theblaze--2020-03-05--Hundreds of Chinese nationals have been caught this year illegally crossing the US-Mexico border

More than 300 Chinese nationals have been apprehended trying to illegally enter the United States through the southern border in 2020, and the acting head of the Department of Homeland Security said the border could be a potential vulnerability for the spread of coronavirus, according to the Washington Times.
The coronavirus, also known as COVID-19, originated in China and has infected tens of thousands and killed thousands of people there. Now that it is spreading worldwide, including in the United States and Mexico, the potential for further spread adds another layer to the issue of border security.
What's the issue?
Thousands of migrants are caught attempting to illegally enter the United States through the border with Mexico every week, and many more certainly make it in undetected. Just this year, 328 of them have been from China. Coronavirus originated in China in December, and became a world public health emergency shortly after its discovery.
Many Chinese illegal immigrants attempt to get in the U.S. through official border crossing checkpoints by being smuggled concealed in cars. Chad Wolf, the acting secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, said that presents a problem for coronavirus containment efforts. From the Washington Times:
Acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad F. Wolf raised the issue Tuesday with the House Homeland Security Committee, saying that illegal immigration presents a unique threat compared to legal travelers from China, who are being screened on arrival.
"The individuals that are coming in at our 11 airports that are being funneled, we have very good information of their travel history, of their medical history. We're not going to have that same set of fidelity for the individuals if this continues to grow at the southwest border," he said.
There is a small but growing number of coronavirus cases in Mexico, and Wolf is also concerned that a potential reversal of the policy that requires asylum-seekers to wait in Mexico rather than be released into the United States could make things worse for U.S. coronavirus control efforts.


theblaze--2020-03-05--Washington city adopts noise ordinance aimed at pro-life protests

'We know that this is about one thing ; making it harder for people to hear the truth about abortion @

Earlier this week, a city council in Washington state approved a noise ordinance aimed a quieting pro-life protests outside of a Planned Parenthood clinic, which pro-life activists say is a violation of their First Amendment rights.
According to the Spokesman-Review, the Spokane City Council voted 6-1 to pass a new noise ordinance after facing pressure to address the sound of pro-life protests outside a local Planned Parenthood clinic:
Council members who supported the measure stressed that it was not intended to restrict protesters' rights to march, hold signs and pray.
"All we're asking is that you keep the noise down to a reasonable level," said Councilwoman Karen Stratton.
Councilwoman Betsy Wilkerson, who co-sponsored the measure, said, "When noise outside your health care facility disrupts, prevents, or interferes with your ability to receive health care, it's completely unacceptable," according to KREM-TV.
The measure was proposed in part, the Associated Press note, because a pro-life group called the Church at Planned Parenthood has "regular gatherings" of demonstrators "who sing and pray outside of the clinic's walls" at events that "can draw hundreds of people."
However, Councilman Michael Cathcart — who cast the lone vote against the new ordinance — told the Spokesman-Review that he objected to the bill because noise is subjective and "it's too hard to interpret who's causing the noise," as well as a provision that would allow patients to sue protesters. The newspaper also noted that Cathcart was jeered by pro-abortion activists at the meeting.
According to city council documents, a first violation of the ordinance would result in a civil penalty with escalating criminal penalties for continued infractions that start with a $500 fine and/or 24 hours in jail.
Paul Dillon, a spokesperson for Planned Parenthood of Greater Washington and North Idaho, called the measure's passage a "major victory" in a statement to KREM and said that the organization was looking forward "to the implementation and enforcement of the new changes to the noise ordinance with respect to health care facilities."
Naturally, pro-lifers are concerned about what the new law will mean for their ability to speak out for the unborn.
A recent blog post from Students for Life of America lamented that "the city will now be empowered to use police officers to shut up the hundreds of pro-life Christians who regularly pray outside a local Planned Parenthood abortion facility."
In the post, SFLA's Washington Regional Coordinator Karlie Lodjic said that the ordinance "specifically targets" pro-lifers with the goal to keep them quiet.
"We know that this is about one thing; making it harder for people to hear the truth about abortion and what happens inside abortion facilities every day," Lodjic added. "This is a clear and direct assault on the First Amendment."


theblaze--2020-03-05--ABA rips Chuck Schumer for threatening that conservative Supreme Court justices 'will pay the price'

ABA rips Chuck Schumer for threatening that conservative Supreme Court justices 'will pay the price' for pro-life rulings

ABA rips Chuck Schumer for threatening that conservative Supreme Court justices 'will pay the price ' for pro-life rulings The @ @ @ @ @ troubled ' by Schumer 's rant against Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) has denied he threatened Supreme Court Justices Brett Kavanaugh and Neil Gorsuch at a pro-abortion rally on Wednesday, but the country's leading organization of lawyers and jurists is not buying it.
In a statement, the American Bar Association declared it was "deeply troubled" by Schumer's impassioned rant aimed at two of the court's conservative jurists.
"The American Bar Association is deeply troubled by today's statements from the Senate Minority Leader threatening two sitting justices of the U.S. Supreme Court over their upcoming votes in a pending case," ABA President Judy Perry Martinez said. "Whatever one thinks about the merits of an issue before a court, there is no place for threats — whether real or allegorical."
The ABA added: "Personal attacks on judges by any elected officials, including the President, are simply inappropriate. Such comments challenge the reputation of the third, co-equal branch of our government; the independence of the judiciary; and the personal safety of judicial officers. They are never acceptable."
Schumer's comments are 'not only inappropriate, they are dangerous'
At a rally outside the Supreme Court Wednesday while the court heard arguments in an abortion case, Schumer threatened that Gorsuch and Kavanaugh would "pay the price" if they ruled incorrectly. In his speech, Schumer called out the two associate justices by name and declared: "I want to tell you, Gorsuch. I want to tell you, Kavanaugh. You have released the whirlwind and you will pay the price!"
In a rare public statement, Chief Justice John Roberts slammed the New York Democrat's comments, saying they are "not only inappropriate, they are dangerous."
"All Members of the Court will continue to do their job, without fear or favor, from whatever quarter," Roberts added.
Schumer now denies making the threat, but it is on video
A spokesman for Schumer responded to Roberts by accusing him of political bias and engaging in a "deliberate misinterpretation" of the New York Democrat's comments, arguing they were aimed at Republican lawmakers who oppose abortion, not at Gorsuch and Kavanaugh.
Schumer's spokesman also accused Roberts of "remaining silent when President Trump attacked Justices [Sonia] Sotomayor and [Ruth Bader] Ginsburg last week, shows Justice Roberts does not just call balls and strikes."
The denials issued by Schumer's office strain credulity because his attacks against the two justices were caught on video. "You have released the whirlwind and you will pay the price" is clearly prefaced by "I want to tell you, Gorsuch. I want to tell you, Kavanaugh."
On Thursday, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell accused Schumer of trying "to gaslight the entire country" by denying what he said.
"At the very best his comments were astonishing, reckless and completely irresponsible, and clearly as the chief justice stated in a rare and extraordinary rebuke they were 'dangerous,' because no matter the intention, words carrying the apparent threat of violence can have horrific unintended consequences," McConnell said.


theblaze--2020-03-05--After a series of disappointing finishes, Elizabeth Warren ends her presidential bid

After a series of disappointing finishes , Elizabeth Warren ends her presidential bid Another one bites the dust

Once a front-runner in the Democratic nominating contest, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) has dropped out of the presidential race, multiple outlets reported Thursday.
Last fall, the Massachusetts senator was polling near the top of the field and looked to be a strong contender for the Democratic nomination, but her chances quickly faded as voters began to cast ballots in the early voting contests.
After a series of disappointing finishes in Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada, and South Carolina, Warren limped her way to the biggest day on the Democratic primary calendar, Super Tuesday. With 1,357 delegates up for grabs on the big day, Warren once again underperformed expectations, failing to win any of the 14 states holding primary contests. The bad night included an embarrassing third-place finish in her home state.
Following the weak showing on Tuesday, Warren reportedly flew home to reassess her campaign with staff, despite simultaneously urging supporters to "keep up the momentum." Nonetheless, Warren evidently concluded there was no path forward for her candidacy.
As of Thursday morning, Warren's total pledged delegate count sat at 65, lagging considerably behind Biden's 596 and Sanders' 531.
Warren ran a progressive campaign supposedly aimed at bucking the wealthy and the elites from power and wiping out corruption in Washington, but in the end she was unable to find a viable lane between former Vice President Joe Biden and the left-wing democratic socialist Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.).


theblaze--2020-03-05--Just 15 days after pot was legalized in Illinois, a man allegedly shot his would-be dealer after she

Just 15 days after pot was legalized in Illinois, a man allegedly shot his would-be dealer after she refused to let him smell what she was selling

Just 15 days after pot was legalized in Illinois , a man allegedly shot his would-be dealer after she refused @ @ @ @ @ she was selling

An Illinois man has been charged with fatally shooting a woman he arranged to buy marijuana from on Facebook after the victim refused to let him smell it, prosecutors say, according to the Chicago Sun-Times.
The alleged crime took place just 15 days after the recreational sale of marijuana was legalized in the state.
Terrell Vining, 18, was arrested on first-degree murder charges in the shooting that killed Sasha Moore, 20, at a South Side Chicago gas station in January. The two had arranged to meet there to complete the drug deal, according to records from Facebook.
Vining, using the name "Chris Paul," reportedly contacted Moore on Facebook after she advertised on the social media platform that she had weed to sell. After initially picking a different location, Vining eventually set up the meeting at the gas station on 83rd and Halsted streets.
Surveillance cameras videos showed Vining waiting at a nearby gas station before the meeting, prosecutors said.
Moore, along with her boyfriend, arrived at the gas station shortly after midnight, at which point, Vining stuck his head inside the car and asked to smell the marijuana before purchasing it, authorities said. When Moore refused, Vining allegedly pulled out a handgun and shot her in the head.
After the initial gunshot, Moore's boyfriend was able to reach his foot over to the gas pedal and drive off as Vining reportedly fired two more shots at the car. Moore was taken to a nearby hospital and was pronounced dead.
Moore's boyfriend was able to get away safely and later provided police with Vining's Facebook account, which contained photos of Vining that he had uploaded. He was also able to identify Vining in a photo array, prosecutors said.
According to an assistant public defender assigned to Vining, the suspect was working part-time and living with his mother while enrolled as a senior at a downtown charter high school.
His next court date is set for March 23.


