pamelagellerreport--2020-05-27--BRILLIANT! President Trump will sign an executive order on social media companies

Twitter , facebook , Google ….. they jumped the shark .
They steamrolled all over our most basic rights .
For years my colleagues and I have choked under the boot of uniformly left wing corporate media managers who have suspnmded , shadowboxed , shadow banned , blacklisted , scrubbed and censored our channels on social media .
Having been one of the early targets of social media censorship on Facebook , YouTube et al , I have advocated for anti-trust action against these bullying behemoths The Urgent Case for Legislation against Facebook , Twitter and Google The US government @ @ @ @ @ @ @ monopolies .
They ought to break up Facebook .
Section 2 of the Sherman Act highlights particular results deemed anticompetitive by nature and prohibits actions that ‘ shall monopolize , or attempt to monopolize , or combine or conspire with any other person or persons , to monopolize any part of the trade or commerce among the several States , or with foreign nations.
’ Couldn ’ t the same be applied to information ?
The United States government took down Standard Oil , Alcoa , Northern Securities , the American Tobacco Company @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that Facebook has.
” Trump will sign an executive order on social media companies : White House spokeswoman ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE ( Reuters ) – U.S. President Donald Trump will sign an executive order shortly regarding social media companies , a White House spokeswoman said on Wednesday .
Spokeswoman Kayleigh McEnany made the remark to reporters aboard Air Force One , traveling with Trump to Washington from Florida a day after Twitter Inc attached a warning to some of his tweets prompting readers to fact-check the president ’ s claims .
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Twitter, facebook, Google ….. they jumped the shark. They steamrolled all over our most basic rights.
For years my colleagues and I have choked under the boot of uniformly left wing corporate media managers who have suspnmded, shadowboxed, shadow banned, blacklisted, scrubbed and censored our channels on social media. Having been one of the early targets of social media censorship on Facebook, YouTube et al, I have advocated for anti-trust action against these bullying behemoths
The US government has used anti-trust laws to break up monopolies. They ought to break up Facebook. Section 2 of the Sherman Act highlights particular results deemed anticompetitive by nature and prohibits actions that ‘shall monopolize, or attempt to monopolize, or combine or conspire with any other person or persons, to monopolize any part of the trade or commerce among the several States, or with foreign nations.’ Couldn’t the same be applied to information? The United States government took down Standard Oil, Alcoa, Northern Securities, the American Tobacco Company and many others without nearly the power that Facebook has.”
Pamela Geller: Why I Am Suing Facebook – Breitbart
Trump will sign an executive order on social media companies: White House spokeswoman Reuters, May 27, 2020 ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump will sign an executive order shortly regarding social media companies, a White House spokeswoman said on Wednesday. Spokeswoman Kayleigh McEnany made the remark to reporters aboard Air Force One, traveling with Trump to Washington from Florida a day after Twitter Inc attached a warning to some of his tweets prompting readers to fact-check the president’s claims.
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pamelagellerreport--2020-05-27--13 year-old girl beheaded by her Muslim father in ‘honor killing’

She was handed over to her father as required by Islamic Republic law .
No feminist outcry .
No media at all .
Islam trumps all .
over 91 % of honor killings worldwide are Islamic .
According to the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights , “ In the name of preserving family ‘ honor , ’ women and girls are shot , stoned , burned , buried alive , strangled , smothered and knifed to death with horrifying regularity.
” Between 5,000 and 20,000 so-called honor killings are committed each year , based on long-held beliefs that any @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of committing — an “ immoral ” act should be killed to “ restore honor ” to her family .
But of course that number is far higher .
Increasing awareness of this misogynistic savagery is ‘ islamophobic.
’ A 13-year-old Iranian girl was beheaded by her father in an “ honor killing ” while she was fast asleep , prompting a national outcry , according to reports .
Romina Ashrafi was killed Thursday by Reza Ashraf as punishment for running away with a 34-year-old man from her home in Talesh , Iran @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in love with the older man , Bahamn Khavari , in her hometown , but her father opposed their relationship and she eloped with him , the outlet reported .
Both of their families called on authorities to have them brought home , despite the teen warning that would put her life in danger , according to the report .
She was located five days later with her lover and handed over to her father as required by Islamic Republic law , the outlet reported .
While she was asleep in a family @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a sickle , according to the report .
Following the murder , the father showed up to the police , sickle in hand , and confessed to killing the teen , the outlet reported .
He was arrested , but the law prohibits him from facing the death penalty since he is the victim ’ s guardian , the report said .
Under current law , he faces a sentence of up to 10 years in prison .
But the slaying has prompted Iranian President Hassan Rouhani to call on his cabinet to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , ” which are often carried out by relatives who believe the women have gone against conservative Islamic values on love and marriage .
Her case has also provoked outcry on social media , where the hashtag # RominaAshrafi has been used thousands of times , mostly to condemn the killing .
Shahnaz Sajjadi , an aide to the president on human rights affairs , said the country “ should revise the idea that home is a safe place for children and women.
” “ Crimes that happen against women in the society @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the homes , ” the aide told local media .
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She was handed over to her father as required by Islamic Republic law. No feminist outcry. No media at all. Islam trumps all.
over 91% of honor killings worldwide are Islamic.
According to the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights, “In the name of preserving family ‘honor,’ women and girls are shot, stoned, burned, buried alive, strangled, smothered and knifed to death with horrifying regularity.” Between 5,000 and 20,000 so-called honor killings are committed each year, based on long-held beliefs that any female who commits — or is suspected of committing — an “immoral” act should be killed to “restore honor” to her family.
But of course that number is far higher.
Because so many honor killings are never reported — and because international organizations are discouraged from keeping statistics on such politically sensitive practices — no one knows how many honor killings occur each year.
Increasing awareness of this misogynistic savagery is ‘islamophobic.’
Iranian girl, 13, beheaded by father in ‘honor killing’ By Jackie Salo, NY Post, May 27, 2020 A 13-year-old Iranian girl was beheaded by her father in an “honor killing” while she was fast asleep, prompting a national outcry, according to reports. Romina Ashrafi was killed Thursday by Reza Ashraf as punishment for running away with a 34-year-old man from her home in Talesh, Iran International TV reported. The teen fell in love with the older man, Bahamn Khavari, in her hometown, but her father opposed their relationship and she eloped with him, the outlet reported. Both of their families called on authorities to have them brought home, despite the teen warning that would put her life in danger, according to the report. She was located five days later with her lover and handed over to her father as required by Islamic Republic law, the outlet reported. While she was asleep in a family room, her dad beheaded her with a sickle, according to the report. Following the murder, the father showed up to the police, sickle in hand, and confessed to killing the teen, the outlet reported. He was arrested, but the law prohibits him from facing the death penalty since he is the victim’s guardian, the report said. Under current law, he faces a sentence of up to 10 years in prison. But the slaying has prompted Iranian President Hassan Rouhani to call on his cabinet to fast-track harsher laws against “honor killings,” which are often carried out by relatives who believe the women have gone against conservative Islamic values on love and marriage. Her case has also provoked outcry on social media, where the hashtag #RominaAshrafi has been used thousands of times, mostly to condemn the killing. Shahnaz Sajjadi, an aide to the president on human rights affairs, said the country “should revise the idea that home is a safe place for children and women.” “Crimes that happen against women in the society are less than those that happen in the homes,” the aide told local media.
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pamelagellerreport--2020-05-27--Secret Service Notified of Kathy Griffin’s Latest Death Threats Against President Trump

I don ’ t think past their prime comedians who tweet stupid things should be banned on here , but next time @ twitter @ jack bans a conservative for saying something not PC , just remember they have no problem with Dems making death threats against @ realDonaldTrump on their platform .
https : //t.co/pOd6GXbxhV Griffin is either so starved for any type of attention or has just gone completely bonkers from her Stage Five Trump Derangement Syndrome .
Someone should go check on failed and disgraced former “ comedian ” Kathy Griffin , who by all accounts , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with nothing but air inside it would do the trick .
Griffin then responded to an article tweeted out by Washington Examiner detailing her threats and she doubled down .
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Arrest her!
I don’t think past their prime comedians who tweet stupid things should be banned on here, but next time @twitter @jack bans a conservative for saying something not PC, just remember they have no problem with Dems making death threats against @realDonaldTrump on their platform. https://t.co/pOd6GXbxhV
Griffin is either so starved for any type of attention or has just gone completely bonkers from her Stage Five Trump Derangement Syndrome.
Someone should go check on failed and disgraced former “comedian” Kathy Griffin, who by all accounts, has lost her damn mind.
Syringe with nothing but air inside it would do the trick.
Griffin then responded to an article tweeted out by Washington Examiner detailing her threats and she doubled down.
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pamelagellerreport--2020-05-27--Twitter’s chief ‘fact-checker’ “head of integrity” called Trump officials ‘Nazis’

Withdraw government immunity .
Section 230 provides immunity from lawsuits to Facebook , Twitter , and YouTube , thereby permitting these social media giants to engage in government-sanctioned censorship and discriminatory business practices free from legal challenge .
But when @ realDonaldTrump voices legit concerns about voter fraud , far left loons @ yoyoel , @ Cnn are his “ fact checkers ’ ?
@ TheJusticeDept lift sect 230 immunity .
@ Jack , when Obama admin incl Clinton , Rice , were bald-face lying about Benghazi , you didn ’ t see fit to fact check that .
Republicans @ @ @ @ @ @ @ conservatives voices .
We will strongly regulate , or close them down , before we can ever allow this to happen .
We saw what they attempted to do , and failed , in 2016 .
We can ’ t let a more sophisticated version of that… .
President Donald J. Trump waves as he prepares to board Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews , Maryland , Friday , Feb. 23 , 2020 , en route to Charleston International Airport in Charleston , S.C. ( Official White House photo by Tia Dufour @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ fact-checking ” President Trump ’ s concern about voter fraud in mail-in balloting has a history of anti-Trump tweets .
DailyMail.com reported Yoel Roth , whose official title is head of Site Integrity , referred to Trump officials as “ actual Nazis in the White House ” in 2017 and prior to that charged that flyover states are racist .
He also compared adviser Kellyanne Conway to Nazi propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels .
Roth wrote : “ Today on Meet The Press , we ’ re speaking with Joseph Goebbels about the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ hear whenever Kellyanne is on a news show.
” His past statements were discovered after Twitter put a “ fact-checking warning ” on two of Trump ’ s tweets about California ’ s plan for mail-in voting in November .
Twitter cited left-wing organizations that oppose the president , such as CNN , in charging that the president ’ s claims were “ unsubstantiated.
” Conway reacted : “ This guy is constantly attacking Trump voters , Trump , Mitch McConnell , you name it .
He ’ s the head of integrity @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the way he looks at people who should otherwise have a free and clear platform on Twitter.
” Trump , meanwhile , has warned that the federal government could regulate social media companies or shut them down .
Twitter posted a blue exclamation mark alert underneath the two Trump tweets , urging readers to “ get the facts about mail-in ballots ” and directing them to an information page aggregated by Twitter staffers .

Withdraw government immunity. Section 230 provides immunity from lawsuits to Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube, thereby permitting these social media giants to engage in government-sanctioned censorship and discriminatory business practices free from legal challenge.
Head of integrity – it’s positively Orwellian.
.@Jack, when Obama admin incl Clinton, Rice,were bald-face lying about Benghazi, you didn’t see fit to fact check that. But when @realDonaldTrump voices legit concerns about voter fraud,far left loons @yoyoel, @Cnn are his “fact checkers’?@TheJusticeDept lift sect 230 immunity — Pamela Geller (@PamelaGeller) May 27, 2020
Republicans feel that Social Media Platforms totally silence conservatives voices. We will strongly regulate, or close them down, before we can ever allow this to happen. We saw what they attempted to do, and failed, in 2016. We can’t let a more sophisticated version of that…. — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 27, 2020
Twitter’s chief ‘fact-checker’ called Trump officials ‘Nazis’ Past tweets unearthed after president’s messages labeled ‘unsubstantiated’ By: WND: Published May 27, 2020: President Donald J. Trump waves as he prepares to board Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, Friday, Feb. 23, 2020, en route to Charleston International Airport in Charleston, S.C. (Official White House photo by Tia Dufour) Advertisement – story continues below The Twitter employee in charge of “fact-checking” President Trump’s concern about voter fraud in mail-in balloting has a history of anti-Trump tweets. DailyMail.com reported Yoel Roth, whose official title is head of Site Integrity, referred to Trump officials as “actual Nazis in the White House” in 2017 and prior to that charged that flyover states are racist. He also compared adviser Kellyanne Conway to Nazi propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels. Roth wrote: “Today on Meet The Press, we’re speaking with Joseph Goebbels about the first 100 days…’ – What I hear whenever Kellyanne is on a news show.” His past statements were discovered after Twitter put a “fact-checking warning” on two of Trump’s tweets about California’s plan for mail-in voting in November. Twitter cited left-wing organizations that oppose the president, such as CNN, in charging that the president’s claims were “unsubstantiated.” Conway reacted: “This guy is constantly attacking Trump voters, Trump, Mitch McConnell, you name it. He’s the head of integrity at Twitter. It’s horrible the way he looks at people who should otherwise have a free and clear platform on Twitter.” Trump, meanwhile, has warned that the federal government could regulate social media companies or shut them down. Twitter posted a blue exclamation mark alert underneath the two Trump tweets, urging readers to “get the facts about mail-in ballots” and directing them to an information page aggregated by Twitter staffers.
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pamelagellerreport--2020-05-27--House Republicans SUE Pelosi to stop unconstitutional proxy voting

The Democrats are destroying everything we hold dear , tearing down the foundations of our great Republic .
House Republicans filed a lawsuit Tuesday against Speaker Nancy Pelosi , D-Calif. , to block a system of proxy voting put in place during the coronavirus pandemic on the grounds that it is unconstitutional .
Proxy voting would allow House members to vote on another person ’ s behalf if they are not able to be physically present at the Capitol , an unprecedented exception for an unparalleled health crisis .
At least 59 Democrats have submitted letters to the House Clerk @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to be cast by proxy .
Meanwhile , GOP lawmakers have said they will be in the Capitol to cast their votes .
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy , R-Calif. , called the new voting rules “ a dereliction of our duty as elected officials , ” and argued that “ a small number of members dictating the businesses of the whole House while the people ’ s voice is diluted ” would be a dangerous precedent to set .
McCarthy is at the helm of the lawsuit filed in the U.S. District @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the support of 20 other members of his party — including Rep. Chip Roy from Texas , House Minority Whip Steve Scalise of Louisiana and GOP Conference Chairwoman Liz Cheney from Wyoming , as well as four constituents .
“ It ’ s simple : one representative should equal one vote .
We can ’ t let her get away with this , ” Scalise tweeted Tuesday Pelosi called the lawsuit a “ sad stunt ” intended to “ delay and obstruct urgently-needed action to meet the needs of American workers and families @ @ @ @ @ @ @ also argued that past rulings by the Supreme Court have upheld that the Constitution allows each chamber of Congress to set its own procedural rules .
For proxy voting , the House sergeant-at-arms and the attending physician have to notify lawmakers 24 hours in advance of invoking remote voting and the rule will stand for up to 45 days once it has been invoked .
“ As our nation approaches the heartbreaking milestone of 100,000 lives lost to COVID-19 , House Republicans must stop their dangerous obstruction and join Democrats to save lives @ @ @ @ @ @ @ economy , ” Pelosi said in a statement Tuesday .
“ The rule change to allow remote voting in order to maintain public health fits within those bounds , ” House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer said .
“ We should not endanger public health when technology can enable us to meet remotely – just as Senate committees , the Supreme Court , and businesses and schools across the country have done over the past few weeks.
” The new voting system will likely take place as early as this week , and Republicans @ @ @ @ @ @ @ lawsuit will do anything to stop the votes from proceeding .

The Democrats are destroying everything we hold dear, tearing down the foundations of our great Republic.
House Republicans sue Pelosi in bid to stop proxy voting amid coronavirus concerns
By Vandana Rambaran | Fox News May 27, 2020:
House Republicans filed a lawsuit Tuesday against Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., to block a system of proxy voting put in place during the coronavirus pandemic on the grounds that it is unconstitutional.
Proxy voting would allow House members to vote on another person’s behalf if they are not able to be physically present at the Capitol, an unprecedented exception for an unparalleled health crisis.
At least 59 Democrats have submitted letters to the House Clerk’s office to authorize their vote to be cast by proxy. Meanwhile, GOP lawmakers have said they will be in the Capitol to cast their votes.
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House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., called the new voting rules “a dereliction of our duty as elected officials,” and argued that “a small number of members dictating the businesses of the whole House while the people’s voice is diluted” would be a dangerous precedent to set.
McCarthy is at the helm of the lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., with the support of 20 other members of his party — including Rep. Chip Roy from Texas, House Minority Whip Steve Scalise of Louisiana and GOP Conference Chairwoman Liz Cheney from Wyoming, as well as four constituents.
“It’s simple: one representative should equal one vote. We can’t let her get away with this,” Scalise tweeted Tuesday
Pelosi called the lawsuit a “sad stunt” intended to “delay and obstruct urgently-needed action to meet the needs of American workers and families during the coronavirus crisis.”
The speaker also argued that past rulings by the Supreme Court have upheld that the Constitution allows each chamber of Congress to set its own procedural rules. For proxy voting, the House sergeant-at-arms and the attending physician have to notify lawmakers 24 hours in advance of invoking remote voting and the rule will stand for up to 45 days once it has been invoked.
“As our nation approaches the heartbreaking milestone of 100,000 lives lost to COVID-19, House Republicans must stop their dangerous obstruction and join Democrats to save lives, defeat the virus and grow the economy,” Pelosi said in a statement Tuesday.
“The rule change to allow remote voting in order to maintain public health fits within those bounds,” House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer said. “We should not endanger public health when technology can enable us to meet remotely – just as Senate committees, the Supreme Court, and businesses and schools across the country have done over the past few weeks.”
The new voting system will likely take place as early as this week, and Republicans heading the lawsuit say they doubt the lawsuit will do anything to stop the votes from proceeding.


pamelagellerreport--2020-05-27--President Trump Threatens Regulation or Shutdown of Social Media Companies” “Big Action To Follow”

The GOP has ignored this and us for far too long .
We are what stands between victory and defeat .
Social media is the last frontier , the only place we can share ideas and we are being shadowboxed , suspended , censored and scrubbed .
Trump understands this .
President Donald Trump on Wednesday warned social media companies to stop silencing conservatives on their platforms or face a stiff penalty .
“ Republicans feel that Social Media Platforms totally silence conservatives voices , ” he wrote .
“ We will strongly regulate , or close them down , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ happen.
” The president said that despite attempts by tech companies to stop him from winning in 2016 , he still won but warned that the companies would try again in 2020 .
“ We can ’ t let a more sophisticated version of that happen again , ” he wrote .
Trump commented on social media companies after Twitter on Tuesday branded one of his tweets warning about vote-by-mail fraud with a fact check .
“ Just like we can ’ t let large scale Mail-In Ballots take root in our Country @ @ @ @ @ @ @ all on cheating , forgery and the theft of Ballots .
Whoever cheated the most would win , ” Trump wrote .
“ Likewise , Social Media .
Clean up your act , NOW !
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The GOP has ignored this and us for far too long. We are what stands between victory and defeat. Social media is the last frontier, the only place we can share ideas and we are being shadowboxed, suspended, censored and scrubbed. Trump understands this.
Twitter has now shown that everything we have been saying about them (and their other compatriots) is correct. Big action to follow! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 27, 2020
Donald Trump Threatens Regulation or Shutdown of Social Media Companies By: Charlie Spiering, 27 May 2020: President Donald Trump on Wednesday warned social media companies to stop silencing conservatives on their platforms or face a stiff penalty. “Republicans feel that Social Media Platforms totally silence conservatives voices,” he wrote. “We will strongly regulate, or close them down, before we can ever allow this to happen.” The president said that despite attempts by tech companies to stop him from winning in 2016, he still won but warned that the companies would try again in 2020. “We can’t let a more sophisticated version of that happen again,” he wrote. Trump commented on social media companies after Twitter on Tuesday branded one of his tweets warning about vote-by-mail fraud with a fact check. “Just like we can’t let large scale Mail-In Ballots take root in our Country. It would be a free for all on cheating, forgery and the theft of Ballots. Whoever cheated the most would win,” Trump wrote. “Likewise, Social Media. Clean up your act, NOW!!!!” https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1265601615261827072
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pamelagellerreport--2020-05-27--Twitter’s Trump “Fact Check” Leaves Out Ties to Groups Pushing Cheat-by-Mail

Twitter ’ s Trump ‘ Fact Check ’ Does Not Disclose Company Partnered with Groups Pushing Mail-In Ballots Twitter for the first time put a fact-check label on tweets from President Trump , using the controversial tactic on messages in which the president complained there is “ no way ” that “ mail-in ballots will be anything less than substantially fraudulent.
” It may be instructive that Twitter seized on the mail-in balloting tweets as the first issue from Trump ’ s rapid fire social media feed to slap with a fact-check label .
Twitter did not disclose in its @ @ @ @ @ @ @ groups financed by leftist donors that engage in voter participation efforts , including drives pushing mail-in balloting .
Twitter sits on the “ Premier Partner ” list of one of those groups alongside ViacomCBS , the merger of Viacom and CBS .
Twitter ’ s so-called fact-check about Trump ’ s mail-in balloting cited CBS political reporter Grace Segers vouching for mail-in voting .
Analysts have posited such proposals help the Democratic Party .
Republicans specifically fear the prospect of voter fraud , since mail-in voting would be harder to authenticate .
Yesterday @ @ @ @ @ @ @ him the badge reading “ Get the facts about mail-in ballots ” : Twitter did not disclose it is an active “ Premier Partner ” of Vote Early Day 2020 , an election advocacy group seeking to educate voters that they can cast their ballots prior to Election Day , including via the vote-by-mail option .
The front page of the group ’ s website promotes mail-in balloting , telling voters that “ more states are adopting additional Vote Early options , such as vote-by-mail , and we are expecting these changes to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to know their options.
” The organization suggests voters “ throw a party or parade ” so “ friends can come together to fill-in their mail-in ballots.
” When Americans vote early , they ensure that last minute problems will not prevent them from casting their ballots – and help shorten voting lines on Election Day for everyone .
But voting early rules – both for in-person and by-mail options – vary widely all over the country , causing confusion and preventing voters from casting their ballots .
We ’ re here to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ current conditions with COVID-19 , having multiple options to safely cast your ballot is critical .

Twitter’s Trump ‘Fact Check’ Does Not Disclose Company Partnered with Groups Pushing Mail-In Ballots
By: Aaron Klein, 27 May 2020:
Twitter for the first time put a fact-check label on tweets from President Trump, using the controversial tactic on messages in which the president complained there is “no way” that “mail-in ballots will be anything less than substantially fraudulent.”
It may be instructive that Twitter seized on the mail-in balloting tweets as the first issue from Trump’s rapid fire social media feed to slap with a fact-check label. Twitter did not disclose in its so-called fact-check it is partners with two groups financed by leftist donors that engage in voter participation efforts, including drives pushing mail-in balloting.
Twitter sits on the “Premier Partner” list of one of those groups alongside ViacomCBS, the merger of Viacom and CBS. Twitter’s so-called fact-check about Trump’s mail-in balloting cited CBS political reporter Grace Segers vouching for mail-in voting.
Analysts have posited such proposals help the Democratic Party. Republicans specifically fear the prospect of voter fraud, since mail-in voting would be harder to authenticate.
Yesterday, Trump tweeted the following, earning him the badge reading “Get the facts about mail-in ballots”:
Twitter did not disclose it is an active “Premier Partner” of Vote Early Day 2020, an election advocacy group seeking to educate voters that they can cast their ballots prior to Election Day, including via the vote-by-mail option.
The front page of the group’s website promotes mail-in balloting, telling voters that “more states are adopting additional Vote Early options, such as vote-by-mail, and we are expecting these changes to increase voter turnout. We want everyone to know their options.”
The organization suggests voters “throw a party or parade” so “friends can come together to fill-in their mail-in ballots.”
The website states:
Through parties at the polls and community parades to early voting sites, organizations across the country will inspire more Americans to vote early. Even in states without in-person early voting, friends can come together to fill-in their mail-in ballots.
The group’s mission statement includes mail-in options (emphasis added):


pamelagellerreport--2020-05-27--CRIMINAL: NY Gov. Killer Cuomo gave immunity to nursing home execs after big campaign donations

Corrupt Cuomo quarantined the healthy while sending the corona stricken into nursing homes infecting and killing thousands of seniors .
He is giving himself immunity .
43 % of all COVID-19 deaths have taken place in nursing homes and assisted living facilities .
Critics say data proves New York ’ s liability shield is linked to higher nursing home death rates during the pandemic Less than two years after that flood of cash from the Greater New York Hospital Association ( GNYHA ) , Cuomo signed legislation last month quietly shielding hospital and nursing home executives from the threat of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The provision , inserted into an annual budget bill by Cuomo ’ s aides , created one of the nation ’ s most explicit immunity protections for healthcare industry officials , according to legal experts .
Critics say Cuomo removed a key deterrent against nursing home and hospital corporations cutting corners in ways that jeopardize lives .
As those critics now try to repeal the provision during this final week of Albany ’ s legislative session , they assert that data prove such immunity is correlating to higher nursing home death rates during @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and in other states enacting similar immunity policies .
New York has become one of the globe ’ s major pandemic hotspots – and the center of the state ’ s outbreak has been nursing homes , where more than 5,000 New Yorkers have died , according to Associated Press data .
Those deaths have occurred as Cuomo ’ s critics say he has taken a hands-off approach to regulating the healthcare industry interests that helped bankroll his election campaign .
In March , Cuomo ’ s administration issued an order that allowed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ testing them for Covid-19 .
Amid allegations of undercounted casualties , the governor also pushed back against pressure to have state regulators more stringently record and report death rates in nursing homes .
And then came Cuomo ’ s annual budget – which included a little-noticed passage shielding corporate officials who run New York hospitals , nursing homes and other healthcare facilities from liability for Covid-related deaths and injuries .
GNYHA – a lobbying group for hospital systems , including some that own nursing homes – said it “ drafted and aggressively advocated @ @ @ @ @ @ @ new law declares that top officials at hospital and nursing home companies “ shall have immunity from any liability , civil or criminal , for any harm or damages alleged to have been sustained as a result of an act or omission in the course of arranging for or providing healthcare services ” to address the Covid-19 outbreak .
Prior to the budget language , Cuomo had already temporarily granted limited legal immunity to doctors and nurses serving on the medical frontlines .
But the carefully sculpted passage buried in the state ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ offering extensive immunity to any “ healthcare facility administrator , executive , supervisor , board member , trustee or other person responsible for directing , supervising or managing a healthcare facility and its personnel or other individual in a comparable role ” .
New York is now one of just two states to shield those corporate officials from both civil lawsuits and some forms of criminal prosecution by the government , according to an analysis by Syracuse University law professor Nina Kohn and the University of Houston ’ s Jessica L Roberts .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ has the most explicit and sweeping immunity language , ” Kohn said .
Cuomo ’ s administration said the new immunity provision – which is a narrow version of a broader proposal championed by the Senate Republican leader , Mitch McConnell – is necessary .
“ This pandemic remains an unprecedented public health crisis and we had to realign New York ’ s entire healthcare system , using every type of facility to prepare for the surge , and recruiting more than 96,000 volunteers – 25,000 from out of state , to help @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s senior adviser Rich Azzopardi in an emailed statement .
“ These volunteers are good samaritans and what was passed by 111 members of the legislature was an expansion of the existing Good Samaritan Law to apply to the emergency that coronavirus created .
If we had not done this , these volunteers wouldn ’ t have been accepted and we never would have had enough frontline healthcare workers.
” Democratic assemblyman Ron Kim said that “ the language of the [ immunity ] bill and the entire proposal was drafted , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Governor Andrew Cuomo and his staff ” .
He is leading 14 New York lawmakers in pushing legislation to repeal the language – and some of them assert that the immunity provisions are linked to higher death rates in nursing homes .
“ It is now apparent that negligence by administrators and executives of nursing homes has occurred at an extraordinary degree , ” proponents of the legislation argued in a memo accompanying the bill .
“ [ The immunity law ] egregiously uses severe liability standards as a means to insulate healthcare @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of such facilities , from any civil or criminal liability for negligence .
Repealing this article is a much-needed step to holding healthcare administrators accountable and doing everything possible to stop even more preventable deaths from happening.
” GNYHA has framed its push for liability protections as an effort to defend workers .
In a 2 April memo to its members , the association wrote : “ You and your heroic workers have enough to agonize over without having to worry about liability for decisions and actions made under extraordinarily challenging circumstances.
” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ contend that Cuomo ’ s language immunizing executives from civil and criminal litigation is designed to make it easier for nursing home corporations to profit off unsafe business practices .
“ The reason why neglect happens in nursing homes is executives make business decisions that result in the frontline workers not having the tools – in nursing homes , the manpower – to deliver the services those workers are trained to deliver , ” said plaintiffs ’ attorney Andrew G Finkelstein , a managing partner at Jacoby & Meyers .
“ These executives @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a nursing home and they know the more staffing that they put in , the more safe the nursing home will be – but the less profits they will make , ” Finkelstein said .
“ When you remove their liability from that choice , the net effect will be less and less staffing and more and more neglect in nursing homes , because those decision-makers will know there will be no legal consequences for the decisions they make.
” Immunity followed $ 2.3m in campaign cash The immunity provision in Cuomo ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ GNYHA delivered $ 1.25m to the Cuomo-controlled New York State Democratic committee that was supporting the governor ’ s re-election bid .
The money went to the committee ’ s so-called housekeeping account .
The account , which can accept unlimited donations , is meant to support general party activities but has also been used to promote Cuomo and his agenda in television ads , including in his 2018 re-election campaign .
The GNYHA donations – which were a huge increase from prior years – made the group one of the New York @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Cuomo ’ s campaign .
Three of the hospital association ’ s top officials separately gave more than $ 150,000 to Cuomo ’ s campaign between 2015 and 2018 .
In all , during the governor ’ s second term , Cuomo ’ s campaign and his state party committee raked in more than $ 2.3m from hospital and nursing home industry donors and their lobbying firms , according to data compiled by the National Institute on Money in Politics .
Azzopardi said the Cuomo administration ’ s decision to insert the language @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of lobbyists ’ influence .
“ This law was intended to increase capacity and provide quality care , and any suggestion otherwise is simply outrageous , ” he said .
GNYHA paid $ 60,000 to the MirRam Group in March and April , according to the firm ’ s report .
John Emrick , a lobbyist at the firm who previously served as the chief of staff for the controversial Independent Democratic Conference state senate caucus , disclosed lobbying the Senate majority leader ’ s office on “ safe staffing ” and “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ firm is Bolton-St Johns , which gave Cuomo ’ s campaign $ 40,000 during his 2018 re-election .
That firm employs Giorgio DeRosa , Joseph DeRosa , and Jessica Davos – the father , brother and sister of Cuomo ’ s top aide , Melissa DeRosa , who is secretary to the governor .
Giorgio DeRosa is described on Bolton ’ s website as a partner and the firm ’ s “ chief Albany lobbyist ” .
GNYHA pays the firm $ 24,000 a month to lobby on “ budget/appropriations ” issues , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s office has said Melissa DeRosa has been “ strategizing with hospital leadership and business executives across the state to ensure frontline workers have the resources they need ” .
While Azzopardi acknowledged in an email that Giorgio DeRosa ’ s firm lobbies for GNYHA , he said : “ This law was intended to increase capacity and provide quality care , and any suggestion otherwise is simply outrageous .
Also : Melissa did not negotiate this bill , nor did anyone at that firm lobby on it.
” Giorgio and Joseph @ @ @ @ @ @ @ state disclosures for many years , including when Melissa DeRosa was serving as Cuomo ’ s chief of staff .
As of mid-2017 , the DeRosas have no longer been listed as lobbyists on the association ’ s disclosure forms .
Bolton-St Johns spokesperson Justin Berhaupt said in an emailed statement that “ Giorgio DeRosa has never worked on issues related to GNYHA .
“ Historically , Bolton St Johns registered all of its lobbyists for all of its clients , ” Berhaupt explained .
“ Upon Ms DeRosa becoming secretary to the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ policy and only registered Bolton St Johns ’ lobbyists for the specific clients they served.
” GNYHA spokesperson Brian Conway said in an emailed statement : “ GNYHA does not lobby on behalf of nursing homes.
” He added : “ When GNYHA lobbied for Covid-19-related immunity for hospitals and their workforce , we did not involve Bolton-St Johns.
” Since receiving large hospital and nursing home campaign donations , Cuomo has supported other legislation backed by those industries .
His administration backed New York ’ s first increase of Medicaid reimbursement rates @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is expected to deliver a windfall to private healthcare facilities .
During his re-election campaign , Cuomo promised that he would support requiring hospitals and nursing homes to spend more on staffing , which proponents said would improve healthcare and safety , but could also reduce corporate profit margins .
The governor subsequently only initiated a study of the issue – a move that the nursing home industry ’ s lobbying group lauded .
People are 7.5 times more likely to die from Covid-19 in states with corporate legal immunity As New York @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a close this week , 14 Democratic legislators in Albany are sponsoring a bill to repeal Cuomo ’ s corporate immunity law .
In pushing for a vote on the legislation , bill author Kim is circulating a report to other lawmakers that he says shows that liability shields are linked to higher nursing home death rates .
To date , 19 states have enacted some form of immunity for hospitals and nursing homes during the pandemic .
Based on data reported by the New York Times , Kim ’ s analysis asserts @ @ @ @ @ @ @ home deaths from Covid-19 come from states that have granted corporate immunity to healthcare facilities .
The analysis found that “ of the 10 states with the highest fatality rates , eight have corporate immunity and represent 93 % of all fatalities , or 63,187 deaths ” .
The report also says the data show that “ states with corporate immunity saw more than three times the absolute number of fatalities than states without such immunity .
The average rate of death per state is 7.5 times higher in states with corporate immunity @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” In all , the report concludes : “ 77 % of total deaths come from states that gave immunity to corporations who owned nursing homes and healthcare facilities ; moreover , 76 % of total nursing home deaths come from states that have legal immunity status for these facilities.
” “ Simply put , people are 7.5 times more likely to die from Covid-19 in states with corporate legal immunity , ” Kim said .
“ Giving immunity to corporations in care work before the apex of a pandemic leads to higher @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , especially nursing homes that interface with Covid-19 positive individuals , are less compelled to implement proper procedures that save lives.
” Azzopardi disputed the report ’ s findings , calling it a “ flaming hot pile of bad math and inaccurate , skewed metrics ” .
He said the report initially overstated the per-capita death rate in the state ’ s nursing homes , and he questioned whether it accounts for the fact that other states may share less information than New York .
“ The reality is the states cited happened @ @ @ @ @ @ @ east coast states that received the 3 million travelers from Europe , which brought the virus here for weeks after travel from China was blocked , greatly helping the west coast , ” Azzopardi said .
‘ The industry gets caught with its pants down … we ’ re now telling them they don ’ t have to wear pants ’ Azzopardi asserted that the new immunity law “ builds on NY Good Samaritan laws which say that if you provide medical help to someone at the scene of an accident in an @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
But some legal experts counter that the new provision represents a significant departure from the state ’ s longstanding laws .
Prior to the change , New York statutes went out of their way to declare that nursing home companies and their executives are liable for corporate misconduct .
In one high-profile class action case in central New York last year , a judge denied James Square nursing home ’ s motion to shield owners and shareholders from liability over allegations that the company ’ s cost-cutting measures endangered patients .
“ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with giving frontline workers immunity , it is the people who make the business decisions that kill people – they are the ones who have to be held personally responsible , ” said attorney Jeremiah Frei-Pearson , who represented James Square residents in their successful suit , which ultimately forced the company to spend more money to increase staffing at the facility .
“ Many of the corporate owners are just trying to make money – they don ’ t care about the elderly people in their custody , and if you take @ @ @ @ @ @ @ going to do the absolute minimum , which risks lives.
” Under Cuomo ’ s new liability shield law , that kind of ruling may be harder to secure at a time when the Trump administration has been reducing fines against nursing home operators and is now suspending safety enforcement during the pandemic .
“ We ’ ve had a longstanding problem holding nursing homes responsible , because if you look at government enforcement , it ’ s typically a slap on the wrist .
A private lawsuit is often all you have @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , ” said Syracuse University ’ s Kohn .
“ Granting immunity sends a terrible message for the future .
The industry gets caught with its pants down during the crisis , and we ’ re now telling them they don ’ t have to wear pants.
” They could sue but now because of this immunity they can not As they push to expand immunity laws across the country , the hospital and nursing home industries have continued to cast their campaign as a necessary defense of medical workers .
“ As @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , they need to know they will not be prosecuted or persecuted , ” said an emblematic letter from industry groups pressing California ’ s governor , Gavin Newsom , to issue an executive order shielding them from legal liability .
And yet Kohn ’ s research shows that 16 out of the 19 states that created liability protections extended immunity to both individual workers and nursing home facilities as a whole .
New York – unlike many other states – explicitly extended the immunity to company executives and corporate board members who @ @ @ @ @ @ @ who are making key budget and staffing decisions that affect workers and patients .
Kim says that the expansion beyond healthcare workers is not an accident – he said it deliberately “ discourages medical staff and frontline workers in nursing homes from safely coming out against malpractices they might observe from executive leadership ” .
That assertion was echoed by University of Wyoming law professor Michael Duff , one of the nation ’ s leading experts on workplace law .
He said that while the change does not modify traditional workers ’ compensation @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , it could reduce the legal rights of contract workers to demand better safety protections at precisely the moment that healthcare facilities are outsourcing work to third-party staffing firms .
“ Often medical personnel in operating rooms and emergency areas are contracted out [ and ] the same often goes for groups like janitorial services , ” said Duff , a former National Labor Relations Board investigator .
“ Ordinarily , employees of the institutions would be unable to sue because of workers ’ compensation exclusive remedy rule .
But independent contractors aren @ @ @ @ @ @ @ They could sue but now because of this immunity they can not .
” For its part , the Cuomo administration has struck a defiant tone .
During a televised press conference this weekend , DeRosa suggested that New York ’ s nursing-home casualty rates are not anomalously high – and she argued that the state ’ s “ confirmed ” death rates are in line with other states , though others have asserted that the state has been undercounting nursing home casualties .
Meanwhile , Cuomo has enlisted titans to lead a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ New York and its public policies .
Among the panel members is Northwell Health ’ s CEO , Michael Dowling , whose company operates two New York nursing homes where there have been Covid-related deaths .
Northwell Health is a member of the hospital association that lobbied for the immunity provisions , and Dowling is a Cuomo donor .
• This story was reported by David Sirota for Jacobin magazine

Corrupt Cuomo quarantined the healthy while sending the corona stricken into nursing homes infecting and killing thousands of seniors. He is giving himself immunity.
43% of all COVID-19 deaths have taken place in nursing homes and assisted living facilities.
Critics say data proves New York’s liability shield is linked to higher nursing home death rates during the pandemic
26 May 2020, The Guardian:
Less than two years after that flood of cash from the Greater New York Hospital Association (GNYHA), Cuomo signed legislation last month quietly shielding hospital and nursing home executives from the threat of lawsuits stemming from the coronavirus outbreak. The provision, inserted into an annual budget bill by Cuomo’s aides, created one of the nation’s most explicit immunity protections for healthcare industry officials, according to legal experts.
Critics say Cuomo removed a key deterrent against nursing home and hospital corporations cutting corners in ways that jeopardize lives. As those critics now try to repeal the provision during this final week of Albany’s legislative session, they assert that data prove such immunity is correlating to higher nursing home death rates during the pandemic – both in New York and in other states enacting similar immunity policies.
New York has become one of the globe’s major pandemic hotspots – and the center of the state’s outbreak has been nursing homes, where more than 5,000 New Yorkers have died, according to Associated Press data.
Those deaths have occurred as Cuomo’s critics say he has taken a hands-off approach to regulating the healthcare industry interests that helped bankroll his election campaign. In March, Cuomo’s administration issued an order that allowed nursing homes to readmit sick patients without testing them for Covid-19. Amid allegations of undercounted casualties, the governor also pushed back against pressure to have state regulators more stringently record and report death rates in nursing homes.
And then came Cuomo’s annual budget – which included a little-noticed passage shielding corporate officials who run New York hospitals, nursing homes and other healthcare facilities from liability for Covid-related deaths and injuries.
GNYHA – a lobbying group for hospital systems, including some that own nursing homes – said it “drafted and aggressively advocated for” the immunity provision. The new law declares that top officials at hospital and nursing home companies “shall have immunity from any liability, civil or criminal, for any harm or damages alleged to have been sustained as a result of an act or omission in the course of arranging for or providing healthcare services” to address the Covid-19 outbreak.
Prior to the budget language, Cuomo had already temporarily granted limited legal immunity to doctors and nurses serving on the medical frontlines. But the carefully sculpted passage buried in the state’s annual spending bill expanded that by offering extensive immunity to any “healthcare facility administrator, executive, supervisor, board member, trustee or other person responsible for directing, supervising or managing a healthcare facility and its personnel or other individual in a comparable role”.
New York is now one of just two states to shield those corporate officials from both civil lawsuits and some forms of criminal prosecution by the government, according to an analysis by Syracuse University law professor Nina Kohn and the University of Houston’s Jessica L Roberts.
“New York is an outlier and has the most explicit and sweeping immunity language,” Kohn said.
Cuomo’s administration said the new immunity provision – which is a narrow version of a broader proposal championed by the Senate Republican leader, Mitch McConnell – is necessary.
“This pandemic remains an unprecedented public health crisis and we had to realign New York’s entire healthcare system, using every type of facility to prepare for the surge, and recruiting more than 96,000 volunteers – 25,000 from out of state, to help fight this virus,” said Cuomo’s senior adviser Rich Azzopardi in an emailed statement. “These volunteers are good samaritans and what was passed by 111 members of the legislature was an expansion of the existing Good Samaritan Law to apply to the emergency that coronavirus created. If we had not done this, these volunteers wouldn’t have been accepted and we never would have had enough frontline healthcare workers.”
Democratic assemblyman Ron Kim said that “the language of the [immunity] bill and the entire proposal was drafted, submitted, and negotiated into law by Governor Andrew Cuomo and his staff”. He is leading 14 New York lawmakers in pushing legislation to repeal the language – and some of them assert that the immunity provisions are linked to higher death rates in nursing homes.
“It is now apparent that negligence by administrators and executives of nursing homes has occurred at an extraordinary degree,” proponents of the legislation argued in a memo accompanying the bill. “[The immunity law] egregiously uses severe liability standards as a means to insulate healthcare facilities and specifically, administrators and executives of such facilities, from any civil or criminal liability for negligence. Repealing this article is a much-needed step to holding healthcare administrators accountable and doing everything possible to stop even more preventable deaths from happening.”
GNYHA has framed its push for liability protections as an effort to defend workers. In a 2 April memo to its members, the association wrote: “You and your heroic workers have enough to agonize over without having to worry about liability for decisions and actions made under extraordinarily challenging circumstances.”
By contrast, opponents of the legislation contend that Cuomo’s language immunizing executives from civil and criminal litigation is designed to make it easier for nursing home corporations to profit off unsafe business practices.
“The reason why neglect happens in nursing homes is executives make business decisions that result in the frontline workers not having the tools – in nursing homes, the manpower – to deliver the services those workers are trained to deliver,” said plaintiffs’ attorney Andrew G Finkelstein, a managing partner at Jacoby & Meyers.
“These executives choose how much staffing will be in a nursing home and they know the more staffing that they put in, the more safe the nursing home will be – but the less profits they will make,” Finkelstein said. “When you remove their liability from that choice, the net effect will be less and less staffing and more and more neglect in nursing homes, because those decision-makers will know there will be no legal consequences for the decisions they make.”
Immunity followed $2.3m in campaign cash
The immunity provision in Cuomo’s budget came 18 months after the GNYHA delivered $1.25m to the Cuomo-controlled New York State Democratic committee that was supporting the governor’s re-election bid. The money went to the committee’s so-called housekeeping account. The account, which can accept unlimited donations, is meant to support general party activities but has also been used to promote Cuomo and his agenda in television ads, including in his 2018 re-election campaign.
The GNYHA donations – which were a huge increase from prior years – made the group one of the New York Democratic party’s largest contributors during Cuomo’s campaign. Three of the hospital association’s top officials separately gave more than $150,000 to Cuomo’s campaign between 2015 and 2018.
In all, during the governor’s second term, Cuomo’s campaign and his state party committee raked in more than $2.3m from hospital and nursing home industry donors and their lobbying firms, according to data compiled by the National Institute on Money in Politics.
Azzopardi said the Cuomo administration’s decision to insert the language into the budget was not a reflection of lobbyists’ influence.
“This law was intended to increase capacity and provide quality care, and any suggestion otherwise is simply outrageous,” he said.
Big lobbying contracts
GNYHA paid $60,000 to the MirRam Group in March and April, according to the firm’s report. John Emrick, a lobbyist at the firm who previously served as the chief of staff for the controversial Independent Democratic Conference state senate caucus, disclosed lobbying the Senate majority leader’s office on “safe staffing” and “medical malpractice”.
Another GNYHA lobby firm is Bolton-St Johns, which gave Cuomo’s campaign $40,000 during his 2018 re-election. That firm employs Giorgio DeRosa, Joseph DeRosa, and Jessica Davos – the father, brother and sister of Cuomo’s top aide, Melissa DeRosa, who is secretary to the governor. Giorgio DeRosa is described on Bolton’s website as a partner and the firm’s “chief Albany lobbyist”. GNYHA pays the firm $24,000 a month to lobby on “budget/appropriations” issues, according to state records.
The governor’s office has said Melissa DeRosa has been “strategizing with hospital leadership and business executives across the state to ensure frontline workers have the resources they need”.
While Azzopardi acknowledged in an email that Giorgio DeRosa’s firm lobbies for GNYHA, he said: “This law was intended to increase capacity and provide quality care, and any suggestion otherwise is simply outrageous. Also: Melissa did not negotiate this bill, nor did anyone at that firm lobby on it.”
