thelibertydaily--2020-08-31--Gnostic Republic: The Technocratic Elite & Their Vision for a New America

The Woke believe they are awakened to the truth while the masses sleep ; therefore , only the Woke feel entitled to lead America and your Evangelical church .
And they are making a bid to do just that in a Great Reset .
The latest and most dangerous iteration of Gnosticism is Wokeness .
Gnosticism is a belief that an individual or group has attained special knowledge inaccessible to others .
Wokeness is the same .
In this case , enlightenment is attained based on racial identity politics .
Of course , the most enlightened are always those of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
It does not matter if these Elites possess real knowledge or only science falsely so called .
It is now “ science ” to claim there are unlimited genders and 2+2=5 .
Failure to recite the new creed of relativism results in one ’ s exclusion from the Gnostic hierarchy .
Christopher Lasch ’ s Gnosticism , Ancient and Modern : The Religion of the Future ?
, written in the 1990s provides a few hints at how this works .
Lasch notes the way hubris infects Elites by summarizing Eric Voeglin @ @ @ @ @ @ @ essence of modernity , ’ according to Voegelin , is to be found in the ‘ growth of gnosticism , ’ as a result of which self-appointed elites endow themselves with god-like power to redesign the world.
” [ 1 ] And they have a plan to do just that—redesign our world into a Technocratic Utopia .
Your Global Elites are involved in their latest scheme to claim god-like powers to redesign the world .
The Great Reset pushed by the World Economic Forum—the Davos set—is unfolding apace thanks to the COVID-19 Pandemic @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ( MMT ) are here to help .
In this nutty departure from reality , economist espouse a new science of money .
This new understanding of money means that governments can spend as much as they wish , and central banks can print anything they like without fear of hyperinflation .
Just start that printer and inflate !
The blog Zero Hedge published an article comparing the assumptions of MMT to Marxism .
According to ZH post , “ She summarized his theory as follows : “ ’ The workers spend what @ @ @ @ @ @ @ they spend ’ .
Interesting , isn ’ t it ?
This is how the original Marxist thinkers defined capitalism.
” The World Economic Forum intends to exploit the crisis to create “ Stakeholder Capitalism.
” Or , Socialism with Western Characteristics .
According to the WEF , COVID-19 presents challenges that are also an opportunity , “ Left unaddressed , these crises , together with COVID-19 , will deepen and leave the world even less sustainable , less equal , and more fragile .
Incremental measures and ad hoc fixes will not @ @ @ @ @ @ @ must build entirely new foundations for our economic and social systems.
” And the Pandemic created the perfect setup for the Great Reset .
According to the WEF blog post , “ Clearly , the will to build a better society does exist .
We must use it to secure the Great Reset that we so badly need .
That will require stronger and more effective governments , though this does not imply an ideological push for bigger ones .
And it will demand private-sector engagement every step of the way.
” Stronger @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ?
The entire push for a Great Reset is ideological .
It is a belief that capitalism is inherently “ less equal.
” So , it requires big government with wealth transfers , increased regulation and other draconian powers to enforce equality .
And equality requires the elimination of religious and ethnic particularism .
According to Lasch , “ Civic culture is dying , our national loyalties now look parochial from a world perspective , and the global circulation of information seems to condemn all forms of ethnic and religious particularism to eventual @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , particularism can survive , we are told , only if people accept a rigorous separation between politics and culture , politics and religion in particular : witness the horrified reaction to Islamic fundamentalism .
The global market has no place for peoples who assert their own traditions in public or claim superiority for those traditions .
Ethnic and religious diversity is tolerated , even celebrated , but only as a kind of tourist attraction .
Civic life is swallowed up by the market ; buying and selling become the only activities we @ @ @ @ @ @ @ And most cynical of all , to undermine ethnic and religious particularism , Western Elites are fueling the flames of balkanization .
The fingerprints of the 1619 Project are all over the riots in American cities .
The creator even bragged that some were calling these the 1619 Riots .
And once havoc is loosed and exhaustion is reached—the Elites will offer their Third Way , soft compromise .
With the end of the Cold War , Leftists abandoned the classical Marxist critique of the West based on economic factors to find new @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a generation , but these Critical Theories dominate American higher education .
And that perhaps is the one of the only features of Marxism in both classical and Neo varieties—its ability to find or create and then exploit class grievances .
Modern critical scholarship , as shown in the work of Helen Pluckrose , Peter Boghosian and James Lindsay , is limited only by one ’ s imagination .
One of the most productive fields of grievance creation is in the area of race .
As America became less racist in fact and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ been a rise in anti-American racial critiques from the Woke Class .
American history is now a chronicle of America ’ s sins : real and imagined by the likes of Howard Zinn , etc .
This fake , pseudo-history is now the dominant historical narrative taught to American college students .
Both Rich Lowry and Ben Shapiro cover this in their recent books .
The purpose of history and social sciences in the modern university is to reduce people to the sum of their group status .
Instead of sharing a common @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as captive of one ’ s status .
Voddie Baucham argues that all of this amounts to an “ Ethnic Gnosticism.
” According to Baucham ’ s critique of Racial Identity Politics in By What Standard ?
, “ Because of my ethnicity and my position as a minority , I know what oppression is and feels like .
I don ’ t necessarily need evidence for it.
” Ethnic Gnosticism is a concept “ rooted in Cultural Marxism ” that claims a person ’ s identity or essence is determined by their @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is right .
As I have written elsewhere , this term should be modified a bit .
Baucham uses it in a descriptive sense .
However , a slight modification allows us to use it an analytical sense .
A reverse Resolution 9 , if you will , to understand and expose the Woke Tradition ’ s influence in church and state .
Gnostic Republic : End of the national and rise of the supranational Cosmopolitans of the modern era share many characteristics of those of the past .
Lasch makes an interesting @ @ @ @ @ @ @ effects of these discoveries were magnified , in the Hellenistic phase of ancient civilization , by the collapse of ethnic and tribal cultures under the impact of the imperial organization imposed first by Alexander and later by the Roman conquest of the Mediterranean .
The old gods had a decidedly national character ; they were too closely tied to particular regions and cultures to retain much credibility , at least among the educated classes , in the cosmopolitan world of late antiquity.
” Notice a parallel to the modern attack on “ Christian @ @ @ @ @ @ @ smear any Christian patriotism or Christian political action of the conservative type .
The Gnosis of the modern technocrat is anti-national with a preference to the supranational .
It demands suppression of differences while pretending to celebrate them .
Lasch ’ s essay notes how the imperial system diminished the role of the city-state— “ once the center of the world and the object of intense loyalty.
” In some ways , nationalism and supranationalism trod a similar path .
With the nation-state eclipsing the local lord , county or regional identity .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ results .
Nationalism is about the self-determination of a people .
Supranationalism is about autocratic rule from Brussels or Vienna or Rome or New York with little regard for local customs or preferences .
Supranational elites hope to diminish American patriotic devotion in their quest to build a supra-Western technocracy .
This is accomplished through undermining the foundations of the American Republic .
Trust in elections ?
Gone .
The State of California can not even keep the power running during the hottest part of the summer .
America is sliding into a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ republic and less like a superpower .
For today ’ s Woke technocrats , they claim the only way to save the West and America will be to trust the experts .
The European Union being a model where the bureaucrats in Brussels paid little heed to the wishes of the electorate .
This same type of insulated bureaucratic tyranny could be seen in the American “ Deep State ” following the 2016 Election of Donald Trump .
Federal employees actively worked to undermine the new administration with fake dossiers in the Russiagate @ @ @ @ @ @ @ first Republican to complain about the elitism present in America ’ s bureaucrats .
Henry Kissinger recounted how Richard Nixon had problems with both the State Department and the Central Intelligence Agency .
According to Kissinger in The White House Years , “ Even more than the State Department , Nixon considered the CIA a refuge of Ivy League intellectuals opposed to him.
” And about the bureaucrats at State , Kissinger praised them but warned , “ They are intelligent , competent , loyal , and hardworking .
But the reverse side @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a lifetime of service and study has given them insights that transcend the untrained and shallow-rooted views of political appointees.
” The experts always think they know best .
Combine this belief with the moral superiority of the Woke , and you have the recipe for the Deep State ’ s attempted coup .
They sincerely believed harming Donald J. Trump was worth destroying the peaceful transition of power .
They believed ruining Gen. Michael Flynn ’ s life was worth it to harm the new administration .
This type of behavior never @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Lyndon Johnson , when convinced that Richard Nixon ’ s surrogates harmed his negotiations for peace in Vietnam did not leak to the press those allegations .
LBJ was known as a Machiavellian politician , and even he would not attempt to destroy a newly elected administration .
Back then , despite all our differences—most everyone in politics thought American was something to love and something worth preserving .
There was a time when everyone was patriotic—Christians were not afraid to wave the flag , say the Pledge of Allegiance and celebrate America @ @ @ @ @ @ @ America and celebrate the Technocratic Coup because Orange Man Bad !
The great Puritan stock that composed Oliver Cromwell ’ s Ironsides Army and protected England ’ s political system of rights also sent migrants to the Thirteen Colonies .
In the Wilderness , they toiled .
They built America .
In covenant with one another made in the name of God , they constituted their civil body politic .
They built the foundation of a strong nation and eventual superpower .
For these founders , politics and religion were woven together , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of that .
Lasch explained , “ For Gnostics , the separation of religion and politics was absolute and unconditional .
Politics meant the rule of the strongest under the sign of Satan.
” This sounds eerily like the political philosophy of many Woke secularists and Woke Evangelicals .
The Wokevangelical whispers words to suppress Christian political participation .
They will tell you that both parties are evil .
They will tell you that you must be pro-life from womb to the tomb or you are not pro-life .
Their rhetoric paralyzes .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ their goal .
Watch what is unfolding in California .
John MacArthur and Grace Community Church along with many others like Godspeak Calvary Chapel are facing state and local demands to stop worship services .
And the loudest voices in Evangelicalism demanding religious liberty for Muslims and who helped file court briefs to build a mosque are silent as their Christian brothers are oppressed .
It is the new quietism .
Only , this time the Wokevangelicals are quiet about progressive policies forced down the throats of Christians .
These Wokevangelicals are not @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Is it a surprise ?
George Soros and many wealthy Progressive Leftists spent significant sums of money influencing conservative Christian leaders .
Notoriously , Soros influenced the evangelical stance on immigration .
Now , the And Campaign lead by Obama ’ s former Christian outreach leader is working in the 2020 Election to deceive conservative Christians .
Combine this with the propaganda published by Baptist Press , and you have a significant effort by Christian Elites to hand America over to the Democratic Party and its army of Woke Technocrats .
When @ @ @ @ @ @ @ declares that it is “ Great ” if someone votes Democratic , there is something fundamentally wrong .
When that same SBC President is confused by police shootings that appear to be justified , there is something rotten .
Over the last six months , I ’ ve repeatedly quoted Hannah Arendt ’ s observation about stopping revolutionary terrors .
According to Arendt , “ In theory as in practice , only a counter-movement , a contrerévolution , could stop a revolutionary process which had become a law unto itself.
” The Leftists @ @ @ @ @ @ @ themselves .
They are putting guillotines together .
They are mobbing and assaulting Republicans .
America is under assault from its Elites trained in the best schools and the masses on the street .
This is an exceedingly difficult situation for our Republic .
It threatens our Democracy .
It threatens our way of life .
The only way to stop it is a contrerévolution .
Every Repubican and every Christian must take on the mantle of a counterrevolutionary .
This is our time .
This is the task God saw fit to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ do our part .
The future of liberty is on our shoulders .
But as we fight to preserve liberty , we can not forget that the Elites are fighting their own battle–working to create their own Gnostic Technocracy in America .
We must remain vigilant to all threats to our rights and liberties .
[ 1 ] LASCH , CHRISTOPHER .
“ Gnosticism , Ancient and Modern : The Religion of the Future ?
” Salmagundi , no .
96 ( 1992 ) : 27-42 .
Accessed August 14 , 2020. www.jstor.org/stable/40548388 @

The Woke believe they are awakened to the truth while the masses sleep; therefore, only the Woke feel entitled to lead America and your Evangelical church. And they are making a bid to do just that in a Great Reset.
The latest and most dangerous iteration of Gnosticism is Wokeness. Gnosticism is a belief that an individual or group has attained special knowledge inaccessible to others. Wokeness is the same. In this case, enlightenment is attained based on racial identity politics.
Of course, the most enlightened are always those of the social, culture and political Elite. It does not matter if these Elites possess real knowledge or only science falsely so called. It is now “science” to claim there are unlimited genders and 2+2=5. Failure to recite the new creed of relativism results in one’s exclusion from the Gnostic hierarchy.
Christopher Lasch’s Gnosticism, Ancient and Modern: The Religion of the Future?, written in the 1990s provides a few hints at how this works.
Lasch notes the way hubris infects Elites by summarizing Eric Voeglin’s work, “The ‘essence of modernity,’ according to Voegelin, is to be found in the ‘growth of gnosticism,’ as a result of which self-appointed elites endow themselves with god-like power to redesign the world.”[1]
And they have a plan to do just that—redesign our world into a Technocratic Utopia.
The Great Reset
Your Global Elites are involved in their latest scheme to claim god-like powers to redesign the world. The Great Reset pushed by the World Economic Forum—the Davos set—is unfolding apace thanks to the COVID-19 Pandemic.
No job?
No money?
No worry.
New ideas like Modern Monetary Theory (MMT) are here to help. In this nutty departure from reality, economist espouse a new science of money. This new understanding of money means that governments can spend as much as they wish, and central banks can print anything they like without fear of hyperinflation.
Just start that printer and inflate!
The blog Zero Hedge published an article comparing the assumptions of MMT to Marxism. According to ZH post, “She summarized his theory as follows: “’The workers spend what they earn and the capitalists earn what they spend’. Interesting, isn’t it? This is how the original Marxist thinkers defined capitalism.”
The World Economic Forum intends to exploit the crisis to create “Stakeholder Capitalism.” Or, Socialism with Western Characteristics.
According to the WEF, COVID-19 presents challenges that are also an opportunity, “Left unaddressed, these crises, together with COVID-19, will deepen and leave the world even less sustainable, less equal, and more fragile. Incremental measures and ad hoc fixes will not suffice to prevent this scenario. We must build entirely new foundations for our economic and social systems.”
And the Pandemic created the perfect setup for the Great Reset. According to the WEF blog post, “Clearly, the will to build a better society does exist. We must use it to secure the Great Reset that we so badly need. That will require stronger and more effective governments, though this does not imply an ideological push for bigger ones. And it will demand private-sector engagement every step of the way.”
Stronger and more effective but not necessarily bigger?
Right.
The entire push for a Great Reset is ideological. It is a belief that capitalism is inherently “less equal.” So, it requires big government with wealth transfers, increased regulation and other draconian powers to enforce equality.
And equality requires the elimination of religious and ethnic particularism.
According to Lasch, “Civic culture is dying, our national loyalties now look parochial from a world perspective, and the global circulation of information seems to condemn all forms of ethnic and religious particularism to eventual oblivion. In the global melting pot, particularism can survive, we are told, only if people accept a rigorous separation between politics and culture, politics and religion in particular: witness the horrified reaction to Islamic fundamentalism. The global market has no place for peoples who assert their own traditions in public or claim superiority for those traditions. Ethnic and religious diversity is tolerated, even celebrated, but only as a kind of tourist attraction. Civic life is swallowed up by the market; buying and selling become the only activities we have in common.”[2]
And most cynical of all, to undermine ethnic and religious particularism, Western Elites are fueling the flames of balkanization. The fingerprints of the 1619 Project are all over the riots in American cities. The creator even bragged that some were calling these the 1619 Riots.
And once havoc is loosed and exhaustion is reached—the Elites will offer their Third Way, soft compromise.
The Gnostic Awokening
With the end of the Cold War, Leftists abandoned the classical Marxist critique of the West based on economic factors to find new class grievances to exploit. It took a generation, but these Critical Theories dominate American higher education.
And that perhaps is the one of the only features of Marxism in both classical and Neo varieties—its ability to find or create and then exploit class grievances. Modern critical scholarship, as shown in the work of Helen Pluckrose, Peter Boghosian and James Lindsay, is limited only by one’s imagination.
One of the most productive fields of grievance creation is in the area of race. As America became less racist in fact and less discriminatory in law, there has been a rise in anti-American racial critiques from the Woke Class.
American history is now a chronicle of America’s sins: real and imagined by the likes of Howard Zinn, etc. This fake, pseudo-history is now the dominant historical narrative taught to American college students. Both Rich Lowry and Ben Shapiro cover this in their recent books.
The purpose of history and social sciences in the modern university is to reduce people to the sum of their group status. Instead of sharing a common human experience, individual experiences are viewed as captive of one’s status. Voddie Baucham argues that all of this amounts to an “Ethnic Gnosticism.”
According to Baucham’s critique of Racial Identity Politics in By What Standard?, “Because of my ethnicity and my position as a minority, I know what oppression is and feels like. I don’t necessarily need evidence for it.”
Ethnic Gnosticism is a concept “rooted in Cultural Marxism” that claims a person’s identity or essence is determined by their group, according to Baucham. He is right.
As I have written elsewhere, this term should be modified a bit. Baucham uses it in a descriptive sense. However, a slight modification allows us to use it an analytical sense. A reverse Resolution 9, if you will, to understand and expose the Woke Tradition’s influence in church and state.
Gnostic Republic: End of the national and rise of the supranational
Cosmopolitans of the modern era share many characteristics of those of the past. Lasch makes an interesting observation about antiquity: “The unsettling effects of these discoveries were magnified, in the Hellenistic phase of ancient civilization, by the collapse of ethnic and tribal cultures under the impact of the imperial organization imposed first by Alexander and later by the Roman conquest of the Mediterranean. The old gods had a decidedly national character; they were too closely tied to particular regions and cultures to retain much credibility, at least among the educated classes, in the cosmopolitan world of late antiquity.”
Notice a parallel to the modern attack on “Christian Nationalism.” That term is used to smear any Christian patriotism or Christian political action of the conservative type. The Gnosis of the modern technocrat is anti-national with a preference to the supranational. It demands suppression of differences while pretending to celebrate them.
Lasch’s essay notes how the imperial system diminished the role of the city-state—“once the center of the world and the object of intense loyalty.”
In some ways, nationalism and supranationalism trod a similar path. With the nation-state eclipsing the local lord, county or regional identity.
Though similar, these yield vastly different results. Nationalism is about the self-determination of a people. Supranationalism is about autocratic rule from Brussels or Vienna or Rome or New York with little regard for local customs or preferences.
Supranational elites hope to diminish American patriotic devotion in their quest to build a supra-Western technocracy. This is accomplished through undermining the foundations of the American Republic. Trust in elections? Gone. The State of California cannot even keep the power running during the hottest part of the summer. America is sliding into a twilight and looking more like a banana republic and less like a superpower.
For today’s Woke technocrats, they claim the only way to save the West and America will be to trust the experts. The European Union being a model where the bureaucrats in Brussels paid little heed to the wishes of the electorate. This same type of insulated bureaucratic tyranny could be seen in the American “Deep State” following the 2016 Election of Donald Trump. Federal employees actively worked to undermine the new administration with fake dossiers in the Russiagate scam.
Donald Trump is not the first Republican to complain about the elitism present in America’s bureaucrats. Henry Kissinger recounted how Richard Nixon had problems with both the State Department and the Central Intelligence Agency.
According to Kissinger in The White House Years, “Even more than the State Department, Nixon considered the CIA a refuge of Ivy League intellectuals opposed to him.”
And about the bureaucrats at State, Kissinger praised them but warned, “They are intelligent, competent, loyal, and hardworking. But the reverse side of their dedication is the conviction that a lifetime of service and study has given them insights that transcend the untrained and shallow-rooted views of political appointees.”
The experts always think they know best.
Combine this belief with the moral superiority of the Woke, and you have the recipe for the Deep State’s attempted coup. They sincerely believed harming Donald J. Trump was worth destroying the peaceful transition of power. They believed ruining Gen. Michael Flynn’s life was worth it to harm the new administration.
This type of behavior never happened in the past. Even President Lyndon Johnson, when convinced that Richard Nixon’s surrogates harmed his negotiations for peace in Vietnam did not leak to the press those allegations. LBJ was known as a Machiavellian politician, and even he would not attempt to destroy a newly elected administration. Back then, despite all our differences—most everyone in politics thought American was something to love and something worth preserving.
There was a time when everyone was patriotic—Christians were not afraid to wave the flag, say the Pledge of Allegiance and celebrate America. Today, many Evangelical Elites despise America and celebrate the Technocratic Coup because Orange Man Bad!
The Great Christian Silence
The great Puritan stock that composed Oliver Cromwell’s Ironsides Army and protected England’s political system of rights also sent migrants to the Thirteen Colonies. In the Wilderness, they toiled. They built America. In covenant with one another made in the name of God, they constituted their civil body politic. They built the foundation of a strong nation and eventual superpower. For these founders, politics and religion were woven together, inseparable.
The technocrats will have none of that. Lasch explained, “For Gnostics, the separation of religion and politics was absolute and unconditional. Politics meant the rule of the strongest under the sign of Satan.”
This sounds eerily like the political philosophy of many Woke secularists and Woke Evangelicals. The Wokevangelical whispers words to suppress Christian political participation. They will tell you that both parties are evil. They will tell you that you must be pro-life from womb to the tomb or you are not pro-life. Their rhetoric paralyzes. And, of course, that is their goal.
Watch what is unfolding in California. John MacArthur and Grace Community Church along with many others like Godspeak Calvary Chapel are facing state and local demands to stop worship services. And the loudest voices in Evangelicalism demanding religious liberty for Muslims and who helped file court briefs to build a mosque are silent as their Christian brothers are oppressed.
Why?
It is the new quietism.
Only, this time the Wokevangelicals are quiet about progressive policies forced down the throats of Christians. These Wokevangelicals are not quiet about attacking conservatives or conservative Christians.
Is it a surprise? George Soros and many wealthy Progressive Leftists spent significant sums of money influencing conservative Christian leaders. Notoriously, Soros influenced the evangelical stance on immigration. Now, the And Campaign lead by Obama’s former Christian outreach leader is working in the 2020 Election to deceive conservative Christians. Combine this with the propaganda published by Baptist Press, and you have a significant effort by Christian Elites to hand America over to the Democratic Party and its army of Woke Technocrats.
When the President of the Southern Baptist Convention declares that it is “Great” if someone votes Democratic, there is something fundamentally wrong. When that same SBC President is confused by police shootings that appear to be justified, there is something rotten.
A counterrevolutionary response
Over the last six months, I’ve repeatedly quoted Hannah Arendt’s observation about stopping revolutionary terrors. According to Arendt, “In theory as in practice, only a counter-movement, a contrerévolution, could stop a revolutionary process which had become a law unto itself.”
The Leftists on our streets are a law unto themselves.
They are burning cities.
They are looting businesses.
They are putting guillotines together.
They are mobbing and assaulting Republicans.
They are killing Donald Trump supporters.
America is under assault from its Elites trained in the best schools and the masses on the street. This is an exceedingly difficult situation for our Republic. It threatens our Democracy. It threatens our way of life.
The only way to stop it is a contrerévolution. Every Repubican and every Christian must take on the mantle of a counterrevolutionary.
This is our time. This is the task God saw fit to grant to our generation. We must do our part. The future of liberty is on our shoulders.
But as we fight to preserve liberty, we cannot forget that the Elites are fighting their own battle–working to create their own Gnostic Technocracy in America. We must remain vigilant to all threats to our rights and liberties.
[1] LASCH, CHRISTOPHER. “Gnosticism, Ancient and Modern: The Religion of the Future?” Salmagundi, no. 96 (1992): 27-42. Accessed August 14, 2020. www.jstor.org/stable/40548388.
[2] Ibid.
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thelibertydaily--2020-08-31--Noteworthy: Not One Word About Sham ‘Impeachment’ at Democrats’ Convention

Eight months after Democrats mounted a historic effort to remove Donald Trump from office , not a single speaker uttered the word “ impeachment ” during their four-day convention .
Trump and his allies filled that vacuum .
Though the four-month impeachment battle was far from a centerpiece of the GOP convention , some of the president ’ s allies strategically wove it into their anti-Joe Biden message , monopolizing the impeachment discussion and offering a strategic — often sharply distorted — counternarrative punctuated by Trump himself during his keynote speech Thursday night .
“ They spied on my campaign @ @ @ @ @ @ @ said , issuing his favored rejoinder to the investigations that have shadowed his entire term in office .
“ Let ’ s see what happens.
” Trump ’ s ad lib , not a part of his prepared remarks , was a reference to his unsubstantiated claim that former President Barack Obama orchestrated an effort to monitor his campaign and disrupt his transition to the White House .
But that false narrative has become a rallying cry for his supporters as he seeks to retaliate against his political foes , including Biden , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to completely omit impeachment from their convention was once unthinkable .
Democrats had mounted a case that Trump had abused his power to blackmail Ukraine into investigating his political adversaries , including Biden .
And they made an existential argument that without removing him from office , Trump ’ s behavior would get worse and democracy itself would be at risk .
Yet their decision underscores the party ’ s lingering unease about how voters may view the effort — and the reality that the country has sunk into a series of all-consuming @ @ @ @ @ @ @ acquittal by the Senate .
The coronavirus pandemic , a subsequent economic collapse and a wrenching national debate over police brutality and systemic racism paired with protests across the country combined to sideline the issue almost entirely .
Its absence at the Democratic convention was stark : Not only was the word “ impeachment ” entirely left out over the course of the four-night event , so was any mention of Trump ’ s conduct toward Ukraine .
A key impeachment witnesses , former U.S .
Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch , appeared @ @ @ @ @ @ @ vouch for Biden , but did not mention the impeachment charges against the president .
Special counsel Robert Mueller ’ s investigation of the Trump campaign ’ s ties to Russia — which Democrats once thought could topple Trump for obstruction of justice — also went unmentioned , even as it was a defining feature of Trump ’ s nearly four years in office .
Republicans , in contrast , mentioned impeachment five times , describing it as “ illegal ” and a “ sham.
” And a member of Trump ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ General Pam Bondi , reprised her anti-Biden case during a Tuesday address as others used it as a cudgel against Democratic leaders .
“ Democrat leaders told me that I had to vote for impeachment or my life would be made difficult … and I would n't be allowed to run again , ” said New Jersey Rep. Jeff Van Drew , who left the Democratic Party and joined the GOP amid the impeachment push .
Democrats contend that Biden ’ s decision to keep impeachment out of his convention was logical .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ and project a unifying message , and impeachment stirs instant partisan passions .
Moreover , the U.S. has weathered calamities since the end of the impeachment saga that more directly affect Americans ’ everyday lives , most notably the coronavirus pandemic , which is claiming 1,000 American lives every day .
“ We ’ re talking life and death now , as opposed to trying to cheat and steal an election , ” said Daniel Goldman , who served as chief counsel for the House impeachment inquiry .
“ It would be a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ pales in comparison to his complete ineptitude in dealing with Covid , which has resulted in 180,000 Americans dying.
” Trump ’ s response to the pandemic , Goldman added , “ has put lives and livelihoods at risk here in this country , and that is both a stronger message and a more important message than his efforts to extort a foreign country in order to help him cheat to win an election.
” Democrats agonized for weeks over whether to even move forward with an impeachment inquiry targeting the president , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the polls .
Eventually , after the party 's moderate and vulnerable lawmakers relented , Democrats used an immense amount of political capital on the impeachment effort , backed by polling data showing that public support had finally shifted in their favor .
The impeachment of a president is a historic event ; only three presidents have been impeached including Trump , and a fourth , Richard Nixon , resigned before the House could impeach him .
“ It seems so long ago already .
It seems like history , ” added House @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , one of the Democrats who led the prosecution of Trump ’ s impeachment trial .
“ One of the things with the Trump administration ... there ’ s outrage upon outrage upon outrage.
” Nadler said despite the absence of explicit impeachment references , the impact of the investigation and trial are an important part of the election backdrop — reinforced every time new developments emerge , like the Senate Intelligence Committee ’ s finding that Trump campaign leaders worked closely with a Russian intelligence agent .
“ It ’ s having @ @ @ @ @ @ @ But even as the convention placed a heavy emphasis on the pandemic and Trump ’ s response to it , a major theme of the week centered on Trump ’ s handling of foreign policy and national security issues , with Democrats arguing that the president has made the U.S. less safe .
Central to the House impeachment case was the argument that Trump abused his power by soliciting foreign interference in the 2020 presidential election when he pressured Ukraine ’ s newly elected president to launch investigations targeting Biden and his son @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the effort made it even more remarkable that Democrats chose to avoid the topic altogether .
House Intelligence Chairman Adam Schiff ( D-Calif. ) , who served as the lead impeachment manager during the Senate trial , noted that many of the speakers at the Democratic convention sought to make the case that Trump has undermined U.S. national security and alienated longtime allies — even though they didn ’ t explicitly mention the allegations central to Democrats ’ impeachment case .
It was part of an explicit effort by the Biden campaign @ @ @ @ @ @ @ disaffected Republicans — a tacit acknowledgment of how polarizing the impeachment issue remains in American politics .
“ I think they chose to make the case at the same time of how broad the tent is and bring in a number of former elected Republican officials , ” Schiff said in an interview this week .
“ And so I think the thrust of the Democratic convention was really to show what a big tent the party has , how the vice president is such a profound contrast on the issue of character @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the trial that even though they knew they were going to lose the Senate vote , they had secured a political victory because polls had moved sharply in their favor .
About 70 percent of Americans viewed Trump ’ s actions toward Ukraine as wrong , a bipartisan majority that they said justified the national pain of an impeachment .
But after the trial ended on a nearly party-line vote to acquit Trump , with Utah Sen. Mitt Romney the only Republican voting to convict , Democrats pulled back from their investigative posture @ @ @ @ @ @ @ justice issues .
And when Biden surged in the Democratic primary in March , impeachment all but dropped from the lexicon .
Without an affirmative Democratic effort to define their impeachment case against Trump — that he abused his power to blackmail Ukraine into investigating Democrats — Republicans recognized their monopoly on the issue and weaponized their own impeachment arguments against Biden .
They also leveled some of Trump ’ s favored , factually challenged rejoinders to the Russia and Ukraine investigations .
Bondi delivered a sequel to her impeachment defense , leveling @ @ @ @ @ @ @ efforts in Ukraine .
Biden helped engineer the ouster of a prosecutor viewed by the international community as corrupt — but Bondi reissued debunked claims that Biden sought to remove the prosecutor to shield his son Hunter , at the time a board member of a Ukrainian energy company , from a corruption investigation .
Former Acting Director of National Intelligence Richard Grenell falsely said Biden asked to unmask “ hidden information ” about Trump ’ s incoming national security adviser Michael Flynn “ three weeks before the inauguration.
” But the documents @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
They show that Biden — or someone in his orbit — asked to review intelligence that turned out to include Flynn ’ s name on Jan. 12 , eight days before inauguration , and that the request included legitimate justification .
Republicans and even Trump , to be sure , soft-pedaled many of their more salacious allegations about Democrats .
No one echoed Trump ’ s favored “ witch hunt ” attack .
And Trump ’ s personal lawyer , Rudy Giuliani , eschewed the issue altogether , despite his yearslong effort @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , a push that accelerated Trump ’ s impeachment .
In a Thursday radio interview , Giuliani indicated he hadn ’ t given up on the matter , though .
“ That 'll be for another day , ” he said .

