newyorkpost--2020-10-15--Max Muncy’s slam caps off Dodgers’ outburst: ‘Showed what we can do’

The sleeping dog awoke Wednesday night , swallowed the mailman whole ...

The Dodgers were already cruising when Max Muncy came to the plate in the first inning Wednesday night at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas, but then it turned into a circus.
Muncy crushed a pitch from Grant Dayton into the right-field seats, capping a historical feat. The grand slam gave the Dodgers 11 runs in the inning — a postseason record.
The Dodgers finished the night with five homers in their 15-3 rout of the Braves in Game 3 of the NLCS.
Despite the fact they began the game in an 0-2 series hole, Muncy sensed a lightness about the Dodgers.
“A lot of guys were joking around and it doesn’t surprise me at all,” Muncy said. “We know who we are over here, we’re a really good team. We kind of lost our footing these first two games, but we weren’t worried about anything and tonight we went out and showed what we can do.”
Muncy, who grew up in Midland, Texas, called it “pretty cool” to hit such a big home run in his native state.
“There’s not too many things that are cooler than that, but the biggest thing to me was our team got a ‘W’ and got us back on track,” he said.
The Dodgers plan to have their ace ready for Thursday.
Clayton Kershaw’s back spasms have improved to the point that Dodgers manager Dave Roberts was comfortable enough after the game to name the lefty ace as his starter for Game 4.
With Kershaw set for Thursday, it’s likely Dustin May will get the ball in Game 5, as Walker Buehler is unlikely to return on short rest. Buehler pitched five-plus innings on Monday, but has been bothered by a blister issue.
Kershaw threw an aggressive bullpen session after he was scratched on Tuesday. He had first incurred the discomfort after throwing a bullpen session Saturday, but showed improvement in the following days.
The Dodgers turned to Tony Gonsolin in Kershaw’s place on Tuesday and watched the right-hander allow five earned runs on three hits and three walks over 4¹/₃ innings.


newyorkpost--2020-10-15--Syracuse University freshman killed in collision with campus trolley

A Syracuse University freshman died after being struck by a campus trolley on Tuesday , reports said .
Trevor Pierce @ @ @ @ @ the trolley about 5:25 p.m. at the intersection of Waverly and Comstock Avenues , Syracuse.com @ @ @ @ @ university officials .
A skateboard was marked as evidence at the crime scene .
It @ @ @ @ @ Pierce was riding it at the time of the collision .
Pierce , a political @ @ @ @ @ , was taken to Upstate University Hospital , but could not be saved , the @ @ @ @ @ is an unthinkable loss for Trevor ’ s family , friends and loved ones and @ @ @ @ @ , ” Marianne Thomson , the dean of students , said in an email to @ @ @ @ @ campus newspaper , The Daily Orange .
“ Trevor will be greatly missed by all @ @ @ @ @ Thomson said .

A Syracuse University freshman died after being struck by a campus trolley on Tuesday, reports said.
Trevor Pierce, 19, collided with the trolley about 5:25 p.m. at the intersection of Waverly and Comstock Avenues, Syracuse.com reported, citing police and university officials.
A skateboard was marked as evidence at the crime scene. It was not immediately clear if Pierce was riding it at the time of the collision.
Pierce, a political philosophy major from New Hampshire, was taken to Upstate University Hospital, but could not be saved, the report said.
“This is an unthinkable loss for Trevor’s family, friends and loved ones and the entire Syracuse University community,” Marianne Thomson, the dean of students, said in an email to students, according to the campus newspaper, The Daily Orange.
“Trevor will be greatly missed by all who knew him,” Thomson said.


newyorkpost--2020-10-15--Minnesota Tae Kwon Do teacher charged with molesting teen

A Minnesota martial arts teacher is being charged with repeatedly molesting a teenaged student , who told police it was “ embedded ” in her mind never to say no to “ Master Lee , ” according to a report .
Hyobin Lee , 30 , was hit with two counts of criminal sexual conduct for having sex with the youngster over several months beginning when she was 15-years-old , KARE-TV reported Thursday .
The girl reported the abuse to officials at the Scott County School District last month , telling them the Eden Praire , Minnesota , Tae Kwon @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and had “ taken her virginity , ” the station said .
During an interview with police , the victim , now 17 , said the abuse began early in 2018 when Lee started picking her up at school and taking her to the martial arts class — and eventually back to his home .
She said she referred to her abuser as “ Master Lee , ” and that as part of his Tae Kwon Do instruction she was conditioned to comply with requests from someone of Lee ’ s rank and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ said .
The abuse ended in November 2018 when a martial arts studio opened closer to her home and she enlisted there — but it remained a secret until the school district reported the abuse to cops on Sept. 21 this year .
Lee is a South Korean immigrant who arrived in the US in 2015 and began teaching children in October 2015 .
He is being held without bail pending a court appearance .

A Minnesota martial arts teacher is being charged with repeatedly molesting a teenaged student, who told police it was “embedded” in her mind never to say no to “Master Lee,” according to a report.
Hyobin Lee, 30, was hit with two counts of criminal sexual conduct for having sex with the youngster over several months beginning when she was 15-years-old, KARE-TV reported Thursday.
The girl reported the abuse to officials at the Scott County School District last month, telling them the Eden Praire, Minnesota, Tae Kwon Do instructor had molested her multiple times and had “taken her virginity,” the station said.
During an interview with police, the victim, now 17, said the abuse began early in 2018 when Lee started picking her up at school and taking her to the martial arts class — and eventually back to his home.
She said she referred to her abuser as “Master Lee,” and that as part of his Tae Kwon Do instruction she was conditioned to comply with requests from someone of Lee’s rank and to never say no, the outlet said.
The abuse ended in November 2018 when a martial arts studio opened closer to her home and she enlisted there — but it remained a secret until the school district reported the abuse to cops on Sept. 21 this year.
Lee is a South Korean immigrant who arrived in the US in 2015 and began teaching children in October 2015.
He is being held without bail pending a court appearance.


newyorkpost--2020-10-15--Kenley Jansen fighting to regain Dodgers’ trust

The team everyone loves to hate is alive for one ...

Kenley Jansen pushing a mop isn’t an ideal look for the Dodgers at this time of year.
But there was the All-Star closer, summoned in the sixth inning in Game 3 of the NL Championship Series, not to get a tough out in a big spot, but for mop-up duty with his team holding a 14-run lead on the Braves.
Such is life for Jansen, whose decreased velocity — specifically on his cutter — has become a major headache for the Dodgers. If there was a positive from the perfect sixth inning he pitched in the runaway it was that his cutter sat in the 89-91 mph range, up two or three ticks from recent appearances.
“I was really pleased the way he threw the baseball,” Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said. “Every inning is important. Every out is important.
“To give him an opportunity to pitch, as he has been working through some delivery stuff, to see how it plays to major league hitters, that’s beneficial for everyone. So I was just really happy with the outing.”
The 33-year-old Jansen has been a mainstay for the Dodgers in their run of eight straight years in the playoffs. He entered Thursday 1-1 with a 2.22 ERA, 0.816 WHIP and 17 saves in 45 career postseason appearances.
Alarm bells sounded in his two NLDS appearances against the Padres (who were swept by the Dodgers), in which Jansen allowed three hits and two earned runs over 1 ¹/₃ innings.
It was telling that in Game 1 of the NLCS on Monday, with the score 1-1 in the ninth inning, Roberts entrusted the game to Blake Treinen. The Braves scored four runs in the inning and won 5-1.
Jansen didn’t emerge until Wednesday, after the Dodgers had set a postseason record with 11 runs in the first inning and had built a 15-1 lead in the sixth.
“Kenley is still our guy,” Corey Seager said. “You trust Kenley to go out there and get outs. He’s done that for a very long time in his career, and we expect nothing different.”
Jansen tested positive for COVID-19 in July and was late reporting to camp, but had a solid regular season for the Dodgers, appearing in 27 games and pitching to a 3.33 ERA and 1.15 WHIP with 11 saves in 13 chances.
But he appeared to lose confidence in his signature pitch, the cutter, throwing it just 63 percent of the time, the lowest frequency of his career. Even so, he posted his best strikeout rate in the last three seasons.
If Jansen can’t be trusted in the ninth inning, the Dodgers need to find another answer, whether that is Pedro Baez, Brusdar Graterol or Joe Kelly.
For now, Jansen will have to show he’s worthy of returning to the role.
“I understand, and I’m very sensitive to what he has accomplished on the baseball field as a closer, as a premium All-Star,” Roberts said. “But we also have to look at real time and do what’s best for the Dodgers, and he understands that. When he gets the baseball, I’m going to expect him to get those outs. And he expects the same.”


newyorkpost--2020-10-15--Joe Biden still won’t answer on court packing: ‘Depends on how this turns out’

Joe Biden yet again on Thursday wouldn ’ t give a yes or no answer about whether he supports court packing when asked during a town hall on ABC airing against one with President Trump on NBC .
The Democratic presidential nominee broadly said he would come out with his position before Nov. 3 — but qualified that by saying it depended on how Senate Republicans handle the confirmation process of Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court .
“ I ’ ll come out with a clear position before Election Day , ” Biden said during his Town @ @ @ @ @ @ @ host George Stephanopoulos pointed out that the former vice president had opposed court packing in the past — yet still hadn ’ t given a straight answer about what he would do if elected .
“ If I had answered the question directly then all the focus would be on what ’ s Biden going to do if he wins instead of is it appropriate what ’ s going on now , ” Biden said , referring to the nomination of Barrett .
“ I have not been a fan of court packing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ — but it depends on how it turns out , how it ’ s handled.
” Pressed on what that meant , Biden said , “ if there ’ s actually real , live debate on the floor ” of the Senate .
“ It depends on how much they rush this , ” Biden continued , adding that then he would be “ open to considering what happens from that point on .
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Joe Biden yet again on Thursday wouldn’t give a yes or no answer about whether he supports court packing when asked during a town hall on ABC airing against one with President Trump on NBC.
The Democratic presidential nominee broadly said he would come out with his position before Nov. 3 — but qualified that by saying it depended on how Senate Republicans handle the confirmation process of Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court.
“I’ll come out with a clear position before Election Day,” Biden said during his Town Hall event in Pennsylvania.
ABC News host George Stephanopoulos pointed out that the former vice president had opposed court packing in the past — yet still hadn’t given a straight answer about what he would do if elected.
“If I had answered the question directly then all the focus would be on what’s Biden going to do if he wins instead of is it appropriate what’s going on now,” Biden said, referring to the nomination of Barrett.
“I have not been a fan of court packing … I’m not a fan — but it depends on how it turns out, how it’s handled.”
Pressed on what that meant, Biden said, “if there’s actually real, live debate on the floor” of the Senate.
“It depends on how much they rush this,” Biden continued, adding that then he would be “open to considering what happens from that point on.”


