theblaze--2020-09-01--Man charged with allegedly 'stalking' and 'threatening' to 'inflict injury' to wife of Rep. Devin Nu

Man charged with allegedly 'stalking' and 'threatening' to 'inflict injury' to wife of Rep. Devin Nunes

Man charged with allegedly 'stalking ' and 'threatening ' to 'inflict injury ' to wife of Rep. Devin Nunes The @ @ @ @ @ messages aimed at Mrs. Nunes and the couple 's children .

A California man has been charged for allegedly "stalking" and "threatening" the wife of GOP Rep. Devin Nunes (Calif.), according to an exclusive report by The Daily Wire.
What are the details?
According to The Daily Wire's report, a misdemeanor criminal complaint was filed against William Joseph Burden, 58, (who is also known as William Joseph Terrell), on Aug. 13 for contacting Elizabeth Nunes — an elementary school teacher and wife of Devin — "unlawfully, and with the intent to annoy." The outlet noted that Burden is accused of using "obscene language," "including a 'threat to inflict injury' to her or her property and family."
Burden was not arrested due to the new coronavirus protocols, but he has been ordered to appear before a judge. According to The Sun, if convicted, Burden could spend up to 180 days in county jail.
The Wire also reported that Nunes' office told them:
That Burden sent a series of threatening and lewd communications to Elizabeth aimed at her and her children. At the same time, similar threats were sent to the school where Elizabeth teaches third grade. Nunes' office said it hopes the FBI can determine whether Burden was responsible for both sets of messages or if he was working with someone else.
Terri Rufert, superintendent for the Sundale Union Elementary School District where Mrs. Nunes works, confirmed the allegations to The Daily Wire, issuing a statement saying:
We would like to thank the U.S. Capitol Police, the Tulare County Sheriff's Office, and the Tulare County District Attorney for taking action to protect our students and teachers. We take threats aimed at our school and our kids seriously. We will not tolerate any form of harassment or stalking directed at any of our students or teachers.
What did Rep. Nunes say?
Rep. Nunes also issued a statement in reaction to the charges against Burden, thanking law enforcement for their work.
"All threats will continue to be turned over to the proper authorities," he said.
Devin Nunes is a nine-term congressman and currently the ranking member of the House Intelligence Committee. The couple have three children.
The Washington Examiner pointed out:
Devin Nunes has said a stream of troubling calls and emails to his family and school district began after an activist from the left-wing group Southern California Americans for Democratic Action, Michael Seeley, obtained Elizabeth's work emails through a California Public Records Act request and released them online in 2018.


theblaze--2020-08-31--'Horrible things are happening right before our eyes': The left is NORMALIZING pedophilia, child sex

'Horrible things are happening right before our eyes': The left is NORMALIZING pedophilia, child sex trafficking

'Horrible things are happening right before our eyes ' : The left is NORMALIZING pedophilia , child sex trafficking Pedophiles @ @ @ @ @ ' or 'Minor Attracted Persons '

Buried underneath the left's favorite tag lines "love is love" and "asylum is a human right," a much more sinister movement is growing: the normalization of pedophilia.
In this episode of "Wilkow," host Andrew Wilkow argued that the truth has been branded as a "crazy conspiracy theory" because it exposes the people who control the dominant narrative.
Wilkow highlighted a New York Times article, titled "Pedophilia: A Disorder, Not a Crime," in which contributor Margo Kaplan argued that laws in this country are failing people who are living with pedophilia, a mental disorder defined as "an intense and recurrent sexual interest in prepubescent children," and that these failures stem largely from two main misconceptions:
"Pedophilia is a status and not an act. In fact, research shows, about half of all child molesters are not sexually attracted to their victims," Kaplan wrote. "A second misconception is that pedophilia is a choice. Recent research, while often limited to sex offenders — because of the stigma of pedophilia — suggests that the disorder may have neurological origins. Pedophilia could result from a failure in the brain to identify which environmental stimuli should provoke a sexual response."
As Wilkow pointed out, Kaplan went on to argue that pedophiles should be protected under the Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990 and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, but that Congress had "explicitly excluded pedophilia" from such legal protections.
Wilkow also reviewed an article from The Daily Caller, "Pedophiles Believe They Should Be A Part Of The LGBT Community."
"Pedophiles are rebranding themselves as 'MAPs' or 'Minor Attracted Persons' in an effort to gain acceptance and be included into the LGBT community," he read. "According to Urban Dictionary, the blanket term MAP includes infantophiles (infants), pedophiles (pre-pubescent children), hebephiles (pubescent children), and ephebophiles (post-pubescent children). [...] These pedophiles seek to be a part of the LGBT+ community, even going so far as to make a 'Pride flag' for Gay Pride Month."
Wilkow also discussed how leftist politicians and the mainstream media have tried to tie President Donald Trump to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, while protecting big name Democrats like former President Bill Clinton and former New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson.
"Ever since Epstein's death, the truth about the left's ties to child sex trafficking have started to unravel, and now it all makes sense. Why does Hollywood support the Democrats? Why do these sick, ultra-wealthy people donate to the Democrats? Why won't the Democrat-controlled mainstream media even really report on sex trafficking?" he asked.
"Of course, this has been branded as a conspiracy theory. But the people it exposes are the very people that seek to control the dominant narrative. And now that we have the facts, we can no longer sweep it under the rug as we've done for so many years," he added. "It's not about politics. It's about certain bad individuals having so much power that horrible things are happening right before our eyes."
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theblaze--2020-08-31--66-year-old viciously beaten with a bottle in a random attack in NYC caught on surveillance video

66-year-old viciously beaten with a bottle in a random attack in NYC caught on surveillance video Neighborhood residents are shocked @ @ @ @

A 66-year-old man was injured in an unprovoked attack in New York City and it was caught on surveillance video released by the NYPD.
Police say that the attack occurred on Aug. 23 in broad daylight at the intersection of West 129th St. and Convent Avenue in Harlem.
The video shows a man walking with what appears to be a briefcase in one hand and a grocery bag with items inside in the other hand. Then another man runs up behind him and strikes him forcefully with a bottle.
Police say that the victim fell to the ground and was beaten several more times with the bottle by the assailant who fled soon afterward.
The victim suffered numerous injuries to his face and his head, but refused immediate medical attention.
Neighbors are shocked
Some neighbors in the area, like Amir Aalaam who works at a shelter for displaced families, were shocked by the video and said the neighborhood is generally safe and quiet.
"I can't believe that guy was hit over his head like that," he said. "That's just unjustifiable, and whoever is responsible for that, i hope they get apprehended as soon as possible."
But other neighbors said they were not surprised.
"I live in New York City, nothing don't shock me out here, trust me, nothing!" said a woman who works in the area.
Laundromat worker Dunia Diaz said she's always on the lookout for random attacks.
"You don't expect to come to work and be surprised with anything like that. It's scary. It's scary," Diaz said. "I'm always looking. I keep my eyes everywhere."
Police are seeking the public's help in identifying the attacker.
Here's a local news report about the harrowing incident:


theblaze--2020-08-31--Liberty University orders investigation 'into all facets' of operations during Falwell's tenure as p

Liberty University orders investigation 'into all facets' of operations during Falwell's tenure as president

Liberty University orders investigation 'into all facets ' of operations during Falwell 's tenure as president Falwells reportedly said they @ @ @ @ @ have nothing to hide . '

Liberty University announced Monday that it has hired a top firm to conduct a "forensic" investigation "into all facets" of its operations during the tenure of its former president, Jerry Falwell Jr., who agreed to step down last week amid a sex scandal involving his wife and former business partner.
What are the details?
Falwell resigned after Reuters published an interview with a former pool boy and business partner, Giancarlo Granda, came forward claiming he had an affair with Falwell's wife, Becki, and that Falwell would watch the two have sex. Both Falwells acknowledged Becki's relationship with Granda but denied Jerry had any involvement.
Falwell was already on leave from his leadership duties at the institution he had run for nearly 13 years following an uproar over a picture he posted to social media showing him with his arm around another woman while both their pants were undone.
In a statement posted to Liberty University's website, the evangelical institution wrote of Falwell:
Some may say that all the signs were there for a long time before last week. It's certainly fair to say that there were questionable comments made, worrying behavior, and inappropriate social media posts, but all the signs were not there until the start of last week. While we still didn't know the full scope of the matter, we have learned enough about the past to know that we had no choice but to take the leadership of Liberty University in a new direction.
The school then announced:
We are also committed to learning the consequences that have flowed from a lack of spiritual stewardship by our former president. One of the leading forensic firms in the world has been retained by Liberty University's Board of Trustees to conduct a thorough investigation into all facets of Liberty University operations during Jerry Falwell, Jr.'s tenure as President, including but not limited to financial, real estate, and legal matters.
Liberty's statement did not mention Mrs. Falwell, who was also accused last week of performing a sex act on a former student in 2008 when she was an employee of the university.
The Associated Press noted that "A number of Falwell's family members have worked for the school, including his son Trey Falwell, who on Monday was still listed on Liberty's website as the vice president of university support services."
In a statement on Sunday, the Falwells told the outlet they "welcome any inquiry as we have nothing to hide."


theblaze--2020-08-31--NFL helmets will feature names of victims of police violence and systemic racism this season