“They spied on my campaign and they got caught,” Trump said, issuing his favored rejoinder to the investigations that have shadowed his entire term in office. “Let’s see what happens.”
Trump’s ad lib, not a part of his prepared remarks, was a reference to his unsubstantiated claim that former President Barack Obama orchestrated an effort to monitor his campaign and disrupt his transition to the White House. But that false narrative has become a rallying cry for his supporters as he seeks to retaliate against his political foes, including Biden, the Democratic presidential nominee.
For Democrats to completely omit impeachment from their convention was once unthinkable. Democrats had mounted a case that Trump had abused his power to blackmail Ukraine into investigating his political adversaries, including Biden. And they made an existential argument that without removing him from office, Trump’s behavior would get worse and democracy itself would be at risk.
Yet their decision underscores the party’s lingering unease about how voters may view the effort — and the reality that the country has sunk into a series of all-consuming crises since Trump’s Feb. 5 acquittal by the Senate. The coronavirus pandemic, a subsequent economic collapse and a wrenching national debate over police brutality and systemic racism paired with protests across the country combined to sideline the issue almost entirely.
Its absence at the Democratic convention was stark: Not only was the word “impeachment” entirely left out over the course of the four-night event, so was any mention of Trump’s conduct toward Ukraine. A key impeachment witnesses, former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch, appeared in a Democratic National Committee video to vouch for Biden, but did not mention the impeachment charges against the president. Special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation of the Trump campaign’s ties to Russia — which Democrats once thought could topple Trump for obstruction of justice — also went unmentioned, even as it was a defining feature of Trump’s nearly four years in office.
Republicans, in contrast, mentioned impeachment five times, describing it as “illegal” and a “sham.” And a member of Trump’s impeachment defense team, former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi, reprised her anti-Biden case during a Tuesday address as others used it as a cudgel against Democratic leaders.
“Democrat leaders told me that I had to vote for impeachment or my life would be made difficult … and I wouldn’t be allowed to run again,” said New Jersey Rep. Jeff Van Drew, who left the Democratic Party and joined the GOP amid the impeachment push.
Democrats contend that Biden’s decision to keep impeachment out of his convention was logical. He wants to win over disaffected Republicans and project a unifying message, and impeachment stirs instant partisan passions. Moreover, the U.S. has weathered calamities since the end of the impeachment saga that more directly affect Americans’ everyday lives, most notably the coronavirus pandemic, which is claiming 1,000 American lives every day.
“We’re talking life and death now, as opposed to trying to cheat and steal an election,” said Daniel Goldman, who served as chief counsel for the House impeachment inquiry. “It would be a strong, winning message, but it pales in comparison to his complete ineptitude in dealing with Covid, which has resulted in 180,000 Americans dying.”
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Trump’s response to the pandemic, Goldman added, “has put lives and livelihoods at risk here in this country, and that is both a stronger message and a more important message than his efforts to extort a foreign country in order to help him cheat to win an election.”
Democrats agonized for weeks over whether to even move forward with an impeachment inquiry targeting the president, fearful of the potential for blowback at the polls. Eventually, after the party’s moderate and vulnerable lawmakers relented, Democrats used an immense amount of political capital on the impeachment effort, backed by polling data showing that public support had finally shifted in their favor. The impeachment of a president is a historic event; only three presidents have been impeached including Trump, and a fourth, Richard Nixon, resigned before the House could impeach him.
“It seems so long ago already. It seems like history,” added House Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler of New York, one of the Democrats who led the prosecution of Trump’s impeachment trial. “One of the things with the Trump administration ... there’s outrage upon outrage upon outrage.”
Nadler said despite the absence of explicit impeachment references, the impact of the investigation and trial are an important part of the election backdrop — reinforced every time new developments emerge, like the Senate Intelligence Committee’s finding that Trump campaign leaders worked closely with a Russian intelligence agent.
“It’s having its impact,” he said.
But even as the convention placed a heavy emphasis on the pandemic and Trump’s response to it, a major theme of the week centered on Trump’s handling of foreign policy and national security issues, with Democrats arguing that the president has made the U.S. less safe.
Central to the House impeachment case was the argument that Trump abused his power by soliciting foreign interference in the 2020 presidential election when he pressured Ukraine’s newly elected president to launch investigations targeting Biden and his son Hunter. That Biden was the target of the effort made it even more remarkable that Democrats chose to avoid the topic altogether.
House Intelligence Chairman Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), who served as the lead impeachment manager during the Senate trial, noted that many of the speakers at the Democratic convention sought to make the case that Trump has undermined U.S. national security and alienated longtime allies — even though they didn’t explicitly mention the allegations central to Democrats’ impeachment case.
It was part of an explicit effort by the Biden campaign, Schiff said, to appeal to disaffected Republicans — a tacit acknowledgment of how polarizing the impeachment issue remains in American politics.
“I think they chose to make the case at the same time of how broad the tent is and bring in a number of former elected Republican officials,” Schiff said in an interview this week. “And so I think the thrust of the Democratic convention was really to show what a big tent the party has, how the vice president is such a profound contrast on the issue of character, decency.”
Yet Democrats said throughout the trial that even though they knew they were going to lose the Senate vote, they had secured a political victory because polls had moved sharply in their favor. About 70 percent of Americansviewed Trump’s actions toward Ukraine as wrong, a bipartisan majority that they said justified the national pain of an impeachment. But after the trial ended on a nearly party-line vote to acquit Trump, with Utah Sen. Mitt Romney the only Republican voting to convict, Democrats pulled back from their investigative posture and focused on the pandemic and racial justice issues.
And when Biden surged in the Democratic primary in March, impeachment all but dropped from the lexicon.
Without an affirmative Democratic effort to define their impeachment case against Trump — that he abused his power to blackmail Ukraine into investigating Democrats — Republicans recognized their monopoly on the issue and weaponized their own impeachment arguments against Biden. They also leveled some of Trump’s favored, factually challenged rejoinders to the Russia and Ukraine investigations.
Bondi delivered a sequel to her impeachment defense, leveling discredited charges about Biden’s diplomatic efforts in Ukraine. Biden helped engineer the ouster of a prosecutor viewed by the international community as corrupt — but Bondi reissued debunked claims that Biden sought to remove the prosecutor to shield his son Hunter, at the time a board member of a Ukrainian energy company, from a corruption investigation.
Former Acting Director of National Intelligence Richard Grenell falsely said Biden asked to unmask “hidden information” about Trump’s incoming national security adviser Michael Flynn “three weeks before the inauguration.” But the documents that Grenell himself released undercut that claim. They show that Biden — or someone in his orbit — asked to review intelligence that turned out to include Flynn’s name on Jan. 12, eight days before inauguration, and that the request included legitimate justification.
Republicans and even Trump, to be sure, soft-pedaled many of their more salacious allegations about Democrats. No one echoed Trump’s favored “witch hunt” attack. And Trump’s personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, eschewed the issue altogether, despite his yearslong effort to pressure Ukrainian leaders to investigate Biden, a push that accelerated Trump’s impeachment.
In a Thursday radio interview, Giuliani indicated he hadn’t given up on the matter, though.
“That’ll be for another day,” he said.


