theblaze--2020-10-20--Report: Documents show Hunter Biden's alleged signature on Delaware computer repair shop bill, FBI c

Report: Documents show Hunter Biden's alleged signature on Delaware computer repair shop bill, FBI communications with the shop owner

Report : Documents show Hunter Biden 's alleged signature on Delaware computer repair shop bill , FBI communications with the @ @

Documents recently obtained by Fox News appear to show Hunter Biden's signature on a bill of service from the Delaware computer repair shop where he allegedly dropped off three MacBook laptops last year, never returning to retrieve them.
Additional documents obtained by the news outlet also appear to show communications between the FBI and the computer repair shop's owner, John Paul Mac Isaac.
The New York Post first reported last week that one of the laptops allegedly contained sensitive information about former Vice President Joe Biden's son Hunter's overseas business dealings, in which he appeared to leverage his father's high-profile position in government to secure sweetheart deals.
One alleged "smoking gun" email purportedly revealed that Joe Biden met at Hunter's request with a top executive at the Ukrainian natural gas company Burisma, though Joe Biden insisted repeatedly that he was never involved with his son's business dealings.
What are the details?
"Data recovery for MacBook Pros: Attempt data recovery from 3 macbook pros [sic]. Recover data to store server and contact customer when complete," reads the $85 bill, which shows a signature at the bottom.
Fox News noted that it has not verified that the signature is Biden's.
The Fox News report also includes a "proof of service" document with attached serial numbers for the laptop and its hard drive.
Additional documents shown in the report include an FBI "receipt of property" document with Mac Isaac's name on it and a subpoena for Mac Isaac to testify before a grand jury.
Mac Isaac claimed last week that he handed over the laptop and its hard drive to investigators at the FBI last year, but retained a copy of the hard drive because he "feared he would be killed by people who 'work for [Joe] Biden' and having it was 'protection.'"
He then allegedly passed the copied hard drive onto President Trump's personal attorney Rudy Giuliani, who in turn passed it onto the New York Post.
Why does it matter?
The documents, if genuine, throw a bit of cold water onto the narrative currently being constructed by Democrats on the Hill and former intelligence officials that the story is part of a Russian disinformation campaign.
House Intelligence Committee Chairman Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) told CNN's Wolf Blitzer recently, "We know that this whole smear on Joe Biden comes from the Kremlin. That's been clear for well over a year now that they've been pushing this false narrative about the vice president and his son."
But Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe fired back at the suggestion Monday, saying there is "no intelligence" indicating that to be the case.
Ratcliffe pressed further, arguing that "the only intelligence that Adam Schiff gets is the intelligence that we, the intelligence community, give him, and we have given him no such intelligence.
Hunter Biden has yet to publicly deny dropping off the laptop at the computer repair shop in 2019.


theblaze--2020-10-20--Political opponents accuse Trump of felony after viral tweet falsely claims he admitted to quid pro

Political opponents accuse Trump of felony after viral tweet falsely claims he admitted to quid pro quo 'The conduct described @ @ @ @ @ felony and punishable with prison time '

President Donald Trump was accused of admitting to a "quid pro quo" on Monday after a viral tweet grossly misrepresented remarks that Trump made during a campaign stop.
As it turned out, Trump made no such admission.
What happened?
During a campaign rally in Prescott, Arizona, on Monday, Trump illustrated a quid pro quo while explaining why he doesn't make fundraising calls to CEOs of major companies.
But if you saw a tweet by Vox journalist Aaron Rupar — which millions of Americans saw, in fact — you may think that Trump was admitting to an actual quid pro quo. That's because Rupar pulled Trump's words out of context to make it appear that Trump admitted to engaging in a quid pro quo with Exxon CEO Darren Woods.
Cementing his tweet with the hashtag "#QuidProQuo" — making very clear the allegation he was levying against Trump — Rupar quoted Trump as saying:
I call the head of Exxon. I'll use a company. "How, how are you doing, how's energy coming? When are doing the exploration? Oh, you need a couple of permits, huh?" But I call the head of Exxon, I say, "You know, I'd love you to send me $25m for the campaign."
The complete misrepresentation of Trump's words ignited a firestorm on social media, resulting in the president's detractors to literally accusing him of a felony.
"The conduct described by @realDonaldTrump is a felony and punishable with prison time," Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Hawaii) said.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) joined in the pillaging. "So @exxonmobil & friends, care to tell us the end of this story? Did you coordinate the $25 million?" she said.
What's the truth?
As even Washington Post fact-checker Daniel Dale explained, Trump was not, in fact, admitting to a crime.
"Again, the clip that's circulating has a misleading caption; Trump's point was that it compromises a president to make personal fundraising calls to big CEOs, so he won't," Dale explained. "Once more: A) Trump *does* do lots of high-dollar fundraising, but B) He was clearly not admitting here to corruption or an actual deal with Exxon. Carry on."
Even Exxon was forced to respond.
"We are aware of the President's statement regarding a hypothetical call with our CEO…and just so we're all clear, it never happened," the company said.
How did Rupar respond?
Rupar eventually deleted his misleading tweet. He claimed that he thought his tweet clearly represented that Trump was discussing a hypothetical, but said he deleted the tweet because "folks are interpreting in a more literal way."
But again, Rupar's tweet contained zero context and literally used the hashtag #QuidProQuo."


theblaze--2020-10-20--Armed men break into home, demand cash, pistol whip male who won't comply. Then female resident grab

Armed men break into home, demand cash, pistol whip male who won't comply. Then female resident grabs her gun and turns the tables.

Armed men break into home , demand cash , pistol whip male who wo n't comply .
Then female resident @ @ @ @ @ the tables .

A trio of men wearing hoodies and armed with guns forced their way into a home in Monroe, Louisiana, around 10 p.m. Oct. 11 and demanded money, the Monroe News-Star said, citing a police report.
What happened next?
A male in the residence refused to comply with their demands and yelled several times for the female resident, who had fallen asleep, the paper said. The male was struck in the head several times with a gun, the News-Star said.
When the woman woke up, she said she knew something was wrong and grabbed her gun from underneath the mattress, the paper said.
She saw the male resident fighting with with two unknown armed men, the News-Star said, adding that one was wearing a light gray hoodie and the other was wearing a dark hoodie and light blue jeans — and that the latter assailant pointed a gun at her.
With that, the woman fired multiple rounds and heard one man say, "Aw, she shot me," the paper said.
The woman said a third man was standing at the front doorway and appeared to be in shock, the News-Star reported, adding that all three ran off, got into a silver Nissan Altima, and drove away.
The jig is up
Then around 10:25 p.m., St. Francis Medical Center told Monroe police a shooting victim had arrived, the paper said.
Emergency room staff informed officers that 19-year-old Jeffrey W. Williams Jr. told them he was hanging out with friends when someone drove by shooting at them, the News-Star noted.
But police noticed that Williams' clothes matched the description from the home invasion, the paper said. And once officers began interviewing him, Williams told them he and another man entered the home and demanded money at gunpoint, the News-Star reported.
He said when the woman came into the living room, she fired two or three shots at them, the paper said — and he noticed he was shot in the abdomen as he fled the residence.
The man who forced his way into the home with Williams reportedly drove him to the hospital and dropped him off at the emergency room, the News-Star said.
Williams said he doesn't know the third man's name, only that he lives in West Monroe, the paper said.
Williams was arrested Friday and booked into Ouachita Correctional Center on one count of aggravated burglary, the News-Star said, adding that his bond was set at $100,000.


theblaze--2020-10-20--Authorities arrest 1 in connection with violent attack on San Francisco free speech rally organizer

Authorities arrest 1 in connection with violent attack on San Francisco free speech rally organizer Accused of 'mayhem ' and @

Authorities arrested a man in connection with an assault on a speaker at a San Francisco free speech rally that took place on Saturday.
A suspect punched the free speech rally organizer in the face, knocking out at least two of his teeth.
What are the details?
According to Newsweek, authorities arrested 35-year-old Adora Anderson of Watsonville, California, who is accused of "mayhem" and "hate crime enhancement" after reportedly punching 25-year-old Philip Anderson in the face.
Authorities say there is no relation between the men despite their shared last name.
Viral videos captured the moment that Philip Anderson was assaulted during the rally, which was referred to as a "Free Speech Rally Against Twitter and Big Tech." The demonstration was held at the federal building at U.N. Plaza, near Twitter's headquarters. The event was a protest against the company's censorship of the New York Post's article on emails purported to belong to Hunter Biden regarding foreign business dealings and his father, Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden.
San Francisco police arrived on the scene to respond to reports of an aggravated assault. Philip told authorities that he had been participating in the free speech rally when an unknown assailant punched him in the face.
A GoFundMe page to raise money to repair Philip's teeth has received more than $30,035 in donations at the time of this reporting.
A statement from the San Francisco Police Department read:
On Saturday, October 17, 2020, at approximately 12:20 PM, San Francisco Police officers responded to the area of Leavenworth and McAllister Streets for a report of an aggravated assault. Officers met with a 25-year-old male victim who identified himself as the victim of the assault. The victim told officers he was participating in a free speech rally at UN Plaza when he was punched in the face by an unknown suspect. The assault caused the victim to lose two teeth. The SFPD Night Investigations Unit and Special Investigations Unit led the investigation.
Investigators developed information that led to the identity of the suspect in the assault. The suspect was identified as 35-year-old Adora Anderson of Watsonville. On Sunday, October 18, 2020, at approximately 2:53 PM, Adora Anderson was taken into custody by San Francisco Police officers in Oakland, CA. Adora Anderson was transported to San Francisco County Jail where he was booked on charges of mayhem (203 PC) and a hate crime enhancement (422.75(a) PC).
While an arrest has been made, this remains an open investigation. Anyone with information is asked to call the SFPD 24 Hour Tip Line at 1-415-575-4444 or Text a Tip to TIP411 and begin your text message with SFPD. You may remain anonymous.
What else?
Authorities shut down the Saturday rally after counterdemonstrators became violent.
As previously reported by The Blaze, the situation quickly spiraled out of control against those conservatives gathered for the demonstration, and police were forced to escort them away from the premises and to their vehicles.
Following the assault, Philip told the crowd, "Too bad it got canceled. That's what happens when you lose free speech, this is what our country has turned into."
He also shared a snap of his bloodied mouth on social media after leaving the hospital.
He captioned the photo, "Antifa attacked me for no reason."
Philip later tweeted, "I have a question for you, Joe Biden. You said that Antifa is just an idea. This is what they did to me. I'm at the hospital right now ... because of Antifa. Do you still think, after seeing this, that they're just an idea?"
The tweets are unavailable at the time of this reporting, as his account has been suspended.
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theblaze--2020-10-20--Horowitz: Putting our seniors in solitary confinement is costing, not saving, lives

