westernjournal--2020-12-29--Report: Apple Supplier Using Forced Chinese Labor To Produce iPhone Screens

A top supplier for Apple has been accused of using forced Muslim labor to manufacture screens for the iPhone , according to a report from a tech industry watchdog group .
The Washington Post reported that documents obtained by the Tech Transparency Project show Lens Technology , the longtime Apple supplier , uses Uighur workers transferred from labor camps in the Xinjiang region of western China in its factories .
The Chinese government is believed to be housing more than 1 million Uighurs in the Xinjiang region , which borders Afghanistan and Pakistan .
Some Uighurs are forced to live @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that supply electronics equipment and cotton goods .
Chinese government authorities have also allegedly shipped Uighurs outside of the Xinjiang region to work in factories elsewhere in China .
Lens Technology is one of the longest standing suppliers for Apple ’ s iPhone .
The company is also a supplier for electric car maker Tesla and Amazon , whose founder , Jeff Bezos , owns The Washington Post .
Lens Technology is the fifth Apple supplier to be identified as relying on forced Uighur labor .
According to a report in March from @ @ @ @ @ @ @ companies that supply Apple with its AirPods and OLED screens rely on forced labor .
The think tank estimates that more than 80,000 Uighurs were transferred between 2017 and 2019 to work in factories outside the Xinjian region .
“ Our research shows that Apple ’ s use of forced labor in its supply chain goes far beyond what the company has acknowledged , ” Katie Paul , the director of the Tech Transparency Project , told The Washington Post .
Josh Rosenstock , a spokesman for Apple , said that the company @ @ @ @ @ @ @ supply chain to ensure that its products aren ’ t derived from forced labor .
“ Apple has zero tolerance for forced labor , ” Rosenstock told The Post .
“ Looking for the presence of forced labor is part of every supplier assessment we conduct , including surprise audits.
” “ Any violation of our policies has immediate consequences , including possible business termination .
As always , our focus is on making sure everyone is treated with dignity and respect , and we will continue doing all we can to protect @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Rosenstock added .
RELATED : Age 6 Boy Racks Up Astronomical Debt on Mom 's Credit Card While Playing Video Games While Apple claims to oppose forced labor , the company is reportedly lobbying lawmakers in Washington to soften language in a bill aimed at preventing U.S. companies from relying on forced labor from China in its product supply chain .
Lobbying disclosure records filed with Congress show that Apple hired Fierce Government Relations to lobby lawmakers on the Uighur Labor Prevention Act .
Apple paid $ 90,000 to Fierce in the third @ @ @ @ @ @ @ lobbying disclosure reports .
The Post reported last month that two congressional staffers said that lobbyists for Fierce oppose language in the bill in its current form .
The bill has heavy bipartisan support .
It passed the House by a vote of 403-6 in September .
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A top supplier for Apple has been accused of using forced Muslim labor to manufacture screens for the iPhone, according to a report from a tech industry watchdog group.
The Washington Post reported that documents obtained by the Tech Transparency Project show Lens Technology, the longtime Apple supplier, uses Uighur workers transferred from labor camps in the Xinjiang region of western China in its factories.
The Chinese government is believed to be housing more than 1 million Uighurs in the Xinjiang region, which borders Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Some Uighurs are forced to live in indoctrination camps and work for companies that supply electronics equipment and cotton goods.
Chinese government authorities have also allegedly shipped Uighurs outside of the Xinjiang region to work in factories elsewhere in China.
Lens Technology is one of the longest standing suppliers for Apple’s iPhone. The company is also a supplier for electric car maker Tesla and Amazon, whose founder, Jeff Bezos, owns The Washington Post.
Lens Technology is the fifth Apple supplier to be identified as relying on forced Uighur labor.
According to a report in March from the Australian Strategic Policy Institute, Chinese companies that supply Apple with its AirPods and OLED screens rely on forced labor.
The think tank estimates that more than 80,000 Uighurs were transferred between 2017 and 2019 to work in factories outside the Xinjian region.
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“Our research shows that Apple’s use of forced labor in its supply chain goes far beyond what the company has acknowledged,” Katie Paul, the director of the Tech Transparency Project, told The Washington Post.
Josh Rosenstock, a spokesman for Apple, said that the company conducts rigorous audits of companies in its supply chain to ensure that its products aren’t derived from forced labor.
“Apple has zero tolerance for forced labor,” Rosenstock told The Post.
“Looking for the presence of forced labor is part of every supplier assessment we conduct, including surprise audits.”
“Any violation of our policies has immediate consequences, including possible business termination. As always, our focus is on making sure everyone is treated with dignity and respect, and we will continue doing all we can to protect workers in our supply chain,” Rosenstock added.
While Apple claims to oppose forced labor, the company is reportedly lobbying lawmakers in Washington to soften language in a bill aimed at preventing U.S. companies from relying on forced labor from China in its product supply chain.
Lobbying disclosure records filed with Congress show that Apple hired Fierce Government Relations to lobby lawmakers on the Uighur Labor Prevention Act.
Apple paid $90,000 to Fierce in the third quarter of this year, according to lobbying disclosure reports.
The Post reported last month that two congressional staffers said that lobbyists for Fierce oppose language in the bill in its current form.
The bill has heavy bipartisan support. It passed the House by a vote of 403-6 in September.
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westernjournal--2020-12-29--Kamala Recalls Celebrating Kwanzaa as a Child But Twitter Notes It ‘Didn’t Exist When She Was Born’

Debate ensued on social media after presumptive Vice President-elect Kamala Harris posted a video about celebrating Kwanzaa as a child .
Some have viewed the clip as pandering , and others are wondering if it was even possible for Harris to observe the holiday , which was created in 1966 , just two years after she was born .
Kwanzaa was founded by activist Maulana Karenga in California amid the Black Power movement , and centers around seven principles : “ self-determination ( kujichagulia ) , collective work and responsibility ( ujima ) , cooperative economics ( ujamaa ) , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ kuumba ) , and faith ( imani ) , ” according to National Geographic .
It did not become popular among black families , though , until the late 1970s and early 80s .
“ My sister and I , we grew up celebrating Kwanzaa .
Every year , our family and our extended family , we would gather around across multiple generations and we ’ d tell stories , ” Harris said in the video posted to Twitter .
Many were quickly suspicious of the timeline of events .
“ Somehow I @ @ @ @ @ @ @ has a deep childhood attachment to a holiday that didn ’ t exist when she was born , ” The Daily Wire ’ s Matt Walsh tweeted .
RELATED : Harris Receives COVID-19 Vaccine After Suggesting She Would Not on Trump 's Watch However , Washington Examiner reporter Jerry Dunleavy noted that she very well could have celebrated Kwanzaa , considering her parents used to be left-wing activists at the University of California at Berkeley .
“ Folks , Kamala Harris ’ s parents met in a radical leftist activist study group on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 1960s — the only surprising thing would be if Kamala *didn ’ t* celebrate Kwanzaa as a kid , ” Dunleavy tweeted .
Harris may very well have celebrated Kwanzaa as a child , and as Dunleavy noted , it may even be likely .
Still , considering Harris ’ past history of pandering , it ’ s hard to see the video as anything more than that .
“ Jill and I send our heartfelt wishes to everyone celebrating Kwanzaa .
We hope these days of reflection on the seven principles and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ peace , unity , and joy , ” he tweeted Saturday .
The popularity of Kwanzaa appears to have declined in recent years , National Geographic reported last week , with some attributing this to the fact that black Americans have other avenues by which they can connect to their heritage .
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Debate ensued on social media after presumptive Vice President-elect Kamala Harris posted a video about celebrating Kwanzaa as a child.
Some have viewed the clip as pandering, and others are wondering if it was even possible for Harris to observe the holiday, which was created in 1966, just two years after she was born.
Kwanzaa was founded by activist Maulana Karenga in California amid the Black Power movement, and centers around seven principles: “self-determination (kujichagulia), collective work and responsibility (ujima), cooperative economics (ujamaa), purpose (nia), creativity (kuumba), and faith (imani),” according to National Geographic.
It did not become popular among black families, though, until the late 1970s and early 80s.
“My sister and I, we grew up celebrating Kwanzaa. Every year, our family and our extended family, we would gather around across multiple generations and we’d tell stories,” Harris said in the video posted to Twitter.
Our Kwanzaa celebrations are one of my favorite childhood memories. The whole family would gather around across multiple generations and we’d tell stories and light the candles. Whether you’re celebrating this year with those you live with or over Zoom, happy Kwanzaa! pic.twitter.com/21bzGHZpYe — Kamala Harris (@KamalaHarris) December 26, 2020
Many were quickly suspicious of the timeline of events.
“Somehow I find it hard to believe that she has a deep childhood attachment to a holiday that didn’t exist when she was born,” The Daily Wire’s Matt Walsh tweeted.
