theblaze--2020-08-10--Pastor John MacArthur welcomes churchgoers to the Grace Community Church 'peaceful protest' — gets s

Pastor John MacArthur welcomes churchgoers to the Grace Community Church 'peaceful protest' — gets standing ovation

Pastor John MacArthur welcomes churchgoers to the Grace Community Church 'peaceful protest ' — gets standing ovation

Well-known pastor John MacArthur received an impromptu standing ovation after he welcomed churchgoers on Sunday morning to what he quipped was a "peaceful protest" at Grace Community Church in Sun Valley, California.
The evangelical pastor kicked off the Sunday service — which have continued in defiance of state orders — by saying, "Good morning everyone. I'm so happy to welcome you to the Grace Community Church Peaceful Protest."
After lengthy applause and celebration, MacArthur continued, saying, "Are you glad to be here? Everything for us based on the word of God, right? And that means we are pro-life, pro-family, pro law and order, and pro church of the Lord Jesus Christ."
Another applause erupted from the audience when MacArthur announced that Chaplain Martin Morehouse from the Los Angeles Police Department would open the service in prayer.
Grace Community Church Peacful Protest 9 Aug 2020 youtu.be
The announcement took aim at Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom's executive order instructing churches to cancel all in-person gatherings in the name of public health despite simultaneously supporting mass protests.
MacArthur made news several weeks ago when he and other pastors at Grace Community Church announced that they would begin conducting services again in defiance of the state's order to suspend religious services indefinitely.
In a blog post titled, "Christ, not Caesar, Is Head of the Church," MacArthur explained:
Christ is Lord of all. He is the one true head of the church (Ephesians 1:22; 5:23; Colossians 1:18). He is also King of kings—sovereign over every earthly authority (1 Timothy 6:15; Revelation 17:14; 19:16). Grace Community Church has always stood immovably on those biblical principles. As His people, we are subject to His will and commands as revealed in Scripture. Therefore we cannot and will not acquiesce to a government-imposed moratorium on our weekly congregational worship or other regular corporate gatherings. Compliance would be disobedience to our Lord's clear commands.
... "When officials restrict church attendance to a certain number, they attempt to impose a restriction that in principle makes it impossible for the saints to gather as the church. When officials prohibit singing in worship services, they attempt to impose a restriction that in principle makes it impossible for the people of God to obey the commands of Ephesians 5:19 and Colossians 3:16," MacArthur wrote. "When officials mandate distancing, they attempt to impose a restriction that in principle makes it impossible to experience the close communion between believers that is commanded in Romans 16:16, 1 Corinthians 16:20, 2 Corinthians 13:12, and 1 Thessalonians 5:26. In all those spheres, we must submit to our Lord."
In response to Grace Community Church's decision to no longer comply with the order, the City of Los Angeles has threatened the church and MacArthur with a $1,000 daily fine or arrest, according to Thomas More Society, the law firm representing them.
MacArthur gave a fuller biblical explanation of the church's decision in a sermon titled, "We Must Obey God Rather Than Men," preached on July 28, the first Sunday after the announcement.
(H/T: The Daily Wire)


theblaze--2020-08-10--Pastor defiantly holds church services after judge orders shutdown: 'We're going to keep worshiping

Pastor defiantly holds church services after judge orders shutdown: 'We're going to keep worshiping God'

Pastor defiantly holds church services after judge orders shutdown : 'We 're going to keep worshiping God' ' I wish @ @ @ @ @ come to this , I really do '

A southern California pastor defiantly held indoor church services on Sunday after a judge tried to stop the congregation from gathering together.
What is the background?
Last week, Ventura County Judge Matthew Guasco granted a two-week restraining order against Godspeak Calvary Chapel, preventing the church from continuing to gather together indoors.
Guasco's order came after Ventura County sued the church for violating Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom's coronavirus-related restrictions on religious gatherings.
In his ruling, Guasco said protecting public health outweighs the church's First Amendment rights.
"The Constitution is not a suicide pact," Guasco said. "The exercise of individual liberties has to be consistent with public health, otherwise the one would cancel out the other."
"On a scale of 1 to 10 of the most immediate irreparable harm possible, this is a 10," he later wrote in his opinion. "It doesn't get much more immediate or irreparable than the threat that a lot of people are going to spread a contagious and deadly disease."
What happened Sunday?
Despite the ruling, Pastor Rob McCoy held indoor services, KABC-TV reported.
One day prior, McCoy vowed to hold the services — three services, in fact — despite risking further government enforcement of gathering restrictions.
"I wish you didn't have to come to this, I really do. But we will be violating the judge's order, we will be open this Sunday," McCoy told his congregation in a video. "Now, I don't know what that means as far as who's gonna stop us, but we're planning on having services at 9, 11, and 1."
"We're going to keep worshiping God," he continued. "If they seek to arrest me and the thousand of you, it's almost like the first thousand get a prize: You get a citation. It's a misdemeanor. You want to be one of the thousand? Come."
McCoy went on to say that fear over COVID-19 does not remove the church's right to assemble.
"We're gonna do what we are gonna do," McCoy said. "So, come to church. And if you're one of the first thousand, you win a prize: you will get a citation, it will be a misdemeanor, it'll go on your record — be mindful of that. And if we continue doing that, there's likely jail."
Godspeak Urgent Update - 8.7.2020 www.youtube.com
According to KABC, protesters showed up outside the church on Sunday — but that did not stop the church from operating.
McCoy has said that no member of his congregation has contracted COVID-19 to date.


theblaze--2020-08-10--POLL: Are you satisfied with what President Trump has been able to do in the past three and a half y

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theblaze--2020-08-10--AG Barr holds nothing back in Levin interview, calls rioters 'Bolsheviks' practicing 'guerrilla warf

AG Barr holds nothing back in Levin interview, calls rioters 'Bolsheviks' practicing 'guerrilla warfare,' says the left wants to use violence to 'tear down the system'

AG Barr holds nothing back in Levin interview , calls rioters 'Bolsheviks ' practicing 'guerrilla warfare , ' says the @ @ @ @ @ to 'tear down the system '

Attorney General William Barr went after the rioters causing chaos in American communities as part of the Black Lives Matter protests Sunday night, calling them "Bolsheviks" who are practicing "urban guerrilla warfare."
"They are a revolutionary group that is interested in some form of socialism, communism — they're essentially Bolsheviks. Their tactics are fascistic," the attorney general told BlazeTV's Mark Levin in a scathing interview Sunday night on Fox News' "Life, Liberty, Levin."
"The guerrilla [are] like fish swimming in the ocean ... the guerrilla hides out among the people as a fish in the ocean ... What they do is they are essentially shielding themselves or shrouding themselves in First Amendment activity," Barr explained.
"They go into the demonstrations, which are exercising First Amendment activity, and they insinuate themselves in there to shield themselves. That's where they swim. And what they do is they hijack these demonstrations and they, and they provoke violence," he added.
AG Barr calls ANTIFA a 'new form of urban guerrilla warfare' youtu.be
The attorney general chastised Democrats in Washington for not condemning the violence during a House Judiciary Committee oversight hearing last week. Barr told Levin that Democrats won't condemn the violence because some of them are "true believers" who want to use the violence tear the system down while others are simply "cowards."
Barr argued Sunday that the violence is related to the Democratic Party's recent embrace of radical left-wing political viewpoints.
The political left, Barr said, has "pulled away from the umbrella of classical liberal values that have undergirded our society" and now believes in "tearing down the system."
"[They believe] that what's wrong about America today all has to do with the institutions we have and we have to tear them down and they're interested in complete political victory, they're not interested in compromise," he said. "It's a secular religion ... they view their political opponents as evil because we stand in the way of their progressive utopia that they're trying to reach."
Later in the interview, Barr would point out that while the left-wing rioters would generally be for "bringing down any administration," they especially despise the Trump administration and have "shredded the norms of our system" in order "to drive him from office or to debilitate his administration."
"It's because of the desire for power," he suggested. "The left wants power because that is essentially their state of grace in their secular religion. They want to run people's lives so they can design utopia for all of us, and that's what turns them on. It's the lust for power. And they weren't expecting Trump's victory, and it outrages them."


