theblaze--2020-04-30--Breaking: Bombshell notes unsealed from interview of Mike Flynn reveal motive of FBI agents

Breaking : Bombshell notes unsealed from interview of Mike Flynn reveal motive of FBI agents 'The Comey Cabal was out @ @ @ @ @ the President '

A trove of handwritten notes from FBI agents interviewing Mike Flynn revealed what may be evidence that they unfairly targeted the former official found guilty of lying in the investigation into Russian election interference.
The notes, which were released on Wednesday, are from the Jan. 24, 2017, interview of Flynn.
"What is our goal? Truth/Admission or to get him to lie, so we can prosecute him or get him fired?" one of the notes read.
Critics say this proves that they were setting a perjury trap for Flynn.
Other notes provide further context:
We have a case on Flynn & Russians.
Our goal is to resolve case.
Our goal is to determine if Mike Flynn is going to tell the truth @ his relationship with the Russians.
Another note adds, "If we get him to admit to breaking the Logan Act give facts to DoJ + have them decide."
Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) was among those who used the unsealed notes to advocate on behalf of Flynn.
"The FBI's goal should be to get to the truth!" he tweeted in response to the notes.
"The Comey Cabal was out to get General Flynn and the President," he added.
Flynn had served as the national security adviser to President Donald Trump before he was fired for lying to Vice President Mike Pence, according to the president. He pled guilty to charges related to the Russian investigation in December 2017.
In January, attorneys for Flynn filed to withdraw his guilty plea, "because of the government's bad faith, vindictiveness, and breach of the plea agreement."
Trump has said numerous times that what happened to Flynn was a "disgrace," leading many to call for the president to pardon him.
Here's more about the Flynn case:


theblaze--2020-04-29--DC police: Sexual assault investigation into Biden now 'an inactive case'

DC police : Sexual assault investigation into Biden now 'an inactive case' No explanation was provided by the department

The Washington, D.C., Metropolitan Police Department's investigation into a sexual assault allegation against presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden is "now an inactive case,' a department spokesperson told Fox News on Wednesday.
The MPD provided no explanation for the change in status of the criminal complaint filed by accuser Tara Reade, which the department described as "an active, ongoing investigation" as of one week ago.
What are the details?
Reade claims Biden sexually assaulted her in 1993 when she was an aide in his Senate office. She says that she filed an internal personnel complaint against Biden during the time she worked for him, and that her initial complaint was ignored.
Reade's sexual assault accusation was reported in late March when she came forward to two separate left-leaning outlets, saying that Biden put his hands under her clothes and digitally penetrated her without her consent. As her story began to gain steam, she filed the criminal complaint with the D.C. police on April 9, knowing, she said, that the statute of limitations had run.
On April 22, MPD public affairs officer Kristen Metzger told Fox News of Reade's complaint against Biden, "This is an active, ongoing investigation that is part of our regular review process."
But on Wednesday, MPD spokeswoman Brianna Jordon told the outlet, "This is an inactive case and there are no additional details to provide."
In reaction to the news that the status of the investigation had changed, Reade told Fox News, "I've made a police report for safety reasons only. I am outside the criminal statue of limitation. However, by making that police report, it allows a mechanism for me to safety plan and work with a victim advocate. I am willing to cooperate with any law enforcement if there is any inquiry or investigation in the future."
Biden's campaign has adamantly denied the allegations against the candidate, but Biden has yet to respond personally to the accusations from Reade at all. Despite numerous televised interviews since Reade came forward, not one reporter has asked Biden about Reade's claims.


theblaze--2020-04-29--Biden campaign cites NYT report against sexual assault accusations — but the Times says they are lyi

Biden campaign cites NYT report against sexual assault accusations — but the Times says they are lying

The presidential campaign for presumed Democratic nominee Joe Biden was flooded with criticism after the New York Times said its report on sexual assault allegations against the candidate was being misrepresented.
The politically embarrassing episode began when Buzzfeed obtained the talking points from the campaign meant to lessen the damage from the accusations from Tara Reade, who worked for Biden as a congressional staffer in 1993.
Reade says Biden sexually assaulted her in a side area of the basement of a Capitol building after she took him his gym bag.
The Democratic talking points cited a New York Times article and claimed that it concluded the sexual assault did not occur.
When a spokeswoman for the New York Times was asked about the claim, she denied it.
"BuzzFeed reported on the existence of talking points being circulated by the Biden campaign that inaccurately suggest a New York Times investigation found that Tara Reade's allegation 'did not happen,'" the spokeswoman said to the Washington Examiner.
"Our investigation made no conclusion either way," she explained.
Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) was one of the Democrats who used the false talking point in order to defend Biden from the accusations.
Other sources have surfaced to corroborate the claims from Reade, including her former neighbor who said that Reade spoke to her about the allegations in the 1990s.
Here's more on the allegations against Biden:


theblaze--2020-04-29--Rutgers University professor blames Trump voters for COVID-19 deaths: 'F*** each and every Trump sup

Rutgers University professor blames Trump voters for COVID-19 deaths: 'F*** each and every Trump supporter'

Rutgers University professor blames Trump voters for COVID-19 deaths : ' F*** each and every Trump supporter '

A Rutgers University professor is under fire for blaming President Donald Trump's supporters for COVID-19 deaths.
What are the details?
According to Campus Reform, Brittney Cooper, Rutgers University associate professor of women's, gender, and sexuality studies, said that Trump supporters should be blamed for the coronavirus deaths.
In a profane tweet thread, Cooper — whose Twitter handle is "ProfessorCrunk" — wrote, "[F]*** each and every Trump supporter."
"I feel like most Black people are clear that this utterly absurd to push to re-open the country is all about a gross necropolitical calculation that is Black people who are dying disproportionately from COVID," she wrote.
She continued, "Not only do white conservatives not care about Black life, but my most cynical negative read of the white supremacists among them is that they welcome this massive winnowing of Black folks in order to slow demographic shifts and shore up political power."
Cooper then went on to blast Trump supporters in a profane tweet.
"I am saying some obvious things this morning because as a country we are too good at skipping over the audience and we might as well say this to people as often as we can," she continued. " F*** each and every Trump supporter. You all absolutely did this. You are to blame."
The professor also insisted that Trump supporters are "literally willing to die from this clusterf***ed COVID response rather than admit that absolutely anybody other than him would have been a better president."
"And when whiteness has a death wish, we are all in for a serious problem," she added.
Needless to say, her remarks caused ripples across the internet and caught the attention of many Trump supporters and defenders of decency, who called her out in the comments of her thread.
Rutgers University had not released a statement on Cooper's remarks at the time of this writing.


theblaze--2020-04-29--'Operation Warp Speed': New Trump admin project aims to develop 100 million vaccine doses by the end

'Operation Warp Speed': New Trump admin project aims to develop 100 million vaccine doses by the end of the year

'Operation Warp Speed ' : New Trump admin project aims to develop 100 million vaccine doses by the end of @ @ @ @ @ cost taxpayers billions

The Trump administration is organizing a "Manhattan Project-style effort" to speed the process of developing a COVID-19 vaccine with the goal of having 100 million doses of an approved vaccine by the year's end, Bloomberg News reported Wednesday.
The project is called "Operation Warp Speed," two people familiar with the program told Bloomberg News. They allegedly asked to remain anonymous since the project has not yet been announced publicly.
What are the details?
Under the effort, private pharmaceutical companies will work hand-in-hand with government agencies and the U.S. military to drastically accelerate the timetable for a vaccine. As a result, taxpayers, rather than drug companies, will assume much of the financial risk should vaccine candidates fail.
Leading health officials such as Dr. Anthony Fauci have insisted that developing a vaccine for the novel coronavirus would take between 12 and 18 months.
Here's more from the report:
Vaccine development is typically slow and high risk. The project's goal is to cut out the slow part, the people said. Operation Warp Speed will use government resources to quickly test the world's most promising experimental vaccines in animals, then launch coordinated human clinical trials to winnow down the candidates.
The best prospective vaccines would go into wider trials at the same time mass production ramps up.
The project will cost billions of dollars, one of the people said. And it will almost certainly result in significant waste by making inoculations at scale before knowing if they'll be safe and effective — meaning that vaccines that fail will be useless. But it could mean having doses of vaccine available for the American public by the end of this year, instead of by next summer.
The group is also reportedly discussing utilizing a master protocol to test several vaccines at once, rather than running individual vaccine candidates through separate trials.
What else?
There are currently at least 89 vaccines in development around the world for COVID-19, according to the World Health Organization. Seven of those vaccines have entered the clinical stage of evaluation.
One of them, the Oxford University vaccine, has jumped significantly ahead of the other candidates. The vaccine has been successfully tested in six rhesus macaque monkeys, who remained healthy after four weeks of exposure to the virus.
Now, Oxford researchers are conducting large-scale human testing, aiming to have 6,000 tests completed by the end of May. Researchers say they are confident that the vaccine will be widely available by September.
According to Bloomberg News, it is not yet known which vaccines will be a part of Operation Warp Speed, or whether the Oxford vaccine, in particular, will be included.


theblaze--2020-04-29--Sheriff's deputies get testy with mother for letting daughter 'play at other people's home' amid cor

Sheriff's deputies get testy with mother for letting daughter 'play at other people's home' amid coronavirus lockdown

Sheriff 's deputies get testy with mother for letting daughter 'play at other people 's home ' amid coronavirus lockdown @ @ @ @ @ by other people 's home ! '

