westernjournal--2020-10-11--Austin: The Biden-Harris Ticket’s Goal of ‘Equity’ Is Illogical, Discriminatory and Totalitarian

Today ’ s left is utterly opposed to equality of opportunity and equality under the law .
Instead , its policies pursue the goal of equity , also known as equality of outcomes .
Seeking out such a goal is not only undesirable , it is also immoral , because the only way to attain equal outcomes among diverse cultural groups is through totalitarian means .
Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden and his running mate , Sen. Kamala Harris of California , aim to enact “ equity ” policies across the U.S. if they are elected .
TRENDING : Pompeo @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Got the Emails , We ’ re Getting Them Out' “ So , there ’ s a big difference between equality and equity , ” Harris said .
“ Equality suggests , often , everybody should get the same thing .
… As opposed to equity , which is everyone should end up in the same place .
“ And if you then understand not everybody started out in the same place , you understand some people need more.
” Harris ’ analogy is based on the assumption that all groups have the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ different groups act differently , finding total equity among all groups is virtually impossible .
No person in his or her right mind would argue that the Asian , black , Hispanic and white communities in America are culturally homogeneous .
Subsets of those communities aren ’ t even homogeneous with one another .
The groups have varied cultural norms , traditions and attitudes .
In 2018 , the median age for white people in America was 44 , whereas the median age of U.S. Hispanics was 30 and the median age of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a Pew Research Center analysis of Census Bureau data .
Obviously , 44-year-olds are better wage earners than people ages 30 and 34 : they ’ ve been in the workforce much longer , have likely received more raises due to time on the job and have more work experience .
A huge part of the racial economic divide , then , can be attributed to age differences among these groups .
A man is not even equal to himself from different points of his own life .
Even if you removed age @ @ @ @ @ @ @ cultural differences between racial and ethnic groups that inevitably lead to more differences in outcome .
It isn ’ t only racial group outcomes that leftists want to equalize .
According to them , men and women should be equally represented in all occupations and they should be equally compensated overall .
That ’ s what the whole “ gender pay gap ” argument is about , after all .
However , as with racial/ethnic groups , the measure of outcomes between the sexes doesn ’ t take into account other factors .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ education , occupation and hours worked .
When you account for these variables , along with a few others , the gap shrinks to nearly zero percent , proving discrimination is not a primary driver of inequality in this case .
Nevertheless , most people on the left blame the gap on “ sexism.
” Two identical kids standing on a ladder is not an honest comparison .
Although minorities who grow up in poverty do have some inherent disadvantages ( as does any community born into poverty , although poverty caused by @ @ @ @ @ @ @ their racial identity is not even close to the most important factor .
The graphic fails to account for numerous group differences , which is also a failure of Democrats and most left-wing equity policies .
In a more accurate illustration , sometimes one kid wouldn ’ t even try to reach for the apple ( differences of choice ) .
Or maybe it ’ s not one kid but one adult and one kid ( mirroring the age differences between groups ) .
The adult can reach the apple because he ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the other party has fewer systemic advantages .
In any example , teaching the disadvantaged kid to climb the tree or build a ladder would help that kid become more independent .
Giving him a ladder every time makes him dependent on whoever is giving him that ladder .
He ’ ll never learn how to do things for himself .
This is exactly how equity policies work in the real world .
Affirmative action , for example , gives extra advantages to some groups over others , although in the end such @ @ @ @ @ @ @ very people they purport to help by , for example , placing minorities into schools for which they aren ’ t academically prepared .
Entrance exams were made to determine whether the student is ready for the coursework he or she will face when going to a school .
Whereas minorities are set to succeed if placed into a school based on their scores , if you artificially inflate their scores simply because of the color of their skin , those students will be , and have been , put into more rigorous @ @ @ @ @ @ @ prepared .
This creates higher dropout rates and lower grades overall , as reported by The Atlantic .
Another example of equity-gone-wrong is the 2008 housing crisis .
Because of equity policies , lenders were pressured into lending to minority communities more often , even if the constituents of those communities were unable to pay back their loans .
In the end , neither of these policies actually helped ; they only exacerbated the problem .
Jordan Peterson , a renowned clinical psychologist and University of Toronto professor known for his stand against @ @ @ @ @ @ @ equity quite thoroughly in an essay on his website .
“ The emphasis on ‘ diversity , ’ for example , is in direct logical contradiction to the dogma of ‘ equity.
’ The two simply can not co-exist .
If people are in fact ‘ diverse , ’ for whatever reasons ( and , according to the collectivists , primarily for reasons of race , ethnicity , sexuality and sex ) then they bring distinctly and important different talents and abilities to the table , in precise proportion to their diversity , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ consequence of encouraging that diversity and giving it free play in the world will thus be an exacerbation of inequality , rather than its elimination .
If equity were the goal , then diversity would have to be done away with.
” “ But such elimination of differences is by definition an elimination of diversity , although the latter is apparently laudable ( as it is , when the diversity is based on difference of opinion rather than difference of immutable physical characteristics ) and vital to the proper functioning of social and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ he wrote .
Furthermore , Peterson pointed out that far-left , communist , totalitarian regimes throughout world history have enacted equity policies .
They have never worked .
“ We know the left can go too far .
The Soviets taught us that .
The Maoists and the Khmer Rouge taught us that .
The North Koreans , and the Cubans , and the Venezuelans continue to teach us in the same manner .
We don ’ t know exactly when and where the ‘ going too far ’ begins .
But I @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on the equity doctrine , ” he wrote .
“ In a word , it ’ s inexcusable , both morally and practically , and should be regarded , in my estimation , as an ideological position that should be roundly rejected by anyone who wishes to be taken seriously in any reasonable political discussion .
“ And we should well remember that ‘ reasonable political discussion ’ is the only alternative we have to outright strife and the kind of conflict that tends to degenerate rapidly and dangerously.
” These regimes eventually @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of their citizens — everyone had the same number of crumbs to eat as they died of starvation and everyone was equally likely to be executed for treasonous , capitalist oppression if they kept too much money for themselves , for reasons such as feeding their families .
If Americans don ’ t want their country to end up like this , they must reject the far-left , Marxian goal of equal outcomes .
If taken to its logical conclusion , it can only end in utter oppression , totalitarianism and a massive @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The Western Journal now publishes some content in Spanish as well as English , for international audiences ?
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Today’s left is utterly opposed to equality of opportunity and equality under the law.
Instead, its policies pursue the goal of equity, also known as equality of outcomes.
Seeking out such a goal is not only undesirable, it is also immoral, because the only way to attain equal outcomes among diverse cultural groups is through totalitarian means.
The Left’s Push for Equity
Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden and his running mate, Sen. Kamala Harris of California, aim to enact “equity” policies across the U.S. if they are elected.
Kamala Harris is an incredible talent with unlimited potential. Her career has been defined by taking on those who abuse power and seeking equity and justice for all people. Her intellect and insight will continue to be needed by the Democratic Party and the country. — Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) December 3, 2019
Kamala Harris breaks down the difference between equality and equity pic.twitter.com/sVKiTzJQN8 — NowThis (@nowthisnews) September 27, 2020
“So, there’s a big difference between equality and equity,” Harris said. “Equality suggests, often, everybody should get the same thing. … As opposed to equity, which is everyone should end up in the same place.
“And if you then understand not everybody started out in the same place, you understand some people need more.”
Harris’ analogy is based on the assumption that all groups have the same demographics and cultural norms.
That idea is demonstrably false.
Ethnic/ Racial Group Differences
Because different groups act differently, finding total equity among all groups is virtually impossible.
No person in his or her right mind would argue that the Asian, black, Hispanic and white communities in America are culturally homogeneous.
Subsets of those communities aren’t even homogeneous with one another.
The groups have varied cultural norms, traditions and attitudes.
The differences don’t stop there.
In 2018, the median age for white people in America was 44, whereas the median age of U.S. Hispanics was 30 and the median age of black Americans was 34, according to a Pew Research Center analysis of Census Bureau data.
Obviously, 44-year-olds are better wage earners than people ages 30 and 34: they’ve been in the workforce much longer, have likely received more raises due to time on the job and have more work experience.
A huge part of the racial economic divide, then, can be attributed to age differences among these groups.
A man is not even equal to himself from different points of his own life.
Even if you removed age as a factor, there remain huge cultural differences between racial and ethnic groups that inevitably lead to more differences in outcome.
Sex Differences
It isn’t only racial group outcomes that leftists want to equalize.
According to them, men and women should be equally represented in all occupations and they should be equally compensated overall.
That’s what the whole “gender pay gap” argument is about, after all.
Pay gap disparities means women on average lose out on $400,000 over the course of their career. That number is even higher for Latina, Native American, and Black women, who lose almost $1M in wages. My equal pay plan will end this fundamental unfairness.https://t.co/LEnuRWRmvC — Kamala Harris (@KamalaHarris) May 23, 2019
However, as with racial/ethnic groups, the measure of outcomes between the sexes doesn’t take into account other factors.
Women and men make different choices in education, occupation and hours worked.
When you account for these variables, along with a few others, the gap shrinks to nearly zero percent, proving discrimination is not a primary driver of inequality in this case.
Nevertheless, most people on the left blame the gap on “sexism.”
False Comparisons
A popular, widely-spread left-wing meme illustrates the left’s argument for equity perfectly.
Inequality vs equality vs equity vs justice pic.twitter.com/icrS4NwzOy — Alvin Foo (@alvinfoo) October 1, 2020
It is incredibly misleading.
Two identical kids standing on a ladder is not an honest comparison.
Although minorities who grow up in poverty do have some inherent disadvantages (as does any community born into poverty, although poverty caused by welfare incentivization disproportionately affects minorities), their racial identity is not even close to the most important factor.
The graphic fails to account for numerous group differences, which is also a failure of Democrats and most left-wing equity policies.
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In a more accurate illustration, sometimes one kid wouldn’t even try to reach for the apple (differences of choice).
Or maybe it’s not one kid but one adult and one kid (mirroring the age differences between groups). The adult can reach the apple because he’s older and taller, not because the other party has fewer systemic advantages.
In any example, teaching the disadvantaged kid to climb the tree or build a ladder would help that kid become more independent.
Giving him a ladder every time makes him dependent on whoever is giving him that ladder.
He’ll never learn how to do things for himself.
Problems Caused by Equity
This is exactly how equity policies work in the real world.
Affirmative action, for example, gives extra advantages to some groups over others, although in the end such policies have been shown to hurt the very people they purport to help by, for example, placing minorities into schools for which they aren’t academically prepared.
Entrance exams were made to determine whether the student is ready for the coursework he or she will face when going to a school.
Whereas minorities are set to succeed if placed into a school based on their scores, if you artificially inflate their scores simply because of the color of their skin, those students will be, and have been, put into more rigorous schools for which they aren’t prepared.
This creates higher dropout rates and lower grades overall, as reported by The Atlantic.
Another example of equity-gone-wrong is the 2008 housing crisis.
Because of equity policies, lenders were pressured into lending to minority communities more often, even if the constituents of those communities were unable to pay back their loans.
In the end, neither of these policies actually helped; they only exacerbated the problem.
Diversity, Equity Can’t Coexist
Jordan Peterson, a renowned clinical psychologist and University of Toronto professor known for his stand against radical leftism, explained the faults of equity quite thoroughly in an essay on his website.
“The emphasis on ‘diversity,’ for example, is in direct logical contradiction to the dogma of ‘equity.’ The two simply cannot co-exist. If people are in fact ‘diverse,’ for whatever reasons (and, according to the collectivists, primarily for reasons of race, ethnicity, sexuality and sex) then they bring distinctly and important different talents and abilities to the table, in precise proportion to their diversity,” Peterson wrote.
“The inevitable consequence of encouraging that diversity and giving it free play in the world will thus be an exacerbation of inequality, rather than its elimination. If equity were the goal, then diversity would have to be done away with.”
“But such elimination of differences is by definition an elimination of diversity, although the latter is apparently laudable (as it is, when the diversity is based on difference of opinion rather than difference of immutable physical characteristics) and vital to the proper functioning of social and political organizations at all levels,” he wrote.
Equity Will Destroy Freedom
Furthermore, Peterson pointed out that far-left, communist, totalitarian regimes throughout world history have enacted equity policies. They have never worked.
“We know the left can go too far. The Soviets taught us that. The Maoists and the Khmer Rouge taught us that. The North Koreans, and the Cubans, and the Venezuelans continue to teach us in the same manner. We don’t know exactly when and where the ‘going too far’ begins. But I’m willing to stake my claim on the equity doctrine,” he wrote.
“In a word, it’s inexcusable, both morally and practically, and should be regarded, in my estimation, as an ideological position that should be roundly rejected by anyone who wishes to be taken seriously in any reasonable political discussion.
“And we should well remember that ‘reasonable political discussion’ is the only alternative we have to outright strife and the kind of conflict that tends to degenerate rapidly and dangerously.”
These regimes eventually did create equitable outcomes for the majority of their citizens — everyone had the same number of crumbs to eat as they died of starvation and everyone was equally likely to be executed for treasonous, capitalist oppression if they kept too much money for themselves, for reasons such as feeding their families.
If Americans don’t want their country to end up like this, they must reject the far-left, Marxian goal of equal outcomes.
If taken to its logical conclusion, it can only end in utter oppression, totalitarianism and a massive death toll.
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Victor Davis Hanson: California Officially Explores Reparations, But There’s 1 Humiliating Problem for Leftists

California ’ s state legislature just passed , and Gov .
Gavin Newsom signed , Assembly Bill 3121 to explore providing reparations to California ’ s African-American population — 155 years after the abolition of slavery .
Apparently , when California ’ s one-party government can not find solutions to current existential crises , it turns to divisive issues that have little to do with the safety and well-being of its 40 million citizens .
California has the highest gas taxes in the nation , even as its ossified state highways remain clogged and dangerous .
Why , then , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ into the now-calcified high-speed rail project ?
When fires raged , killed dozens , polluted the air for months , consumed thousands of structures and scorched 4 million acres of forest , in response the governor thundered about global warming .
But Newsom was mostly mute about state and federal green policies that discouraged the removal of millions of dead and drought-stricken trees , which provided the kindling for the infernos .
When gasoline , sales and income taxes rose , and yet state schools became even worse , infrastructure remained decrepit and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ COVID-19 money bail out its own financial mismanagement .
TRENDING : Pompeo Drops Clinton Bombshell : 'We ’ ve Got the Emails , We ’ re Getting Them Out' In a time of pandemic , mass quarantine , self-induced recession , riots , arson and looting , the California way is to borrow money to spend on something that will not address why residents can ’ t find a job , can ’ t rely on their power grid , can ’ t drive safely , can ’ t breathe the air , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for their children and can ’ t walk the streets of the state ’ s major cities without fear of being assaulted or stepping in excrement .
So it is a poor time to discuss reparations , even if there were good reasons to borrow to pay out such compensation .
But in fact there are none .
One , California was admitted to the Union in 1850 as a free state .
Its moral insistence 170 years ago that slavery be outlawed precipitated a crisis — and almost sparked the Civil War @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Despite the efforts of some slave-owning arrivals into California , there was never legal slavery in the state .
Two , about 27 percent of California residents were not born in the United States .
Most of the naturalized citizens and undocumented immigrants arrived in the state after the Civil Rights Act was passed in 1964 .
How , then , do California residents from Asia , Latin America or Europe owe reparations to the current 6.5 percent of the state ’ s population that is African-American ?
Are we to establish a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in a society that has no memory of slavery are to redistribute billions of their dollars to those whose grandparents were never slaves ?
Three , in a multi-ethnic , multiracial California — where those identifying as white are a minority and those of mixed ancestries number in the millions — how does the state adjudicate who owes what to whom ?
Is an arriving Mexican immigrant a victim of institutionalized racism in Mexico , or was he part of a Mexican establishment notorious for its racism ?
In a multiracial state , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” Confederate race laws to determine whose DNA qualifies someone for state money ?
Should the state pay reparations to the descendants of Jews who fled the Holocaust , of Cambodians who fled Pol Pot ’ s reign of death , of Armenians who escaped Ottoman barbarity or of Irish and Chinese who were worked to death on the Transcontinental Railroad ?
Four , how will borrowing money to pay some 2 million to 3 million of the state ’ s 40 million residents make things easier for the African-American population ?
And @ @ @ @ @ @ @ James , Oprah Winfrey , Kayne West , Jay-Z and Beyonce eligible ?
Did it mean nothing that trillions of dollars have been spent over the last half-century on anti-poverty programs , state entitlements and diversity and inclusion programs ?
If per-capita economic parity for the black population is truly the state ’ s concern , then why not allow more charter schools in California ’ s inner cities ?
Or deregulate the state ’ s cumbersome bureaucracy to ensure small businesses more opportunity and less resistance to building low-income housing ?
It @ @ @ @ @ @ @ wealthy elites virtue-signal their caring to square the circle of their own impotence to solve the problems in their midst .
Californians who live in gated homes often damn walls on the border .
Those who depend on imported water damn water transference for agriculture .
Those who put their children in private academies damn public charter schools .
And those who raise taxes on the middle class have tax experts to find ways of avoiding taxes .
In that context , Assembly Bill 3121 can be understood — as a loud virtue @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to concrete crises .
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California’s state legislature just passed, and Gov. Gavin Newsom signed, Assembly Bill 3121 to explore providing reparations to California’s African-American population — 155 years after the abolition of slavery.
Apparently, when California’s one-party government cannot find solutions to current existential crises, it turns to divisive issues that have little to do with the safety and well-being of its 40 million citizens.
California has the highest gas taxes in the nation, even as its ossified state highways remain clogged and dangerous. Why, then, does Sacramento keep pouring billions of dollars into the now-calcified high-speed rail project?
When fires raged, killed dozens, polluted the air for months, consumed thousands of structures and scorched 4 million acres of forest, in response the governor thundered about global warming. But Newsom was mostly mute about state and federal green policies that discouraged the removal of millions of dead and drought-stricken trees, which provided the kindling for the infernos.
