vdare--2020-11-09--Does "Segregation" (I. E. White Flight From Black Neighborhoods) Cause Black Gun Violence—Or Does Bl

Does "Segregation" (I. E. White Flight From Black Neighborhoods) Cause Black Gun Violence—Or Does Black Violence Cause White Flight?

They ’ ll never stop blaming white people or white people failing to live around black people for black people killing each other ( or engaging in non-fatal shootings of each other ) for gun violence .
It will always be law-abiding white gun owners fault for black gun violence .
Always .
To assume individual blacks have agency would automatically qualify them for collective fault in gun violence across America .
And that can ’ t happen .
We have narratives to maintain .
From October 2001 to October 2018 , 520 people were killed in mass shootings in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ book “ Bleeding Out ” by Harvard criminal justice scholar Thomas Abt .
But during that same period , at least 100,000 people were killed in urban gun violence ( fatal and non-fatal shootings that occur in the public spaces of cities and towns ) .
Both mass shootings and urban gun violence must receive the necessary public and political urgency to reduce them .
However , I can ’ t help but feel that urban gun violence in the Pittsburgh region , and in the nation at large , does not receive @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
I ’ m not the only one : One 2016 survey showed 80 % of Black respondents in the United States said gun violence was an extremely serious problem but 57 % of Black respondents thought that most people in America don ’ t care about the gun violence that affects communities of color .
Gun violence was also a primary concern of several long-term Black Pittsburghers I interviewed during my neighborhood walks for the Pittsburgh Neighborhood Project .
In a previous essay for PublicSource , I detailed the connection between race @ @ @ @ @ @ @ nationally ) , as well as the effects of concentrated poverty on child-to-adult outcomes .
I stressed that while I grew up in a low-income , abusive home , I faced fewer obstacles in life on average than my Black peers because I grew up white in a low-poverty , low-violence neighborhood like Brookline .
Gun violence does not affect city residents equally , by any measurement .
It is overwhelmingly concentrated in a small number of poor , segregated neighborhoods , carried out by a very small number of young men .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ who live in these neighborhoods long term , including residents with no link to the violence .
Even within these neighborhoods , violent gun crime is disproportionately linked to just a few blocks .
Concentrated poverty is a common theme among those Pittsburgh neighborhoods that tend to have the highest homicide and non-fatal shooting rates in Pittsburgh per capita .
Of the top 20 neighborhoods with the highest homicide and non-fatal shooting rates per 500 residents in 2017 , I found that 50 % had poverty rates of 30 % or more , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ least 20 % poverty or more .
The poverty rate is measured as the percentage of those living below 100 % of the federal poverty level .
Of the top-20 poorest neighborhoods in the city , 60 % were also on the top-20 list of those with the highest rates of homicide and non-fatal shootings per capita .
These statistics include homicides attributed to firearms and other means , though firearms make up the vast majority of cases .
Homewood South , Middle Hill and Fineview had poverty rates of at least 20 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with the highest homicide and non-fatal shootings per capita in 2017 , according to data from the 2013-2017 American Community Survey [ ACS ] estimates and homicide and gun violence data via Allegheny County Analytics .
[ 1 ] Prominent sociologists and urban scholars have shown that gun-related crime is disproportionately higher in poor neighborhoods across the United States despite violent gun crime reaching historic lows in 2014 .
But concentrated poverty alone does not explain the entire story as to why particular neighborhoods have been persistently plagued by disproportionate rates of urban @ @ @ @ @ @ @ research shows that racial segregation is one of the strongest predictors of urban gun violence .
This does not mean that violence is linked specifically to race , but rather to the consequences of segregation and disinvestment .
The nation ’ s most segregated cities , including St. Louis , Detroit and Baltimore , tend to also have the highest rates of violent crime per 100,000 people , even when the data is controlled for other variables like poverty , single motherhood , unemployment , incarceration , homeownership and education levels .
These @ @ @ @ @ @ @ true in Pittsburgh .
Among the neighborhood-level variables I observed via 2017 ACS estimates , racial segregation was the most predictive measure of homicide and non-fatal shooting rates per 500 residents in Pittsburgh neighborhoods .
Like poverty , racial segregation is persistent over long stretches of time .
While public perception tends to focus on the ways in which Pittsburgh is changing , racial segregation in most Pittsburgh neighborhoods is the same as it was nearly 30 years ago .
[ 2 ] Segregation in and of itself is not the primary antecedent @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Rather , as explained by Abt , racially segregated communities are often poor , disconnected from employment opportunities and do not share in the same institutional , political and investment capital as comparable white neighborhoods .
Likewise , poor segregated neighborhoods are more likely to have high levels of distrust in the legal system , low levels of immigrant concentration and a small share of professional workers , the opposite of which are neighborhood factors that tend to reduce violent crime .
What I did not detail in that essay were the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that often lead to negative outcomes for children as they grow into adults .
Social science research suggests that childhood exposure to urban gun violence is the most important factor in this regard .
The cycle of violence is brutal , self-reinforcing and yet another perpetuator of poverty in our most disadvantaged communities .
When violence is commonplace , schools can not properly educate children who are in fear ; parents keep their children inside out of fear for their safety ; medical professionals can not fully address the direct and indirect consequences @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and businesses and those residents who can leave flee .
Princeton sociologist Patrick Sharkey used quasi-experimental methods to show that children who took IQ tests within a week of a murder in their neighborhood scored a half a standard deviation lower than the average on IQ tests , all else being equal .
These children aren ’ t less intelligent , but rather too preoccupied by fear caused by gun violence to learn and perform well in classrooms , as hypothesized by Sharkey .
Other studies found that nearly one-third of Black women @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
In “ Great American City ” , Harvard sociologist Robert Sampson found that high homicide rates in neighborhoods predicted poor infant health .
And so , the effects of violent crime loom large over the entire community , not just those who are direct victims of gun violence .

They’ll never stop blaming white people or white people failing to live around black people for black people killing each other (or engaging in non-fatal shootings of each other) for gun violence. It will always be law-abiding white gun owners fault for black gun violence. Always. To assume individual blacks have agency would automatically qualify them for collective fault in gun violence across America.
And that can’t happen. We have narratives to maintain.
From October 2001 to October 2018, 520 people were killed in mass shootings in the United States, according to the book “Bleeding Out” by Harvard criminal justice scholar Thomas Abt. But during that same period, at least 100,000 people were killed in urban gun violence (fatal and non-fatal shootings that occur in the public spaces of cities and towns).
Both mass shootings and urban gun violence must receive the necessary public and political urgency to reduce them. However, I can’t help but feel that urban gun violence in the Pittsburgh region, and in the nation at large, does not receive the same public attention as mass shootings.
I’m not the only one: One 2016 survey showed 80% of Black respondents in the United States said gun violence was an extremely serious problem but 57% of Black respondents thought that most people in America don’t care about the gun violence that affects communities of color. Gun violence was also a primary concern of several long-term Black Pittsburghers I interviewed during my neighborhood walks for the Pittsburgh Neighborhood Project.
In a previous essay for PublicSource, I detailed the connection between race and concentrated poverty in Pittsburgh (and nationally), as well as the effects of concentrated poverty on child-to-adult outcomes. I stressed that while I grew up in a low-income, abusive home, I faced fewer obstacles in life on average than my Black peers because I grew up white in a low-poverty, low-violence neighborhood like Brookline.
Gun violence does not affect city residents equally, by any measurement.
It is overwhelmingly concentrated in a small number of poor, segregated neighborhoods, carried out by a very small number of young men. The negative consequences also fall on residents who live in these neighborhoods long term, including residents with no link to the violence. Even within these neighborhoods, violent gun crime is disproportionately linked to just a few blocks.
Concentrated poverty is a common theme among those Pittsburgh neighborhoods that tend to have the highest homicide and non-fatal shooting rates in Pittsburgh per capita.
Of the top 20 neighborhoods with the highest homicide and non-fatal shooting rates per 500 residents in 2017, I found that 50% had poverty rates of 30% or more, and 75% had rates of at least 20% poverty or more.
The poverty rate is measured as the percentage of those living below 100% of the federal poverty level. Of the top-20 poorest neighborhoods in the city, 60% were also on the top-20 list of those with the highest rates of homicide and non-fatal shootings per capita. These statistics include homicides attributed to firearms and other means, though firearms make up the vast majority of cases.
Homewood South, Middle Hill and Fineview had poverty rates of at least 20% and were the top three neighborhoods with the highest homicide and non-fatal shootings per capita in 2017, according to data from the 2013-2017 American Community Survey [ACS] estimates and homicide and gun violence data via Allegheny County Analytics.[1]
Prominent sociologists and urban scholars have shown that gun-related crime is disproportionately higher in poor neighborhoods across the United States despite violent gun crime reaching historic lows in 2014. But concentrated poverty alone does not explain the entire story as to why particular neighborhoods have been persistently plagued by disproportionate rates of urban gun violence.
A growing body of research shows that racial segregation is one of the strongest predictors of urban gun violence.
This does not mean that violence is linked specifically to race, but rather to the consequences of segregation and disinvestment.
The nation’s most segregated cities, including St. Louis, Detroit and Baltimore, tend to also have the highest rates of violent crime per 100,000 people, even when the data is controlled for other variables like poverty, single motherhood, unemployment, incarceration, homeownership and education levels.
These same conclusions about segregation and violence hold true in Pittsburgh. Among the neighborhood-level variables I observed via 2017 ACS estimates, racial segregation was the most predictive measure of homicide and non-fatal shooting rates per 500 residents in Pittsburgh neighborhoods.
Like poverty, racial segregation is persistent over long stretches of time. While public perception tends to focus on the ways in which Pittsburgh is changing, racial segregation in most Pittsburgh neighborhoods is the same as it was nearly 30 years ago.[2]
Segregation in and of itself is not the primary antecedent of disproportionately high levels of violent crime.
Rather, as explained by Abt, racially segregated communities are often poor, disconnected from employment opportunities and do not share in the same institutional, political and investment capital as comparable white neighborhoods. Likewise, poor segregated neighborhoods are more likely to have high levels of distrust in the legal system, low levels of immigrant concentration and a small share of professional workers, the opposite of which are neighborhood factors that tend to reduce violent crime.
What I did not detail in that essay were the specific community factors associated with concentrated poverty that often lead to negative outcomes for children as they grow into adults. Social science research suggests that childhood exposure to urban gun violence is the most important factor in this regard.
The cycle of violence is brutal, self-reinforcing and yet another perpetuator of poverty in our most disadvantaged communities. When violence is commonplace, schools cannot properly educate children who are in fear; parents keep their children inside out of fear for their safety; medical professionals cannot fully address the direct and indirect consequences of violence; enrichment activities suffer; and businesses and those residents who can leave flee.
Princeton sociologist Patrick Sharkey used quasi-experimental methods to show that children who took IQ tests within a week of a murder in their neighborhood scored a half a standard deviation lower than the average on IQ tests, all else being equal. These children aren’t less intelligent, but rather too preoccupied by fear caused by gun violence to learn and perform well in classrooms, as hypothesized by Sharkey. Other studies found that nearly one-third of Black women in poor, violent communities had PTSD. In “Great American City”, Harvard sociologist Robert Sampson found that high homicide rates in neighborhoods predicted poor infant health. And so, the effects of violent crime loom large over the entire community, not just those who are direct victims of gun violence.


vdare--2020-11-09--Change in Trump Net Support from 2016 to 2020 by Religious Affiliation

Trump treaded water with Protestants , modestly bled Catholic support , gained a lot of ground with Jews and Mormons @ @ @ @ @ the growing number of religiously unaffiliated Americans , who increased from 15 % of the @ @ @ @ @ % of the electorate in 2020 : The Mormon increase is due to CIA spook @ @ @ @ @ Trump in 2016 and siphoning off 21 % of the Utahan vote in the process @ @ @ @ @ support is a riddle wrapped inside an enigma , totally inscrutable .

Trump treaded water with Protestants, modestly bled Catholic support, gained a lot of ground with Jews and Mormons, and lost ground among the growing number of religiously unaffiliated Americans, who increased from 15% of the electorate in 2016 to 21% of the electorate in 2020:
The Mormon increase is due to CIA spook Evan McMullin running to spoil Trump in 2016 and siphoning off 21% of the Utahan vote in the process. The increase in Jewish support is a riddle wrapped inside an enigma, totally inscrutable.
[Comment at Unz.com]


vdare--2020-11-09--Plywood On Shop Windows Not Needed After All

DC businesses start to take down plywood after 2020 Election worries DC officials asked all businesses and property owners to @ @ @ @ @ were put up last week across the District .
WASHINGTON — DC officials on Sunday @ @ @ @ @ owners to remove boards and fencing that were put up last week across the District @ @ @ @ @ started the process Sunday night , with people still celebrating in the District after former @ @ @ @ @ projected to be President-elect by multiple media outlets .
There were not tons of damage @ @ @ @ @

From WUSA9 (CBS) in Washington DC:
DC businesses start to take down plywood after 2020 Election worries
DC officials asked all businesses and property owners to remove boards and fencing that were put up last week across the District.
Author: Nick Boykin (WUSA9)
Published: 8:17 PM EST November 8, 2020
WASHINGTON — DC officials on Sunday asked all businesses and property owners to remove boards and fencing that were put up last week across the District.
WUSA9 saw some had started the process Sunday night, with people still celebrating in the District after former Vice President Joe Biden was projected to be President-elect by multiple media outlets.
There were not tons of damage seen on election night.


vdare--2020-11-09--The Rise And Fall Of Trump's Voter Integrity Commission:

See this on Twitter here .
In May , 2017 , President Trump created an Election Integrity Commission to help preserve American democracy , which was menaced , not by his election , but by traditional Democrat fraud and alien voters .
See President Trump Creates Voter Integrity Commission Headed By Kris Kobach , May 14 , 2017 .
See Stories of Unlawful Voting Are Sent to Integrity Commission , September 12 , 2017 and see also Detailed stories of fraud and weaknesses in election system are sent to voter integrity commission , By Stephen Dinan , Washington Times , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ orders were sought by the ACLU , the Lawyers ’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law , and others , attempting to prevent the Presidential Commission on Election Integrity from having its first meeting in Washington , D.C. See Kris Kobach and Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity Move Forward , July 25 , 2017 and Kobach : A Victory for Public Information , Breitbart.com , by Kris W. Kobach , July 19 , 2017 .
On January 3 , 2018 , Trump disbanded the Commission , and the New York Times took @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on Voter Fraud by Michael Tackett and Michael Wines , New York Times , January 3 , 2018 .
See Election Integrity Commission Disbanded By Trump Due To Treason Lobby Lawfare .
Despite substantial evidence of voter fraud , many states have refused to provide the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity with basic information relevant to its inquiry .
Rather than engage in endless legal battles at taxpayer expense , today President Donald J. Trump signed an executive order to dissolve the Commission , and he has asked the Department of Homeland @ @ @ @ @ @ @ determine next courses of action .
Statement by the Press Secretary on the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity I described that on Twitter as `` Forget it , Jake , it 's Chinatown '' moment , following Steve Sailer .
Of course , the movie Chinatown is about evil white rich people .
But the saying `` Forget it , Jake , it 's Chinatown '' comes from the fact that the literal Chinatown is so inscrutable and corrupt that normal white cops ca n't do anything about it .
And that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Immigration Wrought ?
Voter Fraud In Chinatown !

See this on Twitter here.
In May 2017, President Trump created an Election Integrity Commission to help preserve American democracy, which was menaced, not by his election, but by traditional Democrat fraud and alien voters.
See President Trump Creates Voter Integrity Commission Headed By Kris Kobach, May 14, 2017.
They heard stories:
"A Texas election judge said that when he asked one voter to show his ID, the man whipped out his green card, signaling he was a legal immigrant but not a citizen and shouldn’t have been voting at all."
See Stories of Unlawful Voting Are Sent to Integrity Commission, September 12, 2017 and see also Detailed stories of fraud and weaknesses in election system are sent to voter integrity commission, By Stephen Dinan, Washington Times, September 11, 2017.
Temporary restraining orders were sought by the ACLU, the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, and others, attempting to prevent the Presidential Commission on Election Integrity from having its first meeting in Washington, D.C.
See Kris Kobach and Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity Move Forward, July 25, 2017 and Kobach: A Victory for Public Information, Breitbart.com, by Kris W. Kobach, July 19, 2017.
By January 2018, the well-funded Treason Lobby, backed by compliant judges, had the Commission so bogged down in litigation, it was unable to meet. See See Trump's Election Integrity Commission Prevented From Meeting Due To Litigation. Why Is Secure Voter ID So Controversial?, January 1, 2018
On January 3, 2018, Trump disbanded the Commission, and the New York Times took a victory lap: Trump Disbands Commission on Voter Fraud, by Michael Tackett and Michael Wines, New York Times, January 3, 2018.
See Election Integrity Commission Disbanded By Trump Due To Treason Lobby Lawfare.
Despite substantial evidence of voter fraud, many states have refused to provide the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity with basic information relevant to its inquiry. Rather than engage in endless legal battles at taxpayer expense, today President Donald J. Trump signed an executive order to dissolve the Commission, and he has asked the Department of Homeland Security to review its initial findings and determine next courses of action.
Statement by the Press Secretary on the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity
Issued on: January 3, 2018
I described that on Twitter as "Forget it, Jake, it's Chinatown" moment, following Steve Sailer.
Of course, the movie Chinatown is about evil white rich people. But the saying "Forget it, Jake, it's Chinatown" comes from the fact that the literal Chinatown is so inscrutable and corrupt that normal white cops can't do anything about it.
And that includes voting fraud: see What Hath Immigration Wrought? Voter Fraud In Chinatown!


vdare--2020-11-10--No Surrender! President Trump Should Not Concede—No Matter What

