thelibertydaily--2020-10-29--Nationwide Warrant Issued for CHAZ/CHOP Murder Suspect Marcel L. Long

Seattle Police are asking for the public 's help to find 19-year-old Marcel L. Long .
Prosecutors have charged him with Murder in the 1st Degree and issued a nationwide warrant for his arrest .
Crime Stoppers of Puget Sound is offering a $ 1,000 cash reward for any information that leads to his arrest .
You will remain anonymous .
Long is accused of shooting 19-year-old Lorenzo Anderson Jr. on June 20th at 10th Avenue and East Pine Street within the boundaries of Seattle 's CHOP zone .
An autopsy showed Lorenzo died from four gunshot wounds .
Detectives @ @ @ @ @ @ @ from Long following an argument and physical fight .
Police say Long fired two of the shots at Lorenzo when he was already down on the sidewalk .
Marcel Long is 5'09 '' , 215 lbs .
If you know where Seattle Police homicide detectives can find him or how to get in touch with him , text a tip through the P3 Tips App that you can download to your cell phone for free or go to www.P3Tips.com .
You can also call the Crime Stoppers hotline at 1-800-222-TIPS ( 8477 ) @ @ @ @ @ @ @ give your name .

UPDATE: Crime Stoppers of Puget Sound says Seattle Police detectives on the U.S. Marshals led, Pacific Northwest Violent Offender Task Force have confirmed that it was a Washington's Most Wanted tipster who provided the crucial information that led to Marcel Long’s arrest on July 12.
That anonymous tipster will receive the $1,000 cash reward. Long is WMW Capture #1217 thanks to tips from our viewers.
Long was wanted by the Seattle Police Department for a shooting death of 19-year-old Lorenzo Anderson Jr. that occurred near the Seattle Capitol Hill Occupied Protest "CHOP" Zone in June of 2020. King County prosecutors have charged him with Murder 1st Degree.
According to the U.S. Marshals, Long was arrested while walking along S. 216th Street near 14th Avenue S. in Des Moines. During the investigation, members of the PNVOTF developed information that Long was staying at an apartment complex nearby.
Law Enforcement identified Long, and after a brief foot chase occurred, he was taken into custody and transported to the Seattle Police Department.
"The U.S. Marshals Service and its task force partners will not tolerate such violence in our communities. We are committed to ensuring that dangerous fugitives are brought before the court. It is my sincere hope that this arrest brings some sense of calm to the community," said Richard Craig, Chief Deputy U.S. Marshal.
Lorenzo's mom released a statement today through her attorney. "Donnitta is grateful to the police for not giving up and she’s pleased about this step toward justice. The shooter should be held accountable and so should the city," said Mark Lindquist, Herrmann Law Group:
ORIGINAL STORY:
Seattle Police are asking for the public's help to find 19-year-old Marcel L. Long. Prosecutors have charged him with Murder in the 1st Degree and issued a nationwide warrant for his arrest.
Crime Stoppers of Puget Sound is offering a $1,000 cash reward for any information that leads to his arrest. You will remain anonymous.
Long is accused of shooting 19-year-old Lorenzo Anderson Jr. on June 20th at 10th Avenue and East Pine Street within the boundaries of Seattle's CHOP zone.
An autopsy showed Lorenzo died from four gunshot wounds. Detectives say Lorenzo had tried to get away from Long following an argument and physical fight. Police say Long fired two of the shots at Lorenzo when he was already down on the sidewalk.
Marcel Long is 5'09", 215 lbs. If you know where Seattle Police homicide detectives can find him or how to get in touch with him, text a tip through the P3 Tips App that you can download to your cell phone for free or go to www.P3Tips.com. You can also call the Crime Stoppers hotline at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477). You will never be asked to give your name.


thelibertydaily--2020-10-29--65% of College [AKA: Communist Indoctrination Camps] Students Say Rioting and Looting is ‘Justified,

65% of College [AKA: Communist Indoctrination Camps] Students Say Rioting and Looting is ‘Justified,’ New Poll Finds

More rioting and looting broke out in American cities this week .
This time , it was Philadelphia consumed by violence after a police shooting .
According to ABC News , at least 30 police officers have been injured in the violent unrest , while dozens of people have been arrested for rioting or vandalism .
Mobs have descended on Walmart and rushed out carrying TVs , while other agitators ransacked Footlocker for new sneakers .
The full number of businesses ravaged by the destruction is increasing and still being tallied .
This latest outbreak simply adds to the thousands @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and beyond , that have been rioted , ransacked , burned down , or looted in the ongoing period of political unrest over police brutality , both real and imagined .
All told , the damage from rioting in recent months will exceed any past period of civil unrest in American history , with even modest under-estimates putting the total cost at up to $ 2 billion .
The outbreak of mass rioting and looting across America is alarming in its own right , but equally chilling is the public ’ s support @ @ @ @ @ @ @ by the Washington Examiner ’ s Paul Bedard , a new poll finds that college students in particular overwhelmingly believe that rioting and looting is justified .
The poll was conducted by Mclaughlin & Associate in conjunction with Yale University ’ s conservative William F. Buckley Program .
It surveyed a nationally representative sample of 800 college students on a wide array of issues , from the coronavirus to race in America .
One key finding from the poll was that 64 percent of college students agreed that “ the recent rioting and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Only 28 percent disagreed with this assessment .
What this result really conveys is that many of today ’ s young people neither understand nor respect the importance of property rights in a free society .
And this is deeply misguided .
Even if you ’ re concerned about racism in America and support criminal justice reform , property rights are essential .
Property rights are human rights .
As economist Murray Rothbard once explained : Many left-leaning young people likely rooted their disdain for property rights in the notion that they only @ @ @ @ @ @ @ or “ the rich.
” ( And themselves , of course ) .
This is mistaken .
In fact , the rich , safe neighborhoods aren ’ t the ones being looted .
The destructive acts are disproportionately victimizing urban , poorer neighborhoods and minority-owned businesses .
And the long-term fallout of attacks on property rights haunts society ’ s most vulnerable the most .
As famed economist Thomas Sowell put it , property rights “ belong legally to individuals , but their real function is social , to benefit vast numbers of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ rights.
” Even if you ’ re concerned about racism in America and support criminal justice reform , property rights are essential to progress .
Why ?
Well , property rights are the foundation of a capitalist economy .
The calculation of costs and benefits that underlies a profit-driven economy relies on the protection of property rights .
If business owners and investors can ’ t feel secure in their property in an area , they take their investment elsewhere .
This means that in areas that are looted , there are fewer @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Hence , as Sowell observed , property rights serve everyone .
So , if young people really care about social justice , they shouldn ’ t downplay and justify looting .
They ought to understand that no matter the cause , violating property rights isn ’ t “ progressive ” at all .

More rioting and looting broke out in American cities this week. This time, it was Philadelphia consumed by violence after a police shooting.
According to ABC News, at least 30 police officers have been injured in the violent unrest, while dozens of people have been arrested for rioting or vandalism. Mobs have descended on Walmart and rushed out carrying TVs, while other agitators ransacked Footlocker for new sneakers. The full number of businesses ravaged by the destruction is increasing and still being tallied.
Update: The School District of Philadelphia shut down most of its buildings Tuesday, a day after looting and a fatal police shooting. District headquarters, and buildings that serve as satellite elections offices, will remain open. https://t.co/5JV7EhOomh pic.twitter.com/hQcgj4Mgjb — NBC10 Philadelphia (@NBCPhiladelphia) October 27, 2020
This latest outbreak simply adds to the thousands of businesses, from Chicago to Minneapolis and beyond, that have been rioted, ransacked, burned down, or looted in the ongoing period of political unrest over police brutality, both real and imagined. All told, the damage from rioting in recent months will exceed any past period of civil unrest in American history, with even modest under-estimates putting the total cost at up to $2 billion.
The outbreak of mass rioting and looting across America is alarming in its own right, but equally chilling is the public’s support for the violence. As first reported by the Washington Examiner’s Paul Bedard, a new poll finds that college students in particular overwhelmingly believe that rioting and looting is justified.
Future 'leaders'
College undergrads: America is racist, looting ‘justified,’ reparations required.
Pollster @JMcLaughlinSTK 'Nearly two-thirds, say the rioting and looting is justified. What are these kids learning? That’s scary.https://t.co/xOPag2GWcc — Paul Bedard (@SecretsBedard) October 27, 2020
The poll was conducted by Mclaughlin & Associate in conjunction with Yale University’s conservative William F. Buckley Program. It surveyed a nationally representative sample of 800 college students on a wide array of issues, from the coronavirus to race in America.
One key finding from the poll was that 64 percent of college students agreed that “the recent rioting and looting is justified to some degree.” Only 28 percent disagreed with this assessment.
Image Credit: McLaughlin & Associates
What this result really conveys is that many of today’s young people neither understand nor respect the importance of property rights in a free society. And this is deeply misguided. Even if you’re concerned about racism in America and support criminal justice reform, property rights are essential.
Why?
Property rights are human rights. As economist Murray Rothbard once explained:
The human right of every man to his own life implies the right to find and transform resources: to produce that which sustains and advances life. That product is a man’s property. That is why property rights are foremost among human rights and why any loss of one endangers the others.
Many left-leaning young people likely rooted their disdain for property rights in the notion that they only really matter to “Big Business” or “the rich.” (And themselves, of course). This is mistaken. In fact, the rich, safe neighborhoods aren’t the ones being looted. The destructive acts are disproportionately victimizing urban, poorer neighborhoods and minority-owned businesses.
And the long-term fallout of attacks on property rights haunts society’s most vulnerable the most. As famed economist Thomas Sowell put it, property rights “belong legally to individuals, but their real function is social, to benefit vast numbers of people who do not themselves exercise these rights.”
Even if you’re concerned about racism in America and support criminal justice reform, property rights are essential to progress.
Why? Well, property rights are the foundation of a capitalist economy.
The calculation of costs and benefits that underlies a profit-driven economy relies on the protection of property rights. If business owners and investors can’t feel secure in their property in an area, they take their investment elsewhere. This means that in areas that are looted, there are fewer jobs and fewer opportunities over time.
Hence, as Sowell observed, property rights serve everyone.
So, if young people really care about social justice, they shouldn’t downplay and justify looting. They ought to understand that no matter the cause, violating property rights isn’t “progressive” at all.


