thelibertydaily--2020-09-19--Dirty Democrats Threaten To Pack Court If Republicans Vote On Ginsburg Replacement This Year

• Democrats are threatening to pack the Supreme Court if Republicans fill the vacancy left by liberal Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg ’ s death on Friday .
• “ Congress would have to act and expanding the court would be the right place to start , ” House Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler wrote on Twitter .
• Ginsburg herself pushed back against the idea of packing the court when asked about it last year .
Prominent Democrats are threatening to expand the size of the Supreme Court to cancel out President Donald Trump ’ s court picks if @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Ginsburg ’ s replacement this year .
Left-wing activists have been pushing Democratic politicians to endorse court-packing since Justice Anthony Kennedy ’ s 2018 retirement cleared the way for Justice Brett Kavanaugh to join the high court .
Some congressional Democrats embraced the idea following Ginsburg ’ s death Friday night .
“ If Sen. McConnell and @ SenateGOP were to force through a nominee during the lame duck session—before a new Senate and President can take office—then the incoming Senate should immediately move to expand the Supreme Court , ” House Judiciary @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
“ Filling the SCOTUS vacancy during a lame duck session , after the American people have voted for new leadership , is undemocratic and a clear violation of the public trust in elected officials , ” added Nadler , a Democrat from New York .
“ Congress would have to act and expanding the court would be the right place to start , ” he said .
( RELATED : Prominent Democrats Keep Destroying Norms To Go After Trump ) “ If he holds a vote in 2020 , we pack the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Rep. Joe Kennedy tweeted on Saturday .
“ It ’ s that simple.
” Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer told his fellow Senate Democrats on Saturday that “ nothing is off the table for next year ” if Republicans move to fill the vacant seat , CBS News reported .
Democratic Connecticut Sen. Richard Blumenthal echoed Schumer ’ s rhetoric , tweeting Saturday : “ If Republicans recklessly & reprehensibly force a SCOTUS vote before the election—nothing is off the table.
” Conservatives on Saturday pushed back on the idea of expanding @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Tennessee Rep. Chuck Fleischmann warned that packing the court would be “ dangerous ” and undermine the court as an institution .
“ Court packing is a dangerous and shortsighted idea that will delegitimize our institutions — and that ’ s what the Dems are threatening to do if they don ’ t get their way , ” Fleischmann wrote in a tweet .
“ Packing the court would be a greater blow to norms , legitimacy , and our system of government than *anything* Trump has said or done , ” National @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Some liberal voices in the media have expressed support for packing the court .
“ So Democrats should threaten to pack the court , ” left-wing writer Jill Filopovic argued in a Washington Post op-ed Saturday .
“ And , if McConnell pushes through a new justice and then Joe Biden wins , they should follow through , ” she added .
“ One way for Democrats to make clear they will not tolerate Republicans trying to fill this seat in advance of the election would be for them to pledge that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and Senate in November , they will increase the size of the Supreme Court to 13 justices , ” University of California , Berkeley School of Law Dean Erwin Chemerinsky wrote in a Los Angeles Times op-ed Saturday .
“ Democrats have no choice but to implement structural reforms to the judiciary if they hope to prevent decades of rule by the alt-right in America , ” HuffPost reporter Zach Carter wrote in a June 2018 piece following Kennedy ’ s retirement .
“ At a minimum , that will mean expanding the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the next Democratic president .
Other reforms , including term limits to remove aging conservatives , may well be appropriate , ” he added .
But Ginsburg herself rejected packing the court when asked about it last year .
“ Nine seems to be a good number .
It ’ s been that way for a long time , ” she told NPR in July 2019 .
“ I think it was a bad idea when President Franklin Roosevelt tried to pack the court.
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Democrats are threatening to pack the Supreme Court if Republicans fill the vacancy left by liberal Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s death on Friday.
“Congress would have to act and expanding the court would be the right place to start,” House Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler wrote on Twitter.
Ginsburg herself pushed back against the idea of packing the court when asked about it last year.
Prominent Democrats are threatening to expand the size of the Supreme Court to cancel out President Donald Trump’s court picks if Republicans vote on late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s replacement this year.
Left-wing activists have been pushing Democratic politicians to endorse court-packing since Justice Anthony Kennedy’s 2018 retirement cleared the way for Justice Brett Kavanaugh to join the high court. Some congressional Democrats embraced the idea following Ginsburg’s death Friday night.
“If Sen. McConnell and @SenateGOP were to force through a nominee during the lame duck session—before a new Senate and President can take office—then the incoming Senate should immediately move to expand the Supreme Court,” House Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler wrote on Twitter Saturday.
“Filling the SCOTUS vacancy during a lame duck session, after the American people have voted for new leadership, is undemocratic and a clear violation of the public trust in elected officials,” added Nadler, a Democrat from New York.
“Congress would have to act and expanding the court would be the right place to start,” he said. (RELATED: Prominent Democrats Keep Destroying Norms To Go After Trump)
Filling the SCOTUS vacancy during a lame duck session, after the American people have voted for new leadership, is undemocratic and a clear violation of the public trust in elected officials. Congress would have to act and expanding the court would be the right place to start. — Rep. Nadler (@RepJerryNadler) September 19, 2020
“If he holds a vote in 2020, we pack the court in 2021,” Democratic Mass. Rep. Joe Kennedy tweeted on Saturday. “It’s that simple.”
Democratic Mass. Sen. Ed Markey asserted in a tweet Friday night that if Republicans fill the Supreme Court vacancy, then “when Democrats control the Senate in the next Congress, we must abolish the filibuster and expand the Supreme Court.”
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer told his fellow Senate Democrats on Saturday that “nothing is off the table for next year” if Republicans move to fill the vacant seat, CBS News reported.
Democratic Connecticut Sen. Richard Blumenthal echoed Schumer’s rhetoric, tweeting Saturday: “If Republicans recklessly & reprehensibly force a SCOTUS vote before the election—nothing is off the table.”
Trump promised Saturday morning to nominate a new justice “without delay.”
.@GOP We were put in this position of power and importance to make decisions for the people who so proudly elected us, the most important of which has long been considered to be the selection of United States Supreme Court Justices. We have this obligation, without delay! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 19, 2020
Conservatives on Saturday pushed back on the idea of expanding and packing the Supreme Court.
Republican Tennessee Rep. Chuck Fleischmann warned that packing the court would be “dangerous” and undermine the court as an institution.
“Court packing is a dangerous and shortsighted idea that will delegitimize our institutions — and that’s what the Dems are threatening to do if they don’t get their way,” Fleischmann wrote in a tweet.
“Packing the court would be a greater blow to norms, legitimacy, and our system of government than *anything* Trump has said or done,” National Review editor Rich Lowry wrote on Twitter.
Some liberal voices in the media have expressed support for packing the court.
“So Democrats should threaten to pack the court,” left-wing writer Jill Filopovic argued in a Washington Post op-ed Saturday. “And, if McConnell pushes through a new justice and then Joe Biden wins, they should follow through,” she added.
“One way for Democrats to make clear they will not tolerate Republicans trying to fill this seat in advance of the election would be for them to pledge that, if they take the White House and Senate in November, they will increase the size of the Supreme Court to 13 justices,” University of California, Berkeley School of Law Dean Erwin Chemerinsky wrote in a Los Angeles Times op-ed Saturday.
“Democrats have no choice but to implement structural reforms to the judiciary if they hope to prevent decades of rule by the alt-right in America,” HuffPost reporter Zach Carter wrote in a June 2018 piece following Kennedy’s retirement.
“At a minimum, that will mean expanding the Supreme Court bench to 11 justices under the next Democratic president. Other reforms, including term limits to remove aging conservatives, may well be appropriate,” he added.
But Ginsburg herself rejected packing the court when asked about it last year.
“Nine seems to be a good number. It’s been that way for a long time,” she told NPR in July 2019. “I think it was a bad idea when President Franklin Roosevelt tried to pack the court.”
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thelibertydaily--2020-09-19--New York City: As Promised, Democrats Violently Riot Following the Death of Leftist Activist Supreme

New York City: As Promised, Democrats Violently Riot Following the Death of Leftist Activist Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Yesterday we told you about the reactions on social media , which included a call for riots and to “ burn the entire f*****g thing down ” over the death of , and potential replacement for , Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg .
Well always take the left at the word when they promote violence , because they mean it .
And already tonight in New York City , they ’ re delivering .
This will definitely only be the START , now the left has their latest excuse to indulge their wanton evil and criminal impulses .
This @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on Twitter with the message “ In NYC : Holding pictures of # RuthBaderGinsburg getting warmed up chanting ‘ Rest in Power # RBG !
Drive Out The Trump Regime ! '
” The tweet also called for “ everyone in the streets ” on Monday night .
More on that later .
And the violence that follows didn ’ t even wait for nightfall .
Listen to this brainwashed and terrified 15-year-old product of American schools and the liberal media .
This video was also shared by that same Antifa account on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ 15 year old talks about # SCOTUS replacement cementing a fascist future for her : “ I am terrified !
” Let ’ s get out and fight for this future .
# RGBRIP ” This is how they see the world .
The violence getting underway in NYC , and really all the violence and riots so far this summer , are only the beginning .
And Democrats are still condoning and encouraging this .
In Philadelphia things are even worse .
More on THAT , later , too .