newyorkpost--2020-10-15--Mystery nodding woman behind Trump steals show at NBC town hall

An unexpected star of President Trump ’ s Thursday night town hall event was a woman seated behind him in @ @ @ @ @ red mask and nodding along in agreement to most everything the president said .
The @ @ @ @ @ on the left-hand side of Trump , seemingly praising the president as he sparred with @ @ @ @ @ .
“ I don ’ t know who the woman with the red mask is @ @ @ @ @ ’ m becoming a huge fan of her agreement head shakes when the president answers @ @ @ @ @ Navy SEAL and FBI agent Jonathan Gilliam .
The woman also gave a thumbs-up as @ @ @ @ @ his closing statement and loudly cheered while clapping over her head as the event concluded @ @ @ @ @ had someone who believed me the way that woman with red mask believes Trump .
@ @ @ @ @ lucky , ” one Twitter user wrote .

An unexpected star of President Trump’s Thursday night town hall event was a woman seated behind him in the audience — wearing a red mask and nodding along in agreement to most everything the president said.
The unidentified spectator could be seen on the left-hand side of Trump, seemingly praising the president as he sparred with NBC News’ Savannah Guthrie.
“I don’t know who the woman with the red mask is behind @realDonaldTrump but I’m becoming a huge fan of her agreement head shakes when the president answers questions,” tweeted former Navy SEAL and FBI agent Jonathan Gilliam.
The woman also gave a thumbs-up as Trump discussed the economy in his closing statement and loudly cheered while clapping over her head as the event concluded.
“I wish I had someone who believed me the way that woman with red mask believes Trump. We could all be so lucky,” one Twitter user wrote.


newyorkpost--2020-10-15--Carlos Correa’s walk-off homer leads Astros to Game 5 win over Rays

The team everyone loves to hate is alive for one more day — and its most outspoken player is a huge reason why .
Carlos Correa ’ s game-winning homer with one out in the bottom of the ninth off Nick Anderson gave the Astros a 4-3 win over the Rays in Game 5 of the ALCS on Thursday at Petco Park in San Diego .
The shot , to dead center , leaves Houston down 3-2 in the series , as they try to rally back from a 3-0 deficit , something no team has done since the Red @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ALCS to knock off the Yankees .
They ’ re halfway to completing the epic comeback — and they ’ re looking to perhaps the Yankees ’ most painful defeat for inspiration .
“ There ’ s always that chance , ’ ’ Josh Reddick said prior to Game 5 of trying to overcome a 3-0 postseason deficit .
“ You go back and look at what the Red Sox did to those Yankees [ in 2004 ] .
It ’ s always possible .
Anything ’ s possible .
I think we @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Their odds are better now than they were after they dropped the first three games of the series .
George Springer turned on the first pitch from Tampa Bay opener John Curtiss and hit a screaming homer to left to give the Astros a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the first .
With two outs and Correa at the plate , Jose Altuve was picked off first to end the inning .
Houston started rookie right-hander Luis Garcia , a 23-year-old who came into the game with just one start in the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the first , ran into trouble an inning later , loading the bases with two outs with a pair of walks and a hit batter .
That brought up Mike Zunino , who sent an 0-2 fastball to the track in right , where Reddick made the catch to keep Houston ahead by a run .
Curtiss was replaced by left-hander Josh Fleming with one out in the second to face Kyle Tucker .
Garcia was removed after the two scoreless innings , with Houston going to lefty Blake Taylor after Garcia got @ @ @ @ @ @ @ got off to a rough start , as Taylor allowed a game-tying solo shot to the struggling Brandon Lowe to lead off the inning .
With Josh Fleming on the mound for the Rays in the bottom of the third , Reddick singled and Martin Maldonado followed with a double to send Reddick to third with no one out .
The Rays brought the infield in and Fleming got Springer on a slow comebacker to prevent the runners from moving up .
But Michael Brantley delivered a two-run single to right to give @ @ @ @ @ @ @ avoided further damage , though , when Alex Bregman grounded into an inning-ending double play .
Houston ’ s Enoli Paredes pitched around two walks in a scoreless fourth , but gave up a solo home run to Randy Arozarena with one out in the fifth to bring the Rays to within 3-2 .
It was Arozarena ’ s sixth home run of the postseason .
A superb play by Bregman later in the fifth helped keep the Astros ahead .
The Rays had two on and two out as Manuel Margot hit @ @ @ @ @ @ @ made a barehanded play and strong throw to end the inning .
Brooks Raley pitched a scoreless inning out of Houston ’ s pen and Josh James got Yandy Diaz to ground to second , where Altuve had a recurrence of the yips , but was bailed out by Yuli Gurriel , who scooped the throw to end the seventh .
Zunino led off the top of the ninth with a single .
Kevin Kiermaier came on as a pinch runner and Pressly struck out Lowe .
With Arozarena at the plate , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ second , but Pressly got Arozarena to pop out to right , which brought up Austin Meadows , who flied to center .
And Correa ended it in the bottom of the inning .

The team everyone loves to hate is alive for one more day — and its most outspoken player is a huge reason why.
Carlos Correa’s game-winning homer with one out in the bottom of the ninth off Nick Anderson gave the Astros a 4-3 win over Tampa Bay in Game 5 of the ALCS on Thursday at Petco Park in San Diego.
The shot, to dead center, leaves Houston down 3-2 in the series, as the Astros try to do something no team has done since the Red Sox won four straight in the 2004 ALCS to knock off the Yankees.
The Astros are halfway to completing the epic comeback — and they’re looking to perhaps the Yankees’ most painful defeat for inspiration.
Astros third baseman Alex Bregman showed Correa a portion of “Four Days In October,” ESPN’s documentary on Boston’s famous comeback against the Yankees, on Wednesday night and Correa said it got him excited for Thursday.
“It was a super-inspiring video,’’ Correa said. “[The Red Sox] are the only team that has been able to do it. We won two games now and there’s still a long way to go. We have to go out [Thursday] and take that game.”
Correa made sure they had that opportunity, with some flourish.
He called his shot to Houston manager Dusty Baker in the bottom of the ninth.
“Carlos told me before he went up there he was gonna hit a walk-off [homer],” Baker said. “I said, ‘Go ahead.’ ”
He drilled a fastball over the wall in center, setting off a celebration at home plate during which Correa said to Baker, “I f–king told you.”
Now the Astros will turn to Framber Valdez in Game 6, with the Rays going with Blake Snell in a game Tampa Bay had hoped to avoid after winning the first three games.
“They’ve got a little momentum on their side,” said Kevin Kiermaier, who saw Correa’s homer sail over his head as he leapt at the wall in center. “We’ve got a 3-2 lead. We have to get momentum going for us and create that early in the game and get our mojo back.”
The Rays seemed to have found their mojo after erasing a two-run deficit thanks to a solo homer from the sizzling Randy Arozarena in the fifth and another by Ji-Man Choi to lead off the eighth.
But they couldn’t get ahead, and Correa, who has seemingly embraced the fact fans don’t like the Astros thanks to the sign-stealing scheme they were found to have used on their way to the 2017 World Series title, came through.
Correa, who mocked fans still angry about the cheating scandal after Houston beat the Twins in the AL Wild Card Series, had an impromptu lesson with hitting coach Alex Cintron after Correa’s second at-bat and made a subtle adjustment to his swing.
His next time up, Correa lined out to second before he came up again with one out in the ninth.
“Anderson is a great pitcher,’’ Correa said. “I don’t mean [any] disrespect when I called my shot.’’
And it came just in time for Baker, who had Valdez up in the bullpen to come into the game if it went into the 10th inning, which would have left him unable to start Friday.
As good as the Astros feel after the last two games, Baker acknowledged they have their work cut out for them.
“The pressure is still on us,’’ Baker said. “We’ve got to win two [more]. This team has done well and flourished under pressure. Only a few teams have come back from [down] 0-3. We’d like to join that few … Hopefully it will go down as one of the greatest comebacks in history after two more games.”


newyorkpost--2020-10-15--Trump says Amy Coney Barrett would have no conflict of interest in an election dispute

President Trump said on Thursday during a combative NBC News “ town hall ” event that his Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett has no conflict of interest and should be able to vote “ for or against ” him in an election dispute .
Trump , who previously said the court needs nine judges for a potential dispute , said Barrett could rule objectively on any case .
“ I think she will have to make that decision .
I don ’ t think she has any conflict at all , ” Trump said .
“ It would be @ @ @ @ @ @ @ said .
“ I would think that she would be able to rule either for me or against me .
I don ’ t see any conflict whatsoever .
We have an election coming up .
I think it ’ s the most important election in the history of our country.
” Trump said he hopes an election dispute “ doesn ’ t ever get to the Supreme Court , but if it did , I would think that she would rule one way or the other .
I would think so.
” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ court battle due to an upsurge in mail-in ballots amid the COVID-19 pandemic .
The Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday scheduled a vote next week to approve Barrett .
The full Senate is expected to vote before the Nov. 3 election .
Trump said “ I have no idea ” if Barrett would vote for or against his position .
“ Believe it or not , I never asked her about it , ” Trump said .
“ In speaking to a lot of very brilliant people and people do this for a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ better not to talk .
So I talked to her about life , I talk to her about the fact , ‘ Would you like to do this ?
Are you willing to do this ? '
”

