theblaze--2020-10-21--'Soaked in white supremacy': Parent freaks out over image of students painted red, white, and blue a

'Soaked in white supremacy': Parent freaks out over image of students painted red, white, and blue and holding Trump MAGA flag

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A parent is freaking out over a photo showing Omaha, Nebraska, public school students painted red, white, and blue, with the words "world war" spelled out on their chests — and one of them holding a flag supporting President Donald Trump, WOWT-TV reported.
What are the details?
"I think it was intimidating. I think it was threatening. I think it was racist," parent Erik Christensen told the station regarding the online photo of students who attended an Elkhorn South High School football game recently. "I felt like it was kind of soaked in white supremacy."
Image source: WOWT-TV video screenshot
Christensen added to WOWT that he was angry and concerned for his stepdaughter.
"I literally had to get up this morning, and I had to wonder if she was going to be OK when she went to school because this was the kind of environment that she was living in — one of very few black students or minority students at Elkhorn at all," he noted to the station.
The principal clears the air
Principal Mark Kalvoda told WOWT the photo in question was a partial image; the full image shows more students spelling out "2X World War Champs" as part of a "USA Out" theme for the game during which students were supposed to show their patriotism.
Image source: WOWT-TV video screenshot
In regard to the "Make America Great Again" flag supporting Trump, Kalvoda told the station political speech is protected.
Parent fires back
"Can I take a 'Black Lives Matter' sign to the football game?" Christensen asked WOWT. "And can I do it in the front row of the football game?"
He also told the station that the school should be asking how the other students perceived the act: "How did black students respond to it? How did minority students respond to it? How did other students that are white respond to it?"
Kalvoda told WOWT he spoke with students of color and their families on the Monday following the game and that the school is still looking into the whole thing.
The Nebraska School Activities Association said it does not have specific language in its guidelines that addresses political signs at games, the station said.
Anything else?
Another school in the Elkhorn City Schools district — Manchester Elementary — made a few headlines of its own in recent years.
Manchester's principal was placed on leave in December 2018 after banning Christmas-related items — even candy canes, as their "J" shape stands "for Jesus," she wrote in a memo to staff. The principal stepped down in January 2019.
Also last year, fifth graders at Manchester voted to place words in the shape of a cross on the school's yearbook cover — and it got printed, which caused all sorts of hand-wringing and calls for a reprint.
Ironically, the principal who resigned normally would have approved the cover, but since she was on leave, that threw a wrench in the usual process.


theblaze--2020-10-21--Joe Biden finally responds to Hunter story, lashing out and labeling it a 'last ditch effort' to 'sm

Joe Biden finally responds to Hunter story, lashing out and labeling it a 'last ditch effort' to 'smear' his family

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Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden has at last publicly responded to bombshell allegations that his son, Hunter, leveraged his father's high-profile government position to secure sweetheart business deals overseas — allegedly kicking back cash to his former vice president dad.
What did he say?
During an interview with local Milwaukee station WISN-TV, Biden called the allegations "garbage" and a "last ditch effort" to "smear" his family ahead of the Nov. 3 general election.
Biden had yet to publicly respond to the allegations since the New York Post released its initial findings in a report last week. The Post reportedly acquired a copy of a laptop hard drive previously owned by Hunter Biden from President Trump's personal attorney, Rudy Giuliani, after Hunter allegedly dropped off the computer at a repair shop in 2019 but never retrieved it.
As the story garnered widespread attention, the Biden campaign repeatedly ducked opportunities to answer questions from reporters. The campaign called early morning press "lids" and released only a vague statement arguing Biden's alleged meeting with a Burisma official was not on his "official schedule."
During the interview, WISN reporter Adrienne Pedersen said, "Wisconsin's Republican Sen. Ron Johnson, put out a statement on Homeland Security letterhead saying Hunter Biden, together with other Biden family members, profited off the Biden name."
She then asked, "Is there any legitimacy to Sen. Johnson's claims?"
Biden replied, "None whatsoever! This is the same garbage Rudy Giuliani, Trump's henchman. It's the last ditch effort in this desperate campaign to smear me and my family."
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"Even the man who served with him on that committee, the former nominee for the Republican Party [Sen. Mitt Romney], said there's no basis to this, and you know and all and the vast majority of the intelligence people have come out and said there's no basis at all," Biden said.
"Ron should be ashamed of himself," Biden declared.
Anything else?
While it's true that Democratic lawmakers and several former intelligence officials have come out parroting the narrative that the story is part of a Russian disinformation campaign, that claim has been repudiated by the current administration and Justice Department officials.
Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe threw cold water on the theory Monday, plainly articulating there is "no intelligence" supporting it.
"Let me be clear," Ratcliffe told Fox Business Network's Maria Bartiromo. "The intelligence community doesn't believe that, because there's no intelligence that supports that, and we have shared no intelligence with Chairman [Adam] Schiff or any other member of Congress that Hunter Biden's laptop is part of some Russian disinformation campaign — it's simply not true."
Then on Tuesday, the Department of Justice and the FBI reportedly confirmed Ratcliffe's assessment.


theblaze--2020-10-21--Horowitz: Czech mega-surge of cases shows dramatic failure of mask mandates

Everywhere the magic masks were forced upon the people, they failed to stop the surge of cases, and in fact, those countries have seen dramatic increases in cases. Nowhere is this more evident than in the Czech Republic.
All those European countries that thought they beat the virus with a lockdown were in for a rude awakening. Now they have nothing to show from the destruction wrought by lockdowns but a massive surge in coronavirus cases. However, we were told that mask-wearing is the most effective tool to save lives — to the point that social media now censors anyone who opposes these mandates.
So, let's take a look at the results. The Czech Republic has endured the sharpest surge in cases of any European country. It's worse than at any point in the U.S.
According to the European Centre for Disease Control, Czech has the highest attack rate over the past 14 days in the entire continent. The country has 905 cases per 100,000, which is more than twice the rate of France and triple the rate of Spain.
Less than two months ago, Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis boasted that his country was among the "best in Covid." They credited their strict mandate to wear masks inside and outside the home. I asked my friend Ian Miller of RationalGround.com to add the Czech Republic to his list of mask charts showing the timing of mask mandates compared to the rise in cases. The results are stunning:
In many places, liberals are contending that the situation would have been worse without a mask mandate even though cases eventually spiked. That is obviously a ridiculously unverifiable and speculative claim, but the experience of the Czech Republic exposes the fallacy of this claim. They had near zero cases and hospitalizations for months and now have the worst spike in Europe with a nearly eightfold increase in cases in just one month – long after the mandate had been restored. There is no middle ground. It's quite evident that they didn't have a spread initially and when it was destined to come, it came on strong. Masks played no role.
In fact, one has to wonder if masks are contributing to the spread. So many government agencies warned initially that misuse and reuse of masks could lead to cross-contamination. Well, a recent analysis of the timing of mask mandates in a number of countries has shown that "for every increased percentage point of mask use in a country, there were an average of 37.536 additional positive PCR tests per one million population."
Here is a graphical presentation of the positive correlation between increased mask use and growth in cases:
That study published by three doctors was initially posted at Research Gate, but like so many informative articles presenting the other side of the mask issue, it has been taken down. Part one, which was published earlier, can still be viewed here.
Last month, I reported on an analysis from Tennessee showing that counties without mask mandates had fewer cases, hospitalizations, and deaths per capita than those with the mask mandates.
I'm not going to make the same mistake as the other side and claim that this proves that masks downright spread the virus. Obviously, there are numerous natural factors that could be driving the increased spread, so correlation doesn't necessarily equal causation, but it's certainly ludicrous to suggest that masks help stop the spread at this point.
The Czech government is in such as state of panic at this point that Prime Minister Andrej Babis is building emergency field hospitals. With hospitalizations six times higher than the initial peak in the spring (before universal mask-wearing), Babis warned, "We don't have time—numbers are catastrophic." They can't have it both ways: Either masks are the single greatest tool in stopping the virus or there is panic. They can't panic over a spread that happened with universal masking while extolling the virtues of masks!
Contrast the results of the Czech Republic to those of Sweden, and you will see that lockdowns and masks are clearly not the path to a flatter curve. Sweden has barely had excess deaths over a typical year:
Moreover, mask supporters often point to the fact that other Scandinavian countries initially had better results than Sweden as a refutation to Sweden's strategy. However, what they forget to divulge is that the other Scandinavian countries have the same or lower rates of mask-wearing. In July, the Council of Foreign Relations conducted a survey of 25 countries, asking respondents, "Have you always worn a face mask outside the home in the last seven days?" Guess which countries reported the lowest rate of mask use? The four Scandinavian countries:
Norway: 3%
Sweden: 3%
Denmark: 1%
Finland: 1%
Thus, the success of those other countries actually goes into the bucket of the non-mask list, not the other way around.
It's no wonder that the response from the media and the politicians is to squelch debate and censor dissent rather than producing evidence that such a draconian and dehumanizing edict is effective. They have no evidence and cannot debate their position.
In the summer, Denmark conducted a much-hyped randomized clinical trial of mask effectiveness against SARS-CoV-2 and were slated to publish it in August. Many of us were wondering why it was never published. Former New York Times reporter and noted lockdown critic Alex Berenson discovered the answer for us. On Sunday, he posted a screenshot of an email correspondence he had with Thomas Lars Benfield, the lead investigator on the Danish mask study. The 12-word response to the question of when the study would be published is worth a thousand words.
"As soon as a journal is brave enough to accept the paper," replied Benfield, a clinical professor at University of Copenhagen.
There very well might not be a single publication that is brave enough to publicize the truth about masks. The question is whether we are all brave enough to push back against the hoax of using a cheap cloth to stop a micro-biological juggernaut of a respiratory virus.


theblaze--2020-10-21--Hillsong founder shreds government's 'discriminatory' COVID-19 restrictions — which permit 40,000 fo

Hillsong founder shreds government's 'discriminatory' COVID-19 restrictions — which permit 40,000 for rugby games, but only 100 for church services

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Hillsong Church founder Brian Houston is hitting out at New South Wales Premier Gladys Berejiklian over the state's new COVID-19 regulations.
What are the details?
According to " Today," Houston criticized Berejiklian for allowing 40,000 fans to attend rugby's NRL grand final but refusing to open up churches to congregations of more than 100.
In new remarks on the disparity between rugby games and church, Houston said the restrictions are discriminatory at best.
Houston spoke out on Monday after NSW announced further relaxed COVID-19 restrictions — which excluded the church.
According to the Daily Mail, "Weddings can have up to 300 guests from December 1, while up to 40,000 footy fans will attend the NRL grand final between Penrinth Panthers and Melbourne Storm in Sydney on Sunday night."
"Strict limits," however, "remain in place for church services with attendances capped at 100."
The outlet pointed out that some of Sydney's megachurches have the capability of holding upward of 4,000 attendees.
Houston told NSW's "Today" Wednesday that the continued restrictions on church services are unacceptable.
"Of course watching the football and people are cheering and hugging and spitting and high-fiving, community event numbers are growing, but there has been absolutely no change to churches," he complained. "You can have 300 people indoors for a wedding. But you can't have anything like that, 100 people indoors obviously socially distanced, no matter how big the building."
Houston warned that people need church more than ever amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
"Some people wouldn't feel ready to come back yet, wouldn't feel safe," he said. "Other people are dying to get back here. ... Mental health, as we know, and health generally, well-being, is a big, big thing. Isolation doesn't help that at all. Church, part of what we do, is community and connection. I know a lot of people just longing for that sense of community and connection."
On Monday, Houston also tweeted, "So interesting that the NSW govt are about to allow 300 people to attend an indoor wedding, and things are being relaxed for the hospitality industry, but still no changes for churches."
He continued, "We have a building with space for 4000 people yet can only have 100 in there. Reason given is 'church ppl know each other (are to [sic] friendly). Do you think people are not friendly at weddings? It's getting to the point where it is discrimination."
On Instagram, he shared a screenshot of his Twitter remarks and added, "It's time church leaders unite to take a stand. We are all committed to keeping people safe, but it seems churches are not even being considered for a steady easing of restrictions."
This story has been updated.


theblaze--2020-10-21--Report: Pope Francis endorses same-sex civil unions in new documentary

'What we have to create is a civil union law .
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Pope Francis reportedly gave his approval to same-sex civil unions in a documentary released Wednesday, the first time he has done so as pope.
During an interview for the feature-length documentary "Francesco," which premiered at the Rome Film Festival Wednesday, the pope departed from his predecessors and Vatican doctrine to call for same-sex civil union laws for those who identify as homosexual, Catholic News Agency reported.
"Homosexuals have a right to be a part of the family. They're children of God and have a right to a family. Nobody should be thrown out, or be made miserable because of it," Pope Francis reportedly said in the film.
According to CNA, the comments were made during a discussion on Francis' views on pastoral care for those who identify as LGBT.
"What we have to create is a civil union law. That way they are legally covered," the pope reportedly said. "I stood up for that."
The film "Francesco" is a documentary exploring the life and ministry of Pope Francis. According to CNA, it "chronicles the approach of Pope Francis to pressing social issues, and to pastoral ministry among those who live, in the words of the pontiff, 'on the existential peripheries.'"
Francis' reported remarks seem to confirm reports that he previously voiced support for same-sex civil unions before he became the pope.
In 2010, while Francis was the archbishop of Buenos Aires, he opposed the legalization of same-sex marriage. Sergio Rubin, the pope's future biographer, claimed in 2013 that the newly elected pope had supported civil unions as a compromise position to prevent the full legalization of same-sex marriage. Rubin's claims were disputed by Miguel Woites, the director of AICA, the Catholic news agency of Argentina.
Activist and former theology professor Marcelo Marquez made similar claims, telling CNN in 2013 that during a 2010 phone call, the pope, formerly known as Jorge Mario Bergoglio, said he was in favor of gay rights.
"He told me. ... 'I'm in favor of gay rights and in any case, I also favor civil unions for homosexuals, but I believe that Argentina is not yet ready for a gay marriage law,'" Marquez claimed.
Pope Francis' new comments, specifically his reported statement "I stood up for that," would indicate the reports that he supported same-sex civil unions before he became pope were true.
CNA noted that in his 2013 book, "On Heaven and Earth," the pope wrote that laws "assimilating" homosexual relationships to marriage are "an anthropological regression." The pope also seemed to criticize adoption rights for gay couples, writing that if they "are given adoption rights, there could be affected children. Every person needs a male father and a female mother that can help them shape their identity."
Previously, the Catholic Church and Pope Francis' immediate predecessors opposed legal recognition of same-sex couples.
From CNA:
In 2003, under the leadership of Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger and at the direction of Pope John Paul II, the Vatican's Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith taught that "respect for homosexual persons cannot lead in any way to approval of homosexual behaviour or to legal recognition of homosexual unions. The common good requires that laws recognize, promote and protect marriage as the basis of the family, the primary unit of society."
"Legal recognition of homosexual unions or placing them on the same level as marriage would mean not only the approval of deviant behaviour, with the consequence of making it a model in present-day society, but would also obscure basic values which belong to the common inheritance of humanity. The Church cannot fail to defend these values, for the good of men and women and for the good of society itself," the CDF added, calling support for such unions from politicians "gravely immoral."
"Not even in a remote analogous sense do homosexual unions fulfill the purpose for which marriage and family deserve specific categorical recognition. On the contrary, there are good reasons for holding that such unions are harmful to the proper development of human society, especially if their impact on society were to increase," the document said.
Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger went on to become Pope Benedict XVI, Pope Francis' immediate predecessor.


theblaze--2020-10-21--Italian restaurant owners who said 'we ain't paying crap' after $10,000 in COVID-19 fines just beat

Italian restaurant owners who said 'we ain't paying crap' after $10,000 in COVID-19 fines just beat left-wing Pennsylvania governor in court

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Over the summer, the co-owner of Taste of Sicily — an Italian restaurant in Palmyra, Pennsylvania — made headlines when he defied left-wing Gov. Tom Wolf's COVID-19 shutdown mandates and scoffed at the $10,000 in fines that came along with them.
"Some rob you with a gun, while others rob you with a pen," co-owner Mike Mangano declared to PennLive at the time, referring to Wolf. "We ain't paying crap."
Image source: YouTube screenshot
Well, it appears he was right.
What's the background?
The restaurant opened at full capacity in May — a violation of Wolf's shutdown orders — and the eatery didn't require masks or social distancing, and plexiglass barriers weren't up, the station said.
Image source: YouTube screenshot
Mangano cited financial struggles for the decision to reopen, WHP-TV reported.
The restaurant's attorney Eric Winter said as much, telling the station "the business needed it. The family needed it, and they needed to do things to survive. They went ahead and reopened. And at that point, they had great support from the local level elected officials."
But not from the state government. The Department of Agriculture delivered citations to the Taste of Sicily with fines amounting to $10,000.
Mangano, however, told PennLive the restaurant wouldn't shut down its dining room — or even pay the fines: "There's absolutely no fear here. We're going to continue to come to work, and the governor ain't going to do anything about it."
"We don't care what the repercussions may be. We want the world to see how ridiculous it is for being penalized to go to work," he said in a June press conference. "Nobody's asking business owners to take up arms or go to war. Open your doors already."
Winning in court
WHP said Taste of Sicily took the matter up in court — and won.
"We were absolutely ecstatic," Mangano told the station. "You know a lot of people said a lot of different things about Taste of Sicily. We were selfish. All we cared about was business and money, and it's like we need to make a living."
Image source: YouTube screenshot
Winter told WHP the Department of Agriculture couldn't lawfully cite them for opening early and that citations must be prosecuted by the attorney general or local district attorney.
Judge Carl Garvey ruled the family business was unconstitutionally cited and the restaurant was found not guilty, the station said, adding that Winter noted Taste of Sicily's owners won't have to pay any fines, and they're waiting for a hearing date against the Department of Agriculture.
What did the governor have to say?
Gov. Wolf, a Democrat, on Monday told WHP-TV that he plans to appeal the judge's ruling.
"The issue in terms of the upsurge has been restaurants and bars, so I think looking at how we deal with those restaurants is an important policy tool and part of anybody trying to address the challenge with this pandemic," Wolf told the station.


theblaze--2020-10-21--The media are trying to smear Amy Coney Barrett for being a Christian again — this time labeling her

The media are trying to smear Amy Coney Barrett for being a Christian again — this time labeling her as 'anti-gay'

The media are trying to smear Amy Coney Barrett for being a Christian again — this time labeling her as @ @ @ @ @ the historic teachings of Christianity .

In another apparent hit piece on the Supreme Court nominee, the Associated Press published a lengthy story Wednesday ominously warning that Amy Coney Barrett has served on the board for private Christian schools with "anti-gay" policies.
The story is the latest in a stringofreports published in recent weeks by the Associated Press, along with several other news outlets, which aim to cast Barrett's Christian faith in a negative light.
Earlier this month, Senate Republicans torched the Washington Post for publishing a "religious smear" of Barrett ahead of her confirmation hearings.
What are the details?
This most recent story takes aim at Barrett's position as a board member from July 2015 to March 2017 at Trinity Schools Inc., which has established institutions in Indiana, Minnesota, and Virginia, and is reportedly associated with the group, "People of Praise."
Here's what the article said (emphasis added):
Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett served for nearly three years on the board of private Christian schools that effectively barred admission to children of same-sex parents and made it plain that openly gay and lesbian teachers weren't welcome in the classroom.
... The AP spoke with more than two dozen people who attended or worked at Trinity Schools, or former members of People of Praise. They said the community's teachings have been consistent for decades: Homosexuality is an abomination against God, sex should occur only within marriage and marriage should only be between a man and a woman.
A 2018-19 enrollment agreement obtained by the AP says "the only proper place for human sexual activity is marriage, where marriage is a legal and committed relationship between one man and one woman." It goes on to say that activities such as "fornication, pornography, adultery and homosexual acts, and advocating or modeling any of these behaviors" are at odds with the school's core beliefs.
While the school's purported views on sexuality seen above in bold may be surprising to some, they are certainly not inconsistent with the historic teachings of Christianity.
Furthermore, the AP quoted "experts" as saying "the actions are probably legal" and noted that Barrett was "not involved in the formulation or passage of any policies pertaining to homosexuality," according to Trinity Schools President Jon Balsbaugh.
"Trinity Schools does not unlawfully discriminate with respect to race, color, gender, national origin, age, disability, or other legally protected classifications under applicable law, with respect to the administration of its programs," Balsbaugh added in an email to the AP.
What else?
The story went on to highlight in further detail instances in which the school's opposition to homosexuality or LGBT individuals appeared more hostile, but the details of those instances were repudiated by Balsbaugh — and more importantly, were in no way connected to Barrett.
Barrett has been targeted for her conservative Christian faith ever since she was put forward as a potential Supreme Court nominee in 2017. During her confirmation hearing to the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals, Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein (Calif.) infamously told Barrett she was "controversial," adding "the dogma lives loudly within you."
Yet despite objection from Senate Democrats, Barrett is expected to be confirmed to the nation's highest court Monday.


theblaze--2020-10-21--POLL: How many times will Trump bring up Hunter Biden at the debate tomorrow?

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theblaze--2020-10-22--Ohio sheriff goes viral after volunteering to help anti-Trump celebrities leave the country

An Ohio sheriff says he will help celebrities who want to leave the country if President Donald Trump is elected to a second term in November.
What are the details?
Butler County Sheriff Richard K. Jones — a self-described Trump supporter — said Monday that he will help any celebrities out who plan on leaving the country if they don't get the electoral result that they want.
In a viral video, Jones says that he will donate money to celebrities for their airfare.
"Hell, I'll even help them pack," he adds.
He adds that those celebrities threatening to leave are "mostly" the same people who are anti-cop.
"These are mostly the same people who don't like police, that doesn't like first responders. I hope you do leave," he says. "Maybe you can make a better life there in that country."
A press release from the department preceded the video and said, "Sheriff Richard K. Jones states it's that time of election year again. Celebrities threatening to leave the United States if the President is re-elected. This happened in 2016 and it is believed not one celebrity left then and it appears the same threats are being made this election year."
The sheriff isn't wrong: musician Bruce Springsteen just last week threatened to leave the country if he didn't get what he wanted come November. In a statement, the New Jersey-famous artist said, "If Trump is re-elected — which he will not be; I'm predicting right now he's gonna lose — if by some happenstance he should be, I'll see you on the next plane."
What else?
In a viral Facebook post from September, the Butler County Sheriff's Office wrote, "If you think about coming to Butler County to abuse police, think again."
"Butler County Sheriff Richard K. Jones states he has seen the lawlessness in the country over the last few months directed towards police," the post continued. "The Sheriff has seen water dumped on police in New York, bricks and frozen water bottles thrown at police as well as officers blinded by lasers in Portland, Oregon. In addition, Police have been shot at in Chicago and all across the country."
In a statement, Jones added, "I won't tolerate it, period. You shoot at the police expect us to shoot back. I will not allow my deputies or any law enforcement officer in Butler County to take the abuse I have seen over the past several months. If you come to this county expecting a free pass to harm one of my men or women in uniform keep in mind, nothing in life is free."


theblaze--2020-10-22--Tucker Carlson reveals letter from Chris Cuomo's building manager scolding CNN host for refusing to

Tucker Carlson reveals letter from Chris Cuomo's building manager scolding CNN host for refusing to wear a mask

Tucker Carlson reveals letter from Chris Cuomo 's building manager scolding CNN host for refusing to wear a mask The @ @ @ @ @ letter belongs 'in the museum of hypocrisy '

Fox News host Tucker Carlson has unveiled a letter addressed to CNN host Chris Cuomo from the building superintendent of his New York City residence, scolding the brother of New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) and threatening to turn him in for repeatedly flouting the governor's mask mandate.
What the details?
"Dear Mr. Cuomo," the letter begins. "As I am sure you know, because of the ongoing COVID-19 health crisis, on April 15, 2020 Governor Cuomo issued Executive Order 202.17, which requires anyone over the age [of] two to wear a face mask or cloth that covers their mouth and nose while in a public space."
It continues, "You have been observed entering and exiting the building and riding the elevator without the required face coverings. Even though staff members have asked you to comply with this requirement, you have refused to do so. This is a violation of the Executive Order, building policy, and places other residents and our staff at risk. There are no exceptions to this rule, and you are required to comply."
The letter reportedly goes on to threaten Cuomo with a $500 fine if he continues to violate the mask policy.
According to Carlson, his show, "Tucker Carlson Tonight," was able to speak with Cuomo's building manager and verified the letter's authenticity. The Fox News host joked that the letter itself belongs "in the museum of hypocrisy."
Carlson goes on to play several clips of Chris Cuomo urging others to wear masks, and shows footage of Gov. Andrew Cuomo telling New Yorkers that they "could literally kill someone" by refusing to wear a mask in public spaces.
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This is not the first time Carlson has exposed Chris Cuomo's hypocrisy on mask-wearing.
Earlier this month, the Fox News host shared photos purportedly showing Cuomo maskless in public while smoking a cigar outside a restaurant believed to be on Long Island.
The Daily Mail noted that "Cuomo scrutinized Trump for flouting face masks after numerous members of his inner circle, White House staffers, journalists and workers at the Cleveland presidential debate contracted COVID-19 after his diagnosis."
Cuomo contracted the coronavirus in the spring, and was roundly criticized after he was busted fibbing about remaining in quarantine as required.
TheBlaze previously reported:
The "Cuomo Prime Time" host went viral in April for videotaping his "official reentry" from quarantine into the rest of society following his own COVID-19 diagnosis. During his dramatic reentry, Cuomo insisted that he'd been stuck in the family's basement for weeks during his convalescence.
However, it was shortly revealed that Cuomo was seen walking outside of his second property, and even engaged in an altercation with a cyclist while he was on the mend and purportedly confined to the family's basement.


theblaze--2020-10-22--Rachel Maddow and a host of other liberals spread fake news about fabricated texts between Rudy Giul

Rachel Maddow and a host of other liberals spread fake news about fabricated texts between Rudy Giuliani and Ivanka Trump @ @ @ @ @ , ' according to the person who generated them

MSNBC host Rachel Maddow and numerous other liberal personalities and outlets were fooled into spreading a false claim against Rudy Giuliani after accusations of inappropriate behavior surfaced.
The video from an upcoming "Borat" movie appeared to show Giuliani reaching into his pants while speaking to a fake reporter in a hotel room. Giuliani later tweeted that he was merely trying to take off his microphone and that he was being smeared because of the revelations he was making about what's on a hard drive allegedly owned by Hunter Biden.
Maddow and others reposted a claim from Nick Jacobs, the vice president of the College Democrats of Indiana, that he had fooled Giuliani via text into believing he was Ivanka Trump.
Image Source: Rachel Maddow Twitter screenshot
Maddow retweeted a tweet from David Freedlander, an editor of Politico Magazine, mocking Giuliani.
"Rudy seems to have learned his lesson, is tightening protocols, checking ID's, and is now being taken in by someone claiming to be Ivanka Trump but who is in fact the vice president of the College Democrats of Indiana.
Both those tweets were lated deleted when Jacobs admitted that it was a parody meant to be a joke.
They weren't the only ones to fall for it.
"I can't," said Stephanie Ruhl, MSNBC anchor.
"I'm hysterically laughing," tweeted Emma Vigeland of The Young Turks.
"Rudy Giuliani is the easiest mark in the world. He's probably an unwitting asset for every foreign government in the world, friends and foe," said Adam Mordecai, the strategy director for Progress Now.
"Reminder that Rudy owns a cyber security company," said Christian Schneider of USA Today.
"Just gets better and better," tweeted Paul Chapman of the Vancouver Sun.
"Jesus H. Christmas, he's incredible. But totally a match for the Russian intelligence services, I'm sure," tweeted NeverTrumper Tom Nichols.
"What is going on," said CNN contributor and former intelligence agent Rasha Rangappa.
Giuliani said that he was going to drop more information about what he found in the laptop hard drive allegedly belonging to Hunter Biden. Democrats have accused him of participating in a Russian disinformation campaign, but the director of national intelligence officially denied the claims in a statement on Monday.
Here's more about the controversial Biden laptop story:


theblaze--2020-10-23--VIDEO: Former Hunter Biden associate makes explosive allegations against Biden family

Tony Bobulinski , a former business associate of Hunter Biden , will reportedly turn over his electronic devices and records @ @ @ @ @ Biden family to the FBI

Tony Bobulinski, a former business associate of Hunter Biden, made explosive allegations against the Biden family at a news conference Thursday, claiming that Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden was directly involved in foreign business dealings with a Chinese energy company and that the Biden family inappropriately benefited from that business relationship.
Bobulinski also said he will turn over his electronic devices and records of business dealings between the Biden family and its Chinese associates to the FBI.
The purpose of the news conference was to "set the record straight about the involvement of the Biden family, Vice President Biden, his brother Jim Biden, and his son Hunter Biden in dealings with the Chinese," Bobulinski said.
Among the allegations he made against the Biden family were that Hunter Biden attempted to use a corporate entity set up in partnership with a Chinese energy company as "a personal piggy bank" and that Joe Biden had direct knowledge of the business dealings and that the Biden family was "paranoid" about keeping the former vice president's involvement secret.
Characterizing claims from the Democratic nominee that he never spoke with his son about his foreign business dealings as "false," Bobulinski said his statements are corroborated by "emails, Whats App chats, agreements, documents, and other evidence" contained on three phones he personally used between the years 2015-2018.
He also claimed that he had a conversation with another individual "involved in this matter" on Sunday and was told that if he went public this information "it would bury all of us, man, the Bidens included."
"I have no wish to bury anyone, I have never been political. The few contributions I have made have been to Democrats. But what I am is a patriot and a veteran. To protect my family name, and my business reputation, I need to ensure that the true facts are out there," Bobulinski said.
The facts he related are as follows:
Bobulinski says that in late 2015 he was approached by James Gilliar, a business partner of the Biden family, about "joining him in a deal" involving the "Chinese state-owned enterprise CEFC China Energy" and "what he called one of the most prominent families in the United States," the Biden family. He said he was also informed by Hunter Biden that the Bidens "wanted to form a new entity with CEFC, which was to invest in infrastructure, real estate, and technology in the U.S. and around the world."
Following an initial capital investment of $10 million, Bobulinski said he was told the entity would "grow to billions of dollars of investment capital." After months of discussions, he agreed to become CEO of the entity, called Sinohawk Holdings.
"Between February and May 2017, we exchanged numerous emails, documents, and Whats App messages concerning Sinohawk and its potential business," Bobulinski said. "On May 2, 2017, the night before Joe Biden was to appear at the Milken conference, I was introduced to Joe Biden by Jim Biden and Hunter Biden."
During their hourlong meeting, Bobulinski claims he discussed the Bidens' history and their family business plans with the Chinese, of which Joe Biden "was plainly familiar, at least at a high level."
In the ensuing days, the group reportedly communicated numerous times about "the allocation of the equity ownership of Sinohawk." On May 10, 2017, Bobulinski said he received the email first reported by the New York Post discussing Joe Biden's 10% equity share in the company.
"On numerous occasions, it was made clear to me that Joe Biden's involvement was not to be mentioned in writing but only face-to-face," Bobulinski said, adding that he was told "Hunter and Jim Biden were paranoid about keeping Joe Biden's involvement secret."
"I also had a disagreement with Hunter about the funds CEFC was contributing to Sinohawk," Bobulinski continued.
He claimed Hunter Biden wanted $5 million to be paid to himself and his family, to which Bobulinski objected. Then he claims Hunter, referencing his father, told him that "CEFC was really investing in the Biden family, that he held the trump card, and that he was the one putting his family legacy on the line."
"During these negotiations, I repeated to Hunter and others that Sinohawk could not be Hunter's personal piggy bank." Bobulinski said.
He alleges that Hunter Biden became upset with him when he insisted on "proper corporate governance procedures" be implemented to keep him from withdrawing funds from Sinohawk.
Referring to a report on Hunter Biden's business dealings with Ukrainian energy firm Burisma released by Sens. Ron Johnson (R-Wisc.) and Chuck Grassley (R-Iow) last month, Bobulinski said he realized that the Bidens had gone behind his back and transferred the $5 million to "entities affiliated with Hunter."
Bobulinski announced that he will be meeting with members of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs committee Friday to discuss this matter and that he will turn over his electronic devices to the FBI.
Last week, the New York Post published an email that allegedly shows Hunter Biden pursuing "lucrative" business deals with a Chinese energy company that would be "interesting for me and my family." The email, written by James Gilliar of the international consulting firm J2cR, discussed "remuneration packages" for six individuals only identified by initials and nicknames. Hunter and Joe Biden are alleged to be two of the individuals receiving financial compensation from this business venture with the now-bankrupt Shanghai-based China Energy Fund Committee. The company was formerly led by Ye Jianming, who has been missing since 2018 and has rumored ties to China's People's Liberation Army and Chinese military intelligence. In 2018, the New York Times reported on Jianming's arrest for attempts to bribe foreign officials around the world, including the Bidens.
Democrats and the media have responded to the bombshell revelations from these emails by attacking the New York Post's reporting and dismissing the emails as Russian disinformation.
The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee confirmed Thursday that it had reached out to Bobulinski as part of its investigation into the purported Hunter Biden emails.


theblaze--2020-10-23--LIVE NOW: BlazeTV’s Final Presidential Debate livestream

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Is this thing on, or did Kristen Welker hit the mute button again? America is at a critical crossroads. The men vying to lead us in two different directions square off one last time before the election. President Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden debate climate change, COVID-19, national security, and race in America. But the biggest question on everyone's mind: Will the president land any punches on Biden about allegations of corruption with Chinese communists exposed in Hunter Biden's alleged laptop?
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theblaze--2020-10-23--LIVE: Watch President Trump and Joe Biden go toe-to-toe in the final debate — and follow the Blaze t

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theblaze--2020-10-23--Biden campaign lashes out after Trump invites Hunter Biden's former business partner as guest to fin

Biden campaign lashes out after Trump invites Hunter Biden's former business partner as guest to final debate

Biden campaign lashes out after Trump invites Hunter Biden 's former business partner as guest to final debate

The Joe Biden presidential campaign lashed out in a fiery statement after the Trump campaign reportedly invited a former business associate of Hunter Biden as a guest to the presidential debate on Thursday.
"As Chris Wallace said on the air about this very smear, 'Vice President Biden has actually released this tax returns — unlike President Trump — and there is no indication he ever got any money from anybody in these business deals,'" read the statement from the Biden campaign.
Tony Bobulinski, a former Navy lieutenant and businessman, has contradicted the claims from Joe Biden that he never spoke to his son about business matters. Before the second debate between Biden and Trump, Bobulinski held a media briefing to announce that he was handing over electronic devices with evidence of his claims to federal authorities.
"Joe Biden has never even considered being involved in business with his family, nor in any overseas business whatsoever. He has never held stock in any such business arrangements nor has any family member or any other person ever held stock for him," the Biden campaign statement continued.
"What is true is that Tony Bobulinski admitted on the record to Breitbart that he is angry he was *not* able to go into business with Hunter and James Biden," the statement said. "What is also true is that in contrast to Vice President Biden, Donald Trump has a secret bank account and pays more in taxes in China than he pays in federal income taxes in the United States — and that this is a desperate, pathetic farce executed by a flailing campaign with no rationale for putting our country through another four years of hell."
Bobulinski said in the media briefing that he had no political axe to grind against the Bidens and that the few times he had given to political campaigns were those of Democrats.
He did not answer when asked by the media if he had any association with former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, who has been doggedly pursuing damaging information to the Biden family.
Here's the video of Bobulinski's media presser:


theblaze--2020-10-23--LIVE: Biden vs. Trump Final Presidential Debate

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Steven Crowder and the crew live stream the final debate! Steven is joined by all-star guests Donald Trump Jr. and Senator Ted Cruz!


theblaze--2020-10-23--Report: Socialist Bernie Sanders wants to be Biden’s Labor secretary

Report : Socialist Bernie Sanders wants to be Biden ’ s Labor secretary

Self-avowed socialist Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) may not have won the Democratic nomination, but he is still reportedly hoping to bring his progressive views into the executive branch.
According to a new report from Politico, Sanders has expressed interest in joining a potential Joe Biden administration and is particularly interested in becoming the next secretary of Labor.
One anonymous source close to the senator told the news outlet, "I can confirm he's trying to figure out how to land that role or something like it" and that "he, personally, does have an interest in it."
When contacted for comment by Politico, Sanders reportedly declined to confirm or deny that he was gunning for the post.
"Right now I am focused on seeing that Biden is elected president," he said. "That's what my main focus is."
Why does it matter?
Sanders failed to win the Democratic nomination in the 2016 and 2020 election cycles in large part because his radical progressive views were still deemed out of step with the majority of Americans. But since dropping out of the 2020 race in April, Sanders and his camp have been working diligently — and with much success — at pulling Biden's camp to the left on several key policy areas.
Allies of the two candidates even came together to produce and publish a document titled, the "Biden-Sanders Unity Task Force Recommendations," which detailed a range of shared policy initiatives. The massive 110-page document covered a wide range of issues, including climate change, health care, criminal justice, and education.
The working group that created the joint policy document was chaired by former Secretary of State John Kerry and progressive Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
In the Politico report, Sanders' former campaign manager, Faiz Shakir, said his former boss is "100 percent in Joe Biden's court."
"We've had a good working relationship with the Biden team and I expect we'll maintain that all the way through," Shakir said.
Anything else?
News that Sanders is interested in a Cabinet position will come as a welcome development to the progressive wing of the Democratic Party but could simultaneously scare away moderate Democrats and independents who are concerned about the nation's leftward drift.
Nevertheless, Sanders has the early support of former Bill Clinton administration Labor secretary, Robert Reich.
Reich, who recently made news by calling for a post-election commission to censor and blacklist supporters of President Trump, told Politico that Sanders would be "terrific."


theblaze--2020-10-22--If Trump mentions Hunter Biden's emails, Joe Biden likely to cry 'Russian misinformation' at debate

If Trump mentions Hunter Biden 's emails , Joe Biden likely to cry 'Russian misinformation ' at debate

President Donald Trump is very likely to use the emails and text messages regarding Hunter Biden's overseas business dealings that have allegedly been exposed in reports from the New York Post to confront Joe Biden in the final debate.
That became very evident on Thursday afternoon when there were reports that Trump's special guest to Thursday's presidential debate would be Tony Bobulinski, Hunter's former business partner. The Biden campaign may have tipped off how the Democratic presidential candidate will counter the potentially damaging accusations at Thursday night's debate.
Kate Bedingfield, deputy campaign manager and director of communications for the Biden campaign, provided some insight on how the former vice president may respond to criticisms from President Trump regarding Hunter Biden's alleged business dealings in Ukraine and China.
"If we see tonight from Donald Trump these attacks on Vice President Biden's family, I think we need to be very, very clear that what he's doing here is amplifying Russian misinformation," Bedingfield told reporters during a pre-date press call.
Bedingfield added that the campaign expects Trump "to continue to bully," and Biden is prepared for those attacks.
Top Democrats, such as House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) and Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), have already claimed, without evidence, that the allegations against Hunter Biden are Russian misinformation.
"Well, we know that this whole smear on Joe Biden comes from the Kremlin. That's been clear for well over a year now that they've been pushing this false narrative about the vice president and his son," Schiff claimed in an interview with CNN's Wolf Blitzer.
Murphy proclaimed, "Joe Biden — and all of us — SHOULD be furious that media outlets are spreading what is very likely Russian propaganda." Murphy added that Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani "is effectively a Russian asset now."
The Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe dismissed the claims that the alleged emails from Hunter Biden's laptop are Russian propaganda.
"Let me be clear, the intelligence community doesn't believe that, because there's no intelligence that supports that, and we have shared no intelligence with Chairman Schiff or any other member of Congress that Hunter Biden's laptop is part of some Russian disinformation campaign — it's simply not true," Ratcliffe said.
Joe Biden dismissed the reported emails from Hunter Biden's laptop that was allegedly left at a Delaware repair shop.
"This is the same garbage Rudy Giuliani, Trump's henchman. It's the last-ditch effort in this desperate campaign to smear me and my family," Biden told WISN-TV. "Even the man who served with him on that committee, the former nominee for the Republican Party, said there's no basis to this, and you know, and all and the vast majority [sic] of the intelligence people have come out and said there's no basis at all."


theblaze--2020-10-22--Watch: Pelosi snaps at reporter for asking about 'serious allegations of corruption involving Joe Bi

Watch: Pelosi snaps at reporter for asking about 'serious allegations of corruption involving Joe Biden'

Watch : Pelosi snaps at reporter for asking about 'serious allegations of corruption involving Joe Biden' ' I 'm not @ @ @ @ @ '

U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) showed she would not tolerate a reporter asking about new revelations involving Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden and his son Hunter Biden during a press briefing on Thursday, when the California Democrat scolded the journalist for bringing up the topic and refused to provide an answer.
What are the details?
"Madam Speaker, the serious allegations of corruption involving Joe Biden have been raised in recent days," a reporter began during Pelosi's news conference, but the journalist was cut off before she could finish her question.
"I'm sorry, I'm not answering your questions, OK," Pelosi replied, attempting to call on another reporter before waving a hand in the air. "We're talking about the coronavirus. I don't have all day for questions — that's what we're taking now."
The journalist was inquiring about revelations that have emerged stemming from multiple New York Post reports published last week on emails purportedly found a laptop that was allegedly owned by Hunter, suggesting that Joe Biden may have been involved with his son's foreign business deals despite his denials of having any knowledge of them.
New text messages purportedly from 2017 were revealed on Thursday, and appear to indicate that Hunter Biden set up a business meeting between himself, his father, and representatives of a Chinese firm.
Also on Thursday, it was revealed that a man named Tony Bobulinski, who claims he is a former business partner of Hunter Biden's, told the Post in a statement that the emails are legitimate, and that Hunter and Joe Biden were both set to profit from an agreement with a Chinese company called China Energy Co (CEFC).
"I've seen Vice President Biden saying he never talked to Hunter about his business," Bobulinski wrote. "I've seen firsthand that that's not true, because it wasn't just Hunter's business, they said they were putting the Biden family name and its legacy on the line."
Meanwhile, further investigations have confirmed that the FBI is in possession of the laptop in question that was owned by Hunter Biden, and Fox News reports that the FBI in 2019 reportedly subpoenaed the very same laptop in connection with a money laundering probe.
Anything else?
Thursday night also happens to be the final debate between Joe Biden and President Donald Trump, who has reportedly invited Bobulinski as his guest to the event in Nashville, Tennessee.


theblaze--2020-10-22--Jennifer Lawrence says she used to be Republican but Trump has pushed her away

Jennifer Lawrence says she used to be Republican but Trump has pushed her away 'When Donald Trump got elected , @ @ @ @ @

Hollywood actress Jennifer Lawrence said that she used to be Republican but that the election of President Donald Trump has pushed her to abandon the party and turn to the left.
Lawrence made the comments while a guest on the "Absolutely Not" podcast with comedian Heather McMahan.
"It's extremely hard to talk about politics, and you know, you don't want to, I'm an actor, I want everybody to see my movies," Lawrence said.
"I grew up Republican, and the first president, my first time voting, I voted for John McCain, I was a little Republican and I changed my politics based on the things that I lived," she added.
"But I was fortunate to grow up in a Republican house, where I could see, I see the fiscal benefits of some of the Republican policies, and I could also see the social issues weren't in line with my views," Lawrence continued.
"But then for me, when Donald Trump got elected, that just changed everything. This is an impeached president whose broken many laws and has refused to condemn white supremacy, and it feels like there has been a line drawn in the sand," she said.
"I don't give a f***, really, I guess that's the bottom line," she said later in the podcast. "I don't want to support a president who supports white supremacists."
Despite her claims to the contrary, the president has condemned white supremacy many times. In one instance, he called in to Fox News with Sean Hannity and emphatically condemned white supremacy.
"I've said it many times, and let me be clear again," Trump said. "I condemn the KKK. I condemn all white supremacists."
She yearns for Obama
Lawrence also looked fondly back at the days when former President Barack Obama was in office because it was less stressful.
"Don't you remember, like it's so hard to remember, the days when Obama was president, where you woke up, you would go days, maybe weeks, without thinking about the president, because like everything was generally okay," she said.
"I mean the amount of anxiety," Lawrence added.
Here's more about Jennifer Lawrence and politics:


theblaze--2020-10-22--The media now claims that the Hunter Biden/CEFC story is part of a 'disinformation campaign.' But ma

The media now claims that the Hunter Biden/CEFC story is part of a 'disinformation campaign.' But many of the details were reported in 2018 by ... the New York Times

The media now claims that the Hunter Biden/CEFC story is part of a 'disinformation campaign . '
But many of @ @ @ @ @ 2018 by ... the New York Times Before Biden was running for president , this @ @ @ @ @ .

The explosive revelations regarding Hunter Biden's business dealings with the corrupt and now-defunct Chinese energy company CEFC have been largely dismissed by mainstream media outlets as part of a "disinformation campaign."
For example, as of 6:30 p.m. ET there were zero stories visible on the CNN.com front page about the explosive allegations leveled by former Biden business partner Tony Bubolinski, or anything else connected with the story. MSNBC.com appears likewise almost totally devoid of coverage of the story, except to note that Trump likely plans to make Hunter Biden an issue in the debate tonight. The Biden campaign has also indicated that Biden will refuse to answer any questions about the story on the basis that it is a part of a "Russian misinformation" campaign.
However, the media were not always studiously silent about the questionable relationship between CEFC and the Biden family. In fact, in 2018 (before Joe Biden became the Democratic nominee for president), the New York Times ran a damning piece on the arrest of former CEFC head Ye Jianming and his efforts to bribe foreign officials around the world, including specifically the Biden family.
Among other explosive facts from the Times report, the story alleged that when U.S. authorities closed in on CEFC and took one of Mr. Ye's emissaries into custody, one of the first phone calls he made was to Joe Biden's brother James, in an attempt to show how politically connected he was. According to the Times:
In a brief interview, James Biden said he had been surprised by Mr. Ho's call. He said he believed it had been meant for Hunter Biden, the former vice president's son. James Biden said he had passed on his nephew's contact information.
"There is nothing else I have to say," James Biden said. "I don't want to be dragged into this anymore."
The report also detailed that Ye began cultivating a relationship with the Biden family in 2015, when Biden was still vice president. The report stated that an aide to Ye met with Hunter Biden during that time frame, and that Ye himself met with Biden at a hotel in Miami in 2017.
The report states that, "Mr. Ye proposed a partnership to invest in American infrastructure and energy deals," which is exactly what is detailed in many of the text and email messages that were released throughout the day on Thursday.
At the time, the Times noted that, "It is unclear whether Hunter Biden struck any business deals with CEFC or Mr. Ye. Through his attorney, Hunter Biden declined to comment."
The Times story made clear that, prior to Biden's run for president, Hunter's relationship with CEFC and the possibility that he was roped into CEFC's shady web was a legitimate story, and that many of the details contained in emails and texts that have been attested to by Tony Bubolinski were verified by reporting at the time.


theblaze--2020-10-22--Trump to bring Hunter Biden's former business partner to final debate as his special guest

Trump to bring Hunter Biden 's former business partner to final debate as his special guest

President Donald Trump will reportedly have Hunter Biden's former business partner, Tony Bobulinski, as his special guest at Thursday night's presidential debate. Much like he did in the 2016 presidential debates, Trump will attempt to use his special guest to gain a psychological edge against his opponent.
President Trump has allegedly invited Bobulinski, the former business associate of Joe Biden's son, Hunter. Bobulinski became a potential factor in the 2020 presidential election this week when he came forward to confirm that the New York Post's report on Hunter Biden's overseas dealings with a Chinese energy company is "genuine."
Bobulinski became a possible thorn in the side of Joe Biden after he claimed that the "big guy" named in an email about a business venture with Shanghai-based CEFC China Energy Co was, in fact, the Democratic presidential nominee.
"Hunter Biden called his dad 'the Big Guy' or 'my Chairman,' and frequently referenced asking him for his sign-off or advice on various potential deals that we were discussing," said Bobulinski. "I've seen Vice President Biden saying he never talked to Hunter about his business. I've seen firsthand that that's not true, because it wasn't just Hunter's business, they said they were putting the Biden family name and its legacy on the line."
Joe Biden has repeatedly said that he has "never spoken to my son about his overseas business dealings."
Bobulinski, who is a former wrestler at Penn State University, said he's "not a political person." "What few campaign contributions I have made in my life were to Democrats," he told the New York Post.
"I don't have a political axe to grind; I just saw behind the Biden curtain and I grew concerned about what I saw," Bobulinski said. "The Biden family aggressively leveraged the Biden family name to make millions of dollars from foreign entities even though some were from communist controlled China."
"I myself served our country for 4 years and left the Navy as LT Bobulinski," he said. "I held a high level security clearance and was an instructor and then CTO for Naval Nuclear Power Training Command."
Following his stint in the military, Bobulinski became an institutional investor who invested "extensively around the world and on every continent."
He is the CEO of Sinohawk Holdings, which he said "was a partnership between the Chinese operating through CEFC/Chairman Ye and the Biden family."
Bobulinski is reportedly cooperating with an investigation into Hunter Biden's overseas dealings that is being led by U.S. Senate Homeland Security Committee Chairman Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.). Bobulinski allegedly handed over a trove of emails, text messages, and documents showing Hunter Biden's dealings with the now-bankrupt Chinese energy corporation to the U.S. Senate committees who are investigating Hunter Biden's overseas business ventures.
Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, and Johnson are said to be interviewing Bobulinksi on Friday, according to Fox News.
"As part of the committees' efforts to validate the authenticity of recently publicly released emails involving the Biden family's international financial entanglements, we sent letters to five individuals identified in the emails. Those letters were sent yesterday, and the deadline is October 23, 2020," Johnson and Grassley said in a statement. "So far, the committees have received a response only from Mr. Tony Bobulinski, who appears to be willing to fully cooperate with our investigation."
Trump weaponized special guests at the 2016 presidential debate to try to rattle Hillary Clinton. His special guests in 2016 were women who accused Bill Clinton of sexual assault: Kathleen Willey, Juanita Broaddrick, and Paula Jones. Trump held a pre-debate press conference with the three women as well as Kathy Shelton, whose rapist was defended by Hillary Clinton in 1975 when she was a lawyer. The women were in the audience during the presidential debate.
Also in 2016, Trump invited Malik Obama, Barack Obama's half-brother, as his guest to the third presidential debate.
At the first presidential debate this year, Trump's guests were Alice Johnson, a criminal reform advocate who was serving a life sentence in prison before Trump commuted her sentence in 2018; and Ann Dorn, the widow of former St. Louis police captain David Dorn, who was fatally shot in June while protecting his friend's pawn shop during riots.
The final presidential debate will take place at Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee, will run from 9 p.m. until 10:30 p.m. ET on Thursday.


theblaze--2020-10-22--Former never-Trumper James Lindsay on why he just CAN'T vote for Joe Biden

Former never-Trumper James Lindsay on why he just CA N'T vote for Joe Biden This election is Trump verses a @ @ @ @ @ apart American society at its very foundation '

This is a moment "Cynical Theories" author James Lindsay probably hoped would never come. The liberal mathematician and host of the "New Discourses Podcast" recently came out as "unhappily" voting Republican, including for President Donald Trump, because the Democratic Party is now being controlled by a far-left movement that seeks to destroy our country and the U.S. Constitution.
He joined Glenn Beck on the radio program Thursday to explain why this election isn't "Trump versus Biden." It's Trump versus a "movement that wants to tear apart American society at its very foundation." Lindsay warned that if it isn't stopped, the left can toss out our rights by rewriting the Constitution — or abolishing it altogether.
"A lot of people don't understand what's happening with the election we have right now," he said. "They think it's a choice between Donald Trump and Joe Biden. And at the surface level, of course, it is. We're voting for each candidate to be duly put into the office of president. But that's not what we really have going on. We have, in Donald Trump, a man who's going to govern as we've all seen — the way he feels like he's going to govern. And we have in Joe Biden, a man captured by a movement that wants to tear apart the American society at its very foundation."
Lindsay noted the popular leftist narratives that call to "abolish anything they don't like," which now includes the U.S. Constitution. He added that "this is the movement that is controlling the Democratic Party."
"It is my belief, that there has been a largely effective kind of silent coup of the Democratic Party, that's turned it completely under the control of this movement. And that's what we're going to be electing with Joe Biden. So I can't do it," he said.
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theblaze--2020-10-22--New Hunter Biden texts appear to show Joe Biden directly involved in setting up Chinese business dea

New Hunter Biden texts appear to show Joe Biden directly involved in setting up Chinese business deal The evidence continues @ @ @ @ @ lied about his involement with Hunter Biden 's business affairs

As the Hunter Biden laptop story continues to develop, newly revealed text messages purportedly from 2017 appear to show Biden arranging a business meeting with representatives of a Chinese company and his father, Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden.
The messages, if accurate, clearly implicate Joe Biden in his family's business dealings with China, contrary to Biden's prior claims. They also corroborate claims made by Tony Bobulinski, a man claiming to be a Biden business associate who says that an email published by the New York Post about a "lucrative" deal with a Chinese energy company is "genuine" and that Joe Biden profited from this deal.
The text messages, obtained and shared on Twitter by The Federalist co-founder Sean Davis, allegedly show Hunter Biden setting up a meeting to discuss a business deal between the now-bankrupt Shanghai-based China Energy Fund Committee and his father Joe Biden and his uncle James Biden. According to Davis, the text messages are from May 2, 2017, and the meeting took place at the Beverly Hilton hotel in Beverly Hills, California.
"Mrng plse let me knw [sic] if we will do early dinner w your Uncle & dad and where, also for document translation do you want it in simple Chinese or traditional?" one message reads.
"Not sure on dinner yet and whatever is the most common for a Chinese legal DOC," Hunter Biden replies.
"Chinese legal docs can be both, i'll [sic] make it traditional," the reply states.
"Dad not in now until 11 - lets me I [sic] and Jim meet at 10 at Beverly Hilton where he's staying," Biden said.
In May 2017, Joe Biden was a featured speaker at the Milken Institute Global Conference in Beverly Hills, California, which was hosted at the Beverly Hilton hotel, placing the former vice president at the same time and place as alleged by these text messages.
"The next morning, on May 3, 2017, Hunter's business partner-turned-whistleblower Tony Bobulinski texted James Biden--Hunter's uncle/Joe Biden's brother--and asked him to 'please thank Joe for his time' for the meeting they all had on May 2 to discuss the China business deal," Davis reports.
"Great to meet u [sic] and spend some time together, please thank Joe for his time, was great to talk thx Tony b," a message states.
Tony Bobulinski, the CEO of Sinohawk Holdings, recently released a statement claiming that his company was a "partnership between the Chinese operating through CEFC/Chairman Ye [Jianming] and the Biden family." He spoke out to authenticate an email reported by the New York Post that allegedly came from Hunter Biden's laptop and discussed "remuneration packages" for six people involved in a business venture with CEFC China Energy Co.
That email, sent 10 days after the alleged meeting at the Beverly Hilton, discussed a percent equity stake of the deal held in reserve for "the big guy," a reference to Joe Biden, Bobulinski claims.
Joe Biden has repeatedly denied having any involvement in his son's business affairs, claiming he's "never spoken to my son about his overseas business dealings." He has referred to a Senate investigation into the Hunter Biden emails as a "desperate campaign to smear me and my family."
Democrats have questioned the veracity Hunter Biden emails, suggesting the emails may be part of a disinformation campaign orchestrated by Russia to influence the 2020 election. The Department of Justice and the FBI have rejected this assessment.
Bobulinski claims that this email is authentic, that the Biden family arranged a deal with CEFC China Energy Co., and that Joe Biden was paid millions of dollars by this foreign entity with ties to the Chinese Communist Party.
"I've seen Vice President Biden saying he never talked to Hunter about his business. I've seen firsthand that that's not true, because it wasn't just Hunter's business, they said they were putting the Biden family name and its legacy on the line," Bobulinski said in his statement.
"The Biden family aggressively leveraged the Biden family name to make millions of dollars from foreign entities even though some were from communist controlled China," he claimed.


theblaze--2020-10-22--Joe Biden says commission to 'reform' Supreme Court will go 'well beyond' court packing

Joe Biden says commission to 'reform ' Supreme Court will go 'well beyond ' court packing

During a yet-to-be-aired "60 Minutes" interview, Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden announced that, if elected in November, he would establish a commission to reform the Supreme Court — and changes to be considered would go "well beyond" just court packing.
"If elected, what I will do is I'll put together a national commission of, a bipartisan commission of scholars, constitutional scholars, Democrats, Republicans, liberal, conservative. And I will ask them to over 180 days come back to me with recommendations as to how to reform the court system because it's getting out of whack ... the way in which it's being handled," Biden said in a clip from the interview posted to Twitter Thursday.
"And it's not about court packing. There's a number of other things that our constitutional scholars have debated and I've looked to see what recommendations that commission might make," he added.
"There's a number of alternatives that go well beyond packing," he indicated. "The last thing we need to do is turn the Supreme Court into just a political football — whoever has the most votes gets whatever they want. Presidents come and go. Supreme court justices stay for generations."
It was not immediately clear to what "alternatives" Biden was referring to, and it's doubtful that the candidate will disclose them before the election, anyhow.
The comments are likely to stir up more controversy around the issue as Biden and his running mate, Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) have been purposefully tightlipped about their intentions, refusing to indicate whether they would add seats to the court in response to Judge Amy Coney Barrett's expected confirmation to the Supreme Court.
At one point earlier this month, Biden even snapped after being asked about his intentions and amazingly stated that voters don't deserve to know his stance on the issue before the election.
Then last week, when pressed on the issue once again, Biden hinted that he's "not a fan" of court packing but still refused to give a clear answer on the issue.
TheBlaze noted in a recent report that any attempt to grow the Supreme Court will need to go through Congress first, and thus a number of moderate Democrats, especially in the Senate, would need to be convinced.
That effort may prove to be particularly difficult since a majority of Americans — 58% — still oppose court packing, according to a recent poll conducted by the New York Times.


theblaze--2020-10-22--Portland cop charged for driving into alleged looter who ran from shop during riot — and alleged loo

Portland cop charged for driving into alleged looter who ran from shop during riot — and alleged looter's charges are dropped

Portland cop charged for driving into alleged looter who ran from shop during riot — and alleged looter 's charges @ @ @ @ @ suspect facing consequences for looting , this veteran police officer finds himself the target of @ @ @ @

A now-retired Portland police officer is accused of driving into an alleged looter who ran from a shop during a riot this summer — and while the former officer has been indicted, the alleged looter's charges have been dropped, the Oregonian reported.
What are the details?
A Multnomah County grand jury charged Scott Groshong with official misconduct, third-degree assault, and failure to perform the duties of a driver, the paper said, citing a source familiar with the investigation who's not authorized to speak about it.
Groshong — who retired in August after a 27-year career — was working undercover surveillance and driving an unmarked van during a mid-June protest, the Oregonian said.
Here's video of incident:
Alleged Portland skate shop thief struck by police van youtu.be
Daryl Turner, president of the Portland Police Association, condemned Groshong's prosecution and suggested politics is playing a role in the case, the paper added.
The Oregonian noted that while the indictment hasn't been filed in court, the police union and the manager of the Portland Skate and Snowboard shop said the incident occurred June 15 just before midnight.
More from the paper:
Groshong and Portland police Sgt. Chris Kenagy were doing surveillance in the area of Northwest Ninth Avenue and Davis Street and heard glass breaking, according to court records from arrests made that night. Groshong drove up to the skate shop and recorded one man reaching in and taking two skateboards and another snagging a third board before running off, the records indicate.
A short time later, another man walked up to the store, stole a helmet and darted across the street, said shop manager Kevin Nimick.
A video by an area resident caught an unmarked black van racing east on Davis Street up to the alleged helmet thief, who was running across the street near 9th Avenue, and shows the van strike him near the intersection, knocking him off his feet and onto the sidewalk. [...]
The driver's side door of the black van opened but no one appears to have stepped out of the vehicle, and the man who had been struck ran off, according to the video.
The alleged looter — who appears to drop the stolen helmet and leave it behind before running away — was arrested a few blocks away, the Oregonian said.
But his burglary and criminal mischief charges were later dismissed, the paper said, and he actually accused Groshong later on of driving into him and then driving away.
According to Turner, Groshong said that allegation is false, and the alleged looter ran in front of the vehicle of an independent witness near the scene and didn't show any sign of injury, the Oregonian noted.
"Instead of the suspect facing consequences for looting, this veteran police officer finds himself the target of misplaced criminal charges," Turner said in his statement, according to the paper. "Incredibly, this suspect now claims the police knowingly hit him with the undercover surveillance van when the officer drove towards him to document his criminal acts. That claim is false, self-serving, and runs completely counter to the independent eyewitness who observed the suspect running away from the scene of his crime."
Also, Turner said the grand jury didn't hear from the independent witness when the case was presented by an outside prosecutor, the Oregonian noted.
"There is no justice when politics are injected into the criminal justice system," he noted in his statement, according to the paper, adding that "once the full picture is revealed, we are confident that justice will prevail and the officer will be exonerated of all charges. We stand by our officer, truth, and justice."
Kenagy, who was riding with Groshong, has not been charged, the paper said, adding that Groshong's lawyer did not return a call for comment Wednesday night.


theblaze--2020-10-22--Alleged texts from Hunter Biden business partner warn: 'Don't mention Joe being involved,' Chinese w

Alleged texts from Hunter Biden business partner warn: 'Don't mention Joe being involved,' Chinese wanted 'to be partners with Bidens'

Alleged texts from Hunter Biden business partner warn : 'Do n't mention Joe being involved , ' Chinese wanted 'to @ @ @ @ @ email says Chinese energy firm provided $ 5 million interest-free loan to the Biden family

Hunter Biden's former business partner claims that he warned another associate not to mention "Joe being involved" in their overseas dealings. Another alleged unearthed document from one of Hunter's business associates told the chairman of a Chinese energy company that he looks forward to touting "the political and strategic value of the Biden family."
On Thursday, Fox News' chief congressional correspondent Mike Emanuel released photos of an alleged text message conversation between Tony Bobulinski and James Gilliar, business partners of Hunter Biden.
Gilliar reportedly sent text messages to Bobulinski on May 20, 2017.
"Don't mention Joe being involved, it's only when u are face to face, I know u know that but they are paranoid," Gilliar allegedly wrote. Emmanuel clarified the "they" in the message by saying, "I'm told is a reference to Joe Biden."
On May 19, 2017, Hunter Biden said, "My Chairman gave an emphatic no."
On the same day, business associate Rob Walker allegedly informed Bobulinski about Hunter referring to Joe Biden as his "Chairman."
Bobulinski told Fox News, "Hunter Biden called his dad 'the Big Guy' or 'my Chairman,' and frequently referenced asking him for his sign-off or advice on various potential deals that we were discussing."
Joe Biden, the Democratic nominee, has repeatedly denied that he has involved himself in his son's business affairs.
On May 2, 2017, Bobulinski sent a text to James Biden, Joe's brother, that read, "Great to meet u and spend some time together, please thank Joe for his time, was great to talk thx Tony b," according to Fox News.
On April 6, 2017, Hunter Biden was reportedly asked what the Chinese are interested in, and he replies, "Everything – the only thing I told them I would not do is defense related technology and and arms and anything that would give the Chinese a military advantage."
Mollie Hemingway, senior editor at The Federalist, posted a photo of the alleged conversation.
"U need to stress to H[unter], does he want to be the reason or factor that blows up his dad's campaign," Gilliar reportedly told Bobulinski, referencing Joe Biden's 2020 presidential campaign plans.
Another alleged screenshot from Bobulinski's smashed up BlackBerry shows a text message conversation between Hunter Biden and Bobulinski.
"And TONY that is what Zhang implied – they are both coming to be MY partner to be partners with the Bidens," Hunter allegedly texted. "He has implied that the #1 has made that clear and available to him."
Bobulinski replied, "And HUNTER I think u r missing the point that I am outlining."
Gilliar responds, "Think we are all on the same page," along with an "OK" hand emoji.
The "Zhang" mentioned in the text message could be Tian Zhang, who was mentioned in a report released last month by Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) and Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) titled, "Hunter Biden, Burisma, and Corruption: The Impact on U.S. Government Policy and Related Concerns."
The report stated:
"On the same day that the impending Rosneft deal was announced, Hunter Biden and Gongwen Dong, a Chinese national who has reportedly executed transactions for limited liability companies controlled by Ye Jianming, applied to a bank and opened a line of credit under the business name Hudson West III LLC (Hudson West III)."
Hudson West III was incorporated on April 19, 2016, more than a year before the credit cards were issued. Hudson West III, which is now dissolved, changed ownership at some unknown point. After that change, ownership was divided between Hunter Biden's law firm, Owasco PC (50%) and Coldharbour Capital LLC (50%). Although ownership in Coldharbour Capital is equally divided between two individuals, Mervyn Yan and Tian Zhang, it has a business address identified as the address of Gongwen Dong. According to records on file with the Committees, Hudson West III checking accounts were opened on Aug. 3, 2017, and Sept. 6, 2017, with Yan and Robert Hunter Biden. Gongwen Dong was a former signer, which suggests that at one time he was associated with Hudson."
Gongwen Dong's name also resurfaced on Thursday, after an alleged email was exposed. The Federalist co-founder Sean Davis shared an image of a purported email that was sent to Bobulinski. Gongwen Dong was copied on the reported email that discusses an interest-free $5 million loan from Shanghai-based conglomerate CEFC China Energy Co.
"This $5 MM loan to BD family is interest-free. But if the $5 MM is used up, should CEFC keep lending more to the family? If CEFC lends more, they need to know the interest rate for the subsequent loan(s)," a CEFC official allegedly wrote to Bobulinski on Aug. 1, 2017.
Last month's Senate Homeland Security and Senate Finance Committees report on Hunter Biden stated a loan from CEFC went to the Hudson West III company, which is partly owned by the former vice president's son:
On Aug. 8, 2017, CEFC Infrastructure Investment wired $5 million to the bank account for Hudson West III. These funds may have originated from a loan issued from the account of a company called Northern International Capital Holdings, a Hong Kong-based investment company identified at one time as a 'substantial shareholder' in CEFC International Limited along with Ye. It is unclear whether Hunter Biden was half-owner of Hudson West III at that time. However, starting on Aug. 8, the same day the $5 million was received, and continuing through Sept. 25, 2018, Hudson West III sent frequent payments to Owasco, Hunter Biden's firm. These payments, which were described as consulting fees, reached $4,790,375.25 in just over a year.
According to a report from The Daily Caller News Foundation on Thursday, Bobulinski was part of a five-person partnership with Hunter Biden and his uncle, James Biden. They formed a joint venture involving CEFC called "Oneida Holdings."
Bobulinski reportedly wrote to Ye Jianming, the founder and former chairman of the now-bankrupt CEFC China Energy Company, who mysteriously disappeared in early 2018.
"I look forward to leveraging those relationships along with the political and strategic value of the Biden family, James Gilliar and CEFC to fulfill SinoHawk's mission," Bobulinski allegedly wrote to Ye on June 15, 2017.
The documents also allege that Hunter Biden formed a shell company named "GK Temujin LLC" on May 22, 2017.
Bobulinski claimed that he provided a trove of documents to the U.S. Senate committees who are investigating Hunter Biden's overseas dealings.
On Thursday, Bobulinski confirmed that the report by the New York Post about Hunter Biden's "lucrative" deal with the Chinese energy firm is "genuine." He also claimed that the person referenced as the "big guy" who will reportedly get 10% in a business venture in leaked emails from Hunter's laptop is a reference to Joe Biden.


theblaze--2020-10-22--Steven Crowder demands Michigan Gov. Whitmer release the death count

On Oct. 2 , thousands of concerned citizens gathered at the Michigan Capitol to press Gov .
Gretchen Whitmer ( D ) to release the nursing home death count that resulted from Whitmer 's executive orders on the coronavirus pandemic .
As COVID-19 spread , Steven Crowder noticed something tragic developing in his home state of Michigan .
While most states reported COVID-19 as the main cause of roughly 34 % of all deaths , Michigan 's reporting stirred concern .
Compelled to stand up for the most COVID-19-vulnerable demographic , senior citizens , Crowder and his team organized the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
`` How many of you have heard the reported number that 34 % of COVID-19 deaths come from senior living facilities ? ''
Crowder asked the crowd .
`` That number is a lie . ''
According to Crowder , Michigan reports failed to include all senior care facilities , reporting only 1/10th of senior care facilities registered in the state .
Whitmer 's administration set up a system in which COVID-19 infected residents received treatment in isolated areas of nursing home facilities across the state .
The governor vetoed a bill @ @ @ @ @ @ @ nursing homes to knowingly house COVID-19 infected patients , claiming that nursing homes took in only patients that the facility was prepared to care for .
But , death tolls indicated that one in four coronavirus deaths in Michigan occurred in nursing homes .
Since the rally , the Detroit News reported , `` In a landmark ruling with far-reaching implications , the Michigan Supreme Court decided Friday that Gov .
Gretchen Whitmer violated her constitutional authority by continuing to issue orders to combat COVID-19 without the approval of state lawmakers . ''
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ that the 1945 Emergency Powers of the Governor Act is unconstitutional .
Additionally , the court ruled , `` The 1976 Emergency Management Act did not give Whitmer the power , after April 30 , to issue or renew any executive orders related to the COVID-19 pandemic after 28 days without Legislative approval . ''
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On Oct. 2, thousands of concerned citizens gathered at the Michigan Capitol to press Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) to release the nursing home death count that resulted from Whitmer's executive orders on the coronavirus pandemic.
As COVID-19 spread, Steven Crowder noticed something tragic developing in his home state of Michigan. While most states reported COVID-19 as the main cause of roughly 34% of all deaths, Michigan's reporting stirred concern.
Compelled to stand up for the most COVID-19-vulnerable demographic, senior citizens, Crowder and his team organized the Michigan March to demand Whitmer answer questions.
"How many of you have heard the reported number that 34% of COVID-19 deaths come from senior living facilities?" Crowder asked the crowd. "That number is a lie."
According to Crowder, Michigan reports failed to include all senior care facilities, reporting only 1/10th of senior care facilities registered in the state.
"Release the numbers, Gov. Whitmer," Crowder chanted. "Release the numbers."
Gov. Whitmer's policy
Whitmer's administration set up a system in which COVID-19 infected residents received treatment in isolated areas of nursing home facilities across the state.
The governor vetoed a bill that would have made it illegal for nursing homes to knowingly house COVID-19 infected patients, claiming that nursing homes took in only patients that the facility was prepared to care for. But, death tolls indicated that one in four coronavirus deaths in Michigan occurred in nursing homes.
What else?
Since the rally, the Detroit News reported, "In a landmark ruling with far-reaching implications, the Michigan Supreme Court decided Friday that Gov. Gretchen Whitmer violated her constitutional authority by continuing to issue orders to combat COVID-19 without the approval of state lawmakers."
In a 4-3 ruling, lawmakers decided that the 1945 Emergency Powers of the Governor Act is unconstitutional. Additionally, the court ruled, "The 1976 Emergency Management Act did not give Whitmer the power, after April 30, to issue or renew any executive orders related to the COVID-19 pandemic after 28 days without Legislative approval."
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theblaze--2020-10-22--Threatening letters are reportedly being sent to Trump supporters in New Hampshire

Threatening letters are reportedly being sent to Trump supporters in New Hampshire 'Your address has been added to our database @ @ @ @

New Hampshire authorities are investigating threatening letters that are reportedly popping up in Trump supporters' mailboxes in Hillsborough County.
What are the details?
According to WMUR-TV, some residents of Brookline and Milford, New Hampshire, received threatening letters for being Trump supporters.
One woman, who identified herself as Kelly — a resident of Brookline — told the station that the letters scare her as a Trump supporter and a homeowner.
The letter reportedly said, "Dear neighbor. You have been identified by our group as being a Trump supporter. Your address has been added to our database as a target when we attack should Trump not concede the election."
The letter also encouraged homeowners to ensure that their insurance policies cover fire damage.
"We recommend that you check your home insurance policy and make [sic] that it is current and that it has adequate coverage for fire damage. You have been given 'Fair Warning,'" the letter warned.
It concluded, "Always remember, that it was 'you' that started this Civil War. Be prepared to face the severe consequences of your pre-emptive actions against democracy."
Kelly told WMUR, "I was very taken aback. This is my home. You're not supposed to threaten my home. I'm very worried in the sense that this is going on in my town."
According to the New Hampshire Union Leader, at least two Brookline residents and at least two Milford residents received the identical letters.
Brookline Police Chief Bill Quigley told the station that the letters could violate federal law.
"I was kind of quite shocked that anyone would send a letter out with that type of threat. It's on a felony level, because of the threat of burning homes down and causing injury, but it could also be with the postal inspectors, something on the federal level," Quigley explained.
The police said the letters to the two Brookline residents were not placed in envelopes, but folded three times and taped along the edge, Fox News reported. The address did not contain the residents' names, Quigley said.
He also told the Union Leader that he's never quite seen something like this.
"The fact that somebody would have the gall to even put something like this out ... this tips the bucket. I have never heard of anything as blatantly foul as this," Quigley admitted.
Elsewhere in Milford, New Hampshire, Trump-supporting residents received the very same letters of warning.
Captain Craig Frye of the Milford Police Department told Fox News in a statement that officers referred the letters to the U.S. Postal Inspection Service as well as the state attorney general's office.
Police asking that anyone who has received similar letters notify them.