theblaze--2020-10-07--Antifa has barraged Portland with nightly violence for months — yet city officials just got 'anti-wh

Antifa has barraged Portland with nightly violence for months — yet city officials just got 'anti-white supremacy' training due to 'threats'

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Portland Antifa militants have been physically attacking law enforcement, destroying property, ganging up on regular citizens, bullying elderly women, setting fires to buildings, and engaging in numerous forms of mayhem — including murder — on a nightly basis for months.
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Yet Portland officials just received "anti-white supremacy" training due to the "threats" that the alt-right and white nationalists pose.
Say what?
Portland City Council and city bureau directors attended trainings on the history of white supremacy and its "devastating impact on Portland and the nation," the city said in a news release, adding that the move stems from a 2019 council resolution condemning white supremacist and alt-right hate groups.
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The move also reflected a Core Values Resolution the council passed in June — and among the adopted values is "anti-racism."
"We made a commitment to becoming an anti-racist city," Mayor Ted Wheeler said, adding that the training "will help us understand the white nationalists and improve our response to the very real threats they pose to our community."
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Commissioner Jo Ann Hardesty added that "given our state's history of white supremacy and our current national leaders' efforts to downplay its dangers, it is critical local governments like ours understand the threat and take the steps to protect Portlanders as we continue working together to build a more equitable Portland."
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More from the news release, which fails to mention Antifa:
In recent months, alt-right and paramilitary organizations have mobilized in opposition to the Black Lives Matter movement and government actions aimed at reducing the spread of COVID-19. Portland's leadership in racial justice reform and community demands for change have made the city a target for right-wing politicians and white supremacist groups, who use Portland as a rhetorical tool for division.
"The alt-right and white nationalist groups go to great lengths to radically intensify division during ANY crisis — creating anxiety, division, and exhaustion. Their goal is the devastation of an inclusive and civil society," Commissioner Dan Ryan said. "Portlanders will not be fooled. We will come together as one to amplify our inclusive and loving values. We will build forward from the profound lessons of 2020 with shared humility, sacrifice, prosperity and pride."
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"While the federal administration adopts fascist policies like banning Critical Race Theory in federal agencies, white supremacist groups in turn have become even more visible and confident," Commissioner Chloe Eudaly said. "I am grateful to local experts Western States Center for showing Council how to identify and disrupt white supremacy in our community. I am committed to applying my learnings to eliminate extremist ideologies from our city and our government."
Anti-white supremacy training is being planned for all city staff, the release said.


theblaze--2020-10-07--Nancy Pelosi says Trump 'insulted the Constitution' by ending negotiations on $2.2 trillion stimulus

Nancy Pelosi says Trump 'insulted the Constitution ' by ending negotiations on $ 2.2 trillion stimulus

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said Wednesday that President Donald Trump is "rebounding from a terrible mistake" in response to Trump's new offer to sign stand alone coronavirus stimulus check legislation after ending negotiations for a more expansive relief package Tuesday.
"It's hard to see any clear sane path on what he's doing but the fact is he saw the political downside of his statement of walking away from the negotiations ... He's rebounding from a terrible mistake he made yesterday and the Republicans in Congress are going down the drain with him on that," Pelosi said on ABC's "The View."
"But I will say this, it is really important for us to come to this agreement. When the President just popped off and made that announcement without even informing us, that was the case. He insulted the Constitution of the United States."
Pelosi accused President Trump of "putting himself first at the expense of the country" in a statement released after Trump ended negotiations over the coronavirus relief package.
"Walking away from coronavirus talks demonstrates that President Trump is unwilling to crush the virus, as is required by the Heroes Act," Pelosi said Tuesday. "He shows his contempt for science, his disdain for our heroes – in health care, first responders, sanitation, transportation, food workers, teachers, teachers, teachers and others – and he refuses to put money in workers' pockets, unless his name is printed on the check."
"At the same time, the President is abandoning meeting the needs of our children as they adjust to learning in-person, virtual or hybrid. Instead, Trump is wedded to his $150 billion tax cut for the wealthiest people in America from the CARES Act, while he refuses to give real help to poor children, the unemployed and America's hard working families."
Trump ended GOP negotiations with House Democrats Tuesday after both sides could not agree on how much to spend in a coronavirus relief bill. Politico's Jake Sherman reports that the two sides were "roughly $1 trillion" apart, with Democrats demanding a $2 trillion bill and Republicans unwilling to spend more than $1.5 trillion.
The Democrats' stimulus bill, titled the "HEROES Act," would send middle and low-income Americans another $1,200 stimulus check to taxpayers that qualify and $500 per dependent. It would also reinstate a $600 federal unemployment benefit that expired in July through January 2021 — a policy Republicans criticized for paying some Americans more than they would make for returning to their jobs.
Also, the bill features a $436 billion bailout for states and cities facing budget shortfalls, a bailout for the airline industry, $225 billion for education and $57 billion for child care, as well as funding for election security, the U.S. Postal Service, worker safety, food security, and coronavirus testing, tracing, and treatment, Forbes reports.
In his tweet announcing the end of negotiations, Trump criticized the bailout for state budget shortfalls as "money that is in no way related to COVID-19," and accused Pelosi of refusing to negotiate in good faith.
In her statement, Pelosi defended the additional spending, arguing "even if policy actions ultimately prove to be greater than needed, they will not go to waste."
Late Tuesday night, Trump offered to sign a stand alone stimulus check bill "immediately" providing another round of $1,200 checks to Americans.
Pelosi has previously opposed narrow stimulus packages. In August, she rejected a coronavirus relief bill supported by more than 100 House Democrats that would have reinstated the $600 weekly unemployment benefit.


theblaze--2020-10-07--Biden is dominating Trump in the polls — but Trump's campaign is making significant inroads where it

Biden is dominating Trump in the polls — but Trump's campaign is making significant inroads where it matters: voter registration

Biden is dominating Trump in the polls — but Trump 's campaign is making significant inroads where it matters : @ @

With just weeks left before Election Day, Joe Biden holds a commanding lead over President Donald Trump in national polling, just as Hillary Clinton did in the run-up to the 2016 election.
But polling doesn't tell the whole story.
In fact, according to Trump's campaign, another important election metric suggests that Trump may not be trailing Biden as badly as polls show — or even at all.
What are the details?
According to the Washington Examiner, Republicans have made significant strides in their voter registration efforts, indicating that grassroots support for the president may be greater than what the polls depict.
Traditionally, voter registration is dominated by the Democratic Party.
However, Trump's campaign has made significant inroads in battleground states that will be key to winning the election, even flipping one state completely.
From the Washington Examiner:
In Pennsylvania, the Republican Party has sliced the Democrats' dominance with registered voters by nearly 200,000 since Election Day 2016. The Republicans also made up ground in North Carolina, reducing the Democrats' superiority among registered voters by 243,000 compared to four years ago. In Florida, the GOP chopped the Democratic advantage by 154,000. In Iowa, the Republicans turned a nearly 15,000 voter registration deficit on March 1 into a 13,000 lead on Thursday.
The Trump campaign told the Examiner that the numbers indicate grassroots enthusiasm for Trump's reelection.
"Part of voter registration is simply harnessing enthusiasm," said Nick Trainer, the Trump campaign's director of battleground strategy. "There is a knock-down, drag-out part of registering voters, and it's time-consuming. But you can't register them if they're not enthused about your party or your candidate."
Some of those newly registered Republican voters could be voters who were previously registered Democrats, but had long voted for Republican candidates.
But Charlie Gerow, a Republican operative, told the Examiner that such circumstances do not explain the significant shift in Pennsylvania, for example.
"Some of these registrations are, in fact, Democrat crossovers from people who have been voting Republican for a while," Gerow explained. "Many are new registrants as well as a significant number who are registering Republican specifically because of Donald Trump voter registration."
What did the Democratic Party say?
The Democratic National Committee dismissed the development, pointing to the fact that Democrats still lead voter registration in battleground states overall. DNC spokesman David Bergstein also told the Examiner, "We are beating them in voter participation."
What do the polls show?
Currently, Biden leads Trump nationally by an average whopping 9-point margin, greater than any lead Clinton had on Trump in the weeks before the 2016 election.
Ultimately, the margin between Clinton and Trump shrunk to just a few points, which reflected the popular vote margin of 2.1% in Clinton's favor.


theblaze--2020-10-07--Commentary: Here's what's at stake Nov. 3, and on Nov. 4, and thereafter

Commentary : Here 's what 's at stake Nov. 3 , and on Nov. 4 , and thereafter If the @ @ @ @ @ become more bold

