thestream--2020-08-24--Democrats Block Coronavirus Relief, Police Legislation After Pelosi Calls House Back for Postal Serv

Democrats Block Coronavirus Relief, Police Legislation After Pelosi Calls House Back for Postal Service Bill

Democrats blocked bills regarding coronavirus relief Saturday after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi called the chamber back to debate and vote on U.S .
Postal Service legislation .
Pelosi brought the House back into session from recess to vote on a bill that would block the Trump administration from making additional changes to the Postal Service .
Republicans took the opportunity , however , to introduce three bills addressing coronavirus vaccine funding , amending the Paycheck Protection Program ( PPP ) and increasing funding to police departments nationwide .
“ We could come together and provide our country with some of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ novel coronavirus , ” Rep. Michael Burgess said .
“ Unfortunately , the House democratic leadership does not acknowledge or seem to even be curious as to whether or not they ’ re up to the task.
” The Texas Republican introduced a bill that would provide resources for the ongoing development of a coronavirus vaccine and for the subsequent distribution of the vaccine .
The federal government formed Operation Warp Speed , a partnership between several health agencies and private pharmaceutical companies devoted to producing a vaccine by 2021 , as the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ House Democratic leadership has turned their backs on the needs of America , ” Burgess said on the House floor .
Ohio Rep. Steve Chabot sponsored a bill that would make businesses that received a PPP loan eligible to receive a second disbursement .
The original PPP program , which was included in the March Coronavirus Aid , Relief and Economic Security Act , expired on Aug. 8 .
Rep. Pete Stauber introduced legislation that would provide funding to police departments that would go towards training and body cameras .
Police departments have @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Floyd , who died in Minneapolis police custody after an officer kneeled on his neck for more than eight minutes .
“ We are back in Washington for less than 12 hours , ” the Minnesota Republican said on the House floor .
“ It is embarrassing that while we could be working on vaccine funding , saving small businesses , and justice reform , the speaker will us out and Americans will once again be wondering ‘ where are our leaders ?
’ ” The Postal Service and Postmaster General Louis DeJoy @ @ @ @ @ @ @ began implementing internal changes , including changes to overtime policy and the removal of letter sorting machines .
Those decisions have been criticized as attempts to slow mail in the run up to the upcoming presidential election , which is expected to have a record number of mail-in ballots due to the coronavirus pandemic .
“ I am calling upon the House to return to session later this week to vote on Oversight and Reform Committee Chairwoman Maloney ’ s ‘ Delivering for America Act , ’ which prohibits the Postal Service from @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of service it had in place on January 1 , 2020 , ” Pelosi said in a Aug. 16 statement .
The Postal Service suspended further policy changes Tuesday , DeJoy announced .
“ Retail hours at Post Offices will not change , ” DeJoy said .
“ Mail processing equipment and blue collection boxes will remain where they are .
No mail processing facilities will be closed .
And we reassert that overtime has , and will continue to be , approved as needed.
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Democrats blocked bills regarding coronavirus relief Saturday after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi called the chamber back to debate and vote on U.S. Postal Service legislation.
Pelosi brought the House back into session from recess to vote on a bill that would block the Trump administration from making additional changes to the Postal Service. Republicans took the opportunity, however, to introduce three bills addressing coronavirus vaccine funding, amending the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) and increasing funding to police departments nationwide.
“We could come together and provide our country with some of the critical resources necessary to fight this novel coronavirus,” Rep. Michael Burgess said. “Unfortunately, the House democratic leadership does not acknowledge or seem to even be curious as to whether or not they’re up to the task.”
Where was this sense of urgency from @HouseDemocrats at the start of this pandemic? We could be helping the Americans by supporting our nation's pandemic response. Yet, we are here to vote on an issue that Dems have completely blown out of proportion. pic.twitter.com/MAI5ojzFyx — Michael Burgess, MD (@michaelcburgess) August 22, 2020
The Texas Republican introduced a bill that would provide resources for the ongoing development of a coronavirus vaccine and for the subsequent distribution of the vaccine. The federal government formed Operation Warp Speed, a partnership between several health agencies and private pharmaceutical companies devoted to producing a vaccine by 2021, as the virus quickly spread in March.
“House Democratic leadership has turned their backs on the needs of America,” Burgess said on the House floor.
Ohio Rep. Steve Chabot sponsored a bill that would make businesses that received a PPP loan eligible to receive a second disbursement. The original PPP program, which was included in the March Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act, expired on Aug. 8.
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Rep. Pete Stauber introduced legislation that would provide funding to police departments that would go towards training and body cameras. Police departments have faced scrutiny after the death of George Floyd, who died in Minneapolis police custody after an officer kneeled on his neck for more than eight minutes.
“We are back in Washington for less than 12 hours,” the Minnesota Republican said on the House floor. “It is embarrassing that while we could be working on vaccine funding, saving small businesses, and justice reform, the speaker will us out and Americans will once again be wondering ‘where are our leaders?’”
It has been 22 days since the House has been in session. Now, we are only back in D.C. for 12 hours and not working on issues like vaccine funding, saving small businesses, and justice reform. Today, I spoke on the House Floor to urge the Speaker to get Congress back to work. pic.twitter.com/MdZFDVATgt — Pete Stauber (@RepPeteStauber) August 22, 2020
The Postal Service and Postmaster General Louis DeJoy, have faced scrutiny after the agency began implementing internal changes, including changes to overtime policy and the removal of letter sorting machines. Those decisions have been criticized as attempts to slow mail in the run up to the upcoming presidential election, which is expected to have a record number of mail-in ballots due to the coronavirus pandemic.
“I am calling upon the House to return to session later this week to vote on Oversight and Reform Committee Chairwoman Maloney’s ‘Delivering for America Act,’ which prohibits the Postal Service from implementing any changes to operations or level of service it had in place on January 1, 2020,” Pelosi said in a Aug. 16 statement.
The Postal Service suspended further policy changes Tuesday, DeJoy announced.
“Retail hours at Post Offices will not change,” DeJoy said. “Mail processing equipment and blue collection boxes will remain where they are. No mail processing facilities will be closed. And we reassert that overtime has, and will continue to be, approved as needed.”
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thestream--2020-08-24--Black People Make Up the Overwhelming Majority of Shooting Victims Amid NYC Wave

Black people have been victimized by gun violence at a far greater rate than any other racial group amid a surge of shootings and murders in New York City , according to New York City Police Department data reviewed by the Daily Caller News Foundation .
There were 194 shooting incidents that involved black victims in the city in June , a 177 % increase from the 70 recorded in June 2019 , according to NYPD Incident Level Data .
Of those incidents , 27 were classified as murders , a 170 % year-over-year increase from the 10 black people @ @ @ @ @ @ @ No other racial group has been victimized by shootings in New York City at anywhere close to the same rate black people have been since violent crime began surging in the city in mid-May and further accelerated in the weeks after George Floyd ’ s police-custody death in Minneapolis , the data show .
The city council voted in late June amid the surge in gun violence to remove nearly $ 1 billion from the NYPD ’ s budget and transfer the funds to youth and community development programs .
While there was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ shooting victims with 54 recorded incidents in June 2020 , the latest month that racial victim data is available , the ethnic group experienced only 6 murders as a result of those shootings , a 45 % decrease from the 11 murders as a result from shootings recorded in June 2019 .
No white people were killed as a result of shootings in New York City in June , according to NYPD data .
The city recorded a negligible increase in white shooting victims that month , with six recorded victims , up @ @ @ @ @ @ @ crime continued to surge in New York City in July , with 244 citywide shooting incidents that month , a 177 % increase from the 88 shooting incidents in July 2019 , according to the NYPD .
It ’ s unclear what the racial makeup of July ’ s shooting victims are , as that data is released on a quarterly basis .
NYPD Incident Level data show that the surge in gun crime began in New York City in mid-May , about two weeks before Floyd ’ s May 25 death while @ @ @ @ @ @ @ unrest .
Gun crime further accelerated in the city beginning in mid-June , the data show .
It ’ s unclear what exactly is driving the surge in gun violence in New York City .
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio attributed the spike in violence in his city to the coronavirus during an interview with MSNBC ’ s Morning Joe in July .
“ In New York City , we ’ ve been the safest big city in America for years , ” de Blasio said .
“ We ’ ve @ @ @ @ @ @ @ no doubt — and it is directly related to the coronavirus — the dislocation it ’ s caused , the fact that our court system is not functioning yet , so many factors.
” A spokesman for New York ’ s court system said in July that it was “ absurd , patently false and ridiculous ” for de Blasio to blame courts on the rise in violent crime in his city .
“ The Courts have operated continuously , operating throughout the pandemic , arraigning defendants , holding hundreds of hearings , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of Court Administration Spokesman Lucian Chalfen said , adding that de Blasio “ should be looking in the mirror , not gazing out a window.
” NYPD Chief of Crime Control Strategies Michael LiPetri told the New York Post that a “ perfect storm ” of court closings , criminal-justice reform and coronavirus disruptions was responsible for the rise in violent crime in the city .
“ With the closing of the courts , there has been no grand jury investigations either… I ’ m not talking about a simple gun arrest for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a firearm , ” LiPetri said .
“ More people getting released on their own recognizance and less people are getting indicted that ’ s a big issue.
” “ There needs to be swift and certain justice as a deterrent for carrying an illegal gun in New York City , ” LePetri added .
NYPD Commissioner Dermot Shea has also singled out legislation de Blasio signed into law in July that criminalizes the use of chokeholds by law enforcement officers .
Shea said the measure could deter law enforcement , according to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ also pointed to the release of prisoners from jail during the coronavirus outbreak as being a driver of violent crime , however , NYPD data shows that only 35 of the 4,500 inmates released from Rikers Island during the pandemic have been rearrested on weapons charges , The Journal reported .
De Blasio and the NYPD did not return requests for comment .
New York Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio Cortez , who represents the Bronx , suggested in July that food scarcity was to blame for the surge in violent crime in her @ @ @ @ @ @ @ do with the fact that people aren ’ t paying their rent and are scared to pay their rent , ” Ocasio-Cortez said .
“ So they go out and they need to feed their child and they don ’ t have money so … they feel like they either need to shoplift some bread or go hungry.
” New York Gov .
Andrew Cuomo refuted Ocasio-Cortez ’ s theory , saying it is “ factually impossible ” that crime was rising because people were struggling to pay rent .
“ If you @ @ @ @ @ @ @ you can not be evicted right now , ” Cuomo said .
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Black people have been victimized by gun violence at a far greater rate than any other racial group amid a surge of shootings and murders in New York City, according to New York City Police Department data reviewed by the Daily Caller News Foundation.
There were 194 shooting incidents that involved black victims in the city in June, a 177% increase from the 70 recorded in June 2019, according to NYPD Incident Level Data. Of those incidents, 27 were classified as murders, a 170% year-over-year increase from the 10 black people murdered in shootings in June 2019.
No other racial group has been victimized by shootings in New York City at anywhere close to the same rate black people have been since violent crime began surging in the city in mid-May and further accelerated in the weeks after George Floyd’s police-custody death in Minneapolis, the data show.
The city council voted in late June amid the surge in gun violence to remove nearly $1 billion from the NYPD’s budget and transfer the funds to youth and community development programs.
While there was an 80% year-over-year increase in Hispanic shooting victims with 54 recorded incidents in June 2020, the latest month that racial victim data is available, the ethnic group experienced only 6 murders as a result of those shootings, a 45% decrease from the 11 murders as a result from shootings recorded in June 2019.
No white people were killed as a result of shootings in New York City in June, according to NYPD data. The city recorded a negligible increase in white shooting victims that month, with six recorded victims, up from four in June 2019.
Violent crime continued to surge in New York City in July, with 244 citywide shooting incidents that month, a 177% increase from the 88 shooting incidents in July 2019, according to the NYPD. It’s unclear what the racial makeup of July’s shooting victims are, as that data is released on a quarterly basis.
NYPD Incident Level data show that the surge in gun crime began in New York City in mid-May, about two weeks before Floyd’s May 25 death while in police custody sparked nationwide protests and unrest. Gun crime further accelerated in the city beginning in mid-June, the data show.
It’s unclear what exactly is driving the surge in gun violence in New York City.
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio attributed the spike in violence in his city to the coronavirus during an interview with MSNBC’s Morning Joe in July.
“In New York City, we’ve been the safest big city in America for years,” de Blasio said. “We’ve had a very tough two months — no doubt — and it is directly related to the coronavirus — the dislocation it’s caused, the fact that our court system is not functioning yet, so many factors.”
A spokesman for New York’s court system said in July that it was “absurd, patently false and ridiculous” for de Blasio to blame courts on the rise in violent crime in his city.
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“The Courts have operated continuously, operating throughout the pandemic, arraigning defendants, holding hundreds of hearings, and conferencing 1,000s of cases, Office of Court Administration Spokesman Lucian Chalfen said, adding that de Blasio “should be looking in the mirror, not gazing out a window.”
NYPD Chief of Crime Control Strategies Michael LiPetri told the New York Post that a “perfect storm” of court closings, criminal-justice reform and coronavirus disruptions was responsible for the rise in violent crime in the city.
“With the closing of the courts, there has been no grand jury investigations either… I’m not talking about a simple gun arrest for the person who found in possession of a firearm,” LiPetri said. “More people getting released on their own recognizance and less people are getting indicted that’s a big issue.”
“There needs to be swift and certain justice as a deterrent for carrying an illegal gun in New York City,” LePetri added.
NYPD Commissioner Dermot Shea has also singled out legislation de Blasio signed into law in July that criminalizes the use of chokeholds by law enforcement officers. Shea said the measure could deter law enforcement, according to The Wall Street Journal.
Shea has also pointed to the release of prisoners from jail during the coronavirus outbreak as being a driver of violent crime, however, NYPD data shows that only 35 of the 4,500 inmates released from Rikers Island during the pandemic have been rearrested on weapons charges, The Journal reported.
De Blasio and the NYPD did not return requests for comment.
New York Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio Cortez, who represents the Bronx, suggested in July that food scarcity was to blame for the surge in violent crime in her city.
“Maybe this has to do with the fact that people aren’t paying their rent and are scared to pay their rent,” Ocasio-Cortez said. “So they go out and they need to feed their child and they don’t have money so … they feel like they either need to shoplift some bread or go hungry.”
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo refuted Ocasio-Cortez’s theory, saying it is “factually impossible” that crime was rising because people were struggling to pay rent.
“If you can’t pay your rent, you cannot be evicted right now,” Cuomo said.
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thestream--2020-08-25--Military Photo of the Day: Firing a Pistol in Norway

A U.S. Marine fires an M9 pistol during a recent exercise in Setermoen , Norway .
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thestream--2020-08-25--Who Beat Up John Lewis on That “Bloody Sunday” Bridge?

As Americans mourn the recent death of Civil Rights icon , Representative John Lewis , this article will seek to answer an important question .
Who beat up then 25-year-old activist John Lewis on Sunday , March 7 , 1965 as he led almost 600 marchers across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma , Alabama ?
Lewis ’ s beating and that of others shocked America and awakened a nation to their righteous struggle for civil rights .
That Sunday night , roughly 48 million Americans had tuned in to watch ABC ’ s premier of the Academy Award-winning film @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the caught-on-camera beating of the marchers in Selma flashed across the black and white television screens in a special news report .
“ What kind of people would allow the Holocaust , ” was already cogitating in the minds of millions that evening , when suddenly , our bubble of moral superiority was burst by the “ Bloody Sunday ” broadcast .
I was born in the “ solid south ” in 1953 .
That term describes a Democrat dynasty in Southern politics between the years of 1877 to the mid-1960s .
After @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Democratic Party became the principal party in the South .
The Republican Party was very weak in the land of cotton .
Animosity toward Lincoln ’ s Republican Party due to the Civil War and postwar enforcement of political and civil rights for blacks during Reconstruction lingered long among Democratic leaders in the South .
Republican candidates were guaranteed to lose in local , state and national elections .
Even the popular WWII military general , Dwight Eisenhower , could not win most of the Deep South states in his 1952 and 1956 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ end of his second term , Southerners were beginning to switch to the Republican party .
Postwar economic prosperity also played a part in this , as the South became more industrial and entrepreneurial .
George Wallace , the 45th governor of Alabama , was a Democrat and staunch segregationist .
Two years earlier he had delivered his famous inaugural address , vowing : Gov .
Wallace reportedly ordered state troopers “ to use whatever measures are necessary to prevent a march ” from Selma to the state capital in Montgomery .
Film @ @ @ @ @ @ @ troopers wearing gas masks approaching the marchers .
Chaos ensues as a trooper pokes a nightstick toward Lewis .
Lewis would later testify that a state trooper hit him as he tried to shield his head with a hand and was knocked to the ground .
Lewis said the trooper hit him again as he tried to pick himself up from the ground .
The state trooper who clubbed Lewis was wearing a gas mask .
No one has revealed his identity .
However , other marchers ( men and women ) suffered @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Some were struck by deputies on horseback under the authority of Sheriff Jim Clark .
Troopers and mounted deputies chased the marchers back across the bridge , using 40 canisters of tear gas along with 12 cans of smoke and 8 cans of nausea gas .
Ambulances picked up injured marchers and transported them to two black hospitals where fifty-six patients were treated .
John Lewis had a fractured skull and 18 others were admitted overnight .
The List of Democratic Leaders Responsible for “ Bloody Sunday ” Democrats ruled the roost @ @ @ @ @ @ @ following list shows the major Democratic elected leaders involved : Democratic Governor George Wallace — was issuing instructions and orders that day to his Alabama State Troopers .
His leadership set the tone and tenor for others .
Albert J .
Lingo — the Director of the Alabama Department of Public Safety which is made up of three divisions comprising : Highway Patrol Division , Marine Patrol Division , and the Driver ’ s License Division , was communicating directly with Gov .
Wallace that day and relying information and orders to his @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Major John Cloud — oversaw the Alabama state troopers in Selma .
According the Encyclopedia of Alabama , he was acting on orders from Col. Al Lingo who in turn was communicating with the Governor .
Sheriff James Clark Jr. — was sheriff of Dallas County , Alabama from 1955 to 1966 .
Clark was first appointed by Democratic Governor “ Big ” Jim Folsom after the death of the former sheriff .
Folsom and Clark had been friends from their childhood days .
Wilson Baker — oversaw Selma ’ s City Police @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to join the troopers and the deputies .
He also pleaded with Mayor Smitherman to allow him to try a non-violent strategy before the marchers crossed the bridge .
Smitherman denied the request .
Mr. Baker is the only “ good guy ” in this story .
Democratic Mayor Joe Smitherman — served as Selma ’ s mayor for more than 35 years .
Who Was Really Responsible ?
Leaders of the Democratic Party of Alabama must accept responsibility for beating up John Lewis on Bloody Sunday .
This party has never apologized @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , this party has never apologized for their role in slavery , the Civil War , Jim Crow laws , segregation , and a host of other wrongs .
In fact , they have created two famous myths , “ The Lost Cause ” and “ The Big Switch ” to shift the blame onto Republicans .
Ron F. Hale is a freelance writer , interim pastor , and has written a chapter in the newly released book , The Right to Believe , published by Vide Press .

