theblaze--2020-10-09--Survival camps to activate, open for members on Nov. 3 over fears of post-election violence

Survival camps to activate , open for members on Nov. 3 over fears of post-election violence 'We consider the risk @ @ @ @ @ in irrational , unpredictable ways into widespread loss of law and order is real '

Due to growing fears of violence that could break out after the presidential election, a chain of survival communities will activate and open to members for the first time on Election Day, Reuters reported.
What are the details?
Fortitude Ranch camps in West Virginia and Colorado will open Nov. 3 to protect members, the outlet noted, citing the company's October newsletter. In addition, Fortitude Ranch expects possible "looting and violence" that could turn into clashes that spread far and wide and last a long time — and that's whether Republican President Donald Trump or Democratic nominee Joe Biden wins the election, Reuters added.
"This will be the first time we have opened for a collapse disaster, though it may end up not being so," Fortitude Ranch CEO Drew Miller told the outlet in emailed statement. "We consider the risk of violence that could escalate in irrational, unpredictable ways into widespread loss of law and order is real."
Image source: YouTube screenshot
More from Reuters:
Fortitude Ranch set up its first camp in West Virginia in 2015 and has two more in Colorado. For an annual fee of around $1,000, members can vacation at camps in good times, and use them as a refuge in the event of a societal collapse. Members are required to own either a rifle or shotgun to defend the communities. The company does not disclose membership numbers.
U.S. security officials have warned that violent domestic extremists pose a threat to the presidential election, citing rising political tensions, civil unrest and foreign disinformation campaigns. FBI and U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) memos said threats by domestic extremists to election-related targets will likely increase in the run-up to the election.
The outlet added that anxiety over a disputed or undecided presidential election has spiked interest in the "prepper" movement, whose adherents make sure life's necessities and adequate protection are at the ready should such things we count on daily disappear in the event a natural disaster or other catastrophes occur.
Here's a look at Fortitude Ranch in Colorado when it was taking shape last year:
A doomsday 'prepper' is bringing his sanctuary ranch to Colorado youtu.be
'These are people who are smartly concerned, who want some insurance'
Fortitude Ranch was profiled in a National Public Radio story in February, as was Miller — a Harvard Ph.D. and former military intelligence officer with 30 years of experience.
And he knows all about the prepper stereotypes — many of which he said stem from television shows such as the National Geographic Channel's Doomsday Preppers — and rejects them, NPR said.
"These are people who are smartly concerned, who want some insurance so that if the electric system goes down, a pandemic occurs, you know, they can survive," he told the outlet.
Image source: YouTube screenshot
In addition, he told NPR that Fortitude Ranch markets to the middle class, given what the outlet called its "spartan" amenities. But on the other hand, NPR also couldn't help but notice the "secluded, wild, and scenic places" where the Fortitude Ranch communities are located.
And then there are more practical considerations, the outlet noted:
If the structures of society crumble, Miller envisions each Fortitude Ranch location as a protected community of about 50 people, up to a maximum of 500. Initially, there will be supplies and food on-site to last a full year. However, once members fall into a routine of gardening, hunting and fishing in the adjacent national forest, Miller said, it should be sustainable in the long term.
Fortitude Ranch currently has about 150 paying members nationwide. Growth in the prepper industry is slow, Miller said, but all it takes is one big scare for his open membership spots to sell out.
As worries spread about coronavirus, plus the recent announcement that the Doomsday Clock has ticked closer than it ever has to midnight, Miller may yet find that there are even business opportunities in the apocalypse.
"I don't have to ask my members for permission to do things," he told NPR. "[My staff and I] set the rules, run the show, and we've got the expertise to make sure that we can survive the worst disaster."


theblaze--2020-10-09--Grace Community Church Pastor John MacArthur issues blistering rebuke of 'leftists and secular gover

Grace Community Church Pastor John MacArthur issues blistering rebuke of 'leftists and secular government,' implores houses of worship: 'OPEN YOUR CHURCH'

Grace Community Church Pastor John MacArthur issues blistering rebuke of 'leftists and secular government , ' implores houses of worship @ @ @ @ @

Los Angeles Pastor John MacArthur's message in a new viral video is crystal clear: Open your churches.
What are the details?
MacArthur, pastor of Grace Community Church in Los Angeles, released a video Wednesday detailing why he believes church is essential and should be opened.
Grace Community Church reopened for in-person services in July, defying California Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom's COVID-19 restrictions. In response, Los Angeles County sought a court order to prohibit the church from meeting indoors. By August, however, a California Superior Court judge said the church could continue to hold indoor services as long as worshippers wear face coverings and practice social distancing.
In Wednesday's widely viewed video, MacArthur argued that churches and parishioners across the country should band together in an effort to take back church amid the COVID-19 pandemic because it should be as God commanded.
In the video, MacArthur — who was recently in the news after local authorities threatened to jail him for holding in-person church services — said that the Bible calls Christians to gather.
"Today's current crop of politicians are trampling on the Constitution and on the resolve of citizens to demand their rights under the pressure of a manufactured fear," MacArthur said. "The reality is that the COVID data just doesn't match the government's COVID narrative."
Without citing any specific research, MacArthur added, "You have a 99.99 percent chance to survive COVID. It's just not what they're saying it is."
MacArthur insisted that what he chalks up to as hype and paranoia is keeping much of the country shut down.
"That absolutely does not warrant shutting down anything," he continued. "But especially, absurdly, and arbitrarily, churches that have a special protection from the Constitution. Oh, and at the same time, leaving open abortion clinics, strip clubs, and marijuana dispensaries."
MacArthur added that Black Lives Matter demonstrations and subsequent riots also don't seem to be considered as "dangerous" as attending church services when it comes to the opinions of health officials.
"This is obviously targeted discrimination," he added. "Leftists and secular government officials have no tolerance for biblical Christianity, so they're using COVID as an excuse to shut us down."
He impressed the importance of remaining united as Christians, reminding viewers that "the church is essential," and pointed out that parishioners began showing up to his church in person, on their own accord, after a 20-week lockdown because "they didn't believe the narrative the local government and media were giving them."
In the video, MacArthur argued that the need to meet as a church is more important than ever.
"This is a watershed moment in America," he concluded. "We have been granted by God the freedom to meet as a church, and that is protected by the Constitution. We need to be the church, not only because we're free to be the church, but because we're commanded to be the church by the Lord Jesus Christ, the head of the church. This is a time of all times to meet as the church. Open your church. The church is essential."
At the time of this reporting, the video, which MacArthur shared on his Twitter page, has been viewed more than 475,000 times.
(H/T: The Daily Wire)


theblaze--2020-10-09--President Trump now full-go on striking 'big' COVID relief deal with Congress just 3 days after scra

President Trump now full-go on striking 'big' COVID relief deal with Congress just 3 days after scrapping negotiations

President Trump now full-go on striking 'big ' COVID relief deal with Congress just 3 days after scrapping negotiations Trump @ @ @ @ @ election

Just three days after abruptly calling for the end of coronavirus relief negotiations until after the election, President Donald Trump has now signaled that he is determined to strike a big deal with Congress before the election.
"Covid Relief Negotiations are moving along. Go Big!" the president tweeted Friday morning.
What are the details?
Earlier in the morning, Jake Sherman of Politico reported that Trump now wanted a deal "badly" and that White House officials were planning on working all next week to get it done.
Later, Sherman and company reported in the Politico Playbook PM that the White House's new top-line number is $1.8 trillion, up from the GOP's previous top line, which was $1.5 trillion.
The Trump administration is also aiming for $300 billion in state and local funding — which is also higher than before but also still likely too low for Democrats — and a boost in stimulus payments to replace the Earned Income Tax Credit.
The developments are a complete reversal from the president's position earlier this week, when he tweeted that negotiations were off until after Nov. 3, blaming Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (Calif.) for "not negotiating in good faith."
"I am rejecting their request and ... have instructed my representatives to stop negotiating until after the election when, immediately after I win, we will pass a major Stimulus Bill that focuses on hardworking Americans and Small Business," he added.
Hours later, he put the ball in Pelosi's court by tweeting his support for standalone $1,200 stimulus checks, airline payroll support, and small business funding.
Why the reversal?
Speculation reportedly swirled on Capitol Hill following news that Trump wanted negotiations to continue.
Axios reported that the change of heart came as a result of negative reactions to his tweet.
"Trump was spooked after seeing the instant drop in the stock market and intense backlash to his tweet, and he has since directed Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin to push for a more comprehensive relief bill before the election," the news outlet said.
Politico was less sure in its analysis. "He may want noise to fill the silence. Maybe he wants a bump in the stock market. We're not mood readers or psychiatrists or psychics," that report stated.
What else?
Despite the administration's renewed desire to make an agreement, negotiations still have a long way to go and it may be particularly difficult to get fiscal conservatives on board should the administration meet some Democratic demands.
In response to the news, Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.) said, "The situation is kind of murky, and I think the murkiness is a result of the proximity to the election and everybody kind of trying to elbow for political advantage. I'd like to see us rise above that like we did back in March and April, but I think that's unlikely in the next three weeks."


theblaze--2020-10-09--UNC Asheville under shelter-in-place order after suspect reportedly issues threats if BLM mural not

UNC Asheville under shelter-in-place order after suspect reportedly issues threats if BLM mural not painted over: 'Stay away from campus today'

UNC Asheville under shelter-in-place order after suspect reportedly issues threats if BLM mural not painted over : 'Stay away from @ @ @

