theblaze--2020-01-31--Kansas City Chiefs player wears  image of Trump meeting Kanye West during Super Bowl press conferenc

Kansas City Chiefs player wears  image of Trump meeting Kanye West during Super Bowl press conference

`` A very historical moment in our history ! ''

A Kansas City Chiefs football player wore a sweatshirt with the image of President Donald Trump meeting rapper Kanye West during a news conference just ahead of the Super Bowl.
Defensive end Frank Clark was immediately asked about the sweatshirt, and he smiled as he explained that a friend had given him the garment.
"Never forget, man!" he responded. "Y'all know the moment when Donald Trump met Kanye, a very historical moment in our history!"
The comment elicited laughter from the sports journalists, and Clark laughed along with them.
The sweatshirt read "never forget" over the famous image. The photograph was taken after the iconic rapper met then-President-elect Donald Trump at Trump Tower in December 2016.
Here's a screenshot of the image:
West later made headlines when he wore a "Make America Great Again" hat and encouraged African Americans to question their political allegiance to the Democratic Party.
The president was a vocal critic of the NFL over the protests taken up by many players who kneeled during the playing of the national anthem at games.
The Kansas City Chiefs will face the San Francisco 49ers in Super Bowl LIV on Sunday in Miami.
Here's the video of the news conference:


theblaze--2020-01-31--Rand Paul reads the question he was forbidden from asking in Senate trial

Rand Paul reads the question he was forbidden from asking in Senate trial ' I think this is an important @ @ @ @ @ to be asked . '

Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) was blocked a second time from asking a question of House impeachment managers and defense counsel during the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump on Thursday, so he held a news conference where he read it out loud to the media.
What are the details?
On Wednesday, multiple reports claimed Chief Justice John Roberts — who is presiding over the trial in the upper chamber — blocked a question from Paul because Roberts refused to read the name of the alleged whistleblower whose account of a phone call between President Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenksi was used as the basis for House Democrats' investigation.
Again on Thursday, Paul's question was blocked. He told the press afterward, "As you may have noticed, we had something slightly atypical downstairs. I asked a question, and the question was refused. Now, it's been reported that this question's about this, or about that, and it's been refused for one reason or another."
"I can tell you," Paul continued, "that my question made no reference to any whistleblower."
Paul read the question aloud, he said, "so it can be made part of the public record":
Manager Schiff and counsel for the president: Are you aware that House Intelligence Committee staffer Sean Misko had a close relationship with Eric Ciaramella when at the National Security Council together? Are you aware and how do you respond to reports that Ciaramella and Misko may have worked together to plot impeaching the president before there were formal House impeachment proceedings?
"I think this is an important question, one that deserves to be asked," Paul told reporters. "It makes no reference to anybody who may or may not be a whistleblower."
Paul went on to note that Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) claims to have no knowledge of the whistleblower's identity and said if Schiff "has no knowledge, the rest of us can have no knowledge of who the whistleblower is."
Anything else?
RealClearPolitics named Ciaramella as the alleged whistleblower months ago, and Sen. Paul has long called for the media to expose the whistleblower's identity and called for the individual to testify.
But, as the Washington Examiner has reported, while "Republicans and conservative media figures believe CIA analyst Eric Ciaramella, a former official on the National Security Council, is the whistleblower," the identity of the whistleblower has not been confirmed.
H/T: The Daily Caller


theblaze--2020-01-31--Ilhan Omar introduces bill to block Trump from implementing 'Muslim ban'

The `` Muslim ban '' became a `` travel ban '' once Trump got into office

Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) introduced a bill intended to remove the legal justification for a "Muslim ban," which President Donald Trump promised during his 2016 presidential election.
Omar released a statement on Thursday about the bill that would repeal the Alien Enemies Act, which the president used as precedent to justify his travel ban.
"This outdated and xenophobic law is an offense to our values as a nation, which should stand as a refuge for those fleeing violence and persecution," Omar said.
"It is a perfect example of outdated immigration laws that are being exploited and abused by this Administration. As the President seeks to expand the Muslim Ban, we must close policy loopholes that he can exploit to cause harm to our neighbors, our country and the values that we hold dear," she continued.
"We must learn from historical mistakes built on fear of the other and embrace a fair and just immigration system by repealing the Alien Enemies Act," Omar concluded.
Then-candidate Donald Trump angered many when he called for a "Muslim ban" during the 2016 presidential campaign, but once in office he rebranded his policy as a travel ban on countries that were designated as terror threats.
"Donald J. Trump is calling for a total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States until our country's representatives can figure out what the hell is going on!" he said in a statement on December 2015.
"We have no choice. We have no choice. We have no choice," he added.


theblaze--2020-01-31--Carter Page sues DNC over Steele dossier: 'I'm very confident my case is incredibly strong'

Carter Page sues DNC over Steele dossier : ' I 'm very confident my case is incredibly strong' Smeared by @ @ @ @ @ he 's not afraid to fight back

Carter Page, a former adviser to Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign, found himself at the center of the Russia probe and had his reputation and career destroyed by what we now know were lies from our own intelligence system and the media.
On Thursday, Page filed a lawsuit in federal court against the Democratic National Committee for commissioning the discredited Steele dossier that was used by the FBI to surveil him during the 2016 election.
In this week's episode of "The Glenn Beck Podcast," Page sat down with Glenn to talk about how he became the subject of illegal electronic surveillance for more than two years, and and how the mainstream media helped cover up the corruption that has infiltrated our legal systems.
"It's amazing the impact of the media because people can take little snippets of information and totally twist and spin it in a way which is completely false and an entirely different reality," Page said.
Page told Glenn that the biggest obstacle standing in the way of justice is the corrupt bureaucracy that attacked and smeared him in the first place.
"There is a serious cancer that our country is suffering from," Page said. "It started with this metastasizing of the Russia collusion hoax. To me ... that is the biggest problem and thing at the forefront of my mind. There are a lot of things that I'm starting to do to help find a cure, if you will, for both myself and for our entire country, and litigation is one of those things.
"I'm very confident that my case is incredibly strong," said Page. "The thing which sometimes gives me a little bit of caution is, I know what's been done in federal courts by false filings, by U.S. Department of Justice and private institutions, the DNC, and media organizations, in terms of some of my initial battles.
"The reason for that caution is a key story-line in the inspector general report -- those 17 'errors and omissions.' I know my case. If we're basing things exactly upon the facts and what actually happened, I have the strongest case in the world. The challenge becomes when you have really dishonest people hiding in the murk of secrecy, spinning and playing games."
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theblaze--2020-01-31--Carter Page slaps the DNC with a lawsuit over FISA abuses, and says it's just the beginning

Carter Page slaps the DNC with a lawsuit over FISA abuses , and says it 's just the beginning '' @ @ @ @ @ salvo . ''

Carter Page, the former Trump campaign aide who was surveilled by the FBI, slapped the Democratic National Committee with a lawsuit, and said that he was just beginning.
Page filed the lawsuit on Thursday at the U.S. District Court in the Northern District of Illinois' Eastern Division.
Surveillance of Page under a FISA warrant has been at the center of the accusations by President Donald Trump and his allies that former officials of the Obama administration abused the power of the government out of political motivations.
Defenders of the surveillance say that the warrants were obtained legally, even if they did not result in evidence of wrongdoing.
Page's attorney John Pierce said in a statement that the lawsuit would help prevent any future FISA abuses.
"This is a first step to ensure that the full extent of the FISA abuse that has occurred during the last few years is exposed and remedied," Pierce said. "Defendants and those they worked with inside the federal government did not and will not succeed in making America a surveillance state."
He implied that there would be more lawsuits following that against the DNC.
"This is only the first salvo. We will follow the evidence wherever it leads, no matter how high," he added.
The lawsuit seeks "compensatory, special and punitive damages in appropriate amounts to be established at trial," without establishing a financial amount they are seeking.
"The rule of law will prevail," Pierce concluded.
Here's more about Carter Page's case:


theblaze--2020-01-31--Mark Levin and US Ambassador to Israel explain Trump's Mid-East peace plan

Mark Levin and US Ambassador to Israel explain Trump 's Mid-East peace plan The mainstream media failed to report the @ @ @ @ @ for Trump 's plan

On Thursday's radio program, BlazeTV's Mark Levin and the United States Ambassador to Israel, David Friedman, discussed President Trump's Middle-East peace plan in depth.
In this clip, Ambassador Friedman explained that three Arab nations known for being in lock-step with Palestinians showed support for working with Israel. Of the Arab countries willing to come to the negotiating table, Saudi Arabia, Morocco, and Egypt attended Trump's ceremony.
Click here to listen to the full interview.
What else?
Levin attended Trump's ceremony on Wednesday and noted that the mainstream media failed to acknowledge that several Arab countries were in attendance to show support for Trump's plan. To see the propaganda peddled by the mainstream media, watch the video below.
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theblaze--2020-02-03--Bernie Sanders spent more on private jet travel than any other 2020 Democrat in Q4

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) spent more on private jet travel than any of his Democratic presidential primary competitors in the fourth quarter of 2019, according to the Washington Free Beacon.
Sanders, a socialist who supports the radical Green New Deal climate change plan, spent about $1.2 million to fly on a private plane — likely to get him back and forth from Washington, D.C., and Iowa or other campaign stops as the primary escalated.
Former Vice President Joe Biden spent the second-most of the Democratic presidential candidates, with his campaign spending just over $1 million on private airfare. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), spent $720,518; former New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg spent roughly $646,000; and former South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg spent $323,518.
Observers have taken notice of how climate change alarmists like Sanders seemingly contradict themselves by flying private while warning of the potentially irreversible damage of CO2 emissions.
"This is the problem of presenting your purity above your practicality," Democratic strategist Chris Lippincott said, according to the New York Times. "When we think about certain candidates who talk a lot about the environment ... you're going to hold them to a different standard."
The Sanders campaign said that it compensates for the environmental impact of heavy private jet use by purchasing carbon offsets, which are essentially donations to environmental groups that are working to reduce carbon emissions in other ways. The campaign spent just over $9,000 on carbon offsets through the first three quarters of 2019.
Sanders advocates for the creation of an inter-city high speed rail system as an alternative to car or plane travel.
"The scientific community is telling us in no uncertain terms that we have less than 11 years left to transform our energy system away from fossil fuels to energy efficiency and sustainable energy, if we are going to leave this planet healthy and habitable for ourselves, our children, grandchildren, and future generations," the Green New Deal section of Sanders' website says.


