theblaze--2020-03-03--Student whose classmates shook hands with VP Pence is now under a coronavirus quarantine

A Florida student whose classmates recently met and shook hands with Vice President Mike Pence is now under coronavirus quarantine, schools officials from Sarasota Military Academy announced Monday.
The student does not have a confirmed case of coronavirus, or COVID-19, and did not meet with the vice president during his visit to Florida last Friday, the Sarasota Herald-Tribune reported.
According to a post from the school on its Facebook page, the student and his mother have been placed under quarantine as a "precautionary measure" after the mother came into contact with a patient who had contracted the virus while at work in a hospital.
During his visit, Pence interacted with 44 academy cadets, shaking hands and posing for photographs with them. The Pentagon has been in contact with the school regarding the student.
'Can we all take a deep breath?'
After the news began circulating, Pence's press secretary, Katie Miller, asked people not to overreact, reassuring that the quarantined student never came in contact with the vice president.
"Can we all take a deep breath? Mike Pence did not meet or come into contact at all with this student," she said on Twitter Tuesday.
Even if the student later tests positive, the chances that Pence contracted the virus are low given the layers of people between the two and the fact that the virus does not survive for long outside of the body.
Pence is also reportedly mindful of washing his hands frequently during visits across the country.
"I travel across this country all the time. My kids live all over the country," Pence said recently, according to Bloomberg News. "And look, this is a time to use common sense.
"Good time to wash your hands," he added.
Last week, President Donald Trump appointed Pence to lead the government's response effort to the virus in America.


theblaze--2020-03-03--Joe Biden campaign staffer hilariously shoots down endorsement from James Comey

As the country awaits results from the Super Tuesday primary elections, endorsements have been pouring in for presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden in an apparent widespread effort to keep rival candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.). But not all of the endorsements have been treated as welcome additions.
On Tuesday, former FBI Director James Comey tweeted his support of Biden over Sanders to beat President Donald Trump in November and also claimed to have voted in his first Democratic primary.
"Voted in first Dem primary to support party dedicated to restoring values in WH," Comey said. "I agree with [former candidate Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.)]: We need candidate who cares about all Americans and will restore decency, dignity to the office. There is a reason Trump fears @joebiden and roots for Bernie. #Biden2020"
Within minutes, however, Comey's endorsement was met with humorous dismissal from Biden campaign Rapid Response Director Andrew Bates.
"Yes, customer service?" Bates tweeted. "I just received a package that I very much did not order. How can I return it, free of charge?"
Since being fired from the FBI by Trump in 2017, Comey has become an outspoken critic of President Trump. In December 2018, the former FBI chief called on Democrats to nominate a candidate capable of ousting the current president, saying that they "have to win," in an appearance on MSNBC. In September, he said that he wouldn't commit to full-time employment ahead of the 2020 election "because I need to be able to speak."
However, despite being a consistently anti-Trump voice in recent years, Comey's actions while still at the FBI have drawn criticism from Democrats. With just days left in the 2016 election Comey informed members of Congress of the bureau's investigation into then-presidential candidate Hillary Clinton had been reopened — a move which some say probably costClinton the election.
Comey's tweet was one of many endorsements that Biden's presidential bid has received in the lead up to the Super Tuesday primary results. On Monday, the former vice president was endorsed by former primary rivals Pete Buttigieg and Klobuchar, as well as former candidate Beto O'Rourke.
"It's raining endorsements right now, from every corner of the country, so much so that it's like drinking out of a fire hose, our vetting machine is having a difficult time keeping up," a Biden adviser told Politico on Monday.


theblaze--2020-03-03--SCOTUS agrees to hear landmark case that could topple Obamacare forever

The Supreme Court announced Monday that it will review a GOP-led challenge to the Affordable Care Act, setting the stage for the possible dismantling of former President Barack Obama's signature achievement once and for all.
In late 2018, U.S. District Judge Reed O'Connor ruled that Obamacare became unconstitutional after Republicans gutted the law's so-called individual mandate in their 2017 tax reform passage. In overturning the mandate, Republicans removed the basis for which the Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of Obamacare in 2012.
In an appeal last December, the 5th Circuit Court agreed that the individual mandate is unconstitutional, but remanded the case to the lower court to decide whether Obamacare could stand without the individual mandate.
That is the question that Democrats have pressed the Supreme Court to answer.
In January, Democrats asked the court for an expedited hearing, arguing uncertainty created by the court rulings will have "adverse consequences," according to NBC News. But the Supreme Court rejected the request.
Instead, the high court added the case to their docket for next term, which begins in October. It's not yet clear when the court will hear oral arguments, but given the current timetable, it is almost certain that the ruling will not impact the election in November.
However, the political implications of the court's decision cannot be understated. Not only is Obama's signature presidential achievement on the line — which Republicans have opposed from its inception — but the toppling of Obamacare could create unintended backlash for Republicans.
One facet of the law that has enjoyed overwhelming support is its requirement about Americans with pre-existing conditions. If the law is gutted for good, Republicans will undoubtedly have to answer the estimated 54 million Americans who have "pre-existing conditions" and could be adversely impacted by the court's decision.


theblaze--2020-03-03--Democratic socialist tweets 'solidarity' with idea of exposing Trump supporters to coronavirus

Democratic socialist tweets 'solidarity ' with idea of exposing Trump supporters to coronavirus

Denver Councilwoman Candi CdeBaca tweeted her "solidarity" with the notion of infecting President Donald Trump's supporters with coronavirus.
What are the details?
CdeBaca, a self-proclaimed democratic socialist, voiced her support for a social media user with the handle @SuePersists who said that they would attempt to spread coronavirus, if diagnosed, to as many Trump voters as possible.
The original tweet, which has since been deleted, featured a tweet from @SuePersists that said, "For the record, if I do get the coronavirus I'm attending every MAGA rally I can."
CdeBaca retweeted the image, writing, "#solidarity Yaaaas!!" with a string of emojis.
On Monday, CdeBaca responded to the Daily Wire's Ryan Saavedra, who called the councilwoman out for making the odd show of support for the decidedly harmful assertion.
CdeBaca wrote, "1. Are you listening to ANYTHING Trump has said about the virus? 2. Do you realize Trump reduced the virus to a common flu? 3. I know sarcasm is hard to read in a tweet, but you are usually a bit quicker than this. Next time I will use more emoji's just 4 you."
Guess what's not funny
At the time of this writing, coronavirus has sickened tens of thousands of people around the world and has killed at least 3,000 more.
As of Monday, the CDC says there are at least 90 confirmed cases of coronavirus — or COVID-19 — in the United States.
CNN reports that coronavirus has infected residents in at least 12 states at the time of this writing, including Arizona, California, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island, Washington, and Wisconsin.
The number is surely to climb steadily in the coming days and weeks.
The epicenter of the worldwide outbreak — Wuhan, the capital of Hubei province in China — has seen more than 80,000 confirmed cases of the virus and 2,912 related deaths.


theblaze--2020-03-03--Horowitz: The federal government issued $175 billion in ‘improper payments’ in 2019

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Imagine taking $175 billion in cash and flushing it down the toilet. Well, that is what our federal government did last year, according to a new survey from the government's watchdog.
Every year, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) tracks the amount of improper payments made by various federal agencies and programs in the form of waste, fraud, and abuse. The audit does not subjectively judge whether a program itself is wasteful, but whether, based on the program's own guidelines, there are payments made that should not be. For fiscal year 2019, the GAO found that the federal government made $175 billion in improper payments, a 15% jump from FY 2018.
While we will never tackle the federal deficit crisis by combating waste and fraud alone, these numbers do add up. $175 billion is roughly the cost of the entire annual budget for the gargantuan federal civilian and military retirement pension program. According to the GAO, the federal government has wasted $1.7 trillion on improper payments alone since 2003. That's when Congress began requiring this annual audit.
Here are some other key takeaways from the report, which was published yesterday.
Roughly $121 billion (69%) of the waste was concentrated in just three programs: Medicaid ($57.4 billion), Medicare ($46.2 billion), and Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) ($17.4 billion). In other words, Medicaid accounted for more waste than all of the other government programs (aside from Medicare and EITC) combined. This is another reason why it would be better to convert Medicaid into a direct subsidy to those in need, much like food stamps, rather than funneling it through corrupt managed care. The rate of improper payments for Medicaid accounts for a whopping 13.5% of the entire cost of the program, as compared to a 6% improper payment rate for the food stamp program. The same principle applies to the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), which is also funneled through the managed care cartel and racked up improper payments ($2.7 billion) composing 15% of the program's budget.
Roughly $38 billion of the total amount of improper payments resulted from the agency not being able to authenticate eligibility criteria. Think about what could be done with such a sum of money if we merely clamped down on eligibility standards.
Medicaid was the big culprit for the large increase in improper payments from FY 2018 to FY 2019. There was a $21.1 billion increase in Medicaid improper payments estimated by HHS this past year.
Some of the increase came as a result of the government tracking waste in certain programs it never previously monitored. For example, this was the first year that the Treasury Department tracked improper payments in some of the other refundable tax credits. It found $7.2 billion in improper payment estimates for Additional Child Tax Credit and $2.1 billion for the American Opportunity Tax Credit.
What's so tragic about this is that both parties always talk about cutting "waste, fraud, and abuse" as a cop-out for actually addressing the systemic problems in major government programs and the premise of the federal government's involvement in various aspects of our lives. However, when it comes time to actually cutting waste, they never do it. Why is it that they are constantly increasing spending to record levels and then passing even more emergency spending bills without ever trying to genuinely combat what is universally regarded as improper payments?
It's also sad how so much of the waste is embedded in socialist transfer-of-wealth programs, such as Medicaid and refundable tax credits, aka welfare through the tax code. These are programs that many Americans pay for but never receive benefits from. Taken together, the tab for improper payments among all the refundable tax credits was $26.7 billion. That is more than a quarter of the entire cost of refundable credits, estimated to cost about $96 billion!
With the debt surging past $23 trillion and with endless trillion-dollar annual deficits as far as the eye can see, one would think this report would spawn a bipartisan effort to at least combat universal waste. Sadly, the only bipartisanship in Washington is a commitment to waste even more taxpayer funding, subsidize more favored industries, and redistribute even more wealth.
Meanwhile, with 5,000 deportation officers for over 3 million criminal aliens, they can't fund a few billion dollars to remove other countries' violent criminals, one of the most important jobs of a national government.


theblaze--2020-03-03--UPS employee who reportedly threatened mass murder arrested. Cops say he had body armor, nine guns,

UPS employee who reportedly threatened mass murder arrested. Cops say he had body armor, nine guns, and 20K rounds of ammo.