As Americans mourn the recent death of Civil Rights icon, Representative John Lewis, this article will seek to answer an important question. Who beat up then 25-year-old activist John Lewis on Sunday, March 7, 1965 as he led almost 600 marchers across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama? Lewis’s beating and that of others shocked America and awakened a nation to their righteous struggle for civil rights.
That Sunday night, roughly 48 million Americans had tuned in to watch ABC’s premier of the Academy Award-winning film “Judgment at Nuremburg.” Surprisingly, the caught-on-camera beating of the marchers in Selma flashed across the black and white television screens in a special news report.
“What kind of people would allow the Holocaust,” was already cogitating in the minds of millions that evening, when suddenly, our bubble of moral superiority was burst by the “Bloody Sunday” broadcast.
The Solid South
I was born in the “solid south” in 1953. That term describes a Democrat dynasty in Southern politics between the years of 1877 to the mid-1960s. After the Civil War and Reconstruction, the Democratic Party became the principal party in the South. The Republican Party was very weak in the land of cotton.
Animosity toward Lincoln’s Republican Party due to the Civil War and postwar enforcement of political and civil rights for blacks during Reconstruction lingered long among Democratic leaders in the South.
Republican candidates were guaranteed to lose in local, state and national elections. Even the popular WWII military general, Dwight Eisenhower, could not win most of the Deep South states in his 1952 and 1956 presidential runs. However, by the end of his second term, Southerners were beginning to switch to the Republican party. Postwar economic prosperity also played a part in this, as the South became more industrial and entrepreneurial.
“Bloody Sunday” Politics
George Wallace, the 45th governor of Alabama, was a Democrat and staunch segregationist. Two years earlier he had delivered his famous inaugural address, vowing:
In the name of the greatest people that have ever trod this earth, I draw the line in the dust and toss the gauntlet before the feet of tyranny, and I say segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever.
Gov. Wallace reportedly ordered state troopers “to use whatever measures are necessary to prevent a march” from Selma to the state capital in Montgomery. Film footage shows a line of roughly 25 troopers wearing gas masks approaching the marchers. Chaos ensues as a trooper pokes a nightstick toward Lewis. Lewis would later testify that a state trooper hit him as he tried to shield his head with a hand and was knocked to the ground. Lewis said the trooper hit him again as he tried to pick himself up from the ground. The state trooper who clubbed Lewis was wearing a gas mask. No one has revealed his identity.
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However, other marchers (men and women) suffered worse beatings as well as being gassed. Some were struck by deputies on horseback under the authority of Sheriff Jim Clark. Troopers and mounted deputies chased the marchers back across the bridge, using 40 canisters of tear gas along with 12 cans of smoke and 8 cans of nausea gas.
Ambulances picked up injured marchers and transported them to two black hospitals where fifty-six patients were treated. John Lewis had a fractured skull and 18 others were admitted overnight.
The List of Democratic Leaders Responsible for “Bloody Sunday”
Democrats ruled the roost in Selma that Bloody Sunday. The following list shows the major Democratic elected leaders involved:
Democratic Governor George Wallace — was issuing instructions and orders that day to his Alabama State Troopers. His leadership set the tone and tenor for others.
Albert J. Lingo — the Director of the Alabama Department of Public Safety which is made up of three divisions comprising: Highway Patrol Division, Marine Patrol Division, and the Driver’s License Division, was communicating directly with Gov. Wallace that day and relying information and orders to his Major on the ground in Selma.
Major John Cloud — oversaw the Alabama state troopers in Selma. According the Encyclopedia of Alabama, he was acting on orders from Col. Al Lingo who in turn was communicating with the Governor.
Sheriff James Clark Jr. — was sheriff of Dallas County, Alabama from 1955 to 1966. Clark was first appointed by Democratic Governor “Big” Jim Folsom after the death of the former sheriff. Folsom and Clark had been friends from their childhood days.
Wilson Baker — oversaw Selma’s City Police and ordered those under his command not to join the troopers and the deputies. He also pleaded with Mayor Smitherman to allow him to try a non-violent strategy before the marchers crossed the bridge. Smitherman denied the request. Mr. Baker is the only “good guy” in this story.
Democratic Mayor Joe Smitherman — served as Selma’s mayor for more than 35 years.
Who Was Really Responsible?
Leaders of the Democratic Party of Alabama must accept responsibility for beating up John Lewis on Bloody Sunday. This party has never apologized for this tragedy. As a whole, this party has never apologized for their role in slavery, the Civil War, Jim Crow laws, segregation, and a host of other wrongs. In fact, they have created two famous myths, “The Lost Cause” and “The Big Switch” to shift the blame onto Republicans.
Ron F. Hale is a freelance writer, interim pastor, and has written a chapter in the newly released book, The Right to Believe, published by Vide Press.


thestream--2020-08-25--NeverTrump David French Gaslights Pro-Lifers

In his latest Rube Goldberg contraption designed to show why pro-lifers should not back a pro-life president , David French exhausts himself .
It ’ s frankly hard to slog through something that long when one ’ s so busy cringing .
Here is a once-prominent public intellectual , who actually toyed with running for president of the U.S. , reduced to peddling sophistries to his ever-shrinking audience .
His point ?
It doesn ’ t matter if you refuse to vote against Joe Biden and Kamala Harris .
If his incessant , distorted , personally motivated attacks on Trump @ @ @ @ @ @ @ elected ?
French ’ s conscience will be clear .
It doesn ’ t make that much difference , French tries to tell us , who gets elected president of the U.S. Who chooses its Supreme Court justices .
Or who directs our policies at the U.N. — which can either push foreign countries to protect unborn children , or pressure them to abandon them .
Let ’ s remember the last time David French assured of something that seemed kind of nutty .
He was a big cheerleader for our disastrous war @ @ @ @ @ @ @ party line that our troops would be greeted with flowers .
That religious minorities , including a million Christians , would be safe in the post-war chaos .
French ’ s allies even told us that the war would “ pay for itself.
” Remember all that ?
French hopes that you don ’ t .
In an exchange with one of us in the New York Times , French waved off the moral responsibility of George W. Bush for refusing to use U.S. soldiers to safeguard Iraqi Christians .
Out of a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ date back to the Apostles , three-quarters were killed or made refugees .
All while U.S. soldiers looked on , obeying orders .
French didn ’ t think their blood was on Bush ’ s ( and Obama ’ s ) hands .
So perhaps he has a distorted sense of how moral responsibility operates .
That would help him excuse his three-year vendetta against Trump supporters , for taking control of the GOP away from his war-happy faction .
You want to meet someone who does understand moral responsibility ?
Someone who @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s hands , and what you should do when there is some ?
Abby Johnson .
She was once a pro-abortion activist .
Then a clinic employee .
At last she became director of a Planned Parenthood clinic .
She helped to end the lives of many thousands of Americans .
And then she saw the truth .
She acknowledged her personal guilt .
Johnson didn ’ t write thousands of words trying to justify her actions .
To explain that it really didn ’ t matter if she ran an abortion clinic @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
No , she got down on her knees in repentance to God and begged for mercy .
And then she did more .
She became a whirlwind of energy on the part of the pro-life cause .
She offered pro-lifers her inside knowledge and expertise , exposing Planned Parenthood ’ s policies .
Johnson wrote a powerful book , Unplanned , that became a successful movie .
She started a non-profit , And Then There Were None , with the goal of attracting clinic employees ( as she was once ) away @ @ @ @ @ @ @ : Even More Abandoned than Iraqi Christians And now how is Johnson continuing her pro-life work today ?
She ’ s supporting the most pro-life president we ’ ve had since Ronald Reagan .
And speaking at the Republican National Convention , focusing the attention of the nation on the most vulnerable people in our country : unborn Americans , who have fewer rights than farm animals , and whose body parts Planned Parenthood sells , as if they really were chickens or pigs .
That is how penitence works .
If David @ @ @ @ @ @ @ his support for a reckless war that destroyed Christian communities .
His backing for a similar war in Syria , which Donald Trump refused to wage .
French would volunteer to help rebuild the shattered Christian villages of Iraq , some of whose displaced residents still live in unheated shipping containers .
( Islamists control the refugee camps , and won ’ t let Christians in . )
If French had a cogent , Christian vision of the moral life , he wouldn ’ t dare hurl moral epithets at those who warned @ @ @ @ @ @ @ wouldn ’ t tell pro-lifers that it really doesn ’ t matter if the woman who tried to imprison pro-life journalists stands a heartbeat away from the presidency .
David French knows better .
We know he knows .
Watching him perform a solitaire Cirque du Soleil show for his deep-pocketed NeverTrump donors is a miserable spectacle .
By the irony of faith , humility and real penance is the route back to dignity , as Abby Johnson knows .
God willing , French will someday learn it too .
Jason Jones is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ He is a film producer , author , activist and human rights worker .
You can follow him at @ JasonJonesShow .
John Zmirak is a senior editor at The Stream , and author or co-author of ten books , including The Politically Incorrect Guide to Immigration and The Politically Incorrect Guide to Catholicism .
Together , Jones and Zmirak wrote The Race to Save Our Century .

