thelibertydaily--2020-02-15--Conservative Baptist Network Amid Anti-Christ ‘Woke’ Trend, Emphasizing Scripture, Evangelism

Amid growing concern that the nation 's largest Protestant denomination is increasingly `` woke '' and drifting from biblical orthodoxy , a new network has formed to emphasize evangelism and the sufficiency of Scripture within the Southern Baptist Convention .
The Conservative Baptist Network , which is being launched Friday , describes itself as a grassroots effort to maintain the proclamation of the Gospel at the center of SBC life , in addition to prioritizing fidelity to Scripture and all of its implications , including presenting a vibrant , biblically-informed witness when engaging culture .
The network fully affirms the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Message 2000 .
Those involved in the network 's formation , many of whom spoke with The Christian Post , say their efforts are needed given the direction and perceived future of the Convention that many devout Southern Baptists find troubling .
But the network is not , they say , a new denomination , a blog or a social media page that exists solely to air grievances or a competitor with other like-minded ministries .
“ We are concerned about the current road our Southern Baptist family is traveling .
It is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s Word is saying about things like human sexuality , biblical racial reconciliation , and socialistic justice , ” said Brad Jurkovich , the network spokesman and the pastor of First Baptist Church in Bossier City , Louisiana , in a press release exclusively provided to CP Thursday .
“ There are three choices that every pastor and church have to make , ” he explained .
Those three options , he said , are to remain in the SBC and say nothing and watch it drift into obscurity ; walk away @ @ @ @ @ @ @ leaving behind ; or remain within the denomination and contend for the restoration of what has been lost in recent years .
The Bossier City pastor believes many desire the third option and the CBN pastors , lay ministers and seminary professors are ready to stand alongside them .
“ Are the apparent theological , ethical and social compromises simply indicative of Southern Baptists succumbing to the apostasy of the Laodicean Age ?
Are we doomed to the fate of an unrepentant church or will we open the door to let Christ in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ another spiritual renaissance ? ''
Jurkovich offered , speaking to how he presently sees the spiritual status of the denomination as a whole .
He further maintained that a significant number of Southern Baptists are especially concerned about the overemphasis on certain issues that have received more attention than has evangelism and spiritual renewal — emphases that have helped make Southern Baptists the largest and most influential evangelical group in the nation .
For many , particularly those who make a point to attend the denomination 's annual meeting each year , their @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in Dallas when motions were made on the floor to prevent Vice President Mike Pence from speaking to the messengers .
While those efforts ultimately failed , some in attendance nevertheless got up and left the convention center in protest as Pence began to speak , actions many considered disrespectful and contrary to the admonition in 1 Peter 2:11-17 about showing proper deference to governmental authority .
Another contentious matter that has rankled many longtime Southern Baptists is Resolution Nine , a 2019 measure that the messengers adopted which states that what is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ are useful analytical lenses .
The resolution defined CRT as `` a set of analytical tools that explain how race has and continues to function in society '' and intersectionality as `` the study of how different personal characteristics overlap and inform one ’ s experience . ''
The network regards these tools as fundamentally flawed because they stem from worldviews like Neo-Marxism and other ideological systems that are hostile to the Christian faith .
Lorine Spratt , executive assistant to Jurkovich and an African-American layperson in the SBC , told CP in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ aspirations of the new conservative initiative and that she finds Resolution Nine 's words on CRT offensive .
`` To even suggest something else is needed as a tool to engage the culture is ludicrous , '' she said , noting that anytime someone mentions it to her she responds by referring to the story of the Ethiopian eunuch to whom Philip explained the Gospel in Acts 8 .
`` That man went back and evangelized his people [ in Ethiopia ] .
And so there was no tool to help him .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ what He does . ''
Although the text of the resolution stipulates that critical race theory and intersectionality `` should only be employed as analytical tools subordinate to Scripture — not as transcendent ideological frameworks , '' she still views what is happening in the SBC as an insidious push from increasingly vocal `` woke '' pockets .
The influence of these theories ultimately undermines the mission of the Church , she believes , `` because they are diametrically opposed to the Gospel of Jesus Christ . ''
The word `` woke , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ often said to be African-American in origin and refers to a perceived awareness about racial issues and social justice , and is often employed for other pet causes of the secular left .
Spratt said she feels patronized when proponents of CRT say that they need the tool to engage her ethnicity and culture .
`` I say absolutely no .
The Gospel is totally sufficient .
Totally sufficient , '' she emphasized , `` and the fact of its origin should tell anyone that we do n't need that in the Southern @ @ @ @ @ @ @ at all . ''
Asked what she makes of the argument that examples of intersectionality can be seen in Scripture , such as when Jesus ministered to the Samaritan woman at the well — who was doubly marginalized in that day because she was both a woman and a Samaritan — Spratt maintained that defenders of the theory only highlight passages of Scripture that dovetail with a predetermined narrative of their own design .
The Jewish tax collectors were also hated and marginalized during that time , she pointed out , but `` @ @ @ @ @ @ @ instance .
`` I am embarrassed .
I really am embarrassed that they would insinuate that an analytical tool needs to be used to deal with me .
I 'm insulted that they would think to use something like that to say that my culture or ethnicity ... that we need extra care .
That is not true , '' she said .
`` What it does is seek to make us a victim so they can then rescue [ us ] , so they can make themselves feel good about helping [ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ you 're not helping me if you 're not pointing me to the Lord Jesus Christ .
And I am not a victim .
I am victorious in Jesus Christ . ''
Those affiliated with the new network remember the gains made during what is known as the Conservative Resurgence , a movement that began several decades ago and was marked by a lengthy struggle within the denomination over its theologically liberal trajectory at the time .
This movement 's key players have insisted that as moderate and liberal leaders of seminaries and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ conservatives , the denomination flourished and in many ways became a standard-bearer of sorts for both evangelism and biblical orthodoxy in the United States .
Opponents of the Conservative Resurgence often derisively refer to the movement as the fundamentalist takeover of the SBC .
But some theological conservatives are now wondering , in light of growing apprehension over shifting theological winds in many churches , if their values remain represented in their agencies and if another similar resurgence may be at hand .
Mike Spradlin , president of Mid-America Baptist Theological Seminary in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ aim is to stay anchored in the truth of Scripture and that , under its authority , he speaks to every area of life with conviction .
Spradlin also teaches Old Testament and Hebrew at the seminary .
`` To me , it 's not just a new struggle , but a constant struggle , '' he said , noting the importance of diligence because it is easy to slip away from the Bible 's essential truths .
`` And as a theologian I 'm very sensitive when you try to add to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and say : 'This is necessary for salvation or for godly living or societal change . '
'' Southern Baptists are losing their passion for personal evangelism and missions , he asserted .
`` It 's kind of like the elephant in the room .
Nobody wants to talk about it .
As a Southern Baptist , our denomination is in decline numerically .
We are also declining rapidly in baptisms , which is a good indicator that people are coming to Christ .
So that should be a crisis moment for us @ @ @ @ @ @ @ denomination has always had various camps and groups that tend to rally around particular ideas , theological paradigms , or personalities , the conflict is not new , he stressed .
He continued that because of how the denomination is structured — it 's a collection of churches and not one singular institution — frustration sometimes emerges in churches as some feel disconnected from denominational leaders , particularly if they have differing visions of what the SBC should be .
Yet , he said , `` we 're going to choose to work @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Gospel to the nations .
I think that has always been a rallying cry in a good way .
And if you want to rally Southern Baptists you 'll rally them with taking the Gospel to the nations , '' Spradlin said .
`` My hope is that the Conservative Baptist Network will keep people engaged on the Great Commission , that they will stay plugged in , that they will not disconnect or just throw up their hands but they 'll stay engaged and take the Gospel to the nations , '' @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Kelley , president emeritus of New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary , said the need for the network comes about particularly because of the ongoing decline of the Southern Baptist Convention , a trend he has been tracking and calling attention to for many years .
`` I am a simple-minded evangelist , '' Kelley told CP .
`` That is the passion of my life , that is my calling .
It has been the focus of my adult life as a scholar in the academic world . ''
`` And what has @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the Southern Baptist Convention in evangelism and in health of our churches , '' he said .
Before talk of the decline was more common among Southern Baptists , Kelley was sounding the alarm with presentations in various Baptist forums .
Years ago when he gave one such presentation about this , Baptist Press refused to cover it because the outlet deemed it `` too controversial , '' he recalled .
The decline is now unignorable .
The former NOBTS president notes that depending on whom you speak to in the SBC @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the denomination varies significantly .
In 2018 , in the wake of a burgeoning # metoo movement and a tumultuous annual meeting , he encountered several conservative pastors who confided in him that they were not sure if they could stay in the SBC much longer because of the direction it appeared to be heading .
The well-known tension over the theological orientation of the SBC between the Calvinist and traditionalist wings remain , Kelley said , but the lack of conversation about evangelism is more shocking .
He hopes the efforts of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ '' in the denomination and provide a `` clear voice '' that will show that the SBC , as it has been historically , is `` committed to the inerrancy of Scripture and the Word of God , and making first things first and keeping first things first . ''
`` And evangelism is on that list of things . ''
Lee Brand , dean of MABTS underscored the importance the network is placing on the primacy of the Bible and hopes it will be a forum where people can come together to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and churches because those are the people for whom I 'm greatly concerned .
I want our pastors to know that we champion the position that the Bible is enough . ''
`` We want to make sure that anything we say about the Bible , that we hold the Bible in its proper esteem as not only the Word of God but enough to handle all the issues of life , '' he stressed .
When asked how he sees the CBN as a catalyst for unity in the church , Brand @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a vehicle to launch a timely discussion around the sufficiency of Scripture .
`` We 're at a very important time in the life of the SBC .
We 're talking about the largest mission sending agency in our country and that mission that we 're on is rooted in Scripture .
And I think that if it 's the roots and foundation thereof I think it needs to be the focus going forward , '' he said .
Unlike other SBC seminaries , Mid-America Seminary receives no funds through the denomination 's @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a money issue for us , it 's a matter of principle , '' he emphasized .
Rod Martin , who serves on the Executive Committee of the Southern Baptist Convention and on the state board of missions for the Florida Baptist Convention , explained to CP that the most important thing for the new network to achieve is to offer hope to `` countless '' Southern Baptists , who need to know they are not alone .
`` There is an enormous media push in the direction of the left , '' @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is both theological and political .
`` It 's not what it was in the days of Uncle Walter [ Kronkite ] .
You could trust him , look at the television and he said it and it 's true . ''
Yet today , much of the purportedly mainstream press has a strong advocacy bent , he asserted , and `` they might as well be Super PACs .
And that [ influence ] bleeds over into the church . ''
Given such widespread distrust of mass media , Southern Baptists are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , he said .
And since Southern Baptist polity is organized around the autonomy of the local church , an ecclesiastical structure they continue to believe in , at the Executive Committee level what needs to be reestablished is the ongoing validity that the EC does not tell local churches what to do , Martin said ; the reverse , that churches tell the EC what to do , is the SBC standard .
`` Do we need to take a stand against sex abuse ?
Absolutely .
Do we need to take @ @ @ @ @ @ @ it ?
One hundred percent .
I 'm completely there .
But at the point at which we start becoming some other denomination ... if I want to go be an Episcopalian or a Presbyterian I 'll go be one , '' he said .
`` But we 've chosen to be Baptists and we have to maintain the autonomy of the local church .
And we 're having real issues there .
But with that said , the Executive Committee 's role is partly to defend the reality that the entire superstructure @ @ @ @ @ @ @ local church 's gifts to do collective ministry , not to preach to them . ''
Thus , the EC has to defend the rights of local churches to spend their contributions in a biblically faithful way , he said .
The annual meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention will occur in Orlando in June .