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Police arrested a UPS employee who allegedly threatened to commit a mass shooting at the Sunnyvale, California, location where he worked, and they found that he was heavily armed and apparently ready to carry out the attack soon, according to CNN.
The Sunnyvale Department of Public Safety began investigating 32-year-old Thomas Andrews on Sunday after getting a report that Andrews sent texts to his boss expressing an intent to commit a mass shooting. Police began searching for him after finding that he had five guns registered.
Late Sunday night, officers found Andrews driving, but he fled. Police were able to apprehend him, with assistance from California Highway Patrol.
Upon searching Andrews' home, police said they found 20,000 rounds of ammunition, five rifles, a shotgun, three handguns, and body armor. Andrews had packed up several bags of ammo and placed them near his door, authorities said.
Sunnyvale Police Capt. Dan Pistor said Andrews was upset at his employer, according to KNTV-TV, but he did not elaborate on what the specific conflict was.
"He alluded to a mass shooting in his text messages," Pistor said, according to USA Today. "I definitely think we avoided a tragedy."
UPS did not provide any details in a statement issued to CNN, which simply said the company was cooperating with authorities on the investigation.
Andrews was arrested on suspicion of evading police, driving under the influence, and several weapons violations. He is in Santa Clara County Jail on $500,000 bail.


theblaze--2020-03-03--Man forces way through home's front door, meets homeowner and his gun, cops say. The encounter prove

Man forces way through home's front door, meets homeowner and his gun, cops say. The encounter proves to be suspect's last.

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Police in Milton, Georgia, got the 911 call around 8:40 p.m Saturday: Burglary at a home on the 12000 block of New Providence Road, police told WAGA-TV.
What happened next?
Police told the station that the suspect forced his way into the home through its locked front door and confronted the homeowner.
But unfortunately for the suspect, this particular homeowner had a gun on hand — and didn't hesitate using it to protect himself.
Police told WAGA the homeowner fired his handgun multiple times and hit the intruder in the torso.
What happened to the intruder?
Medics treated the suspect — identified as 23-year-old Corey Patton II of Charlotte, North Carolina — at the scene before whisking him off to WellStar North Fulton Hospital where he was later pronounced dead, WXIA-TV reported.
Investigators told the station they don't believe there were any other suspects.
Now what?
Officials told WAGA they aren't releasing the homeowner's name and don't know if he'll be charged. The Fulton County District Attorney's Office has been notified of the incident, WXIA noted, and will determine if charges will be filed.


theblaze--2020-03-03--Scripture-quoting police officer goes viral for praying at school’s flagpole every day

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A 40-year-old school resource officer is going viral for the care and attention he gives students every single day through prayer at the school's flagpole.
What are the details?
According to ABC News, DeAndra Warren — a seven-year member of the Wynne Police Department in Wynne, Arkansas — begins his day at his school's flagpole, faithfully praying over the school, its children, and the well-being of America.
Warren said he was moved to begin his day with prayer in 2015.
"I'd be on my patrol and just pray as I walk up and down the halls," he said. "One moment I just felt the urge to stop at the [flagpole] and start praying at the pole because of what it represents and with so many things that are going on in our nation."
According to WMC-TV, Warren added, "Because with the negativity in our world today towards our nation, law enforcement, communities and school systems, prayer is much [needed]."
Carl Easley — superintendent of Wynne Public Schools — says that Warren is a beloved fixture in the district.
"His character is always upbeat," Easley said. "Always pleasant. In the last couple of weeks, he has always shared some type of uplifting words with me. It's just part of his personality."
Warren, who has three children who have attended Wynne Public Schools, quotes scripture to demonstrate the faith he lives by.
"To see kids' faces light up when I give them a high-five, and I'm just trying to show them a positive light ... the positive side of law enforcement," he said. "Chronicles 7:14 says, 'If my people, which are called by name, humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then I will hear from heaven, and will heal their land."
What else?
De'Andria Warren, 21, shared a photo of her father Saturday on Facebook, captioning it:
Often you don't see an officer on school grounds at the flag pole praying for our children! I know this amazing Man of God who prays for our school systems, your children, and our community every day faithfully! This outstanding man is my dad and I'm so proud to be his daughter! There's not too many people out here in this world like him! Officer Warren we are so thankful for you!
At the time of this writing, De'Andria's post has received more than 800 likes.
"I felt like I just had to make a post, considering the impact that my dad has on all the kids, including the teenagers," she said. "Kids come up to me and say, 'Oh, you're Officer Warren's daughter? We love him!' and it brings me so much joy. It's like 'Wow, my dad is doing something to make an impact on all these people.'"


theblaze--2020-03-03--GOP Rep. Devin Nunes hits Washington Post with $250M lawsuit for publishing 'falsehoods' about him

GOP Rep. Devin Nunes hits Washington Post with $ 250M lawsuit for publishing 'falsehoods ' about him

Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Calif.), the top Republican on the House Intelligence Committee, filed a massive $250 million defamation lawsuit on Monday against the Washington Post and intelligence reporter Shane Harris.
Last month, the Post claimed Nunes went to the White House to personally tell President Donald Trump about an intelligence briefing given to House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) by top intel official Shelby Pierson regarding Russia's efforts to interfere in the 2020 presidential election.
The newspaper also claimed that Trump was angry at acting Director of National Intelligence Joseph Maguire because he learned about the meeting through Nunes.
But according to Nunes, the Post's claims are "falsehoods." In fact, the lawsuit claims it was impossible for Nunes to have met with Trump to discuss the classified briefing when the Post claimed the meeting happened because Nunes was in Oklahoma at the time.
The lawsuit states:
Devin Nunes never told the President or anyone else that Shelby Pierson had given an exclusive briefing to Schiff.
Devin Nunes did not meet or speak with the President on February 13, 2020 – the day of the "classified hearing" - or on February 14, 2020, and never conveyed to him any indication that Schiff was given an exclusive assessment of Russian actions.
In fact, WaPo and Harris knew that Devin Nunes was in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on February 14, 2020 for a breakfast hosted by the Republican Party of Tulsa County .
The lawsuit adds, "Devin Nunes did not say or do anything to 'ruin' Maguire's chances of becoming the permanent intelligence chief Maguire's term was already due to expire pursuant to Federal Law on March 11, 2020."
The lawsuit claims the "WaPo hit piece" imputes to Nunes "criminal conduct" and "dishonesty, deceit, sharp and unethical practices, and independently actionable tortious acts, all of which severely impugns [Nunes's] integrity and prejudices him in the performance of his duties as a United States Congressman."
The lawsuit goes on to accuse the Post of publishing the story "in concert with House Democrats" in order to "impugn" Nunes' "reputation and undermine his relationship with the President."
The lawsuit was filed in U.S. District Court in Richmond and seeks a total of $250,350,000 in damages, plus prejudgement interest. Nunes is requesting a jury trial.
In response, the Post said it will defend its reporter and story.
"The Post stands behind the reporting of Shane Harris and his colleagues We will vigorously defend our work against the claims made in Rep. Nunes's lawsuit," Kris Coratti Kelly, the newspaper's VP of communications, told the Washington Examiner.
Nunes promised the lawsuit less than two weeks ago. In December, he also sued CNN for $435 million over what he characterized as a "demonstrably false hit piece."


theblaze--2020-03-03--New study says children are suffering scary nightmares and losing sleep over climate change

Children are losing sleep and having nightmares over climate change, according to a new study cited by the Independent.
What are the details?
BBC Newsround conducted a survey on 2,000 children ages 8 to 16 to determine their thoughts around "eco-anxiety."
The survey found that 80% of children surveyed said the issue of climate change was important to them. Additionally, 73% of children surveyed added that they experience worry over climate change — 22% of those revealed that they are "very worried."
The outlet reported that 58% of children surveyed are concerned that climate change will impact them personally, and 19% of children admitted that they had nightmares over the climate crisis. And 17% of the children surveyed added that they have been so bothered by climate change that the very idea has disrupted their regular patterns of eating and sleeping
A whopping 41% of children surveyed also said they don't believe adults in roles of responsibility are doing what they should to quash climate change and its effects on the planet.
What else?
The outlet cited Emma Citron, who is a consultant clinical child psychologist, who said that eco-activist teen Greta Thunberg has served as a positive role model for such afflicted children.
“Public figures like David Attenborough and Greta Thunberg have helped young people to voice their worries and we have to make sure that we as adults listen to them and empower them by giving talks at school and in their communities to help them become involved in positive change," Citron told the outlet.
She added, "We all need to support them not to feel hopeless but rather to present to them hopeful and balanced messages about their futures and ensure that they get the right professional help if their anxiety is unduly high."


theblaze--2020-03-03--Miss Staten Island comes out as bisexual — then gets banned from St. Patrick's Day Parade

Miss Staten Island comes out as bisexual — then gets banned from St. Patrick 's Day Parade ' I thought @ @ @ @ @ time to really make a statement and take a stand '