A lot of people living in the suburbs like where I reside think if we just get rid of President Donald Trump the media won't be as biased, the left won't be as radical, and we return to normal.
The exact opposite is true.
Whatever you incentivize you get more of. And the left/media will be incentivized that insurgency works.
Furthermore, the American left was always going here anyway. Just as the left has throughout the West. Because this is what the left is. These are deconstructionists, and their goal is the deconstruction of Western civilization. Nothing more, nothing less. The Democratic Party thought it could cynically harness their energy to acquire power over Republicans with whom they disagree on largely technocratic policy.
But once unleashed and mainstreamed, a religious fervor like this cannot be contained. It can only be defeated, or it will sweep the countryside as Islam swept over the earliest Christian civilizations in Asia Minor.
This leftist pagan religion has swept through the Democratic Party, and make no mistake it will sweep through the country once empowered. History shows such movements cannot be prayed away, they will prey upon you instead. See why we've often had to fight wars.
Nor can they be pushed back with flowery rhetoric written in the judicial opinions of the judges you appointed as safeguards should you lose the election. They will go from flaunting judicial power to ignoring it altogether, for their own power is the only power they respect.
If you do not defeat such movements peacefully at the ballot box, rest assured you will be forced to confront them elsewhere because they don't ever stop on their own. Even while you're just trying to enjoy a night out with a loved one, as we've seen. They will come to you. They will seek you out.
You've already seen the proto-version of this throughout the year with the marauding bands of rioters and disrupters, who were labeled by their sycophantic media charlatans as "peaceful protesters." If they are successful on Nov. 3, we will have sent them a message that this works. Thus, you'll get more of it, and then worse.
See, this election isn't about Trump. It's about us.
Trump is largely a distraction we have distracted ourselves with. You have to adore him or you hate America. You have to rue him or you've sold out. Blah, blah blah. You know why this game is exhausting? Because most pointless things are.
While we have played the Trump game among ourselves, the left has taken the mask off (while forcing you to put their ineffective burka on, of course). It's all out in the open now. They're not even hiding it now. They no longer think they have to.
You will have drag queen story time hour at your small town library. You will have child porn next to the Christmas special on your Netflix. You will have openly Marxist propaganda on the court of your NBA games, while the league promotes China's messaging at the same time. The same China that infected the world with a deadly contagion. You will have Critical Race Theory scams preached in your SBC churches.
There is nowhere you can you retreat to, no place you can hide. This (Marxist) revolution will be televised. And we are the captive audience.
So stay home. Don't vote for Trump. Don't believe he's earned your vote. You are entitled to do that. I have done all those things before myself, and I'm not one here to argue with your conscience. It's not like Trump hasn't done things to annoy or alarm people. I've detailed many of them myself. It's why I sat out the last time. I'm not here to convince you otherwise. I'm simply making sure you understand the stakes here. And who your enemy is, because it certainly sees you as its enemy — as all rival religions do once radicalized.
But then come Nov. 4, I look forward to hearing your plan for how to stop a Marxist Insurgency now fully incentivized and empowered. With a senile figurehead in the most powerful office in the world, for which it can use and manipulate behind the scenes to threaten your way of life with the kind of stuff Barack Obama would've considered mere vain imaginings and fevered dreams. All now called your "new normal."
Make no mistake, when/if Trump goes away these leftists will still be here. For they are now right where they've always wanted to be — in your face.


theblaze--2020-10-07--Police try to shut down celebration during Jewish holiday. Cuomo issues new 'draconian' measures, an

Police try to shut down celebration during Jewish holiday. Cuomo issues new 'draconian' measures, and community comes together to burn masks in the street.

Police try to shut down celebration during Jewish holiday .
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A large group of Orthodox Jews took to the streets in Brooklyn on Monday in celebration of Jewish holiday of Sukkot. Police attempted to intervene but were pushed out by revelers.
Following the event, New York Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced what he referred to as a "cluster action initiative" — an attempt to target red zone hot spot areas such as Brooklyn and Queens, as well as Broome, Orange, and Rockland counties across the state.
Cuomo's announcement then prompted a second mass group to converge on the city's streets on Tuesday, and its members burned their masks in response.
Police attempt to break up wild Monday dance party — and fail
On Monday, police attempted to forcefully break up a large group of people celebrating the Jewish holiday of Sukkot — which began last Friday and will end this Friday — in the Crown Heights neighborhood.
According to a Tuesday Newsweek report, members of the New York Police Department were ultimately unable to disperse the crowd. No arrests were made, and no citations were issued.
The Gothamist reported that the officers' actions only prompted "indifference and hostility from Orthodox revelers who continued dancing even in the face of police orders."
The outlet reported that "hundreds" of Jews gathered for the gathering.
"Video from the event shows police officers — including some from the NYPD's Community Affairs Unit — imploring the densely packed crowd to follow state law's intended to prevent the spread of COVID-19," the outlet reported. "'Please get onto the sidewalk,' an officer pleads. 'You will be allowed to dance on the sidewalk.'"
As seen in the video, the group apparently has no intention of following the officers' orders, and instead, begins dancing more frenetically while pushing back at the police.
Shortly afterward, the officers ended up leaving the scene.
Gov. Cuomo's initiative
On Tuesday, Gov. Cuomo addressed the issue of the large gatherings and announced his new initiative.
"I spoke to members of the Orthodox Jewish community today," Cuomo said. "I spoke to the leaders myself this morning. We had a very good conversation. ... I have been very close to the Orthodox community for many years. I understand the imposition this is going to place on them, and I said to them I need their cooperation. The Torah speaks about how certain religious obligations can be excused, if you are going to save a life. This is about saving a life."
Cuomo added, "No large gatherings in synagogues to save a life. You look at where the infection rate is, you look at those clusters, people will die in those clusters and this is about protecting people and saving lives."
In a statement in response to Cuomo's mandate, state Sen. Simcha Felder, Assemblyman Simcha Eichenstein, and Councilmen Kalman Yeger and Chaim Deutsch slammed Cuomo, and accused him of engaging in a "duplicitous bait-and-switch."
"Outrageously, just hours later, Governor Cuomo announced a draconian return to restrictions that would shutter thousands of New York businesses and limit houses of worship to a maximum capacity of 10 (no matter the maximum capacity of the building)," the statement said.
"[Cuomo's] rhetoric in recent days has been irresponsible and pejorative, particularly to a community of Holocaust survivors and their descendants, for whom his language was reminiscent of past verbal attacks on Jewish communities," the statement added. "Governor Cuomo's choice to single out a particular religious group, complete with a slideshow of photos to highlight this point, was outrageous."
The initiative, effectively, would close schools, limit attendance at synagogues, and close nonessential businesses in "red zone" areas.
You can read more about the initiative here.
What happened on Tuesday night?
As seen in several videos circulating on social media, a massive group appeared on the streets of Brooklyn Tuesday night to protest against Cuomo's new initiative.
Those members of the large group did not appear to be socially distanced, and many of them were not wearing any face coverings.
According to Newsweek, the New York Fire Department showed up at the scene of at least one Tuesday night demonstration to extinguish a pile of burning masks.
The outlet notes that a "line of people [appeared] to briefly try and block the firefighters' attempts to put out the blaze."
Haaretz on Wednesday reported that protesters in Borough Park were joined by radio host Heshy Tischler and City Council Representative Kalman Yeger. Both, according to the outlet, "encouraged the crowd to stand up for religious freedom."
"We are not going to be deprived of the right that we have in America, like everybody else in America, the right to observe our religion," Yeger said. "I don't care who in government thinks that they can stop us, they're wrong. Let them try."
Tischler later visited Crown Heights, where he told protesters, "We have a court order, we won, our schools and shuls are open, we will not close. ... And here's the deal, I'm filing a new court order, I'm holding Cuomo and the idiot de Blasio in contempt. We will civil disobedience ... our amendments, our first amendments, our rights, we will not close our shuls Simchas Torah!"
Members of the crowd also chanted, "Jewish lives matter!" according to Haaretz.


theblaze--2020-10-07--President Trump puts ball in Pelosi's court, tweets support for 'stand alone' $1,200 stimulus checks

President Trump puts ball in Pelosi 's court , tweets support for 'stand alone ' $ 1,200 stimulus checks

Hours after demanding the cancellation of further negotiation on a wholesale coronavirus relief package until after the election, President Donald Trump signaled support for a second round of $1,200 stimulus checks to be paid to the American people.
In a tweet sent late Tuesday night, the president vouched for the independent measure, saying, "If I am sent a Stand Alone Bill for Stimulus Checks ($1,200), they will go out to our great people IMMEDIATELY. I am ready to sign right now."
"Are you listening Nancy?" he taunted, before tagging Democratic Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and other congressional leadership.
Wednesday morning, Trump doubled down on the move, tweeting "Move Fast, I Am Waiting To Sign! @Speaker Pelosi."
In addition to the stimulus checks, the president also signaled support for another independent measure, tweeting he would immediately sign a bill to distribute $135 billion to small businesses through the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) and another $25 billion to airline companies for payroll support.
Earlier on Tuesday, Trump appeared to scrap plans for a comprehensive coronavirus relief bill by announcing he instructed administration officials to discontinue talks with Democrats on the matter. He also asked the Senate to "focus full time" on confirming his nominee, Amy Coney Barrett, to the Supreme Court.
The president blamed Pelosi for the end to negotiations, arguing she continuously requested too much money and was "not negotiating in good faith."
"Nancy Pelosi is asking for $2.4 Trillion Dollars to bailout poorly run, high crime, Democrat States, money that is in no way related to COVID-19," he tweeted. "We made a very generous offer of $1.6 Trillion Dollars and, as usual, she is not negotiating in good faith."
In response to the tweets, Pelosi put out a statement blasting the president and saying he was once again showing "his true colors: putting himself first at the expense of the country."
"Walking away from coronavirus talks demonstrates that President Trump is unwilling to crush the virus," she added.
But the move by Trump may have been a negotiating tactic. By removing comprehensive relief from the negotiating table but insisting upon stimulus checks, Trump may have forced Pelosi and the Democrats to give the president a victory before the election. Or, if she rejects the offer, it could backfire.


theblaze--2020-10-07--Restaurant diners should put on masks 'in between bites,' California Gov. Gavin Newsom declares. And

Restaurant diners should put on masks 'in between bites,' California Gov. Gavin Newsom declares. And Twitter users savage him.

