theblaze--2020-08-16--'WrongTrump' trends on social media as leftists wish death on President Trump — but the blowback is

'WrongTrump' trends on social media as leftists wish death on President Trump — but the blowback is fierce

'WrongTrump ' trends on social media as leftists wish death on President Trump — but the blowback is fierce 'Dear @ @ @ @ @ the # wrongtrump '

After news broke that President Donald Trump's younger brother, Robert Trump, died, the hashtag "WrongTrump" trended on Twitter as leftists vocalized their belief that the "wrong Trump" had died, suggesting a desire for the president to die, instead.
By Sunday morning, "#WrongTrump" was one of the highest trending topics on Twitter, generating more than 100,000 posts.
What did people say?
Bishop Talbert Swan said, "Dear Grim Reaper, You took the #wrongtrump."
Journalist David Leavitt wrote, "What did he promise the devil for the Grim Reaper to take the #wrongtrump ???"
Actor Adam Goldberg wrote, "Wrong Trump. (I waited ten minutes.)."
Former Indianapolis radio host Jack Shell, who describes himself as a "Never Trumper," wrote on Twitter, "Wrong Trump, God."
Actor Behzad Dabu said, "Mannnn Satan took the wrong brother... smh."
An account called "All Black Lives Matter" posted a picture and said, "To any Trump supporter offended by #wrongtrump, please read the bottom line on these T-shirts." Those shirts read, "f*** your feelings."
What was the reaction to the hate?
Blowback, both from Trump supporters and people opposed to the show of hate, was swift and fierce.
"Trump is not perfect and I'm not full-blown MAGA, but I can tell you this... I don't want to be anywhere fucking near the side that created "The Wrong Trump" trending topic. Y'all need Jesus. For real," Jason Howerton said.
"The left: WE ARE THE PARTY OF LOVE AND TOLERANCE AND ACCEPTANCE AND MORAL HIGH GROUND Also the left: #wrongtrump !!!!! Donald Trump should DIE!!! REEEEEEE," TheBlaze's Sara Gonzales reacted.
#wrongtrump !!!!! Donald Trump should DIE!!! REEEEEEE," TheBlaze's Sara Gonzales reacted. "I'm so glad I'm not a liberal. I can't imagine having so much hate in my heart #wrongtrump," another person wrote.
"Let's take politics out of this for a moment & talk about how your parents raised you, or what's right or wrong in the world. Would you ever publicly tell someone whose brother just died that it was the wrong brother? #wrongtrump ? Is it right to post something like that? Think," another person responded.
#wrongtrump ? Is it right to post something like that? Think," another person responded. "If you tweet or support "#wrongtrump" and MEAN it, you're a disgusting garbage person. End of," another person said.
"The @SecretService should pay a visit to @jack for allowing #wrongtrump to flourish. A good chunk of this site is becoming an active and encouraged threat to the President's life," conservative Derek Hunter said.
The president visited his brother on Friday, afterward expressing hope that Robert's health would improve. Unfortunately, Robert died later Saturday.
In a statement, Trump said that Robert "was not just my brother, he was my best friend."
"It is with heavy heart I share that my wonderful brother, Robert, peacefully passed away tonight," the president said. "He was not just my brother, he was my best friend. He will be greatly missed, but we will meet again. His memory will live on in my heart forever. Robert, I love you. Rest in peace."


theblaze--2020-08-16--Democratic State House candidate suggests Minnesota suburb be burned down: 'I didn't come here to be

Democratic State House candidate suggests Minnesota suburb be burned down: 'I didn't come here to be peaceful'

Democratic State House candidate suggests Minnesota suburb be burned down : ' I did n't come here to be peaceful' @ @ @ @ @ a Black Lives Matter protest at the head of the Minneapolis police union 's home

John Thompson, a Democrat campaigning for State House in Minnesota, launched into a fiery diatribe during a Black Lives Matter protest outside the home of Minneapolis Police Federation President Bob Kroll on Saturday. During the vitriolic tirade, Thompson hinted that the town of Hugo be burned down, which is where Kroll lives.
The crowd outside Kroll's home were demanding his resignation, accusing him of "fostering a toxic culture within the Minneapolis Police Department," according to KSTP-TV.
One of the most blunt and unreserved speakers during the hours-long protest was Thompson, who won the Democratic primary for the Minnesota House of Representatives District 67A last week. Thompson, who is trying to represent the constituents of Eastside of St. Paul, set a hostile tone by stating, "I didn't come here to be peaceful."
Thompson said Kroll was a member of the Ku Klux Klan and even claimed he was the Grand Wizard.
"Why the f*** is we so peaceful in this [homophobic slur removed] neighborhood," Thompson shouted. "F*** your motherf***ing peace, white racist motherf***ers!"
One of the neighbors was holding a Blue Lives Matter flag and Thompson told him to "stick it up his a**."
Thompson suggested to the crowd that the entire town should be burned down. "This whole god***n state burned down for $20 goddamn dollars, you think we give a f*** about burning Hugo down?"
"Blue lives don't mean s*** to black people," Thompson said. "F*** Hugo, Minnesota!"
Activist Tuscon Morrison said, "Here in Hugo, Minnesota, I'm going to take a wild guess and take it you don't have to fear for your life as much as you do in Minneapolis with Bob Kroll and his gang of thugs hunting down black and brown bodies like they're getting paid for it because they are."
Kroll, his wife, and his family were in the garage during the protest.
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) endorsed Thompson in June.
"I've known John for years His fierce advocacy and commitment to his community is exactly what's needed in the state legislature right now," Walz said. "I look forward to working with him as the next State Representative for 67A."
In June, Kroll gave his opinion on the Minneapolis officer-involved death of George Floyd.
"It was sickening. It's something that should never have occurred," Kroll told KARE-TV. "No officer can condone that. Ourselves included."
When asked if what Minneapolis Police Department officer Derek Chauvin did to Floyd was illegal, the head of the Minneapolis police union responded, "That's for the courts decide. In my opinion, no. But that's certainly for our criminal justice system to decide in the end."
But added that he didn't think "any officer would say that it's right."
"We've got a pretty good picture of what Chauvin did," Kroll continued. "It's easy to form judgment there and terminate, which we were able to make a quick decision that yes, we're not going to represent his employment."
Kroll defended the other two MPD officers at the scene of Floyd's death, Tou Thao and James Alexander Kueng. "But from the video we saw, we can't even see two of the other officers in it," Kroll said.


theblaze--2020-08-16--Robert Trump, the younger brother of President Trump, dies. Trump releases heartfelt statement.

'He was not just my brother , he was my best friend '

Robert Trump, the younger brother of President Donald Trump, died Saturday night. He was 71.
"It is with heavy heart I share that my wonderful brother, Robert, peacefully passed away tonight," the president wrote. "He was not just my brother, he was my best friend. He will be greatly missed, but we will meet again. His memory will live on in my heart forever. Robert, I love you. Rest in peace."
Robert's death came just 11 days before his 72nd birthday. The reason for his hospital stay was not made public.
Trump made the last minute decision to visit his brother at a New York hospital on Friday where Robert was reportedly "very ill."
After his visit, Trump told reporters, "Hopefully he'll be alright, but he's — he's pretty — he's having a hard time," CNN reported.
Earlier this summer, Robert spent more than a week in the ICU unit at New York City's Mt. Sinai hospital, Fox News reported. The reason for Robert's extensive hospital stay was not disclosed.
Robert was the youngest of the five Trump children and, like his older brother, spent his career working for the Trump Organization. However, unlike his older brother, Robert often stayed out of the public spotlight, especially in recent years, describing himself as "gainfully retired."
Robert, however, was recently thrust back into the national spotlight when he asked a court to stop the publication of a book by his niece, Mary Trump. The effort ultimately failed, and Mary's book was allowed to be published.


theblaze--2020-08-17--Seattle police officer goes viral after telling rioters he's quitting over BLM protests. Even then,

Seattle police officer goes viral after telling rioters he's quitting over BLM protests. Even then, rioters don't let up on him.

Seattle police officer goes viral after telling rioters he 's quitting over BLM protests .
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A Seattle police officer has gone viral for a recent exchange with a group of taunting protesters in which he revealed rioters had "won" and that he'd turned in his resignation.
What are the details of the video?
An unnamed Seattle police officer was caught on camera telling protesters that he was "f***ing gone" because of the ongoing Black Lives Matter protests and demonstrations.
The video starts as the officer can be seen pulling up to a group of protesters.
In the video, the officer rolls down his window and asks one of the demonstrators, "You having a good day today, bud?"
The demonstrator nastily responds, "Not really; you're around."
"Oh, well, I'm sorry for that. But just don't worry, man, 'cause guess what? I'm leaving; you guys won. F***ing two months, baby, and I'm out," the officer fires back.
The demonstrator asks the officer if he's planning to resign, to which the officer responds that he's "f***ing gone, bro," and tells the demonstrator that he's feeling "great" about the decision.
The unnamed demonstrator then asks the officer if he's stepping down from the department in protest of police brutality.
The officer responds by telling the demonstrator that he is stepping down because he's sick and tired of dealing with violent Black Lives Matter protesters day in and day out.
The officer turns to speak to another demonstrator on the other side of his vehicle, when the first demonstrator tells the other person that the officer is "resigning because of Black Lives Matter."
The first demonstrator then begins to taunt the officer, saying, "You triggered, boy? You triggered? Oink, oink. F*** you and your blue life."
The officer responds by telling the demonstrator that the two should become friends when he finally leaves the department.
"No, we ain't never gonna be friends," the demonstrator fires back. "We'll never see eye to eye. I don't give a f*** if you take that badge off, you'll never be one of my people."
(Content warning: Rough language):
Video emerges after Seattle Police Chief Carmen Best announces resignation
Last week, Seattle Police Chief Carmen Best — a 28-year veteran of the force — announced she would be stepping down from her role in the department effective Sept. 2.
Best's decision came on the heels of the city council's approval to defund the local police department, cutting at least 100 officers from the force amid the ongoing riots and demonstrations taking place across the embattled city.
In her statement, Best said, "This was a difficult decision for me but when it's time, it's time."
"You truly are the best police department in the country, and please trust me when I say, the vast majority of people in Seattle support you and appreciate you," Best said.
"I am impressed daily at your skill, your compassion and your dedication," she added. "I look forward to seeing how this department moves forward through the process of re-envisioning public safety. I relish the work that will be done by all of you."