President Trump said on Thursday during a combative NBC News “town hall” event that his Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett has no conflict of interest and should be able to vote “for or against” him in an election dispute.
Trump, who previously said the court needs nine judges for a potential dispute, said Barrett could rule objectively on any case.
“I think she will have to make that decision. I don’t think she has any conflict at all,” Trump said.
“It would be totally up to her,” Trump said.
“I would think that she would be able to rule either for me or against me. I don’t see any conflict whatsoever. We have an election coming up. I think it’s the most important election in the history of our country.”
Trump said he hopes an election dispute “doesn’t ever get to the Supreme Court, but if it did, I would think that she would rule one way or the other. I would think so.”
For months, Trump predicted a bitter court battle due to an upsurge in mail-in ballots amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday scheduled a vote next week to approve Barrett. The full Senate is expected to vote before the Nov. 3 election.
Trump said “I have no idea” if Barrett would vote for or against his position.
“Believe it or not, I never asked her about it,” Trump said.
“In speaking to a lot of very brilliant people and people do this for a living, they say it’s better not to talk. So I talked to her about life, I talk to her about the fact, ‘Would you like to do this? Are you willing to do this?'”


newyorkpost--2020-10-15--Trump claims New York Times report on his taxes is ‘illegal’ and inaccurate

President Trump during Thursday ’ s prime-time town hall claimed that a New York Times report on years of his tax returns is both inaccurate and “ illegal , ” saying that the journalists behind it should be jailed .
“ What they did is illegal , number one , ” Trump told NBC News journalist Savannah Guthrie of the report during the Miami event .
“ Also , the numbers are wrong .
“ If they have my tax returns , as you know , they have to go to jail .
It ’ s illegal.
” The September @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ worth of Trump ’ s tax records , said that he paid only $ 750 to the feds in the year he won the presidency — and that he ’ s some $ 400 million in debt .
Trump did not explicitly refute either of those assertions on Thursday .
“ I think it ’ s a filing number , ” said Trump , when asked about the $ 750 figure .
And asked by Guthrie whether it was true he has a nine-figure tax debt , Trump downplayed the sum without @ @ @ @ @ @ @ s a tiny percentage of my net worth , ” he said .
“ When you look at vast properties like I have — and they ’ re big and they ’ re beautiful and they ’ re well-located — when you look at that , the amount of money , $ 400 million , is a peanut .
It ’ s extremely under-levered.
” Trump , who previously labeled the Times story “ totally fake news , ” has repeatedly declined to release his tax records to the public , saying that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Revenue Service .

President Trump during Thursday’s prime-time town hall claimed that a New York Times report on years of his tax returns is both inaccurate and “illegal,” saying that the journalists behind it should be jailed.
“What they did is illegal, number one,” Trump told NBC News journalist Savannah Guthrie of the report during the Miami event. “Also, the numbers are wrong.
“If they have my tax returns, as you know, they have to go to jail. It’s illegal.”
The September report, which looked at 18 years’ worth of Trump’s tax records, said that he paid only $750 to the feds in the year he won the presidency — and that he’s some $400 million in debt.
Trump did not explicitly refute either of those assertions on Thursday.
“I think it’s a filing number,” said Trump, when asked about the $750 figure.
And asked by Guthrie whether it was true he has a nine-figure tax debt, Trump downplayed the sum without disputing its accuracy.
“It’s a tiny percentage of my net worth,” he said. “When you look at vast properties like I have — and they’re big and they’re beautiful and they’re well-located — when you look at that, the amount of money, $400 million, is a peanut. It’s extremely under-levered.”
Trump, who previously labeled the Times story “totally fake news,” has repeatedly declined to release his tax records to the public, saying that they are under audit by the Internal Revenue Service.


newyorkpost--2020-10-15--Joe Biden grilled by voter on ‘you ain’t black’ remark at ABC News town hall

Joe Biden launched into a nearly incoherent policy rant in response to a question from a young black voter who tossed his infamous “ you ain ’ t black ” comment back in his face as he simply asked what the former vice president would do for African Americans if he won .
Student Cedric Humphry from Harrisburg , Pa. , who identified as a “ progressive Democrat , ” appeared visibly unimpressed as the 77-year-old former veep rambled about how the right to vote was a “ sacred opportunity ” and erroneously claimed that he had reformed the criminal @ @ @ @ @ @ @ hall .
“ What do you have to say to young black voters who see voting for you as further participation in a system that continually fails to protect them ?
” Humphry asked Biden .
“ First of all , as my buddy John Lewis said , it ’ s a sacred opportunity the right to vote , it can make a difference .
If young black women and men vote , you can determine the outcome of the election , ” Biden responded , invoking the late civil rights icon .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ how teachers needed to be paid $ 60,000 a year , that there needed to be more school psychologists and how he would guarantee a $ 15,000 down-payment for first-time homebuyers .
After a few minutes , moderator George Stephanopoulos asked Humphry if his question had been answered .
Since announcing his White House bid , Biden has come under fire for the crime bills he shepherded during his three decades in the Senate which unfairly punished African Americans .
The former veep also set off a racially-charged political maelstrom in May when @ @ @ @ @ @ @ President Trump “ ain ’ t black .
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Joe Biden launched into a nearly incoherent policy rant in response to a question from a young black voter who tossed his infamous “you ain’t black” comment back in his face as he simply asked what the former vice president would do for African Americans if he won.
Student Cedric Humphrey from Harrisburg, Pa., who identified as a “progressive Democrat,” appeared visibly unimpressed as the 77-year-old former veep rambled about how the right to vote was a “sacred opportunity” and erroneously claimed that he had reformed the criminal justice system during an ABC News town hall.
“What do you have to say to young black voters who see voting for you as further participation in a system that continually fails to protect them?” Humphrey asked Biden.
“First of all, as my buddy John Lewis said, it’s a sacred opportunity the right to vote, it can make a difference. If young black women and men vote, you can determine the outcome of the election,” Biden responded, invoking the late civil rights icon.
Biden continued at length, talking about how teachers needed to be paid $60,000 a year, that there needed to be more school psychologists and how he would guarantee a $15,000 down-payment for first-time homebuyers.
After a few minutes, moderator George Stephanopoulos asked Humphrey if his question had been answered.
“Uh, I guess so,” Humphey replied.
Since announcing his White House bid, Biden has come under fire for the crime bills he shepherded during his three decades in the Senate which unfairly punished African Americans.
The former veep also set off a racially-charged political maelstrom in May when he claimed that minorities who voted for President Trump “ain’t black.”


newyorkpost--2020-10-15--Luke Voit vows Yankees vengeance on ‘feisty’ Rays

Sometimes persistence and sticking it out through the tough times ...

The night before the Yankees’ season ended in Game 5 of the ALDS, Luke Voit was confident his team would advance.
“We are going to win it,’’ Voit said following the Yankees’ victory over the Rays in Game 4.
Even after his season ended via a 2-1 loss in Game 5, Voit hasn’t backed off.
“It was really tough on us, but we will get them next year,’’ Voit said of the Rays on Thursday on ESPN’s “SportsCenter.”
Voit wasn’t dissing the Rays, who took 8 of 10 regular-season games from the Yankees and won the AL East. In fact he praised the way they play.
“They are a feisty bunch of hitters. They kind of play small-ball, find a way to get guys over, bunt and going first to third,’’ Voit said. “Their pitching depth is unbelievable. You have to give them some credit. They will bring their closer in the fourth inning just to get through the part of our lineup. It’s a different philosophy, but it is working.’’
Especially against the Yankees.
“They took it to us, but you know what? We are going to be back next year and get after it,’’ Voit said. “But at the end of the day, you have to tip your cap even though it is frustrating and not what we want as Yankee nation.’’
While the Rays prepared for Game 5 of the ALCS against the Astros on Thursday night in San Diego, and were a win away from getting to the World Series, the Yankees readied themselves for an offseason search for starting pitching and decisions on free agents.
James Paxton, J.A. Happ and Masahiro Tanaka can be free agents following the World Series. The Yankees have until three days after the end of the World Series to pick up Zack Britton’s $14 million option for 2022. If they don’t, Britton can opt out of next year’s $13 million deal and become a free agent.
DJ LeMahieu, who led the majors with a .364 batting average, will be a free agent. LeMahieu has indicated he would like to remain in The Bronx, and the Yankees love him in the lineup and clubhouse, but nothing is guaranteed in free agency after a season impacted by COVID-19.
With Montgomery, Happ and Tanaka eligible for free agency, Gerrit Cole and Jordan Montgomery are the Yankees’ only two experienced starters. Hence the quest for starters in a free-agent market that is thin after Trevor Bauer. Possibly helping the Yankees add a starter would be the amount of pitchers likely to be non-tendered by cash-strapped teams.
The lack of money caused by no customers in the ballparks is the X factor for free agents this winter. So the Yankees could attempt to trade for a starter, but the price of doing that is expected to be high.
What happens with LeMahieu could impact whether or not the Yankees dangle Voit for a starting pitcher. LeMahieu could shift from second base to first and replace Voit. Such a move would likely be followed by Gleyber Torres moving from short to second and the Yankees looking or a shortstop. In a bolder move, would the Yankees look to deal Torres?
“In terms of Gleyber as our shortstop moving forward or not we are going to evaluate all circumstances that best fit us. He is currently our shortstop,’’ general manager Brian Cashman said Tuesday. “I think he is capable of better defense. If we feel something is a better way to go, we will discuss that.’’
Voit, who played with plantar fasciitis for the final month of the 60-game season and required a recent platelet-rich plasma injection, led the majors with 22 homers. After going 3-for-7 (.429) in two AL wild-card wins over the Indians, however, Voit tailed off in the five ALDS games when he went 2-for-18 (.111) with a homer.
Voit will turn 30 in February, would have made $634,000 this past season in a 162-game schedule and is eligible for arbitration. So considering his production in a very weird season, Voit could be attractive to other clubs. The question could be what teams would be willing to give up for an everyday first baseman.


