thelibertydaily--2020-08-11--Renowned European Scientist: Chi-Com Virus Was Engineered in a Chinese Lab, an Effective Vaccine is

Renowned European Scientist: Chi-Com Virus Was Engineered in a Chinese Lab, an Effective Vaccine is ‘Unlikely’

August 10 , 2020 ( LifeSiteNews ) – It will not be possible for the Dr. Fauci ’ s of the world to dismiss Professor Giuseppe Tritto as a crank .
Not only is he an internationally known expert in biotechnology and nanotechnology who has had a stellar academic career , but he is also the president of the World Academy of Biomedical Sciences and Technologies ( WABT ) , an institution founded under the aegis of UNESCO in 1997 .
In other words , he is a man of considerable stature in the global scientific community .
Equally important @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is to analyze the effect of biotechnologies—like genetic engineering—on humanity .
In his new book , this world-class scientist does exactly that .
And what he says is that the China Virus definitely wasn ’ t a freak of nature that happened to cross the species barrier from bat to man .
It was genetically engineered in the Wuhan Institute of Virology ’ s P4 ( high-containment ) lab in a program supervised by the Chinese military .
Prof. Tritto ’ s book , which at present is available only in Italian , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Chimera che ha cambiato il Mondo ( China COVID 19 : The chimera that changed the world ) .
It was published on August 4 by a major Italian press , Edizioni Cantagalli , which coincidently also published the Italian edition of one of my books , Population Control ( Controllo Demografico in Italian ) several years ago .
What sets Prof. Tritto ’ s book apart is the fact that it demonstrates—conclusively , in my view—the pathway by which a PLA-owned coronavirus was genetically modified to become the China Virus now ravaging @ @ @ @ @ @ @ doubt that it is a “ chimera ” , an organism created in a lab .
He also connects the dots linking the Wuhan lab to France and the United States , showing how both countries provided financial and scientific help to the Chinese as they began to conduct ever more dangerous bioengineering experiments .
Although neither American nor French virologists are responsible for the end result—a highly infectious coronavirus and a global pandemic—their early involvement may explain why so many insist that the “ chimera ” must have come from nature .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ is that they might have had a hand in it .
Those of us who , early on , argued for a laboratory origin were dismissed as conspiracy theorists .
Our articles were censored as “ fake news , ” often by American virologists who knew perfectly well what the truth was , but preferred to protect China , and themselves , from scrutiny lest they themselves be implicated .
Dr. Tritto ’ s 272 pages of names , dates , places , and facts leaves such apologists with no place to hide @ @ @ @ @ @ @ epidemic of 2003 , as the Chinese attempt to develop vaccines to combat the deadly disease .
Dr. Shi Zhengli , about whom I have previously written , was in charge of the program at the Wuhan Institute of Virology .
In vaccine development , reverse genetics is used to create viral strains that have reduced pathogenicity but to which the immune system responds by creating antibodies against the virus .
But reverse genetics can also be used to create viral strains that have increased pathogenicity .
That is what Dr. Shi , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ increasingly to focus her research on , according to Prof. Tritto .
Dr. Shi first solicited help from the French government , which built the P4 lab , and from the country ’ s Pasteur institute , which showed her how to manipulate HIV genomes .
The gene insertion method used is called “ reverse genetics system 2.
” Using this method , she inserted an HIV segment into a coronavirus discovered in horseshoe bats to make it more infectious and lethal .
The U.S. was involved as well , particularly Prof Ralph @ @ @ @ @ @ @ North Carolina , who was on the receiving end of major grants from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease .
This is , of course , Dr. Anthony Fauci ’ s shop .
Fauci was a big proponent of “ gain of function ” research , and when this was prohibited at Baric ’ s lab because it was considered to be too dangerous , the research was shifted to China .
Prof. Tritto believes that , while Dr. Shi ’ s research began as an effort to develop a vaccine @ @ @ @ @ @ @ an effort to use “ reverse genetics ” to build lethal biological weapons .
This was the reason that the Wuhan lab became China ’ s leading center for virology research in recent years , attracting major funding and support from the central government .
I would add that the rule in Communist-controlled China is “ let the civilian support the military , ” which means that as soon as Dr. Shi ’ s research showed any potential military uses the PLA would have begun exercising control of the research .
This came @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , when China ’ s leading expert on bioweapons , People ’ s Liberation Army Major General Chen Wei , was immediately placed in charge of the Wuhan Institute of Virology .
As for Dr. Shi Zheng-Li , she seems to have disappeared .
As Dr. Tritto explained in an interview with Italian media : In 2005 , after the SARS epidemic , the Wuhan Institute of Virology was born , headed by Dr. Shi Zheng-Li , who collects coronaviruses from certain bat species and recombines them with other viral components in order @ @ @ @ @ @ @ came into contact with American researchers led by Prof. Ralph Baric , who in turn works on recombinant viruses based on coronaviruses .
Thanks to the matrix viruses provided by Shi , Baric created in 2015 a mouse Sars-virus chimera , which has a pathogenic effect on human cells analyzed in vitro .
At that point , the China-US collaboration becomes competition .
Shi wants to work on a more powerful virus to make a more powerful vaccine : it combines a bat virus with a pangolin virus in vitro and in 2017 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ some scientific articles .
Her research attracts the interest of the Chinese military and medical-biological sector which deals with biological weapons used as a deterrent for defensive and offensive purposes .
Thus Shi is joined by doctors and biologists who belong to the political-military sphere , such as Guo Deyin , a scholar of anti-AIDS and anti-viral hepatitis vaccines and expert in genetic recombination techniques .
The introduction of the new engineered inserts into the virus genome is the result of the collaboration between the Shi team and that of Guo Deyin .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ from a scientific point of view , is a success .
So much so that , once the epidemic has broken out , the two researchers ask WHO to register it as a new virus , H-nCoV-19 ( Human new Covid 19 ) , and not as another virus derived from SARS .
It is reasonable to think that Shi acted only from the point of view of scientific prestige , without however taking into account the risks in terms of security and the political-military interests that her research would have aroused .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ provide the complete genome of the China Virus to the WHO or to other countries , Dr. Tritto explained that “ providing the matrix [ source ] virus would have meant admitting that SARS-CoV-2 [ China Virus ] was created in the laboratory .
In fact , the incomplete genome made available by China lacks some inserts of AIDS amino acids , which itself is a smoking gun.
” The key question , for those of us who are living through the pandemic , concerns the development of a vaccine .
On this @ @ @ @ @ @ @ : In other words , by withholding from the world the original genetic code of the China Virus that it created , the Chinese Communist Party is ensuring that no completely effective vaccine will ever be developed by the West .
In other words , China continues to lie , and people continue to die .
Steven W. Mosher @ StevenWMosher is the President of the Population Research Institute and the author of Bully of Asia : Why China ’ s “ Dream ” is the New Threat to World Order .