theblaze--2020-08-18--Pro-Trump duo Diamond and Silk imply Fox News was racist for firing them

Pro-Trump duo Diamond and Silk imply Fox News was racist for firing them The claims are made in their new @

The pro-Trump duo, Diamond and Silk, implied that Fox News was animated by "systemic racism" when the news network parted ways with them in April.
The sisters, whose real names are Lynette "Diamond" Hardaway and Rochelle "Silk" Richardson, made the accusation in their upcoming book titled, 'Uprising: Who the Hell Said You Can't Ditch and Switch?—The Awakening of Diamond and Silk."
Hardaway and Richardson fumed in their book that the network didn't defend them against accusations published in The Daily Beast and instead axed their business relationship. An excerpt of the book with the claims was obtained by The Daily Beast.
"I was furious," wrote Hardaway. "Where the hell was Fox? Where was their PR department? Why the hell didn't they correct the lies published by The Daily Beast? Why didn't Fox speak up?"
The Daily Beast reported that Diamond and Silk was axed at Fox News because of spurious claims they made about the coronavirus pandemic being a hoax conjured up to damage President Donald Trump.
"I was so overwhelmed that it brought me to tears because we had done nothing wrong. Not one time did Fox News inform us or reprimand us for anything," Hardaway continued.
'The systemic racism'
Later in the book, they wonder aloud why white Fox News hosts were allowed to make similar claims to those that got them fired.
"Here is the crazy thing, y'all. Fox News hosts like Tucker Carlson, Sean Hannity, and Laura Ingraham were questioning the same things we were questioning about the virus and pandemic. The very same questions we had raised were being discussed openly on Fox News," Richardson writes in the book.
"Why were our Fox Nation videos dialed back because they were deemed overly political," she continued, "but it was okay for others on the network to talk about politics, even down to asking some of the same questions we had? Why were we such a threat? We only did one video every week, and it was hidden behind a paid subscription wall. When you really think about it, was this part of the systemic racism that everybody was talking about?"
Hardaway has similar thoughts, according the leaked except.
"How in the hell was it OK for for [sic] the white show host to ask the same questions and talk about the same things that we were speaking about, but our video content was dialed back for being overly political? We were all asking the same questions and talking about the same thing," she wrote.
A Fox News spokesperson declined to comment on the sisters' comments.
In another section of the book, the duo claimed that they were offered $150,000 to stop supporting Trump but they refused.
Here's a video of Diamond and Silk on Fox News:


theblaze--2020-08-18--'Get out now!': Anonymous whistleblower reveals SHOCKING teacher-training mandated by California sch

'Get out now!': Anonymous whistleblower reveals SHOCKING teacher-training mandated by California schools

'Get out now ! '
: Anonymous whistleblower reveals SHOCKING teacher-training mandated by California schools

An anonymous California teacher says she was shocked when she learned her mandated training would include material based on Karl Marx's "Critical Race Theory," which argues that data, facts, and the scientific method are exemplary of "whiteness" and are "inherently racist."
She joined Glenn Beck on the radio program to discuss the details and provide documentation of alleged Marxist training she says the teachers in her school district are required to complete.
"A couple weeks ago, the week before school starts, we have a training. And I know this is a training on race," explained the teacher, who had her voice disguised in fear of retaliation from her union. "So, I open up the training [document] and right across the top, it says 'Critical Race Theory.'
"Glenn, I wanted to quit on the spot," she said. "Or go on a crusade. Or text all my friends about public schools, 'Get out now!'"
She told Glenn the training was endorsed by the California Department of Education, the California School Board Association, the Association of California School Administrators, the Bay Area schools, and the California Conservation Corps, among others. She also shared the training document, which you can read here.
"I did my own research online and I found out [Critical Race Theory] was founded by Karl Marx. Red flag! Red flag!" the teacher said. "It states that facts, data, and the scientific method are 'white concepts'. So, if you use facts and data to disprove an argument against a black person or an oppressed person, you are proving you are racist because, again, facts and data are, quote, the result of whiteness."
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theblaze--2020-08-18--New Zealand delays election by one month, citing COVID-19 concerns

New Zealand delays election by one month , citing COVID-19 concerns The country has seen the virus return after announcing @ @ @ @ @ been eliminated

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced Monday that the country's Sept. 19 elections would be pushed back by one month, amid renewed lockdowns in the nation due to the return of the coronavirus.
What are the details?
Reuters reported that "Ardern has been under pressure to put off the polls as political parties said it was impossible to campaign in a way that would ensure a free and fair election."
"Ultimately, the 17th of October ... provides sufficient time for parties to plan around the range of circumstances we will be campaigning under," Arden told reporters. "We are all in the same boat. We are all campaigning in the same environment."
Ardern had hinted last week that she might postpone the election, just after she shut down the country's largest city, Auckland, when just four cases emerged in the city of 1.5 million following more than 100 days of no cases being reported in the country at all.
But the outbreak has spread further, leading to Ardern's decision to continue to work at containing and eradicating the virus again. Ultimately, partial lockdown measures were reintroduced nationwide.
According to the Associated Press:
Officials believe the virus was reintroduced to New Zealand from abroad but haven't yet determined how. The outbreak in the nation's largest city has grown to 58 infections, all thought to be connected, giving health officials hope the virus isn't spreading beyond the cluster.
The prime minister made it clear that she did not plan on delaying the election a second time.
The Daily Wire noted that "unlike the U.S. Constitution, which prescribes the date for elections, New Zealand law allows the prime minister to postpone an election for up to about two months."
Anything else?
President Donald Trump mentioned New Zealand's new lockdown woes during a campaign speech on Monday, according to The Guardian.
"The places they were using to hold up now they're having a big surge," the president told the audience. "They were holding up names of countries and now they're saying 'Whoops!
"Do you see what's happening in New Zealand?" he continued. "They beat it, they beat it. It was like front-page news because they wanted to show me something."
He added, ""Big surge in New Zealand, you know it's terrible, we don't want that, but this is an invisible enemy that should never have been let to come to Europe and the rest of the world by China."


theblaze--2020-08-17--STARTLING: Alex Jones and Steven Crowder visit ground zero in riot-torn Austin, Texas

STARTLING : Alex Jones and Steven Crowder visit ground zero in riot-torn Austin , Texas

Alex Jones and Steven Crowder toured the once beautiful downtown area of Austin, Texas, and surveyed the damage done by #BLM and Antifa. Jones explained how Democrat-led efforts led to this once booming hipster-haven turning onto the post-apocalyptic ghost town seen today.
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theblaze--2020-08-17--NAACP officials and Democratic state senator hit with felony charges over toppling statue that fell

NAACP officials and Democratic state senator hit with felony charges over toppling statue that fell on protester's head

NAACP officials and Democratic state senator hit with felony charges over toppling statue that fell on protester 's head They @ @ @ @ @ injury to a monument

A Virginia state senator and several NAACP officials were slapped with two felony charges over their alleged roles in the destruction of a Confederate statue by a mob in Portsmouth, Virginia. A protester received life-altering injuries in that incident when a statue fell on his head.
Portsmouth Police Chief Angele Greene announced the charges in a media briefing Monday.
"As the result of our efforts in this matter, we have identified and secured arrest warrants of numerous individuals who conspired, organized, and participated in the felonious acts on June 10th. This investigation yielded the same results of holding individuals who commit crimes in our city accountable but was done in a safe manner so that my officers and no other members of the public were harmed," Greene said.
"Therefore on today's date, felony warrants for conspiracy to commit a felony and felony injury to a monument in excess of $1,000, have been obtained for the following individuals: Senator L. Louise Lucas, NAACP representative James Boyd, NAACP representative Louie Gibbs, NAACP representative LaKeesha Atkinson," she continued.
Greene went on to name several school board members, three public defenders and other individuals who were also charged.
"I am asking for these persons with current arrest warrants to immediately turn themselves in to the Portsmouth Police Department," Greene added.
Protester grievously injured
The mob attack on Confederate statues in Portsmouth made national headlines over a video that showed a statue landing on a protester's head after being toppled from its monument.
The video quickly went viral on social media:
Protesters take down pieces of Portsmouth's Confederate monument www.youtube.com
The protester who was seriously injured was later identified as Chris Green. His wife said that he flatlined twice on the way to the hospital where he was placed in a medically-induced coma.
After the horrendous incident, many noted that Louise Lucas personally told police officers to stand down as the protesters attacked the statue, and she was caught on video doing so.
"They cannot arrest them because the city owns this property," Lucas said at the time. "Come July 1, they can take it down anyway. So, these police officers cannot arrest them for being on city property. So, I'm going to stand right here and see what's going to happen."
Lucas later demanded that the city manager fire the police chief because she had "abdicated her responsibility to maintain peace and failed to uphold the law."
Police said they are seeking the help of the public to identify others involved in the protests against the Confederate monument.
The family for Green created a GoFundMe account that garnered more than $55,000 in donations to aid in paying his health bills.
Here's a local news video about the charges:


theblaze--2020-08-17--North Korea orders pet dogs seized from owners amid food shortages: report