A couple of sheriff's deputies from Wisconsin clearly weren't having a good day when they showed up outside a woman's home recently and began lecturing her about the coronavirus — and for your entertainment, it was all captured on cellphone video.
What are the details?
"Are you aware that we're in a stay-at-home order right now?" the first deputy asked the woman, addressing her as "Amy."
"Yeah, obviously," the woman responded, clearly astounded by the elementary question. But the deputy was apparently atop a high horse — and was in no mood to dismount.
"By the government of Wisconsin?" he continued.
"Yes, I am aware," she replied.
"OK, you're aware of that? So I don't need to explain that to you?" he persisted.
"No, you don't need to explain that to me," she replied before the deputy cut her off and added, "OK, because I can if you need me to."
Soon she forced him to end his perturbed Q&A by inquiring why he was with another deputy — neither or whom were wearing masks or gloves — in her driveway that was adorned with children's chalk drawings.
'Your daughter is going to play at other people's home'
He replied, "'Cause your daughter is going to play at other people's home, and you're allowing it to happen."
Image source: Twitter video screenshot
After a couple of seconds of stunned silence, the mother told the deputy the apparent neighbors also had been at her house — after which the intrepid law enforcement officer informed her that "they've been talked to about that."
The deputy's vocal tone at this point got quite ornery as he informed the mother that she can either acknowledge that she's been warned or continue arguing. Smartly she said she'd acknowledge the warning.
"OK," the deputy replied angrily. "Stop having your kid go by other people's home!"
Yikes.
But things weren't quite over.
Name, rank, serial number...
The other deputy asked the mother for her last name for their records — as if sheriff's deputies have no other way of acquiring that information.
But Amy was in no mood to help them out and wondered why that piece of information was necessary — after which the first officer blurted out, "Because you're violating a state order."
But the mom wouldn't budge — and wasn't willing even to disclose her middle initial to the inquiring deputy.
"Are we done here?" the mom asked.
"No, we're not," the second deputy shot back. "Your middle initial and last name."
Image source: Twitter video screenshot
Suddenly Wisconsin seemed chillier than the Russian Front.
But no dice. She wasn't about to satisfy them. Not that it mattered — the first deputy appeared to extract the necessary information over his radio.
Finally the coup de grace came from the second deputy, who informed the mom "that'll be documented, too, that you were uncooperative."
Check it out:


theblaze--2020-04-29--Elon Musk demands US leaders 'FREE AMERICA NOW'

Elon Musk blasted stay-at-home measures across the country on Wednesday , and demanded that leaders reopen the American economy amid the COVID-19 pandemic .
What are the details ?
In an early morning tweet , Musk , billionaire Tesla CEO , wrote , `` FREE AMERICA NOW . ''
Musk , 48 , also lauded Texas in a tweet after the state reopened some of its restaurants and stores this week .
The article Musk tweeted — titled , `` Texas restaurants , retailers , and other businesses can reopen Friday .
Here 's the rules they have to follow @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to relax some social distancing measures and to detail the plans in opening up businesses .
On Tuesday , Musk tweeted , `` Give people their freedom back ! ''
pointing to an article from the Wall Street Journal discussing Sweden 's lax lockdown measures .
The billionaire entrepreneur also agreed in a follow-up tweet that each state should be permitted to `` reopen with care & appropriate protection '' during the coronavirus pandemic , and insisted that local leaders should not place `` everyone under de facto house arrest . ''
At @ @ @ @ @ @ @ at Johns Hopkins University estimate that at least 1,028,217 cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed in the U.S , and at least 59,446 have died because of the virus .

Elon Musk blasted stay-at-home measures across the country on Wednesday, and demanded that leaders reopen the American economy amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
What are the details?
In an early morning tweet, Musk, billionaire Tesla CEO, wrote, "FREE AMERICA NOW."
Musk, 48, also lauded Texas in a tweet after the state reopened some of its restaurants and stores this week. The article Musk tweeted — titled, "Texas restaurants, retailers, and other businesses can reopen Friday. Here's the rules they have to follow" — detailed the state's plan to relax some social distancing measures and to detail the plans in opening up businesses.
He wrote, "Bravo Texas!"
On Tuesday, Musk tweeted, "Give people their freedom back!" pointing to an article from the Wall Street Journal discussing Sweden's lax lockdown measures.
The billionaire entrepreneur also agreed in a follow-up tweet that each state should be permitted to "reopen with care & appropriate protection" during the coronavirus pandemic, and insisted that local leaders should not place "everyone under de facto house arrest."
At the time of this writing, researchers at Johns Hopkins University estimate that at least 1,028,217 cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed in the U.S, and at least 59,446 have died because of the virus.


theblaze--2020-04-29--'Where's the rest?' Glenn Beck on why the stimulus bill probably won't help YOU, in interview with D

'Where's the rest?' Glenn Beck on why the stimulus bill probably won't help YOU, in interview with Dave Rubin

'Where 's the rest ? '
Glenn Beck on why the stimulus bill probably wo n't help YOU , in @ @ @ @ @ Americans will be WORSE off

In the latest episode of "The Rubin Report," BlazeTV host Dave Rubin talked to Glenn Beck about the financial problems the U.S. government has created in its response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Glenn discussed how the government enforced shutdown will destroy countless jobs and small businesses, and showed how the stimulus bill and paycheck protection plan will not be enough to make up for the damage to our economy. Many Americans will be worse off as more taxpayer funds are funneled away from the people who really need help.
"What we've done is, we've taken $7,500 from every American, or $16,500 from every taxpayer ... and then given some of those taxpayers a check for $1,200," Glenn said. "We've taken $2.5 trillion dollars and only given $355 billion to small businesses. Where's the rest going?"
Watch the video below to catch more of the conversation:
Why The Stimulus Bill Won't Fix The Damage Of Lockdown (Pt. 1)| Glenn Beck | POLITICS | Rubin Report youtu.be
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theblaze--2020-04-29--Ted Cruz takes on Hollywood studios: Want to do business with the Pentagon? Then stop editing your m

Ted Cruz takes on Hollywood studios: Want to do business with the Pentagon? Then stop editing your movies to appease Chinese communists.

Ted Cruz takes on Hollywood studios : Want to do business with the Pentagon ?
Then stop editing your movies @ @ @ @ @

The Pentagon has long had a friendly working relationship with Hollywood. Since 1917, the Department of Defense has helped Tinseltown make more than 800 movies, according to the Independent. The DOD even has an entertainment liaison office, which it set up in 1948.
It has been a relationship that has benefitted studios' ticket sales and government messaging.
Now, one Republican senator — Ted Cruz of Texas — is calling out Hollywood's willingness to appease the communist Chinese government and wants to condition the Pentagon's assistance in moviemaking on studios' vows not to cave to the ChiComs, Politico reported Tuesday night.
What's that now?
At the same time Hollywood has been willing to use U.S. government resources to help its bottom line, it also has long had a history of doing the bidding of communist regimes.
Forget Dalton Trumbo. Forget the traitors who were willing to back Adolf Hitler when Joseph Stalin told them to. Forget the Screen Writers Guild. Forget even the movie industry's love for Fidel Castro and attempt to glorify Che Guevera.
You don't need to go back that far.
Sony edited the Seth Rogen and James Franco movie, "The Interview," to appease communist North Korea strongman Kim Jong Un.
MGM actually went back and digitally altered its "Red Dawn" remake to remove the communist Chinese bad guys so as not to upset Beijing.
Twentieth Century Fox let China censor key scenes from "Bohemian Rhapsody" that discussed Queen frontman Freddie Mercury's sexuality.
This clear pandering to communist China doesn't sit well with Cruz, so the Texas conservative has prepared a bill he plans to introduce the next time the U.S. Senate is in session.
Cruz's "Stopping Censorship, Restoring Integrity, Protecting Talkies Act" — aka "The SCRIPT Act" — would prevent cooperation between the Pentagon and any studios that edit their movies for Chinese audiences, Politico reported.
The SCRIPT Act would block the DOD from helping any studio that had recently edited a movie to meet ChiCom demands or did not promise not to censor their movies before getting assistance from the Pentagon, according to Politico.
Cruz wants to hold Hollywood accountable
Cruz's bill comes at a time that the Chinese government is trying to convince the world that the U.S. is responsible for the coronavirus crisis and play down its own role. And American media have been happy to parrot Beijing's talking points.
China's history of using U.S. media for its communist messaging spurred Cruz's efforts to hold Hollywood accountable.
"The Chinese Communist Party spends billions and billions of dollars to mislead Americans about China and shape what our citizens see, hear, and think," Cruz said in a statement on his website. "All of these activities are part of China's whole-of-state approach to amass more influence around the world through information warfare — and we need to put a stop to it."
The senator said it's time the government held movie studios accountable if they're going to use Pentagon resources.
"For too long, Hollywood has been complicit in China's censorship and propaganda in the name of bigger profits," Cruz stated. "The SCRIPT Act will serve as a wake-up call by forcing Hollywood studios to choose between the assistance they need from the American government and the dollars they want from China."


theblaze--2020-04-29--Tribal Gathering Festival billed as 'paradise on Earth' loses communal luster when coronavirus quara

Tribal Gathering Festival billed as 'paradise on Earth' loses communal luster when coronavirus quarantine prevents attendees from going home

Tribal Gathering Festival billed as 'paradise on Earth ' loses communal luster when coronavirus quarantine prevents attendees from going home @ @ @ @ @ a paradise , but when you are locked in , it 's not paradise any @ @