Professor Giuseppe Tritto, an internationally known expert in biotechnology and nanotechnology, says that the China Virus definitely wasn’t a freak of nature that happened to cross the species barrier from bat to man.
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August 10, 2020 (LifeSiteNews) – It will not be possible for the Dr. Faucis of the world to dismiss Professor Giuseppe Tritto as a crank. Not only is he an internationally known expert in biotechnology and nanotechnology who has had a stellar academic career, but he is also the president of the World Academy of Biomedical Sciences and Technologies (WABT), an institution founded under the aegis of UNESCO in 1997.
In other words, he is a man of considerable stature in the global scientific community. Equally important, one of the goals of WABT is to analyze the effect of biotechnologies—like genetic engineering—on humanity.
In his new book, this world-class scientist does exactly that. And what he says is that the China Virus definitely wasn’t a freak of nature that happened to cross the species barrier from bat to man. It was genetically engineered in the Wuhan Institute of Virology’s P4 (high-containment) lab in a program supervised by the Chinese military.
Prof. Tritto’s book, which at present is available only in Italian, is called Cina COVID 19: La Chimera che ha cambiato il Mondo (China COVID 19: The chimera that changed the world). It was published on August 4 by a major Italian press, Edizioni Cantagalli, which coincidently also published the Italian edition of one of my books, Population Control (Controllo Demografico in Italian) several years ago.
What sets Prof. Tritto’s book apart is the fact that it demonstrates—conclusively, in my view—the pathway by which a PLA-owned coronavirus was genetically modified to become the China Virus now ravaging the world. His account leaves no doubt that it is a “chimera”, an organism created in a lab.
He also connects the dots linking the Wuhan lab to France and the United States, showing how both countries provided financial and scientific help to the Chinese as they began to conduct ever more dangerous bioengineering experiments. Although neither American nor French virologists are responsible for the end result—a highly infectious coronavirus and a global pandemic—their early involvement may explain why so many insist that the “chimera” must have come from nature. The last thing they want to admit is that they might have had a hand in it.
Those of us who, early on, argued for a laboratory origin were dismissed as conspiracy theorists. Our articles were censored as “fake news,” often by American virologists who knew perfectly well what the truth was, but preferred to protect China, and themselves, from scrutiny lest they themselves be implicated.
Dr. Tritto’s 272 pages of names, dates, places, and facts leaves such apologists with no place to hide. The story begins following the SARS epidemic of 2003, as the Chinese attempt to develop vaccines to combat the deadly disease. Dr. Shi Zhengli, about whom I have previously written, was in charge of the program at the Wuhan Institute of Virology.
In vaccine development, reverse genetics is used to create viral strains that have reduced pathogenicity but to which the immune system responds by creating antibodies against the virus. But reverse genetics can also be used to create viral strains that have increased pathogenicity. That is what Dr. Shi, encouraged by PLA bioweapons experts, began increasingly to focus her research on, according to Prof. Tritto.
Dr. Shi first solicited help from the French government, which built the P4 lab, and from the country’s Pasteur institute, which showed her how to manipulate HIV genomes. The gene insertion method used is called “reverse genetics system 2.” Using this method, she inserted an HIV segment into a coronavirus discovered in horseshoe bats to make it more infectious and lethal.
The U.S. was involved as well, particularly Prof Ralph S. Baric, of the University of North Carolina, who was on the receiving end of major grants from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease. This is, of course, Dr. Anthony Fauci’s shop. Fauci was a big proponent of “gain of function” research, and when this was prohibited at Baric’s lab because it was considered to be too dangerous, the research was shifted to China.
Prof. Tritto believes that, while Dr. Shi’s research began as an effort to develop a vaccine against SARS, it gradually morphed into an effort to use “reverse genetics” to build lethal biological weapons. This was the reason that the Wuhan lab became China’s leading center for virology research in recent years, attracting major funding and support from the central government.
I would add that the rule in Communist-controlled China is “let the civilian support the military,” which means that as soon as Dr. Shi’s research showed any potential military uses the PLA would have begun exercising control of the research. This came out in the open with the outbreak, when China’s leading expert on bioweapons, People’s Liberation Army Major General Chen Wei, was immediately placed in charge of the Wuhan Institute of Virology. As for Dr. Shi Zheng-Li, she seems to have disappeared.
As Dr. Tritto explained in an interview with Italian media:
In 2005, after the SARS epidemic, the Wuhan Institute of Virology was born, headed by Dr. Shi Zheng-Li, who collects coronaviruses from certain bat species and recombines them with other viral components in order to create vaccines. In 2010 she came into contact with American researchers led by Prof. Ralph Baric, who in turn works on recombinant viruses based on coronaviruses. Thanks to the matrix viruses provided by Shi, Baric created in 2015 a mouse Sars-virus chimera, which has a pathogenic effect on human cells analyzed in vitro. At that point, the China-US collaboration becomes competition. Shi wants to work on a more powerful virus to make a more powerful vaccine: it combines a bat virus with a pangolin virus in vitro and in 2017 publishes the results of this research in some scientific articles. Her research attracts the interest of the Chinese military and medical-biological sector which deals with biological weapons used as a deterrent for defensive and offensive purposes. Thus Shi is joined by doctors and biologists who belong to the political-military sphere, such as Guo Deyin, a scholar of anti-AIDS and anti-viral hepatitis vaccines and expert in genetic recombination techniques. The introduction of the new engineered inserts into the virus genome is the result of the collaboration between the Shi team and that of Guo Deyin. The realization of this new chimera, from a scientific point of view, is a success. So much so that, once the epidemic has broken out, the two researchers ask WHO to register it as a new virus, H-nCoV-19 (Human new Covid 19), and not as another virus derived from SARS. It is reasonable to think that Shi acted only from the point of view of scientific prestige, without however taking into account the risks in terms of security and the political-military interests that her research would have aroused.
When asked why China has refused to provide the complete genome of the China Virus to the WHO or to other countries, Dr. Tritto explained that “providing the matrix [source] virus would have meant admitting that SARS-CoV-2 [China Virus] was created in the laboratory. In fact, the incomplete genome made available by China lacks some inserts of AIDS amino acids, which itself is a smoking gun.”
The key question, for those of us who are living through the pandemic, concerns the development of a vaccine. On this score, Prof. Tritto is not optimistic:
Given the many mutations of SARS-CoV-2, it is extremely unlikely that a single vaccine that blocks the virus will be found. At the moment 11 different strains have been identified: the A2a genetic line which developed in Europe and the B1 genetic line which took root in North America are more contagious than the 0 strain originating in Wuhan. I therefore believe that, at the most, a multivalent vaccine can be found effective on 4-5 strains and thus able to cover 70-75% of the world’s population.
In other words, by withholding from the world the original genetic code of the China Virus that it created, the Chinese Communist Party is ensuring that no completely effective vaccine will ever be developed by the West.
In other words, China continues to lie, and people continue to die.
Steven W. Mosher @StevenWMosher is the President of the Population Research Institute and the author of Bully of Asia: Why China’s “Dream” is the New Threat to World Order.
Follow Steven Steven Mosher is an internationally recognised authority on China and population issues as well as an acclaimed author and speaker and founder and head of the Population Research Institute. He was the first American social scientist to visit mainland China in 1979 where he witnessed women being forced to have abortion under the new “one-child-policy” which he then exposed to the world. Mr. Mosher was a pro-choice atheist at the time, but witnessing these traumatic abortions led him to reconsider his convictions and to eventually become a practicing, pro-life Roman Catholic. Mosher has appeared numerous times before the US Congress as an expert in world population, China and human Rights abuses. He has also made TV appearances on Good Morning America, 60 Minutes, The Today Show, 20/20, FOX and CNN news, as well as being a regular guest on talk radio shows across the nation. He is the author of the best-selling A Mother’s Ordeal: One woman’s Fight Against China’s One-Child-Policy. His latest book is Bully of Asia, exposing the threat of China to the entire world at this time. Articles by Steve have appeared in The Wall Street Journal, Reader’s Digest, The New Republic, The Washington Post, National Review, Reason, The Asian Wall Street Journal, Freedom Review, Linacre Quarterly, Catholic World Report, Human Life Review, First Things, and numerous other publications. Steven Mosher lives in Virginia with his wife, Vera, and their nine children.
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thelibertydaily--2020-08-11--Progressively Insane: By a 7-1 Vote, Democrat Seattle City Council Votes to Defund Police, Cut Salar

Progressively Insane: By a 7-1 Vote, Democrat Seattle City Council Votes to Defund Police, Cut Salaries; Lone ‘No’ Vote Thought Cuts Didn’t Go Far Enough

Seattle City Councilmembers have officially approved legislation enacting sizable cuts to the police department ’ s budget .
What does it mean when protesters call to defund the police ?
Councilmembers approved amendments in the plan in the Budget Committee last week .
The committee voted to move the bulk of its proposal forward during its 10 a.m. session , before giving its final approval Monday evening by a 7-1 margin .
Councilmember Kshama Sawant was the lone “ no ” vote , while Debora Juarez — who was not present at Monday ’ s meetings — abstained .
Sawant @ @ @ @ @ @ @ based around her belief that it didn ’ t go far enough in its reductions to SPD ’ s funding .
“ Today I voted against what is euphemistically called the City Council ’ s ‘ Balancing Package ’ to the 2020 budget , because the only balancing that is happening is on the backs of working people , especially in Black and Brown communities , ” Sawant said in a news release .
“ This budget fails working people.
” Pushback against the proposal from the other side of the aisle has @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Police Chief Carmen Best , police unions and pro-police community members , who have all cited concerns over public safety should the department be forced to reduce its number of sworn officers .
Last month , seven of nine councilmembers pledged support for defunding SPD by 50 % in 2020 and reinvesting that money into communities of color as demanded by King County Equity Now and Decriminalize Seattle , which encompass dozens of community groups , non-profits , and other BIPOC-focused organizations .
However , the council recently admitted it would not be @ @ @ @ @ @ @ – about $ 85 million — for 2020 , and instead would pass what it could for the 2020 package and focus on getting to that 50 % in the 2021 budget , which the council starts work on next month .
The council estimates that if enacted annually , the cuts it approved Monday would total 41 % .
The highlights of the 2020 package approved by councilmembers Monday include : • Eliminating up to 100 sworn officer positions across various teams via layoffs and attrition ( including 32 patrol officers ) @ @ @ @ @ @ @ command staff pay at $ 150,000 ( not including Chief Best ’ s salary , which was reduced to $ 275,000 ) .
• Ending the Navigation Team ( 14 of the 100 officers mentioned above ) The package also cuts or reduces a variety of SPD ’ s specialized units , including the Harbor Patrol Unit , SWAT team , Public Affairs unit , and school resource officers , and cuts $ 800,000 of SPD ’ s retention and recruitment budget .
The move to defund ( and eliminate ) the Navigation @ @ @ @ @ @ @ homeless outreach services such as REACH will “ dramatically restrict the city ’ s ability to address unauthorized encampments , ” warned Jason Johnson , Interim Director of Seattle ’ s Human Services Department in a letter to the council last week .
The legislation also invests funding into community-based alternatives to policing , including $ 10 million to stand up public safety organizations , $ 4 million for youth-focused safety programs , and $ 3 million for “ participatory budgeting for public safety.
” The cuts also led to following bargaining demands @ @ @ @ @ @ @ mayor ’ s office : • SPOG : Demand to bargain both the decisions and the effects of the decisions of [ any of ] the City ’ s proposals .
• SPMA : Demand to bargain the decision to transfer bargaining unit work out of the bargaining unit ; the decision to reduce the number of bargaining unit employees ; the decision to reduce or limit any form of wages .
• SPEOG : Proposal to transfer the parking enforcement unit to SDOT .
• SPDG : Transferring the 911 Call Center @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the federal judge overseeing the city ’ s ongoing consent decree warned the council to use caution and remember its existing obligations , in an order regarding a separate case last week .
The council acknowledged those obligations in a recently-added amendment , as first reported by SCC Insight ’ s Kevin Schofield , as well as some additional changes likely to be discussed in Monday ’ s meeting .
Despite warnings , pleas , and a big push from police supporters over the weekend , the council stayed the course and moved @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as a down payment on its pledge to defund SPD by 50 % now expected in 2021 .
Council President Lorena Gonzalez explained the reasoning in a series of Tweets Friday .
Opinion : No more reform — it ’ s time to rebuild Seattle policing The goal from councilmembers is a re-imagining of policing , right-sizing what the council feels is an inflated police department and budget that is not necessary and instead finding alternatives to sending armed officers to respond to calls that someone else , such as a social worker @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and avoid an unnecessary risk of escalation .
Exactly what this re-tooled version of policing and public safety will look like in practice remains to be seen , and likely won ’ t come into full view until next year , but the council says it will be a community led effort as has been demanded by Decriminalize Seattle and King County Equity Now , the groups that will taking part in the participatory budget process with the council on the 2021 public safety budget .
The blueprint Decriminalize Seattle has provided as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ by BIPOC communities to provide , and among other things , “ a plan on what health and safety actually means , including ( but not limited to ) alternatives to policing.
” “ Instead of buying bullets , violence and intimidation , we are choosing — the city council is choosing — to invest in peace and restoration in a community that has been ravaged by generations of racism , ” Council President Lorena Gonzales said as she explained the vision for future policing in Seattle .
Chief Best has repeatedly urged @ @ @ @ @ @ @ support a re-envisioned SPD , but that these changes can not happen overnight without risking public safety .
Last week , Best also released her own vision and accountability website for making such changes .
Today , Council voted on a rebalanced budget package .
This budget charts a course for evaluating community-informed public safety interventions .
We have spent the last 56 days ( since June 15 , 2020 ) rebalancing the 2020 budget as a result of the economic crisis related to the COVID-19 pandemic .
No one could have anticipated @ @ @ @ @ @ @ global pandemic , an economic crisis and a national racial reckoning that places the responsibility of a path forward squarely at the feet of local leaders .
With a lack of unified federal leadership , this growing economic recession means we must do more with much less .
Our overarching goal was to provide support for more affordable housing , continue to build vibrant communities , and to invest in programs that correct intergenerational wrongs .
We can not afford to lose ground from the hard fought wins that have taken years to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Seattle Police Department is a response to the calls for advocating for racial justice and investments in BIPOC communities .
Our inquest into SPD ’ s budget revealed 3 % of 911 calls result in arrest but 56 % of calls involve non-criminal activity .
As a City , we can not look at this data and assume this is a best practice and cost-efficient .
What we can do is allow our police to focus on what they are trained to do and fund service providers addressing the more complex issues of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ violence prevention , affordable healthcare , and more .
Funding interventions and casework centered in harm reduction will mean public safety rooted in community and addressing the root causes of why many people utilize 911 , rather than funding arrests and incarceration .
The Council has used the summer rebalancing budget process to consider initial cuts , with more budget allocation decisions to be made in the fall during the Council ’ s regularly-scheduled budget session .
Also releasing a statement was the Council ’ s Budget Committee Chair Teresa Mosqueda , who @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .

Seattle City Councilmembers have officially approved legislation enacting sizable cuts to the police department’s budget.
What does it mean when protesters call to defund the police?
Councilmembers approved amendments in the plan in the Budget Committee last week. The committee voted to move the bulk of its proposal forward during its 10 a.m. session, before giving its final approval Monday evening by a 7-1 margin. Councilmember Kshama Sawant was the lone “no” vote, while Debora Juarez — who was not present at Monday’s meetings — abstained. Sawant’s vote against the package was based around her belief that it didn’t go far enough in its reductions to SPD’s funding.
“Today I voted against what is euphemistically called the City Council’s ‘Balancing Package’ to the 2020 budget, because the only balancing that is happening is on the backs of working people, especially in Black and Brown communities,” Sawant said in a news release. “This budget fails working people.”
Pushback against the proposal from the other side of the aisle has come from Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan, Police Chief Carmen Best, police unions and pro-police community members, who have all cited concerns over public safety should the department be forced to reduce its number of sworn officers.
Last month, seven of nine councilmembers pledged support for defunding SPD by 50% in 2020 and reinvesting that money into communities of color as demanded by King County Equity Now and Decriminalize Seattle, which encompass dozens of community groups, non-profits, and other BIPOC-focused organizations.
However, the council recently admitted it would not be able to hit that 50% mark – about $85 million — for 2020, and instead would pass what it could for the 2020 package and focus on getting to that 50% in the 2021 budget, which the council starts work on next month. The council estimates that if enacted annually, the cuts it approved Monday would total 41%.
The highlights of the 2020 package approved by councilmembers Monday include:
Eliminating up to 100 sworn officer positions across various teams via layoffs and attrition (including 32 patrol officers), beginning in November 2020
Capping command staff pay at $150,000 (not including Chief Best’s salary, which was reduced to $275,000).
Ending the Navigation Team (14 of the 100 officers mentioned above)
The package also cuts or reduces a variety of SPD’s specialized units, including the Harbor Patrol Unit, SWAT team, Public Affairs unit, and school resource officers, and cuts $800,000 of SPD’s retention and recruitment budget.
The move to defund (and eliminate) the Navigation Team, and redirect the money to homeless outreach services such as REACH will “dramatically restrict the city’s ability to address unauthorized encampments,” warned Jason Johnson, Interim Director of Seattle’s Human Services Department in a letter to the council last week.
The legislation also invests funding into community-based alternatives to policing, including $10 million to stand up public safety organizations, $4 million for youth-focused safety programs, and $3 million for “participatory budgeting for public safety.”
The cuts also led to following bargaining demands from police unions, according to the mayor’s office:
SPOG: Demand to bargain both the decisions and the effects of the decisions of [any of] the City’s proposals.
SPMA: Demand to bargain the decision to transfer bargaining unit work out of the bargaining unit; the decision to reduce the number of bargaining unit employees; the decision to reduce or limit any form of wages.
SPEOG: Proposal to transfer the parking enforcement unit to SDOT.
SPDG: Transferring the 911 Call Center out of SPD.
Last Friday, the federal judge overseeing the city’s ongoing consent decree warned the council to use caution and remember its existing obligations, in an order regarding a separate case last week.
The council acknowledged those obligations in a recently-added amendment, as first reported by SCC Insight’s Kevin Schofield, as well as some additional changes likely to be discussed in Monday’s meeting.
Despite warnings, pleas, and a big push from police supporters over the weekend, the council stayed the course and moved ahead with approving the 2020 plan Monday as a down payment on its pledge to defund SPD by 50% now expected in 2021. Council President Lorena Gonzalez explained the reasoning in a series of Tweets Friday.
Opinion: No more reform — it’s time to rebuild Seattle policing
The goal from councilmembers is a re-imagining of policing, right-sizing what the council feels is an inflated police department and budget that is not necessary and instead finding alternatives to sending armed officers to respond to calls that someone else, such as a social worker, might be better equipped to handle and avoid an unnecessary risk of escalation.
Exactly what this re-tooled version of policing and public safety will look like in practice remains to be seen, and likely won’t come into full view until next year, but the council says it will be a community led effort as has been demanded by Decriminalize Seattle and King County Equity Now, the groups that will taking part in the participatory budget process with the council on the 2021 public safety budget.
The blueprint Decriminalize Seattle has provided as a path forward includes city-funded research done by BIPOC communities to provide, and among other things, “a plan on what health and safety actually means, including (but not limited to) alternatives to policing.”
“Instead of buying bullets, violence and intimidation, we are choosing — the city council is choosing — to invest in peace and restoration in a community that has been ravaged by generations of racism,” Council President Lorena Gonzales said as she explained the vision for future policing in Seattle.
Chief Best has repeatedly urged caution, explaining that she and Durkan support a re-envisioned SPD, but that these changes cannot happen overnight without risking public safety. Last week, Best also released her own vision and accountability website for making such changes.
Gonzalez released a full statement shortly after Monday’s final vote:
Today, Council voted on a rebalanced budget package. This budget charts a course for evaluating community-informed public safety interventions. We have spent the last 56 days (since June 15, 2020) rebalancing the 2020 budget as a result of the economic crisis related to the COVID-19 pandemic. No one could have anticipated that we would be faced by a global pandemic, an economic crisis and a national racial reckoning that places the responsibility of a path forward squarely at the feet of local leaders. With a lack of unified federal leadership, this growing economic recession means we must do more with much less. Our overarching goal was to provide support for more affordable housing, continue to build vibrant communities, and to invest in programs that correct intergenerational wrongs. We cannot afford to lose ground from the hard fought wins that have taken years to achieve. Reducing the budget of the Seattle Police Department is a response to the calls for advocating for racial justice and investments in BIPOC communities. Our inquest into SPD’s budget revealed 3% of 911 calls result in arrest but 56% of calls involve non-criminal activity. As a City, we cannot look at this data and assume this is a best practice and cost-efficient. What we can do is allow our police to focus on what they are trained to do and fund service providers addressing the more complex issues of housing, substance use disorder, youth violence prevention, affordable healthcare, and more. Funding interventions and casework centered in harm reduction will mean public safety rooted in community and addressing the root causes of why many people utilize 911, rather than funding arrests and incarceration. The Council has used the summer rebalancing budget process to consider initial cuts, with more budget allocation decisions to be made in the fall during the Council’s regularly-scheduled budget session.
Also releasing a statement was the Council’s Budget Committee Chair Teresa Mosqueda, who spearheaded the early stages of the legislation.
This Council has done something no Seattle City Council has ever done — passed a mid-year budget revision, while working remotely, during overlapping health, homelessness and housing crises. It would have been easy to rubber stamp the Mayor’s proposed budget package, but instead, we rolled up our sleeves and did the hard work,” Mosqueda said. We identified early on that we would not succumb to an austerity budget that pitted vital programs and services against one another. We knew there would be tough choices, but ultimately we crafted a budget that addresses the economic impacts of the COVID-19 crisis, made new investments in our social safety nets including homelessness prevention and COVID relief for families, made a meaningful down payment following community’s calls to defund SPD, and raised new progressive revenue through the JumpStart Seattle plan. We came together collectively and put Seattle resident and worker priorities and values forward, crafting a mid-year budget that lifts up anti-austerity in how we’re responding to COVID, caring for our most vulnerable, and our commitment to raise progressive revenue. I’m proud of the work my Council colleagues and I did this summer, and know we’ll continue the hard work of making sure the City’s budget reflects our shared values in the fall budget cycle, which starts in just a few weeks.
MyNorthwest staff contributed to this report
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thelibertydaily--2020-08-11--Moochelle Obama Seen as Giving Joe Biden Best Chance to Defeat President Trump