Yesterday we told you about the reactions on social media, which included a call for riots and to “burn the entire f*****g thing down” over the death of, and potential replacement for, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Well always take the left at the word when they promote violence, because they mean it. And already tonight in New York City, they’re delivering.
This will definitely only be the START, now the left has their latest excuse to indulge their wanton evil and criminal impulses.
This video was shared by an antifa account on Twitter with the message “In NYC: Holding pictures of #RuthBaderGinsburg getting warmed up chanting ‘Rest in Power #RBG! Drive Out The Trump Regime!'” The tweet also called for “everyone in the streets” on Monday night. More on that later.
And the violence that follows didn’t even wait for nightfall.
Anti-Trump protesters are brawling with police and resisting arrest in NYC. pic.twitter.com/xZwUlTqXGY — Ian Miles Cheong (@stillgray) September 19, 2020
NYC pic.twitter.com/250n9qineK — Maria No Mercy Viti (@selfdeclaredref) September 19, 2020
NYC pic.twitter.com/6ooz5VVXqd — Maria No Mercy Viti (@selfdeclaredref) September 19, 2020
NYC pic.twitter.com/PqKmPu3Hhb — Maria No Mercy Viti (@selfdeclaredref) September 19, 2020
Listen to this brainwashed and terrified 15-year-old product of American schools and the liberal media. This video was also shared by that same Antifa account on Twitter, this time with the message “15 year old talks about #SCOTUS replacement cementing a fascist future for her: “I am terrified!” Let’s get out and fight for this future. #RGBRIP”
This is how they see the world. The violence getting underway in NYC, and really all the violence and riots so far this summer, are only the beginning. And Democrats are still condoning and encouraging this.
In Philadelphia things are even worse. More on THAT, later, too.


thelibertydaily--2020-09-20--Mark of the Beast??? A DARPA-Funded Implantable Biochip to Detect the Chi-Com Virus Could Hit Market

Mark of the Beast??? A DARPA-Funded Implantable Biochip to Detect the Chi-Com Virus Could Hit Markets by 2021

The most significant scientific discovery since gravity has been hiding in plain sight for nearly a decade and its destructive potential to humanity is so enormous that the biggest war machine on the planet immediately deployed its vast resources to possess and control it , financing its research and development through agencies like the National Institutes of Health ( NIH ) , the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency ( DARPA ) and HHS ’ BARDA .
The revolutionary breakthrough came to a Canadian scientist named Derek Rossi in 2010 purely by accident .
The now-retired Harvard professor claimed in an @ @ @ @ @ @ @ found a way to “ reprogram ” the molecules that carry the genetic instructions for cell development in the human body , not to mention all biological lifeforms .
These molecules are called ‘ messenger ribonucleic acid ’ or mRNA and the newfound ability to rewrite those instructions to produce any kind of cell within a biological organism has radically changed the course of Western medicine and science , even if no one has really noticed yet .
As Rossi , himself , puts it : “ The real important discovery here was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ if you got it into the cells , then you could get the mRNA to express any protein in the cells , and this was the big thing.
” It was so big that by 2014 , Rossi was able to retire after the company he co-founded with Flagship Pioneering private equity firm to exploit his innovation , – Moderna Inc. , attracted almost a half billion dollars in federal award monies to begin developing vaccines using the technology .
No longer affiliated with Moderna beyond his stock holdings , Rossi is just @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and if he ’ s anything like the doting “ hockey dad ” he is portrayed to be , he must be horrified .
As early as 2006 , DARPA was already researching how to identify viral , upper respiratory pathogens through its Predicting Health and Disease ( PHD ) program , which led to the creation of the agency ’ s Biological Technologies Office ( BTO ) , as reported by Whitney Webb in a May article for The Last American Vagabond .
In 2014 , DARPA ’ s BTO launched its @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ) program , which researches implantable nanotechnologies , leading to the development of ‘ hydrogel ’ .
Hydrogel is a nanotechnology whose inventor early on boasted that “ If [ it ] pans out , with approval from FDA , then consumers could get the sensors implanted in their core to measure their levels of glucose , oxygen , and lactate.
” This contact lens-like material requires a special injector to be introduced under the skin where it can transmit light-based digital signals through a wireless network like 5G .
Once firmly implanted @ @ @ @ @ @ @ at the mercy of any mRNA program delivered via this substrate , unleashing a nightmare of possibilities .
It is , perhaps , the first true step towards full-on transhumanism ; a “ philosophy ” that is in vogue with many powerful and influential people , such as Google ’ s Ray Kurzweil and Eric Schmidt and whose proponents see the fusion of technology and biology as an inevitable consequence of human progress .
The private company created to market this technology , that allows for biological processes to be controlled remotely and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of our biological responses and , ultimately , our entire existence , is called Profusa Inc and its operations are funded with millions from NIH and DARPA .
In March , the company was quietly inserted into the crowded COVID-19 bazaar in March 2020 , when it announced an injectable biochip for the detection of viral respiratory diseases , including COVID-19 .
In July , a preliminary report funded by Fauci ’ s NIAID and the NIH on an mRNA Vaccine against SARS-CoV-2 was published in The New England Journal of Medicine , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Moderna for the study , “ induced anti–SARS-CoV-2 immune responses in all participants , and no trial-limiting safety concerns were identified , ” and supported “ further development of this vaccine.
” A month earlier , the NIH had claimed a joint stake in Moderna ’ s mRNA COVID-19 vaccine , citing a contract signed in December , 2019 , stipulating that the “ mRNA coronavirus vaccine candidates [ are ] developed and jointly owned ” by both parties .
Moderna disputes the federal government ’ s position , stating that the company @ @ @ @ @ @ @ IP estate ” and is “ not aware of any IP that would prevent us from commercializing our product candidates , including mRNA-1273.
” The only obstacle is a delivery system , which though Moderna claims to be developing separately , is unlikely to get FDA approval before the federal government ’ s own DARPA-developed hydrogel technology , in tandem with Profusa ’ s DARPA-funded light sensor technology , which is expected to receive fast track authorization from the Food and Drug Administration by early 2021 and , more than likely , used @ @ @ @ @ @ @ capacity to literally change our DNA .
In addition , the Department of Health and Human Services ( HHS ) , is currently investigating Moderna ’ s patent filings , claiming it failed to disclose “ federal government support ” in its COVID vaccine candidate patent applications , as required by law .
The technicality could result in the federal government owning a 100 percent stake in mRNA-1273 .
Feature photo | Jowan Osterlund from Biohax Sweden holds a small microchip implant , similar to those implanted into workers at the Epicenter digital @ @ @ @ @ @ @ James Brooks | AP

The most significant scientific discovery since gravity has been hiding in plain sight for nearly a decade and its destructive potential to humanity is so enormous that the biggest war machine on the planet immediately deployed its vast resources to possess and control it, financing its research and development through agencies like the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and HHS’ BARDA.
The revolutionary breakthrough came to a Canadian scientist named Derek Rossi in 2010 purely by accident. The now-retired Harvard professor claimed in an interview with the National Post that he found a way to “reprogram” the molecules that carry the genetic instructions for cell development in the human body, not to mention all biological lifeforms.
These molecules are called ‘messenger ribonucleic acid’ or mRNA and the newfound ability to rewrite those instructions to produce any kind of cell within a biological organism has radically changed the course of Western medicine and science, even if no one has really noticed yet. As Rossi, himself, puts it: “The real important discovery here was you could now use mRNA, and if you got it into the cells, then you could get the mRNA to express any protein in the cells, and this was the big thing.”
It was so big that by 2014, Rossi was able to retire after the company he co-founded with Flagship Pioneering private equity firm to exploit his innovation, – Moderna Inc., attracted almost a half billion dollars in federal award monies to begin developing vaccines using the technology. No longer affiliated with Moderna beyond his stock holdings, Rossi is just “watching for what happens next” and if he’s anything like the doting “hockey dad” he is portrayed to be, he must be horrified.
Remote control biology
As early as 2006, DARPA was already researching how to identify viral, upper respiratory pathogens through its Predicting Health and Disease (PHD) program, which led to the creation of the agency’s Biological Technologies Office (BTO), as reported by Whitney Webb in a May article for The Last American Vagabond. In 2014, DARPA’s BTO launched its “In Vivo Nanoplatforms” (IVN) program, which researches implantable nanotechnologies, leading to the development of ‘hydrogel’.
Hydrogel is a nanotechnology whose inventor early on boasted that “If [it] pans out, with approval from FDA, then consumers could get the sensors implanted in their core to measure their levels of glucose, oxygen, and lactate.” This contact lens-like material requires a special injector to be introduced under the skin where it can transmit light-based digital signals through a wireless network like 5G.
Once firmly implanted inside the body, human cells are at the mercy of any mRNA program delivered via this substrate, unleashing a nightmare of possibilities. It is, perhaps, the first true step towards full-on transhumanism; a “philosophy” that is in vogue with many powerful and influential people, such as Google’s Ray Kurzweil and Eric Schmidt and whose proponents see the fusion of technology and biology as an inevitable consequence of human progress.
The private company created to market this technology, that allows for biological processes to be controlled remotely and opens the door to the potential manipulation of our biological responses and, ultimately, our entire existence, is called Profusa Inc and its operations are funded with millions from NIH and DARPA. In March, the company was quietly inserted into the crowded COVID-19 bazaar in March 2020, when it announced an injectable biochip for the detection of viral respiratory diseases, including COVID-19.
A wholly-owned subsidiary
In July, a preliminary report funded by Fauci’s NIAID and the NIH on an mRNA Vaccine against SARS-CoV-2 was published in The New England Journal of Medicine, concluding that mRNA-1273 vaccine. provided by Moderna for the study, “induced anti–SARS-CoV-2 immune responses in all participants, and no trial-limiting safety concerns were identified,” and supported “further development of this vaccine.”
A month earlier, the NIH had claimed a joint stake in Moderna’s mRNA COVID-19 vaccine, citing a contract signed in December, 2019, stipulating that the “mRNA coronavirus vaccine candidates [are] developed and jointly owned” by both parties. Moderna disputes the federal government’s position, stating that the company “has a broad owned and licensed IP estate” and is “not aware of any IP that would prevent us from commercializing our product candidates, including mRNA-1273.”
The only obstacle is a delivery system, which though Moderna claims to be developing separately, is unlikely to get FDA approval before the federal government’s own DARPA-developed hydrogel technology, in tandem with Profusa’s DARPA-funded light sensor technology, which is expected to receive fast track authorization from the Food and Drug Administration by early 2021 and, more than likely, used to deploy a coronavirus vaccine with the capacity to literally change our DNA.
In addition, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), is currently investigating Moderna’s patent filings, claiming it failed to disclose “federal government support” in its COVID vaccine candidate patent applications, as required by law. The technicality could result in the federal government owning a 100 percent stake in mRNA-1273.
Feature photo | Jowan Osterlund from Biohax Sweden holds a small microchip implant, similar to those implanted into workers at the Epicenter digital innovation business cente in central Stockholm. James Brooks | AP
Raul Diego is a MintPress News Staff Writer, independent photojournalist, researcher, writer and documentary filmmaker.


thelibertydaily--2020-09-20--One-Third of UK Chi-Com Virus Victims in July and August ‘Died From OTHER CAUSES’

A third of the people recorded to have died from Covid-19 in July and August may have actually passed away due to other causes , such as cancer or being hit by a car , Oxford University research has suggested Experts at Oxford University have found that around 30 per cent of those included in the Office for National Statistics ’ ( ONS ) coronavirus deaths toll over the summer actually died primarily from other conditions .
The data comes as the Government introduces its new Rule of Six measures to combat the further spread of the disease .
The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ died from cancer or who were run over and killed , but who had tested positive for coronavirus , were included among the virus deaths even though it did not kill them .
Owen reacts to the viral Argentinian video of a couple premiering actual human dog cones to fight COVID .
Figures revealed in The Telegraph state that approximately one in 13 people who were said to have died from coronavirus during the whole pandemic did not die primarily from the disease .
This means that 7.8 per cent ( 3,877 ) @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Government did not die due to the virus being the primary cause .

A third of the people recorded to have died from Covid-19 in July and August may have actually passed away due to other causes, such as cancer or being hit by a car, Oxford University research has suggested
Experts at Oxford University have found that around 30 per cent of those included in the Office for National Statistics’ (ONS) coronavirus deaths toll over the summer actually died primarily from other conditions.
The data comes as the Government introduces its new Rule of Six measures to combat the further spread of the disease.
The study shows that people who may have died from cancer or who were run over and killed, but who had tested positive for coronavirus, were included among the virus deaths even though it did not kill them.
Owen reacts to the viral Argentinian video of a couple premiering actual human dog cones to fight COVID.
Figures revealed in The Telegraph state that approximately one in 13 people who were said to have died from coronavirus during the whole pandemic did not die primarily from the disease.
This means that 7.8 per cent (3,877) of those listed as Covid-19 deaths by the Government did not die due to the virus being the primary cause.
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thelibertydaily--2020-09-20--Nearly 100 Democrats Arrested at Abolish Illegal Immigration Enforcement Riots in NYC

If you work for Larry Fink , he really wants to ...

Police arrested 86 protesters at tense Abolish ICE demonstrations in Times Square and near NYPD headquarters in Manhattan Saturday, police sources said.
Videos from the scenes show police scuffling with protesters demonstrating against recent reports that Immigration and Customs Enforcement performed unneeded hysterectomies on immigrant women detained at an ICE facility in Georgia.
One protester in Times Square, Isabella Leyva, wrote on Twitter that officers began making arrests as protesters stepped off the sidewalk and into the street.
Video from the scene showed police arresting several demonstrators as they sat in the street.
“What the f–k is wrong with you!? They’re sitting down!” one protester could be heard yelling to the officers making the arrests.
An NYPD message blared from a public address system alerting protesters that they were “unlawfully in the roadway and obstructing vehicular traffic.”
Another clip from Leyva shows police tossing protesters’ bicycles aside while trying to restrain them.
The second group of protesters were arrested near Pearl and Madison streets, near One Police Plaza, police sources said.
In total, 41 males and 45 females were arrested over the course of the day.
All were charged with disorderly conduct and one was hit with a charge of resisting arrest, the sources said.


thelibertydaily--2020-09-20--Spokesperson for RINO Mitt Romney Claims He Hasn’t Decided Not to Confirm President Trump’s Supreme

Spokesperson for RINO Mitt Romney Claims He Hasn’t Decided Not to Confirm President Trump’s Supreme Court Pick

A spokeswoman for Sen. Mitt Romney is disputing a report claiming that the Utah lawmaker and former GOP presidential nominee would refrain from voting to confirm a replacement for Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg before Inauguration Day 2021 .
Immediately after news broke of Ginsburg ’ s death on Friday evening , the conversation shifted toward whether President Donald Trump would move to quickly fill the seat she vacated .
Within hours , Romney was reported to have said he would not confirm a nominee to replace Ginsburg until after Jan. 20 .
Former Utah state Sen. Jim Dabakis @ @ @ @ @ @ @ more than 18,000 times : “ BREAKING : A high-level Romney insider tells me Mitt Romney has committed to not confirming a Supreme Court nominee until after Inauguration Day 2021.
” TRENDING : Dan Crenshaw Only Needs 40 Seconds To School FBI Director on Antifa Debakis used the tag # Mittrevenge in an apparent reference to the contentious relationship between Romney and many of his GOP colleagues in Washington , including the president .
However , after Debakis reported that Romney was opposed to the idea of filling Ginsburg ’ s seat before @ @ @ @ @ @ @ director contradicted that claim .
Liz Johnson posted on Twitter : “ Dear twitter and also @ JimDabakis : Unless your name is Mitt Romney or you ’ re his spokesperson , you do not speak for Mitt Romney.
” RELATED : Republicans Vote To Authorize Subpoenas in Probe of Obama Admin 's Trump Campaign Surveillance Romney joined Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska Friday as GOP senators who were reported to already be shooting down the idea of voting to confirm a replacement for Ginsburg on the Supreme Court before the election .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ news of Ginsburg ’ s death that she would be opposed to confirming a high court nominee so close to Election Day .
When the scenario was still a hypothetical , the senator said she would “ not vote to confirm a Supreme Court nominee ” because she felt “ that was too close to an election and that the people needed to decide.
” “ We are 50-some days away from an election , and the good news for us is that all of our Supreme Court justices are in good health @ @ @ @ @ @ @ pray that they are able to continue that , ” she said during an interview with Alaska Public Media .
While it is not clear where Romney , Murkowski or others stood on the issue as of Saturday morning , President Donald Trump indicated Saturday that Republicans must move forward on filling the Supreme Court vacancy .
“ We were put in this position of power and importance to make decisions for the people who so proudly elected us , the most important of which has long been considered to be the selection @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” Trump tweeted .
“ We have this obligation , without delay !
” the president added .
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Friday that if Trump brings forth a nominee , the Senate will vote .
“ In the last midterm election before Justice [ Antonin ] Scalia ’ s death in 2016 , Americans elected a Republican Senate majority because we pledged to check and balance the last days of a lame-duck president ’ s second term , ” he said .
“ We kept our promise .
Since the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ opposite-party president ’ s Supreme Court nominee in a presidential election year .
“ By contrast , Americans reelected our majority in 2016 and expanded it in 2018 because we pledged to work with President Trump and support his agenda , particularly his outstanding appointments to the federal judiciary , ” the Senate majority leader added .
“ Once again , we will keep our promise.
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A spokeswoman for Sen. Mitt Romney is disputing a report claiming that the Utah lawmaker and former GOP presidential nominee would refrain from voting to confirm a replacement for Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg before Inauguration Day 2021.
Immediately after news broke of Ginsburg’s death on Friday evening, the conversation shifted toward whether President Donald Trump would move to quickly fill the seat she vacated.
Within hours, Romney was reported to have said he would not confirm a nominee to replace Ginsburg until after Jan. 20.
Former Utah state Sen. Jim Dabakis wrote in a post that was retweeted more than 18,000 times: “BREAKING: A high-level Romney insider tells me Mitt Romney has committed to not confirming a Supreme Court nominee until after Inauguration Day 2021.”
BREAKING: A high-level Romney insider tells me Mitt Romney has committed to not confirming a Supreme Court nominee until after Inauguration Day 2021. #Mittrevenge #utpol — Jim Dabakis (@JimDabakis) September 19, 2020
Debakis used the tag #Mittrevenge in an apparent reference to the contentious relationship between Romney and many of his GOP colleagues in Washington, including the president.
However, after Debakis reported that Romney was opposed to the idea of filling Ginsburg’s seat before next January, Romney’s communications director contradicted that claim.
Liz Johnson posted on Twitter: “Dear twitter and also @JimDabakis: Unless your name is Mitt Romney or you’re his spokesperson, you do not speak for Mitt Romney.”
Dear twitter and also @JimDabakis: Unless your name is Mitt Romney or you’re his spokesperson, you do not speak for Mitt Romney. #utpol — Liz Johnson (@LJ0hnson) September 19, 2020
Johnson then retweeted Debakis with a comment.
“This is grossly false. #fakenews,” Johnson wrote.
Romney joined Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska Friday as GOP senators who were reported to already be shooting down the idea of voting to confirm a replacement for Ginsburg on the Supreme Court before the election.
Murkowski said in an interview published before news of Ginsburg’s death that she would be opposed to confirming a high court nominee so close to Election Day.
When the scenario was still a hypothetical, the senator said she would “not vote to confirm a Supreme Court nominee” because she felt “that was too close to an election and that the people needed to decide.”
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“We are 50-some days away from an election, and the good news for us is that all of our Supreme Court justices are in good health and doing their job. And we pray that they are able to continue that,” she said during an interview with Alaska Public Media.
While it is not clear where Romney, Murkowski or others stood on the issue as of Saturday morning, President Donald Trump indicated Saturday that Republicans must move forward on filling the Supreme Court vacancy.
“We were put in this position of power and importance to make decisions for the people who so proudly elected us, the most important of which has long been considered to be the selection of United States Supreme Court Justices,” Trump tweeted.
“We have this obligation, without delay!” the president added.
.@GOP We were put in this position of power and importance to make decisions for the people who so proudly elected us, the most important of which has long been considered to be the selection of United States Supreme Court Justices. We have this obligation, without delay! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 19, 2020
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Friday that if Trump brings forth a nominee, the Senate will vote.
The Senate and the nation mourn the passing of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and the conclusion of her extraordinary American life. My full statement: pic.twitter.com/NOwYLhDxIk — Leader McConnell (@senatemajldr) September 19, 2020
“In the last midterm election before Justice [Antonin] Scalia’s death in 2016, Americans elected a Republican Senate majority because we pledged to check and balance the last days of a lame-duck president’s second term,” he said. “We kept our promise. Since the 1880s, no Senate has confirmed an opposite-party president’s Supreme Court nominee in a presidential election year.
“By contrast, Americans reelected our majority in 2016 and expanded it in 2018 because we pledged to work with President Trump and support his agenda, particularly his outstanding appointments to the federal judiciary,” the Senate majority leader added.
“Once again, we will keep our promise.”
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thelibertydaily--2020-09-20--California Democrat Abstains From Voting on Bill Easing Punishment for Statutory Rape Amid Congressi

