bigleaguepolitics--2020-05-15--Border Patrol Busts, Yemeni, Bangladeshi Illegal Aliens At Arizona Southern Border

Customs and Border Patrol agents arrested two groups of illegal immigrants who crossed the southern border with Mexico in Arizona this week .
The authorities have revealed that the groups of aliens were from Yemen and Bangladesh , distant countries with national security implications .
Both groups of illegal travelers were arrested in the vicinity of Yuma , Arizona , and were apprehended on Tuesday .
The first group of five Bangladeshi migrants was arrested near a county highway .
Later in the day , CBP agents busted three Yemeni men who were found west the city of San Luis @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s most pervasive terrorist presences , with large swathes of the country controlled by Al Qaeda and Iranian-supported Shia Islamist groups respectively .
Trending : Michigan Democrats Turn on Gretchen Whitmer for Putting COVID Patients in Nursing Homes Federal authorities are currently investigating the backgrounds of the migrants for possible national security considerations .
All of the men have been charged with immigration law violation .
take our poll - story continues below It ’ s unusual yet not unprecedented for illegal immigrants to arrive at the southern border from far-fetched locations @ @ @ @ @ @ @ questionable in the midst of the global coronavirus pandemic .
Authorities have busted Russian , Syrian , and Iranian nationals attempting to infiltrate the southern border before .
Illegal border crossings have declined sharply in correlation with a new set of strict immigration restrictions , allowing for the prompt expulsion of illegal aliens outside of the convoluted and byzantine immigration court system during the coronavirus pandemic .
With levels of illegal immigration declining considerably , the President and DHS are considering enacting the temporary coronavirus border restrictions on an extended basis to prevent @ @ @ @ @ @ @ country .
It ’ s possible the arrest of two different national groups on the same day suggests the involvement of sophisticated human smuggling rings .

Border Patrol Busts, Yemeni, Bangladeshi Illegal Aliens At Arizona Southern Border
Customs and Border Patrol agents arrested two groups of illegal immigrants who crossed the southern border with Mexico in Arizona this week. The authorities have revealed that the groups of aliens were from Yemen and Bangladesh, distant countries with national security implications.
Both groups of illegal travelers were arrested in the vicinity of Yuma, Arizona, and were apprehended on Tuesday. The first group of five Bangladeshi migrants was arrested near a county highway. Later in the day, CBP agents busted three Yemeni men who were found west the city of San Luis.
Yemen possesses one of the world’s most pervasive terrorist presences, with large swathes of the country controlled by Al Qaeda and Iranian-supported Shia Islamist groups respectively.
Federal authorities are currently investigating the backgrounds of the migrants for possible national security considerations. All of the men have been charged with immigration law violation.
It’s unusual yet not unprecedented for illegal immigrants to arrive at the southern border from far-fetched locations, but it’s even more questionable in the midst of the global coronavirus pandemic. Authorities have busted Russian, Syrian, and Iranian nationals attempting to infiltrate the southern border before.
Illegal border crossings have declined sharply in correlation with a new set of strict immigration restrictions, allowing for the prompt expulsion of illegal aliens outside of the convoluted and byzantine immigration court system during the coronavirus pandemic. With levels of illegal immigration declining considerably, the President and DHS are considering enacting the temporary coronavirus border restrictions on an extended basis to prevent further introduction of the disease into the country.
It’s possible the arrest of two different national groups on the same day suggests the involvement of sophisticated human smuggling rings.


bigleaguepolitics--2020-05-15--Medal of Honor Recipient, Secret Service Agent Ronald Shurer Dies at 41 of Lung Cancer

A distinguished U.S. Army Veteran who was awarded the Medal of Honor for his service in the Afghanistan War and went on to serve as a Secret Service agent died on Thursday .
Ronald Shurer II , 41 , had been diagnosed with lung cancer in 2017 .
Shurer enlisted in the United States Army in 2002 after being initially disqualified from the military due to a medical condition .
The Washington native was trained as a special forces combat medic , and rose in rank to Staff Sergeant by the time he deployed to Afghanistan with the Combined Joint @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Shurer ’ s actions during what ’ s been called the Battle of Shok Valley served as the basis for his eventual Medal of Honor citation .
Shurer ’ s squad came under intense automatic and RPG fire as they were moving through a valley seeking to kill or capture an Islamist warlord .
With his squad pinned down , Shurer moved through intense enemy fire to provide medical treatment to several wounded soldiers , suffering injuries from RPG shrapnel and enemy fire .
His actions proved critical in evacuating multiple wounded Americans @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Trending : Michigan Democrats Turn on Gretchen Whitmer for Putting COVID Patients in Nursing Homes Shurer was initially granted the Silver Star in the aftermath of his Afghanistan Service , but an additional Department of Defense review resulted in the upgrade of his decoration for the incident to the Medal of Honor , the very highest award that the American military can bestow on its personnel .
Shurer received the decoration in a 2018 ceremony from President Donald Trump .
take our poll - story continues below After leaving the Army in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Secret Service during which he served at the White House and in Phoenix , Arizona .
He announced that he had been diagnosed with lung cancer in 2017 , and some recent social media postings suggested that his condition had been worsening .
His family confirmed that he died on Thursday morning .
The distinguished veteran is survived by his wife Melinda and two sons .

Medal of Honor Recipient, Secret Service Agent Ronald Shurer Dies at 41 of Lung Cancer
A distinguished U.S. Army Veteran who was awarded the Medal of Honor for his service in the Afghanistan War and went on to serve as a Secret Service agent died on Thursday. Ronald Shurer II, 41, had been diagnosed with lung cancer in 2017.
Shurer enlisted in the United States Army in 2002 after being initially disqualified from the military due to a medical condition. The Washington native was trained as a special forces combat medic, and rose in rank to Staff Sergeant by the time he deployed to Afghanistan with the Combined Joint Special Operations Task Force in 2007.
Shurer’s actions during what’s been called the Battle of Shok Valley served as the basis for his eventual Medal of Honor citation. Shurer’s squad came under intense automatic and RPG fire as they were moving through a valley seeking to kill or capture an Islamist warlord. With his squad pinned down, Shurer moved through intense enemy fire to provide medical treatment to several wounded soldiers, suffering injuries from RPG shrapnel and enemy fire. His actions proved critical in evacuating multiple wounded Americans from the battlefield to a medevac helicopter.
Shurer was initially granted the Silver Star in the aftermath of his Afghanistan Service, but an additional Department of Defense review resulted in the upgrade of his decoration for the incident to the Medal of Honor, the very highest award that the American military can bestow on its personnel. Shurer received the decoration in a 2018 ceremony from President Donald Trump.
After leaving the Army in 2009, Shurer began a career with the Secret Service during which he served at the White House and in Phoenix, Arizona. He announced that he had been diagnosed with lung cancer in 2017, and some recent social media postings suggested that his condition had been worsening. His family confirmed that he died on Thursday morning.
The distinguished veteran is survived by his wife Melinda and two sons.


bigleaguepolitics--2020-05-15--U.S Grocery Prices Have Skyrocketed By Largest Percentage in 46 Years

Aaron Boyd of Nextgov reported that the Homeland Security Department is in the middle of transferring its central biometric database to the Amazon Web Services GovCloud .
The central biometric database is generally “ used to store , manage and disseminate biometric data on U.S. citizens and foreign nationals.
” Due to numerous advancements in biometric technologies such as iris and facial scans and computing technology , the DHS has opted to update its dated Automated Biometric Identification System , known as IDENT , which was originally set up in 1994 .
In 2015 , the Office of Biometric Identity @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on Homeland Advanced Recognition Technology ( HART ) , which will have new updates and move the whole system into the cloud .
OBIM ’ s transition from IDENT to HART started in 2020 , which included the finalization of a privacy impact assessment for the first phase .
Boyd noted that “ migrating existing data and functionality to the cloud.
” The impact statement was completed and signed in February and then published in May “ to align with the completion of other system requirements , ” a DHS spokesperson informed Nextgov @ @ @ @ @ @ @ below The HART system is being advanced in four phases , or “ increments.
” Increment 1 is centered on infrastructure development and guaranteeing that the data and applications used in IDENT is able to transition smoothly into the cloud .
“ HART Increment 1 implements a new data architecture , which includes conceptual , logical , and physical data models , a data management plan , and physical storage of records where each associated record may have multiple associated biometric modality images , ” the document stated .
This work is being @ @ @ @ @ @ @ contract with Northrop Grumman .
Once the cloud migration is realized , HART will officially become the principal record for national security biometric data .
The aforementioned privacy impact assessment stated the program was on pace to take over by the conclusion of the 2020 fiscal year .
Boyd highlighted how the HART system is expected to function : By the completion of Increment 1 , the new HART system is expected to function the same as the current IDENT system , with the same capabilities , including the ability to match biometric @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to other forms of identity , like Social Security numbers and Alien Numbers .
However , with the new cloud-based architecture , the system will be “ designed for scalability to address projected growth in identity and image data volumes and to accommodate any needs associated with larger files , ” the impact assessment states .
The program office has plans of including new capabilities in Increment 2 , which includes “ increased interoperability with agency partners and improved reporting features.
” “ Increments 3 and 4 will include a web portal and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ modalities , and improved reporting tools , ” in addition to their own privacy impact assessments , the document noted .
Boyd also highlighted how “ OBIM has also issued a request for information for services in Increments 3 and 4 , though the timeline and full procurement strategy are still being fleshed out.
” There ’ s a clear alliance being formed between Big Tech and the government .
Privacy advocates will have to remain vigilant regarding the government ’ s efforts to cooperate with tech companies who have no desire to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ slowly forming and it must be stopped if we want to preserve our freedoms in the 21st century .

U.S Grocery Prices Have Skyrocketed By Largest Percentage in 46 Years
CNBC reported that the prices Americans paid for eggs, meat, cereal, and milk spiked in April as people rushed to grocery stores to stockpile food during the government shutdowns enacted to contain the spread of the Wuhan virus.
On May 12, 2020, the Labor Department reported that the prices paid for groceries spiked by 2.6 percent in April, the largest one-month increase since February 1974. The recent increase in supermarket prices was broad based and affected items from broccoli and ham to oatmeal and tuna.
The price of the meats, poultry, fish and eggs category surged 4.3%, fruits and vegetables swelled 1.5%, cereals and bakery products grew 2.9%, and dairy goods expanded 1.5%.
On the other hand, broader trends in U.S. prices show a 0.8% decrease in prices in April, which represented the largest one-month decrease since 2008 as a decline in oil and gasoline pulled the CPI number down.
“Food price gains were robust as we know there are empty shelves out there,” Peter Boockvar, chief investment officer at Bleakley Advisory Group, said in an email. “Demand we know in most areas of the economy has collapsed and prices are falling in response.”
When eliminating the volatile food and energy sector, the “core” CPI fell 0.4%, the largest slump that took place in 1957.
“In areas where demand has hung in, like ‘food at home’ we have inflation because the supply side has been damaged, whether directly via infected facilities or because of the higher costs of finding freight capacity,” Boockvar continued.


bigleaguepolitics--2020-05-15--President Trump Considering Extension of Strict Coronavirus Border Security Policies

President Donald Trump is considering an extension of protocols deterring illegal immigration enacting during the coronavirus national emergency , according to new reports from the New York Times .
A draft proposal to extend temporary restrictions on illegal travel was published on Wednesday .
“ I am extending the duration of the order until I determine that the danger of further introduction of Covid-19 into the United States has ceased to be a danger to the public health.
” Immigration enforcement agencies such as Customs and Border Patrol have been enforcing rules that strictly deter illegal immigration under Title 42 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ emergency .
The law authorizes the agency to “ expel ” illegal border crossers in a prompt fashion , with the agency remarkably expelling 80 % of illegal immigrants to arrive in the month of April in under two hours .
Trending : Michigan Democrats Turn on Gretchen Whitmer for Putting COVID Patients in Nursing Homes The border enforcement policies during the coronavirus emergency are likely the most strict that the federal government has ever utilized in decades , contributing to a deterrence of illegal immigration that has required nearly a hundred thousand @ @ @ @ @ @ @ agency took in April of 2019 .
The population of federal immigration detention facilities has also declined considerably , with only 150 people detained by the government in April .
take our poll - story continues below Enforcing a strict border security policy that works around the byzantine and convoluted immigration court system may ultimately prove to be in the national interest for the long-term .
A trial run of the approach could be the first step towards codifying a no-tolerance approach for illegal immigration after the pandemic is over .

President Trump Considering Extension of Strict Coronavirus Border Security Policies
President Donald Trump is considering an extension of protocols deterring illegal immigration enacting during the coronavirus national emergency, according to new reports from the New York Times.
A draft proposal to extend temporary restrictions on illegal travel was published on Wednesday. “I am extending the duration of the order until I determine that the danger of further introduction of Covid-19 into the United States has ceased to be a danger to the public health.”
Immigration enforcement agencies such as Customs and Border Patrol have been enforcing rules that strictly deter illegal immigration under Title 42 of the U.S. code during the national emergency. The law authorizes the agency to “expel” illegal border crossers in a prompt fashion, with the agency remarkably expelling 80% of illegal immigrants to arrive in the month of April in under two hours.
The border enforcement policies during the coronavirus emergency are likely the most strict that the federal government has ever utilized in decades, contributing to a deterrence of illegal immigration that has required nearly a hundred thousand less “enforcement actions” than the agency took in April of 2019. The population of federal immigration detention facilities has also declined considerably, with only 150 people detained by the government in April.
Enforcing a strict border security policy that works around the byzantine and convoluted immigration court system may ultimately prove to be in the national interest for the long-term. A trial run of the approach could be the first step towards codifying a no-tolerance approach for illegal immigration after the pandemic is over.


bigleaguepolitics--2020-05-15--Amazon is Forming an Unholy Alliance with the DHS

Aaron Boyd of Nextgov reported that the Homeland Security Department is in the middle of transferring its central biometric database to the Amazon Web Services GovCloud .
The central biometric database is generally “ used to store , manage and disseminate biometric data on U.S. citizens and foreign nationals.
” Due to numerous advancements in biometric technologies such as iris and facial scans and computing technology , the DHS has opted to update its dated Automated Biometric Identification System , known as IDENT , which was originally set up in 1994 .
In 2015 , the Office of Biometric Identity @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on Homeland Advanced Recognition Technology ( HART ) , which will have new updates and move the whole system into the cloud .
Trending : Michigan Democrats Turn on Gretchen Whitmer for Putting COVID Patients in Nursing Homes OBIM ’ s transition from IDENT to HART started in 2020 , which included the finalization of a privacy impact assessment for the first phase .
Boyd noted that “ migrating existing data and functionality to the cloud.
” The impact statement was completed and signed in February and then published in May “ to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ requirements , ” a DHS spokesperson informed Nextgov .
take our poll - story continues below The HART system is being advanced in four phases , or “ increments.
” Increment 1 is centered on infrastructure development and guaranteeing that the data and applications used in IDENT is able to transition smoothly into the cloud .
“ HART Increment 1 implements a new data architecture , which includes conceptual , logical , and physical data models , a data management plan , and physical storage of records where each associated record may have @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the document stated .
This work is being carried out through a $ 95 million contract with Northrop Grumman .
Once the cloud migration is realized , HART will officially become the principal record for national security biometric data .
The aforementioned privacy impact assessment stated the program was on pace to take over by the conclusion of the 2020 fiscal year .
Boyd highlighted how the HART system is expected to function : By the completion of Increment 1 , the new HART system is expected to function the same as the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ capabilities , including the ability to match biometric indicators like face , iris and fingerprints to other forms of identity , like Social Security numbers and Alien Numbers .
However , with the new cloud-based architecture , the system will be “ designed for scalability to address projected growth in identity and image data volumes and to accommodate any needs associated with larger files , ” the impact assessment states .
The program office has plans of including new capabilities in Increment 2 , which includes “ increased interoperability with agency partners and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and 4 will include a web portal and user interface capability , support for additional modalities , and improved reporting tools , ” in addition to their own privacy impact assessments , the document noted .
Boyd also highlighted how “ OBIM has also issued a request for information for services in Increments 3 and 4 , though the timeline and full procurement strategy are still being fleshed out.
” There ’ s a clear alliance being formed between Big Tech and the government .
Privacy advocates will have to remain vigilant regarding @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with tech companies who have no desire to protect privacy .
A corporate dystopia is slowly forming and it must be stopped if we want to preserve our freedoms in the 21st century .

Amazon is Forming an Unholy Alliance with the DHS
Aaron Boyd of Nextgov reported that the Homeland Security Department is in the middle of transferring its central biometric database to the Amazon Web Services GovCloud.
The central biometric database is generally “used to store, manage and disseminate biometric data on U.S. citizens and foreign nationals.”
Due to numerous advancements in biometric technologies such as iris and facial scans and computing technology, the DHS has opted to update its dated Automated Biometric Identification System, known as IDENT, which was originally set up in 1994. In 2015, the Office of Biometric Identity Management (OBIM) started to work on Homeland Advanced Recognition Technology (HART), which will have new updates and move the whole system into the cloud.
OBIM’s transition from IDENT to HART started in 2020, which included the finalization of a privacy impact assessment for the first phase. Boyd noted that “migrating existing data and functionality to the cloud.” The impact statement was completed and signed in February and then published in May “to align with the completion of other system requirements,” a DHS spokesperson informed Nextgov.
The HART system is being advanced in four phases, or “increments.” Increment 1 is centered on infrastructure development and guaranteeing that the data and applications used in IDENT is able to transition smoothly into the cloud.
“HART Increment 1 implements a new data architecture, which includes conceptual, logical, and physical data models, a data management plan, and physical storage of records where each associated record may have multiple associated biometric modality images,” the document stated. This work is being carried out through a $95 million contract with Northrop Grumman.
Once the cloud migration is realized, HART will officially become the principal record for national security biometric data. The aforementioned privacy impact assessment stated the program was on pace to take over by the conclusion of the 2020 fiscal year.
Boyd highlighted how the HART system is expected to function:
By the completion of Increment 1, the new HART system is expected to function the same as the current IDENT system, with the same capabilities, including the ability to match biometric indicators like face, iris and fingerprints to other forms of identity, like Social Security numbers and Alien Numbers. However, with the new cloud-based architecture, the system will be “designed for scalability to address projected growth in identity and image data volumes and to accommodate any needs associated with larger files,” the impact assessment states.
The program office has plans of including new capabilities in Increment 2, which includes “increased interoperability with agency partners and improved reporting features.”
“Increments 3 and 4 will include a web portal and user interface capability, support for additional modalities, and improved reporting tools,” in addition to their own privacy impact assessments, the document noted.
Boyd also highlighted how “OBIM has also issued a request for information for services in Increments 3 and 4, though the timeline and full procurement strategy are still being fleshed out.”
There’s a clear alliance being formed between Big Tech and the government.
Privacy advocates will have to remain vigilant regarding the government’s efforts to cooperate with tech companies who have no desire to protect privacy. A corporate dystopia is slowly forming and it must be stopped if we want to preserve our freedoms in the 21st century.


bigleaguepolitics--2020-05-15--VIDEO: Dana White Devastates New York Times Hack After Successful UFC Pay-Per-View

UFC promoter Dana White has been dogged by fake news reporters for pushing to continue his fights during the coronavirus panic , as they have worked at every turn to stop him from giving his fans what they want .
“ A lot of these media guys are absolute and total f**king scumbags , ” he said last month .
“ As soon as you let them know what you ’ re doing , all they ’ re trying to do is f**k up everything that you ’ ve worked .
So I ’ ve literally told every one of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ I ’ m not telling any of them what I ’ m doing , where I ’ m doing it.
” The push back from fake news hacks and Democrat Party officials eventually forced White to cancel several shows , but he held the ultra successful UFC 249 pay-per-view on May 9 .
They drew a massive 700,000 buys for the event as the public grows more disgusted with the unprecedented shutdown of society .
Trending : Michigan Democrats Turn on Gretchen Whitmer for Putting COVID Patients in Nursing Homes “ We absolutely @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Yahoo Sports via the telephone on Monday .
“ It was a home run by every measure .
The early trends were good and they continued.
” take our poll - story continues below The fake news media is very angry that White was able to hold a successful show despite their complaining .
There have been prominent hit pieces published about the organization in the days following the event .
White ’ s response is classic and shows exactly how an individual or an entity should deal with the fake news vultures @ @ @ @ @ @ @ guy… F**k that guy , ” White said of the New York Times reporter who wrote an article critical of the UFC .
“ You know what happened with that guy ?
That guy , who has never covered the sport ever before , was writing a story about [ UFC parent corporation ] Endeavor… and what do you think happened when this guy who and this paper covered the UFC when they never covered it before ?
What do you think happened ?
F**kin ’ story was huge .
They did killer @ @ @ @ @ @ @ explained how the popularity of his organization was propping up the failing rag that is hemorrhaging money and going bankrupt rapidly .
“ Now they ’ re writing stories three a week , and they ’ re posting live results .
I don ’ t give a s**t what that guy thinks , what he has to say , or what he writes .
Good for him , he ’ s pulling good traffic , ” he added .
“ I don ’ t give a f**k. Don ’ t give a f**k @ @ @ @ @ @ @ rant .
White ’ s legendary rant against the fake news can be seen here : White has set a great example to anyone who must deal with journalistic parasites .
His defiance has put them in their place and humiliated them on a grand scale .

VIDEO: Dana White Devastates New York Times Hack After Successful UFC Pay-Per-View
UFC promoter Dana White has been dogged by fake news reporters for pushing to continue his fights during the coronavirus panic, as they have worked at every turn to stop him from giving his fans what they want.
“A lot of these media guys are absolute and total f**king scumbags,” he said last month. “As soon as you let them know what you’re doing, all they’re trying to do is f**k up everything that you’ve worked. So I’ve literally told every one of these guys to go f**k themselves and I’m not telling any of them what I’m doing, where I’m doing it.”
The push back from fake news hacks and Democrat Party officials eventually forced White to cancel several shows, but he held the ultra successful UFC 249 pay-per-view on May 9. They drew a massive 700,000 buys for the event as the public grows more disgusted with the unprecedented shutdown of society.
“We absolutely destroyed it,” White said to Yahoo Sports via the telephone on Monday. “It was a home run by every measure. The early trends were good and they continued.”
The fake news media is very angry that White was able to hold a successful show despite their complaining. There have been prominent hit pieces published about the organization in the days following the event.
White’s response is classic and shows exactly how an individual or an entity should deal with the fake news vultures when under attack.
“F**k that guy… F**k that guy,” White said of the New York Times reporter who wrote an article critical of the UFC.
“You know what happened with that guy? That guy, who has never covered the sport ever before, was writing a story about [UFC parent corporation] Endeavor… and what do you think happened when this guy who and this paper covered the UFC when they never covered it before? What do you think happened? F**kin’ story was huge. They did killer traffic,” White explained.
White explained how the popularity of his organization was propping up the failing rag that is hemorrhaging money and going bankrupt rapidly.
“Now they’re writing stories three a week, and they’re posting live results. I don’t give a s**t what that guy thinks, what he has to say, or what he writes. Good for him, he’s pulling good traffic,” he added.
“I don’t give a f**k. Don’t give a f**k,” White said to conclude his rant.
White’s legendary rant against the fake news can be seen here:
Dana White off the top rope on @nytimes. Enjoy: pic.twitter.com/IGifkDZbYr — Clay Travis (@ClayTravis) May 14, 2020
White has set a great example to anyone who must deal with journalistic parasites. His defiance has put them in their place and humiliated them on a grand scale.


bigleaguepolitics--2020-05-15--Suspected Burglar with Ahmaud Arbery’s Profile was Reported to Cops Just Days Before His Fatal Shoot

In the days before “ jogger ” Ahmaud Arbery was fatally shot three times in a Georgia street , a suspected burglar was spotted in the area reportedly committing crimes .
34-year-old Travis McMichael , who is being charged with murder and aggravated assault along with his 64-year-old father Gregory McMichael , called in a report of a man fitting Arbery ’ s profile committing burglaries in the Satilla Shores neighborhood near Brunswick in Georgia .
“ I was leaving the neighborhood and I just caught a guy running into a house being built , ” McMichael told the dispatcher @ @ @ @ @ @ @ I turned around , he took off running into the house.
” Trending : Michigan Democrats Turn on Gretchen Whitmer for Putting COVID Patients in Nursing Homes The confrontation happened 12 days later when Arbery lunged at McMichael and attempted to grab his shotgun , which eventually resulted in Arbery being shot to death .
The incident has since become a polarizing issue with many social justice activists alleging racism as the motive behind the incident .
take our poll - story continues below However , there were reports throughout the months prior @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a rash of thefts , trespassing incidents , and other suspicious behavior were occurring .
An infamous video of a man entering a construction site at the dead of night near the area Arbery was shot has harmed the fake news media ’ s “ just a jogger ” narrative that has been used to tear Americans apart : Arbery ’ s family is dedicated to the story that he was just an innocent jogger and did nothing wrong , despite the footage that was captured on various construction sites .
“ Our @ @ @ @ @ @ @ appears to show a person , believed to be Ahmaud Arbery , entering a property under construction , ” a statement from the legal team of the legal team of Arbery ’ s family said .
“ This video is consistent with the evidence already known to us .
Ahmaud Arbery was out for a jog .
He stopped by a property under construction where he engaged in no illegal activity and remained for only a brief period , ” they added .
As iconic right-wing author Michelle Malkin has noted , Arbery @ @ @ @ @ @ @ notorious race hucksters who have been caught staging hoaxes for their anti-white agenda in the past : The Arbery family is being represented by S. Lee Merritt , an attorney with deep ties to King .
King and Merritt are old college friends who have become racial victim scammers together in recent years .
It is entirely plausible that a deceptively edited video could have been released to King to influence the court of public opinion in favor of his client .
Malkin noted that King and Merritt pushed a hate crime hoax @ @ @ @ @ @ @ black lady who accused a white law enforcement officer of raping her in Texas .
King and Merritt crucified the policeman on social media before hours of body camera footage emerged showing that no sexual assault ever occurred .
Dixon-Cole was never prosecuted despite her lies , showing how there is no punishment for perpetrating these cruel exploitative hoaxes .
King has seen no personal or professional consequences within the liberal bubble despite his long history of being a charlatan .
He headlined the Innocence Project ’ s annual gathering in 2019 and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Project .
Merritt was never sanctioned for pushing the hoax and continues to widen racial divides with his lawfare work .
Merritt and King also pushed anti-white hatred while demagoguing the case of Jazmine Barnes , a seven-year-old girl who was gunned down in 2019 .
Merritt became employed as a legal advisor to the Barnes family , and the familiar hoax pattern emerged .
King used social media to put out conspiracy theories that she was murdered in cold blood by a white truck driver and fingered a random man as the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ murder ultimately turned out to be black , and the falsely-accused individual received death threats from hate-filled leftists .
Malkin also drew attention to Benjamin Crump ’ s involvement in this case .
Crump is an infamous race huckster who is currently getting sued regarding how he handled the case against George Zimmerman , who was exonerated in the court of law for the self-defense killing of Trayvon Martin .
Crump published an anti-white book to capitalize on the hysteria of Zimmerman ’ s trial , “ Open Season : Legalized Genocide of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to have been written “ with actual malice knowing the untruth or at a minimum a reckless disregard for the truth.
” Right now , Crump is attempting to cash in on a civil suit against Daniel Holtzclaw , a law enforcement officer who was convicted of sexual assault based on evidence that Malkin considers to be highly dubious .
Malkin noted that Holtzclaw ’ s alleged victims include a convicted felon who described Holtzclaw as a “ short , black man ” when he is in fact 6 ’ 1 , half @ @ @ @ @ @ @ drug-addicted prostitute who referred to Holtzclaw as a “ hot cop ” before claiming he raped her .
Crump is hoping to secure payouts for these individuals , in an example of the racial justice that Black Lives Matter activists are demanding .
Similar to the cases of thugs Trayvon Martin and Mike Brown , it seems the case of Ahmaud Arbery is the new hoax that will be used to divide Americans and inflame certain at-risk groups into violence .