Madison L'Insalata, Miss Staten Island, decided to take action after learning that the local Pride Center was denied participation in the borough's St. Patrick's Day Parade, WABC-TV reported.
"I thought this might be a good time to really make a statement and take a stand," she told the station, "and I wanted to announce that I would be marching in the parade with rainbow colors and showing that and coming out and saying that I was bi because I wanted people to see the colors, and I wanted there to be discussion, and I wanted people to talk. I wanted there to be change."
Image source: YouTube screenshot
What happened next?
A few hours after she came out publicly as bisexual, L'Insalata told WCBS-TV that parade organizers banned her from marching.
Jim Smith, director of Miss Staten Island Scholarship Pageants, called her with the news late Saturday night after parade organizer Larry Cummings told him that L'Insalata and another pageant queen who supported her were banned from Sunday's festivities, WCBS added.
"I was like stunned by the whole thing," Smith told the station. "I wasn't prepared. He just said we're worried about her safety, like he's doing us a favor."
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How did L'Insalata react?
While watching the parade from the sidewalk decked out with her "Miss Staten Island" sash and sparkling tiara, L'Insalata told WABC she doesn't buy the safety concerns.
"It seems like it might have more to do with me coming out as bi and saying that I'd be wearing my rainbow scarf that I have here, and them not being OK with that," she told the station.
Image source: YouTube screenshot
L'Insalata was Miss Richmond County two years ago and has marched in the parade before. She said she tried to march with pride flags but was told not to.
What did Cummings have to say?
Cummings couldn't be reached for comment on the L'Insalata controversy, but he told the Staten Island Advance last month in regard to the borough's Pride Center ban that "it's a non-sexual identification parade, and that's that. No, they are not marching."
When asked if the Pride Center would ever be allowed to march in the parade, Cummings told the paper, "Don't try to keep asking a million friggin' questions, OK? The fact of the matter is that's what it is, OK? And that's that."
How did others react?
Far-left New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and a handful of borough elected officials indicated they would skip the parade in protest, the Advance reported, among them state Rep. Max Rose (D), state Sen. Diane Savino (D), Councilwoman Debi Rose (D), and Republican Borough President James Oddo.


theblaze--2020-03-03--Tornadoes in Nashville, surrounding areas kill at least 9 and cause significant property damage

Tornadoes in Nashville , surrounding areas kill at least 9 and cause significant property damage

Tornadoes and severe storms struck Nashville and surrounding regions of Tennessee late Monday night, killing at least nine people, injuring numerous others, and causing significant property damage across the state, CNN reported.
There were at least three reports of tornadoes within a 145-mile stretch between 11 p.m. and 2 a.m., starting in the city of Camden and heading east through Nashville and all the way to Cookeville. First responders are still working on ensuring no one is trapped in collapsed structures.
"There are a couple of tragic cases, in one case a tree falling on a car and there are also I believe about 20 people in the hospital, so we need to monitor that very carefully," Nashville Mayor John Cooper told CNN affiliate WTVF. "We all worry about some people being left in some buildings that have been damaged and I know the first responders are working their way through that problem."
A number of homes and buildings were destroyed, particularly east of Nashville in Mt. Juliet, where police are still searching for people who may have been injured in the tornado. Schools in Mt. Juliet will be closed for the rest of the week.
More than 50,000 power outages had been reported as of Tuesday morning. Nashville public schools are closed due to damage in the city, although polling locations for Super Tuesday voting will be open.
Several hangars were reportedly destroyed at John C. Tune Airport in west Nashville.
Making things worse, the forecast shows the potential for heavy rains and more strong storms throughout the day, which will make recovery and repair efforts more difficult, and bring the potential for flooding.
This story has been updated with more accurate casualty numbers. We will continue to update as events warrant.


theblaze--2020-03-03--Surveillance video shows man who stole a car at a gas station — with a 6-month-old baby inside

Surveillance video shows man who stole a car at a gas station — with a 6-month-old baby inside They have @ @ @ @ @ he stopped to abandon the baby at a Walmart

Police are looking for a man who stole a car with a baby inside while the father stopped at a gas station in Phoenix, Arizona.
They have video from a nearby Walmart, where the suspect dropped off the 6-month-old child and sped away.
The thief nabbed the car and the baby from a Quik Trip gas station on Sunday afternoon after the father went inside to pay for the gas he had pumped into his car.
The father said that he watched as the thief drove away with his baby.
About 10 minutes later, an off-duty police officer discovered the baby abandoned at a Walmart. The child was still in his car seat.
The surveillance video from the Walmart shows the man walk in with the child and drop him off.
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The child was later reunited with his family and is unharmed.
Police are looking for the suspect and the stolen car, which they say is a gray 2007 Kia Sorento with a temporary license plate.
The man is described as Hispanic, in his 30s with short, curly hair, and wearing a red shirt with white letters, tan shorts, and black shoes.
Here's a local news video about the incident:


theblaze--2020-03-04--What is the future of Bloomberg's campaign after his Super Tuesday flop?

What is the future of Bloomberg 's campaign after his Super Tuesday flop ?
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2020 Democratic presidential candidate and former New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg clearly didn't have the Super Tuesday result he paid for, and now the future of his campaign is reportedly in question.
According to the Associated Press, the candidate plans to reassess his campaign on Wednesday, following a weak showing in Tuesday night's critical series of primary contests:
A person close to the Bloomberg campaign confirmed the deliberations. The person wasn't authorized to discuss the matter by name and requested anonymity.
Similarly, NBC News' Josh Lederman reported Tuesday night as the returns came in that Bloomberg campaign officials were "acknowledging that they're going to have to take another look once the data comes in" to "see whether there's a reason to continue with this after tomorrow."
Earlier in the evening, campaign manager Kevin Sheekey batted down the idea that the candidate would bow out on Tuesday, telling reporters "absolutely not," according to NPR. Sheekey did add, however, that "I think you make an assessment in any campaign like this after every time that there's a vote. We have not had a vote yet, so we have not had to assess."
Super Tuesday — on which 14 states held primary contests with over 1,300 convention delegates on the line — was a big part of Bloomberg's primary campaign strategy. He didn't appear on the ballot in the first four primary states of Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada, and South Carolina, instead choosing to focus the efforts and spending of his self-funded campaign on states holding primaries this week.
Bloomberg's campaign spent over $500 million in advertising alone ahead of Tuesday's contests, and his solitary win of the night was in American Samoa at the time of this story's publication. Additionally, he spent over $18 million in the states of Virginia and North Carolina, only to get one delegate from each after former Vice President Joe Biden won in both states.
Bloomberg has previously said that he plans to stay in the primary "right to the bitter end, as long as I have a chance," and that he believes that his only path to the nomination would be a contested Democratic convention in July.
However, despite his Tuesday-night underperformance, an optimistic-sounding Bloomberg told supporters in Florida, "If I am the nominee, let me make you this promise: We will beat Donald Trump here in Florida and swing states around the country." He also said that "no matter how many delegates we win tonight, we have done something no one else thought was possible: In just three months we've gone from 1% of the polls to being a contender for the Democratic nomination for president."
Bloomberg also tweeted late Tuesday night that "we're more determined than ever to defeat Donald Trump and rebuild America."
Editor's note: The original version of this article erroneously stated that the Bloomberg campaign spent $500 billion on advertising. In fact, it spent over $500 million on advertising. We regret the error.


theblaze--2020-03-04--Joe Biden beats Bernie Sanders in Texas and wins enough in California to cap off Super Tuesday rout

Joe Biden beats Bernie Sanders in Texas and wins enough in California to cap off Super Tuesday rout Biden made @ @ @ @ @ the frontrunner again

Joe Biden added an exclamation point to his Super Tuesday rout in the Democratic primary campaign when the contest in Texas was called in his favor.
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) was expected to take Texas, but the former vice president added the Lone Star State to his delegate haul early Wednesday morning. Exit polling showed that Biden won on the strength of overwhelming support in the African-American community.
Biden also appeared on track to reach the 15% threshold in California in order to prevent Sanders from winning all of the state's delegates.
"Biden is having about as good a night as it's possible to have imagined," responded MSNBC host Joy Reid.
Furthering Sanders' problems in California, billionaire Mike Bloomberg appeared to be heading toward reaching the threshold as well, which would reduce Sanders' delegate count from the state.
Earlier on Tuesday, Biden defeated Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) soundly in her own home state, despite not having a campaign presence or dedicating many resources to Massachusetts. Warren signaled Tuesday evening that she intended to stay in the race.
While the presidential nomination is not guaranteed for Biden, the sound victories on Super Tuesday put the possibility firmly within his grasp.
Here's more about the Super Tuesday elections:


theblaze--2020-03-04--Far left YouTube candidate Cenk Uygur melts down on his show, disastrous election numbers roll in

Far left YouTube candidate Cenk Uygur melts down on his show , disastrous election numbers roll in The angry anti-Trump @ @ @ @ @ good night

Cenk Uygur, a combative progressive YouTube personality, was visibly angered by the lackluster performance of his favored presidential candidate, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), in the Super Tuesday primary elections.
His co-hosts also appeared stunned when the disastrous poll results rolled in for his campaign for a California seat in the U.S. House of Representatives.
In a video posted on Twitter from the progressive YouTube show "The Young Turks," Uygur can be seen tearing up before leaving the show altogether.
And finally, with red eyes and chants of "MELTDOWN" on the chat, Cenk Uygur abandons his own show.
TYT is left with the B team as Cenk leaves before they talk about his race. Says he will Skype in later and begs for money lol pic.twitter.com/2s9g8BNZgJ
— CenkPesos (@cenkpesos) March 4, 2020
Uygur earlier in the show accused Joe Biden of suffering from senility and claimed the only reason he was beating Sanders was because the media was unfair to the democratic socialist Sanders.
More TYT update!
Fights have begun! pic.twitter.com/uEivZ9SgLA
— CenkPesos (@cenkpesos) March 4, 2020
Sanders was looking to defend his front-runner status in the Super Tuesday primary elections, but Joe Biden routed him in many states and set himself up for a probable victory for the Democratic nomination.
Uygur's co-hosts continued on to report that early numbers from his campaign for a California congressional seat showed he was garnering less than 5% support, in fourth place behind two Republicans and one other Democrat.
The far-left progressive ran a controversial campaign that included an endorsement by Sanders that was revoked only hours later after comments from Uygur created a backlash and negative headlines.
Uygur was also openly hostile to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and the Democratic establishment, which he accused of taking legal bribes from corporations.
Here's an interview with Uygur about his campaign:


theblaze--2020-03-04--Liz Warren loses home state to Joe Biden, Trump mocks her in a tweet