Owning a pet dog is condemned as a 'capitalist decadence ' in the communist nation

Pet dogs are being seized by the government of North Korea in the capital city of Pyongyang amid food shortages in the communist nation, according to a report.
What are the details?
South Korean newspaper Chosun Ilbo cited an unnamed source in reporting that communist dictator Kim Jong Un issued a ban on pet ownership last month, declaring the move to be a measure "protecting the country against capitalist 'decadence.'" The leader reportedly called ownership of dogs "a 'tainted' trend by bourgeois ideology."
The source also claimed, "Authorities have identified households with pet dogs and are forcing them to give them up or forcefully confiscating them and putting them down."
According to the outlet, some dogs are being sent to state-owned zoos, and others are being sold to restaurants, leaving helpless pet owners upset but with no recourse in the secretive regime.
The New York Post reported that "while the oppressive regime says the move is to clamp down on capitalist extravagance in Pyongyang, the dog owners are fearful that given North Korea's food shortage — and propensity for eating dog meat — the directive has only come about to feed the masses."
Anything else?
The Daily Mail reported that North Korea "is facing widespread food shortages, aggravated by the decision to close the border with China due to coronavirus." The outlet noted that "Beijing is traditionally Pyongyang's main supporter and the source of much of the food required to feed Kim's people."
In addition to challenges from COVID-19, North Korea's domestic food production has suffered due to large swaths of cropland being wiped out by flooding.
The hot weather could also have something to do with Kim's decision to turn pets into cuisine. According to an article published by The Guardian in 2014:
When the summer heat strikes the Korean peninsula, it's not ice or water that North Korea's authorities recommend to get through the sweltering conditions – it's dog meat, among other "revitalizing" foods.


theblaze--2020-08-17--Al Gore: Trump 'putting his knee on the neck of American democracy' by 'tampering with' postal servi

Al Gore: Trump 'putting his knee on the neck of American democracy' by 'tampering with' postal service

Al Gore : Trump 'putting his knee on the neck of American democracy ' by 'tampering with ' postal service @ @ @ @ @ fear they 'ca n't breathe safely standing in line to vote . '

Former Vice President Al Gore (D) said Monday that President Donald Trump is "putting his knee on the neck of American democracy" by "tampering with" the United States Postal Service ahead of the November general election, as Democrats and Republicans spar over nationwide mail-in voting amid the ongoing coronavirus crisis.
What are the details?
Speaking with CNN's Anderson Cooper, Gore said of Trump, "On the postal service, this is an act of desperation, and Americans understand, Anderson, that during a pandemic there are lots of older voters and voters of all ages with a pre-existing condition who worry that they can't breathe safely standing in line to vote.
"So in effect," he continued, "by tampering with the postal service, [Trump] is in effect putting his knee on the neck of American democracy and trying to make it impossible for people to vote by mail."
Gore's analogy sparked outrage on social media, with several Twitter users condemning the former vice president for attempting to exploit the death of George Floyd to make a political point. Floyd died while in custody of Minneapolis police in late May, after an officer was caught on camera kneeling on his neck for several minutes. Floyd's death sparked riots nationwide.
In reaction to Gore's comments, Fox Business Network's Charles Payne replied, "Apologize right now. This is such an asinine, insensitive stretch of the imagination and unnecessary attempt to be provocative. Its wrong on so many levels."
Last week, the postal service warned nearly every state in the U.S. that the agency could not guarantee mail-in ballots can be delivered in time to be counted for the Nov. 3 election. The USPS also endorsed presumptive Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden, while accusing the Trump administration of taking "steps" to "undermine" it.
According to The Hill:
President Trump at first said he would shoot down any funding to the postal service intended to increase mail-in voting. But he later shifted, saying he would consider signing such a bill if Democrats made other sacrifices in the coronavirus relief package.
Reuters reported the President Trump on Monday denied trying to undermine the USPS' ability to handle ballots, telling reporters, "We want it to run efficiently, run good. We want to make it run for less money, much better, always taking care of our postal workers."
The president tweeted, "The U.S. Post Office (System) has been failing for many decades. We simply want to MAKE THE POST OFFICE GREAT AGAIN, while at the same time saving billions of dollars a year for American Taxpayers. Dems don't have a clue! @USPostOffice911"


theblaze--2020-08-17--Another sheriff gives kudos to homeowners for exercising their Second Amendment rights, defending th

Another sheriff gives kudos to homeowners for exercising their Second Amendment rights, defending their home against intruders

Another sheriff gives kudos to homeowners for exercising their Second Amendment rights , defending their home against intruders ' I @ @ @ @ @ enforcement can be minutes away when you only have seconds to defend yourself and your @ @

Yet another sheriff had high praise for homeowners who exercised their Second Amendment rights and successfully defended themselves against intruders.
What are the details?
Homeowners in Garden City, Alabama, were awakened early Monday morning by four suspects breaking into their residence, the Cullman County Sheriff's Office said.
But the quartet were promptly met by the homeowners who had armed themselves for the occasion, the sheriff's office added. Suddenly, the uninvited guests decided they couldn't stay a second longer and took off, authorities said.
One of the homeowners followed the foursome, and the sheriff's office said there was an exchange of gunfire — with one of the suspects getting shot and later being transported to a regional hospital.
Sheriff's deputies and officers from the Hanceville Police Department managed to detain three of the suspects — including the shot intruder. The fourth suspect fled in a vehicle but was shortly after located and arrested, authorities said.
Kudos from the sheriff
The sheriff's office indicated there's no further danger to the community — and gave kudos to the homeowners for arming themselves.
"This is a great example of citizens utilizing their Second Amendment rights and protecting themselves and their family," Sheriff Matt Gentry said. "I have often stated that law enforcement can be minutes away when you only have seconds to defend yourself and your family. That's why we at the sheriff's office are proponents of not only having a weapon for self defense but also being proficient in how to use it."
Anything else?
It's a sentiment that's common among sheriffs — and it was just echoed by the sheriff of Pasco County, Florida, who sang the praises of a homeowner who protected his family against a gunman who'd broken into their Land O' Lakes home Aug. 8.
"He was defending himself and his family," Sheriff Chris Nocco said of the homeowner, who ended up fatally shooting the intruder. "Any loss of life is tragic, but the victim was utilizing his Second Amendment rights to protect himself and his family ... I can't imagine the fear that they were going through, but I'm very happy [about] the fact that he was able to defend himself ..."
Nocco added that "when their lives were on the line, when that door was being kicked in, they utilized their Second Amendment rights, and they're safe because of it."


theblaze--2020-08-17--Claire McCaskill gets caught pushing USPS conspiracy theory in DC with photo of locked mailbox in Se

Claire McCaskill gets caught pushing USPS conspiracy theory in DC with photo of locked mailbox in Seattle Claire McCaskill attends @ @ @ @ @ American Spirit Awards 2019 on May 10 , 2019 , in New York City .
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Former Missouri Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill sounded the alarm Monday morning about alleged sabotage of the United States Postal Service in Washington, D.C. The problem was, she was using a picture of a locked mailbox in Seattle that she pulled from someone else's social media account.
McCaskill, who is now an analyst for NBC News and MSNBC, shared the photo with a caption pushing a popular, but unproven theory Democrats have been repeating in recent weeks about President Donald Trump attempting to rig the 2020 election by handicapping the USPS.
"So now they are not hauling them off, just locking them up," McCaskill wrote. "This one is in D.C."
Other Twitter users quickly pointed out that the same photo had been posted a day earlier by a user who said it was a mailbox in Seattle.
McCaskill later apologized for the misinformation, but said the overall point she was making about the USPS still stood.
What's going on here? Because of the conflict over the use of mail-in ballots for the upcoming election, a lot of people who never paid attention to mailboxes are now paying very close attention to mailboxes. Some of those people are noticing mailboxes being removed or locked, causing them to uncritically assume that the only explanation is Trump sabotaging the USPS so Democrats can't vote by mail.
The USPS didn't just begin locking or moving mailboxes in the lead-up to the election, however. Mailboxes are commonly locked for security purposes, and commonly moved from areas where they may not be getting used enough to justify their presence.
Residents of Burbank, California, recently raised concerns about locked mailboxes outside a local post office. Twitter posts about the situation caused "Burbank" to become a trending topic on Twitter, as photos of a row of locked mailboxes were widely shared.
KABC-TV looked into the situation, and found it was not as nefarious as some residents feared:
Eyewitness News reached out to the USPS for an explanation, and an employee said it's common practice for mailboxes outside post offices to be locked on days they are closed in an effort to prevent vandalism.
We noticed the mailboxes can still be accessed from the other side.
The issue of the moment: The USPS issue will likely be around for a while, as states widen access to mail-in voting due to COVID-19, President Donald Trump continues to insist that universal mail-in voting will result in widespread fraud, and House Democrats prepare for congressional hearings about recent cost-cutting changes at USPS.


theblaze--2020-08-17--'Republican Party, WAKE UP!' NFL legend Herschel Walker issues POWERFUL warning to GOP