The NFL, once openly opposed to overt social justice or political demonstrations, will reportedly allow players to put the name of a victim of police brutality or systemic racism on the back of their helmets this season, according to Pro Football Talk.
Mike Florio writes:
It's a fairly thick white strip, where multiple organizations currently print the names of their teams. The names of specific persons will be easy to see when TV cameras capture close-up images of players on the field.
The names will come from an approved list, with names like George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and Ahmaud Arbery among the possibilities.
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell has softened his stance toward social justice issues in recent months, notably lamenting the fact that he didn't listen more to former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick about the issues he was protesting by kneeling during the national anthem.
ESPN reported over the weekend that the NFL was planning "extensive content" around social justice for the season's opening week of games.
The black national anthem, "Lift Every Voice and Sing" will be performed before games, and the end zones will feature messages of "End Racism" and "It Takes All of Us."
Game day broadcasts may include players reading personal poems or telling person stories of their experiences with social injustice or racism.
At least one team, the Arizona Cardinals, has considered a Week 1 boycott of games in protest of the police shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wisconsin, ESPN reported.
The NBA has put forward the most overt social justice demonstrations of all the major American professional sports leagues, with players sporting league-approved social justice messages on the back of their jerseys, ranging from "Black Lives Matter," to "Group Economics." The words "Black Lives Matter" are featured on the courts during games.
That focus on political activism may be turning some viewers off from the league, however. Despite a presumably strong appetite for sports after the hiatus caused by COVID-19, the NBA's ratings have been disappointing during its playoff season.
"People are angry about it … they don't want — they have enough politics with guys like me, they don't need more," President Donald Trump said of the league's struggling ratings, according to the Washington Times. "The NBA is in trouble. I think it's in big trouble, bigger trouble than they understand."


theblaze--2020-08-31--Liberals write nasty letter to first-generation American neighbor who put a Trump sign in her yard

Liberals write nasty letter to first-generation American neighbor who put a Trump sign in her yard 'Thank you for showing @ @ @ @ @ that truly fills your heart '

A group of smug liberals allegedly wrote a letter to a first-generation Mexican-American immigrant neighbor of theirs ostracizing her for displaying a sign supporting President Donald Trump in her yard.
Conservative Fox News contributor and Townhall.com political editor Guy Benson posted the letter on Twitter Saturday, which was reportedly sent to him by a friend.
"A friend texts me this letter," Benson wrote in the tweet. "It was left on their neighbor's home because they have a Trump sign in their yard. The bad people here are those who wrote/approved this trash. The author(s) should look at themselves."
In the letter, the liberals, who referred to themselves as "your neighbors who dare to be different," sarcastically "thanked" the woman for displaying the Trump sign because it "[made] it impossible for us to ignore how you truly feel about us as your neighbors."
"They make abundantly clear to those of us who are women, people of color, immigrants and those who may worship or love differently than you that you simply do not care about us at all," the letter continued.
In an update to the post, Benson passed on more information that he received from his friend that noted that the woman was the child of Mexican parents who came to America through a legal immigration process and that the entire family are Trump supporters.
"We know that in our times of need, if we are scared or hurting, we cannot turn to you for help because you hold no charity or grace in your heart for us," the letter continued. "You make it clear by these signs that you neither respect us as humans nor believe we are entitled to equal protections and rights under the laws of this great country. You do not believe that we deserve life, liberty or the pursuit of happiness, that we are not really Americans to you, simply because we may not look like you or share your beliefs."
"So again, thank you for showing us the prejudice and hate that truly fills your heart and telling us so proudly that although you may be our neighbor, we are not equally yours," the writers said.
But they weren't finished.
In the letters postscript, the liberal neighbors had to take one last jab — this time at the woman's supposed Christianity.
"P.S. If you believe yourself to be a Christian (which we assume is also likely), thank you for further proving that you do not hold true Christian values or follow the teaches of Christ, who preached love & acceptance for all your neighbors."
"We sure hope you enjoy the heat!" the letter finally concludes.
It is interesting — and apparently lost on the writers of the letter — that for all the intolerance that they presume in their neighbor, they are the ones who truly exemplify intolerance for people who are different.


theblaze--2020-08-31--Kenosha police: Of 175 people arrested since start of rioting, 102 live elsewhere — in 44 other citi

Kenosha police: Of 175 people arrested since start of rioting, 102 live elsewhere — in 44 other cities

Kenosha police : Of 175 people arrested since start of rioting , 102 live elsewhere — in 44 other cities @ @ @ @ @ help

Kenosha police have made 175 arrests since rioting began over a week ago on the heels of the police-involved shooting of a black man, Jacob Blake, WITI-TV reported, citing a Sunday news release.
And believe it or not, the vast majority of arrestees are from out of town.
What are the details?
Police said that 102 of those arrested listed addresses outside Kenosha — from 44 other cities, the release said.
Guess Kenosha's become the summertime destination of choice for radical leftists far and wide.
One incident from Wednesday may illustrate the numbers a bit, as police got a tip about "several suspicious vehicles with out-of-state plates meeting in a remote lot late near State Highway 50 and Green Bay Road."
So officers checked it out, and sure enough they said they found a black school bus, a bread truck, and a tan minivan with out-of-state plates — and commenced surveillance with United States Marshals. Authorities then followed the trio of vehicles to a gas station where officers observed occupants exit the bus and the bread truck and attempt to fill multiple fuel cans.
Suspecting the individuals were preparing for criminal activity related to civil unrest in the city, police said officers exited their vehicles, identified themselves, and detained the occupants of the bus and the bread truck. The driver of the minivan tried to pull away, police said, but the vehicle was stopped and officers forced their way inside and arrested the occupants.
Police said the vehicles contained helmets, gas masks, protective vests, illegal fireworks, and suspected controlled substances.
The nine individuals were arrested for disorderly conduct and are pending charging decisions by the Kenosha County district attorney, police added.
Anything else?
Of the 175 arrested over the week, 34 were cuffed for curfew violations and additional charges ranging from carrying concealed weapons to burglary and possession of controlled substances, WITI said.
More than 20 firearms were seized as well, the station said.
The riots, fires, and destruction got so bad that Wisconsin's governor called out the National Guard to help. Some of the lowlights have included:
On Tuesday night, leftist rioters squared off with gun-toting men who said they were in the city to protect property. One of the armed individuals, 17-year-old Kyle Rittenhouse, allegedly shot dead two people and seriously wounded a third. Rittenhouse's lawyers said he acted in self-defense.


theblaze--2020-08-31--Glenn Beck: Here's 'proof' that Patriot Prayer's Aaron Danielson was executed for being a Trump supp

Glenn Beck: Here's 'proof' that Patriot Prayer's Aaron Danielson was executed for being a Trump supporter

Glenn Beck : Here 's 'proof ' that Patriot Prayer 's Aaron Danielson was executed for being a Trump supporter

Radio Hall of Fame inductee and longtime conservative radio host Glenn Beck said that Aaron Danielson, a Trump supporter, was targeted and assassinated for his political stance.
Audio obtained by investigative journalists and shared online appears to indicate that Black Lives Matter protesters celebrated Danielson's death, referring to him as a "Nazi," "trash," and more.
Danielson, a member of the conservative group "Patriot Prayer," was among a group of Trump supporters who demonstrated in Portland, Oregon, on Saturday in protest of the ongoing riots across the lawless city.
A suspect in the deadly shooting previously described himself as "100% ANTIFA."
What are the details?
In the video, a protest leader can be heard shouting, "Tonight, I just got word, the person who died was a Patriot Prayer Trump person. He was a [expletive] Nazi. Our community held its own and took out the trash."
The leader later added, "Our communities have held it down without police. We can take out the trash on our own. I'm not sad a fascist died tonight."
Speaking on his radio program Monday, Beck said that other video from the shooting appears to confirm that the Danielson was targeted in the fatal shooting.
Beck asked, "Do we have the audio of the actual shooting where the rioters — the Black Lives Matter people — are heard saying 'We got one! We got one right here? Where? Right here!' Boom. What did they have?"
"They had two Trump supporters," radio host Pat Gray responded. "As if they were hunting for Trump supporters. Found a couple right here. Found a couple right here. Then you heard the gunshots."
"This is an execution," Beck explained of the video.
Beck later pointed to the attack on Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) and his wife, Kelley, which took place Thursday following the conclusion of the Republican National Convention at the White House, saying that the rhetoric has become dangerous for U.S. citizens all across the country.
"You know what the Trojan horse is in America?" Beck later said. "The real and actual plight of the black man in America. The actual plight. The actual things that are real problems. The Trojan horse is the — it's the big, bad policemen. And they're wheeling this sacrifice up. They're wheeling this thing up and saying, look at the poor men that have been abused with the big, bad police. Inside is nothing but a death cult."
He warned, "You can't let that through your gates. And it's being wheeled into our churches. It's being wheeled into our communities. It's being wheeled into our schools. It's a Trojan horse! Black Lives Matter — I just am going to put that [black] square up [on social media to show BLM solidarity]. Don't put that square up. Don't do it. Do all black lives matter? Yes! They do! But when you say Black Lives Matter, you are endorsing Black Lives Matter incorporated. And it is an incorporation. Look it up. It's an entity."


theblaze--2020-08-31--Notre Dame decries Lou Holtz's RNC speech saying Biden is 'Catholic in name only' for his abortion v

Notre Dame decries Lou Holtz's RNC speech saying Biden is 'Catholic in name only' for his abortion views. So Holtz doubles down.

Notre Dame decries Lou Holtz 's RNC speech saying Biden is 'Catholic in name only ' for his abortion views @ @ @ @ @ .

Legendary former Notre Dame football coach Lou Holtz delivered a speech to the 2020 Republican Nation Convention on Wednesday in which he praised President Donald Trump, proclaimed the greatness of the United States, reminded viewers why they should take pride in being Americans, and ripped Democratic nominee Joe Biden's campaign for its pro-abortion stance.
Holtz declared that pro-abortion Catholic politicians — which would include Biden — are "Catholic in name only."
On Thursday, Notre Dame attempted to distance the school from the coach's remarks about a fellow Catholic, and Biden called criticism of his faith "preposterous."
But Holtz was not deterred, and the next day, he doubled down on his assertion during an interview on Fox News.
What did he say?
As Holtz delineated his reasons for supporting Trump, he noted that one of the reasons he, as a Catholic, backs Trump is because "nobody has been a stronger advocate for the unborn than President Trump."
And that stands in stark contrast to the pro-abortion political and policy stances of the Biden campaign, despite Biden's repeated reminders to voters that he's a practicing Catholic and has been one his whole life.
"The Biden-Harris ticket is the most radically pro-abortion campaign in history," Holtz said. "They and other politicians are Catholic in name only and abandoned innocent lives."
WATCH: Lou Holtz's full speech at the Republican National Convention | 2020 RNC Night 3 www.youtube.com
What Notre Dame and Biden say?
The day after Holtz's speech, Notre Dame President Rev. John Jenkins put out a statement trying to put as much distance as possible between the school and the pro-life, pro-Trump coach:
While Coach Lou Holtz is a former coach at Notre Dame, his use of the University's name at the Republican National Convention must not be taken to imply that the University endorses his views, any candidate or any political party. Moreover, we Catholics should remind ourselves that while we may judge the objective moral quality of another's actions, we must never question the sincerity of another's faith, which is due to the mysterious working of grace in that person's heart. In this fractious time, let us remember that our highest calling is to love.
MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell asked Biden, who has reportedly been denied communion over his pro-abortion views, about Holtz's and others' attacks on his faith, which the former vice president called "preposterous."
"Look, I'm not going to proselytize," Biden told Mitchell. "I'm a practicing Catholic. I've been a practicing Catholic my whole life. I practice all the elements of my faith."
Holtz doubles down
But Holtz was not to be deterred from his message.
On Friday, he appeared on Fox News' "Bill Hemmer Reports" to discuss his remarks and the school's response, and he made it clear that he stood by every word.
"People have taught me that to murder an unborn child at nine months is illegal," Holtz told host Bill Hemmer. "That's not part of the Catholic faith. And Joe Biden — he may be a wonderful individual, I hear great things about him — I'm not casting aspersions on his character, his integrity, but I am casting aspersions on his decision."
"When he said that you can abort a baby at the nine month of pregnancy, and that's perfectly all right?" Holtz asked Hemmer. "No, by the way I was taught, the Catholic Church, that's not all right and I'm going to speak up about it.
"I'm not criticizing him. I'm not passing judgment. But that's wrong," he said.
Holtz said that though the school is welcome to say what they want, he disagreed with Jenkins' implication that Holtz questioned the sincerity of Biden's faith.
"I did not question his sincerity, Bill, but I do question the judgment he makes," Holtz said. "When you come out and say a baby can be aborted nine months into pregnancy, I can't agree with that.
"I feel strongly about it, but that's because of the way I was raised in the Catholic faith," he continued, noting the church's teaching that "when selecting a president ... you should first of all look at how they feel about abortion" and vote for the person who opposes abortion.
"If you want me to say killing babies is OK, no, I cannot say that," Holtz said, adding that he has a problem with people who would try to silence him.
"I'm not passing judgment on anybody's character, integrity ... what I'm saying is, 'If you're pro-abortion, I'm opposed to you.' I'm allowed to have my opinion, and don't try to silence me," he concluded.


theblaze--2020-08-31--Bombshell new documentary seeks to expose Joe and Hunter Biden's secret Chinese business dealings

Bombshell new documentary seeks to expose Joe and Hunter Biden 's secret Chinese business dealings The deals allegedly went on @ @ @ @ @

A new documentary promises to shine a light on Vice President Joe Biden and his son Hunter Biden's politically-wrought business dealings in China that for years have been largely hidden from the public eye — and have even benefitted the Chinese military.
The documentary, called "Riding the Dragon: Uncovering the Bidens' Chinese Secrets," was produced by Lightspeed Pictures in association with BlazeTV and features New York Times bestselling author Peter Schweizer. It is currently available for viewing to subscribers on BlazeTV.com and on BlazeTV's YouTube channel.
Schweizer, who is also president of the Government Accountability Institute, investigated the Bidens — Hunter Biden's suspicious board position at the infamous Ukrainian gas company, Burisma, in particular — for his 2018 book, "Profiles in Corruption: Abuse of Power by America's Progressive Elite."
Now in the new documentary, Schweizer drills down into Hunter Biden and his private equity firm's lucrative business deals with the Chinese government.
"This isn't just another story about a politician's kid getting rich," the film's narrator says in the trailer. "Hunter's new firm started making investment deals that would serve the strategic interests of the Chinese military."
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"This is the remarkable and largely hidden story of the secret financial relationship between the Biden family and the Chinese government," the narrator adds.
During a radio interview with Glenn Beck Monday, Schweizer added some details about the business dealings not divulged in the trailer.
He claimed that his investigation turned up information suggesting the Bidens cooperated with the Chinese partners to bypass laws allowing them to acquire companies that benefitted the Chinese military in the technology space.
Schweizer also suggested that these business dealings could be the reason that Democratic nominee Joe Biden has not been critical of the communist government in China.
"The question is why [is Biden not critical of China]?" asks Schweizer. "To me ... he became much more soft on Beijing when his son started getting very lucrative, exclusive deals courtesy of the Chinese government."
The full documentary is available to BlazeTV subscribers today.


theblaze--2020-08-31--Kayleigh McEnany smokes reporter for wringing hands over leftists hit by paintballs after ignoring 9

Kayleigh McEnany smokes reporter for wringing hands over leftists hit by paintballs after ignoring 90 days of Antifa violence in Portland

Kayleigh McEnany smokes reporter for wringing hands over leftists hit by paintballs after ignoring 90 days of Antifa violence in @

A reporter on Monday sarcastically asked White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany if supporters of President Donald Trump shooting paintballs at leftists in Portland over the weekend counts as "patriotic activity."
Say what?
For those of you who haven't had the pleasure, here's at least one clip showing a Trump fan in the bed of a pickup truck taking aim at loudmouthed leftists on a Portland sidewalk Saturday — and giving them an instant color makeover.
Content warning: Language:
Pepper spray appeared to be on the menu as well — but you'd think by now they'd have built up an immunity to that.
How did McEnany respond?
Anyway, McEnany was in no mood to entertain the reporter's question based on what she detected as his blatant double standard.
"It's incredible that for 90 days I've stood at this podium talking about officers [who've had] lasers flashed in their eyes in an attempt to blind them, commercial-grade fireworks thrown at them, a church right out here burning down, the people that were harassed and yelled at — [Republican] Sen. Rand Paul, Dan Bongino — right out here, and you're going to ask me about a paintball video when, in fact, for 90 days we've seen horrific violence by Antifa, a radical, anarchist organization," she replied. "I mean, you're going ask about a paintball video I've yet to see and neither has the president."
Despite McEnany trying to get to the next reporter, the paintball inquirer pressed forward: "I'm going to ask you about it, but you maintain that the people who went into the city to conduct that activity —"
And with that, she cut him right off: "Look, there's been 90 days of violence from left-wing anarchists; it's incredible that today is the one time you're interested in violence when it's paintballs — and we don't even know who set off these paintballs — but you fail to ask for 90 days about violence from an anarchist organization because it happens to be on the left."
How did folks react to McEnany's latest media torching?
Like her boss, McEnany doesn't have a thriving fan club among the White House press corps — but Trump supporters sure appreciate her:
"I love how @PressSec schools them every single time," one observer noted.
"@PressSec is one of the best hires in the history of our country for any administration," another commenter said. "Praying for her and her family — what an incredible woman & mother. Press has no clue how to handle her."
"It was fabulous," another commenter noted. "That reporter will have flashbacks forever when he hears the word 'paintball.' She pointed out the contrast perfectly!"
UPDATE, 4:50 p.m. EST: Turns out there's a good shot Trump actually has seen the paintball video in question, as on Sunday he retweeted the original post of the clip from the New York Times' Mike Baker and commented on it:
This story has been updated.


theblaze--2020-08-31--HATE CRIME: Anti-fascist mob 'is not sad a f***ing fascist died'

MAGA supporter gunned down for being a 'Trumper '

Calling yourself an anti-fascist and then shooting someone because they vote differently than you doesn't make you anti-fascist. It makes you a fascist and a liar. Yet for years, the left painted the right as fascists and hostile against minorities. Plot twist: the fascist enemy existed in the mirror of every radical leftist all along. Steven Crowder covered this in detail on Monday's episode of "Good Morning Mug Club."
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theblaze--2020-08-31--Jacob Blake's father rejects idea of speaking to Trump: 'I've already talked to President Biden'

Jacob Blake Sr. , father of Jacob Blake Jr. , speaks at the Lincoln Memorial during the `` Commitment March @ @ @ @ @ Our Necks '' protest against racism and police brutality on Friday in Washington , D.C. @ @ @ @ @ via Getty Images )

President Donald Trump will travel to Kenosha, Wisconsin, on Tuesday, a city that has seen violent — and sometimes deadly — riots after the police shooting of Jacob Blake on Aug. 23. Although the Trump administration has reached out to Blake's family for a potential meeting, at least one member of the family is not interested, according to the Washington Post.
Blake's father, Jacob Blake Sr., told the Post on Friday that he's not even interested in a call with the president at this point.
"I've already talked to President Biden," Blake Sr. told the Post's Dave Weigel.
A meeting with at least some members of Blake's family seems possible still, with the White House claiming to have unsuccessfully reached out ahead of Trump's visit to Kenosha.
"We are efforting outreach, have not been able to connect yet," White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany said, according to The Hill. "So tomorrow the plan is so far to go and to meet with law enforcement and to look at the damage from the riots, but we are holding his family close to our hearts."
Benjamin Crump, the civil rights attorney who is representing Blake's family, claimed no one from the White House had reached out to them.
"My office has received no calls to set up any kind of meeting," Crump told MSNBC.
However, a White House communications staffer refuted Crump on Twitter, saying White House chief of staff Mark Meadows had left messages with the family and had spoken multiple times with the pastor of Julia Jackson, Blake's mother.
Recapping what happened
Blake was shot seven times in the back by a Kenosha Police Department officer on Aug. 23. Video of the shooting went viral sparking local protests and national outrage.
The narrative surrounding the shooting began with a claim that Blake had been attempting to break up a fight between two women when he was shot, but has evolved with additional information to paint a different picture.
Blake was charged with third-degree sexual assault in July, and had a warrant out for his arrest. The woman who accused him of the assault called 911 on Aug. 23 because Blake was at her home despite a restraining order. Police were reportedly aware of the warrant when they responded to the scene. Blake attempted to resist arrest, fighting with multiple police officers who reportedly attempted to subdue him with a stun gun, but failed.
During the altercation, Blake opened the driver's side door of his vehicle and leaned inside. That's when an officer shot him in the back. Police found a knife on the floor of the vehicle. Blake's three children were also in the car when he was shot. Blake survived the shooting, but a family member said he is paralyzed from the waist down.
In the days following the shooting, Kenosha was ravaged with riots as people — many of them from out of town — caused havoc and burned down buildings. Two people were shot and killed by a 17-year-old teenager from Illinois who said he came to the city to help protect property from rioters. The teen has been charged with intentional homicide and reckless homicide.
President Trump plans to tour the city this week to see the damage and meet with local law enforcement. Trump and Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden have attempted to blame the chaos in Kenosha on each other. Biden currently has no plans to visit Kenosha.