The Tribal Gathering Festival — a two-week granola utopia shindig on a Panamanian beach — was "designed to be a temporary paradise where people from Western cities could learn from indigenous communities how to rebalance society and live in symbiosis with the Earth," according to a short documentary on the festival by Vice.
Image source: YouTube screenshot
Then the coronavirus pandemic hit, and the Panamanian government placed "paradise on earth" on lockdown on March 15.
Image source: YouTube screenshot
But seriously — how bad could being forced to stay in drum-circle heaven be?
Indeed, the communal ecstasy appeared in overflow mode. One Vice clip showed two women cuddling with a very happy looking guy as they announced that the festival inspired them to begin "connecting with ourselves" and "hugging Mother Earth."
Image source: YouTube screenshot
But as the documentary narrator noted, "Earth doesn't always play ball."
One festivalgoer summed it up for Vice: "At first it was like a paradise, but when you are locked in, it's not paradise any more."
'Don't try to steal our food'
Case in point was when a festival organizer read a decidedly non-socialist riot act to the crowd sitting cross-legged on the sand.
"If you want to eat food here, you have to buy it, OK?" he said. "We're going to offer people here who are a bit poor to be able to work and all of that kind of stuff, but you're going to have to work." The official added, "Don't try to steal our food; I'll get really upset with you. And remember where you are — you're in my f***ing manor."
Image source: YouTube screenshot
Where, oh, where have you gone, Karl Marx?
A 'sewage system' problem
Festival attendee Peter Grant told the Guardian that the beach wasn't too bad — at first.
"The festival organizers were great," he said. "They were delivering food and provided us with big tents to shelter in. There was also running water."
But Mother Nature stopped cooperating, he told the outlet.
"It rained nonstop for a few days," Grant said. "There was no sewage system, and disgusting water was pouring everywhere. Not only that, a few people have mental health issues, and they started really struggling."
Image source: YouTube screenshot
Soon, as the days stuck on the beach dragged on, folks described "an element of dread and worry and panic."
As attendees tried to arrange flights to little avail and get word to their respective embassies, the documentary narrator concluded that "the global community quickly became a list of distinct nationalities" according to who had the best chance of being extracted.
'I just want to go home'
Soon the lockdown was no longer being enforced, but dozens of attendees were reportedly still on the beach, the Vice doc noted.
And one attendee who was able to leave got immediately stuck in Panama City for 30 days since there were no flights out of the country.
"I feel really sad," she said. "I just want to go home."
Here's the video. (Content warning: language):


theblaze--2020-04-29--VIDEO: New Trump campaign ad shows Democratic governors heaping praise on him for his coronavirus re

VIDEO: New Trump campaign ad shows Democratic governors heaping praise on him for his coronavirus response

VIDEO : New Trump campaign ad shows Democratic governors heaping praise on him for his coronavirus response

The reelection campaign for President Donald Trump is launching a new digital ad featuring Democratic governors praising the president for his response to the COVID-19 outbreak.
The ad uses clips from Democratic governors Gavin Newsom (Calif.), Andrew Cuomo (N.Y.). Phil Murphy (N.J.), and Michelle Lujan Grisham (N.M.) and will target swing voters in 17 states, including Arizona, Colorado, Texas, Georgia, Michigan, and Wisconsin, according to CNN.
"His team is on it," Cuomo is seen saying in the ad as inspirational music plays in the background. "I know a team when they are on it, and I know a team when they are not on it. His team is on it."
Newsom even uses one of Trump's campaign slogans in a clip featured in the ad: "So, conversation, commitment; promise made, promise kept," the California governor is shown saying.
Coronavirus Response: Promise Made, Promise Kept youtu.be
"These were just extraordinary efforts and acts of mobilization and the federal government stepped up," Cuomo said in another clip. "We needed help and they were there."
The ad comes as the president faces continued criticism from Democratic lawmakers and members of the mainstream media for his response to the coronavirus pandemic. Yet, as is apparent from the video clips showcased in the ad, some of the most important left-wing political figures amid the pandemic have not always shared that criticism.
As the outbreak ramped up in America, the federal government appeared to be more than up to the task, according to those governors.


theblaze--2020-04-29--New Orleans mayor says Mardi Gras 2021 may be cancelled because of COVID-19

New Orleans Mayor Latoya Cantrell says that Mardi Gras 2021 may not take place because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Carnival season kicks off on Jan. 6, 2021, and Fat Tuesday is slated to take place on Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2021.
What are the details?
On Tuesday, Cantrell said that cancelling all 2021 Mardi Gras festivals needs to be on the discussion table.
In an interview with The Washington Post's Robert Costa, Cantrell said, "It will give me great pause right now before I commit to saying we are moving forward with Mardi Gras 2021. We will let the data dictate the dates."
At the time of this writing, researchers at Johns Hopkins University estimate that at least 27,286 COVID-19 cases have been confirmed in Louisiana, and at least 1,801 people have died because of the virus.
What else?
Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards (D) vocally supported Cantrell's remarks, adding, "[W]e don't know enough today to hazard a guess as to what the circumstances are going to be [surrounding Mardi Gras] at that point in time."
NOLA.com reports that Mardi Gras is the city's "crown jewel of the city's tourism industry, attracting over 1 million visitors every year who spend tens of millions of dollars at restaurants, bars, hotels, and other businesses."
The outlet reported that Mardi Gras parades have not been cancelled since 1979, when a police strike led local clubs to cancel their parades for the season. The city even held its beloved carnival amid the devastating aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
This year's Mardi Gras celebrations was held on Feb. 25, and Cantrell said she went forward with the parade because she didn't get any "red flags" from the Trump administration at the time. Cantrell shifted blame for the decision by pointing to the federal government's lack of urgency about coronavirus at the time, according to Business Insider.


theblaze--2020-04-29--WATCH: The real reason behind the CDC face mask flip flop

WATCH : The real reason behind the CDC face mask flip flop

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says I am to wear a mask to prevent others from getting COVID-19, not to stop myself from becoming infected. Also, you are to wear a mask for my safety, so I do not become infected.
Question: Whom is the mask supposed to be protecting?
Let me put it a different way: If I can still get the virus from you while wearing the mask, then how will my mask save you from me?
Steven Crowder has covered this topic extensively over the last month. Here are the facts:
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theblaze--2020-04-29--Judge rules against Illinois Dem governor's stay-at-home order: 'Shredded the Constitution'

Judge 's ruling only applies to state lawmaker who sued lockdown extension

An Illinois judge has ruled against Gov. J.B. Pritzker's extended stay-at-home order, citing a violation of civil liberties.
Republican state Rep. Darren Bailey filed a lawsuit last week challenging Pritzker's lockdown extension. The suit asked that a judge determine whether Pritzker abused his power by extending the order, which kept most businesses shut down and forced Illinois citizens to remain in their homes.
"Enough is enough! I filed this lawsuit on behalf of myself and my constituents who are ready to go back to work and resume a normal life," Bailey said in a statement.
On Monday, Clay County Chief Circuit Judge Michael McHaney ruled in Bailey's favor.
McHaney ruled that Pritzker's order "shredded the Constitution," WBBM-TV reported.
However, the ruling only released Bailey from Pritzker's lockdown, and did not extend to any other Illinoians. If others want the same relief, they will need to file their own lawsuits.
In response to McHaney's ruling, Pritzker lashed out at Bailey and vowed to appeal.
"People are in danger as a result of this ruling, of the judge's ruling of the suit that was brought by Darren Bailey," Pritzker said, the Chicago Tribune reported.
"We certainly are going to act in a swift fashion to try to have this ruling overturned, certainly put a stay in place," he added. "I mean it's, frankly, it's insulting, it's dangerous and people's safety and health has now been put at risk. There may be people who contract coronavirus as a result of what Darren Bailey has done now."
Last week, Pritzker extended Illinois's stay-at-home order until May 30.


theblaze--2020-04-29--Washington state was one vote away from releasing an infamous serial killer into the public over COV

Washington state was one vote away from releasing an infamous serial killer into the public over COVID-19 concerns 'The Green @ @ @ @ @ convicted of murdering at least 49 women

In 5-4 decision last Thursday, the Washington State Supreme Court narrowly denied a petition that would have released thousands of inmates from state prisons — including some who committed serious violent crimes such as assault, rape, and murder.
One of those inmates would have been infamous serial killer Gary Ridgeway, a stunning report by PJ Media noted.
Ridgeway, also known as "the Green River Killer," was sentenced to 500 years in prison in 2003 after being convicted of murdering 49 women, many of whom were prostitutes, in the 1980s and 1990s. He later confessed to murdering upward of 80 women.
Here's more about Ridgeway from the PJ Media report:
He would take the women and girls, have sex with them, and then strangle them, watching the light go out of their eyes as he squeezed the life out of them. Sometimes he'd use a rope and sometimes he'd use his bare hands. He'd pose their bodies and sometimes come back and have sex with the corpses. His first victims were found in the Green River, giving the monster his moniker.
You'd think everyone would be in agreement that such an individual, by virtue of his actions, has forfeited his right to life within society. Yet for the legal activist group that brought the petition and for the four justices who supported it, that was not the case.
What's the background?
Columbia Legal Services filed the petition last month which sought the release of all state inmates over the age of 50, with early release dates, or with risk of serious harm or death from COVID-19 due to underlying medical conditions. Ridgeway is 71 years old.
Nick Straley, an attorney for the legal group, argued that thousands of inmates should be released in order to preserve their safety and to allow for social distancing within prison facilities.
According to KCPQ-TV, the petitioners were demanding "that 2/3 of the prison population be released into the community, a number which includes serial killers and capital murderers."
"We're not talking about low-level druggies and low-level property crimes," Skagit County Chief Deputy Criminal Prosecutor Rosemary Kaholokula said on April 21 before the ruling. "We're talking about really bad people."
Even though the petition was denied last week, Columbia Legal Services is celebrating its fight for inmate releases in the state.
Since the start of the coronavirus outbreak, Washington state has taken action to release roughly 1,000 inmates in order to combat the spread of the virus among prison populations. Several other states across the country have taken similar actions.