Conservative Baptist Network launched amid 'woke' trend in SBC, emphasizing Scripture, evangelism
Amid growing concern that the nation's largest Protestant denomination is increasingly "woke" and drifting from biblical orthodoxy, a new network has formed to emphasize evangelism and the sufficiency of Scripture within the Southern Baptist Convention.
The Conservative Baptist Network, which is being launched Friday, describes itself as a grassroots effort to maintain the proclamation of the Gospel at the center of SBC life, in addition to prioritizing fidelity to Scripture and all of its implications, including presenting a vibrant, biblically-informed witness when engaging culture. The network fully affirms the longstanding beliefs of the Baptist Faith and Message 2000.
Those involved in the network's formation, many of whom spoke with The Christian Post, say their efforts are needed given the direction and perceived future of the Convention that many devout Southern Baptists find troubling. But the network is not, they say, a new denomination, a blog or a social media page that exists solely to air grievances or a competitor with other like-minded ministries.
“We are concerned about the current road our Southern Baptist family is traveling. It is a road that is twisting what God’s Word is saying about things like human sexuality, biblical racial reconciliation, and socialistic justice,” said Brad Jurkovich, the network spokesman and the pastor of First Baptist Church in Bossier City, Louisiana, in a press release exclusively provided to CP Thursday.
“There are three choices that every pastor and church have to make,” he explained.
Those three options, he said, are to remain in the SBC and say nothing and watch it drift into obscurity; walk away entirely, cognizant of what they are leaving behind; or remain within the denomination and contend for the restoration of what has been lost in recent years.
The Bossier City pastor believes many desire the third option and the CBN pastors, lay ministers and seminary professors are ready to stand alongside them.
“Are the apparent theological, ethical and social compromises simply indicative of Southern Baptists succumbing to the apostasy of the Laodicean Age? Are we doomed to the fate of an unrepentant church or will we open the door to let Christ in, overcome our present malaise and experience another spiritual renaissance?" Jurkovich offered, speaking to how he presently sees the spiritual status of the denomination as a whole.
He further maintained that a significant number of Southern Baptists are especially concerned about the overemphasis on certain issues that have received more attention than has evangelism and spiritual renewal — emphases that have helped make Southern Baptists the largest and most influential evangelical group in the nation.
For many, particularly those who make a point to attend the denomination's annual meeting each year, their concern was crystallized following the 2018 gathering in Dallas when motions were made on the floor to prevent Vice President Mike Pence from speaking to the messengers. While those efforts ultimately failed, some in attendance nevertheless got up and left the convention center in protest as Pence began to speak, actions many considered disrespectful and contrary to the admonition in 1 Peter 2:11-17 about showing proper deference to governmental authority.
Another contentious matter that has rankled many longtime Southern Baptists is Resolution Nine, a 2019 measure that the messengers adopted which states that what is known as critical race theory and intersectionality are useful analytical lenses. The resolution defined CRT as "a set of analytical tools that explain how race has and continues to function in society" and intersectionality as "the study of how different personal characteristics overlap and inform one’s experience."
The network regards these tools as fundamentally flawed because they stem from worldviews like Neo-Marxism and other ideological systems that are hostile to the Christian faith.
Lorine Spratt, executive assistant to Jurkovich and an African-American layperson in the SBC, told CP in an interview Thursday that she supports the aspirations of the new conservative initiative and that she finds Resolution Nine's words on CRT offensive.
"To even suggest something else is needed as a tool to engage the culture is ludicrous," she said, noting that anytime someone mentions it to her she responds by referring to the story of the Ethiopian eunuch to whom Philip explained the Gospel in Acts 8.
"That man went back and evangelized his people [in Ethiopia]. And so there was no tool to help him. Philip obeyed the Lord and God did what He does."
Although the text of the resolution stipulates that critical race theory and intersectionality "should only be employed as analytical tools subordinate to Scripture — not as transcendent ideological frameworks," she still views what is happening in the SBC as an insidious push from increasingly vocal "woke" pockets. The influence of these theories ultimately undermines the mission of the Church, she believes, "because they are diametrically opposed to the Gospel of Jesus Christ."
The word "woke," as a political term, is often said to be African-American in origin and refers to a perceived awareness about racial issues and social justice, and is often employed for other pet causes of the secular left.
Spratt said she feels patronized when proponents of CRT say that they need the tool to engage her ethnicity and culture.
"I say absolutely no. The Gospel is totally sufficient. Totally sufficient," she emphasized, "and the fact of its origin should tell anyone that we don't need that in the Southern Baptist Church or in the church realm at all."
Asked what she makes of the argument that examples of intersectionality can be seen in Scripture, such as when Jesus ministered to the Samaritan woman at the well — who was doubly marginalized in that day because she was both a woman and a Samaritan — Spratt maintained that defenders of the theory only highlight passages of Scripture that dovetail with a predetermined narrative of their own design.
The Jewish tax collectors were also hated and marginalized during that time, she pointed out, but "the woke" somehow never mention that instance.
"I am embarrassed. I really am embarrassed that they would insinuate that an analytical tool needs to be used to deal with me. I'm insulted that they would think to use something like that to say that my culture or ethnicity ... that we need extra care. That is not true," she said.
"What it does is seek to make us a victim so they can then rescue [us], so they can make themselves feel good about helping [racial minorities]. Well no, you're not helping me if you're not pointing me to the Lord Jesus Christ. And I am not a victim. I am victorious in Jesus Christ."
Those affiliated with the new network remember the gains made during what is known as the Conservative Resurgence, a movement that began several decades ago and was marked by a lengthy struggle within the denomination over its theologically liberal trajectory at the time. This movement's key players have insisted that as moderate and liberal leaders of seminaries and other SBC entities were replaced with theological conservatives, the denomination flourished and in many ways became a standard-bearer of sorts for both evangelism and biblical orthodoxy in the United States. Opponents of the Conservative Resurgence often derisively refer to the movement as the fundamentalist takeover of the SBC.
But some theological conservatives are now wondering, in light of growing apprehension over shifting theological winds in many churches, if their values remain represented in their agencies and if another similar resurgence may be at hand.
Mike Spradlin, president of Mid-America Baptist Theological Seminary in Cordova, Tennessee, said his consistent aim is to stay anchored in the truth of Scripture and that, under its authority, he speaks to every area of life with conviction. Spradlin also teaches Old Testament and Hebrew at the seminary.
"To me, it's not just a new struggle, but a constant struggle," he said, noting the importance of diligence because it is easy to slip away from the Bible's essential truths.
"And as a theologian I'm very sensitive when you try to add to the Gospel or add to the Bible and say: 'This is necessary for salvation or for godly living or societal change.'"
Southern Baptists are losing their passion for personal evangelism and missions, he asserted.
"It's kind of like the elephant in the room. Nobody wants to talk about it. As a Southern Baptist, our denomination is in decline numerically. We are also declining rapidly in baptisms, which is a good indicator that people are coming to Christ. So that should be a crisis moment for us," he said.
Though the denomination has always had various camps and groups that tend to rally around particular ideas, theological paradigms, or personalities, the conflict is not new, he stressed.
He continued that because of how the denomination is structured — it's a collection of churches and not one singular institution — frustration sometimes emerges in churches as some feel disconnected from denominational leaders, particularly if they have differing visions of what the SBC should be.
Yet, he said, "we're going to choose to work together because we want to get the Gospel to the nations. I think that has always been a rallying cry in a good way. And if you want to rally Southern Baptists you'll rally them with taking the Gospel to the nations," Spradlin said.
"My hope is that the Conservative Baptist Network will keep people engaged on the Great Commission, that they will stay plugged in, that they will not disconnect or just throw up their hands but they'll stay engaged and take the Gospel to the nations," he reiterated.
Echoing Spradlin, Chuck Kelley, president emeritus of New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, said the need for the network comes about particularly because of the ongoing decline of the Southern Baptist Convention, a trend he has been tracking and calling attention to for many years.
"I am a simple-minded evangelist," Kelley told CP. "That is the passion of my life, that is my calling. It has been the focus of my adult life as a scholar in the academic world."
"And what has really concerned me is a true crisis of the Southern Baptist Convention in evangelism and in health of our churches," he said.
Before talk of the decline was more common among Southern Baptists, Kelley was sounding the alarm with presentations in various Baptist forums. Years ago when he gave one such presentation about this, Baptist Press refused to cover it because the outlet deemed it "too controversial," he recalled. The decline is now unignorable.
The former NOBTS president notes that depending on whom you speak to in the SBC, their thinking about the health of the denomination varies significantly.
In 2018, in the wake of a burgeoning #metoo movement and a tumultuous annual meeting, he encountered several conservative pastors who confided in him that they were not sure if they could stay in the SBC much longer because of the direction it appeared to be heading.
The well-known tension over the theological orientation of the SBC between the Calvinist and traditionalist wings remain, Kelley said, but the lack of conversation about evangelism is more shocking.
He hopes the efforts of the network will alleviate the "unsettledness" in the denomination and provide a "clear voice" that will show that the SBC, as it has been historically, is "committed to the inerrancy of Scripture and the Word of God, and making first things first and keeping first things first."
"And evangelism is on that list of things."
Lee Brand, dean of MABTS underscored the importance the network is placing on the primacy of the Bible and hopes it will be a forum where people can come together to dialogue.
"I think about pastors and churches because those are the people for whom I'm greatly concerned. I want our pastors to know that we champion the position that the Bible is enough."
"We want to make sure that anything we say about the Bible, that we hold the Bible in its proper esteem as not only the Word of God but enough to handle all the issues of life," he stressed.
When asked how he sees the CBN as a catalyst for unity in the church, Brand said that he believes it will be a vehicle to launch a timely discussion around the sufficiency of Scripture.
"We're at a very important time in the life of the SBC. We're talking about the largest mission sending agency in our country and that mission that we're on is rooted in Scripture. And I think that if it's the roots and foundation thereof I think it needs to be the focus going forward," he said.
Unlike other SBC seminaries, Mid-America Seminary receives no funds through the denomination's Cooperative Program.
"It's not a money issue for us, it's a matter of principle," he emphasized.
Rod Martin, who serves on the Executive Committee of the Southern Baptist Convention and on the state board of missions for the Florida Baptist Convention, explained to CP that the most important thing for the new network to achieve is to offer hope to "countless" Southern Baptists, who need to know they are not alone.
"There is an enormous media push in the direction of the left," he said, noting that the push is both theological and political. "It's not what it was in the days of Uncle Walter [Kronkite]. You could trust him, look at the television and he said it and it's true."
Yet today, much of the purportedly mainstream press has a strong advocacy bent, he asserted, and "they might as well be Super PACs. And that [influence] bleeds over into the church."
Given such widespread distrust of mass media, Southern Baptists are prone to giving up hope too easily, he said.
And since Southern Baptist polity is organized around the autonomy of the local church, an ecclesiastical structure they continue to believe in, at the Executive Committee level what needs to be reestablished is the ongoing validity that the EC does not tell local churches what to do, Martin said; the reverse, that churches tell the EC what to do, is the SBC standard.
"Do we need to take a stand against sex abuse? Absolutely. Do we need to take a stand against racism wherever we find it? One hundred percent. I'm completely there. But at the point at which we start becoming some other denomination ... if I want to go be an Episcopalian or a Presbyterian I'll go be one," he said.
"But we've chosen to be Baptists and we have to maintain the autonomy of the local church. And we're having real issues there. But with that said, the Executive Committee's role is partly to defend the reality that the entire superstructure of the Convention is about stewarding the local church's gifts to do collective ministry, not to preach to them."
Thus, the EC has to defend the rights of local churches to spend their contributions in a biblically faithful way, he said.
The annual meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention will occur in Orlando in June.