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theblaze--2020-08-10--Lance Armstrong's Texas bike shop ditches $300K contract with Austin police, allegedly because cops

Lance Armstrong's Texas bike shop ditches $300K contract with Austin police, allegedly because cops used bikes to control Black Lives Matter protests

Lance Armstrong 's Texas bike shop ditches $ 300K contract with Austin police , allegedly because cops used bikes to @ @ @ @ @ 'Businesses can no longer be non-participants in the communities they serve '

A bicycle shop Lance Armstrong founded announced that it's ditching a contract with the Austin Police Department to provide bikes for officers, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram reported.
The website for Mellow Johnny's Bike Shop notes that the business is Armstrong's "brainchild," and a 2019 report said he's co-owner.
What are the details?
The Texas bike shop made an announcement last week on social media that it's walking away from the $314,000 contract several years early amid "the current evaluation of community policing in Austin" and because "businesses can no longer be non-participants in the communities they serve. We chose what we think will do the most to suture these divides and place our community on the right side of history," KXAN-TV reported.
The station said Austin police used bicycles to keep protesters in one area at Black Lives Matter protests downtown.
Image source: KXAN-TV video screenshot
More from KXAN:
According to a now-deleted Facebook post, that's why the bike shop wanted to stop doing business with police. The post was written by an account with the same name as an Austin police officer whose name is on the contract with Mellow Johnny's. It said shop employees didn't like that the bikes were being used as a crowd management tool during the protests.
But Mellow Johnny's statement didn't include specific references to the recent protests, the station said.
"Our entire employee group was engaged in this dialogue, and we delved deep into our community to understand how we could best do our part to keep our customers safe and this city moving in the right direction," the shop's statement also said. "These are certainly trying times and we understand people will object to any decision made along these lines."
The shop also noted that "we are not anti-police. We do believe our local police force will protect us from the very threats we are receiving right now."
Anything else?
KXAN said Mellow Johnny's three-year contract with police began in 2019 and stipulated that the department would spend more than $300,000 over five years to purchase bicycles from the shop; it included two renewal options. The city has spent about $52,000 so far, the station said.
"We wish this entire community peace and progress and togetherness at the conclusion of these trying times," the shop's statement added. "And we intend to be a part of the discourse, struggle, and growth for Austin, as we have since we opened our doors in 2008."
Armstrong's legendary status as arguably the greatest competitive cyclist ever was tarnished by a doping scandal, after which he was stripped of multiple Tour de France titles. As for Armstrong's views on the resurgence of the Black Lives Matter movement in the wake of George Floyd's death in the hands of police in late May, he posted the following on Twitter:
(H/T: The Daily Wire)


theblaze--2020-08-10--Silent majority roars in Seattle: Massive pro-police rally held ahead of defund the police vote

Silent majority roars in Seattle : Massive pro-police rally held ahead of defund the police vote 'It 's not the @ @ @ @ @ in '

The so-called "silent majority" spoke very loudly in Seattle on Sunday.
City residents turned out in droves for a "Back the Blue" rally outside city hall ahead of a major vote on Monday that would take funding away from the city's police department.
Videos and photographs posted to social media showed what appeared to be thousands of people outside Seattle City Hall, adorned in blue shirts and holding signs to show support for law enforcement.
Seattle resident John Balph, who said that police reforms are needed and called Black Lives Matter "a very worthy movement," said that defunding the police department is a "haphazard" prospect.
"There's bad enough news from the White House and Trump," Balph told the Seattle Times. "But it's depressing to live in Seattle right now."
"Is this the city the council wants to represent, a deserted city?" he continued. "It's not the Seattle I want to live in. But average citizens can't do anything about it. It's very frustrating."
The pro-police rally came ahead of a controversial vote by the Seattle City Council that will likely slash a significant portion of the Seattle Police Department's budget — although the cuts will not amount to 50%, a number that anti-police advocates had sought.
"We are going forward together on a grand social experiment. We will have a smaller police department than we did for 2019," attorney Scott Lindsay, a former city official, told KOMO-TV.
The vote comes after the city council has already made significant cuts to the police department, targeting the SWAT team, the mounted division, the harbor division, and the Navigation Team," a division of the police department dedicated to handling homeless people.
Pro-police demonstrators who protested the inevitable police budget cuts said that just because law enforcement reform is needed, that does not mean police budgets should be cut.
"Just because we need more social programs does not mean we need to defund the SPD. We can have both. We can fund the SPD, fund crime protection and fund law enforcement," a woman told KOMO.
Counterprotesters, including Antifa, showed up on Sunday, but the demonstration remained largely peaceful, according to the Times, with the exception of a small fight.


theblaze--2020-08-11--Seattle police chief resigns after city council votes to slash police budget and cut up to 100 offic

Seattle police chief resigns after city council votes to slash police budget and cut up to 100 officers The chief @ @ @ @ @ cuts

Seattle Police Chief Carmen Best — who has denounced "mob rule" in the city amid Black Lives Matter protests and has been targeted by "aggressive protesters" — announced her resignation Monday night.
The decision came only hours after the Seattle City Council voted 7-1 to cut the police department annual budget by about $3 million, a move that could reduce the department's force by 100 officers, KING-TV reported.
The outlet reported that Best's resignation was "due to council actions, including a proposed massive pay cut, plus the council's refusal to denounce marches to her house."
Best was also reportedly excluded from the council's discussions about police budget cuts and other changes to the police department.
In a letter to Seattle police officers, Best thanked them for their service alongside her for more than 28 years and urged them to "take care of one another."
"I am confident the department will make it through these difficult times," she added. "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."
Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan issued a response shortly after accepting Best's resignation "with a very heavy heart."
According to KCPQ-TV's Brandi Kruse, the chief was outspoken in her opposition to budget cuts and was specifically offended by a proposal to cut her pay by 40%.
"I do feel like it's ... animus toward me specifically," Best reportedly told Kruse in an interview.
Earlier in the summer, police evacuated a six-block area of Seattle as CHAZ (or CHOP) protesters set up an autonomous zone. While Democratic state and local officials did little to stop them and rejected the use of police to dismantle the zone, Best condemned the situation as "absolutely appalling."
"Rapes, robberies and all sorts of violent acts have been occurring in the area and we're not able to get to [them]," Best lamented.
KING-TV reports that Best and Durkan will further explain the chief's decision to resign in a news conference Tuesday morning. Best, who took on the department's top role in 2018, was the first black police chief in Seattle's history.


theblaze--2020-08-11--College football players declare '#WeWantToPlay' amid reports the season could be canceled

College football players declare ' # WeWantToPlay ' amid reports the season could be canceled President Trump and other Republicans @ @ @ @

College football players are pushing a viral campaign declaring "#WeWantToPlay" as numerous reports circulated Monday warning that the entire season could be scrapped due to concerns over COVID-19.
What are the details?
ESPN reported that on Sunday night, a dozen players from all five major conferences released a video in solidarity calling for the season to go on, while also stating that "players should have the chance to opt out of the upcoming football season and that they should be guaranteed another year of eligibility whether they play this season or not."
The statement was shared on Twitter by Heisman Trophy candidate and Clemson University quarterback Trevor Lawrence, who the outlet explained "has been outspoken about his desire to play what would probably be his final collegiate season."
President Donald Trump retweeted the message, writing, 'The student-athletes have been working too hard for their season to be cancelled. #WeWantToPlay."
Other Republicans also joined in the football players' campaign, with Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan tweeting, "America needs college football." Nebraska Sen. Ben Sasse — a former university president himself — even penned a letter to the presidents in the Big Ten conference, urging them not to cancel the season.
"Life is about tradeoffs," Sasse wrote. "There are no guarantees that college football will be completely safe — that's absolutely true. But the structure and discipline of football programs is very likely safer than what the lived experience of 18- to 22-year-olds will be if there isn't a season."
Sasse's letter was sent the same day Nebraska head coach Scott Frost told reporters, "Our University is committed to playing no matter what, no matter what that looks like and how that looks. We want to play no matter who it is or where it is."
But the Detroit Free Press cited multiple unnamed sources reporting that presidents of the Big Ten schools "voted 12-2 to end the season," although the conference denied that any official tally had yet occurred.
The Washington Examiner pointed to sportscaster Dan Patrick disclosing that he had been told "the Big 10 and Pac-12 will cancel their football seasons tomorrow...The ACC and the Big 12 are on the fence. And the SEC is trying to get teams to join them for a season."
As far the SEC goes, it appears Ole Miss is on board to play. Head coach Lane Kiffin tweeted, "Our players want to play! Our staff wants to coach them! I'm so proud of our team #WeWantToPlay."
Anything else?
Last Wednesday, the University of Connecticut , which last month officially left the American Athletic Conference, canceled its football season because of concerns surrounding the coronavirus pandemic.
Then, on Saturday, the Mid-American Conference presidents voted to postpone the fall sports season. Monday night, the Mountain West Conference announced it is postponing its fall sports season.
The 2020 college football schedule kicks off in Week Zero on Saturday, Aug. 29.


theblaze--2020-08-11--Glenn Beck dismantles the mainstream media’s new narrative in interview with Tucker Carlson

Glenn Beck dismantles the mainstream media ’ s new narrative in interview with Tucker Carlson 'They 're all trying to @ @ @ @

Fox News host Tucker Carlson appeared to be surprised by Glenn Beck's comments as he dismantled an attempt by Democrats and their media allies to resurrect the Russian election interference narrative for 2020.
The talk radio personality and TheBlaze founder appeared Monday on Carlson's Fox News show to discuss the accusations from House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and others that Russia is trying to intervene in the 2020 election.
"I'm living in an 'Alice in Wonderland' world where, you know... I think if I drink that, then I get smaller. If I eat something, I get larger," Beck said.
"Nancy Pelosi, eat me," he continued. "This is a completely upside down world, Tucker, where what they're saying is shocking! Russia might try to interfere in our election!"
Beck went on to recount his efforts in reporting the attempts by foreign governments to interfere in U.S. elections.
"Not only is it insane, but it's also very familiar. We spent three years hearing this. Who do they hope to sway by resurrecting this nonsense?" Carlson asked.
"Morons," responded Beck.
"Really, morons, they have all been bought and purchased in the media," he added.
"Why would we listen to a group of people who, I think, in Iowa, are still counting the ballots for the primary? Who are literally still counting the ballots in the New York City primary, or the New York primary? Uh, when did that happen? It wasn't hours ago, it was weeks. You have 84,000 incorrect ballots sent to the New York voters," Beck continued.
"You have half a million sent in just Virginia. You don't have trustworthy machines to do it. Now you want to expand and make sure everybody's voting by mail. And you also know, we all know that that Russia, and China, hell, I think England might be a part of this at this point: They're all trying to create chaos," he added.
"We're not serious about fixing this at all. No one is!" Beck concluded.
Carlson responded in agreement about the various voting controversies, including Beck's humorous jab about the delay in counting the ballots from the Iowa Democratic caucuses.
"This is like beyond belief," Carlson responded.
Here's a video of the Carlson interview with Beck:
[Ed. Note: This story has been updated with additional information.]


theblaze--2020-08-12--'Tulsi' trends on Twitter as users reminisce about how Kamala Harris' presidential run ended

'Tulsi ' trends on Twitter as users reminisce about how Kamala Harris ' presidential run ended 'Remember when Tulsi Gabbard @ @ @ @ @ the Democrat debates ?
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Good times . '

Tens of thousands of Twitter users took a short stroll down memory lane Tuesday evening following the announcement that Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden picked former rival Sen. Kamala Harris (Calif.) to be his running mate.
While several supporters of Biden's selection were giddy in speculating that Harris would easily beat Vice President Mike Pence on the debate stage, the name "Tulsi" became a top trending word on the platform.
What are the details?
Sen. Harris began as an anticipated front-runner in the crowded Democratic field last year, and appeared to be gaining momentum despite less-than-stellar poll numbers after she attacked Biden directly in the first debate over his previous stance against federally mandated busing to desegregate schools.
But Harris' presidential campaign went into a free fall after the second debate in July, in which fellow candidate Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (Hawaii) pummeled Harris over her record as a prosecutor. The congresswoman from the Aloha State gave Harris such a shellacking that the evening ended with the hashtag #KamalaHarrisDestroyed trending on Twitter.
Democratic political accounts salivated Tuesday over the prospect of Harris debating Pence, with one account tweeting, "@Mike_Pence should be very afraid of @KamalaHarris. She is going to tear him up."
Yet, others were quick to recall the role Gabbard played in shutting down Harris' White House run, leading to a wave of messages reminding Democrats of the past beating Harris took on the debate stage.
Virginia state House of Delegates member Glenn Davis (R) shared a clip showing part of Gabbard's most damaging attacks on Harris, tweeting, "Today's announcement must be awkward for my Democrat colleagues as we go into a Special Session on #Justice Reform."
Davis quoted Gabbard saying of Harris, "She blocked evidence that would have freed an innocent man from death row until the courts forced her to do so."
Another person wrote, "In light of recent news, let us remember the moment that Tulsi Gabbard completely destroyed Sen. Kamala Harris' political career."
"Congratulations Kamala Harris on being Biden's running mate," another joked, adding, "Here's Tulsi absolutely destroying you in a debate. She got more delegates than you."
Conservative YouTuber Ashley St. Clair quipped, "Remember when Tulsi Gabbard verbally curb stomped Kamala in the Democrat debates??? Good times."


theblaze--2020-08-12--District attorney says he will refuse to prosecute Portland rioters for a list of offenses, includin

District attorney says he will refuse to prosecute Portland rioters for a list of offenses, including rioting

District attorney says he will refuse to prosecute Portland rioters for a list of offenses , including rioting The new @ @ @ @ @ a list of offenses

Multnomah County District Attorney Mike Schmidt announced that his office would decline to press charges against protesters and rioters in the demonstrations in Portland, Oregon.
Schmidt made the announcement Tuesday at his first media briefing since assuming the office on Aug. 1.
Schmidt said in his statement that the policy change was intended to make society more equable.
"If we leverage the full force of the criminal justice system on individuals who are peacefully protesting and demanding to be heard, we will cause irreparable harm to them individually and to our society," he said.
"The Multnomah County District Attorney's Office will presumptively decline to prosecute a case where the most serious offense is a city ordinance violation or where the crime(s) do not involve deliberate property damage, theft or the use or threat of force against another person," Schmidt explained.
The statement included a list of offenses from protesters that the office would decline to prosecute. The offenses that will be ignored included the following, according to KGW-TV:
Interfering with a peace officer or parole and probation officer
Disorderly conduct in the second degree
Criminal trespass in the first and second degree
Escape in the third degree
Harassment
Riot (unless accompanied by a charge outside of this list)
"As prosecutors, we acknowledge the depth of emotion that motivates these demonstrations and support those who are civically engaged through peaceful protesting. We will undermine public safety, not promote it, if we do not take action to bring about immediate change," Schmidt added.
'I am disgusted'
On Friday, Portland Police Association President Daryl Turner sent a scathing letter demanding that Schmidt focus his efforts on stopping crime instead of criticizing the police.
You ran on a platform of police accountability, which was a thinly veiled threat to indict police officers. What about indicting rioters who loot, burn, destroy, and assault? What about your ethical and moral duties to uphold the law and keep all our citizens safe? The people committing arson and assault are not peaceful protestors; they are criminals. Step up and do your job; hold the rioters accountable. If there is no consequence for crimes from the District Attorney's office, there is no reason for criminals to stop the chaos.
"I am disgusted that our City has come to this," he added.
Others, like the Oregon Justice Resource Center, praised Schmidt for the change in policy.
"Effectively prosecuting people for exercising their right to express their views does not serve the people of Multnomah County," the Resource Center tweeted.
Here's more about the stunning announcement:


theblaze--2020-08-12--President Trump, VP Pence, and campaign react to Biden picking Kamala Harris as running mate

President Trump , VP Pence , and campaign react to Biden picking Kamala Harris as running mate 'Not long ago @ @ @ @ @ Biden a racist and asked for an apology she never received . '

President Donald Trump, Vice President Mike Pence, and their 2020 Republican reelection campaign were all quick to weigh in on presumptive Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden's announcement Tuesday that Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) would be his running mate.
What are the details?
The Trump-Pence Campaign issued a statement shortly after the news hit, dismissing Harris as Biden's "political living will."
"Not long ago, Kamala Harris called Joe Biden a racist and asked for an apology she never received," senior adviser Katrina Pierson wrote. "Clearly, Phony Kamala will abandon her own morals, as well as try to bury her record as a prosecutor, in order to appease the anti-police extremists controlling the Democratic Party."
Pierson continued, "Joe Biden is no moderate, and with Harris as his 'political living will,' he is surrendering control of our nation to the radical mob with promises to raise taxes, cut police funding, kill energy jobs, open our borders, and appease socialist dictators."
She added, "At the ballot box, Americans will resoundingly reject the abysmal failures of Biden-Harris in favor of the America First strength of President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence."
USA Today reported that Pence took "a jab" at Harris while speaking to a crowd in Arizona.
"I don't know if you all heard the news, but on the way here I heard Joe Biden just named his running mate — California Senator Kamala Harris," Pence began. "So let me take this opportunity to welcome her to the race."
The crowd booed, before Pence continued, "As you all know, Joe Biden and the Democratic Party have been overtaken by the radical left. So given their promises of higher taxes, open borders, socialized medicine, and abortion on demand, it's no surprise that he chose Senator Harris."
He added, "The choice in this election is whether America remains America."
Pence also mentioned that the vice presidential debate was set for Oct. 7 in Utah.
What did President Trump say?
President Trump addressed the selection during a White House briefing, saying he was "a little surprised" by the pick, noting that Harris "did very very poorly in primaries, she ended up right around 2 percent."
According to Fox News, Trump pointed to a scathing attack Harris made against Biden last year during the Democratic presidential primary debates, saying, "She was very disrespectful to Biden. It's hard to pick someone that was that disrespectful."
Harris landed blows against Biden last summer when she confronted him on the debate stage for previously opposing federally-mandating busing to desegregate schools, saying she was personally impacted by the program as a child.


theblaze--2020-08-12--'It's over': New EVIDENCE supports allegations of Ilhan Omar's 'extensive spree' of felonies

'It 's over ' : New EVIDENCE supports allegations of Ilhan Omar 's 'extensive spree ' of felonies 'Almost everything @ @ @ @ @ for eight years was perjury or fraud . '

Once again, the media has failed to carry out even the most cursory investigation when it comes to allegations against Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.). But investigative journalist David Steinberg has been piecing together "32 new, verifiable, archived pieces of evidence" that indicate Omar conducted the "most extensive spree of state and federal felonies by an elected congressperson in U.S. history."
Steinberg joined Glenn Beck on the radio program to detail how the pieces fit together in his latest report available on TheBlaze.com.
"It's over," Steinberg told Glenn. "There's really nothing left. It's all ... the publicly available documentation that anyone would need to be convinced that, for eight years, [Omar] married her brother to commit immigration fraud. And this marriage fraud also was in the service of education fraud/student loan fraud. And along the line, we have evidence, that she filed at least two years of fraudulent tax returns, possibly eight [years]. We have evidence that she perjured herself eight times during her 2017 divorce from this man. And along the way, of course, we know she was living in public housing. We also know she was likely receiving subsidized child care.
"Essentially, almost everything she put her name on for eight years was perjury or fraud. And it all adds up to likely the most extensive spree of state and federal felonies by an elected congressperson in U.S. history. I really have no other way to put it. That's how big this is."
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theblaze--2020-08-11--Man allegedly attacks teen at Sesame Street park over mask dispute — victim underwent jaw surgery