When gasoline, sales and income taxes rose, and yet state schools became even worse, infrastructure remained decrepit and deficits grew, California demanded that federal COVID-19 money bail out its own financial mismanagement.
In a time of pandemic, mass quarantine, self-induced recession, riots, arson and looting, the California way is to borrow money to spend on something that will not address why residents can’t find a job, can’t rely on their power grid, can’t drive safely, can’t breathe the air, can’t ensure a high-quality education for their children and can’t walk the streets of the state’s major cities without fear of being assaulted or stepping in excrement.
So it is a poor time to discuss reparations, even if there were good reasons to borrow to pay out such compensation. But in fact there are none.
Four points:
One, California was admitted to the Union in 1850 as a free state. Its moral insistence 170 years ago that slavery be outlawed precipitated a crisis — and almost sparked the Civil War 10 years before it actually began. Despite the efforts of some slave-owning arrivals into California, there was never legal slavery in the state.
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Two, about 27 percent of California residents were not born in the United States. Most of the naturalized citizens and undocumented immigrants arrived in the state after the Civil Rights Act was passed in 1964.
How, then, do California residents from Asia, Latin America or Europe owe reparations to the current 6.5 percent of the state’s population that is African-American?
Are we to establish a precedent that those who never owned slaves in a society that has no memory of slavery are to redistribute billions of their dollars to those whose grandparents were never slaves?
Three, in a multi-ethnic, multiracial California — where those identifying as white are a minority and those of mixed ancestries number in the millions — how does the state adjudicate who owes what to whom?
Is an arriving Mexican immigrant a victim of institutionalized racism in Mexico, or was he part of a Mexican establishment notorious for its racism? In a multiracial state, will we adopt ancient “one drop” Confederate race laws to determine whose DNA qualifies someone for state money?
Should the state pay reparations to the descendants of Jews who fled the Holocaust, of Cambodians who fled Pol Pot’s reign of death, of Armenians who escaped Ottoman barbarity or of Irish and Chinese who were worked to death on the Transcontinental Railroad?
Four, how will borrowing money to pay some 2 million to 3 million of the state’s 40 million residents make things easier for the African-American population? And are multimillionaire state residents such as LeBron James, Oprah Winfrey, Kayne West, Jay-Z and Beyonce eligible?
Did it mean nothing that trillions of dollars have been spent over the last half-century on anti-poverty programs, state entitlements and diversity and inclusion programs?
If per-capita economic parity for the black population is truly the state’s concern, then why not allow more charter schools in California’s inner cities? Or deregulate the state’s cumbersome bureaucracy to ensure small businesses more opportunity and less resistance to building low-income housing?
It is said that California fails because its wealthy elites virtue-signal their caring to square the circle of their own impotence to solve the problems in their midst. Californians who live in gated homes often damn walls on the border. Those who depend on imported water damn water transference for agriculture. Those who put their children in private academies damn public charter schools. And those who raise taxes on the middle class have tax experts to find ways of avoiding taxes.
In that context, Assembly Bill 3121 can be understood — as a loud virtue signal to make up for failed responses to concrete crises.
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westernjournal--2020-10-11--Trump Gets Ringing Endorsement from Governor of Puerto Rico

On Tuesday , Puerto Rico Gov .
Wanda Vázquez Garced announced her support for Trump to win the presidential election in November .
“ I ask all Puerto Ricans who are listening to go vote , ” the governor said in an interview with Telemundo , according to The Hill .
TRENDING : Pompeo Drops Clinton Bombshell : 'We ’ ve Got the Emails , We ’ re Getting Them Out' “ They have to go to vote , exercise their right to vote and evaluate who has represented being a person who thinks about Puerto Ricans and their needs @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is Donald Trump.
” Only a few weeks ago , the president had announced the release of $ 13 billion to repair hurricane damage in Puerto Rico .
In 2017 , Hurricane Maria had caused an estimated $ 100 billion in damages and killed nearly 3,000 people .
On Thursday , Trump responded to the endorsement with a tweet : “ Great honor to have the endorsement of the Governor of Puerto Rico , Wanda Vázquez Garced , ” he wrote .
“ As I have always said , Donald J. Trump is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the people of Puerto Rico .
The drug manufacturers are now coming back .
Biden ended that program !
” Former Vice President Joe Biden ’ s campaign , however , had a very different reaction .
According to them , Garced ’ s endorsement was “ a desperate , political stunt to win over Puerto Rican supporters , ” The Hill reported .
Support for Trump among Hispanic and Latino communities continues to grow .
Although he only garnered 28 percent of the Latino vote in the 2016 election , after 2020 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ new Investors Business Daily/TIPP poll found that the president ’ s support among Hispanics had risen to 36.5 percent .
Florida , an important battleground state in the 2020 election , is 26.4 percent Hispanic , according to Census data .
For a long time , Democrats had a decided advantage in Florida over Republicans , but now that advantage is dwindling .
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If Trump continues to make ground with Hispanic supporters , he ’ ll be on his way to winning Florida come November .
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President Donald Trump received a surprise endorsement for his re-election.
On Tuesday, Puerto Rico Gov. Wanda Vázquez Garced announced her support for Trump to win the presidential election in November.
BREAKING: Governor of Puerto Rico endorses Trump — Jack Posobiec (@JackPosobiec) October 6, 2020
“I ask all Puerto Ricans who are listening to go vote,” the governor said in an interview with Telemundo, according to The Hill.
“They have to go to vote, exercise their right to vote and evaluate who has represented being a person who thinks about Puerto Ricans and their needs at the most difficult moment. It is Donald Trump.”
Only a few weeks ago, the president had announced the release of $13 billion to repair hurricane damage in Puerto Rico.
In 2017, Hurricane Maria had caused an estimated $100 billion in damages and killed nearly 3,000 people.
On Thursday, Trump responded to the endorsement with a tweet:
“Great honor to have the endorsement of the Governor of Puerto Rico, Wanda Vázquez Garced,” he wrote. “As I have always said, Donald J. Trump is the best thing to ever happen to the people of Puerto Rico. The drug manufacturers are now coming back. Biden ended that program!”
Great honor to have the endorsement of the Governor of Puerto Rico, Wanda Vázquez Garced. As I have always said, Donald J. Trump is the best thing to ever happen to the people of Puerto Rico. The drug manufacturers are now coming back. Biden ended that program! @wandavazquezg — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 8, 2020
Former Vice President Joe Biden’s campaign, however, had a very different reaction.
According to them, Garced’s endorsement was “a desperate, political stunt to win over Puerto Rican supporters,” The Hill reported.
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Support for Trump among Hispanic and Latino communities continues to grow.
Although he only garnered 28 percent of the Latino vote in the 2016 election, after 2020’s first presidential debate, a new Investors Business Daily/TIPP poll found that the president’s support among Hispanics had risen to 36.5 percent.
Florida, an important battleground state in the 2020 election, is 26.4 percent Hispanic, according to Census data.
For a long time, Democrats had a decided advantage in Florida over Republicans, but now that advantage is dwindling.
In 2008, the Democratic Party had almost 700,000 more registered voters than Republicans did.
When Trump first ran in 2016, that lead was cut down to 330,000 voters registered, and today, that number has further been cut nearly in half.
If Trump continues to make ground with Hispanic supporters, he’ll be on his way to winning Florida come November.
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westernjournal--2020-10-11--Op-Ed: If Babies Have Other Rights Before Birth, Why Don’t They Have the Right to Life?

As Senate confirmation hearings begin for Judge Amy Coney Barrett , one word energizes and mobilizes Senate Democrats above all others : What began in Roe v. Wade as a bizarre , illogical scheme of validating some abortions by allowing or denying state abortion regulations depending on the trimester of pregnancy in each abortion case has now slithered into something far more insidious : a blood-sucking monster featuring ( 1 ) late-term abortion-on-demand , ( 2 ) partial-birth abortion-on-demand ( killing the baby in the midst of birth ) and now , ( 3 ) Democrat-justified after-birth abortion , or @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Remember Democratic Virginia Gov .
Ralph Northam ’ s bone-chilling words , spoken in a genteel Southern dialect as if to mask the evil under the accent : “ The infant would be delivered ” and “ the infant would be kept comfortable ” and “ then a discussion would ensue between the physicians and the mother ” on whether to let the baby live or to kill the baby .
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Not Biden @ @ @ @ @ @ @ They can ’ t denounce .
Their constituency would revolt .
But aside from the reprehensible moral implications flowing from Roe , from a legal standpoint , Roe v. Wade remains a constitutional train wreck , the high pinnacle of meddlesome judicial activism by a liberal Supreme Court .
Eight years before Roe , the Supreme Court heard a 1965 contraceptives case called Griswold v. Connecticut .
In Griswold , the court began its tenuous legal stretch to later justify abortion by creating a constitutional “ right to privacy ” regarding contraceptives .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ constitutional right of privacy for contraceptives , as opposed to leaving the issue to the states , it spun up some flowery language and invented the phrase , “ the penumbras formed by the emanations , ” a phrase found nowhere in the Constitution .
Who talks like that ?
RELATED : David Harsanyi : Until Biden Takes a Stand on Court Packing , We Have To Assume He 'd Destroy the Judiciary Now , having invented “ the penumbras formed by the emanations , ” the Supreme Court was set and ready @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 1973 .
To constitutionally justify abortion , the court cited its Griswold decision ten times and its made-up “ penumbras ” phrase at least three times .
Suddenly , the Constitution allowed abortion , 186 years after the fact .
Just like that .
From a “ constitutional right ” to contraceptives to a “ constitutional right ” to abortions .
Such marks the hallmark of judicial activism : Make up stuff in one case , then make up more stuff in another case , based on made-up stuff from the first case @ @ @ @ @ @ @ prefer making law over interpreting it .
But Roe v. Wade was decided before ultrasound .
And this marks a key to now reversing it .
Before ultrasound , the court ’ s head-in-the-sand approach , imagining that an unborn baby was not human , proved much easier .
But now , ultrasound shows a beating heart , moving hands , a head tilting back and forth and little moving legs and fingers .
Sometimes , we even see the baby smile .
Post-ultrasound , calling the baby part of someone else ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in the tooth fairy .
In the law , we call ultrasound “ newly discovered evidence.
” “ Newly discovered evidence , ” based on new technology , allows reversal of bad decisions like Roe .
By analogy , new DNA evidence techniques have reversed many badly decided cases of Americans wrongly convicted before DNA became available .
Thirteen years later , in 1986 , Dr. Kazunori Baba of the University of Tokyo developed 3D ultrasound technology , capturing three-dimensional images of babies in the womb .
Like the advent of DNA evidence @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
But what about the constitutional basis of Roe ?
Roe ignores the baby ’ s rights under the Fifth , Sixth , and 14th Amendments to the Constitution .
Under the Fifth and 14th Amendments , no person shall be deprived of ( Fifth Amendment ) and no state shall deprive ( 14th Amendment ) “ any person of life , liberty , or property , without due process of law.
” “ Due process ” means ( 1 ) notice and ( 2 ) an opportunity to be heard .
With @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s first constitutional failure .
Roe v. Wade ignores the baby ’ s due process rights before taking his life .
Put another way , before taking an unborn baby ’ s life , the baby is first entitled to notice of the charges against him .
That ’ s impossible under Roe .
But even if the baby could accept and understand the notice that his life was about to end , there ’ s no opportunity for a hearing .
Roe ignores the baby ’ s Fifth and 14th Amendment @ @ @ @ @ @ @ hearing , prior to execution .
The baby ’ s Sixth Amendment rights are also ignored by Roe .
In addition to the right to trial by jury , the Sixth Amendment guarantees Americans facing a loss of life or liberty the right ( 1 ) to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation ; ( 2 ) to confront adverse witnesses ; ( 3 ) to call to trial favorable witnesses ; and ( 4 ) to have the assistance of counsel .
The baby , legally entitled to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , among other pre-birth rights , loses his Sixth Amendment rights under Roe v. Wade , which is an illogical contradiction .
It ’ s worth noting that some thirty-eight states allow criminal prosecution of persons who commit violent acts against unborn babies .
Yet abortionists may take the baby ’ s life with virtual impunity , marking another illogical contradiction created by Roe .
Thus , Roe deprives unborn babies , who already have other legal rights , of their constitutional right to due process , to trial by jury , to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ prior to execution .
It ’ s not too late for the Supreme Court to correct the tragedy of Roe .
And there ’ s precedent for righting wrongs .
In Brown v. Board of Education , the court struck down public desegregation , reversing its own earlier foolish decision in Plessy v. Ferguson , where it legalized another made-up fiction phrase called “ separate but equal.
” And as it did to Plessy , when it ended “ separate but equal , ” the Supreme Court should flip Roe v. Wade faster @ @ @ @ @ @ @ at Waffle House .
The time has come to reverse Roe v. Wade .
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As Senate confirmation hearings begin for Judge Amy Coney Barrett, one word energizes and mobilizes Senate Democrats above all others:
Abortion.
What began in Roe v. Wade as a bizarre, illogical scheme of validating some abortions by allowing or denying state abortion regulations depending on the trimester of pregnancy in each abortion case has now slithered into something far more insidious: a blood-sucking monster featuring (1) late-term abortion-on-demand, (2) partial-birth abortion-on-demand (killing the baby in the midst of birth) and now, (3) Democrat-justified after-birth abortion, or simply killing the baby after birth.
Remember Democratic Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam’s bone-chilling words, spoken in a genteel Southern dialect as if to mask the evil under the accent:
“The infant would be delivered” and “the infant would be kept comfortable” and “then a discussion would ensue between the physicians and the mother” on whether to let the baby live or to kill the baby.
Nary a Democrat has denounced Northam. Not Biden. Not Harris. Not one.
They can’t denounce. Their constituency would revolt.
But aside from the reprehensible moral implications flowing from Roe, from a legal standpoint, Roe v. Wade remains a constitutional train wreck, the high pinnacle of meddlesome judicial activism by a liberal Supreme Court.
Let’s revisit Roe’s history.
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Eight years before Roe, the Supreme Court heard a 1965 contraceptives case called Griswold v. Connecticut. In Griswold, the court began its tenuous legal stretch to later justify abortion by creating a constitutional “right to privacy” regarding contraceptives.
Because the court wanted to create a constitutional right of privacy for contraceptives, as opposed to leaving the issue to the states, it spun up some flowery language and invented the phrase, “the penumbras formed by the emanations,” a phrase found nowhere in the Constitution.
“Penumbras?”
“Emanations?”
Who talks like that?
Now, having invented “the penumbras formed by the emanations,” the Supreme Court was set and ready for abortion.
Along came Roe in 1973.
To constitutionally justify abortion, the court cited its Griswold decision ten times and its made-up “penumbras” phrase at least three times. Suddenly, the Constitution allowed abortion, 186 years after the fact.
Just like that. From a “constitutional right” to contraceptives to a “constitutional right” to abortions.
Such marks the hallmark of judicial activism: Make up stuff in one case, then make up more stuff in another case, based on made-up stuff from the first case. Ignore the Constitution because activist judges prefer making law over interpreting it.
But Roe v. Wade was decided before ultrasound. And this marks a key to now reversing it.
Before ultrasound, the court’s head-in-the-sand approach, imagining that an unborn baby was not human, proved much easier.
But now, ultrasound shows a beating heart, moving hands, a head tilting back and forth and little moving legs and fingers. Sometimes, we even see the baby smile.
Post-ultrasound, calling the baby part of someone else’s body is less logical than believing in the tooth fairy.
In the law, we call ultrasound “newly discovered evidence.”
“Newly discovered evidence,” based on new technology, allows reversal of bad decisions like Roe.
By analogy, new DNA evidence techniques have reversed many badly decided cases of Americans wrongly convicted before DNA became available.
Roe was decided in 1973.
Thirteen years later, in 1986, Dr. Kazunori Baba of the University of Tokyo developed 3D ultrasound technology, capturing three-dimensional images of babies in the womb. Like the advent of DNA evidence, ultrasound evidence became a factual game-changer.
But what about the constitutional basis of Roe?
Roe ignores the baby’s rights under the Fifth, Sixth, and 14th Amendments to the Constitution.
Under the Fifth and 14th Amendments, no person shall be deprived of (Fifth Amendment) and no state shall deprive (14th Amendment) “any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law.”
“Due process” means (1) notice and (2) an opportunity to be heard.
With an unborn baby, herein lies Roe’s first constitutional failure.
Roe v. Wade ignores the baby’s due process rights before taking his life.
Put another way, before taking an unborn baby’s life, the baby is first entitled to notice of the charges against him. That’s impossible under Roe.
But even if the baby could accept and understand the notice that his life was about to end, there’s no opportunity for a hearing.
Roe ignores the baby’s Fifth and 14th Amendment rights to notice, and then a hearing, prior to execution.
The baby’s Sixth Amendment rights are also ignored by Roe.
In addition to the right to trial by jury, the Sixth Amendment guarantees Americans facing a loss of life or liberty the right (1) to be informed of the nature and cause of the accusation; (2) to confront adverse witnesses; (3) to call to trial favorable witnesses; and (4) to have the assistance of counsel.
The baby, legally entitled to inherit his parents’ property before birth, among other pre-birth rights, loses his Sixth Amendment rights under Roe v. Wade, which is an illogical contradiction.
It’s worth noting that some thirty-eight states allow criminal prosecution of persons who commit violent acts against unborn babies. Yet abortionists may take the baby’s life with virtual impunity, marking another illogical contradiction created by Roe.
Thus, Roe deprives unborn babies, who already have other legal rights, of their constitutional right to due process, to trial by jury, to assistance of counsel and to confront witnesses prior to execution.
It’s not too late for the Supreme Court to correct the tragedy of Roe. And there’s precedent for righting wrongs.
In Brown v. Board of Education, the court struck down public desegregation, reversing its own earlier foolish decision in Plessy v. Ferguson, where it legalized another made-up fiction phrase called “separate but equal.”
And as it did to Plessy, when it ended “separate but equal,” the Supreme Court should flip Roe v. Wade faster than a short-order cook flipping a pancake at Waffle House.
The time has come to reverse Roe v. Wade.
The Constitution demands it.
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westernjournal--2020-10-11--Not Many People Know About These Alaskan Behemoths, Video Shows 2 Going Head to Head

If you ever find yourself walking through the Alaskan bush , there ’ s a small chance you could come across one of the state ’ s little-known animals .
The behemoths , Ice Age relics who can weigh up to 800 pounds , look like monsters from Inuit mythology .
These animals are not magical creature , but muskoxen .
The hairy beasts are one of the few Ice Age megafauna in the Americas to survive changing weather and human hunters , but the millennia have not been kind on the humble muskox .
According to the Alaska Department @ @ @ @ @ @ @ once roamed the North America , Asia and Europe .
By the 1920s , the beasts could only be found in Greenland and remote reaches of Canada .
TRENDING : Pompeo Drops Clinton Bombshell : 'We ’ ve Got the Emails , We ’ re Getting Them Out' In 1930 , an attempt was made to reintroduce the muskox back to Alaska .
A total of 34 of the creatures were captured and relocated to Nunivak Island .
The population quickly bloomed , with the herd growing to over 700 animals within four @ @ @ @ @ @ @ herds have remained stable enough for hunters to harvest hundreds of the animals .
Meat and fur from the muskox are highly valued for their numerous positive qualities .
The animals have become so numerous that some males of the species are venturing out from their herds ’ ranges and into human-populated areas .
According to Alaska Public Media , the animals numbered more than 5,000 across the state as of 2011 .
While the animals seem benign , they can put up a fierce fight when cornered .
This makes the creatures @ @ @ @ @ @ @ their natural behavior .
One shocking attribute is the muskox doesn ’ t cower in a fight against dogs , but put on an all-out offensive .
“ Probably a self-defense mechanism that goes back to the Ice Age , ” ADFG wildlife biologist Pat Jones told APM .
“ They will kill dogs if they get the chance .
If there ’ s a musk ox around and you have a dog on a chain you ’ ll want to bring it inside for a day or two till the musk ox @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ox kill dogs that are chained up outside.
” Video taken in 2018 shows the raw power these Alaskan giants can unleash .
WARNING : The following video contains vulgar language that some viewers may find offensive : Thankfully , it seems that a little awareness and common sense is all it takes to avoid a dangerous confrontation with these beasts .
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If you ever find yourself walking through the Alaskan bush, there’s a small chance you could come across one of the state’s little-known animals.
The behemoths, Ice Age relics who can weigh up to 800 pounds, look like monsters from Inuit mythology.
These animals are not magical creature, but muskoxen.
The hairy beasts are one of the few Ice Age megafauna in the Americas to survive changing weather and human hunters, but the millennia have not been kind on the humble muskox.
According to the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, the animals once roamed the North America, Asia and Europe. By the 1920s, the beasts could only be found in Greenland and remote reaches of Canada.
In 1930, an attempt was made to reintroduce the muskox back to Alaska.
A total of 34 of the creatures were captured and relocated to Nunivak Island.
The population quickly bloomed, with the herd growing to over 700 animals within four decades.
In recent years, Alaskan herds have remained stable enough for hunters to harvest hundreds of the animals.
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Meat and fur from the muskox are highly valued for their numerous positive qualities.
The animals have become so numerous that some males of the species are venturing out from their herds’ ranges and into human-populated areas.
According to Alaska Public Media, the animals numbered more than 5,000 across the state as of 2011.
While the animals seem benign, they can put up a fierce fight when cornered. This makes the creatures a problem when human curiosity overlaps with their natural behavior.
One shocking attribute is the muskox doesn’t cower in a fight against dogs, but put on an all-out offensive.
“Probably a self-defense mechanism that goes back to the Ice Age,” ADFG wildlife biologist Pat Jones told APM.
“They will kill dogs if they get the chance. If there’s a musk ox around and you have a dog on a chain you’ll want to bring it inside for a day or two till the musk ox passes.
“Every year, musk ox kill dogs that are chained up outside.”
Video taken in 2018 shows the raw power these Alaskan giants can unleash.
WARNING: The following video contains vulgar language that some viewers may find offensive:
Thankfully, it seems that a little awareness and common sense is all it takes to avoid a dangerous confrontation with these beasts.
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westernjournal--2020-10-11--Biden Says ‘Only Way’ He Won’t Win Election Is If ‘Chicanery’ Occurs

Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden told supporters Saturday that \the only way he would lose the election in November is by “ chicanery ” in the form of voter intimidation .
“ Make sure to vote because the only way we lose this is by the chicanery going on relative to polling places , ” Biden said during a speaking stop in Erie , Pennsylvania .
Biden later clarified his remarks and said that he would accept the results of the election regardless of who wins .
TRENDING : Rioters Were Smashing Home Windows as Kamala Harris Praised Their Movement @ @ @ @ @ @ @ I made was taken a little out of context .
I ’ m going to accept the outcome of this election period , ” he said Saturday evening .
“ I was referencing the attempts that are made to try and influence and scare people from voting.
” The comments drew plenty of reaction on social media .
RELATED : Bombshell Report : Comey Had It in Writing That Hillary Was Behind Trump-Russia Smear Biden has repeatedly criticized President Donald Trump ’ s rhetoric regarding mail-in voting , undermining confidence in the election @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The Hill reported .
Yet the former vice president has had problems of his own creation with public statements before — and blamed them on missing “ context.
” Forecasters have warned that the initial election results may not match the final results , since the surge in mail-in ballots due to the coronavirus pandemic may prevent some states from tallying all of their ballots on election night .
That could mean a long wait until after the polls actually close to know the results .
Biden leads Trump by over 10 points @ @ @ @ @ @ @ according to FiveThirtyEight .
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Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden told supporters Saturday that \the only way he would lose the election in November is by “chicanery” in the form of voter intimidation.
“Make sure to vote because the only way we lose this is by the chicanery going on relative to polling places,” Biden said during a speaking stop in Erie, Pennsylvania.
Biden in Erie, PA: “The only way we lose this is by the chicanery going on with regard to polling places.” pic.twitter.com/OQOnfNhC2m — Jennifer Epstein (@jeneps) October 10, 2020
Biden later clarified his remarks and said that he would accept the results of the election regardless of who wins.
“I understand one of the comments I made was taken a little out of context. I’m going to accept the outcome of this election period,” he said Saturday evening.
“I was referencing the attempts that are made to try and influence and scare people from voting.”
“I understand one of the comments I made was taken a little out of context. I’m going to accept the outcome of this election period,” Biden says of his “chicanery” line. What I was referencing is the attempts that are made to try to influence and scare people from voting.” pic.twitter.com/9nI3lGWxV2 — Jennifer Epstein (@jeneps) October 10, 2020
The comments drew plenty of reaction on social media.
on the contrary, that’s the only way he win the election — Johnny Wang (@JohnnyWang19) October 11, 2020
77 years of ego placing him in a corner now as it appears he is not willing to peacefully concede the election when he loses most likely because Hillary told him not to. — C Spottswood (@CSpottswood) October 11, 2020
Bruh. He gotta stop being so cocky. ?? — sydmosley (@sydmosley) October 11, 2020
Biden has repeatedly criticized President Donald Trump’s rhetoric regarding mail-in voting, undermining confidence in the election and refusal to accept its results, The Hill reported. Yet the former vice president has had problems of his own creation with public statements before — and blamed them on missing “context.”
Forecasters have warned that the initial election results may not match the final results, since the surge in mail-in ballots due to the coronavirus pandemic may prevent some states from tallying all of their ballots on election night.
That could mean a long wait until after the polls actually close to know the results.
Biden leads Trump by over 10 points nationwide and 7.3 points in Pennsylvania, according to FiveThirtyEight.
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westernjournal--2020-10-11--Trump Teases Release of ‘Breathtaking’ Russia Probe Documents: ‘Wait Until You See What’s Coming Out

Trump Teases Release of ‘Breathtaking’ Russia Probe Documents: ‘Wait Until You See What’s Coming Out’

President Donald Trump on Sunday teased the release of information related to the Russian investigation , which he described as “ breathtaking.
” “ Documents are being released at a level now that nobody ’ s ever seen before .
Things that nobody thought were going to get released are now being released , ” Trump said in an interview on Fox News ’ s “ Sunday Morning Futures.
” The Office of the Director of National Intelligence , Justice Department and FBI have declassified a slew of documents related to U.S. agencies ’ intelligence-gathering activities against Trump and his @ @ @ @ @ @ @ documents were related to the Steele dossier , which the FBI used to obtain surveillance warrants against former Trump campaign aide Carter Page .
Trump did not specify which documents will be declassified .
But he said on Tuesday in another Fox News interview that he had ordered the “ total ” declassification of documents related to what he called the “ Russia hoax.
” TRENDING : Pompeo Drops Clinton Bombshell : 'We ’ ve Got the Emails , We ’ re Getting Them Out' “ Other documents are going to be released @ @ @ @ @ @ @ told “ Sunday Morning Futures ” anchor Maria Bartiromo on Sunday .
“ Wait until you see what ’ s coming out .
Breathtaking , ” the president said .
Asked whether the documents are about the FBI or Hillary Clinton , Trump responded , “ It ’ s about everything.
” RELATED : California Unable To Find Link Between Opening Schools and Increased COVID Transmission “ We have found things that nobody can believe , ” he said , adding later that “ people are shocked ” by the information awaiting declassification @ @ @ @ @ @ @ We have them cold , ” Trump said .
On Tuesday , Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe declassified CIA documents that showed that the spy agency obtained intelligence in July 2016 that Hillary Clinton had authorized a plan to link Trump to Russia ’ s hacking of Democrats in order to distract from the ongoing scandal involving her private use of an email server .
The details of the intelligence remain classified , making it difficult to know whether the intelligence about Clinton was accurate .
Clinton ’ s campaign did hire @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Steele , the former British spy who compiled the anti-Trump dossier .
Congressional Republicans have recently called on Ratcliffe and Trump to declassify other documents related to the FBI and CIA ’ s Trump-related activities .
Rep. Devin Nunes , the top Republican on the House Intelligence Committee , urged Ratcliffe last week to release notes from FBI interviews with Igor Danchenko , the primary source for Steele ’ s dossier .
Republican Sens .
Chuck Grassley and Ron Johnson called on CIA Director Gina Haspel to turn over the agency ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , as well as Steele and FBI informant Stefan Halper .
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President Donald Trump on Sunday teased the release of information related to the Russian investigation, which he described as “breathtaking.”
“Documents are being released at a level now that nobody’s ever seen before. Things that nobody thought were going to get released are now being released,” Trump said in an interview on Fox News’s “Sunday Morning Futures.”
The Office of the Director of National Intelligence, Justice Department and FBI have declassified a slew of documents related to U.S. agencies’ intelligence-gathering activities against Trump and his associates in 2016.
Several of the documents were related to the Steele dossier, which the FBI used to obtain surveillance warrants against former Trump campaign aide Carter Page.
Trump did not specify which documents will be declassified. But he said on Tuesday in another Fox News interview that he had ordered the “total” declassification of documents related to what he called the “Russia hoax.”
“Other documents are going to be released … which are breathtaking,” Trump told “Sunday Morning Futures” anchor Maria Bartiromo on Sunday.
“Wait until you see what’s coming out. Breathtaking,” the president said.
Asked whether the documents are about the FBI or Hillary Clinton, Trump responded, “It’s about everything.”
“We have found things that nobody can believe,” he said, adding later that “people are shocked” by the information awaiting declassification.
“We caught them cold. We have them cold,” Trump said.
On Tuesday, Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe declassified CIA documents that showed that the spy agency obtained intelligence in July 2016 that Hillary Clinton had authorized a plan to link Trump to Russia’s hacking of Democrats in order to distract from the ongoing scandal involving her private use of an email server.
The details of the intelligence remain classified, making it difficult to know whether the intelligence about Clinton was accurate. Clinton’s campaign did hire the opposition research firm that hired Christopher Steele, the former British spy who compiled the anti-Trump dossier.
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Congressional Republicans have recently called on Ratcliffe and Trump to declassify other documents related to the FBI and CIA’s Trump-related activities.
Rep. Devin Nunes, the top Republican on the House Intelligence Committee, urged Ratcliffe last week to release notes from FBI interviews with Igor Danchenko, the primary source for Steele’s dossier.
Republican Sens. Chuck Grassley and Ron Johnson called on CIA Director Gina Haspel to turn over the agency’s documents related to several Trump campaign associates, as well as Steele and FBI informant Stefan Halper.
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westernjournal--2020-10-11--Trump Scorches Dems for Destroying Inner Cities: ‘Nothing but Calamity, Poverty, and Trouble’

President Donald Trump on Saturday said the record of Democratic Party control in America ’ s inner cities is a long train of failures that have left black Americans worse off the longer Democrats remain in power .
Trump spoke during a rally of black and Hispanic supporters on behalf of law enforcement that took place at the White House .
“ Every day , more black and Latino Americans are leaving behind left-wing politicians and their failed ideology , ” Trump said about the 2:45 mark , to cheers from the crow .
“ That ’ s what they @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and many , many decades.
” “ Democrats have run nearly every inner city in America — and I mean for a hundred years — and their policies have delivered nothing but calamity , poverty , and trouble .
Sleepy Joe Biden has betrayed black and Latino Americans .
If you think he can run this country , you ’ re wrong , ” Trump said .
TRENDING : Rioters Were Smashing Home Windows as Kamala Harris Praised Their Movement Trump said that black Americans are realizing that blind loyalty to the Democratic @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
“ Black and Latino Americans are rejecting the radical socialist left , and they ’ re embracing our pro-jobs , pro-worker , pro-police — we want law and order ; we have to have law and order — and pro-American agenda , ” he said .
Trump said that stripping cities of the police , as supported by the left , will make black Americans less safe .
“ So you just marched to the White House because you understand , to protect the lives of black Americans and all Americans , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ you .
You have to have that , ” he said .
“ If the left gains power , they ’ ll launch a nationwide crusade against law enforcement .
And they ’ ve already done that .
And you see them ; they ’ re doing that at a level that nobody has ever seen before , ” Trump said .
“ Joe Biden even said , when you call 911 , a therapist should answer the call .
That doesn ’ t work .
That doesn ’ t work .
But @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , because he doesn ’ t say .
He ’ s told what to say , ” Trump said .
Trump ’ s speech was the highlight of a peaceful protest organized by black leaders showing support for the police and Trump .
RELATED : Bombshell Report : Comey Had It in Writing That Hillary Was Behind Trump-Russia Smear Trump said cities have been devastated under Democratic leadership , especially in the recent riots .
“ The homes and churches and businesses of black and Hispanic Americans have been looted .
You know @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and burned by left-wing fanatics .
Total bad people .
They know what they ’ re doing .
Yet Biden likes to call them ‘ peaceful protesters , ' ” Trump said , drawing boos from the crowd .
“ I want to thank our law enforcement , and I want to thank everybody in the community and the community drives who are working with law enforcement .
I want to thank them , ” he said .
He called the job American police are doing “ incredible.
” “ We ’ re @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to police officers all across our great land that Americans — and I mean every American , every race and color , we love you .
Every race , color , creed , we support you , we honor you .
It ’ s a dangerous profession .
They ’ ve been doing an incredible job , and I just want to thank them on behalf of everybody here today , because that ’ s why we ’ re safe , ” Trump said .
“ In contrast , the Democrats ’ socialist @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is more than socialist .
It ’ s not just socialist ; it ’ s beyond socialism , ” Trump said .
Trump then said the Platinum Plan he recently unveiled will “ increase money coming into the black community , to the Hispanic community , where it ’ s been very much shut out.
” Trump said his economic programs had already been showing positive effects among blacks and Hispanics .
“ Had we not been hit by the pandemic , you would have seen numbers like you ’ ve never seen @ @ @ @ @ @ @ But those numbers are already rebuilding again.
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President Donald Trump on Saturday said the record of Democratic Party control in America’s inner cities is a long train of failures that have left black Americans worse off the longer Democrats remain in power.
Trump spoke during a rally of black and Hispanic supporters on behalf of law enforcement that took place at the White House.
“Every day, more black and Latino Americans are leaving behind left-wing politicians and their failed ideology,” Trump said about the 2:45 mark, to cheers from the crowd. “That’s what they are. They failed for many years and many, many decades.”
“Democrats have run nearly every inner city in America — and I mean for a hundred years — and their policies have delivered nothing but calamity, poverty, and trouble. Sleepy Joe Biden has betrayed black and Latino Americans. If you think he can run this country, you’re wrong,” Trump said.
Trump said that black Americans are realizing that blind loyalty to the Democratic Party has produced nothing for their communities.
“Black and Latino Americans are rejecting the radical socialist left, and they’re embracing our pro-jobs, pro-worker, pro-police — we want law and order; we have to have law and order — and pro-American agenda,” he said.
Trump said that stripping cities of the police, as supported by the left, will make black Americans less safe.
“So you just marched to the White House because you understand, to protect the lives of black Americans and all Americans, you have to have your police support you. You have to have that,” he said.
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“If the left gains power, they’ll launch a nationwide crusade against law enforcement. And they’ve already done that. And you see them; they’re doing that at a level that nobody has ever seen before,” Trump said.
“Joe Biden even said, when you call 911, a therapist should answer the call. That doesn’t work. That doesn’t work. But this is the people telling him what, because he doesn’t say. He’s told what to say,” Trump said.
Trump’s speech was the highlight of a peaceful protest organized by black leaders showing support for the police and Trump.
A striking contrast to #BLM protests — supporters marching holding “Back the Blue,” “Police Lives Matter,” signs. #Blexit pic.twitter.com/xF9PAfqPT2 — Kristina Wong ?? (@kristina_wong) October 10, 2020
This is what an *actual* peaceful protest staged by thousands of minorities looks like. Today was incredible. @BLEXIT #BLEXIT pic.twitter.com/8Jcl9UeAsW — Candace Owens (@RealCandaceO) October 10, 2020
Trump said cities have been devastated under Democratic leadership, especially in the recent riots.
“The homes and churches and businesses of black and Hispanic Americans have been looted. You know that. They’ve been vandalized and burned by left-wing fanatics. Total bad people. They know what they’re doing. Yet Biden likes to call them ‘peaceful protesters,'” Trump said, drawing boos from the crowd.
Trump then praised America’s police.
“I want to thank our law enforcement, and I want to thank everybody in the community and the community drives who are working with law enforcement. I want to thank them,” he said.
He called the job American police are doing “incredible.”
“We’re here today to deliver a united message to police officers all across our great land that Americans — and I mean every American, every race and color, we love you. Every race, color, creed, we support you, we honor you. It’s a dangerous profession. They’ve been doing an incredible job, and I just want to thank them on behalf of everybody here today, because that’s why we’re safe,” Trump said.
“In contrast, the Democrats’ socialist program and platform — and it really is more than socialist. It’s not just socialist; it’s beyond socialism,” Trump said.
Trump then said the Platinum Plan he recently unveiled will “increase money coming into the black community, to the Hispanic community, where it’s been very much shut out.”
Trump said his economic programs had already been showing positive effects among blacks and Hispanics.
“Had we not been hit by the pandemic, you would have seen numbers like you’ve never seen before,” he said. “But those numbers are already rebuilding again.”
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westernjournal--2020-10-11--Philly Gov’t Will Take Columbus Day Off Despite Vote To Remove Statue of the Explorer

Christopher Columbus was deemed unfit to be seen in Philadelphia this summer , when city leaders decided to send a statue of the explorer into storage .
But when it comes to a public holiday in his name ?
That ’ s a very different story .
On Monday , Philadelphia city offices — like many government offices across the country — will be closed in honor of a man many government officials roundly abuse .
Over the summer , Philadelphia spokesman Lauren Cox said finding some less public place for Columbus was essential to healing the community .
TRENDING @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Kamala Harris Praised Their Movement “ As Philadelphia — and the nation — continue to reckon with the deep legacy of racism and oppression in America , it is critical that our public spaces are seen as safe , welcoming and inclusive for all people , ” Cox said in August , according to CNN .
On Aug. 12 , the city art commission voted 8-0 , with one abstention , to move the statue , according to WPVI-TV .
As noted by The Philadelphia Inquirer , paid holidays for city workers are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ We know that Columbus Day is an important symbol for many Italian Americans , including those in our city , ” Cox said .
“ Ultimately , each individual is able to make their own choice about which holiday ( s ) they do or do not celebrate personally .
In terms of its future as a City holiday — where City buildings and services are closed — the administration would be open to changes.
” City unions are aware of the issue .
“ The issue of holidays , not just @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , ” Cathy Scott , president of AFSCME District Council 47 , which represents some of the city ’ s workers , told The Inquirer .
One academic interviewed told The Inquirer the matter might be coming to a head .
“ I don ’ t think anyone can predict how this will turn out , but there ’ s certainly … a kind of moral force at work to rename and dissolve the mythic histories that have controlled our thinking about historical events , ” Temple University associated professor of sociology Matt @ @ @ @ @ @ @ only charged with being an enslaver but also an architect of racist genocide and a harbinger of massive land theft of Indigenous people.
” RELATED : Trump Campaign Demands Access to Secretive Mail-In Voting Offices in Battleground State The future of the statue in Philadelphia is now in court , but the issue of how to mark Columbus Day is hotly debated on Twitter — and not just in Philadelphia .
Trinity Norwood , director of the Nanticoke Lenni-Lenape Tribal Nation ’ s “ Royalty Program , ” argues the holiday should be @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Columbus Day idealizes a murderer who got lost during his expedition and minimizes the negative effects of colonialism on America ’ s Indigenous peoples .
In the same way Germany does not have a national holiday or statues to memorialize Hitler because of his deplorable actions against humanity , Christopher Columbus should not be celebrated either , ” she wrote in a commentary piece for The Philadelphia Inquirer published Friday .
However , in a companion piece published by the newspaper , Christopher Tremoglie , an intern with the National Columbus Education Foundation @ @ @ @ @ @ @ because “ Columbus changed the world forever.
” “ Columbus ’ accomplishments for human civilization are undeniable .
He introduced the concept of reaching the east by going west .
He made known to Europe the existence of the North and South American continents and laid the groundwork for future explorers , ” he wrote .
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Christopher Columbus was deemed unfit to be seen in Philadelphia this summer, when city leaders decided to send a statue of the explorer into storage. But when it comes to a public holiday in his name? That’s a very different story.
On Monday, Philadelphia city offices — like many government offices across the country — will be closed in honor of a man many government officials roundly abuse.
? you removed the Columbus statue but will celebrate Columbus Day? Must be nice to be hypocrites. https://t.co/ivtGL83IM5 — Jason (@GutterTheGreat) October 9, 2020
Over the summer, Philadelphia spokesman Lauren Cox said finding some less public place for Columbus was essential to healing the community.
“As Philadelphia — and the nation — continue to reckon with the deep legacy of racism and oppression in America, it is critical that our public spaces are seen as safe, welcoming and inclusive for all people,” Cox said in August, according to CNN.
On Aug. 12, the city art commission voted 8-0, with one abstention, to move the statue, according to WPVI-TV.
As noted by The Philadelphia Inquirer, paid holidays for city workers are negotiated as part of union contracts.
“We know that Columbus Day is an important symbol for many Italian Americans, including those in our city,” Cox said. “Ultimately, each individual is able to make their own choice about which holiday(s) they do or do not celebrate personally. In terms of its future as a City holiday — where City buildings and services are closed — the administration would be open to changes.”
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City unions are aware of the issue.
“The issue of holidays, not just Columbus Day, is being discussed internally,” Cathy Scott, president of AFSCME District Council 47, which represents some of the city’s workers, told The Inquirer.
One academic interviewed told The Inquirer the matter might be coming to a head.
“I don’t think anyone can predict how this will turn out, but there’s certainly … a kind of moral force at work to rename and dissolve the mythic histories that have controlled our thinking about historical events,” Temple University associated professor of sociology Matt Wray said.
“Columbus is not only charged with being an enslaver but also an architect of racist genocide and a harbinger of massive land theft of Indigenous people.”
The future of the statue in Philadelphia is now in court, but the issue of how to mark Columbus Day is hotly debated on Twitter — and not just in Philadelphia.
Columbus didn’t discover America. He invaded, pillaged, & looted us. We live on stolen land & that’s nothing to celebrate. I’m calling for Columbus Day to be renamed Indigenous Peoples Day. We wouldn’t be the first to do so & it’s the right thing to do. https://t.co/i6gdmer7zl — Jessica Ramos (@jessicaramos) October 9, 2020
Philadelphia is closed on Monday for COLUMBUS Day. They are trying to erase the day because of a little statue that nobody even noticed for years…however they won’t give up that paid holiday. #jimkenneysucks — Fabo (@MDiFebbo) October 9, 2020
In honor of #ColumbusDay , we should take something that belongs to somebody else and say you found it first — ?????? (@tashia_27) October 9, 2020
Columbus supporters from Chicago! SAVE COLUMBUS DAY
DEFEND COLUMBUS pic.twitter.com/SL6veYS5If — Save Columbus Day (@SaveColumbusDay) October 9, 2020
Trinity Norwood, director of the Nanticoke Lenni-Lenape Tribal Nation’s “Royalty Program,” argues the holiday should be sent to the scrap heap.
“Columbus Day idealizes a murderer who got lost during his expedition and minimizes the negative effects of colonialism on America’s Indigenous peoples. In the same way Germany does not have a national holiday or statues to memorialize Hitler because of his deplorable actions against humanity, Christopher Columbus should not be celebrated either,” she wrote in a commentary piece for The Philadelphia Inquirer published Friday.
However, in a companion piece published by the newspaper, Christopher Tremoglie, an intern with the National Columbus Education Foundation, argued that the holiday should remain because “Columbus changed the world forever.”
“Columbus’ accomplishments for human civilization are undeniable. He introduced the concept of reaching the east by going west. He made known to Europe the existence of the North and South American continents and laid the groundwork for future explorers,” he wrote.
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westernjournal--2020-10-11--Pro-Cop Demonstrator Shot and Killed at Denver Rally, Police Investigating as a Homicide

Gunfire rang out as protesters raged in Denver on Saturday , leaving one person dead .
The dead man was participating in a pro-police “ Patriot Rally , ” according to Fox News .
Initial reports suggested the pro-police demonstrator could have been shot by a member of an opposing group , however , police later said that was not so .
“ Further investigation has determined the suspect is a private security guard with no affiliation with Antifa , ” the Denver Police Department tweeted .
TRENDING : Pompeo Drops Clinton Bombshell : 'We ’ ve Got the Emails @ @ @ @ @ @ @ KUSA-TV of Denver said that the individual taken into custody after the shooting was a security guard employed by the station , which calls itself 9NEWS .
“ The private security guard in custody was contracted through Pinkerton by 9NEWS , ” the station said .
“ It has been the practice of 9NEWS for a number of months to contract private security to accompany staff at protests.
” A producer for the station was also taken into custody but later released , according to KUSA .
“ There was a verbal altercation @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , ” said Joe Montoya , Denver Police chief of investigations , according to Fox .
“ An individual was shot and later pronounced deceased .
There were two guns recovered at the scene.
” WARNING : The following video and tweet contains images that some viewers may find offensive : A video from the scene showed a tense moment where anger was running high .
In the video below , the actual shooting takes place off screen , but another man is seen cursing loudly before the gun goes off .
RELATED @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Opponent Who Said ' I Am Antifa' According to the Denver Post .
the individual who was shot had sprayed Mace at another man .
The man who was sprayed then shot the Mace user .
Two guns and a Mace can were later found at the scene of the shooting , police said .
Police were on the scene to separate rival groups .
“ There was a large presence because we had two groups with opposing views , and we know that can always get very tense , ” Montoya said @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s always potential for violence , we understand that .
We had a large contingent there to try to watch the egress of one group , so that the other group wouldn ’ t intermingle with them , so that ’ s the reason for the large presence there.
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Gunfire rang out as protesters raged in Denver on Saturday, leaving one person dead.
The dead man was participating in a pro-police “Patriot Rally,” according to Fox News.
Initial reports suggested the pro-police demonstrator could have been shot by a member of an opposing group, however, police later said that was not so.
“Further investigation has determined the suspect is a private security guard with no affiliation with Antifa,” the Denver Police Department tweeted.
Update: Further investigation has determined the suspect is a private security guard with no affiliation with Antifa. Additional information will be released as it becomes available. — Denver Police Dept. (@DenverPolice) October 11, 2020
KUSA-TV of Denver said that the individual taken into custody after the shooting was a security guard employed by the station, which calls itself 9NEWS.
“The private security guard in custody was contracted through Pinkerton by 9NEWS,” the station said.
“It has been the practice of 9NEWS for a number of months to contract private security to accompany staff at protests.”
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A producer for the station was also taken into custody but later released, according to KUSA.
“There was a verbal altercation that transpired. A firearm was discharged,” said Joe Montoya, Denver Police chief of investigations, according to Fox. “An individual was shot and later pronounced deceased. There were two guns recovered at the scene.”
WARNING: The following video and tweet contains images that some viewers may find offensive:
A video from the scene showed a tense moment where anger was running high. In the video below, the actual shooting takes place off screen, but another man is seen cursing loudly before the gun goes off.
Important context: man in “Black Guns Matter” shirt urges conservatives to mace him. “F*ck around and find out,” he says. Another man shoots the victim off screen during the altercation. pic.twitter.com/hzPC1gmQvO — Ian Miles Cheong (@stillgray) October 11, 2020
Moment of the Denver shooting. Aftermath posted below (GRAPHIC CONTENT WARNING!)
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(GRAPHIC CONTENT WARNING!) pic.twitter.com/oYk8A4DjLy — Austin Frisch (@Austin_Zone) October 11, 2020
According to the Denver Post. the individual who was shot had sprayed Mace at another man. The man who was sprayed then shot the Mace user.
Two guns and a Mace can were later found at the scene of the shooting, police said.
Police were on the scene to separate rival groups.
“There was a large presence because we had two groups with opposing views, and we know that can always get very tense,” Montoya said, according to Fox.
“There’s always potential for violence, we understand that. We had a large contingent there to try to watch the egress of one group, so that the other group wouldn’t intermingle with them, so that’s the reason for the large presence there.”
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westernjournal--2020-10-11--Michigan Supreme Court Strikes Down COVID Orders, Attorney Says ‘Burn Your Masks’

The Michigan Supreme Court unanimously struck down Gov .
Gretchen Whitmer ’ s COVID-19 executive lockdown orders , striking a blow for the rule of law over the whims of power-hungry Democratic governors .
“ The Governor does not possess the authority to exercise emergency powers under the Emergency Powers of the Governor Act of 1945 ( the EPGA ) , MCL 10.31 et seq.
, because that act is an unlawful delegation of legislative power to the executive branch in violation of the Michigan Constitution , ” the court said in its 7-0 opinion Oct. 2 .
“ Accordingly @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Governor in response to the COVID-19 pandemic now lack any basis under Michigan law , ” it said .
Attorney Katherine Henry , who spent the last six months arguing against Whitmer ’ s orders , responded to the ruling by inviting the state ’ s residents to “ burn your masks ” and get back to business , WJBK-TV reported .
“ That means burn your masks right now if you didn ’ t already .
Open your gym and movie theater and open whatever business you have , ” Henry said @ @ @ @ @ @ @ business you would like to go to .
TRENDING : Rioters Were Smashing Home Windows as Kamala Harris Praised Their Movement “ If you have a church that ’ s limited your services because of how you ’ re reading the EOs , forget that .
All of those executive orders , based on COVID-19 circumstances , from 2020 , they ’ re out , they ’ re gone , they ’ re done.
” She further noted that Whitmer , thankfully , will not be able to appeal the decision to the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ States Supreme Court doesn ’ t have jurisdiction to hear those kinds of cases .
They can only answer issues about if our state law or our state Constitution violated the federal law or federal constitution , ” the attorney said .
“ So the highest court in the land that can answer these questions , has spoken .
The decision has been rendered , ” Henry continued .
“ So she can try and whine and complain all she wants , she ’ s not going to get anywhere.
” WJBK reported @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Republican-controlled Michigan House and Senate will now have their say in which coronavirus restrictions are in effect in the Wolverine State .
Whitmer vetoed multiple bills passed by the Legislature over the summer , including one in July that directed COVID-19 patients away from nursing homes , according to The Detroit News .
The governor , not surprisingly , disagreed with the court and tried to discredit it , saying that only the Republican justices ruled against her authority under the Emergency Management Act in a second 4-3 opinion .
Whitmer has @ @ @ @ @ @ @ keep the lockdowns in place .
RELATED : WHO Reverses Course , Says Lockdowns Are Too Damaging and Should n't Be Primary COVID Response “ Right now , every state and the federal government have some form of declared emergency , ” she said .
“ With this decision , Michigan will become the sole outlier at a time when the Upper Peninsula is experiencing rates of COVID infection not seen in our state since April.
” Whitmer joined California ’ s Gavin Newsom of California and New York ’ s Andrew Cuomo @ @ @ @ @ @ @ governors run amuck during the COVID-19 pandemic .
Thankfully , the Michigan Supreme Court has reminded her that in the United States the law is king , and the king is not the law .
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The Michigan Supreme Court unanimously struck down Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s COVID-19 executive lockdown orders, striking a blow for the rule of law over the whims of power-hungry Democratic governors.
“The Governor does not possess the authority to exercise emergency powers under the Emergency Powers of the Governor Act of 1945 (the EPGA), MCL 10.31 et seq., because that act is an unlawful delegation of legislative power to the executive branch in violation of the Michigan Constitution,” the court said in its 7-0 opinion Oct. 2.
“Accordingly, the executive orders issued by the Governor in response to the COVID-19 pandemic now lack any basis under Michigan law,” it said.
Attorney Katherine Henry, who spent the last six months arguing against Whitmer’s orders, responded to the ruling by inviting the state’s residents to “burn your masks” and get back to business, WJBK-TV reported.
“That means burn your masks right now if you didn’t already. Open your gym and movie theater and open whatever business you have,” Henry said. “Go on and frequent whatever business you would like to go to.
“If you have a church that’s limited your services because of how you’re reading the EOs, forget that. All of those executive orders, based on COVID-19 circumstances, from 2020, they’re out, they’re gone, they’re done.”
She further noted that Whitmer, thankfully, will not be able to appeal the decision to the U.S. Supreme Court.
“Our United States Supreme Court doesn’t have jurisdiction to hear those kinds of cases. They can only answer issues about if our state law or our state Constitution violated the federal law or federal constitution,” the attorney said.
“So the highest court in the land that can answer these questions, has spoken. The decision has been rendered,” Henry continued. “So she can try and whine and complain all she wants, she’s not going to get anywhere.”
WJBK reported that one implication of the ruling is the Republican-controlled Michigan House and Senate will now have their say in which coronavirus restrictions are in effect in the Wolverine State.
Whitmer vetoed multiple bills passed by the Legislature over the summer, including one in July that directed COVID-19 patients away from nursing homes, according to The Detroit News.
The governor, not surprisingly, disagreed with the court and tried to discredit it, saying that only the Republican justices ruled against her authority under the Emergency Management Act in a second 4-3 opinion.
Whitmer has vowed to look for a way to keep the lockdowns in place.
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“Right now, every state and the federal government have some form of declared emergency,” she said.
“With this decision, Michigan will become the sole outlier at a time when the Upper Peninsula is experiencing rates of COVID infection not seen in our state since April.”
Whitmer joined California’s Gavin Newsom of California and New York’s Andrew Cuomo as the poster children of power-hungry Democratic governors run amuck during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Thankfully, the Michigan Supreme Court has reminded her that in the United States the law is king, and the king is not the law.
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