theblaze--2020-09-24--Rioters scream racial slurs at black police officer during Breonna Taylor protests. His stoic respon

Rioters scream racial slurs at black police officer during Breonna Taylor protests. His stoic response is everything.

Rioters scream racial slurs at black police officer during Breonna Taylor protests .
His stoic response is everything .

A Los Angeles police officer kept his cool even as angry rioters hurled insults and racial epithets at him during Wednesday night protests in the city.
Protests erupted across the country Wednesday night after a grand jury decided against bringing homicide charges against the officers involved in the shooting death of Louisville, Kentucky, resident Breonna Taylor.
You can read more about the indictment here.
What are the details?
According to a report from the Daily Mail, demonstrators converged on an LAPD precinct to demonstrate following the announcement of an indictment of former Louisville police Officer Brett Hankison in the Breonna Taylor case.
Reports say that hundreds of demonstrators marched in downtown Los Angeles on Wednesday night to demand Los Angeles County District Attorney Jackie Lacey leave her position, apparently in response to the grand jury's decision in Kentucky.
Video captures the moment a group of angry agitators scream profanities and slurs at the black police officer. Some demonstrators wave their hands in his face and hold up their middle fingers, while others shine lights, blow smoke, and even mimic shooting a gun at the officer in question.
At least two members of the raucous group can be seen wearing Halloween masks.
Members of the angry group can be heard calling the officer a "b****" and even a "n****" for the police.
The unidentified officer stoically stands by, staring the demonstrators in their faces and refusing to be moved by their anger.
Social media user and self-identified videographer and editor Tomas Morales shared video footage of the incident on Twitter, captioning it, "LOS ANGELES: Agitators yell slurs at black police officer."
At the time of this reporting, the video has been viewed more than 924,000 times.
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Anything else?
According to the Los Angeles Times, the large group of protesters demonstrated outside the city's Hall of Justice.
Willie Baker, who has shown up to protest each Wednesday for the last several months, told the outlet that many more people came out to demonstrate following the news of the Taylor indictment.
"More should have been indicted," he insisted. "If we do something, we go to jail like that. It's time to start locking up the police, too."
Vincent Irby, identified by the outlet as a criminal defense attorney, told the outlet that the decision didn't surprise him.
"I understood this was going to come down to legalese, and I had a sneaking suspicion it would come down to this," he told the Times.
Kat Pavplek, a friend of Irby, added, "Nothing has reformed, nothing has changed, and [police] keep killing people."
LAPD Officer Mike Chance told the outlet that no arrests were made during the protest.


theblaze--2020-09-24--Horowitz: Idaho church singer & Ohio woman arrested for not wearing masks OUTDOORS

We 've endured nearly four months of endless looting , arson , blocking of roads , violent menacing of motorists , assaults against cops , and vandalism against public property .
What percentage of those people do you think have been arrested ?
Well , judging by the size of the riot crowds , not too many .
But in case you thought law enforcement has taken a hands-off approach and is hiding under a rock , think again .
They evidently find their moxie when it comes to arresting church singers and a woman who did n't wear a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The unfortunate message they are conveying to us is that real crime pays and that violence is the only way to get what we want .
Take a look at this video of Seattle cops being assaulted by a mob that essentially set up its own roadblock , occupying public streets .
How many of them were arrested ?
There 's no way to know , but we sure have n't seen a swift reaction from cops in places like Seattle and Portland .
This is happening in dozens of cities every day @ @ @ @ @ @ @ sheer numbers and the degree of violence they are willing to employ , they tend not to get arrested unless the assault on the cop results in bodily injury .
With few exceptions , they are deterring the cops rather than the cops deterring them .
With that in mind , watch the following video of a woman being tased and wrestled to the ground for not wearing a mask at an middle school football game in Logan , Ohio .
She was not presenting a threat to others , like so many @ @ @ @ @ @ @ riots .
Yes , she was resisting arrest , but if these cops who are cowering from BLM suddenly find their courage against small women who are just passively not wearing a mask outdoors , which is permitted when social distancing is possible , then perhaps we abolish the police .
Really , if that 's all they will accomplish , then who needs them ?
I 've written hundreds of articles over the past decade in support of all forms of local and federal law enforcement .
Most of them are terrific @ @ @ @ @ @ @ they have chosen to take a hands-off approach against violent mobs out of fear of being arrested themselves for simply enforcing critical laws .
But it is unforgivable for them to then become sticklers for unconstitutional royal edicts like mask-wearing and find easy targets for enforcement who are white so they can feel good about themselves without facing the backlash of the mob .
We all know that had this individual been black , the tasering would not have gone over well .
There 's no easier target than a church choir .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ and allow their own stations to get burned down or attacked in several cities , but if they see people gathering with social distance to sing hymns , it 's a different story .
We thought this could only happen in Australia , or perhaps that if it happened in America , it would only occur in a deep blue city .
But local police in Moscow , Idaho , arrested Gabriel Rench , a candidate for Latah county commissioner , during a Psalm Sing service held by members of the local Christ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ himself to the police when they arrested or cited him and four others for either not `` social distancing '' or not wearing a mask … outdoors .
This might look like a scene out of Moscow , Russia , but it 's really northern Idaho .
Ohio and Idaho are red states .
Yes , the city of Moscow is more Democrat because of the presence of the University of Idaho , but there is no reason any county in this state with GOP supermajorities in the legislature and a Republican governor @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is it that red counties in blue states are completely obsequious to tyranny , but when the shoe is on the other foot , suddenly the Republican governor gets gun-shy ?
Hocking County , Ohio , where the woman was tased for resisting arrest after not wearing a mask outdoors , was carried by Trump by a 31-point margin .
How can it be that you can no longer breathe free air outdoors in red states ?
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As conservatives , we clearly are not focusing properly and are not doing enough to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ why it 's so important that we get answers about the constitutionality of these draconian restrictions from whoever is chosen to fill the Supreme Court vacancy .
Given our body of case law creating novel rights that stop governments from doing much less invasive things to us , it 's very hard to see how forcing someone to cover her face to merely remain outdoors passes muster with the principle established in about the Obamacare mandate to purchase insurance .
The restriction of church gatherings most certainly does not pass the First Amendment @ @ @ @ @ @ @ chilling and disquieting point that emerges from these troubling stories .
We are seeing that the people who are most likely to support the police are getting arrested , while those who exhibit the most belligerence and violence often deter the police from enforcing the law rather than the other way around .
The lesson seems clear : that when you act more antagonistically and in greater numbers , you are more likely to get your way .
While proactive violence is something any patriot should abhor , perhaps we do need to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ blueprint for how to deter the police in these instances is what some men in Spain did when police tried to detain a female for not wearing a mask .
They all threw down their masks and , without directly attacking the police , grabbed the woman back .
That is the difference between anarchy and liberty .
Patriots firmly resist arbitrary and unconstitutional edicts against individual liberties while limiting their resistance to the issue at hand .
Anarchists use their grievances as pretext to proactively attack others indiscriminately .

We've endured nearly four months of endless looting, arson, blocking of roads, violent menacing of motorists, assaults against cops, and vandalism against public property. What percentage of those people do you think have been arrested? Well, judging by the size of the riot crowds, not too many. But in case you thought law enforcement has taken a hands-off approach and is hiding under a rock, think again. They evidently find their moxie when it comes to arresting church singers and a woman who didn't wear a mask at an outdoor football game. The unfortunate message they are conveying to us is that real crime pays and that violence is the only way to get what we want.
Take a look at this video of Seattle cops being assaulted by a mob that essentially set up its own roadblock, occupying public streets.
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How many of them were arrested? There's no way to know, but we sure haven't seen a swift reaction from cops in places like Seattle and Portland. This is happening in dozens of cities every day to some degree. Because of their sheer numbers and the degree of violence they are willing to employ, they tend not to get arrested unless the assault on the cop results in bodily injury. With few exceptions, they are deterring the cops rather than the cops deterring them.
With that in mind, watch the following video of a woman being tased and wrestled to the ground for not wearing a mask at an outdoormiddle school football game in Logan, Ohio.
Woman arrested for not wearing a mask. www.youtube.com
She was not presenting a threat to others, like so many of these people beating civilians at BLM riots. Yes, she was resisting arrest, but if these cops who are cowering from BLM suddenly find their courage against small women who are just passively not wearing a mask outdoors, which is permitted when social distancing is possible, then perhaps we should abolish the police. Really, if that's all they will accomplish, then who needs them?
I've written hundreds of articles over the past decade in support of all forms of local and federal law enforcement. Most of them are terrific and brave people. I understand if they have chosen to take a hands-off approach against violent mobs out of fear of being arrested themselves for simply enforcing critical laws. But it is unforgivable for them to then become sticklers for unconstitutional royal edicts like mask-wearing and find easy targets for enforcement who are white so they can feel good about themselves without facing the backlash of the mob. We all know that had this individual been black, the tasering would not have gone over well.
There's no easier target than a church choir. We've seen police retreat several times and allow their own stations to get burned down or attacked in several cities, but if they see people gathering with social distance to sing hymns, it's a different story. We thought this could only happen in Australia, or perhaps that if it happened in America, it would only occur in a deep blue city. But local police in Moscow, Idaho, arrested Gabriel Rench, a candidate for Latah county commissioner, during a Psalm Sing service held by members of the local Christ Church. His crime? Not identifying himself to the police when they arrested or cited him and four others for either not "social distancing" or not wearing a mask … outdoors.
This might look like a scene out of Moscow, Russia, but it's really northern Idaho. Ohio and Idaho are red states. Yes, the city of Moscow is more Democrat because of the presence of the University of Idaho, but there is no reason any county in this state with GOP supermajorities in the legislature and a Republican governor should have an outdoor mask mandate. Why is it that red counties in blue states are completely obsequious to tyranny, but when the shoe is on the other foot, suddenly the Republican governor gets gun-shy?
Hocking County, Ohio, where the woman was tased for resisting arrest after not wearing a mask outdoors, was carried by Trump by a 31-point margin. How can it be that you can no longer breathe free air outdoors in red states?! As conservatives, we clearly are not focusing properly and are not doing enough to fight for liberty.
This is also why it's so important that we get answers about the constitutionality of these draconian restrictions from whoever is chosen to fill the Supreme Court vacancy. Given our body of case law creating novel rights that stop governments from doing much less invasive things to us, it's very hard to see how forcing someone to cover her face to merely remain outdoors passes muster with the principle established in NFIB v. Sebelius about the Obamacare mandate to purchase insurance. The restriction of church gatherings most certainly does not pass the First Amendment smell test.
There is a very chilling and disquieting point that emerges from these troubling stories. We are seeing that the people who are most likely to support the police are getting arrested, while those who exhibit the most belligerence and violence often deter the police from enforcing the law rather than the other way around. The lesson seems clear: that when you act more antagonistically and in greater numbers, you are more likely to get your way. While proactive violence is something any patriot should abhor, perhaps we do need to stand together in greater numbers.
A blueprint for how to deter the police in these instances is what some men in Spain did when police tried to detain a female for not wearing a mask. They all threw down their masks and, without directly attacking the police, grabbed the woman back.
That is the difference between anarchy and liberty. Patriots firmly resist arbitrary and unconstitutional edicts against individual liberties while limiting their resistance to the issue at hand. Anarchists use their grievances as pretext to proactively attack others indiscriminately.
As for the police, if they will not deter anarchy but instead infringe upon liberty, perhaps they need to be abolished after all.


theblaze--2020-09-24--Faculty outraged, fearful after prof booted from class for using Chinese word that sounds like N-wor

Faculty outraged, fearful after prof booted from class for using Chinese word that sounds like N-word

Faculty outraged , fearful after prof booted from class for using Chinese word that sounds like N-word 'Scared to death @ @ @ @ @ '

Faculty members at the University of Southern California's Marshall School of Business are outraged and fearful after a colleague used a Chinese word that sounds like the N-word — and reportedly was booted from the class over it.
What's the background?
Greg Patton — a professor of clinical business communication who's an "expert in communication, interpersonal and leadership effectiveness" — was explaining the usage of a Chinese filler word for "that" and comparing it to English fillers such as "like" and "um" during an online class, according to Campus Reform.
And when Patton uttered the Chinese word, its pronunciation apparently sounded too close to a version of the N-word.
Here's the clip:
DO YOU THINK THIS PROFESSOR SHOULD BE FIRED? youtu.be
Soon anonymous black students threatened to boycott Patton's classes because he had created "an unwelcome environment" for them, the College Fix said.
USC's Marshall School of Business confirmed to Campus Reform in a statement that Patton isn't teaching his course at present.
"Recently, a USC faculty member during class used a Chinese word that sounds similar to a racial slur in English," the statement noted, according to the outlet. "We acknowledge the historical, cultural, and harmful impact of racist language."
Patton "agreed to take a short-term pause while we are reviewing to better understand the situation and to take any appropriate next steps," the statement added, according to Campus Reform.
Faculty members speak out
USC insists Patton "volunteered" to step down from the class, the Fix added, but business school faculty who responded to a survey about the dust-up didn't view it that way.
The outlet said the Chronicle of Higher Education obtained the Marshall School's internal report on the incident, which indicates faculty felt "anger, disappointment, betrayal, and outrage" in response to Patton's punishment:
But that summary doesn't do justice to scathing comments from the survey. They provide a portrait of a business school in which professors are now convinced that a single student complaint, even a questionable one, could upend their careers, and that the school's leadership, as one professor put it, "doesn't have our back."
The Fix, in reference to the Chronicle's story, said interviewed faculty members felt "scared to death to teach in this environment" and "will have to walk on egg shells all the time" so as not to "be accused of being a racist, bigoted, insensitive." One said USC's response will "make me even more conservative and guarded than I already am," the outlet noted.
In addition, the Fix said Dean Geoffrey Garrett's email to students about the incident implied faculty would be punished for using words that "harm the psychological safety of our students" — and that, too, angered faculty. In fact, the outlet said, they're "pissed off" by the "chicken s**t" letter from the dean who's "willing to throw faculty under the bus in order [to] preserve the appearance of diversity and inclusion instead of opening up dialogues on both sides."
More from the College Fix:
Conor Friedersdorf of The Atlantic said he obtained a "transcript" from the Faculty Council's discussion of the survey, which added that faculty are beset by "an overwhelming sense of vulnerability" that they could be "cancelled" at any time for their pedagogical choices. They are not only afraid to discuss diversity and inclusion, but also "such topics as politics and international relations."
One professor told Friedersdorf that Patton's punishment "rocked the business school," and the dean's letter in particular "caused immeasurable damage." Another said that freedom of speech and intellectual freedom "have largely fallen out of fashion" at USC, like "most elite universities," and the result is "a climate of terror among faculty."
Friedersdorf also wrote that USC administrators have not admitted error, apologized to Patton, or reinstated him to his classes, the Fix said, adding that the school's brass has left business faculty "so fearful and insecure that some are self-censoring to protect their positions."
Harvard Business School prof weighs in
Amy C. Edmondson, a Harvard Business School professor, criticized Garrett's desire for "psychological safety" in a Psychology Today column:
"As one of the first scholars to document the phenomenon of psychological safety, I am here to report that this is a very common misapplication of the concept. Psychological safety is not the same as a safe space. It is not the same as a trigger-free space. It is not a space where you will always feel comfortable and not have your views challenged. It is almost the opposite. It's a brave space, really—an environment in which people do not feel they have to hold back with a concern or question for fear of recrimination or humiliation. And thus, it's often an environment of vigorous and challenging give-and-take. The deep irony here is that the felt pressure to enforce a PC culture appears to have diminished, not enhanced, psychological safety."
Edmondson added that "research has shown that psychologically safe work environments are those with higher learning and performance. When people lack psychological safety — and feel tied up in knots about whether others will think less of them — they hold back too much of what they are seeing and thinking, and their teams suffer."
(H/T: The College Fix)


theblaze--2020-09-24--When Siri is asked 'Where are the terrorists?' virtual assistant directs users to police stations; A

When Siri is asked 'Where are the terrorists?' virtual assistant directs users to police stations; Apple apologizes

When Siri is asked 'Where are the terrorists ? '
virtual assistant directs users to police stations ; Apple apologizes @ @ @ @ @ or something much more malevolent ; a police advocate believes the latter

Videos surfaced this week exposing a possible flaw with Siri, Apple's virtual assistant. Siri's response to a specific question about terrorists drew ire from some Apple users, claiming it was potential anti-police sentiment.
There are viral videos on social media showing people asking Siri, "Where are the terrorists?" Apple's digital personal assistant responds to the inquiry by directing users to local police departments. Videos showing examples of this possible glitch were shared on Facebook, YouTube, Reddit, and Twitter, from people all across the country.
The Kings County Deputy Sheriff's Association shared a video of Siri insinuating that police departments were home to terrorists on its Facebook page.
"According to Siri and Apple, Law Enforcement are now considered terrorists," the Kings County Deputy Sheriff's Association wrote. "Folks, the KCDSA cannot even begin to explain how horrific and how angry this makes us. To be compared to terrorists who hate America and brought down our Twin Towers is one of the most degrading things we have ever seen."
Apple asserted that its virtual assistant is not spouting anti-police sentiment, but is a mistake with the interpretation. Apple apologized to anyone offended, and stated that the keyword of "terrorists" caused the confusion.
"Siri directs users to the police when they make requests that indicate emergency situations," Apple said in a statement, according to Fast Company. "In this case, Siri misinterpreted the query as users wanting to report terrorist activity to police. The issue has been fixed, and we apologize for the error."
Nate Ferrier, the president of the Kings County Deputy Sheriff's Association, questioned Apple's explanation for Siri's response. Ferrier said that when someone asks Siri, "How do I report terrorism?" The device will provide federal agencies who specialize in handling terrorism cases, including Homeland Security and the FBI, but not local law enforcement.
"It's just suspicious to me because in the season we're in, law enforcement is under a lot of scrutiny, there's a lot of anti-law enforcement rhetoric all over the place, so the timing of it is very odd," Ferrier told KMPH-TV.
When Newsweek asked, "where are the terrorists" on a U.K. iPhone, Siri replied, "I don't know how to respond to that."
Many users have noticed that Apple has already corrected the issue. Now, when you ask Siri, "where are the terrorists?" the virtual assistant replies, "I don't know how to respond to that."
Last year, Apple apologized after a whistleblower revealed that Siri routinely records private interactions, including recordings of people having sex, making drug deals, and discussing confidential medical information.
"We know that customers have been concerned by recent reports of people listening to audio Siri recordings as part of our Siri quality evaluation process — which we call grading," the iPhone manufacturer said in August 2019. "We heard their concerns, immediately suspended human grading of Siri requests and began a thorough review of our practices and policies."
Apple apologized for not "fully living up to our high ideals" and temporarily halted the Siri grading program.


theblaze--2020-09-24--VIDEO: Parked U-Haul truck distributes riot shields, signs, other supplies to BLM protesters in Loui

VIDEO: Parked U-Haul truck distributes riot shields, signs, other supplies to BLM protesters in Louisville

VIDEO : Parked U-Haul truck distributes riot shields , signs , other supplies to BLM protesters in Louisville

Black Lives Matter protesters in Louisville, Kentucky, demonstrating against the outcome of the grand jury investigation into Breonna Taylor's death were caught on video grabbing riot shields, anti-police banners, and other supplies from a parked U-Haul truck Wednesday.
Videos of the unusual incident posted on Twitter show protesters, many dressed in black bloc, charging toward the vehicle and grabbing ready-made banners saying, "Abolish the Police," "Abolition Now," and "Defend Black Lives."
"We got shields over here!" someone can be heard shouting in a video posted by Daily Caller reporter Shelby Talcott.
"I need a long one," another protester says as shields are being passed out in the video posted by independent reporter Brendan Gutenschwager,
In Gutenschwager's video, a woman inside the U-Haul truck can be seen tossing black masks into the crowd.
What's the background?
Violent riots erupted in downtown Louisville Wednesday following the decision in the Breonna Taylor case, in which one officer was charged with wanton endangerment and two other officers were not charged. Taylor was shot and killed during a drug raid on her home in March.
After the decision, protesters immediately took to the streets, starting small fires and setting off firecrackers. Twitter users reported the crowd continued to grow as the day went on and also noted the presence of armed and unidentified individuals that some referred to as a "militia."
Then later Wednesday night, the Louisville Metro Police Department announced that two officers had been shot and wounded during the protests.
What else?
The suspicious U-Haul "riot shield transport" raises further speculation that the protests in Louisville were planned and perhaps organized and funded by an outside source.
It is not the first time that similarly suspicious activity has been connected to Black Lives Matter protests in 2020.
Earlier this year, mysterious stashes of bricks were being reported by social media users in several cities around the country as nationwide protests erupted in the wake of George Floyd's death in Minneapolis.
Then in some places ravaged by riots, it has been reported that large numbers of individuals arrested for rioting have been from out of state. Specifically, police in Kenosha reported that 102 of the 175 individuals arrested during riots there had out-of-town addresses.


theblaze--2020-09-24--Al Sharpton accuses President Trump of attempting a 'coup' with SCOTUS appointment, says nominee mus

Al Sharpton accuses President Trump of attempting a 'coup' with SCOTUS appointment, says nominee must 'recuse themselves' if election goes to court

Al Sharpton accuses President Trump of attempting a 'coup ' with SCOTUS appointment , says nominee must 'recuse themselves ' @ @ @ @ @

MSNBC host the Rev. Al Sharpton on Thursday said that by filling the Supreme Court vacancy left by the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, President Donald Trump is attempting to "guarantee ... his re-election" in a "coup."
Sharpton demanded that Senate Republicans insist that whomever Trump nominates to the Supreme Court, if they are confirmed, recuse themselves in the event a contested election goes to court, the Daily Caller reported.
"If we are to have any iota of a democratic process in this election, then Republicans in the Senate, if they move forward as they seem determined to do with the process of the confirmation hearings of whoever the president nominates Saturday and a vote, they are to insist they recuse themselves," Sharpton said on MSNBC's "Morning Joe."
Sharpton said confirmation of Trump's nominee to the court would "checkmate American democracy."
"In effect this president has therefore not only violated the whole procedure they had set up in 2016 against Justice [Merrick] Garland, nominated by President Obama, he has in fact put in place how he can checkmate American democracy by putting in a judge that will guarantee, if proceedings go through the courts up to the Supreme Court, his reelection," he continued.
"And for [Trump] to be able to checkmate American democracy is, in fact, a coup rather than an election," Sharpton added.
Sharpton said the public must challenge Republicans to ensure Trump's nominee be recused, "otherwise you've handed over this democracy to a whole situation that is nothing short of ... going into an autocracy headed by a man who is not even able to get through a sentence without really revealing his innermost thoughts of ultimate power."
President Trump and other Republicans have argued it is necessary to fill the vacancy on the Supreme Court before the election precisely because the results could be contested.
"I think this will end up in the Supreme Court, and I think it's very important that we have nine Justices," Trump told reporters Wednesday. "I think having a 4-4 situation is not a good situation."
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) said last Friday that the legitimacy of the election depends on not having a 4-4 tie at the Supreme Court.
"I think it is tremendously important that not only does the nomination happen next week but that the confirmation before Election Day," Cruz said on Fox News. "Democrats and Joe Biden have made clear, they intend to challenge this election, they intend to fight the legitimacy of the election. As you know, Hillary Clinton has told Joe Biden 'under no circumstances should you concede. You should challenge this election.'"
"We cannot have Election Day come and go with a 4-4 court," Cruz said. "A 4-4 court that is equally divided cannot decide anything. And I think we risk a constitutional crisis if we do not have a nine justice Supreme Court, particularly when there's such a risk of a contested litigation and a contested election."
At stake are several lawsuits filed by the Trump campaign and the Republican National Committee related to election laws in various states. A tied ruling at the Supreme Court would mean lower court rulings against the Trump campaign remain in place. In Pennsylvania, a federal judge ordered a stay in the Trump campaign's lawsuit seeking to ban mailed ballot drop boxes and bar counties from accepting absentee ballots that don't arrive without a second, internal secrecy envelope sent to all voters. A federal judge in Nevada dismissed a lawsuit from the Trump campaign challenging the state's new mail-in voting law. In Wisconsin, a federal judge appointed by President Obama ordered the state to extend its deadlines for accepting mail-in ballots well beyond Election Day up to Nov. 9 as long as the ballots were postmarked on or before Nov. 3.
There is an expectation that Democratic nominee Joe Biden will challenge the results of a close election in court with the 2016 Democratic Party presidential nominee Hillary Clinton urging Biden not to concede "under any circumstances."
President Trump himself was noncommittal in responding to a reporter's question Wednesday about the peaceful transition of power should he lose the election. Trump complained about mail-in ballots rather than directly answering the question.
"We're going to have to see what happens. You know that I've been complaining very strongly about the ballots, and the ballots are a disaster," Trump said. "Get rid of the ballots and you'll have a very peaceful — there won't be a transfer, frankly. There will be a continuation."
Several Republicans condemned the president's comments without directly mentioning Trump.
On Thursday, the president committed to accepting the results of the election if it came to a Supreme Court decision.
"One of the things you said when asked about if you lose the election, will you accept the result? You said well we're going to have to see what happens, you know. I've been complaining very strongly about the ballots, and the ballots are a disaster," Fox News' Brian Kilmeade asked Trump in a radio interview reported by the Washington Examiner. "Many think you are saying if you do lose you'll never ever leave. That's not what you're saying. We just spoke to [Sen.] Lindsey Graham. He said, 'We have every reason to contend anything that may be controversial,' and I'll paraphrase, if it gets to the Supreme Court and they decide Joe Biden won, Joe Biden won. Do you agree with that?"
"Oh that I would agree with, but I think we have a long way before we get there," the president said.


theblaze--2020-09-24--Two Daily Caller reporters arrested during Louisville protests

The reporters were there covering a live news story as it unfolded

Two reporters from the conservative website the Daily Caller were arrested during the protests in Louisville, Kentucky, Wednesday night, and thus far authorities in Louisville appear determined to detain and charge them just like other suspects who were arrested as part of a mass sweep to enforce the city's curfew.
The report from the Daily Caller indicates that reporters Shelby Talcott and Jorge Ventura were arrested as part of a massive sweep conducted by police, who reportedly did not respond to the reporters' repeated insistence that they were members of the press.
Prior to their arrest, Ventura and Talcott recorded and tweeted some of the scenes of chaos in Louisville as they unfolded.
The reporters also recorded and tweeted the mass detention and the moments immediately preceding it.
Wednesday night, Daily Caller Editor-in-Chief Geoffrey Ingersoll tweeted that he had notified the Louisville Metro Police Department that Talcott and Ventura were members of the press and that he expected them to be released shortly. Later, however, Ingersoll expressed his frustration that the Daily Caller's reporters were going to be processed in exactly the same manner as the rioters they were covering.
However, as of Thursday, the reporters had not been released and no one from the Daily Caller had been permitted to talk to either Talcott or Ventura, leading Daily Caller co-founder Neil Patel to criticize the treatment of the Caller's reporters and to threaten a lawsuit if the reporters were not permitted to exercise their First Amendment right to report on an ongoing news story.
In the thread, Patel noted that, unlike other media outlets, the Daily Caller has taken care to interview police and get their side of the story and tell it in a balanced way.
Patel concluded his thread with a warning: "The Louisville Police Department (@LMPD) is going to find out all about this in the form of a lawsuit unless things start changing fast."
The Louisville Metro Police Department did not immediately return a request for comment on this story.
This is a developing story and will be updated as events warrant.


theblaze--2020-09-24--VIDEO: Ohio mother arrested and tased for not wearing mask at son's middle school football game held

VIDEO: Ohio mother arrested and tased for not wearing mask at son's middle school football game held outside

VIDEO : Ohio mother arrested and tased for not wearing mask at son 's middle school football game held outside @ @ @ @ @ and a half to see her middle school son play football

A woman was tased and arrested at a football game after she reportedly refused to wear a face mask. Unbelievable video shows a mother in the stands during her son's middle school football game getting into a physical altercation as a police officer struggles to arrest her in Logan, Ohio. The woman was arrested for trespassing after refusing to wear a face covering.
According to the Ohio Star, Alecia Kitts drove an hour and a half to watch her son's middle school football game. While she was rooting for the visiting team from the Marietta City School District, she was reportedly approached by a police officer for not wearing a face mask. In the video, Kitts appears to be properly socially distancing from other families in the stands, which is outside.
The encounter gets physical as the police officer attempts to arrest the mother, and she resists. The woman repeatedly tells the officer to "get off of me!"
She screams, "You're not arresting me for nothing, I ain't doing nothing wrong!"
After two minutes of struggle, the police officer is seen tasing the woman.
The people in the stands are taken aback that the woman is tased.
"Tasing this lady over not wearing a damn mask," a witness can be heard saying in the video.
Woman arrested for not wearing a mask. youtu.be
"Sources indicate that Kitts was charged with criminal trespass and released on her own recognizance," the Ohio Star reported.
Tiffany Kennedy, the woman who filmed the video, claimed that Kitts had not been warned about not wearing a mask prior to the cop approaching her. Kennedy alleged that Kitts has asthma and that's the reason why she was not wearing a mask. From the video, Kitts appears to have an American flag-themed mask in her back pocket of her shorts.
Kennedy pointed out the female officer who is seen running toward the Logan police officer and Kitts at the end of the video was not wearing a mask.
The Logan Police Department confirmed the encounter and told the Marietta Times that the incident is under investigation.
Logan athletic director Theresa Schultheiss told the Times that Kitts and her mother were the only two in a crowd of 300 fans who were "having issues" complying with the state's mask requirement.
"This rule has been in effect since we were told we could play," Schultheiss said. "Everyone that came through ticketing tonight was reminded, we had regular announcements over the PA reminding you that mouths and noses needed to be covered and we had signs at the bathrooms."
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine (R) issued a mandatory face mask order on July 22.
All individuals in Ohio must wear facial coverings in public at all times when:
At an indoor location that is not a residence
Outdoors, but unable to maintain six-foot social distance from people who are not household members
Waiting for, riding, driving, or operating public transportation, such as a taxi, a car service, or a private car used for ride-sharing.
The order requires only those 10 years old or older to wear a mask. Additional exclusions include:
Those with a medical condition or a disability or those communicating with someone with a disability;
Those who are actively exercising or playing sports;
Those who are officiants at religious services;
Those who are actively involved in public safety; or
Those who are actively eating or drinking.
This story has been updated.


theblaze--2020-09-24--Progressives kill Brooklyn project that would’ve created 20,000 jobs over gentrification concerns —

Progressives kill Brooklyn project that would’ve created 20,000 jobs over gentrification concerns — and even the NYT pans them

Progressives kill Brooklyn project that would ’ ve created 20,000 jobs over gentrification concerns — and even the NYT pans @ @ @ @ @ s**t. God save us ! '

A host of progressive politicians and community groups in Brooklyn recently killed a major business project that would have created as many as 20,000 jobs in the city at a time when it is struggling to regain its footing amid the coronavirus pandemic.
What are the details?
The project — approved by the city planning commission — which called for rezoning and expanding the Industry City complex on the Brooklyn waterfront in Sunset Park into a burgeoning retail space, was yanked this week amid a pressure campaign from the left.
Why were progressives so outraged over the job-creating project? Because it would have led to more "displacement and gentrification" among the working-class community, a group of 10 Democratic lawmakers, including members of Congress, argued in an opposition letter this week.
Even the New York Times took note of the unfortunate politics at play in a recent write-up on the news:
It was slated to be one of the biggest real estate projects in New York City in years, a major expansion of the Industry City complex on the Brooklyn waterfront that could have created as many as 20,000 jobs at a time when local unemployment has soared because of the pandemic.
But on Tuesday night, the project's owner canceled the expansion in the face of fierce opposition from left-leaning Democrats, ending the biggest clash over development in the city since the collapse of the Amazon deal in Queens last year, and highlighting the growing influence of the left in local politics.
What are they saying?
In a statement announcing the withdrawal of the application, Industry City CEO Andrew Kimball blamed "the current political environment and a lack of leadership" for the project's failure.
"Over and over, we have heard from key decision makers that while the substance of the project is strong, the politics of the moment do not allow them to support any private development project," Kimball said, according to the Gothamist. "Even the historic nature of our commitments — which significantly elevated the bar for future development projects — and a seven-year record of creating jobs and opportunity weren't enough to overcome purely political considerations."
"If a project like this can't succeed, it concerns me very much about the future of New York City — a place I've spent my whole life," Kimball added in an interview with the Times on Wednesday.
Far from concerned, Sunset Park Councilman Carlos Menchaca championed the project's defeat as "a win" for the community.
Menchaca had come out against the rezoning months ago and, on Tuesday, he was joined by other Democratic New York lawmakers, including Reps. Jerrold Nadler, Nydia Velázquez, Yvette Clark, and Hakeem Jeffries.
The group wrote in the opposition letter that the project "would further exacerbate real estate pressures, displacement, rising rents, and forever shift the nature of the waterfront away from one of the few remaining manufacturing hubs to commercial tourism and service economy."
Another city councilman, Eric Ulrich of Queens, disagreed. He told a Times reporter: "We are sending such a terrible message to the rest of the country that we're not open for business, and we're not open to economic development and new jobs."
He was even more straightforward on Twitter, writing, "NYC is going to s**t. God save us!"
Anything else?
New York City is projected to lose at least half a million jobs this year as a result of the coronavirus-related economic shutdowns, and the city's unemployment rate is currently 16%. It is estimated that low-income workers of color are being disproportionately affected by the downturn.
Yet even so, progressives in the city have proven themselves to be more concerned with gentrification than job creation.


theblaze--2020-09-24--Suspected arson levels Trump supporter's garage, vehicles. Graffiti at the scene reads 'Biden 2020,'

Suspected arson levels Trump supporter's garage, vehicles. Graffiti at the scene reads 'Biden 2020,' 'BLM.'

'Thank you God we are alive and safe '

UPDATE, July 18, 2022: The Trump supporter staged the arson, prosecutors said.
Original story below
A Trump supporter's garage was set ablaze in what authorities are saying could be an act of arson.
What are the details ?
According to WCCO-TV, Minnesota officials are investigating a fire that demolished a family's garage and three of their vehicles.
The fire broke out Wednesday morning at Dennis Molla's residence in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota.
Molla, an immigrant from Ukraine, told the Star Tribune that he's in disbelief that someone could target another person in such a way for differing political beliefs.
"I think things have gotten way out of control," he told the outlet. "I'm not one of those confrontational people. ... I just feel very sorry for my parents, just because they wanted to leave the USSR for us to have a better future and life in America. ... For them to see me express my beliefs as a Republican, it's crazy to think it came down to this."
The family, in a since-deleted Facebook post, wrote, "This morning, at 3:48am our house was supposedly targeted by BLM/Antifa. We woke up to a loud explosion, and saw that our camper was on fire, along with both of Dennis's trucks, his garage, and our entire back yard. Thank God our main house is safe. We are safe. Our children are safe. Thank you so much to the Brooklyn Center Police Department, Minnesota for helping us get our family out of the house, and a special thanks to officer C. Jordan and another officer and firefighters for saving our dogs. He said it was so ht they almost had to leave them. Thank you God we are alive and safe, and pray that justice is served."
The family's garage also had graffiti sprayed on it, reading, "Biden 2020" and "BLM" as well as what appeared to be an anarchy symbol.
'My son smells like smoke'
Dennis' wife, Deana, told the outlet that when the family heard the explosion, Dennis "climbed out of a basement window in his boxers and T-shirt, and saw three people running and picked up a box of matches."
She said that two of the vehicles that burned had an American flag and a Trump 2020 flag on them.
She also added that the timing of the fire seemed rather suspicious.
"She recalled a troubling experience her husband had about 10 days ago while working in downtown Minneapolis on a construction site," the Star Tribune reported. "His pickup with the Trump flag was parked nearby, when someone 'drove by slowly and took pictures,' she said, and feces was later left at his vehicle when he went on a water break."
"[The suspects] saw that we have a jungle gym and toys in the backyard," she told the outlet. "To put our babies in harm's way because you don't agree with our politics; just don't put our kids in danger. My son smells like smoke."
'This fire is considered suspicious and our investigation remains extremely active'
In a Wednesday statement, the Brooklyn Center Police Department said:
Just before 4:00 am, Brooklyn Center police officers and firefighters were dispatched to the report of an explosion and fire in the area of 69th Ave N and Morgan Ave N in Brooklyn Center. Officers located a fire at a residence in the 6900 block of Morgan Ave N. Firefighters quickly extinguished the fire, but not before a detached three car garage and three vehicles were destroyed. There was minor damage to the house. There were no injuries during this incident. Officers and firefighters were able to save the three dogs in kennels and four puppies located in the garage.* This fire is considered suspicious and our investigation remains extremely active. The home occupants had a fairly large “Trump 2020" sign that was destroyed, and our officers observed what appeared to be fresh spray paint on the garage before it burned down. The spray paint included “Biden 2020", “BLM" and capital letter “A" with a circle around it.
The FBI and the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives are also investigating the fire. A reward of $5,000 is being offered for information on the case. Tips can be called in to 1-800-723-2020.
(H/T: The Daily Wire)


theblaze--2020-09-24--Crowd boos, chants 'vote him out' as President Trump pays his respects to late Justice Ruth Bader Gi

Crowd boos, chants 'vote him out' as President Trump pays his respects to late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Crowd boos , chants 'vote him out ' as President Trump pays his respects to late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg @ @ @ @ @ the situation to register voters

President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump were greeted by an antagonistic crowd Thursday as they paid their respects to the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
The crowd assembled outside the Supreme Court, where Ginsburg is lying in repose, and while at first they were quiet as the president bowed his head, soon they began to shout and jeer. Video from this morning captures loud booing and chants of "Vote him out" and "honor her wish" from the crowd.
The campaign account for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) took advantage of the crowd's jeers to call on voters to "make a plan to VOTE HIM OUT."
The president and first lady exited after the crowd began booing.
According to NPR, Ginsburg dictated her dying wish to her granddaughter, telling her, "My most fervent wish is that I will not be replaced until a new president is installed." President Trump and Senate Republicans plan to exercise their constitutional authority and move forward with a Supreme Court nominee despite Ginsburg's last wishes.
Ginsburg, who died Friday at 87, was laid in repose at the Supreme Court Wednesday, the first of a three-day series of events to give Americans the chance to say their final farewells to the liberal justice icon, The Hill reported. She will become the first woman in American history to lie in state at the Capitol on Friday and only the second Supreme Court justice to be so honored.
A memorial service for Ginsburg's family, friends, and fellow members of the Supreme Court was held inside the court before public viewing commenced Wednesday.
"It has been said that Ruth wanted to be an opera virtuoso, but became a rock star instead," Chief Supreme Court Justice John Roberts said. "But she chose the law. Subjected to discrimination in law school and the job market because she was a woman, Ruth would grow to become a leading advocate fighting such discrimination in court. She was not an opera star, but she found her stage right behind me, in our courtroom. There, she won famous victories that helped move our nation closer to equal justice under law, to the extent that women are now a majority in the law schools, not simply a handful."
"Her voice in court and in our conference room was soft. But when she spoke, people listened," Roberts said.
President Trump plans to announce his nominee to fill the vacancy on the Supreme Court at 5 p.m. Saturday in the Rose Garden of the White House.
"We are going to be having a very exciting Saturday at five o'clock in the Rose Garden, where I'll be putting forth my nominee for Supreme Court Justice," Trump told reporters Wednesday. "And I think it will be a great nominee, a brilliant nominee. As you know, it's a woman. We brought it down to five women. It's time for a woman to — to be chosen, with everything that's happened and with Justice Ginsburg's passing."


theblaze--2020-09-24--Horowitz: Are positive COVID tests in children wrongly picking up common colds — which can provide s

Horowitz: Are positive COVID tests in children wrongly picking up common colds — which can provide some level of immunity?

Horowitz : Are positive COVID tests in children wrongly picking up common colds — which can provide some level of @ @

Is our society turning the blessing of de facto childhood immunity to COVID-19, along with the very elements that can help make them immune to severe symptoms, into a curse?
Even the schools that have opened their doors are engaging in mass testing of children and liberally quarantining anyone who might have been exposed to any child who tests positive, regardless of symptoms. In many cases, that involves shutting down an entire class for two weeks. A friend's second-grade daughter at a Baltimore-area private school was stuck at home for two weeks because she was in a carpool with a child who tested positive and never exhibited any symptoms. His sixth-grader was already at home because her entire class was canceled for two weeks after one kid tested positive without exhibiting any symptoms.
But as I've written before, with labs running the tests through 40 cycles of amplification, how many of these tests are false positives, how many are notional positives that are not infectious, and how many are outright picking up coronavirus colds instead of SARS-CoV-2 — the very colds that have essentially protected children from contracting significant symptoms of COVID-19?
According to an external audit conducted of over 400 PCR testing labs in Europe, there was a 3% false positive rate for SARS-CoV-2 among samples of coronavirus colds. Quality Control for Molecular Diagnostics, a Scotland-based company, conducted an external quality assessment for the European Union of labs in 36 countries by sending them eight blinded panels of supposed viral samples. Five of them contained samples of non-infectious SARS-CoV-2-positive cells, two contained samples of coronavirus colds (HCoV-NL63, HCoV-OC43), and one was completely negative.
The results? A 2.9% false positive rate among HCoV-OC43 samples and a 3.1% false positive rate among HCoV-NL63 samples. In other words, roughly 3% of coronavirus cold samples came up as positive for COVID-19.
Now consider the fact that young children get coronavirus colds (which account for 15%-30% of common colds) more often, which is why some researchers believe they have more robust cross-immunity from memory T cells, at least against the serious disease that could result from contracting SARS-CoV-2. Coronaviruses are the third-most common respiratory infection in children after rhinovirus and influenza.
Moreover, as we get into cold season, more and more children will now be contracting the very cold they typically get that offers them this partial immunity to COVID-19. Given that, to begin with, positive testing rates are only about 2%-5% in many areas ( about 5% nationwide), a 3% false positive rate could often account for half of the positive results. It's a problem in the general population, but it's particularly absurd among children because it is very likely that these tests are picking up coronavirus colds, which can function as a vaccine against clinical-level COVID-19 illness for children!
We already know from a study in British Columbia that PCR tests for SARS-1 during the 2003 epidemic were picking up HCoV-OC43 coronavirus colds and misrepresenting SARS positive data. Given the degree of cross-reactivity between coronaviruses, it makes sense that PCR testing for COVID-19 would have the same proclivity for false positive results caused by the presence of coronavirus cold molecules in the swabs.
Imagine a scenario where we vaccinate all children for COVID-19 and then devise a PCR test that detects that vaccine as a positive for the virus — and then we promote panic and school closures as a result. That is essentially what is happening now. Children appear to be largely immune to serious COVID-19 symptoms precisely because they often contract and spread to each other the very pathogens we are now picking up with wide-net testing. Yet those results are being used as a pretext to panic. What's worse, according to some academic literature, 30% of cases of HCoV-229E and HCoV-OC43, two of the common coronavirus colds in children, are asymptomatic. Which means that the mass COVID testing of asymptomatic children could likely even pick up asymptomatic coronavirus colds, which function like pain-free vaccines for children against COVID-19. Talk about turning a blessing into a curse!
Thus, the gratuitous testing of schoolchildren is working against God's immunological ecosystem. By shutting the schools, they are preventing the children from spreading what can function as vaccine colds. By panicking over detection of what may be those very colds, they are turning a harmless cold into an illness. And even if they are detecting a few legitimate COVID positives, the children are getting milder symptoms than they do from the flu or strep throat. These policies work against the safest avenue of achieving herd immunity.
But it goes a step further than this. Many government officials are panicking over children spreading the virus to teachers and other adults in the schools. Let's put aside the question of whether children even spread this particular virus in large numbers. Proponents of school closures are further tampering with God's ecosystem and turning his blessing into a curse. If children are partially immune to COVID from consistently contracting coronavirus colds in recent months and years, what is the next rung in that ecosystem that would be protected by their umbrella of immunity? Parents, day-care workers, and teachers of those very children. All those annoying colds I get every two months from my four children? According to new research, it turns out they are giving us younger to middle-age adults robust cross-immunity to COVID-19 symptoms as well.
A brand-new preprint study of 300,000 health care worker households (who are naturally more exposed to the virus) in Scotland found, "Increased household exposure to young children was associated with an attenuated risk of testing positive for SARS-CoV-2 and appeared to also be associated with an attenuated risk of COVID-19 disease severe enough to require hospitalization." Specifically, researchers found a 15% lower hospitalization rate among those with one child and as much as a 64% decreased rate among those with three children under the age of 11.
I have four children under that age and can only imagine how much protection I get from contracting all those annual colds. And the fact that they pick them up in schools is a blessing to my wife and me in the long run. " From first principles, any protective effect of children on COVID-19 rate and severity in their household contacts would seem likely to involve cross-reactive immunity to endemic coronavirus infections acquired outside the home, e.g. at nursery or school," posit the study authors as to why these adults fared better.
This Scottish study harmonizes very well with a biomedical study from German researchers that found that adults in their 30s and 40s with children have a lower ICU rate from COVID-19 than those without children.
Another fascinating study from the University of Lubek in Germany tracked four schoolchildren whose parents repeatedly exposed them to the virus, even to the point of sleeping in the same room for a week. The parents were sick with the virus and wanted to get the virus over with for their household quicker so that they wouldn't suffer from staggered forced quarantines that could drag out for weeks. The kids appeared to be impervious to infection, according to the study's authors.
Obviously, not all children are impervious to infection of SARS-CoV-2, but so far it appears that almost all of them are immune to significant symptoms presented from the disease of COVID-19.
The lesson is clear: God made an immunological ecosystem beginning with babies and small children that is designed to work properly. Human intervention is appropriate for those who are seriously ill or those who no longer have a functioning immune system. But to tamper with everyone's immune system and treat the healthy like the sick and the young like the old is to treat a de facto natural vaccine like an illness — a blessing like a curse.


theblaze--2020-09-24--Protester lays face-down in Seattle street to block path of bicycle cops — and one officer just roll

Protester lays face-down in Seattle street to block path of bicycle cops — and one officer just rolls right over his head

Protester lays face-down in Seattle street to block path of bicycle cops — and one officer just rolls right over @ @

Police departments in numerous cities across America contended with rioting Wednesday night on the heels of a grand jury decision indicting only one Louisville officer in the shooting death of Breonna Taylor — and the officer wasn't charged with Taylor's death. And two Louisville officers were shot amid rioting there.
Seattle — a hotbed of rioting and protesting all summer — was certainly no exception Wednesday night as at least 13 people were arrested amid street violence. In fact, video caught a rioter smashing a cop in the back of the head with a baseball bat. Fortunately the officer was wearing a helmet and seems to have escaped serious injury.
But another clip out of Seattle — also showing what appears to be total disregard for a human head — is gaining attention as well. However, the roles were reversed in this case.
What are the details?
As police lined up on a street to advance on rioters, video from journalist Kitty Shackleford shows one guy lying face-down in the middle of street, presumably to block the paths of officers.
But one cop who was lined up directly in front of the enterprising protester apparently wasn't about to alter his course in the slightest — and the officer walked his bike's wheels right over the protesters head:
The cop wasn't done, either.
After rolling over the protester's head, the cop swings the back wheel of his bike and smashes it against another protester who was advancing on the police line.
At least two other officers converged on the protester who was laying on the ground, with one appearing to handcuff him. It isn't clear what happened to the protester afterward or if he was injured as a result of the bike's wheels rolling over his head.
What has been the reaction to the skull-as-speedbump video?
As you might expect, particularly given the barrage of attacks on police of late, most folks commenting on Shackleford's video weren't very sympathetic to the protester:
"There's a lesson here: when the cops say it's time to go home, wake up from [your] street nap and GTFO," one commenter noted.
"How stupid do you have to be to lay down in the street and let someone ride over your head and neck with a bike?" another commenter asked. "These rioters are completely unhinged. Morons, one and all."
"That cop is awesome," another commenter said. "Walks his bike over the dude's head, then tail whips it into another one."
"How a person handles bumps in the road says a lot about their character," another commenter quipped.
"I'm dead, I can't stop laughing," another commenter wrote.
UPDATE 3:16 p.m. EST: Seattle police said Thursday they are aware of the video in question and that the matter "will be referred to the Office of Police Accountability for further investigation."
This story has been updated.


theblaze--2020-09-25--Louisville police officer shot during Breonna Taylor riots walks in for roll call one night after at

Louisville police officer shot during Breonna Taylor riots walks in for roll call one night after attack — and the response is fantastic

Louisville police officer shot during Breonna Taylor riots walks in for roll call one night after attack — and the @ @ @

One of two Louisville, Kentucky, police officers who were shot during Wednesday night protests showed up for roll call the very night after he was shot and hospitalized.
What's a brief history here?
A suspect — identified as 26-year-old Larynzo Johnson — reportedly opened fire on two officers, identified as Maj. Aubrey Gregory and Officer Robinson Desroches, during Wednesday night unrest following the announcement of an indictment in the Breonna Taylor case.
Authorities arrested and charged Johnson with two counts of assault in the first degree and 14 counts of wanton endangerment in connection with the assault on Gregory and Desroches.
You can read more about the indictment in the Taylor case here.
What are the details?
Viral video shows the moment Gregory — wearing a hooded sweatshirt that appears to read "Nobody cares, work harder" — walked into a room where roll call was being held.
Gregory was shot in the hip during the Wednesday night protests and transported to a local hospital for treatment. Desroches was shot in the abdomen and was taken to the hospital for emergency surgery. Desroches remains hospitalized in stable condition and is expected to recover from the attack.
In the video of Gregory's return, raucous applause erupts as the major, who is commander of the Louisville Metro Police Department's Special Operation Division, humbly makes his entrance and waves off the attention.
On Thursday night, the department shared video of Gregory's return to its Facebook page, writing, "Last night, two LMPD officers were shot in the line of duty during our response to the local protests."
"We're happy to share this short video of Majory [sic] Gregory, walking in to [sic] one of our roll calls less than 24 hours after being shot," the posting continued. "Major Gregory is still recovering from his injury and is not back to full duty ... yet."
The post concluded, "The other officer shot is still recovering."
At the time of this reporting, the video has been liked more than 9,600 times.
Anything else?
Johnson, who was taken into custody Wednesday night, is set to be arraigned on Friday.
In a statement, LMPD interim Chief Robert Schroeder said that the attack "could have been so much worse."
"Last night's situation could have been so much worse for our officers and for the people who were protesting when the gunfire rang out," Schroeder said according to the Louisville Courier Journal.
"We are extremely fortunate these two officers will recover."
The outlet reported that Johnson's arrest citation said the suspect's actions "showed an extreme indifference to the value of human life."


theblaze--2020-09-25--Commentary: The COVID mandates are about power, not science. It's time we all stop cowering.

Commentary : The COVID mandates are about power , not science .
It 's time we all stop cowering .

First, remember that there have been violent mobs of people burning and pillaging American cities for months now, including the latest onslaught in Louisville, Kentucky.
Now also remember that large crowds of people have been gathering in the last week to lament the passing of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
Then ask yourself this: Under what absurd constellation of civic consciousness could it be deemed just with such a backdrop to arrest a man, merely for singing psalms outside in a town square with his fellow churchgoers?
Well, when the national religion is the mask, my country tis of thee, sweet land of tyranny. Signed, Moscow, Idaho.
That's where Gabe Rench was handcuffed and hauled to jail this week for protesting the city's mask mandate, which requires them to be worn in all public spaces — inside or out — where no social distancing is possible until January. Rench, who is running for county commissioner and also hosts a podcast called CrossPolitic, said he emailed the police chief earlier in the week to remind him that his duty was to the citizens — the vast majority of whom spoke out against the mask mandate at a recent city council meeting — and their liberties above all else.
But that same police chief was pleased to look on, though, days later while his deputies arrested Rench as he stood next to his mother and at least 100 others.
"They kept telling me 'I don't want to arrest you'," Rench said of the deputies. "I told them 'You don't have to.' I can't believe how they are blindly going along with this. They know how dumb this is but they care more about their job and their status and their security than doing what is right."
And just to put an exclamation point on the preposterous frivolousness of all this, the very same deputies who arrested Rench for not wearing a mask were seen by him after his two-hour stint in jail hanging out in the police station — with no concern for social distancing and not a mask worn in sight.
Example 666 that the mask isn't fundamentally about public health or science, but raw power and craven idolatry.
In the face of that, Rench sees a powerful Old Testament story of deliverance playing out. Sure, the feeble sheep are everywhere, but amidst that Gideon's army of 300 is forming. There is no place to hide now. There is no simple box-checking or lip service about what it means to be a Christian or an American.
"God is exposing our cowardice," Rench said. "As a nation and as individuals. But we can see the 300 now. We can see who will fight. We can see who is faithful. Our police chief needs to be shaken by them. Our city council is obtuse and stubborn and stuck and doesn't fear the people. But it should."
In the service of truth and righteousness. And therein lies the rub of all this. The pagan progressive hordes have no qualms about putting their ghastly stamp on the things of this world, whether it be science, education, entertainment, the law, and on and on and on while most of us simply bend the knee and beg to finally be left alone.
But you must know by now that you will never be left alone, not if singing psalms outside of your town square can get you thrown in jail while the anarchist next to you lights things on fire and is celebrated by the press and the NBA.
Not unless you find the Gideon inside of you. Not unless the levers of power come to fear you and your unapologetic pursuit of the good more than all else.
Here you must stand, like Gabe and the brethren refusing to cower. You can do no other.


theblaze--2020-09-25--Democratic Kentucky state lawmaker arrested during unrest in Louisville and charged with rioting

Democratic Kentucky state lawmaker arrested during unrest in Louisville and charged with rioting Protesters are outraged at the arrest and @ @ @ @

Police arrested numerous protesters at the unrest in Louisville, Kentucky, on the second night of unrest, and among those arrested was a Kentucky state lawmaker.
Rep. Attica Scott was arrested by police and charged with first-degree rioting, failure to disperse and unlawful assembly.
According to WHAS-TV, she was arrested near the First Unitarian Church where protesters were granted sanctuary from police action after the city-mandated curfew to quell rioting and property damage.
WHAS reported that Scott was arrested without incident. A journalist with WFPL News posted video of a woman being arrested and identifying herself as Scott:
WFPL also reported that Scott's daughter Ashanti was arrested at the same time.
Scott is the only black woman serving in the Kentucky state legislature and is known for proposing "Breonna's Law," which would end the use of no-knock warrants throughout the state.
The law was named after Breonna Taylor, who was shot and killed by police during a raid in March. Police later said that they had announced themselves and knocked before entering Taylor's home. Protests and rioting erupted after the charges were announced against one of the three officers in the raid.
Here's a local news report about the arrest of Scott:


theblaze--2020-09-25--Louisville church offers safe haven to protesters from police after curfew begins; white people told

Louisville church offers safe haven to protesters from police after curfew begins; white people told to get 'the f*** out!'

Louisville church offers safe haven to protesters from police after curfew begins ; white people told to get 'the f*** @ @ @ @ @ offered legal aid and refreshments to protesters

A church in Louisville, Kentucky, opened its doors and offered safe haven to protesters who would otherwise be arrested after a police curfew began.
The First Unitarian Church of Louisville posted a photograph of protesters from the first night of the riots in the city, but social media posts showed that they were doing the same on Thursday, the second night of the protests.
In one expletive-ridden video reportedly from the church grounds, white people are being berated and exhorted to leave.
"White people have just been threatened with assault and kicked out of the church sanctuary grounds. Almost all press were demanded to leave as well," said the Twitter user who posted the video.
Another video shows an interview with a member of the church who explains that the purpose of the sanctuary is to "provide a safe space of love and compassion in the service of justice."
Another video from outside the church shows a member explaining that protesters can find legal aid and refreshments as well.
Police were reportedly waiting at church exits in order to arrest protesters.
Other reports on social media show that protesters were breaking windows and destroying property.
Here's more on the second day of Breonna Taylor protests:


theblaze--2020-09-25--Charles Barkley blasts movement to defund police: 'Who are black people supposed to call? Ghostbuste

Charles Barkley blasts movement to defund police: 'Who are black people supposed to call? Ghostbusters?'

Charles Barkley blasts movement to defund police : 'Who are black people supposed to call ?
Ghostbusters ? '
'We @ @ @ @ @ or abolish the cops crap '

NBA legend Charles Barkley says he is not a fan of the political movement pushing for the defunding of police departments, arguing Thursday that pulling officers off the streets would hurt lower-income black communities the most while asking, "Who are black people supposed to call? Ghostbusters?"
What are the details?
"We have to really be careful," Barkley said on TNT's NBA "Tip-Off" show, "I hear these fools on TV talking about 'defund the police' and things like that. We need police reform, prison reform, and things like that. Because you know who ain't going to defund the cops? White neighborhoods and rich neighborhoods."
"So, that notion, they keep saying that," Barkley continued. "I'm like, wait a minute, who are black people supposed to call? Ghostbusters?"
"We need police reform," Barkley reiterated. "But like I say, white people, especially rich white people, they're always going to have cops. So we need to stop that 'defund' or 'abolish the cops' crap."
Charles Barkley: “Who are black people supposed to call? The Ghostbusters?" www.youtube.com
The panel, which included fellow NBA great Shaquille O'Neal, discussed the death of Breonna Taylor, who was fatally shot by police during a raid in March in Louisville, Kentucky. On Wednesday, the grand jury decision was announced that none of the three police officers involved in the incident would be charged in connection with Taylor's killing. One officer was charged with three counts of wanton endangerment over the shots made into neighboring apartments, but not for those that killed Taylor.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Barkley and O'Neal were lambasted on social media for their takes on what the outlet described as "a drug raid gone wrong."
"I don't think this one was like George Floyd or Ahmaud Arbery and things like that," Barkley said. "I feel sad that this young lady lost her life."
"The no-knock warrant is something we need to get rid of...across the board," he continued. "But I am worried to lump all these situations in together, and I just feel bad that the young lady lost her life. But we do have to take into account that her boyfriend shot at the cops and shot a cop."
O'Neal chimed in, saying, "I have to agree with Charles, this one is sort of lumped in. You have to get a warrant signed and some states do allow no-knock warrants. And everyone is asking for murder charges. When you talk about murder, you have to show intent. A homicide occurred and we're sorry a homicide occurred. When you have a warrant signed by the judge, you are doing your job, and I would imagine that you would fire back."
This story has been updated.


theblaze--2020-09-26--Biden campaign confirms newly surfaced viral video of Joe Biden calling US troops 'stupid bastards,'

Biden campaign confirms newly surfaced viral video of Joe Biden calling US troops 'stupid bastards,' says remarks were made in jest

Biden campaign confirms newly surfaced viral video of Joe Biden calling US troops 'stupid bastards , ' says remarks were @ @ @ @ @ spokesperson says he was joking

The Joe Biden presidential campaign scrambled to explain away a newly surfaced video showing the Democratic candidate calling U.S. troops "stupid bastards" during a visit overseas in 2016.
The video was circulated widely among Biden's critics on social media on Friday afternoon.
The video shows Biden and his wife Jill Biden at a podium addressing military members.
"And I want you to know notwithstanding what you may hear about me, I have incredibly good judgment. One, I married Jill. And two, I appointed Johnson to the academy. I just want you to know that. Clap for that, you stupid bastards," he says on the video.
"Come on, man. Man, you are a dull bunch. Must be slow here, man. I don't know," he adds in longer versions of the video.
It was just a joke
The campaign confirmed that the video was real and offered their explanation for his comments.
"Vice President Biden was jokingly encouraging the audience to clap for an airwoman on the stage, and a number of service members can be seen laughing and smiling at the comment," said Andrew Bates, a spokesperson for the Biden campaign, to the Daily Beast.
"Seconds before, he praised them for 'the incredible sacrifices [they] make for our country,'" he added.
"He thanked them for their patriotism and courage throughout, and closed his remarks by saying, 'you're the finest generation of warriors the world has ever, ever known'—receiving an enthusiastic ovation," Bates concluded.
The damaging snippet comes from a speech by Biden in Abu Dhabi on March 7, 2016.
The official Twitter account for the Trump 2020 campaign said that Biden should apologize to the troops over the comments.
Biden and Trump are scheduled to meet for the first debate on Tuesday with Fox News anchor Chris Wallace as the moderator.
Here's the latest on the poll numbers in the presidential election:


theblaze--2020-09-25--Portland denies protest permit for the Proud Boys, citing coronavirus risk

Left-wing protests have been ongoing in the city for months

The city of Portland has denied a protest permit requested by the Proud Boys, saying its demonstration slated for Saturday would likely draw a crowd too large to comply with social distancing measures required under coronavirus restrictions.
While COVID-19 risk was cited as the reason for rejecting the permit, officials in the Oregon city — which has been plagued by left-wing protests that have often descended into violence for months — say the group isn't welcome regardless of the virus.
What are the details?
ABC News reported that Portland City Commissioner Amanda Fritz, who oversees the city's parks department which issues the permits, said in a statement explaining the Proud Boys' denial, "We must all do our part to fight the spread of COVID-19 in our community and keep ourselves and each other safe. Events like this are not welcome and are not allowed."
The Proud Boys state on its website that "all that is required to become a Proud Boy is that a man declare he is 'a Western chauvinist who refuses to apologize for creating the modern world,'" and lists a set of core values including "anti-racism," "anti-racial guilt," and "anti-political correctness."
According to The Daily Mail, the group's permit application described its rally as a march to "end domestic terrorism."
The outlet noted that the Proud Boys "have rallied in Portland several times in recent years and draw large crowds who show up to oppose their presence in the liberal city."
Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler declared on Twitter, "On 9/26, alt-right groups and white nationalists are intent on coming into our community. These groups empower racism, intolerance and hate. Those are not Portland values, and they are not welcome. Hate has no home in Portland."
But rallygoers and counterprotesters are still expected to show up.
Fox News reported that "Oregon Gov. Kate Brown declared a state of emergency in Portland on Friday as authorities anticipate violent clashes between opposing groups over the weekend" during the Proud Boys' planned demonstration. The governor also named another group, Patriot Prayer, as a threat to the city.
The outlet noted:
In August, a Patriot Prayer supporter was shot and killed in downtown Portland during a confrontation. Michael Forest Reinoehl said he shot Aaron Danielson in self-defense. He was killed by law enforcement officers as they attempted to arrest him in Olympia, Wash.
Portland has grappled with more than 100 consecutive days of protests that have included fights, arson, vandalism, assault and murder.


theblaze--2020-09-25--Florida Dems are angry at Biden campaign over pandemic restrictions on canvassing, and the GOP is cl

Florida Dems are angry at Biden campaign over pandemic restrictions on canvassing, and the GOP is closing the voter registration gap

Florida Dems are angry at Biden campaign over pandemic restrictions on canvassing , and the GOP is closing the voter @ @

Democratic Party members in Florida are grumbling over restrictions on door-to-door canvassing that have been instituted due to the coronavirus pandemic, and that Republican efforts are closing the gap in the key swing state.
Disgruntled Democrats told Politico that they're losing the battle because of Joe Biden campaign's insistence on restricting personal interactions.
"It's late in the game now," said state Sen. Jason Pizzo, a Democrat from Miami.
"There's been no pushback from us, meaning that for every 100 doors that Republicans have proverbially knocked on, it's not like they pissed people off to the point where they've run to the Democratic Party because they're pissed at the GOP," he explained. "It's shown to be effective."
'Democrats aren't meeting people at their doors'
Republican efforts have whittled away the traditional voter registration lead held by Democrats to just 185,000, or 1.3%, according to the latest data from the Florida Division of Elections.
Florida Trump campaign director Susie Wiles told Politico that going to door-to-door when Democrats couldn't has given them the chance to reduce the Democrats' advantage.
"We've turned our focus to voter registration in a more meaningful way than before. Everyone said you can't do it — get the gap between Republicans and Democrats to such a small number. Well, you can do it," said Wiles.
"We did it through the mail, but the main way we had success was at the doors," she added. "And because the Democrats aren't meeting people at their doors like our campaign is doing, we are having great success."
Record numbers of new voters
The Republicans were able to add 58,000 new voters for the month of August, a record number. By comparison, that figure is a whopping 91% greater than the same figure in 2016 for the Republicans.
That slim margin between Republican and Florida voters is very important. In 2016, Trump won the state with only 1% more of the votes. At the time, Democrats had an advantage of 327,000 voters over the Republicans. Unless voter patterns have changed drastically, the stats point to a Trump victory in the key state.
Here's a video explaining why Florida is a key swing state:


theblaze--2020-09-25--SHOCKING: Newly released texts show FBI insiders purchased 'liability insurance' amid Trump-Russia p

SHOCKING: Newly released texts show FBI insiders purchased 'liability insurance' amid Trump-Russia probe

On the radio program Friday , Glenn Beck discussed the recent news that a primary source for the Steele Dossier — the document on which much of the Trump-Russia collusion investigation was based — had been investigated by the FBI for contacts with suspected Russian spies .
Glenn also shared several previously unpublished texts and emails from FBI agents have recently been released .
According to a letter sent by Attorney General William Barr to Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham ( R-S.C. ) on Thursday , the FBI knew early on that the research compiled by ex-British intelligence agent @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Sub-source '' that had been `` the subject of an FBI counterintelligence investigation from 2009 to 2011 that assessed his or her contacts with suspected Russian intelligence officers '' — but still used it to obtain warrants to spy on former Trump campaign-aide Carter Page .
But , it gets even worse .
Now , new leaked texts and communications from FBI agents within the department at the time of the entire Russian collusion effort were disclosed in federal court filings on Thursday .
According to the court documents , FBI agents purchased @ @ @ @ @ @ @ themselves in January 2017 , just weeks before Donald Trump was inaugurated president , because they were concerned about the agency 's potentially illegal activity during the Russia collusion investigation .
`` Trump was right , '' one FBI employee wrote in response to then-President-elect Trump 's Jan 3 , 2017 tweet which read : `` The 'Intelligence ' briefing on so-called 'Russian hacking ' was delayed until Friday , perhaps more time needed to build a case .
Very strange ! ''
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On the radio program Friday, Glenn Beck discussed the recent news that a primary source for the Steele Dossier — the document on which much of the Trump-Russia collusion investigation was based — had been investigated by the FBI for contacts with suspected Russian spies. Glenn also shared several previously unpublished texts and emails from FBI agents have recently been released.
According to a letter sent by Attorney General William Barr to Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) on Thursday, the FBI knew early on that the research compiled by ex-British intelligence agent Christopher Steele relied on a "primary sub-source" that had been "the subject of an FBI counterintelligence investigation from 2009 to 2011 that assessed his or her contacts with suspected Russian intelligence officers" — but still used it to obtain warrants to spy on former Trump campaign aide Carter Page.
But it gets even worse. Now, new leaked texts and communications from FBI agents within the department at the time of the entire Russian collusion effort were disclosed in federal court filings on Thursday. According to the court documents, FBI agents purchased "professional liability insurance" to protect themselves in January 2017, just weeks before Donald Trump was inaugurated president, because they were concerned about the agency's potentially illegal activity during the Russia collusion investigation.
"Trump was right," one FBI employee wrote in response to then-President-elect Trump's Jan 3, 2017 tweet which read: "The 'Intelligence' briefing on so-called 'Russian hacking' was delayed until Friday, perhaps more time needed to build a case. Very strange!"
Watch the video below for more details:
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theblaze--2020-09-25--Polls: Support for Black Lives Matter protests plunges following summer of riots

Polls : Support for Black Lives Matter protests plunges following summer of riots Americans are growing weary of the civil @

The public opinion of anti-police brutality protests and the Black Lives Matter movement has plunged significantly in the past few months following the nation's biggest cities being besieged by frequent protests that have escalated into civil unrest and even fiery riots.
A new poll by The Associated Press and NORC Center for Public Affairs Research found that support for protests against police brutality has fallen substantially. Support for the protests by black Americans has dropped by 18%, from 81% in June to 63% the latest survey that was taken between Sept. 11-14. The decrease in support from white Americans was similar: a 19% decline, from 53% to 34%. Overall, support fell from 54% to 39%.
The poll of 1,108 U.S. adults, which was done online and by telephone interviews, found that the perception of the protests has soured. Now, 30% of Americans view the demonstrations as "mostly violent" compared to 22% in June.
There is a stark partisan divide in how the protests are perceived. The survey found that 52% of white Democrats say all or most of the protests have been "peaceful," while 53% of Republicans say all or most have been "violent." The poll results say that 75% of Republicans disapprove of the protests versus 70% of Democrats who approve the demonstrations.
Views of the police have also changed in the past few months. When asked, "How are police who cause injury or death treated by the justice system?," 14% say "too harshly" compared to 6% in June. There were 65% who said the officers were treated "too leniently" in June, which dropped to 52% in September.
A new Pew Research Center survey found that support for public support for the Black Lives Matter movement has also receded. The survey of 10,093 Americans that was conducted from Sept. 8 to 13 discovered that support for the BLM movement dropped from 67% in June to 55% in September. Those who "strongly support" Black Lives Matter dropped from 38% to 29% in three months.
Democrats who support the Black Lives Matter movement was barely affected, a slight decline from 92% to 88%. Support plummeted amongst Republicans from 37% in June to 16% in September.
Support of BLM from Hispanic Americans was reduced from 77% in June to 66% in September. Black and Asian endorsements remained steady while support from white Americans dwindled from 60% to 45%.
A Fox News poll from earlier this month said that a large segment of Americans see Black Lives Matter demonstrations as riots rather than protests. The survey found that 48% of likely voters consider the protests as riots, compared to 40% who classify the demonstrations as protests.
There has been riots in Portland, Seattle, New York City, Rochester, and Kenosha, Wisconsin. The first riots were a response to the death of George Floyd in May in Minneapolis. Since then there have been protests and riots over the deaths of Breonna Taylor and Daniel Prude, and the shooting of Jacob Blake.
Earlier this month, a report from Axios found that the property damage from the riots and looting is now to be the "most expensive in insurance history," estimated between $1 billion to $2 billion of paid insurance claims, which likely hurt the public opinion on the protests that turned violent and destructive.


theblaze--2020-09-25--Old stunt: Pop star John Legend says Americans might need to think about leaving US if Trump gets re

Old stunt: Pop star John Legend says Americans might need to think about leaving US if Trump gets re-elected, succeeds in 'project' to 'destroy democracy'

Old stunt : Pop star John Legend says Americans might need to think about leaving US if Trump gets re-elected @ @ @ @ @ to 'destroy democracy '

Singer-songwriter John Legend has repeatedly made it clear that he is not a fan of President Donald Trump.
In an interview with Cosmopolitan UK posted Friday, Legend revealed that he and his wife, model Chrissy Teigen, have considered leaving the country over embarrassment that Trump is president.
He went on to say that leaving the country is something more and more Americans might need to start thinking about should the president prove victorious on Nov. 3.
No surprise
Legend's spat with Trump has been going on for some time.
Most famously, the president ripped Legend as "boring" and Teigen as the artist's "filthy mouthed wife" after the couple refused to give him credit for pushing for and signing criminal justice reform in September 2019 — despite the fact that the duo had praised it and other liberal black commentators and celebrities had noted Trump's efforts.
In response to those comments, Legend told the Evening Standard that President Trump is "sad and petty and narcissistic and immature."
The hard feelings, it appears, have not subsided.
In the Cosmo UK interview, Legend related that he and Teigen thought about leaving the country during the president's first term and said Trump was "trying to destroy democracy."
"Every once in a while you think about it. We were born and raised here, all of our families are here. It would be hard to leave," he told the magazine. "But I don't know what one's supposed to do when you have a leader who is trying to destroy democracy."
Legend added that if the country votes to re-elect Trump and he's successful in his effort to take down America's democracy, then it might be time for Americans to consider moving to another country.
"At some point, if that project [to destroy democracy] was to be in any way successful, you'd have to think about going somewhere that is a true democracy, that has respect for the rule of law and human rights," he said. "If America chooses to be that place then people will have to start thinking about going somewhere else. It is truly disturbing and concerning."
He wasn't done there. He went on to claim that that somehow President Trump is responsible for the loss of life when it comes to COVID-19, so Americans should vote "like our lives depend on it" because we might not be a democracy after four more years with Trump in the White House.
"I think his handling of the [COVID-19] pandemic has been embarrassing to the entire nation and has caused so much loss of life, that was preventable," he said. "We can't bear another four years of this. As Michelle Obama said, we have to vote like our lives depend on it. I honestly think the American people will do it. I truly don't know if we would be a democracy when we were done if we went another four years."
Nothing new
This stunt by Legend is nothing new. Celebrities were all over themselves in 2016 threatening to leave if Trump was elected. The Hollywood Reporter dug up 20 stars who vowed four years ago to flee if Trump became president:


theblaze--2020-09-25--Sarah Palin calls out Lisa Murkowski for opposing Trump's Supreme Court nominee: 'I can see 2022 fro

Sarah Palin calls out Lisa Murkowski for opposing Trump's Supreme Court nominee: 'I can see 2022 from my house'

Sarah Palin calls out Lisa Murkowski for opposing Trump 's Supreme Court nominee : ' I can see 2022 from @ @ @ @ @ a new Supreme Court justice before the presidential election

Could Sarah Palin challenge Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) in the 2022 Alaska Republican Senate primary?
The former governor of Alaska and 2008 running mate with Republican presidential candidate John McCain said she "can see 2022 from my house" in a video calling out Murkowski for opposing President Donald Trump's plan to nominate a new Supreme Court justice before the presidential election.
"Lisa Murkowski, this is my house," Palin says in the video. "I'm willing to give it up for the greater good of this country."
"If you can't find it within yourself to do the right thing this time and at least give a fair shake to the Supreme Court nominee that your president will be bringing before you," Palin continues.
She demands that Murkowski do "what the majority of Americans want you to do when you were sent to Washington, D.C."
She urges Murkowski to "backtrack" her opposition to a Trump nominee.
Speaking to reporters Tuesday, Murkowski refused to commit to supporting a Republican-led effort to confirm a new justice.
"I know everybody wants to ask the question, 'Will you confirm the nominee?'" Murkowski said. "We don't have a nominee yet. You and I don't know who that is. And so I can't confirm whether or not I can confirm a nominee when I don't know who the nominee is."
She reaffirmed her position that she "would not support taking up a potential Supreme Court vacancy this close to the election."
"Sadly, what was then a hypothetical is now our reality, but my position has not changed," Murkowski said. "I did not support taking up a nomination eight months before the 2016 election to fill the vacancy created by the passing of Justice Scalia."
"We are now even closer to the 2020 election — less than two months out — and I believe the same standard must apply," she added.
Palin suggested Murkowski's instance on waiting for the election indicates she hopes President Trump loses.
"You'd better backtrack ... you know you'd already put yourself in this box saying no matter who it is you're not going to support the person, not until you have the chance to appoint a judicial nominee under another president instead of this one?" Palin asked. "You're hoping what, that this president doesn't win?
"Otherwise you'd be cooperating with the president, really what it is is cooperating with the majority of Americans who know that it's now or never for America."
"So much hinges on the Supreme Court ... you know why it's so important and that's why you're thinking you're going to go rogue," Palin says. "There's a time and a place to go rogue, this isn't the time. This isn't the place."
Palin ends the video with a possible threat to challenge Murkowski when her term ends in 2022.
"We sure hope that you have it within you have it within you to do the right thing this time. So you should walk back, we'll forgive you," Palin says. "If you can't do that, remember my house? I can see a lot of things from my house.
"Lisa, I can see 2022 from my house."
This is not the first time Palin has threatened to challenge Murkowski. In 2018, when Murkowski opposed the Supreme Court nomination of Justice Brett Kavanaugh, Palin tweeted "Hey @LisaMurkowski - I can see 2022 from my house ..."
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