thelibertydaily--2020-05-29--The Intentional Meat Shortage: How the Big Four Meat Packers are Exploiting the Chi-Com Virus

Most Americans aren ’ t familiar with the scam that ’ s controlling the beef market in America .
To be fair , it hasn ’ t really affected us in a tangible way unless you ’ re a cattle rancher .
The prices of beef products have been affordable so few are asking questions .
But with the so-called “ meat shortage ” spawned from the coronavirus crisis , more questions are being asked and lawsuits are finally making national news .
In reality , there is no actual “ beef shortage.
” There ’ s an infrastructural issue @ @ @ @ @ @ @ big meat packing companies in America , namely Tyson Foods , JBS , National Beef and Cargill .
But even these “ failures ” are being artificially prolonged .
There ’ s money to be made , and while we have absolutely no problem with good ol ’ fashioned capitalism , these Big Four meat packers are taking advantage of the system to hurt both cattle ranchers and beef consumers .
One can argue that it ’ s not their fault , that they ’ re just playing the cards that they ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ state governments over the decades .
Regulations have been so ubiquitous and obtuse in the meat packing industry that these four companies control all of the pricing on both ends of the transaction with barely a concern for supply and demand .
They can artificially inflate or deflate the market .
More importantly , they can take advantage of situations that give them cover , such as the coronavirus crisis .
In reality , they could end the so-called meat shortage simply by opening up supply lines appropriately .
But doing so isn @ @ @ @ @ @ @ stock on shelves .
Doing so means they can charge more for beef while paying ranchers less to supply them .
Less labor and other costs combined with supply surpluses and heightened consumer fears makes for the most profitable scenario for the Big Four , and that ’ s exactly what we ’ re seeing today .
In this episode of Conservative News Briefs , JD and Tammy do a deep dive into the industry and expose the problems that were there long before the coronavirus crisis reared its ugly head .
Supermarket @ @ @ @ @ @ @ they have in decades during the coronavirus pandemic .
But at the same time , the companies that process the meat for sale are paying farmers and ranchers staggeringly low prices for cattle .
Now , the Agriculture Department and prosecutors are investigating whether the meatpacking industry is fixing or manipulating prices .
The Department of Justice is looking at the four largest U.S. meatpackers — Tyson Foods , JBS , National Beef and Cargill — which collectively control about 85 percent of the U.S. market for the slaughter and packaging of beef @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the probe .
The USDA is also investigating the beef price fluctuations , Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue has confirmed .
Meatpackers say beef prices have spiked during the pandemic because plants are running at lower capacity as workers fall ill , so less meat is making its way to shelves .
The four companies didn ’ t respond to requests for comment about the probes .
But the coronavirus crisis is highlighting how the American system of getting meat to the table favors a handful of giant companies despite a century of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ it ’ s sparking new calls for changes in meatpacking .
Our latest episode of the NOQ Report Podcast ... “ It ’ s evidence that something isn ’ t right in the industry , ” said Sen. Chuck Grassley , an Iowa Republican who has spoken out against mergers in the agriculture industry .
In April , Grassley requested federal investigations into market manipulation and unfair practices within the cattle industry .
So have 19 other senators and 11 state attorneys general .
This meat shortage is manufactured by the Big Four @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Congress knows it .
Now , the people have to see the truth and call them out for taking advantage of a crisis .
Check out the NEW NOQ Report Podcast .
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Most Americans aren’t familiar with the scam that’s controlling the beef market in America. To be fair, it hasn’t really affected us in a tangible way unless you’re a cattle rancher. The prices of beef products have been affordable so few are asking questions. But with the so-called “meat shortage” spawned from the coronavirus crisis, more questions are being asked and lawsuits are finally making national news.
In reality, there is no actual “beef shortage.” There’s an infrastructural issue caused by logistical failures from the four big meat packing companies in America, namely Tyson Foods, JBS, National Beef and Cargill. But even these “failures” are being artificially prolonged. There’s money to be made, and while we have absolutely no problem with good ol’ fashioned capitalism, these Big Four meat packers are taking advantage of the system to hurt both cattle ranchers and beef consumers.
One can argue that it’s not their fault, that they’re just playing the cards that they’ve been dealt by the federal and state governments over the decades. Regulations have been so ubiquitous and obtuse in the meat packing industry that these four companies control all of the pricing on both ends of the transaction with barely a concern for supply and demand. They can artificially inflate or deflate the market. More importantly, they can take advantage of situations that give them cover, such as the coronavirus crisis.
In reality, they could end the so-called meat shortage simply by opening up supply lines appropriately. But doing so isn’t as profitable as shrinking the stock on shelves. Doing so means they can charge more for beef while paying ranchers less to supply them. Less labor and other costs combined with supply surpluses and heightened consumer fears makes for the most profitable scenario for the Big Four, and that’s exactly what we’re seeing today.
In this episode of Conservative News Briefs, JD and Tammy do a deep dive into the industry and expose the problems that were there long before the coronavirus crisis reared its ugly head.
Supermarket customers are paying more for beef than they have in decades during the coronavirus pandemic. But at the same time, the companies that process the meat for sale are paying farmers and ranchers staggeringly low prices for cattle.
Now, the Agriculture Department and prosecutors are investigating whether the meatpacking industry is fixing or manipulating prices.
The Department of Justice is looking at the four largest U.S. meatpackers — Tyson Foods, JBS, National Beef and Cargill — which collectively control about 85 percent of the U.S. market for the slaughter and packaging of beef, according to a person with knowledge of the probe. The USDA is also investigating the beef price fluctuations, Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue has confirmed.
Meatpackers say beef prices have spiked during the pandemic because plants are running at lower capacity as workers fall ill, so less meat is making its way to shelves. The four companies didn’t respond to requests for comment about the probes.
But the coronavirus crisis is highlighting how the American system of getting meat to the table favors a handful of giant companies despite a century of government efforts to decentralize it. And it’s sparking new calls for changes in meatpacking.
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“It’s evidence that something isn’t right in the industry,” said Sen. Chuck Grassley, an Iowa Republican who has spoken out against mergers in the agriculture industry. In April, Grassley requested federal investigations into market manipulation and unfair practices within the cattle industry. So have 19 other senators and 11 state attorneys general.
This meat shortage is manufactured by the Big Four beef packers. Ranchers know it. Congress knows it. Now, the people have to see the truth and call them out for taking advantage of a crisis.
Check out the NEW NOQ Report Podcast.
Join fellow patriots as we form a grassroots movement to advance the cause of conservatism. The coronavirus crisis has prompted many, even some conservatives, to promote authoritarianism. It’s understandable to some extent now, but it must not be allowed to embed itself in American life. We currently have 8000+ patriots with us in a very short time. If you are interested, please join us to receive updates.
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thelibertydaily--2020-05-29--Marxist Violent Mob Inciter Maxine Waters Dumps Gas on the Fire as Violent Riots Leave Parts of Minn

Marxist Violent Mob Inciter Maxine Waters Dumps Gas on the Fire as Violent Riots Leave Parts of Minneapolis ‘Unrecognizable’

In the wake of George Floyd ’ s death Monday following an encounter with Minneapolis police , peaceful protests to mourn and call for justice have turned into violent riots rocking several cities across the nation .
Now , it appears as though Rep. Maxine Waters is adding more fuel to this fire with a sharply pointed accusation against Derek Chauvin , the officer at the heart of the case .
“ I think that the officer who had his knee on [ Floyd ’ s ] neck enjoyed doing what he was doing , ” the California Democrat told @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of these officers leave home thinking , ‘ I ’ m going to get one today , ' ” Waters continued , “ and I think this is his one that he got today.
” The congresswoman said the other officers on the scene were just as guilty as Chauvin but provided no evidence to back up her assertions .
TRENDING : Watch : Joe Biden Tells Voters That He Is Going To Beat Himself in the 2020 Election The reckless comments come as the riots burning across Minneapolis , Los Angeles and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ into the weekend .
For Minneapolis , the violence , now looking like a possibility for a third night in a row , has already left an unmistakable mark on the city .
Minnesota-based WCCO-TV reported that parts of the city are now “ unrecognizable ” after protests turned violent and tore across communities .
Police worked to control crowds Wednesday night as fire crews battled blazes set by the protesters .
Looters soon used the cover of the chaos to ransack businesses .
Video from inside a Minneapolis Target showed a chaotic @ @ @ @ @ @ @ store , with some openly attempting to crack open self-checkout stands .
All four of the Minneapolis police officers have been fired , and the FBI is investigating their actions .
RELATED : Bombshell : Klobuchar Refused To Prosecute Officer at Center of George Floyd Case , Might Have Prevented Death Surveillance video from a nearby business shed new light on the case Thursday .
In the footage obtained by KTSP-TV , Floyd can be seen in handcuffs and largely cooperative with officers , who had said he “ physically resisted ” them @ @ @ @ @ @ @ time later would record Chauvin , a white officer , kneeling on the neck of Floyd , who is black .
The video , and the subsequent news of Floyd ’ s death , ignited tensions in the community .
Waters ’ comments , which play on the racial aspects of the case , seem poised to only fan racial divides in the city .
Her dismissal of the justice system and blanket attack against many cops is not far off from the lawmaker ’ s usual rhetoric , but the timing of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ have even greater potential to result in violence .
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In the wake of George Floyd’s death Monday following an encounter with Minneapolis police, peaceful protests to mourn and call for justice have turned into violent riots rocking several cities across the nation.
Now, it appears as though Rep. Maxine Waters is adding more fuel to this fire with a sharply pointed accusation against Derek Chauvin, the officer at the heart of the case.
“I think that the officer who had his knee on [Floyd’s] neck enjoyed doing what he was doing,” the California Democrat told TMZ.
“I believe sometimes some of these officers leave home thinking, ‘I’m going to get one today,'” Waters continued, “and I think this is his one that he got today.”
The congresswoman said the other officers on the scene were just as guilty as Chauvin but provided no evidence to back up her assertions.
The reckless comments come as the riots burning across Minneapolis, Los Angeles and Memphis, Tennessee, threaten to stretch into the weekend.
For Minneapolis, the violence, now looking like a possibility for a third night in a row, has already left an unmistakable mark on the city.
Minnesota-based WCCO-TV reported that parts of the city are now “unrecognizable” after protests turned violent and tore across communities.
Police worked to control crowds Wednesday night as fire crews battled blazes set by the protesters.
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Looters soon used the cover of the chaos to ransack businesses.
Video from inside a Minneapolis Target showed a chaotic scene as looters rampaged through the smoke-filled store, with some openly attempting to crack open self-checkout stands.
All four of the Minneapolis police officers have been fired, and the FBI is investigating their actions.
Surveillance video from a nearby business shed new light on the case Thursday. In the footage obtained by KTSP-TV, Floyd can be seen in handcuffs and largely cooperative with officers, who had said he “physically resisted” them.
A viral video taken a short time later would record Chauvin, a white officer, kneeling on the neck of Floyd, who is black. The video, and the subsequent news of Floyd’s death, ignited tensions in the community.
Waters’ comments, which play on the racial aspects of the case, seem poised to only fan racial divides in the city.
Her dismissal of the justice system and blanket attack against many cops is not far off from the lawmaker’s usual rhetoric, but the timing of her latest comments mean her words now have even greater potential to result in violence.
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thelibertydaily--2020-05-29--33 Examples of Twitter’s Anti-Conservative Bias