theblaze--2020-03-05--Study finds Chinese social media apps have been censoring coronavirus info for months

Information about the coronavirus — formally known as COVID-19 — has been censored for months on a pair of Chinese-based social media platforms, and that may have made the spread of the disease worse, according to new research.
According to a study published Tuesday by the University of Toronto's interdisciplinary research body, Citizenlab, the Chinese social media apps YY and WeChat have been censoring various keywords related to the coronavirus outbreak since Dec. 31 and Jan. 1, respectively.
Ultimately, the researchers found that the censorship included information about the virus as well as critical and neutral references to government officials and their handling of the outbreak.
"On December 31, 2019, a day after Dr. Li Wenliang and seven others warned of the COVID-19 outbreak in WeChat groups, YY added 45 keywords to its blacklist, all of which made references to the then unknown virus that displayed symptoms similar to SARS (the deadly Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome epidemic that started in southern China and spread globally in 2003)," the study found. After sounding the alarm, Li was reprimanded by police for his efforts and later died of the virus.
When it comes to censorship on WeChat, the researchers found that the number of blacklisted keywords actually increased over time.
"Between January 1 and February 15, 2020, we found 516 keyword combinations directly related to COVID-19 that were censored in our scripted WeChat group chat. The scope of keyword censorship on WeChat expanded in February 2020," according to the paper. "Between January 1 and 31, 2020, 132 keyword combinations were found censored in WeChat. Three hundred and eight-four new keywords were identified in a two week testing window between February 1 and 15."
The researchers added that 192 of those keyword combinations reference high-level Chinese officials, the bulk of which refer to the country's leader, Xi Jinping.
The research pointed out that the censorship on the video-streaming based YY platform takes places on the client side, meaning that the keyword screening happens in the app itself. Alternatively, censorship on the WeChat messaging app goes through a server managed by the platform's parent company, Tencent, which searches for blacklisted keywords.
As to the source of the censorship, the study hinted that the companies were likely pressured to implement the blacklists by the country's authoritarian regime.
Two medical studies in January found that the worldwide infection numbers, which are largely driven by the Chinese government numbers, were too low.
"Leaked directives and previous research show that Chinese social media companies receive greater government pressure around critical or sensitive events," the study found. "While it is not known what specific directives on COVID-19 may have been sent down from the government to social media companies, our research suggests that companies received official guidance on how to handle it as early as December 2019 when the spread of the disease was first made public."
Of course, this once again raises questions about how much Beijing is trying to hide about this outbreak, which has predominately affected China while spreading to scores of other countries around the globe. After seeing reports of medical studies and whistleblowers that say the infection numbers are actually higher than the country has reported, a new report of online censorship likely only serve to increase public skepticism of the regime's honesty.


theblaze--2020-03-05--Bernie Sanders says he will drop out if Joe Biden has more delegates by the convention — even if he

Bernie Sanders says he will drop out if Joe Biden has more delegates by the convention — even if he doesn't have the majority

Bernie Sanders says he will drop out if Joe Biden has more delegates by the convention — even if he @ @ @ @ @ He does n't want the superdelegates deciding

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) will drop out of the Democratic primary if, by the time of the Democratic National Convention, former Vice President Joe Biden has a plurality of delegates, Sanders told MSNBC's Rachel Maddow on Wednesday.
What's this about?
Democratic primary candidates need a majority (1,991 delegates) in order to secure the nomination. Projections have shown throughout the primary so far that there is a significant chance that no candidate gets that many.
If no candidate gets a majority, the primary goes to a second ballot. Superdelegates can vote on the second ballot. Superdelegates make up about 15% of all delegates, and can include major elected officials, former presidents or vice presidents, and prominent members of the Democratic National Committee.
So what is Sanders saying?
Sanders is saying he will concede the nomination to Biden, even if Biden only has a plurality, rather than a majority, of delegates. In doing so, Sanders said he would forfeit a chance to win the nomination through a contested convention because he doesn't want a person with fewer votes potentially winning the nomination.
"I think it would be a real, real disaster for the Democratic Party," Sanders said of a contested convention. "People would say 'the person who won the most votes didn't get selected.' Not a good idea."
Why would he do this?
On one hand, you could view this as Sanders sticking to his dislike of superdelegates and his loyalty to the will of the people. More likely, however, Sanders is probably just trying to set a standard for the convention that he hopes Biden will follow if Sanders enters the convention with a plurality.
The truth is, if Biden enters the convention with a plurality and Sanders pushes it to the second ballot, Biden would likely win most of the superdelegates and get the nomination anyway because he's the establishment candidate. Sanders conceding would just make that process easier. But if Sanders, who is openly hostile to the Democratic establishment, enters with a plurality and Biden pushes it to a second ballot, there's a significant chance that Sanders will have the nomination taken from him.
Right now, Biden has 596 delegates and Sanders has 531. Biden has all the momentum right now, having won 581 of his 596 delegates in the past seven days with big wins in South Carolina and on Super Tuesday.


theblaze--2020-03-05--Trump supporters locked out of Bojangles' restaurant following president's rally. Manager who made d

Trump supporters locked out of Bojangles' restaurant following president's rally. Manager who made decision now out of a job.

Trump supporters locked out of Bojangles ' restaurant following president 's rally .
Manager who made decision now out of @ @ @ @ @ not gon na serve us ?
Yeah , you are .
Or you 're gon @ @ @ @ @ '

A Bojangles' restaurant locked out supporters of President Donald Trump after his rally in Charlotte, North Carolina, Monday night — and the manager who made the decision is out of a job.
What are the details?
The Monroe Road restaurant in question is a 10-minute walk from the venue where Trump spoke to more than 10,000 people, the Charlotte Observer reported, adding that the rally was full, and attendees without seats watched it on a big screen in the parking lot.
Afterward, rally attendee Michael Furick posted to Facebook that he and other Trump supporters were locked out of the restaurant.
"Bojangles locked the doors to the Trump rally last night and denied service," Furick wrote. "Ironic because the rally was at Bojangles arena. @bojangles this is pretty distasteful. I walk up to the door and people are gathered around and stated they would not serve Trump supporters."
Among Furick's photos accompanying his post is one of a restaurant employee making a "stop" gesture with his hand to those outside. The Observer said Furick acknowledged the employee was gesturing back to him because he'd raised his middle finger after being locked out.
Image source: YouTube screenshot
Another photo shows other people standing outside the restaurant with some holding Trump signs from the rally, the paper said. Furick told the Observer at least two dozen other people previously stood outside the restaurant before he took the photo, and they also were denied food.
Later, the shift manager who made the call to lock the doors called his manager, who showed up and unlocked the doors, allowing everyone to purchase food, the Observer said.
Now some Trump supporters said they'll boycott the chicken restaurant chain after being refused service even though they arrived nearly an hour before closing time, the paper added.
What happened to the manager who locked the doors?
Bojangles' noted on Facebook in regard to the "unfortunate incident" that the manager "made a bad decision to close the dining room. We apologize. That manager is no longer employed by Bojangles'."
Would you like a MAGA Culpa with your biscuits, sir?
Brian Little, head of Bojangles' communications, told the Observer in an interview Tuesday that the restaurant was likely overwhelmed with customers following Trump's rally.
"We apologize for anyone who felt they were treated in a way that was disrespectful," Little told the paper, which added that he didn't confirm if those locked out of the restaurant were given any explanation for its sudden closure.
The Bonjangles' restaurant where the lockout occurred Image source: YouTube screenshot
"This is not in line with who we are as a business. We serve everyone who wants to purchase one of our [items]," he told the Observer, noting that the "young shift manager" on duty was wrong to lock the doors despite feeling overwhelmed and overreacted.
"He didn't know what to do," Little told the Observer. "He just closed the restaurant."
'You're not gonna serve us? Yeah, you are. Or you're gonna get rolled over.'
"If you don't want me there, you're not going to offend me," Furick told WCNC-TV after the incident. "It's not like 'Bojangles', you broke me.' You're not gonna break me, you know what I'm saying? I'm not Kathy Griffin. You know what I mean? You ain't gonna break me."
Michael Furick Image source: YouTube screenshot
He added to the station that "it's not all about the Bojangles'. It's about every company and corporation that sits there and tries to tell us what we need to say, what we need to wear. You're not gonna serve us? Yeah, you are. Or you're gonna get rolled over."
Furick also told WCNC that he won't speculate about the political views of the Bojangles' manager who locked out him and other Trump supporters, but he may be visiting other fast-food restaurants in the future.
And that sign on a Bojangles' door?
The station added that since Monday another post hit social media accusing a Bojangles' on Rocky River Road of displaying a sign that said, "No one allowed in store wearing Trump hats or shirts. You will be asked to leave."
But Bojangles' said the sign wasn't posted by an employee.
"That sign was posted by a customer not a Bojangles' employee," the spokesperson for the restaurant told WCNC. "As soon as it was discovered it was removed. Again, that sign was not put up by a Bojangles' employee. Bojangles' welcomes ALL customers."


theblaze--2020-03-05--Reality show participant opens up about the trauma of feeling pressured into an abortion: 'I can't s

Reality show participant opens up about the trauma of feeling pressured into an abortion: 'I can't survive that again'