theblaze--2020-08-31--Christian crowdfunding page to benefit teen Kyle Rittenhouse explodes with donations

Christian crowdfunding site GiveSendGo is hosting a fundraising campaign for Kyle Rittenhouse , who was charged with homicide last week following riots in Kenosha , Wisconsin .
At the time of this reporting , the page has received more than $ 270,000 in donations .
What are the details ?
The fundraiser , which was purportedly set up by friends of the Rittenhouse family , aims to fund the teen 's legal defense .
Authorities charged 17-year-old Rittenhouse with five criminal counts including first-degree intentional homicide and first-degree reckless homicide .
He also faces charges of first-degree recklessly endangering safety @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Rittenhouse reportedly fired on three protesters during protests following Jacob Blake 's police shooting on Aug. 23 .
Two rioters died , and one was hospitalized with serious injuries .
The page reads , `` Kyle Rittenhouse just defended himself from a brutal attack by multiple members of the far-leftist group ANTIFA — the experience was undoubtedly a brutal one , as he was forced to take two lives to defend his own . ''
`` Now , Kyle is being unfairly charged with murder 1 , by a DA who seems determined @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the situation , '' the page continues .
`` The situation was clearly self-defense , and Kyle and his family will undoubtedly need money to pay for the legal fees . ''
In a recent statement , Rittenhouse 's attorney said that the teen did `` nothing wrong '' and simply defended himself .
`` He exercised his God-given , constitutional , common law and statutory law right to self-defense , '' the statement said .
Rittenhouse 's legal team added that their client was in the area to help protect businesses @ @ @ @ @ @ @ if necessary .
It was only when he was allegedly attacked did the teen reportedly fire on rioters , but still remained at the scene in order to provide first aid to one of the shooting victims .
He was forced to flee , however , `` for his safety and his survival '' when rioters converged on the scene .
Rittenhouse 's legal team explained that investigators used the teen 's conservative values against him in order to spin the narrative and detract from the Blake shooting .
`` [ T ] @ @ @ @ @ @ @ '' the team added .
`` Rather , after learning Kyle may have had conservative political viewpoints , they immediately saw him as a convenient target who they could use as a scapegoat to distract from the Jacob Blake shooting and the government 's abject failure to ensure basic law and order to citizens .
Within 24-36 hours , he was charged with multiple homicide counts . ''

Christian crowdfunding site GiveSendGo is hosting a fundraising campaign for Kyle Rittenhouse, who was charged with homicide last week following riots in Kenosha, Wisconsin.
At the time of this reporting, the page has received more than $270,000 in donations.
What are the details?
The fundraiser, which was purportedly set up by friends of the Rittenhouse family, aims to fund the teen's legal defense.
Authorities charged 17-year-old Rittenhouse with five criminal counts including first-degree intentional homicide and first-degree reckless homicide. He also faces charges of first-degree recklessly endangering safety and possession of a dangerous weapon.
Rittenhouse reportedly fired on three protesters during protests following Jacob Blake's police shooting on Aug. 23. Two rioters died, and one was hospitalized with serious injuries.
The page reads, "Kyle Rittenhouse just defended himself from a brutal attack by multiple members of the far-leftist group ANTIFA — the experience was undoubtedly a brutal one, as he was forced to take two lives to defend his own."
"Now, Kyle is being unfairly charged with murder 1, by a DA who seems determined only to capitalize on the political angle of the situation," the page continues. "The situation was clearly self-defense, and Kyle and his family will undoubtedly need money to pay for the legal fees."
Teen 'exercised his God-given' rights
In a recent statement, Rittenhouse's attorney said that the teen did "nothing wrong" and simply defended himself.
"He exercised his God-given, constitutional, common law and statutory law right to self-defense," the statement said.
Rittenhouse's legal team added that their client was in the area to help protect businesses amid protests, and provide first aid if necessary.
It was only when he was allegedly attacked did the teen reportedly fire on rioters, but still remained at the scene in order to provide first aid to one of the shooting victims.
He was forced to flee, however, "for his safety and his survival" when rioters converged on the scene.
The statement explains:
As Kyle proceeded towards the second mechanic's shop, he was accosted by multiple rioters who recognized that he had been attempting to protect a business the mob wanted to destroy. This outraged the rioters and created a mob now determined to hurt Kyle. They began chasing him down. Kyle attempted to get away, but he could not do so quickly enough. Upon the sound of a gunshot behind him, Kyle turned and was immediately faced with an attacker lunging towards him and reaching for his rifle. He reacted instantaneously and justifiably with his weapon to protect himself, firing and striking the attacker.
Kyle stopped to ensure care for the wounded attacker but faced a growing mob gesturing towards him. He realized he needed to flee for his safety and his survival. Another attacker struck Kyle from behind as he fled down the street. Kyle turned as the mob pressed in on him and he fell to the ground. One attacker kicked Kyle on the ground while he was on the ground. Yet another bashed him over the head with a skateboard. Several rioters tried to disarm Kyle. In fear for his life and concerned the crowd would either continue to shoot at him or even use his own weapon against him, Kyle had no choice but to fire multiple rounds towards his immediate attackers, striking two, including one armed attacker. The rest of the mob began to disperse upon hearing the additional gunshots.
Rittenhouse's legal team explained that investigators used the teen's conservative values against him in order to spin the narrative and detract from the Blake shooting.
"[T]his was not a serious investigation," the team added. "Rather, after learning Kyle may have had conservative political viewpoints, they immediately saw him as a convenient target who they could use as a scapegoat to distract from the Jacob Blake shooting and the government's abject failure to ensure basic law and order to citizens. Within 24-36 hours, he was charged with multiple homicide counts."
(H/T: Newsweek)


theblaze--2020-08-31--Horowitz: Man caught on camera attempting to rape woman on NYC subway platform held on just $75K bai

Horowitz: Man caught on camera attempting to rape woman on NYC subway platform held on just $75K bail, despite 14 prior arrests

Horowitz : Man caught on camera attempting to rape woman on NYC subway platform held on just $ 75K bail @ @ @ @ @

Still think we have an over-incarceration problem in this country, as the elites in both parties believe? Let me introduce you to Jose Reyes.
Over the weekend, Americans watched in shock and horror as images of a man throwing a 25-year-old woman on the ground on a Manhattan subway platform went viral over the internet. In a city that had been safe for a generation thanks to tough-on-crime policies, a criminal was undeterred from attempting to rape her in broad daylight on Saturday morning in one of the most public places in the city. On Sunday, police used the video to identify Jose Reyes, 31, as the suspect and issued an arrest because they recognized him from just a few months ago when he was caught and released after being charged with criminal mischief.
Even with national discussion centered around the lack of deterrent to such heinous crimes in the once safe subway system, it was still completely unexpected that this man would be offered just $75,000 bail and released after having been caught on camera attempting to commit such a violent crime. Even in New York, someone this bad would remain in jail pending the trial, right?
Well, bright and early Monday morning, Reyes was offered the option of release on just $75,000 cash bail at his arraignment. According to police, he had 14 prior arrests, including for robbery and assault on a police officer, and was caught with drugs on him. He confessed to knocking the victim down and forcing himself on top of her. But if he comes up with this relatively low sum, he could be free again. I guess we should count our blessings that this man wasn't automatically released without having to post any bond, like so many other criminals.
Liberal cities are trying to bar police from using the facial recognition technology that was so instrumental in catching this suspect. It's one of the many spheres of the criminal justice jailbreak agenda that is increasingly being adopted by both parties.
This is the America in which we now live. Even at the Republican convention, one speaker after another, many of whom sit at the highest positions of power within the administration, kept extolling the virtues of "criminal justice reform," aka jailbreak of criminals – as if there are too many people incarcerated. Yet we've reached a point in this country where it is almost impossible to lock up violent criminals, no matter the seriousness of their crime, no matter the body of evidence, and regardless of their prior record.
If Reyes ultimately posts bond, how likely is it that the victim will be willing to press forward on this case? Aside from creating a lack of deterrent, easy-release policies pretrial make it harder to land a conviction because so many witnesses and victims are too scared to testify. As one New York state prosecutor told me last year, with these leniencies, "You're gonna have more cases not getting resolved … more plea bargaining, if you will, and more people out of custody to continue to commit crime." Someone with the history of Reyes, especially given the sensitivity of this case, should be held on much higher bond.
In addition, New York's new bail law forces the prosecution to immediately turn over the addresses of witnesses and victims to the defense. Earlier this year, one MS-13 murder suspect who was released from jail was accused of murdering a witness in the trial.
These stories are not the rare exceptions; they are the rule. On Sunday, NYPD announced that Kariym Jackson, 39, a career criminal who is homeless, was charged for kicking a man down a flight of steps right at Penn Station. The victim died of his injuries. How could this man think he could get away with this crime at such a public place? Because he was already on parole despite his criminal record. The trend of parole over prison and pretrial release over jail time is turning this country into a violent third-world country.
These daytime attacks in New York City have become rampant.
People who survived the great crime wave of the 1970s are now moving out. Moving trucks are becoming a common sight in Manhattan's once-safe upper west side.
What is going on in New York is a microcosm of the rioting and rampant crime across the country, where, so long as you are committing a politically correct crime in the eyes of our system, there is simply no deterrent against the act. While the rioting has certainly roped in thousands of people, the ones who commit the most heinous acts are almost always repeat violent offenders. Andy Ngo, who has covered Antifa violence as an on-the-ground journalist for years, reports that the man being investigated in the shocking murder of Trump supporter Aaron "Jay" Danielson caught on camera in Portland, Oregon, Saturday night was arrested for illegally carrying a loaded gun at a riot in July. He was released and charges were never pursued.
In other words, if you are defending yourself against the mob, you will be prosecuted, or if you are caught carrying in a state that unconstitutionally bans the right to carry, you will be charged so long as you are of a certain identity. But if you are a career criminal or part of BLM, there is a universal right to carry.
Where are the Republican demands for locking up repeat offenders? Where are the criminal justice reform bills for victims of crime? Where is the effort to defund pro-criminal cities? When is it our turn to fight back?