Horowitz : Putting our seniors in solitary confinement is costing , not saving , lives

This is the new normal. You must remain isolated from people for years to come until we are into the second generation of vaccines.
That is essentially the plan from our elites, who are pushing panic, fear, and social isolation until years into the discovery of a vaccine – if they ever stop at all. It is utterly insane to do this to younger and healthier people given how nebulous a threat the virus poses to them compared to the collateral damage of lockdown policies and social isolation. But what is often forgotten in the shuffle is that locking down seniors for this long – even allowing for the fact that the virus poses a greater risk to them – is not an option either. It is a death sentence.
COVID-19 poses the greatest threat to those in the final months and years of their lives, often the same people who are experiencing declining mental health in addition to physical ailments. Insisting that they remain away from their families and pursuit of happiness under all circumstances indefinitely for the next number of years, however, is tantamount to putting them in the grave early. The fatality rate of COVID-19 could be statistically high to people in this cohort, but complete lockdowns leading to atrophy will cause a 100% death rate and ensure that the life they lived in their remaining months and years was not much of a life.
Last week, Dr. Laurie Archbald-Pannone, an associate professor of medicine at the University of Virginia, observed that during the summer of 2020, the number of dementia-related deaths was 20% higher than last year. A similar phenomenon has already been observed in the U.K. That there are 20% excess deaths among those recorded as having died of dementia is astounding given that we already know COVID-19 deaths are liberally coded. We know that anyone who tested positive for COVID-19 in a nursing home and subsequently died of Alzheimer's was still recorded as a COVID death. I know many friends, relatives, and podcast listeners who had parents enduring the days of Alzheimer's, and they received a death certificate, much to their shock, listing coronavirus as the cause of death.
Hence, this 20% excess is over and beyond those who died of COVID-19 or even with the virus.
Robert Anderson, chief of mortality statistics at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said in an interview with Politico that this finding is "highly unusual." "There's something wrong, there's something going on and it needs to be sorted out," he said when this data was first observed by the CDC in September.
Well, we don't need Sherlock Holmes to investigate what is going on with our seniors. As Dr. Archbald-Pannone observes, "Social isolation, which essentially is little or no contact with others, is the last thing seniors with dementia need. But it's what many have received, as caregivers are forced to limit visits during the pandemic." It stands to reason that someone who is already suffering cognitive decline who faces today's depressing and lonely world foisted upon us by the elites is going to decline rapidly. It's likely this has already happened.
It's one thing to be more careful with seniors; it's quite another for long-term care facilities to shut out all family members indefinitely or even for seniors still living in their own homes to be completely abandoned by their children because they are convinced they can't get anywhere near them. This is unacceptable, and any virus mitigation efforts even for seniors requires more precision and nuance that is based in observed science as to who they can see and under what circumstances.
For example, in Switzerland, it was understood already in April that the ability of grandparents to hug their grandchildren could be a matter of life and death. Switzerland confidently proclaimed that kids under 10 do not spread in any meaningful way and advised grandparents to hug their grandchildren.
My son, while he was struggling with the closure of school last year, developed a great relationship with his grandparents by spending time keeping them company. They also held our new baby girl since her birth in April. I know many others who refused to do this. They are undoubtedly well-intentioned, but are they considering the emotional cost and are they following the science?
Now that we see that children barely spread the virus, it's quite obvious that babies most certainly do not. Babies rarely test positive even for asymptomatic cases. One study of 101 babies born to mothers with COVID-19 in a New York hospital during the peak of the pandemic in March found that just two had positive test results, "but none had clinical evidence of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), despite most infants rooming-in with mothers and direct breastfeeding."
It's one thing to suggest that we err on the side of caution for a few weeks, but to do this indefinitely is erring on the side of death and decline. Even for those in nursing homes, who are certainly at high risk to get seriously ill from coronavirus, a categorical ban on relatives is not an option. There are so many people who have gone without seeing their own spouses, much less children and grandchildren, during the final months of their lives. With mass testing available, there is no reason a strict testing regime can't carefully allow a limited number of family members to visit under the right circumstances and environments. Solitary confinement is unacceptable. There's a reason even hardened prisoners fear this form of punishment.
Steve McLaughlin, county executive of Rensselaer County, New York, spoke on my podcast last week about his rally in the state capital to call on Governor Andrew Cuomo to open nursing homes to visitors. "You literally have people locked up inside nursing homes that are being denied the human compassion and human touch of their own families," bemoaned the independent-minded county executive who represents the cities east of the state capital. "Even though those families can test negative for COVID, they are still not being allowed in."
He pointed out how Cuomo is the same person who asked him and other county executives in March to place COVID-positive patients in nursing homes. Now he is overcorrecting the other way and killing people with imperious lockdown policies. McLaughlin said he defied Cuomo's "evil" directive in March and, as a result, didn't lose a single individual in his county-run nursing home. Likewise, he opened up outside family visitation under certain circumstances even before testing was widely available, despite Cuomo's order. "Why are we pushing these people closer and closer to death by denying them their family?" said McLaughlin. It's unconscionable."
Aside from not allowing carefully planned visits, there is a more fundamental and counterproductive flaw in the lockdown strategy. By keeping younger people socially isolated to some degree, policies are ensuring that seniors remain caught between the dangers of the virus and atrophy for longer than necessary. We are now seeing tens of thousands of cases among college students, with very few hospitalizations and no deaths. Imagine if the colleges had never closed. We'd be closer to Sweden in terms of achieving partial herd immunity and making it safer for seniors in a shorter period of time.
Yet thanks to these policies, seniors are now facing the double-edged sword of an agonizingly drawn-out viral spread and a reaction to it that is even more deadly.


theblaze--2020-10-20--Mark Levin: Undercover sting reveals leftist's alleged plan to 'win' at ANY cost

Mark Levin : Undercover sting reveals leftist 's alleged plan to 'win ' at ANY cost ' I am going @ @ @ @ @ to win .
I will lie .
I will cheat .
I will steal .
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On "LevinTV," Mark Levin reacted to the latest Project Veritas undercover video exposing Kristopher Jacks, a prominent Democratic operative in Colorado, saying he'll do "everything morally acceptable to win," including lying, cheating, and stealing. Jacks also suggested killing "random billionaires," including Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, for political ends.
"I am going to do everything morally acceptable to win. I will lie. I will cheat. I will steal. Because that's morally acceptable in this political environment," said Jacks, who, according to Project Veritas, is the chairman of Our Revolution in Weld County, a partner of the Democratic Party coalition.
"If you want to do some Antifa s**t. You really want to change this country that way, with violence, there's only one way to do it. You gotta get people that are close to billionaires and start just, random billionaires start turning up dead," Jacks added. "Doesn't matter who … I mean Bezos at the top of the list."
Levin argued Jacks' willingness to lie, cheat, and steal would more than likely extend to ballot stuffing or other means of corrupting the vote and that Jacks is probably not alone in this mindset.
"I don't believe he's alone. I believe there's thousands just like him," Levin said. "You can now see what's happening in the Democrat Party. The Democrat Party is the vessel through which these anti-American, ruthless, and violent individuals are operating."
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theblaze--2020-10-21--Conservative firebrand Ben Shapiro says he didn't vote for Trump in 2016 — but will in November. Now

Conservative firebrand Ben Shapiro says he didn't vote for Trump in 2016 — but will in November. Now he's revealing what changed his mind.

Conservative firebrand Ben Shapiro says he did n't vote for Trump in 2016 — but will in November .
Now @ @ @ @ @ his mind .

