thelibertydaily--2020-04-29--Black Veteran GOP Challenger a Has Message for Democrats Who Voted for Maxine Waters

This is going to be a bad year to unseat incumbents , particularly when you consider the limited opportunities to campaign .
It ’ s especially true when that incumbent is California Democrat Rep. Maxine Waters , a fixture in the Democrat firmament despite the fact she doesn ’ t seem terribly affixed to reality .
Waters was most recently in the news last week , when , as Fox News reported , she announced on the House floor that her sister is deathly ill with the coronavirus .
This is indeed a tragedy and our prayers are with her @ @ @ @ @ @ @ also has a challenger in her deep-blue district who has a message for everyone who keeps voting for one of the strangest and most corrupt individuals to ever stride the hallways of Congress .
And that challenger has a message : “ We deserve better.
” At a demonstration Saturday across from Los Angeles City Hall , protesting the state and local governments ’ handling of lockdowns to contain the coronavirus , Joe E. Collins III — a Navy veteran trying to end three decades of Waters treating her elected post as a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ up together and fight ” against Waters in November ’ s election .
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In a video posted to his Twitter account on Saturday — the day of the protest — Collins said elected officials in California needed to answer for the shutdown .
“ Right across the street from City Hall , ” Collins said during the protest .
“ No disrespect to law enforcement for being out here and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ But we need [ Los Angeles Democrat Mayor Eric Garcetti ] to answer for this .
“ We need Gavin Newsom to answer for this .
We need every single legislator in Los Angeles County to answer for this .
Because this is ridiculous .
We deserve better .
“ But yet , they want to impeach President Trump , ” Collins added .
“ At least he ’ s trying .
He may not be perfect , but at least he ’ s trying to do something.
” Collins said it was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ we need to take care of our own people .
Long gone are the days when we have politicians that just sit around and talk about what they ’ re gon na do .
We need action.
” “ We ’ re citizens of the United States .
We live here in California .
We deserve better , ” he said .
“ Everybody in South Los Angeles is struggling , and we have to stand up and we have to tell them , no more.
” Collins , let ’ s be @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to win .
In California ’ s March 3 jungle primary system — which determines who will go on to the November election by throwing them all in a massive field and taking the top two regardless of party — Collins finished second to Waters in March 3 voting .
The problem is that Waters , according to The New York Times , had 78 percent of the vote , while Collins and another Republican split the rest of the other part .
California ’ s 43rd Congressional District contains part of Los @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is traditional Republican territory .
Perhaps Collins can win a few votes over from Waters supporters , but there aren ’ t going to be many .
On the other hand , Collins could very well make a name for himself in the politics of Southern California , which isn ’ t uniformly liberal .
And he ’ s certainly got the biography for it .
In his biography for Ballotpedia , Collins described himself as “ from South Central LA and has served 13 years in the U.S. Navy .
With the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ became a licensed financial professional and a Certified Counselor for rape and sexual assault victims.
” “ Since already taking an oath to defend our country and its people , the decision to serve and defend those without a voice in California ’ s 43rd District , was one he would proudly make .
“ Joe Collins upholds the Constitution of the United States of America and promotes fair treatment , equality , and respect for all citizens of our great country .
America deserves a leader who will fight for its people @ @ @ @ @ @ @ properly represent its people !
Joe Collins will use his leadership skills he ’ s learned in the U.S. Navy to make a better America for everyone.
” It certainly provides a contrast to Waters , who ’ s better known for outlandish ramblings — including an incitement to confront Trump cabinet members — than providing any leadership in three decades in Congress .
I hate to be the spoiler , but he won ’ t win this time .
That said , I also doubt this ’ ll be the last time @ @ @ @ @ @ @ he pushes back on so many boxes in the identity politics narrative .
This article appeared originally on The Western Journal .

This is going to be a bad year to unseat incumbents, particularly when you consider the limited opportunities to campaign. It’s especially true when that incumbent is California Democrat Rep. Maxine Waters, a fixture in the Democrat firmament despite the fact she doesn’t seem terribly affixed to reality.
Waters was most recently in the news last week, when, as Fox News reported, she announced on the House floor that her sister is deathly ill with the coronavirus. This is indeed a tragedy and our prayers are with her and her family.
However, Waters also has a challenger in her deep-blue district who has a message for everyone who keeps voting for one of the strangest and most corrupt individuals to ever stride the hallways of Congress.
And that challenger has a message: “We deserve better.”
At a demonstration Saturday across from Los Angeles City Hall, protesting the state and local governments’ handling of lockdowns to contain the coronavirus, Joe E. Collins III — a Navy veteran trying to end three decades of Waters treating her elected post as a sinecure — challenged Republicans “to stand up together and fight” against Waters in November’s election.
In a video posted to his Twitter account on Saturday — the day of the protest — Collins said elected officials in California needed to answer for the shutdown.
We are on a mission to take back our state for Republicans and to help the people of our country. Help me unseat Maxine Waters! Are you with me!? 🙋🏾♂🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/77wfUdLlie — Joe E. Collins III For Congress CA-43 (@joecollins43rd) April 26, 2020
“Right across the street from City Hall,” Collins said during the protest. “No disrespect to law enforcement for being out here and making sure everyone’s safe. But we need [Los Angeles Democrat Mayor Eric Garcetti] to answer for this.
“We need Gavin Newsom to answer for this. We need every single legislator in Los Angeles County to answer for this. Because this is ridiculous. We deserve better.
“But yet, they want to impeach President Trump,” Collins added. “At least he’s trying. He may not be perfect, but at least he’s trying to do something.”
Collins said it was time to vote Waters out “because we need to take care of our own people. Long gone are the days when we have politicians that just sit around and talk about what they’re gonna do. We need action.”
“We’re citizens of the United States. We live here in California. We deserve better,” he said. “Everybody in South Los Angeles is struggling, and we have to stand up and we have to tell them, no more.”
Collins, let’s be realistic here, ain’t going to win.
In California’s March 3 jungle primary system — which determines who will go on to the November election by throwing them all in a massive field and taking the top two regardless of party — Collins finished second to Waters in March 3 voting. The problem is that Waters, according to The New York Times, had 78 percent of the vote, while Collins and another Republican split the rest of the other part.
California’s 43rd Congressional District contains part of Los Angeles County and almost none of it is traditional Republican territory. Perhaps Collins can win a few votes over from Waters supporters, but there aren’t going to be many.
On the other hand, Collins could very well make a name for himself in the politics of Southern California, which isn’t uniformly liberal. And he’s certainly got the biography for it.
In his biography for Ballotpedia, Collins described himself as “from South Central LA and has served 13 years in the U.S. Navy. With the help of the US Navy, he became a licensed financial professional and a Certified Counselor for rape and sexual assault victims.”
“Since already taking an oath to defend our country and its people, the decision to serve and defend those without a voice in California’s 43rd District, was one he would proudly make.
“Joe Collins upholds the Constitution of the United States of America and promotes fair treatment, equality, and respect for all citizens of our great country. America deserves a leader who will fight for its people and California needs a leader who will properly represent its people! Joe Collins will use his leadership skills he’s learned in the U.S. Navy to make a better America for everyone.”
It certainly provides a contrast to Waters, who’s better known for outlandish ramblings — including an incitement to confront Trump cabinet members — than providing any leadership in three decades in Congress.
I hate to be the spoiler, but he won’t win this time.
That said, I also doubt this’ll be the last time you hear his name — particularly as he pushes back on so many boxes in the identity politics narrative.
This article appeared originally on The Western Journal.


thelibertydaily--2020-04-29--Andrew Yang Sues New York Over Democrat Primary Cancellation