In his latest Rube Goldberg contraption designed to show why pro-lifers should not back a pro-life president, David French exhausts himself. It’s frankly hard to slog through something that long when one’s so busy cringing. Here is a once-prominent public intellectual, who actually toyed with running for president of the U.S., reduced to peddling sophistries to his ever-shrinking audience. His point?
Who Cares Who’s President?
It doesn’t matter if you refuse to vote against Joe Biden and Kamala Harris. If his incessant, distorted, personally motivated attacks on Trump and his supporters help those two get elected?
French’s conscience will be clear. It doesn’t make that much difference, French tries to tell us, who gets elected president of the U.S. Who chooses its Supreme Court justices. Or who directs our policies at the U.N. — which can either push foreign countries to protect unborn children, or pressure them to abandon them.
They’ll Greet Our Troops with Flowers
Let’s remember the last time David French assured of something that seemed kind of nutty. He was a big cheerleader for our disastrous war in Iraq. He echoed the neocon party line that our troops would be greeted with flowers. That religious minorities, including a million Christians, would be safe in the post-war chaos. French’s allies even told us that the war would “pay for itself.” Remember all that? French hopes that you don’t.
It doesn’t make that much difference, French tries to tell us, who gets elected president of the U.S.
In an exchange with one of us in the New York Times, French waved off the moral responsibility of George W. Bush for refusing to use U.S. soldiers to safeguard Iraqi Christians. Out of a million believers, praying in churches that date back to the Apostles, three-quarters were killed or made refugees. All while U.S. soldiers looked on, obeying orders.
French didn’t think their blood was on Bush’s (and Obama’s) hands. So perhaps he has a distorted sense of how moral responsibility operates. That would help him excuse his three-year vendetta against Trump supporters, for taking control of the GOP away from his war-happy faction.
Abby Johnson Understands Repentance
You want to meet someone who does understand moral responsibility? Someone who knows about getting blood on one’s hands, and what you should do when there is some? Abby Johnson. She was once a pro-abortion activist. Then a clinic employee. At last she became director of a Planned Parenthood clinic. She helped to end the lives of many thousands of Americans. And then she saw the truth. She acknowledged her personal guilt.
Johnson didn’t write thousands of words trying to justify her actions. To explain that it really didn’t matter if she ran an abortion clinic — somebody else would have, anyway. No, she got down on her knees in repentance to God and begged for mercy. And then she did more. She became a whirlwind of energy on the part of the pro-life cause. She offered pro-lifers her inside knowledge and expertise, exposing Planned Parenthood’s policies.
Johnson wrote a powerful book, Unplanned, that became a successful movie. She started a non-profit, And Then There Were None, with the goal of attracting clinic employees (as she was once) away from the abortion industry.
Unborn Americans: Even More Abandoned than Iraqi Christians
And now how is Johnson continuing her pro-life work today? She’s supporting the most pro-life president we’ve had since Ronald Reagan. And speaking at the Republican National Convention, focusing the attention of the nation on the most vulnerable people in our country: unborn Americans, who have fewer rights than farm animals, and whose body parts Planned Parenthood sells, as if they really were chickens or pigs.
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That is how penitence works. If David French understood that, he would repent his support for a reckless war that destroyed Christian communities. His backing for a similar war in Syria, which Donald Trump refused to wage. French would volunteer to help rebuild the shattered Christian villages of Iraq, some of whose displaced residents still live in unheated shipping containers. (Islamists control the refugee camps, and won’t let Christians in.)
Imagine Having a Conscience
If French had a cogent, Christian vision of the moral life, he wouldn’t dare hurl moral epithets at those who warned against that war. And he certainly wouldn’t tell pro-lifers that it really doesn’t matter if the woman who tried to imprison pro-life journalists stands a heartbeat away from the presidency.
David French knows better. We know he knows. Watching him perform a solitaire Cirque du Soleil show for his deep-pocketed NeverTrump donors is a miserable spectacle. By the irony of faith, humility and real penance is the route back to dignity, as Abby Johnson knows. God willing, French will someday learn it too.
Jason Jones is a senior contributor to The Stream. He is a film producer, author, activist and human rights worker. You can follow him at @JasonJonesShow.
John Zmirak is a senior editor at The Stream, and author or co-author of ten books, including The Politically Incorrect Guide to Immigration and The Politically Incorrect Guide to Catholicism.
Together, Jones and Zmirak wrote The Race to Save Our Century.


thestream--2020-08-27--I Am Heartsick and Deeply Conflicted for Our Nation

America is convulsing and in deep pain and turmoil .
As I write at 2:13 a.m. on Thursday , Kenosha is burning , Hurricane Laura is approaching , we are shooting each other in the streets and there is no end in sight .
We wear masks when we leave our homes , schools are opened and then closed , and we don ’ t even know if a vaccine is a Godsend or a trap .
Confusion reigns supreme and I , along with millions of other Americans , am sick at heart .
There is also a deep @ @ @ @ @ @ @ arises when truth is scarce and righteousness is blurred .
Where and how should we stand ?
How Do We Show Solidarity While Rejecting False Narratives ?
Right now , I want to show deep solidarity with my Black brothers and sisters as they grieve over the shooting of Jacob Blake , lying paralyzed in a hospital .
Compassion moves me to do so .
And who can not appreciate the gracious , irenic , noble tone of his mother at a time like this ?
Let us grieve with those who grieve @ @ @ @ @ @ @ I see Naomi Osaka , a Black Japanese tennis star writing about “ the continued genocide of Black people at the hand of the police , ” truth moves me to say , “ Not so !
There is no such ‘ genocide ’ taking place — unless you want to speak of the Black genocide taking place at Planned Parenthood clinics .
Or the decimation of Black Americans in inner-city violence.
” How do we show solidarity with our Black friends without embracing the false narratives ?
How do we embrace both @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of What Happened Accurate ?
And then there are the emerging details of Blake ’ s shooting , including : 1 ) The police were contacted by Blake ’ s girlfriend , who “ reported that her boyfriend [ Blake ] was present and was not supposed to be on the premises.
” 2 ) It was only after Blake forcefully resisted arrest while ignoring police orders that he was shot .
3 ) In the investigation that followed , “ Blake admitted that he had a knife in his possession ” and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the driver ’ s side floorboard of [ his ] vehicle.
” This doesn ’ t mean Blake ’ s shooting was justified .
It simply means that the original narrative ( and video ) that sparked the rioting painted an inaccurate picture of what happened .
Had the whole truth been known , would the outrage have been as great ?
Would Kenosha businesses be burned to the ground ?
Would others have been shot and killed ?
Would the NBA be cancelling games — and perhaps destroying the remainder of their @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to ask these questions without being accused of racism ?
What is Godly Wisdom About Guns ?
I ’ m also deeply conflicted right now about guns .
On the one hand , with the extreme positions of the Democrat Party and the ongoing violence in the streets ( right into private neighborhoods ) , I understand the importance of the Second Amendment .
Colleagues of mine have even encouraged their fellow-Americans to get armed and trained — and they have done so passionately in the name of God .
At the same @ @ @ @ @ @ @ gunmen on both sides of the conflict in Kenosha ( as well as other hotspot cities ) , something seems very wrong .
Is this the Wild West all over again ?
How have things gotten so far out of control ?
Is this what the Second Amendment is about ?
Kyle Rittenhouse and the Brokenness of Our World And then there is 17-year-old Kyle Rittenhouse , now in custody for the killing of two men in Kenosha .
With an apparent lifelong interest in law enforcement and guns , he traveled from @ @ @ @ @ @ @ about 20 miles away , to help protect Kenosha businesses from looters , vandals and arsonists .
He even explained on a video that he would run into harm ’ s way in order to save people ’ s lives .
Stating that he was a certified EMT , he said , “ People are getting injured .
Our job is to protect this business and part of my job is to also help people .
If there ’ s somebody hurt , I ’ m running into harm ’ s way .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ rifle because I can protect myself , obviously .
I also have my medkit.
” He is close to the age of my two grandsons , one of whom is already a volunteer fireman .
Yet now this young man is in custody for shooting two men dead after being chased down the street , struck with a skateboard , and kicked .
As for the men he killed , did they have any clue this would be the last day of their lives ?
Will the Chaos Continue to Grow ?
What @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a 17-year-old feels it is his “ job ” to show up with a rifle and medical kit to protect another community ?
When police in armed vehicles are turned back by heavily armed protesters ?
When anarchy and lawlessness reign ?
All of this is so deeply troubling .
The chaos is only underscored when we see a church building with “ Black Lives Matter ” on the marquee burning to the ground .
What on earth is going on ?
Adding further fuel to the fires of division in our nation @ @ @ @ @ @ @ over two months away , and it seems virtually certain that , whatever the outcome , there will be outrage and defiance .
The divisions will only grow deeper .
I Cry Out to God to Heal Our Land All this drives me to my knees , calling out to the only One who can help us .
And with a broken , conflicted heart , I cry , “ Heavenly Father , have mercy on America and heal our land !
” We have no other hope .
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America is convulsing and in deep pain and turmoil. As I write at 2:13 a.m. on Thursday, Kenosha is burning, Hurricane Laura is approaching, we are shooting each other in the streets and there is no end in sight. We wear masks when we leave our homes, schools are opened and then closed, and we don’t even know if a vaccine is a Godsend or a trap. Confusion reigns supreme and I, along with millions of other Americans, am sick at heart.
There is also a deep conflict in my soul, one that arises when truth is scarce and righteousness is blurred. Where and how should we stand?
How Do We Show Solidarity While Rejecting False Narratives?
Right now, I want to show deep solidarity with my Black brothers and sisters as they grieve over the shooting of Jacob Blake, lying paralyzed in a hospital. Compassion moves me to do so. And who cannot appreciate the gracious, irenic, noble tone of his mother at a time like this? Let us grieve with those who grieve.
All this drives me to my knees, calling out to the only One who can help us.
At the same time, when I see Naomi Osaka, a Black Japanese tennis star writing about “the continued genocide of Black people at the hand of the police,” truth moves me to say, “Not so! There is no such ‘genocide’ taking place — unless you want to speak of the Black genocide taking place at Planned Parenthood clinics. Or the decimation of Black Americans in inner-city violence.”
How do we show solidarity with our Black friends without embracing the false narratives? How do we embrace both compassion and truth?
Is the Narrative of What Happened Accurate?
And then there are the emerging details of Blake’s shooting, including: 1) The police were contacted by Blake’s girlfriend, who “reported that her boyfriend [Blake] was present and was not supposed to be on the premises.” 2) It was only after Blake forcefully resisted arrest while ignoring police orders that he was shot. 3) In the investigation that followed, “Blake admitted that he had a knife in his possession” and “DCI agents recovered a knife from the driver’s side floorboard of [his] vehicle.”
This doesn’t mean Blake’s shooting was justified. It simply means that the original narrative (and video) that sparked the rioting painted an inaccurate picture of what happened. Had the whole truth been known, would the outrage have been as great? Would Kenosha businesses be burned to the ground? Would others have been shot and killed? Would the NBA be cancelling games — and perhaps destroying the remainder of their season? And are we even allowed to ask these questions without being accused of racism?
What is Godly Wisdom About Guns?
I’m also deeply conflicted right now about guns. On the one hand, with the extreme positions of the Democrat Party and the ongoing violence in the streets (right into private neighborhoods), I understand the importance of the Second Amendment. Colleagues of mine have even encouraged their fellow-Americans to get armed and trained — and they have done so passionately in the name of God.
At the same time, when I see heavily armed gunmen on both sides of the conflict in Kenosha (as well as other hotspot cities), something seems very wrong. Is this the Wild West all over again? How have things gotten so far out of control? Is this what the Second Amendment is about?
Kyle Rittenhouse and the Brokenness of Our World
And then there is 17-year-old Kyle Rittenhouse, now in custody for the killing of two men in Kenosha. With an apparent lifelong interest in law enforcement and guns, he traveled from his home in Antioch, Illinois, about 20 miles away, to help protect Kenosha businesses from looters, vandals and arsonists. He even explained on a video that he would run into harm’s way in order to save people’s lives.
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Stating that he was a certified EMT, he said, “People are getting injured. Our job is to protect this business and part of my job is to also help people. If there’s somebody hurt, I’m running into harm’s way. That’s why I have my rifle because I can protect myself, obviously. I also have my medkit.”
He is close to the age of my two grandsons, one of whom is already a volunteer fireman. Yet now this young man is in custody for shooting two men dead after being chased down the street, struck with a skateboard, and kicked. As for the men he killed, did they have any clue this would be the last day of their lives?
Will the Chaos Continue to Grow?
What kind of madness is this, when a 17-year-old feels it is his “job” to show up with a rifle and medical kit to protect another community? When police in armed vehicles are turned back by heavily armed protesters? When anarchy and lawlessness reign? All of this is so deeply troubling.
The chaos is only underscored when we see a church building with “Black Lives Matter” on the marquee burning to the ground. What on earth is going on?
Adding further fuel to the fires of division in our nation, the November elections are a little over two months away, and it seems virtually certain that, whatever the outcome, there will be outrage and defiance. The divisions will only grow deeper.
I Cry Out to God to Heal Our Land
All this drives me to my knees, calling out to the only One who can help us. And with a broken, conflicted heart, I cry, “Heavenly Father, have mercy on America and heal our land!”
We have no other hope.
Dr. Michael Brown (www.askdrbrown.org) is the host of the nationally syndicated Line of Fire radio program. His latest book is Evangelicals at the Crossroads: Will We Pass the Trump Test? Connect with him on Facebook, Twitter or YouTube.


