westernjournal--2020-11-13--NYT Retracts Call for House Democrat as GOP Challenger Comes Roaring Back Into Race

The New York Times retracted its call on Thursday in a New Jersey congressional race in which the incumbent Democrat has seen his lead steadily decline over the course of a week .
The race between incumbent Democratic Rep. Tom Malinowski and Republican Thomas Kean Jr. in New Jersey ’ s 7th Congressional District has tightened considerably since Nov. 3 , according to New Jersey Globe editor David Wildstein .
Malinowski declared victory on Nov. 4 , writing on Twitter : “ Thank you to the voters of the 7th district for demanding that your candidates run on substance , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ issues facing America.
” Malinowksi ’ s lead , which had been over 28,000 last week , had shrunk to 5,496 by Friday afternoon , according to The Times .
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Kean , who has been the New Jersey state Senate Republican leader since 2008 , hasn ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The Associated Press , which called the race on Nov. 4 , said it is currently monitoring the situation .
“ The Associated Press continues to watch and analyze vote count results from New Jersey ’ s 7th Congressional District as they come in , ” an AP spokesman told Wildstein .
“ We will follow the facts in all cases.
” Malinowski defeated former Republican Rep. Leonard Lance in 2018 by more than 16,000 votes .
Lance had held the seat since 2009 .
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The New York Times retracted its call on Thursday in a New Jersey congressional race in which the incumbent Democrat has seen his lead steadily decline over the course of a week.
The race between incumbent Democratic Rep. Tom Malinowski and Republican Thomas Kean Jr. in New Jersey’s 7th Congressional District has tightened considerably since Nov. 3, according to New Jersey Globe editor David Wildstein.
Malinowski declared victory on Nov. 4, writing on Twitter: “Thank you to the voters of the 7th district for demanding that your candidates run on substance, civility, and moral clarity about the issues facing America.”
Malinowksi’s lead, which had been over 28,000 last week, had shrunk to 5,496 by Friday afternoon, according to The Times.
The New York Times has now pulled back their call for Malinowski in NJ-7. https://t.co/h0L8ZOol9C — David Wildstein (@wildstein) November 12, 2020
About 400,000 votes have been tallied in the race and 38,000 remain uncounted, the New Jersey Globe reported.
Kean, who has been the New Jersey state Senate Republican leader since 2008, hasn’t commented on the tightening race.
The Associated Press, which called the race on Nov. 4, said it is currently monitoring the situation.
“The Associated Press continues to watch and analyze vote count results from New Jersey’s 7th Congressional District as they come in,” an AP spokesman told Wildstein. “We will follow the facts in all cases.”
From @AP spokesman: “The Associated Press continues to watch and analyze vote count results from New Jersey’s 7th Congressional District as they come in. We will follow the facts in all cases.” https://t.co/JgvbGqGilW — David Wildstein (@wildstein) November 12, 2020
FiveThirtyEight gave Malinowski a 76 percent chance to win re-election.
Malinowski defeated former Republican Rep. Leonard Lance in 2018 by more than 16,000 votes. Lance had held the seat since 2009.
The Times endorsed Malinowski in October.
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westernjournal--2020-11-13--See the Blistering Photo AOC Used To Attack Pro-Police Democrat Joe Manchin

Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia has found himself in the crosshairs of New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez amid the party ’ s reported infighting .
That infighting began during a conference call on Nov. 5 among House Democrats who , despite holding the lower chamber and claiming victory for their party ’ s candidate in the presidential race , reportedly turned on one another — and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi .
The New York Times summed up the nature of the call and how 2020 victors felt about the Nov. 3 election .
“ Democrats wept , cursed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ extraordinary party confab to dissect the disappointing results of this week ’ s elections , agreeing on little except that they needed a ‘ deep dive ’ into how they had ended up with painful losses that weakened their House majority instead of the big gains they had boldly predicted , ” The Times reported .
The explanation for losing ground in the House , according to some of the more moderate Democrats on the call , was that the party ’ s tacit support of defunding the police and embracing socialism hurt @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Bad News for Dems : Kamala Harris Would n't Be First VP of Color - It Was a Republican Elected Over 90 Years Ago It ’ s hard to argue against that , but it ’ s nice to hear that Democrats were in a panic as they went after one another .
When Democrats are fighting among themselves , it ’ s best to sit back and enjoy it .
That infighting hasn ’ t yet ended with a big family hug , either , as now Manchin , a red-state Democrat @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Manchin is a deeply flawed candidate , if for no other reason than his record on abortion , which belies his claims to be “ pro-life.
” But in 2018 , West Virginians were inclined to keep him in the Senate , and you ’ d expect it could stay that way so long as he doesn ’ t veer too far to the left .
Manchin doesn ’ t seem ready to embrace Ocasio-Cortez ’ s radical leftist politics , lest he find himself shown the door by Mountain State voters .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ clear Wednesday on Twitter .
Manchin tweeted , “ Defund the police ?
Defund , my butt .
I ’ m a proud West Virginia Democrat .
We are the party of working men and women .
We want to protect Americans ’ jobs & healthcare .
We do not have some crazy socialist agenda , and we do not believe in defunding the police.
” RELATED : History Stands Against the Idea of Incumbent President Losing but His Party Gaining House Seats You have to think that if Manchin truly believed that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ too , he wouldn ’ t have had to send the tweet — or tried to portray himself in such a folksy manner by playing the Democrat game of pretending one isn ’ t out of touch with voters .
Apparently “ my butt ” is a colloquial term Manchin thought would endear him to coal miners and others who wish to preserve law and order — and their livelihoods .
Manchin also shared his interview with the Washington Examiner in which he explained that he would not support his party ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the deciding vote on some issues .
“ Under no circumstances would I support packing the court or ending the filibuster if there is a 50-50 tie , ” the senator told the Examiner .
Manchin ’ s statement made headlines , but it also grabbed the attention of Ocasio-Cortez , who went on Twitter to signal that he had apparently made one of her lists .
In a rather dramatic photo post , she responded with no caption : AOC , who was re-elected last week by New York voters , then @ @ @ @ @ @ @ members of her own party .
The leftist congresswoman eventually zeroed in on former Sen. Claire McCaskill , a one-time , long-serving red-state Democrat , like Manchin .
Ocasio-Cortez tweeted , “ Why do we listen to people who lost elections as if they are experts in winning elections ?
“ McCaskill tried her approach .
She ran as a caravan-hysteria Dem & lost while grassroots organizers won progressive measures in MO .
“ Her language here shows how she took her base for granted.
” It ’ s been a good trade @ @ @ @ @ @ @ It ’ s likely Manchin could face the same fate as McCaskill in West Virginia in 2024 , as this year ’ s congressional elections thus far have been a referendum against radical Democrats and those who have enabled them .
Manchin might be a Democrat , but he ’ s at least smart enough to know that , so a move further to the middle seems a reasonable response .
AOC is well-versed in the politics of the Bronx , but voters in her district don ’ t have a lot in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ or in Missouri .
You ’ d kind of like for someone to set the New Yorker straight , but when Democrats are fighting , it ’ s best to not intervene .
No ifs , ands or “ butts ” about it , Manchin knows his constituents better than Ocasio-Cortez does , and they overwhelmingly don ’ t think socialism is cool .
Likely concerned about re-election , the West Virginia Democrat seems to be pivoting to the middle in a move that could prove costly for Senate Democrats , who will @ @ @ @ @ @ @ without his vote .
And what ’ s bad for Democrats generally tends to be good for America .
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Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia has found himself in the crosshairs of New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez amid the party’s reported infighting.
That infighting began during a conference call on Nov. 5 among House Democrats who, despite holding the lower chamber and claiming victory for their party’s candidate in the presidential race, reportedly turned on one another — and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
The New York Times summed up the nature of the call and how 2020 victors felt about the Nov. 3 election.
“Democrats wept, cursed and traded blame on Thursday during an extraordinary party confab to dissect the disappointing results of this week’s elections, agreeing on little except that they needed a ‘deep dive’ into how they had ended up with painful losses that weakened their House majority instead of the big gains they had boldly predicted,” The Times reported.
The explanation for losing ground in the House, according to some of the more moderate Democrats on the call, was that the party’s tacit support of defunding the police and embracing socialism hurt it on Election Day.
It’s hard to argue against that, but it’s nice to hear that Democrats were in a panic as they went after one another.
When Democrats are fighting among themselves, it’s best to sit back and enjoy it.
That infighting hasn’t yet ended with a big family hug, either, as now Manchin, a red-state Democrat, is being targeted by AOC.
Manchin is a deeply flawed candidate, if for no other reason than his record on abortion, which belies his claims to be “pro-life.”
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But in 2018, West Virginians were inclined to keep him in the Senate, and you’d expect it could stay that way so long as he doesn’t veer too far to the left.
Manchin doesn’t seem ready to embrace Ocasio-Cortez’s radical leftist politics, lest he find himself shown the door by Mountain State voters.
The senator felt compelled to make that clear Wednesday on Twitter.
Manchin tweeted, “Defund the police? Defund, my butt. I’m a proud West Virginia Democrat. We are the party of working men and women. We want to protect Americans’ jobs & healthcare. We do not have some crazy socialist agenda, and we do not believe in defunding the police.”
