theblaze--2020-11-20--WH press secretary Kayleigh McEnany throws major shade at reporter with mic-drop parting shot: 'I do

WH press secretary Kayleigh McEnany throws major shade at reporter with mic-drop parting shot: 'I don't call on activists'

WH press secretary Kayleigh McEnany throws major shade at reporter with mic-drop parting shot : ' I do n't call @ @ @

White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany tossed some shade at a reporter Friday at the end of her news conference, refusing to answer multiple questions shouted at once while beginning to walk away from the podium — and then turning back to let rip a parting shot.
"I don't call on activists," McEnany said, bending down briefly to speak into the microphone before finally departing.
What happened next?
Oh, and did that ever irk one voice in the crowd, as a reporter quickly replied to the press secretary as she walked out of the room: "I'm not an activist, and you haven't taken questions since Oct. 1, and you just took about five, Kayleigh. That's not doing your job."
McEnany Tells CNN Reporter 'I Don't Call on Activists' at Press Briefing youtu.be
CNN's Kaitlan Collins later tweeted she was the target of McEnany's mic-drop moment, noting that the press secretary called her an "activist" after being asked why she wasn't calling on reporters.
And Collins added a zinger of her own: "It's understandable why someone who hasn't done their job — taking questions from reporters — in weeks would confuse someone else doing theirs with activism."
Anything else?
Fox News said Playboy's Brian Karem repeatedly shouted at McEnany during the briefing with questions about when President Donald Trump will admit he lost the election.
"Do you understand the definition of sedition? Do you understand that he lost?" Karem shouted while McEnany was ending the press conference, the cable network noted, adding that another reporter appeared to shout a question also — which prompted McEnany to deliver her parting shot.
Fox News reported that Karem has a reputation for shouting at members of the Trump administration and even shared his own video of him shouting at McEnany before the end of the briefing:
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Earlier this year, Trump called Karem a "loudmouth" during a coronavirus press briefing in the Rose Garden.
"I told them when they put this guy here, it's nothing but trouble," Trump said about Karem at the time. "He's a showboat. If you keep talking, I'll leave and you can have it out with the rest of these people. If you keep talking, I'm going to leave and you can have it out with them."


theblaze--2020-11-20--'Trump won by a landslide': Sidney Powell claims Trump legal team will 'prove' election corruption

Lawyer says legal team has evidence to prove it

In this episode of "The Rubin Report," Dave Rubin discussed Trump campaign attorney Sidney Powell's highly contested claim that President Donald Trump "won by a landslide" and his legal team is "going to prove it."
During a news conference Thursday, Powell alleged that electronic voting systems were used to change or remove votes to change the outcome of the election, and that the Trump team has the evidence to prove it. If true, this changes everything — but let's see the proof.
Dave also talked about Rep. Tom McClintock's epic takedown of California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) over the latest lockdown, the new "culturally responsive teaching standards" in Illinois, and how progressive education has gotten so bad that Megyn Kelly has decided to leave New York City after she received a letter from her child's school that talked about the importance of "reforming white kids" and that there is a "future killer cop in every classroom".
Watch the full episode below:
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theblaze--2020-11-20--NY Gov. Cuomo to receive an Emmy Award for his pandemic leadership and 'masterful' use of TV to 'cal

NY Gov. Cuomo to receive an Emmy Award for his pandemic leadership and 'masterful' use of TV to 'calm' people around the world

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Cuomo to receive an Emmy Award for his pandemic leadership and 'masterful ' use of TV to @ @ @ @ @ world

New York Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo has been selected to receive this year's International Emmy Founder's Award "in recognition of his leadership during the COVID-19 pandemic and his masterful use of television to inform and calm people around the world," the organization announced in a news release Friday.
What are the details?
In the release, International Academy President & CEO Bruce L. Paisner gushed over Cuomo's daily televised briefings, which he held for 111 consecutive days starting on March 2, at the start of the pandemic, and ending on June 19.
"The governor's 111 daily briefings worked so well because he effectively created television shows, with characters, plot lines, and stories of success and failure," Paisner said. "People around the world tuned in to find out what was going on, and New York tough became a symbol of the determination to fight back."
The organization noted that these daily briefings were "carried live by New York's local TV stations, nationally on CNN, MSNBC, Fox News and other news outlets in the U.S. and around the world" and all in all "have drawn a total of 59 million viewers."
"It's flattering," Cuomo said, responding to the news during a Friday conference call with the media. "I accept it on behalf of the people of this state. It's for the people of the state. What New Yorkers did was really amazing."
According to the organization, the Founder's Award is presented annually to an individual or organization who "crosses cultural boundaries to touch our common humanity." Notable past recipients include former Vice President Al Gore, Oprah Winfrey, and Steven Spielberg.
What else?
The news is sure to spark controversy as the governor has been harshly criticized over his implementation of strict lockdown measures in the state since the start of the pandemic. He has also been excoriated for his implementation of a dangerous policy that mandated that nursing homes receive patients who had tested positive for the coronavirus but were discharged from the hospital.
The March 25 directive was eventually rescinded on May 10 but by then it was too late for thousands of elderly New Yorkers. In the aftermath of the fiasco, Cuomo has attempted to duck responsibility.
Unsurprisingly, the news was panned by many on social media.
Outkick writer Clay Travis wrote: "Cuomo's failures directly led to the death of tens of thousands of New Yorkers. He's objectively the worst political leader in the world in the 21st century. I mean, this is just total madness."
"Andrew Cuomo deserves to be on trial for the elderly people his nursing home order directly murdered. Instead, he's getting an Emmy," the Federalist's Ben Domenech added.
"It's not enough to gaslight you," conservative commentator Buck Sexton tweeted. "Cuomo and his lib minions won't be happy until they make you question your grip on reality with all their bulls**t propaganda."
Meghan McCain called the news "shameful."
And Allie Beth Stuckey added, "Hello & welcome to ClownTown! Where boys are girls, 2 and 2 make 5, Elizabeth Warren is Native American, 1984 is a training manual and Governor Cuomo is a hero. hope you hate it here."
The Washington Examiner's Siraj Hashmi tweeted, "If we're lucky, Andrew Cuomo will receive a Nobel Peace Prize for his work in ending suffering in New York's nursing homes."


theblaze--2020-11-20--Nation's largest teachers union targets charter schools in 'policy playbook' for Biden-Harris admini

Nation's largest teachers union targets charter schools in 'policy playbook' for Biden-Harris administration

The largest teachers union in the United States has released a `` policy playbook '' for the next Congress and presidential administration that calls for policies that will reduce school choice and oppose the expansion of charter schools .
The National Education Association in mid-November published a report titled , `` 2020 NEA Policy Playbook for Congress and the Biden-Harris Administration , '' calling for former Vice President Joe Biden 's presidential administration to pursue a wide-range of progressive policies aimed at consolidating education funding in the public school system .
`` With a Biden-Harris administration , we have new @ @ @ @ @ @ @ level that will benefit the lives of our students and educators locally , '' the NEA report states .
`` New relief funding will help our schools overcome the immense hurdles created by COVID-19 .
Fixing the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program will get educators the debt relief they were promised and ease the teacher shortage .
Racial inequities caused by decades of unjust funding , white supremacy , and anti-immigration policies , will begin to be corrected . ''
The report covers `` 27 different issue areas for the Biden-Harris Administration and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ A. DeAngelis , the director of School Choice at the Reason Foundation , on Friday called attention to several policies in the report that oppose charter schools and school choice .
`` Public education should be our first priority , '' the report states .
`` Any program that diverts resources from the traditional public schools that 90 percent of American students attend by definition undermines the promise of public education . ''
The NEA `` opposes for-profit management of public schools , which creates a conflict of interest and undermines the transparency @ @ @ @ @ @ @ finances . ''
They demand the following policies : • Bar federal funding to charter schools , charter school authorizers , and charter school management companies not authorized or operated by local school districts .
• Require charter schools , charter school authorizers , and charter school management companies to abide by the same laws and regulations applicable to traditional public schools .
The NEA also opposes `` the enactment of any new voucher program , including education savings accounts and tuition tax credit schemes , or the expansion of existing programs .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ public schools , while offering no countervailing benefits , '' the report says .
`` Private schools can and do discriminate by denying admission on the basis of religion , sexual orientation , gender identity , citizenship status , English language proficiency , and disability .
Using federal tax dollars to subsidize such discrimination is unconscionable . ''
`` These policies all protect the monopoly at the expense of families , '' DeAngelis tweeted .
The NEA also calls for $ 175 billion in additional federal emergency aid for schools in response to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ HEROES Act or simular trillion-dollar stimulus legislation by Congress , and a nationwide mask mandate .
Further , the policies requested go well beyond education policy .
The NEA declares support for single-payer health care ; demands legal status for illegal immigrants ; an immediate end to Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids ; the reinstatement of an Obama-Biden administration anti-discrimination policy for transgender students ; gun control measures including banning high-capacity magazines and outlawing private firearms sales ; repealing the 2017 Trump tax cuts ; and expanding voting rights for ex-felons and others @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to return to its role of ensuring equal access to opportunity , protecting the most vulnerable , and investing in the future of society . ''
NEA president Becky Pringle said .