theblaze--2020-08-31--Adele shows off massive weight loss. All Americans can talk about is her 'cultural appropriation' —

Adele shows off massive weight loss. All Americans can talk about is her 'cultural appropriation' — but those from other countries weigh in and shut it down.

Adele shows off massive weight loss .
All Americans can talk about is her 'cultural appropriation ' — but those @ @ @ @ @ and shut it down .

Award-winning singer Adele has been accused of cultural appropriation after a social media post featuring the superstar went viral on the internet.
Many social media users who either purport to be American or are presumably American took the performer to task over the outfit, but those from other countries across the globe shut down the criticism as needless and inflammatory.
What are the details of the photo?
The 32-year-old British songstress, who has lost a significant amount of weight over the last year, can be seen in an Instagram post wearing leggings and a Jamaican flag-styled bikini top, her hair in Bantu knots.
Bantu knots are a traditional African way of wearing the hair.
The singer's post is clearly a tribute to London's highly attended annual Notting Hill Carnival — which was canceled this year due to COVID-19 — which celebrates Caribbean culture and diversity.
She captioned the photo, "Happy what would be Notting Hill Carnival my beloved London[.]"
At the time of this writing, Adele's photo has received more than 4 million likes, but has amassed a storm of criticism in the comments section.
What are people saying about this?
One commenter wrote, "Notice how it's a whole bunch of WHITE people telling her she looks good with those AFRICAN bantu knots in her head, and those are the people she's going to listen to instead of the BLACK people who are saying this is culture appropriation."
Another added, "Culture appropriation to the fullest."
"[P]roof that cancel culture is selective," another user said. "Adele."
"Nope. not out at all. 1) the bantu knots are a protective, african american hairstyle. 2) you do not have any reason to use such hairstyle. 3) completely inappropriate," one user pointed out.
Another user snapped, "Ok but is this YOUR culture?"
"Bantu knots are NOT to be worn by white people in any context, period," one person insisted.
One user even went as far as to call for the singer to be jailed.
"If you haven't quite understood cultural appropriation, look at @Adele's last Instagram post," the user wrote. "She should go to jail no parole for this."
What else are people saying about this?
Despite blowback, many people defended the musician from criticism.
One person writes, "MANY of you don't understand the difference between APPROPRIATION and APPRECIATION. Adele, sweetie you look amazing."
Another adds, "Dear African Americans. Please stop speaking on behalf of Jamaicans/West Indians. Most of you all think Jamaica makes up the whole of the Caribbean. Most of you all think Caribbean people live in huts and tend to goats and sheep all day. (yes I've been told this) It is normal for tourists and foreigners to dress like this during carnival time in the Caribbean and we love it. They get to celebrate with us. So stop screaming cultural appropriation there is nothing wrong with her attire. I love it and we embrace people like this!"
"African-Americans: You cannot advocate for freedom whilst suppressing others," another social media user added, while another user wrote, "As a white person, there's nothing worst than seeing white people tell her she's appropriating, when most Jamaicans are sayinf [sic] she's appreciating."
In a very lengthy comment, one user added, "Never in my life have I ever understood why Americans get so easily offended by this. Us, the Europeans, are all from different countries, with different descent, different languages, different culture, even when it comes to religion, the majority of the eastern part of Europe consists of orthodox Christians, the western of catholic Christians and some other European countries, especially in the Balkan peninsula, have many Muslims, too. Yet despite that, we LOVE it when we all recreate one another's traditions, or wearing traditional clothing. I am Greek and I love it when I hear people from Spain, Germany, France, Italy etc etc saying 'malaka' or wearing anything traditional of ours. This just shows love, how can it possibly be dishonor? When somebody hate something, they don't recreate it publicly just to like.. laugh at it?! They probably just like it when they express themselves this way. Get over your trust issues, please people. And don't bring me the 'skin color' issue, before you even take a look at the skin differences between for example, a Swedish and a Greek person."


theblaze--2020-08-31--VIDEO: Man bashed in back of head with bricks, falls face-first to sidewalk. Observers recording sne

VIDEO: Man bashed in back of head with bricks, falls face-first to sidewalk. Observers recording sneak attack laugh and howl.

VIDEO : Man bashed in back of head with bricks , falls face-first to sidewalk .
Observers recording sneak attack @ @ @ @ @ said they have n't found victim or suspect after broad-daylight assault

Baltimore police on Monday afternoon told TheBlaze they have not yet located the victim or suspect in a shocking daylight attack caught on video.
What are the details?
Video emerged Monday on social media showing a man crossing a street and another man sneaking up behind him and slamming him in the back of the head, which resulted in the victim falling face-first to the sidewalk.
Just before the victim was hit in the head, a voice — presumably from one of the people recording the video across the street — can be heard whispering, "bitch you bet' not run." After the victim falls to the sidewalk, at least two people can be heard laughing and hollering in response.
Here's the clip:
One person yelled something to the effect of, "Oh my God, he's done!"
The victim appeared to lay motionless on the sidewalk while the man who hit him ran off.
What did police have to say?
According to a police report, the attack took place just after 6:30 p.m. Sunday on the 100 block of West Hamburg Street — and neither the victim nor the suspect were at the scene when police arrived. Officers, however, said they observed a pool of blood on the north sidewalk.
The witness who called police said he heard a loud argument between two men. After one of the men walked away, the witness said the other man picked up two bricks, approached the other man from behind, and hit him on the head. After the attack, the suspect ran from the scene toward the Sharp Leadenhall Apartments. The witness told police he doesn't know the victim or the suspect. Police said the victim is white and the suspect is black.
Anything else?
The video apparently was posted on Instagram and soon deleted. It isn't clear whether the Instagram user who posted the video also recorded it or knows either of the men involved in the incident.
Matt Walsh of the Daily Wire noted the original Instagram caption:
How are folks reacting?
As you can no doubt guess, those who have viewed the clip have been uniformly shocked and appalled by it:


theblaze--2020-08-31--'Top Democratic operative' spills the beans on how prevalent voter fraud is for mail-in ballots

'Top Democratic operative ' spills the beans on how prevalent voter fraud is for mail-in ballots 'It could be enough @ @ @ @

Democrats are heavily pushing for mail-in voting for the November general election. Republicans oppose this, arguing widespread vote-by-mail would increase the possibility that voter fraud would influence the outcome.
According to one "top Democratic operative," Republicans are correct.
What did the operative say?
The Democrat anonymously told the New York Post that mail-in ballot voter fraud is the rule, not the exception — because he has spent years manipulating elections on behalf of Democratic candidates.
The fraudster told the Post his dirty work includes everything from municipal to federal elections in New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. In fact, the operative, whose resumé was confirmed by the Post, claimed his team has manipulated most elections in the Garden State.
"There is no race in New Jersey — from City Council to United States Senate — that we haven't worked on," the fraudster said. "I worked on a fire commissioner's race in Burlington County. The smaller the race the easier it is to do."
"An election that is swayed by 500 votes, 1,000 votes — it can make a difference," the operative explained. "It could be enough to flip states."
The operative even explained how his fraud operation works. He said mail-in ballots lack sufficient security features, making a printer the only tool required to recreate them. However, he said the envelopes used to mail the ballots are made with security features, making them impossible to recreate. So, they just steal real ones.
To collect real ballot envelops, his team dupes voters into allowing them to mail the completed ballots on their behalf. The operative's team then carefully opens the sealed envelope, discards the voter's ballot, inserts a fraudulent ballot, reseals the envelope, then mails it.
To avoid detection, the operative said his team spreads out the fraudulent ballots. This way they avoid what happened in Paterson City, New Jersey, in which four individuals, including elected officials, have been charged with voter fraud after the U.S. Postal Service found hundreds of ballots stuffed in mailboxes.
Who else helps?
Shockingly, the Democratic operative told the Post that postal workers and even nursing home employees are in on the scheme.
"You have a postman who is a rabid anti-Trump guy and he's working in Bedminster or some Republican stronghold … He can take those [filled-out] ballots, and knowing 95% are going to a Republican, he can just throw those in the garbage," the operative said.
Regarding nursing homes, the operative explained, "There are nursing homes where the nurse is actually a paid operative. And they go room by room by room to these old people who still want to feel like they're relevant. [They] literally fill it out for them."
When all else fails, the operative said his team bribes voters or impersonates them at polling stations that do not require identification to vote.
Individuals convicted of voter fraud in federal elections are subject to up to five years in prison.


theblaze--2020-08-31--Singer Kacey Musgraves calls voting for Trump an ‘act of violence’ against LGBTQ community — Richard

Singer Kacey Musgraves calls voting for Trump an ‘act of violence’ against LGBTQ community — Richard Grenell has words

Singer Kacey Musgraves calls voting for Trump an ‘ act of violence ’ against LGBTQ community — Richard Grenell has @

Grammy award-winning country music singer Kacey Musgraves took to Twitter recently to declare that voting for President Donald Trump in November would be equivalent to an "act of violence" against the LGBTQ+ community.
Musgraves posted an image to her feed Friday night that said: "If you love an LGBTQ+ person and you're planning on voting for Donald Trump in November, that's an act of violence against them."
In a caption posted along with the image, the 32-year-old singer-songwriter wrote, "to each their own but know what your vote means" — a confusingly passive-aggressive message from someone simultaneously claiming that to vote one way would be violent.
In response to the tweet, former Trump administration acting director of national intelligence Richard Grenell, who is also the first openly gay member of a presidential cabinet, had words for Musgraves.
"Twitter should ban this piece of fake news. This isn't remotely correct," Grenell wrote on Twitter. "Stop making gay rights a partisan issue, Kacey! You aren't helping gay people one bit."
"We aren't tokens," he added.
Last year, Grenell, who was serving as the U.S. ambassador to Germany at the time, spearheaded a Trump administration effort to end the criminalization of homosexuality.
The move was reportedly launched in response to the Iranian government's execution of a 31-year-old gay man by public hanging.
In an op-ed in the German newspaper Bild, Grenell condemned the execution and argued that "politicians, the U.N., democratic governments, diplomats, and good people everywhere should speak up — and loudly."
He further called on world leaders to "work harder to demand that U.N. members decriminalize homosexuality."
Trump has often been demonized by the left as anti-LGBTQ despite being the first president to take office in support of gay marriage.
The administration, though perhaps more left-leaning on LGBTQ policy initiatives than many conservatives in America, took heat from the left earlier this year for ending an Obama-era regulation that prohibited health care discrimination against certain LGBT individuals.
The regulation under Obama had defined sex discrimination as including gender identity, or "one's internal sense of gender, which may be male, female, neither, or a combination of male and female."
The Trump Department of Health and Human Services announced it would return to an interpretation of sex discrimination using the "plain meaning of the word 'sex' as male or female and as determined by biology."


theblaze--2020-08-31--Seahawks' Pete Carroll promotes white shame: 'Black people can't scream any more. ... This is a whit

Seahawks' Pete Carroll promotes white shame: 'Black people can't scream any more. ... This is a white people's issue to get over.'

Seahawks ' Pete Carroll promotes white shame : 'Black people ca n't scream any more .
...
This is a @ @ @ @ @ get over . '

Seattle Seahawks head coach Pete Carroll says it's up to white people in the U.S. to mend race relations — and they should do so by educating themselves.
In remarks to reporters during a virtual press conference Saturday, Carroll also insisted that his fellow coaches listen to black people about their experiences as black people in America.
What are the details?
Carroll said, "[White people] need to be coached up and they need to be educated about what the heck is going on in this world."
"Black people can't scream any more, they can't march any more, they can't bare their souls any more to what they've lived with for hundreds of years because white guys came over from Europe and started a new country with a great idea and great ideals and wrote down great writings and laws and all of that about democracy and freedom and equality for all," the longtime coach continued. "And then that's not what happened, because we went down this other road here and followed economics — rich white guys making money — and they put together a system of slavery, and we've never left it, really. It's never gone away."
Carroll pointed out that white people seem content to live in ignorance of the black man's plight.
"And black people know the truth, they know exactly what's going on," he insisted. "It's white people that don't know. It's not that they're not telling us; they've been telling us the stories. We know what's right and what's wrong, we just have not been open to listen to it. We've been unwilling to accept the real history."
Carroll said that the willful ignorance goes back generations and generations, as Americans have been "taught a false history of what happened in this country."
"We've been taught a false history of what happened in this country, we've been basing things on false premises, and it has not been about equality for all, it has not been about freedom for all, it has not been opportunity for all, and it needs to be," he insisted. "Because this is a humanity issue we're dealing with. This is a white people's issue to get over and learn what's going on and to figure it out and start loving everybody that is part of our country, and that want to come to our country, wherever they want to come from."
He also insisted that money corrupted America's forefathers, which led them to enslave an entire race.
"What's right is treating people equally, we know that," he said. "Forefathers knew it. They wrote it all down, they just didn't do it. They got caught up in making money and they figured out a way to do it, and it meant persecuting and abusing an entire race of people."
You can listen to Carroll's full remarks here.


theblaze--2020-08-31--NHL owner says team is losing fans over Black Lives Matter support

`` End Racism '' is displayed on the scoreboard , following the shooting of Jacob Blake , prior to Game @ @ @ @ @ Second Round during the 2020 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs at Rogers Place on Wednesday in @ @ @ @ @ Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images )

The owner of the Dallas Stars of the National Hockey League said his team has lost season ticket holders because of its support for Black Lives Matter, the Dallas Morning News reported.
The Stars did not play their scheduled Friday night playoff game against the Colorado Avalanche, instead moving it to Sunday in participation with the protests occurring across professional sports over the police shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wisconsin.
From DMN:
The Stars have lost customers over their support of Black Lives Matter and protests over racial inequality, president and CEO Brad Alberts said Friday afternoon.
"But we/I stand by our organization's commitment and support our players 100% to express their views," Alberts said.
When asked which customers the team has lost, Alberts said season-ticket holders, and that it was a mix of individual and company accounts. He did not disclose specific names. Alberts said no advertisers have pulled funding.
The NHL supported postponing games to protest the Blake shooting and issued a statement that also mentioned the police killings of Breonna Taylor in Louisville and George Floyd in Minneapolis.
"Black and Brown communities continue to face real, painful experiences," a Thursday NHL statement said. "The NHL and NHLPA recognize that much work remains to be done before we can play an appropriate role in a discussion centered on diversity, inclusion and social justice. We understand that the tragedies involving Jacob Blake, George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and others require us to recognize this moment. We pledge to work to use our sport to influence positive change in society."
The postponement of professional sports began last week when the NBA's Milwaukee Bucks surprised everyone by refusing to take the court at the last minute before a Wednesday playoff game against the Orlando Magic. Despite being blindsided by the protest, all the other NBA teams postponed their games as well.
The NHL was criticized for taking a little more time to join in with the stoppage of games, although the league didn't play any games Thursday or Friday. Friday, one player refused to answer any questions about hockey, instead choosing to focus on social justice issues.
"I think today, for the most part, especially yesterday and today, we want to make sure we keep the attention and conversations around the issue," Tampa Bay Lightning defenseman Braydon Coburn said. "I think that's where our heads are at right now."


theblaze--2020-08-31--Cops' lawyers make bombshell claims in George Floyd case: Bodycam shows Floyd ingesting fatal amount

Cops' lawyers make bombshell claims in George Floyd case: Bodycam shows Floyd ingesting fatal amount of drugs before arrest; he died of overdose

Cops ' lawyers make bombshell claims in George Floyd case : Bodycam shows Floyd ingesting fatal amount of drugs before @ @ @ @ @ overdose Allegations to shake up the case

Defense Attorney Eric J. Nelson — lawyer for former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin — said the late George Floyd was the victim of a careless overdose rather than police homicide.
Authorities charged Chauvin with murder in connection with Floyd's May death, which stemmed from an altercation purportedly involving counterfeit money.
In light of the allegations, Nelson is requesting a judge to drop all charges against Chauvin, who has pleaded not guilty.
An attorney for one of the other officers involved in Floyd's death also says bodycam footage shows the moment Floyd reportedly ingested a lethal amount of drugs.
What are the details?
According to a Monday report from ABC News, Nelson filed the motion in Hennepin County, Minnesota, District Court on Friday, alleging that the prosecution has not shown probable cause in charging Chauvin with second-degree unintentional murder, third-degree murder, and second-degree manslaughter.
In the motion, Chauvin's attorney insists the former police officer carried out Floyd's detainment by the book — including the use of a "Maximal Restraint Technique." Nelson said Chauvin believed the technique was necessary, out of concern that Floyd could harm himself or Chauvin and his fellow officers during the detainment.
Nelson has said that Chauvin and other responding officers were trying to help Floyd — who was clearly acting erratically during the detainment — out of concern for the man and the possibility that he might fall and strike his head, be hit by an oncoming vehicle in the road, and more.
Nelson insisted that the Minneapolis Police Department has approved training materials on such use of force, which shows an officer placing a knee on a subject's neck in order to subdue him.
The motion also noted that the autopsy on Floyd concluded that there was both fentanyl and methamphetamine in the late suspect's system — otherwise known as a "speedball."
Floyd, who suffered from hypertensive heart disease as well as arteriosclerosis and hypertension, also reportedly was positive for COVID-19 at the time of his death.
"Put simply, Mr. Floyd could not breathe because he had ingested a lethal dose of fentanyl and, possibly, a speedball," a portion of the motion read. "Combined with sickle cell trait, his pre-existing heart conditions, Mr. Floyd's use of fentanyl and methamphetamine most likely killed him. Adding fentanyl and methamphetamine to Mr. Floyd's existing health issues was tantamount to lighting a fuse on a bomb."
Further, Hennepin County Medical Examiner Dr. Andrew Baker also added that if Floyd were found dead in any other circumstance — in this case, "home alone and no other apparent causes, this could be acceptable to call an [overdose]."
The Hennepin County Medical Examiner's office ruled Floyd's death a homicide, determining that he died because of "cardiopulmonary arrest complicating law enforcement subdual, restraint, and neck compression."
However, the autopsy report found no apparent bruising or trauma to Floyd's neck, neck muscles, or back as a result of the restraint.
Judge Peter Cahill will address Nelson's motion in a Sept. 11 court hearing, the outlet reports.
What else?
Three other officers were also charged with aiding and abetting murder following Floyd's death.
Attorney Earl Gray, who represents former officer Thomas Lane, said in a motion filed last week that Floyd intentionally swallowed fentanyl tablets while he and his fellow officers — including Chauvin — attempted to take Floyd into custody.
In the motion, Gray said that bodycam footage of the arrest shows a "white spot" on Floyd's tongue — which disappeared moments later. He also argued that Floyd, at the time, was in the process of swallowing "2 milligrams of fentanyl, a lethal dose" to avoid being caught with the drugs on his person.
"All [Floyd] had to do is sit in the police car, like every other defendant who is initially arrested. While attempting to avoid his arrest, all by himself, Mr. Floyd overdosed on Fentanyl," Gray wrote in the motion. "Given his intoxication level, breathing would have been difficult at best. Mr. Floyd's intentional failure to obey commands, coupled with his overdosing, contributed to his own death."
Gray is also maintaining that charges against his client should be dropped.


