truepundit--2020-10-18--Pelosi And Trump Haven’t Spoken To Each Other In A Year

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and President Donald Trump haven ’ t spoken to each other since October of last year .
The last time the pair had an extended conversation was at a White House meeting on October 16 , 2019 that included discussions about the president ’ s move to withdraw U.S. troops from northern Syria , The Hill reported .
Trump placed responsibility on former President Barack Obama after Pelosi and Chuck Schumer pushed the president on how to proceed concerning Syria , a Democratic aide said , according to another Hill report .
Schumer said @ @ @ @ @ @ @ politician , ” the Hill reported , which a White House official later confirmed .
“ I don ’ t speak to the president .
I speak to his representative , ” Pelosi said to CNN and anchor Wolf Blitzer during an interview .
“ Quite frankly , my experience with the President is it hasn ’ t been on the level .
You know , he ’ ll say something , then it doesn ’ t really happen .
So , in the interest of time , we ’ ll work with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ he has their – if they have his confidence , then we ’ ll work with them on these issues , ” Pelosi told MSNBC ’ s Craig Melvin during a September interview .
“ But , you ’ ve seen on TV any number of times , where the President said , ‘ You send me a bipartisan immigration bill and I will sign it , ’ and then walks away .
You wonder who is in charge there , if he says that and then walks away from it .
So @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a good use of time , ” Pelosi continued .
Pelosi has previously noted the difficulty of negotiating with the president , according to the Hill .
Trump has changed course three times regarding the coronavirus relief package that has been continuously put off .
“ And let me just tell you : I know my customers ; that ’ s what I do .
I know Pelosi , I know Schumer very well .
They don ’ t want to make a deal because they think it ’ s good for politics @ @ @ @ @ @ @ deal , ” Trump said in a Sept. 7 press conference , according to a White House transcript .
“ This has nothing to do with anything other than you have to know who you ’ re dealing with .
I do .
These are people that I don ’ t have a lot of respect .
I don ’ t think they have a lot of respect for the American people .
And I know who I ’ m dealing with , ” Trump continued , according to the transcript .
Trump @ @ @ @ @ @ @ talking with the house speaker and the senate minority leader , according to The Hill .
The Speaker ’ s Press Office did not immediately respond to the Daily Caller News Foundation ’ s phone requests for comment .

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and President Donald Trump haven’t spoken to each other since October of last year.
The last time the pair had an extended conversation was at a White House meeting on October 16, 2019 that included discussions about the president’s move to withdraw U.S. troops from northern Syria, The Hill reported.
Trump placed responsibility on former President Barack Obama after Pelosi and Chuck Schumer pushed the president on how to proceed concerning Syria, a Democratic aide said, according to another Hill report.
Schumer said that Trump called Pelosi a “third-rate politician,” the Hill reported, which a White House official later confirmed.
“I don’t speak to the president. I speak to his representative,” Pelosi said to CNN and anchor Wolf Blitzer during an interview.
“Quite frankly, my experience with the President is it hasn’t been on the level. You know, he’ll say something, then it doesn’t really happen. So, in the interest of time, we’ll work with who he sends over to – if he has their – if they have his confidence, then we’ll work with them on these issues,” Pelosi told MSNBC’s Craig Melvin during a September interview.
“But, you’ve seen on TV any number of times, where the President said, ‘You send me a bipartisan immigration bill and I will sign it,’ and then walks away. You wonder who is in charge there, if he says that and then walks away from it. So, I don’t find it a good use of time,” Pelosi continued.
Pelosi has previously noted the difficulty of negotiating with the president, according to the Hill. Trump has changed course three times regarding the coronavirus relief package that has been continuously put off.
“And let me just tell you: I know my customers; that’s what I do. I know Pelosi, I know Schumer very well. They don’t want to make a deal because they think it’s good for politics if they don’t make a deal,” Trump said in a Sept. 7 press conference, according to a White House transcript.
“This has nothing to do with anything other than you have to know who you’re dealing with. I do. These are people that I don’t have a lot of respect. I don’t think they have a lot of respect for the American people. And I know who I’m dealing with,” Trump continued, according to the transcript.
Trump has backed his stance on not directly talking with the house speaker and the senate minority leader, according to The Hill.
The Speaker’s Press Office did not immediately respond to the Daily Caller News Foundation’s phone requests for comment.


truepundit--2020-10-18--4 Shot Across New York City In A Little Over An Hour

A total of four people were shot , one critically , in a little over an hour in New York City Thursday , amid a rise in violence in the area , the New York Post reported .
A 22-year-old man was shot in the head and critically injured at 4:45 p.m. in Queens and was rushed to a local hospital , according to the New York Post .
A second person , a 30-year-old , took a bullet to the stomach approximately 50 minutes later and is expected to survive , the Post reported .
A third person was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ half hour later , and the fourth was grazed 10 minutes after that , according to the New York outlet .
All the victims were shot in separate incidents throughout the evening , the Post reported .
Shootings were up 127 % and murders rose 40 % in the month of September compared to the same time frame in 2019 , according to New York City Police Department crime statistics .
Burglary incidents experienced a 38 % increase and rape jumped by 19 % , the statistics show .
Hate crime fell by @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .

A total of four people were shot, one critically, in a little over an hour in New York City Thursday, amid a rise in violence in the area, the New York Post reported.
A 22-year-old man was shot in the head and critically injured at 4:45 p.m. in Queens and was rushed to a local hospital, according to the New York Post. A second person, a 30-year-old, took a bullet to the stomach approximately 50 minutes later and is expected to survive, the Post reported.
A third person was shot in the leg less than a half hour later, and the fourth was grazed 10 minutes after that, according to the New York outlet. All the victims were shot in separate incidents throughout the evening, the Post reported.
Shootings were up 127% and murders rose 40% in the month of September compared to the same time frame in 2019, according to New York City Police Department crime statistics. Burglary incidents experienced a 38% increase and rape jumped by 19%, the statistics show.
Hate crime fell by 33%, according to the NYPD.


truepundit--2020-10-18--WATCH: The Most Viral Moments From The Amy Coney Barrett Hearings

President Donald Trump ’ s Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee this week as part of her confirmation process .
Democratic senators questioned Barrett minutely on her record as a judge , pushing her to discuss her opinions on a variety of political issues , including Obamacare , abortion , and same-sex marriage , and Barrett repeatedly declined to indicate how she would judge issues that come before the Supreme Court .
“ Our voting rights are at stake , ” Harris warned Americans .
“ Workers rights are at stake .
Consumer rights @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a safe and legal abortion is at stake .
And holding corporations accountable is at stake .
And again , there is so much more.
” Republican senators also reminded Democratic senators of how Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh was treated during his 2018 confirmation hearings as they warned Democrats to treat Barrett with courtesy .
“ It looked like the cantina bar scene out of Star Wars , ” Republican Louisiana Sen. John Kennedy said of the Kavanaugh hearings .
Democrats also latched onto Barrett ’ s use of the phrase “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Court nominee that the phrase is “ outdated ” and offensive to the LGBTQ community .

President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee this week as part of her confirmation process.
Democratic senators questioned Barrett minutely on her record as a judge, pushing her to discuss her opinions on a variety of political issues, including Obamacare, abortion, and same-sex marriage, and Barrett repeatedly declined to indicate how she would judge issues that come before the Supreme Court.
Several Democrats, including California Sen. Kamala Harris, expressed frustration with Barrett’s responses.
“Our voting rights are at stake,” Harris warned Americans. “Workers rights are at stake. Consumer rights are at stake. The right to a safe and legal abortion is at stake. And holding corporations accountable is at stake. And again, there is so much more.”
Republican senators also reminded Democratic senators of how Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh was treated during his 2018 confirmation hearings as they warned Democrats to treat Barrett with courtesy.
“It looked like the cantina bar scene out of Star Wars,” Republican Louisiana Sen. John Kennedy said of the Kavanaugh hearings.
Democrats also latched onto Barrett’s use of the phrase “sexual preference,” telling the Supreme Court nominee that the phrase is “outdated” and offensive to the LGBTQ community.


truepundit--2020-10-18--Here’s How Many Times Democrats Interrupted Amy Coney Barrett During Her Confirmation Hearings

Democratic senators interrupted Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett 78 times during her confirmation hearings , according to the Republican National Committee .
President Donald Trump ’ s Supreme Court nominee was interrupted 78 times throughout the hearings , RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel announced Friday morning .
McDaniel claimed that these interruptions were met with “ zero cries of sexism or ‘ mansplaining , ’ from the media , ” a comment that harkens to media criticisms that Vice President Mike Pence “ mansplained ” to Democratic California Sen. Kamala Harris during the vice presidential debate .
Barrett ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ continued through Thursday afternoon .
Barrett delivered a pre-written opening statement Monday , and senators questioned her Tuesday and Wednesday .
On Thursday , the senators questioned witnesses .
On Tuesday and Wednesday , lawmakers questioned Barrett minutely on her record as a judge , pushing her to discuss her opinions on a variety of political issues , including Obamacare , abortion , and same-sex marriage .
Barrett declined to indicate how she would judge issues that come before the Supreme Court .
“ I have no mission and no agenda , ” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ follow President Donald Trump ’ s wishes and overturn Obamacare .
“ Judges don ’ t have campaign promises .
”

Democratic senators interrupted Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett 78 times during her confirmation hearings, according to the Republican National Committee.
President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee was interrupted 78 times throughout the hearings, RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel announced Friday morning.
McDaniel claimed that these interruptions were met with “zero cries of sexism or ‘mansplaining,’ from the media,” a comment that harkens to media criticisms that Vice President Mike Pence “mansplained” to Democratic California Sen. Kamala Harris during the vice presidential debate.
Democrats interrupted Judge Barrett 78 TIMES. Zero cries of sexism or “mansplaining” from the media. Their bias and selective outrage is unreal! #ConfirmACB pic.twitter.com/UKqkFeau0u — Ronna McDaniel (@GOPChairwoman) October 16, 2020
Barrett’s confirmation hearings kicked off Monday morning and continued through Thursday afternoon. Barrett delivered a pre-written opening statement Monday, and senators questioned her Tuesday and Wednesday. On Thursday, the senators questioned witnesses.
On Tuesday and Wednesday, lawmakers questioned Barrett minutely on her record as a judge, pushing her to discuss her opinions on a variety of political issues, including Obamacare, abortion, and same-sex marriage.
Barrett declined to indicate how she would judge issues that come before the Supreme Court.
“I have no mission and no agenda,” she said, regarding whether she would follow President Donald Trump’s wishes and overturn Obamacare. “Judges don’t have campaign promises.”


