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Biden’s border ‘crackdown’ is a con job based on another Biden bait-and-switch
By Andrea Widburg
On January 20, 2021, as one of his first acts in office, Biden revoked Trump’s executive order. He then proceeded to open the border. He stopped work on a wall that would channel true asylum seekers to specific entries, he stopped all deportations, he ended the “remain in Mexico” policy, he stopped detaining illegal aliens captured as they crossed the border, he shipped illegal aliens across America, he granted amnesty to hundreds of thousands of illegal aliens, and he generally refused to enforce any American immigration laws.
The last choirboy in American politics?
By Tom Harvey
Here in Ohio, Republican Governor Mike DeWine recently called for a special session of the Republican-controlled legislature and pushed through a bill that would permit the Democrat’s presidential candidate, Joe Biden, to appear on the November presidential ballot.
Meanwhile in New York City the Biden/Garland/Bragg/ Merchan team pushed through a novel case that twisted an alleged misdemeanor into a felony conviction, a felony no one has yet been able to precisely identify, all to besmirch and sideline Donald Trump, the likely Republican presidential nominee. Ironically this jurisdiction has devoted most of its energies recently into transforming felonies into misdemeanors, speeding miscreants’ return to the streets.
In the aftermath of this bold use of judicial power to damage Donald Trump does anyone believe that Democrat governors Newsome or Hochul would ever call their respective state legislators to special sessions to ensure that Donald Trump’s name would be on their November ballots?
Sadly, a new page has been turned in American politics where party leaders will likely not first consider what they should do. They will be comfortable resorting to what they can do, in order to inflict the most damage on their opponents.
Our Constitution was written with a clear appreciation of human nature, that is the natural drift toward tyranny that can accompany an unrestrained quest for more power.
I don’t wish to exalt Mike DeWine on every policy decision. He’s made some that were, frankly foolish. But in this case, he’s reverted to an old-style politician who first thinks about what’s right, who may be disappearing from American politics, and he may well be the last choirboy.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/06/the_last_choirboy_in_american_politics.html
Trump gave America energy independence—and Biden took it away
By Joseph Ford Cotto
While you surely have heard much about his political prosecution in Manhattan, the very real facts of Trump’s presidency go almost totally ignored by the mainstream media. Funny how that works. No less funny is how the establishment press pays zero attention to the fact that President Joe Biden squandered the energy independence President Trump won for America.
An Out-of-Control Administrative State Turns a Parking Lot into a Mine
By Janet Levy
For too long, bureaucrats, unelected and unaccountable to the people, have operated outside the restraints of the democratic process, willfully plying the interests of pressure groups and working to further political agendas. They must be checked.
The Biden Disaster for Democrats, and the Cataclysmic Political Realignment of Young Voters
By William Sullivan
None of this is rocket science, and while both parties are responsible for these circumstances to some extent, young people wanting to launch their careers and lives are undoubtedly beginning to long for the days when the economy was unmistakably stronger before the pandemic, and when a senile old man wasn’t telling them that all of their problems would be solved if he’s able to unconstitutionally take money from the plumbers and truck drivers among them to pay off a small portion of the loans taken out by the college students among them.
Trump the Citizen
By Matthew G. Andersson
The world continues to be riveted by President Trump’s legal cases. It is easy to sit back and watch it all, and think that this happens only in the gamesmanship of Washington politics. Unfortunately, what the nation is witnessing happens every day, in some way, all across the country, deliberately, by mistake or mismanagement, from local county circuit courts, all the way up to state supreme courts and beyond, in ways big and small. (Federal circuit judge Richard Posner, nominated by President Reagan, said he eventually resigned over the way many litigants were treated in the court system.)
The legal machinery of our justice system, combined with detailed rules of procedure, generally keeps a lid on the corruption becoming absolute, or unable to be challenged and corrected. That’s a good thing. But the dangerous part, as in all human institutions, comes from the people in that system and how the legal machinery can be “hijacked” or taken far off course simply by ideology.
The “Bar and Bench,” or the lawyers and the judges, and the prosecutors, have a tight lock, or monopoly, on the courts that they rule over. Unknown to most of the public, however, is that the attorneys are officially “Officers of the Court,” which means they have a formal, regulatory “duty” to uphold the integrity of the law, and the court system, above any other role they may play. This includes a mandate by the Bar association to instill public confidence in our laws and legal system through their right behavior and professional conduct.
This all sounds good, and such standards do contribute to making our legal system often one of the best in the world. But it can still be easily corrupted and compromised, because politics and special interests can, without much trouble, penetrate the Judiciary and the Bar. It’s also because judges are indeed “merely human,” and their legal reasoning is really not at all different from everyday thinking, which means that it is full of personal beliefs, bias, emotion, interests, suggestion, and wishful thinking. Judges are also government employees, and that means that a strict government hierarchy of authority, incentives, and influence is always present.
One of the best books ever written on the American legal system is Courts on Trial. It was published in 1949 by Jerome Frank. Like Trump, he was a New York City native. Frank was a working commercial lawyer for nearly 20 years in Chicago, then a federal judge, law professor, and chairman of the SEC. The focus of his book is the nation’s trial courts, where their primary responsibility is fact-finding. In this, according to Frank, they usually fail, contrary to our assumptions.
Frank’s fundamental criticism is that our court system operates in a closed manner, with its own, effectively private, rules and understandings. It often consists of a casual, colluding culture of lawyers and judges, with the public standing outside it: intimidated, uniformed, and uninvolved, which is apparently how the courts and lawyers would like it to remain.
So what the American public is seeing in President Trump’s courtroom difficulties is not something that happens just to him. It isn’t an exception; it is merely an expansion and enlargement of the corruption and failures that are already latent within our legal institutions. It only took a little more influence to nudge some courts into acting as pure political weapons.
This brings me to the central point that I’d like to make: President Trump has stated on the record that he is fighting for individual rights, and for our Constitution, and for a constitutional form of government. Such a government doesn’t just happen on its own; our rights are not on “autopilot.” You have to be part of the constitutional order, as an individual, and you have to stand up, and be an advocate for your individual role in that order, even, or especially, in the legal system itself. George Bernard Shaw put it this way: “I say that a man’s first duty is to learn to fight. If he can’t do that, he can’t set an example; he can’t stand up for his own rights, or his neighbors’.”
Trump was just down in the “boiler room” of law — in a trial court with a judge and a jury, and a national public audience. That is the true public law forum going back to ancient Greece. In the big cities and suburbs that most of us now live in, however, that vital “public square” and res publica, one where we used to interact more in person, can be easily abandoned in our private lives, and now in our digital world. Trump breaks through this mirage and illusion and helps to “shock” the passive public square back to life.
He is showing everyone what legal reform takes: citizen involvement, resolve, and perseverance — and fighting the good fight through your own power of personality.
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2024/06/trump_the_citizen.html
Biden’s Border Policy – Beyond the Soundbites
The president’s executive order might not do what the headlines suggest.
by Mark Angelides | Jun 5, 2024
With illegal immigration either topping the polls or coming in a close second on the list of voter concerns this election cycle, President Joe Biden has done what most long-serving politicians tend to do when the issue is against them: the bare minimum to generate a headline. Such is the case with the current president’s executive action on the border, released Tuesday, June 4. After drumming up significant media coverage, with speculation driven by “sources,” what does Biden’s response to public anger change?
Bold Border Claims
“Since his first day in office, President Biden has called on Congress to secure our border and address our broken immigration system. Over the past three years, while Congress has failed to act, the President has acted to secure our border,” the White House fact sheet reads. Such a declaration may surprise Americans who watched as more than 60 initiatives were taken by the administration to “secure” the border, each followed by an increase in illegal crossings.