theblaze--2020-08-31--Shock report: Up to 90% of COVID-positive Americans were possibly not even contagious

Shock report : Up to 90 % of COVID-positive Americans were possibly not even contagious Then what were the lockdowns @ @

The vast majority of the nearly 6 million coronavirus diagnoses in the United States likely were not contagious, according to the New York Times.
Despite continued widespread COVID-19 panic, which includes many virus-related restrictions, up to 90% of individuals who have tested positive for COVID-19 potentially carried such "insignificant" amounts of the virus that they were not contagious, the Times reported.
What are the details?
The most widely used diagnostic test for COVID-19 is called the PCR test, which, according to the FDA, tests for the virus' genetic material.
The problem with the test is that it only reports the presence of the genetic material being searched. It does not report the amount of genetic material, meaning individuals with such insignificant levels of COVID-19 genetic material will still test positive even if they aren't really sick.
From the Times:
The PCR test amplifies genetic matter from the virus in cycles; the fewer cycles required, the greater the amount of virus, or viral load, in the sample. The greater the viral load, the more likely the patient is to be contagious. This number of amplification cycles needed to find the virus, called the cycle threshold, is never included in the results sent to doctors and coronavirus patients, although it could tell them how infectious the patients are. In three sets of testing data that include cycle thresholds, compiled by officials in Massachusetts, New York and Nevada, up to 90 percent of people testing positive carried barely any virus, a review by The Times found.
Dr. Michael Mina, an epidemiologist at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, said testing thresholds are currently too sensitive. The problem, he told the Times, is akin to finding an individual hair in a room long after the person who was responsible for dropping the strand of hair had left.
The solution is to drop the cycle threshold used to determine whether an individual is infected.
Currently, the standard is 37 or 40 cycles, the Times reported. But Dr. Mina told the newspaper that it should be fewer than 30. Then, only individuals with 100 to 1,000 times the genetic material above the current standard would return a positive COVID-19 test result, Dr. Mina said.
Anything else?
Nearly six months after the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a global pandemic, questions continue to rise over the extent of the viral problem.
The CDC, for example, released a report last week indicating that just 6% of Americans who are classified as having died from COVID-19 died solely from coronavirus.
That means that up to 94% of Americans who have died from the virus died because COVID-19 worsened the effects of other viruses, diseases, or comorbidities.


theblaze--2020-08-31--Suspect in deadly Portland shooting describes himself as '100% ANTIFA,' was recently cited for a gun

Suspect in deadly Portland shooting describes himself as '100% ANTIFA,' was recently cited for a gun charge but never prosecuted

Suspect in deadly Portland shooting describes himself as '100 % ANTIFA , ' was recently cited for a gun charge @ @ @ @ @ am willing to fight for my brothers and sisters ! '

The suspect being investigated by police for allegedly shooting and killing a Trump supporter in downtown Portland, Oregon, on Saturday recently posted on social media saying that he is "100% ANTIFA" and "willing to fight" in the "war."
He was also reportedly cited for carrying a loaded gun downtown and interfering with police in July, but was never prosecuted.
Police sources confirmed to the Oregonian that 48-year-old Michael Forest Reinoehl is now the prime suspect in the fatal shooting of Aaron Danielson, a supporter of the conservative "Patriot Prayer" group who was part of caravan of Trump supporters who flooded downtown Portland Saturday in protest of the ongoing riots in the city.
Social media posts
As shown by videos and images on his Instagram feed, Reinoehl has been a regular participant in protests and riots in the city since the death of George Floyd in late May.
On his Instagram, Reinoehl also routinely shared troubling messages in support of the Black Lives Matter protests, including a June message in which he described himself as a member of Antifa fighting in a "war" where "there will be casualties."
"Every Revolution needs people that are willing and ready to fight," Reinoehl wrote. "There are so many of us protesters that are just protesting without a clue of where that will lead. That's just the beginning that's where the fight starts. If that's as far as you can take it thank you for your participation but please stand aside and support the ones that are willing to fight. I am 100% ANTIFA all the way! I am willing to fight for my brothers and sisters!" (emphasis mine)
"It will be a war and like all wars there will be casualties," he added.
In other posts on his Instagram, Reinoehl called for the defunding of police, said "F**k Donald Trump" and used hashtags such as "#anewnation."
Previous run-ins with the law
Reinoehl had previously been cited for allegedly carrying a loaded gun and interfering with police during downtown protests in July, but was never prosecuted and never spent any time in jail.
Here's more on the July citation from the Oregonian:
On July 5 at one of the demonstrations, Reinoehl was cited at 2:10 a.m. in the 700 block of Southwest Main Street on allegations of possessing a loaded gun in a public place, resisting arrest and interfering with police.
He was given a date to appear in court later that month, but the allegations were dropped on July 30 with a "no complaint," according to court records. The documents don't indicate why prosecutors decided not to pursue the accusations. Reinoehl spent no time behind bars.
That was not the first time that Reinoehl had been in trouble with the law.
Shortly before he started attending the protests, he was stopped while driving with his 11-year-old daughter, and in the car police found "found marijuana, 'unidentified prescription pills,' and a loaded Glock pistol for which [he] didn't have a concealed handgun license," the Oregonian reported.
Anything else?
Reinoehl was reportedly identified due to the distinctive "black power" fist tattoo he has on his neck that was evident in video images posted of the shooting.
His 36-year-old sister, who chose to remain anonymous, told the outlet that she was awakened early Sunday morning by a threatening phone call from someone who said that "our family was in danger unless we turned him over."
Once she saw the screenshots of the suspect, she reportedly confirmed to authorities that it was her brother.
Reinoehl, a father of two, has allegedly been estranged from his family for several years.
"On the one hand, this whole thing surprises the daylights out of us, because we always thought he is a lot of bark, not a lot of bite," she told the news outlet. "But he's also been very impulsive and irrational."
The investigation into the shooting is still under way, and no charges have been formally announced.


theblaze--2020-08-31--MSNBC host slams RNC as 'minstrel show' for having black people speak to make white voters feel less

MSNBC host slams RNC as 'minstrel show' for having black people speak to make white voters feel less racist

MSNBC host slams RNC as 'minstrel show ' for having black people speak to make white voters feel less racist

An MSNBC host dismissed the Republican National Convention as a "modern-day minstrel show" for featuring so many black conservative speakers during a Sunday segment on "AM Joy."
Tiffany Cross, who was guest-hosting for Joy Reid, characterized the inclusion of minority speakers as an attempt by the Republican Party to make its mostly white base feel less racist.
Cross' statement was preceded by a video montage of speakers including Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.), former United Nations ambassador Nikki Haley, and former NFL star Herschel Walker.
"That was not a 'Saturday Night Live' sketch," Cross said. "Welcome back to 'AM Joy.' I'm Tiffany Cross. If you watched the Republican National Convention last week, you'd almost think that the Republican Party was the one welcoming people of color, given the big display of diversity. The convention featured more than a dozen African-American speakers alone."
"But don't be fooled that the party of Trump has suddenly warmed to the same people that Trump's policies and sometimes his rhetoric directly harms," Cross continued. "As friend of the show Elie Mystal wrote so eloquently in The Nation, 'Republicans invited a cadre of professional black friends to validate Donald Trump and make white people feel a little less racist while still very much supporting white supremacy.' I mean, I watched the Republican convention, and seeing the slew of black speakers that they had, it really did look like a modern-day minstrel show to me."
This writer's perspective
What would members of the media have said about the Republican National Convention if there had only been white speakers? Many of them probably would have criticized the event as being racist for ignoring minorities. Now, when they invite too many minorities, they're accused of only doing so to make white people feel less racist.
Cross' attack hits the minorities themselves more than the alleged racist white people who arranged for them to speak. To speak at a national party convention is a significant honor, and there were some genuine and powerful moments, including the speech from Alice Johnson, who received a full pardon from the president the next day.
To call it a "minstrel show" is a needlessly nasty and insulting way for Cross to make her point, but it was clearly intentional. Minstrel shows, which date back to the early 19th century, featured white performers in blackface, and Cross' attack is just another version of what Democratic nominee Joe Biden has said — if you're not a Democrat, you ain't really black.
(H/T: The Daily Wire)


theblaze--2020-08-31--Antifa Murders Trump Supporter in Portland

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theblaze--2020-08-31--Gunshots reportedly fired at pro-Trump caravan in LA; car tire blown out; another car's window smash

Gunshots reportedly fired at pro-Trump caravan in LA; car tire blown out; another car's window smashed

Gunshots reportedly fired at pro-Trump caravan in LA ; car tire blown out ; another car 's window smashed Witness @ @ @ @ @ threw objects at rally participants amid verbal altercation

Hundreds of supporters of President Donald Trump staged a car rally along Ventura Boulevard in Los Angeles on Sunday morning when a motorist heard what sounded like gunshots as she drove past the caravan and soon noticed her flat tire, KNBC-TV reported, citing police.
Image source: KNBC-TV video screenshot
Police told the station the tire was damaged by a projectile, possibly a bullet or bullet fragment, and a witness pointed police to a possible shooter in a nearby apartment building.
Image source: KNBC-TV video screenshot
What happened next?
With that, SWAT was called to the apartment complex in the 20600 block of Ventura Boulevard in the Woodland Hills neighborhood, and the building was locked down with three suspected shooters barricaded inside, KNBC said.
Image source: KNBC-TV video screenshot
But after a standoff of several hours with Ventura Boulevard shut down and nearby buildings evacuated, SWAT entered the apartment and found no one home, the station said. Police continued to investigate the incident, KNBC noted.
What's the background?
"We assembled peacefully," rally participant Linda Zukovski told the station.
But Zukovski added to KNBC that she recorded video prior to the rally start of men on an apartment balcony arguing with rally participants — and that bottles and even a firework were thrown at Trump supporters.
"Nobody was throwing stuff back at them, nobody was screaming obscenities at them." she told the station. "It was all like kind of mellow until it became violent."
Zukovski also told KNBC the rear window of a car right in front of her in the caravan was smashed by a rock or frozen water bottle.
Image source: KNBC-TV video screenshot
She added to the station that "as we were driving by we heard the gunshot."
An unidentified woman told KNBC that "the people that were in the caravan and all the Trump supporters were pretty taunting."
Image source: KNBC-TV video screenshot
The station said there were no reports of any injuries.
Anything else?
The incident occurred just hours after a vehicle caravan of Trump supporters clashed with Antifa rioters in Portland, after which a man associated with Patriot Prayer was fatally shot. Video from the shooting suggests the victim was targeted.
After the deadly shooting, a crowd of leftists gathered on a Portland street and cheered as a woman hollered through a megaphone that "the person who died was a Patriot Prayer person. He was a f***ing Nazi. Our community held its own and took out the trash. I'm not going to shed any tears over a Nazi."


theblaze--2020-08-31--GOP rep introduces bill to make 'Antifa thugs' pay, lose benefits for rioting, looting

Would this help stop the violence ?

As lawlessness plagues major cities across the United States, Rep. Jim Banks (R-Ind.) introduced legislation last week that would increase the punishment for people convicted of looting and rioting.
Dubbed the "Support Peaceful Protest Act," the bill would make individuals convicted of federal crimes during the course of a protest ineligible for enhanced federal unemployment benefits or any "supplemental unemployment compensation" available to Americans during the COVID-19 panic.
The bill would also "hold individuals convicted of federal offenses during the course of protests financially liable for the cost of federal policing."
The bill states:
In the case of an individual convicted of a Federal offense related to the individual's conduct at and during the course of a protest with respect to which a Federal law enforcement officer was engaged in policing activity, the court shall, in addition to the penalty for such conviction, order the individual to pay an order of restitution to the appropriate Federal law enforcement agency in an amount that is equal to the cost of such policing activity, as determined by the court.
In a statement, Banks said rioters who are destroying cities — like Portland and Kenosha — need to feel the financial burden they are imposing on their communities.
"Antifa thugs are descending on suffering communities, disrupting peaceful protests and leaving violence, looting and vandalism in their wake. They turned Milwaukee, Seattle and Portland into warzones, and now they're moving the chaos to Kenosha, Wisconsin. Who knows which community is next?" Banks said.
He added, "Due to enhanced federal benefits, taxpayers are giving wages to jobless rioters that are destroying our communities. We need to cut them off from their funding and make them feel the full financial consequences of their actions."
It's not yet clear if Banks has enough support to secure the bill's passage. The House is on recess until after Labor Day.
However, we already know at least 74 individuals whom Bank's bill would target.
As TheBlaze reported, the Justice Department announced last week federal charges against 74 individuals accused of committing violence in Portland over the last several months.
"Violent agitators have hijacked any semblance of First Amendment protected activity, engaging in violent criminal acts and destruction of public safety," U.S. Attorney Billy Williams said.


theblaze--2020-09-01--'This is really bad': Social media users voice concern after Joe Biden appears incoherent in Pittsbu

'This is really bad': Social media users voice concern after Joe Biden appears incoherent in Pittsburgh speech

'This is really bad ' : Social media users voice concern after Joe Biden appears incoherent in Pittsburgh speech 'This @ @ @ @ @ stumbling over a few words . '

Twitter users circulated several portions of Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden's speech from Pittsburgh on Monday, causing the words "Biden video" to trend on the platform.
While the former vice president was hailed and criticized over policy, one excerpt where Biden appeared incoherent sparked concern among users who claimed the flub went beyond "stumbling over words."
What are the details?
In the video, the 77-year-old Biden says, "COVID has taken this year — just since the outbreak — has taken 100 year. Look, here's...the lives...it's just...I mean, think about it. More lives this year than any other year for the past 100 years."
One of President Donald Trump's sons, Eric Trump, shared the footage online, claiming, "This is why the Biden campaign doesn't want him to leave his basement — this guy isn't playing with a full deck and it is so irresponsible that the media covers this up..."
Republican activist Brandon Straka, a former liberal and co-founder of the WalkAway movement reacted, "OMG. This isn't a mispronunciation or stumbling over a few words. This is really bad."
Another user asserted, "It's dementia. I've seen it up close, as a lot of us have, sadly. I can't understand why Jill Biden is allowing this to continue."
And another said, "It's even worse when you see it written down...."
Someone else stated, "Would anyone let this man handle their checkbook. He is incapacitated. I really don't think he will make it to the election. His family needs to stop this. It's truly sad."
One person replied, "Slip ups are funny but this is watching someone struggle. I just can't see how he could do a debate at this point."
What did Trump critics say?
But Trump critics also weighed in, with one responding to Eric Trump, "Why was your Dad rushed to the hospital recently? Why is he having difficulty walking and why does he keep slurring his speech? Did your Dad have a stroke? This is what the American people want to know!"
Another wrote, "Yeah, that's awkward. Funny thing is though, Biden is STILL the better choice."
Biden has been dogged by concerns over his gaffes for years, but has faced increased scrutiny both during the primary campaign and general election over his frequent stumbles during speeches. His defenders have attributed the slips to the stutter the former vice president had as a child.


theblaze--2020-09-01--NAACP outraged at North Carolina official over his comment calling for Cannon Hinnant's alleged kill

NAACP outraged at North Carolina official over his comment calling for Cannon Hinnant's alleged killer to be hanged

NAACP outraged at North Carolina official over his comment calling for Cannon Hinnant 's alleged killer to be hanged The @ @ @ @ @ apology after official 's ' I got a tree ' comment

The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People denounced a county official in North Carolina who called for the hanging of a man alleged to have shot and killed 5-year-old Cannon Hinnant.
The horrific death of the young boy led to national anguish and outrage, but the NAACP objected in particular to the reaction from Scotland County Commissioner Tim Ivey.
The Scotland County NAACP posted screenshots to their Facebook page showing that Ivey responded, "I got a tree," to another user commenting, "I got a rope," on an article about the atrocious incident.
A letter from the NAACP to the Scotland County commissioners outlined why the civil rights group objected to the comment and demanded an apology from Ivey.
"Of particular concern is Mr. Ivey's implication that the accused person should not be tried and convicted; but rather, he should be sentenced to death without due process of law in much the same way that many people of color have been subjected to in our country," the NAACP said.
Darius Sessoms, 25, is accused of shooting Hinnant, who was riding his bicycle in front of his father's house in Wilson, North Carolina on Aug. 9.
Ivey defends his comment
In his defense, Ivey said that he was not aware of the race or ethnicity of the suspected murderer at the time of his comments.
"At the time the post was made, I had no idea of the race of the person that committed the crime," Ivey said on Wednesday.
"My post was in response to the cold-blooded murder of an innocent child and the circumstances in which they occurred. I later found out the race of the person that committed the crime, and that did not change my response to it, as it should not to any other person," he explained.
Ivey also rejected the criticism that was proposing the suspect be lynched, and said that he supported the due process rights of the suspect.
"I stand behind my position, that all these murders should be dealt with equally and in the most heinous fashion as possible. We must send a very loud message that it will no longer be tolerated. Never once did I say nor elude to the fact that there should not be due process in any of these cases," Ivey said.
Here's more about the death of Cannon Hinnant:


theblaze--2020-09-01--Chicago restaurant fires employee over three words a cop found written on his receipt

Chicago restaurant fires employee over three words a cop found written on his receipt Not the best time to be @ @ @ @

A popular eatery in Chicago fired an employee after a social media post claimed that the employee wrote an anti-cop message on an officer's receipt.
The post appeared on a Facebook page of a person friendly with the Chicago cop, according to WMAQ-TV.
"A very dear friend of mine, placed a to go order at Happy Camper in Wrigley today," the post read. "He is a Chicago Police Detective and has to be in full uniform and riot ready at any time. 12-16 hr days 6-7 days a week. When picking up, he noticed this note left by the cashier."
The receipt had a very simple three-word message: "quit your job."
The officer said he tipped the cashier for the food but later decided to throw out the meal in case someone had spat in it.
"This is unacceptable. Everyone is entitled to their feelings and political views, but definitely not when it comes to a professional environment. Where did people learn to disrespect the people that are paying their bills? How can any business allow this to happen?" asked the officer's friend who posted the message.
The restaurant responded in a statement that the cashier in question was quickly identified and fired.
"Our company works incredibly hard to provide a positive and enjoyable experience for all customers," read the statement.
"Upon learning this morning about an incident last night involving a customer, we immediately took action to terminate the employee," the statement said. "We sincerely and humbly apologize – the action of one does not accurately reflect who we are as a company. We have zero tolerance for any behavior that doesn't give our customers the full respect they deserve."
The restaurant added that it reached out to the officer and apologized personally and offered "a full refund and provide a gift card to his restaurant of choice."
Some food service workers use their jobs to voice their antagonism and animosity against law enforcement officers, but many of them lose their jobs after a public outrage. In one example from 2019, two employees of a North Carolina fast food restaurant were quickly sent to the unemployment line after they refused to serve a veteran police officer.
Here's another recent similar story: