theblaze--2020-10-02--Senate Judiciary Committee member Mike Lee reveals he has coronavirus

' I will remain isolated for the next 10 days '

Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah), who is a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, announced Friday that he had been diagnosed with COVID-19.
Lee's statement comes on the heels of President Donald Trump's announcement that he and first lady Melania Trump have been infected with the coronavirus, as well as RNC Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel's revelation of also recently testing positive for the virus.
What are the details?
In a Twitter statement, the Utah lawmaker wrote, "Yesterday morning, I was experiencing symptoms consistent with longtime allergies. Out of an abundance of caution, I sought medical advice and was tested for Covid-19. Unlike the test I took just a few days ago while visiting the White House, yesterday's test came back positive."
He continued, "On advice of the Senate attending physician, I will remain isolated for the next 10 days.
"Like so many other Utahns, I will now spend part of 2020 working from home," Lee's statement added. "I have spoken with Leader [Mitch] McConnell and Chairman [Lindsey] Graham, and assured them I will be back to work in time to join my Judiciary Committee colleagues in advancing the Supreme Court nomination of Judge Amy Coney Barrett in the Committee and then to the full Senate."
What else?
On Tuesday, Lee met with Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett.
Following his meeting with Barrett, Lee, whose committee is scheduled to begin confirmation hearings for Barrett later this month, said, "I was remarkably impressed by Judge Barrett. My meeting with her was fantastic."
According to the Salt Lake Tribune, he added, "She is a judge, a legal scholar, a lawyer, and a jurist with outstanding credentials. We had a great conversation and I am very much looking forward to speaking with her more during her confirmation hearing."
The outlet reported that Barrett also met Tuesday with other key Republicans, including Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.)
"Other Republicans on the Judiciary Committee with whom she met included Chairman Lindsey Graham of South Carolina and Sens. Ted Cruz of Texas, Chuck Grassley of Iowa and Mike Crapo of Idaho," the Tribune reported. "She also visited with Senate Majority Whip John Thune of South Dakota and Sens. Cory Gardner of Colorado and Rick Scott of Florida."
Barrett met with Utah Sen. Mitt Romney (R) on Wednesday.
In a statement, Romney said, "I enjoyed meeting Judge Barrett, and we had an informative, wide-ranging discussion about her impressive background and her judicial philosophy. I look forward to her upcoming testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee."


theblaze--2020-10-02--New poll finds 60% of Americans don't trust the media to report the news 'fully, accurately, and fai

New poll finds 60% of Americans don't trust the media to report the news 'fully, accurately, and fairly'

New poll finds 60 % of Americans do n't trust the media to report the news 'fully , accurately , @ @ @

The distrust the American people have for the national media to provide fair and accurate reporting is continuing unabated, Gallup revealed this week.
And it is not just Republicans — who have long had problems with the the nation's TV and newspaper outlets — keeping the media's numbers low. Independents have trust issues with the media — as do a fair share of the country's Democrats.
What's going on?
A new Gallup poll published Wednesday reveals that a majority of Americans do not trust the mass media to tell the full story.
According to Gallup, only 40% of U.S. adults admit to having "a great deal" or "a fair amount" of trust and confidence in the media to report the news "fully, accurately, and fairly." And 60% of adults say they have "not very much" trust or "none at all."
Of the four options on level of trust — "a great deal," "a fair amount," "not very much," and "none at all" — a plurality of respondents (33%) chose "none at all."
The overall trust in media (40%) is the lowest it has been since 2016, when it dropped to 32%. And it hasn't been above 50% since 2003.
Broken down by political affiliation, the data is not encouraging for the media.
Naturally, Republicans are unwilling to say they trust TV, newspapers, and radio to report the news accurately. This has been a decades-long fight for the GOP. And today, only 10% of Republicans are willing to say they trust the media. Some 58% of GOPers told Gallup they have no trust at all in the media.
But the news is not good among independents, either. Just over one-third (36%) of voters who identify as independent said they trust the media.
Even the party seen by many Americans as in bed with the liberal media is showing that it has some trust issues. Not even three-quarters (73%) of Democrats are willing to say they trust the media. Gallup noted that the share of Democrats who said they trust the media "a great deal" dropped from 24% to 16%.


theblaze--2020-10-02--Judge rules Los Angeles must pay $150K to the NRA after violating group's First Amendment rights

Judge rules Los Angeles must pay $ 150K to the NRA after violating group 's First Amendment rights

A federal judge ruled this week that city officials in Los Angeles must pay the National Rifle Association a six-figure settlement after violating the gun-rights group's First Amendment rights.
According to the Washington Free Beacon, Judge Stephen Wilson blocked an ordinance late last year that would have forced companies to disclose connections with the NRA in order to receive government contracts.
Now he has ordered city officials to pay for the Second Amendment group's attorney fees, reportedly totaling nearly $150,000.
In December 2019, Wilson ruled that "the text of the Ordinance, the Ordinance's legislative history, and the concurrent public statements made by the Ordinance's primary legislative sponsor evince a strong intent to suppress the speech of the NRA."
"Even though the Ordinance only forces disclosure of activity that may not be expressive, the clear purpose of the disclosure is to undermine the NRA's explicitly political speech," Wilson added.
"The City has no interest in the suppression of political advocacy — regardless of how distasteful it finds the content," he concluded. "The Ordinance is therefore incompatible with the Constitution, and Plaintiffs are likely to be successful on the merits of their First Amendment speech claims."
At the time, the NRA, who filed the lawsuit against the city after the ordinance's implementation last April, celebrated the ruling as a First Amendment win.
"This is an important win for the NRA, our members, and all who believe in America's constitutional freedoms," the NRA's managing director of public affairs, Andrew Arulanandam, told the Free Beacon. "The ruling sends a powerful message to those government officials who would take any actions that are adverse to the NRA because they dislike its political speech."
In an updated comment, NRA spokeswoman Amy Hunter said, "The courts have rightfully imposed those consequences upon Los Angeles. The NRA will continue our fight and, as always, work to hold politicians accountable."
The Free Beacon noted that neither Democratic Mayor Eric Garcetti nor Democratic Councilmember Mitch O'Farrell — both of whom sponsored the ordinance and were named in the lawsuit — responded when requested for comment.
The ordinance, now struck down, explicitly stated its intention was to spotlight city contractors who have done business with the NRA or donated to the organization.
"The City of Los Angeles has enacted ordinances and adopted positions that promote gun safety and sensible gun ownership," the ordinance stated. "The City's residents deserve to know if the City's public funds are spent on contractors that have contractual or sponsorship ties with the NRA. Public funds provided to such contractors undermines the City's efforts to legislate and promote gun safety."


theblaze--2020-10-02--Senate Leader McConnell says vote on Barrett SCOTUS nomination could come after the election; doesn'

Senate Leader McConnell says vote on Barrett SCOTUS nomination could come after the election; doesn't know when confirmation will happen

Senate Leader McConnell says vote on Barrett SCOTUS nomination could come after the election ; does n't know when confirmation @ @ @ @ @ was elected for a term that ends in January of next year '

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, (R-Ky.) indicated Thursday that Senate Republicans could hold a vote on Judge Amy Coney Barrett's confirmation to the Supreme Court after the Nov. 3 general election.
Answering a question from Fox News' Brett Baier, McConnell said there were no constitutional barriers to confirming a Supreme Court nominee during a lame duck session of Congress between the election and the inauguration of the new Congress in January.
"Well, this Republican Senate was elected for a term that ends in January of next year. The president was elected for a four-year term that ends Jan. 20 of next year," McConnell said.
"There are no reduced constitutional prerogatives during either of our tenures and in fact, Brett, you will remember two years ago when my party actually gained two seats in the Senate while we were losing the House, the biggest issue in the campaign was a Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh."
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McConnell said he has not decided when the confirmation vote on Barrett's nomination will take place.
"I haven't decided when the vote would occur on the floor, but we do anticipate Judge Barrett coming out of committee on Oct. 22," McConnell said. "I think that's a pretty likely outcome and then we'll decide when to go forward."
The Senate Judiciary Committee will begin confirmation hearings for Judge Barrett on Oct. 12. An aide to the committee told Reuters Friday the nomination will proceed "full steam ahead."
McConnell said the hearings will give the American people "an opportunity to get to meet and know Judge Barrett."
"We were calling each other hypocrites before, what we need to see is the nominee. And we'll have an opportunity to do that over the next few weeks," McConnell said. "She's spectacular, an incredible life's story, wonderful family — five kids, two adopted kids, one special needs kid. And one of her professors at Notre Dame wrote an op-ed in the Washington Post recently saying she was the single most brilliant student he'd ever had in all of his years teaching law at Notre Dame."
McConnell also said he will make Barrett a centerpiece of his re-election campaign.
"The pending nomination I think is a big asset," he said. "I'm happy to put this nominee front and center in my campaign. I'm happy to tell voters of Kentucky my opponent would oppose this outstanding nominee. I support her. I think it's an asset in my state and an asset in many, many states around the country."


theblaze--2020-10-02--Steven Crowder holds rally in Michigan, demands Gov. Whitmer release full COVID nursing home mortali

Steven Crowder holds rally in Michigan, demands Gov. Whitmer release full COVID nursing home mortality rate

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Gretchen Whitmer 's nursing home policy .
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Steven Crowder organized a rally outside of the Michigan State Capitol building Friday, Oct. 2, to raise awareness of the countless COVID-19 deaths that allegedly resulted from Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's nursing home policy. Read on for more details.
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theblaze--2020-10-03--Bi-racial woman said four white males lit her on fire in racist attack — prosecutors found no eviden

Bi-racial woman said four white males lit her on fire in racist attack — prosecutors found no evidence that it happened