Reality show participant opens up about the trauma of feeling pressured into an abortion : ' I ca n't survive @ @ @ @ @ having a really hard time getting out of bed in the morning ; I do @ @ @ @ @ not really sleeping '

Despite the firestorm Netflix set off last year with its brief foray in pro-abortion politics over Georgia's heartbeat law, a recent reality dating show on the streaming platform actually offered viewers an honest, heart-rending look at the traumatic affect that abortion can have on women.
"Love is Blind" is a dating reality show on Netflix and hosted by former boy band singer Nick Lachey and his wife, Vanessa. It basically works like this: During the first phase of the show, a group of 30 single men and women — 15 of each — get to meet each other in a format that resembles speed dating, according to Entertainment Weekly, but is done through a thin wall where participants can only hear one another's voices from each other's "pod."
After that the participants can decide whether or not to get engaged to any of the other participants and — after some time getting to know each other outside of the show's voice-only "pod" environment — have to make a final decision about whether or not to get married.
During the second episode of the show's first season, which came out last month, a contestant named Amber opened up to another contestant, Barnett, about her traumatic experience of feeling pressured into getting an abortion for an unplanned pregnancy during a past relationship.
After telling her past significant other that she thought she was pregnant, Amber explained across the wall that "immediately he's in problem-solving mode: 'Well, how are we going to fix this?'" She went on to tell Barnett that she doesn't have children, "so obviously I didn't follow through with the pregnancy."
"It was really the hardest thing I've ever gone through in my life," Amber said through tears, her voice starting to break.
In a cutaway shot, Amber explained, "I was still learning what it meant to be in love with somebody and, because I loved him so much, I, I had an abortion. S***. It's not exactly something that like I'm proud of."
As the camera returned to the interaction between the two contestants, Amber explained the difficulties she faced in the aftermath of aborting her child.
"After the fact, we were just talking; I'm telling him like, I'm trying to explain what I'm going through, like, I'm having a really hard time getting out of bed in the morning; I don't eat; I'm not really sleeping," Amber tearfully explained. "I just, this was supposed to be my other half, and his reaction, he goes, 'Why don't you just get over it? You just need to get over it already. Like, move on.'"
And that awful experience, Amber said, has informed her current expectations for romantic partners.
"That is the last thing in the world you want to hear," Amber said to Barnett. "I need to know that, if a situation like that comes up, and an unexpected pregnancy happens, it's not going to be, I won't be forced to choose. I can't survive that again. Like, I just I — it would destroy me."
(H/T: Newsbusters)


theblaze--2020-03-05--'My heart is with kids': US Education Secretary Betsy DeVos speaks out on faith, schools

'My heart is with kids ' : US Education Secretary Betsy DeVos speaks out on faith , schools ' I @ @ @ @ @ have the kind of opportunity to make the choices that I was able to make @ @ @ @

U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos, who is a key player in the nation's ongoing discussion about school choice and academic reform, is a devout Christian with a lifetime commitment to her faith.
And in a recent interview with "The Pure Flix Podcast," DeVos dove deep into her biblical roots, her passion for education and her perspective on potential reforms.
"I was fortunate enough to be born into a family that raised me to make my faith my own," she said. "I had exposure from my first memories to weekly church services."
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While DeVos was brought up in a Christian home, it wasn't until her teen years that her faith was more firmly rooted.
"My faith really became my own when I was a late teen, early 20s," she said, adding that she has since had continued challenges that have helped her learn and grow. "I'm grateful to have had that foundation."
The Trump-appointee went on to note that faith is "foundational to everything" she does, explaining how her views about individual value translate to the educational realm.
"I firmly believe every single child is a uniquely created individual with great potential and there are too many kids that are just not able to develop that full potential, because they are in a place that simply is not cultivating that for whatever reason," DeVos said.
Listen to DeVos share her faith journey and her passion for education:
She noted that there are many teachers across the U.S. who are doing a wonderful job, but added her belief that the system, as it currently stands, doesn't meet diverse needs.
"Kids are different," DeVos said. "They learn differently and a one-size-fits-all, cookie-cutter approach does not work."
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She spoke to her own experience in K-12 education and expressed her wish that she had been more fervently challenged, and opened up about what led to her personal passion for reforming the contemporary educational system.
DeVos said it all started when she began to volunteer at a local Christian school and saw firsthand some of the "choice" issues at play.
"My passion around education really grew when my oldest son — who's just about 38 — was starting kindergarten," she said. "My husband and I knew we were going to be able to send our children wherever we wanted to, but I started getting involved with a small Christian school [and] the more I did ... the more I realized that, for every family that had their child there, there were probably 10 or 20 other families in that neighborhood who longed to have their children in a place like that."
DeVos said she and her family soon started supporting scholarships to help students attend such schools, and that she realized it is a "policy issue," as many families simply lacked the economic ability to make the same choices.
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"[I realized] those families [didn't] have the economic means to be able to make that choice," she said. "And yet their children are every bit as special and precious as mine are. So that really spurred my interest in what I refer to as 'education freedom' — school choice, very broadly."
DeVos also spent 15 years as an in-school mentor for at-risk kids, an experience she said was "very formative" and beneficial. She's still in touch with one of the students — a girl she started working with in the first grade; she is now a college sophomore.
"I'm very proud of her," DeVos said. "I continue to encourage her to be everything God meant her to be."
These experiences helped inform DeVos' educational worldview and her penchant for reform. Her goal, she said, is academic freedom for all.
"We enjoy freedom in almost every other area of our life," she said. "And yet the K-12 years for almost a century and a half here have been very much a cookie-cutter, one-size-fits-all approach and it's time to change that."
DeVos added, "When you think about the fact that young people today represent 100 percent of our country's future ... we need to make sure that every single one of them has the opportunity to fully develop their gifts and talents innate in them."
While she said she never had any expectation that she would become U.S. education secretary, she didn't hesitate to take the opportunity when it arose.
But DeVos said making change is an uphill battle.
"Big, large complex systems and organizations don't change easily and they don't recognize uniqueness and they don't recognize differences in how you learn," she said. "It is a system that exists to really serve itself, not do what's best for individual children."
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DeVos also had a message about teachers who might find that the system they're working in "isn't working for them" — that they will be "highly valued in a system of freedom and choices."
As for the controversy that has surrounded her policy recommendations, she was candid and yet resolute.
"There have been a lot of misconceptions, misperceptions sown about me, but the reality is that my heart is with kids," DeVos said. "And I'm for them and for their futures and I'm for their parents to have the kind of opportunity to make the choices that I was able to make for my kids."
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theblaze--2020-03-06--'How dare you, as a white woman!' — Bernie surrogate hammers Biden defender in unhinged CNN debate

'How dare you , as a white woman ! '
— Bernie surrogate hammers Biden defender in unhinged CNN debate @ @ @ @ @ me what kind of standing I have as a black woman ! ''

CNN broke out into an unhinged screaming match when a defender of Joe Biden challenged a surrogate for Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Thursday.
Hilary Rosen, a Democratic strategist and CNN contributor, disagreed with an interpretation of the words of Martin Luther King Jr. from Nina Turner, a former state senator and a co-chair for the Sanders national campaign.
Turner implied that Biden is one of the "white moderates" that MLK warned about in his famous "Letter from a Birmingham Jail." Rosen countered that Biden had not been one of those who was silent, but that he had fought on the side of civil rights for blacks.
"What he said was we should worry about the silence of white moderates," said Rosen. "And what we have in Joe Biden is a man who is not silent. He has a long record."
Turner fired back again to castigate Biden, and Rosen interrupted her.
"You know what, don't use Martin Luther King against Joe Biden, you don't have that standing!" exclaimed Rosen. "I'm sorry, you don't!"
"First of all," Turner fired back, "don't tell me what kind of standing I have as a black woman in America! How dare you! First of all you're dipping into something that I have to say!"
"You have a lot of standing as a black woman in America, you don't have the standing to attack Joe Biden using Martin Luther King's words!" shouted Rosen.
"I didn't attack anybody, you're taking it that way!" claimed Turner.
"Listen, don't dip into what I have to say about the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.," exclaimed Turner. "How dare you, as a white woman!"
"That is not what I said," said Rosen.
"No, no, tell me what I'm supposed to feel and what I'm doing right now!" exclaimed Turner. "Chris, I didn't jump in on her, though, and then she wants to jump in on me?!"
CNN host Chris Cuomo ended the feud amicably by the end of the segment.
Here's the video of the altercation:


theblaze--2020-03-06--Watch: Actress screams about how great her life is because she had an abortion

Watch : Actress screams about how great her life is because she had an abortion She bragged about her recently-canceled @ @ @ @ @ f***ing home '

Actress Busy Philipps was able to land her name in the news this week, thanks to her screaming tirade about how great her life is now because she had an abortion at the age of 15.
What are the details?
Philipps, who made headlines a few months ago over her shock at losing her short-lived talk show, spoke at a pro-abortion rally in front of the Supreme Court on Wednesday to protest against a Louisiana law requiring abortion providers to have admitting privileges at hospitals. The high court heard oral arguments on the case that day.
According to Fox News, "Philipps described her reaction to hearing that a 14-year-old girl was 'being denied abortion services' in Ohio," when she said:
Here I was sitting in Los Angeles in my beautiful office of my own late-night talk show. Soon, I would be driving my hybrid car to my beautiful f***ing home, to kiss my two beautiful and healthy children and my husband who had taken the year off to parent so I could focus on my career.
And I have ALL OF THIS. ALL OF IT because — because — I was allowed bodily autonomy at 15.
She added later:
I will not be shamed into being quiet. We will not be shamed into being quiet. Never again. I will NEVER stop talking about my abortion, or my periods, or my experiences in childbirth, my episiotomies, my yeast infections, or my ovulation that lines up with the moon!"
Anything else?
What may come as a surprise is that Philipps' remarks weren't even the most shocking of the rally. At the same demonstration, Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) told fellow demonstrators that her go-to line against pro-life politicians is, "Maybe you shouldn't even want to have sex with me!"
The event was also where Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) threatened Supreme Court Justices Brett Kavanaugh and Neil Gorsuch over how they might rule on the case, June Medical Services v. Russo.
"I want to tell you, Gorshuch, I want to tell you, Kavanaugh," Schumer yelled, calling the justices by name. "You have released the whirlwind, and you will pay the price. You won't know what hit you if you go forward with these awful decisions."


