thelibertydaily--2020-12-10--Setting Up a Siege? Antifa Has Armed Guards, Stockpiled Weapons at Portland Autonomous Zone

The antifa occupiers at the autonomous zone that sprung up in Portland this week appear to be preparing for a siege .
As PJ Media ’ s Victoria Taft reported , antifa squatters took over a house in Portland and when the government rightly evicted them , they set up an autonomous zone .
On Wednesday , Portland ’ s police chief reported that antifa has fortified barricades , stockpiled weapons , set up armed guards , and threatened to kill police officers .
Both the police chief and the mayor have urged the rebels to lay down their arms @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to do so .
“ We want a peaceful & safe resolution to the occupation of public space on N Mississippi Ave. We are greatly concerned about the fortification of barricades , stockpiling of weapons , armed sentries , attacks on journalists & threats to kill officers in graffiti in this public space , ” Chief Chuck Lovell tweeted on Wednesday .
“ I encourage those involved to reach out to our demonstration liaisons so we can discuss a peaceful outcome.
” “ We are aware of the stockpile of weapons and the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the threats to the community , to media , to police .
We ’ ve seen the attacks .
The Portland Police will enforce the law and use force is necessary to restore order to the neighborhood , ” Lovell added in a brief speech about the autonomous zone .
On Tuesday , Mayor Ted Wheeler ( D-Portland ) announced he was “ authorizing the Portland Police to use all lawful means to end the illegal occupation on North Mississippi Avenue and to hold those violating our community ’ s laws accountable @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in Portland.
” Wheeler went on to acknowledge the extremely radical claims of Marxist Critical Race Theory that inspire much of the antifa rioting .
“ We all agree many of our nation ’ s systems and structures are fundamentally racist and require significant reform .
There ’ s a housing crisis , a health care crisis , an education crisis , an employment crisis , a mental health crisis , and an addiction crisis , ” he argued .
“ All of these crises are magnified in urban areas , including Portland @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Black people.
” Yet Wheeler refused to follow the logic of the more radical Black Lives Matter and antifa crowd , who use those arguments to justify rioting , looting , and arson .
“ It ’ s also true that illegal trespassing , ignoring lawful orders from police , blocking sidewalks and streets , and intimidating neighbors inflame these crises and make [ these crises ] more difficult to solve .
That is what ’ s happening on North Mississippi Avenue right now , ” the mayor argued .
The antifa occupation @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ordered that people illegally occupying a home must be evicted .
Activists appear to have seized on the eviction as racist , oppressive , or otherwise illegitimate .
Wheeler defended the eviction , noting that “ Multnomah County chose the time , place and manner of the eviction and Portland Police provided support.
” “ It ’ s time for the encampment and occupation to end , ” the mayor concluded .
“ There are many ways to protest and work toward needed reform .
Illegally occupying private property , openly carrying weapons @ @ @ @ @ @ @ among them.
” Wheeler is right to defend the rule of law in this case , but his sympathy for Marxist Critical Race Theory undermines his case .
If America ’ s “ systems and structures ” are “ fundamentally racist , ” as the mayor claimed , that inspires irrational anger and an aimless attempt to overthrow the existing order — by force , if necessary .
Wheeler himself repeatedly insisted that the violent antifa riots that racked Portland this summer were peaceful .
He even attended one such riot , and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for federal officers using tear gas — while rioters threw a Molotov cocktail near where Wheeler was standing !
Portland Police should restore order , break up the antifa autonomous zone , and defend the peace and safety of the city ’ s citizens around N. Mississippi Ave .
This should be a no-brainer .
Sadly , the very Marxist Critical Theory that inspires the riots has infiltrated the commanding heights of American culture , so much so that even the public official whose job it is to order the cops to restore @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that antifa militants use to justify their crimes .
The riots this summer , ostensibly focused on helping the black community , destroyed black lives , black livelihoods , and black monuments .
At least 26 Americans have died in the riots , most of them black .
The riots proved the most destructive in American history when it comes to insurance claims .
Police should break up the siege , and quickly .
Wheeler should also consider the consequences of his radical rhetoric .
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The antifa occupiers at the autonomous zone that sprung up in Portland this week appear to be preparing for a siege. As PJ Media’s Victoria Taft reported, antifa squatters took over a house in Portland and when the government rightly evicted them, they set up an autonomous zone.
On Wednesday, Portland’s police chief reported that antifa has fortified barricades, stockpiled weapons, set up armed guards, and threatened to kill police officers. Both the police chief and the mayor have urged the rebels to lay down their arms, but it appears they are refusing to do so.
“We want a peaceful & safe resolution to the occupation of public space on N Mississippi Ave. We are greatly concerned about the fortification of barricades, stockpiling of weapons, armed sentries, attacks on journalists & threats to kill officers in graffiti in this public space,” Chief Chuck Lovell tweeted on Wednesday. “I encourage those involved to reach out to our demonstration liaisons so we can discuss a peaceful outcome.”
“We are aware of the stockpile of weapons and the presence of firearms. We are aware of the threats to the community, to media, to police. We’ve seen the attacks. The Portland Police will enforce the law and use force is necessary to restore order to the neighborhood,” Lovell added in a brief speech about the autonomous zone.
I wanted to say a few words to each of you about activity along North Mississippi. pic.twitter.com/Icq4mpzTAL — Chief Chuck Lovell (@ChiefCLovell) December 9, 2020
On Tuesday, Mayor Ted Wheeler (D-Portland) announced he was “authorizing the Portland Police to use all lawful means to end the illegal occupation on North Mississippi Avenue and to hold those violating our community’s laws accountable. There will be no autonomous zone in Portland.”
Wheeler went on to acknowledge the extremely radical claims of Marxist Critical Race Theory that inspire much of the antifa rioting.
“We all agree many of our nation’s systems and structures are fundamentally racist and require significant reform. There’s a housing crisis, a health care crisis, an education crisis, an employment crisis, a mental health crisis, and an addiction crisis,” he argued. “All of these crises are magnified in urban areas, including Portland. And, these crises disproportionately impact Black people.”
Yet Wheeler refused to follow the logic of the more radical Black Lives Matter and antifa crowd, who use those arguments to justify rioting, looting, and arson.
“It’s also true that illegal trespassing, ignoring lawful orders from police, blocking sidewalks and streets, and intimidating neighbors inflame these crises and make [these crises] more difficult to solve. That is what’s happening on North Mississippi Avenue right now,” the mayor argued.
The antifa occupation appears to have emerged after a judge ordered that people illegally occupying a home must be evicted. Activists appear to have seized on the eviction as racist, oppressive, or otherwise illegitimate. Wheeler defended the eviction, noting that “Multnomah County chose the time, place and manner of the eviction and Portland Police provided support.”
“It’s time for the encampment and occupation to end,” the mayor concluded. “There are many ways to protest and work toward needed reform. Illegally occupying private property, openly carrying weapons, threatening and intimidating people are not among them.”
Wheeler is right to defend the rule of law in this case, but his sympathy for Marxist Critical Race Theory undermines his case. If America’s “systems and structures” are “fundamentally racist,” as the mayor claimed, that inspires irrational anger and an aimless attempt to overthrow the existing order — by force, if necessary.
Wheeler himself repeatedly insisted that the violent antifa riots that racked Portland this summer were peaceful. He even attended one such riot, and he claimed that there was no justification for federal officers using tear gas — while rioters threw a Molotov cocktail near where Wheeler was standing!
Portland Police should restore order, break up the antifa autonomous zone, and defend the peace and safety of the city’s citizens around N. Mississippi Ave. This should be a no-brainer. Sadly, the very Marxist Critical Theory that inspires the riots has infiltrated the commanding heights of American culture, so much so that even the public official whose job it is to order the cops to restore order is echoing the very talking points that antifa militants use to justify their crimes.
The riots this summer, ostensibly focused on helping the black community, destroyed black lives, black livelihoods, and black monuments. At least 26 Americans have died in the riots, most of them black. The riots proved the most destructive in American history when it comes to insurance claims.
Police should break up the siege, and quickly. Wheeler should also consider the consequences of his radical rhetoric.
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Tyler O’Neil is the author of Making Hate Pay: The Corruption of the Southern Poverty Law Center. Follow him on Twitter at @Tyler2ONeil.


thelibertydaily--2020-12-10--FLASHBACK: Hunter Biden Email Names Kamala Harris, Others as Key Contacts for ‘Joint Venture’ With C

FLASHBACK: Hunter Biden Email Names Kamala Harris, Others as Key Contacts for ‘Joint Venture’ With China Energy Co.