theblaze--2020-04-29--'This is how Nazi Germany started': Four lockdown protesters arrested during rally in front of North

'This is how Nazi Germany started': Four lockdown protesters arrested during rally in front of North Carolina governor's mansion

'This is how Nazi Germany started ' : Four lockdown protesters arrested during rally in front of North Carolina governor @ @ @ @ @ traitors like our forefathers did , we would all be at work today '

As hundreds of lockdown protesters converged Tuesday upon Raleigh, North Carolina, demanding that Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper reopen the state's economy and lift his stay at home order, four of the protesters were arrested, the News & Observer reported.
The demonstrators were handcuffed after they stepped upon the sidewalk outside the governor's mansion in violation of police instructions, the paper said.
'This is how Nazi Germany started'
ReOpenNC leader Ashley Smith was among the arrestees, the News & Observer reported. As she was being handcuffed, the 33-year-old yelled that officers were "dishonoring the flag" and that her "tax dollars" paid for the sidewalk she was standing upon.
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"This is how Nazi Germany started," her husband, Adam Smith, remarked, according to the paper. Smith used a bullhorn to call each officer outside the governor's mansion a "little piggie," the News & Observer said, adding that other protesters handed him bail money.
Before her arrest, Ashley Smith stood in a pickup truck and delivered a speech, the paper said: "We'll all go to church, we'll open our businesses, and we'll buy what we want. We will not go down gently. ... If you feel the need to stay home, it is your God-given right to do so. But we want to live!"
The other arrestees were Wendy Kath Macasieb, 53; Lisa Marks Todd, 55; and Jonathan Warren, 35, the News & Observer said. All four arrestees were charged with violation of the executive order and resisting a public officer, the paper said, adding that Warren also was charged with injury to real property.
Image source: YouTube screenshot
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What did the governor have to say?
During a Tuesday news conference, Cooper said he understands it's "frustrating to be at home so much" and knows "people with families that are hanging by a thread," the paper said, adding that despite the difficulties the time to reopen hasn't arrived.
"The thing we have to put first and foremost is the public health and safety of North Carolinians," Cooper added, according to the News & Observer. "We have to make sure that things are safe. I'm very eager to move into our phases of reopening. We have a way to look at the indicators to tell us how fast we are going to get there. I hope we move through these as quickly as possible."
Cooper announced an extension of his stay-home order until May 8, the papers said, adding that he also established benchmarks that the state must meet in order to begin relaxing the restrictions.
Counterprotesters heckled
The protesters heckled and screamed at about a dozen health care workers who counterprotested the rally with phrases such as "let us work!" and "all paychecks are essential!" the paper said.
One protester asked what happens when the food runs out — and then answered his own question: "We'll eat the health care workers," the News & Observer reported.
The paper added that one protester stood on the sidewalk where the health care workers were standing and asked police officers, "What law am I violating by standing on the sidewalk?" He then put his hands together as if preparing to be handcuffed and said, "Take me to jail for not violating the law. Take me to jail," the News & Observer said, adding that the officers walked away.
Retired nurse Deborah McNally joined the lockdown protesters and said unemployment is a greater threat than the coronavirus, the paper reported. "They don't realize there's not going to be a hospital because they're not doing elective surgeries. You can't get mammograms, you can't get colonoscopies. Everything is elective except COVID," McNally said.
'Pharaoh Cooper! Let my barber go!'
Barbers and hairdressers have been out of work due to the governor's stay-at-home order, the News & Observer said, adding that some showed up to the rally.
"Every job is essential," salon owner Danielle Wells said, according to the paper. "Every job matters."
Another protester was more direct, the News & Observer said: "Pharaoh Cooper! Let my barber go!"
Some protesters carried signs with religious themes — "Trust God not Reopening" — while others appeared to point toward violence, the paper said. One sign included an image of a handgun with the slogan "The Only Shot I'll Take" while another read, "If we hanged traitors like our forefathers did, we would all be at work today," the News & Observer noted.
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Anything else?
Earlier this month, a similar rally held by lockdown protesters elicited a tweet from the Raleigh Police Department saying that "protesting is a non-essential activity."


theblaze--2020-04-29--Another downside of stay-at-home orders: Child sexual abuse hotline reports 22% jump during lockdown

Another downside of stay-at-home orders: Child sexual abuse hotline reports 22% jump during lockdown; minors make up half of all calls for first time

Another downside of stay-at-home orders : Child sexual abuse hotline reports 22 % jump during lockdown ; minors make up @ @ @ @ @ first time

Americans across the country have complained about — and even taken to the streets to protest against — the negative impacts of the ongoing coronavirus lockdown. Tens of millions of people have lost their jobs. Business owners have had to close their doors. Churches can't hold services. Parents are swamped trying to teach their own kids at home while working remotely and trying to maintain some sort of sanity in their home. State and local authorities are threatening crackdowns on their own people.
Add to this list one of the most tragic developments to come out of the nation's decision to close down everything in response to the pandemic: a massive increase in child sexual abuse.
The National Sexual Assault Hotline saw the number of calls from minors reporting sexual abuse jump by more than 20% in March, NPR reported.
What is happening?
The Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network, which runs the hotline, revealed this month the number of monthly calls from kids under 18 was up 22% for the month of March.
RAINN Vice President Camille Cooper told NPR on Tuesday that for the first time half of all calls were from minors.
According to NPR and RAINN, of the children who called the hotline in March with coronavirus-related concerns, 67% said their perpetrator was a family member, and 79% said they were living with the perpetrator.
RAINN said that in 1 out of 5 of those calls where the minor was living the the perp, the organization was able to help the child contact the police during the call; and 4 in 10 calls involved a discussion of how to leave or at least avoid the perpetrator.
The uptick is clearly connected to coronavirus stay-at-home orders, RAINN President Scott Berkowitz noted.
"Unfortunately for many, and especially for children experiencing sexual abuse, 'stay at home' doesn't mean 'safe at home,'" he said in a release on the organization's site.
Cooper told NPR the increase in abuse was a "direct result" of current quarantine policies:
As a result of looking at the information that we had from those sessions, it was clear that the abuse was escalating in both frequency and severity. So a lot of the kids that were coming to the hotline were feeling pretty vulnerable and traumatized. And it was a direct result of COVID-19, because they were quarantined with their abuser. The abuser was now abusing them on a daily basis.
NPR said that, according to RAINN, one-third of child sexual abusers are family members. So closing schools and prohibiting kids' activities such as sports and clubs "removes children from the watchful eyes of 'mandatory reporters' — those trusted adults, like teachers, nurses and child care providers, who are required by law in most states to report suspicions of child abuse or neglect."
Worth noting is the fact that these numbers are for March — and the first lockdown orders began in the last half of the month. April's numbers could be even more harrowing.
Anyone who might need help in a situation like this can call 1-800-656-HOPE (4673).


theblaze--2020-04-29--Oxford vaccine could be widely available by September. The world's largest drugmaker is already prod

Oxford vaccine could be widely available by September. The world's largest drugmaker is already producing million of doses.

Oxford vaccine could be widely available by September .
The world 's largest drugmaker is already producing million of doses @

Scientists at Oxford University say they are confident that a vaccine for COVID-19 will be widely available by September — long before health officials anticipated.
The vaccine, one of 89 currently in development around the world, has taken significant steps forward in recent weeks. On Monday, the New York Times reported that the researchers had inoculated six rhesus macaque monkeys with single doses of the vaccine before exposing the monkeys to heavy quantities of the virus. Nearly a month later, while other monkeys in the lab got sick, the six vaccinated monkeys remained healthy.
Large-scale human testing is underway
Now, researchers are testing the vaccine on humans, and not just on a handful. They'll have more than 6,000 tests conducted by the end of May.
Oxford researchers say they have been able to move so quickly because they had been using similar technology to develop a vaccines for other viruses, including one very similar to COVID-19.
"Well personally, I have a high degree of confidence about this vaccine, because it's technology that I've used before," said Sarah Gilbert, a professor of vaccinology at Oxford University.
According to CBS News, "the vaccine takes the coronavirus' genetic material and injects it into a common cold virus that has been neutralized so it cannot spread in people. The modified virus will mimic COVID-19, triggering the immune system to fight off the imposter and providing protection against the real thing."
Oxford says coronavirus vaccine could be ready by September youtu.be
Millions of doses are already being produced
Though clinical trials are still underway, the world's largest drugmaker has already decided to mass-produce doses for distribution.
The Serum Institute of India said on Tuesday that it plans to produce up to 60 million doses of the vaccine by the end of the year, Reuters reported. The company made the decision after the vaccine proved to be effective in animal trials and progressed to human testing.
"They are a bunch of very qualified, great scientists [at Oxford University] ... that's why we said we will go with this and that's why we are confident," Serum Chief Executive Adar Poonawalla told Reuters over the phone.
"Being a private limited company, not accountable to public investors or bankers, I can take a little risk and sideline some of the other commercial products and projects that I had planned in my existing facility," he added.


theblaze--2020-04-29--Homicide detectives are now investigating the death of a man who ingested fish tank cleaner. The med

Homicide detectives are now investigating the death of a man who ingested fish tank cleaner. The media used the story to bash Trump.