Yet, it is not the posturing as the “border president” that really defines the latest executive order; it is the fact that it doesn’t do very much at all. The very first tenet of the order is that it will: “Bar Migrants Who Cross the Southern Border Unlawfully From Receiving Asylum.”
Surely that is a plain-as-day policy that those concerned about illegal immigration can get behind? Well, perhaps it would be if it weren’t mitigated by the three paragraphs that followed it.
When Is Illegal Illegal?
“President Biden issued a proclamation under Immigration and Nationality Act sections 212(f) and 215(a) suspending entry of noncitizens who cross the Southern border into the United States unlawfully. This proclamation is accompanied by an interim final rule from the Departments of Justice and Homeland Security that restricts asylum for those noncitizens.”
A plain reading so far would suggest that those who break the law by entering the country illegally will be barred from claiming asylum — and that may be true if it weren’t for the caveats:
“These actions will be in effect when the Southern border is overwhelmed.
“They will be discontinued when the number of migrants who cross the border between ports of entry is low enough for America’s system to safely and effectively manage border operations.”
The fact sheet seems to be saying that illegality here occurs only when a certain number of illegal crossings take place. Indeed, multiple media outlets that have spoken with senior administration officials say the same thing: This will apply only when a seven-day average of more than 2,500 illegal crossings per day occurs – meaning that every week, at least 17,500 illegal migrants could be permitted into the US interior before agents seek to prevent further crossings. That’s almost one million a year (910,000). The block will be lifted once that figure drops to 1,500 per day.
Of course, this figure does not include those who are known as “gotaways” – people who do not stop to register with agents when they cross the order. But again, the further you dig, the more you find.
Once the 2,500 crossers threshold is reached, border officials will stop carrying out “credible fear” interviews. And yet, according to The Hill, “there will be exceptions.” These exceptions include unaccompanied minors and – pay attention now – those who display a credible fear of returning to their country. So, in reality, any individual who expresses the notion that they will be persecuted upon return to their country will be permitted entry.
And then comes the most resounding element. As The Los Angeles Times puts it, “The restrictions would not apply to those who enter at official ports of entry or use other legal means, including those who use a relatively new mobile app to request an appointment.” So, in fact, this Executive Action only applies to those who cross the border away from regular ports of entry.
Unpopular Opinion?
The president is keen to be seen to be doing something on illegal immigration and the porous southern border – even if actually doing something would be an even easier lift. One might assume that the only objections from within his party were from those who do not want entry to the United States limited at all. And yet, this is a particularly polarizing political season, and seats are won or lost on coattails.
“Several Democrats in competitive Senate races have declined President Biden’s invitation to join him [June 4] at the White House when he announces drastic new action meant to crack down on illegal border crossings,” Axios reported. “Lawmakers in swing states have pushed for stricter border rules, but some may keep the president at arm’s length as they consistently poll better than him in their states,” the site detailed. The reporting continued:
“The White House invited all Democratic senators to join Biden at an event announcing the new executive actions. But at least Sens. Jon Tester (D-MT), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Jacky Rosen (D-NV) and Bob Casey (D-PA) – all of whom are seeking re-election in battleground states – will not attend. Some cited scheduling conflicts.”
And it’s not just lawmakers who are irked at the president.
Within minutes of Biden announcing the policy, the ACLU reared its head, stating, “We intend to sue.” ACLU lawyer Lee Gelernt said, “An asylum ban was illegal under Trump and is just as illegal now.” And it will likely not be the only organization looking to sue. How many illegal border crossers – including those with a genuine claim to asylum – will be denied entry because they were the 2,501st in line? Litigating for the “newcomers” is big business – a business that is well-funded and unafraid of tackling the federal government.
But does it matter if President Biden’s orders are stopped before they even get started?
The content of these plans suggests that limiting the number of individuals making an illegal crossing is far from the goal. Mr. Biden can now announce to all the media that he is trying to fix the border but is being blocked at every turn by Republicans in Congress or NGOs in the courts. Whether the public will see this as anything more than a fig leaf to cover political embarrassment will be determined in November.
https://www.libertynation.com/bidens-border-policy-beyond-the-soundbites/
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BREAKING: Arizona GOP Files BOMBSHELL Lawsuit Against Corrupt Secretary of State After Discovering from 500,000 to 1.3 Million ILLEGAL Voters on State’s Voter Rolls
by Jim Hoft Jun. 4, 2024 4:40 pm
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This is how Democrats win.
This is how Democrats cheat.
This is what must be addressed by Republican groups across the country!
Thank you Arizona Republican Party for showing the rest of America what must be done to bring back election integrity in America today.
The Arizona Republican Party filed a lawsuit against the corrupt Secretary of State Adrian Fontes after discovering from 500,000 to 1.3 million ILLEGAL VOTERS on the state’s voter rolls.
George Behizy reported:
BREAKING: The Arizona Republican party has filed a BOMBSHELL lawsuit against the Secretary of State for violations of the National Voter Registration Act after discovering between 500,000 to 1.3 Million ILLEGAL voters on the voter rolls, including dead people & nonresidents
“The lawsuit highlights outrageous voter registration rates, with some counties exceeding 100% of eligible voters. The lawsuit uncovered that Arizona has between 500,000 to 1,270,000 unaccounted-for voters on the rolls, including deceased individuals and those who have moved away.”
“Our findings reveal a staggering number of counties with more registered voters than eligible citizens, this is a clear indication of a system in disarray. We are holding Adrian Fontes accountable to ensure fair and credible elections in Arizona.”
This exactly how Democrats cheat, bloated voter rolls combined with universal mail in ballots. Republicans have to get ahead of this before November 5th.
Arizona is part of the ERIC System.
States on the ERIC System. From 32 to 23 since the 2020 election.
From the lawsuit, pages 2 and 3:
Arizona has at least 500,000 registered voters on the voter rolls who should have otherwise been removed. In other words, at least 500,000 registered voters currently listed on the Secretary’s voter rolls
for Arizona are deceased or no longer reside in Arizona.
And a review of other reliable data sources shows that Arizona has between 1,060,000 and 1,270,000 unaccounted-for voters on the state voter rolls.
Arizona Free Enterprise Club reported:
Late last week, Scot Mussi, the President of the Arizona Free Enterprise Club, filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona over the State’s failure to comply with Section 8 of the National Voter Registration Act (NVRA), which requires states to “conduct a general program that makes a reasonable effort to remove the names of ineligible voters from the officials lists of eligible voters by reason of … (A) the death of the registrant; or (B) a change in the residence of the registrant” to maintain accurate voter-registration records in a uniform manner across the state.
“Election integrity is a serious issue in our nation,” said Mussi. “Ensuring that Arizonans can have faith in the integrity of our election system and representative government starts with clean voter rolls that leave no doubts about who is able to cast a ballot. That’s why we sent a prelitigation notice to Secretary Fontes last August highlighting the artificially high voter registration rates. Unfortunately, most Arizona counties continue to have voter registration rates far exceeding the national average. We hope that the court compels Secretary Fontes to comply with his obligations under the NVRA to clean up Arizona’s voter rolls.”
Joining Mussi as Plaintiffs in this challenge are the Chair of the Republican Party of Arizona, Gina Swoboda, and Steven Gaynor.
In their lawsuit, the Plaintiffs argue that Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes has failed to perform his mandatory list maintenance duty under the NVRA. For example, the most recent voter registration and census data show that up to four Arizona counties – Apache, La Paz, Navajo, and Santa Cruz – have more registered voters than eligible citizens. The remaining counties across the state have implausibly high voter registration rates that far exceed the average national and statewide voter-registration rates in recent years. Consistent with these artificially high registration rates, the complaint alleges that Arizona has at least 500,000 registered voters on the rolls who should have otherwise been removed because they are deceased or no longer reside in Arizona.