thelibertydaily--2020-02-15--Communist Agitprop Rag NY Times Cheers Marxist Activist for Bashing ‘Bargain-Basement’ Steven Crowde

Communist Agitprop Rag NY Times Cheers Marxist Activist for Bashing ‘Bargain-Basement’ Steven Crowder

New York Times ’ s Kevin Roose profiled former Vox journalist and gay/Marxist activist on the front of the paper ’ s Business section Thursday in “ A Thorn in YouTube ’ s Side Digs In Even Deeper . ''
Maza , whose Twitter bio refers to Tucker Carlson as a white supremacist , targeted conservative Steven Crowder in 2019 .
After Crowder mocked him as a “ lispy queer , ” YouTube was pressured into demonetizing Crowder ’ s YouTube videos .
Yet in Roose ’ s telling , leftists have no influence at a YouTube dominated by dangerous @ @ @ @ @ @ @ unswervingly celebratory of Maza and contemptuous of conservatives .
Carlos Maza believes that YouTube is a destructive , unethical , reckless company that amplifies bigots and profits off fascism .
Now it ’ s also his meal ticket .
Mr. Maza , 31 , announced several weeks ago that he was leaving Vox , where he had worked as a video journalist since 2017 , to become a full-time YouTube creator .
The move shocked some of Mr. Maza ’ s fans , who have watched him become one of YouTube ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a right-wing pile-on against him last year .
The controversy that followed that campaign , which was led by a prominent conservative YouTuber , turned Mr. Maza into a YouTube mini-celebrity and made him a sworn enemy of the site ’ s free-speech absolutists .
He received death threats -- and was temporarily forced to move out of his apartment .
Rather than swearing off YouTube , Mr. Maza , who is a New York-based socialist , decided to seize the means of his own video production .
Roose doesn ’ t bother @ @ @ @ @ @ @ him “ a bargain-bin conservative comedian.
” Maza himself , a fan of de-platforming , is no slouch at internet bullying .
A tweet from May 2019 , when leftists were assaulting conservatives with milkshakes : `` Milkshake them all .
Humiliate them at every turn .
Make them dread public organizing . ''
YouTube can be harsh terrain for a professional leftist .
The site is nominally open to all views , but in practice is dominated by a strain of reactionary politics that is marked by extreme skepticism of mainstream media @ @ @ @ @ @ @ warriors ” and a tunnel-vision fixation on political correctness .
In recent years , some progressive YouTubers have tried to counter this trend by making punchy , opinionated videos aimed at left-wing viewers ... leftists like Natalie Wynn ... and Oliver Thorn ... ( Roose has actually shilled for them before ) .
It ’ s a funny , knowing skit , and it shows how familiar Mr. Maza is with the customs and culture of YouTube .
He doesn ’ t wear a suit or plaster himself with stage makeup .
He @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , or adopt a Walter Cronkite-like pose of objectivity .
Maza was pleased on Twitter : “ Thanks to @ kevinroose for a thoughtful piece about the need for progressives to make more cool shit on YouTube.
” Roose is notorious for his jittery 2019 front-page smear “ The Making of a YouTube Radical – How the Site ’ s Algorithms Played Into the Hands of the Far Right .
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New York Times’s Kevin Roose profiled former Vox journalist and gay/Marxist activist on the front of the paper’s Business section Thursday in “A Thorn in YouTube’s Side Digs In Even Deeper."
Maza, whose Twitter bio refers to Tucker Carlson as a white supremacist, targeted conservative Steven Crowder in 2019. After Crowder mocked him as a “lispy queer,” YouTube was pressured into demonetizing Crowder’s YouTube videos. Yet in Roose’s telling, leftists have no influence at a YouTube dominated by dangerous “reactionary politics."
Roose was unswervingly celebratory of Maza and contemptuous of conservatives.
Carlos Maza believes that YouTube is a destructive, unethical, reckless company that amplifies bigots and profits off fascism. Now it’s also his meal ticket. Mr. Maza, 31, announced several weeks ago that he was leaving Vox, where he had worked as a video journalist since 2017, to become a full-time YouTube creator. The move shocked some of Mr. Maza’s fans, who have watched him become one of YouTube’s most vocal critics for failing to stop a right-wing pile-on against him last year. The controversy that followed that campaign, which was led by a prominent conservative YouTuber, turned Mr. Maza into a YouTube mini-celebrity and made him a sworn enemy of the site’s free-speech absolutists. He received death threats -- and was temporarily forced to move out of his apartment. Rather than swearing off YouTube, Mr. Maza, who is a New York-based socialist, decided to seize the means of his own video production.
Roose doesn’t bother cloaking his hostility toward Crowder, calling him “a bargain-bin conservative comedian.”
Maza himself, a fan of de-platforming, is no slouch at internet bullying. A tweet from May 2019, when leftists were assaulting conservatives with milkshakes: "Milkshake them all. Humiliate them at every turn. Make them dread public organizing."
Roose again betrayed his ideology.
YouTube can be harsh terrain for a professional leftist. The site is nominally open to all views, but in practice is dominated by a strain of reactionary politics that is marked by extreme skepticism of mainstream media, disdain for left-wing “social justice warriors” and a tunnel-vision fixation on political correctness. In recent years, some progressive YouTubers have tried to counter this trend by making punchy, opinionated videos aimed at left-wing viewers... leftists like Natalie Wynn... and Oliver Thorn...
(Roose has actually shilled for them before).
But these creators are still much less powerful than their reactionary counterparts....
After describing Maza’s introductory video, Roose gushed:
It’s a funny, knowing skit, and it shows how familiar Mr. Maza is with the customs and culture of YouTube. He doesn’t wear a suit or plaster himself with stage makeup. He doesn’t take himself too seriously, or adopt a Walter Cronkite-like pose of objectivity.
Maza was pleased on Twitter: “Thanks to @kevinroose for a thoughtful piece about the need for progressives to make more cool shit on YouTube.”
Roose is notorious for his jittery 2019 front-page smear “The Making of a YouTube Radical – How the Site’s Algorithms Played Into the Hands of the Far Right.”


thelibertydaily--2020-02-15--Fellow Deep State Crook Lisa Page Toasts Andrew McCabe After News He Won’t be Charged for Crimes Muc

Fellow Deep State Crook Lisa Page Toasts Andrew McCabe After News He Won’t be Charged for Crimes Much Worse Than Roger Stone

The Department of Justice on Friday announced it dropped its criminal investigation of Former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe .
Andrew McCabe leaked , then lied to federal investigators — and admitted it .
He gets to walk free .
Roger Stone will rot in jail for committing a process crime in in the Mueller Trump-Russia hoax .
Former FBI lawyer Lisa Page toasted her partner-in-crime Andrew McCabe on Friday after he was let off the hook .
Recall , Lisa Page and her paramour Peter Strzok were caught discussing an “ insurance policy ” to keep Trump out of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to believe the path you threw out for consideration in Andy ’ s [ McCabe ] office…that there ’ s no way [ Trump ] gets elected…but I ’ m afraid we can ’ t take that risk , ” Strzok text messaged to Page in an Aug. 15 , 2016 exchange , referring to Andrew McCabe .
“ It ’ s like an insurance policy in the unlikely event you die before you ’ re 40 , ” Strzok added .
And now Lisa Page is gloating about the two-tiered justice system @