thelibertydaily--2020-10-29--Chinese Communist Party Ties to Black Lives Matter [VIDEO]

A brand new video released by the anti-communist group Choose Freedom outlines specific ties between the Chinese Communist Party ( @ @ @ @ @ Black Lives Matter ( BLM ) movement .

A brand new video released by the anti-communist group Choose Freedom outlines specific ties between the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and the Marxist Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement.


thelibertydaily--2020-10-30--57 Police Officers Injured in Democrat Riots in Philadelphia, 212 Arrested

Philadelphia police say 212 people have been arrested and 57 officers were injured after a deadly police-involved shooting sparked ‘ unrest , ’ aka riots by Antifa and Black Lives Matter for a third night across the city .
There will be no curfew in effect on Thursday night , according to the city .
However , Mayor Jim Kenney and Police Commissioner Danielle Outlaw urge all residents to remain home this evening unless travel is absolutely necessary , such as for work .
Philadelphia police and federal agents said they found a van containing low-grade explosives .
Spokesman Rob @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Tobacco , Firearms and Explosives said the explosives and incendiary devices were found Wednesday night while the city was in the midst of an overnight curfew .
He said several people associated with the van found downtown was being investigated .
Officials announced Thursday afternoon that multiple people were in custody .
[ They ’ re Antifa ] It ’ s more evidence that the riots are well-funded and well-organized .
The Philadelphia Police Department increased presence across the city and several hundred members of the Pennsylvania National Guard were deployed .
Philadelphia @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , a Soros-funded communist .
He claimed in July that it was the Proud Boys [ who only go to protect people ] and the handful of Boogaloo Bois , labeled far-right , causing all the violence .
The truth is that communist anarchists , Antifa , Black Lives Matter , and their offshoots , are the rioters by far .
These leftist Democrats like to blame QAnon also , but that is only an online group with no members whatsoever .
The Soros-funded Democracy Now interviewed the Soros-funded Krasner in July as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ are peaceful and Trump will put in poll watchers to terrorize the people of Philadelphia .
President Trump asked the courts to allow neutral poll watchers into Pennsylvania but the state supreme court denied the request .
You can watch Krasner and the deceitful host here , it ’ s downright Orwellian .
During the rioting in Philadelphia , the city passed an ordinance banning the use of tear gas by police :

Philadelphia police say 212 people have been arrested and 57 officers were injured after a deadly police-involved shooting sparked ‘unrest,’ aka riots by Antifa and Black Lives Matter for a third night across the city.
There will be no curfew in effect on Thursday night, according to the city. However, Mayor Jim Kenney and Police Commissioner Danielle Outlaw urge all residents to remain home this evening unless travel is absolutely necessary, such as for work.
Philadelphia police and federal agents said they found a van containing low-grade explosives. Spokesman Rob Cucinotta of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives said the explosives and incendiary devices were found Wednesday night while the city was in the midst of an overnight curfew.
He said several people associated with the van found downtown was being investigated. Officials announced Thursday afternoon that multiple people were in custody. [They’re Antifa]
It’s more evidence that the riots are well-funded and well-organized.
The Philadelphia Police Department increased presence across the city and several hundred members of the Pennsylvania National Guard were deployed.
Philadelphia is run by people like DA Krasner, a Soros-funded communist. He claimed in July that it was the Proud Boys [who only go to protect people] and the handful of Boogaloo Bois, labeled far-right, causing all the violence. The truth is that communist anarchists, Antifa, Black Lives Matter, and their offshoots, are the rioters by far.
These leftist Democrats like to blame QAnon also, but that is only an online group with no members whatsoever.
The Soros-funded Democracy Now interviewed the Soros-funded Krasner in July as he claimed Portland’s protesters’ are peaceful and Trump will put in poll watchers to terrorize the people of Philadelphia. President Trump asked the courts to allow neutral poll watchers into Pennsylvania but the state supreme court denied the request. You can watch Krasner and the deceitful host here, it’s downright Orwellian.
During the rioting in Philadelphia, the city passed an ordinance banning the use of tear gas by police:
Amid rampant BLM-inspired rioting and looting in Philadelphia, the City Council has passed a bill banning the use of tear gas by officers. https://t.co/FbcvtN3SaP — Andy Ngô (@MrAndyNgo) October 30, 2020
Seattle’s peaceful protesters:
Vancouver:
“Hey you, right there, yea you! You’re a b*tch! You’re a b*tch! … you’re dumb as f*ck.” Antifa demonstrators are harassing and shouting obscenities at random officers guarding the crime scene; as the investigation continues in Vancouver, Washington. pic.twitter.com/tbwhOYyS7B — Shane B. Murphy (@shanermurph) October 30, 2020
Communist Antifa and BLM in Portland:
BLM-antifa gather in front of the SE Portland police building and burn numerous flags in the street. #PortlandRiots pic.twitter.com/B9INit5u6v — Andy Ngô (@MrAndyNgo) October 30, 2020
Wisconsin:
“We had to watch our dreams burn to the ground.” These Mexican immigrants were living the American dream with a popular ice cream shop in Kenosha, Wisconsin—until the BLM/Antifa riots destroyed everything. pic.twitter.com/3ZHoFfmwYB — The Daily Signal (@DailySignal) October 30, 2020
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thelibertydaily--2020-10-30--US Designates Chinese Communist Party Front Group as Foreign Mission

The State Department has designated a Chinese Communist Party organization operating in the United States as a foreign mission .
It also terminated a 2011 agreement with Beijing to hold a collaboration summit between governors in both nations .
The National Association for China ’ s Peaceful Unification ( NACPU ) , an organization controlled by China ’ s United Front Work Department ( UFWD ) , was slapped with the designation on Oct. 28 , which means it will now be treated as a foreign embassy or diplomatic mission and be required to register its staff rosters and U.S. @ @ @ @ @ @ @ association was being used by the UFWD to “ advance the PRC ’ s [ People ’ s Republic of China ] propaganda and malign influence , ” Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said in a statement .
The United Front is an executive CCP agency behind Beijing ’ s efforts to persuade organizations or individuals to spread the Party ’ s propaganda , both inside and outside China .
Pompeo said the State Department made this decision to “ shine a light on this organization and make clear that their messages come @ @ @ @ @ @ @ report published by the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission ( USCC ) , the NACPU is the U.S. branch of China Council for the Promotion of Peaceful Reunification ( CPPRC ) , which is directly operated by the United Front .
The entity advocates for China ’ s claim over Taiwan , a self-ruled island that has its own democratically-elected government , military , currency , and other hallmarks of a sovereign state .
Beijing has threatened military force to bring the island under its fold .
The CPPRC has at least @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 33 in the United States , according to the report .
“ United Front organizations such as the National Association for China ’ s Peaceful Unification actively cultivate ties to campaign donors and politicians in the United States in order to lobby for Beijing ’ s policy priorities ” and “ encourage overseas Chinese to get involved in politics to advocate for Beijing ’ s interests , ” USCC stated .
Pompeo also announced that the United States would discontinue taking part in a memorandum of understanding ( MoU ) signed between the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the creation of a U.S.-China National Governors Forum .
The MoU was inked by then-Secretary of State Hilary Clinton and then-Chinese foreign minister Yang Jiechi on Jan. 19 , 2011 , during a state visit by former Chinese leader Hu Jintao to the United States .
The forum was co-convened by the U.S. National Governors Association ( NGA ) and the Chinese People ’ s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries ( CPAFFC ) —another organization that China experts say is operated by the United Front .
In a statement , Clinton said @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to “ build their own successful partners ” with their Chinese counterparts , and U.S. governors would be able to “ share ideas ” and “ connect people and businesses.
” Pompeo said in his Thursday statement that the CPAFFC carried out actions that have “ undermined the Governors Forum ’ s original well-intentioned purpose.
” He called the group “ a Beijing-based organization tasked with co-opting subnational governments , has sought to directly and malignly influence state and local leaders to promote the PRC ’ s global agenda , ” Pompeo said @ @ @ @ @ @ @ was “ the public face ” of the United Front , in a speech about China ’ s influence given at a National Governors Association meeting in Washington .
Last year , the fifth Governors Forum was held in Lexington , Kentucky .
According to NGA ’ s website , more than 400 representatives of businesses and governments from the two countries attended the event , including governors of Kentucky and Tennessee , and lieutenants governors of Washington , Michigan , and Colorado .
John Dotson , editor of China Brief published by @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Lexington event in an article published in June 2019 .
He noted that Chinese officials sought to influence U.S. governors ’ positions on the trade war that was unfolding between the two countries .
For example , Chinese Ambassador to the U.S. Cui Tiankai stressed the importance of “ sub-national relations ” during his speech at the forum .
Cui also said U.S. states including Kentucky and Tennessee saw a drop in their exports to China due to the trade frictions and accused unnamed people of “ inciting a new Cold War @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s interests.
” Since last year , Chinese state-run media and officials have repeatedly accused the United States of launching “ a new Cold War ” or having a “ cold war mentality.
” Dotson wrote : “ The PRC strategy of ‘ sub-national ’ engagement with U.S. states is motivated in part by specific concerns related to ongoing U.S.-China trade disputes , and the desire to seek alternate avenues of economic engagement at the state level—and perhaps , indirect political pressure on U.S. federal authorities.
” United Front operations have been targeted @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
In September , New York Police Department officer Baimadajie Angwang was charged for acting as an illegal agent for the Chinese regime .
According to court documents , his handler at the Chinese consulate in New York City was assigned to a UFWD division , the China Association for Preservation and Development of Tibetan Culture .
In August , the State Department designated a Washington-based center that promotes Confucius Institutes in the United States as a foreign mission .
Pompeo said the institutes were being used to advance “ Beijing ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ U.S. campuses and K–12 classrooms .
”

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks during a news conference to announce the Trump administration's restoration of sanctions on Iran, at the U.S. State Department in Washington, on Sept. 21, 2020. (Patrick Semansky/AFP via Getty Images)
The State Department has designated a Chinese Communist Party organization operating in the United States as a foreign mission. It also terminated a 2011 agreement with Beijing to hold a collaboration summit between governors in both nations.
The National Association for China’s Peaceful Unification (NACPU), an organization controlled by China’s United Front Work Department (UFWD), was slapped with the designation on Oct. 28, which means it will now be treated as a foreign embassy or diplomatic mission and be required to register its staff rosters and U.S. properties with the State Department.
The association was being used by the UFWD to “advance the PRC’s [People’s Republic of China] propaganda and malign influence,” Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said in a statement.
United Front Operations
The United Front is an executive CCP agency behind Beijing’s efforts to persuade organizations or individuals to spread the Party’s propaganda, both inside and outside China.
Pompeo said the State Department made this decision to “shine a light on this organization and make clear that their messages come from Beijing.”
According to a 2018 report published by the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission (USCC), the NACPU is the U.S. branch of China Council for the Promotion of Peaceful Reunification (CPPRC), which is directly operated by the United Front. The entity advocates for China’s claim over Taiwan, a self-ruled island that has its own democratically-elected government, military, currency, and other hallmarks of a sovereign state. Beijing has threatened military force to bring the island under its fold.
The CPPRC has at least 200 chapters in 90 countries, including 33 in the United States, according to the report.
“United Front organizations such as the National Association for China’s Peaceful Unification actively cultivate ties to campaign donors and politicians in the United States in order to lobby for Beijing’s policy priorities” and “encourage overseas Chinese to get involved in politics to advocate for Beijing’s interests,” USCC stated.
2011 Agreement
Pompeo also announced that the United States would discontinue taking part in a memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed between the two countries in 2011, which supported the creation of a U.S.-China National Governors Forum.
The MoU was inked by then-Secretary of State Hilary Clinton and then-Chinese foreign minister Yang Jiechi on Jan. 19, 2011, during a state visit by former Chinese leader Hu Jintao to the United States.
The forum was co-convened by the U.S. National Governors Association (NGA) and the Chinese People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries (CPAFFC)—another organization that China experts say is operated by the United Front.
In a statement, Clinton said that the MoU would help U.S. states to “build their own successful partners” with their Chinese counterparts, and U.S. governors would be able to “share ideas” and “connect people and businesses.”
Pompeo said in his Thursday statement that the CPAFFC carried out actions that have “undermined the Governors Forum’s original well-intentioned purpose.”
He called the group “a Beijing-based organization tasked with co-opting subnational governments, has sought to directly and malignly influence state and local leaders to promote the PRC’s global agenda,” Pompeo said.
In February, Pompeo said CPAFFC was “the public face” of the United Front, in a speech about China’s influence given at a National Governors Association meeting in Washington.
Last year, the fifth Governors Forum was held in Lexington, Kentucky.
According to NGA’s website, more than 400 representatives of businesses and governments from the two countries attended the event, including governors of Kentucky and Tennessee, and lieutenants governors of Washington, Michigan, and Colorado.
John Dotson, editor of China Brief published by the think tank Jamestown Foundation, analyzed the Lexington event in an article published in June 2019. He noted that Chinese officials sought to influence U.S. governors’ positions on the trade war that was unfolding between the two countries. For example, Chinese Ambassador to the U.S. Cui Tiankai stressed the importance of “sub-national relations” during his speech at the forum.
Cui also said U.S. states including Kentucky and Tennessee saw a drop in their exports to China due to the trade frictions and accused unnamed people of “inciting a new Cold War at the expense of the people’s interests.”
Since last year, Chinese state-run media and officials have repeatedly accused the United States of launching “a new Cold War” or having a “cold war mentality.”
Dotson wrote: “The PRC strategy of ‘sub-national’ engagement with U.S. states is motivated in part by specific concerns related to ongoing U.S.-China trade disputes, and the desire to seek alternate avenues of economic engagement at the state level—and perhaps, indirect political pressure on U.S. federal authorities.”
United Front operations have been targeted by the U.S. administration in recent months.
In September, New York Police Department officer Baimadajie Angwang was charged for acting as an illegal agent for the Chinese regime. According to court documents, his handler at the Chinese consulate in New York City was assigned to a UFWD division, the China Association for Preservation and Development of Tibetan Culture.
In August, the State Department designated a Washington-based center that promotes Confucius Institutes in the United States as a foreign mission. Pompeo said the institutes were being used to advance “Beijing’s global propaganda and malign influence campaign on U.S. campuses and K–12 classrooms.”
From The Epoch Times


thelibertydaily--2020-10-30--Yes, Media Are Rigging The Election Against Half The Country