thelibertydaily--2020-08-31--President Trump to Visit Kenosha on Tuesday . . .

The White House has said that President Donald Trump will pay a visit to Kenosha , Wisconsin , on Tuesday after the city was rocked by riots when protests turned violent this week following the controversial shooting of Jacob Blake , who was resisting police arrest during a domestic dispute with his ex-girlfriend .
White House spokesman Judd Deere said that the president will be traveling to the city to meet with local law enforcement officers and to “ survey damage from the recent riots.
” He added that the president ’ s schedule for the visit had not yet @ @ @ @ @ @ @ earlier on Saturday if he had plans to visit the city , which has since received help from National Guard soldiers from neighboring states and the federal government to bring the violence and unrest sparked by the shooting under control .
“ Probably so , ” Trump told reporters during his visit to Orange , Texas , to assess the damage from Hurricane Laura .
“ We ’ ve had tremendous success as you know , ” he said of the law enforcement sent to help the local police .
“ We were @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the local authorities to send in the National Guard .
Within a few minutes of the guard , everybody cleared out and it became safe.
” The police officer responsible for the decision to open fire on Blake , Rusten Sheskey , has since been placed on administrative leave and is under investigation by the Wisconsin Division of Criminal Investigation under the state ’ s Department of Justice .
Sheskey shot Blake seven times after Blake resisted officers ’ attempts to arrest him after they received a call from his ex-girlfriend for help @ @ @ @ @ @ @ his arrest and a restraining order stipulating that he was not to approach his ex-girlfriend after an alleged sexual assault .
A criminal complaint obtained by The Epoch Times showed that Blake was charged in July with trespassing , third-degree sexual assault , and disorderly conduct .
According to the Wisconsin Department of Justice , Blake admitted to having a knife in his possession at the time of the shooting .
Department agents found a knife on the driver ’ s side floorboard of Blake ’ s car .
Following the shooting , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ condition , where he remains .
Family attorneys told reporters on Aug. 25 that Blake had undergone multiple surgeries .
The 29-year-old ’ s mother , Julia Jackson , has denounced Sheskey ’ s use of force , saying that her family is “ very hurt ” and “ quite frankly disgusted .
”

President Donald Trump speaks during a briefing at Lake Charles Fire House as he visits nearby areas damaged by Hurricane Laura in Lake Charles, La., on Aug. 29, 2020. (Tom Brenner/Reuters)
The White House has said that President Donald Trump will pay a visit to Kenosha, Wisconsin, on Tuesday after the city was rocked by riots when protests turned violent this week following the controversial shooting of Jacob Blake, who was resisting police arrest during a domestic dispute with his ex-girlfriend.
White House spokesman Judd Deere said that the president will be traveling to the city to meet with local law enforcement officers and to “survey damage from the recent riots.” He added that the president’s schedule for the visit had not yet been fully outlined.
????????????President @realDonaldTrump will visit Kenosha, Wisconsin on Tuesday to meet with local law enforcement and survey damage from the recent riots. — Judd Deere (@JuddPDeere45) August 30, 2020
Trump was asked earlier on Saturday if he had plans to visit the city, which has since received help from National Guard soldiers from neighboring states and the federal government to bring the violence and unrest sparked by the shooting under control.
“Probably so,” Trump told reporters during his visit to Orange, Texas, to assess the damage from Hurricane Laura. “We’ve had tremendous success as you know,” he said of the law enforcement sent to help the local police.
“We were finally able to get the go-ahead from the local authorities to send in the National Guard. Within a few minutes of the guard, everybody cleared out and it became safe.”
The police officer responsible for the decision to open fire on Blake, Rusten Sheskey, has since been placed on administrative leave and is under investigation by the Wisconsin Division of Criminal Investigation under the state’s Department of Justice.
Sheskey shot Blake seven times after Blake resisted officers’ attempts to arrest him after they received a call from his ex-girlfriend for help. Blake had a warrant out for his arrest and a restraining order stipulating that he was not to approach his ex-girlfriend after an alleged sexual assault.
A criminal complaint obtained by The Epoch Times showed that Blake was charged in July with trespassing, third-degree sexual assault, and disorderly conduct.
According to the Wisconsin Department of Justice, Blake admitted to having a knife in his possession at the time of the shooting. Department agents found a knife on the driver’s side floorboard of Blake’s car.
Following the shooting, Blake was rushed to hospital in critical condition, where he remains. Family attorneys told reporters on Aug. 25 that Blake had undergone multiple surgeries.
The 29-year-old’s mother, Julia Jackson, has denounced Sheskey’s use of force, saying that her family is “very hurt” and “quite frankly disgusted.”
With reporting by Janita Kan.
From The Epoch Times


thelibertydaily--2020-08-31--As He Simultaneously Declines Federal Help, Demonrat Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler Shamefully Blames Pr

As He Simultaneously Declines Federal Help, Demonrat Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler Shamefully Blames President Trump for the Violence Riots in Portland

Democrats created a violent mob in Portland and now they 're trying to blame it on President Trump .
The city has now entered its fourth month of sustained violence .
The ink was n't dry on Mayor Ted Wheeler 's letter to the president , rudely denying Trump 's offer to end the bloodshed in Portland , when a Trump supporter was murdered in cold blood Saturday night .
`` On behalf of the City of Portland : No thanks , '' quipped the senseless mayor in response to another offer by the president to end the violence .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ on coming together as a community to solve the serious challenges we face due to systemic racism , a global pandemic and an economic recession , '' the indignant mayor wrote .
Wheeler is tilting at windmills , imagining the police are the ones brutalizing people ( it 's Antifa ) , blaming Portland 's collapsed economy on a recession ( the rioters looted , vandalized , and burnt down all the businesses ) , and Wheeler ca n't figure out why COVID keeps spreading in the community ( filthy autonomous zones and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ) .
Watch the mayor trying to pin the death of a Trump supporter on Trump : Wheeler 's argument is that Portland ca n't accept Trump 's offer to end the violence because Trump is mean on Twitter and said rude things about John McCain .
Since the Democrats ' hatred for the president is overriding , Portlanders will just have to get used to all the murder and mayhem in the streets .
Echoing the mayor 's sentiments , Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden put out a statement on Sunday .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ accused the president of `` fanning the flames of hate and division in our society and using the politics of fear to whip up his supporters . ''
Does Biden think the Trump supporter shot himself ?
Does he think Antifa , Black Lives Matter rioters , and other leftwing agitators committing violence for months are all Trump supporters ?
Does clueless Joe even know what he 's talking about ?
The Democrats are really hoping their media allies can spin them out of this mess , and they 'll definitely try .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ and fueled a violent mob that continues to destroy American cities and is becoming only more violent as Democrats and the media cover up the mob 's violence and justify its behavior .

Democrats created a violent mob in Portland and now they're trying to blame it on President Trump. The city has now entered its fourth month of sustained violence.
The ink wasn't dry on Mayor Ted Wheeler's letter to the president, rudely denying Trump's offer to end the bloodshed in Portland, when a Trump supporter was murdered in cold blood Saturday night.
"On behalf of the City of Portland: No thanks," quipped the senseless mayor in response to another offer by the president to end the violence.
"In Portland, we are focused on coming together as a community to solve the serious challenges we face due to systemic racism, a global pandemic and an economic recession," the indignant mayor wrote.
Wheeler is tilting at windmills, imagining the police are the ones brutalizing people (it's Antifa), blaming Portland's collapsed economy on a recession (the rioters looted, vandalized, and burnt down all the businesses), and Wheeler can't figure out why COVID keeps spreading in the community (filthy autonomous zones and nightly mass riots sound like superspreader events).
Watch the mayor trying to pin the death of a Trump supporter on Trump:
Portland, Oregon, Mayor Ted Wheeler blames President Trump for the ongoing riots. Yet on Friday, he wrote a letter to the president refusing federal help.pic.twitter.com/pTIjSMRhJF — Townhall.com (@townhallcom) August 30, 2020
Wheeler's argument is that Portland can't accept Trump's offer to end the violence because Trump is mean on Twitter and said rude things about John McCain. Since the Democrats' hatred for the president is overriding, Portlanders will just have to get used to all the murder and mayhem in the streets.
Echoing the mayor's sentiments, Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden put out a statement on Sunday. After finally denouncing the violence, Biden accused the president of "fanning the flames of hate and division in our society and using the politics of fear to whip up his supporters."
Does Biden think the Trump supporter shot himself? Does he think Antifa, Black Lives Matter rioters, and other leftwing agitators committing violence for months are all Trump supporters? Does clueless Joe even know what he's talking about? The Democrats are really hoping their media allies can spin them out of this mess, and they'll definitely try.
The Democrats are scrambling because they created and fueled a violent mob that continues to destroy American cities and is becoming only more violent as Democrats and the media cover up the mob's violence and justify its behavior.