Restaurant diners should put on masks 'in between bites , ' California Gov .
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Restaurant diners should put on their masks "in between bites" to help slow the spread of the coronavirus, according to California Gov. Gavin Newsom, a far-left Democrat.
What are the details?
"Going out to eat with members of your household this weekend?" the governor's office said in a Saturday tweet. "Don't forget to keep your mask on in between bites."
"Do your part to keep those around you healthy," according to the tweet's text, which added a "Slow the Spread" hashtag.
Contradiction, much?
Interestingly the tweet includes an image showing a diner wearing a mask while reading a menu, then with her mask off while eating, and then with her mask on again after finishing her meal; the image is titled, "COVD-19 DINER TIP 1: Minimize the number of times you take your mask off." The graphic's message is the opposite of Newsom's suggestion, which would increase the number of times masks are removed since he wants them placed on between bites.
How are folks reacting to the message?
As you might expect, Newsom & Co.'s nanny-like micromanagement and contradictory statements received some sarcastic pushback on Twitter:
"Should we wash our hands after touching our mask each time we remove it between bites? What if I'm eating chips and salsa and I go for a double dip?" one user wondered. "Is that technically two bites since it's the same chip?"
The same user brought up a second quandary: "What if I take a bite of the chip (first dip) and it gets lodged in my throat and I start choking? Should I put the mask on first and then start coughing or would it be OK to try and preserve my life first without the mask?"
"The best part is that the text and the image completely contradict each other," a commenter pointed out. "How do you limit the number of time you take your mask off, if you take it off for every bite? If you're taking huge bites and choke, is anyone allowed to do the Heimlich?"
Another user was downright blunt: "... if I'm at a table with my family and appropriately distanced from others THERE'S NO CHANCE IN HELL I'M WEARING A MASK BETWEEN BITES. YOU'RE INSANE!"
"This embarrasses me, a Californian who voted for Newsom," another user said. "Mask-wearing/social distancing are vital, but this is ridiculous. Touching your mask that frequently is worse. Patio dining, masked servers, masked patrons except when eating/drinking. Take this down & alter the directive."
"Is this now a parody account? This advice is absolutely terrible and you should go sit in the corner for an hour and think about your poor choices (and tweets)," another user noted. "Seriously, this is the official account for the governor of California. My goodness. Get it together please!"
Anything else?
California has allowed limited indoor dining to resume in a number of counties, and San Francisco allowed indoor dining last week at 25% capacity, Fox News reported. There have been over 800,000 coronavirus cases and over 16,000 deaths in the state related to it, the cable network added.


theblaze--2020-10-07--Horowitz: DC allows illegal alien students preference in returning to in-person classes over most Am

Horowitz: DC allows illegal alien students preference in returning to in-person classes over most Americans

Horowitz : DC allows illegal alien students preference in returning to in-person classes over most Americans

Liberal city mayors have finally discovered that it was a mistake to close schools and that this virus is not dangerous to children. Well … not all children … only illegal aliens. Most American students will have to remain at home in the nation's capital, while illegal alien children get to attend in-person classes.
So, whose country is this anyway?
On Monday, Mayor Muriel Bowser and D.C. Public Schools Chancellor Lewis Ferebee announced that beginning Nov. 9, some elementary and preschool students in the district will return to in-person schooling. Isn't it funny how they can already sense that the danger of the virus will dissipate during the first week after the election?
However, there is a wrinkle. According to the Washington Post, only those who are homeless, have special educational needs, or are learning English as a second language get to return to in-person schooling! In other words, for the overwhelming majority of American citizen students, they will continue with Zoom classes indefinitely. However, if they are learning English as a second language, they get to return to normal schooling.
"Learning from home is not working for every student," Ferebee said at Monday's news conference. "And we particularly know that it has been challenging for our youngest learners."
No kidding! It doesn't work well for all students. So, if there is no longer a danger for those with special needs, then why can't it work for everyone?
Moreover, why should immigrant children get priority over those from citizen families? Yes, the classification of an LEP, or "Limited English proficient," student can apply to some legal immigrant families, but given the demographics of D.C. there are likely many illegal alien children who will benefit from this arrangement while American children stay home.
According to the D.C. government, there are over 6,000 students enrolled in LEP programs, roughly 12.5% of the total K-12 population.
The D.C. area has been flooded with unaccompanied alien children in recent years, many of whom have been vulnerable to MS-13 recruitment. According to the Office of Refugee Resettlement, 1,435 unaccompanied alien children have been resettled in the nation's capital since FY 2015.
According to the Post, the school system spent more money on "hazard pay, a full-time nurse assigned to every school, upgraded air filters and other safeguards in buildings." Citizens of D.C. who pay a fortune in taxes can take heart in knowing that they are now paying for students of other countries while their children will remain at home.
Those who speak English as a first language are now second-class citizens in our nation's own capital city.


theblaze--2020-10-08--Disgraced former Rep. Katie Hill gushes over actress who will portray her in new film. Former staff

Disgraced former Rep. Katie Hill gushes over actress who will portray her in new film. Former staff then hack her Twitter account and accuse her of abuse.

Disgraced former Rep. Katie Hill gushes over actress who will portray her in new film .
Former staff then hack @ @ @ @ @ her of abuse .

Disgraced former Democratic Rep. Katie Hill (Calif.) announced Wednesday that actress Elisabeth Moss is set to portray her in an upcoming film adaption of Hill's book, "She Will Rise: Becoming a Warrior in the Battle for Equality."
Hill resigned from office in 2019 amid a House ethics investigation into allegations that she engaged in an inappropriate sexual relationship with at least one of her former congressional staffers.
Amid the announcement of the new project, social media users who purported to be former Hill staffers hacked a dormant government Twitter account formerly belonging to Hill in order to slam the project and accuse their former boss of abuse.
What are the details?
On Wednesday, Hill tweeted, "I can finally announce another exciting project! I'm so honored to be played by the iconic Elisabeth Moss, and thrilled to work with this incredible team. Guess I'm about to add movie producer to my resume..."
Hill linked a story from Variety, which detailed the film's premise as written in the book:
In the book, Hill recounts her experience as a young woman with no prior political experience whose charm, and common sense won over the people in her district and thrust her into the halls of power in Washington. While her brash confidence won her powerful allies and infuriated her enemies, it was privately concealing a cycle of domestic abuse she was trapped in at home, infamously culminating in the release of intimate photos and the revelation of her own admitted personal mistakes that would eventually result in her stunning fall from grace.
Hill will also serve as executive producer of the film.
In a statement on the TV project, Hill said, "I wrote 'She Will Rise; to try to take back my story from those who have exploited and twisted it. I also wanted to shine a light on the stories of women whose resilience and bravery gave me strength when I needed it most, and hopefully to provide inspiration to others. Having this larger platform to tell this story, working with the talented team at Blumhouse and Michael [Seitzman], and the incredible Elisabeth Moss as the lead, is more than I ever could have imagined — I am so grateful for the opportunity and look forward to collaborating on this project."
Moss is well-known for her portrayal in "The Handmaid's Tale."
In a statement on the new project, Moss gushed, "I am so honored to have the opportunity to portray Katie and to help tell her story. Her strength and work to amplify women's voices is incredibly inspiring to me and her experiences could not be more important for us to magnify right now. As always, Jason and the Blumhouse team are such incredible partners and Lindsey [McManus] and I are thrilled to make something powerful with them and Michael."
Jason Blum for Blumhouse Pictures — best known for its horror movies — told the outlet that the production company "pursued the project" because they "believe in Katie and her message of empowering women and breaking the system."
What else?
An old government Twitter account that used to belong to Hill was hacked Wednesday, purportedly by "former staff" who blasted the film and accused the disgraced former lawmaker of workplace abuse.
The tweets said that Hill is no hero, and that she "took advantage of her subordinates" and never took accountability.
"Katie Hill can be both a victim and perpetrator," one of the tweets read. "And, staff can experience severe consequences for speaking out against their powerful boss. No one should have to put themselves in harm's way for the public to understand a simple truth: Katie Hill is not a hero for women. We deserve heroes who embody our values even in the most difficult moments."
"She caused immense harm to the people who worked for her, many of whom were young women," the tweets added, according to an archived shot of the feed.
The lengthy thread concluded, "Enough is enough. In order to advance the #MeToo movement, we must be willing to acknowledge the problematic behaviors among those in our own communities. Only then will we see true progress. #TimesUp #MeToo."
Image source: Wayback Machine screenshot
The tweets remain active at the time of this reporting, and you can view them in their entirety here.
Following the hack, Hill issued a statement insisting that she returned control of the government account to the House Clerk following her 2019 resignation.
"Thanks to all who let me know my government official twitter account was hacked. Control of my account was immediately handed back to the House Clerk when I resigned, including password changes and access restrictions. God knows who hacked it from there. Reported to @twitter," she wrote.
"Regardless of their author, the content of the hacked tweets is something I have talked about at length ... regarding my decision to resign, as well as the constant work and reflection I've done since then," she continued. "I look forward to continuing to have conversations around these issues and using my platform to support women."
She concluded, "I look forward to continuing to have conversations around these issues and using my platform to support women in any way possible."


theblaze--2020-10-08--Mike Pence corners Kamala Harris on packing SCOTUS, and she refuses to answer the question

Mike Pence corners Kamala Harris on packing SCOTUS , and she refuses to answer the question Both Biden and Harris @ @ @ @ @

