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Ex-Colleagues See John Durham Dropping Bombshells Before Labor Day – Possible Criminal Charges For McCabe, Kevin Clinesmith

While much speculation inside the Beltway says U.S. Attorney John Durham will punt the results of his so-called Spygate investigation past the election to avoid charges of political interference , sources who have worked with Durham on past public corruption cases doubt he ’ ll bend to political pressure — and they expect him to drop bombshells before Labor Day .
Durham ’ s boss , Attorney General Bill Barr , also pushed back on the notion his hand-picked investigator would defer action .
Under Democratic questioning on Capitol Hill last week , he refused to rule out a pre-election @ @ @ @ @ @ @ you commit to not releasing any report by Mr. Durham before the November election ?
” Rep. Debbie Mucarsel-Powell ( D-Fla. ) asked Barr , citing longstanding Justice Department policy not to announce new developments in politically sensitive cases before an election .
TRENDING : Mayor Lori Lightfoot Lashes Out at President Trump -- Says National Guard Not Needed After Looters Ransack Downtown Chicago , Attack Police for 5 Straight Hours ( VIDEO ) Justice Department policy prohibits prosecutors from taking overt steps in politically charged cases typically within 60 days of an @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to make a move by the Friday before Labor Day , or Sept. 4 .
A low-profile prosecutor , Durham has kept a tight lid on his investigation into the origins of the specious Russiagate investigation of Donald Trump and his 2016 campaign , leading to rampant speculation about who he might prosecute and whether he would take action ahead of the Nov. 3 presidential election .
That could well be of historic consequence , since his probe involves both the Trump administration and high-level officials in the previous administration , including Trump @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Vice President Joe Biden .
Recently declassified FBI notes show Biden offered input into the investigation of Trump adviser Michael Flynn in early January 2017 .
Another declassified document reveals that Biden was among those who requested Flynn ’ s identity be “ unmasked ” in foreign intelligence intercepts around that same time .
If Durham announces criminal indictments or plea agreements involving former officials operating under the Obama-Biden administration , or releases a report documenting widespread corruption , independent voters could sour on Biden and sympathize with Trump .
On the other @ @ @ @ @ @ @ election could dispirit Trump ’ s base .
“ I would find it hard to believe that he punts under any circumstances , ” said former assistant FBI director Chris Swecker , who knows Durham personally and has worked with the hard-nosed prosecutor on prior investigations .
He pointed out that Durham would risk throwing away 16 months of investigative work if he delayed action beyond the election .
“ There ’ s no question that if Biden is elected , everything Durham has done at that point will be canceled out , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ would replace Barr and possibly even Durham .
But by putting indictments and reports “ into the public arena ” before the election , Durham would put a Biden administration in the position of either taking further action or closing down his probe .
“ It would make it very difficult for Biden ’ s appointees to undo his charges or bury the results of his probe , ” he said .
“ John knows this and I fully expect he will take action before the election.
” Swecker , who ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ will deliver criminal charges , a written report or some combination of the two around the first week in September , if not sooner .
“ He must get his work done and out to the public by Labor Day , ” he said .
“ That way he avoids any accusations that he was trying to impact the election.
” Democracy 21 , a liberal Washington watchdog group , has already cited the department policy in recent complaints to Barr demanding he suspend Durham ’ s investigation and place on hold any @ @ @ @ @ @ @ until after the election .
“ If Barr allows indictments from the Durham investigation to come out during the presidential election campaign , he would be abandoning longstanding DOJ policy by misusing the department ’ s prosecutorial power to support Trump ’ s reelection campaign , ” Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer argued .
Swecker , who served 24 years with the FBI before retiring as assistant director of the FBI ’ s Criminal Investigative Division , said he expects Durham to take more action “ than just issuing a report ” similar @ @ @ @ @ @ @ by Justice ’ s inspector general , Michael Horowitz .
The IG made criminal referrals to Durham , including against an FBI attorney accused of altering evidence used to support a surveillance warrant on a former Trump adviser .
“ I know John Durham .
I worked under him on the Whitey Bulger case , which resulted in indictments of [ corrupt FBI ] agents , ” Swecker said .
“ I don ’ t think he ’ s the least bit squeamish about bringing indictments if there is criminal exposure.
” Swecker @ @ @ @ @ @ @ uncovered crimes .
“ He ’ s onto something , I ’ m convinced of it , otherwise he would have folded up his tent by now , ” he asserted in a RealClearInvestigations interview .
The lack of media leaks coming from Durham ’ s office is another sign he is building a serious corruption case , Swecker said .
Targets and witnesses have largely been kept in the dark about the scope and direction of his investigation , encouraging cooperation and possible plea deals .
And the secrecy of grand jury @ @ @ @ @ @ @ I ’ m impressed with the discipline his team has shown , ” Swecker said .
“ There ’ s been no leaks .
The investigation has been very close-hold.
” Durham , a Republican , has been known to threaten to polygraph investigators whenever he suspected a leak .
His team is led by his deputy , Nora Dannehy , who specializes in the prosecution of complex white-collar and public corruption cases .
A Democrat with a reputation for integrity , she left a high-paying corporate job to rejoin Durham ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ after Barr was confirmed .
Barr officially announced in May 2019 that he had put Durham in charge of looking into what he called the government ’ s “ spying ” on the Trump campaign in 2016 .
Was that surveillance justified ?
Or was it done to smear Trump and sink his campaign — and when that failed , his presidency ?
Durham is exploring a host of other questions , including : What role did the CIA play ?
Did it monitor Trump advisers overseas ?
Were U.S. laws restricting spying @ @ @ @ @ @ @ spy agency slant U.S. intelligence on Russian election interference to justify the anti-Trump operation ?
“ As a former CIA analyst , Barr recognized that this is the biggest thing since Watergate in terms of the abuse of the intelligence community , ” Swecker said .
“ This is a huge , huge intelligence scandal.
” Swecker named former FBI attorney Kevin Clinesmith among officials most vulnerable to possible criminal charges in Durham ’ s investigation of the investigators .
Justice ’ s watchdog made a criminal referral pertaining to his conduct – @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in a way that hid the fact that former Trump adviser Carter Page had been a cooperating CIA source on Russia .
The information , if disclosed to the FISA court , would have weakened the FBI ’ s case that Page was a “ Russian agent.
” On the other hand , Swecker does not expect Durham to indict former FBI Director James Comey , nor former CIA Director John Brennan or Director of National Intelligence James Clapper .
None of these central figures in the scandal has been interviewed by Durham @ @ @ @ @ @ @ published reports , though Durham reportedly is working out details with Brennan ’ s lawyer for a pending interview .
Durham ’ s investigators have already reviewed Brennan ’ s emails , call logs and other records .
“ It ’ s hard to prove criminal intent at their level , and unless there ’ s a smoking gun , like an email or text , they ’ ll probably get off with a damning report about their activities , ” Swecker said .
Durham ’ s portfolio also includes exploring the extent @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the counterintelligence operation directed at the Trump campaign during the 2016 election .
Officials from Kiev , the Democratic National Committee and the Obama administration reportedly coordinated efforts to dig up dirt on Trump – and Biden was Obama ’ s point man in Ukraine at the time .
Though Biden may factor into Durham ’ s probe , don ’ t expect him to appear in any pre-election report .
Another longtime Durham colleague noted that political candidates can not be part of indictments or any report on investigative findings , according @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ The policy says you can ’ t indict political candidates or use overt investigative methods targeting them in the weeks before an election , ” said the former federal prosecutor , who requested anonymity .
Barr has publicly acknowledged the policy .
“ The idea is you don ’ t go after candidates , ” he said in an April radio interview .
“ You don ’ t indict candidates or perhaps someone that ’ s sufficiently close to a candidate within a certain number of days before an election.
” The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with Durham , said his old colleague may start revealing developments from his case weeks in advance of the 60-day cut-off , or ideally right after the political conventions .
The GOP convention , which follows the Democrats ’ gathering , ends Aug. 27 .
“ They are nervous about affecting the election , so timing is everything , ” he said .
“ It will be tricky.
” At the same time , the former Justice official said Durham could exploit a loophole in the department rule , memorialized in memos dating @ @ @ @ @ @ @ closer to the election .
It states that “ law enforcement officers and prosecutors may never select the timing of investigative steps or criminal charges for the purpose of affecting any election , or for the purpose of giving an advantage or disadvantage to any candidate or political party .
Such a purpose is inconsistent with the Department ’ s mission.
” ( Emphasis added . )
The operative phrase – “ for the purpose of ” – leaves leeway for actions close to an election that aren ’ t taken “ for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
In other words , Durham wouldn ’ t necessarily have to lie low for the two months in the run-up to the election .
Testing that loophole with an “ October surprise ” would almost certainly send Democrats and the Washington media into high dudgeon .
Some are skeptical Durham will deliver at all , regardless of the deadline , while others question his reputation as a fierce prosecutor .
They point to his nearly three-year investigation of CIA officials who destroyed videos of terrorist detainees allegedly being “ tortured.
” Congress @ @ @ @ @ @ @ closed the case in 2012 without filing any criminal charges .
And his final report about what he found remains classified .
In a 2018 criminal case , moreover , he cleared Comey ’ s general counsel , James Baker , of unauthorized leaks to the media .
The Senate ’ s top FBI watchdog , Chuck Grassley , has grown frustrated with Durham ’ s lack of progress .
“ Durham sh [ ou ] ld be producing some fruit of his labor , ” the Iowa senator groused in a recent @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of Durham ’ s sprawling probe to the COVID-19 health scare , which has restricted travel and grand jury meetings in the D.C. area .
Durham ’ s team of investigators , who include retired FBI agents , has been operating out of his New Haven , Conn. , offices .
Besides Washington , they have taken trips abroad .
Before the coronavirus outbreak , they interviewed authorities and other sources in Italy , Britain and Australia .
In addition , Durham ’ s agents have been slowed by an avalanche of subpoenaed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and direct messages , “ which are incredibly difficult and time-consuming to sort through , ” Swecker said .
Such evidence is not limited to FBI , Justice and CIA officials .
Durham also has reportedly obtained , for instance , data and meta-data contained on two BlackBerry cellphones used by Joseph Mifsud , a shadowy Maltese professor who some believe was used by the FBI to create a predicate to open the original case against the Trump campaign .
During last week ’ s House hearing , Rep. Tom McClintock , R-Calif. @ @ @ @ @ @ @ able to “ right this wrong ” against Trump before the election .
“ I really can ’ t predict that , ” the attorney general answered .
“ John Durham is looking at all these matters .
COVID did delay that action for a while .
But he ’ s working very diligently.
” Added Barr : “ Justice is not something you can order up on a schedule like you ’ re ordering a pizza.
” McClintock warned Barr that if he is succeeded by a Biden appointee , Durham ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ This RealClearInvestigations article was republished by The Gateway Pundit with permission .
Paul Sperry is the former D.C. bureau chief for Investor ’ s Business Daily , Hoover Institution media fellow , author of several books , including bestseller INFILTRATION

John Durham
By Paul Sperry of Real Clear Investigations:
While much speculation inside the Beltway says U.S. Attorney John Durham will punt the results of his so-called Spygate investigation past the election to avoid charges of political interference, sources who have worked with Durham on past public corruption cases doubt he’ll bend to political pressure — and they expect him to drop bombshells before Labor Day.
Durham’s boss, Attorney General Bill Barr, also pushed back on the notion his hand-picked investigator would defer action. Under Democratic questioning on Capitol Hill last week, he refused to rule out a pre-election release.
“Under oath, do you commit to not releasing any report by Mr. Durham before the November election?” Rep. Debbie Mucarsel-Powell (D-Fla.) asked Barr, citing longstanding Justice Department policy not to announce new developments in politically sensitive cases before an election.
“No,” the attorney general curtly replied.
Justice Department policy prohibits prosecutors from taking overt steps in politically charged cases typically within 60 days of an election. Accordingly, Durham would have to make a move by the Friday before Labor Day, or Sept. 4.
A low-profile prosecutor, Durham has kept a tight lid on his investigation into the origins of the specious Russiagate investigation of Donald Trump and his 2016 campaign, leading to rampant speculation about who he might prosecute and whether he would take action ahead of the Nov. 3 presidential election.
That could well be of historic consequence, since his probe involves both the Trump administration and high-level officials in the previous administration, including Trump’s presumptive Democratic rival, former Vice President Joe Biden. Recently declassified FBI notes show Biden offered input into the investigation of Trump adviser Michael Flynn in early January 2017. Another declassified document reveals that Biden was among those who requested Flynn’s identity be “unmasked” in foreign intelligence intercepts around that same time.
If Durham announces criminal indictments or plea agreements involving former officials operating under the Obama-Biden administration, or releases a report documenting widespread corruption, independent voters could sour on Biden and sympathize with Trump. On the other hand, kicking the ball past the election could dispirit Trump’s base.
“I would find it hard to believe that he punts under any circumstances,” said former assistant FBI director Chris Swecker, who knows Durham personally and has worked with the hard-nosed prosecutor on prior investigations.
He pointed out that Durham would risk throwing away 16 months of investigative work if he delayed action beyond the election.
“There’s no question that if Biden is elected, everything Durham has done at that point will be canceled out,” Swecker explained, adding that Biden would replace Barr and possibly even Durham. But by putting indictments and reports “into the public arena” before the election, Durham would put a Biden administration in the position of either taking further action or closing down his probe.
“It would make it very difficult for Biden’s appointees to undo his charges or bury the results of his probe,” he said. “John knows this and I fully expect he will take action before the election.”
Swecker, who’s also a former prosecutor, anticipates Durham will deliver criminal charges, a written report or some combination of the two around the first week in September, if not sooner. “He must get his work done and out to the public by Labor Day,” he said. “That way he avoids any accusations that he was trying to impact the election.”
Democracy 21, a liberal Washington watchdog group, has already cited the department policy in recent complaints to Barr demanding he suspend Durham’s investigation and place on hold any further actions or public comments about it until after the election.
“If Barr allows indictments from the Durham investigation to come out during the presidential election campaign, he would be abandoning longstanding DOJ policy by misusing the department’s prosecutorial power to support Trump’s reelection campaign,” Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer argued.
Swecker, who served 24 years with the FBI before retiring as assistant director of the FBI’s Criminal Investigative Division, said he expects Durham to take more action “than just issuing a report” similar to the 500-page document issued in December by Justice’s inspector general, Michael Horowitz. The IG made criminal referrals to Durham, including against an FBI attorney accused of altering evidence used to support a surveillance warrant on a former Trump adviser.
“I know John Durham. I worked under him on the Whitey Bulger case, which resulted in indictments of [corrupt FBI] agents,” Swecker said. “I don’t think he’s the least bit squeamish about bringing indictments if there is criminal exposure.”
Swecker says he’s confident Durham has uncovered crimes. “He’s onto something, I’m convinced of it, otherwise he would have folded up his tent by now,” he asserted in a RealClearInvestigations interview.
The lack of media leaks coming from Durham’s office is another sign he is building a serious corruption case, Swecker said. Targets and witnesses have largely been kept in the dark about the scope and direction of his investigation, encouraging cooperation and possible plea deals. And the secrecy of grand jury proceedings has been fiercely protected.
“I’m impressed with the discipline his team has shown,” Swecker said. “There’s been no leaks. The investigation has been very close-hold.”
Durham, a Republican, has been known to threaten to polygraph investigators whenever he suspected a leak.
His team is led by his deputy, Nora Dannehy, who specializes in the prosecution of complex white-collar and public corruption cases. A Democrat with a reputation for integrity, she left a high-paying corporate job to rejoin Durham’s office in March 2019, the month after Barr was confirmed.
Barr officially announced in May 2019 that he had put Durham in charge of looking into what he called the government’s “spying” on the Trump campaign in 2016. Was that surveillance justified? Or was it done to smear Trump and sink his campaign — and when that failed, his presidency? Durham is exploring a host of other questions, including: What role did the CIA play? Did it monitor Trump advisers overseas? Were U.S. laws restricting spying on U.S. citizens broken? Did the spy agency slant U.S. intelligence on Russian election interference to justify the anti-Trump operation?
“As a former CIA analyst, Barr recognized that this is the biggest thing since Watergate in terms of the abuse of the intelligence community,” Swecker said. “This is a huge, huge intelligence scandal.”
Swecker named former FBI attorney Kevin Clinesmith among officials most vulnerable to possible criminal charges in Durham’s investigation of the investigators. Justice’s watchdog made a criminal referral pertaining to his conduct – specifically, that Clinesmith forged an email in a way that hid the fact that former Trump adviser Carter Page had been a cooperating CIA source on Russia. The information, if disclosed to the FISA court, would have weakened the FBI’s case that Page was a “Russian agent.”
On the other hand, Swecker does not expect Durham to indict former FBI Director James Comey, nor former CIA Director John Brennan or Director of National Intelligence James Clapper. None of these central figures in the scandal has been interviewed by Durham’s office, according to recent published reports, though Durham reportedly is working out details with Brennan’s lawyer for a pending interview. Durham’s investigators have already reviewed Brennan’s emails, call logs and other records.
“It’s hard to prove criminal intent at their level, and unless there’s a smoking gun, like an email or text, they’ll probably get off with a damning report about their activities,” Swecker said.
Durham’s portfolio also includes exploring the extent to which Ukraine played a role in the counterintelligence operation directed at the Trump campaign during the 2016 election. Officials from Kiev, the Democratic National Committee and the Obama administration reportedly coordinated efforts to dig up dirt on Trump – and Biden was Obama’s point man in Ukraine at the time.
Though Biden may factor into Durham’s probe, don’t expect him to appear in any pre-election report. Another longtime Durham colleague noted that political candidates cannot be part of indictments or any report on investigative findings, according to Barr’s own rules.
“The policy says you can’t indict political candidates or use overt investigative methods targeting them in the weeks before an election,” said the former federal prosecutor, who requested anonymity.
Barr has publicly acknowledged the policy. “The idea is you don’t go after candidates,” he said in an April radio interview. “You don’t indict candidates or perhaps someone that’s sufficiently close to a candidate within a certain number of days before an election.”
The former prosecutor, who’s worked with Durham, said his old colleague may start revealing developments from his case weeks in advance of the 60-day cut-off, or ideally right after the political conventions. The GOP convention, which follows the Democrats’ gathering, ends Aug. 27.
“They are nervous about affecting the election, so timing is everything,” he said. “It will be tricky.”
At the same time, the former Justice official said Durham could exploit a loophole in the department rule, memorialized in memos dating to 2008, that allows for action closer to the election. It states that “law enforcement officers and prosecutors may never select the timing of investigative steps or criminal charges for the purpose of affecting any election, or for the purpose of giving an advantage or disadvantage to any candidate or political party. Such a purpose is inconsistent with the Department’s mission.” (Emphasis added.)
The operative phrase – “for the purpose of” – leaves leeway for actions close to an election that aren’t taken “for the purpose” of affecting the election. In other words, Durham wouldn’t necessarily have to lie low for the two months in the run-up to the election.
Testing that loophole with an “October surprise” would almost certainly send Democrats and the Washington media into high dudgeon.
Some are skeptical Durham will deliver at all, regardless of the deadline, while others question his reputation as a fierce prosecutor. They point to his nearly three-year investigation of CIA officials who destroyed videos of terrorist detainees allegedly being “tortured.” Congress had sought the evidence, but Durham closed the case in 2012 without filing any criminal charges. And his final report about what he found remains classified. In a 2018 criminal case, moreover, he cleared Comey’s general counsel, James Baker, of unauthorized leaks to the media.
The Senate’s top FBI watchdog, Chuck Grassley, has grown frustrated with Durham’s lack of progress. “Durham sh[ou]ld be producing some fruit of his labor,” the Iowa senator groused in a recent tweet.
Swecker attributes the sluggish pace of Durham’s sprawling probe to the COVID-19 health scare, which has restricted travel and grand jury meetings in the D.C. area. Durham’s team of investigators, who include retired FBI agents, has been operating out of his New Haven, Conn., offices. Besides Washington, they have taken trips abroad. Before the coronavirus outbreak, they interviewed authorities and other sources in Italy, Britain and Australia.
In addition, Durham’s agents have been slowed by an avalanche of subpoenaed electronic media, including emails, texts and direct messages, “which are incredibly difficult and time-consuming to sort through,” Swecker said. Such evidence is not limited to FBI, Justice and CIA officials. Durham also has reportedly obtained, for instance, data and meta-data contained on two BlackBerry cellphones used by Joseph Mifsud, a shadowy Maltese professor who some believe was used by the FBI to create a predicate to open the original case against the Trump campaign.
During last week’s House hearing, Rep. Tom McClintock, R-Calif., asked Barr if he would be able to “right this wrong” against Trump before the election.
“I really can’t predict that,” the attorney general answered. “John Durham is looking at all these matters. COVID did delay that action for a while. But he’s working very diligently.”
Added Barr: “Justice is not something you can order up on a schedule like you’re ordering a pizza.”
McClintock warned Barr that if he is succeeded by a Biden appointee, Durham’s investigation will simply go away.
“I understand your concern,” Barr sighed.
BREAKING: Swecker named former FBI attorney Kevin Clinesmith — as well as former deputy FBI Director Andrew McCabe — among officials most vulnerable to possible criminal charges in Durham’s investigation of the investigators.https://t.co/DL0yeJmLz9 — Paul Sperry (@paulsperry_) August 10, 2020
This RealClearInvestigations article was republished by The Gateway Pundit with permission.
Paul Sperry is the former D.C. bureau chief for Investor’s Business Daily, Hoover Institution media fellow, author of several books, including bestseller INFILTRATION


thegatewaypundit--2020-08-10--New Evidence Reveals Killer Cuomo and His Health Commissioner Zucker Are Covering Up Their Actions T

New Evidence Reveals Killer Cuomo and His Health Commissioner Zucker Are Covering Up Their Actions That Killed Thousands of Elderly New Yorkers

Back in May we reported that New York ’ s Governor Andrew Cuomo , Health Commissioner Howard Zucker , MD and Executive Deputy Commissioner Sally Dreslin ’ s actions led to thousands of deaths in New York state .
Yaacov Apelbaum at the Illustrated Primer shared that these New York politicians are accountable for thousands of nursing home deaths because of their insane directives related to the China coronavirus .
Apelbaum first pointed out the ludicrous directive from New York ’ s Department of Health , including : TRENDING : Mayor Lori Lightfoot Lashes Out at President Trump -- Says @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Downtown Chicago , Attack Police for 5 Straight Hours ( VIDEO ) As we reported in May , the reason for the Cuomo ’ s insane directives is related to money : The GNYHA gave to the Democrats an unheard of $ 3 million in the 2018 election cycle .
Of this , Cuomo and his state party committee received close to $ 2.3m from various hospitals and nursing home industry donors .
Governor Cuomo returned the favor with his directive forcing COVID-19 patients back into elderly homes .
This directive provided a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with the GNYHA who were paid handsomely for COVID patients .
It was a bonanza for these entities .
The impact of this decision on elderly New Yorkers in nursing homes is the elderly in these nursing homes spread the disease and died .
They died at the worst rate in the country and the world .
The Gateway Pundit reported numerous times that the mortality rates for the China coronavirus are not much worse than a bad flu season across the US with the exception of New York and New Jersey .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ way above the rest of the country and the world for that matter .
It is clear that Governor Cuomo ’ s policies in New York led to the unnecessary massive number of deaths in the state .
We next reported that Cuomo ’ s insane and deadly policies not only targeted nursing homes , they also targeted adult care facilities and group homes for people with disabilities .
Today we ’ ve identified additional coverups by the New York Killers .
Today ’ s coverup involves a report the New York Department @ @ @ @ @ @ @ July 6th , 2020 .
In the initial report , the NYDOH did not include an Appendix that was silently added on July 20th .
It turns out NYSDOH Commissioner Howard Zucker secretly issued a new , revised version of his July 6 report – Factors Associated with Nursing Home Infections and Fatalities in New York State During the COVID-19 Global Health Crisis – two weeks later , on July 20 .
The July 6 report was widely panned and discredited .
The only place you can compare both versions is through the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ disappeared ” the earlier , July 6 original report from its website , just like they did with Zucker ’ s March 25 edict .
The sole reason the NYSDOH Commissioner and his department revised this report was to add a simple , one-page addendum .
This addendum lays out Commissioner Zucker ’ s facts ( for a second time ) in an attempt to prove that all the NYS nursing homes which accepted Covid-19 patients from hospitals ( that is , were forced to accept untested Covid-19 patients per Zucker ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ infected with Covid-19 before March 25 !
The updated data now shows that of the 310 nursing homes that took in the 6,326 patients , 304 — or 98 % — already had COVID present in the facility prior to admission of a single COVID-positive patient from a hospital .
So the NYSDOH finally admitted that they had , indeed , actually sent Covid-19 infected patients directly from NY hospitals into NY nursing homes : 6,326 Covid-19 infected patients !
Since the number of patients who have died in NY ’ s nursing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s most recent numbers , is 6,421 , a number perilously close to the number of infected patients sent in by the March 25 mandate , it is absolutely crystal clear that sending Covid-infected patients , 6,326 of them , into nursing homes resulted in an absolute carnage of senior citizen deaths .
The NYSDOH is no longer including in that 6,421 tally , the number of nursing home residents who were transported to a hospital and who subsequently died there .
Commissioner Zucker , at NYS legislative hearings last Monday , about @ @ @ @ @ @ @ resulting nursing homes deaths , did not come prepared to disclose that number .
He was asked to provide it at least five or six times by irate Republicans and Democrats .
He point-blank refused to , stating he would only be prepared to disclose “ absolutely accurate ” numbers , which he did not have .
Zucker chose to keep this number a secret from the public .
New York is the only state to factor out those hospital deaths , resulting in an artificially low number of Covid-19 nursing homes deaths @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in the nation .
So , with his July 20 re-boot of this NYSDOH report , NYS taxpayer dollars were expent for a second time , so Zucker could attempt to prove to the country that 98 % of his nursing homes ( according to his department ’ s “ absolutely accurate ” data ) were already infected with Covid-19 before his March 25 edict was ever even enacted !
The NYSDOH reports blame all the alleged pre-March 25 Covid-19 nursing home infections on infected staff and “ visitation into nursing homes ” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and loved ones ! )
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The Commissioner of the New York State Department of Health , Howard Zucker , issued this revised report , with the sole purpose of attempting to make us all believe that his March 25 edict did not infect and kill , thousands of NYS frail , elderly , disabled , and frightened senior citizens , who each died all alone , in quarantine , in nursing homes all across the state of New York .
Zucker is attempting to get us all to believe , through a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ was not his March 25 public policy which did the deed !
This health commissioner , nothing more than a highly-paid public servant , is attempting to make the case , to imply that it was not only staffers , who were never provided with adequate PPE , but New York families who were each responsible for infecting their own family members with Covid , which led to their own loved ones ’ deaths .
In the history of botched , failed , corrupt Democratic political cover-ups , this one has got to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and disgraceful in New York State ’ s – if not the entire United States ’ – history .
New York ’ s Governor Andrew Cuomo and his Health Commissioner , Howard Zucker , finally ran out of people to blame .
So they blamed the families .
The Federal government must step in and investigate the New York leaders responsible for the death of thousands within their state .
We can not stand back anymore and allow murder to take place and pretend it was something less .

Back in May we reported that New York’s Governor Andrew Cuomo, Health Commissioner Howard Zucker, MD and Executive Deputy Commissioner Sally Dreslin’s actions led to thousands of deaths in New York state.
Yaacov Apelbaum at the Illustrated Primer shared that these New York politicians are accountable for thousands of nursing home deaths because of their insane directives related to the China coronavirus.
Apelbaum first pointed out the ludicrous directive from New York’s Department of Health, including:
During this global health emergency, all NHs [nursing homes] must comply with the expedited receipt of residents returning from hospitals to NHs.
and:
No resident shall be denied re-admission or admission to the NH solely based on a confirmed or suspected diagnosis of COVID-19. NHs are prohibited from requiring a hospitalized resident who is determined medically stable to be tested for COVID-19 prior to admission or readmission.
As we reported in May, the reason for the Cuomo’s insane directives is related to money:
In 2018, as Governor Andrew Cuomo faced a challenge to his reelection bid in the New York State Democratic primary, he got a last minute $1m cash infusion from the General New York Hospital Association (GNYHA)—a powerful NY healthcare industry group. On April 2, 2020, he repaid the favor when he quietly signed legislation shielding hospital and nursing home executives from any lawsuits stemming from the coronavirus outbreak. The clauses, inserted into the annual budget bill by Cuomo, gave blanket immunity protections for healthcare industry executive and administrators, the same individuals and institutions that have made a fortune moving sick Covid-19 patients to nursing homes.
The GNYHA gave to the Democrats an unheard of $3 million in the 2018 election cycle. Of this, Cuomo and his state party committee received close to $2.3m from various hospitals and nursing home industry donors. Governor Cuomo returned the favor with his directive forcing COVID-19 patients back into elderly homes. This directive provided a massive increase in revenues to organizations associated with the GNYHA who were paid handsomely for COVID patients. It was a bonanza for these entities.
The impact of this decision on elderly New Yorkers in nursing homes is the elderly in these nursing homes spread the disease and died. They died at the worst rate in the country and the world.
The Gateway Pundit reported numerous times that the mortality rates for the China coronavirus are not much worse than a bad flu season across the US with the exception of New York and New Jersey. The death rates in these areas are way above the rest of the country and the world for that matter. It is clear that Governor Cuomo’s policies in New York led to the unnecessary massive number of deaths in the state.
We next reported that Cuomo’s insane and deadly policies not only targeted nursing homes, they also targeted adult care facilities and group homes for people with disabilities.
Today we’ve identified additional coverups by the New York Killers.
Today’s coverup involves a report the New York Department of Health (NYSDOH) released on July 6th, 2020. In the initial report, the NYDOH did not include an Appendix that was silently added on July 20th.
Original version July 6, 2020 version: https://web.archive.org/web/20200706181127/https://www.health.ny.gov/press/releases/2020/docs/nh_factors_report.pdf
Revised version dated July 20, 2020: https://web.archive.org/web/20200727100127/https://www.health.ny.gov/press/releases/2020/docs/nh_factors_report.pdf
It turns out NYSDOH Commissioner Howard Zucker secretly issued a new, revised version of his July 6 report – Factors Associated with Nursing Home Infections and Fatalities in New York State During the COVID-19 Global Health Crisis – two weeks later, on July 20. The July 6 report was widely panned and discredited.
The only place you can compare both versions is through the Wayback Machine because the NYSDOH has already “disappeared” the earlier, July 6 original report from its website, just like they did with Zucker’s March 25 edict.
The sole reason the NYSDOH Commissioner and his department revised this report was to add a simple, one-page addendum. This addendum lays out Commissioner Zucker’s facts (for a second time) in an attempt to prove that all the NYS nursing homes which accepted Covid-19 patients from hospitals (that is, were forced to accept untested Covid-19 patients per Zucker’s March 25 decree) were already infected with Covid-19 before March 25!
This revised July 20 report states:
The previously reported statewide nursing home survey conducted by NYSDOH on admission data from March 25, 2020 – May 8, 2020 showed that approximately 6,326 COVID-19 patients were admitted from a hospital to a total of 310 unique nursing homes. Trending: Newt Gingrich Issues Stark Warning on Trump Georgia Indictment (Video)
The updated data now shows that of the 310 nursing homes that took in the 6,326 patients, 304 — or 98% — already had COVID present in the facility prior to admission of a single COVID-positive patient from a hospital.
So the NYSDOH finally admitted that they had, indeed, actually sent Covid-19 infected patients directly from NY hospitals into NY nursing homes: 6,326 Covid-19 infected patients!
Since the number of patients who have died in NY’s nursing homes, according to the NYSDOH’s most recent numbers, is 6,421, a number perilously close to the number of infected patients sent in by the March 25 mandate, it is absolutely crystal clear that sending Covid-infected patients, 6,326 of them, into nursing homes resulted in an absolute carnage of senior citizen deaths.
The NYSDOH is no longer including in that 6,421 tally, the number of nursing home residents who were transported to a hospital and who subsequently died there.
Commissioner Zucker, at NYS legislative hearings last Monday, about his March 25 edict and all the resulting nursing homes deaths, did not come prepared to disclose that number. He was asked to provide it at least five or six times by irate Republicans and Democrats. He point-blank refused to, stating he would only be prepared to disclose “absolutely accurate” numbers, which he did not have.
Zucker chose to keep this number a secret from the public.
New York is the only state to factor out those hospital deaths, resulting in an artificially low number of Covid-19 nursing homes deaths, when compared to every other state in the nation.
So, with his July 20 re-boot of this NYSDOH report, NYS taxpayer dollars were expent for a second time, so Zucker could attempt to prove to the country that 98% of his nursing homes (according to his department’s “absolutely accurate” data) were already infected with Covid-19 before his March 25 edict was ever even enacted!
The NYSDOH reports blame all the alleged pre-March 25 Covid-19 nursing home infections on infected staff and “visitation into nursing homes” (e.g. family members, friends and loved ones!).
The Commissioner of the New York State Department of Health, Howard Zucker, issued this revised report, with the sole purpose of attempting to make us all believe that his March 25 edict did not infect and kill, thousands of NYS frail, elderly, disabled, and frightened senior citizens, who each died all alone, in quarantine, in nursing homes all across the state of New York.
Zucker is attempting to get us all to believe, through a report which he controls, that it was not his March 25 public policy which did the deed!
This health commissioner, nothing more than a highly-paid public servant, is attempting to make the case, to imply that it was not only staffers, who were never provided with adequate PPE, but New York families who were each responsible for infecting their own family members with Covid, which led to their own loved ones’ deaths.
In the history of botched, failed, corrupt Democratic political cover-ups, this one has got to be the most despicable, shameful, and disgraceful in New York State’s – if not the entire United States’ – history.
New York’s Governor Andrew Cuomo and his Health Commissioner, Howard Zucker, finally ran out of people to blame.
So they blamed the families.
The Federal government must step in and investigate the New York leaders responsible for the death of thousands within their state. We cannot stand back anymore and allow murder to take place and pretend it was something less.


thegatewaypundit--2020-08-10--Black Lives Matter Chicago Condemns Mayor Lightfoot and ‘Racist’ Police After Full Night of Looting

Black Lives Matter Chicago Condemns Mayor Lightfoot and ‘Racist’ Police After Full Night of Looting — Blame Stores for the Looting

A security guard was shot in Chicago as widespread violent rioting and looting overwhelmed the city .
The rioting began on Sunday evening in response to a black man who was shot by police after reportedly shooting at them first .
The guard , who has not yet been identified , is said to be in stable condition .
TRENDING : Mayor Lori Lightfoot Lashes Out at President Trump -- Says National Guard Not Needed After Looters Ransack Downtown Chicago , Attack Police for 5 Straight Hours ( VIDEO ) Another police officer was hit in the face with a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Black Lives Matter Chicago later released a statement this morning .
The radical Marxist group attacked Mayor Lightfoot and “ racist ” police .
They defended the man who was killed after he shot at police and defended the looting in downtown Chicago .
And Black Lives Matter Chicago promised more looting ahead until cops are defunded in Murder Capital .
After police shot this young man , members of the Englewood community are traumatized and want answers .
The people of Englewood showed up immediately because they wanted to protect their @ @ @ @ @ @ @ meanwhile , was only interested in protecting itself ; their response to these bystanders was sending in hundreds of officers with assault rifles , tear gas , and batons .
These cops intimidated and beat people for nothing more than being at the scene of CPD ’ s violence .
Yesterday , Chicago police continually proved that they do not keep us safe — they only cause violence , and escalation after the fact .
This morning , Mayor Lightfoot held a press conference .
In a predictable and unfortunate move , she @ @ @ @ @ @ @ her officers for shooting yet another Black man .
Lightfoot instead spent her time attacking “ looters.
” The mayor clearly has not learned anything since May , and she would be wise to understand that the people will keep rising up until the CPD is abolished and our Black communities are fully invested in .
Contrary to Mayor Lightfoot ’ s position , Black lives are and always will be more important than downtown corporations who siphon Tax Increment Financing ( T.I.F . )
money , while avoiding taxes , and exploiting @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
These corporations have “ looted ” more from our communities than a few protesters ever could , yet the Mayor reserves her anger for the latter .
We will remain in the streets until our demands are met .

It’s a peaceful protest.
A security guard was shot in Chicago as widespread violent rioting and looting overwhelmed the city.
The rioting began on Sunday evening in response to a black man who was shot by police after reportedly shooting at them first.
The guard, who has not yet been identified, is said to be in stable condition.
Officers can’t get EMS in to get security guard that has been shot. BLM is blocking the road. #ChicagoRiots #chicagolooting — George (@gfmiv04) August 10, 2020
I captured the shooting on video I was standing 10 feet from cops when half a dozen shots were fired at us but didn’t duck go figure pic.twitter.com/HPFUpFPEJi — Maggio News, Bloody Chicago (@MaggioNews) August 10, 2020
Another police officer was hit in the face with a brick this morning as the looting continued.
Black Lives Matter Chicago later released a statement this morning.
The radical Marxist group attacked Mayor Lightfoot and “racist” police. They defended the man who was killed after he shot at police and defended the looting in downtown Chicago.
And Black Lives Matter Chicago promised more looting ahead until cops are defunded in Murder Capital.


thegatewaypundit--2020-08-10--Killer Cuomo Claims There’s No Need for an Investigation Into His COVID Policies that Killed Thousan

Killer Cuomo Claims There’s No Need for an Investigation Into His COVID Policies that Killed Thousands – Send in the Feds!

Back in May we reported that New York ’ s Governor Andrew Cuomo , Health Commissioner Howard Zucker , MD and Executive Deputy Commissioner Sally Dreslin ’ s actions led to thousands of deaths in New York state .
But today Killer Cuomo , the governor of New York , claimed that there was no need to look into the activities taken in New York that led to thousands of elderly in New York dying unnecessarily from the China coronavirus .
The Washington Examiner reported : New York Gov .
Andrew Cuomo said there is no need for an independent @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that critics say led to thousands of deaths during the coronavirus pandemic .
Cuomo , a Democrat , told reporters during a teleconference on Monday that Democrats and Republicans will never agree on the examination of his now-reversed March 25 directive that from turning away recovering coronavirus patients .
TRENDING : Mayor Lori Lightfoot Lashes Out at President Trump -- Says National Guard Not Needed After Looters Ransack Downtown Chicago , Attack Police for 5 Straight Hours ( VIDEO ) Cuomo is saying this because he is a killer .
Yaacov Apelbaum at @ @ @ @ @ @ @ York politicians are accountable for thousands of nursing home deaths because of their insane directives related to the China coronavirus .
Apelbaum first pointed out the ludicrous directive from New York ’ s Department of Health , including : As we reported in May , the reason for the Cuomo ’ s insane directives is related to money : The GNYHA gave to the Democrats an unheard of $ 3 million in the 2018 election cycle .
Of this , Cuomo and his state party committee received close to $ 2.3m from various @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Governor Cuomo returned the favor with his directive forcing COVID-19 patients back into elderly homes .
This directive provided a massive increase in revenues to organizations associated with the GNYHA who were paid handsomely for COVID patients .
It was a bonanza for these entities .
The impact of this decision on elderly New Yorkers in nursing homes is the elderly in these nursing homes spread the disease and died .
They died at the worst rate in the country and the world .
The Gateway Pundit reported numerous times that the mortality @ @ @ @ @ @ @ much worse than a bad flu season across the US with the exception of New York and New Jersey .
The death rates in these areas are way above the rest of the country and the world for that matter .
It is clear that Governor Cuomo ’ s policies in New York led to the unnecessary massive number of deaths in the state .
We next reported that Cuomo ’ s insane and deadly policies not only targeted nursing homes , they also targeted adult care facilities and group homes for people @ @ @ @ @ @ @ home edict issued by the New York state ( NYS ) Department of Health ( DOH ) is NOT the only order NYS enacted , which mandated that Covid-19 infected patients got sent into congregate care facilities from hospitals .
NYS ALSO sent COVID-19 infected patients into adult care facilities ( ACFs ) and into group homes managed under the NYS Office for People with Developmental Disabilities ( OPWDD ) .
Here are links the directives in New York : Enacted March 25 , 2020 , Nursing Homes : https : //coronavirus.health.ny.gov/system/files/documents/2020/03/doh_covid19-_nhadmissionsreadmissions_-032520.pdf ( @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is noted above . )
Enacted April 7 , 2020 , Adult Care Facilities : https : //coronavirus.health.ny.gov/system/files/documents/2020/04/doh_covid19_acfreturnofpositiveresidents_040720.pdf ( This URL no longer works .
Here is the policy : https : //web.archive.org/web/20200608212648/https : //coronavirus.health.ny.gov/system/files/documents/2020/04/doh_covid19_acfreturnofpositiveresidents_040720.pdf ) Enacted April 10 , 2020 , NYS OPWDD Certified Residential Facilities : https : //opwdd.ny.gov/system/files/documents/2020/04/4.11.2020-opwdd_crfreturnfromhospital.pdf ( In case the above has been deleted : https : //web.archive.org/web/20200531135252/https : //opwdd.ny.gov/system/files/documents/2020/04/4.11.2020-opwdd_crfreturnfromhospital.pdf ) Janice Dean from FOX News lost both her parents-in-law to COVID-19 in New York .
She wrote an oped on the matter at USA Today .
Below @ @ @ @ @ @ @ entire deadly scandal : Last week New York Department of Health Commissioner , Zucker , was in front of the New York Senate and Assembly and he stated ( twice ) that the Greater New York Hospital Association had nothing to do with the creation of bill text which gave New York State hospitals and nursing homes virtual immunity , including with both COVID and non-COVID patients , retroactive to March 7 , 2020 .
This was passed on April 3 , 2020 by Governor Cuomo .
Assembly Member Biaggia pointed out to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ own website a statement that boasted that it had helped write the language for this bill , which Cuomo signed into law the very next day on April 3rd .
She stated this GNYHA statement has since been erased from the internet .
( link to post here ) Zucker claimed to not have the data as to how many Covid-19 infected people , who were transferred to hospitals from nursing homes , died in those hospitals !
Zucker asked to have more time to get this data accurately assembled .
He was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
He was asked if he knew New York state was the only state which did not gather this data .
He refused to acknowledge that fact .
Each time , he stated he needed to have time to gather the accurate data , he did not have the data for the Committee members today .
He would not answer the question as to why New York state is THE ONLY state which is not gathering this data , which gives New York state the appearance of having a much lower rate of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ states .
He couldn ’ t answer adequately .
Members accurately pointed out that he had the data for COVID-19 transfers from hospitals to nursing homes ( as issue in the recent , July 6th report put out by the New York state DOH ) …but did not have the reverse data : how many people were transferred FROM New York state nursing homes to New York state hospitals and who then died ( here is that July 6 report ) .
Overall , it looks like the Democrats in New York are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The federal government needs to step in .
Thousands died due to New York ’ s insane coronavirus policies and now they are hiding the numbers .

Back in May we reported that New York’s Governor Andrew Cuomo, Health Commissioner Howard Zucker, MD and Executive Deputy Commissioner Sally Dreslin’s actions led to thousands of deaths in New York state.
But today Killer Cuomo, the governor of New York, claimed that there was no need to look into the activities taken in New York that led to thousands of elderly in New York dying unnecessarily from the China coronavirus. The Washington Examiner reported:
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said there is no need for an independent investigation into his policy on nursing homes that critics say led to thousands of deaths during the coronavirus pandemic. Cuomo, a Democrat, told reporters during a teleconference on Monday that Democrats and Republicans will never agree on the examination of his now-reversed March 25 directive that prohibited nursing homes from turning away recovering coronavirus patients.
Cuomo is saying this because he is a killer.
Yaacov Apelbaum at the Illustrated Primer shared that these New York politicians are accountable for thousands of nursing home deaths because of their insane directives related to the China coronavirus.
Apelbaum first pointed out the ludicrous directive from New York’s Department of Health, including:
During this global health emergency, all NHs [nursing homes] must comply with the expedited receipt of residents returning from hospitals to NHs.
and:
No resident shall be denied re-admission or admission to the NH solely based on a confirmed or suspected diagnosis of COVID-19. NHs are prohibited from requiring a hospitalized resident who is determined medically stable to be tested for COVID-19 prior to admission or readmission.
As we reported in May, the reason for the Cuomo’s insane directives is related to money:
In 2018, as Governor Andrew Cuomo faced a challenge to his reelection bid in the New York State Democratic primary, he got a last minute $1m cash infusion from the General New York Hospital Association (GNYHA)—a powerful NY healthcare industry group. On April 2, 2020, he repaid the favor when he quietly signed legislation shielding hospital and nursing home executives from any lawsuits stemming from the coronavirus outbreak. The clauses, inserted into the annual budget bill by Cuomo, gave blanket immunity protections for healthcare industry executive and administrators, the same individuals and institutions that have made a fortune moving sick Covid-19 patients to nursing homes.
The GNYHA gave to the Democrats an unheard of $3 million in the 2018 election cycle. Of this, Cuomo and his state party committee received close to $2.3m from various hospitals and nursing home industry donors. Governor Cuomo returned the favor with his directive forcing COVID-19 patients back into elderly homes. This directive provided a massive increase in revenues to organizations associated with the GNYHA who were paid handsomely for COVID patients. It was a bonanza for these entities.
The impact of this decision on elderly New Yorkers in nursing homes is the elderly in these nursing homes spread the disease and died. They died at the worst rate in the country and the world.
The Gateway Pundit reported numerous times that the mortality rates for the China coronavirus are not much worse than a bad flu season across the US with the exception of New York and New Jersey. The death rates in these areas are way above the rest of the country and the world for that matter. It is clear that Governor Cuomo’s policies in New York led to the unnecessary massive number of deaths in the state.
We next reported that Cuomo’s insane and deadly policies not only targeted nursing homes, they also targeted adult care facilities and group homes for people with disabilities.
The March 25 nursing home edict issued by the New York state (NYS) Department of Health (DOH) is NOT the only order NYS enacted, which mandated that Covid-19 infected patients got sent into congregate care facilities from hospitals. NYS ALSO sent COVID-19 infected patients into adult care facilities (ACFs) and into group homes managed under the NYS Office for People with Developmental Disabilities (OPWDD).
Here are links the directives in New York:
Enacted March 25, 2020, Nursing Homes: https://coronavirus.health.ny.gov/system/files/documents/2020/03/doh_covid19-_nhadmissionsreadmissions_-032520.pdf (Note this has been taken down but is noted above.)
Enacted April 7, 2020, Adult Care Facilities: https://coronavirus.health.ny.gov/system/files/documents/2020/04/doh_covid19_acfreturnofpositiveresidents_040720.pdf (This URL no longer works. Here is the policy: https://web.archive.org/web/20200608212648/https://coronavirus.health.ny.gov/system/files/documents/2020/04/doh_covid19_acfreturnofpositiveresidents_040720.pdf)
Enacted April 10, 2020, NYS OPWDD Certified Residential Facilities: https://opwdd.ny.gov/system/files/documents/2020/04/4.11.2020-opwdd_crfreturnfromhospital.pdf (In case the above has been deleted: https://web.archive.org/web/20200531135252/https://opwdd.ny.gov/system/files/documents/2020/04/4.11.2020-opwdd_crfreturnfromhospital.pdf)
Janice Dean from FOX News lost both her parents-in-law to COVID-19 in New York. She wrote an oped on the matter at USA Today. Below is an excellent video that describes the entire deadly scandal:
https://youtu.be/Xz2uLEXLh5E
Last week New York Department of Health Commissioner, Zucker, was in front of the New York Senate and Assembly and he stated (twice) that the Greater New York Hospital Association had nothing to do with the creation of bill text which gave New York State hospitals and nursing homes virtual immunity, including with both COVID and non-COVID patients, retroactive to March 7, 2020. This was passed on April 3, 2020 by Governor Cuomo. Assembly Member Biaggia pointed out to him that the GNYHA placed on its own website a statement that boasted that it had helped write the language for this bill, which Cuomo signed into law the very next day on April 3rd. She stated this GNYHA statement has since been erased from the internet. (link to post here)
Zucker claimed to not have the data as to how many Covid-19 infected people, who were transferred to hospitals from nursing homes, died in those hospitals!
Zucker asked to have more time to get this data accurately assembled. He was asked this question five or six times. He was asked if he knew New York state was the only state which did not gather this data. He refused to acknowledge that fact. Each time, he stated he needed to have time to gather the accurate data, he did not have the data for the Committee members today. He would not answer the question as to why New York state is THE ONLY state which is not gathering this data, which gives New York state the appearance of having a much lower rate of Covid-19 nursing home deaths than ALL other states. He couldn’t answer adequately.
Members accurately pointed out that he had the data for COVID-19 transfers from hospitals to nursing homes (as issue in the recent, July 6th report put out by the New York state DOH) …but did not have the reverse data: how many people were transferred FROM New York state nursing homes to New York state hospitals and who then died (here is that July 6 report).
Overall, it looks like the Democrats in New York are giving Zucker and Cuomo a pass. The federal government needs to step in. Thousands died due to New York’s insane coronavirus policies and now they are hiding the numbers.


thegatewaypundit--2020-08-10--“Don’t Bait Us!” Mayor Lightfoot Snaps at Reporter For Pointing Out That Looters Took Advantage of t

“Don’t Bait Us!” Mayor Lightfoot Snaps at Reporter For Pointing Out That Looters Took Advantage of the Lack of Consequences in Recent Riots (VIDEO)

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot on Monday snapped at a reporter for pointing out violent looters took advantage of the lack @ @ @ @ @ George Floyd riots .
Looters ransacked Chicago last night and attacked police for five hours @ @ @ @ @ was shot in Chicago as widespread violent rioting and looting overwhelmed the city .
The @ @ @ @ @ in response to a black man who was shot by police after reportedly shooting at @ @ @ @ @ Mayor Lori Lightfoot Lashes Out at President Trump -- Says National Guard Not Needed After @ @ @ @ @ Attack Police for 5 Straight Hours ( VIDEO ) Thousands of BLM criminals looted luxury @ @ @ @ @ with many boldly livestreaming their felonies .
Failed Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot refuses to take @ @ @ @ @ looting and violence under her watch .
After lashing out at President Trump , Lightfoot @ @ @ @ @ dared to point out her failure to keep her city under control .
“ Don @ @ @ @ @ Don ’ t bait us !
” Lightfoot said to a reporter .

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot on Monday snapped at a reporter for pointing out violent looters took advantage of the lack of consequences in the recent George Floyd riots.
Looters ransacked Chicago last night and attacked police for five hours straight.
A security guard was shot in Chicago as widespread violent rioting and looting overwhelmed the city.
The rioting began on Sunday evening in response to a black man who was shot by police after reportedly shooting at them first.
Thousands of BLM criminals looted luxury stores on Magnificent Mile, with many boldly livestreaming their felonies.
Failed Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot refuses to take responsibility for the mayhem, looting and violence under her watch.
After lashing out at President Trump, Lightfoot snapped at a reporter who dared to point out her failure to keep her city under control.
“Don’t bait us! Don’t bait us!” Lightfoot said to a reporter.
WATCH:


thegatewaypundit--2020-08-10--EXCLUSIVE: Hezbollah Planned on Using Ammonium Nitrate Stockpile On Israel – Like They Have Done Mul

EXCLUSIVE: Hezbollah Planned on Using Ammonium Nitrate Stockpile On Israel – Like They Have Done Multiple Times Before – Instead Beirut Blows Up

Hezbollah ’ s bomb of choice is ammonium nitrate .
The same substance that blew up a large section of Beirut last week was used by Hezbollah numerous times before against the US and around the world .
The ammonium nitrate that blew up last week in Beirut was owned by the Hezbollah terror group that intended to use the material in a war against Israel , a top investigative reporter said Friday .
The leader of the Iran-backed terrorist organization , Hassan Nasrallah , is the person at the top responsible for the material having been in Beirut ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ week that claimed over 150 lives , wounded 6,000 people and left a large part of the Lebanese capital in ruins , said Channel 13 Arab Affairs reporter Zvi Yehezkeli .
TRENDING : Mayor Lori Lightfoot Lashes Out at President Trump -- Says National Guard Not Needed After Looters Ransack Downtown Chicago , Attack Police for 5 Straight Hours ( VIDEO ) This is not the first time Hezbollah stored or used this substance in a bombing of mass destruction .
Yaacov Apelbaum provided a list of recent events where Hezbollah used this @ @ @ @ @ @ @ – May 2020 , the German government was tipped off about warehouses in the south of the country where Hezbollah stashed hundreds of kilograms of ammonium nitrate .
• UK – September 2018 , a large cache belonging to a Hezbollah cells , containing about 3 tons of ammonium nitrate , was found at four locations in North London .
• Cyprus – May 2015 , Hussein Bassam Abdallah , a Canadian/Lebanese Hezbollah agent was found with 8.2 tons of ammonium nitrate , stored in ice packs , in his home .
• @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , a Swedish/Lebanese national and a member of Hezbollah , was arrested with a 4.5 tons a mixture of ammonium nitrate stored in his house in Samut Sakhon .
• US – May 2009 , Ali Kourani , a Bronx US/Lebanese national and a member of Hezbollah/Islamic Jihad , traveled to Guangzhou , China to purchase large amounts of ammonium nitrate .
• Lebanon – October 1983 , Hezbollah blows up the US marines barracks in Beirut .
In 1983 and again in 2020 , Hezbollah is responsible for massive bombs exploding in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Beirut should be a wake up call to the US and other western nations .
Two Hezbollah members were recently arrested in the US .
Both these individuals had connections to Hezbollah ’ s chemical of choice .
Both are convicted members of a US based Hezbollah network .
Ali Korani Samawar is currently serving a 40 year sentence .
Samer El Debek , was arrested In June 2017 and was charged with traveling to Panama to conduct surveillance and prep for a terror attack on the Panama Canal .
Fadi Yassine , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ serving a 57 month sentence for trafficking weapons to Hezbollah in 2017 .
The bomb blast in Beirut is a warning for the West .
As long as Hezbollah is in Beirut , the world is at risk .

Hezbollah’s bomb of choice is ammonium nitrate. The same substance that blew up a large section of Beirut last week was used by Hezbollah numerous times before against the US and around the world.
The Isreali News source WorldIsraelNews.com reported this morning:
The ammonium nitrate that blew up last week in Beirut was owned by the Hezbollah terror group that intended to use the material in a war against Israel, a top investigative reporter said Friday. The leader of the Iran-backed terrorist organization, Hassan Nasrallah, is the person at the top responsible for the material having been in Beirut’s port before the massive explosion last week that claimed over 150 lives, wounded 6,000 people and left a large part of the Lebanese capital in ruins, said Channel 13 Arab Affairs reporter Zvi Yehezkeli.
This is not the first time Hezbollah stored or used this substance in a bombing of mass destruction. Yaacov Apelbaum provided a list of recent events where Hezbollah used this substance to murder innocents.
Germany – May 2020, the German government was tipped off about warehouses in the south of the country where Hezbollah stashed hundreds of kilograms of ammonium nitrate. UK – September 2018, a large cache belonging to a Hezbollah cells, containing about 3 tons of ammonium nitrate, was found at four locations in North London. Cyprus – May 2015, Hussein Bassam Abdallah, a Canadian/Lebanese Hezbollah agent was found with 8.2 tons of ammonium nitrate, stored in ice packs, in his home. Thailand – January 2012, Atris Hussein, a Swedish/Lebanese national and a member of Hezbollah, was arrested with a 4.5 tons a mixture of ammonium nitrate stored in his house in Samut Sakhon. US – May 2009, Ali Kourani, a Bronx US/Lebanese national and a member of Hezbollah/Islamic Jihad, traveled to Guangzhou, China to purchase large amounts of ammonium nitrate. Lebanon – October 1983, Hezbollah blows up the US marines barracks in Beirut.
In 1983 and again in 2020, Hezbollah is responsible for massive bombs exploding in Beirut, Lebanon.
The explosion in Beirut should be a wake up call to the US and other western nations. Two Hezbollah members were recently arrested in the US. Both these individuals had connections to Hezbollah’s chemical of choice. Both are convicted members of a US based Hezbollah network.
Ali Korani Samawar is currently serving a 40 year sentence. Samer El Debek, was arrested In June 2017 and was charged with traveling to Panama to conduct surveillance and prep for a terror attack on the Panama Canal. Fadi Yassine, is another Hezbollah operative who is currently serving a 57 month sentence for trafficking weapons to Hezbollah in 2017.
The bomb blast in Beirut is a warning for the West.
As long as Hezbollah is in Beirut, the world is at risk.


thegatewaypundit--2020-08-10--Susan Rice Admits Under Oath She Emailed with Hillary Clinton on Clinton’s Private Email System, Cla

Susan Rice Admits Under Oath She Emailed with Hillary Clinton on Clinton’s Private Email System, Claims 18 Times She ‘Couldn’t Recall’ Information

Obama ’ s former National Security Advisor Susan “ Benghazi ” Rice admitted under oath she emailed with Hillary Clinton on Clinton ’ s private email system .
Susan Rice said in her written response to Judicial Watch that she also received emails related to official government business on her own personal email account .
Rice said she ‘ does not recall ’ a total of 18 times in a 13-page interrogatory in response to discovery granted to Judicial Watch by Judge Royce Lamberth .
Judicial Watch in 2015 discovered Hillary Clinton used a private server and blew the story @ @ @ @ @ @ @ from a non “ state.gov ” email account .
TRENDING : Mayor Lori Lightfoot Lashes Out at President Trump -- Says National Guard Not Needed After Looters Ransack Downtown Chicago , Attack Police for 5 Straight Hours ( VIDEO ) The conservative watchdog group filed a FOIA lawsuit seeking records on “ talking points or updates on the Benghazi attack.
” Susan Rice appeared on various media outlets in 2012 falsely claiming the Benghazi terror attack — that left 4 Americans dead — stemmed from a YouTube video .
It ’ s no @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s tactics and claimed she ‘ couldn ’ t recall ’ anything .
“ Susan Rice didn ’ t recall much about the Obama administration ’ s response to the Benghazi terrorist attack , ” said Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton .
“ Similarly , Hillary Clinton couldn ’ t recall much in her written sworn responses to Judicial Watch questions – which is one reason why a federal court judge ordered her in-person deposition testimony.
” Please support Tom Fitton and Judicial Watch by clicking here .

Susan Rice
Obama’s former National Security Advisor Susan “Benghazi” Rice admitted under oath she emailed with Hillary Clinton on Clinton’s private email system.
Susan Rice said in her written response to Judicial Watch that she also received emails related to official government business on her own personal email account.
Rice said she ‘does not recall’ a total of 18 times in a 13-page interrogatory in response to discovery granted to Judicial Watch by Judge Royce Lamberth.
Judicial Watch in 2015 discovered Hillary Clinton used a private server and blew the story wide open after uncovering emails she sent from a non “state.gov” email account.
The conservative watchdog group filed a FOIA lawsuit seeking records on “talking points or updates on the Benghazi attack.”
Susan Rice appeared on various media outlets in 2012 falsely claiming the Benghazi terror attack — that left 4 Americans dead — stemmed from a YouTube video.
It’s no surprise Susan Rice used Hillary Clinton’s tactics and claimed she ‘couldn’t recall’ anything.
Via Judicial Watch:
In responding to each of the 13 questions asked of her, Rice claimed 18 times that she “does not recall” critical information. When asked to describe meetings or discussions about the events in Benghazi other than daily intelligence briefings, Rice said that she had discussions with friends and family, and “does not recall attending any meetings focused on the events in Benghazi between September 11, 2012 and September 16, 2012, other than attending a ceremony on September 14, 2012, at Joint Base Andrews … ” Rice said she believes she would have discussed the Benghazi attack with members of her UN staff, colleagues at the United Nations, and individuals in attendance at the ceremony on September 14, 2012, at Joint Base Andrews.
When asked why she used a non-government email accounts to conduct U.S. government business while U.S. Ambassador to the United States, Rice acknowledged using her personal email account, at times, to conduct official government business without answering the question why she used non-government email accounts.
Rice did not directly answer a question about deleting emails. Rather, Rice answered that “when emails related to U.S. government business were sent to [her] personal email account, [she] took steps to ensure that a copy of that email was also on her government email account.” and she “does not recall having need to review and return emails form any non-governmental email account.”
“Susan Rice didn’t recall much about the Obama administration’s response to the Benghazi terrorist attack,” said Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton. “Similarly, Hillary Clinton couldn’t recall much in her written sworn responses to Judicial Watch questions – which is one reason why a federal court judge ordered her in-person deposition testimony.”
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thegatewaypundit--2020-08-10--Dentist Warns Too Much Mask-Wearing Can Lead to Harmful ‘Mask Mouth’

Just when you think 2020 can ’ t get any worse , bam , it does .
A New York dentist now says wearing a face mask for hours can be harmful to your dental health by giving you “ mask mouth.
” “ We ’ re seeing inflammation in people ’ s gums that have been healthy forever , and cavities in people who have never had them before , ” Dr .
Rob Ramondi , co-founder of One Manhattan Dental , told the New York Post “ About 50 % of our patients are being impacted by this @ @ @ @ @ @ @ name it ‘ mask mouth ’ — after ‘ meth mouth.
” TRENDING : Mayor Lori Lightfoot Lashes Out at President Trump -- Says National Guard Not Needed After Looters Ransack Downtown Chicago , Attack Police for 5 Straight Hours ( VIDEO ) “ The term ‘ meth mouth ’ is widely used by dentists to describe the dental problems that arise among methamphetamine users .
Addicts often end up with cracked , black- and brown-stained teeth because the stimulant causes sugar cravings , teeth grinding and jaw clenching .
They also often @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Post wrote .
Constant mask wearing can lead to all kinds of mouth maladies , including cavities , decaying teeth , and dangerous halitosis .
Dr. Mark Sclafani , Ramondi ’ s business partner , said oral problems can sometimes lead to far worse conditions .
“ Gum disease — or periodontal disease — will eventually lead to strokes and an increased risk of heart attacks .
People tend to breathe through their mouth instead of through their nose while wearing a mask , ” he said .
But Sclafani said that constant @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the dentist .
“ Patients are coming into us like , ‘ Wow , my breath smells , I need a cleaning.
’ [ But ] when you smell the bad breath , you either already have periodontal disease or you have a lot of bacteria that ’ s sitting on your tongue because of dry mouth , ” he said .

Just when you think 2020 can’t get any worse, bam, it does.
A New York dentist now says wearing a face mask for hours can be harmful to your dental health by giving you “mask mouth.”
“We’re seeing inflammation in people’s gums that have been healthy forever, and cavities in people who have never had them before,” Dr. Rob Ramondi, co-founder of One Manhattan Dental, told the New York Post
“About 50% of our patients are being impacted by this, [so] we decided to name it ‘mask mouth’ — after ‘meth mouth.”
“The term ‘meth mouth’ is widely used by dentists to describe the dental problems that arise among methamphetamine users. Addicts often end up with cracked, black- and brown-stained teeth because the stimulant causes sugar cravings, teeth grinding and jaw clenching. They also often neglect their oral hygiene,” The Post wrote.
Constant mask wearing can lead to all kinds of mouth maladies, including cavities, decaying teeth, and dangerous halitosis.
Dr. Mark Sclafani, Ramondi’s business partner, said oral problems can sometimes lead to far worse conditions.
“Gum disease — or periodontal disease — will eventually lead to strokes and an increased risk of heart attacks. People tend to breathe through their mouth instead of through their nose while wearing a mask,” he said.
But Sclafani said that constant mask-wearing has prompted some people to visit the dentist.
“Patients are coming into us like, ‘Wow, my breath smells, I need a cleaning.’ [But] when you smell the bad breath, you either already have periodontal disease or you have a lot of bacteria that’s sitting on your tongue because of dry mouth,” he said.


thegatewaypundit--2020-08-10--Nashville Lawmaker Wants People Not Wearing a Mask to Be ‘Tried For Murder Or Attempted Murder’

A Nashville councilwoman wants anyone who doesn ’ t wear a mask to be “ tried for murder or attempted murder.
” “ My question goes back to legislation , ” Sharon Hurt , an at-large councilwoman of the Nashville Metro Council , said during a meeting last week between Public Safety , Beer & Regulated Beverages and Health , Hospitals , & Social Services committees .
“ But my concern is — you know I work for an organization , that if they pass a virus , then they are tried for murder or attempted murder , if they @ @ @ @ @ @ @ who may very well pass this virus that ’ s out in the air because they ’ re not wearing a mask is basically doing the same thing to someone who contracts it and dies from it.
” “ It seems to me that we have been more reactive , as opposed to proactive , and a little too late , too little , ” she said .
“ Maybe there needs to be stronger legislation to say that if you do not wear a mask and you subject exposure of this virus @ @ @ @ @ @ @ some stronger penalty as it is in other viruses that are exposed.
” TRENDING : Mayor Lori Lightfoot Lashes Out at President Trump -- Says National Guard Not Needed After Looters Ransack Downtown Chicago , Attack Police for 5 Straight Hours ( VIDEO ) Hurt had to be told by Metro Nashville ’ s Director of Legislative Affairs Mike Jameson that the city committees just can ’ t do that .
“ The Council does not have the opportunity on its own to create criminal legislation , ” he said .
“ In @ @ @ @ @ @ @ class of criminal offenses , that is a creature of state law.
” Hurt expressed her disappointment , “ I was afraid that was going to be the answer.
” “ I guess that ’ s the whole point of asking for something to be done as early as the Council was pushing , ” Hurt said .
“ It seems it was not taken as seriously as it should have been and thus we are in the situation we are in right now .
”

A Nashville councilwoman wants anyone who doesn’t wear a mask to be “tried for murder or attempted murder.”
“My question goes back to legislation,” Sharon Hurt, an at-large councilwoman of the Nashville Metro Council, said during a meeting last week between Public Safety, Beer & Regulated Beverages and Health, Hospitals, & Social Services committees.
“But my concern is — you know I work for an organization, that if they pass a virus, then they are tried for murder or attempted murder, if they are not told … and this person who may very well pass this virus that’s out in the air because they’re not wearing a mask is basically doing the same thing to someone who contracts it and dies from it.”
“It seems to me that we have been more reactive, as opposed to proactive, and a little too late, too little,” she said. “Maybe there needs to be stronger legislation to say that if you do not wear a mask and you subject exposure of this virus to someone else then there will be some stronger penalty as it is in other viruses that are exposed.”
Hurt had to be told by Metro Nashville’s Director of Legislative Affairs Mike Jameson that the city committees just can’t do that. “The Council does not have the opportunity on its own to create criminal legislation,” he said. “In terms of creating a new code or class of criminal offenses, that is a creature of state law.”
Hurt expressed her disappointment, “I was afraid that was going to be the answer.”
“I guess that’s the whole point of asking for something to be done as early as the Council was pushing,” Hurt said. “It seems it was not taken as seriously as it should have been and thus we are in the situation we are in right now.”


thegatewaypundit--2020-08-10--WATCH: Black Americans Speak Out After Meeting With President Trump (VIDEO)

Black Americans who support President Trump speak out after a meeting with him and share their experiences of what brought them to the conservative movement .
One of his supporters stated , ” That was one of the greatest experiences of my life .
I would never forget that.
” Conservative talk show host Candace Owens was there and shared , “ It was wonderful and it was beautiful.
” Sarcastically added , “ Look at all these Uncle Toms right ?
Freethinking blacks.
” A man shared , “ I just met the president .
Man , he told @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the room .
It was an honor .
Thank you .
You know , I didn ’ t think I would be here , guy from the streets in the White House.
” TRENDING : Mayor Lori Lightfoot Lashes Out at President Trump -- Says National Guard Not Needed After Looters Ransack Downtown Chicago , Attack Police for 5 Straight Hours ( VIDEO ) Another supporter also said , “ I never would think I ’ d be one of the first in my family to be invited to the White House as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ not too many people could say in black families .
So it ’ s good that that actually happened .
You know , I made history in my family.
” After listening to Trump , one Black Trump supporter stated , “ Got a chance to listen to all the things that he ’ s done for the Black community .
And I ’ m just grateful for this president .
I didn ’ t support him at the last election .
But after seeing what he ’ s done and that speech @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s convinced me I ’ m voting for him in 2020.
” Click below to watch the video !

Black Americans who support President Trump speak out after a meeting with him and share their experiences of what brought them to the conservative movement.
One of his supporters stated,”That was one of the greatest experiences of my life. I would never forget that.”
Conservative talk show host Candace Owens was there and shared, “It was wonderful and it was beautiful.” Sarcastically added, “Look at all these Uncle Toms right? Freethinking blacks.”
A man shared, “I just met the president. Man, he told me I was the flyest guy in the room. It was an honor. Thank you. You know, I didn’t think I would be here, guy from the streets in the White House.”
Another supporter also said, “I never would think I’d be one of the first in my family to be invited to the White House as a Black man. You know, not too many people could say in black families. So it’s good that that actually happened. You know, I made history in my family.”
After listening to Trump, one Black Trump supporter stated, “Got a chance to listen to all the things that he’s done for the Black community. And I’m just grateful for this president. I didn’t support him at the last election. But after seeing what he’s done and that speech he gave in there, he’s convinced me I’m voting for him in 2020.”
Click below to watch the video!


thegatewaypundit--2020-08-10--“San Diego Is NOT Portland!” – HUNDREDS of Police and Angry Citizens Face Off with Antifa Terrorists

“San Diego Is NOT Portland!” – HUNDREDS of Police and Angry Citizens Face Off with Antifa Terrorists in San Diego

San Diego Black Lives Matter protesters held a rally on Saturday in support of the street terrorists in Portland .
In Portland violent leftists have destroyed the downtown in 60 nights of riots .
The BLM mob in San Diego held a rally to salute these terrorists .
The protesters were met by a huge police presence and hundreds of angry local citizens who do not want San Diego to turn into a leftist dump like Portland .
The BLM mob retreated and went home before nightfall .
TRENDING : Mayor Lori Lightfoot Lashes Out at President Trump -- Says @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Downtown Chicago , Attack Police for 5 Straight Hours ( VIDEO ) Black Lives Matter terrorists tried again to turn La Mesa into an autonomous zone , like has been happening in Portland and Seattle .
La Mesa is a liberal suburb of San Diego .
This is the second time they have failed .
The week before only about 20 terrorists showed up and were greatly outnumbered .
This week was apparently a more official event and about 300 domestic terrorists showed up .
Some of them were saying there would be @ @ @ @ @ @ @ However , hundreds of police were on hand from all around San Diego County and about 150 angry , concerned citizens showed up .
BLM was surrounded by police and defenders .
There was no vandalism and no fires .
Many of the terrorists packed up and went home in mid afternoon , long before dark when the “ war ” was supposed to start .
Some stayed until about 9pm , but eventually the police left and they all left a few minutes later , concerned about their own safety for a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ had burned down two banks and another major building , vandalized and looted dozens of other businesses . )

San Diego Black Lives Matter protesters held a rally on Saturday in support of the street terrorists in Portland.
In Portland violent leftists have destroyed the downtown in 60 nights of riots. The BLM mob in San Diego held a rally to salute these terrorists.
The protesters were met by a huge police presence and hundreds of angry local citizens who do not want San Diego to turn into a leftist dump like Portland.
The BLM mob retreated and went home before nightfall.
Patriot-Fire.net reported:


thegatewaypundit--2020-08-10--Letter by Liberal Black Men Demanding Biden Choose Black Woman for Vice President Calls Biden a “Dev

Letter by Liberal Black Men Demanding Biden Choose Black Woman for Vice President Calls Biden a “Devil”

A group of one hundred prominent liberal Black men signed on to a public letter released Monday that demands presumptive Democratic Party presidential nominee former Vice President Joe Biden choose a Black woman as his vice presidential running mate .
The letter scorched Biden over his support for anti-crime bills that led to increased incarceration rates for Black people , warning Biden he will lose the election if he fails to choose a Black woman and calling Biden a “ devil.
” Biden has held off making his choice known , taking advantage of the extra time given him by @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in Milwaukee being delayed a month to August 17 due to the pandemic .
While several Black women are reported to be under consideration by Biden , including former Obama national security advisor and U.N .
Ambassador Susan Rice , Rep. Karen Bass ( D-CA ) and Rep. Val Demings ( D-FL ) , the only one named in the letter is Sen. Kamala Harris ( D-CA ) .
Biden has reportedly met with at least two potential running mates , however the only known meeting has been with a white woman , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ) .
TRENDING : Mayor Lori Lightfoot Lashes Out at President Trump -- Says National Guard Not Needed After Looters Ransack Downtown Chicago , Attack Police for 5 Straight Hours ( VIDEO ) MORE THAN 100 BLACK MALE LEADERS SIGN STATEMENT OF SOLIDARITY REQUIRING A BLACK WOMAN VICE PRESIDENT As someone who has said throughout the campaign that VP Joe Biden needs to choose a Black woman VP , the urgency for that pick has gone from something that SHOULD happen to something that HAS to happen .
It disgusts us that Black @ @ @ @ @ @ @ this VP process but unfairly criticized and scrutinized .
Was Joe Biden ever labeled “ too ambitious ” because he ran for president three times ?
Should President Obama not have made him the VP because he had to worry about his “ loyalty ” when he clearly had AMBITIONS to be president himself ?
Why does Senator Kamala Harris have to show remorse for questioning Biden ’ s previous stance on integrated busing during a democratic primary debate ?
Have Democratic Party leaders , allies , or donors ever required Joe Biden @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 1988 Anti-Drug Abuse bills , which established mandatory minimum sentencing and subsequently crack-cocaine sentencing disparities , and by his own admission , led to mass incarceration ?
What about the 1994 Crime Bill ?
Let ’ s be clear about the kind of remorse and reckoning that matters in 2020 when the Black community is still suffering the consequences for these oppressive measures .
So , Black women are the only ones required to stay in their place and to show remorse for even questioning their own oppression ?
For too long Black @ @ @ @ @ @ @ from rally the troops to risk their lives for the Democratic Party with no acknowledgment , no respect , no visibility , and certainly not enough support .
More than 700 Black women signed on to a letter demanding a Black woman VP .
And we , black men , stand in solidarity with them .
Failing to select a Black woman in 2020 means you will lose the election .
We don ’ t want to choose between the lesser of two evils and we don ’ t want to vote the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ don ’ t because we are tired of voting for devils—period .
Sean “ Diddy ” Combs , Lenard “ Charlamagne Tha God ” Mckelvey , Michael Bennett , Bishop William J. Barber , Ben Crump , Esq.
, Chris Paul , James Gee , Jeff Johnson , Dr. Wes Bellamy , Dr. Michael Eric Dyson , Rev .
Jamal Bryant , Mysonne Linen , Shelley Davis , Will Packer , Karim Webb , Eddie Glaude , Deon Taylor , Randall Pinkett , Brandon J. Johnson , Timothy “ Timbaland ” Mosley , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Jacobs , Marcus L. Martin MD , Quinton Harrell , Evans Ross , Jason Martin , Robert Wright , Corey Gamble , Wayne Barrow , Felix Stallings Jr. , Karriem Mack , Malcolm Davis , Rodriquez “ Jacquees ” Broadnax , Al Harrington , Roy Davis Jr. , Chad Elliott Jr. , Richard Morris , Tarik Brooks , Omari V. Bouknight , Tyrone “ Ty Dolla $ ign ” William Griffin Jr. , James Vaughns , Emmanuel Omolabi , Terrence J. , Detavio Samuels , Maurice Barrow , Nick Cannon , Cedric The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Lightburn , Dr. Rickey White , Cartier Brown , Freddy Jackson , Omar Epps , Matthew J. Middleton , Jay Lundy , Doug E. Fresh , Mark Wesley , Myron Adoteye , Earl Stevens , Brandon Marshall , Doug Baldwin , Kam Chancellor , Tuma Basa , Ples Jones , Jonathan Randle , Chris Robinson , Rep. Derwin Montgomery , Horace Levon Linnen , Ronald Bacon , Derek “ Chuck Bone ” Osorio , NeAndre Broussard , Aliaume Damala Badara “ Akon ” Thiam , Anthony Williams , Ray Muhammad , Dennis Rogers @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Rowland , Johnathan Randall , Jermaine Reed , Rep .
Jewel Jones , Gregory Jones , Eric Gerald , Leon Keel , Ron Samuels , Conrad Neblett , Kwame McLeod , Stephen Green , Bakari Kitwana , Cliff Albright , Phil Hughley , Anthony Anderson , Javin Joyce , Eddie Francis , Jerry “ JB Smoove ” Angelo Brooks , Baye Adofo-Wilson , Collins Pettaway , III , Genaro Stewart , Rev .
Mark Thompson , Rashaad Lambert , Omar Beasley , Mark Anthony Neal , Joe Dillard Jr. , Al B .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ Wilson , Alvin Waters , Calvin Waters , Montez Cornelius , Rev .
Herbert Daughtry , Bakari Sellers , Pastor Michael McBride , Rev .
Tony Lee , Zuo Reeves , Rahim Jenkins , Bill Bellamy , Richard Gant , Rev .
Lukata Mjumbe , Bobby L. Fuse , Eric Gantt , Koko Archibong , Terrence Charles , Jeff Rush Channing Johnson NOTE : This statement of solidarity is in response to the more than 700 Black women who signed a letter previously calling for a Black woman Vice President

A group of one hundred prominent liberal Black men signed on to a public letter released Monday that demands presumptive Democratic Party presidential nominee former Vice President Joe Biden choose a Black woman as his vice presidential running mate. The letter scorched Biden over his support for anti-crime bills that led to increased incarceration rates for Black people, warning Biden he will lose the election if he fails to choose a Black woman and calling Biden a “devil.”
Biden has held off making his choice known, taking advantage of the extra time given him by the start of the Democrats’ convention in Milwaukee being delayed a month to August 17 due to the pandemic.
Joe Biden and a rejuvenated Kamala Harris.
While several Black women are reported to be under consideration by Biden, including former Obama national security advisor and U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice, Rep. Karen Bass (D-CA) and Rep. Val Demings (D-FL), the only one named in the letter is Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA).
Biden has reportedly met with at least two potential running mates, however the only known meeting has been with a white woman, Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D).
Text and signers: