truepundit--2020-04-26--Muslim Call To Prayer To Be Blasted Over Major U.S. City Five Times A Day

A Minneapolis neighborhood , which lies in controversial Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar ’ s district , will begin broadcasting the @ @ @ @ @ times a day over outdoor loudspeakers throughout the month of Ramadan , reports say .
@ @ @ @ @ to be the first publicly-broadcast call to prayer in a major US city , ” @ @ @ @ @ a post on Twitter .
“ There ’ s definitely a lot of excitement , @ @ @ @ @ , who is on the board of the Dar al-Hijrah mosque , from where the @ @ @ @ @ “ Some people see it as historic , ” Adam told Al Jazeera .
“ @ @ @ @ @ they ’ re not doing it , able to see it in their lifetime.
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A Minneapolis neighborhood, which lies in controversial Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar’s district, will begin broadcasting the Muslim call to prayer five times a day over outdoor loudspeakers throughout the month of Ramadan, reports say.
The Muslim call to prayer echoed for the first time ever throughout a Minneapolis neighbourhood, in what is believed to be the first publicly-broadcast call to prayer in a major US city https://t.co/aGvy1cXqdJ | #Ramadan pic.twitter.com/semZG904ps — Al Jazeera English (@AJEnglish) April 24, 2020
The move is “believed to be the first publicly-broadcast call to prayer in a major US city,” al Jazeera English said in a post on Twitter.
The simple, short call – known as the adhan – marked an historical moment for Minneapolis and major cities across the United States, community members said. While the adhan is commonly broadcast throughout the Middle East, North Africa and other places, for many Muslims in the US, it is only heard inside mosques or community centres.
“There’s definitely a lot of excitement,” said Imam Abdisalam Adam, who is on the board of the Dar al-Hijrah mosque, from where the adhan will be broadcast.
“Some people see it as historic,” Adam told Al Jazeera. “To the point … that they’re not doing it, able to see it in their lifetime.” – READ MORE
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truepundit--2020-04-26--Next wave of U.S. states prepare to reopen as coronavirus could push jobless rate to 16%

Another wave of U.S. states are preparing to lift coronavirus restrictions this week against the warnings of many public health experts as the White House sees this month ’ s jobless rate hitting 16 % or higher .
Health experts say increased human interaction could spark a new wave of cases of COVID-19 , the respiratory disease caused by the highly contagious virus that has already killed more than 54,300 Americans .
Colorado , Mississippi , Minnesota , Montana and Tennessee will join other states beginning an experiment to reopen economies without the testing and contact-tracing infrastructure health experts say @ @ @ @ @ @ @ infections , with lives in the balance .
Georgia , Oklahoma , Alaska and South Carolina have already taken steps to restart their economies following a month of government-ordered lockdowns .
Those unprecedented restrictions resulted in a record 26.5 million Americans filing for unemployment benefits since mid-March .
The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office predicted on Friday that the economy would contract at nearly a 40 % annual rate in the second quarter .
Even next year , the CBO forecast the unemployment rate averaging above 10 % .
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Another wave of U.S. states are preparing to lift coronavirus restrictions this week against the warnings of many public health experts as the White House sees this month’s jobless rate hitting 16% or higher.
Health experts say increased human interaction could spark a new wave of cases of COVID-19, the respiratory disease caused by the highly contagious virus that has already killed more than 54,300 Americans.
Colorado, Mississippi, Minnesota, Montana and Tennessee will join other states beginning an experiment to reopen economies without the testing and contact-tracing infrastructure health experts say is needed to prevent a resurgence of infections, with lives in the balance.
Georgia, Oklahoma, Alaska and South Carolina have already taken steps to restart their economies following a month of government-ordered lockdowns.
Those unprecedented restrictions resulted in a record 26.5 million Americans filing for unemployment benefits since mid-March. The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office predicted on Friday that the economy would contract at nearly a 40% annual rate in the second quarter. Even next year, the CBO forecast the unemployment rate averaging above 10%. – READ MORE
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truepundit--2020-04-26--The Next Chapter of the Oil Crisis: The Industry Shuts Down

Negative oil prices , ships dawdling at sea with unwanted cargoes , and traders getting creative about where to stash oil .
The next chapter in the oil crisis is now inevitable : great swathes of the petroleum industry are about to start shutting down .
The economic impact of the coronavirus has ripped through the oil industry in dramatic phases .
First it destroyed demand as lockdowns shut factories and kept drivers at home .
Then storage started filling up and traders resorted to ocean-going tankers to store crude in the hope of better prices ahead .
Now shipping @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the industry runs out of tankers — a sign of just how distorted the market has become .
The specter of production shut-downs — and the impact they will have on jobs , companies , their banks , and local economies — was one of the reasons that spurred world leaders to join forces to cut production in an orderly way .
But as the scale of the crisis dwarfed their efforts , failing to stop prices diving below zero last week , shut-downs are now a reality .
It ’ s the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ We are moving into the end-game , ” Torbjorn Tornqvist , head of commodity trading giant Gunvor Group Ltd. , said in an interview .
“ Early-to-mid May could be the peak .
We are weeks , not months , away from it.
” In theory , the first oil output cuts should have come from the OPEC+ alliance , which earlier this month agreed to reduce production from May 1 .
Yet after the catastrophic price plunge on Monday , when West Texas Intermediate fell to - $ 40 a barrel @ @ @ @ @ @ @ patch that is leading .
The best indicator of how the U.S. industry is reacting is the rapid drop in the number of oil rigs in operation , which last week fell to a four-year low .
Before the coronavirus crisis hit , oil companies ran about 650 rigs in the U.S. By Friday , more than 40 % of them had stopped working , with only 378 left .
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Negative oil prices, ships dawdling at sea with unwanted cargoes, and traders getting creative about where to stash oil. The next chapter in the oil crisis is now inevitable: great swathes of the petroleum industry are about to start shutting down.
The economic impact of the coronavirus has ripped through the oil industry in dramatic phases. First it destroyed demand as lockdowns shut factories and kept drivers at home. Then storage started filling up and traders resorted to ocean-going tankers to store crude in the hope of better prices ahead.
Now shipping prices are surging to stratospheric levels as the industry runs out of tankers — a sign of just how distorted the market has become.
The specter of production shut-downs — and the impact they will have on jobs, companies, their banks, and local economies — was one of the reasons that spurred world leaders to join forces to cut production in an orderly way. But as the scale of the crisis dwarfed their efforts, failing to stop prices diving below zero last week, shut-downs are now a reality. It’s the worst-case scenario for producers and refiners.
“We are moving into the end-game,” Torbjorn Tornqvist, head of commodity trading giant Gunvor Group Ltd., said in an interview. “Early-to-mid May could be the peak. We are weeks, not months, away from it.”
In theory, the first oil output cuts should have come from the OPEC+ alliance, which earlier this month agreed to reduce production from May 1. Yet after the catastrophic price plunge on Monday, when West Texas Intermediate fell to -$40 a barrel, it’s the U.S. shale patch that is leading.
The best indicator of how the U.S. industry is reacting is the rapid drop in the number of oil rigs in operation, which last week fell to a four-year low. Before the coronavirus crisis hit, oil companies ran about 650 rigs in the U.S. By Friday, more than 40% of them had stopped working, with only 378 left. – READ MORE
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truepundit--2020-04-26--Two Smithfield meat processing plants in Illinois closed due to coronavirus concerns

Smithfield Foods Inc. announced Friday that it will shutter operations at its Monmouth , Illinois , plant beginning Monday and @ @ @ @ @ company ’ s location in St. Charles , Illinois , is also being closed until @ @ @ @ @ can be cleaned and social distancing requirements put into place .
The Virginia-based company says @ @ @ @ @ of the Monmouth plant ’ s 1,700 employees tested positive for COVID-19 , the disease @ @ @ @ @ The Monmouth plant represents about 3 percent of U.S. fresh pork supplies and also produces @ @ @ @ @ closed meatpacking plants in Cudahy , Wisconsin ; Martin City , Missouri ; and Sioux @ @ @ @ @ MORE Listen to the insightful Thomas Paine Podcast Below --

Smithfield Foods Inc. announced Friday that it will shutter operations at its Monmouth, Illinois, plant beginning Monday and until further notice. The company’s location in St. Charles, Illinois, is also being closed until early May so that it can be cleaned and social distancing requirements put into place.
The Virginia-based company says a “small portion” of the Monmouth plant’s 1,700 employees tested positive for COVID-19, the disease caused by the coronavirus.
The Monmouth plant represents about 3 percent of U.S. fresh pork supplies and also produces bacon.
Smithfield also has closed meatpacking plants in Cudahy, Wisconsin; Martin City, Missouri; and Sioux Falls, South Dakota.- READ MORE
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truepundit--2020-04-26--USDA let millions of pounds of food rot while food-bank demand soared

Tom Vilsack , who served as agriculture secretary during the Obama administration , put it this way : “ It ’ s not a lack of food , it ’ s that the food is in one place and the demand is somewhere else and they haven ’ t been able to connect the dots .
You ’ ve got to galvanize people.
” It has been six weeks since President Donald Trump and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention first urged Americans to avoid restaurants as part of national social distancing guidelines to slow the spread of Covid-19 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for millions of pounds of food earmarked for professional kitchens across the country .
Just 50 miles from Trump ’ s home in Mar-a-Lago , Florida growers , much of whose produce was destined for restaurant chains , faced an immediate crisis : Find customers for surplus crops or plow the fields under to avoid attracting pests .
Images of farmers destroying tomatoes , piling up squash , burying onions and dumping milk shocked many Americans who remain fearful of supply shortages .
At the same time , people who recently lost their @ @ @ @ @ @ @ food banks , raising questions about why there has been no coordinated response at the federal level to get the surplus of perishable food to more people in need , even as commodity groups , state leaders and lawmakers repeatedly urged the Agriculture Department to step in .
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Tom Vilsack, who served as agriculture secretary during the Obama administration, put it this way: “It’s not a lack of food, it’s that the food is in one place and the demand is somewhere else and they haven’t been able to connect the dots. You’ve got to galvanize people.”
It has been six weeks since President Donald Trump and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention first urged Americans to avoid restaurants as part of national social distancing guidelines to slow the spread of Covid-19 — a move that immediately severed demand for millions of pounds of food earmarked for professional kitchens across the country.
Just 50 miles from Trump’s home in Mar-a-Lago, Florida growers, much of whose produce was destined for restaurant chains, faced an immediate crisis: Find customers for surplus crops or plow the fields under to avoid attracting pests.
Images of farmers destroying tomatoes, piling up squash, burying onions and dumping milk shocked many Americans who remain fearful of supply shortages. At the same time, people who recently lost their jobs lined up for miles outside some food banks, raising questions about why there has been no coordinated response at the federal level to get the surplus of perishable food to more people in need, even as commodity groups, state leaders and lawmakers repeatedly urged the Agriculture Department to step in. – READ MORE
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truepundit--2020-04-26--Alabama chicken plants scramble to slow outbreaks of coronavirus

Attorney Sarah Rich ’ s work representing immigrants for the Southern Poverty Law Center brings her inside some of the South ’ s largest poultry processing plants .
She ’ s seen hundreds of workers standing shoulder-to-shoulder on both sides of conveyor belts as chickens whizzed past at speeds of more than 100 per minute .
Things can get dangerous , Rich said .
Sometimes workers accidentally cut each other .
They develop disabling injuries in their wrists and hands from the repetitive work of slashing and removing bones .
And now they face a new danger from an unexpected @ @ @ @ @ @ @ each other ’ s spaces .
“ The way the lines are set up , there ’ s no social distancing possible , ” Rich said .
Poultry plants have become hot beds of coronavirus as it spreads in rural areas .
A Wayne Farms processing plant in Albertville reported 75 positive cases and one death earlier this week , one of the largest outbreaks in the state .
In Marshall County , home to Albertville , Emergency Management Agency Director Anita McBurnett said cases have also been reported at Pilgrim ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ now has more cases of COVID-19 than any of its neighbors , with more than a quarter coming from Wayne Farms .
Across the country , cases linked to the meat processing industry have exploded .
Beef and pork plants have been hit especially hard , with more than 700 cases coming from a single plant in South Dakota .
While much of the media attention has focused on Midwestern meatpacking plants , smaller clusters at poultry plants in the South have also raised concerns .
More outbreaks could spell trouble for Alabama @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of thousands of jobs and about $ 15 billion in revenue .
Chicken processing provides jobs not just for those working in the plants , but also to those up and down the supply chain , said James Hutcheson , chair of the Marshall County Board of Commissioners .
“ You ’ re talking about the feed mills , truck drivers , chicken houses , ” Hutcheson said .
“ It ’ s a lot of jobs.
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Attorney Sarah Rich’s work representing immigrants for the Southern Poverty Law Center brings her inside some of the South’s largest poultry processing plants. She’s seen hundreds of workers standing shoulder-to-shoulder on both sides of conveyor belts as chickens whizzed past at speeds of more than 100 per minute.
Things can get dangerous, Rich said. Sometimes workers accidentally cut each other. They develop disabling injuries in their wrists and hands from the repetitive work of slashing and removing bones. And now they face a new danger from an unexpected place: spending too much time in each other’s spaces.
“The way the lines are set up, there’s no social distancing possible,” Rich said.
Poultry plants have become hot beds of coronavirus as it spreads in rural areas. A Wayne Farms processing plant in Albertville reported 75 positive cases and one death earlier this week, one of the largest outbreaks in the state. In Marshall County, home to Albertville, Emergency Management Agency Director Anita McBurnett said cases have also been reported at Pilgrim’s Pride and Tyson plants.
Marshall County now has more cases of COVID-19 than any of its neighbors, with more than a quarter coming from Wayne Farms. Across the country, cases linked to the meat processing industry have exploded. Beef and pork plants have been hit especially hard, with more than 700 cases coming from a single plant in South Dakota.
While much of the media attention has focused on Midwestern meatpacking plants, smaller clusters at poultry plants in the South have also raised concerns. More outbreaks could spell trouble for Alabama, where the industry accounts for tens of thousands of jobs and about $15 billion in revenue.
Chicken processing provides jobs not just for those working in the plants, but also to those up and down the supply chain, said James Hutcheson, chair of the Marshall County Board of Commissioners.
“You’re talking about the feed mills, truck drivers, chicken houses,” Hutcheson said. “It’s a lot of jobs.” – READ MORE
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truepundit--2020-04-26--Lawmakers warn coronavirus contact-tracing is ripe for abusive surveillance

It is a big promise from Silicon Valley to a nation looking for ways to be freed from home confinement : Smartphones could discreetly detect those who may have COVID-19 and nudge them to quarantine , blunting renewed outbreaks as Americans start to once again venture out .
But as tech firms lay the foundation for a potentially massive digital contact-tracing infrastructure , Washington is grappling with whether such technology can work without becoming a hulking , invasive surveillance system .
It is a vexing problem that could leave Americans exposed to another vast intrusion in their everyday lives by @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and Google , which are leading the efforts to develop tracking apps , have pledged that participation would be voluntary and include guardrails to protect confidentiality .
But the inability of Congress to pass meaningful data-privacy rules — and the poor track record of many tech firms in protecting privacy — heightens the risk , lawmakers and outside experts say .
“ If information about who has COVID-19 gets into the wrong hands , it could lead to things that are harmful , ” said Rep. Anna G. Eshoo ( D-Menlo Park ) @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on the Trump administration to place strict limits on what contact-tracing data can be collected and shared .
The White House has so far issued none , even as it consults behind closed doors with tech firms on the development of a tracing infrastructure .
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It is a big promise from Silicon Valley to a nation looking for ways to be freed from home confinement: Smartphones could discreetly detect those who may have COVID-19 and nudge them to quarantine, blunting renewed outbreaks as Americans start to once again venture out.
But as tech firms lay the foundation for a potentially massive digital contact-tracing infrastructure, Washington is grappling with whether such technology can work without becoming a hulking, invasive surveillance system.
It is a vexing problem that could leave Americans exposed to another vast intrusion in their everyday lives by governments or big tech companies.
Apple and Google, which are leading the efforts to develop tracking apps, have pledged that participation would be voluntary and include guardrails to protect confidentiality. But the inability of Congress to pass meaningful data-privacy rules — and the poor track record of many tech firms in protecting privacy — heightens the risk, lawmakers and outside experts say.
“If information about who has COVID-19 gets into the wrong hands, it could lead to things that are harmful,” said Rep. Anna G. Eshoo (D-Menlo Park).
She is among several lawmakers calling on the Trump administration to place strict limits on what contact-tracing data can be collected and shared. The White House has so far issued none, even as it consults behind closed doors with tech firms on the development of a tracing infrastructure. – READ MORE
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truepundit--2020-04-26--One in 3 death certificates were wrong before coronavirus. It’s about to get even worse.

As the United States struggles to track coronavirus fatalities amid spotty testing , delayed lab results and inconsistent reporting standards , a more insidious problem could thwart the country ’ s quest for an accurate death toll .
Up to 1 in 3 death certificates nationwide were wrong before COVID-19 , Bob Anderson , chief of the mortality statistics branch at the National Center for Health Statistics , said in an interview with the USA TODAY Network .
“ I ’ m always worried about getting good data .
I think this sort of thing can be an issue even @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Experts said the inaccuracies are part and parcel of a patchwork , state-by-state system of medical examiners , coroners and doctors who have disparate medical backgrounds , and in some cases none at all .
The problem is likely to get worse as the pandemic inundates overworked and sometimes untrained officials who fill out the forms .
Accurate death certificates are paramount for health officials trying to determine where to focus resources to fight the spread of the coronavirus , said Umair Shah , executive director of the Public Health Department in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Houston .
“ That death represents an ecosystem of people , ” Shah said .
A review of Missouri hospitals in 2017 , for example , found nearly half of death certificates listed an incorrect cause of death .
A Vermont study found 51 % of death certificates had major errors .
Nearly half of the physicians the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention surveyed in 2010 admitted that they knowingly reported an inaccurate cause of death .
Death certificates regularly lack enough details to accurately pinpoint the cause of death , Anderson @ @ @ @ @ @ @ arrest is not an acceptable cause of death , because everybody dies of cardiac arrest , ” Anderson said .
“ That just means your heart stopped.
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As the United States struggles to track coronavirus fatalities amid spotty testing, delayed lab results and inconsistent reporting standards, a more insidious problem could thwart the country’s quest for an accurate death toll.
Up to 1 in 3 death certificates nationwide were wrong before COVID-19, Bob Anderson, chief of the mortality statistics branch at the National Center for Health Statistics, said in an interview with the USA TODAY Network.
“I’m always worried about getting good data. I think this sort of thing can be an issue even in a pandemic,” Anderson said.
Experts said the inaccuracies are part and parcel of a patchwork, state-by-state system of medical examiners, coroners and doctors who have disparate medical backgrounds, and in some cases none at all.
The problem is likely to get worse as the pandemic inundates overworked and sometimes untrained officials who fill out the forms.
Accurate death certificates are paramount for health officials trying to determine where to focus resources to fight the spread of the coronavirus, said Umair Shah, executive director of the Public Health Department in Harris County, Texas, which includes Houston.
“That death represents an ecosystem of people,” Shah said.
Inaccurate death reporting is a long-standing problem.
A review of Missouri hospitals in 2017, for example, found nearly half of death certificates listed an incorrect cause of death. A Vermont study found 51% of death certificates had major errors. Nearly half of the physicians the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention surveyed in 2010 admitted that they knowingly reported an inaccurate cause of death.
Death certificates regularly lack enough details to accurately pinpoint the cause of death, Anderson said.
“For example, cardiac arrest is not an acceptable cause of death, because everybody dies of cardiac arrest,” Anderson said. “That just means your heart stopped.” – READ MORE
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truepundit--2020-04-26--Suddenly Media Realizes FBI Plotted to “F*ck Flynn”; True Pundit Told You That 1,145 DAYS AGO