Former Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang is suing the New York State Board of Elections after it voted to remove Sen. Bernie Sanders from the primary ballot , effectively canceling the state ’ s presidential voting contest .
Yang and seven other plaintiffs , who had planned to serve as his delegates to the Democratic National Convention , filed suit Tuesday , arguing the “ unprecedented and unwarranted move infringes the rights of Plaintiffs and all New York State Democratic Party voters ” because “ it fundamentally denies them the right to choose our next candidate for the office of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ lawsuit argues that the cancellation of the presidential primary disenfranchises millions of New York voters “ by not allowing them to express their preference for candidates that duly qualified for ballot access ” and would suppress voter turnout and thus hurt down-ballot candidates .
The state election board voted to remove Sanders from the June 23 primary ballot on Monday , even after the independent Vermont senator said he wanted to continue to collect delegates to exert influence over the party ’ s platform and rules .
Sanders campaign adviser Jeff Weaver said @ @ @ @ @ @ @ was “ a blow to American democracy.
” “ While we understood that we did not have the votes to win the Democratic nomination , our campaign was suspended , not ended , because people in every state should have the right to express their preference , '' Weaver said .
“ New York has clearly violated its approved delegate selection plan .
If this is not remedied , New York should lose all its delegates to the 2020 Democratic National Convention , and there should be a broader review by the Democratic @ @ @ @ @ @ @ pattern of voter disenfranchisement .
”

Former Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang is suing the New York State Board of Elections after it voted to remove Sen. Bernie Sanders from the primary ballot, effectively canceling the state’s presidential voting contest.
Yang and seven other plaintiffs, who had planned to serve as his delegates to the Democratic National Convention, filed suit Tuesday, arguing the “unprecedented and unwarranted move infringes the rights of Plaintiffs and all New York State Democratic Party voters” because “it fundamentally denies them the right to choose our next candidate for the office of President of the United States.”
The lawsuit argues that the cancellation of the presidential primary disenfranchises millions of New York voters “by not allowing them to express their preference for candidates that duly qualified for ballot access” and would suppress voter turnout and thus hurt down-ballot candidates.
The state election board voted to remove Sanders from the June 23 primary ballot on Monday, even after the independent Vermont senator said he wanted to continue to collect delegates to exert influence over the party’s platform and rules.
Sanders campaign adviser Jeff Weaver said in a statement Monday that the move was “a blow to American democracy.”
“While we understood that we did not have the votes to win the Democratic nomination, our campaign was suspended, not ended, because people in every state should have the right to express their preference," Weaver said. “New York has clearly violated its approved delegate selection plan. If this is not remedied, New York should lose all its delegates to the 2020 Democratic National Convention, and there should be a broader review by the Democratic Party of New York’s checkered pattern of voter disenfranchisement.”


thelibertydaily--2020-04-29--Corrupt Democrat Kweisi Mfume Wins Special Election in Maryland, Replaces Corrupt Elijah Cummings

File photo of then-NAACP President Kweisi Mfume addresses the association at its 94th annual convention in Miami Beach , Florida , on July 14 , 2003 .
( Joe Raedle/Getty Images ) Democrat Kweisi Mfume won a special congressional election in Maryland on Tuesday and will replace the late Rep. Elijah Cummings ( D-Md . )
for the rest of his term in the state ’ s 7th district .
Cummings , who chaired the House Oversight Committee , died at 68 in October 2019 .
His office told news outlets that he died due to “ complications concerning longstanding @ @ @ @ @ @ @ death , over 30 people—including some two dozen Democrats—announced bids for the seat he had held since 1996 .
Mfume defeated Republican Kimberly Klacik to win the seat , with The Associated Press calling the race after 8 p.m. local time .
The 71-year-old Democrat had earlier held the seat for five terms from 1987 to 1996 , before he left Congress and chaired the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People ( NAACP ) civil rights group , from 1996 until 2004 .
The NAACP is based in Baltimore .
Mfume @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Cummings ’ s term , which ends in January .
He may run again in the state ’ s June 2 primary in hopes of winning reelection in November to serve a full term .
The primary was originally scheduled for April but was postponed by Gov .
Larry Hogan due to the CCP virus .
All voters in the 7th Congressional District were strongly urged to vote by mail due to the pandemic caused by the CCP ( Chinese Communist Party ) virus , also known as the novel coronavirus .
The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ballots and sent out ballots weeks in advance .
Three in-person polling stations were still opened on Tuesday for those who were unable to cast a mail ballot , such as those without mailing addresses or voters who require special assistance .
Mfume told supporters after winning the election that many people are “ struggling at this hour to fight off the terrible disease of the coronavirus.
” “ To them , to their families and to the families of so many others who have lost lives prematurely to this disease , I @ @ @ @ @ @ @ from day one , all of my attention , all of my energy and all of my focus in the United States Congress will be on using science , data and common sense to help get our nation through this dark hour in our history , ” Mfume said .
Democrats outnumber Republicans by more than 4-1 in Maryland ’ s 7th district , which covers parts of Baltimore and central Maryland .
The diverse district includes areas of Baltimore that struggle with poverty and violent crime , and more affluent areas and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Mfume late Tuesday also spoke about addressing issues such as poor urban areas that have limited access to affordable and nutritious food , a lack of transportation , and the need to modernize school buildings .
“ I promise you that as your congressman , I will use every ability that I have to bring about that change , ” Mfume said .
The former NAACP chair also supports more robust gun-control measures , including reauthorizing a federal assault weapons ban that expired in 2005 .
Baltimore had 348 homicides last year—the fifth @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s most violent year ever per capita .
Klacik , a member of the Baltimore County Republican Central Committee , had campaigned on economic development and helping struggling parts of Baltimore via a federal “ opportunity zones ” program .
After she was defeated , Klacik wrote on Twitter : “ That one time when hard work didn ’ t pay off .
Perhaps one day , District 7 will want a change .
Proud of my team & the work we put in.
” The Associated Press contributed to this report @

Democrat Kweisi Mfume won a special congressional election in Maryland on Tuesday and will replace the late Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) for the rest of his term in the state's 7th district.
Cummings, who chaired the House Oversight Committee, died at 68 in October 2019. His office told news outlets that he died due to "complications concerning longstanding health challenges." Following Cummings's death, over 30 people—including some two dozen Democrats—announced bids for the seat he had held since 1996.
Mfume defeated Republican Kimberly Klacik to win the seat, with The Associated Press calling the race after 8 p.m. local time. The 71-year-old Democrat had earlier held the seat for five terms from 1987 to 1996, before he left Congress and chaired the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) civil rights group, from 1996 until 2004. The NAACP is based in Baltimore.
Mfume will now serve out the remainder of Cummings's term, which ends in January. He may run again in the state's June 2 primary in hopes of winning reelection in November to serve a full term. The primary was originally scheduled for April but was postponed by Gov. Larry Hogan due to the CCP virus.
All voters in the 7th Congressional District were strongly urged to vote by mail due to the pandemic caused by the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus, also known as the novel coronavirus. The Maryland Board of Elections had authorized mail-in ballots and sent out ballots weeks in advance. Three in-person polling stations were still opened on Tuesday for those who were unable to cast a mail ballot, such as those without mailing addresses or voters who require special assistance.
Democrat Kweisi Mfume removes a face mask before addressing reporters during an election night news conference after he won the 7th Congressional District special election, Tuesday, April 28, 2020, in Baltimore. (Julio Cortez/AP Photo)
Mfume told supporters after winning the election that many people are "struggling at this hour to fight off the terrible disease of the coronavirus.”
“To them, to their families and to the families of so many others who have lost lives prematurely to this disease, I want all of you to know that from day one, all of my attention, all of my energy and all of my focus in the United States Congress will be on using science, data and common sense to help get our nation through this dark hour in our history,” Mfume said.
Democrats outnumber Republicans by more than 4-1 in Maryland’s 7th district, which covers parts of Baltimore and central Maryland. The diverse district includes areas of Baltimore that struggle with poverty and violent crime, and more affluent areas and such landmarks as Johns Hopkins Hospital.
Mfume late Tuesday also spoke about addressing issues such as poor urban areas that have limited access to affordable and nutritious food, a lack of transportation, and the need to modernize school buildings.
“I promise you that as your congressman, I will use every ability that I have to bring about that change,” Mfume said.
The former NAACP chair also supports more robust gun-control measures, including reauthorizing a federal assault weapons ban that expired in 2005. Baltimore had 348 homicides last year—the fifth straight year topping 300—making it the city’s most violent year ever per capita.
Kimberly Klacik, who is the Republican 7th Congressional District candidate, waves for a supporter in Timonium, Md., on April 21, 2020. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
Klacik, a member of the Baltimore County Republican Central Committee, had campaigned on economic development and helping struggling parts of Baltimore via a federal “opportunity zones” program.
After she was defeated, Klacik wrote on Twitter: “That one time when hard work didn’t pay off. Perhaps one day, District 7 will want a change. Proud of my team & the work we put in.”
The Associated Press contributed to this report.


