thelibertydaily--2020-09-28--Viral Loads In Chi-Com Virus Infected Patients Drop, Along With Death Rate, Study Finds

A new study has found signs that the severity of COVID-19 — and the viral loads those infected carry — may be fading .
Researchers at Wayne State University say that viral loads , which is the amount of the virus in a patient ’ s system , continue to drop , which could explain why the death rate is falling .
“ Dr .
Said El Zein and his team analyzed viral loads of SARS-CoV-2 , the virus causing COVID-19 , coming from patient nasal swabs over two months , ” Study Finds reported on Sunday .
“ From @ @ @ @ @ @ @ downward trend in the amount of virus detected in patients at Detroit Medical Center was discovered.
” To estimate the viral loads coming from nasopharyngeal swabs , study authors use a cycle threshold ( Ct ) value that comes from the tests on these samples .
A higher Ct means a sample has less SARS-CoV-2 in it .
Their scale rates a high viral load [ VL ] as a Ct of 25 and under , intermediate loads as a Ct between 26-36 , and low viral loads as a Ct over 37 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , just under half ( 49 % ) of COVID-19 patients had an intermediate viral load ( VL ) .
Low and high VL counts both came in at 25.5 percent of the patient samples .
By the fifth week of the study , El Zein said , 70 percent of positive COVID-19 swabs fell into the low VL category .
That , in turn , coincided with a decrease in patient deaths , the doctor said .
“ Researchers say 45 percent of patients in the high VL group died from the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ percent for COVID-19 patients with intermediate loads and 14 percent for the low VL group , ” Study Finds reported .
There have been other reports about “ viral loads.
” The most used test to determine if someone has COVID-19 , known as a PCR test , is either positive or negative , that ’ s it .
But the test does not identify the viral load — the greater the amount of virus , the more likely it is that the patient is contagious or may get severely ill. “ In @ @ @ @ @ @ @ cycle thresholds , compiled by officials in Massachusetts , New York and Nevada , up to 90 percent of people testing positive carried barely any virus , ” The New York Times reported in August after conducting a review of data .
Apoorva Mandavilli , the Times reporter who wrote the piece , said on Twitter : “ NEW : All these months into the pandemic , we may have been testing the wrong way .
Data from some state labs suggest up to 90 % ( !
! )
of people who @ @ @ @ @ @ @ contagious and don ’ t need to isolate.
” “ It turns out that the PCR , that old reliable workhorse , is both too slow and too sensitive for what we need .
And it all hinges on a metric called the ‘ cycle threshold , ’ ” she wrote in another post .
The current PCR test analyzes genetic matter from the virus using 37 or 40 cycles , but health experts say that is too high because it detects even small amounts of the virus that pose no risk of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ high may detect not just live virus but also genetic fragments , leftovers from infection that pose no particular risk — akin to finding a hair in a room long after a person has left , ” Dr. Michael Mina , an epidemiologist at the Harvard T.H .
Chan School of Public Health , told the paper .
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A new study has found signs that the severity of COVID-19 — and the viral loads those infected carry — may be fading.
Researchers at Wayne State University say that viral loads, which is the amount of the virus in a patient’s system, continue to drop, which could explain why the death rate is falling.
“Dr. Said El Zein and his team analyzed viral loads of SARS-CoV-2, the virus causing COVID-19, coming from patient nasal swabs over two months,” Study Finds reported on Sunday. “From April 4 to June 5, a downward trend in the amount of virus detected in patients at Detroit Medical Center was discovered.”
To estimate the viral loads coming from nasopharyngeal swabs, study authors use a cycle threshold (Ct) value that comes from the tests on these samples. A higher Ct means a sample has less SARS-CoV-2 in it. Their scale rates a high viral load [VL] as a Ct of 25 and under, intermediate loads as a Ct between 26-36, and low viral loads as a Ct over 37. During the week of April 4, just under half (49%) of COVID-19 patients had an intermediate viral load (VL). Low and high VL counts both came in at 25.5 percent of the patient samples.
By the fifth week of the study, El Zein said, 70 percent of positive COVID-19 swabs fell into the low VL category. That, in turn, coincided with a decrease in patient deaths, the doctor said.
“Researchers say 45 percent of patients in the high VL group died from the virus. This number falls to 32 percent for COVID-19 patients with intermediate loads and 14 percent for the low VL group,” Study Finds reported.
There have been other reports about “viral loads.” The most used test to determine if someone has COVID-19, known as a PCR test, is either positive or negative, that’s it. But the test does not identify the viral load — the greater the amount of virus, the more likely it is that the patient is contagious or may get severely ill.
“In three sets of testing data that include cycle thresholds, compiled by officials in Massachusetts, New York and Nevada, up to 90 percent of people testing positive carried barely any virus,” The New York Times reported in August after conducting a review of data.
Apoorva Mandavilli, the Times reporter who wrote the piece, said on Twitter: “NEW: All these months into the pandemic, we may have been testing the wrong way. Data from some state labs suggest up to 90% (!!) of people who get a positive result are no longer contagious and don’t need to isolate.”
“It turns out that the PCR, that old reliable workhorse, is both too slow and too sensitive for what we need. And it all hinges on a metric called the ‘cycle threshold,’” she wrote in another post.
The current PCR test analyzes genetic matter from the virus using 37 or 40 cycles, but health experts say that is too high because it detects even small amounts of the virus that pose no risk of contagion.
“Tests with thresholds so high may detect not just live virus but also genetic fragments, leftovers from infection that pose no particular risk — akin to finding a hair in a room long after a person has left,” Dr. Michael Mina, an epidemiologist at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, told the paper.
RELATED: NY Times: Up To 90% Of People Who Test Positive For COVID-19 No Longer Contagious, ‘Don’t Need To Isolate’


thelibertydaily--2020-09-28--NY City Union Demands Bill de Bozo Give Control of the City’s Schools to the State Following ‘No Con

NY City Union Demands Bill de Bozo Give Control of the City’s Schools to the State Following ‘No Confidence’ Vote

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The head of New York City’s Council of School Supervisors and Administrators, the union that represents the city’s school principals, is demanding that Mayor Michael de Blasio and Chancellor Richard Carranza remove themselves from control of the city’s 5,001 schools after a vote of no confidence over the handling of the COVID crisis.
The demand by the principals’ union, which reportedly has over 6,400 members, is the latest sign of city-wide institutionalized chaos coming just two days before the scheduled start of in-classroom learning for Kindergarten through 8th Grade students.
“CSA calls on Mayor de Blasio to cede mayoral control of the Department of Education for the remainder of this health crisis and for Mayor de Blasio and Chancellor Carranza to seek the immediate intervention of the New York State Education Department,” the statement from the union read.
In a letter to the Mayor and Chancellor, the group wrote, “[The Council] declared a unanimous vote of ‘No Confidence’ in Mayor de Blasio and Chancellor Carranza due to their failure to lead New York City through the safe and successful reopening of schools.”
This is the first time in the city’s history that the union has called for such sweeping state intervention in city schools.
“All summer long, we’ve been running into roadblock after roadblock, with changing guidance, confusing guidance – often no guidance,” union chief Mark Cannizzaro told reporters in a conference call Sunday.
On-line instruction was riddled with technical glitches and uncoordinated execution as well.
The majority of families attempting to engage online classes for their children faced problems including trouble logging in and uncommunicative and unresponsive teachers.
One parent tweeted that her daughter’s online class was “hijacked” by hackers who inundated the channel with hardcore pornography, an alleged security breach the DOE said they are probing.


thelibertydaily--2020-09-28--ICYMI: No Slow Joe, You Didn’t Get “Started” at a Historically Black College

Another day , another Biden tall tale exposed as just another lie .
This time it goes back to when he was campaigning for Black votes prior to the primary in South Carolina .
During a town hall event , Slow Joe simply fabricated a story he felt would improve his standing with minority voters .
“ I got started out of an HBCU , Delaware State , ” he told pupils at Wilson High School in Florence , which was founded in 1866 by the Freedmen ’ s Bureau for Black children seeking an education .
The lifetime pol @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ Now , I don ’ t want to hear anything negative about Delaware State .
They ’ re my folks.
” However , the politician ’ s claim came back to haunt him when the university said he had only been a commencement speaker there decades after his start in politics .
“ Vice President Biden did not attend DSU , ” the college ’ s director of news service , Carlos Holmes , told The Washington Times .
In 1965 , Joe Biden actually graduated from the University of Delaware , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Delaware State University .
Maybe he got the two schools confused .
Given Mr. Biden ’ s mounting gaffes it ’ s a possibility .
Or could it be the former vice president can no longer tell the difference between what ’ s real and what isn ’ t .
So is Joe Biden just simply increasingly prone to goofs , missteps , flubs , and blunders , or is he becoming increasingly out of touch with the world around him ?
Either scenario is very , very frightening .

