vdare--2020-04-19--SAID IN SPANISH: U.S. Border Agents Deport 10K Illegals in 19 Days; Central Americans Being Sent Bac

SAID IN SPANISH: U.S. Border Agents Deport 10K Illegals in 19 Days; Central Americans Being Sent Back; Border Closure Update (SIX ITEMS)

The virtual closure of national borders from Central America to the United States because of the Chinese Virus might end the migration of Central America ’ s poverty-stricken hordes to the United States , but only if the controls stay in place long enough to become settled policy .
Mass apprehensions at the border have dropped by more than half .
Helping , of course , is the knowledge , even among illegal aliens , that one might contract the deadly microbe on the trip north , but the border controls are what counts .
The virus will pass .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ ante depends on President Trump ’ s surviving the social and economic upheaval the Asian pathogen has caused , which means Trump—The Sequel must begin on January 20 .
With that introduction , some encouraging news : From March 21 to April 9 , border agents deported 10,000 illegal aliens , who are now , of course , almost uniformly called “ migrants ” or “ refugees ” [ Trump administration has expelled 10,000 migrants at the border during coronavirus outbreak , leaving less than 100 in CBP custody , by Nick Miroff @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , 2020 ] .
“ Those who are undocumented or don ’ t have documents or authorization are turned away , ” explained the acting director of Customs and Border Protection , Mark Morgan .
“ Migrants ” are getting the message : illegal crossings are down 56 percent .
Unsurprisingly , Univision offered the usual sob story about the expulsion policy , about a Mexican called Joel Alexander , who jumped the border on April 8 “ looking for work ” [ “ Me montaron en un carro y me tiraron para @ @ @ @ @ @ @ tiempos de covid-19 ( “ ‘ They Put me in a Car and Threw me over to Mexico ’ : Express Deportations in the Times of Covid-19 ” ) , by Jorge Cancino , Univision , April , 12 , 2020 ] .
Poor Joel “ spent two days hidden among scrub thickets protecting himself from the rain ” until a group of border agents detained and handcuffed him.
” Normally , the arrest would result in a drawn-out process that ended in Joel ’ s release into the country and his not @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Not this time .
“ They just put me in a car and threw me over to Mexico , ” Joel lamented .
“ It all lasted less than two hours.
” If that ’ s an “ express deportation , ” I ’ m all for it , as are , in all probability , most Americans !
Not , though , Irineo Mujica , director of the border-busting Pueblo sin Fronteras—People without Borders—who is very perturbed .
“ It is terrible , ” he said .
“ Every day , every @ @ @ @ @ @ @ back … this is a chaos , a disaster.
” Yeah , right .
Earth to Irineo : The border was already a disaster , partly thanks to people like you !
Central Americans Being Sent Back To Central America The Guatemalan government had suspended deportation flights from the United States only to reinstate them on April 12 [ Guatemala to resume deportation flights from US next week , The Associated Press , April 8 , 2020 ] .
The reason ?
President Trump threatened visa sanctions in an executive memorandum published on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ dealing with Central Americans requires a stern hand .
Guatemala is none too happy about that given that 50-75 percent of a recent planeload of deportees tested positive for COVID-19 [ Guatemala : US deportations driving up COVID-19 cases , by Sonia Perez D. , The Associated Press , April 14 , 2020 ] .
Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei said the United States was the Wuhan of the region .
If so , then Central American governments should keep their people at home .
Then again , how does Giammattei know the migrants @ @ @ @ @ @ @ they jumped the U.S. border ?
Speaking of Giammattei , he ’ s joined the tiff between El Salvador and Mexico and complained about the way the latter has handled the virus , particularly its “ open airports.
” He said : He also complained that Guatemalans deported from the United States to Mexico are paying traffickers to return them home !
And he asked “ Guatemalans who live in border communities with Mexico to impede the passage of persons who illegally enter and ‘ oblige them to pass through the legal passages @ @ @ @ @ @ @ quarantine them.
’ ” Quarantining deportees would be easier , of course , if they don ’ t hijack the buses that carry them across the border .
The Mexican immigration ministry was transporting a load to Quetzaltenango—about 100 miles from the border and a little farther from Tapachula , Mexico , a major site of chaos and conflict during the illegal-alien tsunami—when the miscreants commandeered the vehicle .
Guatemalan authorities bagged 57 , but not before 190 escaped [ Migrantes deportados de México escapan de autobuses en Retalhuleu ( “ Migrants Deported @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” ) , by Rolando Miranda and Raul Juarez , Prensa Libre , April 4 ] .
I recently reported that 13,000 non-Mexican migrants were stuck in Tamaulipas , which borders Texas from about Laredo to Brownsville , and that the governor was concerned that migrants might carry and spread the Chinese Virus .
They do and are .
They compose 5 percent of the state ’ s Coronavirus carriers [ Registra Tamaulipas migrantes con Covid-19 : Cabeza de Vaca ( “ Migrants in Tamaulipas with Covid-19 : Governor Garcia Cabeza de Vaca @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Milenio , April 18 , 2020 ] .
That ’ s yet another incentive for Mexico to guard its southern border .
Unhappy as “ Joel Alexander ” and other “ migrants ” might be about their trip back home where they belong , the U.S. is hardly the only country in the Western Hemisphere with tightened border controls .
[ Coronavirus : Travel restrictions , border shutdowns by country , Al Jazeera , April 19 ] .
Though U.S.-Mexico line is open to “ essential ” traffic , borders in the Northern @ @ @ @ @ @ @ • El Salvador : All non-residents barred , all commercial passenger flights banned .
Possible 30-day quarantine for those allowed in .
The rest of the region , except Nicaragua , has done likewise .
• Belize : Most ports of entry closed .
Non-Belizeans who have traveled to Europe , Iran , China ( including Hong Kong ) , South Korea or Japan in the past month can not enter .
That ’ s great news for us because 70 percent of the illegals who washed across our border with Mexico recently @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Wall ( email him ) moved back to the U.S.A. in 2008 after many years residing in Mexico .
Allan 's wife is Mexican , and their two sons are bilingual .
In 2005 , Allan served a tour of duty in Iraq with the Texas Army National Guard .
His VDARE.COM articles are archived here ; his Mexidata.info articles are archived here ; his News With Views columns are archived here ; and his website is here .


vdare--2020-04-19--Another Reader Writes To Derb On Educational Nationalism—Especially The Need For AMERICAN Engineers

Re : An American Engineer Makes The Case The Case For Educational Nationalism John Derbyshire writes : Further to the theme of our not graduating enough good engineers , a different Radio Derb listener emailed in as follows , slightly edited .
Correcting our weak , decadent educational system is easy—end all student loans except to the hard sciences/engineering .
Amazingly , you ’ ll have tons of American students lining up to be engineers .
Plus , you get the added advantage of shrinking and perhaps eliminating the Cultural Marxist hideouts known as history , literature , most social @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ Studies ” programs—all of which are funded by student tuition .
This is really not a radical idea .
Liberal-arts colleges were founded in this country primarily for the purpose of educating clergy or promoting a religious sect—from congregationalist Harvard & Yale to the Lutheran liberal-arts colleges dotting the Midwest to all the Catholic institutions .
It makes no sense to pay four years of tuition for mediocre students to read novels or histories that they ’ ll never peer into for the rest of their lives—or even to learn social-scientific regression @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ll never use again .
Plus , eliminating non-science student loans would be a move that would not be politically impossible .
Most people in this country lack a college degree—and those that have liberal-arts degrees are often dubious about their value .
Of course , the liberal media people will scream .
They do have liberal-arts degrees , so obviously those degrees are of great value … to them .
I think a majority of Americans would reject their claims .
To take a Mencken-ish view of things : No-one has ever @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and anti-intellectualism .

Re: An American Engineer Makes The Case The Case For Educational Nationalism
John Derbyshire writes: Further to the theme of our not graduating enough good engineers, a different Radio Derb listener emailed in as follows, slightly edited.
Correcting our weak, decadent educational system is easy—end all student loans except to the hard sciences/engineering. Amazingly, you’ll have tons of American students lining up to be engineers. Plus, you get the added advantage of shrinking and perhaps eliminating the Cultural Marxist hideouts known as history, literature, most social science departments, and of course the “Studies” programs—all of which are funded by student tuition.
This is really not a radical idea. Liberal-arts colleges were founded in this country primarily for the purpose of educating clergy or promoting a religious sect—from congregationalist Harvard & Yale to the Lutheran liberal-arts colleges dotting the Midwest to all the Catholic institutions. It makes no sense to pay four years of tuition for mediocre students to read novels or histories that they’ll never peer into for the rest of their lives—or even to learn social-scientific regression analysis or economic modeling that they’ll never use again.
Plus, eliminating non-science student loans would be a move that would not be politically impossible. Most people in this country lack a college degree—and those that have liberal-arts degrees are often dubious about their value.
Of course, the liberal media people will scream. They do have liberal-arts degrees, so obviously those degrees are of great value … to them.
I think a majority of Americans would reject their claims. To take a Mencken-ish view of things: No-one has ever lost money betting on American bad taste and anti-intellectualism.


vdare--2020-04-20--VICTORY: Donald Trump Announces Immigration Moratorium

President Donald Trump announced late Monday night that he would temporarily halt all immigration due to the Chinese coronavirus .
@ @ @ @ @ .
VDARE has castigated the GOP for weeks for doing nothing about immigration in response @ @ @ @ @ just did exactly what ’ s needed .
Millions of Americans are out of work @ @ @ @ @ a second wave of the virus to our shores .
There is no reason we @ @ @ @ @ thousands of immigrants at this time .
This proposal signals that Trump is serious about @ @ @ @ @ may have very well won re-election tonight .
Trump forces Democrats to defend foreigners against @ @ @ @ @ Trump makes immigration the focus of the coronavirus response .
Trump makes a more extensive @ @ @ @ @ championed by VDARE , a realistic possibility .
This is a huge victory for the @ @ @ @ @ will reverberate for years to come .
Buckle up your seat belts—2020 is going to @ @ @ @ @

washingtonwatcherii@protonmail.com (Washington  Watcher II)

President Donald Trump announced late Monday night that he would temporarily halt all immigration due to the Chinese coronavirus.
This is a tremendous move. VDARE has castigated the GOP for weeks for doing nothing about immigration in response to the pandemic. Trump just did exactly what’s needed. Millions of Americans are out of work and foreigners could easily bring a second wave of the virus to our shores. There is no reason we should let in hundreds of thousands of immigrants at this time.
This proposal signals that Trump is serious about putting America First. He may have very well won re-election tonight. Trump forces Democrats to defend foreigners against the interests of citizens. Trump makes immigration the focus of the coronavirus response. Trump makes a more extensive moratorium, an idea long championed by VDARE, a realistic possibility.
This is a huge victory for the cause of immigration patriotism and will reverberate for years to come.
Buckle up your seat belts—2020 is going to be a wild ride.


vdare--2020-04-20--Big Surprise—Insider Trading Senators Burr (NC) And Loeffler (GA) Both Immigration Wimps.