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America’s Two-Tiered Judicial System Continues–
The Department of Justice on Friday announced it dropped its criminal investigation of Former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe.
Andrew McCabe leaked, then lied to federal investigators — and admitted it.
He gets to walk free.
Roger Stone will rot in jail for committing a process crime in in the Mueller Trump-Russia hoax.
Former FBI lawyer Lisa Page toasted her partner-in-crime Andrew McCabe on Friday after he was let off the hook.
Recall, Lisa Page and her paramour Peter Strzok were caught discussing an “insurance policy” to keep Trump out of the White House.
“I want to believe the path you threw out for consideration in Andy’s [McCabe] office…that there’s no way [Trump] gets elected…but I’m afraid we can’t take that risk,” Strzok text messaged to Page in an Aug. 15, 2016 exchange, referring to Andrew McCabe.
“It’s like an insurance policy in the unlikely event you die before you’re 40,” Strzok added.
And now Lisa Page is gloating about the two-tiered justice system.


thelibertydaily--2020-02-15--Homosexual Cop Gets $10 Million Taxpayer Payout Because He Did Not Receive a Promotion

A Missouri police officer who did not earn a promotion but felt he was entitled to one has received a payout of over $ 10 million from the taxpayer for alleged discrimination because of his choice of sexual lifestyle .
Keith Wildhaber , an openly homosexual police lieutenant from St. Louis County , had been awarded $ 20 million by a jury in Oct. 2018 but took the $ 10 million deal because he would be able to keep a larger amount of the award by settling .
After he received the judgment , St. Louis County immediately promoted Wildhaber @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ diversity and inclusion ” unit to promote homosexuality , transgenderism , and other deviant lifestyles among law enforcement officials .
“ This lawsuit acknowledges what Lt. Wildhaber survived in the police department and lets us move forward as a county , ” County Executive Sam Page said on Monday .
take our poll - story continues below “ I think it ’ s important to recognize that this sends a message to everyone in county government and to all of our employers in the St. Louis region , that discrimination will not @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Wildhaber whined that the St. Louis County police were concerned about his effeminate behavior , asking him to “ tone down ” his over-the-top actions because they were making fellow cops feel uncomfortable .
The key evidence of the case was a disputed incident of a police captain telling a witness that Wildhaber was “ way too out there with his gayness ” and would not receive a promotion due to his behavior .
This was enough for Wildhaber to win millions of dollars , as the diversity scam has become very lucrative @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Chief Jon Belmar was forced to retire likely as a result of the fall-out , with Democrat officials such as Councilwoman Lisa Clancy demanding his head on a pike .
The jury foreman made it clear that they wanted the taxpayer to pay an astronomical sum of money to Wildhaber in order “ to send a message.
” “ This is an opportunity for our department to move forward and to continue to make the progress that has been made and to stay focused on my … goals for our police department , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and second to respect all people , ” Page said .
Page noted that the payout will come during a time of county budget concerns .
The annual cost to taxpayers is expected to be between $ 500,000 and $ 600,000 over the course of a decade or so .
“ These are tight budget times and if we don ’ t have to take the hit on our budget until the insurance payment comes through , we think this is the way to do it , ” Page noted .
To his @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for a $ 850,000 payment and a promotion in Apr .
2019 .
The county refused and opted to take the case to trial , and the taxpayer is going to be forced to pay much more as a result .
Councilman Ernie Trakas , a Republican , believes that the case should be appealed because it is not unlawful to discriminate against homosexuals under the law .
“ I personally believe the Missouri Human Rights Act may be flawed in that area but I also believe the way to remedy that is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” Trakas said .
He believes that the law as it is written leads to “ no other conclusion that gender preference is not a protected class.
” The case is not likely to be appealed though , as St. Louis County has effectively surrendered to the LGBT agenda .
Expect officers to be prancing around the county in rainbow uniforms before long .

Homosexual Cop Gets $10 Million Taxpayer Payout Because He Did Not Receive a Promotion
A Missouri police officer who did not earn a promotion but felt he was entitled to one has received a payout of over $10 million from the taxpayer for alleged discrimination because of his choice of sexual lifestyle.
Keith Wildhaber, an openly homosexual police lieutenant from St. Louis County, had been awarded $20 million by a jury in Oct. 2018 but took the $10 million deal because he would be able to keep a larger amount of the award by settling.
After he received the judgment, St. Louis County immediately promoted Wildhaber and made him the head of a “diversity and inclusion” unit to promote homosexuality, transgenderism, and other deviant lifestyles among law enforcement officials.
“This lawsuit acknowledges what Lt. Wildhaber survived in the police department and lets us move forward as a county,” County Executive Sam Page said on Monday.
“I think it’s important to recognize that this sends a message to everyone in county government and to all of our employers in the St. Louis region, that discrimination will not be tolerated,” he said.
Wildhaber whined that the St. Louis County police were concerned about his effeminate behavior, asking him to “tone down” his over-the-top actions because they were making fellow cops feel uncomfortable.
The key evidence of the case was a disputed incident of a police captain telling a witness that Wildhaber was “way too out there with his gayness” and would not receive a promotion due to his behavior.
This was enough for Wildhaber to win millions of dollars, as the diversity scam has become very lucrative in America.
St. Louis County Police Chief Jon Belmar was forced to retire likely as a result of the fall-out, with Democrat officials such as Councilwoman Lisa Clancy demanding his head on a pike. The jury foreman made it clear that they wanted the taxpayer to pay an astronomical sum of money to Wildhaber in order “to send a message.”
“This is an opportunity for our department to move forward and to continue to make the progress that has been made and to stay focused on my … goals for our police department, which is first to keep us safe and second to respect all people,” Page said.
Page noted that the payout will come during a time of county budget concerns. The annual cost to taxpayers is expected to be between $500,000 and $600,000 over the course of a decade or so.
“These are tight budget times and if we don’t have to take the hit on our budget until the insurance payment comes through, we think this is the way to do it,” Page noted.
To his credit, Wildhaber did offer to settle for a $850,000 payment and a promotion in Apr. 2019. The county refused and opted to take the case to trial, and the taxpayer is going to be forced to pay much more as a result.
Councilman Ernie Trakas, a Republican, believes that the case should be appealed because it is not unlawful to discriminate against homosexuals under the law.
“I personally believe the Missouri Human Rights Act may be flawed in that area but I also believe the way to remedy that is the Legislature and not the courts,” Trakas said. He believes that the law as it is written leads to “no other conclusion that gender preference is not a protected class.”
The case is not likely to be appealed though, as St. Louis County has effectively surrendered to the LGBT agenda. Expect officers to be prancing around the county in rainbow uniforms before long.


thelibertydaily--2020-02-15--John Brennan Under DOJ Scrutiny, As John Durham’s Criminal Investigation Expands

U.S. Attorney John Durham – charged with the criminal probe into the FBI ’ s Russia investigation of the Trump campaign – has been questioning CIA officials closely involved with John Brennan ’ s 2017 intelligence community assessment regarding direct Russian interference in the 2016 election , according to U.S. officials .
In May 2017 , Brennan denied during a hearing before the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence that its agency relied on the now debunked Christopher Steele dossier for the Intelligence Community Assessment report .
He told then Congressman Trey Gowdy “ we didn ’ t ” use @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ t part of the corpus of intelligence information that we had , ” Brennan stated .
“ It was not in any way used as a basis for the Intelligence Community assessment that was done .
It was — it was not.
” However , DOJ Inspector General Michael Horowitz confirmed in his report that the dossier was used in the Obama administration ’ s 2017 Intelligence Community Assessment ( ICA ) .
As stated in the IG report , there were discussions by top intelligence officials as to whether the Steele @ @ @ @ @ @ @ report .
But upon careful inspection of Horowitz ’ s report , on page 179 , investigators ask former FBI Director James Comey if he discussed the dossier with Brennan and whether or not it should be given to President Obama .
According to the report , Comey told investigators that Brennan said it was “ important ” enough to include in the ICA — clearly part of the “ corpus of intelligence information ” they had .
According to a recent report by The New York Times , Durham ’ s probe @ @ @ @ @ @ @ intelligence community assessment , which concluded with “ high confidence ” that Russian President Vladimir Putin “ ordered an influence campaign in 2016.
” From the New York Times Brennan ’ s assessment stated that Putin wanted to “ undermine public faith in the U.S. democratic process , denigrate former Secretary of State [ Hillary ] Clinton , and harm her electability and potential presidency.
” It also stated that Putin “ developed a clear preference for President-elect Trump.
” But not everyone agreed with Brennan .
The NSA then under retired Adm. @ @ @ @ @ @ @ moderate confidence ” that Putin tried to help Trump ’ s election .
As stated in the New York times Durham is investigating whether Brennan was keeping other intelligence agencies out of the loop to keep his narrative that Putin was helping Trump ’ s campaign public .
“ I wouldn ’ t call it a discrepancy , I ’ d call it an honest difference of opinion between three different organizations , and , in the end , I made that call , ” Rogers told the Senate in May 2017 .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ same level of sourcing and the same level of multiple sources.
” According to The Times Durham is reviewing emails from the CIA , FBI , and National Security Agency analysts who worked on the January , 2017 Intelligence Community Assessment on Russia ’ s interference in the election .
Durham ’ s office could not be reached for comment .
DOJ spokesperson Kerri Kupec also could not be reached for comment .
However , Brennan told MSNBC ’ s “ Hardball ” last week , that Durham ’ s questioning is dangerous @ @ @ @ @ @ @ silly , ” he said .
“ Is there a criminal investigation now on analytic judgments and the activities of C.I.A .
in terms of trying to protect our national security ?
I ’ m certainly willing to talk to Mr. Durham or anybody else who has any questions about what we did during this period of 2016.
” Durham ’ s investigation appear to have many tentacles .
For example , he has expanded his probe to the Pentagon ’ s Office of Net Assessment .
According to sources who spoke to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ through the office to former FBI confidential informant Cambridge academic Stefan Halper .
Halper , who worked in previous U.S. administrations and is an academic , is connected to three of President Donald Trump ’ s campaign officials that were wrapped up into the FBI ’ s probe , most notably Carter Page .
Halper , along with others such as former MI6 Chief Sir Richard Dearlove , founded the Cambridge Intelligence Seminar , in England at Cambridge University .
According to several sources , Durham has questioned officials at the Office of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , how the money was utilized and what agency actually awarded the contract .
Further , Sen. Chuck Grassley , chairman of the Senate Finance Committee , is also investigating the over $ 1 million in contracts Halper received from the ONA , as first reported at SaraACarter.com .
It is , of course , a separate investigation from Durham ’ s but on the same issues .
The Office Of Net Assessment , according to sources with knowledge , is sometimes used as a front to pay contractors , like Halper , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ agencies .
It is for this reason , that Durham is investigating the flow of money that Halper received and whether or not agencies other than the FBI were involved in the investigation into Trump ’ s campaign and whether or not , the contracts were accurately accounted for in the reports received by Grassley .
Durham ’ s criminal investigation into the FBI , CIA , as well as private entities is ongoing .
Known by its acronym ONA , the secretive office is run by Director James Baker , who has @ @ @ @ @ @ @ by the Obama Administration in 2015 .
In a January letter to Baker , Grassley asks a litany of questions as to Halper ’ s role within ONA , his contracts , his foreign contacts and whether the FBI , or CIA , used the ONA office to pay Halper for spying on Trump campaign personnel .
“ Can ONA state for certain that Halper did not use taxpayer money provided by DoD to recruit , or attempt to recruit , sources for the FBI investigation into the now-debunked theory of collusion between @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Grassley asks Baker .
But it is Halper ’ s role overseas and concern that the CIA may have been involved that is leading to more questions than answers .
In 2016 , in what appeared to be an unexpected move , Halper left the Cambridge Intelligence Seminar .
He told papers in London – at the time – that it was due to “ unacceptable Russian influence.
” Ironically , documents obtained by SaraACarter.com suggest that during Halper ’ s tenure with the seminar , he had also invited senior Russian intelligence @ @ @ @ @ @ @ occasions .
Further , according to news reports , he also accepted money to finance the course from a top Russian oligarch with ties to Putin .
Several course syllabi from 2012 and 2015 obtained by this outlet reveal Hapler had invited and co-taught his course on intelligence with the former Director of Russian Intelligence Gen .
I. Vyacheslav Trubnikov .
Moreover , the New York Times recent report suggests that Durham ’ s probe into Brennan is also looking closely at an alleged secret source said to have direct ties to the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the same secret Kremlin source discussed by Brennan is the same source used by Halper in his reports .
However , there is evidence that Halper had similar sources to former MI6 spy Christopher Steele , who compiled the dossier .
Based on hand written notes from an interview the State Department ’ s Kathleen Kavalec states two of Steele ’ s dossier sources ; “ Trubnikov ” and “ Surkov.
” Surkov is Vladislav Surkov , an aide of Vladimir Putin who is on the U.S. ’ s list of sanctioned individuals @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Vyacheslav Trubnikov .
Trubnikov was the First Deputy of Foreign Minister of Russia and he formally served as the Director of Foreign Intelligence Service .
He is also a source of Halper .

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thelibertydaily--2020-02-15--Kobe Bryant Among Eight Finalists for Basketball Hall of Fame

Feb. 14 ( UPI ) -- Los Angeles Lakers icon Kobe Bryant , who was among nine killed in a helicopter crash less than three weeks ago , was named a finalist for the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame .
Bryant , an 18-time All-Star selection and five-time NBA champion during his illustrious 20-year career with the Lakers , was one of four players and four coaches selected as finalists for the Hall of Fame 's class of 2020 on Friday .
San Antonio Spurs great Tim Duncan , former Boston Celtics and Minnesota Timberwolves star Kevin Garnett and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ coaches Eddie Sutton , Rudy Tomjanovich , Kim Mulkey and Barbara Stevens , joined Bryant on the list of finalists .
`` When the nominees for the Class of 2020 were announced in December , we knew this class had the potential of being one of the most historic of all time , '' Hall of Fame chairman Jerry Colangelo said in a statement Friday .
`` The untimely passing of Kobe Bryant has left us in a state of reflective mourning and we 're proud to honor his legacy while also recognizing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ much to our game .
`` We congratulate our finalists and those who have supported them on their journeys , and we look forward to revealing the Class of 2020 at the Final Four in Atlanta . ''
Bryant , 41 , his 13-year-old daughter , Gianna , and seven others were killed Jan. 26 when their helicopter crashed into a mountainside in Calabasas , Calif .
The group was headed to Mamba Sports Academy , a facility that Bryant created and coached at , for a girls basketball tournament when the aircraft @ @ @ @ @ @ @ remains under investigation .
There were no survivors .
Bryant , an 11-time All-NBA first-teamer , was the 2008 NBA Most Valuable Player and a two-time winner of the NBA Finals MVP award .
He ranks fourth on the league 's career points lists ( 33,643 ) and scored a historic 81 points in a single game , the second-most in NBA history .
Duncan was a 15-time All-Star choice and won five NBA titles during his 19-year career with the Spurs .
He also won two NBA MVP awards and was named @ @ @ @ @ @ @ was a 15-time All-Star in his 21 seasons between the Celtics and T-Wolves .
The nine-time All-Defensive first-team selection won the 2008 championship as a member of the Celtics and secured the league 's MVP award in 2004 after leading the NBA in points and rebounds .
The Hall of Fame 's 2020 class will be finalized and announced April 4 during the NCAA Final Four in Atlanta .
Those who are inducted will be enshrined during ceremonies from Aug. 28-30 in Springfield , Mass .

Los Angeles Lakers legend Kobe Bryant (R) hugs San Antonio Spurs great Tim Duncan (L) before a game on Jan. 22, 2016, at Staples Center in Los Angeles. Bryant was an 18-time All-Star and five-time NBA champion with the Lakers. File Photo by Jon SooHoo/UPI | License Photo
Feb. 14 (UPI) -- Los Angeles Lakers icon Kobe Bryant, who was among nine killed in a helicopter crash less than three weeks ago, was named a finalist for the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. Bryant, an 18-time All-Star selection and five-time NBA champion during his illustrious 20-year career with the Lakers, was one of four players and four coaches selected as finalists for the Hall of Fame's class of 2020 on Friday. Advertisement
San Antonio Spurs great Tim Duncan, former Boston Celtics and Minnesota Timberwolves star Kevin Garnett and ex-WNBA standout Tamika Catchings, along with coaches Eddie Sutton, Rudy Tomjanovich, Kim Mulkey and Barbara Stevens, joined Bryant on the list of finalists.
"When the nominees for the Class of 2020 were announced in December, we knew this class had the potential of being one of the most historic of all time," Hall of Fame chairman Jerry Colangelo said in a statement Friday. "The untimely passing of Kobe Bryant has left us in a state of reflective mourning and we're proud to honor his legacy while also recognizing seven other individuals who have meant so much to our game.
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"We congratulate our finalists and those who have supported them on their journeys, and we look forward to revealing the Class of 2020 at the Final Four in Atlanta."
Your 2020 Basketball Hall of Fame Finalists. #20HoopClass pic.twitter.com/FC5vjUyHdG— Basketball HOF (@Hoophall) February 14, 2020
Bryant, 41, his 13-year-old daughter, Gianna, and seven others were killed Jan. 26 when their helicopter crashed into a mountainside in Calabasas, Calif. The group was headed to Mamba Sports Academy, a facility that Bryant created and coached at, for a girls basketball tournament when the aircraft crashed under unknown circumstances.
The crash remains under investigation. There were no survivors.
Bryant, an 11-time All-NBA first-teamer, was the 2008 NBA Most Valuable Player and a two-time winner of the NBA Finals MVP award. He ranks fourth on the league's career points lists (33,643) and scored a historic 81 points in a single game, the second-most in NBA history.
Duncan was a 15-time All-Star choice and won five NBA titles during his 19-year career with the Spurs. He also won two NBA MVP awards and was named NBA Finals MVP three times.
Garnett was a 15-time All-Star in his 21 seasons between the Celtics and T-Wolves. The nine-time All-Defensive first-team selection won the 2008 championship as a member of the Celtics and secured the league's MVP award in 2004 after leading the NBA in points and rebounds.
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The Hall of Fame's 2020 class will be finalized and announced April 4 during the NCAA Final Four in Atlanta. Those who are inducted will be enshrined during ceremonies from Aug. 28-30 in Springfield, Mass.


thelibertydaily--2020-02-17--CNN’s Dana Bash Hits Klobuchar From Left on Crime

On Sunday 's State of the Union show on CNN , as fill-in host Dana Bash interviewed Democratic presidential candidate Amy Klobuchar , instead of pressing her on whether she really is a `` moderate '' as many journalists have described her , the CNN host hit her from the left on whether she was too touch on criminals as a prosecutor , and invited her be critical of a couple of her Democratic opponents and the Trump administration .
Bash began by cuing up her guest to be go after the Trump administration over the issue of Attorney General @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Trump associate Roger Stone .
The CNN host then brought up the Democratic primaries , and pressed her from the left on her record as a prosecutor in Minnesota .
Noting that Klobuchar will soon be competing in states with more minorities , Bash posed : `` Your time as a prosecutor in Hennepin County , Minnesota is getting more scrutiny .
So I want to ask you about that .
I want you to listen to what you said when you were running for prosecutor in 1998 . ''
After a clip @ @ @ @ @ @ @ advocating for enforcing the law against criminals , Bash suggested her guest had been too tough as she finished her question : `` So that tough on crime approach has now been linked to racial disparities in the criminal justice system .
So , in retrospect , do you regret that ? ''
After Klobuchar claimed that she was not actually advocating in all cases for strict prison time , but for other lesser punishments as well , Bash further pressed her as she followed up : BASH : Okay , so from @ @ @ @ @ @ @ percent of juveniles brought to the Hennepin County Juvenile Detention Center were black , according to a Council on Crime and Justice study , even though only around 10 percent of the county 's overall population was black .
You 've been clear that you believe that there was racism in the justice system , but , given that , given the stats from back then , do you take any responsibility for the racial disparities in the criminal justice system on your watch ?
The CNN host then switched to asking Senator @ @ @ @ @ @ @ her opponents from the Democratic primaries , Michael Bloomberg and Bernie Sanders .
Regarding Senator Sanders , Bash asked her only question from a right-leaning point of view as she wondered if his identify as a `` democratic socialist '' would hurt Democrats in congressional elections .
Below is the list of questions Bash asked of Senator Klobuchar during the Sunday , February 16 , State of the Union on CNN : DANA BASH : I want to start , first of all , on the crisis in the Justice Department after the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ back sentencing recommendations for Trump associate Roger Stone .
Nine of your Democratic colleagues -- including Senators Warren and Sanders -- have called for the Attorney General to resign .
Do you think he should resign ?
Okay , so , Senator , let 's talk about where you are now , the primary , and the calendar is about to get in the states where you are about to get much more diverse .
You finished very strong in New Hampshire , as you well know .
And because of all of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in Hennepin County , Minnesota is getting more scrutiny .
So I want to ask you about that .
I want you to listen to what you said when you were running for prosecutor in 1998 .
AMY KLOBUCHAR ( from July 1998 ) : When you look at the crime rate in Hennepin County , it 's not acceptable .
We have to look at making sure that there 's a consequence when someone commits a crime .
When you see the dramatic reduction in crime in other parts of the country @ @ @ @ @ @ @ what they 're doing , and they 're enforcing the law down the line .
BASH : So that tough on crime approach has now been linked to racial disparities in the criminal justice system .
So , in retrospect , do you regret that ?
BASH : Okay , so from 2002 to 2004 , more than 60 percent of juveniles brought to the Hennepin County Juvenile Detention Center were black , according to a Council on Crime and Justice study , even though only around 10 percent of the county 's @ @ @ @ @ @ @ been clear that you believe that there was racism in the justice system , but , given that , given the stats from back then , do you take any responsibility for the racial disparities in the criminal justice system on your watch ?
BASH : Senator , I want to turn now to one of your opponents for the Democratic nomination , Mayor Mike Bloomberg .
There 's a report in The Washington Post this weekend that paints a sweeping picture of him making crass sexual comments , objectifying women , creating @ @ @ @ @ @ @ I want to be clear -- Bloomberg has denied the allegations .
He said on Twitter that he has zero tolerance for an environment where women are n't respected .
What do you make of the reports ?
Before I let you go , I want to ask you about one other opponent , Senator Bernie Sanders .
Congressman Dean Phillips , who is backing you , says that he thinks that there are probably 25 to 30 seats that absolutely would be impacted directly by having a self-avowed democratic socialist at the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ think Democrats would lose the House if Bernie Sanders were the nominee ?