Officials at the University of North Carolina Asheville ordered the college's students and staff to shelter in place on Friday after an unidentified suspect reportedly made a direct threat to the community if a Black Lives Mater mural wasn't painted over.
What are the details?
According to the Asheville Citizen Times, officials issued the order after several offices at the university reportedly received an email containing a "direct threat" to the college community, which also demanded that the college's Black Lives Matter mural be covered up with new paint.
"The email demanded that the Black Lives Matter mural on University Heights on campus be painted over," a portion of the notice read. "A decision has been made to send a Bulldog Alert to all faculty, staff, and students to shelter in place until further notice. We ask that employees, other than essential personnel, stay away from campus today."
The notice added, "We are working with the authorities to keep our campus safe and to return to the work of the university."
The outlet reported that the school hopes to have the campus reopened as soon as possible, but not before Saturday morning.
The outlet reported that students were "nervous" over the alleged threats.
The school's Black Lives Matter mural — which was painted by black students on Sept. 30 — took about 8 hours to complete, according to the school's website.
What else?
One senior instrumental in creating the mural told the outlet in an email that the campus felt "very eerie and silent" amid the lockdown.
"There isn't anyone around except police, security, and the people who run the residence halls," she said. "I think the campus is handling it very well and being very safe. Personally, I am nervous, as my name is on that mural as well as my friends' who also painted it. I don't want any of us to be targeted."
The Citizen Times noted that campus communications manager Steve Plever "declined to describe the nature of the threats in more detail."
Chancellor Nancy J. Cable declined to provide further details.
A 2 p.m. ET update on the university's Facebook page read, "We write to give you a campus community update. UNC Asheville is currently in 'shelter in place' status and will be sustained until further notice. Multiple law enforcement agencies are working together with UNC Asheville Campus Police to continue the investigation."


theblaze--2020-10-09--President Trump found out the Durham probe won't end before the election live on Rush Limbaugh's rad

President Trump found out the Durham probe won't end before the election live on Rush Limbaugh's radio program: 'It's a disgrace'

President Trump found out the Durham probe wo n't end before the election live on Rush Limbaugh 's radio program @ @ @ @ @ 'We caught them cold and we have people that do n't know how to do @ @ @ @ @ 's horrible '

President Donald Trump on Friday called news that U.S. Attorney John Durham's report on the investigation into the FBI's Russia probe won't be released before the election a "disgrace" and an "embarrassment."
Trump, who had apparently not been told about the news, reacted in real time as radio host Rush Limbaugh informed him of the Axios report.
"It was announced by the attorney general that his investigator, the attorney looking into the coup run against you will not have any announcements, any results before the election. This is disappointing, I can not tell you," Limbaugh said.
"When was this announced Rush?" Trump asked. "I think it's terrible."
"It is because this is the biggest political scandal in the history of this country, certainly our lifetimes," Limbaugh said.
"Yeah, if that's the case I'm very disappointed. I think it's a terrible thing, and I'll say it to his face," Trump said, referring to the attorney general.
"I think it's a disgrace, it's an embarrassment." Trump added.
The president criticized Republicans for not fighting as "tough" as Democrats.
"See, this is what I mean with the Republicans, they don't play the tough game. If this were the other side, you would've had 25 people in jail for the rest of their lives with what we found," he said.
Trump expressed frustration that his administration had been repeatedly targeted by investigations from special counsel Robert Mueller's team, congressional inquiries, impeachment, and a New York investigation into his personal finances, while Durham's probe will reportedly not wrap up before the election.
"So, it's OK for me to have to go through investigations during the election, but for them we don't want to upset the apple cart. The Republicans don't play the same game," Trump fumed.
"We caught them cold and we have people that don't know how to do anything about it, it's horrible," he continued. "If that's the case, I have to check that. I find it hard to believe because you know what? I went through two elections, you don't think that affected [the 2018 midterm elections]? Now I wasn't running in '18 but the whole Russia witch hunt affected the '18 outcome of the election.
"Nobody said let's hold it back until after the election. But the Republicans don't play the same game."
Trump told Limbaugh the DOJ should have made indictments a year ago.
"Look, if they hold it because of the election ... I've gone through two elections now. They started investigating me before I even won the election. They started investigating me when I was coming down the escalator," he joked, laughing.
"I was under investigation illegally by these thieves and [former FBI Director James] Comey and crooks — we caught them in the act!" the president continued. "They were spying on my campaign and then they went for a coup. Nobody said, 'Well gee, you know, let's hold off the investigation.' But with them they do, the Republicans don't play it the same way. It's very disappointing."
Earlier Friday, Axios reported that Attorney General Bill Barr has begun informing top Republicans in Congress that the Department of Justice's review of the origins of the Russia investigation would not be released before the election on Nov. 3.
According to Axios, Barr told Republicans that Durham is focused on winning prosecutions, taking his investigation seriously and waiting until he has all the evidence he needs to convict those he indicts. A source reportedly told Axios that Durham is "not preoccupied with completing his probe by a certain deadline for political purposes."
Trump interrupted Limbaugh as he read from Axios' story.
"Oh yeah, great, let's let everybody get elected to office and then let's worry about it," Trump said. "First of all, if we don't win this election that whole thing is going to end, OK?"
"That's another thing I'm fighting for because these people have to be brought to justice, but they should've been brought to justice before the election," he added. "But if we don't win this election, if we don't win that whole thing is going to be dismissed."


theblaze--2020-10-09--Church fights Texas city's eminent domain push to take land for new fire station. Fun fact: There's

Church fights Texas city's eminent domain push to take land for new fire station. Fun fact: There's already a fire station across the street.

Church fights Texas city 's eminent domain push to take land for new fire station .
Fun fact : There @ @ @ @ @ across the street .
'We just want the city to find another piece of property @ @ @ @ @

While Canaan Baptist Church is located in south Dallas, the small congregation has had a ministry in nearby Duncanville for the last 15 years, KTVT-TV reported.
Image source: KTVT-TV video screenshot
"We do food drives, clothing drives, church activities," Angie Baker, wife of Canaan Baptist's pastor, told the station. "We feel like this community is underserved."
Image source: KTVT-TV video screenshot
Thing is, there's no church building for Canaan Baptist in Duncanville — but it does have land there, KTVT said.
"This is an empty lot that God gave us," Baker told the station.
Image source: KTVT-TV video screenshot
In fact, Canaan Baptist has been raising money to get a new facility built on the property, the station said.
The problem
The goal sounds simple enough — but the city of Duncanville is complicating it.
See, Duncanville has designs on the property and is trying to seize it using eminent domain to build a new fire station, KTVT reported.
As you might expect, Canaan Baptist doesn't like the idea one bit.
"We have put so much into it, and we just don't want to lose it to the city," Baker noted to the station.
So attorneys for the church filed a motion this week to halt the land seizure, arguing for protections under the Texas Religious Freedom Restoration Act, KTVT reported.
"In this particular case, it would require the city to prove that this property is the only property that they can use for their purposes, and it's going to be very difficult for them to prove that," Keisha Russell, counsel at First Liberty Institute, told the station.
Image source: KTVT-TV video screenshot
And about that fire station...
What's more, there's already a fire station across the street from the church's plot of land the city wants to take, KTVT reported.
"We just want the city to find another piece of property and build somewhere else, because we love the property that we've invested in," Baker told the station.
The city of Duncanville told KTVT that the city attorney has received the church's motion to dismiss and will file a response with the court at the appropriate time.
(H/T: Hot Air)


theblaze--2020-10-09--Portland professor says 'cancel culture,' 'Black Lives Matter moral panic' responsible for canceling

Portland professor says 'cancel culture,' 'Black Lives Matter moral panic' responsible for canceling his book: New levels of 'cultural totalitarianism'

Portland professor says 'cancel culture , ' 'Black Lives Matter moral panic ' responsible for canceling his book : New @ @ @ @ @

A Portland, Oregon, professor says that cancel culture has come for him, and now his forthcoming book has been canceled.
On Twitter, author and professor Bruce Gilley — an Oxford-educated scholar who teaches at Portland State University — describes himself as the "Scourge of the academic left" and a "Pro-colonial professor," as well as a "Member of the board of the National Association of Scholars."
'The Last Imperialist' and calls for cancellation
As highlighted by the Daily Mail, Gilley recently announced that his book — which was set to be published later in October — was cancelled after a petition blasting him and his book for endorsing a "white nationalist perspective."
In an editorial published in the Wall Street Journal, Gilley said that he had been a victim of "Black Lives Matter moral panic" and as a result, a publisher cancelled the book.
The publisher, Rowman & Littlefield, yanked the book — a biography of imperialist Sir Alan Burns titled "The Last Imperialist: Sir Alan Burns' Epic Defense of the British Empire" — after Maoist philosopher Joshua Moufawad-Paul, of Toronto, Canada, crafted a petition claiming Gilley was "pro-colonial" and endorsed a "white nationalist perspective."
The petition, according to the outlet, also accused Gilley of engaging in a "pig-headed refusal to deal with the rigorous historical analyses" and called for his publisher to immediately terminate the series as it would only "lend academic credibility to paternalist and eurocentric revisionism and neo-colonial and settler-colonial propaganda and policy."
The petition apparently worked its magic and shortly after the petition went viral, the publishers notified Gilley that they would be cancelling the book's release.
'The Communist Necessity' and Gilley's defense
Gilley pointed out that Moufawad-Paul has a blog titled "Marxis-Leninist-Maoist Mayhem!" and has written a book called "The Communist Necessity."
The professor wrote, "'The Last Imperialist' is the culmination of five years of intensive primary source research into the life of Burns, who was a governor of the Gold Coast (now Ghana) and a prominent critic of rapid decolonization while serving at the United Nations after World War II."
"The book," he continued, "passed peer review with Lexington Books last December, and it carried endorsements from two giants in the field of colonial history, Jeremy Black and Tirthankar Roy. The book was already being sold to distributors and stores."
Gilley said that the greater series, "Problems of Anti-Colonialism" — of which he was a co-editor — also went through a peer review process.
According to the U.K.'s Times, "The Last Imperialist" was set to be the first volume in a planned "Problems of Anti-Colonialism' series.
"The series was planned as a forum for critical responses to the anti-colonial and 'decolonizing' intellectual projects that have become pervasive in global politics (and maybe in your workplace)," he added.
Of the abrupt cancellation of his latest work, he wrote, "I attribute the ease and suddenness of my latest cancellation to this year's Black Lives Matter moral panic."
"It has taken cultural totalitarianism to new levels, challenging the U.S. ethic of freedom," Gilley insisted.
Emboldened by the cancellation, according to Gilley, Moufawad-Paul "crowed about the success," and took to his blog where he lauded the publishers, which he said "paid attention to the academic community and Gilley's shameful series has been rejected.'"
'Liberal fair play is a tool of oppression'
Gilley said that the situation could be almost amusing, or at least has a silver lining.
"Watching this latest boxcar roll by in the sorry train of cancel culture may finally convince my center-left friends that the situation is dire," he added. "In recent years, many well-meaning bipartisan initiatives, like Heterodox Academy, have been launched to try to reinvigorate political diversity in the academy and more broadly in elite culture."
"But these are Enlightenment solutions to a totalitarian problem," he said. "Appeals to democratic principals won't move those who believe, like Lenin, that liberal fair play is a tool of oppression."
The professor continued, "The putrefaction of the university, and of elite American and European culture more generally, has made the task of rebuilding liberal institutions an urgent one. Gentlemanly appeals to open-minded debate are no longer enough."
His suggestions? Withholding federal funds from institutes of higher learning that demand students "learn grievance studies and maintain offices of diversity, equity, and inclusion."
Gilley concluded by pointing out that the "mob's takedown" of the series only shows its importance.
"The stage actors have appeared right on cue in this dramatization of what 'decolonizing' means for free speech," he warned. "Whatever the fate of our book series, freedom is needed more urgently than ever."


theblaze--2020-10-09--Majority of voters say they're better off under Trump after 4 years; higher than Obama in his re-ele

Majority of voters say they're better off under Trump after 4 years; higher than Obama in his re-election year

Majority of voters say they 're better off under Trump after 4 years ; higher than Obama in his re-election @ @ @ @ @ percentage of Americans saying they are better off now than they were four years ago @ @ @ @ @ the last 36 years

A majority of Americans say they are better off under President Donald Trump than they were four years ago, according to a new Gallup poll. The Gallup survey found that voters were more satisfied during President Trump's four-year term than the first terms of former Presidents Barack Obama and George W. Bush, new polling data has revealed.
Gallup's Sept. 14-28 poll found that 56% of U.S. registered voters believe they are better off now under President Trump compared to four years ago.
President Trump celebrated the news on Twitter: "The Gallup Poll has just come out with the incredible finding that 56% of you say that you are better off today, during a pandemic, than you were four years ago (OBiden). Highest number on record! Pretty amazing!"
Trump is the only president in 36 years of Gallup polls to have a majority of respondents say they are better off now than they were four years ago.
In 2012, when then-President Obama was seeking reelection, the same question was asked by Gallup, and 45% said they were better off than they were four years earlier.
In 2004, when then-President George W. Bush was up for reelection, 47% said they were in a better place than four years prior.
President George H.W. Bush was seeking reelection in 1992, and he scored a lowly 38% on the same question.
In 1984, 44% of voters said they were happier under then-President Ronald Reagan's first term.
Gallup does not have polling for 1996, when Bill Clinton was president.
Gallup started asking registered voters in 1984: "Are you better off today than you were four years ago?" The question is based on a famous quote by former President Ronald Reagan.
During the 1980 presidential campaign, then-Republican nominee Reagan asked the audience that same question during his one and only presidential debate against then-Democratic President Jimmy Carter.
In a "60 Minutes" interview from 2014, President Obama used Reagan's memorable question, "Are you better off today than you were four years ago?"
Reagan 1980 Are you better off than you were four years ago? www.youtube.com
In Gallup's poll of a random sample of 905 registered voters, they were asked their opinions about President Trump and Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden. The poll found that 49% of registered voters agree with President Trump "on the issues," compared to 46% who aligned with former Vice President Biden.
However, 49% of voters said Biden has "the personality and leadership qualities that a president should have," versus 44% who viewed Trump as presidential.
The poll has a margin of error of plus or minus 4 percentage points.


theblaze--2020-10-09--Russian President Putin favorably compares Biden and Democrats to Soviet Communists

'This can be seen as an ideological basis for developing contacts with the Democratic representative '

Russian President Vladimir Putin favorably compared presidential candidate Joe Biden and the Democratic Party to Soviet communism in an interview with the Rossiya TV channel released Wednesday.
Putin once again denied that the Russian government interfered in the 2016 U.S. election and pledged to work with whomever wins the 2020 election, Newsweek reported. But he favorably remarked on the Democratic Party's ideology, comparing it to the old Soviet Union's Communist Party, and said those shared values may be a "basis for developing contacts" with Biden should he win the White House.
"The Democratic Party is traditionally closer to the so-called liberal values, closer to social democratic ideas," Putin said. "And it was from the social democratic environment that the Communist Party evolved."
"After all, I was a member of the Soviet Communist Party for nearly 20 years," Putin added. "I was a rank-and-file member, but it can be said that I believed in the party's ideas. I still like many of these left-wing values. Equality and fraternity. What is bad about them? In fact, they are akin to Christian values.
"Yes, they are difficult to implement, but they are very attractive, nevertheless," he continued. "In other words, this can be seen as an ideological basis for developing contacts with the Democratic representative."
Putin also noted the Soviet Union rhetorically supported the civil rights movement for black Americans and suggested this is another common value he shares with the American left-wing in the context of Black Lives Matter protests in the United States.
Black Americans "constitute a stable electorate" for Democrats, Putin said. "The Soviet Union also supported the African Americans' movement for their legitimate rights."
He also tied the civil rights movement to communist ideology.
"Back in the 1930s, Communist International leaders wrote that both black and white workers had a common enemy — imperialism and capitalism. They also wrote that these people could become the most effective group in the future revolutionary battle," Putin said.
"So, this is something that can be seen, to a degree, as common values, if not a unifying agent for us," he explained. "People of my generation remember a time when huge portraits of Angela Davis, a member of the U.S. Communist Party and an ardent fighter for the rights of African Americans, were on view around the Soviet Union."
Although Putin noted Biden has used "sharp anti-Russia rhetoric" against Russian election meddling and Russia's foreign policy, he specifically identified nuclear arms control as an area he's ready to partner with Biden, should the Democratic candidate win.
"Candidate Biden has said openly that he was ready to extend the New START or to sign a new strategic offensive reductions treaty," Putin said. "This is already a very significant element of our potential future cooperation."
He reiterated his willingness to work with Trump or Biden, whomever wins.
"I would like to repeat what I have said more than once before. We will work with any future president of the United States, the one whom the American people give their vote of confidence," Putin said.


theblaze--2020-10-09--Steve Deace explains why the polls don’t make ANY sense

Steve Deace explains why the polls don ’ t make ANY sense

Steve Deace brought the heat with a clear idea of what voters must buy into to believe the current public poll narrative.
According to Deace, voters would have to believe that Democratic nominee Joe Biden is a stronger candidate than Barack Obama was in 2008, and Donald Trump is a weaker incumbent at this stage than George H.W. Bush was in 1992.
"Do you believe that?" Deace asked rhetorically.
He went on to cite the latest Rasmussen poll, the most accurate poll in 2016, predicting that Joe Biden will outperform Franklin D. Roosevelt's final re-election campaign in 1944. For context, in 1944 FDR was in the middle of winning World War II and was arguably the most most popular president since George Washington.
Moving on to a 2018 tweet, Quinnipiac, a B+ rated poll by FiveThirtyEight, polled Florida Democrats Bill Nelson and Andrew Gillum with a 7-point lead in the midterm elections. Gillum lost to Trump supporter Ron DeSantis, a former congressman, that year.
According to Deace, it is impossible to win a presidential election without winning the state of Florida. The latest Quinnipiac poll has Biden outperforming the margin of victory (+/- 2.491%) in the last seven presidential elections by 400%.
In this clip, Deace cited more polling data and concluded based on the numbers, Trump may lose in the 2020 election, but he will get more of the Republican vote than predicted in the polls. Deace added that he does not buy into any polls because the current public polls' methodologies are flawed. Watch the video to learn why.
Use promo code DEACE to save $10 on one year of BlazeTV.
Want more from Steve Deace?
To enjoy more of Steve's take on national politics, Christian worldview and principled conservatism with a snarky twist, subscribe to BlazeTV — the largest multi-platform network of voices who love America, defend the Constitution and live the American dream.


theblaze--2020-10-09--'Nonbinary, transfeminine' prof threatens to kick students out of class for 'intentional misgenderin

'Nonbinary, transfeminine' prof threatens to kick students out of class for 'intentional misgendering' — but college is having none of it

'Nonbinary , transfeminine ' prof threatens to kick students out of class for 'intentional misgendering ' — but college is @ @ @ @ @ misgendering , as with any attempt to slur another student 's personal integrity on the @ @ @ @ @ , or religion , will result in immediate dismissal from class for that session '

A Brooklyn College professor threatened to kick students out of class for "intentional misgendering" other students — but once the administration found out, the school was having none of it, Campus Reform reported.
What are the details?
Campus Reform said it obtained the complete original syllabus of the course taught by Brandon Aultman, which includes a warning regarding "intentional misgendering." The outlet said the syllabus reads, in part:
Pronouns, Gender Identity, and Racial Insensitivity: My name is B. Call me B. I am nonbinary, transfeminine. For my information concerning the use of these terms please consult http://transstudent.org. I use gender-neutral pronouns (they/them). I adhere to a strict policy of respect for the gender, sexual, and racial identities of my students. Intentional misgendering, as with any attempt to slur another student's personal integrity on the basis of race, ethnicity, or religion, will result in immediate dismissal from class for that session. Continued abuses will result in disciplinary action with the appropriate administrators.
Here's the syllabus via Campus Reform:
The outlet said Aultman teaches LGBT politics at the school. While Aultman isn't listed in Brooklyn College's faculty directory, the school's Media Relations Manager Rich Pietras on Friday told TheBlaze he believes Aultman is an adjunct professor. Brooklyn College is part of the City University of New York public college system.
The whip comes down
Campus Reform said after it contacted Brooklyn College, Pietras said the school was "not aware of this classroom guideline." Because the school "believes that all classroom guidelines should be crafted to support learning," the outlet said the school asked the professor "to not dismiss students from the session, but rather to consider a range of effective pedagogies instead and to use the college policy with regard to gender discrimination."
A student who dropped the class after reading the misgendering warning told Campus Reform that "failing to refer to someone by their preferred pronoun should not result in the immediate dismissal from class."
"It is unreasonable to expect everyone to be accepting of the new standards of proper or acceptable behavior that the twenty-first century has made way for with its fast-changing dynamic," the student added to the outlet. "[The professor] has asked his students to address him by the letter 'B' in addition to using the pronouns 'they/them' when making mention of him. It is one thing to ask to be referred to as a member of the opposite sex, but another thing to ask to be referred to in the third person."
Campus Reform said another Brooklyn College professor — who sent the syllabus on behalf of the student and requested to remain anonymous — noted the lack of due process and threat to students' First Amendment rights.
"This is a particularly aggressive abuse of what is clearly a trend towards enforcing speech codes on students and faculty," the professor said, according to the outlet.


theblaze--2020-10-09--Horowitz: Argentina is world's worst COVID-19 hot spot despite 200-day lockdown

The country has had the mask mandate in place since April Customers sit at tables placed outside a bar in @ @ @ @ @ Buenos Aires , on Sept. 5 after six months of lockdown .
( Photo by @ @ @ @ @ )

Who would have thought that in the 21st century numerous countries would revert to dark age thinking concerning viral epidemics? In Argentina, officials were so paranoid and panicked over the virus that not only did they lock down the country for over 200 days, they ordered all bodies of the deceased in some areas be cremated.
The result? They are now in the worst position of any country … after having destroyed their society for 200 days to stop it!
On Tuesday, NBC reported that Argentina had the highest positivity rate of confirmed COVID-19 testing of any country in the world. Their positivity rate is just shy of 60%. They also have the world's highest seven-day rolling average of new fatalities. While the media is claiming they are being lax about enforcement, the reality is that they had one of the earliest and most draconian lockdowns. They had a mask mandate in place since April 14. They even forced cremation of some of those who died from the virus against the will of Jewish residents who asked for a proper burial.
Yet, the strategy of locking down and wearing masks to somehow avoid the spread of a virus from the living is as primitive and sophomoric as the dark age fear of dead bodies spreading the virus. As their Latin American neighbor, Peru, learned, lockdowns only work until it is actually time for the virus to spread in a given area. At that point, nothing works until it runs its course. Peru has the overall highest per capita fatality rate despite having what some considered the strictest lockdown.
Argentina, like many of the countries around the world that barely experienced any virus deaths during the first few months of the pandemic, thought that their draconian policies enabled them to dodge the bullet. But when spring turned into summer, they began experiencing growth in cases that later intensified, as we have seen in many countries that first escaped the virus. Argentina was praised by the liberal media for following the science and imposing a "strict COVID-19 lockdown," which "saved lives."
Israel is another prime example of a country that had a strict lockdown early on and a continuous mask mandate, yet the virus is now spreading quickly. The plaudits that were lavished upon their leaders was as premature as praising a baseball team for its performance after the first inning.
While we are busy counting COVID-19 deaths in many of these countries without any regard as to whether those deaths were avoidable, we know that the lockdown deaths are 100% man-made. After locking down for over a half year, Argentina has nothing to show for it but an economy on the brink and massive poverty. Nearly half of all its citizens are now living in poverty and their rate of inflation is over 40%.
Contrast this to Sweden where its economy and mental health is in intact with fewer deaths and it becomes clear that lockdowns were the worst public policy decision in modern history. All pain and no gain.
As Dr. Scott Atlas, President Trump's new coronavirus adviser, recently said, "Lockdowns are a luxury of the rich."


theblaze--2020-10-09--POLL: Do you have faith that AG Bill Barr will prosecute the people involved in #Russiagate hoax?

POLL : Do you have faith that AG Bill Barr will prosecute the people involved in # Russiagate hoax ?
@ @ @ @ @ n't forget to share !

POLL: Do you have faith that AG Bill Barr will prosecute the people involved in #Russiagate hoax?
Cast your vote and don't forget to share!


theblaze--2020-10-09--Debates co-chair claims Steve Scully's Twitter account was hacked, moderator didn't actually ask an

Debates co-chair claims Steve Scully's Twitter account was hacked, moderator didn't actually ask an anti-Trumper for advice on Trump

Debates co-chair claims Steve Scully 's Twitter account was hacked , moderator did n't actually ask an anti-Trumper for advice @ @

A top official on the Commission on Presidential Debates claimed Friday morning that debate moderator Steve Scully's Twitter account was hacked and that's the reason it appeared that Scully recently reached out to Trump critic Anthony Scaramucci for advice on Trump.
The tweet in question was posted Thursday and appeared to show Scully, who is scheduled to moderate the second presidential debate, asking Scaramucci if he should respond to the president's attacks on him.
Scaramucci — who famously served as President Trump's White House communications director for all of 10 days before being fired and becoming a vocal critic of the president — responded by saying, "Ignore. He is having a hard enough time. Some more bad stuff about to go down."
As TheBlaze reported, several Twitter users speculated that Scully "accidentally sent the tweet publicly when he likely intended the message to Scaramucci to be private."
But now Frank Fahrenkopf, a co-chairman on the debates commission, is claiming that the tweet was the result of Scully's Twitter account being hacked.
"He was hacked. It didn't happen," Fahrenkopf said, according to Fox News producer Rocco Aloe.
Aloe added that Fahrenkopf made the comments Friday morning on Fox News host Brian Kilmeade's radio show.
Several individuals on Twitter found Fahrenkopf's claim suspicious.
"Then why would Scaramucci respond like he knows what they were talking about?" wrote one person.
Another said, "Yeah, right! I call BS," while someone else wrote, "Things that didn't happen for $200, Alex."
Still another was even more forceful: "This is so insulting to the American people that they think they weasel out of this with the 'hacked' excuse. Scully and Fahrenkopf both need to step down now."
Scully, a longtime C-SPAN political editor and host, had already been the subject of controversy after it was reported that he once served as an intern for Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden while Biden was serving in the Senate.
President Trump has criticized Scully publicly. On Thursday, during an interview with Fox Business Network's Maria Bartiromo, the president said Scully seemed like a "nice guy" but it turns out he is a "Never Trumper."
The news is just the latest dramatic turn of events pertaining to the second presidential debate, which was initially scheduled to take place in-person on Oct. 15. Then, due to the president having tested positive for the coronavirus last week, the debates commission decided to change the format to be virtual.
But Trump has flatly refused to participate in a virtual event and his campaign has since requested that the debate be rescheduled for a week later in order for it to be conducted in person.


theblaze--2020-10-09--Nancy Pelosi announces bill to create commission that could recommend removing a president from offi

Nancy Pelosi announces bill to create commission that could recommend removing a president from office The legislation invokes the 25th @ @ @ @ @ a president unfit to execute his duties

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) on Friday announced legislation that would create a commission to rule on a president's fitness for office and enable Congress to attempt to oust any president deemed unfit under the 25th Amendment to the Constitution.
The bill would create the Commission on Presidential Capacity to Discharge the Powers and Duties of Office. Democrats are calling it "the body and process called for in the 25th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution."
"This is not about President Trump," Pelosi insisted at a news conference announcing the bill. "He will face the judgment of the voters. But he shows the need for us to create a process for future presidents.
"This legislation applies to future presidents, but we are reminded of the necessity of action by the health of the current president," Pelosi said.
On Thursday, Pelosi said President Donald Trump was in "an altered state" after being diagnosed with the coronavirus and taking drugs for treatment. He also spent the weekend at Walter Reed Medical Center.
The 25th Amendment created the procedure for the vice president to become acting president should the president be rendered unable to perform his duties by death, illness, resignation, or some other inability. The amendment states that whenever the vice president and a majority of Cabinet officials, or a majority "of such other body as Congress may by law provide" declare the president "unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office," then the vice president shall assume the "powers and duties" of the presidency.
According to Pelosi, the commission would be comprised of top former executive officials and medical experts "selected in a bipartisan, bicameral way."
"In times of chaos, we must hold fast to our Constitution," Raskin said. "The 25th Amendment is all about the stability of the presidency and the continuity of the office."
He noted the amendment was adopted with "overwhelming" bipartisan support after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in 1963.
Raskin explained that the 25th Amendment provides the president with an opportunity to reject the determination by his vice president and Cabinet or by this proposed commission that he is incapable of performing his duties. Such a dispute would be resolved by a two-thirds vote in both houses of Congress agreeing that the president cannot perform the duties of his office.
"In the age of COVID-19, which has killed more than 210,000 Americans and now ravaged the White House staff, the wisdom of the 25th Amendment is clear," Raskin said.
The proposed legislation would enable Congress to direct the commission to conduct a medical exam of the president to determine if he is incapacitated. If the president refuses to be examined, the commission could take his refusal into account in making their recommendation on his fitness to serve.
Answering a question from the media on the timing of the legislation, Raskin acknowledged "there's never a really good time to do it," but "this situation has focused everyone's mind" on the need for a standing committee to fulfill the requirements of the 25th Amendment.
Pelosi and Raskin announced their bill after President Trump and several White House officials tested positive for COVID-19. Trump was hospitalized for three days last week at Walter Reed National Medical Center where he received treatment. He returned to the White House triumphantly on Monday, releasing a video telling Americans "don't be afraid" of the virus and praising U.S. medicine.


theblaze--2020-10-09--Driver strikes pregnant mom, killing her. Doctors save baby, and the child's newborn photo shoot com

Driver strikes pregnant mom, killing her. Doctors save baby, and the child's newborn photo shoot commands powerful message about DUI.

Driver strikes pregnant mom , killing her .
Doctors save baby , and the child 's newborn photo shoot commands @ @ @ @ @

An allegedly intoxicated driver plowed into a 23-year-old pregnant woman in August, and the baby's newborn photo shoot has gone viral with a sobering message.
Doctors saved the child, named Adalyn, via emergency Cesarean section.
What's a brief history here?
As highlighted by ABC's "Good Morning America," Yesenia Aguilar was fatally struck by a vehicle operated by a purportedly intoxicated driver.
The accident took place Aug. 11 as the pregnant woman and her husband were walking hand-in-hand down an Anaheim, California, street. The driver, reportedly under the influence, jumped a curb and struck the woman head-on.
Aguilar was 35 weeks pregnant when the driver struck her.
First responders immediately transported Aguilar to a nearby hospital, where they pronounced her dead. They were able to save the young woman's child through emergency surgery. The child was named Adalyn Rose Alvarez-Aguilar.
Adalyn spent some time in the hospital following her urgent delivery and was placed in critical condition because of the crash.
The driver, Courtney Fritz Pandolfi, 40, was charged with one felony count of murder, one felony count of driving under the influence of drugs causing injury, and one misdemeanor count of driving on a suspended license.
Pandolfi pleaded not guilty to murder in September. She was previously convicted of driving under the influence of drugs in 2008, 2015, and 2016.
Pandolfi's bail is set at $3 million. She is due to appear in court on Dec. 11.
What about the photo shoot?
X&V Photography shared the portfolio on Facebook page on Sept. 30, where it went viral, and captioned it "DON'T DRIVE UNDER THE INFLUENCE."
A month before her death, Aguilar took part in a maternity shoot with the same photographer, Grisel Leyva, "Good Morning America" reported.
She told the outlet, "I want people to think three times — not twice, three times — before they get behind a wheel, because I feel like this little girl's life was completely torn apart."
'She's a blessing and a miracle'
Aguilar's husband, James Alvarez, said that the photo shoot was in honor of his late wife.
"My daughter, she's the last gift that my wife gave me, she's a blessing and a miracle," Alvarez said in a recent interview with "Good Morning America."
A GoFundMe account set up for the family raised more than $119,000 for the family.
Aguilar's husband, an employee at a law firm, was able to take off one year in order to care for his newborn daughter and heal their family. Alvarez said Adalyn is almost 2 months old now and doing well.


theblaze--2020-10-09--Yelp will flag businesses accused of racist behavior; conservatives point out major flaw in new poli

Yelp will flag businesses accused of racist behavior; conservatives point out major flaw in new policy

Yelp will flag businesses accused of racist behavior ; conservatives point out major flaw in new policy 'Enabling this feature @ @ @ @ @ small businesses all across America '

Yelp, a website and an app where users rate businesses, will now flag businesses that have been accused of "overt" racism. Yelp announced on Thursday a new alert that will warn users when "someone associated with this business was accused of racist behavior."
"As the nation reckons with issues of systemic racism, we've seen in the last few months that there is a clear need to warn consumers about businesses associated with egregious, racially-charged actions to help people make more informed spending decisions," Yelp said on the company's blog. "Now, when a business gains public attention for reports of racist conduct, such as using racist language or symbols, Yelp will place a new Business Accused of Racist Behavior Alert on their Yelp page to inform users, along with a link to a news article where they can learn more about the incident."
The San Francisco-based company will post a red icon at the top of the page of the accused business with the words: "Business Accused of Racist Behavior Alert." There will be a link to a news article about the alleged racist incident so users can "learn more."
The alert reads, "Recently someone associated with this business was accused of racist behavior, resulting in an influx of people posting their views to this page." Once the alert is enacted, Yelp disables any new reviews for the profile of that business, and an investigation is launched.
"While we understand the desire to warn others about racist behavior associated with a business, all reviews on Yelp must reflect an actual first-hand consumer experience," the company said.
"The new Business Accused of Racist Behavior Alert is an extension of our Public Attention Alert that we introduced in response to a rise in social activism surrounding the Black Lives Matter movement," Noorie Malik, Yelp's vice president of operations, said in the statement. "If someone associated with a business is accused of, or the target of, racist behavior, we will place a Public Attention Alert on the business page to warn consumers that the business may be receiving an influx of reviews as a result of increased attention. For businesses accused of overtly racist actions, where we can link to a news article, we will escalate our warning with the Business Accused of Racist Behavior Alert."
Yelp said between May 26 and Sept. 30, it had "placed more than 450 alerts on business pages that were either accused of, or the target of, racist behavior related to the Black Lives Matter movement."
Many people on social media pointed out the major flaw in the new policy, and how the new alert could be weaponized by activists to target companies they disagree with.
"People weaponize @Yelp reviews all the time. Businesses are easily caught up in the culture war. The charge of racism is too easily made; enabling this feature is a terrible decision for small businesses all across America," tweeted Spectator editor Melissa Chen.
"Honest to God I read this tweet without looking at the account and thought it was a parody. But no, it's real. Yelp is really giving race hoaxers a specific tool to destroy any business they want on a whim," Daily Wire commentator Matt Walsh wrote on Twitter. "This is the most insane idea I've ever heard and I hope you are sued into bankruptcy."
"Didn't think this one through, did you? You are going to be buried under lawsuits you'll never recover from, rightfully so," said Amber Smith, former deputy assistant to the Secretary of Defense.
Harmeet K. Dhillon, lawyer and founder of the Center For American Liberty, said Yelp is "weaponizing defamation," adding, "More work for me, more litigation for you."
"Hate a business? Apparently Yelp has provided you with a tool to seek revenge. Yep, no chance this atrocious idea backfires. None," said Erielle Davidson, senior policy analyst at JINSA.
Lauren Chen, host of BlazeTV's "Pseudo-Intellectual," wrote, "Yelp is introducing a 'Business Accused of Racist Behavior Alert' for businesses. I say we nominate every single business that implements affirmative action hiring or promotes critical race theory for such a warning."
Several commentators responded to Yelp's announcement by sharing a 2019 Business Insider article titled, "At Yelp's Phoenix office, some insiders say a 'boy's club' atmosphere fueled racism, sexism, and a hard-partying culture — on top of regular verbal abuse from customers."
Business Insider said they spoke to nine current and former Yelp employees who worked at the company's office in Phoenix. The current and ex-employees claimed they experienced "racist comments, inappropriate conduct, bacchanalian parties, a clique-y atmosphere, failures of trust in management, and drug use in the office."
Activists attempting to damage the reputation of a business that doesn't subscribe to their own ideologies is a tactic that has been previously exploited. As TheBlaze reported in August, an activist group threatened Louisville business owners with possible repercussions, including negative reviews on social media, if they don't satisfy their list of demands.
Demands included requiring diversity and inclusion training for all staff members on a biannual basis, purchasing a minimum of 23% inventory from black retailers or make a recurring monthly donation of 1.5% of net sales to a local Black nonprofit or organization, and display a visible sign that increases awareness and shows support for the reparations movement.
An activist group established a "Social Justice Rating System," where businesses are given a grade for how many of the demands they submit to. The organization gives businesses a sort of social credit score, "Ally," "Complicit," and "Failed."
If businesses do not comply with the demands, protesters would respond by launching negative reviews and writing disparaging social media posts about the businesses.
Fernando Martinez, a Cuban immigrant who owns a restaurant in Louisville, said activists were employing "mafia tactics" to intimidate business owners into social justice.


theblaze--2020-10-09--Daily Caller reporters say authorities forcibly detained, kicked, repeatedly hit them with clubs dur

Daily Caller reporters say authorities forcibly detained, kicked, repeatedly hit them with clubs during Wisconsin riots

Daily Caller reporters say authorities forcibly detained , kicked , repeatedly hit them with clubs during Wisconsin riots

Two reporters for the Daily Caller say authorities detained them and hit them repeatedly as they covered demonstrations Thursday in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin.
Demonstrations and riots erupted Thursday night in Wauwatosa after authorities announced that the police officer who fatally shot 17-year-old Alvin Cole would not face charges.
Investigators have said that Cole was running from police after reportedly firing a stolen handgun when police fired on the teen.
What are the details?
According to a Friday morning report from the outlet, reporters Shelby Talcott and Richie McGinniss said officers detained them even after they identified themselves as members of the press.
On Twitter, Talcott wrote, "@RichieMcGinniss and I just got detained/almost arrested. Officers kicked me and hit me with a billy club and repeatedly hit Richie with a club (we were not resisting). Luckily, an officer came while we were waiting in the police van and recognized that we were press."
Following the alleged detainment, Talcott said that officers let her and McGinniss go.
"Richie had his press credentials visible before he was taken down," Talcott said. "I was sitting in the car (outside of the area where protesters were being arrested) waiting for Richie (who was filming)."
The two were covering the demonstrations along with Campus Reform senior campus correspondent Blair Nelson and independent reporter Brendan Gutenschwager.
Talcott alleged that authorities demanded McGinniss and Nelson leave the area and said that the two reporters complied with the order.
"Several officers then chased the boys down right as they reached our car & forced the rest of us out of the vehicle before making arrests," Talcott wrote in a now-viral Twitter thread. "Richie captured audio of the incident."
Talcott also shared photos of herself and McGinniss with what she said were injuries sustained in the detainment.
She captioned the snap, "We'll have some nice cuts and bruises in the coming days[.]"
McGinniss also shared video of the incident on Twitter, saying, "Video of @ShelbyTalcott and my detainment. As I was recording arrests, one officer told me to (quickly) clear the area. Upon arriving to the car, I was forcibly detained (with press cred in hand) and as you can hear in the video, I tried my best to comply with police orders."
Late Thursday evening, Talcott concluded, "Last thing I'll note for some comments I've seen from Louisville and this: freedom of the press is important and allows reporters to be out past curfew, etc to report the news and get the truth out there. It's a dangerous thing if that right goes away."
In the early hours of Friday morning, Talcott shared a video taken by Caroline Reinwald of WISN-TV.
Talcott captioned the video, ".@WISN_Caroline captured part of our detainment (picks up sort of after @RichieMcGinniss's video, it seems). The person being tossed from the passenger side is [Brendan Gutenschwager], who is still — to my knowledge — in jail."
Early Friday morning, McGinnis took to Twitter, writing, "@ShelbyTalcott called multiple times and I sent emails to any applicable PD's [sic]. Still no status updates regrading [Brenden Gutenschwager] and [Blair Nelson]."
Talcott added that Gutenschwager and Nelson were reportedly jailed on "some sort of violating curfew charge" and were expected to "be released somewhat soon (1,2 hours) after being fingerprinted, etc."
Gutenschwager on Friday morning tweeted, "Tonight I was brutalized by police in Wisconsin. This is me being dragged out of a vehicle and slammed to the pavement. Pleaded with officers that I am here as press, never even given a chance to cooperate before they escalated to this. I am in shock."
Nelson also tweeted, "Hey everybody, I'm out of jail, only in there for three hours. I was arrested for filming with @BGOnTheScene@ShelbyTalcott@RichieMcGinniss. Still don't have my phone, hopefully, will get it soon."
The Blaze reached out to the Wauwautosa Police Department for comment on the story, but did not receive a response in time for publication.


theblaze--2020-10-10--Biden mocked for lowering his mask to cough in his hand

Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden was mocked on social media Friday for flouting basic hygiene rules, after a video went viral showing him pulling down his protective mask in mid-speech in order to cough into his hand.
What are the details?
The video shows Biden speaking to an audience in Nevada, when he pauses to lower his mask and cough into his hand — a practice that spreads more germs than coughing into the facial covering or his elbow. Biden then used the same hand to reapply and adjust the mask to his face.
Biden, who has repeatedly pushed for a national mask mandate to stop the spread of COVID-19, was chastised by critics who accused him of hypocrisy.
"Second graders know to cough into their elbow!" one person tweeted in reaction.
Someone else wrote, "Wait, either he & his disciples 'believe in science' or they don't. The advice for coughs has been without equivocation: cough into a tissue (and discard), or cough into your elbow. How is this acceptable? Or is this more 'rules for thee, but not for me' from the ruling class?"
Another stated, "The whole point of the mask is to try and minimize the spread of virus carrying droplets into the air. By taking his mask off and coughing he is basically invalidating the mask, apart from of course spreading mucous (to) his hands and everything it touches."
One person echoed a common refrain of Biden's, simply commenting, "Come on, man!"
Fox News pointed out that Biden was called out for a similar move earlier this year.
The outlet reported, "This isn't the first time Biden was criticized for his lack of sanitation. During an interview last March as the coronavirus outbreak was underway, the former VP similarly coughed into his hand but was immediately called out by CNN anchor Jake Tapper."


theblaze--2020-10-10--Kirstie Alley rips into 'EVIL' Nancy Pelosi over 25th Amendment scheme to unseat Trump

Kirstie Alley rips into 'EVIL ' Nancy Pelosi over 25th Amendment scheme to unseat Trump Alley is being more and @ @ @ @

Actress Kirstie Alley swiped at House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) in a viral tweet that excoriated Democrats for the 25th Amendment scheme to unseat President Donald Trump.
Alley issued her angry missive on Friday from her official social media account.
"The 'process' EVIL NANCY PELOSI speaks of is an attempt at a presidential takeover of a President by glorified BAKER ACT," tweeted Alley.
She added, "don't believe a word that comes out of this witche's mouth.. and yes she gives witches a bad name."
Alley was likely referring to the announcement by Pelosi that she was introducing legislation to convene a panel of experts to determine if the president was incapacitated and should be removed according to the dictates of the 25th Amendment.
The Baker Act is a Florida law that allows mentally ill people to be held involuntarily at a mental health facility.
On Friday, Pelosi insisted that the commission was not intended primarily to remove Trump from office.
"He will face the judgment of the voters. But he shows the need for us to create a process for future presidents," she said. "This legislation applies to future presidents, but we are reminded of the necessity of action by the health of the current president."
'You hate him. Just report that'
Alley has been a vocal critic of the media and those on the left. In the latest episode on Monday, she blasted a CNN reporter who she thought was masking her criticism of the president under the guise of disinterested journalism.
"What would you like him to do? Start crying like a little b***h so you can report that he's ...crying like a little b***h? He could have a hazmat suit on and you would report ... he's a f***ing lunatic in a hazmat suit," Alley said in her tweet.
"You hate him. Just report that," Alley added, and excoriated the Democrats in a separate tweet.
"The truth is DEMS have accomplished NOTHING in the last 3 1/2 years other than Devising ways to take TRUMP DOWN," she said. "U have been a waste of our tax dollars TIME & faith. EVEN with all YOUR attempts to destroy him, you FAILED!"
Here's more about Pelosi's plot to unseat the president:


theblaze--2020-10-09--Debate commission cancels second presidential debate after Trump refuses virtual format

The Biden campaign accused Trump of ducking the debate

The Commission on Presidential Debates canceled the second debate between President Donald Trump and Democratic nominee Joe Biden after the president refused to participate in the virtual format.
CNN reported the development on Friday evening and cited a source familiar with the plans. The Wall Street Journal first reported the decision.
The reported cancelation of the debate caps off an angry feud between the two campaigns and the commission as they argued over when to have the debate and how to have it conducted safely.
A spokesman for the Biden campaign released a statement confirming the decision.
"Vice President Biden looks forward to making his case to the American people about how to overcome this pandemic, restore American leadership and our alliances in the world, and bring the American people together," said Andrew Bates, a Biden spokesman.
"It's shameful that Donald Trump ducked the only debate in which the voters get to ask the questions — but it's no surprise," he continued.
"Everyone knows that Donald Trump likes to bully reporters, but obviously he doesn't have the guts to answer for his record to voters at the same time as Vice President Biden," he concluded.
The president tested positive for coronavirus and his physician said in a statement on Thursday that his treatment had gone successfully and that he was ready to begin public appearances again.
Here's more about the debate over the debate:


theblaze--2020-10-11--(UPDATED) 1 dead, 2 in custody after fatal shooting in Denver near 'Patriot Rally' and BLM-Antifa co

(UPDATED) 1 dead, 2 in custody after fatal shooting in Denver near 'Patriot Rally' and BLM-Antifa counter-protest

( UPDATED ) 1 dead , 2 in custody after fatal shooting in Denver near 'Patriot Rally ' and BLM-Antifa @

Update: After the publication of this article, the Denver Police said the suspect has no affiliation with Antifa. Previous news reports suggested otherwise.
Two suspects were taken into custody by police on Saturday afternoon after a person was shot and killed in downtown Denver. The shooting happened near two rival protests between a "Patriot" rally and a "BLM-Antifa" counter-protest.
Denver Police released a statement late Saturday night: "Further investigation has determined the suspect is a private security guard with no affiliation with Antifa. Additional information will be released as it becomes available."
9NEWS is reporting: "A 9NEWS producer and a 9NEWS contractor were taken into custody."
The 9NEWS producer was reportedly a person of interest, but was later released and is not a suspect, according to 9NEWS.
"A private security guard who was hired by 9NEWS is the suspect detained by DPD," 9NEWS reported Friday night. "It has been the practice of 9NEWS for a number of months to hire private security to accompany staff at protests."
An event dubbed the "Patriot Muster" rally organized by John "Tig" Tiegen was held at 2 p.m. at Denver's Civic Center Park. "It's time we let these communist socialists know we have had enough," a description of the event read. "Fight back, push back. Time to take our country back!"
Once the Denver Communists organization caught wind of the rally, they scheduled a counter-protest called the "BLM-Antifa Soup Drive."
"We scheduled our action after learning that the militia-fascists had called a 'patriot muster' against the Black Lives Matter movement, anti-fascists and Marxists," a spokesperson for Denver Communists said. "That's us — guilty as charged and happy to oblige with our presence."
"The plan is to set up our tables and tents in Civic Center Park, as near as we can be to the fascists," Denver Communists said. "We'll have soup for our family, music, speakers, communist books, and plenty of angry anti-fascist chants."
KUSA reporter Marc Sallinger was covering the rally and the counter-protest.
"Hello from downtown Denver where far-right militia groups are holding a rally," Sallinger wrote on Twitter. "Far-left Black Lives Matter Antifa groups are holding a counter protest nearby."
Police separated the two opposing groups with fences.
At 5:48 p.m. EST, Denver Police's official Twitter account wrote: "Officers are investigating a shooting that occurred in the Courtyard by the Art Museum." The police said the shooting victim was transported to the hospital.
The Denver Police shared updates that two suspects were in custody, and that the shooting was "now being investigated as a Homicide."
Video from the area shows an orange cloud of smoke or vapor followed by the sound of a gunshot. Footage shows Denver Police rush to the scene with guns drawn, then order two men to the ground, including a man dressed in all black with a handgun. Meanwhile, the victim lay motionless on the ground.
(CAUTION: Graphic video)
Earlier in the day, rival protesters got in each others face. There were also agitators dressed in all black burning a thin blue line flag in front of Denver Police.
At one point, men dressed in all black with umbrellas scream at police for speaking to an older woman. The woman instructs everyone to "relax."


theblaze--2020-10-10--North Korea reportedly flaunts new 'monster' ICBM at showy military parade — and some analysts belie

North Korea reportedly flaunts new 'monster' ICBM at showy military parade — and some analysts believe it could be one of the world's largest ballistic missiles

North Korea reportedly flaunts new 'monster ' ICBM at showy military parade — and some analysts believe it could be @ @ @ @ @ largest ballistic missiles

North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un reportedly celebrated during a recent military parade, which featured what is reportedly one of the biggest intercontinental ballistic missiles in the world, according to a Saturday Reuters report.
The outlet reported that the missiles — previously unseen — were shown at the military parade, which showcased North Korea's long-range weapons for what the news organization said was the first time in two years.
CNN notes that some analysts believe the ballistic missile is one of the world's largest ever seen.
What are the details?
The parade reportedly took place in Pyongyang to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the ruling Workers' Party, and displayed several large missiles.
Melissa Hanham, deputy director of the Open Nuclear Network, called the missile a "monster," according to the report.
One missile in particular was so large that the huge trailer on which it was transported had 11 axles.
"Also displayed were the Hwasong-15, which is the longest-range missile ever tested by North Korea, and what appeared to be a new submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM)," Reuters noted.
According to the news organization, an unnamed senior U.S. official said the display was "disappointing" amid the recent development of relations between North Korea and South.
The unnamed official said, "It is disappointing to see the DPRK continuing to prioritize its prohibited nuclear and ballistic missile program over working towards a brighter future for the North Korean people."
Kim, according to the outlet, appeared and waved to the crowd before making remarks.
"We will continue to build our national defense power and self-defensive war deterrence," he reportedly said in his remarks.
The report noted, "The parade was highly choreographed, with thousands of troops marching in formation, displays of new conventional military equipment including tanks, and fighter jets launching flares and fireworks. Kim became visibly emotional as he thanked the troops for their sacrifice in responding to natural disasters and preventing a coronavirus outbreak."
Reuters reported that Kim expressed his gratitude that not a single North Korean citizen tested positive for the virus — a previously disputed claim.
What else?
Following the news, the U.S. urged North Korea to return to negotiations.
An unnamed U.S. official reportedly told The Daily Caller, "The United States remains guided by the vision President Trump and Chairman Kim set forth in Singapore and calls on the DPRK to engage in sustained and substantive negotiations to achieve complete denuclearization."
"It is disappointing to see the DPRK continuing to prioritize its prohibited nuclear and ballistic missile program," the source added.


theblaze--2020-10-10--Bill Maher confronts Adam Schiff about mass exodus from California, cites Joe Rogan and Ben Shapiro

Bill Maher confronts Adam Schiff about mass exodus from California , cites Joe Rogan and Ben Shapiro ' I do @ @ @ @ @ getting for my super-high taxes '

Because of exorbitant taxes and draconian coronavirus restrictions, people and businesses have been moving out of California. The exodus out of California has been happening for years as the cost of living has become too expensive for many. On this week's "Real Time with Bill Maher," the host complained about the mass departure.
Jordan Levine, a Senior Economist with the California Association of Realtors, noted that people are mostly moving to nearby states with lower taxes such as Texas, Nevada, and Arizona. In 2018, more than 86,000 people moved from California to Texas, and nearly 70,000 migrated to Arizona.
A 2019 University of California, Berkeley poll found that 71% of registered voters who left were leaving California over the high cost of living, while 58% cited high taxes, and 46% said they were departing the Golden State over political culture.
California's large-scale egress was punctuated in the middle of 2020 when several big names proclaimed that they were moving out of the state.
In May, Elon Musk was frustrated by California's stringent COVID-19 restrictions and declared that Tesla would move its headquarters to Texas or Nevada. Musk decided to build a new Gigafactory in Austin, Texas, that should open in May 2021.
Massively popular podcaster and UFC commentator Joe Rogan announced in July that he was moving from California to Texas.
Last month, Ben Shapiro announced that The Daily Wire would relocate its headquarters from Los Angeles to Nashville, Tennessee.
Two weeks ago, ultra-successful bond fund manager Jeffrey Gundlach suggested that he would leave California over the state's tax increases. Gundlach has an estimated net worth of $2.2 billion, and he manages a hedge fund with assets adding up to $123 billion.
On Friday night, Bill Maher wanted to "b**** a little bit" about the mass exodus out of California. He did so during his "Real Time" interview with Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.).
"California businesses are leaving the state in droves. In just 2018 and 19, which were economic boom years, 765 commercial facilities left, 13,000 between 2009 and 2016," said Maher, who lives in California.
"Look, I came out here in 1983. I found paradise. I love California. I do. I don't want to leave, but I feel like I'm living in Italy in the 70s or something," said Maher, who is a liberal Democrat. "Super high taxes, potholes in the road, fires. I don't know what I'm getting for my super-high taxes."
Maher cited the departure of well-known names, "People talk about this a lot now and people are leaving. Like in my industry, Joe Rogan left, Ben Shapiro ... Elon Musk talks about leaving."
"What do you say about that as a California representative?" Maher asked Schiff, who is the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee.
"Well, I think we have to make every effort to make this a more business-friendly state," Schiff replied. "And I don't think that there's anything incompatible with being progressive and also wanting to make sure that this is a place that businesses can survive and thrive."
California has voted for a Democratic presidential candidate in every general election dating back to 1992, and has had a Democratic governor since 2011.
Also during this week's episode of "Real Time," Schiff said that he supports abolishing the Electoral College.
"I think we're better off focusing on discrete amendments to the Constitution to overturn Citizens United and make sure that we can have elections untampered or uninfluenced by excessive expenditures and dark money," Schiff told Maher. "And I would favor doing away with the Electoral College system."
Eliminating the Electoral College system would require a constitutional amendment, a process that would involve approval by two-thirds of the House, two-thirds of the Senate, and three-fourths of all states to agree upon. Schiff acknowledged that this is very unlikely to happen any time soon.
"[The Founders] were great back then, but they were not Nostradamus, they couldn't see a lot of s*** that was going to happen," Maher said. "This is a tough sell in a lot of America, where there's people who believe that the Constitution was literally delivered by Jesus."


theblaze--2020-10-10--Biden snaps over court-packing question, says voters don't deserve know his stance on packing Suprem

Biden snaps over court-packing question, says voters don't deserve know his stance on packing Supreme Court

Biden snaps over court-packing question , says voters do n't deserve know his stance on packing Supreme Court

Former vice president and Democratic nominee Joe Biden insisted on Friday that voters don't deserve to know whether he would attempt to pack the Supreme Court if he wins the 2020 presidential election and if SCOTUS nominee Amy Coney Barrett is confirmed.
What are the details?
During a Friday stop in Las Vegas, Nevada, Biden snapped at a reporter who asked about his stance on court-packing.
KTNV-TV Ross DiMattei asked Biden about court-packing — which Biden said he opposed during the Democratic primary, and before Coney Barrett's nomination — saying, "This is the number one thing that I've been asked about from viewers in the past couple of days."
Biden interrupted, "Well you've been asked by the viewers who are probably Republicans, who don't want me continuing to talk about what they're doing to the court right now."
The reporter continued, "Well, sir, don't the voters deserve to know?"
A clearly irritated Biden responded, "No, they don't. ... I'm not gonna play his game, he'd love me to talk about, and I've already said something on court-packing, he'd love that to be the discussion instead of what he's doing now. He's about to make a pick in the middle of an election, first time it's ever been done, first time in history it's ever been done."
On Thursday, he issued a similar statement, saying that the public would know his position on court-packing the day after the 2020 presidential election.
"You will know my opinion on court-packing when the election is over," Biden told reporters at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport on Thursday. "The moment I answer that question, the headline in every one of your papers will be about that rather than focusing on what's happening now. This election has begun. There's never been a court appointment once the election has begun."
'We'll live to rue that day'
In 2019, Biden told Iowa Starting Line that he was opposed to the idea of court-packing.
"No," he said at the time, "I'm not prepared to go on and try to pack the court, because we'll live to rue that day."
You can read more about Biden's Nevada campaign stop here.


theblaze--2020-10-10--Woman says Southwest Airlines staff refused to board her over 'lewd, obscene, and offensive' shirt t

Woman says Southwest Airlines staff refused to board her over 'lewd, obscene, and offensive' shirt that exposed much of her chest

Woman says Southwest Airlines staff refused to board her over 'lewd , obscene , and offensive ' shirt that exposed @ @ @ @ @ may look at me in my attire and be offended '

Chicago resident Kayla Eubanks said Southwest Airlines staff recently refused to allow her to board one of their crafts, saying her low-cut top was "lewd, obscene, and offensive."
She added that a pilot gave up his T-shirt so she could fly.
What are the details?
Eubanks documented her experience Tuesday via Twitter, writing, "Y'all I was KICKED OFF my @SouthwestAir flight because my boobs are 'lewd, obscene, and offensive.' I was told that passengers may look at me in my attire and be offended."
Eubanks also shared a photo of her outfit: a long, red skirt paired with a very low-cut, black halter-style top.
In a later tweet, she added, "I really wanna know why @SouthwestAir is policing my clothes like this. How will my shirt impact my flight, for myself, the other passengers, or even the pilot?"
"Y'all have a dress code for CUSTOMERS who pay to get on a plane?" she wrote. "It's the constant policing of women's bodies for me."
She also shared video of one of Southwest's female gate employees fumbling to answer Eubanks' questions about a dress code, captioning it "[she] practically did cartwheels to ensure that I wouldn't get on this plane y'all. I was held at the gate for 30 minutes because of my shirt."
In another video, Eubanks can be seen speaking with a the flight's captain.
"They're hating on you because you're looking good, is that right?" the unidentified captain can be heard joking with Eubanks.
"I don't take this lightly at all," she responds. "I would like to get on my flight."
The captain then tells Eubanks that the staffers are looking into the policy, and offers a shirt of his own.
"If they're, like, 'Hey, the rule says you have to cover up,' do you have something?" he asks her. "Do you have a shirt, or do you want me to give you one of mine?'"
Eubanks insists that she wants to see the policy before she makes any decisions, and she can be heard telling the pilot, "I have to leave my t**s at home? Obviously not."
As it turned out, according to Eubanks, she did have to cover up, and pointed out that the pilot lent her his T-shirt.
She wrote, "The CAPTAIN of the flight loaned me his shirt so that I could board (having been removed from the flight and the flight being delayed). I eventually took it off. Only to be told that I would have to speak with a supervisor upon landing."
A spokesperson for Southwest Airlines told the New York Post that the company reached out to Eubanks directly to issue an apology. The spokesperson said that the company also refunded Eubanks' fare in compensation.
“Regarding our policies, each situation is very different, and our employees are responsible for following our Contract of Carriage, available on our website," the spokesperson told the outlet.
The outlet adds, "According to the material posted online, the company 'may, in its sole discretion, refuse to transport, or may remove from an aircraft at any point,' a passenger who engages 'in lewd, obscene, or patently offensive behavior, including wearing clothes that are lewd, obscene, or patently offensive."


theblaze--2020-10-10--Trump says he would 'love' to donate his plasma after bout with COVID-19, declares he's off coronavi

Trump says he would 'love' to donate his plasma after bout with COVID-19, declares he's off coronavirus medication

Trump says he would 'love ' to donate his plasma after bout with COVID-19 , declares he 's off coronavirus @ @ @ @ @ update on his health : ' I feel really good .
I feel very strong @

In his first on-camera interview since being diagnosed with COVID-19, President Donald Trump proclaimed that he is no longer taking coronavirus medication. Trump divulged details about his battle with COVID-19 during an interview and "medical evaluation" with Dr. Marc Siegel, a medical contributor to Fox News and associate professor of medicine at New York University since 1988.
During Siegel's interview with the president that aired on Friday's episode of "Tucker Carlson Tonight," Trump gave an update on his health and said he is off coronavirus medication.
Siegel first asked Trump how he feels. "I feel really good. I feel very strong," Trump replied. "I know a lot of people that have had the COVID or the China virus as I call it because it came from China. But I feel really, really strong and a lot of people don't feel that way sometimes for awhile afterwards but are very good."
Trump said he had either beat COVID-19 or the respiratory disease is in remission. "I haven't found out numbers or anything yet, but I have been retested and I know that I am at either of the bottom of the scale or free," Trump said
"Right now, I am medication free," Trump said during the interview. "I'm not taking any medications as of probably eight hours ago. I'm medication free which, frankly, makes me feel good. I don't like medication."
"We pretty much finished and now we'll see how things go," Trump continued. "Pretty much nothing. We've had our final doses of just about everything."
Trump praised the experimental coronavirus antibody treatment manufactured by Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, which he was given while he was hospitalized at Walter Reed Medical Center.
"Actually, the original transfusion, that's supposed to last for about four months, you know that?" Trump said. "The antibodies? And I think you're supposed to be protected anywhere from two to four months and maybe longer than that, I don't know."
"They tested the lungs ... with different machinery ... and it tested good," Trump explained. "Initially, I think they had some congestion in there, but ultimately it tested good, and with each day it got better, and I think that's why they wanted me to stay frankly."
Siegel asked the president how he thought he contracted coronavirus, Trump answered, "I don't know. They had some big events at the White House and perhaps there."
"Nobody really knows for sure. Numerous people have contracted it, but, you know, people have contracted it all over the world," President Trump added. "It's highly contagious. That's one thing you learn. This is a contagious disease."
Trump told Siegel that he would "love" to donate his convalescent plasma to help other COVID-19 patients.
When asked by Siegel if he would donate his plasma, Trump responded, "I will. Nobody's asked me that question, actually, but I will. If that's if they want me to do it, I'd love to do it."
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration states:
"Convalescent refers to anyone recovering from a disease. Plasma is the yellow, liquid part of blood that contains antibodies. Antibodies are proteins made by the body in response to infections. Convalescent plasma from patients who have already recovered from coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) may contain antibodies against COVID-19. Giving this convalescent plasma to hospitalized people currently fighting COVID-19 may help them recover."
In August, the FDA issued an emergency use authorization for "investigational convalescent plasma for the treatment of COVID-19 in hospitalized patients as part of the agency's ongoing efforts to fight COVID-19."
On Thursday, White House physician Dr. Sean Conley gave Trump the green light to "return to public engagements" as soon as Saturday.
President Trump will hold an in-person event at the White House on Saturday, then return to the campaign trail with a rally in Florida on Monday, his first campaign event since he was hospitalized at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center to treat the virus.


theblaze--2020-10-10--Chris Christie released from hospital following COVID-19 diagnosis, treatment with remdesivir

Chris Christie released from hospital following COVID-19 diagnosis , treatment with remdesivir

Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) has been released from a New Jersey hospital after testing positive for COVID-19 diagnosis of last week.
Christie was admitted to the hospital last week, just hours after releasing the news of his diagnosis.
Christie, who is 58 years old, is overweight and has asthma, putting him at more serious risk than those without contributing factors who end up infected with the virus.
What are the details?
On Saturday morning, the former New Jersey governor shared the news on Twitter, writing, "I am happy to let you know that this morning I was released from Morristown Medical Center. I want to thank the extraordinary doctors & nurses who cared for me the last week. Thanks to my family & friends for their prayers. I will have more to say about all of this next week."
This is Christie's first tweet following the announcement that he'd be checking into the hospital for treatment following news of the positive coronavirus diagnosis.
Last Saturday, he wrote, "In consultation with my doctors, I checked myself into Morristown Medical Center this afternoon. While I am feeling good and only have mild symptoms, due to my history of asthma we decided this is an important precautionary measure."
According to CNN, doctors prescribed the anti-viral drug remdesivir to assist in Christie's treatment.
Christie's positive diagnosis announcement came a day after that of President Donald Trump, who last week announced that he and his wife, Melania Trump, tested positive for the virus.
Trump spent the entirety of last weekend at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center for treatment. He was released on Monday.
Last week, the New Jersey Republican told ABC News that he had spent some time "off and on" at the White House and with Trump himself in order to help prep for the president's debate against Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden.
Christie isn't the only Trump cohort who has tested positive for the virus after the president's positive diagnosis: White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany tested positive for COVID-19 last week, as did Trump aides Kellyanne Conway, Hope Hicks, Stephen Miller, and more.


theblaze--2020-10-10--Trump to hold in-person White House event on Saturday, head to Florida on Monday for first rally sin

Trump to hold in-person White House event on Saturday, head to Florida on Monday for first rally since COVID-19 diagnosis

Trump to hold in-person White House event on Saturday , head to Florida on Monday for first rally since COVID-19 @ @ @ @ @ will deliver 'Remarks to Peaceful Protesters for Law & Order '

President Donald Trump will hold an in-person event at the White House on Saturday, less than a week after he was hospitalized at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center to treat his coronavirus diagnosis. President Trump will also return to the campaign trail with a rally in Florida on Monday, his first public gathering since announcing his COVID-19 diagnosis 10 days ago.
On Saturday, President Trump will hold an in-person event, where he will give his address from the balcony of the White House. Trump's speech is titled "Remarks to Peaceful Protesters for Law & Order," according to an invitation.
ABC News reports that the event is scheduled in conjunction with a previously planned event organized by conservative activist Candace Owens, founder of the Blexit organization, a movement that encourages minorities to "realize the American Dream" and not to blindly support the Democratic party.
"He'll address the crowd from the Truman Balcony off of the Blue Room, a large state room on the main floor of the White House. More than two thousand guests have been invited, according to a person familiar with the event," Politico reports.
Attendees will begin to arrive at the White House South Lawn at 11:30 a.m., and the president will speak at 2 p.m., according to an invitation.
"All attendees are required to bring masks with them, and they will be instructed to wear them while on the White House grounds," a source told CNBC. "The participants must also submit to a coronavirus 'screening,' the source said, which will include a temperature check and a brief questionnaire."
"The health and safety of all attendees is our priority and following CDC guidelines is strongly encouraged," the source said.
On Thursday, White House physician Dr. Sean Conley said in a memo that he fully anticipates "the president's safe return to public engagements" on Saturday. Conley said President Trump has responded "extremely well to treatment" and there are no signs of "adverse therapeutic effects." Conley added that the president's condition "has remained stable and devoid of any indications to suggest progression of illness."
Throughout the week, Trump has said that he no longer experiences any COVID-19 symptoms.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention states that people with no coronavirus symptoms "can be with others after 10 days have passed" since a positive viral test for COVID-19.
President Trump will resume his reelection rallies on Monday in Sanford, Florida. The president's MAGA rally will be held at the Orlando Sanford International Airport, a makeup date for the event that was canceled when Trump was first diagnosed with coronavirus.
Attendees of the rally will need to sign a coronavirus liability waiver.
"By registering for this event, you understand and expressly acknowledge that an inherent risk of exposure to COVID-19 exists in any public place where people are present. In attending the event, you and any guests voluntarily assume all risks related to exposure to COVID-19, and waive, release, and discharge Donald J. Trump for President, Inc.; the host venue; or any of their affiliates, directors, officers, employees, agents, contractors, or volunteers from any and all liability under any theory, whether in negligence or otherwise, for any illness or injury."
On Thursday, Trump said he wanted to do a rally in Pennsylvania the day after the Florida campaign event.
Several members of Trump's orbit have also recently tested positive for coronavirus, including former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany, immigration policy advisor Stephen Miller, senior White House adviser Hope Hicks, former counselor to the president Kellyanne Conway, and first lady Melania Trump.