Biden ca n't afford to alienate even a few percent of his voters to the left of his VP .
With the Democrat Party convention just a week away , Joe Biden has , once again , delayed the announcement of his running mate .
Last year , I estimated that Biden would choose Senator Kamala Harris ( D-CA ) as his running mate .
Despite the fact that I have a very opaque crystal ball when it comes to Democrat political futures , I stuck to the Harris prediction , and I take a fair amount of ribbing from @ @ @ @ @ @ @ I noted then , I ’ m sure ol ’ Joe has assessed Harris , much as he did Barack Obama back in 2008 , to be “ the first mainstream African American [ woman ] who is articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking [ gal ] .
” You know , “ I mean , that ’ s a storybook , man !
” Harris is the female version of Obama , and Biden just followed his nose !
But I added , “ Speaking of Obama , Biden ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ — drum roll please : Michelle Obama.
” Now Biden has a Harris problem .
After he and his Democrat race-bait agitators Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer launched riots in their Demo-controlled urban centers nationwide on the spurious claim of “ systemic racism , ” Biden ’ s VP calculus changed — dramatically .
And that is why his puppeteers have delayed the announcement of his candidate , even though the Demo convention is scheduled to begin on 17 August — a week from today .
Clearly , Biden ’ s handlers know @ @ @ @ @ @ @ strategy is to remain in hiding through Election Day , and who will likely resign early in his first term .
Thus , Democrat voters will be casting their ballots for his VP .
Prior to the race riots , Biden had committed to putting a black female on his ticket .
Until June , Harris looked like the best choice to keep his “ votes of color ” in line .
But since playing their fake race card for two months , Biden has now painted himself in a corner with a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ VP announcement “ buildup ” has mounted , the question now is : What black female can Biden choose without disenfranchising his racially charged constituents to her left , or his more moderate Demo supporters and independent voters to her right ?
He can ’ t afford to alienate even a few percent of his voters to the left of his VP .
Who can best bridge Biden ’ s problem ?
Enter Michelle Obama , who has stepped back into the political light in recent weeks .
If they can convince her @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s August surprise .
Nancy Pelosi laughably asserted , “ I don ’ t think it matters who the vice presidential candidate is historically .
It has never mattered.
” But the only thing that matters on the Demo ticket is who Biden ’ s handlers tap as his vice presidential candidate .
The great irony about the Demos ’ VP race charade is that the Democrat Party is the most enduring monument to racism in America .

With the Democrat Party convention just a week away, Joe Biden has, once again, delayed the announcement of his running mate.
Last year, I estimated that Biden would choose Senator Kamala Harris (D-CA) as his running mate. Despite the fact that I have a very opaque crystal ball when it comes to Democrat political futures, I stuck to the Harris prediction, and I take a fair amount of ribbing from my editors about that conviction.
As I noted then, I’m sure ol’ Joe has assessed Harris, much as he did Barack Obama back in 2008, to be “the first mainstream African American [woman] who is articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking [gal].” You know, “I mean, that’s a storybook, man!” Harris is the female version of Obama, and Biden just followed his nose! For the record, I added, “Speaking of Obama, Biden’s best wild card option would be — drum roll please: Michelle Obama.”
Now Biden has a Harris problem. After he and his Democrat race-bait agitators Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer launched riots in their Demo-controlled urban centers nationwide on the spurious claim of “systemic racism,” Biden’s VP calculus changed — dramatically. And that is why his puppeteers have delayed the announcement of his candidate, even though the Demo convention is scheduled to begin on 17 August — a week from today.
Clearly, Biden’s handlers know he is just a place marker whose strategy is to remain in hiding through Election Day, and who will likely resign early in his first term due to his progressive state of dementia. Thus, Democrat voters will be casting their ballots for his VP.
The latest Harris alternative under consideration is Obama’s former National Security Advisor and UN Ambassador, Susan Rice. Rice is a political hack, the principal co-conspirator with Hillary Clinton’s campaign in the set up of LTG Michael Flynn, which enabled the Democrat launch of their coup d'etat charade to take down Donald Trump. She was also the primary architect of then-Secretary of State Clinton’s 2012 Benghazi coverup to protect Obama’s re-election campaign.
Prior to the race riots, Biden had committed to putting a black female on his ticket. Until June, Harris looked like the best choice to keep his “votes of color” in line. But given that Democrats played their fake race card for the last two months, Biden has now painted himself in a corner with a palette of identity politics. As the VP announcement “buildup” has mounted, the question now is this: What black female can Biden choose without disenfranchising his racially charged constituents to her left, or his more moderate Demo supporters and independent voters to her right?
But will Rice suffice as a Harris replacement, or is she too much like Harris? Biden can’t afford to alienate even a few percent of his voters to the left of his VP.
Thus, who can best bridge Biden’s problem? Enter Michelle Obama, who has stepped into the political light in recent weeks. If they can convince her to run, she is Biden’s August surprise. Otherwise he is going to have to bridge the gap between left and far left. Nancy Pelosi laughably asserted, “I don’t think it matters who the vice presidential candidate is historically. It has never mattered.” But the only thing that matters on the Demo ticket is who Biden’s handlers tap as his vice presidential candidate.
The great irony about the Biden’s VP race pandering charade is that the Democrat Party is the most enduring monument to racism in America.
Update: Apparently Michelle Obama stood by her assertion that she would not run. Thus, Biden bypassed Rice and on 11 August, just days before the Demo convention, announced Harris will be his VP candidate.


thelibertydaily--2020-08-11--Fascist Google-Owned YouTube Deletes Educational Video Explaining Abortion Procedures Because It’s P

Fascist Google-Owned YouTube Deletes Educational Video Explaining Abortion Procedures Because It’s Problematic for the Democrat Party

`` Why do these 'mistakes ' keep happening to us ? ''
An educational pro-life video with close to 2 million views was deleted from YouTube four years after it was uploaded to the platform .
According to YouTube , the video , created by pro-life organisation Live Action , supposedly violated Community Guidelines .
In a post on Twitter , Lila Rose , founder and president of Live Action said : “ Youtube just DELETED one of our Abortion Procedures videos , which had over 1.8 million views , claiming it violated ‘ Community Guidelines ’ “ The video @ @ @ @ @ @ @ medically accurate animations of abortion and is narrated by a former abortionist.
” The video featured Dr Anthony Levatino , an obstetrician/gynecologist who performed close to 1,200 first and second trimester abortions before becoming a pro-life advocate for the unborn .
Following an appeal , the video sharing platform reinstated the video , but did not explain why it was initially removed .
“ Last year they temporarily removed our undercover footage showing Planned Parenthood aiding sex traffickers , claiming it was a ‘ mistake , ' ” Rose said in a follow-up @ @ @ @ @ @ @ mistakes ’ keep happening to us ?
” she went on to ask Team YouTube .

An educational pro-life video with close to 2 million views was deleted from YouTube four years after it was uploaded to the platform.
According to YouTube, the video, created by pro-life organisation Live Action, supposedly violated Community Guidelines.
In a post on Twitter, Lila Rose, founder and president of Live Action said:
“Youtube just DELETED one of our Abortion Procedures videos, which had over 1.8 million views, claiming it violated ‘Community Guidelines’
“The video has been live since 2016, includes medically accurate animations of abortion and is narrated by a former abortionist.”
The video featured Dr Anthony Levatino, an obstetrician/gynecologist who performed close to 1,200 first and second trimester abortions before becoming a pro-life advocate for the unborn.
THIS is the video @YouTube deleted.
This educational video has saved countless lives & spreads the TRUTH.@TeamYouTubepic.twitter.com/4JttKvNPry — Lila Rose (@LilaGraceRose) August 7, 2020
Following an appeal, the video sharing platform reinstated the video, but did not explain why it was initially removed.
“Last year they temporarily removed our undercover footage showing Planned Parenthood aiding sex traffickers, claiming it was a ‘mistake,’” Rose said in a follow-up tweet.
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“Why do these ‘mistakes’ keep happening to us?” she went on to ask Team YouTube.


thelibertydaily--2020-08-11--Families of Chi-Com Virus Patients Sent to Nursing Home Death Chambers by Democrat NY Governor Andre

Families of Chi-Com Virus Patients Sent to Nursing Home Death Chambers by Democrat NY Governor Andrew ‘Granny Killer’ Cuomo Share Their Sorrow: ‘A Preventable Crisis’