Will all this be enough for mass media to win the day ?
People will find out next week .
Even if Donald Trump had lost the 2016 election , instead of won it in a surprise , the media ’ s coverage of his campaign and supporters would have been a horrific failure .
They presented that race as unwinnable for Trump and as if his support was inexplicable .
Their response to their 2016 failures has been not to improve their journalism in any way , shape , or form , but to decide that they didn ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in their preferred direction .
Their nearly four-year temper tantrum has resulted in far worse 2020 campaign coverage than even the depths of their 2016 coverage .
It ’ s as if they looked to the Candy Crowley debate in 2012 , when she went out of her way to back Barack Obama when he said something false , and viewed it as a model , not an embarrassment .
Once again , regardless of the outcome next week , Big Media is actively at war with half of the American people and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ against them .
Here are just five ways they ’ re doing that .
1 .
Refusing to Do Journalism on Joe Biden On October 14 , the New York Post published a story about how Hunter Biden had introduced his father to a top Ukrainian businessman .
This contradicted Joe Biden ’ s oft-repeated claim to have had no knowledge whatsoever about his son ’ s overseas business affairs .
Hunter Biden was paid handsomely by Burisma , a Ukrainian energy concern , while his father was vice president .
Hunter had @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the energy sector , but was paid millions of dollars by Burisma at the time his father was in charge of U.S. policy toward Ukraine .
The story was sourced to a laptop computer allegedly left by Hunter at a Wilmington computer repair store .
Big Tech moved immediately to squash the blockbuster story on both Twitter and Facebook .
Twitter has banned the New York Post from tweeting and Facebook publicly announced they were suppressing the story , pending journalistic fact checks .
It ’ s been more than two weeks since @ @ @ @ @ @ @ pending fact checks .
It has not shared who it tasked with the fact checks , and the only journalistic checks on the information have confirmed the story .
One of the recipients of an email found on the laptop confirmed it was real , on the record .
Government officials said it was not Russian disinformation .
No information has come to light to suggest it was Russian disinformation .
And last night , the key email in question was verified as legitimate by a cyber expert who was given access to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ media outlets participated in the coordinated effort to squash the story , either by ignoring it completely or by claiming it wasn ’ t a big deal .
Few to no media outlets defended the New York Post .
Partly as a result of the New York Post ’ s story and partly as a result of a Senate report showcasing Hunter Biden ’ s questionable overseas financial dealings , a former business associate of Hunter Biden ’ s named Tony Bobulinski came forward with more details about the Biden family ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of documents , texts , emails , messages , and voicemails , Bobulinski said that Joe Biden had lied when he claimed he had no knowledge of Hunter Biden ’ s overseas business dealings .
Bobulinski recounted two in-person meetings with Joe Biden .
Bobulinski , a retired Navy veteran , would go on to describe how Biden family members and associates plotted to keep Joe ’ s involvement off the books , and provide paperwork , texts , emails , documents , and audio files to substantiate his claims .
Last night @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that the FBI had opened an investigation into Hunter Biden and his associates last year to investigate allegations of money laundering .
The investigation is ongoing , Rosen reported .
Bobulinski was interviewed as a “ material witness ” to the investigation in recent days .
The media blackout of any story that might harm their preferred candidate has extended even to this explosive news .
Keep in mind , President Trump was impeached for expressing concern about Hunter Biden ’ s possible corruption in Ukraine at the same time the FBI was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ There is no question that this story is journalistically significant , and dramatically more substantiated than the Trump-Russia collusion hoax that the media promulgated for years .
In that story , the media ran wild with ridiculous and preposterous allegations with no evidence .
Here , a family firm CEO with documentation to support his claims has been viewed by a corrupt media as not worthy of spending time on .
GOP Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel summarized how bad the propaganda situation is with major media : Another way corporate media have been rigging @ @ @ @ @ @ @ narratives .
For months , the media have been relentlessly pushing a narrative that Trump can not win the 2020 election .
They almost seem to be in a contest to see who can make the most outrageous claim about a given state .
In 2016 , the Real Clear Politics average of polls of Wisconsin showed that Hillary Clinton would defeat Donald Trump by 6.5 points .
In fact , she lost that state to Trump , narrowly .
You would think that this result , and the result in general , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of media pollsters .
In its final 2016 poll , Marquette reported that Clinton would win by six points .
This week , that same pollster reported Biden would win by five points .
By comparison , the Washington Post and ABC News dropped a poll claiming that Biden was going to win by 17 points .
Even their previous poll gave Biden “ only ” a six-point lead .
Marquette ’ s previous poll advantage was the same as their more recent advantage .
One shouldn ’ t always assume polls are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ from 2016 and 2018 , it ’ s that polls are not always right .
In 2018 , for example , Fox News ’ closing poll in the Indiana Senate race placed Democrat Joe Donnelly safely ahead by a 7-point margin .
He lost to Republican Mike Braun by 6 points , 13 points off from what the final poll indicated .
That poll result , which turned out to be very false , contributed to a narrative that the night would be a bloodbath for Republicans .
While Republicans lost the House @ @ @ @ @ @ @ such as in Indiana .
Pundits talk as if polls are always right , but if they were , pundits wouldn ’ t have jobs .
Everyone can read a poll and see what it says .
The entire point of punditry should be to look at the entire universe of information , of which polls are a part , and try to see what world looks like with mosaic of information .
Too many beltway folks go out of their way to ignore everything that ’ s not a poll .
That @ @ @ @ @ @ @ have at times seemed to become a vehicle to express deep-seated media bias in favor of particular candidates — in the hopes that the polls might move public opinion rather than reflect it .
Maybe ABC and the Post are correct and Trump is going to lose Wisconsin by 17 points and Biden will lead the most epic landslide in history .
It ’ s certainly a possibility .
But while the media are obsessing over horse-race polls , they are downplaying both Trump ’ s record of accomplishment and the enthusiasm he @ @ @ @ @ @ @ biggest success in his first term has been his foreign policy agenda .
While the elites predicted literal nuclear annihilation if he were elected , his presidency has been one of peace agreements and avoiding war when other presidents would have invaded .
He has worked against powerful military-industrial interests to end the Afghanistan War .
He successfully eroded ISIS ’ s territorial gains .
He rewrote trade deals .
Peace agreements have sprung up in the Middle East between Israel and various Arab nations .
Trump has tried to get countries to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , rather than relying mostly on U.S. power .
That has led to these peace agreements and arms deals in the Middle East but also an increase in defense spending from North Atlantic Treaty Organization countries .
Trump has also massively reoriented the country ’ s posture toward China as part of an effort to deal with a growing threat there .
The media responded to these successes by hiding them , constantly .
In the two debates between Trump and Biden , virtually no foreign policy questions were asked .
Much of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ significant growth of the economy .
Even after the global pandemic , which has wreaked havoc throughout the world , yesterday ’ s explosive gross domestic product ( GDP ) numbers came in greater than expected .
The media responded by burying the story as much as possible , worried it would help Trump .
Third-quarter GDP was up 33.1 percent , nearly double the previous growth record set in the first quarter of 1950 .
The Washington Post treated it like this almost unbelievable record was bad news , and didn ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ percent but the seemingly less impressive smaller number for the quarter .
“ U.S .
economy grew by a record 7.4 percent from July to September , but the data is complicated , ” was their headline .
When second-quarter GDP fell by an annualized rate of 31.7 percent , the headline said that , instead of the lower 9 percent figure for the quarter .
Republican voters are unified like they have been rarely before .
Is that evidenced in any way in the media coverage ?
Or does nearly every media @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the tired and sad cabal of NeverTrumpist Republicans to suggest the opposite ?
Trump ’ s rallies are brimming with enthusiasm , even during a pandemic , while Biden struggles to get even small crowds in attendance .
When Trump held a wild and vibrant rally in Omaha this week , nearly all media coverage focused on how the logistics team had been unable to transport all the attendees in a timely fashion .
The Republican National Convention was a huge hit in part because it served as a fact check of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ by highlighting a track record of domestic and foreign policy successes , viewers were reminded of how false the narrative about the first term of the Trump administration has been .
This week saw the news that the supposedly high-ranking “ Anonymous ” government official that published a 2018 New York Times op-ed about secretly undermining a president he personally disagreed with was in fact a 30-year-old mid-level bureaucrat nobody had ever heard of .
The fake narrative that the New York Times knowingly promulgated roiled the administration for months , if not @ @ @ @ @ @ @ turns denying that they were secretly and unconstitutionally undermining the elected president of the United States .
Miles Taylor was the Homeland Security Department policy analyst who turned out to have written the op-ed and a best-selling book about how he and other Resistance members put their personal political preferences over the ones chosen by the voting populace when they elected Trump president .
That little op-ed was nothing compared to the preposterously false Russia collusion hoax that the media promulgated for years thanks to dubious and selective leaks from politically motivated sources @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the idea that Trump had won the 2016 election not because he won the Electoral College but because he had conspired with Russia — yes , Russia — to steal the 2016 election .
A coordinated leak campaign to hamstring the transition and , then , the administration was orchestrated and spun into a special counsel probe that brought the administration to a near standstill .
In the end , none of the media ’ s promised collusion was found by the special counsel .
The media pretended that they ’ d never @ @ @ @ @ @ @ hoax as they had been and have never apologized or admitted error for what they did .
In fact , they just moved on to other hoaxes .
One they cling to was formed by people using The Atlantic ’ s Jeffrey Goldberg to filter it into a damaging story .
Goldberg was also used by similar officials to push false and discredited claims about the need to invade Iraq and cleanse it of weapons of mass destruction — that they turned out not to have .
Goldberg granted anonymity to four sources @ @ @ @ @ @ @ persona of Trump as a military-loving enthusiast was false .
In fact , they said , he had personally chosen not to visit a World War I cemetery in France one day because he thought the people buried there were losers .
Now , as it turns out , there is contemporaneous evidence that it was John Kelly , Trump ’ s chief of staff and the man Goldberg and his allies intimated was behind the story , who put a stop to the trip because of weather concerns .
Further , more @ @ @ @ @ @ @ where the cancellation was discussed went on the record to dispute the anonymous allegations .
There was never even a scintilla of evidence put out in support of Goldberg ’ s charge .
Yet the story entered the public consciousness , became a major theme of Democratic ads , and continues to be mentioned by Biden on the few occasions he speaks publicly .
5 .
Cheering on Suppression of Speech by Enemies When Jack Dorsey and his Twitter employees suspended the account of the New York Post , other media outlets could @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of this country ’ s spirit of a free press .
Instead , they stayed more or less silent .
CNN ’ s Jake Tapper , who has no problem opining daily about his seething hatred of Trump officials , mentioned the Post ’ s suspensions but refused to take sides about it .
Others didn ’ t even go that far .
Twitter and Facebook have been openly meddling in the 2020 election by censoring political opponents , suppressing their supporters , limiting the distribution of articles and arguments in their favor @ @ @ @ @ @ @ media have more or less cheered them on .
NeverTrumpers , and their more traditional Democratic media colleagues , seem to think that so long as they are protected by social media companies — and there is no reason to think they won ’ t be — that censorship of non-leftist media is not anything they will fight .
Some openly support bans on anyone they politically disagree with .
Failure to defend journalists who are actually under attack — as opposed to those who are merely criticized — is a hallmark of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , an undercover journalist who showed that Planned Parenthood was engaged in trafficking of unborn baby body parts , had his entire life upended by Kamala Harris prosecuting him for his journalism .
Journalists didn ’ t think it worthy of coverage , even though many think she could be president within a matter of months .
The media are doing everything in their power to make sure that their preferred candidate wins — and that their arch enemy Trump loses .
They ’ re coddling Biden , refusing to ask him any @ @ @ @ @ @ @ plans , or his family being investigated for money laundering .
As a friend told my husband , “ It ’ s like watching someone make sure a three-year-old wins CandyLand.
” They ’ ve gone overtime to influence public opinion with their emphasis on polls , despite the problems with those polls .
They ’ ve hidden Trump accomplishments and enthusiasm .
They ’ ve pushed outlandish conspiracy theories that many Americans believe to this day .
And they ’ ve encouraged social media companies to suppress conservative arguments .
Will that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ day ?
People will find out next week .
But the half of the country that the media are rigging the game against can ’ t be happy about what they ’ ve seen this year .
And nobody who cares about a free and functioning country should tolerate what they ’ ve done .

