westernjournal--2020-10-23--Schumer Urges FBI Director To Ignore Growing Biden Scandal, Warns Investigation Could ‘Undermine the

Schumer Urges FBI Director To Ignore Growing Biden Scandal, Warns Investigation Could ‘Undermine the Rule of Law’

The biggest October surprise of the 2020 elections came in the form of a laptop , reportedly belonging to Hunter Biden , discovered in a Delaware computer repair shop .
The device , and its damning contents , have grown into a campaign-killing scandal for Hunter ’ s father , Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden .
Information discovered on the laptop hints that the Bidens were allegedly involved in international business schemes that saw unfair payments and deals secured thanks to the power of the elder Biden ’ s position as the former vice president .
Seeing the potential for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to win the White House , some politicians worked to confirm the bombshell discoveries .
After a thorough review by his staff , Rep. Jim Jordan claims to have independently verified the contents of the laptop .
“ Our staff has had numerous conversations , ” Jordan said Tuesday , “ which have independently confirmed for us that in fact these emails are real , they ’ re authentic.
” Unfortunately , not everyone in Washington , D.C. , is itching to get to the bottom of this case .
Some , like @ @ @ @ @ @ @ actively working to suppress an investigation into the laptop allegedly belonging to Hunter Biden .
“ We write regarding press reports concerning materials allegedly describing activities by Hunter Biden , and found on a laptop at a Delaware repair shop , ” the New York Democrat and fellow Democratic Sen. Ron Wyden of Oregon wrote to FBI Director Christopher Ray .
“ We are deeply concerned , ” the Thursday letter continues , “ about the possibility that in response to these reports the Trump Administration will take actions before Election Day that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ candidate and undermine the rule of law.
” The letter urges Wray “ to resist pressure from President Trump and other partisan actors to take any actions intended to benefit President Trump politically on the eve of the election .
Succumbing to such pressure would deeply undermine our national security interests and the credibility of law enforcement , and could have devastating consequences for the resiliency of our democracy.
” It ’ s unclear how Schumer thinks an investigation into a credible accusation of wrongdoing would undermine the rule of law .
Just @ @ @ @ @ @ @ President Donald Trump doesn ’ t need to do anything with the laptop scandal — data found on the device is damning enough already .
With the data cache ’ s credibility continuing to grow , Biden and Democrats are facing even more pressure as Hunter Biden ’ s former business associates flip on the family .
RELATED : Dem Support for Amy Coney Barrett 's Confirmation to the Supreme Court Grows by Double Digits : Poll Emails provided by one former associate appear to confirm that the junior Biden traded on his @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The day before the final presidential debate between Joe Biden and Trump , another former associate stepped forward and further backed up the alleged shady practices of the Biden family .
While Schumer ’ s long-shot attempt to keep the contents of the laptop under wraps and away from the American people looks like it ’ s doomed to fail , it hints at what the lawmaker really thinks of the American voters ’ right to know their candidates .
For the FBI , failing to investigate the alleged laptop of Hunter Biden @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and would virtually confirm to the public that the federal law enforcement agency is biased beyond hope .
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The biggest October surprise of the 2020 elections came in the form of a laptop, reportedly belonging to Hunter Biden, discovered in a Delaware computer repair shop.
The device, and its damning contents, have grown into a campaign-killing scandal for Hunter’s father, Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden.
Information discovered on the laptop hints that the Bidens were allegedly involved in international business schemes that saw unfair payments and deals secured thanks to the power of the elder Biden’s position as the former vice president.
Seeing the potential for even more abuse if the Biden was to win the White House, some politicians worked to confirm the bombshell discoveries.
After a thorough review by his staff, Rep. Jim Jordan claims to have independently verified the contents of the laptop.
“Our staff has had numerous conversations,” Jordan said Tuesday, “which have independently confirmed for us that in fact these emails are real, they’re authentic.”
Unfortunately, not everyone in Washington, D.C., is itching to get to the bottom of this case.
Some, like Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, are actively working to suppress an investigation into the laptop allegedly belonging to Hunter Biden.
“We write regarding press reports concerning materials allegedly describing activities by Hunter Biden, and found on a laptop at a Delaware repair shop,” the New York Democrat and fellow Democratic Sen. Ron Wyden of Oregon wrote to FBI Director Christopher Ray.
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“We are deeply concerned,” the Thursday letter continues, “about the possibility that in response to these reports the Trump Administration will take actions before Election Day that would seek to damage the Democratic presidential candidate and undermine the rule of law.”
The letter urges Wray “to resist pressure from President Trump and other partisan actors to take any actions intended to benefit President Trump politically on the eve of the election. Succumbing to such pressure would deeply undermine our national security interests and the credibility of law enforcement, and could have devastating consequences for the resiliency of our democracy.”
It’s unclear how Schumer thinks an investigation into a credible accusation of wrongdoing would undermine the rule of law.
Just to be clear, the campaign of President Donald Trump doesn’t need to do anything with the laptop scandal — data found on the device is damning enough already.
With the data cache’s credibility continuing to grow, Biden and Democrats are facing even more pressure as Hunter Biden’s former business associates flip on the family.
Emails provided by one former associate appear to confirm that the junior Biden traded on his father’s influence and position.
The day before the final presidential debate between Joe Biden and Trump, another former associate stepped forward and further backed up the alleged shady practices of the Biden family.
While Schumer’s long-shot attempt to keep the contents of the laptop under wraps and away from the American people looks like it’s doomed to fail, it hints at what the lawmaker really thinks of the American voters’ right to know their candidates.
For the FBI, failing to investigate the alleged laptop of Hunter Biden would be a travesty of justice, and would virtually confirm to the public that the federal law enforcement agency is biased beyond hope.
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westernjournal--2020-10-24--First Report Cards Go Out, Show Devastating Trend for Kids Learning Online

Remote learning gets an F if the first wave of Texas report cards is any indication .
Overall , more students are failing at least one class as many turn assignments in late , if at all , and tune out virtual lessons , according to the Texas Tribune .
“ Districts have reported losing track of thousands of students , including some of their most vulnerable , who haven ’ t logged into virtual classes or responded to phone calls and door knocks .
According to state leaders , schools that are open for in-person instruction have seen higher @ @ @ @ @ @ @ virtual education , ” the Texas Tribune said .
The report estimated that about 3 million of the 5.5 million students in Texas public schools are not in their real-life classrooms .
According to KVUE-TV , Austin Independent School District has seen a 70 percent increase in students failing .
TRENDING : Hunter Biden Was on Payroll of Credit Card Company That Benefited from 2005 Bill Pushed by Dad The Hays Consolidated Independent School District in Kyle , Texas said failures are up 30 percent there .
For some educators , the answer @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Mitchell , of Austin ’ s Gorzycki Middle School , sent an email earlier this month that said in one course alone , 25 percent of the students were failing at least one class .
More than 200 students were failing more than one course .
The principal ascribed the issue to problems learning how to use technology , lack of access to technology and Wi-Fi , and anxiety .
Staff were told to exhaust “ all measures to assist the student before failing them , ” such as one-on-one help or parent @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
When all else fails , “ we would ask that you gift the student with a 70 , ” she wrote .
Students with grades below 70 face sanctions in Texas that can bar them from playing sports or participating in extra-curricular activities .
“ We know that some students are taking advantage of the situation or have procrastinated to get themselves into this position .
There is no question about that , ” Mitchell wrote .
“ But we also know that we have asked a great deal of them these @ @ @ @ @ @ @ not be the norm every six-weeks.
” RELATED : Biden Vows To Mandate Masks in 'All Interstate Transportation' Austin is not alone .
Hays school district officials are allowing students to turn work in late without any penalty , and students who received bad grades in the first marking period can take those tests over again .
Austin parent Rosemary Wynn said she discovered her eighth-grade son never opened emails for his teachers , although he did open one from the school ’ s football coach .
As the pile of emails went @ @ @ @ @ @ @ she said .
“ Children don ’ t know how to read email .
That is not part of their repertoire , ” she said .
“ I haven ’ t had a single teacher reach out to say , ‘ your kids ’ grades this , your kids ’ grades that.
’ I think the whole way this is set up is a recipe for disaster.
” One commentator said that schools ’ initial fear of potential infection is now being replaced by the pressure to perform .
“ Districts are starting @ @ @ @ @ @ @ educators , ” said Joy Baskin , legal services director at the Texas Association of School Boards .
“ If they feel that there ’ s enough momentum around getting everyone back , I think that ’ s their preference.
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Remote learning gets an F if the first wave of Texas report cards is any indication.
Overall, more students are failing at least one class as many turn assignments in late, if at all, and tune out virtual lessons, according to the Texas Tribune.
“Districts have reported losing track of thousands of students, including some of their most vulnerable, who haven’t logged into virtual classes or responded to phone calls and door knocks. According to state leaders, schools that are open for in-person instruction have seen higher levels of enrollment than those with only virtual education,” the Texas Tribune said.
The report estimated that about 3 million of the 5.5 million students in Texas public schools are not in their real-life classrooms.
According to KVUE-TV, Austin Independent School District has seen a 70 percent increase in students failing.
The Hays Consolidated Independent School District in Kyle, Texas said failures are up 30 percent there.
For some educators, the answer is to lower standards.
Principal Cathryn Mitchell, of Austin’s Gorzycki Middle School, sent an email earlier this month that said in one course alone, 25 percent of the students were failing at least one class.
More than 200 students were failing more than one course.
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The principal ascribed the issue to problems learning how to use technology, lack of access to technology and Wi-Fi, and anxiety.
Staff were told to exhaust “all measures to assist the student before failing them,” such as one-on-one help or parent conferences by email, phone or Zoom.
When all else fails, “we would ask that you gift the student with a 70,” she wrote.
Students with grades below 70 face sanctions in Texas that can bar them from playing sports or participating in extra-curricular activities.
“We know that some students are taking advantage of the situation or have procrastinated to get themselves into this position. There is no question about that,” Mitchell wrote. “But we also know that we have asked a great deal of them these first five weeks. … This will not be the norm every six-weeks.”
Austin is not alone.
Hays school district officials are allowing students to turn work in late without any penalty, and students who received bad grades in the first marking period can take those tests over again.
Austin parent Rosemary Wynn said she discovered her eighth-grade son never opened emails for his teachers, although he did open one from the school’s football coach.
As the pile of emails went up, his grades went down, she said.
“Children don’t know how to read email. That is not part of their repertoire,” she said. “I haven’t had a single teacher reach out to say, ‘your kids’ grades this, your kids’ grades that.’ I think the whole way this is set up is a recipe for disaster.”
One commentator said that schools’ initial fear of potential infection is now being replaced by the pressure to perform.
“Districts are starting to feel some real internal pressure as educators,” said Joy Baskin, legal services director at the Texas Association of School Boards. “If they feel that there’s enough momentum around getting everyone back, I think that’s their preference.”
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westernjournal--2020-10-24--Biden Vows To Mandate Masks in ‘All Interstate Transportation’

Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden has vowed that , if elected , he will mandate masks for all interstate travel .
In a speech from Wilmington , Delaware , on Friday , Biden attempted to drive home his message that masks will save lives amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic .
Biden stated , “ First , I ’ ll go to every governor and urge them to mandate mask-wearing in their states , and if they refuse , I ’ ll go to the mayors and county executives and get local mask requirements in place nationwide.
” “ As president @ @ @ @ @ @ @ federal buildings and all interstate transportation because masks save lives — period , ” he also said .
TRENDING : Hunter Biden Was on Payroll of Credit Card Company That Benefited from 2005 Bill Pushed by Dad Biden , who sported a mask to start Thursday ’ s debate with President Donald Trump , added , “ Wearing masks is not a political statement , it is a scientific imperative.
” Biden has previously called for a nationwide mask mandate for anyone who leaves their home .
The former vice president ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to follow newly-released Centers for Disease Control and Prevention mask guidelines , which in some cases , might require persons to wear masks while driving their own cars , according to Reuters .
“ The interim CDC guidance urges facial coverings at transportation hubs like airports and train stations , saying masks ‘ will protect Americans and provide confidence that we can once again travel more safely even during this pandemic , ' ” it said .
The Trump administration has refused to nationally mandate the wearing of masks , opting instead to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ state and municipal levels .
The issue of masks and the pandemic was a heavy topic for conversation at the debate Thursday in Nashville , Tennessee .
Comments from both candidates gave voters an insight into each man ’ s outlook on the ongoing pandemic .
At one point , when arguing to end lockdowns of schools and businesses , Trump argued that the country can protect vulnerable populations while getting back to a sense of normality .
“ We ’ re learning to live with it , ” Trump said .
“ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ t lock ourselves up in a basement.
” “ We have to recover .
… We can ’ t close up our nation , or you ’ re not going to have a nation , ” Trump stated .
Biden , on the other hand , called for more mask enforcement while criticizing the Trump administration ’ s response to the pandemic , and carried a tone which many debate viewers perceived as pessimistic .
“ Learning to live with it ?
Come on , ” Biden said .
The Democrat also @ @ @ @ @ @ @ lockdowns and said he would defer such a decision to advisors .
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Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden has vowed that, if elected, he will mandate masks for all interstate travel.
In a speech from Wilmington, Delaware, on Friday, Biden attempted to drive home his message that masks will save lives amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
Biden stated, “First, I’ll go to every governor and urge them to mandate mask-wearing in their states, and if they refuse, I’ll go to the mayors and county executives and get local mask requirements in place nationwide.”
“As president, I will mandate mask-wearing in all federal buildings and all interstate transportation because masks save lives — period,” he also said.
https://youtu.be/oXlnbsDzH6o?t=2518
Biden, who sported a mask to start Thursday’s debate with President Donald Trump, added, “Wearing masks is not a political statement, it is a scientific imperative.”
Biden has previously called for a nationwide mask mandate for anyone who leaves their home.
The former vice president’s comments from Friday are essentially a vow to follow newly-released Centers for Disease Control and Prevention mask guidelines, which in some cases, might require persons to wear masks while driving their own cars, according to Reuters.
“The interim CDC guidance urges facial coverings at transportation hubs like airports and train stations, saying masks ‘will protect Americans and provide confidence that we can once again travel more safely even during this pandemic,'” it said.
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The Trump administration has refused to nationally mandate the wearing of masks, opting instead to allow such decisions to be made at state and municipal levels.
The issue of masks and the pandemic was a heavy topic for conversation at the debate Thursday in Nashville, Tennessee.
Comments from both candidates gave voters an insight into each man’s outlook on the ongoing pandemic.
At one point, when arguing to end lockdowns of schools and businesses, Trump argued that the country can protect vulnerable populations while getting back to a sense of normality.
“We’re learning to live with it,” Trump said.
“We have no choice. We can’t lock ourselves up in a basement.”
“We have to recover. … We can’t close up our nation, or you’re not going to have a nation,” Trump stated.
Biden, on the other hand, called for more mask enforcement while criticizing the Trump administration’s response to the pandemic, and carried a tone which many debate viewers perceived as pessimistic.
“Learning to live with it? Come on,” Biden said.
“We’re dying with it.”
“Learning to live with it? Come on. We’re dying with it.” Democratic Presidential candidate Joe Biden lambasts President Donald Trump’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic. https://t.co/ZoizZwWZF5 pic.twitter.com/PY2k1X6hfG — CNN (@CNN) October 23, 2020
The Democrat also didn’t rule out supporting more lockdowns and said he would defer such a decision to advisors.
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westernjournal--2020-10-24--Apparent Bernie Sanders Supporter Accused of Biden Assassination Plan

A man who appeared to support Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders is accused of plotting to assassinate Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden earlier this year .
Authorities are accusing Alexander Hillel Treisman , 19 , of a plot to kill the former vice president involving guns and explosives .
Tresiman , who is reported to be from Washington state , has been in custody ever since he was arrested in May on charges unrelated to the alleged Biden plot .
Police in Kannapolis , North Carolina , arrested Treisman for allegedly carrying a concealed weapon after discovering his van in the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ : Hunter Biden Was on Payroll of Credit Card Company That Benefited from 2005 Bill Pushed by Dad A court document obtained by WBTV describes what police said they found when they looked into the van .
“ Through the windows , KPD officers observed an AR-15 style rifle , a box for a Taurus .380 handgun , a cannister of the explosive material Tannerite , and a box of 5.56 caliber ammunition , ” federal Judge Joe Webster wrote earlier this month , citing testimony of FBI Special Agent Aaron Seres , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ behind bars .
“ Treisman quickly became the target of a Joint Terrorism Task Forces ( JTTF ) investigation which included agents from multiple field offices around the country , ” according to The Daily Beast .
Authorities said that during their investigation , they found child pornography on the man ’ s phone and other devices .
But Tresiman ’ s electronic devices reportedly unearthed other disturbing files , including online research about the alleged Biden assassination plot .
According to the judge , federal prosecutors proffered a “ timeline of internet @ @ @ @ @ @ @ May 2020 seeking information about Joe Biden ’ s home address , state gun laws , rifle parts , and night vision goggles , along with actions taken by Defendant , including posting the above mentioned meme about killing Joe Biden , purchasing an AR-15 in New Hampshire , traveling to a Wendy ’ s within 4 miles of Joe Biden ’ s home , and writing a checklist note ending with ‘ execute . '
” The report of Treisman ’ s alleged plot against Biden led some on social media to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Trump : But a subsequent report seemed to ruled that connection out .
Reporting from the The Washington Post suggests that Treisman was a supporter of Sanders ’ presidential candidacy , and that he grew upset when it was clear Biden would become the Democratic nominee .
The newspaper reported , “ Days after Sen. Bernie Sanders ( I-Vt. ) suspended his presidential campaign , Treisman , who had suggested in a Reddit post that he had to ‘ save bernie , ’ posted a meme with the caption questioning whether he should @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Beast , which cited a search warrant application , Treisman ’ s “ save bernie ” comment was actually made on the social media platform iFunny .
“ My hatred is for the complacent American people who will turn u in for their own satisfaction .
But aside from former goals , my eyes on the future .
If anything I have to save bernie , ” he reportedly told another user .
Investigators determined he was referring to Sanders , the outlet added .
The Post , meanwhile , did not divulge @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Sanders until the article ’ s 15th paragraph .
The newspaper was heavily criticized online for the way it framed its reporting : According to the evidence presented to the court , Treisman ’ s van also contained other suspicious items , such as more than $ 500,000 in cash from an “ inheritance , ” additional guns , and drawings of swastikas and airplanes being crashed into buildings .
Authorities said they also found literature about survival , Islam and making explosives .
Treisman , who has reportedly been diagnosed with Aspberger @ @ @ @ @ @ @ charged with any crimes related to the alleged Biden plot , and is currently jailed on the child pornography charges .
He has pleaded not guilty .
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A man who appeared to support Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders is accused of plotting to assassinate Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden earlier this year.
Authorities are accusing Alexander Hillel Treisman, 19, of a plot to kill the former vice president involving guns and explosives.
Tresiman, who is reported to be from Washington state, has been in custody ever since he was arrested in May on charges unrelated to the alleged Biden plot.
Police in Kannapolis, North Carolina, arrested Treisman for allegedly carrying a concealed weapon after discovering his van in the parking lot of a bank.
Here is the mugshot police took of Alexander Treisman after they arrested him. He was initially arrested on a state charge of carrying a concealed weapon. He now remains in federal custody — but still not charged with plotting to kill Joe Biden https://t.co/P4RAY7KouF pic.twitter.com/v2tGZ8JgDJ — Nick Ochsner (@NickOchsnerWBTV) October 22, 2020
A court document obtained by WBTV describes what police said they found when they looked into the van.
“Through the windows, KPD officers observed an AR-15 style rifle, a box for a Taurus .380 handgun, a cannister of the explosive material Tannerite, and a box of 5.56 caliber ammunition,” federal Judge Joe Webster wrote earlier this month, citing testimony of FBI Special Agent Aaron Seres, in announcing his decision to keep Tresiman behind bars.
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“Treisman quickly became the target of a Joint Terrorism Task Forces (JTTF) investigation which included agents from multiple field offices around the country,” according to The Daily Beast.
Authorities said that during their investigation, they found child pornography on the man’s phone and other devices.
But Tresiman’s electronic devices reportedly unearthed other disturbing files, including online research about the alleged Biden assassination plot.
According to the judge, federal prosecutors proffered a “timeline of internet searches conducted by Defendant between March and May 2020 seeking information about Joe Biden’s home address, state gun laws, rifle parts, and night vision goggles, along with actions taken by Defendant, including posting the above mentioned meme about killing Joe Biden, purchasing an AR-15 in New Hampshire, traveling to a Wendy’s within 4 miles of Joe Biden’s home, and writing a checklist note ending with ‘execute.'”
The report of Treisman’s alleged plot against Biden led some on social media to connect the young man to President Donald Trump:
Trump seems to have a type Rittenhouse: Treisman: pic.twitter.com/a3SDjQ5Kb8 — The Ghost of George Conway (@gtconway3dg) October 22, 2020
Very fine people for trump! Alexander Hillel Treisman, 19, was found with a trove of guns and more than 6,000 images of child porn. He also researched plans to kill Joe Biden, authorities said. https://t.co/XMm1nZgb1t via @HuffPostPol — Demforever (@rath_22) October 23, 2020
This is what Donald J. Trump’s rhetoric has caused – Alexander Hillel Treisman who had already been arrested by the FBI on child pornography charges. Now it’s come to light that the MAGA fanatic may have also been plotting to assasinate @JoeBiden https://t.co/7F7ldjHr0p — Clyde B ?? ? ⚓ (@jbcb189) October 22, 2020
But a subsequent report seemed to ruled that connection out.
Reporting from the The Washington Post suggests that Treisman was a supporter of Sanders’ presidential candidacy, and that he grew upset when it was clear Biden would become the Democratic nominee.
The newspaper reported, “Days after Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) suspended his presidential campaign, Treisman, who had suggested in a Reddit post that he had to ‘save bernie,’ posted a meme with the caption questioning whether he should kill Biden.”
“[S]hould I kill joe biden?” the post allegedly read.
According to The Daily Beast, which cited a search warrant application, Treisman’s “save bernie” comment was actually made on the social media platform iFunny.
“My hatred is for the complacent American people who will turn u in for their own satisfaction. But aside from former goals, my eyes on the future. If anything I have to save bernie,” he reportedly told another user. Investigators determined he was referring to Sanders, the outlet added.
The Post, meanwhile, did not divulge to readers that Treisman seemed to support Sanders until the article’s 15th paragraph.
The newspaper was heavily criticized online for the way it framed its reporting:
Paragraph 15. https://t.co/v4ste3ugph — Relax, I didn’t vote for the guy you hate (@jtLOL) October 23, 2020
I didn’t get why this wasn’t newsier until: “Days after Sen. Bernie Sanders suspended his…campaign, Treisman, who had suggested in a Reddit post that he had to “save bernie,” posted a meme with the caption questioning whether he should kill Biden.”https://t.co/H3e4JEQRqa — Drew Holden (@DrewHolden360) October 23, 2020
I didn’t get why this wasn’t newsier until: “Days after Sen. Bernie Sanders suspended his…campaign, Treisman, who had suggested in a Reddit post that he had to “save bernie,” posted a meme with the caption questioning whether he should kill Biden.”https://t.co/H3e4JEQRqa — Drew Holden (@DrewHolden360) October 23, 2020
According to the evidence presented to the court, Treisman’s van also contained other suspicious items, such as more than $500,000 in cash from an “inheritance,” additional guns, and drawings of swastikas and airplanes being crashed into buildings.
Authorities said they also found literature about survival, Islam and making explosives.
Treisman, who has reportedly been diagnosed with Aspberger’s syndrome, has not been charged with any crimes related to the alleged Biden plot, and is currently jailed on the child pornography charges. He has pleaded not guilty.
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westernjournal--2020-10-24--Swing State’s Ballots Must Be Counted Even if Verification Signature Doesn’t Match

A long-standing practice meant to guard against voter fraud can not be used in Pennsylvania , according to the state Supreme Court .
The court ruled Friday that ballots can not be rejected solely because the signature of a voter on the ballot does not match the voter ’ s signature on file , according to Politico .
Pennsylvania is among those states that have instituted mass mail-in voting for this election .
President Donald Trump ’ s campaign challenged guidance issued last month by Pennsylvania Secretary of the Commonwealth Kathy Boockvar that said signature comparison was not a valid @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ If the Voter ’ s Declaration on the return envelope is signed and the county board is satisfied that the declaration is sufficient , the mail-in or absentee ballot should be approved for canvassing unless challenged in accordance with the Pennsylvania Election Code , ” Boockvar wrote then .
TRENDING : Hunter Biden Was on Payroll of Credit Card Company That Benefited from 2005 Bill Pushed by Dad “ The Pennsylvania Election Code does not authorize the county board of elections to set aside returned absentee or mail-in ballots based solely on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ elections , ” the guidance read .
The Trump campaign sued , saying that signature comparison — which more than half of states use to verify mail-in voters ’ identities , according to The New York Times — was essential to prevent fraud .
The court did not rule on the larger issue of whether or not that ’ s the case , but said instead that the state ’ s Election Code sets the rules for rejecting ballots , and does not include a requirement for signature analysis .
“ We conclude @ @ @ @ @ @ @ or require county election boards to reject absentee or mail-in ballots during the canvassing process based on an analysis of a voter ’ s signature , ” the court ruled .
The court ordered “ the county boards of elections not to reject absentee or mail-in ballots for counting , computing , and tallying based on signature comparisons conducted by county election officials or employees , or as the result of third party challenges based on such comparisons.
” Some said the ruling will have devastating consequences : RELATED : Biden Vows To @ @ @ @ @ @ @ court said that if the state legislature had wanted such a measure in the law , it could have inserted it .
“ It is not our role under our tripartite system of governance to engage in judicial legislation and to rewrite a statute in order to supply terms which are not present therein , and we will not do so in this instance , ” the ruling said .
As one commentator noted , the Trump campaign has the option of appealing the ruling to the U.S. Supreme Court .
Boockvar had @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , claiming that too many voters would be disqualified if “ arbitrary signature comparisons and challenges to signature variations are allowed to be used as a basis for rejecting mail and absentee ballots , ” according to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette .
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A long-standing practice meant to guard against voter fraud cannot be used in Pennsylvania, according to the state Supreme Court.
The court ruled Friday that ballots cannot be rejected solely because the signature of a voter on the ballot does not match the voter’s signature on file, according to Politico.
Pennsylvania is among those states that have instituted mass mail-in voting for this election.
President Donald Trump’s campaign challenged guidance issued last month by Pennsylvania Secretary of the Commonwealth Kathy Boockvar that said signature comparison was not a valid reason to throw out a ballot.
“If the Voter’s Declaration on the return envelope is signed and the county board is satisfied that the declaration is sufficient, the mail-in or absentee ballot should be approved for canvassing unless challenged in accordance with the Pennsylvania Election Code,” Boockvar wrote then.
“The Pennsylvania Election Code does not authorize the county board of elections to set aside returned absentee or mail-in ballots based solely on signature analysis by the county board of elections,” the guidance read.
The Trump campaign sued, saying that signature comparison — which more than half of states use to verify mail-in voters’ identities, according to The New York Times — was essential to prevent fraud.
The court did not rule on the larger issue of whether or not that’s the case, but said instead that the state’s Election Code sets the rules for rejecting ballots, and does not include a requirement for signature analysis.
“We conclude that the Election Code does not authorize or require county election boards to reject absentee or mail-in ballots during the canvassing process based on an analysis of a voter’s signature,” the court ruled.
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The court ordered “the county boards of elections not to reject absentee or mail-in ballots for counting, computing, and tallying based on signature comparisons conducted by county election officials or employees, or as the result of third party challenges based on such comparisons.”
Some said the ruling will have devastating consequences:
First, Pennsylvania court says mail-in ballots can arrive nine days late. Now, they say that signature on ballot does not have to match signature on file. So, basically anything goes in the Keystone State. An open invitation to fraud. https://t.co/ZykDvyuaXK — Jim Rickards (@JamesGRickards) October 23, 2020
THIS alone might help Biden ensure a WIN in Pennsylvania!!! Pennsylvania ballots can’t be tossed out over voters’ signatures, court says https://t.co/zWMu7nGyS5 via @NBCNews — Independent Commentary from a Patriot (@commentary_a) October 23, 2020
The court said that if the state legislature had wanted such a measure in the law, it could have inserted it.
“It is not our role under our tripartite system of governance to engage in judicial legislation and to rewrite a statute in order to supply terms which are not present therein, and we will not do so in this instance,” the ruling said.
As one commentator noted, the Trump campaign has the option of appealing the ruling to the U.S. Supreme Court.
If appealed to #SCOTUS, a new Justice Barrett could vote with 4 others to review (as they indicated they would in earlier PA case this week), even though normally state supreme courts have the final state on how to interpret state laws. Strap in, folks. — Josh Douglas (@JoshuaADouglas) October 23, 2020
Boockvar had argued against using signatures to verify ballots, claiming that too many voters would be disqualified if “arbitrary signature comparisons and challenges to signature variations are allowed to be used as a basis for rejecting mail and absentee ballots,” according to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
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westernjournal--2020-10-24--US State Dept. Suspends ‘Diversity and Inclusion’ Training After Trump’s Executive Order

The U.S. State Department has suspended diversity and inclusion training sessions after President Donald Trump ’ s September executive order , which banned the teaching of critical race theory or other “ divisive ” ideas to federal agency employees .
Reuters reported that beginning on Friday , Oct. 23 , the department had issued an internal message outlining the pause of such training programs .
“ Beginning Friday , October 23 , 2020 , the Department is temporarily pausing all training programs related to diversity and inclusion in accordance with Executive Order … on Combating Race and Sex Stereotyping , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ department added , “ The pause will allow time for the Department and Office of Personnel Management ( OPM ) to review program content.
” The State Department has not commented publicly on the reported move to suspend diversity training seminars .
TRENDING : Hunter Biden Was on Payroll of Credit Card Company That Benefited from 2005 Bill Pushed by Dad Trump labeled such training seminars as “ divisive ” and “ anti-American ” in a memorandum released last month outlining an order to halt their use within the federal government .
The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ has come to the President ’ s attention that Executive Branch agencies have spent millions of taxpayer dollars to date ‘ training ’ government workers to believe divisive , anti-American propaganda.
” “ For example , according to press reports , employees across the Executive Branch have been required to attend trainings where they are told that ‘ virtually all White people contribute to racism ’ or where they are required to say that they ‘ benefit from racism , ’ ” it said .
“ These types of ‘ trainings ’ not @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for which our Nation has stood since its inception , but they also engender division and resentment within the Federal workforce .
We can be proud that as an employer , the Federal government has employees of all races , ethnicities , and religions , ” the memo from Trump added .
The directive was particularly harsh against the ideas of critical race theory , which essentially links the country ’ s institutions and power structures to a culture of white supremacy .
The memo stated that “ all agencies are directed to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ agency spending related to any training on ‘ critical race theory , ’ ‘ white privilege , ’ or any other training or propaganda effort that teaches or suggests either ( 1 ) that the United States is an inherently racist or evil country or ( 2 ) that any race or ethnicity is inherently racist or evil.
” “ The divisive , false , and demeaning propaganda of the critical race theory movement is contrary to all we stand for as Americans and should have no place in the Federal government , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Trump ’ s banning diversity training for federal employees about white privilege and diversity came up during last month ’ s first presidential debate in a question asked by moderator , Fox News host Chris Wallace .
RELATED : Joe Biden Blasted for Calling America 'an Idea ' That 'We 've Never Lived Up To' The president stated , “ I ended it because it ’ s racist .
I ended it because a lot of people were complaining that they were asked to do things that were absolutely insane , that it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ place in our military , in our schools , all over the place.
” He added , “ We would pay people hundreds of thousands of dollars to teach very bad ideas and frankly , very sick ideas .
And really , they were teaching people to hate our country , and I ’ m not going to do that , I ’ m not going to allow that to happen.
” Trump argued the country must get back to its “ core values ” with regard to equality in the workforce .
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The U.S. State Department has suspended diversity and inclusion training sessions after President Donald Trump’s September executive order, which banned the teaching of critical race theory or other “divisive” ideas to federal agency employees.
Reuters reported that beginning on Friday, Oct. 23, the department had issued an internal message outlining the pause of such training programs.
“Beginning Friday, October 23, 2020, the Department is temporarily pausing all training programs related to diversity and inclusion in accordance with Executive Order … on Combating Race and Sex Stereotyping,” the agency directive stated.
The department added, “The pause will allow time for the Department and Office of Personnel Management (OPM) to review program content.”
The State Department has not commented publicly on the reported move to suspend diversity training seminars.
Trump labeled such training seminars as “divisive” and “anti-American” in a memorandum released last month outlining an order to halt their use within the federal government.
The Sept. 4 memo stated, “It has come to the President’s attention that Executive Branch agencies have spent millions of taxpayer dollars to date ‘training’ government workers to believe divisive, anti-American propaganda.”
“For example, according to press reports, employees across the Executive Branch have been required to attend trainings where they are told that ‘virtually all White people contribute to racism’ or where they are required to say that they ‘benefit from racism,’” it said.
“These types of ‘trainings’ not only run counter to the fundamental beliefs for which our Nation has stood since its inception, but they also engender division and resentment within the Federal workforce. We can be proud that as an employer, the Federal government has employees of all races, ethnicities, and religions,” the memo from Trump added.
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The directive was particularly harsh against the ideas of critical race theory, which essentially links the country’s institutions and power structures to a culture of white supremacy.
The memo stated that “all agencies are directed to begin to identify all contracts or other agency spending related to any training on ‘critical race theory,’ ‘white privilege,’ or any other training or propaganda effort that teaches or suggests either (1) that the United States is an inherently racist or evil country or (2) that any race or ethnicity is inherently racist or evil.”
“The divisive, false, and demeaning propaganda of the critical race theory movement is contrary to all we stand for as Americans and should have no place in the Federal government,” it concluded.
The issue of Trump’s banning diversity training for federal employees about white privilege and diversity came up during last month’s first presidential debate in a question asked by moderator, Fox News host Chris Wallace.
Trump defended cutting the train programs.
WALLACE: “Why did you decide to do that, to end racial sensitivity training — and do you believe that there is systemic racism in this country?” TRUMP: “I ended it because it’s racist” #Debates2020 https://t.co/8XKphUeiZp pic.twitter.com/7aTovVh5pn — Bloomberg (@business) September 30, 2020
The president stated, “I ended it because it’s racist. I ended it because a lot of people were complaining that they were asked to do things that were absolutely insane, that it was a radical revolution that was taking place in our military, in our schools, all over the place.”
He added, “We would pay people hundreds of thousands of dollars to teach very bad ideas and frankly, very sick ideas. And really, they were teaching people to hate our country, and I’m not going to do that, I’m not going to allow that to happen.”
Trump argued the country must get back to its “core values” with regard to equality in the workforce.
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westernjournal--2020-10-24--Big Tech CEO Emails All 10 Million Customers Warning a Vote for Trump Is a ‘Vote Against Democracy’

A California software company CEO angered scores of customers when he sent out a mass email urging they vote for Democratic presidential hopeful Joe Biden , and called anything less “ a vote against democracy.
” David Barrett , the head of a company called Expensify , which creates and maintains software for businesses to track their expenditures , shocked many of his company ’ s ten million customers with the email sent out on Thursday night , Bloomberg reported .
Barrett veered away from business finance in the unsolicited message to the company ’ s 10 million customers after @ @ @ @ @ @ @ message : Vote for Biden , he urged them , or they risk being complicit in destroying democracy .
TRENDING : Hunter Biden Was on Payroll of Credit Card Company That Benefited from 2005 Bill Pushed by Dad On Expensify ’ s website , it gives the pitch , “ Whether you ’ re a road warrior with pockets full of receipts or a busy accountant buried in paperwork , Expensify automates the entire receipt and expense management process.
” But Barrett , who is based in San Francisco , had a pitch @ @ @ @ @ @ @ more targeted .
In his email to his company ’ s clients , Barrett downplayed the threat of voter fraud , cautioned against voting for President Donald Trump and also slammed the idea of voting for third party candidates .
Barrett prefaced , “ It ’ s not like we did this with a lot of enthusiasm .
We did this out of a perceived necessity , ” before writing , “ Expensify depends on a functioning society and economy ; not many expense reports get filed during a civil war.
” He @ @ @ @ @ @ @ I am confident our democracy ( and Expensify ) can survive a Biden presidency .
I can ’ t say the same about Trump.
” “ I ’ m saying a vote for Trump , a vote for a third-party candidate , or simply not voting at all — they ’ re all the same , and they all mean : ‘ I care more about my favorite issue than democracy .
I believe Trump winning is more important than democracy , ” he added .
“ I am comfortable standing aside and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in plain sight , ' ” Barrett wrote .
“ Anything less than a vote for Biden is a vote against democracy.
” RELATED : Biden Vows To Mandate Masks in 'All Interstate Transportation' Backlash to the partisan email from the CEO of the business expense software company was swift online .
Numerous users on Twitter claiming to be Expensify customers hit Barrett for the tone of the email , as well as the perception he violated their trust by using their personal and business information to campaign for a political candidate .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ were conservatives : Barrett ’ s email was sent amid an ongoing conversation regarding anti-conservative bias among tech companies .
Last week , social media giants Twitter and Facebook each censored to varying degrees the sharing of reports about the alleged Hunter Biden scandal .
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A California software company CEO angered scores of customers when he sent out a mass email urging they vote for Democratic presidential hopeful Joe Biden, and called anything less “a vote against democracy.”
David Barrett, the head of a company called Expensify, which creates and maintains software for businesses to track their expenditures, shocked many of his company’s ten million customers with the email sent out on Thursday night, Bloomberg reported.
Barrett veered away from business finance in the unsolicited message to the company’s 10 million customers after the final presidential debate with an unusual message:
Vote for Biden, he urged them, or they risk being complicit in destroying democracy.
I use an app called @expensify to keep track of my receipts Look at this absolute garbage email I got from the CEO after the debate last night PANIC! All Assets Deployed! pic.twitter.com/px75mu6eCJ — Incarnated Fruit (@TitanJenn) October 23, 2020
On Expensify’s website, it gives the pitch, “Whether you’re a road warrior with pockets full of receipts or a busy accountant buried in paperwork, Expensify automates the entire receipt and expense management process.”
But Barrett, who is based in San Francisco, had a pitch that was much more political and much more targeted.
In his email to his company’s clients, Barrett downplayed the threat of voter fraud, cautioned against voting for President Donald Trump and also slammed the idea of voting for third party candidates.
Would you continue to use the services of a company if you received an email such as Barrett's? Yes No
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Barrett prefaced, “It’s not like we did this with a lot of enthusiasm. We did this out of a perceived necessity,” before writing, “Expensify depends on a functioning society and economy; not many expense reports get filed during a civil war.”
He also said, per Bloomberg, “I am confident our democracy (and Expensify) can survive a Biden presidency. I can’t say the same about Trump.”
“I’m saying a vote for Trump, a vote for a third-party candidate, or simply not voting at all — they’re all the same, and they all mean: ‘I care more about my favorite issue than democracy. I believe Trump winning is more important than democracy,” he added.
“I am comfortable standing aside and allowing democracy to be methodically dismantled, in plain sight,'” Barrett wrote.
“Anything less than a vote for Biden is a vote against democracy.”
Backlash to the partisan email from the CEO of the business expense software company was swift online.
Numerous users on Twitter claiming to be Expensify customers hit Barrett for the tone of the email, as well as the perception he violated their trust by using their personal and business information to campaign for a political candidate.
I just received an email from @expensify CEO David Barrett telling me to vote for Joe Biden. Iohk currently uses expensify services. We will immediately begin looking for a new vendor. I did not sign up to have a service provider CEO email my employees pushing a political agenda pic.twitter.com/smJdyli86G — Charles Hoskinson (@IOHK_Charles) October 23, 2020
@dbarrett @expensify This is probably one of the single most disappointing things I’ve ever seen in my life. Our company did not give you access to our emails and our employees emails so that you could force your views upon them. #dumpexpensify pic.twitter.com/lzI0TZzHEU — SWi, LLC (@SWifence) October 23, 2020
An email I received this morning from the CEO of Expensify. This is not ok. My work email is not your Twitter. THIS is the real threat to our democracy. #Expensify pic.twitter.com/IxcHAZI4Cm — Rebecca Zaynor (@RebeccaZaynor) October 23, 2020
Thanks for the spam. I’m a registered Independent and don’t need a lecture. Congratulations for making my decision a lot easier. Unsubscribed and will most definitely not recommend expensify to anyone. — Ruben Reza (@rubenreza) October 23, 2020
Started using our existing QuickBooks online account today for expenses. When @expensify violated their privacy agreement to assert a leftist agenda we looked into assets we already had to replace them. So far, so good. pic.twitter.com/GoYTuEdMeh — Joe Pilot, MD (@JoeSilverman7) October 24, 2020
All of my employees have received an email from David Barrett the CEO of Expensify. In essence his email is telling us how to vote. Sell your software and end promoting your political agenda. We are done with this company. — Dan Schultejann (@DanSchultejann) October 23, 2020
Not all of Barrett’s critics were conservatives:
The CEO of Expensify just emailed everyone in his company’s database that they should vote for Biden. I mean, he’s not wrong you should vote for Biden but I don’t think the businesses that put their employees emails in Expensify want him to use their emails for political purposes pic.twitter.com/quSTJFC9YD — Lauren Almes (@LaurenAlmes) October 23, 2020
Barrett’s email was sent amid an ongoing conversation regarding anti-conservative bias among tech companies.
Last week, social media giants Twitter and Facebook each censored to varying degrees the sharing of reports about the alleged Hunter Biden scandal.
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westernjournal--2020-10-24--CBS Admits Biden’s Debate Claim Wasn’t Correct, Gives Him a ‘True’ Fact Check Anyway

In the spring of 2018 , as debate over the Trump administration ’ s illegal immigrant detention policy was at a fever pitch , photos of “ children in cages ” began trending on social media .
The pictures were just kicking around in the denser circles of social media until they were picked up by figures like former Obama speechwriter Jon Favreau , former Los Angeles Democratic Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and — perhaps most infamously — activist grifter Shaun King , all of whom used the images to batter President Donald Trump .
“ I saw this photo floating @ @ @ @ @ @ @ it was real , ” King tweeted .
“ It is .
Children of immigrants are being held in cages , like dogs , at ICE detention centers , sleeping on the floor .
It ’ s an abomination.
” Yes , well , as The Hill noted , the pictures were from 2014 , having originally been published in The Arizona Republic .
The great irony of the matter is the pictures ended up shining some light on the immigration practices of the Obama administration ; in 2018 , where any attempt @ @ @ @ @ @ @ barbaric , they were a reminder the outrage of the moment had more to do with who was president than what was happening .
On Thursday night , children in cages were again an issue during the final presidential debate .
TRENDING : Hunter Biden Was on Payroll of Credit Card Company That Benefited from 2005 Bill Pushed by Dad Joe Biden made a very false claim about what the Obama administration did .
CBS News , fact-checking his claim , admitted as much .
The outlet said his claim was true , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the president pointing out that the Obama administration “ built cages ” for illegal immigrants who were caught .
“ They used to say I built the cages , and then they had a picture in a certain newspaper , and it was the picture of these horrible cages and they said , ‘ Look at these cages .
President Trump built them.
’ And then it was determined they were built in 2014 .
That was him .
They built cages , ” Trump said .
Biden , meanwhile , said it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ [ families ] at the border to make it a disincentive to come to begin with .
‘ Be real tough .
We ’ re really strong . '
” Trump responded by saying : “ They did it .
We changed the policy .
They did it .
We changed.
” “ We did not separate the– ” Biden said .
“ They built the cages .
Who built the cages , Joe ?
” Trump asked .
RELATED : Fact Check : WaPo Writer Plays Fast and Loose with COVID Truth @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ Let ’ s talk about what we ’ re talking about.
” CBS News , vigilant as always , had a running fact check of various contentious items during the debate .
It went how you might have expected , particularly given how indulgent the outlet was to Biden .
( “ Biden claims raising minimum wage doesn ’ t hurt hiring … Fact check : Inconclusive.
” “ Trump claims Biden called China travel ban response to COVID ‘ xenophobic ’ … Fact check : Inconclusive.
” ) Of particular interest @ @ @ @ @ @ @ this exchange .
“ Claim : Biden says ‘ we did not separate ’ children from their families , and he says the Trump administration did .
Fact check : True , ” CBS News reported .
“ Claim : Trump accuses the Obama administration of building cages at the border .
Fact check : Misleading.
” However , on the first count , CBS News openly admitted the Obama administration separated children from their families and left out pertinent information about why the Trump administration separated children from their families .
As @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ appeared to reprise his false accusation that the Obama administration had a family separation policy ” and that “ [ i ] t was the Trump administration that implemented a border-wide , systematic policy to split up migrant families.
” While the Trump administration separated families under its “ zero-tolerance policy ” regarding illegal immigration , CBS News said that “ [ t ] he Obama administration only separated migrant children from families under certain limited circumstances , such as when the child ’ s safety appeared at risk or when the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ according to the Associated Press.
” Nowhere in this “ fact check ” is the Flores settlement mentioned .
As part of a 1997 settlement to a 1985 lawsuit , the Clinton administration agreed that children must be released “ without unnecessary delay ” to the child ’ s family or , barring that , held in the “ least restrictive ” setting possible .
A federal judge eventually interpreted the settlement as meaning that no minor could be kept in a detention facility for more than 20 days .
Enforcing the law @ @ @ @ @ @ @ case is adjudicated , unfortunately , means releasing children brought over the border to a less-restrictive setting , away from their parents or guardians , after 20 days .
Congress has declined to end this arrangement .
“ In other words , now all minors in detention , whether or not they were with their parents , couldn ’ t be detained for more than three weeks .
[ The 2015 ] ruling laid the groundwork for the current crisis at the border , in which children are released while their parents can @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , the ‘ separation ’ of families .
The alternative is simply releasing the entire family after three weeks or less .
In other words , ‘ catch-and-release , ' ” according to the Center for Immigration Studies .
CBS News reported that “ Biden correctly noted that [ Trump ’ s family separation ] policy was implemented to deter unauthorized U.S.-bound migration .
This did not happen during Mr. Obama ’ s tenure.
” CBS could have just as easily said the Obama administration utilized policies that incentivized migrants to bring minors @ @ @ @ @ @ @ increase their chances of being released if were they caught .
Good luck ever seeing that one .
While the Obama administration may have been proponents of catch-and-release , they also had a child separation policy , as CBS even acknowledged .
Thus , Biden ’ s claim is false .
But it sounds true , right ?
So CBS News decided to go with that .
Meanwhile , the “ border-wide , systematic policy to split up migrant families ” under the Trump administration was actually just the Flores settlement , but @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s something the Trump administration cooked up just for the sake of being cruel .
As for that “ misleading ” claim that the Obama administration had been “ building cages at the border ” : “ Photographs taken in 2014 surfaced on social media of facilities in McAllen , Texas , and Nogales , Arizona , of immigrants behind a chain-link fence in a warehouse converted to a detention facility during a spike in incidences of unaccompanied minors crossing the border , ” CBS News explained .
“ The McAllen facility had @ @ @ @ @ @ @ according to local reports .
“ The Obama administration detained migrant families and unaccompanied minors in these temporary Border Patrol stations after apprehending them and before transferring families to ICE detention centers and the unaccompanied kids to the U.S. refugee agency , ” the outlet continued .
“ This has been the practice at the border during both Republican and Democratic administrations .
The Obama administration did dramatically expand family immigration detention in 2014 and 2015 — when it faced a surge in border crossings — and was sued over the length of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the president ’ s statement seems to be that it was an utterance of Donald J. Trump .
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In the spring of 2018, as debate over the Trump administration’s illegal immigrant detention policy was at a fever pitch, photos of “children in cages” began trending on social media.
The pictures were just kicking around in the denser circles of social media until they were picked up by figures like former Obama speechwriter Jon Favreau, former Los Angeles Democratic Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and — perhaps most infamously — activist grifter Shaun King, all of whom used the images to batter President Donald Trump.
“I saw this photo floating around and didn’t know if it was real,” King tweeted. “It is. Children of immigrants are being held in cages, like dogs, at ICE detention centers, sleeping on the floor. It’s an abomination.”
Yes, well, as The Hill noted, the pictures were from 2014, having originally been published in The Arizona Republic. The great irony of the matter is the pictures ended up shining some light on the immigration practices of the Obama administration; in 2018, where any attempt to effectively enforce immigration law was deemed barbaric, they were a reminder the outrage of the moment had more to do with who was president than what was happening.
On Thursday night, children in cages were again an issue during the final presidential debate.
Joe Biden made a very false claim about what the Obama administration did. CBS News, fact-checking his claim, admitted as much. The outlet said his claim was true, anyway.
The fact-checked exchange began with the president pointing out that the Obama administration “built cages” for illegal immigrants who were caught.
“They used to say I built the cages, and then they had a picture in a certain newspaper, and it was the picture of these horrible cages and they said, ‘Look at these cages. President Trump built them.’ And then it was determined they were built in 2014. That was him. They built cages,” Trump said.
Biden, meanwhile, said it was the Trump administration that “separated [families] at the border to make it a disincentive to come to begin with. ‘Be real tough. We’re really strong.'”
Trump responded by saying: “They did it. We changed the policy. They did it. We changed.”
“We did not separate the–” Biden said.
“They built the cages. Who built the cages, Joe?” Trump asked.
“Let’s talk about what we’re talking about,” Biden responded.
“Who built the cages, Joe?” Trump asked again.
And again: “Let’s talk about what we’re talking about.”
CBS News, vigilant as always, had a running fact check of various contentious items during the debate. It went how you might have expected, particularly given how indulgent the outlet was to Biden. (“Biden claims raising minimum wage doesn’t hurt hiring … Fact check: Inconclusive.” “Trump claims Biden called China travel ban response to COVID ‘xenophobic’ … Fact check: Inconclusive.”)
Of particular interest, however, was how CBS scored this exchange.
“Claim: Biden says ‘we did not separate’ children from their families, and he says the Trump administration did. Fact check: True,” CBS News reported.
“Claim: Trump accuses the Obama administration of building cages at the border. Fact check: Misleading.”
However, on the first count, CBS News openly admitted the Obama administration separated children from their families and left out pertinent information about why the Trump administration separated children from their families.
As for Trump, CBS said that he “appeared to reprise his false accusation that the Obama administration had a family separation policy” and that “[i]t was the Trump administration that implemented a border-wide, systematic policy to split up migrant families.”
While the Trump administration separated families under its “zero-tolerance policy” regarding illegal immigration, CBS News said that “[t]he Obama administration only separated migrant children from families under certain limited circumstances, such as when the child’s safety appeared at risk or when the parent had a serious criminal history, according to the Associated Press.”
Nowhere in this “fact check” is the Flores settlement mentioned.
As part of a 1997 settlement to a 1985 lawsuit, the Clinton administration agreed that children must be released “without unnecessary delay” to the child’s family or, barring that, held in the “least restrictive” setting possible. A federal judge eventually interpreted the settlement as meaning that no minor could be kept in a detention facility for more than 20 days.
Enforcing the law and keeping individuals in detention until their case is adjudicated, unfortunately, means releasing children brought over the border to a less-restrictive setting, away from their parents or guardians, after 20 days. Congress has declined to end this arrangement.
“In other words, now all minors in detention, whether or not they were with their parents, couldn’t be detained for more than three weeks. [The 2015] ruling laid the groundwork for the current crisis at the border, in which children are released while their parents can still be detained awaiting hearings — hence, the ‘separation’ of families. The alternative is simply releasing the entire family after three weeks or less. In other words, ‘catch-and-release,'” according to the Center for Immigration Studies.
CBS News reported that “Biden correctly noted that [Trump’s family separation] policy was implemented to deter unauthorized U.S.-bound migration. This did not happen during Mr. Obama’s tenure.”
CBS could have just as easily said the Obama administration utilized policies that incentivized migrants to bring minors on dangerous border crossings because it would increase their chances of being released if were they caught. Good luck ever seeing that one.
While the Obama administration may have been proponents of catch-and-release, they also had a child separation policy, as CBS even acknowledged.
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Thus, Biden’s claim is false. But it sounds true, right? So CBS News decided to go with that. Meanwhile, the “border-wide, systematic policy to split up migrant families” under the Trump administration was actually just the Flores settlement, but CBS would prefer you think it’s something the Trump administration cooked up just for the sake of being cruel.
As for that “misleading” claim that the Obama administration had been “building cages at the border”:
“Photographs taken in 2014 surfaced on social media of facilities in McAllen, Texas, and Nogales, Arizona, of immigrants behind a chain-link fence in a warehouse converted to a detention facility during a spike in incidences of unaccompanied minors crossing the border,” CBS News explained. “The McAllen facility had been converted to house immigrant children, according to local reports.
“The Obama administration detained migrant families and unaccompanied minors in these temporary Border Patrol stations after apprehending them and before transferring families to ICE detention centers and the unaccompanied kids to the U.S. refugee agency,” the outlet continued.
“This has been the practice at the border during both Republican and Democratic administrations. The Obama administration did dramatically expand family immigration detention in 2014 and 2015 — when it faced a surge in border crossings — and was sued over the length of detention children endured.”
The misleading part of the president’s statement seems to be that it was an utterance of Donald J. Trump.
Fact check: True.
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westernjournal--2020-10-24--City Council in Texas Votes To Rename Confederate-Linked Road; Public Not Happy After Discovering Wh

City Council in Texas Votes To Rename Confederate-Linked Road; Public Not Happy After Discovering What Council Bought Before Decision

Sometimes , local governments are a microcosm for the problems happening in the nation , and that seems to be the case in Kyle , Texas , where the city council unilaterally decided to rename its Rebel Drive .
And that ’ s just the beginning of the strange story .
Maybe the council had an excuse for the name change in August , when statues were being toppled , cities were burning and leftists were on a witch hunt for anything that had even a whiff of nostalgia for any era that wasn ’ t as “ woke ” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , to be fair , the school district comprising the Kyle area already had nixed its rebel mascot at a high school , but this city council went rogue to try to erase the city ’ s ties to its Confederate past .
However , rather than requesting residents ’ suggestions , the council voted to change the name to Fajita Drive , ostensibly to move away from the Confederate ties of the old name , according to multiple reports .
TRENDING : Hunter Biden Was on Payroll of Credit Card Company That @ @ @ @ @ @ @ According to KXAN-TV , new street signs were ordered with the moniker of the sizzling , savory dish from Mexico about a week before the council had even voted on the name change , let alone before any residents had their say .
“ I just thought it was so presumptuous that they would do such a thing without community input , ” longtime Kyle resident Brenna Kadjar told the news outlet .
Residents began a petition that garnered over 1,000 signatures , stating that the name Fajita Drive would subject “ the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ nothing to contribute or better our diverse and growing community.
” In response , the city backed off from the name change , and the issue remains unresolved .
After a public hearing in August , the city council rescinded its previous vote renaming Rebel Drive to Fajita Drive , according to KEYE-TV .
Because a new name hasn ’ t been selected , the street now is known by its state designation : West Ranch to Market Road 150 .
On Oct. 6 , the council created a committee to come up @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , according to KXAN .
The outlet reported that an invoice garnered through a public information request shows $ 1,492.50 was spent on the new street signs .
Mayor Travis Mitchell said he was sorry for “ getting out ahead of my skis ” in the renaming to Fajita Drive .
“ There ’ s an element for staff preparing for items that is kind of a ‘ go with your gut ’ kind of situation , and from the vantage point that I had , doing the best that I could without @ @ @ @ @ @ @ felt like — I felt like the renaming of Fajita Drive was going to happen , ” Mitchell said on Aug. 25 , according to KXAN .
RELATED : Watch : Trump 's Expressions Are Priceless as Biden Commits To Ending the Oil Industry That same day , he elaborated on his decision in a social media post , and that ’ s where the lid blows off the ridiculous situation .
“ I encourage anyone who thinks the council named the street ‘ after a piece of meat ’ to watch the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , ” Mitchell wrote on Facebook .
WARNING : The following Facebook post contains vulgar language that some readers may find offensive .
“ Council and staff have been openly celebrating the legacy of Sonny Falcon [ a local icon nicknamed the “ Fajita King ” ] and Kyle ’ s place in fajita history for some time .
From our standpoint , naming the street Fajita Drive made a lot of sense — which is why it passed unanimously and joyously.
” Then Mitchell ’ s post shifted to an apology for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ text exchange ” between him , two other members of the council and attorney Chevo Pastrano , who published the exchange .
What was in those text messages ?
Well , it turns out the men responsible mocked what they were doing and acknowledged ramming the change through .
“ Let ’ s keep Rebel , ” Mitchell allegedly wrote in the text , mocking dissenters .
“ Good vibes .
F— change .
Rebel Pride Never Dies !
” That text was a response just after Rick Koch , council member and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Kyle was receiving and bragged how it bolstered “ Hispanic culture and pride.
” But the whole exchange became contentious between Pastrano and the two councilmen as Pastrano admonished them for turning the city into a joke .
Koch sarcastically retorted at one point , “ Maple , is that non-Mexican enough for you ?
” before sharing a screen shot of a photo of a street named Roast Meat Hill Rd .
So it appeared they knew what they were doing was ridiculous , unpopular , and didn ’ t care one @ @ @ @ @ @ @ won ’ t even have a public discussion about keeping ties to their Confederate past ( even if not to repeat them ) .
Throughout the South , ties to Confederate monuments , cemeteries and places named after historical figures run deep because it is the region ’ s heritage , even if slavery was a repugnant part of it that should spark discourse rather than unilateral destruction of the past .
It looks as if some in the city of Kyle were right when they tried to recall Mitchell and Koch in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ interests of the city in mind , the Hays Free Press reported at the time .
This strange story with crazy twists really does illustrate the current political climate , where elected officials aren ’ t interested in what their constituents want or have to say , just in what the officials think needs to happen .
The move away from glorifying our Confederate past might eventually happen anyway , but it is up to the public — not bureaucrats — to decide .
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Sometimes, local governments are a microcosm for the problems happening in the nation, and that seems to be the case in Kyle, Texas, where the city council unilaterally decided to rename its Rebel Drive.
And that’s just the beginning of the strange story.
Maybe the council had an excuse for the name change in August, when statues were being toppled, cities were burning and leftists were on a witch hunt for anything that had even a whiff of nostalgia for any era that wasn’t as “woke” as today’s America.
And, to be fair, the school district comprising the Kyle area already had nixed its rebel mascot at a high school, but this city council went rogue to try to erase the city’s ties to its Confederate past.
However, rather than requesting residents’ suggestions, the council voted to change the name to Fajita Drive, ostensibly to move away from the Confederate ties of the old name, according to multiple reports.
According to KXAN-TV, new street signs were ordered with the moniker of the sizzling, savory dish from Mexico about a week before the council had even voted on the name change, let alone before any residents had their say.
“I just thought it was so presumptuous that they would do such a thing without community input,” longtime Kyle resident Brenna Kadjar told the news outlet.
Residents began a petition that garnered over 1,000 signatures, stating that the name Fajita Drive would subject “the city to jokes and humiliation and does nothing to contribute or better our diverse and growing community.”
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In response, the city backed off from the name change, and the issue remains unresolved.
After a public hearing in August, the city council rescinded its previous vote renaming Rebel Drive to Fajita Drive, according to KEYE-TV.
Because a new name hasn’t been selected, the street now is known by its state designation: West Ranch to Market Road 150.
On Oct. 6, the council created a committee to come up with suggestions for a new street name, according to KXAN. The outlet reported that an invoice garnered through a public information request shows $1,492.50 was spent on the new street signs.
Mayor Travis Mitchell said he was sorry for “getting out ahead of my skis” in the renaming to Fajita Drive.
“There’s an element for staff preparing for items that is kind of a ‘go with your gut’ kind of situation, and from the vantage point that I had, doing the best that I could without discussing with all of council, I felt like — I felt like the renaming of Fajita Drive was going to happen,” Mitchell said on Aug. 25, according to KXAN.
That same day, he elaborated on his decision in a social media post, and that’s where the lid blows off the ridiculous situation.
“I encourage anyone who thinks the council named the street ‘after a piece of meat’ to watch the discussion of our council from last week,” Mitchell wrote on Facebook.
WARNING: The following Facebook post contains vulgar language that some readers may find offensive.
“Council and staff have been openly celebrating the legacy of Sonny Falcon [a local icon nicknamed the “Fajita King”] and Kyle’s place in fajita history for some time. From our standpoint, naming the street Fajita Drive made a lot of sense — which is why it passed unanimously and joyously.”
Then Mitchell’s post shifted to an apology for the “tone and tenor of the text exchange” between him, two other members of the council and attorney Chevo Pastrano, who published the exchange.
What was in those text messages? Well, it turns out the men responsible mocked what they were doing and acknowledged ramming the change through.
“Let’s keep Rebel,” Mitchell allegedly wrote in the text, mocking dissenters. “Good vibes. F— change. Rebel Pride Never Dies!”
That text was a response just after Rick Koch, council member and mayor pro tempore, praised the publicity Kyle was receiving and bragged how it bolstered “Hispanic culture and pride.”
But the whole exchange became contentious between Pastrano and the two councilmen as Pastrano admonished them for turning the city into a joke.
Koch sarcastically retorted at one point, “Maple, is that non-Mexican enough for you?” before sharing a screen shot of a photo of a street named Roast Meat Hill Rd.
So it appeared they knew what they were doing was ridiculous, unpopular, and didn’t care one iota — just like other cowards who won’t even have a public discussion about keeping ties to their Confederate past (even if not to repeat them).
Throughout the South, ties to Confederate monuments, cemeteries and places named after historical figures run deep because it is the region’s heritage, even if slavery was a repugnant part of it that should spark discourse rather than unilateral destruction of the past.
It looks as if some in the city of Kyle were right when they tried to recall Mitchell and Koch in 2019 for supposedly not having the best interests of the city in mind, the Hays Free Press reported at the time.
This strange story with crazy twists really does illustrate the current political climate, where elected officials aren’t interested in what their constituents want or have to say, just in what the officials think needs to happen.
The move away from glorifying our Confederate past might eventually happen anyway, but it is up to the public — not bureaucrats — to decide.
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westernjournal--2020-10-24--Man, Girlfriend Left Bleeding After Vicious Beating Over ‘Trump 2020’ Flag

Two people were beaten in Oklahoma City after a fight broke out at a gas station Oct. 19 over a flag supporting President Donald Trump .
A victim and a witness told KOCO-TV that the fight was politically motivated and broke out over a Trump 2020 flag that was displayed on the back of a truck .
The truck had pulled into a gas station in Bricktown early Monday morning before the altercation .
“ The victim stated he and some other people pulled up to a gas pump , ” Sgt .
Megan Morgan of the Oklahoma City Police @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ That ’ s when a verbal altercation ensued between the victim and the suspect.
” TRENDING : Hunter Biden Was on Payroll of Credit Card Company That Benefited from 2005 Bill Pushed by Dad Police say the argument turned violent and the victim and his girlfriend were both “ punched so hard that the man was bleeding from his nose , mouth and both eyes , ” KOCO reported .
He had to get 28 stitches in his forehead , according to a GoFundMe set up for him by friends .
The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ripped off the truck .
“ Officers attempted to speak with the remaining motorcycle riders which were on scene , however they were uncooperative in nature refusing to provide any of the suspect ’ s possible information and cited the usual anti-police rhetoric , ” the police report said .
The incident is still under investigation and police ask anyone with information about the other suspects to call the department .
Some people have reacted violently to Trump supporters flying flags in support of the president ’ s re-election campaign .
An alleged @ @ @ @ @ @ @ without bond after police say he fired a shotgun at Trump supporters who drove by in a pickup truck and honked their horn at him .
RELATED : First Report Cards Go Out , Show Devastating Trend for Kids Learning Online Douglas Kuhn was booked at the White Marsh Precinct in Kingsville , Maryland , after the Saturday incident , WJZ-TV said .
Neal Houk and his son were driving a pickup truck with a large sign supporting Trump ’ s re-election campaign , CBS News reported .
Houk said they honked their @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , who was putting up a Black Lives Matter sign in his yard .
“ He reached down .
He had a shotgun right there , pulled it out and pointed it right at [ the truck ] , ” Houk said .
“ We see what ’ s going on in the country , and I really didn ’ t expect it right here at home.
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Two people were beaten in Oklahoma City after a fight broke out at a gas station Oct. 19 over a flag supporting President Donald Trump.
A victim and a witness told KOCO-TV that the fight was politically motivated and broke out over a Trump 2020 flag that was displayed on the back of a truck.
The truck had pulled into a gas station in Bricktown early Monday morning before the altercation.
“The victim stated he and some other people pulled up to a gas pump,” Sgt. Megan Morgan of the Oklahoma City Police Department said in a media conference.
“That’s when a verbal altercation ensued between the victim and the suspect.”
A man beaten and left bloody after a fight broke out over his Trump 2020 flag. pic.twitter.com/eBDmlWSPwS — Erin Beu (@KOCOErin) October 21, 2020
Police say the argument turned violent and the victim and his girlfriend were both “punched so hard that the man was bleeding from his nose, mouth and both eyes,” KOCO reported.
He had to get 28 stitches in his forehead, according to a GoFundMe set up for him by friends.
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The “Trump 2020” flag was also ripped off the truck.
“Officers attempted to speak with the remaining motorcycle riders which were on scene, however they were uncooperative in nature refusing to provide any of the suspect’s possible information and cited the usual anti-police rhetoric,” the police report said.
The incident is still under investigation and police ask anyone with information about the other suspects to call the department.
Some people have reacted violently to Trump supporters flying flags in support of the president’s re-election campaign.
An alleged Black Lives Matter supporter was being held without bond after police say he fired a shotgun at Trump supporters who drove by in a pickup truck and honked their horn at him.
Douglas Kuhn was booked at the White Marsh Precinct in Kingsville, Maryland, after the Saturday incident, WJZ-TV said.
Neal Houk and his son were driving a pickup truck with a large sign supporting Trump’s re-election campaign, CBS News reported.
Houk said they honked their horn in a good-natured manner at Kuhn, who was putting up a Black Lives Matter sign in his yard.
“He reached down. He had a shotgun right there, pulled it out and pointed it right at [the truck],” Houk said.
“We see what’s going on in the country, and I really didn’t expect it right here at home.”
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westernjournal--2020-10-24--San Francisco Lists 44 Schools as Candidates To Be Renamed, Including Dianne Feinstein Elementary

Forty-four San Francisco schools could be slated for name makeovers if a committee within the San Francisco Unified School District can convince the school board of the need .
The San Francisco Chronicle reported that the School Names Advisory Committee was first charged in January with the mission of deciding which of the SFUSD ’ s schools should potentially be renamed .
The committee came to be more than a year and half after the school board voted in May 2018 to mandate a panel to study the names of the district ’ s 125 schools and recommend changes .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ week they may be renamed for purported “ connections to slavery , genocide or oppression , ” according to the Chronicle , are expected to choose alternate monikers by Dec. 18 .
TRENDING : Hunter Biden Was on Payroll of Credit Card Company That Benefited from 2005 Bill Pushed by Dad The advisory committee members have been meeting on an ad-hoc basis since January , according to the group ’ s meeting minutes .
Their recommendations to remove names like that of 16th U.S. President Lincoln , first U.S. President Washington , Revolutionary @ @ @ @ @ @ @ former San Francisco Mayor Feinstein , “ Star-Spangled Banner ” songwriter Key , Serra ( a missionary priest from Spain ) , “ Alamo ” ( likely a reference to the Texas Revolution battleground ) , San Francisco ’ s former military post Presidio , and Roosevelt ( a reference to either former President Franklin Delano Roosevelt or former President Teddy Roosevelt ) were based on research conducted by the committee ’ s members , the Chronicle reported .
According to the 2018 resolution that kickstarted the renaming process , the SFUSD had @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as Malcolm X Academy in 1994 , because the English explorer was allegedly a “ slave trader.
” The 2018 resolution additionally indicated that Dianne Feinstein Elementary School was formerly called “ Parkside Elementary School.
” The Chronicle said the school was renamed after Feinstein in 2006 , but may be renamed again because Feinstein reportedly replaced a damaged Confederate flag at city hall while serving as San Francisco ’ s mayor in the 1980s .
As part of the renaming committee ’ s “ Guiding Principles , ” established during its July @ @ @ @ @ @ @ search for names “ grounded in social & economic justice ” that “ bring joy and healing to the world , ” reflect the district ’ s “ core values , ” honor the “ heritage of unceded ancestral homelands , Indigenous nations and Indigenous communities , ” and “ reflect the diversity ” of the city ’ s residents .
Parent Jonathan Alloy , whose children are students at Commodore Sloat Elementary School — also on the list for its connection to Navy officer John D. Sloat — told the Chronicle that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ children who are struggling with distance learning-related demands during the COVID-19 pandemic .
“ Principals are devoting resources to this , ” Alloy said .
“ We ’ re being presented with it as a fait accompli.
” “ We ’ re not actually helping disadvantaged children by changing the name of the school they can ’ t attend , ” he added .
Sloat Elementary Principal Fowzigiah Abdolcader advised parents on Oct. 14 the school was seeking to change its name because the names committee viewed Sloat as a “ colonizer who @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” the Chronicle reported .
“ I understand that this may bring up mixed emotions within our community , because we love our school , ” Abdolcader said .
RELATED : First Report Cards Go Out , Show Devastating Trend for Kids Learning Online The fact that the school district is focused on changing school names right now is “ offensive , ” according to San Francisco Mayor London Breed , a Democrat .
The school district must “ focus on reopening our public schools , not renaming them , ” she tweeted @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in the midst of this once in a century challenge , to hear that the District is focusing energy and resources on renaming schools — schools that haven ’ t even opened — is offensive , ” Breed said in a statement , citing $ 15 million the city earmarked to support the schools during the pandemic .
“ It ’ s offensive to parents who are juggling their children ’ s daily at-home learning schedules , with doing their own jobs and maintaining their sanity , ” she said .
“ It @ @ @ @ @ @ @ who went to our public schools , who loves our public schools , and who knows how those years in the classroom are what lifted me out of poverty and into college .
It ’ s offensive to our kids who are staring at screens day after day instead of learning and growing with their classmates and friends.
” San Francisco Board of Education president Mark Sanchez defended the committee ’ s work in a statement of his own , also on Oct. 16 .
“ My colleagues and I are in full @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the continued education of our students and the wellbeing of everyone in our community , including students , staff and their families , ” Sanchez said .
“ We also believe the timing for taking an anti-racist stance is as much now as ever , even in the midst of the pandemic .
But I want to assure you that reopening schools is in no way being held up by the community process the school renaming panel is engaged in.
” Sanchez told the Chronicle that he didn ’ t think all 44 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The panel will likely meet in January or February to consider the alternative names and submit its final recommendations to the school board , which will vote on them .
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Forty-four San Francisco schools could be slated for name makeovers if a committee within the San Francisco Unified School District can convince the school board of the need.
The San Francisco Chronicle reported that the School Names Advisory Committee was first charged in January with the mission of deciding which of the SFUSD’s schools should potentially be renamed.
The committee came to be more than a year and half after the school board voted in May 2018 to mandate a panel to study the names of the district’s 125 schools and recommend changes.
The 44 schools that were notified last week they may be renamed for purported “connections to slavery, genocide or oppression,” according to the Chronicle, are expected to choose alternate monikers by Dec. 18.
The schools include Abraham Lincoln High School, George Washington High School, Paul Revere (PreK-8) School, Dianne Feinstein Elementary School, Francis Scott Key Elementary School, Juniper Serra Elementary School, Alamo Elementary School, Presidio Middle School and Roosevelt Middle School.
The advisory committee members have been meeting on an ad-hoc basis since January, according to the group’s meeting minutes. Their recommendations to remove names like that of 16th U.S. President Lincoln, first U.S. President Washington, Revolutionary War patriot Revere, Democratic senator and former San Francisco Mayor Feinstein, “Star-Spangled Banner” songwriter Key, Serra (a missionary priest from Spain), “Alamo” (likely a reference to the Texas Revolution battleground), San Francisco’s former military post Presidio, and Roosevelt (a reference to either former President Franklin Delano Roosevelt or former President Teddy Roosevelt) were based on research conducted by the committee’s members, the Chronicle reported.
According to the 2018 resolution that kickstarted the renaming process, the SFUSD had previously relabeled Sir Francis Drake Elementary School as Malcolm X Academy in 1994, because the English explorer was allegedly a “slave trader.”
The 2018 resolution additionally indicated that Dianne Feinstein Elementary School was formerly called “Parkside Elementary School.” The Chronicle said the school was renamed after Feinstein in 2006, but may be renamed again because Feinstein reportedly replaced a damaged Confederate flag at city hall while serving as San Francisco’s mayor in the 1980s.
As part of the renaming committee’s “Guiding Principles,” established during its July 17 meeting, the commission intends to search for names “grounded in social & economic justice” that “bring joy and healing to the world,” reflect the district’s “core values,” honor the “heritage of unceded ancestral homelands, Indigenous nations and Indigenous communities,” and “reflect the diversity” of the city’s residents.
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Parent Jonathan Alloy, whose children are students at Commodore Sloat Elementary School — also on the list for its connection to Navy officer John D. Sloat — told the Chronicle that changing school names does nothing to help children who are struggling with distance learning-related demands during the COVID-19 pandemic.
“Principals are devoting resources to this,” Alloy said. “We’re being presented with it as a fait accompli.”
“We’re not actually helping disadvantaged children by changing the name of the school they can’t attend,” he added.
Sloat Elementary Principal Fowzigiah Abdolcader advised parents on Oct. 14 the school was seeking to change its name because the names committee viewed Sloat as a “colonizer who ‘claimed/stole’ California from Mexico,” the Chronicle reported.
“I understand that this may bring up mixed emotions within our community, because we love our school,” Abdolcader said.
The fact that the school district is focused on changing school names right now is “offensive,” according to San Francisco Mayor London Breed, a Democrat.
The school district must “focus on reopening our public schools, not renaming them,” she tweeted Oct. 16.
“And now, in the midst of this once in a century challenge, to hear that the District is focusing energy and resources on renaming schools — schools that haven’t even opened — is offensive,” Breed said in a statement, citing $15 million the city earmarked to support the schools during the pandemic.
“It’s offensive to parents who are juggling their children’s daily at-home learning schedules, with doing their own jobs and maintaining their sanity,” she said.
“It’s offensive to me as someone who went to our public schools, who loves our public schools, and who knows how those years in the classroom are what lifted me out of poverty and into college. It’s offensive to our kids who are staring at screens day after day instead of learning and growing with their classmates and friends.”
Today I issued a statement on the need for our School District to focus on reopening our public schools, not renaming them. To address inequities, we need to get our kids back in the classroom. pic.twitter.com/nHnauVZzFe — London Breed (@LondonBreed) October 16, 2020
San Francisco Board of Education president Mark Sanchez defended the committee’s work in a statement of his own, also on Oct. 16.
“My colleagues and I are in full agreement that the biggest priority is ensuring the continued education of our students and the wellbeing of everyone in our community, including students, staff and their families,” Sanchez said.
“We also believe the timing for taking an anti-racist stance is as much now as ever, even in the midst of the pandemic. But I want to assure you that reopening schools is in no way being held up by the community process the school renaming panel is engaged in.”
Sanchez told the Chronicle that he didn’t think all 44 schools’ names would be changed.
The panel will likely meet in January or February to consider the alternative names and submit its final recommendations to the school board, which will vote on them.
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