Homicide detectives are now investigating the death of a man who ingested fish tank cleaner .
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Gary Lenius, a 68-year-old Arizona man, tragically died March 22 after ingesting fish tank cleaner. Lenius's wife, Wanda, told police that she and her husband mixed the toxic cleaner, which contained chloroquine phosphate, with soda to make a cocktail they thought would stave off the coronavirus.
Wanda, 61, told police she and her husband both ingested 1 teaspoon of the cleaner — four times the lethal dose.
Gary ended up dead, but Wanda only ended up in the intensive care unit.
The story was immediately propelled into the national spotlight because, at the time, President Donald Trump was pushing hydroxychloroquine, a drug commonly used to prevent malaria and treat lupus, as an effective drug in the fight against COVID-19.
In speaking to NBC News, Wanda said she and her husband ingested the cleaner because Trump praised chloroquine.
The story was immediately condemned on social media because it conflated the safe drug being touted by Trump with toxic fish tank cleaner. Still, others saw the story as evidence that Trump's rhetoric was endangering lives.
It turns out Trump may have just been a scapegoat for ole' Wanda.
According to the Washington Free Beacon, the Mesa City Police Department in Arizona is now investigating Gary's death as a homicide — and his widowed wife is the prime suspect.
"As this is an active investigation, I cannot go into any details at this time regarding the case," Detective Teresa Van Galder told the Free Beacon.
Indeed, while Gary's tragic death was exploited by the media to assail Trump, Gary's friends knew something did not add up.
The Free Beacon spoke with his friends. They painted Gary as an intelligence man, a retired engineer, who would not willingly ingest dangerous cleaner.
"What bothers me about this is that Gary was a very intelligent man, a retired [mechanical] engineer who designed systems for John Deere in Waterloo, Iowa, and I really can't see the scenario where Gary would say, 'Yes, please, I would love to drink some of that Koi fish tank cleaner,'" one close friend told the Free Beacon.
"It just doesn't make any sense," the friend said.
According to friends, Wanda had a pattern of belittling her husband in public. She was once even charged with domestic abuse for hitting Gary. But he testified that he was neither injured nor did he fear for his life, leading to Wanda's exoneration.
"Gary loved Wanda," another friend of Gary's told the Free Beacon. "He trusted her to do the right thing for him, I doubt that he second-guessed when she gave him the chloroquine.


theblaze--2020-04-29--Trans man who birthed a baby loses court appeal to be registered as his child’s father

Trans man who birthed a baby loses court appeal to be registered as his child ’ s father

United Kingdom trans man Freddy McConnell has lost his court appeal to be registered as his child's father on the child's birth certificate, according to The Guardian.
McConnell appealed a previous high court judge's decision, which insisted that a person who becomes pregnant and gives birth to a child is legally a mother.
What are the details?
The outlet reported that three of London's appeal court judges upheld the previous ruling.
McConnell, a 34-year-old freelance journalist, now plans on taking the case to the Supreme Court, promising that his fight is "just not over."
Lord Chief Justice Lord Burnett said that the nation's Gender Recognition Act required McConnell to be registered as the child's mother, as he gave birth to the child. Burnett also insisted that the GRA did not violate McConnell's rights to private and family life.
"There is no incompatibility between the GRA and the Convention," Burnett said. "In the result, we dismiss these appeals."
McConnell, a biologically born female, gave birth in 2018 after suspending his hormone treatment to become pregnant.
McConnell said that it is "distressing to be a trans person and have your most fundamental rights overlooked."
In September, the high court ruled that McConnell could not be registered as the child's father, and would legally remain the child's mother as designated on the child's birth certificate.
Andrew McFarlane, president of the high court's family division, said that being a "mother" refers to biologically carrying and delivering a child.
"Being a 'mother,' whilst hitherto always associated with being female, is the status afforded to a person who undergoes the physical and biological process of carrying a pregnancy and giving birth," McFarlane said at the time, and reiterated that there is a "material difference between a person's gender and their status as a parent."
You can read more on the case's background here.
What else?
McConnell is the subject of 2019 documentary, "Seahorse: The Dad Who Gave Birth." You can read more about the production and McConnell's background here.


theblaze--2020-04-29--The same pro-abortion groups who encouraged everyone to believe Brett Kavanaugh's accusers have no c

The same pro-abortion groups who encouraged everyone to believe Brett Kavanaugh's accusers have no comment about Tara Reade

The same pro-abortion groups who encouraged everyone to believe Brett Kavanaugh 's accusers have no comment about Tara Reade

You may recall that during the confirmation hearings for Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, pro-abortion groups were extremely vocal about believing all women and standing with victims of alleged sexual abuse. They generated graphics, disseminated them on social media, and encouraged their members and donors to call their representatives to express their support for Christine Blasey Ford and even the far less credible accusers like Julie Swetnick.
You may have also noticed that those same groups have been, shall we say, strangely silent about Tara Reade, the former Joe Biden staffer who has accused Biden of sexually assaulting her in 1993.
Perhaps that's because the pro-Democrat media has almost completely ignored the allegations, and groups like Emily's List feel safe ignoring them and refusing comment from right-leaning outlets.
Well, at least one left-leaning outlet, the Daily Beast, felt it was worthwhile to reach out to comment to these groups, and what they found was, well, not very surprising.
After contacting 10 different groups, including Emily's List, Planned Parenthood Action Fund, NARAL Pro-Choice America, and the National Organization for Women, the Daily Beast was not able to get a statement or comment from a single one of these groups.
According to the Daily Beast, some of the organizations simply didn't answer their "detailed request for comment." Other organizations "replied and did not provide a statement," indicating that they clearly saw the request for comment and just didn't want to give one.
To its credit, the Daily Beast illustrated the ludicrous lengths some of the groups went to in order to avoid giving comment: "One prominent women's political group cited a scheduling conflict and asked to be kept 'in mind for other opportunities!' When pressed if the following day would work better, an associate said it would not, citing another scheduling conflict."
Of course, some users on Twitter were quick to point out that these exact same organizations were decidedly less reticent when Brett Kavanaugh was accused, on substantially flimsier evidence, of misconduct dating back to his high school days.


theblaze--2020-04-29--Hillary Clinton: Coronavirus 'would be a terrible crisis to waste' on road to universal health care

Hillary Clinton : Coronavirus 'would be a terrible crisis to waste ' on road to universal health care 'This is @ @ @ @ @ of the pandemic '

Hillary Clinton said the coronavirus "would be a terrible crisis to waste" on the road to universal health care as she endorsed Joe Biden for president Tuesday.
What are the details?
"This is a high stakes time because of the pandemic, but this is also a really high stakes election, and every form of health care should continue to be available, including reproductive health care for every woman in this country," Clinton told Biden, a former vice president and now the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee. "And then it needs to be part of a much larger system that eventually, and quickly I hope, gets us to universal health care."
Clinton — herself the Democratic presidential nominee in 2016 — then noted that "this would be a terrible crisis to waste, as the old saying goes. We've learned a lot about what our absolute frailties are in our country when it comes to health justice and economic justice, so ... let's be resolved that we're going to solve those once you're elected president."
HRC: “This Would Be A Terrible Crisis To Waste" To Not Push For Gov't Health Care Takeover youtu.be
Anything else?
Tara Reade ripped Clinton's endorsement of Biden, accusing the former secretary of state of "enabling a sexual predator." Reade — who said Biden sexually assaulted her in 1993 while she worked in his U.S. Senate office — also blasted Clinton as having "a history of enabling powerful men to cover up" such behavior.


theblaze--2020-04-30--'It's an insult': Nashville mayor proposes 32% property tax hike amid crisis

The city had budgetary woes even before being hit this year with deadly tornadoes and COVID-19

Nashville Mayor John Cooper (D) floated a 31.7% property tax increase in his budget proposal this week, saying the city is facing "the greatest financial challenge" it has seen in decades.
The citizens of Tennessee's capital city have had a devastating year already, after being hit with deadly tornadoes and the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. But Nashville had a massive budget shortfall long before those tragedies struck, and critics say a dramatic tax hike on struggling residents and small businesses during the current crisis is "an insult."
What are the details?
The Tennessean reported that "Cooper's $2.44 billion budget proposal is about $115 million more than this year's budget," and noted that "after two deals to bring in an influx of cash faltered last year, Nashville's house of cards collapsed, leading to a $42 million shortfall."
Since the city was already deeply in the hole, being hit with a terrible storm followed by the coronavirus put Nashville in an even more dire situation — and the mayor says federal funds to help with both emergencies are not enough to bridge the gap.
So, Cooper insists, an increase in the property tax rate is necessary in order avoid layoffs of city employees, and budget cuts will be necessary on top of that. His proposal to raise rates by $1 would mean that the tax bill for a home valued at $250,000 would go up by roughly $625 per year.
WKRN-TV reported that business owners in the city "are in disbelief" over Cooper's plan for the nearly 32% increase on property taxes. Just like for homeowners and renters, whether they own or lease, they will bear the brunt of the hike while many are out of business or out of work.
Will Newman, who owns Edley's Bar-B-Que and Pancho & Lefty's Cantina, told the outlet, "It's an insult to small businesses in Nashville that are literally at best on their knees, but most are on the ground. It's like getting kicked in the gut with a steel toed boot."
Newman said, "This will absolutely crush whatever restaurants are left. Crush it. Small businesses in Nashville are on life support and you know our plea now is to metro council: do the right thing and propose an alternate budget that is balanced in its approach and not shocking to the core."
The city must approve next year's budget by June 30. The new fiscal year starts July 1.


theblaze--2020-04-30--Twitter mocks gray root sacrifice of actress showing solidarity with frontline workers, and she lash

Twitter mocks gray root sacrifice of actress showing solidarity with frontline workers, and she lashes out