Another day, another Biden tall tale exposed as just another lie. This time it goes back to when he was campaigning for Black votes prior to the primary in South Carolina.
During a town hall event, Slow Joe simply fabricated a story he felt would improve his standing with minority voters. “I got started out of an HBCU, Delaware State,” he told pupils at Wilson High School in Florence, which was founded in 1866 by the Freedmen’s Bureau for Black children seeking an education.
The lifetime pol, panderer, and pretender continued, “Now, I don’t want to hear anything negative about Delaware State. They’re my folks.”
However, the politician’s claim came back to haunt him when the university said he had only been a commencement speaker there decades after his start in politics.
“Vice President Biden did not attend DSU,” the college’s director of news service, Carlos Holmes, told The Washington Times.
In 1965, Joe Biden actually graduated from the University of Delaware, which is about 40 miles north of Delaware State University.
Maybe he got the two schools confused. Given Mr. Biden’s mounting gaffes it’s a possibility. Or could it be the former vice president can no longer tell the difference between what’s real and what isn’t.
So is Joe Biden just simply increasingly prone to goofs, missteps, flubs, and blunders, or is he becoming increasingly out of touch with the world around him?
Either scenario is very, very frightening.
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thelibertydaily--2020-09-28--U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols Temporarily Blocks US Ban of Chi-Com Spy App TikTok Downloads

A woman walks past the headquarters of ByteDance , the parent company of video sharing app TikTok , in Beijing on Sept. 16 , 2020 .
( Greg Baker/AFP via Getty Images ) A federal district judge has ruled to temporarily grant China-based TikTok owner ByteDance a preliminary injunction , which will allow the app to remain available for download from U.S. app stores .
The Trump administration ’ s ban of TikTok updates and downloads in the United States was set to take effect at 11:59 p.m. on Sunday as ByteDance continues negotiations with U.S. companies Oracle and Walmart @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
However , further restrictions outlined by the Commerce Department for the popular video-sharing app—if the security of Americans ’ data can not be guaranteed—have not “ at this time ” been blocked , U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols in Washington said in his ruling .
Nichols was appointed to the District Court in June 2019 by President Donald Trump .
President Trump in an August executive order ( pdf ) outlined Nov. 12 as the deadline for current app owner Bytedance to divest its U.S. assets , or see TikTok shutdown in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ responded to the ruling Sunday saying that it would comply with the ruling but would continue to defend the executive order from “ legal challenges ” given that the president ’ s executive order is “ fully consistent with the law and promotes legitimate national security interests.
” Trump has given tentative approval to a proposed deal in which Oracle and Walmart could initially own a combined 20 percent of a new U.S. entity , TikTok Global .
But Trump also said he could retract his approval if Oracle doesn ’ t have @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
The White House says the video service is a security risk because the personal information of its millions of U.S. users could be handed over to Chinese authorities .
The Associated Press contributed to this report .

A federal judge on Sept. 27 temporarily halted President Donald Trump’s executive order that would have banned app stores from carrying popular short-video app TikTok beginning at 11:59pm on Sept. 27.
U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols in Washington issued a preliminary injunction late Sept. 27, but declined to postpone a more comprehensive ban to the app set for Nov. 12.
The ruling followed an emergency hearing that morning in which lawyers for TikTok argued that the administration's app-store ban would infringe on First Amendment rights and do irreparable harm to the business.
Trump in August issued an executive order to bar U.S. transactions with TikTok’s Chinese parent company, ByteDance, citing national security risks. The U.S. administration says personal data collected on 100 million American users could be transferred to Beijing due to Chinese laws that compel companies to cooperate with security agencies when asked. The president issued a separate order in August compelling ByteDance to divest its U.S. assets by Nov. 12.
The injunction comes as ByteDance is scrambling to finalize a preliminary deal for Oracle, a database-storage company, and retail giant Walmart to acquire stakes in a new company, TikTok Global, that would oversee U.S. operations.
U.S. teen Feroza Aziz informs viewers about the Chinese Communist Party's detention of at least 1 million Uyghurs in Xinjiang, China, in a video on TikTok, which was later censored. (Courtesy of Feroza Aziz/Twitter)
However, the two sides have made inconsistent statements on the corporate structure of TikTok Global. ByteDance said last week that it will still own 80 percent of the U.S. entity after a financing round. Oracle, meanwhile, put out a statement saying that Americans “will be the majority and ByteDance will have no ownership in TikTok Global.” Trump said Sept. 20 that he gave the in-principle deal his “blessing,” but later said he could retract his approval if Oracle doesn’t have “total control" of the company.
TikTok said it was pleased with the injunction and added that it would maintain its "ongoing dialogue with the government to turn our proposal, which the president gave his preliminary approval to last week, into an agreement."
The Commerce Department responded to the ruling on Sept. 27, saying that it would comply but would continue to “vigorously defend” the executive order from legal challenges given that the president's executive order is "fully consistent with the law and promotes legitimate national security interests."
TikTok lawyer John Hall argued before Nichols on Sept. 27 that TikTok is more than an app, since it functions as a “modern day version of a town square."
“If that prohibition goes into effect at midnight, the consequences immediately are grave,'" Hall said. “It would be no different than the government locking the doors to a public forum, roping off that town square" at a time when a free exchange of ideas is necessary heading into a polarized election.
Justice Department lawyer Daniel Schwei said Chinese companies aren't purely private and are subject to intrusive laws compelling their cooperation with Chinese intelligence agencies. The Justice Department has also argued that economic regulations of this nature generally aren't subject to First Amendment scrutiny.
“This is the most immediate national security threat," Schwei argued. “It is a threat today. It is a risk today and therefore it deserves to be addressed today, even while other things are ongoing and playing out."
Any deal between ByteDance and Oracle and Walmart would also require approval from the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States, a governmental panel that reviews foreign acquisitions for national security risks. Meanwhile, ByteDance has said that Beijing would also need to sign off on any agreement, as the regime in August revised technology export controls in a way that gave it a say over the TikTok deal.
Last week, a federal judge in California temporarily blocked a similar order to ban Chinese messaging app WeChat that was set to take effect on Sept. 20. The Justice Department has asked the judge for the ban to be restored, with a hearing scheduled for Oct. 15.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.


thelibertydaily--2020-09-28--Piers Morgan Brands Meghan Markle & Prince Harry ‘Deluded Clowns’ As He Urges the Crown to ‘Strip Th

Piers Morgan Brands Meghan Markle & Prince Harry ‘Deluded Clowns’ As He Urges the Crown to ‘Strip Them of Royal Titles’

PIERS Morgan has branded Meghan Markle and Prince Harry `` deluded clowns '' and urged The Queen to `` strip them of their royal titles . ''
The Good Morning Britain host shared his immediate reaction to Megxit in an excerpt of his new book Wake Up : Why The World Has Gone Nuts which appeared in The Mail on Sunday today .
When the news broke that Prince Harry and Meghan Markle were `` stepping down '' as senior working royals in January , Piers took issue with the statement on their `` glitzy new '' Sussex Royal website @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and Duchess said they wanted to carve out a `` progressive '' role within the monarchy - but Piers claims this was just a way out to get out of `` tedious '' royal engagements .
He raged : `` In other words , they want to be super-woke Royals ( with all the ‘ do as we say not as we do ’ hectoring hypocrisy they ’ ve already brought to that status ) who get to keep all the trappings of Royal life without any of the hard , boring bits @ @ @ @ @ @ @ disgraceful Royal antics in my time , but for pure arrogance , entitlement , greed , and wilful disrespect , nothing has quite matched this nonsense . ''
Urging Her Majesty to strip Harry and Meghan of their royal status , he continued : `` If I were the Queen , I would unceremoniously strip these deluded clowns of all their titles with immediate effect and despatch them back into civilian life . ''
Although the couple have kept their HRH titles , they are not allowed to use them because they no @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 's more , Prince Harry was stripped of all his military titles as part of the deal - which Meghan allegedly told a friend was `` so unnecessary '' .
In return for not using their HRH , the couple are free to make any commercial deals they want - and signed a £112m deal with Netflix earlier this year .
In his new book , Piers hits back at critics who said he 's `` obsessed '' with Meghan .
He continued : `` My criticisms have been centred around their hypocrisy @ @ @ @ @ @ @ celebrity-fuelled baby-shower party in New York , including a lift on George ’ s Clooney jet , on the same day she and Harry tweeted a plea for people to think of the poor ; the ridiculous lengths they went to hide basic details of their baby Archie ’ s birth from the public that pays for much of their lavish lives ; and the way they used Sir Elton John ’ s private jet like a taxi service after repeatedly lecturing us all about the importance of watching our carbon footprint .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ for `` poking his woke nose into the US election '' after the Duke and Duchess told voters to `` reject hate speech and online negativity '' in a video for TIME .
In more Royal Family news , Prince Harry ‘ reevaluated royal life ’ after being left out of photos on Queen ’ s desk during Xmas speech , an expert has claimed .
And Kate Middleton ’ s famous see-through dress was actually a SKIRT she ‘ yanked up ’ to show off her figure .
Plus Charlotte and George @ @ @ @ @ @ @ revealed & ‘ Kate and William are only parents allowed inside gates ’ .