truepundit--2020-10-18--Joe Biden Touts Trade Union Endorsement. There’s One Problem

Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden falsely claimed Thursday that a trade union , which represents craftsmen and industrial workers , had “ overwhelmingly ” endorsed him .
Former Vice President Biden ’ s comments came during a discussion on fracking at an ABC News town hall in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania Thursday evening .
The union , Boilermakers Local 154 , endorsed President Donald Trump citing the president ’ s energy policies , according to a Sept. 2. letter .
“ The Boilermakers overwhelmingly endorse me , okay , so the Boilermakers Union has endorsed me because I sat down with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to show their leadership exactly what I would do , ” Biden said .
Biden ’ s claim came after ABC News anchor George Stephanopoulos quoted Shawn Steffee , an executive board member of Local 154 , who told the New York Times on Tuesday that Biden has “ flip flopped ” on fracking .
“ Joe Biden and Kamala Harris want nothing to do with the fossil fuel industry , ” Steffee said , according to The Times .
“ He ’ s flip flopped so many times.
” Meanwhile , John @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , called Trump a “ true friend of the Boilermakers ” in the union ’ s endorsement letter .
Hughes said Trump has convinced his members that he will protect the future of the U.S. “ As the United States continues to lead the world in oil and natural gas production it is imperative that we continue to battle over-regulations in the fossil fuel industries and fight for American energy production , ” Hughes said .
He added : “ It is with great honor that I write this letter to endorse your @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Local 154 represents 2,500 active and retired tradesmen in Pennsylvania , Ohio and West Virginia , Hughes said .
Biden promised “ no new fracking ” during a CNN Democratic debate in March .
However , in an Aug. 31 speech on energy policy , he said he would not ban fracking .
“ I am not banning fracking , ” Biden said .
“ Let me say that again : I am not banning fracking .
No matter how many times Donald Trump lies about me.
” The International Brotherhood of Boilermakers @ @ @ @ @ @ @ candidate for president , according to The Annenberg Public Policy Center .
The national union and Local 154 did not immediately respond to requests for comment .

Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden falsely claimed Thursday that a trade union, which represents craftsmen and industrial workers, had “overwhelmingly” endorsed him.
Former Vice President Biden’s comments came during a discussion on fracking at an ABC News town hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Thursday evening. The union, Boilermakers Local 154, endorsed President Donald Trump citing the president’s energy policies, according to a Sept. 2. letter.
“The Boilermakers overwhelmingly endorse me, okay, so the Boilermakers Union has endorsed me because I sat down with them and went into great detail earlier to show their leadership exactly what I would do,” Biden said.
Biden’s claim came after ABC News anchor George Stephanopoulos quoted Shawn Steffee, an executive board member of Local 154, who told the New York Times on Tuesday that Biden has “flip flopped” on fracking.
“Joe Biden and Kamala Harris want nothing to do with the fossil fuel industry,” Steffee said, according to The Times. “He’s flip flopped so many times.”
Meanwhile, John Hughes, the head of Local 154, called Trump a “true friend of the Boilermakers” in the union’s endorsement letter. Hughes said Trump has convinced his members that he will protect the future of the U.S.
“As the United States continues to lead the world in oil and natural gas production it is imperative that we continue to battle over-regulations in the fossil fuel industries and fight for American energy production,” Hughes said.
He added: “It is with great honor that I write this letter to endorse your campaign as you run for re-election.”
Local 154 represents 2,500 active and retired tradesmen in Pennsylvania, Ohio and West Virginia, Hughes said.
Biden promised “no new fracking” during a CNN Democratic debate in March. However, in an Aug. 31 speech on energy policy, he said he would not ban fracking.
“I am not banning fracking,” Biden said. “Let me say that again: I am not banning fracking. No matter how many times Donald Trump lies about me.”
The International Brotherhood of Boilermakers national headquarters has yet to endorse a candidate for president, according to The Annenberg Public Policy Center. The national union and Local 154 did not immediately respond to requests for comment.


truepundit--2020-10-18--Nearly 1 In 4 College Students Say They’ll ‘Likely’ Protest If Trump Wins Election, Survey Says

Around 40 % of college students said they will likely or certainly protest if President Donald Trump wins the election , according to an Axios poll released Friday .
Exactly 22 % of students surveyed said they are likely to protest and 17 % said they will protest should Trump win the 2020 election , the College Reaction/Axios survey found .
More students , 30 % , said they would not protest if Trump won and 31 % said they are not likely to protest a Trump victory .
“ The dissatisfaction with the status quo is also reflected by @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to protest Trump reelection with 40 % of college students saying they will likely or certainly participate in protests , ” the survey said .
Only 1 % said they are “ absolutely certain ” to protest if Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden wins the election , according to the survey .
Almost three quarters , 70 % , said they “ absolutely will not ” protest if Biden wins the 2020 election .
The survey also found that 2 % said they are likely to protest while 27 % said they are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ When asked , “ If someone you know does not vote even though they can , will you address , confront , or otherwise convey disappointment towards them ?
” more than half , 61 % , said that they would or probably would , according to the survey .
Almost a quarter , 24 % , said they probably will not confront nonvoting acquaintances and 16 % said “ definitely not ” for the same question , according to the survey .
“ We found that young people are bummed by the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 75 % believe race relations , America ’ s standing in the world , and safety have plunged since 2016 , ” Cyrus Beschloss , founder of College Reaction , told the Daily Caller News Foundation .
“ Most students support Joe Biden , so a Trump win would naturally sting most .
But what we learned is that it would also spark swift demonstrations , rather than empty rants .
Civic engagement is cool now , ” Beschloss continued .
The survey was conducted via email Oct. 6 – 7 and has @ @ @ @ @ @ @ minus 3.3 % .
The poll was done “ from a representative sample of 872 college students , ” according to the survey methodology .

Around 40% of college students said they will likely or certainly protest if President Donald Trump wins the election, according to an Axios poll released Friday.
Exactly 22% of students surveyed said they are likely to protest and 17% said they will protest should Trump win the 2020 election, the College Reaction/Axios survey found. More students, 30%, said they would not protest if Trump won and 31% said they are not likely to protest a Trump victory.
“The dissatisfaction with the status quo is also reflected by the number of students who are willing to protest Trump reelection with 40% of college students saying they will likely or certainly participate in protests,” the survey said.
Only 1% said they are “absolutely certain” to protest if Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden wins the election, according to the survey. Almost three quarters, 70%, said they “absolutely will not” protest if Biden wins the 2020 election.
The survey also found that 2% said they are likely to protest while 27% said they are unlikely to protest should Biden win. When asked, “If someone you know does not vote even though they can, will you address, confront, or otherwise convey disappointment towards them?” more than half, 61%, said that they would or probably would, according to the survey.
Almost a quarter, 24%, said they probably will not confront nonvoting acquaintances and 16% said “definitely not” for the same question, according to the survey.
“We found that young people are bummed by the state of the nation. More than 75% believe race relations, America’s standing in the world, and safety have plunged since 2016,” Cyrus Beschloss, founder of College Reaction, told the Daily Caller News Foundation.
“Most students support Joe Biden, so a Trump win would naturally sting most. But what we learned is that it would also spark swift demonstrations, rather than empty rants. Civic engagement is cool now,” Beschloss continued.
The survey was conducted via email Oct. 6 – 7 and has a margin of error of plus or minus 3.3%. The poll was done “from a representative sample of 872 college students,” according to the survey methodology.


truepundit--2020-10-18--‘Exceptionally Well Qualified’: Romney Says He Will Vote For Amy Coney Barrett After Meeting With He

‘Exceptionally Well Qualified’: Romney Says He Will Vote For Amy Coney Barrett After Meeting With Her

Republican Utah Sen. Mitt Romney said Thursday that he plans to vote for Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett .
Romney , the only Republican to vote to convict President Donald Trump during the president ’ s impeachment hearings , announced his intention to vote for the Supreme Court nominee after meeting with her Thursday , the last day of Barrett ’ s confirmation hearings .
“ After meeting with Judge Barrett and carefully reviewing her record and her testimony , I intend to vote in favor of her confirmation to the Supreme Court , ” Romney said in a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
“ She is impressive , and her distinguished legal and academic credentials make it clear that she is exceptionally well qualified to serve as our next Supreme Court justice.
” “ I am confident that she will faithfully apply the law and our Constitution , impartially and regardless of policy preferences , ” the Utah senator and former presidential candidate added .
Romney previously said in September that his vote to fill the vacancy left by the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg would depend on “ following the law ” and the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ My decision regarding a Supreme Court nomination is not the result of a subjective test of ‘ fairness ’ which , like beauty , is in the eye of the beholder , ” Romney said in a September statement , according to Fox .
“ It is based on the immutable fairness of following the law , which in this case is the Constitution and precedent .
The historical precedent of election year nominations is that the Senate generally does not confirm an opposing party ’ s nominee but does confirm a nominee @ @ @ @ @

Republican Utah Sen. Mitt Romney said Thursday that he plans to vote for Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett.
Romney, the only Republican to vote to convict President Donald Trump during the president’s impeachment hearings, announced his intention to vote for the Supreme Court nominee after meeting with her Thursday, the last day of Barrett’s confirmation hearings.
“After meeting with Judge Barrett and carefully reviewing her record and her testimony, I intend to vote in favor of her confirmation to the Supreme Court,” Romney said in a Thursday statement, according to Fox News. “She is impressive, and her distinguished legal and academic credentials make it clear that she is exceptionally well qualified to serve as our next Supreme Court justice.”
“I am confident that she will faithfully apply the law and our Constitution, impartially and regardless of policy preferences,” the Utah senator and former presidential candidate added.
Romney previously said in September that his vote to fill the vacancy left by the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg would depend on “following the law” and the nominee’s “qualifications.”
“My decision regarding a Supreme Court nomination is not the result of a subjective test of ‘fairness’ which, like beauty, is in the eye of the beholder,” Romney said in a September statement, according to Fox.
“It is based on the immutable fairness of following the law, which in this case is the Constitution and precedent. The historical precedent of election year nominations is that the Senate generally does not confirm an opposing party’s nominee but does confirm a nominee of its own.”


truepundit--2020-10-18--Man Arrested After He Allegedly Threw Burning Wood Into Police Car While Officer Sat Inside

A Seattle man was arrested Thursday after he allegedly tossed a burning piece of wood into an officer ’ s @ @ @ @ @ was still inside .
The man purportedly hurled the ignited wood beam into an unsuspecting @ @ @ @ @ , according to a press release from the Seattle Police Department ( SPD ) .
@ @ @ @ @ the hospital for burns , but is expected to survive , the release detailed .
@ @ @ @ @ the fire , according to the release .
Law enforcement located the alleged arsonist , @ @ @ @ @ garage and deployed a Taser before an arrest was made , SPD wrote .
One @ @ @ @ @ fired a shot during the foot chase , but no one was struck by the @ @ @ @ @ department .
The name of the suspect has not been released and SPD did not @ @ @ @ @ Caller News Foundation ’ s request for comment .