newyorkpost--2020-10-15--Adam Gase is not giving up calling plays for Jets

After meeting with his coaching staff and considering giving up play-calling duties , Adam Gase opted to remain in charge because the problem wasn ’ t what plays were being called , offensive coordinator Dowell Loggains said on Thursday .
“ Very little of it is play-calling .
If there was ever a problem with that , the staff would have no problem telling the boss — coach Gase — that ’ s an issue , ” Loggains said over Zoom after Thursday ’ s practice .
“ But that ’ s not the issue .
We have a lot @ @ @ @ @ @ @ through that we need to continue to improve on.
” The 0-5 Jets are last in the NFL in points scored ( 15.0 points per game ) and just released starting running back Le ’ Veon Bell on Tuesday night .
Starting quarterback Sam Darnold ( shoulder ) will miss his second straight game .
After Sunday ’ s loss to the Cardinals , Gase said he was considering giving up play-calling duties .
That didn ’ t happen , however .
“ Our issues on offense are bigger than play-calling right now @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” Loggains said .
“ It comes down to making sure your guys are in the right spots .
Whoever calls the plays isn ’ t [ himself ] converting on third-and-1 , isn ’ t converting the fourth-and-1 last week in the game .
Those are things that come down to details.
” For the second straight day , Breshad Perriman practiced on a limited basis , increasing the chance of the wide receiver returning Sunday against the Dolphins after missing the last three games with an ankle injury .
Gase , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ through Wednesday ’ s workout good .
Fellow receiver Denzel Mims , who has yet to appear in a game this season , is also back practicing , after being designated to return to practice from injured reserve .
Gase didn ’ t rule out the rookie second-round pick being active against the Dolphins , but it seems unlikely since he missed almost all of training camp and has been out so long with matching hamstring injuries .
“ It was good to see him get some reps .
He tried to jump @ @ @ @ @ @ @ only the offense but the scout team as well , ” Gase said .
“ I mean it ’ s been a long time since he ’ s really been able to do anything team-wise , really since he was in college if you really think about it.
” Rookie LT Mekhi Becton ( shoulder ) didn ’ t practice for the second straight day and appears likely to miss Sunday ’ s game , though the Jets are calling him day-to-day .
… CB Bless Austin ( calf ) , OL Alex @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Williams ( hamstring ) and DL John Franklin-Myers ( foot ) were limited .

After meeting with his coaching staff and considering giving up play-calling duties, Adam Gase opted to remain in charge because the problem wasn’t what plays were being called, offensive coordinator Dowell Loggains said on Thursday.
“Very little of it is play-calling. If there was ever a problem with that, the staff would have no problem telling the boss — coach Gase — that’s an issue,” Loggains said over Zoom after Thursday’s practice. “But that’s not the issue. We have a lot more issues that we’re working through that we need to continue to improve on.”
The 0-5 Jets are last in the NFL in points scored (15.0 points per game) and just released starting running back Le’Veon Bell on Tuesday night. Starting quarterback Sam Darnold (shoulder) will miss his second straight game. After Sunday’s loss to the Cardinals, Gase said he was considering giving up play-calling duties. That didn’t happen, however.
“Our issues on offense are bigger than play-calling right now. It comes down to execution,” Loggains said. “It comes down to making sure your guys are in the right spots. Whoever calls the plays isn’t [himself] converting on third-and-1, isn’t converting the fourth-and-1 last week in the game. Those are things that come down to details.”
For the second straight day, Breshad Perriman practiced on a limited basis, increasing the chance of the wide receiver returning Sunday against the Dolphins after missing the last three games with an ankle injury. Gase, speaking before practice, said Perriman came through Wednesday’s workout good.
Fellow receiver Denzel Mims, who has yet to appear in a game this season, is also back practicing, after being designated to return to practice from injured reserve. Gase didn’t rule out the rookie second-round pick being active against the Dolphins, but it seems unlikely since he missed almost all of training camp and has been out so long with matching hamstring injuries.
“It was good to see him get some reps. He tried to jump in there on some plays with not only the offense but the scout team as well,” Gase said. “I mean it’s been a long time since he’s really been able to do anything team-wise, really since he was in college if you really think about it.”
Rookie LT Mekhi Becton (shoulder) didn’t practice for the second straight day and appears likely to miss Sunday’s game, though the Jets are calling him day-to-day. … CB Bless Austin (calf), OL Alex Lewis (shoulder) and DL Quinnen Williams (hamstring) and DL John Franklin-Myers (foot) were limited.


newyorkpost--2020-10-15--Joe Biden pulls out cheat sheet for question about Trump tax cuts

Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden pulled out a cheat sheet as he fielded a question about taxes during a Town Hall event in Pennsylvania on Thursday night .
A Republican voter questioned Biden about his plan to get rid of President Trump ’ s tax cuts since they “ reduce taxes for the majority of workers.
” “ You stated that anyone making less than $ 400,000 will not see one single penny of their taxes raised .
You also stated that you were going to eliminate the Trump tax cuts , ” the voter said .
“ What is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ cuts for the middle class or introducing a new plan that further reduces those taxes ?
” In response , Biden pulled a white sheet of paper out of his jacket pocket and held it up to the voter saying , “ I carry this card with me.
” “ Trump tax cuts , about $ 1.3 trillion of the $ 2 trillion of the tax cuts went to the top 1/10th of 1 percent — that ’ s what I ’ m talking about eliminating , ” he stated .
Snagging a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , “ if you just take a look , we reduced the corporate tax rate from 35 percent… ” “ He reduced it to 25 percent , ” the former veep said , referring to Trump .
“ If you raise the corporate tax to 28 percent , which is a fair tax , you ’ d raise over $ 1 trillion by that one act.
” “ If you make sure that people making over $ 400,000 paid what they did in the Bush administration… , ” Biden continued , again stealing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ This goes up to… let me get you the exact number here… $ 92 billion.
” “ So you can raise a lot of money that can go into things that can make your life easier .
”

Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden pulled out a cheat sheet as he fielded a question about taxes during a Town Hall event in Pennsylvania on Thursday night.
A Republican voter questioned Biden about his plan to get rid of President Trump’s tax cuts since they “reduce taxes for the majority of workers.”
“You stated that anyone making less than $400,000 will not see one single penny of their taxes raised. You also stated that you were going to eliminate the Trump tax cuts,” the voter said.
“What is your plan for either extending the tax cuts for the middle class or introducing a new plan that further reduces those taxes?”
In response, Biden pulled a white sheet of paper out of his jacket pocket and held it up to the voter saying, “I carry this card with me.”
“Trump tax cuts, about $1.3 trillion of the $2 trillion of the tax cuts went to the top 1/10th of 1 percent — that’s what I’m talking about eliminating,” he stated.
Snagging a glance at the card, Biden continued, “if you just take a look, we reduced the corporate tax rate from 35 percent…”
“He reduced it to 25 percent,” the former veep said, referring to Trump. “If you raise the corporate tax to 28 percent, which is a fair tax, you’d raise over $1 trillion by that one act.”
“If you make sure that people making over $400,000 paid what they did in the Bush administration…,” Biden continued, again stealing a peak at his cheat sheet, “This goes up to… let me get you the exact number here… $92 billion.”
“So you can raise a lot of money that can go into things that can make your life easier.”


newyorkpost--2020-10-15--Theater district eateries offering pay-when-you-can meals to stage actors

Click to email this to a friend ( Opens in new window ) Two Theater District eateries — Bouillon Marseille @ @ @ @ @ stage actors free meals till they can pay their tabs and are back on their @ @ @ @ @ Actors ’ Equity card can reportedly eat at the restaurants for free ( drinks and @ @ @ @ @ The hot spots will keep house accounts for the thespians , who can pay off @ @ @ @ @ or quickly as possible ” when theater comes back to the city , reports blog @ @ @ @ @ theaters are remaining dark until 2021 due to the pandemic .
An opening date has @ @ @ @ @ but shows are planning their returns .

Two Theater District eateries — Bouillon Marseille and Nizza — are offering stage actors free meals till they can pay their tabs and are back on their feet.
Anyone with an Actors’ Equity card can reportedly eat at the restaurants for free (drinks and gratuity not included). The hot spots will keep house accounts for the thespians, who can pay off the debts “as slowly or quickly as possible” when theater comes back to the city, reports blog Front Row Center.
Broadway theaters are remaining dark until 2021 due to the pandemic. An opening date has been pushed several times, but shows are planning their returns.


newyorkpost--2020-10-15--Trump clashes with Savannah Guthrie on QAnon, white supremacists

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President Trump on Thursday clashed with NBC host Savannah Guthrie about racism and the QAnon conspiracy theory during a testy 20-minute interview that kicked off an election “town hall” event.
Guthrie, who likened Trump to “someone’s crazy uncle,” visibly irritated the president by pressing him about past remarks.
“I denounced white supremacy, OK? I denounced white supremacy for years …. You didn’t ask Joe Biden whether or not he denounces Antifa,” he shot back.
Guthrie turned to QAnon, a convoluted conspiracy theory involving a cabal of pedophiles and powerful officials, but he pleaded ignorance.
“I know nothing about it. I do know they are very much against pedophilia,” Trump told Guthrie, again trying to turn the topic to Antifa activists responsible for violent anti-police brutality protests.
“What I do know about, I know about Antifa and I know about the radical left, and I know how violent they are and how vicious they are … I just don’t know about QAnon.”
Guthrie doubtfully prodded, “You do know.”
“I don’t know, I don’t know,” the president insisted.
“Let’s waste the whole show!” he exclaimed.
“You start off with white supremacy. You start off with something else. Let’s go, keep asking me these questions. Let me just tell you, what I do hear about it, is they are very strongly against pedophilia, and I agree with that.”
Guthrie then asked Trump about a recent retweet of a person implicating Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden in a murder plot against the troops who killed Osama bin Laden.
“This week you retweeted to your 87 million followers a conspiracy theory that Joe Biden orchestrated to have SEAL Team Six, the Navy SEAL Team Six, killed to cover the fake death of Osama bin Laden,” she said.
“That was a retweet,” Trump said, shrugging it off. “That was an opinion of somebody. That was a retweet. I put it out there. People can decide for themselves.”
Guthrie jeered, before turning to audience questions, “You’re not like someone’s crazy uncle who retweets whatever!”


newyorkpost--2020-10-15--Tony DeAngelo agrees to two-year contract with Rangers

The Rangers are bringing back another piece of their core .
Defenseman Tony DeAngelo and the team agreed on a @ @ @ @ @ million on Thursday , according to The Post ’ s Larry Brooks .
The 24-year-old @ @ @ @ @ , was scheduled to have an arbitration hearing on Oct. 20 that is no longer @ @ @ @ @ s contract comes on the same day the Rangers agreed to a two-year deal with @ @ @ @ @ annual cap hit of $ 2.425 million .