Bi-racial woman said four white males lit her on fire in racist attack — prosecutors found no evidence that it @ @ @ @ @ for her story about a horrendous attack

A biracial woman received national media attention for her story that she had been attacked by four white males who doused her with gasoline and lit her on fire, but law enforcement agencies say they could not find any evidence to support her claims.
Althea Bernstein, 18, said that she was attacked by four white males while she was driving through a protest in Madison, Wisconsin, in June. She claimed that the men yelled a racial slur at her when she stopped at a red light, and someone sprayed lighter fluid on her before lighting her on fire.
Bernstein's harrowing story made national headlines and many media figures championed her cause, including PBS White Correspondent Yamiche Alcindor.
Bernstein received a phone call from Meghan Markle and Prince Harry of the British royal family over her reported ordeal.
But on Friday, police said they were closing the case because "after an exhaustive probe, detectives were unable to corroborate or locate evidence consistent with what was reported."
A team of local and federal law enforcement officials investigated the matter as a hate crime, but instead they might have uncovered a hate hoax.
In their 150-page report, they documented extensive interviews and surveillance video to come to their conclusion that the attack did not occur as Bernstein reported it. They also said that an arson dog was unable to find any evidence of her story in the car, and they noted that the car was not damaged in the attack.
They did find something like lighter fluid on her shirt, and she had been treated for burns to her face.
Investigators said no charges would be filed against her because they did not find evidence that she intentionally misled police.
Here's the report from Good Morning America on her story:
Biracial woman claims attack by 4 white men l GMA www.youtube.com
This story has been updated.


theblaze--2020-10-03--Gov. Whitmer fumes after Michigan Supreme court strikes down her coronavirus orders

Gov .
Whitmer fumes after Michigan Supreme court strikes down her coronavirus orders The Democrat reacted by reiterating to Michiganders @ @ @ @ @ in place for the time being

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) released a defiant statement in response to the state Supreme Court striking down her controversial coronavirus mandates on Friday, reminding Michiganders that her rules are still in place for another three weeks.
What are the details?
In a 4-3 decision, the state's high court ruled Friday the governor's unilateral orders were "an unlawful delegation of legislative power to the executive branch in violation of the Michigan Constitution," and therefore "the executive orders issued by the Governor in response to the COVID-19 pandemic now lack any basis under Michigan law."
According to the Washington Examiner, the court gave a long list of businesses that were forced to be shuttered under Whitmer's mandates, including:
Restaurants, food courts, cafes, coffeehouses, bars, taverns, brew pubs, breweries, microbreweries, distilleries, wineries, tasting rooms, clubs, hookah bars, cigar bars, vaping lounges, barbershops, hair salons, nail salons, tanning salons, tattoo parlors, schools, churches, theaters, cinemas, libraries, museums, gymnasiums, fitness centers, public swimming pools, recreation centers, indoor sports facilities, indoor exercise facilities, exercise studios, spas, casinos, and racetracks.
In response, Whitmer — who has been battling it out with the Republican-led Michigan Legislature ever since she put her rules in place without their backing — accused the justices who ruled in the majority of playing politics. She also reminded her constituents that her regulations are still the law of the land for the time being.
"Today's Supreme Court ruling, handed down by a narrow majority of Republican justices, is deeply disappointing, and I vehemently disagree with the court's interpretation of the Michigan Constitution," the governor said in a statement, according to MLive.com.
"It is important to note that this ruling does not take effect for at least 21 days, and until then, my emergency declaration and orders retain the force of law," she continued.
Whitmer added, "Furthermore, after 21 days, many of the responsive measures I have put in place to control the spread of the virus will continue under alternative sources of authority that were not at issue in today's ruling."
Anything else?
Michigan House Speaker Lee Chatfield (R) hailed the court's decision, saying, "This is a giant win for the people of Michigan and for the democratic process. The people of this state have been denied a voice and a seat at the table in decisions that have impacted every facet of their lives and their futures over the past eight months. They deserve to have their representatives bring their voice and their concerns into this decision-making process."


theblaze--2020-10-04--VIDEO: Huge rallies in DC to show support for Trump after COVID-19 diagnosis; BLM protesters clash a

VIDEO: Huge rallies in DC to show support for Trump after COVID-19 diagnosis; BLM protesters clash at 'WalkAway' event

VIDEO : Huge rallies in DC to show support for Trump after COVID-19 diagnosis ; BLM protesters clash at 'WalkAway @ @ @ @ @ DC .
You do n't see this everyday .
A TON of Trump supporters '

Supporters of President Donald Trump flooded the streets of Washington, D.C., on Saturday. There were multiple pro-Trump rallies in and near the nation's capital, including outside the medical center where the president is recuperating from coronavirus. There was also a clash between Black Lives Matter protesters and Trump supporters.
Soon after Trump's COVID-19 diagnosis, supporters of the president began appearing outside the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland, where the commander in chief was admitted for precautionary care. On Saturday, crowds of people wearing MAGA hats and waving American flags lined the street outside Walter Reed. There was a prayer rally held for President Trump outside the medical facility.
There was also an "Unsilent Majority" march organized by the #WalkAway Foundation, a campaign that "encourages and supports those on the Left to walk away from the divisive tenets endorsed and mandated by the Democratic Party of today."
"Wow. Washington DC. You don't see this everyday. A TON of Trump supporters," noted Henry Rodgers, senior congressional correspondent for the Daily Caller.
The WalkAway march went through the streets of Washington, D.C., before ending near the Washington Monument. That is where conservative personalities such as WalkAway founder Brandon Straka, singer Joy Villa, actor Lorenzo Lamas, Maj Toure, Scott Presler, Katie Hopkins, and Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-Texas) gave speeches.
There were Black Lives Matter counter-protesters who clashed with the pro-Trump supporters. At one point, there was a physical altercation where U.S. Park Police officers are seen on video shoving people and wrestling one person on the ground.
(Content Warning: Rough language)
Earlier on Saturday, the official D.C. chapter of Black Lives Matter issued a warning to its supporters to "blur faces before posting" photos.
"If you are protesting the MAGA and white supremacist downtown in #DC right now: -most of them are still maskless," the official Twitter account posted. "Keep your masks on, pass out extras to your comrades - record and take pics of the police, not protestors or your comrades - blur faces before posting."
The #WalkAway Foundation is a multi-racial organization that encourages people to leave the Democratic Party.
We are walking away from the lies, the false narratives, the fake news, the race-baiting, the victim narrative, the violence, the vandalism, the vitriol. We are walking away from a party driven by hate. We are walking toward patriotism and a new, unified America! We are the future of this great nation!
In August, the WalkAway Foundation held a very large rally in Beverly Hills, California.


theblaze--2020-10-03--40% of Democrats are 'happy' and 31% are 'excited' that President Trump diagnosed with COVID-19

40 % of Democrats are 'happy ' and 31 % are 'excited ' that President Trump diagnosed with COVID-19 Republicans @ @ @ @ @ reaction to the news

There has been no shortage of leftist celebrities and pundits celebrating President Donald Trump being diagnosed with COVID-19. The usual cast of Trump-hating characters gleefully rejoiced in the president testing positive for the deadly coronavirus, including Kathy Griffin, Jimmy Kimmel, Bette Midler, and Rob Reiner. But being overjoyed that Trump tested positive isn't only for the rich and famous, Democratic voters were also cheering that the commander-in-chief contracted coronavirus.
A new Morning Consult/Politico poll of over 900 American registered voters found that 40% of Democrats were "somewhat" or "very" "happy" when they found out that the president tested positive for COVID-19. There were 31% of Democrats who were "somewhat" or "very" "excited" to hear about Trump's coronavirus diagnosis. There were 41% of Dems who were "indifferent" to the news of the president contracting the disease.
Republicans had a far more empathetic reaction to the news, with 55% of GOP voters "somewhat" or "very" "sad" about Trump testing positive for the virus. There were 51% of Republicans who were "somewhat" or "very" "worried" for the president.
There were 61% of Democrats who were "not too concerned" or "not concerned at all" about Trump's well-being, compared to 78% of Republicans who were "very concerned" or "somewhat concerned" about the president's health.
Of the respondents, 51% were satisfied with the amount of information they're getting on Trump's health.
Of the participants, 49% are "more worried" about the economy following Trump's coronavirus diagnosis, compared to only 6% who are "less worried."
Trump should address the nation about his positive COVID-19 diagnosis, say 68% of voters.
As far as the Supreme Court confirmation hearings for Judge Amy Coney Barrett scheduled for Oct. 12, 57% of Republican voters say the hearings should not be delayed because of Trump's positive test. Meanwhile, two-thirds of Democrats say the hearings should be delayed.
Trump testing positive for COVID-19 didn't have much impact on voters' level of concern about the coronavirus pandemic. The survey found that 53% of U.S. adults said they were "very concerned" about coronavirus on Oct. 2, the same percentage as the Morning Consult poll from Sept. 25-27.
More than half, 53% of voters, say they are more inclined to wear a face mask and practice social distancing following Trump's positive coronavirus test.


theblaze--2020-10-03--Trump speaks message of hope after confusion surrounds his health: 'I'm going to beat this'

Trump speaks message of hope after confusion surrounds his health : ' I 'm going to beat this' ' I @ @ @ @ @ of here right now '

Contradictory statements about President Donald Trump's health triggered a wave of confusion over the president's health Saturday, leading many to believe Trump's condition was more serious than what was being said publicly.
But the president seemed to put any confusion to rest Saturday afternoon.
What are the details?
Shortly before noon Saturday, Dr. Sean Conley, the president's physician, briefed reporters outside Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, where Trump was taken Friday out of an abundance of caution. Conley told reporters that Trump was doing "very well" and that many of the COVID symptoms that he previously exhibited had already dissipated.
Chaos erupted minutes after the press conference when the White House pool reported comments from someone close to the White House contradicting what Conley had just told media.
The source reportedly said, "The president's vitals over the last 24 hours were very concerning and the next 48 hours will be critical in terms of his care. We're still not on a clear path to a full recovery."
The report came just minutes after White House chief of staff Mark Meadows was captured on video talking with the pool reporters, asking them to speak off the record.
Conley's press conference — during which he was accused of not answering reporters' questions directly — also sparked confusion.
More from Politico:
Conley and Trump's medical team also sent shockwaves through the White House and political landscape with their timeline of Trump's first positive coronavirus test. During the briefing, Conley said it had been 72 hours since Trump was diagnosed with Covid-19, suggesting Trump knew about his status on Wednesday, well before he revealed it overnight Thursday into Friday. That would mean Trump had gone on with his normal schedule, traveling and working in close proximity to aides and staffers, for well over a full day.
Yet again, though, the White House scrambled minutes after the briefing to clarify the timeline from the medical team. Another White House aide said the doctor had meant to say "day 3" instead of "72 hours," since Trump had been diagnosed Thursday night. Conley made the clarification official a few hours later, releasing what amounted to the fourth statement of the day from the White House.
What did Trump say?
Hours after the confusion began, Trump tweeted that he was "feeling well."
"Doctors, Nurses and ALL at the GREAT Walter Reed Medical Center, and others from likewise incredible institutions who have joined them, are AMAZING!!!Tremendous progress has been made over the last 6 months in fighting this PLAGUE. With their help, I am feeling well!" Trump said.
Later in the day, Trump dictated a statement through Rudy Giuliani, the New York Post reported.
In that statement, Trump was upbeat and said he felt well enough to immediately leave the hospital.
"I feel I could get out of here right now. But they're telling me there can always be a backstep with this disease. But I feel I could go out and do a rally," Trump said. "I am the president of the United States. I can't lock myself in a room. … I had to confront [the virus] so the American people stopped being afraid of it so we could deal with it responsibly."
"We have made tremendous progress on treating this disease. Fatality rates are very low compared to [the beginning]," he continued.
"I'm going to beat this," Trump reportedly said. "Then I will be able to show people we can deal with this disease responsibly, but we shouldn't be afraid of it."
"If I had handled it any other way, I would have created more panic, more fear in the American people," Trump added. "We are making great progress on dealing with this disease and making better progress with the economy than anyone had the right to expect."


theblaze--2020-10-03--Photojournalist went undercover to expose white supremacists at riots, but found black bloc anarchis

Photojournalist went undercover to expose white supremacists at riots, but found black bloc anarchists instead

Photojournalist went undercover to expose white supremacists at riots , but found black bloc anarchists instead The NYT finally discovered @ @ @ @ @ destroying American cities

Photojournalist Jeremy Lee Quinn was furloughed this year, so he set out to document the protests and the riots that beset cities across the U.S. following the death of George Floyd. Quinn expected to discover white supremacists caused havoc and violence at riots, but what he actually found shocked him — violent left-wing anarchists who were extremely organized.
On May 31, Quinn covered a Black Lives Matter protest in Santa Monica, California, where "suburban moms" were kneeling. Then he was alerted to a shoe store being looted about a mile away.
"He arrived to find young people pouring out of the store, shoeboxes under their arms. But there was something odd about the scene," Farah Stockman wrote in the New York Times. "A group of men, dressed entirely in black, milled around nearby, like supervisors. One wore a creepy rubber Halloween mask."
The next day, Quinn went to another protest, and another store was being looted. A white man wearing all black smashed the window of the store with a crowbar, but he walked away without stealing anything.
Quinn started pouring over footage of looting that was happening across the country. Once again, he noticed that white men dressed in black were often the culprits of the looting.
Quinn believed that the caucasian men causing damage were white supremacist supporters of President Donald Trump, who were attempting to make Black Lives Matter protests appear in a negative light. In an effort to expose the alleged racist Trump supporters, Quinn went undercover and infiltrated the groups. Instead, he found that these destructive forces were "true believers in insurrectionary anarchism."
Over the next four months, Quinn marched along with "black bloc anarchists in half a dozen cities across the country." He was in Washington D.C., where militant agitators harassed diners, and in Portland where rioters launched fireworks at the Mark O. Hatfield Federal Courthouse.
"He says he respects the idealistic goal of a hierarchy-free society that anarchists embrace, but grew increasingly uncomfortable with the tactics used by some anarchists, which he feared would set off a backlash that could help get President Trump re-elected."
Quinn told the New York Times that the far-left anarchists were not "a spontaneous eruption of anger at racial injustice," like much of the mainstream media categorized the violence as. "It was strategically planned, facilitated and advertised on social media by anarchists who believed that their actions advanced the cause of racial justice."
Quinn cautioned that the violent militants in Washington, Portland, and Seattle generated a "cultlike energy."
Quinn saw something else he did not expect to see during the protests, Black Lives Matter protesters praying together with Trump supporters in Tulsa.
Quinn detailed his experience during protests and riots on his website, Public Report, where he warned how dangerous far-left anarchist groups could be.
"Establishment media still continues to overlook trending Anarchist black bloc tactics especially in DC, Portland & Seattle with satellite activity in Denver, Sacramento and San Diego," Quinn wrote. "Insurrectionary Anarchist ideology & rhetoric however has permeated into the social justice movement with blazing efficiency."
"In our experience in Louisville, Community was strong and gravitating towards non violent protest," he wrote. "Earlier in the afternoon we saw individual protesters shutting down agitators trying to use fireworks. But the arrival of a U-Haul with Anarcho / Antifascist symboled shields changed everything."
Many of the left-wing extremists consider themselves "insurrectionary anarchists," some of which "advocate using crimes like arson and shoplifting to wear down the capitalist system."
The NYT article cites a report by Rutgers researchers that documents the "systematic, online mobilization of violence that was planned, coordinated (in real time) and celebrated by explicitly violent anarcho-socialist networks that rode on the coattails of peaceful protest." The research found that some anarchist social media accounts had exploded 300-fold since May, garnering hundreds of thousands of followers.
Stockman explained the problem with making alliances with insurrectionary anarchists.
"If they help you get into power, they will try to oust you the following day, since power is what they are against," she wrote. "Many of them don't even vote. They are experts at unraveling an old order but considerably less skilled at building a new one. That's why, even after more than 100 days of protest in Portland, activists do not agree on a set of common policy goals."
"We are not sure if the socialist, communist, democratic or even anarchist utopia is possible," admitted a host of the anarchist-supporting podcast "The Ex-Worker." "Rather, some insurrectionary anarchists believe that the meaning of being an anarchist lies in the struggle itself and what that struggle reveals."
Stockman hints that the far-left anarchists are not truly destroying American cities to declare that black lives matter or demand racial equality, but because they crave anarchy and their mission is to topple the status quo.


theblaze--2020-10-03--Schumer rages after McConnell moves to halt Senate activity — but allow Amy Coney Barrett confirmati

Schumer rages after McConnell moves to halt Senate activity — but allow Amy Coney Barrett confirmation to proceed Democrats are @ @ @ @ @ the inevitable

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer lashed out at Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Saturday after McConnell moved to temporarily halt Senate activity — but still allow Amy Coney Barrett's confirmation to proceed.
What did McConnell do?
After three Republican senators tested positive for COVID-19 — Sens. Mike Lee (Utah), Thom Tillis (N.C.), and Ron Johnson (Wis.) — McConnell announced Saturday that he intends "obtain a consent agreement for the Senate to meet in pro forma sessions for the next two weeks."
If the Senate halts activity, McConnell said Barrett's confirmation process would not be affected. McConnell explained:
The important work of the Senate's committees can and will continue as each committee sees fit. The Senate Judiciary Committee will convene on October 12th as Chairman Graham has scheduled to begin confirmation hearings for Judge Amy Coney Barrett's nomination to the Supreme Court. The Senate's floor schedule will not interrupt the thorough, fair, and historically supported confirmation process previously laid out by Chairman Graham.
Since May, the Judiciary Committee has operated flawlessly through a hybrid method that has seen some Senators appear physically at its hearings while other members have participated virtually. The Committee has utilized this format successfully for many months while protecting the health and safety of all involved. Certainly all Republican members of the committee will participate in these important hearings.
According to The Hill, Democrats can object to McConnell's motion. However, it's not yet clear how Democrats will respond given the number of COVID-19 infections circulating on Capitol Hill.
How did Schumer respond?
Schumer fumed in a statement that Republicans are "turning an illegitimate process into a reckless and dangerous one" by moving full-steam ahead on Barrett's confirmation.
"The decision to recess the Senate for two weeks after at least three Republican Senators have tested positive for COVID-19 makes clear that the Senate cannot proceed with business as usual as the virus continues to run rampant," Schumer said. "If it's too dangerous to have the Senate in session, it is also too dangerous for committee hearings to continue."
"Leader McConnell and Chairman Graham's monomaniacal drive to confirm Judge Barrett at all costs needlessly threatens the health and safety of Senators, staff, and all those who work in the Capitol complex," he continued. "Their decision to move 'full steam ahead' with a Supreme Court nominee who could take away the healthcare of 20 million Americans a month before Election Day is turning an illegitimate process into a reckless and dangerous one."
Schumer's statement echoed one that he released Friday with Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), the ranking member on the Senate Judiciary Committee, in which he used COVID-19 as yet another excuse for why Barrett's confirmation process should be delayed.


theblaze--2020-10-03--Backlash is intense against LA Times for news story involving Trump, COVID, Reagan assassination att

Backlash is intense against LA Times for news story involving Trump, COVID, Reagan assassination attempt

Backlash is intense against LA Times for news story involving Trump , COVID , Reagan assassination attempt