A Seattle man was arrested Thursday after he allegedly tossed a burning piece of wood into an officer’s patrol car while the cop was still inside.
The man purportedly hurled the ignited wood beam into an unsuspecting policeman’s patrol car, according to a press release from the Seattle Police Department (SPD). One officer was transported to the hospital for burns, but is expected to survive, the release detailed. The car was destroyed in the fire, according to the release.
Police arrested a man in S. Lake Union today after he threw burning lumber into a patrol car. One officer taken to HMC with injuries from the fire. Force Investigators on scene as an officer is believed to have discharged a firearm during the incident: https://t.co/nXo7lpFUe2 pic.twitter.com/kIa30Bdp56 — Seattle Police Dept. (@SeattlePD) October 15, 2020
Law enforcement located the alleged arsonist, chased him into a parking garage and deployed a Taser before an arrest was made, SPD wrote. One of the officers in pursuit fired a shot during the foot chase, but no one was struck by the round, according to the department.
The name of the suspect has not been released and SPD did not immediately respond to the Daily Caller News Foundation’s request for comment.


truepundit--2020-10-18--Burisma Official Told Hunter Biden They Wanted To ‘Close Down’ Investigation Against Firm’s Owner, A

Burisma Official Told Hunter Biden They Wanted To ‘Close Down’ Investigation Against Firm’s Owner, According To Unconfirmed Email

• An official with Ukrainian energy firm Burisma Holdings purportedly emailed Hunter Biden a list of ‘ deliverables ’ in November 2015 that included meetings with high-ranking U.S. officials and an effort to ‘ close down ’ investigations of the company ’ s owner .
• The email shows Burisma executive Vadym Pozharskyi telling Biden that the ‘ ultimate purpose ’ of hiring a public relations firm was to end investigations against Burisma .
An executive at Burisma Holdings told Hunter Biden in November 2015 that he wanted high-ranking U.S. officials to express their support for the Ukrainian energy firm @ @ @ @ @ @ @ down investigations against the company ’ s owner , according to an unconfirmed email Fox News reported Thursday .
According to Fox News anchor Tucker Carlson , Vadym Pozharskyi , a Burisma executive , emailed Biden and his business associate , Devon Archer , on Nov. 2 , 2015 , laying out a series of “ deliverables ” he sought for the company .
Biden and Archer served on Burisma ’ s board of directors at the time .
They were paid more than $ 80,000 a month in that role despite having @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
At the time , the owner of Burisma , Nikolay Zlochevsky , was the target of an investigation in the U.K. for bribery .
There is some dispute over whether he was under investigation in Ukraine as well .
According to Carlson , Pozharskyi told Biden and Archer that he wanted “ high-ranking U.S. officials to express their ‘ positive opinion of Burisma.
’ ” “ The scope of work should also include organization of a visit of a number of widely recognized and influential current and/or former US policy-makers to Ukraine @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the email , which was reviewed but not authenticated by the Daily Caller News Foundation .
He said the goal of the visit was to “ bring positive signal/message and support on Nikolay ’ s issue to the Ukrainian top officials above with the ultimate purpose to close down for any cases/pursuits against Nikolay in Ukraine.
” Pozharskyi was critiquing a consulting proposal from Blue Star Strategies , a Democratic public relations firm that eventually worked for Burisma .
Hunter Biden served on the board of directors of the Truman National Security Project @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
The documents are purportedly from Hunter Biden ’ s computer .
On Wednesday , the New York Post began publishing emails purported to be from the computer .
The origin of the emails has come under scrutiny because they fell into the hands of Rudy Giuliani , the personal lawyer for President Donald Trump who has led his own investigation into the Bidens ’ ties to Ukraine .
A computer shop owner in Delaware said that a man he believed to be Biden dropped off the laptop for repair in April 2019 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
The shop owner said that an intermediary notified the FBI about the computer .
Federal prosecutors subpoenaed the device in December 2019 .
The shop owner said he made a copy of the computer ’ s hard drive before turning it over to authorities .
He provided the computer files to a lawyer for Rudy Giuliani .
Despite questions about the chain of custody for the computer files , the Biden campaign has not disputed the accuracy of any of the documents published so far , and Hunter Biden has not issued @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Post reported on Wednesday that Pozharskyi emailed Biden in April 2015 thanking him for “ an opportunity ” to meet his father .
Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden has long denied talking about his son ’ s business activities , including his work for Burisma .
The Biden campaign issued a statement on Wednesday saying that Pozharskyi was not listed on Biden ’ s calendars from 2015 .
The campaign issued a statement later in the day saying that if Biden met with the Burisma official it would have been a brief encounter @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Republican allies of Trump have alleged that Joe Biden intervened to help Burisma because of his son ’ s position with the company .

An official with Ukrainian energy firm Burisma Holdings purportedly emailed Hunter Biden a list of ‘deliverables’ in November 2015 that included meetings with high-ranking U.S. officials and an effort to ‘close down’ investigations of the company’s owner.
The unconfirmed emails reported Thursday by Fox News anchor Tucker Carlson.
The email shows Burisma executive Vadym Pozharskyi telling Biden that the ‘ultimate purpose’ of hiring a public relations firm was to end investigations against Burisma.
An executive at Burisma Holdings told Hunter Biden in November 2015 that he wanted high-ranking U.S. officials to express their support for the Ukrainian energy firm as part of an effort to shut down investigations against the company’s owner, according to an unconfirmed email Fox News reported Thursday.
According to Fox News anchor Tucker Carlson, Vadym Pozharskyi, a Burisma executive, emailed Biden and his business associate, Devon Archer, on Nov. 2, 2015, laying out a series of “deliverables” he sought for the company.
Biden and Archer served on Burisma’s board of directors at the time. They were paid more than $80,000 a month in that role despite having no experience in the European energy sector.
At the time, the owner of Burisma, Nikolay Zlochevsky, was the target of an investigation in the U.K. for bribery. There is some dispute over whether he was under investigation in Ukraine as well.
According to Carlson, Pozharskyi told Biden and Archer that he wanted “high-ranking U.S. officials to express their ‘positive opinion of Burisma.’”
“The scope of work should also include organization of a visit of a number of widely recognized and influential current and/or former US policy-makers to Ukraine in November,” Pozharskyi wrote in the email, which was reviewed but not authenticated by the Daily Caller News Foundation.
He said the goal of the visit was to “bring positive signal/message and support on Nikolay’s issue to the Ukrainian top officials above with the ultimate purpose to close down for any cases/pursuits against Nikolay in Ukraine.”
Tucker Carlson segment featuring new emails from Hunter Biden: “That’s how things really work in Washington. Your son has a lucrative consulting deal with a Ukrainian energy company, you tailor American foreign policy to help make him rich.” pic.twitter.com/EhHvi4GvXe — Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) October 16, 2020
Pozharskyi was critiquing a consulting proposal from Blue Star Strategies, a Democratic public relations firm that eventually worked for Burisma.
Hunter Biden served on the board of directors of the Truman National Security Project with Blue Star Strategies co-owner Sally Painter.
The documents are purportedly from Hunter Biden’s computer.
On Wednesday, the New York Post began publishing emails purported to be from the computer.
The origin of the emails has come under scrutiny because they fell into the hands of Rudy Giuliani, the personal lawyer for President Donald Trump who has led his own investigation into the Bidens’ ties to Ukraine.
A computer shop owner in Delaware said that a man he believed to be Biden dropped off the laptop for repair in April 2019 but did not return to retrieve it.
The shop owner said that an intermediary notified the FBI about the computer. Federal prosecutors subpoenaed the device in December 2019. The shop owner said he made a copy of the computer’s hard drive before turning it over to authorities. He provided the computer files to a lawyer for Rudy Giuliani.
Despite questions about the chain of custody for the computer files, the Biden campaign has not disputed the accuracy of any of the documents published so far, and Hunter Biden has not issued a statement on the matter.
The Post reported on Wednesday that Pozharskyi emailed Biden in April 2015 thanking him for “an opportunity” to meet his father.
Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden has long denied talking about his son’s business activities, including his work for Burisma. The Biden campaign issued a statement on Wednesday saying that Pozharskyi was not listed on Biden’s calendars from 2015. The campaign issued a statement later in the day saying that if Biden met with the Burisma official it would have been a brief encounter on the sidelines of an event.
Republican allies of Trump have alleged that Joe Biden intervened to help Burisma because of his son’s position with the company.


truepundit--2020-10-18--Operatives Behind The Steele Dossier Played Little Known Role In Another Debunked Conspiracy Theory

