westernjournal--2020-10-30--Prominent Journalist Quits Liberal Outlet He Founded Over Suppression of Biden Story

Indicting the liberal media for censorship , journalist Glenn Greenwald has publicly announced his resignation from The Intercept , which he helped found in 2013 with the goal of preventing censorship .
According to an Op-Ed Greenwald wrote on Substack , The Intercept refused to publish Greenwald ’ s concerns about Biden in light of recent revelations about the alleged activities of Hunter Biden and possible links between the former vice president and his son ’ s lucrative foreign business operations .
Greenwald bemoaned the fact that “ modern media outlets do not air dissent ; they quash it , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s refusal to run his reporting “ censorship.
” “ I could not sleep at night knowing that I allowed any institution to censor what I want to say and believe — least of all a media outlet I co-founded with the explicit goal of ensuring this never happens to other journalists , let alone to me , let alone because I have written an article critical of a powerful Democratic politician vehemently supported by the editors in the imminent national election , ” he wrote .
Greenwald said that his situation — @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is not unique , and that “ the pathologies , illiberalism , and repressive mentality that led to the bizarre spectacle of my being censored by my own media outlet are ones that are by no means unique to The Intercept .
These are the viruses that have contaminated virtually every mainstream center-left political organization , academic institution , and newsroom.
” TRENDING : Biden Lets the Truth Slip , Introduces Himself as 'Kamala 's Running Mate' “ The same trends of repression , censorship and ideological homogeneity plaguing the national press generally @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , ” he wrote .
Liberalism and journalism , he wrote , are “ demanding more and more submission to prevailing orthodoxies imposed by self-anointed monopolists of Truth and Righteousness , backed up by armies of online enforcement mobs.
” As part of his Op-Ed , Greenwald shared a statement of purpose for a new media outlet he hopes to start , which read in part , “ American media is gripped in a polarized culture war that is forcing journalism to conform to tribal , groupthink narratives that are often divorced from @ @ @ @ @ @ @ are not reflective of the broader public but instead a minority of hyper-partisan elites.
” “ The censored article , based on recently revealed emails and witness testimony , raised critical questions about Biden ’ s conduct , ” Greenwald wrote .
Greenwald also posted on Substack the piece he was prevented from writing , which noted that the publication of Hunter Biden ’ s alleged emails “ provoked extraordinary efforts by a de facto union of media outlets , Silicon Valley giants and the intelligence community to suppress these stories.
” Greenwald @ @ @ @ @ @ @ about whether the former Vice President and current front-running presidential candidate was aware of efforts by his son to peddle influence with the Vice President for profit , and also whether the Vice President ever took actions in his official capacity with the intention , at least in part , of benefitting his son ’ s business associates.
” He added that “ in the two weeks since the [ New York ] Post published its initial story , a union of the nation ’ s most powerful entities , including its news @ @ @ @ @ @ @ obscure and bury these questions rather than try to provide answers to them.
” Greenwald said that instead of getting answers to the questions that are raised , “ a national media is all but explicit in their eagerness for Biden to win ” created what he deemed “ a cone of silence around this story and , to this very day , a protective shield for Biden.
” The result , he wrote , is that Biden never has to answer questions because they will rarely be asked by the media .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ Hits New Level : 'Never More Biased' However , he said , the sum total of the pieces presented to date implies “ serious sleaze by Joe Biden ’ s son Hunter in trying to peddle his influence with the Vice President for profit.
” “ But they also raise real questions about whether Joe Biden knew about and even himself engaged in a form of legalized corruption .
Specifically , these newly revealed information suggest Biden was using his power to benefit his son ’ s business Ukrainian associates , and allowing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Vice President for his son and brother to pursue business opportunities in China .
These are questions which a minimally healthy press would want answered , not buried , ” he wrote .
Greenwald noted that anti-Trump mentality is the foundation of this censorship .
“ The reality is the U.S. press has been planning for this moment for four years — cooking up justifications for refusing to report on newsworthy material that might help Donald Trump get re-elected .
One major factor is the undeniable truth that journalists with national outlets based @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Coast cities overwhelmingly not just favor Joe Biden but are desperate to see Donald Trump defeated.
” Greenwald offered a moral of the story : “ The U.S. media often laments that people have lost faith in its pronouncements , that they are increasingly viewed as untrustworthy and that many people view Fake News sites are more reliable than established news outlets .
They are good at complaining about this , but very bad at asking whether any of their own conduct is responsible for it.
” “ A media outlet that renounces @ @ @ @ @ @ @ relevant questions about powerful people — is one that deserves to lose the public ’ s faith and confidence .
And that is exactly what the U.S. media , with some exceptions , attempted to do with this story : they took the lead not in investigating these documents but in concocting excuses for why they should be ignored , ” he wrote .
However , the Intercept would not publish that , leaving Greenwald to write , “ It is astonishing to me , but also a reflection of our current discourse @ @ @ @ @ @ @ have been silenced about Joe Biden by my own media outlet.
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Indicting the liberal media for censorship, journalist Glenn Greenwald has publicly announced his resignation from The Intercept, which he helped found in 2013 with the goal of preventing censorship.
According to an Op-Ed Greenwald wrote on Substack, The Intercept refused to publish Greenwald’s concerns about Biden in light of recent revelations about the alleged activities of Hunter Biden and possible links between the former vice president and his son’s lucrative foreign business operations.
Greenwald bemoaned the fact that “modern media outlets do not air dissent; they quash it,” calling the liberal media outlet’s refusal to run his reporting “censorship.”
“I could not sleep at night knowing that I allowed any institution to censor what I want to say and believe — least of all a media outlet I co-founded with the explicit goal of ensuring this never happens to other journalists, let alone to me, let alone because I have written an article critical of a powerful Democratic politician vehemently supported by the editors in the imminent national election,” he wrote.
Greenwald said that his situation — a liberal being muzzled by liberals — is not unique, and that “the pathologies, illiberalism, and repressive mentality that led to the bizarre spectacle of my being censored by my own media outlet are ones that are by no means unique to The Intercept. These are the viruses that have contaminated virtually every mainstream center-left political organization, academic institution, and newsroom.”
“The same trends of repression, censorship and ideological homogeneity plaguing the national press generally have engulfed the media outlet I co-founded,” he wrote.
Liberalism and journalism, he wrote, are “demanding more and more submission to prevailing orthodoxies imposed by self-anointed monopolists of Truth and Righteousness, backed up by armies of online enforcement mobs.”
As part of his Op-Ed, Greenwald shared a statement of purpose for a new media outlet he hopes to start, which read in part, “American media is gripped in a polarized culture war that is forcing journalism to conform to tribal, groupthink narratives that are often divorced from the truth and cater to perspectives that are not reflective of the broader public but instead a minority of hyper-partisan elites.”
“The censored article, based on recently revealed emails and witness testimony, raised critical questions about Biden’s conduct,” Greenwald wrote.
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Greenwald also posted on Substack the piece he was prevented from writing, which noted that the publication of Hunter Biden’s alleged emails “provoked extraordinary efforts by a de facto union of media outlets, Silicon Valley giants and the intelligence community to suppress these stories.”
Greenwald said the revelations “raise important questions about whether the former Vice President and current front-running presidential candidate was aware of efforts by his son to peddle influence with the Vice President for profit, and also whether the Vice President ever took actions in his official capacity with the intention, at least in part, of benefitting his son’s business associates.”
He added that “in the two weeks since the [New York] Post published its initial story, a union of the nation’s most powerful entities, including its news media, have taken extraordinary steps to obscure and bury these questions rather than try to provide answers to them.”
Greenwald said that instead of getting answers to the questions that are raised, “a national media is all but explicit in their eagerness for Biden to win” created what he deemed “a cone of silence around this story and, to this very day, a protective shield for Biden.”
The result, he wrote, is that Biden never has to answer questions because they will rarely be asked by the media.
However, he said, the sum total of the pieces presented to date implies “serious sleaze by Joe Biden’s son Hunter in trying to peddle his influence with the Vice President for profit.”
“But they also raise real questions about whether Joe Biden knew about and even himself engaged in a form of legalized corruption. Specifically, these newly revealed information suggest Biden was using his power to benefit his son’s business Ukrainian associates, and allowing his name to be traded on while Vice President for his son and brother to pursue business opportunities in China. These are questions which a minimally healthy press would want answered, not buried,” he wrote.
Greenwald noted that anti-Trump mentality is the foundation of this censorship.
“The reality is the U.S. press has been planning for this moment for four years — cooking up justifications for refusing to report on newsworthy material that might help Donald Trump get re-elected. One major factor is the undeniable truth that journalists with national outlets based in New York, Washington and West Coast cities overwhelmingly not just favor Joe Biden but are desperate to see Donald Trump defeated.”
Greenwald offered a moral of the story: “The U.S. media often laments that people have lost faith in its pronouncements, that they are increasingly viewed as untrustworthy and that many people view Fake News sites are more reliable than established news outlets. They are good at complaining about this, but very bad at asking whether any of their own conduct is responsible for it.”