Somehow I find it hard to believe that she has a deep childhood attachment to a holiday that didn’t exist when she was born https://t.co/037S09KqxP — Matt Walsh (@MattWalshBlog) December 27, 2020
You didn’t celebrate Kwanzaa stop the cap — Olivia Rondeau (@rondeaulivia) December 27, 2020
Did she really say “the elders” while discussing an observance that was created in 1966? — Chad Prather (@WatchChad) December 27, 2020
Kwanzaa started in this country in LA CA in 1966 (by Ron Karenga & the US organization) Considering timelines What generations of your family were celebrated Kwanzaa when you grew up? Or is this more of listening to then 9 yr old Tupac & Snoop Dog when you were in the dorms? — JudgeJoeBrown (@JudgeJoeBrownTV) December 27, 2020
However, Washington Examiner reporter Jerry Dunleavy noted that she very well could have celebrated Kwanzaa, considering her parents used to be left-wing activists at the University of California at Berkeley.
“Folks, Kamala Harris’s parents met in a radical leftist activist study group on Berkeley’s campus in the early 1960s — the only surprising thing would be if Kamala *didn’t* celebrate Kwanzaa as a kid,” Dunleavy tweeted.
Harris may very well have celebrated Kwanzaa as a child, and as Dunleavy noted, it may even be likely.
Still, considering Harris’ past history of pandering, it’s hard to see the video as anything more than that.
Presumptive President-elect Joe Biden, meanwhile, also released a statement wishing people a happy Kwanzaa.
“Jill and I send our heartfelt wishes to everyone celebrating Kwanzaa. We hope these days of reflection on the seven principles and the rich heritage of African-American culture bring peace, unity, and joy,” he tweeted Saturday.
Jill and I send our heartfelt wishes to everyone celebrating Kwanzaa. We hope these days of reflection on the seven principles and the rich heritage of African-American culture bring peace, unity, and joy. — Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) December 26, 2020
The popularity of Kwanzaa appears to have declined in recent years, National Geographic reported last week, with some attributing this to the fact that black Americans have other avenues by which they can connect to their heritage.
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westernjournal--2020-12-29--Professor Gets Just 12 Years After Caught with Dismembered Arms of His Student-Lover

A professor who has admitted murdering his lover before dismembering her has been sentenced to 12 years in prison .
Oleg Sokolov , 64 , was a history professor at Russia ’ s St. Petersburg State University , when he was found in November 2019 trying to dispose of the severed arms of his former 24-year-old girlfriend Anastasia Yeshchenko , according to the New York Post .
“ He shot her , then tried to strangle her , but she continued showing signs of life so he shot her again , ” Judge Yulia Maksimenko said according to the Post @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a rifle before cutting up her body with a knife and saw .
He was then accused of partying with friends .
“ His friends visited him , they all drank cognac , ” the court was told .
When the party ended , he continued his work on Yeshchenko ’ s body .
The woman ’ s severed head was later found in his apartment .
During the trial , the judge said that when Sokolov tried to dispose of Yeshchenko ’ s arms , his scheme went awry .
The arms @ @ @ @ @ @ @ enter the water .
He could not get out of the river due to the cold and that is why he was caught , according to Reuters .
Sokolov did not deny the crime and asked the court to throw the book at him .
He said he was driven to “ a state of complete insanity ” after Yeshchenko made remarks about his children from another relationship .
“ I understand that I committed an horrific thing and deserve the strictest penalty possible , ” he said in a written confession reported @ @ @ @ @ @ @ said his academic career was “ crossed out in a few seconds ” by his crime .
“ I don ’ t care what is said about me .
It doesn ’ t matter , ” he wrote .
“ I killed her and myself too .
I do not exist .
My cherished memory of Anastasia is the most important thing for me now.
” RELATED : DOJ Concludes No Charges Will Be Filed in Infamous Police Shooting of Tamir Rice “ We were supposed to get married and were planning the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ In over five years [ dating ] I had not raised my hand to her .
Even scandals between us were rare.
” The maximum penalty for the crime was 15 years .
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A professor who has admitted murdering his lover before dismembering her has been sentenced to 12 years in prison.
Oleg Sokolov, 64, was a history professor at Russia’s St. Petersburg State University, when he was found in November 2019 trying to dispose of the severed arms of his former 24-year-old girlfriend Anastasia Yeshchenko, according to the New York Post.
#NSTworld A court in Saint Petersburg on Friday sentenced a Russian historian and Napoleon enthusiast to 12-and-a-half-years in jail for murdering and dismembering his young student lover last year.https://t.co/AcHpRfXfQf#OlegSokolov #AnastasiaYeshchenko — New Straits Times (@NST_Online) December 26, 2020
“He shot her, then tried to strangle her, but she continued showing signs of life so he shot her again,” Judge Yulia Maksimenko said according to the Post.
Sokolov shot Yeshchenko four times with a rifle before cutting up her body with a knife and saw.
He was then accused of partying with friends.
“His friends visited him, they all drank cognac,” the court was told.
When the party ended, he continued his work on Yeshchenko’s body. The woman’s severed head was later found in his apartment.
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During the trial, the judge said that when Sokolov tried to dispose of Yeshchenko’s arms, his scheme went awry. The arms did not sink, leading Sokolov to enter the water. He could not get out of the river due to the cold and that is why he was caught, according to Reuters.
Sokolov did not deny the crime and asked the court to throw the book at him. He said he was driven to “a state of complete insanity” after Yeshchenko made remarks about his children from another relationship.
“I understand that I committed an horrific thing and deserve the strictest penalty possible,” he said in a written confession reported by the UK Daily Mail.
He said his academic career was “crossed out in a few seconds” by his crime.
“I don’t care what is said about me. It doesn’t matter,” he wrote. “I killed her and myself too. I do not exist. My cherished memory of Anastasia is the most important thing for me now.”
“We were supposed to get married and were planning the wedding,” he added. “In over five years [dating] I had not raised my hand to her. Even scandals between us were rare.”
(12 yrs sounds short!) Napoleon scholar Oleg Sokolov sentenced to 12 years’ jail for dismembering Russian student https://t.co/FxcbpjArJJ — Glenda McIntyre (@GlendaM47545442) December 26, 2020
The maximum penalty for the crime was 15 years.
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westernjournal--2020-12-29--California Court Ruling: Sex Offenders Can Be Released Early

Incarcerated , non-violent California sex offenders are eligible to apply for early release following a court verdict on a ballot initiative that two-thirds of voters in the state approved in 2016 .
Former Democratic Gov .
Jerry Brown spearheaded the measure four years ago .
Brown , however , did not intend to allow those convicted of sex crimes to participate in the release program , according to KTTV-TV .
“ But lower courts ruled that the plain language of the initiative means they can not be excluded from consideration as nonviolent offenders , and the high court agreed , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Supreme Court ruled unanimously on Monday that non-violent sex offenders were eligible to request liberation from corrections facilities .
“ The initiative ’ s language provides no indication that the voters intended to allow the ( Corrections ) Department to create a wholesale exclusion from parole consideration based on an inmate ’ s sex offense convictions when the inmate was convicted of a nonviolent felony , ” Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye wrote , according to KTTV .
The court ’ s ruling allows at least 4,400 non-violent sex offenders to seek early release @ @ @ @ @ @ @ state records .
Violent sex criminals like child rapists are still forbidden from utilizing the program .
“ I hate to say I told you so , ” Ventura County District Attorney Greg Totten said of the court ’ s decision , according to the local outlet .
“ This is something we warned the proponents about .
They largely dismissed it as posturing.
” Totten added that many of the offenders who can be released under the ballot measure are “ very dangerous , exceedingly dangerous , ” he told KTTV .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ in who is freed in the proposal .
However , authorities can not exclude “ even the mere possibility of parole to an entire category ” of convicts , the court ruling said , according to KTTV .
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Incarcerated, non-violent California sex offenders are eligible to apply for early release following a court verdict on a ballot initiative that two-thirds of voters in the state approved in 2016.
Former Democratic Gov. Jerry Brown spearheaded the measure four years ago.
Brown, however, did not intend to allow those convicted of sex crimes to participate in the release program, according to KTTV-TV.
“But lower courts ruled that the plain language of the initiative means they cannot be excluded from consideration as nonviolent offenders, and the high court agreed,” the outlet reported.
The California Supreme Court ruled unanimously on Monday that non-violent sex offenders were eligible to request liberation from corrections facilities.
Non-violent offenders include people sentenced for child pornography, incest, indecent exposure and pimping.
“The initiative’s language provides no indication that the voters intended to allow the (Corrections) Department to create a wholesale exclusion from parole consideration based on an inmate’s sex offense convictions when the inmate was convicted of a nonviolent felony,” Chief Justice Tani Cantil-Sakauye wrote, according to KTTV.
The California Supreme Court ruled unanimously Monday that inmates convicted of nonviolent sex crimes cannot be denied a chance at early parole consideration under a ballot measure approved by nearly two-thirds of voters four years ago.https://t.co/w0KVRSGiX9 — BakersfieldNow (@bakersfieldnow) December 28, 2020
The court’s ruling allows at least 4,400 non-violent sex offenders to seek early release, the local outlet reported, citing state records.
Violent sex criminals like child rapists are still forbidden from utilizing the program.
“I hate to say I told you so,” Ventura County District Attorney Greg Totten said of the court’s decision, according to the local outlet.