The Rangers did a two-step on Thursday, first signing Alexandar Georgiev in the afternoon before completing a contract with Tony DeAngelo in the early evening to thus eliminate the need for arbitration hearings with the no-longer restricted free agents.
It was a decent day’s work for general manager Jeff Gorton, whose team has only Ryan Strome, whose hearing is scheduled for Nov. 5, and Brendan Lemieux, set for a Nov. 6 hearing, as unsigned among the varsity.
Though the numbers may seem excessive for this pair of young players with reasonably limited experience, the contracts appear equitable within the context of the arbitration system, which rewards raw numbers and contemplates contracts for players with comparable statistics.
Within that perspective, the 24-year-old DeAngelo’s two-year deal at an annual cap hit of $4.8 million is just, given that his 2019-20 offensive production (15-38-53) was elite. The only two defensemen in the league to at least match DeAngelo’s 15 goals and 53 points were Norris Trophy winner Roman Josi and runner-up John Carlson.
The same holds true in analyzing the two-year deal signed by Georgiev, who is in for an annual cap hit of $2.425 million, following a season in which he started nine of the club’s final 15 games and went 17-14-2 overall in 34 games (32 starts) with a .910 save percentage and 3.04 goals-against average.
For while the contract might be considered somewhat pricey for a backup with a sum of 71 starts over his career, A) The Rangers need a reliable partner behind putative No. 1 Igor Shesterkin, who was injured three different times (once in an automobile accident) during his abbreviated rookie season; and, B) Pittsburgh’s 25-year-old netminder Tristan Jarry, a career 34-20-4 with a .914 save percentage and 2.61 GAA, just signed a three-year deal worth an annual cap hit of $3.5 million that could have been used as a comparable in an arbitration hearing.
This signing ate much of the $3 million the Rangers saved by buying out Henrik Lundqvist, but the maneuver was more about clearing the crease than about clearing cap space. The twin signings have left the Blueshirts with approximately $9.975 million to sign Strome and Lemieux and also add a seventh defenseman and/or 13th forward to the varsity.
While Georgiev’s role is clear, that’s not quite the case with DeAngelo, who played on the right side of the team’s third pair last season while also leading the first power-play unit. The Rangers have Jacob Trouba and Adam Fox on the right side of the top two pairs. This is why Gorton last week said there have been internal conversation about moving either Fox or DeAngelo to the left.
Moving one to the left would create an opening on the right side that the team would need to address before the season. It would also leave a spot open for Nils Lundkvist, the right-handed, 28th-overall selection of the 2018 draft, who has not yet signed with the Rangers and is playing the season with Lulea of the Swedish Hockey League.
The SHL’s regular season is scheduled to end on March 6, followed by the playoffs. It is possible that the slick 20-year-old Swede could join the Rangers late in the NHL season. It is also possible that he could decide not to sign, play in Sweden another season, and become a free agent following 2021-22. That is something to monitor down the line.
Now, though, Gorton and the hierarchy are focused on getting Strome and Lemieux under contract. DeAngelo and Georgiev will both have another year of restricted free agency ahead of them when their respective contracts expire.
The two-year deals with fixed costs also should make it easier for the Blueshirts to trade the defenseman and goaltender than if they were on one-year deals with the right to return to arbitration next offseason.
A decent day of work for the Rangers.


newyorkpost--2020-10-15--Biden tossed softball questions in first half of ABC News town hall

It was looking like another Joe Biden town hall filled with softball questions on Thursday night as the Democratic nominee went head-to-head with President Trump in competing prime-time town halls .
The 77-year-old former veep was lobbed a series of easy questions to star off the ABC News town hall in Philadelphia , Pa. by audience members mixed between Democrats and Republicans who voted for Trump in 2016 .
Biden was asked whether he would take a coronavirus vaccine , and how he would reduce taxes for the middle class , but the elephant in the room , the Post @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s business dealings overseas , went unmentioned in the first 40 minutes of the 90-minute town hall .
“ It is the president ’ s responsibility to lead and he didn ’ t do that .
he didn ’ t talk about what needed to be done because he kept worrying , in my view , about the stock market , ” Biden said , bashing Trump ’ s response to the pandemic at the town hall moderated by “ Good Morning America ” host George Stephanopoulos .
When Stephanopoulos pushed back @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , he ’ d be getting conflicting advice from scientists and economics , Biden simply said he ’ d contain the pandemic by being “ rational.
” The Democratic nominee and Trump went in separate directions after their second presidential debate in Miami was cancelled when Trump announced he was boycotting the event because organizers made it virtual .
Trump , meanwhile , was in Miami for a town hall with NBC News , moderated by Savannah Guthrie .
Trump ’ s re-election campaign were willing to take part in an in-person contest @ @ @ @ @ @ @ by one week , but Biden ’ s campaign rejected that proposal .
Biden was the first candidate to lock-in his solo town hall and the decision to schedule the two candidates at the same time on the same night drew condemnation from critics who said the American public should

It was looking like another Joe Biden town hall filled with softball questions on Thursday night as the Democratic nominee went head-to-head with President Trump in competing prime-time town halls.
The 77-year-old former veep was lobbed a series of easy questions to star off the ABC News town hall in Philadelphia, Pa. by audience members mixed between Democrats and Republicans who voted for Trump in 2016.
Biden was asked whether he would take a coronavirus vaccine, and how he would reduce taxes for the middle class, but the elephant in the room, the Post’s bombshell reporting on Hunter Biden’s business dealings overseas, went unmentioned in the first 40 minutes of the 90-minute town hall.
“It is the president’s responsibility to lead and he didn’t do that. he didn’t talk about what needed to be done because he kept worrying, in my view, about the stock market,” Biden said, bashing Trump’s response to the pandemic at the town hall moderated by “Good Morning America” host George Stephanopoulos.
When Stephanopoulos pushed back, saying that in the White House, he’d be getting conflicting advice from scientists and economics, Biden simply said he’d contain the pandemic by being “rational.”
The Democratic nominee and Trump went in separate directions after their second presidential debate in Miami was cancelled when Trump announced he was boycotting the event because organizers made it virtual.
Trump, meanwhile, was in Miami for a town hall with NBC News, moderated by Savannah Guthrie.
Trump’s re-election campaign were willing to take part in an in-person contest if they delayed the remaining two contests by one week, but Biden’s campaign rejected that proposal.
Biden was the first candidate to lock-in his solo town hall and the decision to schedule the two candidates at the same time on the same night drew condemnation from critics who said the American public should


newyorkpost--2020-10-15--Kayleigh McEnany returns to Twitter after ban over Post article

White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany on Thursday regained control of her personal Twitter account — but only after acceding to the platform ’ s demand that she delete a link to The Post ’ s Wednesday cover story describing emails from an alleged Hunter Biden hard drive .
“ All Twitter did was succeed in drawing more attention to the Biden corruption — well done !
I will now tweet more about Biden than ever before , ” McEnany tweeted to her 1 million followers .
“ I ’ m FIRED UP !
Twitter , meanwhile , can continue @ @ @ @ @ @ @ propaganda like this , ” said added , with a screenshot of a Twitter trending topic that claimed Biden “ did not push out ” a Ukrainian prosecutors whose office investigated gas firm Burisma .
Biden , the Democratic presidential candidate , is on tape boasting of pushing out the prosecutor , Viktor Shokin , in 2016 by threatening to withhold $ 1 billion in US loan guarantees .
What ’ s in dispute is whether an investigation of Burisma , which paid Hunter Biden a reported $ 83,000 a month , was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Thursday night , McEnany , who was diagnosed 10 days ago with COVID-19 , wore a mask while posing with her nearly 11-month-old daughter and a smartphone .
“ One day I will explain to her what censorship is and why she had to unjustly delete Mommy ’ s tweet in order to speak !
” McEnany wrote .
McEnany initially vowed to refuse Twitter ’ s demand that she delete a link to The Post ’ s article in exchange for regaining her account .
But her absence from the platform 19 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to share overtly political messages .
McEnany , a former Trump campaign spokeswoman , also uses an official government Twitter account using the handle @ PressSec , but that account is intended for governmental rather than campaign messaging .
Senate Judiciary Committee Republicans on Thursday scheduled a hearing Tuesday to subpoena Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey ’ s testimony about the platform ’ s censorship of The Post ’ s reporting on Ukraine- and China-related documents from the alleged hard drive .
“ This is not some random blog .
This is the newspaper @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s sake .
What ’ s really at stake here is a free press in this country and I have to say , this is really alarming , ” Sen. Josh Hawley ( R-Mo . )
said .
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham ( R-SC ) said , “ We ’ re going to finally have an accounting that ’ s long overdue .
These social media platforms have a dominance in our lives .
They ’ re newspapers , they ’ re TV stations , radio stations , they ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ initial censored story Wednesday described an email indicating Hunter Biden introduced his vice president father to an executive at Ukraine energy firm Burisma , despite the elder Biden saying he never discussed his son ’ s “ overseas business dealings ” with him .
Twitter also blocked users Thursday from sharing a second-day story from The Post that describes Hunter Biden ’ s alleged pursuit of a China business deal .
Facebook spokesman Andy Stone said Wednesday that Facebook was taking action to reduce distribution of the initial Post article so it can @ @ @ @ @ @ @ without evidence , that The Post ’ s articles may violate a “ hacked materials ” policy and locked down many accounts that shared the initial article .
The alleged Hunter Biden hard drive was shared with The Post by former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani , a personal attorney to President Trump , after he received it from a Delaware computer repairman .
The repairman says he legally accessed the content under an abandonment contract clause when Hunter Biden did not collect a damaged laptop within 90 days .
Hunter Biden has @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to the repair shop and Joe Biden has not definitively ruled out meeting the Burisma executive , with his campaign only saying no such meeting was on his “ official schedules.
” Republican lawmakers and Trump on Wednesday cited the article censorship in calls for reform of Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act , a foundational internet liability shield for sites that host third-party content .
Supporters of reforming Section 230 say tech giants should lose protections if they operate as a publisher rather than as a neutral platform .

White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany on Thursday regained control of her personal Twitter account — but only after acceding to the platform’s demand that she delete a link to The Post’s Wednesday cover story describing emails from an alleged Hunter Biden hard drive.
“All Twitter did was succeed in drawing more attention to the Biden corruption — well done! I will now tweet more about Biden than ever before,” McEnany tweeted to her 1 million followers.
“I’m FIRED UP! Twitter, meanwhile, can continue doing Joe Biden’s bidding with propaganda like this,” said added, with a screenshot of a Twitter trending topic that claimed Biden “did not push out” a Ukrainian prosecutor whose office investigated gas firm Burisma.
Biden, the Democratic presidential candidate, is on tape boasting of pushing out the prosecutor, Viktor Shokin, in 2016 by threatening to withhold $1 billion in US loan guarantees. What’s in dispute is whether an investigation of Burisma, which paid Hunter Biden a reported $83,000 a month, was active or dormant.
In another tweet Thursday night, McEnany, who was diagnosed 10 days ago with COVID-19, wore a mask while posing with her nearly 11-month-old daughter and a smartphone.
“One day I will explain to her what censorship is and why she had to unjustly delete Mommy’s tweet in order to speak!” McEnany wrote.
McEnany initially vowed to refuse Twitter’s demand that she delete a link to The Post’s article in exchange for regaining her account. But her absence from the platform 19 days from the election sidelined her ability to share overtly political messages.
McEnany, a former Trump campaign spokeswoman, also uses an official government Twitter account using the handle @PressSec, but that account is intended for governmental rather than campaign messaging.
Senate Judiciary Committee Republicans on Thursday scheduled a hearing Tuesday to subpoena Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey’s testimony about the platform’s censorship of The Post’s reporting on Ukraine- and China-related documents from the alleged hard drive.
“This is not some random blog. This is the newspaper founded by Alexander Hamilton, for heaven’s sake. What’s really at stake here is a free press in this country and I have to say, this is really alarming,” Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) said.
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham (R-SC) said, “We’re going to finally have an accounting that’s long overdue. These social media platforms have a dominance in our lives. They’re newspapers, they’re TV stations, radio stations, they’re publishers.”
The Post’s initial censored story Wednesday described an email indicating Hunter Biden introduced his vice president father to an executive at Ukraine energy firm Burisma, despite the elder Biden saying he never discussed his son’s “overseas business dealings” with him.
Twitter also blocked users Thursday from sharing a second-day story from The Post that describes Hunter Biden’s alleged pursuit of a China business deal.
Facebook spokesman Andy Stone, meanwhile, said Wednesday that Facebook was taking action to reduce distribution of the initial Post article so it can be “fact-checked.”
Twitter said, without evidence, that The Post’s articles may violate a “hacked materials” policy and locked down many accounts that shared the initial article.
The alleged Hunter Biden hard drive was shared with The Post by former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, a personal attorney to President Trump, after he received it from a Delaware computer repairman. The repairman says he legally accessed the content under an abandonment contract clause when Hunter Biden did not collect a damaged laptop within 90 days.
Hunter Biden has not denied that he provided the laptop to the repair shop and Joe Biden has not definitively ruled out meeting the Burisma executive, with his campaign only saying no such meeting was on his “official schedules.”
Republican lawmakers and Trump on Wednesday cited the article censorship in calls for reform of Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, a foundational internet liability shield for sites that host third-party content.
Supporters of reforming Section 230 say tech giants should lose protections if they operate as a publisher rather than as a neutral platform.


newyorkpost--2020-10-15--Trump gets in testy exchange with Savannah Guthrie at NBC Town Hall

President Trump defended his handling of the coronavirus and his administration ’ s response to the pandemic during the opening minutes of a testy town hall discussion Thursday night .
Responding to questions by NBC News ’ Savannah Guthrie , Trump said he was tested regularly for the virus prior to the first presidential debate and before the “ super-spreader ” Supreme Court event at the White House .
Trump did not say he had tested negative for the virus the day of the debate .
“ They do a lot of testing at the White House .
They test @ @ @ @ @ @ @ said .
“ As far as masks are concerned , I ’ m good with masks .
I tell people to wear masks , ” he added .
Trump then claimed he saw a study that showed 85 percent of people who wear masks catch the virus , a claim that was immediately questioned by Guthrie .
On a national scale , Trump defended his administration ’ s response , saying the “ cure can ’ t be worse than the disease , ” while blaming the pandemic on China .
The event @ @ @ @ @ @ @ hall featuring Joe Biden on ABC , kicked off on a contentious note , with Trump and Guthrie sparring about a range of issues .
The first question from a voter came about 20 minutes into the program .
The president and the “ Today ” show host sparred again on masks minutes after she first quizzed him on coronavirus , with Guthrie saying the top infectious disease experts in the country are in unison about the importance of mask wearing .
Trump countered by claiming there ’ s disparity amongst the experts @ @ @ @ @ @ @ wearing .
“ We ’ re on the same side , ” he said .
“ I say wear the mask .
I ’ m fine with it .
”

President Trump defended his handling of the coronavirus and his administration’s response to the pandemic during the opening minutes of a testy town hall discussion Thursday night.
Responding to questions by NBC News’ Savannah Guthrie, Trump said he was tested regularly for the virus prior to the first presidential debate and before the “super-spreader” Supreme Court event at the White House.
Trump did not say he had tested negative for the virus the day of the debate.
“They do a lot of testing at the White House. They test everybody, including me,” Trump said.
“As far as masks are concerned, I’m good with masks. I tell people to wear masks,” he added.
Trump then claimed he saw a study that showed 85 percent of people who wear masks catch the virus, a claim that was immediately questioned by Guthrie.
On a national scale, Trump defended his administration’s response, saying the “cure can’t be worse than the disease,” while blaming the pandemic on China.
The event, which took place alongside a town hall featuring Joe Biden on ABC, kicked off on a contentious note, with Trump and Guthrie sparring about a range of issues. The first question from a voter came about 20 minutes into the program.
The president and the “Today” show host sparred again on masks minutes after she first quizzed him on coronavirus, with Guthrie saying the top infectious disease experts in the country are in unison about the importance of mask wearing.
Trump countered by claiming there’s disparity among the experts, but ultimately said he supports mask wearing.
“We’re on the same side,” he said. “I say wear the mask. I’m fine with it.”


newyorkpost--2020-10-15--Chaka Khan on collaborating with Ariana Grande: ‘She’s good on her own’

Click to email this to a friend ( Opens in new window ) Chaka Khan is disinclined to collaborate with Ariana Grande .
In fact , when asked if she ’ d like to work with the Grammy winner , Khan said , “ F - - k her.
” In a new interview with VladTV , Khan said that there are no stars that she wants to record with .
The interviewer then threw out Grande as a possible duet partner .
“ F - - k her , ” Khan said , dismissing the younger singer as “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on her own , ” Khan added .
“ She don ’ t need me .
Plus , I don ’ t wan na sing with another woman.
” She said she ’ d prefer to get her message across “ by [ herself . ]
” Oddly , the pair actually already recorded “ Nobody ” — for the soundtrack to the latest “ Charlie ’ s Angels ” movie — back in 2019 , and Khan wasn ’ t much more flattering back then .
Asked about the track at Variety @ @ @ @ @ @ @ she said , “ It ’ s not gon na change the world , OK ?
”

Chaka Khan is disinclined to collaborate with Ariana Grande. In fact, when asked if she’d like to work with the Grammy winner, Khan said, “F - - k her.”
In a new interview with VladTV, Khan said that there are no stars that she wants to record with. The interviewer then threw out Grande as a possible duet partner. “F - - k her,” Khan said, dismissing the younger singer as “alright.”
“She’s good on her own,” Khan added. “She don’t need me. Plus, I don’t wanna sing with another woman.” She said she’d prefer to get her message across “by [herself.]”
Oddly, the pair actually already recorded “Nobody” — for the soundtrack to the latest “Charlie’s Angels” movie — back in 2019, and Khan wasn’t much more flattering back then. Asked about the track at Variety’s Power of Women luncheon, she said, “It’s not gonna change the world, OK?”


newyorkpost--2020-10-15--MLB telecasts con viewers by ignoring what is plainly seen

Now that we ’ re surrounded by con artists , it ’ s time to improve the artistry in the cons .
Current cons lack creativity and imagination , the kind demonstrated in 2005 by the sports information director ( SID ) of Pennsylvania ’ s Division II Mansfield University .
On a football Saturday in September , Mansfield was clobbered by California State of Pa. , 88-12 .
And Mansfield ’ s SID , responsible for writing the game story on the school ’ s website and stretched to put a happy face on the massacre , came up @ @ @ @ @ @ @ In the loss , Ronnie Montgomery broke the school record for kickoff returns , with 10 !
That ’ s the kind of con we can admire .
It certainly wasn ’ t the kind TBS ’ crew delivered throughout Game 5 of Yankees-Rays — which they concluded was an all-time gem , when it was merely a close game .
The must-win game was played in neo-classical fashion , as if neither team much cared .
In the sixth , the score at 1-1 , the Rays ’ Randy Arozarena smoked one @ @ @ @ @ @ @ from the batter ’ s box then stopped to watch his home run — caught by Brett Gardner who made a leaping stab against the wall .
Arozarena , though blessed with speed , apparently didn ’ t feel that his time would have been better spent running as opposed to posing his way to risk a self-humiliating single .
Or , as reader David Distefano suggested , if Gardner had dropped it , he might have thrown Arozarena out at first !
Neither Brian Anderson nor Ron Darling were moved to even @ @ @ @ @ @ @ this side of all the Utz signs — could miss .
They instead focused on the catch and not Arozorena ’ s indefensible , yet now-common , can ’ t-be-bothered approach to professional baseball , even postseason games .
In Anderson ’ s case , he left an early message that he may not get it .
In the bottom of the first , Gerrit Cole struck out Joey Wendle with the bases loaded to end the inning .
Given lots of commercial time to think about it , Anderson didn ’ t @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the second he declared , “ Cole has still not walked in a run with the bases loaded.
” Then for emphasis he piped , “ You know you ’ re an ace when you ’ ve never walked in a run with the bases loaded.
” Reader Charles Fowler : “ I think I remember the time he walked in a run with runners on first and second .
But probably not.
” With the Yanks , down , 2-1 , in the ninth and desperate for a base runner with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ or strikeout payroll superstar Giancarlo Stanton struck out on five pitches , never swinging the bat .
Strike three bounced away from the catcher , so Stanton ran hard , forcing a throw .
He knew this was well worth a last ditch try !
Fat chance .
He just stood there and waited for the catcher to tag him .
And again , Anderson and Darling pretended we didn ’ t notice .
Perhaps that would bruise their “ great game !
” angle .
I dunno : 24 strikeouts , seven @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ errors , all three runs on one-run homers , seven walks in a 3-hour , 25-minute , 8 ½-inning game , two players choosing to dog it .
A classic or a con ?
Monday , George Springer of the Astros , down 1-0 in games to the Rays and down 3-1 in this one , in the seventh , struck out .
He then watched the ball kick away from the catcher , but Springer just stood there , waiting to be tagged .
Again , Darling — who not long @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , winning baseball — just let it go .
But perhaps Springer , now that TV has flatly reported that he has surpassed Babe Ruth for “ postseason home runs ” — a no-context con — is entitled .
The 1941 Yanks-Dodgers World Series was determined by a dropped third strike by Brooklyn ’ s Mickey Owen .
Charlie Heinrich , rather than surrender , ran to first , and Series losers and winners swapped places .
The rules haven ’ t changed , but as we ’ re frequently reminded as per @ @ @ @ @ @ @ changed.
” And , of course , MLB is steered by the con artistry of Rob Manfred , who declared the “ top priority ” of his stewardship is to embrace children as players , fans and baseball ’ s future — while eliminating Saturday afternoon games for TV money .
Team tied at half goes on to win TV has never seemed more inattentive .
Saturday , Texas-Oklahoma was tied at 17 at the half when Fox posted a graphic informing us that the team with the lead at the half has @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to Devils goaltender Corey Schneider , always a good and giving TV interview who never ducked .
Though if he signs with the Islanders , as expected , it will be : Welcome back , Corey !
Sixty years since Bill Mazeroski ’ s Game 7 World Series-ending homer vs. the Yankees ( the “ walk-off ” had not yet been invented ) .
I was 8 but remain emotionally scarred .
By the way , that 24-hit 10-9 final was played in 2:36 .
There were zero strikeouts .
The Braves have @ @ @ @ @ @ @ chains per neck .
Fox ’ s Joe Buck didn ’ t play business-footsie with MLB on Tuesday , noting the 33-minute half-inning for the Braves to score three against the Dodgers , then , at its end , noting , to those still conscious , that the nine-inning game ran a ridiculous 4:12 .
As if he has any idea , WFAN ’ s Evan Roberts is renting out his name , credibility and dignity to tout FanDuel football parlay bets — among the biggest sucker bets with the worst payoffs .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ killed the Titans in third-down efficiency Tuesday night , 13 of 17 to Tennessee ’ s paltry 6 of 10 .
That the Titans won , 42-16 , is of no statistical importance .
As for that technologically advanced but practically useless “ BaseCam ” — though it may be useful to locate a dislodged contact lens — reader Michael Peter dissents : “ I love the BaseCam .
Now I can watch the games like I do when I ’ m there — lying on my belly , looking at second base.
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ Borge said Mozart is “ mostly recognized as a bust.
” Feely covers all his bases by contradicting himself Tuesday night on CBS , analyst Jay Feely , the former Jets kicker who never cut our ears a break , saw the Bills preparing to go for a 2-point conversion after scoring to trail the Titans , 28-16 .
“ It ’ s the right call , ” he said before the 2-pointer failed .
Back from commercials , Feely said , “ I would have kicked the extra point.
” Oh .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ s Vikings-Seahawks , NBC ’ s know-it-all and now fully inflated gasbag Cris Collinsworth said Seattle DT Jarran Reed “ had a big year in 2018 , with 10.5 sacks , but nothing close to that , since.
” But “ since ” was just one season — last season .
And , given that Reed last season was suspended six games — reportedly for the assault of his girlfriend — Collinsworth was fully unprepared to discuss Reed ’ s 2019 “ slump , ” but that didn ’ t stop him .

Now that we’re surrounded by con artists, it’s time to improve the artistry in the cons. Current cons lack creativity and imagination, the kind demonstrated in 2005 by the sports information director (SID) of Pennsylvania’s Division II Mansfield University.
On a football Saturday in September, Mansfield was clobbered by California State of Pa., 88-12. And Mansfield’s SID, responsible for writing the game story on the school’s website and stretched to put a happy face on the massacre, came up with this headline and lead angle:
In the loss, Ronnie Montgomery broke the school record for kickoff returns, with 10!
That’s the kind of con we can admire. It certainly wasn’t the kind TBS’ crew delivered throughout Game 5 of Yankees-Rays — which they concluded was an all-time gem, when it was merely a close game.
The must-win game was played in neo-classical fashion, as if neither team much cared. In the sixth, the score at 1-1, the Rays’ Randy Arozarena smoked one to left, walked a few feet from the batter’s box then stopped to watch his home run — caught by Brett Gardner who made a leaping stab against the wall.
Arozarena, though blessed with speed, apparently didn’t feel that his time would have been better spent running as opposed to posing his way to risk a self-humiliating single.
Or, as reader David Distefano suggested, if Gardner had dropped it, he might have thrown Arozarena out at first!
Neither Brian Anderson nor Ron Darling were moved to even notice this — what no one, this side of all the Utz signs — could miss. They instead focused on the catch and not Arozorena’s indefensible, yet now-common, can’t-be-bothered approach to professional baseball, even postseason games.
In Anderson’s case, he left an early message that he may not get it. In the bottom of the first, Gerrit Cole struck out Joey Wendle with the bases loaded to end the inning.
Given lots of commercial time to think about it, Anderson didn’t think hard enough. In the top of the second he declared, “Cole has still not walked in a run with the bases loaded.”
Then for emphasis he piped, “You know you’re an ace when you’ve never walked in a run with the bases loaded.”
Reader Charles Fowler: “I think I remember the time he walked in a run with runners on first and second. But probably not.”
With the Yanks, down, 2-1, in the ninth and desperate for a base runner with no out, can’t-be-bothered home-run or strikeout payroll superstar Giancarlo Stanton struck out on five pitches, never swinging the bat. Strike three bounced away from the catcher, so Stanton ran hard, forcing a throw. He knew this was well worth a last ditch try!
Fat chance. He just stood there and waited for the catcher to tag him. And again, Anderson and Darling pretended we didn’t notice. Perhaps that would bruise their “great game!” angle.
I dunno: 24 strikeouts, seven pitchers, six hits, two Yankees’ errors, all three runs on one-run homers, seven walks in a 3-hour, 25-minute, 8 ½-inning game, two players choosing to dog it. A classic or a con?
Monday, George Springer of the Astros, down 1-0 in games to the Rays and down 3-1 in this one, in the seventh, struck out. He then watched the ball kick away from the catcher, but Springer just stood there, waiting to be tagged.
Again, Darling — who not long ago often lamented the loss of smart, winning baseball — just let it go.
But perhaps Springer, now that TV has flatly reported that he has surpassed Babe Ruth for “postseason home runs” — a no-context con — is entitled.
The 1941 Yanks-Dodgers World Series was determined by a dropped third strike by Brooklyn’s Mickey Owen. Tommy Heinrich, rather than surrender, ran to first, and Series losers and winners swapped places. The rules haven’t changed, but as we’re frequently reminded as per incomplete sentence, “The Game has changed.”
And, of course, MLB is steered by the con artistry of Rob Manfred, who declared the “top priority” of his stewardship is to embrace children as players, fans and baseball’s future — while eliminating Saturday afternoon games for TV money.
Team tied at half goes on to win
TV has never seemed more inattentive. Saturday, Texas-Oklahoma was tied at 17 at the half when Fox posted a graphic informing us that the team with the lead at the half has won the past 11 games.
Farewell to Devils goaltender Cory Schneider, always a good and giving TV interview who never ducked. Though if he signs with the Islanders, as expected, it will be: Welcome back, Cory!
Sixty years since Bill Mazeroski’s Game 7 World Series-ending homer vs. the Yankees (the “walk-off” had not yet been invented). I was 8 but remain emotionally scarred. By the way, that 24-hit 10-9 final was played in 2:36. There were zero strikeouts.
The Braves have broken the postseason record for average gold chains per neck.
Fox’s Joe Buck didn’t play business-footsie with MLB on Tuesday, noting the 33-minute half-inning for the Braves to score three against the Dodgers, then, at its end, noting, to those still conscious, that the nine-inning game ran a ridiculous 4:12.
As if he has any idea, WFAN’s Evan Roberts is renting out his name, credibility and dignity to tout FanDuel football parlay bets — among the biggest sucker bets with the worst payoffs. Promo Code: Shameless.
The Bills killed the Titans in third-down efficiency Tuesday night, 13 of 17 to Tennessee’s paltry 6 of 10. That the Titans won, 42-16, is of no statistical importance.
As for that technologically advanced but practically useless “BaseCam” — though it may be useful to locate a dislodged contact lens — reader Michael Peter dissents: “I love the BaseCam. Now I can watch the games like I do when I’m there — lying on my belly, looking at second base.” Then again, the late Victor Borge said Mozart is “mostly recognized as a bust.”
Feely covers all his bases by contradicting himself
Tuesday night on CBS, analyst Jay Feely, the former Jets kicker who never cut our ears a break, saw the Bills preparing to go for a 2-point conversion after scoring to trail the Titans, 28-16. “It’s the right call,” he said before the 2-pointer failed.
Back from commercials, Feely said, “I would have kicked the extra point.” Oh.
Early in Sunday’s night’s Vikings-Seahawks, NBC’s know-it-all and now fully inflated gasbag Cris Collinsworth said Seattle DT Jarran Reed “had a big year in 2018, with 10.5 sacks, but nothing close to that, since.”
But “since” was just one season — last season. And, given that Reed last season was suspended six games — reportedly for the assault of his girlfriend — Collinsworth was fully unprepared to discuss Reed’s 2019 “slump,” but that didn’t stop him.


newyorkpost--2020-10-15--Thanks, COVID-19: Most-Googled phobia of 2020 is the fear of other people

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The most-Googled phobia of the year is the fear of other people , according to researchers , who attribute the trend to the COVID-19 pandemic .
The term “ anthropophobia ” made up 22 percent of all fears searched nationwide — five times the number last year , Psych News Daily reported .
Searches for the word peaked between April 19 and 25 as the coronavirus crisis raged , and many people were stuck in lockdown , according to the outlet , which @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Meanwhile , New York ’ s most-searched fear was “ philophobia , ” the fear of falling in love or intimacy .
In Florida , which has seen a sky-high number of coronavirus cases , the most Googled fear was for germophobia .
Californians , by contrast , were most frightened of having no cellphone , also known as nomophobia .
They also found New Jersey is most scared of the dark , Massachusetts is terrified by failure , and Indiana fears being alone .
To come up with the results , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ past 10 months .

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The most-Googled phobia of the year is the fear of other people, according to researchers, who attribute the trend to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The term “anthropophobia” made up 22 percent of all fears searched nationwide — five times the number last year, Psych News Daily reported.
Searches for the word peaked between April 19 and 25 as the coronavirus crisis raged, and many people were stuck in lockdown, according to the outlet, which cited a report by security firm ADT.
Meanwhile, New York’s most-searched fear was “philophobia,” the fear of falling in love or intimacy.
In Florida, which has seen a sky-high number of coronavirus cases, the most Googled fear was for germophobia.
Californians, by contrast, were most frightened of having no cellphone, also known as nomophobia.
They also found New Jersey is most scared of the dark, Massachusetts is terrified by failure, and Indiana fears being alone.
To come up with the results, researchers analyzed Google Trends data over the past 10 months.


newyorkpost--2020-10-16--Boston news anchor fired for cameo in Adam Sandler’s ‘Hubie Halloween’

A Boston news anchor was fired for appearing in Adam Sandler ’ s new Halloween movie , a cameo that inadvertently violated her contract .
Alaina Pinto , a former morning anchor for WHDH , announced Thursday she would no longer be on the air for the station after her appearance in Sandler ’ s “ Hubie Halloween ” flick , which was released on Netflix earlier this month .
“ Earlier this week I was let go from 7 News , ” Pinto tweeted Thursday .
“ I am posting this because I want to be open and honest @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , I participated in a cameo in the recently released Netflix movie by Adam Sandler , ‘ Hubie Halloween.
’ ” Pinto , who joined the station in 2016 , said she “ mistakenly violated ” her contract by doing so , adding that she understood why management had to cut ties with her after four years .
“ I am deeply disappointed and saddened , and I hoped this would not be how things evolved , ” Pinto tweeted .
“ Thanks to all my wonderful 7 News viewers and my supportive @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Pinto said her reporting job had been an “ honor and a privilege ” while promising to keep her 13,000 Twitter followers updated on her next career move .
In Sandler ’ s movie , Pinto played a news anchor for a fictional Boston TV station , Channel 4 Morning News , and led its morning show , “ Wake Up , Boston , ” Boston.com reported .
Pinto discusses Salem ’ s upcoming Halloween festivities during her brief cameo while dressed as DC Comics character Harley Quinn , as well as her @ @ @ @ @ @ @ by Sandler ’ s wife , Jackie Sandler , according to the report .
“ Tracy , you went with Harley Quinn , too ?
” Pinto ’ s character asks reporter Tracy Phillips , who was played by Jackie Sandler .
“ Sure did , Erin , ” Phillips replies .
“ Only one day a year to show your ex what he ’ s missing.
” Management at the station did not return a message seeking comment about Pinto ’ s firing , Boston.com reported .
Prior to joining WHDH , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ABC Local 22 in Burlington , Vermont .
She had reportedly been on the air until earlier this month after wrapping up filming for the movie in Massachusetts in August .

A Boston news anchor was fired for appearing in Adam Sandler’s new Halloween movie, a cameo that inadvertently violated her contract.
Alaina Pinto, a former morning anchor for WHDH, announced Thursday she would no longer be on the air for the station after her appearance in Sandler’s “Hubie Halloween” flick, which was released on Netflix earlier this month.
“Earlier this week I was let go from 7 News,” Pinto tweeted Thursday. “I am posting this because I want to be open and honest with all of you. Last year, I participated in a cameo in the recently released Netflix movie by Adam Sandler, ‘Hubie Halloween.’”
Pinto, who joined the station in 2016, said she “mistakenly violated” her contract by doing so, adding that she understood why management had to cut ties with her after four years.
“I am deeply disappointed and saddened, and I hoped this would not be how things evolved,” Pinto tweeted. “Thanks to all my wonderful 7 News viewers and my supportive and great colleagues at the station.”
Pinto said her reporting job had been an “honor and a privilege” while promising to keep her 13,000 Twitter followers updated on her next career move.
“The future is bright!” Pinto tweeted.
In Sandler’s movie, Pinto played a news anchor for a fictional Boston TV station, Channel 4 Morning News, and led its morning show, “Wake Up, Boston,” Boston.com reported.
Pinto discusses Salem’s upcoming Halloween festivities during her brief cameo while dressed as DC Comics character Harley Quinn, as well as her colleagues, one of whom is played by Sandler’s wife, Jackie Sandler, according to the report.
“Tracy, you went with Harley Quinn, too?” Pinto’s character asks reporter Tracy Phillips, who was played by Jackie Sandler.
“Sure did, Erin,” Phillips replies. “Only one day a year to show your ex what he’s missing.”
Management at the station did not return a message seeking comment about Pinto’s firing, Boston.com reported.
Prior to joining WHDH, Pinto worked at Fox Local 44 and ABC Local 22 in Burlington, Vermont. She had reportedly been on the air until earlier this month after wrapping up filming for the movie in Massachusetts in August.


newyorkpost--2020-10-16--Teen armed with fake AR-15 fatally shot by man in Texas

A teen boy armed with a fake AR-15 rifle was fatally shot by a man who had a real gun in Texas early Friday , according to a local report .
The boy was shot around 2 a.m. on Uvalde Road in Houston , Capt .
J. Shannon of the Harris County Sheriff ’ s office told KHOU .
A 911 caller said he arrived at an apartment complex to meet a woman when two young men approached him , armed with what appeared to be AR-15 rifles , according to the report .
In turn , the man pulled @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the teens , according to the report .
Responding deputies found the other teen on top of the one who had been shot , giving him CPR .
Paramedics responded as well — but the teen did not survive .
An investigation revealed that the teens ’ weapons weren ’ t real — but toy rifles made to look like AR-15s , according to the report .
The surviving teen was taken into custody for questioning , and is described as uncooperative .
The man who allegedly opened fire is also being @ @ @ @ @ @ @ immediately released .

A teen boy armed with a fake AR-15 rifle was fatally shot by a man who had a real gun in Texas early Friday, according to a local report.
The boy was shot around 2 a.m. on Uvalde Road in Houston, Capt. J. Shannon of the Harris County Sheriff’s Office told KHOU.
A 911 caller said he arrived at an apartment complex to meet a woman when two young men approached him, armed with what appeared to be AR-15 rifles, according to the report.
In turn, the man pulled out his own gun and shot one of the teens, according to the report.
Responding deputies found the other teen on top of the one who had been shot, giving him CPR. Paramedics responded as well — but the teen did not survive.
An investigation revealed that the teens’ weapons weren’t real — toy rifles made to look like AR-15s, according to the report.
The surviving teen was taken into custody for questioning, and was described as uncooperative.
The man who allegedly opened fire was also being questioned.
No charges or names were immediately released.