theblaze--2020-01-23--Treasury Sec. Steve Mnuchin on Greta Thunberg's continuing climate change lectures: After she goes t

Treasury Sec. Steve Mnuchin on Greta Thunberg's continuing climate change lectures: After she goes to college, she can explain it all to us

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Treasury Secretary Steve Munchin suggested that teen climate change activist Greta Thunberg should study economics before lecturing people on climate change.
What are the details?
Mnuchin made the remarks Thursday at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, according to The Guardian, where he initially joked that he had no idea who the teen is.
"Is she the chief economist?" he joked. "Who is she, I'm confused."
Turning more serious, Mnuchin added, "After she goes and studies economics in college, she can come back and explain that to us."
"Many economies are transitioning to a more efficient and cleaner energy," he continued. "That doesn't have to be all renewables."
Calling issues of the environment "clearly complicated," Mnuchin added, "When I was allowed to drive I had a Tesla. I drove in California. I liked it. But nobody focuses on how that electricity is made and what happens to the storage and the environmental issues on all these batteries."
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What else?
Thunberg, who also took part in a climate-related forum at the Davos forum on Tuesday, insisted that world leaders are simply "fueling the flames" of climate change by doing nothing.
"You might think we're naive, but if you won't do it, you must explain to your children why you've given up on the Paris Agreement goals and knowingly created a climate crisis," the teen said in dramatic remarks.
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President Donald Trump, who also appeared at the annual forum on Tuesday, said, "To embrace the possibilities of tomorrow, we must reject the perennial prophets of doom and their predictions of the apocalypse. They are the heirs of yesterday's foolish fortunetellers."


theblaze--2020-01-23--Crook pulls gun on man returning home in middle of night. But victim is a concealed carrier — and th

Crook pulls gun on man returning home in middle of night. But victim is a concealed carrier — and the crook feels the pain.

Crook pulls gun on man returning home in middle of night .
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The shootout was captured on nearby surveillance video

Police said a Michigan man pulled into the driveway of his Warren home around 3 a.m. Wednesday after attending a show in Detroit and then walked to his door, WJBK-TV reported.
At that point a 22-year-old man ran up to him with a gun, police told the station.
But there was a teeny weeny problem for the gunman: His victim is a concealed pistol license holder, WJBK said — and had his own gun on hand.
What happened next?
With that the 28-year-old CPL holder pulled out his gun and fired several shots at the suspected robber, the station said. Warren Police Det. Chad Wolowiec told WJBK about 20 shots were exchanged between the two.
Fortunately the CPL holder was unharmed in the shootout, the station said.
But the suspect? Not so much. Despite being hit in the leg and forearm, he was able to get into a vehicle and drive away, WJBK said.
Warren police on an unrelated call nearby heard the shots and minutes later spotted a vehicle driving with its lights off a few blocks away, the station said. When cops tried to pull over the vehicle, the drive sped off, WJBK added.
"There was a short pursuit and the suspect was found a short time later sitting in the car with the gunshot wounds," Wolowiec told the station.
Where do things stand?
Police determined the CPL holder was simply defending himself in what was either a targeted incident or a crime of opportunity, WJBK said.
Officials told the station the accused attacker — who was stable in a hospital — has a criminal past and now faces potential charges of armed robbery and attempted murder, the station said.


theblaze--2020-01-23--Despite attacks, Bernie Sanders surges to big lead in key early state, New Hampshire poll shows

Despite attacks , Bernie Sanders surges to big lead in key early state , New Hampshire poll shows

Democratic socialist Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) has jumped out to a sizable lead in a key early primary state, despite heightened attacks from his competitors and former nominee Hillary Clinton, according to a WBUR-FM poll.
The new poll shows Sanders leading all primary candidates in New Hampshire by double figures, and a 14-point increase by Sanders from December to January suggests his campaign may still be gaining momentum.
WBUR's poll has Sanders at 29 percent, followed by former South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg at 17 percent, former Vice President Joe Biden at 14 percent, and Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) at 13 percent.
The only two other candidates who qualified for the January debate, Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) and Tom Steyer, are at 5 percent and 2 percent, respectively.
Last month, Sanders was third in this same poll at 15 percent, trailing Buttigieg (18 percent) and Biden (17 percent).
Sanders has become a target this month. Before the January debate, anonymous sources leaked a story to CNN that Sanders told Warren in 2018 that a woman could not win the 2020 presidential election. Sanders has denied saying that, while Warren maintains that he did.
Warren confronted Sanders after the debate and accused Sanders of calling her a liar on national television. Sanders accused her of the same. It's unknown who is telling the truth, but the conflict has broken down a long-standing truce between the two candidates who have been friends, and who are ideologically similar.
This week Clinton torched Sanders harshly critical comments attacking his likability and the allegedly toxic culture perpetuated by Sanders, his staff, and his supporters.
"He was in Congress for years," Clinton says of Sanders in a Hulu documentary to be released in March. "He had one senator support him. Nobody likes him, nobody wants to work with him, he got nothing done. He was a career politician. It's all just baloney and I feel so bad that people got sucked into it."
Clinton confirmed in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter that she stood by those words.


theblaze--2020-01-23--School reportedly tells black teen he must cut off his lengthy dreadlocks in order to walk for gradu

School reportedly tells black teen he must cut off his lengthy dreadlocks in order to walk for graduation

A Texas school district has reportedly determined that a teen with dreadlocks will not be able to walk for graduation unless he cuts them off.
What are the details?
According to KPRC-TV, DeAndre Arnold, who is a senior at Barbers Hill High School in Mont Belvieu, Texas, will not be able to participate in his 2020 high school graduation unless he cuts his dreadlocks.
Administrators at the school also recently handed down an in-school suspension after the teen refused to cut his hairstyle back.
The Arnold family, who hails from Trinidad, sports extensive dreadlocks as part of the family's culture. DeAndre also said that the school district changed its dress code after Christmas break, demanding that hair must be "clean and well-groomed" and male students' hair must not extend past the eyebrows, earlobes, or T-shirt collar, according to KPRC.
"They say that even though my hair is up and I follow all of the regulations, that if it was down, it would be out of dress code," DeAndre told the station. "Not that I'm out of dress code, but if I was to take it down, I would be out of dress code, which doesn't make any sense. I don't take it down at school."
Sandy said that the district is threatening to withhold his graduation participation if he does not comply with dress code.
"This is part of who he is," she reasoned. "This is his culture. This is what we believe."
What is the school saying about this?
In a Sunday Twitter statement, the school superintendent said that while dreadlocks are permitted in the school dress code, it does "have a community supported hair length policy & have had for decades."
A Thursday statement doubled down on the decision, adding, "BH has received scrutiny regarding our high level of expectations on all things & dress code. Yet our African American students beat the state average on passing STAR by 22% & our overall passing scores are the highest in the state. Sounds like high expectations work!"
A statement on the district website reads:
Barbers Hill Independent School District is one of the fastest growing school districts in Texas and is a state leading district with significant academic, extracurricular and financial successes! We passed our last bond by an 86% margin and enjoy tremendous community support. That same community demands high expectations in all things including dress code, and our board of trustees, which has included African American representation, takes their role of representing our local community as one of their chief priorities. We allow any legally accepted religious or medical exemptions to our dress code and have allowed such exemptions in the past. We will continue to be a child-centered district that seeks to maximize the potential of EVERY child. Local control is sacred to this country, and we will NOT be bullied or intimidated by outside influences. We are proud of the many past leaders that have laid the foundation that has made Barbers Hill ISD a destination district for the unprecedented numbers of parents that are moving here.


theblaze--2020-01-23--VIDEO: Majority of students interviewed say they support abortions up to birth

VIDEO : Majority of students interviewed say they support abortions up to birth

The majority of students interviewed in a video filmed at George Washington University in Washington, D.C., said that they're OK with abortions all the way up to birth.
Eduardo Neret of Campus Reform recently visited the campus to gauge students' support for late-term abortion — and the majority of the responses were decidedly disturbing.
What are the details?
Neret paid a visit to the campus ahead of this week's March for Life and asked students their thoughts on late-term abortion.
According to the outlet, the majority of students voiced their support for late-term abortion, with many insisting that there should be no restrictions on abortion whatsoever.
Other students also said that taxpayers should also fund abortions. At least one student said that women should be able to access abortions in the third trimester simply on the grounds that they might not make it to an abortion clinic during the first two trimesters because the woman might end up being too busy.
To the students, Neret said, "We're at George Washington University ... to ask students about abortion, whether they think there should be any limits, and what they consider a human life."
"Do you support abortion in the third trimester?" he asked.
Here are some of the more interesting responses:
"[Abortion] should be considered a health service that everyone should have the right to."
"It's a women's body to decide what she wants ... if she wants to do it, then that's up to her."
"I think that if [a woman feels abortion] is the right decision ... it's their body."
"If someone doesn't want a child or doesn't want to go through with a pregnancy, they should be able to opt out."
"It should be left to her choice."
"If the women have all of the information ... then it shouldn't be anybody else's decision."
"I don't think you should just be able to ban it."
"They should have the right to do that."
"There shouldn't be any restrictions on [abortion] at all."


theblaze--2020-01-23--President Trump to attend March for Life in person, the first president in history to do so

President Trump to attend March for Life in person , the first president in history to do so The announcement @ @ @ @ @ for Friday shut down the pro-life organization 's website

President Donald Trump is set to become the first president of the United States to speak in person at Friday's March for Life rally in Washington, D.C.
What are the details?
On Wednesday, March for Life organizers of the pro-life gathering tweeted out a call for supporters to attend the event set for Jan. 24. A few hours later, President Trump responded on Twitter, "See you on Friday...Big Crowd!"
President Trump's declaration was followed up by a confirmation from the White House that he "will be the first President in history to attend the March for Life." Counselor to the president Kellyanne Conway also hailed President Trump for being "the most prolife President in history" and thanked the president while encouraging people to attend the event on the National Mall.
March for Life president Jeanne Mancini issued a statement following the announcement, saying:
We are deeply honored to welcome President Trump to the 47th annual March for Life. He will be the first president in history to attend and we are so excited for him to experience in person how passionate our marchers are about life and protecting the unborn. From the appointment of pro-life judges and federal workers, to cutting taxpayer funding for abortions here and abroad, to calling for an end to late-term abortions, President Trump and his Administration have been consistent champions for life and their support for the March for Life has been unwavering. We are grateful for all these pro-life accomplishments and look forward to gaining more victories for life in the future.
Following the announcement, March for Life's website was shut down "due to the surge in web traffic," the organization tweeted.
Anything else?
CNN noted that President Trump "was also the first president to speak at the march via video feed when he addressed participants in the 2018 March."


theblaze--2020-01-23--'Go get another job!' — MSNBC hosts Maddow and Hayes are outraged that Democrats are bored by impeac

'Go get another job!' — MSNBC hosts Maddow and Hayes are outraged that Democrats are bored by impeachment trial

'Go get another job ! '
— MSNBC hosts Maddow and Hayes are outraged that Democrats are bored by impeachment @ @ @ @ @ for the sake of your country . ''

MNSBC hosts were outraged that Democratic politicians were bored and uninterested in the impeachment trial being conducted in the US Senate.
Maddow began the segment calling it "odd" that some senators were falling asleep or walking out of the trial prematurely.
"It's a terrible look to the public to the extent that the news reports are getting out," said Maya Wiley, MSNBC legal analyst.
"These are people who are supposed to be listening, hearing and then making a decision on what's being presented all day long. We've also heard a lot of people have made up their minds already and are not actually taking their oath seriously," she added.
Chris Hayes, another MSNBC host, compared the lawmakers obligation to that of every citizen to serve on juries.
"If the trial goes for a long time, often they don't collect their paycheck from that and are given a meager amount of money relative to what some of those people might make," Hayes explained.
"These peoples' jobs is to do this," Hayes added emphatically.
"This is literally their job," he added. "If you find it too annoying or frustrating or uncomfortable to sit for eight hours and listen, you can resign tomorrow and go get another job."
Maddow concluded the segment demanding that Democrats fake interest in the impeachment trial in order to serve as a good example for the rest of the country.
"There is something to be said for the civic example that they could fake," Maddow said. "You don't have to believe it, but fake it for the sake of your country."
The Republican-controlled Senate is likely to vote against removing President Donald Trump after the Democrat-controlled House of Representatives voted to impeach him.


theblaze--2020-01-23--University of Minnesota student jailed in China over tweets — including one comparing the president

University of Minnesota student jailed in China over tweets — including one comparing the president to Winnie the Pooh Winnie @ @ @ @ @ in China after protesters ridiculed the president

A University of Minnesota student has been jailed in China over social media posts that were considered insulting to the government leaders, including one comparing President Xi Jinping to Winnie the Pooh.
Axios reported that 20-year-old Luo Daiqing had been arrested based on the review of a Chinese court document.
Daiqing is charged with posting social media messages that were unflattering to a "national leader" while he was attending school in Minnesota. He is a liberal arts major.
The documents say he "used his Twitter account to post more than 40 comments denigrating a national leader's image and indecent pictures."
One of those messages from Daiqing could include one with Winnie the Pooh, which is used by protesters to mock the Chinese president because of his similar likeness. As a result, images of the fictional bear were banned in China.
He also posted images with Chinese slogans over images of another cartoon villain with a similar likeness to the president.
Daiqing has been sentenced to six months in jail for "provocation."
China has been highly criticized by free speech activists for their use of technology to spy on their citizens and squelch any speech that might be critical of the communist government
Here's more about Chinese censorship:


theblaze--2020-01-23--Sen. Rand Paul invites President Trump to be his guest at Democrats' impeachment 'charade'

Sen. Rand Paul invites President Trump to be his guest at Democrats ' impeachment 'charade' The president said earlier that @ @ @ @ @ in the front row and stare in their corrupt faces '

Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) has offered President Donald Trump a ticket to attend House Democrats' ongoing impeachment "charade" in the Senate, after the commander in chief told reporters he would "love to sit in the front row and stare in their corrupt faces."
What are the details?
During a press conference at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Wednesday, the president was asked whether he planned to attend the impeachment trial. He replied, "I'd love to go. Wouldn't that be great? Wouldn't that be beautiful?" The Hill reported.
President Trump continued, "I'd sort of love — sit right in the front row and stare at their corrupt faces. I'd love to do it," referring to the House impeachment managers, who are all Democrats.
The president went on to add that his legal team "might have a problem" with him doing so.
Sen. Paul reacted to the president's comments by tweeting out a picture of a pass to the Senate gallery, writing, "I heard @realDonaldTrump would like to attend the impeachment trial. Mr. President, would love to have you as my guest during this partisan charade."
President Trump reacted to Paul's tweet by retweeted the message from his own account.
The New York Post reached out to the Kentucky Republican to ask about his invitation to the president. "He's welcome any time. I've got a ticket for him," Sen. Paul told the outlet, adding, "in fact, I'll probably send a ticket over to the White House today for him."
Anything else?
House impeachment managers began arguing their case against President Trump during the trial on Wednesday, and will have another two days to present their arguments before the Senate. After that, the president's legal team will have three days to present his defense before the upper chamber.


theblaze--2020-01-23--Newest social media 'challenge' has fire officials alarmed, and one teen in Boston is facing charges

Newest social media 'challenge' has fire officials alarmed, and one teen in Boston is facing charges over it

Newest social media 'challenge ' has fire officials alarmed , and one teen in Boston is facing charges over it @ @ @ @ @ Tik Tok

A teenager is facing charges for participating in the latest stupid and potentially dangerous social media challenge.
Officials saysay the "outlet challenge" can cause dangerous fires, damage to property, and can even harm the kids who attempt it.
It has been popularized on the social media app Tik Tok, and involves placing a penny or another coin behind a power charger that is plugged into an electrical power plug. This results in an electrical spark that can cause fires.
Westford Academy principal Jim Antonelli told WCVB-5 that the student faces charges of burning a building, destruction of property and disorderly conduct.
Plymouth, Massachusetts, Fire Chief Ed Bradley told WBZ-Chicago that there's a possibility that a student might get electrocuted during the prank.
"It doesn't take much to be electrocuted, fatally electrocuted just by an outlet in a wall socket," Bradley said.
And there are other possible bodily injuries.
"The electricity propels the charger and the coin — now the coin is molten metal at this point — outwards. It could easily get you in the face, get you in the eye. It could cause blindness and it could cause your clothing to catch on fire," Bradley said.
Some are comparing it to the impossibly stupid "Tide pod challenge" of 2018.
Here's a local news report about the charges:


theblaze--2020-01-23--Watch: Joe Biden's sudden outburst after reporter asks about Bernie Sanders feud

'Why , why , why , why , why , why , why ! '

Democratic presidential candidate and former vice president Joe Biden appeared to lose his cool when a reporter asked him about his feud with fellow 2020 contender Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Wednesday, making headlines as video of the incident went viral.
What are the details?
In the clip, CBS News reporter Ed O'Keefe can be seen asking Biden after a campaign event in Iowa, "Yesterday, you said you accepted Bernie's apology, now you're attacking him? Why are you doing that? Why wasn't his apology enough, Mr. Vice President?"
Biden continued to walk through the crowd surrounding him and, at first, ignored the questions before turning around as O'Keefe pressed, "Why attack Sanders?"
All of a sudden, Biden flared up, appearing to mock the journalist by rattling off, "Why, why, why, why, why, why, why?" while approaching O'Keefe before regaining his composure and telling the reporter, "You're getting nervous, man! Calm down, it's okay."
O'Keefe seemed amused by the ordeal, and smiled as Biden responded that Sanders "apologized for saying that I was corrupt. He didn't say anything about whether or not I was telling the truth about Social Security." With that, Biden gave O'Keefe a fist bump to the chest before turning around and continuing on his way.
What's the background?
Sanders apologized Monday after one of his supporters claimed in an op-ed that Biden has a "big corruption problem."
"It is absolutely not my view that Joe is corrupt in any way," Sanders told CBS News. "And I'm sorry that that op-ed appeared."
Biden accepted Sanders' apology on Twitter, but then took another jab at the current senator in an interview Wednesday morning.
The two candidates have been arguing over Biden's record on Social Security, with Sanders' campaign digging up "comments from Biden throughout his nearly 40-year career in the Senate discussing freezes to the entitlement program," ABC News reported.
The Hill pointed out that during an appearance on MSNBC's "Morning Joe" on Wednesday, Biden accused the Sanders campaign of taking his past statements out of context, telling the hosts, "It's like me going back and pointing out how Bernie voted against the Brady Bill five times while I was trying to get it passed when he was in the House, or how he voted to protect gun manufacturers," adding "He's made up for that, he's indicated that was [the] past."


theblaze--2020-01-23--WATCH: Eric Bolling calls out the hilarious irony of Hillary Clinton's swipe at Bernie Sanders

WATCH : Eric Bolling calls out the hilarious irony of Hillary Clinton 's swipe at Bernie Sanders 'Nobody likes him @ @ @ @ @ with him , he got nothing done .
He was a career politician . '

In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter on Tuesday, failed 2016 presidential candidate Hillary Clinton doubled down on her scathing assessment of former political rival Sen. Bernie Sanders (D-Vt.), which she first expressed in an upcoming Hulu docuseries called "Hillary."
"He was in Congress for years. He had one senator support him. Nobody likes him, nobody wants to work with him, he got nothing done. He was a career politician. It's all just baloney and I feel so bad that people got sucked into it," Hillary said of Sanders.
"Really, Hillary? He was a career politician? I think, with the exception of the five minutes you were a lawyer in Arkansas, you've been a career politician and your husband has always been a career politician," said Eric Bolling on Wednesday's episode of "America with Eric Bolling" with guest Will Ricciardella, social media director and reporter for the Washington Examiner.
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theblaze--2020-01-22--Florida teen arrested for making race-based threats of violence on Twitter

Florida teen arrested for making race-based threats of violence on Twitter '' My brain looks like the brain of a @ @ @ @ @

A Florida teenager was arrested for making threats of violence against several racial groups on Twitter.
Nineteen-year-old Lazaro Lesteiro-Diaz was arrested on Tuesday after police were notified of the threats by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
Police took the threats seriously because he was very specific about a location that he was going to travel to in order to murder homosexuals, blacks, Nicaraguans, Colombians and "all types of Indian people."
Lesteiro-Diaz also posted photos and video of himself brandishing numerous guns.
Lesteiro-Diaz was charged with a second-degree felony of posting written threats to commit murder. He is in jail under a $75,000 bond.
In one tweet from his account, Lesteiro-Diaz claimed he was not a legal citizen.
"I'm not a United States citizen therefore if I commit the act of murder I will be deported back to my country where I will proceed to tweet and get litty lol," he said.
"My brain looks like the brain of a serial killer psychopath," the Twitter account said on Christmas Day. "I feel no type of pity or emotion towards hurting someone ... humans are mosquitoes in my eyes."
Lesteiro-Diaz is said to be an aspiring rap artist.
Here's a local news report about his arrest:


theblaze--2020-01-22--‘Off the table’: Chuck Schumer torpedoes idea of Biden-Bolton impeachment witness trade

And so the witness debate drags on

The Senate's top Democrat said that the prospect of a trade-off agreement on calling Hunter Biden and former White House national security adviser John Bolton as impeachment trial witnesses is a no-go.
Amid the heated Senate debate over calling witnesses Tuesday night, the Washington Post reported that "several Senate Democrats are privately discussing" the prospect of such an arrangement and were "sounding out colleagues on whether to back a witness deal that could lead to testimony from former national security adviser John Bolton or other administration officials with possible firsthand knowledge of the Ukraine controversy."
However, while briefing reporters during a break from opening arguments in the impeachment trial on Wednesday afternoon, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said that deal just wasn't going to happen.
"That's off the table," Schumer said flatly in response to a question posed by Blaze Media. "First of all, the Republicans have the right to bring in any witness they want. They haven't wanted to and that trade is not on the table."
Elsewhere in his remarks, Schumer said he hoped that the roughly 2 1/2-hour opening argument given by lead House impeachment manager and House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), as well as public pressure on members would motivate Republicans to call for more evidence during the course of the trial.
Republicans have tried to call Hunter Biden — whose past work with the Ukrainian energy company Burisma Holdings while his father, Joe, was vice president is at the heart of the impeachment controversy — as an impeachment witness since the matter was being investigated in the House last year. However, those calls were rejected by Schiff, who said this week that calling Biden at this stage of the process would be "an illegitimate abuse of the trial."
Like Schumer, Schiff also dismissed the idea of a Biden-Bolton witness compromise on Wednesday, telling reporters, "This isn't like some fantasy football trade."
"This isn't 'We'll offer you this if you'll give us that; we'll offer you a witness that is irrelevant in material, who has no relevant testimony, but a witness that will allow us to smear a presidential candidate if you want to get a legitimate witness,'" Schiff continued. "That's not a trade. Trials aren't trades for witnesses,"
Similarly, Democrats have repeatedly demanded that Bolton be called to testify in the Senate trial, given the possibility that his testimony from his time at the White House could prove damaging to the president's case. However, he ultimately wasn't compelled to testify during the House investigation after Democrats decided not to take the White House's immunity claims to court on the matter.
Earlier this month, Bolton said that he was prepared to testify if called by the Senate, saying that he had to "resolve the serious competing issues as best I could, based on careful consideration and study."


theblaze--2020-01-22--Virginia Dems, who are trying to make life harder for legal gun owners, squash GOP bill increasing p

Virginia Dems, who are trying to make life harder for legal gun owners, squash GOP bill increasing punishments for using a gun during a crime

Virginia Dems , who are trying to make life harder for legal gun owners , squash GOP bill increasing punishments @ @ @ @ @ a crime

While Virginia Democratic lawmakers continue to advance legislation limiting the rights of legal gun owners in the state, they're also opposing Republican gun legislation — including a bill that would impose harsher sentencing minimums on those who use guns during the commission of a crime, according to Bearing Arms.
Virginia's House Public Safety Committee voted against House Bill 1175 on Tuesday. HB 1175 would send people who use or display guns while committing felonies to prison for longer amounts of time.
The bill would have established a mandatory minimum sentence of five years for the first offense (up from three), and a minimum of 10 years for the second or any subsequent offenses (up from five).
HB 1175 was one of 11 GOP-authored gun-related bills that were killed in committee this week. One bill sought to allow people injured in gun-free zones to file civil claims.
"This bill probably should be called the 'put your money where your mouth is,'" GOP Del. John McGuire said, according to WHSV-TV. "If you are in a gun-free zone, you should be able to hold the local government accountable for preventing you from doing anything in self-defense."
Another would have allowed for the carrying of guns in places of worship. Steve Birnbaum, a security team member at a local synagogue, said many places of worship don't want to be stuck waiting for law enforcement officials to arrive.
"There are some synagogues that don't even want paid security, because they don't like firearms, they don't always want off-duty officers, they don't want to pay for security, and that's their choice," Birnbaum said. "But there are synagogues that understand that law enforcement are not coming, and that they're on their own for 10 minutes, if not longer, especially in rural parts of the state."
Meanwhile, the state Senate passed a red flag gun law on a party-line vote Wednesday. That bill will go to the House for further consideration and an eventual vote.


theblaze--2020-01-22--British scientists accidentally discover immune cell that 'may kill all cancer'

British scientists accidentally discover immune cell that 'may kill all cancer' Lab tests on mice offered 'encouraging ' results .
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A newly discovered immune cell that "may kill all cancer" has been discovered by British scientists by accident.
According to the Telegraph, researchers at Cardiff University were analyzing a blood bank in Wales, looking for immune cells that could fight bacteria, when they discovered an entirely new type of T-cell.
Now, the researchers are saying there is a potential that the ubiquitous T-cell could be harnessed to develop a universal cancer treatment that works for all people, against all cancers.
What are the details?
On Monday, the Cardiff University researchers published a new study in Nature Immunology detailing their discovery of the T-cells — a type of white blood cell — which are equipped with a new type of T-cell receptor (TCR) that finds and kills most human cancer types while ignoring healthy cells.
It does this by locating and destroying MR1, which is a molecule found on the surface of many types of cells, both cancerous and healthy. But the T-cells equipped with the new type of receptor know to only kill cancer cells — and that they do.
According to a news release from Cardiff, the researchers found in lab tests that the T-cells equipped with the new receptor were able to kill lung, skin, blood, colon, breast, bone, prostate, ovarian, kidney and cervical cancer cells, all while leaving healthy cells alone.
The researchers have not yet tested the T-cells on humans, but conducted the lab tests on mice injected with human cancers to "encouraging" results.
Professor Andrew Sewell, lead author on the study, said the discovery raised the prospect of "universal" cancer therapy.
"Cancer-targeting via MR1-restricted T-cells is an exciting new frontier. It raises the prospect of a 'one-size-fits-all' cancer treatment; a single type of T-cell that could be capable of destroying many different types of cancers across the population," he said.
"Previously nobody believed this could be possible," he added.
What's next?
Experiments are now underway to determine exactly how the new TCR distinguishes between healthy cells and cancerous cells, the news release said.
Sewell noted that "current TCR-based therapies can only be used in a minority of patients with a minority of cancers."
What Sewell is referring to is an existing therapy called CAR-T, which involves removing T-cells from a patient's blood and genetically engineering them to seek and destroy cancer cells, a report on Futurism.com says.
While promising, CAR-T has limitations," the Futurism report argues. "It's patient-specific, works against only a small number of cancers, and isn't effective against solid tumors, which comprise the majority of cancers."
The new discovery by Cardiff researchers does not seem to exhibit the same limitations.
The Cardiff group hopes to test the new treatment in patients by the end of this year, but must conduct more safety testing first to verify with extreme confidence that the killer T-cells with the new receptor know only to kill cancer cells.
"There are plenty of hurdles to overcome, however, if this testing is successful, then I would hope this new treatment could be in use in patients in a few years' time," Sewell said.


theblaze--2020-01-22--Glenn Beck: Adam Schiff is a LIAR — and we have the proof

Glenn Beck : Adam Schiff is a LIAR — and we have the proof 'The media being his little lapdog @ @ @ @ @ what 's really going on '

On the radio program Wednesday, Glenn Beck didn't hold back when discussing the latest in a long list of lies issued by House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) during the Democrats' ongoing endeavor to remove President Donald Trump from office.
"I'm going to just come out and say, Adam Schiff is a liar. And he intentionally lied. And we have the proof. The media being his little lapdog, but I'll explain what's really going on, and call the man a liar to his face," Glenn asserted. "No, I'm not suggesting he's a liar. No, I'm telling you, he's a liar. ... Adam Schiff is a lying dirtbag."
A recent report in Politico claimed Schiff "mischaracterized" the content of a document sent to House Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.) as evidence against President Trump in the Senate impeachment trial. Read more on this here.
"Let me translate [for Politico]," Glenn said. "House Intelligence Chairman Adam Schiff lied about a text message exchange between two players in the Ukrainian saga. And we know it, because of the documents that were obtained by Politico."
A few of the other lies on Schiff's list include his repeated false claims that there was "significant evidence of collusion" between the Trump campaign and Russia leading up to the 2016 presidential election, his phony version of President Trump's phone call with the president of Ukraine, and his retracted claim that neither he nor his committee ever had contact with the Trump-Ukraine whistleblower. And the list just keeps getting longer.
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theblaze--2020-01-22--Idaho state lawmaker to introduce bill banning biological males from competing against biological fe

Idaho state lawmaker to introduce bill banning biological males from competing against biological females in high school sports 'This has @ @ @ @ @ anti-LGBT agenda '

On the heels of Republican lawmakers in New Hampshire, Washington, Georgia, Tennessee, and Missouri looking to enact measures requiring public school athletes to compete according to their biological sex as opposed to their gender identities, an Idaho Republican is joining the fray.
What are the details?
State Rep. Barbara Ehardt of Idaho Falls said she will introduce legislation that would prevent individuals from competing in high school sports against opponents who aren't the same biological sex, the East Idaho News reported.
"Boys and men will not be able to take the place of girls and women in sports because it's not fair," she said, according to the outlet. "We cannot physically compete against boys and men. The inherent biological, scientific advantages that boys and men have over girls and women, even if they were to take hormones, even if they were to spend a couple of years on estrogen, that's not going to replace the inherent biological advantages that boys and men have."
Ehardt emphasized to the News that the bill's language focuses on DNA and chromosomes and doesn't single out transgender women — and in fact, she added that transgender men would be prevented from competing in men's sports as well.
"Those biological boys, those men, can still compete; it will just have to be with those who look like them, that have the same large heart and lungs," the state senator added to the outlet.
She also told the News that her bill isn't anti-LGBTQ and that she's worked with and trained many LGBTQ athletes.
"This has nothing to do with an anti-LGBT agenda," Ehardt said. "This is all about providing the opportunity for girls and women to continue to compete just as our counterparts, boys and men, are able to compete."


theblaze--2020-01-22--Top Virginia gun rally lies debunked

Top Virginia gun rally lies debunked

On Tuesday 's episode of `` Louder with Crowder , '' Steven Crowder debunked the top lies peddled by the mainstream media in the days that led up to the pro-gun rally on Monday in Richmond , Virginia .
Monday 's pro-gun demonstration proved to be quite different what the media predicted .
Here are two of the top debunked lies : Truth : The bill included language that would ban firearms based on the intent and the need for a state militia .
The bill also contained the right of parents to determine at what age their children would @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Media lie : Militia groups were coming from out-of-state to cause violence and disrupt the democratic process .
Truth : There were no acts of violence reported at the gun rights rally in Virginia .
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On Tuesday's episode of "Louder with Crowder," Steven Crowder debunked the top lies peddled by the mainstream media in the days that led up to the pro-gun rally on Monday in Richmond, Virginia.
Monday's pro-gun demonstration proved to be quite different what the media predicted. Here are two of the top debunked lies:
Media lie: Senate Bill 16, contained common sense gun control laws.
Truth: The bill included language that would ban firearms based on the intent and the need for a state militia. The bill also contained the right of parents to determine at what age their children would be legally authorized to own a firearm.
Media lie: Militia groups were coming from out-of-state to cause violence and disrupt the democratic process.
Truth: There were no acts of violence reported at the gun rights rally in Virginia.
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theblaze--2020-01-22--Elizabeth Warren pledges to fill at least half her Cabinet with women and 'non binary people'

Elizabeth Warren pledges to fill at least half her Cabinet with women and 'non binary people' 'My administration will be @ @ @ @ @ '

Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren pledged that if she's elected in November that she will fill at least half her Cabinet with women and "non binary people," according to her Medium post Wednesday.
"My administration will be committed to diversity and inclusion," the U.S. senator from Massachusetts wrote, adding that "on day one" she will "build a Cabinet and senior leadership team that reflects the full diversity of America, including having at least 50% of Cabinet positions filled by women and non binary people."
Nonbinary individuals do not identify exclusively as male or female and are part of the fast-growing transgender movement.
What are Warren's present numbers?
The pledge doesn't appear to be an empty campaign promise from Warren, given that last spring her team said she employed 31 women and 20 men in her Senate offices in Washington, D.C., and Massachusetts — not including interns, Refinery29 reported, In addition, the outlet said her office's top leadership roles were occupied by women — two of whom are women of color.
Forbes added that within the political arm of Warren's campaign, "four out of eight roles are filled by women. On the organizing front, seven of the nine leaders are female, including the head of the team. 18 of the 22 mobilizing team members are women. Six out of the nine communications staffers are female. The four-person policy team appears to be the only key team where men outnumber the women as only one of the members is female."
It wasn't immediately clear how Warren's staffers break down in terms of nonbinary gender.
By contrast, Forbes noted that only four of President Donald Trump's 23 Cabinet members are women — and former President Barack Obama's Cabinet contained only up to eight female members at one time.


theblaze--2020-01-22--21-year-old son of Christian rapper TobyMac died of an accidental drug overdose

Truett Foster McKeehan, the son of popular Christian recording artist, TobyMac, died of an accidental drug overdose, autopsy and toxicology results show.
Davidson County Medical Examiner Feng Li said that an "acute combined drug intoxication" of fentanyl and amphetamines resulted in the 21-year-old's death last October, according to the Tennessean.
In the report, Li said that McKeehan had a history of drug and alcohol abuse, and possibly abused nitrous oxide, or "laughing gas." He also had Adderall and marijuana in his system at the time of his death.
McKeehan was discovered unresponsive in his bed on Oct. 23 when a friend was conducting a welfare check on him.
'He is the God of the hills and the valleys'
Truett's father, TobyMac — real name Kevin Michael McKeehan — inspired faith and hope through his response to the sudden passing of his eldest son.
In a lengthy tribute post on his Instagram, McKeehan shared that his son was a "true artist" and "had joy that took the room when he entered."
"He was a magnetic son and brother and friend," he said. "He expressed himself through the music he made. And by made I mean, written, recorded, produced, mixed, and designed the art. All of it. A true artist."
"Truett always had a soft spot for God," he remembered.
McKeehan also wanted others to know that his family's faith in the "God of the hills and the valleys" was not shaken through the grief.
"We don't follow God because we have some sort of under-the-table deal with Him," he said. "We follow God because we love Him. It's our honor. He is the God of the hills and the valleys. And He is beautiful above all things."
McKeehan also shared powerful words following his son's funeral in November.
In a series of posts on Twitter, McKeehan shared pictures from the funeral service and expressed thankfulness for the love and support his family had received since his son's death.
"We've been encouraging ourselves to stand on this," McKeehan said. "The place of death is actually where all that we believe is most significant. That God has the power to do what he promised, defeat death and give life to anyone who believes.
TobyMac released a song about his son
In January, McKeehan released a song called "21 Years" about his son and his own experience grappling with the death of child.
"Getting some of my thoughts and feelings about losing my firstborn son down on paper," McKeehan said on Twitter. "Ended up a song. '21 Years' is a song I never wanted to write. I hope it's for someone out there, or maybe it's just for me."


theblaze--2020-01-22--'I'm exposing your hatred': Lindsey Graham slams Dems over impeachment demands

' I would n't give them the time of day '

Sen. Linsdey Graham (R-S.C.) unloaded some heated criticism on congressional Democrats on Wednesday over their actions in the Senate impeachment trial so far, saying that they were on a "crusade to destroy" President Donald Trump.
At a Wednesday news conference flanked by fellow GOP Sens. Mike Braun (Ind.) and Steve Daines (Mont.), Graham described Democrats' previous demands on the rules of the Senate trial as "an effort to ask the Senate to ignore every privilege that President Clinton was able to exercise, Nixon was able to exercise, and to suggest to the Senate that an independent judiciary, really, is a non-player."
"If I were the president I wouldn't cooperate with these guys at all," Graham said of those behind the impeachment effort. "I wouldn't give them the time of day. They're on a crusade to destroy this man and they don't care what they destroy in the process of trying to destroy Donald Trump. I do care."
The Senate was in session until the early morning hours Wednesday as the result of several Democrat-sponsored amendments to the trial rules package having to do with calling new documents and witnesses. During debate about one of those amendments, House manager Jerry Nadler accused the senators opposed to it of wanting a "cover-up" rather than trying to get to the truth.
In Graham's Wednesday remarks, he appeared to allude to Nadler's "cover-up" comments, saying "To my Democratic colleagues, you can say what you want about me, but I'm covering up nothing; I'm exposing your hated of this president to the point where you would destroy the institution."
The debate about subpoenaing witnesses and documents has become a major point of contention in the Senate's trial as a result of House investigators' decision not to take White House's claims of privilege to federal court during the course of last year's inquiry. Under the adopted rules of the trial, the question of bringing in more witnesses will be taken up later in the process.
During the news conference, Graham also added that "nobody would be saying this about a Democratic president if a Republican House had done this." Directing his remarks to the reporters in the room, he remarked that "all of you would be in our face saying that there's a Democratic president and you're denying that person, he or she, a chance to go to court and litigate these matters because you hate them so much; it shows you how complicit people have become when it comes to Trump."
Footage of the news conference can be found here:


theblaze--2020-01-22--Minnesota church aims to attract younger members by asking the older ones to stay away: 'You are kic

Minnesota church aims to attract younger members by asking the older ones to stay away: 'You are kicking us out of our church'

Minnesota church aims to attract younger members by asking the older ones to stay away : 'You are kicking us @ @ @ @ @

A small Methodist church in Minnesota is closing this summer with a plan to relaunch in November as a place that can attract younger members of the community — and leaders are asking older members to keep their distance for at least the first year and a half after it reopens, according to the Twin Cities Pioneer Press.
Grove United Methodist Church in Cottage Grove currently averages about 29 attendees per service. Almost all of them are older than 60 years old. In response to stagnant church growth in a growing community, leadership is ready to take radical steps to attract a younger membership base.
Grove United hired church planting specialist Jeremy Peters, who will lead the church's "reset." Peters will work with community groups in the coming months to lay the foundation for the relaunch.
In the meantime, the older members are being asked to find somewhere else to worship; not only during the closure, but for 15 to 18 months after it reopens, according to the Pioneer Press.
After that, elderly members interested in "migrating back" to the church can connect with Peters to discuss how that transition might take place.
One member, William Gackstetter, told the Pioneer Press that church leadership still wants those older members to maintain the property during the closure, as well as contribute financially.
"They want us to mow the lawn and shovel the snow," Gackstetter said. "As if anyone would do that. This whole plan makes me sick. I believe it's evil."
"This is totally wrong," said Gackstetter's wife, Cheryl. "They are discriminating against us because of our age."
After the plan was explained by a visiting pastor on Jan. 5, she said, "I called him a hypocrite. I said, 'You are kicking us out of our church.' "
While older members won't be physically prevented from attending Grove United, there is a strong suggestion that they not do so during the transition period.
"We are asking them to let this happen," the Rev. Dan Wetterstrom said. "For this to be truly new, we can't have the core group of 30 people. The members of the church have other options. They can come to Woodbury (another Grove United location) during this phase."


theblaze--2020-01-22--Over 40 faculty members from Catholic college demand apology after screening of pro-life film 'Unpla

Over 40 faculty members from Catholic college demand apology after screening of pro-life film 'Unplanned' causes 'furor and fear' on campus

Over 40 faculty members from Catholic college demand apology after screening of pro-life film 'Unplanned ' causes 'furor and fear @ @ @ @ @ regret that people in our community have experienced anxiety , stress , and frustration as @ @ @ @ @ '

More than 40 faculty members from King's University College in Canada demanded a formal apology after pro-life film "Unplanned" was screened on the campus of the London, Ontario, school earlier this month, CBC News reported.
King's University College is a Catholic institution but emphasizes "social justice," according to its website.
What are the details?
A three-page faculty letter complained that the movie — about Abby Johnson's transformation from a Planned Parenthood clinic director to an anti-abortion activist — caused "furor and fear" on campus, the outlet said.
The letter added that the Rev. Michael Bechard — the college's director of campus ministry — endorsed the movie, which is "of great concern to the viability of our institution as we work to recruit and maintain excellent students, staff and faculty," the outlet said.
The letter also notes Bechard's comments to CBC News that "Unplanned" is "really consistent with our general ethic of life at King's" — a point that faculty members said wasn't true and that rather the school's purpose is to "engage in the open pursuit of truth."
"Women who have exercised their rights to reproductive care risk being stigmatized and traumatized by the ideological position presented both in the film and in the Director's statement," the letter added, according the outlet, adding that faculty wanted Bechard to apologize.
CBC News said dozens rallied during the movie's screening and carried posters that read "Trust Women" and "I am a woman not a womb":
The faculty members also wanted the school's Principal David Malloy to assure the college community that the "Unplanned" event doesn't reflect the school's values, the outlet said.
'I take responsibility'
"I regret that people in our community have experienced anxiety, stress and frustration as a function of this event," Malloy said later in a statement, CBC News reported. "As principal I take responsibility for this and will strive to create a more open format for future events."
He didn't note anything about a Bechard apology — but he did blame the media, the outlet said.
"There was some confusion generated in the media between where King's stands and where Campus Ministry stands on issues such as abortion," Malloy wrote, according to CBC News. "The presentation of the film and the belief of life beginning at conception is the stance of Campus Ministry and not of King's as a whole ... King's does not have a position on abortion."
Anything else?
When "Unplanned" was screened in select Canadian theaters last July, protests ensued across the country, the outlet said.
Amid the outcry, death threats were sent to a pair of theater owners — one of whom decided against showing the movie for fear of his safety.
Twitter suspended the movie's account on its opening weekend without explanation, and the film's Twitter followers inexplicably plunged to under 200 after the suspension when over 200,000 had been amassed. Both the follower count and suspension were soon reversed, but the damage was done.
Last April, it was pointed out that Google labeled "Unplanned" as a "drama/propaganda." A Google spokesperson told Fox News that its "Knowledge Graph" analyzed web content regarding the movie, and that a large volume of it described "Unplanned" as propaganda and created the label.
"When we're made aware of disputed facts in our Knowledge Graph, we work to fix the issues, as we've done in this case," the spokesperson told Fox News, which reported that Google updated its search results so that "propaganda" no longer appeared.
Here's the "Unplanned" trailer:
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theblaze--2020-01-22--Co-workers of alleged whistleblower say they heard him plotting Trump's removal in 2017: Report

Co-workers of alleged whistleblower say they heard him plotting Trump 's removal in 2017 : Report

Former colleagues of alleged impeachment whistleblower Eric Ciaramella say they heard him discussing ways to get President Donald Trump out of office within days of his inauguration in January 2017, according to RealClearInvestigations.
The sources, who spoke to RCI under the condition of anonymity, said Ciaramella talked about ousting Trump with Sean Misko. Ciaramella and Misko were holdovers from the Obama Administration's national security team.
According to the sources, Ciaramella and Misko, who are reportedly friends, were upset about Trump's policy changes from the Obama administration.
"They were popping off about how they were going to remove Trump from office. No joke," one ex-colleague told RCI.
From RCI:
And both expressed anger over Trump's new "America First" foreign policy, a sea change from President Obama's approach to international affairs.
"Just days after he was sworn in they were already talking about trying to get rid of him," said a White House colleague who overheard their conversation.
"They weren't just bent on subverting his agenda," the former official added. "They were plotting to actually have him removed from office."
Misko joined House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff's staff last July, one day after President Trump's infamous call with Ukrainian President Volodomyr Zelensky. Misko allegedly advised the whistleblower during the process of filing the complaint and helped run the impeachment investigation.
The whistleblower complaint was filed in August and made public in September, alleging that the whistleblower "received information from multiple U.S. Government officials that the President of the United States is using the power of his office to solicit interference from a foreign country in the 2020 U.S. election. This interference includes, among other things, pressuring a foreign country to investigate one of the President's main domestic political rivals."
The whistleblower failed to disclose his communications with Schiff's staff when interviewed by the Intelligence Community Inspector General, and Schiff himself was misleading about what communication he or his staff may have had with the whistleblower.
Although Ciaramella is widely believed to be the whistleblower, the whistleblower's identity has not been officially revealed. He is currently identified only as an unnamed CIA analyst.
Some Republicans want the whistleblower to be called as a witness during the impeachment trial, but Democrats have fiercely refused any attempts to publicly disclose his identity.


theblaze--2020-01-22--Biden campaign issues warning to the media: Fall in line and debunk corruption claims

Biden campaign issues warning to the media : Fall in line and debunk corruption claims It is 'malpractice ' not @ @ @ @

On Monday, Joe Biden's presidential campaign issued a warning to reporters and editors in a circulated memorandum demanding that they debunk claims of corruption against him.
The memo, titled, "The Imperative for Honest Coverage of Trump's Ukraine Conspiracy Theory," dealt specifically with the charge that then-Vice President Biden, as the Obama administration's point man in Ukraine, pushed for a Ukrainian prosecutor to be fired by threatening to withhold aid to the country.
The fired prosecutor, Victor Shokin, was reportedly removed at the same time he was investigating Burisma, the Ukrainian gas company where Biden's son, Hunter, sat on the board.
It is 'malpractice' not to debunk the claims
According to the Biden campaign, President Trump's impeachment was due in large part to his efforts to spread this theory.
"[Trump's] objective was to pressure the Ukrainian government into spreading a malicious and conclusively debunked conspiracy theory: that Vice President Biden engaged in wrongdoing when he executed official United States policy to remove a corrupt prosecutor from office," communications director Kate Bedingfield wrote in the memo.
In the memo, Bedingfield cites numerous mainstream news outlets that agree with Biden's version of the story and that discredit the theory that Biden pushed for the firing of the prosecutor to cover up corruption.
Accordingly, she goes on to instruct the media to "state clearly and unambiguously that [such claims of corruption] have been discredited and debunked" during their ongoing impeachment coverage.
To do otherwise would be journalistic "malpractice," she warns.
"It is not sufficient to say the allegations are 'unsubstantiated' or that 'no evidence has emerged to support them.' Not only is there 'no evidence' for Republicans' main argument against the Vice President — there is a mountain of evidence that actively debunks it. And it is malpractice to ignore that truth."
Reporting on the news, The Hill called the Biden campaign memo the "strongest rebuke yet" of corruption allegations against the candidate.
The media falls in line
Despite numerous outlets having reported the claims as false, Republicans and Trump defenders are not so convinced.
In fact, it was Biden himself who added fuel to the theory's flame when he openly bragged on camera about successfully securing Shokin's firing during a meeting with the Council on Foreign Relations in 2018.
"I said, 'I'm telling you, you're not getting the billion dollars.' I said, 'you're not getting the billion.' I'm going to be leaving here in, I think it was about six hours. I looked at them and said: 'I'm leaving in six hours. If the prosecutor is not fired, you're not getting the money.'" Biden recalled.
"Well, son of a bitch," he continued to laughter. "He got fired. And they put in place someone who was solid at the time."
But, HotAir reported that following the memo's release, already some in the media have agreed to the campaign's imperative.
MSNBC's Heidi Przybla said on air that the campaign's warning is "a preemptive strike against the disinformation that is really at the heart of the president's defense."
"This is a reminder ... that the entire premise of the [president's] argument is debunked. It is not just unsubstantiated," she continued, repeating the talking points.
Another MSNBC reporter, they note, tweeted out the talking points:


theblaze--2020-01-22--Cop up for police chief job suspended after Miami Herald tells officials he 'liked' commentary rippi

Cop up for police chief job suspended after Miami Herald tells officials he 'liked' commentary ripping Muslim US Reps. Tlaib, Omar

Cop up for police chief job suspended after Miami Herald tells officials he 'liked ' commentary ripping Muslim US Reps. @ @ @ @ @ Lima is currently on administrative leave pending the outcome of an internal affairs investigation '

A veteran Florida police officer applying to be police chief of his department was suspended after the Miami Herald told town officials he "liked" social commentary blasting Muslim U.S. Reps. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) and Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), the paper reported.
Pablo Lima — a corporal with the Bay Harbor Islands Police Department and a former vice president of the Miami-Dade police union — submitted an application last week to become the town's next police chief, the Herald said.
Image source: WPLG-TV video screenshot
But after the paper said it notified town officials about commentary Lima "liked" on Facebook and Instagram, the department placed him on paid leave Thursday and opened an internal affairs investigation.
"The content of the social media posts that were brought to our attention are not consistent with our Town's values and policies," Town Manager J.C. Jimenez said in a statement, according to the Herald. "Corporal Pablo Lima is currently on administrative leave pending the outcome of an internal affairs investigation. State law prohibits us from discussing details of an open internal affairs investigation."
Lima did not immediately return messages seeking comment, the paper said.
What's the background?
Lima is the husband of Hallandale Beach Commissioner Anabelle Lima-Taub, who was condemned by the Hallandale Beach City Commission in a 3-2 vote a year ago after saying Tlaib might become “a martyr and blow up Capitol Hill," the Herald reported. Tlaib has been repeatedly called out by others for anti-Semitism.
Image source: WPLG-TV video screenshot
Lima-Taub said in a public meeting that her comments about Tlaib were part of her signing a petition, according to a Miami Herald video:
Image source: Miami Herald video screenshot
More from the paper:
The post was denounced as hate speech by numerous Muslim and Jewish human rights organizations, but Lima-Taub remained unapologetic, saying Tlaib's support for boycotting Israel equated her with terrorist groups like Hamas and Hezbollah.
The day of the commission vote, dozens of supporters of Lima-Taub held Israeli flags and signs calling Tlaib a terrorist outside Hallandale Beach City Hall. The group included people with a wide range of politics, including those who support Israel and denounce the boycott movement against it, and far-right Internet personality and conspiracy theorist Laura Loomer.
On Jan. 30, 2019, one week after the vote to condemn the Israeli-born Lima-Taub, Pablo Lima shared a story on his Facebook page from WLRN.org titled, “Why A Hallandale Beach Panel Condemned A Commissioner For Anti-Islamic Language."
Lima proceeded to “like" five comments showing support for Lima-Taub, including multiple comments that appeared to espouse anti-Muslim sentiments. One comment that Lima “liked" included the line: “This [piece of s---] took her oath on the Koran."
“Screw these liberal commissioners and mayor," the comment said, according to the Herald. “When will these politicians grow some cohones and start supporting America and its Americans. They talk about [Lima-Taub] being a racist and spewing hate. These [expletive] forget that this Muslim [Tlaib] supports the people who flew planes into our NY twin towers ..."
The paper said the comment also noted: “This [piece of s---] took her oath on the Koran. She openly hates Jews and talks about how they should all die or be killed. Remind me again why you would not support [Lima-Taub]?"
Lima also “liked" comments on the post that said “I applaud her," “Complete BS...." and “free speach [sic] fk them," the Herald reported, adding that another comment Lima “liked" read: “But [Tlaib] gets to spew her hatred of Jews and others not of the Islamic faith and it's OK not to defend yourself? I'm with the commissioner, awaiting the next terrorist plot to open eyes again only when something happens."
Lima didn't add his own comments to his Facebook post, the paper added. The post in question has been taken down.
The Herald also said it told Bay Harbor Islands officials that Lima "liked" an Instagram post from his wife that blasted Omar.
Lima-Taub on Sept. 11, 2019, quoted a statement by Omar that “some people did something" in the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001 — and then called Omar a "hate monger," the paper noted.
“#NeverForget #911 'Some people did something,' as per America's vitriolic hate monger, @repilhan!" Lima-Taub wrote, according to the Herald. “Those 19 Jihadi terrorists massacred over 3,000 innocent men and women, encroached on our constitutional rights and caused several billion in loss to dollars with the deliberate action to destabilize our economic stability. This country was founded on Judeo-Christian values and we must never let the deaths of those who perished on 9/11 be in vain."
Lima-Taub could not be reached for comment Thursday, the paper said, adding that the Bay Harbor Islands town manager, mayor, and police chief declined to comment beyond the manager's statement.
The Bay Harbor Islands police department's social media policy prohibits speech that “ridicules, maligns, disparages, or otherwise expresses bias against any gender, race, religion, or any protected class of individuals," the Herald said, adding that violating officers “shall be subject to discipline, up to and including termination of their employment."
Lima's résumé indicates he spent over 30 years with the Miami-Dade Police Department and retired as a lieutenant in 2017, the paper noted, adding that he was vice president of the Dade County Police Benevolent Association from 2006 to 2018.
Lima has worked as an officer and corporal in Bay Harbor Islands for a year, the Herald added, citing a cover letter he submitted Tuesday.
Rally held in support of Lima
A rally was held Saturday evening in support of Lima, WPLG-TV reported, which Lima-Taub attended.
Image source: WPLG-TV video screenshot
"We're here to support my husband," she told the station.
"Though he didn't say anything mean, his wife said something, and he just supported his wife," Linda Zilber added to WPLG. Zilber is former mayor of Bar Harbor Islands.
"Have we gone so mad in our nation that if you do this [holding an image of a Facebook "like" icon] then you get your entire career stained?" police labor expert John Rivera asked WPLG, adding that he "hope[s] this goes much higher. Maybe into the court system."
Image source: WPLG-TV video screenshot
Here's the station's report on the rally:
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(H/T: BizPac Review)


theblaze--2020-01-22--VIDEO: Adam Schiff and his team must now present their case in Trump impeachment trial after failing

VIDEO: Adam Schiff and his team must now present their case in Trump impeachment trial after failing to force the White House to hand over new documents

VIDEO : Adam Schiff and his team must now present their case in Trump impeachment trial after failing to force @ @ @ @ @ over new documents They did n't get their way Tuesday , but Dems are determined @ @ @ @

The Senate impeachment trial of President Donald Trump resumes at 1 p.m. ET today. You can watch a live feed of the proceedings below once they begin.
After nearly 13 hours of debate and about a dozen proposed amendments Tuesday, the Senate passed a resolution laying down the rules for the trial. The vote on the resolution came at 2 a.m. Wednesday and passed along party lines, 53-47.
During the debate on the resolution, the Republican majority tabled all amendments from Democrats demanding documents from the Trump administration, including the State Department, Pentagon, White House, and the budget office, the AP noted.
Senate Republicans also stopped Democrats' attempts to call witnesses before the case was heard. Democrats sought to call former national security adviser John Bolton and acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney testify, both of whom the president's critics believe could offer first-hand information on the Ukrainian controversies at the center of the impeachment inquiries.
Though the Senate did turn down Democrats' early attempt to call witnesses, there will be an opportunity, following presentations from the House managers and the president's defense team, as well as questions from senators, for the Senate to call witnesses and subpoena documents.
Under the trial's organizing resolution, the House managers will have 24 hours over three days to present their case. After that time is used, the president's team will have 24 hours to make their defense.
After both sides have made their cases, senators will have 16 hours to submit questions to both the House managers and the president's defense team.
Following the time for questions, the Senate will decide whether to seek more documents from the administration or call witnesses.


theblaze--2020-01-22--Hunter Biden failed to turn over financial info in child support lawsuit, could be held in contempt

Hunter Biden failed to turn over financial info in child support lawsuit , could be held in contempt

Hunter Biden, son of former Vice President Joe Biden, failed to submit financial and other information to the court in his child support lawsuit, and now is due in court to explain why he should not be held in contempt, according to Page Six.
Biden, 49, is being sued by Lunden Roberts, a former Washington D.C., stripper with whom he fathered a now-17-month-old child. Biden is currently married to another woman, who is pregnant.
After initially denying that Roberts' child was his, Biden has been forced to concede that he is the father after a DNA test, and was ordered by a judge to disclose his sources of income, business ownership, and tax returns, among other documents.
"The defendant continues to act as though he has no respect for this court and its orders … or the needs of his child for support," Roberts' attorneys wrote.
Although the judge issued a protective order that would keep Biden's financial disclosures private, Biden may have some strong motivation to avoid detailed financial disclosures at all costs.
Biden has been a significant, albeit background, figure in the ongoing impeachment of President Donald Trump, who wanted the Ukrainian government to investigate his business dealings. Biden served on the board of Ukrainian energy company Burisma from 2014 until 2019, during which he was potentially paid millions of dollars despite having little-to-no qualifying experience. From Reuters:
Specifically, the records show 18 months in which two payments of $83,333 per month were paid to Rosemont Seneca Bohai (a company tied to Biden) for "consulting services." The two sources said that one of those monthly payments was intended for Biden and one for [Devon] Archer. Reuters was not able to independently verify the authenticity of the documents or how much money Hunter Biden received.
Biden is due in Independence County Circuit Court in Arkansas on Jan. 29 to "show cause, if any exists, as to why he should not be held in contempt for any of the alleged violations of this court's orders."


theblaze--2020-01-23--Trey Gowdy slaps down Adam Schiff for his 'wildly stupid trial strategy' in fiery interview

Trey Gowdy slaps down Adam Schiff for his 'wildly stupid trial strategy ' in fiery interview '' Adam 's ordinarily @ @ @ @ @ ''

Trey Gowdy lobbed a vehement criticism of Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) for what he called a "wildly stupid trial strategy."
The former congressman from South Carolina made the comments on Fox News on Thursday during the third day of the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump in the US Senate.
"The big question is," asked Brett Baier, "is the way that Adam Schiff said it, do voters never get to trust the vote and only lawmakers can decide what the line is, that a president can get kicked out of office for?"
"Yeah, Brett, Adam's ordinarily not that stupid but when you tell the jury, the Senate, on one day that they're corrupt and then you tell the American people they cannot be trusted to pick the commander in chief, that's just a wildly stupid trial strategy," Gowdy responded.
"Remember when Donald Trump, as a candidate, began to question the reliability of the vote? Remember when he started making allusions to potential voter fraud and he was roundly criticized by everyone that I head in the media for even suggesting that you could not, that you could not rely on a vote total," he added.
"Well Adam Schiff has done exactly the same thing," he continued.
"American people, we don't trust you to factor this in in November, so we need a hundred senators to decide that," Gowdy mocked, in the voice of Democrats he was criticizing.
"It is a wildly stupid trial strategy, only surpassed by [New York Democratic Rep.] Jerry Nadler's insulting of the jury two days ago," he concluded.
Democrats do not have enough votes in the Senate to convict and remove the president, and he is expected to survive the trial with the backing of his Republican allies.
Here are the comments from Gowdy:


theblaze--2020-01-23--Columnist fired for daring to say there are only two sexes

On Thursday's episode of "Pat Gray Unleashed," Pat Gray and Keith Malinak discussed how a columnist was fired by the Denver Post for saying there are only two sexes. Later, Pat explained that the market might start seeing more gender-fluid dolls. Watch the video below for details.
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theblaze--2020-01-23--Failures of Ilhan Omar? Violence, hate, and division surge in Minnesota's 5th Congressional District

Failures of Ilhan Omar ?
Violence , hate , and division surge in Minnesota 's 5th Congressional District

The violent crime rate in the United States has continued to decline every year since 1991 and last year, the violent crime rate nationwide was down another 3% from the previous year.
Unfortunately for the people living in Minnesota's 5th Congressional District, represented by Ilhan Omar (D), this trend toward a safer and more secure America does not apply in Minneapolis. In fact, Minneapolis police report a 53% increase in robberies since the controversial congresswoman took office in January 2019.
Minneapolis has also become the terrorist recruitment capital of the U.S. More people in Rep. Omar's district have either joined or attempted to join terrorist organizations, including Al Qaeda, al-Shabab, and ISIS, than any other place in the nation.
So, how is Rep. Omar addressing these issues? Is it just a coincidence that Minneapolis' representative in Congress is known for sowing division and hatred?
Watch this clip to hear Glenn break down the situation in Rep. Omar's district:
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theblaze--2020-01-23--CNN anchor hits out at 'Trumpers' over Greta Thunberg — gets quickly reminded of his network's settl

CNN anchor hits out at 'Trumpers' over Greta Thunberg — gets quickly reminded of his network's settlement with Covington teen

CNN anchor hits out at 'Trumpers ' over Greta Thunberg — gets quickly reminded of his network 's settlement with @ @ @ @ @ lawsuit with Nick Sandmann going ? '

CNN anchor Chris Cuomo took a swing at "Trumpers" for "going at" kids on Wednesday, in reaction to Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin suggesting Swedish teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg is not qualified to lecture world leaders on economics.
Twitter users advised Cuomo to kindly take a seat on the issue, reminding him that his network recently settled a $275 million defamation lawsuit brought against it by Covington Catholic High School student Nicholas Sandmann.
What are the details?
"Why do these trumpers think it is ok to go at a kid?" Cuomo tweeted in reaction to The Washington Post's headline saying "U.S. Treasury Secretary Mnuchin says climate activist Greta Thunberg should go study economics."
Conservative writer Jeremy Frankel fired back, "How's that lawsuit with Nick Sandmann going?" referring to the suit settled just a few weeks ago.
"CNN literally just paid $$$ to a kid they went at last year," former Fox News digital editor Ken LaCorte reiterated. BlazeTV's Steven Crowder asked Cuomo, "So it's only okay for CNN to go after kids if they're named Nick Sandmann?"
Several on social media accused Cuomo of hypocrisy, and another questioned whether Cuomo was experiencing memory loss.
Anything else?
CNN was one of several outlets to circulate a short video of the encounter between the Covington students and Native American man Nathan Phillips at the March to Life rally in Washington, D.C., last year.
The high school students were smeared by countless pundits and journalists, many of whom were later forced to apologize when extended footage of the incident showed the students were actually taunted by several adults but were able to maintain their composure.
Cuomo, a frequent critic of President Donald Trump, placed blame on the president following the ordeal.
Yet, while Cuomo claimed he did not "blame the kids" at the time — saying the high school students were "out of their depth" — he did say that the Covington Catholic students were "victims of their own choices and actions."
Here is Cuomo's reaction from last year regarding the incident:


theblaze--2020-01-23--Oakland bans landlords from running criminal background checks on potential tenants

'the most extreme law in the state '

The Oakland City Council approved a ban on landlords running criminal background checks on potential tenants, a move it says will allow people released from prison to have a better chance at a successful life, according to KPIX-TV.
Supporters of the ban say it will improve the city's homelessness problem by making it easier for convicted criminals to find a place to live.
"When you have a safe place to call home, you're in a stronger position to get a job, to go to school, to get help that you need," said John Jones III, a mechanic who said he ended up on the streets after getting out of prison because no landlord would allow him to rent.
The California Apartment Association, which represents landlords, opposed the law and called it extreme.
"This ordinance is the most extreme law in the state. Federal Fair housing laws expressly exclude individuals convicted of illegal drug distribution and manufacture from protections. Landlords who may have used criminal background checks consistent with this law will now be prohibited," CAA spokeswoman Debra Carlton said.
There are some obvious safety concerns from landlords and tenants who fear the ban could allow dangerous criminals into their apartments or neighborhoods without knowledge of the landlord.
Landlords will have six months to adapt to the law, which doesn't apply to single-family homes, duplexes, triplexes, and in-law units if the owner is living on the property, nor does it apply to government-subsidized affordable housing because the federal government requires landlords to reject people convicted of manufacturing methamphetamine or who are on the state's lifetime sex offender list.
Landlords who are found to be breaking this law are subject to fines of $1,000 per violation.
The Berkeley City Council is set to vote on a similar measure soon. San Francisco also has a similar ban, although it isn't as strict as the one in Oakland.


theblaze--2020-01-23--Pizza delivery driver ambushed by four males intent on robbing him — so he pulls out his gun and sho

Pizza delivery driver ambushed by four males intent on robbing him — so he pulls out his gun and shoots three of them

Pizza delivery driver ambushed by four males intent on robbing him — so he pulls out his gun and shoots @ @ @ @ @ aimed what looked like a rifle at the victim , but it turned out to @ @ @ @ @ to look real

A North Carolina pizza delivery driver was bringing an order to an east Charlotte apartment complex just before midnight Monday when an ill-tempered quartet approached him.
No, they didn't want a large pizza with extra pepperoni — police said they had robbery on their minds, ambushed the driver, and pointed what looked like a rifle at his head, WSOC-TV reported.
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What happened next?
Like countless others are doing these days, the pizza delivery driver had armed himself for just such an occasion. And he pulled out his gun, and fired it at the robbers, the station said.
With that the suspects ran off, and the driver called 911, police told WSOC.
What happened to the suspects?
Officers quickly caught three of the suspects near a laundromat, the station said, adding that two of them were taken to a hospital with gunshot wounds and are expected to be OK. Police told WSOC a third suspect was detained and was not shot.
More than an hour later, a fourth suspect was dropped off at a hospital with a gunshot wound to the chest, the station said, adding that he's also expected to be OK.
Who are the suspects?
Here's the police rundown of the suspects, WSOC said, adding that all four are male — and were or will be charged with robbery with a dangerous weapon and conspiracy to commit robbery with a dangerous weapon:
A 15-year-old was charged after he was treated at the hospital.
A 16-year-old was charged as a juvenile due to the state's Raise the Age law that went into effect last month. It says that 16 and 17 year olds who commit crimes in North Carolina no longer will be charged automatically in the adult criminal justice system — and that in 2017, lawmakers raised the age of juvenile jurisdiction for nonviolent crimes to age 18, according to the state's Department of Public Safety.
Toybyus Banks, 18, was being treated for a gunshot wound at a hospital but will be charged upon his release.
Nemiah McInnis, 20, was charged after he was released from the hospital. Police told WSOC that McInnis has several previous charges on his record, including motor vehicle theft, possession of a stolen vehicle, larceny from motor vehicle — and that he has a "history" of resisting police.
Nemiah McInnis Image source: WSOC-TV video screeenshot
Anything else?
Police found the supposed rifle the suspects used during the robbery and determined that it was a toy rifle painted to look like a real gun, the station said.
The pizza delivery driver wasn't hurt in the incident, authorities told WSOC, adding no indication was made regarding whether the driver will face charges.


theblaze--2020-01-23--CNN cancels Democratic candidate town halls because of the impeachment trial

CNN cancels Democratic candidate town halls because of the impeachment trial Impeachment hearing is starting to impact the campaign

Just a couple of days into opening arguments, the Senate's impeachment trial is already impacting the presidential campaign trail, as shown by CNN's announcement that it would cancel town hall events for Democratic presidential candidates because of it.
In a story published Thursday afternoon, a CNN spokesperson said the network is working to reschedule the events.
CNN was scheduled to host the leading contenders for the Democratic nomination at live, back-to-back town halls on January 28 and 29 from the campus of Drake University. Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, former South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg, businessman Andrew Yang and businessman Tom Steyer were scheduled to appear on Tuesday. The next night, former Vice President Joe Biden, Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren and Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar were set to appear.
The events were originally scheduled before the Iowa caucuses, which will take place Feb. 3.
Rather than talking with voters and making their case for why they should be president in Iowa this week, Sanders, Warren, Klobuchar, and Sen. Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) — who is still holding out on his longshot bid for president — have been in Washington, D.C., taking part in the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump, having to sit silently in the chamber for hours on end while drinking nothing but water or milk.
And the CNN events aren't the only ones that have been preempted by candidates' senatorial duties amid the trial; The Hill pointed out that the Sanders campaign canceled a rally scheduled for Wednesday as a result of the proceedings.
"Sen. Sanders will not be able to attend tomorrow's rally due to the impeachment schedule in the U.S. Senate," a campaign statement said. "However, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) will host campaign events in Iowa City, Cedar Rapids and Ames on Friday and Saturday."
After trial proceedings wrapped up Wednesday night, Klobuchar still made an effort to campaign over the phone, holding a tele town hall with Iowa voters while her daughter campaigned in the state.


theblaze--2020-01-23--Liberals moving into your state? Don't retreat, convert them by doing this...

Liberals moving into your state ?
Do n't retreat , convert them by doing this ... Conservatives must push back @ @ @ @ @ liberals move to Republican states , threatening to turn them from red to blue

Though the trend has been going on for years, news on Thursday reconfirmed that Californians are fleeing their socialist dystopia — streets riddled with used heroin needles and the homeless' pungent feces — for the cleaner plains of Texas.
The same Texas that came within two tiny points of electing Beto O'Rourke, the anti-gun, dirt-eating hippy. I mention Beto for one reason: Texas is no longer red, it's purple. Even Republican leadership in Texas is worried they may lose control due to this changing demographic of the Lone Star State. But it needn't be that way.
Conservatives usually offer one of two options when faced with encroaching leftism:
Complain Move
You can bet your Texas-shaped waffle iron not every Californian fleeing the sunshine and fecal state is a leftist. Many of them are conservatives following the second option above.
Why do conservatives just complain when liberalism is set to ruin everything? The one explanation I've heard for years, and the one I tend to live by myself, is: "Conservatives just want to live their lives in peace." Get up. Go to work. Come home. Take care of the 2.1 kids. Paint the picket fence white.
So how's living your life in peace working out? Is the left leaving you alone? Or are the family stick figures slapped on the back of the Honda Odyssey just not doing much in keeping the left from creeping into every single avenue of your life? How long before that same Honda Odyssey is packed full of Skyler and Braden's stuff heading to a "red" state because you're tired of liberals ruining everything you just want to be left alone to live your life?
Lather, rinse, complain, and move to somewhere even uglier.
There's a word for doing the same thing and expecting a different result.
Liberalism advances and conservatives retreat. Liberals are morally wrong, intellectually clueless, spread failure like it's success, and they seem to do so rather successfully. They own Hollywood, education, most of media. When they ascend to power they abuse it. They bully anyone who strays from their dogma, even other leftists.
Why stay and fight when you're unsure how to fight a foe that has absolute control over every industry of influence.
The left isn't winning because they have superior arguments. The left isn't winning because their leaders are smarter than ours. They're not winning because they're changing people's minds.
The left wins because it hits people in the gut. The left wins because it knows how to craft a narrative and tell a better story. The left has a mastery of language, specifically how to use language to push their agenda, that the right cannot match.
Republicans and conservatives lost the abortion fight the minute some leftists labeled abortion as "a woman's right to choose." Well, shoot. Who's against choice? Who's against body autonomy? If America is an independent, individual rights-promoting kind of place, why deny women the right to control their bodies?
Obviously chopping and sucking an unborn baby out of the womb has zero to do with body autonomy. That's how the left sold it, and the left has been hitting men and women in the feels about abortion "rights" ever since. Then pro-lifers come along with their "choose life" bumperstickers and "we value life from womb to tomb" rhyming talking points and get laughed at. It's like showing up to a burning building with a squirt gun.
What does work at changing people from pro-choice to pro-life is the gut punch. Usually by seeing an abortion. If you've seen a photo of an aborted fetus or watched tiny hands, tiny feet, and broken ribs coming out of the birth canal, you know I'm right.
So, how to apply gut punches to issues that aren't as heartbreaking as killing unborn babies?
Conservatives argue based on principles and intellect while talking with someone operated by their feelings. There is rarely a cogent conversation when two people aren't even talking on the same level. Emotions dictate what thoughts and memories get remembered. The left capitalizes on that and drives their agenda based on emotions.
Fine. Let's do the same.
Before one can sell conservatism, we must first emotionally tie liberal failures with liberalism. Liberals don't associate the problems liberalism causes with liberalism itself. Otherwise they wouldn't keep voting for it then leave the mess of it and voting for it again.
Yes, yes, a lot of liberals are insane. Granted. But hear me out.
No Californian voted for heroin needles in their streets. No Californian wanted to walk pass homeless people dropping deuces on parking lot curbs. Californians were sold on feelings of "we need to help the homeless people, and this program/politician is the way to do it!" When those same Californians move to Texas and vote for some Democrat, they're not voting for poop in your streets. They're voting to help some pet group the Democrat is promising to help.
Lather, rinse, move, and vote for the same policies and officials.
Here's my advice, Texans. Skip the lecture on how crappy it is to vote Democrat. It is crappy, I'm just suggesting we try something else to break some cycles. Instead, tie Democrat promises of "helping the homeless" to poop in the streets. Were I working for the California GOP, I'd create a sort of leaflet campaign with pictures of heroin needles on the streets overlaid with text "Thanks, Elected Democrats" and on the back an entire timeline of who, what, when, where, how and why the heroin needle got on the street. You're free to use that, California GOP.
Tie the programs, policies, and elected officials who instituted the failures to the failure itself. Being careful to lay the blame on the programs and officials instituting them, not the voters.
Yes, I know the voters voted in the politicians who pushed their crap ideas. Again, crap ideas are never sold as crap.
This isn't going to be easy. Liberals are not going to hear a lecture anymore than you will. But they might answer a non-confrontational question. "How did San Francisco, a beautiful city, get so overrun with poop?" you might ask. "How did the Californian bureaucracy get so insane?" you could try. "I heard there were heroin needles everywhere, how did that happen?"
Make the leftist answer. They'll usually say "I don't know." That's when you offer some ideas of what could be to blame.
Sure, that's simplistic. It won't always work. But a lot of the time, a liberal is a liberal by default, not necessarily by choice. After all, Hollywood, education, and most of media is liberal. They're not used to thinking about why they believe what they believe. They've just heard nothing else. Sometimes just planting a seed is enough to let it grow.
And when it isn't, you don't pop open a beer (or wine bottle) at the end of the day and ignore the changing political landscape of the state you know and love. Instead, you go to a city meeting and make your impassioned rant you had for your cellphone in the car to an audience of people who vote, and the people they voted for. Hopefully it's good, hopefully it inspires others to do the same, hopefully it plants seeds. Hopefully, you get it on camera and tweet it to me.
Fighting back may be hard. It will for sure be annoying, frustrating, and require getting out of your comfort zone. But it sure as hell is a lot easier than relocating your entire life to a place the left will eventually get to anyway. As they are right now.


theblaze--2020-01-23--Pete Buttigieg has awkward Jeb Bush-style 'please clap' moment during Iowa appearance

Pete Buttigieg has awkward Jeb Bush-style 'please clap ' moment during Iowa appearance

Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg seemed to have his own Jeb Bush-style "please clap" moment during an Iowa campaign event this week.
Buttigieg, who is former mayor of South Bend, Indiana, faced an uncomfortable silence during a Tuesday night campaign event. It was reminiscent of a 2016 campaign event when former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush (R) urged his supporters to "please clap."
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What are the details?
Putting in face time with Iowa voters on Tuesday, Buttigieg told the crowd that he would serve America as president "by having better hands guided by better values on those pulleys and levers of American government."
"So I'm going to look to you to spread that sense of hope to those that you know!" he concluded.
Buttigieg paused, clearly anticipating applause, and when it did not come, responded by laughing and saying, "Come on!"
Those in attendance at the event obliged and did end up clapping for the 38-year-old presidential candidate.
The New York Times reports that Buttigieg has been pitching himself to voters as the next Obama.
Iowa votes in their caucuses on Feb. 3.
What else?
At the time of this writing, Buttigieg's fellow Democratic candidates, including Sens. Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, Amy Klobuchar, and Michael Bennet are serving in Washington, D.C., awaiting a vote for President Donald Trump's Senate impeachment trial.
According to Politico, Buttigieg is in third place in Iowa, polling at just 16%.
The poll, conducted by Focus on Rural America, found that former Vice President Joe Biden is polling at 24%, ahead of Warren with 18%. Buttigieg is ahead of Sanders, who is polling at 14%, with Klobuchar polling at 11%.
Focus on Rural America's survey focused on 500 likely 2020 caucus-goers, and was conducted Jan. 15-18. The poll had a margin of error of 4.4 percentage points.
You can read more about the results here.