Defund the police? Defund, my butt. I’m a proud West Virginia Democrat. We are the party of working men and women. We want to protect Americans’ jobs & healthcare. We do not have some crazy socialist agenda, and we do not believe in defunding the police. https://t.co/EIFHX5OQ37 — Senator Joe Manchin (@Sen_JoeManchin) November 11, 2020
You have to think that if Manchin truly believed that, and if he thought others did too, he wouldn’t have had to send the tweet — or tried to portray himself in such a folksy manner by playing the Democrat game of pretending one isn’t out of touch with voters.
Apparently “my butt” is a colloquial term Manchin thought would endear him to coal miners and others who wish to preserve law and order — and their livelihoods.
Manchin also shared his interview with the Washington Examiner in which he explained that he would not support his party’s extremist ideas in the event he was the deciding vote on some issues.
“Under no circumstances would I support packing the court or ending the filibuster if there is a 50-50 tie,” the senator told the Examiner.
Manchin’s statement made headlines, but it also grabbed the attention of Ocasio-Cortez, who went on Twitter to signal that he had apparently made one of her lists.
In a rather dramatic photo post, she responded with no caption:
AOC, who was re-elected last week by New York voters, then went on a tweet storm attacking other members of her own party.
Pretty astounding that some Dems don’t believe it’s possible to govern, be politically popular, and command formidable bully pulpits at the same time, but it actually explains a lot about how we got here. https://t.co/mP2tXgr40I — Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) November 11, 2020
For the Dems who think I’m just being a selfish, divisive bombthrower from a deep blue seat, maybe you’ll listen to Doug Jones in Alabama when he says the same thing ⬇ https://t.co/nSa3GhpeeR — Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) November 10, 2020
One thing I’ll say: for the last two years, I and progressive candidates have been unseating powerful Dem incumbents supported by DCCC. Not *once* has anyone in the party asked me what weaknesses I’ve found in their operation. If they stop blaming progressives, we can help. — Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) November 7, 2020
The leftist congresswoman eventually zeroed in on former Sen. Claire McCaskill, a one-time, long-serving red-state Democrat, like Manchin.
Ocasio-Cortez tweeted, “Why do we listen to people who lost elections as if they are experts in winning elections?
“McCaskill tried her approach. She ran as a caravan-hysteria Dem& lost while grassroots organizers won progressive measures in MO.
“Her language here shows how she took her base for granted.”
Why do we listen to people who lost elections as if they are experts in winning elections? McCaskill tried her approach. She ran as a caravan-hysteria Dem& lost while grassroots organizers won progressive measures in MO. Her language here shows how she took her base for granted. https://t.co/ZnTXI59MW9 — Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) November 5, 2020
Missouri voters replaced McCaskill, a Democrat, with Sen. Josh Hawley, a Republican, in 2018.
It’s been a good trade for the country and for Missourians.
It’s likely Manchin could face the same fate as McCaskill in West Virginia in 2024, as this year’s congressional elections thus far have been a referendum against radical Democrats and those who have enabled them.
Manchin might be a Democrat, but he’s at least smart enough to know that, so a move further to the middle seems a reasonable response.
AOC is well-versed in the politics of the Bronx, but voters in her district don’t have a lot in common with voters in West Virginia — or in Missouri.
You’d kind of like for someone to set the New Yorker straight, but when Democrats are fighting, it’s best to not intervene.
No ifs, ands or “butts” about it, Manchin knows his constituents better than Ocasio-Cortez does, and they overwhelmingly don’t think socialism is cool.
Likely concerned about re-election, the West Virginia Democrat seems to be pivoting to the middle in a move that could prove costly for Senate Democrats, who will have a tough time enacting radical policies without his vote.
And what’s bad for Democrats generally tends to be good for America.
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westernjournal--2020-11-13--Governor Announces He Will Defy a Potential Biden Nationwide Lockdown

Mississippi Gov .
Tate Reeves said during a news conference Thursday that his state would not participate in a nationwide lockdown if one is mandated by presumptive President-elect Joe Biden .
“ We are not going to participate in a nationwide lockdown , ” the Mississippi Republican said , according to WLBT-TV .
Reeves added that shutting the economy down for six weeks would be “ totally and completely beyond reasonableness.
” The governor was responding to comments made by Dr. Michael Osterholm , the director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Biden ’ s Transition COVID-19 Advisory Board .
Osterholm said shutting down businesses across the nation for a period of four to six weeks — while having the government underwrite all lost wages — would check the spread of the disease while not taking the economy off the rails , according to CNBC .
TRENDING : Bad News for Dems : Kamala Harris Would n't Be First VP of Color - It Was a Republican Elected Over 90 Years Ago “ We could pay for a package right now to cover all of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ workers , for losses to small companies , to medium-sized companies or city , state , county governments .
We could do all of that , ” he said .
“ If we did that , then we could lock down for four to six weeks.
” Osterholm claimed that such a step would succeed “ like they did in New Zealand and Australia.
” “ We could really watch ourselves cruising into the vaccine availability in the first and second quarter of next year while bringing back the economy long before that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ his residents can ’ t shut down restaurants , gyms and other businesses for the next six weeks and then “ come back and flip a switch , and everything will be fine.
” “ That ’ s not how the economy works , ” Reeves said .
Reeves signed an executive order extending his previous Safe Recovery Order and mask mandates for 15 counties on Tuesday , but did not hold a news conference announcing the extension because his daughter had tested positive for COVID-19 .
The governor and his wife both @ @ @ @ @ @ @ will now remain in effect until Dec. 11 instead of expiring Wednesday , the Mississippi Clarion-Ledger reported .
“ I know that we are all tired and ready to move on , but the virus is still here , ” he said during a virtual town hall .
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Gavin Newsom Caught Attending Party That Seems To Violate His Own COVID Restrictions “ We ’ ve gotten far better at dealing with it , and allowing for life to go on , but we ’ re not all the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ protecting the most vulnerable in your life .
He added , “ No matter where you are , please do your best to social distance and wear a mask.
” Mississippi has seen a recent uptick in coronavirus cases , recording over 1,000 new cases on Wednesday and Thursday , according to the Mississippi Department of Health .
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Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves said during a news conference Thursday that his state would not participate in a nationwide lockdown if one is mandated by presumptive President-elect Joe Biden.
“We are not going to participate in a nationwide lockdown,” the Mississippi Republican said, according to WLBT-TV.
Reeves added that shutting the economy down for six weeks would be “totally and completely beyond reasonableness.”
The governor was responding to comments made by Dr. Michael Osterholm, the director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota, who was among those named to Biden’s Transition COVID-19 Advisory Board.
Osterholm said shutting down businesses across the nation for a period of four to six weeks — while having the government underwrite all lost wages — would check the spread of the disease while not taking the economy off the rails, according to CNBC.
“We could pay for a package right now to cover all of the wages, lost wages for individual workers, for losses to small companies, to medium-sized companies or city, state, county governments. We could do all of that,” he said. “If we did that, then we could lock down for four to six weeks.”
Osterholm claimed that such a step would succeed “like they did in New Zealand and Australia.”
“We could really watch ourselves cruising into the vaccine availability in the first and second quarter of next year while bringing back the economy long before that,” he said.
Reeves said his residents can’t shut down restaurants, gyms and other businesses for the next six weeks and then “come back and flip a switch, and everything will be fine.”
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“That’s not how the economy works,” Reeves said.
Reeves signed an executive order extending his previous Safe Recovery Order and mask mandates for 15 counties on Tuesday, but did not hold a news conference announcing the extension because his daughter had tested positive for COVID-19.
The governor and his wife both tested negative.
The Safe Recovery Order will now remain in effect until Dec. 11 instead of expiring Wednesday, the Mississippi Clarion-Ledger reported.
“I know that we are all tired and ready to move on, but the virus is still here,” he said during a virtual town hall.
“We’ve gotten far better at dealing with it, and allowing for life to go on, but we’re not all the way there yet. Keep fighting and protecting the most vulnerable in your life.
He added, “No matter where you are, please do your best to social distance and wear a mask.”
Mississippi has seen a recent uptick in coronavirus cases, recording over 1,000 new cases on Wednesday and Thursday, according to the Mississippi Department of Health.
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westernjournal--2020-11-13--NFL Continues Anti-Cop Super Bowl Halftime Trend as Cop-Puncher Tapped To Perform

Most of us decry the Sodom and Gomorrah show in the entertainment industry , and we do so loudly .
That doesn ’ t stop us from consuming media from people who ’ ve said and done morally objectionable things , sometimes in the extreme .
From the work of Michael Jackson to the filmography of Kevin Spacey , it ’ s difficult to write off large parts of our shared cultural experience over the past half-century and pretend it just didn ’ t happen .
There are exceptions — I don ’ t know anyone who can look back @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Louis C.K .
and compartmentalize — but what do you do when you realize John Lennon was a violent spousal abuser ?
Pretend “ Sgt .
Pepper ’ s Lonely Hearts Club Band ” didn ’ t happen ?
When you realize “ Pulp Fiction ” wouldn ’ t have made it to the screen without Harvey Weinstein , do you discard the movie ( and Quentin Tarantino ’ s work ) because of it ?
Perhaps the writer doth protest too much .
I made excuses for Woody Allen and his fixations @ @ @ @ @ @ @ then , I can ’ t deny “ Annie Hall ” is one of those movies so brilliantly constructed , so self-aware while still remaining so human , that it kicked open a door within my creative mind .
And then there ’ s avant-R & B artist The Weeknd , known legally as Abel Tesfaye .
To pull the music obscurantist credibility card , I liked The Weeknd well before you liked The Weeknd , if you like him at all .