Earlier , by Michelle Malkin : No Time For Phony Healing The Dem/ Main Stream Media Complex is infuriated that President Donald J. Trump will not concede the 2020 election .
This is a Sign of Contradiction that he is doing the right thing .
This does not yet mean that Trump won enough votes in key states , as Tucker Carlson has noted , but we also can ’ t say with confidence that Trump lost [ Tucker Carlson Says There ’ s Not Enough Fraud to Change Election Results , by Jacob Jarvis , Newsweek , November 10 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to be solid evidence that there was at least some wrongdoing—far more so than for the Russia Hoax that paralyzed Trump ’ s Administration for three years .
The same neoconservatives who are demanding Trump concede would be insisting the U.S , invade another country to “ bring democracy ” if we saw its government behaving this way .
Ultimately , the entire battle is about who is sovereign in this country—American citizens or the Dem/ MSM complex , including Big Tech oligarchs .
They ensured it was not a “ free and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ should never concede .
Let ’ s consider the almost hysterical fury from the MSM telling us that President Trump has a duty to admit defeat because Biden “ won.
” • What happens if Trump refuses to concede US election now Biden has won , by Joe Middleton , Independent , November 10 , 2020 • What happens if Trump won ’ t concede , by Richard Hasen , Slate , November 8 , 2020 • No modern presidential candidate has refused to concede .
Here ’ s why that matters .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ November 8 , 2020 And there are countless others .
In fact , of course President Trump isn ’ t doing anything illegal .
No one has won or lost .
Senate Mitch McConnell may be afraid to defy Trump because he doesn ’ t want to lose the two Senate seats in Georgia and thus , his status as Majority Leader .
But he ’ s absolutely right when he says that the Electoral College determines the winner and , until that happens , “ anyone who is running for office can @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Electoral College will determine 2020 election , by Lisa Mascaro , Fox6 Milwaukee , November 10 , 2020 ] .
The Supreme Court case Bush v. Gore that settled the 2000 election didn ’ t come to an end until December 12 , 2000 .
Media outlets “ declaring ” the winner have no legal significance , especially when their projections seem to be based on polls that have proven to be inaccurate [ Professional pollsters blew it again in 2020 .
Why ?
by Matthew Rozsa , Salon , November 4 , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , Arizona , Alaska , Pennsylvania , Georgia are all undecided .
North Carolina was just called for Trump ( and underwhelming Chamber of Commerce GOP senator Thom Tills managed to win a narrow victory over Democratic challenger Cal Cunningham [ Cal Cunningham concedes to Thom Tills in North Carolina Senate race , by Evie Fordham , Fox News , November 10 , 2020 ] ) .
Joe Biden ’ s lead in Arizona is narrow and shrinking dangerously .
President Trump has a strong legal case in the key state of Pennsylvania @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Supreme Court simply created a new power to count votes that arrived after election day .
The U.S. Supreme Court ( without Amy Coney Barrett ) deadlocked over this , but the Trump campaign will almost certainly take this case to SCOTUS again [ Byron York ’ s Daily Memo : The election lawsuit Trump should win , by Byron York , Washington Examiner , November 10 , 2020 ] .
As Senator Ted Cruz has said , there has thus far not been a “ comprehensive presentation of evidence ” [ Ted @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Be Resolved In Court , Not By Persuading You Or Me , by Tim Hains , RealClearPolitics , November 10 , 2020 ] .
Republican leaders in Pennsylvania have already called for a recount “ in any counties where state law was broken ” [ Senate Co-Sponsorship Memoranda , Pennsylvania State Senate , November 6 , 2020 ] .
However , there are more fundamental issues at stake .
Thanks to the Dem/ MSM complex ’ s campaign of COVID-19 hysteria , the country engaged in a massive experiment with mail-in voting [ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Ballots , by Josh Hammer , The American Mind , November 10 , 2020 ] .
Different state requirements add to the confusion .
There have been specific claims of outright fraud , notably the inclusion of dead people on the voter rolls , reports that local officials gave voters instructions that would invalidate their ballots , and open theft of ballots [ On Electoral Fraud in 2020 , by Pedro Gonzalez , American Greatness , November 9 , 2020 ] .
Critically , in several of the states where President Trump is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is a company called Dominion Voting Systems .
In one proven case , a “ glitch ” in its system awarded 6,000 votes to Joe Biden rather than President Trump [ Republicans expand probe into Dominion Voting Systems after Michigan counting snafu , by Zachary Halaschak and Emily Larsen , Washington Examiner , November 8 , 2020 ] .
One former Deputy Attorney General for Michigan says counters in Detroit outright provided fraudulent ballots to non-voters [ Ex-Michigan Deputy Attorney General Alleges Detroit Counters Assigned Fraudulent Ballots To Non-Voters , by Kyle Olson @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ] .
The truth or falsity of these claims must be shown in court .
Of course , anti-Trump groups are trying to prevent any legal challenges by individually targeting the law firm that President Trump is using [ Inside the Lincoln Project ’ s new campaign targeting Trump ’ s law firm , by Greg Sargent , Washington Post , November 10 , 2020 ] .
No one seems to have considered that such a strategy ensures that most Trump supporters will—correctly—consider a Biden Administration utterly illegitimate .
Twitter and other social @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on the scale by censoring posts or by claiming there are “ election integrity ” issues with posts they dislike , even posts by President Trump himself [ Tucker Carlson : Big Tech Took Part in ‘ One of the Worst Forms of Election Tampering , by Mary Chastain , Legal Insurrection , November 10 , 2020 ] .
This control of information both before and after the election renders democracy pointless .
If Tech oligarchs can control what the voters see and hear , we might as well put them in charge @ @ @ @ @ @ @ It would be simpler and less time consuming than going through a farce where both the exchange of information before an election and tabulating of votes on Election Day itself are apparently too much for the world ’ s sole superpower .
If this is the way the system works , then , as President Trump has been claiming for years , it is “ rigged ” and illegitimate .
If this is how it is going to be , whatever the Regime on the Potomac says in future should be considered as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ governments based out of Brussels , Moscow , or Beijing .
Indeed , one can ’ t help but wonder whether the historic American nation would fare better under outright foreign occupation than a hostile elite which considers itself our rulers and treats us with open contempt , if not hatred .
President Trump and outraged Republicans do have a card to play even if all the legal challenges fail .
State legislatures must certify a state ’ s electors before the College can vote for the next president .
If state delegations @ @ @ @ @ @ @ they can send their own competing slate of electors [ Donald Trump ’ s Stealthy Road to Victory , by Graham Allison , National Interest , November 6 , 2020 ] .
President Trump also has powers that he can use to change the political environment , especially by destroying hostile institutions and declassifying documents that the Deep State really doesn ’ t want to be made public [ Reflections on the late election , by Curtis Yarvin , Gray Mirror , November 8 , 2020 ] .
If a rigged system is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ he can take it down with him .
Arguably , if President Trump had the will to do something like that , he would not be in this mess .
He did not bring Big Tech to heel .
He did not ensure that the bureaucracy was filled with people loyal to him .
He kept hiring people who were his enemies and then acted surprised when he was rewarded with treachery .
He governed like a conventional Republican while talking like a nationalist , the worst of both worlds [ The Tragedy @ @ @ @ @ @ @ American Renaissance , November 16 , 2018 ] .
Nonetheless , with his back to the wall , Trump can and should fight .
Even now , he has a popular movement behind him—all he needs to do is lead them against the System that they thought they had defeated in 2016 .
James Kirkpatrick [ Email him |Tweet him @ VDAREJamesK ] is a Beltway veteran and a refugee from Conservatism Inc. His latest book is Conservatism Inc. : The Battle for the American Right .
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Earlier, by Michelle Malkin: No Time For Phony Healing
The Dem/ Main Stream Media Complex is infuriated that President Donald J. Trump will not concede the 2020 election. This is a Sign of Contradiction that he is doing the right thing. This does not yet mean that Trump won enough votes in key states, as Tucker Carlson has noted, but we also can’t say with confidence that Trump lost [Tucker Carlson Says There’s Not Enough Fraud to Change Election Results, by Jacob Jarvis, Newsweek, November 10, 2020]. And here appears to be solid evidence that there was at least some wrongdoing—far more so than for the Russia Hoax that paralyzed Trump’s Administration for three years. The same neoconservatives who are demanding Trump concede would be insisting the U.S. invade another country to “bring democracy” if we saw its government behaving this way. Ultimately, the entire battle is about who is sovereign in this country—American citizens or the Dem/ MSM complex, including Big Tech oligarchs. They ensured it was not a “free and fair” election, and President Trump should never concede.
Let’s consider the almost hysterical fury from the MSM telling us that President Trump has a duty to admit defeat because Biden “won.”
And there are countless others.
In fact, of course President Trump isn’t doing anything illegal. No one has won or lost. Senate Mitch McConnell may be afraid to defy Trump because he doesn’t want to lose the two Senate seats in Georgia and thus, his status as Majority Leader. But he’s absolutely right when he says that the Electoral College determines the winner and, until that happens, “anyone who is running for office can exhaust concerns” [Mitch McConnell says Electoral College will determine 2020 election, by Lisa Mascaro, Fox6 Milwaukee, November 10, 2020]. The Supreme Court case Bush v. Gore that settled the 2000 election didn’t come to an end until December 12, 2000. Media outlets “declaring” the winner have no legal significance, especially when their projections seem to be based on polls that have proven to be inaccurate [Professional pollsters blew it again in 2020. Why?,by Matthew Rozsa, Salon, November 4, 2020].
As of this writing, Arizona, Alaska, Pennsylvania, Georgia are all undecided. North Carolina was just called for Trump (and underwhelming Chamber of Commerce GOP senator Thom Tillis managed to win a narrow victory over Democratic challenger Cal Cunningham [Cal Cunningham concedes to Thom Tillis in North Carolina Senate race, by Evie Fordham, Fox News, November 10, 2020]). Joe Biden’s lead in Arizona is narrow and shrinking dangerously.
President Trump has a strong legal case in the key state of Pennsylvania, where it appears that the state Supreme Court simply created a new power to count votes that arrived after election day. The U.S. Supreme Court (without Amy Coney Barrett) deadlocked over this, but the Trump campaign will almost certainly take this case to SCOTUS again [Byron York’s Daily Memo: The election lawsuit Trump should win, by Byron York, Washington Examiner, November 10, 2020]. As Senator Ted Cruz has said, there has thus far not been a “comprehensive presentation of evidence” [Ted Cruz: Trump Election Fraud Allegations Will Be Resolved In Court, Not By Persuading You Or Me, by Tim Hains, RealClearPolitics, November 10, 2020]. Republican leaders in Pennsylvania have already called for a recount “in any counties where state law was broken” [Senate Co-Sponsorship Memoranda, Pennsylvania State Senate, November 6, 2020].
However, there are more fundamental issues at stake. Thanks to the Dem/ MSM complex’s campaign of COVID-19 hysteria, the country engaged in a massive experiment with mail-in voting [Are We Sure About All Those Mail-in Ballots, by Josh Hammer, The American Mind, November 10, 2020]. Different state requirements add to the confusion. There have been specific claims of outright fraud, notably the inclusion of dead people on the voter rolls, reports that local officials gave voters instructions that would invalidate their ballots, and open theft of ballots [On Electoral Fraud in 2020, by Pedro Gonzalez, American Greatness, November 9, 2020]. Critically, in several of the states where President Trump is launching legal challenges, the common factor is a company called Dominion Voting Systems.
In one proven case, a “glitch” in its system awarded 6,000 votes to Joe Biden rather than President Trump [Republicans expand probe into Dominion Voting Systems after Michigan counting snafu, by Zachary Halaschak and Emily Larsen, Washington Examiner, November 8, 2020]. One former Deputy Attorney General for Michigan says counters in Detroit outright provided fraudulent ballots to non-voters [Ex-Michigan Deputy Attorney General Alleges Detroit Counters Assigned Fraudulent Ballots To Non-Voters, by Kyle Olson, Breitbart, November 9, 2020].
The truth or falsity of these claims must be shown in court. Of course, anti-Trump groups are trying to prevent any legal challenges by individually targeting the law firm that President Trump is using [Inside the Lincoln Project’s new campaign targeting Trump’s law firm, by Greg Sargent, Washington Post, November 10, 2020]. No one seems to have considered that such a strategy ensures that most Trump supporters will—correctly—consider a Biden Administration utterly illegitimate.
Twitter and other social networking oligopolists are currently putting their thumb on the scale by censoring posts or by claiming there are “election integrity” issues with posts they dislike, even posts by President Trump himself [Tucker Carlson: Big Tech Took Part in ‘One of the Worst Forms of Election Tampering,' by Mary Chastain, Legal Insurrection, November 10, 2020].
This control of information both before and after the election renders democracy pointless. If Tech oligarchs can control what the voters see and hear, we might as well put them in charge and dispense with Election Day altogether. It would be simpler and less time consuming than going through a farce where both the exchange of information before an election and tabulating of votes on Election Day itself are apparently too much for the world’s sole superpower.
If this is the way the system works, then, as President Trump has been claiming for years, it is “rigged” and illegitimate. If this is how it is going to be, whatever the Regime on the Potomac says in future should be considered as foreign to the Historic American Nation as governments based out of Brussels, Moscow, or Beijing.
Indeed, one can’t help but wonder whether the historic American nation would fare better under outright foreign occupation than a hostile elite which considers itself our rulers and treats us with open contempt, if not hatred.
President-elect Joe Biden has already won the election. Even if President Trump was able to overtake Biden in Arizona or Georgia, or both, and hold onto North Carolina and Alaska, where he’s leading, that fact would not change. https://t.co/WrqUjeMQr0 — The New York Times (@nytimes) November 10, 2020
President Trump and outraged Republicans do have a card to play even if all the legal challenges fail. State legislatures must certify a state’s electors before the College can vote for the next president. If state delegations believe the vote has been corrupted, they can send their own competing slate of electors [Donald Trump’s Stealthy Road to Victory, by Graham Allison, National Interest, November 6, 2020].
President Trump also has powers that he can use to change the political environment, especially by destroying hostile institutions and declassifying documents that the Deep State really doesn’t want to be made public [Reflections on the late election, by Curtis Yarvin, Gray Mirror, November 8, 2020].
If a rigged system is going to take President Trump down, he can take it down with him.
Arguably, if President Trump had the will to do something like that, he would not be in this mess. He did not bring Big Tech to heel. He did not ensure that the bureaucracy was filled with people loyal to him. He kept hiring people who were his enemies and then acted surprised when he was rewarded with treachery. He governed like a conventional Republican while talking like a nationalist, the worst of both worlds [The Tragedy of Trump, by Gregory Hood, American Renaissance, November 16, 2018].
Nonetheless, with his back to the wall, Trump can and should fight. Even now, he has a popular movement behind him—all he needs to do is lead them against the System that they thought they had defeated in 2016.
James Kirkpatrick [Email him |Tweet him @VDAREJamesK] is a Beltway veteran and a refugee from Conservatism Inc. His latest book is Conservatism Inc.: The Battle for the American Right. Read VDARE.com Editor Peter Brimelow's Preface here.


vdare--2020-11-10--Michelle Malkin: No Time For Phony Healing

Earlier ( September 24 ) : “ Joe Biden ” Jumps the Shark With Ad Pretending To Be Against Violence and earlier than that ( 2010 ) by Michelle Malkin : Take Your Olive Branch and Shove It , Democrats We , the 71 million Americans who voted to reelect Donald J. Trump , do not forgive .
We , the 71 million Americans who voted to reelect Donald J. Trump , do not forget .
We , the 71 million Americans who voted to reelect Donald J. Trump , do not surrender .
We , the 71 million Americans @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , resoundingly reject the phony olive branches of former Vice President Joe Biden .
After liberal media operatives prematurely declared Biden the winner of election 2020 this weekend , Biden 's handlers carefully trotted him out in front of the cameras to read a script that proclaimed : `` It 's time to put away the harsh rhetoric , to lower the temperature , to see each other again , to listen to each other again . ''
`` Listen '' ?
Biden 's already hatching plans to crack down even harder to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ideas online .
Twitter , which ran censorious interference for Biden throughout the campaign , allows thousands of tweets by users wishing to `` assassinate Trump , '' but deplatforms peaceful conservatives and independent investigators exposing voter fraud , COVID-19 hypocrisy and left-wing violence .
`` See each other again '' ?
Biden and his Silicon Valley cronies want to wipe us all completely off the internet .
`` Lower the temperature '' ?
Tell that to the flag-burning , window-breaking , traffic-obstructing lunatics shouting : `` All cops are bastards ! ''
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ No borders ; No walls ; No USA at all ! ''
Biden has never disavowed them , and for his running mate , Kamala Harris , has helped raise millions of dollars in bail money for them .
Biden now says it 's `` time to heal . ''
I call bullcrap .
This corrupt career politician and his mob-coddling party seek to disarm us , debase us and destroy us .
Biden 's celebrants marched onto the streets Saturday with President Trump 's bloody head on pikes .
One Black Lives @ @ @ @ @ @ @ be peaceful was `` white supremacy . ''
They 've torn down statues across the country , pillaged small businesses , invaded residential neighborhoods , and engineered assaults and assassinations of Trump supporters .
They 've slapped senior citizens and gunned down retired cops while deifying serial criminals , convicted sex offenders , and home invasion robbers .
They 've been threatening to burn down Washington all year .
Biden now declares , `` To make progress , we must stop treating our opponents as our enemy . ''
That 's right .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ boss , Barack Obama , who used the same hollow line 10 years ago after the 2010 elections .
Remember that ?
I do .
After labeling `` America First '' adversaries of his open borders policies as `` enemies '' who deserve to be `` punished , '' Obama walked back the attack when the 2010 midterm Republican wave hit .
`` I probably should have used the word 'opponents ' instead of 'enemies ' to describe political adversaries , '' Obama disingenuously admitted .
He and Biden spent the next six @ @ @ @ @ @ @ journalists who dared to expose his culture of corruption , firing government whistleblowers who challenged his Chicago-on-the-Potomac grift and graft and demonizing conservatives who protested their radical policies at home and abroad .
Same old fake rapprochement .
Same old bogus reconciliation .
I 'll repeat my words from a decade ago : You can take your faux olive branch and shove it .
This is the time for hell-raising , not healing .
Every legal vote must be counted , every illegal vote thrown out , every lawsuit heard .
Anything less @ @ @ @ @ @ @ coup '' undermining the `` peaceful transition of power '' that anti-Trump forces falsely accused our president of perpetrating .
We , the 71 million Americans who voted to reelect Donald J. Trump , resist the media-Silicon Valley coronation of Biden-Harris .
We , the 71 million Americans who voted to reelect Donald J. Trump , do not relent .
We , the 71 million Americans who voted to reelect Donald J. Trump , do not yield .
We , the 71 million Americans who voted to reelect Donald J. Trump , do @ @ @ @ @ @ @ her ] is the author of Invasion : How America Still Welcomes Terrorists , Criminals , and Other Foreign Menaces to Our Shores .
Click here for Peter Brimelow ’ s review .
Click here for Michelle Malkin 's website .
Michelle Malkin is also the author of Unhinged : Exposing Liberals Gone Wild , Culture of Corruption : Obama and his Team of Tax Cheats , Crooks & Cronies , , Who Built That : Awe-Inspiring Stories of American Tinkerpreneurs , and Sold Out : How High-Tech Billionaires & Bipartisan Beltway Crapweasels @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Workers .
Malkin is author of the book , `` Open Borders , Inc. : Who 's Funding America 's Destruction , '' available directly from VDARE.com in hardcover .
To find out more about Michelle Malkin and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists , visit the Creators Syndicate website at www.creators.com .
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Earlier (September 24): “Joe Biden” Jumps the Shark With Ad Pretending To Be Against Violence and earlier than that (2010) by Michelle Malkin: Take Your Olive Branch and Shove It, Democrats
We, the 71 million Americans who voted to reelect Donald J. Trump, do not forgive.
We, the 71 million Americans who voted to reelect Donald J. Trump, do not forget.
We, the 71 million Americans who voted to reelect Donald J. Trump, do not surrender.
We, the 71 million Americans who voted to reelect Donald J. Trump, resoundingly reject the phony olive branches of former Vice President Joe Biden.
After liberal media operatives prematurely declared Biden the winner of election 2020 this weekend, Biden's handlers carefully trotted him out in front of the cameras to read a script that proclaimed: "It's time to put away the harsh rhetoric, to lower the temperature, to see each other again, to listen to each other again."
"Listen"? Biden's already hatching plans to crack down even harder to silence patriots and dissidents who share their ideas online. Twitter, which ran censorious interference for Biden throughout the campaign, allows thousands of tweets by users wishing to "assassinate Trump," but deplatforms peaceful conservatives and independent investigators exposing voter fraud, COVID-19 hypocrisy and left-wing violence.
"See each other again"? Biden and his Silicon Valley cronies want to wipe us all completely off the internet.
"Lower the temperature"? Tell that to the flag-burning, window-breaking, traffic-obstructing lunatics shouting: "All cops are bastards!" "Shut it down!" "No borders; No walls; No USA at all!" Biden has never disavowed them, and as for his running mate, Kamala Harris, has helped raise millions of dollars in bail money for them.
Biden now says it's "time to heal." I call bullcrap. This corrupt career politician and his mob-coddling party seek to disarm us, debase us and destroy us.
Biden's celebrants marched onto the streets Saturday with President Trump's bloody head on pikes. One Black Lives Matter bigmouth shrieked that asking them to be peaceful was "white supremacy." They've torn down statues across the country, pillaged small businesses, invaded residential neighborhoods, and engineered assaults and assassinations of Trump supporters. They've slapped senior citizens and gunned down retired cops while deifying serial criminals, convicted sex offenders, and home invasion robbers. They've been threatening to burn down Washington all year.
Biden now declares, "To make progress, we must stop treating our opponents as our enemy."
I call plagiarism.
That's right. Biden stole the words from his old boss, Barack Obama, who used the same hollow line 10 years ago after the 2010 elections. Remember that? I do. After labeling "America First" adversaries of his open borders policies as "enemies" who deserve to be "punished," Obama walked back the attack when the 2010 midterm Republican wave hit.
"I probably should have used the word 'opponents' instead of 'enemies' to describe political adversaries," Obama disingenuously admitted. He and Biden spent the next six years wielding their power by spying on journalists who dared to expose his culture of corruption, firing government whistleblowers who challenged his Chicago-on-the-Potomac grift and graft and demonizing conservatives who protested their radical policies at home and abroad.
Same old fake rapprochement. Same old bogus reconciliation. I'll repeat my words from a decade ago: You can take your faux olive branch and shove it.
This is the time for hell-raising, not healing. Every legal vote must be counted, every illegal vote thrown out, every lawsuit heard. Anything less amounts to exactly the kind of "coup" undermining the "peaceful transition of power" that anti-Trump forces falsely accused our president of perpetrating.
We, the 71 million Americans who voted to reelect Donald J. Trump, resist the media-Silicon Valley coronation of Biden-Harris.
We, the 71 million Americans who voted to reelect Donald J. Trump, do not relent.
We, the 71 million Americans who voted to reelect Donald J. Trump, do not yield.
We, the 71 million Americans who voted to reelect Donald J. Trump, do not concede.
COPYRIGHT 2020 CREATORS.COM
Michelle Malkin [Email her] is the author of Invasion: How America Still Welcomes Terrorists, Criminals, and Other Foreign Menaces to Our Shores. Click here for Peter Brimelow’s review. Click here for Michelle Malkin's website. Michelle Malkin is also the author of Unhinged: Exposing Liberals Gone Wild, Culture of Corruption: Obama and his Team of Tax Cheats, Crooks & Cronies, ,Who Built That: Awe-Inspiring Stories of American Tinkerpreneurs, and Sold Out: How High-Tech Billionaires & Bipartisan Beltway Crapweasels Are Screwing America's Best & Brightest Workers.
Malkin is author of the book, "Open Borders, Inc.: Who's Funding America's Destruction," available directly from VDARE.com in hardcover. To find out more about Michelle Malkin and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate website at www.creators.com. COPYRIGHT 2019 CREATORS.COM


vdare--2020-11-10--THE SACRED FURY Sale—Extended!

THE SACRED FURY Sale—Extended!

See earlier : VDARE Halloween I : The Sacred Fury And The Democracy Of The Dead by James Kirkpatrick Originally @ @ @ @ @ offer The Sacred Fury , by Barton and Elizabeth Cockey , a politically refreshing supernatural @ @ @ @ @ time between Halloween and Election Day .
But not only is the election not over @ @ @ @ @ like Halloween is n't over either !
I mean , we have people voting from @ @ @ @ @ , it only seems appropriate to extend the sale .
So , until Friday the @ @ @ @ @ of The Sacred Fury here before it 's too late !

See earlier: VDARE Halloween I: The Sacred Fury And The Democracy Of The Dead by James Kirkpatrick
Originally, we planned only to offer The Sacred Fury, by Barton and Elizabeth Cockey, a politically refreshing supernatural novel, during that suspenseful time between Halloween and Election Day. But not only is the election not over yet, but it looks like Halloween isn't over either! I mean, we have people voting from the grave! As such, it only seems appropriate to extend the sale.
So, until Friday the 13th—snag your copy of The Sacred Fury here before it's too late!


vdare--2020-11-10--The Whitelist: After YEARS Of Defending Actual Communists, MSM Wants To Make Trump Supporters Unempl

The Whitelist: After YEARS Of Defending Actual Communists, MSM Wants To Make Trump Supporters Unemployable

Earlier , by Pat Buchanan : They WERE Communists—Dalton Trumbo Had It Coming Remember when liberals used to go on and on about how the Hollywood Blacklist of the 1950s , during which Stalinist screenwriters like Dalton Trumbo had to work under pseudonyms , was the worst thing ever ?
Trumbo ’ s most famous novel , the anti-war Johnny Got His Gun , about a vet who had lost all 4 limbs in the war , was written in 1938 but published in September 1939 , when the Communist Party USA was suddenly in a pacifist mood due to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ From Wikipedia : Serialized in the Daily Worker in March 1940 , published by the Communist Party USA to which Trumbo belonged , the book became “ a rally point for the political left ” which had opposed involvement in World War II during the period of the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact ( 1939-1941 ) when the USSR maintained a non aggression pact with Nazi Germany .
Shortly after the 1941 German invasion of the Soviet Union , Trumbo and his publishers decided to suspend reprinting the book until the end of the war , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s support for the war so long as the US was allied with the Soviet Union against Nazi Germany .
In his introduction to a 1959 reprinting , Trumbo describes receiving letters from right-wing isolationists requesting copies of the book when it was out of print .
Trumbo contacted the FBI and turned these letters over to them .
Trumbo regretted this decision , which he later called “ foolish , ” after two FBI agents showed up at his home and it became clear that “ their interest lay not in the @ @ @ @ @ @

Earlier, by Pat Buchanan: They WERE Communists—Dalton Trumbo Had It Coming
I truly sympathize with those dealing with losing — it’s not easy — but at a certain point one has to think not only about what’s best for the nation (peaceful transfer of power) but how any future employers might see your character defined during adversity. — Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) November 9, 2020
Remember when liberals used to go on and on about how the Hollywood Blacklist of the 1950s, during which Stalinist screenwriters like Dalton Trumbo had to work under pseudonyms, was the worst thing ever?
Trumbo’s most famous novel, the anti-war Johnny Got His Gun, about a vet who had lost all 4 limbs in the war, was written in 1938 but published in September 1939, when the Communist Party USA was suddenly in a pacifist mood due to the Hitler-Stalin Pact of August 1939. From Wikipedia:
Serialized in the Daily Worker in March 1940, published by the Communist Party USA to which Trumbo belonged, the book became “a rally point for the political left” which had opposed involvement in World War II during the period of the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact (1939-1941) when the USSR maintained a non aggression pact with Nazi Germany. Shortly after the 1941 German invasion of the Soviet Union, Trumbo and his publishers decided to suspend reprinting the book until the end of the war, due to the Communist Party USA’s support for the war so long as the US was allied with the Soviet Union against Nazi Germany. In his introduction to a 1959 reprinting, Trumbo describes receiving letters from right-wing isolationists requesting copies of the book when it was out of print. Trumbo contacted the FBI and turned these letters over to them. Trumbo regretted this decision, which he later called “foolish,” after two FBI agents showed up at his home and it became clear that “their interest lay not in the letters but in me.”
Swell guy.
[Comment at Unz.com]


vdare--2020-11-10--Pfizer Announces Its Vaccine Is At Least 90% Effective

“ More than 90 % effective ” is huge .
The FDA ’ s cutoff for approval is 50 % .
90 % effectiveness should be able to crush R-nought and bring about herd immunity in many places in 2021 .
If it ’ s 90 % effective , it ’ s not just that your chance of being infected by each person you meet who is infected goes down 90 % , it ’ s also the chance that somebody you meet is infected goes down as well .
Study enrolled 43,538 participants , with 42 % having diverse @ @ @ @ @ @ @ have been observed ; Safety and additional efficacy data continue to be collected Submission for Emergency Use Authorization ( EUA ) to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration ( FDA ) planned for soon after the required safety milestone is achieved , which is currently expected to occur in the third week of November Clinical trial to continue through to final analysis at 164 confirmed cases in order to collect further data and characterize the vaccine candidate ’ s performance against other study endpoints This press release features multimedia .
View the full @ @ @ @ @ @ @ YORK & MAINZ , GERMANY– ( BUSINESS WIRE ) – Pfizer Inc. ( NYSE : PFE ) and BioNTech SE ( Nasdaq : BNTX ) today announced their mRNA-based vaccine candidate , BNT162b2 , against SARS-CoV-2 has demonstrated evidence of efficacy against COVID-19 in participants without prior evidence of SARS-CoV-2 infection , based on the first interim efficacy analysis conducted on November 8 , 2020 by an external , independent Data Monitoring Committee ( DMC ) from the Phase 3 clinical study .
After discussion with the FDA , the companies recently elected @ @ @ @ @ @ @ conduct the first interim analysis at a minimum of 62 cases .
Upon the conclusion of those discussions , the evaluable case count reached 94 and the DMC performed its first analysis on all cases .
It would be interesting to know when the old 32-case milestone was reached … I ’ m guessing that it was decided that 32 cases were not enough for a statistical evaluation of a marginal vaccine that was only 50 % effective .
But what about this vaccine that is over 90 % effective ?
In hindsight @ @ @ @ @ @ @ result might well have been announceable in October .
For example , say that equal numbers of people were given either the vaccine or the placebo , and out of the first 32 infections among participants , 22 got the placebo and 10 got the vaccine .
If so , then your single best guess is that that vaccine would be a little over 50 % effective , but , wow , it ’ s a really small sample size to be confident it ’ s at least 50 % .
The margin @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , say that for Pfizer ’ s vaccine , out of the first 32 infected , 30 got the placebo and 2 got the vaccine ( in line with their finding from the first 94 cases of over 90 % effectiveness ) .
What are the chances in that example of the effectiveness of the vaccine being at least 50 % .
Really good .
So , I wouldn ’ t be surprised that if they ’ d stuck to the original plan to evaluate at 32 cases , they could have released @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , October .
So , basically , this particular vaccine takes a month to be effective : if your first dose is scheduled for March 1 , you should be good by April 1 , that kind of thing .
The Trump Administration made a deal with Pfizer to buy 50 million double doses for $ 39 per person .
I believe this vaccine requires hyper-refrigeration , which makes it logistically difficult .
But its success boosts the likelihood that easier-to-administer vaccines like Moderna ’ s might also work .
As the study @ @ @ @ @ @ @ may vary .
The DMC has not reported any serious safety concerns and recommends that the study continue to collect additional safety and efficacy data as planned .
The data will be discussed with regulatory authorities worldwide .
… The Phase 3 clinical trial of BNT162b2 began on July 27 and has enrolled 43,538 participants to date , 38,955 of whom have received a second dose of the vaccine candidate as of November 8 , 2020 .
Approximately 42 % of global participants and 30 % of U.S. participants have racially and ethnically @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to enroll and is expected to continue through the final analysis when a total of 164 confirmed COVID-19 cases have accrued .
… Based on current projections we expect to produce globally up to 50 million vaccine doses in 2020 and up to 1.3 billion doses in 2021 .
Pfizer and BioNTech plan to submit data from the full Phase 3 trial for scientific peer-review publication .
Where does Joe Biden fall on the vaccine priority list ?

From a Pfizer press release:
PFIZER AND BIONTECH ANNOUNCE VACCINE CANDIDATE AGAINST COVID-19 ACHIEVED SUCCESS IN FIRST INTERIM ANALYSIS FROM PHASE 3 STUDY
Monday, November 09, 2020 – 06:45am Vaccine candidate was found to be more than 90% effective in preventing COVID-19 in participants without evidence of prior SARS-CoV-2 infection in the first interim efficacy analysis
“More than 90% effective” is huge. The FDA’s cutoff for approval is 50%.
90% effectiveness should be able to crush R-nought and bring about herd immunity in many places in 2021.
If it’s 90% effective, it’s not just that your chance of being infected by each person you meet who is infected goes down 90%, it’s also the chance that somebody you meet is infected goes down as well.
Analysis evaluated 94 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in trial participants Study enrolled 43,538 participants, with 42% having diverse backgrounds, and no serious safety concerns have been observed; Safety and additional efficacy data continue to be collected Submission for Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) planned for soon after the required safety milestone is achieved, which is currently expected to occur in the third week of November Clinical trial to continue through to final analysis at 164 confirmed cases in order to collect further data and characterize the vaccine candidate’s performance against other study endpoints This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20201109005539/en/ NEW YORK & MAINZ, GERMANY–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Pfizer Inc. (NYSE: PFE) and BioNTech SE (Nasdaq: BNTX) today announced their mRNA-based vaccine candidate, BNT162b2, against SARS-CoV-2 has demonstrated evidence of efficacy against COVID-19 in participants without prior evidence of SARS-CoV-2 infection, based on the first interim efficacy analysis conducted on November 8, 2020 by an external, independent Data Monitoring Committee (DMC) from the Phase 3 clinical study. After discussion with the FDA, the companies recently elected to drop the 32-case interim analysis and conduct the first interim analysis at a minimum of 62 cases. Upon the conclusion of those discussions, the evaluable case count reached 94 and the DMC performed its first analysis on all cases.
It would be interesting to know when the old 32-case milestone was reached …
I’m guessing that it was decided that 32 cases were not enough for a statistical evaluation of a marginal vaccine that was only 50% effective. But what about this vaccine that is over 90% effective? In hindsight, it looks like a statistically significant result might well have been announceable in October.
For example, say that equal numbers of people were given either the vaccine or the placebo, and out of the first 32 infections among participants, 22 got the placebo and 10 got the vaccine. If so, then your single best guess is that that vaccine would be a little over 50% effective, but, wow, it’s a really small sample size to be confident it’s at least 50%. The margin of error is huge.
In contrast, say that for Pfizer’s vaccine, out of the first 32 infected, 30 got the placebo and 2 got the vaccine (in line with their finding from the first 94 cases of over 90% effectiveness). What are the chances in that example of the effectiveness of the vaccine being at least 50%. Really good.
So, I wouldn’t be surprised that if they’d stuck to the original plan to evaluate at 32 cases, they could have released a statistically significant result in, say, October.
The case split between vaccinated individuals and those who received the placebo indicates a vaccine efficacy rate above 90%, at 7 days after the second dose. This means that protection is achieved 28 days after the initiation of the vaccination, which consists of a 2-dose schedule.
So, basically, this particular vaccine takes a month to be effective: if your first dose is scheduled for March 1, you should be good by April 1, that kind of thing.
The Trump Administration made a deal with Pfizer to buy 50 million double doses for $39 per person.
I believe this vaccine requires hyper-refrigeration, which makes it logistically difficult. But its success boosts the likelihood that easier-to-administer vaccines like Moderna’s might also work.
As the study continues, the final vaccine efficacy percentage may vary. The DMC has not reported any serious safety concerns and recommends that the study continue to collect additional safety and efficacy data as planned. The data will be discussed with regulatory authorities worldwide. … The Phase 3 clinical trial of BNT162b2 began on July 27 and has enrolled 43,538 participants to date, 38,955 of whom have received a second dose of the vaccine candidate as of November 8, 2020. Approximately 42% of global participants and 30% of U.S. participants have racially and ethnically diverse backgrounds. The trial is continuing to enroll and is expected to continue through the final analysis when a total of 164 confirmed COVID-19 cases have accrued. … Based on current projections we expect to produce globally up to 50 million vaccine doses in 2020 and up to 1.3 billion doses in 2021. Pfizer and BioNTech plan to submit data from the full Phase 3 trial for scientific peer-review publication.
Where does Joe Biden fall on the vaccine priority list?
[Comment at Unz.com]


vdare--2020-11-10--Why Did Pfizer And FDA Agree To Not Release The News Of The Vaccine's Success In October As The Orig

Why Did Pfizer And FDA Agree To Not Release The News Of The Vaccine's Success In October As The Original Protocol Would Have Required?

Covid-19 vaccine from Pfizer and BioNTech is strongly effective , early data from large trial indicate By MATTHEW HERPER @ matthewherper NOVEMBER 9 , 2020 … The first analysis was to occur after 32 volunteers — both those who received the vaccine and those on placebo — had contracted Covid-19 .
If fewer than six volunteers in the group who received the vaccine had developed Covid-19 , the companies would make an announcement that the vaccine appeared to be effective .
The study would continue until at least 164 cases of Covid-19 — individuals with at least one symptom and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ reported .
… That study design , as well as those of other drug makers , came under fire from experts who worried that , even if it was statistically valid , these interim analyses would not provide enough data when a vaccine could be given to billions of people .
In their announcement of the results , Pfizer and BioNTech revealed a surprise .
The companies said they had decided not to conduct the 32-case analysis “ after a discussion with the FDA.
” Instead , they planned to conduct the analysis @ @ @ @ @ @ @ time the plan had been formalized , there had been 94 cases of Covid-19 in the study .
It ’ s not known how many were in the vaccine arm , but it would have to be nine or fewer .
Gruber said that Pfizer and BioNTech had decided in late October that they wanted to drop the 32-case interim analysis .
At that time , the companies decided to stop having their lab confirm cases of Covid-19 in the study , instead leaving samples in storage .
The FDA was aware of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and the companies concluded , and testing began this past Wednesday .
Interesting choice of data to resume testing of cases .
Was there anything in particular scheduled for last Tuesday ?
It seems like last Tuesday was a big day , but I can ’ t remember why .
I ’ m sure , though , it was in all the papers at the time .
So the original plan was to make a public announcement after 32 cases , but instead they stopped doing simple lab tests until the day after @ @ @ @ @ @ @ had 94 cases , almost triple what the protocol had said they needed for making a public announcement .
This means that the statistical strength of the result is likely far stronger than was initially expected .
It also means that if Pfizer had held to the original plan , the data would likely have been available in October , as its CEO , Albert Bourla , had initially predicted .
So , I ’ m not crazy , StatNews sees it too .
Basically , this says that Pfizer had the physical @ @ @ @ @ @ @ their vaccine had met the hurdle of success , but chose , with the agreement of the FDA , not to physically process the samples until the day after Election Day .
Am I nuts to read this as saying that Pfizer and the FDA conspired to alter the agreed-upon plan , which would have required a public announcement of the vaccine ’ s success before the election , and instead Pfizer refused to even process the crucial samples during the last days before the election to delay having to make a public @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that this ploy may well have cost Trump the election ?
For a notorious authoritarian , Trump sure gets pushed around and stabbed in the back even by his own hirelings a lot .

From StatNews:
Covid-19 vaccine from Pfizer and BioNTech is strongly effective, early data from large trial indicate
By MATTHEW HERPER @matthewherper NOVEMBER 9, 2020 … The first analysis was to occur after 32 volunteers — both those who received the vaccine and those on placebo — had contracted Covid-19. If fewer than six volunteers in the group who received the vaccine had developed Covid-19, the companies would make an announcement that the vaccine appeared to be effective. The study would continue until at least 164 cases of Covid-19 — individuals with at least one symptom and a positive test result — had been reported. … That study design, as well as those of other drug makers, came under fire from experts who worried that, even if it was statistically valid, these interim analyses would not provide enough data when a vaccine could be given to billions of people. In their announcement of the results, Pfizer and BioNTech revealed a surprise. The companies said they had decided not to conduct the 32-case analysis “after a discussion with the FDA.” Instead, they planned to conduct the analysis after 62 cases. But by the time the plan had been formalized, there had been 94 cases of Covid-19 in the study. It’s not known how many were in the vaccine arm, but it would have to be nine or fewer. Gruber said that Pfizer and BioNTech had decided in late October that they wanted to drop the 32-case interim analysis. At that time, the companies decided to stop having their lab confirm cases of Covid-19 in the study, instead leaving samples in storage. The FDA was aware of this decision. Discussions between the agency and the companies concluded, and testing began this past Wednesday.
Interesting choice of data to resume testing of cases. Was there anything in particular scheduled for last Tuesday? It seems like last Tuesday was a big day, but I can’t remember why. I’m sure, though, it was in all the papers at the time.
When the samples were tested, there were 94 cases of Covid in the trial. The DSMB met on Sunday.
So the original plan was to make a public announcement after 32 cases, but instead they stopped doing simple lab tests until the day after Election Day, at which point they had 94 cases, almost triple what the protocol had said they needed for making a public announcement.
This means that the statistical strength of the result is likely far stronger than was initially expected. It also means that if Pfizer had held to the original plan, the data would likely have been available in October, as its CEO, Albert Bourla, had initially predicted.
So, I’m not crazy, StatNews sees it too.
Basically, this says that Pfizer had the physical evidence in their labs in October that their vaccine had met the hurdle of success, but chose, with the agreement of the FDA, not to physically process the samples until the day after Election Day.
Am I nuts to read this as saying that Pfizer and the FDA conspired to alter the agreed-upon plan, which would have required a public announcement of the vaccine’s success before the election, and instead Pfizer refused to even process the crucial samples during the last days before the election to delay having to make a public announcement until after the election? And that this ploy may well have cost Trump the election?
For a notorious authoritarian, Trump sure gets pushed around and stabbed in the back even by his own hirelings a lot.


