newyorkpost--2020-09-14--YouTuber livestreams himself taking poop on Nancy Pelosi’s driveway

A YouTube star appeared to relieve himself on the driveway of Rep. Nancy Pelosi ’ s San Francisco residence during a livestream on Saturday .
The video , titled “ Poopalosi , ” had garnered more than 19,000 views Sunday night .
In the footage , a man who identifies himself as “ Armando ” walks through the streets of San Francisco in search of the Speaker ’ s house .
Once there , he sets up a camera across the street and stands on what appears to be Pelosi ’ s driveway for several minutes , eventually saluting his @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the pavement .
After walking out of the frame he says , “ That was for President Trump.
” In a subsequent livestream , titled “ I ’ m gon na need a lawyer , ” Armando claims that soon after the act he was detained by officers with the Bay Area Rapid Transit Police , at the behest of the Capitol Police department , the agency charged with protecting members of Congress .
“ It was scary , man , ” he says , adding : “ They asked me about Kamala @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on the stream that if she lived in San Francisco I ’ d s–t on her house too .
Armando did not immediately return a request for comment .
An account on Twitter claiming to be Armando later apologized for the incident , saying , “ @ SpeakerPelosi I know you may not ever see this but I want you to know , I meant no foul harm yesterday when I did what I did .
I ’ m not proud of it at all and I just would like for you to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ will against you or anyone in an elected officials position.
” It remains unclear what motivated the incident .

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A YouTube star appeared to relieve himself on the driveway of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s San Francisco residence during a livestream on Saturday.
The video, titled “Poopalosi,” had garnered more than 19,000 views Sunday night.
In the footage, a man who identifies himself as “Armando” walks through the streets of San Francisco in search of the speaker’s house. Once there, he sets up a camera across the street and stands on what appears to be Pelosi’s driveway for several minutes, eventually saluting his viewers before squatting down to poop on the pavement.
After walking out of the frame, he says, “That was for President Trump.”
In a subsequent livestream, titled “I’m gonna need a lawyer,” Armando claims that soon after the act, he was detained by officers with the Bay Area Rapid Transit Police, at the behest of the Capitol Police department, the agency charged with protecting members of Congress.
“It was scary, man,” he says, adding: “They asked me about Kamala Harris, and about how I joked on the stream that if she lived in San Francisco, I’d s–t on her house too.
“They weren’t f—ing playing.”
Armando did not immediately return a request for comment.
An account on Twitter claiming to be Armando later apologized for the incident, saying, “@SpeakerPelosi I know you may not ever see this but I want you to know, I meant no foul harm yesterday when I did what I did. I’m not proud of it at all and I just would like for you to know that. I have no ill will against you or anyone in an elected officials position.”
It remains unclear what motivated the incident.


newyorkpost--2020-09-14--Trump says Biden is too lazy to stand up to ‘crazy socialists’

President Trump called Joe Biden “ unfit ” during a rally outside of Las Vegas on Sunday night , claiming the former vice president is beholden to “ crazy socialists.
” “ Biden is too lazy to stand up to the crazy socialists and never will , will never have the strength , ” Trump told the crowd of thousands packed inside a manufacturing plant in Henderson , Nevada .
“ This man is totally unfit to be your president — up here , ” Trump added , while pointing at his head .
Trump also suggested that Biden does @ @ @ @ @ @ @ with some of his favorite world leaders , such as North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un , Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping .
“ I deal with all these people and they don ’ t have the mental problem Sleepy Joe has .
They ’ re very sharp , ” Trump said .
“ Biden is too weak to be president and he ’ s not a smart person.
” Trump , at times , displayed confidence that he would overcome his Democratic rival at the ballot box .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ four more years in the White House , and after we win four more years we ’ ll ask for maybe another four or so , ” he said .
But despite Biden ’ s supposed deficiencies , Trump pondered whether his Democratic challenger could be victorious in November .
“ Maybe he ’ ll win because they don ’ t like me .
They don ’ t like my personality , ” Trump mused .
“ I hate to say it but I ’ m what you need .
I ’ m @ @ @ @ @ @ @ years .
”

President Trump called Joe Biden “unfit” during a rally outside of Las Vegas on Sunday night, claiming the former vice president is beholden to “crazy socialists.”
“Biden is too lazy to stand up to the crazy socialists and never will, will never have the strength,” Trump told the crowd of thousands packed inside a manufacturing plant in Henderson, Nevada.
“This man is totally unfit to be your president — up here,” Trump added, while pointing at his head.
Trump also suggested that Biden does not have the mental acuity to deal with some of his favorite world leaders, such as North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping.
“I deal with all these people and they don’t have the mental problem Sleepy Joe has. They’re very sharp,” Trump said. “Biden is too weak to be president and he’s not a smart person.”
Trump, at times, displayed confidence that he would overcome his Democratic rival at the ballot box.
“We’re going to win four more years in the White House, and after we win four more years we’ll ask for maybe another four or so,” he said.
But despite Biden’s supposed deficiencies, Trump pondered whether his Democratic challenger could be victorious in November.
“Maybe he’ll win because they don’t like me. They don’t like my personality,” Trump mused. “I hate to say it but I’m what you need. I’m what you need for the next four years.”


newyorkpost--2020-09-14--Crowd chants ‘Lock him up’ after Trump accuses Obama of ‘spying’ on campaign

President Trump once again accused Barack Obama of spying on his 2016 campaign during a rally on Sunday night — @ @ @ @ @ him up ” from the crowd .
“ He got caught .
We caught him @ @ @ @ @ s see what happens , ” Trump said after repeating the accusation .
Under Trump @ @ @ @ @ reviewing the origins of a probe that found Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election @ @ @ @ @ officials in the Obama administration were behind the investigation .
Attorney General William Barr in @ @ @ @ @ review would lead to “ a criminal investigation ” against either former president or Vice @ @ @ @ @ chants from the indoor audience at the rally outside Las Vegas mimicked the popular rally @ @ @ @ @ mentioned his 2016 Democratic challenger , former secretary of state Hillary Clinton .

President Trump once again accused Barack Obama of spying on his 2016 campaign during a rally on Sunday night — prompting chants of “Lock him up” from the crowd.
“He got caught. We caught him cold .. now let’s see what happens,” Trump said after repeating the accusation.
Under Trump, the Justice Department is reviewing the origins of a probe that found Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. The president has suggested officials in the Obama administration were behind the investigation.
Attorney General William Barr in May said he doubted the review would lead to “a criminal investigation” against either former president or Vice President Joe Biden.
The chants from the indoor audience at the rally outside Las Vegas mimicked the popular rally cry from supporters whenever Trump mentioned his 2016 Democratic challenger, former secretary of state Hillary Clinton.


newyorkpost--2020-09-14--Barack Obama’s next memoir could drop right after election

Click to email this to a friend ( Opens in new window ) Click to share on Twitter ( Opens @ @ @ @ @ to share on Facebook ( Opens in new window ) There ’ s buzz that @ @ @ @ @ memoir will come out just after the 2020 election — with a publication date on @ @ @ @ @ 17 , sources exclusively told Page Six .
Insiders said that Crown Publishing Group will @ @ @ @ @ for Obama ’ s tome on Thursday .
Crown released Michelle Obama ’ s “ @ @ @ @ @ , 2018 , a week after the midterm elections .
The company bought the world @ @ @ @ @ forthcoming memoir in a bidding war in 2017 .
The first lady ’ s book @ @ @ @ @ its first week , and 10 million by March 2019 .

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There’s buzz that Barack Obama’s next memoir will come out just after the 2020 election — with a publication date on either Nov. 10 or Nov. 17, sources exclusively told Page Six.
Insiders said that Crown Publishing Group will announce the exact release date for Obama’s tome on Thursday. Crown released Michelle Obama’s “Becoming” on Nov. 13, 2018, a week after the midterm elections.
The company bought the world rights to it and the forthcoming memoir in a bidding war in 2017. The first lady’s book sold 1.4 million copies in its first week, and 10 million by March 2019.
Reps did not comment.


newyorkpost--2020-09-14--St. John’s lands local star Rafael Pinzon in ‘big-time’ get

St. John ’ s is on the board for 2021 and it ...

For years, St. John’s fans have bemoaned the absence of locals on the roster. They wanted to see the best players from New York City, Westchester and Long Island wearing red.
Coach Mike Anderson and his staff are starting to provide them with those possibilities.
Monday afternoon, the Johnnies landed arguably the most significant local of the Anderson era, picking up a verbal commitment from senior Rafael Pinzon of Long Island Lutheran and the New York Jayhawks.
The 6-foot-6 guard chose St. John’s over Florida and New Mexico. Rated as a four-star recruit by ESPN, Pinzon represents a significant recruiting victory for Anderson and assistant Van Macon.
“This is a big-time get,” Jayhawks AAU director Jay David said. “I think it’s a big-time fit for everybody.”
Pinzon can play on and off the ball. There were times last year LuHi used him at point guard and St. John’s envisions him playing, and defending, multiple positions.
“He’s a legit combo guard. He knows how to pass. He’s 6-6, he uses angles really well,” David said. “He defends at a really high level and he shoots the crap out of the ball.”
Pinzon, who came to Long Island from Puerto Rico three years ago, said he picked St. John’s because of the fit, his comfort with the coaching staff, the uptempo style of play, and the opportunity to come in and play immediately as a freshman. Macon led his recruitment, staying in contact with him almost daily. He got to visit St. John’s for its Red Storm Tip-Off event last year, and was impressed by the atmosphere and bond the players had.
The presence of Drissa Traore, Pinzon’s teammate at Long Island Lutheran who committed to St. John’s in early August, shouldn’t be discounted, either. The two are very close and Pinzon said Traore played a significant role in his decision.
A coach familiar with Pinzon believes he would’ve been a hot commodity had there been an AAU season this summer, and sees him as a top-125-level prospect in the country.
“Playmaking guard who can really score,” is the way the coach described him. “He has good size, deceptive athleticism and deep range. Very good shooter who will only get better with strength.
“He should make an immediate impact in the Big East.”
Anderson and his staff have made recruiting locally a priority, picking up players like Julian Champagnie, Posh Alexander, Dylan Wusu, Rasheem Dunn, Traore and now Pinzon. Six of them could be on the roster next year — Dunn will graduate — giving St. John’s a strong base of local talent.


newyorkpost--2020-09-14--‘Bachelorette’ alum Chad Johnson dinged for partying post-COVID diagnosis