( Long enough ago , for instance , that when @ @ @ @ @ @ @ questioned whether or not the moniker was a misspelling . )
I haven ’ t kept with him with the same fervor over the nine years since then , because paeans to cocaine addiction and prescription drug misuse lose their luster once you start a family .
I can still put him on a Spotify playlist , albeit with reservations .
It ’ s not merely because of his obsession with debauchery , however .
It ’ s also because he ’ s a man who pleaded no contest to punching a police @ @ @ @ @ @ @ incident in a Las Vegas hotel .
There ’ s a difference between someone being on my Spotify playlist and someone being on the Super Bowl halftime show lineup .
That ’ s exactly where Tesfaye finds himself , in spite of the fact he ’ s never fully seemed to understand the gravity of assaulting a police officer .
According to ESPN , The Weeknd will be the top-billed person on stage at Super Bowl LV on Feb. 7 at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa , Florida .
The NFL knows how @ @ @ @ @ @ @ all grow up watching the world ’ s biggest acts playing the Super Bowl and one can only dream of being in that position .
I ’ m humbled , honored and ecstatic to be the center of that infamous stage this year , ” Tesfaye said .
ESPN noted he “ joins a list of celebrated musicians who have played during Super Bowl halftime shows , including Madonna , Beyoncé , Coldplay , Prince , Katy Perry , U2 , Red Hot Chili Peppers , Lady Gaga , Tom Petty , Bruce @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s duo of Shakira and Jennifer Lopez.
” The difference is that none of those individuals has ever faced charges for punching a police officer .
Apparently , this isn ’ t a big thing anymore , however , since nobody seems to care about it .
According to the U.K .
Guardian , Tesfaye managed to avoid jail time in the incident after he pleaded no contest to the battery charge that stemmed from the incident .
“ Police came to the Cromwell Hotel around [ 4:20 a.m. ] on 10 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ fight .
They intervened , pulling Tesfaye into an elevator , where he punched an officer , ” The Guardian reported .
RELATED : NFL Star Offers Explanation for Flipping Off Caravan of Trump Supporters on Highway “ He was taken to jail , and later bailed , and was charged with battery of a protected person.
” As part of his agreement , he would serve 50 hours of community service , pay $ 1,000 to a fund for injured police officers and had to undergo alcohol evaluation and complete an anger @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , but there seems to be a lack of introspection on Tesfaye ’ s part regarding this .
The closest he came to a mea culpa was during an interview with Variety earlier this year where he seemed more apologetic about the fact he was releasing a nightlife-themed album titled “ After Hours ” in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic .
The context of his remarks about the arrest came as they were discussing his song “ Faith , ” which talks about his usual preoccupations — the power of modern chemistry @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the usual .
“ So , this is about the darkest time of my entire life , around 2013 , 2014 , ” he told Variety ; this was when he began to find some kind of mainstream approval .
“ I was getting really , really tossed up and going through a lot of personal stuff .
I got arrested in Vegas [ for punching a police officer ] .
It was a real rock-star era , which I ’ m not really proud of .
You hear sirens at the end @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in the back of the cop car , that moment.
” The solipsism here is pretty strong .
If he chose to apologize to the police officer or to any of the other people he may have hurt that night , Variety left that information out .
In fact , from the information provided in brackets , it ’ s safe to assume he didn ’ t even mention the reason he got arrested .
This was all about him and a low moment in his life — which no one would deny @ @ @ @ @ @ @ make some sort of public amends to the police officer you punched in the head .
Beyond The Weeknd , this hasn ’ t been a fantastic year for messaging on police officers with the NFL .
( Of course this is nothing new ; this is the same league that welcomed pop star Beyoncé ’ to perform at halftime of Super Bowl 50 in 2016 , resulting in a display that was criticized for being anti-police . )
Like so many other sports leagues this year , the NFL offered players and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ called victims of racism by letting each player pick one “ victim ” to put on the back of their helmet .
The Pittsburgh Steelers supposedly selected , in the name of keeping the team “ unified , ” one name to put on the back of their helmet : Antwon Rose Jr. , an unarmed teen who was shot by Pittsburgh police .
It ’ s questionable this was a decision reached by the players alone ( one player said there was no vote taken and another said it was the decision @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , but it also would have been questionable if it hadn ’ t been .
Rose may have been technically unarmed as he got out of the vehicle , but two guns were found in the backseat of the car , which was suspected of having been used earlier in a drive-by shooting .
Rose also had gunshot residue on his hand .
In The Weeknd ’ s case , a sincere apology would have erased this long ago ; instead , his apology , such as it was , is that he @ @ @ @ @ @ @ era.
” Right .
Don ’ t get me wrong : I ’ ll enjoy The Weeknd ’ s quite a bit more than turning back the clock 35 years and putting Up With People on the field .
I ’ ll say this much for Up With People , though : Ever remember one of them getting in trouble for slugging a police officer in the elevator of a Vegas hotel ?
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Most of us decry the Sodom and Gomorrah show in the entertainment industry, and we do so loudly. That doesn’t stop us from consuming media from people who’ve said and done morally objectionable things, sometimes in the extreme.
From the work of Michael Jackson to the filmography of Kevin Spacey, it’s difficult to write off large parts of our shared cultural experience over the past half-century and pretend it just didn’t happen.
There are exceptions — I don’t know anyone who can look back on the work of Bill Cosby and Louis C.K. and compartmentalize — but what do you do when you realize John Lennon was a violent spousal abuser? Pretend “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” didn’t happen? When you realize “Pulp Fiction” wouldn’t have made it to the screen without Harvey Weinstein, do you discard the movie (and Quentin Tarantino’s work) because of it?
Perhaps the writer doth protest too much. I made excuses for Woody Allen and his fixations for far too long — but even then, I can’t deny “Annie Hall” is one of those movies so brilliantly constructed, so self-aware while still remaining so human, that it kicked open a door within my creative mind.
And then there’s avant-R&B artist The Weeknd, known legally as Abel Tesfaye. To pull the music obscurantist credibility card, I liked The Weeknd well before you liked The Weeknd, if you like him at all. (Long enough ago, for instance, that when I heard his debut mixtape, I questioned whether or not the moniker was a misspelling.) I haven’t kept with him with the same fervor over the nine years since then, because paeans to cocaine addiction and prescription drug misuse lose their luster once you start a family.
I can still put him on a Spotify playlist, albeit with reservations. It’s not merely because of his obsession with debauchery, however. It’s also because he’s a man who pleaded no contest to punching a police officer inside an elevator after a 2015 incident in a Las Vegas hotel.
There’s a difference between someone being on my Spotify playlist and someone being on the Super Bowl halftime show lineup. That’s exactly where Tesfaye finds himself, in spite of the fact he’s never fully seemed to understand the gravity of assaulting a police officer.
According to ESPN, The Weeknd will be the top-billed person on stage at Super Bowl LV on Feb. 7 at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida. The NFL knows how to pick ’em.
“We all grow up watching the world’s biggest acts playing the Super Bowl and one can only dream of being in that position. I’m humbled, honored and ecstatic to be the center of that infamous stage this year,” Tesfaye said.
The Weeknd announces he’s performing in the Super Bowl halftime show ? @brgridiron pic.twitter.com/q2CpyorMu3 — Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) November 12, 2020
ESPN noted he “joins a list of celebrated musicians who have played during Super Bowl halftime shows, including Madonna, Beyoncé, Coldplay, Prince, Katy Perry, U2, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Lady Gaga, Tom Petty, Bruce Springsteen, Michael Jackson and last year’s duo of Shakira and Jennifer Lopez.”
The difference is that none of those individuals has ever faced charges for punching a police officer. Apparently, this isn’t a big thing anymore, however, since nobody seems to care about it.
According to the U.K. Guardian, Tesfaye managed to avoid jail time in the incident after he pleaded no contest to the battery charge that stemmed from the incident.
“Police came to the Cromwell Hotel around [4:20 a.m.] on 10 January to find Tesfaye involved in a fight. They intervened, pulling Tesfaye into an elevator, where he punched an officer,” The Guardian reported.
“He was taken to jail, and later bailed, and was charged with battery of a protected person.”
As part of his agreement, he would serve 50 hours of community service, pay $1,000 to a fund for injured police officers and had to undergo alcohol evaluation and complete an anger management course.
We all make mistakes, but there seems to be a lack of introspection on Tesfaye’s part regarding this. The closest he came to a mea culpa was during an interview with Variety earlier this year where he seemed more apologetic about the fact he was releasing a nightlife-themed album titled “After Hours” in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic.
The context of his remarks about the arrest came as they were discussing his song “Faith,” which talks about his usual preoccupations — the power of modern chemistry over you, prayer, pain, the usual.
“So, this is about the darkest time of my entire life, around 2013, 2014,” he told Variety; this was when he began to find some kind of mainstream approval.
“I was getting really, really tossed up and going through a lot of personal stuff. I got arrested in Vegas [for punching a police officer]. It was a real rock-star era, which I’m not really proud of. You hear sirens at the end the song — that’s me in the back of the cop car, that moment.”
The solipsism here is pretty strong. If he chose to apologize to the police officer or to any of the other people he may have hurt that night, Variety left that information out.
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In fact, from the information provided in brackets, it’s safe to assume he didn’t even mention the reason he got arrested. This was all about him and a low moment in his life — which no one would deny, but you might have wanted to make some sort of public amends to the police officer you punched in the head.
Beyond The Weeknd, this hasn’t been a fantastic year for messaging on police officers with the NFL. (Of course this is nothing new; this is the same league that welcomed pop star Beyoncé’ to perform at halftime of Super Bowl 50 in 2016, resulting in a display that was criticized for being anti-police.)
Like so many other sports leagues this year, the NFL offered players and teams the ability to honor what it called victims of racism by letting each player pick one “victim” to put on the back of their helmet. The Pittsburgh Steelers supposedly selected, in the name of keeping the team “unified,” one name to put on the back of their helmet: Antwon Rose Jr., an unarmed teen who was shot by Pittsburgh police.
It’s questionable this was a decision reached by the players alone (one player said there was no vote taken and another said it was the decision of the “people upstairs”), but it also would have been questionable if it hadn’t been.
Rose may have been technically unarmed as he got out of the vehicle, but two guns were found in the backseat of the car, which was suspected of having been used earlier in a drive-by shooting. Rose also had gunshot residue on his hand.
In The Weeknd’s case, a sincere apology would have erased this long ago; instead, his apology, such as it was, is that he was involved in “a real rock-star era.” Right.
Don’t get me wrong: I’ll enjoy The Weeknd’s quite a bit more than turning back the clock 35 years and putting Up With People on the field.
I’ll say this much for Up With People, though: Ever remember one of them getting in trouble for slugging a police officer in the elevator of a Vegas hotel?
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westernjournal--2020-11-13--Report: Biden Team Considering Hillary Clinton for Crucial Position

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is being considered for a high-profile role in the Biden administration , according to a new report .
Although President Donald Trump has yet to concede the election , hoping that recounts and multiple lawsuits challenging the results in key states will erase Joe Biden ’ s lead , the Democratic candidate has formed a transition team and is moving forward on the assumption he will take office in January .
The Washington Post said that among the names being bandied about for possible roles is that of Clinton , who led the State @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Obama administration .
“ One intriguing name being discussed privately is former Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton as the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations , according to the person familiar with the chatter who spoke on the condition of anonymity , ” The Post reported .
“ The thinking behind the move was that it would be a way for Biden to highlight the importance of that position in his administration and that placing her there would raise the prestige of the U.N. itself at a time when global cooperation , and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , has ebbed , ” the report said .
In its reporting on the possibility of Clinton strutting on the world stage , however , the Washington Examiner said it would not be very likely .
The site , attributing its information to “ one key aide , ” said it was unlikely she could get confirmed by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee .
Among the issues cited were Clinton ’ s comments on the deadly 2012 attack on the U.S. Embassy in Benghazi , Libya , and the controversy over her use @ @ @ @ @ @ @ was secretary of state .
The Examiner said a Clinton confirmation vote would have a tough time passing the Senate if Republicans maintain control .
What the outlet called “ another top aide ” listed her chances of confirmation as “ slim to none.
” A “ GOP campaign operative ” was quoted as saying , “ Christmas comes early , because if Joe Biden nominates Hillary Clinton , Republicans will get to run against Nancy Pelosi , Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and now Hillary Clinton , which essentially guarantees that we win the House @ @ @ @ @ @ @ at the United Nations convulsed Twitter .
RELATED : Expert : 'Smoking Gun ' Data Reveals Google Showed Voting Reminders Only to Liberals for Days Before Election Clinton , who lost to Trump in the 2016 presidential election , has continued to keep a high profile and spent the past four years attacking the man who defeated her .
Her longstanding contention that Russia intervened against her has been disputed by Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe , who declassified information that showed the Obama administration knew Clinton was dangling the Russian connection @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
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Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is being considered for a high-profile role in the Biden administration, according to a new report.
Although President Donald Trump has yet to concede the election, hoping that recounts and multiple lawsuits challenging the results in key states will erase Joe Biden’s lead, the Democratic candidate has formed a transition team and is moving forward on the assumption he will take office in January.
The Washington Post said that among the names being bandied about for possible roles is that of Clinton, who led the State Department in the first term of the Obama administration.
“One intriguing name being discussed privately is former Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton as the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, according to the person familiar with the chatter who spoke on the condition of anonymity,” The Post reported.
“The thinking behind the move was that it would be a way for Biden to highlight the importance of that position in his administration and that placing her there would raise the prestige of the U.N. itself at a time when global cooperation, and the U.S. role on the world stage, has ebbed,” the report said.
In its reporting on the possibility of Clinton strutting on the world stage, however, the Washington Examiner said it would not be very likely.
The site, attributing its information to “one key aide,” said it was unlikely she could get confirmed by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Among the issues cited were Clinton’s comments on the deadly 2012 attack on the U.S. Embassy in Benghazi, Libya, and the controversy over her use of a private email server while she was secretary of state.
The Examiner said a Clinton confirmation vote would have a tough time passing the Senate if Republicans maintain control.
What the outlet called “another top aide” listed her chances of confirmation as “slim to none.”
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A “GOP campaign operative” was quoted as saying, “Christmas comes early, because if Joe Biden nominates Hillary Clinton, Republicans will get to run against Nancy Pelosi, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and now Hillary Clinton, which essentially guarantees that we win the House in 2022.”
The possibility of Clinton at the United Nations convulsed Twitter.
Vengeful and overambitious Hillary Clinton to become US ambassador to the UN?!? https://t.co/l7BC9OlCdj — belgium_for_bernie ? (@pepperedtalk) November 13, 2020
This beggars belief , if ever there was a conspiracy this validates it . Stinks! Biden considers Hillary Clinton for UN ambassador role https://t.co/t3G36p4Glk — GARY DIXON (@garydixon04) November 13, 2020
Maybe Hillary Clinton should be ambassador to Pedophile Island insteadhttps://t.co/9VJB2lZhmJ — 0xfedbeef (@0xfedbeef) November 13, 2020
It’s Friday the 13th and word is Joe Biden wants Hillary Clinton as US Ambassador to the UN. Kindly excuse me while I projectile vomit until such time as SCOTUS rescue the Western World from this dystopian New World Order.#GreatReset — POTUS-erectus Olly Connelly FREE BANANAS 4 DEMS (@olly_connelly) November 13, 2020
Clinton, who lost to Trump in the 2016 presidential election, has continued to keep a high profile and spent the past four years attacking the man who defeated her.
Her longstanding contention that Russia intervened against her has been disputed by Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe, who declassified information that showed the Obama administration knew Clinton was dangling the Russian connection to distract Americans from her email scandal.
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westernjournal--2020-11-13--Mentor of GA Dem Who Could Flip Senate: ‘Everything White’ Has To Be Destroyed

Of the two Georgia runoffs , it was supposed to be the easier race for the Democrats to win .
Democratic candidate Raphael Warnock is the senior pastor at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta , the same historic congregation where the Rev .
Martin Luther King Jr. once preached .
He gave the benediction at former President Barack Obama ’ s second inaugural .
He came to political prominence as an advocate for Medicaid expansion in Georgia — a good entry point , considering the Democrats believe health care policy to be a winning issue for them .
His opponent @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ t even particularly beloved among many Republicans , who view her as emblematic of everything lukewarm and dysfunctional about the party ’ s establishment wing .
Previously a business executive , Loeffler was appointed by Gov .
Matt Kemp against the wishes of the Trump administration , which preferred Rep. Doug Collins to replace Sen. Johnny Isakson after he resigned for health reasons .
It got bad enough that , when running against Collins in a general election race that was essentially a primary , Loeffler took to claiming she was “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ This is seldom the kind of thing that needs to be said by someone with conservative bona fides to speak for them , particularly not in such grimace-emoji terms .
( Collins , who responded that Loeffler “ is so uncomfortable discussing conservative values that she hired an actor to make grunting noises rather than do it herself , ” also acidly noted that “ Attila the Hun was an open-borders globalist who killed christians and practiced postnatal abortion.
” Loeffler has faced questions as to whether her donations and the WNBA team @ @ @ @ @ @ @ have benefited Planned Parenthood . )
While Loeffler defeated Collins in the de facto primary that was the Nov. 3 general election — Georgia ’ s election rules allowed for multiple candidates from the same party to face each other in the election to finish off the remaining two years of Isakson ’ s term — it was unclear she ’ d be able to unite Republicans behind her the same way , say , Attila managed to unite the Huns and Ostrogoths .
The Holy Roman Empire , in the personage of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ In the weeks since the election , however , Warnock has been put in the position of defending the indefensible .
Along with allegations he tampered with a child abuse investigation at a church-run camp in 2002 , Warnock ’ s praise for Jeremiah Wright ’ s infamous “ God Damn America ” sermon ( I know !
He ’ s back ! )
and remarks made by a radical black theologian described by Warnock as his “ mentor ” have come back to haunt him .
According to The Washington Free Beacon @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s academic adviser at Union Theological Seminary .
Warnock said this of Cone in his 2018 eulogy for the preacher : “ How blessed we are that someone of the spiritual magnitude and power and commitment of Dr. James Hal Cone passed our way.
” That high spiritual magnitude manifested itself in calling white Christians “ satanic ” and advocating for the “ destruction of everything white ” in society .
In his 1970 book “ A Black Theology of Liberation , ” Cone wrote that “ American white theology is a theology @ @ @ @ @ @ @ black , ” he wrote , and “ has nothing to do with the God worshiped in white churches.
” “ The white God is an idol created by racists , and we blacks must perform the iconoclastic task of smashing false idols , ” Warnock ’ s mentor asserted .
“ White religionists are not capable of perceiving the blackness of God , because their satanic whiteness is a denial of the very essence of divinity.
” “ If there is one brutal fact that the centuries of white oppression have taught @ @ @ @ @ @ @ incapable of making any valid judgements about human existence , ” Cone continued .