On Sunday's State of the Union show on CNN, as fill-in host Dana Bash interviewed Democratic presidential candidate Amy Klobuchar, instead of pressing her on whether she really is a "moderate" as many journalists have described her, the CNN host hit her from the left on whether she was too tough on criminals as a prosecutor, and invited her be critical of a couple of her Democratic opponents and the Trump administration.
Bash began by cuing up her guest to be go after the Trump administration over the issue of Attorney General Bill Barr recommending a lesser sentence for Trump associate Roger Stone. The CNN host then brought up the Democratic primaries, and pressed her from the left on her record as a prosecutor in Minnesota.
Noting that Klobuchar will soon be competing in states with more minorities, Bash posed: "Your time as a prosecutor in Hennepin County, Minnesota is getting more scrutiny. So I want to ask you about that. I want you to listen to what you said when you were running for prosecutor in 1998."
After a clip from July 1998 of then-prosecutorial candidate Klobuchar advocating for enforcing the law against criminals, Bash suggested her guest had been too tough as she finished her question: "So that tough on crime approach has now been linked to racial disparities in the criminal justice system. So, in retrospect, do you regret that?"
After Klobuchar claimed that she was not actually advocating in all cases for strict prison time, but for other lesser punishments as well, Bash further pressed her as she followed up:
BASH: Okay, so from 2002 to 2004, more than 60 percent of juveniles brought to the Hennepin County Juvenile Detention Center were black, according to a Council on Crime and Justice study, even though only around 10 percent of the county's overall population was black. You've been clear that you believe that there was racism in the justice system, but, given that, given the stats from back then, do you take any responsibility for the racial disparities in the criminal justice system on your watch?
The CNN host then switched to asking Senator Klobuchar for her reaction to criticisms of her opponents from the Democratic primaries, Michael Bloomberg and Bernie Sanders. Regarding Senator Sanders, Bash asked her only question from a right-leaning point of view as she wondered if his identify as a "democratic socialist" would hurt Democrats in congressional elections.
Below is the list of questions Bash asked of Senator Klobuchar during the Sunday, February 16, State of the Union on CNN:


thelibertydaily--2020-02-16--Sidney Powell’s Private Letter to AG Barr Pressed for Action on Michael Flynn Case

The unusual move by Attorney General William Barr to open an independent review of the prosecution of retired Army Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn came after months of legal broadsides from defense attorney Sidney Powell .
But it may have been Ms. Powell ’ s first salvo , a private letter to Mr. Barr in June , that alerted him to what the Flynn team believes is a miscarriage of justice .
In her first paragraph , Ms. Powell requested an outside auditor not associated in any way with special counsel Robert Mueller ’ s team .
She argued that Mr. @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s son with prosecution to persuade the retired officer to plead guilty to lying to the FBI .
Neither Flynn nor any other Trump associate has been charged in an election conspiracy for which Mr. Mueller was tapped to uncover .
“ We request the appointment of new government counsel with no connection to the Special Counsel team of attorneys or agents to conduct review of the entire Flynn case for Brady material that has not been produced and prosecutorial misconduct writ large , ” Ms. Powell wrote to Mr. Barr .
“ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ evidence to which the defense is entitled .
Ms. Powell also asked for “ a determination of when , how , and on what basis the first investigation of General Flynn began , ” reads the letter stamped confidential .
From that day forward , Ms. Powell , an appeals court specialist and longtime Justice Department critic , filed a series of arguments accusing the FBI and the special counsel team of gross misconduct .
She told The Washington Times she doesn ’ t know exactly why Mr. Barr acted .
“ But @ @ @ @ @ @ @ from what has been revealed in my filings , ” she said .
For one , she said , the FBI officially put Flynn under investigation in August 2016 in its Russian election interference probe but didn ’ t tell him during two encounters over six months .
An agent visited the Trump presidential campaign under the guise of a defensive briefing on Russian interference .
In fact the agent was there to surreptitiously investigate Flynn , according to a report by Justice Department Inspector General Michael E. Horowitz .
Six months after @ @ @ @ @ @ @ FBI agents , including Trump antagonist Peter Strzok , on Jan. 24 , 2017 , visited Flynn at the White House under the guise of a friendly chat about national security .
At that point , the FBI had no evidence of a Trump-Russia conspiracy outside of the Christopher Steele dossier , which Republicans say turned out to be a Kremlin hoax .
During the presidential transition , the U.S. had intercepted calls between Flynn and the Russian ambassador in which they talked about sanctions .
Inside the Obama Justice Department there was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Logan Act , a 1799 law barring civilian interference in foreign policy for which no one has ever been convicted .
The call was leaked to The Washington Post , whose story mentions the Logan Act .
Flynn defenders say it was a sure sign that Obama administration holdovers were trying to destroy Flynn , Mr. Trump ’ s first national security adviser .
In her June letter to Mr. Barr , Ms. Powell recited her version of events .
She said prosecutor Brandon Van Grack later acknowledged that the Flynn call was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ violate the Logan Act , which appeared to be the basis for the FBI visiting Flynn that day .
“ There was no ‘ Logan Act violation , ’ and everyone knew it , ” Ms. Powell wrote .
“ Yet General Flynn was illegally unmasked by the Obama administration and his call leaked to explode the ‘ Russia collusion ’ narrative in the press .
The FBI interview was worse than ‘ entrapment.
’ He was led to believe he was having a casual conversation with friends about a training exercise from @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in truth , it was a set-up-tantamount to a ‘ frame , manipulated by Yates , Comey , Strzok , McCabe , and others to take General Flynn out of the administration .
[ Mueller team ] then used it to pressure him to try to take out President Trump.
” “ Yates ” is Sally Yates , who was Mr. Obama ’ s deputy attorney general .
“ Comey ” was FBI Director James B. Comey .
“ McCabe ” was FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe .
It was Mr. McCabe who @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Flynn , telling him that if he consulted with the White House counsel , the FBI would have to get its general counsel involved .
Flynn said he would not consult a lawyer .
Later , Mr. Comey , fired by Mr. Trump , bragged that he was able to send two FBI agents to the White House without resistance because the place was still in formative disarray .
The inspector general report said the FBI targeted Flynn because , as the head of the Defense Intelligence Agency and during retirement , he @ @ @ @ @ @ @ was no evidence he had been engaged in a conspiracy , and in fact , after nearly three years of probing , there was no such finding in the final Mueller report .
The Barr intervention came after U.S. District Judge Emmet G. Sullivan had rejected all of Ms. Powell ’ s arguments to date .
She claimed that the Mueller team withheld exculpatory evidence and that the FBI maliciously edited 302 interview reports to hurt Flynn .
Flynn last month moved to rescind his December 2017 guilty plea of lying to Mr. @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Flynn decision is not the first time Mr. Barr has distanced himself from the Mueller prosecutors who remained on the Russia beat to complete criminal cases .
He disagreed last week with their sentencing recommendation of up to nine years in prison for former Trump adviser Roger Stone .
The four prosecutors promptly quit the case .
Mr. Barr told ABC News he thought the prosecution of Stone was just but the sentence recommendation was too severe .
He thought he had worked out a deal that would let the judge decide .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ have rankled Democrats .
Last spring , he appointed John Durham , the U.S. attorney for Connecticut , to investigate how the Obama Justice Department began the probe into the Trump campaign in 2016 .
He has said the FBI “ spied ” on the campaign — a description that also angered Democrats .
He questioned why it opened such a momentous probe into a presidential campaign based on a conversation over drinks in London between Trump campaign volunteer George Papadopoulos and Australia ’ s ambassador .
The Horowitz report said the FBI @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Hurricane , the inquiry ’ s code name , on July 31 , 2016 .
In TV interviews , Mr. Barr said the FBI acted in “ bad faith.
” Mr. Horowitz said the FBI committed 17 inaccuracies or omissions of exculpatory information in four wiretap affidavits submitted to judges to spy on Trump volunteer Carter Page .
An FBI lawyer altered a CIA email so it said Mr .
Page wasn ’ t an agency asset when in fact he had been .
Mr. Van Grack ended up publicly filing Ms. Powell @ @ @ @ @ @ @ because it contained criticism of Judge Sullivan .
“ Probably thought it would embarrass me or give him some kind of leverage .
Didn ’ t work , ” Ms. Powell told The Times .
Ms. Powell filed a new motion in late January , this time asking Judge Sullivan to dismiss the charges .
She relied heavily on the Horowitz report .
“ The IG Report is a scathing indictment of the conduct of the leadership and small group in the FBI that ran this operation against Mr. Flynn , ” she @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for the two FBI agents who interviewed Mr. Flynn on January 24 , 2017.
” “ IG Report evinces that Mr. Flynn has still not been provided with all the evidence of egregious government misconduct dishonestly wielded to destroy the National Security Advisor to President Trump as part of their larger anti-Trump scheme , ” she said .
The Horowitz report focused on four Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act warrants on Mr .
Page .
The IG said the FBI met the relatively low standard for opening a counterintelligence investigation into Flynn and did @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Grack filed a response to Ms. Powell ’ s motion , arguing that none of her examples of FBI maneuvering amounted to egregious misconduct .
He said no material exculpatory evidence has been withheld , with which Judge Sullivan agreed in a December ruling .
The New York Times reported Friday that Mr. Barr tapped Jeffrey Jensen , a former FBI agent who serves as U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri , to review the Flynn case .