The Plaintiffs ask the federal court to find that Secretary Fontes is in violation of Section 8 of the NVRA, and to require the Secretary to fully comply with any existing procedures Arizona has in place to ensure ineligible voters are identified and removed from the rolls.
Here is a copy of the lawsuit.
PDF at link
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/06/breaking-arizona-gop-files-bombshell-lawsuit-against-corrupt/
American Voters Looking Forward To Choosing Between Convicted Felon And Unconvicted Felon
U.S. — With presidential candidate Donald Trump now convicted of 34 felony charges, American voters are looking forward to choosing between a convicted felon and an unconvicted felon at the polls this November.
"I mean it's neat that Trump is a convicted felon. That makes him seem cool and dangerous," said Joe Schmorp, a generic, independent blue-collar voter from the Midwest. "But on the other hand, the fact that Joe Biden has managed to effectively conceal his felonies and escape conviction speaks to his legal prowess and competence."
"Such a tough decision."
Political experts confirm that while Trump's conviction for business records falsification may have helped him with some voters, Joe Biden's brilliant escape from charges for classified document mishandling, corruption, foreign bribery schemes, rape, and child molestation deserves some recognition as well. "Don't write off the unconvicted felon this November," said pollster Nate Silver.
Other Americans simply expressed gratitude for having such incredible choices on the presidential ticket. "You really can't go wrong with either of them," said another generic independent voter, also from the Midwest.
At publishing time, RFK tried to enter the conversation by reminding everyone about all the felonies his family members had never been convicted of.
https://babylonbee.com/news/american-voters-looking-forward-to-choosing-between-convicted-felon-and-unconvicted-felon
10 Most Terrifying Examples Of LGBTQ People Being Oppressed In America Today
As we weather yet another Pride month, it can be helpful to remember what Pride means and the hardships experienced by members of the LGBTQ community in this country — even now.
The Babylon Bee has put together the following list of sobering examples of how LGBTQ people are oppressed in the United States to this very day:
There are only 37 parades in their honor per day: Any number of daily parades less than 40 is equal to a slap in the face.
They are only represented by 7 characters in every TV show: There will be no equality as long as movies and television shows only depict 10 times the representation of reality.
They are still required to be fully clothed when teaching their elementary school classes: Such bigotry.
The Capitol hearing room is now off-limits for making sex tapes: Way to ruin it for everyone, creepy congressional staffer guy.
They can only get married in Methodist, Lutheran, Episcopal, Presbyterian, Anglican, Unitarian, Baptist, and Quaker churches: Horrible.
They live in daily fear of fake hate crimes: Fake assaults happen on every street corner of every city.
They have only managed to get 75% of Christians fired for their beliefs: As long as any Christians remain employed and unostracized from society, there will be no justice.
That one specific baker in Colorado won't bake a wedding cake for them: It doesn't matter that there are hundreds of bakers who will. This guy won't.
When they twerk naked in front of children, people say horrible things like "Hey, what do you think you're doing?" and "Woah, knock it off!": The blind hatred of these comments is horrifying.
No gay person has been elected president since Barack Obama: Make the White House gay again!
Yes, LGBTQ people clearly still have an incredibly tough time here in America, as opposed to much more open-minded and accepting parts of the world, like brave Palestine.
https://babylonbee.com/news/10-most-terrifying-examples-of-lgbtq-people-being-oppressed-in-america-today
Joe and Hunter Biden used Sandy Hook memorial service visit to forge secret $10 million-a-year deal with China
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A fresh tranche of documents released by Congress shows that Joe and Hunter Biden used a memorial service for Sandy Hook victims to arra...
A fresh tranche of documents released by Congress shows that Joe and Hunter Biden used a memorial service for Sandy Hook victims to arrange a secret meeting with China over a $10 million-a-year deal for the Biden Crime Family.
Congress gave the documents to the IRS which investigated the First Son. They show that Hunter communicated with Liu Yadong, a top executive at Chinese oil giant CEFC, via the Chinese messaging app WeChat on Dec. 12, 2017, to set up a meeting for his father.
"Can you meet this early evening?" Hunter asked Liu. "My father will be in New York also and he wants me to attend the Sandyhook [sic] memorial service with him and I would like him to meet you along with my uncle [Jim Biden] and then you can I can talk let me know if that works."
"No problem," Liu responded. "Pls let me know where and when to meet."
Bidens: you've got a lot of 'splaining to do!
The scheme involved an extensively negotiated deal in which CEFC, which is directly connected to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), agreed to pay the Biden Crime Family $10 million per year. When this did not happen as planned, things got ugly.
In July 2017, Hunter reportedly sent "threatening" texts to CEFC official Runlong Zhao demanding that he follow through on the deal, using his dad's political tenure as a weapon.
"I am sitting here with my father and we would like to understand why the commitment made has not been fulfilled," Hunter wrote in one of the threatening texts.
A few weeks later on Aug. 3, 2017, Hunter texted CEFC associate Gongwen "Kevin" Dong to say that he wanted a "$]10 M per annum budget," adding that "the Bidens are the best I know at doing exactly what the [CEFC] Chairman wants from this partnership."
In 2017, mind you, Joe held no political office. He had just been kicked out of the White House following the end of Barack Obama's second term, and he would not become "president" until several years later in early 2021.
In November 2017, Hunter set up a group text conversation on an encrypted WhatsApp channel with his father and uncle, the latter of whom was also a partner in the multi-million-dollar deal with CEFC.
One of the contacts in the group chat was named "Jim Biden" by Hunter, with the other being named "Dad."
The House Ways and Means Committee published a photo of Yadong's business card showing him as CEO of CEFC Global Strategic Holdings, along with an address at the United Nations Plaza in New York City.
CEFC created a sham charity that Yadong helped to run as well, this fake charity being one of the tools through which chief Patrick Ho funneled bribe money to foreign officials. Patrick was convicted for these crimes in 2018.
These latest revelations are on top of what was uncovered from Hunter's abandoned laptop. They prove that Hunter lied back in February in his congressional testimony.
"Hunter Biden lied about the recipient of a WhatsApp message sent with the apparent intention to threaten a business associate and demand payment," said committee chairman Jason Smith about the matter.
"In the message, Hunter Biden twice mentioned he was with his father. In the deposition, Hunter Biden sought to dismiss the message, claiming that he was either 'high or drunk' when he sent it, and in that state, had sent it to the wrong Zhao, and not actually the one affiliated with the Chinese energy company, CEFC."
https://www.stationgossip.com/2024/06/joe-and-hunter-biden-used-sandy-hook.html
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Supreme Court Will Consider Doctrine Case That Could Defang the Deep State
Nick R. HamiltonJune 4, 2024 - 10:14 am
The Supreme Court has taken on a potential landmark case regarding the Chevron deference doctrine.
The case could change the way unelected bureaucrats in federal agencies are allowed to decide how to interpret laws when they are unclear.
The doctrine has become a sticking point for conservatives.
Many see the doctrine as giving the deep state too much power to control the federal government.
In effect, agency bureaucrats use the doctrine to get the power to change laws by reinterpreting them.
However, most of those longtime bureaucrats are liberal Democrats, according to Republicans.
David Doniger, a lawyer who helped create the doctrine in 1984, said:
“Initially this doctrine was embraced by judges and scholars of all stripes as a neutral principle for how you sort things out when Congress leaves some of the questions unanswered.”
But as time went on, the doctrine served to essentially give lawmaking power to unelected bureaucrats, and most of the time it went in a decidedly liberal direction.