Heisman Trophy-winning NFL star , MMA fighter , and co-chair of the President 's Council on Sports , Fitness & Nutrition , Herschel Walker joined Glenn Beck on this week 's podcast to discuss the anger that 's destroying our country right now , how we need real solutions instead of violence , and why Americans must stand up to preserve a free future for all American lives .
Walker had a strong message for Republican leaders who are caving in to the riots , looting , and unrest in cities like Seattle , Portland , and Chicago .
`` @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 's probably going to make a lot of people mad .
Republican Party , wake up !
It 's time to fight back , '' Walker said .
`` I see the Democratic Party doing whatever they want to do ... and the Republican Party will say , 'Oh , we 're going to have a hearing .
We 'll hear about it . '
You know , we 've been having hearings all our lives — and nothing gets done , '' he added .
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Heisman Trophy-winning NFL star, MMA fighter, and co-chair of the President's Council on Sports, Fitness & Nutrition, Herschel Walker joined Glenn Beck on this week's podcast to discuss the anger that's destroying our country right now, how we need real solutions instead of violence, and why Americans must stand up to preserve a free future for all American lives.
Walker had a strong message for Republican leaders who are caving in to the riots, looting, and unrest in cities like Seattle, Portland, and Chicago.
"I'm gonna say something that's probably going to make a lot of people mad. Republican Party, wake up! It's time to fight back," Walker said.
"I see the Democratic Party doing whatever they want to do ... and the Republican Party will say, 'Oh, we're going to have a hearing. We'll hear about it.' You know, we've been having hearings all our lives — and nothing gets done," he added. "Y'all need to wake up and start fighting!"
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theblaze--2020-08-17--Taxpayer-funded $66 million Chicago pandemic hospital closed after treating just 38 patients

A Chicago field hospital constructed to aid the city 's health system during the coronavirus pandemic cost taxpayers $ 66 million and ended up treating just 38 patients before it closed down , the Chicago Sun-Times reported .
That means the emergency medical facility cost taxpayers roughly $ 1.7 million per patient — not exactly a bargain by any standards .
Nonetheless , Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot ( D ) and Illinois Gov .
J.B. Pritzker ( D ) have previously defended the construction of the facility , calling it an important `` insurance policy '' at a time of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 's something I 'm incredibly proud of , '' said Samir Mayekar , Lightfoot 's deputy mayor for economic and neighborhood development .
He insisted the money was `` not spent in vain . ''
`` Today , we are pleased to report that the curve is flattening , and our local hospitals and health care systems continue to operate with capacity , therefore , the McCormick Place [ Alternate Care Facility ] will stop operating in its clinical needs testing phase , '' Lightfoot and Pritzker said in a statement announcing the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ May 1 — just 22 days after it began accepting patients .
`` We thank all our dedicated partners for their hard work and partnership in creating one of the nation 's best operating and largest [ ACFs ] , '' the two officials added , a claim that hardly stands on its own from a financial perspective .
New details from the Chicago Sun-Times report raise further questions over the decision build the facility at such a high cost .
According to interviews and records obtained by the outlet , the city-state @ @ @ @ @ @ @ was in charge of the project , received proposals for construction from three different companies , but ultimately chose the priciest of the options : The decision process was likely a frenzied one , driven by hysteria surrounding the early stages of the outbreak as state and local officials took immediate action to prevent area hospitals from being overwhelmed .
After all , the McCormick Place field hospital is not the only pandemic facility that proved to be a waste of taxpayer dollars in retrospect .
A temporary pandemic hospital constructed at the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ York City cost taxpayers $ 52 million to build and closed a month later having only treated 79 patients .
Hopefully such boondoggles will help leaders take more measured approaches in the future , but do n't hold your breath .

A Chicago field hospital constructed to aid the city's health system during the coronavirus pandemic cost taxpayers $66 million and ended up treating just 38 patients before it closed down, the Chicago Sun-Times reported.
That means the emergency medical facility cost taxpayers roughly $1.7 million per patient — not exactly a bargain by any standards.
Nonetheless, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot (D) and Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D) have previously defended the construction of the facility, calling it an important "insurance policy" at a time of "immense emergency."
"It's something I'm incredibly proud of," said Samir Mayekar, Lightfoot's deputy mayor for economic and neighborhood development. He insisted the money was "not spent in vain."
"Today, we are pleased to report that the curve is flattening, and our local hospitals and health care systems continue to operate with capacity, therefore, the McCormick Place [Alternate Care Facility] will stop operating in its clinical needs testing phase," Lightfoot and Pritzker said in a statement announcing the end of the facility's operation on May 1 — just 22 days after it began accepting patients.
"We thank all our dedicated partners for their hard work and partnership in creating one of the nation's best operating and largest [ACFs]," the two officials added, a claim that hardly stands on its own from a financial perspective.
What else?
New details from the Chicago Sun-Times report raise further questions over the decision build the facility at such a high cost.
According to interviews and records obtained by the outlet, the city-state governmental body known as McPier, which was in charge of the project, received proposals for construction from three different companies, but ultimately chose the priciest of the options:
McPier solicited proposals from three giants in construction: Walsh, Pepper Construction and Power Construction Company. And it hired Walsh even though Power said it either would forgo any fees or donate them to pandemic relief because it didn't want to profit from the pandemic. Walsh charged $65.9 million, including more than $5.1 million in fees, records show.
An official with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers — which hired McPier to build the facility, for which the federal government is covering at least 75 percent of the costs — said in internal emails that Power or Pepper was the best choice. But that decision was left to McPier, which picked Walsh, saying its rates were not "significantly different" than the others and that it "had the most experience . . . working with the [Army Corps] and working on emergency projects."
The decision process was likely a frenzied one, driven by hysteria surrounding the early stages of the outbreak as state and local officials took immediate action to prevent area hospitals from being overwhelmed.
After all, the McCormick Place field hospital is not the only pandemic facility that proved to be a waste of taxpayer dollars in retrospect.
A temporary pandemic hospital constructed at the Billie Jean King Tennis Center in New York City cost taxpayers $52 million to build and closed a month later having only treated 79 patients.
Hopefully such boondoggles will help leaders take more measured approaches in the future, but don't hold your breath.


theblaze--2020-08-17--Pizza threatened again: Pepperoni is getting expensive and scarce as COVID-19 continues to ruin ever

Pizza threatened again: Pepperoni is getting expensive and scarce as COVID-19 continues to ruin everything

Pizza threatened again : Pepperoni is getting expensive and scarce as COVID-19 continues to ruin everything

In April, on the heels of toilet paper and hand-sanitizer storages, the nation went into panic mode when there was a critical scarcity of frozen pizzas.
That fear over a lack of one of the nation's most loved (and needed) foods — combined with projected disruptions in the availability of beer and soda — nearly made Americans apoplectic.
Thankfully, that threat has since abated.
But our country's beloved hot pies are now facing an existential threat on another front — a serious shortage of the most popular topping: pepperoni.
Say it ain't so
Bloomberg News reported this weekend that a combination of increased demand for pizza and "production snags" at plants are making the beloved cured meat scarce and therefore more expensive.
According to Bloomberg, Domino's Pizza has seen a "tailwind" as a massive chunk of the American populace continues to spend much of its time at home and ordering pizza delivery and takeout.
Domino's isn't alone, the outlet noted. Papa John's reported record-high sales in its North American stores.
The advantage these larger chains have over smaller, independent pizza shops, which have seen pepperoni prices jump 50% in some cases, is long-term contracts. The big guys have multi-year deals that set prices and delivery at pre-negotiated levels that cannot be impacted by the market.
Exacerbating the problem is the fact that creating the topping requires a lot of man hours, but the meat plants, thanks to the coronavirus, don't have the labor force to create the product.
More from Bloomberg:
Barry Friends, a partner at foodservice consultant Pentallect, said the ingredient's labor-intensive process and low profit margins have made some producers say "screw it" as they streamline operations amid the coronavirus.
Pork processors "are basically just shipping out large pieces of meat for further processing," Friends said. "They're not doing as much because they don't have the people to do the work."
Matthew Hyland, chef and co-owner of the Emily pizza shop in New York City, told Bloomberg his place was just going to eat the cost of the higher pepperoni prices, knowing his customers would notice if he jacked his prices.
"It's an American right to have pepperoni on pizza," he told the outlet. "Pepperoni is such a huge part of pizza it's important to us that we keep it accessible."


theblaze--2020-08-17--AOC rips Biden supporter John Kasich as 'anti-choice extremist'  for saying she doesn't represent th

AOC rips Biden supporter John Kasich as 'anti-choice extremist'  for saying she doesn't represent the party

AOC rips Biden supporter John Kasich as 'anti-choice extremist ' for saying she does n't represent the party Being anti-Trump @ @ @ @ @ you

Former Ohio GOP Gov. John Kasich learned the hard way Monday that just because he's anti-Trump, that doesn't buy him full acceptance into the Democratic Party.
Kasich was reminded of his second-class membership on the left by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) after Kasich commented in an interview that Ocasio-Cortez didn't represent the entire Democratic Party base, which Kasich believes is more moderate.
"I think both parties have to have new ideas, and I think this country is moderate," Kasich said. "People on the extreme, whether they're on the left or on the right, they get outsized publicity that tends to define their party. You know, I listen to people all the time make these statements, and because AOC gets outsized publicity doesn't mean she represents the Democratic Party. She's just a part, just some member of it. And it's on both sides, whether it's the Republicans or whether it's the Democrats."
Ocasio-Cortez didn't appreciate being name-dropped by Kasich, nor did she think the former Republican presidential candidate had any business speaking on Democratic Party values.
"It's great that Kasich has woken up & realized the importance of supporting a Biden-Harris ticket," Ocasio-Cortez responded on Twitter. "I hope he gets through to GOP voters. Yet also, something tells me a Republican who fights against women's rights doesn't get to say who is or isn't representative of the Dem party."
"We can build bridges & not lose sight of our values," she continued. "It's important to remember that Kasich is an anti-choice extremist. He 100% will (and has) signed away our reproductive rights the moment he has the opportunity to do so. He is not a friend to workers."
To support her point, Ocasio-Cortez shared an article about Kasich signing a pro-life bill into law. The law banned second trimester dilation and evacuation abortions. The article also mentions that "anti-choice extremist" Kasich actually vetoed a bill that would've outlawed abortion after the detection of a heartbeat.
Since running for president and running the state of Ohio as a Republican, Kasich has become a CNN contributor and endorsed Joe Biden for president. He's even speaking this week at the Democratic National Convention.
Despite all that, the exchange with Ocasio-Cortez serves as a reminder that dislike for President Donald Trump is not, on its own, enough to gain full acceptance or respect among progressive Democratic leaders.