Here we go again , the mainstream and right-wing media re-packaging ‘ news ’ True Pundit broke years ago .
In this case , 1,145 days ago .
Wait , what ?
That ’ s 3.1 YEARS .
Yes , years .
Where in the hell was everyone else in the media 3.1 years ago ?
Riding the fence , asleep , or hiding ther heads in the sand .
You may recall True Pundit ’ s story on March 7 , 2017 where we were the first and only to report FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe boasted to a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ then we fuck Trump.
” The True Pundit piece dealt with what we were told was a FBI plot to take down Mike Flynn and President Donald Trump .
Suddenly , the media is treating these revelations as breaking news , asking : Was there a FBI plot to take down Flynn ?
Wow , how bad are you people at your jobs ?
This from True Pundit March 2017 : Mainstream media like The Hill and others sat on the fence for years , protecting McCabe and others .
But we — @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a plot to sandbag Flynn in March 2017 and now Congress and the MSM are still wondering if there might be a plot .
Or maybe they knew all along .
From the True Pundit article entitled EXCLUSIVE : FBI ’ s Own Political Terror Plot ; Deputy Director and FBI Brass Secretly Conspired to Wage Coup Against Flynn & Trump : Mere days before Gen. Michael Flynn was sacked as national security advisor , FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe gathered more than a dozen of his top FBI disciples to plot how @ @ @ @ @ @ @ career and manufacture evidence to derail President Donald Trump , according to FBI sources .
McCabe , the second highest ranking FBI official , emphatically declared at the invite-only gathering with raised voice : “ Fuck Flynn and then we Fuck Trump , ” according to direct sources .
Many of his top lieutenants applauded and cheered such rhetoric .
A scattered few did not .
This was one of several such meetings held in seclusion among key FBI leaders since Trump was elected president , FBI sources confirm .
At the congregation @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and vowed to destroy Flynn and Trump , there were as many as 16 top FBI officials , inside intelligence sources said .
No lower-level agents or support personnel were present .
If you are among the millions of Americans who have pondered in recent months whether the Obama-era “ Deep State ” intelligence apparatus and FBI are working for or against Trump , this is the first definitive proof that the country ’ s once-premiere law enforcement agency has gone rogue .
The non-elected hierarchy that steer the FBI have declared war @ @ @ @ @ @ @ inner circle .
Make no mistake .
Now 1,145 days later , we couldn ’ t have said it any better ourselves .
Whoops , we did say it ourselves .
In fact .
all by ourselves with no support from so-called colleagues in the media .
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Here we go again, the mainstream and right-wing media re-packaging ‘news’ True Pundit broke months years ago. In this case, 1,145 days ago. Wait, what?
That’s 3.1 YEARS. Yes, years. Where in the hell was everyone else in the media 3.1 years ago? Riding the fence, asleep, or hiding ther heads in the sand.
You may recall True Pundit’s story on March 7, 2017 where we were the first and only to report FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe boasted to a crowded conference room “Fuck Flynn and then we fuck Trump.”
The True Pundit piece dealt with what we were told was a FBI plot to take down Mike Flynn and President Donald Trump.
Suddenly, the media is treating these revelations as breaking news, asking: Was there a FBI plot to take down Flynn?
Wow, how bad are you people at your jobs? This from True Pundit March 2017:
Mainstream media like The Hill and others sat on the fence for years, protecting McCabe and others. But we — True Pundit — told you there was a plot to sandbag Flynn in March 2017 and now Congress and the MSM are still wondering if there might be a plot. Or maybe they knew all along.
From the True Pundit article entitled EXCLUSIVE: FBI’s Own Political Terror Plot; Deputy Director and FBI Brass Secretly Conspired to Wage Coup Against Flynn & Trump:
Mere days before Gen. Michael Flynn was sacked as national security advisor, FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe gathered more than a dozen of his top FBI disciples to plot how to ruin Flynn’s aspiring political career and manufacture evidence to derail President Donald Trump, according to FBI sources.
McCabe, the second highest ranking FBI official, emphatically declared at the invite-only gathering with raised voice: “Fuck Flynn and then we Fuck Trump,” according to direct sources. Many of his top lieutenants applauded and cheered such rhetoric. A scattered few did not.
This was one of several such meetings held in seclusion among key FBI leaders since Trump was elected president, FBI sources confirm. At the congregation where McCabe went off the political rails and vowed to destroy Flynn and Trump, there were as many as 16 top FBI officials, inside intelligence sources said. No lower-level agents or support personnel were present.
If you are among the millions of Americans who have pondered in recent months whether the Obama-era “Deep State” intelligence apparatus and FBI are working for or against Trump, this is the first definitive proof that the country’s once-premiere law enforcement agency has gone rogue.
The non-elected hierarchy that steer the FBI have declared war on President Trump and his White House inner circle. Make no mistake.
Now 1,145 days later, we couldn’t have said it any better ourselves. Whoops, we did say it ourselves. In fact. all by ourselves with no support from so-called colleagues in the media.
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truepundit--2020-04-26--E.R. Doctors Urge A Reopening: Lockdown Creating Public Health Crisis, Doctors ‘Pressured’ To Add CO

E.R. Doctors Urge A Reopening: Lockdown Creating Public Health Crisis, Doctors ‘Pressured’ To Add COVID To Death Reports, Quarantining Healthy ‘Never Seen’ Before (VIDEO)

During a press conference on Wednesday , California emergency room doctors Dan Erickson and Artin Massihi of Accelerated Urgent Care told reporters that nationwide lockdown policies are not an appropriate reaction to what current data shows about the China-originated novel coronavirus but are instead causing measurable public health issues , like spikes in domestic violence , sexual abuse , depression , and spreading fear to non-COVID-19 related would-be patients that are skipping out on vital health care .
“ We understand microbiology , we understand immunology , and we want strong immune systems , ” Dr. Erickson told reporters , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ don ’ t want to stay in my home and develop a weak immune system , and then come out and get a disease.
” Erickson noted that quarantining the healthy is like nothing he ’ s seen before .
“ We decided to keep people at home and isolate them , even though everything we ’ ve studied about quarantine , typically you quarantine the sick , ” he explained .
“ When someone has measles you quarantine them .
We ’ ve never seen the healthy , where you take those @ @ @ @ @ @ @ them in your home .
So , some of these things from what we ’ ve studied from immunology and microbiology aren ’ t really meshing with what we know as people of scientific minds who read this stuff.
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During a press conference on Wednesday, California emergency room doctors Dan Erickson and Artin Massihi of Accelerated Urgent Care told reporters that nationwide lockdown policies are not an appropriate reaction to what current data shows about the China-originated novel coronavirus but are instead causing measurable public health issues, like spikes in domestic violence, sexual abuse, depression, and spreading fear to non-COVID-19 related would-be patients that are skipping out on vital health care.
“We understand microbiology, we understand immunology, and we want strong immune systems,” Dr. Erickson told reporters, rebuffing inconsistent shelter-in-place orders . “I don’t want to stay in my home and develop a weak immune system, and then come out and get a disease.”
Erickson noted that quarantining the healthy is like nothing he’s seen before. “We decided to keep people at home and isolate them, even though everything we’ve studied about quarantine, typically you quarantine the sick,” he explained. “When someone has measles you quarantine them. We’ve never seen the healthy, where you take those without disease and without symptoms and lock them in your home. So, some of these things from what we’ve studied from immunology and microbiology aren’t really meshing with what we know as people of scientific minds who read this stuff.” – READ MORE
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truepundit--2020-04-26--Media Claims Calls To Poison Control Have Increased Due To Trump’s ‘Disinfectant’ Comments. That’s N

Media Claims Calls To Poison Control Have Increased Due To Trump’s ‘Disinfectant’ Comments. That’s Not True.

After President Donald Trump ’ s Thursday comments regarding UV light and disinfectant went viral ( with left-wing pundits and media outlets claiming he told people to inject themselves with disinfectant and drink bleach ) , multiple news agencies reported local spikes in calls to poison control .
As with the inflated claims about what Trump said , the idea that people started injecting themselves with household cleaner were overblown and falsified .
For example , the New York Daily News reported there was an unusually high number of New Yorkers contacted city health authorities over fears that they had @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the 18 hours that followed President Trump ’ s bogus claim that injecting such products could cure coronavirus.
” As Reason ’ s Elizabeth Nolan Brown reported , however , that was not the case .
“ he article makes no mention of anyone deliberately consuming household cleaners .
It simply states that 30 people called the city ’ s poison control hotline ‘ over fears that they had ingested bleach or other household cleaners , ’ ” Nolan Brown reported .
“ Fearing that you ingested something doesn ’ t jibe with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , the Daily News reporters compare the number of calls this year to those during the same period last year – when people weren ’ t using household cleaners as stringently as they are now and thus not risking as much exposure .
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After President Donald Trump’s Thursday comments regarding UV light and disinfectant went viral (with left-wing pundits and media outlets claiming he told people to inject themselves with disinfectant and drink bleach), multiple news agencies reported local spikes in calls to poison control. As with the inflated claims about what Trump said, the idea that people started injecting themselves with household cleaner were overblown and falsified.
For example, the New York Daily News reported there was an unusually high number of New Yorkers contacted city health authorities over fears that they had ingested bleach or other household cleaners in the 18 hours that followed President Trump’s bogus claim that injecting such products could cure coronavirus.”
As Reason’s Elizabeth Nolan Brown reported, however, that was not the case.
“[T]he article makes no mention of anyone deliberately consuming household cleaners. It simply states that 30 people called the city’s poison control hotline ‘over fears that they had ingested bleach or other household cleaners,’” Nolan Brown reported. “Fearing that you ingested something doesn’t jibe with having intentionally consumed that substance.”
Further, the Daily News reporters compare the number of calls this year to those during the same period last year – when people weren’t using household cleaners as stringently as they are now and thus not risking as much exposure. – READ MORE
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truepundit--2020-04-26--New York Required Nursing Homes To Admit ‘Medically Stable’ Coronavirus Patients. The Results Were D

New York Required Nursing Homes To Admit ‘Medically Stable’ Coronavirus Patients. The Results Were Deadly.

On March 25 , New York ’ s Health Department issued a mandate that state nursing homes could not refuse COVID-19-positive patients who were “ medically stable , ” meaning facilities that housed the most vulnerable populations were forced to introduce the virus into their midst .
A nursing home in Queens received two coronavirus patients who had been discharged from a hospital ( but were still contagious and in need of care ) – along with a box containing body bags , The New York Post reported .
An executive at the facility told the Post it had been @ @ @ @ @ @ @ those two patients .
The executive also said that along with the two patients arrived a shipment of personal protective equipment and the body bags .
“ My colleague noticed that one of the boxes was extremely heavy .
Curious as to what could possibly be making that particular box so much heavier than the rest , he opened it , ” the executive told the Post .
“ The first two coronavirus patients were accompanied by five body bags.
” The Post reported that within days , “ three of the bags @ @ @ @ @ @ @ residents who would die there.
” The nursing facility continued to receive shipments of five body bags per week since those first two patients arrived – and they have been needed .
“ Cuomo has blood on his hands .
He really does .
There ’ s no way to sugarcoat this , ” the nursing home executive told the outlet .
“ Why in the world would you be sending coronavirus patients to a nursing home , where the most vulnerable population to this disease resides ?
” – READ MORE Listen @ @ @ @ @ @ @ --

On March 25, New York’s Health Department issued a mandate that state nursing homes could not refuse COVID-19-positive patients who were “medically stable,” meaning facilities that housed the most vulnerable populations were forced to introduce the virus into their midst.
A nursing home in Queens received two coronavirus patients who had been discharged from a hospital (but were still contagious and in need of care) – along with a box containing body bags, The New York Post reported. An executive at the facility told the Post it had been free of the coronavirus prior to accepting those two patients. The executive also said that along with the two patients arrived a shipment of personal protective equipment and the body bags.
“My colleague noticed that one of the boxes was extremely heavy. Curious as to what could possibly be making that particular box so much heavier than the rest, he opened it,” the executive told the Post. “The first two coronavirus patients were accompanied by five body bags.”
The Post reported that within days, “three of the bags were filled with the first of 30 residents who would die there.” The nursing facility continued to receive shipments of five body bags per week since those first two patients arrived – and they have been needed.
“Cuomo has blood on his hands. He really does. There’s no way to sugarcoat this,” the nursing home executive told the outlet. “Why in the world would you be sending coronavirus patients to a nursing home, where the most vulnerable population to this disease resides?” – READ MORE
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truepundit--2020-04-26--Coronavirus Forces Farmers to Destroy Their Crops

Farmer Carl Grooms has been planning harvests for decades but now he is getting ready to plow under his nearly ripe peppers and beans because there is no market to buy them—and he doesn ’ t want to watch them rot .
As the coronavirus pandemic disrupts supply chains , American farmers are dumping milk , throwing out eggs and plowing under healthy crops .
Produce suppliers are especially vulnerable to surpluses because fruits and vegetables are perishable and can ’ t be stored .
“ We ’ re not just going to let die , we ’ ll go @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Mr. Grooms , the 74-year-old owner of Fancy Farms in Plant City , Fla. “ It ’ s a mental thing , you don ’ t want to see your crop rot and suffer.
” Mr. Grooms said that a few weeks ago , berry orders evaporated nearly overnight and the strawberry harvest collapsed , with much of it remaining in the fields rather than being picked and shipped .
It left a stench of rotting berries hanging over his farm .
Right now , he has the labor to pick ripe squash @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for a fraction of typical prices , just enough to cover his workers ’ pay and the cost of boxes to ship the vegetables , he said .
Lettuce producer Mark Borba , in Huron , Calif. , said he has had to plow under 230 of 680 acres of recently harvested lettuce since the pandemic swept the country a month ago .
He said demand fell off so sharply from restaurants , schools and other large customers that his crews had to unpack 9,000 cartons of lettuce from a warehouse where they @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in the fields to be plowed under .
“ The demand just went to zero , ” said Mr. Borba , who manages 10,000 acres under his Borba Farms .
“ And not only did we lose restaurants and schools , but people were going to the grocery store buying nonperishable stuff to put in the pantry .
They were not buying leafy greens.
” On Friday , President Trump announced a $ 19 billion relief program for the agriculture sector .
The effort , called the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program , will @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to farmers and ranchers and $ 3 billion in mass purchases of dairy , meat and produce that will be distributed through food banks .
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Farmer Carl Grooms has been planning harvests for decades but now he is getting ready to plow under his nearly ripe peppers and beans because there is no market to buy them—and he doesn’t want to watch them rot.
As the coronavirus pandemic disrupts supply chains, American farmers are dumping milk, throwing out eggs and plowing under healthy crops. Produce suppliers are especially vulnerable to surpluses because fruits and vegetables are perishable and can’t be stored.
“We’re not just going to let [the food] die, we’ll go in and destroy it,” said Mr. Grooms, the 74-year-old owner of Fancy Farms in Plant City, Fla. “It’s a mental thing, you don’t want to see your crop rot and suffer.”


truepundit--2020-04-27--LISTEN: PAINE in the Morning — News Scoops & Analysis for Monday 4.27.20

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Suddenly Media Realizes FBI Plotted to “ F*ck Flynn ” ; True Pundit Told You That 1,145 DAYS AGO – Here we go again , the mainstream and right-wing media re-packaging ‘ news ’ True Pundit broke months years ago .
In this case , 1,145 days ago .
Wait , what ?
That ’ s 3.1 YEARS .
Yes , years .
Where in the hell was everyone else in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the fence , asleep , or hiding ther heads in the sand .
– READ MORE Fewer than half of working Americans will have a paycheck in May as devastating coronavirus layoffs persist , economist says – The millions of Americans who have lost their jobs in recent weeks due to the coronavirus pandemic will have a devastating effects on the economy going forward as workers are left without pay .
Losses in April alone could push the unemployment rate to 16 % , according to James Knightley , chief international economist at @ @ @ @ @ @ @ file jobless claims in May , that would push the unemployment rate to 22 % , he said .
– READ MORE New York Required Nursing Homes To Admit ‘ Medically Stable ’ Coronavirus Patients .
The Results Were Deadly .
– On March 25 , New York ’ s Health Department issued a mandate that state nursing homes could not refuse COVID-19-positive patients who were “ medically stable , ” meaning facilities that housed the most vulnerable populations were forced to introduce the virus into their midst .
A nursing home in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ been discharged from a hospital ( but were still contagious and in need of care ) – along with a box containing body bags , The New York Post reported .
An executive at the facility told the Post it had been free of the coronavirus prior to accepting those two patients .
The executive also said that along with the two patients arrived a shipment of personal protective equipment and the body bags .
– READ MORE E.R .
Doctors Urge A Reopening : Lockdown Creating Public Health Crisis , Doctors ‘ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Reports , Quarantining Healthy ‘ Never Seen ’ Before ( VIDEO ) – During a press conference on Wednesday , California emergency room doctors Dan Erickson and Artin Massihi of Accelerated Urgent Care told reporters that nationwide lockdown policies are not an appropriate reaction to what current data shows about the China-originated novel coronavirus but are instead causing measurable public health issues , like spikes in domestic violence , sexual abuse , depression , and spreading fear to non-COVID-19 related would-be patients that are skipping out on vital health care .
“ We @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and we want strong immune systems , ” Dr. Erickson told reporters , rebuffing inconsistent shelter-in-place orders .
“ I don ’ t want to stay in my home and develop a weak immune system , and then come out and get a disease.
” – READ MORE Renowned Microbiologist Claims Wuhan Lab ‘ Did Absolutely Crazy Things ’ With Coronavirus – A world renowned Russian microbiologist says that the novel coronavirus responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic was the result of Wuhan scientists doing “ absolutely crazy things ” in their laboratory .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ of Molecular Biology and Russian Academy of Sciences claims that while the Wuhan scientists ’ goal in creating the coronavirus was not malicious – instead , they were trying to study the pathogenicity of the virus , according to the Daily Mail .
– READ MORE Pa. removes 200 deaths from state coronavirus count as questions mount about reporting process , accuracy – Pennsylvania has corrected its coronavirus data multiple times over the past week to account for irregularities , according to new reports .
Earlier this week , Pennsylvania started to include @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
As a result , the total number of coronavirus deaths grew by 276 , then 360 , in successive nights , almost doubling the number of deaths in the state in two days .
The Pennsylvania Department of Health ( DOH ) subsequently removed 200 deaths from its count after facing mounting questions about the accuracy of the count .
– READ MORE Stanford doctor explains why coronavirus lockdown policies need to end : ‘ Ignore the panic and rely on facts ’ – The former chief of neuroradiology at Stanford University @ @ @ @ @ @ @ widespread coronavirus lockdowns and adopt a more targeted approach that both protects the most vulnerable people and builds immunity in the population .
In an op-ed published in The Hill , Dr. Scott Atlas laid out some key facts he believes policymakers are ignoring about the pandemic , and called for leaders to “ ignore the panic ” when making decisions .
– READ MORE Grocers Hunt for Meat as Coronavirus Hobbles Beef and Pork Plants – Grocery executives at retailers including Walmart Inc. WMT 0.71 % and Costco Wholesale Corp .
COST @ @ @ @ @ @ @ could run short just as demand is surging .
“ I have not seen beef sales and all protein behave this way since the Atkins Diet days , ” when shoppers bought up meat as part of the low- carb diet , said Jeff Lyons , senior vice president of fresh food for Costco .
The warehouse chain is considering new suppliers to shore up its meat supplies , he said .
– READ MORE USDA let millions of pounds of food rot while food-bank demand soared – Tens of millions of pounds @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as food banks across the country scramble to meet a massive surge in demand , a two-pronged disaster that has deprived farmers of billions of dollars in revenue while millions of newly jobless Americans struggle to feed their families .
While other federal agencies quickly adapted their programs to the coronavirus crisis , the Agriculture Department took more than a month to make its first significant move to buy up surplus fruits and vegetables — despite repeated entreaties .
– READ MORE Exposing Harvard ’ s Chinese Agent Charles Lieber ’ s “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is a nano-scientist at Harvard University .
He was recently charged by the American authorities for secretly being a Chinese agent .
However , there is a mystery surrounding the nature of his work .
It is said he was recruited for advanced research into nanowire-batteries .
But investigation by GreatGameIndia has shown that Lieber was infact working on virus transmitters that could penetrate cell membranes without affecting the intercellular functions and even measure activities inside heart cells and muscle fibers .
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There is also a full video podcast of this broadcast available on True Pundit’s Patreon Page for our subscribers to help us do what we do.
Suddenly Media Realizes FBI Plotted to “F*ck Flynn”; True Pundit Told You That 1,145 DAYS AGO – Here we go again, the mainstream and right-wing media re-packaging ‘news’ True Pundit broke months years ago. In this case, 1,145 days ago. Wait, what?
That’s 3.1 YEARS. Yes, years. Where in the hell was everyone else in the media 3.1 years ago? Riding the fence, asleep, or hiding ther heads in the sand. – READ MORE
Fewer than half of working Americans will have a paycheck in May as devastating coronavirus layoffs persist, economist says – The millions of Americans who have lost their jobs in recent weeks due to the coronavirus pandemic will have a devastating effects on the economy going forward as workers are left without pay.
Losses in April alone could push the unemployment rate to 16%, according to James Knightley, chief international economist at ING. If another 10 million Americans file jobless claims in May, that would push the unemployment rate to 22%, he said. – READ MORE
New York Required Nursing Homes To Admit ‘Medically Stable’ Coronavirus Patients. The Results Were Deadly. – On March 25, New York’s Health Department issued a mandate that state nursing homes could not refuse COVID-19-positive patients who were “medically stable,” meaning facilities that housed the most vulnerable populations were forced to introduce the virus into their midst.
A nursing home in Queens received two coronavirus patients who had been discharged from a hospital (but were still contagious and in need of care) – along with a box containing body bags, The New York Post reported. An executive at the facility told the Post it had been free of the coronavirus prior to accepting those two patients. The executive also said that along with the two patients arrived a shipment of personal protective equipment and the body bags. – READ MORE
E.R. Doctors Urge A Reopening: Lockdown Creating Public Health Crisis, Doctors ‘Pressured’ To Add COVID To Death Reports, Quarantining Healthy ‘Never Seen’ Before (VIDEO) – During a press conference on Wednesday, California emergency room doctors Dan Erickson and Artin Massihi of Accelerated Urgent Care told reporters that nationwide lockdown policies are not an appropriate reaction to what current data shows about the China-originated novel coronavirus but are instead causing measurable public health issues, like spikes in domestic violence, sexual abuse, depression, and spreading fear to non-COVID-19 related would-be patients that are skipping out on vital health care.
“We understand microbiology, we understand immunology, and we want strong immune systems,” Dr. Erickson told reporters, rebuffing inconsistent shelter-in-place orders . “I don’t want to stay in my home and develop a weak immune system, and then come out and get a disease.” – READ MORE
Renowned Microbiologist Claims Wuhan Lab ‘Did Absolutely Crazy Things’ With Coronavirus – A world renowned Russian microbiologist says that the novel coronavirus responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic was the result of Wuhan scientists doing “absolutely crazy things” in their laboratory.
Dr. Peter Chumakov of the Engelhardt Institute of Molecular Biology and Russian Academy of Sciences claims that while the Wuhan scientists’ goal in creating the coronavirus was not malicious – instead, they were trying to study the pathogenicity of the virus, according to the Daily Mail. – READ MORE
Pa. removes 200 deaths from state coronavirus count as questions mount about reporting process, accuracy – Pennsylvania has corrected its coronavirus data multiple times over the past week to account for irregularities, according to new reports.
Earlier this week, Pennsylvania started to include “probable deaths” in its fatalities. As a result, the total number of coronavirus deaths grew by 276, then 360, in successive nights, almost doubling the number of deaths in the state in two days. The Pennsylvania Department of Health (DOH) subsequently removed 200 deaths from its count after facing mounting questions about the accuracy of the count. – READ MORE
Stanford doctor explains why coronavirus lockdown policies need to end: ‘Ignore the panic and rely on facts’ – The former chief of neuroradiology at Stanford University said the United States needs to end widespread coronavirus lockdowns and adopt a more targeted approach that both protects the most vulnerable people and builds immunity in the population.
In an op-ed published in The Hill, Dr. Scott Atlas laid out some key facts he believes policymakers are ignoring about the pandemic, and called for leaders to “ignore the panic” when making decisions. – READ MORE
Grocers Hunt for Meat as Coronavirus Hobbles Beef and Pork Plants – Grocery executives at retailers including Walmart Inc. WMT 0.71% and Costco Wholesale Corp. COST 1.69% worry supplies of some products could run short just as demand is surging.
“I have not seen beef sales and all protein behave this way since the Atkins Diet days,” when shoppers bought up meat as part of the low- carb diet, said Jeff Lyons, senior vice president of fresh food for Costco. The warehouse chain is considering new suppliers to shore up its meat supplies, he said. – READ MORE
USDA let millions of pounds of food rot while food-bank demand soared – Tens of millions of pounds of American-grown produce is rotting in fields as food banks across the country scramble to meet a massive surge in demand, a two-pronged disaster that has deprived farmers of billions of dollars in revenue while millions of newly jobless Americans struggle to feed their families.
While other federal agencies quickly adapted their programs to the coronavirus crisis, the Agriculture Department took more than a month to make its first significant move to buy up surplus fruits and vegetables — despite repeated entreaties. – READ MORE
Exposing Harvard’s Chinese Agent Charles Lieber’s “Virus Transmitters” – Dr. Charles Lieber is a nano-scientist at Harvard University. He was recently charged by the American authorities for secretly being a Chinese agent.
However, there is a mystery surrounding the nature of his work. It is said he was recruited for advanced research into nanowire-batteries. But investigation by GreatGameIndia has shown that Lieber was infact working on virus transmitters that could penetrate cell membranes without affecting the intercellular functions and even measure activities inside heart cells and muscle fibers. – READ MORE
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truepundit--2020-04-28--Suddenly Media Realizes MUELLER & FBI Illegally Railroaded Gen Flynn Into Bogus Plea Deal; True Pund

Suddenly Media Realizes MUELLER & FBI Illegally Railroaded Gen Flynn Into Bogus Plea Deal; True Pundit Told You That 713 DAYS AGO

The supposed right-wing media again is pretending like they are breaking news on the Gen. Mike Flynn ’ s troublesome plea deal .
In reality , 95 percent of the “ Breaking News ” in recent weeks from the darlings in the right-wing media are things True Pundit literally broke years ago .
AND THE PUBLIC is noticing that even the top names in right wing media are full of crap — never once crediting True Pundit ’ s work and scoops .
The latest media charade involves “ new revelations ” that the Flynn plea was coerced when Robert @ @ @ @ @ @ @ son , Michael Jr .
True Pundit broke that story 713 days ago .
( more below ) From True Pundit on May 15 , 2008 Gen. Flynn Signed Guilty Plea After Mueller Threatened His Family , Son ; Thug Tactics Coerced Plea Deal — almost two years ago ( Yes , years ) : Gen. Michael Flynn didn ’ t cut a deal with U.S. Special Counsel Robert Mueller because he was necessarily guilty of lying to the FBI , or any crimes , according to sources close to the retired general @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a plea deal , several sources said .
Flynn plead guilty after Mueller threatened Flynn ’ s family , including his son Michael Jr .
According to sources close to Flynn family , Mueller threatened Flynn on multiple occasions that if he did not plead guilty to lying to the FBI , Mueller would investigate other Flynn family members .
Including his son .
And rack up thousands more dollars in legal fees .
“ I didn ’ t do anything illegal so this notion that one of the thing the Special Counsel @ @ @ @ @ @ @ accept a plea deal was threaten me has always been odd , ” Michael Flynn Jr. told True Pundit .
A close family associate said Mueller and his team even threatened Flynn Jr. during a meeting with Gen. Flynn in the same room .
Mueller ’ s apparent goal with the threats was to cause additional stress in the Flynn family as well as hike Flynn ’ s legal fees which were already bankrupting the family , sources said .
“ Between the threats and the finances , he ( Gen. Flynn ) @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the brakes on this , ” a family associate said .
“ This has nothing to do with guilt .
This was survival.
” The former Trump national security adviser pleaded guilty on Dec. 1 , 2017 to making false statements to the FBI about conversations with Russia ’ s ambassador .
But was Flynn truly guilty ?
GOP lawmakers certainly have their doubts .
Flynn Jr. said even he tried to cooperate with Mueller and his team during the investigation to try to enhance his father ’ s chances of walking away @ @ @ @ @ @ @ give up all my electronics last year which contained most of my personal info , ” Flynn Jr. said .
“ Laptop , cell phone , USB ’ s , etc .
They were only supposed to look at info ‘ relevant ’ to the investigation but knowing now how crooked these people are , I don ’ t trust anything.
” Crooked indeed , according to former FBI veteran Robyn Gritz .
Gritz is a friend of Gen. Flynn and she also worked under Mueller at the FBI for more than a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the thug behavior fits the manner Mueller operated as FBI director .
“ This is how Mueller fashioned OPR , ” said Gritz , referring to the Bureau ’ s internal grievance system for FBI employees .
“ No need to find the truth .
Throw charges at FBI employees and make them prove the OPR/Inspection Division is wrong .
“ That is close to impossible .
Mueller is continuing this practice with the Special Prosecutor.
” Mueller ’ s Trump Russia probe has certainly followed a similar recipe .
So far he @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as he is searching for one .
Now lawmakers are finally questioning Mueller ’ s motives in the Flynn investigation and also if in fact he did lie to the FBI , based on the internal FBI reports from the two field agents who questioned Flynn about alleged Russian contacts .
One of those agents was the FBI ’ s embattled Peter Strzok who was removed from Mueller ’ s team for anti-Trump bias and texts .
The interrogation was coordinated by former and fired FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe who around the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ had threatened during a staff meeting iof FBI brass : “ Fuck Flynn and then we f*ck Trump.
” Gen. Flynn could not be reached for comment .
After his plea deal was announced , Flynn released a statement on Dec. 1 , 2017 that in part read : “ My guilty plea and agreement to cooperate with the Special Counsel ’ s office reflect a decision I made in the best interests of my family and our country.
” Also , based on recent court documents in Flynn ’ s case there @ @ @ @ @ @ @ judge could vacate his guilty plea and Flynn could walk away a free man .
And also free to talk .
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The supposed right-wing media again is pretending like they are breaking news on Gen. Mike Flynn’s troublesome plea deal.
In reality, 95 percent of the “Breaking News” in recent weeks from the darlings in the right-wing media are things True Pundit literally broke years ago. AND THE PUBLIC is noticing that even the top names in right wing media are full of crap — never once crediting True Pundit’s work and scoops. The latest media charade involves “new revelations” that the Flynn plea was coerced when Robert Mueller and Justice Department lawyers threatened his son, Michael Jr. BUT True Pundit broke that story 713 days ago. (more below)
From True Pundit on May 15, 2008 Gen. Flynn Signed Guilty Plea After Mueller Threatened His Family, Son; Thug Tactics Coerced Plea Deal –– almost two years ago (Yes, years):
Gen. Michael Flynn didn’t cut a deal with U.S. Special Counsel Robert Mueller because he was necessarily guilty of lying to the FBI, or any crimes, according to sources close to the retired general.
Flynn was muscled and coerced into a plea deal, several sources said.
Flynn plead guilty after Mueller threatened Flynn’s family, including his son Michael Jr. According to sources close to Flynn family, Mueller threatened Flynn on multiple occasions that if he did not plead guilty to lying to the FBI, Mueller would investigate other Flynn family members.
Including his son. And rack up thousands more dollars in legal fees.
“I didn’t do anything illegal so this notion that one of the thing the Special Counsel could do to get my father to accept a plea deal was threaten me has always been odd,” Michael Flynn Jr. told True Pundit.
Odd but true nonetheless.
A close family associate said Mueller and his team even threatened Flynn Jr. during a meeting with Gen. Flynn in the same room. Mueller’s apparent goal with the threats was to cause additional stress in the Flynn family as well as hike Flynn’s legal fees which were already bankrupting the family, sources said.
“Between the threats and the finances, he (Gen. Flynn) had to make a deal to put the brakes on this,” a family associate said. “This has nothing to do with guilt. This was survival.”
The former Trump national security adviser pleaded guilty on Dec. 1, 2017 to making false statements to the FBI about conversations with Russia’s ambassador.
But was Flynn truly guilty?
GOP lawmakers certainly have their doubts.
Flynn Jr. said even he tried to cooperate with Mueller and his team during the investigation to try to enhance his father’s chances of walking away from charges.
“I had to give up all my electronics last year which contained most of my personal info,” Flynn Jr. said. “Laptop, cell phone, USB’s, etc. They were only supposed to look at info ‘relevant’ to the investigation but knowing now how crooked these people are, I don’t trust anything.”
Crooked indeed, according to former FBI veteran Robyn Gritz.
Gritz is a friend of Gen. Flynn and she also worked under Mueller at the FBI for more than a decade.
The 16-year FBI veteran said the thug behavior fits the manner Mueller operated as FBI director.
“This is how Mueller fashioned OPR,” said Gritz, referring to the Bureau’s internal grievance system for FBI employees. “No need to find the truth. Throw charges at FBI employees and make them prove the OPR/Inspection Division is wrong.
“That is close to impossible. Mueller is continuing this practice with the Special Prosecutor.”
Mueller’s Trump Russia probe has certainly followed a similar recipe. So far he is not investigating a crime as much as he is searching for one.
Now lawmakers are finally questioning Mueller’s motives in the Flynn investigation and also if in fact he did lie to the FBI, based on the internal FBI reports from the two field agents who questioned Flynn about alleged Russian contacts. One of those agents was the FBI’s embattled Peter Strzok who was removed from Mueller’s team for anti-Trump bias and texts.
The interrogation was coordinated by former and fired FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe who around the same time — in early 2017 — had threatened during a staff meeting iof FBI brass: “Fuck Flynn and then we f*ck Trump.”
Gen. Flynn could not be reached for comment.
After his plea deal was announced, Flynn released a statement on Dec. 1, 2017 that in part read:
“My guilty plea and agreement to cooperate with the Special Counsel’s office reflect a decision I made in the best interests of my family and our country.”
Also, based on recent court documents in Flynn’s case there appears to be a possibility that a judge could vacate his guilty plea and Flynn could walk away a free man.
And also free to talk.
BREAKING NEWS??? True Pundit Broke This 713 DAYS AGO — Gen. Flynn Signed Guilty Plea After Mueller Threatened His Family, Son; Thug Tactics Coerced Plea Deal https://t.co/mJ4sbEq5eG — Thomas Paine (@Thomas1774Paine) April 28, 2020
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truepundit--2020-04-27--WTF: LA Lakers Scored Millions in PPP Loans Earmarked for SMALL Stuggling Businesses

The Los Angeles Lakers scored millions of dollars from a federal government program intended to help small businesses weather the @ @ @ @ @ coronavirus pandemic .
The Lakers received about $ 4.6 from the federal government program intended @ @ @ @ @ the economic burden caused by the coronavirus pandemic , the team said in a statement @ @ @ @ @ The Lakers , one of the NBA ’ s most profitable franchises , applied for @ @ @ @ @ Administration ’ s Paycheck Protection Program , and were among the companies and nonprofits granted @ @ @ @ @ of distributions .
But after reports that several large or highly capitalized entities were securing @ @ @ @ @ s initial $ 349 billion pool — while hundreds of thousands of smaller businesses were @ @ @ @ @ said they returned the money .
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The Los Angeles Lakers scored millions of dollars from a federal government program intended to help small businesses weather the economic burden caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
The Lakers received about $4.6 from the federal government program intended to help small businesses weather the economic burden caused by the coronavirus pandemic, the team said in a statement to ESPN on Monday.
The Lakers, one of the NBA’s most profitable franchises, applied for relief through the Small Business Administration’s Paycheck Protection Program, and were among the companies and nonprofits granted loans during the first round of distributions.
But after reports that several large or highly capitalized entities were securing aid from the program’s initial $349 billion pool — while hundreds of thousands of smaller businesses were shut out — the Lakers said they returned the money. READ MORE:
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truepundit--2020-04-27--California Gov. Newsom Gets Sued Over Banning Public Protests — Suit Seeks “To vindicate several cor

California Gov. Newsom Gets Sued Over Banning Public Protests — Suit Seeks “To vindicate several core First Amendment rights”

The Center for American Liberty , in coordination with the Law Office of D. Gill Sperlein and the Dhillon Law Group , on behalf of clients Ron Givens and Christine “ Chris ” Bish , sued California Governor Gavin Newsom , California Attorney General Xavier Becerra , and two other state officials for depriving plaintiffs of their First and Fourteenth Amendment rights .
The plaintiffs are also seeking a Temporary Restraining Order and Preliminary Injunction .
Governor Newsom issued Executive Order N-33-20 on March 19 , 2020 , ordering all residents to “ heed current State public health directives , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ home .
Neither the Governor ’ s Order or state public health directives exempt demonstrations , protests , or other First Amendment-protected activities from enforcement .
The Governor has also specifically ordered the California Highway Patrol to deny protest/rally permits at the State Capitol , a core First Amendment speech venue .
The Governor ’ s orders thus deny all California residents the right to exercise their First Amendment rights to free speech , free assembly , and petition .
Plaintiff Givens intends to protest the State ’ s failure to process background @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as employment background checks for gun stores , effectively denying Californians of their Second Amendment rights .
Plaintiff Bish intends to protest the extent and duration of the State ’ s shelter-in-place order .
Both Plaintiffs Givens and Bish intend to hold their protests outside , on State Capitol grounds , in a safe and socially-distant manner .
California Highway Patrol denied plaintiffs ’ respective applications to use State Capitol grounds for their planned demonstrations depriving them of their First and Fourteenth Amendment rights .
“ In times of crisis , governments often @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as the right to assemble and petition the government .
It is precisely at these times that those rights become the most important , ” said D.Gill Sperlein , a lead attorney for the plaintiffs .
“ At a time when Californians are rightfully questioning the duration and extent of the stay at home orders , which are unevenly enforced and which have resulted in other Constitutional challenges , Governor Newsom has reacted to citizen protests not by addressing widespread concern , but simply by shutting down protest at the Capitol altogether , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ function in a free society , ” said Chief Executive Officer of the Center for American Liberty , Harmeet K. Dhillon , whose law firm , Dhillon Law Group Inc. , also represents the plaintiffs .
“ Our lawsuit seeks to vindicate several core First Amendment rights — the right to free speech , to assemble , and to petition the government .
The government is also violating fundamental equal protection and due process rights .
We will be seeking a temporary restraining order in federal court ordering that our clients and other @ @ @ @ @ @ @ peacefully again , as is their right under both the California and U.S. Constitutions.
” READ MORE : Listen to the insightful Thomas Paine Podcast Below --

The Center for American Liberty, in coordination with the Law Office of D. Gill Sperlein and the Dhillon Law Group, on behalf of clients Ron Givens and Christine “Chris” Bish, sued California Governor Gavin Newsom, California Attorney General Xavier Becerra, and two other state officials for depriving plaintiffs of their First and Fourteenth Amendment rights.
The plaintiffs are also seeking a Temporary Restraining Order and Preliminary Injunction.
Governor Newsom issued Executive Order N-33-20 on March 19, 2020, ordering all residents to “heed current State public health directives,” requiring all residents to stay at home. Neither the Governor’s Order or state public health directives exempt demonstrations, protests, or other First Amendment-protected activities from enforcement.
The Governor has also specifically ordered the California Highway Patrol to deny protest/rally permits at the State Capitol, a core First Amendment speech venue. The Governor’s orders thus deny all California residents the right to exercise their First Amendment rights to free speech, free assembly, and petition.
Plaintiff Givens intends to protest the State’s failure to process background checks for those purchasing firearms as well as employment background checks for gun stores, effectively denying Californians of their Second Amendment rights.
Plaintiff Bish intends to protest the extent and duration of the State’s shelter-in-place order.
Both Plaintiffs Givens and Bish intend to hold their protests outside, on State Capitol grounds, in a safe and socially-distant manner. California Highway Patrol denied plaintiffs’ respective applications to use State Capitol grounds for their planned demonstrations depriving them of their First and Fourteenth Amendment rights.
“In times of crisis, governments often seek to curtail fundamental constitutional rights such as the right to assemble and petition the government. It is precisely at these times that those rights become the most important,” said D.Gill Sperlein, a lead attorney for the plaintiffs.
“At a time when Californians are rightfully questioning the duration and extent of the stay at home orders, which are unevenly enforced and which have resulted in other Constitutional challenges, Governor Newsom has reacted to citizen protests not by addressing widespread concern, but simply by shutting down protest at the Capitol altogether, making no reasonable accommodations for this fundamental function in a free society,” said Chief Executive Officer of the Center for American Liberty, Harmeet K. Dhillon, whose law firm, Dhillon Law Group Inc., also represents the plaintiffs. “Our lawsuit seeks to vindicate several core First Amendment rights — the right to free speech, to assemble, and to petition the government. The government is also violating fundamental equal protection and due process rights. We will be seeking a temporary restraining order in federal court ordering that our clients and other citizens be permitted to protest safely and peacefully again, as is their right under both the California and U.S. Constitutions.” READ MORE:
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truepundit--2020-04-27--Officials Back Down from Enforcing Coronavirus Orders Against Defiant Texas Restaurant Owner

HOUSTON , Texas — Harris County law enforcement officials backed down as the owner of the Federal American Grill decided to re-open his restaurant on the city ’ s west side despite orders directing restaurants to be closed except for curbside orders .
Multiple law enforcement agencies in Houston said they were not responsible for enforcing the ordinance .
“ We ’ ve complied 100 percent until now , ” Brice told the Houston Chronicle .
“ What I don ’ t like is that the government is picking and choosing which businesses win or lose .
They are sinking @ @ @ @ @ @ @ our ground and get people back to work.
” After he announced the re-opening of his restaurant for dining-in , customers flocked to his side .
Brice said he is only seating up to 30 percent of his capacity in order to maintain social distancing .
Customers reacted positively to the re-opening .
“ We are ready to get out and have some fun with our girlfriends .
I ’ ve read all the precautions ( Brice ) is taking , and I think it ’ s fabulous , ” Houston resident Brenda @ @ @ @ @ @ @ contrast to Dallas , Houston law enforcement officials chose to not enforce the prohibition against in-house dining at the restaurant .
“ No law enforcement officers or agencies attempted to stop or cite Brice for defying Harris County ’ s stay-at-home order , which limits restaurants to delivery and takeout orders in an effort to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus , ” the Houston Chronicle wrote .
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HOUSTON, Texas — Harris County law enforcement officials backed down as the owner of the Federal American Grill decided to re-open his restaurant on the city’s west side despite orders directing restaurants to be closed except for curbside orders. Multiple law enforcement agencies in Houston said they were not responsible for enforcing the ordinance.
“We’ve complied 100 percent until now,” Brice told the Houston Chronicle. “What I don’t like is that the government is picking and choosing which businesses win or lose. They are sinking the economy. We have to stand our ground and get people back to work.”
After he announced the re-opening of his restaurant for dining-in, customers flocked to his side. Brice said he is only seating up to 30 percent of his capacity in order to maintain social distancing.
Customers reacted positively to the re-opening. “We are ready to get out and have some fun with our girlfriends. I’ve read all the precautions (Brice) is taking, and I think it’s fabulous,” Houston resident Brenda Cheney told the local newspaper.
In contrast to Dallas, Houston law enforcement officials chose to not enforce the prohibition against in-house dining at the restaurant.
“No law enforcement officers or agencies attempted to stop or cite Brice for defying Harris County’s stay-at-home order, which limits restaurants to delivery and takeout orders in an effort to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus,” the Houston Chronicle wrote. – READ MORE
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truepundit--2020-04-27--Trump: Here’s Why You Should Blame Democrats For Your Late Unemployment Payments

On Monday , President Trump told his nearly 79 million Twitter followers who was to blame for reported delays in Americans receiving additional unemployment funds .
Delays in the addition of $ 600 per week in unemployment checks offered under the emergency relief package , the president said , are ultimately the Democrats ’ fault because they “ insisted it be paid by states for distribution , ” rather than be paid directly by the federal government , as he urged .
“ Blame the Democrats for any ‘ lateness ’ in your Enhanced Unemployment Insurance , ” Trump tweeted @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to be paid directly , they insisted it be paid by states for distribution .
I told them this would happen , especially with many states which have old computers.
” The historic $ 2.2 trillion coronavirus emergency package passed in March offered a series of economic relief measures to Americans , among them an additional $ 600 per week for unemployment checks .
However , “ eports of crashing systems and busy phone lines have surfaced across the country as states struggle with unprecedented unemployment levels , ” The Hill reports .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ an attempt to more efficiently provide financially strapped Americans much-needed funds , and , as reported by CNN , those who were supposed to receive the additional funds will be paid retroactively effective March 29 .
Trump followed up that post by hitting the Democrats for how they are managing states currently asking for federal bailouts , particularly calling out Democrat-controlled Illinois .
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On Monday, President Trump told his nearly 79 million Twitter followers who was to blame for reported delays in Americans receiving additional unemployment funds. Delays in the addition of $600 per week in unemployment checks offered under the emergency relief package, the president said, are ultimately the Democrats’ fault because they “insisted it be paid by states for distribution,” rather than be paid directly by the federal government, as he urged.
“Blame the Democrats for any ‘lateness’ in your Enhanced Unemployment Insurance,” Trump tweeted Monday. “I wanted the money to be paid directly, they insisted it be paid by states for distribution. I told them this would happen, especially with many states which have old computers.”
The historic $2.2 trillion coronavirus emergency package passed in March offered a series of economic relief measures to Americans, among them an additional $600 per week for unemployment checks. However, “[r]eports of crashing systems and busy phone lines have surfaced across the country as states struggle with unprecedented unemployment levels,” The Hill reports.
The Department of Labor has intervened in an attempt to more efficiently provide financially strapped Americans much-needed funds, and, as reported by CNN, those who were supposed to receive the additional funds will be paid retroactively effective March 29.
Trump followed up that post by hitting the Democrats for how they are managing states currently asking for federal bailouts, particularly calling out Democrat-controlled Illinois. – READ MORE
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truepundit--2020-04-27--Tara Reade’s Former Neighbor Says They Discussed Alleged Biden Sex Assault in Mid-90s

Lynda LaCasse , a former neighbor to Tara Reade , says she and Reade discussed her alleged sexual assault allegation against former Vice President Joe Biden between 1995 and 1996 , telling Business Insider : “ This happened , and I know it did because I remember talking about it.
” In an interview with the AP , Reade detailed a 1993 encounter that she says occurred when she was asked by a supervisor to bring Biden his gym bag , as he was on his way down to the Senate gymnasium .
She says Biden pushed her against a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Hill office building , groped her , and penetrated her with his fingers .
“ He was whispering to me and trying to kiss me at the same time , and he was saying , ‘ Do you want to go somewhere else ?
’ ” she said .
“ I remember wanting to say stop , but I don ’ t know if I said it out loud or if I just thought it .
I was kind of frozen up.
” Reade said that she pulled away and Biden looked “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , “ Come on , man , I heard you liked me.
” Reade , who was a staff assistant in Biden ’ s office at the time , said she wasn ’ t aware of any direct witnesses to the encounter .
Speaking to Business Insider , LaCasse said she recalls Reade becoming emotional as she recounted the alleged incident with Biden .
“ I remember her saying , here was this person that she was working for and she idolized him , ” said LaCasse .
“ And he kind of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ And he put his hand up her skirt and he put his fingers inside her .
She felt like she was assaulted , and she really didn ’ t feel there was anything she could do.
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Lynda LaCasse, a former neighbor to Tara Reade, says she and Reade discussed her alleged sexual assault allegation against former Vice President Joe Biden between 1995 and 1996, telling Business Insider: “This happened, and I know it did because I remember talking about it.”
In an interview with the AP, Reade detailed a 1993 encounter that she says occurred when she was asked by a supervisor to bring Biden his gym bag, as he was on his way down to the Senate gymnasium. She says Biden pushed her against a wall in the basement of a Capitol Hill office building, groped her, and penetrated her with his fingers.
“He was whispering to me and trying to kiss me at the same time, and he was saying, ‘Do you want to go somewhere else?’” she said. “I remember wanting to say stop, but I don’t know if I said it out loud or if I just thought it. I was kind of frozen up.”
Reade said that she pulled away and Biden looked “shocked and surprised,” and replied, “Come on, man, I heard you liked me.”
Reade, who was a staff assistant in Biden’s office at the time, said she wasn’t aware of any direct witnesses to the encounter.
Speaking to Business Insider, LaCasse said she recalls Reade becoming emotional as she recounted the alleged incident with Biden.
“I remember her saying, here was this person that she was working for and she idolized him,” said LaCasse. “And he kind of put her up against a wall. And he put his hand up her skirt and he put his fingers inside her. She felt like she was assaulted, and she really didn’t feel there was anything she could do.” – READ MORE
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truepundit--2020-04-27--Dr. Deborah Birx Comes To President’s Defense, Accuses Media Of Being ‘Slicey And Dicey’ Over Trump’

Dr. Deborah Birx Comes To President’s Defense, Accuses Media Of Being ‘Slicey And Dicey’ Over Trump’s Disinfectant Comments

Dr. Deborah Birx , an infectious disease expert who has been one of the White House ’ s top advisors on the coronavirus pandemic , rushed to the president ’ s defense in an appearance on Fox News Saturday night and again in an appearance on CNN Sunday morning , taking the media to task for pushing misinformation about President Donald Trump ’ s comments on using disinfectant to treat the novel coronavirus .
“ I think the media is very slicey and dicey about how they put sentences together in order to create headlines .
…We know for millennials @ @ @ @ @ @ @ only read the headlines .
And if there ’ s not a graphic , they ’ re not going to look any further than that , ” Birx said on Fox News Saturday night , accusing the media of getting in the way of — and even burying — useful information about the virus .
“ And I think we have to be responsible about our headlines .
I think often , the reporting maybe accurate in paragraph three , four , and five .
But I ’ m not sure how many @ @ @ @ @ @ @ four , and five , ” she said .
She was even more adamant about the media ’ s role in spreading disinformation during an appearance on CNN ’ s “ State of the Union ” Sunday morning , blasting the media for taking joy in the president ’ s verbal pitfalls , even when they turn out to be innocuous .
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Dr. Deborah Birx, an infectious disease expert who has been one of the White House’s top advisors on the coronavirus pandemic, rushed to the president’s defense in an appearance on Fox News Saturday night and again in an appearance on CNN Sunday morning, taking the media to task for pushing misinformation about President Donald Trump’s comments on using disinfectant to treat the novel coronavirus.
“I think the media is very slicey and dicey about how they put sentences together in order to create headlines. …We know for millennials in other studies that some people may only read the headlines. And if there’s not a graphic, they’re not going to look any further than that,” Birx said on Fox News Saturday night, accusing the media of getting in the way of — and even burying — useful information about the virus.
“And I think we have to be responsible about our headlines. I think often, the reporting maybe accurate in paragraph three, four, and five. But I’m not sure how many people actually get to paragraph three, four, and five,” she said.
She was even more adamant about the media’s role in spreading disinformation during an appearance on CNN’s “State of the Union” Sunday morning, blasting the media for taking joy in the president’s verbal pitfalls, even when they turn out to be innocuous. – READ MORE
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truepundit--2020-04-27--Drug Overdose, Head Trauma Deaths Added To Coronavirus Death Toll

A 37-year-old California man who died of a drug overdose has been added to the novel coronavirus death toll .
@ @ @ @ @ unidentified man was caused by a drug overdose , he also tested positive for the @ @ @ @ @ coded as a “ significant continuing condition , ” according to Ventura County spokeswoman Ashley @ @ @ @ @ Thursday .
“ Ventura County ’ s coronavirus death toll increased to 16 on Thursday @ @ @ @ @ additional deaths , including a 37-year-old man , ” the report said .
“ The @ @ @ @ @ of a drug overdose while infected with COVID-19 , a significant contributing condition , according @ @ @ @ @ .
He is the youngest victim to die from the virus yet in the county @ @ @ @ @ .
Last month , a 61-year-old Pennsylvania man who died from a head injury and @ @ @ @ @ added to the coronavirus death toll , too .
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A 37-year-old California man who died of a drug overdose has been added to the novel coronavirus death toll.
Though the death of the unidentified man was caused by a drug overdose, he also tested positive for the novel coronavirus, which was coded as a “significant continuing condition,” according to Ventura County spokeswoman Ashley Bautista, VA Star reported Thursday.
“Ventura County’s coronavirus death toll increased to 16 on Thursday as county officials reported two additional deaths, including a 37-year-old man,” the report said.
“The man died as a result of a drug overdose while infected with COVID-19, a significant contributing condition, according to county spokeswoman Ashley Bautista. He is the youngest victim to die from the virus yet in the county,” VA Star added.
Last month, a 61-year-old Pennsylvania man who died from a head injury and tested positive for COVID-19 was added to the coronavirus death toll, too. – READ MORE
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truepundit--2020-04-27--Nancy Pelosi Endorses Joe Biden After New Evidence Emerges In Sexual Assault Allegation

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi ( D-CA ) endorsed former Vice President Joe Biden for president on Monday , days after new evidence surfaced in a sexual assault claim against the presumptive Democratic nominee .
Pelosi unveiled her pick for president in a video released by the Biden campaign and her House office .
She did not address the sexual assault allegation , leveled by Biden ’ s former Senate staffer Tara Reade , in the video .
“ I am proud to endorse Joe Biden for president of the United States because he will be an extraordinary president , ” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on to tout his leadership in overseeing the Obama administration ’ s recovery plan after the Great Recession , which led to the slowest economic recovery in the U.S. since World War II .
Pelosi also credits Biden as a key player in passing the Affordable Care Act , known as Obamacare .
“ As we face coronavirus , Joe Biden has been a voice of reason and resilience , with a clear path to lead us out of this crisis , ” Pelosi continues .
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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) endorsed former Vice President Joe Biden for president on Monday, days after new evidence surfaced in a sexual assault claim against the presumptive Democratic nominee.
Pelosi unveiled her pick for president in a video released by the Biden campaign and her House office. She did not address the sexual assault allegation, leveled by Biden’s former Senate staffer Tara Reade, in the video.
“I am proud to endorse Joe Biden for president of the United States because he will be an extraordinary president,” Pelosi begins the video.
She goes on to tout his leadership in overseeing the Obama administration’s recovery plan after the Great Recession, which led to the slowest economic recovery in the U.S. since World War II. Pelosi also credits Biden as a key player in passing the Affordable Care Act, known as Obamacare.
“As we face coronavirus, Joe Biden has been a voice of reason and resilience, with a clear path to lead us out of this crisis,” Pelosi continues. – READ MORE
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truepundit--2020-04-27--A Top Republican Senator Is Pushing One of the Biggest Jobs Programs in History

Following calls by economists to temporarily “ pause ” the melting down economy , Sen. Josh Hawley ( R. , Mo . )
in recent weeks debuted a plan to restore millions of jobs on the government dime and is now pushing for his proposal to guide coronavirus relief going forward .
Tens of millions of Americans have lost their jobs to the coronavirus pandemic and concurrent shutdown .
The specter of an unprecedented economic depression now looms over each week ’ s unemployment figures .
Fearing the effects of the economy contracting by up to a third , Congress @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to the newly out of work .
But that spending is primarily focused on short-term relief and may be drawing even more people out of the workforce , potentially lengthening and deepening the recession .
Hawley ’ s plan would go further , aiming to restore and then preserve employer-employee connections until the crisis has passed .
“ The plan is really simple , ” Hawley told the Washington Free Beacon in an interview .
“ It ’ s to try to rehire every person who has lost their job because of this @ @ @ @ @ @ @ shutdown to deal with the health emergency .
And it ’ s to try to protect every job in this country for the duration of this crisis.
” Although straightforward , the plan would amount to one of the biggest bailouts ever devised—a similar plan is projected to cost Denmark 13 percent of its GDP over three months .
Hawley ’ s support for it , then , marks yet another case where the novel coronavirus has pushed a Republican leader to think outside the box economically , marking a change that is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ over .
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Following calls by economists to temporarily “pause” the melting down economy, Sen. Josh Hawley (R., Mo.) in recent weeks debuted a plan to restore millions of jobs on the government dime and is now pushing for his proposal to guide coronavirus relief going forward.
Tens of millions of Americans have lost their jobs to the coronavirus pandemic and concurrent shutdown. The specter of an unprecedented economic depression now looms over each week’s unemployment figures.
Fearing the effects of the economy contracting by up to a third, Congress has appropriated millions of dollars in aid to the newly out of work. But that spending is primarily focused on short-term relief and may be drawing even more people out of the workforce, potentially lengthening and deepening the recession. Hawley’s plan would go further, aiming to restore and then preserve employer-employee connections until the crisis has passed.
“The plan is really simple,” Hawley told the Washington Free Beacon in an interview. “It’s to try to rehire every person who has lost their job because of this health emergency and because of the government shutdown to deal with the health emergency. And it’s to try to protect every job in this country for the duration of this crisis.”
Although straightforward, the plan would amount to one of the biggest bailouts ever devised—a similar plan is projected to cost Denmark 13 percent of its GDP over three months. Hawley’s support for it, then, marks yet another case where the novel coronavirus has pushed a Republican leader to think outside the box economically, marking a change that is likely to last after the crisis is over. – READ MORE
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truepundit--2020-04-27--New York cancels presidential primary, citing coronavirus, after Sanders camp asked to stay on ballo

New York cancels presidential primary, citing coronavirus, after Sanders camp asked to stay on ballot

New York has canceled its Democratic presidential primary for the first time ever due to the coronavirus pandemic — igniting a backlash from supporters of Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders , whose campaign had asked that his name be allowed to stay on the ballot .
The move by Democrats on the New York State Board of Elections — nixing the election scheduled for June 23 — followed Sanders ’ announcement earlier this month that he would suspend his presidential campaign , rendering former Vice President Joe Biden the presumptive Democratic nominee .
With this decision , New York became the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , though 16 states have postponed their primaries amid the pandemic and many have taken steps to encourage voting by mail .
The announcement drew fire from Sanders supporters .
On Sunday , Sanders ’ campaign asked the New York State Board of Elections to let his name remain on the Democratic primary ballot , saying doing so would impede “ efforts to unify the Democratic Party in advance of November elections.
” “ It is completely wrong for the BOE to cancel New York ’ s Presidential Primary , ” tweeted New @ @ @ @ @ @ @ endorsed Sanders in the race .
“ This decision is not informed by public health : the state is still holding elections for every other seat that day , & so far the only way your ballot will 100 % be counted in NY is to vote in person !
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New York has canceled its Democratic presidential primary for the first time ever due to the coronavirus pandemic — igniting a backlash from supporters of Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, whose campaign had asked that his name be allowed to stay on the ballot.
The move by Democrats on the New York State Board of Elections — nixing the election scheduled for June 23 — followed Sanders’ announcement earlier this month that he would suspend his presidential campaign, rendering former Vice President Joe Biden the presumptive Democratic nominee.
With this decision, New York became the first state to cancel its primary altogether, though 16 states have postponed their primaries amid the pandemic and many have taken steps to encourage voting by mail.
The announcement drew fire from Sanders supporters. On Sunday, Sanders’ campaign asked the New York State Board of Elections to let his name remain on the Democratic primary ballot, saying doing so would impede “efforts to unify the Democratic Party in advance of November elections.”
“It is completely wrong for the BOE to cancel New York’s Presidential Primary,” tweeted New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who had endorsed Sanders in the race. “This decision is not informed by public health: the state is still holding elections for every other seat that day, & so far the only way your ballot will 100% be counted in NY is to vote in person!” – READ MORE
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