pamelagellerreport--2020-06-26--‘De Blasio And Cuomo Get Creamed In Court’:  Federal Judge Rules Cuomo, de Blasio wrong to limit wor

‘De Blasio And Cuomo Get Creamed In Court’:  Federal Judge Rules Cuomo, de Blasio wrong to limit worship services, condone mass protests

The Democrats war on religion just suffered a stunning blow .
A federal judge said New York Gov .
Andrew Cuomo , Attorney General Letitia James , and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio “ exceeded ” their executive limits by limiting worship services and condoning mass protests as the state continues to reopen from coronavirus restrictions .
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on a judicial decision just handed down that is of utmost importance to people of faith : Protesters can take to the streets , some violently , and that is okay by Mayor Bill de @ @ @ @ @ @ @ does not have to abide by social distancing rules—but religious New Yorkers can not congregate in their houses of worship lest they imperil the public health .
Well , the jig is up .
U.S. District Court Judge Gary Sharpe issued a preliminary injunction on June 26 saying that de Blasio and Cuomo ( as well as Attorney General Letitia James ) exceeded their authority by putting restrictions on people of faith while simultaneously condoning the protests .
By allowing the protests , they were “ encouraging what they knew was a flagrant @ @ @ @ @ @ @ distancing rules.
” In doing so , de Blasio and Cuomo “ sent a clear message that mass protests are deserving of preferential treatment.
” Two Catholic priests and three Orthodox Jews sued and won .
The Catholic League encourages people of faith to ignore all future restrictions placed on them by de Blasio and Cuomo .
They exposed themselves as frauds when they gave the green light to thousands of protesters who took to the streets , night after night , while imposing draconian restrictions on the faithful .
And they did @ @ @ @ @ @ @ responsibility to peaceably assemble .
De Blasio and Cuomo have lost the respect of practicing Catholics , Protestants , Jews , Mormons , Muslims , and those of every other religion .
They got creamed in court , which is exactly what they deserve .
Federal Court Says New York Governor Cuomo is Wrong to Limit Worship Services NEW YORK ( VINnews ) – New York Governor Andrew Cuomo is wrong to limit worship services yet condone mass protests , according to a federal judge .
After telling Thomas More Society attorneys in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ troubled by ” the government ’ s responses , Senior U.S. District Judge Gary L. Sharpe issued a preliminary injunction on June 26 , 2020 , prohibiting Governor Cuomo , his Attorney General Letitia James , and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio from ordering or enforcing COVID-19 prompted restrictions on outdoor religious worship gatherings .
Thomas More Society Special Counsel Christopher Ferrara remarked , “ We are pleased that Judge Sharpe was able to see through the sham of Governor Cuomo ’ s ‘ Social Distancing Protocol ’ which went @ @ @ @ @ @ @ he and Mayor de Blasio saw a mass protest movement they favored taking to the streets by the thousands .
Suddenly , the limit on ‘ mass gatherings ’ was no longer necessary to ‘ save lives.
’ Yet they were continuing to ban high school graduations and other outdoor gatherings exceeding a mere 25 people .
This decision is an important step toward inhibiting the suddenly emerging trend of exercising absolute monarchy on pretext of public health .
What this kind of regime really meant in practice is freedom for me , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s order noted that , “ it is not the judiciary ’ s role to second guess the likes of Governor Cuomo or Mayor de Blasio when it comes to decisions they make in such troubling times , that is , until those decisions result in the curtailment of fundamental rights without compelling justification.
” In awarding the injunction , the court noted that “ nonessential businesses ” that enjoy a 50 % capacity limitation are not justifiably different than houses of worship .
Sharpe remarked that offices , retails stores , salons @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to open at 50 % capacity indoors – all involve the congregation of people for a length of time .
He stated , “ These secular businesses/activities threaten defendants ’ interest in slowing the spread of COVID-19 to a similar or greater degree than those of plaintiffs ’ and demonstrate that the 25 % indoor capacity limitation on houses of worship is underinclusive and triggers strict scrutiny review.
” The judge pointed out , “ Another case of individualized exemption seems even more obvious.
” Governor Cuomo has now specifically authorized outdoor , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 150 people .
This is an express exemption from the ten- or twenty-five-person outdoor limits that apply to other situations .
Yet , “ There is nothing materially different about a graduation ceremony and a religious gathering such that defendants ’ justifications for a difference in treatment can be found compelling.
” Sharpe took New York City to task , stating that de Blasio ’ s simultaneous pro-protest/anti-religious gathering messages “ clearly undermine the legitimacy ” of his argument that selective enforcement of the challenged laws with respect to mass race protests is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Governor Cuomo and Mayor de Blasio could have just as easily discouraged protests , short of condemning their message , in the name of public health and exercised discretion to suspend enforcement for public safety reasons instead of encouraging what they knew was a flagrant disregard of the outdoor limits and social distancing rules , ” wrote Sharpe .
“ They could have also been silent .
But by acting as they did , Governor Cuomo and Mayor de Blasio sent a clear message that mass protests are deserving of preferential treatment.
” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , Governor Cuomo , Attorney General James , and Mayor de Blasio are “ enjoined and restrained from enforcing any indoor gathering limitations ” against the involved houses of worship “ greater than imposed for Phase 2 industries , ” provided that participants follow the prescribed social distancing .
They are also forbidden from “ enforcing any limitation for outdoor gatherings provided that participants in such gatherings follow social distancing requirements as set forth in the applicable executive orders and guidance.
” Cuomo , James , and de Blasio were sued by two @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a trio of Orthodox Jewish congregants from Brooklyn for violations of their civil rights by prejudicial orders and selective enforcement .
The federal lawsuit , filed June 10 , 2020 , in United States District Court for the Northern District of New York , charged the governor , attorney general , and mayor with violating the plaintiffs ’ rights to free exercise of religion , freedom of speech , assembly and expressive association , and due process , under the First and Fourteenth Amendments to the U.S. Constitution .
Governor Cuomo was also @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and the New York State Constitution .
Ferrara explained the lawsuit : “ In an unprecedented abuse of power , Governor Cuomo and Mayor de Blasio have exploited the COVID-19 pandemic to create , over the past three months , a veritable dictatorship by means of a complex web of executive orders .
The orders have imposed and selectively enforced ‘ social distancing ’ under a ‘ lockdown ’ of virtually every aspect of life for New York state residents on the pretext of ‘ public health , ’ but with numerous exceptions @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on the science of viral contagion , but rather determined according to personal value judgments , have included mass demonstrations of thousands of people – gatherings of which the governor and mayor have approved and the mayor participated in .
Cuomo and de Blasio , along with James , have enforced the gubernatorial ‘ lockdown ’ by threat of criminal prosecution and actual prosecution , including $ 1,000 fines for the recently created offense of violating Cuomo ’ s ‘ Social Distancing Protocol.
’ ” Ferrara added , “ These mass protest gatherings @ @ @ @ @ @ @ lockdown orders , have been not only allowed but praised by both the governor of New York and mayor of New York City , even though massive property damage and death have resulted .
This , when the government ’ s primary purpose is to protect the people it governs.
” Read United States District Court for the Northern District of New York Judge Gary L. Sharpe ’ s Memorandum-Decision and Order , issued June 26 , 2020 , in response to the Thomas More Society ’ s complaint , filed on behalf @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Nicholas Stamos , Daniel Schonbrun , Elchanan Perr , and Mayer Mayerfeld , in Rev .
Steven Soos , et al v. Andrew M. Cuomo , et al , here [ https : //www.thomasmoresociety.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Dist.-Ct.-Memo-and-Order-June-26-2020.pdf ] .
About the Thomas More Society The Thomas More Society is a national not-for-profit law firm dedicated to restoring respect in law for life , family , and religious liberty .
Headquartered in Chicago , Omaha , and Fairfield , NJ , the Thomas More Society fosters support for these causes by providing high quality pro bono @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the way up to the United States Supreme Court .
For more information , visit thomasmoresociety.org .

The Democrats war on religion just suffered a stunning blow.
A federal judge said New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, Attorney General Letitia James, and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio “exceeded” their executive limits by limiting worship services and condoning mass protests as the state continues to reopen from coronavirus restrictions.
Photo: Editorial credit: A Katz / Shutterstock.com
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on a judicial decision just handed down that is of utmost importance to people of faith:
Protesters can take to the streets, some violently, and that is okay by Mayor Bill de Blasio and Gov. Andrew Cuomo—the mob does not have to abide by social distancing rules—but religious New Yorkers cannot congregate in their houses of worship lest they imperil the public health. Well, the jig is up.
U.S. District Court Judge Gary Sharpe issued a preliminary injunction on June 26 saying that de Blasio and Cuomo (as well as Attorney General Letitia James) exceeded their authority by putting restrictions on people of faith while simultaneously condoning the protests.
By allowing the protests, they were “encouraging what they knew was a flagrant disregard of the outdoor limits and social distancing rules.” In doing so, de Blasio and Cuomo “sent a clear message that mass protests are deserving of preferential treatment.”
Two Catholic priests and three Orthodox Jews sued and won.
The Catholic League encourages people of faith to ignore all future restrictions placed on them by de Blasio and Cuomo. They exposed themselves as frauds when they gave the green light to thousands of protesters who took to the streets, night after night, while imposing draconian restrictions on the faithful. And they did nothing about those who totally ignored their responsibility to peaceably assemble.
De Blasio and Cuomo have lost the respect of practicing Catholics, Protestants, Jews, Mormons, Muslims, and those of every other religion. They got creamed in court, which is exactly what they deserve.
Federal Court Says New York Governor Cuomo is Wrong to Limit Worship Services NEW YORK (VINnews) – New York Governor Andrew Cuomo is wrong to limit worship services yet condone mass protests, according to a federal judge. After telling Thomas More Society attorneys in a June 18 hearing that he was “troubled by” the government’s responses, Senior U.S. District Judge Gary L. Sharpe issued a preliminary injunction on June 26, 2020, prohibiting Governor Cuomo, his Attorney General Letitia James, and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio from ordering or enforcing COVID-19 prompted restrictions on outdoor religious worship gatherings. Thomas More Society Special Counsel Christopher Ferrara remarked, “We are pleased that Judge Sharpe was able to see through the sham of Governor Cuomo’s ‘Social Distancing Protocol’ which went right out the window as soon as he and Mayor de Blasio saw a mass protest movement they favored taking to the streets by the thousands. Suddenly, the limit on ‘mass gatherings’ was no longer necessary to ‘save lives.’ Yet they were continuing to ban high school graduations and other outdoor gatherings exceeding a mere 25 people. This decision is an important step toward inhibiting the suddenly emerging trend of exercising absolute monarchy on pretext of public health. What this kind of regime really meant in practice is freedom for me, but not for thee.” Sharpe’s order noted that, “it is not the judiciary’s role to second guess the likes of Governor Cuomo or Mayor de Blasio when it comes to decisions they make in such troubling times, that is, until those decisions result in the curtailment of fundamental rights without compelling justification.” In awarding the injunction, the court noted that “nonessential businesses” that enjoy a 50% capacity limitation are not justifiably different than houses of worship. Sharpe remarked that offices, retails stores, salons, and restaurants – all now permitted to open at 50% capacity indoors – all involve the congregation of people for a length of time. He stated, “These secular businesses/activities threaten defendants’ interest in slowing the spread of COVID-19 to a similar or greater degree than those of plaintiffs’ and demonstrate that the 25% indoor capacity limitation on houses of worship is underinclusive and triggers strict scrutiny review.” The judge pointed out, “Another case of individualized exemption seems even more obvious.” Governor Cuomo has now specifically authorized outdoor, in-person graduation ceremonies of no more than 150 people. This is an express exemption from the ten- or twenty-five-person outdoor limits that apply to other situations. Yet, “There is nothing materially different about a graduation ceremony and a religious gathering such that defendants’ justifications for a difference in treatment can be found compelling.” Sharpe took New York City to task, stating that de Blasio’s simultaneous pro-protest/anti-religious gathering messages “clearly undermine the legitimacy” of his argument that selective enforcement of the challenged laws with respect to mass race protests is a matter of public safety. “Governor Cuomo and Mayor de Blasio could have just as easily discouraged protests, short of condemning their message, in the name of public health and exercised discretion to suspend enforcement for public safety reasons instead of encouraging what they knew was a flagrant disregard of the outdoor limits and social distancing rules,” wrote Sharpe. “They could have also been silent. But by acting as they did, Governor Cuomo and Mayor de Blasio sent a clear message that mass protests are deserving of preferential treatment.” As a result of the federal order, Governor Cuomo, Attorney General James, and Mayor de Blasio are “enjoined and restrained from enforcing any indoor gathering limitations” against the involved houses of worship “greater than imposed for Phase 2 industries,” provided that participants follow the prescribed social distancing. They are also forbidden from “enforcing any limitation for outdoor gatherings provided that participants in such gatherings follow social distancing requirements as set forth in the applicable executive orders and guidance.” Cuomo, James, and de Blasio were sued by two Catholic priests from upstate New York and a trio of Orthodox Jewish congregants from Brooklyn for violations of their civil rights by prejudicial orders and selective enforcement. The federal lawsuit, filed June 10, 2020, in United States District Court for the Northern District of New York, charged the governor, attorney general, and mayor with violating the plaintiffs’ rights to free exercise of religion, freedom of speech, assembly and expressive association, and due process, under the First and Fourteenth Amendments to the U.S. Constitution. Governor Cuomo was also accused of violating New York state law and the New York State Constitution. Ferrara explained the lawsuit: “In an unprecedented abuse of power, Governor Cuomo and Mayor de Blasio have exploited the COVID-19 pandemic to create, over the past three months, a veritable dictatorship by means of a complex web of executive orders. The orders have imposed and selectively enforced ‘social distancing’ under a ‘lockdown’ of virtually every aspect of life for New York state residents on the pretext of ‘public health,’ but with numerous exceptions. The permissible activities, not based on the science of viral contagion, but rather determined according to personal value judgments, have included mass demonstrations of thousands of people – gatherings of which the governor and mayor have approved and the mayor participated in. Cuomo and de Blasio, along with James, have enforced the gubernatorial ‘lockdown’ by threat of criminal prosecution and actual prosecution, including $1,000 fines for the recently created offense of violating Cuomo’s ‘Social Distancing Protocol.’” Ferrara added, “These mass protest gatherings, taking place during the COVID-19 stay-at-home lockdown orders, have been not only allowed but praised by both the governor of New York and mayor of New York City, even though massive property damage and death have resulted. This, when the government’s primary purpose is to protect the people it governs.” Read United States District Court for the Northern District of New York Judge Gary L. Sharpe’s Memorandum-Decision and Order, issued June 26, 2020, in response to the Thomas More Society’s complaint, filed on behalf of Rev. Steven Soos, Rev. Nicholas Stamos, Daniel Schonbrun, Elchanan Perr, and Mayer Mayerfeld, in Rev. Steven Soos, et al v. Andrew M. Cuomo, et al, here [https://www.thomasmoresociety.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Dist.-Ct.-Memo-and-Order-June-26-2020.pdf]. About the Thomas More Society The Thomas More Society is a national not-for-profit law firm dedicated to restoring respect in law for life, family, and religious liberty. Headquartered in Chicago, Omaha, and Fairfield, NJ, the Thomas More Society fosters support for these causes by providing high quality pro bono legal services from local trial courts all the way up to the United States Supreme Court. For more information, visit thomasmoresociety.org.
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pamelagellerreport--2020-06-26--Trump Supporters Protest Outside Biden Event With ‘Beijing Biden’ And ‘PA Is Trump Country’ Signs

The MSM is trying to marginalize us with these bogus suppression polls .
Just like 2016 .
Stay strong , Team Trump !
Joe Biden finally left the basement , and here is the `` welcome '' he received .
The media wants to drown us out , but we will make our voices heard every day from now until November !
# MAGA pic.twitter.com/G3HQJC23KX Also gathered outside the event were Black Lives Matter supporters with signs reading “ defund the police ” and “ abolition now , ” who said they had originally gathered to protest Biden but ended @ @ @ @ @ @ @ instead .
But on Thursday afternoon , it was Biden whose event drew protesters , with dozens of Trump supporters gathering down the street from the Lancaster Recreation Center .
Trump has frequently lashed out at protesters at his own events , most notably when his campaign blamed protesters for low turnout at his rally in Tulsa on Saturday , accusing them of blocking the entrance to the venue despite reports that everyone waiting in line was able to get inside .
Supporters of President Trump gathered outside an event held by former @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Pa. , on Thursday brandishing signs reading “ Beijing Biden ” and “ PA is Trump Country ” and , in one case , a Confederate flag T-shirt , where they were confronted by Black Lives Matter protesters .
The Trump protest may not have been entirely spontaneous ; Jason Strange , a field organizer for the Republican Party of Pennsylvania , sent an email to Republicans in the area late Wednesday night telling them , “ the Trump Campaign is pushing back and organizing a rally , ” and that the call @ @ @ @ @ @ @ very high level of command.
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The MSM is trying to marginalize us with these bogus suppression polls. Just like 2016. Stay strong, Team Trump!
Joe Biden finally left the basement, and here is the "welcome" he received. Pennsylvania voters support @realDonaldTrump! pic.twitter.com/3S3py4uC20 — Ronna McDaniel (@GOPChairwoman) June 25, 2020
Strong turnout at Joe Biden's Pennsylvania event today….of @RealDonaldTrump supporters! ???? The enthusiasm behind President Trump is REAL. The media wants to drown us out, but we will make our voices heard every day from now until November! #MAGA pic.twitter.com/G3HQJC23KX — Brad Parscale (@parscale) June 25, 2020
Trump Supporters Protest Outside Biden Event With ‘Beijing Biden’ And ‘PA Is Trump Country’ Signs By Forbes, June 25, 2020 Supporters of President Trump gathered outside an event held by former Vice President Joe Biden in Lancaster, Pa., on Thursday brandishing signs reading “Beijing Biden” and “PA is Trump Country” and, in one case, a Confederate flag T-shirt, where they were confronted by Black Lives Matter protesters. Trump has frequently lashed out at protesters at his own events, most notably when his campaign blamed protesters for low turnout at his rally in Tulsa on Saturday, accusing them of blocking the entrance to the venue despite reports that everyone waiting in line was able to get inside. But on Thursday afternoon, it was Biden whose event drew protesters, with dozens of Trump supporters gathering down the street from the Lancaster Recreation Center. Also gathered outside the event were Black Lives Matter supporters with signs reading “defund the police” and “abolition now,” who said they had originally gathered to protest Biden but ended up verbally clashing with the Trump supporters instead.
The Trump protest may not have been entirely spontaneous; Jason Strange, a field organizer for the Republican Party of Pennsylvania, sent an email to Republicans in the area late Wednesday night telling them, “the Trump Campaign is pushing back and organizing a rally,” and that the call to organize is “coming from a very high level of command.”
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pamelagellerreport--2020-06-26--Hundreds of Michigan Residents Turn Over Unsolicited Ballot Applications Sent to Dead, Noncitizen, U

How many weren ’ t turned in ?
This is how the Democrat Party of corruption want to have elections .
Mail-in ballots guarantee that the Democrats will commit voter fraud .
This must be stopped .
Listen to AG Barr discuss the dangers of large scale mail-in ballots .
The fraud would be huge .
AG Bar in an interview last Sunday with Maria Baritromo : BARTIROMO : Devin Nunes said : “ There is not a more important issue than this issue .
The American people are being censored .
Conservatives are being censored .
The information flowing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” Are you worried about this going into the election ?
BARR : Yes , I am worried about censorship .
I ’ m worried about a number of things going into the election , one , the censorship of robust debate .
I ’ m also worried about undermining the public confidence in the integrity of the elections .
The thing we have going for us , especially when there ’ s intense division in the country , is that we have peaceful transfers of power .
And our way of resolving @ @ @ @ @ @ @ But when government , state governments start adopting these practices like mail-in ballots that open the floodgates of potential fraud , then people ’ s confidence in the outcome of the election is going to be undermined .
And that could take the country to a very dark place , if we lose confidence in the outcomes of our elections .
So , that , the censorship — the censorship has a number of effects .
It also — free speech , being able to get your viewpoint out , is a release @ @ @ @ @ @ @ out .
If people are prevented from expressing their views , that ’ s where you start getting extremism .
And so the more ventilating of viewpoints we have , the healthier it is for our country .
BARTIROMO : Well , there ’ s a big discussion right now about mail-in voting .
BARR : Well , it absolutely opens the floodgates to fraud .
Those things are delivered into mailboxes .
They can be taken out .
There ’ s questions about whether or not it even denies a secret ballot @ @ @ @ @ @ @ have you signing the outside of the envelope .
So , the person who opens — person who opens the envelope will know how people voted .
There ’ s no — right now , a foreign country could print up tens of thousands of counterfeit ballots , and be very hard for us to detect which was the right and which was the wrong ballot .
So , I think it can — it can upset and undercut the confidence in the integrity of our elections .
If anything , we should @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of Michigan Residents Turn Over Unsolicited Ballot Applications Sent to Dead , Noncitizen , Underage ‘ Voters ’ Hundreds of Michigan residents have responded to state Sen. Ruth Johnson ’ s ( R-Holly ) request for evidence of ballot applications sent to dead , noncitizen , or underage “ voters ” by Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson ( D ) .
Breitbart News previously reported that Benson used $ 4.5 million of CARES Act funds to usurp the power of local clerks to automatically send unrequested ballot applications to all 7.7 million Michigan @ @ @ @ @ @ @ social media or contacted Johnson ’ s office to complain that applications arrived at their address for previous occupants , many of whom moved away years ago or are dead .
Eric Johnson posted on Facebook that he received an application at his home for the former owner ’ s dad who has “ been dead 20 years.
” In an appearance on The Kyle Olson Show , Johnson contended Benson is breaking Michigan law and even her own department rules with the mailings .
MCL 168.931a states that “ the name of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ state or a political subdivision of this state shall not appear on any ballot-related material that is provided to an elector.
” A letter to the voter receiving the unsolicited ballot application was signed by Benson and her name appeared in the letterhead .
Benson ’ s letter invited voters to take a cell phone photo of the application and “ email it to your clerk , ” which triggered anger from Benson ’ s own allies .
“ My inbox is absolutely flooded with email messages having attachments of photographed applications , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ state Rep. Richard LeBlanc wrote on Facebook .

How many weren’t turned in?
This is how the Democrat Party of corruption want to have elections. Mail-in ballots guarantee that the Democrats will commit voter fraud. This must be stopped. Listen to AG Barr discuss the dangers of large scale mail-in ballots. The fraud would be huge.
AG Bar in an interview last Sunday with Maria Baritromo:
BARTIROMO: Devin Nunes said: “There is not a more important issue than this issue. The American people are being censored. Conservatives are being censored. The information flowing to the American people is being censored.”
Are you worried about this going into the election?
BARR: Yes, I am worried about censorship.
I’m worried about a number of things going into the election, one, the censorship of robust debate. I’m also worried about undermining the public confidence in the integrity of the elections.
The thing we have going for us, especially when there’s intense division in the country, is that we have peaceful transfers of power. And our way of resolving it is to have an election.
But when government, state governments start adopting these practices like mail-in ballots that open the floodgates of potential fraud, then people’s confidence in the outcome of the election is going to be undermined. And that could take the country to a very dark place, if we lose confidence in the outcomes of our elections.
So, that, the censorship — the censorship has a number of effects. It also — free speech, being able to get your viewpoint out, is a release. It takes some of the pressure out.
If people are prevented from expressing their views, that’s where you start getting extremism. And so the more ventilating of viewpoints we have, the healthier it is for our country.
BARTIROMO: Well, there’s a big discussion right now about mail-in voting.
BARR: Yes.
BARTIROMO: Hillary Clinton said, it’s fine, it’s fair.
BARR: Well, it absolutely opens the floodgates to fraud. Those things are delivered into mailboxes. They can be taken out.
There’s questions about whether or not it even denies a secret ballot, because a lot of the states have you signing the outside of the envelope. So, the person who opens — person who opens the envelope will know how people voted.
There’s no — right now, a foreign country could print up tens of thousands of counterfeit ballots, and be very hard for us to detect which was the right and which was the wrong ballot.
So, I think it can — it can upset and undercut the confidence in the integrity of our elections. If anything, we should tighten them up right now.
AG Barr is right. Large scale mail-in voting “absolutely opens the floodgates to fraud.” That is why we are fighting back to https://t.co/ImFKSGulau! pic.twitter.com/40b4CRwCEX — Ronna McDaniel (@GOPChairwoman) June 22, 2020
Because of MAIL-IN BALLOTS, 2020 will be the most RIGGED Election in our nations history – unless this stupidity is ended. We voted during World War One & World War Two with no problem, but now they are using Covid in order to cheat by using Mail-Ins! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 22, 2020
Hundreds of Michigan Residents Turn Over Unsolicited Ballot Applications Sent to Dead, Noncitizen, Underage ‘Voters’ By Breitbart, June 22, 2020 Hundreds of Michigan residents have responded to state Sen. Ruth Johnson’s (R-Holly) request for evidence of ballot applications sent to dead, noncitizen, or underage “voters” by Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson (D). Breitbart News previously reported that Benson used $4.5 million of CARES Act funds to usurp the power of local clerks to automatically send unrequested ballot applications to all 7.7 million Michigan registered voters. Several people took to social media or contacted Johnson’s office to complain that applications arrived at their address for previous occupants, many of whom moved away years ago or are dead. Eric Johnson posted on Facebook that he received an application at his home for the former owner’s dad who has “been dead 20 years.” In an appearance on The Kyle Olson Show, Johnson contended Benson is breaking Michigan law and even her own department rules with the mailings. MCL 168.931a states that “the name of an elected or appointed official of this state or a political subdivision of this state shall not appear on any ballot-related material that is provided to an elector.” A letter to the voter receiving the unsolicited ballot application was signed by Benson and her name appeared in the letterhead. Benson’s letter invited voters to take a cell phone photo of the application and “email it to your clerk,” which triggered anger from Benson’s own allies. “My inbox is absolutely flooded with email messages having attachments of photographed applications,” Westland City Clerk and former Democrat state Rep. Richard LeBlanc wrote on Facebook.
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pamelagellerreport--2020-06-26--Biden: ‘We have over 120 million dead from COVID’

“ Dementia Joe ” Biden strikes again .
It ’ s not a joke , America .
This demented racist is the best the Democrats had to offer .
Wild .
This demented racist is the best the Democrats had to offer .
Wild .
And they are secure in the knowledge that the Democrat media complex will never challenge this basket case .
Biden slammed after wrongly saying ‘ we have over 120 million dead from COVID ’ Republicans are slamming Joe Biden after the presumptive Democratic nominee made a verbal gaffe during a campaign stop in Pennsylvania and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the novel coronavirus .
“ People don ’ t have a job , people don ’ t know where to go , they don ’ t know what to do , ” Biden said Thursday .
“ Now we have over 120 million dead from COVID.
” As of Thursday , there have been more than 122,000 – not million — coronavirus deaths in the United States , according to Johns Hopkins figures .
While Biden appears to immediately catch himself after his gaffe — the pool video of Biden ’ s comments @ @ @ @ @ @ @ – Republicans were quick to jump on the former vice president ’ s comment .
“ WHAT IS GOING ON WITH JOE BIDEN ?
” Steve Guest , the Republican National Committee ’ s rapid response director , tweeted out with a link to the clip .
President Trump ’ s reelection campaign team went after Biden even harder – calling him “ very confused ” and dredging up one of Biden ’ s past gaffes when he said that 150 million Americans had died from gun violence since 2007 .
“ Joe @ @ @ @ @ @ @ campaign tweeted out .
“ He ’ s not playing with a full deck , folks .
# BarelyThereBiden.
” Biden was in Lancaster , Pa. , to discuss unveil his healthcare proposals as his campaign revs up for more appearances after months indoors amid the coronavirus pandemic .
His campaign has focused on small group gatherings to mitigate chances of spreading COVID-19 instead of large public rallies like Trump has begun to hold again .
“ He called testing , quote , a double edge sword , ” Biden said .
“ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ what he means by that .
Testing unequivocally saves lives and widespread testing is the key to opening our economy .
That ’ s one edge of the sword .
The other edge , he thinks that finding out that more Americans are sick will make him look bad.
” Biden added : “ Donald Trump needs to stop caring about how he looks to start caring about what America has happened to the rest of America.
” Biden ’ s verbal slip-ups have plagued him throughout his 2020 presidential bid with the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ argue that the presumptive Democratic nominee is unfit for the Oval Office , as well as to draw attention away from Trump ’ s own mistakes .
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“Dementia Joe” Biden strikes again. It’s not a joke, America. This demented racist is the best the Democrats had to offer. Wild.
This demented racist is the best the Democrats had to offer. Wild.
And they are secure in the knowledge that the Democrat media complex will never challenge this basket case.
Biden slammed after wrongly saying ‘we have over 120 million dead from COVID’ By Fox News, June 25, 2020 Republicans are slamming Joe Biden after the presumptive Democratic nominee made a verbal gaffe during a campaign stop in Pennsylvania and said 120 million people had died from the novel coronavirus. “People don’t have a job, people don’t know where to go, they don’t know what to do,” Biden said Thursday. “Now we have over 120 million dead from COVID.” As of Thursday, there have been more than 122,000 – not million — coronavirus deaths in the United States, according to Johns Hopkins figures. While Biden appears to immediately catch himself after his gaffe — the pool video of Biden’s comments cuts off after he made the remark – Republicans were quick to jump on the former vice president’s comment. “WHAT IS GOING ON WITH JOE BIDEN?” Steve Guest, the Republican National Committee’s rapid response director, tweeted out with a link to the clip.
WHAT IS GOING ON WITH JOE BIDEN? Joe Biden just said, "Now we have OVER 120 MILLION dead from COVID." pic.twitter.com/QBQTDyzzZt — Steve Guest (@SteveGuest) June 25, 2020
President Trump’s reelection campaign team went after Biden even harder – calling him “very confused” and dredging up one of Biden’s past gaffes when he said that 150 million Americans had died from gun violence since 2007. “Joe Biden is very confused,” the campaign tweeted out. “He’s not playing with a full deck, folks. #BarelyThereBiden.”
Joe Biden is very confused. He just falsely claimed 120 million Americans (more than one-third of the country) died from the coronavirus. This is after he previously claimed 150 million Americans died from guns. He's not playing with a full deck, folks. #BarelyThereBiden pic.twitter.com/GwKgdiFjdb — Trump War Room – Text TRUMP to 88022 (@TrumpWarRoom) June 25, 2020
Biden was in Lancaster, Pa., to discuss unveil his healthcare proposals as his campaign revs up for more appearances after months indoors amid the coronavirus pandemic. His campaign has focused on small group gatherings to mitigate chances of spreading COVID-19 instead of large public rallies like Trump has begun to hold again. “He called testing, quote, a double edge sword,” Biden said. “Let’s be crystal clear about what he means by that. Testing unequivocally saves lives and widespread testing is the key to opening our economy. That’s one edge of the sword. The other edge, he thinks that finding out that more Americans are sick will make him look bad.” Biden added: “Donald Trump needs to stop caring about how he looks to start caring about what America has happened to the rest of America.” Biden’s verbal slip-ups have plagued him throughout his 2020 presidential bid with the Trump campaign using them as fodder to argue that the presumptive Democratic nominee is unfit for the Oval Office, as well as to draw attention away from Trump’s own mistakes.
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pamelagellerreport--2020-06-26--Joe Biden: I Will Force Americans to Wear Masks in Public

This boils down the race to its essential oils : do the American people want the government to have absolute control of your life .
Are we free or are we not ?
Are we discarding the founding principle of America – individual rights ?
Remember that the *exact* same rhetoric was used by the Third Reich , but for tuberculosis instead of COVID-19 : Joe Biden : I Will Force Americans to Wear Masks in Public Former Vice President Joe Biden said Thursday that he would compel Americans to wear masks in public if elected president .
In an @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Biden said that he would use federal power to “ mandate ” masks .
Q : I know you have been critical of the president ’ s handling of the pandemic in the past .
But let ’ s look ahead .
If you became president tomorrow , what would you do differently regarding the pandemic and getting these surging cases now under control ?
Biden : I would go back to making sure that everybody had masks , that you had PPE [ personal protective equipment ] lined up , we ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ all the things that we need that we don ’ t have now .
The one thing we do know , these masks make a gigantic difference .
I would insist that everybody out in public be wearing that mask .
Anyone to reopen — would have to make sure that they walked in their business that had masks .
Q : Couldn ’ t you use the federal leverage to mandate that , though ?
Biden : Yes , I would from an executive standpoint , yes , i would .
Q @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , mandate the wearing of masks .
Biden : I would do everything possible to make it required that people had to wear masks in public .
Biden fumbled with his mask throughout the interview , and has struggled with his own mask at previous events .
Biden went on to say that he would take off his mask when taking the oath of office if he won the election .
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This boils down the race to its essential oils: do the American people want the government to have absolute control of your life. Are we free or are we not? Are we discarding the founding principle of America – individual rights?
Remember that the *exact* same rhetoric was used by the Third Reich, but for tuberculosis instead of COVID-19:
Joe Biden: I Will Force Americans to Wear Masks in Public Former Vice President Joe Biden said Thursday that he would compel Americans to wear masks in public if elected president. By Breitbart News, June 26, 2020: In an interview with Pittsburgh CBS affiliate KDKA, Biden said that he would use federal power to “mandate” masks. Q: I know you have been critical of the president’s handling of the pandemic in the past. But let’s look ahead. If you became president tomorrow, what would you do differently regarding the pandemic and getting these surging cases now under control? Biden: I would go back to making sure that everybody had masks, that you had PPE [personal protective equipment] lined up, we’d have been making sure we stockpile all the things that we need that we don’t have now. The one thing we do know, these masks make a gigantic difference. I would insist that everybody out in public be wearing that mask. Anyone to reopen — would have to make sure that they walked in their business that had masks. Q: Couldn’t you use the federal leverage to mandate that, though? Biden: Yes. Q: Would you? Biden: Yes, I would from an executive standpoint, yes, i would. Q: So you would, in effect, mandate the wearing of masks. Biden: I would do everything possible to make it required that people had to wear masks in public. Biden fumbled with his mask throughout the interview, and has struggled with his own mask at previous events. Biden went on to say that he would take off his mask when taking the oath of office if he won the election.
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pamelagellerreport--2020-06-26--UK: Migrant who stabbed three people to death was in government’s “deradicalization” program

I have long written on the inherent failures of jihad deradicalization programs .
They are doomed to failure because they do not address the root cause , the motive for holy war – Islamic texts and teachings .
These counter terror and “ deradicalization ” programs are nothing more than charters for surrender .
Of all the absurd and ludicrous responses by leftist elites to the jihad threat , “ deradicalization ” ranks as the most inane .
How can a program claim to address the ideological motive behind acts of war without addressing the ideology ?
These absurd programs @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is a Religion of Peace , and that jihad terrorists are misunderstanding it .
But this is false , so the programs are a failure .
The only deradicalization center in France , for example , was closed down because of the high failure rate , which was foredoomed since it was never going to deal with motive .
Deal with motive , end jihad recruitment and preaching in prisons , and demand that the mosques stop preaching jihad and submit to being monitored .
Only that has any possibility of working .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ DAY before attack : Khairi Saadallah was found wandering the streets by mental health team after missing a check hours before he ‘ killed three people ’ as it emerges he was on government ’ s deradicalisation programme ” , by David Barrett , Larisa Brown and Rebecca Camber , Daily Mail , June 23 , 2020 : Police intercepted the Reading terror suspect on the street just hours before he allegedly went on the rampage , the Daily Mail can reveal .
A specialist mental health team was asked to search for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ him during a routine check at his home last Friday .
Later that evening , just before midnight , he was found on a street in Reading , sources disclosed .
Saadallah is believed to have then been taken home to his council flat in the south of the town – and just hours later is alleged to have stabbed three men to death as they sat in a local park , Forbury Gardens .
Several police and psychiatric nurses , known as a ‘ street triage ’ team run jointly by Thames @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the 25-year-old Libyan after an alert was raised as part of his psychiatric care , sources said .
It came as a former Labour justice minister revealed in the Commons that Saadallah had been released from prison just 16 days before being arrested over the terror attack .
Maria Eagle said : ‘ The person who has been arrested suspected of these offences has been reported as being of interest to the security services as a potential terrorist sympathiser and was released well before the end of his sentence from a prison – @ @ @ @ @ @ @ rampage took place.
’ Home Secretary Priti Patel said she was unable to comment given the police investigation , but it will raise further concerns that the authorities missed opportunities to prevent Saturday ’ s knife attacks .
The remaining victims were named as David Wails , 49 , a senior scientist at a global chemicals company , and Joe Ritchie-Bennett , 39 , a pharmaceutical worker originally from the US , who died along with history teacher James Furlong , 36 ; Police refused to rule out the possibility it may have @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Secretary outlined plans to speed up deportation of foreign criminals , after No 10 vowed that ‘ lessons will be learned ’ from the attack ; The country ’ s former top counter-terror police officer , Sir Mark Rowley , warned that police and security services faced a ‘ wicked problem ’ deciding which of the 40,000 known threats could launch a terror attack ; Tory MP Chris Loder praised his parliamentary assistant , named only as James , who carried out CPR on a victim of the attack , using his shirt @ @ @ @ @ @ @ more time to question Saadallah , who was arrested on Saturday .
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I have long written on the inherent failures of jihad deradicalization programs. They are doomed to failure because they do not address the root cause, the motive for holy war – Islamic texts and teachings.
These counter terror and “deradicalization” programs are nothing more than charters for surrender. Of all the absurd and ludicrous responses by leftist elites to the jihad threat, “deradicalization” ranks as the most inane. How can a program claim to address the ideological motive behind acts of war without addressing the ideology? These absurd programs are based on the idea that Islam is a Religion of Peace, and that jihad terrorists are misunderstanding it. But this is false, so the programs are a failure.
The only deradicalization center in France, for example, was closed down because of the high failure rate, which was foredoomed since it was never going to deal with motive.
Deal with motive, end jihad recruitment and preaching in prisons, and demand that the mosques stop preaching jihad and submit to being monitored. Only that has any possibility of working.
“Police stopped Reading terror suspect A DAY before attack: Khairi Saadallah was found wandering the streets by mental health team after missing a check hours before he ‘killed three people’ as it emerges he was on government’s deradicalisation programme”, by David Barrett, Larisa Brown and Rebecca Camber, Daily Mail, June 23, 2020:
Police intercepted the Reading terror suspect on the street just hours before he allegedly went on the rampage, the Daily Mail can reveal. A specialist mental health team was asked to search for Khairi Saadallah after officials failed to find him during a routine check at his home last Friday. Later that evening, just before midnight, he was found on a street in Reading, sources disclosed. Saadallah is believed to have then been taken home to his council flat in the south of the town – and just hours later is alleged to have stabbed three men to death as they sat in a local park, Forbury Gardens. Several police and psychiatric nurses, known as a ‘street triage’ team run jointly by Thames Valley Police and the NHS, encountered the 25-year-old Libyan after an alert was raised as part of his psychiatric care, sources said. It came as a former Labour justice minister revealed in the Commons that Saadallah had been released from prison just 16 days before being arrested over the terror attack. Maria Eagle said: ‘The person who has been arrested suspected of these offences has been reported as being of interest to the security services as a potential terrorist sympathiser and was released well before the end of his sentence from a prison – a mere 16 days before this murderous rampage took place.’ Home Secretary Priti Patel said she was unable to comment given the police investigation, but it will raise further concerns that the authorities missed opportunities to prevent Saturday’s knife attacks. In other developments: The remaining victims were named as David Wails, 49, a senior scientist at a global chemicals company, and Joe Ritchie-Bennett, 39, a pharmaceutical worker originally from the US, who died along with history teacher James Furlong, 36;
Police refused to rule out the possibility it may have been a homophobic attack;
The Home Secretary outlined plans to speed up deportation of foreign criminals, after No 10 vowed that ‘lessons will be learned’ from the attack;
The country’s former top counter-terror police officer, Sir Mark Rowley, warned that police and security services faced a ‘wicked problem’ deciding which of the 40,000 known threats could launch a terror attack;
Tory MP Chris Loder praised his parliamentary assistant, named only as James, who carried out CPR on a victim of the attack, using his shirt to stem bleeding;
Police were granted more time to question Saadallah, who was arrested on Saturday.
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pamelagellerreport--2020-06-26--Supreme Court rules some asylum seekers can be deported without hearing

Supreme Court rules some asylum seekers can be deported without hearing The US Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that the Trump administration can fast-track deportations of some asylum seekers without first holding a federal court hearing — a win for the White House ’ s immigration policy .
The 7-2 decision makes people who are picked up at or near the border or who fail initial asylum screening eligible for expedited removal , a ruling that could affect thousands of immigrants .
The court said a federal law limiting an asylum applicant ’ s ability to appeal a decision that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ fear of persecution if returned home doesn ’ t violate the Constitution .
The Trump administration has proposed legislation that would make it harder for people to be given asylum , among other immigration restrictions , to preserve jobs in the US during the coronavirus pandemic .
The case involved a Sri Lankan farmer , Vijayakumar Thuraissigiam , who fled persecution as a member of the country ’ s Tamil minority but failed to persuade immigration officials that he was subject to harm if returned home .
He was arrested after crossing into @ @ @ @ @ @ @ without documentation .
Justice Samuel Alito wrote in the majority opinion that Thuraissigiam did not want a “ simple release , ” he wanted to vacate his “ removal order ” and remain “ lawfully ” in the US .
see also Trump extending immigration ban for employment-based visas “ While aliens who have established connections in this country have due process rights in deportation proceedings , the court long ago held that Congress is entitled to set the conditions for an alien ’ s lawful entry into this country and that , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the threshold of initial entry can not claim any greater rights under the Due Process Clause , ” Alito wrote .
He went on to write that appeals of decisions could put a strain on the courts .
“ If courts must review credible-fear claims that in the eyes of immigration officials and an immigration judge do not meet the low bar for such claims , expedited removal would augment the burdens on that system , ” he said .
Sotomayor said the decision deprives asylum seekers “ of any means to ensure @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , an order which , the Court just held , is not subject to any meaningful judicial oversight as to its substance.
” “ Today ’ s decision handcuffs the Judiciary ’ s ability to perform its constitutional duty to safeguard individual liberty and dismantles a critical component of the separation of powers , ” she continued .

BRILLIANT.
Supreme Court rules some asylum seekers can be deported without hearing
By Mark Moore, NY Post, June 25, 2020 |
The US Supreme Court ruled on Thursday that the Trump administration can fast-track deportations of some asylum seekers without first holding a federal court hearing — a win for the White House’s immigration policy.
The 7-2 decision makes people who are picked up at or near the border or who fail initial asylum screening eligible for expedited removal, a ruling that could affect thousands of immigrants.
The court said a federal law limiting an asylum applicant’s ability to appeal a decision that the person did not have a credible fear of persecution if returned home doesn’t violate the Constitution.
The Trump administration has proposed legislation that would make it harder for people to be given asylum, among other immigration restrictions, to preserve jobs in the US during the coronavirus pandemic.
The case involved a Sri Lankan farmer, Vijayakumar Thuraissigiam, who fled persecution as a member of the country’s Tamil minority but failed to persuade immigration officials that he was subject to harm if returned home.
He was arrested after crossing into the US from Mexico in January 2017 without documentation.
Justice Samuel Alito wrote in the majority opinion that Thuraissigiam did not want a “simple release,” he wanted to vacate his “removal order” and remain “lawfully” in the US.
see also
Trump extending immigration ban for employment-based visas
“While aliens who have established connections in this country have due process rights in deportation proceedings, the court long ago held that Congress is entitled to set the conditions for an alien’s lawful entry into this country and that, as a result, an alien at the threshold of initial entry cannot claim any greater rights under the Due Process Clause,” Alito wrote.
He went on to write that appeals of decisions could put a strain on the courts.
“If courts must review credible-fear claims that in the eyes of immigration officials and an immigration judge do not meet the low bar for such claims, expedited removal would augment the burdens on that system,” he said.
Justices Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan dissented.
Sotomayor said the decision deprives asylum seekers “of any means to ensure the integrity of an expedited removal order, an order which, the Court just held, is not subject to any meaningful judicial oversight as to its substance.”
“Today’s decision handcuffs the Judiciary’s ability to perform its constitutional duty to safeguard individual liberty and dismantles a critical component of the separation of powers,” she continued.
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pamelagellerreport--2020-06-26--London to Erect Statues Celebrating Mass Migration

Fresh on the heels this week of another murderous terror attack by a Muslim migrant : READING , England — A stabbing rampage that killed three people as they sat in a British park on a summer evening is being considered a terrorist attack , police said Sunday .
Three people were killed and three others seriously wounded in the stabbing attack that came out of the blue Saturday in Forbury Gardens park in Reading , a town of 200,000 people 40 miles ( 64 kilometers ) west of London .
Chief Constable John Campbell of Thames Valley Police said @ @ @ @ @ @ @ just before 7 p.m. and arrived to find a “ horrific ” scene .
He said a suspect was apprehended within five minutes .
Police have not identified the suspect , but Britain ’ s national news agency , Press Association , and other media outlets named him as Khairi Saadallah , a Libyan asylum-seeker living in Reading .
Why not a statue to 43,000 terrorist suspects in the UK ?
After the 2017 London Bridge terrorist attack , the British people were informed that there were some 23,000 suspected terrorists being monitored @ @ @ @ @ @ @ significant rise on the 3,000 suspects the government had admitted to knowing about to that point .
However , a report has revealed that there are an additional 20,000 people on the government ’ s watchlist .
Terrorism in the UK : number of suspects tops 40,000 after MI5 rechecks its list Or a statue to the tens of thousands of Muslim migrant child sex trafficking gangs ?
• At least 104 Islamist extremists entered the European Union ’ s ( EU ) external borders using long-haul irregular migration methods between 2014-2018 , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ theoretical terrorism travel tactic over borders .
• Of the 104 migrant terrorists identified for the 2014-2018 period , 28 successfully completed attacks that claimed the lives of 170 victims and wounded 878 .
An additional 37 were arrested or killed plotting attacks , and 39 others were arrested for illegal involvement with foreign terrorist organizations .
• A majority of the 104 terrorists applied for international protections such as asylum and were able to remain in European nations for an average of 11 months before attacks or arrests for plots , demonstrating @ @ @ @ @ @ @ • While total numbers of migrant-terrorists were a fraction of overall irregular migration , their activities demonstrate that small numbers present outsized threats to the United States should only a few strike here .
In Europe , a relative few upended longstanding political power balances , prompted a major military campaign , forced massive public expenditures on new security policies , prompted the British vote to exit the European Union , and disrupted the free movement of people within the Schengen zone .
Two large sculptures celebrating mass migration will be unveiled in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ revealed .
It was announced Monday , on the UK ’ s second ever ‘ Windrush Day ’ , that works by artists Thomas J Price and Veronica Ryan will be erected in London ’ s Hackney borough in 2021 .
Windrush Day commemorates the beginning of the modern mass migration era in Britain in 1948 , and was instituted in 2018 after some members of that original generation of post-war migrant arrivals were detained and deported because of government error , causing a significant scandal .
The pieces , which include a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of a Hackney local are “ a statement of pride ” for members of the so-called Windrush generation and their descendants , according to the Mayor of Hackney , Philip Glanville .
The Labour politician said the new works would not be “ an answer to the statue conversation ” that has emerged with the Black Lives Matter protests , which have seen demonstrators vandalise and tear down sculptures of white figures across the UK .
“ But I think it ’ s an early down payment on righting some of that wrong @ @ @ @ @ @ @ diverse people represented in a public realm , ” he said in remarks reported by the Guardian .
Price , whose past works are typified by naturalistic sculptures of BAME males ( pictured , above ) , told the Guardian he hoped the statues would highlight a deficit of non-white statues in Britain , asserting that “ representation is incredibly important ” .
“ It ’ s been so lacking , we just haven ’ t had it .
You can count on one hand the number of public sculptures of statues of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ even worse for black people .
You have to be Nelson Mandela .
It ’ s incredible .
And yet that is just seen as normal , ” he said .
His piece , the liberal newspaper reports , will be a nine-foot-tall bronze figure , “ created by using photo archives and digital 3D scans ” of residents of London ’ s Hackney borough , the population of which is 40 per cent BAME and 36 per cent white British , according to the last census .
Price commented : “ For @ @ @ @ @ @ @ are British , but have to answer that question of : ‘ Where you really from ?
’ They can see there ’ s a sculpture standing nine foot high , looking like someone they know , in the centre of Hackney.
” Montserrat-born sculptor Ryan , meanwhile , has designed statues of fruit and vegetables from the Caribbean , which she said represent the ideas of migration and identity “ I have memories of going to Ridley Road Market with my mother as a child to buy fruit and vegetables , fabrics @ @ @ @ @ @ @ said .
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Fresh on the heels this week of another murderous terror attack by a Muslim migrant:
READING, England — A stabbing rampage that killed three people as they sat in a British park on a summer evening is being considered a terrorist attack, police said Sunday. Three people were killed and three others seriously wounded in the stabbing attack that came out of the blue Saturday in Forbury Gardens park in Reading, a town of 200,000 people 40 miles (64 kilometers) west of London. Chief Constable John Campbell of Thames Valley Police said officers were called to reports of stabbings just before 7 p.m. and arrived to find a “horrific” scene. He said a suspect was apprehended within five minutes. Police have not identified the suspect, but Britain’s national news agency, Press Association, and other media outlets named him as Khairi Saadallah, a Libyan asylum-seeker living in Reading.
Why not a statue to 43,000 terrorist suspects in the UK?
After the 2017 London Bridge terrorist attack, the British people were informed that there were some 23,000 suspected terrorists being monitored by MI5 — this itself already a significant rise on the 3,000 suspects the government had admitted to knowing about to that point. However, a report has revealed that there are an additional 20,000 people on the government’s watchlist.
Terrorism in the UK: number of suspects tops 40,000 after MI5 rechecks its list
Or a statue to the tens of thousands of Muslim migrant child sex trafficking gangs?
At least 104 Islamist extremists entered the European Union’s (EU) external borders using long-haul irregular migration methods between 2014-2018, establishing proof of concept for a previously theoretical terrorism travel tactic over borders.
Of the 104 migrant terrorists identified for the 2014-2018 period, 28 successfully completed attacks that claimed the lives of 170 victims and wounded 878. An additional 37 were arrested or killed plotting attacks, and 39 others were arrested for illegal involvement with foreign terrorist organizations.
A majority of the 104 terrorists applied for international protections such as asylum and were able to remain in European nations for an average of 11 months before attacks or arrests for plots, demonstrating that asylum processes accommodated plot incubation.
While total numbers of migrant-terrorists were a fraction of overall irregular migration, their activities demonstrate that small numbers present outsized threats to the United States should only a few strike here. In Europe, a relative few upended longstanding political power balances, prompted a major military campaign, forced massive public expenditures on new security policies, prompted the British vote to exit the European Union, and disrupted the free movement of people within the Schengen zone.
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London to Erect Statues Celebrating Mass Migration Two large sculptures celebrating mass migration will be unveiled in London next year, the Guardian has revealed. By Virgina Hale, Breitbart, June 22, 2020: It was announced Monday, on the UK’s second ever ‘Windrush Day’, that works by artists Thomas J Price and Veronica Ryan will be erected in London’s Hackney borough in 2021. Windrush Day commemorates the beginning of the modern mass migration era in Britain in 1948, and was instituted in 2018 after some members of that original generation of post-war migrant arrivals were detained and deported because of government error, causing a significant scandal. The pieces, which include a sculpture of fruit and a nine-foot statue of a Hackney local are “a statement of pride” for members of the so-called Windrush generation and their descendants, according to the Mayor of Hackney, Philip Glanville. The Labour politician said the new works would not be “an answer to the statue conversation” that has emerged with the Black Lives Matter protests, which have seen demonstrators vandalise and tear down sculptures of white figures across the UK. “But I think it’s an early down payment on righting some of that wrong, and a chance to see more diverse people represented in a public realm,” he said in remarks reported by the Guardian. Price, whose past works are typified by naturalistic sculptures of BAME males (pictured, above), told the Guardian he hoped the statues would highlight a deficit of non-white statues in Britain, asserting that “representation is incredibly important”. “It’s been so lacking, we just haven’t had it. You can count on one hand the number of public sculptures of statues of non-white people, and it’s even worse for black people. You have to be Nelson Mandela. It’s incredible. And yet that is just seen as normal,” he said. His piece, the liberal newspaper reports, will be a nine-foot-tall bronze figure, “created by using photo archives and digital 3D scans” of residents of London’s Hackney borough, the population of which is 40 per cent BAME and 36 per cent white British, according to the last census. Price commented: “For the people who are here today who are British, but have to answer that question of: ‘Where you really from?’ They can see there’s a sculpture standing nine foot high, looking like someone they know, in the centre of Hackney.” Montserrat-born sculptor Ryan, meanwhile, has designed statues of fruit and vegetables from the Caribbean, which she said represent the ideas of migration and identity “I have memories of going to Ridley Road Market with my mother as a child to buy fruit and vegetables, fabrics, and sewing materials,” she said.
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pamelagellerreport--2020-06-26--A Farrakhan Supporter Led the LA Black Lives Matter Rally That Became a Pogrom

“ The antisemitic chants are not being widely reported .
A Farrakhan Supporter Led the LA Black Lives Matter Rally That Became a Pogrom These scenes from what the media has falsely called peaceful protests and the Jewish community in the Fairfax neighborhood of Los Angeles has called the Shavuot Riots , after the biblical holiday during which the worst of the attacks on the community occurred , has fundamentally divided Los Angeles Jews .
Allyson Rowen Taylor , the former Associate Director of the American Jewish Congress in LA , and a co-founder of StandWithUs , passed on an @ @ @ @ @ @ @ F___ the police and kill the Jews.
” “ The antisemitic chants are not being widely reported .
This is insane and very , very scary , ” she noted .
After the conclusion of Shavuot and the Shabbat , members of the Jewish community went to pick up the pieces , battling looters and checking out the damage .
Even synagogues that had been untouched began evacuating their Torah scrolls to places of safety , unprecedented outside of a major natural disaster .
Aryeh Rosenfeld , an Orthodox Jewish small business owner @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Jerusalem Post hearing screams of , “ F___ Jews ” during the riots and looting as he tried to protect his store .
The looting not only devastated countless small businesses in the area , but graffiti , some of it explicitly anti-Semitic , was scrawled across at least 5 Orthodox Jewish synagogues and 3 religious schools .
“ The attack on our community last night was vicious and criminal .
Fairfax is the center of the oldest Jewish community in Los Angeles , ” Councilman Paul Koretz said .
“ As we @ @ @ @ @ @ @ didn ’ t get covered were the anti-Semitic hate crimes and incidents.
” Melina Abdullah , the lead organizer of Black Lives Matter in LA and a professor of Pan-African Studies at Cal State , had been very clear about her motive for bringing her hateful campaign to the area .
“ We ’ ve been very deliberate in saying that the violence and pain and hurt that ’ s experienced on a daily basis by black folks at the hands of a repressive system should also be visited upon , to a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ they can just retreat to white affluence , ” the BLM-LA co-founder ranted .
Melina Abdullah has a hateful record of appearing at Farrakhan and Nation of Islam events and praising the antisemitic hate group and its leader .
When Facebook decided to remove Farrakhan over his hateful rhetoric toward Jews , the Black Lives Matter LA co-founder came to his defense .
“ Facebook and Instagram ’ s decision to ban The Honorable Minister Farrakhan along with known white-supremacists represents the ultimate in false equivalencies , ” Abdullah complained .
“ As @ @ @ @ @ @ @ very wary when others attempt to silence our leaders .
We should also think about how to organize beyond social media .
I continue to appreciate the Minister ’ s fearless leadership and intense love for our people.
” Farrakhan has praised Hitler , compared Jews to termites , and had declared , “ Those who call themselves ‘ Jews , ’ who are not really Jews , but are in fact Satan ” , claimed , “ Hitler was trying to destroy the international bankers controlling Europe ” , and boasted , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ leader in America locked in a struggle with the Jewish community , but Louis Farrakhan.
” And Abdullah has made no secret of sharing Farrakhan ’ s hostility toward Jews .
When CNN parted ways with Marc Lamont Hill after he once again endorsed the murder of Jews , Abdullah accused CNN of standing “ with a Zionist Israel that murders and terrorizes the Palestinian people.
” The BLM-LA leader had complained that the Women ’ s March included “ Zionists ” .
At the Women ’ s March , Thandiwe Abdullah , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the BLM Youth Vanguard , had said that as a “ black Muslim girl , it is very important to me that Black Lives Matter also values the lives of the Muslim women in Palestine ” and accused Israel of “ genocide ” .
Thandiwe also spoke at the Fairfax Black Lives Matter protest , where she ranted , “ I know you want to tear some s___ up… if you want to set some corporations on fire , you know what ?
I don ’ t care about Target burning .
I @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
I don ’ t care that white people in their f____ office buildings are upset.
” Not just Melina , but Black Lives Matter LA , had partnered with the Nation of Islam , as she had noted in the past , “ Minister Farrakhan was calling on folks not to spend their dollars with the White corporations that keep us oppressed , and so we partnered with the Nation and helped to amplify that call.
” The media not only failed to report the scale of vandalism against Jewish synagogues and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ mysterious aberration while failing to report that BLM LA ’ s lead organizer had a history of anti-Semitism , and that BLM-LA had allied with one of the most vicious anti-Semitic hate groups around .
It did not note her own statement that “ violence and pain and hurt ” should also be “ visited ” on the people living and working in an area which included one of LA ’ s major Jewish communities .
The media repeatedly described Abdullah as an activist against police violence while ignoring her affinity for a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ has described Jews as satanic and subhuman .
The level of duplicity and malpractice by the media which covered this up is its own hate crime .
Imagine if a rally by a supporter of the KKK had turned into attacks on black churches and stores .
The media would not be pretending that the two events were somehow separate and unrelated .
The national media , the local media , and even the local Jewish media failed to cover these facts .
In the aftermath of the Black Lives Matter riots , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ other Americans , found themselves deeply divided between standing with the rioters or their victims .
And that unfortunately included some in the Modern Orthodox Jewish community .
After the attacks on synagogues in Fairfax , the major Modern Orthodox synagogues in nearby Beverlywood , the more modern counterpart of the community , conducted Black Lives Matter sessions .
Even though these same synagogues had to rush out their Torah scrolls to protect them from a racist mob , they did not voice any pain or outrage , or offer solidarity to their @ @ @ @ @ @ @ by Young Israel and the Agudah , the Orthodox Union failed to even address the attacks on synagogues .
Local leaders urged Orthodox Jews , who were the victims of the racist violence , to atone for their imaginary crimes of racism and to take up the hateful slogan of Black Lives Matter .
On a street in Beverlywood , high school kids from one of the more liberal schools in the area chalked slogans denouncing “ white silence ” and the same police who keep the mansions of their parents safe .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ Jews , in black pants and white shirts , in dangling tzitzit and black hats , had cheered the LAPD and other law enforcement agencies as they rolled in after the pogrom , and Persian Jews handed out donuts and snacks to the members of the National Guard .
There is an unbridgeable moral gap between the Chabad synagogue that opened its doors to the National Guard and the Modern Orthodox synagogues that opened their doors to black nationalists .
And that gap in the Orthodox community can be seen in those teens @ @ @ @ @ @ @ chalking slogans against it in Beverlywood .
That gap will determine which community has a future .
A community that teaches its children that they are privileged racists and that standing up for Israel and for their own homes and synagogues has to take a back seat to black nationalism , has no future .
As Rabbi Pini Dunner , of the Young Israel of North Beverly Hills , wrote , “ If supporting BLM means collective suicide , you can count me out.
” Those Jews who have had the courage to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is not a Jewish moment .
This is a time for empathizing with criminals , not for standing up for the victims of anti-Semitism .
Jay Sanderson , the president of the Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles , worried that focusing on the attacks on synagogues would detract from the important cause of the protests .
“ This is not about us , ” Los Angeles Jews have been told .
And yet the vandalism of synagogues and businesses , the cries of , “ F___ Jews ” , and the “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ eloquently testify to the inescapable truth of anti-Semitism that it is about Jews .
And if Jews don ’ t stand up when their synagogues and stores are attacked , who will ?
Paint can be cleaned off , glass can be swept away , and family savings and dreams can be put away , but there is a bigger price to be paid for failing to stand up to the rise of someone like Melina Abdullah .
Bigoted mobs don ’ t go away when you fail to stand up to them @ @ @ @ @ @ @ And the price of standing up to them grows while the toll they take with each attack becomes unbearable .
The true moral cost of the Los Angeles Pogrom can be measured in the fact that racists were able to get away with attacking synagogues while intimidating some Jews into keeping quiet and supporting them .

“The antisemitic chants are not being widely reported.
A Farrakhan Supporter Led the LA Black Lives Matter Rally That Became a Pogrom
By FrontPage Mag, June 21, 2020\
These scenes from what the media has falsely called peaceful protests and the Jewish community in the Fairfax neighborhood of Los Angeles has called the Shavuot Riots, after the biblical holiday during which the worst of the attacks on the community occurred, has fundamentally divided Los Angeles Jews.
Allyson Rowen Taylor, the former Associate Director of the American Jewish Congress in LA, and a co-founder of StandWithUs, passed on an account of hearing chants of, “F___ the police and kill the Jews.”
“The antisemitic chants are not being widely reported. This is insane and very, very scary,” she noted.
After the conclusion of Shavuot and the Shabbat, members of the Jewish community went to pick up the pieces, battling looters and checking out the damage. Even synagogues that had been untouched began evacuating their Torah scrolls to places of safety, unprecedented outside of a major natural disaster.
Aryeh Rosenfeld, an Orthodox Jewish small business owner in the area, described to the Jerusalem Post hearing screams of, “F___ Jews” during the riots and looting as he tried to protect his store.
The looting not only devastated countless small businesses in the area, but graffiti, some of it explicitly anti-Semitic, was scrawled across at least 5 Orthodox Jewish synagogues and 3 religious schools.
“The attack on our community last night was vicious and criminal. Fairfax is the center of the oldest Jewish community in Los Angeles,” Councilman Paul Koretz said. “As we watched the fires and looting, what didn’t get covered were the anti-Semitic hate crimes and incidents.”
Melina Abdullah, the lead organizer of Black Lives Matter in LA and a professor of Pan-African Studies at Cal State, had been very clear about her motive for bringing her hateful campaign to the area.
“We’ve been very deliberate in saying that the violence and pain and hurt that’s experienced on a daily basis by black folks at the hands of a repressive system should also be visited upon, to a degree, to those who think that they can just retreat to white affluence,” the BLM-LA co-founder ranted.
Melina Abdullah has a hateful record of appearing at Farrakhan and Nation of Islam events and praising the antisemitic hate group and its leader. When Facebook decided to remove Farrakhan over his hateful rhetoric toward Jews, the Black Lives Matter LA co-founder came to his defense.
“Facebook and Instagram’s decision to ban The Honorable Minister Farrakhan along with known white-supremacists represents the ultimate in false equivalencies,” Abdullah complained. “As a Black community, we should be very wary when others attempt to silence our leaders. We should also think about how to organize beyond social media. I continue to appreciate the Minister’s fearless leadership and intense love for our people.”
Farrakhan has praised Hitler, compared Jews to termites, and had declared, “Those who call themselves ‘Jews,’ who are not really Jews, but are in fact Satan”, claimed, “Hitler was trying to destroy the international bankers controlling Europe”, and boasted, “there has not been a black leader in America locked in a struggle with the Jewish community, but Louis Farrakhan.”
And Abdullah has made no secret of sharing Farrakhan’s hostility toward Jews.
When CNN parted ways with Marc Lamont Hill after he once again endorsed the murder of Jews, Abdullah accused CNN of standing “with a Zionist Israel that murders and terrorizes the Palestinian people.” The BLM-LA leader had complained that the Women’s March included “Zionists”.
At the Women’s March, Thandiwe Abdullah, her daughter, now the co-founder of the BLM Youth Vanguard, had said that as a “black Muslim girl, it is very important to me that Black Lives Matter also values the lives of the Muslim women in Palestine” and accused Israel of “genocide”.
Thandiwe also spoke at the Fairfax Black Lives Matter protest, where she ranted, “I know you want to tear some s___ up… if you want to set some corporations on fire, you know what? I don’t care about Target burning. I don’t care that capitalism burns. I don’t care that white people in their f____ office buildings are upset.”
Not just Melina, but Black Lives Matter LA, had partnered with the Nation of Islam, as she had noted in the past, “Minister Farrakhan was calling on folks not to spend their dollars with the White corporations that keep us oppressed, and so we partnered with the Nation and helped to amplify that call.”
The media not only failed to report the scale of vandalism against Jewish synagogues and schools, but treated it as a mysterious aberration while failing to report that BLM LA’s lead organizer had a history of anti-Semitism, and that BLM-LA had allied with one of the most vicious anti-Semitic hate groups around.
It did not note her own statement that “violence and pain and hurt” should also be “visited” on the people living and working in an area which included one of LA’s major Jewish communities.
The media repeatedly described Abdullah as an activist against police violence while ignoring her affinity for a racist black supremacist hate group whose leader has described Jews as satanic and subhuman.
The level of duplicity and malpractice by the media which covered this up is its own hate crime.
Imagine if a rally by a supporter of the KKK had turned into attacks on black churches and stores. The media would not be pretending that the two events were somehow separate and unrelated.
The national media, the local media, and even the local Jewish media failed to cover these facts.
In the aftermath of the Black Lives Matter riots, Los Angeles Jews, like millions of other Americans, found themselves deeply divided between standing with the rioters or their victims. And that unfortunately included some in the Modern Orthodox Jewish community.
After the attacks on synagogues in Fairfax, the major Modern Orthodox synagogues in nearby Beverlywood, the more modern counterpart of the community, conducted Black Lives Matter sessions. Even though these same synagogues had to rush out their Torah scrolls to protect them from a racist mob, they did not voice any pain or outrage, or offer solidarity to their fellow vandalized synagogues.
Unlike the statements by Young Israel and the Agudah, the Orthodox Union failed to even address the attacks on synagogues. Local leaders urged Orthodox Jews, who were the victims of the racist violence, to atone for their imaginary crimes of racism and to take up the hateful slogan of Black Lives Matter.
On a street in Beverlywood, high school kids from one of the more liberal schools in the area chalked slogans denouncing “white silence” and the same police who keep the mansions of their parents safe.
In Fairfax, the more traditional Orthodox Jews, in black pants and white shirts, in dangling tzitzit and black hats, had cheered the LAPD and other law enforcement agencies as they rolled in after the pogrom, and Persian Jews handed out donuts and snacks to the members of the National Guard.
There is an unbridgeable moral gap between the Chabad synagogue that opened its doors to the National Guard and the Modern Orthodox synagogues that opened their doors to black nationalists. And that gap in the Orthodox community can be seen in those teens cheering the LAPD in Fairfax and those chalking slogans against it in Beverlywood. That gap will determine which community has a future.
A community that teaches its children that they are privileged racists and that standing up for Israel and for their own homes and synagogues has to take a back seat to black nationalism, has no future.
As Rabbi Pini Dunner, of the Young Israel of North Beverly Hills, wrote, “If supporting BLM means collective suicide, you can count me out.”
Those Jews who have had the courage to speak up have been told that now is not a Jewish moment. This is a time for empathizing with criminals, not for standing up for the victims of anti-Semitism.
Jay Sanderson, the president of the Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles, worried that focusing on the attacks on synagogues would detract from the important cause of the protests.
“This is not about us,” Los Angeles Jews have been told.
And yet the vandalism of synagogues and businesses, the cries of, “F___ Jews”, and the “F___ Israel” graffiti on a synagogue eloquently testify to the inescapable truth of anti-Semitism that it is about Jews.
And if Jews don’t stand up when their synagogues and stores are attacked, who will?
Paint can be cleaned off, glass can be swept away, and family savings and dreams can be put away, but there is a bigger price to be paid for failing to stand up to the rise of someone like Melina Abdullah. Bigoted mobs don’t go away when you fail to stand up to them. They gain power and legitimacy. And the price of standing up to them grows while the toll they take with each attack becomes unbearable.
The true moral cost of the Los Angeles Pogrom can be measured in the fact that racists were able to get away with attacking synagogues while intimidating some Jews into keeping quiet and supporting them.