“A media outlet that renounces its core function — pursuing answers to relevant questions about powerful people — is one that deserves to lose the public’s faith and confidence. And that is exactly what the U.S. media, with some exceptions, attempted to do with this story: they took the lead not in investigating these documents but in concocting excuses for why they should be ignored,” he wrote.
However, the Intercept would not publish that, leaving Greenwald to write, “It is astonishing to me, but also a reflection of our current discourse and illiberal media environment, that I have been silenced about Joe Biden by my own media outlet.”
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westernjournal--2020-10-29--Former Dem Dave Rubin Reveals He Voted for Trump: Trump Is the Only Way To Stop the Radical Left

The left has become so radical in their political battle against the right that they are facing the consequence of losing voters in the middle .
Longtime Democrat Dave Rubin , known for hosting his YouTube talk show “ The Rubin Report , ” revealed this week he voted for President Donald Trump in the 2020 presidential election .
Rubin said Thursday on the Fox News morning program “ Fox & Friends ” that he voted in the past for former President Barack Obama and failed Democratic presidential nominees John Kerry and Al Gore .
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“ As most of your audience knows , ” Rubin told Fox , “ I ’ ve been a lifelong Democrat : I voted for Obama twice , I voted for Gore , I voted for John Kerry .
This is the first time I ’ ve ever voted for a Republican president.
” Although Rubin doesn ’ t necessarily see Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden as a radical himself , he sees @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for the radical doctrine spouted by the likes of liberals like Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York and Ilhan Omar of Minnesota .
And Trump is “ the last bulwark ” to stop it , he said .
“ I see Trump as basically the last bulwark to stop the radical left , ” Rubin said .
“ Joe Biden himself may not be radically left — it ’ s a little unclear what Joe Biden is and what he stands for at this point — but what ’ s coming behind him @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Party is , is this progressivist left , this collectivist left , the AOC-Ilhan Omar Democrats , and [ Biden ’ s ] just the guy that they ’ re smuggling it in with and I think that is the worst set of ideas possible .
“ It ’ s counter to everything America is all about.
” But Rubin ’ s vote for Trump isn ’ t simply a “ counter-vote ” against radical Democrats , he said .
He also believes the president is indeed the right person for the preservation @ @ @ @ @ @ @ top of that , by the way , this isn ’ t just a counter-vote .
I think Donald Trump has actually done a lot of good , ” Rubin said , “ You know , until the last two months , I thought peace in the Middle East — I thought that was something we all wanted .
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” Trump has indeed done @ @ @ @ @ @ @ it comes to foreign policy .
Moreover , despite the economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic , Rubin indicated that Trump has handled the economy admirably .
“ Before COVID , the economy was doing well , and I think it will do well again , and there are signs that it will do well again , ” he said .
“ I think [ Trump ’ s ] done things internationally where suddenly countries are realizing , ‘ Oh , you ’ ve got to play by the rules .
The U.S. @ @ @ @ @ @ @ everything . '
” According to Rubin ’ s experience as an ex-Democratic voter , there ’ s a fundamental difference between leftists and Trump supporters — patriotism .
“ You know , part of me also likes kind of being patriotic , and there ’ s no feeling of that on the left anymore , ” Rubin said .
“ This is a great country .
For 250 years we ’ ve given more opportunity than any other country in the history of the world and I think we can continue that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ if we have a president that believes in the Constitution and believes that America is fundamentally good.
” A political party riddled with anti-American sentiment and doctrine can and will gut and replace the values and rights expressed in the very Constitution that is meant to protect them .
“ Look , I ’ m here in LA , in California , so this is lefty crazy town , ” Rubin added .
“ You see the Biden-Harris signs ; You don ’ t really see Trump signs .
You see them at @ @ @ @ @ @ @ had this huge weekly one in Beverly Hills that I went to , which was absolutely unbelievable and a lovefest and tons of great people of every background were there.
” “ But usually now , at this point , when I see American flags in my neighbors ’ yards or when I ’ m just driving around town , that to me signals somehow Trump support , because why would you put up and American flag if you ’ re a Democrat at this point ?
Because they ’ re telling you @ @ @ @ @ @ @ was founded on slavery , they want to change all of the rules of the past and tell you how bad everything is .
“ So , the American flag , in an odd way , has become a proxy flag for Trump 2020 , which is sort of an unfortunate state of things , but it ’ s just sort of where we ’ re at.
” If the left despises everything America stands for , then who are they ?
Could their political endgame be anything other than replacing America with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ex-Democratic voters like Rubin , are voting to protect the welfare of America from falling into the hands of leftist radicals this presidential election .
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The left has become so radical in their political battle against the right that they are facing the consequence of losing voters in the middle.
Longtime Democrat Dave Rubin, known for hosting his YouTube talk show “The Rubin Report,” revealed this week he voted for President Donald Trump in the 2020 presidential election.
Rubin said Thursday on the Fox News morning program “Fox & Friends” that he voted in the past for former President Barack Obama and failed Democratic presidential nominees John Kerry and Al Gore.
Watch the latest video at foxnews.com
Now, for the first time ever, he’s supporting a Republican presidential nominee.
“As most of your audience knows,” Rubin told Fox, “I’ve been a lifelong Democrat: I voted for Obama twice, I voted for Gore, I voted for John Kerry. This is the first time I’ve ever voted for a Republican president.”
Although Rubin doesn’t necessarily see Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden as a radical himself, he sees the Biden-Harris campaign as a Trojan horse for the radical doctrine spouted by the likes of liberals like Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York and Ilhan Omar of Minnesota.
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And Trump is “the last bulwark” to stop it, he said.
“I see Trump as basically the last bulwark to stop the radical left,” Rubin said. “Joe Biden himself may not be radically left — it’s a little unclear what Joe Biden is and what he stands for at this point — but what’s coming behind him, what the future of the Democratic Party is, is this progressivist left, this collectivist left, the AOC-Ilhan Omar Democrats, and [Biden’s] just the guy that they’re smuggling it in with and I think that is the worst set of ideas possible.
“It’s counter to everything America is all about.”
But Rubin’s vote for Trump isn’t simply a “counter-vote” against radical Democrats, he said. He also believes the president is indeed the right person for the preservation and prosperity of America.
“On top of that, by the way, this isn’t just a counter-vote. I think Donald Trump has actually done a lot of good,” Rubin said, “You know, until the last two months, I thought peace in the Middle East — I thought that was something we all wanted.
“Apparently, that’s not something we all want.”
Trump has indeed done remarkably well in leading our country when it comes to foreign policy.
Moreover, despite the economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic, Rubin indicated that Trump has handled the economy admirably.
“Before COVID, the economy was doing well, and I think it will do well again, and there are signs that it will do well again,” he said.
“I think [Trump’s] done things internationally where suddenly countries are realizing, ‘Oh, you’ve got to play by the rules. The U.S. isn’t going to pay for everything.'”
According to Rubin’s experience as an ex-Democratic voter, there’s a fundamental difference between leftists and Trump supporters — patriotism.
“You know, part of me also likes kind of being patriotic, and there’s no feeling of that on the left anymore,” Rubin said.
“This is a great country. For 250 years we’ve given more opportunity than any other country in the history of the world and I think we can continue that, but we can only continue it if we have a president that believes in the Constitution and believes that America is fundamentally good.”
A political party riddled with anti-American sentiment and doctrine can and will gut and replace the values and rights expressed in the very Constitution that is meant to protect them.
“Look, I’m here in LA, in California, so this is lefty crazy town,” Rubin added.
“You see the Biden-Harris signs; You don’t really see Trump signs. You see them at the parades now and they’ve had this huge weekly one in Beverly Hills that I went to, which was absolutely unbelievable and a lovefest and tons of great people of every background were there.”
“But usually now, at this point, when I see American flags in my neighbors’ yards or when I’m just driving around town, that to me signals somehow Trump support, because why would you put up and American flag if you’re a Democrat at this point? Because they’re telling you that the system is racist, America was founded on slavery, they want to change all of the rules of the past and tell you how bad everything is.
“So, the American flag, in an odd way, has become a proxy flag for Trump 2020, which is sort of an unfortunate state of things, but it’s just sort of where we’re at.”
If the left despises everything America stands for, then who are they?
Could their political endgame be anything other than replacing America with something else?
Trump supporters, including ex-Democratic voters like Rubin, are voting to protect the welfare of America from falling into the hands of leftist radicals this presidential election.
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westernjournal--2020-10-29--‘He Will and Can Get It Done’: Another Popular Rapper Endorses President Trump

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Rapper Dwayne Michael Carter Jr., better known by his stage name Lil Wayne, announced his support for President Donald Trump on Thursday.
Carter tweeted that he had a “great meeting” with the president.
“Besides what he’s done so far with criminal reform, the platinum plan is going to give the community real ownership,” the rapper continued.