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HEIR THIS Piers Morgan brands Meghan Markle & Prince Harry ‘deluded clowns’ as he urges The Queen to ‘strip them of royal titles’
PIERS Morgan has branded Meghan Markle and Prince Harry "deluded clowns" and urged The Queen to "strip them of their royal titles."
The Good Morning Britain host shared his immediate reaction to Megxit in an excerpt of his new book Wake Up: Why The World Has Gone Nuts which appeared in The Mail on Sunday today.
3 Piers Morgan's first reaction to Megxit was to brand Harry and Meghan 'deluded clowns' Credit: Rex Features
When the news broke that Prince Harry and Meghan Markle were "stepping down" as senior working royals in January, Piers took issue with the statement on their "glitzy new" Sussex Royal website.
In the statement, the Duke and Duchess said they wanted to carve out a "progressive" role within the monarchy - but Piers claims this was just a way out to get out of "tedious" royal engagements.
He raged: "In other words, they want to be super-woke Royals (with all the ‘do as we say not as we do’ hectoring hypocrisy they’ve already brought to that status) who get to keep all the trappings of Royal life without any of the hard, boring bits.
"I’ve seen some disgraceful Royal antics in my time, but for pure arrogance, entitlement, greed, and wilful disrespect, nothing has quite matched this nonsense."
3 Prince Harry and Meghan Markle urged US voters to 'reject hate speech and online negativity' in a video for TIME
Urging Her Majesty to strip Harry and Meghan of their royal status, he continued: "If I were the Queen, I would unceremoniously strip these deluded clowns of all their titles with immediate effect and despatch them back into civilian life."
Although the couple have kept their HRH titles, they are not allowed to use them because they no longer formally represent The Queen.
What's more, Prince Harry was stripped of all his military titles as part of the deal - which Meghan allegedly told a friend was "so unnecessary".
In return for not using their HRH, the couple are free to make any commercial deals they want - and signed a £112m deal with Netflix earlier this year.
3 Piers blasted the couple's 'hypocrisy' Credit: Getty - Pool
In his new book, Piers hits back at critics who said he's "obsessed" with Meghan.
He continued: "My criticisms have been centred around their hypocrisy:
"Meghan having a $500,000 celebrity-fuelled baby-shower party in New York, including a lift on George’s Clooney jet, on the same day she and Harry tweeted a plea for people to think of the poor; the ridiculous lengths they went to hide basic details of their baby Archie’s birth from the public that pays for much of their lavish lives; and the way they used Sir Elton John’s private jet like a taxi service after repeatedly lecturing us all about the importance of watching our carbon footprint."
Last week, Piers blasted Harry for "poking his woke nose into the US election" after the Duke and Duchess told voters to "reject hate speech and online negativity" in a video for TIME.
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In more Royal Family news, Prince Harry ‘reevaluated royal life’ after being left out of photos on Queen’s desk during Xmas speech, an expert has claimed.
And Kate Middleton’s famous see-through dress was actually a SKIRT she ‘yanked up’ to show off her figure.
Plus Charlotte and George’s school Covid-19 restrictions have been revealed & ‘Kate and William are only parents allowed inside gates’.


thelibertydaily--2020-09-28--Mollie Hemingway: Joe Biden Lied About Not Knowing About Hunter’s Involvement With Burisma — The Cor

Mollie Hemingway: Joe Biden Lied About Not Knowing About Hunter’s Involvement With Burisma — The Corrupt Ukraine Energy Company

In a bombshell report , Fox News contributor Molly Hemingway explains Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden has “ not spoken accurately about his knowledge of his son ’ s involvement in Burisma ” which apparently caused more of a headache for the Obama administration than has been expressed publicly .
“ While this is focused on Hunter Biden and James Biden and other family members of Joe Biden , not Joe Biden himself , it is also true that Joe Biden was revealed to have not spoken accurately about his knowledge of his son ’ s involvement in Burisma , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ told Fox News .
The 87-page report states in “ October 2015 , senior State Department official Amos Hochstein raised concerns with Vice President Biden , as well as with Hunter Biden , that Hunter Biden ’ s position on Burisma ’ s board enabled Russian disinformation efforts and risked undermining U.S. policy in Ukraine.
” Former vice president Joe Biden has repeatedly claimed he did not speak with his son about business and recently claimed : “ He didn ’ t know about it when the report shows that in fact , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Biden ’ s role that they had briefed him , that they had alerted the FBI , ” explained Hemingway .
Additionally , “ it did cause a problem during the Obama Administration that there was this conflict of interest .
It was not dealt with and we again are still awaiting answers as to exactly all the problems that it caused.
” Hemingway added , “ We saw a lot of people in the media claim that this is old news which was an interesting approach to take , given that they @ @ @ @ @ @ @ news beforehand and some of it was truly breaking news such as the wire transfer between the Russian oligarch who was married to the former mayor of Moscow , $ 3.5 million to Hunter Biden.
” Finally , Hemingway says the question must be asked : “ Why were people paying him so much money ?
What did they get out of it ?
And why was this done for someone who really had no experience in any of these fields or any appreciable skills that would make sense for him doing business @ @ @ @ @ @ @ campaign spokesman Andrew Bates said Wednesday the investigation is nothing more than pursuing a “ conspiracy theory .
”

In a bombshell report, Fox News contributor Molly Hemingway explains Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden has “not spoken accurately about his knowledge of his son’s involvement in Burisma” which apparently caused more of a headache for the Obama administration than has been expressed publicly.
“While this is focused on Hunter Biden and James Biden and other family members of Joe Biden, not Joe Biden himself, it is also true that Joe Biden was revealed to have not spoken accurately about his knowledge of his son’s involvement in Burisma, the Ukrainian energy concern,” Hemingway told Fox News.
The 87-page report states in “October 2015, senior State Department official Amos Hochstein raised concerns with Vice President Biden, as well as with Hunter Biden, that Hunter Biden’s position on Burisma’s board enabled Russian disinformation efforts and risked undermining U.S. policy in Ukraine.”
Former vice president Joe Biden has repeatedly claimed he did not speak with his son about business and recently claimed: “He didn’t know about it when the report shows that in fact, some bureaucrats were so concerned about Hunter Biden’s role that they had briefed him, that they had alerted the FBI,” explained Hemingway.
Additionally, “it did cause a problem during the Obama Administration that there was this conflict of interest. It was not dealt with and we again are still awaiting answers as to exactly all the problems that it caused.” Hemingway added, “We saw a lot of people in the media claim that this is old news which was an interesting approach to take, given that they hadn’t reported any of this news beforehand and some of it was truly breaking news such as the wire transfer between the Russian oligarch who was married to the former mayor of Moscow, $3.5 million to Hunter Biden.”
Finally, Hemingway says the question must be asked: “Why were people paying him so much money? What did they get out of it? And why was this done for someone who really had no experience in any of these fields or any appreciable skills that would make sense for him doing business this way?” Naturally, Biden campaign spokesman Andrew Bates said Wednesday the investigation is nothing more than pursuing a “conspiracy theory.”


thelibertydaily--2020-09-29--Whistleblower: World Health Organization Repeatedly Ignored Its Own Protocol Throughout COVID-19 Pan

An anonymous whistleblower is taking the World Health Organization ( WHO ) and other COVID-19 pandemic alarmists to task on social media for refusing to adhere to their own pandemic guidelines .
The whistleblower , who uses the Twitter handle @ BoriquaGato , pointed out in a Twitter thread that the WHO had advised never to use contact tracing in any circumstances during a pandemic as of 2019 : Even though the WHO ’ s pandemic recommendations do include the use of masks , they admitted that there is no evidence showing that asymptomatic individuals wearing masks prevents the spread @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that contact tracing , quarantining exposed persons , and school closures do little if anything to prevent the spread of airborne illness during a pandemic : The whistleblower noted that U.S. biodefense experts ruled out forced quarantines for use during pandemics for several reasons : The whistleblower showed with his assemblance of facts that the entire pandemic response has been political and a complete affront to science : The whistleblower also pointed to studies conducted by the WHO indicating that masks are not effective in preventing the spread of respiratory viruses : The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s vaunted scientific and medical establishment , making the point that random researchers on Twitter are doing a much better job on informing the public of crucial facts during the pandemic : The pandemic response rules published by the WHO in 2019 can be accessed here .
Big League Politics has reported on the WHO ’ s many lies and failures throughout the COVID-19 pandemic , which has resulted in millions of souls being lost to the senseless mass hysteria : John Binder of Breitbart News covered a story on World Health Organization @ @ @ @ @ @ @ virus travel bans .
According to a report from Australia ’ s Sky News , WHO bureaucrats met with a group of doctors and medical experts to makes plans about how to respond to the Wuhan Virus .
At the time , the virus was spreading from China to nations like the U.S. , Italy , and Iran .
Sky News ’ report is based on the meeting ’ s notes .
The WHO bureaucrats held a meeting with the experts in Geneva , Switzerland , and prevented them from suggesting travel bans @ @ @ @ @ @ @ spread of the Wuhan Virus .
While doing a live report , Sky News digital editor Jack Houghton said : ” [ WHO ] actually decided not to go ahead with [ travel ban recommendations ] and not declare a global health emergency but there were a few dissenting voices .
So the official meeting records say there was a divergence of views but they won ’ t actually go into detail about who was trying to block it .
But there were doctors there who wanted to issue travel bans and the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ thousands of Wuhan virus cases were confirmed across the globe throughout February , WHO bureaucrats repeatedly urged nations to not implement travel bans .
“ WHO continues to advise against the application of travel or trade restrictions to countries experiencing COVID-19 outbreaks , ” per a WHO statement released on February 29 .
Despite efforts by WHO bureaucrats to prevent experts from advising that nations enact travel bans to fight the virus , President Trump decisively moved forward with travel bans on China and Iran after the first weeks of the first confirmed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ went by , Trump issued a travel ban on Europe after the nation ’ s leading medical experts said the Wuhan virus was mainly being spread because of European travel .
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director Dr. Anthony Fauci strongly argued for travel bans in fighting the Wuhan virus .
Officials should be jailed , or worse , for the damage done to society over the scamdemic .
This is a criminal act , and the globalists refuse to give up on the hysteria in the hopes to avoid culpability @ @ @ @ @ @

Whistleblower: World Health Organization Repeatedly Ignored Its Own Protocol Throughout COVID-19 Pandemic
An anonymous whistleblower is taking the World Health Organization (WHO) and other COVID-19 pandemic alarmists to task on social media for refusing to adhere to their own pandemic guidelines.
The whistleblower, who uses the Twitter handle @BoriquaGato, pointed out in a Twitter thread that the WHO had advised never to use contact tracing in any circumstances during a pandemic as of 2019:
https://twitter.com/boriquagato/status/1309949944493735937
Even though the WHO’s pandemic recommendations do include the use of masks, they admitted that there is no evidence showing that asymptomatic individuals wearing masks prevents the spread of airborne illness:
https://twitter.com/boriquagato/status/1309949951036788736
https://twitter.com/boriquagato/status/1309949955495297026
The WHO admitted that contact tracing, quarantining exposed persons, and school closures do little if anything to prevent the spread of airborne illness during a pandemic:
https://twitter.com/boriquagato/status/1309949961996468224
The whistleblower noted that U.S. biodefense experts ruled out forced quarantines for use during pandemics for several reasons:
https://twitter.com/boriquagato/status/1309949967923056640
The whistleblower showed with his assemblance of facts that the entire pandemic response has been political and a complete affront to science:
https://twitter.com/boriquagato/status/1309949969651191809
The whistleblower also pointed to studies conducted by the WHO indicating that masks are not effective in preventing the spread of respiratory viruses:
https://twitter.com/boriquagato/status/1310595825865756673
The whistleblower also flexed on Big Pharma’s vaunted scientific and medical establishment, making the point that random researchers on Twitter are doing a much better job on informing the public of crucial facts during the pandemic:
https://twitter.com/boriquagato/status/1310573914028998656
https://twitter.com/boriquagato/status/1310596774252417025
The pandemic response rules published by the WHO in 2019 can be accessed here.
Big League Politics has reported on the WHO’s many lies and failures throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, which has resulted in millions of souls being lost to the senseless mass hysteria:
John Binder of Breitbart News covered a story on World Health Organization officials stopping medical experts from recommending Wuhan virus travel bans. According to a report from Australia’s Sky News, WHO bureaucrats met with a group of doctors and medical experts to makes plans about how to respond to the Wuhan Virus. At the time, the virus was spreading from China to nations like the U.S., Italy, and Iran. Sky News’ report is based on the meeting’s notes. The WHO bureaucrats held a meeting with the experts in Geneva, Switzerland, and prevented them from suggesting travel bans as a proactive way to stop the spread of the Wuhan Virus. While doing a live report, Sky News digital editor Jack Houghton said: ”[WHO] actually decided not to go ahead with [travel ban recommendations] and not declare a global health emergency but there were a few dissenting voices. So the official meeting records say there was a divergence of views but they won’t actually go into detail about who was trying to block it. But there were doctors there who wanted to issue travel bans and the World Health Organization blocked it.” While thousands of Wuhan virus cases were confirmed across the globe throughout February, WHO bureaucrats repeatedly urged nations to not implement travel bans. “WHO continues to advise against the application of travel or trade restrictions to countries experiencing COVID-19 outbreaks,” per a WHO statement released on February 29. Despite efforts by WHO bureaucrats to prevent experts from advising that nations enact travel bans to fight the virus, President Trump decisively moved forward with travel bans on China and Iran after the first weeks of the first confirmed case in America.
After a month went by, Trump issued a travel ban on Europe after the nation’s leading medical experts said the Wuhan virus was mainly being spread because of European travel. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director Dr. Anthony Fauci strongly argued for travel bans in fighting the Wuhan virus.
Officials should be jailed, or worse, for the damage done to society over the scamdemic. This is a criminal act, and the globalists refuse to give up on the hysteria in the hopes to avoid culpability for what they have done.


thelibertydaily--2020-09-29--Over 200 Illegal Aliens Arrested in Bust of Human Smuggling Operation in Laredo, Texas

More than 200 illegal aliens were transferred to the custody of Customs and Border Patrol last week , with the wave of arrests coming as authorities moved upon a human smuggling ring operating in the Laredo , Texas area .
Border Patrol agents most recently recounted finding 25 people hiding within a horse trailer at an immigration checkpoint on Thursday .
They ’ ve encountered other smuggling attempts with the use of commercial tractor-trailers , box trucks , agriculture and fuel containers , and a travel trailer .
CBP has reported making 242 arrests last week alone , a figure @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
At least two of the men arrested by CBP for attempting to unlawfully enter the country have outstanding arrest warrants for sex crimes in the United States , one of which is said to have targeted a minor .
Both of these suspects are currently facing extradition proceedings for their alleged crimes .
Trending : CDC Admits There is No Proof COVID-19 is Airborne Virus and They Have Been Misleading the Public All Along The south Texas city appears to have become a hub for cartel-affiliated human smuggling , which has resumed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ onset of the coronavirus pandemic .
CBP and the Webb County Sheriff ’ s Office executed a search warrant on a human smuggling stash house in the city last month , in which 47 illegal aliens were being stashed .
take our poll - story continues below The freeze on illegal immigration that resulted from the coronavirus pandemic appears to largely be over , with criminal smuggling groups now once again attempting to move large groups of unlawful aliens into the United States .
It ’ s very likely that smuggling organizations will @ @ @ @ @ @ @ southern border in a greatly increased capacity if Joe Biden is inaugurated in January .
The Democrat candidate has already confirmed he only intends to deport illegal aliens who are convicted of a violent felony , which would largely abandon the enforcement of American immigration law .

Over 200 Illegal Aliens Arrested in Bust of Human Smuggling Operation in Laredo, Texas
More than 200 illegal aliens were transferred to the custody of Customs and Border Patrol last week, with the wave of arrests coming as authorities moved upon a human smuggling ring operating in the Laredo, Texas area.
Border Patrol agents most recently recounted finding 25 people hiding within a horse trailer at an immigration checkpoint on Thursday. They’ve encountered other smuggling attempts with the use of commercial tractor-trailers, box trucks, agriculture and fuel containers, and a travel trailer. CBP has reported making 242 arrests last week alone, a figure not seen since before the coronavirus pandemic.
At least two of the men arrested by CBP for attempting to unlawfully enter the country have outstanding arrest warrants for sex crimes in the United States, one of which is said to have targeted a minor. Both of these suspects are currently facing extradition proceedings for their alleged crimes.
The south Texas city appears to have become a hub for cartel-affiliated human smuggling, which has resumed in force following a lull during the onset of the coronavirus pandemic. CBP and the Webb County Sheriff’s Office executed a search warrant on a human smuggling stash house in the city last month, in which 47 illegal aliens were being stashed.
The freeze on illegal immigration that resulted from the coronavirus pandemic appears to largely be over, with criminal smuggling groups now once again attempting to move large groups of unlawful aliens into the United States. It’s very likely that smuggling organizations will attempt to move their customers across the southern border in a greatly increased capacity if Joe Biden is inaugurated in January. The Democrat candidate has already confirmed he only intends to deport illegal aliens who are convicted of a violent felony, which would largely abandon the enforcement of American immigration law.


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thelibertydaily--2020-09-29--Is This The Face Of The New Socialist?

Is This The Face Of The New Socialist?

WASHINGTON , D.C. – Democrats have spent a lot of time in recent years trying to shake off the label of “ socialist.
” Barack Obama used to brush it aside , scoff at it .
When Joe Biden was asked about it recently , he answered more directly , boasting , “ I beat the socialist…Do I look like a socialist ?
” Then , as if to erase any lingering doubts , he added emphatically , “ I ’ m not a socialist.
” But let ’ s not forget that Bernie Sanders , that lifelong dyed-in-the-wool socialist @ @ @ @ @ @ @ hair ’ s breadth of winning the Democrat nomination for president , and that Sanders still enjoys a strong following among Democrats .
Considering Joe ’ s amorphous political convictions , there ’ s simply no way of knowing where he stands , or how susceptible he would be to the pressure from those far-left elements of his party .
Allegations of socialist and communist sympathizers among the Democrat ranks have been swirling around since the McCarthy era .
But Obama resurrected the issue in 2008 , when he famously remarked , “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ around , it ’ s good for everybody.
” To many , it raised red flags .
He was expressing one of the classic socialist doctrines – the redistribution of wealth , taking from those who work hard and giving to those who don ’ t .
But are the Democrats of today truly socialists ?
“ Of course not , ” Biden ’ s defenders insist .
They argue that Joe Biden has always been a level-headed moderate Democrat , and besides , even those on the far-left of his party don @ @ @ @ @ @ @ socialist .
One such argument was made recently in an article published in NPR .
The article quoted a history and political science professor at Vanderbilt University , Thomas Alan Schwartz , who acknowledges that , “ Democrats have tended , through regulation and other ways , to be more empowering of the federal government and in regulating the economy than the Republicans.
” But he suggested it was wrong to call that socialism , arguing that socialism is actually a political system in which the state controls the economy and welfare services @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of other things are in state control , including the large sections of the private economy.
” He didn ’ t address Obamacare , which did , in fact , give the state control over one-sixth of our economy , nor the fact that Democrats have no intention of stopping there .
If they had their way , the federal government would oversee wages , the environment , education , our law enforcement system , virtually every aspect of our lives .
That begins to sound a lot like socialism .
Democrat leaders @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , as well as all its related “ isms.
” Most Americans don ’ t really care about the nuanced differences between socialism , Communism , Marxism , Leninism , and Maoism .
They learned a long time ago that , in the end , all those ideologies are antithetical to the American way of life , that they abhor the freedom guaranteed to Americans by our Constitution , and that , while promising power to the people , instead they only expand the power of the state , often through violence and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ article reassured his readers that Biden ’ s history establishes him as a “ moderate and a pragmatist , ” He added that Biden supports neither of the major socialist programs being pushed by the far left – the Green New Deal and Medicare for all .
But it ’ s Biden ’ s pragmatism that almost assures a shift to his left .
He knows he needs those vast numbers of Sanders ’ supporters , and he has to give them something for it .
While he tells us that the socialist @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Bernie may be gone but he ’ s not forgotten .
Ultimately , we don ’ t need to understand the academic definition of socialism .
We just need to defend our own freedom and independence from radical politicians and their false promises of power to the people .

