thelibertydaily--2020-09-22--Life—Discovered on Venus! (Well, Only if You Read CNN’s Headlines)

Well .
.
.
no and no .
As one famous person would say : “ fake news.
” The attention-grabbing headlines don ’ t accurately convey what the study discovered , and no : hints of life have not been found on Venus .
What scientists detected in the atmosphere of Venus was trace amounts of the gas phosphine , which on earth is suggestive of biological processes ( bacteria living in anaerobic conditions ) and therefore life—here .
But on Venus , the possibility of life , particularly aerial life in Venusian clouds , “ is not likely.
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ t able to determine how the phosphine got there , they conclude , `` Our hoped-for impact in the planetary science community is to stimulate more research on Venus itself , research on the possibilities of life in Venus ' atmosphere , and even space missions focused to find signs of life or even life itself in the Venusian atmosphere . ''
Phosphine can have a biogenic origin .
Typically , that biogenic origin is anaerobic , much like methane is generated in anaerobic decomposition .
However , like methane , phosphine @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
For instance , methane is common in comets and the outer planets , but no one seriously suggests that this methane had a biogenic origin .
Furthermore , a decade ago , phosphine was detected in the atmospheres of Jupiter and Saturn , but no one claims it was biogenic .
Apparently , the people involved in this discovery think they have eliminated all abiogenic pathways that could produce phosphine on Venus .
I suspect that they haven ’ t considered all possibilities .
Really , these headlines implying evidence for life @ @ @ @ @ @ @ typical fake news headlines that CNN and others often put out .
If you read the actual article , you find that these headlines are simply not true at all .
But they probably help scientists who are hoping for more research grants !
Secularists are desperately searching for life elsewhere in the universe , as they think this will prove that the God of the Bible doesn ’ t exist and that his Word is not true .
So when a scientist suggests that possibly , maybe , perhaps , they do @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a slight possibility , but it may not be evidence for life on another planet , the headline is constructed by the news media to deliberately mislead and imply something that is not true—really it ’ s just “ clickbait.
” ( For a trusted news program on science and social issues , check out our Answers News programs , broadcast each Monday and Wednesday at 2 p.m .
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News headlines (like those on CNN) around the world recently loudly proclaimed that signatures of life had been discovered on the hot, gaseous planet second from the sun, Venus. But do these headlines accurately represent the study (a question we always need to ask when we see a headline!)? Have hints of life really been discovered on Venus?
The attention-grabbing headlines don’t accurately convey what the study discovered, and no: hints of life have not been found on Venus.
Well . . . no and no. As one famous person would say: “fake news.” The attention-grabbing headlines don’t accurately convey what the study discovered, and no: hints of life have not been found on Venus. What scientists detected in the atmosphere of Venus was trace amounts of the gas phosphine, which on earth is suggestive of biological processes (bacteria living in anaerobic conditions) and therefore life—here. But on Venus, the possibility of life, particularly aerial life in Venusian clouds, “is not likely.” Still, since the scientists weren’t able to determine how the phosphine got there, they conclude, "Our hoped-for impact in the planetary science community is to stimulate more research on Venus itself, research on the possibilities of life in Venus' atmosphere, and even space missions focused to find signs of life or even life itself in the Venusian atmosphere."
Our astronomer, Dr. Danny Faulkner, explains,
Phosphine can have a biogenic origin. Typically, that biogenic origin is anaerobic, much like methane is generated in anaerobic decomposition. However, like methane, phosphine can have an abiogenic origin, too. For instance, methane is common in comets and the outer planets, but no one seriously suggests that this methane had a biogenic origin. Furthermore, a decade ago, phosphine was detected in the atmospheres of Jupiter and Saturn, but no one claims it was biogenic. Apparently, the people involved in this discovery think they have eliminated all abiogenic pathways that could produce phosphine on Venus. I suspect that they haven’t considered all possibilities.
Really, these headlines implying evidence for life has been found on Venus are the typical fake news headlines that CNN and others often put out. If you read the actual article, you find that these headlines are simply not true at all. But they probably help scientists who are hoping for more research grants!
Secularists are desperately searching for life elsewhere in the universe, as they think this will prove that the God of the Bible doesn’t exist and that his Word is not true.
Secularists are desperately searching for life elsewhere in the universe, as they think this will prove that the God of the Bible doesn’t exist and that his Word is not true. So when a scientist suggests that possibly, maybe, perhaps, they don't know for sure, there's a slight possibility, but it may not be evidence for life on another planet, the headline is constructed by the news media to deliberately mislead and imply something that is not true—really it’s just “clickbait.” (For a trusted news program on science and social issues, check out our Answers News programs, broadcast each Monday and Wednesday at 2 p.m. ET on Answers.TV and AiG's YouTube channel and other social media.)
Get More Answers on Answers News
I discussed this item today on Answers News with cohosts Dr. Georgia Purdom and Dr. Gabriela Haynes. Answers News is our twice-weekly news program filmed live before a studio audience here at the Creation Museum and broadcast on my Facebook page. We also covered the following topics:
Pastor John MacArthur threatened with prison for holding church services.
Mainline Protestants are twice as likely to have religiously unaffiliated teens.
Pres. Trump ends critical race training for federal employees.
And more!
Be sure to join us each Monday and Wednesday at 2 p.m. (ET) on my Facebook page for Answers News. You won’t want to miss this unique news program that gives science and culture news from a distinctly biblical and Christian perspective.
Thanks for stopping by and thanks for praying,
Ken
This item was written with the assistance of AiG’s research team.


thelibertydaily--2020-09-22--One Person Killed in Springfield, Missouri House Fire Considered ‘Suspicious’

SPRINGFIELD , Mo .
( KY3 ) -Police say one person died in a house fire Monday night , they @ @ @ @ @ .
Springfield Police Department ’ s crime scene unit arrived at the home about 5:20 @ @ @ @ @ started around 10:30 Monday night in the 1700 block of West Lombard , that ’ @ @ @ @ @ .
The house sustained extensive damage .
Investigators are trying to determine what started the @ @

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KY3) - Police say one person died in a house fire Monday night, they are calling the death suspicious.
Investigators identified the victim as Alice Hale, 66.
Springfield Police Department’s crime scene unit arrived at the home about 5:20 a.m. Tuesday. The fire started around 10:30 p.m. Monday in the 1700 block of West Lombard, near Scenic and Grand. The fire did extensive damage. Investigators are trying to determine what started the fire.
Neighbors tell KY3 News they had a feeling there was something strange about the fire, as they said the whole block was filled with fire trucks and police cars. One neighbor tells me they heard yelling from inside the home Monday evening, and a friend of the woman says it was unusual she didn’t return a message around 9 p.m. Family say Alice Hale had lived in this neighborhood all her life and worked as a custodian at various Springfield Public Schools up until her retirement. They are shocked at her death and full of questions.
“Why, pretty much the big question is why,” said John Hale, victim’s nephew. “Especially, as they said it’s suspicious. She wasn’t a bad person. She’d tell you exactly what she thought. She wasn’t afraid to smack you in the mouth if you got out of line. I know it was a little kid, that she was was not a spare the rod and spoil the child kind of woman. But she was very loving.”
Detectives continue to investigate and are asking anyone who has information about this incident to contact the Springfield Police Department at 417-864-1810 or make an anonymous call to Crime Stoppers at 417-869- TIPS (8477).
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thelibertydaily--2020-09-23--Democrat Vernon Jones: Trump Did More For Black Americans In 4 Years Than Biden Has In Over 40

Joe Biden has had almost half a century to implement policies that would help Black Americans , but he didn ’ t .
Instead , he engaged in racial demagoguery calculated solely to further his own ambitions .
There was a time the Democratic Party was home to many of America ’ s leading lights on race relations — people who were willing to ignore or even defy mainstream opinion to advance a cause they knew to be right and just .
Black Americans enthusiastically gravitated toward that , even overlooking the privately bigoted views of many of Democrat leaders @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Democrat establishment began to take our support for granted , paying lip service to the cause of racial justice on the campaign trail , but then perpetuating an unjust status quo in office .
From his earliest days in politics , Joe Biden has employed this cynical strategy with infuriating consistency .
As he reminded voters just last year , he proudly collaborated with openly segregationist colleagues during his early days in the U.S. Senate , a time when he was also an adamant foe of integrating America ’ s public schools .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ charge to implement one of the most racially discriminatory policy regimes since the end of Jim Crow : the “ tough-on-crime ” criminal justice laws of the late 1980s and early ‘ 90s , describing his position as “ lock the S.O.B.
’ s up.
” Most notoriously , he played a leading role in crafting the notorious 1994 crime bill that dramatically increased the incarceration rate for Black Americans , ushering in an era of mass incarceration that devastated our communities for generations .
That record didn ’ t hurt him when @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and as his ambitions took him to greater national prominence , he arrogantly expected that a “ -D ” after his name would be all he needed to secure the votes of millions of Black Americans .
Biden ’ s patronizing description of Barack Obama as the first “ clean ” mainstream African American candidate wasn ’ t even the most offensive remark he uttered during the 2008 campaign cycle .
That distinction goes to his claim that he would appeal to Southern white voters because his home state of Delaware was a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in the Civil War .
Four years later , while campaigning for reelection as Obama ’ s vice president , Biden shamelessly told Black voters that Republicans would “ put y ’ all back in chains ” — a bitter irony considering the role Biden himself had played in locking up generations of Black Americans .
Nothing has changed since then — Biden still expects Black people to compliantly cast their votes for him despite the fact that he has done nothing for us .
In this election cycle , Biden went from @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ poor kids are just as smart as white kids ” to presumptuously declaring that “ you ain ’ t Black ” if you don ’ t vote for him in this election — a perspective evidently informed by his belief that there is barely any diversity in the Black community .
President Trump is Biden ’ s polar opposite .
While Biden was turning a blind eye to the rioting , looting , and indiscriminate violence afflicting Democrat-run cities all over the country this summer , the President was demanding that Democrat @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to restore law and order , pointing out that destroying small businesses in majority-Black communities does nothing to advance the cause of racial justice but does negatively impact the people who live in those communities .
Whereas Biden assumes that Black people will turn out in droves to vote for him despite his long history of working against our interests , President Trump is grateful for every Black vote he receives , rightly viewing that support as vindication of his successful efforts to empower and uplift Black Americans .
As a result of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Trump administration ’ s pro-growth economic policies , for instance , the Black unemployment rate reached multiple all-time lows prior to the disruption caused by the coronavirus pandemic .
Even more importantly , Donald Trump achieved something that Democrat politicians have been promising for decades , yet always failed to deliver : criminal justice reform that corrects the gross injustices that Biden helped to put in place all those years ago .
Thanks to the FIRST STEP Act , thousands of non-violent Black inmates have been able to earn early release , and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ personal and professional skills necessary to become productive members of society .
In this respect , President Trump is the one who is carrying on the legacy of past civil rights crusaders , working diligently to do what ’ s right despite knowing that he might never receive widespread recognition .
Joe Biden had half a century to improve conditions for Black Americans , but he chose racial demagoguery instead .
President Trump did more for the Black community in less than four years than Biden did in over four decades .