Johnson , who now makes a living showing his , er , johnson , on adult site OnlyFans , tested positive for COVID-19 and still went out with people , causing social media backlash .
But he defiantly said in an online video : “ A lot of you guys in the adult industry are putting me on blast right now and saying I should be in trouble because I went and had business meetings and dinner with my associates.
” He added , “ They all knew I had that positive test come back … I had a mask @ @ @ @ @ @ @ when I was putting food in my mouth.
” Johnson revealed he hasn ’ t had sex in two weeks , so “ I don ’ t see the f - - king problem.
” He also claimed another test came back negative .
Johnson was arrested in LA in February on domestic-violence and robbery charges stemming from an incident involving girlfriend Annalise Mishler .
TMZ reported that he denied the claims but pleaded no contest to vandalism and intimidating a witness and was sentenced to probation .
He ’ s also starred @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ Famously Single , ” “ Ex on the Beach ” and the UK ’ s “ Celebrity Big Brother UK .
”

“Bachelorette” alum turned soft-core porn star Chad Johnson is the latest covidiot.
Johnson, who now makes a living showing his, er, johnson, on adult site OnlyFans, tested positive for COVID-19 and still went out with people, causing social media backlash.
But he defiantly said in an online video: “A lot of you guys in the adult industry are putting me on blast right now and saying I should be in trouble because I went and had business meetings and dinner with my associates.” He added, “They all knew I had that positive test come back … I had a mask on every second of the time except when I was putting food in my mouth.”
Johnson revealed he hasn’t had sex in two weeks, so “I don’t see the f - - king problem.” He also claimed another test came back negative.
Johnson was arrested in LA in February on domestic-violence and robbery charges stemming from an incident involving girlfriend Annalise Mishler. TMZ reported that he denied the claims but pleaded no contest to vandalism and intimidating a witness and was sentenced to probation.
He’s also starred in “Bachelor in Paradise,” “Famously Single,” “Ex on the Beach” and the UK’s “Celebrity Big Brother UK.”


newyorkpost--2020-09-14--5 pressing Mets questions amid grim playoff hopes

Jacob deGrom is the pitching Mike Trout .
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Thirteen games remain, at the conclusion of which the Mets will either be shut out from the playoffs for the fourth straight year or somehow invited to the postseason tournament.
A team with high-end pieces such as Jacob deGrom, Michael Conforto and Dominic Smith shouldn’t be such a long shot, especially in an expanded playoff format that will include eight teams in each league, but here are the Mets at 21-26 and probably needing something in the neighborhood of a 10-3 finish to have a shot.
Mathematically, it’s possible. But anybody who has watched this inconsistent crew for the first 47 games might find the notion of “Mets” and “playoffs” in the same sentence as confounding.
Here are five questions to ponder as we enter the final stretch:
What are the Mets’ odds of reaching the postseason?
Fangraphs gave the Mets a 26.9 percent chance as of Monday afternoon, a number that seemed somewhat high given the upcoming schedule.
Even if the Mets were to sweep three games in Philadelphia beginning Tuesday, their reward will be returning home for six games to face the Braves and Rays, who lead the NL East and AL East, respectively. It’s unlikely either team (especially the Braves) will have clinched the division by the time it arrives at Citi Field, making the games meaningful for not only the Mets.
But the schedule does throw the Mets a potential batting-practice fastball of sorts to conclude the season: four games in Washington against the disappointing Nationals, who will be looking to conclude as quickly as possible. The trick for the Mets will be reaching the Nationals series with anything better than the slimmest of hopes.
How does the starting rotation look?
Luis Rojas has shortened his rotation for this week by skipping Michael Wacha, who has struggled. But the Mets are going to need a fifth starter, whether it’s Wacha or equally underwhelming Steven Matz (or some combination of both) to pitch twice in this final stretch. The first of those starts would come Saturday against the Braves. Maybe Erasmo Ramirez gets a shot based on his solid work in long relief.
The Mets have deGrom and Seth Lugo to pitch the final two games in Philadelphia, but need a productive outing from inconsistent Rick Porcello to begin the series. This clearly isn’t last September, when the Mets stayed in the postseason race until late by sending deGrom, Noah Syndergaard, Zack Wheeler, Marcus Stroman and a more dependable Matz to the mound. Behind deGrom and Lugo it gets a little iffy this time around.
What is the injury situation?
Remarkably, the Mets are relatively healthy. Their hope is Jake Marisnick can return from right hamstring tightness to provide a righty bat off the bench and defense in center field, but otherwise the Mets aren’t awaiting anyone other than maybe Tomas Nido, who would provide them with a third catcher. Even so, the Mets don’t have an obvious roster move to make that would create roster space for Nido unless somebody is placed on the injured list.
What about Jacob deGrom’s Cy Young Award pursuit?
DeGrom is scheduled to start Wednesday (at Philadelphia), Monday (against Tampa Bay) and the final Saturday of the regular season (at Washington). Of those three the biggest challenge might be Wednesday, given the Phillies’ solid lineup and the launching pad known as Citizens Bank Park. Yu Darvish and Trevor Bauer appear to be deGrom’s two biggest competitors for the award, but don’t discount the possibility of an Aaron Nola or Dinelson Lamet making a surge over this final stretch. DeGrom began Monday as the NL leader in ERA (1.67) and was tied for the lead with 79 strikeouts. But this is a close race.
Can the Mets’ bullpen be trusted?
If you were told before the season that Edwin Diaz and Jeurys Familia would both have sub-3.50 ERAs at this point the assumption might be the Mets’ bullpen was in good shape. But it’s been a seesaw, partly because of Lugo’s needed move to fill a void in the starting rotation. Also, Justin Wilson, Brad Brach and Jared Hughes haven’t provided the consistency that’s been needed, and team brass is still getting a read on recent addition Miguel Castro. At a time the Mets are without room for error, this bullpen doesn’t inspire great confidence.


newyorkpost--2020-09-14--Scientists discover antibody that ‘neutralizes’ virus that causes coronavirus

Scientists at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine have isolated “ the smallest biological molecule ” that “ completely and specifically neutralizes ” the virus that causes coronavirus .
The antibody component is 10 times smaller than a full-sized antibody , and has been used to create the drug Ab8 , shared in the report published by the researchers in the journal Cell on Monday .
The drug is seen as a potential preventative against SARS-CoV-2 .
According to the report , the drug has been “ highly effective in preventing and treating ” the SARS-CoV-2 infections in mice @ @ @ @ @ @ @ also reportedly does not bind to human cells , which suggests it will not have negative side-effects in people .
“ Ab8 not only has potential as therapy for COVID-19 , but it also could be used to keep people from getting SARS-CoV-2 infections , ” said co-author John Mellors , chief of the Division of Infectious Diseases at Pitt and UPMC .
“ Antibodies of larger size have worked against other infectious diseases and have been well tolerated , giving us hope that it could be an effective treatment for patients with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ have never had the infection and are not immune.
” Xianglei Liu of Pitt is also co-lead author of the study .
Researchers are also “ thinking outside the box ” for how the drug could be administered , stating it may be able to be inhaled or through a superficial injection , instead of an IV .
According to the report , the team at University of Texas Medical Branch Center for Biodefense and Emerging Diseases and Galveston National Laboratory tested Ab8 and found it blocked the virus from entering cells .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ Ab8 had 10-fold less of the amount of infectious virus compared to those that were untreated .

Scientists at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine have isolated “the smallest biological molecule” that “completely and specifically neutralizes” the virus that causes COVID-19.
The antibody component is 10 times smaller than a full-size antibody, and has been used to create the drug Ab8, shared in the report published by the researchers in the journal Cell on Monday. The drug is seen as a potential preventative against SARS-CoV-2.
According to the report, the drug has been “highly effective in preventing and treating” SARS-CoV-2 infections in mice and hamsters during tests. The drug also reportedly does not bind to human cells, which suggests it will not have negative side effects in people.
“Ab8 not only has potential as therapy for COVID-19, but it also could be used to keep people from getting SARS-CoV-2 infections,” said co-author John Mellors, chief of the Division of Infectious Diseases at Pitt and UPMC. “Antibodies of larger size have worked against other infectious diseases and have been well tolerated, giving us hope that it could be an effective treatment for patients with COVID-19 and for protection of those who have never had the infection and are not immune.”
Xianglei Liu of Pitt is also co-lead author of the study.
Researchers are also “thinking outside the box” for how the drug could be administered, stating it may be able to be inhaled or through a superficial injection, instead of an IV.
According to the report, the team at University of Texas Medical Branch Center for Biodefense and Emerging Diseases and Galveston National Laboratory tested Ab8 and found it blocked the virus from entering cells. In mice trials, those treated with Ab8 had 10-fold less of the amount of infectious virus compared to those that were untreated.


newyorkpost--2020-09-14--LA Sheriff challenges Lebron James to match reward money for gunman who shot deputies

Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva on Monday challenged NBA star LeBron James to match and double the reward money being offered for information on the gunman who ambushed and shot two deputies over the weekend .
Speaking with KABC Radio on the John Phillips Show , Villanueva said the reward money reached $ 175,000 — a combination of donations of $ 100,000 from the county and $ 75,000 from two private individuals .
“ This challenge is to Lebron James .
I want you to match that and double that reward , ” Villanueva said .
“ I know @ @ @ @ @ @ @ expressed a very interesting statement about your perspective on race relations and on officer-involved shootings and the impact that it has on the African-American community .
“ And I appreciated that , ” he continued .
“ But likewise , we need to appreciate that respect for life goes across all professions.
” The Los Angeles Lakers star has been one of the most vocal professional athletes to speak on social issues and to condemn police misconduct .
After Jacob Blake was shot multiple times by officers in Wisconsin last month , James @ @ @ @ @ @ @ terrified ” of police misconduct .
“ I know people get tired of hearing me say it , but we are scared as Black people in America , ” James said following the Lakers ’ Game 4 win over the Portland Trail Blazers last month .
“ Black men , Black women , Black kids , we are terrified.
” He earlier tweeted his frustrations about police shootings .
“ And y ’ all wonder why we say what we say about the Police !
!
Someone please tell me WTF is this @ @ @ @ @ @ @ another black man being targeted , ” James wrote .
“ This s— [ sic ] is so wrong and so sad !
!
Feel so sorry for him , his family and OUR PEOPLE !
!
We want JUSTICE.
” It was not clear if James was aware of Villanuena ’ s challenge .
Messages to the Lebron James Foundation were not immediately returned .
“ Let ’ s see what he does , ” the sheriff said .
“ I ’ ll be very curious to see what his response is @ @ @ @ @

Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva on Monday challenged NBA star LeBron James to match and double the reward money being offered for information on the gunman who ambushed and shot two deputies over the weekend.
Speaking with KABC Radio on “The John Phillips Show,” Villanueva said the reward money reached $175,000 — a combination of donations of $100,000 from the county and $75,000 from two private individuals.
“This challenge is to LeBron James. I want you to match that and double that reward,” Villanueva said. “I know you care about law enforcement. You expressed a very interesting statement about your perspective on race relations and on officer-involved shootings and the impact that it has on the African American community.
“And I appreciated that,” he continued. “But likewise, we need to appreciate that respect for life goes across all professions.”
The Los Angeles Lakers star has been one of the most vocal professional athletes to speak on social issues and to condemn police misconduct. After Jacob Blake was shot multiple times by officers in Wisconsin last month, James said black people in America are “terrified” of police misconduct.
“I know people get tired of hearing me say it, but we are scared as black people in America,” James said following the Lakers’ Game 4 win over the Portland Trail Blazers last month. “Black men, black women, black kids, we are terrified.”
He earlier tweeted his frustrations about police shootings.
“And y’all wonder why we say what we say about the Police!! Someone please tell me WTF is this???!!! Exactly another black man being targeted,” James wrote. “This s— [sic] is so wrong and so sad!! Feel so sorry for him, his family and OUR PEOPLE!! We want JUSTICE.”
It was not clear if James was aware of Villanuena’s challenge. Messages to the LeBron James Foundation were not immediately returned.
“Let’s see what he does,” the sheriff said. “I’ll be very curious to see what his response is, if any.”


newyorkpost--2020-09-14--Kanye West says he won’t release any new music on Sony, Universal

Click to email this to a friend ( Opens in new window ) Click to share on Twitter ( Opens in new window ) Click to share on Facebook ( Opens in new window ) Kanye West claimed he ’ s “ not putting no more music out till I ’ m done with my contract with Sony and Universal ” on Twitter Monday night .
“ Vivendi family I ’ m in Calabassas , ” he then tweeted , apparently trying to reach the French conglomerate that owns Universal .
West ’ s GOOD label , as well as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ out the bulk of his records before the GOOD imprint was established , are all owned by Universal .
“ I need a [ public ] apology from J Cole and Drake to start with immediately , ” he continued in a separate tweet , adding , “ I ’ m Nat Turner … I ’ m fighting for us.
” “ I ’ m the 2nd richest black man in America , ” another tweet added , though West eventually deleted that one .
“ I need all my people with me @ @ @ @ @ @ @ I ’ m waiting to meet with [ Shawn ] Carter also , ” West then tweeted , referring to Jay-Z .
West eventually pivoted from contractual matters to more general concerns , pleading for unity and organization among his peers , writing at one point , “ no more dissing each other on labels we don ’ t own.
” West sued the Sony/ATV-owned EMI Music Publishing , along with Universal Music Group , Roc-A-Fella and Def Jam in January 2019 , looking for a way out of his contract .
Billboard @ @ @ @ @ @ @ an undisclosed amount in October .
“ I need to see everybody ’ s contracts at Universal and Sony , ” West continued .
“ The music industry and the NBA are modern day slave ships .
I ’ m the new Moses.
” West ’ s convalescence from texting-related hand strain must have been a short one .

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Kanye West claimed he’s “not putting no more music out till I’m done with my contract with Sony and Universal” on Twitter Monday night.
“Vivendi family I’m in Calabassas,” he then tweeted, apparently trying to reach the French conglomerate that owns Universal. West’s GOOD label, as well as Roc-A-Fella and Def Jam, which put out the bulk of his records before the GOOD imprint was established, are all owned by Universal.
“I need a [public] apology from J Cole and Drake to start with immediately,” he continued in a separate tweet, adding, “I’m Nat Turner … I’m fighting for us.”
“I’m the 2nd richest black man in America,” another tweet added, though West eventually deleted that one. “I need all my people with me for us to get free.”
“I’m waiting to meet with [Shawn] Carter also,” West then tweeted, referring to Jay-Z.
West eventually pivoted from contractual matters to more general concerns, pleading for unity and organization among his peers, writing at one point, “no more dissing each other on labels we don’t own.”
West sued the Sony/ATV-owned EMI Music Publishing, along with Universal Music Group, Roc-A-Fella and Def Jam in January 2019, looking for a way out of his contract. Billboard reported that the suit was settled for an undisclosed amount in October.
“I need to see everybody’s contracts at Universal and Sony,” West continued. “The music industry and the NBA are modern day slave ships. I’m the new Moses.”
West’s convalescence from texting-related hand strain must have been a short one.


newyorkpost--2020-09-14--Danny Balin ready to seize his ‘lucky’ U.S. Open chance

Danny Noonan is going to caddie at the US Open ...

Danny Balin has qualified for the PGA Championship six times, most recently for last month’s event at Harding Park in San Francisco. And all six times he’s failed to make the cut.
This week, Balin, the head pro at Fresh Meadow Country Club on Long Island and the only Met-Area club pro in the field, will be gunning to make a US Open cut at Winged Foot, a course he estimates he’s played 50 to 60 times.
The thought of making the cut at a major championship in his backyard — Balin lives in White Plains — is tantalizing to him.
“It would be like a celebration of my career, to represent all the clubs that I’ve worked for and all the members that I have been around,’’ the 38-year-old Balin told The Post. “Yeah, I was born in Maryland, but I’ve been here in Westchester for 17 years now, so this is my home. I’ve created a home here for myself. To be able to do it with everybody watching would just be awesome.’’
Monday and Tuesday, Balin has the distinction of having Michael O’Keefe, the actor who played Danny Noonan in “Caddychack,’’ carry his bag during practice rounds. They went off the back nine Monday morning for some practice, with O’Keefe donning a red “Bushwood’’ cap, and they’ll will do it again Tuesday before Balin’s tournament caddie takes over.
Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, Balin was automatically qualified for both the PGA Championship and the U.S. Open. In fact, he got word of being exempt into the two majors about a day apart with calls from the PGA of America and the USGA.
Both tournaments took the top three players from the 2019 PGA Club Pro Player of the Year list, because the 2020 season had been canceled by the pandemic.
“I feel like I played well in 2019 and earned my way, but I got lucky to be able to be granted an exemption into the U.S. Open,’’ he said.
Balin, for several reasons, believes he has a better chance to succeed this week than he did at Harding Park, a course he’d never played. At that time, Balin said he was so busy with work at Fresh Meadow that he had little time to play and prepare for the PGA.
“The golf course was really difficult,’’ Balin said of Harding Park. “I hadn’t had a lot of time to practice and I shot 74-76. I know I missed the cut, but given the fact that I hadn’t practiced a lot and hadn’t played a lot, I was pretty happy with that. I’m fine with how I played. It was a little bit more of a vacation given the pandemic situation we’ve had going on.
“The U.S. Open, not that I’m taking it more seriously, but I’m trying to prepare a little bit more. Work at the club slowed down a little bit, so it gave me time to focus on myself and my game to get ready.’’
Balin, too, believes the home-game factor can do nothing but benefit him.
“It’s great being able to come home and see my daughter and my fiancée, have home-cooked meals, sleep in my own bed,’’ he said. “The comfortability of that really helps your confidence. Also, being comfortable with the golf course helps. I’ve played 50 or 60 rounds on the golf course, so it’s not something new to me. So being so comfortable with the golf course and having familiarity of Winged Foot is going to be great.
“It’s going to be very special, knowing Winged Foot, knowing a lot of the members there, being good friends with Mike Gilmore, the head pro.’’
Expectations?
“Always my expectations are to make the cut, but at Winged Foot if I can just drive the ball straight … it’s key to put the driver in the fairway,’’ Balin said. “If I can just hit it straight like I normally do, I think I’ll have a chance to be around on the weekend. And — who knows? — maybe something better.’’


newyorkpost--2020-09-14--Rob Manfred sees great potential in Mets sale to Steve Cohen

Steve Cohen is worth $ 14 billion .
That makes him a ...

Mets fans aren’t the only ones who see Steve Cohen as a messiah.
“I think that a change in ownership at the Mets is an opportunity to make that franchise as strong as it can possibly be, and I think over the long haul it’ll be something that will be good for the game,” commissioner Rob Manfred said during an online event hosted by the Hofstra University’s business school.
It’ll be up to the owners — whom Manfred works for — to approve Cohen, the Long Island native who grew up a Mets fan and on Monday finalized a $2.4 billion deal to purchase 95 percent of the the ball club from the Wilpon and Katz families.
Cohen will need 23 out of 29 votes in November to take control of the Mets, who likely won’t make the playoffs this season.
A spotty history that includes Cohen’s former company paying a $1.8 billion fine in 2013 to settle insider trading charges and his current company being sued for gender discrimination could complicate matters, though helping the 64-year-old’s cause is that the other owners would see their respective valuations increase should the deal go through.
Cohen initially had a deal to purchase the Mets in February, but that fell apart after the two sides couldn’t agree how much influence the Wilpon family would be able to wield in the first five years of Cohen’s ownership.
“As you can imagine, a sale of this type, a couple of billion dollars, pretty complicated agreements, and they have those agreements ironed out,” Manfred said.
Cohen reemerged this spring in the sale process that also featured power couple Alex Rodriguez and Jennifer Lopez.
Mets fans seemed to always hope Cohen — and his net worth of $14 billion — would end up the winner of an auction, enamored with the possibility of him spending more money than they’ve grown accustomed to and ending years of front-office dysfunction.


newyorkpost--2020-09-14--Stream It Or Skip It: ‘We Are Who We Are’ On HBO, Where Two Teens Figure Out Their Lives On An Ameri

Stream It Or Skip It: ‘We Are Who We Are’ On HBO, Where Two Teens Figure Out Their Lives On An American Military Base In Italy

We Are Who We Are is the first TV project from director/writer/producer Luca Guadagnino ( Call Me By Your Name ) , who ’ s made his name making intimate portraits of teens trying to figure out who they are and who they love .
His Academy Award-nominated film already explored a teen boy in Italy figuring out a new and deep relationship , so with this new series he doubles down by showing this exploration from two teens ’ perspectives , with not everything being straightforward .
WE ARE WHO WE ARE : STREAM IT OR SKIP IT ?
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ bleach blonde hair and an orange hoodie has his earbuds in and is waiting for his mother to deal with his lost luggage at an Italian airport .
The Gist : The boy is 14-year-old Fraser Wilson ( Jack Dylan Grazer ) , who is in Italy because his mother , Col. Sarah Wilson ( Chloë Sevigny ) has moved their family from New York so she can take command of an Army base just outside of Venice .
Col. Wilson ’ s wife , and Fraser ’ s stepmom , Maggie Teixeira @ @ @ @ @ @ @ army medic who continues her work at the base ’ s clinic .
Apparently the one thing Fraser wanted was a little hit of something that looks like Nyquil , mainly for the booze .
The Wilson family is greeted by Jenny Poythress ( Faith Alabi ) , a spouse of an officer on the base .
As the family sees their new on-base digs , Fraser is understandably frustrated ; padding around in his artsy t-shirt and super-long skater shorts , he calls a friend named Mark to tell him what he @ @ @ @ @ @ @ I love you.
” He decides to stave off his boredom by checking out the high school on the base .
While he slinks around “ undetected ” ( considering he ’ s the new commander ’ s son , he can ’ t really go incognito ) , he ’ s intrigued by a girl named Caitlin ( Jordan Kristine Seamón ) , whom he finds out is the Poythress ’ daughter .
He stalks out a group who is walking off base , and then approaches a food truck for a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ wandering into a men ’ s shower room and being awestruck by what he sees .
When he looks for a beer , a girl from the group , Britney Orton ( Francesca Scorsese ) intercepts him and is immediately intrigued by him .
She ’ s American , but has been on international bases her whole life , and she knows exactly how to get around their rules .
She takes Fraser ’ s base ID and they run to a bus that will take them and her group to the beach @ @ @ @ @ @ @ including Caitlin and her brother Danny ( Spence Moore II ) are not sure who the shy , awkward kid who ’ s there with them is .
They make fun of his t-shirt , and one of them whips off his shorts and bathes in the bay au naturel .
He ’ s still intrigued by Caitlin , but turned off by the rest of the group , so he decides to walk home .
During his long walk , he buys wine off a seamstress , chugs it , and wanders @ @ @ @ @ @ @ he even cuts his face open when he falls off a bridge railing he was trying to balance on .
He calls Maggie to bring him home , and speculates that his mother loves Maggie more than him .
Maggie thinks that when they kiss , Sarah thinks she ’ s kissing a mirror .
All three of their relationships to each other are weirdly strange and intimate .
The next day , after Sarah is officially installed as the commander and after school , he follows a disguised Caitlin into town , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ at a bar to flirt .
Considering that he is also not sure of his identity , sexual or otherwise , he finally decides to talk to his next-door neighbor .
What Shows Will It Remind You Of ?
Pretty much any coming-of-age series , like recent vintage series like Never Have I Ever , Derry Girls or Sex Education , except this one takes place on an American military base in Italy .
Our Take : As meandering as the first episode is , it ’ s that way for a reason @ @ @ @ @ @ @ pretty cosmopolitan life in New York — which intrigues us , since both his mothers are in the Army — and is now plopped down in a stiltedly All-American environment in the middle of a country where he ’ s never been and can ’ t communicate .
He has thought that he found the love of his life back home with Mark , but is likely confused by Caitlin as much as he ’ s intrigued .
After all , he likes guys , right ?
Well , considering sexuality can be @ @ @ @ @ @ @ it feels to a kid who is in the throes of puberty ?
Guadagnino directs the entire series , and he and DP Fredrik Wenzel are able to show both the suffocating and odd life on base as well as the airy and languid existence in town and on the beach .
He juxtaposes the bucolic scenery with the brash American teens running through it , just happy they ’ re off base and can drink .
But Fraser is more thoughtful than that , and it feels like his new home is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ him to figure things out , as well as the wrong place .
We see that in his penchant to get destructively drunk and his odd relationship with Sarah .
At times they argue like lovers ( shudder ) , and when he goes to hug her in the middle of the night , the position they ’ re in is suggestive to say in the least .
But he has no idea whether his mother actually loves him or not .
That might be one of the bigger problems with We Are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ much on the teenagers that the adults might get the short end of the character stick .
In the short scenes between Maggie and Fraser , we see that they have the close , warm relationship that each wants with Sarah , instead of the codependent one they each have now .
But , given that Sarah is played by the usually-excellent Sevigny , all we see is a cold military pro who is weirdly attached to her teenage son .
Let ’ s hope we find out more as we go along @ @ @ @ @ @ @ naked as she gets into a bath with Maggie , and we ’ ve mentioned the various male full frontal scenes .
There ’ s a vague sexuality to them but they ’ re more there as just a matter of course .
Parting Shot : Fraser sits next to Caitlin on the beach after following her into town and says , “ So what should I call you ?
” Sleeper Star : It ’ s pretty obvious that Francesca Scorsese has absorbed her acting skill by osmosis from her father ( @ @ @ @ @ @ @ t know ) , because she plays Britney in a flirty , DGAF way that oozes confidence for someone so young .
Most Pilot-y Line : We still can ’ t get over Sarah sitting up on the kitchen counter and Fraser hugging her while being between her legs .
It was as unsettling as what we just typed sounds .
And all because she insisted that the roast should be cut thick .
Our Call : STREAM IT .
The first episode of We Are Who We Are takes its time to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , but the ride is pleasant because we ’ re so intrigued by Fraser and his various relationships .
Joel Keller ( @ joelkeller ) writes about food , entertainment , parenting and tech , but he doesn ’ t kid himself : he ’ s a TV junkie .
His writing has appeared in the New York Times , Slate , Salon , RollingStone.com , VanityFair.com , Fast Company and elsewhere .
Stream We Are Who We Are On HBO Max Stream We Are Who We Are On HBO Now

We Are Who We Are is the first TV project from director/writer/producer Luca Guadagnino (Call Me By Your Name), who’s made his name making intimate portraits of teens trying to figure out who they are and who they love. His Academy Award-nominated film already explored a teen boy in Italy figuring out a new and deep relationship, so with this new series he doubles down by showing this exploration from two teens’ perspectives, with not everything being straightforward.
WE ARE WHO WE ARE: STREAM IT OR SKIP IT?
Opening Shot: A teenage boy with bleach blonde hair and an orange hoodie has his earbuds in and is waiting for his mother to deal with his lost luggage at an Italian airport.
The Gist: The boy is 14-year-old Fraser Wilson (Jack Dylan Grazer), who is in Italy because his mother, Col. Sarah Wilson (Chloë Sevigny) has moved their family from New York so she can take command of an Army base just outside of Venice. Col. Wilson’s wife, and Fraser’s stepmom, Maggie Teixeira (Alice Braga), is an army medic who continues her work at the base’s clinic. Apparently the one thing Fraser wanted was a little hit of something that looks like Nyquil, mainly for the booze.
The Wilson family is greeted by Jenny Poythress (Faith Alabi), a spouse of an officer on the base. As the family sees their new on-base digs, Fraser is understandably frustrated; padding around in his artsy t-shirt and super-long skater shorts, he calls a friend named Mark to tell him what he sees, finishing his message with “I love you.” He decides to stave off his boredom by checking out the high school on the base. While he slinks around “undetected” (considering he’s the new commander’s son, he can’t really go incognito), he’s intrigued by a girl named Caitlin (Jordan Kristine Seamón), whom he finds out is the Poythress’ daughter.
He stalks out a group who is walking off base, and then approaches a food truck for a beer; that’s not before wandering into a men’s shower room and being awestruck by what he sees. When he looks for a beer, a girl from the group, Britney Orton (Francesca Scorsese) intercepts him and is immediately intrigued by him. She’s American, but has been on international bases her whole life, and she knows exactly how to get around their rules. She takes Fraser’s base ID and they run to a bus that will take them and her group to the beach.
The rest of the group, including Caitlin and her brother Danny (Spence Moore II) are not sure who the shy, awkward kid who’s there with them is. They make fun of his t-shirt, and one of them whips off his shorts and bathes in the bay au naturel. He’s still intrigued by Caitlin, but turned off by the rest of the group, so he decides to walk home. During his long walk, he buys wine off a seamstress, chugs it, and wanders around drunk until late at night; he even cuts his face open when he falls off a bridge railing he was trying to balance on. He calls Maggie to bring him home, and speculates that his mother loves Maggie more than him. Maggie thinks that when they kiss, Sarah thinks she’s kissing a mirror. All three of their relationships to each other are weirdly strange and intimate.
The next day, after Sarah is officially installed as the commander and after school, he follows a disguised Caitlin into town, where she meets a local teen girl at a bar to flirt. Considering that he is also not sure of his identity, sexual or otherwise, he finally decides to talk to his next-door neighbor.
What Shows Will It Remind You Of? Pretty much any coming-of-age series, like recent vintage series like Never Have I Ever, Derry Girls or Sex Education, except this one takes place on an American military base in Italy.
Our Take: As meandering as the first episode is, it’s that way for a reason. Fraser has been yanked from a pretty cosmopolitan life in New York — which intrigues us, since both his mothers are in the Army — and is now plopped down in a stiltedly All-American environment in the middle of a country where he’s never been and can’t communicate. He has thought that he found the love of his life back home with Mark, but is likely confused by Caitlin as much as he’s intrigued. After all, he likes guys, right? Well, considering sexuality can be fluid at any age, imagine how it feels to a kid who is in the throes of puberty?
Guadagnino directs the entire series, and he and DP Fredrik Wenzel are able to show both the suffocating and odd life on base as well as the airy and languid existence in town and on the beach. He juxtaposes the bucolic scenery with the brash American teens running through it, just happy they’re off base and can drink.
But Fraser is more thoughtful than that, and it feels like his new home is going to be the right place for him to figure things out, as well as the wrong place. We see that in his penchant to get destructively drunk and his odd relationship with Sarah. At times they argue like lovers (shudder), and when he goes to hug her in the middle of the night, the position they’re in is suggestive to say in the least. But he has no idea whether his mother actually loves him or not.
That might be one of the bigger problems with We Are Who We Are: Guadagnino concentrates so much on the teenagers that the adults might get the short end of the character stick. In the short scenes between Maggie and Fraser, we see that they have the close, warm relationship that each wants with Sarah, instead of the codependent one they each have now. But, given that Sarah is played by the usually-excellent Sevigny, all we see is a cold military pro who is weirdly attached to her teenage son. Let’s hope we find out more as we go along.
Sex and Skin: Sarah gets naked as she gets into a bath with Maggie, and we’ve mentioned the various male full frontal scenes. There’s a vague sexuality to them but they’re more there as just a matter of course.
Parting Shot: Fraser sits next to Caitlin on the beach after following her into town and says, “So what should I call you?”
Sleeper Star: It’s pretty obvious that Francesca Scorsese has absorbed her acting skill by osmosis from her father (Martin Scorsese, if you didn’t know), because she plays Britney in a flirty, DGAF way that oozes confidence for someone so young.
Most Pilot-y Line: We still can’t get over Sarah sitting up on the kitchen counter and Fraser hugging her while being between her legs. It was as unsettling as what we just typed sounds. And all because she insisted that the roast should be cut thick.
Our Call: STREAM IT. The first episode of We Are Who We Are takes its time to get to where it wants to go, but the ride is pleasant because we’re so intrigued by Fraser and his various relationships.
Joel Keller (@joelkeller) writes about food, entertainment, parenting and tech, but he doesn’t kid himself: he’s a TV junkie. His writing has appeared in the New York Times, Slate, Salon, RollingStone.com, VanityFair.com, Fast Company and elsewhere.
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newyorkpost--2020-09-14--Anti-Trump protester jumps on police cruiser — is quickly tossed off

An anti-Trump protester in Sacramento on Monday jumped atop a police vehicle but was quickly thrown off when the driver sped away , video shows .
The incident unfolded about 1:30 p.m. local time as a group of people were protesting outside McClellan Airport , where the president met with California Gov .
Gavin Newsom to discuss the ongoing wildfires ravaging the state .
At one point during the demonstration , protesters surrounded a California Highway Patrol cruiser outside the airport , according to video posted to twitter by NBC Bay Area reporter Jodi Hernandez .
One of the protesters @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , then jumps on the hood of the car and subsequently tumbles off the back when the driver speeds away , the footage shows .
Another person wearing a “ Trump sucks ” T-shirt also fell down in the mayhem , The Sacramento Bee reported .
Some protesters ran to the aid of their fellow demonstrator who was lying on the ground as others screamed at the driver of the cruiser , video shows .
The man who fell from the police cruiser was taken away by ambulance , the newspaper said .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ night if the person was seriously injured .

An anti-Trump protester in Sacramento on Monday jumped atop a police vehicle but was quickly thrown off when the driver sped away, video shows.
The incident unfolded about 1:30 p.m. local time as a group of people were protesting outside McClellan Airport, where the president met with California Gov. Gavin Newsom to discuss the ongoing wildfires ravaging the state.
At one point during the demonstration, protesters surrounded a California Highway Patrol cruiser outside the airport, according to video posted to twitter by NBC Bay Area reporter Jodi Hernandez.
One of the protesters, who was wearing a red hat, then jumps on the hood of the car and subsequently tumbles off the back when the driver speeds away, the footage shows.
Another person wearing a “Trump sucks” T-shirt also fell down in the mayhem, The Sacramento Bee reported.
Some protesters ran to the aid of their fellow demonstrator who was lying on the ground as others screamed at the driver of the cruiser, video shows.
The man who fell from the police cruiser was taken away by ambulance, the newspaper said.
It wasn’t clear on Monday night if the person was seriously injured.


newyorkpost--2020-09-14--Don’t expect our elites to learn from the Los Angeles horror

The two Los Angeles County deputies who were shot in ...

The attempted assassination of two Los Angeles County deputies, caught on a security video, is chilling and enraging enough.
A man walks up to the parked black-and-white cruiser and fires point-blank through the passenger window, then runs away. The stricken officers manage to stagger out of the vehicle and call for assistance. They are whisked away to the hospital for emergency surgery (and are now, thankfully, recovering).
The attack was a heinous and cowardly act, but what came afterward was, if obviously much less serious, infuriating in its own right.
A black man who had witnessed the Compton shooting or its immediate aftermath narrates what has happened on video, his voice filled with joy and excitement. Using a slang term for shooting someone, he exults, “N - - - a just aired the police out, n - - - as!”
“It goes down in Compton!” he continues, the cruiser and the wounded officers in the background. “Oh, two sheriffs shot in the face!”
None of the several people on the sidewalk near the amateur videographer shows the slightest inclination to help the officers. In fact, shouts can be heard of, “No justice, no peace,” which would seem grotesquely inappropriate — except the go-to slogan of Black Lives Matter and other hard-left protesters has always carried the threat of violence.
The LA shooter has yet to be apprehended, and his motive is unknown. Perhaps the attack was completely random or the attacker is mentally ill. The perpetrator of a similar ambush on officers in New York City in 2014, both murdered in cold blood, said in an Instagram post that he carried out his attack to avenge Eric Garner and Michael Brown, both killed in police-involved incidents.
But there is no getting around the sentiment of the bystanders or the rabble that showed up, disgracefully, at the hospital where the officers were taken, shouting abuse at the police ( “Oink, oink,” “Y’all going to die one by one”).
There are several things to say about this. One is that these cretins apparently hadn’t gotten the message that BLM is supposedly all about reforming the police, rather than expressing a comprehensive, unthinking animus against the cops.
Another is that cops have to deal with these sort of spontaneous hostile crowds all the time now in the course of their work, which makes it more dangerous and difficult — with the citizens of crime-ridden areas paying the steepest price.
Finally, it should go without saying that it is wrong and deeply illiberal to flatten all police officers into stereotypes. The officers shot in LA were a 31-year-old mother of a 6-year-old child and a 24-year-old man, both of whom had only joined the force a little over a year ago. They aren’t symbols but real people who should be honored and respected.
Presumably, none of the elite members of the vast media, corporate and cultural apparatus that has made, almost instantaneously, BLM part of America’s civil religion supports killing cops or insulting them and their colleagues when they are gunned down. But in their fervent embrace of a poisonous and simplistic narrative about policing in America, they are telling a lie about the cops, one repeated over and over again and without challenge in swaths of American life.
If the police are a racist, occupying force, why not resist and harass them? Why not consider them all the same — and all equally guilty?
It would be nice if famous people bothered to learn the names of the wounded LA officers and held them up as heroes. It would be nice if they condemned not just the ambush but the ensuing verbal abuse of the cops. It would be nice if they decided to stand for the national anthem to pay tribute to the sacrifice of the LA officers and their fellow men and women in blue — but all that would require more respect for police than much of the American elite can bring itself to muster in 2020.
Twitter: @RichLowry


newyorkpost--2020-09-14--New evidence makes Hunter Biden’s ‘business’ deals reek worse than ever

Sen. Ron Johnson on Monday said the Senate Homeland Security ...

Foreign entities looking to influence American politics sometimes devise lucrative commercial deals involving a politician’s family. While the deals can, and do, ensnare politicians of all stripes, those involving the Biden family are particularly troubling: The transactions implicate US national security.
While Joe Biden served as vice president, his son Hunter received offers from foreign governments and oligarchs in areas where he had little or no expertise. That his foreign partners included a rival state, Communist China, makes these arrangements particularly brazen, even by Washington’s swampy standards.
Newly released Secret Service travel records for Hunter paint a clearer picture of how extensive these efforts were. The documents, reviewed by Judicial Watch, show that between 2009 and 2014, Hunter made 411 trips across 29 countries. While some of those trips were perhaps leisure and others related to his volunteer work for the World Food Program, many of them appear to be connected to deals that he or his associates either secured or sought with foreign governments and oligarchs.
For example, Hunter visited China five times between 2009 and 2014. Most notoriously, he traveled with his father aboard Air Force Two in December 2013 as part of an official visit with Chinese officials. Ten days after their return to Washington, Hunter and his associates partnered with the state-owned Bank of China to formally establish BHR, a new, first-of-its-kind fund aimed at making investments outside China through the newly established Shanghai Free Trade Zone.
When this deal was first revealed in Peter Schweizer’s book “Secret Empires,” Team Biden attempted to paint Hunter as a passive participant involved in the formation of BHR, arguing that “other business partners” had laid the groundwork for it in a June 2013 meeting. But the new travel records reveal that Hunter was, in fact, in Beijing in June 2013.
Hunter’s trips to China are also of interest in light of what happened with another company he co-founded and served as a board adviser, Rosemont Realty. In 2015, that firm sold a majority stake to Gemini, a Chinese state-owned company.
There is evidence of extensive foreign dealings going beyond China, including the well-known case involving the corrupt energy company Burisma in Ukraine. According to corporate board records released as part of a criminal trial in New York, Hunter’s business partners bragged about their relationships with powerful figures around the world. One matter mentioned was a $200 million deal involving Yelena Baturina, a powerful Russian oligarch formerly married to Moscow’s mayor.
Hunter visited Moscow in February 2012, according to the travel records. The nature of his relationship with Baturina isn’t publicly known, but Kirill Zakharin, who managed investments for Baturina at the time, listed himself as an advisory board member of Rosemont Realty, Hunter’s firm. Zakharin now helps run the Russian government’s housing finance company, DOM.Rf.
But the most troubling aspect of Hunter’s relationship with foreign entities isn’t simply that a politician’s family is getting wealthy. That’s all too common. It’s that his largest partner overseas appears to be the Chinese government, a brutal totalitarian regime fast emerging as America’s major 21st-century adversary. And some of their commercial deals have clear implications for national security.
Not long after its founding, BHR, the investment firm, became involved in a string of high-profile deals involving sensitive national security concerns. BHR received a pre-public offering stake in a state-controlled nuclear company now under federal indictment for espionage. It invested in strategic mineral resources in Africa. And it partnered with a Chinese military contractor to purchase a Michigan-based manufacturer of vibration dampening equipment, which is used in transport systems but is considered “dual use” by the federal government, i.e., it has military applications.
During all of these deals, Hunter Biden sat on the firm’s board of directors. His close friend and business partner Devon Archer was BHR’s vice chairman and a member of the investment committee.
Joe Biden has pledged that his family will not do any new foreign deals if he is elected president. This is an echo of a promise President Trump made in December 2016. Such promises are largely meaningless. But beyond securing new deals, the current Biden commercial relationships are troubling enough.
While Hunter Biden resigned from the board of BHR under the glare of public attention, he retains his equity stake in the firm. And the full extent of his relationships through his other businesses cannot be known. And the Bidens are not talking.
Peter Schweizer’s research is featured in the new film “Riding the Dragon: The Bidens’ Chinese Secrets.” Jacob McLeod is a researcher and writer.


newyorkpost--2020-09-14--Trump’s Middle East success proves critics had no clue

President Trump has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize ...