The emails purported to be Hunter Biden ’ s on that abandoned laptop have been verified by one recipient .
They ’ re real and they ’ re spectacularly damning , according to Tony Bobulinski , a former business partner of Hunter Biden .
Another email begs for answers from Joe Biden ’ s vice-presidential running mate , Sen. Kamala Harris .
Fox News reports : A list of “ key domestic contacts ” for a joint venture involving Jim and Hunter Biden and now-bankrupt CEFC China Energy Co. included former Vice President Joe Biden ‘ s current running mate @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Democrats , Fox News has learned .
An email exclusively obtained by Fox News , with the subject line “ Phase one domestic contacts/ projects ” and dated May 15 , 2017 , Biden ’ s brother , Jim Biden , shared a list of “ key domestic contacts for phase one target projects.
” The email is unrelated to the laptop or hard drive purportedly belonging to Hunter Biden , the former vice president ’ s son .
It ’ s a shame the media won ’ t stir itself to cover @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , they ’ ll spin it faster than a NutriBullet .
Because it looks for all the world like the whole Biden family trades on Joe ’ s long and mediocre career in politics , with Hunter as the tip of the lucrative spear .
And they don ’ t care at all about who they trade with , including the communist oligarchy that rules China .
Here is the actual email .
Mr. Bobulinski is one of the cc ’ d recipients , along with Hunter Biden and two others .
The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in any way .
Joe himself remains under his self-imposed lid until after tonight ’ s final presidential debate , which will be moderated by a journalist with longstanding Democratic ties .
Harris has yet to hold any sort of press event .
The malevolent media have not clamored for one .
Sen. Harris is specifically named in the email , along with several other prominent Democrats and one Republican .
One question comes quickly to mind : Was Harris ever contacted about this , and if so , by whom ?
Will @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Will the moderator ask about Joe ’ s nickname ?
Bobulinski has confirmed both the authenticity of the laptop email related to him and that the cryptic reference to “ the Big Guy , ” who would supposedly rake in $ 10 million from the deal with a Chinese energy company , is in fact a reference to Joe Biden .
Reaction from most of the media and the Biden camp : crickets .
CEFC is close with the communist government , as are all successful mainland Chinese companies , and has been @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and Road ” initiative by which China has sought to use its economic and manufacturing might to displace U.S. influence around the world .
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The emails purported to be Hunter Biden’s on that abandoned laptop have been verified by one recipient and they’re spectacularly damning, according to Tony Bobulinski, a former business partner of Hunter Biden.
Another email begs for answers from Joe Biden’s vice-presidential running mate, Sen. Kamala Harris. Fox News reports:
A list of “key domestic contacts” for a joint venture involving Jim and Hunter Biden and now-bankrupt CEFC China Energy Co. included former Vice President Joe Biden‘s current running mate Sen. Kamala Harris, among other prominent Democrats, Fox News has learned. An email exclusively obtained by Fox News, with the subject line “Phase one domestic contacts/ projects” and dated May 15, 2017, Biden’s brother, Jim Biden, shared a list of “key domestic contacts for phase one target projects.” The email is unrelated to the laptop or hard drive purportedly belonging to Hunter Biden, the former vice president’s son.
Jim Biden is the Democratic nominee’s brother.
It’s a shame the media won’t stir itself to cover this. Or, if they do, they’ll spin it faster than a NutriBullet.
It looks for all the world like the whole Biden family trades on Joe’s long and mediocre career in politics, with Hunter as the tip of the lucrative spear.
And they don’t care at all about who they trade with, including the communist oligarchy that rules China.
Here is the actual email. Mr. Bobulinski is one of the cc’d recipients, along with Hunter Biden and two others.
The Biden camp has not responded to it in any way. Joe himself remains under his self-imposed lid until after tonight’s final presidential debate, which will be moderated by a journalist with longstanding Democratic ties. Harris has yet to hold any sort of press event. The malevolent media have not clamored for one.
Sen. Harris is specifically named in the email, along with several other prominent Democrats and one Republican.
The list, included Harris, D-Calif.; Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y.; Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn.; Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif.; Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y.; New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo; New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio; former Virginia Gov. Terry McCauliffe, among others.
One question comes quickly to mind: Was Harris ever contacted about this, and if so, by whom? Will the moderator ask it of Joe?
Will the moderator ask about Joe’s nickname?
Bobulinski has confirmed both the authenticity of the laptop email related to him and claims that the cryptic reference to “the Big Guy,” who would supposedly rake in $10 million from the deal with a Chinese energy company, is in fact a reference to Joe Biden.
Bobulinski was referring to an email, Fox News obtained last week, dated May 13, 2017, which included a discussion of “remuneration packages” for six people in a business deal with a Chinese energy firm. The email appeared to identify Biden as “Chair / Vice Chair depending on agreement with CEFC,” in an apparent reference to now-bankrupt CEFC China Energy Co.
Reaction from most of the media and the Biden camp: crickets.
CEFC is close with the communist government, as are all successful mainland Chinese companies, and has been involved in Beijing’s “Belt and Road” initiative by which China has sought to use its economic and manufacturing might to displace U.S. influence around the world.
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thelibertydaily--2020-12-10--Crooked Hillary Associate Wrote Anti-Trump Dossier in 2016 Claiming He Had Russian Source

Evidence released by the Senate this month reveals that longtime Hillary Clinton associate Cody Shearer received anti-Trump dirt in 2016 from a Russian intelligence source and got it into the hands of the FBI through the ex-British spy Christopher Steele .
Shearer ’ s claim that his information came from a Russian FSB source , experts say , should have alerted senior US officials that the FBI ’ s investigation of the Trump campaign ’ s ties Russia was compromised by its sources , Clinton surrogates and alleged Russian spies .
The documents also indicate the State Department played a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ shaping the media narrative , and eventually the official Obama administration intelligence assessment that Vladimir Putin wanted Trump to win in 2016 , lawmakers said .
“ Clinton confidantes and campaign surrogates repeatedly sought information from individuals with links to known or suspected Russian intelligence officers and assets , '' Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Ron Johnson , R-Wis , told Just the News .
`` This demonstrates the double standard and bias of the FBI ’ s investigation of only Trump campaign officials for their contacts with Russian agents @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the FBI has a long way to go before its integrity and credibility is restored.
” The new documents released jointly by Johnson ’ s committee and the Senate Finance Committee chaired by Chuck Grassley sheds significant new light on the extensive network of Clinton associates who participated and exerted influence on the 2016-17 effort to falsely portray Trump as the agent of a hostile power .
One of Shearer ’ s reports , alleging that Trump was compromised by Russian intelligence , made its way to the FBI shortly before the 2016 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
It included Steele , the British ex-spy who authored a now-debunked dossier tying the Trump campaign and associates to Kremlin officials .
Steele submitted the Shearer memo , titled “ FSB Interview , ” to the FBI as a supplement to his own Trump-Russia reporting funded by the Clinton campaign .
In a prefatory note to the Shearer memo , Steele wrote to his FBI handlers that “ some of the reporting is remarkably similar ” to his own , especially regarding “ TRUMP ’ s compromise by the FSB , ” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ campaign.
” Steele dated Shearer ’ s memo Oct. 19 , 2016 .
Two days later , the FBI obtained a Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act warrant on Trump adviser Carter Page based on some of the information from Steele ’ s dossier .
The Shearer memo echoes Steele ’ s most scurrilous and never corroborated allegation regarding Trump ’ s sexual activities during the 2013 Miss Universe pageant in Moscow .
Shearer ’ s sourcing of his information to Russian intelligence also appears to mirror Steele ’ s .
The former MI6 man @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in media reports as Igor Danchenko , a Russian national , on whom the FBI opened a counterintelligence investigation in 2009 after he left the Washington , DC-based think-tank the Brookings Institution that employed him as a researcher .
Shearer , whose brother-in-law Strobe Talbott was president of Brookings from 2002 to 2017 , claimed in his memo that the source for his reporting was an FSB agent .
Shearer began the report : “ I asked my FSB ( Federal Security Service ) source why he was talking to me.
” He @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Trump had been flipped in a honeypot operation in Moscow , ” and that he ’ d seen the “ sex videos , ” which were kept in “ Bulgaria , Israel and FSB political unit vaults in Moscow.
” You can read Shearer 's memo here .
The source , according to Shearer ’ s memo , also claimed the FSB paid Trump , via Azerbaijan , a former Soviet state .
The first installment of $ 10 million , the FSB agent alleged , was delivered to Trump personally during a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
In a phone call with Just The News , Azerbaijan ’ s ambassador to the United States dismissed the memo ’ s allegations .
“ This is a complete , outrageous lie !
” Ambassador Elin Suleymanov said .
“ Trump has never even visited Baku .
Why would anyone come up with crazy insinuations like this ?
” The Trump allegations reached the FBI through a long chain of Clinton confederates .
Shearer ’ s brother-in-law , Talbott , was Deputy Secretary of State in the Bill Clinton administration , and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Clintons .
One project required gathering Libya-related intelligence along with former journalist and Clinton advisor Sidney Blumenthal , who emailed their findings to then Secretary Clinton .
The 2013 release of Blumenthal ’ s hacked emails first made public her use of a private email server .
The Trump-Russia project followed a similar pattern as it coursed through the Clinton circle .
Blumenthal passed Shearer ’ s reporting to Jonathan Winer , a State Department official who ’ d previously served in Foggy Bottom during the Bill Clinton administration and was special envoy @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Department .
According to an article Winer wrote in February 2018 , he in turn shared Shearer ’ s report with Steele , a business associate who had previously given him his own Trump-Russia memos .
In a February 2018 letter referring Steele to the DOJ for a criminal investigation , Sens .
Grassley and Lindsey Graham expressed dismay that the Clinton circle exerted such influence throughout the US government .
“ It is troubling enough that the Clinton campaign funded Mr. Steele ’ s work , ” the two Republican lawmakers wrote @ @ @ @ @ @ @ were contemporaneously feeding Mr. Steele allegations raises additional concerns about his credibility.
” The report Steele handed over to the FBI was one of two Shearer compiled .
The other , reviewed by Just The News , is titled “ Donald Trump—Background Notes—The Compromised Candidate.
” The second Shearer memo , which has not been officially released , recounted a number of interviews , including one with a Wall Street Journal reporter who told him that the Democratic National Committee had hired Fusion GPS principals Glenn Simpson and Peter Fritsch to track down @ @ @ @ @ @ @ report , disclosing the Clinton campaign ’ s funding of Trump-Russia research , appears not to have been passed through to the FBI .
Otherwise , it would have given evidence of a politically generated federal investigation .
In this second report , Shearer related his meeting with a Turkish businessman who claims to have “ excellent contacts within the FSB ” and allegedly contacts an FSB agent who confirms that his agency had “ compromised ” Trump .
It is not clear if this is the same supposed FSB agent quoted in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
This second report also sheds light on the chronology of the Clinton campaign ’ s attempts to vilify Trump as a Russian agent .
According to handwritten notes of former CIA director John Brennan declassified in October , he warned Obama in July 2016 that Clinton had greenlighted the Trump-Russia project in late July .
The second Shearer memo is part of the evidence the anti-Trump operation began several months prior .
Shearer ’ s second memo also mentioned interviewing former CIA officer Robert Baer , who two years ago told a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ him about Trump-Russia matters in March-April 2016 .
This is the period in which the Clinton campaign hired Fusion GPS to compile Russia-related information on Trump .
The undisclosed Shearer memo also sheds light on the origins of press stories advancing the Trump-Russia narrative .
Shearer reported Baer saying that “ the Russians had established an encrypted communication system with a cut out between the Trump campaign and Putin.
” Baer appears to be referring to an inchoate version of the story claiming that Trump Organization computer servers were in communication with those @ @ @ @ @ @ @ nationals .
Baer told a reporter in April 2018 that “ he ’ d heard that story from acquaintances at the New York Times who were trying to run the story down.
” In summer 2016 , Clinton campaign lawyers and contractors urged the FBI and press to pursue the Alfa Bank story , first reported in Slate a week before the 2016 election and quickly challenged by computer experts .
Former ABC broadcast journalist Brian Ross is also quoted in Shearer ’ s undisclosed report .
“ Brian told me that he @ @ @ @ @ @ @ compromised sexually in Moscow right before the beauty contest he was hosting , ” Shearer wrote .
“ He told me that if one could provide a talking head source he would fly to Moscow to tape and air for broadcast.
” Ross told Just The News in a phone call that was Shearer was in fact pitching him with a story .
“ He said he had information and asked if we would be interested .
And I said , if it checks out , sure .
But he never followed up.
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ Johnson ’ s and Grassley ’ s ongoing efforts to exercise congressional oversight on executive branch agencies .
“ There ’ s a lot of documents dealing with Crossfire Hurricane that hasn ’ t been released because we haven ’ t had cooperation from the agencies , ” Johnson told Just The News .
“ They know where the information is hidden and are keeping it hidden .
I don ’ t think we ’ ve gotten anything we ’ ve requested from CIA.
” Johnson said that the agencies ’ efforts in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Republican administration is more than just partisan politics.
“ There ’ s something going on in this country , and people don ’ t quite understand it yet , ” the senator said .
“ But it puts our freedoms at risk , and undermines the foundations of our democratic republic .
”

