theblaze--2020-03-09--Glenn Beck joins Pat Gray to talk about the coronavirus

Glenn Beck joins Pat Gray to talk about the coronavirus Why are people stocking up on water ?

On Monday's episode of "Pat Gray Unleashed," Glenn Beck stopped by the show to discuss some of the absurd items people are flocking to grocery stores to stock up on in response to the rising number of confirmed cases of Coronavirus.
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theblaze--2020-03-09--Bill mandating sex ed starting in kindergarten heads to Democratic governor's desk; GOP opponent bla

Bill mandating sex ed starting in kindergarten heads to Democratic governor's desk; GOP opponent blasts 'pornography' taught in classroom

Bill mandating sex ed starting in kindergarten heads to Democratic governor 's desk ; GOP opponent blasts 'pornography ' taught @ @ @ @ @ differences between boys ' and girls ' bodies and that there are many ways to @ @

A bill that would require sex education in all Washington state public schools starting in kindergarten received its final approval Saturday from the state Senate and is headed to Democratic Gov. Jay Inslee's desk, KREM-TV reported.
But opponents of the bill are lining up against it and want Inslee to veto it, the station said.
What are the details?
The legislation states kindergartners would be taught the differences between boys' and girls' bodies and that there are many ways to express gender, KREM reported.
Older students would learn about LGBTQ issues, contraception, pregnancy, sexually transmitted diseases, and sexual consent, the station added.
Also individual school districts will be allowed to determine how much is taught as long as the state's minimum standards are followed, KREM said, and parents will be able to opt their children out of the program.
What are legislators saying?
"I'm offended at the pornography that we're going to be forced to teach our children," Republican state Rep. Robert Sutherland said as he spoke to the House, the station reported. "I'm offended at what this government is doing to the parents out there."
GOP state Rep. Vicki Kraft (R) said certain concepts will go over students' heads, KREM said. Opponents said that not all children are ready to learn about these topics.
"Do we really think that these types of concepts are going to have people going through consent methods and the boys listening when their hormones are raging because of what they are learning?" she asked, according to the station. "Will they really hear no? Will they really stop? I doubt it."
But supporters of the bill said younger kids need to learn about their bodies and rights and that it's imperative that they understand if someone touches them in ways they don't like, they can say no, KREM reported.
"I can't even tell you the suffering that was going on in my family for generations," Democratic state Rep. Amy Walen said, according the the station. "For all the kids who don't have such healthy families, those are the ones that it is our ultimate responsibility to watch out for."
Democratic state Rep. Lillian Ortiz-Self added, "What we don't have time for is to continue with statistics that have continued for years, because we are too afraid to teach anything in our schools, and so as a result of that one in four girls get raped by the time they're a senior in high school," KREM reported.


theblaze--2020-03-09--Netanyahu announces 14-day coronavirus self-quarantine for everyone coming to Israel from overseas

Netanyahu announces 14-day coronavirus self-quarantine for everyone coming to Israel from overseas Foreigners who ca n't self-quarantine wo n't be @ @ @

Amid the continued outbreak of the new coronavirus — formally known as COVID-19 — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced Monday that all travelers coming to the country from abroad will subject to a two-week quarantine upon arrival.
"After a day of complex discussions, we made a decision: Everyone who comes to Israel from abroad will enter the 14-day isolation," the prime minister said in a tweet, according to a Twitter translation from Hebrew. "This is a tough decision, but it is essential to maintain public health - and public health precedes everything."
In the announcement, Netanyahu also said that the policy would be in place for two weeks, and that in the meantime the government would be working to shore up the country's economy.
The Jerusalem Post also reported that, while the quarantine policy will go into effect for Israelis immediately, it will go into effect for foreigners in 72 hours. The outlet also noted that non-Israelis will not be allowed to enter the country while the policy is in effect unless they can prove that they have a place to stay for the quarantine period.
The prime minister's announcement came on the same day that the country confirmed its 42nd case of the new virus, according to the Times of Israel. Th outlet also reported that a man in the country who contracted the virus from an unknown source had visited multiple public places such as shopping malls and a home for the elderly, according to the country's Ministry of Health.
However, the country has had zero deaths from the virus so far, according to World Health Organization numbers updated on Monday.
Those same WHO numbers placed the total number of confirmed cases around the world at over 109,000 and the number of worldwide deaths from the disease at over 3,800. The vast majority of those cases and deaths have been in mainland China where the disease originated late last year.
Prior to Monday's announcement, Israel had already ordered travelers from several other countries — including Italy, Germany France, Spain, China, Japan, Singapore, and South Korea — to undergo self-quarantine, according to Reuters. Last month, the country became the first in the world to formally advise its citizens to avoid all travel abroad.


theblaze--2020-03-09--Steven Crowder explains why Bernie Sanders is against the American middle class

Bernie Sanders is nothing if he is not a fear monger whether he's ranting about the NRA or blaming big corporations. Bernie spins sinister webs of conspiracy about overlord organizations, depicting the "evil top 1-percent" as the enemy out to kill you and your firstborn. Interestingly, Bernie's policies target middle class Americans, the demographic that he claims he will protect. Why? Glad you asked. Here's Crowder to explain...
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theblaze--2020-03-09--'White pride' is carved in front of black-owned business — and cops arrest suspect

'White pride ' is carved in front of black-owned business — and cops arrest suspect

Derrick Carson has been working 24/7 for years building up his gym, DC Fitness, in Johnson City, Tennessee. After it had gone out of business, Carson said he took his "time and resources and brought this thing back to life."
Even these days, though, the gym owner comes in every day at 5 a.m. and trains as many as 40 people a day, WCYB-TV reported.
Then last Monday, Carson — who told the station he's one of the few black business owners in the community — found the words "white pride" carved into the sidewalk outside his gym's front door.
"It hit me in the heart more than anything," he told WCYB.
Carson noted to the station he believes the vandalism occurred early March 2 and that he received some tips about the incident and had a good idea who's responsible.
"I started to lose some of the anger and some of the hurt, and then it kind of went out the person like, 'What would have them out this early in the morning in the cold to where they were disheveled enough to want to scribble in front of my door?'" he told WCYB.
Image source: WCYB-TV video screenshot
Kandra Scott, one of the gym's managers, told the station that Carson has received a lot of support from the community.
"I think the support from everybody else made him feel like, 'Hey, they've got my back, there's no reason to let this get me down or let this .. get [to] any of my employees, members, trainers, none of us,'" Scott told WCYB.
Image source: WCYB-TV video screenshot
Carson also told the station that several people have reached out to him on Facebook with "generosity and kindness" and offered to fix the vandalized section of pavement. His daughter also set up a GoFundMe page, which was nearing its $1,500 goal Monday afternoon.
Suspect arrested
A WCYB follow-up story noted that Mahagany Teague, 41, was arrested arrested March 3 and charged with vandalism under $1,000 for allegedly using a rock to carve "white pride" into the sidewalk outside DC Fitness.
Image source: Washington County Sheriff's Office website
The Washington County Detention Center told TheBlaze Monday that Teague is still an inmate. The following image is from the Washington County Sheriff's Office intake report:
Image source: Washington County Sheriff's Office website
The detention center added to TheBlaze that Teague is being held on a $1,000 bond and that her next court date is scheduled for March 16.
Here's another mug shot of Teague:
Image source: Washington County Detention Center
Carson told WJHL-TV that he had security footage of Teague committing the vandalism.


theblaze--2020-03-09--New York boarding school closes for rest of year over coronavirus — despite not having any cases

Many schools in Italy and Japan have closed indefinitely as coronavirus spreads rapidly. Mass school closures of that magnitude have not yet become necessary in the United States, but a New York boarding school with ties to Japan is closing for the year just in case.
Keio Academy of New York in Westchester County is shutting down for the remainder of the school year, despite not having any confirmed cases of coronavirus — it's simply a precaution.
The school has an enrollment of about 320 students, with most of them coming from Asia, Europe, and South America. Keio Academy is affiliated with Keio University in Japan. From the New York Post:
Japan currently has 502 confirmed cases of the virus, and six people there have died from it — putting it in the top 10 countries globally who have been the hardest hit.
"After consideration of all the medical facts and advice, the Board of Trustees has decided that it must act now in the interests of our students' safety and wellbeing," Rieko Ivy, director of development at the school, said in a statement.
Students will continue their studies online for the rest of the year, which runs through the end of May. All athletics programs for the spring semester have been canceled.
Three Jewish day schools in Westchester County have closed temporarily after being tied to an outbreak, although there is only one confirmed case in any of those schools right now.
As of Monday, the state of New York had 142 confirmed cases of coronavirus. Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) declared a state of emergency over the weekend.
A number of other schools around the state have closed temporarily this week, including some public schools and private universities like Columbia, Hofstra, and Yeshiva.
In New Jersey, Princeton will move to online classes for a two-week period beginning March 23.


theblaze--2020-03-09--Obama-era inspector general indicted in alleged scheme to steal government workers' info for persona

Obama-era inspector general indicted in alleged scheme to steal government workers' info for personal gain

Obama-era inspector general indicted in alleged scheme to steal government workers ' info for personal gain He previously stepped down @ @ @ @ @ allegations

An former government official whose job used to be reporting improper conduct at the Department of Homeland Security has been indicted by federal authorities in an alleged scheme to defraud the government and steal federal workers' private information.
According to a Department of Justice news release from Friday, former former acting Inspector General for the Department of Homeland Security Charles Edwards and his former subordinate Murali Yamazula Venkata have been indicted on 16 counts "for their alleged theft of proprietary software and confidential databases from the U.S. government as part of a scheme to defraud the U.S. government."
The release goes on to say that "from October 2014 to April 2017, Edwards, Venkata, and others executed a scheme to defraud the U.S. government by stealing confidential and proprietary software from DHS Office of Inspector General (OIG), along with sensitive government databases containing personal identifying information (PII) of DHS and USPS employees, so that Edwards's company, Delta Business Solutions, could later sell an enhanced version of DHS-OIG's software to the Office of Inspector General for the U.S. Department of Agriculture at a profit."
The charges against the two include "conspiracy to commit theft of government property and to defraud the United States, theft of government property, wire fraud, and aggravated identity theft," according to the Justice Department.
The indictment also says that, "Venkata and others also assisted Edwards by reconfiguring his laptop so that he could properly upload the stolen software and databases, provided troubleshooting support whenever Edwards required it, and helped him build a testing server at his residence with the stolen software and databases."
Edwards — who started working as acting inspector general starting in 2011 — stepped down from the DHS watchdog post in December 2013 amid a storm of questions about his conduct in the position.
"The litany of allegations against Edwards included claims that he bowed to political pressure and watered down his reports; abused agency personnel and resources; and retaliated against employees who questioned his conduct," according to Fox News at the time.
However, after leaving DHS, the DOJ release says, Edwards "continued to leverage his relationship with Venkata and other DHS-OIG employees to steal the software and the sensitive government databases."
According to an investigative report from the Washington Post, the affected software and databases contained the personal information of over 250,000 government workers.
The Department of Justice also notes that an indictment is nothing more an allegation and "all defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law."


theblaze--2020-03-09--New York state is making its own hand sanitizer using cheap inmate labor to fight 'price gouging'

New York state is making its own hand sanitizer using cheap inmate labor to fight 'price gouging '

New York state is using inmate labor to produce its own hand sanitizer, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said in a press conference Monday in which he also announced that the state's Port Authority director had contracted coronavirus.
The sanitizer is being made by Corcraft Products, which is the "brand name" for the Division of Correctional Industries in New York. Corcraft uses inmate labor to manufacture products ranging from metalworks to textiles to hygiene products — now including NYS Clean, the state-branded hand sanitizer.
Cuomo boasted that the new sanitizer is superior to other products on the market to its 75% alcohol content and its "floral bouquet" scent. Other popular brands, such as Purell, offer a 70% alcohol content. The Centers for Disease Control recommends using a hand sanitizer with at least 60% alcohol content.
According to the Gothamist, New York prisoners earn between 16 cents and $1.14 an hour for their labor, with the average inmate making $1,092 per year. In contrast, New York state minimum wage ranges from $15 an hour in New York City to $11.80 an hour in the upstate.
"It's much cheaper for us to make it ourselves than to buy it on the open market," Cuomo said while announcing the prices for the state-branded product; which are $1.12 for a 7oz bottle and $6.10 for one gallon supply.
The governor also said they are currently able to make about 100,000 gallons of the sanitizer a week. But he added that operations will be "ramping up" in order to provide the product to governmental agencies, schools, prisons, and other related organizations that "can't get it on the market" due to price gouging.
Amid the coronavirus outbreak, supplies of hand sanitizer have been running low and suppliers are struggling to keep up. CBS News recently reported that demand for sanitizer is up 1,400%. The rising demand has led to a sharp increase in price for the commodity."
Cuomo took aim at major retailers of the commodity, such as Purell, eBay, and Amazon, during the presser.
"To Purell, and Mr. Amazon, and Mr. eBay, if you continue the price gouging, we will introduce our product [to the market], which is superior to your product," Cuomo said. "And you don't even have the floral bouquet, so stop price gouging."


theblaze--2020-03-09--Study reveals how much refugees are costing American taxpayers — up to $133,000 each

Study reveals how much refugees are costing American taxpayers — up to $ 133,000 each Today 's refugees unfortunately have @ @ @ @ @

According to a new study, refugees cost American taxpayers a serious amount of coin.
The Center for Immigration Studies discovered that the average refugee will cost the U.S. government $60,000 to $133,000 over the course of their life, with less-educated refugees between the ages 25 and 64 costing the most.
According to the CIS, refugee costs are increasing due to an influx of refugees who are poorly educated and will, therefore, require more government assistance over the course of their life.
From CIS:
Although refugees from earlier generations were often well educated, today's refugees have fewer than nine years of schooling on average. Because of their low earning power and immediate access to welfare benefits, recent refugees cost the government substantially more than they contribute in taxes, even over the long term.
Our best estimate of the average refugee's lifetime fiscal cost, expressed as a net present value, is $60,000, with those entering as adults (ages 25 to 64) costing $133,000 each. Perhaps this is a price that the United States should be willing to pay to further its humanitarian goals. However, resettlement in the United States may not be the most cost-effective means of aiding displaced people.
"The low education attainment level of so many of today's refugees means they need a great deal of government assistance. Given these costs, policymakers have to decide if it makes more sense to settle a modest number here or help many more people overseas," Steven Camarota, co-author of the report and research director for CIS, said, the Washington Examiner reported.
The report's findings come at a time when President Donald Trump continues to slash annual refugee admittance.
In fact, Trump capped refugee admittance at just 18,000 for fiscal year 2020, down from 110,000 during the final year of the Obama administration.


theblaze--2020-03-09--Former CDC chief says visits to nursing homes should be restricted amid coronavirus outbreak

Former CDC chief says visits to nursing homes should be restricted amid coronavirus outbreak 'We should facilitate virtual visits until @ @ @ @

A former head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in a recent op-ed that visits to nursing homes ought to be restricted due to concerns about the continued spread of the new virus.
In a CNN opinion post published Sunday evening, former CDC chief Dr. Tom Frieden wrote that "[n]ursing homes and other long-term care facilities are ground zero" for the virus' spread and noted that most of the deaths in the United States have been traced back to a nursing home in Washington state:
This is not unexpected. There have been influenza and other disease outbreaks in nursing homes in the past. Influenza causes severe nursing home outbreaks even though we have influenza vaccines and medications — tools we lack for Covid-19. Residents in nursing homes are older and sicker and live in close quarters. Staff at these facilities are also at high risk. They are in close contact with many residents every day, and infection control is often suboptimal.
The facility that Frieden is referring to is the Life Care Center of Kirkland, Washington. On Sunday, the Seattle Times reported that at least 13 residents of the center who had died after being taken to the hospital had tested positive for the virus, according to facility spokesman Tim Killian. Killian also said that 70 of Life Care's 180 employees are showing symptoms of the virus, according to the newspaper.
On Sunday, the King County Council released a statement saying that the total number of coronavirus deaths in the county had reached 17, 16 of which were "associated with Life Care Center."
A World Health Organization study of the new virus conducted last month found that "at highest risk for severe disease and death include people aged over 60 years and those with underlying conditions such as hypertension, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, chronic respiratory disease and cancer." The same study also found that the virus' mortality rate goes up with age, "with the highest mortality among people over 80 years of age."
Frieden went on to write that "threat of rapid spread within long-term care facilities means that if we make the tough decision, now, to immediately restrict visits, we may be able to prevent many more outbreaks like the one in Kirkland." He also said that staff of such facilities should not come to work if they are sick "and that they receive paid leave, so they have no economic incentive to come to work if ill."
But what about families who want to see their elderly loved ones despite the conditions created by the ongoing outbreak? As a remedy for such situations, Frieden proposed that "we should facilitate virtual visits until we know more and can do more to protect the most vulnerable."
President Barack Obama put Frieden at the head of the CDC in 2009 and he resigned as part of the transition to the Trump administration in early 2017. He was arrested in 2018 on sexual harassment charges, later pleading guilty to a lesser charge.


theblaze--2020-03-09--New York-New Jersey head of Port Authority has tested positive for coronavirus

New York-New Jersey head of Port Authority has tested positive for coronavirus New York is now the most impacted state @ @ @ @

The head of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, Rick Cotton, has tested positive for coronavirus, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) announced to reporters on Monday.
The governor added that Cotton will be working from home while under quarantine for the next couple weeks and that his staff will undergo testing as a precaution.
Cotton, in his role as the Port Authority director, had been overseeing international arrivals at John F. Kennedy International Airport and other airports in the area.
"He has been at airports with many people coming back with the virus," Cuomo confirmed Monday.
Cuomo acknowledged that he "could have been in contact" with Cotton, but said hasn't been tested since he's considered an "improbable positive," which simply means that he isn't likely to have the virus.
New York is now the most impacted state
During the press conference, Cuomo also announced that the number of confirmed coronavirus cases has jumped to 142 in New York, the highest tally of any state in the country. According to Cuomo, "We continue to expect more positive cases as we test."
But, despite the growing number of confirmed cases, Cuomo aded that the "fear and hysteria are outpacing the reality" of the situation.


theblaze--2020-03-09--Airline passenger intentionally coughs on flight attendant, gets tackled during coronavirus-related

Airline passenger intentionally coughs on flight attendant, gets tackled during coronavirus-related delay

Airline passenger intentionally coughs on flight attendant , gets tackled during coronavirus-related delay She snapped after an hours-long delay

If you're traveling right now, you have to understand and expect some disruptions because of coronavirus. Especially if you're traveling in Asia, where the virus is most prominent.
One woman on a Thai Airways flight to Shanghai, China simply could not handle this reality, however, and became fully unhinged before getting tackled and restrained by flight attendants, Newsflare reported.
How it happened: A flight from Bangkok landed in Shanghai on Friday. Due to precautionary checks for coronavirus, the plane was held up with passengers stuck on board for a miserably long 10 hours.
After a few hours, one passenger couldn't take it anymore. She demanded to be let off the plane. Her request was, of course, denied, so she responded with physical aggression.
The woman reportedly began flailing her arms and legs, and perhaps worse, she decided to punish one of the flight attendants by coughing on her.
That's when other members of the crew sprang to the defense of their colleague. One flight attendant put the woman in a headlock while several others restrained her as well.
"Help me put her down!" one of crew members yelled.
A peaceful resolution: In normal circumstances, such a disruptive passenger would be removed from a plane as soon as possible. But Shanghai's coronavirus protocols dictated that the doors of the plane couldn't be opened until health officials arrived to complete their checks.
After being restrained, the woman eventually calmed down and waited for her screening.
"The Chinese passenger was upset about being held for a long time and coughed at one of our staff, the head of Thailand's Aviation Safety Department said. "After she calmed down, we explained the situation to her and she agreed to sit and wait for screening."
It has not been reported whether anyone from the plane eventually tested positive for coronavirus.
(H/T New York Post)


theblaze--2020-03-09--Two women in Australia charged over in-store toilet paper brawl amid coronavirus hoarding trend

Two women in Australia are facing criminal charges after being filmed in a violent altercation over toilet paper at a grocery store over amid a growing trend of people hoarding the commodity due to the ongoing global coronavirus outbreak.
Over the weekend, video of a Saturday scuffle among three women at an Australian supermarket went viral. Video posted on Twitter by Nine News Australia shows a trio of women trading blows and screaming at each other as store employees intervene.
"I just want one pack!" one woman angrily says to another, who is standing beside a shopping cart stacked to the brim with toilet paper, in the video.
"No, not one pack!" the other responds.
According to Nine News Australia's report on the fight — which took place at a Woolworth's store in the Sydney suburb of Chullora — police charged two of the women involved with "affray" in the matter and they are scheduled to appear in local court in late April. Last week, Woolworth's announced a 4-pack limit for toilet paper customers.
The Daily Mail reported that the two women charged in the incident are a 60-year-old mother and her 23-year-old daughter, and that the altercation reportedly began when the third woman, age 49, tried to take a pack of toilet paper out of the pair's heavily laden shopping cart.
The fight happened on the same weekend that the country's number of confirmed coronavirus cases hit 75 and as toilet paper has become a top hoarding item for those alarmed. A local law enforcement official criticized the incident and urged people not to panic in the wake of Saturday's events.
"It's just bad behavior by people that are panicking, and there's no need for that panic," New South Wales Police acting Inspector Andrew New said of the incident, according to Australia's 7NEWS."It's not the Thunderdome. It's not Mad Max. We don't need to do that."
But virus-related buying isn't just an Australian trend. Last week, a report from the Nielsen marketing research company found that people "around the world are actively stockpiling emergency supplies as concerns grow that the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) could become a worldwide pandemic." This, the company's research also found "significant spikes in the hoarding of emergency supplies is occurring in China, the U.S. and Italy."
According to Sunday numbers from the World Health Organization, the total number of confirmed Coronavirus cases worldwide was over 105,000, while the global death toll stood at 3,584.


theblaze--2020-03-09--Steve Jobs' widow — worth $27.5 billion — says it's wrong for individuals to accumulate massive amou

Steve Jobs' widow — worth $27.5 billion — says it's wrong for individuals to accumulate massive amounts of wealth

Steve Jobs ' widow — worth $ 27.5 billion — says it 's wrong for individuals to accumulate massive amounts @ @ @ @ @ still going to hold on to much of hers

Laurene Powell Jobs, widow of Apple founder Steve Jobs, said she doesn't intend to pass on her massive amounts of wealth to her children because it would be unfair, and it's not right for individuals to be so rich, according to the New York Times.
Jobs is the 35th-richest person in the world with a net worth of $27.5 billion.
What did she say?
"It's not right for individuals to accumulate a massive amount of wealth that's equivalent to millions and millions of other people combined," Jobs told the Times. "There's nothing fair about that. We saw that at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries with the Rockefellers and Carnegies and Mellons and Fords of the world. That kind of accumulation of wealth is dangerous for a society. It shouldn't be this way."
Despite that conviction, she justified her possession of her billions by saying she inherited it from her husband. But, she also won't pass it on to the next generation because neither she nor the late Steve Jobs believed in "legacy building" in that way. From the Times:
And yet Ms. Powell Jobs is hardly apologetic. "I inherited my wealth from my husband, who didn't care about the accumulation of wealth," she said. "I am doing this in honor of his work, and I've dedicated my life to doing the very best I can to distribute it effectively, in ways that lift up individuals and communities in a sustainable way."
"I'm not interested in legacy wealth buildings, and my children know that," she added. "Steve wasn't interested in that. If I live long enough, it ends with me."
No giving pledge
Business Insider noted that Jobs, unlike other Silicon Valley billionaires, has not signed the Giving Pledge started by Warren Buffett and Bill and Melinda Gates, in which one pledges to give a majority of their wealth to philanthropy.


theblaze--2020-03-09--Bernie Sanders' radical abortion agenda: 'Free' abortion for everyone, banning abstinence sex ed, an

Bernie Sanders' radical abortion agenda: 'Free' abortion for everyone, banning abstinence sex ed, and defunding crisis pregnancy centers

Bernie Sanders ' radical abortion agenda : 'Free ' abortion for everyone , banning abstinence sex ed , and defunding @ @ @ @ @ wants Roe v. Wade codified into law

2020 presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) rolled out his "reproductive health" — i.e. abortion — agenda over the weekend and it contains some extreme positions that are par for the course for the rest of his far-left and expensive political agenda.
To begin, Sanders' plan promises that, under his signature "Medicare for All" plan, "the Hyde Amendment will be repealed and all reproductive health services will be provided free at the point of service." Of course, the government cannot really make any commodity or service truly "free," but merely change how it is paid for and who pays for it, meaning that this would leave American taxpayers to pick up the tab for all abortion services.
But the proposal talks about more than covering the cost of abortion. It adds that a Sanders administration would also invert one of President Trump's more combatted pro-life policies — stripping abortion providers of Title X funding — by turning that defunding effort on pro-life pregnancy resource centers and threatening to strip them of Title X and "other government funds." At the same time, the proposal also pledges to defend and increase government funding for Planned Parenthood — America's largest abortion provider.
Sanders' abortion plan also addresses how America's children would be educated on the subject of sex by vowing to ban "ineffective abstinence-only sex education," rather than leaving the question of sexual education curricula up to parents and educators.
The Vermont senator's proposal goes on to address pro-abortion advocates' anxieties about the future of abortion rights in the realm of federal court decisions.
"As President, Bernie will work tirelessly to undo the damage Donald Trump and Mitch McConnell have done," the plan says, referencing the White House and Senate's efforts to fill federal judicial vacancies under President Trump. "That means working with reproductive justice and advocacy groups to fill vacancies with highly qualified, principled judges who will protect reproductive rights at every level."
On that front, Sanders' proposal says guarantees that he would require "all judicial nominees to support Roe v. Wade as settled law" and that the 1973 abortion ruling would also be codified in "legislative statute."
Further down the page, the plan also pays special attention to how issues of so-called "reproductive justice" affect minority populations.
"If abortion is legal, but your state has no or too few reproductive health clinics, then you do not have reproductive justice or freedom," the page reads. It later adds, "We must address these issues holistically to ensure true reproductive justice for all, especially in communities of color."
In contrast to those listed concerns, however, many pro-life advocates to argue that abortion providers specifically target black communities. 2012 research from the Life Issues Institute based on 2010 census data found that Planned Parenthood had "79% of its 165 surgical abortion facilities within walking distance of African American or Hispanic/Latino neighborhoods," and updated research from the same organization in 2015 found 78% facilities in walking distance of either black or hispanic neighborhoods. Furthermore, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention numbers from 2018 showed that black women had abortions at much higher rates than their white counterparts.
Sanders' plan drew praise from NARAL Pro-Choice America President Ilyse Hogue, who called it "robust" and "a very solid plan on its merits" while saying the organization "would like to see the same" from rival candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden.
But since so much of Sanders' abortion proposal hinges on his "Medicare for All plan," there are legitimate questions about exactly how much of it could actually make the difficult transition from campaign pledge to standing policy.
Sanders campaign surrogate Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) admitted weeks ago that the plan might not be able to get the congressional support necessary for passage if Sanders is elected.
"A president can't wave a magic wand and pass any legislation they want," Ocasio-Cortez said in a mid-February HuffPost interview. She added that "The worst-case scenario? We compromise deeply and we end up getting a public option."
Disclosure: The author of this post is a volunteer board member at Capitol Hill Pregnancy Center, a pregnancy resource center in Washington, D.C. His reporting is his own.