Even if Donald Trump had lost the 2016 election, instead of won it in a surprise, the media’s coverage of his campaign and supporters would have been a horrific failure. They presented that race as unwinnable for Trump and as if his support was inexplicable.
Their response to their 2016 failures has been not to improve their journalism in any way, shape, or form, but to decide that they didn’t do enough to bias that election in their preferred direction. Their nearly four-year temper tantrum has resulted in far worse 2020 campaign coverage than even the depths of their 2016 coverage. It’s as if they looked to the Candy Crowley debate in 2012, when she went out of her way to back Barack Obama when he said something false, and viewed it as a model, not an embarrassment.
Once again, regardless of the outcome next week, Big Media is actively at war with half of the American people and are desperately working to rig an election against them. Here are just five ways they’re doing that.
1. Refusing to Do Journalism on Joe Biden
On October 14, the New York Post published a story about how Hunter Biden had introduced his father to a top Ukrainian businessman. This contradicted Joe Biden’s oft-repeated claim to have had no knowledge whatsoever about his son’s overseas business affairs.
Hunter Biden was paid handsomely by Burisma, a Ukrainian energy concern, while his father was vice president. Hunter had no business acumen or relevant experience in the energy sector, but was paid millions of dollars by Burisma at the time his father was in charge of U.S. policy toward Ukraine.
The story was sourced to a laptop computer allegedly left by Hunter at a Wilmington computer repair store. Big Tech moved immediately to squash the blockbuster story on both Twitter and Facebook. Twitter has banned the New York Post from tweeting and Facebook publicly announced they were suppressing the story, pending journalistic fact checks.
It’s been more than two weeks since Facebook announced it was suppressing the story pending fact checks. It has not shared who it tasked with the fact checks, and the only journalistic checks on the information have confirmed the story. One of the recipients of an email found on the laptop confirmed it was real, on the record. Government officials said it was not Russian disinformation. No information has come to light to suggest it was Russian disinformation. And last night, the key email in question was verified as legitimate by a cyber expert who was given access to the metadata for the email.
Other media outlets participated in the coordinated effort to squash the story, either by ignoring it completely or by claiming it wasn’t a big deal. Few to no media outlets defended the New York Post.
Partly as a result of the New York Post’s story and partly as a result of a Senate report showcasing Hunter Biden’s questionable overseas financial dealings, a former business associate of Hunter Biden’s named Tony Bobulinski came forward with more details about the Biden family’s problematic overseas relationships.
Armed with reams of documents, texts, emails, messages, and voicemails, Bobulinski said that Joe Biden had lied when he claimed he had no knowledge of Hunter Biden’s overseas business dealings. Bobulinski recounted two in-person meetings with Joe Biden. Bobulinski, a retired Navy veteran, would go on to describe how Biden family members and associates plotted to keep Joe’s involvement off the books, and provide paperwork, texts, emails, documents, and audio files to substantiate his claims.
Last night, Sinclair’s James Rosen reported that the FBI had opened an investigation into Hunter Biden and his associates last year to investigate allegations of money laundering. The investigation is ongoing, Rosen reported. Bobulinski was interviewed as a “material witness” to the investigation in recent days.
The media blackout of any story that might harm their preferred candidate has extended even to this explosive news. Keep in mind, President Trump was impeached for expressing concern about Hunter Biden’s possible corruption in Ukraine at the same time the FBI was investigating Hunter Biden for money laundering.
There is no question that this story is journalistically significant, and dramatically more substantiated than the Trump-Russia collusion hoax that the media promulgated for years. In that story, the media ran wild with ridiculous and preposterous allegations with no evidence. Here, a family firm CEO with documentation to support his claims has been viewed by a corrupt media as not worthy of spending time on. GOP Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel summarized how bad the propaganda situation is with major media:
2. Slavish Devotion to Obviously Wrong Polling
Another way corporate media have been rigging the election has been through their polling narratives. For months, the media have been relentlessly pushing a narrative that Trump can not win the 2020 election. They almost seem to be in a contest to see who can make the most outrageous claim about a given state.
In 2016, the Real Clear Politics average of polls of Wisconsin showed that Hillary Clinton would defeat Donald Trump by 6.5 points. In fact, she lost that state to Trump, narrowly. You would think that this result, and the result in general, might produce some humility on the part of media pollsters.
In its final 2016 poll, Marquette reported that Clinton would win by six points. This week, that same pollster reported Biden would win by five points. By comparison, the Washington Post and ABC News dropped a poll claiming that Biden was going to win by 17 points. Even their previous poll gave Biden “only” a six-point lead. Marquette’s previous poll advantage was the same as their more recent advantage.
Guess which poll got massive media coverage.
One shouldn’t always assume polls are wrong, but if anyone learned anything from 2016 and 2018, it’s that polls are not always right. In 2018, for example, Fox News’ closing poll in the Indiana Senate race placed Democrat Joe Donnelly safely ahead by a 7-point margin. He lost to Republican Mike Braun by 6 points, 13 points off from what the final poll indicated. That poll result, which turned out to be very false, contributed to a narrative that the night would be a bloodbath for Republicans. While Republicans lost the House, they actually gained Senate seats, such as in Indiana.
Pundits talk as if polls are always right, but if they were, pundits wouldn’t have jobs. Everyone can read a poll and see what it says. The entire point of punditry should be to look at the entire universe of information, of which polls are a part, and try to see what world looks like with mosaic of information. Too many beltway folks go out of their way to ignore everything that’s not a poll.
That is a particular problem because some polls have at times seemed to become a vehicle to express deep-seated media bias in favor of particular candidates — in the hopes that the polls might move public opinion rather than reflect it.
3. Hiding Trump’s Accomplishments and Enthusiasm
Maybe ABC and the Post are correct and Trump is going to lose Wisconsin by 17 points and Biden will lead the most epic landslide in history. It’s certainly a possibility. But while the media are obsessing over horse-race polls, they are downplaying both Trump’s record of accomplishment and the enthusiasm he has from voters.
Trump’s biggest success in his first term has been his foreign policy agenda. While the elites predicted literal nuclear annihilation if he were elected, his presidency has been one of peace agreements and avoiding war when other presidents would have invaded.
He has worked against powerful military-industrial interests to end the Afghanistan War. He successfully eroded ISIS’s territorial gains. He rewrote trade deals. Peace agreements have sprung up in the Middle East between Israel and various Arab nations.
Trump has tried to get countries to be more invested in their own defense, rather than relying mostly on U.S. power. That has led to these peace agreements and arms deals in the Middle East but also an increase in defense spending from North Atlantic Treaty Organization countries. Trump has also massively reoriented the country’s posture toward China as part of an effort to deal with a growing threat there.
The media responded to these successes by hiding them, constantly. In the two debates between Trump and Biden, virtually no foreign policy questions were asked.
Much of Trump’s presidency was marked by significant growth of the economy. Even after the global pandemic, which has wreaked havoc throughout the world, yesterday’s explosive gross domestic product (GDP) numbers came in greater than expected. The media responded by burying the story as much as possible, worried it would help Trump.
Third-quarter GDP was up 33.1 percent, nearly double the previous growth record set in the first quarter of 1950. The Washington Post treated it like this almost unbelievable record was bad news, and didn’t use the annualized rate of 33.1 percent but the seemingly less impressive smaller number for the quarter. “U.S. economy grew by a record 7.4 percent from July to September, but the data is complicated,” was their headline. When second-quarter GDP fell by an annualized rate of 31.7 percent, the headline said that, instead of the lower 9 percent figure for the quarter. CNN and MSNBC simply blocked the historic news from airing on their prime time shows.
Republican voters are unified like they have been rarely before. Is that evidenced in any way in the media coverage? Or does nearly every media outlet constantly trot out a member of the tired and sad cabal of NeverTrumpist Republicans to suggest the opposite?
Trump’s rallies are brimming with enthusiasm, even during a pandemic, while Biden struggles to get even small crowds in attendance. When Trump held a wild and vibrant rally in Omaha this week, nearly all media coverage focused on how the logistics team had been unable to transport all the attendees in a timely fashion.
The Republican National Convention was a huge hit in part because it served as a fact check of the media narrative in recent years. Simply by highlighting a track record of domestic and foreign policy successes, viewers were reminded of how false the narrative about the first term of the Trump administration has been.
4. Peddling Obviously Fake Narratives
This week saw the news that the supposedly high-ranking “Anonymous” government official that published a 2018 New York Times op-ed about secretly undermining a president he personally disagreed with was in fact a 30-year-old mid-level bureaucrat nobody had ever heard of. The fake narrative that the New York Times knowingly promulgated roiled the administration for months, if not years, as high-level cabinet officials took turns denying that they were secretly and unconstitutionally undermining the elected president of the United States.
Miles Taylor was the Homeland Security Department policy analyst who turned out to have written the op-ed and a best-selling book about how he and other Resistance members put their personal political preferences over the ones chosen by the voting populace when they elected Trump president.
That little op-ed was nothing compared to the preposterously false Russia collusion hoax that the media promulgated for years thanks to dubious and selective leaks from politically motivated sources. For years, major media pushed the idea that Trump had won the 2016 election not because he won the Electoral College but because he had conspired with Russia — yes, Russia — to steal the 2016 election.
A coordinated leak campaign to hamstring the transition and, then, the administration was orchestrated and spun into a special counsel probe that brought the administration to a near standstill. In the end, none of the media’s promised collusion was found by the special counsel. The media pretended that they’d never been as credulous of their Russia collusion hoax as they had been and have never apologized or admitted error for what they did.
In fact, they just moved on to other hoaxes. One they cling to was formed by people using The Atlantic’s Jeffrey Goldberg to filter it into a damaging story. Goldberg was also used by similar officials to push false and discredited claims about the need to invade Iraq and cleanse it of weapons of mass destruction — that they turned out not to have.
Goldberg granted anonymity to four sources so they could claim that the public persona of Trump as a military-loving enthusiast was false. In fact, they said, he had personally chosen not to visit a World War I cemetery in France one day because he thought the people buried there were losers.
Now, as it turns out, there is contemporaneous evidence that it was John Kelly, Trump’s chief of staff and the man Goldberg and his allies intimated was behind the story, who put a stop to the trip because of weather concerns. Further, more than a dozen eyewitnesses to the meetings where the cancellation was discussed went on the record to dispute the anonymous allegations.
There was never even a scintilla of evidence put out in support of Goldberg’s charge. Yet the story entered the public consciousness, became a major theme of Democratic ads, and continues to be mentioned by Biden on the few occasions he speaks publicly.
5. Cheering on Suppression of Speech by Enemies
When Jack Dorsey and his Twitter employees suspended the account of the New York Post, other media outlets could have sounded the alarm about the violations of this country’s spirit of a free press. Instead, they stayed more or less silent. CNN’s Jake Tapper, who has no problem opining daily about his seething hatred of Trump officials, mentioned the Post’s suspensions but refused to take sides about it. Others didn’t even go that far.
Twitter and Facebook have been openly meddling in the 2020 election by censoring political opponents, suppressing their supporters, limiting the distribution of articles and arguments in their favor, and other draconian efforts. The media have more or less cheered them on.
NeverTrumpers, and their more traditional Democratic media colleagues, seem to think that so long as they are protected by social media companies — and there is no reason to think they won’t be — that censorship of non-leftist media is not anything they will fight. Some openly support bans on anyone they politically disagree with. Failure to defend journalists who are actually under attack — as opposed to those who are merely criticized — is a hallmark of many in the media.
David Daleiden, an undercover journalist who showed that Planned Parenthood was engaged in trafficking of unborn baby body parts, had his entire life upended by Kamala Harris prosecuting him for his journalism. Journalists didn’t think it worthy of coverage, even though many think she could be president within a matter of months.
Will They Succeed?
The media are doing everything in their power to make sure that their preferred candidate wins — and that their arch enemy Trump loses. They’re coddling Biden, refusing to ask him any hard questions about his policies, his plans, or his family being investigated for money laundering. As a friend told my husband, “It’s like watching someone make sure a three-year-old wins CandyLand.”
They’ve gone overtime to influence public opinion with their emphasis on polls, despite the problems with those polls. They’ve hidden Trump accomplishments and enthusiasm. They’ve pushed outlandish conspiracy theories that many Americans believe to this day. And they’ve encouraged social media companies to suppress conservative arguments.
Will that be enough for them to win the day? People will find out next week. But the half of the country that the media are rigging the game against can’t be happy about what they’ve seen this year. And nobody who cares about a free and functioning country should tolerate what they’ve done.