California Democrat Abstains From Voting on Bill Easing Punishment for Statutory Rape Amid Congressional Run

California state legislator Christy Smith ( D. ) has made a habit of abstaining from controversial votes as she campaigns to unseat GOP congressman Mike Garcia .
The Democrat on August 31 refused to vote on Senate Bill 145 ( SB145 ) , which eases criminal penalties for adults who have sexual relations with minors .
When confronted over the abstention by a constituent on Facebook , Smith claimed that `` in the CA Legislature ‘ not voting ' counts as a no . ''
California legislative records show Smith was not counted as voting `` no '' and was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ . ''
Smith also abstained from voting on an August 24 amendment that would have repealed Assembly Bill 5 ( AB5 ) , a 2019 labor law that experts say impedes the state 's economy by limiting employers ' ability to classify workers as independent contractors .
Roughly two months prior , the Democrat abstained from voting on Assembly Bill 2501 ( AB2501 ) , which aims to provide mortgage and rent relief during coronavirus .
State records show that Smith was present during all three legislative sessions in question and voted on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ including a `` menstrual equality '' bill that requires companies to disclose ingredients found in tampons , pads , and other period products .
While that legislation passed the state assembly unanimously on June 15 , the bills Smith refused to take a position on likely would have opened her up to criticism amid her race against Garcia .
SB145 allows judges to decide whether to place someone on the sex offenders ' list who engages in anal and/or oral sex with a minor within a 10-year age difference .
Proponents of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ LGBTQ youth , as such discretion was already granted to those who have vaginal intercourse in the state .
The bill was supported by California LGBTQ groups , including Equality California , which praised the bill for treating `` all Californians fairly and equally—regardless of who they are , what they look like , or whom they love . ''
Smith has received $ 20,000 from Equality PAC since December 2019 .
Opponents of the bill argue that the legislation aids sexual predators .
Democratic assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez railed against the bill during @ @ @ @ @ @ @ `` give me a situation where a 24-year-old had sex with a 14-year-old , any kind of sex , and it was n't predatory . ''
Smith has also backtracked on legislation that she once supported in her bid to unseat Rep. Mike Garcia ( R. , Calif. ) , who defeated the Democratic legislator in a May special election .
She failed to vote on an August 24 measure to repeal AB5 , despite her past support for the controversial labor law .
The Democrat voted in favor of AB5 in September @ @ @ @ @ @ @ suspending it in February .
The law has proven unpopular in the state—a May Berkeley Research Group report found that most freelance workers `` prefer the unique flexibility '' associated with independent contracting .
AB5 , however , was written by the AFL-CIO—the union 's affiliates have given Smith $ 35,000 since December 2019 .
AB2501 also found Smith stuck between voters and special interest groups .
While many Democrats have advocated for the rent relief and foreclosure moratorium provisions offered in the bill , Smith refused to take a stand .
The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ against the legislation , saying it would have a `` potentially damaging impact on the mortgage market . ''
Smith received support from the National Association of Realtors in her May special election run against Garcia—the group spent at least $ 1,400 on digital ads saying Smith `` stands with realtors when it counts '' and gave the Democrat $ 10,000 in direct contributions .
Smith , who did not respond to a request for comment , is again running against Garcia after the Republican beat her by more than 9 points in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ flip a Democratic seat in California since 1998 .
The nonpartisan Sabato 's Crystal Ball rates the race `` lean Republican . ''

California state legislator Christy Smith (D.) has made a habit of abstaining from controversial votes as she campaigns to unseat GOP congressman Mike Garcia.
The Democrat on August 31 refused to vote on Senate Bill 145 (SB145), which eases criminal penalties for adults who have sexual relations with minors. When confronted over the abstention by a constituent on Facebook, Smith claimed that "in the CA Legislature 'not voting' counts as a no." California legislative records show Smith was not counted as voting "no" and was instead marked as "no vote recorded."
Smith also abstained from voting on an August 24 amendment that would have repealed Assembly Bill 5 (AB5), a 2019 labor law that experts say impedes the state's economy by limiting employers' ability to classify workers as independent contractors. Roughly two months prior, the Democrat abstained from voting on Assembly Bill 2501 (AB2501), which aims to provide mortgage and rent relief during coronavirus.
State records show that Smith was present during all three legislative sessions in question and voted on dozens of other pieces of legislation, including a "menstrual equality" bill that requires companies to disclose ingredients found in tampons, pads, and other period products. While that legislation passed the state assembly unanimously on June 15, the bills Smith refused to take a position on likely would have opened her up to criticism amid her race against Garcia.
SB145 allows judges to decide whether to place someone on the sex offenders' list who engages in anal and/or oral sex with a minor within a 10-year age difference. Proponents of the bill argue that it ends discrimination against LGBTQ youth, as such discretion was already granted to those who have vaginal intercourse in the state. The bill was supported by California LGBTQ groups, including Equality California, which praised the bill for treating "all Californians fairly and equally—regardless of who they are, what they look like, or whom they love." Smith has received $20,000 from Equality PAC since December 2019.
Opponents of the bill argue that the legislation aids sexual predators. Democratic assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez railed against the bill during its August 31 floor debate, saying "give me a situation where a 24-year-old had sex with a 14-year-old, any kind of sex, and it wasn't predatory."
Smith has also backtracked on legislation that she once supported in her bid to unseat Rep. Mike Garcia (R., Calif.), who defeated the Democratic legislator in a May special election. She failed to vote on an August 24 measure to repeal AB5, despite her past support for the controversial labor law. The Democrat voted in favor of AB5 in September 2019 and went on to vote against suspending it in February. The law has proven unpopular in the state—a May Berkeley Research Group report found that most freelance workers "prefer the unique flexibility" associated with independent contracting. AB5, however, was written by the AFL-CIO—the union's affiliates have given Smith $35,000 since December 2019.
AB2501 also found Smith stuck between voters and special interest groups. While many Democrats have advocated for the rent relief and foreclosure moratorium provisions offered in the bill, Smith refused to take a stand. The California Association of Realtors led the charge against the legislation, saying it would have a "potentially damaging impact on the mortgage market." Smith received support from the National Association of Realtors in her May special election run against Garcia—the group spent at least $1,400 on digital ads saying Smith "stands with realtors when it counts" and gave the Democrat $10,000 in direct contributions.
Smith, who did not respond to a request for comment, is again running against Garcia after the Republican beat her by more than 9 points in May, becoming the first Republican to flip a Democratic seat in California since 1998. The nonpartisan Sabato's Crystal Ball rates the race "lean Republican."


thelibertydaily--2020-09-20--All International Sanctions on Iran Reimplemented, Killing Obama-Biden’s Failed Nuclear Deal

All international sanctions on Iran that were lifted as part of the Obama administration ’ s landmark nuclear deal with the country have come back into effect as of Saturday evening , removing the last remaining vestiges of the agreement that were still in place .
The renewal of these sanctions comes after months of last-ditch diplomatic efforts by the Trump administration to ensure a United Nations ban on Iran ’ s purchase of advanced weapons was not lifted .
This effort was unsuccessful after it failed to garner backing from traditional European allies on the U.N. ’ s Security @ @ @ @ @ @ @ United States exercised its right under the original 2015 accord to reimpose a litany of sanctions on Tehran that have been waived since the accord was signed and endorsed by the U.N. With the reimposition of these sanctions , the nuclear deal that President Donald Trump abandoned in 2018 is effectively voided .
Members of the U.N. Security Council were powerless to stop the United States from triggering what is known as `` snapback '' —a mechanism written into the original agreement that permits any member nation to reimpose international sanctions .
The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ tensions with Iran and also complicate America ’ s relationship with some its closest allies , including France , Germany , and the United Kingdom .
Each of these countries stood in the way of U.S. efforts to extend the Iran arms ban as they sought to keep the nuclear accord on life support .
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo blamed European powers on the Security Council for forcing the United States to invoke snapback .
`` The United States took this decisive action because , in addition to Iran ’ s failure @ @ @ @ @ @ @ nuclear deal ] , the Security Council failed to extend the U.N. arms embargo on Iran , which had been in place for 13 years , '' Pompeo said on Saturday evening .
`` The Security Council ’ s inaction would have paved the way for Iran to buy all manner of conventional weapons , '' including from Russia and China .
The Trump administration could use the sanctions to penalize any country or business that does not end its relationship with Iran .
Pompeo indicated the administration will not hesitate to enforce @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the arms embargo , the reimposed sanctions include restrictions on Iran ’ s processing of uranium—the key component in a nuclear weapon—and its testing of ballistic missiles , which have been a source of regional tension since the nuclear deal took effect .
They also bar countries from transferring nuclear and missile-related technologies to Iran .
The Trump administration also will announce `` a range of additional measures '' on Iran in the coming days , according to Pompeo , a move meant to `` hold violators accountable . ''

All international sanctions on Iran that were lifted as part of the Obama administration’s landmark nuclear deal with the country have come back into effect as of Saturday evening, removing the last remaining vestiges of the agreement that were still in place.
The renewal of these sanctions comes after months of last-ditch diplomatic efforts by the Trump administration to ensure a United Nations ban on Iran’s purchase of advanced weapons was not lifted. This effort was unsuccessful after it failed to garner backing from traditional European allies on the U.N.’s Security Council. Following that bid, the United States exercised its right under the original 2015 accord to reimpose a litany of sanctions on Tehran that have been waived since the accord was signed and endorsed by the U.N. With the reimposition of these sanctions, the nuclear deal that President Donald Trump abandoned in 2018 is effectively voided.
Members of the U.N. Security Council were powerless to stop the United States from triggering what is known as "snapback"—a mechanism written into the original agreement that permits any member nation to reimpose international sanctions. The move is likely to further enflame ongoing tensions with Iran and also complicate America’s relationship with some its closest allies, including France, Germany, and the United Kingdom. Each of these countries stood in the way of U.S. efforts to extend the Iran arms ban as they sought to keep the nuclear accord on life support.
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo blamed European powers on the Security Council for forcing the United States to invoke snapback.
"The United States took this decisive action because, in addition to Iran’s failure to perform its commitments [under the nuclear deal], the Security Council failed to extend the U.N. arms embargo on Iran, which had been in place for 13 years," Pompeo said on Saturday evening. "The Security Council’s inaction would have paved the way for Iran to buy all manner of conventional weapons," including from Russia and China.
The Trump administration could use the sanctions to penalize any country or business that does not end its relationship with Iran. Pompeo indicated the administration will not hesitate to enforce the sanctions.
In addition to extending the arms embargo, the reimposed sanctions include restrictions on Iran’s processing of uranium—the key component in a nuclear weapon—and its testing of ballistic missiles, which have been a source of regional tension since the nuclear deal took effect. They also bar countries from transferring nuclear and missile-related technologies to Iran.
The Trump administration also will announce "a range of additional measures" on Iran in the coming days, according to Pompeo, a move meant to "hold violators accountable."


thelibertydaily--2020-09-22--Roger Goodell Goes Mask Nazi, Fines Three NFL Coaches $100,000 For Not Wearing Face Diapers

The NFL fined three head coaches for failing to properly follow league policies regarding the use of face masks on the sideline , according to ESPN 's Adam Schefter .
Denver Broncos head coach Vic Fangio , Seattle Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll and San Francisco 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan each received a $ 100,000 fine .
Their respective teams were hit with $ 250,000 penalties , as well .
On Sept. 14 , NFL Network 's Tom Pelissero shared a memo from Troy Vincent , the NFL 's executive vice president of football operations , that reiterated the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ wear face coverings .
Vincent referenced possible fines for those in violation : Pro Football Talk 's Mike Florio wrote how the memo came after `` multiple examples of coaches pulling their masks down from time to time ( like Rams coach Sean McVay ) and/or individuals wearing masks that didn ’ t completely cover their noses and mouths '' in Week 1 of the regular season .
Following news of the fines , Florio posited New Orleans Saints head coach Sean Payton and Las Vegas Raiders head coach Jon Gruden might be @ @ @ @ @ @ @ without face coverings during Monday 's game .
Making coaches pay six figures is one way to attempt to get them in line .
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention explained how the right kind of face coverings can help mitigate the spread of COVID-19 .

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The NFL fined three head coaches for failing to properly follow league policies regarding the use of face masks on the sideline, according to ESPN's Adam Schefter.
Denver Broncos head coach Vic Fangio, Seattle Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll and San Francisco 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan each received a $100,000 fine. Their respective teams were hit with $250,000 penalties, as well.
On Sept. 14, NFL Network's Tom Pelissero shared a memo from Troy Vincent, the NFL's executive vice president of football operations, that reiterated the requirement for those on the sidelines to wear face coverings. Vincent referenced possible fines for those in violation:
Pro Football Talk's Mike Florio wrote how the memo came after "multiple examples of coaches pulling their masks down from time to time (like Rams coach Sean McVay) and/or individuals wearing masks that didn’t completely cover their noses and mouths" in Week 1 of the regular season.
Following news of the fines, Florio posited New Orleans Saints head coach Sean Payton and Las Vegas Raiders head coach Jon Gruden might be facing similar action since they were shown without face coverings during Monday's game.
Making coaches pay six figures is one way to attempt to get them in line.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention explained how the right kind of face coverings can help mitigate the spread of COVID-19.


thelibertydaily--2020-09-22--MAGA Sign Stealer Snaps: ‘I Don’t Have to Smoke Drugs to be Stupid’

A man in a pickup confronted a woman stealing Trump yard signs , and she launches into a rather bizarre @ @ @ @ @ Landon Holland ’ s truck managed to record the conversation , which they posted days @ @ @ @ @ woman , a proud transplant from California in presumably a Blue State — Idaho is @ @ @ @ @ unleashes a strange stream of curse words , crass insults and threatens to call the @ @ @ @ @ , Holland asks if she ’ s smoking drugs , to which the sign stealer @ @ @ @ @ ’ t have to smoke anything to be stupid .
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thelibertydaily--2020-09-22--Almost 90 Percent of NYC Bars and Restaurants Couldn’t Pay August Rent Thanks to Liberal Lockdown Lu

Almost 90 Percent of NYC Bars and Restaurants Couldn’t Pay August Rent Thanks to Liberal Lockdown Lunacy

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Nearly 90 percent of New York City bar and restaurant owners couldn’t pay their rent in August, heightening the continued crush the coronavirus shutdown has inflicted on Gotham’s economy.
Eighty-seven percent of bars, restaurants, nightclubs and event spaces in the five boroughs could not pay their full August rent, according to data from 457 businesses surveyed between Aug. 25 and Sept. 11, in a new study released Monday by the nonprofit NYC Hospitality Alliance.
It’s a 7 percentage-point increase from June and a four-point jump from July, darkening the dire picture for eateries desperately seeking relief following six months of partial — and in some cases total — closure due to COVID-19 shutdowns.
Some 34 percent of this group said they could not pay rent at all last month, and only 12.9 percent were able to meet full payments.
“Restaurants, bars and nightlife venues have been financially devastated by the COVID-19 pandemic,” said alliance executive director Andrew Rigie.
“Even before the pandemic when operating at 100 percent occupancy, these small businesses were struggling to stay open. Now we’re seeing widespread closures, approximately 150,000 industry workers are still out of their jobs, and the overwhelming majority of these remaining small businesses cannot afford to pay rent.
“The hospitality industry is essential to New York’s economic and social fabric, and to ensure the survival of these vital small businesses and jobs, we urgently need rent relief, an indefinite extension of outdoor dining, a roadmap for expanded indoor dining, covered business interruption insurance and immediate passage of the Restaurants Act by Congress,” he added.
When asked if landlords were waiving rent in relation to COVID-19 hardships, just 40 percent of businesses responded in the affirmative — 28.5 percent said less than 50 percent of their rental obligations were waived in August, 43 percent said 50 percent and 28.5 percent said they were given a break on more than 50 percent of their rental fees.
Meanwhile, 90 percent reported they have been trying to negotiate their leases, but their landlords wouldn’t budge.
The study also comes ahead of the long-awaited partial reopening of New York City’s indoor dining slated for Sept. 30 at 25 percent capacity.
New York City will be the last region in the state — and also a month behind neighboring New Jersey — to get the green light for the practice, despite a majority of the Empire State’s 57 counties outside the five boroughs being approved for the practice since June.
“I’m not really surprised because the industry is devastated by this pandemic,” said David Rosen, owner of several eateries including Williamsburg’s the Breakers. He is also co-founder of the Brooklyn Allied Bars and Restaurants and a member of the New York City Nightlife Advisory Board.
“The analysis around why folks are not able to get firm relief from their landlord, or renegotiate around long-term lease agreements or changes, is interesting because the narrative for the past few months has generally trended in a positive direction,” said Rosen.
“I can understand why landlords have been reticent to renegotiate because people have been under the impression that we would reopen or get back to normal,” he added, saying he, too, is in different stages of ongoing discussions with his landlords and doesn’t expect to fully reopen his venues until at least next spring.
“What’s concerning about this report is I would assume given the past two months and with outdoor dining unfortunately will be peak revenue season during this pandemic for restaurants. As we head into the winter, even with indoor dining on the horizon, I don’t think that 25 percent indoor will exceed what exists already outside. This ‘inability to pay rent’ trend will continue, if not worsen,” he said.
“We understand the difficulties facing restaurants, which is why we’re protecting commercial establishments from eviction, allowing bars to sell cocktails via take-out and delivery, and cutting red tape so restaurants can easily expand outdoor dining,” said Jack Sterne, a spokesman for Gov. Cuomo.
Guidelines will be reassessed by Nov. 1 and restaurants may be allowed to increase to 50 percent capacity depending on positive compliance and infection data, according to state officials.
The Empire State has also recorded several months’ worth of less than a 1 percent positive COVID-19 infection rate statewide.


thelibertydaily--2020-09-22--Tropical Storm Beta Makes Landfall, Brings Flooding to Texas

HOUSTON ( AP ) — Storm surge and rainfall combined Tuesday to bring more flooding along the Texas coast after Tropical Storm Beta made landfall , threatening areas that have already seen their share of damaging weather during a busy hurricane season .
The storm made landfall late Monday just north of Port O ’ Connor , Texas .
Early Tuesday , Beta was 35 miles ( 56 kilometers ) north northwest of the city with maximum winds of 40 mph ( 64 kph ) , the U.S. National Hurricane Center said .
The storm was moving toward the northwest @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and is expected to stall inland over Texas .
“ We currently have both storm surge and rainfall going on right now , ” said National Weather Service meteorologist Amaryllis Cotto in Galveston , Texas .
Cotto said 6-12 inches ( 15-30 centimeters ) of rain has fallen in the area , with isolated amounts of up to 18 inches ( 45 centimeters ) .
Dangerous flash flooding is expected through Wednesday , Cotto said .
Beta was the ninth named storm that made landfall in the continental U.S. this year .
That @ @ @ @ @ @ @ according to Colorado State University hurricane researcher Phil Klotzbach .
It also was the first time a Greek letter named storm made landfall in the continental U.S .
Forecasters ran out of traditional storm names on Friday , forcing the use of the Greek alphabet for only the second time since the 1950s .
Beta will move inland over southeastern Texas through Wednesday and then over Louisiana and Mississippi on Wednesday night through Friday , and the biggest unknown from Beta was how much rainfall it could produce .
Beta was expected to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ flooding was possible in Arkansas , Louisiana and Mississippi as the system moves farther inland .
Earlier predictions of up to 20 inches ( 51 centimeters ) in some areas were downgraded Monday to up to 15 inches ( 38 centimeters ) .
Forecasters and officials reassured residents Beta was not expected to be another Hurricane Harvey or Tropical Storm Imelda .
Harvey in 2017 dumped more than 50 inches ( 127 centimeters ) of rain on Houston , causing $ 125 billion in damage in Texas .
Imelda , which hit Southeast @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the wettest cyclones on record .
Storm surge up to 4 feet ( 1.2 meters ) was possible in the Galveston and Beaumont areas through Wednesday morning , forecasters said .
In Galveston , an island city southeast of Houston , there was already some street flooding Monday from rising tides and part of a popular fishing pier collapsed due to strong waves .
Farther south on the Texas coast , Maria Serrano Culpepper along with her two daughters and dogs left their home in Magnolia Beach near Matagorda Bay on Sunday night @ @ @ @ @ @ @ want to be trapped in her home , three blocks from the beach , with wind , rain and possibly no electricity .
She and her family evacuated to a friend ’ s home in nearby Victoria .
Culpepper said her home should be fine as it ’ s on stilts 13 feet ( 4 meters ) off the ground and was built to withstand strong storms .
“ I ’ m feeling OK now .
I had two nights without sleeping because I was worried about ( Beta ) being a Category @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the storm lost power , ” said Culpepper , who works as an engineer at a nearby chemical plant .
On Monday , Gov .
Greg Abbott issued a disaster declaration for 29 Texas counties ahead of Beta ’ s arrival .
Beta is forecast to dump heavy rain on the southwestern corner of Louisiana three weeks after the same area got pounded by Hurricane Laura .
The rainfall and storm surge prompted Louisiana Gov .
John Bel Edwards to declare a state of emergency .
In Lake Charles , Mayor Nic Hunter @ @ @ @ @ @ @ set back efforts in his Louisiana community to recover after Laura , which damaged about 95 % of the city ’ s 30,000 structures .
Hunter said the worry of another storm was “ an emotional and mental toll for a lot of our citizens.
” Parts of the Alabama coast and Florida Panhandle were still reeling from Hurricane Sally , which roared ashore Wednesday , causing at least two deaths .
Meanwhile , Hurricane Teddy continued its path toward Canada , with a predicted landfall in Nova Scotia early Wednesday before moving @ @ @ @ @ @ @ said .
The large and powerful storm was causing dangerous rip currents along the U.S. East Coast , and tropical storm conditions were expected to begin in Nova Scotia by Tuesday afternoon , the National Hurricane Center said .
Teddy was about 435 miles ( 695 kilometers ) south of Halifax , Nova Scotia , early Tuesday with maximum sustained winds of 100 mph ( 155 kph ) .
Teddy was expected to weaken later Tuesday and Wednesday but forecasters said it would likely be a strong , post-tropical cyclone when it moves @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 2020 The Associated Press .
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HOUSTON (AP) — Beta weakened to a tropical depression Tuesday as it parked itself over the Texas coast, raising concerns of extensive flooding in Houston and areas farther inland.
Beta made landfall late Monday as a tropical storm just north of Port O’Connor, Texas, and has the distinction of being the first time a storm named for a Greek letter made landfall in the continental United States. Forecasters ran out of traditional storm names last week, forcing the use of the Greek alphabet for only the second time since the 1950s.
By mid-morning Tuesday, Beta was 15 miles (25 kilometers) east-northeast of Victoria, Texas, with maximum sustained winds of 35 mph (55 kph), the U.S. National Hurricane Center said. The storm was moving toward the northeast at 2 mph (4 kilometers) and is expected to stall inland over Texas through Wednesday.
The National Weather Service said areas south and east of Houston had already seen 10 inches (25 centimeters) or more of rain by midday Tuesday because of Beta.
Street flooding was reported in parts of Houston, but there were no reports of buildings being flooded, Mayor Sylvester Turner said late Tuesday morning. Turner urged residents to stay home and, if they couldn’t, to not drive around the 70-some barricades placed throughout the city.
“It’s going to be moving very slowly heading east and until it clears and gets on the east side of Houston, we’re going to have to deal with these rain bands,” Turner said.
Beta was the ninth named storm that made landfall in the continental U.S. this year. That tied a record set in 1916, according to Colorado State University hurricane researcher Phil Klotzbach.
Beta was expected to eventually move over Louisiana, Arkansas and Mississippi later in the week, bringing the risk of flash flooding.
Forecasters warned of heavy rainfall Tuesday on the middle and upper Texas coast, which will cause significant flash flooding. Six to 12 inches of rain (15 to 30 centimeters) was expected, with some isolated areas of up to 20 inches (51 centimeters), forecasters said.
However, forecasters and officials reassured residents Beta was not expected to be another Hurricane Harvey or Tropical Storm Imelda. Harvey in 2017 dumped more than 50 inches (127 centimeters) of rain on Houston, causing $125 billion in damage in Texas. Imelda, which hit Southeast Texas last year, was one of the wettest cyclones on record.
Gov. Greg Abbott issued a disaster declaration for 29 Texas counties on Monday, ahead of Beta’s arrival.
Beta is forecast to dump heavy rain on the southwestern corner of Louisiana three weeks after the same area got pounded by Hurricane Laura. The rainfall and storm surge prompted Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards to declare a state of emergency.
In Lake Charles, Mayor Nic Hunter worried about Beta’s rainfall could set back efforts in his Louisiana community to recover after Laura, which damaged about 95% of the city’s 30,000 structures. Hunter said the worry of another storm was “an emotional and mental toll for a lot of our citizens.”
Parts of the Alabama coast and Florida Panhandle were still reeling from Hurricane Sally, which roared ashore Wednesday, causing at least two deaths.
Meanwhile, Hurricane Teddy continued its path toward Canada, with a predicted landfall in Nova Scotia early Wednesday before moving into Newfoundland on Wednesday night, forecasters said. The large and powerful storm was causing dangerous rip currents along the U.S. East Coast, and tropical storm conditions were expected to begin in Nova Scotia by Tuesday afternoon, the hurricane center said.
Teddy was about 345 miles (555 kilometers) south of Halifax, Nova Scotia, on Tuesday morning with maximum sustained winds of 105 mph (165 kph). Teddy was expected to weaken later Tuesday and Wednesday but forecasters said it would likely be a strong, post-tropical cyclone when it moves in and over Nova Scotia.
Paulette, which made landfall last week in Bermuda as a hurricane, has regenerated near the Azores but was weakening on Tuesday, the hurricane center said. Now a tropical storm, Paulette was expected to become a post-tropical remnant low in the next day or so.
The National Weather Service said on Twitter: “Because 2020, we now have Zombie Tropical Storms. Welcome back to the land of the living, Tropical Storm Paulette.”
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thelibertydaily--2020-09-22--Federal Execution Planned of Killer Who Admitted Witchcraft Drove Him

CHICAGO ( AP ) — A former U.S. soldier who said an obsession with witchcraft led him to slay a Georgia nurse in a bid to lift a spell he believed she put on him is the first of two more inmates the federal government is preparing to put to death this week .
William Emmett LeCroy , 50 , on Tuesday would be the sixth federal inmate executed by lethal injection this year at the U.S. prison in Terre Haute , Indiana .
Another is scheduled for Thursday of Christopher Vialva , who would be the first African-American on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ year .
LeCroy is white , as were four of the five inmates executed earlier .
The fifth was a Navajo .
Critics say President Donald Trump ’ s resumption of federal executions this year after a 17-year hiatus is a cynical bid to help him claim the mantle of law-and-order candidate leading up to Election Day .
Supporters say Trump is bringing long-overdue justice to victims and their families .
Lawyers asked Trump in a recent petition to commute LeCroy ’ s sentence to life in prison , citing , among other @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , Georgia State Trooper Chad LeCroy , was killed during a routine traffic stop in 2010 , The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported .
“ The pain and sorrow felt by the LeCroy family at potentially losing two of their sons is unimaginable , ” the petition said .
LeCroy broke into the Cherrylog , Georgia , mountain home of 30-year-old Joann Lee Tiesler on Oct. 7 , 2001 , and waited for her to return from a shopping trip .
When she walked through the door , LeCroy struck her with a shotgun , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ slashed her throat and repeatedly stabbed her in the back .
LeCroy had known Tiesler because she lived near a relative ’ s home and would often wave to her as he drove by .
He later told investigators he ’ d come to believe she might have been his old babysitter he called Tinkerbell , who LeCroy claimed sexually molested him as a child .
After killing Tiesler , he realized that couldn ’ t possibly be true .
Two days after killing Tiesler , LeCroy was arrested driving Tiesler ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Minnesota heading to Canada .
Authorities found a note LeCroy wrote before his arrest in which he asked Tiesler for forgiveness , according to court filings .
“ You were an angel and I killed you , ” it read .
“ I am a vagabond and doomed to hell.
” LeCroy , who joined the Army at 17 but was soon after discharged for going AWOL , later spoke about an interest in witchcraft that began during a previous stint in prison for burglary , child molestation and other charges .
LeCroy @ @ @ @ @ @ @ slaying about how Tiesler was Tinkerbell and that assaulting her would reverse a hex she put on him .
After he cut her throat , he went to Tiesler ’ s computer to search for books about witchcraft , filings say .
Jurors in 2004 convicted LeCroy on a federal charge of carjacking resulting in death and then recommended a death sentence .
LeCroy ’ s lawyers have sought to halt the execution on appeal on multiple grounds , including that his trial lawyers didn ’ t properly emphasize evidence about his upbringing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ jurors not to impose a death sentence .
None of those appeals have succeeded , though lawyers could continue to ask for court intervention up to the hour of his scheduled execution .
Last-minute legal appeals by the previous five death-row inmates all failed .
The petition to Trump notes that the man who killed LeCroy ’ s brother , Gregory Favors , pleaded guilty in state court and received a sentence of life in prison , arguing that the two cases show how capital cases can often be arbitrary .
“ The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ' use of their discretion to apply the death penalty is a compelling reason for an act of mercy toward the LeCroy family that has already suffered such a great loss , ” the petition said .
The vast majority of executions in recent decades have been carried out by states .
Over previous 56 years , before the Trump administration ’ s reboot of executions in 2020 , the federal government had executed just three people — all in the early 2000s .
Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh was among them .
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TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (AP) — The U.S. government on Tuesday executed a former soldier who said an obsession with witchcraft led him to kill a Georgia nurse he believed had put a spell on him.
William Emmett LeCroy, 50, was pronounced dead at 9:06 p.m. EDT after receiving a lethal injection at the same U.S. prison in Terre Haute, Indiana, where five others have been executed i n 2020 following a 17-year period without a federal execution.
Lawyers had asked President Donald Trump in a petition to commute LeCroy’s sentence to life in prison, saying that LeCroy’s brother, Georgia State Trooper Chad LeCroy, was killed during a routine traffic stop in 2010 and that another son’s death would devastate their family.
The execution began nearly three hours later than scheduled as LeCroy’s lawyers made an ultimately failed, last-minute bid to convince the U.S. Supreme Court to issue a stay.
As a curtain rose across glass windows separating witnesses from the death chamber, LeCroy lay strapped to a cross-shaped gurney, with IVs in his forearms and hands. He kept his eyes fixed firmly on the ceiling, not turning to look toward witnesses. The witnesses included the father and fiancé of Joann Lee Tiesler, whom LeCroy raped and stabbed to death 19 years ago, Justice Department spokesperson Kerri Kupec said in a statement.
LeCroy’s spiritual adviser, Sister Barbara Battista, stood a few feet away inside the chamber, her head bowed and reading softly from a prayer book.
LeCroy had said last week he didn’t want to play into what he called the “theater” surrounding his execution and so might not make a full statement in the minutes before he died, Battista told The Associated Press earlier Tuesday.
When a prison official leaned over him Tuesday night and gently pulled off LeCroy’s face mask to ask if he had any last words, LeCroy responded calmly and matter-of-factly. His last and only words were: “Sister Battista is about to receive in the postal service my last statement.”
LeCroy kept his eyes open as someone out of his view in an adjacent room began administering the lethal injection of pentobarbital. His eyelids grew heavy while his midsection began to heave uncontrollably. After several more minutes, color drained from his limbs, his face turned ashen and his lips tinted blue. After about 10 more minutes, an official with a stethoscope entered the chamber, felt LeCroy’s wrist for a pulse and then listened to his heart before officially declaring him dead.
Another execution, of Christopher Vialva, is scheduled Thursday. He would be the first African American on federal death row to be put to death in the series of federal executions this year.
Critics say the Justice Department’s resumption of federal executions this year is a cynical bid to help Trump claim the mantel of law-and-order candidate leading up to Election Day. Supporters say Trump is bringing long-overdue justice to victims and their families.
LeCroy broke into the Cherrylog, Georgia, mountain home of Joann Lee Tiesler on Oct. 7, 2001, and waited for her to return from a shopping trip. When she walked through the door, LeCroy struck her with a shotgun, bound and raped her. He then slashed her throat and repeatedly stabbed her in the back.
LeCroy had known Tiesler because she lived near a relative’s home and would often wave to her as he drove by. He later told investigators he’d come to believe she might have been his old babysitter he called Tinkerbell, who LeCroy claimed sexually molested him as a child. After killing Tiesler, he realized that couldn’t possibly be true.
Two days after killing Tiesler, LeCroy was arrested driving Tiesler’s truck after passing a U.S. checkpoint in Minnesota heading to Canada.
Authorities found a note LeCroy wrote before his arrest in which he asked Tiesler for forgiveness, according to court filings. “You were an angel and I killed you,” it read. “I am a vagabond and doomed to hell.”
“Today justice was finally served. William LeCroy died a peaceful death in stark contrast to the horror he imposed on my daughter Joann,” the victim’s father, Tom Tiesler, said in a statement.
“I am unaware that he ever showed any remorse for his evil actions, his life of crime or for the horrific burden he caused Joann’s loved ones,” the statement read.
A few hours before the execution, Battista, waiting near the prison, held a bag of caramel chocolate that she said was LeCroy’s favorite. In conversations with him in the days leading up to the execution, she said he had been contemplating his likely death and sounded resigned.
“He said, ‘You know, once we were not and then we are and then we are not,’” she said. “He was reflective. He didn’t seem agitated.”
LeCroy joined the Army at 17 but was soon was discharged for going AWOL and later spoke about an interest in witchcraft that began during a previous stint in prison for burglary, child molestation and other charges.
He had ruminated for days before the slaying about how Tiesler was Tinkerbell and that assaulting her would reverse a hex she put on him. After he cut her throat, he went to Tiesler’s computer to search for books about witchcraft, court filings said.
He was convicted in 2004 on a federal charge of carjacking resulting in death and a jury recommended a death sentence.
LeCroy’s lawyers had unsuccessfully tried to halt the execution and argued that his trial lawyers didn’t properly emphasize evidence about his upbringing and mental health that could have persuaded jurors not to impose a death sentence. Their last-minute appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court was also rejected.
Over previous 56 years, before the Trump administration’s reboot of executions this year, the federal government had executed just three people — all in the early 2000s. Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh was among them.
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Associated Press writer Michael Balsamo in Washington contributed to this report.
Copyright 2020 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.


thelibertydaily--2020-09-22--FinCen Leak Allegedly Shows Russian Oligarchs Moving Dirty Money

Yesterday the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists published the ‘ FinCen files ‘ , a collection of ‘ suspicious activity reports ’ ( SARS ) submitted by large American banks to the U.S. Treasury Department .
The reporting shows massive movement of dirty money around the world , facilitated by some of the world ’ s biggest and supposedly most crime-free financial institutions .
Unfortunately , this shows evidence of the oldest failing in human history — money talks .
The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists ( ICIJ ) and BuzzFeed News said that big banks flagged $ 2 trillion @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The FinCEN Files investigation , led by 108 media outlets from 88 countries , is based on more than 2,100 leaked suspicious activity reports ( SARs ) submitted by banks to the U.S. Treasury ’ s financial law enforcement agency , wrote The Moscow Times .
Russian oligarchs were front and center in the news , with some of Russian President Vladimir Putin ’ s closest friends implicated .
In Russia , the investigation found suspicious banking activities by companies thought to be owned by Putin-linked tycoons Oleg Deripaska , Arkady Rotenberg , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ well as the president ’ s childhood friend Sergei Roldugin .
Shares in the world ’ s largest banks plummeted and regulators demanded reform hours after the release of the latest investigation by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists , reported ICIJ .
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Yesterday the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists published the ‘FinCen files‘, a collection of ‘suspicious activity reports’ (SARS) submitted by large American banks to the U.S. Treasury Department.
The reporting shows massive movement of dirty money around the world, facilitated by some of the world’s biggest and supposedly most crime-free financial institutions. Unfortunately, this shows evidence of the oldest failing in human history — money talks.
The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) and BuzzFeed News said that big banks flagged $2 trillion worth of suspicious transactions between 1999-2017. The FinCEN Files investigation, led by 108 media outlets from 88 countries, is based on more than 2,100 leaked suspicious activity reports (SARs) submitted by banks to the U.S. Treasury’s financial law enforcement agency, wrote The Moscow Times.
Russian oligarchs were front and center in the news, with some of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s closest friends implicated.
In Russia, the investigation found suspicious banking activities by companies thought to be owned by Putin-linked tycoons Oleg Deripaska, Arkady Rotenberg, Alisher Usmanov and Alexei Mordashov, as well as the president’s childhood friend Sergei Roldugin.
Shares in the world’s largest banks plummeted and regulators demanded reform hours after the release of the latest investigation by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, reported ICIJ.


thelibertydaily--2020-09-22--“O Sacred Neck, Now Wounded”—New Song Worships George Floyd

The “ worship ” band Porter ’ s Gate , which describes itself as “ a sacred ecumenical arts collective reimagining and recreating worship that welcomes , reflects and impacts both the community and the church , ” is releasing a new album of lament songs .
One of the songs featured in this new album will be a new rendition of “ O Sacred Head , Now Wounded , ” entitled “ O Sacred Neck , Now Wounded.
” The difference between the two versions ?
As one reporter has pointed out , “ the old hymn worshiped Jesus @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” 3 Throughout the “ hymn , ” they clearly conflate Jesus and Floyd , and you can ’ t tell when they are speaking of Jesus and when they ’ re speaking of Floyd .
Here are the first and third verses of the song : O Sacred Neck , now wounded , pressed down by blows and knees , this son of God surrounded by silent enemies .
Will no one stop and listen ?
Will no one rise and speak of violence and oppression which hanged You from that tree @ @ @ @ @ @ @ now breathless in the street , Your people here press onward to be Your hands and feet , Your mouth to speak Your justice , Your heartbeat for the poor ; Your life , it flows within us to break down prison doors !
If you ’ re confused why George Floyd is replacing Jesus in this hymn—and being given capitalized pronouns and called “ Sacred , ” typically reserved for use in referring to the divine—the band released a statement about it ( after receiving “ questions and inquiries ” ) .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ both traditional hymns and more contemporary worship music is the theme of seeking the face of Jesus—of turning our eyes to Him and asking Him to open the eyes of our hearts that we might more fully see Him in our midst .
And the good news for us is that Jesus spoke very clearly about the kinds of places that we will find Him .
He tells us that when we visit the hospital , that we will see His face in the face of the sick , that when we feed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ will see His face in the face of the poor , and that when we visit criminals in their incarceration , that we will see His face in the face of the prisoner .
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It is for these reasons we decided to release this original song which draws from the hymn “ O Sacred Head , Now Wounded ” in pondering the suffering of Christ , but also asking us as listeners and worshippers to contemplate where Jesus is still revealing His presence to us .
Here is the Bible passage @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that when we help the hungry , thirsty , sick , naked , and imprisoned , we are really doing it for him .
But that does not mean Jesus is literally each of those troubled people—or that when we look at a hungry person we are looking into the very eyes of Jesus and should start singing worship songs directed towards them .
This statement from Porter ’ s Gate is a complete misrepresentation and twisting of Scripture to try and rationalize what is nothing short of blasphemy .
I hope more @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , we need to judge according to God ’ s standards ) for what it is and call this group to account .
God alone is worthy of our worship ( Luke 4:8 ) .
Regardless of our feelings about any human being , cause , or event ( and all of those should be compared against the authority of God ’ s Word ! )
—God alone is worthy of our worship .
This new reimagining of the classic hymn directs worship to a human being , instead of the holy God @ @ @ @ @ @ @ their reasons will ever rationalize such a wicked offense .
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Please note: this blog is not a commentary on racism1 or the events surrounding the death of George Floyd last May in Minneapolis, but rather on a hymn that relates to Floyd’s passing.2
The hymn “O Sacred Head, Now Wounded” is believed to have originally come from a long poem, often attributed to Bernard of Clairvaux of France, written in or around 1153. The words were adapted over the centuries into hymns, in German as well as in English, and many churches still sing this hymn today. So, for nearly 1,000 years, in one form or another, Christians have read or sung these words in somber reflection of what Christ suffered and what he has done for us. But the hymn has been changed once again . . . and this time it worships someone altogether different from Christ. There’s only one word for it: blasphemy.
“The old hymn worshiped Jesus while the new one worships George Floyd.”
The “worship” band Porter’s Gate, which describes itself as “a sacred ecumenical arts collective reimagining and recreating worship that welcomes, reflects and impacts both the community and the church,” is releasing a new album of lament songs. One of the songs featured in this new album will be a new rendition of “O Sacred Head, Now Wounded,” entitled “O Sacred Neck, Now Wounded.” The difference between the two versions? As one reporter has pointed out, “the old hymn worshiped Jesus while the new one worships George Floyd.”3 Throughout the “hymn,” they clearly conflate Jesus and Floyd, and you can’t tell when they are speaking of Jesus and when they’re speaking of Floyd.
Here are the first and third verses of the song:
O Sacred Neck, now wounded, pressed down by blows and knees,
this son of God surrounded by silent enemies.
Will no one stop and listen? Will no one rise and speak
of violence and oppression which hanged You from that tree? O Sacred Body, wounded, now breathless in the street,
Your people here press onward to be Your hands and feet,
Your mouth to speak Your justice, Your heartbeat for the poor;
Your life, it flows within us to break down prison doors!
If you’re confused why George Floyd is replacing Jesus in this hymn—and being given capitalized pronouns and called “Sacred,” typically reserved for use in referring to the divine—the band released a statement about it (after receiving “questions and inquiries”).
One of the most consistent themes in both traditional hymns and more contemporary worship music is the theme of seeking the face of Jesus—of turning our eyes to Him and asking Him to open the eyes of our hearts that we might more fully see Him in our midst. And the good news for us is that Jesus spoke very clearly about the kinds of places that we will find Him. He tells us that when we visit the hospital, that we will see His face in the face of the sick, that when we feed those who are hungry, that we will see His face in the face of the poor, and that when we visit criminals in their incarceration, that we will see His face in the face of the prisoner . . . It is for these reasons we decided to release this original song which draws from the hymn “O Sacred Head, Now Wounded” in pondering the suffering of Christ, but also asking us as listeners and worshippers to contemplate where Jesus is still revealing His presence to us.
Here is the Bible passage they are referring to:
“For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me, I was naked and you clothed me, I was sick and you visited me, I was in prison and you came to me.” Then the righteous will answer him, saying, “Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you drink? And when did we see you a stranger and welcome you, or naked and clothe you? And when did we see you sick or in prison and visit you?” And the King will answer them, “Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.” (Matthew 25:35–40)
This statement from Porter’s Gate is a complete misrepresentation and twisting of Scripture to try and rationalize what is nothing short of blasphemy.
Jesus said that when we help the hungry, thirsty, sick, naked, and imprisoned, we are really doing it for him. But that does not mean Jesus is literally each of those troubled people—or that when we look at a hungry person we are looking into the very eyes of Jesus and should start singing worship songs directed towards them. This statement from Porter’s Gate is a complete misrepresentation and twisting of Scripture to try and rationalize what is nothing short of blasphemy. I hope more Christians will judge this song (yes, we need to judge according to God’s standards) for what it is and call this group to account.
God alone is worthy of our worship (Luke 4:8). Regardless of our feelings about any human being, cause, or event (and all of those should be compared against the authority of God’s Word!)—God alone is worthy of our worship. This new reimagining of the classic hymn directs worship to a human being, instead of the holy God. And no “statement” on their reasons will ever rationalize such a wicked offense.
Get More Answers on Answers News
This item was discussed Wednesday on Answers News with cohosts Avery Foley, Bryan Osborne, and Bodie Hodge. Answers News is our weekly news program filmed live before a studio audience here at the Creation Museum and broadcast on my Facebook page and the Answers in Genesis Facebook page. We also covered the following topics:
“Once-in-a-lifetime” archaeological discovery made in Jerusalem.
“Mammoth” numbers of mammoth skeletons discovered.
“How to Overthrow the State”—coming to a university near you?
And more!
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Thanks for stopping by and thanks for praying,
Ken
This item was written with the assistance of AiG’s research team.