theblaze--2020-03-06--Video of US Marines eating scorpions and drinking snake blood goes viral — PETA demands vegan and vi

Video of US Marines eating scorpions and drinking snake blood goes viral — PETA demands vegan and virtual reality alternatives @ @ @ @ @ a `` frat party gone wrong ''

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, or PETA, is objecting to a video showing U.S. Marines eating live scorpions and drinking cobra blood and demanding vegan or virtual reality alternatives.
The video shows Marines participating in the Cobra Gold exercise co-sponsored by the U.S. and Thailand, where they are taught skills to survive in the jungle.
In the more graphic parts of the video, a trainer is shown devouring a live scorpion and helping Marines drink the blood of a snake.
"A frat party gone wrong"
PETA objected to the exercise and asked the military to pursue alternatives to the training.
"The photos showing giddy Marines swallowing scorpions and guzzling cobra blood are more reminiscent of a frat party gone wrong than a military drill," said PETA Vice President Shalin Gala in a statement released Thursday.
"PETA is calling on the Marine Corps to take immediate action to replace this barbaric exploitation of animals with cutting-edge, technology-based survival training courses that will better prepare troops," the statement added.
The group recommended "interactive video games with food procurement components" and "virtual reality methods" instead of training involving live animals.
Reuters reported that South Korea did not participate in the annual training this year owing to the crisis surrounding the coronavirus, which some believe originated in Chinese residents eating infected bats.
Here's the video of the Cobra Gold training [graphic]:


theblaze--2020-03-06--Sanders camp releases ad with Obama after accusing rivals of using former president as a 'prop'

Sanders camp releases ad with Obama after accusing rivals of using former president as a 'prop '

The campaign of Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) has released a new ad showing the socialist cozying up to former President Barack Obama as snippets of Obama's words about Sanders from over the years play in the background.
While it is not unusual for candidates to tout their links to a former president of the same party (or, in this case, party affiliation), the timing and sincerity of the ad is being questioned — especially after a Sanders campaign co-chair accused his 2020 rivals of using Obama as a "prop" in ads just a few weeks ago.
What are the details?
A staff writer for the Atlantic shared a video Thursday of Sanders campaign co-chair Nina Turner slamming other Democratic White House hopefuls for using President Obama as "a prop." According to the reporter, the footage was taken Feb. 19 at the primary debate in Las Vegas.
Turner says in the clip that half the candidates in the race did not support Obama in 2008, but "now they want to use him as a prop. They should not be using the black president as their prop to try to seduce the African-American community." She specifically criticized "airing commercials with President Obama's image."
But a few days ago, on Super Tuesday, Sanders took a walloping by former Vice President Joe Biden among black voters, and on Wednesday, the Sanders campaign released its ad showing the Vermont senator taking a stroll with Obama.
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The Hill reported that the ad "underscores the Vermont independent's need to win over black voters."
Reporter Amie Parnes wrote, "But former Obama officials and Biden supporters have ripped it for suggesting a false closeness between the former president and Sanders, whom Biden's team has criticized for contemplating a primary challenge in 2012 against Obama."
An unnamed former Obama White House aide told the outlet of the Sanders ad, "It reeks of desperation. Does he want to claim he served as Obama's VP, too?"
A second former Obama staffer added, "I know everyone wants to cozy up to him but it seems so obvious what Bernie is trying to do and it seems dishonest. He's spent most of this campaign slamming Obama policies and the status quo."


theblaze--2020-03-06--Facebook bans Trump ad after Nancy Pelosi complains

Democrats are also upset about a mailer ad

Social media giant Facebook has banned a pro-Trump advertisement after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) complained that the ad was deceptive.
The ad from the Trump re-election campaign told Facebook users, "President Trump needs you to take the Official 2020 Congressional District Census today."
Clicking on the ad would take the user to a website survey to gather their information and opinions.
Pelosi objected to the ad on Thursday in a scathing statement to reporters.
"A lie that is consistent with the misrepresentation policy of Facebook," Pelosi said.
"But now they're messing with who we are as Americans," she added, "I know the profit motive is their business model, but it should not come at the cost of counting who is in our country."
Facebook pulled the ad and explained in a statement that it didn't meet Facebook's advertisement standards.
"There are policies in place to prevent confusion around the official U.S. Census and this is an example of those being enforced," read the statement from Facebook.
Democrats also complained about a mailer from the Republican National Committee that they said bore too much resemblance to an official census request.
The RNC said it would change the mailer but denied malfeasance.
"This is a standard direct mail piece that has been utilized for decades. These mailers are fully compliant with the law, clearly marked as a fundraising solicitation from the Republican National Committee, and in no way resemble the official government census," read the RNC statement.
Here's more about the Facebook census ad:


theblaze--2020-03-06--HEADS UP: Big Tech could sway MILLIONS of votes away from Trump in 2020 election

HEADS UP : Big Tech could sway MILLIONS of votes away from Trump in 2020 election It 's more important @ @ @ @ @ your vote count .

Dr. Robert Epstein, senior research psychologist at the American Institute for Behavioral Research and Technology and former editor-in-chief of Psychology Today, joined Glenn Beck on Wednesday night's TV special to discuss how Big Tech companies can (and almost certainly will) dramatically shift America's elections — without anyone knowing.
Epstein's research found that Google was deliberately altering what you see on the internet to sway your opinion. He said that Google's search algorithm has the power to "shift the voting preferences of undecided voters by 20 percent or more — up to 80 percent in some demographic groups — with virtually no one knowing they are being manipulated."
In his own experiment, Dr. Epstein was able to employ the same methods to completely change someone's view of a candidate between 37 percent and 63 percent of the time — in just one search session.
But search engine manipulation is only one of the ways Big Tech companies can manipulate voters. Another technique is through those search suggestions that pop up as you type in a search, or "ephemeral experiences." And, according to Epstein, there are at least eight more of these covert — but effective — ways to shift American votes.
He told Glenn he's recently been working with the White House and now believes the administration will launch an investigation into the ways in which these Big Tech companies might be undermining our elections.
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theblaze--2020-03-06--Tito's Vodka sends Twitter abuzz warning folks not to use it as hand sanitizer amid coronavirus spre

Tito's Vodka sends Twitter abuzz warning folks not to use it as hand sanitizer amid coronavirus spread

Tito 's Vodka sends Twitter abuzz warning folks not to use it as hand sanitizer amid coronavirus spread 'It would @ @ @ @ @ the good stuff ... '

Tito's Vodka caused a stir on social media this week as the Austin-based company diligently warned consumers — one by one — against using "the good stuff" as a replacement for hand sanitizer amid the spread of the coronavirus.
What are the details?
Dallas Morning News reporter Dom DiFurio posted a collection of tweets Thursday morning showing that Tito's social media team had been working hard to discourage people from using its product as a sterilizing agent.
DiFurio wrote, "Tito's Vodka has spent the last 24 hours explaining to people that it *cannot* be used as a replacement for hand sanitizer. God bless Texas."
Some folks were sharing articles containing recipes for homemade hand sanitizer that called for vodka. One gentleman posted such an article with the message, "Just made me some @TitosVodka hand #Sanitizer #GodBlessTexas."
Another person tweeted, "Thinking about making my own hand sanitizer out of aloe vera and Titos vodka #Coronavirustexas."
Others told Tito's it should capitalize on the outbreak, with one lady telling the firm, "@TitosVodka you're missing some advertising opportunities with recipes for homemade hand sanitizer...just saying."
To each individual, Tito's replied with the message, "Per the CDC, hand sanitizer needs to contain at least 60% alcohol. Tito's Handmade Vodka is 40% alcohol, and therefore does not meet the current recommendation of the CDC."
The company also provided a statement reiterating the CDC's statement that "washing hands with soap and water is the best way to get rid of germs in most situations. If soap and water are not readily available, you can use an alcohol-based hand sanitizer that contains at least 60% alcohol."
Within hours, "Titos" was trending on Twitter, as several users suggested using Everclear instead of vodka and others praised Tito's for choosing to fight the spread of misinformation rather than allowing the hand sanitizer "recipes" to help their profits.
A Tito's spokesperson told DiFurio in a statement, "As soon as we saw the incorrect articles and social posts, we wanted to set the record straight. While it would be good for business for our fans to use massive quantities of Tito's for hand sanitizer, it would be a shame to waste the good stuff, especially if it doesn't sanitize (which it doesn't, per the CDC)."


theblaze--2020-03-05--Mitt Romney signals that he may kill Burisma subpoena

Mitt Romney signals that he may kill Burisma subpoena Romney said that he 'd prefer another entity like the FBI @ @

Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) made comments that many took to mean that he would vote against a subpoena in the investigation into Joe Biden's Ukrainian scandal.
"There's no question but that the appearance of looking into Burisma and Hunter Biden appears political," Romney said to reporters on Thursday.
"And I think people are tired of these kind of political investigations," he added, "and would hope that if there's something of significance that needs to be evaluated, that it would be done by perhaps the FBI or some other agency that's not as political as perhaps a committee of our, of our body."
Romney's skepticism presents a problem for the investigation, since he could be the deciding vote on the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee.
Committee Chairman Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) issued the request for the subpoena on Monday for testimony from a witness about Hunter Biden's time on the board of Ukrainian energy company Burisma.
While Romney did not explicitly say how he would vote on the committee on the subpoena, if he voted against issuing it, the subpoena would not be approved.
Romney was also the lone Republican to vote in favor of convicting the president on the Democrats' articles of impeachment, which drew the ire of many Republicans and other supporters of the president.
Here's more on the Burisma scandal:


theblaze--2020-03-06--WATCH: Californians are asked why they like Bernie Sanders — their answers confirm the TRUTH about s