Suspected Burglar with Ahmaud Arbery’s Profile was Reported to Cops Just Days Before His Fatal Shooting
In the days before “jogger” Ahmaud Arbery was fatally shot three times in a Georgia street, a suspected burglar was spotted in the area reportedly committing crimes.
34-year-old Travis McMichael, who is being charged with murder and aggravated assault along with his 64-year-old father Gregory McMichael, called in a report of a man fitting Arbery’s profile committing burglaries in the Satilla Shores neighborhood near Brunswick in Georgia.
“I was leaving the neighborhood and I just caught a guy running into a house being built,” McMichael told the dispatcher when he called 911. “When I turned around, he took off running into the house.”
The confrontation happened 12 days later when Arbery lunged at McMichael and attempted to grab his shotgun, which eventually resulted in Arbery being shot to death. The incident has since become a polarizing issue with many social justice activists alleging racism as the motive behind the incident.
However, there were reports throughout the months prior to Arbery’s death indicating that a rash of thefts, trespassing incidents, and other suspicious behavior were occurring.
An infamous video of a man entering a construction site at the dead of night near the area Arbery was shot has harmed the fake news media’s “just a jogger” narrative that has been used to tear Americans apart:
Arbery’s family is dedicated to the story that he was just an innocent jogger and did nothing wrong, despite the footage that was captured on various construction sites.
“Our office has reviewed the surveillance video which appears to show a person, believed to be Ahmaud Arbery, entering a property under construction,” a statement from the legal team of the legal team of Arbery’s family said.
“This video is consistent with the evidence already known to us. Ahmaud Arbery was out for a jog. He stopped by a property under construction where he engaged in no illegal activity and remained for only a brief period,” they added.
As iconic right-wing author Michelle Malkin has noted, Arbery’s family is represented legally by notorious race hucksters who have been caught staging hoaxes for their anti-white agenda in the past:
The Arbery family is being represented by S. Lee Merritt, an attorney with deep ties to King. King and Merritt are old college friends who have become racial victim scammers together in recent years. It is entirely plausible that a deceptively edited video could have been released to King to influence the court of public opinion in favor of his client. Malkin noted that King and Merritt pushed a hate crime hoax in 2018 about Sherita Dixon-Cole, a black lady who accused a white law enforcement officer of raping her in Texas. King and Merritt crucified the policeman on social media before hours of body camera footage emerged showing that no sexual assault ever occurred. Dixon-Cole was never prosecuted despite her lies, showing how there is no punishment for perpetrating these cruel exploitative hoaxes. King has seen no personal or professional consequences within the liberal bubble despite his long history of being a charlatan. He headlined the Innocence Project’s annual gathering in 2019 and gained employment with the Harvard-affiliated Fair Punishment Project. Merritt was never sanctioned for pushing the hoax and continues to widen racial divides with his lawfare work. Merritt and King also pushed anti-white hatred while demagoguing the case of Jazmine Barnes, a seven-year-old girl who was gunned down in 2019. Merritt became employed as a legal advisor to the Barnes family, and the familiar hoax pattern emerged. King used social media to put out conspiracy theories that she was murdered in cold blood by a white truck driver and fingered a random man as the perpetrator. The individuals responsible for the murder ultimately turned out to be black, and the falsely-accused individual received death threats from hate-filled leftists. Malkin also drew attention to Benjamin Crump’s involvement in this case. Crump is an infamous race huckster who is currently getting sued regarding how he handled the case against George Zimmerman, who was exonerated in the court of law for the self-defense killing of Trayvon Martin. Crump published an anti-white book to capitalize on the hysteria of Zimmerman’s trial, “Open Season: Legalized Genocide of Colored People,” which is alleged to have been written “with actual malice knowing the untruth or at a minimum a reckless disregard for the truth.” Right now, Crump is attempting to cash in on a civil suit against Daniel Holtzclaw, a law enforcement officer who was convicted of sexual assault based on evidence that Malkin considers to be highly dubious. Malkin noted that Holtzclaw’s alleged victims include a convicted felon who described Holtzclaw as a “short, black man” when he is in fact 6’1, half Japanese, and light-skinned; and a drug-addicted prostitute who referred to Holtzclaw as a “hot cop” before claiming he raped her. Crump is hoping to secure payouts for these individuals, in an example of the racial justice that Black Lives Matter activists are demanding.
Similar to the cases of thugs Trayvon Martin and Mike Brown, it seems the case of Ahmaud Arbery is the new hoax that will be used to divide Americans and inflame certain at-risk groups into violence.


bigleaguepolitics--2020-05-15--POLLING: Donald Trump Leads Joe Biden in 15 Different Battleground States

New polling of voters in fifteen different battleground states shows President Donald Trump leading Democrat Joe Biden in the critical states , but trailing nationally .
The polling , conducted by research company SSRS for CNN , revealed that Trump is leading among a survey sample of 583 voters located in the critical states , while trailing nationally to Biden .
Trump leads among battleground state voters by a margin of 52 to 45 % , whereas Biden leads nationally by a margin of 51 to 46 % .
The battleground states where voters were polled were Arizona , Colorado @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Michigan , Minnesota , Nevada , New Hampshire , New Mexico , North Carolina , Ohio , Pennsylvania , Virginia and Wisconsin .
Trending : Michigan Democrats Turn on Gretchen Whitmer for Putting COVID Patients in Nursing Homes The varying polling results in battleground and national settings suggest the 2020 election could possibly be determined by the electoral college , in a situation where the candidate that wins the popular vote does not win the election .
Democrats have become harsh critics of the electoral college system in recent years , generally neglecting @ @ @ @ @ @ @ system in which conservative voters in Democrat-dominated states have much greater incentive to vote for President would result in different electoral outcomes .
take our poll - story continues below The battleground polling suggests that Tara Reade ’ s allegation of sexual assault against Joe Biden has damaged his standing in national polls , with Biden ’ s solid lead declining from nearly a double-digit margin in recent weeks .
Trump also led Biden with independents , by a margin of 50 to 46 % .

POLLING: Donald Trump Leads Joe Biden in 15 Different Battleground States
New polling of voters in fifteen different battleground states shows President Donald Trump leading Democrat Joe Biden in the critical states, but trailing nationally.
The polling, conducted by research company SSRS for CNN, revealed that Trump is leading among a survey sample of 583 voters located in the critical states, while trailing nationally to Biden. Trump leads among battleground state voters by a margin of 52 to 45%, whereas Biden leads nationally by a margin of 51 to 46%.
The battleground states where voters were polled were Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia and Wisconsin.
The varying polling results in battleground and national settings suggest the 2020 election could possibly be determined by the electoral college, in a situation where the candidate that wins the popular vote does not win the election. Democrats have become harsh critics of the electoral college system in recent years, generally neglecting to recognize that a popular vote election system in which conservative voters in Democrat-dominated states have much greater incentive to vote for President would result in different electoral outcomes.
The battleground polling suggests that Tara Reade’s allegation of sexual assault against Joe Biden has damaged his standing in national polls, with Biden’s solid lead declining from nearly a double-digit margin in recent weeks.
Trump also led Biden with independents, by a margin of 50 to 46%.


bigleaguepolitics--2020-05-15--Former Congressional Candidate and YouTuber Joey Salads is Booted Off Twitter

Allum Bokhari reported that Joey Saladino , who is known more for his YouTube persona Joey Salads , was recently banned by Twitter .
Saladino recently ran for office as a Republican in New York ’ s 11th congressional district .
A Twitter spokeswoman informed Breitbart News that Saladino was banned for supposed “ platform manipulation.
” The spokeswoman did not provide specifics in terms of the acts that violated the policy .
Trending : Michigan Democrats Turn on Gretchen Whitmer for Putting COVID Patients in Nursing Homes Saladino currently hosts the Raging Patriot podcast on YouTube and has announced @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
take our poll - story continues below He is of the opinion that the Twitter ban would hurt his voter outreach efforts in the future .
“ I was wanting to build my Twitter up , my social media up over the next few years , run for office again with millions of political followers .
I was on the track for that .
Can ’ t do that anymore , ” Salads revealed in a YouTube video .
Saladino claimed he was getting about 200 million impressions on his Twitter account @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ This screws me up… I was using all of those followers , pushing them over to this YouTube account , pushing them over to my podcast .
And now , guess what , I ’ m screwed — because I ’ m not going to be able to grow anymore .
I was relying on Twitter for my growth .
The YouTube algorithm sucked , the Facebook algorithm sucks.
” Saladino said that if Twitter doesn ’ t fix the issue , he would file a lawsuit against the company .
“ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to some people to see if we can get this fixed , hopefully .
If not , then I guess I ’ ll have to go through with a lawsuit because I wouldn ’ t really have much of a choice.
” Despite being banned from Twitter , Saladino ’ s podcast can still be accessed on Apple , Spotify , and Google Play .
Saladino explained his situation in the video below :

Former Congressional Candidate and YouTuber Joey Salads is Booted Off Twitter
Allum Bokhari reported that Joey Saladino, who is known more for his YouTube persona Joey Salads, was recently banned by Twitter.
Saladino recently ran for office as a Republican in New York’s 11th congressional district.
A Twitter spokeswoman informed Breitbart News that Saladino was banned for supposed “platform manipulation.” The spokeswoman did not provide specifics in terms of the acts that violated the policy.
Saladino currently hosts the Raging Patriot podcast on YouTube and has announced his intentions for running for office again.
He is of the opinion that the Twitter ban would hurt his voter outreach efforts in the future.
“I was wanting to build my Twitter up, my social media up over the next few years, run for office again with millions of political followers. I was on the track for that. Can’t do that anymore,” Salads revealed in a YouTube video.
Saladino claimed he was getting about 200 million impressions on his Twitter account per month before he was banned.
“This screws me up… I was using all of those followers, pushing them over to this YouTube account, pushing them over to my podcast. And now, guess what, I’m screwed — because I’m not going to be able to grow anymore. I was relying on Twitter for my growth. The YouTube algorithm sucked, the Facebook algorithm sucks.”
Saladino said that if Twitter doesn’t fix the issue, he would file a lawsuit against the company.
“I’m trying to reach out to some people to see if we can get this fixed, hopefully. If not, then I guess I’ll have to go through with a lawsuit because I wouldn’t really have much of a choice.”
Despite being banned from Twitter, Saladino’s podcast can still be accessed on Apple, Spotify, and Google Play.
Saladino explained his situation in the video below:


bigleaguepolitics--2020-05-15--Michigan Democrats Turn on Gretchen Whitmer for Putting COVID Patients in Nursing Homes

Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer ’ s heavy-handed authoritarian governance has made her a pariah throughout the state , and Democrats are starting to become frustrated with her leadership as a result .
State representative Leslie Love ( D-Detroit ) is flabbergasted over Whitmer ’ s order to send coronavirus patients into nursing homes , which has resulted in an untold number of unnecessary deaths by putting the most vulnerable population at needless risk .
“ To return seniors into an environment , seniors with the virus still recovering from the virus , into an environment with , well , seniors @ @ @ @ @ @ @ it ’ s not a good idea , ” Love said .
Whitmer made an executive order in April that mandated seniors diagnosed with COVID-19 to be placed into nursing homes , called “ regional hubs , ” to be around other healthy seniors .
State officials claim that the policy is effective because of distance requirements that are required between the healthy and unhealthy seniors .
take our poll - story continues below “ It ’ s a good move , a good step to make these regional hubs , and I @ @ @ @ @ @ @ have to look at making sure we ’ re really implementing best practices , looking to other best practices across the state , ” Chief Medical Executive Joneigh S. Khaldun said .
Initially , the state wanted to put the sick seniors at the TCF Center in Detroit but that became untenable after the site was shut down .
This meant seniors with coronavirus were put into nursing homes among the vulnerable instead .
Love is worried about individuals in nursing homes throughout the state , including her 86-year-old mother , catching the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ my heart because I ’ ve been on the front lines of this , trying to make sure our seniors — my mother , your mother , anybody else ’ s mother — does not get sick and die from this , particularly if they ’ re in a nursing home , ” Love said .
Love isn ’ t the only Democrat lawmaker who is angry with Whitmer over her response to the coronavirus pandemic .
State representative Karen Whitsett ( D-Detroit ) has had contentious words with Whitmer because she dared @ @ @ @ @ @ @ saved her life .
“ There ’ s so much more to this story , and it ’ s shameful on the Democratic Party , ” Whitsett said last month .
“ Let ’ s be serious and use some common sense here.
” “ The resources we ’ re supposed to have he told me quite frankly are supposed to come from the Governor and the Governor is not painting the same picture to him or the Vice President , ” she added .
“ I believe this is the Governor .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ to slap me on the wrist by silencing me .
It ’ s a shame that she ’ s doing this .
It ’ s politics at its best.
” Whitmer ’ s mismanagement of the coronavirus borders on criminal and should disqualify her from vice presidential contention completely .

Michigan Democrats Turn on Gretchen Whitmer for Putting COVID Patients in Nursing Homes
Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer’s heavy-handed authoritarian governance has made her a pariah throughout the state, and Democrats are starting to become frustrated with her leadership as a result.
State representative Leslie Love (D-Detroit) is flabbergasted over Whitmer’s order to send coronavirus patients into nursing homes, which has resulted in an untold number of unnecessary deaths by putting the most vulnerable population at needless risk.
“To return seniors into an environment, seniors with the virus still recovering from the virus, into an environment with, well, seniors, just didn’t seem — it’s not a good idea,” Love said.
Whitmer made an executive order in April that mandated seniors diagnosed with COVID-19 to be placed into nursing homes, called “regional hubs,” to be around other healthy seniors. State officials claim that the policy is effective because of distance requirements that are required between the healthy and unhealthy seniors.
“It’s a good move, a good step to make these regional hubs, and I think as we move forward, we have to look at making sure we’re really implementing best practices, looking to other best practices across the state,” Chief Medical Executive Joneigh S. Khaldun said.
Initially, the state wanted to put the sick seniors at the TCF Center in Detroit but that became untenable after the site was shut down. This meant seniors with coronavirus were put into nursing homes among the vulnerable instead.
Love is worried about individuals in nursing homes throughout the state, including her 86-year-old mother, catching the highly-infectious disease.
“That would break my heart because I’ve been on the front lines of this, trying to make sure our seniors — my mother, your mother, anybody else’s mother — does not get sick and die from this, particularly if they’re in a nursing home,” Love said.
Love isn’t the only Democrat lawmaker who is angry with Whitmer over her response to the coronavirus pandemic. State representative Karen Whitsett (D-Detroit) has had contentious words with Whitmer because she dared to credit President Donald Trump after hydroxychloroquine saved her life.
“There’s so much more to this story, and it’s shameful on the Democratic Party,” Whitsett said last month. “Let’s be serious and use some common sense here.”
“The resources we’re supposed to have he told me quite frankly are supposed to come from the Governor and the Governor is not painting the same picture to him or the Vice President,” she added. “I believe this is the Governor. She has decided that she is going to slap me on the wrist by silencing me. It’s a shame that she’s doing this. It’s politics at its best.”
Whitmer’s mismanagement of the coronavirus borders on criminal and should disqualify her from vice presidential contention completely.


bigleaguepolitics--2020-05-15--Fresno City Council President Blames ‘White Nationalists’ After Attacking a BLACK Conservative on Vi

A contentious video has gone viral of a Fresno City Council President Miguel Arias assaulting conservative activists who confronted him outside of his apartment .
The video can be seen here : Trending : Michigan Democrats Turn on Gretchen Whitmer for Putting COVID Patients in Nursing Homes take our poll - story continues below An in-depth report about the confrontation can be viewed here : Arias is being charged with three counts of misdemeanor battery because of his thuggish behavior demonstrated in the video .
Pathetically , he has attempted to blame his brutish actions on supposed white nationalists .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ situation if our kids were just a few feet away while a mob of grown men approached our front door ?
” Arias asked in a statement .
“ The leaders of this group are self-proclaimed white nationalists known to be armed , and have previously made threats against me .
Keeping my family safe is priority number one , and this group intended to intimidate , not dialogue , ” he added .
The only problem with Arias ’ story is that one of the activists who he battered on video is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ characterization of them as white nationalists is severely off-base .
The group Arias is referring to is called “ Frontline America , ” which was founded by Ben Bergquam .
Bergquam does not call himself a white nationalist , but instead refers to himself as a “ Christian conservative husband , father , son , and brother who loves this country and the values it was founded on ” and “ an unashamed , politically incorrect , social conservative that believes that abortion is murder , homosexuality is sin , and transgenderism is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the protesters were guilty of trespassing , although there is no visual evidence backing up his story .
“ I asked him to leave , I told him this wasn ’ t the place , this was my home , and he refused to do it , so I moved him out of the way and I escorted him down the stairs , ” Arias said .
“ Folks didn ’ t want to give way to my private property , so I moved them out of the way.
” Frontline America activists @ @ @ @ @ @ @ his home , and he had a polite and cordial discussion with the conservative protesters .
“ A group of 20-25 people protesting the City ’ s shelter in place came to my house this evening .
When they arrived , I went out to answer their questions and we had a peaceful discussion on my sidewalk .
After ten minutes , they left and I went back inside , ” Brand said .
Arias appears to believe that crying about non-existent white nationalism will allow him to behave like a common thug @ @ @ @ @ @ @ he may find out otherwise .

Fresno City Council President Blames ‘White Nationalists’ After Attacking a BLACK Conservative on Video
A contentious video has gone viral of a Fresno City Council President Miguel Arias assaulting conservative activists who confronted him outside of his apartment.
The video can be seen here:
Wow. Things are getting a little out of hand in Fresno… Fresno City Council President clashed with conservative activists outside his apartment. pic.twitter.com/DAEwgaeQ1M — Veronica Miracle (@ABC7Veronica) May 13, 2020
An in-depth report about the confrontation can be viewed here:
Fresno City Council President Miguel Arias is charged with 3 counts of misdemeanor battery after shoving members of the group Frontline America who showed up at his apartment. That group of conservative activists runs a YouTube channel & Facebook media page & often hosts protests pic.twitter.com/4NjKh0ptfk — Marie Edinger KMPH (@MarieEdinger) May 13, 2020
Arias is being charged with three counts of misdemeanor battery because of his thuggish behavior demonstrated in the video. Pathetically, he has attempted to blame his brutish actions on supposed white nationalists.
“What would anyone do in this situation if our kids were just a few feet away while a mob of grown men approached our front door?” Arias asked in a statement.
“The leaders of this group are self-proclaimed white nationalists known to be armed, and have previously made threats against me. Keeping my family safe is priority number one, and this group intended to intimidate, not dialogue,” he added.
The only problem with Arias’ story is that one of the activists who he battered on video is a black man, suggesting that his characterization of them as white nationalists is severely off-base.
The group Arias is referring to is called “Frontline America,” which was founded by Ben Bergquam. Bergquam does not call himself a white nationalist, but instead refers to himself as a “Christian conservative husband, father, son, and brother who loves this country and the values it was founded on” and “an unashamed, politically incorrect, social conservative that believes that abortion is murder, homosexuality is sin, and transgenderism is insane.”
Arias is also claiming that the protesters were guilty of trespassing, although there is no visual evidence backing up his story.
“I asked him to leave, I told him this wasn’t the place, this was my home, and he refused to do it, so I moved him out of the way and I escorted him down the stairs,” Arias said. “Folks didn’t want to give way to my private property, so I moved them out of the way.”
Frontline America activists also confronted Fresno Mayor Lee Brand at his home, and he had a polite and cordial discussion with the conservative protesters.
“A group of 20-25 people protesting the City’s shelter in place came to my house this evening. When they arrived, I went out to answer their questions and we had a peaceful discussion on my sidewalk. After ten minutes, they left and I went back inside,” Brand said.
Arias appears to believe that crying about non-existent white nationalism will allow him to behave like a common thug. When he goes to trial, he may find out otherwise.


bigleaguepolitics--2020-05-16--Felon Given Coronavirus Jailbreak Arrested, Charged With First Degree Murder

In a press conference on May 12 , Governor Jay Inslee unveiled plans for a statewide contact tracing initiative .
“ [ The initiative ] is robust , it is vigorous and it is comprehensive , and it needs to be all three to be successful , ” Inslee declared .
“ If we do not succeed in this second stage of our efforts , this virus could come bright back and bite us.
” Inslee claimed that the state has achieved early success in its fight against the Wuhan virus .
This tracing initiative represents the next phase of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Wuhan virus ’ spread .
Initially , social distancing was the main tool against the virus .
Once the state starts making attempts to open the economy , contact tracing and isolation of individuals who test positive will be the next phase of the state ’ s plan .
“ If this is successful , it will allow us to open our economy , ” Inslee said .
“ This next stage… actually will be more difficult , and its success will depend on both the state and local public health officials @ @ @ @ @ @ @ committed to this effort to help their community.
” take our poll - story continues below Inslee ’ s plan was titled “ Contact Tracing : Box in The Virus.
” Contact tracing consists of interviewing people who tested positive for the Wuhan virus in order to identify who they ’ ve been in contact with .
From there , those close contacts will be tested and then instructed to isolate themselves and their immediate families .
Per the governor ’ s recommendations , people must self-quarantine for 14 days once they experience @ @ @ @ @ @ @ closely interacted with infected individuals will be subject to quarantines until they receive negative tests , even if they did not test positive or demonstrate symptoms .
Contact tracers will inform those who may have caught the Wuhan virus within 24 to 48 hours of receiving a positive test result .
This entire effort will be a partnership between local health districts and the Washington State Department of health .
Individuals should quarantine immediately upon first symptoms and stay quarantined until receiving a negative test result .
As for businesses and individuals who @ @ @ @ @ @ @ said that they will face punishment in civil or criminal court .
In a video of the press conference , one reporter inquired : “ When it comes to contact tracing , how are you guys going to handle people or families who want to refuse to test or to self isolate ?
If they want to leave their home to get groceries I know you ’ ve said they can ’ t do that ; how will you make sure they don ’ t ?
“ We will have attached to the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ check in with them to see what they need on a daily basis… and help them .
If they can ’ t get a friend to do their grocery shopping , we will help get them groceries in some fashion .
If they need pharmaceuticals to be picked up , we will make sure they get their pharmaceuticals… That ’ s going to help encourage them to maintain their isolation too .
As far as refusal , it just shouldn ’ t come to that , and it really hasn ’ t .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ when we ask people to isolate , and they ’ ve done so in really high percentages , so we ’ re happy about that , and we believe that will continue .
Mario Lotmore of the Lynnwood Times noted the following : Therefore , those individuals that refuse to cooperate with contact tracers and/or refuse testing , those individuals will not be allowed to leave their homes to purchase basic necessities such as groceries and/or prescriptions .
Those persons will need to make arrangements through friends , family , or a state @ @ @ @ @ @ @

Felon Given Coronavirus Jailbreak Arrested, Charged With First Degree Murder
A Colorado convict who was freed from prison while serving a seven-year sentence for armed robbery has been arrested and charged with first-degree murder in the death of a Denver woman named Heather Perry.
Perry’s body was found in an alleyway. Police used surveillance camera footage to track Cornelius Haney to the crime scene. Haney had only been out of the state correctional system for less than a month before being arrested and charged with the crime. He’s also facing charges of illegal possession of a weapon, theft, and second-degree kidnapping.
Colorado Democratic Governor Jared Polis issued a statement on Perry’s release, admitting that the man was freed from the state correctional system as a result of his coronavirus jailbreak executive order, but making an excuse out of his supposedly imminent release from prison through the state parole system.
“Mr. Haney was released due to special needs parole criteria. When looking at special needs parole criteria, the Department of Corrections’ medical staff reviews offenders for risk factors related to COVID… Haney had a mandatory release date of 8-22-2020 and would have been required to be released at that time regardless of the Parole Board decision.”
Haney isn’t the first criminal to utilize his coronavirus jailbreak opportunity to allegedly commit crimes. A California sex offender who was released from the Orange County jail system despite a warning from a prosecutor that he was a “high risk” offender was busted for exposing himself to staff members at a parole system. There are even more risky sex offenders who have been released in the county.
At this point, there have been enough jailbreaks from state and county officials in response to the coronavirus pandemic. The corrections system is essential to keep duly tried and convicted criminals separated from the public, and it’s time that authorities refocus upon its purpose.


bigleaguepolitics--2020-05-16--LEARN TO CODE: Fake News Outlets Fire Hundreds of Employees Over the Past Week Due to Coronavirus

The fake news outlets that have been cheering on state-wide quarantines and submission to shutdown policies may be unwittingly supporting their own demise .
Just over the past week , outlets such as BuzzFeed , VICE , The Economist and Quartz have had to lay off hundreds of workers .
Journalists on Twitter are bemoaning the death of their racket , which they value as being more important than the livelihoods of millions of other Americans who are suffering during the pandemic .
Vice Media , which was once ridiculously overvalued to the tune of $ 5.7 billion , suffered @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
The notoriously crass and foul outlet is feeling the pinch as nobody wants to read about transgender dildo roller derby during a legitimate crisis .
“ Currently , our digital organization accounts for around 50 percent of our headcount costs , but only brings in about 21 percent of our revenue , ” chief executive Nancy Dubuc said in a memo .
“ Looking at our business holistically , this imbalance needed to be addressed for the long-term health of our company.
” “ Publishing right now is difficult across the whole @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the pandemic has intensified the tensions we all know exist between publishing and advertising , ” she wrote .
While the media industry is going broke , there is a rising tide of populist anger against fake news journalists who have deceived the people throughout the coronavirus crisis and driven the population into mass hysteria with their biased and irresponsible reporting .
The coronavirus may be accelerating the effects , but Big League Politics has been reporting on the death of the fake news media for many years : The massive communications conglomerate @ @ @ @ @ @ @ HuffPost , the liberal news entity that was once seen as being on the cutting edge of the digital news landscape before waning substantially in recent years .
AOL bought HuffPost back in 2011 for $ 315 million , and then Verizon gained control over the leftist news site after they acquired AOL in 2015 for a stunning $ 4.4 billion .
They are now looking to dump it as the public grows weary of fake news , particularly the site ’ s biased and deceptive coverage against President Donald Trump .
Verizon @ @ @ @ @ @ @ $ 315 million that AOL paid for the site back when investors believed that leftist media entities had value .
The correction in the marketplace has been sharp , and Verizon is learning that the hard way .
They had to unload the leftist-dominated social media site , Tumblr for under $ 20 million in August after inheriting it following the purchase of Yahoo for $ 4.7 billion in 2017 .
Yahoo had paid a whopping $ 1.1 billion for Tumblr in 2013 .
The news comes after industry-wide layoffs have shaken the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ one of many digital media entities to take a massive hit .
BuzzFeed and Vice are two other outlets that have had to downsize substantially this year .
It may be time for these obsolete propaganda writers to learn to code .

LEARN TO CODE: Fake News Outlets Fire Hundreds of Employees Over the Past Week Due to Coronavirus
The fake news outlets that have been cheering on state-wide quarantines and submission to shutdown policies may be unwittingly supporting their own demise.
Just over the past week, outlets such as BuzzFeed, VICE, The Economist and Quartz have had to lay off hundreds of workers. Journalists on Twitter are bemoaning the death of their racket, which they value as being more important than the livelihoods of millions of other Americans who are suffering during the pandemic.
This was such a horrible week. Condé Nast: 100 layoffs + 100 furloughs
BuzzFeed: ~ 20 furloughs
Quartz: 80 layoffs
Vice: 155 layoffs
The Economist: 90 layoffs 335 media jobs eliminated. 120 jobs tbd … — Kerry Flynn ???? (@kerrymflynn) May 15, 2020
Vice Media, which was once ridiculously overvalued to the tune of $5.7 billion, suffered the worst losses over the past week. The notoriously crass and foul outlet is feeling the pinch as nobody wants to read about transgender dildo roller derby during a legitimate crisis.
“Currently, our digital organization accounts for around 50 percent of our headcount costs, but only brings in about 21 percent of our revenue,” chief executive Nancy Dubuc said in a memo. “Looking at our business holistically, this imbalance needed to be addressed for the long-term health of our company.”
“Publishing right now is difficult across the whole industry — plain and simple — and the pandemic has intensified the tensions we all know exist between publishing and advertising,” she wrote.
While the media industry is going broke, there is a rising tide of populist anger against fake news journalists who have deceived the people throughout the coronavirus crisis and driven the population into mass hysteria with their biased and irresponsible reporting.
The level of anger directed at the media from these protestors was alarming. As always, I will tell a fair and unbiased story today. pic.twitter.com/5jCR0YY9VH — Kevin Vesey (@KevinVesey) May 14, 2020
The coronavirus may be accelerating the effects, but Big League Politics has been reporting on the death of the fake news media for many years:
The massive communications conglomerate, Verizon is reportedly scrambling to unload HuffPost, the liberal news entity that was once seen as being on the cutting edge of the digital news landscape before waning substantially in recent years. AOL bought HuffPost back in 2011 for $315 million, and then Verizon gained control over the leftist news site after they acquired AOL in 2015 for a stunning $4.4 billion. They are now looking to dump it as the public grows weary of fake news, particularly the site’s biased and deceptive coverage against President Donald Trump. Verizon should expect to get nowhere near the $315 million that AOL paid for the site back when investors believed that leftist media entities had value. The correction in the marketplace has been sharp, and Verizon is learning that the hard way. They had to unload the leftist-dominated social media site, Tumblr for under $20 million in August after inheriting it following the purchase of Yahoo for $4.7 billion in 2017. Yahoo had paid a whopping $1.1 billion for Tumblr in 2013. The news comes after industry-wide layoffs have shaken the fake news industry, with HuffPost being one of many digital media entities to take a massive hit. BuzzFeed and Vice are two other outlets that have had to downsize substantially this year.
It may be time for these obsolete propaganda writers to learn to code.


bigleaguepolitics--2020-05-16--Sensing He Would Take More Votes From Biden Than Trump, Justin Amash Bows Out of Presidential Race

Rep. Justin Amash ( L-MI ) has officially reneged on his plan to run for the presidency on a Libertarian Party ( LP ) ticket , declaring that he would not seek to be on their presidential ticket .
He made the announcement today via a long thread on Twitter in which he attempted to rationalize decision to his deluded followers : Trending : Michigan Democrats Turn on Gretchen Whitmer for Putting COVID Patients in Nursing Homes take our poll - story continues below “ I ’ ve spent nearly three weeks assessing the race , appearing in media , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Libertarian Party ’ s convention plan unfold , and gathering feedback from family , friends , and other advisers , ” Amash wrote in a subsequent tweet .
“ After much reflection , I ’ ve concluded that circumstances don ’ t lend themselves to my success as a candidate for president this year , and therefore I will not be a candidate , ” he added .
It is likely that Amash realized that he would pull no voters away from Trump after spending years of pandering to the Left and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
He made a bunch of excuses for cowering out of the race on Twitter .
“ The new reality of social distancing levels the playing field among the candidates in many respects , but it also means lesser known candidates are more dependent on adequate media opportunities to reach people , ” he wrote in a Tweet .
“ Today , most Americans are understandably more interested in what life will look like tomorrow than they are in broader policy debates , and news coverage has reflected those priorities .
At the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ an idled economy will hinder advertising , ” Amash added .
Even though Amash has effectively screwed the Libertarians , he continues to pay lip service to their fledgling party , which has virtually zero accomplishments in nearly five decades of existence .
“ The Libertarian Party ’ s national committee members and delegates have worked diligently to organize the national convention , but lingering uncertainty regarding ratification of online voting , the feasibility of 50-state ballot access and related legal challenges , and unity after the nomination have also weighed heavily on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ as a party to ensure we maximize our potential , ” he wrote .
“ If you aren ’ t already a member of the [ national LP ] , I encourage you to join me in becoming one so we can continue working together toward freedom , peace , and prosperity , ” Amash tweeted to conclude his monologue .
Amash has gone from a rising star in the Republican Party to a national laughingstock due to his terminal case of Trump Derangement Syndrome .
The LP is where this loser belongs @

Sensing He Would Take More Votes From Biden Than Trump, Justin Amash Bows Out of Presidential Race
Rep. Justin Amash (L-MI) has officially reneged on his plan to run for the presidency on a Libertarian Party (LP) ticket, declaring that he would not seek to be on their presidential ticket.
He made the announcement today via a long thread on Twitter in which he attempted to rationalize decision to his deluded followers:
Thanks for your support as I’ve been exploring a run for president as the potential nominee of the Libertarian Party. — Justin Amash (@justinamash) May 16, 2020
“I’ve spent nearly three weeks assessing the race, appearing in media, talking to delegates and donors, watching the Libertarian Party’s convention plan unfold, and gathering feedback from family, friends, and other advisers,” Amash wrote in a subsequent tweet.
“After much reflection, I’ve concluded that circumstances don’t lend themselves to my success as a candidate for president this year, and therefore I will not be a candidate,” he added.
It is likely that Amash realized that he would pull no voters away from Trump after spending years of pandering to the Left and alienating his former supporters on the Right. He made a bunch of excuses for cowering out of the race on Twitter.
“The new reality of social distancing levels the playing field among the candidates in many respects, but it also means lesser known candidates are more dependent on adequate media opportunities to reach people,” he wrote in a Tweet.
“Today, most Americans are understandably more interested in what life will look like tomorrow than they are in broader policy debates, and news coverage has reflected those priorities. At the same time, fundraising challenges posed by an idled economy will hinder advertising,” Amash added.
Even though Amash has effectively screwed the Libertarians, he continues to pay lip service to their fledgling party, which has virtually zero accomplishments in nearly five decades of existence.
“The Libertarian Party’s national committee members and delegates have worked diligently to organize the national convention, but lingering uncertainty regarding ratification of online voting, the feasibility of 50-state ballot access and related legal challenges, and unity after the nomination have also weighed heavily on me. We must address these issues as a party to ensure we maximize our potential,” he wrote.
“If you aren’t already a member of the [national LP], I encourage you to join me in becoming one so we can continue working together toward freedom, peace, and prosperity,” Amash tweeted to conclude his monologue.
Amash has gone from a rising star in the Republican Party to a national laughingstock due to his terminal case of Trump Derangement Syndrome. The LP is where this loser belongs.


bigleaguepolitics--2020-05-16--Twitter Removes Michelle Malkin Anti-Censorship Video From Platform Immediately After Trump Retweet

President Donald Trump re-tweeted a video from right-wing pundit Michelle Malkin on Saturday morning , and the video was immediately censored and removed by Twitter to prevent the anti-censorship message from going viral .
Trending : Michigan Democrats Turn on Gretchen Whitmer for Putting COVID Patients in Nursing Homes Malkin called out Twitter as a result of their blatant censorship campaign : The clip was from Malkin ’ s appearance at the America First Political Action Conference ( AFPAC ) , which was held concurrently with the Conservative Political Action Conference ( CPAC ) in February .
Malkin has been @ @ @ @ @ @ @ CPAC for speaking out on issues like immigration and demographics that corporate-bought “ conservatives ” would rather sweep under the rug .
“ And I have to say that these days I ’ m not merely worried about my ability to do that and my fellow patriots to be able to do that , ” Malkin said , referring to being able to freely communicate on social media platforms .
“ I ’ m terrified .
I ’ ve witnessed friends and allies stripped of their platforms and their reputations and their voices @ @ @ @ @ @ @ social media .
When I planted my little flag in the social media world on the internet almost 20 years ago , I never thought that I ’ d have to wake up one day and wonder if my entire website was going to be unplugged because of an opinion I expressed , ” she added .
The Twitter user @ af_clips has re-posted the video of Malkin ’ s speech after Twitter egregiously censored the post : Pro-censorship commissars from the Left and the Right are already whining that Trump retweeted Malkin @ @ @ @ @ @ @ society for her unabashed right-wing beliefs .
Big League Politics has reported on the conspiracy to silence Malkin due to her unwillingness to toe the line for Official Conservatism™ : Conservative trailblazer has been feeling the heat after giving a talk at the America First PAC conference that ran parallel to the Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington , D.C on Friday , February 28 , 2020 .
Soon accusations of anti-Semitism and white supremacy were hurled at the Filipino American woman simply for advocating immigration restriction and questioning America ’ s relationship @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to throw Malkin under the bus .
Bethany Mandel , editor of the conservative website Ricochet , penned an article titled “ The Fall of Michelle Malkin ” , which questioned Malkin ’ s recent controversial statements on immigration and why U.S. taxpayers subsidize Israel to the tune of billions .
After Mandel posted this piece on Twitter , Antonia Okafor , the Director of Outreach for Gun Owners of America , responded to Mandel ’ s tweet .
Okafor Tweeted , “ Ha !
It took this article for me to realize @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a Republican group here in Colorado from almost hiring her to speak .
We have nothing to stand on if we can not stand for the Truth .
They have the freedom to speak but not to identify as Republicans.
” Malkin quote tweeted Okafor , stating “ This woman , whose # 2a work I praised , reveals that she stopped a Republican group from inviting me to speak in my adopted state of Colorado .
Nice work , Keeper is the Gate .
If you think you pounded the final nail @ @ @ @ @ @ @ lot to learn , hon.
” Okafor has done impressive work with the organization she founded EmPOWERed , which is now a project of Gun Owners of America .
This organization is dedicated to teaching women about how to properly exercise their Second Amendment rights .
However , this decision to keep Malkin from speaking is another example of conservative gatekeeping .
As controversial as Malkin ’ s ideas may be , they should still be engaged with .
Especially when considering how interconnected immigration is with Second Amendment policy .
The boost @ @ @ @ @ @ @ President has left many faux-conservatives with egg on their face , and Twitter ’ s immediate censorship of her message has only proven her point further .

Twitter Removes Michelle Malkin Anti-Censorship Video From Platform Immediately After Trump Retweet
President Donald Trump re-tweeted a video from right-wing pundit Michelle Malkin on Saturday morning, and the video was immediately censored and removed by Twitter to prevent the anti-censorship message from going viral.
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1261626674686447621
Malkin called out Twitter as a result of their blatant censorship campaign:
The clip was from Malkin’s appearance at the America First Political Action Conference (AFPAC), which was held concurrently with the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in February.
Malkin has been blacklisted from Conservative Inc. groups such as CPAC for speaking out on issues like immigration and demographics that corporate-bought “conservatives” would rather sweep under the rug.
“And I have to say that these days I’m not merely worried about my ability to do that and my fellow patriots to be able to do that,” Malkin said, referring to being able to freely communicate on social media platforms.
“I’m terrified. I’ve witnessed friends and allies stripped of their platforms and their reputations and their voices. Some can no longer communicate on social media. When I planted my little flag in the social media world on the internet almost 20 years ago, I never thought that I’d have to wake up one day and wonder if my entire website was going to be unplugged because of an opinion I expressed,” she added.
The Twitter user @af_clips has re-posted the video of Malkin’s speech after Twitter egregiously censored the post:
Twitter deleted this tweet after @realDonaldTrump shared it. Censorship in America is out of control! pic.twitter.com/LBBaFiG0By — America First Clips ????????☝???? (@af_clips) May 16, 2020
Pro-censorship commissars from the Left and the Right are already whining that Trump retweeted Malkin, who has been unpersoned by polite society for her unabashed right-wing beliefs.
Michelle Malkin is alt right and the president is retweeting her because that’s where we are. Hope it was worth it for the those conservative judges and tax cuts. https://t.co/XooIuBkKws — Molly Jong-Fast???? (@MollyJongFast) May 16, 2020
Michelle Malkin, whom Trump is defending and publicizing below, has been de-platformed by groups including Fox News and Young Americans for Freedom pic.twitter.com/x9A11GQOGE — David Frum (@davidfrum) May 16, 2020
Big League Politics has reported on the conspiracy to silence Malkin due to her unwillingness to toe the line for Official Conservatism™:
Conservative trailblazer has been feeling the heat after giving a talk at the America First PAC conference that ran parallel to the Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington, D.C on Friday, February 28, 2020. Soon accusations of anti-Semitism and white supremacy were hurled at the Filipino American woman simply for advocating immigration restriction and questioning America’s relationship with Israel. Gatekeeping conservatives were quick to throw Malkin under the bus. Bethany Mandel, editor of the conservative website Ricochet, penned an article titled “The Fall of Michelle Malkin”, which questioned Malkin’s recent controversial statements on immigration and why U.S. taxpayers subsidize Israel to the tune of billions. After Mandel posted this piece on Twitter, Antonia Okafor, the Director of Outreach for Gun Owners of America, responded to Mandel’s tweet. Okafor Tweeted, “Ha! It took this article for me to realize she blocked me. Glad I stopped a Republican group here in Colorado from almost hiring her to speak. We have nothing to stand on if we can not stand for the Truth. They have the freedom to speak but not to identify as Republicans.” Malkin quote tweeted Okafor, stating “This woman, whose #2a work I praised, reveals that she stopped a Republican group from inviting me to speak in my adopted state of Colorado. Nice work, Keeper is the Gate. If you think you pounded the final nail in my coffin, you have a lot to learn, hon.” Okafor has done impressive work with the organization she founded EmPOWERed, which is now a project of Gun Owners of America. This organization is dedicated to teaching women about how to properly exercise their Second Amendment rights. However, this decision to keep Malkin from speaking is another example of conservative gatekeeping. As controversial as Malkin’s ideas may be, they should still be engaged with. Especially when considering how interconnected immigration is with Second Amendment policy.
The boost of Malkin’s message from the President has left many faux-conservatives with egg on their face, and Twitter’s immediate censorship of her message has only proven her point further.


bigleaguepolitics--2020-05-16--Washington Governor Reveals New Wuhan Virus Contact Tracing Plan

In a press conference on May 12 , Governor Jay Inslee unveiled plans for a statewide contact tracing initiative .
“ [ The initiative ] is robust , it is vigorous and it is comprehensive , and it needs to be all three to be successful , ” Inslee declared .
“ If we do not succeed in this second stage of our efforts , this virus could come bright back and bite us.
” Inslee claimed that the state has achieved early success in its fight against the Wuhan virus .
This tracing initiative represents the next phase of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Wuhan virus ’ spread .
Initially , social distancing was the main tool against the virus .
Once the state starts making attempts to open the economy , contact tracing and isolation of individuals who test positive will be the next phase of the state ’ s plan .
Trending : Michigan Democrats Turn on Gretchen Whitmer for Putting COVID Patients in Nursing Homes “ If this is successful , it will allow us to open our economy , ” Inslee said .
“ This next stage… actually will be more difficult @ @ @ @ @ @ @ both the state and local public health officials and families who will need to be committed to this effort to help their community.
” take our poll - story continues below Inslee ’ s plan was titled “ Contact Tracing : Box in The Virus.
” Contact tracing consists of interviewing people who tested positive for the Wuhan virus in order to identify who they ’ ve been in contact with .
From there , those close contacts will be tested and then instructed to isolate themselves and their immediate families .
Per @ @ @ @ @ @ @ must self-quarantine for 14 days once they experience the initial symptoms .
Individuals who have closely interacted with infected individuals will be subject to quarantines until they receive negative tests , even if they did not test positive or demonstrate symptoms .
Contact tracers will inform those who may have caught the Wuhan virus within 24 to 48 hours of receiving a positive test result .
This entire effort will be a partnership between local health districts and the Washington State Department of health .
Individuals should quarantine immediately upon first symptoms and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ result .
As for businesses and individuals who don ’ t comply , the governor said that they will face punishment in civil or criminal court .
In a video of the press conference , one reporter inquired : “ When it comes to contact tracing , how are you guys going to handle people or families who want to refuse to test or to self isolate ?
If they want to leave their home to get groceries I know you ’ ve said they can ’ t do that ; how will @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ?
“ We will have attached to the families a family support person who will check in with them to see what they need on a daily basis… and help them .
If they can ’ t get a friend to do their grocery shopping , we will help get them groceries in some fashion .
If they need pharmaceuticals to be picked up , we will make sure they get their pharmaceuticals… That ’ s going to help encourage them to maintain their isolation too .
As far as refusal , it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , and it really hasn ’ t .
We ’ ve had really good success when we ask people to isolate , and they ’ ve done so in really high percentages , so we ’ re happy about that , and we believe that will continue .
Mario Lotmore of the Lynnwood Times noted the following : Therefore , those individuals that refuse to cooperate with contact tracers and/or refuse testing , those individuals will not be allowed to leave their homes to purchase basic necessities such as groceries and/or prescriptions .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ through friends , family , or a state provided ‘ family support personnel .
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Washington Governor Reveals New Wuhan Virus Contact Tracing Plan
In a press conference on May 12, Governor Jay Inslee unveiled plans for a statewide contact tracing initiative.
“[The initiative] is robust, it is vigorous and it is comprehensive, and it needs to be all three to be successful,” Inslee declared. “If we do not succeed in this second stage of our efforts, this virus could come bright back and bite us.”
Inslee claimed that the state has achieved early success in its fight against the Wuhan virus. This tracing initiative represents the next phase of the state’s campaign against containing the Wuhan virus’ spread. Initially, social distancing was the main tool against the virus. Once the state starts making attempts to open the economy, contact tracing and isolation of individuals who test positive will be the next phase of the state’s plan.
“If this is successful, it will allow us to open our economy,” Inslee said. “This next stage… actually will be more difficult, and its success will depend on both the state and local public health officials and families who will need to be committed to this effort to help their community.”
Inslee’s plan was titled “Contact Tracing: Box in The Virus.”
Contact tracing consists of interviewing people who tested positive for the Wuhan virus in order to identify who they’ve been in contact with. From there, those close contacts will be tested and then instructed to isolate themselves and their immediate families.
Per the governor’s recommendations, people must self-quarantine for 14 days once they experience the initial symptoms.
Individuals who have closely interacted with infected individuals will be subject to quarantines until they receive negative tests, even if they did not test positive or demonstrate symptoms.
Contact tracers will inform those who may have caught the Wuhan virus within 24 to 48 hours of receiving a positive test result.
This entire effort will be a partnership between local health districts and the Washington State Department of health. Individuals should quarantine immediately upon first symptoms and stay quarantined until receiving a negative test result.
As for businesses and individuals who don’t comply, the governor said that they will face punishment in civil or criminal court.
In a video of the press conference, one reporter inquired: “When it comes to contact tracing, how are you guys going to handle people or families who want to refuse to test or to self isolate? If they want to leave their home to get groceries I know you’ve said they can’t do that; how will you make sure they don’t?“
Inslee responded:
We will have attached to the families a family support person who will check in with them to see what they need on a daily basis… and help them. If they can’t get a friend to do their grocery shopping, we will help get them groceries in some fashion. If they need pharmaceuticals to be picked up, we will make sure they get their pharmaceuticals… That’s going to help encourage them to maintain their isolation too. As far as refusal, it just shouldn’t come to that, and it really hasn’t. We’ve had really good success when we ask people to isolate, and they’ve done so in really high percentages, so we’re happy about that, and we believe that will continue.
Mario Lotmore of the Lynnwood Times noted the following:
Therefore, those individuals that refuse to cooperate with contact tracers and/or refuse testing, those individuals will not be allowed to leave their homes to purchase basic necessities such as groceries and/or prescriptions. Those persons will need to make arrangements through friends, family, or a state provided ‘family support personnel.’