Evidence released by the Senate this month reveals that longtime Hillary Clinton associate Cody Shearer received anti-Trump dirt in 2016 from a Russian intelligence source and got it into the hands of the FBI through the ex-British spy Christopher Steele.
Shearer’s claim that his information came from a Russian FSB source, experts say, should have alerted senior US officials that the FBI’s investigation of the Trump campaign’s ties Russia was compromised by its sources, Clinton surrogates and alleged Russian spies.
The documents also indicate the State Department played a much larger role than previously reported in shaping the media narrative, and eventually the official Obama administration intelligence assessment that Vladimir Putin wanted Trump to win in 2016, lawmakers said.
“Clinton confidantes and campaign surrogates repeatedly sought information from individuals with links to known or suspected Russian intelligence officers and assets," Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Ron Johnson, R-Wis, told Just the News. "This demonstrates the double standard and bias of the FBI’s investigation of only Trump campaign officials for their contacts with Russian agents. Americans deserve equal justice, and the FBI has a long way to go before its integrity and credibility is restored.”
The new documents released jointly by Johnson’s committee and the Senate Finance Committee chaired by Chuck Grassley sheds significant new light on the extensive network of Clinton associates who participated and exerted influence on the 2016-17 effort to falsely portray Trump as the agent of a hostile power.
One of Shearer’s reports, alleging that Trump was compromised by Russian intelligence, made its way to the FBI shortly before the 2016 election through a series of Clinton allies. It included Steele, the British ex-spy who authored a now-debunked dossier tying the Trump campaign and associates to Kremlin officials. Steele submitted the Shearer memo, titled “FSB Interview,” to the FBI as a supplement to his own Trump-Russia reporting funded by the Clinton campaign.
In a prefatory note to the Shearer memo, Steele wrote to his FBI handlers that “some of the reporting is remarkably similar” to his own, especially regarding “TRUMP’s compromise by the FSB,” and the “funding of the TRUMP campaign.” Steele dated Shearer’s memo Oct. 19, 2016. Two days later, the FBI obtained a Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act warrant on Trump adviser Carter Page based on some of the information from Steele’s dossier.
The Shearer memo echoes Steele’s most scurrilous and never corroborated allegation regarding Trump’s sexual activities during the 2013 Miss Universe pageant in Moscow. Shearer’s sourcing of his information to Russian intelligence also appears to mirror Steele’s. The former MI6 man’s primary subsource has been identified in media reports as Igor Danchenko, a Russian national, on whom the FBI opened a counterintelligence investigation in 2009 after he left the Washington, DC-based think-tank the Brookings Institution that employed him as a researcher.
Shearer, whose brother-in-law Strobe Talbott was president of Brookings from 2002 to 2017, claimed in his memo that the source for his reporting was an FSB agent. Shearer began the report: “I asked my FSB (Federal Security Service) source why he was talking to me.” He wrote that his source alleged that “Trump had been flipped in a honeypot operation in Moscow,” and that he’d seen the “sex videos,” which were kept in “Bulgaria, Israel and FSB political unit vaults in Moscow.”
You can read Shearer's memo here.
The source, according to Shearer’s memo, also claimed the FSB paid Trump, via Azerbaijan, a former Soviet state. The first installment of $10 million, the FSB agent alleged, was delivered to Trump personally during a visit to the presidential palace in Baku.
In a phone call with Just The News, Azerbaijan’s ambassador to the United States dismissed the memo’s allegations. “This is a complete, outrageous lie!” Ambassador Elin Suleymanov said. “Trump has never even visited Baku. Why would anyone come up with crazy insinuations like this?”
The Trump allegations reached the FBI through a long chain of Clinton confederates. Shearer’s brother-in-law, Talbott, was Deputy Secretary of State in the Bill Clinton administration, and Shearer himself had previously associated with the Clintons. One project required gathering Libya-related intelligence along with former journalist and Clinton advisor Sidney Blumenthal, who emailed their findings to then Secretary Clinton. The 2013 release of Blumenthal’s hacked emails first made public her use of a private email server.
The Trump-Russia project followed a similar pattern as it coursed through the Clinton circle. Blumenthal passed Shearer’s reporting to Jonathan Winer, a State Department official who’d previously served in Foggy Bottom during the Bill Clinton administration and was special envoy to Libya in Kerry’s State Department.
According to an article Winer wrote in February 2018, he in turn shared Shearer’s report with Steele, a business associate who had previously given him his own Trump-Russia memos.
In a February 2018 letter referring Steele to the DOJ for a criminal investigation, Sens. Grassley and Lindsey Graham expressed dismay that the Clinton circle exerted such influence throughout the US government.
“It is troubling enough that the Clinton campaign funded Mr. Steele’s work,” the two Republican lawmakers wrote, “but that these Clinton associates were contemporaneously feeding Mr. Steele allegations raises additional concerns about his credibility.”
The report Steele handed over to the FBI was one of two Shearer compiled. The other, reviewed by Just The News, is titled “Donald Trump—Background Notes—The Compromised Candidate.”
The second Shearer memo, which has not been officially released, recounted a number of interviews, including one with a Wall Street Journal reporter who told him that the Democratic National Committee had hired Fusion GPS principals Glenn Simpson and Peter Fritsch to track down the “Trump-compromised story.” This Shearer report, disclosing the Clinton campaign’s funding of Trump-Russia research, appears not to have been passed through to the FBI. Otherwise, it would have given evidence of a politically generated federal investigation.
In this second report, Shearer related his meeting with a Turkish businessman who claims to have “excellent contacts within the FSB” and allegedly contacts an FSB agent who confirms that his agency had “compromised” Trump. It is not clear if this is the same supposed FSB agent quoted in first Shearer dossier released by the Senate.
This second report also sheds light on the chronology of the Clinton campaign’s attempts to vilify Trump as a Russian agent. According to handwritten notes of former CIA director John Brennan declassified in October, he warned Obama in July 2016 that Clinton had greenlighted the Trump-Russia project in late July. The second Shearer memo is part of the evidence the anti-Trump operation began several months prior.
Shearer’s second memo also mentioned interviewing former CIA officer Robert Baer, who two years ago told a reporter that Shearer had first spoken with him about Trump-Russia matters in March-April 2016. This is the period in which the Clinton campaign hired Fusion GPS to compile Russia-related information on Trump.
The undisclosed Shearer memo also sheds light on the origins of press stories advancing the Trump-Russia narrative. Shearer reported Baer saying that “the Russians had established an encrypted communication system with a cut out between the Trump campaign and Putin.”
Baer appears to be referring to an inchoate version of the story claiming that Trump Organization computer servers were in communication with those of Alfa Bank, owned by Russian nationals. Baer told a reporter in April 2018 that “he’d heard that story from acquaintances at the New York Times who were trying to run the story down.” In summer 2016, Clinton campaign lawyers and contractors urged the FBI and press to pursue the Alfa Bank story, first reported in Slate a week before the 2016 election and quickly challenged by computer experts.
Former ABC broadcast journalist Brian Ross is also quoted in Shearer’s undisclosed report. “Brian told me that he had been told that Trump had been compromised sexually in Moscow right before the beauty contest he was hosting,” Shearer wrote. “He told me that if one could provide a talking head source he would fly to Moscow to tape and air for broadcast.”
Ross told Just The News in a phone call that was Shearer was in fact pitching him with a story. “He said he had information and asked if we would be interested. And I said, if it checks out, sure. But he never followed up.”
The documents released last week represent Johnson’s and Grassley’s ongoing efforts to exercise congressional oversight on executive branch agencies. “There’s a lot of documents dealing with Crossfire Hurricane that hasn’t been released because we haven’t had cooperation from the agencies,” Johnson told Just The News. “They know where the information is hidden and are keeping it hidden. I don’t think we’ve gotten anything we’ve requested from CIA.”
Johnson said that the agencies’ efforts in concealing Democratic Party attempts to sabotage a Republican administration is more than just partisan politics.“There’s something going on in this country, and people don’t quite understand it yet,” the senator said. “But it puts our freedoms at risk, and undermines the foundations of our democratic republic.”


thelibertydaily--2020-12-10--Deceiver Obama Blames Fox News, Rush Limbaugh for Destroying ‘Connection’ He Falsely Claims to Have