Ben Shapiro, conservative commentator, author, and founder of the Daily Wire, has admitted that he did not vote for President Donald Trump in 2016 — but plans to vote for the incumbent Republican president on Nov. 3.
What's the short version?
In a nearly nine-minute video released Monday, Shapiro explained why he plans to vote for Trump next month when he didn't in 2016.
"First," he admitted, "I was simply wrong about Donald Trump on policy."
"Second," he continued, "I wasn't really wrong about Donald Trump on character, but whatever damage he was going to do has already been done, and it's not going to help if I don't vote for him this time."
"Third — and most importantly — the Democrats have lost their f***ing minds," he insisted.
What are the fine details?
In the video, Shapiro explained that while he once disagreed with some of Trump's policy stances, the president has actually made a lot of headway for conservatives over the past four years.
Shapiro explained that the president's conservative angles on the environment, national security, pro-life issues, and taxes are of utmost importance to the conservative commentator.
"Donald Trump has governed pretty conservatively," the bestselling author continued. “I thought he would not be conservative in his governance. I was just wrong on that. Donald Trump radically cut regulation. He actually saw reductions in the number of man-hours dedicated to dealing with regulation for the first time in a long time under Donald Trump. He appointed originalist judges to the best of his ability."
He also explained that Trump is unique in several ways.
"Donald Trump is the first president of my lifetime not to start any new wars, which is a kind of big thing," he reasoned.
"He's resisted using the federal government to control everybody's life during COVID. That's a big thing. This is the biggest government power grab of my lifetime, and Trump refused to do it," Shapiro continued.
"Here's the deal: I'm voting for Trump. You don't have to love Trump's character. You don't have to like his Twitter account to vote for him. ... But if you care about the Constitution and economic freedom and the security of the United States, you really don't have a whole hell of a lot of choice."
Shapiro also added that Democrats simply cannot be trusted with "levers of power" and will only "seek to ruin anybody who stands in their way."
You can listen to Shapiro's full remarks in the video below.


theblaze--2020-10-21--Former tech executive says Trump's social media should be muted until the winner of the election is

Former tech executive says Trump's social media should be muted until the winner of the election is determined

Former tech executive says Trump 's social media should be muted until the winner of the election is determined

A former Twitter and Google executive is advocating that the social media accounts of President Donald Trump should be muted while Americans are casting their vote until a winner of the election is determined.
Peter Greenberger explained his position to CNN host Jake Tapper on his show Tuesday.
"You say Trump should be silenced on both platforms until the winner of the election is determined. That's a pretty extreme suggestion," Tapper said. "Why do you say that?"
"I agree, it is, and extreme times demand extreme suggestions. I did not come to this opinion lightly," responded Greenberger, who was Twitter's former global director of content partnership, news and Google's former head of industry relations.
"I believe that the tech companies, generally, have a responsibility to be neutral. I think in the case of Twitter specifically, it's been a great champion of the democratization of information as well as a strong supporter of freedom of expression," he explained.
"However, we are in a unique, and, I believe, a fraught moment in time with a president who is desperate and he's facing a very difficult situation," Greenberger said. "I think the time is to mute the president, temporarily, while votes are being cast right now and until the winner is decided."
Tapper gave a backhanded "defense" of the president, saying that he was merely continuing his habit of tweeting conspiracy theories and false information.
"As you say, he has been a reckless poster on Twitter, on Facebook and other platforms," agreed Greenberger.
"However, it's time, I believe, that Twitter hold him accountable to the same terms and conditions, the same rules of the road that every other user is subject to. They have been wrestling with and tying themselves up in pretzels in an effort to try to accommodate the president. They have taken some very laudable steps," he continued.
"They were the first in fact, to start labeling some of the president's tweets as misinformation," he added. "I think that was a very bold, important move. And they've gone so far, as of today, I believe, turning off some of the key engagement features of the platform in order to slow down the cause of misinformation."
He went on to cite a study saying the president and other leaders were the greatest purveyors of misleading information.
The president has said that social media platforms like Twitter allow him to bypass the media and reach his supporters directly.
Here's the video of Greenberger on CNN:


theblaze--2020-10-21--DHS announces new center 'to combat and dismantle all forms of human trafficking' but MSM fails to p

DHS announces new center 'to combat and dismantle all forms of human trafficking' but MSM fails to pay attention

DHS announces new center 'to combat and dismantle all forms of human trafficking ' but MSM fails to pay attention @ @ @ @ @ ...
I guess they 're too busy running cover for Hollywood . '

The Department of Homeland Security announced Tuesday the opening of its new Center for Countering Human Trafficking based in Washington, D.C., which has been operational since last month and is led by officials from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
What are the details?
Acting DHS Secretary Chad Wolf tweeted, "Proud to announce the opening of the DHS Center for Countering Human Trafficking. One of the many steps the Trump administration has taken to combat and dismantle all forms of human trafficking."
He added in a news release:
"Human trafficking is modern day slavery. There is no other way to say it. The words are strong because the actions are evil. The forms of exploitation, sex trafficking, forced labor, and domestic servitude that constitute human trafficking are antithetical in every way to the principles of human dignity that Americans hold dear. The launch of this Center for Countering Human Trafficking represents the investment of resources, attention, and time by President Trump to combat and dismantle all forms of human trafficking."
The announcement stated that "The Center will build on the agency's 'victims first' approach, which balances victim identification, rescue and support with prevention, investigation, and prosecution of traffickers. ICE HSI is uniquely positioned to utilize criminal, immigration, and trade-based authorities to proactively identify, disrupt and dismantle cross-border human trafficking organizations."
The agency noted that in fiscal year 2019 alone, "ICE initiated 1,024 human trafficking and forced labor related cases which led to 2,197 criminal arrests. These effective actions resulted in nearly 700 convictions and the rescue of more than 400 victims."
Anything else?
Some conservatives voiced frustrations over a lack of media attention for the center's launch.
Donald Trump Jr. shared a post purportedly showing that members of the media had no questions during a briefing on the center's launch.
"This is a disgrace," Trump Jr., the president's oldest son, tweeted. "@realDonaldTrump is the first American Politician to address the scourge of human trafficking and fund it and no one has any interest in covering it. I guess they're too busy running cover for Hollywood."


theblaze--2020-10-21--President Trump cuts short '60 Minutes' interview with Lesley Stahl, threatens to release footage hi

President Trump cuts short '60 Minutes' interview with Lesley Stahl, threatens to release footage himself

President Trump cuts short '60 Minutes ' interview with Lesley Stahl , threatens to release footage himself The president called @ @ @ @ @ 'biased '

President Donald Trump reportedly cut short a sit-down interview with CBS News correspondent Lesley Stahl on Tuesday, arguing afterward on Twitter that the interview for the show "60 Minutes" was "fake" and "biased."
The president also threatened to release the footage himself before it is scheduled to air Sunday along with Norah O'Donnell's interviews with Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden and his running mate, Sen. Kamala Harris (Calif.).
What are the details?
CBS News reported that the president "cut short" the interview, noting that Trump campaign adviser Jason Miller "disputed reporting that the interview had ended abruptly."
"Very fake news!" Miller tweeted in reaction to reporting from CNN. "No drama, interview was not ended abruptly and we have the receipts from the interview - all of them! Maybe we need to put the whole thing out so people can see for themselves? Lesley's a bad example for mask wearing, Kaitlan - don't follow her lead!!!"
Politico reported that Trump was frustrated with the line of questioning and how the interview was being conducted, said one person familiar with the episode. After a short break, Vice President Mike Pence also spent 15 minutes with Stahl and the "60 Minutes" crew.
President Trump tweeted after the interview, "I am pleased to inform you that, for the sake of accuracy in reporting, I am considering posting my interview with Lesley Stahl of 60 Minutes, PRIOR TO AIRTIME! This will be done so that everybody can get a glimpse of what a FAKE and BIASED interview is all about..."
He added, "...Everyone should compare this terrible Electoral Intrusion with the recent interviews of Sleepy Joe Biden!"
The Daily Caller noted:
Trump and several members of the White House press office began tweeting anecdotes critical of Stahl shortly after the interview concluded. Trump criticized her for not wearing a mask after the interview, with White House Deputy Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt adding that Stahl had criticized her for not wearing a mask earlier that day.
Tuesday's interview is Stahl's third with the president. She first sat down with him along with his family in 2016 when he was president-elect, and again in 2018.


theblaze--2020-10-21--Man and his girlfriend viciously beaten over their pro-Trump flag in Oklahoma City, police say

Man and his girlfriend viciously beaten over their pro-Trump flag in Oklahoma City , police say Witnesses were uncooperative and @ @ @

Police say that a man and his girlfriend were viciously beaten because they were driving with a pro-Trump flag on their truck in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
The troubling incident unfolded Monday morning in the Bricktown area.
A witness told KOCO-TV that the fight was politically motivated and began when the couple arrived at a gas station with a large "Trump 2020" flag attached to the tailgate of their truck.
"The victim stated he and some other people pulled up to a gas pump," said Sgt. Megan Morgan of the Oklahoma City Police Department.
The report says that there were numerous motorcycle riders at the gas pumps.
"That's when a verbal altercation ensued between the victim and the suspect," she said.
The fight resulted in the flag being torn from the truck.
"A full altercation ensued where a victim and a second victim got injured," Morgan said.
The police said that the man and his girlfriend were beaten so badly that they were bleeding from their nose, mouth, and both eyes. KOCO reported that friends of the couple said on Facebook that they had to receive staples in their heads over their injuries.
Police said that the motorcycle riders at the scene were uncooperative, would not help them identify the attackers, and instead, offered "the usual anti-police rhetoric."
The clerk at the gas station told the police that they did not have exterior security cameras at the station.
Police have asked for the public's help in obtaining information on the suspects in the attack.
Political violence appears to have increased across the country as Election Day nears and passions heighten between Americans who disagree with each other. In one bizarre episode from California in June, a man threatened Black Lives Matter protesters with a chainsaw while yelling racist epithets.
Here's a local news report about the attack:


theblaze--2020-10-22--Veteran journalist calls out CNN's Brian Stelter for dismissing Hunter Biden story as 'unvetted'

Veteran journalist calls out CNN 's Brian Stelter for dismissing Hunter Biden story as 'unvetted' 'Give me a break—you never @ @ @ @ @ , that 's just BS '