theblaze--2020-08-17--'It's a disgrace': Father left heartbroken after Disney World refused entry to disabled daughter who

'It's a disgrace': Father left heartbroken after Disney World refused entry to disabled daughter who cannot wear a mask

'It 's a disgrace ' : Father left heartbroken after Disney World refused entry to disabled daughter who can not @ @ @ @ @ traveled from Pennsylvania to Florida , only to cut short their pre-paid , 8-day stay @

Richard Ross, a father from Pennsylvania, says the family vacation he and his wife spent two years planning was ruined last week after they arrived at Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom in Florida only to be told their disabled 7-year-old daughter would not be able to enter the park without wearing a mask.
The Rosses left halfway through their pre-paid 8-day stay, because the girl could not leave their hotel or pool,since she is unable to wear a facial covering due to her diagnosed sensory processing disorder.
What are the details?
On Aug. 6, the Rosses arrived in front of Magic Kingdom's bus depot, assuming their child would be able to enter without a mask due to the medical exemptions allowed by Orange County — where the park is located — just as she is exempt everywhere in Pennsylvania. But a worker explained that everyone must wear a mask into the park, and that no exemptions are allowed at all.
Ross became upset, and pulled out his phone to take video of the exchange as it continued, asking the Disney worker, "Can my daughter — who is autistic with sensory issues —enter your park without a mask because she medically can't wear a mask?"
"Sir, I apologize, I know you're frustrated," the worker says in the clip. "At this time...at this time we ask that anyone entering our park ..."
Ross cuts him off, saying, "Just answer the question: Are you refusing to follow the Americans with Disabilities Act laws?"
"Hey, we're not talking about any of that right now, we're talking about our [inaudible] to come into the park," the worker replies, finally conceding, "If she comes into the park without a mask, we would refuse her entry, regardless."
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"It's a disgrace," Ross told TheBlaze regarding how his family was treated by Disney. "For someone with sensory processing disorder, [wearing a mask] is literally torture to them. Their brain cannot process the signals it's receiving — her heart starts pounding, she can't breathe."
In further video Ross posted online, he describes his anguish following the ordeal.
"Listening to somebody tell you it's okay to discriminate against your handicapped child, do you know how hard that is?" he can be seen saying, through tears. "Do you know how hard it is to hear someone say, 'Well, it's okay for us to tell your kid [that] because they're different, that they can't do it."
Mimicking Disney, he continued, "Now that you've paid all this money and you're here — everywhere that you live in Pennsylvania when you have a medical issue you don't have to wear a mask — but now that you're here, thanks for your money, sucker. Your kid's different, so you can sit in your room for a week."
He says he spent thousands of wasted dollars on the vacation, and feels like Disney dragged out the ordeal to keep his money while refusing to find a solution while he was in Florida.
What did Disney say?
TheBlaze reached out to Disney's public relations department, and a representative quickly responded via email to find out the reason for our inquiry. After sharing Ross' story and his videos, TheBlaze has not yet received a response from Disney after several days and follow-up attempts.
In a separate incident last week, a family was asked to leave a Disney store in Ontario, Canada, because their autistic 6-year-old little girl was unable to wear her mask properly. A Disney representative told CTV News in reaction to that scenario:
We are always focused on the health and safety of our Cast Members and Guests. At all of our Disney stores we have implemented a number of enhanced measures, including a face covering requirement. During these unprecedented times we all have a shared responsibility to do our part. We regret the family was disappointed.


theblaze--2020-08-17--Clothing store waives $20 appointment fee for black customers — but whites still have to pay up. And

Clothing store waives $20 appointment fee for black customers — but whites still have to pay up. And backlash is intense.

Clothing store waives $ 20 appointment fee for black customers — but whites still have to pay up .
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A clothing store in downtown Savannah, Georgia, raised some eyebrows recently when it waived a $20 appointment fee for black customers and other people of color while keeping the fee intact for white customers, WJCL-TV reported.
What are the details?
Civvies on Broughton adopted the appointment system after reopening since the COVID-19 shutdown, the station said, adding that it then waived the fee for everyone but white customers in order to try to help disenfranchised communities.
"This promotional waiver serves the substantial business purpose of centering and prioritizing people who might not be able to access vintage clothing," store manager Raine Blunk told WJCL.
"Most of the feedback has been that our decision to waive this refundable deposit is racist because it favors people of color, black people, and indigenous people," Blunk added the station.
However, the store said that white customers who don't have $20 for an appointment can select the "don't agree" on the booking form so the booking manager can reach out and come up with other options, WTOC-TV reported.
But Civvies did say it wouldn't accept appointments with white customers who simply refuse to pay because of the policy, WTOC added.
Reaction
Once the news was posted on the store's social media sites, backlash against the move was fierce. WJCL said some of the comments threatened lawsuits and boycotts against the 15-year-old business — but Blunk told the station that the fee waiver doesn't discriminate against anyone.
"Obviously it is unfortunate to have thousands of people commenting and messaging us saying that they are going to sue us and have contacted the Department of Labor because this is a violation of their rights," Blunk noted to WJCL, adding that "we believe that what we are doing is within the confines of the law."
Blunk also told the station that non-whites "are at this time the most likely to be affected by the poverty line, so this is not based on a racial favoritism toward black people, people of color, and indigenous people. It is simply a fact that that group of people are the most likely to be affected by a loss of historical equity, and we are taking a small step to restore that as a business to choose to wave this fee temporarily."
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Anything else?
Amid the backlash last week, a statement from the store's owners read, "It was not our intention to act in any way that might be perceived as discriminatory and for that we apologize."
In addition, the store manager added a lengthy apology post on Facebook acknowledging that the policy as written was "insulting to some black people, people of color and indigenous people" because it "felt like white saviorism."
The manager also said the policy was "alienating and overly aggressive to some white people, especially those who responded very negatively, for whom a different conversation or platform about racial inequities could have been more educational or informative."


theblaze--2020-08-17--3-year-old and her father are shot dead as they played in her 'Frozen' dollhouse

3-year-old and her father are shot dead as they played in her 'Frozen ' dollhouse

A 3-year-old girl and her 21-year-old father are dead after a gunman opened fire on the two while they played in the toddler's "Frozen" dollhouse at the family's home.
What are the details?
A gunman fatally shot young Trinity Randolph and her father, Brandon Waddles, during a drive-by shooting Friday in Louisville, Kentucky.
Authorities said that Trinity and her father both sustained multiple gunshot wounds while the two were playing in the toddler's dollhouse inside the home.
Authorities pronounced Waddles dead at the scene. Trinity died later from her injuries at a local children's hospital.
Cheryl Howlett, Trinity's grandmother, said the little girl — who she described as "beautiful, intelligent, [and] joyous," wished to be a princess when she grew up, and would spend "hours" playing inside the dollhouse.
During a news conference on the killing, Valerie Randolph, the child's great-grandmother, said, "She was just three years old. It takes a mean, cold, selfish-hearted person to take a little three-year-old's life."
Tyronn Howlett, Trinity's grandfather, is now demanding answers.
"[I]t was a drive-by, the house was shot up," he said. "I want answers. I want to know. I just know my baby's dead."
Local police have not yet released a motive in the killing, nor have they publicly identified any suspects in the heinous crime. Authorities are still investigating the pair's murders.
The Courier Journal reports that the shooting death of Waddles and his daughter are the 96th and 97th homicides in Louisville in 2020.
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What else?
Rapper and Louisville native, Percy Miller — known as Master P — announced over the weekend that he would be paying for Trinity's funeral.
He told the Courier Journal on Sunday, "This is a 3-year-old innocent girl that's gone from her family, from her future, somebody who could have come out of the community and be the next president, doctor, lawyer, teacher. This is sad."
In a statement, Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer (D) expressed his own sadness.
"My heart breaks for the families of those impacted by the spike in violence we are seeing," the mayor said. "LMPD is working every day to reduce this spike but they cannot do it alone. Public safety is something we co-produce, law enforcement and the community, and we need the community's help to stop the shootings. If you see something say something."
Louisville Metro Councilman Jecorey Arthur, one of Trinity's cousins, shared a photo of the late toddler on Twitter, pointing followers to a GoFundMe page set up to benefit the family.
He captioned the picture, "My 3-year-old cousin was murdered in broad daylight with her father on Friday. Please visit the link in my bio to support her mother. RIP Trinity. I promise to change this city that has failed you."
At the time of this writing, the page has received more than $11,000 in donations.
Update: This story has been updated to clarify Trinity's grandparents.


theblaze--2020-08-17--As crime soars, Chicago Police Dept. creates special unit to monitor social media for looting

As crime soars , Chicago Police Dept .
creates special unit to monitor social media for looting Will they actually @ @