Case Western Reserve University law professor Jonathan Adler wrote about the doctrine for the Cato Institute, a conservative think tank.
“It has made it too easy for agencies to revise regulatory requirements and too difficult for courts to police the boundaries of agency authority,” Adler wrote.
Conservatives on the court have commented on the doctrine before, most recently in 2022.
At the time, Justice Neil Gorsuch wrote in a dissent joined by Justices Brett Kavanaugh, Clarence Thomas, and Samuel Alito that “the whole project deserves a tombstone no one can miss.”
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The current case was brought by herring fishermen in Maine.
The fishermen balked at being told by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that they would have to pay for government observers to make sure they weren’t overfishing the area.
The Chevron doctrine gives the EPA the right to decide how the observers should be paid.
Those bureaucrats then decided the fishermen should pay.
Prominent conservatives, including billionaire Charles Koch, are paying for the case.
The express purpose of the case is to bring a challenge to the doctrine before the nation’s high court.
If the doctrine is struck down, it could have almost a Roe V. Wade kind of impact on the federal government.
There could be some confusion and chaos as courts try to figure out how to decide who should interpret laws when they are ambiguous.
If the case goes against the doctrine, it will take the teeth out of America’s unelected bureaucracy.
As such, it could save President Donald Trump from having to follow through on his promise to gut the deep state.
https://slaynews.com/news/supreme-court-consider-doctrine-case-defang-deep-state/
Hated California DA refused to charge accused attempted murderer; Sheriff turned to Feds for justice
Golden Gate Media
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The Alameda County Sheriff's Office (ACSO) revealed that a convicted felon on federal probation, faced federal charges for a January 2024 stabbing after local progressive district attorney Pamela Price's office declined prosecution for a violent stabbing that nearly killed a man.
This decision comes amidst mounting criticism against Liberal progressive District Attorney Pamela Price, who faces a recall vote in November.
On January 30, 2024, deputies responded to Meek Estate Park in Hayward following a stabbing incident.
The victim, a 52-year-old male, sustained severe injuries to his abdomen, necessitating emergency surgery, the sheriff's office said.
He recounted to deputies that Barroca, 59, had confronted him with a flashlight before stabbing him as he attempted to leave, according to the sheriff's office.
During the investigation, it emerged that Barroca, known for prior incidents at the park, was spotted by a Hayward Area Recreation and Park District ranger supervisor wearing attire matching the victim's description, deputies said.
The victim positively identified Barroca, leading to an arrest warrant issued by an Alameda County judge for the assault with a deadly weapon, deputies added.
Despite the compelling evidence, the Alameda County District Attorney's Office, under the leadership of Price, who has been criticized for being soft-on-crime and insensitive to crime victims, declined to pursue charges against Barroca, the sheriff's office said.
However, his extensive criminal history, including attempted murder, weapon violations, and drug offenses, prompted federal authorities to act. Barroca's federal probation officer secured a warrant for his arrest on a federal probation violation, citing ongoing community threat.
On May 30, 2024, the U.S. Marshals located and apprehended Barroca, subsequently discovering further violations at his residence, the sheriff's office stated.
ACSO expressed gratitude to partners at HARD, the U.S. Probation Office, and the U.S. Marshals Service for their collaborative efforts in removing Barroca from Alameda County's streets.
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A sham wrapped in banana
By Silvio Canto, Jr.
It's hard to think about the Trump verdict without thinking of bananas, republics that is. Who knew that we would ever see such a travesty in the U.S.? I didn't but then again I have never suffered from a derangement syndrome.
I agree with Matt Taibbi:
Maureen Dowd in the New York Times in this morning’s op-ed about Donald Trump’s trial:
Even though the case was a stretch and not the strongest one against Trump, there was something refreshing about the jury doing what no one else around Trump has been able to do -- not the inexplicably sycophantish Republican lawmakers, not the corrupt Supreme Court, not the slowpoke Merrick Garland.
Whoa. Trump has so altered American consciousness that detractors feel comfortable publicly supporting the idea of slapping 34 felony convictions on the man as punishment for alleged earlier offenses. Dowd’s slip (if it was one) wasn’t rare. Editorial pages, broadcast panels, even political mailers in the past days implored readers to focus on Trump’s overall history, not this particular case.
Yes, we are irrationally obsessed with Trump that we want him destroyed. I remember when we used to send people like that to a psychiatrist, or a witch doctor in previous generations or some cultures.
The good news is that Trump is right when he refers to them as sick and nasty people. They are making his case every time that they go so far just to get the Orange Man. We will survive and Trump will return to power. I just hope that he appoints an Attorney General who goes after lawfare for once and for all.
In the meantime, I hope that some red state district attorneys are exploring their options. I guess that statutes of limitation don't matter and local district attorneys are now free to go after presidents. Wonder what accounting procedure was used to record the Paula Jones payments? I'd like to know.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/06/a_sham_wrapped_in_banana.html
Two quick points about the ‘conviction’
By George Shuster
I wish to make two quick points about last week’s “conviction” of President Trump, because, though important, they have not yet been made with the clarity they deserve:
1. Immediately after the verdict was announced, District Attorney Alvin Bragg could not rush to the podium fast enough to lie to the American people. He said the jury unanimously convicted Trump of falsifying business records to influence the election. Here are his words:
The twelve everyday jurors vowed to make a decision based on the evidence and the law, and the evidence and the law alone. Their deliberations led them to a unanimous conclusion, beyond a reasonable doubt, that the defendant, Donald J. Trump is guilty of 34 counts of falsifying business records in the first degree, to conceal a scheme to corrupt the 2016 election.
He knows that is false, because corrupt Judge Merchan instructed that there were at least two other paths to a guilty verdict, having nothing whatsoever to do with the election; on this point it is entirely possible that far from being unanimous on guilt, the jury was unanimous in concluding that he was innocent. Put another way, Bragg knows full well that it is possible not a single juror found Trump was trying to influence the election.
This is one of the many issues ripe for appeal. In the meantime, anyone who hears one of the fascists of the left repeating Bragg’s lie should call out their lie, and point out that they are the ones trying to influence the election by dishonest means.
2. When the Supreme Court agreed to take up the issue of presidential immunity, the left predictably howled with feigned indignation. They said the Court was doing so only to assist Trump, because the issue was allegedly “simple” and that the U.S. Court of Appeals in D.C. had supposedly “masterfully” solved the issue by determining there could never be any immunity no matter what the circumstances. Yet the SCOTUS was required to take up the issue because a) it was a case of first impression, caused by the fact that no other regime in U.S. history has attempted this sort of broad-scale weaponization of the government against its political opponents, b) it has therefore now become an important issue not only with regard to Trump, but as to all presidents in the future, and c) it is indeed a very complex issue, going to the very constitutional structure of balance between the coordinate branches of government.
What the left seems to be oblivious about is the fact that they have provided a rich menu or template against which the issue of immunity must be assessed. In fact, the more intense and extensive their weaponization efforts, the more it is incumbent on the SCOTUS to analyze immunity from every angle. If, as can be predicted, the opinions they render are themselves very complex, the left owes that fact to their own complex network of lawfare.
The Court will undoubtedly identify certain proactive areas which need partial or complete immunity under our system. If the Court does its job fully, however, the left has demonstrated a need for a reactive carve-out as well. A president needs to be able to react to political partisan lawfare by demonstrating its character. The jurisprudence of selective prosecution would provide a good starting point for analysis along those lines. Unless a president can protect his decisions against nakedly partisan attacks abusing the legal system, America will kiss separation of powers goodbye, and a corrupt regime will be able to attack without restraint its political enemies, just as they do in totalitarian tyrannies throughout the world.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/06/two_quick_points_about_the_conviction.html
Lawfare: DNC flavor of the month
By Paul C. Binotto
The same people who claim Alito’s bias and demand his recusal now have and will defend the burning and desecration of the nation's flag in all manner of so-called “peaceful protest” during the Black Lives Matter riots and the pro-Hamas campus protests. They will also give apology for, and in other contexts, say they despise the American flag and the republic for which it stands.
Politico shills for Scott Wiener, an LGBTQ+ activist, in his fight for Pelosi’s seat
By Andrea Widburg
Politico, a Democrat media outlet, wrote a profile of California state senator Scott Wiener. It’s interesting because Wiener is running against Nancy Pelosi for her seat in the House of Representatives, and it’s clear that Politico thinks Pelosi’s time is over. However, to elevate Wiener, Politico had to gloss over Wiener’s more sexually offensive behaviors and policies.
The gist of the essay is simple: Wiener is the dynamic, pro-business (San Francisco-style, of course) future, while Pelosi is already in the past. But since Pelosi still has the women’s vote and a daughter who might want her mother’s seat eventually, Wiener is courting women. In other words, we’re seeing the old guard versus the new guard and the gays versus the women. It’s the typical modern Democrat party internecine battle.
But to make the article palatable, Politico had to ignore a few things about Scott Wiener. Here’s how Politico describes his sexuality:
Wiener is hardly a typical male politician — he’s a gay man who paints his nails (he was sporting a cherry-red polish during his interview) and shows up to kink festivals in San Francisco shirtless and in a leather harness.
That’s it, but there’s so much more. First, about those “kink festivals.” Last July, a shirtless Wiener posted a picture of himself attending the “Amazing Dore Alley street fair”:
That looks pretty par for the course for a modern leftist politician. Nothing too outré out that, right?
Well, yes, unless you know what the “Dore Alley” or, as it’s more commonly known, the “Up Your Alley” fair is about. In 2008 and 2015, published photo essays about the fair. Do not click on the links if there are children around or if you’re in a public place. Do not click on the links if you have a low-revulsion tolerance.
Most especially, do not click on the links if you do not like seeing the following activities on a city street: men wearing bondage gear and nothing else, outfitted as demons, masturbating in public (alone or in groups), being whipped, being sodomized with objects, engaging in oral sex, engaging in Sam Brinton-style pup play, doing awful things with urine, or displaying deeply blasphemous slogans.
The fact that a person in public life would not only attend the Dore Alley fair but would actually boast about it should horrify people. The public behavior is so debased and so perverted that those who enjoy those activities should hope that no one ever knows about them. But of course, that’s not Wiener’s style. He’s out and oh-so-proud.
Scrolling through Wiener’s Instagram feed, you realize that a large part of his life revolves around his sexuality. A quick visual survey says that approximately 30% of his posts are informed by his obsession with what he does with his genitals.
I don’t mean he’s posting pictures of himself having sex (thank God). It’s just that his “G” identity in the LGBTQ+ spectrum is non-stop. It’s “gay” this and “trans” that and “LGBTQ+” the other over and over. The remaining 70% is garden-variety modern leftism (abortion, unions, masks, lockdowns, racial obsession, gun grabs, vaccines, Big Government, climate change, etc.), making him indistinguishable from Pelosi herself.
However, it’s not just that Wiener’s sexual orientation obsesses him at a personal level. It also affects him at a political level. What Politico failed to report about Wiener is how he’s been very active in changing some important California policies.
Thanks to Wiener, if you knowingly infect someone with HIV in California—a fatal disease unless you live the rest of your life on drugs—it’s no longer a felony. Now, it’s a misdemeanor.
Thanks to Scott Wiener, California identification and other documents have become meaningless because they recognize a “gender” other than the only two human sexes.
Thanks to Scott Wiener, it’s no longer illegal for a 25-year-old to have sex with a 15-year-old. What’s really funny is that Wiener argued that laws forbidding ephebophilia (i.e., sexual attraction to adolescents) are specifically homophobic. Harvey Milk, an ephebophile who became a martyr when he was assassinated in 1978 (everyone ignores that Mayor Moscone, a straight man, was assassinated, too), would be proud. Parents who love their teenagers, though, should be very worried.
Lastly, on the sexual side, thanks to Scott Wiener, California is now a “trans refugee” state, protecting children seeking so-called “gender-affirming care” in California. It’s ostensibly intended to protect children and their families from “anti-trans” laws in other states such as Florida and South Carolina. However, you can readily see it being used to protect runaways from their parents or children stolen away by one parent in custody battles.
One more thing that bugs me: Wiener loves parading around his Jewishness as a leftist cudgel. However, the best that he could come up with regarding the Israel-Hamas war was a statement back in November when he called for the hostages to be returned (that was good) and then demanded a ceasefire, Netanyahu’s ouster, and a two-state solution, with Israel on the one side and an openly exterminationist enemy on the other. And how he wants that two-state solution...
Before today, it would be hard for me to imagine anyone worse for America than Nancy Pelosi. However, now we know: Wiener is it. You don’t want to put this man anywhere near the federal government, lest he do to America what he and his partners do to each other.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/06/politico_shills_for_scott_wiener_an_lgbtq_activist_in_his_fight_for_pelosi_s_seat.html
Biden's sneaky back-door amnesty for illegals
By Monica Showalter
That's who Biden is bringing in to our country in his pursuit of more Democrat votes. He's not even honest about it -- he's sneaking it through as these politicized judges dismiss these cases on the grounds that these characters are no threat to the public, except of course, some of them are.
Trump or Demented Dems: who is really going to prison?
By Noel S. Williams
Demented Dems are salivating at the perverted idea that Trump could go to prison.
They are demented because they are the ones who are mentally imprisoned.
It is perverted because they live in an alternate universe where not only the established tenets of human nature are skewed, but where the laws that make civil society compatible are ripped asunder. A place where Dems like Joe Biden and Hillary are above the law, but MAGA Republicans are beneath it.
No wonder Dems denounce western civilization -- they don’t adhere to its emphasis on reason and rationality. They don’t recognize the better angels of our nature. Rather than celebrate one of our foundational premises -- the (ongoing) pursuit of equal justice -- they seem determined to take us back to the dark ages, where might makes right.
I shudder to think of even the remote prospect of our (likely) future president being put in a Dem prison. Regardless, he will never be imprisoned. The MAGA-truth, accompanied by spiritual awakening, will set him free. The MAGA “deplorables” will set him free. The ultimate verdict, wrought by the elections, will set us free.
So who is really going to prison? The unrepentant, diehard Dems will remain forlorn. Without invasive intervention, they’ll remain trapped in stifling leftist orthodoxy. Their mental prison being contaminated by repetitive negative thoughts and dark Dem emotions. Confusion, depression and anxiety riddle their broken, Bidenesque brains.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy might help them breakout from their Dem delusions. Then again, such are the depths of their Trump Derangement Syndrome, that a session of electrical brain tapping, a form of Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation, may finally help them escape their mental imprisonment.
Meanwhile, no matter his temporal conditions, Trump will enthusiastically lead us to broad, sunlit uplands, free of illegal aliens. A place where the better MAGA-angels of our nature frolic. A place where truth shall make one free.
But don’t worry you anti-American and anti-Western Dems -- he won’t go medieval on you. Success will be his revenge as you rot in your mental prison. As FDR mused, “[m]en are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds.”
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/06/trump_or_demented_dems_who_is_really_going_to_prison.html
Holding Anthony Fauci accountable?
By Paul S. Gardiner
Another criminal referral to the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) soon may be made by members of the U.S. Congress to investigate Dr. Anthony Fauci for lying under oath to Congress, which is a felony crime. Representative Jim Comer, chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability, soon may follow Senator Rand Paul in requesting that the DOJ to criminally investigate Fauci for lying under oath to Congress.
But lying to Congress does not even begin to compare with or address the horrendous amount of suffering and death caused by the toxic health care policies and hospital protocols developed and promulgated by Anthony Fauci and many of the officials listed herein. In this regard, these officials bear “superior responsibility” for the health care policies and toxic protocols that killed tens (hundreds?) of thousands of Americans during the recent COVID-19 pandemic.
Rather than hope for a bona fide DOJ investigation of Anthony Fauci and other high-ranking officials for alleged federal crimes, efforts are underway at the state level in Florida, Texas, and Louisiana to have criminal investigations conducted based on violations of state criminal codes. If the investigations establish sufficient probable cause of crimes being committed, then the accused individuals can and should be indicted and prosecuted to the full extent of state law.
Each of the legal briefs described herein contains extensive evidence of state crimes committed. The briefs include numerous handwritten letters submitted by aggrieved next-of-kin family members requesting the criminal investigations. Contact information for details about COVID-19 victims in each of the three states is also provided.
The Florida, Texas, and Louisiana attorneys general and district attorneys need to honor their citizens’ requests for justice and accountability for the deaths of their loved ones. Further, these public officials swore an oath to stand for justice and protect the rights and lives of their respective citizenry. Now is the time for these public servants to courageously and rightly pursue truth and justice on behalf of their aggrieved citizens and their lost loved ones.
Below is a brief summary of the Florida, Texas, and Louisiana legal briefs.
FLORIDA: In October 2023, a 20-page legal brief with exhibits was submitted by attorneys, including an ex-prosecutor, to the Florida attorney general and the Florida Department of Law Enforcement. The extensive legal brief requests investigation and subsequent indictment and prosecution of the below named individuals for alleged statewide COVID-related criminal offenses committed against tens of thousands of Floridians. To date, little if any action has been taken on this request.
The request was made on behalf of the next-of-kin relatives of 32 victims in Florida, who request investigation into the deaths of their loved ones under toxic COVID-19 hospital protocols; intentional COVID-19 infection mismanagement; and suppression and denial of life-saving treatments in Florida hospitals, nursing homes, and other facilities.
The accused include:
- Anthony Fauci, ex-director, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
- Cliff Lane, deputy director, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
- Francis Collins, ex-director, National Institutes of Health (NIH)
- Deborah Birx, ex–White House COVID response coordinator & former director of DOD HIV Research at Walter Reed Army Institute of Research
- Rochelle Walensky, ex-director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
- Stephen Hahn, ex-commissioner, Federal Drug Administration (FDA)
- The administrators of hospital systems providing care to patients in Florida, including but not limited to AdventHealth Hospital Organization
Alleged violations of Florida criminal code include:
- Murder while Committing Acts of Terrorism, Fl. Stat. §782.04
- Murder while Committing Aggravated Abuse of the Elderly and Disabled Adults, Fl. Stat. §782.04
- Aggravated Manslaughter of the Elderly, Disabled Adults, and Children, Fl. Stat. §782.07
- Florida Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organization (RICO), Fl. Stat. §895.03
TEXAS: In March 2024, a 26-page legal brief with exhibits was submitted by attorneys to the district attorneys of 22 Texas counties to initiate criminal investigations of Anthony Fauci and other officials for alleged COVID-related crimes committed against citizens of Texas. The criminal referral requests (to be sent to Texas attorney general Ken Paxton) were submitted to the district attorneys for Angelina, Bexar, Brazos, Collin, Cooke, Dallas, Fort Bend, Galveston, Guadalupe, Grayson, Gregg, Harris, Hays, Johnson, Lubbock, Montgomery, Smith, Tarrant, Tom Green, Travis, and Wise Counties. Current status of the referral requests is unknown at present.
The requests were made on behalf of the next-of-kin relatives of 46 victims in Texas, who request investigation into the deaths of their loved ones under toxic COVID-19 hospital protocols, intentional COVID-19 infection mismanagement, and suppression and denial of life-saving treatments in Texas hospitals, nursing homes, and other facilities.
The accused include the same individuals in the above Florida filing with the addition of the following officials:
- Robert Redfield, ex-director, CDC
- Peter Daszak, president, Eco-Health Alliance
- Rick Bright, director of the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority
- The administrators and health care providers of hospital systems and facilities providing care to patients in Texas, including but not limited to Baylor, Scott, and White Hospital Systems.
Alleged violations of Texas criminal code include:
- Capital Murder – Tex. Penal Code §19.03(a)(7);
- Manslaughter – Tex. Penal Code §19.04;
- Trafficking of Persons – Tex. Penal Code §20A.02;
- Participation in enterprise through racketeering or unlawful debt collection – Tex. Penal Code §72.04 by Engaging in Organized Criminal Activity – Tex. Penal Code §71.02;
- Injury to a child, elderly individual, or disabled individual – Tex. Penal Code §22.04
LOUISIANA: Next-of-kin relatives of nine Louisianians (victims) request investigation into the deaths of their lost loved ones under toxic COVID-19 hospital protocols; intentional COVID-19 infection mismanagement; and suppression and denial of life-saving treatments in Louisiana hospitals, nursing homes, and other facilities. In response to their requests, attorneys have prepared an extensive 30-page legal brief with exhibits that soon will be submitted to the Louisianna attorney general and applicable district attorneys.
The accused include the same individuals listed in the Florida and Texas legal briefs.
Alleged violations of Louisiana criminal code include:
- Terrorism – by Causing Intentional Killing or Infliction of Serious Bodily Injury, La. R.S. 14:128.1(A);
- First Degree Murder, La. R.S. 14:30 and Second Degree Murder, La. R.S. 14:30.1;
- Manslaughter, La. R.S. 14:31(A)(3);
- Prohibited Racketeering Acts, La. R.S. 15:1353;
- Cruelty to Persons with Infirmities, La. R.S. 14:93.3;
- False Imprisonment, La. R.S. 14:46 and Second Degree Kidnapping, La. R.S. 14:44.1
A FINAL THOUGHT: The late evangelist Billy Graham once said: “Courage is contagious — when a brave man takes a stand, the spines of others are often stiffened.” America desperately needs at least one brave prosecutor to lead in courageously pursuing truth and justice on behalf of the hundreds of thousands of aggrieved next-of-kin families who wrongfully lost loved ones during the recent COVID-19 pandemic.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/06/holding_anthony_fauci_accountable.html
Libertarians: Vote for Trump with your eyes open
By Jay Davidson
Trump is one of only two choices we have. The fact that the ever-bigger-government left hates him so much strongly suggests that leftists fear Trump. Therefore, he is on the right track. The fact that a leftist population and N.Y. justice system would warp the concept of law to such an extreme tells me that they are the real danger to freedom. The left is making the decision for us. We cannot allow this tyranny to exist in America.
‘Getting Trrump’ Doesn’t Solve Anything
By Christopher Chantrill
Do you not understand, dear liberal friends, that your problem is not Trump, or bitter clingers, or deplorables, or clowns. Ordinary middle-class people are voting for populist nationalist parties and politicians all over the western world not because of racism or hate or white privilege, but because your ideas, your politics, your rule Makes Things Worse.
The Trump Conviction and the New Democrat Playbook
By P.F. Kelly, Jr.
The new breed of radical Democrats can’t talk about their real priorities, which plainly is to transform American society and traditions, and they can’t lie about it forever, so they have only one option: shut down the opposition. Shut down their most formidable opponents.
The State of the Coup
By Jim Darlington
They promoted the BLM/Antifa riots, in the middle of a national quarantine and lockdown. They mandated vaccines for all, that are somewhere between worthless and murderous. They’ve broken the border and broken the people’s bank accounts. They’ve managed to make the weapons dealers richer while making our military a joke. They’ve made our cities filthy and dangerous. They are turning our little boys into little girls, unable to properly read or write or do ‘rithmatic.
Never Vote for Democrats, Period!
By Ed Brodow
If Biden gets another four years, America will never be the same. “Every single thing this man and his administration touch they absolutely destroy,”
America Has Crossed the Rubicon
By Brian C. Joondeph
The Rubicon has been crossed. Can America get back to the constitutional and honorable side of the river? Or has the die been cast? If the former, there is hope. If the latter, then the American experiment is sadly over.
Anthony Fauci Is Still Immune to Taking Responsibility
Former COVID response leader shifts the pandemic blame.
by Graham J Noble | Jun 4, 2024
Anthony Fauci, the former chief of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), was better known to most Americans as the federal government’s point man on pandemic response. To hear him recount his version of how the COVID-19 outbreak was dealt with, however, one would think Fauci had little to no influence over any of the decision-making or the improvised science used to justify those decisions. Such was the case when the doctor appeared before the House Oversight Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic on June 3.
It is difficult to forget the protracted fight over the origins of the virus that caused a virtual shutdown of the global economy. Every American remembers the lengths to which the leaders of the medical community and large swaths of the media went to persuade the nation that COVID-19 jumped from animals to humans in a so-called Chinese wet market. Alongside that narrative, an enormous amount of effort was expended trying to silence those who expressed a suspicion that this particular strain of COVID was developed in a Chinese virology lab and then escaped.
This latter theory of the virus’ origin has gained significant ground since the height of the pandemic. But there is still no denying that the powers-that-be wanted it suppressed. At his hearing, Fauci insisted he had nothing to do with the attempts to kill what became known as the “lab leak” theory. Still, the former NIAID director is on record supporting the animal-to-human transmission narrative. It seems unlikely that the doctor was unaware that differing voices were being ridiculed, shouted down, censored, and, in a few cases, even threatened. There is no public record of Fauci urging the so-called experts to keep an open mind about the origins of the virus. One could be forgiven for determining, then, that even if he personally did not direct the efforts to stifle the lab leak theory, his silence was a form of complicity.
Anthony Fauci and the Missing Science
When grilled about the heavy-handed methods used to supposedly slow the spread of the virus – the mask mandates, the social distancing rules, the school closures, and, of course, the vaccine mandates – Fauci again dodged responsibility. He is – or was – supposedly the nation’s leading infectious disease expert. In that capacity, Fauci had a duty to be honest with both the leaders of government he was advising and with the American people about individual precautions that are effective and those that are not.
Claiming, then, that the mass-masking, the vaccine mandates, the six-feet social distancing, and the closures of schools and businesses all originated from guidelines put out by the CDC and had nothing to do with him is feckless, to say the least. Neither back at the height of the pandemic nor today can Fauci point to any scientifically objective peer-reviewed studies that establish the effectiveness of mass-masking. Indeed, during a 60 Minutes interview in early 2020, he observed that, while wearing masks may well provide people with a false sense of security, it would have no meaningful effect on the spread of the virus. Less than a year later, however, Fauci was appearing in public wearing not just one but two masks. He knew the masks wouldn’t slow the infection rate of COVID-19. Yet, Fauci nevertheless committed himself to disseminating the unscientific notion that strapping a piece of fabric to one’s face would somehow block the passage of the microscopic droplets in which the virus traveled.
Asked by Rep. Michael Cloud (R-TX) if there was any scientific evidence supporting mask mandates for children under the age of five, Fauci responded, “There was no study that did masks on kids before. You couldn’t do that study. You had to respond to an epidemic that was killing four to 5000 Americans a day.” Here is Fauci admitting that there was no scientific basis for forcing young children to wear masks.
The most astounding – some might even say the most outrageous – thing Fauci said during the June 3 hearing was that the unvaccinated are “probably” responsible for hundreds of thousands of deaths. “Probably” is a word few credible scientist would want to use during a science-based discussion. Fauci has no evidence to back up his claim – which, of course, is why he used that word. He vaguely referred to “analysis” in an attempt to confer some measure of credibility upon himself:
“[A]nd, you know, some have done studies, [vaccinologist] Peter Hotez has done an analysis of this, and shows that, in people who refuse to get vaccinated for any of a variety of reasons, [they are] probably responsible for an additional two to 300,000 deaths in this country.”
That’s some pretty flimsy evidence. Some people have done studies or analyses and have concluded a probability. Very scientific. Contrary to what the nation was told about the COVID vaccines, it is now widely accepted that the vaccinated were, in large part, as susceptible as the unvaccinated to contracting the virus and spreading it. Fauci’s claim, then, is little more than speculation – and rather tasteless speculation, at that — when one considers that he is virtually accusing the unvaccinated of mass murder with no supporting evidence.
Failed the American People
New banner Opinion 1The American public was bullied into conforming to all kinds of new rules for social interaction – few of which appear to have had any measurable effect on the spread of COVID-19. It is certainly fair to say that Fauci commanded a great deal of respect – among most Americans – when it came to teaching them how to protect against the virus. Thus, he could have, and should have, spoken out against some of the more spurious rules by which people were told to live. Had he done so, people would have listened to him, and they would have believed him. And the country would have been spared a great deal of unnecessary drama. COVID-19, meanwhile, would have spread at just the same rate — no slower but also no quicker.
The closures of schools and businesses were all entirely unnecessary – and we know that now because we all saw how quickly the virus continued to spread even after these measures were put in place. The detrimental effects of those closures are still being felt today. Fauci was in a unique position back in 2020 to prevent all of that – even if it meant going against what the CDC was advising. Nobody cared about what the CDC was saying; as the public face of the government’s response to the pandemic, they wanted to know what Fauci had to say. But he said nothing. He walked around wearing his two masks, and with his silence – if nothing else – he tacitly put his stamp of approval on all of the anti-COVID measures and all the flawed science that was used to justify them.
https://www.libertynation.com/anthony-fauci-is-still-immune-to-taking-responsibility/
President Biden Supports Son Hunter in Gun and Crack Trial
Like Donald Trump, Hunter is facing trials across the country.
by Scott D. Cosenza, Esq. | Jun 4, 2024
The first of two federal criminal trials involving Hunter Biden began on Monday, June 3. He faces a maximum sentence of 25 years in prison and more than $750,000 in fines. Yes, Donald Trump is not the only one fighting multiple indictments across the country. Later in September, Hunter will face criminal tax fraud and evasion accusations in a California federal court. But back in President Joe Biden’s power base of Wilmington, DE, son Hunter is on trial presently for three federal felonies for lying about drugs during a gun purchase.
Remaining Silent
Criminal defense attorneys seem to have a love-hate relationship with statements about crimes. On the one hand, they wish clients would shut up and not provide police with gift-wrapped cases of incriminating speech. However, many criminal defense attorneys’ beach houses can be tied directly back to such statements and the cases that result. Hunter talked himself into these charges, writing about his profligate drug use in his book Beautiful Things. Biden’s confessions took on criminal significance beyond possession of dangerous controlled substances when it became clear he bought a gun during a crack binge.
The federal gun buyer background check asks buyers if they are unlawful users of or addicted to a controlled substance. Hunter checked “no,” generating the charge of three crimes: the false statement by checking no, a second false statement regarding making a false statement in a firearms transaction record, and the third barring illegal drug users from possessing firearms. The charges were filed by a Trump appointee to the Justice Department.
By Monday afternoon, Hunter’s jury of 12 was set. Did they get a chance to hear his father’s statement on the trial? Probably not. But perhaps before the trial is over, they will. Wilmington-area residents learned that while Joe Biden refuses to comment about a pending criminal case, apparently, that doesn’t include references to the defendant in this particular trial.
Biden Backs Biden
President Biden sent a statement on the trial directly to various media outlets, just as jury selection in Hunter’s trial began; the White House did not publish it.
“I am the President, but I am also a Dad. Jill and I love our son, and we are so proud of the man he is today. Hunter’s resilience in the face of adversity and the strength he has brought to his recovery are inspiring to us. A lot of families have loved ones who have overcome addiction and know what we mean. As the President, I don’t and won’t comment on pending federal cases, but as a Dad, I have boundless love for my son, confidence in him, and respect for his strength. Our family has been through a lot together, and Jill and I are going to continue to be there for Hunter and our family with our love and support.”
Hunter claimed that he was “smoking crack every 15 minutes” around the time of the gun purchase. The trial is expected to last about a week. US District Judge Maryellen Noreika, a Trump appointee, is hearing the case.
https://www.libertynation.com/president-biden-supports-son-hunter-in-gun-and-crack-trial/
Trump Verdict Fallout: Moving the Middle Is All That Matters
How the folks in the middle are reacting to the Trump conviction.
by Leesa K. Donner | Jun 4, 2024
It’s only been a few days since a Manhattan jury brought forth a speedy and stunning guilty verdict convicting former President Donald Trump on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records. Since that time, the political class has run amok. Republicans are closing ranks in support of 45 while many Democrats are rejoicing in what they perceive as justice served. However, the real issue is not where the party faithful stand amid all this hullabaloo but where the independents will fall. Will they lean into the beleaguered former president or distance themselves from him?
A few flash polls made headlines right after the verdict was announced. One survey spoke to just over 400 likely voters. That would be a yay for “likely” because these people are a better barometer of the political weather than those who fall under the heading “registered” voters. But a yuck for the sample size: 403 people surveyed is a better number for an oversized wedding than a political poll. The word “flash” could almost be synonymous with a flash in the pan, which is nothing more than a transient phase with little or no long-term effect.
Then there was the YouGov flash poll, which got high marks for its sample size (3,000) but violated a credibility standard by interviewing “adults,” so there’s no way of knowing how many are registered or likely voters. Thus, the integrity of both public opinion flash surveys is questionable, which is why – as Liberty Nation reported – they should be taken with a grain of salt.
Since these flash polls, there have been four more reliable surveys: I&I/TIPP, Morning Consult, Forbes/HarrisX, and Reuters/Ipsos. Morning Consult had the current president up by one point, and Forbes/HarrisX had Trump up by 2 points in both a two-way and five-way race. Reuters had Biden up by two, and the I&I/TIPP had the heavyweights tied in a two-way and again in a five-way race. But we’re not interested in those above-line numbers because, like a treasure hunt, the real poll gold is often found buried in the deep waters known as the cross tabs.
At this point in the presidential contest, what really matters is not the prize fight between Ali and Frazier or even where it stands with the three others — Robert F. Kennedy, Jill Stein, and Cornel West – but with the voters who have yet to pitch their tent in either camp. And that takes us to the land of the independent.
Trump Verdict — Swaying the Indies
The independents strut their stuff in the I&I/TIPP survey, showing Trump with the knockout punch. In a head-to-head match-up, independents favor the former president by – sit up and take notice – 38% to 26%. The history of this poll is worth mentioning because in May Trump pulled in only 33% of the independents.
Another gauge of political strength is the enthusiasm factor (pollsters call it support intensity). This number takes into account those who are willing to say they strongly support a candidate. Again, Trump takes home the blue ribbon, with 65% to Biden’s 50%. According to the editor of Issues & Insights, Terry Jones, the upshot of the survey is “Trump does not seem to be politically damaged by his legal troubles. He may even be politically stronger.”
The Pendulum Swings the Other Way
The Morning Consult poll found yet another surprising shift, with “nearly half of Independents” saying they want former President Donald Trump to drop his 2024 campaign … ”* HarrisX conducted an overnight survey of 1,006 registered voters and found 22% of independents were more likely to vote for Trump following his conviction in New York. However, another 28% said they were less likely to pull the lever for The Donald. Finally, the Reuters Ipsos poll found that 16% of independents are more likely to vote for Trump with the conviction factored in. Another 26% said they were less likely to cast their ballot for him.
It doesn’t appear that those on the left and right have budged since the Trump verdict; however, three of the four standard polls indicate that independents are moving away from voting for 45, and the Trump campaign should take notice and adjust its message accordingly. To be sure, the independent voter can be fickle. One post on X summed it up quite well. Someone called SteeJo wrote: “Expecting to see an editorial titled “I’m an Independent who believes Trump’s guilty verdict should make him drop out of the race, but if he doesn’t I’ll vote for him any moment now.”
*We were unable to confirm this information because Morning Consult cross tabs are behind a security wall, which requires the outlet to be contacted for permission to view its data sets.
https://www.libertynation.com/trump-verdict-fallout-moving-the-middle-is-all-that-matters/
Eric Trump to Newsmax: Left Wants 'Real Harm' Done to My Dad
By Mark Swanson | Monday, 03 June 2024 08:46 PM EDT
Eric Trump told Newsmax on Monday that the "derangement" on the left is so "truly sick" that they would like to see "real harm" done to his father because nothing else is working.
Trump, the second son of Republican presumptive nominee Donald Trump, joined "Carl Higbie FRONTLINE" to summarize the wish list of the Democratic party in the aftermath of last week's conviction on 34 counts of falsifying business records.
"Sincerely, these people would love to see real harm done to him," Eric Trump told Higbie. "They try and do that every day in terms of going after his wallet, trying to bankrupt him, trying to go after his family, subpoenaing all of us, trying to go after him criminally for absolutely nothing. They weaponize every system. But I mean it, they would love to see real physical harm done to him. And it pains me to say that."
Eric Trump was reacting to former FBI Director James Comey saying over the weekend that it's logistically possible to imprison the former president by putting him in a double-wide in a prison field. And, if Democrats had their way, without his Secret Service security detail.
"You know, it's really sick. The derangement is truly, truly sick. They would love to see him rot out there," Eric Trump said.
"But you know who doesn't? America. When you see the swing of independents coming over to my father, they know exactly the games that have been played. There's only so many times you could cry wolf," said the vice president of Trump Organization.
Eric Trump rattled off all the attempts made on Donald Trump's presidency and current candidacy, including from the first impeachment while president, to the attempts to keep him off the ballot a few months ago, to now four criminal trials.
"I mean, how many more of these hoaxes do you want? They have one, you know, job, and they realize that [Joe] Biden is not going to beat [Donald Trump] at the polls. [Biden] has zero enthusiasm," Eric Trump said.
"So, guess what? They would love to throw him in jail. They'd love to strip away his civil liberties. They would love to do anything they could to take him out of the race. That's been their plan the entire time, and it's obviously not working," Eric Trump added. "And you know frankly, Carl, every day it's backfiring. I mean, the love and support right now is better than it's ever been before.
"And so, you know, keep playing your games, you know, keep doing stupid things," Eric Trump said in a message aimed at Democrats. "And I promise you, you know, it's a law of unintended consequences; it will come back to catch them as it has every other time in the past."
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/eric-trump-newsmax-dems/2024/06/03/id/1167327/?ns_mail_uid=110c4f27-b39e-4490-8c9e-becd156886f8&ns_mail_job=DM631203_06042024&s=acs&dkt_nbr=010504a2llku