“He listened to what we had to say today and assured he will and can get it done.”
Just had a great meeting with @realdonaldtrump @potus besides what he’s done so far with criminal reform, the platinum plan is going to give the community real ownership. He listened to what we had to say today and assured he will and can get it done. ?? pic.twitter.com/Q9c5k1yMWf — Lil Wayne WEEZY F (@LilTunechi) October 29, 2020
The move comes days before the 2020 presidential election.
Several other prominent rappers have endorsed Trump for president, including Kanye West, 50 Cent and Lil Pump.
West announced his own presidential bid on July 4.
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westernjournal--2020-10-29--Sciascia: Disney Deserves Everything It’s Getting in California, But Its Employees Deserve Better

Why is it that being right so often means feeling wrong ?
Whether you like to admit it or not , “ I told you so ” moments have an unfortunate and abiding habit of leaving the correct party far more melancholy than they ought to feel .
On the issue of economic fallout stemming from our nation ’ s unscientific and ever-changing coronavirus response , no exception exists for that rule — only exacerbation .
A lesson learned , in this instance , will invariably mean lots of human hurt and no shortage of livelihoods hanging in the balance @ @ @ @ @ @ @ California ’ s richest resident : The Walt Disney Company .
According to a recent report from the Daily Mail , Disney is finally rearing up to meet the challenge of left-wing big government head-on .
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In light of an off-the-cuff Oct. 8 decision by California ’ s far-left Democratic Gov .
Gavin Newsom to delay theme park re-opening efforts , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ stand last week , lambasting California leadership for the “ arbitrary ” and burdensome nature of state public health guidelines and enforcement .
“ We have proven that we can responsibly reopen , with science-based health and safety protocols strictly enforced at our theme park properties around the world , ” Potrock wrote in a public statement .
“ Nevertheless the State of California continues to ignore this fact , instead mandating arbitrary guidelines that it knows are unworkable and that hold us to a higher standard vastly different from other reopened businesses @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
“ Together with our labor unions we want to get people back to work , but these State guidelines will keep us shuttered for the foreseeable future , forcing thousands more people out of work , leading to the inevitable closure of small family-owned businesses , and irreparably devastating the Anaheim/Southern California community.
” RELATED : TWJ Review : Disney 's New 'Mulan ' Goes for Social Justice Plot , Gets a Bland Story Of course , the executive was absolutely right .
With Walt Disney World Resort already open in Florida @ @ @ @ @ @ @ distancing restrictions , there remains no real reason for its California predecessor not to re-open .
Its significantly smaller acreage may require even tighter restrictions , but isn ’ t a mild re-opening effort better than nothing at all ?
The answer seems self-evident , particularly given USA Today reports suggesting Disney ’ s California Adventure theme park will be welcome to open its turnstiles once again next month for shopping and eating only .
Why Disneyland Resort ‘ s wide array of attractions and other shopping centers can not do the same @ @ @ @ @ @ @ fact , it is the natural result of our culture ’ s long-lived willingness to legitimize left-wing power plays — and it has cost at least 28,000 Cast Members their livelihoods , according to The New York Times .
CBS News reports also indicated poor public health policy has resulted in at least $ 5 billion in financial losses for resort .
But as a longtime lover of all things Disney , I have a hard time feeling for the company itself .
With constant pandering to the social justice left , Disney @ @ @ @ @ @ @ forced to lie in this last few months .
The company has , at every turn , cozied up with communist China and the Black Lives Matter mob , giving in to left-wing tyranny at both the systemic and cultural level .
Worse still , it has been complicit in such things , on several occasions , maintaining ownership of several left-wing establishment media news outlets and joining with the rest of the Hollywood left in strong-arming conservative Georgia over groundbreaking pro-life legislation in 2019 .
All the while , cancel culture and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ forefront of American culture , the cancer eventually taking hold in The Walt Disney Company ’ s own home state .
And I would proudly say that I hope the condition is terminal , were it not for the damage further financial downturn might do to an immense number of decent folks — many of them being my friends and former Castmates .
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Why is it that being right so often means feeling wrong? Whether you like to admit it or not, “I told you so” moments have an unfortunate and abiding habit of leaving the correct party far more melancholy than they ought to feel.
On the issue of economic fallout stemming from our nation’s unscientific and ever-changing coronavirus response, no exception exists for that rule — only exacerbation.
A lesson learned, in this instance, will invariably mean lots of human hurt and no shortage of livelihoods hanging in the balance.
Nobody knows this better than liberal California’s richest resident: The Walt Disney Company.
According to a recent report from the Daily Mail, Disney is finally rearing up to meet the challenge of left-wing big government head-on.
Unfortunately, its “big move” is far too little and comes far too late.
Statement from President of Disneyland Resort on park closures. Unless requirements change, Disneyland will remain closed for the “foreseeable future.” https://t.co/qzzN7nIJXk — Josh Frigerio, ABC15 (@JoshFrigerio) October 20, 2020
In light of an off-the-cuff Oct. 8 decision by California’s far-left Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom to delay theme park re-opening efforts, Disneyland Resort President Ken Potrock took a stand last week, lambasting California leadership for the “arbitrary” and burdensome nature of state public health guidelines and enforcement.
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“We have proven that we can responsibly reopen, with science-based health and safety protocols strictly enforced at our theme park properties around the world,” Potrock wrote in a public statement.
“Nevertheless the State of California continues to ignore this fact, instead mandating arbitrary guidelines that it knows are unworkable and that hold us to a higher standard vastly different from other reopened businesses and state-operated facilities,” he added.
“Together with our labor unions we want to get people back to work, but these State guidelines will keep us shuttered for the foreseeable future, forcing thousands more people out of work, leading to the inevitable closure of small family-owned businesses, and irreparably devastating the Anaheim/Southern California community.”
Of course, the executive was absolutely right.
With Walt Disney World Resort already open in Florida, albeit under heavy attendance and social distancing restrictions, there remains no real reason for its California predecessor not to re-open.
Its significantly smaller acreage may require even tighter restrictions, but isn’t a mild re-opening effort better than nothing at all?
The answer seems self-evident, particularly given USA Today reports suggesting Disney’s California Adventure theme park will be welcome to open its turnstiles once again next month for shopping and eating only.
Why Disneyland Resort‘s wide array of attractions and other shopping centers cannot do the same is no mystery, however.
In fact, it is the natural result of our culture’s long-lived willingness to legitimize left-wing power plays — and it has cost at least 28,000 Cast Members their livelihoods, according to The New York Times.
CBS News reports also indicated poor public health policy has resulted in at least $5 billion in financial losses for resort.
But as a longtime lover of all things Disney, I have a hard time feeling for the company itself.
Disney CEO Bob Iger says it would be ‘difficult’ to film in Georgia if abortion law takes effect https://t.co/Sy4FPR4FjZ pic.twitter.com/PHkWvv6GGn — New York Post (@nypost) June 1, 2019
With constant pandering to the social justice left, Disney made the bed it’s been forced to lie in this last few months.
The company has, at every turn, cozied up with communist China and the Black Lives Matter mob, giving in to left-wing tyranny at both the systemic and cultural level.
Worse still, it has been complicit in such things, on several occasions, maintaining ownership of several left-wing establishment media news outlets and joining with the rest of the Hollywood left in strong-arming conservative Georgia over groundbreaking pro-life legislation in 2019.
All the while, cancel culture and big government leftism have festered at the forefront of American culture, the cancer eventually taking hold in The Walt Disney Company’s own home state.
And I would proudly say that I hope the condition is terminal, were it not for the damage further financial downturn might do to an immense number of decent folks — many of them being my friends and former Castmates.
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westernjournal--2020-10-29--Democratic Congresswoman Has Dire Warning for Biden Campaign After Talking to Voters

Democrats already counting on the restoration of liberal rule in the nation ’ s capital should try listening to Rep. Debbie Dingell in the nation ’ s heartland .
They might not like what they hear , but at least they won ’ t be so surprised come Tuesday if the polls they ’ ve been banking on for the entire presidential election season turn out to be just as useless as they were in 2016 , when Donald Trump ’ s then-improbable victory changed the course of American history .
“ It ’ s tightening here in Michigan , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s Alisyn Camerota on Thursday morning .
“ I am out there … And yesterday , I had some of the autoworkers , who I thought were going to go back to Joe Biden , were very clear with me last night that they ’ re voting for President Trump.
” Check out the interview below .
Dingell might be a dyed-in-the-wool Democrat , like her late husband , the veteran Congressman John Dingell , but here she makes more sense alone than the rest of her party put together : TRENDING : @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Himself as 'Kamala 's Running Mate' The main reason for the support for Trump — which comes through loud and clear to anyone listening to Dingell with a mind that ’ s not poisoned by hatred of the president — is that to any sane American , it ’ s obvious that Democrats left the concerns of ordinary voters behind long ago .
Despite the laughably empty boast Biden made during the second presidential debate , when he declared “ I am the Democratic Party , ” anyone following the news even casually @ @ @ @ @ @ @ overtaken by the party ’ s woke wing .
Obsessed with racial injustice , Democrats have come to accept it as normal that the country ’ s inner cities are destroyed by rioting mobs — and even defend it on the flimsiest of grounds .
Obsessed with “ climate change , ” Democrats push a Green New Deal that will destroy the American economy , while bragging about eliminating entire industries built on fossil fuels ( not a way to win industrial states like Michigan and Pennsylvania ) .
Obsessed with their need @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the Chinese coronavirus , they ’ re backing a candidate who places the health of the economy a distant second to hiding from the possibility of illness .
Those are ideas that might play well to leftist young adults who ’ ve had months to riot because their college classes were canceled .
Those ideas might play well with liberal editorial boards and Hollywood starlets .
But those groups aren ’ t the Americans who decide elections .
“ What we ’ re seeing now is that on the ground people have @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Dingell told Camerota ( who didn ’ t appear at all happy with the message ) .
“ As you know , President Trump ’ s coming back on Friday , my grapevine tells me he ’ ll probably be back again before Election Day , President Obama and Joe Biden will be here .
“ And it ’ s coming down to who they ’ re targeting and who ’ s going to turn out .
I think Democrats need to talk to the working men and women of the auto industry @ @ @ @ @ @ @ have always been the backbone of our economy.
” There was a time when the Democratic Party was actually built on those “ hard-core workers.
” But that time has been passing since “ Reagan Democrats ” became part of the country ’ s political lexicon .
The Bill Clinton strategy of recapturing the working-class vote by feigning moderation is passe now in a Democratic Party where socialist Sen. Bernie Sanders has made a serious drive for the party ’ s nomination in two elections running .
It ’ s important to remember @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the same warning , one of the few nationally prominent Democrats who tried to tell her party that it was heading for defeat .
“ The ordinary working man or woman in this country isn ’ t asking for a lot .
They want to make a decent living .
They want to be able to provide for their family , buy a home in a safe neighborhood , put food on the table , go the doctor when they need to , afford their medicines and educate their children , ” Dingell @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Democrat defeat for The Washington Post .
“ What many don ’ t understand is how these things are in danger of becoming unattainable for too many Americans.
” That ’ s a paragraph far too few Trump haters can understand , whether it ’ s the trendy , millennial socialist followers of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez , the NeverTrump grifters of the Lincoln Project , or the biggest stars of Hollywood and late-night television .
But it ’ s the “ ordinary working man or woman ” who are the Americans showing up by @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , massive auto convoys and boat parades , even heading into an election where the majority of polls forecast defeat .
And those are the Americans whose votes are going to show up to vote in numbers that are likely to astonish the world .
“ We can not , and I ’ m saying that strongly now after the last few days on the ground , we can not forget that autoworker .
The steelworker .
The Teamster , whose job they ’ ve lost and are worried about , and they @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , ” she said .
But Democrats have already left those voters behind , and it isn ’ t likely that a weekend swing by a cadaverous Joe Biden , with his own influence-peddling scandal hanging over his head , is going to make anyone forget that .
Democrats and the media might not like what Dingell had to say on Thursday , but they should listen anyway .
That way , if they ’ re as disappointed this year as they were in 2016 , at least they won ’ t be @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and accuracy in all of our journalism .
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Democrats already counting on the restoration of liberal rule in the nation’s capital should try listening to Rep. Debbie Dingell in the nation’s heartland.
They might not like what they hear, but at least they won’t be so surprised come Tuesday if the polls they’ve been banking on for the entire presidential election season turn out to be just as useless as they were in 2016, when Donald Trump’s then-improbable victory changed the course of American history.
“It’s tightening here in Michigan,” the Michigan congresswoman told CNN’s Alisyn Camerota on Thursday morning. “I am out there … And yesterday, I had some of the autoworkers, who I thought were going to go back to Joe Biden, were very clear with me last night that they’re voting for President Trump.”
Check out the interview below. Dingell might be a dyed-in-the-wool Democrat, like her late husband, the veteran Congressman John Dingell, but here she makes more sense alone than the rest of her party put together:
Debbie Dingell, (D) warns of a tightening race in Michigan. She hits the nail on the head about why some workers flock to Trump…They feel looked down upon by Democrats. If only they knew who’s really looking down on them. #DemVoice1 pic.twitter.com/31nAdMDnEU — Dr. Comments-A-Lot ????•••??••• (@WDCreports) October 29, 2020
The main reason for the support for Trump — which comes through loud and clear to anyone listening to Dingell with a mind that’s not poisoned by hatred of the president — is that to any sane American, it’s obvious that Democrats left the concerns of ordinary voters behind long ago.
Despite the laughably empty boast Biden made during the second presidential debate, when he declared “I am the Democratic Party,” anyone following the news even casually knows that Democrats have long since been overtaken by the party’s woke wing.
Obsessed with racial injustice, Democrats have come to accept it as normal that the country’s inner cities are destroyed by rioting mobs — and even defend it on the flimsiest of grounds.
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Obsessed with “climate change,” Democrats push a Green New Deal that will destroy the American economy, while bragging about eliminating entire industries built on fossil fuels (not a way to win industrial states like Michigan and Pennsylvania).
Obsessed with their need to blame Trump for the worldwide disaster of the Chinese coronavirus, they’re backing a candidate who places the health of the economy a distant second to hiding from the possibility of illness.
Those are ideas that might play well to leftist young adults who’ve had months to riot because their college classes were canceled. Those ideas might play well with liberal editorial boards and Hollywood starlets.
But those groups aren’t the Americans who decide elections.
“What we’re seeing now is that on the ground people have to turn out the vote,” Dingell told Camerota (who didn’t appear at all happy with the message).
“As you know, President Trump’s coming back on Friday, my grapevine tells me he’ll probably be back again before Election Day, President Obama and Joe Biden will be here.
“And it’s coming down to who they’re targeting and who’s going to turn out. I think Democrats need to talk to the working men and women of the auto industry, the good, hard-core workers that have always been the backbone of our economy.”
There was a time when the Democratic Party was actually built on those “hard-core workers.” But that time has been passing since “Reagan Democrats” became part of the country’s political lexicon.
The Bill Clinton strategy of recapturing the working-class vote by feigning moderation is passe now in a Democratic Party where socialist Sen. Bernie Sanders has made a serious drive for the party’s nomination in two elections running.
It’s important to remember that in 2016, Dingell was sounding the same warning, one of the few nationally prominent Democrats who tried to tell her party that it was heading for defeat.
“The ordinary working man or woman in this country isn’t asking for a lot. They want to make a decent living. They want to be able to provide for their family, buy a home in a safe neighborhood, put food on the table, go the doctor when they need to, afford their medicines and educate their children,” Dingell wrote in a post-mortem of the 2016 Democrat defeat for The Washington Post. “What many don’t understand is how these things are in danger of becoming unattainable for too many Americans.”
That’s a paragraph far too few Trump haters can understand, whether it’s the trendy, millennial socialist followers of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the NeverTrump grifters of the Lincoln Project, or the biggest stars of Hollywood and late-night television.
But it’s the “ordinary working man or woman” who are the Americans showing up by the tens of thousands at Trump rallies, massive auto convoys and boat parades, even heading into an election where the majority of polls forecast defeat. And those are the Americans whose votes are going to show up to vote in numbers that are likely to astonish the world.
Dingell’s warning to Democrats was clear:
“We cannot, and I’m saying that strongly now after the last few days on the ground, we cannot forget that autoworker. The steelworker. The Teamster, whose job they’ve lost and are worried about, and they want to know what Democrats will do,” she said.
But Democrats have already left those voters behind, and it isn’t likely that a weekend swing by a cadaverous Joe Biden, with his own influence-peddling scandal hanging over his head, is going to make anyone forget that.
Democrats and the media might not like what Dingell had to say on Thursday, but they should listen anyway.
That way, if they’re as disappointed this year as they were in 2016, at least they won’t be surprised.
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westernjournal--2020-10-29--Have You Ever Wondered What Your Vote Is Worth?

Do you know the real value of your vote ?
Comparing the stark contrast between the energy and foreign policies of President Donald Trump and his Democratic challenger , former Vice President Joe Biden , puts a lot of perspective on how American elections impact the lives of people near and far .
It ’ s helped me decide to cast my vote for the brash New Yorker , something I didn ’ t do in 2016 , when Trump was all rhetoric .
Now , in 2020 , Trump has a record , and our vote is worth considering @ @ @ @ @ @ @ lives .
Consider the once-unimaginable peace agreements between Arab nations and Israel we are now witnessing .
These are no accident , but rather an outcome of the contrast between growing stability under Trump ’ s policies vs. how the Middle East was blown apart from one end to the other during the administration of President Barack Obama and Biden , with millions of people displaced and hundreds of thousands maimed .
TRENDING : Biden Lets the Truth Slip , Introduces Himself as 'Kamala 's Running Mate' Most people in the Middle East @ @ @ @ @ @ @ we do .
And these peace agreements make it very clear that they don ’ t want to go back to the Obama/Biden era of terror .
While Trump ’ s foreign policy ( exiting the Iran deal , decimating the Islamic State group and recognizing Jerusalem as Israel ’ s capital ) played a huge role in fostering peace , his energy independence policy was not insignificant .
The Arab leaders know that American energy independence means we have much less reason to send our military men and women to fight their @ @ @ @ @ @ @ necessary for regional stability .
Make no mistake , Biden ’ s “ plan ” to switch America to wind and solar is really no plan at all .
It is a ruse that would increase pollution , skyrocket energy costs and put our men and women in the armed forces back on battlefields securing foreign oil .
Wind and solar are both too intermittent to be a main source of reliable electricity .
Any consideration from a pollution perspective must consider the entire process , from acquiring raw materials to final disposal @ @ @ @ @ @ @ are for land use .
A wind turbine does not compensate for the amount of petroleum-based pollution produced during its creation and life cycle .
The process of creating solar panels is highly polluting — never mind where all those pollutants go at the end of a solar panel ’ s life .
At least nuclear waste has a half-life .
So the Biden energy plan is neither environmentally green nor a means to energy independence .
It is , however , monetarily green in terms of huge profits for the foreign energy @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Biden family for seemingly nothing in return .
Coincidental or intentional ?
Either way , the result would most certainly put America back into dependence on foreign oil .
Trump policies have been good for most Americans , of all demographics , and millions of people beyond our borders .
Biden plans are hollow , like his 47-year political history , and will not deliver the good , but rather risk the lives of those in the military and further send manufacturing jobs , which require stable energy , to other nations @ @ @ @ @ @ @ understands the corrupting nature of power , but for those who thought they could vote for a longtime big-government politician on character , that ship absolutely sank with the revelations contained on Hunter Biden ’ s laptop .
Yes , power corrupts .
RELATED : David Harsanyi : Leftists Do n't Fear ACB as Much as They Fear Her Protecting the Constitution The most troubling consideration of the entire Biden scandal is the level of establishment media collusion , which truly approaches that of the state-owned media in repressive regimes .
How did @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , MSNBC , CBS , NPR , Google , Facebook , Twitter and the rest would brazenly block clearly verified information from the American people ?
A free nation can not survive without a free and independent press .
This lends a valuable perspective to the four years of constant efforts to mischaracterize Trump and remove him from office through scandals that proved to be hoaxes .
With few exceptions , the establishment media has so undermined itself that it is no longer a trusted check on power and has instead become a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Americans are witnessing the unraveling of a devious scheme , by the Democratic Party and all of the entities that have been hiding Biden , to frame this election in terms that do not even consider their candidate or his policy ideas .
Putting “ harmless ” Joe Biden on the face of the party covered the very radical nature of today ’ s Democrats .
For when Biden is exposed to the light of day , voters will see how he , his party and their powerful media arm used a fraudulent @ @ @ @ @ @ @ election .
One can only imagine what people who have gone to such an extent to win would do if they were to succeed and actually had their hands on all the levers of government .
The important lesson is that good character is far more than smooth talking behind a shield of media accomplices .
Indeed , good character is being available to answering tough questions and not hiding from the public .
Good character is being consistent on your agenda ; it is not being against fracking to one crowd and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ character is not accusing your opponent of not having a plan when you won ’ t reveal your own plan .
Good character means being honest with voters before the election of your intentions with court packing .
It means doing as Trump did in 2016 by providing an upfront list of potential court nominees so voters can know the type of judges and justices you would appoint .
Good character is standing up for the individual right to life and liberty , not pushing identity politics as a means to a collectivist @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the frailty of human nature and that no one is above being corrupted by power .
So the good character will promote policies that empower the people , not the few that control the levers of government .
Good character would never trust oneself with such power .
With so much early voting , millions upon millions of Americans have fallen for a sham character ploy and in doing so have sold their future .
Some states allow early voters to recast their vote on Election Day , but for the rest who @ @ @ @ @ @ @ yet fell for the Joe Biden “ character ” dodge , they have been robbed of their vote .
Indeed , while our vote can and does make a huge difference in the lives of people , from those close to us to people in a war-torn world away , many have cheaply sold their votes simply to preserve their own self-image with our pop culture .
At this point , we must pray and work hard to ensure a Republican victory , killing this corrupt plot by the Democratic Party and their @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
President Trump can then continue his path of empowering the American people , draining the swamp of government and political corruption and replacing the endless Middle East petroleum-based wars with peace agreements .
The views expressed in this opinion article are those of their author and are not necessarily either shared or endorsed by the owners of this website .
If you are interested in contributing an Op-Ed to The Western Journal , you can learn about our submission guidelines and process here .
We are committed to truth and accuracy in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ editorial standards .

Do you know the real value of your vote?
Comparing the stark contrast between the energy and foreign policies of President Donald Trump and his Democratic challenger, former Vice President Joe Biden, puts a lot of perspective on how American elections impact the lives of people near and far.
It’s helped me decide to cast my vote for the brash New Yorker, something I didn’t do in 2016, when Trump was all rhetoric.
Now, in 2020, Trump has a record, and our vote is worth considering how both candidates’ policies impact real lives.
Consider the once-unimaginable peace agreements between Arab nations and Israel we are now witnessing. These are no accident, but rather an outcome of the contrast between growing stability under Trump’s policies vs. how the Middle East was blown apart from one end to the other during the administration of President Barack Obama and Biden, with millions of people displaced and hundreds of thousands maimed.
Most people in the Middle East want peace and stability as much as we do. And these peace agreements make it very clear that they don’t want to go back to the Obama/Biden era of terror.
While Trump’s foreign policy (exiting the Iran deal, decimating the Islamic State group and recognizing Jerusalem as Israel’s capital) played a huge role in fostering peace, his energy independence policy was not insignificant. The Arab leaders know that American energy independence means we have much less reason to send our military men and women to fight their battles. So peace with Israel became necessary for regional stability.
Make no mistake, Biden’s “plan” to switch America to wind and solar is really no plan at all. It is a ruse that would increase pollution, skyrocket energy costs and put our men and women in the armed forces back on battlefields securing foreign oil.
Wind and solar are both too intermittent to be a main source of reliable electricity. Any consideration from a pollution perspective must consider the entire process, from acquiring raw materials to final disposal, as well as how disruptive they are for land use.
A wind turbine does not compensate for the amount of petroleum-based pollution produced during its creation and life cycle. The process of creating solar panels is highly polluting — never mind where all those pollutants go at the end of a solar panel’s life. At least nuclear waste has a half-life.
So the Biden energy plan is neither environmentally green nor a means to energy independence. It is, however, monetarily green in terms of huge profits for the foreign energy entities that have doled out millions to the Biden family for seemingly nothing in return. Coincidental or intentional? Either way, the result would most certainly put America back into dependence on foreign oil.
Trump policies have been good for most Americans, of all demographics, and millions of people beyond our borders.
Biden plans are hollow, like his 47-year political history, and will not deliver the good, but rather risk the lives of those in the military and further send manufacturing jobs, which require stable energy, to other nations.
Not that it surprised anyone who understands the corrupting nature of power, but for those who thought they could vote for a longtime big-government politician on character, that ship absolutely sank with the revelations contained on Hunter Biden’s laptop. Yes, power corrupts.
The most troubling consideration of the entire Biden scandal is the level of establishment media collusion, which truly approaches that of the state-owned media in repressive regimes.
How did the stakes get so high that CNN, MSNBC, CBS, NPR, Google, Facebook, Twitter and the rest would brazenly block clearly verified information from the American people? A free nation cannot survive without a free and independent press.
This lends a valuable perspective to the four years of constant efforts to mischaracterize Trump and remove him from office through scandals that proved to be hoaxes. With few exceptions, the establishment media has so undermined itself that it is no longer a trusted check on power and has instead become a huge danger to our nation.
Now Americans are witnessing the unraveling of a devious scheme, by the Democratic Party and all of the entities that have been hiding Biden, to frame this election in terms that do not even consider their candidate or his policy ideas. Putting “harmless” Joe Biden on the face of the party covered the very radical nature of today’s Democrats.
For when Biden is exposed to the light of day, voters will see how he, his party and their powerful media arm used a fraudulent character ploy to try to steal an election. One can only imagine what people who have gone to such an extent to win would do if they were to succeed and actually had their hands on all the levers of government.
The important lesson is that good character is far more than smooth talking behind a shield of media accomplices. Indeed, good character is being available to answering tough questions and not hiding from the public.
Good character is being consistent on your agenda; it is not being against fracking to one crowd and then for it to another.
Good character is not accusing your opponent of not having a plan when you won’t reveal your own plan.
Good character means being honest with voters before the election of your intentions with court packing. It means doing as Trump did in 2016 by providing an upfront list of potential court nominees so voters can know the type of judges and justices you would appoint.
Good character is standing up for the individual right to life and liberty, not pushing identity politics as a means to a collectivist end.
Ultimately, good character understands the frailty of human nature and that no one is above being corrupted by power. So the good character will promote policies that empower the people, not the few that control the levers of government. Good character would never trust oneself with such power.
With so much early voting, millions upon millions of Americans have fallen for a sham character ploy and in doing so have sold their future. Some states allow early voters to recast their vote on Election Day, but for the rest who really wanted to vote on character and yet fell for the Joe Biden “character” dodge, they have been robbed of their vote.
While our vote can and does make a huge difference in the lives of people, from those close to us to people in a war-torn world away, many have cheaply sold their votes simply to preserve their own self-image within our pop culture. Indeed, the very things we chose to govern if we vote and how we vote show our character. Is our vote choice merely about own self-interests, or is it about how the outcome of an election will impact others?
At this point, we must pray and work hard to ensure a Republican victory, killing this corrupt plot by the Democratic Party and their powerful media arm to steal an election.
President Trump can then continue his path of empowering the American people, draining the swamp of government and political corruption and replacing the endless Middle East petroleum-based wars with peace agreements.
What’s your vote worth? Simply that.
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westernjournal--2020-10-29--Hillary Laughs as She Reveals Her New, Powerful Role in the Election Process

Four years after losing her 2016 bid for the presidency , Hillary Clinton has emerged in an extremely powerful position during this year ’ s election cycle .
Clinton laughed as she talked about her new role as a New York elector for the Electoral College in a SiriusXM interview Tuesday .
“ I ’ m an elector , ” Clinton told host “ Signal Boost ” hosts Zerlina Maxwell and Jess McIntosh .
“ I ’ m an elector in New York , yeah.
” “ I ’ m an elector , so… ” she said again before laughing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ who will now be among the body of 538 delegates whose votes decide the next president , admitted that she ’ ll likely end up voting for Democratic nominee Joe Biden .
TRENDING : Biden Lets the Truth Slip , Introduces Himself as 'Kamala 's Running Mate' “ Pretty sure I ’ ll get to vote for Joe and [ Kamala Harris ] in New York , ” Clinton said , “ so that ’ s pretty exciting.
” Clinton suggested that in the event of the re-election of President Donald Trump , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ reality of the situation .
“ I did a podcast with Kara Swisher and she asked me the other day , ” Clinton explained , “ I said ‘ Kara , I ’ m not going to think about it . '
” “ I can not imagine that he would be re-elected after the damage that he ’ s caused , and I can ’ t imagine four more years of this abuse and destruction .
So no , I don ’ t think about it .
I refuse to.
” Clinton @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 2016 , has previously blamed the very same institution she is now joining for her loss four years ago .
The two-time failed presidential candidate will now be able to vote against Trump , regardless of who a majority of New Yorkers vote for .
( Though it ’ s worth noting that Biden and Harris will almost certainly win the deep-blue state of New York ’ s 29 electoral votes . )
This is because New York is among several states that do not bind Electoral College members to citizens ’ votes @ @ @ @ @ @ @ electors have only rebelled a handful of times in the past , it remains a possibility for some holding the position in modern-day America .
While this system may seem unfair , it ’ s integral to our constitutional republic .
RELATED : Where 's the Enthusiasm ?
Damning Videos Show Not Even Obama Can Bring Crowds for Biden Many leftists and their mainstream media cheerleaders have pushed for the Electoral College to be abolished entirely .
Opponents of the system became more vocal after Trump ’ s underdog 2016 victory , which @ @ @ @ @ @ @ despite beating Trump in the popular vote by nearly 3 million votes .
Now , it looks like Clinton will have one more shot at bringing down the man who crushed her political aspirations four years ago .
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Four years after losing her 2016 bid for the presidency, Hillary Clinton has emerged in an extremely powerful position during this year’s election cycle.
Clinton laughed as she talked about her new role as a Democratic elector in a SiriusXM interview Tuesday.
As USA Today reported, if Democratic nominee Joe Biden wins the state’s popular vote, she and 28 other Democratic electors will get to cast the state’s Electoral College votes for him.
“I’m an elector,” Clinton told host “Signal Boost” hosts Zerlina Maxwell and Jess McIntosh. “I’m an elector in New York, yeah.”
“I’m an elector, so…” she said again before laughing.
The former secretary of state said that she’ll likely end up voting for Biden.
“Pretty sure I’ll get to vote for Joe and [Kamala Harris] in New York,” Clinton said, “so that’s pretty exciting.”
Clinton suggested that in the event of the re-election of President Donald Trump, she will simply refuse to acknowledge the reality of the situation.
“I did a podcast with Kara Swisher and she asked me the other day,” Clinton explained, “I said ‘Kara, I’m not going to think about it.'”
“I cannot imagine that he would be re-elected after the damage that he’s caused, and I can’t imagine four more years of this abuse and destruction. So no, I don’t think about it. I refuse to.”
Watch the “Signal Boost” segment below:
Clinton, who won the popular vote in 2016, has previously blamed the very same institution she is now joining for her loss four years ago.
Biden and Harris will almost certainly win the deep-blue state of New York’s 29 electoral votes, meaning Clinton will almost certainly end up casting one of the Electoral College’s 538 votes for Biden.
Many leftists and their mainstream media cheerleaders have pushed for the Electoral College to be abolished entirely.
Opponents of the system became more vocal after Trump’s underdog 2016 victory, which saw Clinton lose by 77 electoral votes despite beating Trump in the popular vote by nearly 3 million votes.
Now, it looks like Clinton will have one more shot at helping bring down the man who crushed her political aspirations four years ago.
CORRECTION, Oct. 30, 2020: This article originally misstated how the Electoral College system works, suggesting that Hillary Clinton could be a “faithless elector” and vote for Joe Biden even if Donald Trump won New York state’s popular vote. In fact, Clinton is a Democratic elector and will thus only have the chance to cast her Electoral College vote if Biden wins the popular vote. If Trump wins, then a separate slate of 29 Republican electors will cast the state’s Electoral College votes for Trump. We apologize for the error and have updated our headline and article to be more clear.
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westernjournal--2020-10-29--‘WJ Live’: Is John Piper’s Anti-Trump Argument Flawed?

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Should the Girl Scouts of America have bowed to the leftist mob over an Amy Coney Barrett tweet ?
How much will Tony Bobulinski ’ s testimony affect the 2020 election ?
Did John Piper miss the mark with his recent anti-Trump article ?
Will the Republican Party shift its approach if President Trump loses ?
TRENDING : Biden Lets the Truth Slip , Introduces Himself as 'Kamala 's Running Mate' @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the leftist mob like the Girl Scouts of America did ?
• 39:24 — What happens if Donald Trump loses ?
• 46:47 — Spooky Stories from the Biden Campaign “ The tragedy of cancer culture is that nobody ’ s actually mad about this stuff .
It ’ s just all fake outrage.
” — Joe Setyon “ The shame thing only works if you ’ re willing to admit to being shamed .
If you ’ re willing to act like you ’ re shamed .
That ’ s one of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ despises about Trump — is there ’ s zero chance of his coming out and making a mea culpa.
” — Josh Manning “ The left doesn ’ t positively stand for things as a general rule .
They go negative with it.
” — George Upper “ We don ’ t know what Joe Biden ’ s version of the story is because nobody in America ’ s vast media landscape has pressed him.
” — George Upper “ I don ’ t think there ’ s just an opportunity for the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
I think it ’ s absolutely required for the church .
The mandate of the church was never intended to be a suicide pact .
The church should fight for the rights of its organizations.
” — George Upper “ It seems to me if the church , if members of the church , saw a homeless man being beaten to a pulp , they would have an obligation to try to stop them — I would think so .
It ’ s not clear to me why that is particularly virtuous @ @ @ @ @ @ @ large-scale level is somehow not virtuous.
” — Josh Manning RELATED : 'WJ Live ' : Is 2020 Just a Repeat of 2016 ?
“ [ Piper ] is clearly creating a hierarchy here where the things the ‘ Orange Man ’ does are worse than the things that that the left does .
That ’ s an enormous , enormous problem.
” — Josh Manning “ I ’ m not that scared of Biden ’ s policies .
If we can regain control , we can reverse some of those .
I @ @ @ @ @ @ @ again.
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Should the Girl Scouts of America have bowed to the leftist mob over an Amy Coney Barrett tweet? How much will Tony Bobulinski’s testimony affect the 2020 election? Did John Piper miss the mark with his recent anti-Trump article? Will the Republican Party shift its approach if President Trump loses?
In this episode:
0:40 — Should companies bow to the leftist mob like the Girl Scouts of America did?
12:59 — Will Tony Bobulinski’s testimony affect the 2020 election?
23:23 — How should Christians approach voting?
39:24 — What happens if Donald Trump loses?
46:47 — Spooky Stories from the Biden Campaign
Quotes from this episode:
“The tragedy of cancel culture is that nobody’s actually mad about this stuff. It’s just all fake outrage.” — Joe Setyon
“The shame thing only works if you’re willing to admit to being shamed. If you’re willing to act like you’re shamed. That’s one of the things I think that the media despises about Trump — is there’s zero chance of his coming out and making a mea culpa.” — Josh Manning
“The left doesn’t positively stand for things as a general rule. They go negative with it.” — George Upper
“We don’t know what Joe Biden’s version of the story is because nobody in America’s vast media landscape has pressed him.” — George Upper
“I don’t think there’s just an opportunity for the church to speak into the political realm. I think it’s absolutely required for the church. The mandate of the church was never intended to be a suicide pact. The church should fight for the rights of its organizations.” — George Upper
“It seems to me if the church, if members of the church, saw a homeless man being beaten to a pulp, they would have an obligation to try to stop them — I would think so. It’s not clear to me why that is particularly virtuous yet trying to stop that on a large-scale level is somehow not virtuous.” — Josh Manning
“[Piper] is clearly creating a hierarchy here where the things the ‘Orange Man’ does are worse than the things that that the left does. That’s an enormous, enormous problem.” — Josh Manning
“I’m not that scared of Biden’s policies. If we can regain control, we can reverse some of those. I’m worried about never regaining control again.” — Josh Manning
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westernjournal--2020-10-29--This Is How To Debunk Twisted History Lessons Given by Liberal Schools and Teachers

In September , a student whistleblower caught one of her professors calling Donald Trump and the Republican party “ Nazis ” as a guest lecturer for a human rights course .
The instructor , associate professor Ester Shapiro who teaches at the University of Massachusetts Boston , berated one of the students , Mary O ’ Sullivan , after she questioned a number of Shapiro ’ s false and misleading statements .
O ’ Sullivan responded by recording the entire exchange on her phone and releasing the footage to multiple news outlets , including The Western Journal .
“ The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ‘ Can you please refer back to the slide where you ’ ve stated that the United States government are like Nazi Germans ? '
” O ’ Sullivan told The Western Journal .
Overall , the sheer number of slanderous and historically inaccurate statements blurted out by Shapiro in response to O ’ Sullivan was stunning in and of itself .
TRENDING : Biden Lets the Truth Slip , Introduces Himself as 'Kamala 's Running Mate' To make matters worse , the far-left political talking points that the psychology professor parroted out @ @ @ @ @ @ @ are not unique to the University of Massachusetts Boston .
These ideas are being taught at public and private colleges around the country .
While some students may not know better or may agree with professors like this , plenty of conservative students across the country feel marginalized because of it .
When students recognize a professor ’ s political agenda bleeding into their class material , it ’ s important for them to also know how to debunk such lessons .
Shapiro ’ s many inaccurate claims are the perfect place to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ States baked in white supremacy into the Constitution ” While discussing groups that “ believe equality will take something away from them , ” Professor Shapiro made the claim that “ the United States baked in white supremacy into the Constitution ” by protecting slavery .
This lie , that the founders of the United States were white supremacists who built the country to further their racist agenda , is often repeated by the radical left .
Nowadays , many mainstream Democrats parrot versions of this absurd claim .
In a 2019 article @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Vice President for Litigation and Clarence J. and Katherine P. Duncan Chair in Constitutional Government at the Goldwater Institute , explored the history of the claim that slavery is intrinsically tied to America ’ s origins .
RELATED : Former Dem Dave Rubin Reveals He Voted for Trump : Trump Is the Only Way To Stop the Radical Left In doing so , Sandefur fully debunked the notion that America ’ s founders were motivated by “ white supremacy ” when they authored the United States Constitution .
“ In 1857 , Chief @ @ @ @ @ @ @ myth [ that America was premised on slavery ] into the law of the land by asserting in Scott v. Sandford that the United States was created as , and could only ever be , a nation for whites .
‘ The right of property in a slave , ’ he declared , “ is distinctly and expressly affirmed in the Constitution.
’ This was false : the Constitution contains no legal protection for slavery , and doesn ’ t even use the word , ” Sandefur wrote .
“ Both [ Abraham @ @ @ @ @ @ @ answered Taney by citing the historical record as well as the text of the laws : the founders had called slavery both evil and inconsistent with their principles ; they forbade the slave trade and tried to ban it in the territories ; nothing in the Declaration or the Constitution established a color line ; in fact , when the Constitution was ratified , black Americans were citizens in several states and could even vote .
The founders deserved blame for not doing more , but the idea that they were white supremacists @ @ @ @ @ @ @ slander upon their memory . '
” Shapiro ’ s claim that America “ gave the southern slave-holding states the power to count their slaves not as full humans ” is incredibly misleading .
“ When the rest of the world was trying to find its way against enslavement and the United States protected , not only protected slavery , but gave the southern slave-holding states the power to count their slaves not as full humans , but as votes to dominate our politics .
We ’ re still at it , ” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The law that Shapiro seemed to be referring to is the Three-Fifths Compromise , which was actually used as a way to prevent slave states from using their slaves ’ votes to gain more power in congress .
More importantly , to debunk the overall sentiment of Professor Shapiro ’ s comments , the United States was not especially determined to protect the institution of slavery .
Britain and the United States both passed legislation banning the slave trade around the same time , in 1807 and 1808 respectively , according to a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ when ?
” In the next few decades , Spain , Sweden , the Netherlands , Britain , France , Portugal and Brazil all abolished slavery .
Then , in 1862 , President Abraham Lincoln issued the emancipation proclamation and in 1865 the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution banned slavery in the U.S .
This was before numerous countries outlawed the practice .
Slavery has continued to exist in many nations to this very day , but in order to end slavery in this country , Americans fought the bloodiest war in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ best not forget that .
“ We thought this would never happen again .
We thought we were never going to see fascism of the Nazi Germany sort ever again .
We now have children on the border in cages , ” Shapiro continued , referring to the since discontinued Obama-era policy that housed undocumented migrant children in chain-link enclosures at the border .
“ We have the criminalization of immigrants .
We have a criminal who ’ s a president and who ’ s going down in flames , don ’ t @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Shapiro told the class .
Multiple left-wing figures , like Michelle Obama for example , have accused President Donald Trump of throwing undocumented migrant children into cages .
Back in August , however , the former first lady was fact-checked by The Associated Press for accusing Trump of putting children in cages but failing to mention that the “ very same ‘ cages ’ were built and used in her husband ’ s administration , for the same purpose of holding migrant kids temporarily.
” As the AP noted , “ prominent Democrats @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as a distinctive cruelty of Trump.
” “ The reference to cages is misleading and a matter that Democrats have persistently distorted.
” Another claim Shapiro made during the class was that “ [ w ] e have the Republican militias with armbands preparing to go to the polling booths , they are preparing for election suppression , for voter suppression.
” “ The minute the Supreme Court was challenged to say that we still have voter suppression in the United States , they said no with no evidence , ” she continued @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the problem of having to go county by county , state by state , to address the manipulation of the vote .
The only Republican strategy right now .
And , look , I didn ’ t used to say Republican-Democrat , but now that we have Nazis we got to do it.
” First , there is absolutely no evidence to back up the claim that “ Republican militias with armbands ” are heading to the polls for “ voter suppression.
” There is no evidence of a “ Republican strategy ” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ or to harass voters into changing their vote .
Nevertheless , over the past few decades , voter suppression been one of the left ’ s favorite myths .
There has never been one shred of credible evidence backing it up .
On Dec. 2 , 2019 , Jason Reily , a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute , broke down the myth of voter suppression in a video for PragerU , a conservative organization that creates educational videos in defense of conservative values .
Before debunking the left-wing narrative , Reily laid @ @ @ @ @ @ @ examples of so-called “ voter suppression ” — former Georgia state Rep. Stacey Abrams and former mayor of Tallahassee , Florida , Andrew Guillem .
“ At a 2019 NAACP dinner in Detroit , California senator Kamala Harris told the audience that ‘ voter suppression ’ in Georgia and Florida cost Democrats gubernatorial races in the 2018 midterm elections .
‘ Let ’ s say this loud and clear , ’ said Ms. Harris .
‘ Without voter suppression , Stacey Abrams would be the governor of Georgia .
Andrew Gillum is the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ said .
“ A few days earlier , Miss Abrams herself , apparently still bitter over her defeat , made a similar claim .
‘ We had an architect of voter suppression that spent the last eight years knitting together a system of voter suppression that is unparalleled in America , ’ said Miss Abrams in reference to her Republican opponent , a former Georgia Secretary of state.
” Reily then went on to discredit this notion pushed by liberals such as Harris and Abrams .
“ But if minorities are harmed by @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , such as removing inactive voters from registration rolls , why does the evidence all point to the opposite conclusion ?
” Reily asked .
“ A recent census bureau report found that voter turnout in 2018 climbed 11 percentage points from the last midterm election in 2014 , surpassing 50 percent for the first time since 1982 .
Moreover , the increased turnout was largely driven by the same minority voters Democrats claim are being disenfranchised.
” Unfortunately , it remains the case that students like Mary O ’ Sullivan at schools @ @ @ @ @ @ @ side of the story — often the liberal side — when it comes to politics , pushing them to live in fear of having different beliefs , and giving them no real chance to form opinions of their own .
Far-left professors teach a one-sided view of history with the goal of molding their young students into political activists rather than independent thinkers .
No wonder it feels like the country is falling apart .
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Read our editorial standards .

In September, a student whistleblower caught one of her professors calling Donald Trump and the Republican party “Nazis” as a guest lecturer for a human rights course.
The instructor, associate professor Ester Shapiro who teaches at the University of Massachusetts Boston, berated one of the students, Mary O’Sullivan, after she questioned a number of Shapiro’s false and misleading statements.
O’Sullivan responded by recording the entire exchange on her phone and releasing the footage to multiple news outlets, including The Western Journal.
“The question I initially asked my professor was ‘Can you please refer back to the slide where you’ve stated that the United States government are like Nazi Germans?'” O’Sullivan told The Western Journal.
Overall, the sheer number of slanderous and historically inaccurate statements blurted out by Shapiro in response to O’Sullivan was stunning in and of itself.
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To make matters worse, the far-left political talking points that the psychology professor parroted out over the course of the nine-minute video are not unique to the University of Massachusetts Boston. (Following publication of this article, the school issued a comment to The Western Journal, which can be read in full here, regarding the situation).
These ideas are being taught at public and private colleges around the country. While some students may not know better or may agree with professors like this, plenty of conservative students across the country feel marginalized because of it.
When students recognize a professor’s political agenda bleeding into their class material, it’s important for them to also know how to debunk such lessons.
Shapiro’s many inaccurate claims are the perfect place to start.
Claim: “The United States baked in white supremacy into the Constitution”
While discussing groups that “believe equality will take something away from them,” Professor Shapiro made the claim that “the United States baked in white supremacy into the Constitution” by protecting slavery.
This lie, that the founders of the United States were white supremacists who built the country to further their racist agenda, is often repeated by the radical left.
Nowadays, many mainstream Democrats parrot versions of this absurd claim.
In a 2019 article for Reason, Timothy Sandefur, the Vice President for Litigation and Clarence J. and Katherine P. Duncan Chair in Constitutional Government at the Goldwater Institute, explored the history of the claim that slavery is intrinsically tied to America’s origins.
In doing so, Sandefur fully debunked the notion that America’s founders were motivated by “white supremacy” when they authored the United States Constitution.
“In 1857, Chief Justice Roger Taney sought to make the myth [that America was premised on slavery] into the law of the land by asserting in Scott v. Sandford that the United States was created as, and could only ever be, a nation for whites. ‘The right of property in a slave,’ he declared, “is distinctly and expressly affirmed in the Constitution.’ This was false: the Constitution contains no legal protection for slavery, and doesn’t even use the word,” Sandefur wrote.
“Both [Abraham] Lincoln and [Frederick] Douglass answered Taney by citing the historical record as well as the text of the laws: the founders had called slavery both evil and inconsistent with their principles; they forbade the slave trade and tried to ban it in the territories; nothing in the Declaration or the Constitution established a color line; in fact, when the Constitution was ratified, black Americans were citizens in several states and could even vote. The founders deserved blame for not doing more, but the idea that they were white supremacists, said Douglass, was ‘a slander upon their memory.'”
Claim: America was uniquely protective of slavery
Shapiro’s claim that America “gave the southern slave-holding states the power to count their slaves not as full humans” is incredibly misleading.
“When the rest of the world was trying to find its way against enslavement and the United States protected, not only protected slavery, but gave the southern slave-holding states the power to count their slaves not as full humans, but as votes to dominate our politics. We’re still at it,” the professor said to the class.
The law that Shapiro seemed to be referring to is the Three-Fifths Compromise, which was actually used as a way to prevent slave states from using their slaves’ votes to gain more power in congress.
More importantly, to debunk the overall sentiment of Professor Shapiro’s comments, the United States was not especially determined to protect the institution of slavery.
Britain and the United States both passed legislation banning the slave trade around the same time, in 1807 and 1808 respectively, according to a Reuters timeline detailing “who banned slavery when?”
In the next few decades, Spain, Sweden, the Netherlands, Britain, France, Portugal and Brazil all abolished slavery.
Then, in 1862, President Abraham Lincoln issued the emancipation proclamation and in 1865 the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution banned slavery in the U.S.
This was before numerous countries outlawed the practice.
Slavery has continued to exist in many nations to this very day, but in order to end slavery in this country, Americans fought the bloodiest war in the country’s history.
We best not forget that.
Claim: Border detention is right-wing fascism
“We thought this would never happen again. We thought we were never going to see fascism of the Nazi Germany sort ever again. We now have children on the border in cages,” Shapiro continued, referring to the since discontinued Obama-era policy that housed undocumented migrant children in chain-link enclosures at the border.
“We have the criminalization of immigrants. We have a criminal who’s a president and who’s going down in flames, don’t think he’s not,” Shapiro told the class.
Multiple left-wing figures, like Michelle Obama for example, have accused President Donald Trump of throwing undocumented migrant children into cages.
Back in August, however, the former first lady was fact-checked by The Associated Press for accusing Trump of putting children in cages but failing to mention that the “very same ‘cages’ were built and used in her husband’s administration, for the same purpose of holding migrant kids temporarily.”
As the AP noted, “prominent Democrats have continued to cite cages for children as a distinctive cruelty of Trump.”
“The reference to cages is misleading and a matter that Democrats have persistently distorted.”
The myth of voter suppression
Another claim Shapiro made during the class was that “[w]e have the Republican militias with armbands preparing to go to the polling booths, they are preparing for election suppression, for voter suppression.”
“The minute the Supreme Court was challenged to say that we still have voter suppression in the United States, they said no with no evidence,” she continued.
[W]e now have the problem of having to go county by county, state by state, to address the manipulation of the vote. The only Republican strategy right now. And, look, I didn’t used to say Republican-Democrat, but now that we have Nazis we got to do it.”
First, there is absolutely no evidence to back up the claim that “Republican militias with armbands” are heading to the polls for “voter suppression.” There is no evidence of a “Republican strategy” to attempt to keep minorities from voting or to harass voters into changing their vote.
Nevertheless, over the past few decades, voter suppression been one of the left’s favorite myths.
There has never been one shred of credible evidence backing it up.
On Dec. 2, 2019, Jason Reily, a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, broke down the myth of voter suppression in a video for PragerU, a conservative organization that creates educational videos in defense of conservative values.
Before debunking the left-wing narrative, Reily laid out the left’s most oft-used examples of so-called “voter suppression” — former Georgia state Rep. Stacey Abrams and former mayor of Tallahassee, Florida, Andrew Guillem.
“At a 2019 NAACP dinner in Detroit, California senator Kamala Harris told the audience that ‘voter suppression’ in Georgia and Florida cost Democrats gubernatorial races in the 2018 midterm elections. ‘Let’s say this loud and clear,’ said Ms. Harris. ‘Without voter suppression, Stacey Abrams would be the governor of Georgia. Andrew Gillum is the governor of Florida,'” Reily said.
“A few days earlier, Miss Abrams herself, apparently still bitter over her defeat, made a similar claim. ‘We had an architect of voter suppression that spent the last eight years knitting together a system of voter suppression that is unparalleled in America,’ said Miss Abrams in reference to her Republican opponent, a former Georgia Secretary of state.”
Reily then went on to discredit this notion pushed by liberals such as Harris and Abrams.
“But if minorities are harmed by mandating voter ID and other anti-fraud measures, such as removing inactive voters from registration rolls, why does the evidence all point to the opposite conclusion?” Reily asked.
“A recent census bureau report found that voter turnout in 2018 climbed 11 percentage points from the last midterm election in 2014, surpassing 50 percent for the first time since 1982. Moreover, the increased turnout was largely driven by the same minority voters Democrats claim are being disenfranchised.”
A one-sided view of America
Unfortunately, it remains the case that students like Mary O’Sullivan at schools across the country only ever hear one side of the story — often the liberal side — when it comes to politics, pushing them to live in fear of having different beliefs, and giving them no real chance to form opinions of their own.
Far-left professors teach a one-sided view of history with the goal of molding their young students into political activists rather than independent thinkers.
No wonder it feels like the country is falling apart.
UPDATE, Oct. 30, 2020: This article has been updated to direct readers to a comment provided by the University of Massachusetts Boston to The Western Journal following publication. The remainder of the article, and its headline, remain as published.
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