Deceiver Obama Blames Fox News, Rush Limbaugh for Destroying ‘Connection’ He Falsely Claims to Have Had With Conservatives

Former President Barack Obama alleges he lost the `` connection '' he had with Americans in conservative areas as a U.S. senator and presidential candidate because of the way Fox News , Rush Limbaugh and other conservative media figures portrayed him as president .
`` I ended up getting enormous support in these pretty conservative , rural , largely white communities when I was a senator , and that success was repeated when I ran for president in the first race in Iowa , '' Obama said during a discussion at PEN America 's virtual gala on Tuesday evening .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ , I ’ m not sure if I could make that same connection , because now those same people are filtering me through Fox News and Rush Limbaugh and an entire right-wing or conservative media infrastructure that was characterizing me in a way that suggested I looked down on those folks or had nothing in common with them , '' he added .
During his first run for president in the 2008 Democratic primary , Obama said it was `` not surprising '' that small-town voters in the midwest `` get bitter '' @ @ @ @ @ @ @ . ''
His opponent at the time , Hillary Clinton , criticized Obama for his comments .
He later said he regretted the remarks .
Obama , author of the new book , A Promised Land , said if he visited a small town in southern Illinois as a senator , he could probably meet the `` local editor of the newspaper who might be a conservative guy with a bow tie and a crew cut '' and the editor might write an editorial describing him as `` a young liberal kid from @ @ @ @ @ @ @ some good ideas . ''
`` That ’ s how people were receiving me — with a different set of assumptions than they would today , '' he said .
`` It ’ s yet one more example of how the connections that I may see , because I experienced them in my own life , may get harder to make if we ’ re only understanding people through our phones and our screens and we ’ re not having the face-to-face conversations where , by virtue of that conversation and experience , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ . ''
PEN America awarded Obama the `` Voice of Influence Award '' during the gala .

Former President Barack Obama alleges he lost the "connection" he had with Americans in conservative areas as a U.S. senator and presidential candidate because of the way Fox News, Rush Limbaugh and other conservative media figures portrayed him as president.
"I ended up getting enormous support in these pretty conservative, rural, largely white communities when I was a senator, and that success was repeated when I ran for president in the first race in Iowa," Obama said during a discussion at PEN America's virtual gala on Tuesday evening.
"By my second year in office, I’m not sure if I could make that same connection, because now those same people are filtering me through Fox News and Rush Limbaugh and an entire right-wing or conservative media infrastructure that was characterizing me in a way that suggested I looked down on those folks or had nothing in common with them," he added.
During his first run for president in the 2008 Democratic primary, Obama said it was "not surprising" that small-town voters in the midwest "get bitter" and "cling to guns and religion." His opponent at the time, Hillary Clinton, criticized Obama for his comments. He later said he regretted the remarks.
Obama, author of the new book, A Promised Land, said if he visited a small town in southern Illinois as a senator, he could probably meet the "local editor of the newspaper who might be a conservative guy with a bow tie and a crew cut" and the editor might write an editorial describing him as "a young liberal kid from Chicago, but seems sensible, had some good ideas."
"That’s how people were receiving me — with a different set of assumptions than they would today," he said. "It’s yet one more example of how the connections that I may see, because I experienced them in my own life, may get harder to make if we’re only understanding people through our phones and our screens and we’re not having the face-to-face conversations where, by virtue of that conversation and experience, we can recognize ourselves in each other."
PEN America awarded Obama the "Voice of Influence Award" during the gala.


thelibertydaily--2020-12-10--The Battle Lines Are Drawn: The Left Is Destroying This Nation

Here 's a recent news item that may appear isolated , but which provides a very clear object lesson in the character of those on the left .
In a sense , it 's also queerly germane to the holiday season – assuming we 're still allowed to use the word `` queerly '' in this context .
Based on news reports and a video that began circulating on social media this week , apparently a masked , socially-distanced , politically-correct mall Santa recently brought a little boy to tears when he refused the child 's request for a Nerf® @ @ @ @ @ @ @ his wish list .
Obviously , Santa 's response was in keeping with the individual 's personal disdain for firearms , and the liberal convention of presuming one 's view is the only righteous one .
Leave it to a liberal to impose his views and preferences upon a child who ca n't understand the dynamic at hand .
I definitely empathize with the child , and I hope the incident does n't ruin his Christmas – a holiday the guy in the Santa suit probably cherishes about as much as he does @ @ @ @ @ @ @ into this analysis , let us establish that it really is n't a mall Santa 's job to vet the wish lists of the children with whom they chat .
Even if the kid asked for a 55-gallon drum of hydrochloric acid with which he might dissolve his siblings , it 's Santa 's job to pass on said request to the attending parent – not to judge or engage in activism .
Many will remember the `` no war toys '' campaigns that began on the left during the 1970s .
Here @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to remove `` war toys '' ( read toy firearms ) from every home , game , toy store , commercial and children 's television program in America .
Violent cartoons – even such fare as `` Tom & Jerry '' and `` Looney Tunes '' – came under attack by liberals as potentially turning little boys into spree killers .
The nascent conventional wisdom ( read aggressively promoted liberal orthodoxy ) held that parents who continued to allow their children to play with toy firearms were knuckle-dragging troglodytes .
TRENDING : Pence @ @ @ @ @ @ @ VP allowed to 'count ' electoral votes Bear in mind that all of this came about despite the admonitions from many prominent psychologists that little boys are naturally aggressive and really need to get those impulses out during childhood , or there was a real danger they actually would wind up as spree killers .
This endeavor was also part of leftist efforts toward emasculating males and promoting gender confusion , the early sexualization of children , casual sex , premarital sex , unfettered abortion and other challenges to traditional morality that began @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , cartoons that represented various forms of conflict became `` dumbed-down , '' bland and barely worth watching .
Even the GI Joe® cartoons of that era depicted every single enemy pilot parachuting to safety after the dogfight .
While most of the traditional `` war toys '' ( cap guns and such ) continued to be sold , toy manufacturers switched gears ; instead of promoting overtly militaristic toys , they began to market and sell – guess what ?
– a whole lot of Nerf® guns .
If I have n't @ @ @ @ @ @ @ weeks , let me proffer this in unambiguous terms : Liberals are slime .
In order to avoid being accused of engaging in empty , vicious invective , allow me to clarify precisely what I mean by `` slime . ''
Those who are bereft of honor , ethics , scruples or any sense of moral obligation qualify as such – and it has been made painfully evident in recent years that this is the character of the liberal .
Is it `` a bit much '' to relegate all liberals to slimehood @ @ @ @ @ @ @ it is .
As I recently demonstrated in this space , liberalism ( or progressivism ) is simply the wedge radical leftists insidiously engaged in order to incrementally usher in a socialist state .
Well , you can kill someone with a bullet to the head , or by slow poison ; they 'll still be just as dead .
Thus , there is no reason that liberal policies should have been tolerated in the name of fair play or erroneous interpretations of constitutional law over the last 60 years .
None .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ left exist in extremely small numbers ; it is only their immoderate vociferousness and the fact that many of these people occupy places of power that give the impression of a wider scope of influence .
It is probable that the majority of self-identifying liberals have simply been thoroughly deluded .
Regardless , I would say that these people are likely to be faced with a significant decision in the very near future .
With factions in our nation so perilously close to being enemy combatants , the committed liberal should be mindful @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in intellectual analysis as to whether or not their enemy may be following an evil doctrine or regime out of ignorance or delusion .
In other words , if you commit treason , those who ultimately wind up judging you wo n't be concerned with the fact that you did so out of ignorance or delusion , only with the fact that you committed treason .
For the committed conservative , libertarian , or even the unbiased , non-ideological swing voter , the lines that have been drawn should be unmistakable .
In @ @ @ @ @ @ @ character of those on the left and the danger they represent have been made clear , whether we 're talking about the Squad 's cries for free everything , orchestrated mayhem in our cities , Democratic elites skirting COVID-19 restrictions for personal economic benefit or calls for the systematic persecution of our president 's supporters .
All those who self-identify as being left-of-center are enemies of this nation , and there is no middle ground .
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Here's a recent news item that may appear isolated, but which provides a very clear object lesson in the character of those on the left. In a sense, it's also queerly germane to the holiday season – assuming we're still allowed to use the word "queerly" in this context.
Based on news reports and a video that began circulating on social media this week, apparently a masked, socially-distanced, politically-correct mall Santa recently brought a little boy to tears when he refused the child's request for a Nerf® gun for Christmas after being asked for his wish list.
Obviously, Santa's response was in keeping with the individual's personal disdain for firearms, and the liberal convention of presuming one's view is the only righteous one. Leave it to a liberal to impose his views and preferences upon a child who can't understand the dynamic at hand. I definitely empathize with the child, and I hope the incident doesn't ruin his Christmas – a holiday the guy in the Santa suit probably cherishes about as much as he does the Second Amendment.
Before we delve into this analysis, let us establish that it really isn't a mall Santa's job to vet the wish lists of the children with whom they chat. Even if the kid asked for a 55-gallon drum of hydrochloric acid with which he might dissolve his siblings, it's Santa's job to pass on said request to the attending parent – not to judge or engage in activism.
Many will remember the "no war toys" campaigns that began on the left during the 1970s. Here, lobbyists and activists advanced an effort to remove "war toys" (read toy firearms) from every home, game, toy store, commercial and children's television program in America. Violent cartoons – even such fare as "Tom & Jerry" and "Looney Tunes" – came under attack by liberals as potentially turning little boys into spree killers. The nascent conventional wisdom (read aggressively promoted liberal orthodoxy) held that parents who continued to allow their children to play with toy firearms were knuckle-dragging troglodytes.
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Bear in mind that all of this came about despite the admonitions from many prominent psychologists that little boys are naturally aggressive and really need to get those impulses out during childhood, or there was a real danger they actually would wind up as spree killers. This endeavor was also part of leftist efforts toward emasculating males and promoting gender confusion, the early sexualization of children, casual sex, premarital sex, unfettered abortion and other challenges to traditional morality that began during the same period.
In response, cartoons that represented various forms of conflict became "dumbed-down," bland and barely worth watching. Even the GI Joe® cartoons of that era depicted every single enemy pilot parachuting to safety after the dogfight. While most of the traditional "war toys" (cap guns and such) continued to be sold, toy manufacturers switched gears; instead of promoting overtly militaristic toys, they began to market and sell – guess what? – a whole lot of Nerf® guns.
If I haven't made my sentiments abundantly clear in recent weeks, let me proffer this in unambiguous terms: Liberals are slime. In order to avoid being accused of engaging in empty, vicious invective, allow me to clarify precisely what I mean by "slime." Those who are bereft of honor, ethics, scruples or any sense of moral obligation qualify as such – and it has been made painfully evident in recent years that this is the character of the liberal.
Is it "a bit much" to relegate all liberals to slimehood? No, I don't think it is. As I recently demonstrated in this space, liberalism (or progressivism) is simply the wedge radical leftists insidiously engaged in order to incrementally usher in a socialist state. Well, you can kill someone with a bullet to the head, or by slow poison; they'll still be just as dead. Thus, there is no reason that liberal policies should have been tolerated in the name of fair play or erroneous interpretations of constitutional law over the last 60 years. None.
As we know, the truly rabid left exist in extremely small numbers; it is only their immoderate vociferousness and the fact that many of these people occupy places of power that give the impression of a wider scope of influence. It is probable that the majority of self-identifying liberals have simply been thoroughly deluded. Regardless, I would say that these people are likely to be faced with a significant decision in the very near future. With factions in our nation so perilously close to being enemy combatants, the committed liberal should be mindful that enemy combatants typically don't engage in intellectual analysis as to whether or not their enemy may be following an evil doctrine or regime out of ignorance or delusion.
In other words, if you commit treason, those who ultimately wind up judging you won't be concerned with the fact that you did so out of ignorance or delusion, only with the fact that you committed treason.
For the committed conservative, libertarian, or even the unbiased, non-ideological swing voter, the lines that have been drawn should be unmistakable. In the last year alone, the abysmal character of those on the left and the danger they represent have been made clear, whether we're talking about the Squad's cries for free everything, orchestrated mayhem in our cities, Democratic elites skirting COVID-19 restrictions for personal economic benefit or calls for the systematic persecution of our president's supporters.
All those who self-identify as being left-of-center are enemies of this nation, and there is no middle ground.
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thelibertydaily--2020-12-11--Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton: All States Have a Vested Interest in Texas Lawsuit Headed to the