thelibertydaily--2020-04-29--Anti-Semitic Communist Democrat Bill de Bozo Attacks Jews for Attending Funeral of Rabbi: ‘Something

Anti-Semitic Communist Democrat Bill de Bozo Attacks Jews for Attending Funeral of Rabbi: ‘Something Absolutely Unacceptable Happened in Williamsburg Tonite [sic] — What I Saw WILL NOT be Tolerated’

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Mayor Bill de Blasio criticized the Jewish community in Williamsburg on Tuesday night for defying social distancing orders by holding a massive funeral for a rabbi who died of coronavirus.
Hundreds of Orthodox Jews gathered in the streets near the intersection of Rutledge Street and Bedford Avenue to pay their respects for the rabbi, identified by The Yeshiva World as Chaim Mertz.
“Something absolutely unacceptable happened in Williamsburg tonite: a large funeral gathering in the middle of this pandemic,” de Blasio wrote on Twitter.
“When I heard, I went there myself to ensure the crowd was dispersed. And what I saw WILL NOT be tolerated so long as we are fighting the Coronavirus,” he said.
Photos from the funeral show that while most mourners wore face masks, the crowd far exceeded 50 people in violation of Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s order.
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The throngs of people were also crammed together on the sidewalks closer than the recommended six feet apart.
The mayor said he instructed the NYPD to enforce social distancing violations with summonses, or even arrests.
“My message to the Jewish community, and all communities, is this simple: the time for warnings has passed,” the mayor wrote.
“This is about stopping this disease and saving lives. Period.”
A spokesperson for the NYPD said officers on scene did not ticket or arrest anybody.
Jewish community activist Isaac Abraham said the mayoral criticism rang hollow after large crowds congregated across the city earlier on Tuesday to watch the Blue Angels and Thunderbirds fly overhead.
“The crowd for the fighter jets today were around longer than the funeral,” Abraham said.
He also noted that the funeral was not a last-minute event that the city was unaware of.
Several NYPD precincts and their community affairs teams helped organize and control the event — setting up five blocks of barricades in advance to help with crowd control.
“There’s an old saying: Don’t rain on our parade,” Abraham said. “To run back to City Hall and send a tweet — this is kicking your friend when they’re down. Way down.”


thelibertydaily--2020-04-29--. . . Ted Cruz Blasts

. . . Ted Cruz Blasts

Where are all those timid souls who claimed to be so worried about ‘ Autocratic ’ Trump now that De Blasio is pulling this crap ?
For all the ‘ literally Hitler ’ references we ’ ve heard for the last three years , Trump is not the one threatening to round up Jews for defying government edicts that run clash in obvious ways with explicit Constitutional Rights .
The political Left has the market mostly cornered on that front .
This is but the latest example of it .
In New York , at least TWO Democrat darlings , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the dreaded virus .
That by itself is no big deal .
What IS a big deal is that they were both caught wandering the city while infectious .
The Governor ’ s own brother , Fredo from CNN was one .
And ABC anchor George Snuffleupagus is the other .
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Sorry .
That ’ s the Sesame Street muppet .
We , of course , meant the Democrat muppet and former Clinton-Comms-Director-turned-Senior-Advisor George Stephanopoulos .
Neither @ @ @ @ @ @ @ price for taking reckless action that literally endangered the lives of strangers .
They did as they pleased with no consequence , even though ( being infectious ) they were the functional equivalent of a live grenade lobbed into the public .
Democrat darlings can walk around freely , and Rikers can offload the expense of housing convicted felons into the general population ( with a predictable rise in crime ) , while uninfected people are made to stay home… ‘ or else ’ .
His ‘ Snitch Line ‘ even featured an @ @ @ @ @ @ @ public appearance , surrounded by people , while NOT wearing a mask .
And he has the audacity to single out one group in particular .
Does he even KNOW what week it is on the Jewish Calendar ?
For context , a little more than 24 hours before De Blasio ’ s tweet , this was posted : Ted Cruz took him to the woodshed over it .
We might point out that De Blasio singled out one particular religious group for his threats , and not for the first time .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ the ‘ permanent closure ’ of religious meeting houses if they defied order not to worship corporately .
We can ’ t help but notice that he had the cojones to threaten Jews and Christians in Secular New York during Easter .
But we are now in Ramadan .
As Trump once mused , will there be uniformity in this harassment ?
Or not ?
Maybe instead of trying to micromanage people who are well — at the risk of trampling Constitutional rights — he should turn his attention to doing his job @ @ @ @ @ @ @ seems to be a higher priority .
Can you even IMAGINE the airplay this would get if De Blasio had an ( R ) after his name ?
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Where are all those timid souls who claimed to be so worried about ‘Autocratic’ Trump now that De Blasio is pulling this crap?
For all the ‘literally Hitler’ references we’ve heard for the last three years, Trump is not the one threatening to round up Jews for defying government edicts that run clash in obvious ways with explicit Constitutional Rights.
The political Left has the market mostly cornered on that front. This is but the latest example of it.
In New York, at least TWO Democrat darlings, and well-connected TV talking heads, contracted the dreaded virus. That by itself is no big deal. What IS a big deal is that they were both caught wandering the city while infectious. The Governor’s own brother, Fredo from CNN was one. And ABC anchor George Snuffleupagus is the other.
Sorry. That’s the Sesame Street muppet. We, of course, meant the Democrat muppet and former Clinton-Comms-Director-turned-Senior-Advisor George Stephanopoulos.
Neither of them were made to pay any price for taking reckless action that literally endangered the lives of strangers. They did as they pleased with no consequence, even though (being infectious) they were the functional equivalent of a live grenade lobbed into the public.
Democrat darlings can walk around freely, and Rikers can offload the expense of housing convicted felons into the general population (with a predictable rise in crime), while uninfected people are made to stay home… ‘or else’.
His ‘Snitch Line‘ even featured an embarrassing photo of De Blasio in a public appearance, surrounded by people, while NOT wearing a mask.
And he has the audacity to single out one group in particular.
My message to the Jewish community, and all communities, is this simple: the time for warnings has passed. I have instructed the NYPD to proceed immediately to summons or even arrest those who gather in large groups. This is about stopping this disease and saving lives. Period. — Mayor Bill de Blasio (@NYCMayor) April 29, 2020
(Here’s a screen-grab in case he deletes it.)
Does he even KNOW what week it is on the Jewish Calendar? For context, a little more than 24 hours before De Blasio’s tweet, this was posted:
In Israel, #YomHaZikaron – Memorial Day, has begun. On this day we remember the country’s fallen soldiers and victims of terror. We join with Israel and remember the thousands who have died defending the Jewish state and in acts of terror. pic.twitter.com/b6qH9quNM9 — ADL (@ADL) April 27, 2020
Talk about tone-deaf.
Ted Cruz took him to the woodshed over it.
Would DeBlasio have sent this identical tweet with the word “Jewish” replaced by any other religious minority? If not, why not? Laws should be enforced neutrally w/o targeting religious faith. #ProtectFreeExercise https://t.co/dMVcX0bin4 — Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) April 29, 2020
We might point out that De Blasio singled out one particular religious group for his threats, and not for the first time. (Jews and Christians were threatened with the ‘permanent closure’ of religious meeting houses if they defied order not to worship corporately.
We can’t help but notice that he had the cojones to threaten Jews and Christians in Secular New York during Easter. But we are now in Ramadan.
As Trump once mused, will there be uniformity in this harassment? Or not?
Maybe instead of trying to micromanage people who are well — at the risk of trampling Constitutional rights — he should turn his attention to doing his job?
This issue, for instance, seems to be a higher priority.
A HEARTBREAKING moment of a woman who lost a family member. Although we pray for her, MAYOR DEBLASIO SHOULD BURN IN HELL for what he’s done to NYC. This poor lady says it all. God bless her. pic.twitter.com/pmL6XZ8HNq — SBA (@SBANYPD) April 28, 2020
Can you even IMAGINE the airplay this would get if De Blasio had an (R) after his name?
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thelibertydaily--2020-04-29--Fascist Fauci, Under the Obama Regime, Gave Wuhan Virus Lab $3.7 Million AFTER Dr. Shi Zhengli Had U

Fascist Fauci, Under the Obama Regime, Gave Wuhan Virus Lab $3.7 Million AFTER Dr. Shi Zhengli Had US Project Shut Down Was Sent Back to Communist China

Chinese Doctor Shi Zhengli was part of a team that working on a coronavirus project jointly with US doctors in 2014 in the United States before it was shut down by the DHS for being too risky .
After the US research project was shut down , Dr. Shi , often referred to as the “ Bat Lady , ” continued her coronavirus research in Wuhan , China .
Doctor Shi Zhengli from China was part of a team , including Doctor Ralph S. Baric , that published an article in a 2015 edition of Nature Medicine .
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( VIDEO ) In the article they discussed bat coronaviruses that showed potential for human emergence .
The article was published in 2015 .
This report was published shortly after their project was defunded by the US Department of Health and Human Services ( HHS ) .
The HHS in 2014 sent a letter to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where they announced they were going to defund the program .
Dr. Ralph S. Baric was identified in the letter .
After @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Chinese moved forward with the project and ran research and development in Wuhan at the Wuhan Virology Center .
From Shi Zhengli ’ s papers and resume , it is clear that they successfully isolated the virus in the lab and were actively experimenting with species to species transmission .
It ’ s also important to note that back in 2017 we had solid intelligence about a viral leak in a high security Chinese virology R & D center that resulted in the SARS virus getting out and killing people .
This @ @ @ @ @ @ @ theory that COVID-19 is a variant that just magically mutated in a bat in the wild and then jumped to a human when they ate a delicious bowl of bat soup .
From all of the published research papers that relate to this project going back to 2014 , it ’ s clear that COVID-19 was already in a lab .
It ’ s difficult to tell if the release was intentional or accidental .
In 2017 , the Chinese had a similar release incident that sickened eight people and killed one .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ Chinese CDC lab independently isolated and experimented in vitro/vivo a SARS virus .
In one of these sessions the scientists took a previously unknown variant of the SARS virus and moved it out from a BSL-4 high-containment facility into a low-safety diarrhea research lab where the two were working .
Apparently , the virus inactivation process didn ’ t work properly and both were infected at the lab and then proceeded to infect other people outside of the lab .
Earlier we noted that the Wuhan Institute of Virology in Wuhan , Hubei @ @ @ @ @ @ @ an ecological study of bat migration and virus transmission in November of 2019 .
We now know from Dr. Shi ’ s resume and papers that she was still working on the coronavirus at that time : Via Yaacov Apelbaum .
And now we know that Dr. Tony Fauci and the NIH funded the Wuhan Institute of Virology in 2015 .
Back in 2015 the NIH under the direction of Dr. Tony Fauci gave a $ 3.7 million grant to the Wuhan Institute of Virology .
The Wuhan Institute of Virology is now @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that has killed more than 50,000 Americans and , thanks to Dr. Fauci again , destroyed the US economy .
As early as 2018 US State Department officials warned about safety risks at the Wuhan Institute of Virology lab on scientists conducting risky tests with the bat coronavirus .
US officials made several trips to the Wuhan laboratory .
Despite the warnings the US National Institute of Health ( NIH ) awarded a $ 3.7 million grant to the Wuhan lab studying the bat virus .
This was after State Department warned about @ @ @ @ @ @ @ lab .
On Sunday Rudy Giuliani dropped a bomb on Dr. Fauci .
Rudy scolded the NIAID Director of granting $ 3.7 million to the Wuhan lab that leaked the coronavirus .
And then Rudy accused the NIH of knowing more than they are leading on .
Rudy Giuliani questioned Dr. Anthony Fauci ’ s involvement in grants from the United States to a laboratory in Wuhan , China , that has been tied to the coronavirus pandemic .
According to a report , the U.S. Intelligence Community has growing confidence that the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ from the Wuhan Institute of Virology rather than from a wildlife market , as the Chinese Communist Party first claimed .
During a Sunday interview on The Cats Roundtable , Giuliani questioned why the U.S. gave money to the lab .
“ Back in 2014 , the Obama administration prohibited the U.S. from giving money to any laboratory , including in the U.S. , that was fooling around with these viruses .
Prohibited !
Despite that , Dr. Fauci gave $ 3.7 million to the Wuhan laboratory — even after the State Department @ @ @ @ @ @ @ was , and how suspicious they were in the way they were developing a virus that could be transmitted to humans , ” he claimed .
He added , “ We never pulled that money .
Something here is going on , John .
I don ’ t want to make any accusations .
But there was more knowledge about what was going on in China with our scientific people than they disclosed to us when this first came out .
Just think of it : If this laboratory turns out to be @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , then we paid for it .
We paid for the damn virus that ’ s killing us .
”

Chinese Doctor Shi Zhengli was part of a team that working on a coronavirus project jointly with US doctors in 2014 in the United States before it was shut down by the DHS for being too risky.
After the US research project was shut down, Dr. Shi, often referred to as the “Bat Lady,” continued her coronavirus research in Wuhan, China.
Doctor Shi Zhengli from China was part of a team, including Doctor Ralph S. Baric, that published an article in a 2015 edition of Nature Medicine.
In the article they discussed bat coronaviruses that showed potential for human emergence. The article was published in 2015.
This report was published shortly after their project was defunded by the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
The HHS in 2014 sent a letter to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where they announced they were going to defund the program.
Dr. Ralph S. Baric was identified in the letter.
After the work stopped in the US, the Chinese moved forward with the project and ran research and development in Wuhan at the Wuhan Virology Center. From Shi Zhengli’s papers and resume, it is clear that they successfully isolated the virus in the lab and were actively experimenting with species to species transmission.
It’s also important to note that back in 2017 we had solid intelligence about a viral leak in a high security Chinese virology R&D center that resulted in the SARS virus getting out and killing people.
This information provides a basis that contradicts the theory that COVID-19 is a variant that just magically mutated in a bat in the wild and then jumped to a human when they ate a delicious bowl of bat soup.
From all of the published research papers that relate to this project going back to 2014, it’s clear that COVID-19 was already in a lab.
It’s difficult to tell if the release was intentional or accidental.
In 2017, the Chinese had a similar release incident that sickened eight people and killed one. It started when two workers at a Chinese CDC lab independently isolated and experimented in vitro/vivo a SARS virus. In one of these sessions the scientists took a previously unknown variant of the SARS virus and moved it out from a BSL-4 high-containment facility into a low-safety diarrhea research lab where the two were working. Apparently, the virus inactivation process didn’t work properly and both were infected at the lab and then proceeded to infect other people outside of the lab.
Earlier we noted that the Wuhan Institute of Virology in Wuhan, Hubei Province in China was hiring individuals for an ecological study of bat migration and virus transmission in November of 2019.
We now know from Dr. Shi’s resume and papers that she was still working on the coronavirus at that time:
Via Yaacov Apelbaum.
And now we know that Dr. Tony Fauci and the NIH funded the Wuhan Institute of Virology in 2015.
Back in 2015 the NIH under the direction of Dr. Tony Fauci gave a $3.7 million grant to the Wuhan Institute of Virology.
The Wuhan Institute of Virology is now the main suspect in leaking the coronavirus that has killed more than 50,000 Americans and, thanks to Dr. Fauci again, destroyed the US economy.
As early as 2018 US State Department officials warned about safety risks at the Wuhan Institute of Virology lab on scientists conducting risky tests with the bat coronavirus.
US officials made several trips to the Wuhan laboratory.
Despite the warnings the US National Institute of Health (NIH) awarded a $3.7 million grant to the Wuhan lab studying the bat virus. This was after State Department warned about the risky tests going on in the lab.
This is unbelievable!
On Sunday Rudy Giuliani dropped a bomb on Dr. Fauci. Rudy scolded the NIAID Director of granting $3.7 million to the Wuhan lab that leaked the coronavirus.
And then Rudy accused the NIH of knowing more than they are leading on.
The Washington Examiner reported:
Rudy Giuliani questioned Dr. Anthony Fauci’s involvement in grants from the United States to a laboratory in Wuhan, China, that has been tied to the coronavirus pandemic. According to a report, the U.S. Intelligence Community has growing confidence that the current coronavirus strain may have accidentally escaped from the Wuhan Institute of Virology rather than from a wildlife market, as the Chinese Communist Party first claimed. During a Sunday interview on The Cats Roundtable, Giuliani questioned why the U.S. gave money to the lab. “Back in 2014, the Obama administration prohibited the U.S. from giving money to any laboratory, including in the U.S., that was fooling around with these viruses. Prohibited! Despite that, Dr. Fauci gave $3.7 million to the Wuhan laboratory — even after the State Department issued reports about how unsafe that laboratory was, and how suspicious they were in the way they were developing a virus that could be transmitted to humans,” he claimed. He added, “We never pulled that money. Something here is going on, John. I don’t want to make any accusations. But there was more knowledge about what was going on in China with our scientific people than they disclosed to us when this first came out. Just think of it: If this laboratory turns out to be the place where the virus came from, then we paid for it. We paid for the damn virus that’s killing us.”
Hat Tip Yaacov Apelbaum


thelibertydaily--2020-04-29--SPYGATE BOMBSHELL! Discredited Dirty Dossier Author Christopher Steele Had Previously Undisclosed Me