Vice President Mike Pence asked Democratic vice presidential nominee Sen. Kamala Harris (Calif.) twice directly during the candidates' debate Wednesday night whether she and Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden would pack the U.S. Supreme Court with additional justices if President Donald Trump loses reelection and his latest nominee is confirmed.
Harris dodged the question both times. She and Biden have both refused to answer every time they have been asked.
What are the details?
Pence and Harris both dodged answering some questions from moderator Susan Page during the debate, and in one instance, Pence used his time to ask Harris about her ticket's position on congressional Democrats' threat of court-packing — and he pressed the issue.
"When you speak about the Supreme Court, though, I think the American people deserve an answer, Sen. Harris," Pence said, turning to his opponent as he asked, "Are you and Joe Biden going to pack the court if [Supreme Court nominee] Amy Coney Barrett is confirmed? Are you going to pack the court?"
He added, "Your party is actually openly advocating adding seats to the Supreme Court — which has had nine seats for 150 years — if you don't get your way.
"Now, you have refused to answer the question," he continued. "Joe Biden has refused to answer the question. The American people would really like to know ... are you and Joe Biden going to pack the Supreme Court to get your way?"
Harris went into what she called a "history lesson" about President Abraham Lincoln's decision not to make a justice nomination ahead of a presidential election while he was in office, but she did not answer the question.
So, Pence tried again to get an answer, reiterating to Harris that the American people "are voting right now and they'd like to know if you and Joe Biden are going to pack the Supreme Court if you don't get your way in this nomination."
Harris insisted that she was trying to answer, but again, did not do so when she had the floor. Instead, she pivoted, saying, "Do you know that of the 50 people who President Trump appointed to the court of appeals for lifetime appointments, not one is black?"
Pence and Harris battle over Supreme Court, court packing | VP Debate www.youtube.com
Fox News reported that "the idea of 'packing' the court with extra justices — attempted unsuccessfully by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt in 1937 to force through parts of his New Deal that were ruled unconstitutional by the high court — has bubbled away on the fringes of the [Democratic] party for years."
Biden has repeatedly refused to answer when asked during the first presidential debate and during interviews as to whether he would pack the court, and last week, Harris refused to answer when CNN's Jake Tapper asked her ticket's position on the issue. She echoed Biden's previous responses, asserting that taking a stance would distract from the race.
Following the debate Wednesday night, Tapper said on CNN that the fact that neither Biden nor Harris will give an answer on court-packing is "significant, and Biden and Harris should answer it."


theblaze--2020-10-08--BREAKING: Second presidential debate to be held virtually — but President Trump says he's not doing

BREAKING: Second presidential debate to be held virtually — but President Trump says he's not doing it

BREAKING : Second presidential debate to be held virtually — but President Trump says he 's not doing it

The Commission on Presidential Debates announced Thursday that next week's presidential debate between President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden will be virtual.
In an interview with Fox News, the president said he will not take part.
What are the details?
The debate, set for Oct. 15, will be held virtually following Trump's positive COVID-19 diagnosis, according to CNBC.
Following the diagnosis, Trump spent three days at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center for treatment. He was released Monday and is reportedly on the mend.
"The second presidential debate will take the form of a town meeting, in which the candidates would participate from separate remote locations," the commission said in an announcement.
The commission explained that it made the decision "in order to protect the health and safety of all involved."
C-SPAN's Steve Scully will remain the moderator for the second debate.
"The town meeting participants and the moderator, Steve Scully, Senior Executive Producer & Political Editor, C-SPAN Networks, will be located at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County in Miami, Florida," a statement read. "The White House Pool will provide coverage of the second presidential debate."
'They're trying to protect Biden'
Trump told Fox Business that he has no plans to partake in a "ridiculous" virtual debate.
"The commission changed the debate style and that's not acceptable to us," Trump told Maria Bartiromo on Thursday morning. "I beat him in the first debate, I beat him easily."
"I'm not going to do a virtual debate," Trump added. "I'm not going to waste my time at a virtual debate.
"They're trying to protect Biden," the president insisted. "Everybody is."
According to Fox News, the Biden campaign appeared to accept the format change Thursday morning.
The outlet reported that deputy campaign manager Kate Bedingfield said, "Vice President Biden looks forward to speaking directly to the American people and comparing his plan for bringing the country together and building back better with Donald Trump's failed leadership on the coronavirus that has thrown the strong economy he inherited into the worst downturn since the Great Depression."
This story is breaking and will be updated as necessary.


theblaze--2020-10-08--Post-debate media roundup: The fly dominates the debate. Also, Mike Pence is sexist.

Post-debate media roundup : The fly dominates the debate .
Also , Mike Pence is sexist .

Wednesday night's vice presidential debate was a substantive, issue-driven, coherent political debate between Vice President Mike Pence and Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.), and a significant amount of the media discussion about and reaction to the debate focused on a fly.
During the debate at Kingsbury Hall in Salt Lake City, a fly landed on Pence's head and sat there for about two minutes.
And for a time, the fly dominated the debate discussion.
Daily Caller reporter Andrew Kerr called out the media for its triviality.
Aside from the fly, immediate media reaction to the debate focused on the performances of the two vice presidential candidates. MSNBC host Rachel Maddow remarked that the debate reminded her of what politics used to be like, before criticizing the Trump administration.
Maddow led a panel with MSNBC contributors Nicole Wallace and Joy Reid.
Reid, after mentioning the fly, criticized Pence for interrupting Harris, accusing him of "doing a softer version of what Donald Trump did last week."
"He repeatedly interrupted her, he demanded, well, he also repeatedly interrupted the other woman in the room, which is the moderator who seemed to at some point lose control of him, and he also continually demanded that Kamala Harris answer his questions," Reid said. "She was not there to answer his questions."
After Reid noted how Pence apparently steamrolled the moderator and Harris, which she said will hurt Trump with women, Wallace said his performance was "flaccid and anemic," which she says will hurt Trump with men.
Former Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill later joined the MSNBC panel and called Pence "patronizing" and "boring."
Pence was criticized by other commentators for interrupting Harris. According to CNN chief media correspondent Brian Stelter, CBS anchor Norah O'Donnell claimed that Pence interrupted Harris "twice as often" as Harris interrupted Pence.
MSNBC host Mika Brzezinski complained that Pence overran his time and was not controlled by moderator Susan Page.
MSNBC's Chris Hayes made the interruptions a gender issue.
ABC News anchor George Stephanopoulos brought sexism into his analysis, accusing Pence of "mansplaining" to Harris.
But two independent reviews of the speaking time reveals that Harris had equal time with Pence, if not more.
Ben Shapiro said that Pence's performance was "effective," which is why commentators assumed he spoke more.
Others said Pence performed well. CBS' Norah O'Donnell said Pence was "masterful."
"You may not agree with anything his administration does, but in terms of his debating style he repeatedly did not answer the question that was posed to him about the record of the Trump administration on a number of issues, he pivoted and used the time to deliver a direct attack against Joe Biden's long record in Washington. And I was stunned because I thought that Kamala Harris, the former prosecutor and skilled debater ... would be able to make sure it was the Trump record that was on defense."
"Many times it seemed like Kamala was on defense," she added.
ABC News newscaster Linsey Davis said Pence "really held [Harris'] feet to the fire" on the Supreme Court.
ABC News contributor Sara Fagen said Pence "did a great job."
CNN contributor Van Jones said Harris was "run over" and said Pence was "masterful" and "made conservatism seem normal again."
Harris was criticized for missing opportunities to attack the Trump administration and for dodging some questions.
NBC's Lester Holt and Andrea Mitchell noted Harris "didn't score" on the issue of masks.
CNN's Jake Tapper criticized Harris for dodging a question on packing the Supreme Court.
Conservatives, for the most part, say Pence won the debate. Progressives say Harris won. But if debates are won on memorability, we should all acknowledge the fly as the true winner.


theblaze--2020-10-08--Ocasio-Cortez stubbornly holds to belief the Green New Deal is popular, despite Kamala Harris refusi

Ocasio-Cortez stubbornly holds to belief the Green New Deal is popular, despite Kamala Harris refusing to support it during debate

Ocasio-Cortez stubbornly holds to belief the Green New Deal is popular , despite Kamala Harris refusing to support it during @ @ @ @ @ using the policy as a wedge issue

Firebrand socialist Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-Calif.) angrily lashed out in defense of her Green New Deal even after Democratic vice presidential candidate Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) refused to support the policy during her debate with Vice President Mike Pence.
Pence used the Green New Deal to drive a wedge between the far-left progressives in the Democratic Party and the establishment figures during the debate on Wednesday.
Harris, who was a co-sponsor of the Green New Deal, would not directly say if it was a plank in the Democratic presidential platform.
"You were the first Senate co-sponsor of the Green New Deal. And while Joe Biden denied the Green New Deal, Susan, thank you for pointing out the Green New Deal is on their campaign website," said Pence to the moderator Susan Page.
AOC responds
"The Green New Deal is and has been lied about nonstop, and yet is STILL popular. It's a massive job-creation and infrastructure plan to decarbonize & increase quality of work and life," she tweeted during the debate.
"It's okay to call the GOP out on those lies just as we call them out on all their other lies," she added.
Harris used her two minutes during the debate to ignore the question put to her about the Green New Deal and instead accused the Trump administration for being anti-science. She also made it clear that Biden would not ban fracking, which also upset Ocasio-Cortez as well.
"Fracking is bad, actually," she tweeted simply.
President Donald Trump also brought up the Green New Deal during the first presidential debate with Biden.
"No, I don't support the Green New Deal," Biden said. "I support the Biden plan that I put forward. The Biden plan, which is different than what he calls the radical Green New Deal."
Here's the debate between Pence and Harris on the Green New Deal:


theblaze--2020-10-08--VP debate recap: Pence defends Trump's record, goes on attack. Harris dodges questions on court pack

VP debate recap: Pence defends Trump's record, goes on attack. Harris dodges questions on court packing, tries to claim repealing tax cuts won't raise taxes.

VP debate recap : Pence defends Trump 's record , goes on attack .
Harris dodges questions on court packing @ @ @ @ @ tax cuts wo n't raise taxes .

Well, that looked more like a regular debate.
Vice President Mike Pence and Democratic Sen. Kamala Harris (Calif.) sparred over the coronavirus, the economy, the Supreme Court, and a number of other hot-button issues in a mostly interruption-less vice presidential debate Wednesday night in Salt Lake City.
Separated by not one, but two, layers of plexiglass, the two candidates fielded questions from debate moderator and USA Today correspondent Susan Page and left their respective parties with much to cheer on.
Key exchanges
On the coronavirus: The first topic of the night, predictably, was the coronavirus, and on that subject, Harris blasted the Trump administration's handling of the pandemic as the "greatest failure of any presidential administration in the history of our country." After spending most of her time attacking the current administration, she then briefly explained how a Biden-Harris administration would combat the pandemic: tracing, testing, and free vaccines.
Pence defended his and Trump's handling of the pandemic and before clapping back at Harris, suggesting that the Biden-Harris plan sounds an awful lot like what Trump has been doing all along.
"It looks a little like plagiarism, which Joe Biden knows a little something about," Pence said.
On vaccines: When asked by Page if she would take a vaccine administered under the Trump administration, Harris said she would take one if Dr. Anthony Fauci or health experts recommended it, but said "if Donald Trump tells us we should take it, I'm not taking it." Page didn't bother to follow up asking for clarification.
Pence jumped in to say, "The fact that you continue to undermine public confidence in a vaccine under the Trump administration is unconscionable ... please stop playing politics with people's lives."
On tax cuts: Harris vowed that Biden would immediately repeal the Trump tax cuts. She said: "On day one Joe Biden will repeal that tax bill, he'll get rid of it, and what he'll do with that money is invest it in the American people."
Pence shot back saying that Harris essentially was admitting that "on day one, Joe Biden's gonna raise your taxes" by repealing the Trump tax cuts, which he argued "saved the average American family of four ... $2,000 in taxes."
Harris responded by denying that Biden would raise taxes on any Americans earning less than $400,000 annually.
On the Supreme Court: Pence took the time in this segment to ask Harris directly if she and Biden would pack the Supreme Court in November if they win the election and if Trump nominee Amy Coney Barrett is confirmed beforehand. Harris, just as Biden did in the first presidential debate, sidestepped the question and refused to give a straight answer.
Pence and Harris battle over Supreme Court, court packing | VP Debate youtu.be
What else?
The candidates were careful not to interrupt each other, but there were still times in which they locked horns and engaged in some back-and-forth.
Pence kept a cool and calm demeanor most of the debate, yet was still forceful at certain times when defending Trump's record and castigating Biden's and Harris' records.
"You're entitled to your own opinion, but you're not entitled to your own facts," he said twice to Harris.
Harris was more conversational and likely came across less robotic. She routinely referred to Biden simply as "Joe" and often endeavored to connect with viewer's emotions.
Anything else?
The highlight of the night, however, may prove to be none other than a fly that landed on Pence's head and stayed there for over two minutes while the candidates talked without ever noticing.


theblaze--2020-10-08--Pence shreds Harris after she refuses to trust Trump on COVID vaccine again

At Wednesday night's vice presidential debate, vice presidential candidate Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) doubled down on her opposition to taking a hypothetical coronavirus vaccine if President Donald Trump recommends doing so.
"If the public health professionals, if Dr. [Anthony] Fauci, if the doctors tell us that we should take it, I'll be the first in line to take it," Harris said. "But if Donald Trump tells us we should take it, I'm not taking it."
In response, Vice President Mike Pence slammed Harris for continuing to "undermine public confidence in a vaccine."
"The reality is that we're going to have a vaccine, senator, in record time, in unheard of time, in less than a year. We have five companies in phase 3 clinical trials, and we're right now producing tens of millions of doses," Pence said. "So the fact that you continue to undermine public confidence in a vaccine, if the vaccine emerges during the Trump administration, I think, is unconscionable."
"Senator, I just ask you, stop playing politics with people's lives," he continued. "The reality is that we will have a vaccine we believe before the end of this year. And it will have the capacity to save countless American lives, and your continuous undermining of confidence in a vaccine is just, it's just unacceptable."
Pence then criticized the Obama administration's governance during the swine flu pandemic, noting that Joe Biden's own former chief of staff Ron Klain criticized the government's response to the H1N1 virus in a Politico article.
"And let me also say, you know, the reality is when you talk about failure in this administration, we actually do know what failure looks like in a pandemic. It was 2009, the swine flu arrived in the United States," Pence said. "Thankfully, it was, ended up not being as lethal as the coronavirus. But before the end of the year when Joe Biden was vice president of the United States, not 7.5 million people contracted the swine flu, 60 million Americans contracted the swine flu. If the swine flu had been as lethal as the coronavirus, in 2009 when Joe Biden was vice president, we would've lost 2 million American lives.
"His own chief of staff, Ron Klain, would say last year that it was pure luck. They did 'everything possible wrong.' And we learned from that," he added.
In a 2019 Politico article, Klain said of the swine flu, "It is purely a fortuity that this isn't one of the great mass casualty events in American history."
"It had nothing to do with us doing anything right. It just had to do with luck. If anyone thinks that this can't happen again, they don't have to go back to 1918, they just have to go back to 2009, 2010 and imagine a virus with a different lethality, and you can just do the math on that," Klain said.
In September, Harris was criticized for spreading a vaccine "conspiracy theory" after telling CNN host Dana Bash in an interview that she would not trust President Trump to approve an effective vaccine.
"Let's just say there is a vaccine that is approved and even distributed before the election. Would you get it?" Bash asked.
"Well, I think that's gonna be an issue for all of us," Harris responded. "I will say that I would not trust Donald Trump, and it would have to be a credible source of information that talks about the efficacy and the reliability of whatever he's talking about. I will not take his word for it."


theblaze--2020-10-09--Fox News bans Trump campaign advisor after he insults Kamala Harris in tweet during VP debate

Fox News bans Trump campaign advisor after he insults Kamala Harris in tweet during VP debate '' I tweeted what @ @ @ @ @ tweet it again ''

Fox News said that they would not be inviting a Trump campaign advisor onto their cable news network after he fired off an insulting tweet against Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) during the vice presidential debate Wednesday.
"We have no intention of booking him as a guest on any of our platforms," said a Fox News Media spokesperson in a statement to The Daily Beast about Harlan Hill.
The tweet from Hill read, "Kamala Harris comes off as such an insufferable lying b***h. Sorry, it's just true."
Hill remained defiant about the tweet on Thursday after being informed about the ban.
"You can say the most vile things about Trump AND his family, but don't you dare speak ill of Queen Kamala," he tweeted.
Hill also told the Daily Beast that he didn't regret what he said.
"Kamala Harris was extraordinarily disrespectful to the vice president last night, lied to the American people repeatedly on The Biden/Harris platform, and was just generally unlikable and smug," said Hill. "I tweeted what I tweeted and I'd tweet it again."
A focus group of undecided voters by political analyst Frank Luntz favored Vice President Mike Pence in the debate with Harris. Many said that they found her to be "abrasive and condescending."
Luntz went on to say that the main complaint against Pence was that he was "too tired" but won on style points.
"If this is a battle over style and substance, which is often the case with undecided voters because they simply do not choose on policy — they also choose on persona — this was Mike Pence's night," Luntz explained.
Hill's tweet insulting Harris received more than 1.9k retweets and 7.5k likes on Twitter.
Here's one of Hill's appearances from 2017:


theblaze--2020-10-09--White House physician says Trump can return to campaign trail in latest coronavirus treatment update

White House physician says Trump can return to campaign trail in latest coronavirus treatment update He says there are no @ @ @ @ @

The president's physician said that President Donald Trump could return to public events after completing treatment for coronavirus in an update released on Thursday.
Dr. Sean Conley listed the president's vital signs in the statement and said he was doing extremely well.
"Today the President has completed his course of therapy for the COVID-19 as prescribed by his team of physicians," read the statement in part.
"Since returning home, his physical exam has remained stable and devoid of any indications to suggest progressions of illness. Overall he's responded extremely well to treatment, without evidence on examination of adverse therapeutic effects," Conley continued.
"Saturday will be day 10 since Thursday's diagnosis, and based on the trajectory of advanced diagnostics the team has been conducting, I fully anticipate the President's safe return to public engagements at that time," he concluded.
The president stunned the political world on Friday morning when he tweeted that he and the first lady had tested positive for the coronavirus. He was taken to Walter Reed Medical Center out of an abundance of precaution later that day, and returned to the White House on Monday.
The announcement might affect the debate over whether to conduct a second presidential debate between the president and his competitor, Joe Biden.
On Thursday the Commission on Presidential Debates said that the debate would be conducted virtually instead of being in person. The president immediately objected and said that he would not participate in a virtual debate.
"The commission changed the debate style and that's not acceptable to us," said the president to Maria Bartiromo on Fox News.
"I'm not going to waste my time on a virtual debate. That's not what debating's all about, you sit behind a computer and do a debate, it's ridiculous," he added later.
"They're trying to protect Biden," said the president. "Everybody is."
The Trump campaign later called on the commission to delay the debates by one week in order that they may be conducted in person.
Here's more about the debate about the debates:


theblaze--2020-10-08--President Trump vows medication used to treat his COVID-19 will soon be available free to seniors

President Trump vows medication used to treat his COVID-19 will soon be available free to seniors ' I want you @ @ @ @ @ that I got '

President Donald Trump released a video message aimed at America's senior citizens on Thursday, wherein he promised them that medication used to treat him for the coronavirus would soon be available to them for no charge.
What are the details?
"So, to my favorite people in the world, the seniors," the president began. "I'm a senior, I know you don't know that, nobody knows that, maybe you don't have to tell 'em, but I'm a senior. We are making tremendous progress with this horrible disease that was sent over by China. China will pay a big price for what they did to the world and to us."
"But we have medicines right now, and I call them a cure," he continued. "I went to the hospital a week ago, I was very sick, and I took this medicine and it was incredible. It was incredible. I could have walked out the following day. Sooner. It was incredible the impact it had. And we're going to make that and others that are similar to it, almost identical, we're going to make them available immediately. We have an emergency use authorization use that I want to get signed immediately."
Trump did not name the medication he was referring to, but Fox News reported that during an interview earlier in the day with Fox Business News' Maria Bartiromo, "Trump touted the experimental antibody-based treatment made by Regeneron, saying 'all I know is I had it and I was better within 24 hours. I felt perfect. I feel perfect now. Otherwise, I wouldn't be able to speak to you.'"
The president also said in his video to seniors that "the [Federal Drug Administration] has moved at a level that they've never moved before," claiming, "that's because of me."
"We're taking care of our seniors," Trump said. "You're not vulnerable, but they like to say 'the vulnerable' — but you're the least vulnerable — but for this one thing, you are vulnerable and so am I."
He added, "I want you to get the same care that I got. I got incredible care at Walter Reed [Military Medical Center]. The incredible doctors, and this medicine — in particular this one medicine — was unbelievable." The president said the medication would be available to seniors "soon," at "no charge."
Trump also took the opportunity to take a shot at Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden, saying of his opponent, "He just talks, it's the same old thing. If it were up to him, you wouldn't have this, you wouldn't have anything near it for years. They wouldn't be talking about anything like this. He had his chance with H1N1 swine flu and it was one of the great disasters. He didn't know what he was doing, but I do know what I'm doing."