Considering Joe’s amorphous political convictions, there’s simply no way of knowing where he stands, or how susceptible he would be to the pressure from those far-left elements of his party. Photo credit: Peter Lemiska.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Democrats have spent a lot of time in recent years trying to shake off the label of “socialist.” Barack Obama used to brush it aside, scoff at it. When Joe Biden was asked about it recently, he answered more directly, boasting, “I beat the socialist…Do I look like a socialist?” Then, as if to erase any lingering doubts, he added emphatically, “I’m not a socialist.”
But let’s not forget that Bernie Sanders, that lifelong dyed-in-the-wool socialist beaten by Biden, came within a hair’s breadth of winning the Democrat nomination for president, and that Sanders still enjoys a strong following among Democrats. Considering Joe’s amorphous political convictions, there’s simply no way of knowing where he stands, or how susceptible he would be to the pressure from those far-left elements of his party.
Allegations of socialist and communist sympathizers among the Democrat ranks have been swirling around since the McCarthy era. But Obama resurrected the issue in 2008, when he famously remarked, “I think when you spread the wealth around, it’s good for everybody.” To many, it raised red flags. He was expressing one of the classic socialist doctrines – the redistribution of wealth, taking from those who work hard and giving to those who don’t.
But are the Democrats of today truly socialists?
“Of course not,” Biden’s defenders insist. They argue that Joe Biden has always been a level-headed moderate Democrat, and besides, even those on the far-left of his party don’t actually meet the definition of socialist.
One such argument was made recently in an article published in NPR. The article quoted a history and political science professor at Vanderbilt University, Thomas Alan Schwartz, who acknowledges that, “Democrats have tended, through regulation and other ways, to be more empowering of the federal government and in regulating the economy than the Republicans.”
But he suggested it was wrong to call that socialism, arguing that socialism is actually a political system in which the state controls the economy and welfare services, and in which “all sorts of other things are in state control, including the large sections of the private economy.”
He didn’t address Obamacare, which did, in fact, give the state control over one-sixth of our economy, nor the fact that Democrats have no intention of stopping there. If they had their way, the federal government would oversee wages, the environment, education, our law enforcement system, virtually every aspect of our lives. That begins to sound a lot like socialism.
Democrat leaders know that mainstream America still rejects socialism, as well as all its related “isms.” Most Americans don’t really care about the nuanced differences between socialism, Communism, Marxism, Leninism, and Maoism. They learned a long time ago that, in the end, all those ideologies are antithetical to the American way of life, that they abhor the freedom guaranteed to Americans by our Constitution, and that, while promising power to the people, instead they only expand the power of the state, often through violence and revolution.
The author of that NPR article reassured his readers that Biden’s history establishes him as a “moderate and a pragmatist,” He added that Biden supports neither of the major socialist programs being pushed by the far left – the Green New Deal and Medicare for all.
But it’s Biden’s pragmatism that almost assures a shift to his left. He knows he needs those vast numbers of Sanders’ supporters, and he has to give them something for it. While he tells us that the socialist has been beaten, we know that Bernie may be gone but he’s not forgotten.
Ultimately, we don’t need to understand the academic definition of socialism. We just need to defend our own freedom and independence from radical politicians and their false promises of power to the people.


thelibertydaily--2020-09-29--O’Keefe Bust, Part II: ‘We Don’t Care [If It’s] Illegal’: Democrat Ilhan Omar Operative Caught on Un

O’Keefe Bust, Part II: ‘We Don’t Care [If It’s] Illegal’: Democrat Ilhan Omar Operative Caught on Undercover Video Buying Votes With Cash

James O ’ Keefe just dropped more bombshell evidence on Ilhan Omar ’ s ballot harvesting operation .
He calls this the MOAB , the smoking gun .
O ’ Keefe has obtained footage of the actual exchange of money for ballots .
The harvester instructs the man on how to fill out the ballot , then after he signs it gives him $ 200 for it .
They also have another man on tape admitting to being paid $ 800 for his ballot .
A former coworker for Ilhan Omar actually says she ’ s the mastermind behind the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that these ballot harvesters become precinct managers too .
O ’ Keefe also exposes how these harvesters will escort people to the polls if they don ’ t have an absentee ballot , under the guise of being a translator , and will tell them who to vote for .
Lastly , they have one of the ballot harvesters admitting to paying Al-Shabaab , which is part of Al Qaeda , to leave him alone .
They are apparently extorting $ 1,000 from him in this instance .
Below is the full video @ @ @ @ @

James O’Keefe just dropped more bombshell evidence on Ilhan Omar’s ballot harvesting operation. He calls this the MOAB, the smoking gun.
Watch:
🚨🚨🚨BREAKING NEW VIDEO: Omar Connected Harvester SEEN Exchanging $200 for General Election Ballot."We don't care illegal."…"We are taking the money and we'll vote for you" "@IlhanMN is the one who came up with all this"#CashForBallots pic.twitter.com/4Svy5EYs2z — Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) September 29, 2020
O’Keefe has obtained footage of the actual exchange of money for ballots. The harvester instructs the man on how to fill out the ballot, then after he signs it gives him $200 for it. They also have another man on tape admitting to being paid $800 for his ballot.
A former coworker for Ilhan Omar actually says she’s the mastermind behind the ballot harvesting scheme. She also states that these ballot harvesters become precinct managers too.
O’Keefe also exposes how these harvesters will escort people to the polls if they don’t have an absentee ballot, under the guise of being a translator, and will tell them who to vote for.
Lastly, they have one of the ballot harvesters admitting to paying Al-Shabaab, which is part of Al Qaeda, to leave him alone. They are apparently extorting $1,000 from him in this instance.
Below is the full video which just came out:


thelibertydaily--2020-09-29--FORMER Communist David Horowitz: The Civil War Started When Democrats Seceded From the Union in 2016

Freedom Center founder reveals his shocking theory about the current political unrest in America .
Author 's note : Conservative legend David Horowitz , author of the new bestselling book Blitz : Trump Will Smash the Left and Win , gave me an exclusive interview on Newstalk 570 WSYR in Syracuse , where he revealed his shocking theory about the current political unrest that seems more plausible by the day as revelations about a coup attempt to remove the president are revealed .
Horowitz : We ’ re in a war .
My book Blitz shows we ’ re already @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Democrats did in 2016 is what you call treason .
They seceded from the Union for the second time , the first being with the election of Abraham Lincoln , which led to the shooting war .
The reason we don ’ t have two armies in the field is that the federal government is too powerful so there ’ s nobody outside the government who can organize a military force that wouldn ’ t be crushed immediately .
So the civil war is over who controls the executive .
Fox : Horowitz @ @ @ @ @ @ @ wing of the Democrat Party , having spent his youth agitating for the Left and even connected to groups like the Black Panthers , a domestic terrorist organization .
You can read about his transformation to conservatism in his excellent book Radical Son .
When someone of Horowitz ’ s caliber and insight into the eft speaksL , we all should take what he says very seriously .
He may be one of the only living witnesses to the horrors of the Left ’ s assault on America in the ’ 60s through @ @ @ @ @ @ @ reveal that he knows where and when the Democrat secession meeting happened .
Horowitz : Five days after the 2016 election there was a meeting at the Mandarin Oriental , which is a very posh hotel in Washington , D.C .
It was organized by George Soros and there were something like 400 people there including Nancy Pelosi , Elizabeth Warren , Soros , Bernie Sanders , the Occupy Wall Street communists , the whole range of the Left .
What they did is form what they called a “ resistance ” to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ inauguration .
This is sedition .
Fox : Horowitz also explained why the Electoral College was so important to the founders and why it is imperative to protect it in the face of Democrat attempts to abolish it .
Horowitz : The whole American system is based on compromise .
That ’ s why we have an Electoral College , which , of course , the Democrats want to abolish .
That ’ s why we have a Senate , where Wyoming , with 500,000 people , has two senators and so does @ @ @ @ @ @ @ did not want “ one person , one vote ” because they didn ’ t trust people not to be swept up in passions that were destructive .
It forces candidates to try to compete for votes with people who disagree with them .
It forces them to compromise .
It protects the minority in the country from the tyranny of the majority .
What the founders feared most was that there would be a party that would get a majority and use it to crush everybody who voted against it .
The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ : Horowitz also believes that the reason we ’ re in a civil war is that the Democrat Party has weaponized race .
Horowitz : The second thing with the Democrats…the reason there ’ s a civil war is that it ’ s a racist party .
Identity politics is racism .
When you know in advance that you ’ re going to pick a black woman to be vice president you obviously picked them on the basis on their race and gender and it ’ s all over for the American way @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ t appear in the Constitution , or male and female , for good reason .
The founders ’ vision , and they couldn ’ t achieve it in the 18th century , but their vision was that people would be judged on their character , just what Martin Luther King Jr. said , and not their skin color .
It ’ s a good 200 years of struggle to get there , but now the Democrats are putting race before everything else…Our great country is in great peril from this party .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ interview below .
Read Blitz for more of Horowitz ’ s stunning insights into our current volatile political situation .

This interview originally ran at PJMedia.com.
Author’s note: Conservative legend David Horowitz, author of the new bestselling book Blitz: Trump Will Smash the Left and Win, gave me an exclusive interview on Newstalk 570 WSYR in Syracuse, where he revealed his shocking theory about the current political unrest that seems more plausible by the day as revelations about a coup attempt to remove the president are revealed.
Horowitz: We’re in a war. My book Blitz shows we’re already in a civil war. What the Democrats did in 2016 is what you call treason. They seceded from the Union for the second time, the first being with the election of Abraham Lincoln, which led to the shooting war. The reason we don’t have two armies in the field is that the federal government is too powerful so there’s nobody outside the government who can organize a military force that wouldn’t be crushed immediately. So the civil war is over who controls the executive.
Fox: Horowitz has a unique insight in the communist wing of the Democrat Party, having spent his youth agitating for the Left and even connected to groups like the Black Panthers, a domestic terrorist organization. You can read about his transformation to conservatism in his excellent book Radical Son. When someone of Horowitz’s caliber and insight into the eft speaksL, we all should take what he says very seriously. He may be one of the only living witnesses to the horrors of the Left’s assault on America in the ’60s through terror and infiltration. Horowitz continues to reveal that he knows where and when the Democrat secession meeting happened.
Horowitz: Five days after the 2016 election there was a meeting at the Mandarin Oriental, which is a very posh hotel in Washington, D.C. It was organized by George Soros and there were something like 400 people there including Nancy Pelosi, Elizabeth Warren, Soros, Bernie Sanders, the Occupy Wall Street communists, the whole range of the Left. What they did is form what they called a “resistance” to Trump—you remember, 70 Democrats boycotted the inauguration. This is sedition.
Fox: Horowitz also explained why the Electoral College was so important to the founders and why it is imperative to protect it in the face of Democrat attempts to abolish it.
Horowitz: The whole American system is based on compromise. That’s why we have an Electoral College, which, of course, the Democrats want to abolish. That’s why we have a Senate, where Wyoming, with 500,000 people, has two senators and so does California with 35 million. The founders did not want “one person, one vote” because they didn’t trust people not to be swept up in passions that were destructive. It forces candidates to try to compete for votes with people who disagree with them. It forces them to compromise. It protects the minority in the country from the tyranny of the majority. What the founders feared most was that there would be a party that would get a majority and use it to crush everybody who voted against it. The founders were very smart people.
Fox: Horowitz also believes that the reason we’re in a civil war is that the Democrat Party has weaponized race.
Horowitz: The second thing with the Democrats…the reason there’s a civil war is that it’s a racist party. Identity politics is racism. When you know in advance that you’re going to pick a black woman to be vice president you obviously picked them on the basis on their race and gender and it’s all over for the American way. The words white and black don’t appear in the Constitution, or male and female, for good reason. The founders’ vision, and they couldn’t achieve it in the 18th century, but their vision was that people would be judged on their character, just what Martin Luther King Jr. said, and not their skin color. It’s a good 200 years of struggle to get there, but now the Democrats are putting race before everything else…Our great country is in great peril from this party.
Fox: You can hear the entire interview below. Read Blitz for more of Horowitz’s stunning insights into our current volatile political situation.


thelibertydaily--2020-09-29--Fast Kamala Babbles When Asked About Packing the Supreme Court

Sen. Kamala Harris ( D-CA ) refused to say whether or not she supports packing the Supreme Court with additional justices should the Senate move forward with confirming Judge Amy Coney Barrett .
Interestingly enough , that stance contradicts what she said a year-and-a-half ago before she was tapped as former Vice President Joe Biden 's running mate .
`` If Judge Barrett is confirmed and the Democrats have control of the Senate next year , and the White House and the House of Representatives , should the Supreme Court be expanded ? ''
MSNBC 's Lawrence O'Donnell asked .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ I think that , first of all , Joe 's been very clear that , um , he 's going to , to , to pay attention to the fact , and I 'm with him on this 1000 percent , '' Harris said .
`` Pay attention to the fact , right now , Lawrence , people are voting .
They 're voting . ''
Her position seemingly changed .
In May of 2019 Harris said she would be `` open '' to packing the Supreme Court .
`` I ’ m @ @ @ @ @ @ @ number of people on the United States Supreme Court , ” Harris said at the time , The Hill reported .
Harris also said she would consider limiting how many justices a president can nominate and setting term limits for justices that sit on the nation 's highest court .
“ We are on the verge of a crisis of confidence in the Supreme Court .
We have to take this challenge head-on , and everything is on the table to do that , '' Harris told POLITICO in March of 2019 .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ say her true thoughts on packing the court .
The Biden campaign must have discovered that `` expanding '' the court is n't popular with Americans , especially when the move would be made out of spite and not need .

Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) refused to say whether or not she supports packing the Supreme Court with additional justices should the Senate move forward with confirming Judge Amy Coney Barrett. Interestingly enough, that stance contradicts what she said a year-and-a-half ago before she was tapped as former Vice President Joe Biden's running mate.
"If Judge Barrett is confirmed and the Democrats have control of the Senate next year, and the White House and the House of Representatives, should the Supreme Court be expanded?" MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell asked.
"You know, let's – I think that, first of all, Joe's been very clear that, um, he's going to, to, to pay attention to the fact, and I'm with him on this 1000 percent," Harris said. "Pay attention to the fact, right now, Lawrence, people are voting. They're voting."
Now: Democrat Sen. Kamala Harris refuses to answer if she supports packing the Supreme Court pic.twitter.com/v5bS6nolOZ — Steve Guest (@SteveGuest) September 29, 2020
Her position seemingly changed. In May of 2019 Harris said she would be "open" to packing the Supreme Court.
"I’m open to this conversation about increasing the number of people on the United States Supreme Court,” Harris said at the time, The Hill reported.
Harris also said she would consider limiting how many justices a president can nominate and setting term limits for justices that sit on the nation's highest court.
“We are on the verge of a crisis of confidence in the Supreme Court. We have to take this challenge head-on, and everything is on the table to do that," Harris told POLITICO in March of 2019.
It's rather obvious Harris didn't say her true thoughts on packing the court. The Biden campaign must have discovered that "expanding" the court isn't popular with Americans, especially when the move would be made out of spite and not need.


thelibertydaily--2020-09-29--Kurt Schlichter: It’s Time for Us Conservatives to Riot

The appointment of ACB took some of the focus off it , but if you look around , all you see are LARPing leftist jerks from Antifa and BLM rioting , always under the air cover of cowardly Dem mayors and Soros-bought DAs .
Sure , there are no more riots in Lancaster where the cops and DAs refuse to play along , but there is still plenty of violence wherever they think they can get away with it .
And it has become tiresome As amusing as it is that they burn liberal cities and harass the dipwad leftists @ @ @ @ @ @ @ it ’ s time to put a stop to it .
And we must riot mercilessly and ruthlessly to cause as much damage to the liberal project as is humanly possible .
Burn it all down , figuratively .
The lefty fantasies of secession and civil war by the likes of Lanny Davis aside .
These Democrat clowns are 0-1 and won ’ t break their streak in the very off chance they aren ’ t all-talk wusses posing to score with the mediocre chick-identifying beings of their little commie clubs .
Their @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in the streets .
After all , why would we ever fight them on their chosen battlefield ?
We have something to lose should there be battles in the streets .
We have jobs , homes and families .
All that can be stolen in a flash by some Democrat DA who prosecutes patriots while high-fiving the Joe Biden supporting traitors .
Look at Kyle Rittenhouse , the hero who defended himself by shooting , among others , the most on-brand Joe Biden supporter ever – a convicted pedo attacking a minor .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ jury can ’ t give him a medal as well as an acquittal – but the process itself is the punishment ( Tangent : Time to outflank the Soros prosecutors with a federal law codifying a right to self-defense by those under politically-motivated attack ) .
The enemy – and the Marxist cretins of Antifa and the rest are the enemies of all decent American patriots – has nothing to lose .
There are three visible components to the enemy force ( there is another invisible component we will discuss later ) .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ is significantly imperiled when staying within the staged confines of the blue city revolutionary theater .
There is the cadre , the trained and funded operators who organize and arrange logistics .
One of them is the creature that rented the famous Louisville U-Haul and filled it with gear .
The cadre have no real possessions or jobs to lose , and getting busted for an hour or two actually enhances their street cred .
Then there are the street criminals , the methy , scuzzy dregs who love the thrill of violence @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Mickey ears and enlist with the Marxist Mouseketeers if that would give them a chance to hurt something or someone .
They don ’ t have anything to lose .
The last component are the affluent daddy issues division types , the spoiled and stupid college kids who shave half their head , get a piercing , and decide to take some time off from getting their Trans Pottery degree at Oberlin to try to find meaning as one of the Anarchkids .
These dorks have a guaranteed soft landing since daddy will @ @ @ @ @ @ @ get busted .
Their colleges – which need to be on our list of institutions to tear down – will certainly hold open their slot , as long as daddy ’ s check clears .
These pampered role players get to fill their soft , empty lives with something like excitement by rioting .
It ’ s even fun for them .
In other words , we normal people have something to lose using these riotous riot tactics .
The visible enemy only has something to gain personally , but also strategically .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ and insightful columns , the fight is not over who controls a street corner or a park .
This is an information operation , where Democrat municipal leaders tolerate and even encourage performance art violence designed to send the message that the thugs are in charge and we all better behave or else .
It ’ s a lie .
They have nothing real .
They have no combat power , no tactical control of anything besides a few square blocks , and they only have that because the cops are held back @ @ @ @ @ @ @ no more than the power we give them by fearing them and reacting to them .
So , civilians kicking their sissy tails is a meaningless exercise .
For us , a riotous riot gets us nothing .
Plus , we own the stuff that would get burned down .
That means a traditional riotous riot is a dumb strategy for us , a counterproductive move that would play into the left ’ s nearly-nonexistent strengths while exposing our weaknesses .
Instead , we should riot our way .
That is , attack @ @ @ @ @ @ @ can neither limit nor control and both cause real damage to its forces while demonstrating , as part of our own information operation , that we are in control .
There are two components to our riot .
The first is a riot at the ballot box .
We need to ruthlessly eliminate all opposing candidates of either party .
That means mobilizing to turn out votes and to vote viciously .
Your nice city councilman who is kind and gentle and sort of squishy ?
He cut the ribbon at the petting @ @ @ @ @ @ @ library book drive ?
Yeah , he needs to go in favor of the bomb-thrower who wants to buy the cops a new armored personnel carrier .
No Democrats , not ever .
No soft Republicans , not ever .
Only harsh conservatives who loudly live the dogma .
Elect conservawoke candidates who understand the threat , and who savor the opportunity to use their political power to harm the left in every way they can .
Sorry , Nikki !
and other hands-across-the-aisle establishment types , but bipartisan hugging and business as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , and we ’ re sick of losers .
Then there ’ s the second kind of riot , the political one .
And Donald Trump is doing it .
He is refusing to fight according to the establishment rules that the Fredocons eagerly allowed to tie our hands for decades .
The Never Trumpers need to keep their weird bondage fantasies between them , their disappointed wives , and their eager pool boys – a modern Republicans need to unleash our inner Genghis Khans and destroy everything liberal in our path .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ wimpy games and hand-wringing about RBG and her zombie wishes .
We ’ re filling that seat so fast the libs will fill their drawers .
ACB ’ s appointment will cause more damage to the left than a million dorks in black each smashing a Seattle Starbucks window can ever cause us .
And we ’ re pillaging of the left ’ s formerly safe cultural and political spaces .
For example , we ’ re banning the racist lies of critical race theory from being imposed on normal Americans via the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ regulating big tech .
And under Honey Badger Barr , we ’ re prosecuting the Antifa punks using federal law .
Now that ’ s important .
Under federal law , suddenly they aren ’ t protected from the consequences of their actions like they were when clutched to the bosom of the blue city Sorosite DAs .
All of the categories of rioters have something to lose – like five-to-ten in the federal pokey .
And that ’ s when the fourth type of rioter , the invisible funders , get exposed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ do have something to lose , which is why they want to stay far in the background .
We need to pull them to the forefront and hold them accountable for the violence and pain their checkbooks have subsidized .
No quarter .
We must riot ruthlessly , meaning we must ignore the alleged and intermittent norms and rules that serve only to reinforce liberal power .
And we ’ re starting to get it .
The GOP laughed at the idea that RBG ’ s alleged death rattle request for Trump not @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Amy Coney Barrett to bring them the pain .
We are investigating that malignant dwarf Bloomberg for buying votes in the form of paying off Florida felons ’ fines .
Can you imagine Jeb !
having the stones to do that ?
And we are going to give Trump four more years to bulldoze the whole damn establishment flat .
Hey libs , you sorry collection of gender-confused losers , do you actually think you ’ re going to bring the system down ?
You ’ re its half-wit pawns !
We ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ re burning your whole garbage liberal establishment to the ground .
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The appointment of ACB took some of the focus off it, but if you look around, all you see are LARPing leftist jerks from Antifa and BLM rioting, always under the air cover of cowardly Dem mayors and Soros-bought DAs. Sure, there are no more riots in Lancaster where the cops and DAs refuse to play along, but there is still plenty of violence wherever they think they can get away with it. And it has become tiresome As amusing as it is that they burn liberal cities and harass the dipwad leftists who elected the scumbags’ enablers, it’s time to put a stop to it.
Conservatives must riot.
And we must riot mercilessly and ruthlessly to cause as much damage to the liberal project as is humanly possible. Burn it all down, figuratively.
The lefty fantasies of secession and civil war by the likes of Lanny Davis aside. These Democrat clowns are 0-1 and won’t break their streak in the very off chance they aren’t all-talk wusses posing to score with the mediocre chick-identifying beings of their little commie clubs. Their tantrum is not going to be resolved in the streets. After all, why would we ever fight them on their chosen battlefield? We have something to lose should there be battles in the streets. We have jobs, homes and families. All that can be stolen in a flash by some Democrat DA who prosecutes patriots while high-fiving the Joe Biden supporting traitors. Look at Kyle Rittenhouse, the hero who defended himself by shooting, among others, the most on-brand Joe Biden supporter ever – a convicted pedo attacking a minor. Kyle will walk. Too bad the jury can’t give him a medal as well as an acquittal – but the process itself is the punishment (Tangent: Time to outflank the Soros prosecutors with a federal law codifying a right to self-defense by those under politically-motivated attack).
The enemy – and the Marxist cretins of Antifa and the rest are the enemies of all decent American patriots – has nothing to lose. There are three visible components to the enemy force (there is another invisible component we will discuss later). None of the three types of rioters is significantly imperiled when staying within the staged confines of the blue city revolutionary theater.
There is the cadre, the trained and funded operators who organize and arrange logistics. One of them is the creature that rented the famous Louisville U-Haul and filled it with gear. The cadre have no real possessions or jobs to lose, and getting busted for an hour or two actually enhances their street cred. Then there are the street criminals, the methy, scuzzy dregs who love the thrill of violence and would be happy to put on Mickey ears and enlist with the Marxist Mouseketeers if that would give them a chance to hurt something or someone. They don’t have anything to lose. The last component are the affluent daddy issues division types, the spoiled and stupid college kids who shave half their head, get a piercing, and decide to take some time off from getting their Trans Pottery degree at Oberlin to try to find meaning as one of the Anarchkids. These dorks have a guaranteed soft landing since daddy will always bailout his little princexx should xe get busted. Their colleges – which need to be on our list of institutions to tear down – will certainly hold open their slot, as long as daddy’s check clears. These pampered role players get to fill their soft, empty lives with something like excitement by rioting. It’s even fun for them.
In other words, we normal people have something to lose using these riotous riot tactics. The visible enemy only has something to gain personally, but also strategically. As I have explained in past brilliant and insightful columns, the fight is not over who controls a street corner or a park. This is an information operation, where Democrat municipal leaders tolerate and even encourage performance art violence designed to send the message that the thugs are in charge and we all better behave or else.
It’s a lie. They have nothing real. They have no combat power, no tactical control of anything besides a few square blocks, and they only have that because the cops are held back by liberal city leaders. They have no more than the power we give them by fearing them and reacting to them.
So, civilians kicking their sissy tails is a meaningless exercise. For us, a riotous riot gets us nothing. Plus, we own the stuff that would get burned down. That means a traditional riotous riot is a dumb strategy for us, a counterproductive move that would play into the left’s nearly-nonexistent strengths while exposing our weaknesses.
Instead, we should riot our way. That is, attack the enemy in a manner the enemy can neither limit nor control and both cause real damage to its forces while demonstrating, as part of our own information operation, that we are in control.
There are two components to our riot. The first is a riot at the ballot box. We need to ruthlessly eliminate all opposing candidates of either party. That means mobilizing to turn out votes and to vote viciously. Your nice city councilman who is kind and gentle and sort of squishy? He cut the ribbon at the petting zoo and send you emails about a library book drive? Yeah, he needs to go in favor of the bomb-thrower who wants to buy the cops a new armored personnel carrier. No Democrats, not ever. No soft Republicans, not ever. Only harsh conservatives who loudly live the dogma. Elect conservawoke candidates who understand the threat, and who savor the opportunity to use their political power to harm the left in every way they can.
Sorry, Nikki! and other hands-across-the-aisle establishment types, but bipartisan hugging and business as usual is a loser’s game, and we’re sick of losers.
Then there’s the second kind of riot, the political one. And Donald Trump is doing it. He is refusing to fight according to the establishment rules that the Fredocons eagerly allowed to tie our hands for decades. The Never Trumpers need to keep their weird bondage fantasies between them, their disappointed wives, and their eager pool boys – a modern Republicans need to unleash our inner Genghis Khans and destroy everything liberal in our path.
Trump has the right idea. No wimpy games and hand-wringing about RBG and her zombie wishes. We’re filling that seat so fast the libs will fill their drawers. ACB’s appointment will cause more damage to the left than a million dorks in black each smashing a Seattle Starbucks window can ever cause us. And we’re pillaging of the left’s formerly safe cultural and political spaces. For example, we’re banning the racist lies of critical race theory from being imposed on normal Americans via the government. Next on the list – regulating big tech.
And under Honey Badger Barr, we’re prosecuting the Antifa punks using federal law. Now that’s important. Under federal law, suddenly they aren’t protected from the consequences of their actions like they were when clutched to the bosom of the blue city Sorosite DAs. All of the categories of rioters have something to lose – like five-to-ten in the federal pokey. And that’s when the fourth type of rioter, the invisible funders, get exposed and indicted. These rich lib manipulators do have something to lose, which is why they want to stay far in the background. We need to pull them to the forefront and hold them accountable for the violence and pain their checkbooks have subsidized. No quarter.
We must riot ruthlessly, meaning we must ignore the alleged and intermittent norms and rules that serve only to reinforce liberal power. And we’re starting to get it. The GOP laughed at the idea that RBG’s alleged death rattle request for Trump not to fill her seat and put up Amy Coney Barrett to bring them the pain. We are investigating that malignant dwarf Bloomberg for buying votes in the form of paying off Florida felons’ fines. Can you imagine Jeb! having the stones to do that? And we are going to give Trump four more years to bulldoze the whole damn establishment flat.
Hey libs, you sorry collection of gender-confused losers, do you actually think you’re going to bring the system down? You’re its half-wit pawns! We’re the real rioters, and we’re burning your whole garbage liberal establishment to the ground.
Figuratively, of course.
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thelibertydaily--2020-09-29--The Bidens Used S Corps To Avoid Paying Hundreds of Thousands in Social Security and Medicare Taxes

While the Joe Biden campaign was quick to leap on a New York Times story that President Donald Trump paid a small amount in personal income taxes in recent years , it is clearly a case of the pot calling the kettle black .
Joe and his wife Jill Biden funneled millions in income through a pair of S corporations they set up in Delaware as a way to circumnavigate paying Social Security and Medicare taxes , according to an August opinion article in The Wall Street Journal .
Of the nearly $ 13.3 million the couple took in primarily @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the 2017 and 2018 tax years , they claimed just $ 750,000 in income .
The other 94 percent of the money passed through the corporations as a direct distribution to the Bidens , preventing it from being subject to the 15.3 percent combined Social Security and Medicare tax rate , according to CNBC .
The Internal Revenue Service requires S corps to pay “ reasonable compensation ” to employee shareholders before making non-wage distributions to them .
TRENDING : Driver Who Allegedly Rammed Pro-Trump Crowd Prayed To Go Out a Martyr , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ' Group The nature of the business dictates what should be characterized as income and what can be a distribution to an employee shareholder as money generated from the business .
“ But to the extent gross receipts are generated by the shareholder ’ s personal services , then payments to the shareholder-employee should be classified as wages that are subject to employment taxes [ Social Security and Medicare ] , ” IRS guidance reads .
Such is clearly the case with the Bidens .
The companies made money through their speaking fees @ @ @ @ @ @ @ if anything , else .
Most if not all the compensation the couple received from the S corps should have been in the form of income , subject to employment taxes .
Even left-wing journalist Ryan Grim , with The Intercept , during the heat of the Democratic primary race last year , highlighted the Bidens ’ use of Delaware corporate law to shield their income from public scrutiny .
The Biden campaign was quick to grab on to a New York Times story claiming Trump paid only $ 750 in personal income @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in 2016 with an attack ad .
In response to the Times story , the president tweeted Monday morning , “ The Fake News Media , just like Election time 2016 , is bringing up my Taxes & all sorts of other nonsense with illegally obtained information & only bad intent .
RELATED : Primary Source of Steele Dossier Was Once Under FBI Investigation , Revealed To Be Possible 'Threat to National Security' “ I paid many millions of dollars in taxes but was entitled , like everyone else , to depreciation & @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Due to the nature of Trump ’ s business being primarily in real estate development , tax law does provide for significant tax credits , deductions and depreciation to encourage entrepreneurs to take risks .
Trump ’ s oldest son , Donald Trump Jr. , also addressed the Times story in an appearance on “ Fox & Friends ” on Monday , pointing to the development of the Trump International Hotel Washington , D.C. , as an example for which his father received tax credits .
“ My father ’ s paid tens @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Jr. , said .
“ If he does things in certain years where you get depreciation , where you get write-off , where you get historical tax credits , like we did when we took on the risk of building the Old Post Office in DC.
” The Old Post Office Building , originally constructed in the 1890s not far from the White House , reopened as a newly renovated Trump hotel in October 2016 .
“ That was literally a government contract , ” Trump Jr. recounted .
“ We bid against @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Historical tax credits that you use to offset tax payments for taking the risk to build that .
That was done under the Obama administration .
It literally took an act of Congress to get it done.
” The president ’ s son further suggested that while his father ’ s federal income tax due may be low any given year , he still had to pay property taxes and payroll taxes ( Social Security and Medicare ) among others .
Trump Jr. also pointed out that his father put “ thousands and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ annual basis ” through his various business ventures .
Those people pay taxes too .
The Times ’ big scoop appears to be that a businessman took advantage of business tax deductions .
And ?
Of far greater service to the public would be reporting on the tax avoidance schemes of the Bidens and the shady dealings of their son Hunter .
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While the Joe Biden campaign was quick to leap on a New York Times story that President Donald Trump paid a small amount in personal income taxes in recent years, it is clearly a case of the pot calling the kettle black.
Joe and his wife Jill Biden funneled millions in income through a pair of S corporations they set up in Delaware as a way to circumnavigate paying Social Security and Medicare taxes, according to an August opinion article in The Wall Street Journal.
Of the nearly $13.3 million the couple took in primarily through speaking fees and book royalties during the 2017 and 2018 tax years, they claimed just $750,000 in income.
The other 94 percent of the money passed through the corporations as a direct distribution to the Bidens, preventing it from being subject to the up to 15.3 percent combined Social Security and Medicare tax rate, according to CNBC.
The Internal Revenue Service requires S corps to pay “reasonable compensation” to employee shareholders before making non-wage distributions to them.
The nature of the business dictates what should be characterized as income and what can be a distribution to an employee shareholder as money generated from the business.
“But to the extent gross receipts are generated by the shareholder’s personal services, then payments to the shareholder-employee should be classified as wages that are subject to employment taxes [Social Security and Medicare],” IRS guidance reads.
Such is clearly the case with the Bidens.
The companies made money through their speaking fees and book royalties and apparently little, if anything, else.
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Most if not all the compensation the couple received from the S corps should have been in the form of income, subject to employment taxes.
Even left-wing journalist Ryan Grim, with The Intercept, during the heat of the Democratic primary race last year, highlighted the Bidens’ use of Delaware corporate law to shield their income from public scrutiny.
The Biden campaign was quick to grab on to a New York Times story claiming Trump paid only $750 in personal income taxes the year he won the presidency in 2016 with an attack ad.
In response to the Times story, the president tweeted Monday morning, “The Fake News Media, just like Election time 2016, is bringing up my Taxes & all sorts of other nonsense with illegally obtained information & only bad intent.
The Fake News Media, just like Election time 2016, is bringing up my Taxes & all sorts of other nonsense with illegally obtained information & only bad intent. I paid many millions of dollars in taxes but was entitled, like everyone else, to depreciation & tax credits….. — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 28, 2020
“I paid many millions of dollars in taxes but was entitled, like everyone else, to depreciation & tax credits,” he added.
Due to the nature of Trump’s business being primarily in real estate development, tax law does provide for significant tax credits, deductions and depreciation to encourage entrepreneurs to take risks.
Trump’s oldest son, Donald Trump Jr., also addressed the Times story in an appearance on “Fox & Friends” on Monday, pointing to the development of the Trump International Hotel Washington, D.C., as an example for which his father received tax credits.
“My father’s paid tens of millions of taxes,” Trump Jr., said. “If he does things in certain years where you get depreciation, where you get write-off, where you get historical tax credits, like we did when we took on the risk of building the Old Post Office in DC.”
The Old Post Office Building, originally constructed in the 1890s not far from the White House, reopened as a newly renovated Trump hotel in October 2016.
“That was literally a government contract,” Trump Jr. recounted. “We bid against every hotel company in the world. Historical tax credits that you use to offset tax payments for taking the risk to build that. That was done under the Obama administration. It literally took an act of Congress to get it done.”
.@DonaldJTrumpJr is spot on.@realDonaldTrump has actually created jobs, while Joe Biden has just talked about it for 50 years as a career politician. pic.twitter.com/7dKFPR2d0k — Ronna McDaniel (@GOPChairwoman) September 28, 2020
The president’s son further suggested that while his father’s federal income tax due may be low any given year, he still had to pay property taxes and payroll taxes (Social Security and Medicare) among others.
Trump Jr. also pointed out that his father put “thousands and thousands of people to work on an annual basis” through his various business ventures. Those people pay taxes too.
The Times’ big scoop appears to be that a businessman took advantage of business tax deductions. And?
Of far greater service to the public would be reporting on the tax avoidance schemes of the Bidens and the shady dealings of their son Hunter.
UPDATE, Sept. 29, 2020: This story previously referred to the 15.3 percent combined Social Security and Medicare tax rate that makes up the self-employment tax. In fact, 15.3 percent is the typical tax rate, as the Internal Revenue Service sets a maximum net earnings figure that is subject to the Social Security portion of the tax each year. In some cases, the combined tax rate may be lower than 15.3 percent. This story has been updated to note that 15.3 percent is the maximum rate.
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