theblaze--2020-02-03--Video: Trump re-election campaign to run not one, but two epic Super Bowl ads

Video : Trump re-election campaign to run not one , but two epic Super Bowl ads

President Donald Trump's re-election campaign announced Thursday that it would air two 30-second ads during Sunday's Super Bowl game between the San Francisco 49ers and Kansas City Chiefs.
In a press release, according to Axios, the president's campaign offered a preview of one of the commercials, with the other debuting during the big game. A Trump spokesperson said this is the first time that a presidential campaign has purchased a national Super Bowl ad.
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The first ad, titled "Stronger, Safer, More Prosperous," has been made public and focuses on Trump's economic record as president.
"America demanded change," a narrator says in the opening seconds over a silhouette of Trump walking past an American flag. "And change is what we got."
"Under President Trump, America is stronger, safer, and more prosperous than ever before," the narrator adds, while news clips tout economic statistics:
"Best Wage Growth in a Decade"
"Unemployment at 49 Year Low"
"Unemployment for African Americans fell to a new low"
"Unemployment for Hispanics hit a new all-time record low"
The ad concludes with Trump declaring, "And ladies and gentlemen, the best is yet to come," as six fighter jets fly over what appears to be a military academy graduation ceremony, with cadets tossing their caps in the air.
Each ad is said to cost $5.25 million, for a total of $10.5 million. The two 30-second slots were purchased in December and will air on Fox during the game.


theblaze--2020-02-02--Impeachment again? GOP senator warns what will happen if Joe Biden wins presidency

Impeachment again ?
GOP senator warns what will happen if Joe Biden wins presidency ' I think this door of @ @ @ @ @ '

If Joe Biden wins the presidency in 2020, then he will open himself up to impeachment, Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) said Sunday.
Ernst told Bloomberg News that Democrats, in pursing a partisan impeachment against President Donald Trump, have opened the door to future cavalier impeachment endeavors.
"I think this door of impeachable whatever has been opened," Ernst said. "Joe Biden should be very careful what he's asking for because, you know, we can have a situation where if it should ever be President Biden, that immediately, people, right the day after he would be elected would be saying, 'Well, we're going to impeach him.'"
Ernst explained that Biden would be impeached "for being assigned to take on Ukrainian corruption yet turning a blind eye to Burisma because his son was on the board making over a million dollars a year."
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President Barack Obama sent Biden to Ukraine on his behalf to fight corruption, including leading the push from the U.S. and western European powers to remove prosecutor general Viktor Shokin from office. When Shokin was fired in 2016, no congressional Republicans expressed concern about the move.
Eventually, though, Shokin began to argue that he was fired because he was investigating Burisma and Biden wanted to protect his son, Hunter, who was on the company's board.
In response to Ernst, Biden campaign communications director Kate Bedingfield did not address Ernst's comments directly, instead urging Iowans to caucus for Biden.
"Iowans have the chance tomorrow to say the words that Donald Trump and Joni Ernst fear most: I'm here to caucus for Joe Biden," she said.


theblaze--2020-02-02--CNN reporter compares GOP senators to 'the Confederacy' after voting against additional witnesses

CNN reporter compares GOP senators to 'the Confederacy ' after voting against additional witnesses He has since deleted the tweet

The "most trusted name in news"? Hmm....
A CNN reporter compared Republican senators who voted against more witnesses in the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump to "the Confederacy."
In a now-deleted tweet, the network's newest White House correspondent, John Harwood, wrote "of 51 Republican senators who voted to block John Bolton's testimony in Trump impeachment trial, 25 represent states of the Confederacy during the Civil War."
The former CNBC reporter added "the old Confederacy represents the bulwark of the 21st century."
What the...?
According to Mediaite:
Harwood was underscoring a point made in his latest CNN analysis, which focuses on racial divides under the headline "Republicans prove they refuse to defy Trump under almost any circumstance." The "ongoing diversification of American society further unites an overwhelmingly white GOP around a shared fear of impending doom," he wrote.
In his article, Harwood cited the "old Confederacy" within the context of Nixon era politics. On Saturday, he took it a step further and drew a more immediate connection to the modern-day Republican Party.
Harwood deleted the tweet
The CNN White House correspondent has since deleted the controversial tweet, but not because of the association he tried to establish. No, Harwood said his original tweet contained "a tabulation mistake," and noted that just "23 of 51 Senate GOP votes" to block additional witnesses "came from states of the old Confederacy, not 25."
"[A]pologies for the error," he added.
Harwood also made no mention that of the 23 Senators from former Confederate states, three of them—Sens. Ted Cruz (Texas), Rubio (Fla.), and Tim Scott (S.C.)—are minorities.
'CNN is not a news network'
Several leading conservatives took issue with Harwood's comparison of modern-day GOP senators to the "old Confederacy."
As National Review columnist Dan McLaughlin said, "Given that only 11 states seceded from the Union, it would be sort of astounding if they were currently represented by more than 22 Senators. How did you count 13?"
He added, "please tell me, @JohnJHarwood, that you don't think your native Kentucky was a Confederate state."
Another National Review writer, online editor Charles C.W. Cooke, highlighted the historical and mathematical problems with Harwood's contention: "That 11x2 = 25, and that the number 25 represents more than half of the number 51 are just two of the interesting things I learned from this tweet."
Cooke previously criticized CNN's blatant partisanship, arguing in a December 2019 essay, aptly titled "CNN Is Not a News Network," that the network has been reduced to "a peculiar and unlovely hybrid of progressive propaganda outlet, oleaginous media apologist, sexless cultural scold, and frenzied Donald Trump stalkerblog."


theblaze--2020-02-02--Ted Cruz explains how a Democratic 'stunt' backfired and helped cement Trump's acquittal

'That stunt helped deliver the votes of Lisa and Lamar '

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) has revealed how a Democratic "stunt" ensured that new witnesses would not be called during President Donald Trump's impeachment trial.
Speaking on the latest episode of his podcast "The Verdict," Cruz explained that Democrats sought to compromise the integrity of the Supreme Court via a question from Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) that challenged the credibility of Chief Justice John Roberts.
Warren asked on Thursday:
At a time when large majorities of Americans have lost faith in government, does the fact that the chief justice is presiding over an impeachment trial in which Republican senators have thus far refused to allow witnesses or evidence contribute to the loss of legitimacy of the chief justice, the Supreme Court, and the Constitution?
The questioned earned Warren a stern glare from Roberts, who presided over the trial.
But according to Cruz, the question also triggered the moment that two moderate Republicans — Sens. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) and Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) — decided to vote against allowing new witnesses.
"What the Democrats were trying to do, if we'd have been 50-50, the Democrats were trying to go after the U.S. Supreme Court," Cruz said. "They would've tried to make John Roberts decide, and whatever he did, it would have been viewed through a political lens."
Cruz continued, "Elizabeth Warren helped defeat the impeachment of the president of the United States."
"That stunt helped deliver the votes of Lisa and Lamar," Cruz explained.
What Warren did, Cruz said, was prove to Alexander and Murkowski that Democrats viewed the trial as a "political game" that would end with Democrats politicizing the Supreme Court.
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Indeed, after Warren's "stunt," Alexander announced Thursday evening that he would not vote for new witnesses.
Murkowski later announced on Friday that she would also vote against new witnesses, citing Democrats who wanted to "politicize this process, and drag the Supreme Court into the fray, while attacking the Chief Justice."
Because the Senate ultimately voted against allowing new witnesses, Trump will likely be acquitted by Wednesday.


theblaze--2020-02-02--New poll finds Trump at record highs and more liked than Biden, Pelosi, and Schiff

New poll finds Trump at record highs and more liked than Biden , Pelosi , and Schiff

If House Democrats thought that by impeaching President Donald Trump would politically wound him heading into 2020, a new poll shows they were way off.
According to a new national NBC News/Wall Street Journal survey released Saturday as the Senate begins concluding the impeachment trial of the president, the number of voters who "strongly approve" of the nation's 45th commander in chief has hit a "new high."
Democratic pollster: Attitudes about Trump have 'barely budged'
As USA Today noted, 46 percent of registered voters told researchers they approved of the job Trump was doing in office, while a little more than half (51 percent) disapproved. The five-point difference between the two is an improvement for Trump from the 10-point (44-54) gap the same pollsters found in December.
"We've been through an impeachment inquiry in the House, a trial in the Senate, and America's attitudes about Donald Trump have hardly budged," Democratic pollster Jeff Horwitt, who conducted the survey with GOP strategist Bill McInturff, said.
In fact, the impeachment process may have even boosted Trump's numbers. USA Today reported that 36 percent of respondents indicated they "strongly" approved of his performance, the highest number since Trump took office. Additionally, one-third (33 precent) said they had "very positive" feelings about Trump, another high for the president.
Voters do not support removing Trump from office
Additionally, the NBC survey found that a slight plurality of voters favor the Senate acquitting Trump of the Democrats' impeachment allegations. Even though most respondents said they believe Trump likely abused his power and obstructed Congress, they do not think it rises to the level of meriting impeachment and removal from office.
Forty-nine percent of respondents said the Senate should not vote to remove the president, while 46 percent said it should. This is an improvement for Trump compared to a survey taken at the end of October, while House's impeachment investigation was underway, when 49 percent said at the time they supported removing Trump from office and 46 percent were opposed.
Meanwhile, Democrats have failed to convince voters that the Senate lacks sufficient evidence to make a decision in its impeachment trial. Thirty-nine percent of respondents told the NBC/WSJ pollsters the Senate has enough information to make a decision, while 37 percent said it needs to collect more data.
Despite the Democrats' efforts to tarnish Trump's image, the impeachment effort seems to have failed to move the needle. Fifty-seven percent of voters said the hearings have not changed their view of the president one way or the other, while 16 percent said it made them more confident in Trump and 27 percent less confident in him as president.
Trump is more liked than leading Democrats
Trump also appears to be viewed more favorably than other major political figures the pollsters examined. Forty-three percent of voters said they have a positive image of the president, the highest of any of the politicians with comparable name recognition levels.
A total of 35 percent of respondents said they have a positive image of former vice president Joe Biden while House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is viewed favorably by just one-third of voters.
Although he is less known, only a quarter (25 percent) of voters view House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff positively, while 32 percent view him negatively.
The NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll was conducted Jan. 26-29 and interviewed 1,000 registered voters.


theblaze--2020-02-02--President Trump reveals which Democrat he would 'love' to run against in 2020

President Trump reveals which Democrat he would 'love ' to run against in 2020

In his pre-Super Bowl interview with Fox News host Sean Hannity, President Donald Trump revealed which Democratic candidate he would most like to run against this year.
His answer? Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg.
"I would love to run against Bloomberg. I would love it," Trump told Hannity.
The president has made his disdain for Bloomberg clear over the last several days, even mocking Bloomberg's height during his interview with Hannity, calling the billionaire businessman "very little."
"I just think of little. Now he wants a box for the debates to stand on. Okay, it's okay, there's nothing wrong. You could be short, why should he get a box to stand on, OK? He wants a box for the debates," Trump said. "Why should he be entitled to that? Does that mean everyone else gets a box?"
But Trump did not stop there. He went on to say that it is "very unfair' the Democratic National Committee adjusted debate qualification criteria to accommodate Bloomberg.
In response, the Bloomberg campaign similarly attacked Trump's appearance.
"The president is lying. He is a pathological liar who lies about everything: his fake hair, his obesity, and his spray-on tan," Bloomberg campaign spokesperson Julie Wood said in a statement, NBC News reported.


theblaze--2020-02-02--GOP lawmaker claims Constitution allows for jailing, shooting of socialists: 'Enemies of the free st

GOP lawmaker claims Constitution allows for jailing, shooting of socialists: 'Enemies of the free state'

GOP lawmaker claims Constitution allows for jailing , shooting of socialists : 'Enemies of the free state' 'What do we @ @ @ @ @ war ? '

A Republican lawmaker in Montana claimed Saturday that the Constitution allows for the shooting or imprisonment of socialists.
State Rep. Rodney Garcia (R) first made the remark on Friday following a speech by former Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke, according to the Billings Gazette. Garcia told Zinke he is worried that socialists are "entering our government," and suggested the Constitution permits jailing or shooting socialists.
Zinke did not engage Garcia, the Gazette reported.
However, when Garcia was questioned about the comments on Saturday, he doubled down and called socialists "enemies of the free state" and said their ideology is "very dangerous."
"So actually in the Constitution of the United States (if) they are found guilty of being a socialist member you either go to prison or are shot," he said.
"They're enemies of the free state," Garcia added. "What do we do with our enemies in war? In Vietnam, (Afghanistan), all those. What did we do?"
In response to his comments, the Montana Republican Party condemned Garcia.
"The Montana Republican Party wholeheartedly condemns the comment that was made and under no circumstance is violence against someone with opposing political views acceptable. It's disappointing that this isolated incident took away from the weekend's events which showcased the strength of our statewide candidates and the importance of the upcoming election," Spenser Merwin, executive director of the Montana GOP said, the Gazette reported.


theblaze--2020-02-02--Major airline to sever ties with chocolate supplier over the owner's pro-life, Christian views

Major airline to sever ties with chocolate supplier over the owner 's pro-life , Christian views Activists also accuse the @ @ @ @

Swiss Air Lines is said to have nixed its relationship chocolate manufacturer Läderach over its owner's affiliation with pro-life, Christian causes, LifeSiteNews' Martin Bürger reported.
The airline had a business relationship with chocolatier Läderach that spanned over a decade, providing passengers with small boxes of its world-famous chocolates as a way of saying thanks for flying with the airlines.
Now, after months of protests from activists, Swiss Air has decided to sever ties with the chocolate-maker and will stop distributing its truffles and other sweets in the first half of 2020.
Why are they attacking a chocolate-maker?
The owner of Läderach, Jürg Läderach, is also the president of Christianity For Today, an evangelical organization based in Switzerland. The company's CEO, Johannes Läderach, is also on the board of CFT. The organization is a sponsor of various March for Life rallies in the European nation.
On its website, CFT also promotes traditional marriage between a man and a woman, reinforced by a Christian foundation, as the backbone of civilization. The organization also calls for parents to instill Christian values in their children and the protection of human life—from conception in the womb to natural death.
Attacks on stores
In October, far left activists attacked one of the chocolate-manufacturer's boutiques in Basel, Switzerland, with butyric acid, which is said to have a strong odor similar to human vomit. LifeSiteNews noted that after the attack, Läderach had to close its shop in Basel for two days. Additionally, a German newspaper reported acts of vandalism in seven individual stores.
Shortly before Swiss Air Line decided to end its business ties with Läderach, a German LGBT group called for boycotts of the chocolatier. "One way of protesting would be, for example, if hotels or restaurants decided to eliminate Läderach's products from their range of goods and clearly mark the reason."
Läderach CEO Johannes Läderach commented on the controversy in an interview: "The business in Switzerland will still grow in 2019, but we have customers who will no longer buy from us. However, new customers came into the store, who were sorry to see a conflict being played out on the back of the employees."
Läderach denied that either she or her company have any issues with LGBT communities and emphasized the chocolatier has zero tolerance for discrimination.
"We have homosexuals working for us, too. We don't ask them. I attended a gay network event because I wanted to hear what the LGBTQ movement has against Läderach. There, I explained that I may have a different opinion on same-sex marriage [sic] or on the question of when life begins. But this does not mean that I have anything against homosexuals. Läderach has a zero tolerance for discrimination," Läderach said.


theblaze--2020-02-02--Conspiracy theories abound after Des Moines Register refuses to publish critical last-minute poll

The widely anticipated final installment of the pre-Iowa caucus Des Moines Register/CNN/Mediacom poll was abruptly scrapped Saturday after Pete Buttigieg 's campaign raised concerns about how it was conducted .
According to Carol Hunter , executive editor of the Register , the poll was not publicized after `` a respondent raised an issue with the way the survey was administered . ''
The development is significant because the poll would have signaled which Democratic candidate is most likely to win the Iowa caucuses , which take place on Monday .
Politico reported that Buttigieg 's campaign contacted the poll 's @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Buttigieg supporter , who was contacted to participate in the poll , noticed the error .
Liz Smith , a senior adviser to Buttigieg 's campaign , confirmed the timeline on Twitter .
`` Our campaign received a report from a recipient of the Iowa Poll call , raising concerns that not every candidate was named by the interviewer when asked who they support , '' she said .
`` We shared this with the organizations behind the poll , who conducted an internal investigation and determined not to release it .
We @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for their integrity . ''
Still , the explanation did not stop alternate theories from circulating online .
One of the most popular theories is that the poll was not published because it likely shows that Sen. Bernie Sanders is leading the race for the Hawkeye State .
`` So Bernie topped 30 % basically , '' one person said in response to the Register 's announcement .
`` Hi , '' the official People for Bernie Twitter account responded .
`` Must be good for Bernie , '' another person said .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ beating Biden , '' another critic responded .

The widely anticipated final installment of the pre-Iowa caucus Des Moines Register/CNN/Mediacom poll was abruptly scrapped Saturday after Pete Buttigieg's campaign raised concerns about how it was conducted.
According to Carol Hunter, executive editor of the Register, the poll was not publicized after "a respondent raised an issue with the way the survey was administered."
Hunter explained:
Nothing is more important to the Register and its polling partners than the integrity of the Iowa Poll. Today, a respondent raised an issue with the way the survey was administered, which could have compromised the results of the poll. It appears a candidate's name was omitted in at least one interview in which the respondent was asked to name their preferred candidate.
While this appears to be isolated to one surveyor, that could not be confirmed with certainty. Therefore, out of an abundance of caution, the partners made the difficult decision not to move forward with releasing the poll.
The development is significant because the poll would have signaled which Democratic candidate is most likely to win the Iowa caucuses, which take place on Monday.
Politico reported that Buttigieg's campaign contacted the poll's organizers about the apparent issue after a Buttigieg supporter, who was contacted to participate in the poll, noticed the error.
Liz Smith, a senior adviser to Buttigieg's campaign, confirmed the timeline on Twitter.
"Our campaign received a report from a recipient of the Iowa Poll call, raising concerns that not every candidate was named by the interviewer when asked who they support," she said. "We shared this with the organizations behind the poll, who conducted an internal investigation and determined not to release it. We applaud CNN and the Des Moines Register for their integrity."
Still, the explanation did not stop alternate theories from circulating online. One of the most popular theories is that the poll was not published because it likely shows that Sen. Bernie Sanders is leading the race for the Hawkeye State.
"So Bernie topped 30% basically," one person said in response to the Register's announcement.
"Hi," the official People for Bernie Twitter account responded.
"Must be good for Bernie," another person said.
"They dont want to show Bernie beating Biden," another critic responded.
"DNC hard at work," another person responded.