As Chicago has faced weeks of increased violence and looting, the elected leaders in the Windy City have faced ongoing questions of whether they are capable of protecting the city's residents and businesses.
In an attempt to quell the public's rising concerns about the city's preparedness and effectiveness in combatting increased crime, Mayor Lori Lightfoot (D) and members of city, state, and federal law enforcement announced a new plan to battle looting, WMAQ-TV reported Friday evening.
Social media monitoring
Lightfoot revealed that the Chicago Police Department established a 20-person unit to monitor social media activity that could give clues to future looting plans, WMAQ said, and will watch all open-source sites 24 hours a day.
"As we've seen over these past few months, social media platforms have repeatedly been used to organize large groups of people to engage in illegal activity," Lightfoot said.
Along with the social media task force, the CPD also created a Task Force of Detectives, in conjunction with the FBI, to focus on looting investigations. According to the mayor, the unit is going over video surveillance and compiling evidence to identify looters and put them away.
Cook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx promised that people arrested for looting will be prosecuted and announced that just last week, 43 of 44 charges brought to her office for felony approval received approval.
Chicago Police Superintendent David Brown said the city wants "to send a message."
"If you come downtown or to any one of our retail corridors in the neighborhoods of Chicago to loot, CPD is going to arrest you," Brown said, WMAQ reported. "If someone is attempting to break windows to loot, CPD is going to arrest you. If you're going in our stores that have been broken into in attempt to loot, CPD is going to arrest you. If you are carrying or transporting merchandise from a store that has been looted, you will be stopped and arrested.
"We are going to deploy all tactics necessary to prevent and stop looting," Brown added.
What's next?
According to WMAQ, the CPD has canceled all days off and has cops working 12-hour shifts. The outlet also noted that the department is increasing its presence by 1,000 officers.
"We've increased our numbers on the street, on the ground, in our downtown area, in our neighborhoods," Brown said. "That's the number one difference. We have extended hours that our officers work, we have extended the number of days they work in a week by canceling days off. So there is an increase of 1,000 officers above what would normally be here."
(H/T: Rolling Stone)


theblaze--2020-08-17--Obama, longtime friend reportedly bypass environmental protection laws to construct Hawaiian beachsi

Obama, longtime friend reportedly bypass environmental protection laws to construct Hawaiian beachside villa

Not very green of him

An oceanfront property in Hawaii, where former President Barack Obama reportedly plans to spend retirement, bypassed coastal environmental protections to keep in place a beach-eroding seawall, ProPublica reported over the weekend.
Running along the $8.7 million compound in Oahu where "Magnum P.I." was filmed in the 1980s is a century-old edifice that, judging from pictures, has all but completely eliminated the beach fronting the property.
Yet when longtime Obama friend Marty Nesbitt acquired the property in 2015, instead of choosing to remove the seawall — the apparently environmentally friendly thing to do — he instead proposed an expansion to it, according to permits.
To keep the seawall in place, the sellers of the property allegedly used a planning loophole called an easement, essentially leasing the land below the seawall to the government for a one-time cost of $61,400. The move bought the seawall legal status for another 55 years.
Then after purchasing the property, Nesbitt filed for an exemption so that builders could spend another $3.2 million to renovate and expand the seawall, a move that reportedly angered community members.
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According to the report, "community members are now rallying against the proposed seawall expansion ... some are directing their criticism at Obama, who staked his legacy, in part, on fighting climate change and promoting environmental sustainability."
Scientists say that seawalls are the primary cause of beach loss in Hawaii and estimate that 20% of beach length in the state has been lost within the last century.
While modern laws have been developed to protect the state's beaches, they have failed to do so as a result of as real estate loopholes, such as easements, often used to bypass the policies.
One might think that Nesbitt and Obama, who made environmental protection a major platform of his presidency, would be different and take the environmentally friendly action no matter the cost, but that appears not to be the case.
Permits obtained by ProPublica reportedly show that developers, after having torn down the property's mansion, are planning to construct three homes, two pools, and a security perimeter on the property.
State officials confirmed to the Honolulu Star-Advertiser and ProPublica that the Obamas will be the compound's future occupants once the project is complete.


theblaze--2020-08-17--Black man goes viral for scolding, apparently disarming violent white BLM protester: 'Black people a

Black man goes viral for scolding, apparently disarming violent white BLM protester: 'Black people are going to get blamed for that!'

Black man goes viral for scolding , apparently disarming violent white BLM protester : 'Black people are going to get @ @ @ @ @

A video featuring an interaction between a black man and a white Black Lives Matter activist has gone viral.
The interaction sees an unidentified black male confronting a white activist for assaulting counterprotesters with a bat, at one point removing the bat from the white male's possession.
What are the details of the video?
A viral video featured the moment a black male scolded a violent white Black Lives Matter activist over the weekend.
The unidentified white male protester reportedly beat a counterprotester with a bat during the Portland, Oregon, riots that took place over the weekend.
In the video, which has been viewed thousands of times across social media, the black male can be heard telling a white Black Lives Matter activist that he had a gun, but that he didn't "bring that s**t down here."
"I got a gun ... you know what I did? I left that s**t in my office!" he shouts. "I don't bring that s**t down here! Because I realize what's going to happen if that s**t happens," the man continues. "Black people are going to get blamed for that."
The unnamed black male continues, saying that such violence and attacks would take away from the protests.
"You're going to sit up here and change the narrative of the protest!" he warns.
(Content warning: Rough language):
In another video, which was apparently filmed before the black male took away the white male's bat, the white man can be seen attacking several counterprotesters with a bat, spitting on many of them.
"You came to the wrong party! F***ing Nazis! Get the f*** out!" one protester can be heard shouting as the violent melee erupts.
A female protester can be heard demanding, "You're not running fast enough! Get the f*** out of here, you f***ing Nazis!"
(Content warning: Rough language):
According to the Epoch Times, protesters in the area also began attacking members of the Portland Police Department.
"Officers reported having rocks, frozen eggs, glass bottles, and frozen water bottles thrown at them. Officers reported people were shining green lasers at them, which is against the law in Oregon," a spokesperson for the Portland police said in an incident report.
"At about 11:57 p.m., the crowd had engaged in violent, tumultuous conduct, creating a grave risk of causing public alarm for a sustained period of time; the crowd was rioting," the report added.
(H/T: Newsweek)


theblaze--2020-08-17--Voters condemn Trump for racist comments — then learn Biden actually made those comments

Voters who spoke recently to the Daily Caller News Foundation's Matt Miller were adamant: President Donald Trump's alleged racism is reason enough why he should not win re-election in November.
But they refused to apply that same standard to presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden when confronted with the former vice president's history of racist comments.
What are the quotes?
Miller approached several groups of young people and shared with them quotes that he at first said were from Trump.
"Unless we do something about this, my children are gonna grow up in a jungle, the jungle being a racial jungle, with tensions having built up so high that it's going to explode at some point."
"Poor kids are just as bright as white kids."
"Obama is the first mainstream African American who is articulate and bright and clean."
"Unlike the African American community, with notable exceptions, the Latino community is incredibly diverse and with incredibly different attitudes about different things."
In response, one voter said, "It's so racist and ignorant in every way. It's like [Trump has] never interacted with a black person, or anybody else for that matter."
Another voter responded that such comments are "unacceptable."
What happened when they learned Biden said them?
Despite declaring that people with such beliefs should not be president, the voters justified voting for Biden in November after learning that he — not Trump — was responsible for the racist statements.
"Joe Biden is problematic as hell, but like, we all know that he's not had a great past ... but he is the option we need."
"I think that, if we were to look at the whole person, that, just like the 2016 election election, Joe Biden is still the better choice."
"It doesn't make any of this OK, but I still will choose Biden over Trump."
"Honestly, we're picking our poison here, and clearly [Biden] is the better option, and it's the more progressive and tolerant option."
One woman even told Miller that "to some degree" it does not matter what Biden says or does — the number one priority for the election should be voting Trump out of office.
"Unfortunately, that's super f***ed up to say, and I know that you're pointing that out in a really powerful way, but I'm just so not going to vote for Trump," the woman told Miller. "I'm going to vote, so who am I going to vote for? It's gonna have to be Biden — yeah."


theblaze--2020-08-17--Bishop who tweeted 'Dear Grim Reaper, you took the #wrongtrump' hours later preaches 'what the world

Bishop who tweeted 'Dear Grim Reaper, you took the #wrongtrump' hours later preaches 'what the world needs now is the love of God'

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Bishop Talbert Swan of the Church of God in Christ got quite a bit of attention Sunday morning on the heels of the death of President Donald Trump's younger brother Robert by tweeting, "Dear Grim Reaper, you took the #wrongtrump":
And wouldn't you know, just a few hours after his tweet, Swan preached a sermon for the Spring of Hope Church of God in Christ in Springfield, Massachusetts? But if you're thinking he offered an apology for his lack of compassion toward Trump and his family, you're thinking wrong.
What are the details?
The service got off to a prayerful start, as a woman at the pulpit asked God for a variety of blessings — and even uttered "touch those that are grieving this morning, touch those that lost loved ones this morning, in the name of Jesus."
After reading from the first 11 verses of the Gospel of Mark's 11th chapter, which focuses on Christ's triumphal entry into Jerusalem, Swan addressed his listeners: "I want to welcome those in the sanctuary, those that are streaming, friends and enemies, members and trolls — everybody."
Swan didn't address his tweet directly but did note the following: "I know some of y'all are getting salty with me already ... the trolls are already mad with me ... they've been calling the church all morning, leaving messages all morning, they've been all over our livestream. They mad, they big mad, but you know what? I found out that ... when you get the devil mad like that, you must be doing something right."
He added "for those of y'all who are salty with me, I really don't care" and then laughed before adding, "Jimmy crack corn..." — a reference to the well-known song first performed in the 1840s by blackface minstrel groups.
Amid his teaching Swan declared that God will draw all people to him, including whites, blacks, and other ethnicities, as well as "the gay ... the straight ... the transgender ... the asexual ... the bisexual ... the conservative ... the liberal."
"In this dark world, in this pandemic season, in this moment of civil unrest, what the world needs now is the love of God," Swan added, "and the love of God only comes through the people of God, and you are the children of God, and the Lord wants to untie you from your habits and untie you from your way of thinking and untie you from the mundane things of this world and to set you free."
He also told his listeners that "we're too caught up in our own selfish agendas to be a part of God's agenda."
Here's the livestream of the service. Swan's sermon begins at the 57-minute mark:
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What else did Swan say?
On Monday morning, Swan spoke on Facebook Live about the reaction to his "Grim Reaper" tweet and pointed to the "hypocrisy" of these "good Christian white folks" who left hundreds of "racist" voicemails at his church Sunday and adding that they're the "same" people who wished death on former President Barack Obama.
Of course, not every person who took issue with Swan's tweet is white.
You might recall Damani Felder — a black Trump supporter and founder of The Right Brothers — who blasted Black Lives Matter protesters who got violent at a restaurant last month right in front of him. Well, Felder told Swan, "You're a sorry excuse for a Bishop. Seek help."
Conservative black activist McKayla J told Swan he's "going to hell" and that the Bible "warned us of fake pastors" — to which Swan replied, "Do you want me to tell your mother or any of your other family members you said hi when I get there?"
Conservative black activist Bryson Gray told Swan, "Stop referring to yourself as a pastor or bishop. You are a demon." Swan's response? "Keep working for those butter biscuits uncle ruckus" — a reference to a black cartoon character who "worships the white race and abhors all others but predominantly blacks," according to the Urban Dictionary.
Oh, and:
A black commenter sent Swan a passage from Jude 1 that talks about "Judgment on False Teachers."
Another black commenter asked, "This person is a bishop?? Who ordained him please? The devil??"
A black man noted, "1 John 4:20 - If anyone says, 'I love God,' and hates his brother, he is a liar, for he who does not have love for his brother whom he has seen cannot love God whom he has not seen."
Yet another black man told Swan, "You need to repent and seek God."
Anything else?
In 2018, Swan warned "white women" who kneel during the national anthem to protest "rape culture" that they're "highjacking [sic] a movement" they "took no risks for."
Earlier that year, Swan tweeted that "if heaven is going to be full of American evangelicals, I'll take my chances on hell."


theblaze--2020-08-17--People who think it's dangerous to gather in crowds to vote gather in large crowds to protest outsid

People who think it's dangerous to gather in crowds to vote gather in large crowds to protest outside postmaster general's homes

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The head of the federal government's coronavirus task force, Dr. Anthony Fauci, says that it's safe for in-person voting to occur this November. Many of the same people who have droned on extensively about the need to trust experts apparently disagree and have been pushing for mass mail-in voting this fall.
Fueled by this belief and some conspiracy theorizing by elected Democrats, a number of apparently angry Americans took to the streets in protest this weekend — specifically, the streets outside of properties owned by Postmaster General Louis DeJoy. According to the conspiracy theory being floated by Nancy Pelosi, you see, DeJoy is acting at the behest of President Donald Trump to "sabotage" the postal system so that it cannot be counted on to allow the entire country to participate in mail-in voting, which seems to be their goal.
The irony of their cause seemed entirely lost on the protesters. They showed no shame at the prospect of gathering in large crowds in order to ... protest that it was not safe for people to gather in what would doubtlessly be much smaller (and more easily managed) crowds in order to vote. In fact, videos and pictures of the event showed thousands of people pressed together with little or no regard for social distancing. Even mask-wearing — which is NOT an acceptable substitute for social distancing — was inconsistent.
As has been noted here at TheBlaze and elsewhere, Louis DeJoy is not doing anything to sabotage the USPS. The post office is and will remain fully funded through the end of 2021, long after the presidential election. The "missing" mail collection boxes, photos of which have spread all over social media, are part of an ongoing effort to reduce the number of collection boxes that began decades ago.
But more to the point, if it's dangerous to go out and vote in public — where polling volunteers can set up measures to ensure social distancing rules are followed — why isn't it dangerous for these conspiracy-theory-believing yahoos to gather in a huge clump for their ill-informed protest?
This is yet another example of the belief — apparently prevalent in liberal circles — that viruses will not spread at a protest if the protest is for a liberal cause. This contention, from people who like to publicly state that Republicans do not believe in science, is a bit rich. After all, science has yet to identify a virus that has a social conscience.
Of course, the truth is that voting in person during a pandemic is safe, and we don't have to guess or even take the word of Dr. Fauci for it. Recall that in April, at the height of COVID panic, Wisconsin held an in-person election, to the consternation of Democrats who confidently stated that Republicans were trying to kill people by making them vote in person. However, the end result was absolutely no spike in coronavirus cases from Wisconsin's election, to the surprise of many "experts."
However, even if someone was inclined to dismiss the Wisconsin experience as an aberration, it should be patently obvious that these protesters were exposing themselves to just as much (if not more) coronavirus risk with their protest than they would have by simply showing up to vote.
Which leads to only one possible conclusion: Their concern is probably not about the coronavirus at all. Which leads to one inexorable question: Why DO they want to make mail-in voting so widespread?


theblaze--2020-08-17--Parents say schools have reported them to child services for neglect if their kids miss online class

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Some parents in Massachusetts told the Boston Globe they were reported to the state's Department of Children and Families for neglect when their children were absent from remote learning sessions too often in the spring, when they were scrambling to adjust to the new realities of COVID-19.
What happened? When schools around the country closed in March and April, parents were forced to figure out a way to facilitate and assist with online learning for their children while working or taking care of other responsibilities. The schools, in many cases, failed to provide a well-coordinated learning plan for the lockdowns.
Still, dozens of parents interviewed by the Globe say schools reported them for potential neglect because of absences, without regard for the obvious difficulties of the situation. From the Globe:
Massachusetts school officials have reported dozens of families to state social workers for possible neglect charges because of issues related to their children's participation in remote learning classes during the pandemic shutdown in the spring, according to interviews with parents, advocates, and reviews of documents.
In most cases, lawyers and family advocates said, the referrals were made solely because students failed to log into class repeatedly. Most of the parents reported were mothers, and several did not have any previous involvement with social services.
The Globe report cites cases where absences were the result of parents not getting information about how to access the necessary technology, or parents who reached out to the school for assistance in balancing the situation and were not given any help.
In one case, a mother of special-needs children was subjected to a three-week DCF investigation and a visit from a police officer after her autistic 6-year-old son jumped naked into view of the camera while another child was participating in online class. DCF told the mother, Christi Brouder, that the school had reported an adult man exposing himself on camera. The case was eventually dropped, but Brouder told the Globe that now her daughter doesn't want to log in to online class for fear of the family getting in trouble.
If charges of neglect are upheld by DCF, parents could be at risk of having their children removed from their homes. In most of the cases cited by the Globe, DCF rather quickly found no signs of neglect after review.
What do the schools say? The school districts in question told the Globe that reports to DCF are not made solely on the basis of absences, but due to patterns of troubling behavior or circumstances observed during online learning. However, they would not comment on the specifics of the cases cited.


theblaze--2020-08-17--Disney 'makes history' with first bisexual lead character for children's animated TV show

Disney 'makes history ' with first bisexual lead character for children 's animated TV show

"The Owl House," a Disney Channel animated show for kids, has reportedly "made history" by pushing a bisexual character as the show's lead, Variety reported.
From Variety:
Luz Noceda, the show's 14-year-old protagonist, is a normal teen who goes on a journey to another world to become a witch. Luz has shown she's attracted to male characters in the show, and in the two most recent episodes, "Enchanting Grom Fright" and "Wing It Like Witches," a relationship between Luz and the recurring female character Amity is explored. It is revealed that Amity had intentions to ask Luz to Grom, their world's version of Prom, and the two share a dance together.
Dana Terrace, the show's creator who is bisexual herself, confirmed last week that Luz Noceda is, in fact, bisexual.
"In [show development] I was very open about my intention to put queer kids in the main cast. I'm a horrible liar so sneaking it in would've been hard haha," she explained.
However, according to Terrace, certain Disney executives refused to approve a queer lead character — but they eventually "greenlit" her idea.
"When we were greenlit I was told by certain Disney leadership that I could NOT represent any form of bi or gay relationship on the Channel," she explained. "I'm bi! I want to write a bi character, dammit! Luckily my stubbornness paid off and now I am VERY supported by current Disney leadership."
In response, the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation praised the development, calling the lead bisexual character "an inclusive, fair, accurate, and age-appropriate world through the representation of its characters."
"The Owl House" is not the first Disney-owned program to include an LGBT character.
The Disney-Pixar feature film, "Onward," released earlier this year, includes a character who briefly indicates that she is gay. The movie was subsequently banned from several Muslim-majority countries that outlaw homosexuality.
The Disney show, "Andi Mack" was the first to have a character discover they are gay, while "Out," a Pixar short film that was released earlier this year, also included a gay character.
However, what distinguishes "The Owl House" is that it is the first Disney show or movie to feature an LGBT character as the lead character.


theblaze--2020-08-17--Horowitz: Teen accused of killing man in horrific knockout at Frederick Fair gets anger management a

Horowitz: Teen accused of killing man in horrific knockout at Frederick Fair gets anger management and ZERO prison time

Horowitz : Teen accused of killing man in horrific knockout at Frederick Fair gets anger management and ZERO prison time

John Weed was enjoying the Frederick County, Maryland, Fair last September when a group of teens surrounded him and beat him to death. One of the two brothers involved who later spat on Weed's lifeless body has now been sentenced by the judge. Did he get the death penalty, which is what Weed suffered in front of his own family in broad daylight at a rural county fair? Nope, he was told to report to anger management class. Welcome to justice in America?
It's a trend all over the country where groups of predominantly black teens, often numbering 20 or more, surround a victim – black or white – and beat the individual, sometimes to death, in the ultimate act of group cowardice. There is simply no deterrent against these attacks. These kids usually have long rap sheets and never get prison time. Now, we see that is the case even after they kill.
At the time of the killing last year, Frederick County Sheriff Chuck Jenkins, who was at the fair when the attack occurred, lamented on my podcast that he feared these kids would get off with little prison time. Thanks to a broken juvenile system and liberal judges in Maryland, the two primary perpetrators were only charged as juveniles.
According to the Frederick New Post, the judge ordered the older of the two, 16, last Wednesday, to report to a juvenile facility for anger management classes. The paper reports that one of its reporters was asked to leave the courtroom by Judge Julie Stevenson Solt because "much about the case that would be discussed, especially regarding the teen's past and other details, would be too sensitive to be shared in open court."
Thus, as we all suspected, this juvenile involved in the killing had a rap sheet. But fear not, Judge Solt scheduled a disposition hearing for sometime in the fall "to determine whether the teen has complied with the terms of his probation."
The prosecutor ultimately agreed to a plea deal that only charged the 16-year-old for spitting on the lifeless body, not for second-degree murder.
Sheriff Jenkins was indignant in his statement to Conservative Review:
"There was no justice here for John Weed or his family. There should have been severe punishment for the two young men, which was warranted by the malicious nature of the act, not 'rehabilitation.' I have been convinced since the evening it occurred (I was there just seconds later) that it was an unprovoked violent attack on someone they viewed as unsuspecting and an easy target while walking with his family. Although the crime did not meet the statutory requirements of being a hate crime, I continue to believe it was. My view is based on the fact that they spit on and taunted a man who was clearly down and unconscious, in fact dying on the asphalt. There is no worse form of humiliation or desecration to a person. There was no regret or remorse for that attack."
Why is there no effort on the part of Republicans to demand national anti-knockout legislation as well as stronger deterrent against juvenile criminals?
Often, these people serve little or no time, even though these attacks can lead to serious injury or death. Furthermore, the cowardly perpetrators will often have only one person initiate the attack, but that attacker is surrounded by 5-15 friends who ensure that the victim has no way of defending himself. Those who play this support role never face any consequences whatsoever.
It's time for lawmakers in the various states to begin pushing for anti-knockout legislation. It's time to deter predatory pack attacks and take them as seriously as the evil they bring on our neighborhoods. Conservatives should push legislation in state legislatures to create mandatory minimum sentences for predatory attacks and mandate that juveniles engaged in these attacks be charged as adults. Furthermore, there needs to be some punishment for those who join in the packs that engage in violence. It's time to take the game out of the knockout game.
Then there is the juvenile issue. How eerie it is to look back at the observation from President Reagan's Task Force on Victims of Crime from nearly four decades ago when the culture of violence wasn't nearly as bad as it is today: "Juveniles too often are not held accountable for their conduct, and the system perpetuates this lack of accountability," wrote the members of the commission in their recommendations for action.
The Reagan commission argued that "a study should be commissioned at the federal level to evaluate the juvenile justice system from the perspective of the victim." The commission observed that the juvenile system was created for those who commit low-level crimes, not those who end the lives of others. "Armed robbery, rape, and murder cannot be laid at the door of mere immaturity or youthful exuberance," noted the commission. "The victims of these crimes are no less traumatized because the offender was under age."
The commission recommended trying those who commit "adult crimes" as adults.
"It is unacceptable for a juvenile who commits murder to serve only a year in custody. Imposing such a sentence implies to both the killer and the victim's family that expiation for the life taken can be accomplished in 12 months."
Tell that to the family of John Weed. His attackers will not get even a year in prison.
With crime and violence surging across the country, it is increasingly being committed by younger people. Yet both parties are paralyzed by a system of racial obsession rather than blind justice, so they refuse to implement stronger deterrent. Imagine if the roles in the Frederick case were reversed. How much time do you think the offenders would serve in such a case? How much media coverage would there be? Well, I think we know the answer to the latter question based on the dichotomy in coverage between George Floyd and the case of Cannon Hinnant, the 5-year-old white boy who was allegedly gunned down in cold blood last week by a career criminal who happened to be black.
This travesty of justice comes on the heels of a sickening video from Portland, Oregon, showing a mob of BLM/Antifa rioters surrounding a motorist and dragging him out of his car while beating him unconscious. These motorist attacks are occurring across the country with impunity as our deterrent level has dropped to that of a third-world criminal justice system.
Then there is Damire Palmer, the 18-year-old caught on camera beating a white Macy's employee in Michigan in June. It appears he will now avoid jail time and will have his felony record expunged after he finishes probation.
Why can't we all agree as a society that all violent crime needs to be strongly deterred and severely punished – and that punishment meted out equally regardless of the identities of the offenders and victims?
Finally, if randomly beating people to death and receiving no punishment creates a lack of deterrent, what about self-defense from the standpoint of potential victims? If the government won't deter and punish crime, can citizens at least exercise their God-given natural right to self-defense? Well, Maryland has that figured out too. Most people are barred from carrying a concealed firearm of any caliber under any circumstance, especially at a place like a county fair. So, if you are walking or driving with your family in a blue state or city, you just better pray that you are not preyed upon by a mob of juvenile criminals.
Unfortunately, with the current trajectory in the country, most people are more likely to die at the hands of the mob than from coronavirus. And there is no vaccine for this ailment – at least not one that our governing elites are willing to administer.


theblaze--2020-08-17--Sweet 9-year-old boy in foster care receives more than 5,000 adoption inquiries after his impassione

Sweet 9-year-old boy in foster care receives more than 5,000 adoption inquiries after his impassioned plea for a family goes viral

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A 9-year-old Oklahoma boy in foster care has piqued the interest of thousands of people across the United States with his heartfelt plea to be adopted.
What are the details?
Jordan, who has been in foster care since the age of 3, said he would love a family — because he wants to be able to have a support system and people to talk to "anytime I need to."
"I would just like to have a family to call mom and dad, or just mom, or just dad," he said in a July interview with KFOR-TV. The child added that if he were granted three wishes, they would be "to have a family, and family, family."
"Those are the only wishes I have," the boy, who wants to be a police officer when he grows up, admitted.
"The reason it's important is so I could have some people to talk to anytime I need to," he explained. "I hope one of y'all pick me."
Jordan's permanency planning worker told the outlet that since young Jordan's video went viral, the department received more than 5,000 adoption inquiries for the child.
'We've had some difficulty finding placement for him'
Christopher Marlowe, Jordan's permanency worker, said, "I'm in the process of reading through those profiles to select a family to try to move forward with."
Marlowe said that Jordan — who currently lives in a group home — has been the subject of several failed adoption bids during his time in the foster care system.
"We've had a couple of families that expressed interest in adoption but after we did disclosures, the families decided that it wasn't the right fit for them or their family at this time, so we've had some difficulty finding placement for him," Marlowe explained.
"Even for a child that's been through custody, he's been through a whole lot compared to most of our kids," he admitted to the station.
In 2019, Jordan's biological brother Braison was adopted without Jordan.
“I'm really excited about this and very hopeful this is going to be the breakthrough we needed to find this kid a home," Marlowe added.


theblaze--2020-08-17--POLL: Will Joe Biden step down before November and let Kamala Harris lead the Democratic 2020 ticket

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theblaze--2020-08-17--'No way we can go forward with sports' with current COVID-19 testing capability, top NCAA doctor say

'No way we can go forward with sports' with current COVID-19 testing capability, top NCAA doctor says

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Many of the top college football decision-makers are split about whether to have a season this fall, but the NCAA's chief medical officer said there is "no way" any sports should be played in the fall with the current COVID-19 testing capability in the U.S.
What's this about? The NCAA has canceled its fall championships. College football, however, operates separately from the NCAA's authority, so several major conferences still intend to play football next month, even though other conferences have canceled the fall season.
NCAA chief medical officer Brian Hainline told CNN that the speed and availability of COVID-19 testing is not sufficient for a safe season.
"The pathway to play sports is so exceedingly narrow right now," Hainline said during a late-night CNN interview. "Everything would have to line up perfectly. … Right now, if testing in the US stays the way it is, there's no way we can go forward with sports."
Testing issues: Hainline said that discussions from the spring about how sports could eventually return assumed that over the course of the next several months, there would be an effective national testing and contact tracing strategy that would allow schools to better manage the risks of COVID-19.
With the start of the fall football season just weeks away, the availability of testing varies from state to state, as does the speed with which people can get their results back. In higher-volume areas such as New York City, there have been reports of a two-week delay in getting results back — which makes the test almost worthless, considering many people will recover from the virus within that time frame.
The Food and Drug Administration has approved a rapid saliva test on an emergency basis, and the NBA has used the tests in its return. But those tests are not widely available enough for them to be a viable option for college sports any time soon.
Fighting for the season: The Big Ten and Pac-12, two of college football's elite conferences that have canceled the fall season, are hoping to play in the spring, although it's unclear how that will work if other conferences are playing in the fall.
Ohio State University quarterback Justin Fields initiated a petition on behalf of Big Ten players to bring the season back.
"We, the football players of the Big Ten, together with the fans and supporters of college football, request that the Big Ten Conference immediately reinstate the 2020 football season," the petition reads. "Allow Big Ten players/teams to make their own choice as to whether they wish to play or opt out this fall season. Allow Big Ten players/teams who choose to opt out of playing a fall season to do so without penality [sic] or repercussion."