pamelagellerreport--2020-03-01--Bernie Sanders Is (As Usual) Wrong About India

Has Bernie Sanders ever been right about anything ?
“ Over 200 million Muslims call India home , ” he tweeted Wednesday .
“ Widespread anti-Muslim mob violence has killed at least 27 and injured many more .
Trump responds by saying , “ That ’ s up to India .
This is a failure of leadership on human rights.
” Bernie is , as usual , wrong .
His tweet reflects the American establishment media ’ s position that the riots in India over the last few days are examples of Hindu violence against Muslims , but they only @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , misleading , and inexcusably irresponsible presentation of what is going on in India .
The disinformation begins with the establishment media description of the Citizenship Amendment Act ( CAA ) , which is the cause of the rioting .
In an article entitled “ Trump declines to condemn India ’ s anti-Muslim law , ” the Los Angeles Times reported Tuesday that President Trump had “ declined…to condemn India ’ s controversial new citizenship law , which discriminates against Muslims.
” The law , said the Times , “ excludes Muslims and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ communal violence….The law passed by India ’ s parliament last year prioritizes citizenship for Hindus , Sikhs , Buddhists , Jains , Parsis and Christians while excluding Muslims.
” That ’ s partially true .
Gulf News is closer when it says that “ the Citizenship Amendment Act allows for the fast-tracking of applications from religious minorities including Hindus and Sikhs from Pakistan , Afghanistan and Bangladesh , but not Muslims.
” Why would these religious minorities be given preferential treatment ?
Because they are being persecuted in Pakistan , Afghanistan , and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Muslims .
So the Citizen Amendment Act offers refuge to these persecuted minorities , and not to people among whom may be their persecutors .
What exactly is wrong with doing this ?
Are non-Muslims not actually being persecuted in those three Muslim countries ?
They are , and as The History of Jihad shows , the Islamic jihad against Hindus is a 1,400-year-old war .
The LA Times ’ headline shows how the charge of being “ anti-Muslim ” is used to intimidate and silence anyone who dares stand against the jihad @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , every nation on earth should offer a similar refuge .
Muslims in India made that abundantly clear as far back as December , when they first began rioting over the CAA , throwing stones and torching vehicles .
The riots got a new impetus when President Trump visited India ; apparently the Muslims in India determined that the best way they could show that there need be no law protecting victims of Muslim persecution was by brutalizing innocent non-Muslims .
The rioters don ’ t seem to be aware of the irony @ @ @ @ @ @ @ he is only reading the American media about India .
The cover-up is relentless .
One telling incident took place on Monday night , when a 51-year-old Hindu named Vinod Kumar was murdered by a Muslim mob in Delhi for the crime of having a sticker reading “ Jai Shri Ram ” on his motorcycle .
The whole thing was captured on a video that went viral , featuring a crowd screaming “ Allahu akbar ” as Kumar is killed .
But the tragic story of Vinod Kumar has not been reported in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ stories of other Hindus who have been murdered by rampaging Muslim mobs .
Even worse , there appears to be a concerted effort to conceal such stories .
Wikipedia has a page on the Delhi riots , but it has been systematically scrubbed of any mention of Muslim-on-Hindu violence .
Compounding the impression that the violence has all been against Muslims , the Wikipedia entry on the riots features a photo not of the riots themselves , but of a Hindu leader .
Bernie might also have seen the Wall Street Journal report @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the people who was killed in the riots , Indian official Ankit Sharma , was killed by a mob that was chanting “ Jai Shri Ram.
” This was implausible on its face , because Ankit Sharma was not a Muslim , but it perpetuated the media narrative that Hindus are entirely at fault for the violence – that is , it perpetuated that narrative until Ankit Sharma ’ s brother himself denied the Wall Street Journal report and accused the WSJ of lying .
Maybe the Journal was just following the lead @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , which was caught having edited out of its riot coverage images of a pile of stones , ready to be used as weapons , on the rooftop of a mosque .
Or on the other hand , it could be that NDTV figured that if the venerable Wall Street Journal could do it , so could they .
In light of all this , it ’ s no surprise that Bernie Sanders would not have all the facts and rush to condemn those who are being attacked .
But Bernie is actually @ @ @ @ @ @ @ better informed ; nor is anyone else .
The establishment media is inundating us with fake news about India .
Neither Bernie nor anyone else should take their bait .
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Has Bernie Sanders ever been right about anything? “Over 200 million Muslims call India home,” he tweeted Wednesday. “Widespread anti-Muslim mob violence has killed at least 27 and injured many more. Trump responds by saying, “That’s up to India. This is a failure of leadership on human rights.”
Bernie is, as usual, wrong. His tweet reflects the American establishment media’s position that the riots in India over the last few days are examples of Hindu violence against Muslims, but they only maintain that position by an extremely selective, misleading, and inexcusably irresponsible presentation of what is going on in India.
The disinformation begins with the establishment media description of the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), which is the cause of the rioting. In an article entitled “Trump declines to condemn India’s anti-Muslim law,” the Los Angeles Times reported Tuesday that President Trump had “declined…to condemn India’s controversial new citizenship law, which discriminates against Muslims.” The law, said the Times, “excludes Muslims and has helped fuel a new wave of communal violence….The law passed by India’s parliament last year prioritizes citizenship for Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains, Parsis and Christians while excluding Muslims.”
That’s partially true. Gulf News is closer when it says that “the Citizenship Amendment Act allows for the fast-tracking of applications from religious minorities including Hindus and Sikhs from Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh, but not Muslims.” Why would these religious minorities be given preferential treatment? Because they are being persecuted in Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Bangladesh. Who is persecuting them? Muslims. So the Citizen Amendment Act offers refuge to these persecuted minorities, and not to people among whom may be their persecutors.
What exactly is wrong with doing this? Are non-Muslims not actually being persecuted in those three Muslim countries? They are, and as The History of Jihad shows, the Islamic jihad against Hindus is a 1,400-year-old war. The LA Times’ headline shows how the charge of being “anti-Muslim” is used to intimidate and silence anyone who dares stand against the jihad or with its victims.
In reality, every nation on earth should offer a similar refuge. Muslims in India made that abundantly clear as far back as December, when they first began rioting over the CAA, throwing stones and torching vehicles. The riots got a new impetus when President Trump visited India; apparently the Muslims in India determined that the best way they could show that there need be no law protecting victims of Muslim persecution was by brutalizing innocent non-Muslims. The rioters don’t seem to be aware of the irony.
Bernie could possibly be excused if he is only reading the American media about India. The cover-up is relentless. One telling incident took place on Monday night, when a 51-year-old Hindu named Vinod Kumar was murdered by a Muslim mob in Delhi for the crime of having a sticker reading “Jai Shri Ram” on his motorcycle. The whole thing was captured on a video that went viral, featuring a crowd screaming “Allahu akbar” as Kumar is killed. But the tragic story of Vinod Kumar has not been reported in the Western media; nor have the stories of other Hindus who have been murdered by rampaging Muslim mobs.
Even worse, there appears to be a concerted effort to conceal such stories. Wikipedia has a page on the Delhi riots, but it has been systematically scrubbed of any mention of Muslim-on-Hindu violence. Compounding the impression that the violence has all been against Muslims, the Wikipedia entry on the riots features a photo not of the riots themselves, but of a Hindu leader.
Bernie might also have seen the Wall Street Journal report about how the brother of one of the people who was killed in the riots, Indian official Ankit Sharma, was killed by a mob that was chanting “Jai Shri Ram.” This was implausible on its face, because Ankit Sharma was not a Muslim, but it perpetuated the media narrative that Hindus are entirely at fault for the violence – that is, it perpetuated that narrative until Ankit Sharma’s brother himself denied the Wall Street Journal report and accused the WSJ of lying.
Maybe the Journal was just following the lead of the Leftist Indian media outlet NDTV, which was caught having edited out of its riot coverage images of a pile of stones, ready to be used as weapons, on the rooftop of a mosque. Or on the other hand, it could be that NDTV figured that if the venerable Wall Street Journal could do it, so could they.
In light of all this, it’s no surprise that Bernie Sanders would not have all the facts and rush to condemn those who are being attacked. But Bernie is actually not excused from the responsibility to be better informed; nor is anyone else. The establishment media is inundating us with fake news about India. Neither Bernie nor anyone else should take their bait.
Robert Spencer is the director of Jihad Watch and a Shillman Fellow at the David Horowitz Freedom Center. He is author of 19 books, including the New York Times bestsellers The Politically Incorrect Guide to Islam (and the Crusades) and The Truth About Muhammad. His latest book is The Palestinian Delusion: The Catastrophic History of the Middle East Peace Process. Follow him on Twitter here. Like him on Facebook here.
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pamelagellerreport--2020-03-01--In the Halimi Case, Macron Deplores the Decision

On Islam , President Emmanuel Macron is not coherent .
He has spoken with fervor about creating a “ French Islam , ” but has not explained what that means , other than that imams would receive their religious training in France .
He has since gone silent on that plan ; after such a buildup ; no one yet knows what Macron thinks a “ French Islam ” would look like , and how it would differ from mainstream Islam as practiced in the Middle East and North Africa .
After all , Believers inside France would read the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Hadith as Believers outside .
Or does Macron think he can produce bowdlerized “ editions ” of both suitable for use in France , that Muslims would accept ?
The French President has sounded much more sensible in his recent remarks about the trial of Kobili Traore , the man who killed Sara Halimi , a 65-year-old lady murdered for being Jewish .
Traore was excused by the prosecutors from a criminal trial because he had been high on cannabis at the time of the murder .
Here are the details of Macron @ @ @ @ @ @ @ some senior French judges : French President Emmanuel Macron was locked in a dispute with senior representatives of his country ’ s judiciary on Monday , after earlier expressing support for putting the alleged antisemitic murderer of a Jewish woman on trial .
In a speech to French Jews in Jerusalem last Thursday , Macron addressed the widely-condemned Dec. 2019 decision by prosecutors in Paris to excuse the accused killer , 29-year-old Kobili Traore , from a criminal trial .
The prosecutors deemed that Traore ’ s intake of cannabis on the night @ @ @ @ @ @ @ — his 65-year-old Jewish neighbor — had rendered him delusional and therefore criminally not responsible for his actions .
In his remarks in Israel , Macron appeared to disagree with that ruling .
“ Even if , in the end , the judge had to decide that criminal responsibility is not there , the need for a trial is there , ” the French president said .
That assertion resulted in a stern reminder for Macron of the independent status of the French system of justice from two of its leading representatives .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ Chantal Arens and François Molins — respectively the first president and the attorney general of the Cassation Court , France ’ s highest — emphasized that “ the independence of the judiciary is an essential condition for the functioning of democracy.
” Continued the statement : “ The magistrates of the Court of Cassation must be able to examine with complete peace of mind and in complete independence the appeals before them.
” The Court of Cassation is presently considering whether to overrule the Paris prosecutors by sending Traore for trial .
Their @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in a legal process that has dragged on for nearly three years , causing heartache to the Halimi family and rising anger among French Jews .
And not just French Jews – many non-Jews have also been angered by this decision .
The judiciary ’ s independence is not infringed upon by Macron stating his personal opinion as to the wisdom of the prosecutors ’ decision in the Halimi case .
Macron retains the right to state his own view on the .
wisdom , or unwisdom , of judges ’ decisions .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ judges on the Court of Cassation who may agree , or refuse , to hear the case on appeal .
He has no power , as president , to pressure them , any more than an American president can pressure judges on the Supreme Court to vote the way he would wish .
In the wake of Halimi ’ s murder — which occurred two months before Macron ’ s election — he said , “ I received so many letters , heard so much excitement , saw so much rage and anger @ @ @ @ @ @ @ be done.
” Macron then noted an appeal had already been lodged by Halimi ’ s lawyers with the Court of Cassation , observing that “ this constitutes a possible way forward under the law.
” Traore — who lived in the same public housing project in eastern Paris as Halimi , a child development expert who lived alone — broke into her apartment during the early morning hours of April 4 , 2017 .
Terrified neighbors who alerted police after hearing Halimi ’ s cries for help reported that Traore had shouted @ @ @ @ @ @ @ punches on his victim , before picking up her bruised body and throwing her out of the window .
Police investigations later revealed that Halimi had told relatives that she was scared of Traore , who insulted her visiting daughter as a “ dirty Jewess ” a few weeks before the murder .
The country ’ s chief rabbi , Haim Korsia , was among those who condemned the decision to excuse Traore from trial because of his drug use , calling it a “ license to kill Jews ” in France .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ Halimi case was atrocious .
It was based on the argument that since Kobili Traore was under the influence of cannabis when he murdered Halimi , he was , not in his right mind and could not be held criminally responsible for his act .
But his own history showed that when he beat and then defenestrated Halimi , his thoughts were very much of a piece with his beliefs when he was not taking cannabis .
He had a history of ranting about Jews ; when Halimi ’ s daughter had visited @ @ @ @ @ @ @ murder , Traore called her “ une sale juive , ” a “ dirty Jewess.
” Traore was in his right mind – that is , his evil , antisemitic , murderous right mind – when he decided to kill Sara Halimi .
He was doing as the Qur ’ an instructs Muslims to do – to fight , to kill , to smite at the necks of , to strike terror in the hearts of , non-Muslims , the “ most vile of created beings.
” He knew , too , the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ an .
While beating Halimi , he repeated Islamic slogans – quotes , no doubt , from some of the more than 100 Jihad verses in the Qur ’ an .
Why should the taking of cannabis be considered a mitigating factor ?
That would be true only if Traore had never exhibited a murderous hatred of Jews , but then , while under the influence of cannabis , had attacked and killed Sara Halimi , toward whom he had never expressed any hatred , could one argue that he was “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in the trial it had been well-established that Traore hated Jews , insulted Jews , ranted against Jews .
The cannabis was not the cause of his murderous behavior ; it may have given him Dutch courage to do what he so obviously wanted to do .
His intent was clear , and this hatred of Jews had been clear for months , if not years .
If the judgment of the prosecutors in the Halimi case were to stand , it would set a terrible precedent in French law .
If on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ prosecution by the Court of Cassation , how many Muslims will simply get high on drugs before committing whatever crime they have in mind against Infidels ?
As Chief Rabbi Haim Korsia , who was among those who condemned the decision to excuse Traore from trial because of his drug use , said , the decision was a “ license to kill Jews ” in France .
And not just Jews .

On Islam, President Emmanuel Macron is not coherent. He has spoken with fervor about creating a “French Islam,” but has not explained what that means, other than that imams would receive their religious training in France. He has since gone silent on that plan; after such a buildup; no one yet knows what Macron thinks a “French Islam” would look like, and how it would differ from mainstream Islam as practiced in the Middle East and North Africa. After all, Believers inside France would read the same Qur’an and the same Hadith as Believers outside. Or does Macron think he can produce bowdlerized “editions” of both suitable for use in France, that Muslims would accept?
The French President has sounded much more sensible in his recent remarks about the trial of Kobili Traore, the man who killed Sara Halimi, a 65-year-old lady murdered for being Jewish. Traore was excused by the prosecutors from a criminal trial because he had been high on cannabis at the time of the murder.
Here are the details of Macron’s clashes on that decision with some senior French judges:
French President Emmanuel Macron was locked in a dispute with senior representatives of his country’s judiciary on Monday, after earlier expressing support for putting the alleged antisemitic murderer of a Jewish woman on trial. In a speech to French Jews in Jerusalem last Thursday, Macron addressed the widely-condemned Dec. 2019 decision by prosecutors in Paris to excuse the accused killer, 29-year-old Kobili Traore, from a criminal trial. The prosecutors deemed that Traore’s intake of cannabis on the night that he tortured and murdered Sarah Halimi — his 65-year-old Jewish neighbor — had rendered him delusional and therefore criminally not responsible for his actions. In his remarks in Israel, Macron appeared to disagree with that ruling. “Even if, in the end, the judge had to decide that criminal responsibility is not there, the need for a trial is there,” the French president said. That assertion resulted in a stern reminder for Macron of the independent status of the French system of justice from two of its leading representatives. In a written statement on Monday, Chantal Arens and François Molins — respectively the first president and the attorney general of the Cassation Court, France’s highest — emphasized that “the independence of the judiciary is an essential condition for the functioning of democracy.” Continued the statement: “The magistrates of the Court of Cassation must be able to examine with complete peace of mind and in complete independence the appeals before them.” The Court of Cassation is presently considering whether to overrule the Paris prosecutors by sending Traore for trial. Their deliberations will likely be the final step in a legal process that has dragged on for nearly three years, causing heartache to the Halimi family and rising anger among French Jews.
And not just French Jews – many non-Jews have also been angered by this decision.
In his Jerusalem speech, however, Macron suggested that his personal feelings about the Halimi case sat uneasily with the official requirements of his post. “I cannot speak to you from the heart, because I am the guarantor of the independence of the judiciary, of the cardinal principles of our Criminal Code,” Macron noted.
The judiciary’s independence is not infringed upon by Macron stating his personal opinion as to the wisdom of the prosecutors’ decision in the Halimi case. Macron retains the right to state his own view on the. wisdom, or unwisdom, of judges’ decisions. He has no means of influencing the judges on the Court of Cassation who may agree, or refuse, to hear the case on appeal. He has no power, as president, to pressure them, any more than an American president can pressure judges on the Supreme Court to vote the way he would wish.
In the wake of Halimi’s murder — which occurred two months before Macron’s election — he said, “I received so many letters, heard so much excitement, saw so much rage and anger at the idea that justice will never be done.” Macron then noted an appeal had already been lodged by Halimi’s lawyers with the Court of Cassation, observing that “this constitutes a possible way forward under the law.” Traore — who lived in the same public housing project in eastern Paris as Halimi, a child development expert who lived alone — broke into her apartment during the early morning hours of April 4, 2017. Terrified neighbors who alerted police after hearing Halimi’s cries for help reported that Traore had shouted Islamist slogans as he rained kicks and punches on his victim, before picking up her bruised body and throwing her out of the window. Police investigations later revealed that Halimi had told relatives that she was scared of Traore, who insulted her visiting daughter as a “dirty Jewess” a few weeks before the murder. The country’s chief rabbi, Haim Korsia, was among those who condemned the decision to excuse Traore from trial because of his drug use, calling it a “license to kill Jews” in France.
The decision of the prosecutors in the Halimi case was atrocious. It was based on the argument that since Kobili Traore was under the influence of cannabis when he murdered Halimi, he was, not in his right mind and could not be held criminally responsible for his act. But his own history showed that when he beat and then defenestrated Halimi, his thoughts were very much of a piece with his beliefs when he was not taking cannabis. He had a history of ranting about Jews; when Halimi’s daughter had visited her just a few weeks before the murder, Traore called her “une sale juive,” a “dirty Jewess.” Traore was in his right mind – that is, his evil, antisemitic, murderous right mind – when he decided to kill Sara Halimi. He was doing as the Qur’an instructs Muslims to do – to fight, to kill, to smite at the necks of, to strike terror in the hearts of, non-Muslims, the “most vile of created beings.” He knew, too, the several dozen antisemitic verses in the Qur’an. While beating Halimi, he repeated Islamic slogans – quotes, no doubt, from some of the more than 100 Jihad verses in the Qur’an.
Why should the taking of cannabis be considered a mitigating factor? That would be true only if Traore had never exhibited a murderous hatred of Jews, but then, while under the influence of cannabis, had attacked and killed Sara Halimi, toward whom he had never expressed any hatred, could one argue that he was “not in his right mind.” But in the trial it had been well-established that Traore hated Jews, insulted Jews, ranted against Jews. The cannabis was not the cause of his murderous behavior; it may have given him Dutch courage to do what he so obviously wanted to do. His intent was clear, and this hatred of Jews had been clear for months, if not years.
If the judgment of the prosecutors in the Halimi case were to stand, it would set a terrible precedent in French law. If on appeal Traore is excused from any criminal prosecution by the Court of Cassation, how many Muslims will simply get high on drugs before committing whatever crime they have in mind against Infidels? As Chief Rabbi Haim Korsia, who was among those who condemned the decision to excuse Traore from trial because of his drug use, said, the decision was a “license to kill Jews” in France. And not just Jews.
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pamelagellerreport--2020-03-01--Saturday Night Cinema: M

Saturday Night Cinema: M

Tonight ’ s Saturday Night Classic is Fritz Lang ’ s , “ M ” .
This film is nothing less than a masterpiece .
It created the serial killer genre , long before Psycho , The Silence of the Lambs or Se7en .
M was not only the originator of the genre , but arguably remains it preeminent entry .
Be afraid .
Be properly afraid .
The greatest creation of Fritz Lang ’ s career remains one of the most disturbing movies of his , or any , film-making era .
Kevin Maher , Times ( UK ) @ @ @ @ @ @ @ years after their original release , but this one surely is .
Kenneth Turan , Los Angeles Times Lang was an extraordinary filmmaker and his CV is littered with classics – the Mabuse films ( 1922 , 1932 , 1960 ) , Metropolis ( 1927 ) , Fury ( 1936 ) , The Woman in the Window ( 1944 ) , Scarlet Street ( 1945 ) , The Big Heat ( 1953 ) and Beyond a Reasonable Doubt ( 1956 ) are merely the best known – but he himself regarded M , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ best , and it ’ s not hard to see why .
Apart from anything else , it ’ s quite remarkable on a technical level : Lang ’ s highly inventive and sophisticated use of sound made it one of the most enduringly influential talkies , while the camerawork , by Fritz Arno Wagner , ensured that many of its images remain genuinely iconic .
The roots of noir go back to German Expressionism , and there ’ s no movie that ’ s more German , Expressionist , or noir than @ @ @ @ @ @ @ finally restored — M ( 1931 ) .
While this story of the pursuit of a child-killer lacks one of the crucial elements of the genre , the femme fatale , the other components of noir are here in force .
There ’ s the dark cityscape , an unstable environment in which children play in the street singing chants about “ black bogeymen ” and murderers .
There ’ s the paranoid pathology of the individual in the person of the twisted Hans Beckert ( Peter Lorre ) , who courts and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ can ’ t express or fathom , and a frenzied mob that brings its own brand of justice against him .
Many of the classic noirs of the 1940s and later owe a debt to M ’ s obsessive attention to the details of the manhunt , with the most minute aspects of police procedure rendered .
Most important , though , is the sense of doom that colors the film , a fatalism Lang renders through chiaroscuro lighting effects and enormous high-angle shots that suggest a malevolent spiritual presence hovering above the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ doom .
M is based on the real-life case of child-killer Peter Kurten , the “ monster of Dusseldorf , ” whose crimes of the 1920s were still recent enough to resonate in the viewer ’ s mind .
The film is divided into three distinct sections .
In the first , Lang introduces killer , victim , and the desolate urban landscape in which the crimes occur .
The style here is oblique and impressionistic — shots of a blind man selling balloons , a little girl taking the hand of a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ hillside and coming ominously to rest .
The director ’ s discreet rendering of the murder of Elsie Beckmann subtly implicates the viewer in what is not shown — as Lang wrote , “ forcing each individual member of the audience to create the gruesome details of the murder according to his personal imagination.
” Typical of the powerful sensibility at work here is a shot of the balloon Beckert purchased for Elsie , a crudely formed clown ; separated from her hand during one of the film ’ s unseen “ gruesome @ @ @ @ @ @ @ trapped by telephone wires .
[ … . ]
It ’ s generally agreed that M was critical in hastening Lang ’ s departure from Germany in 1934 .
The Nazis weren ’ t thrilled by the film ’ s original title , Murderers Among Us ; they assumed it was about them and tried to squash the production , even going so far as issuing death threats .
Of course , in a sense they were correct .
M is about more than the landscape of an unbalanced mind .
With its @ @ @ @ @ @ @ indictment of mob mentality , the film draws with frightening precision the dark contours of Nazi groupthink .
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Tonight’s Saturday Night Classic is Fritz Lang’s, “M”. This film is nothing less than a masterpiece. It created the serial killer genre, long before Psycho, The Silence of the Lambs or Se7en. M was not only the originator of the genre, but arguably remains it preeminent entry.
Be afraid. Be properly afraid. The greatest creation of Fritz Lang’s career remains one of the most disturbing movies of his, or any, film-making era. Kevin Maher, Times (UK) Few films are gripping and effective 82 years after their original release, but this one surely is. Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times
Lang was an extraordinary filmmaker and his CV is littered with classics – the Mabuse films (1922, 1932, 1960), Metropolis (1927), Fury (1936), The Woman in the Window (1944), Scarlet Street (1945), The Big Heat (1953) and Beyond a Reasonable Doubt (1956) are merely the best known – but he himself regarded M, his first sound film, as his best, and it’s not hard to see why. Apart from anything else, it’s quite remarkable on a technical level: Lang’s highly inventive and sophisticated use of sound made it one of the most enduringly influential talkies, while the camerawork, by Fritz Arno Wagner, ensured that many of its images remain genuinely iconic.
M – Eine Stadt sucht einen Moerder (1931)
The roots of noir go back to German Expressionism, and there’s no movie that’s more German, Expressionist, or noir than Fritz Lang’s masterful — and finally restored — M
(1931). While this story of the pursuit of a child-killer lacks one of the crucial elements of the genre, the femme fatale, the other components of noir are here in force. There’s the dark cityscape, an unstable environment in which children play in the street singing chants about “black bogeymen” and murderers. There’s the paranoid pathology of the individual in the person of the twisted Hans Beckert (Peter Lorre), who courts and kills his young victims for reasons he can’t express or fathom, and a frenzied mob that brings its own brand of justice against him. Many of the classic noirs of the 1940s and later owe a debt to M’s obsessive attention to the details of the manhunt, with the most minute aspects of police procedure rendered. Most important, though, is the sense of doom that colors the film, a fatalism Lang renders through chiaroscuro lighting effects and enormous high-angle shots that suggest a malevolent spiritual presence hovering above the city and guiding its denizens to their doom.
M
is based on the real-life case of child-killer Peter Kurten, the “monster of Dusseldorf,” whose crimes of the 1920s were still recent enough to resonate in the viewer’s mind. The film is divided into three
distinct sections. In the first, Lang introduces killer, victim, and the desolate urban landscape in which the crimes occur. The style here is oblique and impressionistic — shots of a blind man selling balloons, a little girl taking the hand of a stranger, a ball rolling down a hillside and coming ominously to rest. The director’s discreet rendering of the murder of Elsie Beckmann subtly implicates the viewer in what is not shown — as Lang wrote, “forcing each individual member of the audience to create the gruesome details of the murder according to his personal imagination.” Typical of the powerful sensibility at work here is a shot of the balloon Beckert purchased for Elsie, a crudely formed clown; separated from her hand during one of the film’s unseen “gruesome details,” it ends up helplessly trapped by telephone wires.
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It’s generally agreed that M was critical in hastening Lang’s departure from Germany in 1934. The Nazis weren’t thrilled by the film’s original title, Murderers Among Us; they assumed it was about them and tried to squash the production, even going so far as issuing death threats. Of course, in a sense they were correct. M is about more than the landscape of an unbalanced mind. With its palpable air of dread and its direct indictment of mob mentality, the film draws with frightening precision the dark contours of Nazi groupthink.
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pamelagellerreport--2020-02-29--Ex-NFL player declares Trump America’s ‘first black president’

A former NFL player declared President Trump the “ first black president ” Thursday during a Black History Month round table discussion at the White House .
“ Mr .
President , I don ’ t mean to interrupt , but I ’ ve got to say this because it ’ s Black History Month : man , you are the first black president , ” Former NFL safety Jack Brewer , who was a guest at the roundtable , told Trump .
The comment sparked a round of applause from the president ’ s other supporters who were in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Jr. ’ s niece Alveda King , conservative media personalities Diamond and Silk and others .
Brewer said he was a Democrat all his life until he was “ changed ” and “ inspired ” by President Trump .
“ You ’ ve changed me .
You touched me .
And you made my work go to another level .
You inspire me .
And every time I go into those prisons and I ask my guys how many of them had their sentences reduced and they raise their hands , I know @ @ @ @ @ @ @ work and I thank you for that , ” Brewer said .
The former Vikings player is an ordained minister and Fordham University professor .
The comment was likely a reference to the “ first black president ” nickname given to former President Bill Clinton by novelist Toni Morrison in 1998 .
The Trump campaign has moved to court black voters in recent weeks , particularly in diverse cities in swing states .
The campaign announced this week it is opening community centers in 15 major cities across the country to ramp up @ @ @ @ @

A former NFL player declared President Trump the “first black president” Thursday during a Black History Month round table discussion at the White House.
“Mr. President, I don’t mean to interrupt, but I’ve got to say this because it’s Black History Month: man, you are the first black president,” Former NFL safety Jack Brewer, who was a guest at the roundtable, told Trump.
The comment sparked a round of applause from the president’s other supporters who were in attendance, which included Martin Luther King Jr.’s niece Alveda King, conservative media personalities Diamond and Silk and others.
Brewer said he was a Democrat all his life until he was “changed” and “inspired” by President Trump.
“You’ve changed me. You touched me. And you made my work go to another level. You inspire me. And every time I go into those prisons and I ask my guys how many of them had their sentences reduced and they raise their hands, I know I’m doing God’s work and I thank you for that,” Brewer said.
The former Vikings player is an ordained minister and Fordham University professor.
The comment was likely a reference to the “first black president” nickname given to former President Bill Clinton by novelist Toni Morrison in 1998.
The Trump campaign has moved to court black voters in recent weeks, particularly in diverse cities in swing states. The campaign announced this week it is opening community centers in 15 major cities across the country to ramp up outreach to black voters.


pamelagellerreport--2020-02-29--Democrats want you to be infected by the coronavirus

Earlier Friday , Trump Jr. accused Democrats of politicizing the spread of the coronavirus .
“ Anything that they can use to try to hurt Trump , they will , ” Trump Jr. said .
“ But for them to try to take a pandemic and seemingly hope that it comes here and kills millions of people so that they could end Donald Trump ’ s streak of winning is a new level of sickness.
” In response , congressman Garamendi threatened Don Jr. with physical violence on national TV .
“ He should not be near me when he @ @ @ @ @ @ @ an interview with MSNBC ’ s Hallie Jackson .
“ There would be a serious altercation , ” the congressman replied .
“ That is just totally outrageous .
I can assure you that there ’ s not a Democrat or Republican in Congress that wants anybody to be sick.
” “ Don Jr. better not get close to me , ” Garamendi added .
“ It would not be a healthy situation.
” Well , it happen that as usual , Don Jr. was telling the truth and the Dems were hiding @ @ @ @ @ @ @ activist actually said he wishes to infect and kill millions of people with the coronavirus in Trump rallies .
He wrote on Feb 23 : “ If I contracted coronavirus , I would go out and try to attend every Trump rally possible ” [ killing millions of people so that they could end Donald Trump ’ s streak of winning ] .
That doesn ’ t surprise me at all if you pay attention and analyze the liberals narrative .
The people on the right believe the left policies would do evil @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the people on the right are evil .
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Earlier Friday, Trump Jr. accused Democrats of politicizing the spread of the coronavirus.
“Anything that they can use to try to hurt Trump, they will,” Trump Jr. said. “But for them to try to take a pandemic and seemingly hope that it comes here and kills millions of people so that they could end Donald Trump’s streak of winning is a new level of sickness.”
In response, congressman Garamendi threatened Don Jr. with physical violence on national TV.
“He should not be near me when he says that,” Garamendi said during an interview with MSNBC’s Hallie Jackson.
“Why not?” Jackson asked.
“There would be a serious altercation,” the congressman replied. “That is just totally outrageous. I can assure you that there’s not a Democrat or Republican in Congress that wants anybody to be sick.”
“Don Jr. better not get close to me,” Garamendi added. “It would not be a healthy situation.”
Well, it happen that as usual, Don Jr. was telling the truth and the Dems were hiding it.
On Twitter, a Democrat activist actually said he wishes to infect and kill millions of people with the coronavirus in Trump rallies.
He wrote on Feb 23: “If I contracted coronavirus, I would go out and try to attend every Trump rally possible” [killing millions of people so that they could end Donald Trump’s streak of winning].
If I contracted coronavirus, I would go out and try to attend every Trump rally possible — Ali A. Rizvi (@aliamjadrizvi) February 24, 2020
That doesn’t surprise me at all if you pay attention and analyze the liberals narrative.
The people on the right believe the left policies would do evil.
What the left think is that the people on the right are evil. And thus, the planet would be better off if they disappeared…
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pamelagellerreport--2020-02-29--Antisemitic autocrat Bernie Sanders Rebukes, Boycotts AIPAC to Appear with Notorious Jew Hating Rapp

Antisemitic autocrat Bernie Sanders Rebukes, Boycotts AIPAC to Appear with Notorious Jew Hating Rapper

There are comparisons being made between the Jew-hater Jeremy Corbyn and commie antisemitie Bernie Sanders who are both were viciously anti-Jewish .
But the American version of Corbyn is worse .
In the UK , the press exposed and reported on the Corbyn ’ s antisemitism .
Here in the U.S.A. , the notoriously left-wing American press worships at the mantle of commies and Jew haters .
Secondly , the UK Labour party made some attempt , albeit feeble and impotent , to address its antisemitism problem .
The Democrats have not .
On the contrary , the worst antisemites @ @ @ @ @ @ @ are the faces of the newly reconstituted neo-Nazi Democrat party .
Bernie , ‘ Proud To Be Jewish , ’ Skips AIPAC .
Instead , He ’ s Appearing With Israel-Hating Rapper On Sunday , Senator Bernie Sanders , who has been boasting recently that he is “ proud to be Jewish ” despite his constant association with virulent Israel-haters such as Rep. Ilhan Omar and Linda Sarsour , will skip the AIPAC conference , which is devoted to the support of the state of Israel , and instead hold a rally in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , Public Enemy ’ s Chuck D. Last Sunday , as The Daily Wire reported , Sanders attacked the AIPAC conference , stating , “ The Israeli people have the right to live in peace and security .
So do the Palestinian people .
I remain concerned about the platform AIPAC provides for leaders who express bigotry and oppose basic Palestinian rights .
For that reason I will not attend their conference.
” Senator Sanders has never attended our conference and that is evident from his outrageous comment .
In fact , many @ @ @ @ @ @ @ colleagues and leaders speak from our platform to the over 18,000 Americans from widely diverse backgrounds – Democrats , Republicans , Jews , Christians , African Americans , Hispanic Americans , progressives , Veterans , students , members of the LGBTQ+ community – who participate in the conference to proclaim their support for the U.S.-Israel relationship .
By engaging in such an odious attack on this mainstream , bipartisan American political event , Senator Sanders is insulting his very own colleagues and the millions of Americans who stand with Israel .
Truly shameful @ @ @ @ @ @ @ back years ; in 2016 , when he was given an opportunity to add members of his choice to the platform committee ; he chose Cornel West .
Only a day after Palestinian terrorists disguised as Orthodox Jews murdered four Israelis , West referred to Israeli “ occupation , ” saying , “ The real question is going to be a commitment to security for precious Jewish brothers and sisters in Israel can never be predicated on an occupation of precious Palestinians .
If we ’ re concerned about security it seems to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ have to talk seriously about occupation .
… Occupation is real , it ’ s concrete.
” In October , speaking at the national conference of the notoriously anti-Israel J Street organization , and interviewed by former Obama officials Ben Rhodes and Tommy Vietor , both of whom supported the Iran nuclear deal that represented an existential threat to Israel , Sanders curried favor by suggesting that Israel did not respect human rights , snapping , “ I would use the leverage of $ 3.8 billion .
It is a lot of money @ @ @ @ @ @ @ carte blanche to the Israeli government , or for that matter to any government at all .
We have a right to demand respect for human rights and democracy.
” He threatened , “ My solution is , to Israel , if you want military aid you ’ re going to have to fundamentally change your relationship to the people of Gaza .
I would say that some of the $ 3.8 billion should go right now to humanitarian aid in Gaza.
” When Sanders wanted to win the Democratic nomination in 2016 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ over 10,000 innocent Palestinians , launched indiscriminate attacks in the Gaza Strip , and shelled hospitals in Gaza during Operation Protective Edge in 2014 .
The senator not only inflated the numbers by several orders of magnitude , he even outdid the Hamas spokespersons in creating a false narrative that the IDF was intentionally attacking the civilian population .

There are comparisons being made between the Jew-hater Jeremy Corbyn and commie antisemitie Bernie Sanders who are both were viciously anti-Jewish. But the American version of Corbyn is worse. In the UK, the press exposed and reported on the Corbyn’s antisemitism. Here in the U.S.A., the notoriously left-wing American press worships at the mantle of commies and Jew haters. Secondly, the UK Labour party made some attempt, albeit feeble and impotent, to address its antisemitism problem. The Democrats have not. On the contrary, the worst antisemites like Ilhan Omar, Rashida Tlaib etc are the faces of the newly reconstituted neo-Nazi Democrat party.
Bernie, ‘Proud To Be Jewish,’ Skips AIPAC. Instead, He’s Appearing With Israel-Hating Rapper
By Hank Berrien, DailyWire.com, Februry 29, 2020:
On Sunday, Senator Bernie Sanders, who has been boasting recently that he is “proud to be Jewish” despite his constant association with virulent Israel-haters such as Rep. Ilhan Omar and Linda Sarsour, will skip the AIPAC conference, which is devoted to the support of the state of Israel, and instead hold a rally in Los Angeles, joined by another Israel-hater, Public Enemy’s Chuck D.
When we fight, we win. Donate any amount to get this new Fight The Power poster to commemorate our upcoming pre-Super Tuesday rally with Public Enemy Radio on Sunday. https://t.co/EhYK4ztXyq — Bernie Sanders (@BernieSanders) February 28, 2020
This Sunday, Bernie is having a rally in my city and he's brining Public Enemy to perform.
Young Sanders voters are probably unaware but Public Enemy are pro Nation of Islam & Farrakhan, and have caused quiet a stir with the Jewish community over controversial lyrics. — Claire Voltaire (@Claire_Voltaire) February 28, 2020
Out of all people available to perform, the Sanders campaign went with a group that praised Farrakhan. It's as if he's trying to tell us something. Just not sure what it is.https://t.co/TQJqqdaCYr — Claire Voltaire (@Claire_Voltaire) February 28, 2020
"There's nothin more antisemitic than Zionism". pic.twitter.com/pajKZ6Sstv — Claire Voltaire (@Claire_Voltaire) February 28, 2020
Comparing Israelis to Nazis. pic.twitter.com/z1UtZBmSPr — Claire Voltaire (@Claire_Voltaire) February 28, 2020
Last Sunday, as The Daily Wire reported, Sanders attacked the AIPAC conference, stating, “The Israeli people have the right to live in peace and security. So do the Palestinian people. I remain concerned about the platform AIPAC provides for leaders who express bigotry and oppose basic Palestinian rights. For that reason I will not attend their conference.”
AIPAC fired back:
Senator Sanders has never attended our conference and that is evident from his outrageous comment. In fact, many of his own Senate and House Democratic colleagues and leaders speak from our platform to the over 18,000 Americans from widely diverse backgrounds – Democrats, Republicans, Jews, Christians, African Americans, Hispanic Americans, progressives, Veterans, students, members of the LGBTQ+ community – who participate in the conference to proclaim their support for the U.S.-Israel relationship. By engaging in such an odious attack on this mainstream, bipartisan American political event, Senator Sanders is insulting his very own colleagues and the millions of Americans who stand with Israel. Truly shameful.
Sanders bitter hatred of Israel goes back years; in 2016, when he was given an opportunity to add members of his choice to the platform committee; he chose Cornel West. Only a day after Palestinian terrorists disguised as Orthodox Jews murdered four Israelis, West referred to Israeli “occupation,” saying, “The real question is going to be a commitment to security for precious Jewish brothers and sisters in Israel can never be predicated on an occupation of precious Palestinians. If we’re concerned about security it seems to me, we’re going to have to talk seriously about occupation. … Occupation is real, it’s concrete.”
In October, speaking at the national conference of the notoriously anti-Israel J Street organization, and interviewed by former Obama officials Ben Rhodes and Tommy Vietor, both of whom supported the Iran nuclear deal that represented an existential threat to Israel, Sanders curried favor by suggesting that Israel did not respect human rights, snapping, “I would use the leverage of $3.8 billion. It is a lot of money, and we cannot give it carte blanche to the Israeli government, or for that matter to any government at all. We have a right to demand respect for human rights and democracy.” He threatened, “My solution is, to Israel, if you want military aid you’re going to have to fundamentally change your relationship to the people of Gaza. I would say that some of the $3.8 billion should go right now to humanitarian aid in Gaza.”
Mosaic Magazine noted last April:


pamelagellerreport--2020-02-29--INVASION: Greece closes borders, deploys army, helicopters, naval warships to defend Europe from hos

INVASION: Greece closes borders, deploys army, helicopters, naval warships to defend Europe from hostile foreign invaders sent by Turkey

What Turkey did is an act of war by an invading migrant army .
Greece was primary gateway for hundreds of thousands of Muslim migrants in 2015 and 2016 -changing the face of the continent and ushering in a new era of jihad .
Turkey said on Thursday it will no longer contain hundreds of thousands of migrants.And today caliph-wannabe Recip Erdogan says some 18,000 migrants had crossed borders from Turkey into Europe .
“ The government will do whatever it takes to protect its borders , ” government spokesman Stelios Petsas told reporters .
Almost immediately , convoys of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and sea borders .
Overnight , migrants hurled flaming pieces of wood at police , amateur footage filmed by a police official on the scene , which was seen by Reuters , showed .
Greece ’ s Skai TV aired live video from the Turkish side of the northern land border at Kastanies showing Greek riot police firing teargas rounds at groups of migrants who were hurling stones and shouting obscenities .
Greece closes borders , deploys army , helicopters , and naval warships to defend Europe from foreign invaders sent by Turkish @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Russian-backed Syrian army and the Turkish regime , combined with announcements from Turkey that it would be making good on previous threats to flood Europe with migrants , Greece has completely sealed off its border with Turkey .
By : Greek City Times , February 29 , 2020 ( thanks to Voice of Europe ) : The Greek government has deployed fifty navy warships to protect the Greek islands and ten helicopters to guard land borders against foreign invaders sent by the Erdogan regime , German daily tabloid Bild reports .
The army @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
The seemingly drastic moves come after a veiled threat made by the spokesperson for Turkey ’ s ruling AKP party , Ömer Celik , who earlier had alluded to the fact that Turkey ’ s borders to Europe could be opened .
“ Our refugee policy remains the same , but here we have a situation .
We can no longer keep the refugees , ” Celik said .
Although the Turkish government hasn ’ t made an official statement announcing that the border has been opened , a source told journalists @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Turkish border guards , coastguards officer , and police had all been ordered to stand down , Voice of Europe reported .
Turkish journalist Ragip Solyu wrote on Twitter that the Turkish border would be open for the next 72 hours to any and all migrants who would like to make their way to continental Europe .
See video from the Greek side of the Border .
Most of them are men from the ages of 18 to 25 .
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What Turkey did is an act of war by an invading migrant army. Greece was primary gateway for hundreds of thousands of Muslim migrants in 2015 and 2016 -changing the face of the continent and ushering in a new era of jihad.
Turkey said on Thursday it will no longer contain hundreds of thousands of migrants.And today caliph-wannabe Recip Erdogan says some 18,000 migrants had crossed borders from Turkey into Europe.
“The government will do whatever it takes to protect its borders,” government spokesman Stelios Petsas told reporters. Almost immediately, convoys of people appeared heading towards the Greek land and sea borders.
Overnight, migrants hurled flaming pieces of wood at police, amateur footage filmed by a police official on the scene, which was seen by Reuters, showed. Greece’s Skai TV aired live video from the Turkish side of the northern land border at Kastanies showing Greek riot police firing teargas rounds at groups of migrants who were hurling stones and shouting obscenities.
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Greece closes borders, deploys army, helicopters, and naval warships to defend Europe from foreign invaders sent by Turkish regime Following the military escalation between the Russian-backed Syrian army and the Turkish regime, combined with announcements from Turkey that it would be making good on previous threats to flood Europe with migrants, Greece has completely sealed off its border with Turkey. By: Greek City Times, February 29, 2020 (thanks to Voice of Europe): The Greek government has deployed fifty navy warships to protect the Greek islands and ten helicopters to guard land borders against foreign invaders sent by the Erdogan regime, German daily tabloid Bild reports. The army has been called to the northern border. The seemingly drastic moves come after a veiled threat made by the spokesperson for Turkey’s ruling AKP party, Ömer Celik, who earlier had alluded to the fact that Turkey’s borders to Europe could be opened. “Our refugee policy remains the same, but here we have a situation. We can no longer keep the refugees,” Celik said. Although the Turkish government hasn’t made an official statement announcing that the border has been opened, a source told journalists from the news agency Reuters that all Turkish border guards, coastguards officer, and police had all been ordered to stand down, Voice of Europe reported. Turkish journalist Ragip Solyu wrote on Twitter that the Turkish border would be open for the next 72 hours to any and all migrants who would like to make their way to continental Europe. See video from the Greek side of the Border. Most of them are men from the ages of 18 to 25.
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pamelagellerreport--2020-02-29--Nadler Cancels Judiciary Hearing On FISA Reform, Avoids Bipartisan Amendments

Democratic Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee Jerry Nadler of New York canceled Wednesday ’ s hearing on reforming the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act ( FISA ) as Democrats remain divided on the legislation .
According to Politico , Rep. Zoe Lofgren of California was set to introduce five amendments to the bill being shepherded through the committee .
Some House Democrats viewed the amendments as “ poison polls ” that would sink the legislation hammered out by Nadler and House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff , also from California .
The legislation was expected to pass the Judiciary Committee @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a full-chamber vote to renew the program before its expiration date on March 15 .
Democrats , however , now face an inter-party feud over details of the bill that will likely push back the vote .
One senior Democratic aide told Politico the current bill was the product of talks between Nadler and Schiff and their committees .
“ The committee and Chairman Nadler have been working very carefully in intense negotiation for months with all the interest groups and had worked out a very carefully negotiated reform bill of FISA , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Lofgren pushed back on the idea that her amendments aiming to more broadly restrain the government ’ s surveillance powers would derail the proposal currently on the table .
“ I reject that categorization of what we ’ re doing here , ” Lofgren told Politico .
“ We ’ re making policy .
This isn ’ t some game where side deals that are done in secret without the concurrence of the committee of jurisdiction is somehow binding on the numbers of the committee.
” Three major provisions of the FISA law @ @ @ @ @ @ @ March 15 , which would interrupt surveillance operations conducted by the FBI and the National Security Agency ( NSA ) .
A recent earthshattering report from the Justice Department inspector general has presented roadblocks for lawmakers seeking to renew the programs .
In December , the DOJ inspector general determined that the FBI made 17 glaring omissions from FISA warrant applications seeking permission to secretly spy on the Trump campaign through its deep-state “ Crossfire Hurricane ” operation .
Supposed public servants abused their power to charge President Donald Trump and members of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Republicans have pushed for changes of their own .
Similar to Lofgren , Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio has endorsed measures seeking to more broadly curtail government power .
Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz told the Washington Times that the Wednesday hearing was canceled because Lofgren ’ s amendments would have passed with a bipartisan vote .
“ The reason we are not having the hearing today is that there was a consensus among the pipe-swinging progressives and the libertarian Republicans to roll the establishment of both parties , ” Gaetz said .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ today , which is why the markup is canceled.
” Rep. Greg Stuebe of Florida expressed the same sentiments to the Times .
“ I think internally , the Democrats are having problems , ” Stuebe told the D.C. paper .
Attorney General William Barr privately told Republicans , according to Politico , that the Trump administration would support reauthorizing FISA with some minor changes .
The president has criticized U.S. intelligence agencies for weaponizing government spy powers against their political opponents .

Democratic Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee Jerry Nadler of New York canceled Wednesday’s hearing on reforming the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) as Democrats remain divided on the legislation.
According to Politico, Rep. Zoe Lofgren of California was set to introduce five amendments to the bill being shepherded through the committee. Some House Democrats viewed the amendments as “poison polls” that would sink the legislation hammered out by Nadler and House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, also from California.
The legislation was expected to pass the Judiciary Committee on Wednesday, opening the door for a full-chamber vote to renew the program before its expiration date on March 15. Democrats, however, now face an inter-party feud over details of the bill that will likely push back the vote.
One senior Democratic aide told Politico the current bill was the product of talks between Nadler and Schiff and their committees.
“The committee and Chairman Nadler have been working very carefully in intense negotiation for months with all the interest groups and had worked out a very carefully negotiated reform bill of FISA,” the aid told the paper.
Lofgren pushed back on the idea that her amendments aiming to more broadly restrain the government’s surveillance powers would derail the proposal currently on the table.
“I reject that categorization of what we’re doing here,” Lofgren told Politico. “We’re making policy. This isn’t some game where side deals that are done in secret without the concurrence of the committee of jurisdiction is somehow binding on the numbers of the committee.”
Three major provisions of the FISA law are set to expire without authorization on March 15, which would interrupt surveillance operations conducted by the FBI and the National Security Agency (NSA). A recent earthshattering report from the Justice Department inspector general has presented roadblocks for lawmakers seeking to renew the programs.
In December, the DOJ inspector general determined that the FBI made 17 glaring omissions from FISA warrant applications seeking permission to secretly spy on the Trump campaign through its deep-state “Crossfire Hurricane” operation. Supposed public servants abused their power to charge President Donald Trump and members of his campaign of being traitorous Russian agents.
Republicans have pushed for changes of their own. Similar to Lofgren, Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio has endorsed measures seeking to more broadly curtail government power. Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz told the Washington Times that the Wednesday hearing was canceled because Lofgren’s amendments would have passed with a bipartisan vote.
“The reason we are not having the hearing today is that there was a consensus among the pipe-swinging progressives and the libertarian Republicans to roll the establishment of both parties,” Gaetz said. “We would have had the votes today, which is why the markup is canceled.”
Rep. Greg Stuebe of Florida expressed the same sentiments to the Times.
“I think internally, the Democrats are having problems,” Stuebe told the D.C. paper.
Attorney General William Barr privately told Republicans, according to Politico, that the Trump administration would support reauthorizing FISA with some minor changes. The president has criticized U.S. intelligence agencies for weaponizing government spy powers against their political opponents.


pamelagellerreport--2020-02-29--Greece’s Migrant Crisis: “A Powder Keg Ready to Explode”

A plan by the Greek government to build new migrant camps on five Aegean islands has sparked violent opposition from local residents , who fear that the facilities will encourage yet more mass migration from Africa , Asia and the Middle East .
Pictured : Riot police on the Greek island of Lesbos face locals who are protesting against the construction of a new migrant camp , on February 26 , 2020 .
( Photo by Aris Messinis/AFP via Getty Images ) A plan by the Greek government to build new migrant camps on five Aegean islands has sparked violent @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that the facilities will encourage yet more mass migration from Africa , Asia and the Middle East .
The government says that the new camps , expected to be operational by July 2020 , are needed to alleviate overcrowding at other locations that have been the focus of international criticism .
Local residents counter that the migrants should be transferred to mainland Greece .
On February 25 , more than 500 locals prevented construction workers from accessing the site of a proposed new migrant camp at Karava Mantamadou on Lesbos .
Riot police @ @ @ @ @ @ @ disperse the crowds .
Similar clashes occurred on Chios , a large Greek island located less than 20 kilometers from Turkey , from where tens of thousands of migrants depart each year in hopes of eventually reaching mainland Europe .

by Soeren Kern • February 28, 2020:
A plan by the Greek government to build new migrant camps on five Aegean islands has sparked violent opposition from local residents, who fear that the facilities will encourage yet more mass migration from Africa, Asia and the Middle East. Pictured: Riot police on the Greek island of Lesbos face locals who are protesting against the construction of a new migrant camp, on February 26, 2020. (Photo by Aris Messinis/AFP via Getty Images)
A plan by the Greek government to build new migrant camps on five Aegean islands has sparked violent opposition from local residents, who fear that the facilities will encourage yet more mass migration from Africa, Asia and the Middle East.
The government says that the new camps, expected to be operational by July 2020, are needed to alleviate overcrowding at other locations that have been the focus of international criticism. Local residents counter that the migrants should be transferred to mainland Greece.
On February 25, more than 500 locals prevented construction workers from accessing the site of a proposed new migrant camp at Karava Mantamadou on Lesbos. Riot police used tear gas and stun grenades to disperse the crowds.
Similar clashes occurred on Chios, a large Greek island located less than 20 kilometers from Turkey, from where tens of thousands of migrants depart each year in hopes of eventually reaching mainland Europe.
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pamelagellerreport--2020-02-29--Donald Trump Jr.: Media Coronavirus Panic a ‘New Level of Sickness’

Indeed .
The mainstream media seek to create panic and hysteria around the Coronavirus , so that they can demonize President Trump .
They actually hope that the panic they create will tank the economy , thereby hurting President Trump ’ s chances for re-election .
Sick people !
Fortunately these despicable tactics will not work , as President Trump is dealing with this crisis very effectively .
# Trump2020 Donald Trump Jr. condemned the establishment media on Friday for using panic over the coronavirus to bring down President Donald Trump .
“ For them to take a pandemic and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ kills millions of people so that they can end Donald Trump ’ s streak of winning is a new level of sickness , ” Trump Jr. said on Friday in an interview on Fox & Friends .
Trump Jr. was reacting to a New York Times op-ed from Gail Collins titled “ Let ’ s Call It the Trumpvirus.
” “ I don ’ t know if this is coronavirus or Trump Derangement Syndrome , but these people are infected badly , ” he said .
Trump Jr. recalled that the media mistakenly @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ban from foreign nationals from China in January to stop the spread of the virus in the United States .
“ They can have it both ways because no one in the media will ever cover themselves honestly , ” he said .
Trump Jr. said that the left and the establishment media are using the same tired old playbook to try to stop Trump from winning reelection .
Trump ’ s acting White House chief of staff , Mick Mulvaney , shared a similar criticism of the media on Friday morning at @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ) .
“ The reason you ’ re seeing so much attention to it today , they think that this is what ’ s going to bring down the president , ” he said .
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Indeed. The mainstream media seek to create panic and hysteria around the Coronavirus, so that they can demonize President Trump. They actually hope that the panic they create will tank the economy, thereby hurting President Trump’s chances for re-election. Sick people! Fortunately these despicable tactics will not work, as President Trump is dealing with this crisis very effectively. #Trump2020
AP Fact Check: Democrats’ Coronavirus Attacks Against Trump Are Inaccurate
MARKET MAYHEM: President Trump tries to calm coronavirus fears as stocks plunge. CPA & Financial Analyst, @DanGeltrude, cautions investors from making impulse investment decisions.https://t.co/SIJWZljOCa — Fox & Friends First (@FoxFriendsFirst) February 27, 2020
Donald Trump Jr.: Media Coronavirus Panic a ‘New Level of Sickness’ By Breitbart, February 28, 2020: Donald Trump Jr. condemned the establishment media on Friday for using panic over the coronavirus to bring down President Donald Trump. “For them to take a pandemic and seemingly hope that it comes here and kills millions of people so that they can end Donald Trump’s streak of winning is a new level of sickness,” Trump Jr. said on Friday in an interview on Fox & Friends.
Trump Jr. was reacting to a New York Times op-ed from Gail Collins titled “Let’s Call It the Trumpvirus.” “I don’t know if this is coronavirus or Trump Derangement Syndrome, but these people are infected badly,” he said. Trump Jr. recalled that the media mistakenly criticized his father for enacting a travel ban from foreign nationals from China in January to stop the spread of the virus in the United States. “They can have it both ways because no one in the media will ever cover themselves honestly,” he said. Trump Jr. said that the left and the establishment media are using the same tired old playbook to try to stop Trump from winning reelection. Trump’s acting White House chief of staff, Mick Mulvaney, shared a similar criticism of the media on Friday morning at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC). “The reason you’re seeing so much attention to it today, they think that this is what’s going to bring down the president,” he said.
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pamelagellerreport--2020-02-29--Global Protest by NYC Marxists: “Don’t Extradite Assange!”

Join us in the worldwide Global Protest .
Join us in solidarity with NYC Free Assange The potential chilling effect on journalists , and others , who expose official wrongdoing by publishing information disclosed to them by credible sources , could have a profound impact on the public ’ s right-to-know what their government is up to .
Video – Part 1 – as the protestors were setting up microphone and banners outside the British Consulate Video Part 2- Margaret Kunstler , civil rights lawyer and co-editor of “ In Defense of Julian Assange “ .
“ Margaret Ratner Kunstler @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Assange plan his legal strategy and arrange media appearances … a 2017 direct message from Assange ’ s Twitter account to Donald Trump Jr. , identified Kunstler as a person to contact at WikiLeaks … this has caused consternation in the left-wing legal community .
Her long-time friends and associates find it unthinkable that an activist and stalwart in the civil rights bar might have aided the Trump campaign or administration , even inadvertently.
” [ Japan Times ] Seems that isn ’ t of concern any more .
Video- Part 3 – @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and writer .
A comedian featured on Redacted Tonight and Comedy Central .
[ Twitter ] [ Live From Outer Space ] Speakers advertised were also to include : Deborah Hrbek , Media lawyer and member of WikiLeaks legal team ; Ben Norton , journalist , The Grayzone ; Kim Ives , writer and editor of Haiti Liberté , John Tarleton , editor-in-chief , The Indypendent .
[ Common Dreams ] ++ More on the Global Protests from other media++ Lawyers for the U.S. government are seeking Assange ’ s extradition to the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ charges ; his specific criminal actions related to the release of hundreds of thousands of top-secret U.S. diplomatic cables and documents in 2010 and 2011 .
Assange ’ s lawyer said he was the obvious symbol of all that Trump condemned… He brought American war crimes to the world .
[ LA Times ] Lawyers acting for the U.S. government said Assange was guilty of “ pure criminality ” and can not hide behind the guise of journalist .
His actions — hacking into a U.S. Department of Justice computer system with U.S. @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Manning and knowingly putting people at risk of torture and death by releasing thousands of classified documents that revealed the identities of sources helping the U.S. and its allies during the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq ; this is an ordinary criminal charge .
Journalism is not an excuse for criminality .
Manning was convicted by court-martial under the Espionage Act and spent several years behind bars , but Assange has never faced trial .
[ LA Times ] BTW , at this Global Protest , WHY : “ FREE ‘ Chelsea ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Manning downloaded more than 700,000 classified documents from US military servers and passed them to WikiLeaks .
[ The Guardian 2013 ] Manning said he attempted to contact the New York Times , and spoke to a Washington Post reporter during this period , but neither newspaper was quick to respond .
So , he gave the information to WikiLeaks which went on to partner with news organizations , including the Guardian , to share the leaked information .
[ NPR ] [ The Guardian 2017 ] ( Manning ’ s crime @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of classified information in the history of the United States.The names of human rights activists , journalists , religious leaders and dissidents were left unredacted in some of the material which , the prosecution argues , put them and their families at serious risk of being harmed by the oppressive governments they lived under .
[ LA Times ] The extradition hearing ( for Assange ) will continue for a week and then be placed on hold until May 18 , 2020 , so both sides can gather more evidence before a further @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The Truth Must be Told Please take a moment to consider this .
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Global Protest –Feb. 24, 2020- NYC
“Don’t Extradite Assange!” Julian Assange founder of WikiLeaks
Hosted by NYC Free Assange and Big Apple Coffee Party Big Apple Coffee Party; Veterans for Peace; Glen Ford, Executive Director, Black Agenda Report; Joel Kupferman, Director Environmental Justice Initiative; Haiti Liberté; Manhattan Green Party; Socialist Action; Margaret Kimberley, Editor of Black Agenda Report; Courage Foundation; Freedom Socialist Party; Cuba Si; Rev. Juan Carlos Ruiz, Good Shepherd Lutheran Church; Larry Hamm, activist.
Join us in the worldwide Global Protest.
Join us in solidarity with NYC Free Assange
The potential chilling effect on journalists, and others, who expose official wrongdoing by publishing information disclosed to them by credible sources, could have a profound impact on the public’s right-to-know what their government is up to.
Video – Part 1 – as the protestors were setting up microphone and banners outside the British Consulate
Video Part 2- Margaret Kunstler, civil rights lawyer and co-editor of “In Defense of Julian Assange“.
“Margaret Ratner Kunstler … in 2015 and 2016, helped Assange plan his legal strategy and arrange media appearances … a 2017 direct message from Assange’s Twitter account to Donald Trump Jr., identified Kunstler as a person to contact at WikiLeaks … this has caused consternation in the left-wing legal community. Her long-time friends and associates find it unthinkable that an activist and stalwart in the civil rights bar might have aided the Trump campaign or administration, even inadvertently.” [Japan Times] Seems that isn’t of concern any more.
Video- Part 3 – John F. O’Donnell, actor and writer. A comedian featured on Redacted Tonight and Comedy Central. [Twitter] [Live From Outer Space]
Speakers advertised were also to include: Deborah Hrbek, Media lawyer and member of WikiLeaks legal team; Ben Norton, journalist, The Grayzone; Kim Ives, writer and editor of Haiti Liberté, John Tarleton, editor-in-chief, The Indypendent. [Common Dreams]
Flickr Slide Show
++ More on the Global Protests from other media++
Lawyers for the U.S. government are seeking Assange’s extradition to the United States, where he faces 18 charges; his specific criminal actions related to the release of hundreds of thousands of top-secret U.S. diplomatic cables and documents in 2010 and 2011.
Assange’s lawyer said he was the obvious symbol of all that Trump condemned… He brought American war crimes to the world. [LA Times]
Lawyers acting for the U.S. government said Assange was guilty of “pure criminality” and cannot hide behind the guise of journalist.
His actions — hacking into a U.S. Department of Justice computer system with U.S. Army intelligence analyst Bradley (Chelsea) Manning and knowingly putting people at risk of torture and death by releasing thousands of classified documents that revealed the identities of sources helping the U.S. and its allies during the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq; this is an ordinary criminal charge.
Journalism is not an excuse for criminality.
Manning was convicted by court-martial under the Espionage Act and spent several years behind bars, but Assange has never faced trial. [LA Times]
BTW, at this Global Protest,
WHY: “FREE ‘Chelsea’ Manning?
Obama freed him in 2017.
Manning downloaded more than 700,000 classified documents from US military servers and passed them to WikiLeaks. [The Guardian 2013]
Manning said he attempted to contact the New York Times, and spoke to a Washington Post reporter during this period, but neither newspaper was quick to respond. So, he gave the information to WikiLeaks which went on to partner with news organizations, including the Guardian , to share the leaked information. [NPR] [The Guardian 2017]
(Manning’s crime of espionage) was the largest compromise of classified information in the history of the United States.The names of human rights activists, journalists, religious leaders and dissidents were left unredacted in some of the material which, the prosecution argues, put them and their families at serious risk of being harmed by the oppressive governments they lived under. [LA Times]
The extradition hearing (for Assange) will continue for a week and then be placed on hold until May 18, 2020, so both sides can gather more evidence before a further three-week hearing.” [LA Times]
Meanwhile, weekly Free Assange protests at Grand Central
beginning Feb 27, 2020 at 4:30 pm
Where indicated, Pictures and Videos property of Pamela Hall (VSB)
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pamelagellerreport--2020-03-01--Pete Buttigieg ENDS Democratic Presidential Bid

Crashed and burned .
This is good for the commie though .
Pete Buttigieg Ends Democratic Presidential Bid Former South Bend , Ind.
, mayor ran campaign built around a call for generational change Pete Buttigieg announcing last April that he was seeking the Democratic presidential nomination , at a rally in South Bend , Ind.
, where he was mayor .
Pete Buttigieg , the openly gay former mayor of South Bend , Ind.
, has dropped out of the presidential race following a poor showing in South Carolina ’ s Democratic primary , according to two campaign aides @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , built his presidential campaign around a call for generational change and a stated willingness to work across the political aisle .
His candidacy was also a bet that Democratic voters would reject the much-expanded government role in health care and other sectors proposed by rivals such as Sens .
Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders .
Mr. Buttigieg , like former Vice President Joe Biden , supported a plan to extend a public insurance option to more people but protect private health insurance , rather than the Medicare for All plan preferred by @ @ @ @ @ @ @ free public college tuition for many Americans but not the wealthiest people .
“ I ’ m here to launch the era that must come next , ” Mr. Buttigieg said at a major party fundraising event in Iowa in November .
“ I am ready to gather up an American majority that is hungry for change , that is done with division.
” Mr. Buttigieg had heavily focused his campaign on Iowa , particularly as senatorial rivals were stuck in Washington hearing testimony in President Trump ’ s impeachment trial .
Strong @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in Iowa , including on roughly 170 employees working out of 33 offices .
That paid off when he essentially tied Mr. Sanders for the lead in Iowa .
He also came in a close second in New Hampshire ’ s primary .
But he lagged behind other candidates in national surveys of Democratic voters and struggled to pick up much support among African-Americans , a significant party constituency in South Carolina and in states that hold primaries in March and later .
He faced criticism from activists for his handling of a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a black man in South Bend .
About 40 % of Mr. Buttigieg ’ s staff and leadership ranks were nonwhite , according to his campaign , but some staffers expressed frustration about the campaign ’ s approach to reaching minority voters .
The former mayor ’ s White House bid irked some of his 2020 competitors because of his comparatively thin political résumé and low national profile .
Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar said during one debate that a woman with his experience level wouldn ’ t be on the debate stage .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ former President Obama , also a relatively young candidate with less experience in Washington than his competitors in his first White House bid .
Mr. Buttigieg became the youngest mayor of a city with more than 100,000 residents when he won his post at age 29 in 2011 with 74 % of the vote .
In 2015 , during his re-election bid , Mr. Buttigieg came out as gay in a local newspaper column and was re-elected with 80 % of the vote in the heavily Democratic city .
That came after an @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 2010 .
He also failed to win the chairmanship of the Democratic National Committee in 2017 .

Crashed and burned. This is good for the commie though.
Pete Buttigieg Ends Democratic Presidential Bid
Former South Bend, Ind., mayor ran campaign built around a call for generational change
Pete Buttigieg announcing last April that he was seeking the Democratic presidential nomination, at a rally in South Bend, Ind., where he was mayor.
By John McCormick, Wall Street Journal, Updated March 1, 2020 6:20 pm ET
Pete Buttigieg, the openly gay former mayor of South Bend, Ind., has dropped out of the presidential race following a poor showing in South Carolina’s Democratic primary, according to two campaign aides.
Mr. Buttigieg, 38 years old, built his presidential campaign around a call for generational change and a stated willingness to work across the political aisle. His candidacy was also a bet that Democratic voters would reject the much-expanded government role in health care and other sectors proposed by rivals such as Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders.
Mr. Buttigieg, like former Vice President Joe Biden, supported a plan to extend a public insurance option to more people but protect private health insurance, rather than the Medicare for All plan preferred by his liberal rivals. He called for free public college tuition for many Americans but not the wealthiest people.
“I’m here to launch the era that must come next,” Mr. Buttigieg said at a major party fundraising event in Iowa in November. “I am ready to gather up an American majority that is hungry for change, that is done with division.”
Mr. Buttigieg had heavily focused his campaign on Iowa, particularly as senatorial rivals were stuck in Washington hearing testimony in President Trump’s impeachment trial. Strong fundraising allowed Mr. Buttigieg to spend heavily in Iowa, including on roughly 170 employees working out of 33 offices. That paid off when he essentially tied Mr. Sanders for the lead in Iowa. He also came in a close second in New Hampshire’s primary.
But he lagged behind other candidates in national surveys of Democratic voters and struggled to pick up much support among African-Americans, a significant party constituency in South Carolina and in states that hold primaries in March and later. He faced criticism from activists for his handling of a shooting by a white police officer of a black man in South Bend.
About 40% of Mr. Buttigieg’s staff and leadership ranks were nonwhite, according to his campaign, but some staffers expressed frustration about the campaign’s approach to reaching minority voters.
The former mayor’s White House bid irked some of his 2020 competitors because of his comparatively thin political résumé and low national profile. Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar said during one debate that a woman with his experience level wouldn’t be on the debate stage.
Mr. Buttigieg drew comparisons between himself and former President Obama, also a relatively young candidate with less experience in Washington than his competitors in his first White House bid.
Mr. Buttigieg became the youngest mayor of a city with more than 100,000 residents when he won his post at age 29 in 2011 with 74% of the vote. In 2015, during his re-election bid, Mr. Buttigieg came out as gay in a local newspaper column and was re-elected with 80% of the vote in the heavily Democratic city.
That came after an unsuccessful campaign for treasurer of Indiana in 2010. He also failed to win the chairmanship of the Democratic National Committee in 2017.