The Team Trump-brokered peace deals that Israel, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates will sign Tuesday won’t end the Middle East’s problems, but they’re big steps in that direction — exactly the opposite of what the left predicted about President Trump’s approach.
On Friday, Trump announced that Bahrain agreed to normalize ties with Israel, just a month after the United Arab Emirates did likewise. Kudos to those nations — and to the president.
Even the bitterly anti-Trump New York Times admits this “leaves open the possibility” more Arab states will make peace.
Fact is, the Trump strategy broke through stale assumptions on the Palestinian-Israeli front, moving past Palestinian refusals to make peace and threats of violence.
Trump acknowledged Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, moved the US embassy there and recognized the Jewish state’s claim to the Golan. He also cut aid to Palestinian Authority, which had turned hostile to Washington and refused to stop spending big on payments to terrorists and their survivors.
Democrats and foreign-policy hands blasted Trump for all that, assuring everyone it would trigger disaster. Speaker Nancy Pelosi insisted the embassy move would “spark mass protests, fuel tensions and make it more difficult to reach a durable peace.” Nine of 11 former US ambassadors to Israel called it “dangerous” or “deeply flawed,” the Times reported. (Oops.)
Joe Biden still calls it a mistake (though one he wouldn’t undo). He also warned that Israel’s Trump-blessed plan to annex parts of the West Bank “would choke off any hope for peace.” Ha! It turned out to be a key bargaining chip that Israel gave up for its UAE deal.
Some experts even think Palestinians may now finally see the need to get on board.
Trump’s other Mideast moves, like taking out Iranian terror chief Gen. Qassem Soleimani, have drawn similarly dire warnings. Yet events keep proving that the critics have no idea what they’re talking about.


newyorkpost--2020-09-14--Sorry, solar panels won’t stop California’s fires

The massive fires raging in California are being blamed squarely on climate change .
Alongside ominous photographs of orange skies , the front page of the Sunday Los Angeles Times blared : “ California ’ s Climate Apocalypse.
” Golden State Gov .
Gavin Newsom says the cause is climate change .
Anyone who thinks differently , he insists , is in denial .
The governor is right that climate change is real , man-made and something we need to deal with smartly .
But the claim that the fires are caused by climate change is grossly misleading .
Translated @ @ @ @ @ @ @ state to the worst way to help future Californians .
To understand why , it helps to know that California wildfires used to be much bigger .
This past decade , California has seen an average burnt area of 775,000 acres .
Before 1800 , however , California typically saw between 4.4 and 11.9 million acres burn every year .
In other words , up to 12 percent of the entire area of the state — had its modern boundaries existed in the 18th century — burned every year .
Old newspapers across @ @ @ @ @ @ @ terrible fires .
Back then , “ skies were likely smoky much of the summer and fall in California , ” as one academic paper noted .
Elsewhere in the country in 1781 , “ the smoke was so dense that many persons thought the day of judgment had come , ” The New York Times reported a century later .
This all changed after 1900 , when fire suppression became the norm , and fire declined precipitously .
In the last half of the 20th century , only about 250,000 acres burned @ @ @ @ @ @ @ stopped early , this left ever more unburnt fuel in the forests .
According to one estimate , there is now five times more wood-fuel debris in Californian forests than before Europeans arrived .
Clearly , then , we used to have much more fire before global warming .
Even this year ’ s record-breaking 2.3 million burnt acres is about half the lower end of a typical year in earlier times .
And the main reason we are now seeing more and bigger fires is because our century of fire suppression has @ @ @ @ @ @ @ deficit ” — all the fuel that should have burnt but didn ’ t .
It is now waiting to burn even hotter and fiercer .
Newsom is right that climate plays a part .
It does create a more favorable fire environment by increasing hot and dry conditions .
But experts estimate this plays a minor role .
The much more important factor is the way we manage forest lands and develop our landscape .
When we keep suppressing fire , we ask for bigger and more terrible future fires .
And @ @ @ @ @ @ @ We simply have to make many more prescribed burns that eliminate the built-up fuel .
This is doable and smart .
It would help reduce fire risks in just a few years .
Unfortunately , it is also unpopular , because of increased smoke and risks from uncontrolled fires .
One prominent study published in Nature Sustainability this year estimated that California will have to burn about 20 percent of its area to get rid of all the excess fuel .
But owing to popular opposition , legal challenges and regulatory limits , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ one-thousandth of that .
Instead of focusing on more prescribed burns , Newsom focuses on climate change as the overarching source of his state ’ s fires .
He suggests that the answer is to speed up California ’ s transition to 100 percent renewable energy sources .
But any realistic climate solution will achieve next to nothing .
A Californian change of policy will have virtually no impact on global climates .
But even if the entire United States were to cut all its emissions tomorrow and for the rest of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ expensive assumption — temperatures would still climb , just 0.3°F less .
Fire would still get worse , only slightly less .
Californian fires are slowly coming back to their prehistoric state because of the enormous excess fuel load .
Putting up solar panels and using biofuels will be costly but do virtually nothing to fix this problem .
Prescribed burns will .
What we choose depends on the information we get .
Bjorn Lomborg is president of the Copenhagen Consensus and a visiting fellow at the Hoover Institution , Stanford University .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ : How Climate-Change Panic Costs Us Trillions , Hurts the Poor and Fails to Fix the Planet .
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The massive fires raging in California are being blamed squarely on climate change. Alongside ominous photographs of orange skies, the front page of the Sunday Los Angeles Times blared: “California’s Climate Apocalypse.” Golden State Gov. Gavin Newsom says the cause is climate change. Anyone who thinks differently, he insists, is in denial.
The governor is right that climate change is real, man-made and something we need to deal with smartly. But the claim that the fires are caused by climate change is grossly misleading. Translated into policy, it would steer the state to the worst way to help future Californians.
To understand why, it helps to know that California wildfires used to be much bigger. This past decade, California has seen an average burnt area of 775,000 acres. Before 1800, however, California typically saw between 4.4 and 11.9 million acres burn every year.
In other words, up to 12 percent of the entire area of the state — had its modern boundaries existed in the 18th century — burned every year. Old newspapers across the country were filled with descriptions of terrible fires. Back then, “skies were likely smoky much of the summer and fall in California,” as one academic paper noted. Elsewhere in the country in 1781, “the smoke was so dense that many persons thought the day of judgment had come,” The New York Times reported a century later.
This all changed after 1900, when fire suppression became the norm, and fire declined precipitously. In the last half of the 20th century, only about 250,000 acres burned annually.
But because most fires were stopped early, this left ever more unburnt fuel in the forests. According to one estimate, there is now five times more wood-fuel debris in Californian forests than before Europeans arrived.
Clearly, then, we used to have much more fire before global warming. Even this year’s record-breaking 2.3 million burnt acres is about half the lower end of a typical year in earlier times.
And the main reason we are now seeing more and bigger fires is because our century of fire suppression has left what researchers call a “fire deficit” — all the fuel that should have burnt but didn’t. It is now waiting to burn even hotter and fiercer.
Newsom is right that climate plays a part. It does create a more favorable fire environment by increasing hot and dry conditions. But experts estimate this plays a minor role. The much more important factor is the way we manage forest lands and develop our landscape.
When we keep suppressing fire, we ask for bigger and more terrible future fires. And we know how to fix this. We simply have to make many more prescribed burns that eliminate the built-up fuel. This is doable and smart. It would help reduce fire risks in just a few years. Unfortunately, it is also unpopular, because of increased smoke and risks from uncontrolled fires.
One prominent study published in Nature Sustainability this year estimated that California will have to burn about 20 percent of its area to get rid of all the excess fuel. But owing to popular opposition, legal challenges and regulatory limits, California manages prescribed burns for less than one-thousandth of that.
Instead of focusing on more prescribed burns, Newsom focuses on climate change as the overarching source of his state’s fires. He suggests that the answer is to speed up California’s transition to 100 percent renewable energy sources.
But any realistic climate solution will achieve next to nothing. A Californian change of policy will have virtually no impact on global climates. But even if the entire United States were to cut all its emissions tomorrow and for the rest of the century — an incredibly fanciful and enormously expensive assumption — temperatures would still climb, just 0.3°F less.
Fire would still get worse, only slightly less.
Californian fires are slowly coming back to their prehistoric state because of the enormous excess fuel load. Putting up solar panels and using biofuels will be costly but do virtually nothing to fix this problem. Prescribed burns will. What we choose depends on the information we get.
Bjorn Lomborg is president of the Copenhagen Consensus and a visiting fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University. His new book is “False Alarm: How Climate-Change Panic Costs Us Trillions, Hurts the Poor and Fails to Fix the Planet.”


newyorkpost--2020-09-14--Enough: Start saying ‘no’ to the deadly nonsense protesters push about police

A man walks up to a Los Angeles County squad car sitting at a rail station in Compton about 7 p.m. and shoots both officers inside , out of the blue .
Some witnesses celebrate , with one shouting , “ No justice , no peace !
” as one cop struggles to stand .
As the officers lay fighting for their lives in St. Francis Medical Center , a group of protesters blocks the entrance and exit to the emergency room , some yelling , “ We hope they die !
” Will the national “ protest ” movement @ @ @ @ @ @ @ insanity ?
Happily , the two officers — a mother , 31 , and a man , 24 , both on the job just over a year — are now expected to recover .
But the incident shows that all the protests about police abuse have given license to extremists of many stripes — including those who believe every cop deserves to die .
It follows logically enough from that “ ACAB ” nonsense .
Though , even then , how it excuses endangering other people by blocking the ER entrance .
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@ @ @ @ @ @ @ are the revolutionary scrawlings of Gotham ’ s own Little Red Rioting Hood , as reported in Saturday ’ s Post .
Clara Kraebber , whose parents own a $ 1.8 million Upper East Side co-op with river views , planned for the movement to take over other , empty luxury apartments for “ wealth re-distribution , ” according to notes seized following her arrest for rioting during a Black Lives Matter protest in Manhattan .
The 20-year-old ’ s “ revolutionary strategy , ” citing no less than Joseph Stalin ( one @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ) and Leon Trotsky , involved using “ bricks on roofs as weapons ” to defend seized property .
“ Every city , every town , burn the precinct to the ground !
” ran the chant at the “ demonstration ” that brought her arrest and did six figures of damage to shops and other places where normal people work .
She ’ s out on bail — holed up at her family ’ s second home , a four-bedroom farmhouse on seven acres in Connecticut .
Meanwhile , less-privileged New Yorkers @ @ @ @ @ @ @ anti-police bombast — and policing restrictions imposed by politicians eager to appease the mobs — takes its toll .
Yet the extremism doesn ’ t have to get violent to be outright idiotic .
Christopher Moreno , a Westchester County high-school teacher , handed out a cartoon panel on the first day of class meant to bolster the Black Lives Matter movement .
It compared today ’ s cops to slave owners and the Ku Klux Klan .
“ All cops are bad [ the polite translation of ACAB ] because they work @ @ @ @ @ @ @ oppression of marginalized communities .
Asking ‘ what about the ‘ good ’ cops ?
’ is like asking what about the good slave masters , ” the Abolition Park website declares .
That group co-sponsored the protest where Kraebber and her crew rioted .
As long as our leaders refuse to condemn the hate and violence of this rhetoric , the movement will keep tossing up even more ignorant , lunatic extremism .