When Republican Senators learned of the dire threat posed by the Chinese coronavirus , they did nothing about our porous borders or our broken immigration system .
They kept the information to themselves—and a few rushed to profit .
Stock trades by Senators Richard Burr ( R-NC ) and Kelly Loeffler ( R-GA ) ’ s have outraged the public .
Their behavior reflects GOP Establishment priorities : The desire to boost Big Business and ignore Middle America is taken to its logical extreme in personally profiting off a major crisis .
Neither Burr nor Loeffler are remotely immigration patriots @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the American people may ultimately explain why they did not hesitate to exploit the virus outbreak for their own gain .
Burr sold off 33 stocks worth between $ 628,033 and $ 1.72 million in the weeks after a January 24 Senate briefing on the virus .
Loeffler sold off stocks worth millions .
Burr ’ s actions are considered more suspect because he admits he made these transactions personally .
Loeffler blames her transactions on the independent third-party who runs her portfolio .
[ Coronavirus insider trading cases against Burr , Loeffler @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Connolly , The Independent , April 13 , 2020 ] Other senators also stand accused of impropriety .
Republican Oklahoma Sen. Jim Inhofe , Republican Georgia Sen. David Perdue , and Democratic California Sen. Dianne Feinstein all made suspicious transactions in the same time frame .
[ Georgia senator bought stock in personal protective equipment maker amid coronavirus crisis , by Justine Coleman , The Hill , April 7 , 2020 ] .
However , none of these senators attended the January 24th briefing and their transactions are considered less dubious .
Burr @ @ @ @ @ @ @ co-written with Sen. Lamar Alexander that That assertion now rings somewhat hollow .
And Burr seemed to know it was a bogus claim with his stock transactions .
Neither Burr nor Loeffler is particularly good on immigration .
Both have demanded importation of more foreign workers while over 20 million Americans are unemployed .
In March , both signed a letter urging the Trump administration to loosen restrictions on H-2A visas so the agriculture industry can continue to rely on cheap foreign labor .
“ We believe suspending visa services that our farmers @ @ @ @ @ @ @ across our nation trying to put food on the table , ” the letter said .
Loeffler also signed a separate letter in April demanding the administration expedite EB-3 visas for foreign nurses .
“ Our nation ’ s hospitals will be overwhelmed if they are not able to hire more nursing staff .
We urge you to help our hospitals address this crisis by expediting your processing of visas for immigrant nurses , ” the letter stated .
Sen. Perdue also signed these letters , but he at least gets credit for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ other patriotic immigration reforms .
Burr and Loeffler have no record of such support .
Burr did vote against Amnesty in 2006 and 2013 and boasts a B career rating from NumbersUSA .
( His current term rating is a significantly lower D rating . )
However , he has long been a supporter of increasing the number of guest worker visas .
In 2017 , he signed a letter to Homeland Security expressing grave concern that the H-2B visa cap—which covers temporary non-agricultural workers—may not satisfy business demand .
In 2015 , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ administration requesting that wages for H-2B visa holders be kept down to make it profitable for the businesses that rely on them .
He also signed a letter that year urging the administration to continue processing H-2B visa applications after a temporary delay .
Burr ’ s obsession with cheap foreign workers is all too present in our current crisis as well .
Sen. Loeffler was sworn in to her Senate seat only in January , so she doesn ’ t have a record comparable to Burr ’ s .
However , her @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Jeffrey Sprecher , is very clear he wants more immigration .
“ As a business operator , it ’ s important for me that we have a very , very good legal immigration system that allows this country to attract the best people , ” Sprecher told WABE right after the 2016 election .
“ So while there ’ s a lot of focus on illegal immigration , I hope that the Trump administration will focus on legal immigration and pathways for this country to benefit from the hard work of others.
” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Freedom Bills A Priority , by Tasnim Shamma , WABE , November 30 , 2016 ] Loeffler earned her appointment basically because of her own and her husband ’ s money .
Both Sprecher and Loeffler have made sizable donations to the GOP and the Senator plans to use their massive wealth to win election in her Senate race this year [ GOP Senate appointee Kelly Loeffler has extensive history of giving to Republicans — and a few Democrats , by Karl Evers-Hillstrom , Open Secrets , December 4 , 2019 ] Neither @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in the wake of the scandal .
Tucker Carlson has called on Burr to resign , but the North Carolina senator shows no sign of leaving office .
[ ‘ There is no greater moral crime ’ : Tucker Carlson calls for Sen. Richard Burr ’ s resignation over stock sell-off , by Katie Shepherd , The Washington Post , March 20 , 2020 ] .
He has agreed to comply with an ethics investigation .
Loeffler has denied any wrongdoing but is selling off all of her individual stock positions .
Still @ @ @ @ @ @ @ her primary race against Rep. Doug Collins .
The GOP Establishment is sticking behind the two .
This makes more sense in the case of Burr .
If Burr resigned , North Carolina ’ s Democratic Governor Roy Cooper would appoint a Democrat to his seat .
Burr ’ s term ends in 2022 and he says he won ’ t run for re-election .
[ Burr pledges to retire after one more Senate term , by Jordan Carney , The Hill , July 20 , 2016 ] Burr ’ s actions are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s craven priorities , but it makes more political sense to strip of his leadership roles and let him serve out his term .
The GOP doesn ’ t have ideal options when dealing with Burr .
But that ’ s not the case with Loeffler .
Collins , her primary opponent , is a far better option .
Collins has an A NumbersUSA career rating and has bucked the Establishment consensus on immigration .
President Trump wanted Collins to be appointed to that seat last year , but Georgia Gov .
Brian @ @ @ @ @ @ @ suburban women—and his donors .
Kemp and other Establishment figures think Loeffler is more electable than the Trumpian Collins .
The coronavirus trading should put that myth to bed .
The latest poll shows Collins 23 points ahead of Loeffler -- 36 percent vs. 13 percent .
It ’ s revealing that the Establishment continues to back a wealthy donor with no populist appeal over someone who genuinely supports Trump ’ s agenda .
In effect , it is telling voters that it prefers alleged insider traders over immigration patriots .
The GOP @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that only serves the interests of billionaires .
Trump ’ s 2016 victory overcame that and offered the possibility of the GOP turning into the party of the workingman .
[ Taking Trump seriously on making the GOP the ‘ workers ’ party ’ , by F.H .
Buckley , New York Post , February 27 , 2017 ] But party leaders standing resolutely behind Burr and Loeffler completely undercuts that hopeful message .
GOP leaders should strip Burr of his committee assignments and let him serve out his term quietly .
The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ appendages should withdraw their support for Loeffler and back Collins instead .
There is no reason to continue to support an out-of-touch corporate fat cat when a much better candidate is available—even if it means upsetting donors and picking an immigration patriot .
The GOP needs to signal that it ’ s America First .
Doing nothing about the tawdry financial transactions of establishment senators and ignoring immigration signal the opposite .
It ’ s time for the Establishment to do the right thing .
Washington Watcher II [ Email him ] is @ @ @ @ @

When Republican Senators learned of the dire threat posed by the Chinese coronavirus, they did nothing about our porous borders or our broken immigration system. They kept the information to themselves—and a few rushed to profit. Stock trades by Senators Richard Burr (R-NC) and Kelly Loeffler (R-GA)’s have outraged the public. Their behavior reflects GOP Establishment priorities: The desire to boost Big Business and ignore Middle America is taken to its logical extreme in personally profiting off a major crisis. Neither Burr nor Loeffler are remotely immigration patriots. This lack of concern for defending the American people may ultimately explain why they did not hesitate to exploit the virus outbreak for their own gain.
Burr sold off 33 stocks worth between $628,033 and $1.72 million in the weeks after a January 24 Senate briefing on the virus. Loeffler sold off stocks worth millions. Burr’s actions are considered more suspect because he admits he made these transactions personally. Loeffler blames her transactions on the independent third-party who runs her portfolio. [Coronavirus insider trading cases against Burr, Loeffler and others differ drastically, by Griffin Connolly, The Independent, April 13, 2020]
Other senators also stand accused of impropriety. Republican Oklahoma Sen. Jim Inhofe, Republican Georgia Sen. David Perdue, and Democratic California Sen. Dianne Feinstein all made suspicious transactions in the same time frame. [Georgia senator bought stock in personal protective equipment maker amid coronavirus crisis, by Justine Coleman, The Hill, April 7, 2020]. However, none of these senators attended the January 24th briefing and their transactions are considered less dubious.
Burr actually said in a February 7 op-ed co-written with Sen. Lamar Alexander that
…the United States today is better prepared than ever before to face emerging public health threats, like the coronavirus, in large part due to the work of the Senate Health Committee, Congress, and the Trump Administration. Coronavirus prevention steps the U.S. government is taking to protect you, by Richard Burr and Lamar Alexander, Fox News, February 7, 2020]
That assertion now rings somewhat hollow. And Burr seemed to know it was a bogus claim with his stock transactions.
Neither Burr nor Loeffler is particularly good on immigration. Both have demanded importation of more foreign workers while over 20 million Americans are unemployed. In March, both signed a letter urging the Trump administration to loosen restrictions on H-2A visas so the agriculture industry can continue to rely on cheap foreign labor. “We believe suspending visa services that our farmers rely on will be detrimental to families across our nation trying to put food on the table,” the letter said.
Loeffler also signed a separate letter in April demanding the administration expedite EB-3 visas for foreign nurses. “Our nation’s hospitals will be overwhelmed if they are not able to hire more nursing staff. We urge you to help our hospitals address this crisis by expediting your processing of visas for immigrant nurses,” the letter stated.
Sen. Perdue also signed these letters, but he at least gets credit for sponsoring the immigration reducing-RAISE Act and supporting other patriotic immigration reforms.
Burr and Loeffler have no record of such support.
Burr did vote against Amnesty in 2006 and 2013 and boasts a B career rating from NumbersUSA. (His current term rating is a significantly lower D rating.) However, he has long been a supporter of increasing the number of guest worker visas.
In 2017, he signed a letter to Homeland Security expressing grave concern that the H-2B visa cap—which covers temporary non-agricultural workers—may not satisfy business demand.
In 2015, he signed one letter to the Obama administration requesting that wages for H-2B visa holders be kept down to make it profitable for the businesses that rely on them. He also signed a letter that year urging the administration to continue processing H-2B visa applications after a temporary delay.
Burr’s obsession with cheap foreign workers is all too present in our current crisis as well.
Sen. Loeffler was sworn in to her Senate seat only in January, so she doesn’t have a record comparable to Burr’s. However, her husband, New York Stock Exchange Chairman Jeffrey Sprecher, is very clear he wants more immigration.
“As a business operator, it’s important for me that we have a very, very good legal immigration system that allows this country to attract the best people,” Sprecher told WABE right after the 2016 election. “So while there’s a lot of focus on illegal immigration, I hope that the Trump administration will focus on legal immigration and pathways for this country to benefit from the hard work of others.” [Metro Atlanta Chamber: Opposing Religious Freedom Bills A Priority, by Tasnim Shamma, WABE, November 30, 2016]
Loeffler earned her appointment basically because of her own and her husband’s money. Both Sprecher and Loeffler have made sizable donations to the GOP and the Senator plans to use their massive wealth to win election in her Senate race this year [GOP Senate appointee Kelly Loeffler has extensive history of giving to Republicans — and a few Democrats, by Karl Evers-Hillstrom, Open Secrets, December 4, 2019]
Neither Burr nor Loeffler are showing much contrition in the wake of the scandal. Tucker Carlson has called on Burr to resign, but the North Carolina senator shows no sign of leaving office. [‘There is no greater moral crime’: Tucker Carlson calls for Sen. Richard Burr’s resignation over stock sell-off, by Katie Shepherd, The Washington Post, March 20, 2020]. He has agreed to comply with an ethics investigation. Loeffler has denied any wrongdoing but is selling off all of her individual stock positions. Still, she is not dropping out of her primary race against Rep. Doug Collins.
The GOP Establishment is sticking behind the two. This makes more sense in the case of Burr. If Burr resigned, North Carolina’s Democratic Governor Roy Cooper would appoint a Democrat to his seat. Burr’s term ends in 2022 and he says he won’t run for re-election. [Burr pledges to retire after one more Senate term, by Jordan Carney, The Hill, July 20, 2016] Burr’s actions are disgraceful and speak to the party’s craven priorities, but it makes more political sense to strip of his leadership roles and let him serve out his term. The GOP doesn’t have ideal options when dealing with Burr.
But that’s not the case with Loeffler. Collins, her primary opponent, is a far better option. Collins has an A NumbersUSA career rating and has bucked the Establishment consensus on immigration. President Trump wanted Collins to be appointed to that seat last year, but Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp chose Loeffler apparently to appeal to suburban women—and his donors. Kemp and other Establishment figures think Loeffler is more electable than the Trumpian Collins. The coronavirus trading should put that myth to bed. The latest poll shows Collins 23 points ahead of Loeffler--36 percent vs. 13 percent.
It’s revealing that the Establishment continues to back a wealthy donor with no populist appeal over someone who genuinely supports Trump’s agenda. In effect, it is telling voters that it prefers alleged insider traders over immigration patriots.
The GOP has long been smeared as the party that only serves the interests of billionaires. Trump’s 2016 victory overcame that and offered the possibility of the GOP turning into the party of the workingman. [Taking Trump seriously on making the GOP the ‘workers’ party’, by F.H. Buckley, New York Post, February 27, 2017] But party leaders standing resolutely behind Burr and Loeffler completely undercuts that hopeful message.
GOP leaders should strip Burr of his committee assignments and let him serve out his term quietly. The National Republican Senatorial Committee and other Establishment appendages should withdraw their support for Loeffler and back Collins instead. There is no reason to continue to support an out-of-touch corporate fat cat when a much better candidate is available—even if it means upsetting donors and picking an immigration patriot.
The GOP needs to signal that it’s America First. Doing nothing about the tawdry financial transactions of establishment senators and ignoring immigration signal the opposite. It’s time for the Establishment to do the right thing.
Washington Watcher II [Email him] is an anonymous DC insider.


vdare--2020-04-20--NBC Article Includes Three Sob Stories About Immigrants Who Don't Have Enough Money to Send Back Rem

NBC Article Includes Three Sob Stories About Immigrants Who Don't Have Enough Money to Send Back Remittances.

Immigrants in the United States , both legal and illegal , send remittances back to relatives in their home countries .
These countries have grown accustomed to remittances , and are highly dependent .
It 's like a drug .
Because of the coronavirus crisis people many people are no longer working and that includes immigrants .
That 's drying up the monetary flow , and NBC news has a story bemoaning this development .
The article includes sob stories to guilt trip the reader .
Indeed , the story begins with a sob story : Herminio Rodriguez could not @ @ @ @ @ @ @ this month , after the Miami Beach restaurant where he was working closed several weeks ago .
Now Rodriguez , 41 , worries about his parents and his son back home , who depend on the monthly remittance he sends to buy food and medicine .
“ I couldn ’ t even pay rent this month , ” Rodriguez said , “ and we need to keep a little bit of reserves so we can eat.
” “ The economic part is affecting us both here and there , ” he said .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ job losses and lockdowns , many are no longer able to provide for relatives back home .
The sudden end in remittances sent to Latin America each year is affecting the well being of families and crippling the economies of developing countries .
[ As Latinos lose jobs , remittances to their relatives in Latin America dry up by Carmen Sesin , NBC News , April 20 , 2020 ] Note how the article uses the term `` Latino '' to refer to Latin American immigrants in the United States .
These people @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and their employers broke the law to hire them .
NBC did n't care what we thought about that , but now they want us to feel guilty when illegal aliens lose their jobs and do n't have unemployment .
Sorry , these people need to go home .
According to the World Bank , global remittances reached a record high in 2018 , the last year for which figures are available .
The flow of money to Latin America and the Caribbean grew by 10 percent to $ 88 billion in 2018 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ economy , where most of the money originates .
In many countries , remittances account for a significant portion of their gross domestic product .
In Nicaragua and Guatemala they account for around 12 percent , and in El Salvador and Honduras , around 20 percent [ ! ]
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Mexico receives the most remittances in the region , with about $ 36 billion in 2018 , up 11 percent from the previous year .
But what if the money dries up ?
Then it 's back to another sob story to guilt @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 's about a Mexican .
And here 's an interesting part of the big picture : Manuel Orozco , an economist with the Inter-American Dialogue , said the drop in remittances is not only from the U.S. , but from other Latin American countries as well .
`` The distinction is important because in the past four to five years , we have seen significant growth in Latin American migration to other Latin American countries , '' he said .
Well , at least that 's a better fit culturally .
Everybody in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ however .
There seems to be a pattern here .
These countries get dependent on remittances but what happens will the well starts to dry up ?
In other words , this analyst is still banking on the remittances system .
But for now , Lesbia Granados , 35 , is worried after not being able to send money to her parents in Honduras last month .
They depend on her to pay for electricity , food , medicine and doctors ’ visits .
But the Miami Beach hotel where she worked is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ my parents , and it ’ s my responsibility to take care of them , after they did so much for me , '' she said .
Granados said she 's hoping her coronavirus stimulus check arrives soon .
“ Until then , I ’ m trying to survive with the little I have saved , ” she said .
Sounds like she 's expecting a check , I guess she 's not illegal .
After all , she 's living in Florida , not California .

Immigrants in the United States, both legal and illegal, send remittances back to relatives in their home countries. These countries have grown accustomed to remittances, and are highly dependent. It's like a drug.
Because of the coronavirus crisis people many people are no longer working and that includes immigrants. That's drying up the monetary flow, and NBC news has a story bemoaning this development. The article includes sob stories to guilt trip the reader.
Indeed, the story begins with a sob story:
Herminio Rodriguez could not send money to his family in Guatemala this month, after the Miami Beach restaurant where he was working closed several weeks ago. Now Rodriguez, 41, worries about his parents and his son back home, who depend on the monthly remittance he sends to buy food and medicine. “I couldn’t even pay rent this month,” Rodriguez said, “and we need to keep a little bit of reserves so we can eat.” “The economic part is affecting us both here and there,” he said. As Latinos throughout the U.S. grapple with job losses and lockdowns, many are no longer able to provide for relatives back home. The sudden end in remittances sent to Latin America each year is affecting the well being of families and crippling the economies of developing countries. [As Latinos lose jobs, remittances to their relatives in Latin America dry up by Carmen Sesin, NBC News, April 20, 2020]
Note how the article uses the term "Latino" to refer to Latin American immigrants in the United States.
Many of those who send remittances often work in the service industry and have been let go or furloughed from their jobs in hotels, restaurants or cleaning companies, without pay. Those who are undocumented cannot apply for unemployment.
These people broke our law to work here, and their employers broke the law to hire them. NBC didn't care what we thought about that, but now they want us to feel guilty when illegal aliens lose their jobs and don't have unemployment. Sorry, these people need to go home.
Remittances are big business:
According to the World Bank, global remittances reached a record high in 2018, the last year for which figures are available. The flow of money to Latin America and the Caribbean grew by 10 percent to $88 billion in 2018, mostly due to the strong U.S. economy, where most of the money originates. In many countries, remittances account for a significant portion of their gross domestic product. In Nicaragua and Guatemala they account for around 12 percent, and in El Salvador and Honduras, around 20 percent [!]. Mexico receives the most remittances in the region, with about $36 billion in 2018, up 11 percent from the previous year.
And speaking of Mexico....
Mexico's president, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, asked Mexicans in the United States not to stop supporting their relatives back home. He said February set a record in remittances to Mexico. “Tell your countrymen to not stop sending help to their families in Mexico, who are also going through a difficult situation,” he said at a recent news conference.
But what if the money dries up?
Then it's back to another sob story to guilt trip the reader. This time it's about a Mexican.
In Miami, Edmundo Tarín, who emigrated from Mexico, heard about López Obrador’s statements and said: “How are we going to do this? I can’t even pay my rent.”
Exactly.
Tarín has always sent money to his brother, who depends on the monthly stipend to pay rent and buy food in Mexico City, where he lives. This situation has limited us. We’re doing bad, very badly,” Tarín said, who was laid off from his job as a cook in a restaurant.
And here's an interesting part of the big picture:
Manuel Orozco, an economist with the Inter-American Dialogue, said the drop in remittances is not only from the U.S., but from other Latin American countries as well. "The distinction is important because in the past four to five years, we have seen significant growth in Latin American migration to other Latin American countries," he said.
Well, at least that's a better fit culturally. Everybody in the receiving countries may not appreciate it however.
The Caribbean and Latin American countries that have seen the most emigration are Haiti, Cuba, Venezuela, Nicaragua, Bolivia, El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras. The dependence on remittances is highest in these countries, which have more fragile economies.
There seems to be a pattern here. These countries get dependent on remittances but what happens will the well starts to dry up?
Orozco said there could be a speedier economic recovery than from the 2008 financial crisis and that by June 2021, U.S. immigrant workers may remit similar amounts to February's total.
In other words, this analyst is still banking on the remittances system.
Sob story #3, about a Honduran this time:
But for now, Lesbia Granados, 35, is worried after not being able to send money to her parents in Honduras last month. They depend on her to pay for electricity, food, medicine and doctors’ visits. But the Miami Beach hotel where she worked is closed. “I am everything to my parents, and it’s my responsibility to take care of them, after they did so much for me," she said. Granados said she's hoping her coronavirus stimulus check arrives soon. “Until then, I’m trying to survive with the little I have saved,” she said.
Sounds like she's expecting a check, I guess she's not illegal. After all, she's living in Florida, not California.


vdare--2020-04-20--Patrick J. Buchanan: What Will Be the New American Cause?

After the Great Pandemic has passed and we emerge from Great Depression II , what will be America 's mission in the world ?
What will be America 's cause ?
We have been at such a turning point before .
After World War II , Americans wanted to come home .
But we put aside our nation-building to face the challenge of a malevolent Stalinist empire dominant from the Elbe river to the Barents Sea .
And after persevering for four decades , we prevailed .
What , then , did we do with our epochal victory ?
We @ @ @ @ @ @ @ alliance into the Baltic and Black Seas .
We launched bloody , costly crusades for democracy in the Middle East that , invariably , failed .
We exported a huge slice of our manufacturing capacity and economic independence to a coddled China .
Historically , blunders of such magnitude have undone great powers .
Even before COVID-19 , Americans had begun to realize the folly of decades of mindless interventionism over matters irrelevant to our vital interests .
`` Unsustainable '' was the word commonly associated with our foreign policy .
But if @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Trump 's economic boom , with unemployment at record lows and a bull market to rival the Roaring '20s , can an interventionist foreign policy be sustained after the losses of this major depression we have induced to kill the pandemic ?
If the Democrats win in November , we know their priorities : national health insurance , carbon taxes , the Green New Deal , open borders , amnesty , reparations and wealth redistribution to reduce social and economic inequality—an agenda costing trillions of dollars .
And Democrats will be looking at @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to finance this new progressive era .
If the Republicans win , given the influence of hawks and neocons among the party elite , interventionism may get another run in the yard .
Having been exposed as naive beyond belief for their indulgence of China from the Bush I days to 2016 , some Republicans are looking to make amends by casting China in the Soviet role in Cold War II .
There is talk on Capitol Hill of refusing to pay off U.S. bonds that Beijing holds and of suing China for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as China failed to alert the world the pathogen was loose .
Americans should think long and hard before defaulting on U.S. government debt and consider the consequences if we open a door to claims against sovereign nations for past sins .
Iraq was invaded in 2003 to force it to give up illicit weapons of mass destruction it did not have .
Baghdad could have a case in international court against America for the unprovoked war waged against that country .
While the U.S. appears determined to bring back manufacturing—especially of products @ @ @ @ @ @ @ defense of our nation—there seems to be no stomach among the public for a war with China .
But again , with the democracy crusades now repudiated , what is America 's cause , what is America 's mission in the world ?
Preventing climate change , say our liberal elites .
Yet , even before the pandemic , global warming ranked near the bottom of national concerns .
The situation in which America will find herself after the virus passes and depression lifts will be almost unprecedented .
We will have the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on behalf of dozens of nations in Europe and Asia and at the same time , we will be running deficits on the order of $ 3 trillion a year with a shrunken economic base .
If Trump wins , borders will be tightened .
The U.S. withdrawal from the Mideast will continue .
U.S. manufacturing will begin to be repatriated .
Transnational institutions will be downgraded , ignored and superseded .
The watchword will be what it has lately been : `` America First . ''
In a second Trump presidency , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for how other nations rule themselves .
Does it matter to us if Russia is led by an autocrat not unlike a Romanov czar , that Hindu nationalism wields the whip hand in India or that Hungarians have rejected Earl Warren 's ideas about liberal democracy ?
In recent decades , the U.N. General Assembly has seemed to resemble the bar scene in `` Star Wars . ''
But is how other nations choose to rule themselves any business of ours , if those nations do not threaten us ?
In the 19th @ @ @ @ @ @ @ up against the Hapsburg Empire and sought U.S. intervention , Henry Clay opposed it : Not only President Trump 's preferences but also events seem to be driving us toward such a destiny .
To borrow from the title of historian Walter A. McDougall 's classic work , America 's future is as a promised land , not a crusader state .
Patrick J. Buchanan needs no introduction to VDARE.COM readers ; his books State of Emergency : The Third World Invasion and Conquest of America , and Suicide of a Superpower : @ @ @ @ @ @ @ available from Amazon.com .
Patrick J. Buchanan is the author of “ The Greatest Comeback : How Richard Nixon Rose From Defeat to Create the New Majority .
His latest book , published May , 2018 , is “ Nixon ’ s White House Wars : The Battles That Made and Broke a President and Divided America Forever.
” See Peter Brimelow ’ s review : “ Wheel And Fight ” —Pat Buchanan ’ s Nixon Book Provides Road Map For Trump .

After the Great Pandemic has passed and we emerge from Great Depression II, what will be America's mission in the world?
What will be America's cause?
We have been at such a turning point before.
After World War II, Americans wanted to come home. But we put aside our nation-building to face the challenge of a malevolent Stalinist empire dominant from the Elbe river to the Barents Sea.
And after persevering for four decades, we prevailed.
What, then, did we do with our epochal victory?
We alienated Russia by moving our NATO military alliance into the Baltic and Black Seas. We launched bloody, costly crusades for democracy in the Middle East that, invariably, failed. We exported a huge slice of our manufacturing capacity and economic independence to a coddled China.
Historically, blunders of such magnitude have undone great powers.
Even before COVID-19, Americans had begun to realize the folly of decades of mindless interventionism over matters irrelevant to our vital interests. "Unsustainable" was the word commonly associated with our foreign policy.
But if our foreign policy was unsustainable during President Trump's economic boom, with unemployment at record lows and a bull market to rival the Roaring '20s, can an interventionist foreign policy be sustained after the losses of this major depression we have induced to kill the pandemic?
If the Democrats win in November, we know their priorities: national health insurance, carbon taxes, the Green New Deal, open borders, amnesty, reparations and wealth redistribution to reduce social and economic inequality—an agenda costing trillions of dollars.
And Democrats will be looking at the defense budget as a slush fund to finance this new progressive era.
If the Republicans win, given the influence of hawks and neocons among the party elite, interventionism may get another run in the yard.
Having been exposed as naive beyond belief for their indulgence of China from the Bush I days to 2016, some Republicans are looking to make amends by casting China in the Soviet role in Cold War II.
There is talk on Capitol Hill of refusing to pay off U.S. bonds that Beijing holds and of suing China for the damages done by the coronavirus, as China failed to alert the world the pathogen was loose.
Americans should think long and hard before defaulting on U.S. government debt and consider the consequences if we open a door to claims against sovereign nations for past sins.
Iraq was invaded in 2003 to force it to give up illicit weapons of mass destruction it did not have. Baghdad could have a case in international court against America for the unprovoked war waged against that country.
While the U.S. appears determined to bring back manufacturing—especially of products critical to the health, safety and defense of our nation—there seems to be no stomach among the public for a war with China.
But again, with the democracy crusades now repudiated, what is America's cause, what is America's mission in the world?
Preventing climate change, say our liberal elites. Yet, even before the pandemic, global warming ranked near the bottom of national concerns.
The situation in which America will find herself after the virus passes and depression lifts will be almost unprecedented.
We will have the same treaty obligations to go to war on behalf of dozens of nations in Europe and Asia and at the same time, we will be running deficits on the order of $3 trillion a year with a shrunken economic base.
If Trump wins, borders will be tightened. The U.S. withdrawal from the Mideast will continue. U.S. manufacturing will begin to be repatriated. Transnational institutions will be downgraded, ignored and superseded.
The watchword will be what it has lately been: "America First."
In a second Trump presidency, there would likely be even less concern for how other nations rule themselves.
Does it matter to us if Russia is led by an autocrat not unlike a Romanov czar, that Hindu nationalism wields the whip hand in India or that Hungarians have rejected Earl Warren's ideas about liberal democracy?
In recent decades, the U.N. General Assembly has seemed to resemble the bar scene in "Star Wars." But is how other nations choose to rule themselves any business of ours, if those nations do not threaten us?
In the 19th century, when the Hungarians had risen up against the Hapsburg Empire and sought U.S. intervention, Henry Clay opposed it:
"Far better is it for ourselves ... and for the cause of liberty ... that we should keep our lamp burning brightly on this western shore, as a light to all nations, than to hazard its utter extinction amid the ruins of falling or fallen republics in Europe."
Not only President Trump's preferences but also events seem to be driving us toward such a destiny.
To borrow from the title of historian Walter A. McDougall's classic work, America's future is as a promised land, not a crusader state.
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Patrick J. Buchanan needs no introduction to VDARE.COM readers; his books State of Emergency: The Third World Invasion and Conquest of America, and Suicide of a Superpower: Will America Survive to 2025? are available from Amazon.com. Patrick J. Buchanan is the author of “The Greatest Comeback: How Richard Nixon Rose From Defeat to Create the New Majority.
His latest book, published May, 2018, is “Nixon’s White House Wars: The Battles That Made and Broke a President and Divided America Forever.”
See Peter Brimelow’s review: “Wheel And Fight”—Pat Buchanan’s Nixon Book Provides Road Map For Trump.


vdare--2020-04-21--National Media Blackout: Three Whites (Including White Married Couple) Murdered By Black Male In Kil

National Media Blackout: Three Whites (Including White Married Couple) Murdered By Black Male In Killing Spree In East Alabama

Three white people are dead , murdered by a black male during a two-day rampage in Alabama .
What started in Auburn , Alabama ended in Birmingham .
The black suspect ( he also had a black female accomplice ) started his carnage in Auburn before being apprehended in Birmingham .
Before the police detained him , a white couple was dead in a home invasion in a city between Auburn and Birmingham .
Her name is Nancy Nash .
His name is Willie Tidwell .
Her name is Barbara Tidwell .
Outside of East Alabama , there is virtually @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is no coverage of what happened to Nancy Nash or Barbara and Willie Tidwell .
They were murdered by a black male engaged in a Natural Born Killer-style crime spree .
The problem ?
Nancy Nash , Barbara and Willie Tidwell ( the latter two pictured right ) were white , their murderer a black male .
This isn ’ t the racial equation necessary for a Deep South murder spree to necessitate national press coverage , or even regional coverage .
White lives , even in a geographic area universally reviled for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ t matter .
Suspect in 4 murders stretching from Auburn to Birmingham surrenders after manhunt , Al.com , April 19 , 2020 A massive manhunt Saturday in Birmingham ended after a man suspected in at least four murders stretching from Auburn to Birmingham surrendered in his boxers and socks .
The suspect has been identified by Auburn Police as 32-year-old Derrick Hightower of Columbus , Ga .
He was taken by ambulance with a gunshot wound to the arm , presumably suffered when he exchanged gunfire with police .
Those on the scene @ @ @ @ @ @ @ after more than 24 hours on the run and ready to turn himself in .
A second person of interest is also being questioned as she had been with the suspect at some point during the night .
Auburn police have charged Hightower with capital murder and first-degree theft of property in connection with the death of a Smiths Station woman that happened early Friday .
They said they have also charged Kentrice Symonee Hill , a 21-year-old Birmingham woman , with first-degree theft of property in the case as well .
Police @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Lee County .
The ordeal began Friday morning with the shooting death of a 54-year-old Smiths Station woman , continued along U.S. 280 to Dadeville where a couple in their 60s was shot to death and continued to escalate Saturday morning with a home invasion and another homicide , followed by a shootout between the suspect and Birmingham police .
No police were injured in the gunfire and the suspect managed to escape .
Blood at the scene indicated he was wounded .
Birmingham police , along with other law enforcement agencies and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ massive police dragnet along Crestwood Boulevard .
The search included tracking dogs , SWAT and Jefferson County ’ s Star 1 helicopter .
uthorities cautioned nearby residents to shelter in place .
“ This person is armed and dangerous , ” said Birmingham police spokesman Sgt .
Rod Mauldin .
If all the crimes are indeed proven to be linked – and police strongly believe they are – the rampage began close to sunrise in Auburn on Friday .
Auburn police responded to the Farmville Volunteer Fire Department ’ s call for assistance @ @ @ @ @ @ @ block of U.S. Highway 280 West around 6 a.m. Friday .
When officers arrived , they found a white 2005 Chevrolet Silverado truck on fire and 54-year-old Nancy Nash of Smiths Station dead nearby at Creative Habitats Landscaping .
Nash worked at the landscaping business and is believed to have been killed while possibly interrupting a burglary .
Her vehicle , a black 2019 Nissan Frontier , was discovered missing and later located in Irondale .
That case is being investigated by Auburn police , the state Fire Marshall ’ s Office , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Lee County Coroner ’ s Office .
Next , the suspect is believed to have been involved in the double murder of a couple in Dadeville Friday evening .
Dadeville Police Chief Johnathan Floyd said the husband and wife were found slain in their home in a possible robbery .
Floyd identified the victims on Saturday as Willie Tidwell , 61 , and his wife Barbara , 65 .
Floyd said they were communicating with Birmingham investigators .
In Birmingham , Mauldin said officers were notified about 11 p.m. Friday that a vehicle @ @ @ @ @ @ @ at the USA Economy Lodge on Crestwood Boulevard .
That vehicle , Mauldin said , was taken in Auburn and involved in the homicide there .
Mauldin said they had also received reports that the suspect was seen in the area of the motel .
A silver sedan was seen leaving the area and Birmingham police tried to stop the vehicle .
At that point , Mauldin said , a man got out of the sedan and exchanged gunfire with Birmingham police .
Officers lost sight of the suspect after the shooting .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ their search , evidence led them to a home in the 100 block of Briar Grove Drive .
A resident in the area was letting his dogs out in the backyard to use the restroom when a black male wearing all black appeared seemingly out of nowhere and said , “ Hey , you got a phone ?
” the resident told AL.com , asking that his name not be used for fear of retribution .
Her name is Nancy Nash .
His name is Willie Tidwell .
Her name is Barbara Tidwell @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a black male during a two-day crime/murder spree in East Alabama .
Few outside of Auburn or Dadeville will read of this story , or what transpired during a long , terrible two-day period in April 2020 .
But they are worth remembering .
Their Lives Matter Too .

Three white people are dead, murdered by a black male during a two-day rampage in Alabama. What started in Auburn, Alabama ended in Birmingham. The black suspect (he also had a black female accomplice) started his carnage in Auburn before being apprehended in Birmingham. Before the police detained him, a white couple was dead in a home invasion in a city between Auburn and Birmingham.
Her name is Nancy Nash.
His name is Willie Tidwell.
Her name is Barbara Tidwell.
Outside of East Alabama, there is virtually no news of this atrocity. There is no coverage of what happened to Nancy Nash or Barbara and Willie Tidwell. They were murdered by a black male engaged in a Natural Born Killers-style crime spree.
The problem? Nancy Nash, Barbara and Willie Tidwell (the latter two pictured right) were white, their murderer a black male. This isn’t the racial equation necessary for a Deep South murder spree to necessitate national press coverage, or even regional coverage. White lives, even in a geographic area universally reviled for purported "white supremacy," don’t matter.
Suspect in 4 murders stretching from Auburn to Birmingham surrenders after manhunt, Al.com, April 19, 2020 A massive manhunt Saturday in Birmingham ended after a man suspected in at least four murders stretching from Auburn to Birmingham surrendered in his boxers and socks. The suspect has been identified by Auburn Police as 32-year-old Derrick Hightower of Columbus, Ga. He was taken by ambulance with a gunshot wound to the arm, presumably suffered when he exchanged gunfire with police. Those on the scene when he surrendered said Hightower appeared tired after more than 24 hours on the run and ready to turn himself in. A second person of interest is also being questioned as she had been with the suspect at some point during the night. Auburn police have charged Hightower with capital murder and first-degree theft of property in connection with the death of a Smiths Station woman that happened early Friday. They said they have also charged Kentrice Symonee Hill, a 21-year-old Birmingham woman, with first-degree theft of property in the case as well. Police said they will extradite the pair to Lee County. The ordeal began Friday morning with the shooting death of a 54-year-old Smiths Station woman, continued along U.S. 280 to Dadeville where a couple in their 60s was shot to death and continued to escalate Saturday morning with a home invasion and another homicide, followed by a shootout between the suspect and Birmingham police. No police were injured in the gunfire and the suspect managed to escape. Blood at the scene indicated he was wounded. Birmingham police, along with other law enforcement agencies and their federal partners, set up a massive police dragnet along Crestwood Boulevard. The search included tracking dogs, SWAT and Jefferson County’s Star 1 helicopter. Authorities cautioned nearby residents to shelter in place. “This person is armed and dangerous,” said Birmingham police spokesman Sgt. Rod Mauldin. If all the crimes are indeed proven to be linked – and police strongly believe they are – the rampage began close to sunrise in Auburn on Friday. Auburn police responded to the Farmville Volunteer Fire Department’s call for assistance on a vehicle fire in the 9500 block of U.S. Highway 280 West around 6 a.m. Friday. When officers arrived, they found a white 2005 Chevrolet Silverado truck on fire and 54-year-old Nancy Nash of Smiths Station dead nearby at Creative Habitats Landscaping. Nash worked at the landscaping business and is believed to have been killed while possibly interrupting a burglary. Her vehicle, a black 2019 Nissan Frontier, was discovered missing and later located in Irondale. That case is being investigated by Auburn police, the state Fire Marshall’s Office, the state Medical Examiner Office and the Lee County Coroner’s Office. Next, the suspect is believed to have been involved in the double murder of a couple in Dadeville Friday evening. Dadeville Police Chief Johnathan Floyd said the husband and wife were found slain in their home in a possible robbery. Floyd identified the victims on Saturday as Willie Tidwell, 61, and his wife Barbara, 65. Floyd said they were communicating with Birmingham investigators. In Birmingham, Mauldin said officers were notified about 11 p.m. Friday that a vehicle being sought out of Auburn was spotted at the USA Economy Lodge on Crestwood Boulevard. That vehicle, Mauldin said, was taken in Auburn and involved in the homicide there. Mauldin said they had also received reports that the suspect was seen in the area of the motel. A silver sedan was seen leaving the area and Birmingham police tried to stop the vehicle. At that point, Mauldin said, a man got out of the sedan and exchanged gunfire with Birmingham police. Officers lost sight of the suspect after the shooting. Early Saturday morning, as police continued their search, evidence led them to a home in the 100 block of Briar Grove Drive. A resident in the area was letting his dogs out in the backyard to use the restroom when a black male wearing all black appeared seemingly out of nowhere and said, “Hey, you got a phone?” the resident told AL.com, asking that his name not be used for fear of retribution.
Her name is Nancy Nash.
His name is Willie Tidwell.
Her name is Barbara Tidwell.
These were white people murdered by a black male during a two-day crime/murder spree in East Alabama.
Few outside of Auburn or Dadeville will read of this story, or what transpired during a long, terrible two-day period in April 2020.
But they are worth remembering. Their Lives Matter Too.
[Comment at Unz.com]


vdare--2020-04-21--Covid-19 Deaths: Non-Hispanic Whites, Not Minorities, "Hardest Hit"—According To CDC Death Certifica

Covid-19 Deaths: Non-Hispanic Whites, Not Minorities, "Hardest Hit"—According To CDC Death Certificates

Covid-19 deaths are the greatest among non-Hispanic white people , not minorities .
How do we know ?
Death certificate information is being transmitted to the Centers for Disease Control each day and the CDC is reporting provisional data each week .
Death certificates are uniform throughout the country .
The provisional report only includes jurisdictions with more than 100 deaths .
As of April 21 , the distribution of Covid-19 deaths in the U. S. is 51.9 percent non-Hispanic whites .
The weighted distribution of population of non- Hispanic whites is 39 percent .
No other race or ethnicity @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Some other numbers of note are that Louisiana black deaths are 45.8 percent of the Covid deaths but their weighted distribution of the Louisiana population is 36.1 percent .
Michigan has a slightly higher percentage of black deaths relative to the population distribution.The City of New York Hispanic distribution of cases is 13.1 percent and the Hispanic weighted population is 1.9 percent .
White people in California , New Jersey , Pennsylvania and Washington state have been hit very hard .
In reading media reports , one would suspect that the deaths in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the high rate of deaths for whites .
The CDC website also has numbers of cases of Covid-19 by race and ethnicity but the data is very incomplete .
There is no uniform reporting by race and ethnicity among health departments .
States have different rules and a lot of numbers on cases are missing .
Minorities may have higher case numbers .
It 's difficult to tell because of data deficiency .

Covid-19 deaths are the greatest among non-Hispanic white people, not minorities. How do we know? Death certificate information is being transmitted to the Centers for Disease Control each day and the CDC is reporting provisional data each week. Death certificates are uniform throughout the country.
The provisional report only includes jurisdictions with more than 100 deaths. As of April 21, the distribution of Covid-19 deaths in the U. S. is 51.9 percent non-Hispanic whites. The weighted distribution of population of non-Hispanic whites is 39 percent. No other race or ethnicity has such a skewed death rate.
Some other numbers of note are that Louisiana black deaths are 45.8 percent of the Covid deaths but their weighted distribution of the Louisiana population is 36.1 percent. Michigan has a slightly higher percentage of black deaths relative to the population distribution. The City of New York Hispanic distribution of cases is 13.1 percent and the Hispanic weighted population is 1.9 percent.
White people in California, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Washington state have been hit very hard. In reading media reports, one would suspect that the deaths in nursing homes might be a major cause of the high rate of deaths for whites.
The CDC website also has numbers of cases of Covid-19 by race and ethnicity but the data is very incomplete. There is no uniform reporting by race and ethnicity among health departments. States have different rules and a lot of numbers on cases are missing. Minorities may have higher case numbers. It's difficult to tell because of data deficiency.


vdare--2020-04-21--WRAL (Raleigh, NC), Scripps Media And HOUSTON CHRONICLE Stop Publishing Mugshots Because They're "Re

WRAL (Raleigh, NC), Scripps Media And HOUSTON CHRONICLE Stop Publishing Mugshots Because They're "Reinforcing Or Creating Stereotypes"...Too Many Non-White Faces

The truth shall not set you free .
Multiple media companies around the nation have decided to suspend their publication of mugshots , because a clear pattern emerges of those who do evil to others… ( hint : black and brown faces ) .
WRAL News has decided to stop publication of arrest photo galleries on WRAL.com effective Monday , March 16 .
In its place , WRAL.com will offer maps that plot reported crimes and arrests for much of the WRAL viewing area .
The so-called “ mugshot ” galleries were launched more than a decade ago .
A @ @ @ @ @ @ @ percent of those surveyed were running arrest photos similar to the WRAL.com galleries .
In recent years , however , many observers have begun to question the value of these photos and their potential for either reinforcing or creating stereotypes .
The photos are generated by automated data feeds supplied by county jails .
There is no follow-up on whether any of the hundreds of people arrested each week are convicted , acquitted or have had their cases dismissed , perhaps contributing to a presumption of guilt rather than a presumption of innocence @ @ @ @ @ @ @ allowing the WRAL viewers and visitors to search for crime reports and arrests near their homes , offices and other locations .
No names or photos are shown on these maps .
With this change , WRAL will join media companies such as Scripps and the Houston Chronicle in removing mugshot galleries .
While WRAL.com will no longer publish galleries of arrest photos , the website and TV station will continue to use arrest photos in news coverage , especially when police are searching for a suspect deemed to be dangerous or when @ @ @ @ @ @ @ crime victims .

The truth shall not set you free.
Multiple media companies around the nation have decided to suspend their publication of mugshots, because a clear pattern emerges of those who do evil to others… (hint: black and brown faces).
WRAL News changing policy on arrest photo galleries, WRAL.com, March 13, 2020
WRAL News has decided to stop publication of arrest photo galleries on WRAL.com effective Monday, March 16. In its place, WRAL.com will offer maps that plot reported crimes and arrests for much of the WRAL viewing area.
The so-called “mugshot” galleries were launched more than a decade ago. A 2016 survey of newspapers found that 40 percent of those surveyed were running arrest photos similar to the WRAL.com galleries.
In recent years, however, many observers have begun to question the value of these photos and their potential for either reinforcing or creating stereotypes.
The photos are generated by automated data feeds supplied by county jails. There is no follow-up on whether any of the hundreds of people arrested each week are convicted, acquitted or have had their cases dismissed, perhaps contributing to a presumption of guilt rather than a presumption of innocence.
The crime maps provide value by allowing the WRAL viewers and visitors to search for crime reports and arrests near their homes, offices and other locations. No names or photos are shown on these maps.
With this change, WRAL will join media companies such as Scripps and the Houston Chronicle in removing mugshot galleries.
While WRAL.com will no longer publish galleries of arrest photos, the website and TV station will continue to use arrest photos in news coverage, especially when police are searching for a suspect deemed to be dangerous or when authorities may be trying to find additional crime victims.


vdare--2020-04-21--USC Antibody Test of 863 Representative People in L.A. County Finds 4.1% Infected, Far from Herd Imm

USC Antibody Test of 863 Representative People in L.A. County Finds 4.1% Infected, Far from Herd Immunity

Now USC has done an antibody test on 863 supposedly randomly representative individuals in Los Angeles County and come up with a best guess infection rate of 4.1 % .
This has most of the methodological problems associated with last week ’ s Stanford report that came up with a 3.1 % best guess in Santa Clara County ( Palo Alto and San Jose ) .
The leader of the new USC study , Neerad Sood , was a co-author on last Friday ’ s Stanford study .
Here is stats professor Andrew Gelman ’ s critique of the Stanford @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s another data point , which is helpful , and it fits in nicely with the Stanford result , because previously available evidence suggested LA County is somewhat harder hit than Santa Clara County .
Both the Stanford and USC studies strike me as sounding about right : single digit infection percentages is what I would have guessed ahead of time rather than zero digit or double digit infection rates .
Hundreds of thousands in L.A. County may have been infected with coronavirus , study finds Hundreds of thousands of Los Angeles @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the coronavirus by early April , far outpacing the number of officially confirmed cases , according to a report released Monday .
The initial results from the first large-scale study tracking the spread of the coronavirus in the county found that 2.8 % to 5.6 % of adults have antibodies to the virus in their blood , an indication of past exposure .
That translates to roughly 221,000 to 442,000 adults who have recovered from an infection , according to the researchers conducting the study , even though the county had reported fewer @ @ @ @ @ @ @ For a long time , L.A. was one of the worst places in the country to try to get a coronavirus test if you weren ’ t a LeBron James level celebrity .
So it was always known the L.A. County ’ s ten million people are undercounted badly for infections .
( The current official number of cumulative CV cases in L.A. County is 13,823 . )
On the other hand , Los Angeles ’ s death totals , while worse than in most of the rest of California , and its @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that bad by New York standards .
L.A. County has 619 official CV deaths through today for 10 million people .
( But the number of deaths keeps rising pretty fast , with a new record of 81 on last Saturday alone . )
In general , while Northern California gives the impression of being largely out of the woods , Los Angeles does not .
Things might still get bad .
In contrast , Santa Clara County ( Silicon Valley ) has had 83 CV deaths cumulative for almost 2 million people @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in L.A. County is about 50 % higher than in Santa Clara County , but much less awful than in the NYC area .
So the notion that the LA infection percentage is about 30 % higher than the SC percentage sounds … not implausible .
So LA currently has had 619 deaths and if it had , say , 325,000 infections by whatever the date of testing in early April was , that could be an Infection Fatality Rate of 0.2 % ( so far ) .
This is in a pretty @ @ @ @ @ @ @ being far from overwhelmed and with doctors having access to the learning done by doctors in China , Italy , and New York .
The findings suggest the coronavirus is far more widespread than originally known , and that its fatality rate is much lower .
But Sood cautioned against solely focusing on how lethal the disease is .
The early results from L.A. County come three days after Stanford researchers reported that the coronavirus appears to have circulated much more widely in Santa Clara County than previously thought .
The Stanford team @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of Santa Clara County residents had antibodies to the coronavirus in their blood by early April .
Though the county had reported roughly 1,000 cases in early April , the Stanford researchers estimate the actual number was 48,000 to 81,000 , or 50 to 85 times greater .
The Santa Clara study recruited around 3,300 participants from social media , which has raised some concerns that the results may not be representative of the county as a whole .
The researchers made adjustments to their data to account for that problem .
The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ; 863 adults were selected through a market research firm to represent the makeup of the county .
The county and USC researchers intend to repeat the study every two to three weeks for several months , in order to track the trajectory of the virus ’ spread .
Of course , the problem with USC ’ s sample of 863 is that it ’ s tiny for measuring something that appears to be in single digits .
I haven ’ t found their paper yet online , but if 4.1 % of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ only 35 positives , which is pretty tenuous .
But better than nothing .
A sizable problem is that there is no single Gold Standard test for coronavirus , so every test tries to validate itself against other tests that also have problems with false positives and false negatives .
This isn ’ t an impossible problem to get around over time , but it should be kept in mind .
As many critics of the Stanford study have pointed out , low incidence studies are kind of held hostage to the unknowns @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a long way from herd immunity , which is usually thought to kick in somewhere over 50 % .