thelibertydaily--2020-10-30--Who are the New York Times’ 1,104 ‘Senior’ Administration Officials?

We learned this week that the “ senior administration official ” who trashed President Trump in a 2018 op-ed under the name “ Anonymous ” was , in fact , fairly far removed from the center of power as a mere deputy chief of staff to the Secretary of Homeland Security .
“ I think many people were under the impression — I know I was — that the article was written by somebody with a much more senior role , ” ABC ’ s Jonathan Karl complained on Wednesday ’ s World News Tonight .
If the Times had @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the op-ed ’ s author , though , it ’ s unlikely anyone would have cared .
It was the description of a “ senior administration official ” that teased the imagination ; “ senior ” being the key word that suggested real proximity to the President , such as a cabinet secretary , prominent West Wing adviser or even Vice President Pence .
Learning that the writer was Miles Taylor , someone unknown to most Americans , revealed the op-ed for what it was : a cheap anti-Trump gimmick .
So how @ @ @ @ @ @ @ those magic words to confer a sense of knowledge and authority on its otherwise anonymous sources who may hold a position few would consider “ senior ” ?
A Nexis search of Times articles shows the phrase “ senior administration official ” or “ senior White House official ” was used 1,104 times from January 20 , 2017 through October 29 , 2020 .
Often , the Times ’ s top-level secret source is quoted to expose private information or to undermine or criticize the President .
Examples : ■ “ President Trump @ @ @ @ @ @ @ dispute on Tuesday , taking credit for Saudi Arabia ’ s move to isolate its smaller neighbor , Qatar , and rattling his national security staff ... .His tweets , which a senior White House official said were not a result of any policy deliberation , sowed confusion about America ’ s strategy ... .
” ( June 6 , 2017 ) ■ “ His top staff was not nearly as enthusiastic [ about tweets criticizing NFL players for kneeling during the National Anthem ] , a senior administration official said .
There @ @ @ @ @ @ @ tweets created another public relations headache at a time when the White House was scrambling ... .
” ( September 25 , 2017 ) ■ “ According to a senior administration official , other potential [ State Department ] hires were knocked out of consideration for sins as minor as retweeting some of Marco Rubio ’ s ‘ little hands ’ jokes about Trump .
‘ The hiring pool is very different from your normal hiring pool , ’ the official says .
‘ The people the Senate would expect to confirm have @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” ( New York Times Magazine , October 17 , 2017 ) ■ “ ‘ I have said many times I was not put in this job to change the way the president of the United States does business , ’ he [ White House chief of staff John Kelly ] said in an interview with Fox News on Wednesday ... .
‘ Let Trump be Trump , ’ one White House official said on Thursday , summarizing Mr. Kelly ’ s approach to managing the President ’ s behavior .
One senior @ @ @ @ @ @ @ spot.
’ ” ( January 19 , 2018 ) ■ “ Mr .
Trump has repeatedly withheld details of his conversations with Mr. Putin , according to current and former American officials ... .A former senior administration official said a number of top figures in the administration sought in the hours and days after the meeting to find out details of what Mr. Trump and Mr. Putin had discussed .
But Mr. Trump waved off their queries , leaving the officials to rely solely on a brief readout that Rex W. Tillerson , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , had provided to the news media , according to the former official.
” ( January 13 , 2019 ) ■ “ A report by NBC recently revealed that career White House security specialists had rejected [ White House advisor and presidential son-in-law Jared ] Kushner ’ s clearance twice , but were overruled by their supervisor .
A senior administration official confirmed that account to The New York Times.
” ( February 9 , 2019 ) ■ “ In the months before Kirstjen Nielsen was forced to resign , she tried to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ her highest priorities as homeland security secretary : preparing for new and different Russian forms of interference in the 2020 election .
President Trump ’ s chief of staff told her not to bring it up in front of the president ... .According to one senior administration official , Mr. Mulvaney said it ‘ wasn ’ t a great subject and should be kept below his level.
’ ” ( April 24 , 2019 ) ■ “ President Trump , seeking to justify his claim of a hurricane threat to Alabama , pressed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ agency , leading to a highly unusual public rebuke of the forecasters who contradicted him ... .A senior administration official , who asked not to be identified discussing internal matters , said Mr. Trump told his staff to have NOAA ‘ clarify ’ the forecasters ’ position .
NOAA , which is part of the Commerce Department , then issued an unsigned statement saying the Birmingham , Ala. , office of the National Weather Service was wrong to refute the President ’ s warning so categorically.
” ( September 12 , 2019 ) @ @ @ @ @ @ @ [ Ukranian President Volodymyr ] Zelensky to look into a theory about the 2016 election that holds that Ukraine hacked the Democratic National Committee and then framed Moscow ... .
[ Trump ] also brought up a D.N.C .
computer server that he suggested might be hidden in Ukraine .
While serving Mr. Trump , Mr. Bossert repeatedly told him that his questions about the server were without merit , according to a former senior administration official.
” ( September 30 , 2019 ) ■ “ His [ Trump ’ s ] briefers @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , ‘ were stunned and miffed that he had no real interest in the P.D.B .
And it wasn ’ t just the P.D.B .
; it was almost anything generated by his N.S.C.
’ — Trump ’ s National Security Council .
‘ He kind of likes the military details but just doesn ’ t read briefing materials .
They ’ d put all this time and effort into these briefing papers , and he ’ d literally throw it aside.
’ ” ( New York Times Magazine , August 8 , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Times stretched the definition of a “ senior administration official ” to lend an aura of authority to Miles Taylor ’ s criticism of the President , how many of these other 1,104 “ senior ” officials weren ’ t really that “ senior ” at all ?

We learned this week that the “senior administration official” who trashed President Trump in a 2018 op-ed under the name “Anonymous” was, in fact, fairly far removed from the center of power as a mere deputy chief of staff to the Secretary of Homeland Security. “I think many people were under the impression — I know I was — that the article was written by somebody with a much more senior role,” ABC’s Jonathan Karl complained on Wednesday’s World News Tonight.
If the Times had given readers a more precise description of the op-ed’s author, though, it’s unlikely anyone would have cared. It was the description of a “senior administration official” that teased the imagination; “senior” being the key word that suggested real proximity to the President, such as a cabinet secretary, prominent West Wing adviser or even Vice President Pence. Learning that the writer was Miles Taylor, someone unknown to most Americans, revealed the op-ed for what it was: a cheap anti-Trump gimmick.
So how often does the New York Times use those magic words to confer a sense of knowledge and authority on its otherwise anonymous sources who may hold a position few would consider “senior”? A Nexis search of Times articles shows the phrase “senior administration official” or “senior White House official” was used 1,104 times from January 20, 2017 through October 29, 2020. Often, the Times’s top-level secret source is quoted to expose private information or to undermine or criticize the President. Examples:
■ “President Trump thrust himself into a bitter Persian Gulf dispute on Tuesday, taking credit for Saudi Arabia’s move to isolate its smaller neighbor, Qatar, and rattling his national security staff....His tweets, which a senior White House official said were not a result of any policy deliberation, sowed confusion about America’s strategy....” (June 6, 2017) ■ “His top staff was not nearly as enthusiastic [about tweets criticizing NFL players for kneeling during the National Anthem], a senior administration official said. There were complaints from some officials that his tweets created another public relations headache at a time when the White House was scrambling....” (September 25, 2017) ■ “According to a senior administration official, other potential [State Department] hires were knocked out of consideration for sins as minor as retweeting some of Marco Rubio’s ‘little hands’ jokes about Trump. ‘The hiring pool is very different from your normal hiring pool,’ the official says. ‘The people the Senate would expect to confirm have all been taken off the table.’” (New York Times Magazine, October 17, 2017) ■ “‘I have said many times I was not put in this job to change the way the president of the United States does business,’ he [White House chief of staff John Kelly] said in an interview with Fox News on Wednesday....‘Let Trump be Trump,’ one White House official said on Thursday, summarizing Mr. Kelly’s approach to managing the President’s behavior. One senior administration official called it a ‘blind spot.’” (January 19, 2018) ■ “Mr. Trump has repeatedly withheld details of his conversations with Mr. Putin, according to current and former American officials....A former senior administration official said a number of top figures in the administration sought in the hours and days after the meeting to find out details of what Mr. Trump and Mr. Putin had discussed. But Mr. Trump waved off their queries, leaving the officials to rely solely on a brief readout that Rex W. Tillerson, the secretary of state at the time, had provided to the news media, according to the former official.” (January 13, 2019) ■ “A report by NBC recently revealed that career White House security specialists had rejected [White House advisor and presidential son-in-law Jared] Kushner’s clearance twice, but were overruled by their supervisor. A senior administration official confirmed that account to The New York Times.” (February 9, 2019) ■ “In the months before Kirstjen Nielsen was forced to resign, she tried to focus the White House on one of her highest priorities as homeland security secretary: preparing for new and different Russian forms of interference in the 2020 election. President Trump’s chief of staff told her not to bring it up in front of the president....According to one senior administration official, Mr. Mulvaney said it ‘wasn’t a great subject and should be kept below his level.’” (April 24, 2019) ■ “President Trump, seeking to justify his claim of a hurricane threat to Alabama, pressed aides to intervene with a federal scientific agency, leading to a highly unusual public rebuke of the forecasters who contradicted him....A senior administration official, who asked not to be identified discussing internal matters, said Mr. Trump told his staff to have NOAA ‘clarify’ the forecasters’ position. NOAA, which is part of the Commerce Department, then issued an unsigned statement saying the Birmingham, Ala., office of the National Weather Service was wrong to refute the President’s warning so categorically.” (September 12, 2019) ■ “Mr. Trump also urged [Ukranian President Volodymyr] Zelensky to look into a theory about the 2016 election that holds that Ukraine hacked the Democratic National Committee and then framed Moscow....[Trump] also brought up a D.N.C. computer server that he suggested might be hidden in Ukraine. While serving Mr. Trump, Mr. Bossert repeatedly told him that his questions about the server were without merit, according to a former senior administration official.” (September 30, 2019) ■ “His [Trump’s] briefers, a former senior administration official said, ‘were stunned and miffed that he had no real interest in the P.D.B. And it wasn’t just the P.D.B.; it was almost anything generated by his N.S.C.’ — Trump’s National Security Council. ‘He kind of likes the military details but just doesn’t read briefing materials. They’d put all this time and effort into these briefing papers, and he’d literally throw it aside.’” (New York Times Magazine, August 8, 2020)
Now that we know that the Times stretched the definition of a “senior administration official” to lend an aura of authority to Miles Taylor’s criticism of the President, how many of these other 1,104 “senior” officials weren’t really that “senior” at all?


thelibertydaily--2020-10-30--The Police Defunding Foundation Behind Kamala Harris

`` We must work for real systemic change to disempower law enforcement . ''
Daniel Greenfield , a Shillman Journalism Fellow at the Freedom Center , is an investigative journalist and writer focusing on the radical Left and Islamic terrorism .
Last month , the Akonadi Foundation was touting “ occupations ” of houses by the activists it backs .
The “ occupations ” were said to “ reclaim ” the houses from real estate “ speculators ” .
The hypocrisy was obvious considering that the foundation is the project of Quinn Delaney and Wayne Jordan .
Jordan is a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
The lefty power couple have their own multi-million dollar places in Piedmont and Manhattan .
Quite a few homeless people could be housed there if they were occupied and reclaimed .
Not only do Jordan and Delaney enjoy the good life , but their son , aspiring rapper TMG Fresh , bought an $ 8 million mansion in Beverly Hills , while their other son bought Demi Lovato ’ s $ 8.25 million mansion in the Hollywood Hills .
While Jordan is black , TMG Fresh looks like a white kid playing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that his real father was Playboy tycoon Hugh Hefner .
And while the Akonadi Foundation spends a lot of time on pro-crime “ criminal justice reform ” , that didn ’ t stop TMG Fresh from being robbed of money and jewelry outside his gated home .
Jordan and Delaney came on the scene along with Obama .
The lefty power couple were among his earliest big fundraisers in California and before long Jordan had become one of Obama 's biggest fundraisers .
They also poured between $ 500,000 and $ 750,000 into @ @ @ @ @ @ @ term , Jordan and Delaney were being ranked as the fourth biggest political donors in the Bay Area ahead of Jonathan Soros , the son of the radical Hungarian billionaire .
Jordan and his wife , Delaney , a former board member of the Tides Foundation and the ACLU of Northern California , were radicals , but they were also smart investors in business and politics .
When their PAC , People Standing Strong , threw $ 1 million into funding an ad campaign in Iowa for Kamala Harris that never aired because @ @ @ @ @ @ @ laughter .
But the rival Democrat donors are n't laughing now .
Just like with Obama , they had gotten in on the ground floor .
And the close ties of the leftist power couple with Kamala go beyond being major donors to her political ambitions .
When Maya Harris , Kamala 's sister and a close advisor , was chosen to head the ACLU of Northern California , Delaney made the announcement as the chair of its board of directors .
The head of the Akonadi Foundation , Lateefah Simon , is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The two women have campaigned for each other and Kamala has been described as Lateefah 's mentor .
Delaney and Jordan don ’ t just donate to candidates : they finance radical leftist causes .
Proposition 16 , the push to legalize racial discrimination using affirmative action in California , was financed by millions of dollars from them .
But their biggest vehicle was the Akonadi Foundation named after an African goddess .
Fueled by critical race theory , the Akonadi Foundation declared that it was out to stop `` structural racism '' @ @ @ @ @ @ @ associated with whiteness '' .
Quinn Delaney is white .
Her son , TMG Fresh , enjoys a privilege that not only includes two mansions , but also blonde cornrows , and rapping , `` let me give you some advice , it might just save your life '' and `` that ’ s called cappin where I ’ m from '' .
Where he 's from is a suburban mansion in the Bay Area where they call that appropriation .
But the Akonadi Foundation has poured millions into pro-crime projects , critical @ @ @ @ @ @ @ groups interlinked with the racist Black Lives Matter movement .
Akonadi boss Lateefah Simon is not only closely connected to Kamala , but she also serves as an advisor to Governor Newsom .
And Newsom appointed her to a task force on “ police reform ” .
Simon , who also serves as BART ’ s board president , pushed a move to defund the police by shifting money from officers on the transit system to `` unarmed ambassadors '' .
When her attacks on police officers were criticised , she falsely accused @ @ @ @ @ @ @ leftist has described the Black Lives Matter riots as “ global uprisings ” .
The Akonadi foundation celebrated a move to `` completely defund , dismantle , and terminate the Oakland School Police Department '' .
But the Akonadi Foundation also dabbles in all sorts of radicalism .
It ’ s militantly opposed to immigration enforcement against illegal aliens , it has fought against cooperation between police and ICE that saves lives by stopping killers , and it champions , what it calls , “ freedom cities ” .
The anti-Israel Oakland Palestine @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Akonadi Foundation .
The mural , demonizing Israel , was a project of the Middle East Children ’ s Alliance ( MECA ) which has called for the destruction of the Jewish State .
An Akonadi tweet promoted Jana Jihad 's attacks on Israel and the foundation has funded Nakba events .
All of this provides a glimpse of the radical ideology fueling one of Kamala ’ s biggest backers .
`` We must work for real systemic change to disempower law enforcement , '' Quinn Delaney wrote while claiming that the police @ @ @ @ @ @ @ '' .
Quinn Delaney had contributed $ 1 million to the Kamala Harris PAC .
But Jordan and Delaney were already in on the ground floor of Kamala Inc .
The leftist couple had the largest listed donation to her campaign for Attorney General in 2010 .
Delaney and Jordan maxed out their donations to Kamala ’ s Senate race and they ’ re still donating to her Senate fund .
Like Steve Jobs ' wife and TV hack Chuck Lorre , the duo are longtime Harris supporters who go way back with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ have a very specific , focused , and dangerous agenda .
If Biden wins the election , there is little doubt that Lateefah Simon and other Akonadi veterans would have a role in the White House , in the Justice Department , and across federal agencies .
A Biden-Harris administration or , as Joe Biden occasionally puts it , a Harris-Biden administration , would allow the radicals at Akonadi to push the pro-crime policies that they have advanced in California across the country making streets and communities into killing fields .
2020 is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s the year in which pro-crime activists and black nationalists sent the country into a horrifying nightmare of violence and terror , riots , looting , and murder , bringing entire cities to their knees , while wiping out the hopes and dreams of millions .
The Bay Area , which birthed the political power of both Kamala Harris and her radical donors , is rapidly becoming a template for how to make formerly great cities unlivable in every way .
If Kamala Harris gets into the White House , so does @ @ @ @ @ @ @ And then police defunding will stop being a marginal cause and become a national agenda .

Daniel Greenfield, a Shillman Journalism Fellow at the Freedom Center, is an investigative journalist and writer focusing on the radical Left and Islamic terrorism.
Last month, the Akonadi Foundation was touting “occupations” of houses by the activists it backs. The “occupations” were said to “reclaim” the houses from real estate “speculators”.
The hypocrisy was obvious considering that the foundation is the project of Quinn Delaney and Wayne Jordan. Jordan is a major real estate developer and Democrat donor. The lefty power couple have their own multi-million dollar places in Piedmont and Manhattan.
Quite a few homeless people could be housed there if they were occupied and reclaimed.
Not only do Jordan and Delaney enjoy the good life, but their son, aspiring rapper TMG Fresh, bought an $8 million mansion in Beverly Hills, while their other son bought Demi Lovato’s $8.25 million mansion in the Hollywood Hills. While Jordan is black, TMG Fresh looks like a white kid playing dress-up, giving life to the rumors that his real father was Playboy tycoon Hugh Hefner.
And while the Akonadi Foundation spends a lot of time on pro-crime “criminal justice reform”, that didn’t stop TMG Fresh from being robbed of money and jewelry outside his gated home.
Jordan and Delaney came on the scene along with Obama. The lefty power couple were among his earliest big fundraisers in California and before long Jordan had become one of Obama’s biggest fundraisers. They also poured between $500,000 and $750,000 into his foundation.
By Obama’s second term, Jordan and Delaney were being ranked as the fourth biggest political donors in the Bay Area ahead of Jonathan Soros, the son of the radical Hungarian billionaire.
Jordan and his wife, Delaney, a former board member of the Tides Foundation and the ACLU of Northern California, were radicals, but they were also smart investors in business and politics.
When their PAC, People Standing Strong, threw $1 million into funding an ad campaign in Iowa for Kamala Harris that never aired because she dropped out, there was mocking laughter.
But the rival Democrat donors aren’t laughing now.
Just like with Obama, they had gotten in on the ground floor. And the close ties of the leftist power couple with Kamala go beyond being major donors to her political ambitions.
When Maya Harris, Kamala’s sister and a close advisor, was chosen to head the ACLU of Northern California, Delaney made the announcement as the chair of its board of directors.
The head of the Akonadi Foundation, Lateefah Simon, is a close friend of Kamala’s. The two women have campaigned for each other and Kamala has been described as Lateefah’s mentor.
Delaney and Jordan don’t just donate to candidates: they finance radical leftist causes.
Proposition 16, the push to legalize racial discrimination using affirmative action in California, was financed by millions of dollars from them.
But their biggest vehicle was the Akonadi Foundation named after an African goddess.
Fueled by critical race theory, the Akonadi Foundation declared that it was out to stop “structural racism” which it defined as the “privileges associated with whiteness”.
Quinn Delaney is white. Her son, TMG Fresh, enjoys a privilege that not only includes two mansions, but also blonde cornrows, and rapping, “let me give you some advice, it might just save your life” and “that’s called cappin where I’m from”.
Where he’s from is a suburban mansion in the Bay Area where they call that appropriation.
But the Akonadi Foundation has poured millions into pro-crime projects, critical race theory agitprop, and radical Marxist groups interlinked with the racist Black Lives Matter movement.
Akonadi boss Lateefah Simon is not only closely connected to Kamala, but she also serves as an advisor to Governor Newsom. And Newsom appointed her to a task force on “police reform”.
Simon, who also serves as BART’s board president, pushed a move to defund the police by shifting money from officers on the transit system to “unarmed ambassadors”. When her attacks on police officers were criticised, she falsely accused a board director of racism.
The leftist has described the Black Lives Matter riots as “global uprisings”.
The Akonadi foundation celebrated a move to “completely defund, dismantle, and terminate the Oakland School Police Department”.
But the Akonadi Foundation also dabbles in all sorts of radicalism. It’s militantly opposed to immigration enforcement against illegal aliens, it has fought against cooperation between police and ICE that saves lives by stopping killers, and it champions, what it calls, “freedom cities”.
The anti-Israel Oakland Palestine Solidarity Mural was partly funded by the Akonadi Foundation. The mural, demonizing Israel, was a project of the Middle East Children’s Alliance (MECA) which has called for the destruction of the Jewish State. An Akonadi tweet promoted Jana Jihad’s attacks on Israel and the foundation has funded Nakba events.
All of this provides a glimpse of the radical ideology fueling one of Kamala’s biggest backers.
“We must work for real systemic change to disempower law enforcement,” Quinn Delaney wrote while claiming that the police had killed “thousands of black people”.
Quinn Delaney had contributed $1 million to the Kamala Harris PAC. But Jordan and Delaney were already in on the ground floor of Kamala Inc. The leftist couple had the largest listed donation to her campaign for Attorney General in 2010. Delaney and Jordan maxed out their donations to Kamala’s Senate race and they’re still donating to her Senate fund.
Like Steve Jobs’ wife and TV hack Chuck Lorre, the duo are longtime Harris supporters who go way back with her, but unlike them, they have a very specific, focused, and dangerous agenda.
If Biden wins the election, there is little doubt that Lateefah Simon and other Akonadi veterans would have a role in the White House, in the Justice Department, and across federal agencies.
A Biden-Harris administration or, as Joe Biden occasionally puts it, a Harris-Biden administration, would allow the radicals at Akonadi to push the pro-crime policies that they have advanced in California across the country making streets and communities into killing fields.
2020 is not just an election year. It’s the year in which pro-crime activists and black nationalists sent the country into a horrifying nightmare of violence and terror, riots, looting, and murder, bringing entire cities to their knees, while wiping out the hopes and dreams of millions.
The Bay Area, which birthed the political power of both Kamala Harris and her radical donors, is rapidly becoming a template for how to make formerly great cities unlivable in every way. If Kamala Harris gets into the White House, so does the Akonadi Foundation and its agendas.
And then police defunding will stop being a marginal cause and become a national agenda.