• In addition to their work on the Steele dossier , former British spy Christopher Steele and Fusion GPS founder Glenn Simpson also investigated now-debunked allegations of Russian meddling in British elections .
• Steele and Simpson met in 2018 with a former employee of Cambridge Analytica , according to a book from the employee , Christopher Wylie .
• Wylie , who also met with Rep. Adam Schiff , claimed that he had information that could link together Russian intelligence operatives , Cambridge Analytica , the Trump campaign and supporters of the Brexit vote .
• But the conspiracy @ @ @ @ @ @ @ findings of investigations in the U.K. and the U.S .
Following on the heels of their work on the infamous Steele dossier , the operatives behind the controversial document began investigating possible links between the Russian government , supporters of the Brexit campaign and the now-defunct data firm , Cambridge Analytica .
As with their dossier work , the dirt-digging effort led by former MI6 officer Christopher Steele and Fusion GPS founder Glenn Simpson has turned up little evidence to support their initial collusion conspiracy theory .
A British information commissioner concluded her @ @ @ @ @ @ @ issuing a report that found that the firm played a minimal role in the Brexit campaign .
The commissioner , Elizabeth Denham , also said that she did not find “ any additional evidence ” of Russian links to Cambridge Analytica .
Steele and Simpson ’ s work on the dossier , which accused the Trump campaign of conspiring with the Kremlin , has been a prominent fixture in the news in the three-plus years since the document was published .
But lesser known are their efforts to uncover links between Russia , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Trump campaign .
Christopher Wylie , the former Cambridge Analytica employee , wrote in a little noticed passage in his autobiography last year , “ Mindf*ck , ” that he met with Steele and Simpson in 2018 in the offices of Damian Collins , a member of parliament .
Wylie said that he had obtained a trove of documents and recordings from inside the Leave.EU campaign , which supported the Brexit referendum .
Wylie discussed the information during an interview in June 2018 with Rep. Adam Schiff , the top Democrat on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s firm had learned about the documents and recordings I had through a British source , and Fusion GPS told us they had documents and information of their own that illuminated the same set of connections—between the Russians , Brexit , and Trump ’ s campaign , ” Wylie wrote in his book .
“ Like a jigsaw , Collins , Fusion GPS , and I had each acquired different sets of documents about the same events , and we began piecing everything together.
” Wylie , who worked as a data @ @ @ @ @ @ @ said that he was contacted by Fusion GPS shortly after he was interviewed by Schiff .
Wylie gave a nod to both Schiff and Simpson in his book .
He thanked Schiff and the Democrats on the House Intelligence Committee “ for all the unseen work you do ) .
” He also shouted out “ Glenn Simpson and Fusion GPS ( for your brilliant investigative work ) .
” Rep. Devin Nunes , the top Republican on the House Intelligence Committee , said he is not surprised to learn that Schiff , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ another collusion story .
“ This newly revealed connection is unsurprising , ” he told the DCNF .
“ There clearly was a cabal of bad actors centered around Fusion GPS who propelled the Russia hoax , both for political purposes and for their own financial gain.
” It is unclear if Schiff and Simpson exchanged information about Cambridge Analytica .
Schiff was spotted meeting with Simpson in June 2018 , but it is unclear what they discussed .
It is also unclear what Fusion GPS or Steele did with any information about @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , Fusion GPS served as a public relations conduit for Steele and multiple news outlets .
The firm arranged for Steele to brief reporters , and worked with journalists on various stories pushing the collusion conspiracy theory .
Simpson and his Fusion GPS partner Peter Fritsch described their investigation of the Brexit campaign in their book , “ Crime in Progress , ” but did not mention Wylie .
They wrote that on March 4 , 2017 , they met with Daniel Jones , a former FBI agent and former staffer on the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ list of leads related to Russian meddling in Western democracies .
Jones , Fusion GPS and Steele worked together on a non-profit group that Jones formed on Jan. 31 , 2017 called The Democracy Integrity Project ( TDIP ) .
Jones told the FBI in March 2017 that he formed TDIP with the financial backing of between seven and 10 wealthy progressive donors who had pledged $ 50 million .
He said that he worked with Fusion GPS and Steele to collect evidence about Russian meddling in Western politics that they planned to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ outlets .
Tax filings show that TDIP paid Fusion GPS more than $ 3.3 million and Steele ’ s firm more than $ 250,000 in 2017 .
Billionaire progressive financier George Soros has contributed at least $ 1 million to TDIP , according to publicly available records .
TDIP also paid a British consulting firm , Istok Associates , nearly $ 150,000 .
The founder of Istok , Neil Barnett , pushed the Brexit-Russia conspiracy theory in a series of reports from 2016 to 2018 , including in a study for The Atlantic @ @ @ @ @ @ @ think tank .
Wylie ’ s lawyer in the U.S. was Adam Kaufmann , a former prosecutor in the Manhattan district attorney ’ s office who is a founding board member of TDIP .
One item of interest for the consortium of investigators was “ Moscow ’ s ties to the key financial backers of Brexit in the U.K. , ” according to the Fusion GPS founders .
They wrote that in collaboration with Steele , they “ began giving Britain ’ s vote to leave the European Union the thorough scrub it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Donald Trump ’ s election victory over Hillary Clinton , the Brexit vote , held on June 23 , 2016 , came as a shock in the U.K. And as with the U.S. presidential election , that shock gave way to allegations that Russian interference influenced the outcome of the vote .
“ The vote to depart the EU faced many of the same questions of outside meddling and dubious funding streams as Trump ’ s election , yet it was not getting much investigative attention , ” the Fusion GPS founders asserted @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Fusion team had spent much of the past year delving into links between Trump and a group of Britons with curious ties to Russia who had backed Brexit.
” They identified three people they believed were at the center of a Trump-Brexit-Russia conspiracy : Robert Mercer , Steve Bannon and Arron Banks .
Mercer , a conservative billionaire donor , was the majority owner of Cambridge Analytica .
Bannon , who took over as the Trump campaign manager in August 2016 , was a vice president on the firm ’ s board @ @ @ @ @ @ @ loaned the equivalent of $ 10 million to Leave.EU , which supported the Brexit referendum .
Cambridge Analytica had consulted for several Republican presidential campaigns , including for Texas Sen. Ted Cruz , before doing work for Trump after he won the GOP nomination .
In his book , Wylie asserted that Russia , Cambridge Analytica and the Trump campaign were somehow linked together in a grand conspiracy to influence elections in the U.S. and U.K. “ If my hunch was correct , Cambridge Analytica was not only using the data tool I @ @ @ @ @ @ @ into supporting , it may have been knowingly or unknowingly working with Russians to sway the election , ” Wylie wrote .
Wylie said that he provided U.S. investigators with “ evidence tying Cambridge Analytica to Donald Trump , Facebook , Russian intelligence , international hackers and Brexit.
” He claimed he had documents which demonstrated that the Trump and Brexit campaigns “ deployed the same strategies…all under the spectre of covert Russian involvement .
Schiff interviewed Wylie in June 2018 in the offices of then-House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi as part of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ helped the Trump campaign , possibly with Russian assistance .
Cambridge Analytica executives and Banks have had contacts with Russians , though investigators have not found evidence of any conspiracy to influence elections .
Alexander Nix , who served as CEO of Cambridge Analytica , reached out to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange in 2016 seeking help in tracking down emails that Hillary Clinton deleted from her private server .
Assange has said that he rejected Nix ’ s request .
WikiLeaks released emails that were hacked from the DNC and Clinton campaign chairman @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Clinton ’ s deleted emails .
The special counsel ’ s office indicted Russian intelligence operatives on charges that they hacked the Democrats ’ emails and used WikiLeaks as a conduit to release the documents .
Cambridge Analytica was not named in the indictment .
Last week , Denham , the U.K. ’ s information commissioner , closed an investigation into Cambridge Analytica that she opened in May 2017 .
The Financial Times noted in a story last week that Denham ’ s report shattered some of the early theories about Cambridge Analytica @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Crime Agency ( NCA ) , the British equivalent of the FBI , cleared Banks of any wrongdoing in connection with his funding for Leave.EU .
The NCA found that Banks loaned his own money to the group .
The special counsel ’ s office , which investigated possible links between the Trump campaign and Russia , did not mention Cambridge Analytica in its 448-page report .
The Senate Intelligence Committee detailed Cambridge Analytica ’ s work for the Trump campaign , but did not reveal any evidence that the company worked with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , which Steele and Fusion GPS compiled on behalf of the DNC and Clinton campaign , has all but fallen apart over the past 18 months .
The special counsel ’ s report said investigators found no evidence of a Trump-Russia conspiracy , which was the dossier ’ s core claim .
A report from the Justice Department inspector general undercut the credibility of the dossier and Steele .
The report said that Steele ’ s primary source , Igor Danchenko , provided the FBI with statements that undercut the dossier ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ FBI received evidence in early 2017 that Russian intelligence operatives may have fed disinformation to Steele , who operates out of London .
A lawyer for Wylie did not respond to a request for comment .
Nor did Fusion GPS , Steele ’ s firm , Orbis Business International , or Schiff ’ s office .