Now USC has done an antibody test on 863 supposedly randomly representative individuals in Los Angeles County and come up with a best guess infection rate of 4.1%. This has most of the methodological problems associated with last week’s Stanford report that came up with a 3.1% best guess in Santa Clara County (Palo Alto and San Jose).
The leader of the new USC study, Neerad Sood, was a co-author on last Friday’s Stanford study. Here is stats professor Andrew Gelman’s critique of the Stanford study.
But, still … it’s another data point, which is helpful, and it fits in nicely with the Stanford result, because previously available evidence suggested LA County is somewhat harder hit than Santa Clara County. Both the Stanford and USC studies strike me as sounding about right: Single digit infection percentages is what I would have guessed ahead of time rather than zero digit or double digit infection rates.
From the Los Angeles Times:
Hundreds of thousands in L.A. County may have been infected with coronavirus, study finds By MELANIE MASON STAFF WRITER
APRIL 20, 20201:12 PM UPDATED 2:29 PM Hundreds of thousands of Los Angeles County residents may have been infected with the coronavirus by early April, far outpacing the number of officially confirmed cases, according to a report released Monday. The initial results from the first large-scale study tracking the spread of the coronavirus in the county found that 2.8% to 5.6% of adults have antibodies to the virus in their blood, an indication of past exposure. That translates to roughly 221,000 to 442,000 adults who have recovered from an infection, according to the researchers conducting the study, even though the county had reported fewer than 8,000 cases at that time.
For a long time, L.A. was one of the worst places in the country to try to get a coronavirus test if you weren’t a LeBron James level celebrity. So it was always known the L.A. County’s ten million people are undercounted badly for infections. (The current official number of cumulative CV cases in L.A. County is 13,823.)
On the other hand, Los Angeles’s death totals, while worse than in most of the rest of California, and its strain on hospitals haven’t been that bad by New York standards. L.A. County has 619 official CV deaths through today for 10 million people. (But the number of deaths keeps rising pretty fast, with a new record of 81 on last Saturday alone.) In general, while Northern California gives the impression of being largely out of the woods, Los Angeles does not. Things might still get bad.
In contrast, Santa Clara County (Silicon Valley) has had 83 CV deaths cumulative for almost 2 million people, so the death rate per capita in L.A. County is about 50% higher than in Santa Clara County, but much less awful than in the NYC area. So the notion that the LA infection percentage is about 30% higher than the SC percentage sounds … not implausible.
So LA currently has had 619 deaths and if it had, say, 325,000 infections by whatever the date of testing in early April was, that could be an Infection Fatality Rate of 0.2% (so far). This is in a pretty good situation for medical care with hospitals being far from overwhelmed and with doctors having access to the learning done by doctors in China, Italy, and New York.
The findings suggest the coronavirus is far more widespread than originally known, and that its fatality rate is much lower. But Sood cautioned against solely focusing on how lethal the disease is. The early results from L.A. County come three days after Stanford researchers reported that the coronavirus appears to have circulated much more widely in Santa Clara County than previously thought. The Stanford team estimated that 2.5% to 4.2% of Santa Clara County residents had antibodies to the coronavirus in their blood by early April. Though the county had reported roughly 1,000 cases in early April, the Stanford researchers estimate the actual number was 48,000 to 81,000, or 50 to 85 times greater. The Santa Clara study recruited around 3,300 participants from social media, which has raised some concerns that the results may not be representative of the county as a whole. The researchers made adjustments to their data to account for that problem. The study was composed differently in Los Angeles; 863 adults were selected through a market research firm to represent the makeup of the county. The county and USC researchers intend to repeat the study every two to three weeks for several months, in order to track the trajectory of the virus’ spread.
Of course, the problem with USC’s sample of 863 is that it’s tiny for measuring something that appears to be in single digits. I haven’t found their paper yet online, but if 4.1% of 863 were positive, that’s only 35 positives, which is pretty tenuous. But better than nothing.
Both counties used rapid antibody tests supplied from Premier Biotech, a Minneapolis-based company.
A sizable problem is that there is no single Gold Standard test for coronavirus, so every test tries to validate itself against other tests that also have problems with false positives and false negatives. This isn’t an impossible problem to get around over time, but it should be kept in mind. As many critics of the Stanford study have pointed out, low incidence studies are kind of held hostage to the unknowns of false positives.
… Nevertheless, antibody tests have increasingly become a focal point in the response to coronavirus because they can potentially show the true extent of the virus’ reach and therefore can shed light on how close the population is to achieving herd immunity, in which enough people have some degree of immunity to the virus that it becomes difficult for infections to spread.
4.1% is a long way from herd immunity, which is usually thought to kick in somewhere over 50%.


vdare--2020-04-19--Feast Day Of St. Stephen Lawrence Also Lenin's 150th Birthday

A Radio Derb listener has pointed out to me that this coming Wednesday , April 22nd , is not only @ @ @ @ @ of the holy blessed martyr St. Stephen Lawrence , as mentioned in my podcast ( @ @ @ @ @ it is also the 150th birthday of V.I .
Lenin .
We posted Sean Gabb @ @ @ @ @ Stephen Lawrence cult in 2012 ; see here .
For my shorter account from 2018 @ @ @ @ @ includes the suggestion that to fully expunge its guilt over St. Stephen Lawrence 's martyrdom @ @ @ @ @ itself Lawrencia .
The U.K. authorities have not yet taken up my suggestion , but @ @ @ @ @ matter of time .

A Radio Derb listener has pointed out to me that this coming Wednesday, April 22nd, is not only the feast day in Britain of the holy blessed martyr St. Stephen Lawrence, as mentioned in my podcast (at 29m50s here), it is also the 150th birthday of V.I. Lenin.
Coincidence? I think not.
(And yes, that's on the current, Gregorian calendar, which Lenin's government adopted. In the old Julian calendar used under the Tsars, Lenin was born April 10th.)
We posted Sean Gabb's comprehensive account of the Stephen Lawrence cult in 2012; see here. For my shorter account from 2018, see here; it includes the suggestion that to fully expunge its guilt over St. Stephen Lawrence's martyrdom, the U.K. should rename itself Lawrencia. The U.K. authorities have not yet taken up my suggestion, but it can only be a matter of time.


vdare--2020-04-21--This Day In VDARE.com History, 2015: Five Flakes: The Treasonous GOP Senators Voting For Lynch—And A

This Day In VDARE.com History, 2015: Five Flakes: The Treasonous GOP Senators Voting For Lynch—And Amnesty

Originally published on this day in 2015 , during the Late Obama Age .
Eric Holder 's handpicked successor would go on to be really bad—see `` Greatest Fear '' Of Attorney General Loretta Lynch not Terrorism but `` Anti-Muslim Rhetoric '' —a statement she issued after the San Bernardino massacre .
AG Nominee Lynch is not the real problem .
The problem is the collection of Flakes in the GOP leadership .
It appears the GOP Congressional Leadership has finally caved on Loretta Lynch .
The party bosses have resolved a dispute over abortion holding up a human trafficking @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a vote on Lynch .
After being accused of being opposed to “ women ” for the last few weeks , Senate Majority Mitch McConnell has reportedly cracked ( again ) and will now allow a confirmation vote [ Senate reaches deal to vote on AG nominee Loretta Lynch , by Alexander Bolton , The Hill , April 21 , 2015 ] .
But the responsibility doesn ’ t lie solely with McConnell .
Even though Lynch ’ s record on race is exactly what one would expect from Eric Holder ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s unlawful Amnesty , several Republican Senators have already declared they will vote for Loretta Lynch .
And as you might expect , the same Senators who won ’ t vote against Lynch are the same Senators who won ’ t do anything about Amnesty .
The five openly declared Lynch supporters in the Republican Party include : Graham may be running for President but despite that , he is still openly defending Amnesty [ Lindsey Graham on 2016 , Immigration and Israel , by Beth Reinhard , Wall Street Journal , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Gang of Eight co-sponsor , it ’ s not surprising he is eager to support Lynch .
Graham ’ s strategy to confront Obama ’ s unilateral Amnesty was to fully fund it and leave it to the courts figure it out [ Sen. Lindsey Graham is the White House ’ s favorite Republican for funding Amnesty , by Conn Carroll , Townhall , February 23 , 2015 ] .
Graham made his priorities quite clear during Lynch ’ s confirmation hearings .
While America ’ s Senator , Jeff Sessions grilled Lynch @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s executive Amnesty orders , Graham led a line of questioning about… online gambling , which his megabillionaire backer and casino mogul Sheldon Adelson strongly opposes .
( Adelson , needless to say , also supports Amnesty . )
Kirk is a member of the liberal “ Main Street Republicans ” group and has a poor record on immigration , with a lifetime C rating from NumbersUSA .
Kirk claimed to oppose Obama ’ s executive Amnesty—but only because it robbed Republicans of a chance to pass a “ bipartisan ” bill doing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ He then voted to fund it anyway [ Sen. Mark Kirk : Opposed Obama ’ s Amnesty before voting for it , Numbers USA , January 22 , 2015 ] Incredibly , Hatch says that he is supporting Lynch because the Justice Department “ needs new leadership ” [ Hatch Moves to Support Lynch , Hatch Senate Website , Accessed April 21 , 2015 ] .
This is par for the course for Hatch , who has a record of announcing support for far-Left Democrats and then acting surprised when they predictably attack @ @ @ @ @ @ @ premise that the president deserves the benefit of the doubt .
I don ’ t think politics should be played with the attorney general , ” he told The Hill in 2009 .
Just as Hatch is now supporting Lynch , he supported Eric Holder in the interest of “ comity , ” even though Holder ’ s future anti-White activities as Attorney General were easy to predict .
Not surprisingly , Hatch , who has a C lifetime rating from Numbers USA , also claimed to oppose Obama ’ s unilateral Amnesty @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Orrin Hatch : Opposed Obama ’ s Amnesty Before Voting for it , Numbers USA , January 19 , 2015 ] .
The appropriately-named Jeff Flake is a long-standing immigration enthusiast back to when he was co-sponsoring legislation alongside Luis Gutierrez in order to bring in more immigrants .
Not long ago , there were even suspicions that he was preparing to switch parties .
A member of the Gang of Eight , Flake muttered some dissent about the legality of Obama ’ s unilateral Amnesty , before voting in support of it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Obama ’ s Amnesty before voting for it , Numbers USA , January 12 , 2015 ] Susan Collins said she found Lynch to be “ very impressive and I think she deserves to be confirmed.
” Of course , Collins also tried to frame this as a way to get rid of Holder more quickly [ Lynch nomination to replace Holder coming up in Senate next week , by Kathleen Hunter , Bloomberg , March 10 , 2015 ] .
But Collins also voted to end debate on the Gang of Eight @ @ @ @ @ @ @ which helped push the bill toward passage .
She did rhetorically condemn Obama ’ s unilateral Amnesty because it “ is undermining our constitutional separation of powers.
” However , when the time came to vote in support of Ted Cruz ’ s point of order which would have opposed Obama ’ s action on constitutional grounds , Collins voted against Cruz and in support of Obama .
Senator Collins has a lifetime C- record according to Numbers USA , and she ’ s getting worse with each passing year .
What ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is that even “ respectable ” conservatives have plenty of cover .
The Heritage Foundation says that the Senate must vote “ No ” especially “ when a nominee supports actions that go beyond the executive ’ s constitutional authority , ” as Lynch does .
[ “ No ” on the Confirmation of Loretta Lynch for Attorney General , Heritage Action for America , March 2 , 2015 ] .
Even National Review has editorialized against the Lynch nomination [ Resist the Lynch nomination , National Review , January 29 , 2015 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ has highlighted other important reasons to oppose Lynch becoming the Attorney General .
U.S. News & World Report noted : “ There are serious allegations that prosecutors in her office – the U.S. Attorney ’ s Office for the Eastern District of New York – made use of secret dockets , denied the victims of crime the opportunity to pursue restitution as required by federal law , and committed other abuses.
” [ Block Loretta Lynch ’ s Confirmation , by Peter Roff , February 5 , 2015 ] .
Lynch was also @ @ @ @ @ @ @ scandal involving banking giant HSBC .
As U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of New York , Lynch agreed to drop charges against HSBC officials in return for its paying a fine [ HSBC Whistleblower spills Lynch Evidence To Senate , by Jerome Corsi , WND , February 18 , 2015 ] .
Testimony on all of this was presented to the Senate Judiciary Committee .
Politically , it ’ s hard to see the downside of opposing an Obama nominee because she allegedly protected corrupt bankers .
But Lynch would be the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ General .
Not many Republicans want to vote against that .
Lynch also comes from a humble family background , which gives her a narrative that can be eagerly promoted if this battle is drawn out any further [ After forging her path from N.C. to Brooklyn , Lynch is poised to become attorney general , by Sari Horwitz , Washington Post , January 26 , 2015 ] .
And while the MSM is largely shying away from her role in banking scandals , it celebrates how she helped prosecute the Lufthansa heist @ @ @ @ @ @ @ [ Loretta Lynch Versus the Goodfellas , by James Oliphant , National Journal , December 12 , 2014 ] .
What all of this shows is how talk of a Republican “ majority ” is deeply misleading when it comes to immigration .
While the Democrats remain utterly united and fanatically dedicated to the goal of importing more Third World immigrants , the GOP can not keep its caucus on the same side even when it comes to voting against Eric Holder ’ s chosen heir in the very office that will be @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Amnesty .
Instead of a two-party system , we really have a “ one and a half ” party system , where monolithic Democrats and a rump of the Republicans can always be counted on to go along with more immigration .
And Republicans are so intimidated of being regarded as “ racist ” or “ sexist ” that they insist on acting like gentlemen even as Democrats ceaselessly campaign against them as vile bigots .
The solution : either purge the Republican party of immigration supporters—or starting a new party altogether .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ the same prerequisite—stopping immigration must be at the center of any reconstituted American Right .
Anything less is just preparation for more failure .
After all , as the Lynch vote clearly shows , a “ majority ” composed of Flakes isn ’ t worth much of anything at all .

Originally published on this day in 2015, during the Late Obama Age. Eric Holder's handpicked successor would go on to be really bad—see "Greatest Fear" Of Attorney General Loretta Lynch not Terrorism but "Anti-Muslim Rhetoric"—a statement she issued after the San Bernardino massacre.
AG Nominee Lynch is not the real problem. The problem is the collection of Flakes in the GOP leadership.
It appears the GOP Congressional Leadership has finally caved on Loretta Lynch. The party bosses have resolved a dispute over abortion holding up a human trafficking bill that was being used to delay a vote on Lynch. After being accused of being opposed to “women” for the last few weeks, Senate Majority Mitch McConnell has reportedly cracked (again) and will now allow a confirmation vote [Senate reaches deal to vote on AG nominee Loretta Lynch, by Alexander Bolton, The Hill, April 21, 2015].
But the responsibility doesn’t lie solely with McConnell. Even though Lynch’s record on race is exactly what one would expect from Eric Holder’s hand-picked successor and she will continue Obama’s unlawful Amnesty, several Republican Senators have already declared they will vote for Loretta Lynch. And as you might expect, the same Senators who won’t vote against Lynch are the same Senators who won’t do anything about Amnesty.
The five openly declared Lynch supporters in the Republican Party include:
Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina.
Graham may be running for President but despite that, he is still openly defending Amnesty [Lindsey Graham on 2016, Immigration and Israel, by Beth Reinhard, Wall Street Journal, April 20, 2015]. A Gang of Eight co-sponsor, it’s not surprising he is eager to support Lynch. Graham’s strategy to confront Obama’s unilateral Amnesty was to fully fund it and leave it to the courts figure it out [Sen. Lindsey Graham is the White House’s favorite Republican for funding Amnesty, by Conn Carroll, Townhall, February 23, 2015].
Graham made his priorities quite clear during Lynch’s confirmation hearings. While America’s Senator, Jeff Sessions grilled Lynch on her willingness to back Obama’s executive Amnesty orders, Graham led a line of questioning about… online gambling, which his megabillionaire backer and casino mogul Sheldon Adelson strongly opposes. (Adelson, needless to say, also supports Amnesty.)
Illinois Senator Mark Kirk
Kirk is a member of the liberal “Main Street Republicans” group and has a poor record on immigration, with a lifetime C rating from NumbersUSA. Kirk claimed to oppose Obama’s executive Amnesty—but only because it robbed Republicans of a chance to pass a “bipartisan” bill doing more or less the same thing. He then voted to fund it anyway [Sen. Mark Kirk: Opposed Obama’s Amnesty before voting for it, Numbers USA, January 22, 2015]
Utah Senator Orrin Hatch
Incredibly, Hatch says that he is supporting Lynch because the Justice Department “needs new leadership” [Hatch Moves to Support Lynch, Hatch Senate Website, Accessed April 21, 2015]. This is par for the course for Hatch, who has a record of announcing support for far-Left Democrats and then acting surprised when they predictably attack Republicans. “I start with the premise that the president deserves the benefit of the doubt. I don’t think politics should be played with the attorney general,” he told The Hill in 2009. Just as Hatch is now supporting Lynch, he supported Eric Holder in the interest of “comity,” even though Holder’s future anti-White activities as Attorney General were easy to predict.
Not surprisingly, Hatch, who has a C lifetime rating from Numbers USA, also claimed to oppose Obama’s unilateral Amnesty before voting to support it [Sen. Orrin Hatch: Opposed Obama’s Amnesty Before Voting for it, Numbers USA, January 19, 2015].
Arizona Senator Jeff Flake
The appropriately-named Jeff Flake is a long-standing immigration enthusiast back to when he was co-sponsoring legislation alongside Luis Gutierrez in order to bring in more immigrants. Not long ago, there were even suspicions that he was preparing to switch parties. A member of the Gang of Eight, Flake muttered some dissent about the legality of Obama’s unilateral Amnesty, before voting in support of it [Sen: Jeff Flake: Opposed Obama’s Amnesty before voting for it, Numbers USA, January 12, 2015]
Maine Senator Susan Collins
Susan Collins said she found Lynch to be “very impressive and I think she deserves to be confirmed.” Of course, Collins also tried to frame this as a way to get rid of Holder more quickly [Lynch nomination to replace Holder coming up in Senate next week, by Kathleen Hunter, Bloomberg, March 10, 2015].
But Collins also voted to end debate on the Gang of Eight’s Amnesty bill in 2013, which helped push the bill toward passage. She did rhetorically condemn Obama’s unilateral Amnesty because it “is undermining our constitutional separation of powers.” However, when the time came to vote in support of Ted Cruz’s point of order which would have opposed Obama’s action on constitutional grounds, Collins voted against Cruz and in support of Obama. Senator Collins has a lifetime C- record according to Numbers USA, and she’s getting worse with each passing year.
What’s particularly disgusting about all of this is that even “respectable” conservatives have plenty of cover. The Heritage Foundation says that the Senate must vote “No” especially “when a nominee supports actions that go beyond the executive’s constitutional authority,” as Lynch does. [“No” on the Confirmation of Loretta Lynch for Attorney General, Heritage Action for America, March 2, 2015]. Even National Review has editorialized against the Lynch nomination [Resist the Lynch nomination, National Review, January 29, 2015].
And the Main Stream Media has highlighted other important reasons to oppose Lynch becoming the Attorney General. U.S. News & World Report noted: “There are serious allegations that prosecutors in her office – the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York – made use of secret dockets, denied the victims of crime the opportunity to pursue restitution as required by federal law, and committed other abuses.” [Block Loretta Lynch’s Confirmation, by Peter Roff, February 5, 2015].
Lynch was also heavily implicated in the massive money -laundering scandal involving banking giant HSBC. As U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of New York, Lynch agreed to drop charges against HSBC officials in return for its paying a fine [HSBC Whistleblower spills Lynch Evidence To Senate, by Jerome Corsi, WND, February 18, 2015]. Testimony on all of this was presented to the Senate Judiciary Committee. Politically, it’s hard to see the downside of opposing an Obama nominee because she allegedly protected corrupt bankers.
But Lynch would be the country’s first black female Attorney General. Not many Republicans want to vote against that. Lynch also comes from a humble family background, which gives her a narrative that can be eagerly promoted if this battle is drawn out any further [After forging her path from N.C. to Brooklyn, Lynch is poised to become attorney general, by Sari Horwitz, Washington Post, January 26, 2015].
And while the MSM is largely shying away from her role in banking scandals, it celebrates how she helped prosecute the Lufthansa heist immortalized in the movie “Goodfellas” [Loretta Lynch Versus the Goodfellas, by James Oliphant, National Journal, December 12, 2014].
What all of this shows is how talk of a Republican “majority” is deeply misleading when it comes to immigration. While the Democrats remain utterly united and fanatically dedicated to the goal of importing more Third World immigrants, the GOP cannot keep its caucus on the same side even when it comes to voting against Eric Holder’s chosen heir in the very office that will be used to administer Obama’s unilateral Amnesty.
Instead of a two-party system, we really have a “one and a half” party system, where monolithic Democrats and a rump of the Republicans can always be counted on to go along with more immigration.
And Republicans are so intimidated of being regarded as “racist” or “sexist” that they insist on acting like gentlemen even as Democrats ceaselessly campaign against them as vile bigots.
The solution: either purge the Republican party of immigration supporters—or starting a new party altogether. But both of these ambitious goals share the same prerequisite—stopping immigration must be at the center of any reconstituted American Right. Anything less is just preparation for more failure.
After all, as the Lynch vote clearly shows, a “majority” composed of Flakes isn’t worth much of anything at all.
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