westernjournal--2020-08-18--Ted Cruz: Democratic Convention Shows Party’s True Misguided Priorities

The first night of the Democratic National Convention illustrated how far the Democratic Party has veered into radical left territory while leaving most of America behind , according to Republican Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas .
His segment began with host Laura Ingraham likening comments from former Ohio Gov .
John Kasich — trotted out as part of a parade of anti-Trump Republicans — to the Scarecrow in “ The Wizard of Oz.
” Cruz said Kasich , who lost in the 2016 presidential primaries to Donald Trump , has been in “ angry denial for four years.
” “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the beginning of the collapse of Joe Biden ’ s basement strategy .
Joe Biden has been hiding in his basement since he won the nomination .
But tonight was Bernie Sanders ’ night , ” he said , referring to the democratic socialist Vermont senator .
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’ “ So , John Kasich is promising voters , ‘ Don ’ t pay attention to all the craziness on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ t that crazy , ' ” Cruz said .
“ Well , you know who didn ’ t believe John Kasich ?
Bernie Sanders didn ’ t believe John Kasich , because Bernie Sanders stood up there and said , ‘ Our radical , socialist agenda has won .
We ’ ve taken over the Democratic Party and Joe Biden is ours . '
” “ And that really underscores the stakes of this election .
If the Democrats win , you are looking at Bernie in ascension , you ’ re looking @ @ @ @ @ @ @ at , mark my words , Elizabeth Warren as treasury secretary .
Bernie might be secretary of state .
These are radicals , and that ’ s where the Democratic Party is .
And I don ’ t think that ’ s where the American people are , ” he said .
New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is scheduled to address the convention Tuesday night , while Warren , the senator from Massachusetts , is set to speak Wednesday night .
Ingraham asked Cruz how the Democratic agenda plays in the nation ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Americans who are irate at rioting in major cities .
“ Well , it doesn ’ t , and the Democrats today are the party of the rich .
They ’ re the party of coastal elites .
They ’ re the party of Manhattan and San Francisco .
Kamala Harris was a bold move to lock down the vote in San Francisco , ” he said of Biden ’ s choice of the California senator to be his running mate .
“ And that ’ s who they ’ re trying to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ When it comes to working men and women , when it comes to union members , when it comes to the Ohio steelworker , they were nowhere to be found .
The Democrats don ’ t have a message for Teamsters.
” Cruz said Democrats have made a choice to stand with the mobs whose nightly rampages in Portland , Oregon , are seen in social media videos instead of the police officers trying to save cities from destruction .
“ Right now , antifa mobs are burning police union halls .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ union leaders would stand together , but the Democrats have said , ‘ We care more about the woke mob than we do about standing with cops or firefighters or working men and women , ’ and to go tonight without saying a meaningful word about the riots , about the police officers being murdered , it ’ s an example of how the Democratic Party , they ’ re getting more and more extreme , ” he said .
Cruz said Democrats are revealing who they have become .
“ It ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
That ’ s what they stand for , is radical leftism and hating Trump .
I don ’ t think that ’ s the majority vision in America , ” he said .
“ The Democratic Party , when given a choice between the safety and security of the men and women in this country versus the radical mob , they ’ ve said , ‘ We side with the mob , ' ” Cruz said .
“ And I got to say , I feel for the residents of places like @ @ @ @ @ @ @ has taken over and the Democratic politicians have said , ‘ To hell with you , ’ to the men and women that they ’ re responsible to protect , ‘ because we ’ re not willing to stand up to the radicals who are burning our cities down.
’ That ’ s sadly who the Democratic Party is listening to right now , ” he said .
Cruz called Democrats ’ attempts to paint Trump as attacking the Postal Service as “ bizarre.
” “ It is impressive to see the Democratic @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on a message , every single Democrat across the country repeats it word for word .
But , you know , the Post Office , I ’ m willing to bet that not a single person there speaking has bought a stamp in the last five years .
They have no idea what ’ s going on with the Post Office .
“ But look , we also know what this is all about , which is the Democrats are desperate to beat Donald Trump , and so they ’ re pushing for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ voting , because they want everyone to vote by mail .
And the reason they want it is that mail-in voting is particularly susceptible to voter fraud.
” The senator noted that ballot harvesting is a real danger that could come from universal mail-in voting .
“ For example , they ’ d go to a nursing home , they ’ d go to each person and say , ‘ Here , fill out your ballot here and here , honey , let me help you .
Just check Joe Biden right here @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and they collect them all .
And then magically , all the Joe Biden ones get mailed and , you know , if someone was stubborn enough to vote Trump , well , they just kind of happened to throw that ballot in the … trash.
” “ The Democrats , they want to be able to enable voter fraud , ” Cruz continued .
“ That ’ s what this whole Post Office nonsense is about , is because they ’ re trying to be in a position to steal the election @ @ @ @ @ @ @ hatred for Donald Trump.
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The first night of the Democratic National Convention illustrated how far the Democratic Party has veered into radical left territory while leaving most of America behind, according to Republican Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas.
Cruz spoke Monday night on Fox News’ “The Ingraham Angle.”
His segment began with host Laura Ingraham likening comments from former Ohio Gov. John Kasich — trotted out as part of a parade of anti-Trump Republicans — to the Scarecrow in “The Wizard of Oz.”
Cruz said Kasich, who lost in the 2016 presidential primaries to Donald Trump, has been in “angry denial for four years.”
“I think what we saw tonight was the beginning of the collapse of Joe Biden’s basement strategy. Joe Biden has been hiding in his basement since he won the nomination. But tonight was Bernie Sanders’ night,” he said, referring to the democratic socialist Vermont senator.
“So, John Kasich is promising voters, ‘Don’t pay attention to all the craziness on the Democratic side, Joe isn’t that crazy,'” Cruz said. “Well, you know who didn’t believe John Kasich? Bernie Sanders didn’t believe John Kasich, because Bernie Sanders stood up there and said, ‘Our radical, socialist agenda has won. We’ve taken over the Democratic Party and Joe Biden is ours.'”
“And that really underscores the stakes of this election. If the Democrats win, you are looking at Bernie in ascension, you’re looking at AOC, you’re looking at, mark my words, Elizabeth Warren as treasury secretary. Bernie might be secretary of state. These are radicals, and that’s where the Democratic Party is. And I don’t think that’s where the American people are,” he said.
New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is scheduled to address the convention Tuesday night, while Warren, the senator from Massachusetts, is set to speak Wednesday night.
Ingraham asked Cruz how the Democratic agenda plays in the nation’s Heartland and whether it connects with Americans who are irate at rioting in major cities.
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“Well, it doesn’t, and the Democrats today are the party of the rich. They’re the party of coastal elites. They’re the party of Manhattan and San Francisco. Kamala Harris was a bold move to lock down the vote in San Francisco,” he said of Biden’s choice of the California senator to be his running mate. “And that’s who they’re trying to appeal to is the radical left.
“When it comes to working men and women, when it comes to union members, when it comes to the Ohio steelworker, they were nowhere to be found. The Democrats don’t have a message for Teamsters.”
Cruz said Democrats have made a choice to stand with the mobs whose nightly rampages in Portland, Oregon, are seen in social media videos instead of the police officers trying to save cities from destruction.
“Right now, antifa mobs are burning police union halls. It used to be that unions, union leaders would stand together, but the Democrats have said, ‘We care more about the woke mob than we do about standing with cops or firefighters or working men and women,’ and to go tonight without saying a meaningful word about the riots, about the police officers being murdered, it’s an example of how the Democratic Party, they’re getting more and more extreme,” he said.
Cruz said Democrats are revealing who they have become.
“It’s all because they hate Donald Trump. That’s what they stand for, is radical leftism and hating Trump. I don’t think that’s the majority vision in America,” he said.
“The Democratic Party, when given a choice between the safety and security of the men and women in this country versus the radical mob, they’ve said, ‘We side with the mob,'” Cruz said.
“And I got to say, I feel for the residents of places like Seattle and Portland, where the mob has taken over and the Democratic politicians have said, ‘To hell with you,’ to the men and women that they’re responsible to protect, ‘because we’re not willing to stand up to the radicals who are burning our cities down.’ That’s sadly who the Democratic Party is listening to right now,” he said.
Cruz called Democrats’ attempts to paint Trump as attacking the Postal Service as “bizarre.”
“It is impressive to see the Democratic talking points, that when they decide on a message, every single Democrat across the country repeats it word for word. But, you know, the Post Office, I’m willing to bet that not a single person there speaking has bought a stamp in the last five years. They have no idea what’s going on with the Post Office.
“But look, we also know what this is all about, which is the Democrats are desperate to beat Donald Trump, and so they’re pushing for this scheme that they call universal mail-in voting, because they want everyone to vote by mail. And the reason they want it is that mail-in voting is particularly susceptible to voter fraud.”
The senator noted that ballot harvesting is a real danger that could come from universal mail-in voting.
“For example, they’d go to a nursing home, they’d go to each person and say, ‘Here, fill out your ballot here and here, honey, let me help you. Just check Joe Biden right here, fill in that dot,’ and they collect them all. And then magically, all the Joe Biden ones get mailed and, you know, if someone was stubborn enough to vote Trump, well, they just kind of happened to throw that ballot in the … trash.”
“The Democrats, they want to be able to enable voter fraud,” Cruz continued. “That’s what this whole Post Office nonsense is about, is because they’re trying to be in a position to steal the election.
“It’s about their hatred for Donald Trump.”
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westernjournal--2020-08-18--Senate Panel: ‘Absolutely No Evidence’ Trump Colluded with Russia in 2016 Election

The Senate Intelligence Committee said in a long-awaited report released Tuesday that there was no evidence that the Trump campaign conspired with the Russian government to influence the 2016 presidential election , affirming the findings of other investigations into a possible Trump-Kremlin conspiracy .
The report , which clocks in at 966 pages , also offered a scathing assessment of the FBI ’ s handling of the Steele dossier , which was a key document in the Trump-Russia collusion conspiracy theory .
“ The FBI gave the Steele Dossier unjustified credence , based on an incomplete understanding of Steele ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ report says .
“ The Committee found that , within the FBI , the dossier was given a veneer of credibility by lax procedures and layered misunderstandings.
” The report , crafted by both Republicans and Democrats , describes a series of roadblocks that the Senate committee faced in investigating information from Christopher Steele , a former MI6 officer hired to investigate Donald Trump on behalf of the DNC and Clinton campaign .
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The special counsel ’ s office also refused to provide information about its investigation into the dossier , the report says .
The FBI relied heavily on information from Steele to obtain warrants to conduct surveillance on Carter Page , a Trump campaign aide who is accused in the dossier of masterminding a conspiracy between Trump associates and the Kremlin .
“ We can say , without any hesitation , that the Committee found absolutely no evidence that then-candidate Donald @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Russian government to meddle in the 2016 election , ” Florida Sen. Marco Rubio , the acting chairman of the Senate panel , said in a statement .
The panel raised concerns over Steele ’ s links to Oleg Deripaska , a Russian oligarch with close ties to Vladimir Putin .
Steele had “ multiple ” links to Deripaska , having worked for the Russian ’ s attorneys from 2012 to 2017 .
One section of the report also addresses the possibility that Russian intelligence operatives fed disinformation to Steele that ended up @ @ @ @ @ @ @ inspector general ’ s report released in December said that the FBI received evidence in early 2017 that Russian operatives may have fed false information into Steele ’ s network of sources .
The committee did find “ irrefutable evidence ” that the Russian government meddled in the 2016 election and identified several Russian attempts to cozy up to Trump associates during the campaign and presidential transition period .
It details interactions during the campaign involving Trump associates George Papadopoulos , Paul Manafort and Michael Cohen .
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The report says that two of the Russians in the meeting , Rinat Akhmetshin and Natalia Veselnitskaya , likely had ties to the Russian government and Russian intelligence , but that there was no evidence that they provided the campaign with any useful information related to the election .
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The Senate Intelligence Committee said in a long-awaited report released Tuesday that there was no evidence that the Trump campaign conspired with the Russian government to influence the 2016 presidential election, affirming the findings of other investigations into a possible Trump-Kremlin conspiracy.
The report, which clocks in at 966 pages, also offered a scathing assessment of the FBI’s handling of the Steele dossier, which was a key document in the Trump-Russia collusion conspiracy theory.
“The FBI gave the Steele Dossier unjustified credence, based on an incomplete understanding of Steele’s past reporting record,” the report says.
“The Committee found that, within the FBI, the dossier was given a veneer of credibility by lax procedures and layered misunderstandings.”
The report, crafted by both Republicans and Democrats, describes a series of roadblocks that the Senate committee faced in investigating information from Christopher Steele, a former MI6 officer hired to investigate Donald Trump on behalf of the DNC and Clinton campaign.
The report says that Steele “repeatedly refused” to meet with the panel, though he ultimately submitted written responses in August 2018.
The special counsel’s office also refused to provide information about its investigation into the dossier, the report says.
The FBI relied heavily on information from Steele to obtain warrants to conduct surveillance on Carter Page, a Trump campaign aide who is accused in the dossier of masterminding a conspiracy between Trump associates and the Kremlin.
“We can say, without any hesitation, that the Committee found absolutely no evidence that then-candidate Donald Trump or his campaign colluded with the Russian government to meddle in the 2016 election,” Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, the acting chairman of the Senate panel, said in a statement.
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The panel raised concerns over Steele’s links to Oleg Deripaska, a Russian oligarch with close ties to Vladimir Putin. Steele had “multiple” links to Deripaska, having worked for the Russian’s attorneys from 2012 to 2017.
One section of the report also addresses the possibility that Russian intelligence operatives fed disinformation to Steele that ended up in the dossier.
A Justice Department inspector general’s report released in December said that the FBI received evidence in early 2017 that Russian operatives may have fed false information into Steele’s network of sources.
The committee did find “irrefutable evidence” that the Russian government meddled in the 2016 election and identified several Russian attempts to cozy up to Trump associates during the campaign and presidential transition period.
It details interactions during the campaign involving Trump associates George Papadopoulos, Paul Manafort and Michael Cohen.
It also details the panel’s investigation into a June 2016 meeting at Trump Tower in New York City between a group of Russians and Donald Trump Jr., Manafort and Jared Kushner.
The report says that two of the Russians in the meeting, Rinat Akhmetshin and Natalia Veselnitskaya, likely had ties to the Russian government and Russian intelligence, but that there was no evidence that they provided the campaign with any useful information related to the election.
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westernjournal--2020-08-18--WWE Star Thanks Police Officers After Man Allegedly Breaks Into Her Home with Knife and Zip Ties

World Wrestling Entertainment star Daria Berenato , known in the ring as Sonya Deville , had an unsettling experience earlier this week when a man broke into her home with the intention of kidnapping her .
Police have arrested a suspect in the case : 24-year-old Phillip A. Thomas II of Cordesville , South Carolina , an Applebee ’ s crew member who police said had a hobby of following Berenato ’ s online presence .
A Twitter account that authorities suspect belongs to Thomas is full of content related to Berenato , and Thomas allegedly spent eight months planning @ @ @ @ @ @ @ hours of Sunday morning .
Police said Thomas parked his car at Idle Wild Church , which is close to Berenato ’ s house in Lutz , Florida .
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’ He allegedly cut his way through a screen and hid out on the patio for hours until the occupants of the house went to bed , CBS News reported .
At 2:43 a.m. , Thomas allegedly opened a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ only to set off an alarm .
Thankfully , the alarm woke Berenato , and while she saw him through the window and called police , she and her guest were able to leave in a car , police said .
Thomas was allegedly still on the premises when the police arrived , and he was arrested .
The items that police said they found on him were chilling .
“ SCARY !
” the Hillsborough County Sheriff ’ s Office posted on Facebook .
“ This man , Phillip A. Thomas II @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
“ He was carrying a knife , plastic zip ties , duct tape , and mace .
Fortunately , the homeowner ’ s alarm went off and they were able to runaway and call 911 .
“ Deputies arrested Thomas , who was still inside the home , and through the investigation process learned he traveled from South Carolina to Lutz , specifically targeting this homeowner who he didn ’ t know , but stalked on social media for years.
” The alleged intruder has been charged with armed burglary of a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ kidnapping and criminal mischief .
RELATED : Over 700 Elvis Presley Fans Pay Tribute to Late Icon by Gathering at Graceland Before 43rd Anniversary of His Death “ Our deputies are unveiling the suspect ’ s disturbing obsession with this homeowner who he had never met , but stalked on social media for years , ” Sheriff Chad Chronister said in a statement , according to WTSP-TV .
“ It ’ s frightening to think of all the ways this incident could have played out had the home alarm not gone off and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ While authorities did not initially identify the WWE star as the target , Berenato tweeted about the incident .
“ Thank you everyone for your love and concern , ” she wrote .
“ A very frightening experience but thankfully everyone is safe .
“ A special thank you to Hillsborough County Sheriff ’ s Office for their response and assistance.
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World Wrestling Entertainment star Daria Berenato, known in the ring as Sonya Deville, had an unsettling experience earlier this week when a man broke into her home with the intention of kidnapping her.
Police have arrested a suspect in the case: 24-year-old Phillip A. Thomas II of Cordesville, South Carolina, an Applebee’s crew member who police said had a hobby of following Berenato’s online presence.
A Twitter account that authorities suspect belongs to Thomas is full of content related to Berenato, and Thomas allegedly spent eight months planning the break-in that occurred in the early hours of Sunday morning.
Police said Thomas parked his car at Idle Wild Church, which is close to Berenato’s house in Lutz, Florida.
He allegedly cut his way through a screen and hid out on the patio for hours until the occupants of the house went to bed, CBS News reported.
At 2:43 a.m., Thomas allegedly opened a sliding glass door and sneaked in — only to set off an alarm.
Thankfully, the alarm woke Berenato, and while she saw him through the window and called police, she and her guest were able to leave in a car, police said.
Thomas was allegedly still on the premises when the police arrived, and he was arrested. The items that police said they found on him were chilling.
“SCARY!” the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office posted on Facebook.
“This man, Phillip A. Thomas II, broke into a home in Lutz. He was carrying a knife, plastic zip ties, duct tape, and mace. Fortunately, the homeowner’s alarm went off and they were able to runaway and call 911.”
“Deputies arrested Thomas, who was still inside the home, and through the investigation process learned he traveled from South Carolina to Lutz, specifically targeting this homeowner who he didn’t know, but stalked on social media for years.”
The alleged intruder has been charged with armed burglary of a dwelling, aggravated stalking, attempted armed kidnapping and criminal mischief.
“Our deputies are unveiling the suspect’s disturbing obsession with this homeowner who he had never met, but stalked on social media for years,” Sheriff Chad Chronister said in a statement, according to WTSP-TV.
“It’s frightening to think of all the ways this incident could have played out had the home alarm not gone off and alerted the homeowner of an intruder.”
While authorities did not initially identify the WWE star as the target, Berenato tweeted about the incident.
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“Thank you everyone for your love and concern,” she wrote. “A very frightening experience but thankfully everyone is safe.
Thank you everyone for your love and concern. A very frightening experience but thankfully everyone is safe. A special thank you to Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office for their response and assistance. ? — Daddy Deville (@SonyaDevilleWWE) August 17, 2020
“A special thank you to Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office for their response and assistance.”
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westernjournal--2020-08-18--Dems Will Lose Their Minds When They Find Out 14,000 Mailboxes Were Removed Under Obama

I didn ’ t keep a running tally and I can ’ t find any outlet that did , but Night 1 of the Democratic National Convention on Monday seemed to feature as much talk about the United States Postal Service as it did about the man who is getting nominated , for the presidency .
The reason was clear : Democrat voters may be meh about former Vice President Joe Biden , but they ’ re riled up about the Post Office .
It ’ s an en vogue topic due to the battle over mail-in voting , with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ any emergency funding for the Postal Service under a coronavirus relief package over his concerns about mail-in voting and Democrats claiming the president and Republicans are trying to suppress the vote under false pretenses .
The current target of Democrat ire is Postmaster General Louis DeJoy .
Appointed in June , DeJoy has sought to make cuts at the Postal Service , never the most efficient of operations .
House Democrats have been looking to force DeJoy and other top USPS officials to testify before Congress .
The New York Times reported Sunday @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a grave threat to the integrity of the election.
” Whether or not the Postal Service ’ s budget would even be the issue come November is highly debatable — in recent primary debacles like New York City ’ s , the real culprits have been election officials , who ’ ve bungled the process at every level — but some concerns about the USPS are more valid than others .
One that isn ’ t : The conspiracy theory that the Trump administration and DeJoy are deliberately removing some of the USPS @ @ @ @ @ @ @ harder for you to vote .
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This theory started in the less-informed corners of social media and quickly filtered up .
In Maryland , at a Monday media briefing featuring some of the state ’ s most powerful Democratic legislators , U.S. Rep. Kweisi Mfume of Baltimore said that the USPS was , among other perfidies , “ hijacking mailboxes off of every corner they can find , ” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Hill , Montana Democrat Sen. Jon Tester sent a letter to DeJoy demanding he respond to reports about mailbox removals in cities like Bozeman and Billings .
“ If true , this seems to be occurring without any transparency or communication with impacted Montanans , ” Tester wrote .
“ The United States Postal Service plays a critical role in America , and its services are needed now more than ever , particularly in our rural communities where local access to grocery stores , pharmacies , and other essential services are often limited @ @ @ @ @ @ @ cause harm to those who rely on the USPS for the delivery of medicine and distribution of benefits.
” Former U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill of Missouri was one of many who tweeted out pictures of locked mailboxes : Except it turns out this wasn ’ t in D.C. but a different Washington — namely , in Seattle ’ s Capitol Hill neighborhood in Washington state , where it was locked up for reasons anyone who ’ s watched the news or read a Twitter feed recently will understand : RELATED : As Protest @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Calls for More 'Unrest in the Streets' In neither location would a locked-up mailbox have substantively affected Republican fortunes either way , which should have tipped off McCaskill this wasn ’ t part of a vast right-wing conspiracy .
And all that filters up must eventually reach the mouth of this man : The problem with this line of conspiracy theorizing is there ’ s no malicious , voter-suppressing intent behind the move .
It ’ s a culling of mailboxes that ’ s been going on for years as mail volume has @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , the USPS announced Sunday it would not remove any more mailboxes until after the election , according to CNN .
The bigger problem in this theory for Democrats is that mailbox removal is a practice that goes back to the Obama administration .
As a 2016 report from the USPS ’ Office of the Inspector General stated : “ Nationally the number of collection boxes declined by more than 12,000 in the past 5 years .
Some customers have complained the Postal Service has gone too far and removed most collection boxes @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
In addition , they have questioned whether any cost savings result from collection box removals.
” The report also indicated how the decision to pull a mailbox occurred .
“ To identify underused collection boxes the Postal Service uses density tests to determine the average volume of mail collected , including an annual national density test , which was last conducted over a 2-week period in August and September 2015 , ” the report stated .
A 2017 report from the USPS Office of the Inspector General also stated “ the U.S @ @ @ @ @ @ @ boxes , with about 14,000 boxes removed over the past five years .
Postal Service policy requires approval by the Area and public notification in order to permanently remove a collection box.
” This all happened during the administration during which the man now accusing the current administration of “ going around literally with tractor trailers picking up mailboxes ” served as vice president .
Biden ’ s statement is part of a serious problem , and not just he has yet again abused the word “ literally.
” As the media tries @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as conspirators against American democracy , here ’ s Donald Trump ’ s opponent literally repeating a theory he either knows or should know to be untrue due to his time as Barack Obama ’ s vice president .
And while he ’ s at the top of the ticket , he ’ s not alone .
All of this is being parroted without attribution ( because there can be none ) by purportedly responsible Democrats , all of whom cite random , anecdotal reports all over the map .
Biden says it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ says it ’ s happening in Washington D.C. ( when it was actually happening in Seattle ) , Mfume says it ’ s happening in Maryland .
If this is a conspiracy , it ’ s an especially stupid one , since the Trump administration and Postal Service are apparently doing it in locales where they have zero chance of picking up electoral votes or congressional seats .
It hasn ’ t been unnaturally accelerating .
No one can point to a report that says it has — and to be fair , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
But it ’ s not a conspiracy , it ’ s a scapegoat act .
No matter what happens in November , the Trump administration ’ s “ dismantling ” of the USPS will be the new “ Russian collusion ” deception .
When unprepared local boards of elections intersect officials in counties and states where officials have assured us they have their act together on universal mail-in voting when they assuredly don ’ t , the blame will be shifted to the Postal Service .
We ’ ll be told that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the USPS , he suppressed the vote : Just think , if only those collection boxes were there , vulnerable voters could have taken part in the process .
Wait , the Obama administration removed them ?
Whatever .
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I didn’t keep a running tally and I can’t find any outlet that did, but Night 1 of the Democratic National Convention on Monday seemed to feature as much talk about the United States Postal Service as it did about the man who is getting nominated, for the presidency.
The reason was clear: Democrat voters may be meh about former Vice President Joe Biden, but they’re riled up about the Post Office. It’s an en vogue topic due to the battle over mail-in voting, with President Donald Trump saying he would veto any emergency funding for the Postal Service under a coronavirus relief package over his concerns about mail-in voting and Democrats claiming the president and Republicans are trying to suppress the vote under false pretenses.
The current target of Democrat ire is Postmaster General Louis DeJoy. Appointed in June, DeJoy has sought to make cuts at the Postal Service, never the most efficient of operations. House Democrats have been looking to force DeJoy and other top USPS officials to testify before Congress. The New York Times reported Sunday that top Democrats called the changes “a grave threat to the integrity of the election.”
Whether or not the Postal Service’s budget would even be the issue come November is highly debatable — in recent primary debacles like New York City’s, the real culprits have been election officials, who’ve bungled the process at every level — but some concerns about the USPS are more valid than others.
One that isn’t: The conspiracy theory that the Trump administration and DeJoy are deliberately removing some of the USPS’ iconic blue mailboxes to make it harder for you to vote.
This theory started in the less-informed corners of social media and quickly filtered up. In Maryland, at a Monday media briefing featuring some of the state’s most powerful Democratic legislators, U.S. Rep. Kweisi Mfume of Baltimore said that the USPS was, among other perfidies, “hijacking mailboxes off of every corner they can find,” according to WJZ-TV.
According to The Hill, Montana Democrat Sen. Jon Tester sent a letter to DeJoy demanding he respond to reports about mailbox removals in cities like Bozeman and Billings.
“If true, this seems to be occurring without any transparency or communication with impacted Montanans,” Tester wrote.
“The United States Postal Service plays a critical role in America, and its services are needed now more than ever, particularly in our rural communities where local access to grocery stores, pharmacies, and other essential services are often limited to nonexistent. These reported actions would cause harm to those who rely on the USPS for the delivery of medicine and distribution of benefits.”
Former U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill of Missouri was one of many who tweeted out pictures of locked mailboxes:
So now they are not hauling them off, just locking them up. This one is in DC. pic.twitter.com/LQWzuM4tQm — Claire McCaskill (@clairecmc) August 17, 2020
Except it turns out this wasn’t in D.C. but a different Washington — namely, in Seattle’s Capitol Hill neighborhood in Washington state, where it was locked up for reasons anyone who’s watched the news or read a Twitter feed recently will understand:
Capitol Hill mail box in front of post office on Broadway. @cruickshank pic.twitter.com/xmMawrTihy — Daniel Heppner (@Danielhep) August 15, 2020
In neither location would a locked-up mailbox have substantively affected Republican fortunes either way, which should have tipped off McCaskill this wasn’t part of a vast right-wing conspiracy.
And all that filters up must eventually reach the mouth of this man:
Joe Biden tonight on reports of mailbox removals: “I wonder if you’re outside trying to hold down your mailboxes. They’re going around literally with tractor trailers picking up mailboxes. You oughta go online and check out what they’re doing in Oregon. I mean, it’s bizarre!” — Matt Viser (@mviser) August 14, 2020
Except they’re not.
The problem with this line of conspiracy theorizing is there’s no malicious, voter-suppressing intent behind the move. It’s a culling of mailboxes that’s been going on for years as mail volume has diminished in the digital age.
Still, the USPS announced Sunday it would not remove any more mailboxes until after the election, according to CNN.
The bigger problem in this theory for Democrats is that mailbox removal is a practice that goes back to the Obama administration.
As a 2016 report from the USPS’ Office of the Inspector General stated: “Nationally the number of collection boxes declined by more than 12,000 in the past 5 years. Some customers have complained the Postal Service has gone too far and removed most collection boxes, except those at the Post Office. In addition, they have questioned whether any cost savings result from collection box removals.”
The report also indicated how the decision to pull a mailbox occurred.
“To identify underused collection boxes the Postal Service uses density tests to determine the average volume of mail collected, including an annual national density test, which was last conducted over a 2-week period in August and September 2015,” the report stated.
A 2017 report from the USPS Office of the Inspector General also stated “the U.S. Postal Service has been removing underused boxes, with about 14,000 boxes removed over the past five years. Postal Service policy requires approval by the Area and public notification in order to permanently remove a collection box.”
This all happened during the administration during which the man now accusing the current administration of “going around literally with tractor trailers picking up mailboxes” served as vice president.
Biden’s statement is part of a serious problem, and not just he has yet again abused the word “literally.” As the media tries to paint the president and other Republicans as conspirators against American democracy, here’s Donald Trump’s opponent literally repeating a theory he either knows or should know to be untrue due to his time as Barack Obama’s vice president.
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And while he’s at the top of the ticket, he’s not alone. All of this is being parroted without attribution (because there can be none) by purportedly responsible Democrats, all of whom cite random, anecdotal reports all over the map.
Biden says it’s happening in Oregon, McCaskill says it’s happening in Washington D.C. (when it was actually happening in Seattle), Mfume says it’s happening in Maryland. If this is a conspiracy, it’s an especially stupid one, since the Trump administration and Postal Service are apparently doing it in locales where they have zero chance of picking up electoral votes or congressional seats.
It hasn’t been unnaturally accelerating. No one can point to a report that says it has — and to be fair, no one in the media is asking.
But it’s not a conspiracy, it’s a scapegoat act. No matter what happens in November, the Trump administration’s “dismantling” of the USPS will be the new “Russian collusion” deception.
When unprepared local boards of elections intersect officials in counties and states where officials have assured us they have their act together on universal mail-in voting when they assuredly don’t, the blame will be shifted to the Postal Service. We’ll be told that because the president refused to bail out the USPS, he suppressed the vote:
Just think, if only those collection boxes were there, vulnerable voters could have taken part in the process.
Wait, the Obama administration removed them? Whatever. Never let a good narrative go to waste.
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westernjournal--2020-08-18--UK Reports Troubling Spike in Depression During Lockdown

Rates of depression appear to have almost doubled in Britain since the country was put into lockdown in late March , according to the country ’ s official statistics agency .
The Office for National Statistics said in a special study released Tuesday that 19.2 percent of adults were likely to be experiencing symptoms of depression in June , three months into the lockdown of large chunks of society and the economy .
That proportion is up from 9.7 percent recorded between July 2019 and March .
The statistics agency , which assessed the same 3,527 adults before and during @ @ @ @ @ @ @ feelings of stress or anxiety .
“ Revisiting this same group of adults before and during the pandemic provides a unique insight into how their symptoms of depression have changed over time , ” statistician Tim Vizard said .
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’ During the height of the lockdown , which was imposed on March 23 , people were isolated from friends and family , and often alone — an isolation @ @ @ @ @ @ @ harm .
Many people have also been worried about their jobs and future financial well-being as the economy nose-dived in the face of the restrictions on everyday life .
Though all age brackets reported higher levels of depression , the study found that adults between 16 and 39 years of age were proportionately more likely to do so , with nearly a third reporting symptoms of depression .
Vizard said young adults , women or disabled people were the “ most likely ” to experience some form of depression during the lockdown .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ eight adults , or 12.9 percent , developed moderate to severe depressive symptoms during the pandemic .
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Rates of depression appear to have almost doubled in Britain since the country was put into lockdown in late March, according to the country’s official statistics agency.
The Office for National Statistics said in a special study released Tuesday that 19.2 percent of adults were likely to be experiencing symptoms of depression in June, three months into the lockdown of large chunks of society and the economy.
That proportion is up from 9.7 percent recorded between July 2019 and March.
The statistics agency, which assessed the same 3,527 adults before and during the pandemic, said 85 percent reported feelings of stress or anxiety.
“Revisiting this same group of adults before and during the pandemic provides a unique insight into how their symptoms of depression have changed over time,” statistician Tim Vizard said.
During the height of the lockdown, which was imposed on March 23, people were isolated from friends and family, and often alone — an isolation that has the potential to cause mental harm.
Many people have also been worried about their jobs and future financial well-being as the economy nose-dived in the face of the restrictions on everyday life.
Though all age brackets reported higher levels of depression, the study found that adults between 16 and 39 years of age were proportionately more likely to do so, with nearly a third reporting symptoms of depression.
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Vizard said young adults, women or disabled people were the “most likely” to experience some form of depression during the lockdown.
According to the study, one in eight adults, or 12.9 percent, developed moderate to severe depressive symptoms during the pandemic.
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westernjournal--2020-08-18--Trump Fires Back in Response to Michelle Obama’s Convention Speech

President Donald Trump reminded former first lady Michelle Obama on Tuesday that he would never have been elected president if the nation had not been fed up with the policies of her husband ’ s administration .
Obama was among the speakers delivering pre-taped remarks at Monday ’ s Democratic National Convention , which is being held virtually due to the current health crisis .
During her comments , she lavished praise on Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden , who was vice president during the Obama administration , and criticized Trump .
The president fired back in a series of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ please explain to @ MichelleObama that Donald J. Trump would not be here , in the beautiful White House , if it weren ’ t for the job done by your husband , Barack Obama , ” Trump tweeted .
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“ Biden was merely an afterthought , a good reason for that very late & unenthusiastic endorsement , ” he added .
“ My Administration and I built the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ country , turned it off , saved millions of lives , and now am building an even greater economy than it was before .
Jobs are flowing , NASDAQ is already at a record high , the rest to follow .
Sit back & watch !
” Trump also criticized the Obama administration ’ s handling of the H1N1 epidemic .
“ Looking back into history , the response by the ObamaBiden team to the H1N1 Swine Flu was considered a weak and pathetic one .
Check out the polling , it ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is that they got a free pass from the Corrupt Fake News Media !
” he tweeted .
The fact that the Obama administration is still making news for its role in the investigating the Trump campaign was also thrown in Obama ’ s face by Trump .
“ The ObamaBiden Administration was the most corrupt in history , including the fact that they got caught SPYING ON MY CAMPAIGN , the biggest political scandal in the history of our Country .
It ’ s called Treason , and more .
Thanks for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Trump tweeted .
During her speech , Obama threw a barb at Trump , saying , “ You simply can not fake your way through this job.
” She also blamed Americans for Trump ’ s 2016 election .
“ [ F ] our years ago , too many people chose to believe that their votes didn ’ t matter .
Maybe they were fed up .
Maybe they thought the outcome wouldn ’ t be close .
Maybe the barriers felt too steep , ” she said .
“ Whatever the reason @ @ @ @ @ @ @ sent someone to the Oval Office who lost the national popular vote by nearly 3,000,000 votes .
In one of the states that determined the outcome , the winning margin averaged out to just two votes per precinct — two votes .
And we ’ ve all been living with the consequences , ” the former first lady added .
In the 2016 election , Democrat Hillary Clinton received 65,853,514 votes compared to 62,984,828 for Trump , according to the Federal Election Commission .
Those totals gave Clinton roughly a 2.9 million popular @ @ @ @ @ @ @ mask the fact that two states alone vastly increased Clinton ’ s totals .
In California , Clinton topped Trump , 8.75 million votes to 4.48 million votes .
In New York , Clinton received 4.56 million votes against 2.82 million for Trump .
Clinton ’ s 4.27 million vote margin in California and her 1.74 million vote margin in New York gave her a 6 million vote margin over Trump in those two states .
That margin means that throughout the other 48 states , Clinton trailed Trump by more than 3 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ speech insisted that America was thriving when her husband left office , but has been falling apart since then .
“ And here at home , as George Floyd , Breonna Taylor , and a never-ending list of innocent people of color continue to be murdered , stating the simple fact that a black life matters is still met with derision from the nation ’ s highest office , ” she said .
“ Because whenever we look to this White House for some leadership or consolation or any semblance of steadiness , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ division and a total and utter lack of empathy.
” The former first lady said America ’ s children witness the routine oppression of minorities .
“ They see people calling the police on folks minding their own business just because of the color of their skin , ” she said .
“ They see our leaders labeling fellow citizens enemies of the state while emboldening torch-bearing white supremacists .
They watch in horror as children are torn from their families and thrown into cages , and pepper spray and rubber bullets are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ op.
” Obama then slammed Trump , while saying that Americans may denigrate her words because of her race .
“ Donald Trump is the wrong president for our country .
He has had more than enough time to prove that he can do the job , but he is clearly in over his head .
He can not meet this moment .
He simply can not be who we need him to be for us .
It is what it is , ” she said .
“ Now , I understand that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ by some people .
We live in a nation that is deeply divided , and I am a black woman speaking at the Democratic convention , ” she said .
She accused Trump and Republicans of acting illegally in hopes of re-electing the president .
“ [ F ] olks who know they can not win fair and square at the ballot box are doing everything they can to stop us from voting .
They ’ re closing down polling places in minority neighborhoods .
They ’ re purging voter rolls .
They @ @ @ @ @ @ @ voters , and they ’ re lying about the security of our ballots , ” she said .
Although she praised Biden multiple times in the speech , Obama did not mention vice presidential nominee Sen. Kamala Harris of California .
The former first lady had recorded her remarks before Harris was chosen as Biden ’ s running mate , according to The Associated Press .
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President Donald Trump reminded former first lady Michelle Obama on Tuesday that he would never have been elected president if the nation had not been fed up with the policies of her husband’s administration.
Obama was among the speakers delivering pre-taped remarks at Monday’s Democratic National Convention, which is being held virtually due to the current health crisis. During her comments, she lavished praise on Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden, who was vice president during the Obama administration, and criticized Trump.
The president fired back in a series of tweets on Tuesday morning.
“Somebody please explain to @MichelleObama that Donald J. Trump would not be here, in the beautiful White House, if it weren’t for the job done by your husband, Barack Obama,” Trump tweeted.
….My Administration and I built the greatest economy in history, of any country, turned it off, saved millions of lives, and now am building an even greater economy than it was before. Jobs are flowing, NASDAQ is already at a record high, the rest to follow. Sit back & watch! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 18, 2020
“Biden was merely an afterthought, a good reason for that very late & unenthusiastic endorsement,” he added.
“My Administration and I built the greatest economy in history, of any country, turned it off, saved millions of lives, and now am building an even greater economy than it was before. Jobs are flowing, NASDAQ is already at a record high, the rest to follow. Sit back & watch!”
Trump also criticized the Obama administration’s handling of the H1N1 epidemic.
“Looking back into history, the response by the ObamaBiden team to the H1N1 Swine Flu was considered a weak and pathetic one. Check out the polling, it’s really bad. The big difference is that they got a free pass from the Corrupt Fake News Media!” he tweeted.
Looking back into history, the response by the ObamaBiden team to the H1N1 Swine Flu was considered a weak and pathetic one. Check out the polling, it’s really bad. The big difference is that they got a free pass from the Corrupt Fake News Media! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 18, 2020
The fact that the Obama administration is still making news for its role in the investigating the Trump campaign was also thrown in Obama’s face by Trump.
“The ObamaBiden Administration was the most corrupt in history, including the fact that they got caught SPYING ON MY CAMPAIGN, the biggest political scandal in the history of our Country. It’s called Treason, and more. Thanks for your very kind words Michelle!” Trump tweeted.
The ObamaBiden Administration was the most corrupt in history, including the fact that they got caught SPYING ON MY CAMPAIGN, the biggest political scandal in the history of our Country. It’s called Treason, and more. Thanks for your very kind words Michelle! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) August 18, 2020
During her speech, Obama threw a barb at Trump, saying, “You simply cannot fake your way through this job.”
She also blamed Americans for Trump’s 2016 election.
“[F]our years ago, too many people chose to believe that their votes didn’t matter. Maybe they were fed up. Maybe they thought the outcome wouldn’t be close. Maybe the barriers felt too steep,” she said.
“Whatever the reason, in the end, those choices sent someone to the Oval Office who lost the national popular vote by nearly 3,000,000 votes. In one of the states that determined the outcome, the winning margin averaged out to just two votes per precinct — two votes. And we’ve all been living with the consequences,” the former first lady added.
In the 2016 election, Democrat Hillary Clinton received 65,853,514 votes compared to 62,984,828 for Trump, according to the Federal Election Commission. Those totals gave Clinton roughly a 2.9 million popular vote edge.
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However, those results mask the fact that two states alone vastly increased Clinton’s totals. In California, Clinton topped Trump, 8.75 million votes to 4.48 million votes. In New York, Clinton received 4.56 million votes against 2.82 million for Trump.
Clinton’s 4.27 million vote margin in California and her 1.74 million vote margin in New York gave her a 6 million vote margin over Trump in those two states. That margin means that throughout the other 48 states, Clinton trailed Trump by more than 3 million popular votes.
Obama’s speech insisted that America was thriving when her husband left office, but has been falling apart since then.
“And here at home, as George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and a never-ending list of innocent people of color continue to be murdered, stating the simple fact that a black life matters is still met with derision from the nation’s highest office,” she said.
“Because whenever we look to this White House for some leadership or consolation or any semblance of steadiness, what we get instead is chaos, division and a total and utter lack of empathy.”
The former first lady said America’s children witness the routine oppression of minorities.
“They see people calling the police on folks minding their own business just because of the color of their skin,” she said. “They see our leaders labeling fellow citizens enemies of the state while emboldening torch-bearing white supremacists. They watch in horror as children are torn from their families and thrown into cages, and pepper spray and rubber bullets are used on peaceful protesters for a photo op.”
Obama then slammed Trump, while saying that Americans may denigrate her words because of her race.
“Donald Trump is the wrong president for our country. He has had more than enough time to prove that he can do the job, but he is clearly in over his head. He cannot meet this moment. He simply cannot be who we need him to be for us. It is what it is,” she said.
“Now, I understand that my message won’t be heard by some people. We live in a nation that is deeply divided, and I am a black woman speaking at the Democratic convention,” she said.
She accused Trump and Republicans of acting illegally in hopes of re-electing the president.
“[F]olks who know they cannot win fair and square at the ballot box are doing everything they can to stop us from voting. They’re closing down polling places in minority neighborhoods. They’re purging voter rolls. They’re sending people out to intimidate voters, and they’re lying about the security of our ballots,” she said.
Although she praised Biden multiple times in the speech, Obama did not mention vice presidential nominee Sen. Kamala Harris of California.
The former first lady had recorded her remarks before Harris was chosen as Biden’s running mate, according to The Associated Press.
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westernjournal--2020-08-18--Famed Evangelist Shares Major Warning About COVID-19, Pornography and Depression

Famed evangelist Josh McDowell is worried about the impact COVID-19 is having on an already beleaguered population , warning that the pandemic will likely worsen a variety of social issues , including pornography addiction , loneliness and depression .
“ The lockdown … it feeds into pornography , loneliness , depression and mental health , ” McDowell recently told “ The Pure Flix Podcast.
” He noted that stress , isolation and fear of the unknown are all issues that are increasingly intensifying amid the COVID-19 crisis .
And the evangelist , who has spent decades exploring cultural issues and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ believes these issues will be more pronounced once the lockdowns end .
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“ These things are not under the radar .
It ’ s just that [ the ] church is not looking at the radar , ” McDowell said .
“ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ — and we will — you ’ re going to see a greater in-depth problem with loneliness , depression , anxiety and pornography.
” McDowell also discussed Generation Z and the already increasing mental health and loneliness concerns that were observed among this young population prior to the COVID-19 outbreak .
Among his concerns are the ways in which young people are choosing to communicate with one another .
While McDowell said people were designed to relate to one another in interpersonal relationships , technology has transformed the realities of how we interact @ @ @ @ @ @ @ communicate with their thumbs , not their tongues , ” he said .
“ They might be connecting with people on the internet , but they ’ re not relating to people on the internet.
” The evangelist is on a mission to help pastors , Christians and churches meet these needs , though , with his ministry rolling out free resources to help combat loneliness , depression and other pervasive cultural issues .
“ We need to figure out how do we minister to people like that , and it doesn ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
“ The church had better address these things or the church will be marginalized — period .
If we don ’ t address loneliness , depression , anxiety , mental health and relationships , we will be obsolete.
” McDowell knows how hard pastors work and how much is on the plates of various church staffers , but he ’ s hoping these resources will help ease some of these burdens while also providing healing .
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Famed evangelist Josh McDowell is worried about the impact COVID-19 is having on an already beleaguered population, warning that the pandemic will likely worsen a variety of social issues, including pornography addiction, loneliness and depression.
“The lockdown … it feeds into pornography, loneliness, depression and mental health,” McDowell recently told “The Pure Flix Podcast.”
He noted that stress, isolation and fear of the unknown are all issues that are increasingly intensifying amid the COVID-19 crisis.
And the evangelist, who has spent decades exploring cultural issues and ministering to the masses, said he believes these issues will be more pronounced once the lockdowns end.
Listen to McDowell’s warnings and solutions on “The Pure Flix Podcast” — ranked as the best Christian podcast for faith and entertainment:
“These things are not under the radar. It’s just that [the] church is not looking at the radar,” McDowell said. “When we come out of this COVID — and we will — you’re going to see a greater in-depth problem with loneliness, depression, anxiety and pornography.”
McDowell also discussed Generation Z and the already increasing mental health and loneliness concerns that were observed among this young population prior to the COVID-19 outbreak.
Among his concerns are the ways in which young people are choosing to communicate with one another.
While McDowell said people were designed to relate to one another in interpersonal relationships, technology has transformed the realities of how we interact.
“This generation has learned to communicate with their thumbs, not their tongues,” he said. “They might be connecting with people on the internet, but they’re not relating to people on the internet.”
The evangelist is on a mission to help pastors, Christians and churches meet these needs, though, with his ministry rolling out free resources to help combat loneliness, depression and other pervasive cultural issues.
“We need to figure out how do we minister to people like that, and it doesn’t come easy,” he said.
“The church had better address these things or the church will be marginalized — period. If we don’t address loneliness, depression, anxiety, mental health and relationships, we will be obsolete.”
McDowell knows how hard pastors work and how much is on the plates of various church staffers, but he’s hoping these resources will help ease some of these burdens while also providing healing.
Visit Josh McDowell Ministry for resources and more information on how you can help.
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westernjournal--2020-08-19--DNC Delegation Has Soldiers Break Military Regulations Live on Air During Biden Nomination

If anything is uniform for the Democratic Party , it is undoubtedly using American heroes and everyday folks as political props .
Wednesday night , that uniform was on full display in the second day of the 2020 Democratic National Convention — right alongside the uniforms of two members of the United States Armed Forces .
The two service members appeared in the official Democratic nominating delegation from American Samoa during a national roll call vote to elevate former vice president Joe Biden as the 2020 Democratic presidential nominee .
Of course , as sharp eyes pointed out on social @ @ @ @ @ @ @ was a blatant violation of military regulations , which prohibits uniformed service members from engaging in political activity .
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They are , however , expressly prohibited by Directive 1344.10 from directly associating the U.S. Armed Forces with their own personal political activity .
“ As a matter of long-standing policy @ @ @ @ @ @ @ acting in their official capacity may not engage in activities that associate the DOD with any partisan political campaign or elections , candidate , cause or issue , ” the Defense Department wrote .
“ Under DOD Directive 1344.10 , members of the armed forces who are on active duty are permitted to express their personal opinions on political candidates , make a monetary contribution to a campaign , sign a petition to place a candidate ’ s name on the ballot , and attend a political event as a spectator .
“ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in partisan activities such as soliciting or engaging in partisan fundraiser activities , serving as the sponsor of a partisan club , or speaking before a partisan gathering , ” the department added .
“ In addition , all military members , including National Guard and Reserve forces , are prohibited from wearing military uniforms at political campaign events.
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Of course , none of this prevented the Democrats responsible for this little stunt from placing the two service members in question at risk of on-the-job consequences and any other potential punishment that may come as a result .
Either blissfully unaware of military regulation and honor or entirely apathetic , the delegation trotted these two service members out like props .
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If anything is uniform for the Democratic Party, it is undoubtedly using American heroes and everyday folks as political props.
Tuesday night, that uniform was on full display in the second day of the 2020 Democratic National Convention — right alongside the uniforms of two members of the United States Armed Forces.
The two service members appeared in the official Democratic nominating delegation from American Samoa during a national roll call vote to elevate former vice president Joe Biden as the 2020 Democratic presidential nominee.
Of course, as sharp eyes pointed out on social media just moments later, the display was a blatant violation of military regulations, which prohibits uniformed service members from engaging in political activity.
American Samoa casts their votes for @JoeBiden at the #DemConvention. However, per DoD rules, all military members are prohibited from wearing military uniforms at political campaign events. pic.twitter.com/q6SFOCvNH9 — Washington Examiner (@dcexaminer) August 19, 2020
According to an official 2019 statement from the Department of Defense, American service members are encouraged to engage politically — particularly in the act of voting.
They are, however, expressly prohibited by Directive 1344.10 from directly associating the U.S. Armed Forces with their own personal political activity.
“As a matter of long-standing policy, military service members and federal employees acting in their official capacity may not engage in activities that associate the DOD with any partisan political campaign or elections, candidate, cause or issue,” the Defense Department wrote.
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“Under DOD Directive 1344.10, members of the armed forces who are on active duty are permitted to express their personal opinions on political candidates, make a monetary contribution to a campaign, sign a petition to place a candidate’s name on the ballot, and attend a political event as a spectator.
“Members on active duty may not participate in partisan activities such as soliciting or engaging in partisan fundraiser activities, serving as the sponsor of a partisan club, or speaking before a partisan gathering,” the department added.
“In addition, all military members, including National Guard and Reserve forces, are prohibited from wearing military uniforms at political campaign events.”
Statement from DOD on the troops appearing with American Samoa delegates at #DNCConvention: “All members of the Armed Forces … are prohibited from wearing military uniforms at political campaign or election events.” No further details on the troops involved here. — Leo Shane III (@LeoShane) August 19, 2020
Military Times deputy editor Leo Shane III tweeted in light of the role call nomination vote that the Defense Department was able to confirm the soldiers caught on video were found in violation of Directive 1344.10.
Of course, none of this prevented the Democrats responsible for this little stunt from placing the two service members in question at risk of on-the-job consequences and any other potential punishment that may come as a result.
Either blissfully unaware of military regulation and honor or entirely apathetic, the delegation trotted these two service members out like props.
In fact, forget “like props.”
These two service members were claimed as mere props in the 2020 Democratic National Convention.
The U.S. Armed Forces should be steaming mad. The American people should be steaming mad. And every Republican accused in recent years of supposed violations of the nearly century-old and yet-to-be-successfully-prosecuted Hatch Act should be…
Well, you get the idea.
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westernjournal--2020-08-19--Fred Weinberg: The Post Office Doesn’t Need Trump’s Help To Kneecap Itself – It’s Been Doing That fo

Fred Weinberg: The Post Office Doesn’t Need Trump’s Help To Kneecap Itself – It’s Been Doing That for Decades

So the Democrats , Pelosi , Schumer , et al.
, think that the president is trying to “ kneecap ” the United States Postal Service to somehow give himself an advantage in the 2020 election .
Frankly , the USPS doesn ’ t need any help from the president to “ kneecap ” itself , given all the help it is getting from its unions , its years of stupid decision-making and its 19th-century solutions to our 21st-century needs .
Anybody who can read The Wall Street Journal probably does not need to read what I am about to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ so-called Democratic “ leadership ” you ’ d think that we all still get The Journal via mail and carrier as opposed to on our iPads and Kindle Fires .
( The Journal has over 2,000,000 digital subscriptions as of February . )
Or the huge number of people who pay their bills online as opposed to getting a bill in the mail and sending a check .
TRENDING : Daviscourt : Seattle Residents Voting for Trump After Democrats Refuse To Stop Rioting Or the incredibly stupid deals the USPS made with Amazon @ @ @ @ @ @ @ at a loss to try and make up the volume they lost with a total lack of foresight .
They lose a little on every package , but their unions think they make it up in volume .
So now , they want the president to lard the unions with another $ 25 billion because the various state election officials have decided that voting by mail is safe and efficient — even though they were warned that was not the case by the Postal Service at the end of July .
This vote-by-mail @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that riots are OK where COVID-19 is concerned but that you shouldn ’ t go out and vote — starting with Massachusetts Rep. Ayanna Pressley , who said , “ there needs to be unrest in the streets for as long as there ’ s unrest in our lives.
” What moronic thinking .
Here ’ s a better idea : Sell the Postal Service off to people who can run it at a profit .
Or shut it down .
The interesting thing is that Democrats actually think Republicans can ’ t @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Do they actually think real people are willing to put up with Portland , Seattle , Chicago , New York and Minneapolis ?
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Take a look at gun sales in those states .
They are setting records .
Why do you suppose that is ?
Why , even the Ninth Circuit @ @ @ @ @ @ @ California ban on high-capacity magazines .
If that doesn ’ t speak volumes , I can not think of what does .
And their solution is a senile old man .
This is not about political philosophy .
It ’ s about raw power .
It ’ s about people who want it at the expense of the truth and our lives .
There ’ s a long way to go in this campaign .
We have yet to talk about ( among other things ) Joe ’ s son Hunter , about @ @ @ @ @ @ @ who countenance killing , looting and rioting and about a whole lot of Democratic lying going on .
You want a campaign ?
I can not wait for this one .
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So the Democrats, Pelosi, Schumer, et al., think that the president is trying to “kneecap” the United States Postal Service to somehow give himself an advantage in the 2020 election.
Seriously?
Frankly, the USPS doesn’t need any help from the president to “kneecap” itself, given all the help it is getting from its unions, its years of stupid decision-making and its 19th-century solutions to our 21st-century needs.
Anybody who can read The Wall Street Journal probably does not need to read what I am about to write, but to listen to the so-called Democratic “leadership” you’d think that we all still get The Journal via mail and carrier as opposed to on our iPads and Kindle Fires. (The Journal has over 2,000,000 digital subscriptions as of February.)
Or the huge number of people who pay their bills online as opposed to getting a bill in the mail and sending a check.
Or the incredibly stupid deals the USPS made with Amazon, FedEx and UPS to deliver packages at a loss to try and make up the volume they lost with a total lack of foresight.
They lose a little on every package, but their unions think they make it up in volume.
So now, they want the president to lard the unions with another $25 billion because the various state election officials have decided that voting by mail is safe and efficient — even though they were warned that was not the case by the Postal Service at the end of July.
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This vote-by-mail nonsense is coming from people who think that riots are OK where COVID-19 is concerned but that you shouldn’t go out and vote — starting with Massachusetts Rep. Ayanna Pressley, who said, “there needs to be unrest in the streets for as long as there’s unrest in our lives.” What moronic thinking.
Here’s a better idea: Sell the Postal Service off to people who can run it at a profit.
Or shut it down.
The interesting thing is that Democrats actually think Republicans can’t win a chaotic election under any circumstances.
Really?
Do they actually think real people are willing to put up with Portland, Seattle, Chicago, New York and Minneapolis?
Do they actually think we are willing to put up with this for one second after Nov. 3?
Take a look at gun sales in those states. They are setting records.
Why do you suppose that is?
Why, even the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals just struck down the California ban on high-capacity magazines.
If that doesn’t speak volumes, I cannot think of what does.
And their solution is a senile old man.
This is not about political philosophy. It’s about raw power.
It’s about people who want it at the expense of the truth and our lives.
There’s a long way to go in this campaign.
We have yet to talk about (among other things) Joe’s son Hunter, about the crooks in New York and Chicago who countenance killing, looting and rioting and about a whole lot of Democratic lying going on.
You want a campaign? I cannot wait for this one.
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westernjournal--2020-08-19--Photo Emerges of Bill Clinton Receiving Massage From Alleged Epstein Victim

New photos have emerged that connect former President Bill Clinton to an alleged victim of convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein .
The images published by the Daily Mail are from 2002 , when Clinton took Epstein ’ s private jet to Africa on a humanitarian mission that previously has been acknowledged by Clinton ’ s defenders as one of the trips he took on the private jet .
Although some records show Clinton took more than 20 flights on the plane dubbed the Lolita Express , Clinton had said through the Clinton Foundation that only four trips were made .
The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Chauntae Davies , who was 22 at the time and acted as Epstein ’ s personal masseuse , giving the fully clothed Clinton , then 56 , a massage while the entourage that Clinton was a part of was at a refueling stop in Portugal .
Davies has since accused Epstein of raping her while she worked for him , according to CBS .
She also claimed she was recruited by Ghislaine Maxwell , Epstein ’ s second-in-command .
TRENDING : Daviscourt : Seattle Residents Voting for Trump After Democrats Refuse To Stop @ @ @ @ @ @ @ pleaded guilty in 2008 to procuring a person under the age of 18 for prostitution and felony solicitation of prostitution , according to NBC News , committed suicide last year in a Manhattan jail while facing new charges of sex trafficking .
He was 66 years old .
Maxwell currently is being held on sex trafficking charges at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn , New York .
Davies said Clinton — a speaker at the 2020 Democratic National Convention — did nothing improper on the trip to Africa in 2002 .
“ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Clinton was a perfect gentleman during the trip , and I saw absolutely no foul play involving him , ” she told the Daily Mail , adding that Clinton was “ charming and sweet.
” The massage happened by chance , she said .
“ We had a stopover for the jet to refuel , and while we were in the terminal , the ex-president was complaining of stiffness from falling asleep in his chair , ” Davies said .
“ Ghislaine chimed in to be funny and said that I could give @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a little chuckle , but Ghislaine in her prim British accent insisted and said I was good .
The president then asked me , ‘ Would you mind giving it a crack ?
’ ” Davies said .
Davies tried , but the former president was significantly taller , which she proposed to solve .
“ I ’ ve got a bad angle ; would you mind getting on your knees ?
” she said she asked Clinton .
“ I ’ m not at all sure what came over me , ” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Had Oval Office Affair with Intern Condemns Trump 's Use of Oval Office The Daily Mail ’ s report quoted Davies as having written in a soon-to-released memoir that , “ I was groggy and have also always been the queen of putting my foot in my mouth .
For a moment the room fell silent .
I couldn ’ t believe I ’ d said that .
The words just shot out before I realized what I was saying or who I said it to .
“ Then , although his face @ @ @ @ @ @ @ he laughed .
The whole room was laughing , too .
And , being the good sport he was , he sat down so I could get a better angle , ” she said .
Publication of the images produced a reaction on Twitter .
In an interview with NPR , Davies recalled her first massage with Epstein .
“ He came waltzing in and threw his bathrobe off and got on the table and sort of looked me up and down and started asking me 21 questions .
And I proceeded to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the massage , ” she said .
And before I knew it — I mean , he was pretty quick into it — he flipped over onto his back and asked if I minded if he touched himself .
I had come from a background of abuse where I had just kind of been taught to just look the other way , really , and not say anything .
And I gave him the OK to touch himself because I didn ’ t know what else to say or do in that moment @ @ @ @ @ @ @ massage was done , “ I left the room , you know , with my head spinning , trying to figure out what the hell just happened , ” she said .
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New photos have emerged that connect former President Bill Clinton to an alleged victim of convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein.
The images published by the Daily Mail are from 2002, when Clinton took Epstein’s private jet to Africa on a humanitarian mission that previously has been acknowledged by Clinton’s defenders as one of the trips he took on the private jet.
Although some records show Clinton took more than 20 flights on the plane dubbed the Lolita Express, Clinton had said through the Clinton Foundation that only four trips were made.
The photos published by the Daily Mail show Chauntae Davies, who was 22 at the time and acted as Epstein’s personal masseuse, giving the fully clothed Clinton, then 56, a massage while the entourage that Clinton was a part of was at a refueling stop in Portugal.
Davies has since accused Epstein of raping her while she worked for him, according to CBS. She also claimed she was recruited by Ghislaine Maxwell, Epstein’s second-in-command.
Epstein, a wealthy financier who pleaded guilty in 2008 to procuring a person under the age of 18 for prostitution and felony solicitation of prostitution, according to NBC News, committed suicide last year in a Manhattan jail while facing new charges of sex trafficking. He was 66 years old.
Maxwell currently is being held on sex trafficking charges at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, New York.
Davies said Clinton — a speaker at the 2020 Democratic National Convention — did nothing improper on the trip to Africa in 2002.
“Although the image looks bizarre, President Clinton was a perfect gentleman during the trip, and I saw absolutely no foul play involving him,” she told the Daily Mail, adding that Clinton was “charming and sweet.”
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The massage happened by chance, she said.
“We had a stopover for the jet to refuel, and while we were in the terminal, the ex-president was complaining of stiffness from falling asleep in his chair,” Davies said. “Ghislaine chimed in to be funny and said that I could give him a massage.
“Everyone had a little chuckle, but Ghislaine in her prim British accent insisted and said I was good. The president then asked me, ‘Would you mind giving it a crack?’ ” Davies said.
Davies tried, but the former president was significantly taller, which she proposed to solve.
“I’ve got a bad angle; would you mind getting on your knees?” she said she asked Clinton. “I’m not at all sure what came over me,” Davies said.
The Daily Mail’s report quoted Davies as having written in a soon-to-released memoir that, “I was groggy and have also always been the queen of putting my foot in my mouth. For a moment the room fell silent. I couldn’t believe I’d said that. The words just shot out before I realized what I was saying or who I said it to.
“Then, although his face had turned the color of fire, he laughed. The whole room was laughing, too. And, being the good sport he was, he sat down so I could get a better angle,” she said.
Publication of the images produced a reaction on Twitter.
Simply disgusting….. Bill Clinton’s neck massaged by Jeffrey Epstein victim in photo | Daily Mail Online https://t.co/Xj1HVYYxgh — Juanita Broaddrick (@atensnut) August 18, 2020
Hours before he speaks at #DemConvention (after @AOC) @DailyMail EXCLUSIVE: ‘Would you mind giving it a crack?’ @BillClinton leans back and smiles while receiving neck massage from #JeffreyEpstein victim, 22, in never-before-seen photos https://t.co/2dB7DDgUKL — Sean Spicer (@seanspicer) August 18, 2020
In an interview with NPR, Davies recalled her first massage with Epstein.
“He came waltzing in and threw his bathrobe off and got on the table and sort of looked me up and down and started asking me 21 questions. And I proceeded to massage him and try to focus on the massage,” she said.
And before I knew it — I mean, he was pretty quick into it — he flipped over onto his back and asked if I minded if he touched himself. I had come from a background of abuse where I had just kind of been taught to just look the other way, really, and not say anything. And I gave him the OK to touch himself because I didn’t know what else to say or do in that moment,” she said.
When the massage was done, “I left the room, you know, with my head spinning, trying to figure out what the hell just happened,” she said.
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