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton: All States Have a Vested Interest in Texas Lawsuit Headed to the Supreme Court [VIDEO]

Texas AG believes all states have a vested interest in a lawsuit headed to the Supreme Court

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton told Steven Crowder he believes all states have a vested interest in a lawsuit currently headed to the Supreme Court.
In this clip, Paxton outlined his concerns about the integrity of the 2020 election. Steven Crowder's attorney, Bill Richmond, asked Paxton why he believed states should want their state attorney general to join the fight in the case of Texas versus four other states.
"Because I think they are being disenfranchised," Paxton said. Paxton detailed how a "federal election could be affected if one state produced election results that were based on state law as required by the U.S. constitution and another state did not."
Crowder asked for Paxton's next steps in the event the Supreme Court declined to hear the case. Paxton explained that the Supreme Court is the only place he can file this case and his belief that the case deserved to be heard.
Crowder later asked if Americans could expect more Republicans to "grow a backbone" and join the fight headed to the Supreme Court. Paxton expressed an understanding of citizens' disappointment in Republican officials and that he is "grateful that more people are focusing on the issue."
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thelibertydaily--2020-12-11--SHOCK: Rose McGowan Backs Matthew McConaughey on Hypocrisy From ‘Illiberal’ Leftist Elites: ‘Hollywo

SHOCK: Rose McGowan Backs Matthew McConaughey on Hypocrisy From ‘Illiberal’ Leftist Elites: ‘Hollywood Has Been Condescending’

Rose McGowan backs Matthew McConaughey on hypocrisy from illiberal left elites : 'Hollywood has been condescending '

Actor Matthew McConaughey chastised people on the "illiberal left" for being condescending and patronizing toward conservatives in an interview last week. Rose McGowan completely agreed with McConaughey's assertion of far-left members being arrogant, including the Hollywood elite.
"There are a lot [of people] on that illiberal left that absolutely condescend, patronize, and are arrogant towards the other 50%," McConaughey told Russell Brand during an appearance on the "Under the Skin" podcast.
Early Thursday morning, McGowan voiced her support of the fellow actor's position on how leftists and "elite media liberals" are condescending.
"Matthew McConaughey is right. Hollywood has been condescending, northern elite media liberals, too & it trickles down," McGowan tweeted. "Far before Trump presidency illiberal condescension & patronization has formed how too many think. Break the class structure."
The actress-turned-activist has become an outspoken critic of Hollywood, the elite, and Democrats in recent years.
In October, McGowan pointed out the hypocrisy of "liberal intellectuals" defending Jeffrey Toobin after the New Yorker reporter was allegedly caught masturbating on a work Zoom video call.
In August, the "Charmed" actress slammed Democrats for supporting Bill and Hillary Clinton, as well as Joe Biden. She also called out Democrat Kamala Harris for previously accepting donations from convicted rapist Harvey Weinstein.
McGowan is currently suing Weinstein and his team of "fixers," but the actress hit a roadblock this week. McGowan filed a lawsuit against Weinstein in October 2019, "claiming they stole a pre-publication copy of her memoir 'Brave' in 2017 and tried to 'silence' and 'portray her as increasingly unglued' to thwart her rape allegation against the movie mogul," according to the New York Daily News.
"Harvey Weinstein was able to perpetrate and cover up decades of violence and control over women because he had a sophisticated team working on his behalf to systematically silence and discredit his victims," McGowan said in the lawsuit.
On Monday, U.S. District Judge Otis D. Wright rejected nine of her 11 claims, including racketeering. In the judge's ruling, McGowan still has plausible claims of fraudulent deceit and common law fraud against the defendants.
Weinstein is currently serving a 23-year sentence at Wende Correctional Facility in Alden, New York, after he was convicted of rape and sexual assault.


thelibertydaily--2020-12-11--Leaked Audio Catches Joe Biden Admitting Republicans ‘Beat the Hell out of’ Democrats Over the ‘Defu

Leaked Audio Catches Joe Biden Admitting Republicans ‘Beat the Hell out of’ Democrats Over the ‘Defund the Police’ Slogan

Leaked audio catches Joe Biden admitting Republicans 'beat the hell out of ' Democrats over the 'Defund the Police ' @ @ @ @ @ civil rights leaders that he was on board

Former Vice President Joe Biden was caught in a leaked audio admitting that Republicans "beat the hell out of" Democrats by using the "Defund the Police" slogan to scare voters away from supporting the party at the ballot box.
The audio was leaked from a private "listening session" made on Tuesday with civil rights leaders.
"I also don't think we should get too far ahead of ourselves on dealing with police reform in that, because they've already labeled us as being 'defund the police.' Anything we put forward in terms of the organizational structure to change policing, which I promise you will occur, promise you," said Biden on the leaked audio.
"Just think to yourself and give me advice if we should do that before January 5th, because that's how they beat the living hell out of us across the country, saying that we're talking about defunding the police," he continued.
"We're not," Biden added. "We're talking about holding them accountable."
A Biden transition official released a statement defending the comments.
"President-elect Biden is the same person behind closed doors that he is public; honest, direct and realistic about the challenges facing our nation the day he is sworn in," the statement read.
"As he made clear throughout the campaign, he believes in supporting bold and urgent reform to our criminal justice system while continuing to support law enforcement's mission to keep our communities safe," the statement concluded.
Not surprisingly, leaders from the "Black Lives Matter" organization complained that they had not been invited to the private meeting where Biden talked down the "Defund the Police" slogan.
Biden's leaked commentary is the latest in a heated battle between centrist moderate establishment Democrats and their far-left progressive counterparts.
In another leaked audio from a caucus phone conference after the election, Democratic leaders berated those members who used far-left rhetoric for feeding into the narratives created by the right to defeat Democrats in moderate districts.
Despite polling predictions that Democrats would significantly increase their power in the U.S. House of Representatives and a systemic scheduling advantage in the 2020 election, Democrats suffered significant losses that had many questioning their leadership.
Here's a report about Biden's leaked audio:


thelibertydaily--2020-12-11--Vice President Mike Pence: Our Agenda Is ‘American Greatness,’ Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock’s Is ‘

Vice President Mike Pence: Our Agenda Is ‘American Greatness,’ Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock’s Is ‘American Decline’

AUGUSTA , Georgia — Vice President Mike Pence told Georgians Thursday that President Donald Trump , Sens .
Kelly Loeffler ( R-GA ) , and David Perdue ( R-GA ) have continued to pursue “ American greatness , ” while Georgia Senate Democrats Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff ’ s leftist policies would put America into a decline .
Pence argued during his speech that Loeffler and Perdue are champions of Trump ’ s America First agenda and have served as leaders of the conservative movement in the Senate .
The vice president said of Perdue : I ’ m @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
David Perdue is the son of Macon [ Georgia ] .
He worked his way to the top of the business world , and he could have spent the rest of his life in leisure .
But as you heard his cousin say , he and his family went to their knees and found a calling to serve .
After 40 years as one of the most successful business leaders in America , he answered the call to serve Georgia in the United States Senate .
And I can tell you , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ don ’ t know of a more principled conservative man of integrity or champion of President Trump ’ s agenda in the United Sates than Sen. David Perdue .
In less than one year in the Senate , Pence said that Loeffler has become “ one of the most courageous and principled voices in the United States Senate.
” The vice president described Loeffler as a fourth-generation farmer who grew up in America ’ s heartland and became “ one of the most successful businesswomen in Georgia ’ s history.
” Pence contrasted @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Senate with how Ossoff and Warnock would legislate in Congress ’ s upper chamber .
The Georgia Senate runoffs play a pivotal role in the battle for the Senate majority .
If both Loeffler and Perdue lose in January , then Sen. Kamala Harris ( D-CA ) , the likely next vice president , becomes the tiebreaking vote in the Senate .
Warnock said during a sermon in 2011 that Americans can not serve God and the military at the same time .
“ America , nobody , can serve God and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta , Georgia .
“ You can ’ t serve God and money .
You can not serve God and Mammon at the same time.
” Pence , near the end of his speech , said that the president , Loeffler , and Perdue continue to push for an America First agenda , while Ossoff and Warnock push policies that would only weaken the nation .
“ Our agenda is American greatness ; their agenda is American decline , ” Pence said .
He said that Jon Ossoff @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of socialism and higher taxes , of open borders , government takeover of health care , Green New Deal , defunding the police.
” “ We ’ re going to keep Georgia , and then we ’ re going to save America ; let ’ s go get it done , Georgia !
” Sean Moran is a congressional reporter for Breitbart News .
Follow him on Twitter @ SeanMoran3 .