Liz Warren loses home state to Joe Biden , Trump mocks her in a tweet '' ... if the people @ @ @ @ @ n't like you ... ''

In a stunning rebuke of her candidacy by the voters, Democratic candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren lost the presidential primary election in her home state of Massachusetts.
The state was called for front-runner Joe Biden on Super Tuesday.
Democratic socialist Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) took second place at the time the race was called.
The embarrassing showing in her home state will only bolster calls for the senator to drop out of the Democratic primary contest. Going into the primary elections on Tuesday, the competition was shaking out to be a contest between the former vice president and Sanders.
President Donald Trump sent out a mocking tweet after the news that Warren had lost her home state.
"Elizabeth 'Pocahontas' Warren, other than Mini Mike, was the loser of the night. She didn't even come close to winning her home state of Massachusetts," he tweeted.
"Well, now she can just sit back with her husband and have a nice cold beer!" he added, referring to an Instagram video Warren posted of herself enjoying a beer.
Republican strategist Karl Rove said on Fox News that this should spell certain doom for Warren's campaign.
"Nobody has ever been nominated for president who did not have sufficient support in their state," said Rove.
"And for her to come out of this, there is no way to recover from this," he added.
"The voters are practical," Rove concluded, "and if the people who know you best don't like ya, even if there are explanations for that, it's gonna be hard to say, well, my people in my own state that I represent rejected me, but you oughta adopt me and support me."
Here's the latest on Warren's disappointment in Massachusetts:


theblaze--2020-03-04--Bloomberg spent $18.4 million for exactly one delegate in Virginia and North Carolina

Bloomberg spent $ 18.4 million for exactly one delegate in Virginia and North Carolina

Former New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg is projected to earn just one extremely expensive delegate from the Democratic primary contests in Virginia and North Carolina.
The Bloomberg campaign reportedly spent $18.4 million on ads in the two states in the lead-up to Super Tuesday voting and yet is slated to walk away with next to nothing of political value.
According to an ad spending analysis by NBC News, Bloomberg dropped $5.6 million in Virginia and $12.8 million in North Carolina. But at the time of this story's publication, the billionaire candidate had earned only 10% of the vote in Virginia and 14% of the vote in North Carolina — amounting to one delegate from the latter.
Former Vice President Joe Biden, on the other hand, won decisive victories in both states despite spending just $449,000 on advertising — a drop in the bucket compared to Bloomberg's expenditures. Biden is projected to walk away with 108 delegates between the two states.
The statistics will likely get worse for Bloomberg
Though Bloomberg will likely pick up a handful of delegates for his efforts Tuesday night in delegate-rich states such as Texas and Colorado, it will not balance with the amount of money his campaign spent in those states.
In Super Tuesday states alone, the Bloomberg campaign reportedly spent more than $234 million on advertising, which is more than 10 times the amount that any of his opponents spent. In total, the campaign has spent over half a billion dollars on ads.
After disappointing results continued to roll in Tuesday night, news broke that Bloomberg would reassess whether to stay in the race.
(H/T: Newsweek)


theblaze--2020-03-04--Joe Biden sweeps most of the South as Super Tuesday numbers continue to roll in

Joe Biden sweeps most of the South as Super Tuesday numbers continue to roll in Texas remains in play , @ @ @ @ @ Bernie Sanders as the favorite

Democratic presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden took a commanding early lead on Super Tuesday, nearly sweeping the South as numerous outlets named him the victor in Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, Alabama, Arkansas, and Oklahoma.
Texas remains in play, with early results showing Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) as the favorite.
What are the details?
As of this writing, RealClearPolitics showed Biden winning with 53% in Virginia with 100% of precincts reporting, 39% in North Carolina with 61% reporting, 41% in Tennessee with 32% reporting, 62% in Alabama with 47% reporting, 35% in Arkansas with 41% reporting, and 38% in Oklahoma with 93% reporting.
In each of those states, Sen. Sanders came in second place, leaving questions over how much longer the campaigns of Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg will last in the race.
In Texas, the race was too close to call as of 10:30 p.m. ET, with Sanders in the lead with 28% to Biden's 24.6% at 25% of precincts reporting.
Biden's delegate count at the time was 312 to Sanders' 210. That leaves Texas as a major state to watch, with 228 delegates at play.
Anything else?
Biden was also the projected winner in Minnesota on Tuesday night, one of the states (along with Oklahoma) that Sanders won in 2016 against former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.


theblaze--2020-03-04--Exit polling shows Democratic primary voters with favorable views of socialism

Exit polling seems to suggest that Democratic primary voters are not , on the whole , as opposed to the idea of a socialist nominee as some have supposed .
NBC News conducted exit polling in the four Super Tuesday states of Texas , California , North Carolina , and Tennessee and found that , in each of them , more Democratic primary voters said they had favorable views of socialism than unfavorable views .
Socialism enjoyed wide margins of Democratic voter support in Texas and California , the surveys found , with favorable/unfavorable breakdowns of 57 % to 37 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 53 % to 33 % in the Golden State .
However , its support among primary voters in the two southern states was considerably slimmer , seeing a 48 % to 42 % favorable/unfavorable breakdown in North Carolina and a 47 % to 44 % disparity in Tennessee .
Meanwhile exit polling reported by the Washington Post found that , among Democratic primary voters in Maine , `` favorable views of socialism outnumbered unfavorable roughly 2 to 1 . ''
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But , regardless of how well or poorly the idea of socialism might play with Democratic primary voters between now and the party 's convention , there 's still the question of how his ideology and image will play with general election voters heading into November .
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Gallup polling from last month found that a 53 % percent majority of Americans say they would not vote for a socialist for president .
According to an NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll released the following week , some 67 % of voters said that they either `` had some reservations '' ( 21 % ) or were `` very uncomfortable '' ( 46 % ) about a socialist candidate .
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Exit polling seems to suggest that Democratic primary voters are not, on the whole, as opposed to the idea of a socialist nominee as some have supposed.
NBC News conducted exit polling in the four Super Tuesday states of Texas, California, North Carolina, and Tennessee and found that in each of them, more Democratic primary voters said they had favorable views of socialism than unfavorable views.
Socialism enjoyed wide margins of Democratic voter support in Texas and California, the surveys found, with favorable/unfavorable breakdowns of 57% to 37% in the Lone Star State and 53% to 33% in the Golden State. However, its support among primary voters in the two southern states was considerably slimmer, with a 48% to 42% favorable/unfavorable breakdown in North Carolina and a 47% to 44% disparity in Tennessee.
Meanwhile, exit polling reported by the Washington Post found that, among Democratic primary voters in Maine, "favorable views of socialism outnumbered unfavorable roughly 2 to 1."
However, it's important to take exit polling with a grain of salt. Case in point: Despite socialism's purported net favorability among North Carolina Democratic voters, it wasn't enough to give Sanders a Super Tuesday win in the Tar Heel State, which multipleoutlets called for former Vice President Joe Biden shortly after the polls closed at 7:30.
But regardless of how well or poorly the idea of socialism might play with Democratic primary voters between now and the party's convention, there's still the question of how Sanders' ideology and image will play with general election voters heading into November. And some of the polling on that question doesn't look too good.
Gallup polling from last month found that a 53% percent majority of Americans say they would not vote for a socialist for president. According to an NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll released the following week, some 67% of voters said that they either "had some reservations" (21%) or were "very uncomfortable" (46%) about a socialist candidate. Last week, a Fox News poll found that while 28% of voters had a favorable attitude about socialism, 58% viewed it unfavorably.


theblaze--2020-03-04--Exit polls: 6 in 10 Democratic Super Tuesday voters are liberal; 1 in 10 are LGBT

Exit polls : 6 in 10 Democratic Super Tuesday voters are liberal ; 1 in 10 are LGBT

Liberal voters are commanding the electorate in the Super Tuesday Democratic primary contests, according to exit polls conducted by NBC News.
The report found that a whopping 62% of voters polled considered themselves to be liberal, with over a quarter classifying themselves as "very liberal." Thirty-six percent said they considered themselves "somewhat liberal," while only 37% avoided the liberal tag and said they considered themselves to be "moderate" or "conservative."
Additionally, the NBC News exit poll found that 10% of Super Tuesday voters identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender.
Those who identified as LGBT were "strikingly" liberal, the report noted. Half of the LGBT voters said they considered themselves "very liberal," while another 30% characterized themselves as "somewhat liberal." Just 4% said they considered themselves "conservative."
The NBC News exit poll was conducted in 12 of 14 states that held nominating contests Tuesday.
Super Tuesday is the biggest day on the Democratic primary calendar, with 1,357 delegates, or one-third of the total count, up for grabs.
Given the liberal hold on the electorate in a majority of Super Tuesday states, one might expect progressive candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) to have a blowout night. But at the time of this story's publication, former Vice President Joe Biden, considered the moderate choice, had been projected to win Virginia and North Carolina, while Sanders was projected to win Vermont.


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theblaze--2020-03-04--Multiple outlets call Virginia primary for Biden, Vermont for Sanders minutes after polls close

Multiple outlets call Virginia primary for Biden , Vermont for Sanders minutes after polls close

Minutes after polls closed on the East Coast on Super Tuesday, multiple news outlets already started calling winners in the states of Virginia and Vermont.
Shortly after 7 p.m. on Tuesday — which saw primary elections in 14 states — the Associated Press, ABC News, and CNN all projected that Biden would win the Democratic primary in the Old Dominion. Winning in Virginia would give the former vice president his second primary win of the 2020 election, following his strong showing in South Carolina on Saturday.
Meanwhile, during the same time frame, multiple outlets — including the Associated Press, NBC News, ABC News and CNN — also called the primary race for Sen. Bernie Sanders (I) in his home state of Vermont.
Virginia awards 99 delegates for the Democratic convention, while Vermont sends 13, meaning that the two contests account for a small percentage of the more than 1,300 delegates to be awarded during the "Super Tuesday" primaries.
In the lead-up to Tuesday's critical primary elections, Biden received a wave of support and endorsements in an apparent widespread effort to slow Sanders' momentum in the primary race. On Monday, the former vice president was endorsed by former primary rivals Pete Buttigieg and Amy Klobuchar, as well as Beto O'Rourke and former Democratic Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid.
"It's raining endorsements right now, from every corner of the country, so much so that it's like drinking out of a fire hose, our vetting machine is having a difficult time keeping up," a Biden adviser told Politico on Monday.
Polling released earlier on Tuesday showed that the recent efforts to boost Biden appear to have worked. A Morning Consult survey conducted between 3 p.m. Monday and 9:30 a.m. on Tuesday showed the former vice president with 36% support among Democratic primary voters, with a considerable 8-point lead over Sanders, who was at 28%.


theblaze--2020-03-04--Taylor Swift releases her new SEXIST music video 'The Man'

Taylor Swift releases her new SEXIST music video 'The Man '

Is there anything more grotesque than third-wave feminism? Feminists today are angry, unattractive (on the inside and outside), aggressive women. These women are willing to chastise men for being masculine. while encouraging women to be emotionally unstable.
To illustrate the point above, Crowder reviewed Taylor Swift's new music video, "The Man." The video depicts men as toxic and women as victims. Is there anything more grotesque than third-wave feminism? No, the answer is no. Here's Crowder to break it down...
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theblaze--2020-03-04--Brit Hume posts a screenshot about 2020 election — and ends up trending nationally over embarrassing

Brit Hume posts a screenshot about 2020 election — and ends up trending nationally over embarrassing background tab Always check @ @ @ @ @ .

Fox News veteran political analyst Brit Hume is likely regretting a post in which he publicized a screenshot from his computer without looking at what he had opened in the tabs in the background of his browser.
"Betting odds as of 8:30 Sunday night showing serious signs of a Biden bounce from South Carolina win," said Hume in the tweet sent on Sunday.
It took a few days for sharp-eyed users on Twitter to notice that one browser tab in the background appeared to show "Sexy Vixen Vinyl" as a search term.
Hume's name trended nationally on social media on Tuesday over the embarrassing incident, with many critics of Fox News posting his previous comments scolding public figures for their scandals.
He went on to use the election betting odds to bolster his analysis about the "Super Tuesday" primary election in the Democratic presidential contest.
Hume tweeted another screenshot on Tuesday of the betting odds in the election, but with the tabs excised:
About a third of the delegates in the primary election will be up for grabs on Tuesday.
Here's more about Super Tuesday's elections:


theblaze--2020-03-03--Donna Brazile tells RNC chief to 'go to hell' over prospect of brokered Dem convention

Donna Brazile tells RNC chief to 'go to hell ' over prospect of brokered Dem convention

Former Democratic National Committee chairwoman turned Fox News contributor Donna Brazile lost her cool Tuesday, lashing out on air at Republican National Committee chairwoman Ronna McDaniel and telling the GOP chief to "go to hell."
Brazile — who famously shared debate questions with Hillary Clinton ahead of time during the Democratic primary against Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) in 2016 — was apparently fired up over the suggestion that the DNC could be looking at a brokered convention in 2020.
What are the details?
On Fox News' "America's Newsroom," Ms. McDaniel weighed in on the Democratic presidential primary, saying, "It does depend on how big the lead that Sanders takes out of California is, if he picks up a huge proportion of delegates, but I don't see anybody getting out soon and it's leading towards potentially a brokered [DNC] convention, which will be rigged against Bernie if those superdelegates have their way on that second vote."
Co-hosts Ed Henry and Sandra Smith then turned to Brazile for her reaction, and the Democratic operative came unglued.
"First of all, I want to talk to my Republicans," Brazile began. "First of all, stay the hell out of our race. Stay the hell out of our race. I get sick and tired, Ed and Sandra, of listening to Republicans tell me and the Democrats about our process."
The ex-DNC chair continued, "First of all, they don't have a process. They're canceling primaries. They have winner take all. They don't have the kind of democracy that we see on the Democratic side. And for people to use Russian talking points to sow division among Americans — that is stupid."
"So, Ronna, go to hell!" Brazile said. "This is not about — no, go to hell, I'm tired of it, Ed. ... We are not trying to prevent anyone from becoming the nominee."
Following the 2016 election, Brazile wrote a book wherein she claimed the DNC and the Clinton campaign rigged the primaries against Sanders. She later walked back that claim, but told her Democratic critics at the time to "go to hell."
How did McDaniel respond?
McDaniel wrote on Twitter after the interview, "It's ok, @donnabrazile. I'd be having a bad day too if my party was still hopelessly divided. Talk of a brokered convention and the DNC trying to stop Bernie obviously hit a little close to home."
This story has been updated.


theblaze--2020-03-04--What do Super Tuesday's results mean for the general election in November? Crowder explains.

What do Super Tuesday 's results mean for the general election in November ?
Crowder explains .

You know that feeling you get when you watch a feminist enter an abortion debate with Steven Crowder? Part of you feels uncomfortable because of the feminist's lack of self-awareness and ignorant arguments. But, on the other hand, you feel exhilarated knowing that as soon as Crowder gets a word in, he will set off a verbal explosion that makes you feel proud that you are not a feminist and that you are a member of Mug Club.
Those feelings describe how many of us feel about the general election in November. Sure, it may be hard at times to watch those pathetic souls take limp-wristed swats at their fellow Democrats. But, whoever hobbles into the general election will face President Trump, be met with verbal assaults that will guarantee Trump's 2020 victory.
So, in case you are wondering about the outcome from Super Tuesday's election results, here's Crowder to break it down:
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theblaze--2020-03-04--Chief Justice John Roberts rebukes Schumer over his 'dangerous' comments about abortion case and he

Chief Justice John Roberts rebukes Schumer over his 'dangerous' comments about abortion case and he is not happy about it

Chief Justice John Roberts rebukes Schumer over his 'dangerous ' comments about abortion case and he is not happy about @ @ @ @ @ released the whirlwind ! ''

Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts offered a rare and extraordinary rebuke against Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) over "dangerous comments he made against the Supreme Court, and Schumer fired back an angry response.
Schumer made the comments as the highest court of the land was hearing arguments in a case about abortion rights.
"I want to tell you, Gorsuch, I want to tell you, Kavanaugh, you have released the whirlwind, and you will pay the price," Schumer said at the pro-abortion rally. "You won't know what hit you if you go forward with these awful decisions."
The case under consideration involved a Louisiana law that raised the requirements for a medical practitioner performing abortions. Critics say that the higher bar would effectively ban abortion for many women.
"Inappropriate" and "Dangerous"
Roberts, who is famously reluctant to politicize the court, rebuked Schumer in a statement on Wednesday specifically referring to his comments.
"Justices know that criticism comes with the territory, but threatening statements of this sort from the highest levels of government are not only inappropriate, they are dangerous," said Roberts.
"All members of the Court will continue to do their job, without fear or favor, from whatever quarter," Roberts concluded.
Schumer fires back
A spokesperson for Schumer followed up in a statement on Wednesday accusing Roberts of following right-wing talking points about his statement.
The statement explained that Schumer's comments were "a reference to the political price Senate Republicans will pay for putting these justices on the court, and a warning that the justices will unleash a major grassroots movement on the issue of reproductive rights against the decision."
The statement also accused Roberts of being biased.
"For Justice Roberts to follow the right wing's deliberate misinterpretation of what Sen. Schumer said," the statement continued, "while remaining silent when President Trump attacked Justices Sotomayor and Ginsburg last week, shows Justice Roberts does not just call balls and strikes."
Here's more about the Supreme Court feud:


theblaze--2020-03-04--NYT bestselling author tells Dave Rubin: Here's what doctors aren’t telling us about our brain healt

NYT bestselling author tells Dave Rubin: Here's what doctors aren’t telling us about our brain health

NYT bestselling author tells Dave Rubin : Here 's what doctors aren ’ t telling us about our brain health @ @ @ @ @ answer

Dave Rubin of The Rubin Report talks to New York Times best-selling author of "Genius Foods," Max Lugavere, to discuss his journey researching brain health and his new book "The Genius Life: Heal Your Mind, Strengthen Your Body, and Become Extraordinary."
Max reveals the major blind spots of modern medicine in fighting disease: lifestyle, diet, and healthy living, and gives his reasoning why he thinks the medical community is reluctant to rethink their approaches to disease prevention.
He shares his experience watching his mother suffer from dementia the doctors' inability to do anything but prescribe more and more pharmaceuticals.
Watch the video clip below or watch the full episode on "The Rubin Report" channel on YouTube.
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theblaze--2020-03-04--VIDEO: 'Jeopardy!' host Alex Trebek gives moving, faith-filled health update one year after pancreat

VIDEO: 'Jeopardy!' host Alex Trebek gives moving, faith-filled health update one year after pancreatic cancer diagnosis

VIDEO : 'Jeopardy ! '
host Alex Trebek gives moving , faith-filled health update one year after pancreatic cancer diagnosis

Alex Trebek, longtime "Jeopardy!" host, gave a moving video update on his health and his progress in fighting cancer.
Doctors diagnosed Trebek, 79, with stage 4 pancreatic cancer in 2019.
What are the details?
On Wednesday, Trebek released the video lauding faith and determination as his motivators to survive pancreatic cancer.
In a video shared on the long-running TV game show's YouTube channel, Trebek said, "If you've got a minute, I'd like to bring you up to date on my health situation. The one-year survival rate for stage 4 pancreatic cancer patients is 18 percent. I'm very happy to report I have just reached that marker.
"Now," he continued, "I'd be lying if I said the journey had been an easy one. There were some good days, but a lot of not-so-good days. I joke with friends that the cancer won't kill me — the chemo treatments will."
Trebek said that though he sometimes found himself at a loss in battling the disease, he never gave up hope.
"There were moments of great pain, days where certain bodily functions no longer functioned, and sudden massive attacks of great depression ... made me wonder if it really was worth fighting on," he continued.
Trebek said that he brushed those thoughts quickly aside — because he owes a debt to his wife and "soul mate," Jean, who the game show host said has "given all her help to help me survive."
"It would have been a betrayal of other cancer patients who have looked to me as an inspiration and a cheerleader of sorts of the value of living and hope," he added. "And it certainly would have been a betrayal of my faith in God and the millions of prayers that have been said on my behalf."
Optimistic about his future?
Trebek pointed out that his oncologist is optimistic about his future as a continued cancer survivor.
"He said, 'Alex, even though the two-year survival rate is only 7 percent' he was certain than one year from now the two of us would be sitting in his office celebrating my second anniversary of survival," he revealed. "And you know something? … If we take it just one day at a time with a positive attitude, anything is possible. I'll keep you posted."


theblaze--2020-03-04--Chuck Schumer threatens that Justices Gorsuch and Kavanaugh 'will pay the price' for 'awful' pro-lif

Chuck Schumer threatens that Justices Gorsuch and Kavanaugh 'will pay the price' for 'awful' pro-life rulings they haven't even made yet

Chuck Schumer threatens that Justices Gorsuch and Kavanaugh 'will pay the price ' for 'awful ' pro-life rulings they have @ @ @ @ @ wo n't know what hit you '

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) warned that the Supreme Court's two newest Republican-appointed associate justices will "pay the price" if they rule on a high-profile abortion case in a way that abortion proponents don't like.
Schumer made the remarks at a pro-abortion rally in front of the Supreme Court on Wednesday scheduled to coincide with oral arguments in the high-profile June Medical Services v. Russo abortion case, which deals with a Louisiana abortion law.
Schumer began his remarks by noting that the court was hearing arguments for the "first major abortion rights cases since Justice [Brett] Kavanaugh and Justice [Neil] Gorsuch came to the bench." After saying each justice's name, the New York Democrat made a thumbs-down gesture that was met with boos from the rally attendees.
"We know what's at stake," the senator continued, growing increasingly louder as he spoke. "Over the last three years, women's reproductive rights have come under attack in a way we haven't seen in modern history. From Louisiana to Missouri to Texas, Republican legislatures are waging a war on women — all women — and they're taking away fundamental rights.
"I want to tell you, Gorsuch, I want to tell you, Kavanaugh: You have released the whirlwind, and you will pay the price," Schumer emphatically shouted to cheers from the crowd of abortion supporters. "You won't know what hit you if you go forward with these awful decisions."
Though, exactly what sort of "price" the justices might be expected to pay if they rule in ways that upset abortion proponents, Schumer didn't specify as he continued with this speech, which focused heavily on Democrats winning in the November elections.
The June Medical Services v. Russo case that the Supreme Court heard Wednesday is Kavanaugh's first one dealing with abortion since ascending to the bench in late 2018. It deals with whether or not the state of Louisiana can enforce a law that places hospital admitting requirements on abortion providers. Abortion proponents fear that the court may use it to significantly expand states' ability to restrict abortion access.


theblaze--2020-03-04--American once wrongly imprisoned in Cuba says Bernie Sanders commended the communist country to his

American once wrongly imprisoned in Cuba says Bernie Sanders commended the communist country to his face — while visiting him in prison

American once wrongly imprisoned in Cuba says Bernie Sanders commended the communist country to his face — while visiting him @ @ @ @ @ be so insensitive to make that remark to a political hostage — me ! '

An American who was wrongfully imprisoned in Cuba for five years during Barack Obama's presidency is accusing Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) of telling him he doesn't understand why others think the communist country is so bad while visiting him behind bars.
Alan Gross was arrested in Cuba in December 2009 while working as a subcontractor for the U.S. Agency for International Development to expand internet access the country's small Jewish community, according to an NPR report about their recent interview with Gross.
In 2014, more than four years into his imprisonment, Sanders visited Cuba as a part of a congressional delegation along with Sen. Jon Tester (D-Mont.) and former Democratic Sen. Heidi Heitkamp (N.D.). While in the country, the senators held a one-hour meeting with Gross.
It was during that meeting, which took place while Gross was still facing many more years in prison, that Sanders allegedly commended the communist country. From NPR:
"He said, quote: 'I don't know what's so wrong with this country,' " Gross recalled.
Sanders' campaign declined to comment about the meeting with Gross, and Tester said he did not recall the discussion.
A source close to Heitkamp said the then-North Dakota senator remembered that Sanders seemed to disregard the meeting with Gross and that an uncomfortable exchange occurred, but did not remember the exact remark.
Gross recalls that he had pleasant conversations with Tester and Heitkamp but that Sanders mostly remained quiet during the meeting, until toward the end when he made the comments.
"I just think, you know, it was a stupid thing for him to do," he told NPR. "First, how could he not have seen the incredible deterioration of what was once the grandeur of the pre-Castro era. And two, how could be so insensitive to make that remark to a political hostage — me!"
Gross, who opposes Sanders for president, added that he is going public about the comments now because they have become "relevant" in lieu of Sanders' renewed defense of Castro's communist regime in Cuba.
In a recent "60 Minutes" interview, Sanders doubled down on remarks he made in the 1980s applauding Cuban dictator Fidel Castro's literacy program.
"It's unfair to say that everything is bad," he argued during the interview. "When Fidel Castro came into office, you know what he did? He had a massive literacy program. Is that a bad thing even though Fidel Castro did it?"
After taking heat and facing intense scrutiny over the comments in the following days, Sanders tripled down and then quadrupled down on his talking points, later arguing that Castro gave health care to the Cuban people, too.
"For him to make those statements demonstrating a basic lack of a grasp on reality is problematic to me. I don't want to see this guy in the White House," Gross said.
All in all, Gross spent 1,841 days behind bars in Cuba before finally being released in exchange for the U.S. government releasing three Cuban spies. While in prison, Gross lost five teeth and more than 100 pounds and allegedly faced repeated threats of torture and hanging.


theblaze--2020-03-04--California woman makes a bizarre request on behalf of 'plant-based neighbors'

Vegan woman is offended by the smell of meat on the grill

On Wednesday's episode of "Pat Gray Unleashed," Pat discussed a vegan runner in Berkeley, California, who requested that her neighbors only grill vegetables and avoid meat due to the "offensive odor."
"Several nights a week, I am out running around dinner time, and when people have their windows open, and I can smell what they are cooking," the woman said.
The woman went on to request that her neighbors close their windows to prevent the odor from floating outside.
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theblaze--2020-03-04--New James Bond film's April premiere scrapped; movie forced to hit theaters in November due to coron

New James Bond film's April premiere scrapped; movie forced to hit theaters in November due to coronavirus outbreak

New James Bond film 's April premiere scrapped ; movie forced to hit theaters in November due to coronavirus outbreak @ @ @ @ @ has no time for COVID-19

The latest installment in the James Bond franchise — "No Time to Die" — is being pushed out to November over coronavirus, also known as COVID-19, concerns.
What are the details?
The U.S. debut for the 25th Bond film was set for April 10, but has been rescheduled to Nov. 25. The film will debut in the United Kingdom on Nov. 12.
MGM and Universal announced the change Wednesday along with producers Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli.
A Twitter statement said, "MGM, Universal and Bond producers, Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli, announced today that after careful consideration and thorough evaluation of the global theatrical marketplace, the release of 'No Time To Die' will be postponed until November 2020."
According to Variety, the new release date for the film, which cost more than $200 million to make, could lead other major releases to reschedule:
"No Time to Die's" decision could disrupt the release calendar. Other major tentpoles may now consider delaying their releases until coronavirus has been contained. Insiders said theater closures are having a huge impact on their bottom line, with revenues in places like Hong Kong and Taiwan plummeting nearly 50% and the box office drying up in Italy.
Earlier on Wednesday, the U.K.'s The Guardian reported that fans were calling for producers to postpone the premiere out of fear of coronavirus spread.
A portion of an open letter — written by prolific Bond fan sites M16 Confidential and The James Bond Dossier and titled, "No Time for Indecision" — said, "It is by no means easy to say this: The release of 'No Time To Die' should be postponed. It is time to put public health above marketing release schedules and the cost of cancelling publicity events. ... It's just a movie."


theblaze--2020-03-04--Model who married much-older Hollywood actor as a child speaks out after their divorce: ‘Please don’

Model who married much-older Hollywood actor as a child speaks out after their divorce: ‘Please don’t ever do this to another minor’

Model who married much-older Hollywood actor as a child speaks out after their divorce : ‘ Please don ’ t @ @ @ @ @ minor ’

Entertainer Courtney Stodden, 25, says that her ex-husband Doug Hutchison — a 59-year-old actor who married Stodden when she was just 16 — took advantage of her during their marriage.
What are the details?
In a Tuesday Instagram post, Stodden announced that she and Hutchison are officially divorced following a nearly three-year separation.
In the post, Stodden wrote, "It's March 3rd, 2020 — today I am officially divorced from actor Doug Hutchison. It's an emotional day for me. God only knows how he's feeling, but I can tell you that it's for the better. I look back at this picture and feel absolutely taken advantage of."
"I've been scared to even speak up about feeling groomed or being verbally abused during the almost 10 year marriage because I was a child and he was 50 when we married but I'm a woman now and it's time for me to put my big girl pants on and speak on this matter," she continued. "I've felt completely trapped, manipulated and at times abandoned by adults ... growing up in such an environment — it became a lonely and dark place."
Stodden revealed that she has a forthcoming book in which she will apparently address more of the trials behind marriage.
"[T]o Doug ... I'll always love you; yet I'll always be angry," she admitted. "You've left me — a child woman, feeling belittled and confused. These things I shall overcome. I wish you well. But please don't ever do this to another minor again. It's not right ... even if the parent signs off. Wait a respectable amount of time before marrying. Children aren't on your level. I'll always love you regardless. Be better. As shall I."
Stodden and Hutchison married in 2011 when Stodden was just 16 and he was 51. The two legally separated in 2017.
What else?
According to Fox News, Hutchison's memoir — "Flushing Hollywood: Fake News, Fake Boobs" — is set for a March 10 release.
Hutchison previously told the outlet that he "shot [his] career in the head for love."
"And in doing so, I lost my family and friends," he added. "I was suddenly on the Titanic and everyone was fleeing except for me and Courtney. Now, I have nothing to lose but to tell the truth."
Hutchison said he hopes that the book "isn't interpreted as mean-spirited, angry, or bitter."
"For a long time, I acted out of fear and lies for that same reason — I was afraid to burn bridges. Now, what am I afraid of? There is absolutely nothing to lose by telling the truth," he said.
TheBlaze spoke to Stodden on Wednesday, who branded Hutchison a "sociopath."
"He never ran fact-checks by anyone," the model and artist said of Hutchison's forthcoming book. "He's a sociopath. My book will be out soon."


theblaze--2020-03-04--Mother 'furious,' 'livid' after transgender daughter pulled from Valentine's Day dance, isolated in

Mother 'furious,' 'livid' after transgender daughter pulled from Valentine's Day dance, isolated in school library

Mother 'furious , ' 'livid ' after transgender daughter pulled from Valentine 's Day dance , isolated in school library @ @ @ @ @ because this was the first time she was able to express who she is inside @ @ @ @ @

A Georgia mother told WJCL-TV that her transgender daughter was pulled from a Valentine's Day dance and then isolated in the school library — over the outfit her child was wearing.
"I was furious. I was livid," Charissa Mehojah told the station. "All she was wearing was a nice outfit that I or you would wear to go out to eat with a loved one."
What was the student wearing?
Mehojah told WJCL the outfit in question was a black blouse, black slacks— along with eye shadow and a rose in the 13-year-old's hair.
She added to the station that after her child was pulled from the the dance at Rice Creek School in Port Wentworth, which teaches grades 3 through 8, the student was isolated in the school library.
Image source: YouTube screenshot
“She was crying and upset because this was the first time that she was ever able to express who she is inside in a public setting," the mother added to WJCL. "Honestly, she was going to go in a dress, but she chose not to just in case it was going to be a problem."
What happened next?
Mehojah told the station she met with the school counselor who told her she removed her child for wearing a costume. When Mehojah explained to the counselor and principal that her child is transgender, she told WJCL that the principal asked the mom for medical proof.
“Rather than just apologizing and correcting the behavior, they asked for medical proof that my daughter is transgender," Mehojah added to the station. "There is no such animal as medical proof."
Since the meeting the principal has verbally apologized to Mehojah's child — but no one has contacted the mother, WJCL reported.
The station said the Savannah-Chatham County Public Schools dress code for nonuniform days doesn't restrict students from wearing blouses, slacks, makeup, or flowers, regardless of that student's orientation.
“Your formative years [are] when you start forming who you are at your core," Mehojah told WJCL. "You should be able to express that."
What did the school have to say?
The school district told the station in a statement that "our information does not support the claim that the school principal asked for 'medical proof' in this situation. Rather, the word 'medical' was referenced when explaining the basis for certain policy exceptions."
"It is expected that students will adhere to dress code requirements at school and during school sponsored activities," the district's statement to WJCL also said. "Our students' adherence to these requirements help to minimize disruptions to the learning environment or school activity. Any special considerations must be fully communicated so the school can review all requests and respond appropriately."
In addition, the district told the station that "the school remains committed to all students and is working closely with the family to ensure the student is provided a supportive, caring learning environment."


theblaze--2020-03-04--Chief Justice Roberts’ thinking remains a big question mark after oral arguments in major SCOTUS abo

Chief Justice Roberts’ thinking remains a big question mark after oral arguments in major SCOTUS abortion case

What will the court decide ?

On Wednesday, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in its biggest abortion case in years, but the big question appears to be how Chief Justice John Roberts will ultimately decide on the case.
As TheBlaze previewed Tuesday, the case of June v. Russo comes out of Louisiana and deals with a 2014 state law called the "Unsafe Abortion Protection Act," which requires that abortion providers have admitting privileges at a nearby hospital. The case was struck down on the basis of the Supreme Court's ruling in the 2016 Whole Women's Health v. Hellerstedt case, which struck down a supposedly similar admitting privileges requirement in Texas on the grounds that it provided "few, if any, health benefits for women" and constitutes an 'undue burden' on their constitutional right to do so."
The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals, however, found that in Louisiana's case, "the district court erred by overlooking 'remarkabl[e] differen[ces]' between the facts" of the June and Hellerstedt cases.
Now the matter falls to the Supreme Court to decide, and after Wednesday's oral arguments it remains unclear how Roberts — who is viewed as a potential swing vote — might rule on the matter. While Roberts dissented in Hellerstedt, he also joined with the courts four liberal justices to temporarily block the law from taking effect last year.
Roberts' questioning offered few clues about his thinking on the case, but tended to focus on the health benefits of the Louisiana law and its imposed burdens in light of the Hellerstedt ruling.
At one point, the chief justice asked Louisiana Solicitor General Elizabeth Murrill about whether the health benefits of the law would be the same in every state.
"I mean, I understand the idea that the impact might be different in different places, but as far as the benefits of the law, that's going to be the same in each state, isn't it?" Roberts asked.
"No," Murril answered, "I think that a state could certainly show greater benefits, depending on what their regulatory structure is and what the facts are on the ground in that state."
Similarly, at another point during the arguments Roberts pressed attorney Julie Rikelman, who argued against the law, on whether burdens placed by similar abortion regulations have to be evaluated on a state-by-state basis, asking "the results could be different in different states?"
Rikleman responded that the 2016 holding "should clearly apply to Louisiana's identical law" and added that "the burdens of a law may vary, but a law that has no benefits and doesn't serve any valid state interest is much more likely to impose an undue burden."
And while a majority of justices might ultimately decide to apply the precedent set by the 2016 case, abortion proponents fear that they might strike a devastating blow to the abortion access by giving states more authority in the matter.
Acting Planned Parenthood Action Fund head Alexis McGill Johnson expressed such a concern to CNN, saying, even if the court doesn't "have the ability to completely overturn" Roe in with this particular case, "What they would be doing is gutting it so much and creating the right template for state legislatures to then follow suit and then opening up those floodgates."
"Without overruling Roe, the court could gut what is left of the constitutional right to abortion," Gretchen Borchelt, vice president for reproductive rights at the National Women's Law Center, wrote in a story at the Los Angeles Times.
The court is expected to issue its ruling on the case before the current term ends in June.


theblaze--2020-03-04--Knife-wielding man tries to rob employee closing Buffalo Wild Wings for night. But she isn't about t

Knife-wielding man tries to rob employee closing Buffalo Wild Wings for night. But she isn't about to play victim — and kicks him until he runs away.

Knife-wielding man tries to rob employee closing Buffalo Wild Wings for night .
But she is n't about to play @ @ @ @ @ until he runs away .
Now the suspect is behind bars

A Michigan man most definitely chose the wrong Buffalo Wild Wings employee to allegedly rob at knifepoint — and now he's paying the price.
What happened?
A female employee was preparing to close the Kochville Township restaurant just after 1 a.m. Monday, Saginaw County Sheriff William L. Federspiel told MLive.
"Toward the end of the night, she went to move her car so it would be closer to the door," the sheriff told the outlet, adding that after she exited her vehicle "out of the shadows comes this guy."
The man — who was wearing a hooded sweatshirt and a covering over his face — asked the woman what time it was, and she told him about 1 a.m., Federspiel told MLive.
"That's when he pulled out this knife and told her to give him her purse," he added to the outlet. "He said, 'Give me your purse' and called her a name, the B-word."
'Fight or flight'
With that, the sheriff told MLive the employee "went into flight or fight mode."
After she tried getting back into her car and he lunged at and blocked her, Federspiel told the outlet the victim began kicking her attacker in his torso and legs, after which the man took off running.
She called 911, MLive said, and a sheriff's sergeant in the area found the suspect behind a nearby former Toys R Us store and arrested him.
Police also recovered a folding knife from Justin V. Sabin, 38, of Sebewaing, the outlet said.
The sheriff told MLive the woman wasn't injured.
What happened to the suspect?
Sabin on Tuesday was arraigned on one count of assault with intent to rob while armed, the outlet said, adding that the crime is punishable by up to life in prison.
The judge set Sabin's bond at $50,000 cash-surety, MLive said.
Sabin on Wednesday afternoon was listed as an inmate in Saginaw County Jail. He's scheduled for his next court appearance on March 13.


theblaze--2020-03-04--The CDC wanted to drop released coronavirus quarantine patients off at a shopping mall in San Antoni

The CDC wanted to drop released coronavirus quarantine patients off at a shopping mall in San Antonio Officials stand with @ @ @ @ @ the Diamond Princess cruise ship arriving at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland on Feb. 17 in @ @ @ @ @ A. Ornelas/Getty Images )

The city of San Antonio filed a lawsuit Monday to stop a plan by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to drop some patients released from coronavirus quarantine off at a local shopping mall, according to the Associated Press.
The patients had been passengers on the Diamond Princess cruise ship, which spent about two weeks docked in Yokohama, Japan, with more than 600 confirmed cases of COVID-19. After returning to the U.S., they were again quarantined at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio.
The CDC's plan
More than 100 passengers were quarantined at Lackland, and 122 were released Tuesday (seven remain in quarantine). Those from out of state were transported to the airport to return home, and those from other places in Texas were set up with rental cars.
The CDC's plan for San Antonio residents, however, was to drop them off at North Star Mall. From the AP:
PassengerTerri Feil of Houston said a CDC official told them in a conference call Sunday that the mall, about 17 miles (27 kilometers) from the base, was chosen to avoid the media.
Feil said only people who were not going to the airport were to be dropped off at the mall. The Feils showed The Associated Press a text message they said was from the CDC indicating they were to be dropped off at the entrance by The Cheesecake Factory.
"My husband was asking, 'Who made this decision?'" said Feil, adding that the couple's son was driving from Houston to pick them up.
A CDC spokesperson would not address the specifics of the release plan in an email to the AP.
"Many factors were taken into consideration when determining how best to return the evacuees to their communities as safely as possible," CDC spokeswoman Carol Williams said in an email, the AP reported.
More issues for North Star Mall
News of the drop-off plan comes just after a woman who was mistakenly released from quarantine visited North Star Mall and the airport before officials realized she had tested positive for COVID-19 and got her back into isolation.


theblaze--2020-03-04--A Bush lost in Texas for the first time in over 40 years on Super Tuesday

A Bush lost in Texas for the first time in over 40 years on Super Tuesday Something that has n't @ @ @

Pierce Bush, the grandson of the late former President George H.W. Bush, failed to advance in his bid for a Houston congressional seat on Tuesday, marking the first time that a member of the Bush family has lost a race in Texas in over 40 years.
The last time that happened was in 1978, when George W. Bush ran a failed bid for Congress, CBS News reported. Since then, Bushes have won races in the Lone Star State for president, governor, and even state land commissioner — one of Jeb Bush's sons, George P. Bush, won those races in 2014 and 2018.
What are the details?
Pierce Bush, a 34-year-old nonprofit executive, finished third in the primary race that featured 15 Republican candidates. The top two finishers, Fort Bend County Sheriff Troy Nehls and technology consultant Kathaleen Wall, are set to compete in a runoff election in May.
Political scientists say that while the waning influence of the Bush family name could have contributed to Bush's loss, other factors were also at play. Bush jumped into the race for the 22nd Congressional District late, and chose not to run for the 7th Congressional District, where his grandfather represented from 1967 to 1971.
"Pierce Bush's failure to reach the runoff suggests that the market for the Bush family brand of compassionate conservatism is nowhere near as strong as it was 20 to 30 years ago when his grandfather and uncle enjoyed widespread support within the Texas GOP," Rice University political scientist Mark Jones told the Texas Tribune.
"At the same time, it is important not to read too much into this race, since Pierce Bush's candidacy was undercut from the outset by the launch of his campaign less than three months prior to election day as well as the legitimate critiques against him of being a carpetbagger who only moved into the district after launching his candidacy," Jones said.
Brandon Rottinghaus, a University of Houston political scientist added that Bush's conservative credentials were not considered as strong as some of the other candidates in "a primary field that was moving significantly far to the right ideologically."
What else?
Despite reportedly raising more money than any of the other 14 candidates and securing the endorsement of the outgoing GOP incumbent Rep. Pete Olson, Bush's efforts were not enough.
Texas' 22nd Congressional District is one of seven seats that Democrats have prioritized flipping in 2020. Whoever wins the GOP primary will face Democrat and former foreign service officer Sri Preston Kulkarni in the general election.


theblaze--2020-03-04--Los Angeles County declares emergency on the heels of 6 new coronavirus cases

Los Angeles County declares emergency on the heels of 6 new coronavirus cases California now has 35 cases , more @ @ @ @ @ U.S .

Los Angeles County officials have declared an emergency after six new coronavirus cases popped up in the area over the last 48 hours.
What are the details?
Health officials discovered the new cases of COVIID-19 this week, bringing the state's total to 35, which, according to CNBC, is more than any other state in the U.S. at the time of this writing.
Washington state has at least 27 confirmed cases of coronavirus. At least nine people have died as a result of the virus at the time of this writing.
Chairwoman of the L.A. County Board of Supervisors Kathryn Barger said in a public statement Wednesday, "I want to reiterate that this is not a response rooted in panic."
The Los Angeles Times reported that three of the new cases were travelers who recently visited northern Italy, two of the new cases were family members who had close contact to someone outside of the U.S., and one of the new cases reportedly had a job "that put them in contact with travelers."
Dr. Barbara Ferrer, director of the county's public health department, said that all of the new cases are due to an "assumed known exposure."
"We will ensure that people who test positive for the novel coronavirus and their close contacts are quickly identified and closely monitored and supported while they are in isolation and/or quarantined," Ferrer added.
She also pointed out that the time has come for citizens to have a plan in place should schools begin closing down.
What else?
County Supervisor Hilda Solis said that misinformation about the virus is unacceptable.
"There's been too much misinformation spreading around," Solis said. "As we expected, it's cultivating fears and leading to racial profiling."
The Times reported that health officials in Pasadena and Long Beach are also planning to declare emergencies.
The World Health Organization announced on Tuesday that the global mortality rate from coronavirus was 3.4%.


theblaze--2020-03-04--Man claims he is victim after N-word, 'Trump' painted on vehicles. Then police arrested him.

Man claims he is victim after N-word , 'Trump ' painted on vehicles .
Then police arrested him .
'That @ @ @ @ @ 's absolutely embarrassing '

A Mississippi man who claimed he was the victim of racism-fueled graffiti has been arrested because police discovered the man allegedly orchestrated a hoax.
In early February, WREG-TV reported that Southaven, Mississippi, police and the FBI were investigating after Trumaine Foster reported his vehicles had been spray-painted with racist slurs. His pickup truck had the N-word painted on it, while a car had the phrase "Leave n*****" and "Trump" painted on it.
In a turn of events, police arrested Foster last Friday, charging him with insurance fraud and tampering with evidence.
According to WREG, police did not outright say that Foster was responsible for the vandalism, but the arrest strongly suggests that the original crime of vandalism was not real.
"That it was a hoax just kind of made us look silly," one of Foster's neighbors told WREG. "That's just embarrassing. That's absolutely embarrassing."
As far as a potential motive for the crimes, WREG discovered that Foster owns a body shop that primarily specializes in painting cars.
Foster is set to appear in court Wednesday. He remained in jail through the weekend without bail, the Associated Press reported.


theblaze--2020-03-04--President Trump considers using natural disaster fund to treat uninsured coronavirus patients

Otherwise hospitals will have to pay the bill

President Donald Trump is considering ways to assist uninsured coronavirus patients with the cost of testing and treatment, including potential use of a natural disaster fund to cover those costs, according to The Wall Street Journal.
What's the issue?
As coronavirus, also known as COVID-19, spreads throughout the United States, an essential part of the containment effort is for people who may be infected to have access to testing or treatment. However, there are approximately 27 million people without health insurance, and those people may be reluctant to seek medical care due to the high cost.
This may be especially true for people who feel their symptoms are manageable, which could be the case with the coronavirus since it often presents in patients with symptoms similar to a cold or flu, but doesn't respond to the medications used to treat those ailments.
If people are walking around with coronavirus without knowing it, the spread will be difficult or impossible to contain.
What has Trump said about it?
"Well, we're going to look at the uninsured because they have a big problem," President Trump said Tuesday. "And we're going to look at the uninsured people that — you know, this came — it was a surprise to all of us. It just happened. It shows what can happen in life. But we're going to be looking at the uninsured and see if we can help them out."
How might the government help?
The Wall Street Journal reported that the Trump administration is considering the use of the National Disaster Medical System reimbursement program to cover costs for uninsured coronavirus patients. From the Journal:
In natural disasters such as hurricanes, hospitals and medical facilities can be reimbursed under a federal program that pays them about 110% of Medicare rates for treating patients such as those evacuated from hard-hit areas.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has been in discussions about using that program to pay providers who treat uninsured patients with coronavirus, the person (a source familiar with the conversations) said.
What's the status of coronavirus in the U.S.?
There are at least 130 known cases of COVID-19 in the U.S., and nine people have died. All of the deaths occurred in Washington state, and eight of them occurred in the same county.
There is now evidence of community spread of the virus in several states.


theblaze--2020-03-04--'Not a page gone': Cops find intact family Bible among Tennessee tornado wreckage

'Not a page gone ' : Cops find intact family Bible among Tennessee tornado wreckage

As Tennessee residents continued clean-up efforts after tornadoes ravaged the area, first responders found a nearly unscathed Bible among the wreckage.
"I found the holy Bible here. ... There's not a page gone in this Bible," a Sparta Police Department cop identified as Officer Denton told WVLT-TV. "It's a family Bible. We'd like to find out whose family Bible it was."
(Read: The Best and Most Inspiring Bible Verses and Scriptures)
At least two additional Bibles were found in the wreckage, with police looking to return these items to their rightful owners.
Watch Officer Denton show the Bible:
In the midst of such pain, devastation and loss, these personal belongings — especially Bibles — will surely bring solace to families.
"These are treasures," the TV reporter conducting the interview proclaimed, noting that people will surely want to reclaim such items.
(Read also: 11 Bible Verses About Sadness, Grief And Overcoming The Odds)
"This is the worst thing I've ever seen," Denton added of the devastation.
Please continue to pray for Tennessee as clean-up continues, and as at least 24 deaths have been reported.
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