truepundit--2020-11-12--Texas Lt Gov Offers Up To $1 Million For Evidence Of Voter Fraud

Texas Republican Lt. Gov Dan Patrick is offering up to $ 1 million of his own money for anyone who comes forward with evidence of voter fraud .
The reward is to “ incentivize , encourage and reward people who come forward and report voter fraud , ” Patrick said Tuesday , reflecting President Donald Trump ’ s own efforts to amplify claims of fraud as well .
“ I support President Trump ’ s efforts to identify voter fraud in the presidential election and his commitment to making sure every legal vote is counted and every illegal vote is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ statement Monday .
“ President Trump ’ s pursuit of voter fraud is not only essential to determine the outcome of this election , it is essential to maintain our democracy and restore faith in future elections , ” he added .
The Associated Press and other outlets declared President-elect Joe Biden the election ’ s winner Saturday , but Trump has refused to concede , saying that voter fraud is why he trails in multiple states .
Though some congressional Republicans have congratulated Biden and urged Trump to provide evidence of voter @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
While Patrick ’ s announcement earned praise from Trump , others criticized him .
Though Trump lost the election , he won Texas by over 600,000 votes .

Texas Republican Lt. Gov Dan Patrick is offering up to $1 million of his own money for anyone who comes forward with evidence of voter fraud.
The reward is to “incentivize, encourage and reward people who come forward and report voter fraud,” Patrick said Tuesday, reflecting President Donald Trump’s own efforts to amplify claims of fraud as well.
“I support President Trump’s efforts to identify voter fraud in the presidential election and his commitment to making sure every legal vote is counted and every illegal vote is disqualified,” Patrick said in a statement Monday. “President Trump’s pursuit of voter fraud is not only essential to determine the outcome of this election, it is essential to maintain our democracy and restore faith in future elections,” he added.
The Associated Press and other outlets declared President-elect Joe Biden the election’s winner Saturday, but Trump has refused to concede, saying that voter fraud is why he trails in multiple states. Though some congressional Republicans have congratulated Biden and urged Trump to provide evidence of voter fraud, most have supported his messaging.
While Patrick’s announcement earned praise from Trump, others criticized him.
Thanks Dan. Big win for us in Texas! https://t.co/MqNSOf6AWP — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 11, 2020
Hey, Governor Patrick- it’s your counterpart in Pennsylvania. I’d like to collect your handsome reward for reporting voter fraud. I got a dude in Forty Fort, PA who tried to have his dead mom vote for Trump. I’d like mine in Sheetz gift cards pls. ps. The Cowboys blow. https://t.co/Y21Q3ZkSEH — John Fetterman (@JohnFetterman) November 10, 2020
Though Trump lost the election, he won Texas by over 600,000 votes.


truepundit--2020-11-12--Alex Azar Says He Didn’t Learn About Pfizer Vaccine Breakthrough Until After Biden

Alex Azar , the secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services , said Wednesday that he did not learn about Pfizer ’ s coronavirus vaccine until the company announced the results of its clinical trials on Monday morning , a day after President-elect Joe Biden says that his advisers learned the same information .
“ I as secretary of health and human services learned about this from media reports on Monday morning , ” Azar said in an interview on WMAL , a radio station in Washington , D.C. “ If the Biden campaign found out Sunday night @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Monday , that sounds like there ’ s a problem there , ” Coglianese continued .
“ There certainly was a gap in communication , let ’ s say , ” Azar replied .
Pfizer announced on Monday that its vaccine was effective in more than 90 % of patients who took part in its clinical trials .
The announcement was widely hailed as a potential breakthrough in the coronavirus pandemic , which has caused nearly 250,000 deaths in the U.S. alone .
Biden said in a statement on Monday that his advisers @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
The timing of Pfizer ’ s announcement has generated speculation that the company waited until after the election to announce the results of its clinical trials .
Some Republicans have suggested that a positive announcement before the election would have helped President Donald Trump ’ s election prospects .
Trump implemented Operation Warp Speed with the aim of quickly developing a vaccine to treat the virus .
A Pfizer executive caused some confusion on Monday by falsely stating that the company was not part of Operation Warp Speed .
Pfizer announced in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 2 billion agreement with the Department of Health and Human Services to distribute its vaccine as part of Warp Speed .
Pfizer acknowledged later on Monday that it had taken part in Operation Warp Speed .

Alex Azar, the secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, said Wednesday that he did not learn about Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine until the company announced the results of its clinical trials on Monday morning, a day after President-elect Joe Biden says that his advisers learned the same information.
“I as secretary of health and human services learned about this from media reports on Monday morning,” Azar said in an interview on WMAL, a radio station in Washington, D.C.
“That’s not a good sign,” said WMAL host Vince Coglianese.
“If the Biden campaign found out Sunday night but you…didn’t find out until Monday, that sounds like there’s a problem there,” Coglianese continued.
“There certainly was a gap in communication, let’s say,” Azar replied.
Pfizer announced on Monday that its vaccine was effective in more than 90% of patients who took part in its clinical trials. The announcement was widely hailed as a potential breakthrough in the coronavirus pandemic, which has caused nearly 250,000 deaths in the U.S. alone.
Biden said in a statement on Monday that his advisers were informed of the findings on Sunday.
The timing of Pfizer’s announcement has generated speculation that the company waited until after the election to announce the results of its clinical trials. Some Republicans have suggested that a positive announcement before the election would have helped President Donald Trump’s election prospects.
The timing of this is pretty amazing. Nothing nefarious about the timing of this at all right? 🙄 https://t.co/nS5rkywKXT — Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) November 9, 2020
Trump implemented Operation Warp Speed with the aim of quickly developing a vaccine to treat the virus.
A Pfizer executive caused some confusion on Monday by falsely stating that the company was not part of Operation Warp Speed. Pfizer announced in July that it had entered a $2 billion agreement with the Department of Health and Human Services to distribute its vaccine as part of Warp Speed.
Pfizer acknowledged later on Monday that it had taken part in Operation Warp Speed.


truepundit--2020-11-12--FDA Has Delayed Approval Process For Promising Cancer Drug For Months Because Of COVID

• A promising immunotherapy drug for patients battling non-Hodgkin ’ s lymphoma may fail to gain FDA approval due to COVID-19 precautions , according to company executives and a quarterly report .
• The drug ’ s approval is contingent on two FDA inspections before Nov. 16 of plants where the drug will be manufactured , according to company executives .
While the first inspection occurred in Washington State , the second one has yet to occur in Texas , and no date is set for it to take place .
• If the drug does not receive FDA approval @ @ @ @ @ @ @ its application to the FDA , potentially setting it back by months .
A promising immunotherapy drug for patients battling non-Hodgkin ’ s lymphoma may fail to gain federal approval due to COVID-19 precautions , according to company executives and a quarterly report .
Liso-cel , manufactured by Bristol-Myers Squibb , originally had its Food and Drug Administration ( FDA ) application accepted in February , but has yet to have one of its contracted manufacturing sites undergo FDA inspection due to the coronavirus pandemic .
Not only is the drug ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the FDA , according to multiple company executives , but its application expires on Nov. 16 , meaning that if the plant is not inspected in the coming days Bristol-Myers may have to completely resubmit the drug ’ s application as a result .
While the first of two facility inspections occurred , the planned inspection of Bristol-Myers ’ contracted Houston facility has not “ due to COVID travel restrictions and health risks , ” according to a Sept. 8 conference call with Citi biopharma analysts and the company ’ s chief medical @ @ @ @ @ @ @ challenges for both “ us and the FDA , ” and “ it does pose a risk because the FDA staff , like many of us , are operating under the constraints of COVID , ” Samit Hirawat , Bristol-Myers ’ s chief medical officer said during the call .
“ What I can say today is the FDA has informed us that they will require inspection of both our contracted facilities in Washington State as well as the manufacturing organization for the vector , which is located in Texas .
These inspections @ @ @ @ @ @ @ are working very closely with the FDA to keep this application on track , ” he added .
“ We do not plan to provide additional details or ongoing updates on the FDA ’ s process , ” the administration said when asked by the Daily Caller News Foundation if liso-cel was at risk of failing to get approval .
The drug , which in clinical trials triggered a positive response in 73 % of patients and remission in 53 % of patients , according to Bristol-Myers , must receive FDA approval by @ @ @ @ @ @ @ be approved , it must resubmit its application , further delaying its approval by months , if not years , potentially costing thousands of lives as a result .
Each year , approximately 77,000 Americans are diagnosed with non-Hodgkin ’ s lymphoma , and about 20,000 Americans die , according to the American Cancer Society .
Hirawat also said on the Sept. 8 call that while he understood the FDA ’ s need to prioritize the development and approval of coronavirus treatments and vaccines , he said that “ they also need to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ life-threatening ” as well .
When pressed on whether the delay could potentially torpedo the drug ’ s approval , Hirawat added that he could not further elaborate except that its approval “ is very , very high for us.
” On Sept. 15 , Bristol-Myers CEO Giovanni Caforio said on a conference that while the approval process was “ going well , ” the FDA ’ s inability to inspect the Texas site due to COVID was “ a main concern ” that “ somewhat increases the risk ” that the drug @ @ @ @ @ @ @ deadline .
To receive approval , the drug needed FDA inspection at both of its contracted manufacturing plants .
While the first inspection occurred months ago in Washington State , the second has not even been scheduled even though the two inspections are independent from one another , according to the company conference call .
In Bristol-Myers ’ third-quarter financial report , it acknowledged that COVID-19 could delay the “ ability for the FDA to conduct on-site inspections , such that the review of could be delayed ” as well .
During another @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Hirawat conceded that an inspection had not even been scheduled , saying that “ right now we don ’ t have a date for inspection of the plant .
So they have not been inspected yet.
” Bristol-Myers did not say whether the drug was in jeopardy .
“ Bringing liso-cel to patients in need is a top priority for Bristol Myers Squibb , ” a company spokesperson told the DCNF in an email .
“ The FDA has not yet inspected contracted manufacturing facility in Texas .
is committed to working with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ timely inspection of that facility , despite the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic , ” the spokesperson added .

A promising immunotherapy drug for patients battling non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma may fail to gain FDA approval due to COVID-19 precautions, according to company executives and a quarterly report.
The drug’s approval is contingent on two FDA inspections before Nov. 16 of plants where the drug will be manufactured, according to company executives. While the first inspection occurred in Washington State, the second one has yet to occur in Texas, and no date is set for it to take place.
If the drug does not receive FDA approval before Nov. 16, it must resubmit its application to the FDA, potentially setting it back by months.
A promising immunotherapy drug for patients battling non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma may fail to gain federal approval due to COVID-19 precautions, according to company executives and a quarterly report.
Liso-cel, manufactured by Bristol-Myers Squibb, originally had its Food and Drug Administration (FDA) application accepted in February, but has yet to have one of its contracted manufacturing sites undergo FDA inspection due to the coronavirus pandemic. Not only is the drug’s approval contingent on the facility inspections from the FDA, according to multiple company executives, but its application expires on Nov. 16, meaning that if the plant is not inspected in the coming days Bristol-Myers may have to completely resubmit the drug’s application as a result.
While the first of two facility inspections occurred, the planned inspection of Bristol-Myers’ contracted Houston facility has not “due to COVID travel restrictions and health risks,” according to a Sept. 8 conference call with Citi biopharma analysts and the company’s chief medical officer.
The coronavirus pandemic has posed challenges for both “us and the FDA,” and “it does pose a risk [for liso-cel’s approval] because the FDA staff, like many of us, are operating under the constraints of COVID,” Samit Hirawat, Bristol-Myers’s chief medical officer said during the call.
“What I can say today is the FDA has informed us that they will require inspection of both our contracted facilities in Washington State as well as the manufacturing organization for the vector, which is located in Texas. These inspections have not yet taken place. We are working very closely with the FDA to keep this application on track,” he added.
“We do not plan to provide additional details or ongoing updates on the FDA’s process,” the administration said when asked by the Daily Caller News Foundation if liso-cel was at risk of failing to get approval.
The drug, which in clinical trials triggered a positive response in 73% of patients and remission in 53% of patients, according to Bristol-Myers, must receive FDA approval by Nov. 16. If it fails to be approved, it must resubmit its application, further delaying its approval by months, if not years, potentially costing thousands of lives as a result.
Each year, approximately 77,000 Americans are diagnosed with non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, and about 20,000 Americans die, according to the American Cancer Society.
Hirawat also said on the Sept. 8 call that while he understood the FDA’s need to prioritize the development and approval of coronavirus treatments and vaccines, he said that “they also need to manage” other “diseases that are life-threatening” as well.
When pressed on whether the delay could potentially torpedo the drug’s approval, Hirawat added that he could not further elaborate except that its approval “is [a] very, very high [priority] for us.”
On Sept. 15, Bristol-Myers CEO Giovanni Caforio said on a conference that while the approval process was “going well,” the FDA’s inability to inspect the Texas site due to COVID was “a main concern” that “somewhat increases the risk” that the drug would fail to receive approval before its deadline.
To receive approval, the drug needed FDA inspection at both of its contracted manufacturing plants. While the first inspection occurred months ago in Washington State, the second has not even been scheduled even though the two inspections are independent from one another, according to the company conference call.
In Bristol-Myers’ third-quarter financial report, it acknowledged that COVID-19 could delay the “ability for the FDA to conduct on-site inspections, such that the review of [liso-cel] could be delayed” as well.
During another event at the end of September, Hirawat conceded that an inspection had not even been scheduled, saying that “right now we don’t have a date for inspection of the plant. So they have not been inspected yet.”
Bristol-Myers did not say whether the drug was in jeopardy. “Bringing liso-cel to patients in need is a top priority for Bristol Myers Squibb,” a company spokesperson told the DCNF in an email.
“The FDA has not yet inspected [Bristol-Myers’] contracted manufacturing facility in Texas. [Bristol-Myers’] is committed to working with the FDA to ensure a safe and timely inspection of that facility, despite the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic,” the spokesperson added.


truepundit--2020-11-12--Fauci: Pfizer Vaccine Could Be Distributed ‘By The End Of The Year’

White House Coronavirus Task Force member Dr. Anthony Fauci said Monday that a coronavirus vaccine developed by Pfizer may be distributed by the end of the year .
Pfizer announced Monday that its vaccine was 90 % effective at preventing coronavirus infection during clinical trials .
“ It is really a big deal , ” Fauci said in an interview on CNN about the Pfizer results .
Fauci , who serves as the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease , said that Pfizer will begin in the next 10 days applying for emergency use authorization and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ said that if the process goes smoothly , as he expects , “ we may have doses that we ’ re able to give to people by the end of November , beginning of December.
” “ We would be giving vaccine to people very likely before the end of this year .
That is good news , ” Fauci said .
Moderna , another pharmaceutical company , is developing a vaccine similar to Pfizer ’ s that is also likely to prove effective against coronavirus , Fauci said .
The Pfizer version @ @ @ @ @ @ @ over the course of a month .
Fauci said in September that he expected a “ safe and effective ” vaccine to be developed by the end of this year .

White House Coronavirus Task Force member Dr. Anthony Fauci said Monday that a coronavirus vaccine developed by Pfizer may be distributed by the end of the year.
Pfizer announced Monday that its vaccine was 90% effective at preventing coronavirus infection during clinical trials.
“It is really a big deal,” Fauci said in an interview on CNN about the Pfizer results.
Fauci, who serves as the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease, said that Pfizer will begin in the next 10 days applying for emergency use authorization and ultimate approval of the vaccine.
He said that if the process goes smoothly, as he expects, “we may have doses that we’re able to give to people by the end of November, beginning of December.”
“We would be giving vaccine to people very likely before the end of this year. That is good news,” Fauci said.
Moderna, another pharmaceutical company, is developing a vaccine similar to Pfizer’s that is also likely to prove effective against coronavirus, Fauci said.
The Pfizer version will likely be administered in two doses over the course of a month.
Fauci said in September that he expected a “safe and effective” vaccine to be developed by the end of this year.


truepundit--2020-11-12--Ron DeSantis Introduces ‘Anti-Mob’ Legislation To Allow Floridians To Shoot Rioters And Looters

Republican Florida Gov .
Ron DeSantis has proposed an “ anti-mob ” bill that would allow residents to shoot rioters and looters who target businesses following nationwide unrest .
The law would expand the state ’ s self defense law , which currently forbids “ the use of force in defense of property , ” by increasing what constitutes a “ forcible felony , ” according to the Miami Herald .
DeSantis seeks to make looting or “ interruption or impairment ” of a business such a felony , thereby justifying deadly force to prevent it , the local outlet @ @ @ @ @ @ @ would also make it a third-degree felony to obstruct traffic , and would allow drivers to have legal immunity if they unintentionally kill or maim anyone engaging in blocking a roadway during a demonstration , according to the Herald .
The law , which is only a draft at the time of publishing , is also set to grant state authorities the ability to withhold funds from localities that choose to reduce their police budgets , the local outlet reported .
Critics of the bill claim the potential legislation will embolden vigilantes .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ their actions , ” former Miami-Dade County prosecutor Denise Georges told the Herald .
“ It also allows for death to be the punishment for a property crime — and that is cruel and unusual punishment .
We can not live in a lawless society where taking a life is done so casually and recklessly.
” DeSantis ’ push comes after months-long nationwide unrest that followed the death of George Floyd , who died after a Minneapolis police officer knelt on his neck for over eight minutes , video showed .

Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has proposed an “anti-mob” bill that would allow residents to shoot rioters and looters who target businesses following nationwide unrest.
The law would expand the state’s self defense law, which currently forbids “the use of force in defense of property,” by increasing what constitutes a “forcible felony,” according to the Miami Herald. DeSantis seeks to make looting or “interruption or impairment” of a business such a felony, thereby justifying deadly force to prevent it, the local outlet reported.
Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis, has drafted “anti-mob” legislation that would expand Florida’s Stand Your Ground law that critics say would allow armed citizens to shoot suspected looters or anyone engaged in “criminal mischief” that disrupts a businesshttps://t.co/tVEgmnWmIr — Hamza Shaban (@hshaban) November 10, 2020
The Republican’s bill would also make it a third-degree felony to obstruct traffic, and would allow drivers to have legal immunity if they unintentionally kill or maim anyone engaging in blocking a roadway during a demonstration, according to the Herald. The law, which is only a draft at the time of publishing, is also set to grant state authorities the ability to withhold funds from localities that choose to reduce their police budgets, the local outlet reported.
Critics of the bill claim the potential legislation will embolden vigilantes.
“It allows for vigilantes to justify their actions,” former Miami-Dade County prosecutor Denise Georges told the Herald. “It also allows for death to be the punishment for a property crime — and that is cruel and unusual punishment. We cannot live in a lawless society where taking a life is done so casually and recklessly.”
DeSantis’ push comes after months-long nationwide unrest that followed the death of George Floyd, who died after a Minneapolis police officer knelt on his neck for over eight minutes, video showed.


truepundit--2020-11-12--Scott Atlas Attacks Fauci, Raising Tensions Among Task Force Members

Dr. Scott Atlas , a member of the Trump administration ’ s coronavirus task force , publicly criticized Dr. Anthony Fauci Tuesday night , calling him a “ political animal ” and accusing him of adjusting his outlook on the pandemic once Election Day had passed .
Atlas ’ s remarks came on Fox News ’ “ The Ingraham Angle ” after host Laura Ingraham juxtaposed earlier comments that Fauci made about the timeline of a vaccine with more optimistic comments he made Tuesday after Pfizer announced that their vaccine was over 90 % effective .
“ There ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ — all negative , all to undermine what the reality of the timelines were , all to undermine the president , ” Atlas said .
“ And I think , you know , once you do that sort of thing and make yourself a political animal , basically , you lose your credibility.
” Atlas ’ s remarks echo those of the president , who has criticized Fauci and suggested last week that he would fire him after Election Day .
Atlas , a radiologist by training , has become one of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ due to his more optimistic outlook on the pandemic .
His credentials are quite different from Fauci , an immunologist who has led the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases since the 1980s .
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Dr. Scott Atlas, a member of the Trump administration’s coronavirus task force, publicly criticized Dr. Anthony Fauci Tuesday night, calling him a “political animal” and accusing him of adjusting his outlook on the pandemic once Election Day had passed.
Atlas’s remarks came on Fox News’ “The Ingraham Angle” after host Laura Ingraham juxtaposed earlier comments that Fauci made about the timeline of a vaccine with more optimistic comments he made Tuesday after Pfizer announced that their vaccine was over 90% effective.
“There’s all kinds of prognostications that were made — all negative, all to undermine what the reality of the timelines were, all to undermine the president,” Atlas said. “And I think, you know, once you do that sort of thing and make yourself a political animal, basically, you lose your credibility.”
Atlas’s remarks echo those of the president, who has criticized Fauci and suggested last week that he would fire him after Election Day.
Atlas, a radiologist by training, has become one of the most influential figures on the task force due to his more optimistic outlook on the pandemic. His credentials are quite different from Fauci, an immunologist who has led the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases since the 1980s.
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truepundit--2020-11-12--Pennsylvania Postal Worker Denies Recanting Claims Of Mail-In Voter Fraud

A postal service worker in Pennsylvania is disputing House Democrats ’ claims that he recanted allegations that his supervisors ordered employees to back-date mail-in voting ballots after Election Day .
Democrats on the House Oversight Committee said in a statement on Tuesday that Richard Hopkins , a postal worker in Erie , Pa. , retracted his story during interviews with investigators from the U.S .
Postal Service ’ s office of the inspector general .
Hopkins claimed in an interview with the conservative group Project Veritas last week that he overheard supervisors discussing backdating mail-in ballots received after the election @ @ @ @ @ @ @ still be counted in the state ’ s vote tally .
Videos of interviews with Hopkins have received millions of views and attracted congressional attention .
Hopkins also set up an online fundraiser that had generated $ 130,000 in donations until it was taken offline on Tuesday .
Hopkins ’ supervisor , Rob Weisenbach , has vehemently denied allegations that he directed employees to back-date mail-in ballots .
“ The Erie Post Office did not back date any ballots , ” Weisenbach , the postmaster in Erie , wrote on Facebook over the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
He said Hopkins ’ story was “ 100 % false ” and that Hopkins had recently been disciplined multiple times .
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham cited Hopkins ’ allegations in a press release saying he would investigate all credible allegations of voter fraud .
If Hopkins ’ story is accurate , the voter fraud he claims to have witnessed is likely not extensive enough to swing Pennsylvania in President Trump ’ s favor .
Joe Biden currently leads President Donald Trump by 48,000 votes in the state .
The Associated @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Pennsylvania , giving him enough electoral college votes to win the general election .
The Trump campaign has filed lawsuits in several swing states but has not provided evidence of voter fraud on the scale that would change the outcome in any of the swing states .
House Democrats asserted that Hopkins had “ completely ” recanted his allegations on Monday following an interview with postal service investigators .
The IG ’ s office briefed Congress on its investigation of Hopkins ’ claims , Democrats said .
Hopkins was adamant in an interview @ @ @ @ @ @ @ he did not recant his initial story .
“ I did not recant , ” he said in a video posted by Project Veritas president James O ’ Keefe .
O ’ Keefe published an edited audio file of Hopkins ’ interview with postal service investigators .
Hopkins told O ’ Keefe that he thought investigators were trying to coerce him into changing his initial story .
A spokesperson for the inspector general ’ s office declined to comment .

A postal service worker in Pennsylvania is disputing House Democrats’ claims that he recanted allegations that his supervisors ordered employees to back-date mail-in voting ballots after Election Day.
Democrats on the House Oversight Committee said in a statement on Tuesday that Richard Hopkins, a postal worker in Erie, Pa., retracted his story during interviews with investigators from the U.S. Postal Service’s office of the inspector general.
Hopkins claimed in an interview with the conservative group Project Veritas last week that he overheard supervisors discussing backdating mail-in ballots received after the election on Nov. 3 so that they would still be counted in the state’s vote tally.
Videos of interviews with Hopkins have received millions of views and attracted congressional attention. Hopkins also set up an online fundraiser that had generated $130,000 in donations until it was taken offline on Tuesday.
Hopkins’ supervisor, Rob Weisenbach, has vehemently denied allegations that he directed employees to back-date mail-in ballots.
“The Erie Post Office did not back date any ballots,” Weisenbach, the postmaster in Erie, wrote on Facebook over the weekend, according to the Erie Times-News.
He said Hopkins’ story was “100% false” and that Hopkins had recently been disciplined multiple times.
Hopkins’ allegations gained traction among Republicans who have questioned the vote tally in Pennsylvania and other swing states.
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham cited Hopkins’ allegations in a press release saying he would investigate all credible allegations of voter fraud.
If Hopkins’ story is accurate, the voter fraud he claims to have witnessed is likely not extensive enough to swing Pennsylvania in President Trump’s favor. Joe Biden currently leads President Donald Trump by 48,000 votes in the state.
The Associated Press projected on Saturday that Biden won Pennsylvania, giving him enough electoral college votes to win the general election.
The Trump campaign has filed lawsuits in several swing states but has not provided evidence of voter fraud on the scale that would change the outcome in any of the swing states.
House Democrats asserted that Hopkins had “completely” recanted his allegations on Monday following an interview with postal service investigators.
The IG’s office briefed Congress on its investigation of Hopkins’ claims, Democrats said.
BREAKING NEWS: Erie, Pa. #USPS whistleblower completely RECANTED his allegations of a supervisor tampering with mail-in ballots after being questioned by investigators, according to IG. THREAD: — Oversight Committee (@OversightDems) November 10, 2020
Hopkins was adamant in an interview with Project Veritas published on Tuesday that he did not recant his initial story.
“I did not recant,” he said in a video posted by Project Veritas president James O’Keefe.
USPS Whistleblower Richard Hopkins: “I DID NOT RECANT”@shawnboburg and @jacobbogage have been played by the same federal agents on the audio ‘coercing,’ ‘scaring’ the whistleblower to water down allegations. As reporters, they are REQUIRED to include Richard’s denial. REQUIRED pic.twitter.com/8Rj5yWSljz — James O’Keefe (@JamesOKeefeIII) November 11, 2020
O’Keefe published an edited audio file of Hopkins’ interview with postal service investigators. Hopkins told O’Keefe that he thought investigators were trying to coerce him into changing his initial story.
A spokesperson for the inspector general’s office declined to comment.


truepundit--2020-11-12--The Enlightened Woke Have Invaded Our Minds

The enlightened woke keep telling us ( the benighted helots ) that we must all “ decolonize our minds.
” The poet Mukoma Wa Ngugi advises , for example , that this mental cleansing must take place because “ inherited colonial inequalities were becoming more entrenched.
” Conservatives ’ first reaction to this idea would be to laugh about how beyond parody the left has become .
But let ’ s take this proposition seriously for a moment and apply it to the concepts we accept and the words we use in everyday life .
Why do conservatives routinely use @ @ @ @ @ @ @ left created as part of a project ?
The 2020 election , which blew up so many leftist shibboleths , offers a wonderful inflection point to re-calibrate our thinking .
Here ’ s the reality : The left has been in charge of the culture-making institutions for so long that we can , in all seriousness , consider ourselves to have been colonized .
This has been the result of the call by 1960s ’ radical Rudi Dutschke for a “ Long March Through the Institutions.
” The Long March was an obvious @ @ @ @ @ @ @ through the snow of China with his communist partisans in the 1930s .
It is important not to lose sight of this , as it reminds us of the communist nature of the takeover .
The only difference between China in the ‘ 30s and now is that Mao and his comrades were in an actual shooting war with the Nationalists , and the Long March of the past 50 years has not involved guns .
Just as in China , however , the Long March of our time has succeeded : they @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Areo Magazine conversation with the writer Aiyaan Hirsi Ali , Sarah Haider , also a writer , described things this way , “ To put it rather dramatically : we are not meeting the barbarians at the gate ; we are rebelling against the empire.
” Though she did not talk about being colonized , Haider did recognize that the super-woke are an infinitesimal minority ( the Hidden Tribes Project put them at around 8 % of Americans a couple of years ago ) but they are , nonetheless , incredibly influential , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ That ’ s a pretty good description of a colonial master .
“ One may object , however , and point out that the majority of Americans are not woke .
I believe that this is true .
I also believe that it doesn ’ t matter , ” Haider wrote .
“ When so many of our fundamental institutions are in cult-like consensus , when the richest and most powerful among us routinely display public allegiance to one faith , the preferences of the average American are largely irrelevant.
” “ We @ @ @ @ @ @ @ she added .
One way we can do that is to recognize the ways in which conservatives have allowed the language and concepts of the left to seep into their consciousness .
“ Minorities , ” “ Latinos , ” “ diversity , ” “ multiculturalism , ” “ anti-racism training ” — these are all concepts created by the Left as part of a Leftist project .
Why do conservatives persist on repeating these terms today ?
Probably because they have been pre-programmed by their colonizers for so long that we now @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in an op-ed in The Wall Street Journal right after the election , and in a book I published this year , The Plot to Change America , Hispanics , or Latinos ( or the downright loathsome term Latinx ) , were created as a census category by ideologues and activists who needed to expand the rank of “ minorities.
” Members of these minorities would then be instilled with grievances by a vanguard made of affinity groups , the better to transform America into something else .
The very concept of “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ we understand it today , only entered the lexicon with Webster ’ s II , in 1961 .
It was only in 1945 that was associated with a sense of “ collective discrimination ” in a foundational essay on the matter by the German-American sociologist and urbanist Louis Wirth , an advisor to the Frankfurt School .
Even diversity , a wonderful concept when it ’ s obtained organically as a result of meritocracy , has come to mean an enforced statistical reflection of the base population in every classroom , office , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ coerced quotas .
Which brings us to the present moment .
Donald Trump did not pander to these concepts ( indeed , the mainstream media spent the past four years labeling him a “ racist ” ) .
And yet he was rewarded with a share of the vote in Miami , Central Florida and Texas ’ s Rio Grande Valley — the state ’ s Mexican-American heartland — not seen in decades .
When asked about GOP candidates picking up Hispanic voters in the 2018 midterm election , one that went decisively @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Anchorman Jorge Ramos blurted out that it was the fault of Hispanics “ who identify completely with this country.
” This was an American election , mind you , and Ramos was chiding people voting who identified as Americans .
In 2016 , Ramos blamed “ immigrants or the children of immigrants who have forgotten their origin.
” Give the Univision anchor his due .
What we heard from voters from coast to coast , in other words , is that they think of themselves as individual Americans .
The sooner conservatives decolonize @ @ @ @ @ @ @ again in this manner , the better it will be for them .
Bob Marley ’ s classic line , “ emancipate yourself from mental slavery , ” should now be their anthem .
Mike Gonzalez is a Senior Fellow of the Douglas and Sarah Allison Center for Foreign Policy at the Heritage Foundation and an Angeles T. Arredondo E Pluribus Unum fellow .
He is the author of The Plot to Change America : How Identity Politics is Dividing the Land of the Free .
The views and opinions expressed in this @ @ @ @ @ @ @ do not reflect the official position of the Daily Caller News Foundation .

The enlightened woke keep telling us (the benighted helots) that we must all “decolonize our minds.” The poet Mukoma Wa Ngugi advises, for example, that this mental cleansing must take place because “inherited colonial inequalities were becoming more entrenched.”
Conservatives’ first reaction to this idea would be to laugh about how beyond parody the left has become. But let’s take this proposition seriously for a moment and apply it to the concepts we accept and the words we use in everyday life.
Why do conservatives routinely use ideas, terms and phrases that the left created as part of a project? The 2020 election, which blew up so many leftist shibboleths, offers a wonderful inflection point to re-calibrate our thinking.
Here’s the reality: The left has been in charge of the culture-making institutions for so long that we can, in all seriousness, consider ourselves to have been colonized. This has been the result of the call by 1960s’ radical Rudi Dutschke for a “Long March Through the Institutions.”
The Long March was an obvious reference to Mao’s Long March through the snow of China with his communist partisans in the 1930s. It is important not to lose sight of this, as it reminds us of the communist nature of the takeover. The only difference between China in the ‘30s and now is that Mao and his comrades were in an actual shooting war with the Nationalists, and the Long March of the past 50 years has not involved guns.
Just as in China, however, the Long March of our time has succeeded: they won, we lost. In an Areo Magazine conversation with the writer Aiyaan Hirsi Ali, Sarah Haider, also a writer, described things this way, “To put it rather dramatically: we are not meeting the barbarians at the gate; we are rebelling against the empire.”
Though she did not talk about being colonized, Haider did recognize that the super-woke are an infinitesimal minority (the Hidden Tribes Project put them at around 8% of Americans a couple of years ago) but they are, nonetheless, incredibly influential, controlling the thoughts of the majority. That’s a pretty good description of a colonial master.
“One may object, however, and point out that the majority of Americans are not woke. I believe that this is true. I also believe that it doesn’t matter,” Haider wrote. “When so many of our fundamental institutions are in cult-like consensus, when the richest and most powerful among us routinely display public allegiance to one faith, the preferences of the average American are largely irrelevant.”
“We must adjust our approach accordingly,” she added.
One way we can do that is to recognize the ways in which conservatives have allowed the language and concepts of the left to seep into their consciousness. “Minorities,” “Latinos,” “diversity,” “multiculturalism,” “anti-racism training” — these are all concepts created by the Left as part of a Leftist project.
Why do conservatives persist on repeating these terms today? Probably because they have been pre-programmed by their colonizers for so long that we now think this way.
As I explained in an op-ed in The Wall Street Journal right after the election, and in a book I published this year, The Plot to Change America, Hispanics, or Latinos (or the downright loathsome term Latinx), were created as a census category by ideologues and activists who needed to expand the rank of “minorities.” Members of these minorities would then be instilled with grievances by a vanguard made of affinity groups, the better to transform America into something else.
The very concept of “minorities” itself, in the sense we understand it today, only entered the lexicon with Webster’s II, in 1961. It was only in 1945 that was associated with a sense of “collective discrimination” in a foundational essay on the matter by the German-American sociologist and urbanist Louis Wirth, an advisor to the Frankfurt School.
Even diversity, a wonderful concept when it’s obtained organically as a result of meritocracy, has come to mean an enforced statistical reflection of the base population in every classroom, office, court or legislature — something that requires coerced quotas.
Which brings us to the present moment. Donald Trump did not pander to these concepts (indeed, the mainstream media spent the past four years labeling him a “racist”). And yet he was rewarded with a share of the vote in Miami, Central Florida and Texas’s Rio Grande Valley — the state’s Mexican-American heartland — not seen in decades.
When asked about GOP candidates picking up Hispanic voters in the 2018 midterm election, one that went decisively for the Democrats, Univision’s Anchorman Jorge Ramos blurted out that it was the fault of Hispanics “who identify completely with this country.” This was an American election, mind you, and Ramos was chiding people voting who identified as Americans. In 2016, Ramos blamed “immigrants or the children of immigrants who have forgotten their origin.”
Give the Univision anchor his due. What we heard from voters from coast to coast, in other words, is that they think of themselves as individual Americans. The sooner conservatives decolonize their minds and their vocabulary and think again in this manner, the better it will be for them. Bob Marley’s classic line, “emancipate yourself from mental slavery,” should now be their anthem.
Mike Gonzalez is a Senior Fellow of the Douglas and Sarah Allison Center for Foreign Policy at the Heritage Foundation and an Angeles T. Arredondo E Pluribus Unum fellow. He is the author of The Plot to Change America: How Identity Politics is Dividing the Land of the Free.
The views and opinions expressed in this commentary are those of the author and do not reflect the official position of the Daily Caller News Foundation.


truepundit--2020-11-12--DC Mayor Doubles Down On Attending Biden Celebration, Calls It Essential

DC Mayor Muriel Bowser doubled down on attending President-elect Joe Biden ’ s Delaware victory speech , calling her trip “ essential ” during a Tuesday press conference .
Bowser ’ s office released an updated list of high risk states , which included Delaware , on Nov. 2 , noting that “ anyone coming into Washington , DC from a high-risk state ( within the prior 14 days ) who was traveling for non-essential activities will be required to self-quarantine for 14 days from their arrival in the District.
” Despite this order , Bowser attended the former vice @ @ @ @ @ @ @ home town of Wilmington , Delaware , Deputy Mayor John Falcicchio told the Daily Caller News Foundation on Monday .
Bowser described the trip Tuesday as a “ trip that I took on Saturday night to congratulate the Biden-Harris team on a historic victory and celebrate for Washingtonians what will be a change at the White House at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue , and I ’ ve been very proud to do that , ” according to video footage the mayor ’ s office shared with the DCNF .
“ Absolutely , ” she @ @ @ @ @ @ @ her trip was essential .
“ I do a lot of things to advance the interests of the District of Columbia , ” Bowser said .
“ And some of them are formal , and some of them are informal , but all of them are necessary.
” Bowser ’ s office has previously defined “ essential travel ” in March as “ travel related to the provision of , or access to , Essential Activities , Essential Governmental Functions , Essential Businesses , or Minimum Basic Operations , including travel to and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ maintain Essential Governmental Functions .
”

DC Mayor Muriel Bowser doubled down on attending President-elect Joe Biden’s Delaware victory speech, calling her trip “essential” during a Tuesday press conference.
Bowser’s office released an updated list of high risk states, which included Delaware, on Nov. 2, noting that “anyone coming into Washington, DC from a high-risk state (within the prior 14 days) who was traveling for non-essential activities will be required to self-quarantine for 14 days from their arrival in the District.”
Despite this order, Bowser attended the former vice president’s victory speech in his home town of Wilmington, Delaware, Deputy Mayor John Falcicchio told the Daily Caller News Foundation on Monday.
Bowser described the trip Tuesday as a “trip that I took on Saturday night to congratulate the Biden-Harris team on a historic victory and celebrate for Washingtonians what will be a change at the White House at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, and I’ve been very proud to do that,” according to video footage the mayor’s office shared with the DCNF.
“Absolutely,” she responded when a reporter asked her if her trip was essential.
“I do a lot of things to advance the interests of the District of Columbia,” Bowser said. “And some of them are formal, and some of them are informal, but all of them are necessary.”
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Bowser’s office has previously defined “essential travel” in March as “travel related to the provision of, or access to, Essential Activities, Essential Governmental Functions, Essential Businesses, or Minimum Basic Operations, including travel to and from work to operate Essential Businesses or maintain Essential Governmental Functions.”


truepundit--2020-11-12--School Districts In Pennsylvania, New Jersey Delay Partial Reopening Plans As COVID-19 Cases Spike

School districts in Pennsylvania and New Jersey have delayed hybrid plans offering students partial in-person learning amid increasing COVID-19 cases @ @ @ @ @ announced Tuesday , Nov. 10 that all student learning will be conducted virtually “ until @ @ @ @ @ written letter by the district ’ s Chief of Schools Dr. Evelyn Nunez , according @ @ @ @ @ Cherry Hill , New Jersey public schools also announced a delay to their hybrid learning @ @ @ @ @ Nov. 9 , according to a local outlet , The Sun Newspapers .
Public schools @ @ @ @ @ set to launch partial in-person learning this week but have attributed their delay to increasing @ @ @ @ @ in Cherry Hill .
The delays come after New York Gov .
Andrew Cuomo announced @ @ @ @ @ last month , citing upticks in cases throughout the city in nine coronavirus “ hotspots.
@ @ @ @ @ of America ’ s largest school districts remain open to offer in-person .

School districts in Pennsylvania and New Jersey have delayed hybrid plans offering students partial in-person learning amid increasing COVID-19 cases.
The Philadelphia School District announced Tuesday, Nov. 10 that all student learning will be conducted virtually “until further notice” in a written letter by the district’s Chief of Schools Dr. Evelyn Nunez, according to 6ABC Action News.
All School District of Philadelphia schools will remain fully virtual until further notice. See Superintendent Hite’s letter here: https://t.co/vqALwGOJ3z — Philadelphia Schools (@PHLschools) November 10, 2020
Cherry Hill, New Jersey public schools also announced a delay to their hybrid learning plan late on Monday, Nov. 9, according to a local outlet, The Sun Newspapers. Public schools in Cherry Hill were previously set to launch partial in-person learning this week but have attributed their delay to increasing COVID-19 cases among school-aged children in Cherry Hill.
The delays come after New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced New York City school lockdowns last month, citing upticks in cases throughout the city in nine coronavirus “hotspots.” Still, almost half of America’s largest school districts remain open to offer in-person.


truepundit--2020-11-12--Twitter Locks Lincoln Project Account Over Tweet Doxxing Trump Lawyers

“ Here are two attorneys attempting to help Trump overturn the will of the Pennsylvanian people , ” the Lincoln @ @ @ @ @ of attorneys Carolyn McGee and Ronald Hicks .
The tweet includes the attorneys ’ phone @ @ @ @ @ DCNF repeatedly reached out to Twitter Tuesday afternoon inquiring as to whether the tweet violated @ @ @ @ @ service .
A spokesperson clarified around 2:30 that the Lincoln Project account must delete the @ @ @ @ @ to their account.
” The Lincoln Project did not immediately respond to a request for @ @ @ @ @

A Lincoln Project tweet doxxing President Donald Trump’s lawyers violates Twitter’s term of service, a Twitter spokesman told the Daily Caller News Foundation Tuesday.
“Here are two attorneys attempting to help Trump overturn the will of the Pennsylvanian people,” the Lincoln Project tweeted with a picture of attorneys Carolyn McGee and Ronald Hicks. The tweet includes the attorneys’ phone numbers and emails.
The DCNF repeatedly reached out to Twitter Tuesday afternoon inquiring as to whether the tweet violated Twitter’s terms of service. A spokesperson clarified around 2:30 that the Lincoln Project account must delete the Tweet before “regaining access to their account.”
“The Tweet referenced is in violation of the Twitter Rules on abusive behavior, ” a Twitter spokesman told the DCNF Tuesday afternoon. “The account owner will be required to delete the violative Tweet before regaining access to their account.”
The Lincoln Project did not immediately respond to a request for comment from the DCNF.


truepundit--2020-11-12--The Affordable Care Act Appears Likely To Survive Another Legal Challenge, Justices Signal

Most of the Affordable Care Act appeared likely to survive yet another legal challenge as five justices indicated that they were not inclined to strike down the law .
The court heard Texas v. California , a suit brought by multiple Republican attorneys general which argues that the individual mandate , a signature part of the health care law , is unconstitutional and that the entire law must be struck down as a result .
At least five justices , however , seemingly said that even if the mandate is found to be unconstitutional it can likely be separated from @ @ @ @ @ @ @ It does seem fairly clear that the proper remedy would be to sever the mandate provision and leave the rest of the law in place , ” said Justice Brett Kavanaugh Tuesday .
Though the mandate originally imposed a fine on those who opted out of receiving insurance , the fine was lowered to zero in the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act , rendering it largely unenforceable .
This was echoed by Chief Justice John Roberts , who said that “ Congress left the rest of the law intact when it lowered @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the suit allege that if the Supreme Court were to side with the plaintiffs , millions of Americans would lose their health coverage in the middle of a pandemic as a result .
One study by the Urban Institute estimated that if the law is overturned over 20 million Americans would risk losing their health insurance .
Texas v. California is the third time the ACA has appeared before the Supreme Court .
In 2012 , the court upheld the individual mandate as a tax , with Roberts writing the majority opinion , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the federal government could provide tax subsidies to facilitate lower-income Americans in buying health insurance .
Greater speculation has surrounded Texas v. California because the Trump administration has supported the plaintiffs in their push to overturn the ACA and because three new justices have joined the court since it last heard a case related to the law .
In addition to Kavanaugh , who was confirmed in October 2018 , Justices Neil Gorsuch and Amy Coney Barrett joined the court in April 2017 and October 2020 , respectively .

Most of the Affordable Care Act appeared likely to survive yet another legal challenge as five justices indicated that they were not inclined to strike down the law.
The court heard Texas v. California, a suit brought by multiple Republican attorneys general which argues that the individual mandate, a signature part of the health care law, is unconstitutional and that the entire law must be struck down as a result. At least five justices, however, seemingly said that even if the mandate is found to be unconstitutional it can likely be separated from the rest of the law.
“It does seem fairly clear that the proper remedy would be to sever the mandate provision and leave the rest of the law in place,” said Justice Brett Kavanaugh Tuesday.
Though the mandate originally imposed a fine on those who opted out of receiving insurance, the fine was lowered to zero in the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, rendering it largely unenforceable. This was echoed by Chief Justice John Roberts, who said that “Congress left the rest of the law intact when it lowered the penalty to zero.”
Opponents of the suit allege that if the Supreme Court were to side with the plaintiffs, millions of Americans would lose their health coverage in the middle of a pandemic as a result. One study by the Urban Institute estimated that if the law is overturned over 20 million Americans would risk losing their health insurance.
Texas v. California is the third time the ACA has appeared before the Supreme Court. In 2012, the court upheld the individual mandate as a tax, with Roberts writing the majority opinion, and in 2015 the court ruled that the federal government could provide tax subsidies to facilitate lower-income Americans in buying health insurance.
Greater speculation has surrounded Texas v. California because the Trump administration has supported the plaintiffs in their push to overturn the ACA and because three new justices have joined the court since it last heard a case related to the law. In addition to Kavanaugh, who was confirmed in October 2018, Justices Neil Gorsuch and Amy Coney Barrett joined the court in April 2017 and October 2020, respectively.


truepundit--2020-11-12--Rising Violence Prompts Minneapolis City Officials To Consider Asking Nearby Officers For Support

Officials might bring in officers from nearby jurisdictions to aid the Minneapolis Police Department ’ s response to increasing violent crimes , the Minneapolis Star Tribune reported Monday .
Police officers from the Hennepin County Sheriff ’ s Office and Metro Transit Police will temporarily work with the Minneapolis Police Department if the measure is approved by the City Council and Democratic Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey , according to the Tribune .
The city has experienced a recent increase in violent crime , with 74 reported homicides just this year .
“ We ’ re not gon na be having @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
These are going to be people out combating crime issues , ” Minneapolis Police Department spokesperson John Elder said , the Tribune reported .
The officers would work on Joint Enforcement Teams to respond to reports of violence , according to Elder , the Tribune reported .
The teams would be deployed beginning Nov. 15 through the end of the year .
“ We ’ re barely able to cover the shifts that we have , ” City Council Member Linea Palmisano said , the Tribune reported .
“ We really can @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on-duty shifts.
” Palmisano supports the increase in law enforcement officials and hopes the city will incorporate funds to continue the teams in next year ’ s budget , according to the Tribune .
Frey ’ s office said he supports the measure .
The city would take an estimated $ 497,000 out of the contingency fund to reimburse the departments for their officers , according to the Tribune .
Several officers resigned after George Floyd died while in the custody of former Minneapolis police officers in May , according to the Tribune @ @ @ @ @ @ @ police department resources , and some officers have made claims of experiencing PTSD .
Multiple city council members previously supported “ ending ” the police department after Floyd died , the Tribune reported .

Officials might bring in officers from nearby jurisdictions to aid the Minneapolis Police Department’s response to increasing violent crimes, the Minneapolis Star Tribune reported Monday.
Police officers from the Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office and Metro Transit Police will temporarily work with the Minneapolis Police Department if the measure is approved by the City Council and Democratic Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, according to the Tribune. The city has experienced a recent increase in violent crime, with 74 reported homicides just this year.
“We’re not gonna be having these people out taking bicycle theft reports. These are going to be people out combating crime issues,” Minneapolis Police Department spokesperson John Elder said, the Tribune reported.
The council members vowed to end the Minneapolis Police Department, but six months later, that has not happened — and there’s a good chance it never will. https://t.co/bqom2QNaRz — Globalnews.ca (@globalnews) November 4, 2020
The officers would work on Joint Enforcement Teams to respond to reports of violence, according to Elder, the Tribune reported. The teams would be deployed beginning Nov. 15 through the end of the year.
“We’re barely able to cover the shifts that we have,” City Council Member Linea Palmisano said, the Tribune reported. “We really can’t allocate additional police officers for on-duty shifts.”
Palmisano supports the increase in law enforcement officials and hopes the city will incorporate funds to continue the teams in next year’s budget, according to the Tribune. Frey’s office said he supports the measure.
The city would take an estimated $497,000 out of the contingency fund to reimburse the departments for their officers, according to the Tribune.
Several officers resigned after George Floyd died while in the custody of former Minneapolis police officers in May, according to the Tribune. Civil unrest in Minneapolis has strained police department resources, and some officers have made claims of experiencing PTSD.
Multiple city council members previously supported “ending” the police department after Floyd died, the Tribune reported.


truepundit--2020-11-12--McCabe Says He Would Not Have Signed Carter Page Spy Warrant Given Recent Revelations

Former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe told a Senate committee on Tuesday that he would not have signed an application for a warrant to surveil a former Trump campaign aide had he known it contained inaccurate information .
“ If you knew then what you know now , would you have signed the warrant application in June 2017 against Carter Page ?
” Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham asked McCabe .
A Justice Department inspector general ’ s report released on Dec. 9 , 2019 blasted the FBI over a series of errors and omissions in four applications for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ warrants against Carter Page .
The IG report said that investigators failed to disclose numerous problems with the Steele dossier , which the FBI cited extensively in the FISA applications .
McCabe signed the fourth and final FISA application in June 2017 .
The Justice Department has deemed that application and another one signed in April 2017 to be invalid because of widespread errors .
Three other officials who signed off on FISA warrants against Page have told the Senate Judiciary Committee that they would not have authorized surveillance against the former Trump @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the findings in the IG report .
Former Deputy Attorney Generals Rod Rosenstein and Sally Yates and former FBI Director James Comey have all testified that they would not have approved the warrants .
The IG report said that FBI investigators failed to verify allegations from former British spy Christopher Steele before using the information in the FISA applications .
Steele alleged in a dossier that the Trump campaign and Kremlin were part of a “ well-developed conspiracy of cooperation ” to influence the 2016 election .
The special counsel ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ released on April 18 , 2019 .
The IG report said that the FBI failed to disclose evidence that undercut the credibility of the dossier McCabe , who was fired from the FBI in March 2018 , told Senate Judiciary Committee Lindsey Graham that he was not briefed on the details of an FBI interview with the primary source for Christopher Steele , the author of a dossier that the FBI used to obtain its FISA warrants .
The source , Igor Danchenko , told the FBI that information he gave to Steele @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Steele portrayed the information as verified in the dossier , which is cited extensively in the FBI ’ s four FISA applications against Page .

Former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe told a Senate committee on Tuesday that he would not have signed an application for a warrant to surveil a former Trump campaign aide had he known it contained inaccurate information.
“If you knew then what you know now, would you have signed the warrant application in June 2017 against Carter Page?” Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham asked McCabe.
“No, sir,” McCabe said.
A Justice Department inspector general’s report released on Dec. 9, 2019 blasted the FBI over a series of errors and omissions in four applications for Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) warrants against Carter Page.
The IG report said that investigators failed to disclose numerous problems with the Steele dossier, which the FBI cited extensively in the FISA applications.
McCabe signed the fourth and final FISA application in June 2017. The Justice Department has deemed that application and another one signed in April 2017 to be invalid because of widespread errors.
Three other officials who signed off on FISA warrants against Page have told the Senate Judiciary Committee that they would not have authorized surveillance against the former Trump aide if they had known about some of the findings in the IG report.
Former Deputy Attorney Generals Rod Rosenstein and Sally Yates and former FBI Director James Comey have all testified that they would not have approved the warrants.
The IG report said that FBI investigators failed to verify allegations from former British spy Christopher Steele before using the information in the FISA applications.
Steele alleged in a dossier that the Trump campaign and Kremlin were part of a “well-developed conspiracy of cooperation” to influence the 2016 election.
The special counsel’s office debunked that allegation in a report released on April 18, 2019.
The IG report said that the FBI failed to disclose evidence that undercut the credibility of the dossier
McCabe, who was fired from the FBI in March 2018, told Senate Judiciary Committee Lindsey Graham that he was not briefed on the details of an FBI interview with the primary source for Christopher Steele, the author of a dossier that the FBI used to obtain its FISA warrants.
The source, Igor Danchenko, told the FBI that information he gave to Steele was based on hearsay and rumor. Steele portrayed the information as verified in the dossier, which is cited extensively in the FBI’s four FISA applications against Page.


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truepundit--2020-11-13--Target Reopens Looted Store In Minneapolis With Goal Of Being Less “Racist”

Target has re-opened its looted Minneapolis store that was completely ransacked during the George Floyd riots over 5 months ago @ @ @ @ @ more to black shoppers and being less “ racist.
” According to a Bloomberg report @ @ @ @ @ new “ mural ” at the entrance of the store and it has been completely @ @ @ @ @ owned by a Somali-American woman in order to make it more welcoming for black people @ @ @ @ @ stock more products made by black-owned brands .
In August , Target ’ s new @ @ @ @ @ outlined the goal of responding to its stores being looted ( predominantly by black criminals @ @ @ @ @ reputation of appealing primarily to white shoppers.- READ MORE Listen to the insightful Thomas Paine @ @ @

Target has re-opened its looted Minneapolis store that was completely ransacked during the George Floyd riots over 5 months ago with the goal of catering more to black shoppers and being less “racist.”
Yes, really.
According to a Bloomberg report, there is now a new “mural” at the entrance of the store and it has been completely remodeled by a contracting company owned by a Somali-American woman in order to make it more welcoming for black people.
The store will also stock more products made by black-owned brands.
In August, Target’s new “racial justice committee” outlined the goal of responding to its stores being looted (predominantly by black criminals), by tackling its reputation of appealing primarily to white shoppers.- READ MORE
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truepundit--2020-11-13--Less Than Half Of Americans Likely To Comply With New COVID Lockdown: Gallup

Earlier we featured the worrisome prospect of a second national coronavirus lockdown under a future Biden administration , considering the latest scientist to join Joe Biden ’ s “ special coronavirus transition advisory team ” is calling for just that .
Dr. Michael Osterholm , who serves as director of the Center of Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota , now one of Biden ’ s coronavirus task force doctors told Yahoo News the following on Wednesday : “ We could pay for a package right now to cover all of the lost wages for individual @ @ @ @ @ @ @ we could lockdown for 4 to 6 weeks.
” But we know that ’ s unlikely to go well based on the latest polling data , as it appears the majority of Americans would not conform to such new stay-at-home orders and travel restrictions : Americans are less likely to comply with another coronavirus lockdown than they were in the spring , with fewer than half saying in a new poll that they ’ re very likely to stay home this time around , according to a new Gallup Poll released as record @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s the data , according to Gallup , based on the poll taken between Oct.19 and Nov.1 – READ MORE Listen to the insightful Thomas Paine Podcast Below --

Earlier we featured the worrisome prospect of a second national coronavirus lockdown under a future Biden administration, considering the latest scientist to join Joe Biden’s “special coronavirus transition advisory team” is calling for just that.
Dr. Michael Osterholm, who serves as director of the Center of Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota, now one of Biden’s coronavirus task force doctors told Yahoo News the following on Wednesday: “We could pay for a package right now to cover all of the lost wages for individual workers… if we did that, then we could lockdown for 4 to 6 weeks.”
But we know that’s unlikely to go well based on the latest polling data, as it appears the majority of Americans would not conform to such new stay-at-home orders and travel restrictions:
Americans are less likely to comply with another coronavirus lockdown than they were in the spring, with fewer than half saying in a new poll that they’re very likely to stay home this time around, according to a new Gallup Poll released as record numbers of cases skyrocket nationwide.
Here’s the data, according to Gallup, based on the poll taken between Oct.19 and Nov.1 – READ MORE
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truepundit--2020-11-13--Ken Starr: Pennsylvania Ballot Extension A “Constitutional Travesty”

Former independent counsel Ken Starr has described the Pennsylvania Supreme Court decision to allow late-arrival mail-in ballots as a “ constitutional travesty , ” saying that only the state legislature has the authority granted by the Constitution to set such terms .
Starr , a former circuit judge and former solicitor general of the United States , told Fox News ’ “ Life Liberty and Levin ” that he believes the federal Supreme Court would now “ do its duty.
” The federal Supreme Court last month declined a plea to suspend the decision by the state Supreme Court prior @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a petition to review the merits of the case .
In total over 2.6 million mail-in and absentee ballots have been received in Pennsylvania at the time of writing—out of 6.5 million total votes tallied in the state .
The ratio of Democrat to Republican votes in mail-in and absentee ballots is around three to one .
Starr said that the actions of the Pennsylvania court in allowing mail-in ballots that arrive after Election Day contradicted the demands of the Constitution which bestows only state legislatures with the right to set the terms @ @ @ @ @ @ @ not courts .
The Democratic Party filed a lawsuit against the Pennsylvania Secretary of the Commonwealth , and all 67 county boards after the state legislature rejected proposals by Gov .
Tom Wolf on the processing of ballots .
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court , which has a 5-2 Democratic majority , ruled on Sept. 17 in their favor , saying that election officials can accept all mail-in ballots , including absentee ballots , up to three days after the election .
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Former independent counsel Ken Starr has described the Pennsylvania Supreme Court decision to allow late-arrival mail-in ballots as a “constitutional travesty,” saying that only the state legislature has the authority granted by the Constitution to set such terms.
Starr, a former circuit judge and former solicitor general of the United States, told Fox News’ “Life Liberty and Levin” that he believes the federal Supreme Court would now “do its duty.”
The federal Supreme Court last month declined a plea to suspend the decision by the state Supreme Court prior to the election and is currently considering a petition to review the merits of the case.
In total over 2.6 million mail-in and absentee ballots have been received in Pennsylvania at the time of writing—out of 6.5 million total votes tallied in the state. The ratio of Democrat to Republican votes in mail-in and absentee ballots is around three to one.
Starr said that the actions of the Pennsylvania court in allowing mail-in ballots that arrive after Election Day contradicted the demands of the Constitution which bestows only state legislatures with the right to set the terms for gifting their electoral college votes, not courts.
The Democratic Party filed a lawsuit against the Pennsylvania Secretary of the Commonwealth, and all 67 county boards after the state legislature rejected proposals by Gov. Tom Wolf on the processing of ballots. The Pennsylvania Supreme Court, which has a 5-2 Democratic majority, ruled on Sept. 17 in their favor, saying that election officials can accept all mail-in ballots, including absentee ballots, up to three days after the election. – READ MORE
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truepundit--2020-11-13--Supermarkets Limit Toilet Paper Purchases As COVID Cases Hit New Highs

Some experts warn about the genuine possibility that US daily caseloads of coronavirus could breach 200,000 in the coming weeks or by the end of the year as daily new cases top more than 100,000 for the sixth consecutive day .
Total cases exceeded ten million on Sunday since the pandemic began , far more than any other country .
Weeks ago , on Oct. 28 , we informed readers : “ panic hoarding begins ” – as anxieties of Americans soared in tandem with new cases as threats of a COVID winter along with new restrictions and possible lockdowns @ @ @ @ @ @ @ turned tens of millions of Americans into preppers , as many fringe preppers were relentlessly mocked by mainstream media in February and March ahead lockdowns .
A recent survey shows over half of all Americans are currently planning “ to stockpile food and other essentials ” … Slightly more than half of Americans in a recent poll from Sports and Leisure Research Group say they already have or plan to stockpile food and other essentials .
The chief reason is fears of a resurgent pandemic , which could cause disruptions such as new @ @ @ @ @ @ @ not just food people are prepping once again .
New reports across the country suggest toilet paper is becoming a hot commodity .
Stores are re-implementing limits on toilet paper as demand surges .
Kroger , with more than 2,000 supermarkets nationwide , has just put limits on the essential items “ to ensure all customers have access to what they need.
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Some experts warn about the genuine possibility that US daily caseloads of coronavirus could breach 200,000 in the coming weeks or by the end of the year as daily new cases top more than 100,000 for the sixth consecutive day. Total cases exceeded ten million on Sunday since the pandemic began, far more than any other country.
Weeks ago, on Oct. 28, we informed readers: “panic hoarding begins” – as anxieties of Americans soared in tandem with new cases as threats of a COVID winter along with new restrictions and possible lockdowns drove people to supermarkets.
Coronavirus has turned tens of millions of Americans into preppers, as many fringe preppers were relentlessly mocked by mainstream media in February and March ahead lockdowns. A recent survey shows over half of all Americans are currently planning “to stockpile food and other essentials”…
Slightly more than half of Americans in a recent poll from Sports and Leisure Research Group say they already have or plan to stockpile food and other essentials. The chief reason is fears of a resurgent pandemic, which could cause disruptions such as new restrictions on businesses.
It’s not just food people are prepping once again. New reports across the country suggest toilet paper is becoming a hot commodity. Stores are re-implementing limits on toilet paper as demand surges.
Kroger, with more than 2,000 supermarkets nationwide, has just put limits on the essential items “to ensure all customers have access to what they need.” – READ MORE
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truepundit--2020-11-13--Climate ‘Experts’ Demand Tax-On-Meat To Fight Global Warming

The UK Health Alliance on Climate Change ( UKHACC ) urges the UK government to impose a climate tax on food producers by 2025 – unless private industry takes voluntary measures to limit their carbon emissions .
In the report published on Nov. 4 , titled “ All-Consuming : Building A Healthier Food System For People And Planet , ” UKHACC outlines that the climate crisis can not be resolved without reducing food that causes high emissions , such as red meat and dairy products .
“ In particular , red meat consumption will need to be cut by half @ @ @ @ @ @ @ within sustainable environmental limits , ” UKHACC wrote in the report .
Adding that , “ changing our diets in this way will not only help to mitigate climate change but will also improve our health : there is also clear evidence that is replacing animal protein with plant-based protein results in lower rates of stroke , heart disease , diabetes , and overall death rates.
” UKHACC represents doctors , nurses , and other healthcare professionals from ten Royal Colleges of medicine and nursing , the British Medical Association , and The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ besides levies on food , such as ending buy-one-get-one-free offers for supermarket products that are harmful to the environment .
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The UK Health Alliance on Climate Change (UKHACC) urges the UK government to impose a climate tax on food producers by 2025 – unless private industry takes voluntary measures to limit their carbon emissions.
In the report published on Nov. 4, titled “All-Consuming: Building A Healthier Food System For People And Planet,” UKHACC outlines that the climate crisis cannot be resolved without reducing food that causes high emissions, such as red meat and dairy products.
“In particular, red meat consumption will need to be cut by half if the food system is to stay within sustainable environmental limits ,” UKHACC wrote in the report.
Adding that, “ changing our diets in this way will not only help to mitigate climate change but will also improve our health: there is also clear evidence that is replacing animal protein with plant-based protein results in lower rates of stroke, heart disease, diabetes, and overall death rates.”
UKHACC represents doctors, nurses, and other healthcare professionals from ten Royal Colleges of medicine and nursing, the British Medical Association, and The Lancet. The report makes several recommendations besides levies on food, such as ending buy-one-get-one-free offers for supermarket products that are harmful to the environment. – READ MORE
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truepundit--2020-11-13--European Union Moves To Outlaw Encrypted Apps

The European Union is moving to ban end-to-end encrypted communication .
An EU council of ministers resolution spearheaded by French Prime Minister Emmanuel Macron and Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz of the conservative Austrian People ’ s Party would mandate that apps such as Telegram , Signal , and WhatsApp provide European intelligence services with backdoor access in order to allow them to better monitor the conversations of their citizens .
Encryption is an important tool used by dissidents , journalists and privacy-conscious citizens around the world in an age of mass surveillance and strict social media censorship .
Millions have @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as the rulers of the Anglosphere and Europe continue to lose public confidence and become more repressive .
The excuse being given for this effort is a spate of recent terrorist attacks in France and Austria committed by Islamic extremists .
Rather than contend with the complex cultural , ethnic and immigration issues that lead to such violence , Macron , Kurz and the interests they represent see an opportunity to expand their eavesdropping power over their increasingly frightened population .
In recent years , laws passed by liberal governments under the guise @ @ @ @ @ @ @ utilized against citizens espousing nationalist , populist and dissident ideas , as well as adversarial political factions .
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The European Union is moving to ban end-to-end encrypted communication.
An EU council of ministers resolution spearheaded by French Prime Minister Emmanuel Macron and Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz of the conservative Austrian People’s Party would mandate that apps such as Telegram, Signal, and WhatsApp provide European intelligence services with backdoor access in order to allow them to better monitor the conversations of their citizens.
Encryption is an important tool used by dissidents, journalists and privacy-conscious citizens around the world in an age of mass surveillance and strict social media censorship. Millions have started embracing the technology in the West as the rulers of the Anglosphere and Europe continue to lose public confidence and become more repressive.
The excuse being given for this effort is a spate of recent terrorist attacks in France and Austria committed by Islamic extremists. Rather than contend with the complex cultural, ethnic and immigration issues that lead to such violence, Macron, Kurz and the interests they represent see an opportunity to expand their eavesdropping power over their increasingly frightened population.
In recent years, laws passed by liberal governments under the guise of combating foreign Islamic terrorism have been utilized against citizens espousing nationalist, populist and dissident ideas, as well as adversarial political factions. – READ MORE
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truepundit--2020-11-13--Seattle poised to cut police budget by 20%, second most in nation but short of ‘defund’ demands

The Seattle City Council has proposed reducing its police budget by 20 % , which would make it one of several Democratic-run cities taking big chunks of money away from local law enforcement , MyNorthwest reported .
Many “ Defund the police ” activists who were calling for the city to cut its police budget by at least 50 % may not be happy , but the cuts would make Seattle second only to Austin for biggest police budget reductions since the May 25 death of George Floyd .
Floyd died while in police custody in Minneapolis , sparking nationwide @ @ @ @ @ @ @ council ’ s plan calls for 35 officer layoffs by July 2021 , for a total reduction of 100 officers in 2020 and 2021 , according to MyNorthwest .
The final city budget vote is expected on Nov. 23 , KOMO News reported .
“ Seattle City Council will cut Seattle PD budget by 20 % at a time where we have historically high homicides and historically low deployable police staff .
Makes total sense in a Seattle-kinda-way , ” conservative radio host Jason Rantz wrote on Twitter .
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The Seattle City Council has proposed reducing its police budget by 20%, which would make it one of several Democratic-run cities taking big chunks of money away from local law enforcement, MyNorthwest reported.
Many “Defund the police” activists who were calling for the city to cut its police budget by at least 50% may not be happy, but the cuts would make Seattle second only to Austin for biggest police budget reductions since the May 25 death of George Floyd. Floyd died while in police custody in Minneapolis, sparking nationwide protests against law enforcement.
The city council’s plan calls for 35 officer layoffs by July 2021, for a total reduction of 100 officers in 2020 and 2021, according to MyNorthwest.
The final city budget vote is expected on Nov. 23, KOMO News reported.
The proposed cuts drew mixed reactions.
“Seattle City Council will cut Seattle PD budget by 20% at a time where we have historically high homicides and historically low deployable police staff. Makes total sense in a Seattle-kinda-way,” conservative radio host Jason Rantz wrote on Twitter. – READ MORE
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truepundit--2020-11-13--New Pentagon Top Adviser Wants US Troops Out Of Syria “Immediately”

With Esper out the door , Trump ’ s newly in office acting Secretary of Defense is already making waves given who he ’ s just brought on board .
The new acting Pentagon chief , Christopher Miller , has just brought on as his senior adviser Ret .
Army Col. Douglas Macgregor .
Crucially Macgregor is on record as wanting American troops out of Syria immediately ( gasp , the horror ! )
, and further wants a rapid draw down in Afghanistan as well as in places like the Korean Peninsula .
“ President Trump ’ s newly @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a senior adviser in a sign the administration wants to accelerate the withdrawal of U.S. troops from the Middle East before the end of his presidency in January , three people familiar with the move told Axios , ” Jonathan Swan writes .
It appears Trump has finally and much belatedly put someone at the helm whose own views reflect those of the 2016 Trump campaign trail .
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With Esper out the door, Trump’s newly in office acting Secretary of Defense is already making waves given who he’s just brought on board.
The new acting Pentagon chief, Christopher Miller, has just brought on as his senior adviser Ret. Army Col. Douglas Macgregor. Crucially Macgregor is on record as wanting American troops out of Syria immediately (gasp, the horror!), and further wants a rapid draw down in Afghanistan as well as in places like the Korean Peninsula.
Macgregor has also said the U.S. needs to pull its troops out of Syria immediately and that America had no national interest there. https://t.co/grODh5w3aN — Jonathan Swan (@jonathanvswan) November 11, 2020
“President Trump’s newly installed acting Pentagon chief is bringing on a senior adviser in a sign the administration wants to accelerate the withdrawal of U.S. troops from the Middle East before the end of his presidency in January, three people familiar with the move told Axios,” Jonathan Swan writes.
It appears Trump has finally and much belatedly put someone at the helm whose own views reflect those of the 2016 Trump campaign trail. He had been the first Republican nominee in history to lambast Bush’s Iraq War as a huge “disaster” while running on a ‘bring the troops home’ non-interventionist message.- READ MORE
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truepundit--2020-11-13--Report: Ilhan Omar’s Campaign Paid Husband’s Firm Over $2.7 Million

FEC data indicates Rep. Ilhan Omar ’ s campaign has paid her husband ’ s consulting firm over $ 2.7 @ @ @ @ @ cycle .
Federal Election Commission ( FEC ) data indicates Rep. Ilhan Omar ’ s @ @ @ @ @ ’ s firm over $ 2.7 million during the 2019-2020 election cycle .
Records show @ @ @ @ @ significant cash flow to the E Street Group , a political consulting firm founded by @ @ @ @ @ reports that Mynett ’ s group was sent $ 1.6 million from the start of @ @ @ @ @ , 2020 , on top of $ 1.1 million in the third quarter and an @ @ @ @ @ following weeks .
The third-quarter numbers represent nearly 70 % of the entire amount spent @ @ @ @ @ during that period .
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FEC data indicates Rep. Ilhan Omar’s campaign has paid her husband’s consulting firm over $2.7 million during the 2019-2020 election cycle.
Federal Election Commission (FEC) data indicates Rep. Ilhan Omar’s campaign has paid her husband’s firm over $2.7 million during the 2019-2020 election cycle.
Records show that the campaign committee provided significant cash flow to the E Street Group, a political consulting firm founded by Tim Mynett.
Fox News reports that Mynett’s group was sent $1.6 million from the start of 2019 through Jul. 22, 2020, on top of $1.1 million in the third quarter and an additional $27,000 in the following weeks.
The third-quarter numbers represent nearly 70% of the entire amount spent by Omar’s campaign during that period. – READ MORE
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truepundit--2020-11-13--Warnock Senior Adviser: Nothing Radical About ‘Defund the Police’

A senior adviser to Georgia Democratic Senate candidate Raphael Warnock has said defunding the police is not a radical policy @ @ @ @ @ consultant with the left-wing American Civil Liberties Union , in June tweeted an article by @ @ @ @ @ that argued divesting resources from law enforcement would improve public safety .
“ The movement @ @ @ @ @ ’ t as radical as some may think , ” Ruffin tweeted .
“ It @ @ @ @ @ reimagining of law enforcement in the United States.
” Ruffin also tweeted , “ Leadership @ @ @ @ @ a call for the New York City Council to reduce the police budget by $ @ @ @ @ @ four years .
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A senior adviser to Georgia Democratic Senate candidate Raphael Warnock has said defunding the police is not a radical policy.
Dasheika Ruffin, a consultant with the left-wing American Civil Liberties Union, in June tweeted an article by fellow ACLU adviser Paige Fernandez that argued divesting resources from law enforcement would improve public safety.
“The movement to defund the police isn’t as radical as some may think,” Ruffin tweeted. “It’s about a complete reimagining of law enforcement in the United States.”
Must read from my sister-in-service @paigejfernandez. The movement to defund the police isn’t as radical as some may think. It’s about a complete reimagining of law enforcement in the United States. https://t.co/1t8WWupOXO — Dasheika Ruffin (@DasheikaRuffin) June 6, 2020
Ruffin also tweeted, “Leadership” on June 1 to a call for the New York City Council to reduce the police budget by $1 billion over the next four years. The next day, she retweeted a woman using the hashtag #DefundThePolice. – READ MORE
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truepundit--2020-11-13--WATCH: Fox’s Contempt for Trump Supporters Exposed in Off-Air Video

Watch this video of Fox News anchor Sandra Smith as she expresses her elitist contempt after a Trump supporter dares question The Mighty Fox News Channel ’ s decision to declare His Fraudulency Joe Biden the winner of a hotly contested presidential election .
So Fox invites this woman on , her name is Cleta Mitchell , she ’ s a lawyer out of D.C. , and for very good reason — the votes are not yet counted , the election is being legally contested — she politely questions the decision of the corporate media to declare Biden a winner @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and here she is being mocked like some kind of stupid rube for daring to question The Mighty Fox News .
Look at Smith ’ s face… Listen to her , “ What ?
What is happening ?
Like , Trace , we ’ ve called it.
” The incredulity that anyone would dare question the unelected , proven liars at Fox News when they tell the public who their next president will be !
Fox News laughs at us , mocks us , betrays us over and over and over again while @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” while posing as “ different from the mainstream media , ” while posing as one of us .
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Watch this video of Fox News anchor Sandra Smith as she expresses her elitist contempt after a Trump supporter dares question The Mighty Fox News Channel’s decision to declare His Fraudulency Joe Biden the winner of a hotly contested presidential election.
Watch Smith’s face especially…
Sandra Smith, off-air, reacts to her colleague Trace Gallagher indulging a nutjob who denies the outcome of the election even after Fox News had called it for Joe Biden: pic.twitter.com/gZ4nrnVHab — Timothy Burke (@bubbaprog) November 9, 2020
So Fox invites this woman on, her name is Cleta Mitchell, she’s a lawyer out of D.C., and for very good reason — the votes are not yet counted, the election is being legally contested — she politely questions the decision of the corporate media to declare Biden a winner before a single state is certified, and here she is being mocked like some kind of stupid rube for daring to question The Mighty Fox News.
Look at Smith’s face… Listen to her, “What? What is happening? Like, Trace, we’ve called it.” The incredulity that anyone would dare question the unelected, proven liars at Fox News when they tell the public who their next president will be!
Fox News laughs at us, mocks us, betrays us over and over and over again while posing as “fair and balanced,” while posing as “different from the mainstream media,” while posing as one of us. – READ MORE
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truepundit--2020-11-13--Affidavits: Detroit Ballot Tabulators Entered Names of Non-Voters During Count

Two observers who were at the TCF Center in Detroit during the absentee ballot counting process have produced affidavits claiming they witnessed workers create new voter files with information obtained from ballots .
Bob Cushman , who was an appointed and trained Republican poll challenge , wrote in an affidavit : The main list of persons who had registered to vote on or before November 1 , 2020 , was listed on an electronic poll book , often referred to as the QVF .
As I understand it , the Supplemental Sheets were the lists of persons who had registered @ @ @ @ @ @ @ or November 3 , 2020 .
I observed that none of the names on these new ballots were on the QVF or the Supplemental Sheets .
I saw the computer operators at several counting boards manually adding the names and addresses of these thousands of ballots to the QVF system .
When I asked what the possible justification was to counting ballots from unknown , unverified “ persons ” , I was told by election supervisors that the Wayne County Clerk ’ s Office had “ checked them out.
” I challenged not @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as the names were not in the Poll Books or Supplemental Sheets and because the DOB ’ s were all wrong , all being marked as 01-01-1900 .
“ Every ballot was being fraudulently and manually entered into the Electronic Poll Book ( QVF ) , as having been born on January 1 , 1900 .
This ‘ last ’ batch of ballots was processed in the 8 PM to 10 PM time frame , ” Cushman wrote .
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Two observers who were at the TCF Center in Detroit during the absentee ballot counting process have produced affidavits claiming they witnessed workers create new voter files with information obtained from ballots.
Bob Cushman, who was an appointed and trained Republican poll challenge, wrote in an affidavit:
The main list of persons who had registered to vote on or before November 1, 2020, was listed on an electronic poll book, often referred to as the QVF. As I understand it, the Supplemental Sheets were the lists of persons who had registered to vote on November 2, 2020 or November 3, 2020. I observed that none of the names on these new ballots were on the QVF or the Supplemental Sheets.
I saw the computer operators at several counting boards manually adding the names and addresses of these thousands of ballots to the QVF system. When I asked what the possible justification was to counting ballots from unknown, unverified “persons”, I was told by election supervisors that the Wayne County Clerk’s Office had “checked them out.” I challenged not one ballet, but the entire process as the names were not in the Poll Books or Supplemental Sheets and because the DOB’s were all wrong, all being marked as 01-01-1900.
“Every ballot was being fraudulently and manually entered into the Electronic Poll Book (QVF), as having been born on January 1, 1900. This ‘last’ batch of ballots was processed in the 8 PM to 10 PM time frame,” Cushman wrote. – READ MORE
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