A man walks up to a Los Angeles County squad car sitting at a rail station in Compton about 7 p.m. and shoots both officers inside, out of the blue. Some witnesses celebrate, with one shouting, “No justice, no peace!” as one cop struggles to stand.
As the officers lay fighting for their lives in St. Francis Medical Center, a group of protesters blocks the entrance and exit to the emergency room, some yelling, “We hope they die!”
Will the national “protest” movement wake up after Saturday night’s insanity?
Happily, the two officers — a mother, 31, and a man, 24, both on the job just over a year — are now expected to recover.
But the incident shows that all the protests about police abuse have given license to extremists of many stripes — including those who believe every cop deserves to die.
It follows logically enough from that “ACAB” nonsense. Though, even then, how it excuses endangering other people by blocking the ER entrance . . .
Equally noxious, and idiotic, are the revolutionary scrawlings of Gotham’s own Little Red Rioting Hood, as reported in Saturday’s Post.
Clara Kraebber, whose parents own a $1.8 million Upper East Side co-op with river views, planned for the movement to take over other, empty luxury apartments for “wealth re-distribution,” according to notes seized following her arrest for rioting during a Black Lives Matter protest in Manhattan.
The 20-year-old’s “revolutionary strategy,” citing no less than Joseph Stalin (one of history’s worst mass murderers) and Leon Trotsky, involved using “bricks on roofs as weapons” to defend seized property.
“Every city, every town, burn the precinct to the ground!” ran the chant at the “demonstration” that brought her arrest and did six figures of damage to shops and other places where normal people work.
She’s out on bail — holed up at her family’s second home, a four-bedroom farmhouse on seven acres in Connecticut.
Meanwhile, less-privileged New Yorkers are suffering a surge in shootings as anti-police bombast — and policing restrictions imposed by politicians eager to appease the mobs — takes its toll.
Yet the extremism doesn’t have to get violent to be outright idiotic. Christopher Moreno, a Westchester County high-school teacher, handed out a cartoon panel on the first day of class meant to bolster the Black Lives Matter movement. It compared today’s cops to slave owners and the Ku Klux Klan.
He’s not alone.
“All cops are bad [the polite translation of ACAB] because they work for a system that thrives off the oppression of marginalized communities. Asking ‘what about the ‘good’ cops?’ is like asking what about the good slave masters,” the Abolition Park website declares. That group co-sponsored the protest where Kraebber and her crew rioted.
As long as our leaders refuse to condemn the hate and violence of this rhetoric, the movement will keep tossing up even more ignorant, lunatic extremism.


newyorkpost--2020-09-14--Pakistani Prime Minister suggests chemical castration for rapists

ISLAMABAD — Pakistan ’ s Prime Minister Imran Khan said on Monday he would like convicted rapists to be publicly executed or chemically castrated , reacting to a question on the rape of a woman on a highway last week that has caused uproar in the South Asian nation .
Last week , a mother of two driving along a major highway near Lahore was dragged out of her car and raped by two men at gunpoint – one of whom was arrested by police on Monday .
Khan said he believed the culprits should be hanged publicly , but @ @ @ @ @ @ @ such an act could endanger a preferential trade status given to Pakistan by the European Union ( EU ) .
The EU ’ s Generalized System of Preferences ( GSP-plus ) status , granted to Pakistan in 2014 , is contingent upon observation of international conventions , such as human rights .
However , Khan said he was also looking into the option of chemical castration instead .
“ The way there is first degree , second degree , third degree murder , this [ rape ] should be graded in the same @ @ @ @ @ @ @ degree [ rape ] , castrate them .
Operate on them and make them unable to do this , ” Khan said in an interview on a Pakistan news channel .
Khan ’ s remarks came as Pakistani officials announced that one of the two main suspects in the motorway rape case had been arrested and had admitted to the crime .
Officials said they also had a positive DNA match .
The search for the second suspect is still ongoing .
Police retrieved DNA samples from the site , and used GPS @ @ @ @ @ @ @ individuals who were at the site when the attack occurred .
The shocking assault sparked nationwide protests and calls for the resignation of officials as well as the public hanging of rapists in Pakistan .
This February , lawmakers introduced legislation for the public hanging of those convicted of sexual abuse and the murder of children , but the law was not passed .

ISLAMABAD — Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan said on Monday he would like convicted rapists to be publicly executed or chemically castrated, reacting to a question on the rape of a woman on a highway last week that has caused uproar in the South Asian nation.
Last week, a mother of two driving along a major highway near Lahore was dragged out of her car and raped by two men at gunpoint – one of whom was arrested by police on Monday.
Khan said he believed the culprits should be hanged publicly, but added that officials had informed him that such an act could endanger a preferential trade status given to Pakistan by the European Union (EU).
The EU’s Generalized System of Preferences (GSP-plus) status, granted to Pakistan in 2014, is contingent upon observation of international conventions, such as human rights.
However, Khan said he was also looking into the option of chemical castration instead.
“The way there is first degree, second degree, third degree murder, this [rape] should be graded in the same way, and when there is first degree [rape], castrate them. Operate on them and make them unable to do this,” Khan said in an interview on a Pakistan news channel.
Khan’s remarks came as Pakistani officials announced that one of the two main suspects in the motorway rape case had been arrested and had admitted to the crime. Officials said they also had a positive DNA match. The search for the second suspect is still ongoing.
Police retrieved DNA samples from the site, and used GPS data from cellular phone networks to identify individuals who were at the site when the attack occurred.
The shocking assault sparked nationwide protests and calls for the resignation of officials as well as the public hanging of rapists in Pakistan.
This February, lawmakers introduced legislation for the public hanging of those convicted of sexual abuse and the murder of children, but the law was not passed.


newyorkpost--2020-09-14--Mets fans’ love affair with Steve Cohen goes beyond his $14 billion

Now it is up to the 29 other major league ...

Steve Cohen is worth $14 billion. That makes him a most unlikely candidate to earn recognition as “the people’s choice.” But, then, we are talking about the New York Mets. And as Cohen, a lifelong fan, can surely expound on: the Mets are always a little bit different. In almost every way.
And now, pending one last hurdle, they are about to have as an owner the most popular billionaire in New York City. Go figure.
“I am excited to have reached an agreement with the Wilpon and Katz families to purchase the New York Mets,” was Cohen’s simple 20-word statement released through the team Monday afternoon. It caps a roller coaster for Mets fans who saw Cohen go from a certainty to out of the bidding entirely, then back in, and finally to where we sit now, with Cohen only needing 23 of baseball’s 30 owners to approve him.
Mets fans haven’t been this happy since Marty Barrett swung through a Jesse Orosco fastball on the evening of Oct. 27, 1986. The Mets won their second World Series that night, and stood atop the baseball world — but for many Mets fans, that team and that time symbolized something else: the one time the Mets were as one with the swagger of their city.
The Mets’ prior championship, in 1969, had been a feel-good paradox, good team and better fortune. It is hard to conjure anything representing New York City being an underdog but those Mets were. And in many ways, so have the good Mets teams that have followed — in 1999 and 2000, in 2006, in 2015. Much of that was the re-emergence of the Yankees after the close of the ’80s, re-staking a claim to the town’s baseball soul that’s held strong for close to 30 years; they cast an enormous shadow.
But a large part of that was weak ownership, reluctant to spend dollar-for-dollar with the Yankees, hamstrung by its association with Bernie Madoff, highly unpopular among much of its constituency. Nobody likes being a kid brother in sports. The Mets have been the kid brother for more than a generation, and acted the part.
Not anymore. Not with Cohen. And that is what enlivens Mets fans’ spirit now. Yes, he is worth that $14 billon, and as Forbes pointed out the next three richest baseball owners — Ted Lerner (Nationals), Christopher Ilitch (Tigers) and Greg Johnson (Giants) — are worth $13.1 billion combined. And Cohen will surely take advantage of that.
But what Cohen represents as much, for Mets fans, is an attitude. He is one of them. And all you need to do is look at his career: he loathes losing. It is anathema to him. And that makes him even more one of them.
And it’s that attitude that made him more appealing to Mets fans than the marriage of Sports and Page Six that J-Rod would have been, and certainly more than the plenty-rich guys who own the Devils. This is what Mets fans have craved. And this is what they get now.
And look: what made George Steinbrenner Steinbrenner wasn’t just deep pockets — in fact, he didn’t invest most of his own money at the start. It was his willingness to own the Yankees, in his best days, as a rabid fan might: hustling Reggie Jackson. Jumping into free agency with both feet. Fighting opposing fans in elevators (let’s assume that story was true. It’s a better world if it was).
The money helped, too, as Cohen’s money will help. But the foundation in The Bronx was built with swagger. It is easy to imagine a similar blueprint emerging in Queens now, too. And easier still to see why that makes Mets fans smile this morning.


newyorkpost--2020-09-14--Trump says Biden will turn Latinos’ US dream into an ‘American nightmare’

President Trump on Monday honed his reelection pitch for Latinos , saying Democrat Joe Biden would reduce safety and economic opportunity — turning their American dream into an “ American nightmare.
” “ I ’ ve achieved more for Hispanic Americans in 47 months than Joe Biden achieved in 47 years .
They don ’ t call him Sleepy Joe for nothing , ” Trump told a packed hotel ballroom audience in Phoenix , Arizona .
“ My Latinos .
I love the Latinos .
But I ’ ve always known how great you were , ” Trump said during @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that at points resembled a campaign rally .
Trump said Biden would end the economic recovery from the coronavirus pandemic and invoked increases in violent crime in major cities following the May killing of George Floyd by Minnesota police .
“ Have you seen his peaceful protesters ?
” Trump said .
“ They ’ ll rip down your community .
Many of these are Hispanic American small businesses.
” “ Many Hispanic Americans came here to pursue the American dream , right ?
” Trump said .
“ We want the American @ @ @ @ @ @ @ not have safe streets — many of you , or your family , Your mothers , your fathers , they left countries that were very very bad , very bad , a lot of problems .
And if we let this go on , you ’ d have that.
” The largely unmasked crowd sat closely together and chanted , “ USA !
USA !
USA !
” Democrat Hillary Clinton took two-thirds of the Hispanic vote in 2016 against Trump , who ran on a pledge to build a US-Mexico border wall @ @ @ @ @ @ @ dramatically improving his standing , particularly in Florida .
Trump ’ s outreach in Arizona comes as polls show him down to Biden in the state , which Trump won by against Clinton by 3.5 percentage points .
“ It is getting a lot easier to be Republican for , as you say , minorities .
It ’ s getting a lot easier whether you ’ re Hispanic or anything else , ” Trump said .
“ It ’ s a beautiful thing to see what ’ s happening with the Republican Party.
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ will surrender your entire country to the radical left ” and “ some of you came from parts of the world where it ’ s socialist or worse .
You know , it ’ s called the C word , right ?
” Trump highlighted economic statistics from before COVID-19 struck in March .
“ Before the China virus came in we achieved the lowest Hispanic American unemployment rate ever , ” Trump said .
“ Over 600,000 Hispanic Americans were lifted out of poverty in that short period of time .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ the recovery , “ we had a 3.3 million jobs for Hispanic Americans in the last four months — it ’ s a record .
So we ’ re coming back very very strong , ” he said .
Trump , who traveled from Nevada to California earlier in the day for a wildfire briefing before flying to Arizona , ridiculed Biden ’ s stamina .
“ You need a lot of a lot of energy to do this job properly .
You can ’ t be sitting in your basement for four @ @ @ @ @ @ @ I like Delaware .
I think Delaware is a good place , but you got ta leave it on occasion .
”

President Trump on Monday honed his reelection pitch for Latinos, saying Democrat Joe Biden would reduce safety and economic opportunity — turning their American dream into an “American nightmare.”
“I’ve achieved more for Hispanic Americans in 47 months than Joe Biden achieved in 47 years. They don’t call him Sleepy Joe for nothing,” Trump told a packed hotel ballroom audience in Phoenix, Arizona.
“My Latinos. I love the Latinos. But I’ve always known how great you were,” Trump said during an 80-minute roundtable of businesspeople and officials that at points resembled a campaign rally.
Trump said Biden would end the economic recovery from the coronavirus pandemic and invoked increases in violent crime in major cities following the May killing of George Floyd by Minnesota police.
“Have you seen his peaceful protesters?” Trump said. “They’ll rip down your community. Many of these are Hispanic American small businesses.”
“Many Hispanic Americans came here to pursue the American dream, right?” Trump said.
“We want the American dream. Having left countries that did not have safe streets — many of you, or your family, Your mothers, your fathers, they left countries that were very very bad, very bad, a lot of problems. And if we let this go on, you’d have that.”
The largely unmasked crowd sat closely together and chanted, “USA! USA! USA!”
Democrat Hillary Clinton took two-thirds of the Hispanic vote in 2016 against Trump, who ran on a pledge to build a US-Mexico border wall. But some recent polls show Trump dramatically improving his standing, particularly in Florida.
Trump’s outreach in Arizona comes as polls show him down to Biden in the state, which Trump won by against Clinton by 3.5 percentage points.
“It is getting a lot easier to be Republican for, as you say, minorities. It’s getting a lot easier whether you’re Hispanic or anything else,” Trump said. “It’s a beautiful thing to see what’s happening with the Republican Party.”
Trump told the crowd that Biden “will surrender your entire country to the radical left” and “some of you came from parts of the world where it’s socialist or worse. You know, it’s called the C word, right?”
Trump highlighted economic statistics from before COVID-19 struck in March.
“Before the China virus came in we achieved the lowest Hispanic American unemployment rate ever,” Trump said. “Over 600,000 Hispanic Americans were lifted out of poverty in that short period of time. That’s a record.”
Amid the recovery, “we had a 3.3 million jobs for Hispanic Americans in the last four months — it’s a record. So we’re coming back very very strong,” he said.
Trump, who traveled from Nevada to California earlier in the day for a wildfire briefing before flying to Arizona, ridiculed Biden’s stamina.
“You need a lot of a lot of energy to do this job properly. You can’t be sitting in your basement for four days,” he said. “I like Delaware. I think Delaware is a good place, but you gotta leave it on occasion.”


newyorkpost--2020-09-14--Feds want 5 years in prison for Clare Bronfman in Nxivm case

Prosecutors want a federal judge to throw the book at Seagram ’ s liquor heiress Clare Bronfman for her role as a high-ranking member of the Nxivm sex-slave cult — by sentencing her to five years in prison and a $ 500,000 fine .
Although Bronfman ’ s non-binding plea deal calls for 21 to 27 months behind bars , in court papers filed Monday in Brooklyn , prosecutors say she deserves a “ significant upward variance ” that would double the maximum 30 months she faces under federal guidelines at her scheduled Sept. 30 sentencing .
“ For years @ @ @ @ @ @ @ recruit individuals , often women with no legal status in the United States , into Nxivm-affiliated organizations , ” prosecutors Tanya Hajjar and Mark Lesko wrote .
“ Although she claimed to award ‘ scholarships ’ or present employment letters with the prevailing wage of a professional position , Bronfman had no intention of providing her victims with a living wage .
Instead , she secured a work-force of individuals desperate to earn a living and dependent on her and on Nxivm and [ cult leader ] Keith Raniere for their continued legal @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 127-page filing also says that Bronfman ’ s “ unwavering support ” of Raniere — who last year was found guilty as charged on seven counts , including racketeering and sex trafficking — “ enabled him to perpetrate his crimes.
” “ She paid for scores of lawyers and private investigators to pursue individuals she perceived to be critics of Raniere and to attempt to intimidate Raniere ’ s victims into silence , ” prosecutors wrote .
Those targets included reporters , ex-girlfriends of Rainiere ’ s , former Nxivm members and lawyers @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” they said .
Prosecutors also noted that following Raniere ’ s March 2018 arrest in Mexico , “ Bronfman funded a criminal defense fund that paid for his legal fees and the fees of individuals subpoenaed by the government to appear before the grand jury ” and “ remains loyal to and supports Raniere to this day.
” Raniere is set for sentencing on Oct. 27 , when prosecutors want him locked up for life due in part to “ his total denial of culpability for the crimes of which he was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ case is former “ Smallville ” actress Allison Mack , who tearfully pleaded guilty last year to racketeering and racketeering conspiracy for serving as a “ first-line master ” over slaves in a Nxivm sub-cult called DOS .
In addition to getting slapped with extra prison time , prosecutors said Bronfman — who ’ s already forfeited $ 6 million and agreed to pay more than $ 96,000 in restitution — should be made to pay a fine far in excess of the recommended maximum of $ 95,000 .
With a net worth @ @ @ @ @ @ @ prosecutors said there ’ s no question she can pay the “ statutory maximum ” of $ 500,000 , and added the hefty amount was justified “ in light of the seriousness of Bronfman ’ s crimes and the need for deterrence.
” “ Bronfman did not commit these crimes out of need , ” they wrote .
“ She is likely one of the most privileged and wealthy defendants to ever appear before this Court for sentencing.
” Prosecutors also ridiculed Bronfman ’ s request for a sentence of just three years @ @ @ @ @ @ @ released to home confinement following her arrest amounted to “ banishment from her home and entire community in Albany.
” “ Many defendants are not able to post security sufficient to warrant pretrial release at all , and few are able to live in luxurious accommodations like Bronfman ’ s , ” they wrote .
Court papers note that she spent her time in “ a two-bedroom apartment in a full-service luxury building with concierge , fitness center and rooftop.
” In response to the prosecution filing , Bronfman defense lawyer Duncan Levin @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in the court to reach a just result .
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Prosecutors want a federal judge to throw the book at Seagram’s liquor heiress Clare Bronfman for her role as a high-ranking member of the Nxivm sex-slave cult — by sentencing her to five years in prison and a $500,000 fine.
Although Bronfman’s non-binding plea deal calls for 21 to 27 months behind bars, in court papers filed Monday in Brooklyn, prosecutors say she deserves a “significant upward variance” that would double the maximum 30 months she faces under federal guidelines at her scheduled Sept. 30 sentencing.
“For years, Bronfman leveraged her colossal wealth to recruit individuals, often women with no legal status in the United States, into Nxivm-affiliated organizations,” prosecutors Tanya Hajjar and Mark Lesko wrote.
“Although she claimed to award ‘scholarships’ or present employment letters with the prevailing wage of a professional position, Bronfman had no intention of providing her victims with a living wage. Instead, she secured a work-force of individuals desperate to earn a living and dependent on her and on Nxivm and [cult leader] Keith Raniere for their continued legal status in the United States.”
The 127-page filing also says that Bronfman’s “unwavering support” of Raniere — who last year was found guilty as charged on seven counts, including racketeering and sex trafficking — “enabled him to perpetrate his crimes.”
“She paid for scores of lawyers and private investigators to pursue individuals she perceived to be critics of Raniere and to attempt to intimidate Raniere’s victims into silence,” prosecutors wrote.
Those targets included reporters, ex-girlfriends of Rainiere’s, former Nxivm members and lawyers, and “even federal judges,” they said.
Prosecutors also noted that following Raniere’s March 2018 arrest in Mexico, “Bronfman funded a criminal defense fund that paid for his legal fees and the fees of individuals subpoenaed by the government to appear before the grand jury” and “remains loyal to and supports Raniere to this day.”
Raniere is set for sentencing on Oct. 27, when prosecutors want him locked up for life due in part to “his total denial of culpability for the crimes of which he was convicted.”
Also awaiting sentencing in the case is former “Smallville” actress Allison Mack, who tearfully pleaded guilty last year to racketeering and racketeering conspiracy for serving as a “first-line master” over slaves in a Nxivm sub-cult called DOS.
A sentencing date for Mack hasn’t been set.
In addition to getting slapped with extra prison time, prosecutors said Bronfman — who’s already forfeited $6 million and agreed to pay more than $96,000 in restitution — should be made to pay a fine far in excess of the recommended maximum of $95,000.
With a net worth of more than $210 million, prosecutors said there’s no question she can pay the “statutory maximum” of $500,000, and added the hefty amount was justified “in light of the seriousness of Bronfman’s crimes and the need for deterrence.”
“Bronfman did not commit these crimes out of need,” they wrote. “She is likely one of the most privileged and wealthy defendants to ever appear before this Court for sentencing.”
Prosecutors also ridiculed Bronfman’s request for a sentence of just three years’ probation on the grounds that being released to home confinement following her arrest amounted to “banishment from her home and entire community in Albany.”
“Many defendants are not able to post security sufficient to warrant pretrial release at all, and few are able to live in luxurious accommodations like Bronfman’s,” they wrote.
Court papers note that she spent her time in “a two-bedroom apartment in a full-service luxury building with concierge, fitness center and rooftop.”
The defense reply is due Sept. 22.
In response to the prosecution filing, Bronfman defense lawyer Duncan Levin said, “We have every confidence in the court to reach a just result.”