The largest teachers union in the United States has released a "policy playbook" for the next Congress and presidential administration that calls for policies that will reduce school choice and oppose the expansion of charter schools.
The National Education Association in mid-November published a report titled, "2020 NEA Policy Playbook for Congress and the Biden-Harris Administration," calling for former Vice President Joe Biden's presidential administration to pursue a wide-range of progressive policies aimed at consolidating education funding in the public school system.
"With a Biden-Harris administration, we have new opportunities to implement policies at the federal level that will benefit the lives of our students and educators locally," the NEA report states. "New relief funding will help our schools overcome the immense hurdles created by COVID-19. Fixing the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program will get educators the debt relief they were promised and ease the teacher shortage. Racial inequities caused by decades of unjust funding, white supremacy, and anti-immigration policies, will begin to be corrected."
The report covers "27 different issue areas for the Biden-Harris Administration and Congress to address." Scholar Corey A. DeAngelis, the director of School Choice at the Reason Foundation, on Friday called attention to several policies in the report that oppose charter schools and school choice.
"Public education should be our first priority," the report states. "Any program that diverts resources from the traditional public schools that 90 percent of American students attend by definition undermines the promise of public education."
The NEA "opposes for-profit management of public schools, which creates a conflict of interest and undermines the transparency required to maintain public accountability regarding school finances."
They demand the following policies:
Oppose all charter school expansion that undermines traditional public schools.
Bar federal funding to charter schools, charter school authorizers, and charter school management companies not authorized or operated by local school districts.
Require charter schools, charter school authorizers, and charter school management companies to abide by the same laws and regulations applicable to traditional public schools.
The NEA also opposes "the enactment of any new voucher program, including education savings accounts and tuition tax credit schemes, or the expansion of existing programs."
"Vouchers divert scarce resources from public schools, while offering no countervailing benefits," the report says. "Private schools can and do discriminate by denying admission on the basis of religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, citizenship status, English language proficiency, and disability. Using federal tax dollars to subsidize such discrimination is unconscionable."
"These policies all protect the monopoly at the expense of families," DeAngelis tweeted.
The NEA also calls for $175 billion in additional federal emergency aid for schools in response to the coronavirus pandemic, passage of the HEROES Act or simular trillion-dollar stimulus legislation by Congress, and a nationwide mask mandate.
Further, the policies requested go well beyond education policy. The NEA declares support for single-payer health care; demands legal status for illegal immigrants; an immediate end to Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids; the reinstatement of an Obama-Biden administration anti-discrimination policy for transgender students; gun control measures including banning high-capacity magazines and outlawing private firearms sales; repealing the 2017 Trump tax cuts; and expanding voting rights for ex-felons and others.
"We need the federal government to return to its role of ensuring equal access to opportunity, protecting the most vulnerable, and investing in the future of society." NEA president Becky Pringle said.


theblaze--2020-11-20--California Democratic lawmaker attacks Gov. Newsom's union-backed plan keeping schools closed: 'Stat

California Democratic lawmaker attacks Gov. Newsom's union-backed plan keeping schools closed: 'State-sanctioned segregation'

It has been a rough week for the left-wing Democratic governor of America 's largest state as he attempts to deal with the surge in COVID-19 cases .
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Gavin Newsom first declared limits on social gatherings in indoor dining , only to be discovered — and photographed — attending an indoor birthday party at a restaurant with a dozen other people .
Adding insult to injury , it turned out that some of the people with him were officials from the California Medical Association — presumably folks who should have known better .
And now , as schools @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the fact that COVID-19 infection rates in schools have been lower than infection rates in their surrounding communities , Newsom 's policies on school closures are getting new scrutiny .
Though many Californians have been begging the government to reopen the schools , Newsom — at the behest of the unions — has chosen to keep them closed , which means most of the Golden State 's 6 million public school students are stuck going to school remotely , Politico reported .
Even Democrats are beginning to notice and call out the governor @ @ @ @ @ @ @ policy , as even areas with the lowest infection rates are not even trying to get back to school — despite the fact that the communities the schools are remarkably low in COVID-19 cases .
And as the year wears on , Newsom 's fellow Democrats are pointing out that the state 's approach to schools is disproportionately impacting low-income and minority communities .
In fact , the governor was recently called out for announcing that he was sending his own kids back to private school in Sacramento , while the city 's @ @ @ @ @ @ @ out .
Actually , Democrats are doing more than pointing out Newsom 's inconsistent school stances : They 're actually turning on him .
State Assemblyman Patrick O'Donnell , who chairs the Assembly Education Committee , ripped the union-backed policy that Newsom has stuck to .
O'Donnell said in an interview , according to Politico , that the state 's current system amounts to `` state-sanctioned segregation . ''
`` Some kids get to go and some do n't .
That 's not what California stands for , '' he said , the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ need to move faster but remain thoughtful . ''
According to O'Donnell , the state needs Newsom to lead and to provide `` strong guidance . ''
`` We might be dead last to open , '' he warned , `` and our students might be dead last when it comes to academic success if we 're not careful . ''

It has been a rough week for the left-wing Democratic governor of America's largest state as he attempts to deal with the surge in COVID-19 cases.
Gov. Gavin Newsom first declared limits on social gatherings in indoor dining, only to be discovered — and photographed — attending an indoor birthday party at a restaurant with a dozen other people. Adding insult to injury, it turned out that some of the people with him were officials from the California Medical Association — presumably folks who should have known better.
And now, as schools are being closed around the country despite the fact that COVID-19 infection rates in schools have been lower than infection rates in their surrounding communities, Newsom's policies on school closures are getting new scrutiny.
Though many Californians have been begging the government to reopen the schools, Newsom — at the behest of the unions — has chosen to keep them closed, which means most of the Golden State's 6 million public school students are stuck going to school remotely, Politico reported.
Even Democrats are beginning to notice and call out the governor for what seems an inconsistent and discriminatory policy, as even areas with the lowest infection rates are not even trying to get back to school — despite the fact that the communities and the schools are remarkably low in COVID-19 cases.
And as the year wears on, Newsom's fellow Democrats are pointing out that the state's approach to schools is disproportionately impacting low-income and minority communities.
In fact, the governor was recently called out for announcing that he was sending his own kids back to private school in Sacramento, while the city's public schools remained shuttered, Politico pointed out.
Actually, Democrats are doing more than pointing out Newsom's inconsistent school stances: They're actually turning on him.
State Assemblyman Patrick O'Donnell, who chairs the Assembly Education Committee, ripped the union-backed policy that Newsom has stuck to.
O'Donnell said in an interview, according to Politico, that the state's current system amounts to "state-sanctioned segregation."
"Some kids get to go and some don't. That's not what California stands for," he said, the paper reported. "I think we need to move faster but remain thoughtful."
According to O'Donnell, the state needs Newsom to lead and to provide "strong guidance."
"We might be dead last to open," he warned, "and our students might be dead last when it comes to academic success if we're not careful."


theblaze--2020-11-20--Black Lives Matter leaders blast Democrats for not supporting 'defund the police' movement

Black Lives Matter leaders blast Democrats for not supporting 'defund the police ' movement BLM activists are developing counteroffensives to @ @ @ @

There have been numerous internal discussions by Democratic politicians on attempting to find out why their party underperformed in the 2020 general election. Some Democrats have blamed the party's support of defunding the police as one of the reasons the DNC's blue wave flopped as nothing more than a ripple.
Black Lives Matter leaders have responded to the criticisms of the defund the police movement by castigating Democrats who are not fully supporting the far-left policy.
During a DNC conference call earlier this month, some Democrats allegedly lambasted the party's embrace of progressive ideas.
If the Democrats "are going to run on Medicare for All, defund the police, socialized medicine, we're not going to win," House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn (D-S.C.) reportedly said on the call.
Rep. Abigail Spanberger (D-Va.) blasted fellow Democrats for espousing a far-left agenda.
"We need to be pretty clear, it was a failure. It was not a success," Spanberger allegedly said during the call. "We lost incredible members of Congress.
"We have to commit to not saying the words 'defund the police' ever again," she reportedly declared. "We need to not ever use the words socialist or socialism ever again. It does matter, and we have lost good members because of that."
In another conference call this month, Rep. Vincente Gonzalez (D-Texas) allegedly said, "Defund police, open borders, socialism — it's killing us. I had to fight to explain all that."
Black Lives Matter activists across the country are incensed that some Democrats have abandoned the defund the police movement. In a report from Politico, numerous Black Lives Matter activists slammed Democratic politicians who jumped from the anti-law enforcement position.
"A half-dozen Black Lives Matter leaders said in interviews that they felt disrespected and frustrated by the debate over the slogan 'defund the police,' instead of the fundamental policy pushed by protesters for systemic changes to policing," the Politico report stated.
The BLM leaders are now considering "counteroffensives to push back on the criticism," and an "official rebuttal" on the controversial defund the police strategy.
"There needs to be a response," said Cliff Albright, co-founder of the group Black Voters Matter. "We got to control the narrative because it'll become a narrative that keeps us from being able to move further and faster on these issues."
DeRay Mckesson, co-founder of the police reform organization Campaign Zero, said criticism of "defund the police" is a "smoke screen."
"If people are confused about something, part of our responsibility is to make people less confused — forget the [Democratic] Party," Mckesson said.
Rashad Robinson, president of the nonprofit civil rights group Color of Change, which is a partner organization in the Black Lives Matter movement, said he has "not seen the data sets to support" the idea of the defunding the police messaging causing the unforeseen losses in the House and Senate in the 2020 election.
"Which means that it's reflective because it's always easier to blame Black people," Robinson added.
Domingo Garcia, president of the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC), disagreed with the notion that defund the police strategy didn't scare away voters.
"It went from Hillary to Trump. Why? Because the issues of law and order are impacting Latinos quite a bit," Garcia told NPR. "For example, a lot of the border patrol, law enforcement are heavily Latino in the Rio Grande Valley. So when you are talking about defunding the police, and you don't stand up to those types of rhetoric, then it leaves an opening for Republicans to come in and take advantage of that."


theblaze--2020-11-20--Actor Kurt Russell says celebrities should keep their mouths shut about politics