“This is something we warned the proponents about. They largely dismissed it as posturing.”
Totten added that many of the offenders who can be released under the ballot measure are “very dangerous, exceedingly dangerous,” he told KTTV.
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Parole organizations still have the final say in who is freed in the proposal.
However, authorities can not exclude “even the mere possibility of parole to an entire category” of convicts, the court ruling said, according to KTTV.
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westernjournal--2020-12-29--Judge Who Is Stacey Abrams’ Sister Allows 4,000 Voters To Cast Ballots Despite Residency Questions

A federal judge ordered local election officials in Georgia to allow voting by more than 4,000 people whose eligibility was being challenged ahead of next week ’ s runoff elections for the U.S. Senate .
U.S. District Judge Leslie Abrams Gardner — the sister of failed Democratic gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams — blocked election boards in Ben Hill County and Muscogee County , which includes Columbus , from forcing large numbers of voters to prove their residency before casting ballots in the runoffs .
The judge ruled that denying so many voters access to the ballot so close to an @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Registration Act .
Republican Sens .
David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler both face runoff elections next Tuesday .
If both lose to Democratic challengers Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock , Democrats will take control of the Senate .
Challenges against roughly 4,000 voters in Muscogee County and more than 150 voters in Ben Hill County were part of an effort by the Texas-based conservative group True The Vote to coordinate challenges statewide under a Georgia law that allows any registered voter to challenge the eligibility of any other voter within the same county @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that it was bringing challenges in each of Georgia ’ s 159 counties against more than 364,000 voters whose residency was being questioned based on change of address data obtained from the U.S .
Postal Service .
It ’ s up to local election boards to determine whether the challenges have merit .
Several , including in Fulton and Cobb counties in metro Atlanta , have rejected them .
Because election officials in Muscogee and Ben Hill counties had determined the challenges had probable cause , anyone on the challenged list attempting to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ their eligibility — as would anyone challenged who mailed an absentee ballot .
The judge ’ s order blocks the counties from impeding voting by anyone who was challenged , saying federal law prohibits “ systemic ” removal of voters from the rolls within 90 days of an election .
Attorneys for the county election boards had asked Gardner to recuse herself in the case .
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A federal judge ordered local election officials in Georgia to allow voting by more than 4,000 people whose eligibility was being challenged ahead of next week’s runoff elections for the U.S. Senate.
U.S. District Judge Leslie Abrams Gardner — the sister of failed Democratic gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams — blocked election boards in Ben Hill County and Muscogee County, which includes Columbus, from forcing large numbers of voters to prove their residency before casting ballots in the runoffs.
The judge ruled that denying so many voters access to the ballot so close to an election would likely violate the National Voter Registration Act.
Republican Sens. David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler both face runoff elections next Tuesday.
If both lose to Democratic challengers Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock, Democrats will take control of the Senate.
Challenges against roughly 4,000 voters in Muscogee County and more than 150 voters in Ben Hill County were part of an effort by the Texas-based conservative group True The Vote to coordinate challenges statewide under a Georgia law that allows any registered voter to challenge the eligibility of any other voter within the same county.
The group said on Dec. 18 that it was bringing challenges in each of Georgia’s 159 counties against more than 364,000 voters whose residency was being questioned based on change of address data obtained from the U.S. Postal Service.
It’s up to local election boards to determine whether the challenges have merit.
Several, including in Fulton and Cobb counties in metro Atlanta, have rejected them.
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Because election officials in Muscogee and Ben Hill counties had determined the challenges had probable cause, anyone on the challenged list attempting to vote would have been required to prove their eligibility — as would anyone challenged who mailed an absentee ballot.
The judge’s order blocks the counties from impeding voting by anyone who was challenged, saying federal law prohibits “systemic” removal of voters from the rolls within 90 days of an election.
#Georgia .@FoxNews Judge Leslie Abrams Gardner, who was appointed by former President Barack Obama, reviewed the request for recusal and said she found no reason for doing so. Except nepotism is generally frowned upon.https://t.co/oWMqJRigt5 — PublicInterestLegal (@PILFoundation) December 29, 2020
Attorneys for the county election boards had asked Gardner to recuse herself in the case.
The judge is the sister of Stacey Abrams, Georgia’s Democratic nominee for governor in 2018 and founder of the voting rights group Fair Fight.
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westernjournal--2020-12-29--Seattle Councilwoman Called Cops She Tried To Defund Over Crime She’s Effectively Legalizing

Lisa Herbold is a Seattle city councilmember .
Like many politicians in her corner of the world , she has ways she would like to defund the police and make life easier for those charged with minor offenses .
Unfortunately , it means she could very well be granting de facto legalization to the very crime that spurred her to call the same police department she tried to defund .
On Dec. 11 , Herbold called 911 to report a rock thrown at a window at her West Seattle home , according to KTTH-AM radio host Jason Rantz .
The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Rantz wrote that he ’ d confirmed the incident took place at Herbold ’ s home and that the report stated she said “ she was on the west side of the living room near the kitchen when she heard a loud noise that sounded like a gunshot and dove into the kitchen for cover.
” According to Rantz , the report stated that she told police that “ her staff has received anonymous phone threats recently , but nothing in particular that links the threats to today ’ s incident.
” A @ @ @ @ @ @ @ described as a clean-shaven white man in a black hoodie with jeans who was “ unathletic and a bad runner , ” Rantz reported .
“ The witnesses said he would recognize the suspect if he saw him again , but declined the officer ’ s business card to contact him in the future , ” Rantz wrote .
On a related note , Rantz hasn ’ t been a fan of one of Herbold ’ s recent proposals — a so-called “ poverty defense ” that would end in dismissals for individuals @ @ @ @ @ @ @ need .
“ Under Herbold ’ s proposal , most misdemeanor suspects would get a pass for crimes committed to meet a basic need .
It ’ s essentially a poverty defense .
But it goes deeper than that , ” he wrote .
In a Dec. 15 piece , he called her “ an ideologue experimenting on Seattle with a new policy that would codify Seattle ’ s lawlessness into its criminal code .
If passed , it would offer affirmative defenses for nearly all misdemeanor crimes if they were committed to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s referred to as a ‘ poverty defense . '
” “ If you ’ re poor or homeless , you could effectively get away with stealing from just about anyone or any business in Seattle , ” Rantz wrote .
“ Just say you ’ re poor and needed to steal that bike or car stereo so you can sell it for money to buy food .
“ Of course , the likelihood is that these crimes are driven by addiction that city leadership won ’ t treat .
So they ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ or alcohol .
But Herbold thought of that : The addict also gets a pass .
You merely need to show ‘ symptoms ’ of addiction and it ’ s your legal pass.
” According to KOMO-TV , the council took no action on the proposal put forth by Herbold earlier this month , but will debate it in January .
“ It ’ s giving people an opportunity to tell their stories and giving judges and juries the opportunity to hear those stories and make a decision based on the values of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s Public Safety Committee in a Dec. 8 presentation .
In an irony that seems appropriate for Seattle , Herbold is actually chairwoman of the city council ’ s Public Safety Committee .
However , it ’ s worth noting that Herbold ’ s proposal is based on a draft by public defenders that includes another way for individuals to escape misdemeanor charges — one that would all but eliminate any way to hold the person that threw a rock at Herbold ’ s window accountable .
As Rantz pointed out when @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to the police , the draft legislation would also extend the same protections to those who were “ experiencing symptoms of a behavioral health disorder ” when they committed the crime .
Here ’ s how the state of Washington defines that basic concept : “ ‘ Mental disorder ’ means any organic , mental , or emotional impairment which has substantial adverse effects on a person ’ s cognitive or volitional function.
” The public safety adviser to former Seattle Mayor Ed Murray , Scott Lindsay , noted in a white paper @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for a prosecutor to disprove a defendant ’ s claim that they are experiencing symptoms of a mental disorder.
” “ The standard to satisfy either of the two ‘ symptoms of behavioral health disorder ’ defenses is so low , it is euphemistic to call them defenses .
For all practical purposes , this legislation would provide blanket immunity from misdemeanor prosecution for virtually all non-DUI/DV defendants , ” he wrote , referring to driving under the influence and domestic violence cases .
“ Any credible claim of anxiety , depression , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ defendant un-prosecutable for the vast majority of crimes in the Seattle Municipal Code , no matter how many times the defendant had committed the crime or how egregious the circumstances.
” Lindsay has been an outspoken critic of the proposed law , calling it a “ green light for crime.
” “ If you are engaged in 100 different misdemeanors that are in our criminal justice system code , you are not going to be held liable , ” Lindsay said , according to KOMO .
“ You are not going to be @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Dec. 11 incident at Herbold ’ s home one of the cases that Herbold ’ s proposal would simply write off ?
“ We don ’ t know the motives of the suspect .
On the surface , this seems targeted .
Was the man experiencing temporary anxiety or depression over the future of this city thanks to Herbold ’ s shoddy leadership ?
If her proposal was currently the law , prosecutors wouldn ’ t have a case against him , ” Rantz wrote .