Joe Biden has had almost half a century to implement policies that would help Black Americans, but he didn’t. Instead, he engaged in racial demagoguery calculated solely to further his own ambitions.
There was a time the Democratic Party was home to many of America’s leading lights on race relations — people who were willing to ignore or even defy mainstream opinion to advance a cause they knew to be right and just. Black Americans enthusiastically gravitated toward that, even overlooking the privately bigoted views of many of Democrat leaders. Before long, however, the Democrat establishment began to take our support for granted, paying lip service to the cause of racial justice on the campaign trail, but then perpetuating an unjust status quo in office.
From his earliest days in politics, Joe Biden has employed this cynical strategy with infuriating consistency. As he reminded voters just last year, he proudly collaborated with openly segregationist colleagues during his early days in the U.S. Senate, a time when he was also an adamant foe of integrating America’s public schools.
Two decades later, Biden led the charge to implement one of the most racially discriminatory policy regimes since the end of Jim Crow: the “tough-on-crime” criminal justice laws of the late 1980s and early ‘90s, describing his position as “lock the S.O.B.’s up.” Most notoriously, he played a leading role in crafting the notorious 1994 crime bill that dramatically increased the incarceration rate for Black Americans, ushering in an era of mass incarceration that devastated our communities for generations.
That record didn’t hurt him when he sought reelection in lily-white Delaware, and as his ambitions took him to greater national prominence, he arrogantly expected that a “-D” after his name would be all he needed to secure the votes of millions of Black Americans.
Biden’s patronizing description of Barack Obama as the first “clean” mainstream African American candidate wasn’t even the most offensive remark he uttered during the 2008 campaign cycle. That distinction goes to his claim that he would appeal to Southern white voters because his home state of Delaware was a slave state that sided with the North in the Civil War.
Four years later, while campaigning for reelection as Obama’s vice president, Biden shamelessly told Black voters that Republicans would “put y’all back in chains” — a bitter irony considering the role Biden himself had played in locking up generations of Black Americans.
Nothing has changed since then — Biden still expects Black people to compliantly cast their votes for him despite the fact that he has done nothing for us. In this election cycle, Biden went from insulting Black folks with his claim that “poor kids are just as smart as white kids” to presumptuously declaring that “you ain’t Black” if you don’t vote for him in this election — a perspective evidently informed by his belief that there is barely any diversity in the Black community.
President Trump is Biden’s polar opposite. While Biden was turning a blind eye to the rioting, looting, and indiscriminate violence afflicting Democrat-run cities all over the country this summer, the President was demanding that Democrat governors and mayors allow their police forces to restore law and order, pointing out that destroying small businesses in majority-Black communities does nothing to advance the cause of racial justice but does negatively impact the people who live in those communities.
Whereas Biden assumes that Black people will turn out in droves to vote for him despite his long history of working against our interests, President Trump is grateful for every Black vote he receives, rightly viewing that support as vindication of his successful efforts to empower and uplift Black Americans.
As a result of the Blue Collar Boom created by the Trump administration’s pro-growth economic policies, for instance, the Black unemployment rate reached multiple all-time lows prior to the disruption caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
Even more importantly, Donald Trump achieved something that Democrat politicians have been promising for decades, yet always failed to deliver: criminal justice reform that corrects the gross injustices that Biden helped to put in place all those years ago. Thanks to the FIRST STEP Act, thousands of non-violent Black inmates have been able to earn early release, and thousands more have received help developing the personal and professional skills necessary to become productive members of society.
In this respect, President Trump is the one who is carrying on the legacy of past civil rights crusaders, working diligently to do what’s right despite knowing that he might never receive widespread recognition.
Joe Biden had half a century to improve conditions for Black Americans, but he chose racial demagoguery instead. President Trump did more for the Black community in less than four years than Biden did in over four decades.


thelibertydaily--2020-09-23--Democrat Seattle City Council Overides Mayor Jenny Durkan’s Veto on Defunding the Police

Seattle City Council voted to override Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan ’ s recent veto of cuts to the police department ’ s budget by a 7-2 vote .
“ We can not look away from this and we can no longer accept the status quo if we truly believe that Black lives matter , ” said Council President Lorena Gonzalez after expressing that she would be voting to override the mayor ’ s veto .
Councilmembers Alex Pedersen and Debora Juarez were the two dissenting votes in the special session and key vote Tuesday .
City council originally approved the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ August .
Mayor Durkan vetoed the legislation shortly thereafter .
The council ’ s proposed cuts included : • Eliminating up to 100 sworn officer positions across various teams via layoffs and attrition ( including 32 patrol officers ) , beginning in November 2020 • Capping command staff pay at $ 150,000 ( not including the chief ’ s salary , which was reduced to $ 275,000 ) .
While it technically only needed six votes to overturn Durkan ’ s veto , it actually needed seven to ensure that the money would @ @ @ @ @ @ @ legislation .
To mitigate the possibility that a veto override would fall short of seven votes , Gonzalez had an alternative budget proposal on the table .
Gonzalez ’ s alternative would have scaled back the council ’ s cuts to the SPD ’ s budget on a number of levels , including reducing promised community investments in public safety from $ 14 million to $ 2.5 million .
It would also walk back most of its previously-approved reductions to the city ’ s Navigation Team , cutting two full-time positions from the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ unfilled ) , rather than eliminating it entirely .
What does it mean when protesters call to defund the police ?
While Councilmember Teresa Mosqueda — who heads the council ’ s budget committee — remained “ hopeful ” that the veto override would have enough votes , Councilmember Kshama Sawant expressed concerns over the alternative proposal on the table .
“ For those of us who are willing to override the veto , I don ’ t understand the bargaining strategy to say ‘ here ’ s another bill that capitulates on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ t succeed , ” she noted during Monday morning ’ s briefing .
“ That doesn ’ t present any incentive for the council members who may be intending to not support the override of the veto.
” The council ’ s original proposal approved in August was considered a down payment on its pledge to defund SPD by 50 % , now expected in 2021 .
Councilmember Kshama Sawant was the lone “ no ” vote at that time , but voted in favor of overriding the mayor ’ s veto on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for the early August vote .

City council voted to override Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan’s recent veto of cuts to the police department’s remaining 2020 budget by a 7-2 vote, with the mayor issuing a statement after the fact indicating she might not adhere to all of the provisos laid out in the council’s proposal.
“We cannot look away from this and we can no longer accept the status quo if we truly believe that Black lives matter,” said Council President Lorena Gonzalez after expressing that she would be voting to override the mayor’s veto.
Councilmembers Alex Pedersen and Debora Juarez were the two dissenting votes in the special session and key vote Tuesday.
City council originally approved the cuts in a 7-1 vote in early August. Mayor Durkan vetoed the legislation shortly thereafter. The council’s now-finalized cuts include:
Eliminating up to 100 sworn officer positions across various teams via layoffs and attrition (including 32 patrol officers), beginning in November 2020
Capping command staff pay at $150,000 (not including the chief’s salary, which was reduced to $275,000).
Ending the Navigation Team
Although the council’s budget is now officially passed, it may need to make modifications in the days ahead. The proposal necessitated serving layoff notices to affected SPD staff three months ahead of the effective date in November.
“Because we are now in mid-September, that effectively doesn’t leave enough time to recoup the salary savings that would flow from those layoffs in 2020,” central staff told the council on Monday.
“We are not going to be able to effectuate the intent of these provisos, because it’s the middle of September, and we need at least three months to get an understanding whether this will come to fruition — it does not appear like we’ll be able to realize that,” Gonzalez confirmed.
It’s unclear at this time how the council plans to handle layoffs for 2020 detailed in the bill.
The mayor responds
Mayor Jenny Durkan issued a statement shortly after the council voted to override her veto, stating that part of her “overwhelming concern” about the council’s budget “was a lack of a plan,” and insinuating that her office has no plans to eliminate the Navigation Team as laid out in the legislation.
“[There’s] a lack of plan on addressing encampments across the City if we eliminated the Navigation Team, a lack of a plan regarding the specific source to repay a loan, and a lack of a plan to legally reduce our force while not jeopardizing a 9-1-1 response. While Council may not be concerned about the details, I am. And they actually do matter,” Durkan said in a written release.
That being so, she vowed to invest $100 million “in BIPOC communities in the 2021 budget,” while putting together a plan “that expands outreach in better coordination with the Navigation Team while expanding shelter capacity.”
“Our community is demanding that we work together,” Durkan said. “Even when we disagree, I have always believed we could work together on actual solutions that can be done and make the change we want to see.”
The council can’t technically force Durkan to spend money it appropriates in its approved budget, setting the table for more conflict between the mayor and councilmembers in the days ahead.
An alternate proposal falls short
To mitigate the possibility that a veto override would fall short of seven votes, Gonzalez also had an alternative budget proposal on the table that had reportedly been negotiated with Mayor Durkan.
Gonzalez’s alternative would have scaled back the council’s cuts to the SPD’s budget on a number of levels, including reducing promised community investments in public safety from $14 million to $2.5 million. It would also walk back most of its previously-approved reductions to the city’s Navigation Team, cutting two full-time positions from the team (which at this time remain unfilled), rather than eliminating it entirely.
What does it mean when protesters call to defund the police?
While Councilmember Teresa Mosqueda — who heads the council’s budget committee — remained “hopeful” that the veto override would have enough votes, Councilmember Kshama Sawant expressed concerns over the alternative proposal on the table.
“For those of us who are willing to override the veto, I don’t understand the bargaining strategy to say ‘here’s another bill that capitulates on many things if the override doesn’t succeed,” she noted during Monday morning’s briefing. “That doesn’t present any incentive for the council members who may be intending to not support the override of the veto.”
The council’s original proposal approved in August was considered a down payment on its pledge to defund SPD by 50%, now expected in 2021. Councilmember Kshama Sawant was the lone “no” vote at that time, but voted in favor of overriding the mayor’s veto on Tuesday. Debora Juarez was not present for the early August vote.
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thelibertydaily--2020-09-23--Walter Williams: If We’re Doing Reparations, Should African Nations Pay for Selling Innocent Black P

Walter Williams: If We’re Doing Reparations, Should African Nations Pay for Selling Innocent Black People?

Seventeenth-century poet and intellect John Milton predicted , “ When language in common use in any country becomes irregular and depraved , it is followed by their ruin and degradation.
” Gore Vidal , his 20th-century intellectual successor , elaborated , saying : “ As societies grow decadent , the language grows decadent , too .
Words are used to disguise , not to illuminate.
” Sloppy language permits people to get away with speaking and doing all manner of destructive nonsense without being challenged .
Let ’ s look at the concept of “ white privilege , ” the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ American history relative to , and at the expense of , “ people of color.
” It appears to be utter nonsense to suggest that poor and destitute white people in Appalachia have white privilege .
How can one tell if a person has white privilege ?
One imagines that the academic elite , who coined the term , refer to white people of a certain socioeconomic status such as those living in the suburbs with the privilege of high-income amenities .
But here is a question : Do Nigerians in the U.S. @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the New York Post this summer , 17 percent of all Nigerians in this country hold master ’ s degrees , 4 percent hold a doctorate and 37 percent hold a bachelor ’ s degree , according to the U.S. Census Bureau ’ s 2006 American Community Survey .
TRENDING : Schiff Accused DHS Insider of Lying to Congress , Still Accepts 'Whistleblower ' Complaint from Him By contrast , 19 percent of white people have a bachelor ’ s degree , 8 percent have master ’ s degrees and 1 percent have @ @ @ @ @ @ @ teach our young people that the U.S. became rich on the backs of free black labor .
That is utter nonsense .
Slavery does not have a very good record of producing wealth .
Think about it .
Slavery was all over the South and outlawed in most of the North .
I doubt that anyone would claim that the antebellum South was rich and the slave-starved North was poor .
The truth is just the opposite .
In fact , the poorest states and regions of our country were places where slavery @ @ @ @ @ @ @ — while the richest states and regions were those where slavery was outlawed — Pennsylvania , New York , New Jersey and Massachusetts .
Speaking of holding people accountable for slavery , there is no way that Europeans could have captured millions of Africans .
They had African and Arab help .
There would not have been much black slavery in the U.S. , and the Western Hemisphere in general , without Africans exchanging other Africans to European slave traders at the coast for guns , mirrors , cloths , foreign alcoholic beverages @ @ @ @ @ @ @ have called for a commission to study reparations , but I have not heard calls to hold the true perpetrators of American slavery accountable .
Should we demand that congressional Democrats haul representatives of Ghana , the Ivory Coast , Nigeria and Muslim states before Congress to condemn them for their role in American slavery and demand they pay reparations ?
Some of the greatest language mischief is related to terms such as racial “ disparities , ” “ gaps ” and “ disproportionality.
” These terms are taken as signs of injustice @ @ @ @ @ @ @ income of women is less than that of men .
Black and Hispanic students are suspended and expelled at higher rates than white students .
There are other race disparities and gaps all over the place .
For example , black people are 13 percent of the population but 80 percent of professional basketball players and 66 percent of professional football players , and on top of that , they ’ re some of the most highly paid players .
RELATED : Dennis Prager : If You Respect Black People and the Truth @ @ @ @ @ @ @ consistent with leftist ideology , those numbers seem to suggest that there is some kind of injustice toward Asian , white and Hispanic basketball and football players .
But before we run off thinking that everything is hunky-dory for black players in football , how many times have you seen a black player kick an extra point in professional football ?
What should be done to address these and other gross disparities ?
How can we make basketball , football , dressage and ice hockey , classical music concert attendance , not to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ?
In general , we should ignore disproportionality .
There is no evidence , anywhere in the world , suggesting that people sort out in any activity according to their numbers in the general population .
The best thing that we can do is clean up our language .
That will have the added benefit of straightening out our thinking so that we do not permit leftists to get away with making us feel guilty and believing in utter nonsense .
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Seventeenth-century poet and intellect John Milton predicted, “When language in common use in any country becomes irregular and depraved, it is followed by their ruin and degradation.”
Gore Vidal, his 20th-century intellectual successor, elaborated, saying: “As societies grow decadent, the language grows decadent, too. Words are used to disguise, not to illuminate.”
Sloppy language permits people to get away with speaking and doing all manner of destructive nonsense without being challenged.
Let’s look at the concept of “white privilege,” the notion that white people have benefited in American history relative to, and at the expense of, “people of color.” It appears to be utter nonsense to suggest that poor and destitute white people in Appalachia have white privilege. How can one tell if a person has white privilege?
One imagines that the academic elite, who coined the term, refer to white people of a certain socioeconomic status such as those living in the suburbs with the privilege of high-income amenities. But here is a question: Do Nigerians in the U.S. have white privilege? As reported by the New York Post this summer, 17 percent of all Nigerians in this country hold master’s degrees, 4 percent hold a doctorate and 37 percent hold a bachelor’s degree, according to the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2006 American Community Survey.
By contrast, 19 percent of white people have a bachelor’s degree, 8 percent have master’s degrees and 1 percent have doctorates.
What about slavery? Colleges teach our young people that the U.S. became rich on the backs of free black labor. That is utter nonsense. Slavery does not have a very good record of producing wealth.
Think about it. Slavery was all over the South and outlawed in most of the North. I doubt that anyone would claim that the antebellum South was rich and the slave-starved North was poor. The truth is just the opposite.
In fact, the poorest states and regions of our country were places where slavery flourished — Mississippi, Alabama and Georgia — while the richest states and regions were those where slavery was outlawed — Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey and Massachusetts.
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Speaking of holding people accountable for slavery, there is no way that Europeans could have captured millions of Africans. They had African and Arab help.
There would not have been much black slavery in the U.S., and the Western Hemisphere in general, without Africans exchanging other Africans to European slave traders at the coast for guns, mirrors, cloths, foreign alcoholic beverages and gold dust.
Congressional Democratic lawmakers have called for a commission to study reparations, but I have not heard calls to hold the true perpetrators of American slavery accountable. Should we demand that congressional Democrats haul representatives of Ghana, the Ivory Coast, Nigeria and Muslim states before Congress to condemn them for their role in American slavery and demand they pay reparations?
Some of the greatest language mischief is related to terms such as racial “disparities,” “gaps” and “disproportionality.” These terms are taken as signs of injustice that must be corrected. The median income of women is less than that of men. Black and Hispanic students are suspended and expelled at higher rates than white students.
There are other race disparities and gaps all over the place. For example, black people are 13 percent of the population but 80 percent of professional basketball players and 66 percent of professional football players, and on top of that, they’re some of the most highly paid players.
To be consistent with leftist ideology, those numbers seem to suggest that there is some kind of injustice toward Asian, white and Hispanic basketball and football players. But before we run off thinking that everything is hunky-dory for black players in football, how many times have you seen a black player kick an extra point in professional football?
What should be done to address these and other gross disparities? How can we make basketball, football, dressage and ice hockey, classical music concert attendance, not to mention incarceration, look more like America? In general, we should ignore disproportionality. There is no evidence, anywhere in the world, suggesting that people sort out in any activity according to their numbers in the general population.
The best thing that we can do is clean up our language. That will have the added benefit of straightening out our thinking so that we do not permit leftists to get away with making us feel guilty and believing in utter nonsense.
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thelibertydaily--2020-09-23--Tucker, Tammy Bruce on MSM Hiding Bill Clinton and Ghislaine Maxwell’s Dinner Date: It’s Almost Like

Tucker, Tammy Bruce on MSM Hiding Bill Clinton and Ghislaine Maxwell’s Dinner Date: It’s Almost Like a Cover [VIDEO]

BRUCE : “ I followed this and no one else has to get all the toxic that this story generates , just awful .
So I ’ m watching this and no one else has ?
This story just came out , this is about at dinner in 2014 and two years before Hillary runs for president and yet only now it ’ s coming out .
When the number of people in that restaurant and of course all vegetarians because they want to save the planet in the meantime but as an example , “ The Daily Beast ” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Clinton had dinner that night with Sean Penn .
One person at the table when already it was a huge story with Maxwell ’ s involvement , we knew it was Epstein ’ s , but her involvement in particular and there it is .
My sense on this now that it ’ s being reported is that there are seasons to what the left wants to deal with .
We had a brief moment with the me too movement .
Everybody else has dropped out like a hot potato except for people @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Mccowan , Evan Rachel Wood , but now it ’ s not good .
Now the issue of the season is racism , but it ’ s almost as though they use these issues to cover up what else they ’ ve been doing or to ignore what they have kept on doing .
For no one at that restaurant to have reported this or to have said wait a minute , Elaine Maxwell was there indicates that for all these years even with all of this exploding , nobody said anything .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ , they are still doing it , and everything they say they care about has been a fraud .
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RUSH EXCERPT:
BRUCE: “I followed this and no one else has to get all the toxic that this story generates, just awful. So I’m watching this and no one else has? This story just came out, this is about at dinner in 2014 and two years before Hillary runs for president and yet only now it’s coming out. When the number of people in that restaurant and of course all vegetarians because they want to save the planet in the meantime but as an example, “The Daily Beast” reports that TMZ reported only that Bill Clinton had dinner that night with Sean Penn. One person at the table when already it was a huge story with Maxwell’s involvement, we knew it was Epstein’s, but her involvement in particular and there it is. My sense on this now that it’s being reported is that there are seasons to what the left wants to deal with. We had a brief moment with the me too movement. Everybody else has dropped out like a hot potato except for people like a couple of actresses, rose Mccowan, Evan Rachel Wood, but now it’s not good. Now the issue of the season is racism, but it’s almost as though they use these issues to cover up what else they’ve been doing or to ignore what they have kept on doing. For no one at that restaurant to have reported this or to have said wait a minute, Elaine Maxwell was there indicates that for all these years even with all of this exploding, nobody said anything. That tells you it is still ingrained, they are still doing it, and everything they say they care about has been a fraud.”


thelibertydaily--2020-09-23--Feds Arrest NYPD Officer As Illegal Secret Agent Of China

A community affairs New York police officer with close familial ties to the Chinese Communist Party was arrested and held without bail on “ charges of acting as an illegal agent of China , wire fraud , making false statements and obstructing an official hearing ” on Wednesday .
Court documents show that Baimadajie Angwang , a 33-year-old Chinese man with “ strong ties to the Chinese government ” also had the financial means to flee the U.S. “ The Chinese government recruited and directed a U.S. citizen and member of our nation ’ s largest law enforcement department to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Chinese abroad , ” Assistant Attorney General for National Security John Demers said .
According to NBC News , Angwang , who ’ s parents are retired members of the CCP , “ falsely obtained U.S. citizenship ” by pretending that he was fleeing from persecution in China due to his Tibetan ethnicity .
He then used his position at the NYPD and as a staff sergeant in the U.S. Army Reserve to feed “ non-public information about internal operations of the NYPD ” back to certain Chinese leaders and his “ handler @ @ @ @ @ @ @ gave access to NYPD officials through invitations to official events .
“ Despite alleging torture and persecution at the hands of PRC security officials , the government ’ s investigation has revealed that Angwang has traveled back to the PRC on numerous occasions since his asylum application was granted , ” states a detention memo from federal prosecutors .
“ These are not the actions of an individual who fears torture or persecution at the hands of the PRC , thus showing that his U.S. citizenship was secured through false pretenses.
” Because @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to his position in the Army Reserve as well as his good standing in the NYPD , Angwang frequently communicated information to “ to raise our country ’ s soft power ” to multiple Chinese officials since 2014 .
He also had frequented visits to the consulate .
“ The official is believed to have been assigned to the China Association for Preservation and Development of Tibetan Culture , a division that focuses on , among other things , neutralizing sources of potential opposition to the policies and authority of the PRC , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ other words , Angwang received tasks from , and reported back to [ People ’ s Republic of China ] officials , ” the memo clarified .
Chinese foreign ministers have attempted to misconstrue the charges against Angwang as “ pure fabrication , ” calling it a smear campaign against China by the U.S. “ The indictment is full of hedging terms such as ‘ seems ’ and ‘ possibly , ’ indicating the falsehood of the accusations , ” Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin said .
“ The U.S. won ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ consulates and personnel in the US.
” According to NYPD Police Commissioner Dermot Shea , Angwang “ violated every oath he took in this country.
” “ One to the United States , another to the U.S. Army , and a third to this Police Department .
From the earliest stages of this investigation , the NYPD ’ s Intelligence and Internal Affairs bureaus worked closely with the FBI ’ s Counterintelligence Division to make sure this individual would be brought to justice , ” Shea said .

A community affairs New York police officer with close familial ties to the Chinese Communist Party was arrested and held without bail on “charges of acting as an illegal agent of China, wire fraud, making false statements and obstructing an official hearing” on Wednesday.
Court documents show that Baimadajie Angwang, a 33-year-old Chinese man with “strong ties to the Chinese government” also had the financial means to flee the U.S.
“The Chinese government recruited and directed a U.S. citizen and member of our nation’s largest law enforcement department to further its intelligence gathering and repression of Chinese abroad,” Assistant Attorney General for National Security John Demers said.
According to NBC News, Angwang, who’s parents are retired members of the CCP, “falsely obtained U.S. citizenship” by pretending that he was fleeing from persecution in China due to his Tibetan ethnicity. He then used his position at the NYPD and as a staff sergeant in the U.S. Army Reserve to feed “non-public information about internal operations of the NYPD” back to certain Chinese leaders and his “handler” at the consulate, who he gave access to NYPD officials through invitations to official events.
“Despite alleging torture and persecution at the hands of PRC security officials, the government’s investigation has revealed that Angwang has traveled back to the PRC on numerous occasions since his asylum application was granted,” states a detention memo from federal prosecutors.
“These are not the actions of an individual who fears torture or persecution at the hands of the PRC, thus showing that his U.S. citizenship was secured through false pretenses.”
Because of his secret level security clearance due to his position in the Army Reserve as well as his good standing in the NYPD, Angwang frequently communicated information to “to raise our country’s soft power” to multiple Chinese officials since 2014. He also had frequented visits to the consulate.
“The official is believed to have been assigned to the China Association for Preservation and Development of Tibetan Culture, a division that focuses on, among other things, neutralizing sources of potential opposition to the policies and authority of the PRC,” the memo said.
“In other words, Angwang received tasks from, and reported back to [People’s Republic of China] officials,” the memo clarified.
Chinese foreign ministers have attempted to misconstrue the charges against Angwang as “pure fabrication,” calling it a smear campaign against China by the U.S.
“The indictment is full of hedging terms such as ‘seems’ and ‘possibly,’ indicating the falsehood of the accusations,” Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin said. “The U.S. won’t succeed in its smears against Chinese consulates and personnel in the US.”
According to NYPD Police Commissioner Dermot Shea, Angwang “violated every oath he took in this country.”
“One to the United States, another to the U.S. Army, and a third to this Police Department. From the earliest stages of this investigation, the NYPD’s Intelligence and Internal Affairs bureaus worked closely with the FBI’s Counterintelligence Division to make sure this individual would be brought to justice,” Shea said.
Jordan Boyd is a staff writer at The Federalist and co-producer of The Federalist Radio Hour. Her work has also been featured in The Daily Wire, Fox News, and RealClearPolitics. Jordan graduated from Baylor University where she majored in political science and minored in journalism. Follow her on Twitter @jordanboydtx.


thelibertydaily--2020-09-23--Florida Sheriff Educates Fake News Media, Democrats on the Difference Between Peaceful Protests, Loo

Florida Sheriff Educates Fake News Media, Democrats on the Difference Between Peaceful Protests, Looting, Rioting

We missed this yesterday when we did our piece on Gov .
Ron DeSantis rolling out tougher penalties for those @ @ @ @ @ protests .
As Twitchy reported , TV producer Andrew Kimmel called the tougher penalties — @ @ @ @ @ third-degree felony to obstruct traffic — “ actual fascism.
” Now we have video from @ @ @ @ @ DeSantis rolled out the new legislation , which won ’ t be voted on until @ @ @ @ @ to clear up any confusion on what constitutes a peaceful protest vs. a riot was @ @ @ @ @ brought pictures in lieu of puppets and crayons so the press could understand the difference @ @ @ @ @ to the mayors of Seattle and Portland .

We missed this yesterday when we did our piece on Gov. Ron DeSantis rolling out tougher penalties for those arrested for crimes committed during protests. As Twitchy reported, TV producer Andrew Kimmel called the tougher penalties — such as making it a third-degree felony to obstruct traffic — “actual fascism.”
Now we have video from the press conference in which DeSantis rolled out the new legislation, which won’t be voted on until next year. And just to clear up any confusion on what constitutes a peaceful protest vs. a riot was Sheriff Grady Judd, who brought pictures in lieu of puppets and crayons so the press could understand the difference.
'SOME PEOPLE ARE SLOW LEARNERS' In typical Grady Judd fashion, the sheriff brought cue cards to the governor's press conference to help illustrate the difference between peaceful protests and riots. pic.twitter.com/dNrcJmqVpG — ???M?A?G?A??? (@BlessUSA45) September 21, 2020
Its a joy to be from a county near Grady we get to hear him often. The man is incredible — One faithful pastor (@Sola_Veritas1) September 22, 2020
Awesome — Dathan Simpson (@datsimpson97) September 22, 2020
Love it?? — Pure Evidence (@Brenda_Evidence) September 21, 2020
That is gold — AmericasParty (@ilanther) September 22, 2020
Proud to say he is my Sheriff and he doesn’t play around. ?? ? — Sandy D -Every weapon against my Pres is fallen.?? (@sandy_d77) September 21, 2020
Outstanding and so true!! — Laurel Wheeler (@LaurelKay) September 22, 2020
This is ??Love this!! Should be followed by every city in this country — Lisa V❤??❤ (@LisaVCAPatriot) September 21, 2020
Love me some Sheriff Grady Judd!!! — mamaDix (@mama_dix) September 22, 2020
I love Grady Judd. An old fashioned law-and-order lawman. — Daisy?? (@Luigiandtinky) September 22, 2020
This is great..especially everyone laughing in the background!! — Airedale_lady (@Sherry29692093) September 22, 2020
We went from teaching world history, cursive writing, memorizing the multiplication table to teaching remedial English in schools.
Now, we have to use pictures to explain what is lawful and unlawful behaviour. Future looks great! — Nika (@niki_canuck) September 22, 2020
My favorite line, "Some people are slow learners." Yep, they sure are. — Suzanne (@Suzanne12965935) September 22, 2020
Thank you, Sheriff, for leading by example. With any luck, you will inspire more to do the same. — Tin-Man (@TinMan34897624) September 22, 2020
We adore Sheriff Grady Judd here in Florida. He’s firm but fair, and conducts a lot of community outreach. — Michelle (@DawgMamaFl) September 22, 2020
Great job Sheriff Grady Judd. If cloning really is a thing, then we should be cloning you. Order up. One Sherriff Judd for everyone city. — PatriQt LQver (@PLqver) September 22, 2020
Okay, great talk, any questions? Thank you Sheriff! — Cary Trudell (@CaryTrudell) September 22, 2020
Someone get this video to the mayors of Seattle and Portland.
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thelibertydaily--2020-09-23--2 Marines at Camp Pendleton Charged in Federal Drug Bust Tied to Overdose of Fellow Marine

Two U.S. Marines at Camp Pendleton were arrested Tuesday by federal agents after being indicted in a drug-dealing conspiracy that included the sale of oxycodone pills laced with fentanyl that led to the fatal overdose of another Marine .
Lance Cpls .
Anthony Ruben Whisenant , 20 , and Ryan Douglas White , 22 , are among five defendants expected to make their initial appearances Tuesday afternoon in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles .
Whisenant is accused of distributing narcotics to fellow Marines , including one who overdosed , and White is charged with being an accessory after the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ hinder the apprehension of Whisenant and accused drug supplier Jordan Nicholas McCormick .
The 14-count indictment alleges that McCormick , 26 , of Palmdale , led a conspiracy to distribute LSD , ecstasy , cocaine and oxycodone pills laced with fentanyl .
Also named are Jessica Sarah Perez , 23 , of Pacoima , and Gustavo Jaciel Solis , 24 , of Sylmar .
Prosecutors say Perez distributed narcotics from McCormick — including fentanyl and cocaine — to civilian customers , while Solis distributed drugs to both civilians and military personnel .
According @ @ @ @ @ @ @ oxycodone pills laced with fentanyl to an active-duty Marine on May 22 .
A day later , the Marine died of a drug overdose , according to court documents .
Solis and Perez were previously indicted on fentanyl and cocaine distribution charges , and Solis was indicted on firearms-related charges .
They have pleaded not guilty to those charges , and their trial date is Oct. 27 .
Solis is in federal custody , and Perez is free on $ 25,000 bond .
On Tuesday , a superseding indictment added McCormick , Whisenant @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to adding charges to the original indictment .
McCormick also is in federal custody .
According to the indictment , the drug conspiracy began in November 2019 and involved multiple sales of fentanyl-laced oxycodone to an undercover buyer , often for amounts exceeding $ 1,000 per buy .
The arrests are part of a multi-agency investigation with the Naval Criminal Investigative Service , the Drug Enforcement Administration , the FBI , the United States Postal Inspection Service and the Ventura County Sheriff ’ s Office .
In addition to the conspiracy charge , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ face substantive charges of distribution of narcotics , including fentanyl .
McCormick and Solis also are charged with possessing firearms in furtherance of drug crimes .
Whisenant and Perez face a statutory maximum of 20 years in federal prison if convicted , while McCormick and Solis face a mandatory minimum of 10 years in federal prison and a statutory maximum sentence of life imprisonment .
White , if convicted , faces a statutory maximum sentence of 10 years in prison .

Two U.S. Marines at Camp Pendleton were arrested Tuesday by federal agents after being indicted in a drug-dealing conspiracy that included the sale of oxycodone pills laced with fentanyl that led to the fatal overdose of another Marine.
Lance Cpls. Anthony Ruben Whisenant, 20, and Ryan Douglas White, 22, are among five defendants expected to make their initial appearances Tuesday afternoon in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles.
Whisenant is accused of distributing narcotics to fellow Marines, including one who overdosed, and White is charged with being an accessory after the fact. Prosecutors said White tried to hinder the apprehension of Whisenant and accused drug supplier Jordan Nicholas McCormick.
The 14-count indictment alleges that McCormick, 26, of Palmdale, led a conspiracy to distribute LSD, ecstasy, cocaine and oxycodone pills laced with fentanyl. Also named are Jessica Sarah Perez, 23, of Pacoima, and Gustavo Jaciel Solis, 24, of Sylmar.
Prosecutors say Perez distributed narcotics from McCormick — including fentanyl and cocaine — to civilian customers, while Solis distributed drugs to both civilians and military personnel.
According to the indictment, Solis sold 10 oxycodone pills laced with fentanyl to an active-duty Marine on May 22. A day later, the Marine died of a drug overdose, according to court documents.
Solis and Perez were previously indicted on fentanyl and cocaine distribution charges, and Solis was indicted on firearms-related charges. They have pleaded not guilty to those charges, and their trial date is Oct. 27. Solis is in federal custody, and Perez is free on $25,000 bond.
On Tuesday, a superseding indictment added McCormick, Whisenant and White as defendants, in addition to adding charges to the original indictment. McCormick also is in federal custody.
According to the indictment, the drug conspiracy began in November 2019 and involved multiple sales of fentanyl-laced oxycodone to an undercover buyer, often for amounts exceeding $1,000 per buy.
The arrests are part of a multi-agency investigation with the Naval Criminal Investigative Service, the Drug Enforcement Administration, the FBI, the United States Postal Inspection Service and the Ventura County Sheriff’s Office.
In addition to the conspiracy charge, McCormick, Solis, Whisenant and Perez face substantive charges of distribution of narcotics, including fentanyl. McCormick and Solis also are charged with possessing firearms in furtherance of drug crimes.
Whisenant and Perez face a statutory maximum of 20 years in federal prison if convicted, while McCormick and Solis face a mandatory minimum of 10 years in federal prison and a statutory maximum sentence of life imprisonment. White, if convicted, faces a statutory maximum sentence of 10 years in prison.
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thelibertydaily--2020-09-23--Warning Sign: Joan Larson, Judge in Running for President Trump’s Supreme Court Nomination, Once Vol

Warning Sign: Joan Larson, Judge in Running for President Trump’s Supreme Court Nomination, Once Volunteered for Joe Biden

Like the other judges in the running for the vacant Supreme Court seat , Joan Larsen is a woman and a conservative .
At 52 , she is young enough to spend the next three decades in Washington and is the sort of jurist who sticks closely to the literal text of the United States Constitution .
Moreover , she offers a boost in a battleground election state .
But then , there is the fact that , in 1987 , she volunteered for the short-lived campaign of Democratic candidate Joseph Robinette Biden Jr. , according to a questionnaire she @ @ @ @ @ @ @ She made phone calls and stuffed envelopes in her home state of Iowa .
Although the White House will not confirm who is and is not on President Trump ’ s shortlist , he referred this week to `` a great one from Michigan , '' where Larsen served on the state Supreme Court .
Today , her conservative credentials are not in doubt .
Her supporters point out that a decade after her foray into Democratic politics , she volunteered for Republican Bob Dole ; that she is a member of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ names to Trump as he rebuilds the judicial system with a rightward slant ; and that her mentor was the late Justice Antonin Scalia , for whom she clerked in the 1990s .
People who have worked with her describe a collegiate , thoughtful style .
Former Michigan Supreme Court Chief Justice Bob Young told the Detroit News : `` She tries to figure out what the law requires , and she does that .
She pays attention to the words of contracts , statutes , and the Constitution , and she 's @ @ @ @ @ @ @ what that means . ''
“ She does n't treat the Constitution as if it were a Rorschach inkblot , which has no independent meaning .
In that sense , she 's properly considered a careful , thoughtful judge.
” He also said she was initially reluctant to run for the state Supreme Court and subject herself to such public scrutiny .
`` Even at the local level , the history of elections have been quite brutal in Michigan , so there was some trepidation and rightfully so about whether that 's something @ @ @ @ @ @ @ '' he said .
Larsen is married to a University of Michigan law professor .
And the couple have two children .
Larsen was named on Trump ’ s original list of potential Supreme Court justices released before the 2016 election .
Instead , Trump picked her for the 6th U.S .
Circuit Court of Appeals , which hears appeals in federal cases in Michigan , Kentucky , Ohio , and Tennessee .
Her shorter time on the federal bench than front-runner Amy Coney Barrett works for and against her .
Analysts say @ @ @ @ @ @ @ easier confirmation , with fewer contentious opinions to pick over .
She has steered clear of publicly stating her stance on the Roe v. Wade abortion ruling that conservatives are intent on challenging .
At the same time , that means she lacks the sort of conservative lobbying effort that has propelled Barrett to the front of the line .
Her time in President George W. Bush ’ s White House Office of Legal Counsel at the height of the war on terror emerged as a key line of questioning during her 2017 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ involved in drafting controversial memos on indefinite detention or torture .
And she said she would be ready to go against the wishes of Trump .
“ I would have absolutely no trouble ruling against the president who appointed me or any successor president , as well , ” she said .

Like the other judges in the running for the vacant Supreme Court seat, Joan Larsen is a woman and a conservative.
At 52, she is young enough to spend the next three decades in Washington and is the sort of jurist who sticks closely to the literal text of the United States Constitution. Moreover, she offers a boost in a battleground election state.
But then, there is the fact that, in 1987, she volunteered for the short-lived campaign of Democratic candidate Joseph Robinette Biden Jr., according to a questionnaire she completed for the Senate Judiciary Committee. She made phone calls and stuffed envelopes in her home state of Iowa.
Although the White House will not confirm who is and is not on President Trump’s shortlist, he referred this week to "a great one from Michigan," where Larsen served on the state Supreme Court.
Today, her conservative credentials are not in doubt. Her supporters point out that a decade after her foray into Democratic politics, she volunteered for Republican Bob Dole; that she is a member of the Federalist Society, a group that funnels names to Trump as he rebuilds the judicial system with a rightward slant; and that her mentor was the late Justice Antonin Scalia, for whom she clerked in the 1990s.
People who have worked with her describe a collegiate, thoughtful style.
Former Michigan Supreme Court Chief Justice Bob Young told the Detroit News: "She tries to figure out what the law requires, and she does that. She pays attention to the words of contracts, statutes, and the Constitution, and she's very meticulous about trying to figure out what that means."
“She doesn't treat the Constitution as if it were a Rorschach inkblot, which has no independent meaning. In that sense, she's properly considered a careful, thoughtful judge.”
He also said she was initially reluctant to run for the state Supreme Court and subject herself to such public scrutiny.
"Even at the local level, the history of elections have been quite brutal in Michigan, so there was some trepidation and rightfully so about whether that's something you want to subject yourself to," he said.
Larsen is married to a University of Michigan law professor. And the couple have two children.
Larsen was named on Trump’s original list of potential Supreme Court justices released before the 2016 election. Instead, Trump picked her for the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which hears appeals in federal cases in Michigan, Kentucky, Ohio, and Tennessee.
Her shorter time on the federal bench than front-runner Amy Coney Barrett works for and against her. Analysts say her short record could make for an easier confirmation, with fewer contentious opinions to pick over. She has steered clear of publicly stating her stance on the Roe v. Wade abortion ruling that conservatives are intent on challenging.
At the same time, that means she lacks the sort of conservative lobbying effort that has propelled Barrett to the front of the line.
Her time in President George W. Bush’s White House Office of Legal Counsel at the height of the war on terror emerged as a key line of questioning during her 2017 confirmation. She said she was not involved in drafting controversial memos on indefinite detention or torture.
And she said she would be ready to go against the wishes of Trump.
“I would have absolutely no trouble ruling against the president who appointed me or any successor president, as well,” she said.


thelibertydaily--2020-09-23--Princeton University’s Cheap, Empty Virtue-Signaling May Prove Very Expensive

Princeton University President Christopher Eisgruber has gotten himself into a bit of a bind , as the Washington Examiner 's Tiana Lowe first reported .
Earlier this month , he released an open letter filled with unsubstantiated claims that he runs an institution imbued with systemic racism .
Eisgruber wrote that `` racism and the damage it does to people of color persist at Princeton . ''
He further asserted that `` racist assumptions '' are `` embedded in structures of the University itself . ''
The reader will likely recognize such claptrap for what it is — the completely @ @ @ @ @ @ @ university administrator , fearful of the damage that social justice agitators could do to his school ’ s reputation were he ever to fail to act in a sufficiently obsequious manner .
Fortunately , the U.S. Education Department is taking a more rigorous view of his comments .
Eisgruber ’ s admission that he runs a racist university puts his school ’ s federal funding in jeopardy .
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 provides that `` no person in the United States shall , on the ground of race , color , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ participation in , be denied the benefits of , or be subjected to discrimination under any program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance . ''
This means that Eisgruber ’ s admission , along with an earlier public statement by hundreds of Princeton faculty that “ anti-Black racism has a visible bearing upon Princeton ’ s campus makeup , '' constitute open confessions that the university is in violation of civil rights law and should be stripped of its federal funding .
The Department of Education replied to Eisgruber ’ s silly groveling @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the school and requesting relevant documents .
`` Based on its admitted racism , ” the letter reads , “ the U.S. Department of Education ... is concerned Princeton ’ s nondiscrimination and equal opportunity assurances in its Program Participation Agreements from at least 2013 to the present may have been false ” and that “ Princeton ’ s many nondiscrimination and equal opportunity claims to students , parents , and consumers in the market for education certificates may have been false , misleading , and actionable substantial misrepresentations ” under federal @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
One option is to level with everyone and admit that no , Princeton is not a racist institution ; that no , he was never sincere about what he was saying .
This option would allow him to argue that Princeton ’ s representations of being an inclusive university were indeed accurate all along .
But if Eisgruber admits that he was merely fudging it — offering a calculated , guileful admission of guilt , he would enrage the social justice crowd , whose dogma holds that America and her institutions are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
In reversing himself and claiming that Princeton is a nonracist institution , Eisgruber would make himself a heretic and set up himself and his school as a target for future hostile activism .
Eisgruber ’ s other option is to risk going down with the woke ship .
Yes , he can maintain that Princeton is a hotbed of systemic institutional racism , but that position could potentially cost the school billions in federal funding .
Until now , virtue-signaling was so cheap and easy .
Anyone could do it and come @ @ @ @ @ @ @ refreshing to see that there are limits to such rank dishonesty where taxpayer funding is involved .

Princeton University President Christopher Eisgruber has gotten himself into a bit of a bind, as the Washington Examiner's Tiana Lowe first reported . Earlier this month, he released an open letter filled with unsubstantiated claims that he runs an institution imbued with systemic racism.
Eisgruber wrote that "racism and the damage it does to people of color persist at Princeton." He further asserted that "racist assumptions" are "embedded in structures of the University itself."
The reader will likely recognize such claptrap for what it is — the completely insincere words of a cowardly, mediocre university administrator, fearful of the damage that social justice agitators could do to his school’s reputation were he ever to fail to act in a sufficiently obsequious manner.
Fortunately, the U.S. Education Department is taking a more rigorous view of his comments. Eisgruber’s admission that he runs a racist university puts his school’s federal funding in jeopardy. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 provides that "no person in the United States shall, on the ground of race, color, or national origin, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance." This means that Eisgruber’s admission, along with an earlier public statement by hundreds of Princeton faculty that “anti-Black racism has a visible bearing upon Princeton’s campus makeup," constitute open confessions that the university is in violation of civil rights law and should be stripped of its federal funding.
The Department of Education replied to Eisgruber’s silly groveling with a letter announcing a new investigation of the school and requesting relevant documents. "Based on its admitted racism,” the letter reads, “the U.S. Department of Education ... is concerned Princeton’s nondiscrimination and equal opportunity assurances in its Program Participation Agreements from at least 2013 to the present may have been false” and that “Princeton’s many nondiscrimination and equal opportunity claims to students, parents, and consumers in the market for education certificates may have been false, misleading, and actionable substantial misrepresentations” under federal law.
Eisgruber now faces a dilemma. One option is to level with everyone and admit that no, Princeton is not a racist institution; that no, he was never sincere about what he was saying. This option would allow him to argue that Princeton’s representations of being an inclusive university were indeed accurate all along.
But if Eisgruber admits that he was merely fudging it, offering a calculated, guileful admission of guilt, he would enrage the social justice crowd, whose dogma holds that America and her institutions are not just racist, but incurably so. In reversing himself and claiming that Princeton is a nonracist institution, Eisgruber would make himself a heretic and set himself and his school up as a target for future hostile activism.
Eisgruber’s other option is to risk going down with the woke ship. Yes, he can maintain that Princeton is a hotbed of systemic institutional racism, but that position could potentially cost the school billions in federal funding.
Until now, virtue-signaling was so cheap and easy. Anyone could do it and come off looking better for it. How refreshing to see that there are limits to such rank dishonesty where taxpayer funding is involved.


thelibertydaily--2020-09-23--REPORT: Union Members Are Snubbing Joe Biden And Supporting President Trump

For decades , the Democratic party has enjoyed the support of various labor unions .
Today , all of that is changing .
The heads of unions are still telling their members to vote Democrat , but the members are backing Trump .
Democrats have no one to blame but themselves .
They took working people for granted for far too long .
Joe Biden has pitched himself to voters as a “ union man , ” a son of Scranton , Pa. , who respects the dignity of work and will defend organized labor if he wins the White @ @ @ @ @ @ @ unions , especially the building trades , it doesn ’ t matter .
They ’ re still firmly in Donald Trump ’ s camp .
Labor leaders have worked for months to sell their members on Biden , hoping to avoid a repeat of 2016 when Donald Trump outperformed among union members and won the White House .
But despite a bevy of national union endorsements for Biden and years of what leaders call attacks on organized labor from the Trump administration , local officials in critical battleground states said support for Trump @ @ @ @ @ @ @ t moved the needle here , ” said Mike Knisley , executive secretary-treasurer with the Ohio State Building and Construction Trades Council , who estimated that about half of his members voted for Trump in 2016 and will do so again .
“ Even if given all the information that ’ s been put out there , all the facts — just pick an issue that the president has had his hands in — it doesn ’ t make a difference.
” This alone could swing the entire Rust Belt and Pennsylvania to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ They know who has their back .

For decades, the Democratic party has enjoyed the support of various labor unions.
Today, all of that is changing. The heads of unions are still telling their members to vote Democrat, but the members are backing Trump.
Democrats have no one to blame but themselves. They took working people for granted for far too long.
Politico reports:
Rank-and-file union members snub Biden for Trump
Joe Biden has pitched himself to voters as a “union man,” a son of Scranton, Pa., who respects the dignity of work and will defend organized labor if he wins the White House.
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To rank-and-file members in some unions, especially the building trades, it doesn’t matter. They’re still firmly in Donald Trump’s camp.
Labor leaders have worked for months to sell their members on Biden, hoping to avoid a repeat of 2016 when Donald Trump outperformed among union members and won the White House. But despite a bevy of national union endorsements for Biden and years of what leaders call attacks on organized labor from the Trump administration, local officials in critical battleground states said support for Trump remains solid.
“We haven’t moved the needle here,” said Mike Knisley, executive secretary-treasurer with the Ohio State Building and Construction Trades Council, who estimated that about half of his members voted for Trump in 2016 and will do so again. “Even if given all the information that’s been put out there, all the facts — just pick an issue that the president has had his hands in — it doesn’t make a difference.”
This alone could swing the entire Rust Belt and Pennsylvania to Trump.
The unions are endorsing Biden but lots of their workers are voting Trump.
“It doesn’t seem like there’s anybody changing their minds,” said Don Furko, head of United Steelworkers Local 1557 in Clairton, PA.
He said majority of his members are w/ Trump https://t.co/8e49ybx8c5 — Alex Thompson (@AlxThomp) September 22, 2020
This is REAL. We are seeing it on the ground during @TeamTrumpOnTour across Michigan! https://t.co/y3XP8TvD2I — Marc Lotter – Text TRUMP to 88022 (@marc_lotter) September 22, 2020
Union members should support Donald Trump, he created jobs for them and is bringing back the jobs from China that Joe Biden spent five decades shipping over there. Union Members Are Supporting Donald Trump Despite Unions Endorsing Joe Biden https://t.co/tzn8s9ryKS — Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) September 22, 2020
Working people are smart. They know who has their back.
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thelibertydaily--2020-09-23--Voter Fraud Update: Election Watchdog Finds 350,000 Dead Registrants on Voter Rolls In 42 States

An election watchdog has found that there may be as many as 350,000 dead individuals on voter rolls across 42 states .
The Public Interest Legal Foundation ( PILF ) , an Indiana-based election integrity group , conducted a nationwide study to identify the hundreds of thousands of deceased individuals on voter rolls .
During its analysis , the group also found that nearly 40,000 likely duplicate registrants `` appear to have cast second votes in 2018 from the same address . ''
Just five states—New York , Texas , Michigan , Florida , and California—accounted for 51 percent of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ voter rolls , according to the group .
PILF further found that nearly 15,000 registrants were credited with voting after death in the 2016 and 2018 elections .
`` Our voter rolls have not , and will not be ready for a mail-focused election this November , '' said Logan Churchwell , communications director for PILF .
`` State court decisions in swing states allowing for relaxed deadlines , signature verification , and harvesting now sit on a foundation of bad voter data . ''
`` In Pennsylvania , your mis-delivered ballot to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ now have extra time to get turned in and not face the traditional standards for signature verification , '' Churchwell said .
`` The only way to absolutely avoid this nightmare is to vote in person . ''
The analysis comes as states across the country prepare to handle a surge of mail-in voting for the November elections .
Numerous problems plagued mail-in voting during the primary elections this year .
Nevada 's largest county sent out more than 200,000 mail-in primary ballots to the wrong addresses , while reports also indicated that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ New York City were disqualified .
The push for mail-in voting has led to a massive influx of cash from wealthy donors .
More than $ 100 million has been poured into efforts both supporting and opposing the practice .
A network of liberal groups , including George Soros 's Open Society Foundations and the Ford Foundation , has donated more than $ 50 million in support of mail-in voting .
These efforts have primarily been geared toward battleground states including Michigan , North Carolina , Florida , Georgia , and Arizona , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ pandemic has created a state of emergency , '' Laleh Ispahani , managing director for the Open Society Foundations , told the Associated Press .
`` Donors who haven ’ t typically taken on these issues now have an interest . ''

An election watchdog has found that there may be as many as 350,000 dead individuals on voter rolls across 42 states.
The Public Interest Legal Foundation (PILF), an Indiana-based election integrity group, conducted a nationwide study to identify the hundreds of thousands of deceased individuals on voter rolls. During its analysis, the group also found that nearly 40,000 likely duplicate registrants "appear to have cast second votes in 2018 from the same address."
Just five states—New York, Texas, Michigan, Florida, and California—accounted for 51 percent of the total number of deceased individuals on voter rolls, according to the group. PILF further found that nearly 15,000 registrants were credited with voting after death in the 2016 and 2018 elections.
"Our voter rolls have not, and will not be ready for a mail-focused election this November," said Logan Churchwell, communications director for PILF. "State court decisions in swing states allowing for relaxed deadlines, signature verification, and harvesting now sit on a foundation of bad voter data."
"In Pennsylvania, your mis-delivered ballot to the hands of a bad actor will now have extra time to get turned in and not face the traditional standards for signature verification," Churchwell said. "The only way to absolutely avoid this nightmare is to vote in person."
The analysis comes as states across the country prepare to handle a surge of mail-in voting for the November elections. Numerous problems plagued mail-in voting during the primary elections this year. Nevada's largest county sent out more than 200,000 mail-in primary ballots to the wrong addresses, while reports also indicated that 84,000 mail-in presidential primary ballots cast in New York City were disqualified.
The push for mail-in voting has led to a massive influx of cash from wealthy donors. More than $100 million has been poured into efforts both supporting and opposing the practice.
A network of liberal groups, including George Soros's Open Society Foundations and the Ford Foundation, has donated more than $50 million in support of mail-in voting. These efforts have primarily been geared toward battleground states including Michigan, North Carolina, Florida, Georgia, and Arizona, NBC News previously reported.
"The pandemic has created a state of emergency," Laleh Ispahani, managing director for the Open Society Foundations, told the Associated Press. "Donors who haven’t typically taken on these issues now have an interest."


thelibertydaily--2020-09-23--New Jersey Democrat Under Fire for Lobbying Against Sex Offender Registry

New Jersey congressman Tom Malinowski ( D. ) , who is locked in a close reelection battle , is under fire for his role lobbying against the creation of a sex offender registry .
The fresh scrutiny comes in the wake of a Washington Free Beacon report last month detailing Malinowski 's role as the top lobbyist for Human Rights Watch when the organization opposed the 2006 Omnibus Crime Bill that enhanced the national sex offender registry originally created in 1994 .
After a television advertisement seized on his role lobbying against the bill , and his Republican opponent , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ issue in a debate , the Democrat has worked to distance himself from the group 's role , arguing in a recent debate that his name was listed on lobbying disclosure reports as a formality .
`` We submitted lobbying reports that listed everybody in the organization who lobbied on any issue , '' he said .
Malinowski , who was Washington director of Human Rights Watch at the time and , according to his biography , the group 's `` chief advocate , '' now says he played no role in lobbying @ @ @ @ @ @ @ respond to a request for comment about whether he stands by the organization 's position on the legislation .
The organization 's 2006 lobbying disclosure report lists Malinowski and a colleague , Jennifer Daskal , as lobbyists against the crime bill .
But it lists two additional Human Rights Watch employees as lobbyists on foreign affairs , undermining Malinowski 's claim that the group listed all of its lobbyists , regardless of their personal involvement in the issue at hand .
Daskal told the Free Beacon that Malinowski played no role in lobbying @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , who was first elected to office in 2018 , is locked in a close race , with the most recent survey giving Kean had a 1-point edge .
Local media has rushed to Malinowski 's defense , parroting his arguments and defending Human Rights Watch 's opposition to the bill .
The group never opposed the creation of a national sex offender registry , explains Tom Moran of the New Jersey Star-Ledger editorial board , but rather the bill 's `` most extreme provisions , like the requirement that states place even @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for 20 years . ''
According to the Congressional Record , the group urged Congress to vote against the bill , citing , among other things , provisions requiring lifetime registration for sex offenders , the imposition of mandatory minimum sentences , and the expansion of the federal death penalty .
The group argued that there is `` no legitimate community safety justification for the provisions in this legislation that require offenders to register for the rest of their lives , regardless of whether they have lived offense free for decades . ''
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ risk of retaliation and discrimination and make it extremely difficult for these individuals to find employment , housing , and to rebuild their lives , '' the group added .
The letter does not indicate support for a national registry , and the following year , Human Rights Watch issued a report arguing that sex offender laws in the United States `` may do more harm than good . ''
`` Unfettered public access to online sex-offender registries with no ‘ need-to-know ' restrictions exposes former offenders to the risk that individuals will @ @ @ @ @ @ @ even unlawful ways , '' the group wrote .
`` There is little evidence that this form of community notification prevents sexual violence . ''

New Jersey congressman Tom Malinowski (D.), who is locked in a close reelection battle, is under fire for his role lobbying against the creation of a sex offender registry.
The fresh scrutiny comes in the wake of a Washington Free Beacon report last month detailing Malinowski's role as the top lobbyist for Human Rights Watch when the organization opposed the 2006 Omnibus Crime Bill that enhanced the national sex offender registry originally created in 1994.
After a television advertisement seized on his role lobbying against the bill, and his Republican opponent, Tom Kean, Jr., raised the issue in a debate, the Democrat has worked to distance himself from the group's role, arguing in a recent debate that his name was listed on lobbying disclosure reports as a formality. "We submitted lobbying reports that listed everybody in the organization who lobbied on any issue," he said.
Malinowski, who was Washington director of Human Rights Watch at the time and, according to his biography, the group's "chief advocate," now says he played no role in lobbying against the bill. He did not respond to a request for comment about whether he stands by the organization's position on the legislation.
The organization's 2006 lobbying disclosure report lists Malinowski and a colleague, Jennifer Daskal, as lobbyists against the crime bill. But it lists two additional Human Rights Watch employees as lobbyists on foreign affairs, undermining Malinowski's claim that the group listed all of its lobbyists, regardless of their personal involvement in the issue at hand. Daskal told the Free Beacon that Malinowski played no role in lobbying efforts related to the bill.
Malinowski, who was first elected to office in 2018, is locked in a close race, with the most recent survey giving Kean had a 1-point edge.
Local media has rushed to Malinowski's defense, parroting his arguments and defending Human Rights Watch's opposition to the bill. The group never opposed the creation of a national sex offender registry, explains Tom Moran of the New Jersey Star-Ledger editorial board, but rather the bill's "most extreme provisions, like the requirement that states place even misdemeanor sex offenders on the federal registry for 20 years."
According to the Congressional Record, the group urged Congress to vote against the bill, citing, among other things, provisions requiring lifetime registration for sex offenders, the imposition of mandatory minimum sentences, and the expansion of the federal death penalty. The group argued that there is "no legitimate community safety justification for the provisions in this legislation that require offenders to register for the rest of their lives, regardless of whether they have lived offense free for decades."
"Registration requirements put these individuals at risk of retaliation and discrimination and make it extremely difficult for these individuals to find employment, housing, and to rebuild their lives," the group added.
The letter does not indicate support for a national registry, and the following year, Human Rights Watch issued a report arguing that sex offender laws in the United States "may do more harm than good."
"Unfettered public access to online sex-offender registries with no 'need-to-know' restrictions exposes former offenders to the risk that individuals will act on this information in irresponsible and even unlawful ways," the group wrote. "There is little evidence that this form of community notification prevents sexual violence."


thelibertydaily--2020-09-23--Johnson & Johnson Begins Final Trial Phase for Supposed Chi-Com Virus Vaccine

Sept. 23 ( UPI ) -- Johnson & Johnson announced Wednesday that it has begun the third and final phase of clinical trials for its COVID-19 vaccine .
The pharma company said the late-stage trial for its JNJ-78436735 candidate will include 60,000 adult volunteers in 215 locations worldwide .
Code-named `` Ensemble , '' the third-phase trial follows positive results in an earlier study in which the vaccine -- which is being developed by Johnson & Johnson 's Janssen Pharmaceutic Companies subsidiary -- was shown to be safe , company officials said .
The results of that trial will be @ @ @ @ @ @ @ '' said Johnson & Johnson Chairman and CEO Alex Gorsky .
`` This pivotal milestone demonstrates our focused efforts toward a COVID-19 vaccine that are built on collaboration and deep commitment to a robust scientific process , '' Gorsky said in a statement .
`` We are committed to clinical trial transparency and to sharing information related to our study , including details of our study protocol . ''
The vaccine is among four that have been supported by the Trump administration 's Operation Warp Speed program to reach Phase 3 trials , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , Pfizer and AstraZeneca .
The Ensemble trial is partly funded by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and will seek to enroll participants in the United States , Argentina , Brazil , Chile , Colombia , Mexico , Peru and South Africa .
`` Four COVID-19 vaccine candidates are in Phase 3 clinical testing in the United States just over eight months after [ the novel coronavirus ] was identified , '' NIAID Director Dr. Anthony Fauci said in a statement Wednesday .
`` This is an unprecedented feat for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of progress in vaccine technology and a coordinated , strategic approach across government , industry and academia . ''
Multiple COVID-19 vaccines will likely be needed to meet global demand , Fauci said , adding that the Johnson & Johnson vaccine `` may be especially useful in controlling the pandemic if shown to be protective after a single dose . ''
A number of potential coronavirus vaccines are now in various stages of development .
Click here for our COVID-19 vaccine tracker .

Dr. Anthony Fauci said Wednesday the Johnson & Johnson vaccine may ultimately be "especially useful in controlling the pandemic." File Photo by Justin Lane/EPA-EFE
Sept. 23 (UPI) -- Johnson & Johnson announced Wednesday that it has begun the third and final phase of clinical trials for its COVID-19 vaccine. The pharma company said the late-stage trial for its JNJ-78436735 candidate will include 60,000 adult volunteers in 215 locations worldwide. Advertisement
Code-named "Ensemble," the third-phase trial follows positive results in an earlier study in which the vaccine -- which is being developed by Johnson & Johnson's Janssen Pharmaceutic Companies subsidiary -- was shown to be safe, company officials said.
The results of that trial will be published for peer review "imminently," said Johnson & Johnson Chairman and CEO Alex Gorsky.
"This pivotal milestone demonstrates our focused efforts toward a COVID-19 vaccine that are built on collaboration and deep commitment to a robust scientific process," Gorsky said in a statement.
"We are committed to clinical trial transparency and to sharing information related to our study, including details of our study protocol."
The vaccine is among four that have been supported by the Trump administration's Operation Warp Speed program to reach Phase 3 trials, along with candidates in development at Moderna, Pfizer and AstraZeneca.
The Ensemble trial is partly funded by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and will seek to enroll participants in the United States, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Peru and South Africa.
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"Four COVID-19 vaccine candidates are in Phase 3 clinical testing in the United States just over eight months after [the novel coronavirus] was identified," NIAID Director Dr. Anthony Fauci said in a statement Wednesday.
"This is an unprecedented feat for the scientific community made possible by decades of progress in vaccine technology and a coordinated, strategic approach across government, industry and academia."
Multiple COVID-19 vaccines will likely be needed to meet global demand, Fauci said, adding that the Johnson & Johnson vaccine "may be especially useful in controlling the pandemic if shown to be protective after a single dose."
A number of potential coronavirus vaccines are now in various stages of development. Click here for our COVID-19 vaccine tracker.


thelibertydaily--2020-09-24--Tucker Carlson Hammers Media Over Breonna Taylor Coverage: ‘Encouraging’ Violent Riots and Spreading

Tucker Carlson Hammers Media Over Breonna Taylor Coverage: ‘Encouraging’ Violent Riots and Spreading Lies

Wednesday , a Kentucky grand jury announced indictments in the case of the death of Breonna Taylor .
The reaction @ @ @ @ @ Tucker Carlson Tonight .
At the end of his opening monologue , Carlson focused on @ @ @ @ @ .
Carlson blasted his former employers , CNN and MSNBC : “ It is all @ @ @ @ @ Carlson responds to MSNBC saying black people can ’ t go anywhere .
“ It @ @ @ @ @ Statistics don ’ t back it up .
The experience of your life , no @ @ @ @ @ , doesn ’ t back it up.
” “ The fact that hundreds of thousands @ @ @ @ @ the United States ] every year , who are black , is living refutation of @ @ @ @ @ ” he continued .
“ Nothing about that is true .
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Wednesday, a Kentucky grand jury announced indictments in the case of the death of Breonna Taylor.
The reaction led most news shows including Tucker Carlson Tonight. At the end of his opening monologue, Carlson focused on the media’s coverage.
Carlson blasted his former employers, CNN and MSNBC:
After playing clips from CNN's Brianna Keilar and MSNBC's Jason Johnson, Joy Reid, and Nicolle Wallace, #Tucker goes HAM on the liberal media for encouraging violence, purposefully scarring viewers, and showing no regard for the facts of a case pic.twitter.com/Ldljeb6A1j — Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) September 24, 2020
“It is all such a lie,” Carlson responds to MSNBC saying black people can’t go anywhere. “It is a demonstrable lie. Statistics don’t back it up. The experience of your life, no matter what color you are, doesn’t back it up.”
“The fact that hundreds of thousands of people move [to the United States] every year, who are black, is living refutation of what they just said,” he continued. “Nothing about that is true.”


thelibertydaily--2020-09-24--. . . Second Police Officer Shot by Democrat Mob

Two police officers were reportedly shot in Louisville during Wednesday night ’ s riots .
The crowd scattered after several loud bangs shortly after 8:30 PM .
A Louisville Metro Police Department spokesperson confirmed that an officer was shot , the Courier Journal reported .
( RELATED : Louisville Police Declare Unlawful Assembly , Multiple Fires Set ) NBC News later reported that the police department confirmed that two officers had been shot .
The officers were reportedly transported to Louisville University Hospital .
Fox 43 News also reported that two officers had been shot .
FBI Louisville said on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ was responding to an LMPD officer who was shot .
Although it ’ s as of yet unclear how many shots were fired , both police radio communications and reports from journalists on scene say multiple gunshots were heard at approximately 8:40 and 9:00 PM .
Protests and riots erupted Wednesday in Louisville following the announcement that one officer had been indicted on charges related to Breonna Taylor ’ s death .
The crowd set multiple fires across the city and broke windows as they marched .
The city put in place a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .

Two police officers were shot in Louisville during Wednesday night’s riots, Louisville Police Chief Robert Schroeder said at a press conference.
Schroeder said at the press conference that both officers who were shot are in stable condition and that there is a suspect in custody. (RELATED: Louisville Police Declare Unlawful Assembly, Multiple Fires Set)
We’ve just received an update from the chief of police in Louisville. There is one suspect in custody in relation to the two officers shot earlier tonight — one officer is undergoing surgery, both are “stable.” “I am very concerned about the safety of our officers,” he says. pic.twitter.com/ErRjPWLA2e — Shelby Talcott (@ShelbyTalcott) September 24, 2020
A crowd that had gathered on the streets scattered after several loud bangs rang out shortly after 8:30 PM.
Everyone just scattered after several loud bangs. I can’t confirm what it was, but police moved in quickly and everyone started to run. pic.twitter.com/UYaR8u6SUK — Shelby Talcott (@ShelbyTalcott) September 24, 2020
FBI Louisville later said on Twitter that the FBI Louisville SWAT team was responding to an LMPD officer who was shot.
The FBI Louisville SWAT team has responded to an LMPD officer being shot and will continue to assist in the investigation. — FBI Louisville (@FBILouisville) September 24, 2020
Although it’s unclear how many shots were fired, both police radio communications and reports from journalists on scene say multiple gunshots were heard at approximately 8:40 and 9:00 PM.
Protests and riots erupted Wednesday in Louisville following the announcement that one officer had been indicted on charges related to Breonna Taylor’s death.
The crowd set multiple fires across the city and broke windows as they marched.
The city put in place a curfew from 9:00 PM to 6:30 AM.
This is a developing story.