President Donald Trump is right that social media companies have been targeting conservatives .
Twitter , in particular , has been engaging in a relentless attack on the American political process by censoring conservatives .
Now that has escalated to fact-checking the president nearly five months from a presidential election .
The Media Research Center released a report in 2018 , which found that Twitter led in censoring the right .
That hasn ’ t changed .
Project Veritas caught Twitter with hidden camera interviews admitting the process of shadow banning — which means content is hidden from users without @ @ @ @ @ @ @ engineer admitted that accounts were flagged as bots simply by searching for words such as “ America ” and “ God.
” Twitter ’ s rules have been influenced by liberal think tanks like the Anti-Defamation League and the Southern Poverty Law Center .
Since then , Twitter has gotten worse .
Here are some examples : What Twitter Has Done to Trump : A tweet from the president that discussed mail-in ballots was labeled as an “ unsubstantiated claim ” by Twitter .
When Trump tweeted , “ There is NO WAY @ @ @ @ @ @ @ will be anything less than substantially fraudulent , ” a bright blue sentence was added by the social media platform at the bottom of the tweet .
The link said , “ Get the facts about mail-in ballots.
” The label led to a Twitter Events page , which said , “ Trump makes unsubstantiated claim that mail-in ballots will lead to voter fraud.
” The statement continued , “ These claims are unsubstantiated , according to CNN , Washington Post and others .
Experts say mail-in ballots are very rarely linked to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ‘ fact check ’ of @ realDonaldTrump to their ‘ head of site integrity ’ displaying his clear hatred towards Republicans , Twitter ’ s blatant bias has gone too far , ” tweeted Republican National Committee Chair Ronna McDaniel .
She linked to The New York Times article headlined “ Error and Fraud at Issue as Absentee Voting Rises.
” Twitter ’ s warning and interstitial , or filter , used to keep viewers from unknowingly seeing inappropriate videos was applied to a Trump campaign pro-life promo .
Following Trump ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ his pro-life campaign video appeared to have been given an erroneous label/restriction by Twitter .
The label was removed soon after Twitter admitted the error .
• No enforcement of policy for Democrats The bias against Trump has become so egregious that even The Hill and The Washington Post are calling it out .
“ According to emails reviewed by The Hill , the Trump campaign flagged new content on Twitter that it said had been deceptively edited , ” The Hill ’ s Jonathan Easly wrote March 16 .
One video in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s former senior adviser Tim O ’ Brien and featured audio clips of Trump ’ s words spliced together and taken out of context , set to a rising graph showing “ Confirmed Coronavirus Cases in US.
” Former Vice President Joe Biden tweeted a video with similar language .
Even The Post 's video editor for The Fact Checker Meg Kelly wrote that Trump “ never says that the virus itself is a hoax , and although the Biden camp included the word 'their , ' the edit does not make clear @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” NASCAR star Hailie Deegan posed for a picture with President Trump and First Lady Melania Trump at the Daytona 500 on Feb. 16 .
After she posted it to Twitter , some of her followers noted that the photo was covered by Twitter ’ s “ sensitive content ” filter .
Memer and influencer Carpe Donktum ( known for his memes that have been retweeted by Trump ) tweeted a screenshot of Deegan ’ s post as it appeared on his feed .
President Trump ’ s personal Twitter account had disappeared @ @ @ @ @ @ @ found until it was restored 11 minutes later .
The account reappeared without explanation until Twitter ’ s official electoral and government relations account provided a bizarre explanation that it was “ due to human error by a Twitter employee.
” How Twitter Has Treated Other Conservatives : Before Twitter banned all political ads , it blocked a campaign ad by Rep. Marsha Blackburn ( R-TN ) for addressing the “ sale ” of aborted baby parts in the name of research .
While she was allowed to tweet the ad , Twitter @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ad to a larger audience .
In the ad , Rep. Blackburn announced that she was running for U.S. Senate .
To appeal to her conservative constituents , she cited her work fighting abortion .
It should come as no surprise that the official campaign Twitter account for Sen. Mitch McConnell ( R-KY ) was suspended for sharing a video of the violent threats being made against the senator .
Multiple people on Twitter were also suspended for sharing that video , including the Daily Wire ’ s Ryan Saavedra .
Twitter eventually @ @ @ @ @ @ @ complaints .
Conservative commentator Candace Owens had her Twitter account suspended for encouraging Americans to defy stay-at-home rules .
A Twitter spokesperson said that Owens ’ s tweet response to Democrat Michigan Gov .
Gretchen Whitmer ’ s stay-at-home policies encouraging the citizens of Michigan to “ stand up ” against Whitmer “ violated the platform ’ s COVID-19 misinformation policy , ‘ specifically around heightened-risk health claims , ’ ” reported The Hill .
Owens ’ s tweet encouraged Michiganders to “ Open your businesses ” and “ [ g ] o @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Rudy Guiliani ’ s tweet said , “ Hydroxychloroquine has been shown to have a 100 % effective rate treating COVID-19 .
Yet Democrat [ Michigan Governor ] Gretchen Whitmer is threatening doctors who prescribe it .
If Trump is for something- Democrats are against it .
They 're okay with people dying if it means opposing Trump.
” His tweet was in response to Whitmer , who challenged Trump in a press conference on March 26 , 2020 .
Turning Point founder Charlie Kirk tweeted a similar sentiment .
He said , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to have a 100 % effective rate treating COVID-19 [ . ]
Yet Democrat Gretchen Whitmer is threatening doctors who prescribe it [ . ]
If Trump is for something—Democrats are against it [ . ]
They ’ re ok with people dying if it means opposing Trump [ . ]
SICK !
” A Twitter spokesperson confirmed that both Guiliani ’ s and Kirk ’ s accounts were temporarily locked for violations of the Twitter rules in reference to COVID-19 .
Fox News host Laura Ingraham ( @ IngrahamAngle ) tweeted : @ @ @ @ @ @ @ many hospitals already using Hydroxychloroquine with very promising results .
One patient was described as ‘ Lazarus ’ who was seriously ill from Covid-19 , already released . ''
After the liberal media demanded the tweet ’ s removal , a Twitter spokesperson explained that the tweet was removed due to a violation of its new policy regarding tweeting about COVID-19 .
New York Post journalist Jon Levine announced via tweet on the morning of March 8 that “ Twitter locked me out of my account last night over some of the Carlos @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the platform later took back the decision .
“ A rep for the company tells me that their action against me was ‘ an error.
’ ” But then Levine was suspended again almost immediately afterward , for the same tweets made about the former Vox reporter .
Actor James Woods , noted for his conservative Twitter account , was locked out of Twitter more than once .
Most recently he was suspended for sharing a picture of former Democratic gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum .
Woods had initially tweeted , “ Just remember @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s governor in the midst of the # WuhanCoronaVirus pandemic .
Make sure you vote # Republican in November like your life depends on it .
Because it does .
# Trump2020Landslide.
” LifeSiteNews has been locked out of Twitter for “ violating ” its “ rules ” after tweeting an article about Jonathan “ Jessica ” Yaniv , a transgender activist who recently complained that gynecologists wouldn ’ t see Yaniv as a patient , despite having male genitals .
The ZeroHedge founder reportedly , under the pseudonym Tyler Durden , asked @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The Global Coronavirus Pandemic ?
” and theorized about the coronavirus ’ s true origins .
ZeroHedge was then suspended from Twitter .
that a spokesperson from Twitter indicated that “ ZeroHedge was removed for violating its platform manipulation policy , which the social media giant describes as ‘ using Twitter to engage in bulk , aggressive or deceptive activity that misleads others and/or disrupts their experience.
’ ” However , The Daily Mail cited a resurfaced research paper from the South China University of Technology , which may lend some credence to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ founder `` Durden '' said that he was suspended from Twitter after Buzzfeed claimed that his blog had doxed a Chinese scientist whom Durden argues was a “ public figure.
” Citing instances that “ violate our abusive behavior policy , ” Twitter Safety announced that “ Today , we permanently suspended Alex Jones and InfoWars from Twitter and Periscope.
” Not only was it enough to take down those accounts , but also , Twitter threatened to “ take action ” on “ other accounts potentially associated with Alex Jones or InfoWars @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in an attempt to circumvent their ban.
” Meanwhile , comedian Kathy Griffin recently tweeted about assassinating the president , saying , “ Syringe with nothing but air inside it would do the trick .
F— TRUMP.
” Griffin also famously held up a bloody head that resembled Trump .
She ’ s still on the platform .
A video posted by MRCTV , an arm of the Media Research Center , was censored as “ sensitive content ” by Twitter on Feb. 24 .
“ You may recall way back in 1961 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ totally convinced that Castro was the worst guy in the world , ” said Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders ( I-VT ) , at the beginning of the video .
The clip was from an interview in the 1980s where Sanders defended Castro .
It was contrasted with a news clip from CBS that showed people in the streets celebrating after Fidel Castro died in 2016 .
Between 2015 and 2019 , there have been at least 113 different cases of conservative , pro-Trump or anti-establishment figures on Twitter being punished for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ well-known in their fields .
Notable people have been suspended , banned , blocked from advertising , shadowbanned , and censored .
While Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey testified in Congress in September that “ Twitter does not use political ideology to make decisions , ” the evidence points in the opposite direction .
A meme , made to look like a fake ad from former Vice President Joe Biden ’ s campaign , showed the candidate smiling with a beam of light coming from his chest .
A statement that says , “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , ” sits to the left of the person .
Trump ’ s director of communications Tim Murtaugh allegedly tweeted the image , saying , “ Is this fake ?
Can ’ t trust Twitter , but this would seem to be the Biden campaign leaning in on the fact that ol ’ Joe has lost his fastball.
” Murtaugh ’ s tweet was removed , said tech magazine The Verge .
At least 20 other accounts were allegedly suspended or had tweets allegedly removed , including actress and congressional candidate Mindy Robinson @ @ @ @ @ @ @ consistent in his left-wing political positions .
“ Dorsey , the billionaire CEO of Twitter and mobile-payment company Square , is giving $ 5 million to Humanity Forward ” in order to “ build the case for a universal basic income [ UBI ] , ” Rolling Stone reported .
Dorsey appeared on the May 21 episode of former presidential candidate Andrew Yang ’ s “ Yang Speaks ” podcast where he explained the idea of UBI is “ long overdue ” and that now “ the only way we can change policy @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of why this works.
” An account that parodied Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez ( D-NY ) was suspended on May 6 .
The user , named Alexandria Ocasio Cortez Press Release , was “ permanently suspended ” because it was too similar to the congressional representative ’ s account .
According to the Washington Examiner , the man running the account , Michael Morrison , received an email explaining his permanent suspension and ominously saying , “ This account will not be reinstated.
” Dorsey has expressed his support for the young Democratic Socialist @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the undercover journalist for the Center for Medical Progress , reported that the organization had 19 tweets blocked on Twitter , at the advice of Planned Parenthood .
The tweets that were blocked reported on the public testimony of Planned Parenthood in court proceedings .
Planned Parenthood ’ s attorneys told Twitter that the Center was live-streaming the hearing .
Twitter reinstated the tweets after the appeal explained that Planned Parenthood had falsely described the tweets as a “ live-stream.
” Twitter made it a rule that “ misgendering or deadnaming of transgender @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in 2018 .
Several people , including journalist Meghan Murphy , were banned , suspended , or blocked from the platform for statements like “ Women aren ’ t men.
” Dr. Ray Blanchard , who helped write the official psychological position on transgender identity , was temporarily blocked on May 12 for voicing his professional beliefs .
The Daily Mail took a story that Red State ’ s Jennifer Van Laar first broke about Rep. Katie Hill ( D-CA ) and ran it with a link in the story that led to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of her staffers .
Twitter then allegedly blocked the Daily Mail ’ s story , claiming , according to the Daily Wire ’ s Ryan Saavedra , that “ this link may be unsafe.
” New York Post reporter Jon Levine alleged that some users were banned from Twitter for mocking recently laid-off journalists from liberal outlets Buzzfeed and HuffPost .
Left-wing journalists once told working-class Americans to “ learn to code ” and adapt to a globalized economy .
But now the shoe appears to be on the other foot , as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to code ” at journalists who recently lost their jobs .
The phrase was a response to journalists who told unemployed coal miners to switch their careers to tech , but journalists didn ’ t like it when it was used back on them .
Some users reported a Twitter claim that users were banned for tweeting this phrase at journalists under the terms of service rules against “ targeted harassment , ” according to KnowYourMeme .
What Twitter Has Failed to Enforce : Smash Racism DC , a branch of Antifa , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s house , reportedly threatened his wife , and doxed Carlson and his family on Twitter on November 8 .
Twitter did not listen to Fox News ’ call for the doxxing tweets to be removed immediately .
While the original Twitter posts no longer exist , the National Review ’ s Jack Crowe managed to document their contents .
“ Tucker Carlson has been spewing nonstop hate and lies about the migrant caravan .
He also has close ties to white supremacists , ” one tweet said .
“ Activists protested tonight @ @ @ @ @ @ @ home .
You can ’ t hide from those you hurt , Tucker.
# KnockKnockTucker ” A fake news story falsely accused Covington Catholic High School students of harassing a Native American activist .
It outraged the internet since the video was later shown to edit out much of the encounter .
The story was later corrected by some outlets , but the damage had been done .
Twitter did not take down many of the threats or calls for violence against the students .
Twitter restrictions based on its COVID-19 rules haven @ @ @ @ @ @ @ manner .
The Chinese Embassy in France uploaded an absurd , lego-based propaganda video on April 30 .
The Ambassade de Chine en France ’ s video “ Once Upon a Virus… ” featured numerous demonstrably untrue myths , acting as if the Chinese communist government and World Health Organization ( “ WHO ” ) have both been forthcoming about the nature of the COVID-19 pandemic .
The video featured a back and forth dialogue between several lego figurines and gave a false chronology of what happened from month to month .
A @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as a responsible leader amidst the coronavirus appeared to be the foil to the ignorant and irresponsible Statue of Liberty LEGO figurine that represented America .
The Statue of Liberty figurine ’ s flaming torch curiously resembled Trump ’ s signature hairstyle .
A video , tweeted out by a pro-Palestine account , depicted a terrorist shooting up an Israeli shopping mall .
The cartoon depicted a young man watching a security guard at an Israeli mall .
The flag of Israel was perched atop the building .
Disguised as a security guard @ @ @ @ @ @ @ bench across from the Israeli mall and waits .
He then walks up , kills the security guard with his own club , and runs into the mall , shooting at shoppers .
The video then ends with a focus on Arabic script , which in English translates to “ The Intifada is continuing.
” Pinboard , the social bookmarking website run by developer Maciej Cegłowski , captured ads on Twitter from China Xinhua News which called for “ a brake to be put on the blatant violence ” in Hong Kong .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ Xinhua , the agency buying these tweets , has literally referred to the Hong Kong protesters as ‘ cockroaches.
’ ” Noted anti-Semite Rev .
Louis Farrakhan is still on Twitter and not fact-checked .
Reclaim The Net observed that Farrakhan , the controversial leader of the Nation of Islam , was “ temporarily kicked off of Twitter.
” He was also “ temporarily restricted ” from Twitter from Jan. 3 up until mid-January , when his account was completely booted .
Shortly thereafter , however , his account was reinstated , and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Net that “ The account was caught by our spam filter in error and has been reinstated.
” • China ’ s accusations against the U.S. go unchecked Twitter allegedly censored ZeroHedge for theorizing about the origin of the coronavirus , citing Twitter ’ s Platform Manipulation policy , but since allowed what Buzzfeed called “ Conspiracy Theories That The Coronavirus Did n't Originate In China ” to remain online .
Spokesperson & Deputy Director General , Information Department , Foreign Ministry of China Lijian Zhao tweeted a piece headlined “ COVID-19 : @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the US ” at 9:02 p.m. on March 12 .
Later that day he speculated , “ It might be US army who brought the epidemic to Wuhan.
” Twitter announced it was on a mission to rid its platform of “ intolerance ” and “ incivility.
” However , Twitter conveniently chose to partner with “ third parties ” that were incredibly skewed to the left .
That group included three openly liberal “ experts.
” Dr. Patricia Rossini tweeted out from her account back in 2016 : “ summarizing tonight : @ @ @ @ @ @ @ LGBTQ hate hate hate BAN IMMIGRATION hate hate hate LAW & ORDER # RNCinCLE.
” She also praised former Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton for an interview she did , saying “ I 'm stunned by this interview with @ HillaryClinton and her very straightforward evaluation of Trump 's presidency .
”

President Donald Trump is right that social media companies have been targeting conservatives. Twitter, in particular, has been engaging in a relentless attack on the American political process by censoring conservatives.
Now that has escalated to fact-checking the president nearly five months from a presidential election.
The Media Research Center released a report in 2018, which found that Twitter led in censoring the right. That hasn’t changed. Project Veritas caught Twitter with hidden camera interviews admitting the process of shadow banning — which means content is hidden from users without the poster ever knowing it. One engineer admitted that accounts were flagged as bots simply by searching for words such as “America” and “God.” Twitter’s rules have been influenced by liberal think tanks like the Anti-Defamation League and the Southern Poverty Law Center. Since then, Twitter has gotten worse.
Here are some examples:
What Twitter Has Done to Trump:
A tweet from the president that discussed mail-in ballots was labeled as an “unsubstantiated claim” by Twitter. When Trump tweeted, “There is NO WAY (ZERO!) that Mail-In Ballots will be anything less than substantially fraudulent,” a bright blue sentence was added by the social media platform at the bottom of the tweet. The link said, “Get the facts about mail-in ballots.” The label led to a Twitter Events page, which said, “Trump makes unsubstantiated claim that mail-in ballots will lead to voter fraud.”
The statement continued, “These claims are unsubstantiated, according to CNN, Washington Post and others. Experts say mail-in ballots are very rarely linked to voter fraud.”
“From their bogus ‘fact check’ of @realDonaldTrump to their ‘head of site integrity’ displaying his clear hatred towards Republicans, Twitter’s blatant bias has gone too far,” tweeted Republican National Committee Chair Ronna McDaniel. She linked to The New York Times article headlined “Error and Fraud at Issue as Absentee Voting Rises.”
Twitter’s warning and interstitial, or filter, used to keep viewers from unknowingly seeing inappropriate videos was applied to a Trump campaign pro-life promo. Following Trump’s speech at the March for Life, his pro-life campaign video appeared to have been given an erroneous label/restriction by Twitter. The label was removed soon after Twitter admitted the error.
No enforcement of policy for Democrats
The bias against Trump has become so egregious that even The Hill and The Washington Post are calling it out. “According to emails reviewed by The Hill, the Trump campaign flagged new content on Twitter that it said had been deceptively edited,” The Hill’s Jonathan Easly wrote March 16. One video in question was shared by Mike Bloomberg’s former senior adviser Tim O’Brien and featured audio clips of Trump’s words spliced together and taken out of context, set to a rising graph showing “Confirmed Coronavirus Cases in US.” Former Vice President Joe Biden tweeted a video with similar language.
Even The Post's video editor for The Fact Checker Meg Kelly wrote that Trump “never says that the virus itself is a hoax, and although the Biden camp included the word 'their,' the edit does not make clear to whom or what Trump is referring.”
NASCAR star Hailie Deegan posed for a picture with President Trump and First Lady Melania Trump at the Daytona 500 on Feb. 16. After she posted it to Twitter, some of her followers noted that the photo was covered by Twitter’s “sensitive content” filter. Memer and influencer Carpe Donktum (known for his memes that have been retweeted by Trump) tweeted a screenshot of Deegan’s post as it appeared on his feed.
President Trump’s personal Twitter account had disappeared in 2017 and was nowhere to be found until it was restored 11 minutes later. The account reappeared without explanation until Twitter’s official electoral and government relations account provided a bizarre explanation that it was “due to human error by a Twitter employee.”
How Twitter Has Treated Other Conservatives:
Before Twitter banned all political ads, it blocked a campaign ad by Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) for addressing the “sale” of aborted baby parts in the name of research. While she was allowed to tweet the ad, Twitter prohibited her from paying to promote the ad to a larger audience.
In the ad, Rep. Blackburn announced that she was running for U.S. Senate. To appeal to her conservative constituents, she cited her work fighting abortion.
It should come as no surprise that the official campaign Twitter account for Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) was suspended for sharing a video of the violent threats being made against the senator. Multiple people on Twitter were also suspended for sharing that video, including the Daily Wire’s Ryan Saavedra. Twitter eventually overturned this decision but only after numerous complaints.
Conservative commentator Candace Owens had her Twitter account suspended for encouraging Americans to defy stay-at-home rules. A Twitter spokesperson said that Owens’s tweet response to Democrat Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s stay-at-home policies encouraging the citizens of Michigan to “stand up” against Whitmer “violated the platform’s COVID-19 misinformation policy, ‘specifically around heightened-risk health claims,’” reported The Hill. Owens’s tweet encouraged Michiganders to “Open your businesses” and “[g]o to work.”
Trump’s attorney Rudy Guiliani’s tweet said, “Hydroxychloroquine has been shown to have a 100% effective rate treating COVID-19. Yet Democrat [Michigan Governor] Gretchen Whitmer is threatening doctors who prescribe it. If Trump is for something- Democrats are against it. They're okay with people dying if it means opposing Trump.” His tweet was in response to Whitmer, who challenged Trump in a press conference on March 26, 2020.
Turning Point founder Charlie Kirk tweeted a similar sentiment. He said, “Fact: Hydroxychloroquine has been shown to have a 100% effective rate treating COVID-19[.] Yet Democrat Gretchen Whitmer is threatening doctors who prescribe it[.] If Trump is for something—Democrats are against it[.] They’re ok with people dying if it means opposing Trump[.] SICK!”
A Twitter spokesperson confirmed that both Guiliani’s and Kirk’s accounts were temporarily locked for violations of the Twitter rules in reference to COVID-19.
Fox News host Laura Ingraham (@IngrahamAngle) tweeted: "Lenox Hill in New York among many hospitals already using Hydroxychloroquine with very promising results. One patient was described as ‘Lazarus’ who was seriously ill from Covid-19, already released." After the liberal media demanded the tweet’s removal, a Twitter spokesperson explained that the tweet was removed due to a violation of its new policy regarding tweeting about COVID-19.
New York Post journalist Jon Levine announced via tweet on the morning of March 8 that “Twitter locked me out of my account last night over some of the Carlos Maza reporting,” before adding that the platform later took back the decision. “A rep for the company tells me that their action against me was ‘an error.’” But then Levine was suspended again almost immediately afterward, for the same tweets made about the former Vox reporter.
Actor James Woods, noted for his conservative Twitter account, was locked out of Twitter more than once. Most recently he was suspended for sharing a picture of former Democratic gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum. Woods had initially tweeted, “Just remember, this could have been Florida’s governor in the midst of the #WuhanCoronaVirus pandemic. Make sure you vote #Republican in November like your life depends on it. Because it does. #Trump2020Landslide.”
LifeSiteNews has been locked out of Twitter for “violating” its “rules” after tweeting an article about Jonathan “Jessica” Yaniv, a transgender activist who recently complained that gynecologists wouldn’t see Yaniv as a patient, despite having male genitals.
The ZeroHedge founder reportedly, under the pseudonym Tyler Durden, asked, “Is This The Man Behind The Global Coronavirus Pandemic?” and theorized about the coronavirus’s true origins. ZeroHedge was then suspended from Twitter. Forbes claimed that a spokesperson from Twitter indicated that “ZeroHedge was removed for violating its platform manipulation policy, which the social media giant describes as ‘using Twitter to engage in bulk, aggressive or deceptive activity that misleads others and/or disrupts their experience.’” However, The Daily Mail cited a resurfaced research paper from the South China University of Technology, which may lend some credence to ZeroHedge’s initial reporting.
ZeroHedge founder "Durden" said that he was suspended from Twitter after Buzzfeed claimed that his blog had doxed a Chinese scientist whom Durden argues was a “public figure.”
Citing instances that “violate our abusive behavior policy,” Twitter Safety announced that “Today, we permanently suspended Alex Jones and InfoWars from Twitter and Periscope.” Not only was it enough to take down those accounts, but also, Twitter threatened to “take action” on “other accounts potentially associated with Alex Jones or InfoWars” if those accounts were “utilized in an attempt to circumvent their ban.”
Meanwhile, comedian Kathy Griffin recently tweeted about assassinating the president, saying, “Syringe with nothing but air inside it would do the trick. F— TRUMP.” Griffin also famously held up a bloody head that resembled Trump. She’s still on the platform.
A video posted by MRCTV, an arm of the Media Research Center, was censored as “sensitive content” by Twitter on Feb. 24. “You may recall way back in 1961 they invaded Cuba, and everybody was totally convinced that Castro was the worst guy in the world,” said Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), at the beginning of the video. The clip was from an interview in the 1980s where Sanders defended Castro. It was contrasted with a news clip from CBS that showed people in the streets celebrating after Fidel Castro died in 2016.
Between 2015 and 2019, there have been at least 113 different cases of conservative, pro-Trump or anti-establishment figures on Twitter being punished for expressing their views, many of them well-known in their fields. Notable people have been suspended, banned, blocked from advertising, shadowbanned, and censored. While Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey testified in Congress in September that “Twitter does not use political ideology to make decisions,” the evidence points in the opposite direction.
How Twitter Defends the Left:
A meme, made to look like a fake ad from former Vice President Joe Biden’s campaign, showed the candidate smiling with a beam of light coming from his chest. A statement that says, “His brain? No. His heart,” sits to the left of the person. Trump’s director of communications Tim Murtaugh allegedly tweeted the image, saying, “Is this fake? Can’t trust Twitter, but this would seem to be the Biden campaign leaning in on the fact that ol’ Joe has lost his fastball.”
Murtaugh’s tweet was removed, said tech magazine The Verge. At least 20 other accounts were allegedly suspended or had tweets allegedly removed, including actress and congressional candidate Mindy Robinson.
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey has been consistent in his left-wing political positions. “Dorsey, the billionaire CEO of Twitter and mobile-payment company Square, is giving $5 million to Humanity Forward” in order to “build the case for a universal basic income [UBI],” Rolling Stone reported.
Dorsey appeared on the May 21 episode of former presidential candidate Andrew Yang’s “Yang Speaks” podcast where he explained the idea of UBI is “long overdue” and that now “the only way we can change policy is by experimenting and showing case studies of why this works.”
An account that parodied Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) was suspended on May 6. The user, named Alexandria Ocasio Cortez Press Release, was “permanently suspended” because it was too similar to the congressional representative’s account. According to the Washington Examiner, the man running the account, Michael Morrison, received an email explaining his permanent suspension and ominously saying, “This account will not be reinstated.” Dorsey has expressed his support for the young Democratic Socialist in Congress previously.
David Daleiden, the undercover journalist for the Center for Medical Progress, reported that the organization had 19 tweets blocked on Twitter, at the advice of Planned Parenthood. The tweets that were blocked reported on the public testimony of Planned Parenthood in court proceedings. Planned Parenthood’s attorneys told Twitter that the Center was live-streaming the hearing. Twitter reinstated the tweets after the appeal explained that Planned Parenthood had falsely described the tweets as a “live-stream.”
Twitter made it a rule that “misgendering or deadnaming of transgender individuals” was prohibited on its platform in 2018. Several people, including journalist Meghan Murphy, were banned, suspended, or blocked from the platform for statements like “Women aren’t men.” Dr. Ray Blanchard, who helped write the official psychological position on transgender identity, was temporarily blocked on May 12 for voicing his professional beliefs.
The Daily Mail took a story that Red State’s Jennifer Van Laar first broke about Rep. Katie Hill (D-CA) and ran it with a link in the story that led to graphic images of the politician with one of her staffers. Twitter then allegedly blocked the Daily Mail’s story, claiming, according to the Daily Wire’s Ryan Saavedra, that “this link may be unsafe.”
New York Post reporter Jon Levine alleged that some users were banned from Twitter for mocking recently laid-off journalists from liberal outlets Buzzfeed and HuffPost. Left-wing journalists once told working-class Americans to “learn to code” and adapt to a globalized economy. But now the shoe appears to be on the other foot, as some users tweeted the phrase “learn to code” at journalists who recently lost their jobs. The phrase was a response to journalists who told unemployed coal miners to switch their careers to tech, but journalists didn’t like it when it was used back on them. Some users reported a Twitter claim that users were banned for tweeting this phrase at journalists under the terms of service rules against “targeted harassment,” according to KnowYourMeme.
What Twitter Has Failed to Enforce:
Smash Racism DC, a branch of Antifa, attacked Fox News host Tucker Carlson’s house, reportedly threatened his wife, and doxed Carlson and his family on Twitter on November 8.
Twitter did not listen to Fox News’ call for the doxxing tweets to be removed immediately. While the original Twitter posts no longer exist, the National Review’s Jack Crowe managed to document their contents. “Tucker Carlson has been spewing nonstop hate and lies about the migrant caravan. He also has close ties to white supremacists,” one tweet said. “Activists protested tonight at Carlson’s Washington DC area home. You can’t hide from those you hurt, Tucker.#KnockKnockTucker”
“Racist scumbag, leave town,” another tweet exclaimed.
A fake news story falsely accused Covington Catholic High School students of harassing a Native American activist. It outraged the internet since the video was later shown to edit out much of the encounter. The story was later corrected by some outlets, but the damage had been done. Twitter did not take down many of the threats or calls for violence against the students.
Twitter restrictions based on its COVID-19 rules haven’t been handled in a consistent manner. The Chinese Embassy in France uploaded an absurd, lego-based propaganda video on April 30. The Ambassade de Chine en France’s video “Once Upon a Virus…” featured numerous demonstrably untrue myths, acting as if the Chinese communist government and World Health Organization (“WHO”) have both been forthcoming about the nature of the COVID-19 pandemic.
It wasn’t fact-checked or removed.
The video featured a back and forth dialogue between several lego figurines and gave a false chronology of what happened from month to month. A masked lego figurine representing the Chinese regime as a responsible leader amidst the coronavirus appeared to be the foil to the ignorant and irresponsible Statue of Liberty LEGO figurine that represented America. The Statue of Liberty figurine’s flaming torch curiously resembled Trump’s signature hairstyle.
A video, tweeted out by a pro-Palestine account, depicted a terrorist shooting up an Israeli shopping mall. The cartoon depicted a young man watching a security guard at an Israeli mall. The flag of Israel was perched atop the building. Disguised as a security guard, the young man sits on a bench across from the Israeli mall and waits. He then walks up, kills the security guard with his own club, and runs into the mall, shooting at shoppers. The video then ends with a focus on Arabic script, which in English translates to “The Intifada is continuing.”
Pinboard, the social bookmarking website run by developer Maciej Cegłowski, captured ads on Twitter from China Xinhua News which called for “a brake to be put on the blatant violence” in Hong Kong. The Twitter account for Pinboard noted “Xinhua, the agency buying these tweets, has literally referred to the Hong Kong protesters as ‘cockroaches.’”
Noted anti-Semite Rev. Louis Farrakhan is still on Twitter and not fact-checked. Reclaim The Net observed that Farrakhan, the controversial leader of the Nation of Islam, was “temporarily kicked off of Twitter.” He was also “temporarily restricted” from Twitter from Jan. 3 up until mid-January, when his account was completely booted. Shortly thereafter, however, his account was reinstated, and a Twitter spokesperson reportedly told Reclaim The Net that “The account was caught by our spam filter in error and has been reinstated.”
Twitter allegedly censored ZeroHedge for theorizing about the origin of the coronavirus, citing Twitter’s Platform Manipulation policy, but since allowed what Buzzfeed called “Conspiracy Theories That The Coronavirus Didn't Originate In China” to remain online. Spokesperson & Deputy Director General, Information Department, Foreign Ministry of China Lijian Zhao tweeted a piece headlined “COVID-19: Further Evidence that the Virus Originated in the US” at 9:02 p.m. on March 12. Later that day he speculated, “It might be US army who brought the epidemic to Wuhan.”
Twitter’s Investment in Leftist Ideology:
Twitter announced it was on a mission to rid its platform of “intolerance” and “incivility.” However, Twitter conveniently chose to partner with “third parties” that were incredibly skewed to the left.
That group included three openly liberal “experts.” Dr. Patricia Rossini tweeted out from her account back in 2016: “summarizing tonight: hate hate hate WALL hate hate hate LGBTQ hate hate hate BAN IMMIGRATION hate hate hate LAW&ORDER #RNCinCLE.” She also praised former Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton for an interview she did, saying “I'm stunned by this interview with @HillaryClinton and her very straightforward evaluation of Trump's presidency.”


thelibertydaily--2020-05-29--The Only Social Contract is the Constitution

The “ social contract ” is a recipe for tyranny and abuse of power .
In announcing California ’ s stay-at-home order on March 19th , Governor Gavin Newsom declared “ there ’ s a social contract here.
” At a Coronavirus press conference in March , New York Governor Andrew Cuomo stated , “ I rely on you , you rely on me… [ t ] hat ’ s the social contract between us , I have a right to expect that from you , especially in dire circumstances.
” An April 20 New York Times opinion article written @ @ @ @ @ @ @ David A. Kessler declared , “ we need a new social contract for the Coronavirus.
” Indeed , one of the more terrifying things to come out of the Coronavirus Pandemic of 2020 is not the virus itself , but the plethora of officials and ordinary citizens citing “ Social Contract Theory ” as a justification for the various so-called “ stay-at-home orders ” imposed in one form or another across our nation , many of which imposed draconian restrictions on our basic civil liberties .
Don ’ t buy it .
Unless @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the United States , or a state constitution , no such “ social contract ” exists .
Nor should you want there to be one .
Social Contract Theory is an antiquated philosophy popular in the 16th , 17th , and 18th centuries making the rounds again today , primarily among authoritarian Socialist Democrat types that also believe in a living , breathing Constitution , and for the same reason : both the “ social contract ” and the “ living Constitution ” mean nothing except what those people want them to mean @ @ @ @ @ @ @ mean something .
Under Social Contract Theory , the “ social contract ” is essentially an implicit agreement among members of society to cooperate for social benefits ; for example , sacrificing some individual freedom for state protection .
It ’ s an appealing venture : let ’ s work together as a society for the benefit of all .
But as a licensed , practicing attorney well-versed in contract law , I ’ m here to tell you it ’ s only an illusory promise ( which is lawyer-speak for an unenforceable @ @ @ @ @ @ @ litigation ) .
Why ?
Because , as with the “ living Constitution , ” the “ social contract ” is ambiguous and arbitrary .
The “ social contract ” does not make clear what our rights are under it , nor does the “ social contract ” make clear what our obligations are under it .
And who decides what social benefits are desired or what rights and protections must be sacrificed to achieve those social benefits ?
Not you nor I , not even society .
The “ social contract ” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the “ social contract ” want it to mean .
That ’ s no contract ; that ’ s a recipe for tyranny and abuse of power .
That ’ s not hyperbole .
Under the guise of the “ social contract , ” in the last two months of the stay-at-home orders , we ’ ve witnessed actual tyranny in the form of a beachgoer arrested for the crime of paddle-boarding , a mother slammed to the ground by police and handcuffed for the crime of walking her child while not wearing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ salon owner fined for the crime of cutting someone ’ s hair .
That ’ s real tyranny , not imagined .
Even worse , the people with power may not even be elected officials ; they may be an unelected , unaccountable bureaucracy , such as in the case of the San Francisco Department of Public Health , which unilaterally decided using taxpayer dollars to provide homeless people with hotels , alcohol , and drugs was somehow part of the “ social contract ” to deal with the Coronavirus .
Or like @ @ @ @ @ @ @ zero bail for misdemeanor and low-level felonies because apparently the “ social contract ” requires no bail for most crimes during virus pandemics .
Or any number of state courts or judges that ordered the release of violent criminals and sexual predators because the “ social contract ” requires we do that , or something .
If we allow our federal , state , or local governments to continue citing the “ social contract ” as justifications for their actions , it won ’ t end well .
Ever notice how whenever politicians @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , they frame it as a crisis or an epidemic ?
The “ climate change crisis , ” the “ gun violence epidemic , ” the “ opioid epidemic , ” the “ homeless crisis ” are just a few that come to mind .
Phrasing problems as crises or epidemics is no accident ; that language is intended to scare you into thinking the problems described are dire and require immediate action which is justified under the “ social contract ” even if proposed solutions infringe on your rights .
Sorry , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ don ’ t worry , it ’ s part of the “ social contract.
” I know you want guns , but it doesn ’ t matter what the Second Amendment says , you have to sacrifice your individual liberties because it ’ s best for society ( according to me ) under the “ social contract.
” It doesn ’ t matter that the First Amendment protects free speech , if you call that man who thinks he ’ s a woman a man , you ’ ll be punished for hate @ @ @ @ @ @ @ requires us not to offend each other .
What 's that ?
Hate speech laws are offensive to you ?
Sorry , but you don ’ t decide what the “ social contract ” is , we do .
The Constitution doesn ’ t have those problems .
The first ten amendments , also known as the Bill of Rights , clearly articulate what our individual rights are .
Articles 1-3 clearly state what powers are granted to the federal government .
Every other power belongs to the state governments .
It ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ everyone to see .
Sure , no one alive today signed the Constitution , but no one alive today signed the “ social contract ” either .
And unlike the “ social contract , ” if someone wants to change the Constitution , there ’ s an amendment process for that which we participate in directly , or indirectly through our elected representatives .
Not so much for the “ social contract , ” which can be changed on a whim by the authority citing the “ social contract.
” So the next @ @ @ @ @ @ @ take action because it ’ s part of the “ social contract , ” tell them the only contracts you abide by , and that you expect them to abide by , are the U.S. and state constitutions .
Darrell J. Greenwald , Esq .
is a freelance writer focused on political , legal and current events .
He has a Juris Doctor ( J.D . )
and Master of Laws ( LL.M . )
in Entertainment & Media Law from the Fowler School of Law at Chapman University .
Prior to attending @ @ @ @ @ @ @ forward observer and infantryman in the U.S. Marine Corps .
You can reach Darrell on Twitter at @ DGreenwaldEsq .

In announcing California’s stay-at-home order on March 19th, Governor Gavin Newsom declared “there’s a social contract here.” At a Coronavirus press conference in March, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo stated, “I rely on you, you rely on me… [t]hat’s the social contract between us, I have a right to expect that from you, especially in dire circumstances.” An April 20 New York Times opinion article written by former Food and Drug Administration Commissioner David A. Kessler declared, “we need a new social contract for the Coronavirus.”
Indeed, one of the more terrifying things to come out of the Coronavirus Pandemic of 2020 is not the virus itself, but the plethora of officials and ordinary citizens citing “Social Contract Theory” as a justification for the various so-called “stay-at-home orders” imposed in one form or another across our nation, many of which imposed draconian restrictions on our basic civil liberties. Don’t buy it. Unless someone is referring to the Constitution of the United States, or a state constitution, no such “social contract” exists. Nor should you want there to be one.
Social Contract Theory is an antiquated philosophy popular in the 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries making the rounds again today, primarily among authoritarian Socialist Democrat types that also believe in a living, breathing Constitution, and for the same reason: both the “social contract” and the “living Constitution” mean nothing except what those people want them to mean at the moment they want them to mean something.
Under Social Contract Theory, the “social contract” is essentially an implicit agreement among members of society to cooperate for social benefits; for example, sacrificing some individual freedom for state protection. It’s an appealing venture: let’s work together as a society for the benefit of all. But as a licensed, practicing attorney well-versed in contract law, I’m here to tell you it’s only an illusory promise (which is lawyer-speak for an unenforceable agreement all but guaranteed to end in litigation). Why? Because, as with the “living Constitution,” the “social contract” is ambiguous and arbitrary. The “social contract” does not make clear what our rights are under it, nor does the “social contract” make clear what our obligations are under it.
And who decides what social benefits are desired or what rights and protections must be sacrificed to achieve those social benefits? Not you nor I, not even society. The “social contract” means whatever the authorities with power citing the “social contract” want it to mean. That’s no contract; that’s a recipe for tyranny and abuse of power.
That’s not hyperbole. Under the guise of the “social contract,” in the last two months of the stay-at-home orders, we’ve witnessed actual tyranny in the form of a beachgoer arrested for the crime of paddle-boarding, a mother slammed to the ground by police and handcuffed for the crime of walking her child while not wearing a mask in public, and a salon owner fined for the crime of cutting someone’s hair. That’s real tyranny, not imagined.
Even worse, the people with power may not even be elected officials; they may be an unelected, unaccountable bureaucracy, such as in the case of the San Francisco Department of Public Health, which unilaterally decided using taxpayer dollars to provide homeless people with hotels, alcohol, and drugs was somehow part of the “social contract” to deal with the Coronavirus. Or like the California Judicial Council that unilaterally ordered zero bail for misdemeanor and low-level felonies because apparently the “social contract” requires no bail for most crimes during virus pandemics. Or any number of state courts or judges that ordered the release of violent criminals and sexual predators because the “social contract” requires we do that, or something.
If we allow our federal, state, or local governments to continue citing the “social contract” as justifications for their actions, it won’t end well. Ever notice how whenever politicians want to take action on an issue, they frame it as a crisis or an epidemic? The “climate change crisis,” the “gun violence epidemic,” the “opioid epidemic,” the “homeless crisis” are just a few that come to mind. Phrasing problems as crises or epidemics is no accident; that language is intended to scare you into thinking the problems described are dire and require immediate action which is justified under the “social contract” even if proposed solutions infringe on your rights. Sorry, no more fossil fuel-powered vehicles, but don’t worry, it’s part of the “social contract.” I know you want guns, but it doesn’t matter what the Second Amendment says, you have to sacrifice your individual liberties because it’s best for society (according to me) under the “social contract.” It doesn’t matter that the First Amendment protects free speech, if you call that man who thinks he’s a woman a man, you’ll be punished for hate speech because the “social contract” requires us not to offend each other. What’s that? Hate speech laws are offensive to you? Sorry, but you don’t decide what the “social contract” is, we do.
The Constitution doesn’t have those problems. The first ten amendments, also known as the Bill of Rights, clearly articulate what our individual rights are. Articles 1-3 clearly state what powers are granted to the federal government. Every other power belongs to the state governments. It’s all right there, expressed for everyone to see. Sure, no one alive today signed the Constitution, but no one alive today signed the “social contract” either. And unlike the “social contract,” if someone wants to change the Constitution, there’s an amendment process for that which we participate in directly, or indirectly through our elected representatives. Not so much for the “social contract,” which can be changed on a whim by the authority citing the “social contract.”
So the next time someone tells you we have to take action because it’s part of the “social contract,” tell them the only contracts you abide by, and that you expect them to abide by, are the U.S. and state constitutions.
Darrell J. Greenwald, Esq. is a freelance writer focused on political, legal and current events. He has a Juris Doctor (J.D.) and Master of Laws (LL.M.) in Entertainment & Media Law from the Fowler School of Law at Chapman University. Prior to attending law school, Darrell served as a forward observer and infantryman in the U.S. Marine Corps. You can reach Darrell on Twitter at @DGreenwaldEsq.
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thelibertydaily--2020-05-29--Obama CDC Boss Who Admired Communist China’s Response Put in Charge of Contact Tracing: ‘We Can Lear

Obama CDC Boss Who Admired Communist China’s Response Put in Charge of Contact Tracing: ‘We Can Learn From China’s Response’

`` We can learn from China 's response . ''
Daniel Greenfield , a Shillman Journalism Fellow at the Freedom Center , is an investigative journalist and writer focusing on the radical Left and Islamic terrorism .
Two years ago , the NYPD was frog-marching Thomas Frieden , Obama 's former CDC boss , with his hands cuffed behind his back after he was charged with third-degree sexual abuse and forcible touching .
Frieden had been accused of groping a female friend , but was shortly released without bail on his own recognizance , pled guilty to disorderly conduct , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
And that shouldn ’ t have been surprising .
Not only had Frieden headed New York City ’ s Health Department for seven years , going to war against fat and big sodas , but he had remained a close Bloomberg ally .
And the billionaire was a major funder of Vital Strategies , Frieden ’ s public health organization .
Now Governor Cuomo has announced that New York , New Jersey , and Connecticut will be launching a tri-state contact tracing program .
“ Mike Bloomberg has volunteered to help us @ @ @ @ @ @ @ whose policies may have killed over 5,000 nursing home residents , tweeted .
`` It will be expensive , challenging & require an army of tracers . ''
Bloomberg ’ s presence means that Vital Strategies and Frieden will be at the center of the undertaking .
Before going on to run the CDC under Obama , Frieden had served as the Director of Global Health for Bloomberg Philanthropies even while working as Bloomberg ’ s Health Commissioner .
When Frieden was arrested for allegedly groping a woman 's buttocks , Vital Strategies @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to his defense .
“ I have known and worked closely with Dr. Frieden for nearly 30 years and have seen firsthand that he has the highest ethical standards both personally and professionally , ” Castro insisted .
“ In all of my experiences with him , there have never been any concerns or reports of inappropriate conduct.
” That is to say , Frieden had stayed above the waist with Castro when both men had worked at New York City ’ s Department of Health and Mental Hygiene , and now at @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Frieden and Castro had started out small , Frieden as a community organizer at Vanderbilt , and Castro , who had a BA in Political Science from Pace and an MPA in administration from UPenn , as a lecturer on political science at Pace .
Both had traveled the same road through New York 's Department of Health , the World Health Organization , and then Bloomberg ’ s billion-dollar philanthropic empires .
Should either man have a major role in contact tracing millions of people in the tri-state area ?
Both officials @ @ @ @ @ @ @ During Frieden 's tenure as New York ’ s director of the Bureau of Tuberculosis Control , the Health Department announced that it would detain patients who didn ’ t voluntarily complete treatment for tuberculosis on Roosevelt Island , the former home of the infamous Blackwell 's Penitentiary , where they would remain for up to a year under guard on the island .
Frieden said at the time that he had no idea how many patients would require long-term detention .
Previously , 50 people had been detained with average stretches in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Back then , I was in high school .
I had tested positive for TB with a skin test .
I later learned that TB skin tests have such a high false positive rate that they ’ re highly dubious .
But nonetheless , I was prescribed a high dose of antibiotics .
I remember feeling weak and collapsing on the couch every evening after taking them , unable to get homework done or even stay awake for more than an hour after being dosed .
I never finished the endless course @ @ @ @ @ @ @ end up under guard at Blackwell ’ s either .
Frieden left New York City 's battle with tuberculosis , which his own department 's numbers showed was largely coming from third world immigrants , to work for WHO .
Castro continued serving as the Director of Operations for the Bureau for another two years .
Frieden returned as Bloomberg ’ s Commish to wage war on soda and fat , before heading off to mismanage infectious disease policy on a national level .
In 2009 , Frieden co-authored a paper calling for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ people would not stop drinking soda or eating fatty foods unless they were forced to .
“ Only heftier taxes will significantly reduce consumption , '' his paper had insisted .
At the CDC , Frieden 's moment in the sun came when the Ebola crisis found his organization unprepared .
The CDC and Frieden had falsely claimed that asymptomatic people with the virus could not transmit the disease .
That had real life consequences when a nurse with Ebola who had a fever , asked the CDC if it was okay for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ told that there was no problem .
`` She did not vomit , she was not bleeding , so the level of risk to people around her would be extremely low , '' Frieden insisted .
The CDC boss had viewed trans fats as a major threat , but had opposed travel bans , claiming that it ’ s “ simply not feasible to build a wall ” .
Unless it ’ s around TB patients on Roosevelt Island .
At one press conference , the CDC boss argued that , `` If @ @ @ @ @ @ @ traveling public and are healthy , should you be worried that you might have gotten it by sitting next to someone .
The answer is no .
Second if you ’ re sick , and you may have Ebola should you get on a bus , the answer to that is also no .
You might become ill ; you might have a problem that exposes someone around you . ''
You can ’ t catch Ebola from someone on a bus .
But you might infect someone with Ebola on a bus @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a mess that even CNN ran an op-ed , titled , `` Why CDC chief must go '' .
But in public service , you only fail upward .
Two years after being arrested for groping a woman and after botching the response to the country ’ s biggest virus threat before the coronavirus , Frieden is back .
So much for both the # MeToo movement and best practices .
But it ’ s not about your record , but about which billionaires are funding your operation .
Vital Strategies is funded @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Facebook ’ s Mark Zuckerberg .
What are Frieden 's views on the coronavirus ?
`` We can learn from China 's response .
It 's extraordinarily proactive , '' Frieden said , in praise of the totalitarian Communist dictatorship 's contact tracing program .
Setting aside Frieden ’ s alleged misconduct , this is a very troubling view from a point man in a contact tracing effort that will cover three states .
China ’ s contact tracing app was used to control where anyone could go by assigning them a color @ @ @ @ @ @ @ scan their code at establishments .
What exactly does Frieden think we can learn from the abuses of the People ’ s Republic of China ?
And how will he put those lessons to use in building the surveillance machine overseeing 32 million people ?
Frieden ’ s career shows a bias toward coercive measures , from forcible detention to soda taxes , to , allegedly , touching a woman without her consent .
Coercive public health measures belong in Communist dictatorships .
They have no place in a free nation like the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ class , which has failed at dealing with actual crises , has raised its ambitions from controlling what Americans eat to controlling whether they can leave the house .
New York and New Jersey ’ s decision to hand over control to Bloomberg and his coercive crony is a bad solution for all Americans .

Daniel Greenfield, a Shillman Journalism Fellow at the Freedom Center, is an investigative journalist and writer focusing on the radical Left and Islamic terrorism.
Two years ago, the NYPD was frog-marching Thomas Frieden, Obama’s former CDC boss, with his hands cuffed behind his back after he was charged with third-degree sexual abuse and forcible touching.
Frieden had been accused of groping a female friend, but was shortly released without bail on his own recognizance, pled guilty to disorderly conduct, and had the charged sealed and dismissed. And that shouldn’t have been surprising. Not only had Frieden headed New York City’s Health Department for seven years, going to war against fat and big sodas, but he had remained a close Bloomberg ally. And the billionaire was a major funder of Vital Strategies, Frieden’s public health organization.
Now Governor Cuomo has announced that New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut will be launching a tri-state contact tracing program.
“Mike Bloomberg has volunteered to help us develop the program,” Cuomo, whose policies may have killed over 5,000 nursing home residents, tweeted. “It will be expensive, challenging & require an army of tracers.”
Bloomberg’s presence means that Vital Strategies and Frieden will be at the center of the undertaking. Before going on to run the CDC under Obama, Frieden had served as the Director of Global Health for Bloomberg Philanthropies even while working as Bloomberg’s Health Commissioner.
When Frieden was arrested for allegedly groping a woman’s buttocks, Vital Strategies CEO Jose Luis Castro had eagerly come to his defense.
“I have known and worked closely with Dr. Frieden for nearly 30 years and have seen firsthand that he has the highest ethical standards both personally and professionally,” Castro insisted. “In all of my experiences with him, there have never been any concerns or reports of inappropriate conduct.”
That is to say, Frieden had stayed above the waist with Castro when both men had worked at New York City’s Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, and now at the helm of Vital Strategies.
Both Frieden and Castro had started out small, Frieden as a community organizer at Vanderbilt, and Castro, who had a BA in Political Science from Pace and an MPA in administration from UPenn, as a lecturer on political science at Pace. Both had traveled the same road through New York’s Department of Health, the World Health Organization, and then Bloomberg’s billion-dollar philanthropic empires.
Should either man have a major role in contact tracing millions of people in the tri-state area?
Both officials had been tasked with fighting tuberculosis. During Frieden’s tenure as New York’s director of the Bureau of Tuberculosis Control, the Health Department announced that it would detain patients who didn’t voluntarily complete treatment for tuberculosis on Roosevelt Island, the former home of the infamous Blackwell’s Penitentiary, where they would remain for up to a year under guard on the island.
Frieden said at the time that he had no idea how many patients would require long-term detention. Previously, 50 people had been detained with average stretches in the medical joint of over a month.
Back then, I was in high school. I had tested positive for TB with a skin test. I later learned that TB skin tests have such a high false positive rate that they’re highly dubious. But nonetheless, I was prescribed a high dose of antibiotics. I remember feeling weak and collapsing on the couch every evening after taking them, unable to get homework done or even stay awake for more than an hour after being dosed.
I never finished the endless course of treatment, but didn’t end up under guard at Blackwell’s either.
Frieden left New York City’s battle with tuberculosis, which his own department’s numbers showed was largely coming from third world immigrants, to work for WHO. Castro continued serving as the Director of Operations for the Bureau for another two years. Frieden returned as Bloomberg’s Commish to wage war on soda and fat, before heading off to mismanage infectious disease policy on a national level.
In 2009, Frieden co-authored a paper calling for food taxes to fight obesity. Poor people would not stop drinking soda or eating fatty foods unless they were forced to. “Only heftier taxes will significantly reduce consumption,” his paper had insisted.
At the CDC, Frieden’s moment in the sun came when the Ebola crisis found his organization unprepared. The CDC and Frieden had falsely claimed that asymptomatic people with the virus could not transmit the disease. That had real life consequences when a nurse with Ebola who had a fever, asked the CDC if it was okay for her to fly. And she was told that there was no problem. “She did not vomit, she was not bleeding, so the level of risk to people around her would be extremely low,” Frieden insisted.
The CDC boss had viewed trans fats as a major threat, but had opposed travel bans, claiming that it’s “simply not feasible to build a wall”. Unless it’s around TB patients on Roosevelt Island.
At one press conference, the CDC boss argued that, “If you’re a member of the traveling public and are healthy, should you be worried that you might have gotten it by sitting next to someone. The answer is no. Second if you’re sick, and you may have Ebola should you get on a bus, the answer to that is also no. You might become ill; you might have a problem that exposes someone around you.”
You can’t catch Ebola from someone on a bus. But you might infect someone with Ebola on a bus.
Frieden’s Ebola response was such a mess that even CNN ran an op-ed, titled, “Why CDC chief must go”.
But in public service, you only fail upward. Two years after being arrested for groping a woman and after botching the response to the country’s biggest virus threat before the coronavirus, Frieden is back.
So much for both the #MeToo movement and best practices.
But it’s not about your record, but about which billionaires are funding your operation. Vital Strategies is funded by Bloomberg, Bill Gates, and Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg.
What are Frieden’s views on the coronavirus?
“We can learn from China’s response. It’s extraordinarily proactive,” Frieden said, in praise of the totalitarian Communist dictatorship’s contact tracing program.
Setting aside Frieden’s alleged misconduct, this is a very troubling view from a point man in a contact tracing effort that will cover three states. China’s contact tracing app was used to control where anyone could go by assigning them a color code. Anyone going out had to scan their code at establishments.
What exactly does Frieden think we can learn from the abuses of the People’s Republic of China? And how will he put those lessons to use in building the surveillance machine overseeing 32 million people?
Frieden’s career shows a bias toward coercive measures, from forcible detention to soda taxes, to, allegedly, touching a woman without her consent. Coercive public health measures belong in Communist dictatorships. They have no place in a free nation like the United States of America.
The expert class, which has failed at dealing with actual crises, has raised its ambitions from controlling what Americans eat to controlling whether they can leave the house. New York and New Jersey’s decision to hand over control to Bloomberg and his coercive crony is a bad solution for all Americans.


thelibertydaily--2020-05-29--BOMBSHELL: Democrat Amy Klobuchar Could Have Prosecuted Thug Cop Who Knee-Choked George Floyd to Dea

BOMBSHELL: Democrat Amy Klobuchar Could Have Prosecuted Thug Cop Who Knee-Choked George Floyd to Death, Refused

Democrats rarely get any of the blame when race riots occur , even though they occur by and large in Democrat-run cities .
But Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar has now been put on the hot seat for her actions that some have said led to the death of George Floyd , a black man who was killed after a police officer knelt on his neck for several minutes in Minneapolis this week .
The senator used to be in charge of prosecution for the city on Minneapolis when she served as Hennepin County attorney prior to becoming a senator .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ declined to prosecute many police officers who were accused of using excessive force , including the officer who has been blamed for Floyd ’ s death , The Guardian reported .
During his 19-year career as a Minneapolis police officer , Derick Chauvin , who was fired on Tuesday , had at least 10 conduct complaints filed against him , according to a database documenting those complaints .
TRENDING : Trump Strikes Back : US to Cancel Visas for Thousands of Chinese Grad Students with Ties to Chinese Military In one , he @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a man who had stabbed multiple victims before attacking police .
Klobuchar refused to prosecute him .
Chauvin was also involved in the nonfatal shooting of a Native American man in 2011 , for which he was placed on administrative leave , as WCCO-TV originally reported .
The majority of police officers are good , honest people who protect and serve their communities in the face of extreme danger and public consternation .
But there are instances in which bad cops deserve to be fired and prosecuted .
Those cases must be handled @ @ @ @ @ @ @ nation become a police state in which officers are allowed to do whatever they want with no consequences .
And we also can not have a state in which police drag business owners out of their establishments and force them to close shop because the government says so , as is currently happening in so many Democrat-controlled states .
A nation in which the state has absolute power may be the dream scenario for some leftists , but it is a nightmare for most Americans .
That ’ s why politicians like Klobuchar @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Whatever her reason , the Democratic senator allowed multiple police officers to go unprosecuted when complaints were made against them , as The Washington Post reported in March .
According to The Post , Klobuchar “ declined to bring charges in more than two dozen cases in which people were killed in encounters with police.
” However , she also “ aggressively prosecuted smaller offenses such as vandalism and routinely sought longer-than-recommended sentences , including for minors.
” “ Such prosecutions , done with the aim of curbing more serious crimes , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ criticized for their disproportionate effect on poor and minority communities.
” Only God knows if Floyd would be alive today if Klobuchar had prosecuted Chauvin .
But it is telling that this story is not being aggressively reported on national news media .
If it were a Republican senator who had refused to prosecute this officer , does anyone not believe it would be the lead story on CNN ?
It is a shame that a man ’ s death , which appears to be as unjustified as any we have seen in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ from every angle nor is everyone who bears any responsibility for the events that led to it being hammered for it .
In a city with a Democratic mayor , and with a former prosecutor who is a Democratic darling , the onus falls only on the officers involved .
In a Republican-run city with the same set of circumstances , that would not be the case — and anyone with the ability to reason knows it .
This article appeared originally on The Western Journal .

Democrats rarely get any of the blame when race riots occur, even though they occur by and large in Democrat-run cities.
But Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar has now been put on the hot seat for her actions that some have said led to the death of George Floyd, a black man who was killed after a police officer knelt on his neck for several minutes in Minneapolis this week.
The senator used to be in charge of prosecution for the city on Minneapolis when she served as Hennepin County attorney prior to becoming a senator.
When she was in that position, Klobuchar failed to bring charges in over 24 cases where people died in confrontations with police officers.
Shortly after her departure, multiple police officers were accused of using excessive force, including the officer who has been blamed for Floyd’s death, The Guardian reported. The investigation was passed on to her successor, who sent the case to a grand jury that ultimately decided not to charge the officers.
During his 19-year career as a Minneapolis police officer, Derick Chauvin, who was fired on Tuesday, had at least 10 conduct complaints filed against him, according to a database documenting those complaints.
In one, he was involved in the shooting death of a man who had stabbed multiple victims before attacking police.
Chauvin was also involved in the nonfatal shooting of a Native American man in 2011, for which he was placed on administrative leave, as WCCO-TV originally reported.
The majority of police officers are good, honest people who protect and serve their communities in the face of extreme danger and public consternation. But there are instances in which bad cops deserve to be fired and prosecuted. Those cases must be handled appropriately.
We cannot have our nation become a police state in which officers are allowed to do whatever they want with no consequences.
And we also cannot have a state in which police drag business owners out of their establishments and force them to close shop because the government says so, as is currently happening in so many Democrat-controlled states.
A nation in which the state has absolute power may be the dream scenario for some leftists, but it is a nightmare for most Americans.
Whatever her reason, the Democratic senator allowed multiple police officers to go unprosecuted when complaints were made against them, as The Washington Post reported in March.
According to The Post, Klobuchar “aggressively prosecuted smaller offenses such as vandalism and routinely sought longer-than-recommended sentences, including for minors.”
“Such prosecutions, done with the aim of curbing more serious crimes, have had mixed results and have been criticized for their disproportionate effect on poor and minority communities.”
In a city with a Democratic mayor, and with a former prosecutor who is a Democratic darling, the onus falls only on the officers involved.
In a Republican-run city with the same set of circumstances, that would not be the case — and anyone with the ability to reason knows it.
This article appeared originally on The Western Journal.
UPDATE, May 29, 2020: When originally published, this story had not been extensively covered in the establishment media. It has now been widely reported on, with Klobuchar appearing on MSNBC to discuss criticisms of her career as a prosecutor.
CORRECTION, June 1, 2020: When originally published, this article made a claim based on numerous reports that Klobuchar refused to prosecute Officer Chauvin during her time as the Hennepin County attorney. However, Klobuchar and the Hennepin County Attorney’s office have denied these reports.
“Sen. Klobuchar’s last day in the office here was December 31, 2006, and she had no involvement in the prosecution of this case at all,” the attorney’s office said in a statement to The New York Times.
“This idea that I somehow declined a case … against this officer is absolutely false,” Klobuchar told MSNBC. “It was handled and sent to the grand jury. When I was county attorney, cases we had involving officer-involved shootings went to a grand jury.”
We have updated this article to remove the incorrect information and to include additional information about Klobuchar’s work as a prosecutor.


thelibertydaily--2020-05-29--Watch: Rioters Loot Minneapolis Police Department, Cut Gas Lines, Reports of Women Being Kidnapped

All hell has broken loose in Minneapolis as rioters looted a police department before setting it on fire , chased away police officers , and reportedly kidnapped multiple women .
Rioters were caught on camera chasing away police officers who were abandoning the 3rd precinct police department before it was entered by the criminals and lit on fire .
The criminals stormed the building shortly after — smashing everything they could find , looting , and lighting various rooms on fire .
The City of Minneapolis is now pleading with people to leave the scene , as there have been @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and have cut the gas line .
“ We ’ re hearing unconfirmed reports that gas lines to the Third Precinct have been cut and other explosive materials are in the building , ” the city tweeted from their official account .
“ If you are near the building , for your safety , PLEASE RETREAT in the event the building explodes.
” There have also been reports that women have been kidnapped during the riot .
Libor Jany , a reporter from the Star Tribune wrote on Twitter that “ amidst all @ @ @ @ @ @ @ investigate a possible kidnapping from the parking lot across the street from their burning station ; a screaming woman was said to have been forcibly put into a vehicle that then sped away , according to scanner traffic.
” “ CVS on Snelling is on Fire .
Car jacking and kidnapping just occurred .
They ’ re shooting st random cars on university .
Do not leave your home .
It is extremely dangerous in here , ” a Twitter user from Minneapolis wrote .
The National Guard has now deployed 500 soldiers @ @ @ @ @ @ @ close to midnight .

All hell has broken loose in Minneapolis as rioters looted a police department before setting it on fire, chased away police officers, and reportedly kidnapped multiple women.
Rioters were caught on camera chasing away police officers who were abandoning the 3rd precinct police department before it was entered by the criminals and lit on fire.
This is the moment when Minneapolis police officers abandoned the 3rd precinct building. Rioters chased them as they left and continued to throw objects at the police vehicles. pic.twitter.com/KoxAAYiUIN — Julio Rosas (@Julio_Rosas11) May 29, 2020
The criminals stormed the building shortly after — smashing everything they could find, looting, and lighting various rooms on fire.
The City of Minneapolis is now pleading with people to leave the scene, as there have been reports that protesters threw propane tanks inside and have cut the gas line.
“We’re hearing unconfirmed reports that gas lines to the Third Precinct have been cut and other explosive materials are in the building,” the city tweeted from their official account. “If you are near the building, for your safety, PLEASE RETREAT in the event the building explodes.”
We're hearing unconfirmed reports that gas lines to the Third Precinct have been cut and other explosive materials are in the building. If you are near the building, for your safety, PLEASE RETREAT in the event the building explodes. — City of Minneapolis (@CityMinneapolis) May 29, 2020
There have also been reports that women have been kidnapped during the riot.
Libor Jany, a reporter from the Star Tribune wrote on Twitter that “amidst all this, police are being called to investigate a possible kidnapping from the parking lot across the street from their burning station; a screaming woman was said to have been forcibly put into a vehicle that then sped away, according to scanner traffic.”
Amidst all this, police are being called to investigate a possible kidnapping from the parking lot across the street from their burning station; a screaming woman was said to have been forcibly put into a vehicle that then sped away, according to scanner traffic. — Libor Jany (@StribJany) May 29, 2020
“CVS on Snelling is on Fire. Car jacking and kidnapping just occurred. They’re shooting st random cars on university. Do not leave your home. It is extremely dangerous in here,” a Twitter user from Minneapolis wrote.
The National Guard has now deployed 500 soldiers to the area and began to arrive close to midnight.


thelibertydaily--2020-05-29--St. Paul Police: Over 170 Businesses Damaged and Looted During Thursday Riot

The St. Paul Police Department has announced that over 170 businesses in the city were damaged or looted during the riot on Thursday .
The rioting began early in the afternoon and continued throughout the evening .
“ As Thursday turns to Friday , our officers continue to work shoulder-to-shoulder with local , state , federal and fire partners to protect St. Paul , ” the department tweeted .
“ More than 170 businesses damaged or looted .
Dozens of fires .
Thankfully , no reports of serious injuries .
Calm on the horizon.
” The riot began when a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to loot a Target store in the Midway neighborhood .
When police arrived , they reportedly dropped their stolen goods and ran down the street where they began to destroy other shops .
Many of them are small businesses that were already struggling due to the pandemic .
“ Soon after , another group of people tried to ransack a Foot Locker store on University Avenue across the street .
Police again intervened , resulting in a standoff between officers and the rioters , ” Fox 9 reports .
Other stores that were @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
During the riot , rocks , bricks and bottles of alcohol were thrown at police officers and their squad cars .
When the criminals began to move towards the State Capitol , Senators and their staff were told to evacuate in the “ interest of public safety.
” By afternoon , armed citizens began to protest some local businesses .
The rioters have been in response to the death of George Floyd while he was in police custody in Minneapolis on Monday .
A video of him telling an officer who had @ @ @ @ @ @ @ could not breathe rapidly went viral and set off chaos across the nation .
There has been rioting in Ohio , Colorado , Minnesota and Kentucky .

The St. Paul Police Department has announced that over 170 businesses in the city were damaged or looted during the riot on Thursday.
The rioting began early in the afternoon and continued throughout the evening.
“As Thursday turns to Friday, our officers continue to work shoulder-to-shoulder with local, state, federal and fire partners to protect St. Paul,” the department tweeted. “More than 170 businesses damaged or looted. Dozens of fires. Thankfully, no reports of serious injuries. Calm on the horizon.”
As Thursday turns to Friday, our officers continue to work shoulder-to-shoulder with local, state, federal and fire partners to protect St. Paul. More than 170 businesses damaged or looted. Dozens of fires. Thankfully, no reports of serious injuries. Calm on the horizon. — Saint Paul Police Department (@sppdmn) May 29, 2020
The riot began when a group of 50 or 60 people attempted to loot a Target store in the Midway neighborhood. When police arrived, they reportedly dropped their stolen goods and ran down the street where they began to destroy other shops.
Many of them are small businesses that were already struggling due to the pandemic.
Lululemon on Grand Ave just got hit by looters. 5 cars rolling through city hitting stores in St Paul pic.twitter.com/Kc54MQCU7A — A.J. Lagoe (@AJInvestigates) May 29, 2020
Fire has now started in St. Paul. The NAPA Auto Parts is on Fire. #wcco pic.twitter.com/W8Ld3983Ri — Susan-Elizabeth (@susanelizabethL) May 28, 2020
“Soon after, another group of people tried to ransack a Foot Locker store on University Avenue across the street. Police again intervened, resulting in a standoff between officers and the rioters,” Fox 9 reports.
Other stores that were targeted included Foot Locker and TJ Maxx.
https://twitter.com/Xirritated/status/1266123630745923584?s=20
During the riot, rocks, bricks and bottles of alcohol were thrown at police officers and their squad cars.
#Breaking: Hundreds of people gathered at this Target in St. Paul. Attacked police cruiser. Officers forming perimeter. pic.twitter.com/AukTsjm0Mg — Gabe Gutierrez (@gabegutierrez) May 28, 2020
“Kill cops” graffiti spotted in St. Paul MN pic.twitter.com/GZOtZroiTo — Courtney Holland – Text COURTNEY to 88022 (@hollandcourtney) May 29, 2020
When the criminals began to move towards the State Capitol, Senators and their staff were told to evacuate in the “interest of public safety.”
By afternoon, armed citizens began to protest some local businesses.
https://twitter.com/dcexaminer/status/1266161526018322437?s=20
The rioters have been in response to the death of George Floyd while he was in police custody in Minneapolis on Monday. A video of him telling an officer who had his knee on his neck that he could not breathe rapidly went viral and set off chaos across the nation.
There has been rioting in Ohio, Colorado, Minnesota and Kentucky.