Giorgio and Joseph DeRosa were listed as lobbyists in GNYHA state disclosures for many years, including when Melissa DeRosa was serving as Cuomo’s chief of staff. As of mid-2017, the DeRosas have no longer been listed as lobbyists on the association’s disclosure forms.
Bolton-St Johns spokesperson Justin Berhaupt said in an emailed statement that “Giorgio DeRosa has never worked on issues related to GNYHA.
“Historically, Bolton St Johns registered all of its lobbyists for all of its clients,” Berhaupt explained. “Upon Ms DeRosa becoming secretary to the governor, Bolton St Johns changed its policy and only registered Bolton St Johns’ lobbyists for the specific clients they served.”
GNYHA spokesperson Brian Conway said in an emailed statement: “GNYHA does not lobby on behalf of nursing homes.” He added: “When GNYHA lobbied for Covid-19-related immunity for hospitals and their workforce, we did not involve Bolton-St Johns.”
Since receiving large hospital and nursing home campaign donations, Cuomo has supported other legislation backed by those industries. His administration backed New York’s first increase of Medicaid reimbursement rates in more than a decade, which is expected to deliver a windfall to private healthcare facilities.
During his re-election campaign, Cuomo promised that he would support requiring hospitals and nursing homes to spend more on staffing, which proponents said would improve healthcare and safety, but could also reduce corporate profit margins. The governor subsequently only initiated a study of the issue – a move that the nursing home industry’s lobbying group lauded.
People are 7.5 times more likely to die from Covid-19 in states with corporate legal immunity
As New York’s state legislative session draws to a close this week, 14 Democratic legislators in Albany are sponsoring a bill to repeal Cuomo’s corporate immunity law. In pushing for a vote on the legislation, bill author Kim is circulating a report to other lawmakers that he says shows that liability shields are linked to higher nursing home death rates.
To date, 19 states have enacted some form of immunity for hospitals and nursing homes during the pandemic. Based on data reported by the New York Times, Kim’s analysis asserts that more than three-quarters of total nursing home deaths from Covid-19 come from states that have granted corporate immunity to healthcare facilities.
The analysis found that “of the 10 states with the highest fatality rates, eight have corporate immunity and represent 93% of all fatalities, or 63,187 deaths”. The report also says the data show that “states with corporate immunity saw more than three times the absolute number of fatalities than states without such immunity. The average rate of death per state is 7.5 times higher in states with corporate immunity than states with no immunity for corporations.”
In all, the report concludes: “77% of total deaths come from states that gave immunity to corporations who owned nursing homes and healthcare facilities; moreover, 76% of total nursing home deaths come from states that have legal immunity status for these facilities.”
Giving immunity to corporations in care work before the apex of a pandemic leads to higher fatalities Ron Kim
“Simply put, people are 7.5 times more likely to die from Covid-19 in states with corporate legal immunity,” Kim said. “Giving immunity to corporations in care work before the apex of a pandemic leads to higher fatalities. It is clear that businesses, especially nursing homes that interface with Covid-19 positive individuals, are less compelled to implement proper procedures that save lives.”
Azzopardi disputed the report’s findings, calling it a “flaming hot pile of bad math and inaccurate, skewed metrics”. He said the report initially overstated the per-capita death rate in the state’s nursing homes, and he questioned whether it accounts for the fact that other states may share less information than New York.
“The reality is the states cited happened to also be mainly those hardest hit east coast states that received the 3 million travelers from Europe, which brought the virus here for weeks after travel from China was blocked, greatly helping the west coast,” Azzopardi said.
‘The industry gets caught with its pants down … we’re now telling them they don’t have to wear pants’
Azzopardi asserted that the new immunity law “builds on NY Good Samaritan laws which say that if you provide medical help to someone at the scene of an accident in an emergency you are immune from suit”.
But some legal experts counter that the new provision represents a significant departure from the state’s longstanding laws.
Prior to the change, New York statutes went out of their way to declare that nursing home companies and their executives are liable for corporate misconduct. In one high-profile class action case in central New York last year, a judge denied James Square nursing home’s motion to shield owners and shareholders from liability over allegations that the company’s cost-cutting measures endangered patients.
I don’t have a problem with giving frontline workers immunity, it is the people who make the business decisions that kill people Jeremiah Frei-Pearson
“I don’t have a problem with giving frontline workers immunity, it is the people who make the business decisions that kill people – they are the ones who have to be held personally responsible,” said attorney Jeremiah Frei-Pearson, who represented James Square residents in their successful suit, which ultimately forced the company to spend more money to increase staffing at the facility. “Many of the corporate owners are just trying to make money – they don’t care about the elderly people in their custody, and if you take them off the hook, they are going to do the absolute minimum, which risks lives.”
Under Cuomo’s new liability shield law, that kind of ruling may be harder to secure at a time when the Trump administration has been reducing fines against nursing home operators and is now suspending safety enforcement during the pandemic.
“We’ve had a longstanding problem holding nursing homes responsible, because if you look at government enforcement, it’s typically a slap on the wrist. A private lawsuit is often all you have left to hold a nursing home accountable,” said Syracuse University’s Kohn. “Granting immunity sends a terrible message for the future. The industry gets caught with its pants down during the crisis, and we’re now telling them they don’t have to wear pants.”
They could sue but now because of this immunity they cannot
As they push to expand immunity laws across the country, the hospital and nursing home industries have continued to cast their campaign as a necessary defense of medical workers.
“As our care providers make these difficult decisions, they need to know they will not be prosecuted or persecuted,” said an emblematic letter from industry groups pressing California’s governor, Gavin Newsom, to issue an executive order shielding them from legal liability.
And yet Kohn’s research shows that 16 out of the 19 states that created liability protections extended immunity to both individual workers and nursing home facilities as a whole. New York – unlike many other states – explicitly extended the immunity to company executives and corporate board members who are not on the frontlines, but who are making key budget and staffing decisions that affect workers and patients.
Kim says that the expansion beyond healthcare workers is not an accident – he said it deliberately “discourages medical staff and frontline workers in nursing homes from safely coming out against malpractices they might observe from executive leadership”.
That assertion was echoed by University of Wyoming law professor Michael Duff, one of the nation’s leading experts on workplace law. He said that while the change does not modify traditional workers’ compensation protections for hospital or nursing home employees, it could reduce the legal rights of contract workers to demand better safety protections at precisely the moment that healthcare facilities are outsourcing work to third-party staffing firms.
“Often medical personnel in operating rooms and emergency areas are contracted out [and] the same often goes for groups like janitorial services,” said Duff, a former National Labor Relations Board investigator. “Ordinarily, employees of the institutions would be unable to sue because of workers’ compensation exclusive remedy rule. But independent contractors aren’t bound by that rule. They could sue but now because of this immunity they cannot.”
For its part, the Cuomo administration has struck a defiant tone. During a televised press conference this weekend, DeRosa suggested that New York’s nursing-home casualty rates are not anomalously high – and she argued that the state’s “confirmed” death rates are in line with other states, though others have asserted that the state has been undercounting nursing home casualties.
Meanwhile, Cuomo has enlisted titans to lead a 15-member commission focused on “reimagining” New York and its public policies. Among the panel members is Northwell Health’s CEO, Michael Dowling, whose company operates two New York nursing homes where there have been Covid-related deaths.
Northwell Health is a member of the hospital association that lobbied for the immunity provisions, and Dowling is a Cuomo donor.


pamelagellerreport--2020-05-27--NEW Ad Highlighting Scandals From Obama-Biden Admin After Biden Claimed They Didn’t Have Any

The Obama Administration was perhaps the most corrupt and scandalous administration ever .
Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan did not have the courage or ability to confront Obama and Biden on their corruption .
President Trump will not make the same mistake .
RNC Releases Ad Highlighting Scandals From Obama-Biden Admin After Biden Claimed They Didn ’ t Have Any The Republican National Committee ( RNC ) released a new ad on Tuesday afternoon that highlighted scandals from the Obama-Biden administration after former Vice President Joe Biden , currently the presumptive nominee for the Democratic Party , has claimed on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ scandals .
The video highlights the following scandals from the Obama administration : • The administration ’ s response to the Benghazi attacks .
• Former President Barack Obama being awarded the “ lie of the year ” for falsely claiming that “ if you like your health care plan , you can keep it.
” • Sent pallets of cash to Iran , which is the world ’ s leading state sponsor of terrorism .
• Armed Mexican drug cartels with weapons that were used to kill U.S. federal agents .
• @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the VA health system .
• Funded Solyndra by giving the struggling company , which eventually collapsed , hundreds of millions of dollars in taxpayer funded money .
• Tradedfive terrorists for a U.S. soldier who “ abandon [ ed ] his post in Afghanistan.
” “ The Biden campaign , along with their friends in the media , repeatedly try to whitewash the scandal ridden Obama/Biden administration , but the American people know the truth , ” RNC Rapid Response Director Steve Guest .
“ From the IRS investigating conservative groups , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ world ’ s top state sponsor of terrorism , arming drug dealers , and lying about the Benghazi terrorist attack , Obama-Biden continuously put their political interests ahead of the American people and Joe Biden would do so again if given the chance.
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The Obama Administration was perhaps the most corrupt and scandalous administration ever. Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan did not have the courage or ability to confront Obama and Biden on their corruption. President Trump will not make the same mistake.
Joe Biden may have forgotten some of the scandals of the Obama/Biden administration. But the American people have not. pic.twitter.com/PtrDYkbw4n — Ronna McDaniel (@GOPChairwoman) May 27, 2020
RNC Releases Ad Highlighting Scandals From Obama-Biden Admin After Biden Claimed They Didn’t Have Any By Daily Wire, May 27, 2020 The Republican National Committee (RNC) released a new ad on Tuesday afternoon that highlighted scandals from the Obama-Biden administration after former Vice President Joe Biden, currently the presumptive nominee for the Democratic Party, has claimed on numerous occasions that the administration had no scandals. The video highlights the following scandals from the Obama administration: The administration’s response to the Benghazi attacks.
Former President Barack Obama being awarded the “lie of the year” for falsely claiming that “if you like your health care plan, you can keep it.”
plan, you can keep it.” The Obama administration’s IRS investigating conservative groups.
Sent pallets of cash to Iran, which is the world’s leading state sponsor of terrorism.
Armed Mexican drug cartels with weapons that were used to kill U.S. federal agents.
Attempted to hide long wait times across the VA health system.
Funded Solyndra by giving the struggling company, which eventually collapsed, hundreds of millions of dollars in taxpayer funded money.
Tradedfive terrorists for a U.S. soldier who “abandon[ed] his post in Afghanistan.” “The Biden campaign, along with their friends in the media, repeatedly try to whitewash the scandal ridden Obama/Biden administration, but the American people know the truth,” RNC Rapid Response Director Steve Guest. “ From the IRS investigating conservative groups, to sending pallets of cash to the world’s top state sponsor of terrorism, arming drug dealers, and lying about the Benghazi terrorist attack, Obama-Biden continuously put their political interests ahead of the American people and Joe Biden would do so again if given the chance.” WATCH:
https://youtu.be/PEwkgKDX8I0
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pamelagellerreport--2020-05-27--FBI indicts Liban Haji Mohamed, most wanted American terrorist

Liban Haji Mohamed , also known as Abu Ayrow , Shirwa , Shirwac , Qatiluhum , and Qatil , was born on January 4 , 1986 .
He is a naturalized American citizen who immigrated to the USA from Somalia .
The FBI describes Mohamed as “ a recruiter and radicalizer for al Shabaab.
” On the run for almost eight years , he is wanted for allegedly providing material support to Al-Shabaab and Al-Qaeda , and is believed to have left the U.S. on July 5 , 2012 , with the intent to join Al-Shabaab in East Africa .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ suburbs of the Washington , D.C. area , where he was a taxi driver .
He was charged Tuesday in Alexandria , Virginia , for attempting to “ recruit an undercover agent to provide combat training to al-Shabaab fighters.
” He also faces charges of “ planning to use his own media skills to improve al-Shabaab ’ s propaganda machine.
” The FBI also believes he ’ s an associate of terrorist Zachary Chesser , who was charged and convicted to 25 years in prison for “ attempting to provide material support to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Chesser pleaded guilty to similar charges in federal court .
If you have information leading to his arrest and conviction , please note that there is a reward of up to $ 50,000 .
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Liban Haji Mohamed, also known as Abu Ayrow, Shirwa, Shirwac, Qatiluhum, and Qatil, was born on January 4, 1986. He is a naturalized American citizen who immigrated to the USA from Somalia.
The FBI describes Mohamed as “a recruiter and radicalizer for al Shabaab.”
On the run for almost eight years, he is wanted for allegedly providing material support to Al-Shabaab and Al-Qaeda, and is believed to have left the U.S. on July 5, 2012, with the intent to join Al-Shabaab in East Africa.
He has lived in the Northern Virginia suburbs of the Washington, D.C. area, where he was a taxi driver.
He was charged Tuesday in Alexandria, Virginia, for attempting to “recruit an undercover agent to provide combat training to al-Shabaab fighters.” He also faces charges of “planning to use his own media skills to improve al-Shabaab’s propaganda machine.”
The FBI also believes he’s an associate of terrorist Zachary Chesser, who was charged and convicted to 25 years in prison for “attempting to provide material support to al-Shabaab.” Mohamed disappeared several months after Chesser pleaded guilty to similar charges in federal court.
If convicted, Mohamed faces 30 years in federal prison.
If you have information leading to his arrest and conviction, please note that there is a reward of up to $50,000.
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pamelagellerreport--2020-05-27--Jihad Jew-hating Rep. Ilhan Omar Says Israel Has Too Much Influence on Trump Administration

Rest assured that there will not be one word of condemnation from Speaker Pelosi , against Rep. Ilhan Omar ’ s latest anti-Israel rant .
As for much of the Jewish lay leadership in the United States , they are too busy trying to ensure that the anti-Israel Joe Biden defeats the pro-Israel President Trump in November .
Shame on them .
# Exodus !
Rep. Ilhan Omar Says Israel Has Too Much Influence on Trump Administration Rep. Ilhan Omar likened Saudi Arabia ’ s influence on the Trump administration to Israel ’ s , saying both countries relied in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ preferred outcomes .
An interview with the London-based Sunday Times ahead of the publication of her book “ This Is What America Looks Like : My Journey from Refugee to Congresswoman ” was likely to fuel tensions between Omar , a Minnesota Democrat , and supporters of Israel .
“ We know the amount of money and influence and connection that the Saudis have with the administration is really the reason that everything destructive they do is nullified , ” she told the newspaper .
“ And that really is no different to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The story said that Omar ’ s “ new approach is to pivot to Saudi Arabia so she isn ’ t singling out the Jews.
” “ There ’ s an alarming connection to the really destructive policies Israel is proposing and how much of it is being rubber stamped by this administration , ” she said .
“ And how much of it is being urged by Americans who have connection and influence with this administration.
” Omar apologized last year for a tweet in which she said “ It ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ referring to the pro-Israel lobby ’ s influence on lawmakers .
Critics from both parties accused her of indulging an anti-Semitic trope that Jews buy influence .
Omar in the interview said she has a better understanding now of why such expressions are hurtful , and suggested that invoking the Saudis should protect her from charges of bigotry .
“ I talk about Saudi blood money and them being bloodsuckers and no one says ‘ This is Islamophobic , ’ ” said Omar , who is Muslim .

Rest assured that there will not be one word of condemnation from Speaker Pelosi, against Rep. Ilhan Omar’s latest anti-Israel rant. As for much of the Jewish lay leadership in the United States, they are too busy trying to ensure that the anti-Israel Joe Biden defeats the pro-Israel President Trump in November. Shame on them. #Exodus!
Related – Israel’s ‘Destructive Polices’ Being ‘Rubber Stamped’ by Trump Administration, Congresswoman Ilhan Omar Charges
Rep. Ilhan Omar Says Israel Has Too Much Influence on Trump Administration By Jewish Journal, May 26, 2020 Rep. Ilhan Omar likened Saudi Arabia’s influence on the Trump administration to Israel’s, saying both countries relied in part on money to bring about their preferred outcomes. An interview with the London-based Sunday Times ahead of the publication of her book “This Is What America Looks Like: My Journey from Refugee to Congresswoman” was likely to fuel tensions between Omar, a Minnesota Democrat, and supporters of Israel. “We know the amount of money and influence and connection that the Saudis have with the administration is really the reason that everything destructive they do is nullified,” she told the newspaper. “And that really is no different to what’s happening with Israel.” The story said that Omar’s “new approach is to pivot to Saudi Arabia so she isn’t singling out the Jews.” “There’s an alarming connection to the really destructive policies Israel is proposing and how much of it is being rubber stamped by this administration,” she said. “And how much of it is being urged by Americans who have connection and influence with this administration.” Omar apologized last year for a tweet in which she said “It’s all about the Benjamins baby,” referring to the pro-Israel lobby’s influence on lawmakers. Critics from both parties accused her of indulging an anti-Semitic trope that Jews buy influence. Omar in the interview said she has a better understanding now of why such expressions are hurtful, and suggested that invoking the Saudis should protect her from charges of bigotry. “I talk about Saudi blood money and them being bloodsuckers and no one says ‘This is Islamophobic,’” said Omar, who is Muslim.
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