Twitter mocks gray root sacrifice of actress showing solidarity with frontline workers , and she lashes out When social media @ @ @ @ @ 're not always accurate

Actress Hilarie Burton posted that she was going to forego dying her roots to show solidarity with front-line medical workers, but when social media mocked her sacrifice, she lashed out in her own defense.
Burton responded to countless snarky messages on Twitter after the New York Post reported on her social media admission.
"For all of our frontline and essential workers who are too busy to fuss with things like hair color, I grow mine out in solidarity with you," Burton said. "When I see it, I'm reminded of all you're doing to keep us safe. I'm reminded that you deserve to be taken care of."
Many on Twitter mocked the minor sacrifice of the "One Tree Hill" star without taking the time to search out the other efforts she had made to help those fighting the coronavirus pandemic.
if you're a celebrity doing anything except donating a lot of money and being very outspoken about government failures then you're being annoying. we don't care. zip up your trousers and log off. clownery!!!!
— beth mccoll (@imteddybless) April 29, 2020
"[I]f you're a celebrity doing anything except donating a lot of money and being very outspoken about government failures then you're being annoying. we don't care. zip up your trousers and log off. clownery!!!!" responded writer Beth McColl.
Burton replies
Burton swatted down a number of critics and said the "s***ty" article misled people about her efforts.
"Cool article," she responded. "Here's what else I'm up to: Made over 100 masks. Supporting frontline with PPE I've personally purchased. Giving cash to local shop owners. Taking care of restaurants by raising $ to feed hospital staff."
Cool article. Here's what else I'm up to:
Made over 100 masks. Supporting frontline with PPE I've personally purchased. Giving cash to local shop owners. Taking care of restaurants by raising $ to feed hospital staff. If you'd like to donate and be useful: https://t.co/fru4t04tnm
— Hilarie Burton Morgan (@HilarieBurton) April 29, 2020
Some deleted their snarky responses after Burton pointed out that she was doing more than letting her roots go gray.
"The article made me look so s***ty. So I'm not mad at anyone that made fun of it. I'd just like to use it as an opportunity to direct them to the stuff we are trying to do to help. Making masks. Supporting small business. Securing PPE. Xo," Burton tweeted.
Here's more about the fight against coronavirus:


theblaze--2020-04-30--Top House Dem, WaPo editorial board call on Joe Biden to address sexual assault allegation

Pressure is mounting from the left for the Democratic presidential candidate to stop ignoring Tara Reade 's claims

House Democratic Caucus Chairman Hakeem Jeffries (N.Y.) and The Washington Post editorial board on Wednesday joined a rising number of voices from the left calling on presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden to address the sexual assault allegation brought against him by a former Senate aide.
What are the details?
Fox News reported that Jeffries was asked during an interview with WNYC-AM about the accusations of Tara Reade, a former Biden staffer who says the former vice president assaulted her while he was still a senator in 1993.
Jeffries told the outlet, "It's got to be taken seriously because this is a serious allegation raised by a serious individual and needs to be investigated seriously. We've probably got to hear from him [Biden] at some point directly."
The same day, The Washington Post editorial board published an op-ed saying that Biden should not only "address the Tara Reade allegations himself," but release the records from his 36-year Senate career, as Reade has requested.
The Post wrote that "Tara Reade deserves to be heard, and voters deserve to hear her. They deserve to hear from Joe Biden, too."
The editorial board argued that releasing the records may or may not confirm whether Reade made a complaint against Biden at the time of the alleged incident, but that doing so "signals only a desire for the public to know all that's able to be known, which ought to be in everyone's interest."
Biden remains silent
Biden himself has remained silent about the allegation from Reade, which became public last month. Despite numerous televised media interviews since the sexual assault claim came to light, not one reporter has asked Biden about the allegations.
The Biden campaign has adamantly denied that the assault ever happened, and has tried to claim a report from The New York Times proves as much.
But the campaign was hit with an embarrassing correction by The Times on Wednesday, when a spokesperson for the newspaper told The Washington Examiner that its "investigation made no conclusion either way," and that the campaign's claim was inaccurate.


theblaze--2020-04-30--'This is deeper than a cover-up': Rose McGowan denounces Democratic party, calls the media a cult

'This is deeper than a cover-up ' : Rose McGowan denounces Democratic party , calls the media a cult McGowan @ @ @ @ @ on sexual allegations against Joe Biden

Actress Rose McGowan denounced the Democratic Party and the media in an emotional post calling both a "cult" that only pretended to be "the good guys."
McGowan, who sounded the alarm against accused sexual predator Harvey Weinstein but went unheeded, posted her comments on social media on Wednesday.
"I used to be a proud Democrat. I would have died for this damned country & its ideals. I was raised to be a proud Democrat," she said, explaining how much she supported the party in her youth.
"And I was always told it was the Democratic Party that were the good guys, that our papers were [the New York Times] and [the Washington Post] & we as a family loved listening to [All Things Considered] & we'd talk about how much we loved [Ira Glass'] voice," she continued.
"But now i know too much," McGowan said.
"And I feel really quite a sense of loss tonight. I am not a cynical person, but America goddamn. Republicans have always been painted as the bad guys, and i've always seen them more as a cult, but now i realize so are the democrats and the media. Macro and micro," she continued.
"This is deeper than a cover-up," McGowan concluded. "And I'm sad because there's death around all corners & shadows in the daytime. It hurts."
McGowan did not elaborate on why she was denouncing the Democratic Party, but it was likely because so many on the left were defending Joe Biden against allegations of sexual assault. In another tweet from Monday, McGowan excoriated Biden over the assault claims.
"Answer your taxpayers, answer Tara Reade, stop speaking through your manager," she said.
"You are a creep. You know it," McGowan added. "We know it. I know it. Tara definitely knows it."
Here's Rose McGowan's accusations against Harvey Weinstein:


theblaze--2020-05-01--Ilhan Omar committed 'worst string of felonies committed by a Congressperson in US history': David S

Ilhan Omar committed 'worst string of felonies committed by a Congressperson in US history': David Steinberg

Ilhan Omar committed 'worst string of felonies committed by a Congressperson in US history ' : David Steinberg

The media has buried some big stories, but nothing compares to what they're doing with Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.). But one reporter has never stopped looking into what no one else seems to want to touch: the facts.
PJ Media journalist David Steinberg is writing a series of exclusive stories for TheBlaze.com called "The Case Against Ilhan Omar." He joined Glenn Beck on the radio program to talk about part one of his series, which he said provides verifiable evidence that Omar committed multiple felonies. Not only did she commit marriage fraud by marrying her brother, but within that relationship she also committed immigration fraud, student loan fraud, and tax fraud.
In this clip, Steinberg lays out the case and the evidence that makes it pretty hard for the Minnesota congresswoman to deny committing what he called "the worst string of felonies committed by a congressperson in U.S. history."
Watch the video below for more details:
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theblaze--2020-05-01--Defiant city officials hold emergency meeting to consider suing Gov. Newsom over his order to close

Defiant city officials hold emergency meeting to consider suing Gov. Newsom over his order to close beaches

Defiant city officials hold emergency meeting to consider suing Gov .
Newsom over his order to close beaches 'An immediate @ @ @ @ @ facilities '

The battle over California's beaches ramped up on Thursday when Huntington City officials sought to consider the option of suing Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom over the order in response to the coronavirus threat.
Bill Melugin of Fox 11 Los Angeles reported that city officials were calling an emergency meeting to discuss possible litigation.
The agenda claimed that the order to close Orange County beaches "severely impacts the Public Health and Safety of the community," and constituted "an immediate threat to disrupt public services facilities."
Newsom gave the order after several reports of Californians flocking to the beaches as temperatures rose.
The agenda said city officials would confer to discuss "the threat to the security of public services and the right of the public to access public services and facilities related to COVID-19."
Melugin had published on Wednesday a leaked notice of the intention of the governor to shut down beaches prior to the official announcement.
Newsom only ordered the shutdown of Orange County beaches after receiving pushback. He called the demonstrations at the beaches "disturbing."
Critics of the lockdown orders have pointed to lower infection cases and deaths than were predicted by various virology models propagated in the media. Proponents of the lockdowns have argued that the lower statistics prove the measures have been successful.
California has more than 50,000 confirmed cases of coronavirus, and more than 2,000 deaths.
Here's Newsom's beach order:


theblaze--2020-04-30--Protestors storm Michigan state Capitol demanding end to coronavirus lockdown

Well over a thousand protestors demonstrated at the Michigan Capitol building on Thursday in an effort to stop the extension of the state 's COVID-19 lockdown , which is set to expire at midnight .
The state 's Republican-led House of Representatives adjourned with lawmakers agreeing to allow Michigan 's state of emergency to expire , but Democratic Gov .
Gretchen Whitmer vowed to extend her stay-at-home order unilaterally .
What are the details ?
WDIV-TV reported that the daylong protest began outside in the morning in the pouring rain before being moved inside the Capitol , where demonstrators — @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to enter the chambers of the House , but were blocked by State Police troopers and House sergeants-at-arms .
According to MLive , participants stood in front of the chamber while chanting , `` Let us in .
Let us in . ''
Gov .
Whitmer has faced numerous protests and lawsuits over her restrictive shutdown measures amid the coronavirus pandemic , and she asked the legislature to extend her 28-day emergency order for another 28 days .
But lawmakers refused to so on Thursday , and instead passed Senate legislation limiting the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ promised to veto .
Whitmer also vowed to extend the mandates herself , saying she has the authority to do so on her own accord .
House Speaker Lee Chatfield told WDIV that the issue could end up in court .
`` We extended our hand in partnership , but should she not accept that and overstep her constitutional bounds , we also authorized myself , on behalf of the House of Representatives , to file a lawsuit , '' Chatfield said .
`` We have three branches of government in Michigan — @ @ @ @ @ @ @ this may have to be settled in court . ''
Far-left U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib ( D ) , who represents Michigan 's 13th District , reacted to the protests by tweeting , `` Black people get executed by police for just existing , while white people dressed like militia members carrying assault weapons are allowed to threaten State Legislators and staff .
Our gun laws are so broken . ''

Well over a thousand protesters demonstrated at the Michigan Capitol building on Thursday in an effort to stop the extension of the state's COVID-19 lockdown, which is set to expire at midnight.
The state's Republican-led House of Representatives adjourned with lawmakers agreeing to allow Michigan's state of emergency to expire, but Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer vowed to extend her stay-at-home order unilaterally.
What are the details?
WDIV-TV reported that the daylong protest began outside in the morning in the pouring rain before being moved inside the Capitol in Lansing, Michigan, where demonstrators — some of whom were armed — sought to enter the chambers of the House, but were blocked by State Police troopers and House sergeants-at-arms.
According to MLive, participants stood in front of the chamber while chanting, "Let us in. Let us in."
Protesters, some carrying guns, descend on Michigan Capitol www.youtube.com
Gov. Whitmer has faced numerous protests and lawsuits over her restrictive shutdown measures amid the coronavirus pandemic, and she asked the legislature to extend her 28-day emergency order for another 28 days. But lawmakers refused on Thursday, and instead passed Senate legislation limiting the governor's emergency powers, which she promised to veto.
Whitmer also vowed to extend the mandates herself, saying she has the authority to do so on her own accord.
House Speaker Lee Chatfield told WDIV that the issue could end up in court.
"We extended our hand in partnership, but should she not accept that and overstep her constitutional bounds, we also authorized myself, on behalf of the House of Representatives, to file a lawsuit," Chatfield said. "We have three branches of government in Michigan — executive, judicial and legislative — and this may have to be settled in court."
Anything else?
Far-left U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D), who represents Michigan's 13th District, reacted to the protests by tweeting, "Black people get executed by police for just existing, while white people dressed like militia members carrying assault weapons are allowed to threaten State Legislators and staff. Our gun laws are so broken."


theblaze--2020-04-30--Biden faced zero questions on sexual assault allegations in 19 interviews — and now the media has as

Biden faced zero questions on sexual assault allegations in 19 interviews — and now the media has asked Trump

President Donald Trump took a question about the sexual assault allegations against Joe Biden, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, on Thursday and social media did not let the double standard go unnoticed.
While Biden has not been forced to face the allegations in 19 interviews since the accusations surfaced, the president replied to the question at a White House media briefing.
"Follow up regarding Joe Biden," asked Kyra Phillips of ABC News. "Your campaign and your surrogates going after him very hard with regard to these allegations from Tara Reade. What do you say to Joe Biden?"
"I don't think so, I don't think they're going after him very hard with regard to Tara Reade," responded the president.
"What do you say to Joe Biden?" she replied.
"I don't know anything about it, I don't know exactly, I think he should respond. You know," Trump answered.
"So. Could be false accusations," he continued. "I know all about false accusations, I've been falsely charged numerous times, and there is such a thing."
"Falsely accused?" she asked.
"If you look at Brett Kavanaugh, there's an outstanding man. He was falsely charged," said Trump. "What happened to him was an absolute disgrace to our country."
A media double standard
Critics of the media and allies of the president noted the double standard of having the president questioned about the accusations before any media figure asked Joe Biden about the allegations leveled against him.
Former Trump admin member Sean Spicer responded, "to be clear, the media has now officially asked Trump more questions about Biden than they've asked Biden about Biden."
"Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders have now both been asked about whether Tara Reade was sexually assaulted in 1993 before Joe Biden," said Joe Simonson of the Washington Examiner.
"And with that question from @ABC's @KyraPhillips, Trump has been asked about Tara Reade more times than Joe Biden," remarked Curtis Houck of Newsbusters.
Biden reportedly will finally answer questions about the Reade accusations on MSNBC's "Morning Joe" on Friday morning.
Here's the video of Trump taking the question:
Trump on Biden allegations: 'He should respond' www.youtube.com
[Ed. Note: This article has been updated to reflect more accurate information about the nature of the president's briefing.]


theblaze--2020-04-30--Joe Biden to address sexual assault allegation for the first time on Friday

Joe Biden to address sexual assault allegation for the first time on Friday The Democratic presidential candidate is set to @ @ @ @ @ Joe '

Democratic presumptive presidential nominee Joe Biden is slated to appear on MSNBC's "Morning Joe" on Friday, and the show's booker says Biden will "respond for the first time to the recent allegation of sexual assault" from a former Senate aide.
What are the details?
Tara Reade went to the media last month claiming that Biden sexually assaulted her in 1993, when she worked in his Senate office.
The Biden campaign has attempted to dismiss the allegation by insisting it "did not happen," while Biden himself has remained mum on the issue. Despite participating in at least 19 interviews since the accusation emerged, Biden has not yet been asked a single time during an appearance about Reade's claims.
But in recent days, pressure has built from the left and in the media for Biden to address Reade's accusations directly.
On Thursday afternoon, Michael Del Moro, the booking producer for "Morning Joe," announced on Twitter, "Tomorrow: Joe Biden joins @Morning Joe to respond for the first time to the recent allegation of sexual assault."
"Morning Joe" is hosted by anti-Trump husband and wife team Joe Scarborough, a former Republican, and Mika Brzezinski, a Democrat who has defended Biden against accusations of inappropriately touching women in the past.
The Hill pointed out that "the appearance from his home studio in Wilmington, Delaware, would allow Biden to deal with the issue in what could be a more favorable setting given the criticisms the show's hosts have regularly launched against President Trump."
According to the outlet, the former vice president will sit solo for the interview, and his wife, Dr. Jill Biden, will not be present.
Biden was last on "Morning Joe" two weeks ago, and Reade's allegation was not brought up during that interview.
In reaction to the news that Biden would address the sexual assault accusation on "Morning Joe," Eric Trump, President Donald Trump's son, tweeted, "Watch this softball...they are probably working on the questions with him as we speak..."


theblaze--2020-04-30--FBI closed Flynn case and then Peter Strzok reopened it, unsealed documents reveal

FBI closed Flynn case and then Peter Strzok reopened it , unsealed documents reveal The FBI admitted there was an @ @ @ @ @ ' against former national security adviser Michael Flynn .

New evidence shows that the FBI had closed its criminal counterintelligence investigation of retired Gen. Mike Flynn, but top bureau official Peter Strzok ordered it to be reopened. The FBI had moved to close the case against the former national security adviser because there was an "absence of any derogatory information."
Internal Federal Bureau of Investigation documents were unsealed by the Department of Justice on Thursday, which revealed that Strzok intervened to continue the probe into Flynn.
The investigation into Flynn, codenamed "Crossfire Razor," was set to conclude Jan. 4, 2017, after the FBI deemed that "no derogatory information was identified in FBI holdings."
"Following the compilation of the above information, the [Crossfire Hurricane] team determined that [Flynn] was no longer a viable candidate as part of the larger CROSSFIRE HURRICANE umbrella case," the memorandum read. "A review of logical [redacted] databases did not yield any information on which to predicate further investigative efforts."
"The writer notes that since CROSSFIRE RAZOR was not specifically named as an agent of a foreign power by the original CROSSFIRE HURRICANE predicated reporting, the absence of any derogatory information or lead information from these logical sources reduced the number of investigative avenues and techniques to pursue," the FBI stated. "Per the direction of FBI management, CROSSFIRE RAZOR was not interviewed as part of the case closing procedure."
The FBI "initiated surveillance on a certain Russian subject" to determine if "there was contact between him and [Flynn]." The memo noted, "No contact between the two individuals was observed by the surveillance teams."
"The goal of the investigation was to determine whether [Flynn], associated with the Trump campaign, was directed and controlled by and/or coordinated activities with the Russian Federation in a manner which is a threat to the national security and/or possibly a violation of the Foreign Agents Registration Act," the FBI memo stated. "Following the initiation of captioned case, the [Crossfire Hurricane] team conducted a check of logical databases for any derogatory information on [Flynn]."
"The FBI is closing this investigation," the memo concluded.
Despite the investigation being ready to close because they did not find any wrongdoing by Flynn, Strzok urged that the case stay open on the same day it was set to close. "Hey, if you haven't closed RAZOR, don't do so yet," Strzok wrote in a text message to the investigating agent at 2:14 p.m. on Jan. 4, 2017. "Pls keep it open for now."
"Razor still open," Strzok then texted to Lisa Page, the former assistant to ex-FBI deputy director Andrew McCabe. Strzok and Page reportedly had an extramarital affair. She responded, "phew."
Three weeks after Crossfire Razor was nearly unplugged, Flynn was interviewed by agents. Strzok texted Page that he had personally edited a document, likely FBI agent Joe Pientka's interview of Flynn conducted on Jan. 24, 2017.
"Lisa, you didn't see it before my edits that went into what I sent you," Strzok texted Page on Feb. 10, 2017. "I was 1) trying to completely re-write the thing so as to save [redacted] voice and 2) get it out to you for general review and comment in anticipation of needing it soon."
Thursday's revelations come one day after documents from Jan. 24, 2017, show that FBI agents may have set a perjury trap for Flynn, who at the time was the incoming national security adviser for then-President-elect Donald Trump.
"What is our goal? Truth/Admission or to get him to lie, so we can prosecute him or get him fired?" one of the notes read.
Flynn pleaded guilty to making false statements to Strzok and another agent during a White House interview in late 2017. Flynn's legal team has moved to withdraw his guilty plea.


theblaze--2020-04-30--The drive-by shooting at 'Duck Dynasty' star's property explained

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theblaze--2020-04-30--Joe Biden reportedly sent campaign operatives to look through the Senate files that he now refuses t

Joe Biden reportedly sent campaign operatives to look through the Senate files that he now refuses to release

Operatives for Joe Biden's presidential campaign have reportedly looked through the secret Senate files that may potentially contain information about former aide Tara Reade's sexual assault allegation against the presumptive Democratic nominee.
Reade, who worked for Biden at the time, claims that the then-Delaware senator assaulted her in 1993 by forcibly penetrating her with his fingers after she had been sent to take his gym bag to him.
Operatives reportedly sent to look through the files
According to a Business Insider report, Biden campaign operatives were sent to look through the files, which are housed at the University of Delaware, in the spring 2019 just after he launched his presidential bid. The university made clear, however, that no one has accessed the files since mid-March of this year when the school closed due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The archived files, which are sealed to the public, span Biden's 36-year Senate career, and have been kept under lock-and-key by the university since 2012.
The university previously said it planned to make the files publicly available two years after Biden's last day in public office, which would have been Jan. 20, 2019. But after Biden decided to run for president, the timetable was revised until two years after Biden "retires from public life" or two years after Dec. 31, 2019, whichever comes later.
Thus far, the university has stood by its refusal to release the files despite mounting pressure for them to unseal the documents.
Reade thinks the files contain crucial evidence
Reade suspects that the archive may contain corroborating evidence for her claims, such as a sexual harassment complaint she allegedly filed with the Senate in 1993.
Reade told Business Insider that Biden's chief of staff at the time, Ted Kaufman, took notes during a meeting she had with him about Biden's harassment, though he claims the meeting never occurred.
"He's now denying that we ever had the meeting, and I watched him take notes. Those notes would be in my personnel file, along with sick days or any kind of extra notes that I turn in," she argued.
Reade has previously called on the university to release some or all of the documents, which she says could contain a host of other evidence, as well.
"I believe [the archive] will have my complaint form, as well as my separation letter and other documents," she told Fox News earlier this week. "Maybe if other staffers that have tried to file complaints would come to light — why are they under seal? And why won't they be released to the public?"
It doesn't help that several University of Delaware board members have close personal and financial ties with the former vice president.


theblaze--2020-04-30--Mike Rowe SCHOOLS liberal elites: 'There is NO SUCH THING as a nonessential worker'

Mike Rowe SCHOOLS liberal elites : 'There is NO SUCH THING as a nonessential worker '

On this week's Wednesday night special, Glenn Beck and former "Dirty Jobs" host Mike Rowe talked about the "other" victims of the coronavirus: common sense and the unemployed American workers.
"Most of the country is going to come through this with the realization we're being treated like children … by people who want us to look at them as parents," Mike said if reference to the liberal elites who don't want us to question the so-called experts.
Mike highlighted the danger of allowing the government to take away millions of so-called "nonessential" workers and addressed the politicians, such as New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), who seem to have zero regard for the millions of American who are out of work.
"In an economy like this, when you take 26 million 'nonessential' workers out of the equation ... the whole thing collapses under its own weight," he said. "I would suggest to you right now that there is no such thing as a nonessential worker when it comes to the economy."
He also explained why he believes that "safety first," while well-intended, is just not true. Instead, he prefers to say "safety third."
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theblaze--2020-04-30--President Trump goes at it with CNN's Jim Acosta in the Oval Office: Your network 'tormented' Gen. F

President Trump goes at it with CNN's Jim Acosta in the Oval Office: Your network 'tormented' Gen. Flynn. I sure hope you report his 'total exoneration'

President Trump goes at it with CNN 's Jim Acosta in the Oval Office : Your network 'tormented ' Gen. @ @ @ @ @ you report his 'total exoneration' Will they report the truth ?

Recent reports appear to show that Gen. Mike Flynn, one-time national security adviser to President Donald Trump, was "deliberately framed" by the FBI in the investigation into Russian election meddling.
President Trump fired Flynn just weeks into his presidency for admittedly lying to Vice President Mike Pence and the FBI about discussions with Russian officials about sanctions.
The liberal news media were all too happy to report on the Flynn controversy at the time, including CNN, whom Trump said "tormented" the former NSA. The president has said the cable news outlet should "pay a big price" for its actions.
What happened today?
During media questions in the Oval Office Thursday, CNN's Jim Acosta asked Trump if he planned to pardon Flynn now that more information about the treatment of Flynn has come to light and based on Trump's Dec. 2, 2017, tweet that he "had to fire General Flynn because he lied to the Vice President and the FBI. He has pled guilty to those lies. It is a shame because his actions during the transition were lawful. There was nothing to hide!"
Acosta wanted to know if Trump stood by his statement that Flynn lied.
Trump responded by saying, that "dirty cops" at the FBI "tormented Gen. Flynn."
"You see the notes, Jim," Trump said, referring to recently uncovered handwritten notes from FBI agents seeming to show the bureau was unfairly targeting the general, adding, "What they did to Gen. Flynn ... was a disaster and a disgrace, and it should never be allowed to happen in this country, again."
He then turned to Acosta's employer.
“CNN tormented him, in all fairness," Trump said.
"I hope to see that CNN will — not even apologize, which they should, but just cover it fairly — because he is in the process of being exonerated," he continued. "If you look at those notes from yesterday, that was total exoneration. These were dirty, filthy cops at the top of the FBI."
"They were dishonest people," Trump said of the FBI agents. "Now we have to see what's going to happen. Gen. Flynn was treated like nobody ... should be treated."
Returning to CNN, the president said, "I hope that CNN is going to give him a fair shake and cover it."
Trump concluded: "I think it would be so good for CNN if you covered it honestly and if you reported honestly. It would be so good for the network."
"PLEASE COVER IT CNN": President Trump DEMANDS CNN Jim Acosta To Cover General Michael Flynn NOW youtu.be
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theblaze--2020-04-30--Liberals want MSNBC to #FireChrisHayes for reporting on Joe Biden sex assault allegation

Liberals want MSNBC to # FireChrisHayes for reporting on Joe Biden sex assault allegation He dared to speak of the @

MSNBC host Chris Hayes sparked the anger of Joe Biden supporters Wednesday night by reporting on the sexual assault allegation against the former vice president, according to The Hill.
After Hayes discussed the accusation made by former Biden staffer Tara Reade during a segment, #FireChrisHayes began trending on Twitter.
What's the story? Biden, the presumptive Democratic nominee for president, has been accused by Reade of sexual assaulting her in 1993 when Biden was in the Senate. The Biden campaign has denied the allegation in a statement, but he has not been asked about it during media appearances.
Hayes was interviewing Rebecca Traister of New York Magazine about an article she wrote, titled, "The Biden Trap," which focused on Biden's silence about the allegation while his female supporters are questioned about it.
"What this is creating is a kind of a perfect storm where the women who are being asked to support his opponent are now being asked to answer for these charges," Traister said. "In part because of the vacuum created by Joe Biden, who is not yet really directly answering these questions, and certainly, not doing what I wish he would, which is to say: 'Please direct your questions about these allegations to me, and not the women that are out there offering their support to my candidacy.'"
Hayes agreed with Traister that Biden needed to step forward and address the issue himself and relieve the pressure of those around him, such as Stacey Abrams, Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) and other Democratic women.
This acknowledgment of the accusation sparked backlash online.
A sticky situation for Democrats: Biden's prominent female supporters find themselves in a difficult situation — particularly those who have urged the public to "believe all women" who make sexual assault allegations, such as those previously made against Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh or President Donald Trump.
Biden is now attempting to walk the line of advocating for believing women while also maintaining that this particular woman who is accusing him is lying — a task made easier by mainstream media outlets who don't force him to address the accusation during interviews.


theblaze--2020-04-30--LGBT-owned restaurant uses drag queens to bring food orders to cars during coronavirus: 'It's just a

LGBT-owned restaurant uses drag queens to bring food orders to cars during coronavirus: 'It's just a way we can expose ourselves to them'

LGBT-owned restaurant uses drag queens to bring food orders to cars during coronavirus : 'It 's just a way we @ @ @ @ @ '

Many restaurants have found a way to stay afloat amid the coronavirus that's shuttered most businesses by offering delivery and to-go service — and at least one eatery is adding a bit of flair to the deal.
Fiddlehead Restaurant in Michigan City, Indiana, features drag queens each Saturday who wear masks and gloves and bring customers' food orders in bags to their vehicles, WLS-TV reported
Image source: WLS-TV video screenshot
What are the details?
The promotion is called Dragside Pickup.
Image source: WLS-TV video screenshot
"We just thought that this idea was fantastic," one man told the station after receiving his order from the "gorgeous" drag queens, adding, "God bless these guys for doing this."
Image source: WLS-TV video screenshot
Owner Aaron O'Reilly told WLS he and others from Fiddlehead — which he said is "LGBT-owned and operated" — wanted "to brighten some peoples' days" with something "a little different and a little fun."
Image source: WLS-TV video screenshot
He added to the station that "the community here in Michigan City has been so open and loving" and that "it is really, really heartwarming to see the community step up and come out and have a good time and smile and laugh."
A girl noted to WLS, "I love drag queens; I think they're the sweetest."
Image source: WLS-TV video screenshot
One of them added to the station that "it's just a way we can expose ourselves to them and have a little bit of fun in the process."