westernjournal--2020-12-03--Hollywood Elites Are Trying To Hijack the GA Senate Election

Right now , Republicans hold 50 seats in the upcoming Senate , with two outstanding seats to be determined by runoff elections in Georgia .
If the Republican incumbent Sens .
David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler win either of those seats , the GOP will have a slim majority in the Senate .
If Democrats win both seats , and Democrat Joe Biden eventually wins the presidency , a Vice President Kamala Harris would likely be the deciding vote on a myriad of legislation .
In other words , the Georgia Senate seats and the Jan. 5 runoffs could be @ @ @ @ @ @ @ we know it and a White House and Congress dominated by radical Democratic policies .
Enter Hollywood celebrities , who are doing everything they can to hijack the runoff elections in order to boost the Democratic candidates ’ chances .
TRENDING : Trump Pushes Through Media 's Attempt To Pit Him Against Barr , Refuses To Back Down from Election Fight Some celebrities , like Julie Louis-Dreyfus and Kerry Washington are simply campaigning in favor of Democrats Jon Ossoff and the Rev .
Raphael Warnock .
Others , according to Fox News , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ These tactics include urging Republicans to either write in other names name instead of voting for Perdue or Loeffler , as well as goading conservative voters to skip the election altogether .
“ Walking Dead ” actor and Georgia native Daniel Newman has tweeted repeatedly about the runoff election , asking Republican voters to write in a vote for either Donald Trump or Kanye West , or to boycott the election in a stand against election fraud .
In several tweets , Newman includes videos of himself in which he adopts a heavy @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Republican .
This is insulting , to say the least .
Newman ’ s videos hinge on the stereotype that Republicans are uneducated country bumpkins clinging ignorantly to God and guns ( as Barack Obama might put it ) , instead of patriotic Americans who simply have a different idea of what the direction of this country should be .
Unfortunately , Newman isn ’ t alone in his campaign to dupe Republicans .
RELATED : Barack Obama Insults Every African-American Man Who Voted for Donald Trump Netflix producer Jake Rossman similarly encouraged @ @ @ @ @ @ @ name , writing in a Twitter post , “ Let ’ s keep Trump in Washington to keep an eye on that crook Biden and his Dem cronies .
Let ’ s send him to the Senate in Georgia.
” According to Fox , actor Brian Guest ( “ The Oath “ ) shared a video of himself as a baseball player with the caption , “ Here ’ s a fake baseball player wanting you to vote for Donald Trump for senator of Georgia.
” The intent of this celebrity campaign is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Perdue and Loeffler — not by convincing them the Democrat candidates are better , but by tricking them into writing in a third party .
These leftist elites are playing a dirty game .
If voters actually listen to this , it could have a dangerous impact .
It ’ s despicable , though far from surprising , that Hollywood celebrities would try so blatantly to influence an election through dirty tactics .
Once again , the left is demonstrating that they ’ re not for anything — they ’ re simply against @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and accuracy in all of our journalism .
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America stands at a precipice.
Right now, Republicans hold 50 seats in the upcoming Senate, with two outstanding seats to be determined by runoff elections in Georgia.
If the Republican incumbent Sens. David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler win either of those seats, the GOP will have a slim majority in the Senate. If Democrats win both seats, and Democrat Joe Biden eventually wins the presidency, a Vice President Kamala Harris would likely be the deciding vote on a myriad of legislation.
In other words, the Georgia Senate seats and the Jan. 5 runoffs could be the only things standing between America as we know it and a White House and Congress dominated by radical Democratic policies.
Enter Hollywood celebrities, who are doing everything they can to hijack the runoff elections in order to boost the Democratic candidates’ chances.
Some celebrities, like Julie Louis-Dreyfus and Kerry Washington are simply campaigning in favor of Democrats Jon Ossoff and the Rev. Raphael Warnock.
Others, according to Fox News, are resorting to more nefarious tactics.
These tactics include urging Republicans to either write in other names name instead of voting for Perdue or Loeffler, as well as goading conservative voters to skip the election altogether.
“Walking Dead” actor and Georgia native Daniel Newman has tweeted repeatedly about the runoff election, asking Republican voters to write in a vote for either Donald Trump or Kanye West, or to boycott the election in a stand against election fraud.
In several tweets, Newman includes videos of himself in which he adopts a heavy Southern accent and pretends to be a Republican.
All my REPUBLICANs!! We have 3 Options to Save #America!! 1. STAND WITH TRUMP & #WriteInTrump NAME for the GEORGIA SENATE #RUNOFFS!! 2. Write in KANYE West If you Really hate Democrats!! 3. Or, #Boycott #Runoff Elections all together to stand United! Biden Cheated! #MAGA pic.twitter.com/aoVBWzYSPR — DanielNewmaη (@DanielNewman) November 28, 2020
This is insulting, to say the least. Newman’s videos hinge on the stereotype that Republicans are uneducated country bumpkins clinging ignorantly to God and guns (as Barack Obama might put it), instead of patriotic Americans who simply have a different idea of what the direction of this country should be.
Unfortunately, Newman isn’t alone in his campaign to dupe Republicans.
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Netflix producer Jake Rossman similarly encouraged voters to write in Trump’s name, writing in a Twitter post, “Let’s keep Trump in Washington to keep an eye on that crook Biden and his Dem cronies. Let’s send him to the Senate in Georgia.”
According to Fox, actor Brian Guest (“The Oath“) shared a video of himself as a baseball player with the caption, “Here’s a fake baseball player wanting you to vote for Donald Trump for senator of Georgia.”
The intent of this celebrity campaign is clear: Keep conservatives from voting for Perdue and Loeffler — not by convincing them the Democrat candidates are better, but by tricking them into writing in a third party.
These leftist elites are playing a dirty game. If voters actually listen to this, it could have a dangerous impact.
It’s despicable, though far from surprising, that Hollywood celebrities would try so blatantly to influence an election through dirty tactics.
Once again, the left is demonstrating that they’re not for anything — they’re simply against you.
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westernjournal--2020-12-03--The Trump Administration Just Issued a Significant Crackdown on China: Report

The United States reportedly has imposed major travel restrictions on members of China ’ s Communist Party .
Party members and their families are now banned from remaining in the U.S. for more than a month , according to The New York Times , which said a State Department spokesman confirmed the change .
Until the new rule was imposed Wednesday , party members could obtain visas for 10 years , the report said .
Travel visas are also being limited to a single entry rather than multiple entries .
In practice , the new rule is likely to be @ @ @ @ @ @ @ membership , recognizing the fact that for many Chinese academics , researchers and citizens , party membership is an essential part of moving up into a better-paying career , The Times said .
TRENDING : Rules for Thee Not for Me : Chicago Mayor 's Security Team Gets Traffic Fines Dismissed How and whether to apply the rule would be based on the visa application as well as an interview .
The State Department spokesman told The Times the new action is part of “ ongoing policy , regulatory , and law-enforcement action @ @ @ @ @ @ @ nation from the CCP ’ s malign influence.
” “ For decades we allowed the CCP free and unfettered access to U.S. institutions and businesses while these same privileges were never extended freely to U.S. citizens in China , ” he said .
China ’ s Foreign Ministry spokeswoman , Hua Chunying , said Thursday that she wasn ’ t aware of the U.S. visa action but it should be reversed .
“ We hope people in the United States will adopt a common rational view toward China and give up their hatred @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , ” she said during a news conference , according to Bloomberg News .
The new rules comes after a year in which Chinese officials were forced to leave the consulate in Houston amid allegations of espionage and the Justice Department has arrested Chinese agents for espionage .
President Donald Trump ’ s action is part of what has been characterized as a full-fledged campaign to rein in China , according to the Washington Examiner .
“ [ O ] ver the coming weeks , the Trump administration will continue to expand the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ it has taken over the past four years to protect the vital interests of the United States and its allies countering Beijing ’ s predatory and coercive behaviors , ” the Examiner said it was told by a senior administration official .
The report said other steps could include sanctions against Chinese officials perpetrating abuses against the Uighurs in western China and stamping out democracy in Hong Kong .
The administration also could act against China ’ s fishing industry and further curb imports produced through forced labor .
The Examiner also said @ @ @ @ @ @ @ allies from using technology made by the Chinese-owned Huawei company by dangling the possible tactic of not sharing intelligence information as an incentive to comply .
“ President Trump has absolutely changed the game when it comes to implementing strong actions on the Chinese Communist Party over the past four years and forging a bipartisan and international consensus on the need to counter Beijing ’ s harmful policies , ” National Security Council spokesman John Ullyot said .
“ Unless Beijing reverses course and becomes a responsible player on the global stage , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ suicidal to reverse President Trump ’ s historic actions.
” In June , Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced restrictions on Chinese Communist Party officials who had undermined Hong Kong ’ s traditional freedom .
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The United States reportedly has imposed major travel restrictions on members of China’s Communist Party.
Party members and their families are now banned from remaining in the U.S. for more than a month, according to The New York Times, which said a State Department spokesman confirmed the change.
Until the new rule was imposed Wednesday, party members could obtain visas for 10 years, the report said.
Travel visas are also being limited to a single entry rather than multiple entries.
In practice, the new rule is likely to be applied differently at different levels of party membership, recognizing the fact that for many Chinese academics, researchers and citizens, party membership is an essential part of moving up into a better-paying career, The Times said.
How and whether to apply the rule would be based on the visa application as well as an interview.
The State Department spokesman told The Times the new action is part of “ongoing policy, regulatory, and law-enforcement action across the U.S. government to protect our nation from the CCP’s malign influence.”
“For decades we allowed the CCP free and unfettered access to U.S. institutions and businesses while these same privileges were never extended freely to U.S. citizens in China,” he said.
China’s Foreign Ministry spokeswoman, Hua Chunying, said Thursday that she wasn’t aware of the U.S. visa action but it should be reversed.
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“We hope people in the United States will adopt a common rational view toward China and give up their hatred and abnormal mind-set toward the Communist Party,” she said during a news conference, according to Bloomberg News.
The new rules comes after a year in which Chinese officials were forced to leave the consulate in Houston amid allegations of espionage and the Justice Department has arrested Chinese agents for espionage.
President Donald Trump’s action is part of what has been characterized as a full-fledged campaign to rein in China, according to the Washington Examiner.
“[O]ver the coming weeks, the Trump administration will continue to expand the depth and breadth of the historic actions it has taken over the past four years to protect the vital interests of the United States and its allies countering Beijing’s predatory and coercive behaviors,” the Examiner said it was told by a senior administration official.
The report said other steps could include sanctions against Chinese officials perpetrating abuses against the Uighurs in western China and stamping out democracy in Hong Kong. The administration also could act against China’s fishing industry and further curb imports produced through forced labor.
The Examiner also said that the U.S. will try to block allies from using technology made by the Chinese-owned Huawei company by dangling the possible tactic of not sharing intelligence information as an incentive to comply.
“President Trump has absolutely changed the game when it comes to implementing strong actions on the Chinese Communist Party over the past four years and forging a bipartisan and international consensus on the need to counter Beijing’s harmful policies,” National Security Council spokesman John Ullyot said. “Unless Beijing reverses course and becomes a responsible player on the global stage, future U.S. presidents will find it politically suicidal to reverse President Trump’s historic actions.”
In June, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced restrictions on Chinese Communist Party officials who had undermined Hong Kong’s traditional freedom.
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westernjournal--2020-12-03--Media ‘Fact-Checker’ Comes Up with Excuse for Biden Pick Wearing Russian Hat

When would a fact-checker even bother trying to stall the social media momentum of a problematic picture that wasn ’ t photoshopped ?
If your answer was a potentially incoming Biden administration official , you don ’ t get many points .
Whatever you receive these days on the SATs simply for writing your name correctly , that ’ s what you get .
And it shows that , despite a presumptive president-elect who ’ s more to the establishment media ’ s liking , the rigged carnival game of fact-checking is still irretrievably broken .
So for those of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with these things , Obama-era functionary and CNN contributor Jen Psaki has been tapped to be the White House press secretary .
Given the fact that Biden pronounces “ psalmist ” as “ palmist , ” I ’ m sure this should lead to some verbal hijinks in the Oval Office should that be Biden ’ s eventual destination .
( “ Just humor him , Jen , ” Kamala Harris will doubtlessly whisper after the third or fourth time she tries to correct Biden . )
Psaki is a staid and unexciting @ @ @ @ @ @ @ she ’ s the kind of person who could make even the most caffeinated of reporters fall fast asleep at 11 a.m .
If you didn ’ t have some particular interest in the substance of her media briefings back when she was the Obama administration ’ s State Department spokeswoman , her verbal cadence made for aural Valium .
That sort of bearing doesn ’ t lead itself to contentiousness — except it seems Psaki made a particularly poor choice of headwear during her time in the Obama administration .
Here ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ President Donald Trump ’ s campaign , pointing it out this week : TRENDING : Trump Pushes Through Media 's Attempt To Pit Him Against Barr , Refuses To Back Down from Election Fight In 2014 , while meeting with Russian diplomats as part of her role with the State Department , Psaki donned a Russian ushanka hat with a hammer-and-sickle symbol on it .
While I don ’ t believe that the Red Army ever issued ushankas in pink during the Soviet Union ’ s 1922-1991 run , the crest on the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ communist hammer-and-sickle branding , is pretty period-accurate .
Psaki blamed the Russkies , saying she ’ d she ’ d “ been the target of Russian propaganda ” and that “ the purpose is to discredit powerful messengers and to spread misinformation to confuse the public.
” “ Anyone who repeats it is ( unwitting or not ) simply a puppet of the propaganda machine , ” Psaki added .
There ’ s an issue with this explanation , however : So , either a ) the Kremlin is so insidious that they @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the future wear hammer-and-sickle ushankas for photo ops , then get the U.S. State Department to put the photos on their official Flickr feed so they can make those photos go viral six years later , or b ) this is a terrible explanation and Jen Psaki is trying to clumsily wallpaper over a blunder from six years ago .
If the answer is a ) , I suggest we should just welcome our new Putinian overlords , because they ’ ve apparently been playing 8D deep-sea Go while we ’ re @ @ @ @ @ @ @ tend to think the answer is b ) , however .
There ’ s not really much room for a fact check here ; almost no one was adducing motives to Psaki that weren ’ t there .
The photo was genuine .
What were they going to fact-check ?
Well , USA Today was going to look for “ missing context ” in how prominent conservatives were treating the picture — even though their definition of prominent conservatives may not match yours .
In addition to comments on social media that said @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Russia Russia Russia ” and “ From Russia with love ” — not unreasonable or contentious remarks– the fact-checkers dredged up a post from a group called the Santa Rosa Conservatives , whose Facebook account has a whopping 768 followers .
The only reason they were included , nearest I can tell , was because they posted an article with a picture of Psaki in the hat , complete with the demagogic caption , “ THE ENEMY WITHIN.
” “ The page offered no way for USA TODAY to contact it for comment @ @ @ @ @ @ @ I mention this because there ’ s an email address in the sidebar of the Santa Rosa Conservatives ’ Facebook page — so either a ) that ’ s a recent development or b ) Caldera ’ s effort in the matter ended as soon as she found something inflammatory enough to fit this ugly slice of confirmation bias .
( I ’ m going with b ) again . )
The sources for the other two remarks aren ’ t linked .
Meanwhile , the only comment from a verified source is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ no shortage of blue-checkmarked conservatives with tens ( if not hundreds ) of thousands of followers saying more insightful things .
Caldera also noted that the sources she found for this were “ sure to note the hammer and sickle are a communist symbol ” — which is kind of the point .
The USSR killed millions of people ; wearing the symbol of worldwide communism on a ushanka , a hat fairly specific to Russia , presents profound issues Caldera doesn ’ t seem to grasp .
So here ’ s why @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ The photo in question dates to Jan. 13 , 2014 .
At the time , Psaki was the spokesperson for the U.S. State Department , which posted the photo on Flickr .
“ She was pictured with then-Secretary of State John Kerry and officials from Russia , Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova .
They had just completed a diplomatic meeting in Paris as part of the run-up to peace talks in Geneva related to the Syrian civil war , per Foreign Policy.
” Right , and things @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Crimean Peninsula — which is proof of … something to Caldera , and thus photo doesn ’ t pass fact-checking muster .
“ The image is real , but claims that the hat was anything more a gift or that Psaki was with Russian officials in any capacity beyond her official role are MISSING CONTEXT , ” the article concluded .
If you printed Caldera ’ s article out , put it in the middle of a cornfield and then built a five-story scarecrow right next to it , the scarecrow would still @ @ @ @ @ @ @ field .
Nearest I can tell , what she ’ s fact-checking isn ’ t any raft of people falsely claiming “ that the hat was anything more a gift or that Psaki was with Russian officials in any capacity beyond her official role.
” She ’ s fact-checking the Santa Rosa Conservatives — something that I ’ m sure makes the trolls behind that little-trafficked clickbait-y corner of Facebook happy but doesn ’ t address the reason why this trended .
Psaki is pretty much everything conservatives don ’ t like about @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that it looks like the worst parts of the Obama administration clumsily grafted onto the worst parts of the modern Democratic Party .
If she isn ’ t official member of what ’ s become known as the “ blob , ” to quote Ben Rhodes ’ aptronym for career foreign policy types who don ’ t oft venture outside of Washington , New York and Geneva , she ’ s at least eligible for a guest pass .
Which , fine — but if you ’ re going to go down that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ enough self-awareness to not don a pink ushanka with a hammer-and-sickle symbol on it .
If you can ’ t get out of it by saying artificial fur makes you itchy , you can tell your guests it ’ s not a particularly good career move to be photographed wearing a cutesy piece of communist ephemera .
There were plenty of prominent conservatives on Facebook and Twitter who pointed this out and only a handful random accounts who were saying this was proof Psaki was “ THE ENEMY WITHIN.
” Guess what Caldera @ @ @ @ @ @ @ bad decision which any Trump-adjacent Republican would never live down — and yet , because it ’ s Joe Biden , Psaki gets doesn ’ t just get a pass but gets a USA Today fact-checker attacking a contingent of online trolls that don ’ t exist — unless , of course , you ’ re a member of the “ Santa Rosa Conservatives , ” or whatever that hot mess is .
If Camille Caldera is stuck for something to fact-check , Psaki ’ s claim that this photo is recirculating because @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Russian propaganda ” is a more fecund subject .
Don ’ t expect to see that fact check anytime soon , though .
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When would a fact-checker even bother trying to stall the social media momentum of a problematic picture that wasn’t photoshopped?
If your answer was a potentially incoming Biden administration official, you don’t get many points. Whatever you receive these days on the SATs simply for writing your name correctly, that’s what you get. And it shows that, despite a presumptive president-elect who’s more to the establishment media’s liking, the rigged carnival game of fact-checking is still irretrievably broken.
So for those of you who don’t keep up with these things, Obama-era functionary and CNN contributor Jen Psaki has been tapped to be the White House press secretary. Given the fact that Biden pronounces “psalmist” as “palmist,” I’m sure this should lead to some verbal hijinks in the Oval Office should that be Biden’s eventual destination. (“Just humor him, Jen,” Kamala Harris will doubtlessly whisper after the third or fourth time she tries to correct Biden.)
Psaki is a staid and unexciting pick for press secretary, especially since she’s the kind of person who could make even the most caffeinated of reporters fall fast asleep at 11 a.m. If you didn’t have some particular interest in the substance of her media briefings back when she was the Obama administration’s State Department spokeswoman, her verbal cadence made for aural Valium. That sort of bearing doesn’t lead itself to contentiousness — except it seems Psaki made a particularly poor choice of headwear during her time in the Obama administration.
Here’s Matt Wolking, a spokesman for President Donald Trump’s campaign, pointing it out this week:
Here’s Jen Psaki hugging Russia’s Foreign Minister and Russia’s chief foreign affairs propagandist while wearing a pink hammer and sickle hat pic.twitter.com/WMJytaxd7J — Matt Wolking (@MattWolking) November 30, 2020
Yes, it’s the hammer and sickle pic.twitter.com/sniIGMNX61 — Matt Wolking (@MattWolking) December 1, 2020
In 2014, while meeting with Russian diplomats as part of her role with the State Department, Psaki donned a Russian ushanka hat with a hammer-and-sickle symbol on it. While I don’t believe that the Red Army ever issued ushankas in pink during the Soviet Union’s 1922-1991 run, the crest on the front of the hat, complete with communist hammer-and-sickle branding, is pretty period-accurate.
Psaki blamed the Russkies, saying she’d “been the target of Russian propaganda” and that “the purpose is to discredit powerful messengers and to spread misinformation to confuse the public.”
“Anyone who repeats it is (unwitting or not) simply a puppet of the propaganda machine,” Psaki added.
For anyone who hasn’t been the target of Russian propaganda (cc: @McFaul @HillaryClinton) the purpose is to discredit powerful messengers and to spread misinformation to confuse the public. Anyone who repeats it is (unwitting or not) simply a puppet of the propaganda machine. — Jen Psaki (@jrpsaki) December 1, 2020
There’s an issue with this explanation, however:
The photo of you that is circulating around on the internet is featured on the U.S. State Department’s Flickr account from your time in the Obama administration: https://t.co/q3iMmHkPVi https://t.co/VCsQV8cokJ — Ryan Saavedra (@RealSaavedra) December 2, 2020
So, either a) the Kremlin is so insidious that they can make the “powerful messengers” of the future wear hammer-and-sickle ushankas for photo ops, then get the U.S. State Department to put the photos on their official Flickr feed so they can make those photos go viral six years later, or b) this is a terrible explanation and Jen Psaki is trying to clumsily wallpaper over a blunder from six years ago.
If the answer is a), I suggest we should just welcome our new Putinian overlords, because they’ve apparently been playing 8D deep-sea Go while we’re stuck playing 3D underwater chess. I tend to think the answer is b), however.
There’s not really much room for a fact check here; almost no one was adducing motives to Psaki that weren’t there. The photo was genuine. What were they going to fact-check?
Well, USA Today was going to look for “missing context” in how prominent conservatives were treating the picture — even though their definition of prominent conservatives may not match yours.
In addition to comments on social media that said “Oh the irony…after 3 years of Russia Russia Russia” and “From Russia with love” — not unreasonable or contentious remarks– the fact-checkers dredged up a post from a group called the Santa Rosa Conservatives, whose Facebook account has a whopping 768 followers. The only reason they were included, nearest I can tell, was because they posted an article with a picture of Psaki in the hat, complete with the demagogic caption, “THE ENEMY WITHIN.”
“The page offered no way for USA TODAY to contact it for comment,” author Camille Caldera claimed.
I mention this because there’s an email address in the sidebar of the Santa Rosa Conservatives’ Facebook page — so either a) that’s a recent development or b) Caldera’s effort in the matter ended as soon as she found something inflammatory enough to fit this ugly slice of confirmation bias. (I’m going with b) again.)
The sources for the other two remarks aren’t linked. Meanwhile, the only comment from a verified source is from Wolking — even though there were no shortage of blue-checkmarked conservatives with tens (if not hundreds) of thousands of followers saying more insightful things.
Caldera also noted that the sources she found for this were “sure to note the hammer and sickle are a communist symbol” — which is kind of the point. The USSR killed millions of people; wearing the symbol of worldwide communism on a ushanka, a hat fairly specific to Russia, presents profound issues Caldera doesn’t seem to grasp.
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So here’s why it’s apparently missing context: “The photo in question dates to Jan. 13, 2014. At the time, Psaki was the spokesperson for the U.S. State Department, which posted the photo on Flickr.
“She was pictured with then-Secretary of State John Kerry and officials from Russia, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova. They had just completed a diplomatic meeting in Paris as part of the run-up to peace talks in Geneva related to the Syrian civil war, per Foreign Policy.”
Right, and things soured shortly thereafter when Russia invaded the Crimean Peninsula — which is proof of … something to Caldera, and thus photo doesn’t pass fact-checking muster.
“The image is real, but claims that the hat was anything more a gift or that Psaki was with Russian officials in any capacity beyond her official role are MISSING CONTEXT,” the article concluded.
If you printed Caldera’s article out, put it in the middle of a cornfield and then built a five-story scarecrow right next to it, the scarecrow would still be the second-biggest straw man in the field.
Nearest I can tell, what she’s fact-checking isn’t any raft of people falsely claiming “that the hat was anything more a gift or that Psaki was with Russian officials in any capacity beyond her official role.” She’s fact-checking the Santa Rosa Conservatives — something that I’m sure makes the trolls behind that little-trafficked clickbait-y corner of Facebook happy but doesn’t address the reason why this trended.
Psaki is pretty much everything conservatives don’t like about the potential Biden administration — namely, that it looks like the worst parts of the Obama administration clumsily grafted onto the worst parts of the modern Democratic Party.
If she isn’t official member of what’s become known as the “blob,” to quote Ben Rhodes’ aptronym for career foreign policy types who don’t oft venture outside of Washington, New York and Geneva, she’s at least eligible for a guest pass. Which, fine — but if you’re going to go down that road, it helps if you have enough self-awareness to not don a pink ushanka with a hammer-and-sickle symbol on it. If you can’t get out of it by saying artificial fur makes you itchy, you can tell your guests it’s not a particularly good career move to be photographed wearing a cutesy piece of communist ephemera.
There were plenty of prominent conservatives on Facebook and Twitter who pointed this out and only a handful random accounts who were saying this was proof Psaki was “THE ENEMY WITHIN.” Guess what Caldera focused on?
This was a painfully bad decision which any Trump-adjacent Republican would never live down — and yet, because it’s Joe Biden, Psaki gets doesn’t just get a pass but gets a USA Today fact-checker attacking a contingent of online trolls that don’t exist — unless, of course, you’re a member of the “Santa Rosa Conservatives,” or whatever that hot mess is.
If Camille Caldera is stuck for something to fact-check, Psaki’s claim that this photo is recirculating because she’s “the target of Russian propaganda” is a more fecund subject. Don’t expect to see that fact check anytime soon, though.
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westernjournal--2020-12-05--Virginia Bill Would Give Schools Exactly What They Deserve for Not Teaching in Person During COVID

One of the biggest victims of government overreach during the coronavirus pandemic has been America ’ s schoolchildren .
For months , many schools across the country have been closed in the name of slowing the spread of the virus , despite ample evidence that school closures were misguided from the start .
Even the CDC director has agreed that schools should be open .
Nevertheless , scores of schools remain closed .
Some states , however , are beginning to push back .
In Virginia , Republican lawmaker Michael J. Webert has introduced House Bill 1742 , which would @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
TRENDING : The Story of Joe Biden 's Broken Foot Just Got More Bizarre “ [ I ] n the event that any school board does not provide the option of in-person instruction as the sole method of instruction for any enrolled student , ” the bill reads , “ the parent of any such student who withdraws his child from attendance to receive , upon request , an education voucher.
” The voucher would be equal to “ a prorated share of the applicable Standards of Quality per-pupil state funds appropriated @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the school division , including the per-pupil share of state sales tax funding in basic aid and any state per-pupil share of special education funding for which the child is eligible , to cover the expenses of providing in-person instruction in an alternative setting.
” This would be huge for so many young learners and their parents .
During the coronavirus pandemic , parent satisfaction with K-12 schools has dropped precipitously , and remote learning has been deemed by many to be an utter failure .
Many parents are looking for other options @ @ @ @ @ @ @ funding based on the number of pupils they educate .
When schools refuse to open , it begs an important question : Why should schools continue to receive money for pupils they refuse to educate on campus ?
The Virginia bill answers that question simply : They shouldn ’ t .
Instead , the bills says , if a school will not provide full in-person instruction to a pupil , the money should go to that pupil ’ s parents instead .
The money would be provided to families in the form of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ fund alternative education options .
If this bill passes , it will be a major win for the school choice movement — not to mention a slap in the face to teachers ’ unions and useless schools .
It will allow parents , rather than the government , more autonomy over their children ’ s education while simultaneously punishing schools that don ’ t fulfill their purposes .
While the bill would not make vouchers available to all families , as it is only for those whose schools are not providing in-person instruction @ @ @ @ @ @ @ new push to eventually make vouchers available to every American family with school age children .
Hopefully , more states and schools follow suit .
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One of the biggest victims of government overreach during the coronavirus pandemic has been America’s schoolchildren.
For months, many schools across the country have been closed in the name of slowing the spread of the virus, despite ample evidence that school closures were misguided from the start.
Even the CDC director has agreed that schools should be open. Nevertheless, scores of schools remain closed.
Some states, however, are beginning to push back.
In Virginia, Republican lawmaker Michael J. Webert has introduced House Bill 1742, which would tie certain school funding to in-person instruction.
“[I]n the event that any school board does not provide the option of in-person instruction as the sole method of instruction for any enrolled student,” the bill reads, “the parent of any such student who withdraws his child from attendance to receive, upon request, an education voucher.”
The voucher would be equal to “a prorated share of the applicable Standards of Quality per-pupil state funds appropriated for public school purposes and apportioned to the school division, including the per-pupil share of state sales tax funding in basic aid and any state per-pupil share of special education funding for which the child is eligible, to cover the expenses of providing in-person instruction in an alternative setting.”
This would be huge for so many young learners and their parents.
During the coronavirus pandemic, parent satisfaction with K-12 schools has dropped precipitously, and remote learning has been deemed by many to be an utter failure.
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Many parents are looking for other options.
Schools receive a portion of their funding based on the number of pupils they educate. When schools refuse to open, it begs an important question: Why should schools continue to receive money for pupils they refuse to educate on campus?
The Virginia bill answers that question simply: They shouldn’t.
Instead, the bills says, if a school will not provide full in-person instruction to a pupil, the money should go to that pupil’s parents instead.
The money would be provided to families in the form of a voucher that can be used to fund alternative education options.
If this bill passes, it will be a major win for the school choice movement — not to mention a slap in the face to teachers’ unions and useless schools.
It will allow parents, rather than the government, more autonomy over their children’s education while simultaneously punishing schools that don’t fulfill their purposes.
While the bill would not make vouchers available to all families, as it is only for those whose schools are not providing in-person instruction, it could be part of a new push to eventually make vouchers available to every American family with school age children.
Hopefully, more states and schools follow suit.
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westernjournal--2020-12-05--Trump’s Case To Change the Electoral College Vote Is Much Stronger Than Dems’ Was in ’16

Remember following the 2016 election when Democrats and their allies in the media were cheering on the idea of “ faithless electors.
” Their argument was that Russia had interfered with the American election so Donald Trump ’ s win over Hillary Clinton could not be trusted .
New York Magazine headlined , “ Last-Minute Push to Sway Electoral College Voters Intensifies , ” noting that then-House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi supported the effort by 79 Democrat electors to be briefed by the Obama administration on Russia ’ s alleged interference .
Politico reported that California Democratic elector Christine Pelosi @ @ @ @ @ @ @ spearheaded the effort .
“ The nation ’ s 538 presidential electors have been thrust into the political foreground like never before in American history .
In the aftermath of a uniquely polarizing presidential contest , the once-anonymous electors are squarely in the spotlight , targeted by death threats , harassing phone calls and reams of hate mail .
One Texas Republican elector said he ’ s been bombarded with more than 200,000 emails , ” the news outlet explained .
One GOP Arizona elector told The Washington Post , she was receiving @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ahead of the December 2016 Electoral College vote urging her to be a faithless elector .
The New York Times reported that a “ historic number ” of electors in fact defected , voting for someone other than their party ’ s nominee .
As happened multiple times during the Trump administration , Democrats have given themselves no ground to stand on when the president now argues he has real concerns about the integrity of the current election .
TRENDING : The Story of Joe Biden 's Broken Foot Just Got More Bizarre @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” allegations were a legitimate reason to argue for electors to vote differently ( and they weren ’ t by the way ) than the results of the election , how much more when Trump ’ s campaign has offered hundreds of affidavits and other evidence of fraud in hearings before state legislators in Georgia , Arizona , Pennsylvania and Michigan .
The campaign , in fact , is calling for the Republican-controlled legislatures in these states to exercise their constitutional authority to stop the final certification of the presidential election in their @ @ @ @ @ @ @ courts intervening , the state legislatures can take back their authority under Article II and they can actually stop this certification and they can say , ‘ No , this election was fraudulent .
It was corrupted and we are going to provide that remedy , ' ” Trump campaign senior legal adviser Jenna Ellis told Fox Business Network ’ s Maria Bartiromo on Friday .
Ellis discussed a newly surfaced video from a Fulton County , Georgia counting site allegedly showing boxes of ballots being counted after election officials told observers to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ night was done .
RELATED : Trump Implicates US Agency , Claims the Service Tampered with 'Hundreds of Thousands of Ballots' “ This is what my co-counsel Rudy Giuliani described as ‘ the smoking gun , ’ ” Ellis said .
“ This verified the testimony that we already had from other poll watchers and other people who were there who said that they had to leave and described all these irregular activities and the violations against the law.
” Georgia Public Broadcasting fact-checked the claim , reporting that legal ballot counting is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ however , the news outlet noted , “ No monitors were told to leave , but Republican monitors and members of the media left when some election employees called ‘ cutters ’ wrapped up for the night.
” Why were they told it was a wrap for the night when it was not ?
It raises legitimate questions whether everything was above board .
Georgia Public Broadcasting further pointed while having party observers is permitted , it is not required by law .
Why are party observers permitted ?
To give people confidence @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
The president ’ s son , Eric , tweeted an image appearing to show the spike in votes for Democrat Joe Biden in Fulton County after the monitors were told to go home .
Georgia Republican Gov .
Brian Kemp has called for a verification of absentee ballot signatures , which is particularly important given the low 0.03 percent absentee ballot rejection rate , or 4,500 ballots among the 1.3 million cast .
Only 12,670 votes separate Biden from Trump in the Peach State .
Meanwhile , in Arizona , where Biden @ @ @ @ @ @ @ smaller 10,457 votes , there is also reason to believe Trump could yet prevail if election irregularities are addressed .
On Thursday , Arizona Republican Chairwoman Kelli Ward told KFYI-AM radio talk show host James T. Harris an Arizona judge granted the campaign access to 100 ballots as a random sample to check for “ red flag ” issues among the 1.9 million ballots that came in absentee , as well as the duplicate ballots filled out by election officials in Maricopa County when the original ballots could not be read by the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ t know if we were going to be successful with these 100 ballots we got to look at because it ’ s such a small sample , ” Ward said .
“ What did we find ?
A 3 percent swing towards president Trump , ” she added .
In one instance a duplicate ballot was allegedly switched from Trump to Biden .
So when corrected , that is in effect a two-vote swing , Biden loses one and Trump gains .
In another instance , a ballot was allegedly filled out for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ there is funny business , ” Ward said .
The chairwoman believes the irregularities regarding duplicate ballots and other issues in Maricopa County alone ( which encompasses Phoenix ) could change the outcome of the election .
Ward further noted that whistleblowers at Monday ’ s election hearing involving Giuliani , Ellis and Arizona legislators spoke about irregularities in Pima County ( Tucson ) and Coconino County ( in northern AZ ) , which also went for Biden .
On Friday , the Arizona Senate president , the speaker of the House and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ audit of Maricopa County ’ s election software and equipment .
In Pennsylvania , legislators last week heard testimony from the Trump campaign legal team of irregularities in the count , including observers being denied access in Philadelphia , as well as inconsistent treatment regarding curing absentee ballots , and the acceptance of ballots after the deadline .
On Friday , 76 members of the Pennsylvania legislature wrote a letter to their congressional delegation calling on them to reject the state ’ s electors being counted in light Democrat Gov .
Tom Wolf @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to ensure the integrity of the vote .
All these issues are apart from the whistleblower accounts of between 144,000 and 288,000 completed mail-in ballots being trucked in from New York to Pennsylvania and 47 missing USB voting machine cards in Delaware County outside of Philadelphia , placing up to 120,000 votes in question .
If Georgia , Arizona and Pennsylvania flip — either through the legislatures or the courts — Trump remains president of the United States .
One thing is clear : While Democrats in 2016 wanted electors to vote against @ @ @ @ @ @ @ outcome , the president makes a compelling case the Electoral College should change in 2020 because fraud has occurred .
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Remember following the 2016 election when Democrats and their allies in the media were cheering on the idea of “faithless electors.”
Their argument was that Russia had interfered with the American election so Donald Trump’s win over Hillary Clinton could not be trusted.
New York Magazine headlined, “Last-Minute Push to Sway Electoral College Voters Intensifies,” noting that then-House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi supported the effort by 79 Democrat electors to be briefed by the Obama administration on Russia’s alleged interference.
Politico reported that California Democratic elector Christine Pelosi, the speaker’s daughter, spearheaded the effort.
“The nation’s 538 presidential electors have been thrust into the political foreground like never before in American history. In the aftermath of a uniquely polarizing presidential contest, the once-anonymous electors are squarely in the spotlight, targeted by death threats, harassing phone calls and reams of hate mail. One Texas Republican elector said he’s been bombarded with more than 200,000 emails,” the news outlet explained.
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One GOP Arizona elector told The Washington Post, she was receiving 50 letters and 3,000 emails a day ahead of the December 2016 Electoral College vote urging her to be a faithless elector.
The New York Times reported that a “historic number” of electors in fact defected, voting for someone other than their party’s nominee.
As happened multiple times during the Trump administration, Democrats have given themselves no ground to stand on when the president now argues he has real concerns about the integrity of the current election.
If “Russia, Russia, Russia” allegations were a legitimate reason to argue for electors to vote differently (and they weren’t by the way) than the results of the election, how much more when Trump’s campaign has offered hundreds of affidavits and other evidence of fraud in hearings before state legislators in Georgia, Arizona, Pennsylvania and Michigan.
The campaign, in fact, is calling for the Republican-controlled legislatures in these states to exercise their constitutional authority to stop the final certification of the presidential election in their respective states.
How can YOU help protect election integrity? Call your legislators in PA, AZ, MI, GA, WI, and NV. They are the authority our Constitution designated to protect against corruption in presidential elections. — Jenna Ellis (@JennaEllisEsq) December 4, 2020
“Even without the courts intervening, the state legislatures can take back their authority under Article II and they can actually stop this certification and they can say, ‘No, this election was fraudulent. It was corrupted and we are going to provide that remedy,'” Trump campaign senior legal adviser Jenna Ellis told Fox Business Network’s Maria Bartiromo on Friday.
Ellis discussed a newly surfaced video from a Fulton County, Georgia counting site allegedly showing boxes of ballots being counted after election officials told observers to go home because the counting for the night was done.
“This is what my co-counsel Rudy Giuliani described as ‘the smoking gun,’” Ellis said. “This verified the testimony that we already had from other poll watchers and other people who were there who said that they had to leave and described all these irregular activities and the violations against the law.”
Georgia Public Broadcasting fact-checked the claim, reporting that legal ballot counting is all that occurred in Fulton County; however, the news outlet noted, “No monitors were told to leave, but Republican monitors and members of the media left when some election employees called ‘cutters’ wrapped up for the night.”
Why were they told it was a wrap for the night when it was not? It raises legitimate questions whether everything was above board.
Georgia Public Broadcasting further pointed while having party observers is permitted, it is not required by law.
Why are party observers permitted? To give people confidence that the vote is being counted fairly.
WATCH: Video footage from Georgia shows suitcases filled with ballots pulled from under a table AFTER supervisors told poll workers to leave room and 4 people stayed behind to keep counting votes pic.twitter.com/AcbTI1pxn4 — Team Trump (@TeamTrump) December 3, 2020
The president’s son, Eric, tweeted an image appearing to show the spike in votes for Democrat Joe Biden in Fulton County after the monitors were told to go home.
Georgia Republican Gov. Brian Kemp has called for a verification of absentee ballot signatures, which is particularly important given the low 0.03 percent absentee ballot rejection rate, or 4,500 ballots among the 1.3 million cast.
FINALLY Georgia Governor Brian Kemp is calling for a signature audit. What took him so long??? This is BASIC election integrity ignored until now… pic.twitter.com/xK6fIJY2aj — Kayleigh McEnany (@kayleighmcenany) December 4, 2020
Only 12,670 votes separate Biden from Trump in the Peach State.
Meanwhile, in Arizona, where Biden’s current lead is an even smaller 10,457 votes, there is also reason to believe Trump could yet prevail if election irregularities are addressed.
On Thursday, Arizona Republican Chairwoman Kelli Ward told KFYI-AM radio talk show host James T. Harris an Arizona judge granted the campaign access to 100 ballots as a random sample to check for “red flag” issues among the 1.9 million ballots that came in absentee, as well as the duplicate ballots filled out by election officials in Maricopa County when the original ballots could not be read by the voting machine.
“We didn’t know if we were going to be successful with these 100 ballots we got to look at because it’s such a small sample,” Ward said.
“What did we find? A 3 percent swing towards president Trump,” she added.
In one instance a duplicate ballot was allegedly switched from Trump to Biden. So when corrected, that is in effect a two-vote swing, Biden loses one and Trump gains.
In another instance, a ballot was allegedly filled out for the president but discarded. “So there is funny business,” Ward said.
In Arizona, it turns out that 3% of the votes cast in the 100 count vote sampling were tainted or worse. This would be, if carried forward, approximately 90,000 votes more than we would need to win the State. Now we were granted a much larger sample to work with. Wow! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 2, 2020
The chairwoman believes the irregularities regarding duplicate ballots and other issues in Maricopa County alone (which encompasses Phoenix) could change the outcome of the election.
Ward further noted that whistleblowers at Monday’s election hearing involving Giuliani, Ellis and Arizona legislators spoke about irregularities in Pima County (Tucson) and Coconino County (in northern AZ), which also went for Biden.
On Friday, the Arizona Senate president, the speaker of the House and other legislative leaders called for an independent audit of Maricopa County’s election software and equipment.
In Pennsylvania, legislators last week heard testimony from the Trump campaign legal team of irregularities in the count, including observers being denied access in Philadelphia, as well as inconsistent treatment regarding curing absentee ballots, and the acceptance of ballots after the deadline.
On Friday, 76 members of the Pennsylvania legislature wrote a letter to their congressional delegation calling on them to reject the state’s electors being counted in light Democrat Gov. Tom Wolf undermining many of the legal protections designed to ensure the integrity of the vote.
WOW. Letter from over 76 members of the PA legislature asking Congress to reject PA’s electors. The focus is on multiple violations of Article II, Sec. 1, Cl. 2 by the Democrat Governor and Democrat Secretary of State.https://t.co/zjpm0mLRBm — Mark R. Levin (@marklevinshow) December 4, 2020
All these issues are apart from the whistleblower accounts of between 144,000 and 288,000 completed mail-in ballots being trucked in from New York to Pennsylvania and 47 missing USB voting machine cards in Delaware County outside of Philadelphia, placing up to 120,000 votes in question.
Jesse Morgan—a truck driver (subcontractor) with USPS in PENNSYLVANIA…pic.twitter.com/EFxXZnQCUS — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 1, 2020
If Georgia, Arizona and Pennsylvania flip — either through the legislatures or the courts — Trump remains president of the United States.
One thing is clear: While Democrats in 2016 wanted electors to vote against Trump because they did not like the outcome, the president makes a compelling case the Electoral College should change in 2020 because fraud has occurred.
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westernjournal--2020-12-04--Suspected PLA Agents Posing as ‘Researchers’ Flee in Droves After Trump Crackdown

Over 1,000 Chinese researchers have fled America amidst an ongoing crackdown against the communist regime ’ s underhanded statecraft .
Even better for our national security interests , these “ researchers ” are believed to be affiliated with the People ’ s Liberation Army .
The most recent exodus of the Chinese nationals comes after the U.S. Justice Department opened criminal cases against some of the foreign agents , according to Sky News .
The cases reportedly revolve around espionage against America ’ s industrial and technological secrets .
The pressure against China has been slowly increased by President Donald @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Asian powerhouse ’ s lies threw the world into a devastating pandemic .
TRENDING : The Story of Joe Biden 's Broken Foot Just Got More Bizarre As recent as Nov. 2 , the Trump administration added more restrictions to the growing crackdown against the Communist Party of China and its agents abroad .
According to DOJ National Security Division Chief John Demers , China is the only country with the “ resources and ability and will , ” to operate an espionage campaign of this scale .
The communist regime ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ well , creating a prime environment for pro-China propaganda .
Even our military ’ s officer corps has seen its own servicemembers compromised by the People ’ s Republic , with one Navy officer busted last year for smuggling flash drives and hardware to China .
There are also worries that foreign actors are not only here to steal our secrets but to influence the very people leading America .
“ We ’ ve also seen an uptick , which was planned and we predicted , that China would now revector their influence @ @ @ @ @ @ @ administration , ” Director of United States Counterintelligence and Security Center Bill Evanina warned at a cybersecurity summit .
Presumptive president-elect Joe Biden , who has vowed to cooperate with the Chinese regime , is seemingly the perfect target for those trying to conduct an influence operation .
Biden ’ s ties to China are already strong — the former vice president had several high-level meetings with the country ’ s leadership during diplomatic missions to the country .
Perhaps the most important friend Biden made was Chinese President Xi Jinping , who @ @ @ @ @ @ @ two first met .
Now , Xi refers to Biden as “ my old friend.
” While Trump ’ s aggressive crackdown on China ’ s antics seems to be driving many of the apparent foreign agents away , a change in administration could signal a reversal of the trend .
This opportunity , if it arises , will undoubtedly be exploited by our Asian adversary .
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Over 1,000 Chinese researchers have fled America amidst an ongoing crackdown against the communist regime’s underhanded statecraft.
Even better for our national security interests, these “researchers” are believed to be affiliated with the People’s Liberation Army.
The most recent exodus of the Chinese nationals comes after the U.S. Justice Department opened criminal cases against some of the foreign agents, according to Sky News.
The cases reportedly revolve around espionage against America’s industrial and technological secrets.
The pressure against China has been slowly increased by President Donald Trump and has only accelerated as the Asian powerhouse’s lies threw the world into a devastating pandemic.
As recent as Nov. 2, the Trump administration added more restrictions to the growing crackdown against the Communist Party of China and its agents abroad.
According to DOJ National Security Division Chief John Demers, China is the only country with the “resources and ability and will,” to operate an espionage campaign of this scale.
The communist regime’s operations have infiltrated academia and journalism as well, creating a prime environment for pro-China propaganda.
Even our military’s officer corps has seen its own servicemembers compromised by the People’s Republic, with one Navy officer busted last year for smuggling flash drives and hardware to China.
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There are also worries that foreign actors are not only here to steal our secrets but to influence the very people leading America.
“We’ve also seen an uptick, which was planned and we predicted, that China would now revector their influence campaigns to the [Joe Biden] administration,” Director of United States Counterintelligence and Security Center Bill Evanina warned at a cybersecurity summit.
Presumptive president-elect Joe Biden, who has vowed to cooperate with the Chinese regime, is seemingly the perfect target for those trying to conduct an influence operation.
Biden’s ties to China are already strong — the former vice president had several high-level meetings with the country’s leadership during diplomatic missions to the country.
Perhaps the most important friend Biden made was Chinese President Xi Jinping, who was originally a vice president when the two first met.
Now, Xi refers to Biden as “my old friend.”
While Trump’s aggressive crackdown on China’s antics seems to be driving many of the apparent foreign agents away, a change in administration could signal a reversal of the trend.
This opportunity, if it arises, will undoubtedly be exploited by our Asian adversary.
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westernjournal--2020-12-04--Ilhan Omar Tries To Support Her Bill To Cancel Rent and Mortgages, Tweets Article That Blasts It

When a politician tweets out an article , you generally assume they read said article .
That doesn ’ t appear to be the case for Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota , who is currently sponsoring a House bill to cancel rent and mortgage payments in light of the coronavirus pandemic .
The bill , introduced back in April by Omar , has 27 cosponsors in the House — all of them Democrats .
On Wednesday , Omar tweeted out an article about her bill — but the article isn ’ t exactly in favor of the bill .
TRENDING @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Broken Foot Just Got More Bizarre The article , from Market Realist , explains that the Rent and Mortgage Cancellation Act is intended to eliminate housing payments for many Americans retroactively from April 1 , 2020 , until the coronavirus pandemic is over .
Failure to pay rent or other similar bills would not result in fines , eviction or a negatively-impacted credit score .
Unfortunately , the bill has been criticized for being confusing and vague .
One specific criticism outlined in the article is that there is no income threshold attached @ @ @ @ @ @ @ claim relief under the bill , even if the claimant isn ’ t actually struggling to pay his or her rent or mortgage .
In other words , the bill , as currently written , is ripe for abuse .
The bill provides for reimbursements from the government to affected landlords and lenders , but doesn ’ t ensure that those reimbursements will be made timely .
This could result in dire economic problems for landlords , who rely on rent payments for their own income .
If landlords can ’ t pay @ @ @ @ @ @ @ can ’ t keep their buildings , which can create further problems for their tenants .
Omar ’ s goal is to keep people from being evicted as a result of the coronavirus , but the Market Realist article suggests that this bill won ’ t solve the problem — rather , it would just kick the problem down the road and could result in thousands of evictions when the pandemic is over and the bill ’ s relief expires .
RELATED : Ilhan Omar and the 'Squad ' Turn Against Obama Over @ @ @ @ @ @ @ short , the article is far from supportive .
Instead , it lays out many of the key problems with the proposed Rent and Mortgage Cancellation Act .
Omar ( or whoever writes tweets for her ) either didn ’ t read the article beyond the first paragraph , or simply couldn ’ t find one that was more flattering .
Either way , it tells you everything you need to know about this disaster of a bill .
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When a politician tweets out an article, you generally assume they read said article.
That doesn’t appear to be the case for Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, who is currently sponsoring a House bill to cancel rent and mortgage payments in light of the coronavirus pandemic.
The bill, introduced back in April by Omar, has 27 cosponsors in the House — all of them Democrats.
On Wednesday, Omar tweeted out an article about her bill — but the article isn’t exactly in favor of the bill.
You can read about my bill here ⬇https://t.co/CDtLWUbCSr — Ilhan Omar (@IlhanMN) December 3, 2020
The article, from Market Realist, explains that the Rent and Mortgage Cancellation Act is intended to eliminate housing payments for many Americans retroactively from April 1, 2020, until the coronavirus pandemic is over. Failure to pay rent or other similar bills would not result in fines, eviction or a negatively-impacted credit score.
Unfortunately, the bill has been criticized for being confusing and vague.
One specific criticism outlined in the article is that there is no income threshold attached to the bill, so anyone can claim relief under the bill, even if the claimant isn’t actually struggling to pay his or her rent or mortgage.
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In other words, the bill, as currently written, is ripe for abuse.
The bill provides for reimbursements from the government to affected landlords and lenders, but doesn’t ensure that those reimbursements will be made timely.
This could result in dire economic problems for landlords, who rely on rent payments for their own income.
If landlords can’t pay their own bills and mortgages, they can’t keep their buildings, which can create further problems for their tenants.
Omar’s goal is to keep people from being evicted as a result of the coronavirus, but the Market Realist article suggests that this bill won’t solve the problem — rather, it would just kick the problem down the road and could result in thousands of evictions when the pandemic is over and the bill’s relief expires.
In short, the article is far from supportive.
Instead, it lays out many of the key problems with the proposed Rent and Mortgage Cancellation Act.
Omar (or whoever writes tweets for her) either didn’t read the article beyond the first paragraph, or simply couldn’t find one that was more flattering.
Either way, it tells you everything you need to know about this disaster of a bill.
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westernjournal--2020-12-04--Pediatric Cardiologist: Biden-Harris’ Health Plan Will Destroy the Middle Class & Kill Americans

What health care system should we anticipate in a Biden/Harris administration ?
What health care — the service — can Americans expect in such a system ?
Joe Biden has published his Biden health care plan .
Presumptive vice president-elect Kamala Harris strongly supports Bernie Sanders ’ single-payer Medicare for All ( H.R .
1384 ) .
It is likely the system they seek to implement will have elements common to both plans .
Whatever the name of their preferred system — socialized medicine , single-payer , universal health care or Medicare for All — the most accurate descriptor will @ @ @ @ @ @ @ branch of industry or commerce from private ownership to federal control .
Nationalization takes away the right to choose from the individual and puts it in government hands .
Washington will choose your doctor , dictate your care and spend your money .
( Washington has no money of its own except that which taxpayers give it . )
Private health insurance policies will cease to exist .
Section 202 of the Medicare for All bill prohibits private insurance by law .
TRENDING : The Story of Joe Biden 's Broken Foot Just @ @ @ @ @ @ @ would create a taxpayer-supported government insurance company called the public option .
By lowballing prices , the public option will drive private insurance companies out of the market .
Either way , Americans will have only one insurance option : what Washington approves .
Section 614 ( b ) of the Medicare for All bill decries capitalism and the profit motive as the reasons for the failure of the U.S. health care system .
Capitalism was the key success factor that propelled 13 small colonies to become the world ’ s superpower .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ American innovation .
Without it , the medical miracles we now enjoy would not exist , such as cancer cures , laparoscopic procedures and nonsurgical heart repairs .
And it was profit motive in the private sector that developed vaccines against COVID-19 in less than a year .
That was true Warp Speed , not possible under government bureaucracy .
Nationalization includes strict price and wage controls .
Payments to providers and drug companies will be reduced by the “ national health budget.
” That is central economic control as used in the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ other totalitarian systems .
The effects of wage and price controls have been proven beyond doubt : shortages , low quality , insufficient quantity and ultimately , higher costs .
Charles Blahous of the Mercatus Center has shown that nationalization will reduce payments to physicians by at least 40 percent .
This will worsen the doctor shortage and lengthen wait times for patients to receive care .
Before the Affordable Care Act , the average maximum wait time to see a primary care physician was an unacceptable 100 days .
After the implementation @ @ @ @ @ @ @ had increased to an unconscionable 176 days .
With nationalization , the wait time could become years , not months .
Inordinately long wait times for care give rise to death by queueing .
People succumb to treatable illnesses while waiting in line for medically possible care that is not made available in time .
Such death by queueing has been documented in single-payer systems such as the U.K. ’ s National Health Service and our own VA system , where 47,000 veterans may have died waiting for care .
With the nationalization @ @ @ @ @ @ @ coming soon to average Americans .
RELATED : Bob Ehrlich : Political Predictions Rarely Come True , But Here 's 1 You Can Take to the Bank Add Biden ’ s promise to “ tackle market concentration ” to price and wage controls , and you have health care with no free market forces : reasons to economize and seller competition .
Biden ’ s intention for Medicare to negotiate lower drug prices calls to mind the image of a B-52 bomber “ negotiating ” with a foot soldier , rifle in hand @ @ @ @ @ @ @ $ 32 trillion to more than $ 40 trillion , the latter projection by Bernie Sanders himself .
This cost will be added to what we are currently spending .
For perspective , the total GDP of planet earth is an estimated $ 92 trillion .
To raise that kind of money , taxes will more than double , particularly for middle-class Americans .
Biden has assured us that only those making more than $ 400,000 a year would see higher taxes .
This is blatant nonsense .
Every politician knows the Willie @ @ @ @ @ @ @ robbed banks , Sutton replied , “ Because that ’ s where the money is.
” Though the hyper-rich make nice targets for class-warfare rhetoric , they are too few to generate the trillions of dollars necessary for Democrats ’ health care plans .
Such amounts of tax revenue can only come from middle-class Americans .
One of the more egregious promises made about nationalization is the assurance that Washington will make health care simple , easy to use and efficient — and that it will save money .
For starters , look @ @ @ @ @ @ @ — it ’ s more complex than a roadmap of the Los Angeles freeway system .
Then add all the new federal rules , agencies and bureaucrats that are included in H.R .
1384 .
This massive , complex bureaucracy costs boatloads of money , trillions as noted above .
Democrats ’ promise of affordable care will suffer the same fate as their promise of $ 2,500 in savings with Obamacare .
Care will be affordable , in fact at no charge , at point of service , but it will be quite @ @ @ @ @ @ @ : more than double what we pay now .
In fact , the price tag for Democrats ’ nationalization — $ 40 trillion — will bankrupt our nation .
Even with this massive expenditure , Americans won ’ t get care in time to save us .
In December 2009 , author Daniel Putkowski released a novel describing what medical care would be like for average Americans if U.S. health care were nationalized .
In his book , a desperate father had to resort to black-market medical care to save his son with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s title , “ Universal Coverage , ” was subsequently used as the Section 102 header in the Medicare for All bill .
For patients , doctors , and our nation as a whole , it is terrifying to think that Putkowski ’ s fictional dystopia may soon become our day-to-day fact .
A Biden/Harris nationalization of U.S. health care would produce a system that we can ’ t possibly afford and that won ’ t provide the care we need — most certainly not in time to save us .
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What health care system should we anticipate in a Biden/Harris administration? What health care — the service — can Americans expect in such a system?
Joe Biden has published his Biden health care plan. Presumptive vice president-elect Kamala Harris strongly supports Bernie Sanders’ single-payer Medicare for All (H.R. 1384). It is likely the system they seek to implement will have elements common to both plans.
Whatever the name of their preferred system — socialized medicine, single-payer, universal health care or Medicare for All — the most accurate descriptor will be nationalization: transfer of a major branch of industry or commerce from private ownership to federal control.
Nationalization takes away the right to choose from the individual and puts it in government hands. Washington will choose your doctor, dictate your care and spend your money. (Washington has no money of its own except that which taxpayers give it.)
Private health insurance policies will cease to exist. Section 202 of the Medicare for All bill prohibits private insurance by law.
Biden’s plan would create a taxpayer-supported government insurance company called the public option. By lowballing prices, the public option will drive private insurance companies out of the market. Either way, Americans will have only one insurance option: what Washington approves.
Section 614(b) of the Medicare for All bill decries capitalism and the profit motive as the reasons for the failure of the U.S. health care system. Capitalism was the key success factor that propelled 13 small colonies to become the world’s superpower. Profit motive is the driving force for American innovation.
Without it, the medical miracles we now enjoy would not exist, such as cancer cures, laparoscopic procedures and nonsurgical heart repairs. And it was profit motive in the private sector that developed vaccines against COVID-19 in less than a year. That was true Warp Speed, not possible under government bureaucracy.
Nationalization includes strict price and wage controls. Payments to providers and drug companies will be reduced by the “national health budget.”
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That is central economic control as used in the Soviet Union, China, Venezuela and other totalitarian systems. The effects of wage and price controls have been proven beyond doubt: shortages, low quality, insufficient quantity and ultimately, higher costs.
Charles Blahous of the Mercatus Center has shown that nationalization will reduce payments to physicians by at least 40 percent. This will worsen the doctor shortage and lengthen wait times for patients to receive care.
Before the Affordable Care Act, the average maximum wait time to see a primary care physician was an unacceptable 100 days. After the implementation of Obamacare, the maximum wait time had increased to an unconscionable 176 days. With nationalization, the wait time could become years, not months.
Inordinately long wait times for care give rise to death by queueing. People succumb to treatable illnesses while waiting in line for medically possible care that is not made available in time. Such death by queueing has been documented in single-payer systems such as the U.K.’s National Health Service and our own VA system, where 47,000 veterans may have died waiting for care.
With the nationalization of health care, this tragedy is coming soon to average Americans.
Add Biden’s promise to “tackle market concentration” to price and wage controls, and you have health care with no free market forces: reasons to economize and seller competition.
Biden’s intention for Medicare to negotiate lower drug prices calls to mind the image of a B-52 bomber “negotiating” with a foot soldier, rifle in hand.
Cost estimates of nationalization range from $32 trillion to more than $40 trillion, the latter projection by Bernie Sanders himself. This cost will be added to what we are currently spending. For perspective, the total GDP of planet earth is an estimated $92 trillion. To raise that kind of money, taxes will more than double, particularly for middle-class Americans.
Biden has assured us that only those making more than $400,000 a year would see higher taxes. This is blatant nonsense.
Every politician knows the Willie Sutton Rule. When asked why he robbed banks, Sutton replied, “Because that’s where the money is.”
Though the hyper-rich make nice targets for class-warfare rhetoric, they are too few to generate the trillions of dollars necessary for Democrats’ health care plans. Such amounts of tax revenue can only come from middle-class Americans.
One of the more egregious promises made about nationalization is the assurance that Washington will make health care simple, easy to use and efficient — and that it will save money.
For starters, look at an organizational chart of the ACA — it’s more complex than a roadmap of the Los Angeles freeway system. Then add all the new federal rules, agencies and bureaucrats that are included in H.R. 1384. This massive, complex bureaucracy costs boatloads of money, trillions as noted above.
The ultimate oxymoron is a user-friendly, inexpensive federal health care bureaucracy.
Democrats’ promise of affordable care will suffer the same fate as their promise of $2,500 in savings with Obamacare. Care will be affordable, in fact at no charge, at point of service, but it will be quite unaffordable when the tax bill comes due: more than double what we pay now.
In fact, the price tag for Democrats’ nationalization — $40 trillion — will bankrupt our nation. Even with this massive expenditure, Americans won’t get care in time to save us.
In December 2009, author Daniel Putkowski released a novel describing what medical care would be like for average Americans if U.S. health care were nationalized.
In his book, a desperate father had to resort to black-market medical care to save his son with a heart condition. The book’s title, “Universal Coverage,” was subsequently used as the Section 102 header in the Medicare for All bill.
For patients, doctors, and our nation as a whole, it is terrifying to think that Putkowski’s fictional dystopia may soon become our day-to-day fact.
A Biden/Harris nationalization of U.S. health care would produce a system that we can’t possibly afford and that won’t provide the care we need — most certainly not in time to save us.
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westernjournal--2020-12-04--Trump Implicates US Agency, Claims the Service Tampered with ‘Hundreds of Thousands of Ballots’

Even if President Donald Trump ’ s legal team hasn ’ t proved them in court , allegations continue trickling in that indicate the 2020 presidential election might have had serious integrity problems — and the president is calling out government agencies that witnesses say were involved .
“ Whistleblowers reveal that the USPS is responsible for tampering with hundreds of thousands of ballots , ” Trump tweeted Friday of a One America News Network report .
“ @ OANN This long time Democrat stronghold got rid of massive numbers , especially in swing states , during and before delivery @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
“ Well documented evidence !
” TRENDING : The Story of Joe Biden 's Broken Foot Just Got More Bizarre The network outlined shocking claims surrounding the U.S .
Postal Service , including people backdating ballots and the disappearance of hundreds of thousands of completed mail-in ballots .
These allegations aren ’ t from some right-wing startup network ’ s conspiracy theory mill , but rather from witnesses who spoke to the Amistad Project of the Thomas More Society .
The national conservative legal organization is conducting an independent investigation into alleged @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Findings from the project were released Tuesday , and the Washington Examiner ’ s Paul Bedard detailed some of the most significant allegations .
In Wisconsin , Nathan Pease , a subcontractor hired by the USPS , said he was approached by two different workers on separate occasions with the claim that nearly 100,000 ballots received the day after Election Day were being backdated so as not to be thrown out for their late arrival .
Similar claims of workers backdating ballots were also made by workers in Pennsylvania and Michigan , where @ @ @ @ @ @ @ dump Trump ’ s campaign mail into “ Undeliverable Bulk Business Mail ” bins and to deliver Democratic candidate Joe Biden ’ s mailers on time .
The Amistad Project also heard from Gregory Stenstrom , a Pennsylvania tech expert who claimed that voting machines were improperly updated and accessed against protocol while workers mishandled jump drives , making it nearly impossible to verify votes without a serious audit .
The most distressing claim came from Jesse Morgan , a truck driver hired by the USPS to bring a trailer full of completed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ told the Amistad Project that he brought the ballots from Bethpage , New York , through Harrisburg to a stop in Lancaster , Pennsylvania , where he said his trailer packed with many as 288,000 ballots went missing .
RELATED : Trump 's Case To Change the Electoral College Vote Is Much Stronger Than Dems ' Was in '16 These allegations , if true , implicate workers from the USPS and prove the concerns that the president and others had to widespread vote-by-mail , especially in key states , were well-founded .
There @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is clamoring to overturn the election results to re-elect Trump , but that ’ s simply not the case .
Quite the contrary , I hope — pray — that these allegations and others are untrue or exaggerated , because that means we can still trust our fellow Americans to play fair and let the best man win in national elections .
But it ’ s hard to keep dismissing claims about a stolen election when each day brings new evidence of potential voter irregularities and fraud .
What makes these scenarios plausible @ @ @ @ @ @ @ conspiracy with a puppet master at the top pulling all the strings , but rather that the left ’ s concerted efforts to paint Trump as an evil dictator since he announced his presidential candidacy five years ago .
It wouldn ’ t be unreasonable to expect many different people scattered across many locations throughout the U.S. to have the same idea to do their part to overthrow the villain they believed him to be .
After all , riots in cities throughout the nation erupted under the banner of Black Lives Matter @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to their spontaneous outbreak last May when George Floyd died in Minneapolis police custody .
Somehow , thousands of people went from being law-abiding citizens to vandals and arsonists seemingly overnight , loosely based on the BLM movement but more a product of the zeitgeist at the time .
The same could be true of voter fraud , with workers using nefarious means to stop Trump because it was just sort of the next logical thing to do after years of propaganda against him .
We don ’ t know if any of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ true and possibly never will , but it ’ s often said that where there ’ s smoke , there ’ s fire , and it seems more and more like this election was a smoldering heap from day one .
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Even if President Donald Trump’s legal team hasn’t proved them in court, allegations continue trickling in that indicate the 2020 presidential election might have had serious integrity problems — and the president is calling out government agencies that witnesses say were involved.
“Whistleblowers reveal that the USPS is responsible for tampering with hundreds of thousands of ballots,” Trump tweeted Friday of a One America News Network report.
“@OANN This long time Democrat stronghold got rid of massive numbers, especially in swing states, during and before delivery of the ballots,” he wrote. “Well documented evidence!”
Whistleblowers reveal that the USPS is responsible for tampering with hundreds of thousands of ballots. @OANN This long time Democrat stronghold got rid of massive numbers, especially in swing states, during and before delivery of the ballots. Well documented evidence! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 4, 2020
The network outlined shocking claims surrounding the U.S. Postal Service, including people backdating ballots and the disappearance of hundreds of thousands of completed mail-in ballots.
These allegations aren’t from some right-wing startup network’s conspiracy theory mill, but rather from witnesses who spoke to the Amistad Project of the Thomas More Society. The national conservative legal organization is conducting an independent investigation into alleged voter fraud in several battleground states.
Findings from the project were released Tuesday, and the Washington Examiner’s Paul Bedard detailed some of the most significant allegations.
In Wisconsin, Nathan Pease, a subcontractor hired by the USPS, said he was approached by two different workers on separate occasions with the claim that nearly 100,000 ballots received the day after Election Day were being backdated so as not to be thrown out for their late arrival.
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Similar claims of workers backdating ballots were also made by workers in Pennsylvania and Michigan, where witnesses also said they were directed to dump Trump’s campaign mail into “Undeliverable Bulk Business Mail” bins and to deliver Democratic candidate Joe Biden’s mailers on time.
The Amistad Project also heard from Gregory Stenstrom, a Pennsylvania tech expert who claimed that voting machines were improperly updated and accessed against protocol while workers mishandled jump drives, making it nearly impossible to verify votes without a serious audit.
The most distressing claim came from Jesse Morgan, a truck driver hired by the USPS to bring a trailer full of completed mail-in ballots across state lines.
He told the Amistad Project that he brought the ballots from Bethpage, New York, through Harrisburg to a stop in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, where he said his trailer packed with many as 288,000 ballots went missing.
These allegations, if true, implicate workers from the USPS and prove the concerns that the president and others had to widespread vote-by-mail, especially in key states, were well-founded.
There is a great misconception that the right is clamoring to overturn the election results to re-elect Trump, but that’s simply not the case.
Quite the contrary, I hope — pray — that these allegations and others are untrue or exaggerated, because that means we can still trust our fellow Americans to play fair and let the best man win in national elections.
But it’s hard to keep dismissing claims about a stolen election when each day brings new evidence of potential voter irregularities and fraud.
What makes these scenarios plausible is not that there is a centralized conspiracy with a puppet master at the top pulling all the strings, but rather that the left’s concerted efforts to paint Trump as an evil dictator since he announced his presidential candidacy five years ago.
It wouldn’t be unreasonable to expect many different people scattered across many locations throughout the U.S. to have the same idea to do their part to overthrow the villain they believed him to be.
After all, riots in cities throughout the nation erupted under the banner of Black Lives Matter without significant public affiliation or coordination prior to their spontaneous outbreak last May when George Floyd died in Minneapolis police custody.
Somehow, thousands of people went from being law-abiding citizens to vandals and arsonists seemingly overnight, loosely based on the BLM movement but more a product of the zeitgeist at the time.
The same could be true of voter fraud, with workers using nefarious means to stop Trump because it was just sort of the next logical thing to do after years of propaganda against him.
We don’t know if any of these claims about the Postal Service are true and possibly never will, but it’s often said that where there’s smoke, there’s fire, and it seems more and more like this election was a smoldering heap from day one.
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westernjournal--2020-12-04--‘WJ Live’: Could Biden’s Remark About Developing ‘Some Disease’ Point to a Harris Presidency?

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westernjournal--2020-12-04--State Gets Added to Its Own COVID Travel Advisory List After Rise in Cases

Officials in Ohio have added Ohio to the state ’ s most recent travel advisory list , citing an increase of reported cases of the coronavirus .
With the new case numbers , Ohio ’ s health officials apparently had no choice but to add Ohio to their own list of places to avoid .
Simply put , those in Ohio who are considering traveling should strongly consider the risks before they travel to Ohio — or something to that effect .
The state keeps a list of states that it advises against traveling to .
TRENDING : The Story @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Got More Bizarre Those who do travel to such states are asked to self-quarantine for 14 days upon their return .
The criteria for being put on Ohio ’ s travel advisory list is when a state reports a COVID positivity rate of 15 percent to more .
Ohio met the minimum for its travel advisory list for the first time since April , just hitting the reported 15 percent positivity rate and joining 13 other states with a reported 15 percent or higher rate .
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Mike DeWine shared a map @ @ @ @ @ @ @ which showed the Buckeye State among other states that have seen a spike in cases .
“ This is the first week since April where Ohio ’ s positivity for COVID-19 has increased above 15 % , ” DeWine wrote .
“ Ohio ’ s travel advisory recommends Ohioans stay home except for necessary trips for supplies , as well as consistent mask-wearing and frequent hand washing , ” he added .
Idaho currently has the highest case positivity rate , sitting at 49 percent , according to Ohio ’ s travel advisory @ @ @ @ @ @ @ added to the official Ohio travel advisory list quickly became the butt of jokes on Twitter .
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Officials in Ohio have added Ohio to the state’s most recent travel advisory list, citing an increase of reported cases of the coronavirus.
With the new case numbers, Ohio’s health officials apparently had no choice but to add Ohio to their own list of places to avoid.
Simply put, those in Ohio who are considering traveling should strongly consider the risks before they travel to Ohio — or something to that effect.
The state keeps a list of states that it advises against traveling to.
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Those who do travel to such states are asked to self-quarantine for 14 days upon their return.
The criteria for being put on Ohio’s travel advisory list is when a state reports a COVID positivity rate of 15 percent to more.
Ohio met the minimum for its travel advisory list for the first time since April, just hitting the reported 15 percent positivity rate and joining 13 other states with a reported 15 percent or higher rate.
Gov. Mike DeWine shared a map of such states on Twitter on Thursday which showed the Buckeye State among other states that have seen a spike in cases.
This is the first week since April where Ohio’s positivity for COVID-19 has increased above 15%. Ohio’s travel advisory recommends Ohioans stay home except for necessary trips for supplies, as well as consistent mask-wearing and frequent hand washing. pic.twitter.com/uU2TJrRLve — Governor Mike DeWine (@GovMikeDeWine) December 3, 2020
“This is the first week since April where Ohio’s positivity for COVID-19 has increased above 15%,” DeWine wrote.
“Ohio’s travel advisory recommends Ohioans stay home except for necessary trips for supplies, as well as consistent mask-wearing and frequent hand washing,” he added.
Idaho currently has the highest case positivity rate, sitting at 49 percent, according to Ohio’s travel advisory map.
The news that Ohio was added to the official Ohio travel advisory list quickly became the butt of jokes on Twitter.
When Ohio is on their own travel advisory map. Oof but also lol. https://t.co/9Hel5AXUHA — Rebecca Howell (@RebeccaHowell_) December 2, 2020
It you’re traveling from Ohio to Ohio, don’t. https://t.co/laElmvrZ0c — Rachel (@rachbvre) December 3, 2020
The governor confirms it: Ohioans should NOT travel to Ohio. https://t.co/FAIwsGMfMM — ScienceOverStupidity (@over_stupidity) December 3, 2020
So Ohioans, don’t travel to Ohio… — MikeB (@MoneyMicDB) December 2, 2020
I’m going to the bar. — Tom Gilbride (@GilbrideTom) December 3, 2020
To clear the confusion, Ohioans aren’t actually being asked to leave or avoid their own state.
“The state has seen record cases, deaths, and hospitalizations in the past week, and all Ohioans can help to limit the spread and impact of the virus,” state health officials said in a statement obtained by Fox News.
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