WATCH: Californians are asked why they like Bernie Sanders — their answers confirm the TRUTH about socialism

WATCH : Californians are asked why they like Bernie Sanders — their answers confirm the TRUTH about socialism

Host of "Slightly Offens*ve," Elijah Schaffer, hit the streets of Hollywood to talk to Californians about the primary election and ask them the all important question with the 2020 race looming: "Did you vote?"
Turns out, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) has a whole lot of supporters out there who couldn't quite figure out how, or when, to head to the polls. Too bad for Bernie, looks like the smart people don't like socialism.
Watch the video below: (Content warning: Strong language and violent content.)
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theblaze--2020-03-06--US officials: New intel shows the Taliban has no intentions of abiding by peace deal

US officials : New intel shows the Taliban has no intentions of abiding by peace deal

The U.S. government has collected "persuasive intelligence" that the Taliban do not intend to honor commitments it made in recent peace deal negotiations with the United States, NBC News reported Friday afternoon.
"They have no intention of abiding by their agreement," one official who was briefed on the intel told the news outlet. Two other officials reportedly described the intelligence as explicit evidence demonstrating the Taliban's true intentions.
The report did not go into further detail about the nature of the intelligence or about what it indicated the Taliban's plans to be.
The peace deal signed between the U.S. and the Taliban last week signaled the end of a decadeslong war in Afghanistan. The U.S., along with Britain, agreed to gradually withdraw all their troops from the country and the Taliban were to honor the cease-fire and to enter into negotiations with the Afghan government.
At the time, President Trump acknowledged the possibility that the Taliban would renege on those promises and overrun the country once the U.S. military withdrew.
"Well, you know, eventually countries have to take care of themselves," Trump recently told reporters at the White House. "We can't be there for the next — another 20 years. We've been there for 20 years, and we've been protecting the country ... eventually they're going to have to protect themselves."
"You can only hold somebody's hand for so long. We have to get back to running our country, too," he added.
The United States first sent armed forces into Afghanistan in 2001 in response to the September 11 attacks in New York City. Those attacks, which killed over 3,000 Americans, were carried out by al-Qaeda terrorists who the Taliban allowed to operate within the country.


theblaze--2020-03-06--Abortion, sanctuary cities, and the 2020 election: Here's why the Dems are more radical than ever

Abortion , sanctuary cities , and the 2020 election : Here 's why the Dems are more radical than ever

In the latest "White House Brief," Jon Miller discusses a wide range of topics: Sen. Chuck Schumer (D.N.Y.) threatened Justices Brett Kavanaugh and Neil Gorsuch at a pro-abortion rally outside the Supreme Court, while inside, the justices were hearing arguments about a Louisiana law that requires doctors and abortion providers to have nearby hospital admitting privileges. Then, President Trump, after the court ruled in his favor, gave the go-ahead to cut funding to sanctuary cities. Also, the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency is ramping up its surveillance efforts to capture more illegal aliens in sanctuary cities. Finally, Slightly Offens*ve's Elijah Schaffer weighs in on Sen. Elizabeth Warren's presidential campaign death.
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theblaze--2020-03-06--Dem congresswoman compares getting abortion to a colonoscopy and 'wisdom teeth removal'

Dem congresswoman compares getting abortion to a colonoscopy and 'wisdom teeth removal '

So long to "safe, rare, and legal." According to Rep. Jackie Speier (D-Calif.), getting an abortion is akin to routine medical procedures like wisdom tooth removals and colonoscopies.
LifeSiteNews reports the House member tried downplaying the health risks involved with abortion by comparing it to a tooth extraction and other common surgeries.
"Abortion is extremely safe," said Speier in a tweet. "The risk of complication is lower than from a colonoscopy, wisdom tooth removal or a tonsillectomy, which do not require admitting privileges."
What is she talking about?
The California congresswoman was commenting on June Medical Services v. Russo, a case that is currently before the Supreme Court, in which the plaintiffs are challenging a Louisiana law requiring abortion centers to have arrangements with nearby hospitals to admit women in the event of life-threatening complications.
In the video she posted, Speier insists the case "has nothing to do with health care and has everything to do with politics."
She added, "Abortions are one of the safest procedures you could do on an outpatient basis....safer than doing an endoscopy or wisdom teeth extraction."
Speier's comments were blasted by conservatives who characterized them as absurd. "My gums, my choice," said a commentator. Meanwhile, writer Stephen Miller remarked, "I remember when I thought about extracting my wisdom teeth but chose not to and now they are a healthy loving teenager I thank god for every day."
The Supreme Court Case
CNN reported Wednesday that key Supreme Court justices indicated that they are amenable to upholding the Louisiana law, despite the Court striking down a similar Texas statute four years ago. Chief Justice John Roberts and Associate Justice Brett Kavanaugh were said to have asked questions suggesting that "the Louisiana law that requires doctors to have admitting privileges in local hospitals could serve a valid purpose."
Kavanaugh pressed a lawyer representing June Medical Services by asking whether it was their position that similar admitting privilege laws are "always unconstitutional." The associate justice also questioned whether such a law could ever have a "valid" purpose, reported CNN.
The network also stated:
Louisiana Solicitor General Elizabeth B. Murrill says that clinics in the state have a "long disturbing" history of serious health and safety problems, abortion carries "known risks for serious complications" and that the act would bring abortion practice "into conformity" with the privilege requirements for doctors performing other outpatient surgeries. The penalty for violating the law is not more than $4,000 per violation.
The Supreme Court is expected to decide the case by July.


theblaze--2020-03-06--Quarantined nurse goes viral for claim that she's being denied coronavirus testing — but the CDC tel

Quarantined nurse goes viral for claim that she's being denied coronavirus testing — but the CDC tells a different story

The nurse is making some serious accusations Quarantined nurse goes viral for claim that she 's being denied coronavirus testing @ @ @ @ @ a different story National Nurses Union President Deborah Burger read a statement from an anonymous @ @ @ @ @ denied her a coronavirus test despite her exposure to it from a patient .
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A nurse in California who got sick after treating a coronavirus patient is now in quarantine — and she claims that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is preventing her from being tested to confirm whether or not she contracted the virus known as COVID-19. The CDC tells a different story, however.
The nurse's claim: In a statement read by National Nurses Union President Deborah Burger, an anonymous nurse said the CDC refused to approve her to receive a coronavirus test because she allegedly didn't wear the proper protective gear.
After caring for a patient who tested positive for coronavirus, she became sick. So her doctor approved her for a test, and a county official agreed. When they called the CDC, the nurse claims, they hit a wall.
"They said they would not test me because if I were wearing the recommended protective equipment, then I wouldn't have the coronavirus," the nurse alleges. "What kind of science-based answer is that? What a ridiculous and uneducated response from the department that is in charge of our health in this country."
The nurse said the CDC called back later and said she would have to wait in line for a test since they are limited in number and prioritized by the severity of illness. That answer was also not satisfactory to the nurse.
"This is not the ticket dispenser at the deli counter; it's a public health emergency!" she said. "I am a registered nurse, and I need to know if I am positive before going back to caring for patients."
The CDC responds: In a statement to Blaze Media, the CDC denied that it would refuse to allow test a health care worker who had been exposed to the virus.
"CDC is not aware of this individual case and can't respond to specifics," the statement read. "However, CDC would most definitely recommend a health care worker who had contact with a confirmed case and then became ill be tested. At all times, clinicians have discretion to test patients based on their individual assessment of that patient's illness and risk of exposure. Our clinical team working with state and local health departments to assess Persons Under investigation has not said no to any request for testing."
What's really going on? It sounds like the issue here is one we've already been painfully aware of — there is still a serious shortage of coronavirus tests, and as a result the ones that are available have to be rationed out and prioritized. In addition to creating a situation where there are likely many more cases than we have the ability to confirm, it also means people who get sick and suspect they have the virus may have to wait for confirmation if they're able to manage their symptoms.
(H/T Mediaite)


theblaze--2020-03-06--'You f***in' nasty-a** Jews': Woman accused of anti-Semitic attack on NYC subway indicted on hate cr

'You f***in' nasty-a** Jews': Woman accused of anti-Semitic attack on NYC subway indicted on hate crime charges

'You f***in ' nasty-a** Jews ' : Woman accused of anti-Semitic attack on NYC subway indicted on hate crime charges @ @ @ @ @ of America ... anti-Semitism does n't look like white people wearing swastikas '

A Manhattan grand jury indicted a woman accused of an anti-Semitic attack on a New York City subway with a hate crime, Fox News reported, citing the victim's attorneys.
What are the details?
Lihi Aharon, an Israeli college student, told the cable network that in the outset of the December incident she asked Zarinah Ali, 38, to move her belongings because she was occupying three seats on a "full" train — but Ali refused.
Then a seat across from Ali opened up, and Aharon sat down, Fox News said.
"I happened to sit next to a visibly Orthodox Jewish man," she told the cable network. "He had a beard and a yarmulke, and he turned out also to be an Israeli."
Image source: Fox News video screenshot
Aharon added to Fox News that Ali "was yelling at him, shouting at him, 'Allahu Akbar' [God is most great] and 'Allah will kill you,' 'nasty Jews': she was citing clauses from the Koran, and 'when you see a Jew you got to kill him,' and she used a lot of profanity."
Aharon told the cable network Ali knew she was Jewish since Aharon was speaking Hebrew.
In a video, Ali can be heard saying, "You f***in' nasty-ass Jews" and "you stinking-ass Jew," Fox News said.
"After a few minutes she stood up ... and smacked my phone down, and I told my friend ... in Hebrew, 'Record this,' and my friend started recording, and then she smacked my friend's phone out of her hands twice," Aharon added to the cable network.
Then Ali "ran to me and pointed on my face, and then she was grabbing my face — like she was trying to pull my face off — and she scratched me so hard, and my face started bleeding," she told Fox News.
Aharon added to the cable network that she hit the emergency button on the subway and asked people to call 911; police arrested Ali that night and charged her with assault.
What happened next?
It was far from a slam-dunk hate crime investigation at first.
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The Manhattan district attorney originally was “very resistant" to prosecute the charges as a hate crime, but after media reports and public outrage, the DA switched course, Aharon's lawyer Kenneth Belkin, with the Spodek Law Group, told Fox News. Belkin and The Lawfare Project partnered to provide Aharon pro bono representation.
“Just because one minority is persecuting another minority doesn't mean it is not a hate crime," Brooke Goldstein, attorney and executive director of The Lawfare Project, told the cable network.
Aharon told Fox News that “I still bear the physical and emotional scars from my attack, and I expect they will be with me for many years to come. Today, at least I can feel satisfied that my attacker will be held responsible for her actions and I hope that my experience may help bring this type of hatred to light."
'Anti-Semitism doesn't look like white people wearing swastikas'
Belkin added to the cable network that the prosecutors are “going to have to start speaking the language of new forms of anti-Semitism" in the wake of the spike in anti-Semitic attacks in recent years.
“In the Jewish population centers of America, concentrated in metropolitan areas, anti-Semitism doesn't look like white people wearing swastikas," he added to Fox News, noting that a sector of the black community was being propagated by the Nation of Islam and the Black Hebrew Israelites.
“Prosecutors may not be hip to the language, but a lot of what this attacker was saying was similar to the language of Black Hebrew Israelites," Belkin told the cable network.
As for Goldstein, she told Fox News that the “really alarming rise of violent attacks" aren't getting coverage in the mainstream media when Jews are the victims compared to when members of a minority group are the victims. However, she added to the cable network that the public must “resist politicization" of anti-Semitic attacks.


theblaze--2020-03-06--Trump campaign takes on CNN in latest media lawsuit over ‘false and defamatory’ Russia statements

Trump campaign takes on CNN in latest media lawsuit over ‘ false and defamatory ’ Russia statements 'False statements are @ @ @ @ @ Constitution '

In its latest legal action against a major media outlet, President Donald Trump's re-election campaign filed a libel lawsuit Friday against CNN, saying that the network made "false and defamatory" statements about Trump seeking help from Russia in the upcoming election.
The 13-page lawsuit, which was first reported by Fox News, says that CNN "published false and defamatory statements of and concerning the Campaign, claiming that it 'assessed the potential risks and benefits of again seeking Russia's help in 2020 and has decided to leave that option on the table.'"
Specifically, the lawsuit takes issue with a post published in June 2019 titled, "Soliciting dirt on your opponents from a foreign government is a crime. Mueller should have charged Trump campaign officials with it." The network's website labels the article as an opinion piece and has a disclaimer saying that the opinions expressed in it are solely those of the author, CNN contributor Larry Noble.
"The Trump campaign assessed the potential risks and benefits of again seeking Russia's help in 2020 and has decided to leave that option on the table," Noble wrote in the conclusion of the post, which focused heavily on the findings contained in special counsel Robert Mueller's report. "Let's hope Congress has the will and time to make it clear to the Trump campaign that working with a foreign government to help you get elected is never an option."
According to the lawsuit, "The statement that the Campaign has 'decided to leave th[e] option on the table' of seeking Russian assistance was made up out of whole cloth." It adds that "Despite extensive reporting on the Campaign and its strategies, including by CNN, there have been no reports of any assessment by the Campaign to potentially seek Russian assistance in connection with the 2020 election, nor any reports about any decision of the Campaign to 'leave that option on the table'" and "both statements by CNN are outright false, and fabricated."
The complaint also said that the campaign's legal team sent CNN written demand "retract and apologize for the aforementioned false and defamatory statements" in late February, but that the network refused.
"As a result, the campaign was left with no alternative but to file suit to publicly establish the truth and seek appropriate remedies," Senior Legal Adviser to Donald J. Trump for President, Inc. Jenna Ellis said in a Friday afternoon news release.
"False statements are not protected under the U.S. Constitution; therefore, these suits will have no chilling effect on freedom of the press," Ellis added in the release. "If journalists are more accurate in their statements and reporting, that would be a positive development, but not why these suits were filed."
This latest lawsuit follows behind similar legal action from the Trump campaign against other major media companies. Last week, the Trump campaign filed a lawsuit against the New York Times over a March 2019 post that made claims about Russian collusion in an effort to hold the newspaper "accountable for intentionally publishing false statements against President Trump's campaign." On Tuesday, the campaign filed suit against The Washington Post for two opinion June 2019 opinion pieces.
A CNN spokesperson told Blaze Media that the network did not have any comment on the lawsuit.


theblaze--2020-03-06--'I was blacklisted': Antonio Sabato Jr. says supporting Trump ended his acting career. He now works

'I was blacklisted': Antonio Sabato Jr. says supporting Trump ended his acting career. He now works in construction.

' I was blacklisted ' : Antonio Sabato Jr. says supporting Trump ended his acting career .
He now works @ @ @ @ @ been terrible .
It 's mind-blowing .
It 's a disgrace . '

Antonio Sabato Jr., who starred in the primetime series "Melrose Place" and daytime television series' such as "The Bold and the Beautiful" and "General Hospital," recently explained to Variety magazine how his support for President Donald Trump killed his acting career.
The 47-year-old Italian immigrant had an acting career that spanned 30 years, but after he openly declared his support for Trump during the 2016 election, the industry rejected him.
"I had to sell everything," Sabato said in a phone interview with Variety. "I had to pay all my debts. I was blacklisted. All my representatives left me, from agents to managers to commercial agents. I literally had to move, find a new job to survive and take care of my kids.
"It's been terrible. It's mind-blowing. It's a disgrace. It's tough, because if you're in that environment in Hollywood and you have something to say that they don't like, they're going to let you know," he added.
Sabato Jr., who immigrated from Italy to the United States in 1985 to work as a Calvin Klein model, said that after he spoke at the Republican National Convention in 2016, he could no longer line up any acting roles. Forced out of the industry, now he makes ends meet as a construction worker in Florida.
"I'm on the ground," Sabato reportedly told Variety when asked to describe his new life. "I go on the job at two in the morning, and I'm making sure that the job is controlled and supervised by me. I'm in the car all day, driving, going through all the sites. Five days a week, nonstop."
In an interview with People Magazine in 2016, Sabato Jr. described himself as neither a Republican or a Democrat — "I am an American," he said instead. The actor had voted for Bill Clinton twice in 1992 and 1996, but opposed Democratic President Barack Obama.
In 2016, Sabato Jr. was among the first in the national spotlight to come out in support of Trump, and he told Variety that despite the consequences for his career, he doesn't regret the decision at all.
"I was the first celebrity to come out and talk about the president, and he had my vote from day one," he said. "I was the first one to say he was going to win. My integrity is intact. What I believe in is still intact. What doesn't break you makes you stronger–that's what they say. So I'm stronger than ever, and I didn't have to lie about who I am."
He also suggested that there are many other Trump supporters in the entertainment industry, but they are scared to reveal their political opinions publicly.
"I know a lot of actors who are lying about who they're going to vote for because they don't want the crap," Sabato Jr. said. "They won't want to be talked about and fired from movie sets. This is serious."


theblaze--2020-03-06--Chinese couples divorcing in record numbers after being stuck home together due to coronavirus

After about a month of being stuck at home, some married couples in China are getting fed up with each other. So fed up, in fact, that they're rushing to get divorced, according to Global Times.
Marriage registration offices had been closed for some time, and reopened on March 1. Since then, they've barely been able to keep up with the number of divorce appointments people are scheduling.
"As a result of the epidemic, many couples have been bound with each other at home for over a month, which evoked the underlying conflicts, adding that the office had been closed for a month, therefore the office has seen an acutely increasing divorce appointment," one official told Global Times. "Usually the office would see a wave of divorcement after Spring Festival and the college entrance examination."
Offices in the city of Xi'an have seen an "unprecedented" number of divorce appointments.
Fortunately, not all of these couples who show up for divorce appointments end up going through with it. Some of the requests are impulsive responses to the stress of being quarantined for a long period of time due to the threat of a deadly and highly contagious virus.
Han [an official at a marriage office in Xi'an] said that due to long-time staying at home, the underlying conflicts might emerge and result in impulsive divorces. "We received some divorce appointments and they regretted it later," said Han.
Wang [an official of the registration office in Beilin district of Xi'an] said some young couples even decided to remarry when their divorce certificate is printing.
Han suggested couples be serious and prudent toward their marriage and avoid regret based in impulsive decision-making.
China is still by far the hardest nation hit by the coronavirus, which originated in the city of Wuhan. It is believed to have been transferred from animals to humans, possibly due to the practice of eating wild animals in China, such as bats and snakes. The Chinese government recently banned farming and consumption of wild animals, something which also caused the SARS outbreak.


theblaze--2020-03-06--Teen girl savagely stomped by over dozen suspects — then while she's on sidewalk 'bleeding like craz

Teen girl savagely stomped by over dozen suspects — then while she's on sidewalk 'bleeding like crazy,' one of them steals sneakers right off her feet

Teen girl savagely stomped by over dozen suspects — then while she 's on sidewalk 'bleeding like crazy , ' @ @ @ @ @ right off her feet

New York City police are searching for a group of suspects accused in a violent assault and robbery Thursday afternoon of a 15-year-old girl in Brooklyn, WCBS-TV reported.
What happened?
The 4 p.m. incident was caught on surveillance video on Utica Avenue near Sterling Place in Crown Heights, the station said.
The girl apparently was knocked to the sidewalk by one male before others joined the attack and began stomping her:
Image source: CrimeStoppers video screenshot
The size of the mob swelled in seconds as more suspects converged upon her:
Image source: CrimeStoppers video screenshot
Image source: CrimeStoppers video screenshot
A video taken from another position at the intersection showed the mob beginning to disperse after the attack:
Image source: CrimeStoppers video screenshot
But one suspect is seen pulling sneakers right off the victim's feet while she's crumpled on the sidewalk:
Image source: CrimeStoppers video screenshot
Check out the sneaker thief as he makes his getaway:
Image source: CrimeStoppers video screenshot
Smile for the camera!
Image source: CrimeStoppers video screenshot
The station said the victim is expected to recover but that her phone and debit card also were stolen.
Investigators believe it was a retaliation attack for an earlier incident, WCBS reported, adding that police haven't said what the earlier incident was about.
'Bleeding like crazy'
Carlita Gorden works at a nearby salon and came to the scene when she heard screaming, the station said.
"For so many kids to jump on one individual, it's just ridiculous," she told WCBS.
Gorden added to the station that the girl was "grabbing on her book bag. No shoes, just sitting ... with no shoes. Then you see the little one holding her sneakers, running away. Come on, it's sad. We have to do better as a community. We have to do better as people in general. That this little girl could've lost her life; it's really sad."
The incident took place in front of Anita Peavy's electronics store, and Peavy told WCBS she quickly brought down the gate and went outside.
"I didn't need no trouble," she noted to the station. "I [was] scared the kids [would] come in here and just go crazy the way they was going crazy out there. I have never witnessed nothing like that yet in my life … To see such a small kid just dropping on one kid, it was crazy."
Peavy is also a registered nurse and tried to help the victim, WCBS said.
"She was bleeding like crazy," she said. "We just tried to keep her calm and sitting there until the ambulance come."


theblaze--2020-03-06--Liberals mocked President Trump for saying coronavirus mortality rate was lower than initially repor

Liberals mocked President Trump for saying coronavirus mortality rate was lower than initially reported; now health official says he's right

Liberals mocked President Trump for saying coronavirus mortality rate was lower than initially reported ; now health official says he @ @ @ @ @ it and not know it .

Liberals, like the Daily Show's Trevor Noah, mocked President Donald Trump when he argued the coronavirus' mortality rate was likely lower than the 3.4% estimate offered by the World Health Organization. Film producer Andy Ostroy called the president a "gaslighting sociopath" and "reckless," while Vox's Aaron Rupar accused Trump of spreading a "blizzard of dangerous misinformation." But now a senior health official says the president is probably right.
At a press briefing on Friday morning, Health and Human Services Assistant Secretary Admiral Brett Giroir declared, "The best estimates now of the overall mortality rate for COVID-19 is somewhere between 0.1% and 1%."
Giroir noted the figure is "lower than you heard probably in many reports," but that the real mortality rate is "not likely in the range of 2% to 3%."
The number of people with the coronavirus may be much higher
Giroir cited several reasons for why health officials believe the actual mortality rate for COVID-19 is likely significantly lower than 3.4%. He listed first that the real number of people who have been infected with the virus is harder to track and likely much larger. As the denominator (number of people with the disease) goes up, overall mortality rate goes down.
"Why is this?" Giroir asked. "Number one is because many people don't get sick and don't get tested — this reflects the overseas experience — so probably for every case, there are at least two or three cases that are not in that denominator."
"It certainly could be higher than normal flu, it probably is, but it's not likely in the range of 2% to 3%."
According to Giroir, the seasonal flu mortality rate is 0.1% to 0.15%.
Some patients with mild symptoms may go unreported
In some cases, coronavirus can be so mild that people who have it may not display symptoms before their body beats it. Meanwhile, others who have the disease may experience symptoms akin to those of a common flu and not go to the doctor at all.
As of Friday afternoon, there were 14 confirmed deaths in the United States due to the coronavirus with more than 225 people infected across the country, according to official estimates. If Giroir is correct that the actual mortality rate from the illness is closer to 1%, it would imply that there could be upward of 1,400 people with the virus in the United States.
On Friday morning, President Trump signed a $8.3 billion emergency spending package to combat the coronavirus, according to NBC News.


theblaze--2020-03-06--Mitt Romney decides not to block subpoena in Senate Biden-Burisma probe he previously criticized

Mitt Romney decides not to block subpoena in Senate Biden-Burisma probe he previously criticized 'He will therefore vote to let @ @ @ @

After saying that a Senate committee investigation into corruption questions surrounding Ukranian energy company Burisma — which formerly employed Hunter Biden as a board member — "looks political," Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) has said that he will not vote to block subpoenas in the effort.
According to a Friday statement from a Romney spokesperson, the Utah senator made his decision after receiving assurances from Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) that interviewing the subpoenaed witness wouldn't happen in front of television cameras.
"Senator Romney has expressed his concerns to Chairman Johnson, who has confirmed that any interview of the witness would occur in a closed setting without a hearing or public spectacle," the statement read. "He will therefore vote to let the Chairman proceed to obtain the documents that have been offered."
Johnson announced his intention to issue the first subpoena of his Burisma-related investigation earlier this week. In a letter to his colleagues dated Sunday, the chairman said that he planned to hold a committee meeting to issue a subpoena to Andrii Telizhenko — a former Ukrainian diplomat who also used to work as a consultant for the public relations firm, Blue Star Strategies.
"Blue Star, a U.S.-based government and public affairs firm founded by Karen Tramontano (former deputy chief of staff to President Clinton) and Sally Painter (a former senior adviser for the Clinton administration), was a U.S. representative for a Ukrainian gas company, Burisma Holdings," the letter explained. "As part of the Committee's ongoing investigation, it has received U.S. government records indicating that Blue Star sought to leverage Hunter Biden's role as a board member of Burisma to gain access to, and potentially influence matters at, the State Department."
Johnson said the subpoena — the first of his committee's Burisma probe — was "appropriate at this time" because Blue Star had been uncooperative and Telizhenko claimed to be bound by a nondisclosure agreement.
Following Johnson's announcement, Romney — who sits on the Homeland Security Committee — signaled that he might vote against the subpoena.
"There's no question but that the appearance of looking into Burisma and Hunter Biden appears political," Romney told reporters on Thursday. "And I think people are tired of these kind of political investigations and would hope that if there's something of significance that needs to be evaluated, that it would be done by perhaps the FBI or some other agency that's not as political as perhaps a committee of our, of our body."
The committee is composed of eight Republicans and six Democrats, meaning that a single majority member voting with the minority would cause a 7-7 tie vote, thereby causing the subpoena effort to fail.
Countering claims that his investigative efforts are politically motivated, Johnson said Wednesday evening that he started looking into suspicions of Ukrainian election meddling with Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) back in 2017.
"It's not our fault that Joe Biden, Hunter Biden got wrapped up in the whole Ukrainian story," Johnson said in an interview with Fox News' Martha McCallum. "We are not closing our eyes to this; and I have no idea why anybody would object to us obtaining records from a U.S. consulting firm run by former Clinton administration officials that is basically using Hunter Biden's name to strong-arm the State Department to curry benefits for a corrupt Ukrainian oil company."


theblaze--2020-03-06--February job growth numbers far exceed projections, unemployment drops to 50-year low

The impact of coronavirus has n't hit the labor market

Job growth in February far exceeded expectations, and the unemployment rate dropped to 3.5%, which is tied for the lowest level in 50 years, CNBC reported.
Job growth
The U.S. economy added 273,000 jobs in February, surpassing a prediction of 175,000 new jobs based on a Dow Jones survey of economists.
Additionally, the growth numbers for the previous two months were revised upward. December's job growth was changed from 147,000 to 184,000, and January's growth was actually 273,000, not 225,000.
The health care industry added the most jobs in February, 57,000, while food services and drinking places added 53,000 jobs. Census hiring boosted government employment numbers by 45,000. The construction industry added 42,000, professional and technical services added 32,000, and finance rose 26,000.
Overall, the total employment level is 158.8 million, which is close to the record that was set in December 2019.
Unemployment rate
The unemployment rate dropped from 3.6% in January to 3.5% in February. It was expected to remain at 3.6%. It's a 50-year low that was tied in December.
The labor force participation rate is 63.4%, nearly the highest level since mid-2013.
When considering jobless people who aren't looking for work and people working part-time jobs for economic reasons, the unemployment rate is 7%.
Coronavirus
The strong jobs numbers reflect the state of the labor market before the spread of coronavirus in the U.S. became a widespread issue, and economists are unsure what things may look like going forward. From CNBC:
Most of the consumer-related data points have been good, though the reports coming in now largely cover the early stages of the coronavirus scare and the sharp recent stock market volatility.
With the large measure of uncertainty around the disease, its impacts may be felt in increments rather than suddenly. But if cracks begin to form, the first notices likely will come in employment data.
"If we start to handle things the way they're handled in Italy and South Korea, closing schools and having mandated cancellations of travel and sporting events, I think there's no way we don't start to see it in the labor market and in consumer confidence and spending," [Liz Ann ] Sonders [chief investment strategist at Charles Schwab] said.


theblaze--2020-03-06--Analysis: Joe Biden would raise taxes by $4 trillion, nearly 3 times more than Hillary Clinton's 201

Analysis: Joe Biden would raise taxes by $4 trillion, nearly 3 times more than Hillary Clinton's 2016 plan

Analysis : Joe Biden would raise taxes by $ 4 trillion , nearly 3 times more than Hillary Clinton 's @ @ @ @ @ being described as 'very progressive ' by a liberal think tank

Former Vice President Joe Biden has positioned himself as a "moderate" in the Democratic nomination race, but his tax plan would raise taxes by $4 trillion over a 10-year period, according to an analysis by the liberal Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center.
The TPC concluded that under Biden's plan, all income groups would pay higher taxes while businesses and individuals making over $400,000 per year would be the hardest hit. The think tank also noted that non-high earners could also see their taxes go up due to corporate tax increase.
The proposal is 'very progressive'
While Biden has branded himself as a centrist alternative to democratic socialist Sen. Bernie Sanders, the analysts who studied his tax policies concluded would increase taxes to levels higher than former President Barack Obama and 2016 Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton proposed.
"The proposal is very progressive," said Gordon Mermin, TPC senior research associate.
Should Biden's plan go into effect, people with income between $52,000 and $93,000 would see their taxes go up by about $260. Individuals with lower incomes would owe only about $30 more, according to Fox Business. Top earners would experience an average tax increase of nearly $300,000, or 17% of their after-tax income, beginning in 2021.
Biden's plan also calls for raising the corporate tax rate from the current 21% to a new rate of 28%, which is significantly higher than the European average of 22.5%. Also, according to The Hill, Biden's plan would "impose a new 15% minimum tax on the income companies report on their financial statements." He also proposes doubling the minimum tax on corporate foreign earnings from 10.5% to 21%.
Much bigger tax increases than Hillary Clinton proposed
The Hill also reported that TPC estimates Biden's tax increases would be "significantly higher" than its estimates for Hillary Clinton's 2016 proposals. That year, TPC estimated that Clinton's plan would raise $1.4 trillion over 10 years, or 0.5% of GDP. Meanwhile, Biden's plan would raise $4 trillion over a decade, or 1.5% of GDP, or nearly three times higher.
The tax increases under Biden's plan would even be higher than those proposed by Obama in his last budget, which the TPC estimated would have raised taxes by 1.2% of GDP.


theblaze--2020-03-06--CNN host can barely conceal enthusiasm over daughter who refused to talk to her mom after she voted

CNN host can barely conceal enthusiasm over daughter who refused to talk to her mom after she voted for Trump in 2016, or mom's decision to vote Biden in 2020

CNN host can barely conceal enthusiasm over daughter who refused to talk to her mom after she voted for Trump @ @ @ @ @ 's decision to vote Biden in 2020

In a recent segment on CNN, host Brooke Baldwin interviewed a mother and daughter from North Carolina who suffered a family rift in 2016 after both parents voted for Donald Trump. But now that the mother is considering casting a vote for former Vice President Joe Biden should he be the Democratic nominee this fall, the daughter feels that the family has been restored.
Scarlett Murphy, who is in New York for school, says she wasn't as surprised by her father's vote, since he is "part of a demographic that almost lives in an entirely different world in terms of what they think [and] what media information is presented to them."
"He works in the construction industry; he listens to a local AM radio station that's very conservative," she added.
But she couldn't believe that her mother would vote for Trump.
"I thought of my mom as someone who is, you know, like really involved with, like, social justice work, and is an advocate for so many people Trump disparaged," Murphy said.
But now, almost four years later, the mother, Patricia Murphy, says that she will vote for Biden if he is an option in the general election.
Judging by Baldwin's reaction when the words fell off Patricia Murphy's tongue, you would have thought that the admission was the breaking news of the day.
Baldwin cut in, saying, "hang on, hang on, hang, on ... so you're telling me, if Joe Biden were to become the nominee, you would vote for him over Donald Trump?"
"Yes, if that is the case this time around, that's what I would do," Patricia Murphy confirmed as Baldwin looked over to the daughter and nodded her head in affirmation.
Patricia Murphy reluctantly admitted that she voted for Trump in 2016 because she liked that he promised to "bring manufacturing back to America" and negotiate "trade agreements that were more favorable to America," but said that if Biden had been the Democratic nominee in 2016 she would have voted for him instead.
She was careful to note that she is not ready to vote for Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) over Trump, as she is uncertain about his brand of socialism. If Sanders were to become the nominee, there is still a chance that she would vote Republican, she acknowledged.
At the end of the interview, Baldwin gave Scarlett Murphy the last word.
"Final words to mom ... what's your advice?" Baldwin asked.
"I think you should vote for Joe Biden, mom," Scarlett Murphy said.


theblaze--2020-03-06--25-year-old 'baby' is advocating for the normalization of her Adult Baby Diaper Lovers lifestyle

25-year-old 'baby ' is advocating for the normalization of her Adult Baby Diaper Lovers lifestyle

On Friday's show of Pat Gray Unleashed, Pat, Jeffy, and Keith delved into the sick world of the Adult Baby Diaper Lovers community (ABDL).
A 25-year-old woman begins her day by waking up in a crib, changing her diaper, and playing with toys. She lives her life out on camera for more than 400 subscribers in the Adult Baby Diaper Lovers community.
Find out how the young woman is trying to normalize her lifestyle by watching the video below.
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theblaze--2020-03-06--ICE defies sanctuary law to make San Francisco courthouse immigration arrest, and local officials ar

ICE defies sanctuary law to make San Francisco courthouse immigration arrest, and local officials are steamed

ICE defies sanctuary law to make San Francisco courthouse immigration arrest , and local officials are steamed 'Our officers will @ @ @ @ @ by sanctuary rules when enforcing immigration laws '

Local officials in San Francisco blasted Immigration and Customs Enforcement this week over the courthouse arrest of an illegal immigrant in defiance a California sanctuary law.
According to KTVU-TV, the unidentified man was apprehended by immigration authorities on the courthouse steps Tuesday while on his way to criminal court for a hearing.
The arrest was strongly condemned Thursday by San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin and San Francisco Public Defender Mano Raju.
"California law explicitly forbids a civil enforcement agency, including ICE, from making a civil arrest without a warrant outside a courthouse. ICE's illegal conduct undermines community trust and public safety," Raju said in a news release."San Francisco will not allow such egregious abuse of power to go unchecked; we will provide immediate and zealous representation to anyone subject to such illegal activity."
Similarly, Boudin criticized the arrest in the same release, saying, "ICE actions in or near our courthouses deters people from accessing our justice system, making us all less safe."
A California law enacted last year prohibits authorities from making arrests at courthouses without a judicial warrant. The move was meant to hamstring ICE's enforcement and removal efforts because the agency makes immigration arrests based on administrative or civil warrants.
In an open letter to the American public from last year, ICE explained that "Section 287 of the Immigration and Nationality Act provides ICE officers the authority to arrest aliens without a judicial warrant," and "no judge in this country has the authority to issue a warrant for a civil immigration violation."
In a news release Thursday, ICE noted that California's sanctuary law doesn't supersede federal immigration law.
"Our officers will not have their hands tied by sanctuary rules when enforcing immigration laws to remove criminal aliens from our communities," ICE San Francisco Field Office Director David Jennings said in the release. He also said that the statue in question "cannot and will not govern the conduct of federal officers acting pursuant to duly-enacted laws passed by Congress that provide the authority to make administrative arrests of removable aliens inside the United States."
ICE said the man apprehended earlier this week was a Mexican national with multiple felony convictions from 2016, 2017, and 2019 and that the individual "has been arrested by local law enforcement at least seven times" over the past five years. The agency claimed that it lodged a detainer on the individual in 2018, but that it was subsequently ignored as local law enforcement released him back into the community.
"For many years, the city and county of San Francisco has refused to cooperate with ICE — much to their own detriment," Jennings said. "Criminals like this individual are released to reoffend again and again."
This isn't the first time that ICE has flouted California's courthouse arrest law. Last month, immigration agents arrested two illegal aliens at a Sonoma County Superior Court, according to The Hill.


theblaze--2020-03-06--Man who showed signs of coronavirus was told to self-quarantine. He went to a private party with doc

Man who showed signs of coronavirus was told to self-quarantine. He went to a private party with doctors instead.

Man who showed signs of coronavirus was told to self-quarantine .
He went to a private party with doctors instead @ @ @ @ @ now '

Here's a hypothetical scenario to ponder: If a doctor told you that you might have contracted the coronavirus, which has put literally the entire world on edge and that you needed to avoid other people for a while, would you listen to that person or instead go out to a social event hours later?
According to multiple reports, the man who contracted New Hampshire's first case of coronavirus — formally known as COVID-19 — decided to go with the second option.
The New York Times reported Thursday that the patient in question was an employee of the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in New Hampshire. After being examined last Friday by a medical worker due to signs of possible coronavirus infection — i.e., flu-like symptoms following a trip to virus-affected Italy — doctors recommended that he quarantine himself while waiting for further medical testing.
But rather than following that advice, the Times reported, the patient went to a mixer for doctors and college students that very night and was confirmed as having the virus days later. Following his social foray, the partygoer has been ordered into quarantine by the state's health commissioner.
"The individual is complying now," New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services Communications Director Jake Leon said, according to the Times.
According to WBTS-TV, the invitation-only mixer was held at The Engine Room, which is an event space just across the New Hampshire state border in neighboring Vermont. The venue's general manager told the news station that there had been between 175 and 200 people at the event, plus seven staff members working there.
In response to the news, the Vermont Department of Health put out a statement Tuesday saying that it had worked with the venue "to ensure proper cleaning and sanitizing efforts were carried out to prevent spread" of the virus.
In the news release, Vermont Health Commissioner Mark Levine, noted that, due to "minimal possible contact with a case," people who attended the event "are still considered to be at low risk for infection, but out of an abundance of caution the department is seeking contact from anyone in attendance."
"Any people determined to have been in close contact with the patient have been identified and are being notified," the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services said in a news release Tuesday. "DHHS recommends that those individuals self-quarantine for 14 days after the day they were potentially exposed."