In addition to their work on the Steele dossier, former British spy Christopher Steele and Fusion GPS founder Glenn Simpson also investigated now-debunked allegations of Russian meddling in British elections.
Steele and Simpson met in 2018 with a former employee of Cambridge Analytica, according to a book from the employee, Christopher Wylie.
Wylie, who also met with Rep. Adam Schiff, claimed that he had information that could link together Russian intelligence operatives, Cambridge Analytica, the Trump campaign and supporters of the Brexit vote.
But the conspiracy theories have largely been debunked with the findings of investigations in the U.K. and the U.S.
Following on the heels of their work on the infamous Steele dossier, the operatives behind the controversial document began investigating possible links between the Russian government, supporters of the Brexit campaign and the now-defunct data firm, Cambridge Analytica.
As with their dossier work, the dirt-digging effort led by former MI6 officer Christopher Steele and Fusion GPS founder Glenn Simpson has turned up little evidence to support their initial collusion conspiracy theory.
A British information commissioner concluded her investigation into Cambridge Analytica last week, issuing a report that found that the firm played a minimal role in the Brexit campaign. The commissioner, Elizabeth Denham, also said that she did not find “any additional evidence” of Russian links to Cambridge Analytica.
Steele and Simpson’s work on the dossier, which accused the Trump campaign of conspiring with the Kremlin, has been a prominent fixture in the news in the three-plus years since the document was published. But lesser known are their efforts to uncover links between Russia, Cambridge Analytica, the Brexit vote and the Trump campaign.
Christopher Wylie, the former Cambridge Analytica employee, wrote in a little noticed passage in his autobiography last year, “Mindf*ck,” that he met with Steele and Simpson in 2018 in the offices of Damian Collins, a member of parliament.
Wylie said that he had obtained a trove of documents and recordings from inside the Leave.EU campaign, which supported the Brexit referendum. Wylie discussed the information during an interview in June 2018 with Rep. Adam Schiff, the top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee.
“Steele’s firm had learned about the documents and recordings I had through a British source, and Fusion GPS told us they had documents and information of their own that illuminated the same set of connections—between the Russians, Brexit, and Trump’s campaign,” Wylie wrote in his book.
“Like a jigsaw, Collins, Fusion GPS, and I had each acquired different sets of documents about the same events, and we began piecing everything together.”
Wylie, who worked as a data analyst for Cambridge Analytica through 2014, said that he was contacted by Fusion GPS shortly after he was interviewed by Schiff.
Wylie gave a nod to both Schiff and Simpson in his book.
He thanked Schiff and the Democrats on the House Intelligence Committee “for all the unseen work you do).” He also shouted out “Glenn Simpson and Fusion GPS (for your brilliant investigative work).”
Rep. Devin Nunes, the top Republican on the House Intelligence Committee, said he is not surprised to learn that Schiff, Steele and Fusion GPS were pursuing yet another collusion story.
“This newly revealed connection is unsurprising,” he told the DCNF. “There clearly was a cabal of bad actors centered around Fusion GPS who propelled the Russia hoax, both for political purposes and for their own financial gain.”
It is unclear if Schiff and Simpson exchanged information about Cambridge Analytica. Schiff was spotted meeting with Simpson in June 2018, but it is unclear what they discussed.
It is also unclear what Fusion GPS or Steele did with any information about Cambridge Analytica. During their dossier work, Fusion GPS served as a public relations conduit for Steele and multiple news outlets. The firm arranged for Steele to brief reporters, and worked with journalists on various stories pushing the collusion conspiracy theory.
Simpson and his Fusion GPS partner Peter Fritsch described their investigation of the Brexit campaign in their book, “Crime in Progress,” but did not mention Wylie.
They wrote that on March 4, 2017, they met with Daniel Jones, a former FBI agent and former staffer on the Senate Intelligence Committee, to develop a list of leads related to Russian meddling in Western democracies.
Jones, Fusion GPS and Steele worked together on a non-profit group that Jones formed on Jan. 31, 2017 called The Democracy Integrity Project (TDIP).
Jones told the FBI in March 2017 that he formed TDIP with the financial backing of between seven and 10 wealthy progressive donors who had pledged $50 million. He said that he worked with Fusion GPS and Steele to collect evidence about Russian meddling in Western politics that they planned to give federal investigators, lawmakers and media outlets.
Tax filings show that TDIP paid Fusion GPS more than $3.3 million and Steele’s firm more than $250,000 in 2017. Billionaire progressive financier George Soros has contributed at least $1 million to TDIP, according to publicly available records.
TDIP also paid a British consulting firm, Istok Associates, nearly $150,000. The founder of Istok, Neil Barnett, pushed the Brexit-Russia conspiracy theory in a series of reports from 2016 to 2018, including in a study for The Atlantic Council, a prominent Washington, D.C. think tank.
Wylie’s lawyer in the U.S. was Adam Kaufmann, a former prosecutor in the Manhattan district attorney’s office who is a founding board member of TDIP.
One item of interest for the consortium of investigators was “Moscow’s ties to the key financial backers of Brexit in the U.K.,” according to the Fusion GPS founders.
They wrote that in collaboration with Steele, they “began giving Britain’s vote to leave the European Union the thorough scrub it so clearly needed.”
Much as with Donald Trump’s election victory over Hillary Clinton, the Brexit vote, held on June 23, 2016, came as a shock in the U.K. And as with the U.S. presidential election, that shock gave way to allegations that Russian interference influenced the outcome of the vote.
“The vote to depart the EU faced many of the same questions of outside meddling and dubious funding streams as Trump’s election, yet it was not getting much investigative attention,” the Fusion GPS founders asserted in their book.
“Steele and the Fusion team had spent much of the past year delving into links between Trump and a group of Britons with curious ties to Russia who had backed Brexit.”
They identified three people they believed were at the center of a Trump-Brexit-Russia conspiracy: Robert Mercer, Steve Bannon and Arron Banks.
Mercer, a conservative billionaire donor, was the majority owner of Cambridge Analytica. Bannon, who took over as the Trump campaign manager in August 2016, was a vice president on the firm’s board. Banks is an insurance executive who loaned the equivalent of $10 million to Leave.EU, which supported the Brexit referendum.
Cambridge Analytica had consulted for several Republican presidential campaigns, including for Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, before doing work for Trump after he won the GOP nomination.
In his book, Wylie asserted that Russia, Cambridge Analytica and the Trump campaign were somehow linked together in a grand conspiracy to influence elections in the U.S. and U.K.
“If my hunch was correct, Cambridge Analytica was not only using the data tool I had worked on to manipulate American voters into supporting [Trump], it may have been knowingly or unknowingly working with Russians to sway the election,” Wylie wrote.
Wylie said that he provided U.S. investigators with “evidence tying Cambridge Analytica to Donald Trump, Facebook, Russian intelligence, international hackers and Brexit.”
He claimed he had documents which demonstrated that the Trump and Brexit campaigns “deployed the same strategies…all under the spectre of covert Russian involvement.
Schiff interviewed Wylie in June 2018 in the offices of then-House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi as part of his investigation into whether the firm improperly helped the Trump campaign, possibly with Russian assistance.
Cambridge Analytica executives and Banks have had contacts with Russians, though investigators have not found evidence of any conspiracy to influence elections.
Alexander Nix, who served as CEO of Cambridge Analytica, reached out to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange in 2016 seeking help in tracking down emails that Hillary Clinton deleted from her private server. Assange has said that he rejected Nix’s request. WikiLeaks released emails that were hacked from the DNC and Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta, but not any of Clinton’s deleted emails.
The special counsel’s office indicted Russian intelligence operatives on charges that they hacked the Democrats’ emails and used WikiLeaks as a conduit to release the documents. Cambridge Analytica was not named in the indictment.
Last week, Denham, the U.K.’s information commissioner, closed an investigation into Cambridge Analytica that she opened in May 2017.
The Financial Times noted in a story last week that Denham’s report shattered some of the early theories about Cambridge Analytica.
In September 2019, the National Crime Agency (NCA), the British equivalent of the FBI, cleared Banks of any wrongdoing in connection with his funding for Leave.EU.
The NCA found that Banks loaned his own money to the group.
The special counsel’s office, which investigated possible links between the Trump campaign and Russia, did not mention Cambridge Analytica in its 448-page report.
The Senate Intelligence Committee detailed Cambridge Analytica’s work for the Trump campaign, but did not reveal any evidence that the company worked with Russia to help Trump.
The dossier, which Steele and Fusion GPS compiled on behalf of the DNC and Clinton campaign, has all but fallen apart over the past 18 months. The special counsel’s report said investigators found no evidence of a Trump-Russia conspiracy, which was the dossier’s core claim.
A report from the Justice Department inspector general undercut the credibility of the dossier and Steele. The report said that Steele’s primary source, Igor Danchenko, provided the FBI with statements that undercut the dossier’s credibility.
It also said that the FBI received evidence in early 2017 that Russian intelligence operatives may have fed disinformation to Steele, who operates out of London.
A lawyer for Wylie did not respond to a request for comment. Nor did Fusion GPS, Steele’s firm, Orbis Business International, or Schiff’s office.


truepundit--2020-10-18--Twitter, Facebook Employees Have Given 51 Times More To Biden Than Trump, FEC Data Shows

Twitter and Facebook employees have contributed more than 51 times as much money to Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden ’ s campaign than they have to President Donald Trump ’ s campaign , according to Federal Election Commission data .
Employees of the two Big Tech companies have given $ 547,645 to former Vice President Joe Biden and $ 10,718 to President Donald Trump , Federal Elections Commission ( FEC ) data showed .
The figure includes all contributions to the Biden and Trump campaigns until Aug. 31 and doesn ’ t include political action committee ( PAC ) contributions @ @ @ @ @ @ @ constantly show that we are not adding our own bias , which I fully admit is left , is more left-leaning , ” Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey told CNN in a 2018 interview .
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg told Sen. Josh Hawley in a 2019 meeting that bias is “ an issue struggled with for a long time.
” While there have been 64 total contributions from Twitter and Facebook employees to the Trump campaign this election season , the Biden campaign has received 1,354 such contributions .
Facebook Chief Financial Officer David @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Communications Elizabeth Bourgeois and Twitter Vice President of Global Communications Brandon Borrman are among the employees who have given to the Biden campaign , the FEC data showed .
Meanwhile , more than 90 % of total federal contributions from Twitter and Facebook employees and PACs have been given to Democrats , according to data compiled by The Center for Responsive Politics .
That includes money contributed to 2020 congressional and presidential candidates up until Sept. 21 .
Twitter employees and PACs have given $ 347,270 , or 99 % of total contributions @ @ @ @ @ @ @ PACs have given $ 2.4 million , or 91.7 % of total contributions , to Democrats , according to The Center for Responsive Politics .
Biden received the most amount of money from both companies out of any other candidate .
On Wednesday , Twitter and Facebook both censored a New York Post report , which alleged that Biden and his son , Hunter Biden , met with an executive of Ukraine gas company Burisma in 2015 .
Biden pressured Ukraine officials to fire a prosecutor in 2016 who allegedly oversaw an investigation @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Magazine .
Facebook spokesperson Andy Stone tweeted that the social media site was “ reducing ” the Post article ’ s distribution Wednesday .
Stone said the measure was taken to reduce the spread of misinformation .
A Twitter spokesperson told the Daily Caller News Foundation that users were blocked from sharing the Post story because of the lack of authoritative reporting on the source materials in the story .
The spokesperson cited Twitter ’ s “ Hacked Materials Policy.
” On Wednesday evening , Dorsey called Twitter ’ s communications around the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ said Thursday they would hold a vote Oct. 20 on subpoenaing Dorsey and Zuckerberg .
A Twitter spokesperson declined to comment .
Facebook did not immediately respond to a request for comment .

Twitter and Facebook employees have contributed more than 51 times as much money to Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden’s campaign than they have to President Donald Trump’s campaign, according to Federal Election Commission data.
Employees of the two Big Tech companies have given $547,645 to former Vice President Joe Biden and $10,718 to President Donald Trump, Federal Elections Commission (FEC) data showed. The figure includes all contributions to the Biden and Trump campaigns until Aug. 31 and doesn’t include political action committee (PAC) contributions.
“I think we need to constantly show that we are not adding our own bias, which I fully admit is left, is more left-leaning,” Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey told CNN in a 2018 interview.
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg told Sen. Josh Hawley in a 2019 meeting that bias is “an issue [Facebook has] struggled with for a long time.”
While there have been 64 total contributions from Twitter and Facebook employees to the Trump campaign this election season, the Biden campaign has received 1,354 such contributions.
Facebook Chief Financial Officer David Wehner, Facebook Director of Strategic Response Communications Elizabeth Bourgeois and Twitter Vice President of Global Communications Brandon Borrman are among the employees who have given to the Biden campaign, the FEC data showed.
Meanwhile, more than 90% of total federal contributions from Twitter and Facebook employees and PACs have been given to Democrats, according to data compiled by The Center for Responsive Politics. That includes money contributed to 2020 congressional and presidential candidates up until Sept. 21.
Twitter employees and PACs have given $347,270, or 99% of total contributions, to Democrats while Facebook employees and PACs have given $2.4 million, or 91.7% of total contributions, to Democrats, according to The Center for Responsive Politics. Biden received the most amount of money from both companies out of any other candidate.
On Wednesday, Twitter and Facebook both censored a New York Post report, which alleged that Biden and his son, Hunter Biden, met with an executive of Ukraine gas company Burisma in 2015. Biden pressured Ukraine officials to fire a prosecutor in 2016 who allegedly oversaw an investigation into Burisma, according to Foreign Policy Magazine.
Facebook spokesperson Andy Stone tweeted that the social media site was “reducing” the Post article’s distribution Wednesday. Stone said the measure was taken to reduce the spread of misinformation.
A Twitter spokesperson told the Daily Caller News Foundation that users were blocked from sharing the Post story because of the lack of authoritative reporting on the source materials in the story. The spokesperson cited Twitter’s “Hacked Materials Policy.”
On Wednesday evening, Dorsey called Twitter’s communications around the issue “unacceptable.”
Senate Judiciary Republicans said Thursday they would hold a vote Oct. 20 on subpoenaing Dorsey and Zuckerberg.
A Twitter spokesperson declined to comment. Facebook did not immediately respond to a request for comment.


truepundit--2020-10-18--C-SPAN Suspends Steve Scully ‘Indefinitely’ After He Admits To Lying About Twitter Feed Being Hacked

C-SPAN suspended political editor Steve Scully “ indefinitely ” after he admitted to lying about his Twitter feed being hacked on Oct. 8 , according to the Associated Press .
“ I falsely claimed that my Twitter account had been hacked , ” Scully said in a statement Thursday .
Scully , who was slated to moderate the second presidential debate prior to its cancellation due to President Donald Trump ’ s coronavirus diagnosis , claimed he was the victim of a hack after his Twitter account posted a tweet soliciting advice from vocal Trump critic Anthony Scaramucci on what @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Scaramucci should I respond to Trump , ” read the now-deleted tweet posted by Scully ’ s account .
“ For several weeks , I was subjected to relentless criticism on social media and in conservative news outlets regarding my role as moderator for the second presidential debate , including attacks aimed directly at my family , ” Scully said Thursday .
“ That culminated on Thursday , October 8th when I heard President Trump go on national television twice and falsely attack me by name .
Out of frustration , I @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Scaramucci .
The next morning when I saw that this tweet had created a new controversy , I falsely claimed that my Twitter account had been hacked.
” “ These were both errors in judgment for which I am totally responsible , ” he said .
“ I apologize.
” Scully came under fire by conservatives in October after it was revealed he had interned for Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden and had penned an anti-Trump column in 2016 titled , “ No , Not Trump , Not Ever.
” C-SPAN said in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Scully on administrative leave .
The Associated Press reported Thursday that Scully ’ s suspension was indefinite , but C-SPAN said in its statement that “ after some difference from this episode , we believe in his ability to continue to contribute to C-SPAN.
” Scully ’ s admission that he lied about his Twitter account being hacked comes after C-SPAN announced that it and the Commission on Presidential Debates were investigating the incident with the help of “ authorities.
” “ Steve is a man of great integrity , okay ?
” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ said Friday in defense of Scully .
“ I don ’ t know this question about whether he tweeted something out or not , I do not know , and you ’ ll probably pick up on it in a minute , that he was hacked… Apparently , there ’ s something now that ’ s been on television and the radio saying that he talked to Scaramucci…He was hacked .
It didn ’ t happen .
”

C-SPAN suspended political editor Steve Scully “indefinitely” after he admitted to lying about his Twitter feed being hacked on Oct. 8, according to the Associated Press.
“I falsely claimed that my Twitter account had been hacked,” Scully said in a statement Thursday.
Scully, who was slated to moderate the second presidential debate prior to its cancellation due to President Donald Trump’s coronavirus diagnosis, claimed he was the victim of a hack after his Twitter account posted a tweet soliciting advice from vocal Trump critic Anthony Scaramucci on what to do about the president.
“@Scaramucci should I respond to Trump,” read the now-deleted tweet posted by Scully’s account.
“For several weeks, I was subjected to relentless criticism on social media and in conservative news outlets regarding my role as moderator for the second presidential debate, including attacks aimed directly at my family,” Scully said Thursday. “That culminated on Thursday, October 8th when I heard President Trump go on national television twice and falsely attack me by name. Out of frustration, I sent a brief tweet addressed to Anthony Scaramucci. The next morning when I saw that this tweet had created a new controversy, I falsely claimed that my Twitter account had been hacked.”
“These were both errors in judgment for which I am totally responsible,” he said. “I apologize.”
Scully came under fire by conservatives in October after it was revealed he had interned for Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden and had penned an anti-Trump column in 2016 titled, “No, Not Trump, Not Ever.”
C-SPAN said in a statement Thursday that it was placing Scully on administrative leave.
The Associated Press reported Thursday that Scully’s suspension was indefinite, but C-SPAN said in its statement that “after some difference from this episode, we believe in his ability to continue to contribute to C-SPAN.”
Scully’s admission that he lied about his Twitter account being hacked comes after C-SPAN announced that it and the Commission on Presidential Debates were investigating the incident with the help of “authorities.”
“Steve is a man of great integrity, okay?” Commission on Presidential Debates co-chair Frank Fahrenkopf said Friday in defense of Scully. “I don’t know this question about whether he tweeted something out or not, I do not know, and you’ll probably pick up on it in a minute, that he was hacked… Apparently, there’s something now that’s been on television and the radio saying that he talked to Scaramucci…He was hacked. It didn’t happen.”


truepundit--2020-10-18--‘Nerve Shaking,’ ‘Very Threatening’: Michigan Democrats Complain About Protesters Carrying Weapons I

‘Nerve Shaking,’ ‘Very Threatening’: Michigan Democrats Complain About Protesters Carrying Weapons In The State’s Capitol

Several Michigan Democrats have complained about protesters bringing firearms into the state ’ s capitol and one member threatened to file a workplace grievance unless Republicans agreed to bar firearms on the premises .
Democratic State House Minority Leader Christine Greig called guns in the capitol “ threatening ” and said the majority of her liberal colleagues agree with her in an interview with the Washington Post .
Greig also threatened to file a workplace safety complaint with the Michigan Occupational Safety and Health Administration ( MIOSHA ) if Republicans in the House choose not to ban firearms in the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ It ’ s very threatening when you walk around your workplace and see people with assault rifles , ” Greig told the Post .
“ Any other workplace would be addressing this , and it would be investigated and dealt with .
But we are not afforded that as members of the House .
It needs to change.
” “ MIOSHA ’ s legislative declaration specifically states ‘ that the safety , health , and general welfare of employees are primary public concerns , ” Greig wrote in a letter addressed to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Chatfield .
“ The Legislature hereby declares that all employees shall be provided safe and healthful work environments free of recognized hazards.
’ MCL 408.1009 .
Surely , Mr. Speaker , you don ’ t believe that the Legislature intended our own workplace to be held to a laxer standard ?
“ We all know MIOSHA can ’ t trump the constitution , ” the spokesman told the Post .
“ The House is doing important work this week to keep Michigan safe and help improve the state ’ s response to the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ be distracted from that.
” Greig ’ s push for removing firearms on capitol premises comes after a total of 13 people were arrested in connection to the attempted kidnapping plot of Democratic Michigan Gov .
Gretchen Whitmer , according to WXYZ .
Militia groups from at least five states were found to have orchestrated the plot after criticism mounted against Whitmer for her coronavirus lockdown policies , the local outlet reported .
“ It has been very nerve shaking , if you will , ” Greig told the Post after being asked @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ m always on pins and needles , and always looking in the gallery to see who ’ s there.
” Armed men entered the Michigan capitol in connection with the “ American Patriot Rally , ” which protested Whitmer ’ s COVID-19 mandates in early May , according to BBC .

Several Michigan Democrats have complained about protesters bringing firearms into the state’s capitol and one member threatened to file a workplace grievance unless Republicans agreed to bar firearms on the premises.
Democratic State House Minority Leader Christine Greig called guns in the capitol “threatening” and said the majority of her liberal colleagues agree with her in an interview with the Washington Post. Greig also threatened to file a workplace safety complaint with the Michigan Occupational Safety and Health Administration (MIOSHA) if Republicans in the House choose not to ban firearms in the government building, the Post reported.
“It’s very threatening when you walk around your workplace and see people with assault rifles,” Greig told the Post. “Any other workplace would be addressing this, and it would be investigated and dealt with. But we are not afforded that as members of the House. It needs to change.”
“MIOSHA’s legislative declaration specifically states ‘that the safety, health, and general welfare of employees are primary public concerns,” Greig wrote in a letter addressed to the Republican Speaker of the House Lee Chatfield. “The Legislature hereby declares that all employees shall be provided safe and healthful work environments free of recognized hazards.’ MCL 408.1009. Surely, Mr. Speaker, you don’t believe that the Legislature intended our own workplace to be held to a laxer standard?
A spokesman for Chatfield responded to Greig’s workplace safety demand.
“We all know MIOSHA can’t trump the constitution,” the spokesman told the Post. “The House is doing important work this week to keep Michigan safe and help improve the state’s response to the pandemic. The Legislature won’t be distracted from that.”
Greig’s push for removing firearms on capitol premises comes after a total of 13 people were arrested in connection to the attempted kidnapping plot of Democratic Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, according to WXYZ. Militia groups from at least five states were found to have orchestrated the plot after criticism mounted against Whitmer for her coronavirus lockdown policies, the local outlet reported.
“It has been very nerve shaking, if you will,” Greig told the Post after being asked about the kidnapping plot. “I’m always on pins and needles, and always looking in the gallery to see who’s there.”
Armed men entered the Michigan capitol in connection with the “American Patriot Rally,” which protested Whitmer’s COVID-19 mandates in early May, according to BBC.


truepundit--2020-10-18--FCC To ‘Clarify’ Meaning Of Section 230 Following Twitter Suppression Of NYPost Story

Federal Communication Commission Chairman Ajit Pai announced Thursday that he intends to move forward with a rulemaking to “ clarify ” the meaning of Section 230 of the Communication Decency Act .
Pai ’ s announcement comes one day after Twitter prohibited users from posting links to a New York Post story about alleged emails involving Hunter Biden , former Vice President Joe Biden and the Ukrainian gas company Burisma .
Twitter ’ s suppression of the story led President Donald Trump to call for the repeal of Section 230 , which indemnifies internet companies from liability over content posted @ @ @ @ @ @ @ companies have a First Amendment right to free speech , ” Pai said in a statement Thursday .
“ But they do not have a First Amendment right to a special immunity denied to other media outlets , such as newspapers and broadcasters.
” Pai said members of all three branches of the federal government have expressed concerns about the immunities set forth in the provision .
“ There is bipartisan support in Congress to reform the law , ” Pai said .
“ The U.S. Department of Commerce has petitioned the Commission @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ And earlier this week , U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas pointed out that courts have relied upon ‘ policy and purpose arguments to grant sweeping protections to Internet platforms ’ that appear to go far beyond the actual text of the provision.
” Pai said that as Congress deliberates whether to change the law , the FCC ’ s general counsel has advised him that his commission has the legal authority to interpret the current meaning of the statute .
“ Consistent with this advice , I intend to move forward @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , ” Pai said .
Trump said during a campaign rally Wednesday that he would strip Section 230 protections from social media companies “ unless they shape up.
” “ If big tech persists in coordination with the mainstream media , we must immediately strip them of their Section 230 protection , ” Trump said .
“ We all believe in freedom of the press but don ’ t forget , big tech got something years ago that let them become big tech .
They got total protection .
”

Federal Communication Commission Chairman Ajit Pai announced Thursday that he intends to move forward with a rulemaking to “clarify” the meaning of Section 230 of the Communication Decency Act.
Pai’s announcement comes one day after Twitter prohibited users from posting links to a New York Post story about alleged emails involving Hunter Biden, former Vice President Joe Biden and the Ukrainian gas company Burisma. Twitter’s suppression of the story led President Donald Trump to call for the repeal of Section 230, which indemnifies internet companies from liability over content posted by their users.
“Social media companies have a First Amendment right to free speech,” Pai said in a statement Thursday. “But they do not have a First Amendment right to a special immunity denied to other media outlets, such as newspapers and broadcasters.”
I intend to move forward with an @FCC rulemaking to clarify the meaning of #Section230. Read my full statement below. pic.twitter.com/LhUz5XMdSC — Ajit Pai (@AjitPaiFCC) October 15, 2020
Pai said members of all three branches of the federal government have expressed concerns about the immunities set forth in the provision.
“There is bipartisan support in Congress to reform the law,” Pai said. “The U.S. Department of Commerce has petitioned the Commission to ‘clarify ambiguities in section 230.’ And earlier this week, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas pointed out that courts have relied upon ‘policy and purpose arguments to grant sweeping protections to Internet platforms’ that appear to go far beyond the actual text of the provision.”
Pai said that as Congress deliberates whether to change the law, the FCC’s general counsel has advised him that his commission has the legal authority to interpret the current meaning of the statute.
“Consistent with this advice, I intend to move forward with a rulemaking to clarify its meaning,” Pai said.
Trump said during a campaign rally Wednesday that he would strip Section 230 protections from social media companies “unless they shape up.”
Trump threatens to strip 230 protections from social media because he’s upset that they’re curtailing the distribution of Hunter Biden stories pic.twitter.com/ZLLsbH5FOI — Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) October 15, 2020
“If big tech persists in coordination with the mainstream media, we must immediately strip them of their Section 230 protection,” Trump said. “We all believe in freedom of the press but don’t forget, big tech got something years ago that let them become big tech. They got total protection.”


truepundit--2020-10-18--‘Smart As A Whip’: American Bar Association Members Praise Amy Coney Barrett

A panel of American Bar Association leaders praised Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett Thursday morning , saying that Barrett is “ well-qualified ” to serve on the Supreme Court .
American Bar Association ( ABA ) Standing Committee Chair Randall Noel and ABA Lead Evaluator Pamela Roberts both spoke before the Senate Judiciary Committee Thursday and discussed why the ABA gave Barrett its highest possible rating .
“ The standing committee ’ s evaluation of Judge Barrett is based solely on the comprehensive , nonpartisan , non-ideological peer review of the nominee ’ s integrity , professional competence and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The ABA lead evaluator added that through a comprehensive evaluation , the ABA concluded that “ Judge Barrett has earned and enjoys an excellent reputation for integrity and outstanding character.
” “ She is incredibly honest , forthright and exactly who you think she is , ” Roberts said , quoting accounts of Barrett .
“ Nothing about her is fake , she is good , decent , selfless , and sincere .
She is an exemplar of living an integrative life in which her intellect , integrity , and compassion weave the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” Roberts said that descriptions of Barrett ’ s intellect include comments such as the following : “ She is whip smart , highly productive and well-prepared .
A brilliant writer , and thinker .
She is quite pragmatic .
Judge Barrett is an intellectual giant with people skills and engaging warmth , an amazing student , which came from a professor .
Without exception the smartest student that I have taught.
” “ The myth is real , she is a staggering academic mind , ” Roberts said , quoting another description @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is the highest possible rating that the ABA will attach to a nominee .
President Donald Trump ’ s first and second nominees to the Supreme Court , Justices Brett Kavanaugh and Neil Gorsuch , also received “ well qualified ” scores .

A panel of American Bar Association leaders praised Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett Thursday morning, saying that Barrett is “well-qualified” to serve on the Supreme Court.
American Bar Association (ABA) Standing Committee Chair Randall Noel and ABA Lead Evaluator Pamela Roberts both spoke before the Senate Judiciary Committee Thursday and discussed why the ABA gave Barrett its highest possible rating.
“The standing committee’s evaluation of Judge Barrett is based solely on the comprehensive, nonpartisan, non-ideological peer review of the nominee’s integrity, professional competence and judicial temperament,” Roberts said.
The ABA lead evaluator added that through a comprehensive evaluation, the ABA concluded that “Judge Barrett has earned and enjoys an excellent reputation for integrity and outstanding character.”
“She is incredibly honest, forthright and exactly who you think she is,” Roberts said, quoting accounts of Barrett. “Nothing about her is fake, she is good, decent, selfless, and sincere. She is an exemplar of living an integrative life in which her intellect, integrity, and compassion weave the different threads of her life together seamlessly.”
Roberts said that descriptions of Barrett’s intellect include comments such as the following: “She is whip smart, highly productive and well-prepared. A brilliant writer, and thinker. She is quite pragmatic. Judge Barrett is an intellectual giant with people skills and engaging warmth, an amazing student, which came from a professor. Without exception the smartest student that I have taught.”
“The myth is real, she is a staggering academic mind,” Roberts said, quoting another description of Barrett.
“Well qualified” is the highest possible rating that the ABA will attach to a nominee. President Donald Trump’s first and second nominees to the Supreme Court, Justices Brett Kavanaugh and Neil Gorsuch, also received “well qualified” scores.


truepundit--2020-10-19--PAINE IN THE MORNING: 9 things you need to know this Monday – October 19th 2020 (LISTEN)

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Burisma Official Told Hunter Biden They Wanted To ‘ Close Down ’ Investigation Against Firm ’ s Owner , According To Unconfirmed Email – An executive at Burisma Holdings told Hunter Biden in November 2015 that he wanted high-ranking U.S. officials to express their support for the Ukrainian energy firm as part of an effort to shut down investigations against the company @ @ @ @ @ @ @ unconfirmed email Fox News reported Thursday .
According to Fox News anchor Tucker Carlson , Vadym Pozharskyi , a Burisma executive , emailed Biden and his business associate , Devon Archer , on Nov. 2 , 2015 , laying out a series of “ deliverables ” he sought for the company .
– READ MORE ‘ He Belongs In Prison ’ : Rudy Giuliani Says Alleged Hunter Biden Hard Drive Shows He Broke Foreign Agents Law – Republican former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani told the Daily Caller in an exclusive interview @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Joe Biden ’ s son , violated a foreign agent law when he allegedly met with government brass behind closed doors .
Giuliani , President Donald Trump ’ s personal lawyer , sent the contents of a computer hard drive purportedly owned by Hunter Biden to the New York Post , which appeared to reveal ties between both Hunter and Joe Biden to a Ukrainian energy company .
– READ MORE Report : Hunter Biden Business Partner Confirms Authenticity Of Email About Deal With Chinese Company – One of the recipients on an @ @ @ @ @ @ @ published earlier this week has authenticated the document , Fox News reported .
The email in question , which is dated March 13 , 2017 , purportedly shows a business partner of Biden ’ s discussing “ remuneration packages ” for participants in a deal involving CEFC China Energy , a Chinese energy company that was owned at the time by Ye Jianming .
– READ MORE Report : FBI Probing Whether Foreign Operatives Aided Release Of Hunter Biden Emails – The FBI is investigating whether the release of Hunter Biden ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ operation , according to news reports .
The Associated Press and NBC News cited sources who said the bureau is investigating whether foreign intelligence operatives had a hand in releasing the emails , which Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani provided to The New York Post last week .
– READ MORE Operatives Behind The Steele Dossier Played Little Known Role In Another Debunked Conspiracy Theory – Following on the heels of their work on the infamous Steele dossier , the operatives behind the controversial document began investigating possible links between the Russian government , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ now-defunct data firm , Cambridge Analytica .
As with their dossier work , the dirt-digging effort led by former MI6 officer Christopher Steele and Fusion GPS founder Glenn Simpson has turned up little evidence to support their initial collusion conspiracy theory .
– READ MORE Ilhan Omar Funnels 70 Percent of Campaign Expenditures to Husband ’ s Company – Rep. Ilhan Omar ( D. , Minn. ) funneled an additional $ 1.1 million to her husband ’ s company , bringing her total payments to the firm to $ 2.7 million for the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Omar ’ s campaign filings , released Thursday , show that she sent $ 1.1 million more to the E Street Group , a political consulting firm owned by her husband , Tim Mynett .
The payments account for nearly 70 percent of the $ 1.6 million Omar ’ s campaign has disbursed between July 23 and the end of September .
They have helped cover advertisements , consulting , travel expenses , and production costs .
– READ MORE NYPD Sees Nearly 90 % Rise In Retirements – The New York City @ @ @ @ @ @ @ force in the nation , has seen a nearly 90 % rise in retirements so far in 2020 , the NYPD told Fox News .
Around 2,400 officers filed for retirement as of Oct. 6 , compared to around 1,300 during the same time frame in 2019 , marking an 87 % increase , an NYPD spokesperson told Fox .
– READ MORE Dr. Fauci Suggests Americans Might Have To Rethink Thanksgiving Gatherings Due To Coronavirus – Dr. Anthony Fauci is suggesting Americans rethink their Thanksgiving gatherings in the face of a spike @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Fauci , the White House coronavirus advisor , made the dire prediction during an interview with “ CBS Evening News.
” – READ MORE Born to Run Away : Bruce Springsteen Promises to Flee to Australia if Donald Trump Wins – Bruce Springsteen isn ’ t looking forward to the possibility of President Trump ’ s reelection .
The 71-year-old rocker recently spoke with the Australian press via a virtual chat , and he said that should the election favor Trump , he might not stick around the US .
– READ MORE @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Below --

