westernjournal--2020-09-08--ICE Investigation Leads to 19 Aliens Being Charged with Voter Fraud in North Carolina

Shortly after Democratic North Carolina Gov .
Roy Cooper vetoed a bill that would have made it easier to weed noncitizens out of the state ’ s voter rolls in November of last year , The News & Observer in Raleigh published a fact-check surrounding the issue .
By fact-check , what I mean is an apologia for Cooper .
The bill would have cross-referenced state voter rolls with courthouse records , preventing those who were unable to serve on a jury because they were noncitizens from voting .
Cooper said there were already precautions in place , as the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Division of Motor Vehicles and the Social Security Administration as is required by federal law .
Adding the new regulation , he claimed , “ creates a high risk of voter harassment and intimidation and could discourage citizens from voting ” because of the potential for false positives .
A good deal further down the page of The N & O ’ s fact-check : “ In an audit of the 2016 elections , North Carolina investigators caught 41 voters — out of 4.8 million — who cast a ballot despite being a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Weather Reporter Shared Heartbreaking Confession on Facebook Before Taking Her Own Life Even further : “ In 2018 , a federal prosecutor in North Carolina charged 19 immigrants with illegally voting in 2016 .
Some of those cases have ended with minor fines , the N & O has reported , while others have yet to be decided.
” That seems to be the magic number for this , because charges of voting as noncitizens against 19 more North Carolinians were publicly announced Wednesday .
According to a news release from U.S. Immigration @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the more serious suite of felony charges of illegal voting , while 12 face misdemeanors .
“ These charges are the latest indictments to result from an ongoing years-long federal criminal investigation being conducted by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement ’ s ( ICE ) Homeland Security Investigations ( HSI ) Raleigh office , ” the release read .
“ A federal grand jury in Wilmington charged seven foreign nationals on August 31 on federal felony charges including falsely claiming U.S. citizenship or making false statements on voter registration application , and with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the 2016 presidential election.
” Those individuals , according to WBTV-TV , were Francisco Antonio-Aguirre , 64 , of Dobson ; Roob Kaur Atar-Singh , 57 , of Raeford ; Rosalva Negrete-Toledo , 65 , of Winston-Salem ; Dave Delano Virgil , 57 , of Winston-Salem ; Eloy Alberto Zayas-Berrier , 70 , of Pelham ; Mokhtar Qaid Ahmed Gulaimid , 48 , of Raeford ; and Emmanuel Olakunle Atoyebi , 31 , of Greensboro .
In addition to those charges , Atoyebi faces counts of giving a false statement in a naturalization @ @ @ @ @ @ @ federal agent .
Gulaimid , meanwhile , also faces charges including making a false statement in an immigration document and a false statement in a naturalization proceeding .
Twelve more were charged with the misdemeanor of unlawfully casting ballots as foreign nationals in a federal election on Aug. 13 by a grand jury in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina .
One of the defendants also voted in the federal election in 2018 , the Justice Department said .
On the more serious felony charges , those charged @ @ @ @ @ @ @ prison , fines of up to $ 350,000 and then terms of supervised release .
Even on the misdemeanor charges , however , individuals can face up to a year in federal prison and a $ 100,000 fine .
The cases are being prosecuted by U.S. Attorney Matthew G.T .
Martin for the Middle District of North Carolina .
So , again — more evidence the system works , right ?
Well , not exactly .
The numbers here aren ’ t huge , granted .
However , the flaw in the argument @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Those who fall through the cracks definitionally fall through the cracks .
We don ’ t know how many in number they are because , by definition , we don ’ t know them .
They ’ re admittedly small in number , given the risk/reward of voting as a noncitizen .
But do they exist ?
Republicans are oft told that we ’ re sowing distrust in our voting system when we question the safeguards that are erected around it — particularly when so many ballots will be cast by mail @ @ @ @ @ @ @ t our distrust in the system , however .
The problem is the system isn ’ t worth trusting .
Yes , this is a small problem , but it ’ s indicative of larger issues caused by the Democrats ’ relative laxity at the ballot box .
Take mail-in voting .
Please .
In New York City , over 20 percent of ballots were rejected during the June 23 primary .
In Clark County , Nevada — home to Las Vegas — a staggering 223,000 ballots weren ’ t even able to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ percent .
Republicans have been calling for tighter voter security and better maintenance of the voting rolls for years .
For that , we ’ ve been called bigots who want to stop people from voting and win elections at all costs .
This is evidence in a microcosm .
Last November , a simple measure to stop noncitizens from voting in North Carolina couldn ’ t even become law because Cooper claimed it “ creates a high risk of voter harassment and intimidation and could discourage citizens from voting.
” A little @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the governor ’ s swing state , we ’ re reminded yet again that Democrats will find any reason to avoid scrutinizing the voting process .
Yes , Virginia , there is voter fraud , and the desire to believe it ’ s rare doesn ’ t make it so .
Nineteen more people charged and we ’ ve all but forgotten about a small change to the law that could have prevented this from happening again in 2020 .
The bigger changes we could have made in the past decade or two @ @ @ @ @ @ @ We are committed to truth and accuracy in all of our journalism .
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Shortly after Democratic North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper vetoed a bill that would have made it easier to weed noncitizens out of the state’s voter rolls in November of last year, The News & Observer in Raleigh published a fact-check surrounding the issue. By fact-check, what I mean is an apologia for Cooper.
The bill would have cross-referenced state voter rolls with courthouse records, preventing those who were unable to serve on a jury because they were noncitizens from voting.
Cooper said there were already precautions in place, as the state cross-references against organizations such as the Division of Motor Vehicles and the Social Security Administration as is required by federal law.
Adding the new regulation, he claimed, “creates a high risk of voter harassment and intimidation and could discourage citizens from voting” because of the potential for false positives.
A good deal further down the page of The N&O’s fact-check: “In an audit of the 2016 elections, North Carolina investigators caught 41 voters — out of 4.8 million — who cast a ballot despite being a citizen of another country.”
Even further: “In 2018, a federal prosecutor in North Carolina charged 19 immigrants with illegally voting in 2016. Some of those cases have ended with minor fines, the N&O has reported, while others have yet to be decided.”
That seems to be the magic number for this, because charges of voting as noncitizens against 19 more North Carolinians were publicly announced Wednesday.
According to a news release from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, seven individuals face the more serious suite of felony charges of illegal voting, while 12 face misdemeanors.
“These charges are the latest indictments to result from an ongoing years-long federal criminal investigation being conducted by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Raleigh office,” the release read.
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“A federal grand jury in Wilmington charged seven foreign nationals on August 31 on federal felony charges including falsely claiming U.S. citizenship or making false statements on voter registration application, and with misdemeanor charges of unlawfully casting ballots in the 2016 presidential election.”
Those individuals, according to WBTV-TV, were Francisco Antonio-Aguirre, 64, of Dobson; Roob Kaur Atar-Singh, 57, of Raeford; Rosalva Negrete-Toledo, 65, of Winston-Salem; Dave Delano Virgil, 57, of Winston-Salem; Eloy Alberto Zayas-Berrier, 70, of Pelham; Mokhtar Qaid Ahmed Gulaimid, 48, of Raeford; and Emmanuel Olakunle Atoyebi, 31, of Greensboro.
In addition to those charges, Atoyebi faces counts of giving a false statement in a naturalization proceeding and a false statement to a federal agent.
Gulaimid, meanwhile, also faces charges including making a false statement in an immigration document and a false statement in a naturalization proceeding.
Twelve more were charged with the misdemeanor of unlawfully casting ballots as foreign nationals in a federal election on Aug. 13 by a grand jury in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina.
One of the defendants also voted in the federal election in 2018, the Justice Department said.
On the more serious felony charges, those charged face up to six years in federal prison, fines of up to $350,000 and then terms of supervised release.
Even on the misdemeanor charges, however, individuals can face up to a year in federal prison and a $100,000 fine.
The cases are being prosecuted by U.S. Attorney Matthew G.T. Martin for the Middle District of North Carolina.
So, again — more evidence the system works, right?
Well, not exactly.
The numbers here aren’t huge, granted. However, the flaw in the argument is that this is all there is. Those who fall through the cracks definitionally fall through the cracks. We don’t know how many in number they are because, by definition, we don’t know them. They’re admittedly small in number, given the risk/reward of voting as a noncitizen. But do they exist?
Republicans are oft told that we’re sowing distrust in our voting system when we question the safeguards that are erected around it — particularly when so many ballots will be cast by mail this cycle.
The problem isn’t our distrust in the system, however. The problem is the system isn’t worth trusting.
Yes, this is a small problem, but it’s indicative of larger issues caused by the Democrats’ relative laxity at the ballot box.
Take mail-in voting. Please. In New York City, over 20 percent of ballots were rejected during the June 23 primary. In Clark County, Nevada — home to Las Vegas — a staggering 223,000 ballots weren’t even able to be delivered. That’s 17 percent.
Republicans have been calling for tighter voter security and better maintenance of the voting rolls for years. For that, we’ve been called bigots who want to stop people from voting and win elections at all costs.
This is evidence in a microcosm. Last November, a simple measure to stop noncitizens from voting in North Carolina couldn’t even become law because Cooper claimed it “creates a high risk of voter harassment and intimidation and could discourage citizens from voting.”
A little less than a year later, in the governor’s swing state, we’re reminded yet again that Democrats will find any reason to avoid scrutinizing the voting process.
Yes, Virginia, there is voter fraud, and the desire to believe it’s rare doesn’t make it so.
Nineteen more people charged and we’ve all but forgotten about a small change to the law that could have prevented this from happening again in 2020.
The bigger changes we could have made in the past decade or two may live to haunt us all.
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westernjournal--2020-09-08--3 Teens Charged in Slaying of Cleveland Police Officer

Three teenagers were charged Tuesday with fatally shooting a Cleveland police detective and another man during what authorities said was a robbery attempt .
David McDaniel Jr. , 18 , of Cleveland , was charged with two counts of aggravated murder in Cleveland Municipal Court , records show .
A 17-year-old male and 15-year-old male , who were not identified because of their ages , face aggravated murder , aggravated robbery and felonious assault charges in Cuyahoga County Juvenile Court .
Court records don ’ t indicate whether McDaniel has an attorney to speak for him .
McDaniel and the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ police detective James Skernivitz , 53 , and Scott Dingess , 50 , as they sat in Skernivitz ’ s unmarked police car on Thursday night .
TRENDING : Weather Reporter Shared Heartbreaking Confession on Facebook Before Taking Her Own Life A police statement of facts filed with the charges against McDaniel say he and two juveniles approached Skernivitz ’ s car , which was parked behind a store , and shot Skernivitz and Dingess during an attempted robbery .
McDaniel was arrested Sunday .
A Cleveland police official told The Associated Press @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the force , was working undercover that night during a drug operation and that Dingess was a police informant .
Skernivitz was sworn in last Wednesday as a member of the FBI ’ s Violent Crime Task Force in support of Operation Legend , a Justice Department effort to crack down on violent crime in Cleveland and other cities .
He was also assigned to the Cleveland police gang unit .
Authorities have not said whether Skernivitz was working with the federal task force or the gang unit when he was killed .
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Three teenagers were charged Tuesday with fatally shooting a Cleveland police detective and another man during what authorities said was a robbery attempt.
David McDaniel Jr., 18, of Cleveland, was charged with two counts of aggravated murder in Cleveland Municipal Court, records show.
A 17-year-old male and 15-year-old male, who were not identified because of their ages, face aggravated murder, aggravated robbery and felonious assault charges in Cuyahoga County Juvenile Court.
Court records don’t indicate whether McDaniel has an attorney to speak for him.
McDaniel and the two juveniles are accused of killing Cleveland police detective James Skernivitz, 53, and Scott Dingess, 50, as they sat in Skernivitz’s unmarked police car on Thursday night.
A police statement of facts filed with the charges against McDaniel say he and two juveniles approached Skernivitz’s car, which was parked behind a store, and shot Skernivitz and Dingess during an attempted robbery. McDaniel was arrested Sunday.
A Cleveland police official told The Associated Press that Skernivitz, a 25-year veteran of the force, was working undercover that night during a drug operation and that Dingess was a police informant.
Skernivitz was sworn in last Wednesday as a member of the FBI’s Violent Crime Task Force in support of Operation Legend, a Justice Department effort to crack down on violent crime in Cleveland and other cities.
He was also assigned to the Cleveland police gang unit. Authorities have not said whether Skernivitz was working with the federal task force or the gang unit when he was killed.
Skernivitz’s funeral is scheduled for Friday.
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westernjournal--2020-09-08--Little Boy with Cleft Lip Finds Perfect Match at Shelter: Puppy with Cleft Lip

Many times , the dogs at shelters get quickly picked over .
The healthy , cute puppies and purebreds tend to get snapped up , leaving behind the older , the less recognizable and those with health issues .
One little puppy at the Jackson County Animal Shelter in Jackson , Michigan , had a slight birth defect that the staff noted , watched and concluded should have little bearing on her quality of life .
“ She might look a little different than a normal dog would , but it ’ s not slowing her down at all , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ WGHP-TV .
The pup had been born with a cleft lip , and many people might have passed her over .
TRENDING : Trump Says Biden Needs a Drug Test - This Is What Tipped Him Off But a recent visitor saw her and stopped in his tracks .
The man wasn ’ t there for dogs at all — he ’ d come to look at some chickens .
But when he spotted the adorable pup with the “ disability , ” he immediately FaceTimed his wife .
“ He goes , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ cleft lip , ’ and I said , ‘ Get her !
We need her !
” wife Ashley Boyers said .
The Boyers have a toddler , Bentley , who was also born with a cleft lip .
His journey was a little more difficult than the puppy ’ s , but he ’ d come a long way with the love and dedication of his family .
“ We had to sit him up and feed him and hold his lip together in order for him to eat , ” Ashley @ @ @ @ @ @ @ process.
” “ To see him have something in common with a puppy means a lot ’ cause he can grow up and understand that him and his puppy both have something that they can share in common.
” The shelter realized what a match made in heaven this was and shared an absolutely adorable set of photos to its Facebook page last week .
“ It ’ s so hard to put into words how meaningful this adoption is to all of us so we are going to let the pictures speak @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
“ Introducing Bentley and his new puppy .
At 2 years old and with surgeries already under his belt for his cleft lip , Bentley found his match today in this tiny pup who also has a cleft lip .
“ They instantly loved each other , ” the post continued .
“ We wish many years of joy as this special pair grow up together !
” Sattler said that the puppy ’ s “ disability is really not holding her back , and as she grows , they ’ ll @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s anything changing that has to do with that , but she ’ s really doing well.
” One look at those photos and you can tell that these two were meant to be .
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Many times, the dogs at shelters get quickly picked over.
The healthy, cute puppies and purebreds tend to get snapped up, leaving behind the older, the less recognizable and those with health issues.
One little puppy at the Jackson County Animal Shelter in Jackson, Michigan, had a slight birth defect that the staff noted, watched and concluded should have little bearing on her quality of life.
“She might look a little different than a normal dog would, but it’s not slowing her down at all,” animal services director Lydia Sattler told WGHP-TV.
The pup had been born with a cleft lip, and many people might have passed her over.
But a recent visitor saw her and stopped in his tracks.
The man wasn’t there for dogs at all — he’d come to look at some chickens. But when he spotted the adorable pup with the “disability,” he immediately FaceTimed his wife.
“He goes, ‘I think this one has a cleft lip,’ and I said, ‘Get her! We need her!” wife Ashley Boyers said.
The Boyers have a toddler, Bentley, who was also born with a cleft lip.
His journey was a little more difficult than the puppy’s, but he’d come a long way with the love and dedication of his family.
“We had to sit him up and feed him and hold his lip together in order for him to eat,” Ashley explained, “so it was a process.”
“To see him have something in common with a puppy means a lot ’cause he can grow up and understand that him and his puppy both have something that they can share in common.”
The shelter realized what a match made in heaven this was and shared an absolutely adorable set of photos to its Facebook page last week.
“It’s so hard to put into words how meaningful this adoption is to all of us so we are going to let the pictures speak for themselves,” the post began.
“Introducing Bentley and his new puppy. At 2 years old and with surgeries already under his belt for his cleft lip, Bentley found his match today in this tiny pup who also has a cleft lip.
“They instantly loved each other,” the post continued. “We wish many years of joy as this special pair grow up together!”
Sattler said that the puppy’s “disability is really not holding her back, and as she grows, they’ll be able to see more if there’s anything changing that has to do with that, but she’s really doing well.”
One look at those photos and you can tell that these two were meant to be.
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westernjournal--2020-09-08--Investigation Launched Into String of Soldier Deaths at Fort Hood

Congress will launch an investigation into sexual assault , disappearances and deaths at Fort Hood after 28 soldiers stationed at the U.S. Army base in Texas died this year , two subcommittee leaders announced Tuesday .
Democratic Reps. Stephen Lynch of Massachusetts and Jackie Speier of California sent a letter to Army Secretary Ryan D. McCarthy requesting documents and information on the deaths .
Lynch chairs the Committee on Oversight and Reform ’ s Subcommittee on National Security , and Speier leads the Committee on Armed Services ’ Subcommittee on Military Personnel .
According to the letter , the subcommittees @ @ @ @ @ @ @ may be symptomatic of underlying leadership , discipline , and morale deficiencies throughout the chain-of-command.
” The letter said that according to Army data there were an average of 129 felonies committed annually at Fort Hood between 2014 and 2019 , including cases of homicide , sexual assault , kidnapping , robbery and aggravated assault .
The members of Congress cited the deaths of Spc .
Vanessa Guillen , who was bludgeoned to death at the Texas base in April by a fellow soldier , and Pvt .
Gregory Morales , whose remains @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Guillen .
Morales was reported missing in August 2019 .
TRENDING : Trump Says Biden Needs a Drug Test - This Is What Tipped Him Off The letter also names Pvt .
Mejhor Morta and Sgt .
Elder Fernandes , whose deaths are still under investigation , and the homicide investigations of Pvt .
Brandon Scott Rosecrans , Spc .
Freddy Delacruz Jr. and Spc .
Shelby Tyler Jones .
According to the letter , McCarthy during an August visit to Texas stated that Fort Hood had the “ highest , the most @ @ @ @ @ @ @ murders for our entire formation of the US Army.
” Lynch and Speier said they will report the conditions and circumstances that could have contributed to the soldiers ’ deaths and seek justice on behalf of soldiers and families “ who may have been failed by a military system and culture that was ultimately responsible for their care and protection.
” The family of Guillen , whose remains were found on July 1 , has called for a congressional investigation .
Natalie Khawam , who represents the Guillen family , said she is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ Our soldiers and their families deserve the truth , ” Khawam said .
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Congress will launch an investigation into sexual assault, disappearances and deaths at Fort Hood after 28 soldiers stationed at the U.S. Army base in Texas died this year, two subcommittee leaders announced Tuesday.
Democratic Reps. Stephen Lynch of Massachusetts and Jackie Speier of California sent a letter to Army Secretary Ryan D. McCarthy requesting documents and information on the deaths. Lynch chairs the Committee on Oversight and Reform’s Subcommittee on National Security, and Speier leads the Committee on Armed Services’ Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
According to the letter, the subcommittees will jointly investigate if recent deaths “may be symptomatic of underlying leadership, discipline, and morale deficiencies throughout the chain-of-command.”
The letter said that according to Army data there were an average of 129 felonies committed annually at Fort Hood between 2014 and 2019, including cases of homicide, sexual assault, kidnapping, robbery and aggravated assault.
The members of Congress cited the deaths of Spc. Vanessa Guillen, who was bludgeoned to death at the Texas base in April by a fellow soldier, and Pvt. Gregory Morales, whose remains were found in June while searching for Guillen. Morales was reported missing in August 2019.
The letter also names Pvt. Mejhor Morta and Sgt. Elder Fernandes, whose deaths are still under investigation, and the homicide investigations of Pvt. Brandon Scott Rosecrans, Spc. Freddy Delacruz Jr. and Spc. Shelby Tyler Jones.
According to the letter, McCarthy during an August visit to Texas stated that Fort Hood had the “highest, the most cases for sexual assault and harassment and murders for our entire formation of the US Army.”
Lynch and Speier said they will report the conditions and circumstances that could have contributed to the soldiers’ deaths and seek justice on behalf of soldiers and families “who may have been failed by a military system and culture that was ultimately responsible for their care and protection.”
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The family of Guillen, whose remains were found on July 1, has called for a congressional investigation. Natalie Khawam, who represents the Guillen family, said she is thankful Congress has agreed to investigate.
“Our soldiers and their families deserve the truth,” Khawam said.
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westernjournal--2020-09-08--Rioters Torch Business with ‘Proud To Be Black Owned’ Sign Outside, Owner Furious

Rochester , New York , has become the latest locus of racial unrest in the United States after the body camera footage of the death of Daniel Prude in police custody back in March was released .
Prude , a 41-year-old black man , asphyxiated as police tried to take him into protective custody following a mental health call , according to the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle .
The officers involved have since been suspended , and the family has asked for them to be charged with murder .
Protesters have since called for the removal of the mayor as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ protests have made national news , yet the name Jesse Barksdale is still largely unknown .
Barksdale owns State Street Stop N Go , an unusual outlet profiled by the Democrat and Chronicle in August .
It ’ s a combination of a convenience store , a BBQ joint and a U-Haul truck rental .
Barksdale started the shop with little money and with dreams of opening a laundromat but not enough capital for the washers and dryers , having formulated the idea while on paternity leave from Men ’ s Wearhouse .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ store , still a new father , straight from putting in a full day in retail , and work there , too .
TRENDING : Trump Says Biden Needs a Drug Test - This Is What Tipped Him Off In March , his sales plummeted — but he didn ’ t qualify for a federal Paycheck Protection Loan or unemployment .
He doggedly muddled through despite the fact that , on some days , the store brought in as little as $ 80 .
At the time of the profile last month , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ profit again .
Outside the store was a sign saying “ Proud To Be Black Owned.
” Some of the supposedly pro-black demonstrators either didn ’ t see it or didn ’ t care : According to the Democrat and Chronicle , Barksdale woke up at 1 a.m. because of a flurry of text messages telling him there was a disturbance at the store .
Arriving on the scene , he quickly sensed there was little he alone could do .
“ I ’ m realizing I ’ m not the fire department @ @ @ @ @ @ @ can ’ t put out the fire .
I didn ’ t know what to do.
” Two of the U-Haul trucks were set ablaze and a third vehicle was damaged .
Barksdale said the damage was over $ 100,000 .
“ I said , ‘ No , this can not be my life , this can not be happening to me .
What did I do to deserve this ?
’ ” he told Spectrum News .
“ I was shocked .
Whoever did this , did it to me .
It @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ t open on Sunday , having been up all night .
He would open again on Monday .
“ I don ’ t want people to feel like this is the end of Jesse , ” he said .
The business owner said he was told by bystanders at the scene and others about “ rumors that a white guy from out of town set the blaze.
” “ Who ’ s to say it wasn ’ t Black Lives Matter people ?
” Barksdale said .
The unfortunate fact is that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ groups is pretty significant , as anyone who ’ s watched the footage of the nightly disorder out of Portland , Oregon , can attest to .
Whatever the case , it ’ s another setback .
“ It ’ s a loss of income , ” he told the Democrat and Chronicle .
“ It ’ s really unfortunate .
I just don ’ t understand .
All I do is try to treat the community nice.
” The community has helped out , buying from the store — if not just @ @ @ @ @ @ @ clean up .
“ So many people who haven ’ t been here heard , and came down , ” Barksdale said .
“ And that ’ s priceless .
Thank you guys.
” The issue is still that they shouldn ’ t have needed to come down .
If this shines a light on everything Jesse Barksdale has done to make State Street Stop N Go a success , great ; there ’ s no better example of the American dream in action than a man who , with almost nothing in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ store that has several BBQ smokers in the same parking lot as U-Haul rental trucks .
I ’ m sure he ’ d rather have had the trucks back .
While we don ’ t know who set these trucks ablaze , this isn ’ t wholly different from what we ’ ve witnessed elsewhere during the Black Lives Matter protests and other anti-police demonstrations .
Barksdale ’ s story may be one of the more dramatic , but he ’ s hardly alone .
And yet , it hasn ’ t gone @ @ @ @ @ @ @ covered in local media and by conservative outlets .
It ’ s enough to stick in people ’ s minds once they see it , however — particularly with an election coming up this fall .
The death of Daniel Prude is a tragedy , no matter what you feel about whether or not it was preventable .
Scenes like this only compound it .
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Rochester, New York, has become the latest locus of racial unrest in the United States after the body camera footage of the death of Daniel Prude in police custody back in March was released.
Prude, a 41-year-old black man, asphyxiated as police tried to take him into protective custody following a mental health call, according to the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. The officers involved have since been suspended, and the family has asked for them to be charged with murder. Protesters have since called for the removal of the mayor as well as the police chief.
The protests have made national news, yet the name Jesse Barksdale is still largely unknown.
Barksdale owns State Street Stop N Go, an unusual outlet profiled by the Democrat and Chronicle in August. It’s a combination of a convenience store, a BBQ joint and a U-Haul truck rental.
Barksdale started the shop with little money and with dreams of opening a laundromat but not enough capital for the washers and dryers, having formulated the idea while on paternity leave from Men’s Wearhouse. He’d often go to the store, still a new father, straight from putting in a full day in retail, and work there, too.
In March, his sales plummeted — but he didn’t qualify for a federal Paycheck Protection Loan or unemployment. He doggedly muddled through despite the fact that, on some days, the store brought in as little as $80. At the time of the profile last month, Barksdale said he was finally turning a profit again.
Outside the store was a sign saying “Proud To Be Black Owned.”
Some of the supposedly pro-black demonstrators either didn’t see it or didn’t care:
According to the Democrat and Chronicle, Barksdale woke up at 1 a.m. because of a flurry of text messages telling him there was a disturbance at the store. Arriving on the scene, he quickly sensed there was little he alone could do.
“I’m realizing I’m not the fire department,” he said. “I can’t put out the fire. I didn’t know what to do.”
Two of the U-Haul trucks were set ablaze and a third vehicle was damaged. Barksdale said the damage was over $100,000.
“I said, ‘No, this cannot be my life, this cannot be happening to me. What did I do to deserve this?’” he told Spectrum News.
“I was shocked. Whoever did this, did it to me. It’s really unfortunate.”
Three U-Haul trucks destroyed at J-Ribs on State Street.
Owner Jesse Barksdale says he was bounced out of bed to respond.
Livid over the destruction of his business. pic.twitter.com/7FKPtD6mmS — Charles Molineaux (@WHEC_cmolineaux) September 6, 2020
Barksdale didn’t open on Sunday, having been up all night. He would open again on Monday.
“I don’t want people to feel like this is the end of Jesse,” he said.
The business owner said he was told by bystanders at the scene and others about “rumors that a white guy from out of town set the blaze.”
“Who’s to say it wasn’t Black Lives Matter people?” Barksdale said.
The unfortunate fact is that the Venn diagram overlap between those two groups is pretty significant, as anyone who’s watched the footage of the nightly disorder out of Portland, Oregon, can attest to. Whatever the case, it’s another setback.
“It’s a loss of income,” he told the Democrat and Chronicle. “It’s really unfortunate. I just don’t understand. All I do is try to treat the community nice.”
The community has helped out, buying from the store — if not just giving Barksdale money — and helping him clean up.
“So many people who haven’t been here heard, and came down,” Barksdale said. “And that’s priceless. Thank you guys.”
The issue is still that they shouldn’t have needed to come down.
If this shines a light on everything Jesse Barksdale has done to make State Street Stop N Go a success, great; there’s no better example of the American dream in action than a man who, with almost nothing in his pocket, puts together a convenience store that has several BBQ smokers in the same parking lot as U-Haul rental trucks.
I’m sure he’d rather have had the trucks back.
While we don’t know who set these trucks ablaze, this isn’t wholly different from what we’ve witnessed elsewhere during the Black Lives Matter protests and other anti-police demonstrations. Barksdale’s story may be one of the more dramatic, but he’s hardly alone.
And yet, it hasn’t gone national; he’s mostly been covered in local media and by conservative outlets. It’s enough to stick in people’s minds once they see it, however — particularly with an election coming up this fall.
The death of Daniel Prude is a tragedy, no matter what you feel about whether or not it was preventable. Scenes like this only compound it.
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westernjournal--2020-09-08--Gender Reveal Gone Wrong: Fire Officials Announce Cause of Devastating CA Wildfire

There are certain things you simply do not do when you live in dry , fire-prone areas .
You do not burn your trash .
You don ’ t burn leaf piles .
No open fires .
No tossing cigarette butts on the ground .
And absolutely no fireworks or explosives of any kind .
But apparently some people still choose to invest in risky behavior for fun causes , and at least one of the recent fires in California is a direct result of someone ’ s poor decision making — especially worrisome as it was soon-to-be parents who @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Biden Needs a Drug Test - This Is What Tipped Him Off While at least 23 known fires are currently burning in California , the one in Yucaipa , just 75 miles from Los Angeles , was started at a gender reveal party that employed smoke pyrotechnics .
“ CAL FIRE Law Enforcement has determined the El Dorado Fire , burning near Oak Glen in San Bernardino County , was caused by a smoke generating pyrotechnic device , used during a gender reveal party , ” the California Department of Forestry and Fire @ @ @ @ @ @ @ media .
“ The fire began at 10:23 am on September 5 , 2020 in the El Dorado Ranch Park in Yucaipa.
” “ The fire spread from the park to the north on to Yucaipa Ridge that separates Mountain Home Village and Forest Falls from the City of Yucaipa.
” Since then , the fire has taken off , spreading in all directions , covering over 7,000 acres with just five percent containment .
More than 3,000 people have been displaced because of the blaze .
“ It burned in four different @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , ” Ben Holmes , a U.S. Forest Service senior firefighter , told KCAL-TV .
“ It was pushing to the east , then to the north , and then big westwardly wind shift , and ( Sunday ) it moved to the south.
” To make matters worse , the arid summer landscape , high temperatures and current weather conditions are only helping the fire spread .
RELATED : With No Water Left , Man Grabs Cans of Bud Light and Helps Save Home from Wildfire “ CAL FIRE reminds the public @ @ @ @ @ @ @ fire weather , it doesn ’ t take much to start a wildfire , ” the post from the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection continued .
“ Those responsible for starting fires due to negligence or illegal activity can be held financially and criminally responsible.
” Readers have commented on Cal Fire ’ s Instagram post with a variety of sentiments , from “ Sooo , boy or girl ?
” to “ God , this makes me so angry ” — though most of them seem to agree that this @ @ @ @ @ @ @ idea .
Whether the baby turns out to be a boy or a girl , hopefully the parents will make better decisions from here on out .
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There are certain things you simply do not do when you live in dry, fire-prone areas. You do not burn your trash. You don’t burn leaf piles.
No open fires. No tossing cigarette butts on the ground. And absolutely no fireworks or explosives of any kind.
More than 14,800 firefighters are continuing to battle 23 major wildfires. CAL FIRE has increased staffing in preparation for critical fire weather across the State.
The latest numbers on all active large wildland fires at: https://t.co/6s2QmGvwFi pic.twitter.com/rZAOp5pdzv — CAL FIRE (@CAL_FIRE) September 6, 2020
But apparently some people still choose to invest in risky behavior for fun causes, and at least one of the recent fires in California is a direct result of someone’s poor decision making — especially worrisome as it was soon-to-be parents who made it.
While at least 23 known fires are currently burning in California, the one in Yucaipa, just 75 miles from Los Angeles, was started at a gender reveal party that employed smoke pyrotechnics.
“CAL FIRE Law Enforcement has determined the El Dorado Fire, burning near Oak Glen in San Bernardino County, was caused by a smoke generating pyrotechnic device, used during a gender reveal party,” the California Department of Forestry and Fire Prevention shared in an update on social media.
“The fire began at 10:23 am on September 5, 2020 in the El Dorado Ranch Park in Yucaipa.”
“The fire spread from the park to the north on to Yucaipa Ridge that separates Mountain Home Village and Forest Falls from the City of Yucaipa.”
Since then, the fire has taken off, spreading in all directions, covering over 7,000 acres with just five percent containment. More than 3,000 people have been displaced because of the blaze.
“It burned in four different directions since we’ve been here,” Ben Holmes, a U.S. Forest Service senior firefighter, told KCAL-TV. “It was pushing to the east, then to the north, and then big westwardly wind shift, and (Sunday) it moved to the south.”
“The wind has been pretty dramatically inconsistent.”
To make matters worse, the arid summer landscape, high temperatures and current weather conditions are only helping the fire spread.
#ElDoradoFire evening update: Weather will remain dry/hot throughout night w/an elevated temp + relative humidity at 20%. Winds will remain downslope at 3-5 mph w/gusts to 10. This will result in continued active fire behavior throughout the night⁰
More: https://t.co/cZv0q1h0qy pic.twitter.com/LAAHs5BwDL — San Bernardino National Forest (@SanBernardinoNF) September 7, 2020
“CAL FIRE reminds the public that with the dry conditions and critical fire weather, it doesn’t take much to start a wildfire,” the post from the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection continued.
“Those responsible for starting fires due to negligence or illegal activity can be held financially and criminally responsible.”
Readers have commented on Cal Fire’s Instagram post with a variety of sentiments, from “Sooo, boy or girl?” to “God, this makes me so angry” — though most of them seem to agree that this was at the very least a terrible idea.
Whether the baby turns out to be a boy or a girl, hopefully the parents will make better decisions from here on out.
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westernjournal--2020-09-08--Twice-Elected Dem Sheriff Switches to GOP: Dems Fail To Acknowledge God and Burn the Flag

A Democratic sheriff in Indiana has publicly abandoned his party just two months ahead of the November election , and he cited his faith and attacks from members of his former party on law enforcement and the American flag on the way out .
Vanderburgh County Sheriff Dave Wedding announced the switch last week outside of a business in Evansville while in the presence of Indiana Lt. Gov .
Suzanne Crouch , a Republican .
The Evansville Courier & Press reported Wedding was elected sheriff as a Democrat in 2014 and again in 2018 .
By switching parties publicly , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ nationwide civil unrest and anti-police sentiment , according to WFIE-TV .
Wedding believes the Democratic Party has lost its compass .
TRENDING : Trump Says Biden Needs a Drug Test - This Is What Tipped Him Off “ People who were just working-class America and they believed in values , family and that you ’ ve got to work to achieve .
I think we ’ ve lost that in the Democratic Party .
I was one of the people who had nothing growing up and I ’ ve worked to achieve .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ was and where I am today.
” A high-profile Democrat disavowed the direction of the party in a public pledge to stand against it .
It makes you wonder how many other lifelong , moderate Democrats have become political refugees , but don ’ t have a platform to express their frustrations .
Wedding continued : “ Watching the daily burning of American flags , failing to be able to use the word God in any sentence at most Democrat-led functions , denouncing law enforcement as if we ’ re the evil people @ @ @ @ @ @ @ my profession in law enforcement and when people attack us , it ’ s pretty insulting , ” he said .
Local Democrats were of course less than thrilled .
The Democratic Party of Vanderburgh County issued a response to Wedding ’ s very public disavowal of its values .
“ While we are disappointed with Dave Wedding ’ s decision to leave the Democratic party , we are more disappointed with the reasoning he provided the community for his choice , ” the group said in a statement .
“ We are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ police reform on a national level .
However , Sheriff Wedding knows that the Democratic majorities on the County Commissioners and City Council have been strongly and consistently supportive of local law enforcement , ” the statement added .
The statement attacked Wedding , claiming Republican “ budgetary restraints ” have held back law enforcement in the county .
The local chapter of the Democratic Party characterized Wedding ’ s switch to a new party as both “ political opportunism ” and “ distasteful.
” Interestingly enough , county Democrats did not touch @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s statement explaining why he was leaving the party .
Perhaps that ’ s because they can ’ t defend the indefensible .
Democrats hold significant responsibility for the rioting , the looting and the anti-law enforcement , anti-God and anti-flag sentiments .
Party leadership at the national level stayed largely silent about the rioting until they realized it was hurting them in the polling , which led presidential nominee Joe Biden and his running mate , California Sen. Kamala Harris , to release underwhelming statements in opposition to theft and arson .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ governor of the state , welcomed Wedding and Posey County Sheriff Tom Latham to the Republican Party : “ Two Democrat Sheriffs in Indiana joined the Republican Party !
Proud to welcome Sheriff Dave Wedding of Vanderburgh Co. and Sheriff Tom Latham of Posey Co. to the GOP !
Under President @ realdonaldtrump we stand for Law & Order and we Back the Blue !
” he tweeted last week .
Latham made the switch to the GOP in June , the Evansville Courier & Press reported .
“ I have always lived @ @ @ @ @ @ @ felt strongly that a political party does not define me as a person , ” Latham said at the time .
Latham added : “ That being said , my values — and the values of today ’ s Democrat platform — are so different that I can no longer call myself a Democrat .
The unity and hope once idealized by John F. Kennedy has been replaced with divisiveness and anger.
” Both sheriffs ’ public exit from the party serves as more evidence that Democrats are losing people in middle .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ seem to be in favor of spikes in violent crimes and rhetoric threatening their safety and property .
If you ’ re a police officer , your every move is now under scrutiny , and that situation isn ’ t going to improve if Democrats take the White House — not even if you ’ re one of them .
The 2020 election is no longer just a party matchup featuring Democratic versus Republican platforms .
It ’ s an election about the survival of the American principles of liberty , free speech @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s self from both tyranny and mob rule .
In essence , 2020 is about preserving the American way of life , and Sheriffs Wedding and Latham have both chosen the country over a party that left them behind long ago .
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A Democratic sheriff in Indiana has publicly abandoned his party just two months ahead of the November election, and he cited his faith and attacks from members of his former party on law enforcement and the American flag on the way out.
Vanderburgh County Sheriff Dave Wedding announced the switch last week outside of a business in Evansville while in the presence of Indiana Lt. Gov. Suzanne Crouch, a Republican.
The Evansville Courier & Press reported Wedding was elected sheriff as a Democrat in 2014 and again in 2018.
By switching parties publicly, he wanted to make a statement against nationwide civil unrest and anti-police sentiment, according to WFIE-TV.
Wedding believes the Democratic Party has lost its compass.
“The Democrats represented hard-working individuals,” he told WFIE.
“People who were just working-class America and they believed in values, family and that you’ve got to work to achieve. I think we’ve lost that in the Democratic Party. I was one of the people who had nothing growing up and I’ve worked to achieve. I’m proud of where I was and where I am today.”
Ouch.
A high-profile Democrat disavowed the direction of the party in a public pledge to stand against it.
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It makes you wonder how many other lifelong, moderate Democrats have become political refugees, but don’t have a platform to express their frustrations.
Wedding continued: “Watching the daily burning of American flags, failing to be able to use the word God in any sentence at most Democrat-led functions, denouncing law enforcement as if we’re the evil people.
“I am very proud of my profession in law enforcement and when people attack us, it’s pretty insulting,” he said.
Local Democrats were of course less than thrilled.
The Democratic Party of Vanderburgh County issued a response to Wedding’s very public disavowal of its values.
“While we are disappointed with Dave Wedding’s decision to leave the Democratic party, we are more disappointed with the reasoning he provided the community for his choice,” the group said in a statement.
“We are aware that there are many conversations regarding police reform on a national level. However, Sheriff Wedding knows that the Democratic majorities on the County Commissioners and City Council have been strongly and consistently supportive of local law enforcement,” the statement added.
The statement attacked Wedding, claiming Republican “budgetary restraints” have held back law enforcement in the county.
The local chapter of the Democratic Party characterized Wedding’s switch to a new party as both “political opportunism” and “distasteful.”
Interestingly enough, county Democrats did not touch on the substance of the sheriff’s statement explaining why he was leaving the party.
Perhaps that’s because they can’t defend the indefensible.
Democrats hold significant responsibility for the rioting, the looting and the anti-law enforcement, anti-God and anti-flag sentiments.
Party leadership at the national level stayed largely silent about the rioting until they realized it was hurting them in the polling, which led presidential nominee Joe Biden and his running mate, California Sen. Kamala Harris, to release underwhelming statements in opposition to theft and arson.
Vice President Mike Pence, the former governor of the state, welcomed Wedding and Posey County Sheriff Tom Latham to the Republican Party:
Two Democrat Sheriffs in Indiana joined the Republican Party! Proud to welcome Sheriff Dave Wedding of Vanderburgh Co. and Sheriff Tom Latham of Posey Co. to the GOP! Under President @realdonaldtrump we stand for Law & Order and we Back the Blue! https://t.co/7JQNfnAGwl — Mike Pence (@Mike_Pence) September 4, 2020
“Two Democrat Sheriffs in Indiana joined the Republican Party! Proud to welcome Sheriff Dave Wedding of Vanderburgh Co. and Sheriff Tom Latham of Posey Co. to the GOP! Under President @realdonaldtrump we stand for Law & Order and we Back the Blue!” he tweeted last week.
Latham made the switch to the GOP in June, the Evansville Courier & Press reported.
“I have always lived my life by conservative values and have felt strongly that a political party does not define me as a person,” Latham said at the time.
Latham added: “That being said, my values — and the values of today’s Democrat platform — are so different that I can no longer call myself a Democrat. The unity and hope once idealized by John F. Kennedy has been replaced with divisiveness and anger.”
Both sheriffs’ public exit from the party serves as more evidence that Democrats are losing people in middle.
The American public generally doesn’t seem to be in favor of spikes in violent crimes and rhetoric threatening their safety and property.
If you’re a police officer, your every move is now under scrutiny, and that situation isn’t going to improve if Democrats take the White House — not even if you’re one of them.
The 2020 election is no longer just a party matchup featuring Democratic versus Republican platforms.
It’s an election about the survival of the American principles of liberty, free speech and the right to protect one’s self from both tyranny and mob rule.
In essence, 2020 is about preserving the American way of life, and Sheriffs Wedding and Latham have both chosen the country over a party that left them behind long ago.
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westernjournal--2020-09-08--Race Agitators Terrorize Diners in Pittsburgh by Screaming ‘F*** White People,’ Smashing Glasses

I have a question for my friends on the left : Do you think this is helping ?
By “ this , ” I mean a display I scarcely even need to define anymore .
Riots , looting , intimidation — all seemingly born out of a sense of not only righteousness but also control .
They ’ re the ones in charge of the narrative now , thank you , and they ’ ll be the ones doing what it is they want to do .
Pittsburgh is the latest city to bear witness to this phenomenon .
Anti-police @ @ @ @ @ @ @ stemming from the March death of Daniel Prude in police custody in Rochester , New York , marched downtown to the house of Mayor Bill Peduto over the weekend .
Before it was over , two clips began circulating on social media featuring protesters engaging in random acts of violence on the way there .
In one clip , demonstrators harassed diners at a restaurant while screaming racist obscenities at them over a megaphone .
“ F— the white people that built the system , ” the megaphonist yelled .
TRENDING : Trump @ @ @ @ @ @ @ This Is What Tipped Him Off There was also “ F— the police ” and “ F— 12 , ” which is a reference to the police narcotics unit .
( Going macro and micro , I see . )
The individual called the diners an “ embarrassment.
” A female demonstrator with a shirt reading “ Nazi Lives Don ’ t Matter ” then walked over to a table and gulped down a patron ’ s drink .
Another protester gave other diners the finger , just to bring the point home @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in the background , as could a drum-led chant of “ No justice , no peace , f— the police !
” WARNING : The following videos contain graphic language that some viewers will find offensive .
Activist Lorenzo Rulli told WTAE-TV that there was more behind this clip , because of course there was .
“ People eating at the restaurant , sat there , some of them cheered us on because they saw what happened in its entirety , ” Rulli said Monday .
“ Some of them asked what was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ really negative statements , so I stopped and I addressed that statement and I also addressed a woman who wanted to hear what was going on , ” he said .
“ To hear why we had to march right through there .
Why we were talking to them .
“ A lot of people are saying we ’ re targeting the businesses , but that ’ s not the case .
We eat at these restaurants .
We know most of these owners downtown .
They invite us into their spaces .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ we march .
We sat there and watched the employees cheer us on because it was not an attack on the restaurant .
RELATED : Watch 'Antifa Kid ' Turn Himself In to Police , Does n't Look So Tough Now “ People were starting to get aggressive towards us because they didn ’ t see what happened .
But the other people actually didn ’ t care .
They got up out of their seats and moved to the side so that we could address the people who actually were making remarks.
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ of this , nor could much cheering be heard on the video among patrons of the restaurant .
There also didn ’ t seem to be any dialogue with the patrons where protesters stopped and addressed statements , as Rulli seemed to claim .
Also , while there may have been an explanation of why they had “ to march right through there , ” there isn ’ t any explanation of why they smashed glasses , drank someone ’ s drink or were screaming “ F— the white people that built the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and “ F— 12 , ” or how this behavior was beneficial to their cause .
And then there was this explanation that Nique Craft , the protester who said she gulped down the drink , had for the incident .
She said the woman had told her she would buy her a beer .
“ I said , ‘ I don ’ t have time to wait for the beer you ’ re going to order me , ’ ” Craft told TribLive on Monday .
“ I walked in , I @ @ @ @ @ @ @ it , I sat the glass down .
What other people did after that I did not know until today.
” “ I thought it was a rapport between me and this lady , ” she added .
Another video from the same restaurant showed the crowd following a bicyclist with the leader of the protests having positioned the megaphone mere inches from the head of the cyclist .
When the man used the megaphone to push the head of the cyclist , he hit the megaphone back .
Someone else , in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the head harder : Yet again , there was a reason for this .
“ There was an agitator in the crowd who was being aggressive and physical with peaceful protesters , ” Rulli said .
“ We do what we do to keep us safe in any capacity when the police do not engage when it is their time .
It ’ s your time to engage when someone is throwing blows at peaceful protesters.
” The cyclist , according to Rulli , had ridden through the crowd and had groped @ @ @ @ @ @ @ biker drove through the protest and instead of taking heed to the fact that there was an issue with the noise amongst his group , he actually got off of his bike and engaged violently .
He put his hand on someone ’ s breast , ” Rulli claimed .
“ So when we got to the point when he was being engaged I no longer even cared because I saw him put his hands on someone ’ s breast .
My job now is to engage the people who are watching and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and that ’ s what we began to do.
” First , it ’ s worth noting the best education would be a video of these allegations ; despite the fact most of these demonstrations are covered from more camera angles than your average Super Bowl , there hasn ’ t been a single video to emerge that proves his claim .
Furthermore , once that video has been taken against an accused offender , it should be noted these protests are hardly bereft of police .
If someone has committed sexual assault @ @ @ @ @ @ @ an easy way to rectify this : Find the police and accuse that person .
I understand there ’ s a trust issue here , but this clip is demonstrative of why we give police officers the power of law enforcement to begin with and don ’ t just turn it over to mobs .
Another clip , which showed the same group harassing a manager inside a McDonald ’ s , went unaddressed by Rulli .
However , in a tweet , photojournalist Ed Thompson said that the restaurant manager “ was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the store .
The crowd agreed to go in and give them a few hundred dollars worth of food orders .
As they were giving the food to the protestors , the manager ; started to get nasty with them.
” Without definitively saying there ’ s no additional context here — there likely is — it ’ s worth noting that in every situation the activists involved cite some additional circumstances that they feel completely exculpate them .
That ’ s combined with a total lack of physical evidence that ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ situation , there ’ s still no justification for their actions .
At no point does someone else ’ s lawless behavior excuse the lawless and intimidatory behavior caught on camera .
Police are now investigating the protests , and my assumption is that — except in the possible case of the bicyclists — no one who wasn ’ t among the demonstrators will , or should , receive attention from law enforcement .
And that brings us back to the most critical point : How is this helping ?
When protesters squared @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , last month in a similar fashion , there wasn ’ t any additional context that made it look good to outsiders : Surely Lorenzo Rulli , Nique Craft , Ed Thompson and other demonstrators and apologists saw this and realized the effect it had .
Did it register with them ?
If it didn ’ t , that ’ s an unpleasant augury .
If it did — and they thought the payoff was worth it — that ’ s even worse .
We are committed to truth and accuracy in all @ @ @ @ @ @ @ standards .

I have a question for my friends on the left: Do you think this is helping?
By “this,” I mean a display I scarcely even need to define anymore. Riots, looting, intimidation — all seemingly born out of a sense of not only righteousness but also control. They’re the ones in charge of the narrative now, thank you, and they’ll be the ones doing what it is they want to do.
Pittsburgh is the latest city to bear witness to this phenomenon. Anti-police demonstrators, newly energized over retroactive outrage stemming from the March death of Daniel Prude in police custody in Rochester, New York, marched downtown to the house of Mayor Bill Peduto over the weekend. Before it was over, two clips began circulating on social media featuring protesters engaging in random acts of violence on the way there.
In one clip, demonstrators harassed diners at a restaurant while screaming racist obscenities at them over a megaphone.
“F— the white people that built the system,” the megaphonist yelled.
There was also “F— the police” and “F— 12,” which is a reference to the police narcotics unit. (Going macro and micro, I see.) The individual called the diners an “embarrassment.”
A female demonstrator with a shirt reading “Nazi Lives Don’t Matter” then walked over to a table and gulped down a patron’s drink. Another protester gave other diners the finger, just to bring the point home.
A glass could be heard smashing in the background, as could a drum-led chant of “No justice, no peace, f— the police!”
WARNING: The following videos contain graphic language that some viewers will find offensive.
BLM harasses an elderly couple at a restaurant in Pittsburgh, PA pic.twitter.com/NMgvUFaVFa — Courtney Holland – Text COURTNEY to 88022 (@hollandcourtney) September 7, 2020
Activist Lorenzo Rulli told WTAE-TV that there was more behind this clip, because of course there was.
“People eating at the restaurant, sat there, some of them cheered us on because they saw what happened in its entirety,” Rulli said Monday.
“Some of them asked what was going on. Some of them made really negative statements, so I stopped and I addressed that statement and I also addressed a woman who wanted to hear what was going on,” he said. “To hear why we had to march right through there. Why we were talking to them.
“A lot of people are saying we’re targeting the businesses, but that’s not the case. We eat at these restaurants. We know most of these owners downtown. They invite us into their spaces. They bring water out for us when we march. We sat there and watched the employees cheer us on because it was not an attack on the restaurant.
“People were starting to get aggressive towards us because they didn’t see what happened. But the other people actually didn’t care. They got up out of their seats and moved to the side so that we could address the people who actually were making remarks.”
There isn’t video corroboration of this, nor could much cheering be heard on the video among patrons of the restaurant. There also didn’t seem to be any dialogue with the patrons where protesters stopped and addressed statements, as Rulli seemed to claim.
Also, while there may have been an explanation of why they had “to march right through there,” there isn’t any explanation of why they smashed glasses, drank someone’s drink or were screaming “F— the white people that built the system,” “F— police” and “F— 12,” or how this behavior was beneficial to their cause.
And then there was this explanation that Nique Craft, the protester who said she gulped down the drink, had for the incident. She said the woman had told her she would buy her a beer.
“I said, ‘I don’t have time to wait for the beer you’re going to order me,’” Craft told TribLive on Monday. “I walked in, I picked up her beer, I drank it, I sat the glass down. What other people did after that I did not know until today.”
“I thought it was a rapport between me and this lady,” she added.
Another video from the same restaurant showed the crowd following a bicyclist with the leader of the protests having positioned the megaphone mere inches from the head of the cyclist.
When the man used the megaphone to push the head of the cyclist, he hit the megaphone back. Someone else, in turn, hit him in the back of the head harder:
Posted by Grace Harvey on Sunday, September 6, 2020 [ffad_ic4 index="1"]
Yet again, there was a reason for this.
“There was an agitator in the crowd who was being aggressive and physical with peaceful protesters,” Rulli said. “We do what we do to keep us safe in any capacity when the police do not engage when it is their time. It’s your time to engage when someone is throwing blows at peaceful protesters.”
The cyclist, according to Rulli, had ridden through the crowd and had groped one of the protesters.
“The biker drove through the protest and instead of taking heed to the fact that there was an issue with the noise amongst his group, he actually got off of his bike and engaged violently. He put his hand on someone’s breast,” Rulli claimed.
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“So when we got to the point when he was being engaged I no longer even cared because I saw him put his hands on someone’s breast. My job now is to engage the people who are watching and educate them on what’s happening and that’s what we began to do.”
First, it’s worth noting the best education would be a video of these allegations; despite the fact most of these demonstrations are covered from more camera angles than your average Super Bowl, there hasn’t been a single video to emerge that proves his claim.
Furthermore, once that video has been taken against an accused offender, it should be noted these protests are hardly bereft of police. If someone has committed sexual assault against a demonstrator, there’s an easy way to rectify this: Find the police and accuse that person. I understand there’s a trust issue here, but this clip is demonstrative of why we give police officers the power of law enforcement to begin with and don’t just turn it over to mobs.
Another clip, which showed the same group harassing a manager inside a McDonald’s, went unaddressed by Rulli. However, in a tweet, photojournalist Ed Thompson said that the restaurant manager “was upset that the protest was in front of the store. The crowd agreed to go in and give them a few hundred dollars worth of food orders. As they were giving the food to the protestors, the manager; started to get nasty with them.”
The manager(Ed) @ this McD’s was upset that the protest was in front of the store. The crowd agreed to go in and give them a few hundred dollars worth of food orders. As they were giving the food to the protestors, the manager; started to get nasty with them @PghCurrent @WPXI pic.twitter.com/K3lwfF3ATc — Ed Thompson (@ThompsonFoto12) September 6, 2020
Without definitively saying there’s no additional context here — there likely is — it’s worth noting that in every situation the activists involved cite some additional circumstances that they feel completely exculpate them. That’s combined with a total lack of physical evidence that’s how it happened.
In every situation, there’s still no justification for their actions. At no point does someone else’s lawless behavior excuse the lawless and intimidatory behavior caught on camera.
Police are now investigating the protests, and my assumption is that — except in the possible case of the bicyclists — no one who wasn’t among the demonstrators will, or should, receive attention from law enforcement.
And that brings us back to the most critical point: How is this helping?
When protesters squared off against diners in Washington, D.C., last month in a similar fashion, there wasn’t any additional context that made it look good to outsiders:
BLM scumbags demand that diners at restaurant raise their fists for black power. Brave young couple retains dignity, refuses. Be that couple. Don’t be the embarrassing mustachioed coward to the right who has forfeited his dignity for all time. pic.twitter.com/9wmyAm7yJl — Matt Walsh (@MattWalshBlog) August 25, 2020
Surely Lorenzo Rulli, Nique Craft, Ed Thompson and other demonstrators and apologists saw this and realized the effect it had. Did it register with them?
If it didn’t, that’s an unpleasant augury.
If it did — and they thought the payoff was worth it — that’s even worse.
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westernjournal--2020-09-08--Absentee Ballots Open Door for Double Voting in Georgia Primary

Georgia ’ s top elections official said Tuesday that his office has identified about 1,000 cases of double voting in the June primary election — a felony he ’ s determined to see prosecuted .
Voters across 100 Georgia counties submitted absentee ballots but also voted in person , and election officials didn ’ t catch them in time to keep the second votes from being tallied , Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger said .
“ No one gets to vote twice .
Everyone gets one vote , ” Raffensperger said .
It was not immediately clear whether the outcome @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Raffensperger said his office ’ s investigators will hand the findings over to the state attorney general and local district attorneys for possible prosecution .
TRENDING : Trump Says Biden Needs a Drug Test - This Is What Tipped Him Off Double voting is a felony that is punishable by up to 10 years in prison and a fine of up to $ 100,000 , Raffensperger said .
“ A double voter knows exactly what they are doing , diluting the votes of each and every voter that follows the law , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ during a news conference that those 1,000 voters intentionally cast two ballots , knowing they had submitted an absentee ballot but still showing up to vote in person .
About 150,000 of the Georgia voters who requested absentee ballots for the June primary later showed up to vote in person .
One thousand of them ended up casting a second ballot , Raffensperger said .
Raffensperger said his office is working with county election officials to ensure that no double voting happens in the November general election .
If voters request an absentee @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in person on Election Day , the election system flags them as having requested an absentee ballot .
The poll worker is then supposed to call the county election office to see if the absentee ballot has been received for that voter .
If the county election office says an absentee ballot has been received , the person should not be allowed to vote in person .
If there ’ s no record of an absentee ballot having been received , the voter is allowed to cast a ballot in person and the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the absentee ballot request so that the absentee ballot won ’ t be counted if it comes in .
If the poll worker fails to contact the county election office , or if the county election office fails to cancel the absentee ballot request , double voting is possible .
Raffensperger ’ s office on Friday appealed a federal judge ’ s order that extended the absentee ballot deadline in Georgia for the November election .
U.S. District Judge Eleanor Ross ordered the state to count any absentee ballots that are postmarked by @ @ @ @ @ @ @ three days later , instead of only counting ballots received by the close of polls .
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Georgia’s top elections official said Tuesday that his office has identified about 1,000 cases of double voting in the June primary election — a felony he’s determined to see prosecuted.
Voters across 100 Georgia counties submitted absentee ballots but also voted in person, and election officials didn’t catch them in time to keep the second votes from being tallied, Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger said.
“No one gets to vote twice. Everyone gets one vote,” Raffensperger said.
It was not immediately clear whether the outcome of any races may have been affected.
Raffensperger said his office’s investigators will hand the findings over to the state attorney general and local district attorneys for possible prosecution.
Double voting is a felony that is punishable by up to 10 years in prison and a fine of up to $100,000, Raffensperger said.
“A double voter knows exactly what they are doing, diluting the votes of each and every voter that follows the law,” Raffensperger said.
He said repeatedly during a news conference that those 1,000 voters intentionally cast two ballots, knowing they had submitted an absentee ballot but still showing up to vote in person.
About 150,000 of the Georgia voters who requested absentee ballots for the June primary later showed up to vote in person.
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One thousand of them ended up casting a second ballot, Raffensperger said.
Raffensperger said his office is working with county election officials to ensure that no double voting happens in the November general election.
If voters request an absentee ballot but then show up to vote in person on Election Day, the election system flags them as having requested an absentee ballot. The poll worker is then supposed to call the county election office to see if the absentee ballot has been received for that voter.
If the county election office says an absentee ballot has been received, the person should not be allowed to vote in person.
If there’s no record of an absentee ballot having been received, the voter is allowed to cast a ballot in person and the county election office is supposed to cancel the absentee ballot request so that the absentee ballot won’t be counted if it comes in.
If the poll worker fails to contact the county election office, or if the county election office fails to cancel the absentee ballot request, double voting is possible.
Raffensperger’s office on Friday appealed a federal judge’s order that extended the absentee ballot deadline in Georgia for the November election.
U.S. District Judge Eleanor Ross ordered the state to count any absentee ballots that are postmarked by Election Day and received by 7 p.m. three days later, instead of only counting ballots received by the close of polls.
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westernjournal--2020-09-09--Dennis Prager: I Finally Realized Why the Left Really Hates America So Much

As long ago as the 1970s , I came to a major realization .
While watching fellow students at Columbia University demonstrate not just against the war in Vietnam but against America — “ Amerika , ” as many spelled it , the “ imperialist , ” “ colonialist , ” “ mass-murdering ” country — I kept wondering what made these people so hostile to the freest country in human history .
Then , one day , as a result of my having attended a yeshiva ( an Orthodox Jewish day school ) through high school , the reason @ @ @ @ @ @ @ day was devoted to religious studies in Hebrew , and the other half was devoted to secular studies in English .
This meant that I had been immersed in a religious worldview until college .
Though it was Jewish , this worldview could also be called “ Judeo-Christian.
” Students at traditionally Christian schools were immersed in essentially the same worldview .
We were all taught that the most important battle we need to wage in life was with our own nature .
Jews and Christians learned from the same Scripture that “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is evil from his youth ” ( Genesis 8:21 ) .
Therefore , being a good person involved a constant battle with our flawed human nature : our urges , appetites and innate weaknesses .
This battle was also the only real route to a better world .
Every individual had to work on him or herself to be decent , strong , courageous and self-controlled , and every parent had to work , first and foremost , on raising such people .
One day , I came to realize that this was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ fellow students were raised .
They were raised to believe that the great battle in life was not with one ’ s nature but with outside forces — with parents , in many cases , but most of all with society , i.e.
, America .
All of us , whatever our political outlook , have to confront personal failure , loss , disappointment and unhappiness .
When confronted with these challenges , religious Jews and Christians are taught to look inward for both the primary source of their problems and the primary @ @ @ @ @ @ @ I done wrong ?
What can I change in my life to solve my problems ?
Of course , some nonreligious liberals and conservatives also have this attitude .
But most of them likely inherited it from religious parents or , at the very least , from parents who were raised in a religious home or a home that retained the remnants of such an upbringing , which was common in pre-1960s America .
( It is therefore questionable how many secular parents will succeed in passing this attitude on to their children @ @ @ @ @ @ @ rejects Judeo-Christian values , has adopted the opposite of the Judeo-Christian view regarding pain in life .
Leftists ( as opposed to liberals ) hold outside forces responsible for their pain .
That is the reason for the litany of left-wing enemies : capitalism , patriarchy , misogyny , systemic racism , homophobia , transphobia , Islamophobia , sexism , xenophobia .
So , then , if you are an unhappy American woman , you can work on yourself and your nature , or you can blame sexism and patriarchy , i.e.
, @ @ @ @ @ @ @ If you are an unhappy gay American , you can work on yourself , or you can blame society ’ s homophobia for your unhappiness .
RELATED : Bob Ehrlich : Average Americans May Not Wear MAGA Hats , But It 's Clear How They 'll Vote And , most significantly , if you are an unhappy black American , you can work on yourself and your life , or you can blame systemic racism and white people for your anger and unfulfilled life .
All this explains why the left encourages every @ @ @ @ @ @ @ heterosexual males to regard themselves as oppressed .
The more oppressed women , gay people , black people , etc.
, see themselves , the more they are alienated from America and its values , and the more they gravitate left .
In light of this , I came up with a riddle : Q : What do you call a happy black person ?
Without an exception I can recall , over the course of decades , I have guessed the political affiliation of every black caller to my radio show within @ @ @ @ @ @ @ If they sounded happy , I knew they were a Republican ; if they were angry , I knew they were a Democrat .
This has held true for male and female callers .
America has been a great country because it was built on the belief that we must all fight against our natures ( and fight for our country ) .
It is difficult to overstate the damage the left is doing to this country by abandoning the fundamental Judeo-Christian teaching that we must fight our natures in order to lead @ @ @ @ @ @ @ replacing it with the belief that we must battle America instead .
This replacement inevitably leads to a population of unhappy , ungrateful and mean-spirited human beings — precisely the type of individuals you see rioting and looting , the type of elected officials who do nothing to stop rioters and looters , the columnists and academics who devote their lives to spewing hate-filled lies about America and the Twitter mobs who comprise the toxic cancel culture .
It will lead to what the left acknowledges it seeks : the end of America @ @ @ @ @ @ @ views expressed in this opinion article are those of their author and are not necessarily either shared or endorsed by the owners of this website .
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As long ago as the 1970s, I came to a major realization. While watching fellow students at Columbia University demonstrate not just against the war in Vietnam but against America — “Amerika,” as many spelled it, the “imperialist,” “colonialist,” “mass-murdering” country — I kept wondering what made these people so hostile to the freest country in human history.
Then, one day, as a result of my having attended a yeshiva (an Orthodox Jewish day school) through high school, the reason became clear. Half of each school day was devoted to religious studies in Hebrew, and the other half was devoted to secular studies in English. This meant that I had been immersed in a religious worldview until college.
Though it was Jewish, this worldview could also be called “Judeo-Christian.”
Students at traditionally Christian schools were immersed in essentially the same worldview. We were all taught that the most important battle we need to wage in life was with our own nature. Jews and Christians learned from the same Scripture that “the will of man’s heart is evil from his youth” (Genesis 8:21).
Therefore, being a good person involved a constant battle with our flawed human nature: our urges, appetites and innate weaknesses.
This battle was also the only real route to a better world. Every individual had to work on him or herself to be decent, strong, courageous and self-controlled, and every parent had to work, first and foremost, on raising such people.
One day, I came to realize that this was not how the vast majority of my fellow students were raised. They were raised to believe that the great battle in life was not with one’s nature but with outside forces — with parents, in many cases, but most of all with society, i.e., America.
All of us, whatever our political outlook, have to confront personal failure, loss, disappointment and unhappiness.
When confronted with these challenges, religious Jews and Christians are taught to look inward for both the primary source of their problems and the primary solutions to those problems: What have I done wrong? What can I change in my life to solve my problems?
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Of course, some nonreligious liberals and conservatives also have this attitude. But most of them likely inherited it from religious parents or, at the very least, from parents who were raised in a religious home or a home that retained the remnants of such an upbringing, which was common in pre-1960s America. (It is therefore questionable how many secular parents will succeed in passing this attitude on to their children.)
The left, which proudly rejects Judeo-Christian values, has adopted the opposite of the Judeo-Christian view regarding pain in life.
Leftists (as opposed to liberals) hold outside forces responsible for their pain. That is the reason for the litany of left-wing enemies: capitalism, patriarchy, misogyny, systemic racism, homophobia, transphobia, Islamophobia, sexism, xenophobia.
So, then, if you are an unhappy American woman, you can work on yourself and your nature, or you can blame sexism and patriarchy, i.e., men, for your pained state.
If you are an unhappy gay American, you can work on yourself, or you can blame society’s homophobia for your unhappiness.
And, most significantly, if you are an unhappy black American, you can work on yourself and your life, or you can blame systemic racism and white people for your anger and unfulfilled life.
All this explains why the left encourages every group except for white, Christian, heterosexual males to regard themselves as oppressed. The more oppressed women, gay people, black people, etc., see themselves, the more they are alienated from America and its values, and the more they gravitate left.
In light of this, I came up with a riddle:
Q: What do you call a happy black person?
A: A Republican.
Without an exception I can recall, over the course of decades, I have guessed the political affiliation of every black caller to my radio show within a minute of talking to them.
If they sounded happy, I knew they were a Republican; if they were angry, I knew they were a Democrat. This has held true for male and female callers.
America has been a great country because it was built on the belief that we must all fight against our natures (and fight for our country).
It is difficult to overstate the damage the left is doing to this country by abandoning the fundamental Judeo-Christian teaching that we must fight our natures in order to lead a more decent and happy life and replacing it with the belief that we must battle America instead.
This replacement inevitably leads to a population of unhappy, ungrateful and mean-spirited human beings — precisely the type of individuals you see rioting and looting, the type of elected officials who do nothing to stop rioters and looters, the columnists and academics who devote their lives to spewing hate-filled lies about America and the Twitter mobs who comprise the toxic cancel culture.
It will lead to what the left acknowledges it seeks: the end of America as we have known it.
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westernjournal--2020-09-10--Atlantic Hit Piece on Trump Totally Shredded by 1 Moment Between Trump and Marine

The leftist media scrounges for any opportunity to assassinate the character of President Donald Trump .
And having a multitude of “ anonymous sources ” consistently confirming their anti-Trump bias makes for some suspiciously convenient ammo .
On Sept. 3 , The Atlantic published the supposed testimonies of multiple Trump insiders who allege the president called slain American soldiers “ losers ” and “ suckers ” and that he wouldn ’ t visit a memorial honoring them because of his hair .
Does this look like a president who calls our soldiers “ losers ” ?
TRENDING : Police Officer @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Arrest Assault Suspect In 2017 , ABC News reported that Trump “ retriev [ ed ] a Marine ’ s hat that was blown off the service member ’ s head as he guard [ ed ] Marine One at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland , where the president arrived … on Air Force One after attending the G-20 summit in Germany.
” Not only did Trump chase down his hat ; he attempted to do so twice .
This is not the behavior of someone who lacks respect for our military service @ @ @ @ @ @ @ clear to us what kind of evidence outweighs the respect and honor we see Trump display for the marine : “ These sources , and others quoted in this article , spoke on condition of anonymity.
” Mind you , these are the only sources The Atlantic used for the entire basis of the article ’ s headlining allegation .
The White House had canceled a visit to the Aisne-Marne American Cemetery in 2018 — a memorial located in France dedicated to American soldiers who died fighting in Belleau Wood and the Marne @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that it was due to the hazardous weather conditions they couldn ’ t fly and that the Secret Service advised them not to drive .
But thanks to The Atlantic ’ s four anonymous sources who had “ firsthand knowledge of the discussion that day , ” we now know the truth : RELATED : A Planned Hit ?
Dem Veterans Group Airs Ad Less Than 1 Day After Trump Accused of Insulting Military “ Trump rejected the idea of the visit because he feared his hair would become disheveled in the rain @ @ @ @ @ @ @ it important to honor American war dead.
” Some of these anons were allegedly Trump ’ s own senior staff members , claiming the president asked , “ Why should I go to that cemetery ?
It ’ s filled with losers.
” They claim he also “ referred to the more than 1,800 marines who lost their lives at Belleau Wood as ‘ suckers ’ for getting killed.
” Without any further verification , we ’ re supposed to take the accusations of these faceless anons as gospel ?
The Atlantic ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , but the notion that the president has no honor or respect for the military is obliterated by his countless actions proving otherwise .
Trump also responded last Friday on Twitter to these nonsensical critiques against him : Others came to Trump ’ s defense , including high-ranking officials .
I ’ d like to ask The Atlantic : Why are you using your magazine to tarnish the character of a man — particularly the president — based solely on anonymous sources ?
Even in the face of all the counter-evidence of his @ @ @ @ @ @ @ claim to “ know great storytelling is part of great journalism .
But honest reporting and analysis , and the integrity they represent , are what matter most to us , even if their pursuit requires giving up on an alluring narrative.
” The monstrous caricature of Trump continually painted by the establishment media — and particularly The Atlantic — contradicts the president we see with our own eyes and ears , who loves and serves America and does nothing but honor and respect those who protect it .
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The leftist media scrounges for any opportunity to assassinate the character of President Donald Trump. And having a multitude of “anonymous sources” consistently confirming their anti-Trump bias makes for some suspiciously convenient ammo.
On Sept. 3, The Atlantic published the supposed testimonies of multiple Trump insiders who allege the president called slain American soldiers “losers” and “suckers” and that he wouldn’t visit a memorial honoring them because of his hair.
Does this look like a president who calls our soldiers “losers”?
I love this video! pic.twitter.com/pxfccTv1mn — JT Lewis (@thejtlewis) September 8, 2020
In 2017, ABC News reported that Trump “retriev[ed] a Marine’s hat that was blown off the service member’s head as he guard[ed] Marine One at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, where the president arrived … on Air Force One after attending the G-20 summit in Germany.”
Not only did Trump chase down his hat; he attempted to do so twice. This is not the behavior of someone who lacks respect for our military service members.
But the magazine made it clear to us what kind of evidence outweighs the respect and honor we see Trump display for the marine:
“These sources, and others quoted in this article, spoke on condition of anonymity.”
Mind you, these are the only sources The Atlantic used for the entire basis of the article’s headlining allegation.
The White House had canceled a visit to the Aisne-Marne American Cemetery in 2018 — a memorial located in France dedicated to American soldiers who died fighting in Belleau Wood and the Marne Valley during World War I.
Trump tweeted that it was due to the hazardous weather conditions they couldn’t fly and that the Secret Service advised them not to drive.
By the way, when the helicopter couldn’t fly to the first cemetery in France because of almost zero visibility, I suggested driving. Secret Service said NO, too far from airport & big Paris shutdown. Speech next day at American Cemetery in pouring rain! Little reported-Fake News! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 13, 2018
But thanks to The Atlantic’s four anonymous sources who had “firsthand knowledge of the discussion that day,” we now know the truth:
“Trump rejected the idea of the visit because he feared his hair would become disheveled in the rain, and because he did not believe it important to honor American war dead.”
Some of these anons were allegedly Trump’s own senior staff members, claiming the president asked, “Why should I go to that cemetery? It’s filled with losers.”
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They claim he also “referred to the more than 1,800 marines who lost their lives at Belleau Wood as ‘suckers’ for getting killed.”
Without any further verification, we’re supposed to take the accusations of these faceless anons as gospel?
The Atlantic’s hit piece is not only baseless, but the notion that the president has no honor or respect for the military is obliterated by his countless actions proving otherwise.
Trump also responded last Friday on Twitter to these nonsensical critiques against him:
….John a loser and swear on whatever, or whoever, I was asked to swear on, that I never called our great fallen soldiers anything other than HEROES. This is more made up Fake News given by disgusting & jealous failures in a disgraceful attempt to influence the 2020 Election! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 4, 2020
Others came to Trump’s defense, including high-ranking officials.
I’d like to ask The Atlantic: Why are you using your magazine to tarnish the character of a man — particularly the president — based solely on anonymous sources? Even in the face of all the counter-evidence of his very own words and actions?
You claim to “know great storytelling is part of great journalism. But honest reporting and analysis, and the integrity they represent, are what matter most to us, even if their pursuit requires giving up on an alluring narrative.”
Have you forgotten?
The monstrous caricature of Trump continually painted by the establishment media — and particularly The Atlantic — contradicts the president we see with our own eyes and ears, who loves and serves America and does nothing but honor and respect those who protect it.
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