannot find any labor, and the food supply is collapsing.
This has affected us as all. If not for this engineered labor shortage, we could easily produce double or triple the current output, but instead of allowing America to get back to work, both Republicans and Democrats are conspiring to pay American workers to stay home and do nothing while setting up the nation for engineered mass starvation.
This is not an oversight on their part: It's the plan.
We have all been betrayed by our representatives in Washington. They signed our death warrants while they made "elite" plans for massive stockpiling and underground bunkers.
Download and listen to the Global Reset Survival Guide audio book
I’ve posted a free, downloadable nine-hour audiobook called the Global Reset Survival Guide. It’s free to download at GlobalReset.news
It covers everything you need to bug out, prep up and survive the onslaught against humanity that’s being waged by depopulation globalists and complicit Democrat anti-humanists.
A downloadable PDF transcript is printable, allowing you to have a hard copy of all this information in case the internet goes down (or we’re taken offline). Download and save all the MP3 files to your local computer or mobile device, so you always have the files. These are free to share.
Join the pro-human resistance against global tyranny and genocide. See the full details at GlobalReset.news.
Also see GenSix.com for the new multi-speaker program “Final Warning: Brace for Impact,” where myself and other speakers offer our final warning for humanity. This is likely to be the very last message we are able to get out before the engineered collapse kicks in.
Lastly, I may not be posting as many articles as usual, as I'm spending a lot more time working on personal preparedness. Those who survive the collapse that's being engineered for humanity will be those who undertook "extreme" preparedness plans in advance.
How much should you prepare? Unless your family and friends are looking at you and shaking their heads, saying you're totally crazy, you're not preparing enough.
People who think they're "fully prepared" with a two-week food supply and a pistol with 50 rounds of ammo will be dead in less than a year, most likely. Natural selection has a way of eliminating those who are too stupid to accurately anticipate approaching events.
Watch the trailer here:
Download the full nine-hour audio book now at GlobalReset.news.


thelibertydaily--2020-08-16--Northern California Wildfire Spawns Rare Firenado

Northern California was alerted to a rare tornado warning unlike any other by the National Weather Service -- a fire tornado .
Sure enough , a fiery tornado was spotted shortly after the warning on Saturday near the Nevada border , where a large wildfire , winds and extreme temperatures combined to create a dangerous storm .
The Reno office of the National Weather Service knew the mixture of 60 mph winds with pyrocumulonimbus clouds from the Loyalton Wildfire could produce a fire-induced tornado .
The forecasters warned the conditions posed `` an extremely dangerous situation for firefighters . ''
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the Sierra Valley exploded most impressively this afternoon , with a very large pyrocumulus and reports of fire tornadoes , '' the NWS warning said .
`` Due to the possibility of very strong fire-generated winds and extreme fire behavior with danger to fire personnel , a tornado warning was issued to heighten awareness in the area of the fire . ''
The wildfire has charred 20,000 acres in Lassen County , California , as of Sunday morning and has ignited serious concerns and sparked evacuations on Saturday for portions of Sierra @ @ @ @ @ @ @ are created when rising hot air from a fire becomes twisted by winds changing direction , much like the more common land tornado .
The difference between a regular tornado and the firenado , however , is that winds combine with smoke plums to create especially dangerous conditions .
`` In terms of the ingredients , the intense heat of wildfires already causes large , billowing columns of rising hot air and smoke , but what causes them to turn into `` pyrocumulonimbus '' , or thunderstorm clouds caused by wildfire smoke , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the atmosphere above the fire , '' said AccuWeather Meteorologist Jake Sojda .
Typically in the west , the air is very dry , so the air simply does n't have enough moisture for the rising air above the fire to turn into clouds , you just see all of the ash and embers and dust from the wildfire itself .
But Sojda explained that if the atmosphere above a wildfire gets an influx of moisture , then the rising air and smoke can also form clouds as it rises and cools .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ coast helped push some extra moisture into Northern California , enough to allow the rising air and smoke from the Loyalton Fire to turn into clouds and eventually a towering thunderstorm , '' Sojda said .
`` Localized wind currents caused by a combination of the thunderstorm , the intense heat from the fire , and the shape of the valley around the fire and storm helped cause the storm to rotate , just like a supercell thunderstorm that are famous for causing tornados in places like the Great Plains , '' Sojda @ @ @ @ @ @ @ `` pyro-thunderstorms '' cause wind damage and tornadoes just like a more traditional severe thunderstorm , but they can also cause the fire to behave very erratically and spread very quickly .
Embers blown about by the gusty thunderstorm winds can also start new fires .
Since it is a thunderstorm , there is also the threat of lightning , which can start new fires , but can also be dangerous to firefighters without shelter who are trying to fight the fire , '' Sojda said .
`` Firenadoes are an extreme weather @ @ @ @ @ @ @ columns , '' NWS Reno wrote on Twitter .
`` As extreme as this behavior is , the # CarrFire had an extreme example of this . ''

Northern California was alerted to a rare tornado warning unlike any other by the National Weather Service -- a fire tornado.
Sure enough, a fiery tornado was spotted shortly after the warning on Saturday near the Nevada border, where a large wildfire, winds and extreme temperatures combined to create a dangerous storm.
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The Reno office of the National Weather Service knew the mixture of 60 mph winds with pyrocumulonimbus clouds from the Loyalton Wildfire could produce a fire-induced tornado. The forecasters warned the conditions posed "an extremely dangerous situation for firefighters."
"The Loyalton Fire to the east of the Sierra Valley exploded most impressively this afternoon, with a very large pyrocumulus and reports of fire tornadoes," the NWS warning said. "Due to the possibility of very strong fire-generated winds and extreme fire behavior with danger to fire personnel, a tornado warning was issued to heighten awareness in the area of the fire."
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The wildfire has charred 20,000 acres in Lassen County, California, as of Sunday morning and has ignited serious concerns and sparked evacuations on Saturday for portions of Sierra, Lassen and Plumas counties.
Firenados are created when rising hot air from a fire becomes twisted by winds changing direction, much like the more common land tornado. The difference between a regular tornado and the firenado, however, is that winds combine with smoke plums to create especially dangerous conditions.
"In terms of the ingredients, the intense heat of wildfires already causes large, billowing columns of rising hot air and smoke, but what causes them to turn into "pyrocumulonimbus", or thunderstorm clouds caused by wildfire smoke, has to do with the state of the atmosphere above the fire," said AccuWeather Meteorologist Jake Sojda.
Typically in the west, the air is very dry, so the air simply doesn't have enough moisture for the rising air above the fire to turn into clouds, you just see all of the ash and embers and dust from the wildfire itself. But Sojda explained that if the atmosphere above a wildfire gets an influx of moisture, then the rising air and smoke can also form clouds as it rises and cools.
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"A storm system off the California coast helped push some extra moisture into Northern California, enough to allow the rising air and smoke from the Loyalton Fire to turn into clouds and eventually a towering thunderstorm," Sojda said.
"Localized wind currents caused by a combination of the thunderstorm, the intense heat from the fire, and the shape of the valley around the fire and storm helped cause the storm to rotate, just like a supercell thunderstorm that are famous for causing tornados in places like the Great Plains," Sojda said.
Sojda warns, this poses an extreme danger.
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thelibertydaily--2020-08-17--Royal Rift: Prince William and Prince Harry Barely Speak, Biographer Claims

Click to email this to a friend ( Opens in new window ) Click to share on Twitter ( Opens in new window ) Click to share on Facebook ( Opens in new window ) Prince William and Prince Harry cut off all communication for two months after the latter went rogue and divulged his “ Megxit ” plans on social media , according to a royal biographer .
The brothers still barely speak and their rift will “ take time to heal , ” said Omid Scobie , one of the authors of “ Finding Freedom : Harry and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Royal Family , ” The Sun reported .
“ I think the distance between the brothers grew wider and wider , ” Scobie said in an interview on “ True Royalty TV ” that aired Sunday .
“ That ’ s really going to take some time to heal , ” Scobie said , according to The Sun .
Future king William was apparently furious that Harry and wife Meghan Markle in January decided to reveal a road map for how they planned to step back from the royal family and become financially @ @ @ @ @ @ @ t discussed internally .
That ’ s really what caused the most amount of hurt to William , because he wears two hats , ” Scobie said .
“ He ’ s not just the brother , he ’ s also future king and he felt that damaged the reputation of the family.
” The royal expert added : “ That it put family business out into the public domain when it should ’ ve been discussed privately and there was a lot of hurt there that continues to this day.
” There @ @ @ @ @ @ @ effort made to get Harry and Meghan to stay , Scobie said .
He claimed the institution would “ stop at nothing to make Meghan ’ s life difficult , ” citing a fight over the Duchess ’ wedding tiara .
The tiff prompted Harry to call his grandmother , Queen Elizabeth II , to complain about one of her assistants who apparently wasn ’ t being accommodating enough to his future bride .
“ Harry had to intervene , ” Scobie claimed .
“ He called his grandmother and said , ‘ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ hell is going on .
This woman needs to make this work for my future wife.
’ ” He added : “ Harry felt that there were those within the institution that would stop at nothing at the very least to make Meghan ’ s life difficult .
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Prince William and Prince Harry cut off all communication for two months after the latter went rogue and divulged his “Megxit” plans on social media, according to a royal biographer.
The brothers still barely speak and their rift will “take time to heal,” said Omid Scobie, one of the authors of “Finding Freedom: Harry and Meghan and the Making of a Modern Royal Family,” The Sun reported.
“I think the distance between the brothers grew wider and wider,” Scobie said in an interview on “True Royalty TV” that aired Sunday.
“That’s really going to take some time to heal,” Scobie said, according to The Sun.
Future king William was apparently furious that Harry and wife Meghan Markle in January decided to reveal a road map for how they planned to step back from the royal family and become financially independent.
“The statements weren’t discussed internally. That’s really what caused the most amount of hurt to William, because he wears two hats,” Scobie said.
“He’s not just the brother, he’s also future king and he felt that damaged the reputation of the family.”
The royal expert added: “That it put family business out into the public domain when it should’ve been discussed privately and there was a lot of hurt there that continues to this day.”
There also wasn’t much of an effort made to get Harry and Meghan to stay, Scobie said.
He claimed the institution would “stop at nothing to make Meghan’s life difficult,” citing a fight over the Duchess’ wedding tiara.
The tiff prompted Harry to call his grandmother, Queen Elizabeth II, to complain about one of her assistants who apparently wasn’t being accommodating enough to his future bride.
“Harry had to intervene,” Scobie claimed. “He called his grandmother and said, ‘I don’t know what the hell is going on. This woman needs to make this work for my future wife.’”
He added: “Harry felt that there were those within the institution that would stop at nothing at the very least to make Meghan’s life difficult.”


thelibertydaily--2020-08-17--Jewish Entrepreneur, Wife Donate Millions for Christian Medical Missions in Africa

A Jewish entrepreneur and his rabbi wife have become one of the largest private supporters of Christian medical missionaries in Africa as they have donated millions to support vital health care needs in some of the most impoverished communities in the world .
Mark Gerson and his wife , Erica , have donated well over $ 10 million to assist Christian medical missions in Africa over the years as they have felt the call from their Jewish faith to “ love the stranger ” in a region of the world where access to health care is extremely limited .
Gerson @ @ @ @ @ @ @ who co-founded the Gerson Lehrman Group , told The Christian Post in a recent interview that he began giving to Christian medical missions in Africa thanks to a friend he met at Williams College in Massachusetts in the 1990s .
That friend , Dr. Jon Fielder , traveled to Africa in the early 2000s to serve those impacted by the AIDS pandemic .
“ He said , ‘ I could be doctor No .
700,000 in the U.S. … or become an indispensable source of care for people dying of AIDS in Africa @ @ @ @ @ @ @ him in a conversation they had after finishing his residency at Johns Hopkins Hospital .
“ Probably the biggest humanitarian problem in the world … is a lack of access to doctors to almost anybody in Africa.
” Fielder , a Baylor University School of Medicine graduate , moved to Kenya in 2002 to work with World Medical Mission and Africa Inland Mission at Kijabe Hospital .
Fielder focused on caring for HIV patients and the training of Kenyan health care providers .
Gerson , his brother , and some of their friends @ @ @ @ @ @ @ because they saw how dire the need was for trained medical professionals in Africa and understood the value of Christian medical missionaries and mission hospitals there .
“ Many African countries will have one doctor for anywhere between 20,000 and 50,000 people , ” Gerson , who said .
“ That is not a specialist .
That is just one doctor .
The availability of treatment is just unavailable for so many people.
” Gerson ’ s funding of Fielder ’ s ministry continued after the Fielders moved to Malawi in southern Africa @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and Fielder launched African Mission Healthcare , a nonprofit devoted to strengthening mission hospitals to aid those in greatest need , after noticing a lack of consistent financial support for medical missionaries serving on the continent .
Support from the Western church has ‘ weakened ’ “ Support for missionaries from the Western church has really weakened in the last few decades for a whole variety of sociological reasons , ” Gerson , who serves as AMH ’ s board chair , explained .
“ One of which is that denominations used to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Lutherans , the Methodists , the Baptists , they could effectively tax the churches and denominations and use some of that tax to send missionaries.
” Gerson , who also co-founded the Jerusalem-based volunteer medical services organization United Hatzalah , said there were “ some great and legendary missionary hospitals set up by the denominations from 100 years ago up until about 30 years ago.
” “ As denominations became weaker and Christianity went into more nondenominational evangelical , it is possible , but it is highly unlikely that one church is going @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in Africa and the missionaries , ” the philanthropist explained .
“ When they pull their resources into the denominations , it is possible.
” Because missionary doctors work for years on end without coming home , the Yale Law School graduate stressed that they don ’ t have the time they need to build relationships with people and institutions in the West that can financially support their work .
“ They come home after maybe four years and would go on a speaking tour of sorts , get a few churches lined @ @ @ @ @ @ @ get a couple of thousand dollars for each one or something , ” Gerson explained .
“ It was an inefficient and ineffective mechanism to raise absolutely needed support.
” “ In 2010 , we said , ‘ What can we do to really be the place that missionaries can turn to for the support they need and people can turn to support the missionaries ?
” he added .
According to the AMH co-founder , AMH provides support for three key areas : clinical care , infrastructure and training .
The organization @ @ @ @ @ @ @ projects that range from constructing surgical theaters , building housing for medical professionals , spaces for clinical care as well as procuring and installing expensive medical equipment .
AMH has invested over $ 26.5 million at 47 hospitals across 18 African countries .
AMH estimates that its efforts will make possible over 10.7 million patient visits .
Training is “ core to all that AMH does ” as the organization has a variety of programs for surgeons , doctors , nurses , anesthetists and nurse anesthetists .
Through 2019 , AMH has trained @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , the organization has invested over $ 15.9 million in direct clinical care and sponsored over 18,619 surgical and corrective procedures with an average cost of $ 360 .
Additionally , the organization estimates that it has enabled 611,000 direct clinical visits over the years .
AMH also works to provide mission hospitals with better infrastructure .
AMH has done 85 projects across 15 different countries , with an investment of about $ 7 million , according to Gerson .
For example , he said that some hospitals can spend 40 % of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that , AMH has helped construct solar panels at some hospitals to reduce the amount those hospitals spend on power each month from as high as 40 % to single-digit percentages .
Housing is another significant problem for medical missionaries looking to serve in rural areas where there is no private housing market available .
“ The most valuable resource in the African health care setting is personnel .
You get this extremely valuable resource of a person who wants to come train at a mission hospital in Africa but the very last @ @ @ @ @ @ @ nowhere for them to stay .
So they don ‘ t come , ” Gerson said .
“ We construct housing and it can cost $ 15,000 to $ 20,000 per room .
A three-bedroom house we can put up for about $ 50,000 to $ 60,000 .
That house will fund itself forever because it will be owned by the hospital and the rent of whoever stays there will be deducted from his or her pay.
” While AMH has become one of the leading organizational supporters of medical missions in Africa @ @ @ @ @ @ @ out much of their own money to fund what 's needed .

Jewish entrepreneur, wife donate millions for Christian medical missions in Africa
A Jewish entrepreneur and his rabbi wife have become one of the largest private supporters of Christian medical missionaries in Africa as they have donated millions to support vital health care needs in some of the most impoverished communities in the world.
Mark Gerson and his wife, Erica, have donated well over $10 million to assist Christian medical missions in Africa over the years as they have felt the call from their Jewish faith to “love the stranger” in a region of the world where access to health care is extremely limited.
Gerson, an investor, businessman and philanthropist who co-founded the Gerson Lehrman Group, told The Christian Post in a recent interview that he began giving to
Christian medical missions in Africa thanks to a friend he met at Williams College in Massachusetts in the 1990s.
That friend, Dr. Jon Fielder, traveled to Africa in the early 2000s to serve those impacted by the AIDS pandemic.
“He said, ‘I could be doctor No. 700,000 in the U.S. … or become an indispensable source of care for people dying of AIDS in Africa,’” Gerson recalled Fielder telling him in a conversation they had after finishing his residency at Johns Hopkins Hospital.
“Probably the biggest humanitarian problem in the world … is a lack of access to doctors to almost anybody in Africa.”
Fielder, a Baylor University School of Medicine graduate, moved to Kenya in 2002 to work with World Medical Mission and Africa Inland Mission at Kijabe Hospital. Fielder focused on caring for HIV patients and the training of Kenyan health care providers.
Gerson, his brother, and some of their friends supported Fielder’s work in Kenya because they saw how dire the need was for trained medical professionals in Africa and understood the value of Christian medical missionaries and mission hospitals there.
“Many African countries will have one doctor for anywhere between 20,000 and 50,000 people,” Gerson, who said. “That is not a specialist. That is just one doctor. The availability of treatment is just unavailable for so many people.”
Gerson’s funding of Fielder’s ministry continued after the Fielders moved to Malawi in southern Africa in 2009.
In 2010, Gerson and Fielder launched African Mission Healthcare, a nonprofit devoted to strengthening mission hospitals to aid those in greatest need, after noticing a lack of consistent financial support for medical missionaries serving on the continent.
Support from the Western church has ‘weakened’
“Support for missionaries from the Western church has really weakened in the last few decades for a whole variety of sociological reasons,” Gerson, who serves as AMH’s board chair, explained. “One of which is that denominations used to be prevalent and powerful. So the Lutherans, the Methodists, the Baptists, they could effectively tax the churches and denominations and use some of that tax to send missionaries.”
Gerson, who also co-founded the Jerusalem-based volunteer medical services organization United Hatzalah, said there were “some great and legendary missionary hospitals set up by the denominations from 100 years ago up until about 30 years ago.”
“As denominations became weaker and Christianity went into more nondenominational evangelical, it is possible, but it is highly unlikely that one church is going to be able to support a hospital in Africa and the missionaries,” the philanthropist explained. “When they pull their resources into the denominations, it is possible.”
Because missionary doctors work for years on end without coming home, the Yale Law School graduate stressed that they don’t have the time they need to build relationships with people and institutions in the West that can financially support their work.
“They come home after maybe four years and would go on a speaking tour of sorts, get a few churches lined up maybe over the summer and they get a couple of thousand dollars for each one or something,” Gerson explained. “It was an inefficient and ineffective mechanism to raise absolutely needed support.”
“In 2010, we said, ‘What can we do to really be the place that missionaries can turn to for the support they need and people can turn to support the missionaries?” he added.
According to the AMH co-founder, AMH provides support for three key areas: clinical care, infrastructure and training.
The organization invests in a wide range of infrastructure projects that range from constructing surgical theaters, building housing for medical professionals, spaces for clinical care as well as procuring and installing expensive medical equipment.
AMH has invested over $26.5 million at 47 hospitals across 18 African countries. AMH estimates that its efforts will make possible over 10.7 million patient visits.
Training is “core to all that AMH does” as the organization has a variety of programs for surgeons, doctors, nurses, anesthetists and nurse anesthetists.
Through 2019, AMH has trained 3,736 medical professionals. Through June 2020, the organization has invested over $15.9 million in direct clinical care and sponsored over 18,619 surgical and corrective procedures with an average cost of $360. Additionally, the organization estimates that it has enabled 611,000 direct clinical visits over the years.
AMH also works to provide mission hospitals with better infrastructure. AMH has done 85 projects across 15 different countries, with an investment of about $7 million, according to Gerson.
For example, he said that some hospitals can spend 40% of their budget on electricity. To alleviate that, AMH has helped construct solar panels at some hospitals to reduce the amount those hospitals spend on power each month from as high as 40% to single-digit percentages.
Housing is another significant problem for medical missionaries looking to serve in rural areas where there is no private housing market available.
“The most valuable resource in the African health care setting is personnel. You get this extremely valuable resource of a person who wants to come train at a mission hospital in Africa but the very last step is no housing for them and nowhere for them to stay. So they don‘t come,” Gerson said.
“We construct housing and it can cost $15,000 to $20,000 per room. A three-bedroom house we can put up for about $50,000 to $60,000. That house will fund itself forever because it will be owned by the hospital and the rent of whoever stays there will be deducted from his or her pay.”
While AMH has become one of the leading organizational supporters of medical missions in Africa, the Gerson family has also doled out much of their own money to fund what's needed.


thelibertydaily--2020-08-17--What Every Christian Needs to Do Now: Pray for Our Nation

Christians should be among those most deeply concerned about the divided state of our nation .
Left vs. right , masks vs. no masks , reopen vs. stay-at-home , virtual school vs. in-person , race , politics , police , abortion , religious liberty , not to mention the remainder of what ’ s certain to be a brutal presidential campaign .
The issues range from essential to non-essential .
On the essential matters , we mourn and vow to fight deception .
On the non-essential matters , we mourn and hope to overcome division .
God ’ s people @ @ @ @ @ @ @ run away from the struggle .
Instead , knowing there is no hope outside of Christ , we ask God to mercifully and powerfully mobilize His people to advance the true and good .
If Christians are to speak with clarity , courage , and confidence and be voices of truth and love in a world of noise and echo chambers , we will need to be prepared .
But even perfectly crafted arguments can not replace , as Chuck Colson said , “ the church being the church.
” Speaking can not @ @ @ @ @ @ @ God calls us to be , we must rely on prayer .
Each Wednesday morning between August 12 and November 4 , which is the morning after the 2020 election , the Colson Center will host a national prayer time , via webinar .
We invite you to join us , each week , to pray first and foremost for God ’ s mercy , that He would revive His church , that He would bring about renewal of righteousness , that He would empower us to courageously offer protection for the most @ @ @ @ @ @ @ deepest divides , and that He would allow us to be instruments in the sustaining of religious freedom and the national recovery of the family .
Each prayer time will feature a devotional challenge and prayer by Christian leaders such as Os Guinness , Joni Eareckson Tada , Focus on the Family president Jim Daly , Woodside Bible Pastor Chris Brooks and Watermark Church pastor Todd Wagner , as well as Ed Stetzer from the Billy Graham Center and Heritage Foundation president Kay Cole James .
Due to Zoom capacity , there will @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to all who register .
However , each week ’ s recording will be sent to anyone who signs up .
Come to BreakPoint.org for more details .
In Ephesians , Paul tells us “ we do not wrestle against flesh and blood but against the rulers , against the authorities , against the cosmic powers over this present darkness , against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places.
” When people see us as their enemies , it ’ s difficult to remember they aren ’ t our enemies .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ , put on the full armor of God – faith , truth , righteousness , peace , salvation , and the word of God – “ praying at all times in the Spirit , with all prayer and supplication… keep alert with all perseverance , making supplication for all the saints ” ( v. 18 ) .
According to the book of Acts , the earliest church activity was prayer .
Thousands of people , from completely different backgrounds , came together in one mind and one heart in prayer “ with one @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ) .
What happened ?
The Holy Spirit moved and the world was never the same .
Every spiritual revolution in history started with this kind of unified , persevering prayer .
From the first outpouring of the Holy Spirit in Acts to the Great Awakenings to the Businessman ’ s Revival to the Welsh Revival , in story after story , we hear the same thing .
People prayed and God ’ s Spirit moved .
On the other hand , every Christian in history who persevered in righteousness , despite temptation @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Our prayer can not force God ’ s hand , of course .
But , our only way forward is to seek His will together .
Our prayers don ’ t control God , but rather invite Him in to change hearts and minds , including our own .
God is always working in our lives whether we realize it or not , but something powerful and world-changing happens when people pray for God ’ s Spirit to move .
The great Jonathan Edwards urged his fellow pastors to “ be much @ @ @ @ @ @ @ secret and with one another .
… [ I ] t is God ’ s will that the prayers of His saints shall be great and the principal means of carrying on the designs of Christ ’ s Kingdom in the world .
When God has something to accomplish for His church , it is with His will that there should precede it the extraordinary prayer of His people.
” Paul tell us to pray for all things at all times ( 1 Thessalonians 5:17 ) , and specifically to pray for our @ @ @ @ @ @ @ This is what the world needs from the Church right now , instead of the outrage we are too often known for .
So that ’ s what we will do , together , each Wednesday until the election .
I hope you will join us .

What the Church needs to do now: Pray for our nation
Christians should be among those most deeply concerned about the divided state of our nation. Left vs. right, masks vs. no masks, reopen vs. stay-at-home, virtual school vs. in-person, race, politics, police, abortion, religious liberty, not to mention the remainder of what’s certain to be a brutal presidential campaign.
The issues range from essential to non-essential. On the essential matters, we mourn and vow to fight deception. On the non-essential matters, we mourn and hope to overcome division. God’s people can neither stay on the sidelines nor run away from the struggle. Instead, knowing there is no hope outside of Christ, we ask God to mercifully and powerfully mobilize His people to advance the true and good.
If Christians are to speak with clarity, courage, and confidence and be voices of truth and love in a world of noise and echo chambers, we will need to be prepared. But even perfectly crafted arguments cannot replace, as Chuck Colson said, “the church being the church.” Speaking cannot replace being. To be the people God calls us to be, we must rely on prayer.
Each Wednesday morning between August 12 and November 4, which is the morning after the 2020 election, the Colson Center will host a national prayer time, via webinar. We invite you to join us, each week, to pray first and foremost for God’s mercy, that He would revive His church, that He would bring about renewal of righteousness, that He would empower us to courageously offer protection for the most vulnerable, to champion reconciliation across our deepest divides, and that He would allow us to be instruments in the sustaining of religious freedom and the national recovery of the family.
Each prayer time will feature a devotional challenge and prayer by Christian leaders such as Os Guinness, Joni Eareckson Tada, Focus on the Family president Jim Daly, Woodside Bible Pastor Chris Brooks and Watermark Church pastor Todd Wagner, as well as Ed Stetzer from the Billy Graham Center and Heritage Foundation president Kay Cole James.
Due to Zoom capacity, there will be limited live spots each week available to all who register. However, each week’s recording will be sent to anyone who signs up. Come to BreakPoint.org for more details.
In Ephesians, Paul tells us “we do not wrestle against flesh and blood but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places.” When people see us as their enemies, it’s difficult to remember they aren’t our enemies.
We can only, as Paul instructs, put on the full armor of God – faith, truth, righteousness, peace, salvation, and the word of God – “praying at all times in the Spirit, with all prayer and supplication… keep alert with all perseverance, making supplication for all the saints” (v. 18).
According to the book of Acts, the earliest church activity was prayer. Thousands of people, from completely different backgrounds, came together in one mind and one heart in prayer “with one accord” (Acts 1:14; 2:42–47). What happened? The Holy Spirit moved and the world was never the same.
Every spiritual revolution in history started with this kind of unified, persevering prayer. From the first outpouring of the Holy Spirit in Acts to the Great Awakenings to the Businessman’s Revival to the Welsh Revival, in story after story, we hear the same thing. People prayed and God’s Spirit moved. On the other hand, every Christian in history who persevered in righteousness, despite temptation or persecution, did so through prayer.
Our prayer cannot force God’s hand, of course. But, our only way forward is to seek His will together. Our prayers don’t control God, but rather invite Him in to change hearts and minds, including our own. God is always working in our lives whether we realize it or not, but something powerful and world-changing happens when people pray for God’s Spirit to move.
The great Jonathan Edwards urged his fellow pastors to “be much in prayer and fasting, both in secret and with one another. … [I]t is God’s will that the prayers of His saints shall be great and the principal means of carrying on the designs of Christ’s Kingdom in the world. When God has something to accomplish for His church, it is with His will that there should precede it the extraordinary prayer of His people.”
Paul tell us to pray for all things at all times (1 Thessalonians 5:17), and specifically to pray for our leaders, both spiritual and secular. This is what the world needs from the Church right now, instead of the outrage we are too often known for. So that’s what we will do, together, each Wednesday until the election. I hope you will join us.
Originally posted at breakpoint.org


thelibertydaily--2020-08-17--Corrupt Leftist NY Times Fake News Scrubs Univision Open-Borders Pusher Jorge Ramos’ Hatred of Black

Corrupt Leftist NY Times Fake News Scrubs Univision Open-Borders Pusher Jorge Ramos’ Hatred of Black People

Univision senior anchor Jorge Ramos has a habit of saying one thing to American media and another overseas .
And it appears that The New York Times got wind of his overseas remarks after publication of his latest op-ed .
The opinion piece , originally published on August 7th , was originally titled “ Can a Latina Girl Dream of Being President of the United States ?
” Shortly after publication , the op-ed ’ s title was changed to “ What Sonia Sotomayor Told a 10-Year-Old Girl.
” The op-ed was published with Joe Biden ’ s decision on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in the midst of the Susan Rice boomlet .
Congresswoman Karen Bass ( D-CA ) had already faded after revelations of her fondness for Cuban tyrant Fidel Castro , and Senator Kamala Harris ( D-CA ) was days away from being selected .
The NYT op-ed did center around the little girl ’ s exchange with Justice Sotomayor , but as was the norm with a Ramos column , he proposed a big government solution to a societal problem : in this case , passage of the Equal Rights Amendment in order to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Ramos left unclear how the ERA will accomplish that , exactly , but it doesn ’ t matter .
What matters was that we do something .
None of that mattered , of course , in relation to the op-ed ’ s original title .
Are 10-year-old Latina girls barred from dreaming about being elected to the presidency , or about whatever else they might want to achieve ?
Of course not .
More than anything , the op-ed projects Ramos ’ racialist sense of entitlement .
Look at what he said at @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Now there will be 37 Hispanic congressmen representing us .
This is a record , but the truth is there ’ s still a long way to go .
In the Senate , for example , we only have four senators of Latino origin when in reality there should be at least eighteen .
As we noted back then : ... this is the same Jorge Ramos that has , in the past , accused two of those four Senators of being race-traitors , and who cheered their respective defeats in the 2016 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in our review of Ramos ’ interview for Spain ’ s El Intermedio , you can ’ t whine about a lack of proportional representation while at the same time dismissing half of the existing representation in the Senate as traitors .
Ramos ’ racialist reductionism and wish-casting doesn ’ t take into account such things as the dynamics in each of the states where Hispanics have run and won , nor does he ask questions in the states where they don ’ t .
In California , for example , State Senate @ @ @ @ @ @ @ incumbent U.S .
Senator Dianne Feinstein .
However , we don ’ t see Ramos questioning why Feinstein defeated de León , nor do we expect to see a post-mortem of this race in his weekly column .
Such questions might prove to be uncomfortable .
Quite simply , Ramos ’ editors at The Times tried to sand some of the sharp edges off of his rigid racialism .
But they can ’ t hide what he told Spain ’ s El Pais days prior , which was that African-Americans “ already had @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in the White House ( preferably AOC ) is the next “ giant step ” for America : RODRIGUEZ MANTILLA : Do you hope to see a Latino president ?
RAMOS : Of course !
Not just to see one , but I hope I ’ m able to cover one as a journalist .
There are more Latinos than African-Americans .
They ’ ve already had one .
The next giant step would be to see a Latina in the White House .
RODRIGUEZ MANTILLA : Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez , once she ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ turning 35 ?
RAMOS : She ’ s part of the generation that my 31-year-old daughter Paola belongs to .
RODRIGUEZ MANTILLA : How do you define them ?
RAMOS : Direct , fearless .
They tell it like it is .
They don ’ t wait .
They show themselves to be very impatient .
They handle cell phones and social media like no one else , and will quickly seize control from those who hold it now .
So much so that I hope they ’ re in even more of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Ramos , seeing racism everywhere he looks , has now become what he most harshly criticizes .
The New York Times is fond of procuring reader feedback for the columns they publish- and can be reached at letters @ nytimes.com .

Univision senior anchor Jorge Ramos has a habit of saying one thing to American media and another overseas. And it appears that The New York Times got wind of his overseas remarks after publication of his latest op-ed.
The opinion piece, originally published on August 7th, was originally titled “Can a Latina Girl Dream of Being President of the United States?” Shortly after publication, the op-ed’s title was changed to “What Sonia Sotomayor Told a 10-Year-Old Girl.”
The op-ed was published with Joe Biden’s decision on a running mate fast approaching, and in the midst of the Susan Rice boomlet. Congresswoman Karen Bass (D-CA) had already faded after revelations of her fondness for Cuban tyrant Fidel Castro, and Senator Kamala Harris (D-CA) was days away from being selected.
The NYT op-ed did center around the little girl’s exchange with Justice Sotomayor, but as was the norm with a Ramos column, he proposed a big government solution to a societal problem: in this case, passage of the Equal Rights Amendment in order to ensure more women in public office. Ramos left unclear how the ERA will accomplish that, exactly, but it doesn’t matter. What matters was that we do something.
None of that mattered, of course, in relation to the op-ed’s original title. Are 10-year-old Latina girls barred from dreaming about being elected to the presidency, or about whatever else they might want to achieve? Of course not. More than anything, the op-ed projects Ramos’ racialist sense of entitlement. Look at what he said at the start of the 116th Congress:
Now there will be 37 Hispanic congressmen representing us. This is a record, but the truth is there’s still a long way to go. In the Senate, for example, we only have four senators of Latino origin when in reality there should be at least eighteen.
As we noted back then:
...this is the same Jorge Ramos that has, in the past, accused two of those four Senators of being race-traitors, and who cheered their respective defeats in the 2016 Republican presidential primary. As we explained in our review of Ramos’ interview for Spain’s El Intermedio, you can’t whine about a lack of proportional representation while at the same time dismissing half of the existing representation in the Senate as traitors. Ramos’ racialist reductionism and wish-casting doesn’t take into account such things as the dynamics in each of the states where Hispanics have run and won, nor does he ask questions in the states where they don’t. In California, for example, State Senate President Pro Tempore Kevin de León challenged incumbent U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein. However, we don’t see Ramos questioning why Feinstein defeated de León, nor do we expect to see a post-mortem of this race in his weekly column. Such questions might prove to be uncomfortable.
Quite simply, Ramos’ editors at The Times tried to sand some of the sharp edges off of his rigid racialism. But they can’t hide what he told Spain’s El Pais days prior, which was that African-Americans “already had a president” and that a Latina in the White House (preferably AOC) is the next “giant step” for America:
RODRIGUEZ MANTILLA: Do you hope to see a Latino president? RAMOS: Of course! Not just to see one, but I hope I’m able to cover one as a journalist. There are more Latinos than African-Americans. They’ve already had one. The next giant step would be to see a Latina in the White House. RODRIGUEZ MANTILLA: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, once she’s old enough to run, after turning 35? RAMOS: She’s part of the generation that my 31-year-old daughter Paola belongs to. RODRIGUEZ MANTILLA: How do you define them? RAMOS: Direct, fearless. They tell it like it is. They don’t wait. They show themselves to be very impatient. They handle cell phones and social media like no one else, and will quickly seize control from those who hold it now. So much so that I hope they’re in even more of a hurry.
It appears that Jorge Ramos, seeing racism everywhere he looks, has now become what he most harshly criticizes.
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thelibertydaily--2020-08-18--Julian Assange? President Trump Teases He Plans to Pardon Someone ‘Very, Very Important’ on Tuesday

Julian Assange? President Trump Teases He Plans to Pardon Someone ‘Very, Very Important’ on Tuesday Who’s ‘Not Edward Snowden or Michael Flynn’

President Donald Trump is reportedly planning to pardon someone Tuesday , according to a tweet from CBS White House correspondent Weijia Jiang .
Jiang reports the pardon won ’ t be for former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn or former U.S National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden .
The president did say he was looking into a possible pardon for Snowden on Saturday , according to Reuters .
“ I ’ m going to start looking at it , ” Trump told reporters at a news conference in New Jersey on Saturday , according to Reuters .
( RELATED : @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , But How Does He Compare To Previous Presidents ? )
“ There are a lot of people that think he is not being treated fairly .
I mean , I hear that , ” Trump said , per the New York Post .
“ Snowden is one of the people they talk about .
They talk about numerous people , but he is certainly one of the people that they do talk about , ” Trump said Thursday , before turning to his aides , according to the Post .
“ I @ @ @ @ @ @ @ him right now ?
…It ’ s certainly something I could look at .
Many people are on his side , I will say that .
I don ’ t know him , never met him .
But many people are on his side.
” In 2013 Snowden was charged with espionage after leaking secret documents that revealed domestic and international surveillance carried out by the National Security Agency , per Reuters .

President Donald Trump is reportedly planning to pardon someone Tuesday, according to a tweet from CBS White House correspondent Weijia Jiang.
NEW: On the flight home from Wisconsin, the President told us he plans to pardon someone “very, very important” tomorrow who is not Edward Snowden or Michael Flynn. — Weijia Jiang (@weijia) August 18, 2020
Jiang reports the pardon won’t be for former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn or former U.S National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden.
The president did say he was looking into a possible pardon for Snowden on Saturday, according to Reuters.
“I’m going to start looking at it,” Trump told reporters at a news conference in New Jersey on Saturday, according to Reuters. (RELATED: Trump Takes Heat For Roger Stone Commutation, But How Does He Compare To Previous Presidents?)
“There are a lot of people that think he is not being treated fairly. I mean, I hear that,” Trump said, per the New York Post.
“Snowden is one of the people they talk about. They talk about numerous people, but he is certainly one of the people that they do talk about,” Trump said Thursday, before turning to his aides, according to the Post. “I guess the DOJ is looking to extradite him right now?…It’s certainly something I could look at. Many people are on his side, I will say that. I don’t know him, never met him. But many people are on his side.”
In 2013 Snowden was charged with espionage after leaking secret documents that revealed domestic and international surveillance carried out by the National Security Agency, per Reuters.


thelibertydaily--2020-08-18--Black Privilege Update: Facebook Launches ‘Black Creators’ Program to Pay Social Media Celebs $25 Mi

Black Privilege Update: Facebook Launches ‘Black Creators’ Program to Pay Social Media Celebs $25 Million for Being Black

Local media saw fit to include personal information about the news personality

Last Updated on August 17, 2020
Facebook has pledged to pay $100 million to black-owned businesses for no reason other than the fact that the shareholders are black, as part of of a broader $1.1 billion race-based payout to “Black and diverse suppliers and communities.”
A $25 million portion of the payout will go to a group Facebook calls “black creators,” as part of a program Facebook describes as “intended to amplify Black voices, and is geared towards Black creators aged 18+ with a minimum of 10,000 followers on Facebook or 10,000 followers on Instagram.”
The requirements for the free cash are listed as “Applicants must be over 18 years of age,” “Applicants must reside in the US,””Applicants must have a valid Facebook or Instagram account with at least 10,000 followers on Facebook app or Instagram,” and “Applicants must be a 51% or more Black-owned business, Black sole proprietor or Black individual creator.”
The program falls under the scope of a massive $1.1 billion race-based financial package by Facebook, which the tech monopoly describes as a way to confront “the reality of violence and injustice which members of the Black community face on a daily basis.”
“We’re setting a goal to spend at least $1 billion with diverse suppliers next year and every year thereafter. As part of this, we’ll spend at least $100 million annually with Black-owned suppliers, from facilities to construction to marketing agencies and more,” Facebook says.
Facebook’s laser-focused attention to race politics may be the reason why a group with 20,000 members that glorifies the black alleged murder of a 5-year-old white boy has been allowed to remain unmolested on the platform:


thelibertydaily--2020-08-18--Communist North Korean Madman Kim Jong-Un Orders All Pet Dogs Be Confiscated in North Korean Capital

Communist North Korean Madman Kim Jong-Un Orders All Pet Dogs Be Confiscated in North Korean Capital, Oddly Claiming They’re Somehow a Symbol of Western Decadence

NORTH Korean leader Kim Jong Un has ordered all the dogs in the nation 's capital of Pyongyang to be confiscated , according to reports .
The leader is said to believe that pooches represent Western `` decadence , '' and so issued a directive back in July to round up the pets .
A source told the English edition of Chosun Ilbo , a South Korean newspaper , that Kim believes dogs are “ a ‘ tainted ’ trend by bourgeouis ideology . ''
The source added : `` Ordinary people raise pigs and livestock on their porches , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ pet dogs , which stoked some resentment ( among the lower classes ) .
“ Authorities have identified households with pet dogs and are forcing them to give them up or forcefully confiscating them and putting them down . ''
Dog owners have been “ cursing Kim Jong Un behind his back , ” the source said , but admitted their hands are tied .
Some dog owners have even expressed concerns about the motives behind the order .
While Kim is expressed the move is to clamp down on capitalist extravagance in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that the dog roundup is , in fact , a way of dealing with a North Korean food shortage .
In 2018 , it was reported that consumption of dog had increased in North Korea during the summer heat .
Last week , Kim said he would refuse outside aid to help North Korea deal with the coronavirus .

PET PEEVE Kim Jong-un ‘orders pet dogs be killed for restaurant meat because they’re a symbol of Western decadence’
KIM Jong-un has ordered pet dogs to be confiscated so their meat can be sent to restaurants, according to reports.
The move by the North Korean leader is thought to be a aimed at dealing with food shortages and also because he believes pooches represent Western "decadence".
3 Kim Jong Un has ordered all the dogs in the nation's capital of Pyongyang to be confiscated, according to reports Credit: Alamy Live News
3 The leader is said to believe that pooches represent Western 'decadence' Credit: AP:Associated Press
A source told the English edition of Chosun Ilbo, a South Korean newspaper, that Kim believes dogs are “a ‘tainted’ trend by bourgeouis ideology" and he wants pet dogs to be confiscated in North Korea so their meat can be sent to restaurants.
Dog meat is popular in parts of China and on the Korean Peninsula, although consumption is on the decline in South Korea.
A source quoted by Chosun Ilbo said some of the dogs are being sent to restaurants.
"Ordinary people raise pigs and livestock on their porches, but high-ranking officials and the wealthy own pet dogs, which stoked some resentment.
“Authorities have identified households with pet dogs and are forcing them to give them up or forcefully confiscating them and putting them down."
Some dog owners have even expressed concerns about the motives behind the order, which was issued last month.
They have been “cursing Kim Jong-un behind his back,” the source said, but admitted their hands are tied.
In 2018, it was reported that consumption of dog had increased in North Korea during the summer heat.
Last week, Kim said he would refuse outside aid to help North Korea deal with the coronavirus.
Pet ownership used to be viewed as western decadence by the North Korean authorities, the Chosun Ilbo reported.
But attitudes appear to have relaxed when the North hosted the World Festival of Youth and Students in 1989.
After that, the Pyongyang elite started flaunting expensive dogs as status symbols.
3 Some dog owners have expressed concerns that the dog round-up could be a way of addressing food shortages in North Korea Credit: AFP or licensors
Kim Jong-un says the ‘absolute might’ of its nuclear weapons ensures there will ‘NEVER be war on this land again’
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thelibertydaily--2020-08-18--Startling: Alex Jones and Steven Crowder Visit Ground Zero in Riot-Torn-Democrat-Ruled Austin, Texas

STARTLING : Alex Jones and Steven Crowder visit ground zero in riot-torn Austin , Texas

Alex Jones and Steven Crowder toured the once beautiful downtown area of Austin, Texas, and surveyed the damage done by #BLM and Antifa. Jones explained how Democrat-led efforts led to this once booming hipster-haven turning onto the post-apocalyptic ghost town seen today.
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thelibertydaily--2020-08-18--6 Myths About U.S. Postal Service And The Election Debunked

Questions about the U.S .
Postal Service operations and leadership during the November election are rising , but it can be hard to discern from corporate media coverage what is actually happening .
Many different networks have accused President Trump of disrupting USPS operations for political gain , even going so far as to claim he wants to “ rewrite history ” in a “ crusade ” against postal services .
On Sunday , Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and other congressional Democrats called for Postmaster General Louis DeJoy and the USPS Board of Governors to testify in Congress @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ operational changes at the Postal Service that are slowing the mail and jeopardizing the integrity of the election.
” “ The President has explicitly stated his intention to manipulate the Postal Service to deny eligible voters access to the ballot in pursuit of his own re-election .
Alarmingly , the Postmaster General – a Trump mega-donor – has acted as an accomplice in the President ’ s campaign to cheat in the election , as he launches sweeping new operational changes that degrade delivery standards and delay the mail , ” a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ also called the House back for a special legislative session after multiple congressional Democrats requested an emergency session to determine the future of USPS and DeJoy , despite failing to pass a second coronavirus spending bill in the most recent term .
Although the left is determined to prove through myths that Trump wants to “ steal ” the election , here are some facts about USPS and the election that show a different side than the corporate media might lead you to believe .
1 .
USPS Is Not Required By The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ services in the United States , while mentioned in the Constitution , are not mandated by it .
Article 1 , Section 8 of the Constitution simply grants Congress “ the Power [ … ] To establish Post Office Boxes and Roads.
” While Congress legislated to ensure different mechanisms within the postal service would continue to run and mandated that the postmaster general report to the president , there is no guarantee beyond congressional resolutions and laws to dictate USPS ’ s existence .
2 .
USPS Was Created to Be a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ receives a “ yearly appropriation of about $ 55 million , ” it is considered an “ independent agency ” responsible for gaining and maintaining its own revenue .
The agency does have the ability to ask additional appropriations and borrow money from the Treasury , and has recently received funds through the CARES Act coronavirus law from Congress , but generally relies on its own income from services .
Despite outlandish claims by the corporate media that USPS funding has dropped simply because of the emphasis on the election , U.S. postal @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
In 2019 , the USPS racked up a deficit of $ 8.8 billion on its own accord .
3 .
Postmaster General Louis DeJoy Was Not Simply Appointed For His Republican Ties Even though DeJoy has a history of donating to Republicans and the Trump campaign , he also “ made a fortune in shipping and logistics ” and previously had a company that was a “ contractor of the Postal Service for many years.
” DeJoy was unanimously chosen in May by the USPS Board of Governors , who are “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ consent of the senate ” and are limited in partisanship to “ no more than 5 of the 10 Governors from the same party.
” 4 .
USPS Will Not Cease Operations Before the Election Despite its financial troubles and speculation from many about its operational state , USPS still has the resources and funds to continue operations through the election in November .
As a matter of fact , the USPS quarterly report at the end of June testified that postal services have “ sufficient liquidity to continue operating through at least @ @ @ @ @ @ @ by USPS also promised that recent financial troubles will not prevent them from attaining “ projected Election and Political Mail volume.
” “ The Postal Service has ample capacity to adjust our nationwide processing and delivery network to meet projected Election and Political Mail volume , including any additional volume that may result as a response to the COVID-19 pandemic , ” the agency said in a statement .
5 .
Voter Fraud Through Mail-In Ballots Is Very Real Corporate media recently made a fuss over President Trump and First Lady Melania Trump @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Florida primaries .
President Trump has clarified that he has no problem with absentee ballots but opposes mass mail-in ballots due to fraud potential .
“ Absentee ballots , by the way , are fine , ” Trump previously said .
“ But the universal mail-ins that are just sent all over the place , where people can grab them and grab stacks of them , and sign them and do whatever you want , that ’ s the thing we ’ re against.
” There are many examples of recent voter @ @ @ @ @ @ @ one local special election in Paterson , New Jersey , the “ Postal Inspection Service found hundreds of ballots in one mailbox ” as well as ballots that were “ stolen ( completed and empty ) and filled out fraudulently , or were otherwise altered.
” “ Absentee voting has the word absent in it for a reason .
It means you ’ re absent from the jurisdiction or unable to vote in person , ” White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany wrote in a statement .
“ President Trump is against the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ expand mass mail-in voting without a reason , which has a high propensity for voter fraud .
This is a simple distinction that the media fails to grasp.
” A viral tweet posted in early August showed a worker loading a truck with blue USPS collection boxes for transport in Portland .
“ Please share this picture far and wide .
Trump is trying to steal the election .
He is gutting the USPS to make it difficult for people to vote by mail .
Here in Oregon , that ’ s our @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” the tweet read .
The conspiracy gained traction with many notable figures including Joe Biden , Taylor Swift , and members of Congress , with many tweeting about the issue on Twitter .
According to one reporter , Biden also spoke out at a virtual fundraising event claiming that “ They ’ re going around literally with tractor trailers picking up mailboxes .
You oughta go online and check out what they ’ re doing in Oregon .
I mean , it ’ s bizarre !
” Postal Service spokesman Steve Doherty @ @ @ @ @ @ @ collection boxes is “ standard procedure ” for general upkeep .
The USPS website also states that “ If the box is owned and maintained by the US Postal Service and is damaged/broken , ” the local Post Office is responsible for its maintenance .
In addition to maintenance , local news outlets in Portland reported that some of the collection boxes were being spread around the city to avoid crowding and duplicates .
Others also speculated that mailboxes were being locked creating an “ immediate threat to American democracy , ” but @ @ @ @ @ @ @ J. Maher , a USPS spokesman in Los Angeles and Orange counties , explained the locks were to prevent a recent uptick in mail theft .
“ We do this where we have had incidents , or there is a problem where the box may be out in a not very well lit public place .
The boxes have been retrofitted all over Southern California , ” he said .

Questions about the U.S. Postal Service operations and leadership during the November election are rising, but it can be hard to discern from corporate media coverage what is actually happening. Many different networks have accused President Trump of disrupting USPS operations for political gain, even going so far as to claim he wants to “rewrite history” in a “crusade” against postal services.
On Sunday, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and other congressional Democrats called for Postmaster General Louis DeJoy and the USPS Board of Governors to testify in Congress about some of these myths and the “operational changes at the Postal Service that are slowing the mail and jeopardizing the integrity of the election.”
“The President has explicitly stated his intention to manipulate the Postal Service to deny eligible voters access to the ballot in pursuit of his own re-election. Alarmingly, the Postmaster General – a Trump mega-donor – has acted as an accomplice in the President’s campaign to cheat in the election, as he launches sweeping new operational changes that degrade delivery standards and delay the mail,” a press release from Pelosi reads.
Today, @SenSchumer, @RepMaloney & @SenGaryPeters join me in an urgent call for Postmaster General DeJoy and @USPS Board of Governors Chair Duncan to testify before the Congress. https://t.co/U1Jg03vaKd — Nancy Pelosi (@SpeakerPelosi) August 16, 2020
Pelosi also called the House back for a special legislative session after multiple congressional Democrats requested an emergency session to determine the future of USPS and DeJoy, despite failing to pass a second coronavirus spending bill in the most recent term.
Although the left is determined to prove through myths that Trump wants to “steal” the election, here are some facts about USPS and the election that show a different side than the corporate media might lead you to believe.
1. USPS Is Not Required By The Constitution
Despite some leftist claims, postal services in the United States, while mentioned in the Constitution, are not mandated by it. Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution simply grants Congress “the Power […] To establish Post Office Boxes and Roads.”
While Congress legislated to ensure different mechanisms within the postal service would continue to run and mandated that the postmaster general report to the president, there is no guarantee beyond congressional resolutions and laws to dictate USPS’s existence.
2. USPS Was Created to Be a Financially Independent and Sustainable Agency
While USPS receives a “yearly appropriation of about $55 million,” it is considered an “independent agency” responsible for gaining and maintaining its own revenue. The agency does have the ability to ask additional appropriations and borrow money from the Treasury, and has recently received funds through the CARES Act coronavirus law from Congress, but generally relies on its own income from services.
Despite outlandish claims by the corporate media that USPS funding has dropped simply because of the emphasis on the election, U.S. postal services have been losing money for years. In 2019, the USPS racked up a deficit of $8.8 billion on its own accord.
3. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy Was Not Simply Appointed For His Republican Ties
Even though DeJoy has a history of donating to Republicans and the Trump campaign, he also “made a fortune in shipping and logistics” and previously had a company that was a “contractor of the Postal Service for many years.”
DeJoy was unanimously chosen in May by the USPS Board of Governors, who are “appointed by the president with advice and consent of the senate” and are limited in partisanship to “no more than 5 of the 10 Governors from the same party.”
4. USPS Will Not Cease Operations Before the Election
Despite its financial troubles and speculation from many about its operational state, USPS still has the resources and funds to continue operations through the election in November. As a matter of fact, the USPS quarterly report at the end of June testified that postal services have “sufficient liquidity to continue operating through at least August 2021.”
An official statement released by USPS also promised that recent financial troubles will not prevent them from attaining “projected Election and Political Mail volume.”
“The Postal Service has ample capacity to adjust our nationwide processing and delivery network to meet projected Election and Political Mail volume, including any additional volume that may result as a response to the COVID-19 pandemic,” the agency said in a statement.
5. Voter Fraud Through Mail-In Ballots Is Very Real
Corporate media recently made a fuss over President Trump and First Lady Melania Trump’s request for absentee ballots for the Florida primaries. President Trump has clarified that he has no problem with absentee ballots but opposes mass mail-in ballots due to fraud potential.
“Absentee ballots, by the way, are fine,” Trump previously said. “But the universal mail-ins that are just sent all over the place, where people can grab them and grab stacks of them, and sign them and do whatever you want, that’s the thing we’re against.”
There are many examples of recent voter fraud in the United States. In one local special election in Paterson, New Jersey, the “Postal Inspection Service found hundreds of ballots in one mailbox” as well as ballots that were “stolen (completed and empty) and filled out fraudulently, or were otherwise altered.”
“Absentee voting has the word absent in it for a reason. It means you’re absent from the jurisdiction or unable to vote in person,” White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany wrote in a statement. “President Trump is against the Democrat plan to politicize the coronavirus and expand mass mail-in voting without a reason, which has a high propensity for voter fraud. This is a simple distinction that the media fails to grasp.”
6. No, Trump Isn’t Stealing Your City’s Blue Mail Boxes
A viral tweet posted in early August showed a worker loading a truck with blue USPS collection boxes for transport in Portland.
“Please share this picture far and wide. Trump is trying to steal the election. He is gutting the USPS to make it difficult for people to vote by mail. Here in Oregon, that’s our only option. This demands attention!” the tweet read.
🚨Please share this picture far and wide. Trump is trying to steal the election. He is gutting the USPS to make it difficult for people to vote by mail. Here in Oregon, that’s our only option. This demands attention! @OregonGovBrown pic.twitter.com/JSsmA0FTzY — Mark Ⴟ Ⓥ Delaney (@markdelaneysays) August 9, 2020
The conspiracy gained traction with many notable figures including Joe Biden, Taylor Swift, and members of Congress, with many tweeting about the issue on Twitter.
According to one reporter, Biden also spoke out at a virtual fundraising event claiming that “They’re going around literally with tractor trailers picking up mailboxes. You oughta go online and check out what they’re doing in Oregon. I mean, it’s bizarre!”
Postal Service spokesman Steve Doherty said the removal of many of the collection boxes is “standard procedure” for general upkeep. The USPS website also states that “If the box is owned and maintained by the US Postal Service and is damaged/broken,” the local Post Office is responsible for its maintenance.
In addition to maintenance, local news outlets in Portland reported that some of the collection boxes were being spread around the city to avoid crowding and duplicates.
Others also speculated that mailboxes were being locked creating an “immediate threat to American democracy,” but these rumors were quickly debunked after Richard J. Maher, a USPS spokesman in Los Angeles and Orange counties, explained the locks were to prevent a recent uptick in mail theft.
“We do this where we have had incidents, or there is a problem where the box may be out in a not very well lit public place. The boxes have been retrofitted all over Southern California,” he said.
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Jordan Boyd is a staff writer at The Federalist and co-producer of The Federalist Radio Hour. Her work has also been featured in The Daily Wire, Fox News, and RealClearPolitics. Jordan graduated from Baylor University where she majored in political science and minored in journalism. Follow her on Twitter @jordanboydtx.