Washington Examiner Chief Congressional Correspondent Susan Ferrechio called "BS" on CNN's Brian Stelter this week, slamming the "Reliable Sources" host for dismissing recent reports on Hunter Biden while defending mainstream media's pushing of now-debunked claims of "collusion" between President Donald Trump and Russia.
What are the details?
During a fiery exchange on BBC Radio 4's "The Media Show" shared by Mediaite, Ferrechio argued that the New York Post's recent exposé on photos, texts, and emails purportedly found on a laptop owned by Hunter Biden "deserves scrutiny by all media outlets," arguing "everyone should look at this and give [Democratic presidential nominee Joe] Biden" the same scrutiny given to stories about his opponent, President Donald Trump.
"This is serious. This is not last year's news," Ferrechio said of the recent Biden revelations. "It's whether or not his son was coordinating to get him to talk to these Ukrainian oligarchs and he was benefitting from it. I mean, it's really dirty."
Stelter, who was also a guest on the show, responded, "I said it was last season, you're saying it's new. I think the bottom line is we don't know what is real and what is fake in these emails if there is anything real in them."
Ferrechio argued, "Yeah, but that didn't stop anyone from reporting the Mueller [investigation] and the dossier and all that stuff."
Then Stelter condescendingly asserted, "I know you're bitter. I understand that you have a lot of resentment about that."
"Oh, now we have ethics," Ferrechio said, repeating sarcastically, "now we have ethics, OK."
That triggered Stelter, who told Ferrechio, "Don't you dare—don't you dare act like newsrooms didn't have ethics in 2017 and 2018."
"You can 'don't dare' me all you want, Brian," she fired back. "I've been doing this for 30 years, so say whatever you want. It's my view, and I have a right to say it."
Stelter later conceded, "I agree with you (that) [the Hunter Biden story] should not be ignored, but I think there's a difference between reporters looking into it in their newsrooms versus going on the air with it when it's unvetted."
"Oh sure, give me a break," Ferrechio interrupted. "You never did that with Trump stuff, that's just BS."
The host then intervened, allowing Stelter to argue, "It's grievance politics that comes from the right, it happens every day. Newsrooms in America are very careful about this stuff. I know viewers and readers don't see it, but it happens every day — slow, cautious vetting happens every day."


theblaze--2020-10-22--WATCH: Rudy Giuliani says he has PROOF Joe Biden was business partners with Chinese Communists

WATCH : Rudy Giuliani says he has PROOF Joe Biden was business partners with Chinese Communists

Tonight at 9 p.m. ET, 8 p.m. CT, Glenn Beck goes straight to the source of the biggest story in the country with former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, who takes us directly into Hunter Biden's alleged laptop.
Despite Big Tech's attempts to squash this story, there should be a mad scramble in the media to get to the bottom of major corruption allegations, but they're willfully ignoring it. However, this is not just a story about Hunter Biden.
This is all about Joe Biden. It's a story Glenn has been investigating for over a year that traces back to Ukraine and China. It goes directly to the root of corruption within our political system: How politicians use their family members to enrich the entire clan and sell out their country.
While the media looks the other way, Glenn asks Giuliani to show us the evidence. Giuliani details the chain of possession of the laptop and reveals news that he only had possession of the laptop days before the New York Post story broke. He says, "I reported this the day after I saw it."
He also drops a major bombshell on the show and says Big Tech doesn't want you to see evidence that "establishes with texts, documents, contracts" that "Joe Biden was a 10% partner with a Chinese communist … and there are witnesses that will come forward and testify to it."
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theblaze--2020-10-22--New York lawmaker, a Democrat, arrested for alleged pills-for-sex scheme; was a prominent activist a

New York lawmaker, a Democrat, arrested for alleged pills-for-sex scheme; was a prominent activist against opioid addiction

New York lawmaker , a Democrat , arrested for alleged pills-for-sex scheme ; was a prominent activist against opioid addiction

A New York lawmaker, who was a pastor and a passionate activist against opioid addiction, was arrested on Tuesday in a Huntington strip mall parking lot allegedly attempting to trade pills for sex from an officer working undercover as a prostitute.
Dr. William Spencer, a Democrat, faces felony charges of drug sale and possession.
Suffolk County District Attorney Timothy Sini said in a statement that Spencer had been in contact with the undercover officer through text messages for a long time.
"He was caught in the act of attempting to sell oxycodone for sex with whom he believed to be a prostitute," said Sini.
Sini said officers found oxycodone pills in his car after the arrest, alongside sex paraphernalia and a licensed loaded gun.
He added that Spencer was not originally the target of the undercover operation but that he was ensnared by the DEA Task Force.
"This investigation, I want to emphasize, is very much ongoing," Sini continued. "We are in the process of uncovering additional crimes committed by Dr. Spencer."
The pastor was released after pleading not guilty to the charges and posting bail. He faces up to nine years in jail if convicted.
Republicans are calling for Spencer to retire over the arrest. He was a highly respected member of the community and a father of three.
Suffolk County Legislature Presiding Officer Rob Calarco called the charges very serious.
"The allegations being made against Legislator William Spencer are extremely serious. We have very little information, and at this time, I will not be making any further statement. Our thoughts are with his wife and children during this difficult time," Calarco said.
Spencer made headlines in February when he vehemently supported a proposal to ban smoking in private residences and punish offenders with a $1,000 fine. He also spoke at a Black Lives Matter protest in June.
Here's a local news report about the arrest:


theblaze--2020-10-22--Every gun owner needs to hear this before heading to the polls

Could Joe Biden's gun-control policy make former President Barack Obama look like Ronald Reagan? You be the judge.
With less than two weeks until Election Day, Steven Crowder was alarmed by gun-control legislation that Democratic nominee Joe Biden claimed to support on his website.
In this clip, Crowder highlighted the epic failure of the mainstream media for not reporting on Biden's support of legislation that would ban all online sales of firearms, ammunition, kits, and gun parts.
"I was surprised when I read this. Joe Biden's gun control policies are far more radical than people feared Barack Obama's would be," Crowder said.
According to Biden's website, he supports legislation that would hold adults criminally and civilly liable for directly or negligently giving a minor access to a firearm, regardless of whether the minor actually gains possession of the firearm.
Watch the clip for Crowder's take on what a Biden administration could mean for gun owners.
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theblaze--2020-10-22--Senate Democrats announce they will boycott Amy Coney Barrett's committee vote

The theatrics will not prevent Republicans from advancing the judge 's nomination

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and the Democratic members of the Senate Judiciary Committee announced they will boycott Thursday's markup of Judge Amy Coney Barrett's nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court, in protest of Republicans' decision to move forward with President Donald Trump's high court pick so close to Election Day.
What are the details?
"This has been a sham process from the beginning," reads the statement release by Schumer and fellow Democratic Sens. Dianne Feinstein (Calif.), Patrick Leahy (Vt.), Dick Durbin (Ill.), Sheldon Whitehouse (R.I.), Amy Klobuchar (Minn.), Chris Coons (Del.), Richard Blumenthal (Conn.), Mazie Hirono (Hawaii), Cory Booker (N.J.) and vice presidential nominee Kamala Harris (Calif.).
The Democrats complain:
"Republicans broke the promises they made and rules they created when they blocked Merrick Garland's nomination for eight months under President Obama. Then, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said that 'the American people should have a voice in the selection of their next Supreme Court Justice.' Now, Republicans have moved at breakneck speed to jam through this nominee, ignoring her troubling record and unprecedented evasions, and breaking longstanding committee rules to set tomorrow's vote."
"Throughout the hearings last week, committee Democrats demonstrated the damage a Justice Barrett would do — to health care, reproductive freedoms, the ability to vote, and other core rights that Americans cherish," the statement continues, concluding, "We will not grant this process any further legitimacy by participating in a committee markup of this nomination just twelve days before the culmination of an election that is already underway."
NBC News reporter Sahil Kapur noted on Twitter that use of the words "'further legitimacy' is the tell here." He asked rhetorically, "If Democrats see this process as a sham, why legitimize the hearings but not the vote? The boycott comes after blowback for their ranking member lavishing praise on Lindsey Graham and his leadership in the ACB hearings."
Senate Judiciary Ranking Member Dianne Feinstein has faced calls from Democratic operatives and far-left groups to have her ousted from leadership on the committee ever since she thanked Graham, the committee chairman, for conducting what she called "the best set of hearings that I've participated in."
In reaction to questions about whether the 87-year-old senator from California will remain in her leadership position on the panel, Schumer told the media Tuesday, "I've had a long talk with Senator Feinstein. That's all I'm going to say about it right now."
Anything else?
Before the Democrats' official announcement of their boycott, the HuffPost reported that the plan had not yet been finalized according to one aide, but that "Democrats are preparing to fill their empty seats with poster-sized photos of people who would be hurt by Barrett potentially casting a deciding vote against the Affordable Care Act."


theblaze--2020-10-21--Rudy Giuliani says video from 'Borat' movie is an attempt to smear him over Hunter Biden laptop; pro

Rudy Giuliani says video from 'Borat' movie is an attempt to smear him over Hunter Biden laptop; promises more releases

Rudy Giuliani says video from 'Borat ' movie is an attempt to smear him over Hunter Biden laptop ; promises @ @ @ @ @ was reaching into his pants to shut off his microphone

Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani forcefully denied accusations stemming from an undercover video recorded by the comedian behind the "Borat" movie.
Critics of Giuliani, who is a longtime friend and defender of President Donald Trump, pounced on the video that reportedly showed him reaching into his pants while speaking to a woman pretending to be a reporter in a hotel room. The video was recorded as a part of comedian Sacha Baron Cohen's sequel to his "Borat" movie.
Giuliani denied the damaging characterization of what happened.
"The Borat video is a complete fabrication. I was tucking in my shirt after taking off the recording equipment. At no time before, during, or after the interview was I ever inappropriate. If Sacha Baron Cohen implies otherwise he is a stone-cold liar," tweeted Giuliani.
He went on to quote the New York Post that called the accusation an "exaggeration through editing," and said that the episode was an attempt to smear him after he revealed what he allegedly found on Hunter Biden's laptop on Tuesday.
"This is an effort to blunt my relentless exposure of the criminality and depravity of Joe Biden and his entire family," he said in a third tweet.
"We are preparing much bigger dumps off of the hard drive from hell, of which Joe Biden will be unable to defend or hide from. I have the receipts," he added.
Giuliani said that he had delivered the laptop that was allegedly owned by Hunter Biden to the Delaware state police after claiming that he had seen evidence of criminality.
A spokesman for Delaware Attorney General Kathy Jennings told USA Today that they had obtained the laptop from the New Castle County Police Department, and then handed it over to the FBI for investigation.
"As we've seen in multiple reports, (the FBI) is looking into whether these claims are credible," said spokesman Mat Marshall. "In light of their investigation, we're referring it over to them now."
On Monday, Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe shot down claims from Democrats that the revelations over Hunter Biden's laptop were a part of a Russian disinformation campaign.
Here's more about the scandal surrounding Hunter Biden's laptop:


theblaze--2020-10-21--New York Post's Twitter account remains locked one week after publishing Hunter Biden laptop story