Apparently you don ’ t talk ill of Ramon Laureano ’ s mother .
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Relatives of New York nursing home residents Monday blasted the conditions that drove the facilities’ coronavirus hell — including Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s directive barring the refusal of COVID-positive patients.
“The COVID crisis in New York’s nursing homes was a preventable crisis,” Jerry Maldonado testified before a joint hearing of state lawmakers via video-conference.
“It was fueled by poor public policy decisions, like the Department of Health’s March 25 directive.”
That order barred nursing homes from turning away COVID-positive patients, even as Cuomo in press briefings repeatedly likened the bug’s effect on the elderly to fire in dry grass.
“In a cruel twist of fate, while healthy families like mine were locked out of nursing homes and forced to stay away from our loved ones, my mom was locked into a facility with COVID-positive patients released from a hospital,” testified Maldonado, a Newburgh resident whose 81-year-old mother, Maria, was living in a Rockland County home when the pandemic hit.
Maldonado said that his family and others like it were “kept in the dark” about the policy, as he reached out to workers at his mother’s facility, Northern Metropolitan Residential Healthcare Facility, in late March asking whether the coronavirus had reached the home.
“For nearly two weeks, we got no response,” he testified. “It was only after my mom developed her first COVID symptoms that I confronted the director of nursing and he finally admitted to me that, in his words, he had been forced to admit COVID patients into the facility by the state, and that he could not guarantee that my mom had not been exposed to COVID.”
Cuomo has defended — and continues to defend — the policy by saying that nursing homes always had not just a right, but a responsibility to turn away patients they couldn’t care for.
But the state “did not proactively verify that nursing homes had the ability to safely care for COVID patients before releasing them into these facilities, knowing full well that many of them are understaffed and overcrowded, even on their best day,” Maldonado said.
On April 11, Maldonado’s mother died from complications related to the coronavirus, Maldonado said, becoming one of the more than 6,400 nursing home residents statewide lost in confirmed or presumed cases of the bug.
Virginia Wilson-Butler testified that her aunt, Eva Johnson, received years of substandard care in Bushwick, Brooklyn’s Buena Vida Continuing Care and Rehabilitation Center — a level that hardly improved once the coronavirus hit.
“Finally, from March 2020 to May 4, 2020 — the day she died — Miss Johnson lost 15 pounds, received oxygen on April 21, and an IV fluid with antibiotics,” Wilson-Butler told the panel. “She was diagnosed presumed COVID.”
“X-rays showed pneumonia,” Wilson-Butler continued. “She never had a fever, she never had a cough. In that timeframe, they stated at first, everything with her was normal: Her weight, her eating, her therapy … her bedsore.
“Until all of a sudden, she’s not eating the bedsore got bigger, it doesn’t look good.”
Throughout the ordeal, Wilson-Butler testified that she had great difficulty getting up-to-date information from her aunt’s caretakers.
Wilson-Butler said she was speaking up that another’s loved one won’t have to suffer through the same hardship.
“I can’t help my aunt anymore — rest in peace — but I can help someone else,” she said.
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Testifying from her home in California, Mikko Cook recounted the horror of her family being out of touch with her father — a resident of Albany’s Hudson Park Rehabilitation and Nursing Center — as the virus raged.
“Frequent visits to see him … helped my family see whether or not he was eating well, getting decent sleep and still smiling,” she said. “More importantly, it gave dad time in a world quickly disappearing to him, surrounded by people he loved, holding his hand and making him laugh. For dad, in those fleeting moments, he was safe and his life made sense.
“And then, one day, we just never returned.”
Since, Cook’s father, Ron, was injured in an alleged assault by another resident, Cook said, with her family only able to be connected to a video call with him after five days of calls to facility management.
“We need to see dad, and not through a glass with a telephone,” Cook said. “My father has not breathed fresh air or felt the sun on his face since March 9.”
A spokesman for Northern Metropolitan said that the facility diligently adhered to state and federal health guidelines throughout the pandemic, and made sure residents and their families could stay in touch.
“Northern Metropolitan never kept the residents or staff in the dark with this pandemic,” said Jeff Jacomowitz in a statement in part, noting that the facility gave family members regular updates via phone, letters and email.
“We would also like to express our condolences to the Maldonado family for the loss of Maria,” the statement continued. “Every resident becomes part of our family and when something like this occurs, the staff is deeply affected.”
Spokespeople for Buena Vida and Hudson Park could not be reached for comment Monday afternoon.


thelibertydaily--2020-08-11--Dallas Doctor Sentenced to 5 1/2 Years in Federal Prison for Massive $200 Million Kickback Scheme

An anesthesiologist at the center of the $ 200 million Forest Park Medical Center fraud has been sentenced to five and a half years in federal prison and ordered to pay more than $ 82.9 million in restitution , announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Erin Nealy Cox .
Richard Ferdinand Toussaint , Jr. – who is already serving a 41-month federal prison sentence for a separate health care fraud conviction – pleaded guilty to his involvement in the Forest Park scheme in March 2018 , admitting to one count of conspiracy to pay health care bribes @ @ @ @ @ @ @ remuneration under the Travel Act .
The 66-month sentence handed down today by U.S. District Judge Jack Zouhary will be served concurrent to the 41-month sentence .
In plea papers , Dr. Toussaint , 61 , acknowledged that he teamed up with co-defendant Dr. Wade Neal Barker , a bariatric surgeon , to launch Forest Park Medical Center , a physician-owned hospital for bariatric and spinal surgery patients , in 2008 .
Together with Forest Park hospital manager Alan Andrew Beauchamp , Dr. Toussaint , Dr. Barker , and their colleagues conspired to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ high-reimbursing , out-of-network private insurance – to the now defunct hospital by paying surgeons for referrals .
Most of the kickbacks , which totaled more than $ 40 million , were disguised as consulting fees or “ marketing money , ” doled as a percentage of surgeries each doctor referred to Forest Park , Dr. Toussaint admitted .
Email correspondence proved he and Dr. Baker were kept up to date about how much surgeons were being paid .
Instead of billing patients for out-of-network co-payments , instituted by insurers to de-incentivize the high @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Park allegedly waived co-insurance , assured patients they would pay in-network prices .
Because they knew insurers wouldn ’ t tolerate such practices , they concealed the patient discounts and wrote off the difference as uncollected “ bad debt.
” Dr. Toussaint was one of 18 convicted in the scheme .
Defendants who pleaded guilty before trial include : Wade Neal Barker , Alan Andrew Beauchamp , Kelly Wade Loter , David Daesung Kim , Israel Ortiz , Andrea Kay Smith , Frank Gonzales , Jr. , Andrew Jonathan Hillman , and Semyon @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the U.S. Office of Personnel Management Office of Inspector General , the Federal Bureau of Investigation , the U.S. Department of Labor Office of Inspector General , the U.S. Department of Labor Employee Benefits Security Administration , the U.S. Department of Defense - Defense Criminal Investigative Service , and Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation , with assistance from the Food and Drug Administration Office of Criminal Investigations .
Assistant U.S .
Attorneys Andrew Wirmani , Marcus Busch , Mark Tindall , and Gail Hayworth are prosecuting the case .

An anesthesiologist at the center of the $200 million Forest Park Medical Center fraud has been sentenced to five and a half years in federal prison and ordered to pay more than $82.9 million in restitution, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Erin Nealy Cox.
Richard Ferdinand Toussaint, Jr. – who is already serving a 41-month federal prison sentence for a separate health care fraud conviction – pleaded guilty to his involvement in the Forest Park scheme in March 2018, admitting to one count of conspiracy to pay health care bribes and kickbacks and one count of illegal remuneration under the Travel Act. The 66-month sentence handed down today by U.S. District Judge Jack Zouhary will be served concurrent to the 41-month sentence.
In plea papers, Dr. Toussaint, 61, acknowledged that he teamed up with co-defendant Dr. Wade Neal Barker, a bariatric surgeon, to launch Forest Park Medical Center, a physician-owned hospital for bariatric and spinal surgery patients, in 2008. Together with Forest Park hospital manager Alan Andrew Beauchamp, Dr. Toussaint, Dr. Barker, and their colleagues conspired to steer lucrative patients – particularly those with high-reimbursing, out-of-network private insurance – to the now defunct hospital by paying surgeons for referrals.
Most of the kickbacks, which totaled more than $40 million, were disguised as consulting fees or “marketing money,” doled as a percentage of surgeries each doctor referred to Forest Park, Dr. Toussaint admitted. Email correspondence proved he and Dr. Baker were kept up to date about how much surgeons were being paid.
Instead of billing patients for out-of-network co-payments, instituted by insurers to de-incentivize the high costs associated with out-of-network treatment, Forest Park allegedly waived co-insurance, assured patients they would pay in-network prices. Because they knew insurers wouldn’t tolerate such practices, they concealed the patient discounts and wrote off the difference as uncollected “bad debt.”
Dr. Toussaint was one of 18 convicted in the scheme.
Defendants who pleaded guilty before trial include: Wade Neal Barker, Alan Andrew Beauchamp, Kelly Wade Loter, David Daesung Kim, Israel Ortiz, Andrea Kay Smith, Frank Gonzales, Jr., Andrew Jonathan Hillman, and Semyon Narosov.
Defendants convicted at trial include: Wilton McPherson “Mac” Burt, Jackson Jacob, Douglas Sung Won, Michael Bassem Rimlawi, Shawn Mark Henry, Mrugeshkumar Shah, and Iris Kathleen Forrest.
The case was investigated by the U.S. Office of Personnel Management Office of Inspector General, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the U.S. Department of Labor Office of Inspector General, the U.S. Department of Labor Employee Benefits Security Administration, the U.S. Department of Defense - Defense Criminal Investigative Service, and Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation, with assistance from the Food and Drug Administration Office of Criminal Investigations. Assistant U.S. Attorneys Andrew Wirmani, Marcus Busch, Mark Tindall, and Gail Hayworth are prosecuting the case.


thelibertydaily--2020-08-10--Marxist Meathead Rob Reiner Outrageously Claims President Trump’s Gettysburg Speech Would Somehow Be

Marxist Meathead Rob Reiner Outrageously Claims President Trump’s Gettysburg Speech Would Somehow Be a Tribute to ‘White Supremacy’

Hollywood actor and director Rob Reiner launched yet another ridiculous attack on Donald Trump on Monday , this time saying that if the president were to give a speech accepting his party ’ s nomination at the historic Civil War battlefield at Gettysburg , Pennsylvania , it would be a tribute to “ White Supremacy.
” “ Trump brilliantly narrows down the location of his acceptance speech , ” Reiner tweeted .
“ Either break yet another law and do it at the WH , or do it at Gettysburg and celebrate your devotion to White Supremacy.
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’ The law that Reiner was referring to was the Hatch Act , which critics say would prevent the president from giving a purely political speech at the White House , according to .
reporter Jeremy Diamond echoed Reiner later in the day , suggesting that Trump might choose Gettysburg “ because this is a president who has positioned himself as a defender of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” MORE NEWS : Black Lives Matter mob opens fire on black Wauwatosa policeman , physically assaults him at girlfriend ’ s home after they vandalize it It should be noted that Gettysburg is not a confederate symbol , and to say that it is one is woefully ignorant .
Instead , it is the site of the most important victory that the Union had during the Civil War , as it marked the “ turning point ” in the North ’ s battle against the South .
Of course , none of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ shown time and time again over the years that he won ’ t let something as small as the truth stop him from attacking Trump .
Last month , Reiner accused Trump of “ murdering Americans , ” blaming him for coronavirus deaths in this country despite the fact that the pandemic originated in China and has killed millions of people from all over the globe .
“ Over 135,000 dead and counting .
The President of the United States is killing US .
You can trash doctors and scientists .
You can @ @ @ @ @ @ @ this .
But you can ’ t spin death , ” Reiner tweeted .
He went on to add later in the day , “ There ’ s no other way to say this : Donald Trump is murdering Americans .
”

Hollywood actor and director Rob Reiner launched yet another ridiculous attack on Donald Trump on Monday, this time saying that if the president were to give a speech accepting his party’s nomination at the historic Civil War battlefield at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, it would be a tribute to “White Supremacy.”
“Trump brilliantly narrows down the location of his acceptance speech,” Reiner tweeted. “Either break yet another law and do it at the WH, or do it at Gettysburg and celebrate your devotion to White Supremacy.”
Trump brilliantly narrows down the location of his acceptance speech. Either break yet another law and do it at the WH, or do it at Gettysburg and celebrate your devotion to White Supremacy. — Rob Reiner (@robreiner) August 10, 2020
The law that Reiner was referring to was the Hatch Act, which critics say would prevent the president from giving a purely political speech at the White House, according to Breitbart News.
CNN reporter Jeremy Diamond echoed Reiner later in the day, suggesting that Trump might choose Gettysburg “because this is a president who has positioned himself as a defender of Confederate symbols and monuments to Confederate generals.”
CNN's Jeremy Diamond claims without evidence that Trump might have his speech in Gettysburg because he loves the Confederacy: "This is a President who has consistently positions himself as a defender of Confederate symbols and monuments to Confederate generals." pic.twitter.com/cqKxbINsBx — Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) August 10, 2020
It should be noted that Gettysburg is not a confederate symbol, and to say that it is one is woefully ignorant. Instead, it is the site of the most important victory that the Union had during the Civil War, as it marked the “turning point” in the North’s battle against the South.
Of course, none of this matters to Reiner, who has shown time and time again over the years that he won’t let something as small as the truth stop him from attacking Trump. Last month, Reiner accused Trump of “murdering Americans,” blaming him for coronavirus deaths in this country despite the fact that the pandemic originated in China and has killed millions of people from all over the globe.
“Over 135,000 dead and counting. The President of the United States is killing US. You can trash doctors and scientists. You can try to spin your way out of this. But you can’t spin death,” Reiner tweeted. He went on to add later in the day, “There’s no other way to say this: Donald Trump is murdering Americans.”
Over 135,000 dead and counting. The President of the United States is killing US. You can trash doctors and scientists. You can try to spin your way out of this. But you can’t spin death. — Rob Reiner (@robreiner) July 13, 2020
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thelibertydaily--2020-08-11--Portland Cops Arresting Female Rioter Get Asked If Female Cop Is There For Pat-Down: Male Cop Replie

Portland Cops Arresting Female Rioter Get Asked If Female Cop Is There For Pat-Down: Male Cop Replies, ‘How Do You Know That I Don’t Identify As Female?’

Police in Portland , Oregon have been going through hell over the past few months , as they have been forced to deal with constant violent riots .
They are chronically being attacked by violent radical leftists while the media turns a blind eye to what is happening , so it should come as no surprise that one Portland cop finally had enough on Sunday .
A video is going viral from early Sunday morning , in which a freelance journalist captured a female protester being arrested on camera .
The journalist , who was also a woman , became @ @ @ @ @ @ @ officers were present at the arrest .
“ Do you have a female officer present while you ’ re patting her down ?
” she asked them .
It was then that another male cop jumped in with what might just be the best comeback of all time .
“ How do you know that I don ’ t identify as a female ?
” he asked .
This caused all of the officers on the scene to burst out laughing hysterically .
This did not sit well with the protesters , however @ @ @ @ @ @ @ by the joke .
“ F***in ’ smart ass , ” one person said , with another adding , “ We hate you !
” Social media users can ’ t get enough of the video , which has immediately gone viral .
“ This is a great example of how the world the progressive Left is creating for themselves will become very uncomfortable , ” one person commented .
“ You can ’ t rely on gender norms if you ’ re an advocate for no gender norms.
” “ Woke political @ @ @ @ @ @ @ situation for years now , ” another Internet user wrote .
“ Woke dogma states there are not even biological differences between male or females .
That anyone can identify as anything…at any time .
Wokeists didn ’ t really think this out very well.
” “ Brilliant .
Love this officer , ” a third commenter said .
“ Use their own rules against them.
” This piece was written by PoliZette Staff on August 10 , 2020 .
It originally appeared in LifeZette and is used by permission .
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Police in Portland, Oregon have been going through hell over the past few months, as they have been forced to deal with constant violent riots. They are chronically being attacked by violent radical leftists while the media turns a blind eye to what is happening, so it should come as no surprise that one Portland cop finally had enough on Sunday.
A video is going viral from early Sunday morning, in which a freelance journalist captured a female protester being arrested on camera. The journalist, who was also a woman, became suspicious when she saw that only male officers were present at the arrest.
“Do you have a female officer present while you’re patting her down?” she asked them.
“No, we don’t,” an officer replied.
It was then that another male cop jumped in with what might just be the best comeback of all time.
“How do you know that I don’t identify as a female?” he asked.
This caused all of the officers on the scene to burst out laughing hysterically. This did not sit well with the protesters, however, who immediately became “triggered” by the joke.
“F***in’ smart ass,” one person said, with another adding, “We hate you!”
Male PPB officers detaining a female protestor and patting her down w/ no female officers present. I asked if they had a female officer to do patdown, one responded by “nope” the other said, “how do you know I don’t identify as a female?” Other officers laugh. #PortlandProtests pic.twitter.com/bSabNSHXSf — Shauna Sowersby (@Shauna_Sowersby) August 9, 2020
Social media users can’t get enough of the video, which has immediately gone viral.
“This is a great example of how the world the progressive Left is creating for themselves will become very uncomfortable,” one person commented. “You can’t rely on gender norms if you’re an advocate for no gender norms.”
“Woke political religion has worked hard to create this situation for years now,” another Internet user wrote. “Woke dogma states there are not even biological differences between male or females. That anyone can identify as anything…at any time. Wokeists didn’t really think this out very well.”
“Brilliant. Love this officer,” a third commenter said. “Use their own rules against them.”
This piece was written by PoliZette Staff on August 10, 2020. It originally appeared in LifeZette and is used by permission.
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thelibertydaily--2020-08-11--As Potential Veep, Benghazi Liar Susan Rice and Husband Stepped Up Contributions to Biden Campaign

Susan Rice and her multimillionaire husband have poured thousands of dollars into Joe Biden 's presidential campaign , substantially increasing their contributions as the former national security adviser was floated as a potential running mate .
Rice and her husband , the former ABC News producer Ian Cameron , increased their contributions to Biden as Rice 's name moved to the top of his list of vice presidential options , campaign finance records show , funneling $ 24,000 to Biden in the month of June alone .
The sum marks a vast increase over their previous giving : Prior to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a total of $ 5,800 to the campaign over the course of the cycle .
On June 2 , two days before CNN reported that Rice was among eight women who had met with the campaign , Cameron cut a $ 5,600 check to the Biden Victory Fund , his largest contribution of the cycle .
Cameron donated another $ 5,600 to the Biden Victory Fund three weeks later on June 26 , the same day Rice herself gave $ 12,800 , bringing the total to $ 24,000 .
News reports have indicated @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for a senior position in the Biden administration .
But her star has risen in recent months as her name was floated as a finalist for the vice presidential nomination .
Rice has openly lobbied for the position , telling NPR she was `` honored and humbled '' to be considered and that her experience would make her an effective member of the executive branch .
The Biden campaign did not respond to a request for comment on the contributions .
It is unclear whether the couple has contributed to the campaign since @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in filings released later this month .
Cameron and Rice had already made over a dozen contributions this cycle directly to the Biden campaign totaling $ 5,802 .
The larger contributions to the Biden Victory Fund in June were split between the campaign , the Democratic National Committee , and local party organizations working to elect Biden .
Rice first made her political ambitions known in 2018 when she put her name forward to run for U.S. Senate in Maine against longtime Republican Susan Collins .
Though she did n't end up running @ @ @ @ @ @ @ was viewed as an `` emphatic declaration of new political aspirations '' to decision makers in the Democratic Party .
Rice now finds herself on the short list for Biden , who declared early in his search that he would pick a woman to join him on the ticket .
Other reported finalists are Sen. Kamala Harris ( D. , Calif. ) , Sen. Elizabeth Warren ( D. , Mass . )
, Michigan governor Gretchen Whitmer , Rep. Karen Bass ( D. , Calif. ) , and Rep. Val Demmings ( D. @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the weekend that he had made a decision and is expected to announce his pick this week .