thelibertydaily--2020-08-31--Deranged MSNBC Pundit Goes on Hateful Rant Against Trump Voters

On Saturday ’ s AM Joy , MSNBC fill-in host Zerlina Maxwell conspired with radical leftist authors Jon Meacham and Brittney Cooper to spew hatred towards President Trump and his supporters .
Maxwell set up Cooper to go on an insane rant by accusing Trump of “ brutally treating black and brown people.
” Cooper responded with vile , woke rhetoric that claiming Trump supporters are “ rooted in racism ” and “ a desire for power at the expense of everyone who is black and brown.
” Maxwell began the Democratic propaganda by encouraging Meacham to go on a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ So John , I – I want to go to you first and just ask about as a historian what your gut reaction was to this week seeing the President after four days of pomp and circumstance , you know , violating the Hatch Act all over the place , staging his acceptance speech at the White House .
What is the significance of that historically ?
MEACHAM : It 's -- I hope it 's our bottom .
I hope we do n't go any farther below that .
It 's a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ sanctity of governance with the business -- necessary business of partisan politics .
And that has -- those two things have been kept porously separate , but separate , for centuries .
And basically , President Trump , predictably alas , has confused his own personality .
He has taken his own narcissism and forced it to the center of the life of the nation and when you stand on the South Lawn of the White House which is in many ways sacred ground in American life , and you make a partisan @ @ @ @ @ @ @ genuinely turn it into a Republican event .
Meacham also accused Trump of “ weaponizing his own narcissism , ” which Maxwell enthused over : “ Weaponizing his own narcissism is such an interesting way to put that.
” The very woke Maxwell then inspired Cooper to go on her deranged rant : MAXWELL : When you -- when you have on the one hand the President who 's caging people he 's claiming are violating federal laws , even though they 're seeking asylum , who 's encouraging brutal treatment of black @ @ @ @ @ @ @ they 're not committing crimes .
What -- what 's your reaction to the fact that you have the President violating the law and then brutally treating black and brown people who he deems law -- lawbreakers ?
COOPER : Look , President Trump is a lawless person .
We knew he was lawless before he got into office .
We had very good indicators that he had sexually assaulted women .
So many people around him have been – taken hits and gone to jail because they committed crimes on his behalf @ @ @ @ @ @ @ He has no respect for the rule of law .
He understands this job as basically a money grab to support the Trump organization and his own individual pockets .
And part of the challenge we have as a nation is that a significant swath of Americans still support Donald Trump .
They support his vision of America .
And that is rooted in racism .
It is rooted in a desire for power at the expense of everyone who is black and brown .
And so what we have in this problem @ @ @ @ @ @ @ spiritual kind of tyranny of the worst impulses -- you know Dr. Meacham said you know narcissism – you know sort of weaponizing narcissism .
That 's a spiritual problem .
It 's a – it ’ s a problem of our own kind of -- sort of moral crumbling that ’ s happening in our faces .
Tara Reade may have something to say about Joe Biden ’ s regard for the law when it comes to sexual assault .
Since nothing is sacred to Democratic shills , Maxwell and Cooper enveloped @ @ @ @ @ @ @ death of beloved actor Chadwick Boseman with Maxwell saying being black in 2020 America is defined by `` grief and pain and loss . ''
Cooper replied that black Americans are `` deeply grieving '' since Black Panther served to push back against `` a cultural project that denies the black humanity every step of the way , when black people are being shot down in the streets , when we ’ re being told that we are criminals and that our lives are unworthy of protection or care . ''
In tears @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for this democracy more than most people fight for it every day .
We believe in the American project so much more than the citizens that we see on the right and frankly I think many black Americans are overwhelmed and devastated today . ''
MSNBC is not a news network but a forum for crazed pundits to spout nonsensical , woke Democratic propaganda .
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@ @ @ @ @ @ @ Jon Meacham author of His Truth is Marching On and Brittney Cooper , author of Eloquent Rage .
Thank you so much for being here this morning .
BRITTNEY COOPER ( AUTHOR AND PROFESSOR OF WOMEN ’ S , GENDER , & AFRICANA STUDIES ) : My pleasure .
JON MEACHAM ( AUTHOR OF HIS TRUTH IS MARCHING ON ) : Thank you .
MAXWELL : So Jon , I – I want to go to you first and just ask about , as a historian , what your gut reaction was to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ days of pomp and circumstance , you know , violating the Hatch Act all over the place , staging his acceptance speech at the White House .
What is the significance of that historically ?
MEACHAM : It 's -- I hope it 's our bottom .
I hope we do n't go any farther below that .
It 's a remarkable moment of blending the emblems and sanctity of governance with the business -- necessary business of partisan politics .
And that has -- those two things have been kept porously separate @ @ @ @ @ @ @ And basically , President Trump , predictably alas , has confused his own personality .
He has taken his own narcissism and forced it to the center of the life of the nation and when you stand on the South Lawn of the White House , which is in many ways sacred ground in American life , and you make a partisan speech , you turn it – you genuinely turn it into a Republican event .
You 're mixing things that in a democracy that is tenuous .
We ’ re – @ @ @ @ @ @ @ experiment as you were just talking about in another context with -- with Congressmen -- Congresswoman Demings .
You -- we have to be eternally vigilant about making sure that the whole is important than the individual .
That is the nation is more important than the temporary occupant of the White House .
And what you saw this week was President Trump once again weaponizing his own narcissism .
MAXWELL : Weaponizing his own narcissism is such an interesting way to put that .
Brittany , in terms of the Hatch Act @ @ @ @ @ @ @ so it -- it 's not , you know , to John ’ s point , simply violating norms historically but also literally violating federal statute .
Or at least not in the President ’ s case -- encouraging staffers to do so .
When you -- when you have on the one hand the President who 's caging people he 's claiming are violating federal laws , even though they 're seeking asylum , who 's encouraging brutal treatment of black people by police officers , even if they 're not committing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ reaction to the fact that you have the President violating the law and then brutally treating black and brown people who he deems law -- lawbreakers ?
COOPER : Look , President Trump is a lawless person .
We knew he was lawless before he got into office .
We had very good indicators that he had sexually assaulted women .
So many people around him have been – taken hits and gone to jail because they committed crimes on his behalf .
The President is a criminal .
He has no respect @ @ @ @ @ @ @ understands this job as basically a money grab to support the Trump organization and his own individual pockets .
And part of the challenge we have as a nation is that a significant swath of Americans still support Donald Trump .
They support his vision of America .
And that is rooted in racism .
It is rooted in a desire for power at the expense of everyone who is black and brown .
And so what we have in this problem is – is a – is a spiritual kind of tyranny @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Dr. Meacham said you know narcissism – you know sort of weaponizing narcissism .
That 's a spiritual problem .
It 's a – it ’ s a problem of our own kind of -- sort of moral crumbling that ’ s happening in our faces .
And it 's a question for us about whether we will continue to stand by and watch this happen or whether we will fight back .
The thing that irritates me about Republicans is that they scream and yell at black protesters about how we must @ @ @ @ @ @ @ entire governance of the last four years has been all about a cruel mocking of the notion of the rule of law .
MAXWELL : I think that 's such an important point .
I want to pivot a bit towards really what I think as black Americans we 're experiencing in the year 2020 which is grief and pain and loss .
Not just because of the COVID-19 pandemic , not just because like every other year the police are shooting and killing black people in the street , but also because @ @ @ @ @ @ @ played so many memorable characters including Black Panther .
Brittany , I just want to ask you for -- for -- your reflection on really the pain and grief that black America is in as this country and its Democratic -- the pillars of it ’ s -- our democracy are seemingly crumbling .
COOPER : Yeah .
Chadwick Boseman was our shining star and , you know , he was a superhero .
Not just in the movies , but in his life .
In his fight against cancer .
The ability @ @ @ @ @ @ @ character at the movies in 2018 gave black folks so much joy .
It was a -- Black Panther was a movie that really brought together this longstanding conversation about our relationship to the African diaspora and to -- our -- our roots and the places we were rich from and brought here and it staged an important cultural conversation and did it with a beautiful representation of black life .
Chad – Chadwick Boseman was an amazing actor .
He was a – my -- my fellow alum of Howard University .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ And we are deeply , deeply grieving today because these representations they don ’ t just -- they 're not just movies for us when – when there 's a cultural project that denies the black humanity every step of the way .
When black people are being shot down in the streets .
When we ’ re being told that we are criminals and that our lives are unworthy of protection or care to see ourselves -- it becomes heightened – it becomes an experience of heightened importance .
And so Black @ @ @ @ @ @ @ All of the roles that he played were not just movies .
They were cultural experiences that affirmed the depths and possibility of our humanity .
And – and part of what it feels like in 2020 is that we are losing the people that help us to get up every day and fight again because they show the best of us .
And , you know , black people need a break .
[ CRYING ] We need a break .
We deserve a break .
We fight for this democracy more @ @ @ @ @ @ @ day .
We believe in the American project so much more than the citizens that we see on the right and frankly I think many black Americans are overwhelmed and devastated today .
And , you know , I hope that -- I hope that our country learns as Doc Rivers said to love us with half of the love that we for it and I hope that we can fight to achieve a world where black life is not cut short because of so many health challenges that beset us .
And @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Boseman ’ s family and his loved ones and all of us in black America who mourn today .
MAXWELL : Thank you so much , Brittney Cooper .
I think so many of us out there relate to everything you just said in terms of the pain that we feel as American citizens .

On Saturday’s AM Joy, MSNBC fill-in host Zerlina Maxwell conspired with radical leftist authors Jon Meacham and Brittney Cooper to spew hatred towards President Trump and his supporters. Maxwell set up Cooper to go on an insane rant by accusing Trump of “brutally treating black and brown people.” Cooper responded with vile, woke rhetoric that claiming Trump supporters are “rooted in racism” and “a desire for power at the expense of everyone who is black and brown.”
Maxwell began the Democratic propaganda by encouraging Meacham to go on a partisan rant against Trump:
MAXWELL: So John, I – I want to go to you first and just ask about as a historian what your gut reaction was to this week seeing the President after four days of pomp and circumstance, you know, violating the Hatch Act all over the place, staging his acceptance speech at the White House. What is the significance of that historically? MEACHAM: It's -- I hope it's our bottom. I hope we don't go any farther below that. It's a remarkable moment of blending the emblems and sanctity of governance with the business -- necessary business of partisan politics. And that has -- those two things have been kept porously separate, but separate, for centuries. And basically, President Trump, predictably alas, has confused his own personality. He has taken his own narcissism and forced it to the center of the life of the nation and when you stand on the South Lawn of the White House which is in many ways sacred ground in American life, and you make a partisan speech, you turn it – you genuinely turn it into a Republican event.
Meacham also accused Trump of “weaponizing his own narcissism,” which Maxwell enthused over: “Weaponizing his own narcissism is such an interesting way to put that.”
The very woke Maxwell then inspired Cooper to go on her deranged rant:
MAXWELL: When you -- when you have on the one hand the President who's caging people he's claiming are violating federal laws, even though they're seeking asylum, who's encouraging brutal treatment of black people by police officers, even if they're not committing crimes. What -- what's your reaction to the fact that you have the President violating the law and then brutally treating black and brown people who he deems law -- lawbreakers? COOPER: Look, President Trump is a lawless person. We knew he was lawless before he got into office. We had very good indicators that he had sexually assaulted women. So many people around him have been – taken hits and gone to jail because they committed crimes on his behalf. The President is a criminal. He has no respect for the rule of law. He understands this job as basically a money grab to support the Trump organization and his own individual pockets. And part of the challenge we have as a nation is that a significant swath of Americans still support Donald Trump. They support his vision of America. And that is rooted in racism. It is rooted in a desire for power at the expense of everyone who is black and brown. And so what we have in this problem is – is a – is a spiritual kind of tyranny of the worst impulses -- you know Dr. Meacham said you know narcissism – you know sort of weaponizing narcissism. That's a spiritual problem. It's a – it’s a problem of our own kind of -- sort of moral crumbling that’s happening in our faces.
Tara Reade may have something to say about Joe Biden’s regard for the law when it comes to sexual assault.
Since nothing is sacred to Democratic shills, Maxwell and Cooper enveloped the hatred of Trump supporters into the death of beloved actor Chadwick Boseman with Maxwell saying being black in 2020 America is defined by "grief and pain and loss."
Cooper replied that black Americans are "deeply grieving" since Black Panther served to push back against "a cultural project that denies the black humanity every step of the way, when black people are being shot down in the streets, when we’re being told that we are criminals and that our lives are unworthy of protection or care."
In tears, Cooper added: "We fight for this democracy more than most people fight for it every day. We believe in the American project so much more than the citizens that we see on the right and frankly I think many black Americans are overwhelmed and devastated today."
MSNBC is not a news network but a forum for crazed pundits to spout nonsensical, woke Democratic propaganda.
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thelibertydaily--2020-08-31--WHOPPER: Biden Fails To Condemn Antifa, Black Lives Matter By Name For Repeated Violence, Insanely B

WHOPPER: Biden Fails To Condemn Antifa, Black Lives Matter By Name For Repeated Violence, Insanely Blames President Trump for Assassination of Trump Supporter by a Democrat

Democrat presidential nominee Joe Biden failed on Sunday to condemn two far-left groups—Antifa and Black Lives Matter—for repeated violence that has happened over the summer .
Biden ’ s failure to condemn the two far-left groups by name came as he released a statement on the shooting that happened in Portland last night that resulted in a right-wing protester being murdered .
Biden avoided making the remarks on camera about the attack , and instead had a statement released .
The statement began : Biden later seemed to suggest that Trump and Trump ’ s supporters were responsible for the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ last night , writing : As a country , we must condemn the incitement of hate and resentment that led to this deadly clash .
It is not a peaceful protest when you go out spoiling for a fight .
What does President Trump think will happen when he continues to insist on fanning the flames of hate and division in our society and using the politics of fear to whip up his supporters ?
He is recklessly encouraging violence .
He may believe tweeting about law and order makes him strong – @ @ @ @ @ @ @ supporters to stop seeking conflict shows just how weak he is .
He may think that war in our streets is good for his reelection chances , but that is not presidential leadership – or even basic human compassion .
Biden did not list a single example of Trump “ fanning the flames of hate and division , ” and there is no evidence that “ his supporters ” were responsible for the death of the right-wing protester in Portland .
Biden failed to condemn far-left Antifa and Black Lives Matter by name @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in cities across American , specifically Portland .
Every night for more than 90 days , Black Lives Matter and Antifa protesters have demonstrated in Portland .
Many are peaceful , but a hard core have repeatedly attacked police and burned buildings .
Democrats spent their convention never mentioning the urban violence , but after the Kenosha riots and the GOP convention , this has become a political liability .
So they ’ re pivoting to blame Mr. Trump and claim that “ his America ” is causing it .
As if Trump @ @ @ @ @ @ @ cities .
Black Lives Matter protests have often turned violent , with widespread looting taking place .
Biden ’ s decision to not condemn these far-left organizations by name and instead trying to condemn all violence is similar to what Trump did after the violence in Charlottesville in 2017 where the president condemned the “ hatred , bigotry and violence ” on “ many sides.
” The media tore Trump to pieces for those words and claimed that he called neo-Nazis and white supremacists “ very fine people , ” which is a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ And you had people , and I ’ m not talking about the neo-Nazis and the white nationalists , because they should be condemned totally.
” This all comes as Biden has said that the whole reason he decided to run for office was because of what happened in Charlottesville .
Last week , however , one of the most notorious white supremacists that attended the Charlottesville event endorsed Biden for president .
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Democrat presidential nominee Joe Biden failed on Sunday to condemn two far-left groups — Antifa and Black Lives Matter — for repeated violence that has happened over the summer. Biden’s failure to condemn the two far-left groups by name came as he released a statement on the shooting that happened in Portland last night that resulted in a right-wing protester being murdered.
Biden avoided making the remarks on camera about the attack and instead released a statement. The statement began:
The deadly violence we saw overnight in Portland is unacceptable. Shooting in the streets of a great American city is unacceptable. I condemn this violence unequivocally. I condemn violence of every kind by any one, whether on the left or the right. And I challenge Donald Trump to do the same.
Biden later seemed to suggest that Trump and Trump’s supporters were responsible for the death of the right-wing protester in Portland last night, writing:
As a country, we must condemn the incitement of hate and resentment that led to this deadly clash. It is not a peaceful protest when you go out spoiling for a fight. What does President Trump think will happen when he continues to insist on fanning the flames of hate and division in our society and using the politics of fear to whip up his supporters? He is recklessly encouraging violence. He may believe tweeting about law and order makes him strong – but his failure to call on his supporters to stop seeking conflict shows just how weak he is. He may think that war in our streets is good for his reelection chances, but that is not presidential leadership – or even basic human compassion.
Biden did not list a single example of Trump “fanning the flames of hate and division,” and there is no evidence that “his supporters” were responsible for the death of the right-wing protester in Portland.
Biden failed to condemn far-left Antifa and Black Lives Matter by name for the repeated violence over the summer in cities across American, specifically Portland.
The Wall Street Journal Editorial Board wrote on Sunday:
Every night for more than 90 days, Black Lives Matter and Antifa protesters have demonstrated in Portland. Many are peaceful, but a hard core have repeatedly attacked police and burned buildings. … Democrats spent their convention never mentioning the urban violence, but after the Kenosha riots and the GOP convention, this has become a political liability. So they’re pivoting to blame Mr. Trump and claim that “his America” is causing it. As if Trump supporters belong to Antifa and dominate U.S. cities.
Black Lives Matter protests have often turned violent, with widespread looting taking place. Biden’s decision to not condemn these far-left organizations by name and instead trying to condemn all violence is similar to what Trump did after the violence in Charlottesville in 2017 where the president condemned the “hatred, bigotry and violence” on “many sides.”
The media tore Trump to pieces for those words and claimed that he called neo-Nazis and white supremacists “very fine people,” which is a lie. Trump specifically said, “And you had people, and I’m not talking about the neo-Nazis and the white nationalists, because they should be condemned totally.”
This all comes as Biden has said that the whole reason he decided to run for office was because of what happened in Charlottesville. Last week, however, one of the most notorious white supremacists that attended the Charlottesville event endorsed Biden for president.
"We condemn, in the strongest possible terms, this egregious display of hatred, bigotry and violence — on many sides. On many sides." – Trump on Charlottesville
"I condemn violence of every kind by anyone, whether on the left or the right." — Biden on Portland — Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) August 30, 2020
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thelibertydaily--2020-08-31--Democrat NYC School Chancellor Richard Carranza Wants to Use the Chi-Com Virus as Excuse to Kill Sta

Democrat NYC School Chancellor Richard Carranza Wants to Use the Chi-Com Virus as Excuse to Kill Standardized Testing

“ Never waste a good crisis , ” city Schools Chancellor Richard Carranza said in April .
Now , with parents distracted by the chaos of his reopening plan , Carranza and his boss , Mayor Bill de Blasio , are attempting to remake our schools just the way they ’ ve always wanted to .
Carranza has spent his tenure calling everyone who questions him “ racist ” and vowing to destroy Gotham ’ s best schools , while studiously ignoring the failing ones .
His vision , shared by Hizzoner : Make the good schools worse , never @ @ @ @ @ @ @ better way to achieve that than by obscuring the current state of student achievement ?
The 2020 state exams in math and English , normally held in April , were canceled when the pandemic hit .
It made sense at the time , as we were all scrambling to help our kids find their footing amid the “ new normal.
” But last week , during a Panel for Education Policy meeting , Carranza said he has already called for canceling state tests this academic year , with April a full eight months @ @ @ @ @ @ @ York has already submitted for a waiver [ for the state tests ] , ” he said , “ because how can you possibly require children to perform at any level given the mixed instructional environment that we have , and , by the way , in some cases , a very substandard educational environment , because we know kids need a lot of different supports.
” Yeah , OK. Whose fault is the “ mixed ” instructional environment , the “ very substandard educational environment ” and lack of support for kids @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s ?
Anyway : Isn ’ t better to know , so schools and parents can better know what works and who needs the most help ?
It ’ s all very convenient for bad schools , which can now easily hide their failure with no standardized tests .
Carranza ’ s failing bureaucracy can likewise shirk responsibility for the educational outcomes yielded by its half-baked reopening plan .
For another thing , the tests are used for admissions into some middle and high schools .
Carranza and the mayor have both @ @ @ @ @ @ @ though , of course , both sent their own children to selective institutions ) .
Last spring , the Big Apple ’ s public-school kids didn ’ t get grades , either .
It isn ’ t hard to envision Carranza pushing no grades for this year , too .
Thus , if you have a child entering fourth or seventh grade this year , and you hope to have her apply to a competitive middle or high school , the chancellor is purposefully setting her up for failure .
Carranza experienced serious @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the screening process at top schools — so instead he ’ s just getting rid of the screens themselves .
But even if you don ’ t have a kid in those grades , Carranza ’ s social engineering ( done on the pretext of coronavirus fears ) can affect your child , too .
If you have a kid going into kindergarten through second grade , your child is eligible to test for a gifted and talented program .
Does anyone imagine that Carranza won ’ t come for the G @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s not a local decision , ” Carranza said about canceling the state tests .
“ It ’ s not even a state decision .
It ’ s really a federal decision .
Because the federal Department of Education requires us to submit these state exam scores as part of their accountability system .
So , that being said , remember 69 days until the election .
I ’ ll say it one more time : 69 days until the election.
” Carranza is clearly counting on a President Joe Biden , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the accountability burden on his schools even further .
His department ’ s incompetence is why our schools are in such peril in the first place .
It ’ s why Carranza is afraid of objective metrics exposing him .
Parents should be outraged .
Carranza has run the department into the ground and now doesn ’ t want to be held accountable for it .
September is coming .
Parents need to fight , lest we all wake up from this coronavirus nightmare to find out our schools chancellor has used the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ excellence in the system .

“Never waste a good crisis,” city Schools Chancellor Richard Carranza said in April. Now, with parents distracted by the chaos of his reopening plan, Carranza and his boss, Mayor Bill de Blasio, are attempting to remake our schools just the way they’ve always wanted to.
Carranza has spent his tenure calling everyone who questions him “racist” and vowing to destroy Gotham’s best schools, while studiously ignoring the failing ones. His vision, shared by Hizzoner: Make the good schools worse, never the bad schools better.
And what better way to achieve that than by obscuring the current state of student achievement?
The 2020 state exams in math and English, normally held in April, were canceled when the pandemic hit. It made sense at the time, as we were all scrambling to help our kids find their footing amid the “new normal.”
But last week, during a Community Education Council town hall, Carranza said he has already called for canceling state tests this academic year, with April a full eight months away.
“The state of New York has already submitted for a waiver [for the state tests],” he said, “because how can you possibly require children to perform at any level given the mixed instructional environment that we have, and, by the way, in some cases, a very substandard educational environment, because we know kids need a lot of different supports.”
Yeah, OK. Whose fault is the “mixed” instructional environment, the “very substandard educational environment” and lack of support for kids who need it — if not Carranza’s? Anyway: Isn’t better to know, so schools and parents can better know what works and who needs the most help?
It’s all very convenient for bad schools, which can now easily hide their failure with no standardized tests. Carranza’s failing bureaucracy can likewise shirk responsibility for the educational outcomes yielded by its half-baked reopening plan.
For another thing, the tests are used for admissions into some middle and high schools. Carranza and the mayor have both railed against “screened” admissions (though, of course, both sent their own children to selective institutions). Last spring, the Big Apple’s public-school kids didn’t get grades, either. It isn’t hard to envision Carranza pushing no grades for this year, too.
Thus, if you have a child entering fourth or seventh grade this year, and you hope to have her apply to a competitive middle or high school, the chancellor is purposefully setting her up for failure. Carranza experienced serious pushback when he tried to get rid of the screening process at top schools — so instead he’s just getting rid of the screens themselves.
But even if you don’t have a kid in those grades, Carranza’s social engineering (done on the pretext of coronavirus fears) can affect your child, too. If you have a kid going into kindergarten through second grade, your child is eligible to test for a gifted and talented program. Does anyone imagine that Carranza won’t come for the G&T test next?
“It’s not a local decision,” Carranza said about canceling the state tests. “It’s not even a state decision. It’s really a federal decision. Because the federal Department of Education requires us to submit these state exam scores as part of their accountability system. So, that being said, remember 69 days until the election. I’ll say it one more time: 69 days until the election.”
Carranza is clearly counting on a President Joe Biden, who, he hopes, will lighten the accountability burden on his schools even further. His department’s incompetence is why our schools are in such peril in the first place. It’s why Carranza is afraid of objective metrics exposing him.
Parents should be outraged. Carranza has run the department into the ground and now doesn’t want to be held accountable for it. September is coming. Parents need to fight, lest we all wake up from this coronavirus nightmare to find out our schools chancellor has used the crisis to destroy what little remains of excellence in the system.
Twitter: @Karol


thelibertydaily--2020-08-31--CAUGHT ON CAMERA: Duo Stealing Mail from Las Vegas Neighborhood

LAS VEGAS ( KTNV ) — A suspected mail theft duo was caught on camera and neighbors want the two people seen in the video captured .
Ronny Adler ’ s security camera was rolling inside the locked mailroom at The Falls at Rhodes Ranch when he says two people broke in .
“ They just pulled mail and sorted out and kept what they wanted to keep and threw away what they didn ’ t , ” says Adler .
“ Whatever the female couldn ’ t do , the male helped her to pop it off easier.
” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 8 p.m. near S. Durango Drive & Warm Springs Road .
Adler says about a dozen mailboxes were ransacked , and many were missing mail .
“ Some people get their medications , get presents , or unemployment checks so people are very upset , ” says Adler .
RELATED : With millions relying on USPS for medication deliveries , some worry about delays The duo can be seen for about ten minutes , taking their time sorting through the mail .
“ People feel that they ’ re not so safe anymore @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Postal Inspection service tells 13 Action News they are looking into this incident , and they say mail theft investigations are one of their top priorities in Las Vegas .
They advise to not let mail accumulate in your mailbox for long , and to quickly remove mail after delivery , especially if you ’ re expecting things like checks , or credit cards .

LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — A suspected mail theft duo was caught on camera and neighbors want the two people seen in the video captured.
Ronny Adler’s security camera was rolling inside the locked mailroom at The Falls at Rhodes Ranch when he says two people broke in.
“They just pulled mail and sorted out and kept what they wanted to keep and threw away what they didn’t,” says Adler.
“Whatever the female couldn’t do, the male helped her to pop it off easier.”
It happened August 17, just before 8 p.m. near S. Durango Drive & Warm Springs Road.
Adler says about a dozen mailboxes were ransacked, and many were missing mail.
“Some people get their medications, get presents, or unemployment checks so people are very upset,” says Adler.
RELATED: With millions relying on USPS for medication deliveries, some worry about delays
The duo can be seen for about ten minutes, taking their time sorting through the mail.
“People feel that they’re not so safe anymore,” says Adler.
The U.S. Postal Inspection service tells 13 Action News they are looking into this incident, and they say mail theft investigations are one of their top priorities in Las Vegas.
FINANCIAL FOCUS: USPS rate increase
They advise to not let mail accumulate in your mailbox for long, and to quickly remove mail after delivery, especially if you’re expecting things like checks, or credit cards.