theblaze--2020-02-02--Never Trump Republican Bill Kristol comes out of the 'political closet' and declares he's a Democrat

Never Trump Republican Bill Kristol comes out of the 'political closet' and declares he's a Democrat for now

Never Trump Republican Bill Kristol comes out of the 'political closet ' and declares he 's a Democrat for now

When Bill Kristol swore he would never vote for President Donald Trump, he meant it. The longtime conservative commentator took to Facebook today to affirm that he is a Democrat—for now.
In a tweet, the former editor-at-large of the now-defunct Weekly Standard, declared: "Not presumably forever; not perhaps for a day after Nov. 3, 2020; not on every issue or in every way until then. But for the time being one has to say: We are all Democrats now."
In his tweet, Kristol appeared to be reacting to the Senate's 51-49 vote to not call additional witnesses in Trump's impeachment trial. As the Daily Caller noted, two Republicans, Sen. Susan Collins (Maine) and Sen. Mitt Romney (Utah), crossed party lines and voted with Democrats who were attempting to have former national security advisor John Bolton testify against the president.
Blasted by pro-Trump conservatives
The longtime #NeverTrump critic's tweet was blasted by conservative Trump supporters on Twitter. Among them was the DailyWire's Josh Hammer who said the declaration was: "The tweet in which I finally unfollowed Bill Kristol." Meanwhile, conservative commentator Todd Starnes joked that Kristol had "finally came out of the political closet."
Ilya Shapiro, director of the Robert A. Levy Center for Constitutional Studies, noted that Kristol's tweet amounted to an abandonment of the policies he claimed to care about.
"I mean, sure, if you don't care about policy and just want to virtue-signal. They'll never love you—and they'll never respect you either," Shapiro said.
'Not me'
Kristol's colleague, Bulwark editor Charlie Sykes, who is also highly critical of Trump, distanced himself from his friend's comments.
"Not me," he replied to Kristol on Twitter. "Self-identify as independent political orphan and contrarian conservative."
Another prominent conservative writer who took issue with Kristol's tweet was National Review's Alexandria DeSanctis who quote tweeted "No, one really doesn't."
Columnist Kimberly Ross tweeted: "Not even close. I've been an independent conservative since before the 2016 election and take plenty of issue with Trump and any uncritical supporters, but am no more sympathetic to the Democratic cause than I was before. This 'Democrat by default' mindset is sheer nonsense."
Last year, Kristol announced his support for the longshot candidacy of former Rep. Joe Walsh (R-Ill.) who is taking on Trump in the 2020 GOP primary.


theblaze--2020-02-02--Bloomberg's $10 million Super Bowl ad caught making 'misleading' claims about violent gun deaths amo

Bloomberg's $10 million Super Bowl ad caught making 'misleading' claims about violent gun deaths among children

The victim in question was not a child

Democratic presidential candidate Mike Bloomberg's $10 million Super Bowl commercial includes a misleading statistics on violent gun deaths among children, according to Fox News. The network also found that Bloomberg's ad depicted an adult victim of a violent crime as a child.
In the emotionally-charged 60-second Bloomberg spot, Calandrian Simpson Kemp discusses her son's violent death. "On a Friday morning, George was shot. George didn't survive. I just kept saying, 'You cannot tell me that the child that I gave birth to, is no longer here.' Lives are being lost every day. It is a national crisis."
An un attributed statistic then flashes on the screen: "2,900 CHILDREN DIE FROM GUN VIOLENCE EVERY YEAR."
Where did the number come from?
Reporters at Fox found that the source for Bloomberg's data is the candidate's own anti-gun group. A recent report by Everytown for Gun Safety arrived at the 2,900 figure by including teenagers 18 and over in its calculation.
Bloomberg's ad implies the statistic only includes young children, but when the Washington Free Beacon's Stephen Gutowski removed the young adults from the calculation, the total number was cut by nearly half.
The victim was an adult, not a child
While obviously tragic, the Bloomberg ad is wrong to suggest that Kemp's son was a child. According to Texas state appellate court documents obtained by the news network, the shooting victim, George Kemp, was 20-years-old when he was killed.
The Texas court filings state that when police officers arrived at the shooting scene, "they discovered a deceased male, later identified as George Kemp, age 20, lying face down in a pool of blood." Additionally, the documents stated that the death was the result of a "gang-related shooting" where "two groups of young men," including Kemp, had met "for a fight."
None of these details were mentioned in Bloomberg's Super Bowl commercial.
"It is regrettable but not surprising that salient facts didn't make the ad," an NRA spokeswoman told Fox News. "Bloomberg cherry-picked aspects of the story to push his agenda. Bloomberg pushes for confiscation of guns and stripping regular Americans of our right to self-defense while he enjoys armed security 24/7. He sees America as his kingdom, and the rest of us as his peasants."
Meanwhile, a representative from the Bloomberg campaign defended the commercial.
"Ask any grieving parent whose 18- or 19-year-old son or daughter was shot and killed, and they will tell you they lost a child," Bloomberg campaign spokeswoman Julie Wood told Fox News.
The ad is scheduled to be aired after the Super Bowl halftime show at Sunday's game where the Kansas City Chiefs will take on the San Francisco 49ers.


theblaze--2020-02-02--New science model finds coronavirus numbers are significantly too low, doubles in under a week

New science model finds coronavirus numbers are significantly too low , doubles in under a week

The official numbers for those infected with coronavirus — more than 14,000 worldwide as of Feb. 1 — is significantly too low, according to a medical research paper published Friday.
The shocking results of the study, which was performed by experts at the University of Hong Kong, found that as of Jan. 25, more than 75,000 people in Wuhan had likely already contracted the disease, a number nearly 100 times greater than what the official record stated. At the time, there were just 761 reported confirmations of the disease in the Wuhan area.
Even more alarming is the fact that the disease doubles in the number of infections every 6.4 days, the experts found.
That means, if the scientists are correct, more than 150,000 people living in and around Wuhan are infected with the disease.
What that means for the rest of the world is uncertain. However, given the lengthy incubation period, and the fact that the disease has already undergone genetic mutations, the official numbers likely do not reflect the actual number of people infected with coronavirus.
According to Business Insider, the study accounted for the lockdown on Wuhan and the surrounding cities. Unfortunately, they concluded the effects of the travel ban would be "negligible."
The study was published Friday in The Lancet.
However, the study was not the first to suggest the actual number of infected is significantly too low.
The Imperial College London found in an analysis several weeks ago that the number of infected, as reported by the Chinese government, was too low — by a factor of 35.
On Saturday, the 8th person was diagnosed with coronavirus in the U.S. So far, more than 300 people have officially died from the disease, all in China.


theblaze--2020-02-01--Family of 2-year-old Cuban boy with brain tumor thanks USA for humanitarian visa to receive life-sav

Family of 2-year-old Cuban boy with brain tumor thanks USA for humanitarian visa to receive life-saving surgery in America The @ @ @ @ @ account and is asking for help

Milenia de Armas Rodriguez and her 2-year-old son, Thiago, arrived in the United States on Monday courtesy of a humanitarian visa granted by the State Department. The young boy will undergo a life-saving surgery at Nicklaus Children's Hospital in South Florida where a team of doctors is attempting to remove a deadly tumor from his brain.
The child's surgery and medical care is being paid for by the family's relatives in the U.S. and hundreds of small donations being made via a fundraising campaign that has gone viral.
In an interview with TheBlaze, the boy's father, Alberto Rodriguez Bravo, said from Havana, Cuba, that his son's surgery "would not have been successful" on the island where doctors said a lack of resources made it nearly inoperable without a significant risk of the child going blind or bleeding to death.
"They do not have the technology here, unfortunately," he said while holding back tears and noting that his son's brain tumor is "very large," and that the toddler's life was in "grave danger."
The family thanks the USA
Source: Facebook page
Rodriguez Bravo said he and his wife, who are both 28-years-old, now feel hopeful about their son's chances thanks to the work of American doctors and a special humanitarian visa facilitated by U.S. officials that allowed the mother and child to travel to Miami for treatment.
"I have so much to be grateful for to the American people for allowing my wife and son to travel to that great country," Rodriguez Bravo said via Facebook messenger.
"That great country has given our family hope that our little prince will be saved. Thank you," he added while noting that American personnel in the U.S. embassy in Havana took less than a week to grant the family a humanitarian visa to legally travel to Florida for medical treatment.
According to a report by TV Marti's Karen Caballero, in early January, the young couple noticed the boy was slurring his speech and took him to local doctors who first thought he could have tonsillitis, but after subsequent tests they discovered he had a malignant tumor (known as an ependymoma) in his brain.
When she arrived at Miami International Airport, Milenia de Armas was greeted by local family members who have joined together to help save the young boy's life.
"I came here to heal him, so that he smiles again," the mother told TV Marti in tears at the airport. "I just want to hear him say 'I love you,' again because he can hardly speak now."
Family and friends unite to cover hospital expenses
On Friday, neurosurgeons in South Florida successfully removed approximately 60 percent of the tumor from Thiago's brain.
The child's family said they are grateful for the excellent medical attention he has received from American doctors and they have set-up a fundraising campaign on PayPal to help cover Thiago's health care expenses. So far, they have fundraised approximately $26,000, entirely from small donations, many of them from South Florida's large Cuban American community.
"THANK YOU USA for being the wonderful country that you are," Janett Jalil, the child's godmother, wrote in a Facebook post pleading for help in a viral campaign using the hashtag #SaveThiago. "THANK YOU JESUS for uniting us," she added.
The young boy is scheduled to be operated again on Monday to remove the rest of the tumor.
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theblaze--2020-02-01--Alleged Al Qaeda terrorist leader arrested in Arizona, faces extradition to Iraq for murder

Alleged Al Qaeda terrorist leader arrested in Arizona , faces extradition to Iraq for murder How was this guy living @ @ @

An alleged Al Qaeda terrorist leader was arrested this week in Arizona.
Ali Yousif Ahmed Al-Nouri, 42, was arrested in Phoenix on Thursday by the FBI, Homeland Security, and U.S. Marshal's Service.
Ahmed is accused of carrying out two operations in Fallujah in 2006 that resulted in the deaths of Iraqi police officers.
The Justice Department said in a statement:
According to the information provided by the Government of Iraq in support of its extradition request, Ahmed served as the leader of a group of Al-Qaeda terrorists in Al-Fallujah, Iraq, which planned operations targeting Iraqi police.
Ahmed and other members of the Al-Qaeda group allegedly shot and killed a first lieutenant in the Fallujah Police Directorate and a police officer in the Fallujah Police Directorate, on or about June 1, 2006, and October 3, 2006, respectively.
According to a Justice Department complaint, an Iraqi judge issued a warrant for Ahmed's arrest last May.
The Iraqi government subsequently issued an extradition request, which the U.S. government recently approved, resulting in U.S. Magistrate Judge John Z. Boyle issuing a warrant for Ahmed on Wednesday, the Arizona Republic reported.
It is not yet clear when Ahmed's extradition will be fully processed and he will be returned to Iraq.


theblaze--2020-02-01--Change My Mind: Steven Crowder asks feminists if they agree that 'Male Privilege is a Myth'

Change My Mind : Steven Crowder asks feminists if they agree that 'Male Privilege is a Myth '

Louder with Crowder host Steven Crowder and his crew set up their table at the Dallas Women's March. Conversations got heated, in this third installment of "Male Privilege is a Myth: Change My Mind," as Crowder asked feminists to change his mind about male privilege being a myth and exposed the reality of female privilege.
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theblaze--2020-02-01--Rand Paul urges Trump to take immediate action against John Bolton, revoke his security clearance

Rand Paul urges Trump to take immediate action against John Bolton , revoke his security clearance 'No one , especially @ @ @ @ @

Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) urged President Donald Trump on Saturday to immediately rescind John Bolton's security clearance.
As Trump's former national security adviser, Bolton holds a top security clearance, meaning he is privy to extremely sensitive intelligence that only a small number of senior-level government officials have authorization to see, hear, or access.
But Paul wants that privilege revoked.
"No one, especially not John Bolton, should be able to use their security clearance for profit! I say revoke his clearance now @realDonaldTrump," the Kentucky senator tweeted.
Paul linked to a RealClearPolitics news story that reported that Bolton's security clearance is in jeopardy of being revoked after Trump's impeachment trial concludes.
In fact, two government officials told RCP that revocation is an "almost certainty" for Bolton.
The development comes after the manuscript for Bolton's upcoming book was leaked this week. Some accuse Bolton of initiating the leak prior to submitting the manuscript to the White House for review, though he denies the allegation.
In his book, Bolton alleges that Trump told him last August that he wanted to continue freezing nearly $400 million in security assistance to Ukraine if the Ukrainian government did not cooperate with investigations into the Bidens, the New York Times reported. The explosive allegation would corroborate allegations of a quid pro quo.
Trump was quick to deny Bolton's allegations.
The White House and Trump's defenders have alleged that Bolton made the allegations to boost book sales.


theblaze--2020-02-01--EXCLUSIVE: Florida considering a ban on sex-change surgeries for children; Democrats opposed

EXCLUSIVE : Florida considering a ban on sex-change surgeries for children ; Democrats opposed Conservative lawmaker says the bill would @ @ @ @ @ experiments '

TheBlaze has learned that a key committee in the Florida legislature has agreed to take up a bill proposed by a conservative lawmaker that, if passed, would outlaw injecting children with puberty blockers and performing sex-change surgeries on them in the state.
Members of the Health Quality Subcommittee will debate Republican Rep. Anthony Sabatini's "Vulnerable Child Protection Act" on Monday. Sabatini's legislation would make it a crime for doctors to perform surgeries on children that "sterilize" them, alter their genitals, or inject them with controversial "puberty blockers."
Under the new law, medical professionals who perform said procedures would face felony charges, fines, and imprisonment.
'Dangerous social experiments'
Sabatini said the new statute is needed to protect the Sunshine State's children from left-wing activists performing "dangerous social experiments" on underage minors.
In an interview with TheBlaze, the conservative Republican lawmaker from Central Florida noted that "80 percent of children who experience gender dysphoria outgrow it, but radical leftists want to make it permanent with dangerous medical procedures simply to further a political agenda."
The Lake County Republican is pointing to research showing the vast majority of children who experience gender identity dysphoria do not continue their transition into adulthood.
"While the actual percentages vary from study to study, overall, it appears that about 80 percent of kids with gender dysphoria end up feeling okay, in the long run, with the bodies they were born into," The Cut reported in 2016.
Sabatini also pointed to medical research showing puberty blockers can be dangerous for children.
"It has been shown that puberty blockers interfere with the expected increase in bone density in adolescence such that the bones are not as strong as they would be had normal pubertal development been allowed," according to endocrinologist Michael Laidlaw. "These lost years of bone development cannot be regained."
In addition, the FDA has received over 24,000 reports of adverse reactions to Lupron, the drug most commonly used to delay puberty. Reported side effects include joint pain, osteoporosis, immune systems complications, and mental health issues, among them suicidal thoughts and severe depression.
Anti-gay? Hardly, Sabatini says
Despite the medical concerns with puberty blockers and the performance of sex-change operations on minors, as TheBlaze reported last month, a handful of Sabatini's Democratic colleagues blasted the bill when the lawmaker presented it in January. Now, presumably as a result of lobbying efforts by LGBT groups, the Florida representative says that a growing number of Democrats are working in lock-step to undermine his proposal.
"Shockingly, the entire Democrat Party has become so radical, that it now defends shutting down puberty for minors and medical sex change for children—it's mind boggling," he said when contacted by phone on Saturday.
NBC News has labeled the "Vulnerable Child Protection Act" NBC and other unrelated regulatory pro-business reforms as "anti-gay." By labeling Sabatini's proposal as "homophobic" and grouping it together with other bills, Democratic activist groups are hoping to brand the disparate legislative efforts as a broader "attack" on LGBT communities with the goal of sinking the "Vulnerable Child Protection Act," which, according to the Florida lawmaker, is the one that Democrats are truly attempting to target.
Sabatini is unfazed, however, telling TheBlaze that his Democratic colleagues are well aware that his bill "has nothing to do with sexual orientation."
"It's about stopping some in the medical industry making a profit while enabling those who want to experiment on children who are experiencing gender identity issues," he said.
Should Sabatini's bill pass the House, Florida will join South Dakota as the next state to move toward prohibiting sex-change surgeries for minors.


theblaze--2020-02-01--Who did it better? Ted Cruz mocks Pelosi ‘clap’ as the Senate moves closer to acquitting Trump

Who did it better ?
Ted Cruz mocks Pelosi ‘ clap ’ as the Senate moves closer to acquitting Trump

While Democrats, led by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, rushed to impeach President Donald Trump on partisan lines, few Senators were more vocal in defending the nation's 45th commander in chief than Texas Republican Ted Cruz (R-Texas).
On Friday, Cruz was among 51 senators who voted not to needlessly prolong Trump's impeachment trial with additional witnesses beyond the 17 whose testimonies have already testified. In doing so, the Republicans appear to be on the brink of making history by acquitting Trump, the third time in history that a president has been exonerated in the Senate, which called for a measured celebration.
Accordingly, Cruz appeared to clap on the Senate floor during a recess, but not just any clap. The Texas Republican seemed to mock Pelosi's condescending clap at Trump in last year's State of the Union.
Cruz's "clap" went viral with the gesture prompting Republican media strategist Caleb Hull to ask his Twitter followers: "Who did it better?"
Trump will be acquitted next week
Most political observers agree that Trump is heading toward a major victory next week, as he will almost certainly be acquitted by the Senate within a few days.
As TheBlaze's Carlos Garcia reported Friday, even liberal CNN legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin has admitted the Senate impeachment trial has been a big win for the president.
"I mean you know he's gonna win this trial. He won on the issue of witnesses," he said. "He's going to get acquitted — and that's how history will remember what went on here."


theblaze--2020-02-01--DNC members reportedly considering last minute rule change to hurt Bernie Sanders at convention

DNC members reportedly considering last minute rule change to hurt Bernie Sanders at convention 'That 's the definition of a @ @ @

The Democratic National Committee is at it again.
According to Politico, a small group of DNC members has begun discussing a plan aimed at harming Sen. Bernie Sanders' chances of winning the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination.
From Politico:
In conversations on the sidelines of a DNC executive committee meeting and in telephone calls and texts in recent days, about a half-dozen members have discussed the possibility of a policy reversal to ensure that so-called superdelegates can vote on the first ballot at the party's national convention. Such a move would increase the influence of DNC members, members of Congress and other top party officials, who now must wait until the second ballot to have their say if the convention is contested.
"I do believe we should re-open the rules. I hear it from others as well," one DNC member said in a text message last week to William Owen, a DNC member from Tennessee who does not support re-opening the rules.
The DNC chose to relegate superdelegates to the second ballot following the 2016 convention because they were widely seen to hold too much power.
That is because, despite Sanders' overwhelming popular support, Hillary Clinton handily won the party's nomination in 2016 due to the majority of superdelegates backing her campaign. Giving the superdelegates — which the DNC now calls "automatic delegates" — less power means voters have more say in who wins the nomination.
Reversing the policy change would likely trigger a similar result in 2020: Sanders loses the nomination because establishment Democrats use superdelegates to ensure the candidate of their choice wins.
In response to the report, DNC Chairman Tom Perez said, "Absolutely not. We put in the work to ensure power was returned to the grassroots, we will be following the rules set forth by the DNC. We will not bend on this, we will not change our rules."
However, the DNC has already showed willingness to change rules to accommodate establishment favorites.
On Friday, the DNC announced a massive overhaul to criteria used to determine which Democratic candidates are eligible to participate in the primary debates, completely scrapping the donor threshold. The move will help Michael Bloomberg, allowing him to participate in upcoming debates.
Candidates and their campaigns slammed the DNC in response.
"To now change the rules in the middle of the game to accommodate Mike Bloomberg, who is trying to buy his way into the Democratic nomination, is wrong," Jeff Weaver, a senior adviser to Sanders' campaign, said. "That's the definition of a rigged system."
Elizabeth Warren said, "The DNC didn't change the rules to ensure good, diverse candidates could remain on the debate stage. They shouldn't change the rules to let a billionaire on. Billionaires shouldn't be allowed to play by different rules—on the debate stage, in our democracy, or in our government."
Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-Hawaii) said, "Bloomberg just bought the @DNC," adding the hashtag "PayToPlay."


theblaze--2020-02-01--Iowa sex offender's release from prison over gender change is the climax of liberal perversion

Iowa sex offender 's release from prison over gender change is the climax of liberal perversion Romans 1 is here @ @ @ @ @ Right now .

Wrath.
We deserve it for the cultural decadence and chaos we not only regularly allow to go unchallenged, but actually welcome into our midst under the banner of science or freedom.
Here in Iowa — one of the first states in the nation to fall for the "how is my gay marriage going to impact you" nonsense — that has never been more clear as the countdown to the first-in-the-nation caucus for the Democratic presidential nomination nears zero hour.
Because of how that court-issued bending of God's design for men and women back in 2009 has throttled into malevolent overdrive since, it has now been put on display in almost perfectly providential proportions. It's as if the coming vote is being confronted in real time by its own brutal Frankenstein monster.
It was reported Wednesday that a 23-year-old serial sex abuser of as many as 15 children under the age of 13 was being let out of an Iowa prison because he feels pretty now.
How is my gay marriage going to impact you, indeed.
The "logic" goes, according to Iowa attorney general spokesman Lynn Hicks, that reducing the man's testosterone levels means he is less of a threat to use his male "sex drive" against children.
Dear Lord. The clear implication here is that it is part of the natural male sex drive to hurt children, and that evil or insanity has nothing to do with it. Because we haven't had a flood of female school teachers having sex with their underage students the past 20 years or something. By the way, the mouthpiece saying this, Lynn Hicks, is, I kid you not, the former editorial page editor for the Des Moines Register that just endorsed Sen. Elizabeth Warren for president.
That'll preach. Speaking of preaching, how about we cast this demonic nonsense out and let God have a turn.
A "sex drive" is the natural blessing of holy desire bestowed on men and women for one another as a means of both pleasure and procreation. For those of you in the barbaric Iowa attorney general's office, which has been controlled by the same Democrat for two decades, that last word — procreation — is what happens when a woman becomes pregnant and the baby is allowed to live instead of killing it for personal convenience.
This travesty of justice has nothing to do with sex drives. It has to do with perversion being given ever increasing license in society. Until the mad scientists become the poets of the age, and circus freaks like those from the Persian army in the movie "300" replace Michelangelo's "David" statue as objects of aspiration and beauty.
Romans 1 is here. In living color. Right now.
Because another thing I'm being asked to believe by the woke mob is that gender is fluid enough for a "he" to become a "she" based on mystical multiverse gender whims so powerful, they should be viewed as a human right capable of trumping even the shackles of prison itself. Yet in the very next hellish breath we're being told, in defense of a serial sex abuser of children, that fake gender is so rock solid in its certainty and stability that none of that icky stuff need concern us any longer.
You jackasses can't have it both ways. So is sex biological or isn't it?
Furthermore, if Josie Smith, as the sex offender is now called, is indeed a new creation as a "female," then why does he still have to register as a sex offender at all? If Josie Smith is a new person, and she didn't commit any of those abuses, then what is she under suspicion for?
You jackasses can't have it both ways. So is this he a she now, and a new person or not?
Let's cut to the chase. These ghastly fiends don't care. They just want to destroy a civilization they hold in contempt and if that means replacing it with Sodom and Gomorrah, so be it. To mock God is their greatest desire. To replace Him is their greatest need.
And because of that, the judgement that will ultimately be brought upon them and their cowardly accomplices in a willfully ignorant crowd of lethargic bystanders, will be a just one — dark and terrible as the dawn. May they choke on it, but by all means enjoy their depraved Iowa Caucus vote first.
In the meantime, the rest of us should enjoy the Second Amendment to protect our children.


theblaze--2020-02-01--Retired Senate Dem leader tells Glenn Beck: If I were still in office, I'd vote to acquit President

Retired Senate Dem leader tells Glenn Beck: If I were still in office, I'd vote to acquit President Trump

Retired Senate Dem leader tells Glenn Beck : If I were still in office , I 'd vote to acquit @ @ @ @ @ Hamilton and Madison were alive today , they would also vote to acquit Trump

Retired Sen. Joe Lieberman (D-Conn.) was once one of the most influential Democrats in the country, but he has grown increasingly independent and wary of his party's growing radicalism.
Now Lieberman, who was nearly elected as the country's vice president in 2000, says that House Democrats have taken their impeachment power too far and if he were still in the Senate, he would vote to acquit President Donald Trump.
In a radio interview with Glenn Beck on Friday, the former senator says that while he believes Trump's dealings with Ukraine were "inappropriate," they do not rise to the level of an impeachable offense.
"The call that President Trump made with President Zelensky of Ukraine was inappropriate, was wrong, it shouldn't have been done," Lieberman told Beck, "but did it reach the point where we can say nine months before an election (...) that, if we keep him in office, he represents a danger to the country? I don't think so."
It's what the founders intended
Lieberman continued by noting that voters should ultimately decide Trump's fate.
"Leave it to the people in November. In other words, impeachment, as our framers intended, I believe was not meant to be punitive, to punish you either criminally or by taking you out of office," the retired senator said.
"It was meant," he added, "to protect the country until the next election—and the closer it is to an election, the higher the threshold to convicting somebody, a president, and removing him from office."
The former running-mate of Al Gore added that Trump's now inevitable acquittal in the Senate is a "fair conclusion" to his trial. Lieberman also added that if founders James Madison and Alexander Hamilton were alive today, they would look at Trump's acquittal in the Senate and say: "This is what we intended."
He would have voted for witnesses though
Lieberman also told Beck that while he believes Trump should be acquitted, he would have supported allowing testimony from additional witnesses if he were still in the Senate.
"I'd probably vote for witnesses," he said, adding that during the "good ol' days" of the Clinton impeachment, Senators were able to work across party lines and set a limit to the number of witnesses and conclude the trial within a reasonable time frame.
Ultimately, with or without witnesses, Lieberman believes this matter will be decided in voting booths come November.
"The people will decide," he concluded.


theblaze--2020-02-01--CPAC takes action against Mitt Romney after voting for new witnesses, evidence in Trump trial

CPAC takes action against Mitt Romney after voting for new witnesses , evidence in Trump trial

Matt Schlapp, chairman of the American Conservative Union, announced Friday that Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) would not be invited to this year's gathering.
"BREAKING: The 'extreme conservative' and Junior Senator from the great state of Utah, @SenatorRomney is formally NOT invited to #CPAC2020," Schlapp said.
Schlapp's announcement came after Romney voted to allow new witnesses and documents in President Donald Trump's impeachment trial. Romney's vote was motivated by his desire to hear from John Bolton, Romney's spokesperson, Liz Johnson, said, The Hill reported.
Romney and Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) — two of the most moderate Republican lawmakers — were the only two Republicans who voted in favor of additional witnesses and evidence.
However, because Democrats needed four Republican votes, Trump's trial will likely end next Wednesday in an acquittal without having heard from additional witnesses.
Romney has spoken at CPAC several times, including in 2012 when he secured the Republican nomination for president, and in 2013 after losing the election to then-President Barack Obama.
Sen. Mike Lee (R), who also represents Utah in the Senate, defended Romney on Friday, calling him a "good friend" and "excellent senator."
"Mitt Romney is a good friend and an excellent Senator. We have disagreed about a lot in this trial. But he has my respect for the thoughtfulness, integrity, and guts he has shown throughout this process," Lee said. "Utah and the Senate are lucky to have him."


theblaze--2020-02-01--Progressives at odds after Rashida Tlaib boos Hillary Clinton at Iowa event

Far-left Democratic congresswoman Rashida Tlaib (Mich.) sparked bedlam among progressives Friday night, after she passionately booed 2016 Democratic Presidential Nominee Hillary Clinton while promoting current 2020 hopeful Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) in Iowa.
What are the details?
At a Sanders event in Clive, Iowa, moderator Dionna Langford brought up Clinton's recent swipe that "nobody likes" Sanders.
Tlaib was sitting on the stage with fellow Reps. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) and Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.). All three are Sanders surrogates.
Langford began, "When someone by the name of Hillary Clinton said that nobody...," and was interrupted by the audience before finishing her sentence, leading the host to declare, "We're not gonna boo, we're not gonna boo, we're classy here."
"No, no, I'll boo: Booooooo!!!!" Tlaib interjected, drawing laughter from the crowd and her colleagues on stage. "You all know I can't be quiet," the congresswoman continued. "No, we're gonna boo. That's alright. The haters will shut up on Monday when we win," referring to the primary election in Iowa.
Video of Tlaib's outburst went viral and her name began trending on Twitter as Democratic voters argued over whether her punch-back at Clinton was disrespectful or justified.
Several who ridiculed Tlaib for her jab at Clinton argued that Clinton had defended Tlaib in the past when Clinton tweeted a response to President Donald Trump after he criticized a group of progressive freshman congresswomen on Twitter. A number of those who came to Clinton's defense labeled Tlaib as "trash."
Other liberals on social media hailed Tlaib for speaking out against Clinton's recent attacks on Sanders, which appeared unsolicited and carefully timed as a way to hurt Sanders — who was Clinton's chief rival in the 2016 Democratic primary.
Another facet of leftist online contributors (including constituents) hit out at Omar and Jayapal for appearing to relish in Tlaib's comments.
A fourth major viewpoint from progressives was that Tlaib's actions were unnecessary and divisive for her party on a day that House Democrats took a huge blow in their efforts to impeach President Donald Trump, who holds strong Republican backing as the incumbent in the 2020 race for the White House.


theblaze--2020-02-01--Top al Qaeda leader who taunted Trump has been reportedly killed in US airstrike in Yemen

Top al Qaeda leader who taunted Trump has been reportedly killed in US airstrike in Yemen Qassim al-Rimi once called @ @ @ @ @ the White House ''

A top al-Qaeda terror leader who previously mocked President Donald Trump has been killed in a US airstrike in Yemen according to top Pentagon sources.
Qassim al-Rimi ridiculed the president in 2017 after a failed US military strike in Yemen intended to target him.
"The fool of the White House got slapped at the beginning of his road in your lands," al-Rimi said on a recording after the strike.
The New York Times reported that several American officials were confident that al-Rimi was killed in the January airstrike.
The report said an informant provided US forces in November with the location of the the head of al-Qaeda's affiliate in Yemen.
Journalist Shelley Carbone also reported that US officials were working to confirm the death of al-Rimi.
A US Defense Official told CNN, "While we are aware of the reports alleging the death of AQAP leader Qassim al-Rimi, the Department of Defense has nothing to offer on this matter."
Al-Rimi had threatened to attack American targets, and the US government had offered $10 million in reward for information about him.
Here's the video report of his taunting Trump in 2017:


theblaze--2020-02-01--PETA's Kaepernick-inspired commercial backfires spectacularly

The animal rights group is being dragged by the exact political groups they sought to charm

Radical animals rights organization People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals has earned itself widespread scorn once again, this time for releasing a commercial showing animals kneeling in protest in the same fashion as former NFL player and activist Colin Kaepernick.
But instead of earning praise in their attempt to honor vegan Kaepernick, the organization sparked fury among social justice warriors.
What are the details?
PETA claims their new animated commercial "inspired by Colin Kaepernick's activism against racial inequity and systemic oppression" was supposed to air during the Super Bowl, but the NFL allegedly pressured Fox Sports to reject it.
So, the activist group released its masterpiece on Friday, which shows numerous animals — including a fish and a snake — "kneeling" Kaepernick-style as "The Star Spangled Banner" is hummed in the background.
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Within hours of the release, it became clear from the online and media responses to the ad that PETA did not receive the kind of attention it expected from its commercial.
The group's ad was lambasted by several people as stupid for the "kneeling" snake and fish, and deemed disrespectful to the United States by others. But where PETA received the most criticism was from social justice advocates accusing the group of tone-deafness for "appropriating" Kaepernick's protest against racial injustice and attempting to equate it to the plight of animals.
Michael Harriot wrote in The Root that with its ad, "PETA colonized the Black Lives Matter Movement; disrespected Colin Kaepernick's protest against injustice, and made a mockery of 400 years of systemic oppression by comparing Black lives to grizzly bears and bald eagles."
Harriot's piece was titled, "PETA's #PetLivesMatter Super Bowl Ad Is So White, Even the NFL Is Like: 'Come on, Son!'"
Erica Cobb, co-host of Daily Blast LIVE called PETA's ad "so disrespectful," explaining, "Black people already feel like dogs having clean drinking water is more important than black people have clean drinking water."
Twitter users certainly noticed the ad, too — the hashtag #PETA was trending for most of the day as negative feedback rolled in.
Feminist media critic Anita Sarkeesian tweeted, "Not wanting to add more views or attention to PETA but I'm so tired of how consistently their 'activism' is deeply oppressive, offensive, and degrading to ACTUAL HUMAN BEINGS. Of course, we shouldn't be cruel to animals but the real oppression of Black folks is not equivalent."
At one point, PETA attempted to appease their critics by tweeting, "We are inspired by all movements that remind us to open our hearts and minds and reject every form of injustice. We were thrilled to hear back from Kaepernick, who appreciated that his bold activism inspired our #EndSpeciesism Super Bowl ad."
That tweet didn't seem to help, either. As the controversy over the ad continued on social media, several people shared that PETA had blocked them for criticizing the group.


theblaze--2020-02-01--Ocasio-Cortez pushes bizarre conspiracy theory to explain why Republicans defeated motion for new wi

Ocasio-Cortez pushes bizarre conspiracy theory to explain why Republicans defeated motion for new witnesses She accused Republicans of dismantling the @

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) appeared to endorse a conspiracy theory to explain why Republicans rejected a motion to call new witnesses in the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump on Friday.
"The Senate's abdication of responsibility to the rule of law represents a much deeper threat to our democracy, our institutions, and our republic," she claimed in a tweet.
"The GOP knows that its agenda is incompatible with democracy, so their larger project is to dismantle it," she added.
Ocasio-Cortez retweeted an article from Rolling Stones writer Jamil Smith claiming that Republicans didn't want to punish the president for trying to manipulate the election, because they wanted the opportunity to manipulate the election also.
"They did this for a reason. Not necessarily to give Trump ultimate power, though Republicans are okay with that," Smith said.
"It's about the fact that he was caught manipulating an election," he added, "something that they too would like to continue doing without interruption."
Ocasio-Cortez was responding to the vote on Friday that sealed the deal on closing the impeachment trial without any new witnesses. Democrats hoped that they would be able to see former Trump national security advisor John Bolton testify about the reported claims in his book that seem to corroborate the impeachment accusations.
The Republican-controlled Senate is expected to vote to acquit the president of two articles of impeachment on Wednesday.
Here's the latest on the impeachment trial:


theblaze--2020-02-01--Man tests positive for coronavirus in San Francisco Bay Area, bringing number of US cases to 7

Man tests positive for coronavirus in San Francisco Bay Area , bringing number of US cases to 7 Three major @ @ @ @ @ flights to mainland China

A man has tested positive for the Wuhan coronavirus in the San Francisco Bay Area, bringing the number of U.S. confirmed cases of the virus to seven as three major U.S. airlines announced they would halt air travel to mainland China in an effort to stop the spread.
What are the details?
According to the Los Angeles Times, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed Friday that a Santa Clara County man tested positive for the virus in the third case to hit the state of California. Business Insider reported that the man had recently traveled from Wuhan and Shanghai, and arrived back in the U.S. at the San Jose International Airport one week ago.
Since his return on Jan. 24, officials said, the man left his home twice to seek medical care, but has not been hospitalized and is being treated in his home. Santa Clara County health officer Dr. Sara Cody said during a press conference Friday that the man had come into contact with "very few individuals" since arriving back from China.
"We do not have evidence to suggest that the novel coronavirus is circulating in the Bay Area, in Santa Clara Country, or really in Northern California," Cody told reporters. "Our assessment is that the public at large is still at low risk, because this case was careful to self-isolate at home for the entire time since he returned from China."
The announcement of the most recent confirmed coronavirus case comes as 195 people remain quarantined in Riverside County in southern California, after being part of a flight evacuated from China earlier this week. The mandatory quarantine is the first issued by the CDC in over 50 years.
Anything else?
Also on Friday, three major commercial U.S. airlines announced the suspension of flights to mainland China, where the outbreak began in December and has grown into a major health situation in the country.
UPI reported that American Airlines announced it was canceling all its flights to China immediately, Delta Airlines announced it was canceling flights starting next week, and United Airlines will suspend flights to mainland China beginning Thursday but will continue to operate its daily flight between San Francisco and Hong Kong.


theblaze--2020-02-01--'Trump won,' says CNN's legal analyst Jeff Toobin. 'That's how history will remember what went on he

'Trump won,' says CNN's legal analyst Jeff Toobin. 'That's how history will remember what went on here.'

'Trump won , ' says CNN 's legal analyst Jeff Toobin .
'That 's how history will remember what went @ @ @ @ @ 's going to get acquitted ... ''

CNN's legal analyst Jeff Toobin said that the conclusion of the impeachment trial was a victory for President Donald Trump and that the Democrats had failed.
"Give us the big picture, right now, of what we're saying," asked Wolf Blitzer.
"Trump won," said Toobin.
"I mean you know he's gonna win this trial. He won on the issue of witnesses," he added. "He's going to get acquitted — and that's how history will remember what went on here.
"I think history will also record that there are at last one and perhaps other, pivotal pivotal witnesses who were available to the Senate, to talk about the precise issue that is the subject of this impeachment trial, and the Senate decided not to hear from them," he added.
Toobin was responding to the vote on Friday to defeat the motion calling for new witnesses in the impeachment trial.
"The Democrats failed here!"
Toobin angrily denounced the Senate on Thursday for not calling new witnesses and said the Democrats had failed.
"Remember who we're talking about, I mean, we're talking about Donald Trump, who never feels chastened by anything!" Toobin told the panel.
"And so he will see this, and I think he's probably correct, as a victory," he continued. "That the Democrats failed here!"
He also said that the trial was a sham because Republicans refused to allow more witnesses as the Democrats demanded.
"This trial was not a trial in any meaningful sense of the word. There is, we know, relevant evidence out there in the world, there are documents, there are emails, there are texts, and there are witnesses which could shine very clear light on what went on here, and the Senate says we're not interested," he explained.
"That's a disgrace," he concluded.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) echoed the talking point on Friday, saying that the acquittal had "no value" because of the vote against new witnesses.
Here's the video of Toobin's comments:


theblaze--2020-02-01--Brexit complete as UK officially leaves the European Union

The United Kingdom officially left the European Union on Friday , and the occasion was marked by both celebrations and @ @ @ @ @ What are the details ?
An hour before the official Brexit countdown clock hit zero @ @ @ @ @ addressed the nation with a statement released on social media , where he urged the @ @ @ @ @ seize the opportunities made available by the UK 's `` recaptured sovereignty . ''
The @ @ @ @ @ partied in the streets of London and in pubs and social clubs across the country @ @ @ @ @ countdown .
Anti-Brexit groups also staged protests , and candlelight vigils mourning the exit were @ @ @ @ @ had voted to stay in the European Union .
The occasion comes three years after @ @ @ @ @ referendum to leave the EU , where it was a member for 47 years .

The United Kingdom officially left the European Union on Friday, and the occasion was marked by both celebrations and protests across the country.
What are the details?
An hour before the official Brexit countdown clock hit zero, Prime Minister Boris Johnson addressed the nation with a statement released on social media, where he urged the country to come together and seize the opportunities made available by the UK's "recaptured sovereignty."
The BBC reported that pro-Brexit crowds partied in the streets of London and in pubs and social clubs across the country in anticipation of the final countdown.
Anti-Brexit groups also staged protests, and candlelight vigils mourning the exit were held in Scotland, which had voted to stay in the European Union.
The occasion comes three years after the UK voted in a referendum to leave the EU, where it was a member for 47 years.


theblaze--2020-02-04--Despite polls, CNN excludes Tulsi Gabbard in NH: 'CNN is making a choice to dishonor voters'

Despite polls , CNN excludes Tulsi Gabbard in NH : 'CNN is making a choice to dishonor voters' 'The political @ @ @ @ @ serving the people of this country '

Democratic presidential candidate Rep Tulsi Gabbard (Hawaii) is currently polling at 8 percent, ahead of Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), Andrew Yang, Tom Steyer and Former Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick -- all of whom received invitations to CNN's series of town halls in New Hampshire this week before voters head to the polls for the crucial primary.
Why, then, did CNN blatantly exclude Gabbard from the New Hampshire town halls?
"We've put in calls and sent messages to CNN to ask them exactly that question, and have not gotten any kind of response," Gabbard told Glenn Beck on the radio program Monday.
"To me, the biggest problem with all of this is CNN is making a choice to dishonor voters -- both here in New Hampshire, who will be voting here in eight days, as well as voters across the country -- by barring them from being able to be informed about the different leading candidates who are running for president," she added.
Gabbard explained that the liberal media's "target" is not just the Republican establishment, but also Democratic candidates who fail to fall in line with the politically elite in Washington.
"As we're heading towards Election Day here, voters recognize that the political establishment in Washington is not serving the people of this country. We have a Washington that is of, by, and for the powerful elite, rather than of, by, and for the people," she said.
"We see how the powerful elite in Washington are not working for the best interests of the people," continued Gabbard. "And the only way to change that is when we, the people, stand up, work side by side, and actually focus on putting the country first. Putting the people of this country first. And actually get real solutions to the problems that we are facing."
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theblaze--2020-02-03--Steven Crowder identifies the actual victims of student loan debt forgiveness

Steven Crowder dismantled Democrat 's plan for student loan debt forgiveness and exposed the truth — forgiving student loan debt @ @ @ @ @ and paid their loans off .
He also gave students helpful tips on how to @ @ @ @ @ future .
Guess what ?
: University is not right for everyone .
Watch the @ @ @ @ @ 's full take on student loan debt forgiveness .
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Steven Crowder dismantled Democrat's plan for student loan debt forgiveness and exposed the truth — forgiving student loan debt punishes those who worked hard and paid their loans off. He also gave students helpful tips on how to make better choices for their future. Guess what?: University is not right for everyone.
Watch the video below to hear Crowder's full take on student loan debt forgiveness.
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theblaze--2020-02-03--Whoops: Mike Bloomberg's anti-Trump ad shows photo of caged migrants from Obama's presidency

A new anti-Trump advertisement produced by Mike Bloomberg 's presidential campaign mistakenly included a photo taken of caged migrants during the Obama administration , The Daily Caller reported .
The ad , which was posted on Twitter Sunday night , was meant to criticize the `` change '' that has occurred since President Trump took office .
`` America demanded change , and change is what we got , '' the narrator states before a montage of footage is rolled purportedly displaying events that have taken place during Trump 's presidency .
A good portion of the photos and videos @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to show the negative effects of Trump 's immigration enforcement policies on the southern border .
At one point during the montage , a photo of migrants caged in at a holding facility is shown .
The photo 's inclusion in the ad encapsulates what the Bloomberg campaign views as Trump 's harsh treatment of immigrants .
The only problem is that this photo was taken in 2014 during Barack Obama 's presidency .
The Daily Caller compared the still image from the video to a photo taken by Ross D. Franklin of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 2014 and concluded that they are the same image .
We 've included the photo so that you can see for yourself : Familes and Children Held In U.S. Customs and Border Protection Processing Facility The photo 's description reads : `` Detainees sleep and watch television in a holding cell where hundreds of mostly Central American immigrant children are being processed and held at the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Nogales Placement Center on June 18 , 2014 , in Nogales , Arizona . ''
TheBlaze has reached out to the Bloomberg @ @ @ @ @ @ @ will be updated accordingly .
At the time of this story 's publication , the ad had not been amended or removed from Twitter .

A new anti-Trump advertisement produced by Mike Bloomberg's presidential campaign mistakenly included a photo taken of caged migrants during the Obama administration, The Daily Caller reported.
The ad, which was posted on Twitter Sunday night, was meant to criticize the "change" that has occurred since President Trump took office.
"America demanded change, and change is what we got," the narrator states before a montage of footage is rolled purportedly displaying events that have taken place during Trump's presidency.
A good portion of the photos and videos displayed as part of the montage aim to show the negative effects of Trump's immigration enforcement policies on the southern border. At one point during the montage, a photo of migrants caged in at a holding facility is shown.
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The photo's inclusion in the ad encapsulates what the Bloomberg campaign views as Trump's harsh treatment of immigrants. The only problem is that this photo was taken in 2014 during Barack Obama's presidency.
The Daily Caller compared the still image from the video to a photo taken by Ross D. Franklin of the Associated Press on June 18, 2014 and concluded that they are the same image.
For example, the crossed legs of the individual laying down in the Bloomberg photo is the same as the crossed-legged individual seen in the middle of Franklin's photo. The placing of the three mats near the head of the individual are stacked in the exact same position, as well.
In the background of both images, one individual with a black shirt is seen sitting next to others with white shirts. Additionally, a row of five individuals with white shirts are seen sitting together, their backs turned to the camera, at a table in both images.
We've included the photo so that you can see for yourself:
Familes and Children Held In U.S. Customs and Border Protection Processing Facility Photo by Ross D. Franklin-Pool/Getty Images
The photo's description reads: "Detainees sleep and watch television in a holding cell where hundreds of mostly Central American immigrant children are being processed and held at the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Nogales Placement Center on June 18, 2014, in Nogales, Arizona."
TheBlaze has reached out to the Bloomberg campaign for comment, and the story will be updated accordingly.
At the time of this story's publication, the ad had not been amended or removed from Twitter.


theblaze--2020-02-03--WATCH: Antifa protesters accost Trump supporter and volunteers cleaning-up trash, feces in San Franc

WATCH: Antifa protesters accost Trump supporter and volunteers cleaning-up trash, feces in San Francisco

Does Nancy Pelosi even know what 's happening in her congressional district ?

While House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) pushed for the impeachment of President Donald Trump, her congressional district is reportedly crumbling under the weight of an ever-worsening epidemic of homelessness, drug addiction, and human feces in the streets.
BlazeTV's Elijah Schaffer, host of "Slightly Offens*ve," wanted a first-hand account of what's really going on in Pelosi's old stomping ground, so he headed to San Francisco, California, to discover the truth about America's once-beautiful city by the bay.
Elijah also met up with Scott Presler -- the conservative activist who has organized successful inner-city clean up efforts in Baltimore, Chicago, Houston, and Los Angeles -- who came to San Francisco with 150 volunteers to help clean up the city.
Watch the video below to see what's really going on in San Francisco:
During the massive clean up effort, Antifa protesters showed up to heckle the volunteers, calling them racists and fascists, and -according to Elijah, even physically assaulted one man. Watch the video below:
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theblaze--2020-02-03--Leftists rip into Rush Limbaugh after he announces cancer diagnosis: 'Good riddance'

Leftists rip into Rush Limbaugh after he announces cancer diagnosis : 'Good riddance' 'Could n't have happened to a better @ @ @ @ @ he is a cancer to society , life is imitating art here . '

Soon after conservative radio icon Rush Limbaugh announced on his Monday program that he has advanced lung cancer, leftists on social media — as we've come to expect — tore into Limbaugh with gusto.
Writer and comedian Nick Jack Pappas served up this take:
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The Rude Pundit, who boasts over 72,000 Twitter followers, let his F-flag fly:
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Another comedian, Nick Ciarelli, had the following to say to his nearly 24,000 followers:
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Numerous commenters on CNN Brian Stelter's tweet regarding Limbaugh's cancer announcement were particularly brutal to the conservative radio host: