investmentwatchblog--2020-05-12--Explaining the “#ObamaGate” situation

Explaining the “#ObamaGate” situation

The complete answer is extremely long but I ’ ll try to sum it up at a high level .
The hash tag # ObamaGate is about the “ Crossfire Hurricane ” investigation that occurred under Obama in 2016 .
This “ investigation ” wasn ’ t a real investigation , it was a political hit job carried out by the Obama admin in an attempt to stop Trump from winning .
Essentially , in early 2016 the FIB started to try and entrap members of the Trump campaign ( like Flynn ) .
After that didn ’ t work @ @ @ @ @ @ @ DNC and Hillary paid millions to a foreign spy to create a fake document ( steele dossier ) which they used to lie to the FISA courts to spy on Trump ’ s campaign .
During this time they were basically fishing for crimes and attempting to entrap members of his campaign .
They were also covering up the hacking at the DNC .
This is where crowdstrike comes in .
To recap , the FIB raided the DNC but and the story goes that the DNC denied them access to the servers @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to hire the a company to investigate themselves…..
It turns out that half the team at Crowdstrike used to work with Mueller in the past .
Crowdstrike NEVER showed any intel agency the actual “ proof ” of Russian hacking .
They showed them a redacted report .
This is 100 % okay though because it was the obama admin and everyone was in on it .
The Russians never hacked the DNC .
Its very very likely that it was Seth Rich .
Then once Trump won the election , they used @ @ @ @ @ @ @ basis for the Mueller investigation .
The Mueller investigation was meant to find an impeachable crime .
Thats all they ’ ve been trying to do since day 1 .
Mueller covered up all of this up with his investigation and report too .
He literally lied under oath in his hearings and said he didn ’ t know who Fusion GPS was lol…… Do you want to know how deep state Mueller is ?
He became the director of the FIB 1 week before 9/11… coincidence ?
I honestly don ’ t @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Obama admin has done everything that they ’ ve been accusing Trump of doing for the past 3 years .
Remember when they tried to impeach him over investigating Joe Biden ’ s real $ 1B bribe ?
They had a full blown political hit job investigation into Trump .
Biden literally bribed a foreign country $ 1B and bragged about it .
It ’ s such an effective strategy on the masses and their supporters .
99 % of the anti-Trumpers don ’ t know about all this .
I honestly didn @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the truth out about this .
The last president I voted for was Obama .
This is the deep state .
FOIA documents proving the FIB attempted to entrap members of the Trump campaign in early 2016 Obama ’ s Campaign Paid $ 972,000 To Law Firm That Secretly Paid Fusion GPS In 2016 Clinton campaign , DNC paid for research that led to steele dossier Proof that multiple members of the CrowdStrike team worked for Mueller Proof that no intel agency ever saw the evidence – Court Document ( short version ) @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the evidence – Court Document ( long version )

by Facts-Over-Opinion
The complete answer is extremely long but I’ll try to sum it up at a high level.
The hash tag #ObamaGate is about the “Crossfire Hurricane” investigation that occurred under Obama in 2016. This “investigation” wasn’t a real investigation, it was a political hit job carried out by the Obama admin in an attempt to stop Trump from winning. Essentially, in early 2016 the FIB started to try and entrap members of the Trump campaign (like Flynn). After that didn’t work, they obama admin, FIB, DNC and Hillary paid millions to a foreign spy to create a fake document (steele dossier) which they used to lie to the FISA courts to spy on Trump’s campaign. During this time they were basically fishing for crimes and attempting to entrap members of his campaign.
They were also covering up the hacking at the DNC. This is where crowdstrike comes in. To recap, the FIB raided the DNC but and the story goes that the DNC denied them access to the servers. The FIB magically allows the DNC to hire the a company to investigate themselves….. It turns out that half the team at Crowdstrike used to work with Mueller in the past. Crowdstrike NEVER showed any intel agency the actual “proof” of Russian hacking. They showed them a redacted report. This is 100% okay though because it was the obama admin and everyone was in on it. The Russians never hacked the DNC. Its very very likely that it was Seth Rich.
Then once Trump won the election, they used all of this fabricated information as the basis for the Mueller investigation. The Mueller investigation was meant to find an impeachable crime. Thats all they’ve been trying to do since day 1. Mueller covered up all of this up with his investigation and report too. He literally lied under oath in his hearings and said he didn’t know who Fusion GPS was lol…… Do you want to know how deep state Mueller is? He became the director of the FIB 1 week before 9/11… coincidence? I honestly don’t think so.
In conclusion, the Obama admin has done everything that they’ve been accusing Trump of doing for the past 3 years. Remember when they tried to impeach him over investigating Joe Biden’s real $1B bribe? They had a full blown political hit job investigation into Trump. Biden literally bribed a foreign country $1B and bragged about it. It’s such an effective strategy on the masses and their supporters. 99% of the anti-Trumpers don’t know about all this. I honestly didn’t support Trump until I found the truth out about this. The last president I voted for was Obama. This is the deep state.
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FOIA documents proving the FIB attempted to entrap members of the Trump campaign in early 2016
Obama’s Campaign Paid $972,000 To Law Firm That Secretly Paid Fusion GPS In 2016
FBI releases documents showing payments to Trump dossier author Steele
Clinton campaign, DNC paid for research that led to steele dossier
Proof that multiple members of the CrowdStrike team worked for Mueller
Proof that no intel agency ever saw the evidence – Court Document (short version)
Proof that no intel agency ever saw the evidence – Court Document (long version)


investmentwatchblog--2020-05-12--Tim Pool: Trump Accuses Obama Of “Biggest Political Crime” In History, WSJ Argues Obama Getting NERV

Tim Pool: Trump Accuses Obama Of “Biggest Political Crime” In History, WSJ Argues Obama Getting NERVOUS

Trump Accuses Obama Of “ Biggest Political Crime ” In History , WSJ Argues Obama Getting NERVOUS .
Obamagate has gone viral with a consistent push from Donald trump himself on twitter .
Trump was responding to Buck Sexton who said that Obama had sabotaged the incoming administration .
# Obamagate at the time of recording this video had over 3.5M tweets New information has come to light showing that many Democrats such as Adam Schiff had been lying about evidence of Russian collusion from the Trump administration .
Now we are learning that Obama actually knew about it and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ lied under oath .
Republicans such as Devin Nunes are calling for criminal charges against many of these people .
As we get closer to november I expect to see more information and potentially incoming indictments At the end Tim says something about nothing will happen to the higher ups , a few lower levels will get prosecuted and then it will go away , citing Bill Clinton as an example .
I totally disagree .
This is 100X worse than what Bill did to Monica .
They did it knowing full well @ @ @ @ @ @ @ it anyway .
Bring back drawing and quartering !
Hanging is too fast .

Trump Accuses Obama Of “Biggest Political Crime” In History, WSJ Argues Obama Getting NERVOUS. Obamagate has gone viral with a consistent push from Donald trump himself on twitter.
Trump was responding to Buck Sexton who said that Obama had sabotaged the incoming administration. #Obamagate at the time of recording this video had over 3.5M tweets
New information has come to light showing that many Democrats such as Adam Schiff had been lying about evidence of Russian collusion from the Trump administration. Now we are learning that Obama actually knew about it and that former Obama administration officials may have lied under oath.
Republicans such as Devin Nunes are calling for criminal charges against many of these people.
As we get closer to november I expect to see more information and potentially incoming indictments
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At the end Tim says something about nothing will happen to the higher ups, a few lower levels will get prosecuted and then it will go away, citing Bill Clinton as an example.
I totally disagree. This is 100X worse than what Bill did to Monica. They did it knowing full well the consequences of treason and they did it anyway.
Bring back drawing and quartering! Hanging is too fast.
AO


investmentwatchblog--2020-05-12--Covid-19 Proves that Economists Know Nothing

The International Monetary Fund anticipates that the economic fallout from Covid-19 will plunge the world into a recession , the likes of which we have not experienced since the Great Depression .
This seems increasingly likely .
Over 26 million Americans have already lost their jobs , and the Federal Reserve estimates that this figure could climb to over 47 million in the coming months .
Adding fuel to this fire is the fact that 78 percent of American workers live paycheck to paycheck , and over 30 percent have no savings whatsoever .
There will be lean times ahead @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for guidance ?
Who will fix the economy ?
According to the media we should rely on the sage advice of academic economists— “ experts ” .
If they can not deliver us , no one can .
I hate to break it to academia , but economists are the last people we should be listening to .
Why ?
For starters , their relentless support for economic globalization—for so-called “ free ” trade—created the international networks which facilitated Covid-19 ’ s rapid spread .
More importantly , economists know nothing .
Case-in-point @ @ @ @ @ @ @ event to impact the global economy since 2008 .
It has put millions of people out of work .
It crashed the stock market .
It has fundamentally altered our spending patterns .
And yet , a grand total of zero economists—not even one maverick—predicted Covid-19 .
In fact , it was impossible for economists to predict the pandemic .
This is a big problem for economists—for classical economics generally .
If the economy is primarily driven by events like Covid-19 , which exist beyond the scope of economic models , then what @ @ @ @ @ @ @ should we trust economists to manage the economy ?
Would you trust a blind bus driver ?
No .
Economists understand the economy through the application of rules , the interplay of theories , and the manipulation of models .
Knowledge is acquired as follows : economists observe the economy .
They notice patterns which they formulate into rules , like the Law of Supply and Demand .
Multiple rules are combined into theories , and these theories are then used to generate complicated predictive models .
Models which , ideally , tell @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , will—work .
Like a child abstracting the shape of a triangle from a mountain , the economist abstracts rules from the marketplace .
Of course , the mountain does not really look like the triangle .
In fact , no individual mountain ever actually looks like the triangle .
The triangle does not exist .
The mountains exist .
So too , the economist ’ s formulated rule does not exist .
Only the market exists .
The problem is that economists build their theories from these abstracted rules , and from @ @ @ @ @ @ @ use these models—which at this point have little in common with the actual market—to predict how the real market should behave in the future .
This is an exercise in futility .
Why ?
We can not predict the particular from the general .
Consider the following visual example .
The left panel of Figure 1 depicts a mountain .
In the middle panel this image has been abstracted to show the ‘ rules ’ governing its composition—its triangular shape .
The panel on the right shows what happens when you try to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the abstract image .
This is a visual representation of the output of an economic model .
It is useless .
Abstraction is a one-way street .
One can abstract triangles from mountains , but not mountains from triangles—and this is precisely what economic models attempt to do .
They try to predict a specific economic future ( mountain ) based on general rules ( triangles ) .
This is impossible .
If we want to understand what an undiscovered mountain might look like , we should look at previously-discovered mountains , rather @ @ @ @ @ @ @ triangles with crayon snowcaps .
In 1972 the Stanford psychologist Walter Mischel conducted a ground-breaking experiment .
He offered children a choice : one marshmallow now , or two marshmallows in fifteen minutes .
The catch ?
The child had to sit in an otherwise boring room with the marshmallow , mano a mano .
Well , mano a marshmallow !
This was a test of will .
Could the child delay gratification long enough to reap a bigger reward ?
Most children failed .
They gobbled-up their prize with extreme ferocity .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ and resisted temptation .
They were rewarded with an ample prize .
More candy .
The lesson here is that what may seem like a good trade today—a free marshmallow—may be a bad trade tomorrow .
Children understand this problem , they just can not control their hungry little hands .
Economists , on the other hand , don ’ t even see the problem .
Economic theories are Platonic constructions .
They exist in the abstract realm , independent of physical space , and more importantly , independent of time .
As @ @ @ @ @ @ @ tell us what is economically efficient in this rarified setting .
This is not helpful because we live in the real world where time horizons matter .
For example , according to the Theory of Comparative Advantage America ought to buy computers from China because China can manufacture computers cheaper than America .
Likewise , America should sell soybeans to China because we can grow soybeans cheaper than the Chinese .
Soybeans for computers is a good deal , according to classical economic theory .
This is ass-backwards .
Soybean farming is a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ tied into this , designing—computers is a growing industry which is more likely to benefit from technological advancement .
This is why investment is flowing into technology , rather than farming .
Summing up : what looks like a good deal today may be a bad deal tomorrow , and vice versa .
Businessmen and investors implicitly understand this , and this explains why they are willing to lose money in the short term by starting a business or buying a battered stock—a categorically “ inefficient ” trade—so that they can make money @ @ @ @ @ @ @ economists were worth their weight in gold , then they would already be worth their weight in gold .
They ’ re not .
Investors and businessmen—like Warren Buffet or Donald Trump—are .
Time horizons matter .
Economists will not— can not —deliver us from Covid-19 ’ s economic fallout because they don ’ t even know what the economy is .
Economic models are based on the idea that the economy is like a giant billiards table : the cue ball ( supply ) interacts with the eight ball ( demand ) @ @ @ @ @ @ @ economists to know how the economy will respond to their stimulations .
This is false .
The economy is a complex system .
In other words , the relationship between cause and effect is not always obvious—X may cause Y sometimes , but not other times .
In fact , X may cause Y and Z , or cause an entirely novel effect .
Because of this , economists can not predict with any certainty how a complex system will behave , they can only forecast likely outcomes based on prior empirical observations @ @ @ @ @ @ @ system ’ s unpredictability is the butterfly effect .
Imagine a butterfly .
It flaps around your garden , subtly disturbing the air .
Although initially imperceptible , these small atmospheric changes may give a breeze just enough impetus to blow .
This breeze may feed into another , and another—a gust of wind , a gale , a storm .
Eventually , a tornado is born of the butterfly ’ s wings .
The economist would have us believe that he is a new Isaac Newton , who can rearrange the economy @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a billiards table .
In reality , he is a poor man ’ s Al Roker—but not nearly as self-aware .
Not only did economists fail to predict Covid-19—thereby proving that they are blind to the driving forces that shape the economy—but they supported the economic globalization that brought the infection to our shores .
And now they expect us to believe that they can “ fix ” the economy ?
We would be fools to trust them .

by Spencer P Morrison
The International Monetary Fund anticipates that the economic fallout from Covid-19 will plunge the world into a recession, the likes of which we have not experienced since the Great Depression. This seems increasingly likely.
Over 26 million Americans have already lost their jobs, and the Federal Reserve estimates that this figure could climb to over 47 million in the coming months. Adding fuel to this fire is the fact that 78 percent of American workers live paycheck to paycheck, and over 30 percent have no savings whatsoever.
There will be lean times ahead. And to whom will Americans turn for guidance? Who will fix the economy? According to the media we should rely on the sage advice of academic economists—“experts”. If they cannot deliver us, no one can.
I hate to break it to academia, but economists are the last people we should be listening to. Why? For starters, their relentless support for economic globalization—for so-called “free” trade—created the international networks which facilitated Covid-19’s rapid spread. More importantly, economists know nothing.
Case-in-point: Covid-19 was the single most important event to impact the global economy since 2008. It has put millions of people out of work. It crashed the stock market. It has fundamentally altered our spending patterns. And yet, a grand total of zero economists—not even one maverick—predicted Covid-19. In fact, it was impossible for economists to predict the pandemic.
This is a big problem for economists—for classical economics generally. If the economy is primarily driven by events like Covid-19, which exist beyond the scope of economic models, then what is the point of economics? Why should we trust economists to manage the economy?
Would you trust a blind bus driver? No.
A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words
Economists understand the economy through the application of rules, the interplay of theories, and the manipulation of models.
Knowledge is acquired as follows: economists observe the economy. They notice patterns which they formulate into rules, like the Law of Supply and Demand. Multiple rules are combined into theories, and these theories are then used to generate complicated predictive models. Models which, ideally, tell the economist how the economy ought to—nay, will—work.
Like a child abstracting the shape of a triangle from a mountain, the economist abstracts rules from the marketplace. Of course, the mountain does not really look like the triangle. In fact, no individual mountain ever actually looks like the triangle. The triangle does not exist. The mountains exist. So too, the economist’s formulated rule does not exist. Only the market exists.
The problem is that economists build their theories from these abstracted rules, and from their theories, models. They then use these models—which at this point have little in common with the actual market—to predict how the real market should behave in the future. This is an exercise in futility. Why?
We cannot predict the particular from the general.
Consider the following visual example. The left panel of Figure 1 depicts a mountain. In the middle panel this image has been abstracted to show the ‘rules’ governing its composition—its triangular shape. The panel on the right shows what happens when you try to reconstitute, or add additional detail to the abstract image. This is a visual representation of the output of an economic model. It is useless.
Abstraction is a one-way street. One can abstract triangles from mountains, but not mountains from triangles—and this is precisely what economic models attempt to do. They try to predict a specific economic future (mountain) based on general rules (triangles). This is impossible.
If we want to understand what an undiscovered mountain might look like, we should look at previously-discovered mountains, rather than waste our time perusing construction paper triangles with crayon snowcaps.
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A Mouth Full of Marshmallows
In 1972 the Stanford psychologist Walter Mischel conducted a ground-breaking experiment. He offered children a choice: one marshmallow now, or two marshmallows in fifteen minutes. The catch? The child had to sit in an otherwise boring room with the marshmallow, mano a mano. Well, mano a marshmallow!
This was a test of will. Could the child delay gratification long enough to reap a bigger reward? Most children failed. They gobbled-up their prize with extreme ferocity. But a heroic few strengthened their spirits and resisted temptation. They were rewarded with an ample prize. More candy.
The lesson here is that what may seem like a good trade today—a free marshmallow—may be a bad trade tomorrow. Children understand this problem, they just cannot control their hungry little hands. Economists, on the other hand, don’t even see the problem.
Economic theories are Platonic constructions. They exist in the abstract realm, independent of physical space, and more importantly, independent of time. As such, they can only purport to tell us what is economically efficient in this rarified setting. This is not helpful because we live in the real world where time horizons matter.
For example, according to the Theory of Comparative Advantage America ought to buy computers from China because China can manufacture computers cheaper than America. Likewise, America should sell soybeans to China because we can grow soybeans cheaper than the Chinese. Soybeans for computers is a good deal, according to classical economic theory.
This is ass-backwards. Soybean farming is a dead-end industry. Meanwhile, manufacturing—and directly tied into this, designing—computers is a growing industry which is more likely to benefit from technological advancement. This is why investment is flowing into technology, rather than farming.
Summing up: what looks like a good deal today may be a bad deal tomorrow, and vice versa. Businessmen and investors implicitly understand this, and this explains why they are willing to lose money in the short term by starting a business or buying a battered stock—a categorically “inefficient” trade—so that they can make money in the years to come.
If economists were worth their weight in gold, then they would already be worth their weight in gold. They’re not. Investors and businessmen—like Warren Buffet or Donald Trump—are. Time horizons matter.
Butterfly-Kisses or Tornados?
Economists will not—cannot—deliver us from Covid-19’s economic fallout because they don’t even know what the economy is.
Economic models are based on the idea that the economy is like a giant billiards table: the cue ball (supply) interacts with the eight ball (demand) in a predictable way. This allows economists to know how the economy will respond to their stimulations. This is false.
The economy is a complex system. In other words, the relationship between cause and effect is not always obvious—X may cause Y sometimes, but not other times. In fact, X may cause Y and Z, or cause an entirely novel effect. Because of this, economists cannot predict with any certainty how a complex system will behave, they can only forecast likely outcomes based on prior empirical observations.
The classic example of a complex system’s unpredictability is the butterfly effect. Imagine a butterfly. It flaps around your garden, subtly disturbing the air. Although initially imperceptible, these small atmospheric changes may give a breeze just enough impetus to blow. This breeze may feed into another, and another—a gust of wind, a gale, a storm. Eventually, a tornado is born of the butterfly’s wings.
The economist would have us believe that he is a new Isaac Newton, who can rearrange the economy as if he were repositioning balls on a billiards table. In reality, he is a poor man’s Al Roker—but not nearly as self-aware.
Not only did economists fail to predict Covid-19—thereby proving that they are blind to the driving forces that shape the economy—but they supported the economic globalization that brought the infection to our shores. And now they expect us to believe that they can “fix” the economy?
We would be fools to trust them.


investmentwatchblog--2020-05-12--Commercial Real Estate House of Cards Collapsing? Billionaire Tom Barrack’s Colony Capital Defaults

Over a month ago in March , billionaire real estate investor and good friend of President Trump , Tom Barrack @ @ @ @ @ defaults in commercial real estate .
Many people thought that Tom Barrack ’ s firm @ @ @ @ @ first , if not the first Real Estate Investment Trusts ( REITs ) to get @ @ @

Over a month ago in March, billionaire real estate investor and good friend of President Trump, Tom Barrack was warning about wide scale defaults in commercial real estate. Many people thought that Tom Barrack’s firm would be one of the first, if not the first Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) to get a bailout.
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investmentwatchblog--2020-05-12--Pelosi could serve as president if Trump, Pence become incapacitated by COVID-19, current law

The White House ’ s internal challenge with coronavirus has brought the official presidential line of succession into the forefront .
According to the Presidential Succession Act of 1947 , the line of succession would go from President Trump to Vice President Mike Pence to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi ( D-Calif. ) to Senate President Pro Tempore Chuck Grassley ( R-Iowa ) and then Secretary of State Mike Pompeo .
The Constitution states that “ in Case of the Removal of the President from Office , or of his Death , Resignation , or Inability to discharge the Powers and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Same shall devolve on the Vice President , and the Congress may by Law provide for the Case of Removal , Death , Resignation or Inability , both of the President and Vice President declaring what Officer shall then act as President , and such Officer shall act accordingly , until the Disability be removed , or a President shall be elected.
” Congress has the authority under the Constitution to designate the government officials in the presidential line of succession .
Congress amended the order of succession under President Harry S. Truman @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of 1947 designating the speaker of the House and Senate president pro tempore as the formal line of succession after the vice president .

The White House’s internal challenge with coronavirus has brought the official presidential line of succession into the forefront.
According to the Presidential Succession Act of 1947, the line of succession would go from President Trump to Vice President Mike Pence to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) to Senate President Pro Tempore Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and then Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.
The Constitution states that “in Case of the Removal of the President from Office, or of his Death, Resignation, or Inability to discharge the Powers and Duties of the said Office, the Same shall devolve on the Vice President, and the Congress may by Law provide for the Case of Removal, Death, Resignation or Inability, both of the President and Vice President declaring what Officer shall then act as President, and such Officer shall act accordingly, until the Disability be removed, or a President shall be elected.”
Congress has the authority under the Constitution to designate the government officials in the presidential line of succession. Congress amended the order of succession under President Harry S. Truman when it passed the Presidential Succession Act of 1947 designating the speaker of the House and Senate president pro tempore as the formal line of succession after the vice president.


investmentwatchblog--2020-05-12--Karol Markowicz of the New York Post tweets, “Does…he realize the rest of the country will start cal

Karol Markowicz of the New York Post tweets, “Does…he realize the rest of the country will start calling it the New York virus if we’re just going by where it most recently came from?”

In a “ historic move ” on April 30 , Cuomo announced that the New York City subway system would temporarily cease 24-hour operations so that cars could be disinfected .
The governor himself made a conspicuous trip to New York City ’ s unfortunately named Corona Maintenance Facility for a tour and a photo-op .
This was an important directive , but one that likely came months too late .
On April 13 , a working paper published by an economist with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology indicated that , by early March , the subways were a “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to new research , New York City ’ s outbreak had become so bad that , by late March , the city was responsible for seeding much of the country with this virus .
Even if those connections are speculative , the death toll among MTA workers is hard to ignore .
By April 22 , 83 transit workers had died as a result of complications from COVID-19 infections .
For this tragedy , MTA chief Patrick Foye blamed “ the CDC and the World Health Organization ” for falling to prepare them @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ All nursing home staff must now be tested for COVID twice a week , ” Cuomo tweeted on Monday .
“ This rule is not optional — it ’ s mandatory.
” The governor assumed this authoritative and overdue position amid a nightmarish death toll in Mid-Atlantic homes for the aged .
Over 5,300 residents of nursing homes have died from this virus , but this death toll was no doubt exacerbated by the governor ’ s March 25 directive that forced senior-care facilities to accept new admissions even if they come @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Even as the governor described his state ’ s nursing homes as a “ feeding frenzy for this virus , ” the directive remained in place .
Only on Sunday did Cuomo rescind the order .
No elected official got this pandemic entirely “ right.
” States like Ohio , which had one of the most aggressive and preventative early responses to this outbreak , are seeing cases increase .
Meanwhile , states like Georgia and Florida , which were ruthlessly attacked for relaxing restrictions too soon , have seen their caseloads @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a lot we still don ’ t know about this virus , and it is incumbent on observers to forgive some of the mistakes that are being made along the way .
But even a cursory review of Andrew Cuomo ’ s record during this event should disqualify him from the excessive adulation he ’ s received .
Whatever it is that ’ s generating the sycophancy Cuomo has enjoyed , it is not his performance .

THE INDEFENSIBLE CULT OF CUOMO:
In a “historic move” on April 30, Cuomo announced that the New York City subway system would temporarily cease 24-hour operations so that cars could be disinfected. The governor himself made a conspicuous trip to New York City’s unfortunately named Corona Maintenance Facility for a tour and a photo-op. This was an important directive, but one that likely came months too late.
On April 13, a working paper published by an economist with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology indicated that, by early March, the subways were a “major disseminator” of coronavirus. According to new research, New York City’s outbreak had become so bad that, by late March, the city was responsible for seeding much of the country with this virus. Even if those connections are speculative, the death toll among MTA workers is hard to ignore. By April 22, 83 transit workers had died as a result of complications from COVID-19 infections. For this tragedy, MTA chief Patrick Foye blamed “the CDC and the World Health Organization” for falling to prepare them for the scale of this disaster.
“All nursing home staff must now be tested for COVID twice a week,” Cuomo tweeted on Monday. “This rule is not optional — it’s mandatory.” The governor assumed this authoritative and overdue position amid a nightmarish death toll in Mid-Atlantic homes for the aged. Over 5,300 residents of nursing homes have died from this virus, but this death toll was no doubt exacerbated by the governor’s March 25 directive that forced senior-care facilities to accept new admissions even if they come from hospitals and could be infected themselves. Even as the governor described his state’s nursing homes as a “feeding frenzy for this virus,” the directive remained in place. Only on Sunday did Cuomo rescind the order.
* * * * * * * *
No elected official got this pandemic entirely “right.” States like Ohio, which had one of the most aggressive and preventative early responses to this outbreak, are seeing cases increase. Meanwhile, states like Georgia and Florida, which were ruthlessly attacked for relaxing restrictions too soon, have seen their caseloads stabilize or decline. There’s a lot we still don’t know about this virus, and it is incumbent on observers to forgive some of the mistakes that are being made along the way. But even a cursory review of Andrew Cuomo’s record during this event should disqualify him from the excessive adulation he’s received. Whatever it is that’s generating the sycophancy Cuomo has enjoyed, it is not his performance.


investmentwatchblog--2020-05-12--Surviving Covid-19 May Not Feel Like Recovery for Some – Debilitating symptoms can last long after a

Surviving Covid-19 May Not Feel Like Recovery for Some – Debilitating symptoms can last long after a person’s body has gotten rid of the coronavirus, a reality Italians are now confronting.

“ It takes a long time , ” said Ms. Colombi , 59 , who lives in Truccazzano , outside the northern city of Milan .
“ I can ’ t get back into my natural rhythms.
” Italy was the first European country to be hit hard by the pandemic — its intensive care units inundated and its elderly dying in droves before the tsunami reached Spain , France , the United States or Britain .
And so Italy is also ahead in coming to grips with the long duration of the illness and the lasting consequences for some @ @ @ @ @ @ @ familiar with the way the infection can hang on for weeks , the symptoms can linger for weeks more , and full recovery can take longer still — if it ever arrives .
Of the more than 218,000 people in Italy who have tested positive , more than 30,000 have died and the government lists more than 103,000 as recovered .
The stubbornness of the virus and the length of the convalescence have become topics of conversation in northern Italy where some of the longest-suffering Italians are finding themselves in physical and financial @ @ @ @ @ @ @ fatigue and get back to work .
“ We have seen many cases in which people take a long , long time to recover , ” said Alessandro Venturi , the director of the San Matteo hospital in the Lombardy town of Pavia , adding that the discomfort often seems to last even longer for people with lighter symptoms .
“ It ’ s not the sickness that lasts for 60 days , it is the convalescence , ” he said .
“ It ’ s a very long convalescence.
” Most people @ @ @ @ @ @ @ or none , but some get very sick , most often with pneumonia .
Any pneumonia damages the lungs , which can take months to heal , and doctors warn that the harm might not be completely reversible.Studies also point to kidney , heart , liver and neurological damage , often from secondary infections , and no one knows what the long-term prospects are for those patients .
But even some of the infected who have avoided pneumonia describe a maddeningly persistent and unpredictable illness , with unexpected symptoms .
Bones feel broken @ @ @ @ @ @ @ constantly upset .
There are good days and then bad days without apparent rhyme nor reason .
Dr. Annalisa Malara , an intensive care physician in Codogno , southeast of Milan , who diagnosed Italy ’ s first case of the outbreak in February , said there was still no clear understanding of why the virus and its effects lingered so long .

via NYtimes
“It takes a long time,” said Ms. Colombi, 59, who lives in Truccazzano, outside the northern city of Milan. “I can’t get back into my natural rhythms.”
Italy was the first European country to be hit hard by the pandemic — its intensive care units inundated and its elderly dying in droves before the tsunami reached Spain, France, the United States or Britain. And so Italy is also ahead in coming to grips with the long duration of the illness and the lasting consequences for some survivors.
Many Italians have grown painfully familiar with the way the infection can hang on for weeks, the symptoms can linger for weeks more, and full recovery can take longer still — if it ever arrives. Of the more than 218,000 people in Italy who have tested positive, more than 30,000 have died and the government lists more than 103,000 as recovered.
The stubbornness of the virus and the length of the convalescence have become topics of conversation in northern Italy where some of the longest-suffering Italians are finding themselves in physical and financial uncertainty, unable to shake sickness and fatigue and get back to work.
“We have seen many cases in which people take a long, long time to recover,” said Alessandro Venturi, the director of the San Matteo hospital in the Lombardy town of Pavia, adding that the discomfort often seems to last even longer for people with lighter symptoms. “It’s not the sickness that lasts for 60 days, it is the convalescence,” he said. “It’s a very long convalescence.”
Most people who catch the virus have few symptoms or none, but some get very sick, most often with pneumonia. Any pneumonia damages the lungs, which can take months to heal, and doctors warn that the harm might not be completely reversible.Studies also point to kidney, heart, liver and neurological damage, often from secondary infections, and no one knows what the long-term prospects are for those patients.
But even some of the infected who have avoided pneumonia describe a maddeningly persistent and unpredictable illness, with unexpected symptoms. Bones feel broken. The senses dull. Stomachs are constantly upset. There are good days and then bad days without apparent rhyme nor reason.
Dr. Annalisa Malara, an intensive care physician in Codogno, southeast of Milan, who diagnosed Italy’s first case of the outbreak in February, said there was still no clear understanding of why the virus and its effects lingered so long.


investmentwatchblog--2020-05-12--Like usual, politicians and the MSM ignoring the elephant in the room

Out of all the scandals being revealed about the former administration and the vice president , Schumer is worried about @ @ @ @ @ strategy ?
Now that ’ s classic defection from the truth .

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Out of all the scandals being revealed about the former administration and the vice president, Schumer is worried about an “adequate” testing strategy? Now that’s classic defection from the truth.


investmentwatchblog--2020-05-12--Hong Kong: China’s Newest Police State

Hong Kong: China’s Newest Police State

China is turning Hong Kong into a police state .
With Hong Kong Chief Executive and the Hong Kong police @ @ @ @ @ top of social distancing from the coronavirus pandemic , Hong Kong protesters are struggling to @ @ @ @ @ me today to talk about the current situation in Hong Kong is a former member @ @ @ @ @ Council , Alan Leong .

China is turning Hong Kong into a police state. With Hong Kong Chief Executive and the Hong Kong police out of control, on top of social distancing from the coronavirus pandemic, Hong Kong protesters are struggling to make a change.
Joining me today to talk about the current situation in Hong Kong is a former member of the Hong Kong Legislative Council, Alan Leong.
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investmentwatchblog--2020-05-12--CHINA IS ASSHOLE: China Lied to Us, Hoarded PPE, and Blamed America for Coronavirus. But It Gets Wor

CHINA IS ASSHOLE: China Lied to Us, Hoarded PPE, and Blamed America for Coronavirus. But It Gets Worse…

As American researchers are working hard to develop a vaccine and a cure for the Chinese coronavirus that originated in Wuhan , China , Chinese Communist Party hackers are targeting American research for cyberattacks , according to the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security ( DHS ) .
Rogue actors have increased cybertheft and attacks amid the coronavirus pandemic .
“ China ’ s long history of bad behavior in cyberspace is well documented , so it shouldn ’ t surprise anyone they are going after the critical organizations involved in the nation ’ s response to the Covid-19 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency , told The New York Times .
He added that the agency would “ defend our interests aggressively.
” The Times insisted that “ the government has offered no evidence to back up its claim , ” but it seems highly likely that the Chinese , who have repeatedly engaged in cyber espionage and other efforts to steal U.S. intellectual property — especially in pharmaceuticals — have also done so in the middle of this crisis .
Israel has blamed Iran for similar cyberattacks , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Islamic Republic ’ s culpability .
The Times also noted that South Korean hackers have snooped on a wide range of health organizations during the crisis .
Last week , the U.S. and Britain issued a joint warning that rogue cyber actors — most likely with Russia , China , Iran , and North Korea — had targeted “ health care bodies , pharmaceutical companies , academia , medical research organizations and local governments .
”

via pjmedia
As American researchers are working hard to develop a vaccine and a cure for the Chinese coronavirus that originated in Wuhan, China, Chinese Communist Party hackers are targeting American research for cyberattacks, according to the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Rogue actors have increased cybertheft and attacks amid the coronavirus pandemic.
“China’s long history of bad behavior in cyberspace is well documented, so it shouldn’t surprise anyone they are going after the critical organizations involved in the nation’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic,” Christopher Krebs, the director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, told The New York Times. He added that the agency would “defend our interests aggressively.”
The Times insisted that “the government has offered no evidence to back up its claim,” but it seems highly likely that the Chinese, who have repeatedly engaged in cyber espionage and other efforts to steal U.S. intellectual property — especially in pharmaceuticals — have also done so in the middle of this crisis. Israel has blamed Iran for similar cyberattacks, although it has yet to prove the Islamic Republic’s culpability. The Times also noted that South Korean hackers have snooped on a wide range of health organizations during the crisis.
Last week, the U.S. and Britain issued a joint warning that rogue cyber actors — most likely with Russia, China, Iran, and North Korea — had targeted “health care bodies, pharmaceutical companies, academia, medical research organizations and local governments.”


investmentwatchblog--2020-05-12--Feds spent nearly $100B on pandemic readiness, health security in decade leading up to coronavirus c

Feds spent nearly $100B on pandemic readiness, health security in decade leading up to coronavirus crisis. MATT RIDLEY: We know everything–and nothing–about Covid.

Over the past decade , the U.S. government spent nearly $ 100 billion on preparation for major health crises including pandemics , according to a 2018 paper on such funding — though the coronavirus outbreak still had Washington and states across the country scrambling to muster supplies and respond when it hit .
Numbers from a paper in the academic journal “ Health Security ” released in late 2018 indicate that the government spent between $ 10 billion and $ 12 billion each year from 2010 to 2018 across several agencies on programs that contribute to “ biosecurity , ” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ emerging infectious diseases , ” and “ multiple-hazard and general preparedness ” programs that assist in readiness for and response to different types of health threats , including diseases like the coronavirus .
COVID-19 seems to be the kind of problem the U.S. was preparing for , but a debate has raged in Washington over whether the money was spent effectively .
MATT RIDLEY : We know everything–and nothing–about Covid .
The lockdowns were imposed in a state of ignorance .
It now looks as if many of the early cases were caught @ @ @ @ @ @ @ nursing homes .
If Covid-19 is at least partly a ‘ nosocomial ’ ( hospital-acquired ) disease , then the pandemic might burn itself out quicker than expected .
The death rate here [ in the U.K. ] peaked on 8 April , just two weeks after lockdown began , which is surprisingly early given that it is usually at least four weeks after infection that people die if they die .
But it makes sense if this was the fading of the initial , hospital–acquired wave .
If you look at the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Europe , they all show a dampening of the rate of growth earlier than you would expect from the lockdowns .
So if it wasn ’ t the lockdowns that slowed infection .
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It is possible that washing your hands , not shaking hands with others , not gathering in large crowds , and wearing a face mask in public , but no more than this , might have been enough , as Sweden seems to suggest .
Forcibly shutting schools and shops and aggressively policing sunbathers in parks may @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the rate of spread .
But it did give politicians a chance to order everyone around , so there ’ s that .

via foxnews:
Over the past decade, the U.S. government spent nearly $100 billion on preparation for major health crises including pandemics, according to a 2018 paper on such funding — though the coronavirus outbreak still had Washington and states across the country scrambling to muster supplies and respond when it hit. Numbers from a paper in the academic journal “Health Security” released in late 2018 indicate that the government spent between $10 billion and $12 billion each year from 2010 to 2018 across several agencies on programs that contribute to “biosecurity,” the management of “pandemic influenza and emerging infectious diseases,” and “multiple-hazard and general preparedness” programs that assist in readiness for and response to different types of health threats, including diseases like the coronavirus. COVID-19 seems to be the kind of problem the U.S. was preparing for, but a debate has raged in Washington over whether the money was spent effectively.
MATT RIDLEY: We know everything–and nothing–about Covid. The lockdowns were imposed in a state of ignorance. It now looks as if many of the early cases were caught in hospitals and doctors’ offices and nursing homes.
If Covid-19 is at least partly a ‘nosocomial’ (hospital-acquired) disease, then the pandemic might burn itself out quicker than expected. The death rate here [in the U.K.] peaked on 8 April, just two weeks after lockdown began, which is surprisingly early given that it is usually at least four weeks after infection that people die if they die. But it makes sense if this was the fading of the initial, hospital–acquired wave. If you look at the per capita numbers for different countries in Europe, they all show a dampening of the rate of growth earlier than you would expect from the lockdowns.
So if it wasn’t the lockdowns that slowed infection . . . .
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It is possible that washing your hands, not shaking hands with others, not gathering in large crowds, and wearing a face mask in public, but no more than this, might have been enough, as Sweden seems to suggest. Forcibly shutting schools and shops and aggressively policing sunbathers in parks may have added little in terms of reducing the rate of spread.
But it did give politicians a chance to order everyone around, so there’s that.
h/t GR


investmentwatchblog--2020-05-12--This is why it’s not really the Lamestream Media, it’s the Rigged Media….and it is what I’m up again

This is why it ’ s not really the Lamestream Media , it ’ s the Rigged Media….and it is @ @ @ @ @ against .
It was corrupt in 2016 .
Now it is much more corrupt , @ @ @ @ @ is the least of it….but WE WILL WIN AGAIN !
t.co/UXyOrQ7fXW NBC gets caught spreading @ @ @ @ @ the public and apologizes .
Very disappointed by the deceptive editing/commentary by @ ChuckTodd on @ @ @ @ @ ’ s CBS interview .
Compare the two transcripts below .
Not only did the @ @ @ @ @ the VERY answer Chuck says he didn ’ t , he also did so multiple @ @ @ @ @ pic.twitter.com/PR1ciceMmE

This is why it’s not really the Lamestream Media, it’s the Rigged Media….and it is what I’m up against. It was corrupt in 2016. Now it is much more corrupt, and what you are seeing is the least of it….but WE WILL WIN AGAIN! t.co/UXyOrQ7fXW
NBC gets caught spreading propaganda and withholding information from the public and apologizes.
Very disappointed by the deceptive editing/commentary by @ChuckTodd on @MeetThePress on AG Barr’s CBS interview.
Compare the two transcripts below. Not only did the AG make the case in the VERY answer Chuck says he didn’t, he also did so multiple times throughout the interview. pic.twitter.com/PR1ciceMmE
— KerriKupecDOJ (@KerriKupecDOJ) May 10, 2020


investmentwatchblog--2020-05-12--MSNBC FOUNDER: Biden’s Not ‘Ready For Prime Time Election Season,’

MSNBC Founder Admits That Biden ’ s Not ‘ Ready For Prime Time Election Season , ’ Even With ‘ Softball ’ Interviews MSNBC and CNBC founder Tom Rogers , who is currently the editor-at-large with Newsweek , believes that Joe Biden is not “ ready for prime time election season , ” and has been unable to articulate a winning message — even with all the “ softball ” interviews he ’ s been doing .
“ Trump has been dominating the media as we all know and Biden has not been in the spotlight , but that is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ shifts Biden needs to perform , ” Rogers said .
“ The bottom line is the candidate needs to able to articulate a clear and convincing message and particularly when it comes to the pandemic , what my piece says is he ’ s not there yet.
” “ It pains me to say this , it really does , but his performance in being able to come up with a compelling narrative and a passionate story line that really is ready for prime time election season — when it comes to talking @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of mass death and economic collapse — he ’ s just not there yet , ” he continued .
“ His performances have been very unsatisfying and basically he ’ s been getting softball interviews with the exception of yours , Mika , on the sexual harassment issue.
” Democratic communications strategist Lis Smith discusses her view on how Joe Biden can beat Trump from his basement .
Adrienne Elrod and Tom Rogers also joins the discussion .
Aired on 05/11/2020 .

MSNBC Founder Admits That Biden’s Not ‘Ready For Prime Time Election Season,’ Even With ‘Softball’ Interviews
MSNBC and CNBC founder Tom Rogers, who is currently the editor-at-large with Newsweek, believes that Joe Biden is not “ready for prime time election season,” and has been unable to articulate a winning message — even with all the “softball” interviews he’s been doing.
“Trump has been dominating the media as we all know and Biden has not been in the spotlight, but that is going to shift, and when it shifts Biden needs to perform,” Rogers said. “The bottom line is the candidate needs to able to articulate a clear and convincing message and particularly when it comes to the pandemic, what my piece says is he’s not there yet.”
“It pains me to say this, it really does, but his performance in being able to come up with a compelling narrative and a passionate story line that really is ready for prime time election season — when it comes to talking about the legacy of Donald Trump, of mass death and economic collapse — he’s just not there yet,” he continued. “His performances have been very unsatisfying and basically he’s been getting softball interviews with the exception of yours, Mika, on the sexual harassment issue.”
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Democratic communications strategist Lis Smith discusses her view on how Joe Biden can beat Trump from his basement. Adrienne Elrod and Tom Rogers also joins the discussion. Aired on 05/11/2020.
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investmentwatchblog--2020-05-12--BUSTED: Dem Operative Funneled Nearly $2.4 Million From Soros-Funded Super PAC to Her Private Firm

Top Democrat Operative Busted Funneling Nearly $ 2.4 Million From Soros-Funded Super PAC to Her Private Firm A top Democrat operative from the dark money group behind the botched Iowa caucus app has been caught funneling nearly $ 2.4 million from the Super PAC she runs to her private firm .
The operative , Tara McGowan , has been caught moving money from her PAC to her private firm in the past , as well .
Top Liberal Operative Funnels Millions From Super PAC to Her Private Firm “ New disclosure forms show that PACRONYM , a super PAC affiliated @ @ @ @ @ @ @ money group behind the botched Iowa caucus app—spent close to $ 2.4 million on anti-Trump ads Wednesday night that will run in the key swing state of Pennsylvania .
The money was sent to a for-profit digital consulting firm , Lockwood Strategy Lab , which is also part of McGowan ’ s network.
” The operative previously worked for Priorities USA Action and President Obama ’ s reelection campaign .
She created ACRONYM in 2016 to oppose the Trump campaign ’ s online efforts .
The largest donor to PACRONYM was billionaire George @ @ @ @ @ @ @ million through his Democracy PAC .

Top Democrat Operative Busted Funneling Nearly $2.4 Million From Soros-Funded Super PAC to Her Private Firm
A top Democrat operative from the dark money group behind the botched Iowa caucus app has been caught funneling nearly $2.4 million from the Super PAC she runs to her private firm.
The operative, Tara McGowan, has been caught moving money from her PAC to her private firm in the past, as well.
The Washington Free Beacon reports:
Top Liberal Operative Funnels Millions From Super PAC to Her Private Firm
“New disclosure forms show that PACRONYM, a super PAC affiliated with McGowan’s nonprofit ACRONYM—the dark money group behind the botched Iowa caucus app—spent close to $2.4 million on anti-Trump ads Wednesday night that will run in the key swing state of Pennsylvania. The money was sent to a for-profit digital consulting firm, Lockwood Strategy Lab, which is also part of McGowan’s network.”
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The operative previously worked for Priorities USA Action and President Obama’s reelection campaign. She created ACRONYM in 2016 to oppose the Trump campaign’s online efforts.
The largest donor to PACRONYM was billionaire George Soros, who gave them $1.75 million through his Democracy PAC.
www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/05/top-democrat-operative-busted-funnelling-nearly-2-4-million-soros-funded-super-pac-private-firm/
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investmentwatchblog--2020-05-12--HR 6666 – TRACKING YOU LIKE ANIMALS ACT

HR 6666 – TRACKING YOU LIKE ANIMALS ACT

The EARN IT Bill ( www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/03/earn-it-bill-governments-not-so-secret-plan-scan-every-message-online ) is just as bad .
It completely outlaws all forms of encryption and @ @ @ @ @ computing systems .

The EARN IT Bill ( www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/03/earn-it-bill-governments-not-so-secret-plan-scan-every-message-online ) is just as bad. It completely outlaws all forms of encryption and demands government backdoors into all computing systems.


investmentwatchblog--2020-05-12--Pennsylvania counties rebel against governor’s phased reopening plan

Eager to reopen , local officials across Pennsylvania are set to defy Gov .
Tom Wolf ’ s plan to cautiously ease coronavirus restrictions .
The governor has outlined a phased reopening plan , complete with a color-coded readiness chart .
Wolf announced Friday that 24 more counties have qualified as “ yellow , ” meaning they can partially reopen Friday , while extending stay-at-home orders for the remaining “ red ” counties until early June .
Some local officials don ’ t agree with the tiered strategy , though .
They plan to use their power to proceed with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ fact that Pennsylvania confirmed 1,323 new coronavirus cases in a single day on Friday .
Lebanon County officials and some Republican lawmakers , including state Sen. Dave Arnold and Reps. Russ Diamond , Frank Ryan and Sue Helm , delivered a letter Friday to the Democratic governor informing him of their plans .
“ Lebanon County has met the requirement of your original Stay-at-Home Order , which was to flatten the curve of the COVID-19 outbreak and allow hospitals the time to gear up for COVID-19 patients being admitted to the ICU and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ letter reads .
“ We have heard the pleas of our residents who desire the ability to safely re-open their businesses and safely return to work .
Lebanon County plans to move forward and will require businesses who are ready to re-open to follow CDC guidelines including requirements such as hand washing , social distancing , and masks until further guidance is received for the county to move to the Green Phase .
”

Via Fox News
Eager to reopen, local officials across Pennsylvania are set to defy Gov. Tom Wolf’s plan to cautiously ease coronavirus restrictions.
The governor has outlined a phased reopening plan, complete with a color-coded readiness chart. Wolf announced Friday that 24 more counties have qualified as “yellow,” meaning they can partially reopen Friday, while extending stay-at-home orders for the remaining “red” counties until early June.
Some local officials don’t agree with the tiered strategy, though. They plan to use their power to proceed with their own reopening plans, despite the fact that Pennsylvania confirmed 1,323 new coronavirus cases in a single day on Friday.
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Lebanon County officials and some Republican lawmakers, including state Sen. Dave Arnold and Reps. Russ Diamond, Frank Ryan and Sue Helm, delivered a letter Friday to the Democratic governor informing him of their plans.
“Lebanon County has met the requirement of your original Stay-at-Home Order, which was to flatten the curve of the COVID-19 outbreak and allow hospitals the time to gear up for COVID-19 patients being admitted to the ICU and in need of ventilators,” the letter reads.
“We have heard the pleas of our residents who desire the ability to safely re-open their businesses and safely return to work. Lebanon County plans to move forward and will require businesses who are ready to re-open to follow CDC guidelines including requirements such as hand washing, social distancing, and masks until further guidance is received for the county to move to the Green Phase.”


investmentwatchblog--2020-05-12--MICHIGAN: Whitmer Asks Police to Arrest Barber – Sheriff Says “HELL NO” — UPDATE — Militia Guards Ba

MICHIGAN: Whitmer Asks Police to Arrest Barber – Sheriff Says “HELL NO” — UPDATE — Militia Guards Barbershop Door, Refuses to LET Police to Enter

Shiawassee County Sheriff Brian Begole said his department will not enforce Gov .
Gretchen Whitmer ’ s executive orders issued during the coronavirus pandemic as an Owosso barber continues to cut hair .
The Monday announcement , posted to the department ’ s Facebook page , comes as Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel is expected to ask the Shiawassee County Circuit Court to order the closure of an Owosso barber shop operating in violation of Whitmer ’ s stay-home order .
Sheriff deputies have the responsibility to uphold the state and federal constitutions , Begole said in the Monday letter @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and facilities , our priority focus will be on enforcing duly passed laws for the protection of Shiawassee County citizens , ” Begole said .
“ I have decided , within my authority , that our office can not and will not divert our primary resources and efforts towards enforcement of the ( sic ) Governor Whitmer ’ s executive orders , ” he wrote .
Separately , at least five other sheriffs departments have said they will not make a priority to enforce the executive orders .
Those include the counties of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and Livingston .
‘ Police will have no entry ’ : Michigan militia vows to protect barber refusing to close business Members of an armed Michigan militia say they will stand at the door of a barbershop in Owosso to protect the owner from being arrested for allegedly violating the state ’ s lockdown order .
“ We are here to make sure he doesn ’ t get arrested , ” Daniel Brewer , a member of the militia , told local media on Saturday .
“ We ’ re willing to stand @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the entrance so the police will have no entry there today.
” Karl Manke , 77 , opened his shop last week in defiance of Gov .
Gretchen Whitmer ’ s order , saying he has “ lived under 14 presidents , and this is the worst depression I ’ ve lived under , and I ’ m not going to live under it.
” He continued : “ I believe it ’ s my right to work to make my living , and that ’ s what I ’ m going to @ @ @

Shiawassee sheriff won’t enforce Whitmer orders amid Owosso barber dispute
Shiawassee County Sheriff Brian Begole said his department will not enforce Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s executive orders issued during the coronavirus pandemic as an Owosso barber continues to cut hair.
The Monday announcement, posted to the department’s Facebook page, comes as Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel is expected to ask the Shiawassee County Circuit Court to order the closure of an Owosso barber shop operating in violation of Whitmer’s stay-home order.
Sheriff deputies have the responsibility to uphold the state and federal constitutions, Begole said in the Monday letter.
“With limited resources, staffing and facilities, our priority focus will be on enforcing duly passed laws for the protection of Shiawassee County citizens,” Begole said. “I have decided, within my authority, that our office cannot and will not divert our primary resources and efforts towards enforcement of the (sic) Governor Whitmer’s executive orders,” he wrote.
Separately, at least five other sheriffs departments have said they will not make a priority to enforce the executive orders. Those include the counties of Leelanau, Benzie, Manistee, Mason and Livingston.
www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2020/05/11/chiawasse-sheriff-wont-enforce-whitmer-orders-amid-owosso-barber-dispute/3107535001/
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‘Police will have no entry’: Michigan militia vows to protect barber refusing to close business
Members of an armed Michigan militia say they will stand at the door of a barbershop in Owosso to protect the owner from being arrested for allegedly violating the state’s lockdown order.
“We are here to make sure he doesn’t get arrested,” Daniel Brewer, a member of the militia, told local media on Saturday. “We’re willing to stand in front of that door and block the entrance so the police will have no entry there today.”
Karl Manke, 77, opened his shop last week in defiance of Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s order, saying he has “lived under 14 presidents, and this is the worst depression I’ve lived under, and I’m not going to live under it.”
He continued: “I believe it’s my right to work to make my living, and that’s what I’m going to do.”
www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/police-will-have-no-entry-michigan-militia-vows-to-protect-barber-refusing-to-close-business
h/t CrsCrpr


investmentwatchblog--2020-05-12--RUSH: This was an attempt hatched in the Obama Oval Office to sabotage a duly elected president. And

RUSH: This was an attempt hatched in the Obama Oval Office to sabotage a duly elected president. And the primary tool for disseminating and executing this coup was the U.S. media.

RUSH : I got a question for you .
Mollie Hemingway has tweeted something that we ’ re all asking .
In fact , I ’ ve asked myself this question since I ’ ve been hosting this show .
Let me read her tweeted pregunta to you .
“ What is the appropriate remedy or response for the years of fake news being peddled by most of major media ?
“ They ’ ve caused major damage to domestic health and foreign relations .
They are continuing the fake news even now .
What can be done ?
What @ @ @ @ @ @ @ d like to go further in characterizing this .
The mainstream media is not media .
It is a political activist organization which somehow has finagled First Amendment protections .
They are not media .
They disguise themselves as journalists .
They claim the work they ’ re doing is journalism , but it isn ’ t .
Stop and think .
Victor Davis Hanson ’ s point in his piece today is this is so outrageous — the crimes that are occurring around this by our government and by our political class @ @ @ @ @ @ @ administrative state , by foreign countries .
The crimes are so massive that we can ’ t possibly get our arms around it .
We can ’ t comprehend it .
We don ’ t know what to do about it .
And in the case of this… Look at what they ’ ve done .
She doesn ’ t quite get to the nub of it .
This is more than fake news .
This is a full-fledged… The only way to describe this is to call it what it was : @ @ @ @ @ @ @ was an attempt hatched in the Obama Oval Office to sabotage a duly elected president .
And the primary tool for disseminating and executing this coup was the U.S. media .
The DOJ can be doing all they wanted .
The intelligence community could do all they want .
But if the media weren ’ t willing to spread their lies , if the media were not willing to openly attempt to destroy people , then it would have taken a little bit longer .
The DOJ could have done it by themselves @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ?
How does a fake organization like today ’ s news media legitimize anything ?
But they do , because , what , statistically half the people in the country don ’ t recognize the media for what it is and what it isn ’ t ?
It isn ’ t media .
It isn ’ t journalism .
It isn ’ t anything you think it is .
It exists for one another reason : Advance the cause of the Democrat Party .
Whether that ’ s socialism or communism or fascism @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that is their objective because that is who they are .
And , of course , there are ancillary objectives .
To do that requires the destruction of the enemies of the Democrat Party or the communists and socialists or what have you .
So the American media routinely sides with Communist China .
Because that ’ s the preference for the Democrat Party , because the objective , the immediate objective here and for the last two and a half years has been to get rid of Donald Trump .
And whatever @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that has happened that they haven ’ t orchestrated or that they have has been in service to that objective .
So the coronavirus is the latest — we ’ ll give ’ em the benefit of the doubt .
We ’ ll say this thing just happened .
Pandemics happen .
Viruses happen .
They come up .
They spread .
In this case the American left has taken full advantage of it and is willing to cause pain and suffering to literally hundreds of millions of people in service of their @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Trump .
Her question , what ’ s to be done ?
We now know — and , by the way , where is the outrage ?
The American people should know they ’ ve been lied to for three years .
The American people were set up .
The American people were promised that Donald Trump stole the election , he ’ s a Russian agent , that he colluded .
They were told this over and over again .
The people that listen to mainstream media could not doubt it .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ Sorry .
We didn ’ t find anything.
” Why does the media have any reputation left ?
But beyond that her question is what ’ s the remedy , what ’ s the accountability ?
They have First Amendment protection .
In terms of business , the coronavirus is wiping out a lot of journalism .
It ’ s wiping out publication journalism .
It ’ s wiping out news magazines and newspapers of all sizes .
Advertising revenue is way , way down .
It doesn ’ t seem to be @ @ @ @ @ @ @ losing audience in a lot of places .
It doesn ’ t seem to be a factor .
So I don ’ t pretend to have the answer .
I don ’ t know what the accountability is .
Can ’ t put ’ em in jail .
They ’ re protected by the First Amendment .
They can say whatever they want .
They are free press .
But they ’ re not media .
They work for organizations that we think are media — ABC News , NBC News , CBS @ @ @ @ @ @ @ what the American people get .
Depending on where you look today , depending on what network you watch , depending on what Web page you visit , you could be forgiven if you , at the end of the day , think that the world is about to end and it ’ s about over , that everybody ’ s gon na lose everything by the end of the month .
You have no hope of surviving this .
Even though we ’ re gon na keep your economy locked down and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , there ’ s no way you ’ re gon na be protected from it .
You ’ re not gon na survive .
You ’ re gon na get sick , you ’ re gon na die .
If that doesn ’ t happen , you ’ re gon na lose everything else you ’ ve got .
This is the narrative .
This is the tone .
Of the news .
There ought to be a price paid for this , but what would the price be ?
RUSH : Folks @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , very minor example of what I ’ m talking about with the media .
This story , by the way , today is intended — it ’ s a New York Times story — it ’ s intended to shock and scare everybody .
The headline of the story : “ U.S .
to Accuse China of Trying to Hack Vaccine Data , as Virus Redirects Cyberattacks — The F.B.I .
and the Department of Homeland Security are preparing to issue a warning that China ’ s most skilled hackers and spies @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the crash effort to develop vaccines and treatments for the coronavirus .
The efforts are part of a surge in cybertheft and attacks by nations seeking advantage in the pandemic .
“ The State Department on Friday described a Chinese Twitter campaign to push false narratives and propaganda about the virus .
Twitter executives have pushed back on the agency , noting that some of the Twitter accounts that the State Department cited were actually critical of Chinese state narratives.
” This isn ’ t news , that the Chinese try to hack @ @ @ @ @ @ @ about this is news .
And we are constantly trying to hack them .
And the Soviets , the Russians are constantly trying to hack us .
“ U.S .
to Accuse China of Trying to Hack Vaccine Data , as Virus Redirects Cyberattacks.
” So the Chinese are working to steal our research .
And you ’ re supposed to be scared because you ’ re supposed to think the Chinese are gon na get away with it because Trump is such an idiot , that Trump doesn ’ t know what @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Trump administration is gon na sit there and be made fools of .
The ChiComs are gon na come in and they ’ re gon na steal all of our research .
The Chinese , the North Koreans , the South Koreans , the Israelis , the Iranians , the Russians , the Cubans , take your pick , we are cyberattacked by nations every day , countless times .
It ’ s an ongoing — and we ’ re doing the same to them .
There ’ s nothing newsworthy about this @ @ @ @ @ @ @ above-the-fold story that is supposed to frighten you .
I can ’ t even figure out why they think this is gon na scare people , but maybe it ’ ll come to me .
RUSH : Here ’ s Tom , Tom in Providence , Rhode Island .
Great to have you here .
Hello .
CALLER : Hello , Rush .
Thanks for having me .
CALLER : Rush , you just said 43 million ?
CALLER : Okay , 43.5 million .
I hope they ’ re all listening , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ not go after Obama ?
We have to go after Obama .
We have to get on the news .
I ’ m listening to Graham and these other guys .
They ’ re all mushy .
We have got to address this thing .
Do not let Barr and Durham ’ s work go for naught .
That ’ s what I wanted to say .
RUSH : Okay .
Well , I appreciate the call .
A lot of people are of that opinion , that somehow we have to hold @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of people are asking , in the case of the media , “ How ?
” Now , as for Barr and Durham… See , I mentioned a moment ago that I think Barr is serious about this .
I think he ’ s serious about eradicating the assaults on religious freedom .
But I think Barr is probably more motivated to expose and to hold accountable the people that participated in this coup than anybody probably understands .
Now , there ’ s a story here from Fox News : “ Durham @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Review , Top Federal Prosecutors Involved , ” and let me give you a couple of pull quotes from the story .
“ Two sources told Fox News that Jeff Jensen , the U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri who was tapped by the Justice Department in February to review the case of former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn , ” his work is done there , “ is continuing to help with Durham ’ s investigation even after the DOJ ’ s move last week to drop the case against @ @ @ @ @ @ @ News that interim U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Timothy Shea is also assisting with components of the investigation.
” Another pull quote from this story : “ The Justice Department declined to comment on Jensen and Shea ’ s involvement .
“ Any indication that Durham could be building a case against anyone involved in the original Russia probe , however , is sure to inflame tensions between the Trump administration and congressional Democrats — who already are ramping up accusations that these Justice Department reviews have become politicized.
” You @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to happen is stop worrying about what the Democrats say .
It ’ s predictable !
We know what they ’ re gon na say .
We know we ’ re gon na object to it .
We know they ’ re gon na oppose it .
We know they ’ re gon na mischaracterize it .
Just ignore them !
( grumbling ) “ Well , yes , we know , Rush .
The Democrats are already ‘ ramping up accusations ’ that these reviews have become… ” Like Chuck Todd tried @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , that ’ s only gon na egg Barr on more .
“ ‘ Barr talks to Durham every day , ’ one source recently told Fox News .
‘ The president has been briefed that the case is being pursued , and it ’ s serious.
’ ” Yeah , I know what you ’ re all thinking .
The perfect time for all this to drop would be sometime in October , for these indictments to be announced right before the election .
But even if the timing is not what @ @ @ @ @ @ @ know that everybody is demanding that there be accountability for this , ’ cause it really was a coup .
There was an effort to reverse the election results , and it was based on nothing true .
It ’ s just scandalous .
I think Barr is the perfect guy to be running this show because I think he ’ s dead serious about it — and , by the way , that ’ s been proven out over time .
Here ’ s Dave in Allentown , Pennsylvania .
You ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ sir .
CALLER : Good .
Just real quick — I know I have to get to my point , but — the people here , the conservatives in the Lehigh Valley , are all praying for you ; they love you .
I hear it all the time in the morning shows .
RUSH : Thank you very much .
I appreciate that .
CALLER : On a personal note , that blue shirt you ’ re wearing looks great on you .
But , anyway , getting to my point .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Dittocam , for those of you wondering how he can know on a radio show what kind of shirt I ’ m wearing .
CALLER : Yes .
It ’ s the only way to listen to your show , in my opinion .
RUSH : You like the matching watchband here ?
RUSH : Look at that .
Yeah .
Stylish .
Stylish is what that is .
I care .
I care .
Most people , in the morning , they throw it together .
Most radio people are slobs @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s gon na ever see ’ em , but I can ’ t afford that since there ’ s this camera here .
RUSH : So I have to be stylish .
CALLER : Right .
( chuckling ) But , anyway , they went way out of their way to keep Candidate Trump from getting to the presidency .
They went out of their way so far that they put a general in jail .
So my question is , “ How far on the other side did they go to hide @ @ @ @ @ @ @ because it goes hand in hand .
If they did one , they had to do the other .
RUSH : Well , but we kind of know how far they went to exonerate Hillary .
CALLER : Right .
But now it ’ s not just speculation ; everyone knows it .
Now what are they gon na do about it ?
RUSH : Well , what do you mean , “ they ” ?
RUSH : Well , that ’ s… So you mean Barr , what ’ s Barr gon @ @ @ @ @ @ @ What are they gon na do ?
I mean , they know what they did .
They know .
RUSH : Well , they ’ re investigating it all .
They ’ ve got a grand jury going .
I think the effort is to hold them accountable .
CALLER : I hope so .
I really do .
They can ’ t get away with it because these people think they are above the law .
RUSH : This is the point .
I don ’ t mean to be a downer @ @ @ @ @ @ @ it .
That ’ s why everybody ’ s so ticked off .
They did get away with it .
Even though they got caught , we all know what happened .
They ’ re still lying on TV every day about there being collusion .
They ’ re still on TV lying about Trump stealing the election .
They got caught .
Yet , ’ cause everybody knows what happened , but half the country doesn ’ t if they believe mainstream media .
But these people screwed up who knows how @ @ @ @ @ @ @ They caused bunch Republicans to retire and resign , which led to us losing the House in 2018. Who knows the damage they ’ ve done to the Trump agenda , the Trump family , who knows what .
I mean , I don ’ t care what you think of Trump and how tough he is , this is inhumane what this family has been put through , and it ’ s still going on .
It ’ s still taking place .
Just substitute coronavirus for Trump-Russia collusion , the way @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the way it ’ s being handled .
So they have gotten away with it .
That ’ s why everybody ’ s ticked off .
We now know what happened , and they ’ re still roaming free and they ’ re still on CNN lying through their teeth every night about what they did .
And they ’ re basically laughing in our faces over it .
And people are rightfully asking , “ What good is a justice system that looks the other way and exonerates those at the very @ @ @ @ @ @ @ politicized it and used it to advance their own political objectives while ruining fellow citizens who hadn ’ t done anything wrong ?
If they can get away with it with no accountability , what good is the system of justice ?
” If the American people collectively think that people in the Washington political class in the administrative state are gon na get away with whatever they do , then you ’ re gon na have a steady erosion that ’ s just gon na snowball .
Lack of interest in government @ @ @ @ @ @ @ lack of belief in it .
I think this has been going on for a while even before this kind of thing hit .
As I say , remember , while all this was going on , all of this lying , stinking collusion stuff , there were Republicans who knew for the last year that Democrats and the intelligence people were testifying that they had never seen a shred of evidence .
And yet were going on television every night lying about it .
There wasn ’ t one leak .
There @ @ @ @ @ @ @ point out and dared try to stop it .
Not one .
So people are saying we can ’ t even depend on our own party to defend us or itself .
The frustration here is mounting over all this .
And , “ Justice Department ’ s got ta do something.
” Right .
The Justice Department did do something .
They ran the coup .

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RUSH: I got a question for you. Mollie Hemingway has tweeted something that we’re all asking. In fact, I’ve asked myself this question since I’ve been hosting this show. Let me read her tweeted pregunta to you. “What is the appropriate remedy or response for the years of fake news being peddled by most of major media?
“They’ve caused major damage to domestic health and foreign relations. They are continuing the fake news even now. What can be done? What should be done?” I’d like to go further in characterizing this. The mainstream media is not media. It is a political activist organization which somehow has finagled First Amendment protections.
They are not media. They disguise themselves as journalists. They claim the work they’re doing is journalism, but it isn’t. Stop and think. Victor Davis Hanson’s point in his piece today is this is so outrageous — the crimes that are occurring around this by our government and by our political class, by the bureaucracy, by the administrative state, by foreign countries.
The crimes are so massive that we can’t possibly get our arms around it. We can’t comprehend it. We don’t know what to do about it. And in the case of this… Look at what they’ve done. She doesn’t quite get to the nub of it. This is more than fake news. This is a full-fledged… The only way to describe this is to call it what it was: This is a coup attempt.
This was an attempt hatched in the Obama Oval Office to sabotage a duly elected president. And the primary tool for disseminating and executing this coup was the U.S. media. The DOJ can be doing all they wanted. The intelligence community could do all they want.
But if the media weren’t willing to spread their lies, if the media were not willing to openly attempt to destroy people, then it would have taken a little bit longer. The DOJ could have done it by themselves, but without the media legitimizing it? How does a fake organization like today’s news media legitimize anything?
But they do, because, what, statistically half the people in the country don’t recognize the media for what it is and what it isn’t? It isn’t media. It isn’t journalism. It isn’t anything you think it is. It exists for one another reason: Advance the cause of the Democrat Party.
Whether that’s socialism or communism or fascism or Marxism or whatever it is, that is their objective because that is who they are. And, of course, there are ancillary objectives. To do that requires the destruction of the enemies of the Democrat Party or the communists and socialists or what have you. So the American media routinely sides with Communist China.
Because that’s the preference for the Democrat Party, because the objective, the immediate objective here and for the last two and a half years has been to get rid of Donald Trump. And whatever news event has happened or whatever event that has happened that they haven’t orchestrated or that they have has been in service to that objective.
So the coronavirus is the latest — we’ll give ’em the benefit of the doubt. We’ll say this thing just happened. Pandemics happen. Viruses happen. They come up. They spread. In this case the American left has taken full advantage of it and is willing to cause pain and suffering to literally hundreds of millions of people in service of their political objective, getting rid of Donald Trump. Her question, what’s to be done? We now know — and, by the way, where is the outrage?
The American people should know they’ve been lied to for three years. The American people were set up. The American people were promised that Donald Trump stole the election, he’s a Russian agent, that he colluded. They were told this over and over again. The people that listen to mainstream media could not doubt it. The Mueller report comes out, “Sorry. We didn’t find anything.” Why does the media have any reputation left? But beyond that her question is what’s the remedy, what’s the accountability?
They have First Amendment protection. In terms of business, the coronavirus is wiping out a lot of journalism. It’s wiping out publication journalism. It’s wiping out news magazines and newspapers of all sizes. Advertising revenue is way, way down. It doesn’t seem to be causing any problem. They’re losing audience in a lot of places. It doesn’t seem to be a factor.
So I don’t pretend to have the answer. I don’t know what the accountability is. Can’t put ’em in jail. They’re protected by the First Amendment. They can say whatever they want. They are free press. But they’re not media. They work for organizations that we think are media — ABC News, NBC News, CBS News. But that’s not what the American people get.
Depending on where you look today, depending on what network you watch, depending on what Web page you visit, you could be forgiven if you, at the end of the day, think that the world is about to end and it’s about over, that everybody’s gonna lose everything by the end of the month. You have no hope of surviving this. Even though we’re gonna keep your economy locked down and shut down to protect you from it, there’s no way you’re gonna be protected from it. You’re not gonna survive. You’re gonna get sick, you’re gonna die. If that doesn’t happen, you’re gonna lose everything else you’ve got. This is the narrative. This is the tone. Of the news.
There ought to be a price paid for this, but what would the price be?
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RUSH: Folks, here’s a minor example, very minor example of what I’m talking about with the media. This story, by the way, today is intended — it’s a New York Times story — it’s intended to shock and scare everybody. The headline of the story: “U.S. to Accuse China of Trying to Hack Vaccine Data, as Virus Redirects Cyberattacks — The F.B.I. and the Department of Homeland Security are preparing to issue a warning that China’s most skilled hackers and spies are working to steal American research in the crash effort to develop vaccines and treatments for the coronavirus. The efforts are part of a surge in cybertheft and attacks by nations seeking advantage in the pandemic.
“The State Department on Friday described a Chinese Twitter campaign to push false narratives and propaganda about the virus. Twitter executives have pushed back on the agency, noting that some of the Twitter accounts that the State Department cited were actually critical of Chinese state narratives.”
This isn’t news, that the Chinese try to hack our computer networks and systems? Nothing about this is news. And we are constantly trying to hack them. And the Soviets, the Russians are constantly trying to hack us. “U.S. to Accuse China of Trying to Hack Vaccine Data, as Virus Redirects Cyberattacks.” So the Chinese are working to steal our research. And you’re supposed to be scared because you’re supposed to think the Chinese are gonna get away with it because Trump is such an idiot, that Trump doesn’t know what he’s doing, that the Trump administration is gonna sit there and be made fools of. The ChiComs are gonna come in and they’re gonna steal all of our research.
The Chinese, the North Koreans, the South Koreans, the Israelis, the Iranians, the Russians, the Cubans, take your pick, we are cyberattacked by nations every day, countless times. It’s an ongoing — and we’re doing the same to them. There’s nothing newsworthy about this. And yet this is a gigantic above-the-fold story that is supposed to frighten you. I can’t even figure out why they think this is gonna scare people, but maybe it’ll come to me.
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RUSH: Here’s Tom, Tom in Providence, Rhode Island. Great to have you here. Hello.
CALLER: Hello, Rush. Thanks for having me.
RUSH: You bet.
CALLER: Rush, you just said 43 million?
RUSH: It’s 43.5 million, yeah.
CALLER: Okay, 43.5 million. I hope they’re all listening, because earlier you said that we cannot go after Obama? We have to go after Obama. We have to get on the news. I’m listening to Graham and these other guys. They’re all mushy. We have got to address this thing. Do not let Barr and Durham’s work go for naught. That’s what I wanted to say.
RUSH: Okay. Well, I appreciate the call. A lot of people are of that opinion, that somehow we have to hold these people accountable. But a lot of people are asking, in the case of the media, “How?” Now, as for Barr and Durham… See, I mentioned a moment ago that I think Barr is serious about this. I think he’s serious about eradicating the assaults on religious freedom.
But I think Barr is probably more motivated to expose and to hold accountable the people that participated in this coup than anybody probably understands. Now, there’s a story here from Fox News: “Durham Moving ‘Full-Throttle’ on Russia Probe Review, Top Federal Prosecutors Involved,” and let me give you a couple of pull quotes from the story.
“Two sources told Fox News that Jeff Jensen, the U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri who was tapped by the Justice Department in February to review the case of former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn,” his work is done there, “is continuing to help with Durham’s investigation even after the DOJ’s move last week to drop the case against Flynn.
“The sources told Fox News that interim U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Timothy Shea is also assisting with components of the investigation.” Another pull quote from this story: “The Justice Department declined to comment on Jensen and Shea’s involvement.
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“Any indication that Durham could be building a case against anyone involved in the original Russia probe, however, is sure to inflame tensions between the Trump administration and congressional Democrats — who already are ramping up accusations that these Justice Department reviews have become politicized.”
You know, the first thing that needs to happen is stop worrying about what the Democrats say. It’s predictable! We know what they’re gonna say. We know we’re gonna object to it. We know they’re gonna oppose it. We know they’re gonna mischaracterize it. Just ignore them! (grumbling) “Well, yes, we know, Rush. The Democrats are already ‘ramping up accusations’ that these reviews have become…”
Like Chuck Todd tried to do to Barr? Believe me, that’s only gonna egg Barr on more. “‘Barr talks to Durham every day,’ one source recently told Fox News. ‘The president has been briefed that the case is being pursued, and it’s serious.’” Yeah, I know what you’re all thinking. The perfect time for all this to drop would be sometime in October, for these indictments to be announced right before the election.
But even if the timing is not what you want it to be, I know that everybody is demanding that there be accountability for this, ’cause it really was a coup. There was an effort to reverse the election results, and it was based on nothing true. It’s just scandalous. I think Barr is the perfect guy to be running this show because I think he’s dead serious about it — and, by the way, that’s been proven out over time.
Here’s Dave in Allentown, Pennsylvania. You’re next, sir. Hello, sir.
CALLER: How you doin’, Rush?
RUSH: Pretty good. Thank you.
CALLER: Good. Just real quick — I know I have to get to my point, but — the people here, the conservatives in the Lehigh Valley, are all praying for you; they love you. I hear it all the time in the morning shows.
RUSH: Thank you very much. I appreciate that.
CALLER: On a personal note, that blue shirt you’re wearing looks great on you. But, anyway, getting to my point.
RUSH: He’s watching on the Dittocam, for those of you wondering how he can know on a radio show what kind of shirt I’m wearing.
CALLER: Yes. It’s the only way to listen to your show, in my opinion.
RUSH: You like the matching watchband here?
CALLER: I love it.
RUSH: Look at that. Yeah. Stylish. Stylish is what that is. I care. I care. Most people, in the morning, they throw it together. Most radio people are slobs, ’cause they know nobody’s gonna ever see ’em, but I can’t afford that since there’s this camera here.
CALLER: (chuckles)
RUSH: So I have to be stylish.
CALLER: Right. (chuckling) But, anyway, they went way out of their way to keep Candidate Trump from getting to the presidency. They went out of their way so far that they put a general in jail. So my question is, “How far on the other side did they go to hide the corruption of Hillary Clinton?” because it goes hand in hand. If they did one, they had to do the other.
RUSH: Well, but we kind of know how far they went to exonerate Hillary.
CALLER: Right. But now it’s not just speculation; everyone knows it. Now what are they gonna do about it?
RUSH: Well, what do you mean, “they”?
CALLER: Well the Justice Department!
RUSH: Well, that’s… So you mean Barr, what’s Barr gonna do?
CALLER: Barr. What are they gonna do? I mean, they know what they did. They know.
RUSH: Well, they’re investigating it all. They’ve got a grand jury going. I think the effort is to hold them accountable.
CALLER: I hope so. I really do. They can’t get away with it because these people think they are above the law.
RUSH: This is the point. I don’t mean to be a downer here. They have gotten away with it. That’s why everybody’s so ticked off. They did get away with it. Even though they got caught, we all know what happened. They’re still lying on TV every day about there being collusion. They’re still on TV lying about Trump stealing the election. They got caught. Yet, ’cause everybody knows what happened, but half the country doesn’t if they believe mainstream media.
But these people screwed up who knows how much. We lost the midterms. They caused bunch Republicans to retire and resign, which led to us losing the House in 2018. Who knows the damage they’ve done to the Trump agenda, the Trump family, who knows what. I mean, I don’t care what you think of Trump and how tough he is, this is inhumane what this family has been put through, and it’s still going on. It’s still taking place. Just substitute coronavirus for Trump-Russia collusion, the way it’s being dealt with and the way it’s being handled.
So they have gotten away with it. That’s why everybody’s ticked off. We now know what happened, and they’re still roaming free and they’re still on CNN lying through their teeth every night about what they did. And they’re basically laughing in our faces over it. And people are rightfully asking, “What good is a justice system that looks the other way and exonerates those at the very top of that very system who have politicized it and used it to advance their own political objectives while ruining fellow citizens who hadn’t done anything wrong? If they can get away with it with no accountability, what good is the system of justice?”
If the American people collectively think that people in the Washington political class in the administrative state are gonna get away with whatever they do, then you’re gonna have a steady erosion that’s just gonna snowball. Lack of interest in government, lack of concern for it, lack of belief in it. I think this has been going on for a while even before this kind of thing hit.
As I say, remember, while all this was going on, all of this lying, stinking collusion stuff, there were Republicans who knew for the last year that Democrats and the intelligence people were testifying that they had never seen a shred of evidence. And yet were going on television every night lying about it. There wasn’t one leak. There wasn’t one Republican who dared point out and dared try to stop it. Not one. So people are saying we can’t even depend on our own party to defend us or itself. The frustration here is mounting over all this. And, “Justice Department’s gotta do something.” Right. The Justice Department did do something. They ran the coup.