Longtime Hollywood actor Kurt Russell says that celebrities and entertainers should perhaps stay out of politics and do what they do best: Entertain the people who pay them to do so.
What are the details?
In a recent interview with the New York Times, Russell said that celebrities should stay in their lane and not attempt to use their following to sway the public in one direction or the other.
The 69-year-old actor said that entertainers like him serve the purpose of entertaining, not informing or educating, and should remain mum on their public opinions in order to preserve the integrity of their craft.
"I've always been someone who felt we are court jesters," he told the outlet in the wide-ranging interview published Wednesday. "That's what we do. ... As far as I'm concerned, you should step away from saying anything so that you can still be seen by the audience in any character."
He continued, "There's no reason entertainers can't learn just as much as anybody else about a subject, whatever it is. But I think that's what's said about it is that they lose their status as a court jester. And I'm a court jester. That's what I was born to do."
Later during the interview, Russell added, "A court jester is the only one who can walk into the castle and put the king down as long as he doesn't hit too close to home. I think that's been a big, important part of all cultures throughout history, and I'd like to see it stay in ours."
Russell and his longtime partner, actress Goldie Hawn, will appear in Netflix's forthcoming holiday project, "The Christmas Chronicles 2," a sequel to 2018's "The Christmas Chronicles." In both films, Russell and Hawn respectively play Santa and Mrs. Claus.


theblaze--2020-11-20--Federal court strikes down Florida laws banning conversion therapy for children struggling with sexu

Federal court strikes down Florida laws banning conversion therapy for children struggling with sexual orientation, gender identity

Federal court strikes down Florida laws banning conversion therapy for children struggling with sexual orientation , gender identity President Trump @ @ @ @ @ voted for striking down the laws ; the no-vote came from a judge appointed by @ @ @

The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday struck down laws in South Florida that ban therapists from offering conversion therapy to children struggling with sexual orientation or gender identity, Reuters reported.
What are the details?
In a 2-1 decision, the court said the laws in Boca Raton and Palm Beach County were unconstitutional, content-based restrictions on speech that violated the First Amendment, the outlet said.
The two therapists who challenged the laws banning conversion therapy said their patients typically had "sincerely held religious beliefs conflicting with homosexuality" and sought counseling to conform their identities and behaviors with those beliefs, Reuters said.
Therapists Robert W. Otto and Julie H. Hamilton said a prohibition on therapy aimed at "reducing a minor's sexual or romantic attraction (at least to others of the same gender or sex), or changing a minor's gender identity or expression" violates their "constitutional right to speak freely with clients," LifeSite News said.
President Donald Trump appointed the two judges who voted for striking down the laws, Reuters reported — and the no-vote came from a judge appointed by former President Barack Obama.
"We understand and appreciate that the therapy is highly controversial," Circuit Judge Brit C. Grant wrote, according to LifeSite News. "But the First Amendment has no carveout for controversial speech. We hold that the challenged ordinances violate the First Amendment because they are content-based regulations of speech that cannot survive strict scrutiny."
The other Trump-appointed judge on the case was Barbara Lagoa, who was a leading candidate to replace Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg after her death in September. Ultimately Trump nominated Amy Coney Barrett, who was confirmed last month to the nation's high court by a Republican-controlled U.S. Senate.
Anything else?
In February, Courthouse News Service reported about the case, noting that the county fine against conversion therapy on a minor is $250 — and then $500 for each additional violation.
Last year, a lower court denied the therapists' request to halt the bans, as the presiding judge wrote that the "plaintiffs have not met their burden of showing that the ordinances violate the Free Speech Clause of the First Amendment," CNS noted.
But the therapists' attorney Mathew Staver argued before the appeals court in February that the laws "are unconstitutional content-based regulations that don't survive strict scrutiny."
Staver — who's with Liberty Counsel — said Friday the appeals court decision "is a huge victory for counselors and their clients to choose the counsel of their choice free of political censorship from government ideologues. This case is the beginning of the end of similar unconstitutional counseling bans around the country."


theblaze--2020-11-20--Scientists, artists develop concept for grow-your-own human steaks using cells, expired blood

'People think that eating oneself is cannibalism , which technically this is not . '

The Ouroboros Steak — named after the ancient alchemic symbol of a snake eating its own tail — has been nominated by a prolific museum as its design of the year.
The Ouroboros Steak isn't just any steak: It's a steak made from the acquisition of human cells and expired donated blood.
What are the details?
According to its webpage, London-based Design Museum nominated the "steak" for its Design of the Year award.
Dezeen magazine reported, "Ouroboros Steak could be grown by the diner at home using their own cells, which are harvested from the inside of their cheek and fed serum derived from expired, donated blood. The resulting bite-sized pieces of meat, currently on display as prototypes at the Beazley Designs of the Year exhibition."
According to Fox News, the human steak was created by scientist Andrew Pelling, artist Orkan Telhan, and artist Grace Knight on commission by the Philadelphia Museum of Art for a 2019 exhibit.
The Ouroboros Steak designers told Dezeen that the exhibit was created in critical response to the lab-grown meat industry.
Fox News pointed out that the industry is reliant on fetal bovine serum, which is made from the blood of calf fetuses.
"As the lab-grown meat industry is developing rapidly, it is important to develop designs that expose some of its underlying constraints in order to see beyond the hype," Pelling told Dezeen.
The steak would take about three months to "grow" from cells taken from inside a human's cheek, according to Dezeen. For its museum display, the Ouroboros Steak team used human cell cultures and grew them with expired donated blood.
"Expired human blood is a waste material in the medical system and is cheaper and more sustainable than FBS, but culturally less-accepted," Knight told the magazine.
Its makers also say that the grow-your-own human steaks kit is not "technically" cannibalism.
"People think that eating oneself is cannibalism, which technically this is not," Knight told Dezeen.
Telhan added, "We are not promoting 'eating ourselves' as a realistic solution that will fix humans' protein needs. We rather ask a question: what would be the sacrifices we need to make to be able to keep consuming meat at the pace that we are? In the future, who will be able to afford animal meat and who may have no other option than culturing meat from themselves?"
Fox News pointed out that the website for the imagined product reads, "Growing yourself ensures that you and your loved ones always know the origin of your food, how it has been raised, and that its cells were acquired ethically and consensually."
At the time of this reporting, lab-grown meats of any kind are not yet licensed for human consumption.


theblaze--2020-11-20--Sidney Powell: Evidence of voter fraud could be released online 'by this weekend'

Sidney Powell : Evidence of voter fraud could be released online 'by this weekend' 'We 're going to have to @ @ @ @

Attorney Sidney Powell announced Friday that the Donald Trump campaign legal team will possibly begin making public evidence from affidavits supporting their claims of a "national conspiracy" of voter fraud in the 2020 presidential election as soon as this weekend.
Speaking to BlazeTV host Glenn Beck on the radio, Powell told Beck documents backing up allegations she made against voting system companies Smartmatic and Dominion in a press conference Thursday will be published online soon.
"We will start putting documents online and sending them to people like you, as soon as we possibly can," Powell said. "I would hope that we could start that by this weekend."
She described the volume of evidence her team has received as a "tsunami," though so far Trump's lawyers have held back most of what they claim to have.
"We've unearthed a global, criminal conspiracy that is just mind-blowing. And we've only scratched a tip of the iceberg," Powell asserted.
On Thursday, Powell and the other members of President Donald Trump's legal team alleged that communist Venezuela and George Soros interfered in the U.S. election through weaknesses in Dominion Voting Systems software. Trump's lawyers claim to be in possession of an affidavit from "one very strong witness" who will testify that technological insecurities in Dominion's voting machines made it possible for votes cast for Trump to be switched to former vice president Joe Biden.
This witness, Powell told Beck, "was sitting at [Venezuelan communist dictator] Hugo Chavez's right hand" and personally saw how Dominion's voting machines were manipulated to change the results of elections in the communist nation.
Dominion Voting Systems has categorically denied "false assertions about vote switching and software issues with our voting systems."
"Dominion has no company ownership relationships with the Pelosi family, Feinstein family, Clinton Global Initiative, Smartmatic, Scytl, or any ties to Venezuela," the company said in a statement on its website. "Dominion works with all U.S. political parties; our customer base and our government outreach practices reflect this nonpartisan approach."
The campaign legal team, led by Trump's personal attorney Rudy Giuliani, also said Thursday they have enough evidence to disqualify more than double the number of votes needed to overturn the election.
Powell told Beck Trump's lawyers have spoken to "probably over 500 or maybe even 1,000 witnesses by now."
"I don't even know what our affidavit count is," she added. "Rudy has one set. And I have another. And then we share them with each other. So we haven't even had time to read all the affidavits that our lawyers have collected."
When Beck asked Powell where the Trump campaign will file its lawsuits and when they will be heard in court, Powell could not give a specific answer.
"We're going to have to file several lawsuits," Powell said. "It's going to be in all the swing states. We're still gathering massive amounts of evidence, to the point we haven't even had time to process all of it."
"It's just a matter of tying it together in a way that's digestible. And we're in the process of doing that as we speak. And I'm hoping we get something filed by next week that starts outlining and proving the overall fraud."


theblaze--2020-11-20--POLL: Are you confident that Rudy Giuliani can prove voter fraud?

POLL : Are you confident that Rudy Giuliani can prove voter fraud ?
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theblaze--2020-11-20--'Shut the f*** up, b***h!': Black Lives Matter militant gets in cop's face amid Portland street show

'Shut the f*** up, b***h!': Black Lives Matter militant gets in cop's face amid Portland street showdowns

'Shut the f*** up , b***h ! '
: Black Lives Matter militant gets in cop 's face amid Portland @ @ @ @ @ back , ugly !
S**t ! '
the BLM militant added to the officer

There were some nasty scenes going down Thursday on the streets of Portland, Oregon, as Black Lives Matter militants faced off with supporters of police — and officers trying to keep the peace as well.
What are the details?
In one interaction caught on cellphone video, a Black Lives Matter activist — apparently a woman — tells off a male officer using decidedly profane language.
Holding her arm outward and touching the cop's chest, the white BLM militant gets furious at the officer: "Step the f*** back, ugly! S**t! You can't run up on people like that!" Then as he engages in the friendly chat, the militant shouts, "Shut the f*** up, bitch!"
After the militant turns and walks away, she shoves the arm of a black man recording the proceedings on cellphone — and he's justifiably annoyed that she apparently can get away with such an act while he insists he'd be charged with a crime if he did the same thing.
Here's the clip. ( Content warning: Language):
More to the story
As it turns out, a longer video that precedes the latter outburst shows the white BLM militant with an angry, tearful black woman who complains to police that she was called the N-word and that such an act is a "hate crime."
Image source: Twitter video screenshot via @SCATSOTS
Things heat up considerably when the officer — who gets the face-full of abuse from the white BLM militant in the latter video — informs the black woman that being called the N-word is not a crime.
"It should be, though!" the black woman yells back.
Image source: Twitter video screenshot via @SCATSOTS
As the officer and the black woman continue to interact, the white BLM militant tells the cop, "Shut the f*** up! You're speaking beyond your limits, bro!" The cop ignores the slight and encourages both of them to go home.
As the black woman and the officer move closer to each other's faces, the white BLM militant repeatedly says, "Stop walking up on her, sir!" and tells other cops, "Hey! Get your man off of her! He is touching her!"
Content warning: Racial slurs and profanity:
How it all started
There's also video of what led to the latter interactions with police.
The starting point — as noted previously — was showdowns between Black Lives Matter militants and supporters of police, referred to as Back the Blue.
And in one scene, the same black woman shown in the above clip starts arguing with a white woman about the proper way to wear a mask — and the black woman tells the white woman, "Shut up, cracker! Shut up, cracker!"
With that, the white woman gets furious about being called a "cracker" and yells back at the black woman using the N-word before walking away. The crowd reacts strongly to the N-word utterance.
Content warning: Racial slurs and profanity:


theblaze--2020-11-20--'Young Turks' host Cenk Uygur says Biden is insulting voters by not fighting back against President

'Young Turks' host Cenk Uygur says Biden is insulting voters by not fighting back against President Trump — and the Democratic Party is weak

'Young Turks ' host Cenk Uygur says Biden is insulting voters by not fighting back against President Trump — and @ @ @ @ @

Cenk Uygur, founder and host of "The Young Turks," said that former Vice President Joe Biden is insulting all of his voters for refusing to fight back against President Donald Trump.
What are the details?
As highlighted by Mediaite, Uygur shredded Biden on Thursday, pointing out that Biden and his camp appear to be unwilling — or unable — to take action on Trump's legal efforts regarding the results of the 2020 presidential election.
“Apparently [Biden] called the press conference to say, 'No, I'm not going to do anything.' You might want to open your mouth and talk about how they're trying to steal the election," Cenk said. “They are on the opposite side of you. They're right now trying to end democracy because they're un-American. They'd rather have power than have a democracy. You might want to make that point so that people understand what is happening."
He continued, "The Republicans are the worst in terms of what they actually do and the Democrats are the worst in fighting back for their voters, for everybody — it's an insult to everyone who voted for Joe Biden that he refuses to fight back against Donald Trump."
Uygur then went on to blast those Democrats and Democratic supporters who refuse to speak up against Trump.
“What could they possibly do? Here's what they could do," he continued. “There are two federal laws that Donald Trump potentially broke by reaching out to people who are certifying the election. It is interfering with an election and voting rights. These are the same two federal laws that Lindsey Graham also might have violated by interfering with the Georgia Secretary of State. One carries a one-year prison sentence. The Democratic leadership could say, 'Look, we don't know yet whether Donald Trump has broken the law by interfering with this election but if he has — and we are going to absolutely positively pursue this to the end of the Earth — we guarantee you that Donald Trump will sit in a prison cell for trying to steal this election and for trying to end our democracy. Not on our watch. This is a democracy, people's vote counts, we're going to fight for our voters and we're going to fight for America.'"
Uygur insisted that Democrats need to fight back against Trump so that Biden's future — as well as that of the Democratic Party — is secure.
“Now we're having a giant national conversation, and everybody is talking about, 'Should Trump go to prison? Did he break the law? Are they trying to steal the election?' But are we currently having any of those conversations? No, the only people talking about stealing the election are the Republicans pretending the Democrats stole it," he added. "Oh my god [Democrats] are so bad at politics. That's why Joe Biden barely won against a racist, fascist, idiot con man. He could barely beat him this time and they lost to him last time. The Democratic Party is abysmal and we've got to turn that ship around immediately. These guys are going to get killed in 2024 – and that's if they manage to take the White House in an election they actually won."


theblaze--2020-11-20--Majority of voters say special counsel should be initiated to investigate Biden family regarding ove

Majority of voters say special counsel should be initiated to investigate Biden family regarding overseas dealings: poll

Majority of voters say special counsel should be initiated to investigate Biden family regarding overseas dealings : poll Nearly one-third @ @ @ @ @ into the Biden family over reports of corruption

A new poll of registered voters discovered that a majority of voters, including nearly one-third of Democrats, say that if Joe Biden becomes president, then a special counsel should be initiated to investigate the accusations of corruption regarding overseas dealings that his family reportedly participated in.
A Just the News Daily Poll with Scott Rasmussen asked voters: "If Joe Biden becomes President, should a special counsel be appointed to investigate allegations of corruption involving his family's dealings with China and Ukraine?"
In the survey that took place between Nov. 12-14 of 1,200 participants, 52% answered "Yes," that a special counsel should be established to examine the assertions that the Biden family was involved in potentially shady international business deals. The responses broken down by party affiliation found that predictably 81% of Republicans were in favor of a special counsel, but more surprising was that 32% of Democrats supported an investigation into the Biden family over corruption.
In late October, Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) remarked that he is not a "big fan of special counsels," but cautioned that one may be needed if Biden makes it into the White House.
"You know, I am not a big fan of special counsels, but if Joe Biden wins the presidency, I don't see how you avoid one," Johnson told Maria Bartiromo during an interview on Fox Business Network's "Mornings with Maria." "Otherwise, this is going to be, you know, tucked away, and we will never know what happened. All this evidence is going to be buried, so I think we have to have a special [counsel] if Joe Biden wins."
In mid-October, emails allegedly obtained from Hunter Biden's laptop claimed that Joe Biden met with a top executive at Burisma, the Ukrainian natural gas company that his son was on the board of, when he was vice president.
Reported emails from Hunter's laptop also claimed that Hunter was pursuing "lasting and lucrative" deals involving a Chinese energy company that he said would be "interesting for me and my family."
Hunter's alleged former business partner, Tony Bobulinski, claimed that the former vice president not only knew about his son's overseas dealings, but also profited from an agreement with the now-bankrupt Shanghai-based China Energy Fund Committee.
On Thursday, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Senate Homeland Security Chairman Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) published new findings in their investigation into Hunter Biden's overseas dealings in a document titled, "Hunter Biden, Burisma and Corruption: The Impact on U.S. Government Policy and Related Concerns."
Joe Biden has denied the allegations, and said that he has never received money from any foreign source.
"I have not taken a penny from any foreign source ever in my life," Biden said in late October.


theblaze--2020-11-20--Georgia Democratic Senate candidate says 'nobody can serve God and the military' — veterans and Repu

Georgia Democratic Senate candidate says 'nobody can serve God and the military' — veterans and Republicans call him out

Georgia Democratic Senate candidate says 'nobody can serve God and the military ' — veterans and Republicans call him out @ @ @ @ @ God and the military '

Georgia Democratic Senate candidate Rev. Raphael Warnock was lambasted by veterans and Republicans this week over comments he made in a 2011 sermon saying Americans cannot serve both God and the military.
Warnock, who serves as the senior pastor of Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, made the remarks during a sermon titled, "When Truth Meets Power." The sermon paraphrased Matthew 6:24, which states, "No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money."
"America, nobody can serve God and the military," Warnock said, admonishing Americans to turn away from the pursuit of power and wealth and turn to God. "You can't serve God and money. You cannot serve God and mammon at the same time. America, choose ye this day who you will serve. Choose ye this day."
"Politicians try to keep their power," he continued. "Political parties lie in order to keep their power. And church folk, yeah, you too, maneuver … in order to keep your power. And Jesus says, that's not power. That's paranoia."
Warnock, 51, is a civil rights activist. His position at Ebenezer Baptist Church was once held by Martin Luther King Jr.
Warnock's opponent, Sen. Kelly Loeffler (R-Ga.), blasted the sermon, accusing Warnock's sermon of "disparaging the men and women who serve our country & risk their lives to defend freedom."
She was joined by other Republicans including Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), a combat veteran who served in the U.S. Army in Iraq and Afghanistan. He said Warnock's sermon was "an insult to everyone who served" and called on him to withdraw from the race.
More than four dozen Georgia veterans also called on Warnock to suspend his campaign in a statement reported by Fox News.
"Raphael Warnock's comments about military men and women are despicable and flat-out wrong," the veterans said. "Here in Georgia, true leaders recognize the service and sacrifice of all who have courageously defended our nation's freedom."
They continued, saying it's "sad to see Raphael Warnock is more interested in insulting and condemning our military than in building communities that support and protect them."
"We stand together in calling on Raphael Warnock to drop out immediately, and we remain grateful to those who honor our fellow men and women in uniform—and our Creator," they said.
A spokesman for the Warnock campaign told Fox News that Loeffler and other Republicans were taking Warnock's sermon out of context.
"This sermon is based on a biblical verse that reads 'No man can serve two masters… Ye cannot serve God and mammon,' a biblical term for wealth," campaign communications director Terrence Clark said. "Reverend Warnock was speaking about the need to commit to moral life before pursuing other priorities. As the video of the congregation's response makes clear, this is another blatant effort by Kelly Loeffler to take Reverend Warnock's words completely out of context. Given her own decision to spend her first days in the U.S. Senate profiting off the pandemic, perhaps she should watch the sermon more closely."
Warnock also responded to Loeffler on social media.


theblaze--2020-11-20--People are panic-buying toilet paper again as COVID-19 lockdowns are reimposed

With the coronavirus cases on the rise and lockdowns reimposed in many communities across the country, people are reportedly flocking to supermarkets to panic-buy toilet paper again.
The Associated Press reported this week that 21% of shelves that stock products such as paper towels and toilet paper are empty, which is the highest that figure has been in at least a month. Market research company IRI told the news agency that prior to the pandemic, 5% to 7% of consumer goods were typically out of stock.
Retail giant Walmart is reportedly having trouble keeping up with the demand for cleaning supplies, and supermarket chains like Kroger, Publix, and Target have reinstated limits on how much toilet paper consumers can purchase in effort to combat hoarding.
Numerous local news reports have surfaced this week from all over the country — including places like Tampa, Florida; Albany, New York; Sacramento, California; and the Twin Cities in Minnesota — all confirming the news: supply is growing sparse again.
The situation is reminiscent of the chaos that unfolded in March and April when consumers descended on grocery stores en masse to panic-buy household goods, putting a major strain on the nation's supply chain.
But experts say that this time around, things won't be nearly as bad.
"I'm not going to be a Pollyanna and say things are perfect," Geoff Freeman, the chief executive of the trade group Consumer Brands Association, told the Washington Post. "But we are fundamentally in a different place than we were in March and April. Even retailers rationing is a demonstration of lessons learned. The psychology of empty shelves causes a vicious cycle."
"A more informed consumer combined with a more informed manufacturer and a more informed retailer should provide all of us with a greater sense of ease and ensure we can meet this growing demand," Freeman added in conversation with the Associated Press.
Walmart CEO Doug McMillon told CNN Business while it is certainly "disappointing" to see "as many out-of-stocks as we have in consumables right now," he is confident that his company is better prepared to handle rising demand.
"It feels to me like we'll work through this period of time better than we did in the first wave," he said.
The United States has recorded more than 100,000 daily infections each day for two consecutive weeks and on Thursday recorded more than 182,000, according to data from the COVID Tracking Project.


theblaze--2020-11-20--'Democratic alternative' school suspends teacher for 'racially insensitive' question on chemistry ex

'Democratic alternative' school suspends teacher for 'racially insensitive' question on chemistry exam

Administrators at H-B Woodlawn Secondary Program — a school in Arlington , Virginia — suspended a chemistry teacher after she reportedly included what was considered a `` racially insensitive '' question concerning George Floyd in a recent chemistry exam .
The public school , according to the College Fix , is a `` democratic alternative '' school for grades six through twelve .
What are the details ?
According to ARLnow.com , the unidentified teacher wrote , `` George Floyd could n't breathe because a police officer put his ____ George 's neck . ''
The answer , `` neon @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the phrase `` knee on , '' as in `` George Floyd could n't breathe because a police officer put his knee on George 's neck . ''
Following the exam , the question appeared on social media , where it began widely circulating and caught the attention of parents .
One student , according to the Fix , took to social media and wrote , `` There is no diversity in my school and apparently there was a bunch of white silence when this happened this morning .
White students were making @ @ @ @ @ @ @ about it ' shame on those people that 's disgusting . ''
ARLnow.com reported that the principal sent a statement to parents and families insisting that the school `` does not tolerate any form of cultural or racial insensitivity . ''
`` We will be meeting directly with the students in the class , and will work with all of our H-B Woodlawn students to process the incident .
Our Student Services Team will be available for individual counseling and students can reach out directly to me as well , '' the letter @ @ @ @ @ @ @ unnamed at the time of this reporting , was `` relieved of classroom duties , '' according to the outlet , pending an investigation into the matter .
Arlington Central School District Superintendent Francisco Durán also sent an email to district families regarding the incident .
`` The content referenced the killing of George Floyd in an unacceptable and senseless way , which hurt and alarmed our students , staff , families , and the community , '' Durán wrote .
`` The reference showed extremely poor judgment and a blatant disregard for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that the question violated the school 's `` core values '' and said that the district must continue to `` employ culturally responsive teaching practices '' and `` combat systemic racism . ''

Administrators at H-B Woodlawn Secondary Program — a school in Arlington, Virginia — suspended a chemistry teacher after she reportedly included what was considered a "racially insensitive" question concerning George Floyd in a recent chemistry exam.
The public school, according to the College Fix, is a "democratic alternative" school for grades 6 through 12.
What are the details?
According to ARLnow.com, the unidentified teacher wrote, "George Floyd couldn't breathe because a police officer put his ____ George's neck."
The answer, "neon," was a clear play on the phrase "knee on," as in "George Floyd couldn't breathe because a police officer put his knee on George's neck."
Following the exam, the question appeared on social media, where it began widely circulating and caught the attention of parents.
One student, according to the Fix, took to social media and wrote, "There is no diversity in my school and apparently there was a bunch of white silence when this happened this morning. White students were making excuses or seemed 'too tired to talk about it' shame on those people that's disgusting."
ARLnow.com reported that the principal sent a statement to parents and families insisting that the school "does not tolerate any form of cultural or racial insensitivity."
"We will be meeting directly with the students in the class, and will work with all of our H-B Woodlawn students to process the incident. Our Student Services Team will be available for individual counseling and students can reach out directly to me as well," the letter added.
The teacher, who remains unnamed at the time of this reporting, was "relieved of classroom duties," according to the outlet, pending an investigation into the matter.
Arlington Central School District Superintendent Francisco Durán also sent an email to district families regarding the incident.
"The content referenced the killing of George Floyd in an unacceptable and senseless way, which hurt and alarmed our students, staff, families, and the community," Durán wrote. "The reference showed extremely poor judgment and a blatant disregard for African-American lives."
Durán also said that the question violated the school's "core values" and said that the district must continue to "employ culturally responsive teaching practices" and "combat systemic racism."


theblaze--2020-11-20--Group bankrolled by George Soros and Michael Bloomberg pours hundreds of thousands of dollars into G

Group bankrolled by George Soros and Michael Bloomberg pours hundreds of thousands of dollars into Georgia runoff elections Big money @ @ @ @ @ pivotal runoff elections

A group funded by liberal billionaires George Soros and Michael Bloomberg has funneled $300,000 into the crucial Georgia runoff elections to support Democratic candidates Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff, according to a report from the Washington Free Beacon.
The left-wing billionaires made substantial financial contributions to the Black PAC, the progressive political committee that pushes black voters to the polls. Federal Election Commission records show that the Black PAC spent $300,000 to help Warnock and Ossoff try to win their pivotal runoff elections.
Bloomberg provided $6.32 million to the Black PAC. The Democracy PAC, a super PAC founded by Soros, infused $1.5 million into the Black PAC. According to the latest Federal Election Committee report, the Black PAC raised $23.5 million since January 2019 and spent $12.5 million as of mid-October.
Black Pac, which was founded in 2016, claims there is "little to no justice in the current system" and will "turn out our voters for candidates who work to expand voting rights and access to the ballot–including for the formerly incarcerated."
In late October, Soros made a last-minute donation of $500,000 to the Black PAC in an attempt to increase turnout among black voters.
Soros dumped nearly $70 million into the 2020 election, including into his left-wing Democracy PAC. The $68.5 Soros spent on the 2020 election is more than triple the amount he paid out in the 2016 presidential election, where he disbursed $22 million.
In September, Bloomberg raised more than $16 million for the nonprofit Florida Rights Restoration Coalition, which would pay the fines of the Florida felons so that they could vote in the 2020 election.
The Senate runoff elections in Georgia will be held on Jan. 5, and there is expected to be tens of millions spent by Democrats and Republicans on the four candidates.
The election will determine which party controls the Senate next year. If the Democrats flip the seats, the Senate's 100 seats will be evenly split between Republicans and Democrats, meaning the tie-breaking vote would go to the vice president, which may be Kamala Harris.
In the Georgia Senate runoff elections, Democrat Raphael Warnock is squaring off against incumbent Republican Kelly Loeffler, and Democratic candidate Jon Ossoff is attempting to take down incumbent Republican David Perdue.


theblaze--2020-11-20--Horowitz: Damaging a generation of schoolchildren for a lie

Governors not following their own data

We have been told that the autumn spike in coronavirus cases is the sharpest and most extensive spread of the virus since the beginning of the pandemic. As a result, a number of mayors and governors have commanded closing schools again. The sad irony lost on them is that the spread among school-age children is so remarkably low that despite the record levels of spread in the communities, there is incontrovertible evidence that opening schools has not contributed meaningfully to that spread.
Without any explanation, Mayor Bill de Blasio ordered all schools shut, transferring nearly 1 million New York City students to chaotic online learning. "We're going to fight this back," de Blasio said during a Wednesday press conference. "This is a setback, but it's a setback we will overcome."
Except it turns out there is no spread in the schools despite the uptick in community spread. Rather than focusing on balancing nursing home safety and family visitation through mass testing, Gov. Cuomo ordered mass testing of 10%-20% of the public schools' population every month, all for a virus that clearly does not spread much among children and certainly does not pose a greater risk to them than the typical pathogens they pick up every year in school. What were the results?
After testing over 140,000 students, just 0.23% were found to be positive. In other words, just a few thousand cases that are asymptomatic or extremely mild over the course of several months in the nation's largest city. This is less than we see for a typical flu, even early on in the season.
What is truly remarkable is that this is coinciding with a period of growth in community spread. When schools reopened in early September, the virus was largely dormant nationwide, so it was naturally difficult to gauge the effects of school reopening on the spread. However, now that there is mass spread and the percentage of cases in schools is still remarkably low demonstrates that the few cases that are found are more of a reflection of the community spread. Kids do not spread the virus; they get it from their parents or community and will obviously have slightly higher rates during a period of community spread, regardless of whether schools are open.
In July, the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control conducted an assessment of 31 countries where schools were opened. They concluded that "child-to-child transmission in schools is uncommon and not the primary cause of SARS-CoV-2 infection of children whose infection onset coincides with the period during which they are attending school."
In other words, the decision to close schools netted no positive benefits for children but rather devastated their education, social life, and the ability of parents to work. These governors are now defying their own data. Then again, this was never about science or data; it's about control and placating the teachers' unions, who want to receive a paycheck without performing the job.
Emily Oster, an economics professor at Brown University, created a dashboard to monitor cases in thousands of schools enrolling nearly 9 million children across the country. The case rate in the community nationwide is 21 per 100,000, but just 17 per 100,000 among schoolchildren, despite the mass gathering in classrooms and mass testing to identify more of these cases. In New York, the case rate among children is 8 per 100,000, and among staff, it's 12 per 100,000, still lower than the community rate of 13.
Nor are we seeing any evidence that infection rates among teachers are higher than those of the general community. The Dutch government conducted a large study of 44,000 teachers after schools were reopened in May, much earlier than other countries. They found those teachers had a cumulative infection rate of just 0.7%, much lower "than the total of 2.0% of the over 940,000 adults tested in the test lanes in the same period."
Obviously, any teacher who is older or seriously at risk will have to make alternative arrangements, as is the case with anyone who is immunocompromised working in other professions, such as health care or general business settings. If anything, the fact that there seems to be a lower rate of infection among teachers lends credence to the theory that adult teachers, around children more often and catching coronavirus colds more frequently, are shielded by their umbrella of partial cross-immunity.
Indeed, the cult of corona seems to be worse in the United States, at least regarding school closures. Even in Europe, with all the draconian mandates on the people, schools have been kept open in most countries. Even the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) published a report using data from 191 countries to show absolutely zero correlation between schools remaining open and increased viral spread.
"Schools are not a main driver of community transmission, and children are more likely to get the virus outside of school settings," concluded the UNICEF report. On the other hand, the closures are proven to be devastating to children. "Disruptions to key services and soaring poverty rates pose the biggest threat to children. The longer the crisis persists, the deeper its impact on children's education, health, nutrition and well-being. The future of an entire generation is at risk."
It's truly shocking how governors are employing a tactic that fails to stop spread of a virus that is not dangerous to children and for which children are poor vectors of spread – all at the expense of their education and physical and mental health. Last week, the CDC released an analysis showing a 31% increase in mental health-related ER visits among children ages 12-17 since the lockdowns in March and even a 24% increase in ER visits for children as young as 5-11.
"Many mental disorders commence in childhood, and mental health concerns in these age groups might be exacerbated by stress related to the pandemic and abrupt disruptions to daily life associated with mitigation efforts, including anxiety about illness, social isolation, and interrupted connectedness to school," noted the CDC in explaining the shocking data.
These governors are destroying a generation of children all to feel good about themselves and to control people. Lockdowns will be recorded by history as the greatest mistake of all time. Schools closures will be remembered as the gravest mistake of those lockdowns.


theblaze--2020-11-20--Tucker Carlson says Trump attorney Sidney Powell wouldn't provide him with any evidence of election

Tucker Carlson says Trump attorney Sidney Powell wouldn't provide him with any evidence of election fraud. Powell hits back.

Tucker Carlson says Trump attorney Sidney Powell would n't provide him with any evidence of election fraud .
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Fox News anchor Tucker Carlson called out Trump campaign lawyer Sidney Powell on air recently alleging he reached out to the attorney following the Trump legal team's press conference about election fraud asking her for direct evidence of her claims — but never received any.
In the opening monologue for his show Thursday night, Carlson said that he did not dismiss any of Powell's claims but was genuinely interested in the evidence she might have. Powell has argued that leftist-run voting software is responsible for flipping millions of votes from President Trump to Democratic nominee Joe Biden and thus stealing the election.
However, according to Carlson, when he reached out to Powell in earnest looking for that evidence, she became angry and failed to provide any.
"She never sent us any evidence, despite a lot of requests — polite requests. Not a page. When we kept pressing, she got angry and told us to stop contacting her," Carlson alleged. "When we checked with others around the Trump campaign, people in positions of authority, they also told us Powell has never given them any evidence, either."
"Powell did say that electronic voting is dangerous, and she's right, but she never demonstrated that a single actual vote was moved illegitimately by software from one candidate to another. Not one," Carlson added.
During the Thursday afternoon press conference, Powell suggested that George Soros along with other communist influencers around the world interfered in the U.S. election through weaknesses in Dominion Voting Systems software.
She went on to describe how "one very strong witness" told the Trump legal team how the voting software that was used in several battleground states has technological vulnerabilities, such as "backdoors that can be hooked up to the internet or a thumb drive stuck in it."
In response to Carlson's public criticism, Powell told the Washington Examiner's Anthony Leonardi, "Apparently Mr. Carlson missed the news conference today," adding, "I would continue to encourage him and all journalists to review all the materials we have provided so far and conduct their own investigations."
"Evidence continues to pour in, but a 5-minute television hit is not my focus now. Collecting evidence and preparing the case are my top priorities," she continued.
Later, speaking with Fox Business Network's Maria Bartiromo, Powell claimed that when Carlson reached out to her, she sent him an affidavit and offered another witness to appear on his show.
"No, I didn't get angry with the request to provide evidence," Powell insisted. "In fact, I sent an affidavit to Tucker that I had not even attached to a pleading yet to help him understand the situation, and I offered him another witness who could explain the mathematics and the statistical evidence far better than I can. I'm not really a numbers person."
"But he was very insulting, demanding, and rude, and I told him not to contact me again, in those terms," Powell said.
President Trump's legal team argued Thursday that their press conference amounted to an opening statement of their allegations and that the evidence they will demonstrate in court will be sufficient to overturn the election.


theblaze--2020-11-20--Pfizer says it is seeking emergency use of COVID-19 vaccine Friday

Drug manufacturing giant Pfizer said earlier this week that it would be seeking emergency use of its COVID-19 vaccine in a matter of "days."
Well, that day has come.
The company announced that it is asking the Food and Drug Administration's regulators on Friday for approval of its vaccine, which, as the Associated Press reported, starts the clock on the process that could bring the drug to the public as early as December — and hopefully bring about an end to the pandemic.
Pfizer said Wednesday that clinical trials had shown its vaccine is 95% effective and appears to be safe.
The company said its most recent trial included 44,000 subjects, of which 170 developed COVID-19. But 162 of those were folks who had received the placebo, meaning only eight subjects who had received the actual vaccine contracted the virus.
The trial also found that there were no "serious safety issues" with the vaccine and that the "severe" side effects of the shot were fatigued (3.8% of subjects) and headaches (2% of subjects). The company also said the vaccine's efficacy was consistent "across age, gender, race and ethnicity demographics."
Considering the urgency of the situation, "the FDA is expected to move quickly," the Wall Street Journal reported:
Given the urgency, the FDA is expected to move quickly. The timing of the filing is in line with industry and government officials' projections for authorization and distribution to begin next month. Pfizer said the filing could allow for distribution to begin by the middle to end of December.
A green light would cap the fastest vaccine development program ever in the West, going from laboratory to authorization in less than a year. Pfizer, which partnered with Germany's BioNTech in March, has so far spent about $2 billion on the effort. Pfizer has said it is ready for a quick approval.
CEO Albert Bourla told the New York Times Tuesday that his company is ready to ship the vaccine "overnight."
According to the AP, about 25 million shots could be available in the U.S. in December.
The company also said it could have 50 million doses available globally by the end of the year, the AP said.


theblaze--2020-11-20--Head of prestigious school calls MAGA hat 'symbol of racism and hatred' after student wears one: 'He

Head of prestigious school calls MAGA hat 'symbol of racism and hatred' after student wears one: 'He will not wear it again'

Head of prestigious school calls MAGA hat 'symbol of racism and hatred ' after student wears one : 'He will @ @ @ @ @ was not a political decision ' to speak to the La Jolla Country Day School @ @ @ @ @ , Gary Krahn said

The head of a prestigious private school in California called the Make America Great Again hat — the iconic symbol of President Donald Trump's 2016 campaign — a "symbol of racism and hatred" after a student wore one on campus.
And Gary Krahn — head of La Jolla Country Day School — wrote in an email to school staff that the student "will not wear it again," KUSI-TV reported.
What are the details?
The email from Krahn to school staff that KUSI obtained primarily described a letter to parents about the coronavirus and the post-Thanksgiving schedule; the letter didn't include a mention of the MAGA hat. But in the email introduction, the station said Krahn described the MAGA hat incident to staff:
We also had a student wear a MAGA Hat today. I have talked with that student who now understands why that hat is offensive to our community. He will not wear it again. In addition his mom said that she is embarrassed by his actions. She will fulfill her role as a parent. We will continue to grow as a community that sees and values the dignity of all people.
Krahn also appeared in a video to the "school community" that described the incident. In the clip, Krahn said "the First Amendment is very important to me. I was willing to give my life for it as I served in the Army. It is one of the most precious things that we have in this nation." He then explained why he spoke to the student about the MAGA hat:
La Jolla Country Day's Head of School says MAGA hats are a "symbol of racism and hatred." youtu.be
Krahn added that the student "has every right to wear" the MAGA hat, and that Krahn "had friends give their [lives] for that right."
"When I approached the student, I shared with him that he had that right to wear the hat," Krahn added. "I also shared with him the impact it has on our community. That hat has a symbol of racism and hatred. ... It's a fact that in our community, there's a belief that that's what that hat represents. And because we're a community of dignity — that all people have value, and that all people are vulnerable — I wanted the student to know that his decision was gonna have an impact on people. He graciously took off his hat."
Krahn also said in the clip that "it was not a political decision to reach out to him and talk about that hat; it was a decision about dignity — the inherent value that all humans have."
"We're gonna continue to honor the First Amendment," he also said. "We're gonna continue to be a community of dignity and to realize that if our actions impact others, we have a responsibility to work on that, to improve, to grow. Our students are gonna become leaders in the community. [I] can't think of anything more precious than to have them go out there with not only the knowledge but with the belief that all humans have value. Create the community that we dream about. That's what La Jolla Country Day is all about."
Citing the school's 2020-2021 Parent/Student Handbook, KUSI said the school's dress code does not outlaw political attire.
The station said it reached out to Krahn for comment but hadn't heard back.
Tucker Carlson weighs in
KUSI said La Jolla County Day School "is one of the most prestigious private schools in San Diego County" with yearly tuition ranging from $28,500 for kindergartners to $37,130 for high schoolers.
In a segment about the incident on his show Wednesday night, Fox News' Tucker Carlson — who attended La Jolla Country Day — said "it was less expensive and more tolerant when I was a little kid there ... sad to hear it."


theblaze--2020-11-20--Cops arrest man for allegedly impersonating a police officer, say he was pulling over vehicles for h

Cops arrest man for allegedly impersonating a police officer, say he was pulling over vehicles for his YouTube channel

Cops arrest man for allegedly impersonating a police officer , say he was pulling over vehicles for his YouTube channel

Utah authorities said this week that they arrested an 18-year-old man and charged him with impersonating a police officer.
The suspect, who remains unnamed at the time of this reporting, allegedly impersonated the officer for his YouTube channel, according to Insider.
What are the details?
The outlet reported that a person called the South Jordan Police Department on Monday and reported that a man in a car with red and blue lights affixed to it pulled several vehicles over for reportedly speeding.
The complainant told authorities that the suspect also pulled over a school bus.
A police affidavit states, "The complainant said he saw the suspect drive using red and blue lights impersonating a police officer and having vehicles pull off the side of the road. The complainant said the suspect had vehicles pull off the side of the road and driving very fast going onto oncoming traffic."
According to an affidavit obtained by Insider, police seized two airsoft guns — one reportedly resembled a handgun; the other, an AR-15 — and reflective gear from the suspect's home. The suspect purportedly told authorities that he was filming for his YouTube channel.
"I asked (him) what was going on and he said he was filming a video inside his Dodge Dart acting as a police officer for YouTube," a portion of the affidavit states. "(He) said he was driving over the speed limit and forcing vehicles off the road acting as a police officer for a video."
Insider reported that the suspect had also reportedly set up a roadside camera to capture the footage.
Authorities arrested the suspect on Monday and charged him with one count of reckless driving as well as one count of impersonating a police officer. He was booked into the Salt Lake County Jail that same day.


theblaze--2020-11-21--Aide to Sen. Marsha Blackburn says Republican 'misspoke' by referring to Biden as 'president-elect'

Aide to Sen. Marsha Blackburn says Republican 'misspoke ' by referring to Biden as 'president-elect '

A staffer for Tennessee Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R) was quick to tell the press Friday night that the strong ally for President Donald Trump "simply misspoke" when she referred to Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden as "president-elect" during an evening interview.
President Trump has not conceded the race to Biden, who has been roundly declared the projected winner in the race by mainstream media. The Trump campaign has several ongoing lawsuits contesting the election results in multiple states, alleging voting irregularities and fraud—which Blackburn has reportedly helped fund.
What are the details?
During an interview with ABC News, journalist Juju Chang asked Blackburn, "Have you spoken yet with the president-elect to congratulate him on his victory?"
Blackburn replied, "I have not spoken with the president-elect. We did have the vice-president come to the floor, the vice-president elect, come to the floor this week to cast a vote. I was presiding at the time, didn't get to speak with her, but we're watching the process play out, Juju. And just like in 2000 when a Tennessean, Al Gore, and George Bush were going through the counting of the hanging chads, we will work through this process."
She added, "I will say, now is the time, for the Trump campaign—if they have their information that they need to present in court— now is the time that they need to be taking that evidence to court."
Failed Democratic House candidate Christopher Hale pounced on Blackburn's remarks, tweeting footage of the interview along with the message, "Senator Blackburn's staff is trying to walk this back already, but Marsha knows exactly what she's doing. There's no reason to take a random interview on ABC News Digital on a Friday night before Thanksgiving then to slowly break up with the president of the United States."
Following the interview, the Tennessean reported that "a spokesperson for Blackburn said the comment was a mistake and that Blackburn had 'been very clear' on her position about the election outcome."
The aide, Abigail Sigler, was quoted as saying, "She simply misspoke—it's nothing more."
The Tennessean noted:
The Tennessee senator's comments Friday stand in stark contrast to remarks she has made the past two weeks, suggesting that Trump was still likely to be reelected president despite Biden leading both the popular vote and in the Electoral College, based on results that have not yet been certified in every state.
Blackburn has helped raise funds for the Trump campaign's court challenges. Despite launching more than a couple dozen legal challenges to election outcomes in multiple states, Republicans have failed to gain traction in court to prove massive voter fraud or other irregularities that would change the outcome of the election.


theblaze--2020-11-21--81-year-old former Marine uses his grandfather's Irish shillelagh to beat down burglars and drive th

81-year-old former Marine uses his grandfather's Irish shillelagh to beat down burglars and drive them away

81-year-old former Marine uses his grandfather 's Irish shillelagh to beat down burglars and drive them away The three burglars @ @ @ @ @ Marine and his walking stick .

An 81-year-old former Marine beat down two burglars in his home after his wife alerted him, and he used an heirloom given to him by his grandfather to do it.
Dan and Barbara Donovan were tricked by a man pretending to work for the power company into letting him into their home in the village of Niles, near Chicago, Illinois. The incident happened in October.
"We had received a letter from the electric company the day before," Donovan said to the Chicago Tribune. "So when he said he was with the electric company, we let him in."
When the man asked them to join him as he looked at their fuse box, they began to get suspicious.
According to the police, the man was a burglar and had distracted him in order for two of his accomplices to enter the home. Barbara realized something was amiss when she heard the floor creaking above her head.
"I yelled, 'Danny! Somebody's in our bedroom!" she said.
When they ran up the stairs and confronted the two burglars in their home, Dan Donovan looked for a weapon, and the only thing close to hand was his grandfather's Irish shillelagh, a walking stick that dates back to the 1800s.
"I was trying to find some type of persuasive weapon," Donovan said. "So I picked up the Irish shillelagh and that turned out to be the equalizer because I managed to chase them out of the house."
He says that he beat one of the men in the head with his stick, but they managed to run back to their vehicle and drive away. He believes that he was able to crack their front and back windshields before they got away.
Police call this kind of burglary a "ruse entry" because it involves one accomplice posing as a utility worker in order to let his accomplices steal items from the home.
The Donovans aren't sure if the burglars made away with anything, but they rummaged through their belongs and got away with a pillowcase that might have had their personal items.
"Hopefully they got nothing more than a headache and hopefully they pursue another occupation," Dan Donovan added.
Here's a local news report about the incident:


theblaze--2020-11-21--Alabama lab owner gets prison time for falsifying drug tests that cost parents custody of their kids

Alabama lab owner gets prison time for falsifying drug tests that cost parents custody of their kids In one instance @ @ @ @ @ 3-month-old because the convict forged a lab result

A previously-convicted felon who owned an Alabama laboratory has been handed a lengthy prison term, after being convicted of falsifying paternity and drug tests that resulted in several parents wrongly losing custody of their children.
What are the details?
Brandy Murrah, 37, was sentenced to 15 years hard time, after pleading guilty to falsifying test results in at least that many instances that falsely claimed samples came back positive for drugs, the Dothan Eagle reported.
Murrah previously owned A&J Lab Collections—a business that collected hair follicle and urine samples and the like—and was supposed to forward them on for analysis and then report the findings to the Alabama Department of Human Resources.
But Murrah was caught falsifying the results after a mother who was accused of using drugs—and knew she was clean—called the doctor who purportedly signed off on her results collected by A&J. The doctor said they never received any sample, and the parent pressed for an investigation that found Murrah had submitted several fake results.
The Eagle reported:
Jennifer Severs of Troy was in a custody battle with her ex-husband when Murrah collected hair follicle samples for drug screenings on the family as part of the custody case. The test showed Severs was positive for drugs even though Severs said she doesn't use any drugs. Additional tests were negative, but Severs said it still took months before she was finally reunited with her children because the Department of Human Resources used the original test results. It was Severs who actually contacted a doctor listed on Murrah's report only to learn that the doctor had never done the screening. She then contacted the Ozark Police Department.
Severs said the experience scarred both her and her children.
"This is a daily battle for me on who I can trust," Severs said. "This is a daily battle for my children."
Murrah never provided a motive, but WTVY-TV reported that "it is believed Murrah owed for previous tests and the labs that tested samples she collected may have no longer been willing to extend her credit."
In another instance, a mother who was a former drug user lost her 3-month-old baby after A&J lab results showed that the mother tested positive for methamphetamine and that the baby's test indicated exposure. But both were false.
"It was terrible," the woman told the court. "I felt like my heart was being ripped out of my chest because I knew I was doing right with this one. I knew I was doing right."
Subsequent testing showed that the mother was clean, but her baby was still out of her care for roughly three weeks. She added, "I don't understand why anybody would ever do that to any family, any children, for no reason."
According to Dale County District Attorney Kirke Adams, Murrah had been convicted of several felonies prior to the charges lodged against her involving her lab company. Murrah's defense attorney, David Harrison, pointed out that she could have faced up to 99 years in the slammer for her convictions under Alabama's sentencing guidelines.
An unknown number of parents lost custody of their children due to Murrah's bogus lab results. To them, she did offer an apology, the New York Post reported, telling the judge in the case, "I know I did wrong. I've done a lot of things wrongs in my life...I"m sorry for anyone I ever hurt. I really did not do this intentionally to ever hurt anyone."


theblaze--2020-11-21--Liberals lash out at former child star Ricky Schroder after he helps bail Kyle Rittenhouse out of ja

Liberals lash out at former child star Ricky Schroder after he helps bail Kyle Rittenhouse out of jail

Kyle Rittenhouse was set free after paying a $2 million bail on Friday and liberals lashed out on social media after it was revealed that former child star Ricky Schroder helped him foot the bill.
Rittenhouse was charged with two counts of murder from a protest in Kenosha, Wisconsin, where he shot and killed Black Lives Matter protesters who were attacking him. He has said that he was acting in self defense.
Rittenhouse's attorney Lin Wood posted a photo of his client and publicly thanked Schroder for helping him meet the bail.
Liberals and other critics of Rittenhouse took to Twitter to express their outrage that the former star of "Silver Spoons" would donate money to help the teen.
"Thanks to everyone who let a murdering child out to do it again?" tweeted liberal actress Bette Midler. "This boy killed 2 & gravely injured another. Why are you celebrating him? Anyone who owns #MyPillow should toss it immediately into the nearest landfill. And #RickySchroder? Who knew he could be so malevolent?"
"It's amazing how these people like Ricky Schroder & Mike Lindell will proclaim to be pro-life, but turn around & bail out Kyle Rittenhouse who allegedly murdered two people advocating for Black people not being killed by cops. A true showcase in pure racism!" claimed CNN correspondent April Ryan.
"The @MyPillowUSA guy is just that bitch so him putting up money for Rittenhouse shouldn't come as a surprise. BUT Ricky Schroeder?!?! The whole "Silver Spoons" connection? It's like the most acerbic and ironic nod to white supremacy of 2020. Wow," tweeted writer Raquel Cepeda.
"Scott Baio and now Ricky Schroeder? As a kid...I clearly made bad choices for celebrity crushes," said Al-Jazeera contributor Richelle Carey.
"I saw Ricky Schroeder was trending and hoped it wasn't because he's a white supremacist but sadly my hopes were dashed," said podcaster Kimberley Johnson.
Rittenhouse faces a mandatory life sentence if convicted of the charges.
Here's a local news report about Rittenhouse being set free on bail:


theblaze--2020-11-22--Democratic Minnesota Governor's 4-week lockdown banning ALL social gatherings, sparks protest at Tim

Democratic Minnesota Governor's 4-week lockdown banning ALL social gatherings, sparks protest at Tim Walz's mansion

Minnesotans can not gather with anyone outside their household even with a mask and social distancing

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz announced on Wednesday a rigid month-long lockdown order that bans all social gatherings of people who do not live in the same household, even if participants wear face masks and practice proper social distancing. On Saturday, Minnesotans went to Walz's mansion to protest the drastic lockdown orders.
Walz's severe new coronavirus restrictions, which went into effect on Friday at 11:59 p.m. and will be in place until Dec.18, will shut down bars, restaurants, and breweries, except for takeout, delivery, or walk-up service, according to the MinnPost. The order will also close gyms, indoor sports facilities, theaters, bowling alleys, arcades, go-kart tracks, and other entertainment businesses for an entire month.
Retail businesses, barbershops, and salons are permitted to stay open, but may only operate at 50% capacity.
All youth, high school, and adult sports leagues are prohibited for the next four weeks, but college and professional teams are exempt from the order.
In one of the most extreme measures ever implemented during the COVID-19 pandemic, Minnesota will have draconian measures regarding social gatherings.
From the Minnesota Department of Health:
Social gatherings are groups of people who are not members of the same household, congregated together for a common or coordinated social, community, or leisure purpose – even if social distancing can be maintained. This prohibition includes planned and spontaneous gatherings as well as public and private gatherings. Most commercial activities are not considered social gatherings, so this change will not impact most industries.
The harsh restrictions come with punitive penalties, including fines of up to $1,000 or 90 days in prison.
"Any business owner, manager, or supervisor who requires or encourages any of their employees, contractors, vendors, volunteers, or interns to violate this Executive Order is guilty of a gross misdemeanor and upon conviction must be punished by a fine not to exceed $3,000 or by imprisonment for not more than a year," Walz's order states. "In addition to those criminal penalties, the Attorney General, as well as city and county attorneys, may investigate and seek any civil relief" of up to $25,000 per occurrence.
The stringent restrictions were not welcomed by many Minnesotans, and some who demanded freedom protested against the new lockdowns outside of Walz's mansion in St. Paul. Many protesters waved American and Trump flags outside the Minnesota governor's residence while they chanted: "U-S-A! U-S-A!"
The crowd hung signs of infamous dictators from history on the fence of the property. Others held signs that dared Walz to arrest them for attending a Thanksgiving gathering with their family.
A car parade protest drove by the governor's mansion and honked their horns.
The crowd also sang "America (My Country, 'Tis of Thee)."
Earlier this week, Walz stated, "I'm not going into someone's home on Thanksgiving. But if you're gathering with a lot of people not in your family on Thanksgiving you are really speaking volumes about what the values are here in Minnesota."


theblaze--2020-11-22--Far-left San Francisco DA blasts Kyle Rittenhouse posting bail: 'White shooter motivated by racial b

Far-left San Francisco DA blasts Kyle Rittenhouse posting bail: 'White shooter motivated by racial bias'

San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin , the far-left progressive who became the San Fran 's top prosecutor this year , argued against Kyle Rittenhouse 's cash bail by citing `` strong evidence '' of `` racial bias . ''
As TheBlaze reported , Rittenhouse — the 17-year-old who made national headlines during the Kenosha riots for shooting and killing two people in what he claims was self-defense — posted $ 2 million bail on Friday .
Rittenhouse has been charged with two counts of murder .
But even the criminal complaint against Rittenhouse reads like Rittenhouse acted in self-defense @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , such as videos of the alleged crimes , that suggests Rittenhouse 's self-defense claims are valid .
If Rittenhouse is convicted of the charges against him , he faces a mandatory life sentence in prison .
What did Boudin say ?
Boudin said Friday that Rittenhouse 's bail is yet more evidence of the `` failings of money bail . ''
Boudin both injected race into his reaction , and spoke about Rittenhouse as if the teenager is guilty of the crimes alleged against him , despite the presumption of innocence .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ of money bail ? ''
Boudin said .
`` Look no further : strong evidence of a white shooter motivated by racial bias committing a double murder with an assault rifle .
But wealth sets him free . ''
It should be noted that both of the men whom Rittenhouse shot and killed were white .
Boudin , who once worked for the late Venezuelan socialist dictator Hugo Chavez , was elected as San Fransisco 's top prosecutor last year .
His election was celebrated by progressive politicians and social justice activists .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ vice president-elect , welcomed Boudin 's election .
Boudin — who is self-described socialist , according to Vice — has implemented numerous far-left reforms to San Francisco 's criminal justice system , including ending cash bail .
According to Boudin , cash bail is a `` discriminatory and unsafe approach to pretrial detention . ''
Now , pretrial release in San Francisco is determined by `` public safety , not on wealth , '' Boudin said in January , the San Francisco Chronicle reported .
Boudin argued cash bail is essentially racist .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ police union has not been fond of Boudin .
Reacting to his policy ending cash bail , union president Tony Montoya said , `` Mr. Boudin is in the process of building the largest criminal justice revolving door imaginable , and San Franciscans will pay a heavy price for it . ''

San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin, the far-left progressive who became the San Fran's top prosecutor this year, argued against Kyle Rittenhouse's cash bail by citing "strong evidence" of "racial bias."
What's the background?
As TheBlaze reported, Rittenhouse — the 17-year-old who made national headlines during the Kenosha riots for shooting and killing two people in what he claims was self-defense — posted $2 million bail on Friday.
Rittenhouse has been charged with two counts of murder. But even the criminal complaint against Rittenhouse reads like Rittenhouse acted in self-defense. There is, indeed, evidence, such as videos of the alleged crimes, that suggests Rittenhouse's self-defense claims are valid.
If Rittenhouse is convicted of the charges against him, he faces a mandatory life sentence in prison.
What did Boudin say?
Boudin said Friday that Rittenhouse's bail is yet more evidence of the "failings of money bail." Boudin both injected race into his reaction, and spoke about Rittenhouse as if the teenager is guilty of the crimes alleged against him, despite the presumption of innocence.
"Anyone want to understand the failings of money bail?" Boudin said. "Look no further: strong evidence of a white shooter motivated by racial bias committing a double murder with an assault rifle. But wealth sets him free."
It should be noted that both of the men whom Rittenhouse shot and killed were white.
Boudin, who once worked for the late Venezuelan socialist dictator Hugo Chavez, was elected as San Fransisco's top prosecutor last year. His election was celebrated by progressive politicians and social justice activists. Even Sen. Kamala Harris, the media-declared vice president-elect, welcomed Boudin's election.
Boudin — who is self-described socialist, according to Vice — has implemented numerous far-left reforms to San Francisco's criminal justice system, including ending cash bail.
According to Boudin, cash bail is a "discriminatory and unsafe approach to pretrial detention." Now, pretrial release in San Francisco is determined by "public safety, not on wealth," Boudin said in January, the San Francisco Chronicle reported.
Boudin argued cash bail is essentially racist. From his office:
Money bail has disproportionately impacted our poorest communities as well as communities of color. In San Francisco, African-Americans pay over $120 per capita per year in non-refundable bail fees compared to $10 per capita per year for white individuals. Additionally, since 99% of people who post bail in San Francisco use private bail bond companies, there is an instant and dramatic transfer of wealth from low-income neighborhoods and communities of color to private industry; roughly $10-$15 million in non-refundable fees are paid annually to bail bond agencies.
The San Fransisco police union has not been fond of Boudin.
Reacting to his policy ending cash bail, union president Tony Montoya said, "Mr. Boudin is in the process of building the largest criminal justice revolving door imaginable, and San Franciscans will pay a heavy price for it."