theblaze--2020-03-09--Chris Hayes blasted with fact check after implying that calling coronavirus the 'Wuhan virus' is rac

Chris Hayes blasted with fact check after implying that calling coronavirus the 'Wuhan virus' is racist

Chris Hayes blasted with fact check after implying that calling coronavirus the 'Wuhan virus ' is racist 'Just astoundingly gross @ @ @ @ @ Virus '

MSNBC host Chris Hayes was quickly fact checked Sunday after denouncing Rep. Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.) for referring to coronavirus as the "Wuhan Virus."
Gosar announced Sunday that he was officially undergoing self-quarantine after possible exposure to the coronavirus at CPAC last month.
"Just astoundingly gross to call it the Wuhan Virus," Hayes said.
The insinuation, which was fleshed out by Hayes's MSNBC colleague David Gura, is that referring to coronavirus as the "Wuhan virus" is racist.
But, in fact, the coronavirus outbreak originated in Wuhan, China. The city of 11 million was also hardest hit by the disease, resulting in the Chinese government essentially locking down the city from the outside world.
What was the response?
Critics pointed out to Hayes that China, in fact, refers to coronavirus as the "Wuhan virus."
Others highlighted the fact that well-known infectious diseases are typically named in relation to their origin.
It was also pointed out that American media outlets, like CNN and NBC, have referred to coronavirus as "Wuhan virus."
Meanwhile, Hayes's critics also showed that he has recent history of geographically referring to disease outbreaks.
By Monday morning, "#WuhanVirus" was trending on social media.


theblaze--2020-03-09--Black gun owner in New Jersey was arrested for carrying a licensed gun and possessing legal ammuniti

Black gun owner in New Jersey was arrested for carrying a licensed gun and possessing legal ammunition He had a @ @ @ @ @ ammo

A black man in New Jersey is fighting charges after being arrested for carrying a firearm and possessing polymer-tipped ammunition — both of which he says he is authorized to do under state law.
New Jersey police arrested Roosevelt Twyne, a 25-year old black American who works as a security guard, in February after officers performed a traffic stop on him due to his vehicle's tinted windows, the Washington Free Beacon reported. Twyne's attorney, Evan Nappen, told the news outlet that his client was then charged for illegally carrying a firearm and being in possession of ammunition that officers erroneously referred to as "hollow-point."
But, according to Nappen, Twyne has a permit for carrying a firearm and the ammunition in his possession was state-approved. Even more, it was the same as the ammunition issued by his employer.
"He had a permit to carry a handgun," Nappen said, adding that the law "makes it clear that it's illegal to transport unless you are licensed pursuant to chapter 58. And that is precisely what a handgun carry permit is."
As for the polymer-tipped Hornady "Critical Duty" ammunition in question, Nappen directed attention to a New Jersey State Police website that says that the ammunition is "not considered to be hollow point ammunition" and is not illegal to possess in the state.
"It's lawful," Nappen told the outlet. "It's publicly announced as lawful because it is. It's not hollow. It's filled."
Nappen added that while the three white police officers who made the arrest did not make any racist remarks during the incident, the issue of race is the "elephant in the room."
"They didn't make racist comments," he said. "They didn't say anything racist but, on its face, it's dubious. Let's just say it's dubious."
Twyne said that the arrest has been "traumatic" for him and has unduly damaged his reputation.
"Honestly, it's been traumatic and has impacted my life in a way that I've never experienced before," he said in a statement. "It's hard because now even looking for a part time job or any job, it's made it so much harder for me. Not only has it tainted my name and reputation, which I have worked hard to attain, not just growing up in Elizabeth, but as a black man trying to make a difference."
New Jersey gun laws are some of the strictest in the nation and include open carry restrictions, bans on large capacity magazines, and red flag laws. In 2016, an actor alleged that he was charged in New Jersey for using a prop gun while filming a movie.
The Free Beacon said that Twyne's arrest was representative of the challenges of navigating the state's many complex gun restrictions.
Twyne's court date is set for April 2.


theblaze--2020-03-09--Conservative Hispanic college student — daughter of former GOP congressman — threatened with violenc

Conservative Hispanic college student — daughter of former GOP congressman — threatened with violence after blasting socialism But now she @ @ @ @ @ pretty big names for making her voice heard

A conservative Hispanic college student penned an op-ed for the University of Chicago's student newspaper Friday saying that after she expressed her anti-socialist beliefs as part of a school-related project, she received an "onslaught of online hate and threats of violence."
The student in question, Evita Duffy, also happens to be the daughter of former Republican U.S. Rep. Sean Duffy and Rachel Campos-Duffy, a Fox News contributor and author, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported.
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But in the wake of the fallout against her, Evita Duffy also has received support from some pretty big names for making her voice heard.
What's the background?
Duffy, a sophomore at the prestigious school, noted that the college's Institute of Politics asked her to participate in a digital initiative called "I Vote Because" in which students pose with a small white board stating their reasons for casting ballots. Her statement read, "I VOTE BECAUSE ... the coronavirus won't destroy America, but socialism will."
What was the reaction?
Duffy wrote in her op-ed for the Chicago Maroon said she's used to "being in the minority opinion" since she's a "conservative Hispanic woman" on a "liberal college campus."
"I am a proponent of free speech, and I hoped my white board message might even encourage a lively and robust debate on economics," she added. "However, I was naïvely unprepared for the onslaught of online hate and threats of violence I received.
More from her op-ed:
Fellow students attacked my character, my intellect, my family, my appearance, and even threatened me with physical violence, using foul and offensive language. I was called a racist and a xenophobe. Some compared me to animals. Others declared that they would personally stop me from voting, and many defended the personal attacks, saying I deserved to be bullied and that I don't belong at the University of Chicago on account of my beliefs. I was told by many that I was the most hated person on campus. It was frightening. It was also hurtful, since some of the attacks came from people I considered friends.after that post she received threatening messages on social media and from her classmates.
She also ripped college officials, saying it's "not hard to imagine what sort of actions they would be taking if an LGBTQ+ or Muslim student faced similar threats or experienced this sort of intolerance on campus."
In relation to the other part of her white board statement, Duffy noted that "as awful as the coronavirus is, killing a total of 12 people nationwide and over 3,000 globally, its number of victims pales in comparison to the tens of millions of people who have died at the hands of socialism and communism."
Who else spoke up?
David Axelrod — the IOP's founding director and confidant of former President Barack Obama — penned a statement Friday speaking against the "unacceptable harassment" Duffy endured. But Axelrod also said her "minimization" of the Coronavirus was "offensive to those who have loved one here and overseas who have been infected and whose lives have been disrupted — which may very quickly include all of us — in large ways and small."
Still, Axelrod pointed to Duffy's statement about socialism as the primary element that stirred anger, and that she was "entitled to express [her opinion] without the ugly and inappropriate online harassment that followed. We strongly condemn and deeply regret the threatening comments this student has received."
Messages of support
Duffy's op-ed caught the attention of a number of high-profile voices who offered their support and encouragement, including former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley, former Republican presidential candidate and governor of Wisconsin Scott Walker, and cohost of "The View" Meghan McCain:
Anything else?
The day after Duffy's op-ed was published, the Chicago Maroon ran a rebuttal from Darcy Kuang, a fellow student and deputy news editor, who called Duffy's white board message "insensitive, offensive, and racist."
"You treated an extremely traumatic event for Chinese people around the world as nothing but a way to weaponize your own political opinion, which you could have sufficiently expressed without any mentions of the outbreak," Kuang wrote, adding that "you made Chinese students feel like our trauma is unrecognized and unimportant at this school. Your message suggests that our trauma is only worthy of being the backdrop of 'important' discussions like capitalism vs. socialism."
But judging by some of the comments to Huang's rebuttal, it doesn't seem to have been received all that positively:


theblaze--2020-03-09--Black voters have no choice but to vote Democrat due to 'structural white supremacy,' says MSNBC's C

Black voters have no choice but to vote Democrat due to 'structural white supremacy,' says MSNBC's Chris Hayes

Black voters have no choice but to vote Democrat due to 'structural white supremacy , ' says MSNBC 's Chris @

MSNBC host Chris Hayes said that while white voters can choose between either major political party in the United States, black voters can only be Democrats because of "structural white supremacy."
What was he talking about?
Hayes was discussing the way white voters are segmented into more categories than black voters, who tend to vote Democratic across different demographics. The context of the panel discussion was an analysis of why some voters chose former Vice President Joe Biden over Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.).
Contributor Eddie Glaude said fears about losing to President Donald Trump and taking heavy losses in congressional elections turned some black voters away from Sanders, although Glaude also conceded that some voters just agree with Biden's politics.
What did he say?
In response to Glaude, Hayes pivoted into a point about how demographics within the category of black voters have no choice but to vote Democrat, and therefore there is much more diversity of ideas within the party than in the Republican Party.
"First of all, there's generational division," Hayes said. "Even in South Carolina, where Sanders got his butt kicked among black voters as a whole — he won black voters under 30, right? So there's something going on there generationally.
"And the second thing is that, look, white people in America have two parties to choose from. And between those two parties, they sort in all kinds of ways. People who are college, post-graduate atheists in metro areas, those are Democrats," Hayes continued. "People that are rural and go to church every week, and were high school graduates, most likely Republican. For black voters in those two categories, they're both going to be in the Democratic Party. Because there's only one party they can be a part of because of the nature of structural white supremacy in American political coalitions."
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This writer's perspective
Hayes' point is correct to an extent, particularly in a place like South Carolina, where many black Democrats tend to be more conservative in their ideology than Democrats in other areas of the country. He's also correct that racial considerations cause some black voters who might be more politically aligned with the Republican Party to default to the Democratic Party — and the more conservative of those voters would be attracted to a candidate like Biden.
However, a general belief that black people simply have no choice but to be Democrats reflects a complacency among the party that may cause them to take black voters for granted in this or future elections, and creates an opportunity for Republicans to acknowledge and address the racial obstacles, real and perceived, that keep black voters away from the GOP and win over a significant portion of those voters.
(H/T: The Washington Free Beacon)


theblaze--2020-03-09--Second Republican lawmaker announces 'self-quarantine' after possible coronavirus exposure at CPAC

Second Republican lawmaker announces 'self-quarantine ' after possible coronavirus exposure at CPAC Just hours after Ted Cruz announced he will @ @ @ @ @ Texas

Rep. Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.) announced Sunday that he and several of his senior staff members are "officially under self-quarantine" after possibly being exposed to the coronavirus at CPAC last month.
The American Conservative Union, the organization that hosts CPAC, revealed Saturday that an individual who attended the event was confirmed to have coronavirus. The ACU did not reveal the identity of the person with the disease.
In a statement, Gosar said that he was with the person "for an extended period of time." However, he said that he is not experiencing symptoms related to coronavirus, but has chosen to self-quarantine out of an abundance of caution.
I have been informed that during the CPAC conference members of my staff and I came into contact with an individual who has since tested positive for, and is hospitalized for, COVID-19. I was with the individual for an extended period of time, and we shook hands several times.
I am not currently experiencing any symptoms, nor is any member of my staff. However, in order to prevent any potential transmission, I will remain at my home in Arizona until the conclusion of the 14 day period following my interaction with this individual. Additionally, out of an abundance of caution, I am closing my office in Washington, D.C. for the week and my team will follow the previously approved Tele-commute plan.
As we learn more about COVID-19, it is imperative to heed the advice and guidance from the CDC and medical professionals. President Trump and Vice President Pence have assembled an incredible team and I have been in contact with the CDC and the House Office of the Attending Physician.
Gosar is the second member of Congress who is voluntarily under self-quarantine after possible exposure to coronavirus at CPAC.
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) announced Sunday that he had also come into contact with the person who had coronavirus at CPAC. Like Gosar, Cruz said that he was not experiencing any symptoms, but would remain at his home in Texas until a full 14 days following his possible exposure.
The ACU said that President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence did not interact with the individual with coronavirus.
However, ACU chairman Matt Schlapp did interact with the infected person, as well as the president. But Schlapp said that the infected person did not attend the conference on the day that Trump was there.


theblaze--2020-03-10--Dr. Drew says coronavirus panic is 'destroying' businesses — and he wants the media to be held accou

Dr. Drew says coronavirus panic is 'destroying' businesses — and he wants the media to be held accountable

Dr. Drew says coronavirus panic is 'destroying ' businesses — and he wants the media to be held accountable '' @ @ @ @ @ with is the panic ... ''

Dr. David Drew Pinsky continued his criticism against the coronavirus panic and added that the media should be held accountable for the businesses they are destroying and lives they are upending.
Pinsky spoke about what he saw as an irrational panic during an interview on Monday.
"A bad flu season is 80,000 dead. We've got about 18,000 dead from influenza this year; we have 100 from corona," said Pinsky to CBS Local's DJ Sixsmith.
"Which should you be worried about, influenza or corona? 100 versus 18,000, it's not a trick question. Look, everything that's going on, with New York cleaning the subways and everyone using Clorox wipes, and get your flu shot, which should be the other message, that's good, that's a good thing. So I have no problems with the behaviors," said Pinsky.
"What I have a problem with is the panic and the fact that businesses are getting destroyed and people's lives are being upended. Not by the virus, but by the panic," he continued.
"The panic must stop, and the press, they really, somehow, need to be held accountable, because they are hurting people."
Pinsky went on to say that he knew the panic was coming because he could see how the media was misreporting the facts of the virus. He also said that there is a real danger if the coronavirus gets into the homeless population.
"If corona gets into the homeless in Southern California," he said, "that's gonna be a problem. That's when I will change my tune."
Here's the full video of his interview:


theblaze--2020-03-10--UK lab offering $4,500 to human guinea pigs willing to be injected with coronavirus

UK lab offering $ 4,500 to human guinea pigs willing to be injected with coronavirus The race is on for @ @

A medical research firm based in the U.K. is offering more than $4,500 to individuals willing to serve as guinea pigs and be injected with two strains of coronavirus similar to COVID-19 in a bid to find a vaccine for the new deadly virus.
What are the details?
The offer comes from London-based company Hvivo, which is seeking 24 healthy individuals at a time to receive the weaker shots of coronavirus before being administered vaccines in what the Times of London described as "a $2 billion race to find a vaccine" for COVID-19.
According to the New York Post, participants would make around $4,588 to participate in Hvivo's "flu camp," which entails a two-week quarantine where they must "eat a restricted diet and avoid human contact and exercise."
The firm is still awaiting approval from the U.K.'s Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency before trials can begin — but even if it gets clearance quickly, a cure is not expected until next winter, despite more than 20 firms participating in the race to find a shot to prevent the virus that has already taken nearly 4,000 lives globally.
Anything else?
Here in the U.S., another firm is seeking participants for a COVID-19 vaccine study, but the pay is not as high, nor as quick, nor as risky.
Business Insider reported that Seattle's Kaiser Permanente Washington research clinic plans to enroll 45 healthy folks to participate in a 14-month trial to test three doses of a potential vaccine against the novel coronavirus for safety.
However, in the Seattle study, participants would not be injected with the coronavirus. The researchers are offering $100 per visit for volunteers to show up in person 11 times, offering a total payout of $1,100 for those willing to serve as guinea pigs to test out the safety of what could be a life-saving vaccine.


theblaze--2020-03-10--Detroit rally for Joe Biden descends into chaos — and he blames Trump

Detroit rally for Joe Biden descends into chaos — and he blames Trump Biden asked them if they were for @ @ @ @ @ Bernie Bros ''

Left-wing protesters interrupted a political rally for Joe Biden in Detroit, Michigan, but he blamed President Donald Trump for the pandemonium.
Two sets of protesters disrupted the rally for the Democratic presidential front-runner. One was protesting against the NAFTA trade agreement, while the other advocated for the "Green New Deal."
"The Bernie Bros are here!" Biden said in response. "Let them go, folks, that's OK! This is not a Trump rally!"
Biden lost control of the rally for several minutes as the protesters chanted against him and his supporters counter-chanted, "Let's go, Joe!"
Videos of the disruption were circulated on social media immediately:
"This is what's wrong with American politics!" said Biden to applause from the audience.
"It's just a reflection of what's wrong with American politics," he added.
Security guards appeared to drag out some of the protesters despite Biden's calls to let them go.
Another protest from members of Sunrise Movement chanting “hey hey, ho ho, Joe Biden has got to go." pic.twitter.com/4CLPdnfXHt
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Another group of protesters told a CNN reporter that they were a pro-Sanders coalition seeking the repeal of a 1994 crime bill.
Biden's senior aide Symone Sanders tried to accost the protesters and was apparently thrown to the ground during the melee, according to a Politico reporter.
The former vice president has taken the top spot in the Democratic primary race after a blowout performance on "Super Tuesday." Democratic socialist Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) is in second place.
Here's more about Biden's Detroit rally:


theblaze--2020-03-10--President Trump to propose payroll tax cut, other financial relief amid coronavirus impact

President Trump to propose payroll tax cut , other financial relief amid coronavirus impact The president said his administration will @ @ @ @ @ Tuesday to discuss plans

President Donald Trump announced Monday that his administration will meet with members of Congress on Tuesday to discuss a number of economic relief measures aimed at assisting businesses and wage-earners as fears over the coronavirus continue to impact the U.S.
What are the details?
During a press conference, the president said his team was set to meet with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and House Republicans to discuss "a possible payroll tax cut" to provide "very substantial relief" to businesses as the spread of the coronavirus has hurt industry and roiled markets.
"We're also going to be talking about hourly wage earners getting help so that they can be in a position where they're not going to ever miss a paycheck," President Trump said. "We'll be working with companies, small companies, large companies, a lot of companies, so that they don't get penalized for something that's not their fault. It's not their fault, it's not our country's fault; this was something that we were thrown into, and we're going to handle it and we have been handling it.
The president also said his administration would be working with the Small Business Administration "creating loans for small businesses."
"We're also working with the industries, including the airline industry, the cruise ship industry — which obviously will be hit — we're working with them very, very strongly," President Trump continued, adding, "we're also talking to the hotel industry."
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According to CNN, Senate Republicans were "cool" to the idea of such economic stimulus proposals as of Monday afternoon. Sen. John Cornyn called the prospect "premature," saying, "I usually love tax cuts, but I think it's a little bit premature again."
Sen. Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.) told the outlet, "What I don't want to do is just borrow a bunch of money and throw it out in the street to stimulate spending."
"Maybe some tax cuts or tax deferral would be in order," Cramer said, before adding, "But I'm not sure the market's looking for stimulation into the economy. The market is looking for the coronavirus to be solved."


theblaze--2020-03-10--Joe Scarborough and other Trump-haters get fooled by fake tweet on stock market crash

Joe Scarborough and other Trump-haters get fooled by fake tweet on stock market crash The tweet advocated for shooting a @ @ @ @ @ tremendous speeds

MSNBC host Joe Scarborough and other critics of President Donald Trump were fooled by a fake tweet being circulated on social media meant to mock the president.
"If the Dow Joans ever fails more than 1000 'points' in a Single Day the sitting president should be 'loaded' into a very big cannon and Shot into the sun at TREMENDOUS SPEED! No excuses!" read the tweet falsely attributed to Trump.
It resurfaced on Monday because the stock market fell by a historic 2,013 points, or 7.8%, on fears of the global economic impact of the coronavirus.
Scarborough, who is a former Republican congressman but has been vitriolic in his opposition to Trump, reposted the tweet as if it were a real message from the president.
"What if it drops more than 2,000 'points' in a 'Single Day'?" he added sarcastically in a since-deleted tweet.
Rick Wilson, a vehement Trump critic, also fell for the same tweet.
Many other accounts reposted the fake tweet as if it were real and faced mockery and ridicule from the president's supporters over the social media faux pas.
Scarborough appeared to imply Trump was to blame for the stock market crash in another tweet that asked, "Who in this White House can come out and calm the markets? Sadly, no one it seems."
Here's the latest on the stock market crash:


theblaze--2020-03-09--Rep. Ayanna Pressley slams New York's use of inmate labor for hand sanitizer production

Rep. Ayanna Pressley slams New York 's use of inmate labor for hand sanitizer production She called the state 's @ @ @ @ @ exploitive '

Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.) does not approve of New York state using prison inmates to produce a line of hand sanitizers to meet increased demand amid its coronavirus outbreak. She lashed out, calling the practice "demeaning, ironic and exploitive."
What are the details?
The state's new venture was announced by Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) on Monday during a press conference, where he touted the product's 75% alcohol content and "floral bouquet" scent. The governor declared "It's much cheaper for us to make it ourselves than to buy it on the open market," and accused companies such as Purell and suppliers like Amazon of "price gouging" amid shortages.
Rep. Pressley reacted to the news by tweeting, "Wow. Considering that many incarcerated men & women are subjected to inhumane conditions, including no hand soap, & hand sanitizer is banned in most prisons, this is especially demeaning, ironic & exploitive."
The issue hits particularly close to home for Pressley, whose father and husband were both incarcerated. In an interview published by the Appeal last week, the congresswoman from Massachusetts said:
Prison is cruel and it erases your humanity because there are so many demoralizing things that happen. You're void, in solitary, of human touch. You're void of dignified shelter. You're void of quality food. And then on top of it, not only are there a number of unjust things happening, but they're all very profitable. How much it costs to make a phone call or the challenges to put money on someone's books. All these things have been privatized, monetized, and created a huge for-profit industry.
The Washington Examiner reported Monday that "the ethics of prison labor have been long debated. While some believe that work in prisons could give prisoners purpose and training for after they are released, others have argued that it is exploitative because of low wages. In New York, prisoners earn an average of 52 cents per hour."
Another argument is that government should not use cheap labor to compete with private businesses, as there are documented cases of corporations run by state and federal prison systems edging out privately owned companies using the advantage of lower overhead.
In New York, Gov. Cuomo made just such a threat on Monday as he held an infomercial for his state-owned hand sanitizer. "To Purell, and Mr. Amazon, and Mr. eBay," the governor warned, "if you continue the price gouging, we will introduce our product which is superior to your product. And you don't even have the floral bouquet."


theblaze--2020-03-10--Unhinged Philly Judge calls for OPEN defiance of ICE

On Tuesday 's episode of `` White House Brief '' the Philadelphia Bar Association is calling for law enforcement agencies @ @ @ @ @ ICE agents from executing their duties and arresting illegal aliens .
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On Tuesday's episode of "White House Brief," the Philadelphia Bar Association is calling for law enforcement agencies and local governments to stop ICE agents from executing their duties and arresting illegal aliens. While they are working to keep illegal aliens in this country, American families are being torn apart by accidents and crimes caused by illegal immigrants. Then, ignore the media hysterics. There is no reason to panic over the stock market. Finally, another hate crime hoax. Why does anyone fall for them any more?
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theblaze--2020-03-10--Sanders, Biden campaigns cancel election night rallies over coronavirus concerns

Both candidates had events planned in Cleveland , Ohio

The campaigns of Democratic presidential candidates Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and former Vice President Joe Biden both canceled their planned primary election night rallies on Tuesday, hours before each were set to take the stage at separate events in Cleveland, Ohio.
Both camps made the decision in reaction to concerns over the spread of novel coronavirus COVID-19, after warnings from health officials in the state.
What are the details?
The Sanders campaign made the call first, with communications director Mike Casca issuing a statement saying, "Out of concern for public health and safety, we are canceling tonight's rally in Cleveland," The Hill reported.
"We are heeding the public warnings from Ohio state officials, who have communicated concerns about holding large, indoor events during the coronavirus outbreak," Casca continued. "Sen. Sanders would like to express his regret to the thousands of Ohioans who had planned to attend the event tonight."
Shortly after the Sanders campaign's announcement, the Biden campaign's deputy campaign manager and communications director Kate Bedingfield released a statement that read:
In accordance with guidance from public officials and out of an abundance of caution, our rally in Cleveland, Ohio tonight is cancelled. We will continue to consult with public health officials and public health guidance and make announcements about future events in the coming days. Vice President Biden thanks all of his supporters who wanted to be with us in Cleveland this evening. Additional details on where the Vice President will address the press tonight are forthcoming.
According to the Washington Examiner, three cases of COVID-19 "have been reported in Ohio as of Tuesday."
Anything else?
Six states held their primary elections on Tuesday — dubbed "Big Tuesday" according to NPR — namely Michigan, Washington, Missouri, Mississippi, Idaho, and North Dakota.
Sanders and Biden had planned to address crowds in Ohio on Tuesday night ahead of the state's primary voting date of March 17.


theblaze--2020-03-10--FAIL: New York Governor uses inmate labor to manufacture hand sanitizer

FAIL : New York Governor uses inmate labor to manufacture hand sanitizer

On Tuesday's radio program, Glenn explained how the State of New York is manufacturing hand sanitizer so cheap, how Gov. Andrew Cuomo's means of production resembles China more than an America in terms of the business model, and why Rep. Ayanna Pressley is not happy about who is manufacturing the product.
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theblaze--2020-03-10--GOP senator calls on DOJ to investigate Pornhub over videos allegedly showing the rape of sex traffi

GOP senator calls on DOJ to investigate Pornhub over videos allegedly showing the rape of sex trafficking victims

Sen. Ben Sasse (R-Neb.) is asking the Department of Justice to pursue an investigation into PornHub, one of the most heavily trafficked pornography websites in the world, over allegations that the site has streamed acts of rape and exploitation of sex trafficking victims.
In a letter sent to Attorney General William Barr Monday, Sasse urged the DOJ to launch an investigation into the website and its parent company, MindGeek, arguing that the website's incredible reach has a much darker side than the image of harmless fun that it tries to project."
"In several notable incidents over the past year, Pornhub made content available worldwide showing women and girls that were victims of trafficking being raped and exploited," Sasses wrote,
He then detailed some of the incidents, which included a 15-year-old girl who suffered "repeated rape and a forced abortion" at the hands of a sex trafficker in Florida. She had more than 60 videos of her sexual exploitation uploaded to Pornhub and other websites, Sasse noted.
"The problem of Pornhub streaming content featuring women and children victims of sex trafficking reached the point in November that Paypal cut off services for Pornhub, refusing to facilitate this abuse any longer," the senator added.
Sasse applauded the efforts that the DOJ has already taken to protect victims of sex trafficking, but insisted that Pornhub "not escape scrutiny."
Pornhub boasted 42 billion visits to its website last year, which Sasses notes equals 115 million visits per day, or the equivalent population of Canada, Australia, Poland, and the Netherlands combined.
A recent online petition calling for Pornhub to be shutdown over the allegations had garnered more than 420,000 signatures as of Tuesday afternoon.
"This is a company that is generating millions in advertising and membership revenue, and yet they do not have an effective system in place to verify reliably the age or consent of those featured in the pornographic content it hosts," Laila Mickelwait, founder of the activist group Exodus Cry, which launched the petition, said.
"It's time to shut down super-predator site Pornhub and hold the executives behind it accountable," Mickelwait stated.


theblaze--2020-03-10--New York calls in the National Guard, creates a 'containment zone' to combat coronavirus spread

New York calls in the National Guard , creates a 'containment zone ' to combat coronavirus spread

The state of New York has created a one-mile "containment zone" in New Rochelle and is using the National Guard to deliver food and clean buildings, according to the New York Times.
The extra containment measures come as a result of a coronavirus outbreak that may have started at the Young Israel synagogue. Despite the implication of the phrase "containment zone," travel will not be restricted into and out of the area.
"You're not containing people," New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) said. "You're containing facilities."
The National Guard will clean schools and deliver food to residents who are quarantined, hoping to limit any more potential spread of the virus outside that particular cluster.
The state's plan focuses on a "containment area" in New Rochelle with a one-mile radius centered around a synagogue believed to be at the center of the cluster, officials said.
Schools and other large gathering facilities like community centers and houses of worship within the area will be closed for two weeks beginning on Thursday, Mr. Cuomo said. Businesses such as grocery stores and delis would remain open. The state did not plan to close streets or implement travel restrictions, he said.
Of the 173 coronavirus cases in the state of New York, 108 of them are in Westchester County, where New Rochelle is located.
"New Rochelle is a particular problem," Cuomo said, according to BuzzFeed News. "The numbers continue to go up, the numbers are going up unabated, and we do need a special public health strategy for New Rochelle."
Large gathering places in New Rochelle, such as schools, houses of worship, and community centers will be shut down for a two-week period. Small businesses will remain open.
"This will be a period of disruption for the community; I understand that," Cuomo said, BuzzFeed News reported. "Shop owners don't like the disruption; nobody does. Local politicians don't like the disruption; I get it. This can't be a political decision. This is a public health decision."


theblaze--2020-03-10--Leftist Coronavirus lies debunked

Leftist Coronavirus lies debunked

It should come as no surprise that the mainstream media has pinned the Coronavirus outbreak on President Trump .
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theblaze--2020-03-10--Small Idaho county steamrolled by commissioners who ignore public interest and ban video recording o

Small Idaho county steamrolled by commissioners who ignore public interest and ban video recording of meetings 'It 's about being @ @ @ @ @ public '

Many Americans pay far more attention to issues pertaining to federal and state governments than they do issues pertaining to their local governing bodies, but it is often those bodies — the ones closest to home — that have the most profound impact on a citizen's day-to-day life.
An example of this is playing out in Lincoln County, Idaho, where disgruntled residents have taken issue with county commissioners for allegedly steamrolling the will of the people.
What happened?
In a controversial move Monday, the county commissioners voted to ban video recording of their public meetings. The motion was passed when commissioners Rick Ellis and Roy Hubert voted in favor of the ban and Commission Chairwoman Rebecca Wood cast the only dissenting vote.
The commissioners' decision to ban the video recordings also went over and against the advice of the county's legal counsel.
County prosecutor Richard Roats advised the commissioners that banning video without sufficient reason could be considered "arbitrary and capricious" in a court of law.
According to the Twin Falls Times-News, multiple residents in attendance at the meeting spoke out against the ban, and one constituent renewed a call for Ellis and Hubert to resign. A petition to recall the two commissioners has reportedly been circulating for weeks since the two pushed for a bond to build a new courthouse instead of preserving the county's historic courthouse.
"This is not about one commissioner or another commissioner or even about one issue," [County Clerk Brenda] Farnworth said before asking the commissioners not to ban video recordings at the meetings. "It's a bigger issue. It's about being open and transparent with the public."
"Why are we debating transparency in government?" she asked.
Resident Jann Thomsen agreed: "Why would you not want transparency in government?" Thomsen asked.
Government "is for the people, by the people," county resident Steven King told the commissioners. "We are the people. ... We need transparency in government..."
Reportedly, just one resident expressed support for the measure.
What's the background?
The clash over whether to record the meetings or not was sparked one week earlier when County Clerk Brenda Farnworth set up a cellphone to record the County Commission meeting and livestream it onto Facebook. In the video, Ellis can be seen demanding that the video be shut off. When chairwoman Wood refused to have the recording stopped, Ellis walked out.
Ellis and Hubert's decision to ban video of the meetings is made worse by the fact that the two commissioners are currently under threat of removal. According to a February report from the Times-News, petitioners have been gathering signatures to force a recall vote on the pair suggesting they sabotaged an effort to preserve the county's historic courthouse.
The two reasons listed in the petition are "willful disregard for the wishes and desires of the public which the Commissioner represents" and "deliberately ignoring the results of two public surveys and the recommendation of an advisory committee regarding the renovation of our Historic Courthouse and becoming ADA compliant."
Surveys taken before the vote reportedly showed that more than two-thirds of respondents desired to see the courthouse preserved.
Furthermore, in a controversial budget approval in 2017 — before Ellis and Hubert were elected but while Wood sat on the commission — commissioners voted to make the job full-time and give themselves a nearly 66% pay raise from about $19,000 a year to just over $31,000 a year.
Even then, residents were beginning to distrust their governing body and wanted more transparency.
"They've added extra days a week, and they say they're on all of these boards," one former commissioner said ahead of the budget vote. "Well that's true, but we've always been on extra boards."
"Elected officials know ahead of time what the compensation is and what the job description entails," another resident said. "When they put their name on the ballot, that's a contract."


theblaze--2020-03-10--Bible verse scrubbed from locker room after atheists complain. So community puts verse on T-shirts —

Bible verse scrubbed from locker room after atheists complain. So community puts verse on T-shirts — and Scripture spreads wider.

Bible verse scrubbed from locker room after atheists complain .
So community puts verse on T-shirts — and Scripture spreads @ @ @ @ @ important that we rally and stand together for something that we believe in '

A Kentucky public school district last week decided to remove a Bible verse in its high school locker room after atheist activist group the Freedom of Religion Foundation lodged a complaint, WYMT-TV reported.
But only a few days later, folks in the community surrounding Letcher County Schools decided to fight back, the station said in a follow-up story.
What are the details?
The verse in question is from Jeremiah 20:11 and reads, "But the Lord is with me like a mighty warrior."
Image source: WYMT-TV video screenshot
The FFRF sent the district a letter in November saying the message violates the constitutional separation of church and state, WYMT said.
"I was completely taken by surprise," Superintendent Denise Yonts told the station, adding that she immediately consulted with the school board attorney for advice.
"We're not allowed to influence students' religious beliefs as public school employees," she added to WYMT.
So the district decided to scrub the sign as it wasn't student-generated display, the station said.
Fighting back
Undeterred, members of the community decided they'd print T-shirts with the verse in front, WYMT reported.
Image source: WYMT-TV video screenshot
Debbie Osborne, owner of Deb's Place in Whitesburg, called the FFRF complain "discrimination" and told the station the atheist group "should not stop us from wanting to have our opinions, too. Are we supposed to be to the backside of everything? I don't think so."
With that, the T-shirts were available at Friday night's regional tournament at Letcher Central High School, WYMT said.
Image source: WYMT-TV video screenshot
"It's really important that we rally and stand together for something that we believe in," Zachary Hal told the station, adding that the shirts have helped to galvanize the community and that it's been "refreshing."
"I used to play football for LCC, and I would walk in and look at that every [verse] single day, and it would remind me to keep going on," he added to WYMT.
History repeats itself
While the verse no longer was in the locker room, one might say its appearance on hundreds of T-shirts broadened its message considerably.
Image source: WYMT-TV video screenshot
And that wasn't the first time an apparently successful complaint by the FFRF ended up spreading faith:


theblaze--2020-03-10--DC appeals court sides with House Democrats, says DOJ must hand over sealed Mueller grand jury info

DC appeals court sides with House Democrats , says DOJ must hand over sealed Mueller grand jury info 'The Committee @ @ @ @ @ impeachment '

A federal appeals court ruled Tuesday that the Department of Justice has to turn sealed grand jury information from the Mueller probe over to congressional Democrats.
In a 2-1 decision, the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals sided with the House Judiciary Committee, which requested a court order unsealing the materials in late July and was granted in October.
Judge Judith Rogers, a Clinton appointee, argued in the majority opinion that the committee's needs in its impeachment investigation against President Donald Trump outweighed the Justice Department's desire to keep the information sealed.
"In short, it is the district court, not the Executive or the Department, that controls access to the grand jury materials at issue here," Rogers argued. "The Department has objected to disclosure of the redacted grand jury materials, but the Department has no interest in objecting to the release of these materials outside of the general purposes and policies of grand jury secrecy, which as discussed, do not outweigh the Committee's compelling need for disclosure."
And while the House may have wrapped up its Ukraine investigation before the end of last year, the committee still has impeachment-related investigative work on its agenda, according to the ruling. Rogers cited the House Judiciary Committee's December impeachment report, which, she said, "makes clear that although two Articles of Impeachment have been approved, the Committee's impeachment investigation related to the Mueller Report is ongoing."
In its efforts to continue where the Mueller probe left off, the Democrat-led Judiciary Committee asked a federal judge to release the sealed grand jury materials from the special counsel's investigation in July. The move came after a months-longstandoff between committee Democrats and the DOJ over the secret information. In October, a federal district court sided with the committee in a decision that was upheld by Tuesday's ruling.
In her opinion, Rogers added that the "Committee has repeatedly stated that if the grand jury materials reveal new evidence of impeachable offenses, the Committee may recommend new articles of impeachment."
The lone dissenter in the decision was Judge Neomi Rao — a Trump appointee who was confirmed to the bench last March. Rao argued that the committee lacked the necessary legal standing to force the release of the materials in the first place and that the issue should have been moot after the Senate concluded its impeachment trial.
"A reasonable observer might wonder why we are deciding this case at this time," Rao wrote. "After all, the Committee sought these materials preliminary to an impeachment proceeding and the Senate impeachment trial has concluded. Why is this controversy not moot?" The judge went on to criticize her two colleagues in the dissent, writing that they had "simply turn[ed] a blind eye to these very public events."
A DOJ spokesperson did not immediately respond to Blaze Media's request for comment on the ruling.