New York Post 's Twitter account remains locked one week after publishing Hunter Biden laptop story The social media platform @ @ @ @ @ delete 'multiple tweets ' sharing its exposé

The New York Post remains in "Twitter jail" one week after its account was locked down by the platform for sharing an explosive story about findings on a laptop purportedly owned by Hunter Biden, the son of Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden.
The newspaper says Twitter has refused to restore access to its account until the outlet deletes multiple posts sharing its reporting of the topic, despite the social media company apologizing for censoring the story after it was first published.
What are the details?
On Wednesday of last week, the Post published a story titled, "Smoking-gun email reveals how Hunter Biden introduced Ukrainian businessman to VP dad." Facebook quickly suppressed the story and Twitter began shutting down the accounts of anyone who shared the story, sparking outrage.
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey then apologized for how the situation was handled, and the company reversed its decision, allowing the Hunter Biden story to be shared again. But the outlet that broke the story still remains locked out.
The Post's deputy politics editor, Emma-Jo Morris, tweeted Wednesday, "7 days have passed since the Post published the first story in our Hunter Biden laptop exposé. We still cannot access @nypost Twitter account, despite @jack's apology."
As of this writing, the last tweet sent out from the Post's account is from Oct. 14 — the day they were shut down by the platform.
The Washington Examiner reported that "when asked on Wednesday, Twitter declined to comment or provide updates on the status of the New York Post's account." Twitter told Fox Business earlier this week that the Post "has been informed what is necessary to unlock their account."
According to the Post, they have been told by Twitter to delete multiple messages, but the newspaper refuses "to self-censor."
Anything else?
Meanwhile, Fox News asserted Wednesday that Alexander Hamilton, who founded the Post, "must be rolling over in his grave" due to Twitter's censorship of one of the nation's oldest newspapers while the platform still allows several highly controversial figures to tweet freely.
Fox noted that Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan, white nationalist Richard Spencer, Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khameni, O.J. Simpson, and Venezuelan socialist dictator Nicolas Maduro still enjoy active Twitter accounts — while the Post's remains shut down roughly two weeks before Election Day for covering stories pertaining to one of the two major U.S. presidential candidates.


theblaze--2020-10-21--Troy Aikman explains what he really meant when he was caught on a hot mic joking about NFL military

Troy Aikman explains what he really meant when he was caught on a hot mic joking about NFL military flyover @ @ @ @ @ patriot that loves this country ''

Fox NFL broadcaster Troy Aikman addressed the public outrage over a hot mic moment caught on video where he appeared to disparage a military flyover before the start of an NFL game on Sunday.
Aikman tweeted that he had a great respect for the military but found the flyover odd given that so few were in the stadium to appreciate it because of the coronavirus attendance restrictions.
"I love a flyover but It was odd to see one over a mostly empty stadium but I am an unwavering patriot that loves this country, has always respected our flag, supported the men and women in the armed forces as well as those in uniform who serve & protect and for anyone to suggest otherwise doesn't know me, my beliefs or what I have stood for my entire life," Aikman tweeted.
The controversial audio documented an interaction between Aikman and fellow game announcer Joe Buck before the game between the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Green Bay Packers.
"That's a lot of jet fuel just to do a little flyover," Aikman is heard saying on the recording.
"That's your hard-earned money and your tax dollars at work!" responded Buck.
"That stuff ain't happening with Kamala-Biden ticket. I'll tell you that right now, partner," Aikman replied.
Many people on social media excoriated the pair for the comments they took to be disparaging of the military while others took it to mean that Aikman was expressing support for the Biden presidential campaign. Still others, who dislike all military flyovers at sports games, agreed with the sentiment in the video.
Buck has not commented on the controversy since the video was published.
The Buccaneers went on to defeat the Packers, who were previously undefeated, by a score of 38-10.
Here's a news report about the flyover controversy:


theblaze--2020-10-21--DHS disputes report that government cannot reunite 545 separated migrant children with their parents

DHS disputes report that government can not reunite 545 separated migrant children with their parents 'This narrative has been dispelled @ @ @ @

A spokesman for the Department of Homeland Security on Wednesday disputed a report that the parents of 545 migrant children separated from their families at the U.S.-Mexico border cannot be found.
According to a report from NPR, court filings by the U.S. Justice Department and the American Civil Liberties Union indicate that 545 children separated under the Trump administration's "zero tolerance" policy have not been reunited with their families because the government cannot find their parents.
Under the controversial policy, the federal government attempted to prosecute each and every migrant who entered the United States illegally. As a result, thousands of migrant children who came to the United States illegally were separated from their parents or adult guardians while the government prosecuted the adults accompanying those minors.
The policy of separating migrant children from parents being prosecuted for crimes did not originate with the Trump administration and was in fact in place during the Obama administration. However, because the Trump administration attempted to prosecute every migrant who crossed the border illegally, more children were separated from their parents than under previous administrations.
In 2018, after a successful lawsuit from the American Civil Liberties Union, a federal court ordered the Trump administration to reunite the separated families and the policy was discontinued that year.
NPR reports that the court order mandating migrant families be reunited did not cover about 1,000 families separated by a 2017 pilot program and that the federal government has thus far been unable to locate over half of those parents.
The DHS claims this is a false narrative, and that in reality many of the parents contacted by the federal government did not want to be reunited with their children.
"This narrative has been dispelled on numerous occasions. DHS has taken every step to facilitate the reunification of these families where the parents wanted such reunification to occur," DHS spokesman Chase Jennings said in a statement.
"The simple fact is this: after contact has been made with the parents to reunite them with their children, many parents have refused. In the current litigation, for example, out of the parents of 485 children whom Plaintiffs' counsel has been able to contact, they have yet to identify a single family that wants their child reunited with them in their country of origin. The result is that the children remain in the U.S. while the parents remain in their home country. The reunification process is a whole-of-Government approach involving CBP, ICE, and HHS."
Jennings further disputed the NPR story on Twitter.
In response to the NPR story, several lawmakers and the Joe Biden presidential campaign condemned the Trump administration without addressing the rebuttal from DHS.
A statement from the Biden campaign called the NPR story's claims "an outrage, a moral failing, and a stain on our national character."
Rep. Jennifer Wexton (D-Va.), said it was "disgusting that this administration permanently separated families, leaving 545 children alone." Reps. Jason Crow (D-Colo.) and Judy Chu (D-Calif.) alsocriticized the Trump administration. Rep. Suzanne Bonamici (D-Ore.) said the Trump administration "had no plan for reunification before initiating this cruel & inhumane policy of child separation, and the damage it has done is immeasurable."
House Majority Leader Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) called the report "outrageous & unacceptable" and accused the Trump administration of xenophobia.
As did Rep. Andre Carson (D-Ind.).


theblaze--2020-10-21--'I don't give a damn whether they come voluntarily or under subpoena': Ted Cruz fights for tech CEO

'I don't give a damn whether they come voluntarily or under subpoena': Ted Cruz fights for tech CEO hearing BEFORE election

' I do n't give a damn whether they come voluntarily or under subpoena ' : Ted Cruz fights for @ @ @ @ @ 'They need to testify in person and answer questions for the American people '

The Senate Judiciary Committee was set to vote on subpoenas to compel Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg to testify on alleged censorship and bias across their platforms. But that all changed when Republican committee members "expressed reservation about the maneuver," Politico reports.
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), who chairs Judiciary's Subcommittee on the Constitution, was definitely not one of the committee members with cold feet. On the radio program Tuesday, he told Glenn Beck that he's fighting "vociferously" to ensure Dorsey and others testify before the Nov. 3 election.
"Jack Dorsey and Mark Zuckerberg are both going to testify. They're going to testify in person. They're going to testify before Election Day. That's what I think should happen," Cruz said. "That's what I'm fighting vociferously to happen. Right now, the companies are negotiating with the chairman's office to discuss terms to come voluntarily. I don't give a damn whether they come voluntarily or under subpoena. They need to testify in person and answer questions for the American people about why they are trying to steal this election, to suppress the free speech, and to censor the press."
The subpoenas would require Big Tech leaders to testify on the alleged "suppression and/or censorship" of two consecutive blockbuster stories from the New York Post. The first story was about emails that allegedly came from Hunter Biden's computer, which are currently being investigated by the FBI, and the second was based on additional emails that allegedly showed communist China directly offering millions of dollars to then-Vice President Joe Biden.
"Big Tech stepped in, and they've done something they've never done before," Cruz explained. "We know that Big Tech has been censoring individual conservatives, trying to suppress conservative speech. But the step they took here is, they blocked if any individual user tried to share either of the New York Post stories, [they] were blocked ... Sharing a news story, from a major media outlet is part of democracy, part of free speech. And not only that, they blocked the New York Post itself. Right now, today, the New York Post is not being allowed to post its own damn stories on corruption. This is ridiculous. It's a threshold that's never been crossed before, of Silicon Valley oligarchs declaring the authority to determine what the press is allowed to report, and who is allowed to see it."
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theblaze--2020-10-21--That rioter who bashed Seattle cop in back of head with bat? He allegedly bragged of being 'proud' o

That rioter who bashed Seattle cop in back of head with bat? He allegedly bragged of being 'proud' of attack, wanted to 'slit every SPD throat.'

That rioter who bashed Seattle cop in back of head with bat ?
He allegedly bragged of being 'proud ' @ @ @ @ @ 'slit every SPD throat . '
'Wish he did n't have a helmet on lol @

Readers of TheBlaze likely haven't forgotten about that Antifa-clad rioter caught on video bashing a Seattle police officer in the back of the head with a baseball bat last month.
Well, a suspect's finally been arrested — and one might say the stuff authorities have on him is as scary and sick as the video of his attack.
What are the details?
Jacob Greenberg, 19, has been charged with first-degree assault, first-degree attempted arson, and first-degree reckless burning, KOMO-TV reported. Jason Rantz noted in his piece for KTTH-AM that Greenberg is in jail. KOMO added that Greenberg is expected to enter a plea when he's arraigned Oct. 29.
More from KOMO:
Investigators said the charges filed against Greenberg include his alleged participation in setting fires in the city during the unrest as well as using a metal baseball bat to hit a Seattle officer in the head on Sept. 23. Authorities say the force from the blow caused the officer's helmet to crack.
'Basically a good kid'
Turns out he's also the stepson of former Democratic state representative Laura Ruderman, according to Rantz, who added that she used her political clout to convince a judge to lower the bail on his arson-related charges and release him to her custody.
"He is basically a good kid, straight 'A' student," Ruderman said. "I've served the state in the legislature; we will make sure he follows all the provision[s]."
Charging documents allege Greenberg and his accomplice Danielle McMillan "spent their time this fall plotting various assaults and fire bombings on police officers," Rantz added.
More from his KTTH piece:
The conversations between the two showed "a high degree of sophistication and planning for their attacks, identifying targets (Seattle Police Officer's Guild, East Precinct), itemizing the needs for set numbers of Molotov cocktails, calculating expected loss for failed bombs, and where to obtain supplies."
Greenberg and McMillan allegedly discussed "Molotov cocktail tattoos to memorialize their attacks," while "sharing news articles of their criminal activities with pride." Specifically, they said they were "proud of Greenberg" for his assault against the police officer.
They even communicated ways to "destroy evidence of their attack plans." They obviously failed at that.
During a late September search warrant execution at the home of Greenberg's parents where he lives, police seized two bats, including one aluminum bat, Rantz wrote, adding that police believe it was the same bat used to assault the officer.
Detectives also uncovered numerous texts to and from Greenberg, including some related to the assault on the officer, Rantz said.
Greenberg allegedly shared a KOMO story that shows the assault against the officer and texted to his friend McMillan, "I AM SO PISSED AT THE COPS!!! I [EXPLETIVE] WENT OFF ON THEM TONIGHT!" and "I'm proud too hehe. Wish he didn't have a helmet on lol," Rantz wrote.
Other Greenberg texts included, "And can we like pls slit every SPD throat," and "I want the whole damn system to just burn the [expletive] down!!! Btw I really like fire," Rantz said.
Anything else?
The King County Prosecutor's Office recommended Greenberg's bail set at $750,000, and a judge agreed, Rantz said, adding that a judge also agreed to $100,000 bail for McMillan.
(H/T: Hot Air)


theblaze--2020-10-21--Poll: A majority of voters support Amy Comey Barrett's confirmation after hearings

Barrett 's performance at the confirmation hearings seems to have won over America

Over the duration of her Supreme Court confirmation hearings, Judge Amy Coney Barrett earned the support of a majority of American voters, according to a new poll.
The latest Politico/Morning Consult poll shows that a majority of registered voters surveyed, 51%, said the Senate should vote to confirm her as a Supreme Court justice. Only 28% of those surveyed said the Senate should not vote to confirm her. About 1 in 5 voters, 21%, have no opinion on Barrett's confirmation.
Since Morning Consult began polling voters on Barrett's nomination in September, support for the judge has steadily grown. In September, only 37% of voters supported her confirmation to the Supreme Court. In early October that number grew to 46% of all voters and by mid-October it was 48%. Now at a 51% majority, support for Barrett has grown 14 points since her nomination was announced.
The biggest increase in support is among independent voters. On Sept. 26, only 28% of self-identified independents supported Barrett, while 31% of independents said they opposed the Senate voting to confirm Barrett. Now, 44% of independent voters support Barrett's confirmation and 24% oppose it.
Barrett even made strides with Democrats. While most Democrats still oppose her confirmation, in September only 14% said they supported her. Now, 32% of Democrats surveyed say they support a Senate vote to confirm Barrett, despite most voters expecting she will move the court in a more conservative direction.
"A slim majority of voters now back Senate confirmation of Judge Amy Coney Barrett to replace the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the Supreme Court — a level of support that has increased by double digits since President Trump nominated her last month," said Kyle Dropp, co-founder and president of Morning Consult. "Voters are also aware of the impact her confirmation could have on the court, as 54 percent believe her confirmation will make the Supreme Court at least somewhat more conservative."
The survey also asked voters if Congress should pass a law increasing the number of justices on the Supreme Court. Only 24% of voters support packing the court, while 47% of voters said Congress should only allow nine justices to serve on the court. And 29% of those surveyed did not have an opinion on the size of the court.
Judge Barrett is meeting with senators on Capitol Hill this week as the Senate Judiciary Committee prepares to vote to advance her nomination on Thursday. The full Senate is expected to vote to confirm Barrett on Monday, Oct. 26.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) last week indicated he believes Republicans have enough votes to confirm Barrett to the high court. Only Sens. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) and Susan Collins (R-Maine) have each said they don't believe the Senate should vote on a Supreme Court nomination before the Nov. 3 election.


theblaze--2020-10-21--Biden campaign takes down ad of wealthy Democratic donor posing as struggling small business owner

The campaign for Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden appears to have removed an online ad after it drew widespread scrutiny for misleading voters.
The campaign plug, which featured a wealthy Democratic donor posing as a small business owner struggling to stay afloat due President Trump's "COVID response," was reportedly taken down sometime between Tuesday night and Wednesday morning, according to the Daily Caller.
The ad, which was posted in TheBlaze's report on the news Tuesday, now reads "unavailable" and appears to be listed as "private." The Twitter account for Joe Malcoun, who co-owns "The Blind Pig" — the popular Ann Arbor, Michigan, live music venue featured in the ad — has also been made private.
What's the background?
"For 50 years, the Blind Pig has been open and crowded, but right now it's an empty room," Malcoun said in the video. "This is the reality of Trump's COVID response. We don't know how much longer we can survive not having any revenue. A lot of restaurants and bars that have been mainstays for years will not make it through this.
"This is Donald Trump's economy," he continued. "There's no plan and you don't know how to go forward. It makes me so angry. My only hope for my family, and for this business, and my community, is that Joe Biden wins this election."
It would later be revealed that Malcoun is not exactly representative of the many small business owners who have been decimated by the types of coronavirus-related lockdowns described in the ad.
To the contrary, Malcoun is actually a wealthy angel investor who donated $5,000 to the Biden campaign in July while the pandemic still raged on.
In an interview with a local news outlet in 2018, Malcoun described how he and his wife inherited a sizable sum of money after his wife's grandfather passed away. He said it was "like winning the lottery" and described money as "no object" ever since.
Besides being misleading, the ad was also incoherent in blaming Trump for the economic downturn even though the president has been generally opposed to lengthy lockdowns.
Democratic Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, on the other hand, has been regularly criticized for her strict pandemic guidelines, and former Vice President Biden recently suggested he'd implement a national lockdown if needed to combat the coronavirus.
Anything else?
One of the more amusing fallouts of the story's development has to be how cold California Democratic Rep. Eric Swalwell's take on the ad has become.
Swalwell tweeted on Sunday that the ad was the "best" of the election season.


theblaze--2020-10-21--Small landlords beg Illinois governor to stop giving freeloading, deadbeat tenants a pass

Have n't been paying rent since before the pandemic

Since the beginning of the pandemic, government officials have sought to prevent tenants who cannot pay their rent from being evicted during the crisis that saw millions of people land in unemployment lines.
President Donald Trump sought authority in the spring to ban evictions and foreclosures and authorized various federal agencies from the Department of Housing and Urban Development to the Centers for Disease Control to seek to enact policies protecting renters who were unable to make payments. And governors in various states have made similar moves.
But some important issues kept rearing their heads — only to be largely ignored.
What do we do about landlords who could lose their properties if tenants are no longer required to make rent payments?
What about tenants who were in arrears before the pandemic?
Now some small landlords in Illinois are begging their Democratic governor to stop giving a pass to freeloaders who are taking advantage of the pandemic, Chicago's WBBM-TV reported.
What are the landlords saying?
Over the weekend, Gov. JB Pritzker extended Illinois' eviction moratorium for another 30 days — and did so without offering any sort of relief to landlords, WBBM said Monday. The governor has repeatedly extended the moratorium since the spring.
Naturally, this did not sit well with several landlords who rely on rental income for their livelihoods and to cover the costs of the property they own that's being rented.
Property owners told WBBM they want to know why Pritzker is letting longtime deadbeat tenants to continue living in their apartments rent-free.
And they want the governor to let them evict tenants who were scheduled to be tossed before the pandemic.
One landlord, Linda Villareal, told WBBM she has tenants who have not paid rent since last fall.
"And then the pandemic hit," she said, "and then nothing's happened."
Image source: WBBM-TV video screenshot
Villareal pointed out that the government has protected renters' financial well-being due to job losses from the coronavirus outbreak but has done essentially nothing to protect her and her fellow landlords' wallets, WBBM said.
"Now they think they can live there for free forever," she told the outlet. "I feel like I'm being taken advantage of."
According to Villareal, her tenants have jobs, have purchased a pool and a trampoline, but have refused to pay rent — and now she worries that she could face foreclosure on her rental property.
Paul Arena of the Illinois Rental Property Owners Association told WBBM that stories like Villareal's have become common among the 15,000 small businesses he represents.
Arena's group has asked the governor for an exceptions for renters who were not paying before the pandemic, but he has yet to get an answer from the governor one way or the other.
WBBM said it also reached out to the governor's office but has received only radio silence.


theblaze--2020-10-21--Rose McGowan comes out swinging against 'liberal intellectuals' defending Jeffrey Toobin's masturbat

Rose McGowan comes out swinging against 'liberal intellectuals' defending Jeffrey Toobin's masturbation scandal

Rose McGowan comes out swinging against 'liberal intellectuals ' defending Jeffrey Toobin 's masturbation scandal

Actress and activist Rose McGowan — who was instrumental in bringing down embattled film producer Harvey Weinstein — blasted "liberal 'intellectuals'" defending reporter and CNN chief legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin.
Toobin was suspended from the New Yorker on Monday after reportedly being caught masturbating during a work-related Zoom video call.
Among those who seem to be defending Toobin is CNN cohort Brian Stelter, who complained that Toobin was "sidelined" during a pivotal time ahead of the 2020 presidential election.
What are the details?
In a scathing tweet, McGowan said that if a woman were caught in the same position that Toobin's co-workers reportedly discovered him, they would be "burned at the stake."
"Can you all imagine if a conservative woman was caught masturbating on an [sic] @zoom meeting like #MeToobin? If it had been a liberal woman? If it had been a WOC [woman of color]? ... [D]o you think there'd be liberal 'intellectuals' rising to defend her? She'd be burned at the stake," McGowan tweeted.
McGowan's tweet was in response to remarks from attorney and legal personality, The Young Turks' Adrienne Law.
Law wrote, "With #MeTooBin trending, I have a few thoughts: 1. Masturbating at work is neither normal nor acceptable — it's sexual harassment. 2. Individuals who engage in sexual harassment should suffer professional consequences. 3. These Toobin defenders are telling on themselves."
'I made an embarrassingly stupid mistake'
Toobin, 60, apologized for the embarrassing gaffe, and said that he didn't realize he was visible — or audible — on Zoom.
He also announced a leave from CNN following the scandal.
"I made an embarrassingly stupid mistake, believing I was off-camera. I apologize to my wife, family, friends, and co-workers," Toobin admitted. "I believed I was not visible on Zoom. I thought no one on the Zoom call could see me. I thought I had muted the Zoom video."


theblaze--2020-10-21--'Peanuts' holiday specials will not appear on network TV for the first time in decades, thanks to Ap

'Peanuts' holiday specials will not appear on network TV for the first time in decades, thanks to Apple — and folks are furious

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The year 2020 has brought us the coronavirus, rioting, massive unemployment, social separation, fighting in the streets, a presidential campaign from hell — and now a small asteroid may hit Earth the day before the election. One can only hope, right?
So if you were counting on a little respite from the madness — you know, like the "Peanuts" holiday specials that air on network TV every year — well, 2020 will continue to break your hearts.
Huh?
Since Apple TV+ acquired exclusive rights to the entire library of Charles Schulz's animated specials, for the first time since 1965 those "Peanuts" specials — "It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown," "A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving," and "A Charlie Brown Christmas" — can be seen only on Apple TV+, FaithWire reported.
That's right. No more of Snoopy dancing on regular TV.
The outlet said the agreement is part of a plan between Apple and Wildbrain, Peanuts Worldwide, and Lee Mendelson Film Productions.
Each of the three specials will be available for free for a few days on Apple TV+: the Halloween special is accessible for free from Oct. 30-Nov. 1, the Thanksgiving special from Nov. 25-27, and the Christmas show from Dec. 11-13, FaithWire said.
Apple also said it's creating additional "Peanuts" specials to celebrate Mother's Day, Earth Day, New Year's Eve, and the back-to-school season at the end of summer, the outlet noted.
How are folks reacting?
As you can imagine, Twitter is abuzz with venom over the move. Users are accusing the powers that be of selling out, denying the joy the specials bring to families and individuals who don't have internet access, and for squelching a tradition that has put the country on the same page — even for just a little while — when we're already so polarized:
"@ABCNetwork Why do you hate everyone? Did you just feel like 2020 wasn't bad enough so you needed to make it worse? Because you succeeded. So...congratulations???" one commenter asked.
"2020 BLOWWWWS!!!" another user noted. "The point of having them on network TV is the country coming together and watching at the same time. That's being taken from us. The 'Peanuts' specials are one of the very FEW things that brings US together."
"Decades of people sharing this with generations of children, the love and feeling it brings to those that make it a tradition and you sell out for AppleTV? What the hell?" another commenter said. "Screw AppleTV. I can't believe you took this from people."
And, of course:


theblaze--2020-10-21--Prosecutor says he will not charge homeowner who reportedly assaulted teens who stole his 'Thin Blue

Prosecutor says he will not charge homeowner who reportedly assaulted teens who stole his 'Thin Blue Line' flag

Prosecutor says he will not charge homeowner who reportedly assaulted teens who stole his 'Thin Blue Line ' flag

A prosecutor in Washington state has declined to charge a man who reportedly assaulted teens who allegedly damaged and stole a 'Thin Blue Line' flag from his home.
According to the Port Townsend Leader, the incident took place on Aug. 6.
What are the details?
Three unnamed teenagers allegedly visited the home of a Port Townsend man in August, where they allegedly took his 'Thin Blue Line' flag.
The man, who said he witnessed the theft, began to chase the teens and ended up pinning one of them to the ground in an attempt to get back his flag.
An incident report from the Port Townsend police described the moments that followed:
"He then began beating on her while she was on the ground and yelling at them. [He] then took their skateboards and walked back to his residence with [the male's] phone after they followed him back," a portion of the report read.
The report also noted that the male teen "had blood on his arm and possibly an injured nose," and that there was visible blood on the female teen's clothing.
The unnamed 48-year-old homeowner told authorities, "I ran up to them, took my flag back, took their stuff. I ran up behind her, took her down, took my flag and said, 'Who do you think you are taking my stuff off my property?' I said, 'I'm going to take your stuff, you can see what it's like to have your stuff taken.'"
Authorities arrested him on charges of second-degree robbery after it was reported that he had taken two of the teens' skateboards as well as a cellphone belonging to one of the kids.
However, Jefferson County Prosecuting Attorney James Kennedy told the arresting officer in an Aug. 7 email that he was "declining to charge" the homeowner with any offenses.
What is being said now?
In remarks issued on Oct. 9, Kennedy said that everyone involved in the situation exhibited "bad behavior."
"The two individuals who stole his flag should not have done that, and they committed a crime when they did that," he explained. "The law does allow for limited applications of force in defense of property, which I am certain [the homeowner] would have argued."
Kennedy explained, "At first, it sounded like the force he applied may have been excessive — some of the reports that we looked at sounded like that might have been the case — but when I looked at the photographs, I didn't see any indications of injuries that were the result of excessive force. I don't think that we reasonably could've obtained a verdict beyond a reasonable doubt at trial."
He concluded, "The case against [the homeowner] is muddy; the case against the two juveniles is not at all. I could've just as easily brought cases against them. They clearly stole his flag without any sort of legal justification whatsoever."


theblaze--2020-10-21--Viral 'nodding lady' from Trump town hall says her employees are getting hate mail because she suppo

Viral 'nodding lady' from Trump town hall says her employees are getting hate mail because she supports the president

Viral 'nodding lady ' from Trump town hall says her employees are getting hate mail because she supports the president @ @ @ @ @ calling my employees so they quit '

The woman who went viral for sitting behind President Donald Trump and vigorously nodding in agreement during a nationally televised town hall last week says her employees have been receiving hateful messages since the Oct. 15 event.
Mayra Joli, a Miami immigration lawyer and former independent candidate for Congress, became known on social media as the "nodding lady" after clips of her enthusiastic support for President Trump during an NBC News town hall last Thursday were widely shared.
In an interview with Fox News, Joli, herself an immigrant from the Dominican Republic, described how she and her employees at her law firm have been receiving hateful messages because of her support for Trump.
"Nobody can call an employer to fire me," Joli said. "What they're doing is calling my employees so they quit."
"They start sending other [messages] saying, 'I can't believe you're working for that person. I thought you were better,'" she added. "I am a fighter, but [my employees] have a private life. They aren't used to this commotion."
Her law firm has also been targeted in online reviews, Fox News reports, with several people leaving one-star reviews without comment.
Joli said the negative attention doesn't bother her and that she'd support President Trump even if no one supported her.
"Somebody's going to see that review, then see the career I've led helping people, so I don't need that client," Joli said.
She said her own experiences as an immigrant inspired her to help others through the naturalization process to become American citizens. Though Trump was elected in 2016 on a platform of cracking down on illegal immigration, Joli says she tells her clients that their problems with immigration aren't the president's fault. She also said that since Trump was elected more illegal immigrants have come to her for help legalizing their immigration status.
"They were coming to me, telling me, 'I want to fix my situation because of Donald Trump.' I told them, 'No, you want to fix your situation because of you.' The fact that Donald Trump is the president means nothing because with or without Donald Trump ... nothing will change. It just prolongs your agony. You have to find a way to fix it, and that's why attorneys are there," she said.
"With Donald Trump, he showed people they have to carry their own weight; they have to make themselves responsible for their pasts, their presents and their futures," she added. "The clientele, now, is more proactive."
Joli said she came to support Trump in 2016 after previously supporting Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton. The constant attacks on Trump made her curious about what he really had to say.
"The more they trashed him, the more I wanted to find out more about him, and I've been supporting him since. The rest is history," Joli said. "Donald Trump taught me that I cannot just be silent, and I have to think for myself."


theblaze--2020-10-21--Vandals repeatedly destroy one man's Trump campaign signs, so he executes a brilliant, immovable bac

Vandals repeatedly destroy one man's Trump campaign signs, so he executes a brilliant, immovable backup plan

Vandals repeatedly destroy one man 's Trump campaign signs , so he executes a brilliant , immovable backup plan Innovative @ @ @ @

Vandals couldn't stop Tennessee man Adrian Powell from showing his support of President Donald Trump even when they repeatedly tore down his campaign signs.
Powell abandoned the flimsy signs after vandals refused to let them stand and instead erected a massive pro-Trump display consisting of hay bales in his yard where the signs previously stood.
What are the details?
According to Fox News, Powell, a Red Boiling Springs resident, crafted the hay bale tribute to the president after vandals cut down at least six Trump 2020 campaign signs.
Painting an American flag motif across a stack of hay bales, Powell crafted an effigy of President Donald Trump, complete with blonde hair and a red tie.
Across the display, he painted "Trump 2020."
According to WZTV-TV, Powell does not plan to press charges against those vandals who repeatedly damaged his signs, though destroying Trump signs and flags is nothing new these days.
Similar acts of destruction have taken place all across the nation in the days and weeks leading up to Nov. 3's general election
On Thursday, an elderly man confronted a vandal bent on destroying a pro-Trump flag hanging off of a building's balcony. When the elderly man left the scene, the vandal tore down another similar flag.
Earlier this month, a suspect punched a Massachusetts woman through her SUV window — reportedly because she didn't agree with the woman's pro-Trump flags.
Several weeks ago in New Jersey, a teacher hysterically demanded that a student take down a pro-Trump flag that was hanging in the background of the student's home during a virtual classroom lesson.
Earlier this month, anti-Trump vandals went on a campaign sign-stealing spree in an Arizona neighborhood.
In August, an elderly newspaper deliveryman in Pennsylvania reportedly told police that he set fire to a pro-Trump flag on his route because it made him angry, and in a separate incident, thugs attacked a Wisconsin man and his daughter for having the audacity to fly a pro-Trump flag from their camper.


theblaze--2020-10-21--Illegal immigrant in Houston allegedly shoots and kills one police officer and wounds another

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An illegal immigrant in Houston is in custody after reportedly shooting and killing one police officer and wounding another after the two officers responded to a domestic violence call Tuesday.
What are the details?
According to KHOU-TV, the suspect, Elmer Manzano-Martinez, 51, has a lengthy and violent criminal record and was the subject of two domestic violence reports submitted to the Houston Police Department in the week preceding Tuesday's incident.
In one of them filed on Sunday, Manzano-Martinez's estranged wife reportedly told police her "ex-husband was walking around with a gun" and she was "in fear of her life" because "she didn't know what her ex-husband will do to her."
On Tuesday morning, Manzano-Martinez allegedly opened fire on the two officers, Sgt. Harold Preston and Officer Courtney Waller, while they talked with his ex-wife in the parking lot of their apartment complex.
Preston, 65, a 41-year veteran of the force, would later succumb to his injuries, but Waller is expected to survive. Manzano-Martinez sustained a gunshot wound to the abdomen and his 14-year-old son was also shot during the firefight.
KTVT-TV reported that Manzano-Martinez was taken to the hospital following the incident and is listed in stable condition.
Police: 1 Houston Officer Dead, Another Injured Before Shooting Suspect's Arrest youtu.be
Following his arrest Tuesday, U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement lodged an immigration detainer request with the Houston Police Department and confirmed that Manzano-Martinez, a citizen of El Salvador, is "unlawfully present in the U.S."
ICE lodges detainer requests with state and local police departments when there is probable cause to believe that an arrested individual is a removable alien.
What else?
In a news conference following the Preston's death, Houston Police Chief Art Acevedo said, "We've lost just a wonderful human being. He is leading with men and women on streets, instead of choosing to sit in an office drinking coffee and reading the paper. That is the man he was — he is a man who lived with elderly parents to take care of them. As good as he was as a cop, he was a better human being, that is just the guy that he was and we are going to miss him."
Acevedo added in a tweet that those who knew Preston "knew him to be a wonderful, courageous, and humble servant, from an amazing family."
The Houston Police Department also posted on Twitter asking members of the community to continue praying for Waller as he recovers in the hospital.


theblaze--2020-10-21--Democrats seem to think that President Trump has done too little AND too much to fight the coronavir

Democrats seem to think that President Trump has done too little AND too much to fight the coronavirus pandemic You @ @ @ @ @ ways .

If Democrats do take back both the White House and the Senate, as they stand a real chance of doing, the most important decision they will face in the short term is how to confront the coronavirus pandemic, which will still be ongoing to at least some degree.
Based on the attacks they have leveled against President Trump, they don't have the slightest clue what they would do differently, nor can they keep their story straight about what Trump has done wrong.
On the one hand, Democrats have repeatedly bashed Trump for not doing enough to stop the pandemic. They have criticized him endlessly for not instituting a nationwide mandatory lockdown, for not instituting a nationwide mandatory mask mandate, for supporting states that allowed some businesses to reopen early, and in general for encouraging Americans to get back to work and not allow fear of the pandemic to control their lives.
On the other hand, they have — especially in recent days — criticized Trump for the unavoidable economic impacts of the lockdown measures that they have been saying for months were too weak. For example, the Biden campaign released an ad showing a fake struggling small business owner complaining about the effect of the lockdowns on the music venue he owns, which is somewhat bizarre considering that Democrats have complained since businesses started reopening in late May that businesses were reopening too soon and Trump ought to be stopping them.
Former Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton took much the same tack on Twitter Wednesday:
Well, Democrats, which is it? Should we have extended the lockdowns and business closures longer, as you've been claiming for months, or should we not have had them at all so that people didn't have to lose their jobs and small businesses?
Many people — including yours truly — have been saying for months that the lockdowns would cause economic effects that would likely claim as many lives or more than the pandemic itself. Democrats freaked out over this proposition to such an insane degree that social media companies will now blacklist you for even suggesting it.
A Nobel Prize winner in chemistry has found himself persona non grata in his field because he has dared to attempt to quantify how many lives will be lost due to lockdown measures that are, as of this day, being continually extended by Democratic governors and mayors.
Kudos, I suppose, are due to Mrs. Clinton for recognizing that most of the new poverty we are seeing is not the result of some bizarre accident but rather the result of purposeful action; however, that does raise the question of whether Clinton, Joe Biden, and the rest of the Democrats are now suddenly saying that the lockdowns were a mistake and should never have happened.
If so, they should have the courage to say it so that a national consensus on that front can emerge. If not, they should be able to offer some suggestion as to how massive unemployment and poverty were supposed to NOT happen after the government told the vast majority of businesses that they had to close and remain closed for months.
Democrats have been saying for months that Trump is to blame for both sides of the coin. The American people deserve to know what they would do differently.
Perhaps an enterprising debate moderator could ask the Democratic nominee this question Thursday night, since it is probably the last time Biden will be seen in public before the election. But I won't be holding my breath.


theblaze--2020-10-21--Minneapolis residents sue city over police shortages amid violent crime wave: 'We want law and order

Minneapolis residents sue city over police shortages amid violent crime wave: 'We want law and order'

Minneapolis residents sue city over police shortages amid violent crime wave : 'We want law and order '

Minneapolis residents, angry over the surge of violent crime in their city, have decided that enough is enough.
According to KMSP-TV, eight residents have sued the city over what they say is insufficient policing that has left residents fearing for their lives amid the violent crime wave. In fact, the lawsuit claims there are currently fewer sworn officers employed with the Minneapolis Police Department than what is required by the city charter.
More from KMSP:
The group of petitioners questioned city leaders about the number of police officers currently deployed across the city. They contend the MPD has fallen below the minimum thresholds required in the city's charter because of the number of officers who have either gone out on some type of leave or quit since the deadly Memorial Day arrest.
Minneapolis police officers found the riots following George Floyd's death on May 25 so traumatic, in fact, that as of July, about 200 officers, or 20% of the city's police force, had applied to leave the force, the New York Times reported.
And apparently, the city is not in a hurry to find replacements.
"We are here because of people's safety. We want law and order. We want reform. But we are in this city to say, enough is enough," one plaintiff, Cathy Spann, said at a news conference.
"We have made the emotional appeal," former City Council member Don Samuels said. "We have demonstrated the statistical uptick and now this is the legal action we are exercising because it seems as if the City Council cannot hear us and doesn't feel what we feel."
For its part, the city of Minneapolis said the police department currently meets staffing requirements, and have asked for the lawsuit to be thrown out.
What's the background?
The Minneapolis City Council — comprised of 12 Democrats and zero Republicans — used the Minneapolis Police Department as a scapegoat following Floyd's tragic death.
The council promised residents to abolish the police department and establish an alternative system of community policing. But they quickly learned that inflammatory rhetoric doesn't translate to functional policy.
As the crime wave began to plague residents, the city council, in the wake of their anti-police rhetoric, were left asking, "Where are the police?"
Then, just last month, City Council members that once demanded the abolition of the police department began to backtrack.
City Council member Andrew Johnson said the promise was made "in spirit," Council member Phillipe Cunningham claimed their rhetoric was "up for interpretation," and Council President Lisa Bender said, "I think our pledge created confusion in the community and in our wards," the New York Times reported.
Still, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, a Democrat, released next year's budget last month; it includes $14 million in police budget cuts.