thelibertydaily--2020-10-23--Here’s All The Evidence ’60 Minutes’ Fake Newser Leslie Stahl Falsely Claimed Doesn’t Exist

A combative Stahl regurgitating Democratic talking points during the entire interview argued that several of the president 's claims held no merit .
President Donald Trump preemptively released the full interview with CBS ’ s Lesley Stahl for “ 60 Minutes , ” Thursday after the two engaged in a sparring match in which Stahl threatened the network could not air claims the president made during their discussion .
During the half-hour conversation , Trump hammered the press for refusing to ask tough questions of his November opponent now embroiled by scandal after the New York Post began publishing a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ president in Hunter Biden ’ s potentially criminal overseas business dealings .
A combative Stahl regurgitating Democratic talking points throughout the entire interview argued repeatedly that several of the president ’ s claims held no merit , with no way to verify them , and with no evidence to back them up .
After 20 minutes of sparring , Stahl denied outright that former Vice President Joe Biden was undergoing any scandal at all .
“ He ’ s in the midst of a scandal , ” Trump said after complaining about reporters @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of ice cream he purchased on a campaign stop as opposed to the blockbuster reporting just two days before that revealed how the Biden family stood to rake in millions from businessmen with deep ties to the Chinese Communist Party .
Later in the interview , Stahl denied that the Delaware computer suspected of belonging to Hunter Biden ’ s was even a story at all after claiming it has been “ investigated and discredited.
” “ It can ’ t be verified , ” Stahl said of the laptop .
“ It @ @ @ @ @ @ @ day after the interview was taped however , Fox News reported that the laptop in question was seized by the FBI as part of a federal money laundering investigation and its contents were “ verified by multiple federal law enforcement officials who reviewed them.
” So , yes , the laptop can be “ verified ” and has been “ verified.
” Meanwhile , the Biden campaign took a week to dispute the authenticity of the laptop ’ s emails published first by the New York Post calling the paper ’ s reporting @ @ @ @ @ @ @ night ’ s debate .
“ If we see tonight from Donald Trump these attacks on Vice President Biden ’ s family , I think we need to be very , very clear that what he ’ s doing here is amplifying Russian disinformation , ” Biden Deputy Campaign Manager Kate Bedingfield told reporters on an afternoon press call .
The charges that Hunter Biden ’ s laptop stems from a larger election interference campaign by the Russian government , which had been perpetuated by Biden allies and House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam @ @ @ @ @ @ @ FBI , the Department of Justice , the Department of National Intelligence , and the Department of State .
“ Let me be clear , ” DNI Director John Ratcliffe said Monday during an appearance on Fox Business on claims of Russian disinformation .
“ The intelligence community doesn ’ t believe that because there is no intelligence that supports that.
” Secret Service records released by Sens .
Chuck Grassley of Iowa and Ron Johnson of Wisconsin Tuesday night also corroborated travel details outlined in the emails reported by the New York @ @ @ @ @ @ @ came forward Wednesday night offering additional testimony confirming the Post ’ s claims .
[ Read everything you need to know about Hunter Biden ’ s scandals here . ]
While Stahl spent time dismissing only the latest scandals surrounding Joe Biden , the CBS reporter also denied the existence of any evidence implicating that the former vice president spied on the Trump campaign in 2016 .
“ The biggest scandal , ” Trump said , “ was when they spied on my campaign.
” “ There ’ s no real evidence of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , there ’ s quite the contrary .
Either Stahl showed up to the exclusive White House interview ignorant of investigations into Trump campaign adviser Carter Page , George Papadoupoulos , Paul Manafort , and Michael Flynn or she was covering up for her preferred Democratic presidential candidate two weeks before the election .
Given Stahl ’ s passionate defense of Joe Biden , it ’ s probably the latter .
As the Federalist has extensively reported , the Obama administration weaponized the FBI to conduct a deep-state coup operation to ensure that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , they would frame the president as an agent of the Russian government who colluded with the Kremlin to undermine American interests warranting impeachment .
The investigation , now known as “ Crossfire Hurricane , ” relied on DNC-funded opposition research compiled in the unverified and widely discredited Steele Dossier which in turn , was infected with by Russian disinformation .
Just last month , the Federalist reported that Russia believed former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was planning the anti-Trump collusion campaign in 2016 and U.S. officials knew it .
Former Central @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Brennan had even briefed President Barack Obama that the Kremlin had discovered Clinton put in plans during the summer of the election year “ to vilify Donald Trump by stirring up a scandal claiming interference by Russian security services.
” The Federalist also reported last month on newly discovered FBI notes revealing that officials carrying out their deep-state operation has purchased liability insurance on the taxpayer dime to protect themselves two weeks before Trump took office .
In July , the Federalist reported that declassified documents in the FBI showed Obama used a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ briefing to collect information on the Republican operation .
“ Rather than provide the Trump campaign a specific warning that certain campaign principals were being targeted by Russian interference , ” Federalist Co-Founder Sean Davis wrote , “ the FBI instead gave a general , non-specific warning that foreign intelligence services might eventually target the campaign.
” In January , the Federalist reported that the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court ( FISC ) admitted that two of the four Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act ( FISA ) warrants used to spy on Page were illegal @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on the long-anticipated inspector general report from the Department of Justice documenting the FBI ’ s malicious abuse of government power to spy on the Trump campaign and paint Page as a Russian spy .
Officials in the FBI even went as far as to doctor evidence to perpetuate the made-up narrative .
The same report concluded that there would be no warrant granted on Page without the Steele Dossier , which FBI officials not only knew was junk intelligence but was also sourced by a Russian national who the federal law enforcement @ @ @ @ @ @ @ threat .
The bombshell report by the DOJ IG also shows the FBI lied to Congress about Christopher Steele ’ s credibility while Comey lied to Congress about the investigation .
And yet , Stahl says there ’ s no evidence .

President Donald Trump preemptively released the full interview with CBS’s Lesley Stahl for “60 Minutes,” Thursday after the two engaged in a sparring match in which Stahl threatened the network could not air claims the president made during their discussion.
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1319298695683334144?s=20
During the half-hour conversation, Trump hammered the press for refusing to ask tough questions of his November opponent now embroiled by scandal after the New York Post began publishing a series of exposés implicating the former vice president in Hunter Biden’s potentially criminal overseas business dealings.
A combative Stahl regurgitating Democratic talking points throughout the entire interview argued repeatedly that several of the president’s claims held no merit, with no way to verify them, and with no evidence to back them up.
Stahl Dismisses Hunter Biden Laptop
After 20 minutes of sparring, Stahl denied outright that former Vice President Joe Biden was undergoing any scandal at all.
“He’s in the midst of a scandal,” Trump said after complaining about reporters asking Biden over the weekend what kind of ice cream he purchased on a campaign stop as opposed to the blockbuster reporting just two days before that revealed how the Biden family stood to rake in millions from businessmen with deep ties to the Chinese Communist Party.
“He’s not,” Stahl interrupted. “He’s not. No.”
Later in the interview, Stahl denied that the Delaware computer suspected of belonging to Hunter Biden’s was even a story at all after claiming it has been “investigated and discredited.”
“It can’t be verified,” Stahl said of the laptop. “It can’t be verified.”
“What can’t be verified?” Trump said.
“The laptop!”
The day after the interview was taped however, Fox News reported that the laptop in question was seized by the FBI as part of a federal money laundering investigation and its contents were “verified by multiple federal law enforcement officials who reviewed them.”
So, yes, the laptop can be “verified” and has been “verified.”
Meanwhile, the Biden campaign took a week to dispute the authenticity of the laptop’s emails published first by the New York Post calling the paper’s reporting “Russian disinformation” ahead of Thursday night’s debate.
“If we see tonight from Donald Trump these attacks on Vice President Biden’s family, I think we need to be very, very clear that what he’s doing here is amplifying Russian disinformation,” Biden Deputy Campaign Manager Kate Bedingfield told reporters on an afternoon press call.
The charges that Hunter Biden’s laptop stems from a larger election interference campaign by the Russian government, which had been perpetuated by Biden allies and House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff had already been debunked by the FBI, the Department of Justice, the Department of National Intelligence, and the Department of State.
“Let me be clear,” DNI Director John Ratcliffe said Monday during an appearance on Fox Business on claims of Russian disinformation. “The intelligence community doesn’t believe that because there is no intelligence that supports that.”
Secret Service records released by Sens. Chuck Grassley of Iowa and Ron Johnson of Wisconsin Tuesday night also corroborated travel details outlined in the emails reported by the New York Post, and a former Biden associate came forward Wednesday night offering additional testimony confirming the Post’s claims.
https://twitter.com/seanmdav/status/1319264716636753920?s=20
[Read everything you need to know about Hunter Biden’s scandals here.]
Stahl Whitewashes Crossfire Hurricane
While Stahl spent time dismissing only the latest scandals surrounding Joe Biden, the CBS reporter also denied the existence of any evidence implicating that the former vice president spied on the Trump campaign in 2016.
“The biggest scandal,” Trump said, “was when they spied on my campaign.”
“There’s no real evidence of that,” Stahl said.
Actually, there’s quite the contrary.
Either Stahl showed up to the exclusive White House interview ignorant of investigations into Trump campaign adviser Carter Page, George Papadoupoulos, Paul Manafort, and Michael Flynn or she was covering up for her preferred Democratic presidential candidate two weeks before the election. Given Stahl’s passionate defense of Joe Biden, it’s probably the latter.
What Stahl does not mention: Carter Page, George Papadoupoulos, Paul Manafort, Michael Flynn, 'Azra Turk,' Stefan Halper, the 8/30/2016 FBI briefing, the 1/6/17 ICA briefing, and more. Taken all together, by any reasonable definition, that's spying. 3/3 End. — Byron York (@ByronYork) October 22, 2020
As the Federalist has extensively reported, the Obama administration weaponized the FBI to conduct a deep-state coup operation to ensure that in the event Trump did take office, they would frame the president as an agent of the Russian government who colluded with the Kremlin to undermine American interests warranting impeachment.
The investigation, now known as “Crossfire Hurricane,” relied on DNC-funded opposition research compiled in the unverified and widely discredited Steele Dossier which in turn, was infected with by Russian disinformation.
Just last month, the Federalist reported that Russia believed former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was planning the anti-Trump collusion campaign in 2016 and U.S. officials knew it. Former Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Director John Brennan had even briefed President Barack Obama that the Kremlin had discovered Clinton put in plans during the summer of the election year “to vilify Donald Trump by stirring up a scandal claiming interference by Russian security services.”
The Federalist also reported last month on newly discovered FBI notes revealing that officials carrying out their deep-state operation has purchased liability insurance on the taxpayer dime to protect themselves two weeks before Trump took office.
In July, the Federalist reported that declassified documents in the FBI showed Obama used a “defensive” of the Trump campaign briefing to collect information on the Republican operation.
“Rather than provide the Trump campaign a specific warning that certain campaign principals were being targeted by Russian interference,” Federalist Co-Founder Sean Davis wrote, “the FBI instead gave a general, non-specific warning that foreign intelligence services might eventually target the campaign.”
In January, the Federalist reported that the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) admitted that two of the four Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) warrants used to spy on Page were illegal.
In December, the Federalist reported on the long-anticipated inspector general report from the Department of Justice documenting the FBI’s malicious abuse of government power to spy on the Trump campaign and paint Page as a Russian spy. Officials in the FBI even went as far as to doctor evidence to perpetuate the made-up narrative.
The same report concluded that there would be no warrant granted on Page without the Steele Dossier, which FBI officials not only knew was junk intelligence but was also sourced by a Russian national who the federal law enforcement agency had suspected was a national security threat.
The bombshell report by the DOJ IG also shows the FBI lied to Congress about Christopher Steele’s credibility while Comey lied to Congress about the investigation.
"Not a single American was found to have colluded with Russia to steal the 2016 election, but now we have the first indication of a measure of accountability for the people who perpetrated this false theory that did damage to the Republican president and his voters" @MZHemingway pic.twitter.com/GbTe0BSeGg — The Federalist (@FDRLST) August 15, 2020
And yet, Stahl says there’s no evidence.
Tristan Justice is the western correspondent for The Federalist and the author of Social Justice Redux, a conservative newsletter on culture, health, and wellness. He has also written for The Washington Examiner and The Daily Signal. His work has also been featured in Real Clear Politics and Fox News. Tristan graduated from George Washington University where he majored in political science and minored in journalism. Follow him on Twitter at @JusticeTristan or contact him at Tristan@thefederalist.com. Sign up for Tristan's email newsletter here


thelibertydaily--2020-10-23--ABC, NBC Warn Trump: Don’t You Dare Attack ‘Fair,’ ‘Ref,’ Democrat Hack “Moderator” Kristen Welker!

So much for competition .
ABC ’ s White House correspondent Cecila Vega fumed on Thursday that the President might actually attack the “ fair , ” “ straight shooter ” debate moderator from NBC , Kristen Welker .
The outraged Vega huffed , “ Working the ref before the game has even started ... .
I worked with Kristen Welker in covering this president from the beginning , I covered Hillary Clinton 's campaign in 2016 with her .
She is nothing but a straight shooter , among the most thorough and fair journalists I know .
She ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ then attacked Trump as a racist : “ But , this , George , has been a pattern .
The President has repeatedly reserved his most below the belt attacks for particularly women journalists of color .
We have seen this time and time again , and that is what he is doing again ahead of this debate this evening.
” She the pretended to offer campaign advice to the Republican : “ Attacks like this on someone like Kristen Welker are not going to help him win over the suburban women that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ABC does not want to help Trump win reelection .
Over on NBC , former Obama adviser David Plouffe also pretended to offer advice : “ And it 'll be interesting because I do n't think the Trump brain trust will be in the political hall of fame .
But they 're telling him not to spend the whole debate on Hunter Biden .
‘ Do n't attack Kristen Welker.
’ ” The ABC spin was sponsored by Prudential .
Click on the link to let them know what you think .
Check @ @ @ @ @ @ @ more on Welker .
GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS : On that muting of the mics , we know during the first answers for each candidate , the other candidate 's mic will be muted .
I want to bring in our senior White House correspondent Cecilia Vega .
Cecilia , your colleague on the White House beat from NBC , Kristen Welker , going to be the moderator tonight .
President Trump has already been playing the refs , attacking her nearly every day .
CECILIA VEGA : Working the ref before the game has @ @ @ @ @ @ @ say , I worked with Kristen Welker in covering this president from the beginning , I covered Hillary Clinton 's campaign in 2016 with her .
She is nothing but a straight shooter , among the most thorough and fair journalists I know .
She ’ s also a great friend .
And I know that is what she ’ s going to bring those traits to this stage tonight .
But , this , George , has been a pattern .
The President has repeatedly reserved his most below the belt attacks @ @ @ @ @ @ @ We have seen this time and time again , and that is what he is doing again ahead of this debate this evening .
And I got to say , this is not what aides , even his own aides want to see .
They want to see him focus .
Attacks like this on someone like Kristen Welker are not going to help him win over the suburban women that he needs to win , that he is losing in the suburbs like Philly .
We just pulled the numbers .
He @ @ @ @ @ @ @ point to Joe Biden .
A strategy like this not going to help tonight .

So much for competition. ABC’s White House correspondent Cecila Vega fumed on Thursday that the President might actually attack the “fair,” “straight shooter” debate moderator from NBC, Kristen Welker.
The outraged Vega huffed, “Working the ref before the game has even started.... I worked with Kristen Welker in covering this president from the beginning, I covered Hillary Clinton's campaign in 2016 with her. She is nothing but a straight shooter, among the most thorough and fair journalists I know. She’s also a great friend.”
She then attacked Trump as a racist: “But, this, George, has been a pattern. The President has repeatedly reserved his most below the belt attacks for particularly women journalists of color. We have seen this time and time again, and that is what he is doing again ahead of this debate this evening.”
She the pretended to offer campaign advice to the Republican: “Attacks like this on someone like Kristen Welker are not going to help him win over the suburban women that he needs to win.”
Newsflash: ABC does not want to help Trump win reelection.
Over on NBC, former Obama adviser David Plouffe also pretended to offer advice: “And it'll be interesting because I don't think the Trump brain trust will be in the political hall of fame. But they're telling him not to spend the whole debate on Hunter Biden. ‘Don't attack Kristen Welker.’”
The ABC spin was sponsored by Prudential. Click on the link to let them know what you think.
Check out the MRC's Geoff Dickens for more on Welker.


thelibertydaily--2020-10-23--8 Highlights From the Second Biden-Trump Debate

President Donald Trump and his challenger , former Vice President Joe Biden , clashed Thursday night in the second and final presidential debate before the Nov. 3 election .
Trump and Biden traded boasts and criticisms in a meeting that began at 9 p.m. at Belmont University in Nashville , Tennessee , after officials said both men tested negative for COVID-19 .
What follows are eight highlights from the 90-minute debate moderated by NBC News White House correspondent Kristen Welker .
The first debate between Trump and Biden took place Sept. 29 .
The Commission on Presidential Debates canceled the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ set for Oct. 15 , after Trump objected to a format in which the candidates would appear in separate “ town hall ” settings .
The commission announced the change in format Oct. 8 , the day after Vice President Mike Pence and Biden ’ s running mate , Sen. Kamala Harris of California , met in their only debate .
At the time , Trump was recovering from COVID-19 after a three-day stay at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center .
In their second debate , Republican Trump and Democrat Biden differed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ pandemic , especially in terms of reopening schools safely as soon as possible .
Trump said that although Americans will continue to deal with COVID-19 , the country can ’ t stay closed and must continue the process of reopening .
“ We can ’ t close up our nation , or you ’ re not going to have a nation , ” Trump said .
Biden said that he did not aim to keep the country shut down .
“ I ’ m going to shut down the virus , not the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , Biden expressed a greater willingness to keep lockdowns in place until certain needs are met .
“ I ’ m not shutting down today , but look , you need standards , ” Biden said .
“ If you have a [ virus ] reproduction rate above a certain level , everybody says slow down , do not open bars and gymnasiums , until you get this under more control.
” He wants schools to reopen , Biden said , but more needs to be done to get them into a place @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ventilation .
“ Schools , they need a lot of money to open , ” Biden said .
“ They need to deal with smaller classrooms.
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So far , it has made more than 260 recommendations .
Learn more here .
Biden ’ s reopening plan stipulates : “ Emergency @ @ @ @ @ @ @ schools have the resources to reconfigure classrooms , kitchens , and other spaces , improve ventilation , and take other necessary steps to make it easier to physically distance and minimize risk of spread.
” The Trump administration has pushed aggressively for schools to reopen this fall , under the guidance of health officials .
Biden also said Trump had failed to negotiate a new coronavirus relief package with the Democrat-controlled House .
The president countered that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi , D-Calif. , doesn ’ t want to make a deal before @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , willing , and able to do something , ” Trump said .
Trump repeated his prediction that a COVID-19 vaccine will be approved by the end of this year .
Trump said several companies–including Johnson & Johnson , Moderna , and Pfizer–are “ doing very well ” in developing a vaccine , adding that the U.S. also is working with European nations to produce a vaccine as quickly as possible .
Welker questioned Trump about his vaccine timeline , noting that his own health officials have said it may be well into @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
“ I think my timeline is going to be more accurate , ” Trump said , adding : Biden fired back at Trump , criticizing the president ’ s handling of the virus .
“ We are about to go into a dark winter , ” Biden said .
“ And he has no clear plan and there is no prospect that there is going to be a vaccine available for the majority of the American people before the middle of next year.
” Asked to respond , the president said he @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the virus and closed down flights from China in January , an action that he says Biden called him “ xenophobic ” for taking .
Biden retorted that Trump had closed the border to China only after other countries already had done so .
Trump said Biden ’ s handling of the H1N1 swine flu was “ a total disaster.
” “ Had that had this kind of numbers , 700,000 people would be dead right now , but [ swine flu ] was a far less lethal disease.
” Trump denied @ @ @ @ @ @ @ be “ over soon , ” but said Americans are “ learning to live with it.
” He added : “ We can ’ t lock ourselves up in a basement like Joe does.
” The president said 99 % of those who contract the disease caused by the new coronavirus recover .
“ People are learning to die with it , ” the former vice president fired back , adding that the president has not taken responsibility for the virus .
“ I take full responsibility .
It is not my fault @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s China ’ s fault .
And you know what ?
It ’ s not Joe ’ s fault that it came here , either .
It is China ’ s fault , ” Trump said .
Biden also said , referring to COVID-19 , “ Two hundred and twenty thousand Americans dead .
If you hear nothing else I say tonight …anyone who is responsible for that many deaths should not remain as president of the United States.
” When it came to climate change and the energy industry , the two @ @ @ @ @ @ @ will not sacrifice tens of millions of jobs , thousands and thousands of companies , because of the Paris accord , ” Trump said , referring to the international climate agreement the United States joined under President Barack Obama with Biden as vice president .
Six months into his presidency , Trump announced that the U.S. would withdraw from the climate agreement .
“ We have the cleanest air , the cleanest water , and the best carbon emissions standards that we ’ ve seen in many , many years .
And we @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” Trump said .
He said the climate accord was too easy on nations such as China , Russia , and India that have “ filthy ” air .
“ Climate change , climate warming , global warming is an existential threat to humanity .
We have a moral obligation to deal with it , ” Biden said , adding that it was crucial to act in the next eight to 10 years .
Referring to his climate plan , which includes adding charging machines for electric cars to U.S. highways and retrofitting @ @ @ @ @ @ @ said : “ It will create millions of new , good-paying jobs.
” “ We are energy independent for the first time , ” Trump said .
Fracking was another topic of contention between the two candidates .
“ I have never said I oppose fracking , ” Biden said , accusing Trump of “ lying.
” “ I do rule out banning fracking , ” he said , although he later said he had called for banning fracking on federal lands .
The Trump campaign tweeted this video shortly after Biden ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of color ” are more likely to live near chemical plants and oil refineries , and that Texans living in such areas are concerned the proximity is making them sick .
“ The families that we ’ re talking about are employed heavily and they ’ re making a lot of money , more money than they ’ ve ever made , ” Trump said , noting his administration ’ s record jobs numbers among Hispanic , Asian , and black Americans .
He added , “ I have not heard the numbers @ @ @ @ @ @ @ saying , but they ’ re making a tremendous amount of money.
” “ Those frontline communities , it doesn ’ t matter what you ’ re paying them , it matters how you keep them safe , ” Biden said , talking about the need to regulate pollutants .
Trump asked BIden : “ Would you close down the oil industry ?
” Biden responded : “ I would transition from the oil industry , yes … because the oil industry pollutes significantly .
… It has to be replaced by renewable @ @ @ @ @ @ @ And I ’ d stop giving to the oil industry , I ’ d stop giving them federal subsidies.
” Trump said that the Affordable Care Act , passed in 2009-10 during the Obama administration , was “ no good.
” He said that ’ s why the law , popularly known as Obamacare , is still being challenged in court .
The president said his administration ended the individual mandate requiring Americans to buy health insurance and is overseeing what remains of Obamacare .
“ We ’ re running it as well @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s no good , ” he said .
Trump said Biden and the Democrats would push the country toward “ socialized medicine ” and government-run health care , as promoted by Sen. Bernie Sanders , I-Vt. Biden said that , unlike all his competitors in the Democrats ’ primary race—a list that included both Sanders and his running mate , Harris—he would not advocate a “ Medicare for All ” plan .
“ He ’ s a very confused guy , ” Biden said .
“ He thinks he ’ s running against @ @ @ @ @ @ @ against Joe Biden .
I beat all those other people because I disagreed with them.
” Instead , Biden said , he wants “ Bidencare , ” which includes a “ public option ” for health insurance .
A public option is when the government offers subsidized plans that are less expensive than those offered by insurance companies .
Biden said he supports private insurance and insisted that “ not one single person with private insurance would lose their insurance under my plan , nor did they under Obamacare.
” Obama also promised @ @ @ @ @ @ @ health insurance under Obamacare , which didn ’ t turn out to be the case .
“ When he says ‘ public option , ’ he ’ s talking about socialized medicine and health care , ” Trump said .
“ When he talks about a public option , he ’ s talking about destroying your Medicare and destroying your Social Security .
This whole country will come down.
” Biden contended that Trump would not make sure that Americans with preexisting health conditions could get insurance coverage , but the president reiterated @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Biden ’ s claim that he would not move toward socialized medicine .
“ It ’ s not that he wants it—his vice president , I mean , [ Harris ] is more liberal than Bernie Sanders and wants it even more , ” Trump said .
“ Bernie Sanders wants it .
The Democrats want it .
You ’ re going to have socialized medicine.
” Trump and Biden sparred over America ’ s relationship with Russia and their respective ability to deal with Russian President Vladimir Putin .
On the subject @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is clear that Russia has tried to influence the 2020 election , as it did in 2016 .
The former vice president warned that Russia “ will pay a price if I am elected.
” Biden said that Trump ’ s personal attorney , former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani , “ is being used as a Russian pawn ” : The owner of a computer repair shop that believed he had an unclaimed laptop originally dropped off by Biden ’ s son , Hunter , eventually put it in the hands of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the hard drive to Giuliani .
He turned it over to the New York Post .
The New York Post last week reported on some of the emails on the laptop , including one suggesting that the elder Biden met Vadym Pozharskyi , an adviser to Burisma , the Ukrainian energy company that at the time reportedly was paying Hunter Biden $ 50,000 a month .
Biden said it is worth asking why Trump has not been tougher on Putin .
“ Joe got three and half million dollars from Russia , ” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ came through Putin , because he was very friendly with the former mayor of Moscow… .
Someday , you are going to have to explain why you got three and a half million dollars.
” Trump ’ s comments appeared to be a reference to a report from Senate Republicans that states : “ On Feb. 14 , 2014 , [ Elena ] Baturina wired $ 3.5 million to a Rosemont Seneca Thornton LLC ( Rosemont Seneca Thornton ) bank account for a “ Consultancy Agreement DD12.02.2014.
” Rosemont Seneca Thornton is an @ @ @ @ @ @ @ was incorporated on May 28 , 2013 in Wilmington , Del.
” Baturina is married to Yury Luzkhkov , formerly mayor of Moscow .
But George Mesires , a lawyer for Hunter Biden , told PolitiFact in an email : “ Hunter Biden had no interest in and was not a co-founder of Rosemont Seneca Thornton , so the claim that he was paid $ 3.5 million is false.
” PolitiFact said Mesires “ did not respond ” to a request that he “ share documents to show that Hunter Biden was not @ @ @ @ @ @ @ dramatic moments of the debate came when Bided stated flatly : “ I have not taken a penny from any foreign source ever in my life.
” The president drew a link between Biden and Putin , saying that John Ratcliffe , director of national intelligence , believes the Russian president wants Trump to lose the election because “ there has been nobody tougher on Russia than Donald Trump.
” Trump also criticized Biden for allowing Russia ’ s invasion of Ukraine and its seizing of the Crimea region during his time as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ said of Biden : ” While he was selling pillows and sheets , I sold tank-busters to Ukraine.
” Trump and Biden had a sharp disagreement about enforcing immigration law , in particular the Trump administration ’ s early policy of separating children from adults when they come across the southern border and placing children in detention centers with “ cages.
” “ The children are brought here by coyotes and lots of bad people , cartels , and they ’ re brought here and they used to use them to get into @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ We now have as strong a border as we ’ ve ever had .
We ’ re over 400 miles of brand new wall .
You see the numbers .
We let people in , but they have to come in legally , ” Biden said that the policy of separating children from adults who crossed the border “ violates every notion of who we are as a nation.
” He said the policy was used as a disincentive for more illegal immigration .
But Trump said his administration actually inherited the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
“ We changed the policy .
They did it .
We changed—they built the cages , ” Trump said .
“ Who built the cages , Joe ?
” According to The Associated Press , placing migrant children in cages began in 2014 under the Obama administration : Biden admitted that the Obama administration got some things wrong on immigration enforcement , in particular on detaining children , but said his own administration would do better .
“ We made a mistake .
It took too long to get it right , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ll be president of the United States , not vice president of the United States.
” When the issue of race came up in the debate , Trump defended his reputation , saying , “ I am the least racist person in this room.
” Asked about some of his past comments , including on Black Lives Matter , Trump said : “ The first time I ever heard of Black Lives Matter , they were chanting , ‘ Pigs in a blanket , ’ talking about police … [ chanting ] ‘ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ em like bacon.
’ I said , that ’ s a horrible thing.
” He also referred several times to record low unemployment rates for blacks and Hispanics before the pandemic .
Asked again about his rhetoric on race , Trump said , “ I got criminal justice reform done , and prison reform , and opportunity zones .
I took care of black colleges and universities .
I don ’ t know what to say .
They can say anything … It makes me sad.
” Trump signed the First Step Act @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , into law at the end of 2018 .
Opportunity zones are designated low-income areas where investors can get certain tax advantages in exchange for investing there .
In remarks in September , Trump noted what his administration had done for historically black colleges and universities , saying , “ Last year … I was proud to highlight an increase of more than 13 % in federal funding for HBCUs under my administration .
In addition , I signed into law the FUTURE Act , which reauthorized more than $ 85 million in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ one of the most racist presidents we ’ ve had in modern history .
He pours fuel on every single racist fire.
” “ This guy is a dog whistle about as big as a foghorn , ” Biden added .
Amid a discussion of the economy and the impact of COVID-19 , Biden argued that the federal minimum wage should be raised from $ 7.25 an hour to $ 15 an hour .
“ People are making six , seven , eight bucks an hour , ” Biden said , adding @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the federal minimum wage , but “ not to a level that ’ s going to put all these businesses out of business.
” The president went on to argue that the minimum wage should be decided by state governments .
“ Some places , $ 15 is not so bad .
In other places , other states , $ 15 would be ruinous , ” Trump said , referring to restaurants and other businesses .
Katrina Trinko and Ken McIntyre contributed to this report .

President Donald Trump and his challenger, former Vice President Joe Biden, clashed Thursday night in the second and final presidential debate before the Nov. 3 election.
Trump and Biden traded boasts and criticisms in a meeting that began at 9 p.m. EDT at Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee, after officials said both men tested negative for COVID-19.
What follows are eight highlights from the 90-minute debate moderated by NBC News White House correspondent Kristen Welker.
1. Reopening Schools, Businesses
Republican Trump and Democrat Biden differed on the issue of shutdowns during the pandemic, especially in terms of reopening schools safely as soon as possible.
Trump said that although Americans will continue to deal with COVID-19, the country can’t stay closed and must continue the process of reopening.
“We can’t close up our nation, or you’re not going to have a nation,” Trump said.
Biden said that he did not aim to keep the country shut down.
“I’m going to shut down the virus, not the country,” Biden said.
However, Biden expressed a greater willingness to keep lockdowns in place until certain needs are met.
“I’m not shutting down today, but look, you need standards,” Biden said. “If you have a [virus] reproduction rate above a certain level, everybody says slow down, do not open bars and gymnasiums, until you get this under more control.”
He wants schools to reopen, Biden said, but more needs to be done to get them into a place to do so, such as better ventilation.
“Schools, they need a lot of money to open,” Biden said. “They need to deal with smaller classrooms.”
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Biden’s reopening plan stipulates: “Emergency funding needs have been met so that schools have the resources to reconfigure classrooms, kitchens, and other spaces, improve ventilation, and take other necessary steps to make it easier to physically distance and minimize risk of spread.”
The Trump administration has pushed aggressively for schools to reopen this fall, under the guidance of health officials.
Biden also said Trump had failed to negotiate a new coronavirus relief package with the Democrat-controlled House.
The president countered that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., doesn’t want to make a deal before the election.
“We are ready, willing, and able to do something,” Trump said.
2. COVID-19 Vaccine and China
The first debate between Trump and Biden took place Sept. 29. The Commission on Presidential Debates canceled the originally scheduled second of three debates, set for Oct. 15, after Trump objected to a format in which the candidates would appear in separate “town hall” settings.
The commission announced the change in format Oct. 8, the day after Vice President Mike Pence and Biden’s running mate, Sen. Kamala Harris of California, met in their only debate. At the time, Trump was recovering from COVID-19 after a three-day stay at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center.
Thursday night, Trump repeated his prediction that a COVID-19 vaccine will be approved by the end of this year.
Trump said several companies–including Johnson & Johnson, Moderna, and Pfizer–are “doing very well” in developing a vaccine, adding that the U.S. also is working with European nations to produce a vaccine as quickly as possible.
Welker questioned Trump about his vaccine timeline, noting that his own health officials have said it may be well into 2021 before a vaccine is generally available.
“I think my timeline is going to be more accurate,” Trump said, adding:
I don’t know that they [health officials] are counting on the military the way I do, but we have our generals lined up. One in particular that’s the head of logistics, and this is a very easy distribution for him. He is ready to go. As soon as we have the vaccine–and we expect to have 100 million vials–as soon as we have the vaccine, he is ready to go.
Biden fired back at Trump, criticizing the president’s handling of the virus.
“We are about to go into a dark winter,” Biden said. “And he has no clear plan and there is no prospect that there is going to be a vaccine available for the majority of the American people before the middle of next year.”
Asked to respond, the president said he acted quickly in response to the spread of the virus and closed down flights from China in January, an action that he says Biden called him “xenophobic” for taking.
Biden retorted that Trump had closed the border to China only after other countries already had done so.
Trump said Biden’s handling of the H1N1 swine flu was “a total disaster.”
“Had that had this kind of numbers, 700,000 people would be dead right now, but [swine flu] was a far less lethal disease.”
Trump denied saying that the virus is going to be “over soon,” but said Americans are “learning to live with it.” He added: “We can’t lock ourselves up in a basement like Joe does.”
The president said 99% of those who contract the disease caused by the new coronavirus recover.
“People are learning to die with it,” the former vice president fired back, adding that the president has not taken responsibility for the toll taken by the virus.
“I take full responsibility. It is not my fault that it came here. It’s China’s fault. And you know what? It’s not Joe’s fault that it came here, either. It is China’s fault,” Trump said.
Biden also said, referring to COVID-19, “Two hundred and twenty thousand Americans dead. If you hear nothing else I say tonight … anyone who is responsible for that many deaths should not remain as president of the United States.”
3. Fracking, Climate Change, and the Oil Industry
When it came to climate change and the energy industry, the two candidates had notable differences.
“I will not sacrifice tens of millions of jobs, thousands and thousands of companies, because of the Paris accord,” Trump said, referring to the international climate agreement the United States joined under President Barack Obama with Biden as vice president.
Six months into his presidency, Trump announced that the U.S. would withdraw from the climate agreement.
“We have the cleanest air, the cleanest water, and the best carbon emissions standards that we’ve seen in many, many years. And we haven’t destroyed our industries,” Trump said.
He said the climate accord was too easy on nations such as China, Russia, and India that have “filthy” air.
“Climate change, climate warming, global warming is an existential threat to humanity. We have a moral obligation to deal with it,” Biden said, adding that it was crucial to act in the next eight to 10 years.
Referring to his climate plan, which includes adding charging machines for electric cars to U.S. highways and retrofitting buildings to be more energy-efficient, Biden said: “It will create millions of new, good-paying jobs.”
“We are energy independent for the first time,” Trump said.
Fracking was another topic of contention between the two candidates.
“I have never said I oppose fracking,” Biden said, accusing Trump of “lying.”
“I do rule out banning fracking,” he said, although he later said he had called for banning fracking on federal lands.
The Trump campaign tweeted this video shortly after Biden’s remarks:
WATCH: Joe Biden says he's going to ban fracking.
pic.twitter.com/RWaIMjc8wh — Trump War Room – Text TRUMP to 88022 (@TrumpWarRoom) October 20, 2020
Welker said “people of color” are more likely to live near chemical plants and oil refineries, and that Texans living in such areas are concerned the proximity is making them sick.
“The families that we’re talking about are employed heavily and they’re making a lot of money, more money than they’ve ever made,” Trump said, noting his administration’s record jobs numbers among Hispanic, Asian, and black Americans.
He added, “I have not heard the numbers or the statistics that you’re saying, but they’re making a tremendous amount of money.”
“Those frontline communities, it doesn’t matter what you’re paying them, it matters how you keep them safe,” Biden said, talking about the need to regulate pollutants.
Trump asked BIden: “Would you close down the oil industry?”
Biden responded: “I would transition from the oil industry, yes … because the oil industry pollutes significantly. … It has to be replaced by renewable energy over time, over time. And I’d stop giving to the oil industry, I’d stop giving them federal subsidies.”
4. Improving Health Care
Trump said that the Affordable Care Act, passed in 2009-10 during the Obama administration, was “no good.” He said that’s why the law, popularly known as Obamacare, is still being challenged in court.
The president said his administration ended the individual mandate requiring Americans to buy health insurance and is overseeing what remains of Obamacare.
“We’re running it as well as we can, but it’s no good,” he said.
Trump said Biden and the Democrats would push the country toward “socialized medicine” and government-run health care, as promoted by Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt.
Biden said that, unlike all his competitors in the Democrats’ primary race—a list that included both Sanders and his running mate, Harris—he would not advocate a “Medicare for All” plan.
“He’s a very confused guy,” Biden said. “He thinks he’s running against somebody else. He’s running against Joe Biden. I beat all those other people because I disagreed with them.”
Instead, Biden said, he wants “Bidencare,” which includes a “public option” for health insurance. Under a public option, the government offers subsidized plans that are less expensive than those offered by insurance companies.
Biden said he supports private insurance and insisted that “not one single person with private insurance would lose their insurance under my plan, nor did they under Obamacare.”
Obama also promised that nobody would lose his or her health insurance under Obamacare, which didn’t turn out to be the case.
“When he says ‘public option,’ he’s talking about socialized medicine and health care,” Trump said. “When he talks about a public option, he’s talking about destroying your Medicare and destroying your Social Security. This whole country will come down.”
Biden contended that Trump would not make sure that Americans with preexisting health conditions could get insurance coverage, but the president reiterated that he would.
Trump also disputed Biden’s claim that he would not move toward socialized medicine.
“It’s not that he wants it—his vice president, I mean, [Harris] is more liberal than Bernie Sanders and wants it even more,” Trump said. “Bernie Sanders wants it. The Democrats want it. You’re going to have socialized medicine.”
5. Who’s Tougher on Russia
Trump and Biden sparred over America’s relationship with Russia and their respective ability to deal with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
On the subject of election integrity, Biden said it is clear that Russia has tried to influence the 2020 election, as it did in 2016. The former vice president warned that Russia “will pay a price if I am elected.”
Biden said that Trump’s personal attorney, former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, “is being used as a Russian pawn”:
He’s being fed information that is Russian, that is not true. And then what happens? Nothing happens. And then you find out that everything [that] is going on here about Russia is wanting to make sure that I do not get elected the next president of the United States, because they know I know them, and they know me.
The owner of a computer repair shop in Delaware who said he believed he had an unclaimed laptop originally dropped off in April 2019 by Biden’s son, Hunter, eventually put it in the hands of the FBI. He made a copy of the hard drive and gave it to Giuliani, who turned it over to the New York Post.
The New York Post last week reported on some of the emails on the laptop, including one suggesting that the elder Biden met Vadym Pozharskyi, an adviser to Burisma, the Ukrainian energy company that at the time reportedly was paying Hunter Biden $50,000 a month.
Biden said it is worth asking why Trump has not been tougher on Putin.
“Joe got three and half million dollars from Russia,” the president responded. “And it came through Putin, because he was very friendly with the former mayor of Moscow. … Someday, you are going to have to explain why you got three and a half million dollars.”
Trump’s comments appeared to be a reference to a report from Senate Republicans that states: “On Feb. 14, 2014, [Elena] Baturina wired $3.5 million to a Rosemont Seneca Thornton LLC (Rosemont Seneca Thornton) bank account for a ‘Consultancy Agreement DD12.02.2014.’ Rosemont Seneca Thornton is an investment firm co-founded by Hunter Biden that was incorporated on May 28, 2013 in Wilmington, Del.”
Baturina is married to Yury Luzkhkov, formerly mayor of Moscow.
But George Mesires, a lawyer for Hunter Biden, told PolitiFact in an email: “Hunter Biden had no interest in and was not a co-founder of Rosemont Seneca Thornton, so the claim that he was paid $3.5 million is false.”
PolitiFact said Mesires “did not respond” to a request that he “share documents to show that Hunter Biden was not a co-founder.”
One of the most dramatic moments of the debate came when Bided stated flatly: “I have not taken a penny from any foreign source ever in my life.”
The president drew a link between Biden and Putin, saying that John Ratcliffe, director of national intelligence, believes the Russian president wants Trump to lose the election because “there has been nobody tougher on Russia than Donald Trump.”
Trump also criticized Biden for allowing Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and its seizing of the Crimea region during his time as Obama’s vice president.
Trump said of Biden: ”While he was selling pillows and sheets, I sold tank-busters to Ukraine.”
6. Illegal Immigration and Border Enforcement
Trump and Biden had a sharp disagreement about enforcing immigration law, in particular the Trump administration’s early policy of separating children from adults when they come across the southern border and placing children in detention centers with “cages.”
“The children are brought here by coyotes and lots of bad people, cartels … and they used to use them to get into our country,” Trump said. “We now have as strong a border as we’ve ever had. We’re over 400 miles of brand new wall. You see the numbers. We let people in, but they have to come in legally.”
Biden said that the policy of separating children from adults who crossed the border “violates every notion of who we are as a nation.”
He said the policy was used as a disincentive for more illegal immigration.
But Trump said his administration actually inherited the Obama policy of putting children in cages.
“We changed the policy. They did it. We changed—they built the cages,” Trump said. “Who built the cages, Joe?”
According to The Associated Press, placing migrant children in cages began in 2014 under the Obama administration:
At the height of the controversy over Trump’s zero-tolerance policy at the border, photos that circulated online of children in the enclosures generated great anger. But those photos–by The Associated Press–were taken in 2014 and depicted some of the thousands of unaccompanied children held by President Barack Obama.
Biden admitted that the Obama administration got some things wrong on immigration enforcement, in particular on detaining children, but said his own administration would do better.
“We made a mistake. It took too long to get it right,” Biden said. “I’ll be president of the United States, not vice president of the United States.”
7. Black Lives Matter and Racism
When the issue of race came up in the debate, Trump defended his reputation, saying, “I am the least racist person in this room.”
Asked about some of his past comments, including on Black Lives Matter, Trump said: “The first time I ever heard of Black Lives Matter, they were chanting, ‘Pigs in a blanket,’ talking about police … [chanting] ‘Pigs in a blanket, fry ’em like bacon.’ I said, that’s a horrible thing.”
He also referred several times to record low unemployment rates for blacks and Hispanics before the pandemic.
Asked again about his rhetoric on race, Trump said, “I got criminal justice reform done, and prison reform, and opportunity zones. I took care of black colleges and universities. I don’t know what to say. They can say anything … It makes me sad.”
Trump signed the First Step Act, a major criminal justice reform bill, into law at the end of 2018. Opportunity zones are designated low-income areas where investors can get certain tax advantages in exchange for investing there.
In remarks in September, Trump noted what his administration had done for historically black colleges and universities, saying, “Last year … I was proud to highlight an increase of more than 13% in federal funding for HBCUs under my administration. In addition, I signed into law the FUTURE Act, which reauthorized more than $85 million in funding for HBCUs.”
“Abraham Lincoln over here is one of the most racist presidents we’ve had in modern history,” Biden said, referring to Trump’s repeated line that he probably has done more for black Americans than any president other than Lincoln.
“He pours fuel on every single racist fire,” Biden said. “This guy is a dog whistle about as big as a foghorn.”
8. Increasing the Minimum Wage
Amid a discussion of the economy and the impact of COVID-19, Biden argued that the federal minimum wage should be raised from $7.25 an hour to $15 an hour.
“People are making six, seven, eight bucks an hour,” Biden said, adding:
These first responders we all clap for as they come down the street because they have allowed us to make it. What’s happening? They deserve a minimum wage of $15, and anything below that puts you below the poverty level. And there is no evidence that when you raise the minimum wage businesses go out of business. That is simply not true.
Trump said he would consider raising the federal minimum wage, but “not to a level that’s going to put all these businesses out of business.”
The president went on to argue that the minimum wage should be decided by state governments, without a higher federal minimum that always supersedes state decisions.
“Some places, $15 is not so bad. In other places, other states, $15 would be ruinous,” Trump said, referring to restaurants and other businesses.
Katrina Trinko and Ken McIntyre contributed to this report, which has been modified since publication for clarity and detail.


thelibertydaily--2020-10-23--‘WHO BUILT THE CAGES, JOE?!’

‘WHO BUILT THE CAGES, JOE?!’

If you watched the last presidential debate , you may already know that Trump had a very good night .
@ @ @ @ @ a great night .
Trump had the facts at his fingertips on every issue .
@ @ @ @ @ as flustered and at other times angry .
You can watch some key exchanges below @ @ @ @ @ the night was about immigration .
Biden tried to pin the tired ‘ kids in @ @ @ @ @ Trump , but Trump turned it around and landed a right hook by asking “ @ @ @ @ @ Joe ?
” to remind people that the policy Joe was talking about originated under @ @ @ @ @ Trump then reminded Biden and the audience that the Trump administration actually took steps to @ @ @ @ @ Biden also got completely flustered on energy .
Trump went after Biden on corruption .
@ @ @ @ @ moment : And of course , Biden checked his watch : You can watch the @ @ @ @

If you watched the last presidential debate, you may already know that Trump had a very good night. In fact, he had a great night.
Trump had the facts at his fingertips on every issue. Biden came across at times as flustered and at other times angry.
You can watch some key exchanges below, but the line of the night was about immigration. Biden tried to pin the tired ‘kids in cages’ trope on President Trump, but Trump turned it around and landed a right hook by asking “Who built the cages, Joe?” to remind people that the policy Joe was talking about originated under the Obama Biden administration.
Trump then reminded Biden and the audience that the Trump administration actually took steps to change the policy.
Watch the video:
"Who built the cages, Joe?" President Trump says to Joe Biden pic.twitter.com/Jr1GrOvicL — Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) October 23, 2020
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Joe Biden also got completely flustered on energy.
Joe Biden says he will "transition from the oil industry" pic.twitter.com/0TgtYhhLEZ — Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) October 23, 2020
Biden lied about Obamacare.
Joe Biden claims that not one person lost their insurance under Obamacare pic.twitter.com/l7ddT2NwO7 — Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) October 23, 2020
Trump went after Biden on corruption.
Joe Biden claims that the Hunter Biden emails story is a Russian disinformation campaign despite the fact that the DOJ, FBI, and DNI said there was no evidence of that. pic.twitter.com/UzZMTmw1bq — Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) October 23, 2020
TRUMP: "I’m looking at you, you’re a politician. I ran because of you." pic.twitter.com/eTADG8WPLV — Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) October 23, 2020
Then there was this insane moment:
BIDEN: "We had a good relationship with Hitler before he invaded the rest of Europe." pic.twitter.com/8jCkBagqCV — Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) October 23, 2020
And of course, Biden checked his watch:
Joe Biden checks his watch. Time to head back to the basement. #Debates2020 pic.twitter.com/sKxBnaQ8nU — America Rising (@AmericaRising) October 23, 2020
You can watch the whole thing below:
Trump won the night. Hands down.
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thelibertydaily--2020-10-23--An Islamic State Where Wife-Beating is Legal Opens a Feminist Hotel

Look at the tampon portrait of Ruth Bader Ginsberg , ignore the wife-beating .
Daniel Greenfield , a Shillman Journalism Fellow at the Freedom Center , is an investigative journalist and writer focusing on the radical Left and Islamic terrorism .
A feminist hotel whose lobby has a giant portrait of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg made out of `` repurposed tampons '' .
Of all the ways the deceased justice would want to be remembered , a giant tampon portrait likely ranks below being the new Land O ’ Lakes or Aunt Jemima mascot .
But Hotel Zena ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a reception desk full of jumbled high heels , giant portraits of female warriors , thousands of feminist protest buttons , and a Wall of Honor that includes Oprah and Hillary Clinton , for a “ fierce ” atmosphere .
Because who doesn ’ t come on a business trip to D.C. and then wants to stay overnight in a “ fierce ” atmosphere while being glared at by a mural of a dour Greek goddess in every room ?
The only thing funnier than a “ fierce ” , but “ inviting @ @ @ @ @ @ @ behind it .
Viceroy Hotels & Resorts announced that “ Hotel Zena was created primarily by women , for people , both women and men .
It is a hotel that offers a haven for all genders , races , and sexualities . ''
That might nor be quite the attitude of Viceroy 's Maldives hotel in a country where Islamic sharia law orders women who have been raped to be lashed .
The Islamic regime made headlines around the world when it ordered a 15-year-old girl to be lashed for having premarital @ @ @ @ @ @ @ % of Viceroy is owned by the Mubadala Investment Company , a sovereign wealth fund in Abu Dhabi .
Its CEO is the grandson of the former top Sharia judge there .
Some 50 % of Viceroy was owned by Jho Low , the businessman at the center of Malaysia ’ s 1MDB scandal that dragged in sections of its government and assorted Muslim royals .
The Justice Department seized some of Low ’ s assets and the Abu Dhabi wealth fund was negotiating to buy that 50 % , but it ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ half of Viceroy .
Viceroy ’ s true hometown in Abu Dhabi is about as feminist as a tampon portait of RBG .
Women have “ male guardians ” who run their lives and decide whether they can travel and the Sharia Court of Appeals found that men have the right to beat their wives .
Female genital mutilation is commonplace , and rape is only a crime for girls under fourteen years old .
Hugging a man without the benefit of marriage however is a crime .
Foreign tourists who reported being @ @ @ @ @ @ @ had confessed to extramarital sex .
In other words , it ’ s the usual sort of Sharia setup .
And don ’ t ask about “ sexualities ” .
“ Unnatural sex with another person ” gets you 14 years prison .
That ’ s progressive in a region where Iran hangs gay people .
And it ’ s not the only one dispensing death penalties freely .
All of this is a little awkward for a feminist hotel that boasts of its “ provocative art ” produced by “ feminists of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ globally for the cause of human rights ” .
A giant tampon portrait of Ruth Bader Ginsburg is a very convenient distraction even if it ’ s not too clear how all those “ repurposed tampons ” are advancing human rights around the world .
The business model is a familiar one .
Take an underwhelming hotel , and renovate it into a “ luxury urban lifestyle hotel ” by throwing lots of bad art , and virtue signaling at every inch of it .
But the investors are often foreign , looking @ @ @ @ @ @ @ money .
Last year ’ s reviews for The Donovan mentioned smells , leaks , and dirty toilets .
The hotel had been renamed several times and showed up in the D.C. Madam ’ s phone records ( probably not one of the accomplishments of female empowerment that the current management would like to celebrate , but you never know ) and then a $ 25 million renovation gave it a feminist makeover .
Now if there are any leaks , visitors will be too distracted by all the feminist virtue signaling .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ the trend of woke hotels with extremely un-woke owners .
The Eaton Workshop had been previously announced as a woke hotel with crystal healing , politically correct lectures , and bibles replaced with UN pamphlets .
But its ownership was linked to a Hong Kong family entangled with Chinese state-owned enterprises .
Like the NBA , Disney , and the rest of the huge corporate titans , woke is reserved for America .
Opening a hotel in D.C. that blathers about oppression or feminism is fine .
It ’ s just marketing to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that sees oppressors everywhere except in the mirror .
But don ’ t expect any lectures about human rights in a Hong Kong hotel or feminist tampon portraits in the hotels of Maldives or Abu Dhabi .
That ’ s the difference between virtue and virtue signaling .
So many corporations have been happy to shout , “ Black Lives Matter ” , lecture on “ toxic masculinity ” , ban gun owners , and pro-life activists because that ’ s the official dogma .
Every dot com from Amazon to Spotify will @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , because that ’ s what the ruling class here wants , the way the PRC ’ s ruling class wants Mao portraits .
There ’ s no contradiction between Sharia law in Abu Dhabi and tampon portraits in D.C. , or Communist propaganda in Shanghai and Black Lives Matter t-shirts in San Francisco .
It ’ s not about rights , principles , or commitments : it ’ s about power .
That ’ s why shoving the Uighurs in the NBA ’ s face is a great own on Twitter , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ doesn ’ t care about rights .
No more than Disney or any corporation shooting off emails about its commitment to racial equality and the millions it ’ s sending to Black Lives Matter does .
When most Americans were patriotic , corporations also wanted to be seen as patriotic .
But these days most Americans matter about as much as most Chinese or most Venezuelans .
The ruling class has a new set of mores and virtues to distinguish it from the folks , as Obama once put it at a San @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , bitterly cling to their guns and religion , instead of bitterly clinging to their Black Lives Matter signs and RBG portraits .
The luxury hotels of D.C. cater to the new ruling class and its mores and fetishes .
The Zena Hotel , like the Eaton Workshop or any of the new urban luxury leftist hotels , doesn ’ t represent rights , but the power of the ruling class to repress the rest of the country .
The more obnoxious , crude , hypocritical , and abusive its propaganda , the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ propaganda can be about female empowerment , the glories of Maoism or Sharia law , but their real message is in the universal language of the power and preening of the ruling class .
In D.C. , Democrat women can be groped by Biden before checking into a feminist hotel where tampon portraits and murals of female goddesses and warriors make them feel empowered .
It ’ s no different than the Muslim women who claim that Sharia law empowers them .
Empowerment is different from freedom .
Rights provide real freedom while @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is a legal reality and the other is an emotional feeling .
A brief history of the tyranny of the Left is that it substitutes emotions for rights .
Its empowerment doesn ’ t promise freedom or rights , only the thrill of power over others .
“ Every architectural line , material and art peinstallation was thoughtfully designed and curated to send a message of female empowerment , ” a story about the Zena Hotel claims .
It ’ s not about the empowerment of women .
The Zena Hotel is still @ @ @ @ @ @ @ male CEOs , not to mention Islamic emirates with male rulers , and even the hotel ’ s chef is a man .
But it is about the empowerment of some women of the ruling class , not to rule over their male bosses , but the rest of the country which lacks their wealth and power .
A ruling class doesn ’ t seek to empower women or anyone else , but to hold and wield power .
Zena ’ s portraits of Ruth Bader Ginsburg , of Hillary Clinton and Oprah @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ re a celebration of the power of a ruling class while pretending that power is feminism .
And if you get too worried about the wife-beating in Abu Dhabi , here ’ s a tampon mural of RBG .

Daniel Greenfield, a Shillman Journalism Fellow at the Freedom Center, is an investigative journalist and writer focusing on the radical Left and Islamic terrorism.
What was Washington D.C. missing?
A feminist hotel whose lobby has a giant portrait of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg made out of “repurposed tampons”. Of all the ways the deceased justice would want to be remembered, a giant tampon portrait likely ranks below being the new Land O’Lakes or Aunt Jemima mascot.
But Hotel Zena’s incredible commitment to female empowerment also includes a reception desk full of jumbled high heels, giant portraits of female warriors, thousands of feminist protest buttons, and a Wall of Honor that includes Oprah and Hillary Clinton, for a “fierce” atmosphere.
Because who doesn’t come on a business trip to D.C. and then wants to stay overnight in a “fierce” atmosphere while being glared at by a mural of a dour Greek goddess in every room?
The only thing funnier than a “fierce”, but “inviting” feminist hotel is who’s behind it.
Viceroy Hotels & Resorts announced that “Hotel Zena was created primarily by women, for people, both women and men. It is a hotel that offers a haven for all genders, races, and sexualities.”
That might nor be quite the attitude of Viceroy’s Maldives hotel in a country where Islamic sharia law orders women who have been raped to be lashed. The Islamic regime made headlines around the world when it ordered a 15-year-old girl to be lashed for having premarital sex.
But then again, 50% of Viceroy is owned by the Mubadala Investment Company, a sovereign wealth fund in Abu Dhabi. Its CEO is the grandson of the former top Sharia judge there.
Some 50% of Viceroy was owned by Jho Low, the businessman at the center of Malaysia’s 1MDB scandal that dragged in sections of its government and assorted Muslim royals. The Justice Department seized some of Low’s assets and the Abu Dhabi wealth fund was negotiating to buy that 50%, but it’s unclear who now owns the other half of Viceroy.
Viceroy’s true hometown in Abu Dhabi is about as feminist as a tampon portait of RBG.
Women have “male guardians” who run their lives and decide whether they can travel and the Sharia Court of Appeals found that men have the right to beat their wives. Female genital mutilation is commonplace, and rape is only a crime for girls under fourteen years old.
Hugging a man without the benefit of marriage however is a crime.
Foreign tourists who reported being raped were sentenced to prison because they had confessed to extramarital sex. In other words, it’s the usual sort of Sharia setup.
And don’t ask about “sexualities”.
“Unnatural sex with another person” gets you 14 years prison. That’s progressive in a region where Iran hangs gay people. And it’s not the only one dispensing death penalties freely.
All of this is a little awkward for a feminist hotel that boasts of its “provocative art” produced by “feminists of both genders” who are “working globally for the cause of human rights”.
A giant tampon portrait of Ruth Bader Ginsburg is a very convenient distraction even if it’s not too clear how all those “repurposed tampons” are advancing human rights around the world.
The business model is a familiar one. Take an underwhelming hotel, and renovate it into a “luxury urban lifestyle hotel” by throwing lots of bad art, and virtue signaling at every inch of it. But the investors are often foreign, looking for someplace with potential to put their money.
Last year’s reviews for The Donovan mentioned smells, leaks, and dirty toilets. The hotel had been renamed several times and showed up in the D.C. Madam’s phone records (probably not one of the accomplishments of female empowerment that the current management would like to celebrate, but you never know) and then a $25 million renovation gave it a feminist makeover.
Now if there are any leaks, visitors will be too distracted by all the feminist virtue signaling.
Washington D.C. is leading the nation in the trend of woke hotels with extremely un-woke owners. The Eaton Workshop had been previously announced as a woke hotel with crystal healing, politically correct lectures, and bibles replaced with UN pamphlets. But its ownership was linked to a Hong Kong family entangled with Chinese state-owned enterprises.
Like the NBA, Disney, and the rest of the huge corporate titans, woke is reserved for America.
Opening a hotel in D.C. that blathers about oppression or feminism is fine. It’s just marketing to the ruling class of a government town that sees oppressors everywhere except in the mirror. But don’t expect any lectures about human rights in a Hong Kong hotel or feminist tampon portraits in the hotels of Maldives or Abu Dhabi. That’s the difference between virtue and virtue signaling.
So many corporations have been happy to shout, “Black Lives Matter”, lecture on “toxic masculinity”, ban gun owners, and pro-life activists because that’s the official dogma. Every dot com from Amazon to Spotify will rename Columbus Day, Indigenous Peoples Day, because that’s what the ruling class here wants, the way the PRC’s ruling class wants Mao portraits.
There’s no contradiction between Sharia law in Abu Dhabi and tampon portraits in D.C., or Communist propaganda in Shanghai and Black Lives Matter t-shirts in San Francisco.
It’s not about rights, principles, or commitments: it’s about power.
That’s why shoving the Uighurs in the NBA’s face is a great own on Twitter, but not much else. The NBA doesn’t care about rights. No more than Disney or any corporation shooting off emails about its commitment to racial equality and the millions it’s sending to Black Lives Matter does.
When most Americans were patriotic, corporations also wanted to be seen as patriotic. But these days most Americans matter about as much as most Chinese or most Venezuelans.
The ruling class has a new set of mores and virtues to distinguish it from the folks, as Obama once put it at a San Francisco fundraiser with George Soros in attendance, bitterly cling to their guns and religion, instead of bitterly clinging to their Black Lives Matter signs and RBG portraits.
The luxury hotels of D.C. cater to the new ruling class and its mores and fetishes.
The Zena Hotel, like the Eaton Workshop or any of the new urban luxury leftist hotels, doesn’t represent rights, but the power of the ruling class to repress the rest of the country. The more obnoxious, crude, hypocritical, and abusive its propaganda, the greater its show of strength.
The propaganda can be about female empowerment, the glories of Maoism or Sharia law, but their real message is in the universal language of the power and preening of the ruling class.
In D.C., Democrat women can be groped by Biden before checking into a feminist hotel where tampon portraits and murals of female goddesses and warriors make them feel empowered. It’s no different than the Muslim women who claim that Sharia law empowers them. Empowerment is different from freedom. Rights provide real freedom while empowerment offers a heady rush.
One is a legal reality and the other is an emotional feeling.
A brief history of the tyranny of the Left is that it substitutes emotions for rights. Its empowerment doesn’t promise freedom or rights, only the thrill of power over others.
“Every architectural line, material and art peinstallation was thoughtfully designed and curated to send a message of female empowerment,” a story about the Zena Hotel claims.
It’s not about the empowerment of women. The Zena Hotel is still a product of two massive companies with male CEOs, not to mention Islamic emirates with male rulers, and even the hotel’s chef is a man. But it is about the empowerment of some women of the ruling class, not to rule over their male bosses, but the rest of the country which lacks their wealth and power.
A ruling class doesn’t seek to empower women or anyone else, but to hold and wield power. Zena’s portraits of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, of Hillary Clinton and Oprah, are not about rights: they’re a celebration of the power of a ruling class while pretending that power is feminism.
And if you get too worried about the wife-beating in Abu Dhabi, here’s a tampon mural of RBG.


thelibertydaily--2020-10-23--Democrat-Run Washington State 911 Service Outage Prompts Investigation

The Washington state 911 emergency response system appeared to experience a brief outage Thursday afternoon .
The outage prompted some law enforcement authorities , including the Seattle Police Department , to provide alternate phone numbers for people who needed immediate assistance .
`` 911 Services appear to be down , '' the department wrote .
`` We will let you know when 911 services return .
This appears to be an issue outside of Seattle as well .
Take a moment to find out if your city has a backup number . ''
NYC JOINING PORTLAND , SEATTLE TO SUE @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Washington Emergency Management wrote on Twitter just before 4:30 p.m. local time that the agency was also getting widespread reports about the outage impacting their systems in both the western and eastern portions of the state .
The agency said the 911 Coordination Office was investigating the case .
The agency , as well as local authorities in Seattle , Bellevue , Vancouver and Bellingham , all tweeted that service had been restored just before 5 p.m. '' Looks like we are all back to normal , '' Seattle PD said .
`` @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for all of your emergency needs .
We will continue to investigate what led up to this outage . ''
Shortly after , the department said police were responding to a shooting , which reportedly left at least one person wounded .
WASHINGTON MAN 'USING NARCOTICS ' ACCIDENTLY BURNS DOWN TRAILER HOME TRYING TO GET RID OF RACOONS : DEPUTIES Washington State Patrol Trooper Ryan Burke , who wrote that he was also notified of the statewide outage , said residents could `` resume normal 911 use . ''
While the system was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ were asked to call non-emergency numbers in each county .
The state Emergency Management Division has a list of numbers on its website .
CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP Authorities added that the case remained under investigation .
The Associated Press contributed to this report .

The Washington state 911 emergency response system appeared to experience a brief outage Thursday afternoon.
The outage prompted some law enforcement authorities, including the Seattle Police Department, to provide alternate phone numbers for people who needed immediate assistance.
"911 Services appear to be down," the department wrote. "We will let you know when 911 services return. This appears to be an issue outside of Seattle as well. Take a moment to find out if your city has a backup number."
NYC JOINING PORTLAND, SEATTLE TO SUE TRUMP ADMIN OVER DEFUNDING FOR 'ANARCHIST JURISDICTIONS'
Washington Emergency Management wrote on Twitter just before 4:30 p.m. local time that the agency was also getting widespread reports about the outage impacting their systems in both the western and eastern portions of the state. The agency said the 911 Coordination Office was investigating the case.
The agency, as well as local authorities in Seattle, Bellevue, Vancouver and Bellingham, all tweeted that service had been restored just before 5 p.m.
"Looks like we are all back to normal," Seattle PD said. "You can go back to calling/texting 911 for all of your emergency needs. We will continue to investigate what led up to this outage."
Shortly after, the department said police were responding to a shooting, which reportedly left at least one person wounded.
WASHINGTON MAN 'USING NARCOTICS' ACCIDENTLY BURNS DOWN TRAILER HOME TRYING TO GET RID OF RACOONS: DEPUTIES
Washington State Patrol Trooper Ryan Burke, who wrote that he was also notified of the statewide outage, said residents could "resume normal 911 use."
While the system was down, people who needed emergency help were asked to call non-emergency numbers in each county.
The state Emergency Management Division has a list of numbers on its website.
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Authorities added that the case remained under investigation.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.


thelibertydaily--2020-10-24--Nashville Police Single Out, Arrest Woman in Trump Shirt for Not Wearing a Face Mask Outside

National File has obtained yearbook photos that show Mark Kelly dressed as Hitler for Halloween

Last Updated on February 17, 2022
Video footage captured on an IRL (In Real Life) livestream shows a woman in a “Trump 2020” shirt being singled out and handcuffed by police in Nashville, Tennessee for not wearing a mask on an open-air. Many pedestrians can be seen walking maskless down the sidewalk throughout the encounter, leading viewers to theorize that the woman was targeted because of her political affiliation.
The incident was captured on video by popular livestreamer Timothy “Baked Alaska” Gionet, who had been detained and written a citation by police for not wearing a mask on the sidewalk moments earlier. Like the woman who was arrested, Baked Alaska is a vocal Trump supporter.
Within seconds, multiple police officers surrounded the woman, despite the protestations of her companions, and place her in handcuffs. Dozens of passerby could be seen walking down the sidewalk unmasked – just like the woman in the Trump shirt – however, none of them were wearing pro-Trump merchandise, and none were detained.
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Amidst the chaos, it is unclear if the woman and her companions were taken to the nearest police precinct. She was last seen in handcuffs, and when Baked Alaska returned to the scene several minutes later, the arresting officers and the woman’s companions were no longer in view on the sidewalk.
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Baked Alaska had been approached and detained by two police officers just a few minutes before the woman’s arrest, and had been issued a ticket for what the officers claimed was behavior that was not in compliance with a local mask mandate.
The officers also indicated they would arrest Baked Alaska if he did not put on a mask, after the citation was written.
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Amidst widespread violence and looting perpetrated by Black Lives Matter supporters and far-left activists in many American cities, police departments in several American cities have been accused of placing a higher priority on enforcing mask mandates and COVID lockdown restrictions, and neglecting their responsibility to keeping taxpayers safe from violent crime.


thelibertydaily--2020-10-24--BOMBSHELL: Democrat Senate Candidate Mark Kelly’s Yearbook Shows Him Dresses as Adolf Hitler

Last Updated on October 27, 2020
National File has obtained a series of photos from the 1986 yearbook of Mark Kelly, the Democrat Senate candidate in Arizona, which show him dressed as Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler for a Halloween party while attending the Merchant Marine Academy. Kelly has denied that the photos are of him.
Mark Kelly’s full yearbook page is seen here, including a photo of him wearing what appear to be the same pair of sunglasses used in the Hitler costume.
The event in question was a Halloween Mixer organized by the students at the Merchant Marine Academy, and was covered heavily in the yearbook.
This photo was shared to a Facebook alumni group, and identified Kelly by name and his position within the photo.
This is a cropped image from the large group photo where the man pictured is identified as Kelly.
The same man is seen here credited by name in the yearbook.
The Kelly campaign and Mark Kelly have denied the photos are him. After National File published this story on October 23, several statements from classmates of Kelly were quickly published in Arizona media. AZ Central reporter Yvonne Wingett Sanchez did not elaborate to National File when asked about how she obtained statements from these classmates, and would not deny that the Kelly campaign provided them.
One classmate, Jennifer Boykin, claimed she “attended this event,” and said “This is not Mark in any of these photos,” AZ Central reported Jennifer Boykin stating. Boykin is now president of Newport News Shipbuilding and executive vice president of Huntington Ingalls Industries in Newport News, Virginia. Another classmate, Ed McDonald, corroborated this to AZ Central, among other classmates. National File has been unable to establish contact with or communicate with any of these classmates to independently confirm their accounts, or their recollection of who dressed as Hitler. National File spoke to one classmate who refused to deny it was Kelly dressed as Hitler.
This article has been updated to include more photos obtained by National File. National File has more exclusive photos.
Update October 27, 2020: This article has been updated to include statements from classmates of Mark Kelly.
This article has been updated to reflect that Kelly has denied the photos are of him.


thelibertydaily--2020-10-24--Democrat Moocher Pleads Guilty to Extortion After Threatening to Vandalize Restaurant Unless He Got

Democrat Moocher Pleads Guilty to Extortion After Threatening to Vandalize Restaurant Unless He Got Free Food and Beer

A Wisconsin activist accused of threatening to vandalize a restaurant unless he got free food and beer agreed to plead guilty to a federal charge against him , according to media reports .
Devonere Johnson , 29 , will plead to an extortion charge , and is expected to be sentenced to time served and have another federal extortion charge against him dropped .
The charge carries up to 20 years in prison , but federal prosecutors will recommend the reduced sentence , accompanied with two years of supervised release .
Johnson will have the option to withdraw the plea @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the deal , the Wisconsin State Journal reported .
Johnson still faces several state charges in Dane County stemming from his June 23 arrest in Madison , which sparked a protest that spread to the Capitol grounds .
Two statues toppled during the chaotic demonstrations -- one of an anti-slavery Union defender and another of Lady Forward who represents progress -- and a state senator brutally assaulted .
Some of the state charges are related to the federal charges Johnson faces .
Federal prosecutors said Johnson threatened two Madison restaurants when he demanded @ @ @ @ @ @ @ beer from another .
According to court documents , Johnson and another man went into one of the businesses and complained they had been kicked out the day prior before demanding food and beer for their troubles , the paper reported .
`` Just give us free food and beer and we can end this now , '' Johnson said , according to grand jury testimony .
`` You do n't want 600 people to come here and destroy your business and burn it down . ''
CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX @ @ @ @ @ @ @ gave him food and beer , documents said .
The other charge involves an alleged demand from another business owner to pay Johnson money through an app or else his windows would be targeted .
The day he was arrested , Johnson was seen entering a restaurant carrying a bat and using a bullhorn to yell profanities .
He was taken into police custody outside for disorderly conduct and other criminal violations .

A Wisconsin activist accused of threatening to vandalize a restaurant unless he got free food and beer agreed to plead guilty to a federal charge against him, according to media reports.
Devonere Johnson, 29, will plead to an extortion charge, and is expected to be sentenced to time served and have another federal extortion charge against him dropped. The charge carries up to 20 years in prison, but federal prosecutors will recommend the reduced sentence, accompanied with two years of supervised release.
Johnson will have the option to withdraw the plea if U.S. District Judge William Conley rejects the deal, the Wisconsin State Journal reported.
Johnson still faces several state charges in Dane County stemming from his June 23 arrest in Madison, which sparked a protest that spread to the Capitol grounds. Two statues toppled during the chaotic demonstrations -- one of an anti-slavery Union defender and another of Lady Forward who represents progress -- and a state senator brutally assaulted.
Some of the state charges are related to the federal charges Johnson faces.
Federal prosecutors said Johnson threatened two Madison restaurants when he demanded money from one, and food and beer from another. According to court documents, Johnson and another man went into one of the businesses and complained they had been kicked out the day prior before demanding food and beer for their troubles, the paper reported.
"Just give us free food and beer and we can end this now," Johnson said, according to grand jury testimony. "You don't want 600 people to come here and destroy your business and burn it down."
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The owner relented, and gave him food and beer, documents said.
The other charge involves an alleged demand from another business owner to pay Johnson money through an app or else his windows would be targeted.
The day he was arrested, Johnson was seen entering a restaurant carrying a bat and using a bullhorn to yell profanities. He was taken into police custody outside for disorderly conduct and other criminal violations.


thelibertydaily--2020-10-23--Fox News Wins Big in Debate Viewership Ratings

61.7 million people watched the second and final presidential debate Thursday between President Donald Trump and Joe Biden .
Fox News led all networks on both cable and broadcast TV with 15.4 million of the viewers .
Here were the top six networks : NBC ’ s isn ’ t going to be happy .
Despite the built-in advantage of employing the moderator , Kristen Welker , NBC lost again to rival ABC .
Even last week , NBC fell to ABC in head-to-head town halls with Trump and Biden , respectively .
The first presidential debate drew 73 million @ @ @ @ @ @ @ record-breaking 84 million .
73 million was a surprise to some TV experts — probably Brian Stelter — but not me .
In fact , my prediction 24 hours before spoiled the number for the country : I had to apologize for not putting the proper “ Spoiler Alert ” warning on my prediction .
I almost had to do the same last night : Perhaps only this traumatic shot compares to my viewership prediction accuracy : Now , back to the breakdown : Thursday ’ s debate trailed the second and third @ @ @ @ @ @ @ million and 71.6 million respectively .
Trump-Biden was never going to top the Trump-Clinton phenomenon .
In 2016 , Americans themselves debated between the “ lesser of two evils.
” Some voters waited until they parked their cars to enter the voting booth to decide .
This year , 50 million Americans have already voted .
Trump was the clear winner last night , crushing Biden late in the rounds .
But with so many votes already cast and with deficits across key battleground states , does it matter ?

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61.7 million people watched the second and final presidential debate Thursday between President Donald Trump and Joe Biden.
Fox News led all networks on both cable and broadcast TV with 15.4 million of the viewers. Here were the top six networks:
Fox News — 15.4 million ABC — 11.2 million NBC — 10.6 million CNN — 7.5 million MSNBC — 6.9 million CBS — 5.7 million
NBC’s isn’t going to be happy. Despite the built-in advantage of employing the moderator, Kristen Welker, NBC lost again to rival ABC. Even last week, NBC fell to ABC in head-to-head town halls with Trump and Biden, respectively.
The first presidential debate drew 73 million viewers, down from 2016’s record-breaking 84 million.
73 million was a surprise to some TV experts — probably Brian Stelter — but not me. In fact, my prediction 24 hours before spoiled the number for the country:
My debate viewership prediction: 73 million Actual debate viewership: 73 million. https://t.co/gP5gtRIS8K — Bobby Burack (@burackbobby_) September 30, 2020
I had to apologize for not putting the proper “Spoiler Alert” warning on my prediction. I almost had to do the same last night:
This morning, I predicted in @OutKick Slack that debate No. 2 would draw 63 million. Preliminary data shows 55M. My prediction is well in play for the final number. If so, send credit my way. Everyone. Even CNN viewers. https://t.co/Zoh1uapuoZ — Bobby Burack (@burackbobby_) October 23, 2020
Perhaps only this traumatic shot compares to my viewership prediction accuracy:
Now, back to the breakdown:
Thursday’s debate trailed the second and third debates of 2016, which garnered 66 million and 71.6 million respectively.
Trump-Biden was never going to top the Trump-Clinton phenomenon. In 2016, Americans themselves debated between the “lesser of two evils.” Some voters waited until they parked their cars to enter the voting booth to decide.
This year, 50 million Americans have already voted.
Trump was the clear winner last night, crushing Biden late in the rounds. But with so many votes already cast and with deficits across key battleground states, does it matter?
Follow Bobby Burack on Twitter @burackbobby_.


thelibertydaily--2020-10-23--It Looks Like Jeff Zucker Is Plotting His Exit from CNN Fake News and AT&T

If you follow the breadcrumbs of media for long enough , you see that the groundwork for seismic moves can oftentimes be laid a year or more in advance .
That ’ s what this story from the Wall Street Journal about CNN boss Jeff Zucker feeling “ frustrated ” and “ blindsided ” by a restructuring at parent company AT & T feels like — a first step towards an ultimate exit .
There are some institutions where a leader is forced out or voluntarily steps aside but there is not dramatic , wholesale change .
That would not @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Zucker has micromanaged the content on TV and digital day and night for seven years .
If he goes , CNN would undergo an evolution where we couldn ’ t even conceive what it would look like in a couple years .
Here is the nut graph that describes Zucker ’ s frustrations with Jason Kilar , who was named CEO of AT & T ’ s WarnerMedia this past April : “ When Mr. Kilar succeeded John Stankey atop WarnerMedia earlier this year , he carried out another overhaul in August that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ CNN ’ s finances and human resources , as well as communications—an area run by one of Mr. Zucker ’ s top lieutenants , Allison Gollust .
The changes annoyed and surprised Mr. Zucker , the people familiar with the situation said.
” Furthermore , Kilar used to work for Zucker at Hulu , and now the tables have turned .
That also comes at a time where CNN , after doing great financially for most of Zucker ’ s tenure , missed profit targets by $ 100-120 million .
Zucker was the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Show at 26 ; he rose to managing entertainment for NBC and was the executive responsible for President Donald Trump ’ s run on The Apprentice .
Zucker was criticized by the left for giving President Trump ’ s campaign too much attention ; now , President Trump feuds with Zucker and CNN over negative coverage .
AT & T closed their $ 85 billion purchase of Time Warner , which became WarnerMedia , in 2018 , following resistance from the Justice Department .
Many attributed the delay to President Trump ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ administration denied influencing the case .
AT & T ’ s stewardship of WarnerMedia has been rocky .
The rollout of HBO Max did not meet expectations .
In August , WarnerMedia chairman Robert Greenblatt exited after little more than a year on the job .
WarnerMedia is tasked with cutting costs by as much as 20 percent , which means there will be turnover across the company .
AT & T took on considerable debt in the purchase of WarnerMedia , as well as in their purchase of DirecTV for $ 48.5 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ rapidly losing subscribers .
As of the end of 2019 , AT & T had over $ 150 billion of debt .
AT & T is definitely not in danger of going out of business , but there are big changes on the horizon .
While the Wall Street Journal does not present it with absolute certainty , it looks like Jeff Zucker ’ s time at CNN will wind down after the election .

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If you follow the breadcrumbs of media for long enough, you see that the groundwork for seismic moves can oftentimes be laid a year or more in advance. That’s what this story from the Wall Street Journal about CNN boss Jeff Zucker feeling “frustrated” and “blindsided” by a restructuring at parent company AT&T feels like — a first step towards an ultimate exit.
There are some institutions where a leader is forced out or voluntarily steps aside but there is not dramatic, wholesale change. That would not be the case with CNN, where Zucker has micromanaged the content on TV and digital day and night for seven years. If he goes, CNN would undergo an evolution where we couldn’t even conceive what it would look like in a couple years.
Here is the nut graph that describes Zucker’s frustrations with Jason Kilar, who was named CEO of AT&T’s WarnerMedia this past April:
“When Mr. Kilar succeeded John Stankey atop WarnerMedia earlier this year, he carried out another overhaul in August that took away from Mr. Zucker oversight of CNN’s finances and human resources, as well as communications—an area run by one of Mr. Zucker’s top lieutenants, Allison Gollust. The changes annoyed and surprised Mr. Zucker, the people familiar with the situation said.”
Furthermore, Kilar used to work for Zucker at Hulu, and now the tables have turned. That also comes at a time where CNN, after doing great financially for most of Zucker’s tenure, missed profit targets by $100-120 million.
Zucker was the precocious executive producer of the NBC Today Show at 26; he rose to managing entertainment for NBC and was the executive responsible for President Donald Trump’s run on The Apprentice. Zucker was criticized by the left for giving President Trump’s campaign too much attention; now, President Trump feuds with Zucker and CNN over negative coverage.
AT&T closed their $85 billion purchase of Time Warner, which became WarnerMedia, in 2018, following resistance from the Justice Department. Many attributed the delay to President Trump’s feud with Zucker and CNN; the administration denied influencing the case.
AT&T’s stewardship of WarnerMedia has been rocky. The rollout of HBO Max did not meet expectations. In August, WarnerMedia chairman Robert Greenblatt exited after little more than a year on the job. WarnerMedia is tasked with cutting costs by as much as 20 percent, which means there will be turnover across the company. AT&T took on considerable debt in the purchase of WarnerMedia, as well as in their purchase of DirecTV for $48.5 billion in 2014. DirecTV has been rapidly losing subscribers. As of the end of 2019, AT&T had over $150 billion of debt.
AT&T is definitely not in danger of going out of business, but there are big changes on the horizon. While the Wall Street Journal does not present it with absolute certainty, it looks like Jeff Zucker’s time at CNN will wind down after the election.