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Burisma Official Told Hunter Biden They Wanted To ‘Close Down’ Investigation Against Firm’s Owner, According To Unconfirmed Email – An executive at Burisma Holdings told Hunter Biden in November 2015 that he wanted high-ranking U.S. officials to express their support for the Ukrainian energy firm as part of an effort to shut down investigations against the company’s owner, according to an unconfirmed email Fox News reported Thursday.
According to Fox News anchor Tucker Carlson, Vadym Pozharskyi, a Burisma executive, emailed Biden and his business associate, Devon Archer, on Nov. 2, 2015, laying out a series of “deliverables” he sought for the company. – READ MORE
‘He Belongs In Prison’: Rudy Giuliani Says Alleged Hunter Biden Hard Drive Shows He Broke Foreign Agents Law – Republican former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani told the Daily Caller in an exclusive interview that Hunter Biden, Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden’s son, violated a foreign agent law when he allegedly met with government brass behind closed doors.
Giuliani, President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer, sent the contents of a computer hard drive purportedly owned by Hunter Biden to the New York Post, which appeared to reveal ties between both Hunter and Joe Biden to a Ukrainian energy company. – READ MORE
Report: Hunter Biden Business Partner Confirms Authenticity Of Email About Deal With Chinese Company – One of the recipients on an email chain with Hunter Biden that was published earlier this week has authenticated the document, Fox News reported.
The email in question, which is dated March 13, 2017, purportedly shows a business partner of Biden’s discussing “remuneration packages” for participants in a deal involving CEFC China Energy, a Chinese energy company that was owned at the time by Ye Jianming. – READ MORE
Report: FBI Probing Whether Foreign Operatives Aided Release Of Hunter Biden Emails – The FBI is investigating whether the release of Hunter Biden’s emails are part of a foreign intelligence operation, according to news reports.
The Associated Press and NBC News cited sources who said the bureau is investigating whether foreign intelligence operatives had a hand in releasing the emails, which Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani provided to The New York Post last week. – READ MORE
Operatives Behind The Steele Dossier Played Little Known Role In Another Debunked Conspiracy Theory – Following on the heels of their work on the infamous Steele dossier, the operatives behind the controversial document began investigating possible links between the Russian government, supporters of the Brexit campaign and the now-defunct data firm, Cambridge Analytica.
As with their dossier work, the dirt-digging effort led by former MI6 officer Christopher Steele and Fusion GPS founder Glenn Simpson has turned up little evidence to support their initial collusion conspiracy theory. – READ MORE
Ilhan Omar Funnels 70 Percent of Campaign Expenditures to Husband’s Company – Rep. Ilhan Omar (D., Minn.) funneled an additional $1.1 million to her husband’s company, bringing her total payments to the firm to $2.7 million for the election cycle, new filings show.
Omar’s campaign filings, released Thursday, show that she sent $1.1 million more to the E Street Group, a political consulting firm owned by her husband, Tim Mynett. The payments account for nearly 70 percent of the $1.6 million Omar’s campaign has disbursed between July 23 and the end of September. They have helped cover advertisements, consulting, travel expenses, and production costs. – READ MORE
NYPD Sees Nearly 90% Rise In Retirements – The New York City Police Department, the largest law enforcement force in the nation, has seen a nearly 90% rise in retirements so far in 2020, the NYPD told Fox News.
Around 2,400 officers filed for retirement as of Oct. 6, compared to around 1,300 during the same time frame in 2019, marking an 87% increase, an NYPD spokesperson told Fox. – READ MORE
Dr. Fauci Suggests Americans Might Have To Rethink Thanksgiving Gatherings Due To Coronavirus – Dr. Anthony Fauci is suggesting Americans rethink their Thanksgiving gatherings in the face of a spike in coronavirus cases around the country.
Fauci, the White House coronavirus advisor, made the dire prediction during an interview with “CBS Evening News.” – READ MORE
Born to Run Away: Bruce Springsteen Promises to Flee to Australia if Donald Trump Wins – Bruce Springsteen isn’t looking forward to the possibility of President Trump’s reelection.
The 71-year-old rocker recently spoke with the Australian press via a virtual chat, and he said that should the election favor Trump, he might not stick around the US. – READ MORE
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truepundit--2020-10-19--SCOTUS Sells Out the Constitution Again — Extends Election Day 72 Hours in Pennsylvania; Roberts Vot

SCOTUS Sells Out the Constitution Again — Extends Election Day 72 Hours in Pennsylvania; Roberts Votes With Liberals

“ BREAKING : Evenly divided Supreme Court backs Democrats , lets Pennsylvania ballots count if received up to three days @ @ @ @ @ , Alito , Gorsuch , Kavanaugh would have stayed PA Supreme Court decision , reinstated @ @ @ @ @ Roberts joins liberals.
” — Greg Stohr “ Justice Roberts screws Republicans again , by @ @ @ @ @ to the absurd Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruling that allows counting ballots received AFTER election day @ @ @ @ @ Roberts ’ other rulings on ballot access.
” — Robert Barnes Listen to the insightful @ @ @ @ @

“BREAKING: Evenly divided Supreme Court backs Democrats, lets Pennsylvania ballots count if received up to three days after Election Day. Thomas, Alito, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh would have stayed PA Supreme Court decision, reinstated original Nov. 3 deadline. Roberts joins liberals.” — Greg Stohr
“Justice Roberts screws Republicans again, by refusing to issue a stay to the absurd Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruling that allows counting ballots received AFTER election day. This also hypocritically contradicts Roberts’ other rulings on ballot access.” — Robert Barnes
BREAKING: Evenly divided Supreme Court backs Democrats, lets Pennsylvania ballots count if received up to three days after Election Day. Thomas, Alito, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh would have stayed PA Supreme Court decision, reinstated original Nov. 3 deadline. Roberts joins liberals. — Greg Stohr (@GregStohr) October 19, 2020
Justice Roberts screws Republicans again, by refusing to issue a stay to the absurd Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruling that allows counting ballots received AFTER election day. This also hypocritically contradicts Roberts’ other rulings on ballot access. https://t.co/d96gvVE3O7 — Robert Barnes (@Barnes_Law) October 19, 2020
So … Election Day is now Election Week. Got it.
PRESTO! … SCOTUS creates a defacto Amendment to the Constitution by bending over for the Communist Gov of PA Tom Wolf. https://t.co/o9wdDaJMJ2 — Thomas Paine (@Thomas1774Paine) October 19, 2020
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truepundit--2020-10-19--Hidin’ Biden Runs From Question About FBI, ‘Will Not Be Seen Again’ Until Debate Night

Democrat presidential nominee Joe Biden ran from a question on Sunday about the FBI , which comes after he snapped at a reporter late last week for asking him about the growing scandal involving a laptop that may have belonged to his son , Hunter .
CBS News correspondent Ed O ’ Keefe said on Sunday that Biden would not been seen again after today until the debate on Thursday night .
“ And worry that if they can ’ t keep their base motivated , if they can ’ t keep convincing people to show up , whether it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of , they ’ re going to be in trouble .
This week is mostly about debate prep , ” O ’ Keefe said .
“ He will not be seen again after today until Thursday night in Nashville at that next debate .
So , they are going to keep him focused on that .
That ’ s a signal that they believe this is still a very big opportunity for them to provide one last big contrast with the President , and that they have to prepare him for potential attacks @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Listen to the insightful Thomas Paine Podcast Below --

Democrat presidential nominee Joe Biden ran from a question on Sunday about the FBI, which comes after he snapped at a reporter late last week for asking him about the growing scandal involving a laptop that may have belonged to his son, Hunter.
CBS’s Ed O’Keefe on Face The Nation: “[Joe Biden] will not be seen again after today until Thursday night.” REMINDER: Joe Biden and his campaign have not disputed the authenticity of the bombshell emails which detail the extensive corruption of the Biden family. pic.twitter.com/obMn3QRxKS — Steve Guest (@SteveGuest) October 18, 2020
CBS News correspondent Ed O’Keefe said on Sunday that Biden would not been seen again after today until the debate on Thursday night.
“And [Democrats] worry that if they can’t keep their base motivated, if they can’t keep convincing people to show up, whether it’s early or on the day of, they’re going to be in trouble. This week is mostly about debate prep,” O’Keefe said. “He will not be seen again after today until Thursday night in Nashville at that next debate. So, they are going to keep him focused on that. That’s a signal that they believe this is still a very big opportunity for them to provide one last big contrast with the President, and that they have to prepare him for potential attacks from the President.” – READ MORE
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