“ Herbold wants a criminal investigation into @ @ @ @ @ @ @ broke the law and should be punished .
But in Seattle , thanks to councilmembers like Herbold , we don ’ t punish criminals .
We have an aversion to putting people in jail who are threats to society .
Usually , the councilmembers aren ’ t victims themselves .
They just create the victims with their permissive policies.
” And there are plenty of victims to go around in Seattle , which has seen record-setting homicides in 2020 , according to KING-TV , and a spike in crime of over 500 percent @ @ @ @ @ @ @ zone this summer , according to Fox News .
Now , Herbold ’ s proposed law could all but make misdemeanor charges mostly irrelevant — which is no small matter .
“ Enforcement of Seattle ’ s misdemeanor laws is the bulk of the work performed by the Seattle Police Department and non-DUI/DV misdemeanors represent almost half of all the criminal activity interdicted by officers every year , ” Lindsay wrote in his white paper .
“ In 2019 , Seattle Police made an arrest or requested charges against a suspect in approximately @ @ @ @ @ @ @ City Attorney filed charges in 5,421 non-DUI/DV cases in Seattle Municipal Court in 2019.
” Oh , and as former U.S .
Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley pointed out in a Twitter post , this all comes as Seattle is defunding its police department : In November , the Seattle City Council approved a budget that slashed the police department ’ s budget by 18 percent , according to Westside Seattle , a local news website .
That was bad , but not nearly as bad as defunding the department by @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in July , according to KING .
In a statement to Fox News , Herbold insisted this interpretation of her proposal was a misunderstanding .
“ There are no crimes that I am ‘ effectively pushing to make legal , ” the statement said , according to Fox .
That ’ s a semantic argument .
If there ’ s a quite literal get-out-of-jail-free card sitting on the table for criminal defendants to use , their crimes have been effectively legalized .
Anita Khandelwal , King County ’ s director of the Department @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ jurors are going to be able to understand when someone is trying to meet an immediate need and when they are not , ” at least when it comes to the poverty defense .
That ’ s debatable , but what about the mental disorder defense ?
Or the substance abuse disorder defense ?
What isn ’ t debatable is that it ’ ll be a lot harder to track down , prosecute and convict the man who threw a rock at Herbold ’ s window if Herbold has her way , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Talk about hypocrisy .
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Lisa Herbold is a Seattle city councilmember. Like many politicians in her corner of the world, she has ways she would like to defund the police and make life easier for those charged with minor offenses.
Unfortunately, it means she could very well be granting de facto legalization to the very crime that spurred her to call the same police department she tried to defund.
On Dec. 11, Herbold called 911 to report a rock thrown at a window at her West Seattle home, according to KTTH-AM radio host Jason Rantz.
The police report was eventually redacted, but Rantz wrote that he’d confirmed the incident took place at Herbold’s home and that the report stated she said “she was on the west side of the living room near the kitchen when she heard a loud noise that sounded like a gunshot and dove into the kitchen for cover.”
According to Rantz, the report stated that she told police that “her staff has received anonymous phone threats recently, but nothing in particular that links the threats to today’s incident.”
A neighbor saw the suspect, who was described as a clean-shaven white man in a black hoodie with jeans who was “unathletic and a bad runner,” Rantz reported.
“The witnesses said he would recognize the suspect if he saw him again, but declined the officer’s business card to contact him in the future,” Rantz wrote.
On a related note, Rantz hasn’t been a fan of one of Herbold’s recent proposals — a so-called “poverty defense” that would end in dismissals for individuals who committed misdemeanors out of reasons of need.
“Under Herbold’s proposal, most misdemeanor suspects would get a pass for crimes committed to meet a basic need. It’s essentially a poverty defense. But it goes deeper than that,” he wrote.
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In a Dec. 15 piece, he called her “an ideologue experimenting on Seattle with a new policy that would codify Seattle’s lawlessness into its criminal code. If passed, it would offer affirmative defenses for nearly all misdemeanor crimes if they were committed to meet a basic need. It’s referred to as a ‘poverty defense.'”
“If you’re poor or homeless, you could effectively get away with stealing from just about anyone or any business in Seattle,” Rantz wrote. “Just say you’re poor and needed to steal that bike or car stereo so you can sell it for money to buy food.
“Of course, the likelihood is that these crimes are driven by addiction that city leadership won’t treat. So they’ll use the cash to buy drugs or alcohol. But Herbold thought of that: The addict also gets a pass. You merely need to show ‘symptoms’ of addiction and it’s your legal pass.”
Rantz: Councilmember Lisa Herbold’s ‘poverty defense’ will destroy Seattle. It effectively legalized nearly all misdemeanor crimes if you’re homeless or experiencing symptoms of mental illness. https://t.co/fFH0EVBy0m — (((Jason Rantz))) on KTTH Radio (@jasonrantz) December 20, 2020
According to KOMO-TV, the council took no action on the proposal put forth by Herbold earlier this month, but will debate it in January.
“It’s giving people an opportunity to tell their stories and giving judges and juries the opportunity to hear those stories and make a decision based on the values of our city,” Herbold told Seattle’s Public Safety Committee in a Dec. 8 presentation.
In an irony that seems appropriate for Seattle, Herbold is actually chairwoman of the city council’s Public Safety Committee.
However, it’s worth noting that Herbold’s proposal is based on a draft by public defenders that includes another way for individuals to escape misdemeanor charges — one that would all but eliminate any way to hold the person that threw a rock at Herbold’s window accountable.
As Rantz pointed out when he reported on Herbold’s call to the police, the draft legislation would also extend the same protections to those who were “experiencing symptoms of a behavioral health disorder” when they committed the crime.
Here’s how the state of Washington defines that basic concept: “‘Mental disorder’ means any organic, mental, or emotional impairment which has substantial adverse effects on a person’s cognitive or volitional function.”
The public safety adviser to former Seattle Mayor Ed Murray, Scott Lindsay, noted in a white paper that “there is no practical way for a prosecutor to disprove a defendant’s claim that they are experiencing symptoms of a mental disorder.”
That’s a recipe for lawlessness, Lindsay wrote.
“The standard to satisfy either of the two ‘symptoms of behavioral health disorder’ defenses is so low, it is euphemistic to call them defenses. For all practical purposes, this legislation would provide blanket immunity from misdemeanor prosecution for virtually all non-DUI/DV defendants,” he wrote, referring to driving under the influence and domestic violence cases.
“Any credible claim of anxiety, depression, trauma, or addiction would make the defendant un-prosecutable for the vast majority of crimes in the Seattle Municipal Code, no matter how many times the defendant had committed the crime or how egregious the circumstances.”
Lindsay has been an outspoken critic of the proposed law, calling it a “green light for crime.”
“If you are engaged in 100 different misdemeanors that are in our criminal justice system code, you are not going to be held liable,” Lindsay said, according to KOMO. “You are not going to be held accountable.”
So, was the Dec. 11 incident at Herbold’s home one of the cases that Herbold’s proposal would simply write off?
“We don’t know the motives of the suspect. On the surface, this seems targeted. Was the man experiencing temporary anxiety or depression over the future of this city thanks to Herbold’s shoddy leadership? If her proposal was currently the law, prosecutors wouldn’t have a case against him,” Rantz wrote.
“Herbold wants a criminal investigation into this man. She should. He broke the law and should be punished. But in Seattle, thanks to councilmembers like Herbold, we don’t punish criminals. We have an aversion to putting people in jail who are threats to society. Usually, the councilmembers aren’t victims themselves. They just create the victims with their permissive policies.”
And there are plenty of victims to go around in Seattle, which has seen record-setting homicides in 2020, according to KING-TV, and a spike in crime of over 500 percent during the height of the CHAZ/CHOP lawless zone this summer, according to Fox News.
Now, Herbold’s proposed law could all but make misdemeanor charges mostly irrelevant — which is no small matter.
“Enforcement of Seattle’s misdemeanor laws is the bulk of the work performed by the Seattle Police Department and non-DUI/DV misdemeanors represent almost half of all the criminal activity interdicted by officers every year,” Lindsay wrote in his white paper.
“In 2019, Seattle Police made an arrest or requested charges against a suspect in approximately 12,000 total non-DUI/DV misdemeanor cases. The City Attorney filed charges in 5,421 non-DUI/DV cases in Seattle Municipal Court in 2019.”
Oh, and as former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley pointed out in a Twitter post, this all comes as Seattle is defunding its police department:
Seattle has approved an 18% cut to the Seattle Police Dept. Less funding in a city where murders are the highest they’ve been in more than a decade. Now Council is mulling a measure that would forgive criminal activity under the so-called “poverty defense.” @standamericanow — Nikki Haley (@NikkiHaley) December 15, 2020
In November, the Seattle City Council approved a budget that slashed the police department’s budget by 18 percent, according to Westside Seattle, a local news website. That was bad, but not nearly as bad as defunding the department by 50 percent, which Herbold voted for in July, according to KING.
In a statement to Fox News, Herbold insisted this interpretation of her proposal was a misunderstanding.
“There are no crimes that I am ‘effectively pushing to make legal,” the statement said, according to Fox.
That’s a semantic argument. If there’s a quite literal get-out-of-jail-free card sitting on the table for criminal defendants to use, their crimes have been effectively legalized.
Anita Khandelwal, King County’s director of the Department of Public Defense, told KOMO that “jurors are going to be able to understand when someone is trying to meet an immediate need and when they are not,” at least when it comes to the poverty defense.
That’s debatable, but what about the mental disorder defense? Or the substance abuse disorder defense?
What isn’t debatable is that it’ll be a lot harder to track down, prosecute and convict the man who threw a rock at Herbold’s window if Herbold has her way, no matter what his motivations were. Talk about hypocrisy.
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westernjournal--2020-12-29--Rapper Featured at Dem Event in Georgia Under Fire for Multiple Tweets Joking About Rape

A rapper who performed at a campaign event for Democratic Georgia Senate candidates Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff came under fire this week after several graphic tweets from the artist joking about rape surfaced .
BRS Kash performed at the New Birth Missionary Baptist Church in Lithonia , Georgia , and urged participants at the drive-in rally to vote in the upcoming runoff election , the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported .
Several other hip-hop artists including the daughter of rapper Lil Wayne were present at the event , according to the AJC .
WARNING : This article and the tweets in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ some readers will find offensive .
BRS Kash , whose recent song “ Throat Baby ” boasts over 20 million views on YouTube , was found to have written at least four graphic tweets that reference forcing sex on women .
“ If she say stop and u still hit it from da back is it an accident or rape lol , ” BRS Kash wrote in a January 2012 tweet .
“ Keep Talkin Dat S*** An Ima F*** Yo Throat !
, ” the rapper wrote in November of 2020 .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ Warnock and Jon Ossoff had headline their event today , ” he wrote in Tuesday tweet .
“ Will they denounce this disgusting individual ?
” Warnock faces Republican Sen. Kelly Loeffler in one Senate race , while Ossoff is running for the other seat against Republican Sen. David Perdue in the Jan. 5 runoff .
The outcome of the highly contentious race will determine which party has control of the Senate when President-elect Joe Biden takes office .
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A rapper who performed at a campaign event for Democratic Georgia Senate candidates Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff came under fire this week after several graphic tweets from the artist joking about rape surfaced.
BRS Kash performed at the New Birth Missionary Baptist Church in Lithonia, Georgia, and urged participants at the drive-in rally to vote in the upcoming runoff election, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported.
Several other hip-hop artists including the daughter of rapper Lil Wayne were present at the event, according to the AJC.
WARNING: This article and the tweets in it contain graphic language and content that some readers will find offensive.
BRS Kash, whose recent song “Throat Baby” boasts over 20 million views on YouTube, was found to have written at least four graphic tweets that reference forcing sex on women.
“If she say stop and u still hit it from da back is it an accident or rape lol,” BRS Kash wrote in a January 2012 tweet.
“Keep Talkin Dat S*** An Ima F*** Yo Throat!,” the rapper wrote in November of 2020.
National Republican Senatorial Committee spokesman Nathan Brand lambasted Georgia Democrats for including BRS Kash in a performance.
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“This is who Georgia Democrats Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff had headline their event today,” he wrote in Tuesday tweet. “Will they denounce this disgusting individual?”
This is who Georgia Democrats Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff had headline their event today. Will they denounce this disgusting individual? Will @TIAreports update her story to reflect how vile this is? Does the @ajc feel they should be elevating repulsive individuals like this? https://t.co/gcIBBZeRU3 pic.twitter.com/RU7f8C78y3 — Nathan Brand (@NathanBrandWA) December 29, 2020
Warnock faces Republican Sen. Kelly Loeffler in one Senate race, while Ossoff is running for the other seat against Republican Sen. David Perdue in the Jan. 5 runoff.
The outcome of the highly contentious race will determine which party has control of the Senate when President-elect Joe Biden takes office.
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westernjournal--2020-12-29--Fact Check: Was AT&T Awarded a Contract To Audit Dominion Voting Systems Machines?

Social media posts claim AT & T received a contract to conduct an audit of voting machines from the election technology firm Dominion Voting Systems .
AT & T did not receive a contract to audit Dominion Voting Systems machines , according to spokespeople from the two companies .
Dominion Voting Systems has been the subject of numerous conspiracy theories since the 2020 presidential election .
Some Facebook and Twitter users are now attempting to link the bombing that rocked Nashville early Christmas morning to the election technology firm ’ s voting machines .
The blast , which injured several @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , came from an RV parked near an AT & T transmission building on Second Avenue , WKRN reported .
One such Twitter account alleged , “ AT & T got a contract to do forensic audit on Dominion voting machines and those machines were being moved to Nashville this past week , ” while a Facebook user wrote in a post marked “ false ” by Facebook fact-checkers , “ AT & T was awarded a contract to audit Dominion voting machines .
Guess what building the RV was parked in front @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” There is , however , no indication AT & T got a contract to audit Dominion Voting System machines .
The Daily Caller News Foundation didn ’ t find any national or local media reports about AT & T being awarded such a contract .
Representatives from the companies have also refuted the viral claim .
RELATED : Nashville Police Release Footage from Before and After Christmas Bombing “ This is not true , ” said Jim Greer , assistant vice president of corporate communications at AT & T , in an @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and AT & T have both called on the media and the public to reject the baseless rumors circulating on social media , which suggest without evidence that there was some election-related connection to the Nashville explosion , ” a spokesperson for Dominion Voting Systems told the DCNF via email .
“ Americans should continue to seek information from verifiable , trusted sources , such as law enforcement authorities.
” Don Cochran , the U.S. attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee , identified 63-year-old Anthony Q. Warner as the lone suspected individual @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , The Tennessean reported .
Warner was “ present when the bomb went off , and he perished in the bombing , ” Cochran said , according to the outlet .
Federal , state and local law enforcement officials so far have not announced the motive behind the bombing , but there is currently no indication it was related to Dominion Voting Systems .
Nashville ’ s WSMV suggested that investigators were looking into whether Warner had paranoia about 5G , a type of mobile network that is often the subject of online @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of this article appeared on The Daily Caller News Foundation website .
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Social media posts claim AT&T received a contract to conduct an audit of voting machines from the election technology firm Dominion Voting Systems.
AT&T got a contract to do forensic audit on Dominion voting machines and those machines were being moved to Nashville this past week. — The TRUMP PAGE ?? ? (@MichaelDeLauzon) December 28, 2020
Verdict: False
AT&T did not receive a contract to audit Dominion Voting Systems machines, according to spokespeople from the two companies.
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Dominion Voting Systems has been the subject of numerous conspiracy theories since the 2020 presidential election.
Some Facebook and Twitter users are now attempting to link the bombing that rocked Nashville early Christmas morning to the election technology firm’s voting machines. The blast, which injured several people and damaged numerous downtown Nashville businesses, came from an RV parked near an AT&T transmission building on Second Avenue, WKRN reported.
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One such Twitter account alleged, “AT&T got a contract to do forensic audit on Dominion voting machines and those machines were being moved to Nashville this past week,” while a Facebook user wrote in a post marked “false” by Facebook fact-checkers, “AT&T was awarded a contract to audit Dominion voting machines. Guess what building the RV was parked in front of yesterday in Nashville … #GetReady.”
AT&T was awarded a contract to audit Dominion voting machines. Guess what building the RV was parked in front of yesterday in Nashville…
#GetReady Posted by Tyler Wood on Saturday, December 26, 2020
There is, however, no indication AT&T got a contract to audit Dominion Voting System machines. The Daily Caller News Foundation didn’t find any national or local media reports about AT&T being awarded such a contract.
Representatives from the companies have also refuted the viral claim.
“This is not true,” said Jim Greer, assistant vice president of corporate communications at AT&T, in an email to the DCNF.
“Dominion and AT&T have both called on the media and the public to reject the baseless rumors circulating on social media, which suggest without evidence that there was some election-related connection to the Nashville explosion,” a spokesperson for Dominion Voting Systems told the DCNF via email. “Americans should continue to seek information from verifiable, trusted sources, such as law enforcement authorities.”
Don Cochran, the U.S. attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee, identified 63-year-old Anthony Q. Warner as the lone suspected individual behind the Nashville bombing on Christmas morning, The Tennessean reported.
Warner was “present when the bomb went off, and he perished in the bombing,” Cochran said, according to the outlet.
Federal, state and local law enforcement officials so far have not announced the motive behind the bombing, but there is currently no indication it was related to Dominion Voting Systems.
Nashville’s WSMV suggested that investigators were looking into whether Warner had paranoia about 5G, a type of mobile network that is often the subject of online conspiracy theories and misinformation.
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westernjournal--2020-12-29--Dozens of House Members Will Challenge EC Vote on Jan. 6, Says Rep. Mo Brooks

House Republicans do not plan to sit back quietly when the time comes for Congress to certify the results of the Nov. 3 presidential election , according to Republican Rep. Mo Brooks of Alabama .
Brooks spoke about his plans in an interview Monday on Fox News .
“ The evidence is overwhelming and compelling that there has been serious voter fraud and election theft in this election in a number of different ways , ” Brooks told “ Fox & Friends.
” “ There are dozens in the House of Representatives who have reached that conclusion , as I @ @ @ @ @ @ @ We ’ re going to sponsor and co-sponsor objections to the Electoral College vote returns of Michigan , Wisconsin , Pennsylvania , Georgia , Arizona , Nevada and maybe more depending on where we collectively want to go.
” Former Vice President Joe Biden has already won sufficient Electoral College votes to be the presumptive winner of the Nov. 3 vote .
However , the Trump campaign has insisted that there has been voter fraud in multiple states .
Despite numerous claims of voting irregularities , including affidavits alleging fraud sworn to by @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ruled that widespread fraud materially affected the results of the presidential election .
The fate of the Republican rebellion against the Electoral College ’ s vote is less certain in the Senate .
“ I just don ’ t think it makes a lot of sense to put everybody through this when you know what the ultimate outcome is going to be , ” Senate Majority Whip John Thune of South Dakota told reporters lat week , National Review reported .
But Brooks wants senators to do their homework .
“ The real @ @ @ @ @ @ @ any senators who have done their homework , who have studied what has transpired to the point where they understand as we do that there has been massive voter fraud and election theft unlike anything we have seen in American history , ” Brooks said .
Brooks said critics such as Republican Rep. Adam Kinzinger of Illinois should look deeper into the election .
“ It is sad to the extent that we ’ ve got Republicans who are unwilling to do their homework or unwilling to make tough decisions , ” Brooks @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Kinzinger falls in that ballpark .
“ If he would do his homework , he would understand that the evidence is overwhelming , and he can either surrender to the people who support voter fraud and election theft or he can fight for his country on this particular issue .
“ There is nothing more important to the republic than having an election system that is honest and accurate , ” he said , citing a 2005 Commission on Federal Election Reform report from former President Jimmy Carter and former Reagan administration official @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
“ They identified the very same problems that we faced in this election , they warned us that this was going to happen , ” he said .
In a separate interview , Brooks said that his concerns run deeper than the outcome .
“ That is a horribly shallow argument that is thoughtless , ” Brooks told AL.com .
“ The key , if you are a thinking individual , is to examine whether or not there has been voter fraud and election theft .
And the evidence is overwhelming and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ has plagued this 2020 election cycle unlike any time in American history.
” Brooks said he is acting from “ love of country .
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House Republicans do not plan to sit back quietly when the time comes for Congress to certify the results of the Nov. 3 presidential election, according to Republican Rep. Mo Brooks of Alabama.
Brooks spoke about his plans in an interview Monday on Fox News.
“The evidence is overwhelming and compelling that there has been serious voter fraud and election theft in this election in a number of different ways,” Brooks told “Fox & Friends.”
“There are dozens in the House of Representatives who have reached that conclusion, as I have,” Brooks added. “We’re going to sponsor and co-sponsor objections to the Electoral College vote returns of Michigan, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Georgia, Arizona, Nevada and maybe more depending on where we collectively want to go.”
Former Vice President Joe Biden has already won sufficient Electoral College votes to be the presumptive winner of the Nov. 3 vote.
However, the Trump campaign has insisted that there has been voter fraud in multiple states.
Despite numerous claims of voting irregularities, including affidavits alleging fraud sworn to by reported eyewitnesses, no court has yet ruled that widespread fraud materially affected the results of the presidential election.
The fate of the Republican rebellion against the Electoral College’s vote is less certain in the Senate.
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“I just don’t think it makes a lot of sense to put everybody through this when you know what the ultimate outcome is going to be,” Senate Majority Whip John Thune of South Dakota told reporters lat week, National Review reported.
But Brooks wants senators to do their homework.
“The real issue is whether we going to have any senators who have done their homework, who have studied what has transpired to the point where they understand as we do that there has been massive voter fraud and election theft unlike anything we have seen in American history,” Brooks said.
Brooks said critics such as Republican Rep. Adam Kinzinger of Illinois should look deeper into the election.
All this talk about Jan 6th from @realDonaldTrump and other congressional grifters is simply explained: they will raise money and gain followers by blaming everyone else knowing full well they can’t do anything. It’s sad, and an utter scam. #restoreourgop — Adam Kinzinger (@RepKinzinger) December 26, 2020
“It is sad to the extent that we’ve got Republicans who are unwilling to do their homework or unwilling to make tough decisions,” Brooks said. “And unfortunately, Adam Kinzinger falls in that ballpark.
“If he would do his homework, he would understand that the evidence is overwhelming, and he can either surrender to the people who support voter fraud and election theft or he can fight for his country on this particular issue.
“There is nothing more important to the republic than having an election system that is honest and accurate,” he said, citing a 2005 Commission on Federal Election Reform report from former President Jimmy Carter and former Reagan administration official James Baker that warned against fraudulent elections.
“They identified the very same problems that we faced in this election, they warned us that this was going to happen,” he said.
In a separate interview, Brooks said that his concerns run deeper than the outcome.
“That is a horribly shallow argument that is thoughtless,” Brooks told AL.com. “The key, if you are a thinking individual, is to examine whether or not there has been voter fraud and election theft. And the evidence is overwhelming and compelling that voter fraud and election theft has plagued this 2020 election cycle unlike any time in American history.”
Brooks said he is acting from “love of country. We are a republic. And elections are the critical underpinning of any republic.”
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westernjournal--2020-12-30--Look at CBS Affiliate’s Reporting on Breonna Taylor Bust vs Reporting on Historic American Statues

San Francisco ’ s CBS affiliate showed its liberal bias this week when reporting that a ceramic bust of Breonna Taylor , the woman killed during a police raid and shootout earlier this year in Kentucky , was smashed in downtown Oakland on Monday .
The likeness of Taylor , who was 26 when she died after her boyfriend Kenneth Walker and police exchanged gunfire during a raid in Louisville in March , was placed in downtown Oakland near Latham Square just two weeks ago .
It was essentially destroyed in an attack discovered Saturday morning and police are investigating @ @ @ @ @ @ @ way the outlet reported the incident is quite different from how it reported on the destruction of other monuments in the San Francisco Bay Area this year .
For starters , KPIX-TV headlined the Taylor bust story on its website : “ Oakland ’ s Ceramic Bust Of Breonna Taylor Smashed In Brazen Act Of Vandalism.
” “ Looks like they hit it with a baseball bat along the back , ” the bust ’ s creator , a sculptor named Leo Carson , told the station .
KPIX-TV reported Carson is convinced @ @ @ @ @ @ @ against the Black Lives Matter movement .
“ I don ’ t think there ’ s a single person in Oakland who doesn ’ t know who Breonna Taylor is , and I don ’ t think you attack a sculpture like that by accident , ” said Carson , who worked as a food server before the coronavirus pandemic shut down the restaurant industry .
“ And I think that it was an act of racism and an act of aggression and intimidation.
” The outlet also quoted an area attorney named @ @ @ @ @ @ @ would pay for the monument ’ s replacement .
“ It ’ s scandalous and outrageous that anybody would do such a thing… [ Taylor ] was a wonderful human being … The whole situation is preposterous — first her death , and now this , ” Cotchett said .
A plaque that accompanied the bust read , “ Say her name.
” Ironically , the anti-police crowd that often uses the phrase “ Say her name ” in reference to Taylor when defaming police officers as murderers and racists are now apparently @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to catching the person who destroyed the bust .
But anyone looking at KPIX-TV ’ s coverage of this year ’ s much-publicized statue desecrations can spot that something is wrong here .
The outlet ’ s coverage of those events carried a much different tone .
On June 20 , the outlet reported , “ Juneteenth Protesters Topple Golden Gate Park Statues Of Serra , Key , Grant.
” RELATED : Seattle Councilwoman Called Cops She Tried To Defund Over Crime She 's Effectively Legalizing In that story , KPIX-TV noted , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Francis Scott Key [ and Ulysses S. Grant ] laid on the ground in the pre-dawn darkness of Golden Gate Park Saturday , toppled , broken and defaced by a large crowd of Juneteenth protesters who gathered Friday night to demand an end to racial injustice.
” The outlet made sure to note more than once that those responsible for the vandalism were “ protesters.
” When noting a statue of Christopher Columbus had to be removed by the city after it was targeted with threats , the outlet quoted the San Francisco @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ was removed because it doesn ’ t align with San Francisco ’ s values or our commitment to racial justice.
” Americans who know their history weren ’ t buying it .
In a separate story about the Columbus statue removal , KPIX-TV reported , “ The statue ’ s removal comes amid an ongoing push to remove monuments to historical figures associated with racial injustice , as the nation wrestles with questions about race following the death of George Floyd and weeks of nationwide protests against police brutality.
” When a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s heroes is attacked , it ’ s “ brazen ” and “ vandalism.
” When leftist mobs destroy longstanding statues of American icons , they ’ re “ protestors , ” and their actions are linked to a movement for “ racial justice ” and against “ police brutality.
” The wording is clearly intentional , and the intent is just as clear : To manipulate viewers to be outraged at the former and understanding , even approving , of the latter .
It ’ s not journalism , it ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ words aimed at distorting American perceptions of reality .
That bias , which Americans have come to expect from mainstream media , played out over a series of months that culminated in KPIX-TV ’ s reporters and editors telling us and their community which side they ’ re on , and it isn ’ t the side of those who watched in horror this past summer to see America ’ s historical monuments destroyed .
Whether Breonna Taylor deserved a bust in Oakland was up to those living in that city .
Monuments @ @ @ @ @ @ @ cultures find value in .
We ’ re currently living the history of those who will follow us , and apparently Oaklanders felt Taylor was worthy of being immortalized for future generations .
But Bay Area leftists and their biased CBS News affiliate seemed to at the very least tacitly support the destruction of property and the affront to history in June .
Now , attacks on monuments are apparently inconceivable to them .
The solution here would be to obviously prosecute all people who destroy property , which should apply to the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to topple a statue everywhere this year .
Had existing property laws been enforced , there likely wouldn ’ t have been a precedent to have motivated someone to go after one the left ’ s monuments in Oakland , if indeed the vandalism was politically motivated .
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San Francisco’s CBS affiliate showed its liberal bias this week when reporting that a ceramic bust of Breonna Taylor, the woman killed during a police raid and shootout earlier this year in Kentucky, was smashed in downtown Oakland on Monday.
The likeness of Taylor, who was 26 when she died after her boyfriend Kenneth Walker and police exchanged gunfire during a raid in Louisville in March, was placed in downtown Oakland near Latham Square just two weeks ago.
It was essentially destroyed in an attack discovered Saturday morning and police are investigating, according to KPIX-TV. But the way the outlet reported the incident is quite different from how it reported on the destruction of other monuments in the San Francisco Bay Area this year.
For starters, KPIX-TV headlined the Taylor bust story on its website: “Oakland’s Ceramic Bust Of Breonna Taylor Smashed In Brazen Act Of Vandalism.”
Oakland police are investigating an act of vandalism that left a ceramic bust of Breonna Taylor severely damaged and a community outraged. https://t.co/TKVgIiWCoM — KPIX 5 (@KPIXtv) December 28, 2020
“Looks like they hit it with a baseball bat along the back,” the bust’s creator, a sculptor named Leo Carson, told the station. KPIX-TV reported Carson is convinced the attack is a display of racism against the Black Lives Matter movement.
“I don’t think there’s a single person in Oakland who doesn’t know who Breonna Taylor is, and I don’t think you attack a sculpture like that by accident,” said Carson, who worked as a food server before the coronavirus pandemic shut down the restaurant industry. “And I think that it was an act of racism and an act of aggression and intimidation.”
The outlet also quoted an area attorney named Joe Cotchett who vowed his law firm would pay for the monument’s replacement.
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“It’s scandalous and outrageous that anybody would do such a thing… [Taylor] was a wonderful human being … The whole situation is preposterous — first her death, and now this,” Cotchett said.
A plaque that accompanied the bust read, “Say her name.”
Ironically, the anti-police crowd that often uses the phrase “Say her name” in reference to Taylor when defaming police officers as murderers and racists are now apparently looking to police for help with regard to catching the person who destroyed the bust.
But anyone looking at KPIX-TV’s coverage of this year’s much-publicized statue desecrations can spot that something is wrong here. The outlet’s coverage of those events carried a much different tone.
On June 20, the outlet reported, “Juneteenth Protesters Topple Golden Gate Park Statues Of Serra, Key, Grant.”
In that story, KPIX-TV noted, “The statues of Junipero Serra, Francis Scott Key [and Ulysses S. Grant] laid on the ground in the pre-dawn darkness of Golden Gate Park Saturday, toppled, broken and defaced by a large crowd of Juneteenth protesters who gathered Friday night to demand an end to racial injustice.”
The outlet made sure to note more than once that those responsible for the vandalism were “protesters.” When noting a statue of Christopher Columbus had to be removed by the city after it was targeted with threats, the outlet quoted the San Francisco Arts Commission as saying the Columbus statue “was removed because it doesn’t align with San Francisco’s values or our commitment to racial justice.”
Americans who know their history weren’t buying it.
He was a “slave owner” in that he was gifted a slave, hated the idea, and freed him within a year. Then won the Civil War, prosecuted the KKK, and appointed African Americans to prominent roles in government. This might have gotten out of hand. https://t.co/5HdEDgodzm — Matt Whitlock (@mattdizwhitlock) June 20, 2020
In a separate story about the Columbus statue removal, KPIX-TV reported, “The statue’s removal comes amid an ongoing push to remove monuments to historical figures associated with racial injustice, as the nation wrestles with questions about race following the death of George Floyd and weeks of nationwide protests against police brutality.”
When a small bust of one of the left’s heroes is attacked, it’s “brazen” and “vandalism.” When leftist mobs destroy longstanding statues of American icons, they’re “protestors,” and their actions are linked to a movement for “racial justice” and against “police brutality.”
The wording is clearly intentional, and the intent is just as clear: To manipulate viewers to be outraged at the former and understanding, even approving, of the latter. It’s not journalism, it’s propaganda — a cheap trick of words aimed at distorting American perceptions of reality.
That bias, which Americans have come to expect from mainstream media, played out over a series of months that culminated in KPIX-TV’s reporters and editors telling us and their community which side they’re on, and it isn’t the side of those who watched in horror this past summer to see America’s historical monuments destroyed.
Whether Breonna Taylor deserved a bust in Oakland was up to those living in that city. Monuments are physical representations of people and times cultures find value in. We’re currently living the history of those who will follow us, and apparently Oaklanders felt Taylor was worthy of being immortalized for future generations.
But Bay Area leftists and their biased CBS News affiliate seemed to at the very least tacitly support the destruction of property and the affront to history in June. Now, attacks on monuments are apparently inconceivable to them.
The solution here would be to obviously prosecute all people who destroy property, which should apply to the Taylor bust as well everyone who helped to topple a statue everywhere this year.
Had existing property laws been enforced, there likely wouldn’t have been a precedent to have motivated someone to go after one the left’s monuments in Oakland, if indeed the vandalism was politically motivated.
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westernjournal--2020-12-31--Ex-GOP Candidate Brutally Beaten in Apparent Ambush

A former Republican candidate for Texas state Senate says she suffered a brutal Christmas Eve beating , with no motive yet revealed .
Three people have been arrested in the incident , according to KVEO-TV .
Vanessa Tijerina said she was lured to a hotel in Raymondville by a woman who claimed she needed to tell Tijerina “ something very important regarding her safety.
” “ They made it seem like they had something really , really important to tell me and they couldn ’ t tell me on the phone , ” Tijerina , 42 , said in a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ New York Post .
Once she arrived , she said on Twitter she was “ violently terrorized , bound , gagged & tortured.
” “ I never fought back because I knew that if I fought back it was going to go worse for me and I probably wouldn ’ t survive … and I needed to survive for my daughters , ” she said in the video , Newsweek reported .
Tijerina also claimed that the group robbed her as well .
“ They stole my car .
They stole my money @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” Tijerina said .
She said “ somebody wanted this done to my face ” but added she “ did nothing to deserve this.
” “ I was an innocent person , ” she said .
Amanda Salinas , Ariel Vera and Raymond Santana were arrested in connection with the attack , police said .
“ The one person that ’ s absolutely missing from this was the person who was giving the orders for the torture , ” Tijerina said in another Facebook video .
“ That person still has not be @ @ @ @ @ @ @ charges that include engaging in organized criminal activity , assault causing bodily injury , unlawful restraint , aggravated robbery , aggravated assault with a deadly weapon , assault fam/house/mem impede breath/circulation , and possession .
Santana faces charges of aggravated robbery , aggravated assault , assault strangulation , engaging in organized criminal activity , assault that caused bodily injury , unlawful restraint , and possession .
Vela has been charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon , assault fam/house/mem impede breath/circulation , engaging in organized criminal activity , assault that resulted in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ possession .
Tijerina ran as a Republican for a state Senate seat and had sought a seat in Congress in 2016 as a Green Party candidate .
The Texas Republican Party distanced itself from her in June after multiple arrests , including for allegedly driving while intoxicated with children in the car , according to the New York Daily News .
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A former Republican candidate for Texas state Senate says she suffered a brutal Christmas Eve beating, with no motive yet revealed.
Three people have been arrested in the incident, according to KVEO-TV.
Vanessa Tijerina said she was lured to a hotel in Raymondville by a woman who claimed she needed to tell Tijerina “something very important regarding her safety.”
“They made it seem like they had something really, really important to tell me and they couldn’t tell me on the phone,” Tijerina, 42, said in a Facebook Live video, according to the New York Post.
Once she arrived, she said on Twitter she was “violently terrorized, bound, gagged & tortured.”
12.24.2020 I was violently terrorized, bound, gagged & tortured. 3 have been arrested. This was purely a hate crime. The person ordering the torture on a live stream is still unidentified. Please call 9566892441 for any information.
Thank y’all #VanessaTijerina #JusticeForV pic.twitter.com/QvDGGQejje — Vanessa Tijerina (@vstijerina) December 29, 2020
“I never fought back because I knew that if I fought back it was going to go worse for me and I probably wouldn’t survive … and I needed to survive for my daughters,” she said in the video, Newsweek reported.
Tijerina also claimed that the group robbed her as well.
“They stole my car. They stole my money. They stole everything from me,” Tijerina said.
She said “somebody wanted this done to my face” but added she “did nothing to deserve this.”
“I was an innocent person,” she said.
Amanda Salinas, Ariel Vera and Raymond Santana were arrested in connection with the attack, police said.
“The one person that’s absolutely missing from this was the person who was giving the orders for the torture,” Tijerina said in another Facebook video.
“That person still has not be found and identified yet.”
Police have not determined a motive.
Salinas faces charges that include engaging in organized criminal activity, assault causing bodily injury, unlawful restraint, aggravated robbery, aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, assault fam/house/mem impede breath/circulation, and possession.
Santana faces charges of aggravated robbery, aggravated assault, assault strangulation, engaging in organized criminal activity, assault that caused bodily injury, unlawful restraint, and possession.
Vera has been charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, assault fam/house/mem impede breath/circulation, engaging in organized criminal activity, assault that resulted in bodily injury, unlawful restraint, and possession.
Tijerina ran as a Republican for a state Senate seat and had sought a seat in Congress in 2016 as a Green Party candidate.
The Texas Republican Party distanced itself from her in June after multiple arrests, including for allegedly driving while intoxicated with children in the car, according to the New York Daily News.
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westernjournal--2020-12-31--Media Double Standard: Jim Acosta Appears To Admit CNN Will Give Biden Very Different Treatment Than

Media Double Standard: Jim Acosta Appears To Admit CNN Will Give Biden Very Different Treatment Than Trump

If you thought the left-wing establishment media had any intention of sticking to its sanctimonious Fourth Estate act after the Trump era , think again .
When the dust settles and if longtime Washington insider Joe Biden joins the rank as one of America ’ s most notable executives , you can bet the “ resistance ” media rancor will die down in a heartbeat , as four years of fighting for “ truth ” falls away and media personalities line up to kiss the presumptive incoming president ’ s boots .
Of course , everyone already knew that — @ @ @ @ @ @ @ were unsure , CNN anchor Jim Acosta just went to the trouble of saying so himself .
According to a Tuesday report from The Atlantic , the prominent anti-Trump talking head plans to part ways with his constant grandstanding and interruption in the White House briefing room , suddenly intent on giving administration officials a fair shake .
“ I don ’ t think the press should be trying to whip up the Biden presidency and turn it into must-see TV in a contrived way , ” Acosta said .
Avoiding sensationalism has @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s modus operandi , however — a reality political commentators and honest journalists across the ideological spectrum were quick to emphasize .
As CNN ‘ s chief White House correspondent , Acosta has relied on contrivance to produce almost all of the content and outbursts he has squeaked out over the course of Trump ’ s tenure , from constant verbal arguments with administration officials to staged West Wing walkouts .
The reporter even managed to milk the moment for a memoir , claiming in his 2019 book that Trump ’ s tongue-in-cheek @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ a dangerous time to tell the truth in America.
” Such attacks constituted a “ nonstop national emergency , ” Acosta told The Atlantic , going on to suggest that every journalistic trip to the Trump White House “ might merit hazard pay.
” Gone are the days when a journalist would risk being jostled in the crowd for a story , I guess .
And gone with them are the short-lived days when a reporter would automatically assume dishonesty in every single claim forwarded from the Oval Office .
Those days @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ended with Trump .
At least , they did for CNN reporter Daniel Dale , who landed himself a seat at the establishment media big kid ’ s table with a round-the-clock effort to ring the president up for as many “ false ” fact-checking labels as possible these past four years .
But Dale ’ s “ beat will necessarily expand come January , ” The Atlantic reported .
In the news analyst ’ s own words , “ It will not be a 24-hour , seven-day-a-week job to fact-check Biden.
” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to fry than some obviously honest potential Democratic president .
Instead , the CNN reporter will apply similar “ intensity and rigor ” to the issues that really matter — things like “ online disinformation ” and the claims of “ congressional leaders.
” All the better if those claims and supposed “ disinformation ” campaigns come from the American right , of course .
But far be it from me to suggest this obvious double standard is in any way partisan or politically motivated .
Acosta did assure The Atlantic it wasn @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s not the establishment media ’ s fault the only thing Biden has given them to cover is Kamala Harris ’ marriage and the musical history of our supposed incoming secretary of state .
With no sexual misconduct allegations or conflicts of interest to speak of in the Biden camp , what better things could freelance reporter Andrew Feinberg do with his time than reveal which major news networks neglected to put the presumptive president-elect ’ s live remarks on television ?
Democracy does die in darkness , of course … or @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of an establishment media oddly exhilarated at the thought of a septuagenarian president unable to finish his own sentences ?
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If you thought the left-wing establishment media had any intention of sticking to its sanctimonious Fourth Estate act after the Trump era, think again.
When the dust settles and if longtime Washington insider Joe Biden joins the rank as one of America’s most notable executives, you can bet the “resistance” media rancor will die down in a heartbeat, as four years of fighting for “truth” falls away and media personalities line up to kiss the presumptive incoming president’s boots.
Of course, everyone already knew that — but, in the event that you were unsure, CNN anchor Jim Acosta just went to the trouble of saying so himself.
According to a Tuesday report from The Atlantic, the prominent anti-Trump talking head plans to part ways with his constant grandstanding and interruption in the White House briefing room, suddenly intent on giving administration officials a fair shake.
“I don’t think the press should be trying to whip up the Biden presidency and turn it into must-see TV in a contrived way,” Acosta said.
Avoiding sensationalism has not always been the star reporter’s modus operandi, however — a reality political commentators and honest journalists across the ideological spectrum were quick to emphasize.
CNN’s Jim Acosta was the most flamboyantly adversarial reporter in the Trump White House. Maybe you thought he was partisan. No! Acosta says he took that stance because Trump’s criticism of the press was a ‘nonstop national emergency.’ From @TheAtlantic https://t.co/b0jyw7XD6Z pic.twitter.com/xSy6aGy8DP — Byron York (@ByronYork) December 29, 2020
LOL – when people asked me why I wasn’t happier that the media finally comported with the standards I and others have long advocated — being adversarial, explicitly identifying “lies” — I always said it was because it’d go back to normal after Trump. It was a Trump-only change: https://t.co/880uZ1a3Xd — Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) December 29, 2020
As CNN‘s chief White House correspondent, Acosta has relied on contrivance to produce almost all of the content and outbursts he has squeaked out over the course of Trump’s tenure, from constant verbal arguments with administration officials to staged West Wing walkouts.
The reporter even managed to milk the moment for a memoir, claiming in his 2019 book that Trump’s tongue-in-cheek nicknames for the media had made it “a dangerous time to tell the truth in America.”
Such attacks constituted a “nonstop national emergency,” Acosta told The Atlantic, going on to suggest that every journalistic trip to the Trump White House “might merit hazard pay.”
Gone are the days when a journalist would risk being jostled in the crowd for a story, I guess.
And gone with them are the short-lived days when a reporter would automatically assume dishonesty in every single claim forwarded from the Oval Office.
Those days, it would seem, started and ended with Trump.
At least, they did for CNN reporter Daniel Dale, who landed himself a seat at the establishment media big kid’s table with a round-the-clock effort to ring the president up for as many “false” fact-checking labels as possible these past four years.
But Dale’s “beat will necessarily expand come January,” The Atlantic reported. In the news analyst’s own words, “It will not be a 24-hour, seven-day-a-week job to fact-check Biden.”
So, Dale will find bigger fish to fry than some obviously honest potential Democratic president.
Instead, the CNN reporter will apply similar “intensity and rigor” to the issues that really matter — things like “online disinformation” and the claims of “congressional leaders.”
All the better if those claims and supposed “disinformation” campaigns come from the American right, of course.
It’s not just that CNN, NBC, WashPost, the Atlantic, New Yorker, etc. will cease to be adversarial with Biden/Harris. It’s way worse: they will be the new administration’s primary spokespeople, their first line of defense, their chief propagandists: their familiar role. ❤❤❤ pic.twitter.com/dYh4hvMtU1 — Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) December 29, 2020
But far be it from me to suggest this obvious double standard is in any way partisan or politically motivated. Acosta did assure The Atlantic it wasn’t, after all.
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It’s not the establishment media’s fault the only thing Biden has given them to cover is Kamala Harris’ marriage and the musical history of our supposed incoming secretary of state.
With no sexual misconduct allegations or conflicts of interest to speak of in the Biden camp, what better things could freelance reporter Andrew Feinberg do with his time than reveal which major news networks neglected to put the presumptive president-elect’s live remarks on television?
Democracy does die in darkness, of course … or does it die in the blistering spotlight of an establishment media oddly exhilarated at the thought of a septuagenarian president unable to finish his own sentences?
I don’t remember the darn slogan.
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