SPYGATE BOMBSHELL! Discredited Dirty Dossier Author Christopher Steele Had Previously Undisclosed Meetings With Lawyers For DNC, Clinton Campaign

• Christopher Steele shed new light on his work for the Clinton campaign and DNC , revealing in testimony last month that he met with two lawyers for the Democrats as part of his investigation into Donald Trump .
• Steele met with Perkins Coie partners Michael Sussmann and Marc Elias , he testified .
• Steele said that Sussmann provided him with the now-debunked tip that a Russian bank had a secret communications channel with the Trump Organization .
A lawyer representing the DNC and Clinton campaign provided Christopher Steele with information in 2016 regarding an alleged secret communications @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Russian bank , the former spy told a British court last month .
That now-debunked tip , from Perkins Coie lawyer Michael Sussmann , set off a chain of events that led to Steele publishing a Sept. 14 , 2016 memo accusing the founders of the bank , Alfa Bank , of having “ illicit ” ties to Vladimir Putin , according to a court transcript obtained by the Daily Caller News Foundation .
A week after Steele wrote that memo , he had another meeting with Sussmann ’ s colleague , Marc @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Steele disclosed the previously unreported meetings with Sussmann and Elias during testimony in a defamation lawsuit filed against him by the Alfa Bank founders , the transcript shows .
Steele ’ s testimony about Sussmann and Elias provides insight into how deeply involved the two lawyers were in the Trump investigation , and suggests they helped shape Steele ’ s investigation into possible Russian interference in the 2016 election .
Perkins Coie , Sussmann and Elias did not respond to requests for comment for this story .
Elias , who served as general @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Fusion GPS in April 2016 to investigate Donald Trump .
Fusion GPS in turn picked Steele , a former MI6 officer , in June 2016 to investigate Trump ’ s possible ties to Russia .
Steele would go on to produce 17 memos alleging that the Russian government had blackmail material on Trump , and that members of his campaign were conspiring with the Kremlin to influence the 2016 election .
Many of Steele ’ s most explosive allegations have been debunked in the 40 months since BuzzFeed News published the dossier .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ report said that Steele ’ s primary source of information disputed many of the allegations in the dossier .
The IG report also said that the FBI and U.S. intelligence community received evidence in 2017 that Russian intelligence operatives may have fed disinformation to Steele .
The IG report also dealt a fatal blow to the Alfa Bank theory peddled by Sussmann .
It said the FBI investigated whether there were “ cyber links ” between Alfa Bank and the Trump Organization , the company owned by Donald Trump , “ but had @ @ @ @ @ @ @ were no such links.
” The three owners of Alfa Bank have sued Steele in the U.S. and U.K. over the Sept. 14 , 2016 memo , which is referred to as “ Company Intelligence Report 112 ” in the dossier .
Steele testified under oath in London on March 17 and 18 .
He revealed that Sussmann , a former Justice Department official , told him during a meeting on July 29 , 2016 about suspicious network traffic between the Trump Organization and Alfa Bank , according to the transcript .
He @ @ @ @ @ @ @ computer server traffic was the catalyst for the dossier memo he would write six weeks later about Alfa Bank , the transcript shows .
( RELATED : EXCLUSIVE : Dossier Author Testified His Records Were ‘ Wiped ’ ) “ I ’ m very clear is that the first person that ever mentioned the Trump server issue , Alfa server issue , was Mr. Sussman [ sic ] , ” Steele told Hugh Tomlinson , a lawyer for the Alfa Bank owners , on March 17 , the transcript shows .
Steele went @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Glenn Simpson instructed him at some point after the Sussmann meeting to write a report about Alfa Bank , according to the transcript .
“ I was given the instruction sometime after that meeting by Mr. Simpson , ” said Steele , adding that the instruction from Simpson “ was absolutely , definitely linked to the server issue , ” the transcript shows .
It was not previously known whether Steele keyed in on Alfa Bank on his own initiative , or if someone else tasked him with investigating the bank .
Steele @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to collect information from Russia about the bank , the transcript shows .
The transcript also shows that Steele claimed that the source , who has not been identified , met with a “ top level Russian government official , ” who reported back on the Alfa Bank founders .
In Report 112 , Steele wrote that the Russian official said that the three Alfa Bank founders had had “ ups and down ” with Vladimir Putin in the past , but were on “ very good terms ” with the Russian leader @ @ @ @ @ @ @ alleged that the Alfa Bank founders had delivered “ large amounts of cash ” to Putin in the 1990s , when he served as deputy mayor of St. Petersburg .
The report also alleges that both sides held compromising information on the other , keeping everyone involved in check .
Sussmann shopped the allegations about the Alfa Bank computer servers around to others besides Steele , including to journalists and the FBI ’ s top lawyer .
He shared the information with reporters from the New York Times and Slate , which ran @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
According to that story , Alfa Bank ’ s servers were communicating in a peculiar fashion with those of the Trump Organization .
A team of computer experts who studied the traffic determined that the Alfa-Trump channel was being used for some sort of communication between the two sides , the story said .
That assessment , if true , would have fit into Steele ’ s theory that the Trump campaign was conspiring with the Kremlin .
The Slate story appeared as rumors gained steam that the Trump campaign was somehow @ @ @ @ @ @ @ emails from the DNC and Clinton campaign .
On Sept. 23 , 2016 , Yahoo !
News published a story alleging that Trump campaign aide Carter Page met secretly with Kremlin insiders to discuss exchanging material on Hillary Clinton .
On the day the Slate story appeared , Mother Jones reporter David Corn published a report citing a “ former Western intelligence officer ” who claimed that the Russian government had compromising material on Trump .
It is now known that Steele was involved in one way or the other in all three @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in court proceedings to meeting with both reporters from Mother Jones and Yahoo , and had investigated the allegations central to the Slate story .
To further spread the Alfa Bank story , Sussmann contacted James Baker , his former DOJ colleague who then served as general counsel for the FBI .
Baker told House investigators on Oct. 18 , 2018 that Sussmann contacted him to share the information and that they met on Sept. 19 , 2016 .
That day was a busy one for the FBI ’ s Crossfire Hurricane team @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that Steele provided six memos from his dossier to the FBI that same day .
The FBI began almost immediately drafting an application for a Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act ( FISA ) warrant against Carter Page .
The applications relied heavily on Steele ’ s dossier , which alleged that Page was a key link between the Trump team and Kremlin .
Notably , Steele did not provide the FBI with Report 112 from his dossier , according to the IG report .
The FBI eventually obtained the memo on Nov. 6 , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
It is unclear whether Sussmann and Steele ’ s outreach to the FBI on Sept. 19 , 2016 was coordinated , or merely coincidental .
Three days later , Steele met with Elias at Perkins Coie ’ s offices in Washington , D.C. , the ex-spy testified .
Steele did not provide details of his discussions with Elias .
He also met with several journalists to discuss the dossier during that same visit to the U.S. capital .
One of the journalists Steele met was Michael Isikoff , the author of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Perkins Coie has been reluctant to discuss its affiliation with Fusion GPS and Steele .
Elias , the Perkins Coie partner , did not disclose his involvement in the matter when he attended a congressional deposition regarding the dossier along with his client , former Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta .
New York Times reporter Ken Vogel has said that Elias misled him in 2017 when asked if Perkins Coie funded the dossier .
One mystery is where Sussmann obtained the information regarding an Alfa Bank connection to the Trump Organization .
Steele @ @ @ @ @ @ @ passed Sussmann the information in late July 2016 .
The cyber experts , who go by the pseudonyms “ Max ” and “ Tea Leaves , ” have spoken to numerous reporters about their investigation , including at Slate , The New Yorker and The New York Times .
A cyber firm that Alfa Bank hired to investigate the server allegations determined that the computer records were likely fabricated by “ threat actors ” who wanted “ to make it appear as though a connection existed ” between the Trump Organization and Alfa @ @ @ @ @ @ @ would constitute a potential violation of various US federal laws , ” Ankura , the cyber firm , wrote in a report released Friday .
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Christopher Steele shed new light on his work for the Clinton campaign and DNC, revealing in testimony last month that he met with two lawyers for the Democrats as part of his investigation into Donald Trump.
Steele met with Perkins Coie partners Michael Sussmann and Marc Elias, he testified.
Steele said that Sussmann provided him with the now-debunked tip that a Russian bank had a secret communications channel with the Trump Organization.
A lawyer representing the DNC and Clinton campaign provided Christopher Steele with information in 2016 regarding an alleged secret communications channel between the Trump Organization and a Russian bank, the former spy told a British court last month.
That now-debunked tip, from Perkins Coie lawyer Michael Sussmann, set off a chain of events that led to Steele publishing a Sept. 14, 2016 memo accusing the founders of the bank, Alfa Bank, of having “illicit” ties to Vladimir Putin, according to a court transcript obtained by the Daily Caller News Foundation.
A week after Steele wrote that memo, he had another meeting with Sussmann’s colleague, Marc Elias, according to the transcript.
Steele disclosed the previously unreported meetings with Sussmann and Elias during testimony in a defamation lawsuit filed against him by the Alfa Bank founders, the transcript shows.
Steele’s testimony about Sussmann and Elias provides insight into how deeply involved the two lawyers were in the Trump investigation, and suggests they helped shape Steele’s investigation into possible Russian interference in the 2016 election.
Perkins Coie, Sussmann and Elias did not respond to requests for comment for this story.
Elias, who served as general counsel for the Clinton campaign, hired Fusion GPS in April 2016 to investigate Donald Trump. Fusion GPS in turn picked Steele, a former MI6 officer, in June 2016 to investigate Trump’s possible ties to Russia.
Steele would go on to produce 17 memos alleging that the Russian government had blackmail material on Trump, and that members of his campaign were conspiring with the Kremlin to influence the 2016 election.
Many of Steele’s most explosive allegations have been debunked in the 40 months since BuzzFeed News published the dossier.
A Justice Department inspector general’s report said that Steele’s primary source of information disputed many of the allegations in the dossier. The IG report also said that the FBI and U.S. intelligence community received evidence in 2017 that Russian intelligence operatives may have fed disinformation to Steele.
The IG report also dealt a fatal blow to the Alfa Bank theory peddled by Sussmann.
It said the FBI investigated whether there were “cyber links” between Alfa Bank and the Trump Organization, the company owned by Donald Trump, “but had concluded by early February 2017 that there were no such links.”
The three owners of Alfa Bank have sued Steele in the U.S. and U.K. over the Sept. 14, 2016 memo, which is referred to as “Company Intelligence Report 112” in the dossier.
Steele testified under oath in London on March 17 and 18.
He revealed that Sussmann, a former Justice Department official, told him during a meeting on July 29, 2016 about suspicious network traffic between the Trump Organization and Alfa Bank, according to the transcript.
He also said that the theory about the computer server traffic was the catalyst for the dossier memo he would write six weeks later about Alfa Bank, the transcript shows. (RELATED: EXCLUSIVE: Dossier Author Testified His Records Were ‘Wiped’)
“I’m very clear is that the first person that ever mentioned the Trump server issue, Alfa server issue, was Mr. Sussman [sic],” Steele told Hugh Tomlinson, a lawyer for the Alfa Bank owners, on March 17, the transcript shows.
Steele went on to say that Fusion GPS founder Glenn Simpson instructed him at some point after the Sussmann meeting to write a report about Alfa Bank, according to the transcript.
“I was given the instruction sometime after that meeting by Mr. Simpson,” said Steele, adding that the instruction from Simpson “was absolutely, definitely linked to the server issue,” the transcript shows.
It was not previously known whether Steele keyed in on Alfa Bank on his own initiative, or if someone else tasked him with investigating the bank.
Steele said that he directed his dossier source to collect information from Russia about the bank, the transcript shows.
The transcript also shows that Steele claimed that the source, who has not been identified, met with a “top level Russian government official,” who reported back on the Alfa Bank founders.
In Report 112, Steele wrote that the Russian official said that the three Alfa Bank founders had had “ups and down” with Vladimir Putin in the past, but were on “very good terms” with the Russian leader at the time. The source also alleged that the Alfa Bank founders had delivered “large amounts of cash” to Putin in the 1990s, when he served as deputy mayor of St. Petersburg.
The report also alleges that both sides held compromising information on the other, keeping everyone involved in check.
The Alfa Bank founders have vehemently denied Steele’s allegations.
Sussmann shopped the allegations about the Alfa Bank computer servers around to others besides Steele, including to journalists and the FBI’s top lawyer.
He shared the information with reporters from the New York Times and Slate, which ran a story on Oct. 31, 2016.
According to that story, Alfa Bank’s servers were communicating in a peculiar fashion with those of the Trump Organization. A team of computer experts who studied the traffic determined that the Alfa-Trump channel was being used for some sort of communication between the two sides, the story said.
That assessment, if true, would have fit into Steele’s theory that the Trump campaign was conspiring with the Kremlin.
The Slate story appeared as rumors gained steam that the Trump campaign was somehow involved in the hack and release of emails from the DNC and Clinton campaign. On Sept. 23, 2016, Yahoo! News published a story alleging that Trump campaign aide Carter Page met secretly with Kremlin insiders to discuss exchanging material on Hillary Clinton.
On the day the Slate story appeared, Mother Jones reporter David Corn published a report citing a “former Western intelligence officer” who claimed that the Russian government had compromising material on Trump.
It is now known that Steele was involved in one way or the other in all three of the stories. He has acknowledged in court proceedings to meeting with both reporters from Mother Jones and Yahoo, and had investigated the allegations central to the Slate story.
To further spread the Alfa Bank story, Sussmann contacted James Baker, his former DOJ colleague who then served as general counsel for the FBI. Baker told House investigators on Oct. 18, 2018 that Sussmann contacted him to share the information and that they met on Sept. 19, 2016.
That day was a busy one for the FBI’s Crossfire Hurricane team. The Justice Department IG report said that Steele provided six memos from his dossier to the FBI that same day.
The FBI began almost immediately drafting an application for a Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) warrant against Carter Page. The applications relied heavily on Steele’s dossier, which alleged that Page was a key link between the Trump team and Kremlin.
Notably, Steele did not provide the FBI with Report 112 from his dossier, according to the IG report. The FBI eventually obtained the memo on Nov. 6, 2016, when provided it to Baker.
It is unclear whether Sussmann and Steele’s outreach to the FBI on Sept. 19, 2016 was coordinated, or merely coincidental.
Three days later, Steele met with Elias at Perkins Coie’s offices in Washington, D.C., the ex-spy testified. Steele did not provide details of his discussions with Elias.
He also met with several journalists to discuss the dossier during that same visit to the U.S. capital. One of the journalists Steele met was Michael Isikoff, the author of the Yahoo! story about Carter Page.
Perkins Coie has been reluctant to discuss its affiliation with Fusion GPS and Steele. Elias, the Perkins Coie partner, did not disclose his involvement in the matter when he attended a congressional deposition regarding the dossier along with his client, former Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta.
New York Times reporter Ken Vogel has said that Elias misled him in 2017 when asked if Perkins Coie funded the dossier.
One mystery is where Sussmann obtained the information regarding an Alfa Bank connection to the Trump Organization. Steele testified that a group of cyber experts passed Sussmann the information in late July 2016.
The cyber experts, who go by the pseudonyms “Max” and “Tea Leaves,” have spoken to numerous reporters about their investigation, including at Slate, The New Yorker and The New York Times.
A cyber firm that Alfa Bank hired to investigate the server allegations determined that the computer records were likely fabricated by “threat actors” who wanted “to make it appear as though a connection existed” between the Trump Organization and Alfa Bank.
“If true, this would constitute a potential violation of various US federal laws,” Ankura, the cyber firm, wrote in a report released Friday.
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thelibertydaily--2020-04-30--Awesome: Lt. General Flynn Posts Triumphant Tweet Following Release of Handwritten FBI Notes Reveali

Awesome: Lt. General Flynn Posts Triumphant Tweet Following Release of Handwritten FBI Notes Revealing He Was Framed by Deep State Goons:

General Mike Flynn fired off a tweet on Wednesday evening following the release of handwritten FBI notes showing he was framed by crooks in the FBI .
TRENDING : BREAKING : Handwritten FBI Notes Unsealed - They Framed Flynn !
`` What is Our Goal ?
Truth/Admission or to Get Him to Lie , So We Can Prosecute or Get Him Fired ? ''
Flynn ’ s attorney Sidney Powell has been fighting to get her hands on Brady material since she took over Flynn ’ s case .
On Wednesday , the DOJ turned over more Flynn documents and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ FBI .
The unsealed FBI notes written by Bill Priestap revealed the intent of the FBI ’ s ambush interview of Flynn in January of 2017 .
“ What is our goal ?
Truth/Admission or to get him to lie , so we can prosecute [ Flynn ] or get him fired ?
” Bill Priestap wrote .
Here ’ s how they planned to get Flynn removed : 1 ) Get Flynn “ to admit to breaking the Logan Act ” ; or Their end goal was a referral to the DOJ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ contacts with the Russians .

General Mike Flynn fired off a tweet on Wednesday evening following the release of handwritten FBI notes showing he was framed by crooks in the FBI.
Flynn tweeted a 12-second video of an American flag.
God bless General Flynn and his attorney Sidney Powell.
WATCH:
Flynn’s attorney Sidney Powell has been fighting to get her hands on Brady material since she took over Flynn’s case.
On Wednesday, the DOJ turned over more Flynn documents and it revealed Flynn was framed by the FBI.
The unsealed FBI notes written by Bill Priestap revealed the intent of the FBI’s ambush interview of Flynn in January of 2017.
“What is our goal? Truth/Admission or to get him to lie, so we can prosecute [Flynn] or get him fired?” Bill Priestap wrote.
Here’s how they planned to get Flynn removed:
1) Get Flynn “to admit to breaking the Logan Act”; or
2) Catch Flynn in a lie.
Their end goal was a referral to the DOJ – not to investigate Flynn’s contacts with the Russians.


thelibertydaily--2020-04-30--Why Democrats/Globalists Want You Locked Away Under De Facto House Arrest: Sunshine Increases Vitami

Why Democrats/Globalists Want You Locked Away Under De Facto House Arrest: Sunshine Increases Vitamin D and May Build Resistance to Chi-Com Virus

A doctor in Australia who specializes in skin-cancer research said that having a Vitamin D deficiency , which can be offset by moderate exposure to sunlight , increases one ’ s vulnerability to the COVID-19 virus .
The researcher , Dr. Rachel Neale , said during an interview with The Australian last week that having low levels of Vitamin D increases vulnerability to viral infections , including COVID-19 .
“ Now , more than ever , is not the time to be vitamin D deficient , ” Dr. Neale said .
“ It would make sense that being vitamin D @ @ @ @ @ @ @ symptomatic COVID-19 and potentially having worse symptoms .
And that ’ s because vitamin D seems to have important effects on the immune system.
” Last year , Neale headed up a study of 78,000 patients , and found that people with low levels of Vitamin D are almost twice as likely as those with high levels of vitamin D to develop acute respiratory infections , which people with COVID-19 are now dying from .
Neale found that Vitamin D supplementation reduced the risk of acute respiratory infections , but she does not @ @ @ @ @ @ @ she believes time in the sun provides more benefits .
However , she accepts that oral supplements are useful for people who can not spend time in the sun .
The ideal amount of time to spend in the sun depends on the latitude of each individual ’ s home .
In Brisbane , Queensland , where Neale lives , she spends five to 10 minutes in the sun each day .
( People in other countries can compare their own location ’ s latitude relative to Brisbane ’ s . )
Neale @ @ @ @ @ @ @ she is very aware of the potential damage caused by overexposure to the sun , especially since Australia has the highest rate of skin cancer in the world .
As with all things , moderation is the key .
In addition to its benefits in stimulating the production of Vitamin D , other research suggests that ultraviolet ( UV ) rays may help to kill the coronavirus .
Depending on its wavelength , UV rays are classified as UV-C , UV-B , or UV-A rays .
More than 95 percent of the sun @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Earth ’ s surface is UV-A .
UV-A light has much longer wavelengths than the other two types and can penetrate deeper layers of skin , potentially causing skin damage , which should be prevented by limiting exposure time and/or using sunblock .
UV-C rays have much shorter wavelengths than the others and aren ’ t known to have harmful effects because they can ’ t get past the Earth ’ s ozone layer .
However , they are produced by ultraviolet lamps that are often used to help sanitize the air in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ already using them to sanitize scarce N95 respirators for reuse .
A Washington Post report on April 24 contrasted the speeds at which natural UV-A and UV-B from the sun and constant artificial UV-C from lamps kill the coronavirus on objects .
“ Sunlight definitely kills things .
It ’ s just really slow , ” the report quoted Andrea Silverman as saying He is an environmental engineering and global health professor at New York University .
The report also cited David Lytle , a retired biophysicist , who calculated that on May @ @ @ @ @ @ @ midday sunshine would be needed to kill microscopic coronavirus particles at New York City ’ s latitude .
Warren Mass has served The New American since its launch in 1985 in several capacities , including marketing , editing , and writing .
Since retiring from the staff several years ago , he has been a regular contributor to the magazine .
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A doctor in Australia who specializes in skin-cancer research said that having a Vitamin D deficiency, which can be offset by moderate exposure to sunlight, increases one’s vulnerability to the COVID-19 virus.
The researcher, Dr. Rachel Neale, said during an interview with The Australian last week that having low levels of Vitamin D increases vulnerability to viral infections, including COVID-19.
“Now, more than ever, is not the time to be vitamin D deficient,” Dr. Neale said. “It would make sense that being vitamin D deficient would increase the risk of having symptomatic COVID-19 and potentially having worse symptoms. And that’s because vitamin D seems to have important effects on the immune system.”
Last year, Neale headed up a study of 78,000 patients, and found that people with low levels of Vitamin D are almost twice as likely as those with high levels of vitamin D to develop acute respiratory infections, which people with COVID-19 are now dying from.
Neale found that Vitamin D supplementation reduced the risk of acute respiratory infections, but she does not take Vitamin D tablets herself, as she believes time in the sun provides more benefits. However, she accepts that oral supplements are useful for people who cannot spend time in the sun.
The ideal amount of time to spend in the sun depends on the latitude of each individual’s home. In Brisbane, Queensland, where Neale lives, she spends five to 10 minutes in the sun each day. (People in other countries can compare their own location’s latitude relative to Brisbane’s.)
Neale is primarily a skin-cancer researcher, so she is very aware of the potential damage caused by overexposure to the sun, especially since Australia has the highest rate of skin cancer in the world. As with all things, moderation is the key.
In addition to its benefits in stimulating the production of Vitamin D, other research suggests that ultraviolet (UV) rays may help to kill the coronavirus. Depending on its wavelength, UV rays are classified as UV-C, UV-B, or UV-A rays. More than 95 percent of the sun’s UV radiation that reaches the Earth’s surface is UV-A. UV-A light has much longer wavelengths than the other two types and can penetrate deeper layers of skin, potentially causing skin damage, which should be prevented by limiting exposure time and/or using sunblock.
UV-C rays have much shorter wavelengths than the others and aren’t known to have harmful effects because they can’t get past the Earth’s ozone layer. However, they are produced by ultraviolet lamps that are often used to help sanitize the air in places such as hospitals, which are already using them to sanitize scarce N95 respirators for reuse.
A Washington Post report on April 24 contrasted the speeds at which natural UV-A and UV-B from the sun and constant artificial UV-C from lamps kill the coronavirus on objects.
“Sunlight definitely kills things. It’s just really slow,” the report quoted Andrea Silverman as saying He is an environmental engineering and global health professor at New York University.
The report also cited David Lytle, a retired biophysicist, who calculated that on May 1, two to three hours of midday sunshine would be needed to kill microscopic coronavirus particles at New York City’s latitude.
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thelibertydaily--2020-04-29--DEEP STATE BOMBSHELL: Handwritten FBI Notes Reveal Scheme to ENTRAP Lt. General Michael Flynn: ‘What

DEEP STATE BOMBSHELL: Handwritten FBI Notes Reveal Scheme to ENTRAP Lt. General Michael Flynn: ‘What is the Goal? Truth/Admission or to Get Him to Lie, So We Can Prosecute Him or Get Him Fired?’

A senior FBI official 's handwritten notes from the earliest days of the Trump administration expressed concern that the bureau might be `` playing games '' with a counterintelligence interview of then-National Security Adviser Michael Flynn to get him to lie so `` we could prosecute him or get him fired . ''
The notes and other emails were provided to Flynn 's lawyers under seal last week and released Wednesday night by court order , providing the most damning evidence to date of potential politicalization and misconduct inside the FBI during the Russia probe .
The notes show FBI @ @ @ @ @ @ @ warning before his January 2017 interview — a practice normally followed in such interviews — so that he could be charged with a crime if he misled the agents , the officials said .
`` What is our goal ?
Truth/Admission or to get him to lie , so we can prosecute him or get him fired ?
, '' the handwritten notes of the senior official say .
The notes express further concern the FBI might be `` playing games . ''
Multiple officials confirmed to Just the News that the author @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the now-retired FBI Assistant Director for Counterintelligence and the ultimate supervisor for fired agent Peter Strzok , who led the Russia probe .
You can download and read the notes right here .
Justice Department officials are investigating whether Priestap 's notes were written in conjunction with meetings he had with top leaders like then-Director James Comey and then-Deputy Director Andrew McCabe , officials said .
A special prosecutor is reviewing DOJ 's and the FBI 's handling of the Flynn prosecution , which led to the former Trump adviser and retired general @ @ @ @ @ @ @ under a plea deal with Special Counsel Robert Mueller in the Russia case .
Flynn 's lawyer Sidney Powell filed a court motion last week saying new evidence has emerged showing Flynn was `` framed '' and his conviction should be dismissed .
The officials said the notes are part of that new evidence and had been withheld from Flynn 's defense team for years even though they were potential evidence of innocence .
More evidence is being produced in the next few days that will further illuminate the FBI 's conduct in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ center of the DOJ investigation , officials said .
Among the new evidence released Wednesday night is an email chain involving former FBI lawyer Lisa Page and Strzok , the lead agent in the Russia probe known as Crossfire Hurricane .
In the email exchange , the two and others discuss whether the FBI has to follow its normal rules and give Flynn the customary `` 1001 warning '' at the start of his interview that if he misled agents he could be charged criminally .
`` I have a question for you @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that included Strzok .
`` Could the admonition re 1001 be given at the beginning at the interview ?
Or does it have to come following a statement which agents believed to be false ?
Does this policy speak to that ?
She added : `` It seems to be if the former then it would be an easy way to just casually slip that in , Of course you know sir federal law makes it a crime to ... ” A while later , Page gets an emailed response : `` I @ @ @ @ @ @ @ but if I recall correctly , you can say it any time .
I 'm 90 percent sure about that , but I can check in the a.m. '' The mere fact that FBI agents were using phrase like `` slip that in '' when talking about a warning designed to protect someone 's constitutional rights is certain to give Flynn 's lawyers more fodder to argue in court that his January 2017 interview was a set up as Powell has argued , It is that January 2017 interview that Flynn was accused @ @ @ @ @ @ @ already emerged that FBI agents did not believe he was being deceptive and simply had a faulty memory .
Flynn is now seeking to vacate his guilty plea and be exonerated .
The handwritten notes suggest the FBI official had concern about the way his bureau was approaching the interview with Flynn .
`` I agreed yesterday that we shouldn ’ t show Flynn [ REDACTED ] if he didn ’ t admit • I thought @ it last night , + I believe we should rethink this , '' he wrote .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ re seen as playing games , WH will be furious • Protect our institution by not playing games . ''
The notes hint that some in the FBI might have believed giving Flynn the normal warning or allowing him the courtesy to see a transcript of his calls with Russians to refresh his recollection was `` going easy '' on the new Trump national security adviser .
`` I don ’ t see how getting someone to admit their wrongdoing is going easy on him , '' the official wrote to himself @

A senior FBI official's handwritten notes from the earliest days of the Trump administration expressed concern that the bureau might be "playing games" with a counterintelligence interview of then-National Security Adviser Michael Flynn to get him to lie so "we could prosecute him or get him fired."
The notes and other emails were provided to Flynn's lawyers under seal last week and released Wednesday night by court order, providing the most damning evidence to date of potential politicalization and misconduct inside the FBI during the Russia probe.
The notes show FBI officials discussed not providing Flynn a Miranda-like warning before his January 2017 interview — a practice normally followed in such interviews — so that he could be charged with a crime if he misled the agents, the officials said.
"What is our goal? Truth/Admission or to get him to lie, so we can prosecute him or get him fired?," the handwritten notes of the senior official say. The notes express further concern the FBI might be "playing games."
Multiple officials confirmed to Just the News that the author of the notes is William Priestap, the now-retired FBI Assistant Director for Counterintelligence and the ultimate supervisor for fired agent Peter Strzok, who led the Russia probe.
You can download and read the notes right here.
Justice Department officials are investigating whether Priestap's notes were written in conjunction with meetings he had with top leaders like then-Director James Comey and then-Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, officials said. A special prosecutor is reviewing DOJ's and the FBI's handling of the Flynn prosecution, which led to the former Trump adviser and retired general pleading guilty to lying to the FBI under a plea deal with Special Counsel Robert Mueller in the Russia case.
Flynn's lawyer Sidney Powell filed a court motion last week saying new evidence has emerged showing Flynn was "framed" and his conviction should be dismissed. The officials said the notes are part of that new evidence and had been withheld from Flynn's defense team for years even though they were potential evidence of innocence.
More evidence is being produced in the next few days that will further illuminate the FBI's conduct in the case that is now at the center of the DOJ investigation, officials said.
Among the new evidence released Wednesday night is an email chain involving former FBI lawyer Lisa Page and Strzok, the lead agent in the Russia probe known as Crossfire Hurricane. In the email exchange, the two and others discuss whether the FBI has to follow its normal rules and give Flynn the customary "1001 warning" at the start of his interview that if he misled agents he could be charged criminally.
"I have a question for you," Page wrote in an email that included Strzok. "Could the admonition re 1001 be given at the beginning at the interview? Or does it have to come following a statement which agents believed to be false? Does this policy speak to that?
She added: "It seems to be if the former then it would be an easy way to just casually slip that in, Of course you know sir federal law makes it a crime to...”
A while later, Page gets an emailed response: "I haven't read the policy lately, but if I recall correctly, you can say it any time. I'm 90 percent sure about that, but I can check in the a.m."
The mere fact that FBI agents were using phrase like "slip that in" when talking about a warning designed to protect someone's constitutional rights is certain to give Flynn's lawyers more fodder to argue in court that his January 2017 interview was a set up as Powell has argued,
It is that January 2017 interview that Flynn was accused of lying in, though evidence has already emerged that FBI agents did not believe he was being deceptive and simply had a faulty memory. Flynn is now seeking to vacate his guilty plea and be exonerated.
The handwritten notes suggest the FBI official had concern about the way his bureau was approaching the interview with Flynn.
"I agreed yesterday that we shouldn’t show Flynn [REDACTED] if he didn’t admit • I thought @ it last night, + I believe we should rethink this," he wrote.
Later he added: "If we’re seen as playing games, WH will be furious • Protect our institution by not playing games."
The notes hint that some in the FBI might have believed giving Flynn the normal warning or allowing him the courtesy to see a transcript of his calls with Russians to refresh his recollection was "going easy" on the new Trump national security adviser.
"I don’t see how getting someone to admit their wrongdoing is going easy on him," the official wrote to himself.