Susan Rice and her multimillionaire husband have poured thousands of dollars into Joe Biden's presidential campaign, substantially increasing their contributions as the former national security adviser was floated as a potential running mate.
Rice and her husband, the former ABC News producer Ian Cameron, increased their contributions to Biden as Rice's name moved to the top of his list of vice presidential options, campaign finance records show, funneling $24,000 to Biden in the month of June alone. The sum marks a vast increase over their previous giving: Prior to that time, the couple had contributed a total of $5,800 to the campaign over the course of the cycle.
On June 2, two days before CNN reported that Rice was among eight women who had met with the campaign, Cameron cut a $5,600 check to the Biden Victory Fund, his largest contribution of the cycle. Cameron donated another $5,600 to the Biden Victory Fund three weeks later on June 26, the same day Rice herself gave $12,800, bringing the total to $24,000.
News reports have indicated since March that Rice is under consideration for a senior position in the Biden administration. But her star has risen in recent months as her name was floated as a finalist for the vice presidential nomination. Rice has openly lobbied for the position, telling NPR she was "honored and humbled" to be considered and that her experience would make her an effective member of the executive branch.
The Biden campaign did not respond to a request for comment on the contributions. It is unclear whether the couple has contributed to the campaign since June, a revelation that will come in filings released later this month.
Cameron and Rice had already made over a dozen contributions this cycle directly to the Biden campaign totaling $5,802. The larger contributions to the Biden Victory Fund in June were split between the campaign, the Democratic National Committee, and local party organizations working to elect Biden.
Rice first made her political ambitions known in 2018 when she put her name forward to run for U.S. Senate in Maine against longtime Republican Susan Collins. Though she didn't end up running for the office, her stated interest was viewed as an "emphatic declaration of new political aspirations" to decision makers in the Democratic Party.
Rice now finds herself on the short list for Biden, who declared early in his search that he would pick a woman to join him on the ticket. Other reported finalists are Sen. Kamala Harris (D., Calif.), Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D., Mass.), Michigan governor Gretchen Whitmer, Rep. Karen Bass (D., Calif.), and Rep. Val Demmings (D., Fla.).
Biden said over the weekend that he had made a decision and is expected to announce his pick this week.


thelibertydaily--2020-08-11--Democrat Senate Candidate Amy McGrath Habitually Failed to Pay Property Taxes

Kentucky Democratic Senate nominee Amy McGrath was penalized for delinquent property tax payments on her Virginia home six times in five years , local real estate records show .
McGrath and her husband purchased a $ 739,000 home in Alexandria , Va. , in November 2010 .
According to the city 's real estate assessment office , the couple was up to five months late on six semi-annual property tax payments between November 2011 and October 2016 , garnering fines of about $ 500 for the delinquent payments .
McGrath sold the home for $ 835,000—a $ 96,000 profit—in October @ @ @ @ @ @ @ GOP congressman Andy Barr .
She lost to the Kentucky Republican by nearly 10,000 votes in 2018 despite outspending Barr by more than $ 2.5 million in a Democratic wave election .
The McGrath campaign did not respond to multiple requests for comment on the delinquent payments .
While many homeowners pay property taxes out of an escrow account managed by their mortgage lender , escrow is not required if the owner holds at least 20 percent equity in their home .
McGrath received a loan for $ 591,200—80 percent of the Alexandria @ @ @ @ @ @ @ she was eligible to waive the escrow account and make property tax payments on her own .
McGrath narrowly emerged from the state 's Democratic Senate primary in June , defeating progressive state legislator Charles Booker by fewer than 3 points .
She spent nearly $ 30 million on the primary while Booker spent just $ 4.2 million .
Booker endorsed McGrath on Friday , more than a month after the primary result was finalized on June 30 .
While McGrath has acknowledged the need to win over Booker 's progressive base to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ R. ) , the state legislator 's support did not come without criticism .
In his statement endorsing McGrath , Booker `` urged her to authentically listen to and lift up the people of Kentucky , '' assuring progressives that he would not give McGrath `` a pass to maintain the status quo . ''
He did not explicitly urge his supporters to vote for McGrath , instead asking them to give her a `` chance to earn your vote . ''
`` I hope everyone who supported my campaign joins me in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ her the chance to earn your vote , '' Booker said in a statement .
McGrath 's bid to unseat McConnell has further cemented her status as a strong national fundraiser with limited local appeal .
An August 6 Quinnipiac University poll found that just 32 percent of Kentucky voters view the Democrat favorably .
In addition , just 17 percent of McGrath voters said they support her `` mainly because [ they ] like Amy McGrath . ''
Just 3.5 percent of McGrath 's campaign cash comes from within Kentucky , according @ @ @ @ @ @ @

Kentucky Democratic Senate nominee Amy McGrath was penalized for delinquent property tax payments on her Virginia home six times in five years, local real estate records show.
McGrath and her husband purchased a $739,000 home in Alexandria, Va., in November 2010. According to the city's real estate assessment office, the couple was up to five months late on six semi-annual property tax payments between November 2011 and October 2016, garnering fines of about $500 for the delinquent payments.
McGrath sold the home for $835,000—a $96,000 profit—in October 2016 to move to Kentucky and challenge GOP congressman Andy Barr. She lost to the Kentucky Republican by nearly 10,000 votes in 2018 despite outspending Barr by more than $2.5 million in a Democratic wave election.
The McGrath campaign did not respond to multiple requests for comment on the delinquent payments.
While many homeowners pay property taxes out of an escrow account managed by their mortgage lender, escrow is not required if the owner holds at least 20 percent equity in their home. McGrath received a loan for $591,200—80 percent of the Alexandria home's sale price—in 2010, meaning she was eligible to waive the escrow account and make property tax payments on her own.
McGrath narrowly emerged from the state's Democratic Senate primary in June, defeating progressive state legislator Charles Booker by fewer than 3 points. She spent nearly $30 million on the primary while Booker spent just $4.2 million.
Booker endorsed McGrath on Friday, more than a month after the primary result was finalized on June 30. While McGrath has acknowledged the need to win over Booker's progressive base to defeat Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R.), the state legislator's support did not come without criticism. In his statement endorsing McGrath, Booker "urged her to authentically listen to and lift up the people of Kentucky," assuring progressives that he would not give McGrath "a pass to maintain the status quo." He did not explicitly urge his supporters to vote for McGrath, instead asking them to give her a "chance to earn your vote."
"I hope everyone who supported my campaign joins me in earnestly engaging Amy's campaign and giving her the chance to earn your vote," Booker said in a statement.
McGrath's bid to unseat McConnell has further cemented her status as a strong national fundraiser with limited local appeal. An August 6 Quinnipiac University poll found that just 32 percent of Kentucky voters view the Democrat favorably. In addition, just 17 percent of McGrath voters said they support her "mainly because [they] like Amy McGrath." Just 3.5 percent of McGrath's campaign cash comes from within Kentucky, according to the Center for Responsive Politics.


thelibertydaily--2020-08-11--Marxist Pope Drops Word ‘God’ From Chi-Com Virus Documents to Reach ‘Widest Possible Audience’

Vatican Drops Word 'God ' from COVID Documents to Reach 'Widest Possible Audience' Christians outraged as official docs scrub 'Jesus Christ , church , prayer , and charity' The Vatican has triggered outrage among Christians after publishing official documents on the COVID-19 pandemic that scrub words such as `` God , '' `` Jesus Christ , '' `` prayer , '' and even `` charity '' from the text .
The Catholic Church has defended the recently released documents , arguing that they didn ’ t mention Christianity-linked words in an effort to reach “ the widest possible audience.
” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ( PAL ) on July 22 , the first 8-page document is titled : “ Humana Communitas in the Age of Pandemic : Untimely Meditations on Life ’ s Rebirth.
” “ We are interested in entering into human situations , reading them in the light of faith , and in a way that speaks to the widest possible audience , to believers and non-believers , to all men and women ‘ of good will , ’ ” PAL spokesman Fabrizio Mastrofini said about the move .
“ I do not know , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ‘ accounting ’ work on how many times a few key words recur in a text is useful , ” Mastrofini said in response to an article published by New Daily Compass on July 31 .
“ Your readers are entitled to know something else : the criticism of the lack of the terms God , faith , religion , was first put forward by an American website , then repeated by Spanish websites , and finally also in Italy by some passionate blogger , ” he argues , failing to explain how @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Phil Lawler of Catholic Word News had called the document shortly after its release on July 22 a “ shocking Vatican perspective on the pandemic ” and “ an embarrassment to the Catholic faithful.
” According to Lawler , a well-respected Catholic journalist , even the title of the document “ is misleading ; the document provides very little hard information .
`` But I will grant this much : it is ‘ untimely.
’ '' There is never a good time for this sort of vapid rumination.
” “ Despite stretching to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ document does not mention God , Jesus Christ , the Holy Spirit , the Church , the sacraments , prayer , or even charity ; even the word ‘ Christian ’ does not appear in the text , ” Lawler summarized .
“ There is admittedly a call for ‘ moral conversion , ’ but in context it is clearly a call for an ideological rather than religious conversion.
” He said that the Vatican should send a Christian message – which he suggested would have happened in times past , when “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ urged us not to be paralyzed by fear of sickness and death , nor to regard any interaction with neighbors as a dangerous imposition.
” While the document “ makes a weak gesture in that direction , ” it does not offer practical advice for regular Catholics , instead , making “ a grandiose call for worldwide solidarity and international cooperation , stipulating that the World Health Organization should have a ‘ privileged place ’ in the campaign.
” Doyen Nguyen , a lay Dominican and professor , also criticized the document in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
“ Nowhere in the document is it mentioned that God is our final end , that Christ is our hope , and that we need the grace of the Holy Spirit for both our moral conversion and a good moral life , ” she wrote .
`` Nowhere is the Church – the dispenser of the sacraments as a source of grace – mentioned either .
`` In passing over these in silence , in what way does the Academy ’ s call for solidarity , equality , and ‘ access ( @ @ @ @ @ @ @ exceptions ’ differ from that of secular ideologies ?
`` This is a document issued from a prestigious body of the Catholic Church , yet there is no mention of Christianity or Christians , let alone Catholics .
`` That a document is destined for all men and women is certainly not a reason for bracketing out its Catholic identity or omitting any reference to God , Christ , the Holy Spirit , and the Church . ''
The Academy attacked Lawler via Twitter , calling his article “ a deliberate misunderstanding to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , simply said “ they didn ’ t need my help to produce confusion .
`` Their own document did the job nicely.
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Vatican Drops Word 'God' from COVID Documents to Reach 'Widest Possible Audience'
Christians outraged as official docs scrub 'Jesus Christ, church, prayer, and charity'
© press The Vatican has scrubbed several words relating to Christians in an official document on COVID
The Vatican has triggered outrage among Christians after publishing official documents on the COVID-19 pandemic that scrub words such as "God," "Jesus Christ," "prayer," and even "charity" from the text.
The Catholic Church has defended the recently released documents, arguing that they didn’t mention Christianity-linked words in an effort to reach “the widest possible audience.”
Published by the Pontifical Academy for Life (PAL) on July 22, the first 8-page document is titled: “Humana Communitas in the Age of Pandemic: Untimely Meditations on Life’s Rebirth.”
“We are interested in entering into human situations, reading them in the light of faith, and in a way that speaks to the widest possible audience, to believers and non-believers, to all men and women ‘of good will,’” PAL spokesman Fabrizio Mastrofini said about the move.
“I do not know, at this point, whether a philological ‘accounting’ work on how many times a few key words recur in a text is useful,” Mastrofini said in response to an article published by New Daily Compass on July 31.
“Your readers are entitled to know something else: the criticism of the lack of the terms God, faith, religion, was first put forward by an American website, then repeated by Spanish websites, and finally also in Italy by some passionate blogger,” he argues, failing to explain how that fact was of any relevance.
© press Abp. Vincenzo Paglia is the head of the Pontifical Academy for Life
Phil Lawler of Catholic Word News had called the document shortly after its release on July 22 a “shocking Vatican perspective on the pandemic” and “an embarrassment to the Catholic faithful.”
According to Lawler, a well-respected Catholic journalist, even the title of the document “is misleading; the document provides very little hard information.
"But I will grant this much: it is ‘untimely.’
"There is never a good time for this sort of vapid rumination.”
“Despite stretching to well over 4,000 words, the Vatican document does not mention God, Jesus Christ, the Holy Spirit, the Church, the sacraments, prayer, or even charity; even the word ‘Christian’ does not appear in the text,” Lawler summarized.
“There is admittedly a call for ‘moral conversion,’ but in context it is clearly a call for an ideological rather than religious conversion.”
He said that the Vatican should send a Christian message – which he suggested would have happened in times past, when “the Pontifical Academy for Life might have urged us not to be paralyzed by fear of sickness and death, nor to regard any interaction with neighbors as a dangerous imposition.”
While the document “makes a weak gesture in that direction,” it does not offer practical advice for regular Catholics, instead, making “a grandiose call for worldwide solidarity and international cooperation, stipulating that the World Health Organization should have a ‘privileged place’ in the campaign.”
© press 'The Vatican document does not mention God, Jesus Christ, the Holy Spirit, the Church, the sacraments, prayer, or even charity'
Doyen Nguyen, a lay Dominican and professor, also criticized the document in a July 29 piece published on LifeSiteNews.
“Nowhere in the document is it mentioned that God is our final end, that Christ is our hope, and that we need the grace of the Holy Spirit for both our moral conversion and a good moral life,” she wrote.
"Nowhere is the Church – the dispenser of the sacraments as a source of grace – mentioned either.
"In passing over these in silence, in what way does the Academy’s call for solidarity, equality, and ‘access (to health care) for all without exceptions’ differ from that of secular ideologies?
"This is a document issued from a prestigious body of the Catholic Church, yet there is no mention of Christianity or Christians, let alone Catholics.
"That a document is destined for all men and women is certainly not a reason for bracketing out its Catholic identity or omitting any reference to God, Christ, the Holy Spirit, and the Church."
The Academy attacked Lawler via Twitter, calling his article “a deliberate misunderstanding to produce confusion.”
Lawler, in turn, simply said “they didn’t need my help to produce confusion.
"Their own document did the job nicely.”


thelibertydaily--2020-08-11--Putin Claims Russia Has Developed World’s First Chi-Com Virus Vaccine, Claims His Own Daughter Took

Putin Claims Russia Has Developed World’s First Chi-Com Virus Vaccine, Claims His Own Daughter Took It . . .

Aug. 11 ( UPI ) -- Russian President Vladimir Putin announced Tuesday that Moscow has registered the world 's first COVID-19 vaccine , and said one of his daughters was inoculated .
State-run TASS reported that Putin made the announcement at a meeting Tuesday with Russian state officials .
The vaccine , labeled `` Sputnik-V , '' forms stable cell and antibody immunity , he said .
`` As far as I know , this morning for the first time in the world , a vaccine against the novel coronavirus infection was registered , '' the Kremlin leader said .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ one of my daughters got vaccinated , so in this sense , she took part in testing . ''
Putin said his daughter developed a fever after the first vaccine shot but it dissipated and her temperature returned to normal after a second shot .
`` And then , after the second shot , she had a slight fever again , and then everything was fine , she is feeling well and has a high [ antibody ] count , '' Putin said .
Russian health minister Mikhail Murashko said his department has @ @ @ @ @ @ @ developed by the Gamaleya National Research Center of Epidemiology and Microbiology of the Russian Healthcare Ministry .
Murashko said medical workers and teachers will be the first to receive its COVID-19 vaccine .
`` We will begin the stage-by-stage civilian use of the vaccine , '' Murashko said .
`` First and foremost , we would like to offer vaccination to those who come into contact with infected persons at work .
These are medical workers .
And also those who are responsible for children 's health , teachers . ''
There are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 's safety and effectiveness -- particularly considering it was developed in a diplomatically isolated nation like Russia .
Also , the vaccine has not yet passed through stage-three clinical trials , a part of the testing phase that would administer the vaccine to humans .
CNN reported that Russian officials say a number of nations and U.S. companies have expressed interest in the vaccine .
Last week , Russian virologist Alexander Chepurnov , a former head of infectious diseases at Vektor , cautioned that he had concerns about a coronavirus vaccine .
`` @ @ @ @ @ @ @ coronavirus ... the infection can intensify with the presence of certain antibodies , '' he said .
`` So it should be known which antibodies the vaccine forms . ''
Chepurnov said the lack of available information and data about the vaccine 's clinical trials is troublesome .
`` Until I see studies and scientific publications that say how the vaccine was studied , what level of neutralization is formed , what doses of the virus it protects against and , most importantly , whether it is developing the ability to increase infection @ @ @ @ @ @ @ talk about the release of a vaccine . ''
Russia was accused last month of hacking U.S. , Canadian and British researchers to steal vaccine date .
The Kremlin denied involvement .

Russian President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday his government has registered the world's first COVID vaccine. File Photo by Yuri Kochetkov/EPA-EFE
Aug. 11 (UPI) -- Russian President Vladimir Putin announced Tuesday that Moscow has registered the world's first COVID-19 vaccine, and said one of his daughters was inoculated. State-run TASS reported that Putin made the announcement at a meeting Tuesday with Russian state officials. The vaccine, labeled "Sputnik-V," forms stable cell and antibody immunity, he said. Advertisement
"As far as I know, this morning for the first time in the world, a vaccine against the novel coronavirus infection was registered," the Kremlin leader said. "I know this very well because one of my daughters got vaccinated, so in this sense, she took part in testing."
Putin said his daughter developed a fever after the first vaccine shot but it dissipated and her temperature returned to normal after a second shot.
"And then, after the second shot, she had a slight fever again, and then everything was fine, she is feeling well and has a high [antibody] count," Putin said.
Russian health minister Mikhail Murashko said his department has ended clinical trials of the vaccine, developed by the Gamaleya National Research Center of Epidemiology and Microbiology of the Russian Healthcare Ministry.
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Murashko said medical workers and teachers will be the first to receive its COVID-19 vaccine.
"We will begin the stage-by-stage civilian use of the vaccine," Murashko said. "First and foremost, we would like to offer vaccination to those who come into contact with infected persons at work. These are medical workers. And also those who are responsible for children's health, teachers."
There are questions, however, about the vaccine's safety and effectiveness -- particularly considering it was developed in a diplomatically isolated nation like Russia. Also, the vaccine has not yet passed through stage-three clinical trials, a part of the testing phase that would administer the vaccine to humans.
CNN reported that Russian officials say a number of nations and U.S. companies have expressed interest in the vaccine.
Last week, Russian virologist Alexander Chepurnov, a former head of infectious diseases at Vektor, cautioned that he had concerns about a coronavirus vaccine.
"With some diseases, and for the coronavirus ... the infection can intensify with the presence of certain antibodies," he said. "So it should be known which antibodies the vaccine forms."
Chepurnov said the lack of available information and data about the vaccine's clinical trials is troublesome.
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"Until I see studies and scientific publications that say how the vaccine was studied, what level of neutralization is formed, what doses of the virus it protects against and, most importantly, whether it is developing the ability to increase infection by antibodies, it is impossible to talk about the release of a vaccine."
Russia was accused last month of hacking U.S., Canadian and British researchers to steal vaccine date. The Kremlin denied involvement.


thelibertydaily--2020-08-11--Outkick’s Clay Travis Lands Interview With President Trump, Who Hits NBA for Licking the Jackboots o

Outkick’s Clay Travis Lands Interview With President Trump, Who Hits NBA for Licking the Jackboots of the Chi-Coms: ‘The Way They Cater to China, The Way They Bow to China, It’s a Disgrace’  [5-Minute Mark]

Where does President Donald Trump go to talk sports ?
Why , Outkick of course .
The President joined Clay @ @ @ @ @ discuss the return of the NFL , the NBA ratings and China , and college @ @ @ @ @ who are willing to play while their university presidents are bowing to the Coronabros .
@ @ @ @ @ for college football on Monday with a Tweet supporting Trevor Lawrence and the # WeWantToPlay @ @ @ @ @ other athletes started late Sunday night .
“ The student-athletes have been working too hard @ @ @ @ @ cancelled .
# WeWantToPlay , ” Trump said on Twitter .
He had a lot @ @ @ @ @ , with Clay .
Listen to the full interview above .

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