thestream--2020-08-27--Pelosi ‘Shocker’: Biden Should Cancel the Debates

Just how incapacitated has Joe Biden become ?
Out of the blue , Speaker Nancy Pelosi declared today that the upcoming Presidential Debates should be cancelled .
Yup .
The American voters should not get to see the two candidates for the top office in the land engage in a discussion of the issues .
The drumbeat to avoid debates began a month ago .
CNN ’ s Joe Lockhart .
Elizabeth Drew of The New York Times .
Democratic strategist Zac Petkanas also floated the Trump is “ not a legitimate candidate ” argument for cancelling the debates .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ House has picked up that baton .
Pelosi knows , and his handlers know : Joe Biden simply can not handle three live 90-minute rounds with no commercial breaks .
Not with anyone .
Certainly not with one Donald J. Trump , who chewed up 16 GOP debate contenders like they were a McDonald ’ s burger and fries .
Of course , Pelosi couldn ’ t say Biden is mentally incapable of debating the President , so she came up with glorious little gaslight .
She says the debates would be an @ @ @ @ @ @ @ wouldn ’ t legitimize a conversation with him , nor a debate in terms of the presidency of the United States , ” she said .
Get that ?
Not only was his election illegitimate , even a conversation with Trump is illegitimate .
But Nancy was just winding up .
What is so asinine about this statement is even it were true , Biden — if elected — would have to meet with adversarial leaders .
Skullduggery means “ underhanded or unscrupulous behavior ; trickery.
” Does this mean Biden can be @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ t handle a rough time from Trump even with the help of loyal moderators , what ’ s going to happen in a room with Vladimir Putin or Kim Jung Un or Chinese President Xi ?
Or Nancy Pelosi herself ?
Is he going to stay in the White House basement for that too ?
Pelosi also rewrote the history of the 2016 debates .
Fox News reports , “ She cited Trump ’ s ‘ disgraceful ’ performance at the 2016 debate when he was ‘ stalking ’ Clinton as one @ @ @ @ @ @ @ out the debates.
” First off , the “ stalking ” bit was another case of Hillary ’ s playing the “ I ’ m a Woman Up Against a Man ” card .
This was the 2nd debate , right after the release of the Access Hollywood tape .
Her campaign was trying to sell Trump as a predator .
So they made up this idea that he was “ menacingly stalking ” her during the debate .
In her post-election book , Hillary claimed “ my skin crawled ” as Trump @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s look at some facts .
They were sharing a relatively small platform , both walking around to answer questions .
In today ’ s terms , social distancing was nearly impossible .
Trump did tend to remain standing when Hillary talked , rather than return to his chair , and when you ’ re 6 ’ 3 ” and about 240 pounds , that ’ s going make an impression .
Trump simply physically dominates most spaces he occupies — unless he ’ s hanging with pro athletes ( or more @ @ @ @ @ @ @ . )
But stalking ?
Menace ?
And intimidating , of all people , Hillary Clinton ?
Check this Google link for images from the debate .
Half the time they look like Frank and Liza in a Vegas lounge .
What ’ s It Have to Do With Joe ?
However , let ’ s assume what Pelosi and Clinton say is true .
What ’ s that have to do with Joe Biden ?
Thanks to social distancing , they ’ re probably not going to come within 10 feet of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , far more to the point , Joe Biden is the guy who said if they were in high school he ’ d take Trump out back and “ beat the hell ” out of him .
Seems very strange to say the debates should be canceled because Trump would physically menace Tough Guy Joe .
So what ’ s the real story ?
Pelosi made her comments unprompted .
She deliberately , strategically floated the idea of canceling the debates .
This is no PBS bubble head shooting off their mouth to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ at the convention .
This is the most powerful elected Democrat in the nation declaring the Democratic nominee should refuse to debate because , in essence , “ Orange Man Bad.
” As a Stream colleague said this morning , “ If he ’ s that bad it should be easy to prove in a debate.
” No , this has nothing to do with Trump .
This has to do with Biden .
A Rasmussen poll in July found 56 % of those surveyed thought refusing to debate Trump would hurt Biden @ @ @ @ @ @ @ only 6 % away from having nothing to lose by not debating .
Launch a major effort now to smear a Trump debate , and refusing to debate harms you little , if at all .
A smart move when you know what disaster awaits Democrats if Joe Biden actually gets on a debate stage with Donald Trump .
He Can ’ t Do It Rasmussen ’ s poll showed only 54 % of Likely U.S .
Voters think Biden is capable of debating Trump .
36 % say they didn ’ t @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s not winning a debate .
That ’ s just physically or mentally able to debate .
One-in-five Democrats admitted they think Biden is suffering from some form of dementia .
This was before he declared that American blacks are not diverse .
Before he blew up at a black reporter , snapping “ Are you a junkie ?
” This was before he refused to go to the DNC convention in Milwaukee .
Before he gave the shortest , least detailed , convention speech by far since 1972 .
Before he refused @ @ @ @ @ @ @ burst of campaign appearances .
Instead he has returned to his Delaware basement … and his beach house .
Joe Biden has not had any sort of press conference since July .
He ’ s only spoken to the collective press twice all summer .
He has not answered any questions from reporters not already willing to walk him into the White House .
Biden ’ s people know the risk .
A few pointed questions from radio host Charlamagne tha God in May drew Biden ’ s now infamous response : “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ whether you ’ re for me or Trump , then you ain ’ t black.
” He ’ s like a biologic that must remain contained in the lab , lest it be released and destroy the Democrats ’ chances .
For the record , the Biden camp insists there will be debates .
Biden says he is eager , telling NBC ’ s Andrea Mitchell today that “ as long as the commission continues down the straight and narrow as they have , I ’ m going to debate him.
” ( @ @ @ @ @ @ @ far too close to the election for Nancy Pelosi to be ad-libbing , acting counter to the wishes of the DNC and Biden campaign .
The groundwork is being laid .
What does she know about Biden ’ s health that the voters should know ?
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You can follow him at @ StreamingAl .
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Just how incapacitated has Joe Biden become? Out of the blue, Speaker Nancy Pelosi declared today that the upcoming Presidential Debates should be cancelled. Yup. The American voters should not get to see the two candidates for the top office in the land engage in a discussion of the issues.
The drumbeat to avoid debates began a month ago. CNN’s Joe Lockhart. Elizabeth Drew of The New York Times. Democratic strategist Zac Petkanas also floated the Trump is “not a legitimate candidate” argument for cancelling the debates. And now, the Speaker of the House has picked up that baton. Pelosi knows, and his handlers know: Joe Biden simply cannot handle three live 90-minute rounds with no commercial breaks. Not with anyone. Certainly not with one Donald J. Trump, who chewed up 16 GOP debate contenders like they were a McDonald’s burger and fries.
What Pelosi Couldn’t Say
Of course, Pelosi couldn’t say Biden is mentally incapable of debating the President, so she came up with glorious little gaslight. She says the debates would be an “exercise in skullduggery.”
“I wouldn’t legitimize a conversation with him, nor a debate in terms of the presidency of the United States,” she said. Get that? Not only was his election illegitimate, even a conversation with Trump is illegitimate. But Nancy was just winding up.
So I think that he’ll probably act in a way that is beneath the dignity of the presidency; he does that every day. But I think it will also belittle what the debates are supposed to be about. And they’re not to be about skullduggery on the part of somebody who has no respect for the office he holds, much less the democratic process.
(Talk about projection!)
What is so asinine about this statement is even it were true, Biden — if elected — would have to meet with adversarial leaders. Skullduggery means “underhanded or unscrupulous behavior; trickery.” Does this mean Biden can be easily fooled?
And if he can’t handle a rough time from Trump even with the help of loyal moderators, what’s going to happen in a room with Vladimir Putin or Kim Jung Un or Chinese President Xi? Or Nancy Pelosi herself? Is he going to stay in the White House basement for that too?
Still Obsessed with 2016
Pelosi also rewrote the history of the 2016 debates. Fox News reports, “She cited Trump’s ‘disgraceful’ performance at the 2016 debate when he was ‘stalking’ Clinton as one reason Biden should break tradition and sit out the debates.”
First off, the “stalking” bit was another case of Hillary’s playing the “I’m a Woman Up Against a Man” card. This was the 2nd debate, right after the release of the Access Hollywood tape. Her campaign was trying to sell Trump as a predator. So they made up this idea that he was “menacingly stalking” her during the debate. In her post-election book, Hillary claimed “my skin crawled” as Trump hovered around. Narrative.
But let’s look at some facts.
They were sharing a relatively small platform, both walking around to answer questions. In today’s terms, social distancing was nearly impossible. Trump did tend to remain standing when Hillary talked, rather than return to his chair, and when you’re 6’3” and about 240 pounds, that’s going make an impression. Trump simply physically dominates most spaces he occupies — unless he’s hanging with pro athletes (or more and more each day, son Barron.) But stalking? Menace? And intimidating, of all people, Hillary Clinton?
Check this Google link for images from the debate. Half the time they look like Frank and Liza in a Vegas lounge.
What’s It Have to Do With Joe?
However, let’s assume what Pelosi and Clinton say is true. What’s that have to do with Joe Biden? Thanks to social distancing, they’re probably not going to come within 10 feet of each other during the debates. Plus, far more to the point, Joe Biden is the guy who said if they were in high school he’d take Trump out back and “beat the hell” out of him.
Seems very strange to say the debates should be canceled because Trump would physically menace Tough Guy Joe.
The Real Story
So what’s the real story? Pelosi made her comments unprompted. She deliberately, strategically floated the idea of canceling the debates. This is no PBS bubble head shooting off their mouth to kill time before insulting more paralyzed Republicans at the convention. This is the most powerful elected Democrat in the nation declaring the Democratic nominee should refuse to debate because, in essence, “Orange Man Bad.”
As a Stream colleague said this morning, “If he’s that bad it should be easy to prove in a debate.” No, this has nothing to do with Trump. This has to do with Biden.
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A Rasmussen poll in July found 56% of those surveyed thought refusing to debate Trump would hurt Biden’s candidacy. You’re only 6% away from having nothing to lose by not debating. Launch a major effort now to smear a Trump debate, and refusing to debate harms you little, if at all. A smart move when you know what disaster awaits Democrats if Joe Biden actually gets on a debate stage with Donald Trump.
He Can’t Do It
Rasmussen’s poll showed only 54% of Likely U.S. Voters think Biden is capable of debating Trump. 36% say they didn’t think he was capable. That’s not winning a debate. That’s just physically or mentally able to debate.
One-in-five Democrats admitted they think Biden is suffering from some form of dementia. This was before he declared that American blacks are not diverse. Before he blew up at a black reporter, snapping “Are you a junkie?”
This was before he refused to go to the DNC convention in Milwaukee. Before he gave the shortest, least detailed, convention speech by far since 1972. Before he refused to follow his speech with a traditional burst of campaign appearances. Instead he has returned to his Delaware basement … and his beach house.
Joe Biden has not had any sort of press conference since July. He’s only spoken to the collective press twice all summer. He has not answered any questions from reporters not already willing to walk him into the White House.
Biden’s people know the risk. A few pointed questions from radio host Charlamagne tha God in May drew Biden’s now infamous response: “If you have a problem figuring out whether you’re for me or Trump, then you ain’t black.”
Destroying Their Chances
He’s like a biologic that must remain contained in the lab, lest it be released and destroy the Democrats’ chances.
For the record, the Biden camp insists there will be debates. Biden says he is eager, telling NBC’s Andrea Mitchell today that “as long as the commission continues down the straight and narrow as they have, I’m going to debate him.” (Interesting caveat.)
We’re far too close to the election for Nancy Pelosi to be ad-libbing, acting counter to the wishes of the DNC and Biden campaign. The groundwork is being laid. What does she know about Biden’s health that the voters should know?
Al Perrotta is the Managing Editor of The Stream and co-author, with @JZmirak, of The Politically Incorrect Guide to Immigration. You can follow him at @StreamingAl. And if you aren’t already, please follow The Stream at @Streamdotorg.


thestream--2020-08-27--Minneapolis Calls in National Guard to Stop Rioting

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey announced Wednesday evening that the city asked the National Guard to assist in the unrest and rioting occurring on the streets of Minneapolis .
Minneapolis will also have a curfew that is going into effect immediately , KSTP reported .
“ What we ’ re calling for right now is peace , ” Frey said at a Wednesday press conference , according to the publication .
“ What we ’ re calling for right now is for people to return to their homes.
” The publication reports that Minneapolis Police Chief Medaria Arradondo told those who @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to contact any loved ones who live downtown and tell them to immediately leave the area .
“ This is not an officer-related incident , ” the police chief said .
“ We ’ re compounding more tragedy by the destruction and folks wanting to do harm to our communities in our downtown sector this evening.
” He added , “ This is my city .
We will not tolerate that.
” The unrest comes after a murder suspect committed suicide as police approached him , according to the Minneapolis Police Department .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ committed suicide as police approached them at 8th & Nicollet , ” the Minneapolis Police tweeted Wednesday .
“ No officer weapons were fired .
This is a tragedy for our community that is still hurting .
Our condolences go to the families of the victims.
” *WARNING : This video contains graphic images* This evening , a murder suspect committed suicide as police approached them at 8th & Nicollet .
No officer weapons were fired .
This is a tragedy for our community that is still hurting .
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Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey announced Wednesday evening that the city asked the National Guard to assist in the unrest and rioting occurring on the streets of Minneapolis.
Minneapolis will also have a curfew that is going into effect immediately, KSTP reported.
“What we’re calling for right now is peace,” Frey said at a Wednesday press conference, according to the publication. “What we’re calling for right now is for people to return to their homes.”
#BREAKING – Mayor Jacob Frey announces he is imposing a curfew and has made a request for the MN National Guard to respond to civil unrest in Minneapolis. Story coming to @KSTP https://t.co/gbaJAgxBOy — Tracy Maher (@tracym) August 27, 2020
The publication reports that Minneapolis Police Chief Medaria Arradondo told those who live in downtown Minneapolis to leave and to contact any loved ones who live downtown and tell them to immediately leave the area.
“This is not an officer-related incident,” the police chief said. “We’re compounding more tragedy by the destruction and folks wanting to do harm to our communities in our downtown sector this evening.”
He added, “This is my city. We will not tolerate that.”
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The unrest comes after a murder suspect committed suicide as police approached him, according to the Minneapolis Police Department.
“This evening, a murder suspect committed suicide as police approached them at 8th & Nicollet,” the Minneapolis Police tweeted Wednesday. “No officer weapons were fired. This is a tragedy for our community that is still hurting. Our condolences go to the families of the victims.”
*WARNING: This video contains graphic images* This evening, a murder suspect committed suicide as police approached them at 8th & Nicollet. No officer weapons were fired. This is a tragedy for our community that is still hurting. Our condolences go to the families of the victims. pic.twitter.com/2NyE4os7P0 — Minneapolis Police (@MinneapolisPD) August 27, 2020
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thestream--2020-08-27--Eric Metaxas, Russian Mole … and Other FAKE NEWS from His New Book

Eric Metaxas has a fun new book , just in time for the election season .
Stream senior editor John Zmirak enjoyed it so much , he decided to interview his old friend Eric about it .
Zmirak : This is your third book aimed at getting little kids to support Donald Trump .
But most of them won ’ t be eligible to vote for another 10 or so years .
So they ’ d be voting for Trump to remain for a record-breaking fifth term in office .
Has Team Trump told you something about the president ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ should know about ?
Metaxas : Et tu , John ?
!
!
This book is a humor book for adults !
Of course it looks and sounds like a kids ’ s book , but that ’ s part of the genius humor of it !
And it ’ s so gosh darn sweet that kids really can enjoy it , unlike the many foul-mouthed political parodies being put out by the Marxist left .
So I just want to be clear that ADULTS are going to LOVE the political humor !
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ s plans for a third or fourth term , but let me say this : if I did know about that I wouldn ’ t be able to tell you , if you catch my drift , and I know that you do , so mum ’ s the word , old chum , eh ?
Just between us .
I bet you wrote this book while the worst thing the Democrats were doing was smearing the U.S. president and his team with treason against the United States , based on a groundless @ @ @ @ @ @ @ men like Gen. Mike Flynn based on doctored transcripts and forged FISA warrants .
That failed , and now they ’ ve closed our churches , crashed our economy , locked us in our homes , and unleashed mobs of violent revolutionaries on our cities .
Are you getting nostalgic for the halcyon , bi-partisan days of February 2020 ?
Funny you should bring that up , because , um , YES .
Or “ correct-o-mundo !
” as they say in Venezuela .
What ’ s the pub date for the next @ @ @ @ @ @ @ On Fifth Avenue .
You forgot that part .
Ha ha .
But we joke .
It ’ s important to joke .
While it ’ s still legal .
Of course we know that when this president is re-elected in an embarrassing landslide the peaceful protesters are going to intensify their peacefulness dramatically by trashing and burning everything they can .
So we aren ’ t sure when things will be able to accommodate the publication of our next book .
But thank you for asking .
And on behalf of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that It ’ s vital that everyone buy THIS book first .
And the other two that preceded it .
They are ALREADY collector ’ s items !
What are you waiting for ?
?
?
Your Bonhoeffer book qualifies you as a bona fides historian of Nazi Germany .
If you weren ’ t a public Christian , you could probably have swung a sweet job consulting for the Southern Poverty Law Center or something — certifying the Knights of Columbus and Operation Rescue as dangerous “ extremist ” groups .
You @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Maybe working for the Obama Library , stuffing Bill Ayers documents down the Memory Hole .
But you blew it , Eric .
You blew it .
I say this as a friend .
Seriously , though : By coming out early for Donald Trump as a candidate , you shocked and outraged a certain kind of person .
I think some aggressively “ winsome ” Christian writers had to be briefly hospitalized , spending weeks of rehab on their fainting couches .
You launched a dozen Patheos columns by supposed “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of acting like the German Christians who backed the Nazis .
Was it really worth it , Eric ?
Were all those tins of Russian caviar and Faberge egg omelets so tasty that you ’ d trade the respect of tenured “ Christian feminists ” ?
Do you have some lucrative side deal as future paintball coach for the Moscow campus of Trump University ?
First of all , how in the world did you hear about the Moscow campus and my super sweet gig there ?
And I don ’ t know @ @ @ @ @ @ @ it ’ s something Rothko invented , right ?
But yeah , that ’ s supposed to be under the radar , so please don ’ t mention it .
And as far as the former evangelicals who are still on their fainting couches over the idea that Christians should vote for the betterment of the society in which they live — actually they are now officially called “ Divan-gelicals ” — I am afraid they somehow think I ’ ve changed , but I haven ’ t .
Circumstances changed , such @ @ @ @ @ @ @ open about how I think Christians should respond politically .
When you are up against people trying to undermine the very foundations of your self-governing republic , you really ought to say and do SOMETHING .
At least that ’ s my take .
I wrote about Christians getting involved in politics in my Wilberforce bio Amazing Grace and in my Bonhoeffer book .
Sometimes Christians need to lead in taking political action against dark forces .
I believe we have come to such a time .
The Secret Committee Formerly Known As @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , you think , behind the Democrats backing the rioters ?
A senator like Mazie Hirono refusing to register a single criticism of Antifa .
Are they just scared of the armed and dangerous part of their political base ?
Or are they trying to scare the rest of us into voting for them ?
Michelle Obama as good as threatened Americans that if they didn ’ t pull the lever for the Secret Committee Formerly Known As Joe Biden ( SCFKAJB ) that the violence would get a lot worse .
In @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Germany , with Democrat mayors refusing to arrest or prosecute violent street militias that back them , does this remind you of Prussian mayors refusing to bust the brown shirts ?
I ’ ve very sorry to say YES , these mayors DO remind me of that .
But it ’ s good to be reminded that what happened in Germany in the Thirties wasn ’ t an anomalous racial issue .
Anyone in the human race — meaning not just Germans — is just as likely to be tempted to look the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , many are now falling into that same satanic trap , principally because of their ignorance of the principles of American liberty .
That ’ s why I wrote my book If You Can Keep It : The Forgotten Promise of American Liberty .
I sincerely wish I could give a copy to every American .
It ’ s a short summation of what we need to know to understand the extraordinary privilege of living in a country where the people really are free to govern themselves — and to make sure we @ @ @ @ @ @ @ fragile liberty .
What ’ s happening now is a result of these basic things not being taught since the Sixties .
High schoolers and Freshmen in college should be required to read it .
It would save us all a lot of trouble going forward .
We were both born in Queens .
I had the bad judgment to grow up there in the 1970s—you can watch the docudrama of my life they made last year .
It ’ s streaming now .
The title is Joker .
Now you ’ re @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Blasio is rapidly turning back into a urine-soaked , bankrupt hellhole .
You were there on the frontlines when the mayor was the last man at the gym , then two weeks later arresting Orthodox Jews and threatening to seize church buildings permanently .
When Gov .
Cuomo decided that his mama , Matilda , should be the only senior to survive the pandemic , if he could help it .
So regarding the city we both love , New York : If Biden wins what ’ s your exit plan ?
Back @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Greece ?
Croatia would give me citizenship if I asked for it .
I think Greece would do the same for you .
If Biden were to win , it would mean that the Democrats stole the election .
It ’ s their only hope , and I know they are working very very hard on making that happen .
So if that were to happen I would quickly grow a beard , don a beret and join the Underground Sons of Liberty movement to see that they are eventually defeated and arrested @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to re-education kindergarten camps where the required reading includes Donald & the Fake News and my other fun books in the series .
At first they probably won ’ t get the humor , but you can ’ t have everything !
John Zmirak is a senior editor at The Stream , and author or co-author of ten books , including The Politically Incorrect Guide to Immigration and The Politically Incorrect Guide to Catholicism .
He is co-author with Jason Jones of “ God , Guns , & the Government.
” Eric Metaxas @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Fake News , is available everywhere , including Amazon.com .

Eric Metaxas has a fun new book, just in time for the election season. Stream senior editor John Zmirak enjoyed it so much, he decided to interview his old friend Eric about it.
Zmirak: This is your third book aimed at getting little kids to support Donald Trump. But most of them won’t be eligible to vote for another 10 or so years. So they’d be voting for Trump to remain for a record-breaking fifth term in office. Has Team Trump told you something about the president’s plans that the rest of us should know about?
Metaxas: Et tu, John?!! This book is a humor book for adults! Of course it looks and sounds like a kids’s book, but that’s part of the genius humor of it! And it’s so gosh darn sweet that kids really can enjoy it, unlike the many foul-mouthed political parodies being put out by the Marxist left. So I just want to be clear that ADULTS are going to LOVE the political humor! And I know nothing about Trump’s plans for a third or fourth term, but let me say this: if I did know about that I wouldn’t be able to tell you, if you catch my drift, and I know that you do, so mum’s the word, old chum, eh? Just between us.
I bet you wrote this book while the worst thing the Democrats were doing was smearing the U.S. president and his team with treason against the United States, based on a groundless partisan dossier, and trying to imprison men like Gen. Mike Flynn based on doctored transcripts and forged FISA warrants. That failed, and now they’ve closed our churches, crashed our economy, locked us in our homes, and unleashed mobs of violent revolutionaries on our cities. Are you getting nostalgic for the halcyon, bi-partisan days of February 2020?
Funny you should bring that up, because, um, YES. Or “correct-o-mundo!” as they say in Venezuela.
Peaceful Demonstrations Intensifying into Riots
What’s the pub date for the next book, Donald Shoots the Rioters?
On Fifth Avenue. You forgot that part. Ha ha. But we joke. It’s important to joke. While it’s still legal. Of course we know that when this president is re-elected in an embarrassing landslide the peaceful protesters are going to intensify their peacefulness dramatically by trashing and burning everything they can.
So we aren’t sure when things will be able to accommodate the publication of our next book. But thank you for asking. And on behalf of the illustrator and me, let me say that It’s vital that everyone buy THIS book first. And the other two that preceded it. They are ALREADY collector’s items! What are you waiting for???
Eric Blew It
Your Bonhoeffer book qualifies you as a bona fides historian of Nazi Germany. If you weren’t a public Christian, you could probably have swung a sweet job consulting for the Southern Poverty Law Center or something — certifying the Knights of Columbus and Operation Rescue as dangerous “extremist” groups. You could be giving TED talks in Davos. Maybe working for the Obama Library, stuffing Bill Ayers documents down the Memory Hole.
But you blew it, Eric. You blew it. I say this as a friend.
Seriously, though: By coming out early for Donald Trump as a candidate, you shocked and outraged a certain kind of person. I think some aggressively “winsome” Christian writers had to be briefly hospitalized, spending weeks of rehab on their fainting couches. You launched a dozen Patheos columns by supposed “Bonhoeffer scholars,” who accused you of acting like the German Christians who backed the Nazis.
Was it really worth it, Eric? Were all those tins of Russian caviar and Faberge egg omelets so tasty that you’d trade the respect of tenured “Christian feminists”? Do you have some lucrative side deal as future paintball coach for the Moscow campus of Trump University?
First of all, how in the world did you hear about the Moscow campus and my super sweet gig there? And I don’t know a thing about paintball! I assume it’s something Rothko invented, right? But yeah, that’s supposed to be under the radar, so please don’t mention it.
And as far as the former evangelicals who are still on their fainting couches over the idea that Christians should vote for the betterment of the society in which they live — actually they are now officially called “Divan-gelicals” — I am afraid they somehow think I’ve changed, but I haven’t. Circumstances changed, such that I’ve been somewhat more open about how I think Christians should respond politically.
When you are up against people trying to undermine the very foundations of your self-governing republic, you really ought to say and do SOMETHING. At least that’s my take. I wrote about Christians getting involved in politics in my Wilberforce bio Amazing Grace and in my Bonhoeffer book. Sometimes Christians need to lead in taking political action against dark forces. I believe we have come to such a time.
The Secret Committee Formerly Known As Joe Biden
What’s the strategy, you think, behind the Democrats backing the rioters? A senator like Mazie Hirono refusing to register a single criticism of Antifa. Are they just scared of the armed and dangerous part of their political base? Or are they trying to scare the rest of us into voting for them? Michelle Obama as good as threatened Americans that if they didn’t pull the lever for the Secret Committee Formerly Known As Joe Biden (SCFKAJB) that the violence would get a lot worse.
In all seriousness, thinking back on 1930s Germany, with Democrat mayors refusing to arrest or prosecute violent street militias that back them, does this remind you of Prussian mayors refusing to bust the brown shirts?
I’ve very sorry to say YES, these mayors DO remind me of that. But it’s good to be reminded that what happened in Germany in the Thirties wasn’t an anomalous racial issue. Anyone in the human race — meaning not just Germans — is just as likely to be tempted to look the other way at evil; and yes, many are now falling into that same satanic trap, principally because of their ignorance of the principles of American liberty.
That’s why I wrote my book If You Can Keep It: The Forgotten Promise of American Liberty. I sincerely wish I could give a copy to every American. It’s a short summation of what we need to know to understand the extraordinary privilege of living in a country where the people really are free to govern themselves — and to make sure we do what is necessary to keep that fragile liberty. What’s happening now is a result of these basic things not being taught since the Sixties. High schoolers and Freshmen in college should be required to read it. It would save us all a lot of trouble going forward.
Escape from New York?
We were both born in Queens. I had the bad judgment to grow up there in the 1970s—you can watch the docudrama of my life they made last year. It’s streaming now. The title is Joker.
Now you’re living in the city that Bill De Blasio is rapidly turning back into a urine-soaked, bankrupt hellhole. You were there on the frontlines when the mayor was the last man at the gym, then two weeks later arresting Orthodox Jews and threatening to seize church buildings permanently. When Gov. Cuomo decided that his mama, Matilda, should be the only senior to survive the pandemic, if he could help it.
So regarding the city we both love, New York: If Biden wins what’s your exit plan? Back to Connecticut? Or maybe back to Greece? Croatia would give me citizenship if I asked for it. I think Greece would do the same for you.
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If Biden were to win, it would mean that the Democrats stole the election. It’s their only hope, and I know they are working very very hard on making that happen. So if that were to happen I would quickly grow a beard, don a beret and join the Underground Sons of Liberty movement to see that they are eventually defeated and arrested and tarred and feathered and then sent to re-education kindergarten camps where the required reading includes Donald & the Fake News and my other fun books in the series. At first they probably won’t get the humor, but you can’t have everything!
John Zmirak is a senior editor at The Stream, and author or co-author of ten books, including The Politically Incorrect Guide to Immigration and The Politically Incorrect Guide to Catholicism. He is co-author with Jason Jones of “God, Guns, & the Government.”
Eric Metaxas’ new book, Donald & the Fake News, is available everywhere, including Amazon.com.


thestream--2020-08-27--Jobless Claims Fall Slightly to About 1 Million, Still at Historic Levels

The number of Americans filing new unemployment claims decreased to 1,006,000 last week as the economy continues to suffer the effects of the coronavirus pandemic , according to the Department of Labor .
The Department of Labor figure released Thursday represented a slight decrease of 98,000 new jobless claims compared to the week ending on Aug. 15 .
The number was about where Wall Street analysts expected it to be , according to CNBC .
Economists estimated the number of jobless claims for the week ending Aug. 22 to come in at 1 million , CNBC reported .
New jobless @ @ @ @ @ @ @ first week of August , marking the first time the number was under 1 million since March .
“ We ’ re chipping away at the losses in terms of the number of jobs and some of the weaknesses there , but there ’ s still a long ways to go , ” said Sarah House , a Wells Fargo Securities senior economist , according to The Wall Street Journal .
Jobless claims hovered around 200,000 per week before the pandemic , according to WSJ .
President Donald Trump declared a national emergency @ @ @ @ @ @ @ around the world .
“ It ’ s massively concerning that five months into this crisis we are still seeing those levels , ” said AnnElizabeth Konkel , an economist at Indeed , WSJ reported .
“ It ’ s just really pointing to how much economic pain there is right now , and I don ’ t really expect that to change anytime soon.
” Wall Street is closely watching Capitol Hill this week as negotiations over a new coronavirus relief bill resume , according to CNBC .
White House Chief of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the House Nancy Pelosi Wednesday to restart talks on the bill .
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The number of Americans filing new unemployment claims decreased to 1,006,000 last week as the economy continues to suffer the effects of the coronavirus pandemic, according to the Department of Labor.
The Department of Labor figure released Thursday represented a slight decrease of 98,000 new jobless claims compared to the week ending on Aug. 15. The number was about where Wall Street analysts expected it to be, according to CNBC.
Economists estimated the number of jobless claims for the week ending Aug. 22 to come in at 1 million, CNBC reported. New jobless claims fell below 1 million in the first week of August, marking the first time the number was under 1 million since March.
“We’re chipping away at the losses in terms of the number of jobs and some of the weaknesses there, but there’s still a long ways to go,” said Sarah House, a Wells Fargo Securities senior economist, according to The Wall Street Journal.
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Jobless claims hovered around 200,000 per week before the pandemic, according to WSJ. President Donald Trump declared a national emergency in March as the coronavirus spread rapidly around the world.
“It’s massively concerning that five months into this crisis we are still seeing those levels,” said AnnElizabeth Konkel, an economist at Indeed, WSJ reported. “It’s just really pointing to how much economic pain there is right now, and I don’t really expect that to change anytime soon.”
Wall Street is closely watching Capitol Hill this week as negotiations over a new coronavirus relief bill resume, according to CNBC. White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows reached out to Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi Wednesday to restart talks on the bill.
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thestream--2020-08-27--School Choice Advocate Shares How Her OBGYN Told Her to Abort Child With Down Syndrome

School choice advocate Tera Myers shared Wednesday that doctors had encouraged her to abort her son Samuel , who has Downs Syndrome .
Myers spoke Wednesday at the Republican National Convention , sharing “ how education freedom has personally impacted my family , especially the life of my son Samuel.
” “ Before Samuel was even born I was told his life wouldn ’ t be worth living , ” Myers said .
“ When early tests revealed he had Down Syndrome , our doctor encouraged me to terminate the pregnancy .
He said ‘ If you do not , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ family and your community.
’ ” Myers said that she knew her unborn baby was “ a human being created by God and that made him worthy of life.
” When Myers Realized the Need for School Choice When she later went to register her son for kindergarten , educators told her to “ put him where he would be comfortable , don ’ t stress him out by trying to teach him , ” she said .
Myers detailed her struggles attempting to find proper education for her son , saying he @ @ @ @ @ @ @ have other options .
“ I did not like it , ” she said .
“ One size did not fit all.
” “ So I helped fight to pass legislation in Ohio for a special needs scholarship , so that all students could choose the right program for their needs , ” she continued .
“ I worked to start a new functional learning program at our local private school .
Finally , Samuel had an appropriate place to learn.
” Myers shared a story about her son going to the White @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and “ share his thoughts on education freedom.
” “ He said ‘ School Choice helped my dreams come true .
My school taught me the way I learn best .
I was able to fit in .
I made many friends .
I became a part of my community .
My teachers helped me become the best I can be , ’ ” she said .
“ President Trump shook my hand and said ‘ Wonderful job , mom , your son is amazing.
’ Unlike the doctor who told me to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ even began , President Trump did not dismiss my son , he showed Samuel he valued him and was proud of what he accomplished , ” she added .
“ President Trump gave Samuel an equal seat at the table , ” she finished .
“ Tonight , I would like to extend my thanks to President Trump and his administration for their work towards making every student ’ s dream of a meaningful education a reality.
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School choice advocate Tera Myers shared Wednesday that doctors had encouraged her to abort her son Samuel, who has Downs Syndrome.
Myers spoke Wednesday at the Republican National Convention, sharing “how education freedom has personally impacted my family, especially the life of my son Samuel.”
“Before Samuel was even born I was told his life wouldn’t be worth living,” Myers said. “When early tests revealed he had Down Syndrome, our doctor encouraged me to terminate the pregnancy. He said ‘If you do not, you will be burdening your life, family and your community.’”
Myers said that she knew her unborn baby was “a human being created by God and that made him worthy of life.”
When Myers Realized the Need for School Choice
When she later went to register her son for kindergarten, educators told her to “put him where he would be comfortable, don’t stress him out by trying to teach him,” she said.
Myers detailed her struggles attempting to find proper education for her son, saying he was repeatedly told she didn’t have other options.
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“I did not like it,” she said. “One size did not fit all.”
“So I helped fight to pass legislation in Ohio for a special needs scholarship, so that all students could choose the right program for their needs,” she continued. “I worked to start a new functional learning program at our local private school. Finally, Samuel had an appropriate place to learn.”
Samuel Told President Trump School Choice Helped Make His Dreams Come True
Myers shared a story about her son going to the White House to meet with President Donald Trump and “share his thoughts on education freedom.”
“He said ‘School Choice helped my dreams come true. My school taught me the way I learn best. I was able to fit in. I made many friends. I became a part of my community. My teachers helped me become the best I can be,’” she said.
“President Trump shook my hand and said ‘Wonderful job, mom, your son is amazing.’ Unlike the doctor who told me to end Samuel’s life before it even began, President Trump did not dismiss my son, he showed Samuel he valued him and was proud of what he accomplished,” she added.
“President Trump gave Samuel an equal seat at the table,” she finished. “Tonight, I would like to extend my thanks to President Trump and his administration for their work towards making every student’s dream of a meaningful education a reality.”
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