vdare--2020-11-10--Remembrance Day In The Anglosphere: Remembering The Honored Dead

A version of this post appeared here on November 11 , 2019 November 11 , the anniversary of the World War I Armistice , originally called Armistice Day , is called Veterans Day in America , but is celebrated as Remembrance Day in Canada , England , Australia , and other Anglosphere countries .
It 's more like Memorial Day in America , in that it 's dedicated to the honored dead , rather than living veterans .
Writing about Memorial Day , a few years ago , I wrote that VDARE 's overseas Anglospheric readers celebrate Remembrance Day on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ US ) in honor of a soul-destroying , seemingly pointless slaughter that destroyed the old order between 1914 and 1918 .
But by 1914 , the United States had already been memorializing its own soul-destroying , seemingly pointless slaughter for fifty years .
In both cases , the participants thought they were achieving something , but the end , they hadn ’ t .
World War I did n't prevent World War II , and the Civil War ended in ( a ) Reconstruction and ( b ) the failure of Reconstruction .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ of First World War , and received the medal pictured at right , which says `` The Great War For Civilization '' .
Mark Steyn has a column , reprinted from 2002 , on the significance of the whole thing .
On CNN the other day , Larry King asked Tony Blair what it was he had in his buttonhole .
It was a poppy — not a real poppy , but a stylized , mass-produced thing of red paper and green plastic that , as the Prime Minister explained , is worn @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the days before November 11th .
They 're sold in the street by aged members of the Royal British Legion to commemorate that moment 83 years ago today , when on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month the guns fell silent on the battlefields of Europe .
The poppy is an indelible image of that `` war to end all wars '' , summoned up by a Canadian , Lieutenant-Colonel John McCrae , in a poem written in the trenches in May 1915 : In Flanders fields the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on row , That mark our place ; and in the sky The larks , still bravely singing , fly Scarce heard amid the guns below .
Row on row on row .
And , in between , thousands of poppies , for they bloom in uprooted soil .
Sacrifice on the scale McCrae witnessed is all but unimaginable in the west today ... [ More ] See also Steyn 's The War That Made the World We Live In .
A Remembrance Day ceremony is an implicitly white event .
There were @ @ @ @ @ @ @ World War I , but it was white people fighting white people that made the war .

A version of this post appeared here on November 11, 2019
November 11, the anniversary of the World War I Armistice, originally called Armistice Day, is called Veterans Day in America, but is celebrated as Remembrance Day in Canada, England, Australia, and other Anglosphere countries. It's more like Memorial Day in America, in that it's dedicated to the honored dead, rather than living veterans.
Writing about Memorial Day, a few years ago, I wrote that VDARE's overseas Anglospheric readers celebrate Remembrance Day on November 11 (Armistice Day in the US) in honor of a soul-destroying, seemingly pointless slaughter that destroyed the old order between 1914 and 1918.
But by 1914, the United States had already been memorializing its own soul-destroying, seemingly pointless slaughter for fifty years.
In both cases, the participants thought they were achieving something, but the end, they hadn’t. World War I didn't prevent World War II, and the Civil War ended in (a) Reconstruction and (b) the failure of Reconstruction.
John Derbyshire's father was a veteran of First World War, and received the medal pictured at right, which says "The Great War For Civilization."
Mark Steyn has a column, reprinted from 2002, on the significance of the whole thing.
On CNN the other day, Larry King asked Tony Blair what it was he had in his buttonhole. It was a poppy — not a real poppy, but a stylized, mass-produced thing of red paper and green plastic that, as the Prime Minister explained, is worn in Britain and other Commonwealth countries in the days before November 11th. They're sold in the street by aged members of the Royal British Legion to commemorate that moment 83 years ago today, when on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month the guns fell silent on the battlefields of Europe. The poppy is an indelible image of that "war to end all wars," summoned up by a Canadian, Lieutenant-Colonel John McCrae, in a poem written in the trenches in May 1915: In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below. Row on row on row. And, in between, thousands of poppies, for they bloom in uprooted soil. Sacrifice on the scale McCrae witnessed is all but unimaginable in the west today...[More]
See also Steyn's The War That Made the World We Live In.
A Remembrance Day ceremony is an implicitly white event. There were contingents of non-white troops on both sides of World War I, but it was white people fighting white people that made the war.


vdare--2020-11-11--From Derb's Email Bag: Virtuous Pagans, Fired For Apprehending A Thief, And Benford's Law, Etc

Brainteaser solution .
There 's a worked solution to the brainteaser in my October Diary here .
Virtuous pagans .
In my October 23rd podcast I passed comment on the defacing and pulling-down of statues of historical figures , persons judged by the zealots of Wokeness to have been insufficiently antiracist .
I suggested a parallel with the `` virtuous pagans '' that medieval Christian theologians had issues with : people like Aristotle and Cicero , who lived virtuous lives before the coming of Christ .
A Mormon friend emailed in about that .
Regarding your comments on `` virtuous @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Christ of Latter Day Saints is the only Christian church , or any religion I 'm aware of , that addresses this issue in doctrine and practice .
`` The ministry of Christ was not confined to the few who lived on the earth in the meridian of time , and it is not confined only to those living now .
The apostle Peter made it clear that those who do not have the opportunity to hear the gospel on this earth will have such an opportunity in the spirit world ( see @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
4:6 ) .
And the apostle Paul in writing to the Corinthians asked : 'Else what shall they do which are baptized for the dead , if the dead rise not at all ?
why are they then baptized for the dead ? '
” ( 1 Cor .
15:29 ) . ''
— Elder Franklin D. Richards .
So Mormons believe that those who lived without hearing the gospel in this life will be given the chance in the next world .
Living Latter Day Saints are given the duty of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ proxy for the dead , in Temples .
Searching out the dead via genealogy and organizing the records are key parts of this effort .
That 's why Mormons are often the best genealogists around .
The LDS Temple baptismal font , where baptisms for the dead are performed , rests on twelve oxen , signifying the twelve tribes of Israel .
There are numerous references here : just do a site search for `` Redemption of the Dead . ''
The moral case for Trump .
In that same podcast I made @ @ @ @ @ @ @ rich by building stuff , with a starting boost from his Dad ) over Biden ( got rich from politics ) .
A friend emailed in with this : Fired for apprehending a thief .
In my September 25th podcast I told the story of the supermarket employee who was fired for apprehending a thief .
I remarked on how odd this was , and wondered if the thief was black .
The news story of course did n't say , and had no pictures , only gave the thief 's name as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , though not very .
Benford 's Law .
On November 6th I mentioned the geek website Github.com , who were applying Benford 's Law to vote counts by precinct in select cities and counties .
Did the numbers follow Benford 's Law ?
Where they did n't , were there benign explanations for their not doing so ?
A listener emailed in with far , far more than you wanted to know about this .
Short answer : Yes , there are benign explanations .
Long answer ( edited down some , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ you partition the data in a way that groups related values together ( like precincts within a single county , which usually have similar populations ) , the Law is likely to be broken due to those values ' similarity .
You need a large evenly-distributed range , over something like three orders of magnitude or more , to reliably expect Benford 's law to apply .
In contrast , the data coming from Miami-Dade county , for example , is very clustered around 1.5 orders of magnitude .
If the distribution is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 's test is just going to favor whatever the peak of the distribution is .
You can adjust for this by changing the base you use from base 10 to a smaller value .
For example , if we change to base 3 , I believe the digit distribution will spread out by a little over 2x ( 3^2 is a little under 10 ) .
That does n't give us much room to apply Benford 's law to Biden's votes and see a pattern though , with only 2 options for starting @ @ @ @ @ @ @ '' values and 295 `` 2 '' values , which is a pretty reasonable 50 percent drop .
If we compromise and go to base 4 , we get 417 for `` 1 '' , 203 for `` 2 '' , and 198 for `` 3 '' , which is not the smoothest distribution , but the values are very clustered on 5 orders of magnitude , with over 50 percent of them being there .
So that basically ensures that Benford 's law will not consistently work on a dataset this narrow @ @ @ @ @ @ @ `` consistently inconsistent '' within each county - that is , why Biden 's graph looks one way while Trump 's looks a different way ... well , they 're all counties that Biden beat Trump in .
If Biden gets 2x the vote that Trump gets , the peak of his distribution will likely be in the same order of magnitude but with a different peak , and therefore ( as explained above ) a different favored starting number in Benford 's test .
It 's basically impossible to do this test @ @ @ @ @ @ @ are not tied , and see similar results .
In Miami-Dade county , where Trump got 46 percent and Biden got 53 percent , the 7 percent difference is not enough to shift the peak vote count away from the 1000 's to the 2000 's .
But in a county like Milwaukee , where Biden got 69 percent and Trump got 29 percent , that 40 percent difference is certainly enough to change the peak and the most popular leading digits .
Without doing a full analysis , I can see that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Github.com ] shows that Trump has `` 1 '' , `` 2 '' , and `` 3 '' being popular , while Biden has `` 1 '' , `` 4 '' , and `` 5 '' being popular , which would make sense if the `` 1 '' counts increased to be split between `` 1 '' and `` 2 '' counts , the `` 2 '' counts increased to `` 3 '' and `` 4 '' counts , the `` 3 '' counts increased to be `` 4 '' and `` 5 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 8 '' and `` 9 '' counts increased to wrap around and become additional `` 1 '' counts again .

Just a few:
Brainteaser solution. There's a worked solution to the brainteaser in my October Diary here.
Virtuous pagans. In my October 23rd podcast I passed comment on the defacing and pulling-down of statues of historical figures, persons judged by the zealots of Wokeness to have been insufficiently antiracist. I suggested a parallel with the "virtuous pagans" that medieval Christian theologians had issues with: people like Aristotle and Cicero, who lived virtuous lives before the coming of Christ.
A Mormon friend emailed in about that.
Regarding your comments on "virtuous pagans," the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints is the only Christian church, or any religion I'm aware of, that addresses this issue in doctrine and practice. "The ministry of Christ was not confined to the few who lived on the earth in the meridian of time, and it is not confined only to those living now. The apostle Peter made it clear that those who do not have the opportunity to hear the gospel on this earth will have such an opportunity in the spirit world (see 1 Pet. 3:18–20; 1 Pet. 4:6). And the apostle Paul in writing to the Corinthians asked: 'Else what shall they do which are baptized for the dead, if the dead rise not at all? why are they then baptized for the dead?'” (1 Cor. 15:29)." — Elder Franklin D. Richards. So Mormons believe that those who lived without hearing the gospel in this life will be given the chance in the next world. Living Latter Day Saints are given the duty of performing ordinances (like baptism) by proxy for the dead, in Temples. Searching out the dead via genealogy and organizing the records are key parts of this effort. That's why Mormons are often the best genealogists around. The LDS Temple baptismal font, where baptisms for the dead are performed, rests on twelve oxen, signifying the twelve tribes of Israel. There are numerous references here: just do a site search for "Redemption of the Dead."
The moral case for Trump. In that same podcast I made the moral case for Trump (got rich by building stuff, with a starting boost from his Dad) over Biden (got rich from politics).
A friend emailed in with this:
You may not be aware of it but for decades Freddie Trump [i.e. the president's father] was a hero among NY Jews for building first-rate affordable apartments. My aunt and uncle lived in one in Brooklyn and spoke highly of Freddie. That business model ended with civil rights litigation and Donald has admitted this. No wonder today's building boom focuses on luxury. No landlord can possibly make money from underclass black tenants without tax subsidies.
Fired for apprehending a thief. In my September 25th podcast I told the story of the supermarket employee who was fired for apprehending a thief. I remarked on how odd this was, and wondered if the thief was black. The news story of course didn't say, and had no pictures, only gave the thief's name as Adrian Moore.
A listener:
I think this is (actually was) your man. Burlington Free Press has a memorial tribute here, with picture.
Moore actually was black, though not very.
Benford's Law. On November 6th I mentioned the geek website Github.com, who were applying Benford's Law to vote counts by precinct in select cities and counties. Did the numbers follow Benford's Law? Where they didn't, were there benign explanations for their not doing so?
A listener emailed in with far, far more than you wanted to know about this. Short answer: Yes, there are benign explanations. Long answer (edited down some, believe it or not):


vdare--2020-11-09--Will the GOP Be Tempted by Amnesty Again?

Totally bad idea which ought to be fought tooth and nail .
America First conservatives and immigration reformers said Graham ’ s suggestion of an amnesty after millions of working and middle class Americans showed up to vote for Trump ’ s economic nationalist agenda—which includes a reduction to overall immigration—is a slap in the face to the party ’ s new coalition of constituents .
“ Graham pledging to work with Democrats on immigration ?
We know exactly what that means .
A mass amnesty bill , ” RJ Hauman from the Federation for American Immigration Reform ( FAIR @ @ @ @ @ @ @ matter what ends up happening , Trump has forever changed the Republican Party—it is now the party of protecting American workers and secure borders , not amnesty and cheap foreign labor , ” Hauman said : His base stuck with him through thick and thin , so if the GOP doesn ’ t accept the arrival of a durable political phenomenon and adjust its immigration policymaking accordingly , the same won ’ t be able to be said about them .
Why do some lawmakers have a hard time processing this ?
Rep. @ @ @ @ @ @ @ News that “ any amnesty ensures Texas and Arizona and Florida will be solid blue and would join southern California as a once red area.
” “ These states would likely stay blue for a generation , leaving one-party control like California , ” Gosar said .
As Pew Research Center recently noted , high legal immigration levels of more than 1.2 million green card admissions a year drives up Democrat support in most swing states .
Rep. Jim Banks ( R-IN ) said , “ There is no common ground between conservative @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Biden ’ s plan includes amnesty for all illegal aliens , freeing border-crossers into the interior of the U.S. , providing free healthcare to illegal aliens , and increasing the flow of foreign visa workers into the U.S. labor market to compete for jobs against Americans .
Banks said the Republican Party must remain the representatives of the working and middle class who have suffered from globalist free trade , mass immigration , and whose family members are often put at risk with deployments to foreign wars .
The article includes an exchange @ @ @ @ @ @ @ We need more representatives in Congress like these two .
Lou Murray , a former adviser to Trump ’ s 2016 campaign and the head of Bostonians Against Sanctuary Cities , told Breitbart News that Graham ’ s suggestion “ is very disturbing on many levels.
” “ President Trump and America First were huge winners on Tuesday .
That agenda buoyed Graham , ” Murray continued .
“ The new base of the Republican Party is the American working class , of all races .
‘ Common ground ’ on immigration reform @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is an insult to the millions who voted GOP in the election.
” To see a senior GOP Senator say he is going to reward American workers with more competition for jobs and housing and add a dimension of wage depression to a struggling economy is disgusting .
The Trump agenda breathed life into a dying GOP .
It was always apparent that Graham was an America last globalist .
However , I am surprised by the speed of his betrayal .
For his 2020 re-election bid , Trump formed a working and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to bring manufacturing home to the U.S. , close the nation ’ s borders during a pandemic , and bring remaining American troops home from Afghanistan .
The agenda brought swaths of working and middle class Americans into Trump ’ s corner , with the majority of his donor support coming from business owners , blue-collar workers , homemakers , and police officers .
Biden , on the other hand , drew his donor support from Wall Street , tech corporations , university professors , scientists , and doctors—those belonging to the upper-middle-class @ @ @ @ @ @ @ are the most likely to see the burdening impact of mass immigration through rapid demographic changes , crushed wages , increased competition in the labor market , and overcrowded schools and hospital systems .

John Binder at Breitbart:
Immigration reformers are slapping down suggestions by the Republican establishment on finding “common ground” with Democrats over immigration, a veiled suggestion of amnesty for illegal aliens. [GOP Establishment Rebuked for Fleeing ‘America First’ with Amnesty Talk by John Binder, Breitbart, November 6, 2020]
No amnesty!
While President Trump continues his election challenge to Democrat Joe Biden in numerous swing states, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) is discussing what a Republican-held Senate may do if they keep the United States Senate. One of those measures noted by Graham, Roll Call reported, is a “common ground” immigration reform, the term often used by establishment Republicans and Democrats to disguise amnesty for 11 to 22 million illegal aliens.
Totally bad idea which ought to be fought tooth and nail.
America First conservatives and immigration reformers said Graham’s suggestion of an amnesty after millions of working and middle class Americans showed up to vote for Trump’s economic nationalist agenda—which includes a reduction to overall immigration—is a slap in the face to the party’s new coalition of constituents. “Graham pledging to work with Democrats on immigration? We know exactly what that means. A mass amnesty bill,” RJ Hauman from the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR) told Breitbart News. “No matter what ends up happening, Trump has forever changed the Republican Party—it is now the party of protecting American workers and secure borders, not amnesty and cheap foreign labor,” Hauman said: His base stuck with him through thick and thin, so if the GOP doesn’t accept the arrival of a durable political phenomenon and adjust its immigration policymaking accordingly, the same won’t be able to be said about them. Why do some lawmakers have a hard time processing this?
The article quotes Congressmen Paul Gosar [A+ Numbers USA] and Jim Banks [A Numbers USA].
Gosar gets the demographic question.
Rep. Paul Gosar (R-AZ) told Breitbart News that “any amnesty ensures Texas and Arizona and Florida will be solid blue and would join southern California as a once red area.” “These states would likely stay blue for a generation, leaving one-party control like California,” Gosar said. As Pew Research Center recently noted, high legal immigration levels of more than 1.2 million green card admissions a year drives up Democrat support in most swing states.
Then there's Representative Banks:
Rep. Jim Banks (R-IN) said, “There is no common ground between conservative Republicans” and Biden on immigration. Biden’s plan includes amnesty for all illegal aliens, freeing border-crossers into the interior of the U.S., providing free healthcare to illegal aliens, and increasing the flow of foreign visa workers into the U.S. labor market to compete for jobs against Americans. Banks said the Republican Party must remain the representatives of the working and middle class who have suffered from globalist free trade, mass immigration, and whose family members are often put at risk with deployments to foreign wars.
The article includes an exchange between David French and Representative Banks.
French tweeted that
"If anyone doubts whether this election is a stinging, crushing defeat for Trumpism, just look at the meltdown happening on Fox, on talk radio, and on this website. They perceive the devastating damage done to their cause."
Banks responds with this great answer:
"I 100% disagree. 1st, this election isn’t over. 2nd, @realDonaldTrump's already left an indelible mark on our party—we're more unified than we ever were before. He’s taught us how to fight the radical Left and how to be the party of the working class. There’s no going back—ever.
We need more representatives in Congress like these two.
Lou Murray, a former adviser to Trump’s 2016 campaign and the head of Bostonians Against Sanctuary Cities, told Breitbart News that Graham’s suggestion “is very disturbing on many levels.” “President Trump and America First were huge winners on Tuesday. That agenda buoyed Graham,” Murray continued. “The new base of the Republican Party is the American working class, of all races. ‘Common ground’ on immigration reform is code for amnesty, and amnesty is an insult to the millions who voted GOP in the election.” Murray said: To see a senior GOP Senator say he is going to reward American workers with more competition for jobs and housing and add a dimension of wage depression to a struggling economy is disgusting. The Trump agenda breathed life into a dying GOP. It was always apparent that Graham was an America last globalist. However, I am surprised by the speed of his betrayal.
The article quotes Pedro Gonzalez:
Pedro Gonzalez, an editor at American Greatness, accused Graham of “already running away from the America First mandate” of the 2020 election results, while NumbersUSA, which represents American workers, said Biden’s agenda has “no common ground” with U.S. voters.
Here's how Binder concludes the article: