westernjournal--2020-10-19--Rioters Cheer as Church Burns to the Ground

Masked protesters recorded video and cheered as the burning spire of a Chilean church crashed to the ground Sunday night .
Protests and riots erupted in Chile ’ s capital city of Santiago over the weekend ahead of a referendum on whether to throw out the country ’ s constitution , The Wall Street Journal reported .
Demonstrators looted stores , vandalized buildings , and set churches on fire on the anniversary of the beginning of the massive 2019 protests against the government .
“ This is an expression of brutality , ” said Interior Minister Víctor Pérez , the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ lament the violent acts , but we will confront them.
” Pérez also said that police had been deployed to protect the city ’ s subway , which has reportedly frequently been targeted by demonstrators Protesters cheered as they watched the burning spire of La Asunción church fall to the ground , according to The Journal .
Rioters also set San Francisco Borja church on fire , a church from the mid-19th century , the publication reported .
About 25,000 protesters gathered in the Plaza Italia , the focus of last year ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that demand a new constitution , according to The Journal .
The 2019 protests resulted in billions of dollars in damages and over 30 deaths , the publication reported .
The protests and riots began led by high school-students angry over increases in subway prices , according to The Journal .
The students were quickly joined by others , causing the protests to swell into massive crowds of Chileans .
The protests were mostly peaceful throughout the day , The Journal reported , but spiraled into violence after darkness descended on the city @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Attempts To Discredit Amy Coney Barrett : 'There Is No Low They Wo n't Stoop To' Police and groups of young men clashed during the night time protests , the publication reported .
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Masked protesters recorded video and cheered as the burning spire of a Chilean church crashed to the ground Sunday night.
Protests and riots erupted in Chile’s capital city of Santiago over the weekend ahead of a referendum on whether to throw out the country’s constitution, The Wall Street Journal reported.
Demonstrators looted stores, vandalized buildings, and set churches on fire on the anniversary of the beginning of the massive 2019 protests against the government.
“This is an expression of brutality,” said Interior Minister Víctor Pérez, the publication reported.
“Today we must lament the violent acts, but we will confront them.”
Pérez also said that police had been deployed to protect the city’s subway, which has reportedly frequently been targeted by demonstrators.
Protesters cheered as they watched the burning spire of La Asunción church fall to the ground, according to The Journal.
Rioters also set San Francisco Borja church on fire, a church from the mid-19th century, the publication reported.
WATCH:
During protests in Santiago, Chile today to mark the 1 year anniversary of anti government protests the Iglesia de la Asunción (church of the assumption) was burnt down#Chile pic.twitter.com/nUYaiOMTRq — CNW (@ConflictsW) October 19, 2020
About 25,000 protesters gathered in the Plaza Italia, the focus of last year’s protests, on Sunday holding banners that demand a new constitution, according to The Journal.
The 2019 protests resulted in billions of dollars in damages and over 30 deaths, the publication reported.
The protests and riots began led by high school-students angry over increases in subway prices, according to The Journal. The students were quickly joined by others, causing the protests to swell into massive crowds of Chileans.
The protests were mostly peaceful throughout the day, The Journal reported, but spiraled into violence after darkness descended on the city.
Police and groups of young men clashed during the night time protests, the publication reported.
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westernjournal--2020-10-19--Actress Doreen Montalvo Dead at Age 56: ‘We Are Devastated’

On Saturday , Broadway and television actress Doreen Montalvo died at the age of 56 .
She was “ surrounded by her husband Michael Mann and her family after a recent sudden ailment , ” according to what her manager told E !
News .
Montalvo was best known for her stage and television roles , including Broadway ’ s “ Mrs .
Doubtfire , ” “ In The Heights , ” “ Flash Dance The Musical ” and “ On Your Feet , ” as well as the television shows “ Elementary , ” “ Law & Order , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ Madame Secretary.
” Her manager , Steve Maihack , confirmed her passing in a post on Instagram on Saturday .
The image he posted revealed the actress had a short decline during which friends and family hoped she would pull through .
The exact cause of death has not been shared at the time of writing .
“ We are devastated to hear she has left us today , ” the text on the shared image reads .
“ Our thoughts and prayers continue to go out to her husband Mike Mann @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ Love and light to all her friends , colleagues and fans … my heart aches for us all.
” In the caption , Maihack detailed fond memories of working with Montalvo , highlighting her ability to excel at anything she put her mind to .
“ It ’ s been my honor and extreme pleasure to have worked with Doreen , as her manager , ” Maihack posted on Saturday .
“ From the minute we met it was like we had been friends for years.
” “ Kindred spirits , for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ watching you as Gloria Fajardo in the OYF tour at the open-air outside KC Starlight theater … belting out ‘ Mi Tierra ’ to an audience of 8000 , with the sun literally setting as if God himself was directing the most PERFECT moment for us all .
It was thrilling.
” “ This last year had been such an exciting one for Doreen with the filming of both the IN THE HEIGHTS and WEST SIDE STORY feature films , as well as her return to Broadway in MRS DOUBTFIRE .
She was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ – which she was a natural at.
” “ Doreen could do anything .
She was like a winning lotto ticket.
” RELATED : Singer Christopher Cross Has 'Come-to-Jesus ' Moment After He Says COVID Left Him Temporarily Paralyzed “ Doreen didn ’ t just light up the stage , she brightened the light in all of those around her , ” the actress ’ manager said to E !
News .
“ She infused love into every role she played in a varied and successful acting career .
Her family is so @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on and be seen in the upcoming films of In The Heights and West Side Story , and for the outpouring of love from every corner of the business.
” Others who worked with her over the years have been expressing their grief as well .
Jon M. Chu , who directed “ In The Heights , ” tweeted about the woman being a “ force of love.
” “ Doreen was a force of love that seeped into every inch of IN THE HEIGHTS , ” he wrote .
“ When she @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as the voice in ‘ Siempre ’ her imprint on the movie and the In The Heights family will live forever .
Thank u Doreen .
U are loved by so many.
” “ It is monstrously unfair that we did not get more time with her , ” lyricist and actor Lin-Manuel Miranda shared on Twitter .
“ More shows with her .
More music with her .
More life with her .
When someone brings that much joy and love to everyone they meet , that much commitment to the craft @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
And heartbreaking.
” Montalvo ’ s most recent venture before things started shutting down earlier this year was in “ Mrs .
Doubtfire the Musical ” on Broadway .
A tweet from the show ’ s account praised her talent and heart .
“ The Mrs. Doubtfire the Musical family mourns the loss of Doreen Montalvo , ” the Twitter account shared on Saturday evening .
“ Doreen ’ s immense talent was matched by her extraordinary kindness and remarkable generosity .
Her light shown brightly onstage and off.
” “ She @ @ @ @ @ @ @ by every person who was lucky enough to call her a colleague or friend .
Our hearts are with her husband Mike and all of her family and friends.
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On Saturday, Broadway and television actress Doreen Montalvo died at the age of 56.
She was “surrounded by her husband Michael Mann and her family after a recent sudden ailment,” according to what her manager told E! News.
Montalvo was best known for her stage and television roles, including Broadway’s “Mrs. Doubtfire,” “In The Heights,” “Flash Dance The Musical” and “On Your Feet,” as well as the television shows “Elementary,” “Law & Order,” “The Good Wife” and “Madame Secretary.”
Her manager, Steve Maihack, confirmed her passing in a post on Instagram on Saturday. The image he posted revealed the actress had a short decline during which friends and family hoped she would pull through.
The exact cause of death has not been shared at the time of writing.
“We are devastated to hear she has left us today,” the text on the shared image reads. “Our thoughts and prayers continue to go out to her husband Mike Mann and their family during this time.”
“Love and light to all her friends, colleagues and fans … my heart aches for us all.”
In the caption, Maihack detailed fond memories of working with Montalvo, highlighting her ability to excel at anything she put her mind to.
“It’s been my honor and extreme pleasure to have worked with Doreen, as her manager,” Maihack posted on Saturday. “From the minute we met it was like we had been friends for years.”
“Kindred spirits, for sure. My favorite memory will be watching you as Gloria Fajardo in the OYF tour at the open-air outside KC Starlight theater … belting out ‘Mi Tierra’ to an audience of 8000, with the sun literally setting as if God himself was directing the most PERFECT moment for us all. It was thrilling.”
“This last year had been such an exciting one for Doreen with the filming of both the IN THE HEIGHTS and WEST SIDE STORY feature films, as well as her return to Broadway in MRS DOUBTFIRE. She was also making strides in the tv world – which she was a natural at.”
“Doreen could do anything. She was like a winning lotto ticket.”
“Doreen didn’t just light up the stage, she brightened the light in all of those around her,” the actress’ manager said to E! News. “She infused love into every role she played in a varied and successful acting career. Her family is so appreciative to know her work will live on and be seen in the upcoming films of In The Heights and West Side Story, and for the outpouring of love from every corner of the business.”
Others who worked with her over the years have been expressing their grief as well. Jon M. Chu, who directed “In The Heights,” tweeted about the woman being a “force of love.”
Doreen was a force of love that seeped into every inch of IN THE HEIGHTS. When she sings to Nina in Breathe, or as the voice in “Siempre” her imprint on the movie and the In The Heights family will live forever. Thank u Doreen. U are loved by so many❤?https://t.co/m8BHvYPQuQ — Jon M. Chu (@jonmchu) October 18, 2020
“Doreen was a force of love that seeped into every inch of IN THE HEIGHTS,” he wrote. “When she sings to Nina in Breathe, or as the voice in ‘Siempre’ her imprint on the movie and the In The Heights family will live forever. Thank u Doreen. U are loved by so many.”
“It is monstrously unfair that we did not get more time with her,” lyricist and actor Lin-Manuel Miranda shared on Twitter. “More shows with her. More music with her. More life with her. When someone brings that much joy and love to everyone they meet, that much commitment to the craft they love … it’s unfair. And heartbreaking.”
A small consolation: Doreen is all over the In The Heights movie.
We’ll see her sing “Mira, Nina, no me preocupo por ella…”
We’ll hear her sing
“No te vayas
Si me dejas
Si te alejas de mi
Seguiras en mis recuerdos para siempre…para siempre…” pic.twitter.com/RYq5lMbkFo — Lin-Manuel Miranda (@Lin_Manuel) October 18, 2020
Montalvo’s most recent venture before things started shutting down earlier this year was in “Mrs. Doubtfire the Musical” on Broadway. A tweet from the show’s account praised her talent and heart.
The Mrs. Doubtfire the Musical family mourns the loss of Doreen Montalvo. Doreen’s immense talent was matched by her extraordinary kindness and remarkable generosity. Her light shown brightly onstage and off. 1/2 pic.twitter.com/5c57SV5rEX — Mrs. Doubtfire the Musical (@DoubtfireBway) October 17, 2020
“The Mrs. Doubtfire the Musical family mourns the loss of Doreen Montalvo,” the Twitter account shared on Saturday evening. “Doreen’s immense talent was matched by her extraordinary kindness and remarkable generosity. Her light shown brightly onstage and off.”
“She was beloved by the entire company and by every person who was lucky enough to call her a colleague or friend. Our hearts are with her husband Mike and all of her family and friends.”
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westernjournal--2020-10-19--Pelosi Points to Election as Reason for 48-Hour Deadline on Stimulus Deal

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has given the Trump White House a deadline to agree to a coronavirus relief package if it wants passage before Election Day .
Pelosi and President Donald Trump have been going back and forth over the terms of any deal for weeks .
Drew Hamill , Pelosi ’ s spokesman , tweeted Saturday that progress was taking shape .
“ The Speaker and Secretary Mnuchin spoke at 7:40 p.m. by phone tonight for just over an hour .
While there was some encouraging news on testing , there remains work to do , ” he tweeted @ @ @ @ @ @ @ tweets , he said that the “ virus ’ disproportionate impact on communities of color ” still needed to be addressed .
Hamill also said that sealing the deal needed to happen in “ the next 48 hours ” if a bill will be passed before the election , giving the White House a Tuesday deadline .
The size of the House package has been between $ 1.8 and $ 2.2 trillion .
Mnuchin and Pelosi are scheduled to talk again Monday afternoon .
During a Sunday appearance on ABC ’ s “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 48-hour deadline was to determine if an agreement would take shape prior to the Nov. 3 election , according to The Hill .
“ The 48 only relates to if we want to get it done before the election , which we do , ” she said .
“ I ’ m optimistic because , again , we ’ ve been back and forth on all of this.
” Pelosi restated her optimism in a letter to House Democrats , according to Politico .
RELATED : Trump Labels the Biden Family a 'Criminal @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ I am optimistic that we can reach agreement before the election , “ Pelosi wrote .
She added that Democrats are “ fully prepared to move forward once we reach agreement.
” Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has said the Republican-controlled Senate will take the bill under consideration if Pelosi and the White House can strike a deal .
“ If Speaker Pelosi ever lets the House reach a bipartisan agreement with the Administration , the Senate would of course consider it , ” he said .
The Senate will vote on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ would provide roughly $ 1 trillion in aid .
McConnell said Pelosi has been “ clinging to far-left demands that are designed to kill any hope of a deal.
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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has given the Trump White House a deadline to agree to a coronavirus relief package if it wants passage before Election Day.
Pelosi and President Donald Trump have been going back and forth over the terms of any deal for weeks. Drew Hamill, Pelosi’s spokesman, tweeted Saturday that progress was taking shape.
“The Speaker and Secretary Mnuchin spoke at 7:40 p.m. by phone tonight for just over an hour. While there was some encouraging news on testing, there remains work to do,” he tweeted.
Later on in a series of tweets, he said that the “virus’ disproportionate impact on communities of color” still needed to be addressed.
… address the virus’ disproportionate impact on communities of color. There remains an array of additional differences as we go provision by provision that must be addressed in a comprehensive manner in the next 48 hours. Decisions must be made by the White House… (2/3) — Drew Hammill (@Drew_Hammill) October 18, 2020
Hamill also said that sealing the deal needed to happen in “the next 48 hours” if a bill will be passed before the election, giving the White House a Tuesday deadline.
… in order to demonstrate that the Administration is serious about reaching a bipartisan agreement that provides for Americans with the greatest needs during the pandemic. (3/3) — Drew Hammill (@Drew_Hammill) October 18, 2020
The size of the House package has been between $1.8 and $2.2 trillion.
Mnuchin and Pelosi are scheduled to talk again Monday afternoon.
During a Sunday appearance on ABC’s “This Week,” Pelosi said the 48-hour deadline was to determine if an agreement would take shape prior to the Nov. 3 election, according to The Hill.
“The 48 only relates to if we want to get it done before the election, which we do,” she said. “I’m optimistic because, again, we’ve been back and forth on all of this.”
Pelosi restated her optimism in a letter to House Democrats, according to Politico.
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“I am optimistic that we can reach agreement before the election,“ Pelosi wrote. She added that Democrats are “fully prepared to move forward once we reach agreement.”
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has said the Republican-controlled Senate will take the bill under consideration if Pelosi and the White House can strike a deal.
“If Speaker Pelosi ever lets the House reach a bipartisan agreement with the Administration, the Senate would of course consider it,” he said.
The Senate will vote on its own measure this week, which would provide roughly $1 trillion in aid.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell announced that the Senate will vote Wednesday on the coronavirus relief proposal crafted by Republicans, in addition to a separate vote on additional funding for a program to aid small businesses on Tuesday. https://t.co/9IozrOihZn — WJZ | CBS Baltimore (@wjz) October 17, 2020
McConnell says Senate coronavirus bill includes
•More federally-expanded unemployment benefits for laid-off Americans
•An entire second round of the Paycheck Protection Program to save workers’ jobs at the hardest-hit small businesses — Chad Pergram (@ChadPergram) October 17, 2020
McConnell said Pelosi has been “clinging to far-left demands that are designed to kill any hope of a deal.”
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westernjournal--2020-10-19--Former Biden Business Associate Flips, Confirms Hunter Traded on His Dad’s Influence

Evidence is mounting that former Vice President Joe Biden not only knew his man-child son , Hunter Biden , was profiting from his powerful perch in government , but that Joe Biden himself may have financially benefited from these arrangements .
A new story of Biden family corruption has emerged , and it is independent of the New York Post bombshell last week about the emails found on Hunter Biden ’ s laptop .
Breitbart News editor and president of the Government Accountability Institute Peter Schweizer broke the news on Friday that associates of Hunter Biden quickly arranged a White @ @ @ @ @ @ @ delegation of Chinese business leaders and Communist Party officials .
This visit apparently included a meeting with the vice president himself .
Schweizer , the author of several books that trace the money trail of Bill and Hillary Clinton and the Bidens ’ many questionable transactions , has forged a relationship with Bevan Cooney , one of Hunter Biden ’ s former business partners .
In a Breitbart piece published Friday , co-written by Seamus Bruner , associate director of research at the Government Accountability Institute , Schweizer wrote that Cooney was involved @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Devon Archer in a 2016 bond fraud investment scheme that landed him in prison .
Archer was convicted in the same case , however , a “ federal judge vacated his conviction .
But an appellate court overturned the lower court judge ’ s ruling , reinstating Archer ’ s conviction , ” Schweizer and Bruner wrote .
He is currently awaiting sentencing , according to Fox News .
Hunter Biden was never indicted in the scheme .
Needless to say , Cooney feels some resentment toward Biden and told Schweizer he “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ for the fraud scheme , ” Schweizer and Bruner wrote .
After reading Schweizer ’ s 2018 book , “ Secret Empires , ” Cooney contacted the author through investigative journalist Matthew Tyrmand and has since provided the password to his email account to Schweizer , whose team has begun wading through some 26,000 emails , Schweizer and Bruner wrote .
Schweizer and Bruner wrote that “ the emails offer a unique window into just how the Biden universe conducted business during the Obama-Biden Administration .
These associates sought to trade on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and access to , his father and the Obama-Biden White House in order to generate business.
” You will note that Hunter Biden apparently did not participate in arranging the November 2011 meeting Schweizer and Bruner describe , because , you see , he was busy at the time .
In one of the email messages , Archer wrote that Hunter “ was traveling in the UAE for the week with royalty.
” Nonetheless , his associates spotted an opportunity and acted .
Schweizer and Bruner explained the sequence of events .
On @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , a business associate of Biden and Archer , forwarded an email he had received from Mohammed Khashoggi , who was acting as an intermediary to Archer on behalf of the China Entrepreneur Club ( CEC ) .
Khashoggi ’ s email , dated Oct. 19 , 2011 , told Fears that the CEC would like to send , as Schweizer and Bruner described it , a delegation of “ Chinese billionaires , Chinese Communist Party loyalists , and at least one ‘ respected diplomat ’ from Beijing ” to Washington for a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ News Hosts Gets Biden Surrogate To Make Shock Admission About Hunter Biden Email Scandal If Fears and his associates could make this happen , Khashoggi wrote , it would be a great opportunity for the group ( Biden , Archer , Fears ) to attract “ potentially outstanding new clients ” and would provide them with “ good access to [ the Chinese ] for any deal in the future.
” The CEC had already tried several times to arrange such a meeting , but had been rebuffed , Schweizer and Bruner wrote @ @ @ @ @ @ @ CEC has been called ‘ a second foreign ministry ’ for the People ’ s Republic of China—a communist government that closely controls most businesses in its country .
CEC was established in 2006 by a group of businessmen and Chinese government diplomats , ” Schweizer and Bruner wrote .
In his Oct. 19 email , Khashoggi wrote , “ I know it is political season and people are hesitant but a group like this does not come along every day .
A tour of the white house and a meeting with a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s office and [ then-Secretary of State ] John Kerry would be great .
Not sure if one has to be registered to do this.
” By “ registered , ” Khashoggi was likely referring to the Foreign Agents Registration Act ( FARA ) , Schweizer and Bruner wrote .
According to the Department of Justice , the act requires “ certain agents of foreign principals who are engaged in political activities or other activities specified under the statute to make periodic public disclosure of their relationship with the foreign principal , as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in support of those activities.
” Referring to the group of Chinese visitors , Khashoggi informed Fears , “ This is China Inc. , ” and described exactly it was looking for .
“ Biggest priority for the CEC group is to see the White House , and have a senior US politician , or senior member of Obama ’ s administration , give them a tour… If your friend in DC can help , we would be extremely grateful.
” The visit was quickly arranged and took place on Nov. 14 , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Obama-Biden Administration visitor log archives confirm the visit took place and that the group “ enjoyed high-level access.
” A copy of the email chain can be viewed on Scribd below .
The visitor logs show nothing about the group ’ s meeting with Biden , Schweizer and Bruner wrote .
However , Schweizer and Bruner present a document that contains the biographies of important members of the CEC .
Among them is Secretary-General Maggie Cheng , whose entry boasts of “ successful business missions ” to the United States in 2011 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , and to France/Belgium in 2013 .
“ The delegation was received with the highest respect and greatest hospitality by the host countries , ” the biography states , before listing a series of high-ranking officials of the various countries involved .
The very first name on the list is “ U.S .
Vice President Joe Biden.
” Biden and Archer apparently reaped the rewards from this meeting two years later .
In 2013 , Schweizer and Bruner wrote , the Chinese government founded the Bohai Harvest Investment fund .
Two U.S. investment @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Seneca Partners , were selected to participate in this venture .
It should come as no surprise that Hunter Biden was associated with both .
In a Friday night appearance on Fox News ’ “ Hannity , ” according to Breitbart News , Schweizer made clear his team had only begun sifting through Cooney ’ s email and said we should expect another report in the next few days .
If it indeed took place , such a high-level meeting between Chinese business leaders and then-Vice President Biden might not have broken the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a FARA violation ) , but it is extraordinarily unethical and extremely disturbing , especially considering Biden ’ s presence was not officially recorded in visitor logs .
Most importantly , it could potentially compromise a future President Biden in his dealings with China .
Now that U.S. relations with China are strained to say the least , this is more problematic than ever .
If a potential Biden administration were faced with consequential decisions concerning communist China , it ’ s appropriate to ask if U.S. interests would take a back seat @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with the country .
Looked at in this context , the emails on Hunter Biden ’ s laptop are even more problematic .
One of those emails shows an individual identified as “ the big guy ” as receiving a 10 percent share in a deal with CEFC , China ’ s largest private energy company .
On Friday night , Fox News reported that “ the big guy ” is a reference to former Vice President Joe Biden .
The source of this revelation is an individual who had been copied on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ lawyer , but that sure sounds illegal to me .
These stories are becoming too big for Twitter , Facebook and the mainstream media to hide .
And my guess is now that the floodgates have opened , we will hear more damaging reports every day .
With only 15 days until the election , it may be difficult for Biden to recover .
Schweizer ended his segment on “ Hannity ” by describing the latest trove of information as a “ veritable United Nations of corruption , ” Breitbart reported .
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Evidence is mounting that former Vice President Joe Biden not only knew his man-child son, Hunter Biden, was profiting from his powerful perch in government, but that Joe Biden himself may have financially benefited from these arrangements.
A new story of Biden family corruption has emerged, and it is independent of the New York Post bombshell last week about the emails found on Hunter Biden’s laptop.
Breitbart News editor and president of the Government Accountability Institute Peter Schweizer broke the news on Friday that associates of Hunter Biden quickly arranged a White House meeting in November 2011 for a delegation of Chinese business leaders and Communist Party officials. This visit apparently included a meeting with the vice president himself.
Schweizer, the author of several books that trace the money trail of Bill and Hillary Clinton and the Bidens’ many questionable transactions, has forged a relationship with Bevan Cooney, one of Hunter Biden’s former business partners.
In a Breitbart piece published Friday, co-written by Seamus Bruner, associate director of research at the Government Accountability Institute, Schweizer wrote that Cooney was involved with Hunter Biden and their mutual associate Devon Archer in a 2016 bond fraud investment scheme that landed him in prison.
Archer was convicted in the same case, however, a “federal judge vacated his conviction. But an appellate court overturned the lower court judge’s ruling, reinstating Archer’s conviction,” Schweizer and Bruner wrote. He is currently awaiting sentencing, according to Fox News. Hunter Biden was never indicted in the scheme.
Needless to say, Cooney feels some resentment toward Biden and told Schweizer he “believes he was the ‘fall guy’ for the fraud scheme,” Schweizer and Bruner wrote.
After reading Schweizer’s 2018 book, “Secret Empires,” Cooney contacted the author through investigative journalist Matthew Tyrmand and has since provided the password to his email account to Schweizer, whose team has begun wading through some 26,000 emails, Schweizer and Bruner wrote.
Schweizer and Bruner wrote that “the emails offer a unique window into just how the Biden universe conducted business during the Obama-Biden Administration. These associates sought to trade on Hunter Biden’s relationship with, and access to, his father and the Obama-Biden White House in order to generate business.”
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You will note that Hunter Biden apparently did not participate in arranging the November 2011 meeting Schweizer and Bruner describe, because, you see, he was busy at the time. In one of the email messages, Archer wrote that Hunter “was traveling in the UAE for the week with royalty.”
Nonetheless, his associates spotted an opportunity and acted.
Schweizer and Bruner explained the sequence of events.
On November 5, 2011, Gary Fears, a business associate of Biden and Archer, forwarded an email he had received from Mohammed Khashoggi, who was acting as an intermediary to Archer on behalf of the China Entrepreneur Club (CEC).
Khashoggi’s email, dated Oct. 19, 2011, told Fears that the CEC would like to send, as Schweizer and Bruner described it, a delegation of “Chinese billionaires, Chinese Communist Party loyalists, and at least one ‘respected diplomat’ from Beijing” to Washington for a White House visit.
If Fears and his associates could make this happen, Khashoggi wrote, it would be a great opportunity for the group (Biden, Archer, Fears) to attract “potentially outstanding new clients” and would provide them with “good access to [the Chinese] for any deal in the future.”
The CEC had already tried several times to arrange such a meeting, but had been rebuffed, Schweizer and Bruner wrote.
“Despite its benign name, CEC has been called ‘a second foreign ministry’ for the People’s Republic of China—a communist government that closely controls most businesses in its country. CEC was established in 2006 by a group of businessmen and Chinese government diplomats,” Schweizer and Bruner wrote.
In his Oct. 19 email, Khashoggi wrote, “I know it is political season and people are hesitant but a group like this does not come along every day. A tour of the white house and a meeting with a member of the chief of staff’s office and [then-Secretary of State] John Kerry would be great. Not sure if one has to be registered to do this.”
By “registered,” Khashoggi was likely referring to the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA), Schweizer and Bruner wrote. According to the Department of Justice, the act requires “certain agents of foreign principals who are engaged in political activities or other activities specified under the statute to make periodic public disclosure of their relationship with the foreign principal, as well as activities, receipts and disbursements in support of those activities.”
Referring to the group of Chinese visitors, Khashoggi informed Fears, “This is China Inc.,” and described exactly it was looking for. “Biggest priority for the CEC group is to see the White House, and have a senior US politician, or senior member of Obama’s administration, give them a tour… If your friend in DC can help, we would be extremely grateful.”
The visit was quickly arranged and took place on Nov. 14, 2011.
Schweizer and Bruner wrote that the Obama-Biden Administration visitor log archives confirm the visit took place and that the group “enjoyed high-level access.”
A copy of the email chain can be viewed on Scribd below.
The visitor logs show nothing about the group’s meeting with Biden, Schweizer and Bruner wrote.
However, Schweizer and Bruner present a document that contains the biographies of important members of the CEC. Among them is Secretary-General Maggie Cheng, whose entry boasts of “successful business missions” to the United States in 2011, to the United Kingdom in 2012, and to France/Belgium in 2013.
“The delegation was received with the highest respect and greatest hospitality by the host countries,” the biography states, before listing a series of high-ranking officials of the various countries involved.
The very first name on the list is “U.S. Vice President Joe Biden.”
Biden and Archer apparently reaped the rewards from this meeting two years later. In 2013, Schweizer and Bruner wrote, the Chinese government founded the Bohai Harvest Investment fund. Two U.S. investment companies, Thornton Group LLC and Rosemont Seneca Partners, were selected to participate in this venture. It should come as no surprise that Hunter Biden was associated with both.
In a Friday night appearance on Fox News’ “Hannity,” according to Breitbart News, Schweizer made clear his team had only begun sifting through Cooney’s email and said we should expect another report in the next few days.
If it indeed took place, such a high-level meeting between Chinese business leaders and then-Vice President Biden might not have broken the law (although it may have been a FARA violation), but it is extraordinarily unethical and extremely disturbing, especially considering Biden’s presence was not officially recorded in visitor logs.
Most importantly, it could potentially compromise a future President Biden in his dealings with China. Now that U.S. relations with China are strained to say the least, this is more problematic than ever.
If a potential Biden administration were faced with consequential decisions concerning communist China, it’s appropriate to ask if U.S. interests would take a back seat to Biden’s own business dealings with the country.
Looked at in this context, the emails on Hunter Biden’s laptop are even more problematic.
One of those emails shows an individual identified as “the big guy” as receiving a 10 percent share in a deal with CEFC, China’s largest private energy company.
On Friday night, Fox News reported that “the big guy” is a reference to former Vice President Joe Biden. The source of this revelation is an individual who had been copied on the thread.
I am not a lawyer, but that sure sounds illegal to me.
These stories are becoming too big for Twitter, Facebook and the mainstream media to hide. And my guess is now that the floodgates have opened, we will hear more damaging reports every day. With only 15 days until the election, it may be difficult for Biden to recover.
Schweizer ended his segment on “Hannity” by describing the latest trove of information as a “veritable United Nations of corruption,” Breitbart reported.
That sounds like an accurate assessment.
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westernjournal--2020-10-19--Watch Bizarre Scene as Biden Screams Out Words from Giant Teleprompter

I get that Joe Biden ’ s rallies are supposed to be exemplars of social distancing , but this is a bit ridiculous .
The Democratic nominee had basically decided to omit rallies entirely from his campaign agenda amid the COVID-19 pandemic .
Apparently , however , that wasn ’ t making the grade — so , he ’ s decided to restart the rallies , albeit with a different flavor than you might normally expect .
Thus , his latest assemblies have been drive-in shindigs .
These are strange affairs to begin with — events that look like they @ @ @ @ @ @ @ movie “ Cars ” than something that ’ s actually happening .
Not only that , but they feature Biden giving mostly canned remarks .
At an event in Detroit on Friday , Biden was joined by roughly 200 cars and the Detroit Youth Choir , according to WILX-TV .
( That ’ s a pretty tiny turnout , compared to the showings of support Trump gets on a regular basis . )
The Detroit Youth Choir , it ’ s worth noting , wasn ’ t in any sort of vehicle .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ fun speculation regarding whether this meant its members were less important than those in the cars or whether this means the whole drive-in movie vibe wasn ’ t necessary to begin with .
( Biden , it ’ s worth noting , did kind of care about whether or not members of the choir were “ freezing to death ” due to the low temperature ; “ I tell you what , man , you ought to huddle on the bus or something , ” he said . )
When his remarks weren @ @ @ @ @ @ @ being delivered off of the huge teleprompter in front of him , they were a bit awkward .
Biden ’ s pandering involved telling the crowd “ there ’ s no better , no more appropriate place to hold a drive-in rally than in Motor City USA ” and then lapsing into a version of The Onion ’ s famous “ Diamond ” Joe Biden parody .
“ My name ’ s Joe Biden , I ’ m a car guy and I got a ’ 67 Corvette that ’ s Goodwood green @ @ @ @ @ @ @ such as it was .
( Just to underline that fact , The Detroit News reported he ’ d arrived in that very car , which he presumably didn ’ t drive from Delaware himself . )
He then pointed to one of the cars that showed up , presumably another Corvette : “ That ’ s a 60 — that ’ s not a ’ 67 .
That ’ s a 427 [ cubic-inch engine ] .
That thing gets up and goes.
” Given who said this , he was probably @ @ @ @ @ @ @ was using .
Anyhow , apparently Biden ’ s people forgot the appropriate amplifiers or the little portable speakers they hand out to moviegoers .
Or , if they didn ’ t , someone didn ’ t tell Biden he didn ’ t need to scream so loud : If there was any reason for the loudness , it was because the car horns serving as “ applause ” seemed to be breaking Biden ’ s concentration .
If you want context , this was as Biden was giving his usual spiel about @ @ @ @ @ @ @ guy at heart and how he “ grew up surrounded by hard work and families .
In Scranton , Pennsylvania ; Claymont , Delaware.
” Tell me if you ’ ve ever heard this kind of talk from a candidate before : “ The stakes in this election remind me of something my dad used to say .
He said , ‘ Joey , a job ’ s about a lot more than a paycheck .
It ’ s about your dignity .
It ’ s about respect .
It ’ s about @ @ @ @ @ @ @ able to look your child in the eye and say , ‘ Honey , it ’ s going to be OK , ’ and mean it.
’ Well , that ’ s a lesson I ’ ve never forgotten.
” RELATED : Fox News Hosts Gets Biden Surrogate To Make Shock Admission About Hunter Biden Email Scandal And as Joe Biden has told his son , it ’ s like an honest month ’ s work for an honest month ’ s $ 50,000 paycheck from a Ukrainian energy concern .
Anyhow , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of talk from a candidate before , but you probably haven ’ t had it yelled at you quite like this .
You also probably haven ’ t been at an event where the teleprompter apparently couldn ’ t fit on stage — as it does nearly everywhere else — and had to instead be put on a massive screen opposite the candidate .
To the extent that there was anything novel in the address , it was Biden using the alleged attempt by members of an extremist militia called the Wolverine Watchmen @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as a springboard to accuse President Donald Trump of ( sigh ) not condemning white supremacy , even though the group that allegedly tried to kidnap Whitmer also hated Trump as well .
Here ’ s a clip of Biden talking about “ armed militias roaming America ’ s streets , ” a clip that should serve as a sobering rejoinder to anyone who condemns Trump ’ s “ law and order ” message as being hyperbolic .
“ These guys are hatching violent and deranged schemes , like the one against Gov @ @ @ @ @ @ @ law enforcement uncovered and stopped last week , ” Biden said .
“ That ’ s the sort of behavior you might expect from ISIS that should shock the conscience of every American to see that sort of twisted thinking take root here in America .
But all president does , Trump does , is fan the flames of hatred and division in this country .
Telling the Proud Boys in the debate with me — when I said , ‘ Will you condemn them ?
He said , ‘ I ’ ll @ @ @ @ @ @ @ by.
’ What the hell ’ s the matter with this guy ?
” That whole “ stand back and stand by ” Proud Boys exchange , by the way , was during one of the many , many instances of cross-talk during the Sept. 29 debate in which it was clear from context that Trump wasn ’ t fanning any “ flames of hatred and division ” but chose his language poorly .
He ’ d explicitly condemn the Proud Boys in a Fox News interview after the debate ( “ I @ @ @ @ @ @ @ let me be clear again , I condemn the KKK .
I condemn all white supremacists .
I condemn the Proud Boys , ” he told Sean Hannity , according to Breitbart ) .
Furthermore , I ’ m slightly amazed Biden wants to make a thing out of the president ’ s poor choice of words here , since this was the same debate exchange in which Biden said that “ antifa is an idea , not an organization , ” according to a transcript of the event from Rev .
If @ @ @ @ @ @ @ green light to violent groups , can we ask , “ [ w ] hat the hell ’ s the matter with ” Biden ?
At least Biden can say he drew roughly 200 cars in Detroit .
At an Oct. 12 event in Toledo , Ohio , which the New York Post described as having taken place in “ a half-empty parking lot , ” Biden drew roughly 30 vehicles : The left continues to go after President Trump ’ s in-person rallies , no matter how much social distancing ends up @ @ @ @ @ @ @ number of people he ends up drawing .
Contrast this with Biden , whose campaign called this a “ voter mobilization ” event that seemed to have far more people involved in pulling it off than actually watching .
There ’ s a clear voter enthusiasm gap between the two candidates , as Biden ’ s strange drive-in event in Detroit proved .
His campaign is betting on the fact that , even if the base of liberals who still get excited about Joe Biden after his nearly half-century in politics is small @ @ @ @ @ @ @ get motivated because it means voting Trump out of office is much larger .
We ’ ll find out whether that bet pays off on Nov. 3 .
However , this should also serve as a reminder that if Biden ’ s people were so sure about that prospect , they wouldn ’ t have their septuagenarian candidate out in the cold in the middle of the biggest city in a swing state loudly making his pitch to 200 vehicles .
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I get that Joe Biden’s rallies are supposed to be exemplars of social distancing, but this is a bit ridiculous.
The Democratic nominee had basically decided to omit rallies entirely from his campaign agenda amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Apparently, however, that wasn’t making the grade — so, he’s decided to restart the rallies, albeit with a different flavor than you might normally expect.
Thus, his latest assemblies have been drive-in shindigs.
These are strange affairs to begin with — events that look like they’re straight out of the Pixar movie “Cars” than something that’s actually happening. Not only that, but they feature Biden giving mostly canned remarks.
At an event in Detroit on Friday, Biden was joined by roughly 200 cars and the Detroit Youth Choir, according to WILX-TV. (That’s a pretty tiny turnout, compared to the showings of support Trump gets on a regular basis.)
The Detroit Youth Choir, it’s worth noting, wasn’t in any sort of vehicle. One could engage in all sorts of fun speculation regarding whether this meant its members were less important than those in the cars or whether this means the whole drive-in movie vibe wasn’t necessary to begin with. (Biden, it’s worth noting, did kind of care about whether or not members of the choir were “freezing to death” due to the low temperature; “I tell you what, man, you ought to huddle on the bus or something,” he said.)
When his remarks weren’t of the canned variety, being delivered off of the huge teleprompter in front of him, they were a bit awkward. Biden’s pandering involved telling the crowd “there’s no better, no more appropriate place to hold a drive-in rally than in Motor City USA” and then lapsing into a version of The Onion’s famous “Diamond” Joe Biden parody.
“My name’s Joe Biden, I’m a car guy and I got a ’67 Corvette that’s Goodwood green,” Biden told the crowd, such as it was. (Just to underline that fact, The Detroit News reported he’d arrived in that very car, which he presumably didn’t drive from Delaware himself.)
He then pointed to one of the cars that showed up, presumably another Corvette: “That’s a 60 — that’s not a ’67. That’s a 427 [cubic-inch engine]. That thing gets up and goes.”
Given who said this, he was probably pointing at a Segway that event security was using. Anyhow, apparently Biden’s people forgot the appropriate amplifiers or the little portable speakers they hand out to moviegoers. Or, if they didn’t, someone didn’t tell Biden he didn’t need to scream so loud:
Biden speaks to a crowd of 200 cars, some press and a large teleprompter as he campaigns in Detroit this evening #Biden2020 #JoeBiden #Biden pic.twitter.com/XlBwnVsaKR — Brendan Gutenschwager (@BGOnTheScene) October 16, 2020
If there was any reason for the loudness, it was because the car horns serving as “applause” seemed to be breaking Biden’s concentration. If you want context, this was as Biden was giving his usual spiel about how he’s just a blue-collar guy at heart and how he “grew up surrounded by hard work and families. In Scranton, Pennsylvania; Claymont, Delaware.”
Tell me if you’ve ever heard this kind of talk from a candidate before: “The stakes in this election remind me of something my dad used to say. He said, ‘Joey, a job’s about a lot more than a paycheck. It’s about your dignity. It’s about respect. It’s about your place in your communities. Be able to look your child in the eye and say, ‘Honey, it’s going to be OK,’ and mean it.’ Well, that’s a lesson I’ve never forgotten.”
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And as Joe Biden has told his son, it’s like an honest month’s work for an honest month’s $50,000 paycheck from a Ukrainian energy concern. Anyhow, you’ve probably heard that kind of talk from a candidate before, but you probably haven’t had it yelled at you quite like this. You also probably haven’t been at an event where the teleprompter apparently couldn’t fit on stage — as it does nearly everywhere else — and had to instead be put on a massive screen opposite the candidate.
To the extent that there was anything novel in the address, it was Biden using the alleged attempt by members of an extremist militia called the Wolverine Watchmen to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer as a springboard to accuse President Donald Trump of (sigh) not condemning white supremacy, even though the group that allegedly tried to kidnap Whitmer also hated Trump as well.
Here’s a clip of Biden talking about “armed militias roaming America’s streets,” a clip that should serve as a sobering rejoinder to anyone who condemns Trump’s “law and order” message as being hyperbolic.
“Armed militias roaming America’s streets” Biden discusses the recent kidnap plot against Governor Gretchen Whitmer #Whitmer #Michigan #JoeBiden pic.twitter.com/bnTsAPWpA0 — Brendan Gutenschwager (@BGOnTheScene) October 16, 2020
“These guys are hatching violent and deranged schemes, like the one against Gov. Whitmer that the FBI and local law enforcement uncovered and stopped last week,” Biden said.
“That’s the sort of behavior you might expect from ISIS that should shock the conscience of every American to see that sort of twisted thinking take root here in America. But all president does, Trump does, is fan the flames of hatred and division in this country. Telling the Proud Boys in the debate with me — when I said, ‘Will you condemn them? He said, ‘I’ll tell them to stand back and stand by.’ What the hell’s the matter with this guy?”
That whole “stand back and stand by” Proud Boys exchange, by the way, was during one of the many, many instances of cross-talk during the Sept. 29 debate in which it was clear from context that Trump wasn’t fanning any “flames of hatred and division” but chose his language poorly.
He’d explicitly condemn the Proud Boys in a Fox News interview after the debate (“I’ve said it many times, let me be clear again, I condemn the KKK. I condemn all white supremacists. I condemn the Proud Boys,” he told Sean Hannity, according to Breitbart).
Furthermore, I’m slightly amazed Biden wants to make a thing out of the president’s poor choice of words here, since this was the same debate exchange in which Biden said that “antifa is an idea, not an organization,” according to a transcript of the event from Rev. If verbal infelicity is seen as giving a green light to violent groups, can we ask, “[w]hat the hell’s the matter with” Biden?
Here’s the full event:
At least Biden can say he drew roughly 200 cars in Detroit. At an Oct. 12 event in Toledo, Ohio, which the New York Post described as having taken place in “a half-empty parking lot,” Biden drew roughly 30 vehicles:
Joe Biden’s rally today in the UAW parking lot in Toledo is a drive in pic.twitter.com/IlpJz54A25 — Darrel Rowland (@darreldrowland) October 12, 2020
The left continues to go after President Trump’s in-person rallies, no matter how much social distancing ends up being employed — mostly because of the number of people he ends up drawing. Contrast this with Biden, whose campaign called this a “voter mobilization” event that seemed to have far more people involved in pulling it off than actually watching.
There’s a clear voter enthusiasm gap between the two candidates, as Biden’s strange drive-in event in Detroit proved. His campaign is betting on the fact that, even if the base of liberals who still get excited about Joe Biden after his nearly half-century in politics is small, the base of those who can get motivated because it means voting Trump out of office is much larger.
We’ll find out whether that bet pays off on Nov. 3. However, this should also serve as a reminder that if Biden’s people were so sure about that prospect, they wouldn’t have their septuagenarian candidate out in the cold in the middle of the biggest city in a swing state loudly making his pitch to 200 vehicles.
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westernjournal--2020-10-19--Twitter Censors Top White House COVID Adviser for Mask Post

Twitter has censored a White House coronavirus adviser for suggesting that widespread mask mandates were not a magical defense against the coronavirus .
Dr. Scott Atlas , in a post published Saturday that Twitter censored but can be read on the Web archive , wrote , “ Masks work ?
NO : LA , Miami , Hawaii , Alabama , France , Phlippnes , UK , Spain , Israel .
WHO : ’ widesprd use not supported ’ + many harms ; Heneghan/Oxf CEBM : ’ despite decades , considerble uncertainty re value ’ ; CDC rvw May : ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ transm ’ n ’ ; learn why.
” He followed that up with a tweet that Twitter allowed to remain .
“ That means the right policy is @ realDonaldTrump ’ s guideline : use masks for their intended purpose – when close to others , especially hi risk .
Otherwise , social distance .
No widespread mandates.
” In a statement , Twitter told The Hill that the banned tweet “ was in violation of our COVID-19 Misleading Information Policy ” that “ prohibits sharing false or misleading content related to COVID-19 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ said he did not understand Twitter ’ s logic in banning a public discussion about wearing masks , according to Newsweek .
In an email to the publication , he wrote : “ Twitter seems to be censoring the science if it goes against their own goals of public indoctrination.
” Referring to his tweet questioning the effectiveness of masks , Atlas said he “ specifically and immediately ” had noted in the followup that proper policy was “ use masks when one can not socially distance.
” In fact , Atlas tweets @ @ @ @ @ @ @ pushes back against the Lords of Lockdowns .
RELATED : Trump Takes His Biggest Shot at Fauci Yet : The Guy 's a 'Disaster' Considering Twitter ’ s action came at the end of a week where the social media giant , along with Facebook , squelched distribution of New York Post articles that could be badly damaging to Democratic nominee Joe Biden ’ s presidential campaign , many users argue that Twitter should stop throttling opinions .
In September , Atlas collided with Big Tech when YouTube yanked a video of Atlas @ @ @ @ @ @ @ effective , according to Fox News .
Atlas said that Big Tech ’ s censorship was a mistake .
“ It ’ s a disaster , ” Atlas told Fox at the time .
“ We ’ ve already seen the near obstruction of journalism.
” “ When you start censoring science you are removing fact , removing the basic way that we decide what is truth in what is not , ” Atlas said .
“ This has been done I think historically in various countries and you know , we are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ what is done in Third World countries — the countries we used to be proudly distinguished from.
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Twitter has censored a White House coronavirus adviser for suggesting that widespread mask mandates were not a magical defense against the coronavirus.
Dr. Scott Atlas, in a post published Saturday that Twitter censored but can be read on the Web archive, wrote, “Masks work? NO: LA, Miami, Hawaii, Alabama, France, Phlippnes, UK, Spain, Israel. WHO:’widesprd use not supported’ + many harms; Heneghan/Oxf CEBM:’despite decades, considerble uncertainty re value’; CDC rvw May:’no sig red’n in inflnz transm’n’; learn why.”
He followed that up with a tweet that Twitter allowed to remain.
“That means the right policy is @realDonaldTrump’s guideline: use masks for their intended purpose – when close to others, especially hi risk. Otherwise, social distance. No widespread mandates.”
That means the right policy is @realDonaldTrump guideline: use masks for their intended purpose – when close to others, especially hi risk. Otherwise, social distance. No widespread mandates. #CommonSense https://t.co/GZpBZxfNYa — Scott W. Atlas (@SWAtlasHoover) October 17, 2020
In a statement, Twitter told The Hill that the banned tweet “was in violation of our COVID-19 Misleading Information Policy” that “prohibits sharing false or misleading content related to COVID-19 which could lead to harm.”
Atlas said he did not understand Twitter’s logic in banning a public discussion about wearing masks, according to Newsweek.
In an email to the publication, he wrote: “Twitter seems to be censoring the science if it goes against their own goals of public indoctrination.”
Referring to his tweet questioning the effectiveness of masks, Atlas said he “specifically and immediately” had noted in the followup that proper policy was “use masks when one cannot socially distance.”
In fact, Atlas tweets about the virus often, and often pushes back against the Lords of Lockdowns.
Famous public health “experts” testing & isolating asymptomatics, limiting in-person school, restricting businesses… That’s the DEFINITION of lockdown! Why care? Got another email from a wife of a suicide victim – pleading for me to OPEN America. End the insanity #LockdownsKill — Scott W. Atlas (@SWAtlasHoover) October 16, 2020
#FactsMatter Lockdowns are a luxury of the rich. It is the working class and the poor whose lives are destroyed by prolonged lockdowns. Unconscionable and reckless to ignore that in order to naively focus on eliminating asymptomatic “cases”. https://t.co/1Yrt7CPXxP — Scott W. Atlas (@SWAtlasHoover) October 14, 2020
OPEN schools and workplaces, protect high risk people! That’s current science from experts like Harvard’s @MartinKulldorff, Stanford’s Ioannidis and Bhattacharya, Oxford’s Gupta; now even the WHO? #FactsMatter #TruthPrevails https://t.co/6fJ39zVipw — Scott W. Atlas (@SWAtlasHoover) October 10, 2020
Considering Twitter’s action came at the end of a week where the social media giant, along with Facebook, squelched distribution of New York Post articles that could be badly damaging to Democratic nominee Joe Biden’s presidential campaign, many users argue that Twitter should stop throttling opinions.
Twitter is now silencing science they don’t agree with. I repeat: This is insane.https://t.co/lFoxueNWXO — Jenna Ellis (@JennaEllisEsq) October 18, 2020
Atlas’s account is locked. There is no consistency with @Twitter’s rules on COVID. @jack says “only authoritative sources”. @SWAtlasHoover is literally a COVID advisor to POTUS/ HHS. Twitter is confident they know more about COVID than definitional “authoritative sources”. https://t.co/qM3TpRakZb — Aaron Ginn (@aginnt) October 18, 2020
In September, Atlas collided with Big Tech when YouTube yanked a video of Atlas questioning the mantra that social distancing is effective, according to Fox News.
Atlas said that Big Tech’s censorship was a mistake.
“It’s a disaster,” Atlas told Fox at the time. “We’ve already seen the near obstruction of journalism.”
“When you start censoring science you are removing fact, removing the basic way that we decide what is truth in what is not,” Atlas said.
“This has been done I think historically in various countries and you know, we are sort of teetering on the edge of what is done in Third World countries — the countries we used to be proudly distinguished from.”
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westernjournal--2020-10-19--Intelligence Chief Refutes Democrat Claims That Hunter Biden Email Release Is Russian Disinformation

John Ratcliffe , the director of national intelligence , said Monday that the intelligence community does not have evidence that the release of emails from Hunter Biden ’ s purported laptop is part of a Russian intelligence operation , as Rep. Adam Schiff and other Democrats have suggested .
“ It ’ s simply not true , ” Ratcliffe said in an interview on Fox Business ’ “ Mornings with Maria ” when asked about Schiff ’ s claim .
In an interview on Friday , Schiff accused President Donald Trump of aiding Russia ’ s propaganda efforts when he @ @ @ @ @ @ @ stories based on emails purported to be from Biden ’ s laptop .
Rudy Giuliani , a personal lawyer for Trump , provided the alleged Biden documents to The Post .
He claims he obtained them from the owner of a computer shop in Delaware who says that Biden dropped off his computer for repair in April 2019 but never came back to get it .
Schiff and other Democrats have suggested that Russia may have been involved in either obtaining the emails or helping release them .
They have pointed to Giuliani @ @ @ @ @ @ @ earlier this year with Andrii Derkach , a Ukrainian lawmaker who the U.S. government-sanctioned last month because of his ties to Russian intelligence .
“ Let me be clear , ” he said Monday , “ the intelligence community doesn ’ t believe that because there is no intelligence that supports that.
” “ We have shared no intelligence with [ Schiff ] or any other member of Congress that Hunter Biden ’ s laptop is part of a Russian disinformation campaign , ” he continued .
Ratcliffe said that he would know @ @ @ @ @ @ @ whether or not the laptop was part of a Russian disinformation effort .
“ If it was I would know that , and it ’ s not , ” he said .
Ratcliffe then took a swipe at Schiff , saying that he is “ using the intelligence community to leverage some political narrative.
” “ Don ’ t drag intelligence community into this is , ” he warned the California Democrat .
“ Hunter Biden ’ s laptop is not part of some Russian disinformation campaign , and I think it is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” The Biden campaign and Hunter Biden have not disputed the authenticity of any of the emails from his purported laptop that have been published so far .
They have also not denied that Biden dropped off the laptop at a computer shop last year .
RELATED : Trump Calls Out Biden at AZ Rally : He 's Hiding Under the Garbage Lid All Week While I 'm Here Fox News reported Friday that a recipient of a Biden email in one of the Post ’ s stories confirmed its authenticity .
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John Ratcliffe, the director of national intelligence, said Monday that the intelligence community does not have evidence that the release of emails from Hunter Biden’s purported laptop is part of a Russian intelligence operation, as Rep. Adam Schiff and other Democrats have suggested.
“It’s simply not true,” Ratcliffe said in an interview on Fox Business’ “Mornings with Maria” when asked about Schiff’s claim.
In an interview on Friday, Schiff accused President Donald Trump of aiding Russia’s propaganda efforts when he touted a series of New York Post stories based on emails purported to be from Biden’s laptop.
Rudy Giuliani, a personal lawyer for Trump, provided the alleged Biden documents to The Post. He claims he obtained them from the owner of a computer shop in Delaware who says that Biden dropped off his computer for repair in April 2019 but never came back to get it.
Schiff and other Democrats have suggested that Russia may have been involved in either obtaining the emails or helping release them. They have pointed to Giuliani’s interactions late last year and earlier this year with Andrii Derkach, a Ukrainian lawmaker who the U.S. government-sanctioned last month because of his ties to Russian intelligence.
Ratcliffe pushed back on Schiff’s conspiracy theory.
“Let me be clear,” he said Monday, “the intelligence community doesn’t believe that because there is no intelligence that supports that.”
“We have shared no intelligence with [Schiff] or any other member of Congress that Hunter Biden’s laptop is part of a Russian disinformation campaign,” he continued.
Ratcliffe said that he would know because of his position as intelligence chief whether or not the laptop was part of a Russian disinformation effort.
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“If it was I would know that, and it’s not,” he said.
Ratcliffe then took a swipe at Schiff, saying that he is “using the intelligence community to leverage some political narrative.”
“Don’t drag intelligence community into this is,” he warned the California Democrat.
“Hunter Biden’s laptop is not part of some Russian disinformation campaign, and I think it is clear that the American people know that.”
The Biden campaign and Hunter Biden have not disputed the authenticity of any of the emails from his purported laptop that have been published so far. They have also not denied that Biden dropped off the laptop at a computer shop last year.
Fox News reported Friday that a recipient of a Biden email in one of the Post’s stories confirmed its authenticity.
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westernjournal--2020-10-19--Dozens of States Allow Votes of People Who Die Before Election Day To Stand

At 90 years old and living through a global pandemic , Hannah Carson knows time may be short .
She wasted no time returning her absentee ballot for this year ’ s election .
As soon as it arrived at her senior living community , she filled it out and sent it back to her local election office in Charlotte , North Carolina .
If something were to happen and she doesn ’ t make it to Election Day , Carson said she hopes her ballot will remain valid .
“ I should think I should count , given all @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” she said .
In North Carolina , a ballot cast by someone who subsequently dies can be set aside if a challenge is filed before Election Day with the county board of elections .
Questions over whether ballots will count if someone votes early but dies before Election Day are especially pressing this year , amid a coronavirus outbreak that has been especially perilous for older Americans .
People 85 years and older represent nearly one in three deaths from COVID-19 in the U.S. As an election looms , the odds against @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on the minds of the elderly and their family members .
Seventeen states prohibit counting ballots cast by someone who subsequently dies before the election , but 10 states specifically allow it .
The law is silent in the rest of the country , according to research by the National Conference of State Legislatures , meaning dozens of states are potentially allowing such ballots to be counted .
Even though a law might require such ballots to be rejected , it ’ s likely that some could still count depending on when the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ out about the death .
“ The law may say that the ballot of a person who dies in that situation can ’ t be counted , but it is a hard law to follow , ” said Wendy Underhill , head of elections for the National Conference of State Legislatures .
When someone dies close to an election , it takes time for death records to be updated , and there is a narrow window between when a ballot is cast and counted .
Colorado in 2016 had between 15 and 20 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ by mail and then died before Election Day .
All were counted .
In Michigan ’ s primary earlier this year , 864 ballots were rejected because the voters died before the election even though they were alive when they filled them out .
Some studies have shown that voter fraud is rare .
There are numerous safeguards built into the system to ensure that only voters eligible to vote can do so and that they cast only one ballot .
Election officials say that when fraud does happen , people are caught @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Out Biden at AZ Rally : He 's Hiding Under the Garbage Lid All Week While I 'm Here “ There have been umpteen examples of some group claiming a whole bunch of people casting ballots after they died , ” said Justin Levitt , an election law expert who has studied voter fraud in depth .
“ These things don ’ t pan out.
” In most cases , claims of dead voters are based on poor information or a faulty analysis that fails to account for the many people who share @ @ @ @ @ @ @ said .
In an exceptionally small number of cases , there is fraud .
Levitt said this typically involves someone wanting to honor the wishes of a loved one who recently died and either knowingly or not commits a crime by filling out that ballot .
An election judge from southern Illinois was charged in 2016 with voter fraud after she filled out a ballot for her late husband because she said he would have wanted Trump to be president .
In California , it ’ s an issue of fairness to count @ @ @ @ @ @ @ before Election Day , Secretary of State Alex Padilla said .
He said it ’ s just as conceivable that someone who votes early in-person also dies before Election Day , and there is no way to identify and reject that ballot .
“ The ‘ dead voters ’ is used as a false narrative , a pretext for changes in some states to how they register voters or count ballots when the data shows otherwise , ” Padilla said .
Wisconsin , which like North Carolina is a presidential battleground this year @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a ballot from being counted if the voter dies after submitting it .
Every month , the state ’ s election commission receives records of county death certificates , and those records are run against the statewide voter registration system .
Any potential matches are flagged to the local clerk where the voter is registered , and the clerk is responsible for verifying the match by looking to obituaries and other sources before changing the voter ’ s status , said Reid Magney , Wisconsin Election Commission spokesman .
But that also has @ @ @ @ @ @ @ no way to check every absentee ballot to make sure the voter hasn ’ t died since it was issued , ” Magney said .
Iowa ’ s election office also receives death records and processes them as they are received , including on Election Day .
If a person dies after requesting or returning an absentee ballot , the ballot is voided and not counted , said Kevin Hall , spokesman for Iowa ’ s secretary of state .
“ Voters have to be eligible electors on Election Day , ” Hall @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 29 days of absentee voting , there is still only one Election Day.
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At 90 years old and living through a global pandemic, Hannah Carson knows time may be short. She wasted no time returning her absentee ballot for this year’s election.
As soon as it arrived at her senior living community, she filled it out and sent it back to her local election office in Charlotte, North Carolina. If something were to happen and she doesn’t make it to Election Day, Carson said she hopes her ballot will remain valid.
“I should think I should count, given all the years I have been here,” she said.
In North Carolina, a ballot cast by someone who subsequently dies can be set aside if a challenge is filed before Election Day with the county board of elections.
Questions over whether ballots will count if someone votes early but dies before Election Day are especially pressing this year, amid a coronavirus outbreak that has been especially perilous for older Americans.
People 85 years and older represent nearly one in three deaths from COVID-19 in the U.S. As an election looms, the odds against older people who contract the virus are on the minds of the elderly and their family members.
Seventeen states prohibit counting ballots cast by someone who subsequently dies before the election, but 10 states specifically allow it. The law is silent in the rest of the country, according to research by the National Conference of State Legislatures, meaning dozens of states are potentially allowing such ballots to be counted.
Even though a law might require such ballots to be rejected, it’s likely that some could still count depending on when the person dies and when election officials find out about the death.
“The law may say that the ballot of a person who dies in that situation can’t be counted, but it is a hard law to follow,” said Wendy Underhill, head of elections for the National Conference of State Legislatures.
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When someone dies close to an election, it takes time for death records to be updated, and there is a narrow window between when a ballot is cast and counted.
Colorado in 2016 had between 15 and 20 instances of voters who cast a ballot by mail and then died before Election Day. All were counted.
In Michigan’s primary earlier this year, 864 ballots were rejected because the voters died before the election even though they were alive when they filled them out.
Some studies have shown that voter fraud is rare. There are numerous safeguards built into the system to ensure that only voters eligible to vote can do so and that they cast only one ballot.
Election officials say that when fraud does happen, people are caught and prosecuted.
“There have been umpteen examples of some group claiming a whole bunch of people casting ballots after they died,” said Justin Levitt, an election law expert who has studied voter fraud in depth. “These things don’t pan out.”
In most cases, claims of dead voters are based on poor information or a faulty analysis that fails to account for the many people who share the same name and birthdate, Levitt said.
In an exceptionally small number of cases, there is fraud. Levitt said this typically involves someone wanting to honor the wishes of a loved one who recently died and either knowingly or not commits a crime by filling out that ballot.
An election judge from southern Illinois was charged in 2016 with voter fraud after she filled out a ballot for her late husband because she said he would have wanted Trump to be president.
In California, it’s an issue of fairness to count ballots cast by people who then die before Election Day, Secretary of State Alex Padilla said. He said it’s just as conceivable that someone who votes early in-person also dies before Election Day, and there is no way to identify and reject that ballot.
“The ‘dead voters’ is used as a false narrative, a pretext for changes in some states to how they register voters or count ballots when the data shows otherwise,” Padilla said.
Wisconsin, which like North Carolina is a presidential battleground this year, is among the states that prohibit a ballot from being counted if the voter dies after submitting it.
Every month, the state’s election commission receives records of county death certificates, and those records are run against the statewide voter registration system.
Any potential matches are flagged to the local clerk where the voter is registered, and the clerk is responsible for verifying the match by looking to obituaries and other sources before changing the voter’s status, said Reid Magney, Wisconsin Election Commission spokesman.
But that also has its limits.
“There’s no way to check every absentee ballot to make sure the voter hasn’t died since it was issued,” Magney said.
Iowa’s election office also receives death records and processes them as they are received, including on Election Day. If a person dies after requesting or returning an absentee ballot, the ballot is voided and not counted, said Kevin Hall, spokesman for Iowa’s secretary of state.
“Voters have to be eligible electors on Election Day,” Hall said. “Even though Iowa had 29 days of absentee voting, there is still only one Election Day.”
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westernjournal--2020-10-19--Dodgers Advance to World Series with Help of Spectacular Catch

Mookie Betts is leaping into the World Series , carrying the Los Angeles Dodgers with his glove rather than with his bat .
The star right fielder made his third terrific catch in three days , this time robbing Freddie Freeman of a home run and helping the Dodgers beat the Atlanta Braves 4-3 Sunday night in Game 7 of the NL Championship Series .
Los Angeles trailed 3-2 in the fifth inning , and Dodgers manager Dave Roberts already had brought on his third pitcher when the Braves made a bid to widen their lead .
Freeman drove a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Betts sprinted 64 feet to the wall and jumped , just to the side of a credit-card advertisement .
His glove above the 8-foot top , he snatched the ball as it was headed over .
Another web gem , perhaps even more impressive than his robberies of Dansby Swanson in Game 5 with a shoestring grab and of Marcell Ozuna in Game 6 against the wall a little bit more toward center .
“ The one yesterday was probably the most important .
I think that we stopped their momentum for sure @ @ @ @ @ @ @ I think that today is probably my favorite because it was actually a home run.
” His catch on Freeman kept the Dodgers close , and Los Angeles rallied behind home runs by Kiké Hernández in the sixth off A.J .
Minter and Cody Bellinger in the seventh against Chris Martin .
Now it ’ s onto the World Series against Tampa Bay starting Tuesday night , a chance for Betts to get a second ring to add to the jewelry earned with Boston two years ago .
And it ’ s another @ @ @ @ @ @ @ first title since 1988 following losses to Houston in 2017 and the Red Sox in 2018 .
Betts batted .217 with three RBIs in the Series , hitting a solo homer in Game 5 off Clayton Kershaw .
RELATED : MLB Hall of Famer and Cincinnati Reds Legend Dies at 77 “ We would have beat the Red Sox if we would have had Mookie Betts , ” Roberts said .
Acquired from Boston in a trade before the season , Betts hit .269 ( 7 for 26 ) with one RBI against @ @ @ @ @ @ @ postseason that has included no homers and five RBIs in 45 at-bats despite a .311 average .
“ I feel like I did something good for the team , even though I hadn ’ t done too much with the bat , ” Betts said before Sunday ’ s game .
A four-time All-Star , former AL MVP and four-time Gold Glover , he said Sunday afternoon that catches against the wall as superior to the shoe strings .
“ Going back is probably more difficult , ” he said , “ because @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to do and then jumping — staying healthy , too , because I ’ ve been around that wall and I ’ ve gotten hurt a couple times.
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Mookie Betts is leaping into the World Series, carrying the Los Angeles Dodgers with his glove rather than with his bat.
The star right fielder made his third terrific catch in three days, this time robbing Freddie Freeman of a home run and helping the Dodgers beat the Atlanta Braves 4-3 Sunday night in Game 7 of the NL Championship Series.
Los Angeles trailed 3-2 in the fifth inning, and Dodgers manager Dave Roberts already had brought on his third pitcher when the Braves made a bid to widen their lead.
Freeman drove a cutter deep to right field, and Betts sprinted 64 feet to the wall and jumped, just to the side of a credit-card advertisement.
His glove above the 8-foot top, he snatched the ball as it was headed over.
Run saved!
MOOKIE ARE YOU KIDDING ME!? Another HUGE play in the outfield for the former MVP! pic.twitter.com/XHofWH3B1s — FOX Sports: MLB (@MLBONFOX) October 19, 2020
Another web gem, perhaps even more impressive than his robberies of Dansby Swanson in Game 5 with a shoestring grab and of Marcell Ozuna in Game 6 against the wall a little bit more toward center.
“The one yesterday was probably the most important. I think that we stopped their momentum for sure,” Betts said. “But I think that today is probably my favorite because it was actually a home run.”
His catch on Freeman kept the Dodgers close, and Los Angeles rallied behind home runs by Kiké Hernández in the sixth off A.J. Minter and Cody Bellinger in the seventh against Chris Martin.
Now it’s onto the World Series against Tampa Bay starting Tuesday night, a chance for Betts to get a second ring to add to the jewelry earned with Boston two years ago.
And it’s another opportunity for the Dodgers to win their first title since 1988 following losses to Houston in 2017 and the Red Sox in 2018.
Betts batted .217 with three RBIs in the Series, hitting a solo homer in Game 5 off Clayton Kershaw.
“We would have beat the Red Sox if we would have had Mookie Betts,” Roberts said.
Acquired from Boston in a trade before the season, Betts hit .269 (7 for 26) with one RBI against the Braves, part of a frustrating postseason that has included no homers and five RBIs in 45 at-bats despite a .311 average.
“I feel like I did something good for the team, even though I hadn’t done too much with the bat,” Betts said before Sunday’s game.
A four-time All-Star, former AL MVP and four-time Gold Glover, he said Sunday afternoon that catches against the wall as superior to the shoe strings.
“Going back is probably more difficult,” he said, “because just all the timing that you have to do and then jumping — staying healthy, too, because I’ve been around that wall and I’ve gotten hurt a couple times.”
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westernjournal--2020-10-20--Rapper Brags About Exploiting Unemployment to the Tune of $1.2 Million

The coronavirus pandemic and the radical response of some of the nation ’ s governors have thrust many Americans into financial turmoil , compelling D.C. to dispense financial relief across the states in order to ease their struggles .
But some see it as an opportunity to exploit government aid .
On Friday , KCBS-TV reported that 31-year-old Hollywood Hills rapper Fontrell Antonio Baines — known as Nuke Bizzle — would appear at a U.S. District Court in downtown Los Angeles for an allegation of “ fraudulently applying for more than $ 1.2 million in jobless benefits , ” according @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Sept. 23 , Las Vegas police arrested Baines and found him in possession of “ eight [ Employment Development Department ] debit cards , seven of which were in the names of other people , according to an affidavit filed with the criminal complaint.
” For someone to steal more than a million dollars that could have gone to the needs of plenty of suffering families during a pandemic is almost unfathomable .
Fortunately , there are people like Baines who , in a fit of prideful triumph over a short-lived scam for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ himself .
How ?
Why his music video for his song “ EDD , ” of course !
He couldn ’ t have been more obvious .
The video was released Sept. 11 via YouTube , and not even two weeks later he was arrested .
“ Prosecutors say Baines rapped about doing ‘ my swagger for EDD ’ and getting rich by ‘ go [ ing ] to the bank with a stack of these ’ while holding up a several envelopes from EDD , ” KCBS reported .
“ A second @ @ @ @ @ @ @ you got ta sell cocaine , I just file a claim . '
” Baines ’ alleged method of stealing financial aid from many Americans was by “ exploit [ ing ] the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance provision of federal coronavirus relief , or CARES Act , that was supposed to expand unemployment benefits to freelance and gig workers.
” The affidavit further detailed that at least 92 EDD cards with a total sum of more than $ 1.2 million “ in fraudulent [ ly ] obtained benefits ” were sent to Beverly Hills @ @ @ @ @ @ @ access .
According to KCBS , federal investigators mentioned the presence of “ co-schemers ” who together “ allegedly withdrew or spent more than $ 704,000 in cash from these cards.
” Baines ’ charges are for access device fraud , aggravated identity theft and interstate transportation of stolen property , and he “ faces a statutory maximum sentence of 22 years in federal prison ” if convicted .
RELATED : Another Dem Governor 's COVID Restrictions Just Got Slapped Down by Court At least Baines had the decency to shout out President @ @ @ @ @ @ @ very financial relief the rapper exploited .
Trump ’ s political opposition touts how he has supposedly done absolutely nothing for the American people in pandemic relief , yet a grateful schemer has proven that aid has been made available by the Trump administration all along .
Thankfully another exploiter of taxpayer dollars has been caught .
Hopefully Democratic politicians in Washington , D.C. , will quit exploiting their time in the Senate for political reasons and finally pass more pandemic relief to suffering Americans .
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The coronavirus pandemic and the radical response of some of the nation’s governors have thrust many Americans into financial turmoil, compelling D.C. to dispense financial relief across the states in order to ease their struggles.
But some see it as an opportunity to exploit government aid.
On Friday, KCBS-TV reported that 31-year-old Hollywood Hills rapper Fontrell Antonio Baines — known as Nuke Bizzle — would appear at a U.S. District Court in downtown Los Angeles for an allegation of “fraudulently applying for more than $1.2 million in jobless benefits,” according to Department of Justice officials.
On Sept. 23, Las Vegas police arrested Baines and found him in possession of “eight [Employment Development Department] debit cards, seven of which were in the names of other people, according to an affidavit filed with the criminal complaint.”
For someone to steal more than a million dollars that could have gone to the needs of plenty of suffering families during a pandemic is almost unfathomable.
Fortunately, there are people like Baines who, in a fit of prideful triumph over a short-lived scam for American taxpayer dollars, unintentionally snitched on himself.
How? Why his music video for his song “EDD,” of course!
He couldn’t have been more obvious. The video was released Sept. 11 via YouTube, and not even two weeks later he was arrested.
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“Prosecutors say Baines rapped about doing ‘my swagger for EDD’ and getting rich by ‘go[ing] to the bank with a stack of these’ while holding up a several envelopes from EDD,” KCBS reported. “A second man in the video raps, ‘you gotta sell cocaine, I just file a claim.'”
Baines’ alleged method of stealing financial aid from many Americans was by “exploit[ing] the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance provision of federal coronavirus relief, or CARES Act, that was supposed to expand unemployment benefits to freelance and gig workers.”
The affidavit further detailed that at least 92 EDD cards with a total sum of more than $1.2 million “in fraudulent[ly] obtained benefits” were sent to Beverly Hills and Koreatown addresses to which Baines had access.
According to KCBS, federal investigators mentioned the presence of “co-schemers” who together “allegedly withdrew or spent more than $704,000 in cash from these cards.”
Baines’ charges are for access device fraud, aggravated identity theft and interstate transportation of stolen property, and he “faces a statutory maximum sentence of 22 years in federal prison” if convicted.
At least Baines had the decency to shout out President Donald Trump’s administration for the very financial relief the rapper exploited.
Trump’s political opposition touts how he has supposedly done absolutely nothing for the American people in pandemic relief, yet a grateful schemer has proven that aid has been made available by the Trump administration all along.
Thankfully another exploiter of taxpayer dollars has been caught. Hopefully Democratic politicians in Washington, D.C., will quit exploiting their time in the Senate for political reasons and finally pass more pandemic relief to suffering Americans.
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