theblaze--2020-10-08--Texas mayoral candidate charged with 109 felonies related to mail-in ballot voter fraud

`` Voter fraud is a serious and widespread issue ''

A mayoral candidate of a small town in Texas has been charged with 109 felonies over a fraudulent scheme involving mail-in ballots.
Zul Mirza Mohamed was arrested on Thursday and charged with 25 second-degree felony counts of unlawful possession of ballot or a ballot envelope without the request of a voter, and 84 third-degree felony counts of fraudulent use of mail ballot application.
Sheriff Tracey Murphree of the Denton County Sheriff's Office said in a press release that they were tipped off about "possible fraudulent activities with absentee ballot applications" by the Denton County Elections Office.
They found that absentee ballots were requested to be sent to a P.O. box by voters in a Carrollton nursing home. When they contacted those voters, they said that they had not requested absentee ballots.
Investigators then found that the P.O. box had been obtained through the use of a false Texas driver's license, and a false student identification card from the University of North Texas.
They then surveilled the P.O. box and installed an undercover agent. Investigators witnessed a suspect pick up the ballots on Wednesday, and obtained a search warrant for their residence.
Law enforcement officials there discovered the mail ballots and the fraudulent driver's license used to obtain the P.O. box. They arrested Muhamed and charged him with the 109 felony counts.
"I want to commend all the investigators and agencies involved in this investigation," said Sheriff Murphree.
"Voter fraud is a serious and widespread issue and cannot be tolerated. The fact an actual candidate for public office would engage in these activities is appalling," he added. "We will continue to aggressively investigate allegations of voter fraud."
Mohamed was running to unseat the current mayor, Kevin Falconer, of Carrollton. It was unclear to which political party Mohamed belonged.
He ran against Falconer in 2017 as well, during which his past criminal behavior became an issue in the campaign. He received 167 votes in that election, or 2.4% of the total votes.
Here's the president deriding mail in balloting:


theblaze--2020-10-08--Is Trump REALLY losing in the polls? Salena Zito explains what pollsters are still getting wrong

Is Trump REALLY losing in the polls ?
Salena Zito explains what pollsters are still getting wrong It 's hard @ @ @ @

Pollsters will have you believe that Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden is likely to win the upcoming election with a comfortable margin. In fact, in a new CNN poll, President Donald Trump is losing by a whopping 16 points.
But, as New York Post columnist Salena Zito explained on the Glenn Beck radio program, there are four groups of voters that pollsters seem either to forget or to omit from their reports: Americans who haven't regularly been voting in presidential elections, Americans who may be afraid to admit they support President Trump, those who didn't vote for Trump in 2016 but plan to now, and cultural changes that hint some may be fed up with far-left policies.
It's hard to predict what will happen in November, but one thing we know for sure is that after 2016, it's hard to trust the polls.
Watch the video below:
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theblaze--2020-10-08--Nearly 70% of charges against Portland rioters were dropped by progressive DA

Nearly 70 % of charges against Portland rioters were dropped by progressive DA This follows the progressive Portland DA 's @ @ @ @ @ types of crimes

Of the nearly 1,000 protest and riot-related arrests made in Portland since late May, prosecutors have dropped almost 70% of the charges, according to The Oregonian.
On Wednesday, the Multnomah County District Attorney's Office released a new statistical dashboard that provides data on "protest-related cases referred to his office by law enforcement for prosecutorial review and potential issuing."
"This is a major step forward for the Multnomah County District Attorney's Office," the statement from progressive District Attorney Mike Schmidt read. "Transparency in the work we do is a keystone to my administration. Moving this data online for the community to easily use will have a significant impact on understanding cases that arise from mass demonstrations. I promised during my campaign that I take a smarter approach to justice. That work continues with the launch of this dashboard. I am committed to launching future dashboards and other public facing programs that will support data-driven and transparent decision making."
Between May 29 and Oct. 5, there were 974 cases referred to the Multnomah DA's office by the Portland Police Department for prosecution, 666 were rejected, meaning 68% of all referred cases had the charges dropped by the Multnomah County DA. The dashboard states that 543 cases have been "rejected in the interest of justice."
There were 902 public order crime charges, 166 person crime charges, and 125 property crime charges. There were 95 felony charges.
Court records show 18 people have been arrested three or more times during protests in Portland since May, The Oregonian reported.
This development is not shocking since Multnomah County District Attorney Mike Schmidt declared in August that his office would decline to press charges against protesters and rioters participating in Portland demonstrations.
"If we leverage the full force of the criminal justice system on individuals who are peacefully protesting and demanding to be heard, we will cause irreparable harm to them individually and to our society," Schmidt said. "The Multnomah County District Attorney's Office will presumptively decline to prosecute a case where the most serious offense is a city ordinance violation or where the crime(s) do not involve deliberate property damage, theft or the use or threat of force against another person."
Schmidt said that his office would not prosecute for the following crimes:
Interfering with a peace officer or parole and probation officer
Disorderly conduct in the second degree
Criminal trespass in the first and second degree
Escape in the third degree
Harassment
Riot (unless accompanied by a charge outside of this list)
Portland Police Association President Daryl Turner reacted to Schmidt's pledge by saying, "I am disgusted that our city has come to this."
In September, the U.S. Marshals Service deputized 56 Portland police officers and 22 Multnomah County sheriff's deputies to respond to potential violence under the orders of Oregon Gov. Kate Brown (D) after she declared a state of emergency. The federally deputized officers are effectively circumventing the Multnomah County District Attorney's office, who aren't prosecuting rioters.
The deputizations remain in effect through December. Portland Police Chief Chuck Lovell said he didn't know that the officers would remain federal deputies until 2021.
Mayor Ted Wheeler (D) argued that the deputizations last "beyond the governor's stated emergency."
In the race for Portland mayor, Wheeler is currently polling significantly behind Sarah Iannarone, who is a supporter of Antifa, in the race for Portland mayor.
Last month, the Department of Justice designated Portland, Seattle, and New York City as "anarchist jurisdictions," a label that could lead to federal funding being withdrawn from those cities.


theblaze--2020-10-08--Biden-Harris campaign ignites controversy over conflicting stance toward the Green New Deal

Democratic Sen. Kamala Harris (Calif.) and Vice President Mike Pence went toe-to-toe on the vice presidential debate stage on Wednesday.
Steven Crowder and the "Louder with Crowder" crew livestreamed the event and offered an evening of live fact-checking and commentary throughout the debate.
In this clip, moderator Susan Page of USA Today asked Harris about the stance a Biden-Harris administration would take regarding the Green New Deal.
"Vice President Biden said he did not support the Green New Deal, but if you look at the Biden-Harris campaign website, it describes the Green New Deal as a 'crucial framework.' What exactly would be the stance of a Biden-Harris administration toward the Green New Deal?" the moderator asked.
"I will repeat, and as the American people already know, Joe Biden will not ban fracking," Harris replied.
Crowder jumped in, reminding his audience of the past when Biden stated he would end fracking. Harris also told her constituents there is "no question" she favors fracking.
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theblaze--2020-10-08--Biden says he'll disclose his opinion on court-packing 'when the election is over'

Biden says he 'll disclose his opinion on court-packing 'when the election is over' The Democratic presidential nominee has repeatedly @ @ @ @ @

Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden was asked again Thursday to explain whether he is in favor of packing the U.S. Supreme Court with additional justices if he wins the White House and President Donald Trump's latest nominee is confirmed.
What are the details?
Biden and running mate Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) spoke with the press while at the Phoenix airport on their way to campaign events in Arizona. After criticizing Vice President Mike Pence for not answering a particular question during the vice presidential debate the night before, a reporter asked Biden to state is position on court packing as some far-left congressional Democrats have threatened.
The Democrat refused — as he has several times now — to answer the question, telling reporters, "You'll know my opinion on court-packing when the election is over."
"Now look," he continued. "It's a great question and I don't blame you for asking it. But you know the moment I answer that question, the headline in every one of your papers will be about that, other than — other than — focusing on what's happening now."
Both Biden and Harris have repeatedly refused to give their ticket's position on court-packing. During the vice presidential debate, Pence pressed Harris twice directly to give an answer to the American people and she never did.
Members of the press have expressed perplexity over the pair's repeated dodges on the issue.
Following Biden's latest refusal to answer on court-packing, NBC News' Mike Memoli tweeted, "The most bizarre part of this ongoing saga is the explicit articulation of 'I won't say because if I do it's a story.'"
Last week, CNN's Jake Tapper asked Harris for a "straight answer" on packing the Supreme Court. When she refused that time, she echoed Biden when she replied, "Joe has been really clear: Let's focus on what is happening right now. Deal with later later. Focus on what is happening right now, which the American people are voting and they should be the ones to decide who will have the next lifetime appointment to the United States Supreme Court."
She added, "Let's not get distracted."
After Harris' refusal to answer the same question during the debate, Tapper said during a CNN panel that the fact that neither Biden nor Harris will give an answer on court-packing is "significant, and Biden and Harris should answer it."


theblaze--2020-10-08--AOC rips Pence on Twitter for calling her 'AOC' at debate: 'It's Congresswoman Ocasio-Cortez to you.

AOC rips Pence on Twitter for calling her 'AOC' at debate: 'It's Congresswoman Ocasio-Cortez to you.' Then commenters rip her right back.

AOC rips Pence on Twitter for calling her 'AOC ' at debate : 'It 's Congresswoman Ocasio-Cortez to you .
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'That 's VICE PRESIDENT Mike Pence , to you , ' one @ @ @ @ @

Democratic U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez apparently was triggered by Vice President Mike Pence referring to her as "AOC" — the New York congresswoman's popular nickname — during Pence's debate with Democratic vice presidential nominee U.S. Sen. Kamala Harris (Calif.) on Wednesday night.
"For the record @Mike_Pence, it's Congresswoman Ocasio-Cortez to you," she tweeted at Pence.
What are the details?
Prior to Ocasio-Cortez's flare up, Pence noted that Harris was an original co-sponsor of the Green New Deal championed by Ocasio-Cortez when it hit the Senate floor, the New York Post said.
"[The Biden climate plan is] essentially the same plan as you co-sponsored with AOC when [Harris] submitted it in the Senate," Pence said, according to the paper.
And that apparently got to Ocasio-Cortez, the Post added.
How did folks react?
Given the congresswoman's post has received over 700,000 likes since it hit Twitter, along with tons of comments, Ocasio-Cortez got her share of kudos for tearing into Pence.
But there were plenty of folks who ripped AOC right back for taking Pence's reference so personally, including LifeNews, which countered her formal title demand with two words: "former bartender."
Here are some other reactions:


theblaze--2020-10-08--Arming up: 1 in 5 gun-owning households have added another firearm since start of Black Lives Matter

Arming up: 1 in 5 gun-owning households have added another firearm since start of Black Lives Matter protests, survey finds

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Gun-owning Americans are purchasing additional firearms in response to the violent Black Lives Matter protests that have taken place in many cities and communities across the country in recent months.
What are the details?
A Rasmussen survey published this week found that 22% of Americans who already have a gun in their household have added another since the start of protests and that a large majority feel safer having done so.
In all, 43% of those surveyed told the polling group that they or someone in their household owns a gun. Slightly over half (54%) of those adults who live in a gun-owning household said that they feel safer with a gun in the house, while only 7% said they feel less safe, and 38% said the gun's presence doesn't affect their feelings of personal safety.
But among the roughly 1 in 5 people whose households have added another firearm in recent months, a whopping 90% reported feeling safer.
The households who have added guns since late May have predominantly been minority households, Rasmussen noted.
The phone interview survey of 1,000 adults was conducted October 4-5.
Additionally, the polling group reported in September that 42% of likely U.S. voters have had anti-police protests in their communities, and nearly half of those respondents said that those protests became violent.
What else?
This year has been a record-breaking year for gun sales as uncertainty around the coronavirus pandemic and violence at Black Lives Matter protests have left many Americans concerned for their safety.
Despite continued calls for gun control and warnings about the dangers of firearms from Democratic politicians, the numbers prove that Americans have en masse turned to firearms to protect themselves and their families.
More guns were purchased in March 2020 than any other month on record, and every month since then has experienced year-over-year increases.
By August, 2020 gun sales had already topped 2019 sales — and there are four months still to go. Of the nearly 15 million gun sales recorded by that time this year, an estimated 5 million had come from first-time gun buyers.


theblaze--2020-10-08--Louisville Metro Police release findings from Breonna Taylor investigation: Here's what's in the mas

Louisville Metro Police release findings from Breonna Taylor investigation: Here's what's in the massive file

Louisville Metro Police release findings from Breonna Taylor investigation : Here 's what 's in the massive file The LMPD @ @ @ @ @ reports , interviews , evidence reports , hundreds of photos , and 251 videos

The Louisville Metro Police Department has released the findings from its internal investigation into the case of Breonna Taylor's death. The investigation, which was carried out by LMPD's Public Integrity Unit, has 4,470 pages of investigative reports, interviews, and evidence reports, as well as hundreds of photos, 251 videos, 148 of which are interviews, and 57 are from body cameras.
Around 12:40 a.m. on March 13, Breonna Taylor was fatally shot by the Louisville Metro Police Department officers after they executed a "no-knock warrant," and forced entry into her apartment in Louisville, Kentucky. Officers said that they announced themselves as police before entering because they considered the operation to be low-risk. Taylor's boyfriend, Kenneth Walker said he did not hear any announcement, and mistakenly believed the cops to be home invaders.
Walker fired a shot, hitting officer Jonathan Mattingly in the leg. Investigators claim that police returned fire, and 32 rounds were shot into the apartment. Six rounds struck Taylor, killing her quickly.
The files released by LMPD include hundreds of photos, including over 1,200 images taken from the bullet-ridden apartment that features a shattered sliding glass door, and shell casings strewn on the ground near the front door.
There are photos of the blood-soaked wallet and pants of Mattingly, who was struck in his femoral artery and required emergency surgery. There are photos of Walker's Glock 9mm gun that was recovered under the bed inside the apartment. Walker was a licensed gun owner in Kentucky.
The report includes transcripts of video interviews from Kenneth Walker, who told investigators than he and Taylor were "scared to death" when they heard banging on the apartment door. He feared it was Taylor's ex-boyfriend, Jamarcus Glover.
There are interviews with LMPD officers involved with the Breonna Taylor case, including Detective Myles Cosgrove, Sgt. Jonathan Mattingly, and Detective Brett Hankison, who fired their weapons into the apartment. Hankinson was fired from the LMPD in June after being accused of "wantonly and blindly" firing 10 rounds into Taylor's apartment "without supporting facts" that his "deadly force was directed at a person."
In an interview with authorities, Mattingly claimed that the raid team knocked on Taylor's door six or seven times, and yelled, "Police, search warrant!" He estimated that the team knocked for about 45 seconds to a minute. After no response, they used a battering ram to breach the door.
"As soon as I cleared it, I'm face on, about probably 20 feet away right down the hallway," Mattingly said. "There's a bedroom door on the right and there's a - the male and the female."
Mattingly claimed there was a man in a "stretched out position with his hands, with a gun."
"And as soon as I clear, he fires - boom," he said. "My mind's going, this ain't right. You know, something's off here. Because all of the doors I've made entry and I've never seen this."
"Soon as the shot hit, I could feel heat in my leg. And so I just returned fire," Mattingly explained.
It also includes interviews with detectives Tony James, Michael Campbell, Michael Nobles, and Joshua Jaynes, who sought the warrant at Breonna's address.
Jaynes claimed that Glover was receiving "suspicious" mail at Taylor's apartment, which was allegedly "verified through a postal inspector." On May 19, he admitted that he didn't have evidence that the parcels Glover was receiving at her home were suspicious. Instead, Jaynes asked Mattingly to verify the deliveries. According to a report by the Public Integrity Unit reported by the Daily Mail, Mattingly told Jaynes that "Glover was not receiving suspicious packages at the address."
Jaynes claimed that he had a feeling that the packages were suspicious through his "training and experience." Jaynes admitted that he "could have worded it a little bit differently there." He insisted that he was not trying to mislead the judge, who signed the warrant.
"It was just in my opinion, that when I reach out to [Mattingly], the end-all-be-all was gonna be from a US Postal Inspector Office or the post office," Jaynes.
Jaynes was placed on administrative reassignment after the shooting. No drugs were found at Taylor's home.
There are interviews with Shively Police Department officers, who reportedly told LMPD officers that Taylor was not getting packages for Glover delivered to her apartment.
There are also interviews with S.W.A.T. officers that arrived on the scene, including Lt. Dale Massey, who described the execution of the warrant as an "egregious act."
Sgt. Michael Burns told investigators that Jaynes never mentioned that the LMPD was conducting a raid and the S.W.A.T. team was unaware of the raid. "(That warrant) was mentioned in our brief, but it made it seem like it was gonna be down the road and it was a low-risk search warrant," Burns said.
A key witness who police claim heard officers announce their presence at Taylor's apartment, but the neighbor said the exact opposite in his initial interview, according to The Courier-Journal.
Taylor's autopsy report showed that one bullet likely killed the 26-year-old after it struck her pulmonary artery and severely damaged one of her lungs.
Also in the investigation, there is a Kentucky State Police ballistics report, which did not confirm or deny that Walker's gun was the weapon used to shoot the officer.
A search of Walker's cell phone "found numerous conversations about drug trafficking," the investigation discovered, according to the Daily Mail.
Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer said, "I urge all to be sensitive that these files contain information and images that are traumatic and painful."
Taylor's death at the hands of police has ignited anti-police brutality protests nationwide since the early summer.


theblaze--2020-10-08--VP debate draws huge ratings — nearly 51 million tuned in

It 's not the most-watched VP debate of all time , but it dwarfed 2016 's debate ratings

Wednesday night's debate between Vice President Mike Pence and Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) was anticipated as perhaps the most important vice presidential debate in recent memory, and that hype translated into big TV ratings.
Early ratings indicate viewership for the showdown between the two presidential running mates rose a whopping 42% from the vice presidential debate four years ago in 2016, totaling 50.7 million people, Deadline reports. The 2016 debate between Pence and Sen. Tim Kaine (D, Va.) by way of comparison, drew 35.6 million viewers.
While the ratings are doubtlessly huge for a vice presidential debate, the debate only registered as the fifth-most watched vice presidential debate since 1976, but it may move to fourth place once all of the ratings are counted. The 1992 contest between Dan Quayle, Al Gore and James Stockdale drew 51.2 million viewers, so the Pence vs. Harris debate may be on trajectory to top that.
The all-time record for highest vice presidential debate ratings belongs to the 2008 debate between Democrat Joe Biden and Republican Sarah Palin, which drew roughly 70 million viewers.
Fox News dominated cable TV Wednesday night will 11.5 million viewers tuning in. ABC News came in second with 9.4 million watching, CNN snagged third with 7.3 million, and MSNBC finished fourth with 6.7 million.
Still, the debate was about 20 million viewers shy of the presidential debate. Last week's debate between President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden netted more than 73 million viewers, a decrease from the 84 million people who watched the first debate between then-candidate Trump and Hillary Clinton.
Whether the American people will be able to watch another debate this campaign season remains an open question.
On Thursday, the nonpartisan Commission on Presidential Debates announced that the second presidential debate, to take place Oct. 15, will be conducted virtually following Trump's COVID-19 diagnosis. The debate will follow a town hall format, though with the candidates participating from separate remote locations presumably via online video conferencing.
Trump said the idea of a virtual debate was "ridiculous" and announced his intention to not participate. His campaign has requested for the debate to be postponed by one week to allow for the candidates to appear in person.
The Biden campaign rejected the Trump's request to postpone the debate.
"Donald Trump doesn't make the debate schedule; the Debate Commission does," Biden spokesperson Kate Bedingfield said.
"We accepted the three dates — Sept. 29, Oct. 15, and Oct. 22 — in June. Trump chose today to pull out of the October 15th debate. Trump's erratic behavior does not allow him to rewrite the calendar, and pick new dates of his choosing. We look forward to participating in the final debate, scheduled for October 22, which already is tied for the latest debate date in 40 years. Donald Trump can show up, or he can decline again. That's his choice."


theblaze--2020-10-08--Kamala Harris gave false 'history lesson' when claiming Lincoln delayed SCOTUS nomination so America

Kamala Harris gave false 'history lesson' when claiming Lincoln delayed SCOTUS nomination so Americans could vote first

Kamala Harris gave false 'history lesson ' when claiming Lincoln delayed SCOTUS nomination so Americans could vote first

As TheBlaze previously reported, Democratic vice presidential nominee U.S. Sen. Kamala Harris (Calif.) twice dodged Vice President Mike Pence's direct questions during Wednesday night's debate regarding if she and Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden would pack the U.S. Supreme Court with additional justices if President Donald Trump loses reelection and Amy Coney Barrett — his latest nominee — is confirmed.
But something else happened during one of Harris' non-answers: She misrepresented history.
What are the details?
After Pence offered historical examples of presidents nominating justices in election years — and criticized the Democratic prospect of packing the Supreme Court should Barrett secure confirmation and Biden-Harris wins the White House — Harris seemed to have a ready answer.
"I'm so glad we went through a little history lesson; let's do that a little more," she told Pence. "In 1864—"
But when Pence interrupted and pressed for an answer, Harris shot back, "Mr. Vice President, I'm speaking. I'm speaking, 'k?"
Then Harris — displaying a noticeably wide grin — started again:
In 1864, one of the, I think, political heroes certainly of the president, I assume of you also, Mr. Vice President, is Abraham Lincoln. Abraham Lincoln was up for reelection, and it was 27 days before the election. And a seat became open on the United States Supreme Court. Abraham Lincoln's party was in charge, not only of the White House, but the Senate. But Honest Abe said, 'It's not the right thing to do. The American people deserve to make the decision about who will be the next president of the United States. And then that person can select who will serve for a lifetime on the highest court of our land.' And so Joe and I are very clear: the American people are voting right now, and it should be their decision about who will serve on this most important body for a lifetime.
Harris, of course, continued to skate and giggle around Pence's original question when he repeated it.
But it's also important to note that her supposedly deeper dive into history was false. Lincoln didn't delay nominating a Supreme Court justice so the American people could vote for a new president first, National Review's Dan McLaughlin said before offering more details:
Lincoln, of course, said no such thing. He sent no nominee to the Senate in October 1864 because the Senate was out of session until December. He sent a nominee the day after the session began, and Salmon P. Chase was confirmed the same day. And Lincoln wanted to dangle the nomination before Chase and several other potential candidates because he wanted them to campaign for him. Lincoln's priority was winning the election, which was necessary to win the war — and he filled the vacancy at the first possible instant.
McLaughlin added that "Kamala Harris is simply inventing history."
The Washington Post admitted Harris' claim "wasn't exactly true," and — citing historian Michael Burlingame in "Lincoln: A Life" — noted that Lincoln said he wouldn't nominate anyone immediately because he was "waiting to receive expressions of public opinion from the country" regarding the next nominee. While Lincoln didn't like Chase, nominating him helped Lincoln maintain a broad conservative coalition.
Here's the relevant portion of the clip:


theblaze--2020-10-08--Donald Trump Jr: Mike Pence DESTROYED Kamala Harris 'in the nicest possible way'

Donald Trump Jr : Mike Pence DESTROYED Kamala Harris 'in the nicest possible way '

Immediately following last night's debate between Vice President Mike Pence and Democratic vice presidential candidate Kamala Harris, Glenn Beck talked to Donald Trump Jr. to get his reaction.
"[Pence] just destroyed [Harris]! And he did it with a smile on his face," said Trump Jr. "He had an answer for everything. He called out the lies, when it was appropriate. He kept his cool. He pointed out, you know, the cold, hard facts of Joe Biden's failed 47 years in the Washington, D.C. swamp. He called out Kamala Harris' disastrous uber-leftist record in the Senate, and the disaster that it would be for the American people. And he did it with a smile on his face. And you could see the cringe on [the face of] the least authentic person — in probably American politics, if not just America period — Kamala Harris, as she's just getting destroyed by this guy, who just did it in the nicest possible way. It was amazing."
Glenn and Trump Jr. also discussed the Biden-Harris campaign's hypocrisy on court packing, fracking, the Green New Deal, and especially the economy.
Watch the video clip below:
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theblaze--2020-10-08--Never Trumper Steve Schmidt says fly that landed on Mike Pence during debate is a sign of sin, 'mark

Never Trumper Steve Schmidt says fly that landed on Mike Pence during debate is a sign of sin, 'mark of the devil'

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The most talked about topic from Wednesday night's vice presidential debate between Vice President Mike Pence and California Sen. Kamala Harris was not taxes or the economy or energy.
It wasn't the Green New Deal or the coronavirus.
Or packing the Supreme Court.
Or Russia collusion.
It was a fly — specifically the fly that landed on Pence's head and sat there for minutes.
So naturally anti-Trump political strategist Steve Schmidt took to MSNBC to connect Pence to Satan.
Wait. What? Satan?
Schmidt, who is most famous for leading John McCain's failed 2008 presidential run against Barack Obama, renounced the GOP in 2018, calling it a party of "feckless cowards" because of its support for President Donald Trump. He went on to say he would push for Democratic majorities in Congress.
His hatred for the entire Trump administration is unquestioned and led him to co-found the Lincoln Project, a Super PAC created by former Republicans determined to take down Trump in 2020.
Schmidt appeared on MSNBC Wednesday night following the debate to blast Pence's performance as "blustering" and "weird."
"If this was a normal debate, his behavior would have been scored very, very poorly," Schmidt said. "It would have been on the higher end of weird behavior."
Then he made the Beelzebub (literally "lord of flies") connection.
"I don't think it's ever a good sign when a fly lands on your head for two minutes. That's a sign all through history of sin," Schmidt continued.
"He who commands the flies has always been seen historically as the mark of the devil," he said.
The host asked if Schmidt was joking and noted that the fly could have landed on anyone.
"But it didn't. It landed on Mike Pence, and it says something ... karmic about the status of the campaign" the anti-Trumper continued, noting that the Trump-Pence ticket was "imploding" and "cratering."
Who else had fly issues?
Social media users were quick to point out that Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama both had fly issues of their own.
For example:
And remember when Obama coolly and calmly took down a pesky fly during an interview on CNBC?


theblaze--2020-10-08--Megyn Kelly slaps Kamala Harris for behavior during vice presidential debate: 'Take it like a woman'

Megyn Kelly slaps Kamala Harris for behavior during vice presidential debate : 'Take it like a woman '

Conservative media maven Megyn Kelly hit out at Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) for acting unprofessional during Wednesday's vice presidential debate in Salt Lake City.
Harris went viral for faces she made during the debate against Vice President Mike Pence.
What are the details?
In a late-night tweet, Kelly blasted Harris for making faces and said she should deal with Pence's remarks "like a woman."
"Take it like a woman," she wrote. "Don't make faces."
Kelly's tweet was widely liked, and shared more than 11,000 times at the time of this reporting.
Elizabeth Vargas of A&E — and formerly of ABC News — responded to Kelly's tweet, writing, "Take it like a woman?"
Kelly clarified, "Instead of 'like a man.' We can be stoic too."
What else?
Kelly wasn't the only one who took Harris to task over her animated facial expressions.
Bill O'Reilly wrote, "At this point the debate is a draw. Vice President Pence is being too nice. Senator Harris is articulate but comes across as arrogant and the facial expressions are hurting her."
The Daily Wire's Ryan Saavedra added, "The face Kamala Harris made when Mike Pence stated that she and Joe Biden are going to overthrow the Supreme Court with court packing."
Michigan U.S. House candidate David Dudenhoefer wrote, "Kamala Harris is unlikable with her smug facial expressions. #VPDebate[.]"
Conservative commentator Michelle Malkin added, "Kamala's sassy face may make Hollywood, Claudia Conway, and BLM happy, but she looks like an impudent tweener."
#WalkAway campaign founder Brandon Straka wrote, "I don't think Kamala's snarky faces and expressions and nasty attitude are going to serve her well here."
National Review editor Rich Lowry added, "They should have told Harris in debate prep that she'd be on camera during Pence's answers and smirking is never a good look."