The victim was working the Captain Cookie 's High C 's Adventure ride

Police say a man allegedly punched a teenage worker at a Sesame Street theme park after the employee told him that he needed to wear a mask.
The incident reportedly unfolded Sunday at Sesame Place in Bucks County, Pennsylvania.
Detective Lt. Steve Forman of the Middletown Township Police Department told the Philadelphia Inquirer that the 17-year-old victim was working at the Captain Cookie's High C's Adventure ride when he confronted a man and his female companion.
The employee had earlier told the couple that a mask was required in the park, according to Forman, and later, the employee reminded the man again about the mask requirement. When the man saw the employee at the ride, he allegedly punched the teenager in the face.
The couple were chased by park security, but fled from the park and escaped.
Police said that the teen was taken to St. Mary's Medical Center because of his injuries and had to have jaw surgery. He also suffered a damaged tooth from the attack.
Middletown police are seeking to identify the couple with the help of authorities in New York because their getaway car was registered in the neighboring state. The suspects were described as between 20 and 30 years of age.
Sesame Street condemns violence
A spokesperson for Sesame Street released a statement corroborating some of the details of the incident and condemning the alleged attack.
"On Sunday, August 9, a guest assaulted and seriously injured one of our team members. We've been in close communication with the family of our injured team member, and are hopeful for a full and speedy recovery," the statement read.
"The health and safety of our guests and team members is our top priority, and violence of any kind is unacceptable and not tolerated at our park," the statement added. "We are cooperating with local law enforcement on this ongoing investigation. Any further questions should be directed to them."
Here's a local news report about the incident:


theblaze--2020-08-11--California teen allegedly set fire to his mother's home over argument about an 'electronic device'

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A California teenager allegedly set fire to his mother's home Sunday after he got into an argument over an "electronic device."
The incident occurred in the city of Twentynine Palms at a compound that included a mobile home and other structures.
The 17-year-old, who was not identified due to his age, allegedly threatened his mother because she had broken his computer, according to a report from the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department.
The mother fled the home after he said he would shoot her and set fire to the compound, according to police.
After she was gone, the teen allegedly poured gasoline onto the floor of the living room and set it on fire.
When firefighters arrived at the compound, they found a mobile home, an RV trailer, two cars, and other items on fire. They indicated that the compound had no utilities or electricity connected.
Police later arrested the teenager trying to escape in an off-road vehicle. He was taken to San Bernardino Juvenile Hall.
Screen addiction
Experts have warned parents about the dangers of children and teenagers becoming addicted to their electronic devices. In one study by Common Sense Media in 2019, 45% of parents said they felt that they were addicted to their mobile devices, while 39% of children said they were addicted to their mobile devices.
In the study, 28% of parents said that the use of mobile devices was hurting the relationship between themselves and their children. Only 9% of children said mobile devices hurt their relationship with their parents. The study also found that both parents and their children found themselves being distracted by their phones while trying to sleep.
Dr. Delaney Ruston, a Stanford trained physician, explained to PBS that the reaction of a teenager's brain to constant stimulation from video games was found to be similar to that of the brain's reaction to ingesting drugs.
Here's more about research into young people and screen time:


theblaze--2020-08-11--Smash Mouth frontman to 'largely mask-less' Sturgis crowd: 'We're being human once again. F*** that

Smash Mouth frontman to 'largely mask-less' Sturgis crowd: 'We're being human once again. F*** that COVID s**t'

Smash Mouth frontman to 'largely mask-less ' Sturgis crowd : 'We 're being human once again .
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The rock band Smash Mouth headlined a concert series at the 80th annual Sturgis Motorcycle Rally in South Dakota on Sunday, despite criticism for agreeing to play to a crowd amid coronavirus concerns.
But frontman Steve Harwell expressed his views on the pandemic to his audience from the stage, stating plainly: 'F*** that COVID s**t."
What are the details?
In a video shared by local outlet KOTA-TV from venue The Buffalo Chip, Harwell can be heard saying, "Now we're all here together tonight, and we're being human once again. F*** that COVID s**t."
Content warning: Language
USA Today reported that KOTA's footage "showed the largely mask-less crowd cheering on Harwell's anti-coronavirus remark as they gathered around the stage ignoring the CDC's social distancing guidelines." NBC News reported that Smash Mouth's concert "drew widespread outrage," pointing to Twitter comments.
South Dakota has successfully been able to play by its own rules during the COVID-19 thus far. The sparsely populated state is led by Republican Gov. Kristi Noem, who has refused to impose shutdowns that has become common practice by most leaders in the U.S.
Fox News pointed out that South Dakota "has no mask mandate and no limits on indoor crowds," and added that "Noem is keen on welcoming tourist dollars."
According to the Associated Press on Tuesday, South Dakota "recorded 50 more people with COVID-19," with no new deaths and "the number of hospitalizations has held mostly constant."
"But," the outlet noted, "over the past two weeks, the rolling average number of daily new cases has increased by 20, an increase of 28%."
The city of Sturgis does have plans in place "to potentially halt the virus," according to Rolling Stone.
The outlet reported:
The city will conduct mass tests of residents over the coming days and weeks. There are also checkpoints set up throughout the area around Sturgis to re-route travelers away from tribal lands to prevent the spread of COVID-19 on Native American reservations.
The Sturgis Motorcycle Rally is a 10-day event, and an estimated 250,000 people from across the U.S. are expected to attend the event, which ends Sunday.


theblaze--2020-08-11--Convicted felon allegedly breaks into home, attacks residents. But homeowner has a gun — and intrude

Convicted felon allegedly breaks into home, attacks residents. But homeowner has a gun — and intruder takes a bullet to the face.

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Police said a convicted felon allegedly broke into a home in Great Bend, Kansas, on Saturday evening and then proceeded to physically assault the residents, the Great Bend Tribune reported.
But the incident would be short lived, as the homeowner had a gun — and shot the intruder in the face, KAKE-TV reported.
What are the details?
After a preliminary investigation, officers believe 27-year-old Zachary Horyna entered the residence in the 1300 block of Jefferson Street, and then began to physically attack the residents after they confronted him, the station said.
It was at this point that the homeowner shot Horyna, KAKE said.
Officers had been dispatched to the scene for a burglary in progress, and after arriving they located and identified the suspect as Horyna with a gunshot wound to the face, the station said.
The homeowners were treated for their injuries on the scene, KAKE said, adding that Horyna was restrained and treated for his injures by emergency medical services and taken to a Great Bend hospital before he was flown to a Wichita hospital. The paper said Horyna was in stable condition Monday morning.
Police said the pending charge against him is aggravated burglary.
The Tribune, citing the Kansas Department of Corrections website, reported that Zachary Cole Horyna had been discharged from the KDOC when his sentence for previous convictions expired July 26.
His past convictions, no longer active, include drug possession and possession of paraphernalia with five or more plants, committed Nov. 28, 2014, in Saline County, the paper said. He also was convicted of drug possession in Sedgwick County in 2017 and criminal possession of a weapon in Sedgwick County in 2018, the Tribune reported.
What did folks have to say about the incident?
Commenters on the Great Bend police department's Facebook page were not too sympathetic toward Horyna and decidedly behind the homeowner's actions:
"He's lucky he only took a shot to the face....I'd probably have blown his head clean off," one commenter said.
"I love this family; they are wonderful people; my heart goes out to the both of them to have to experience such a violent act in their own home, so I'm proud of you. I would've done exactly the same thing to protect my family!!" another commenter wrote. "Prayers for your recovery."


theblaze--2020-08-11--Control the narrative: Democratic women pre-warn media to report on Joe Biden’s VP pick without bein

Control the narrative: Democratic women pre-warn media to report on Joe Biden’s VP pick without being racist or sexist

Control the narrative : Democratic women pre-warn media to report on Joe Biden ’ s VP pick without being racist @ @

Ahead of former Vice President Joe Biden's announcement of Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) as his running mate, a group of powerful Democratic women sent a letter to top executives in the media to warn them against any hint of racism or sexism in news coverage about the candidate.
What are the details?
In the letter, provided here by Axios, the group, referred to as "We Have Her Back," essentially gave marching orders to the media on how and how not to report on the forthcoming news.
The group explicitly positioned itself as a watchdog-of-sorts intending to "collectively and individually monitor coverage" and "call out those we believe take our country backward with sexist and/or racist coverage."
Translation: If you step out of line, we will bury you.
The letter, sent last Friday, was signed by some familiar names: "Fatima Goss Graves (National Women's Law Center), Ilyse Hogue (NARAL) Valerie Jarrett, Alexis McGill Johnson and Melanie Newman (Planned Parenthood), Debra Ness (National Partnership for Women and Families), Cecile Richards (Supermajority), Jess Morales Rocketto, Hilary Rosen, Stephanie Shriock, Christina Reynolds (Emily's List), and Tina Tchen (TimesUp)."
Here is a particularly colorful portion in which the undersigned offer examples about what would be considered racist or sexist coverage — i.e. what will be summarily denounced by the group:
Women have been subject to stereotypes and tropes about qualifications, leadership, looks, relationships and experience. Those stereotypes are often amplified and weaponized for Black and Brown women. Attempts at legitimate investigations of a candidate have repeatedly turned into misguided stories that perpetuate impressions of women as inadequate leaders, and Black and Brown women as worse. There are multiple ways that media coverage over the years has contributed to the facts of the lack of diversity at the top of society's roles.
For example:
• Reporting on a woman's ambition as though the very nature of seeking political office, or any higher job for that matter is not a mission of ambition
• Relationships with partners, staff, colleagues and donors are characterized differently if the woman is not seen as subservient or supportive
• Reporting on whether a woman is liked (a subjective metric at best) as though it is news when the "likeability" of men is never considered a legitimate news story.
• Reporting, even as asides in a story, on a woman's looks, weight, tone of voice, attractiveness and hair is sexist news coverage unless the same analysis is applied to every candidate
• Reporting on questions of electability of women is, in itself, a perpetuation of a stereotype about the ability of women to lead
• Reporting on doubts women may not be qualified leaders even when they have experience equal to or exceeding male leaders
• Reporting on the heritage of Black women or women of color perpetuates a misunderstanding about who is legitimately American
• Reporting on and using pictures of a woman's, particularly black women, show of anger at injustice or any other kind of passion in communication perpetuates racist tropes that suggest unfairly that women are too emotional or irrational in their leadership or worse "hate America"
That's a pretty extensive — and specific — list of do's and don't's.
What else?
In her coverage of the news, Hot Air's Karen Townsend noted the hypocrisy of such a letter coming from Democrats given their past treatment of Republican women such as former potential first lady Ann Romney and former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin.
"It is as though these liberal women expect conservatives to forget how Sarah Palin was treated," Townsend wrote. "Democrats said she was uneducated, ignorant, possibly having a child that wasn't her husband's, a hick from Alaska, she wore the wrong clothes, she didn't speak well, they mocked her religion, and so on. It was hideous."
According to Townsend, it would appear that racist or sexist messages are really only condemned when one's party affiliation is Democratic. It's hard to argue the point.


theblaze--2020-08-11--NFL won't have live national anthem performances, may bar military and police honor guards from fiel

NFL won't have live national anthem performances, may bar military and police honor guards from field

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The NFL won't have any live performances of the national anthem before games this season, as it reportedly attempts to limit the number of people with access to the field to reduce the risk of COVID-19 transmission, according to Front Office Sports.
The tradition of having performers sing the national anthem before games has become a source of controversy due to social justice protests. Although the anthem won't be performed live, there will still be recordings of the song played before the game.
The NFL could also limit the presence of military and police honor guards on the field. Those groups are often a part of the national anthem ceremony at games.
While there may be less ceremony surrounding the national anthem in the NFL in 2020, there will be more in the way of social justice protests and signs of support for anti-racism initiatives. From ESPN's The Undefeated:
"Lift Ev'ry Voice And Sing," traditionally known as the Black national anthem, is expected to be performed live or played before every Week 1 NFL game, and the league is considering a variety of other measures during the upcoming season to recognize victims of police brutality, a source familiar with the league's discussions told The Undefeated on Thursday.
The song would be performed before "The Star-Spangled Banner," the source said. The NFL's season opener is scheduled for Sept. 10, with the Kansas City Chiefs hosting the Houston Texans.
Having recently displayed increased awareness about the problems of systemic racism, the NFL, in collaboration with the NFL Players Association, is also considering listing the names of victims on uniforms through decals on helmets or patches on jerseys. The NFL also may produce educational programs about victims, among other plans.
The NFL will also place social justice messages in the end zones during Week 1 instead of the typical team brand imagery, including "End Racism" and "It Takes All of Us."
President Donald Trump has continued his criticism of national anthem protests in the NFL and NBA, telling Outkick's Clay Travis that he would rather the seasons not be played than for players to protest during the anthem.
"Well, they wanna open and they wanna open badly," Trump said. "They've been working with government. I would say this, if they don't stand for the national anthem I hope they don't open. But other than that, I would love to see them open and we're doing everything possible for them getting them open. I think they can protest in other ways. They shouldn't protest our flag or our country."


theblaze--2020-08-11--University's suggestion that students wear COVID-19 prevention masks during sex goes viral. Students

University's suggestion that students wear COVID-19 prevention masks during sex goes viral. Students mock the advice, and the school's feelings get hurt.

University 's suggestion that students wear COVID-19 prevention masks during sex goes viral .
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Officials at the University of Georgia are urging students to cover up their faces during sex to tamp down the spread of COVID-19.
Mask-wearing is just one directive the school's health officials suggested for its incoming student population for the fall semester.
Students took the university to task on social media, mocking it for the advice.
What are the details?
According to a Tuesday report from Campus Reform, the school suggests students wear masks, avoid face-to-face contact during sexual encounters, or avoid partnered sex at all during the coronavirus pandemic.
The school's health center, in a since-deleted page on its website titled, "COVID-19 Considerations," pointed incoming students to advice directing them away from "heavy breathing and panting" with a partner, since it can "further spread the virus."
The school also directed students to "avoid kissing and be creative with sexual positions that reduce close face-to-face contact."
"You are your safest sex partner," a portion of the guide read. "Practice solo sex, or limit the number of sexual partners you have."
"Wash your hands and objects with warm water for 20 seconds before and after sexual activity," the advice added.
The guide points out that it remains unknown whether people infected with the coronavirus can transmit the deadly virus through bodily fluids.
The information went viral on social media, where it was widely mocked, prompting the school to remove the helpful hints from the website.
Barstool Sports shared a screenshot of the guide on Twitter before the school removed it from its site.
'The information was mocked, ridiculed, and criticized on social media' ... so 'we decided to take it down'
A spokesperson for the university told the outlet that the information was a no-brainer.
"The information was consistent with the language that appears on multiple health and medical sites across the country, including the Mayo Clinic," the spokesperson said in a statement. "However, when the information was mocked, ridiculed, and criticized on social media, we decided to take it down."


theblaze--2020-08-11--BREAKING: Joe Biden selects Sen. Kamala Harris as vice presidential running mate

The pick is in

Presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden has selected Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) to be his running mate heading into the presidential election in November.
The former vice president made the announcement Tuesday on Twitter following months of speculation and secret vetting.
Biden hopes Harris, herself once a frontrunner in the Democratic race for president, will bolster his support from the progressive wing of the party.
The selection is sure to be celebrated by Democrats, especially those who pushed for a black woman to be chosen, and reviled by Republicans in the coming weeks and months.
Shortly after the news broke, President Trump posted a video ad on Twitter attacking Harris as a "phony" and Biden as "not that smart" for picking her.
It was widely expected that Biden would choose a black woman to run alongside him as the nation grapples over race relations, though the campaign was able to remain tight-lipped on exactly who it would be until the last minute.
In late July, Biden indicated that four black women were on his vice presidential shortlist but refused to reveal names.
"I am not committed to naming any [of the potential candidates], but the people I've named, and among them there are four black women," Biden told MSNBC's Joy Reid.
Ahead of that indication, CNN had reported that "Sen. Kamala Harris of California, Rep. Val Demings of Florida, Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms, former Obama administration national security adviser Susan Rice and Rep. Karen Bass of California are among the Black women being considered."
The Biden-Harris ticket now looks ahead to next week's Democratic National Convention where they will be officially nominated as the party's 2020 candidates for president and vice president.
This is a breaking news story. Please check back for updates.


theblaze--2020-08-11--Horowitz: Data on child care and camps shows remarkably low risk among children

Horowitz : Data on child care and camps shows remarkably low risk among children We live in an era of @ @ @ @ @ never .

Amid the debate over reopening schools without draconian restrictions, some of the best case studies from which to draw conclusions are child-care settings that have already been open during the pandemic. A number of child-care facilities for young children never shut down, and a goodly number of camps wound up opening later in the summer for children of all ages. New data show remarkably few cases and no reported clinical problems from those cases.
Emily Oster, an economics professor at Brown University, and Galit Alter, a professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School, created a database of COVID-19 cases from selectively reporting child-care facilities and summer camps at their website, Covid Explained. As you can see from the data of camps, schools, and child-care facilities that are open, the cases are remarkably low:
Obviously, this is not a scientific study because the facilities voluntarily participated in this tracking program and they are not randomly sampled. But the size is large enough to get a sense that there really is not a lot of disruption going on, and if not for the panic and mass testing, they probably would never even have known about these few cases. In terms of passing around bugs, this is nothing more or less than we typically see from children's institutions.
My child came back from a backyard camp with a 10-day cold, and my wife and I, as well as many other parents, got that cold. None of us had typical COVID-19 symptoms. One parent decided to get tested, and of course the result was negative. Children pass around colds and flus all the time, and the symptoms are actually more severe than COVID-19 symptoms for almost all children. I could barely get out of bed for two days over the weekend.
We can't allow the discovery of a handful of asymptomatic or mildly symptomatic cases that are far from ever being clinical to shut down a generation of children's education and activities.
On any given day or week, there are a number of kids with colds or even fevers. For the most part, that is actually a good thing and is partially responsible for building up their innate immune systems against more serious threats, such as an acute case of COVID-19. If we created a testing system and ascribed a scientifically scary-sounding name to each ailment, we'd live in a state of paralysis every year.
But this is what we will face in the coming year with mass testing, mass hysteria, and the treatment of every subclinical COVID case as if it's stage 4 cancer. The University of Kentucky has already tested well over 7,000 students, and 0.6% of them (41 students) tested positive. Absent any testing, we probably would not know about a single case, because none of them rose to the level of anything more acute than typical bugs that are passed around.
Last week, one media outlet in New Hampshire published an entire article about a staff member or student of a preschool who tested negative! The Keene, New Hampshire, school closed after two members of the community believed they had exhibited some symptoms of COVID-19. It turns out one of them had strep throat, and the other tested negative for COVID but is still waiting for a second negative test. So now just the onset of a cold that might prompt someone to test is newsworthy and will sow panic as if there is the spread of Ebola in a school. Strep throat is as common as spitballs in school settings and can actually cause serious side effects, but it's something we've always lived with. Why should coronavirus be any different?
What are we going to do with the flu season when even a cough or a sneeze is now a pretext for panic? What's next? A count of papercuts and playground bruises?
Inevitably, the media always focuses on the one exception to the rule, which, when studied properly, is not much of an exception. As the data from Professor Oster shows, even during peak transmission in hot spots, the reporting camp and day care facilities had low numbers of cases. The exception is one camp in north Georgia that the CDC reported on in a published paper, which was frantically touted by the media as a harbinger of doom for school reopening. They found that hundreds of kids and counselors tested positive, which resulted in the closure of the camp a few days after it opened.
But have you read anything in the media about a single one being hospitalized or this outbreak setting off another cluster elsewhere? The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, which later identified the camp as "Camp High Harbor" in Rabun County, reported that "state health officials said they were not aware of any hospitalizations or fatalities stemming from the outbreak." All you will read about are asymptomatic cases, sore throats, and mild fevers. These happen in schools across the country all the time, especially in flu season. But in a country of 330 million, you will find cases like this even in the summer.
Also, based on the information provided in the CDC paper, it's impossible to know who passed COVID to whom. Thus, without evidence to the contrary, we would have to assume that this follows the pattern of every other study indicating children get the virus from adults. We therefore must presume that the counselors passed COVID to the kids and not the other way around or that outbreak this originated from outside the camp.
The counselors were at the facility for four days of training beginning on June 17 before the campers arrived and likely spread it before the campers came, because the camp was shut down shortly afterwards. Campers didn't arrive until June 21, the first symptoms were recognized on June 23, and the camp started closing the very next day through June 27. It's hard to see how the spread occurred among the younger kids and not the older staff.
It's not as if we found any camp in the country that was opened throughout the past six weeks where there was a sudden outbreak that could be traced from child to child. In fact, because we have not found such a case well into August, it's quite clear this outbreak of a camp that was opened for just two days in June was baked into the cake before the kids arrived.
Also, they counted anyone who tested positive 14 days after the closures of the camp. That is from June 27 through July 10. That was during the peak transmission in Georgia, as its daily case count reached its highest levels on July 6. How many of them got it after the camp was already closed – from their parents at home?
As the CDC concedes, "Given the increasing incidence of COVID-19 in Georgia in June and July, some cases might have resulted from transmission occurring before or after camp attendance."
It's truly shocking how the CDC failed to investigate the ages of those first caught with symptoms, which would likely explain why the youngest cohort of campers had the highest attack rate, which as they noted, was quite surprising. It's likely that the counselor that first spread it was the one in charge of the children 6-10.
As for the symptoms, aside from the asymptomatic, a big portion of the other kids had suggestive symptoms. Anyone who has questioned their kids about wellness knows they are extremely suggestive to disease.
"How do you feel, Johnny?"
"I feel good."
"So, no headache or sore throat?"
"Oh, actually yes my head hurts a little."
According to the CDC, out of the 260 who tested positive, 136 cases had available documented symptom data. Among them 26% reported no symptoms, while 74% did report symptoms but "those most commonly reported were subjective or documented fever (65%), headache (61%), and sore throat (46%)."
Since this case was an anomaly, without other available information, one has to question whether there were other anomalous circumstances. We know kids often get other viruses, plus many of the tests produce false positives. In this case, it doesn't appear that other viruses were tested for. For example, it's currently enterovirus season, which affects millions of kids with cold or mild flu-like symptoms every year. How many kids were really asymptomatic, but were co-infected with other mildly symptomatic respiratory viruses that are also contagious and more transmissible from child to child than COVID-19?
This is not a far-fetched assumption. Keep in mind that kids have had their immune systems shielded for several months due to isolation, as I experienced with my children's summer camp and the spread of this wicked cold to my household (as my podcast listeners can attest, with my gutted radio voice). Perhaps those with measurable symptoms of fever (assuming it was measured accurately) were co-infected with the spread of other respiratory viruses that overlapped with COVID-19?
Either way, we live in an era of panic first, ask questions never.


theblaze--2020-08-11--Police chief out of job after writing Facebook post about supporting police brutality protests, but

Police chief out of job after writing Facebook post about supporting police brutality protests, but not Black Lives Matter

Police chief out of job after writing Facebook post about supporting police brutality protests , but not Black Lives Matter

Johns Creek Police Chief Chris Byers resigned from his position on Monday after being criticized for his lack of support for the Black Lives Matter movement.
What are the details?
In June, Byers made several remarks on Facebook alluding to the idea that he does not agree with the core tenets of the Black Lives Matter movement.
On one occasion, Byers said that faith leaders were not aligning themselves with law enforcement as they should, and said that the movement only glorified police officer killings.
Despite that, the former chief also said that racism was at the "core" of George Floyd's police murder, and that he supported nationwide demonstrations sparked by Floyd's death in late May in Minneapolis.
"But I do not support the Black Lives Matter as a movement as it seems to glorify the killing of my brothers and sisters," he wrote at the time. "It is not what you pastors and religious leaders think it is."
The remarks drew the attention of local residents and city officials, who were unhappy with his conduct.
Johns Creek City Manager Ed Densmore in June announced that Byers would be placed on leave pending an investigation into Byers, and of issues reportedly "unrelated" to his initial social media remarks. Densmore, at the time of this reporting, has not detailed what these issues are.
Following the investigation, the Johns Creek City Council approved an agreement with Byers, allowing and supporting his resignation.
"Based on extensive and careful consideration of everything that has occurred within our city over the past few months, we have come to the conclusion that it is in the city's best interests to part ways with our police chief," Mayor Mike Bodker said in a statement about the matter.
Image source: YouTube screenshot
Settlement details to remain confidential
Byers' resignation is set to go into effect on Tuesday.
The Gwinnett Daily Post reported that city officials would not divulge confidential details of the settlement with Byers, and that details surrounding the investigation into the former chief cannot be publicly disclosed.
Densmore in a follow-up statement added, "I have the utmost confidence in the men and women of the Johns Creek Police Department and in their continued service to our entire community. At the present time, Major Roland Castro will continue to serve as Interim police chief."
"As we begin the search process, my objective is to ensure we appoint a new police chief based on gathering input and feedback from our community, from the men and women of our Police Department, and from our council members," Densmore added. "Together we will determine a path forward to fill the police chief position with a highly qualified, experienced, and admirable candidate."
Johns Creek is a suburb of Atlanta suburb, and one of Georgia's largest cities with about 85,000 residents.


theblaze--2020-08-11--Australian police officer chokes woman during arrest for not wearing mask outdoors in viral video

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A police officer in Melbourne, Australia, is now under investigation by the department after the officer was seen on video choking a woman he was reportedly attempting to arrest after a confrontation over her violation of the city's mask mandate, CNN reported.
According to police, officers were out on patrol when they saw a 21-year-old woman not wearing a mask. In Melbourne, everyone is required to wear a mask in public, even outdoors.
They confronted the woman, who allegedly refused to give her name and address, leading police to arrest her. Once they attempted to detain her, police say she began resisting.
In the process of restraining her, a male officer is seen on video with his hands around her neck choking her and taking her to the ground.
Victoria police officer filmed allegedly choking and pinning woman to the ground youtu.be
The woman's boyfriend told 7News that she had an exemption for not wearing a mask, but police say she didn't mention that during the encounter and arrest. The typical punishment for violation of the mask mandate is a fine. From CNN:
It is currently mandatory to wear a face covering in parts of Victoria state. Under strict coronavirus measures, those caught without a face covering face a fine of 200 AUD (about $140 USD).
"Police made the decision to arrest the woman after she failed to provide her name and address. She also did not state she had an exemption for not wearing a face covering," said police in a statement.
The police say, and the video backs them, that the woman became physically aggressive when they initiated the arrest. The woman's boyfriend, however, believes it to be ridiculous that it even came to that over the fact that she wasn't wearing a mask outdoors.
"The way that they came up to us all intimidating is itself enough," he told 7 News. "They're meant to make us feel protected, right? We don't feel protected."
Many public health experts, even those that believe non-medical masks are effective against the spread of COVID-19, typically say that they are not needed in outdoor scenarios where social distancing is possible.
In the United States, there is evidence from outdoor gatherings and crowded beaches — not to mention protests — that there is not a high risk of COVID-19 transmission from outdoor activities.


theblaze--2020-08-11--Horowitz: Democrat calls for treating non-mask-wearers as murderers, while actual murderers are rele

Horowitz: Democrat calls for treating non-mask-wearers as murderers, while actual murderers are released from jail

Horowitz : Democrat calls for treating non-mask-wearers as murderers , while actual murderers are released from jail

I pine for a day when we will make Orwell fiction again. What we are seeing today with the COVID cult in this county is not just a disagreement over science and the role of government, but over basic morality. Democrats now believe that a man breathing free air without a mask is tantamount to murder, yet they are using the same virus as a pretext to release real murderers throughout the country. Breathing is now murder and murder is an act of grace?
During an August 5 committee hearing of the Nashville Metro Council, Councilwoman Sharon Hurt compared those who decline to wear masks to attempted murderers and suggested legislation treating them on that level.
So COVID-19 poses such a threat to human life that we must ban uncovered human lungs as murder, but because these very same leftists are concerned their chosen criminals will catch the virus, they are released. Here are a couple of stories you might have missed from the national news that demonstrate how far they are willing to go:
26-year-old Justin Wilson of Montgomery County, Maryland, was released from jail in April after being charged with theft and other crimes. According to Fox 5, he was released due to coronavirus concerns. On July 29, he was arrested and charged with murdering 63-year-old Edigio Ienzi six days earlier in front of his 16-year-old daughter. I checked Montgomery County court records and found dozens of criminal charges – from drugs and theft to assault and armed robbery – dating back to 2012. Once again, we see prior records don't matter when it comes to jailbreak. In this case, the victim's relative alleges that Wilson also stole coins from the house of the victim. Isn't it interesting how those with a record of theft and assault tend to return to those crimes upon release? Remember, Montgomery County is the jurisdiction that is so concerned about human life that it tried to shut down private schools due to coronavirus, while criminals are released to commit murder. Then again, most career robbers like Wilson wear masks, so all is good under today's redefinition of murder.
Last October, Ibrahim E. Bouaichi was indicted on charges of rape, sodomy, strangulation, abduction, burglary, and malicious wounding after he was accused of brutally raping Karla Dominguez in Alexandria, Virginia. His lawyers argued in April that he was at risk for contracting the virus in the Alexandria jail, so Circuit Court Judge Nolan Dawkins released him on just $25,000 bond on condition that he remain in his home in Prince George's County, Maryland. Well, house arrest seems to deter only law-abiding business owners from opening their businesses during COVID, not violent criminals from repeating their offenses. On July 29, he allegedly returned to the victim's home and killed her. He then shot himself to death following a police chase. The intimidation of victims and witnesses is a known problem of jailbreak and makes it harder to eventually get a conviction. To those who don't believe in prison (except for those who don't wear masks), that is a feature, not a bug.
In between the Maryland and Virginia corona jailbreak murder cases is a tragic case out of D.C. that resulted in the death of an 11-year-old. Christian Wingfield, one of the accused gunmen in the drive-by shooting at a July 4 neighborhood cookout that left 11-year-old Davon McNeal dead, was released from jail on May 22, despite a criminal record with gun felonies.
Recently, the New York Post reported that among the hundreds of homeless criminals paroled by the city and placed near an upper west side elementary school were six pedophiles.
The L.A. Times reports that California is releasing people serving time for murder, and jailbreak groups are pushing for more. Fox News reports that California has reduced the incarcerated population by 18,000 since March and is planning to release another 17,600.
Here's the scariest thing about all these releases. With over 100,000 criminals released just from coronavirus jailbreak alone (aside from all the other new lenient policies and early release programs), there is no federal or state policy in place to track recidivism. One can only imagine how much of the increased crime in the majority of America's largest 50 cities is committed by these repeat offenders who have been released under the guise of saving the lives of criminals, not victims. In New York alone, there have been 1,000 gun victims this year as of August, nearly equivalent to the total victims over that period in 2018 and 2019 combined.
We were promised these would be low-level criminals. But now we know that to these politicians, even murder, rape, and robbery are low-level crimes that are eligible for parole. The only high-level crime is not covering your lungs in public or opening up your business. Orwell is no longer fiction.


theblaze--2020-08-11--Black Trump-supporting activist for #WalkAway movement squares off with arrogant white Black Lives M

Black Trump-supporting activist for #WalkAway movement squares off with arrogant white Black Lives Matter protester: 'I don't need you to tell me my life matters'

Black Trump-supporting activist for # WalkAway movement squares off with arrogant white Black Lives Matter protester : ' I do @ @ @ @ @ me my life matters '

Shemeka Michelle, an activist and former Democratic voter, has gone viral after facing off with a white man who was apparently demonstrating for the Black Lives Matter movement.
What happened?
Michelle, now a Trump supporter, marched in Los Angeles over the weekend to demonstrate her commitment to the #WalkAway movement, as well as show her support for President Donald Trump.
Michelle marched with hundreds of others who gathered to demonstrate their support for the president and encouraged California liberals to leave the party and align themselves with Republicans.
One video in particular caught Michelle speaking with a white Black Lives Matter protester who insisted that she needed his help to fight inequality.
Michelle immediately blasted the demonstrator, telling him that his privilege speaks volumes in trying to advance the Black Lives Matter movement.
"I don't need you to tell me my life matters," she insisted. "I don't need your privilege to tell me or to justify who I am in America! This is my country! This is my land! My ancestors built this country, so I'm gonna walk around here as bold as I want to."
She continued, "I don't have to have you cosign and tell me my life matters. That right there insinuates that you think your voice is bigger and better than mine. ... You are supporting an organization that does not like black men! And as a black woman, I can tell you how important black men are to the black family; without them, we are nothing. So when you support an organization that doesn't push them up the way we need them to be, you ain't s**t."
Michelle, also a staunch pro-life supporter, added that the Black Lives Matter movement would also serve its intended audience better if it weren't so quick to abort black babies.
"We kill more black babies than are born every year," Michelle said. "You said 'black lives matter.' What about black lives in the womb? They don't matter? They don't matter? So then how are you pushing an organization that doesn't care?"
'Rescue America'
In Saturday remarks about the march, #WalkAway founder Brandon Straka said, "We're doing these rallies because we wanted to show the radical left who's been smashing windows, committing acts of violence, committing acts of vandalism they do not own America's streets. We're going to fight for the heart and soul of America, so this is our third one. Next week we'll be in Milwaukee and we'll basically be doing 'Rescue America' rallies around the country for now through the end of the year."
Straka added, "We're a movement of people who are walking away from the Democratic Party. We're walking away from the ideology of liberalism, the liberal media … basically, we want to live in a country with peace and civility … truthfulness, kindness and again, we're not getting that from the political left so we're walking away from the Democrats."


theblaze--2020-08-11--Pro-cop groups sue de Blasio for blocking ‘Blue Lives Matter’ mural while commissioning BLM murals a

Pro-cop groups sue de Blasio for blocking ‘Blue Lives Matter’ mural while commissioning BLM murals across NYC

Pro-cop groups sue de Blasio for blocking ‘ Blue Lives Matter ’ mural while commissioning BLM murals across NYC They @ @ @ @ @ were violated

Two pro-police organizations are suing Democratic New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio for blocking them from painting a "Blue Lives Matter" mural outside the NYC police department last month while at the same time commissioning the painting of "Black Lives Matter" murals across the city.
The groups, Blue Lives Matter NYC and Standing Up for NYC, filed the lawsuit late Monday night, the New York Post reported.
In the suit, they accuse de Blasio and Department of Transportation Commissioner Polly Trottenberg of violating their First Amendment rights by allowing "city property to be used by private speakers" but refusing to allow a similar message to be constructed in support of police.
In July, the groups sent a letter to the mayor requesting his permission to paint the mural, which they said was intended to "raise awareness regarding preventable murders of those who swore an oath to serve and protect their communities" and "honor the lives and memory of public servants whose heroic lives ended too soon."
But de Blasio refused to grant them permission.
In a media briefing in late July, the mayor defended his decision to allow Black Lives Matter murals while rejecting others, arguing that the BLM movement "transcends any notion of politics" and is a "seismic moment in this country's history."
"This is about something much bigger than any one group," he added.
In the lawsuit, the two pro-cop groups took umbrage at that perspective.
"The 'Black Lives Matter' message is highly political and is generally understood by the public to be and support a general anti-police message, include some extreme measures as defunding the police and ending police activity," it reads.
Sgt. Joe Imperatrice, the founder of Blue Lives Matter NYC, told the Post that he simply wanted "to be granted the same privilege to bring to light a cause that we so believe in would change the trajectory of equality for all those with the same interest."
Tatiana Davidoff, co-founder of Standing Up for NYC, added: "This mural is the smallest thing we could do to show our respect for them during these controversial times."
Last month, in expectation of the mayor's rejection, the two groups reportedly hired a constitutional lawyer to represent them.
Speaking with Advance/SILive.com, Davidoff questioned: "Once we start painting things on the street, who is there to decide whose life is more important as far as the message goes?"
Her fellow co-founder, Jason Cohen, said: "Once you open up the flood gates and you paint any life matters or whatever on a public street, you are giving other groups the constitutional freedom … to paint whatever they want because you can't take sides and this mayor is taking sides. It's hypocrisy."


theblaze--2020-08-11--Black Lives Matter justifies Chicago violence, mass looting as 'reparations'

'Anything they wanted to take , they can take it '

Black Lives Matter members in Chicago held a rally on Monday to support and defend the more than 100 people who were arrested for looting in the city's downtown area the previous night.
Standing outside the police station where the arrested looters were being held, a Black Lives Matter organizer, Ariel Atkins, justified the looting and rioting — which caused an estimated $60 million in damages — as "reparations" to which the black community is entitled.
"I don't care if someone decides to loot a Gucci or a Macy's or a Nike store, because that makes sure that person eats," Atkins said, WMAQ-TV reported. "That makes sure that person has clothes."
"That is reparations," Atkins added. "Anything they wanted to take, they can take it because these businesses have insurance."
Meanwhile, Black Lives Matter Chicago released a statement Monday warning that unrest will continue until "the safety and well-being of our communities is finally prioritized."
"The mayor clearly has not learned anything since May, and she would be wise to understand that the people will keep rising up until the [Chicago Police Department] is abolished and our Black communities are fully invested in," the group said, the Chicago Sun-Times reported.
The statement went on to say, "Over the past few months, too many people — disproportionately Black and Brown — have lost their jobs, lost their income, lost their homes, and lost their lives as the city has done nothing and the Chicago elite have profited. When protesters attack high-end retail stores that are owned by the wealthy and service the wealthy, that is not 'our' city and has never been meant for us."
The new wave of racial unrest was triggered Sunday after an officer-involved shooting in Englewood, one of Chicago's most dangerous neighborhoods.
Police claim 20-year-old Latrell Allen fired shots at police, who responded by firing their weapons, striking and wounding Allen.
But activists questioned that version of events, especially after the Civilian Office of Police Accountability, the agency tasked investigating officer-involved shootings, revealed that the officers involved in the incident were not wearing body cameras, the Sun-Times reported.
Ultimately, police charged Allen with two counts of attempted murder and one count of unlawful possession of a weapon.


theblaze--2020-08-11--Former Oval Office director of operations Madeleine Westerhout issues apology for leaking to reporte

Former Oval Office director of operations Madeleine Westerhout issues apology for leaking to reporters ' I had a bad night @ @ @ @

Madeleine Westerhout, former director of Oval Office operations, issued an apology on Tuesday for leaking to reporters while she was employed at the White House.
Westerhout lost her job at the White House in 2019 after she told reporters that President Donald Trump preferred her company over that of his own daughters and that he reportedly didn't like to be photographed with his youngest daughter, Tiffany, because "she is overweight."
What are the details?
In a Tuesday interview with Fox & Friends' Steeve Doocy, Westerhout said she "had a bad night" and loosened her lips after a "few drinks" one fateful evening.
Promoting her new book, "Off the Record: My Dream Job at the White House, How I Lost It, and What I Learned," Westerhout said that her "major lapse of judgment" cost her her dream job.
“On a rare day off, after a couple of drinks by the pool, I accepted an invitation to an off-the-record dinner with four reporters and a White House colleague of mine, and at that dinner I said some things that I didn't mean and that I never should have said, and I deeply regret that," she told Doocy. “But I take full responsibility for my actions that night and really regret that I hurt people that I care about very, very much."
Westerhout also told Doocy that she didn't even vote for President Donald Trump during the 2016 presidential election.
“This was something that I thought a lot about whether or not I wanted to put in the book and I ultimately decided it was very important for me to be completely honest in this book, so what I reveal is that I did not vote for President Trump in 2016," Westerhout reasoned. “I absolutely did not vote for Hillary Clinton, but in 2016, you know, I had never met the president and everything I knew about him I based off what the mainstream media told me, and it wasn't until I got to know him and know his character that I realized how wrong I had been."
Westerhout sings the president's praises
The former White House staffer had nothing but glowing remarks for the president, insisting that he is nothing short of kind or generous.
“He is a great leader and encouraging boss, and I cannot wait to cast my vote for him on November 3rd," she insisted. “Until then there is going to be no greater supporter of President Trump than me."
She also told Doocy that the president is an excellent champion for women.
“The one thing that I found so fascinating about President Trump is his deep admiration and respect for women," she gushed. "He promotes women. He surrounds himself with strong, intelligent women. He is married to one, he has raised two of them, and every interaction that I have seen and I have had with him has been just showing how much President Trump respects women."
Trump Staffer Fired For Leaking Apologizes, Says She Leaked 'After a Few Drinks' www.youtube.com
Anything else?
On Tuesday, Trump himself tweeted about Westerhout's book, writing, "Great new book by former Director of Oval Office Operations, Madeleine Westerhout, entitled 'Off the Record'. When I look at all of the Fake Books and garbage written about me, it's really nice to see a very smart and already wise young woman write an honest depiction of what went on at the White House during some extremely interesting and important times. So many good stories by someone who, unlike most other so called writers, was actually there, and a part of the action – of which there was plenty. Go buy this book, a job well done!"
(H/T: Mediaite)


theblaze--2020-08-11--Conservative professor 'deluged with messages' from anonymous academics scared of getting fired if t

Conservative professor 'deluged with messages' from anonymous academics scared of getting fired if their conservative views are discovered

Conservative professor 'deluged with messages ' from anonymous academics scared of getting fired if their conservative views are discovered 'Is @ @ @ @ @ live in ?
One in which many people feel they must hide their beliefs in @ @ @ @ @ or maintain their careers ? '

One might say that Robert P. George is an anomaly in academia.
Despite his decidedly conservative viewpoints, George is a Princeton University professor — and a pretty distinguished one, to boot. He's in fact the McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence as well as the director of the James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions at the famously prestigious college.
Well respected for decades, George often shares his right-of-center, traditional perspectives. Last month, for example, he offered a critique following the passage of a Massachusetts city ordinance recognizing polyamorous domestic partnerships — a topic he wrote about five years ago.
Now what?
On Monday, George posted a compelling thread on Twitter that underscores what many may have been suspecting for quite some time — that while college campuses and faculties are overwhelmingly left-wing, more professors than one might think do hold conservative views. But many are hesitant to share them.
"I asked folks who wished to continue following me on Twitter from anonymous accounts to identify themselves privately," George began. "I was deluged with messages explaining that anonymity is necessary because they have (some) conservative beliefs and fear being fired if their employers knew."
He went on to explain that many of those who messaged him were in academia and "a few even had tenure — yet feared it could be revoked, or that their professional lives could be made untenable in other ways."
"Is this the country we now live in?" George asked. "One in which many people feel they must hide their beliefs in order to keep their jobs or maintain their careers? One in which people live in fear of speaking their minds — worrying for their futures and their families' well-being if they do?"
He added that while composing his Twitter thread "a message came in from someone reporting professional consequences of a statement that transgressed some aspect of Woke orthodoxy: 'I'm not conservative, but the Woke Taliban won't spare progressives that don't accept their platform 100%.'"
'What can we do?'
George went on to say that he received a bunch of messages asking, "What can we do?"
His answer? "WE NEED COURAGEOUS PEOPLE TO STAND UP TO THE BULLYING," George said. "Risky? Sure. And there will be casualties. I don't pretend otherwise. But there is no other way."
Stand up — for everybody
George added that since "progressives have come under attack as well," conservatives must "defend their rights as fiercely as we do our own. Liberals and civil libertarian progressives need to adopt the same stand toward the rights of conservatives."
"Our fathers and grandfathers and great grandfathers at ages 18, 19, 20 bravely fought the armies of the Third Reich, or fought valiantly under appalling conditions in the Pacific," he also wrote. "Many of their comrades fell in combat. Shall we tremble in fear of...nothing remotely comparable?"
Anything else?
George's Twitter thread reflects the findings of a recent survey focusing on the fear of viewpoint sharing. The Cato Institute survey found that self-identified Republicans most frequently self-censored (77%) while self-identified "strong liberals" were the only ideological group with a majority of members who believe they can freely express themselves.
Here's a recent video of George discussing the cancel culture phenomenon in the wake of the George Floyd protests and riots, among of topics of interest:


theblaze--2020-08-11--POLL: Will Joe Biden's VP choice have any impact on who people choose to vote for in 2020?

POLL : Will Joe Biden 's VP choice have any impact on who people choose to vote for in 2020 @ @ @ @ @ do n't forget to share !

POLL: Will Joe Biden's VP choice have any impact on who people choose to vote for in 2020?
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theblaze--2020-08-11--College football is in jeopardy with at least one major conference reportedly voting to cancel fall

College football is in jeopardy with at least one major conference reportedly voting to cancel fall season Ohio State Buckeyes @ @ @ @ @ ) kneels in the end zone before the start of a regular season Big 10 @ @ @ @ @ State Buckeyes ( 2 ) and the Michigan Wolverines ( 10 ) on November 30 @ @ @ @ @ Stadium in Ann Arbor , Michigan .
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The Big Ten, one of college football's elite "Power Five" conferences, has voted to cancel the fall football season because of COVID-19 health and safety concerns, according to the Detroit Free Press.
Presidents for the conference's 14 universities reportedly voted 12-2 to cancel the fall season, with Iowa and Nebraska as the two schools that voted to play, according to sources who spoke to the Free Press anonymously because they weren't authorized to talk about it publicly yet.
A heart condition linked to COVID-19 has been found in five Big Ten athletes, reportedly fueling concerns about whether the season should be played.
The Big Ten bailing on the fall season could be the first major domino to fall that leads other top schools or conferences to make the same decision, although there is not unanimity among the five conferences about how to go forward. Some want to go forward with the fall, others favor pushing the season to the spring in hopes that the pandemic will be more under control by then.
The Mid-American Conference, which is not in the Power Five, became the first school in the Football Bowl Subdivision to cancel its season.
The Chicago Tribune has reported that it was told by another Big Ten source that no final decision has been made regarding cancellation of the season.
Despite the vote from the presidents, players and coaches from around the country, including from Big Ten schools that voted to cancel, have publicly expressed their desire to play. Some have argued that players are actually safer within the confines of a controlled campus athletics environment than they would be at home.
"I want to play, but I want to play for the players' sake, the value they can create for themselves," Alabama head coach Nick Saban told ESPN. "I know I'll be criticized no matter what I say, that I don't care about player safety. Look, players are a lot safer with us than they are running around at home. We have around a 2% positive ratio on our team since the Fourth of July. It's a lot higher than that in society. We act like these guys can't get this unless they play football. They can get it anywhere, whether they're in a bar or just hanging out."
The potential for some Power Five conferences to cancel fall seasons has led to speculation that schools that want to play may attempt to switch conferences and join other schools that want to go forward with the season, although such movement could be prohibited under contractual agreements.