The Los Angeles Times triggered a tsunami of backlash on Friday after publishing an article that seemingly jeered President Donald Trump for his coronavirus diagnosis.
What are the details?
The Times, one of America's largest newspapers, published a story Friday that was titled, "When Reagan was shot, country rallied around, but he hadn't spent months downplaying assassins."
The article goes on to say:
When President Reagan was shot and nearly killed by a would-be assassin, the country rallied around him. But he also hadn't spent eight months downplaying the threat of deranged gunmen.
...
Reagan grew from the experience. In his diary, he wrote he prayed for the man who shot him. The day fundamentally transformed the president's worldview. He believed his life had been spared by God for a reason — to reduce the threat of nuclear war. Do we expect Trump to evolve, to empathize more with those who caught the virus? To date, there's little evidence of that, but the example of Reagan might stand Trump and his White House in good stead.
The article was written by Los Angeles Times staff writer Del Quentin Wilber, whose bio identifies him "an enterprise and investigative reporter" — not an opinion writer — for the Times.
What was the response?
The Times was raked over the coals for publishing the sly implication that Trump was deserving of his COVID-19 diagnosis.
Many critics pointed to the story, and its framing, as evidence of why Americans do not trust the media.


theblaze--2020-10-03--Chris Christie tests positive for COVID-19

The number of people in Trump 's inner circle who tested positive for coronavirus are quickly adding up

Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) announced on Saturday that he has tested positive for COVID-19, becoming the latest in President Donald Trump's inner circle to test positive for the coronavirus.
"I just received word that I am positive for COVID-19. I want to thank all of my friends and colleagues who have reached out to ask how I was feeling in the last day or two," Christie wrote on Twitter. "I will be receiving medical attention today and will keep the necessary folks apprised of my condition."
"I want to thank all who have called and texted in the last few hours to check on my health. I feel fine and have no symptoms," Christie tweeted on Friday before he knew he tested positive. "I was last tested for COVID on Tuesday (it was neg) and was tested this morning. No results until tomorrow. I will let you know the results from here."
The 58-year-old Christie is overweight, which "increases the risk of severe illness from COVID-19," according to the CDC.
Last week, Christie interacted closely with Trump to help him prepare for the first presidential debate. On Friday, Christie admitted that none of the people involved with the debate prep were wearing face masks.
"No one was wearing masks in the room when we were prepping the president during that period of time," Christie said. "And the group was about five or six people, in total."
Trump's debate prep team reportedly included Christie, Hope Hicks, Kellyanne Conway, Rudy Giuliani, Jason Miller, Mark Meadows, Jared Kushner, Kayleigh McEnany, and Alyssa Farah.
Hicks, a senior White House adviser, announced she had tested positive for COVID-19 on Friday. Hours later, Trump and first lady Melania Trump announced that they had tested positive for coronavirus.
Former counselor to the president Kellyanne Conway also announced that she had tested positive for the virus on Friday night, which was celebrated by liberals on social media. Trump campaign manager Bill Stepien also tested positive.
Christie along with many of Trump's orbit attended the White House event celebrating the nomination of Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court last Saturday. Christie was not wearing a mask at the Rose Garden event that was attended by more than 150 people.
Sens. Mike Lee (R-Utah) and Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), who both attended the White House event and are members of the Senate Judiciary Committee, announced they tested positive for coronavirus on Friday.
On Saturday, Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) also announced that he too tested positive for the virus. He was not at the White House event last weekend.
Trump was admitted to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland. The president was taken to the hospital for precautionary care, and he is receiving an experimental antibody treatment from Regeneron.


theblaze--2020-10-03--Democratic mayor of Rochester indicted on felony campaign finance charges

Democratic mayor of Rochester indicted on felony campaign finance charges Mayor Lovely Warren faces up to 4 years in jail

Democratic Rochester Mayor Lovely Warren has been indicted on two felony campaign finance charges, Monroe County District Attorney Sandra Doorley announced on Friday. The grand jury indictment stems from Warren's 2017 mayoral re-election campaign.
One felony charge is for first-degree scheme to defraud. The other charge is an election law offense for illegally coordinating activities and expenditures. Under New York's rule, political action committees and committees are forbidden from coordinating.
The investigation by the New York State Board of Elections claims that the Warren for a Stronger Rochester PAC transferred $30,000 from the group to Warren's committee, Friends of Lovely Warren, according to 2017 expenditure reports obtained by Rochester First.
Warren has firmly denied any wrongdoing, and called the investigation a "political witch hunt." She claims the funds were errantly deposited in the PAC account.
Warren's attorney, Joseph Damelio, said the length of time between the accusations and the investigation that led to the indictments shows the flimsiness of the criminal case.
If convicted of the Class E felony charges, Warren would be removed from office under state law. The maximum sentence would range from 16 months to four years in prison.
"While Warren would be unlikely to be incarcerated, her pension could be forfeited if the matter is determined to be a crime related to public office, and she also could lose her law license," USA Today reported.
Warren has not been arrested but will be processed, according to Doorley.
"This could be a long process and we anticipate that there could be challenges along the way so I don't think this will be anything resolved quickly," Doorley said during a news briefing.
Warren's campaign treasurer, Albert Jones Jr., and the treasurer of her political action committee, Rosalind Brooks-Harris, have also been indicted in the case. Brooks-Harris is also Rochester's finance director.
Warren and her two campaign associates will be arraigned at 4 p.m. Monday, Oct. 5, in front of Cayuga County Judge Thomas Leone in Monroe County.
The Rochester mayor has been scrutinized over her handling of the death of Daniel Prude, who died while in the custody of Rochester police. The 41-year-old Prude died after police put a spit hood on his head during his arrest in March. He was completely nude during his arrest. The death sparked protests and riots in the city, where agitators targeted outside diners and residential homes.
In September, the entire Rochester Police Department command staff resigned.


theblaze--2020-10-03--Conservative host lists five worst Trump vs Biden debate moments

`` Stu Does America , '' host Stu Burguiere finalized his list of five worst moments from the Trump-Biden presidential debate in Cleveland .
Coming in at number five , the Green New Deal .
Moderator Chris Wallace asked Biden to state his position on the Green New Deal .
Biden 's response surprised Stu , for several reasons that included information on Biden 's website that claimed support for the Green New Deal , and his choice for a running mate , Kamala Harris , who co-sponsored the green plan .
`` The Green New Deal will pay for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ are n't going to build plants that keep polluting the planet , '' Biden began .
`` Do you support the Green New Deal , '' Wallace asked ?
`` No .
I do n't support the Green New Deal , '' Biden replied .
`` That is news , '' Stu said .
Stu cited information pulled from Biden 's website and other sources to illustrated the apparent flip flop Biden had on the Green New Deal .
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"Stu Does America" host Stu Burguiere finalized his list of five worst moments from the President Trump-Joe Biden presidential debate in Cleveland.
Coming in at No. 5, the Green New Deal. Moderator Chris Wallace asked Biden to state his position on the Green New Deal. Biden's response surprised Stu for several reasons, including information on Biden's website that claimed support for the Green New Deal, and his choice for a running mate, Kamala Harris, who co-sponsored the green plan.
"The Green New Deal will pay for itself as we move forward. We aren't going to build plants that keep polluting the planet," Biden began.
"Do you support the Green New Deal?" Wallace asked.
"No. I don't support the Green New Deal," Biden replied.
"That is news," Stu said. Stu cited information pulled from Biden's website and other sources to illustrated the apparent flip-flop Biden had on the Green New Deal.
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theblaze--2020-10-03--Prominent liberals float conspiracy theory about Trump after his positive COVID test: 'Evil genius'

Prominent liberals float conspiracy theory about Trump after his positive COVID test : 'Evil genius' 'So he needs — badly @ @ @ @ @ conversation about this campaign .
And he just has . '

Top liberal talking heads are spreading a conspiracy theory about President Donald Trump after he tested positive for the coronavirus, suggesting the president's diagnosis is not true.
What are they saying?
Documentary filmmaker Michael Moore suggested in a lengthy Facebook post Friday that Trump is being dishonest about his COVID-19 diagnosis to "change the conversation about his campaign."
"He's an evil genius and I raise the possibility of him lying about having COVID-19 to prepare us and counteract his game. He knows being sick tends to gain one sympathy. He's not above weaponizing this," Moore wrote.
Moore added, "[H]e's losing the election. And he knows it. It's not 2016. He was hated in 2016, but he's hated even more now. Millions of Americans are ON FIRE and on the verge of serving him up a major league ass-whooping and a record landslide defeat. So he needs — badly — to totally change the conversation about this campaign. And he just has."
Meanwhile, MSNBC host Joy Reid claimed on Twitter that, after Trump announced he had tested positive for COVID-19, her "friends" doubted Trump's diagnosis, while others suggested he is using the virus to "get out of the debates."
"Here's how wrecked Trump's credibility is at this point: I've got a cellphone full of texts from people who aren't sure whether to believe Trump actually has covid. 'He lies so much,' one friend just texted. 'Is he just doing this to get out of the debates?' others are texting," Reid tweeted.
Their comments came before Trump was transported to Walter Reed Medical Center "out of an abundance of caution."
Before departing the White House, Trump said he was doing well. "I want to thank everybody for the tremendous support," he said.
"I'm going to Walter Reed Hospital," he continued. "I think I'm doing very well but we're going to make sure that things work out."
Rest assured, the president's COVID-19 diagnosis is not a hoax meant to generate sympathy or to distract Americans from negative stories about his campaign.
Although the source of Trump's infection is not yet clear, numerous people who attended Amy Coney Barrett's Supreme Court nomination announcement last Saturday have since tested positive for COVID-19, including: Kellyanne Conway, Sens. Mike Lee (R-Utah) and Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel, and Notre Dame President Rev. John Jenkins.
Of course, Trump and first lady Melania Trump, who also tested positive, also attended the ceremony.


theblaze--2020-10-03--Married Democratic Senate candidate Cal Cunningham admits to sexting married strategist, won't drop

Married Democratic Senate candidate Cal Cunningham admits to sexting married strategist, won't drop out of race

Married Democratic Senate candidate Cal Cunningham admits to sexting married strategist , wo n't drop out of race Cunningham 's @ @ @ @ @ tested positive for COVID-19

North Carolina Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate Cal Cunningham, who is a married father of two, admitted that he sent sexual text messages to a public relations strategist, who is also married with children. On Friday night, Cunningham apologized for his behavior.
"I have hurt my family, disappointed my friends, and am deeply sorry," Cunningham said in a statement. "The first step in repairing those relationships is taking complete responsibility, which I do. I ask that my family's privacy be respected in this personal matter. I remain grateful and humbled by the ongoing support that North Carolinians have extended in this campaign, and in the remaining weeks before this election I will continue to work to earn the opportunity to fight for the people of our state."
The sexual text messages were exposed by National File in an article published Thursday.
"North Carolina Democrat U.S. Senate candidate Cal Cunningham is swapping sexts and arranging to meet with the wife of an Army veteran," National File wrote in the article, which features screenshots of the flirty sexts.
The website identified the woman as Arlene Guzman Todd, a "media director of a marijuana public relations company and has been a California State University lecturer." She is married to Jeremy Todd, who like Cunningham is a military veteran, reportedly served 15 years in the Army. The News & Observer reported that Arlene Todd had donated $450 to the Cunningham campaign since April, according to FEC records.
Cunningham allegedly referred to Todd as "historically sexy," and fantasizes about kissing her in the text messages. Todd reportedly wrote, "I want a night with you" via text. She allegedly tells the Senate candidate, "The only thing I want on my to do list is you," and Cunningham reportedly replied, "Sounds so hot and so fun!"
Todd reportedly instructed Cunningham to make up an excuse for his family and ditch a staffer so the two can "kiss a lot."
Cunningham said he won't drop out of the Senate race following the sexting scandal. According to seven different polls, Cunningham leads his opponent, Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), by between 4 to 10 points heading into the election.
Hours before Cunningham's admission and apology, Tillis announced on Friday that he had tested positive for COVID-19.
"Over the last few months, I've been routinely tested for COVID-19, including testing negative last Saturday, but tonight my rapid antigen test came back positive," Tillis said in a statement. "I will be following the recommendations of my doctor and will be self-isolating at home for 10 days and notifying those I've been in close contact with."
Tillis, who is currently asymptomatic, attended the Supreme Court nomination ceremony in the White House Rose Garden for Amy Coney Barrett on Sept. 26. Tillis, who is a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, was wearing a mask at the ceremony. Tillis met with Barrett on Tuesday.
Tillis traveled back to North Carolina after the SCOTUS event to debate Cunningham on Thursday. Cunningham, who shared the debate stage with Tillis and bumped elbows, said he would get tested for the coronavirus.
"I'm wishing @SenThomTillis a quick recovery following his positive COVID-19 test, and am thinking of him and his family," Cunningham wrote on Twitter. "Because I was with Senator Tillis recently on the debate stage, I will also get tested."
Both Tillis and Cunningham sent well wishes to President Donald Trump following his positive COVID-19 diagnosis.
Tillis said, "President @realDonaldTrump is a fighter and I'm praying for a full and speedy recovery for him and @FLOTUS."
"My thoughts are with the President and First Lady, as we wish them a complete and speedy recovery from COVID-19," Cunningham tweeted. "This virus can affect any of us—we need to stay vigilant and continue to look out for one another."


theblaze--2020-10-03--'Inject bleach': Liberals celebrate Kellyanne Conway's COVID diagnosis with vile comments

'You got what y'all deserve '

Kellyanne Conway, former White House counselor to President Donald Trump who stepped away from her job in August, announced late Friday that she has tested positive for the coronavirus.
In response, liberals celebrated Conway's diagnosis with jubilation and mockery.
What did Conway say?
Conway revealed that she is experiencing mild symptoms of COVID-19 and is currently isolated.
"Tonight I tested positive for COVID-19. My symptoms are mild (light cough) and I'm feeling fine. I have begun a quarantine process in consultation with physicians. As always, my heart is with everyone affected by this global pandemic," she announced.
Conway is yet another person who has tested positive for COVID-19 after attending Amy Coney Barrett's Supreme Court nomination announcement last Saturday in the White House Rose Garden.
In addition to President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump, Sens. Mike Lee (R-Utah) and Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) — both of whom sit on the Senate Judiciary Committee — have tested positive for COVID-19, as well as Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel and Notre Dame president Rev. John Jenkins. All attended last Saturday's ceremony and were in close proximity with one another.
According to Politico, Conway's teenage daughter posted a social media video claiming her mother had COVID-19 just minutes before Conway confirmed it publicly.
What was the reaction?
Conway's positive diagnosis was celebrated by liberals on social media.


theblaze--2020-10-03--'Release the numbers!' Demands for Gov. Whitmer to release full COVID nursing home death count inten

'Release the numbers!' Demands for Gov. Whitmer to release full COVID nursing home death count intensify

'Release the numbers ! '
Demands for Gov .
Whitmer to release full COVID nursing home death count intensify

The crowd chanted "Release the numbers! Release the numbers!" as they gathered on the Michigan state Capitol lawn for Steven Crowder's Michigan March on Friday.
In this video, Crowder brought the heat to Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, as he called upon the public to join him in demanding for Whitmer to release the undisclosed COVID-19 nursing home death count in Michigan.
According to Crowder, Whitmer's COVID-19 policy led to an unknown number of deaths at nursing home and end of life care facilities in Michigan. Crowder claimed that such information is vital for citizens to access to make informed decisions whether they approve or disapprove of their governor's response to COVID-19.
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theblaze--2020-10-04--Trump speaks from Walter Reed as more updates indicate his health is improving: 'Substantial progres

Trump speaks from Walter Reed as more updates indicate his health is improving: 'Substantial progress'

Trump speaks from Walter Reed as more updates indicate his health is improving : 'Substantial progress' 'We 're going to @ @ @ @

President Donald Trump addressed the nation in a four-minute video late Saturday, explaining that his health has improved since arriving at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center.
"I came here, I wasn't feeling so well. I feel much better now," Trump said. "We're working hard to get me back. I have to get all the way back because we still have to make America great again. We've done an awfully good job of that but we still have steps to go and I have to finish that job. I'll be back, I think, I'll be back soon."
"We're going to beat the coronavirus, or whatever you want to call it, and we're going to beat it soundly," he later added.
Indeed, Sean Conley, D.O., the president's physician, released another update Saturday evening indicating Trump's health continues to progress as he battles coronavirus.
President Trump continues to do well, having made substantial progress since diagnosis. This evening he completed his second does of Remdesivir without complication. He remains fever-free and off supplemental oxygen with a saturation level between 96 and 98% all day.
He spent most of the afternoon conducting business, and has been up and moving about the medical suite without difficulty. While not yet out of the woods, the team remains cautiously optimistic.
The plan for tomorrow is to continue observation in between doses of Remdesivir, closely monitoring his clinical status while fully supporting his conduct of presidential duties.
In addition, the White House released two photos of Trump working while isolated inside the executive suite at Walter Reed.
The positive update came after conflicting reports triggered a wave of confusion earlier in the day.
Just minutes after Conley had concluded a press conference updating the media on the president, an anonymous source told the White House media pool that Trump's health had been worse than what was being said publicly. "The president's vitals over the last 24 hours were very concerning, and the next 48 hours will be critical in terms of his care," the source said. "We're still not on a clear path to a full recovery."
White House chief of staff Mark Meadows was later identified as the anonymous source after he was captured on video and audio asking the media pool to talk off the record.
However, Meadows struck a much more hopeful tune Saturday evening.
Meadows told Fox News that Trump "is doing extremely well. In fact, I'm very, very optimistic based on the current result," the Washington Examiner reported.
"He's made unbelievable improvements from yesterday morning, when I know a number of us, the doctor and I, were very concerned," Meadows explained.


theblaze--2020-10-03--Conservative host lists five worst Trump vs. Biden debate moments

`` Stu Does America '' host Stu Burguiere finalized his list of five worst moments from the President Trump-Joe Biden presidential debate in Cleveland .
Coming in at No .
5 , the Green New Deal .
Moderator Chris Wallace asked Biden to state his position on the Green New Deal .
Biden 's response surprised Stu for several reasons , including information on Biden 's website that claimed support for the Green New Deal , and his choice for a running mate , Kamala Harris , who co-sponsored the green plan .
`` The Green New Deal will pay @ @ @ @ @ @ @ We are n't going to build plants that keep polluting the planet , '' Biden began .
`` Do you support the Green New Deal ? ''
Wallace asked .
`` No .
I do n't support the Green New Deal , '' Biden replied .
`` That is news , '' Stu said .
Stu cited information pulled from Biden 's website and other sources to illustrated the apparent flip-flop Biden had on the Green New Deal .
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theblaze--2020-10-03--'Inject bleach': Liberals celebrate Kellyanne Conway's COVID-19 diagnosis with vile comments

'You got what y'all deserve '


theblaze--2020-10-03--Biracial woman said four white males lit her on fire in racist attack — prosecutors found no evidenc

Biracial woman said four white males lit her on fire in racist attack — prosecutors found no evidence that it happened

Biracial woman said four white males lit her on fire in racist attack — prosecutors found no evidence that it @ @ @ @ @ for her story about a horrendous attack


theblaze--2020-10-03--'Release the numbers!': Demands for Gov. Whitmer to release full COVID nursing home death count inte

'Release the numbers!': Demands for Gov. Whitmer to release full COVID nursing home death count intensify

'Release the numbers ! '
: Demands for Gov .
Whitmer to release full COVID nursing home death count intensify


theblaze--2020-10-03--Gov. Whitmer fumes after Michigan Supreme Court strikes down her coronavirus orders

Gov .
Whitmer fumes after Michigan Supreme Court strikes down her coronavirus orders The Democrat reacted by reiterating to Michiganders @ @ @ @ @ in place for the time being


theblaze--2020-10-02--Twitter says it will suspend users wishing death on Trump, but Facebook will allow it as long as he

Twitter says it will suspend users wishing death on Trump, but Facebook will allow it as long as he isn't tagged in the comment

Twitter says it will suspend users wishing death on Trump , but Facebook will allow it as long as he @ @ @ @ @ comment Facebook said it wants to allow for criticism of public figures

Two major social media platforms had decidedly different responses to numerous death wishes being made against President Donald Trump after he said that he tested positive for coronavirus on Thursday.
When asked by Vice News about its policy related to death wishes against the president, Twitter said it would apply the same standard it has had with other death threats.
"Content that wishes, hopes or expresses a desire for death, serious bodily harm or fatal disease against an individual is against our rules," Twitter said in a statement on Friday.
Vice News noted that Facebook makes a distinction between threats against public figures and those against private individuals.
Facebook has explained that the platform "distinguish[es] between public figures and private individuals because we want to allow discussion, which often includes critical commentary of people who are featured in the news or who have a large public audience."
To that end, the social media outlet said it will take down posts that link the president in the comment containing a death wish, but not necessarily any other kind.
"For public figures, we remove attacks that are severe as well as certain attacks where the public figure is directly tagged in the post or comment," Facebook said.
Twitter still allowed for the possibility of selective enforcement on the issue.
Twitter added that it "won't take enforcement action on every Tweet," and instead will prioritize "the removal of content when it has a clear call to action that could potentially cause real-world harm."
Some less civil critics of the president have already taken to social media to wish harm on him and the first lady, while others have used the moment to crack jokes and quips at their expense.
The White House says the president and the first lady are experiencing mild symptoms from the coronavirus. Trump was sent to Walter Reed Medical Center out of an "abundance of caution," and his live campaign events were canceled, or changed to virtual events.
Here's more about the reaction to Trump catching coronavirus:


theblaze--2020-10-05--Chris Wallace and Trump campaign adviser lock horns over first family not wearing masks at the debat

Chris Wallace and Trump campaign adviser lock horns over first family not wearing masks at the debate

The ill feelings between Chris Wallace and the Trump campaign continued to simmer on Sunday, even though the presidential debate happened nearly a week ago. Wallace butted heads with Steve Cortes, a senior adviser for the Trump campaign, during an interview on "Fox News Sunday."
Wallace pressed Cortes on why the first family were not wearing face masks at the first presidential debate, which Wallace moderated. Wallace asked Cortes, "Do they think that the health and safety rules for everybody else do not apply to them?"
Cortes responded, "Everybody was tested before that event, as you well know."
He continued, "Those of us who went first were tested by Cleveland Clinic directly. Everybody who gets on Air Force One for any trip on Air Force One is tested before they get on."
A feisty Wallace retorted, "It doesn't matter. Everybody that was in that room was tested. Steve, everybody that was in that room was tested and the Cleveland Clinic's regulation was it didn't matter. Everybody except for the three of us on the stage was to wear a mask and people from the Cleveland Clinic came over and offered the first family masks thinking maybe they didn't have them. They were waved away and the commission on presidential debates has issued a statement saying from now on if you don't wear a mask, you're going to be escorted from the hall."
"Everybody was tested beforehand – no, I'm going to finish my question," Wallace continued. "Everybody was told to wear a mask. Why did the first family and the chief of staff feel that the rules for everybody else didn't apply to them?"
Cortes said, "We believe in masks that masks are very useful, the president has worn them on many occasions, including visiting the hospital where he is now a patient, when he was visiting as commander in chief as a guest to visit soldiers there he wore a mask."
During the testy exchange, the Trump campaign adviser noted, "We also believe in some element of individual choice, people were distanced and they had been tested."
Wallace argued that the president's family didn't practice social distancing, claiming that "they broke the rules" set by the Cleveland Clinic.
Cortes then referenced the presidential debate, by saying, "Chris, the way you're starting to harangue me now actually reminds me of what you did to the president during the debate on Tuesday night."
He said that Trump "had to debate not just Joe Biden, but you as well," adding, "You were not a neutral moderator then."
Cortes continued, "People can make reasonable decisions for themselves."
A vexed Wallace replied, "Let me simply say the president interrupted me and the vice president 145 times, so I object to saying I harangued the president. I know it's the talking point."
Last week, Wallace responded to criticism about the way he handled the presidential debate by saying that Trump destroyed his plans for a "substantive" conversation.
"Literally, hundreds of man hours and woman hours between me and my researcher went in to try to prepare a substantive debate and on so many issues — Biden's tax and spending plans, Trump's climate and environmental policies," Wallace said. "You know, I was really hoping for the debate that I think America wanted to see, which was a serious exchange of views."


theblaze--2020-10-04--President Trump surprises supporters outside Walter Reed; shares COVID update: 'Great reports from t

President Trump surprises supporters outside Walter Reed; shares COVID update: 'Great reports from the doctors'

President Trump surprises supporters outside Walter Reed ; shares COVID update : 'Great reports from the doctors' 'It 's been @ @ @ @ @ I learned a lot about COVID '

Ever since President Donald Trump announced that he tested positive for COVID-19 and was admitted to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, advocates of the president gathered outside the hospital in Bethesda, Maryland.
There were a handful of pro-Trump supporters on Friday night, then hundreds assembled on Saturday for a prayer rally for the president. Enthusiasts for the president were back out in front of Walter Reed on Sunday to provide encouragement for Trump as he battles the coronavirus. Trump thanked his followers for their support with an impromptu drive-by on Sunday.
A masked Trump waved to supporters and gave a thumbs-up from inside a black SUV as the president's caravan drove outside Walter Reed.
"President Trump took a short, last-minute motorcade ride to wave to his supporters outside and has now returned to the Presidential Suite inside Walter Reed," deputy White House press secretary Judd Deere said in a statement.
Only minutes before the president's drive-by, Trump posted a video on Twitter where he teased the "surprise visit" to the "great patriots out on the street."
"We're getting great reports from the doctors," Trump said while wearing an unbuttoned white dress shirt and navy blue suit. "This is an incredible hospital, Walter Reed. The work they do is just absolutely amazing, and I want to thank them all. The nurses, the doctors, everybody here.
"It's been a very interesting journey, I learned a lot about COVID," Trump said in the video. "I learned it by really going to school. This is the real school. This isn't the let's-read-the-book school, and I get it, and I understand it. And it's a very interesting thing and I'm going to be letting you know about.
"In the meantime, we love the U.S.A, and we love what's happening," the president concluded.
Trump's surprise visit happened hours after the president's team of doctors said the Trump could be discharged from Walter Reed as early as Monday as long as his condition continues to improve.
"If he continues to look and feel as well as he does today, our hope is that we can plan for a discharge as early as tomorrow to the White House where he can continue his treatment course," Dr. Brian Garibaldi, a specialist in pulmonary critical care, said on Sunday.
Trump's physicians administered a dose of the steroid dexamethasone to him on Saturday.
Navy Cmdr. Dr. Sean Conley, Trump's physician, noted, "I'd like to reiterate how pleased we all are with the president's recovery."


theblaze--2020-10-04--Registered Democrat charged with felony for allegedly trying to obtain ballot for deceased wife

Registered Democrat charged with felony for allegedly trying to obtain ballot for deceased wife ' I said well , let @ @ @ @ @ and see what 's going to happen '

Police in Florida arrested a man last week they say attempted to obtain an absentee ballot for his deceased wife.
What are the details?
The Manatee County Sheriff's Office arrested 62-year-old Larry Wiggins on Thursday, according to the Sarasota Herald-Tribune.
Wiggins is reportedly a registered Democrat.
Investigators claim Wiggins attempted to procure an absentee ballot for his late wife because he was "testing the system to see if it worked."
The investigation into Wiggins began last month after Manatee County Supervisor of Elections Mike Bennett uncovered the suspicious ballot request, the Sarasota Herald-Tribune reported. Bennett explained that his office discovered the fraudulent request when they conducted a routine check of the voter roll.
Sure enough, Bennett's team quickly learned that it was Wiggins, not his wife, making the absentee ballot request.
"As soon as they pulled up the file it showed that she is dead," Bennett told the Sarasota Herald-Tribune.
Wiggins' late wife, Ursula Wiggins, died in 2018, WFLA-TV reported.
Bennett said of Wiggins, "He wanted to test the system. He did test the system, and guess what? It worked."
Officially, Wiggins is charged "with requesting a vote-by-mail ballot on behalf of another elector, a third-degree felony," according to WFLA.
Wiggins, however, said he never planned to use his deceased wife's absentee ballot.
"I said well, let me just send it in and see what's going to happen to see if they're actually going to send a ballot for her to vote," Wiggins said, WFLA reported.
Wiggins was released from jail Friday on $1,500 bail, the Herald-Tribune reported.
Evidence of voter fraud?
Bennett said Wiggins' alleged actions are not evidence that voter fraud impacts elections.
More from the Sarasota Herald-Tribune:
Bennett, a Republican, emphasized that he will prosecute voter fraud to the full extent of the law, but also that such fraud is rare and that voters can have confidence in the election system. This is the first case of voter fraud Bennett has come across in Manatee County since he took over as the top elections official in 2012.
"The amount of fraud committed in Florida in elections is very small," Bennett said. "People complain that vote by mail is crooked; it's not, we catch them, we verify it and any supervisor of elections in the state of Florida I know is just as conscious about it as I am."
"The amount of fraud is very, very small ... people who think there's a lot of fraud are seriously mistaken," Bennett explained.


theblaze--2020-10-04--Pope Francis slams trickle-down economics, advocates for redistribution of wealth: 'For the good of

Pope Francis slams trickle-down economics, advocates for redistribution of wealth: 'For the good of all'

Pope Francis slams trickle-down economics , advocates for redistribution of wealth : 'For the good of all '

Pope Francis denounced trickle-down economics, private property, and advocated for the redistribution of wealth in a new letter to Roman Catholic leaders.
What are the details?
Writing in an 86-page papal encyclical — which, according to Reuters, are "the most authoritative form of papal writing" — Francis said the coronavirus pandemic proved the failure of free-market economics, such as the "trickle-down" theory.
Francis wrote, "There were those who would have had us believe that freedom of the market was sufficient to keep everything secure."
From Reuters:
Francis denounced "this dogma of neo-liberal faith" that resorts to "the magic theories of 'spillover' or 'trickle' ... as the only solution to societal problems". A good economic policy, he said, "makes it possible for jobs to be created and not cut".
The 2007-2008 financial crisis was a missed opportunity for change, instead producing "increased freedom for the truly powerful, who always find a way to escape unscathed". Society must confront "the destructive effects of the empire of money".
The pope also advocated the redistribution of wealth and denounced the absolute right of private property.
"The right to private property can only be considered a secondary natural right, derived from the principle of the universal destination of created goods," Francis said.
The wealthy should "administer [their wealth] for the good of all," Francis wrote. The pope also said he believes "that if one person lacks what is necessary to live with dignity, it is because another person is detaining it."
However, Francis claimed he was "certainly not proposing an authoritarian and abstract universalism."
Anything else?
This is not the first time Francis has knocked free-market economics.
Shortly after ascending to the papacy in 2013, Francis knocked trickle-down economics for allegedly sowing inequality.
"Some people continue to defend trickle-down theories which assume that economic growth, encouraged by a free market, will inevitably succeed in bringing about greater justice and inclusiveness in the world," Francis said at the time, the Washington Post reported.
"This opinion, which has never been confirmed by the facts, expresses a crude and naive trust in the goodness of those wielding economic power and in the sacralized workings of the prevailing economic system," Francis added.


theblaze--2020-10-04--President Trump could return to the White House as early as Monday if conditions continue to improve

President Trump could return to the White House as early as Monday if conditions continue to improve, doctors say

President Trump could return to the White House as early as Monday if conditions continue to improve , doctors say @ @ @ @ @ president on a steroid therapy

President Donald Trump could be discharged from Walter Reed National Military Medical Center as early as Monday, according to his doctors, but only if his condition "continued to improve." Navy Cmdr. Dr. Sean Conley, Trump's physician, provided a press briefing on Sunday to give an update on the president's health.
The president's blood oxygen levels dropped on Saturday to 93%, but the president did not feel short of breath and doctors determined that he did not require supplemental oxygen. To counter the situation, physicians administered a dose of the steroid dexamethasone. As of Sunday's press conference, Trump's blood oxygen levels were at 98%.
Trump did receive supplemental oxygen on Friday before he was transported to the medical center.
"As with any illness there are particular ups and downs over the course especially when a patient is being so closely watched 24 hours a day," Conley said outside the medical center in Bethesda, Maryland. "I'd like to reiterate how pleased we all are with the president's recovery."
"The president wanted me to share how proud he is of the group, what an honor it is for him to be receiving his care here at Walter Reed and be surrounded by such incredible talent: academic leaders, department chairs, internationally renowned researchers and clinicians, including the support of Dr. Garibaldi from Johns Hopkins," Conley added.
Dr. Brian Garibaldi, a specialist in pulmonary critical care, said the president completed his second dose of Remdesivir and has not exhibited any side effects "that we can tell." Trump's team of doctors plan to keep the president on the medication over a five-day period.
"If he continues to look and feel as well as he does today, our hope is that we can plan for a discharge as early as tomorrow to the White House where he can continue his treatment course," Garibaldi said on Sunday.
Dr. Sean Dooley, another member of the president's medical team, said on Sunday that the president is no longer complaining of shortness of breath.
"From a pulmonary standpoint, he remains on room air this morning, and is not complaining of shortness of breath, or other significant respiratory symptoms," Dooley said. "He is ambulating himself walking around the White House medical unit, without limitation or disability. Our continued monitoring of his cardiac, liver and kidney function demonstrates continued normal findings, or improving findings."
The team of doctors plan to have the president "out of bed" as much as possible on Sunday.
Late Saturday night, Conley said Trump was "not yet out of the woods," but the medical team was "cautiously optimistic."
Conley found himself in a wave of controversy after contradicting statements about the president's condition swirled on Saturday. Conley informed reporters that Trump was doing "very well" and that many of his coronavirus symptoms had gone away. Meanwhile, White House chief of staff Mark Meadows said medical officials were "real concerned" about the president's condition before he was hospitalized.
Conley defended himself by saying, "I was trying to reflect the upbeat attitude of the team, that the president, that his course of illness has had."
"I didn't want to give any information that might steer the course of illness in another direction, and in doing so it came off that we were trying to hide something, which wasn't necessarily true," Conley added.
"So, the chief and I work side by side, and I think his statement was misconstrued," Conley explained. "What he meant was that 24 hours ago, when he and I were checking on the president, that there was that momentary episode of the high fever and that temporary drop in the saturation, which prompted us to act expediently to move him up here. Fortunately, that was really a very transient, limited episode. A couple hours later he was back up. Mild again. I'm not going to speculate what that limited episode was about so early in the course but he's doing well."
Trump provided an update on his COVID-19 diagnosis and thanked everyone for the well-wishes in a four-minute video posted Saturday night.
"I came here, I wasn't feeling so well. I feel much better now," the president said. "We're working hard to get me back. I have to get all the way back because we still have to make America great again. We've done an awfully good job of that but we still have steps to go and I have to finish that job. I'll be back, I think, I'll be back soon."
Several other members of President Trump's orbit also tested positive for COVID-19 in recent days, including former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, former senior adviser Kellyanne Conway, senior White House adviser Hope Hicks, campaign manager Bill Stepien, personal aide Nick Luna, and first lady Melania Trump.
Sens. Mike Lee (R-Utah), Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), and Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) also tested positive for coronavirus.


theblaze--2020-10-04--Jake Tapper takes aim at Trump over COVID infection: 'You have become a symbol of your own failures'

Jake Tapper takes aim at Trump over COVID infection : 'You have become a symbol of your own failures '

CNN anchor Jake Tapper had a stern message for President Donald Trump on Sunday, three days after the world learned of Trump's COVID-19 infection.
During a monologue on "State of the Union," Tapper excoriated Trump for "failed leadership" and "undermining" efforts to mitigate the spread of COVID-19.
"Many Americans are likely feeling both sympathy and anger today, emotions that don't necessarily mix well," Tapper began. "Sympathy for all of those suffering, including President Trump, who remains at Walter Reed Medical Center. But also anger because so much — so much of all this pain could have been avoided.
Tapper continued:
So many of us since March have been doing everything we can to preserve the health of not only ourselves and our families, but our communities, our neighbors, you. Social distancing, wearing masks, holding events remotely, weddings have been canceled, jobs lost, children are missing out on in-person education, and their ability to see friends. It's a real crisis. It's going to leave scars. 208,000 Americans have died. Thousands of Americans have lost loved ones without being able to properly mourn or even say good-bye. But we're in the middle of a once in century pandemic. Health experts say this is what we need to do in order to get to the other side.
"Regardless of the sympathy we may feel, we also know the president has been undermining these efforts, expressing disdain for health regulations and those who abide by them," Tapper claimed.
Tapper went on to say that "Americans who don't listen to science or medicine" are making "it worse for all of us" — and he claimed those individuals are "are taking your cues" from Trump.
Then the CNN journalist tore into Republicans for gathering together last Saturday, many of them maskless, during Amy Coney Barrett's Supreme Court nomination announcement.
"My god. How are future generations going to try to make sense of these images of the Republican leaders of the nation acting like this during a once in a century pandemic with more than 200,000 Americans dead?" Tapper said.
"It's not just through failed leadership or setting bad examples. You are all now literally risking spreading the virus yourselves," he continued. "The president and his team have been behaving as if the pandemic is over. This callous indifference to the wellbeing of the citizens the president swore to protect, it's no longer just theoretical, it's no longer well, they might get the virus."
Then, Tapper directed his speech directly to Trump, who remains at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center where he is battling his COVID-19 infection.
"Sick and in isolation, Mr. President, you have become a symbol of your own failures. Failures of recklessness, ignorance, arrogance. The same failures you have been inflicting on the rest of us," Tapper said. "Get well, and please, for the rest of us who don't get to go to Walter Reed, get well and get it together."


theblaze--2020-10-04--Worrying percentage of college students support violence to stop campus speech; worst colleges for f

Worrying percentage of college students support violence to stop campus speech; worst colleges for free speech named

Worrying percentage of college students support violence to stop campus speech ; worst colleges for free speech named More and @ @ @ @ @ forced to self-censor

A new poll revealed that a disturbing percentage of college students are in favor of using violence to stop a campus speech. The survey, by the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, Real Clear Education, and College Pulse polled 20,000 students from 55 different colleges, found that nearly one-fifth of college students believe it is acceptable to use violent means to shut down speech that they may agree with or deem offensive.
The poll found that 18% of college students approve using violence in certain situations to stifle campus speech. That number rises to 21% at Ivy League schools, and drops to 15% at colleges in the Southeastern Conference.
"Liberal students expressed a higher acceptance of violence," FIRE explained. "Students identifying as extremely liberal said violence to stop a speech or event from occurring on campus was 'always' or 'sometimes' acceptable at a rate double than students identifying as extremely conservative: 13% to 6%. More than a quarter of extremely liberal respondents said it is 'rarely' acceptable, compared to 8% of extremely conservative respondents."
"One quarter of atheist students and black students expressed some level of acceptance for violence, as did 27% of LGBT students," the poll revealed.
Over 60% of extreme liberals proclaim that it is "always" or "sometimes" acceptable to shout down a speaker, compared to only 15% for extreme conservatives.
The hostile atmosphere against speech deemed as offensive or inflammatory has caused conservative college students to self-censor to avoid conflict. While 55% of liberal students self-censor, 72% of conservative students feel the need to self-censor.
More than 40% of college students said the topic of race is a difficult topic to have an open and honest discussion about. There were 45% of students who said abortion would be a problematic topic to broach.
When it comes to guest speakers appearing at colleges and universities, there is a bias against conservative orators. The FIRE poll found that an overwhelming 87% of students would welcome former Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders to speak, but only 69% would allow President Donald Trump to speak on campus.
Conservative students were much more tolerant in hearing speakers who they disagree with politically, and 71% of strong Republicans support Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden coming to speak at their campus. Meanwhile, only 49% of strong Democrats would allow President Trump to speak at their college.
The research also provided metrics for FIRE to name the best and worst colleges for free speech.
The best colleges for free speech:
The University of Chicago Kansas State University Texas A&M University University of California, Los Angeles Arizona State University
The worst colleges for free speech:
Syracuse University Dartmouth College Louisiana State University University of Texas DePauw University
FIRE ranked the worst free speech higher learning institutions by "rating for colleges that explicitly prioritize other values above free speech."


theblaze--2020-10-04--SNL: Chris Rock and Jim Carrey mock Trump's COVID-19 diagnosis; push leftist agenda throughout comed

SNL: Chris Rock and Jim Carrey mock Trump's COVID-19 diagnosis; push leftist agenda throughout comedy show

'Saturday Night Live ' went hard on politics in the premiere : 'There 's a lot funny about this '

"Saturday Night Live" went heavy on the politics during the season premiere, including mocking President Donald Trump's COVID-19 diagnosis.
The comedy skit show welcomed comedian Chris Rock as the host for the episode and actor Jim Carrey, who portrayed Joe Biden. Previously, actors Woody Harrelson and Jason Sudeikis played the former vice president on "SNL."
The episode began with a cold open featuring a reenactment of last week's presidential debate with Carrey's Biden taking on Trump, played by Alec Baldwin.
"The China virus is a hoax – and that will probably come back to haunt me later this week," Baldwin said, referring to the false assertion that Trump called the coronavirus a "hoax." Various fact-checking websites have disproven this claim. The Associated Press noted, "Trump pronounced Democratic criticism of his pandemic response a hoax," and not the COVID-19 pandemic itself. Baldwin later insinuated that Trump took the drug Adderall to improve his performance for the debate.
Carrey's interpretation of Biden showed him as a very vibrant and full-of-life presidential candidate, who marched on stage in aviator glasses and firing off pretend shots from his fingers.
Maya Rudolph reprised her role as Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.), and in this episode, her character played a motherly role for Biden and Trump, scolding the two presidential candidates for their behavior during the debate.
"Joe, let mamala go to work," she instructs Biden. "And when you're done, I've got you boys PB and J and apple slices waiting for you."
Harris then makes a reference to rapper Cardi B's song "WAP," "I think if there's one thing we learned tonight, it's that America needs a WAP: Woman as President. But for now, I'll settle for HVPIC: Hot Vice President in Charge."
"Saturday Night Live," which returned for its 46th season in front of a live audience, mocked Trump for testing positive for coronavirus, even after the president was transported to the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center for experimental treatment.
"You can trust me, because I believe in science and karma," Carrey's Biden said. "Now just imagine science and karma could somehow team up to send us all a message about how dangerous this virus could be. This November, please get on the Biden train. And we can all work together to make America not literally on fire again."
Carrey spent much of the past few years creating hateful paintings that show conservative figures in a negative way, and at times grotesque. In his paintings, the leftist actor has unfavorably depicted the Covington Catholic students, Trump, Jared Kushner, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, Sean Hannity, and Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas).
Chris Rock began his "SNL" monologue by joking, "Before we even get started, let's... you know, the elephant in the room. Trump is in the hospital from COVID and you know, I just want to say my heart goes out to COVID."
"Our relationship to the government doesn't work. I mean, I think Joe Biden should be the last president ever," Rock said. "We need a whole new system... I mean, what job do you have for four years, no matter what? Like, if you hired a cook and he was making people vomit every day, do you sit there and go, 'well he's got a four year deal. We just gotta vomit for four more years.'"
Rock did give Trump one compliment during his monologue.
"Do the Democrats even want to win? The Democrats just keep putting up 75-year-old people to run against Trump," the comedian said. "One thing we can say about Trump, he got the most energy of any 75-year-old person on the face of the earth... even Mick Jagger is like, 'Slow down, Donald.'"
During the "Weekend Update" segment, Colin Jost and Michael Che jeered Trump for testing positive for coronavirus.
"This news was a lot for us to process a day before we came back on the air after four months off," Jost said. "And it all happened so fast. I woke up yesterday and heard the president had mild symptoms and then four hours later he was getting medivac'd to a hospital in what looked like the last chopper out of Vietnam."
"I gotta say it's a bad sign for America that when Trump said he tested positive for a virus, 60 percent of people were like, 'prove it.' It's been very weird to see all these people who clearly hate Trump come out and say, 'we wish him well.' I think a lot of them are just guilty that their first wish came true," Jost added.
Che declared, "A lot of people on both sides are saying there's nothing funny about Trump being hospitalized with coronavirus even though he mocked the safety precautions for the coronavirus and those people are obviously wrong."
"There's a lot funny about this. Maybe not from a moral standpoint, but mathematically, if you were constructing a joke, this is all the ingredients you need," Che continued. "The problem is it's almost too funny, like it's so on the nose. It'd be like if I were making fun of people who have belts and then my pants just immediately fell down."
The comedy show also honored Ruth Bader Ginsburg, which Newsweek described as: "Kate McKinnon's SNL Tribute to Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Left People In Tears."
Rapper Megan Thee Stallion was the musical guest for this week's "SNL" episode, where she also used her platform to provide her political opinions. During the rapper's performance, an audio clip was played that disparaged Daniel Cameron, the Kentucky attorney general who decided not to bring charges directly in connection with the death of Breonna Taylor.
"Daniel Cameron is no different than the sellout negroes that sold our people into slavery," says the audio clip, which is a quote from Tamika Mallory, Women's March co-founder.
"We need to protect our Black women and love our Black women because at the end of the day we need our Black women," the rapper said. "We need to protect our Black men and stand up for our Black men because at the end of the day, we're tired of seeing hashtags of our Black men."


theblaze--2020-10-04--Top Republican: Pelosi refused to implement COVID testing as Senate Dems use COVID to delay Barrett

Top Republican: Pelosi refused to implement COVID testing as Senate Dems use COVID to delay Barrett hearings

Top Republican : Pelosi refused to implement COVID testing as Senate Dems use COVID to delay Barrett hearings

House Minority Whip Steve Scalise claimed Saturday that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has thwarted efforts to conduct widespread coronavirus testing on Capitol Hill.
The allegations come as Senate Democrats attempt to use COVID-19 infections circulating between Pennsylvania Avenue and Capitol Hill to delay Amy Coney Barrett's Senate confirmation.
What did Scalise say?
Rep. Rodney Davis (R-Ill.), the ranking member on the House Committee on House Administration has been urging Pelosi to implement "a comprehensive health monitoring system and testing program for our Capitol Hill campus in order to help us do our part to stop the spread of coronavirus."
But she has so far refused to take action, Scalise explained on "Fox and Friends."
"I mean these protocols have been out there and the testing capabilities have been out there for a long time. They were offered to the speaker and she turned it down," Scalise said. "I think it's something that should have been in Congress for a few weeks now. But ultimately that's what the speaker decided to do."
What's the background?
Three Republican senators — Sens. Mike Lee (Utah), Thom Tillis (N.C.), and Ron Johnson (Wis.) — have tested positive for COVID-19.
The development is significant because it may indicate a COVID-19 outbreak among lawmakers over the coming weeks. More importantly, Lee and Tillis are two senators who sit on the Senate Judiciary Committee and will have a role to play as Barrett's confirmation hearings begin next week.
Consequently, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer is attempting to use the virus outbreak to delay Barrett's confirmation process.
In a joint statement on Friday, Schumer and Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), the ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, said "this already illegitimate process will become a dangerous one" if Barrett's confirmation hearings are not temporarily delayed.
"It's critical that Chairman [Lindsey] Graham put the health of senators, the nominee, and staff first — and ensure a full and fair hearing that is not rushed, not truncated, and not virtual," Schumer and Feinstein said.
However, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Saturday that Barrett's confirmation hearings will proceed as scheduled.
In a statement, McConnell said he would seek "consent agreement for the Senate to meet in pro forma sessions for the next two weeks." If Democrats agree, Senate floor activity would be halted until at least Oct. 19.
But, McConnell said, Barrett's confirmation process would be unaffected by any delay.
"The Senate's floor schedule will not interrupt the thorough, fair, and historically supported confirmation process previously laid out by Chairman Graham," McConnell said.