“ The goal of black theology is the destruction of everything white , so that blacks can be liberated from alien gods.
” The book veered from the theological on occasion , with Cone seeming to confront whiteness at a more earthly level .
“ There will be no peace in America until white people begin to hate their whiteness , asking from the depths of their being : ‘ How can we become black ? '
” he @ @ @ @ @ @ @ have reached our limit of tolerance , and if it means death with dignity , or life with humiliation , we choose the former .
And if that is the choice , we will take out some honkies with us.
” A true understanding of Christianity , Cone wrote , begins with the knowledge that we must “ [ deny ] whiteness as a proper form of human existence and [ affirm ] blackness as God ’ s intention for humanity.
” But , again , this led to more earthly goals , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the assurance that God is on our side , we can begin to make ready for the inevitable — the decisive encounter between white and black existence .
White appeals to ‘ wait and talk it over ’ are irrelevant when children are dying and men and women are being tortured , ” Cone wrote .
“ We will not let whitey cool this one with his pious love ethic but will seek to enhance our hostility , bringing it to its full manifestation.
” Warnock cited the book “ over a dozen @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ The Divided Mind of the Black Church , ” according to The Free Beacon .
The Democratic candidate ’ s ties to Cone surfaced after his praise for Wright ’ s 2003 sermon — a sticking point of the first Obama presidential campaign , given that Wright was the candidate ’ s pastor at the time .
The sermon — officially titled “ Confusing God and Government ” — included claims that the U.S. government knew the Japanese would attack Pearl Harbor and “ lied about inventing the HIV virus as a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” It ’ s best known for the passage where Wright , in high dudgeon , declares , “ not ‘ God bless America , ’ God damn America !
That ’ s in the Bible , for killing innocent people .
God damn America for treating her citizens as less than human .
God damn America as long as she keeps trying to act like she is God and she is supreme !
” According to National Review , Warnock , in a 2013 speech at the Yale Divinity School , said @ @ @ @ @ @ @ extracted from its theological and rhetorical context and looped to the point of ad nauseam.
” Instead , he said , Wright ’ s words were in line with “ black prophetic preaching , ” where “ preachers are expected , indeed encouraged to speak the truth , tell Pharaoh and tell it like it is with clarity , creativity and passion.
” In 2008 , according to the Cleveland Jewish News , Warnock also appeared on Fox News to praise the “ social transformation that ’ s been the hallmark of Rev @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ We celebrate Rev .
Wright in the same way that we celebrate the truth-telling tradition of the black church , which when preachers tell the truth , very often it makes people uncomfortable , ” he added , calling Wright a “ preacher and a prophet.
” Loeffler accused Warnock of supporting Wright ’ s anti-Semitic tendencies ; Warnock hit back in a Thursday T-ball interview with MSNBC but still wouldn ’ t answer directly when asked if Wright was anti-Semitic .
“ I know Rev .
Wright .
I ’ m @ @ @ @ @ @ @ never defended anti-Semitic comments from anyone , and Kelly Loeffler knows better , ” Warnock said Thursday .
“ She is trying to engage in the same old Washington politics of division and distraction.
” The problem is that knowing Wright also means knowing his less-savory tendencies , best exemplified in a 2009 interview with the Hampton Roads , Virginia , Daily Press .
Asked if he ’ d talked to Obama since his former parishioner had become president , Wright said , “ Them Jews ain ’ t going to let him @ @ @ @ @ @ @ baby daughter that he ’ ll talk to me in five years when he ’ s a lame duck , or in eight years when he ’ s out of office.
” “ They will not let him to talk to somebody who calls a spade what it is .
… I said from the beginning : He ’ s a politician ; I ’ m a pastor .
He ’ s got to do what politicians do.
” Meanwhile , on Israel , Wright said , “ Ethnic cleansing is going on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ] the Zionist is a sin and a crime against humanity , and they don ’ t want Barack talking like that because that ’ s anti-Israel.
” Given that Wright has mostly shuffled off into intellectual obscurity , the Daily Press interview remains the last time he ’ s appeared on the mainstream political radar .
I ’ m guessing for the next few weeks , Warnock will pretend he never read that , the same way he ’ ll pretend he never read that august tome by the man he calls @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Black Theology of Liberation.
” I mean , sure , he cited it , but that was probably one of his research people who looked into it .
Any follow-up questions ?
Yes ?
Whoa , gee , look at the time … Warnock will also disregard an open letter he signed in 2019 , unearthed by Jewish Insider , in which the signatories agreed Israeli tactics against Palestinians “ seem to have been borrowed and perfected from other previous oppressive regimes ” and said it was “ reminiscent of the military occupation @ @ @ @ @ @ @ A Warnock spokesman walked back the statements , saying he was referring to “ settlement activity ” and didn ’ t believe in the more inflammatory language .
But then there was inflammatory language of his own , like when he said in a 2018 sermon that “ we saw the government of Israel shoot down unarmed Palestinian sisters and brothers like birds of prey.
” As Wikipedia might put it , “ [ citation very much needed ] ” on that one .
These aren ’ t legitimate concerns to the Democratic @ @ @ @ @ @ @ he ’ s pretending they aren ’ t .
Instead , Warnock told MSNBC this is all about the “ politics of division and distraction ” and then segued to his personal brand of the “ politics of division and distraction.
” “ [ Loeffler ] can ’ t explain why she is for getting rid of health care in the middle of a pandemic , ” Warnock said in the Tuesday appearance .
“ It ’ s Rev .
Raphael Warnock who ’ s running for the U.S. Senate , and if @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , she can find me in the Scripture .
‘ Love your neighbor as yourself.
’ And for me , in practical terms , that means you don ’ t get rid of health care in the middle of a pandemic.
” Whatever you might think of reductionist , fear-mongering language such as a candidate “ getting rid of health care in the middle of a pandemic , ” this isn ’ t garden-variety “ division and distraction.
” Our country — indeed , the world — has seen a resurgence of anti-Semitism @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ t even say if a man who declares “ them Jews ” wouldn ’ t let him talk to the president ( and has never disavowed that comment ) is an anti-Semite .
His fulsome praise of Wright and Cone came long after their respective oeuvres were well-known to anyone who wanted to look .
Warnock can not pretend that progressive voters from Atlanta are going to carry the state .
Instead , given the red-tinged purple-ish nature of Georgia , he has to convince conservatives and independents he ’ s a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ keep the mean old rich woman from snatching their health care away .
That ’ s not going to work in a year when the wounds of our division cleave so deeply that riots and violence over issues of race , identity and culture seem like an anodyne occurrence .
Remember , this was supposed to be the easier one .
According to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution , the first polling by a Republican firm showed Loeffler with a 1-point advantage over Warnock with a 2.6 percent margin of error , 49 percent to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Sen. David Perdue with a 4-point lead over challenger Jon Ossoff with the same margin of error .
( The poll was conducted by Remington Research Group on Nov. 8 and 9 and among 1,450 likely runoff election voters . )
You might remember Ossoff as the man who almost won a 2017 special election in Georgia that became a basket into which Democrats , recently stung by their loss to Trump , dropped a not-insignificant amount of eggs .
Ossoff disappointed then and he ’ s disappointed now .
He ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to underperform three years into his pro career — but not by enough to let the team cut bait .
He ’ s like the Sam Darnold of high-level federal politics .
Lose this one and the Democrats are looking for any other mildly unobjectionable young white man who can reasonably be marketed as empathetic .
At least Ossoff doesn ’ t have to live down what Warnock does , however .
Kelly Loeffler might not be Attila the Hun .
She doesn ’ t have to be — not when her opponent @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the most extreme voices in radical black theology .
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Of the two Georgia runoffs, it was supposed to be the easier race for the Democrats to win.
Democratic candidate Raphael Warnock is the senior pastor at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, the same historic congregation where the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. once preached. He gave the benediction at former President Barack Obama’s second inaugural. He came to political prominence as an advocate for Medicaid expansion in Georgia — a good entry point, considering the Democrats believe health care policy to be a winning issue for them.
His opponent, GOP Sen. Kelly Loeffler, isn’t even particularly beloved among many Republicans, who view her as emblematic of everything lukewarm and dysfunctional about the party’s establishment wing.
Previously a business executive, Loeffler was appointed by Gov. Matt Kemp against the wishes of the Trump administration, which preferred Rep. Doug Collins to replace Sen. Johnny Isakson after he resigned for health reasons.
It got bad enough that, when running against Collins in a general election race that was essentially a primary, Loeffler took to claiming she was “more conservative than Attila the Hun.”
This is seldom the kind of thing that needs to be said by someone with conservative bona fides to speak for them, particularly not in such grimace-emoji terms. (Collins, who responded that Loeffler “is so uncomfortable discussing conservative values that she hired an actor to make grunting noises rather than do it herself,” also acidly noted that “Attila the Hun was an open-borders globalist who killed christians and practiced postnatal abortion.” Loeffler has faced questions as to whether her donations and the WNBA team she owns, the Atlanta Dream, have benefited Planned Parenthood.)
While Loeffler defeated Collins in the de facto primary that was the Nov. 3 general election — Georgia’s election rules allowed for multiple candidates from the same party to face each other in the election to finish off the remaining two years of Isakson’s term — it was unclear she’d be able to unite Republicans behind her the same way, say, Attila managed to unite the Huns and Ostrogoths. The Holy Roman Empire, in the personage of Warnock, seemed a safer bet.
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In the weeks since the election, however, Warnock has been put in the position of defending the indefensible.
Along with allegations he tampered with a child abuse investigation at a church-run camp in 2002, Warnock’s praise for Jeremiah Wright’s infamous “God Damn America” sermon (I know! He’s back!) and remarks made by a radical black theologian described by Warnock as his “mentor” have come back to haunt him.
According to The Washington Free Beacon, James Hal Cone was Warnock’s academic adviser at Union Theological Seminary. Warnock said this of Cone in his 2018 eulogy for the preacher: “How blessed we are that someone of the spiritual magnitude and power and commitment of Dr. James Hal Cone passed our way.”
That high spiritual magnitude manifested itself in calling white Christians “satanic” and advocating for the “destruction of everything white” in society.
In his 1970 book “A Black Theology of Liberation,” Cone wrote that “American white theology is a theology of the Antichrist.”
“God is black,” he wrote, and “has nothing to do with the God worshiped in white churches.”
“The white God is an idol created by racists, and we blacks must perform the iconoclastic task of smashing false idols,” Warnock’s mentor asserted. “White religionists are not capable of perceiving the blackness of God, because their satanic whiteness is a denial of the very essence of divinity.”
“If there is one brutal fact that the centuries of white oppression have taught blacks, it is that whites are incapable of making any valid judgements about human existence,” Cone continued. “The goal of black theology is the destruction of everything white, so that blacks can be liberated from alien gods.”
The book veered from the theological on occasion, with Cone seeming to confront whiteness at a more earthly level.
“There will be no peace in America until white people begin to hate their whiteness, asking from the depths of their being: ‘How can we become black?'” he wrote.
Another section: “We have reached our limit of tolerance, and if it means death with dignity, or life with humiliation, we choose the former. And if that is the choice, we will take out some honkies with us.”
A true understanding of Christianity, Cone wrote, begins with the knowledge that we must “[deny] whiteness as a proper form of human existence and [affirm] blackness as God’s intention for humanity.”
But, again, this led to more earthly goals, including overthrowing white society.
“With the assurance that God is on our side, we can begin to make ready for the inevitable — the decisive encounter between white and black existence. White appeals to ‘wait and talk it over’ are irrelevant when children are dying and men and women are being tortured,” Cone wrote.
“We will not let whitey cool this one with his pious love ethic but will seek to enhance our hostility, bringing it to its full manifestation.”
Warnock cited the book “over a dozen” times in his 2013 work, “The Divided Mind of the Black Church,” according to The Free Beacon.
The Democratic candidate’s ties to Cone surfaced after his praise for Wright’s 2003 sermon — a sticking point of the first Obama presidential campaign, given that Wright was the candidate’s pastor at the time.
The sermon — officially titled “Confusing God and Government” — included claims that the U.S. government knew the Japanese would attack Pearl Harbor and “lied about inventing the HIV virus as a means of genocide against people of color.”
It’s best known for the passage where Wright, in high dudgeon, declares, “not ‘God bless America,’ God damn America! That’s in the Bible, for killing innocent people. God damn America for treating her citizens as less than human. God damn America as long as she keeps trying to act like she is God and she is supreme!”
According to National Review, Warnock, in a 2013 speech at the Yale Divinity School, said that part of the sermon was “extracted from its theological and rhetorical context and looped to the point of ad nauseam.”
Instead, he said, Wright’s words were in line with “black prophetic preaching,” where “preachers are expected, indeed encouraged to speak the truth, tell Pharaoh and tell it like it is with clarity, creativity and passion.”
In 2008, according to the Cleveland Jewish News, Warnock also appeared on Fox News to praise the “social transformation that’s been the hallmark of Rev. Jeremiah Wright’s ministry.”
“We celebrate Rev. Wright in the same way that we celebrate the truth-telling tradition of the black church, which when preachers tell the truth, very often it makes people uncomfortable,” he added, calling Wright a “preacher and a prophet.”
Loeffler accused Warnock of supporting Wright’s anti-Semitic tendencies; Warnock hit back in a Thursday T-ball interview with MSNBC but still wouldn’t answer directly when asked if Wright was anti-Semitic.
“I know Rev. Wright. I’m not an anti-Semite, I’ve never defended anti-Semitic comments from anyone, and Kelly Loeffler knows better,” Warnock said Thursday. “She is trying to engage in the same old Washington politics of division and distraction.”
The problem is that knowing Wright also means knowing his less-savory tendencies, best exemplified in a 2009 interview with the Hampton Roads, Virginia, Daily Press.
Asked if he’d talked to Obama since his former parishioner had become president, Wright said, “Them Jews ain’t going to let him talk to me. I told my baby daughter that he’ll talk to me in five years when he’s a lame duck, or in eight years when he’s out of office.”
“They will not let him to talk to somebody who calls a spade what it is. … I said from the beginning: He’s a politician; I’m a pastor. He’s got to do what politicians do.”
Meanwhile, on Israel, Wright said, “Ethnic cleansing is going on in Gaza. Ethnic cleansing [by] the Zionist is a sin and a crime against humanity, and they don’t want Barack talking like that because that’s anti-Israel.”
Given that Wright has mostly shuffled off into intellectual obscurity, the Daily Press interview remains the last time he’s appeared on the mainstream political radar.
I’m guessing for the next few weeks, Warnock will pretend he never read that, the same way he’ll pretend he never read that august tome by the man he calls his “mentor,” “A Black Theology of Liberation.” I mean, sure, he cited it, but that was probably one of his research people who looked into it. Any follow-up questions? Yes? Whoa, gee, look at the time …
Warnock will also disregard an open letter he signed in 2019, unearthed by Jewish Insider, in which the signatories agreed Israeli tactics against Palestinians “seem to have been borrowed and perfected from other previous oppressive regimes” and said it was “reminiscent of the military occupation of Namibia by apartheid South Africa.”
A Warnock spokesman walked back the statements, saying he was referring to “settlement activity” and didn’t believe in the more inflammatory language.
But then there was inflammatory language of his own, like when he said in a 2018 sermon that “we saw the government of Israel shoot down unarmed Palestinian sisters and brothers like birds of prey.”
As Wikipedia might put it, “[citation very much needed]” on that one.
These aren’t legitimate concerns to the Democratic challenger — or, at least, he’s pretending they aren’t.
Instead, Warnock told MSNBC this is all about the “politics of division and distraction” and then segued to his personal brand of the “politics of division and distraction.”
“[Loeffler] can’t explain why she is for getting rid of health care in the middle of a pandemic,” Warnock said in the Tuesday appearance. “It’s Rev. Raphael Warnock who’s running for the U.S. Senate, and if she wants to know what I think, she can find me in the Scripture. ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ And for me, in practical terms, that means you don’t get rid of health care in the middle of a pandemic.”
Whatever you might think of reductionist, fear-mongering language such as a candidate “getting rid of health care in the middle of a pandemic,” this isn’t garden-variety “division and distraction.”
Our country — indeed, the world — has seen a resurgence of anti-Semitism on an unprecedented scale. Warnock can’t even say if a man who declares “them Jews” wouldn’t let him talk to the president (and has never disavowed that comment) is an anti-Semite. His fulsome praise of Wright and Cone came long after their respective oeuvres were well-known to anyone who wanted to look.
Warnock cannot pretend that progressive voters from Atlanta are going to carry the state. Instead, given the red-tinged purple-ish nature of Georgia, he has to convince conservatives and independents he’s a unifying candidate who’s trying to keep the mean old rich woman from snatching their health care away.
That’s not going to work in a year when the wounds of our division cleave so deeply that riots and violence over issues of race, identity and culture seem like an anodyne occurrence.
Remember, this was supposed to be the easier one. According to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, the first polling by a Republican firm showed Loeffler with a 1-point advantage over Warnock with a 2.6 percent margin of error, 49 percent to 48 percent. That same group found Sen. David Perdue with a 4-point lead over challenger Jon Ossoff with the same margin of error. (The poll was conducted by Remington Research Group on Nov. 8 and 9 and among 1,450 likely runoff election voters.)
You might remember Ossoff as the man who almost won a 2017 special election in Georgia that became a basket into which Democrats, recently stung by their loss to Trump, dropped a not-insignificant amount of eggs. Ossoff disappointed then and he’s disappointed now.
He’s a political first-round draft pick who continues to underperform three years into his pro career — but not by enough to let the team cut bait. He’s like the Sam Darnold of high-level federal politics. Lose this one and the Democrats are looking for any other mildly unobjectionable young white man who can reasonably be marketed as empathetic.
At least Ossoff doesn’t have to live down what Warnock does, however.
Kelly Loeffler might not be Attila the Hun. She doesn’t have to be — not when her opponent is a vigorous apologist for two of the most extreme voices in radical black theology.
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westernjournal--2020-11-13--Women Lose Out on Protection After ‘Defund’ Destroys This Vital LAPD Unit

Los Angeles was one of the first cities to jump on the idea that defunding the police could be pursued seriously .
Within two weeks of George Floyd ’ s death in May , the Los Angeles City Council signaled it would shift up to $ 150 million from law enforcement , according to the Los Angeles Times .
The proposal was backed by Democratic Mayor Eric Garcetti ; the original plan was to shift money into a larger initiative that would encompass youth jobs programs and “ peace centers.
” In July , the focus seemed to change a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ budgetary year .
Instead , according to Deadline , up to $ 40 million of the $ 133 million cut from the budget would be used to avert more city furloughs .
Whatever the case , Garcetti had touted his actions as being ahead of an inevitable curve : “ I got calls from mayors around the country , some of them saying , ‘ I ’ m so excited , ’ and other ones saying : ‘ What the hell did you do ?
Now I got ta shift money , ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Being ahead of the curve in implementing a policy generally means that you ’ ll be ahead of the curve in experiencing the results .
To that end , witness the announcement by the Los Angeles Police Department on this week that it would likely be eliminating the specialist sexual assault unit that was responsible for investigating Harvey Weinstein , adult film performer Ron Jeremy and former University of Southern California gynecologist George Tyndall .
“ The sexual assault unit , this is one of the cutbacks that we ’ re doing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ will be moved out to the geographic bureaus , ” LAPD Chief Michel Moore told KNBC-TV in Los Angeles .
The initial reduction will focus on specialist divisions so as to focus on responding to emergencies , though KNBC reported that “ the proposed reorganization … is still being contemplated.
” Other specialized units would see reduced staffing under the proposed reorganization and the Animal Cruelty Task Force — a small , three-person unit — could be eliminated entirely .
“ I can ’ t take those 350 people out of patrol , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , staffing , ” Moore said .
“ So we ’ re looking at our specialized areas .
And some of them we ’ re downsizing and others we ’ re eliminating , if the work can be done by a general detective or a detective at an area level , or uniform officer at a station.
” However , KNBC noted that the specialist sexual assault division out of the Robbery Homicide Division has “ been successful investigating complex matters , sometimes involving serial acquaintance rapes , previously unsolved cases with new @ @ @ @ @ @ @ because its detectives typically have had more time to dedicate to each investigation than those assigned to neighborhood police stations.
” Yvette Lozano , chief programs and operations officer of Peace Over Violence , a nonprofit which focuses on victims and survivors of domestic and sexual abuse , said she hopes “ it doesn ’ t have a negative effect.
” RELATED : Maxine Waters Attacks Black Trump Supporters : It 's 'Shameful , ’ ‘ I Will Never , Ever Forgive Them ’ “ My concern is that victims do not get @ @ @ @ @ @ @ assaults , ” Lozano said .
“ I wonder if they will get the same response if there ’ s some serial rapist out there .
Will the case be solved as quickly as it was with the dedicated unit at [ the Robbery Homicide Division ] ?
” “ There must be some mistake , ” added Jack Weiss , a former member of the Los Angeles City Council and federal prosecutor who advocated for increased DNA collection and testing during his tenure on the council .
“ Support for this type @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
It doesn ’ t make sense.
” It would have to anyone paying attention to where this whole thing was going .
In June , the Los Angeles Sheriff ’ s Department announced that if there was a significant move to defund the police , one of the first things to be eliminated would be the Special Victims Bureau , which investigates sexual assaults and crimes against children .
Three other specialist units , including one that dealt with gang-related crimes and another which dealt with fraud , would be on the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ are the major detective units of the entire department .
They serve the entire county of Los Angeles .
Those four units … are the cream of the crop of investigative units throughout the entire nation , and as the largest county in the nation , I can not see how we move forward without these four units.
” Villanueva is a controversial figure on the left , though , one who ’ s spoken out repeatedly against defunding the police .
Perhaps they thought tough choices weren ’ t going to have @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in the city of Los Angeles and Los Angeles County was just larded up and this was just an alarmist call .
And wasn ’ t Mayor Garcetti announcing new bureaus ?
In July , he talked up the new Community Safety Partnership bureau “ to ensure equity and justice and fairness for every Angeleno.
” The new bureau , according to Deadline , would place officers in communities for up to five years as part of a “ co-ownership ” approach .
“ This new bureau makes CSP both a program and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in which officers would “ develop relationships with the people they serve … moving from a warrior mentality to a guardian mentality.
” Lest you be fooled , however , Garcetti noted in the same media briefing that “ this is part of a wider strategy of reducing force through training , tactics and recruitment , changing cultures where we have to.
” And while that changing culture might be moving away from a warrior mentality , let ’ s not kid ourselves : It ’ s going to be moving away from @ @ @ @ @ @ @ For victims of sexual assault , they ’ re losing a powerful tool in their pursuit of justice .
There ’ s no amount of “ co-ownership ” that will replace that , particularly when it comes to a unit that helped bring down one of the most prolific and powerful sexual offenders in modern history in Harvey Weinstein .
Remember all of those mayors who called Garcetti to tell them how “ excited ” they were about defunding the police ?
Perhaps they ’ ll be the ones calling him again in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ What the heck did you do ?
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Los Angeles was one of the first cities to jump on the idea that defunding the police could be pursued seriously.
Within two weeks of George Floyd’s death in May, the Los Angeles City Council signaled it would shift up to $150 million from law enforcement, according to the Los Angeles Times.
The proposal was backed by Democratic Mayor Eric Garcetti; the original plan was to shift money into a larger initiative that would encompass youth jobs programs and “peace centers.”
In July, the focus seemed to change a bit, given the exigencies of the budgetary year. Instead, according to Deadline, up to $40 million of the $133 million cut from the budget would be used to avert more city furloughs.
Whatever the case, Garcetti had touted his actions as being ahead of an inevitable curve: “I got calls from mayors around the country, some of them saying, ‘I’m so excited,’ and other ones saying: ‘What the hell did you do? Now I gotta shift money,’” Garcetti said in a June speech.
Being ahead of the curve in implementing a policy generally means that you’ll be ahead of the curve in experiencing the results.
To that end, witness the announcement by the Los Angeles Police Department on this week that it would likely be eliminating the specialist sexual assault unit that was responsible for investigating Harvey Weinstein, adult film performer Ron Jeremy and former University of Southern California gynecologist George Tyndall.
“The sexual assault unit, this is one of the cutbacks that we’re doing within the realignment, those specialized detectives will be moved out to the geographic bureaus,” LAPD Chief Michel Moore told KNBC-TV in Los Angeles.
The initial reduction will focus on specialist divisions so as to focus on responding to emergencies, though KNBC reported that “the proposed reorganization … is still being contemplated.”
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Other specialized units would see reduced staffing under the proposed reorganization and the Animal Cruelty Task Force — a small, three-person unit — could be eliminated entirely.
“I can’t take those 350 people out of patrol, they would just absolutely decimate our patrol, staffing,” Moore said.
“So we’re looking at our specialized areas. And some of them we’re downsizing and others we’re eliminating, if the work can be done by a general detective or a detective at an area level, or uniform officer at a station.”
However, KNBC noted that the specialist sexual assault division out of the Robbery Homicide Division has “been successful investigating complex matters, sometimes involving serial acquaintance rapes, previously unsolved cases with new DNA leads, and stranger abductions, because its detectives typically have had more time to dedicate to each investigation than those assigned to neighborhood police stations.”
Yvette Lozano, chief programs and operations officer of Peace Over Violence, a nonprofit which focuses on victims and survivors of domestic and sexual abuse, said she hopes “it doesn’t have a negative effect.”
“My concern is that victims do not get discouraged and know they can still report assaults,” Lozano said. “I wonder if they will get the same response if there’s some serial rapist out there. Will the case be solved as quickly as it was with the dedicated unit at [the Robbery Homicide Division]?”
“There must be some mistake,” added Jack Weiss, a former member of the Los Angeles City Council and federal prosecutor who advocated for increased DNA collection and testing during his tenure on the council.
“Support for this type of specialization has been universal for decades. It doesn’t make sense.”
It would have to anyone paying attention to where this whole thing was going.
In June, the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department announced that if there was a significant move to defund the police, one of the first things to be eliminated would be the Special Victims Bureau, which investigates sexual assaults and crimes against children. Three other specialist units, including one that dealt with gang-related crimes and another which dealt with fraud, would be on the chopping block as well.
“It’s unconscionable,” Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva said in a news release.
“These are the major detective units of the entire department. They serve the entire county of Los Angeles. Those four units … are the cream of the crop of investigative units throughout the entire nation, and as the largest county in the nation, I cannot see how we move forward without these four units.”
Villanueva is a controversial figure on the left, though, one who’s spoken out repeatedly against defunding the police. Perhaps they thought tough choices weren’t going to have to be made. That law enforcement in the city of Los Angeles and Los Angeles County was just larded up and this was just an alarmist call.
And wasn’t Mayor Garcetti announcing new bureaus? In July, he talked up the new Community Safety Partnership bureau “to ensure equity and justice and fairness for every Angeleno.”
The new bureau, according to Deadline, would place officers in communities for up to five years as part of a “co-ownership” approach.
“This new bureau makes CSP both a program and a philosophy,” Garcetti said, in which officers would “develop relationships with the people they serve … moving from a warrior mentality to a guardian mentality.”
Lest you be fooled, however, Garcetti noted in the same media briefing that “this is part of a wider strategy of reducing force through training, tactics and recruitment, changing cultures where we have to.”
And while that changing culture might be moving away from a warrior mentality, let’s not kid ourselves: It’s going to be moving away from a guardian mentality, as well.
For victims of sexual assault, they’re losing a powerful tool in their pursuit of justice. There’s no amount of “co-ownership” that will replace that, particularly when it comes to a unit that helped bring down one of the most prolific and powerful sexual offenders in modern history in Harvey Weinstein.
Remember all of those mayors who called Garcetti to tell them how “excited” they were about defunding the police? Perhaps they’ll be the ones calling him again in the coming months, asking, “What the heck did you do?”
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westernjournal--2020-11-13--2 Killed, 1 Missing After Explosion at Veterans Hospital

An apparent steam explosion in a maintenance building at a Veterans Affairs hospital in Connecticut killed two people on Friday , and a third person is missing , officials said .
“ We received a report this morning that an explosion occurred at the West Haven campus of the VA Connecticut Healthcare System that resulted in two deaths in a non-patient care area , ” VA Secretary Robert Wilkie said in a statement .
“ Neither of the victims were VA patients and patient care was not affected .
Emergency personnel are on the scene , ” the statement said @ @ @ @ @ @ @ families of the victims of this explosion.
” Max Reiss , a spokesman for Gov .
Ned Lamont , said a third person was missing .
West Haven firefighters described it as a “ steam explosion ” at a facilities building a short distance from the hospital , their union said in a Facebook post .
State and federal investigators responded , according to Brian Foley , a top aide to state Public Safety Commissioner James Rovella .
The area of the campus where the blast happened was taped off by late Friday @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to enter and exit the main hospital building .
The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration is looking into what happened , spokesperson Jim Lally said .
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An apparent steam explosion in a maintenance building at a Veterans Affairs hospital in Connecticut killed two people on Friday, and a third person is missing, officials said.
“We received a report this morning that an explosion occurred at the West Haven campus of the VA Connecticut Healthcare System that resulted in two deaths in a non-patient care area,” VA Secretary Robert Wilkie said in a statement.
“Neither of the victims were VA patients and patient care was not affected. Emergency personnel are on the scene,” the statement said.
“Our prayers are with the families of the victims of this explosion.”
Steam explosion at VA hospital in Connecticut reportedly kills two https://t.co/1Mwj1OJFpT pic.twitter.com/C6b4RggENc — New York Post (@nypost) November 13, 2020
Max Reiss, a spokesman for Gov. Ned Lamont, said a third person was missing.
West Haven firefighters described it as a “steam explosion” at a facilities building a short distance from the hospital, their union said in a Facebook post.
State and federal investigators responded, according to Brian Foley, a top aide to state Public Safety Commissioner James Rovella.
He cited “an explosion type incident” with “serious injuries.”
The area of the campus where the blast happened was taped off by late Friday morning, but people were being allowed to enter and exit the main hospital building.
The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration is looking into what happened, spokesperson Jim Lally said.
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westernjournal--2020-11-14--Trump Vows Not To Execute National Lockdown, Promises COVID Vaccine Soon

President Donald Trump said Friday during an update on the success of Operation Warp Speed in developing coronavirus vaccines that there would be no national lockdown as long as he is still president .
At Friday ’ s White House media briefing , the president made clear the contrast between him and Democratic presidential hopeful Joe Biden when it comes to embracing Americans ’ personal liberties amid the coronavirus pandemic .
While the establishment media rushed to call the race for Biden last week , Trump is still the president , and the race is still contested as the Trump @ @ @ @ @ @ @ But in updating the country on the record-setting pace at which multiple vaccines are being developed — “ Millions of doses will soon be going out the door , ” and “ as soon as April , the vaccine will be available to the entire general population ” — the president took a moment to remind Americans how their lives could look should Biden ultimately win the race .
And he didn ’ t even have to say Biden ’ s name .
TRENDING : Bob Ehrlich : 12 Warnings for Trump Supporters @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Recounts “ While healthy Americans have gone back to work and to school , we continue to spare no expense to protect the elderly and the vulnerable .
According to some estimates , a national lockdown costs $ 50 billion a day and hundreds of thousands of jobs every single day , ” Trump said .
“ I will not go — this administration will not be going to a lockdown .
Hopefully , the — whatever happens in the future — who knows which administration it will be ?
I guess time @ @ @ @ @ @ @ concerned about being asked to risk their livelihoods and mental health that as long as he ’ s running the show , they will be protected from federal government overreach .
“ But I can tell you , this administration will not go to a lockdown .
There won ’ t be necessity .
Lockdowns cost lives , and they cost a lot of problems , ” he said .
The statement from Trump was likely a shot across the bow of Biden , whose newly formed 12-person coronavirus advisory board recently saw @ @ @ @ @ @ @ prolonged lockdown in the coming months .
Dr. Michael Osterholm , who serves as director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota and was tapped by Biden to be on the panel , floated the possibility of locking down the country for four to six weeks .
“ We could pay for a package right now to cover all of the lost wages for individual workers , for losses to small companies , to medium-sized companies or city , states , county governments , ” he @ @ @ @ @ @ @ We could do all of that , ” he said .
“ If we did that , then we could lock down for four to six weeks and if we did that , we could drive the numbers down.
” Biden himself has called for a mask mandates in every state , and has signaled an openness to shutting down the country .
The thought of another long and damaging lockdown is not only controversial with regard to arguable forthcoming violations of constitutional liberties .
A top World Health Organization official has said @ @ @ @ @ @ @ means of ” controlling the coronavirus .
“ We really do appeal to all world leaders : Stop using lockdown as your primary control method , ” Dr. David Nabarro , the WHO ’ s special envoy on COVID-19 , said last month .
Nabarro said , “ We in the World Health Organization do not advocate lockdowns as the primary means of control of this virus.
” Biden has often touted science when speaking of the Trump administration ’ s handling of the pandemic .
But the data suggests that lockdowns of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ emotional distress , while contributing to substance abuse and mental health issues .
With the presidential election is still contested nearly two weeks after Election Day , Trump took an opportunity Friday to remind Americans of the stakes of the outcome , at least with regard to their immediate liberties and economic health .
Trump has walked a tight rope these last eight months to protect the health of the American people while also attempting to avoid bankrupting families and small business .
A positive election outcome for Biden could see all of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ many Americans financially destitute and at the mercy of an authoritarian government for no good reason .
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President Donald Trump said Friday during an update on the success of Operation Warp Speed in developing coronavirus vaccines that there would be no national lockdown as long as he is still president.
At Friday’s White House media briefing, the president made clear the contrast between him and Democratic presidential hopeful Joe Biden when it comes to embracing Americans’ personal liberties amid the coronavirus pandemic.
While the establishment media rushed to call the race for Biden last week, Trump is still the president, and the race is still contested as the Trump campaign files litigation and seeks recounts.
But in updating the country on the record-setting pace at which multiple vaccines are being developed — “Millions of doses will soon be going out the door,” and “as soon as April, the vaccine will be available to the entire general population” — the president took a moment to remind Americans how their lives could look should Biden ultimately win the race.
And he didn’t even have to say Biden’s name.
“While healthy Americans have gone back to work and to school, we continue to spare no expense to protect the elderly and the vulnerable. According to some estimates, a national lockdown costs $50 billion a day and hundreds of thousands of jobs every single day,” Trump said.
WATCH: President Trump says his admin. will not be going to a coronavirus lockdown, and “hopefully the — whatever happens in the future, who knows which admin. it will be” will also not go to a lockdown. pic.twitter.com/tX4x6gu8R8 — NBC News (@NBCNews) November 13, 2020
“I will not go — this administration will not be going to a lockdown. Hopefully, the — whatever happens in the future — who knows which administration it will be? I guess time will tell.”
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Trump then assured Americans concerned about being asked to risk their livelihoods and mental health that as long as he’s running the show, they will be protected from federal government overreach.
“But I can tell you, this administration will not go to a lockdown. There won’t be necessity. Lockdowns cost lives, and they cost a lot of problems,” he said.
The statement from Trump was likely a shot across the bow of Biden, whose newly formed 12-person coronavirus advisory board recently saw a member promote the idea of another prolonged lockdown in the coming months.
Dr. Michael Osterholm, who serves as director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota and was tapped by Biden to be on the panel, floated the possibility of locking down the country for four to six weeks.
“We could pay for a package right now to cover all of the lost wages for individual workers, for losses to small companies, to medium-sized companies or city, states, county governments,” he told Yahoo Finance on Wednesday.
“We could do all of that,” he said. “If we did that, then we could lock down for four to six weeks and if we did that, we could drive the numbers down.”
Biden himself has called for a mask mandates in every state, and has signaled an openness to shutting down the country.
The thought of another long and damaging lockdown is not only controversial with regard to arguable forthcoming violations of constitutional liberties.
A top World Health Organization official has said lockdowns should not be “the primary means of” controlling the coronavirus.
“We really do appeal to all world leaders: Stop using lockdown as your primary control method,” Dr. David Nabarro, the WHO’s special envoy on COVID-19, said last month.
WATCH: Dr David Nabarro, the WHO’s Special Envoy on Covid-19, tells Andrew Neil: ‘We really do appeal to all world leaders: stop using lockdown as your primary control method’. Watch the full interview here: https://t.co/XLdaedsKVS #SpectatorTV @afneil | @davidnabarro pic.twitter.com/1M4xf3VnXQ — The Spectator (@spectator) October 9, 2020
Nabarro said, “We in the World Health Organization do not advocate lockdowns as the primary means of control of this virus.”
Biden has often touted science when speaking of the Trump administration’s handling of the pandemic.
But the data suggests that lockdowns of business and activities lead to poverty and emotional distress, while contributing to substance abuse and mental health issues.
With the presidential election is still contested nearly two weeks after Election Day, Trump took an opportunity Friday to remind Americans of the stakes of the outcome, at least with regard to their immediate liberties and economic health.
Trump has walked a tight rope these last eight months to protect the health of the American people while also attempting to avoid bankrupting families and small business.
A positive election outcome for Biden could see all of that work undermined, and could leave many Americans financially destitute and at the mercy of an authoritarian government for no good reason.
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