The unusual move by Attorney General William P. Barr to open an independent review of the prosecution of retired Army Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn came after months of legal broadsides from defense attorney Sidney Powell.
But it may have been Ms. Powell’s first salvo, a private letter to Mr. Barr in June, that alerted him to what the Flynn team believes is a miscarriage of justice.
In her first paragraph, Ms. Powell requested an outside auditor not associated in any way with former special counsel Robert Mueller’s team. She argued that Mr. Mueller’s lawyers threatened Flynn’s son with prosecution to persuade the retired officer to plead guilty to lying to the FBI.
Neither Flynn nor any other Trump associate has been charged in an election conspiracy for which Mr. Mueller was tapped to uncover.
“We request the appointment of new government counsel with no connection to the Special Counsel team of attorneys or agents to conduct review of the entire Flynn case for Brady material that has not been produced and prosecutorial misconduct writ large,” Ms. Powell wrote to Mr. Barr.
“Brady” is a term of exculpatory evidence to which the defense is entitled.
Ms. Powell also asked for “a determination of when, how, and on what basis the first investigation of General Flynn began,” reads the letter stamped confidential.
From that day forward, Ms. Powell, an appeals court specialist and longtime Justice Department critic, filed a series of arguments accusing the FBI and the special counsel team of gross misconduct.
She told The Washington Times she doesn’t know exactly why Mr. Barr acted. “But [I] am guessing it is from what has been revealed in my filings,” she said.
For one, she said, the FBI officially put Flynn under investigation in August 2016 in its Russian election interference probe but didn’t tell him during two encounters over six months.
An agent visited the Trump presidential campaign under the guise of a defensive briefing on Russian interference. In fact the agent was there to surreptitiously investigate Flynn, according to a report by Justice Department Inspector General Michael E. Horowitz.
Six months after opening the probe into Flynn, two FBI agents, including Trump antagonist Peter Strzok, on Jan. 24, 2017, visited Flynn at the White House under the guise of a friendly chat about national security. At that point, the FBI had no evidence of a Trump-Russia conspiracy outside of the Christopher Steele dossier, which Republicans say turned out to be a Kremlin hoax.
During the presidential transition, the U.S. had intercepted calls between Flynn and the Russian ambassador in which they talked about sanctions.
Inside the Obama Justice Department there was talk of investigating Flynn for violating the Logan Act, a 1799 law barring civilian interference in foreign policy for which no one has ever been convicted.
The call was leaked to The Washington Post, whose story mentions the Logan Act. Flynn defenders say it was a sure sign that Obama administration holdovers were trying to destroy Flynn, Mr. Trump’s first national security adviser.
In her June letter to Mr. Barr, Ms. Powell recited her version of events. She said prosecutor Brandon Van Grack later acknowledged that the Flynn call was “perfectly legal.” It did not violate the Logan Act, which appeared to be the basis for the FBI visiting Flynn that day.
“There was no ‘Logan Act violation,’ and everyone knew it,” Ms. Powell wrote. “Yet General Flynn was illegally unmasked by the Obama administration and his call leaked to explode the ‘Russia collusion’ narrative in the press. The FBI interview was worse than ‘entrapment.’ He was led to believe he was having a casual conversation with friends about a training exercise from a day or two before, when in truth, it was a set-up-tantamount to a ‘frame, manipulated by Yates, Comey, Strzok, McCabe, and others to take General Flynn out of the administration. [Mueller team] then used it to pressure him to try to take out President Trump.”
“Yates” is Sally Yates, who was Mr. Obama’s deputy attorney general. “Comey” was FBI Director James B. Comey. “McCabe” was FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe.
It was Mr. McCabe who set up the Jan. 24 meeting with Flynn, telling him that if he consulted with the White House counsel, the FBI would have to get its general counsel involved. Flynn said he would not consult a lawyer.
Later, Mr. Comey, fired by Mr. Trump, bragged that he was able to send two FBI agents to the White House without resistance because the place was still in formative disarray.
The inspector general report said the FBI targeted Flynn because, as the head of the Defense Intelligence Agency and during retirement, he had had contacts with Russians. There was no evidence he had been engaged in a conspiracy, and in fact, after nearly three years of probing, there was no such finding in the final Mueller report.
The Barr intervention came after U.S. District Judge Emmet G. Sullivan had rejected all of Ms. Powell’s arguments to date. She claimed that the Mueller team withheld exculpatory evidence and that the FBI maliciously edited 302 interview reports to hurt Flynn.
Flynn last month moved to rescind his December 2017 guilty plea of lying to Mr. Strzok and the other agent.
The Flynn decision is not the first time Mr. Barr has distanced himself from the Mueller prosecutors who remained on the Russia beat to complete criminal cases. He disagreed last week with their sentencing recommendation of up to nine years in prison for former Trump adviser Roger Stone. The four prosecutors promptly quit the case.
Mr. Barr told ABC News he thought the prosecution of Stone was just but the sentence recommendation was too severe. He thought he had worked out a deal that would let the judge decide.
Mr. Barr has taken other steps that have rankled Democrats.
Last spring, he appointed John Durham, the U.S. attorney for Connecticut, to investigate how the Obama Justice Department began the probe into the Trump campaign in 2016.
He has said the FBI “spied” on the campaign — a description that also angered Democrats.
He questioned why it opened such a momentous probe into a presidential campaign based on a conversation over drinks in London between Trump campaign volunteer George Papadopoulos and Australia’s ambassador. The Horowitz report said the FBI never interviewed the ambassador before opening Crossfire Hurricane, the inquiry’s code name, on July 31, 2016.
In TV interviews, Mr. Barr said the FBI acted in “bad faith.” Mr. Horowitz said the FBI committed 17 inaccuracies or omissions of exculpatory information in four wiretap affidavits submitted to judges to spy on Trump volunteer Carter Page. An FBI lawyer altered a CIA email so it said Mr. Page wasn’t an agency asset when in fact he had been.
Mr. Van Grack ended up publicly filing Ms. Powell’s letter in October, perhaps because it contained criticism of Judge Sullivan.
“Probably thought it would embarrass me or give him some kind of leverage. Didn’t work,” Ms. Powell told The Times.
Ms. Powell filed a new motion in late January, this time asking Judge Sullivan to dismiss the charges. She relied heavily on the Horowitz report.
“The IG Report is a scathing indictment of the conduct of the leadership and small group in the FBI that ran this operation against Mr. Flynn,” she said. “This is especially true for the two FBI agents who interviewed Mr. Flynn on January 24, 2017.”
“IG Report evinces that Mr. Flynn has still not been provided with all the evidence of egregious government misconduct dishonestly wielded to destroy the National Security Advisor to President Trump as part of their larger anti-Trump scheme,” she said.
The Horowitz report focused on four Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act warrants on Mr. Page. The IG said the FBI met the relatively low standard for opening a counterintelligence investigation into Flynn and did not seek FISA spying.
Mr. Van Grack filed a response to Ms. Powell’s motion, arguing that none of her examples of FBI maneuvering amounted to egregious misconduct. He said no material exculpatory evidence has been withheld, with which Judge Sullivan agreed in a December ruling.
The New York Times reported Friday that Mr. Barr tapped Jeffrey Jensen, a former FBI agent who serves as U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri, to review the Flynn case.
• Rowan Scarborough can be reached at rscarborough@washingtontimes.com.


thelibertydaily--2020-02-16--4 People Taken Hostage Inside Seattle Suburb — Children Released After 5 1/2 Hour Standoff

UPDATE : The final hostage was released safely about 10:45 a.m. Sunday .
The suspect was still barricaded inside .
At about 1 p.m. Sunday , police reported that the home was on fire and that Puget Sound Energy will have to shut off power to the entire neighborhood to extinguish it .
ISSAQUAH , Wash. -- An armed man who took four people , including two small children , hostage at gunpoint in Issaquah Saturday evening is still holding one of his relatives hostage Sunday morning , according to Issaquah Police .
Police said officers responded just after 7:30 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in the 5200 block of Isola Place NW in the Montreux area .
Investigators said a 28-year-old man with a felony warrant , later learned to be a relative of the resident , went into the home armed with a handgun .
He took the resident , her fiancé and her two small children - an 8-year-old and a 5-year-old - hostage .
Negotiators were called to the scene , and after five-and-a-half hours of negotiations , the man released the children and the woman 's fiancé .
The resident is still inside @ @ @ @ @ @ @ law enforcement agencies have responded to assist Issaquah Police .
Lakemont Park is closed for the day , and both entrances into the neighborhood are blocked by police .
Police are using the park as a staging area .
Police are urging people to stay away from the area .

UPDATE: The King County Sheriff's Office and the Washington State Patrol are now leading the investigation into the armed hostage-barricade incident.
Authorities believe the suspect is in the ruins of the burned out home that appears to be a total loss. The search for him has been suspended for the night and will resume in the morning.
The final hostage escaped safely about 10:45 a.m. Sunday. Law enforcement sources say the suspect briefly fell asleep allowing her to leave the house.
At about 1 p.m. Sunday, police reported that the home was on fire and that Puget Sound Energy will have to shut off power to the entire neighborhood to extinguish it.
ISSAQUAH, Wash. -- An armed man who took four people, including two small children, hostage at gunpoint in Issaquah Saturday evening is still holding one of his relatives hostage Sunday morning, according to Issaquah Police.
Police said officers responded just after 7:30 p.m. Saturday to a suspicious circumstance call in the 5200 block of Isola Place NW in the Montreux area.
Investigators said a 28-year-old man with a felony warrant, later learned to be a relative of the resident, went into the home armed with a handgun. He took the resident, her fiancé and her two small children - an 8-year-old and a 5-year-old - hostage.
Negotiators were called to the scene, and after five-and-a-half hours of negotiations, the man released the children and the woman's fiancé.
The resident is still inside with the armed suspect.
Several other law enforcement agencies have responded to assist Issaquah Police.
Lakemont Park is closed for the day, and both entrances into the neighborhood are blocked by police. Police are using the park as a staging area.
Police are urging people to stay away from the area.


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thelibertydaily--2020-02-16--President Trump Surprises Daytona 500 Crowd – Swoops Down 800 ft. Over Track before Landing . . . Cr

President Trump Surprises Daytona 500 Crowd – Swoops Down 800 ft. Over Track before Landing . . . Crowd Goes Wild

AWESOME !
President Trump Surprises Daytona Crowd – Swoops down 800 feet Over Track before Landing !
… Crowd Erupts @ @ @ @ @ The White House announced on Friday that President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump @ @ @ @ @ this weekend , at the Daytona International Speedway .
Not only that but— President Trump @ @ @ @ @ of the Daytona 500 this year !
And not only that but— President Trump will @ @ @ @ @ the track in the “ Beast ” , the presidential limo !
On Sunday President @ @ @ @ @ swooped down 800 feet over the track , before landing for the race !
The @ @ @ @

The White House announced on Friday that President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump will attend the Daytona 500 this weekend, at the Daytona International Speedway.
Not only that but— President Trump will be the Grand Marshal of the Daytona 500 this year!
And not only that but— President Trump will reportedly take a lap around the track in the “Beast”, the presidential limo!
On Sunday President Trump and Air Force One swooped down 800 feet over the track, before landing for the race!
The crowd went CRAZY!


thelibertydaily--2020-02-16--BOMBSHELL: Nanny Bloomberg’s Employees Created a Book of His Most Offensive Quotes [Warning: Languag

BOMBSHELL: Nanny Bloomberg’s Employees Created a Book of His Most Offensive Quotes [Warning: Language]

On February 14th , 1990 for Michael Bloomberg ’ s 48th birthday , staffers at Bloomberg L.P celebrated their boss ’ most famous offensive quips and anecdotes by creating a pamphlet and presenting him with a leather-bound copy .
Some of the quotes are anti-female , anti-faith , and someone who looks down upon people who aren ’ t like him .
Called The Portable Bloomberg : The Wit and Wisdom of Michael Bloomberg , it was edited by Bloomberg L.P. ’ s chief marketing officer Elisabeth DeMarse .
Some of the tidbits in the pamphlet include : • The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ old liberal .
Why ?
Because they ’ re old enough to understand what they ’ re saying , and they ’ re rich enough to pay for what they say !
• If women wanted to be appreciated for their brains , they ’ d go to the library instead of to Bloomingdale ’ s .
• The three biggest lies are : The check ’ s in the mail , I ’ ll respect you in the morning , and I ’ m glad that I ’ m Jewish .
• @ @ @ @ @ @ @ does he have a Puerto Rican first name ?
At the beginning of the book DeMarse wrote “ Editor ’ s Note ” that reads , “ Yes , these are all actual quotes .
No , nothing had been embellished or exaggerated .
And yes , some things were too outrageous to include .
When I joined BLOOMBERG Financial Markets , I wondered if I had inadvertently joined a religious sect , such was the dedication of the employees to its founder , and their enthusiasm for the company .
Today , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ when we rent Madison Square Garden for mass nuptials , I ’ ll be there.
” Michael Wolff interviewed Ms. DeMarse in 2001 for New York Magazine : “ This is Bloomberg culture , ” she said .
“ You have to understand , Mike is very uncensored.
” After a second , she went on : “ When Mike says outrageous things , it ’ s sort of a test .
It ’ s a loyalty test .
It ’ s a bonding thing when everyone laughs .
You stop thinking that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ all of this a direct quote , Wolff asked , these are his actual words ?
” Here are some more Bloombergisms : • [ Marriage ] Sex with someone you love… is sex with someone you love .
The plusses are you don ’ t have to buy dinner and the only thing you catch with callouses , ” and “ Whenever my wife catches me eyeing some broad , she ’ s very careful to turn to me and say , ‘ That ’ s the most expensive piece of arse @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Bloomberg L.P [ will do everything , including give you a blow job .
I guess that puts a lot of you girls out of business .
• I believe in the capitalist system and free enterprise .
The only exception is 8th Avenue , where people pay for what they could get for free [ hookers ] .
• There are three types of favorite restaurants : Where would you go if you had to eat there forever – I ’ d say ’ 21 ’ .
Then , where would you @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Cygne .
Then , there ’ s where you would take your wife for your last meal – McDonald ’ s • Make the customer think he ’ s getting laid when he ’ s getting fu**ed .
• There are certain states you don ’ t go to Latest : Trouble in Socialist Paradise ?
Bernie Team Reportedly Upset At AOC Over ICE Comments Michael Bloomberg ’ s recent statements show him to be a racist , but his booklet , embedded below shows him to be an arrogant misogynist who doesn @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Bloomberg is the new Democratic Party ’ s great “ moderate ” hope .
In other words , they are in greater trouble than most commentators think .
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On February 14th, 1990 for Michael Bloomberg’s 48th birthday, staffers at Bloomberg L.P celebrated their boss’ most famous offensive quips and anecdotes by creating a pamphlet and presenting him with a leather-bound copy. Some of the quotes are anti-female, anti-faith, and someone who looks down upon people who aren’t like him. Called The Portable Bloomberg: The Wit and Wisdom of Michael Bloomberg, it was edited by Bloomberg L.P.’s chief marketing officer Elisabeth DeMarse. Some of the tidbits in the pamphlet include:
The only liberal I trust is a rich old liberal. Why? Because they’re old enough to understand what they’re saying, and they’re rich enough to pay for what they say!
If women wanted to be appreciated for their brains, they’d go to the library instead of to Bloomingdale’s.
The three biggest lies are: The check’s in the mail, I’ll respect you in the morning, and I’m glad that I’m Jewish.
If Jesus was a Jew, why does he have a Puerto Rican first name?
At the beginning of the book DeMarse wrote “Editor’s Note” that reads, “Yes, these are all actual quotes. No, nothing had been embellished or exaggerated. And yes, some things were too outrageous to include. When I joined BLOOMBERG Financial Markets, I wondered if I had inadvertently joined a religious sect, such was the dedication of the employees to its founder, and their enthusiasm for the company. Today, I’m a convert. And when we rent Madison Square Garden for mass nuptials, I’ll be there.”
Michael Wolff interviewed Ms. DeMarse in 2001 for New York Magazine:
“This is Bloomberg culture,” she said. “You have to understand, Mike is very uncensored.” After a second, she went on: “When Mike says outrageous things, it’s sort of a test. It’s a loyalty test. It’s a bonding thing when everyone laughs. You stop thinking that it might be inappropriate.” “Is all of this a direct quote, Wolff asked, these are his actual words?” “Yes.”
Here are some more Bloombergisms:
[Marriage] Sex with someone you love… is sex with someone you love. The plusses are you don’t have to buy dinner and the only thing you catch with callouses,” and “Whenever my wife catches me eyeing some broad, she’s very careful to turn to me and say, ‘That’s the most expensive piece of arse in the world!
It [Bloomberg L.P[ will do everything, including give you a blow job. I guess that puts a lot of you girls out of business.
I believe in the capitalist system and free enterprise. The only exception is 8th Avenue, where people pay for what they could get for free [hookers].
There are three types of favorite restaurants: Where would you go if you had to eat there forever – I’d say ’21’. Then, where would you go for your last meal – Le Cygne. Then, there’s where you would take your wife for your last meal – McDonald’s
Make the customer think he’s getting laid when he’s getting fu**ed.
There are certain states you don’t go to
Michael Bloomberg’s recently revealed statements about stop and frisk, show him to be a racist, but his booklet, embedded below shows him to be an arrogant misogynist who doesn’t like liberalism or faith. Bloomberg is the new Democratic Party’s great “moderate” hope. In other words, they are in greater trouble than most commentators think.
https://lidblog.com
The Portable Bloomberg by Jeffrey Dunetz on Scribd


thelibertydaily--2020-02-16--Don Jr. Helps 18-Yr-Old Pro Race Car Driver Get Her Helmet Signed By Trump At Daytona 500: ‘I May Kn

Don Jr. Helps 18-Yr-Old Pro Race Car Driver Get Her Helmet Signed By Trump At Daytona 500: ‘I May Know Someone’

This morning , 18-year-old race car driver , Hailie Deegan , responded to a tweet sent out by President Trump @ @ @ @ @ at the Daytona 500 race today .
Deegan tweeted , “ Today ’ s goal @ @ @ @ @ by Trump ” Shortly after she tweeted about her goal to get her helmet signed @ @ @ @ @ received a response from Donald Trump Jr. , telling her to send him a DM @ @ @ @ @ adding , “ I may know someone.
” Donald Trump Jr. followed through on his @ @ @ @ @ can be seen extending her hand to Melania while President Trump signed her helmet .
@ @ @ @ @ Jr. were seen smiling in a photo with Hailie Deegan , showing her race car @ @ @ @ @ .
Anti-Trump Twitter hid the photo of Deegan with President Trump and Hailie Deegan , @ @ @ @ @ that contain “ sensitive content .
”

This morning, 18-year-old race car driver, Hailie Deegan, responded to a tweet sent out by President Trump reminding Americans about his appearance at the Daytona 500 race today.
Deegan tweeted, “Today’s goal. Get my helmet signed by Trump”
Today’s goal. Get my helmet signed by Trump https://t.co/5v9y2vrjPg — Hailie Deegan (@HailieDeegan) February 16, 2020
Shortly after she tweeted about her goal to get her helmet signed by President Trump, Deegan received a response from Donald Trump Jr., telling her to send him a DM (Direct Message), adding, “I may know someone.”
DM me… I may know someone. https://t.co/bJoxmZFP73 — Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) February 16, 2020
Donald Trump Jr. followed through on his promise.
A smiling Deegan can be seen extending her hand to Melania while President Trump signed her helmet.
Kimberly Guilfoyle and Donald Trump Jr. were seen smiling in a photo with Hailie Deegan, showing her race car helmet signed by President Trump.
Anti-Trump Twitter hid the photo of Deegan with President Trump and Hailie Deegan, saying they automatically hide photos that contain “sensitive content.”
https://twitter.com/CarpeDonktum/status/1229142306940424192?s=20