AUGUSTA, Georgia — Vice President Mike Pence told Georgians Thursday that President Donald Trump, Sens. Kelly Loeffler (R-GA), and David Perdue (R-GA) have continued to pursue “American greatness,” while Georgia Senate Democrats Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff’s leftist policies would put America into a decline.
Pence argued during his speech that Loeffler and Perdue are champions of Trump’s America First agenda and have served as leaders of the conservative movement in the Senate.
The vice president said of Perdue:
I’m here because of who these people are. David Perdue is the son of Macon [Georgia]. He worked his way to the top of the business world, and he could have spent the rest of his life in leisure. But as you heard his cousin say, he and his family went to their knees and found a calling to serve. After 40 years as one of the most successful business leaders in America, he answered the call to serve Georgia in the United States Senate. And I can tell you, I have served alongside him. I don’t know of a more principled conservative man of integrity or champion of President Trump’s agenda in the United Sates than Sen. David Perdue.
In less than one year in the Senate, Pence said that Loeffler has become “one of the most courageous and principled voices in the United States Senate.”
The vice president described Loeffler as a fourth-generation farmer who grew up in America’s heartland and became “one of the most successful businesswomen in Georgia’s history.”
Pence contrasted Perdue and Loeffler’s accomplishments in the Senate with how Ossoff and Warnock would legislate in Congress’s upper chamber.
The Georgia Senate runoffs play a pivotal role in the battle for the Senate majority. If both Loeffler and Perdue lose in January, then Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA), the likely next vice president, becomes the tiebreaking vote in the Senate.
He said:
Where David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler stand for a strong national defense, Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock are going to cut our national defense to fund big government. Where David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler cut taxes, Jon Ossoff and radical liberal Raphael Warnock will raise taxes on working families and businesses. Where David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler support our military, Raphael Warnock has demeaned our military. He has repeatedly defended the antisemitic rhetoric of Jeremiah Wright.
Warnock said during a sermon in 2011 that Americans cannot serve God and the military at the same time.
“America, nobody, can serve God and the military,” Warnock said at the Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia. “You can’t serve God and money. You cannot serve God and Mammon at the same time.”
Pence, near the end of his speech, said that the president, Loeffler, and Perdue continue to push for an America First agenda, while Ossoff and Warnock push policies that would only weaken the nation.
“Our agenda is American greatness; their agenda is American decline,” Pence said.
He said that Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock “advance an agenda of socialism and higher taxes, of open borders, government takeover of health care, Green New Deal, defunding the police.”
“We’re going to keep Georgia, and then we’re going to save America; let’s go get it done, Georgia!”
Sean Moran is a congressional reporter for Breitbart News. Follow him on Twitter @SeanMoran3.


thelibertydaily--2020-12-11--Why We Carry: Baby Stabbed To Death, 20-Year-Old Woman Severely Injured In Attack At Home

CANTON , GEORGIA — A 13-month-old girl is dead and a 20-year-old woman was severely injured after being stabbed by a person inside a home .
Police found them inside a bedroom of the residence .
Four people were inside the home at the time of the incident .
“ Detectives are working very hard to try to figure out what happened , ” Canton Police Officer Pacer Cordry said , according to FOX 5 Atlanta .
Police reportedly said the baby and woman were not listed residents of the home and had only been staying there a short time @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with the man who lives in the home on Mountain Vista Blvd .
“ They traveled quite a bit , so we ’ re unsure of their residence and their relationship to one another , ” Cordry said .
Police have made no immediate arrests , and it is not clear what happened inside the home .
When a child is the victim of such a terrible crime , it heightens the anger felt by everyone .
We can only hope that police are able to figure out what happen , and hold @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .

CANTON, GEORGIA — A 13-month-old girl is dead and a 20-year-old woman was severely injured after being stabbed by a person inside a home. Police found them inside a bedroom of the residence. Four people were inside the home at the time of the incident.
“Detectives are working very hard to try to figure out what happened,” Canton Police Officer Pacer Cordry said, according to FOX 5 Atlanta. Police reportedly said the baby and woman were not listed residents of the home and had only been staying there a short time. They did not describe their relationship with the man who lives in the home on Mountain Vista Blvd. “They traveled quite a bit, so we’re unsure of their residence and their relationship to one another,” Cordry said.
Police have made no immediate arrests, and it is not clear what happened inside the home.
Investigators with @CantonPoliceGA spent hours going through this home in the Mountain Vista subdivision where a baby was found stabbed to death. A 20 yr old woman is in serious condition with stab wounds. #fox5atlanta pic.twitter.com/DXs1G8SVej — denisedillon (@DillonFox5) December 9, 2020
When a child is the victim of such a terrible crime, it heightens the anger felt by everyone. We can only hope that police are able to figure out what happen, and hold the person responsible for their terrible actions.


thelibertydaily--2020-12-11--PENNSYLVANIA House Leaders File Brief to Support Texas in Supreme Court Lawsuit Against PENNSYLVANIA

Pennsylvania House Leaders File Brief to Support Texas in Supreme Court Lawsuit Against Pennsylvania Pennsylvania ’ s House speaker and majority leader on Thursday filed an amici curiae brief with the Supreme Court against the state of Pennsylvania and in favor of Texas ’ s lawsuit against the commonwealth and three other states .
A brief ( pdf ) filed by Pennsylvania House Speaker Bryan Cutler and Majority Leader Kerry Benninghoff , both Republicans , requests that the Supreme Court “ carefully consider the procedural issues and questions raised by the Plaintiff concerning the administration of the 2020 General Election @ @ @ @ @ @ @ our elections requires clear procedures of administration so that everyone gets a fair shake .
Unfortunately , outside actors have so markedly twisted and gerrymandered the Commonwealth ’ s Election Code to the point that amici find it unrecognizable from the laws that they enacted , ” they wrote , adding that the state of Texas “ raised important questions about how this procedural malfeasance affected the 2020 General Election.
” In the lawsuit , Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton alleged that Pennsylvania , Georgia , Michigan , and Wisconsin introduced changes to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The suit also contends that by doing so , those states treated voters unequally and created significant voting irregularities by rescinding certain ballot-integrity measures .
Filed on Monday night , the lawsuit is requesting the Supreme Court to declare the four states carried out their respective elections in violation of the U.S. Constitution .
“ The states violated statutes enacted by their duly elected legislatures , thereby violating the Constitution .
By ignoring both state and federal law , these states have not only tainted the integrity of their own citizens ’ vote @ @ @ @ @ @ @ state that held lawful elections , ” Paxton said in a statement announcing the legal petition .
Cutler and Benninghoff , in support of Paxton ’ s lawsuit , further stipulated that “ under the pretextual guise of COVID-19 , special interests began attempting to use Pennsylvania courts ” to carry out “ election procedures of their own choosing , ” citing mail-in ballot extensions implemented by Kathy Boockvar , the Pennsylvania secretary of state .
Also on Thursday , Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro filed a brief with the court , arguing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and an attempt to “ disenfranchise voters ” in the commonwealth .
“ Its request for this Court to exercise its original jurisdiction and then anoint Texas ’ s preferred candidate for President is legally indefensible and is an [ affront ] to principles of constitutional democracy , ” Shapiro ’ s brief read .
He further argued that Texas hasn ’ t suffered harm “ simply because it dislikes the result of the election , and nothing in the text , history , or structure of the Constitution supports Texas ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in which four other states run their elections .
”

Yes, even Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania House Leaders File Brief to Support Texas in Supreme Court Lawsuit Against Pennsylvania
By Jack Phillips, The Epoch Times, December 10, 2020:
Pennsylvania’s House speaker and majority leader on Thursday filed an amici curiae brief with the Supreme Court against the state of Pennsylvania and in favor of Texas’s lawsuit against the commonwealth and three other states.
A brief (pdf) filed by Pennsylvania House Speaker Bryan Cutler and Majority Leader Kerry Benninghoff, both Republicans, requests that the Supreme Court “carefully consider the procedural issues and questions raised by the Plaintiff concerning the administration of the 2020 General Election in Pennsylvania.”
“The unimpeachability of our elections requires clear procedures of administration so that everyone gets a fair shake. Unfortunately, outside actors have so markedly twisted and gerrymandered the Commonwealth’s Election Code to the point that amici find it unrecognizable from the laws that they enacted,” they wrote, adding that the state of Texas “raised important questions about how this procedural malfeasance affected the 2020 General Election.”
In the lawsuit, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton alleged that Pennsylvania, Georgia, Michigan, and Wisconsin introduced changes to election laws, deeming them unconstitutional. The suit also contends that by doing so, those states treated voters unequally and created significant voting irregularities by rescinding certain ballot-integrity measures.
Filed on Monday night, the lawsuit is requesting the Supreme Court to declare the four states carried out their respective elections in violation of the U.S. Constitution.
“The states violated statutes enacted by their duly elected legislatures, thereby violating the Constitution. By ignoring both state and federal law, these states have not only tainted the integrity of their own citizens’ vote, but of Texas and every other state that held lawful elections,” Paxton said in a statement announcing the legal petition.
Cutler and Benninghoff, in support of Paxton’s lawsuit, further stipulated that “under the pretextual guise of COVID-19, special interests began attempting to use Pennsylvania courts” to carry out “election procedures of their own choosing,” citing mail-in ballot extensions implemented by Kathy Boockvar, the Pennsylvania secretary of state.
Also on Thursday, Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro filed a brief with the court, arguing that Paxton’s assertions are frivolous and an attempt to “disenfranchise voters” in the commonwealth.
“Its request for this Court to exercise its original jurisdiction and then anoint Texas’s preferred candidate for President is legally indefensible and is an [affront] to principles of constitutional democracy,” Shapiro’s brief read. He further argued that Texas hasn’t suffered harm “simply because it dislikes the result of the election, and nothing in the text, history, or structure of the Constitution supports Texas’s view that it can dictate the manner in which four other states run their elections.”


thelibertydaily--2020-12-11--Morocco Joins Peace Agreement With Israel

Morocco has agreed to normalize diplomatic relations with Israel , bringing a third nation into the bloc of Arab-Israeli deals known as the Abraham Accords .
“ This has been held back for so long by old thinking and by stalled process , and we finally had a breakthrough four months ago , and we 're continuing to push the region forward , ” White House senior adviser Jared Kushner , President Trump ’ s son-in-law and point-man for Middle East issues , told reporters .
The Abraham Accords have emerged as a legacy item in the waning months of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ United Arab Emirates and then Bahrain agreed to sign the deals despite decades of animosity related to the Israeli-Palestinian conflicts .
The president announced Morocco ’ s decision to join the group in conjunction with the United States 's recognition of the monarchy ’ s sovereignty over the Western Sahara , the formerly Mauritanian territory where an independence movement has struggled to establish a nation for decades .
“ The United States believes that an independent Sahrawi State is not a realistic option for resolving the conflict and that genuine autonomy under Moroccan @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” Trump said in a formal declaration released after his announcement of the Morocco-Israel agreement .
“ We urge the parties to engage in discussions without delay , using Morocco 's autonomy plan as the only framework to negotiate a mutually acceptable solution.
” A ceasefire in the Western Sahara fell apart last month after Moroccan troops cleared a road-closing protest launched by the Polisario Front , which began in 1973 as a leftist insurgency against Spanish rule of the Sahara .
Spain relinquished most of its Saharan territory to Morocco , leaving @ @ @ @ @ @ @ government ceded the land to the Polisario attempt to establish the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic in the Western Sahara , but Morocco responded by occupying the territory .
The pairing of those announcements is consistent with Trump ’ s penchant for transactional foreign policy .
The original Abraham Accords agreement between the United Arab Emirates and Israel resulted in the green-lighting of the UAE ’ s longstanding request to purchase F-35s — a deal slated to receive official approval this week after the Senate voted down an attempt to block it .
“ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ East , ” Kushner said .
`` President Trump took a contrarian approach , one that was different than not just Democrat but also Republican administrations , just a different approach than the experts have been taking in the region , and the fruits of these efforts have been very apparent.
” Kushner defended the concession to Morocco as deference to the “ inevitable , ” given the monarchy ’ s long-term control of the territory .
Arab and Israeli officials have pointed to the threat posed by Iran as a key driver @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the perception that U.S. strategists want to diminish American military involvement in the region .

Morocco has agreed to normalize diplomatic relations with Israel, bringing a third nation into the bloc of Arab-Israeli deals known as the Abraham Accords.
“This has been held back for so long by old thinking and by stalled process, and we finally had a breakthrough four months ago, and we're continuing to push the region forward,” White House senior adviser Jared Kushner, President Trump’s son-in-law and point-man for Middle East issues, told reporters.
The Abraham Accords have emerged as a legacy item in the waning months of the Trump administration, as first the United Arab Emirates and then Bahrain agreed to sign the deals despite decades of animosity related to the Israeli-Palestinian conflicts. The president announced Morocco’s decision to join the group in conjunction with the United States's recognition of the monarchy’s sovereignty over the Western Sahara, the formerly Mauritanian territory where an independence movement has struggled to establish a nation for decades.
“The United States believes that an independent Sahrawi State is not a realistic option for resolving the conflict and that genuine autonomy under Moroccan sovereignty is the only feasible solution,” Trump said in a formal declaration released after his announcement of the Morocco-Israel agreement. “We urge the parties to engage in discussions without delay, using Morocco's autonomy plan as the only framework to negotiate a mutually acceptable solution.”
A ceasefire in the Western Sahara fell apart last month after Moroccan troops cleared a road-closing protest launched by the Polisario Front, which began in 1973 as a leftist insurgency against Spanish rule of the Sahara. Spain relinquished most of its Saharan territory to Morocco, leaving the remainder for Mauritania. The Mauritanian government ceded the land to the Polisario attempt to establish the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic in the Western Sahara, but Morocco responded by occupying the territory.
Another HISTORIC breakthrough today! Our two GREAT friends Israel and the Kingdom of Morocco have agreed to full diplomatic relations – a massive breakthrough for peace in the Middle East! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 10, 2020
The pairing of those announcements is consistent with Trump’s penchant for transactional foreign policy. The original Abraham Accords agreement between the United Arab Emirates and Israel resulted in the green-lighting of the UAE’s longstanding request to purchase F-35s — a deal slated to receive official approval this week after the Senate voted down an attempt to block it.
“We have peace sprouting in the Middle East,” Kushner said. "President Trump took a contrarian approach, one that was different than not just Democrat but also Republican administrations, just a different approach than the experts have been taking in the region, and the fruits of these efforts have been very apparent.”
Kushner defended the concession to Morocco as deference to the “inevitable,” given the monarchy’s long-term control of the territory.
Arab and Israeli officials have pointed to the threat posed by Iran as a key driver of the geopolitical shift, along with the perception that U.S. strategists want to diminish American military involvement in the region.


thelibertydaily--2020-12-11--Globalist Traitor Scum John Kerry Admits Paris Climate Agreement Does NOTHING to Halt Temp Increase

Former Secretary of State John Kerry admitted this week that the U.S. ’ s participation in global climate change initiatives , such as the Paris Climate Accord , would not bring down the world ’ s temperature .
Kerry suggested that electing Democrat Joe Biden is not enough to move the country in the right direction , especially when it comes to global warming .
“ We ’ re in trouble – I mean , our democracy ’ s in trouble , so we ’ ve got a fight on that front .
We made a great step forward to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , and moving forward with a new presidency , one committed to doing the right things , all under the umbrella of restoring the soul of our country , ” he said during a conversation with “ Squad ” member Rep. Ayanna Pressley , D-Mass .
“ But it ’ s not enough .
I can tell you , we ’ re not getting done even what we promised in Paris.
” “ And even if we did everything that was promised in Paris , the earth ’ s temperature ’ s still @ @ @ @ @ @ @ [ sic ] , ” Kerry continued .
“ But because we ’ re not doing anything , we ’ re actually heading to [ a rise of ] 4.1 , 4.5 degrees today .
It ’ s beyond catastrophic.
” President Trump withdrew the U.S. from the 2016 Paris Climate Accord , which forces nations to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by the second half of the century .
Biden has pledged to rejoin the climate agreement as soon as he takes office .
He designated Kerry as his special climate envoy on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ inauguration .
Kerry praised Biden for making climate change one of his top priorities .
“ The first priority ’ s COVID obviously , restoring the economy , dealing with the racial divide and , and the soul of our country , and finally the climate crisis .
And he is very , very serious about it .
We ’ re going to have an unparalleled , I think , climate effort , ” Kerry added .

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thelibertydaily--2020-12-11--CNN Fake News Anchor Touts $380 ‘Facts First’ Cashmere Sweater After Network Spiked Hunter Biden Sto

CNN Fake News Anchor Touts $380 ‘Facts First’ Cashmere Sweater After Network Spiked Hunter Biden Story During Campaign

CNN anchor Kate Bolduan raised eyebrows on Thursday over an ill-timed fashion statement promoting her network 's Trump-era mantra .
Bolduan sported a cashmere sweater with the phrase `` facts first '' embroidered in a pink cursive font .
The sweater was made by the high-end fashion line Lingua Franca and can be purchased for a whopping $ 380 .
According to Lingua Franca 's website , $ 100 of each purchase will be donated to the Committee to Protect Journalists .
CNN BOSS , POLITICAL DIRECTOR SPIKED HUNTER BIDEN CONTROVERSY , AUDIOTAPES REVEAL : 'WE 'RE NOT GOING WITH @ @ @ @ @ @ @ has been CNN 's go-to slogan ever since President Trump took office , the liberal network has not exactly lived up to its own principles .
Just days before Hunter Biden revealed he was the subject of a federal investigation over what he described as his `` tax affairs , '' Project Veritas leaked conference call recordings revealing that CNN executives spiked any follow-ups to the explosive New York Post report that shed light on the younger Biden 's sketchy foreign business dealings in the final weeks of the presidential election campaign .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ with the New York Post story right now on Hunter Biden , '' CNN Political Director David Chalian said during a conference call on Oct. 14 , the same day the Post published its first story on Hunter Biden 's emails .
Chalian later insisted the report was `` giving its marching orders '' to the `` right-wing echo chamber about what to talk about today . ''
PIERS MORGAN BLASTS MEDIA OVER 'ABJECT FAILURE ' ON HUNTER BIDEN STORY : 'DERELICTION OF JOURNALISTIC DUTY' '' The Trump media , you know , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , never mind -- the [ Michael Flynn ] unmasking was , you know , found to be completely nonsensical to the latest alleged scandal and expects everybody to just follow suit , '' CNN President Jeff Zucker told his staff on Oct. 16 .
`` So , I do n't think that we should be repeating unsubstantiated smears just because the right-wing media suggests that we should . ''
In addition to skipping major news stories that paint Democrats in a negative light , CNN has long struggled with fact-based programming , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ collusion conspiracy .
Earlier this year , CNN anchor Chris Cuomo staged his own reemergence from a basement quarantine during his recovery from the coronavirus .
However , the New York Post reported days earlier that Cuomo was involved in a heated confrontation with a cyclist who called out the anchor after spotting him outside without a mask in the Hamptons .
In October , CNN analyst Miles Taylor admitted he lied to Anderson Cooper back in August when he denied that he was the anonymous Trump administration official who wrote an infamous @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Critics mocked the new merchandise on social media .
`` We completely blew another important story , but here 's a 380 dollar sweater for you to virtue signal with ! ''
National Review senior writer David Harsanyi quipped .
`` Imagine posing as a news company while promoting sweaters that cost $ 380.00 and being like 'Pretty cool huh ! '
'' conservative commentator Stephen Miller wrote .
`` As you struggle due to Democrat shutdowns that CNN backs , they ’ re promoting a [ $ 380 ] sweater with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ follow , '' radio host Jason Rantz said , alluding to the economic hardships suffered by many during the coronavirus pandemic .
CNN began taking the Hunter Biden story seriously on Wednesday after the Biden transition issued a press release acknowledging the younger Biden 's legal troubles .
CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP However , in the weeks leading up to the election , several of the network 's prominent anchors played defense for the Bidens , with many warning that it had `` earmarks of a Russian disinformation campaign @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Jake Tapper claimed that the allegations against Joe Biden 's son were `` too disgusting '' to repeat on air and that the `` right wing is going crazy . ''

CNN anchor Kate Bolduan raised eyebrows on Thursday over an ill-timed fashion statement promoting her network's Trump-era mantra.
Bolduan sported a cashmere sweater with the phrase "facts first" embroidered in a pink cursive font.
The sweater was made by the high-end fashion line Lingua Franca and can be purchased for a whopping $380. According to Lingua Franca's website, $100 of each purchase will be donated to the Committee to Protect Journalists.
CNN BOSS, POLITICAL DIRECTOR SPIKED HUNTER BIDEN CONTROVERSY, AUDIOTAPES REVEAL: 'WE'RE NOT GOING WITH' STORY
While "facts first" has been CNN's go-to slogan ever since President Trump took office, the liberal network has not exactly lived up to its own principles.
Just days before Hunter Biden revealed he was the subject of a federal investigation over what he described as his "tax affairs," Project Veritas leaked conference call recordings revealing that CNN executives spiked any follow-ups to the explosive New York Post report that shed light on the younger Biden's sketchy foreign business dealings in the final weeks of the presidential election campaign.
"Obviously, we're not going with the New York Post story right now on Hunter Biden," CNN Political Director David Chalian said during a conference call on Oct. 14, the same day the Post published its first story on Hunter Biden's emails. Chalian later insisted the report was "giving its marching orders" to the "right-wing echo chamber about what to talk about today."
PIERS MORGAN BLASTS MEDIA OVER 'ABJECT FAILURE' ON HUNTER BIDEN STORY: 'DERELICTION OF JOURNALISTIC DUTY'
"The Trump media, you know, moves immediately from -- OK, well, never mind -- the [Michael Flynn] unmasking was, you know, found to be completely nonsensical to the latest alleged scandal and expects everybody to just follow suit," CNN President Jeff Zucker told his staff on Oct. 16. "So, I don't think that we should be repeating unsubstantiated smears just because the right-wing media suggests that we should."
In addition to skipping major news stories that paint Democrats in a negative light, CNN has long struggled with fact-based programming, especially after years of peddling the Russia collusion conspiracy.
Earlier this year, CNN anchor Chris Cuomo staged his own reemergence from a basement quarantine during his recovery from the coronavirus. However, the New York Post reported days earlier that Cuomo was involved in a heated confrontation with a cyclist who called out the anchor after spotting him outside without a mask in the Hamptons.
In October, CNN analyst Miles Taylor admitted he lied to Anderson Cooper back in August when he denied that he was the anonymous Trump administration official who wrote an infamous New York Times op-ed trashing the president.
Critics mocked the new merchandise on social media.
RIC GRENELL CALLS OUT CNN'S JAKE TAPPER FOR BELATEDLY COVERING HUNTER BIDEN STORY
"We completely blew another important story, but here's a 380 dollar sweater for you to virtue signal with!" National Review senior writer David Harsanyi quipped.
"Imagine posing as a news company while promoting sweaters that cost $380.00 and being like 'Pretty cool huh!'" conservative commentator Stephen Miller wrote.
"As you struggle due to Democrat shutdowns that CNN backs, they’re promoting a [$380] sweater with advice that their own network refuses to follow," radio host Jason Rantz said, alluding to the economic hardships suffered by many during the coronavirus pandemic.
CNN began taking the Hunter Biden story seriously on Wednesday after the Biden transition issued a press release acknowledging the younger Biden's legal troubles.
CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP
However, in the weeks leading up to the election, several of the network's prominent anchors played defense for the Bidens, with many warning that it had "earmarks of a Russian disinformation campaign."
In October, CNN anchor Jake Tapper claimed that the allegations against Joe Biden's son were "too disgusting" to repeat on air and that the "right wing is going crazy."


thelibertydaily--2020-12-11--Eric Swallowswell Resorts to Personal Attacks to Deflect From Bombshell ‘Honey Pot’ Chi-Com Spy Stor

Eric Swallowswell Resorts to Personal Attacks to Deflect From Bombshell ‘Honey Pot’ Chi-Com Spy Story

Rep. Eric Swalwell turned to personal attacks on Republicans as he faces intense scrutiny for his China spy scandal .
The Democratic congressman took jabs at Sen. Ted Cruz and Jason Miller , a top strategist for President Trump 's reelection campaign , in a flurry of tweets that began late Thursday .
Swalwell did so as he avoids questions about his relationship with Christine Fang , a Chinese national believed to be working with China ’ s Ministry of State Security .
`` Ted will fully defend this lawsuit ... until it attacks his wife , '' Swalwell said @ @ @ @ @ @ @ report about Trump asking Cruz to argue the Texas election lawsuit if it reached the Supreme Court .
`` ALT : Ted will fully defend this lawsuit ... until it attacks his dad , '' he said in another .
He was drawing attention to personal attacks Trump made on Cruz 's family during the 2016 campaign when the two vied for the GOP presidential nomination .
The two are now close allies .
Swalwell also tweeted a barb at Miller , referencing the Trump adviser 's child support battle in court .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ child support @ JasonMillerinDC .
Kids shouldn ’ t go hungry because Dad is a deadbeat .
Feed them for the holidays , '' Swalwell tweeted in response to Miller sharing a Daily Caller report on how Swalwell spoke at the same 2013 event as an alleged Chinese spy who worked for Sen. Dianne Feinstein .
Swalwell 's relationship with Fang , which he has refused to describe in detail , lasted from 2011 to 2015 , predating his first term in Congress .
Federal agents carrying out a counterintelligence investigation into Fang @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in 2015 and provided him a defensive briefing , according to Axios , and Swalwell “ immediately cut off all ties to Fang ” and “ has not been accused of any wrongdoing , ” the report said , citing intelligence sources .
Fang suddenly left the United States in the summer of 2015 .
That same Axios report that broke the story also had sources who said Fang carried out romantic relationships with at least two Midwestern mayors , who were not named .
Swalwell married in 2016 , became a member @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 2015 , and unsuccessfully ran for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2019 .
“ Rep .
Swalwell , long ago , provided information about this person — whom he met more than eight years ago , and whom he hasn ’ t seen in nearly six years — to the FBI , ” Swalwell ’ s office told Axios .
“ To protect information that might be classified , he will not participate in your story.
” Calling Swalwell a `` national security liability , '' House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy said the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ panel .
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi told reporters on Thursday she does not have `` any concern '' about Swalwell .

Rep. Eric Swalwell turned to personal attacks on Republicans as he faces intense scrutiny for his China spy scandal.
The Democratic congressman took jabs at Sen. Ted Cruz and Jason Miller, a top strategist for President Trump's reelection campaign, in a flurry of tweets that began late Thursday. Swalwell did so as he avoids questions about his relationship with Christine Fang, a Chinese national believed to be working with China’s Ministry of State Security.
"Ted will fully defend this lawsuit...until it attacks his wife," Swalwell said in one tweet responding to a CNN report about Trump asking Cruz to argue the Texas election lawsuit if it reached the Supreme Court. "ALT: Ted will fully defend this lawsuit...until it attacks his dad," he said in another.
He was drawing attention to personal attacks Trump made on Cruz's family during the 2016 campaign when the two vied for the GOP presidential nomination. The two are now close allies.
Swalwell also tweeted a barb at Miller, referencing the Trump adviser's child support battle in court.
"Just a reminder: pay your child support @JasonMillerinDC. Kids shouldn’t go hungry because Dad is a deadbeat. Feed them for the holidays," Swalwell tweeted in response to Miller sharing a Daily Caller report on how Swalwell spoke at the same 2013 event as an alleged Chinese spy who worked for Sen. Dianne Feinstein.
Swalwell's association with Fang, which he has refused to describe in detail, lasted from 2011 to 2015. Swalwell was elected to the House in 2012.
Federal agents carrying out a counterintelligence investigation into Fang “alerted Swalwell to their concerns” in 2015 and provided him a defensive briefing, according to Axios, and Swalwell “immediately cut off all ties to Fang” and “has not been accused of any wrongdoing,” the report said, citing intelligence sources. Fang suddenly left the United States in the summer of 2015. That same Axios report that broke the story also had sources who said Fang carried out romantic relationships with at least two Midwestern mayors, who were not named.
Swalwell became a member of the House Intelligence Committee in early 2015, and unsuccessfully ran for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2019. “Rep. Swalwell, long ago, provided information about this person — whom he met more than eight years ago, and whom he hasn’t seen in nearly six years — to the FBI,” Swalwell’s office told Axios. “To protect information that might be classified, he will not participate in your story.”
Calling Swalwell a "national security liability," House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy said the congressman should be disqualified from the intelligence panel. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi told reporters on Thursday she does not have "any concern" about Swalwell.
Editor's note: This report has been updated to clarify that Eric Swalwell was elected to the House in 2012.