theblaze--2020-03-10--Harvard to move all classes online, gives students 5 days to move out of dorms

Harvard to move all classes online , gives students 5 days to move out of dorms That could be a @ @ @

Harvard University is attempting to get ahead of any potential coronavirus problems by ending all in-person classes as of March 23, and having all students move out of the dorms within the next several days, the Harvard Crimson reported.
Beginning March 23, all classes will be taught online. This is the last week before spring break, so the students are being asked not to return, and those who live in the dorms have been ordered to quickly move out by Sunday evening.
The decision sends students scrambling to make moving and travel arrangements on short notice. University spokesperson Rachel Dane said the move was a part of an effort to "de-densify" the campus as the number of coronavirus cases in Massachusetts increases.
"The goal of these changes is to minimize the need to gather in large groups and spend prolonged time in close proximity with each other in spaces such as classrooms, dining halls, and residential buildings," Harvard president Lawrence Bacow said in a statement.
Harvard's statement seems to indicate that students with "extenuating circumstances" might be allowed to remain on campus, although they would still receive remote online instruction like everyone else. The university directed students who would face financial hardship as a result of the sudden need to move to contact the financial aid office.
"Despite our best efforts to bring the University's resources to bear on this virus, we are still faced with uncertainty — and the considerable unease brought on by uncertainty," Bacow said in his statement. "It will take time for researchers, a good many of them who are our colleagues, to understand enough about this disease to mount a reliable defense against it. Now more than ever, we must do our utmost to protect those among us who are most vulnerable, whether physically or emotionally, and to treat one another with generosity and respect."
Decisions by Harvard and other Ivy League schools to essentially shut down this month will also impact their athletics programs. The Ivy League conference basketball tournaments, which determine automatic bids to the NCAA tournament and were set to be played at Harvard, were canceled, meaning the conference's regular season champions get the tournament spots.
As of Monday, there were 41 coronavirus cases in the state of Massachusetts.


theblaze--2020-03-10--Biden claims he didn’t think Iraq had WMDs when he voted for the war. CNN reporter fact-checks him.

Biden claims he didn ’ t think Iraq had WMDs when he voted for the war .
CNN reporter fact-checks @ @ @ @ @ I voted the way I did was to try to prevent a war from happening @

2020 presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden claims that he didn't think that Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction and that he voted for the Iraq war to prove otherwise, but some of his past statements don't necessarily support that.
In a Monday night interview on MSNBC's "The Last Word," host Lawrence O'Donnell asked Biden if rival candidate Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) — who opposed the war — had exercised better judgment on the matter.
In October 2002, Biden was one of 77 U.S. senators who voted to give then-President George W. Bush the authority to use military force against Iraq, a decision that has since haunted him on the campaign trail.
Biden told O'Donnell that he didn't believe Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction and that "the reason I voted the way I did was to try to prevent a war from happening" by proving that such weapons weren't there.
"Remember, the threat was to go to war," Biden told O'Donnell. "The argument was because Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction. So [Bush] said that 'I need to be able to get the [United Nations] Security Council to agree to send in inspectors to put pressure on Saddam, to find out whether or not he's using, is producing, nuclear weapons.'"
The former Delaware senator said that "at the time" he agreed, because "the rationale was that's the way to not go to war, because I didn't believe he had those nuclear weapons; I didn't believe he had those weapons of mass destruction."
Biden went on to claim, "What happened was we went in, determined that they hyped what, in fact, was occurring. There was no concrete proof of what he was doing, and they still went to war."
The former vice president added that it was a "mistake" that he "took the word of a president saying that he wasn't going to go to war and this was the way to avoid going to war."
However, the former vice president's account of the events doesn't match up with some of his statements at the time, according to CNN reporter Andrew Kaczynski, who explained the disparities on Twitter.
Kaczynski referred back to a report of his from September that delved into multiple Biden statements from around the time of the debate over the invasion.
"I know there's enough circumstantial evidence that if this were a jury trial, I could convict you," Biden said of the administration's case about weapons of mass destruction ahead of then-Secretary of State Colin Powell's U.N. presentation.
"I am not opposed to war to remove weapons of mass destruction from Iraq," Biden said in a speech the following February, according to the report. "I am not opposed to war to remove Saddam from those weapons if it comes to that."
This wouldn't be the first time that Biden has been called out for an attempt to explain his Iraq war vote. A Washington Post fact-check about a previous claim that he opposed the war "from the moment it started" said that the Democratic candidate "was on his way to Four Pinocchios" until a campaign adviser sent a lengthy statement saying that he "misspoke by saying that he declared his opposition to the war immediately."
Last week, the Sanders campaign hit Biden on his Iraq record with a video ad highlighting the Vermont senator's past skepticism of the Bush administration. The ad was released in a tweet that stated, "I do not believe we will defeat Donald Trump with a candidate like Joe Biden who supported the Iraq War."


theblaze--2020-03-10--VP Pence announces that health insurance companies will waive copays related to coronavirus testing

VP Pence announces that health insurance companies will waive copays related to coronavirus testing 'We want people to get tested @

Vice President Mike Pence announced Tuesday that multiple insurance companies have agreed to waive copays associated with coronavirus testing in an effort to encourage Americans to get tested for the new disease.
"I'm pleased to report, as you requested, Mr. President, that all the insurance companies here, either today or before today, have agreed to waive all copays on coronavirus testing and extend coverage for coronavirus treatment in all of their benefit plans," the vice president told President Donald Trump in front of news cameras at a White House meeting with insurance CEOs on Tuesday.
Pence added that per the president's instruction last week, "coronavirus testing and treatment would be covered" under Medicare and Medicaid. He added that the insurers had also agreed to cover telemedicine services "so that anyone, particularly among a vulnerable senior population, would not feel it necessary to go to a hospital or go to their doctor; they'll know that telemedicine is covered."
Pence emphasized at the meeting that "we want the American people to know that they are covered through private insurance; they are covered through Medicare and Medicaid."
According to CBS News' Weijia Jiang, the companies that have agreed to the details of the announcement include Anthem, Inc., UnitedHealth Group, Humana, Centene, AHIP, Express Scripts, Cigna Services, Blue Cross Blue Shield, CVS Health, and the Kaiser Foundation.
"We want people to get tested," Pence said at the meeting, adding that "over a million tests are out" and that "more than 4 million will go out this week" as the result of efforts by the Department of Health and Human Services and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Trump announced late last month that Pence would head up the administration's response to the outbreak of the new coronavirus — formally known as COVID-19 — saying at a press briefing that his vice president "has got a certain talent for this."
Globally, there were more than 116,000 confirmed cases of the virus on Tuesday and more than 4,100 deaths from it, according to information from Johns Hopkins University. The same numbers showed the United States with more than 760 confirmed cases and 27 deaths.
At a Monday evening press briefing at the White House, Pence assured Americans that the "the risk of contracting the coronavirus to the American public remains low, and the risk of serious disease among the American public also remains low."


theblaze--2020-03-10--Biden tells voter he's 'full of s**t,' threatens to slap him in the face in confrontation over gun c

Biden tells voter he's 'full of s**t,' threatens to slap him in the face in confrontation over gun control in Michigan

Biden tells voter he 's 'full of s**t , ' threatens to slap him in the face in confrontation over @ @ @ @ @ 's the way to win votes

Former Vice President Joe Biden talks often about banning some guns that are currently legal. He recently promised to put Beto O'Rourke, an astonishing failure of a presidential candidate, in charge of gun policy in his administration. O'Rourke, when he was running for president, talked enthusiastically about confiscating currently legal guns.
"Hell yes, we're going to take your AR-15s," O'Rourke famously said.
With that established, we now go to Michigan, where Biden was campaigning to get autoworkers' support. As he presumably was attempting to convince people to vote for him, he engaged in a discussion with a voter about the aforementioned stance on gun control and told the voter he was "full of s**t."
How it happened
Biden was touring a Fiat Chrysler assembly plant that is under construction and meeting with members of an electrical workers' union.
One of those workers confronted Biden about his proposed ban on assault weapons, particularly the AR-15. Here's how it went:
"You are actively trying to end our Second Amendment right and take away our guns," the worker said.
"You're full of s**t," Biden shot back.
Biden went on about how he owns guns and how his sons hunt, which is his usual response when he's challenged on guns. He also erroneously called the AR-15 an "AR-14." When the worker correctly noted that there is documented proof of Biden's intent to take away guns, Biden dismissed it as a lie, and this exchange followed. From CBS News:
"This is not OK, alright?" the man said, to which Biden replied, "Don't tell me that, pal, or I'm going to go out and slap you in the face."
"You're working for me, man!" the worker said.
"I'm not working for you," Biden said. "Don't be such a horse's ass."
To recap, Biden told this voter who is concerned about the preservation of the Second Amendment that he's full of s**t, threatened to slap him in the face, told him not to be a horse's ass, and at one point, he referred the nonexistent "AR-14."
Not to mention, he's being untruthful the entire time: