Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden’s picks for some of the top spots in his potential administration are bringing with them a slew of potential ethics issues.
A number of his nominations and appointees are former government officials who have left government to work in the private sector. Two firms specifically are personnel pipelines that Biden has used to staff up: the consulting firm WestExec Advisors and the investment fund Pine Island Capital Partners, according to <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/28/us/politics/biden-westexec.html">The New York Times</a>.
As the Times reports:
<blockquote>WestExec’s founders include Antony J. Blinken, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/22/us/politics/biden-antony-blinken-secretary-of-state.html">Mr. Biden’s choice to be his secretary of state</a>, and Michèle A. Flournoy, one of the leading candidates to be his defense secretary. Among others to come out of WestExec are Avril Haines, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/23/us/politics/biden-haines-national-intelligence.html">Mr. Biden’s pick to be director of national intelligence</a>; Christina Killingsworth, who is <a href="https://buildbackbetter.gov/the-transition/agency-review-teams/">helping the president-elect organize</a> his White House budget office; Ely Ratner, who is helping organize the Biden transition at the Pentagon; and Jennifer Psaki, an adviser on Mr. Biden’s transition team.
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At the same time, Mr. Blinken and Ms. Flournoy have served as advisers to Pine Island Capital, which this month <a href="https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20201124005987/en/Pine-Island-Acquisition-Corp.-Announces-Partial-Exercise-and-Closing-of-Underwriters%E2%80%99-Option-to-Purchase-Additional-Units-in-Connection-with-its-Initial-Public-Offering">raised $218 million</a> for a new fund to finance investments in military and aerospace companies, among other targets.</blockquote>
Biden spokesman Andrew Bates said that all members of Biden’s administration with ties to WestExec and Pine Island would sell any ownership stake and file client disclosure forms. Such clients may be protected by non-disclosure agreements with the firms, and it is unclear whether Biden’s nominees and appointees will be required to disclose all former clients.
“Joe Biden has pledged the most ethically rigorous administration in American history, and every cabinet member will abide by strict ethics rules and abide by all disclosure requirements,” Bates said.
A number of firms around Washington and with ties to the incumbent administration or lawmakers in Congress take part in revolving-door politics, hiring on government veterans and releasing them back to the public sector under friendly administrations to build relationships for their private sector clients. Such relationships can also help a firm get the inside track on government contracts.
WestExec advertises itself with a phrase promoted on its website that suggests some level of revolving-door access at play. “Bringing the situation room to the board room,” WestExec says on its website’s <a href="https://westexec.com/">homepage</a>. Similarly, the people brought on to Pine Island were picked because of their “access, network and expertise” to secure the company opportunities in sectors including “government services industries,” according to a September filing with the <a href="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1822835/000110465920107856/tm2029933-3_s1.htm">Securities and Exchange Commission</a>.
The web of potential ethics issues with Biden nominees has already begun to trigger blowback in the Senate, which has the power to confirm or reject Biden’s nominees to his administration. Sen. John Cornyn tweeted on Sunday that in the case that a nominee fails to disclose all of their potential conflicts of interest, “the Senate is not obligated to confirm anyone who hides this information.”
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Trump campaign lawyer Joe DiGenova said during an appearance on Newsmax on Monday that a recently fired top election official should be shot.
DiGenova, who made the remarks during an appearance on the &#8220;Howie Carr Show,&#8221; was talking about Chris Krebs, the former head of U.S. cybersecurity. The remarks were widely condemned on social media.
“Anybody who thinks the election went well, like that idiot Krebs who used to be the head of cybersecurity,” said DiGenova, “that guy is a class A moron. He should be drawn and quartered. Taken out at dawn and shot.”
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&#8220;Trump fired Krebs nearly two weeks ago after the former director of the Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency attested that the 2020 elections were among the safest in history,&#8221; Politico reported. &#8220;The president, whose personnel decisions have a record of being weighted by his perception of loyalty, fired Krebs by tweet, insisting that the election had been stolen from him.&#8221;
&#8220;The recent statement by Chris Krebs on the security of the 2020 Election was highly inaccurate, in that there were massive improprieties and fraud &#8211; including dead people voting, Poll Watchers not allowed into polling locations, &#8216;glitches&#8217; in the voting machines which changed votes from Trump to Biden, late voting, and many more,&#8221; Trump claimed in a series of tweets announcing the Krebs&#8217; firing. &#8220;Therefore, effective immediately, Chris Krebs has been terminated as Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency.&#8221;
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&#8230;votes from Trump to Biden, late voting, and many more. Therefore, effective immediately, Chris Krebs has been terminated as Director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency.
&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1328852354049957888?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 18, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Trump’s decision to terminate Krebs came after Krebs released a statement about the 2020 elections, saying that they were secure.
The statement was a joint statement made by the members of Election Infrastructure Government Coordinating Council (GCC) Executive Committee – Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) Assistant Director Bob Kolasky, U.S. Election Assistance Commission Chair Benjamin Hovland, National Association of Secretaries of State (NASS) President Maggie Toulouse Oliver, National Association of State Election Directors (NASED) President Lori Augino, and Escambia County (Florida) Supervisor of Elections David Stafford – and the members of the Election Infrastructure Sector Coordinating Council (SCC) – Chair Brian Hancock (Unisyn Voting Solutions), Vice Chair Sam Derheimer (Hart InterCivic), Chris Wlaschin (Election Systems &amp; Software), Ericka Haas (Electronic Registration Information Center), and Maria Bianchi (Democracy Works).
The statement said [emphasis original]:
<blockquote>The November 3rd election was the most secure in American history. Right now, across the country, election officials are reviewing and double checking the entire election process prior to finalizing the result.
When states have close elections, many will recount ballots. All of the states with close results in the 2020 presidential race have paper records of each vote, allowing the ability to go back and count each ballot if necessary. This is an added benefit for security and resilience. This process allows for the identification and correction of any mistakes or errors. There is no evidence that any voting system deleted or lost votes, changed votes, or was in any way compromised.
Other security measures like pre-election testing, state certification of voting equipment, and the U.S. Election Assistance Commission’s (EAC) certification of voting equipment help to build additional confidence in the voting systems used in 2020.
While we know there are many unfounded claims and opportunities for misinformation about the process of our elections, we can assure you we have the utmost confidence in the security and integrity of our elections, and you should too. When you have questions, turn to elections officials as trusted voices as they administer elections.</blockquote>
This report has been updated to include additional background information. 
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A group that was previously led by Democrat Senate candidate Raphael Warnock is under investigation by the state of Georgia for its voter registration activities, Georgia&#8217;s secretary of state announced on Monday.
Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger said that he had <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/georgia-secretary-of-state-opens-250-investigations-into-credible-claims-of-illegal-voting">launched an investigation</a> into &#8220;third party groups working to register people in other states to vote here in Georgia.&#8221;
&#8220;We have opened an investigation into a group called America Votes who is sending absentee ballot applications to people at addresses where they have not lived since 1994; Vote Forward, who attempted to register a dead Alabama voter, a woman, to vote here in Georgia; The New Georgia Project, who sent voter registration applications to New York City, at Operation New Voter Registration Georgia, who is telling college students in Georgia that they can change their residency to Georgia and then change it back after the election,&#8221; he said. &#8220;Let me be very clear again, voting in Georgia when you are not resident of Georgia is a felony.&#8221;
The Washington Free Beacon <a href="https://freebeacon.com/2020-election/warnock-led-voter-registration-group-under-investigation/">reported</a> that Warnock served as the CEO of The New Georgia Project until February of this year.
&#8220;The announcement comes as Democrats have praised Raffensperger, a Republican, for pushing back against President Donald Trump&#8217;s allegations of election fraud in Georgia during the presidential election,&#8221; the report said. &#8220;Warnock was listed as CEO of the New Georgia Project from 2017 until Feb. 21, 2020, according to the group&#8217;s corporate filings. He has been identified as the New Georgia Project&#8217;s chairman and spokesman in media reports and has said he organized voter mobilization drives for the group, including a push to register 80,000 new minority voters in 2014. His campaign did not respond to a request for comment about the ongoing investigation.&#8221;
The report noted that The New Georgia Project was previously the subject of a voter fraud investigation in 2014 when contractors working for the group were accused of forging voter registration applications.
“Let me emphasize this again, casting an illegal vote in Georgia is a felony, casting more than one vote in Georgia is a felony,” Raffensperger added at the press conference. “Upholding the law matters, truth matters, and your vote matters. Anyone telling you to boycott an election is not on your side. Your right to vote is sacred. Don’t let someone con you out of it.”
The announcement into the group formerly run by Warnock comes as Warnock is engaged in one of two U.S. Senate runoff races in the state that are set to take place during the first week in January. The outcome of the two races will determine which party controls the U.S. Senate ahead of the incoming Biden administration.
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Georgia Investigating Group, Previously Led By Democrat Senate Candidate Warnock, For Voter Registration Activities

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A senior commander in Iran&#8217;s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), a designated Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO), was killed during an airstrike over the weekend in Syria, according to local officials and reports.
Iraqi security and local militia officials &#8220;could not confirm the identity of the commander, who they said was killed alongside three other men travelling in a vehicle with him,&#8221; Reuters <a href="https://www.reuters.com/article/iraq-iran-syria-militias/air-strike-kills-irgc-commander-at-iraq-syria-border-iraqi-officials-idUSKBN28A2SB">reported</a>. &#8220;The vehicle was carrying weapons across the Iraqi border and was hit after it had entered Syrian territory, two Iraqi security officials separately said.&#8221;
&#8220;Iraqi security sources told Saudi-based al-Arabiya News that a drone killed Muslim Shahdan, a senior commander in the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, in a targeted strike on his car,&#8221; The Times of Israel <a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/iranian-revolutionary-guards-commander-reported-killed-in-drone-strike/">reported</a>. &#8220;The reports did not say who was behind the strike, which reportedly happened early Sunday or late Saturday.&#8221;
The strike over the weekend comes as IDF chief Aviv Kohavi <a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/amid-threats-from-tehran-idf-chief-says-army-will-keep-fighting-iran-in-syria/">said</a> on Sunday that Israel would &#8220;continue to operate forcefully as needed against the Iranian entrenchment in Syria and we will continue to maintain full preparedness against any expression of violence against us.&#8221;
The Middle East Eye <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/iran-iraq-syria-strike-kills-irgc-commander">reported</a> that Lebanon-based Al-Mayadeen TV channel, which is close to the Syrian government and Hezbollah, claimed that there was no assassination of an IRGC commander.
The strike comes immediately following a targeted hit on Iranian nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh last week inside Iran.
“Driving a carefully circuitous route to the home of his in-laws in a city outside Tehran, Mr. Fahrizadeh’s car was stopped Friday by a car bomb in a Nissan so laden with explosives that it knocked out a power line, according to Iranian news media and witness accounts,” The New York Times <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/28/world/middleeast/iran-assassinations-nuclear-israel.html?action=click&amp;module=Top%20Stories&amp;pgtype=Homepage">reported</a>. “A squad of gunmen then leapt from a black S.U.V., overpowered his bodyguards and unleashed a barrage of gunfire before speeding away as Mr. Fakhrizadeh lay dying in the street.”
Iranian state media claimed that there were no operatives that opened fire on the vehicle and instead claimed that &#8220;the shots were fired from an automatic machine gun which was mounted on the pickup truck and operated by remote control,&#8221; Israeli reporter Barak Ravid <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/remote-controlled-machine-gun-on-top-of-truck-killed-iranian-scientist-before-self-destructing-with-bomb-iranian-report-claims">said</a> in summarizing the claims made by Fars News Agency. “Fakhrizadeh was hit by three bullets – one hit him in the spine. Seconds later the Nisan pickup truck exploded in what looks like a self destruct mechanism. According to Fars news, Iranian security forces identified the owner of the pickup truck who left Iran on October 29th.”
It was not clear who was responsible for killing the IRGC commander in Syria over the weekend.
The Trump administration has killed numerous top terrorists over the last couple of years, including <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-confirms-osama-bin-ladens-son-dead-ashe-schow">Osama Bin Laden&#8217;s son</a>, a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-takes-out-another-top-terrorist-in-the-middle-east">top Al-Qaeda leader in Yemen</a>, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/watch-military-releases-videos-from-raid-that-killed-isis-leader-abu-bakr-al-baghdadi">ISIS Leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi</a>, and many more.
This report has been updated to include additional information.
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Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, a Republican, announced on Monday that the state of Georgia has opened 250 investigations into &#8220;credible claims of illegal voting and violation of state election law.&#8221;
At a press conference, Raffensperger was careful to qualify his statements, noting that &#8220;dishonest actors&#8221; were pumping &#8220;massive amounts of misinformation&#8221; into the media ecosystem. Raffensperger appeared to slam Trump&#8217;s legal team without directly naming them, saying they were &#8220;exploiting the emotions of many Trump supporters with fantastic claims, half truths, misinformation, and frankly, they are misleading the president as well.&#8221;
“As we move forward in the process, we will, as we always have been, we will continue to investigate credible claims of illegal voting and violation of state election law,&#8221; Raffensperger said. &#8220;There are currently over 250 open cases from 2020 and we have 23 investigators to follow up on that. Some of these include, a charge Gwinnett County that absentee ballots outnumber absentee envelopes. This is the kind of specific charge that our office can investigate and ascertain the truth.&#8221;
&#8220;We have multiple investigations underway surrounding absentee ballots in Fulton, Gwinnett, Cobb, and many others. We continue our investigations into potential dead, double voters, and non-resident voters,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;As we move to the December 1st election, which is tomorrow, and the January 5th federal runoffs, we have to remain vigilant.&#8221;
&#8220;That is why I’m announcing an investigation into third party groups working to register people in other states to vote here in Georgia,&#8221; he added. &#8220;We have opened an investigation into a group called America Votes who is sending absentee ballot applications to people at addresses where they have not lived since 1994; Vote Forward, who attempted to register a dead Alabama voter, a woman, to vote here in Georgia; The New Georgia Project, who sent voter registration applications to New York City, at Operation New Voter Registration Georgia, who is telling college students in Georgia that they can change their residency to Georgia and then change it back after the election.&#8221;
Raffensperger concluded the press conference by repeatedly reminding people that committing election fraud in Georgia, which includes voting in the state when a person is not a resident of the state, is a felony.
The U.S. Senate runoff races in January will determine which political party controls the Senate just ahead of the incoming Biden administration.
&#8220;In Georgia, where state law dictates a runoff if no candidate reaches 50% of the vote, GOP Sen. David Perdue narrowly missed avoiding a runoff, winning 49.75% of the vote. Democratic challenger Jon Ossoff trails by roughly 87,000 votes,&#8221; Fox News <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/groups-trying-to-register-out-of-state-voters-georgia-senate-runoffs">reported</a>. &#8220;In the other race, appointed Republican Sen. Kelly Loeffler captured nearly 26% of the vote in a whopping 20-candidate special election to fill the final two years of the term of former GOP Sen. Johnny Isakson. The Democratic candidate in the runoff, Rev. Raphael Warnock, won nearly 33% of the vote in the first round.&#8221;
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Police blocked congregants from attending a drive-in church service at a church in rural Manitoba, Canada, on Sunday morning.
As depicted in a <a href="https://www.facebook.com/watch/live/?v=1537442019977293&amp;ref=watch_permalink" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Facebook video</a>, police blocked cars from entering the parking lot of the Church of God Steinbach, forcing them to line up on the adjacent street to listen to Senior Pastor Heinrich Hildebrandt preach from over a loudspeaker, according to <a href="https://www.christianpost.com/news/police-block-canadian-churchgoers-from-drive-in-worship-service.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">The Christian Post</a>.
“God has given us the right to worship Him together and He wants to see His people united,” Hildebrandt preached. “It seems like we’re living in a different Canada. It’s very heartbreaking to me.”
The Church of God at Steinbach, which is about 40 miles southeast of Winnipeg in Steinbach, Manitoba, was fined $5,000 last week for holding services in defiance of what Hildebrandt described as &#8220;draconian and unconstitutional orders.&#8221;
As of Friday, there are 15,632 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Manitoba, 266 deaths, and 6,487 recoveries. Gatherings of more than five people are banned in Manitoba, and churches have been ordered closed, according to <a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/church-of-god-hanover-manitoba-covid-19-restrictions-1.5821296" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">CBC</a>.
In an open letter <a href="https://www.facebook.com/cogsteinbach/photos/a.101174015178049/101175231844594" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">published</a> Nov. 23, Hildebrandt wrote in part:
<blockquote>The COVID-19 crisis has rapidly changed a lot of what our society normal and essential in 2020. Faith communities have not been unaffected, in fact they have been singled out in many cases across the world and especially in Canada and certain states, south of the border. The Bible teaches Christians to be good citizens and obey the reasonable demands of our government. It does not, however, teach blind obedience to the authorities when onerous restrictions are placed on our freedoms. In fact, we are guaranteed the right to religious freedom and peaceful assembly in the Canadian Constitution, subject only to such reasonable limits prescribed by law as can be demonstrably justified in a free and democratic society. We now find ourselves debating what constitutes a justifiable, reasonable limit.
The question is, what is essential? If faith and the communal expression of faith is not essential during times of crisis, is this an attack on faith? We are not asking for special treatment, just equal treatment. Christians have always believed that their faith and the reasonable expression of that faith is essential to their mental health and well-being and that being arbitrarily separated from each other is detrimental to them. On Sunday morning, people in this province interacted at Walmart, Costco, and other retailers. The same thing happened at the local liquor store, cannabis dispensaries, and the list goes on. Yet, it is our faith community that is singled out for public criticism, media attention, and visits by the RCMP, Manitoba Public Health and local bylaw enforcement. There must be an allowable expression of faith that is deemed essential while we are allowing the sale of products at establishments that exist solely for the sale of alcohol, coffee, donuts, cannabis, and fast food.
We are grateful to our law enforcement officers for their dedication to public service, especially during this crisis. We urge them to continue resisting the enforcement of these draconian and unconstitutional orders.</blockquote>
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Dr. Scott Atlas announced on Monday that he was resigning from his role on the Trump administration&#8217;s Coronavirus Task Force after serving on a 130-day Special Government Employee detail.
&#8220;I am writing to resign from my position as Special Advisor to the President of the United States. I thank you for the honor and privilege to serve on behalf of the American people since August, during these difficult months for our nation,&#8221; Atlas wrote. &#8220;I worked hard with a singular focus &#8211; to save lives and help Americans through this pandemic. As you know, I always relied on the latest science and evidence, without any political consideration or influence. As time went on, like all scientists and health policy scholars, I learned new information and synthesized the latest data from around the world, all in an effort to provide you with the best information to serve the greater public good.&#8221;
Atlas said that the guidance that he provided to the administration was always centered around minimizing the damage from the pandemic and the policies were developed in response to the pandemic. He said that he especially kept working class people and the poor in mind as he developed a coronavirus response.
&#8220;These views were in agreement with those of many of the world&#8217;s top epidemiologists and medical scientists from Harvard, Oxford, and other top academic institutions, as well as with those of thousands of medical and public health scientists from around the world,&#8221; Atlas continued. &#8220;Although some may disagree with those recommendations, it is the free exchange of ideas that lead to scientific truths, which are the very foundation of any civilized society. Indeed, I cannot think of a time where safeguarding science and the scientific debate is more urgent.&#8221;
Atlas praised the administration for its work in trying to reopen schools and open other aspects of society. He specifically highlighted the administration’s allocation of resources to the most vulnerable and its commitment to improving guidelines and developing new strategies.
&#8220;We also identified and illuminated early on the harms of prolonged lockdowns, including that they create massive physical health losses and psychological distress, destroy families, and damage our children,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;And more and more, the relatively low risk to children of serious harms from the infection, the less frequent spread from children, the presence of immunologic protection beyond that shown by antibody testing, and the severe harms from closing schools and society are all being acknowledged.&#8221;
&#8220;Mr. President, your Operation Warp Speed team delivered on our promised timelines for new drugs and vaccines. I congratulate you for your vision, and also congratulate the many who did the exemplary work &#8211; we know who they are, even though their names are not those familiar to the public,&#8221; he concluded. &#8220;I sincerely wish the new team all the best as they guide the nation through these trying, polarized times. With the emerging treatments and vaccines, I remain highly optimistic that America will thrive once again and overcome the adversity of the pandemic and all that it has entailed.&#8221;
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The SEC named soccer goalkeeper and fill-in Vanderbilt kicker Sarah Fuller the special teams &#8220;player of the week,&#8221; an honor she&#8217;s sharing with Kadarius Toney from the University of Florida.
Fuller, who started practicing with with the men&#8217;s football team only Tuesday, kicked a 30-yard so-called &#8220;squib kick&#8221; to start off the second half of Saturday&#8217;s game against Missouri. Vanderbilt lost the game 41 to zero.
&#8220;Fuller made history Saturday, becoming the first woman ever to officially take the field during a football game in a major conference football game,&#8221; the SEC said Monday, announcing Fuller&#8217;s accolade.
&#8220;She took the opening kickoff of the second half against the Tigers, as her perfectly-executed kick sailed 30 yards and was downed at the Missouri 35-yard line,&#8221; the announcement continued. &#8220;She joined the likes of New Mexico&#8217;s Katie Hnida and Kent State&#8217;s April Goss as the only females to appear in a Football Bowl Subdivision contest.&#8221;
A goalkeeper for the women&#8217;s soccer team at the school, Fuller was tapped to kick on Saturday for the men&#8217;s football team after Pierson Cooke and Wes Farley were unable to play.
&#8220;You can look at the roster and see who wasn&#8217;t here today and have a pretty good idea of what transpired,&#8221; said Vanderbilt Coach Derek Mason <a href="https://247sports.com/Article/Sarah-Fuller-Vanderbilt-Commodores-named-SEC-Special-Teams-Player-of-the-Week--155710204/">said</a>. &#8220;What I can tell you is we did look at our roster. We looked at guys that were available who had kicked before. &#8230; Nobody who had as much experience at practice or the natural capability of Sarah. Whether it was kicking off or whether it was field goals, she happened to be our best option today.&#8221;
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Your <a href="https://twitter.com/SEC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SEC</a> Co-Special Teams Player of the Week: <a href="https://twitter.com/SarahFuller_27?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SarahFuller_27</a>
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As noted by <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/female-kicker-on-vanderbilt-football-team-explains-why-she-was-pissed-off-at-players-details-her-halftime-speech">The Daily Wire</a>, and emphasized by her &#8220;player of the week&#8221; nod, Fuller was quickly hailed as a hero by the mainstream media for her Saturday appearance on the football field.
Following the game, Fuller spoke to ESPN reporter Courtney Cronin about her experience, detailing her halftime time speech and her frustration with the other players for not &#8220;cheering&#8221; their teammates on enough.
“If I’m going to be honest, I was a little pissed off at how quiet everybody was on the sideline,” Fuller told Cronin via a Zoom call, Outkick reported. “We made a first down, and I was the only one cheering and I was like – what the heck? What’s going on? And I tried to get them pumped up, and I was like, ‘You guys need to start [cheering] your team on.’”
“My main thing was during the SEC tournament, my entire team was cheering the entire time,” she continued. “It didn’t matter if we were in the locker room or if they were on the sidelines, I think that’s what won it for us. Everybody was cheering non-stop.”
“I just went in there, and I said exactly what I was thinking,” Fuller explained. “I was like, ‘We need to be cheering each other on. This is how you win games. This is how you get better, by calling each other out for stuff, and I’m going to call you guys out.&#8217;”
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/walsh-a-woman-played-in-a-college-football-game-and-immediately-proved-why-women-dont-belong-in-mens-sports">WALSH: A Woman Played In A College Football Game And Immediately Proved Why Women Don’t Belong In Men’s Sports</a>
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Sarah Fuller Named SEC Player Of Week: ‘Perfectly Executed Kick Sailed 30 Yards’

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Football

NCAA

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Ten local chapters of Black Lives Matter have accused the national organization for the movement of hiding “untold millions of dollars” in donations and have called for increased transparency and “equity.”
Black Lives Matter chapters in Chicago, Denver, Hudson Valley in New York, Indianapolis, New Jersey, Oklahoma City, Philadelphia, San Diego, Vancouver in Washington state, and Washington D.C. signed onto a <a href="https://www.blmchapterstatement.com/">statement</a> issued Monday condemning the Black Lives Matter Global Network (BLMGN) Foundation. The foundation, the statement said, has taken major actions without input from chapter leaders and refused until recently to make any effort to distribute millions of dollars-worth of donations to grassroots activists.
“Since the establishment of BLMGN, our chapters have consistently raised concerns about financial transparency, decision making, and accountability,” the statement says. “Despite years of effort, no acceptable internal process of accountability has ever been produced by BLMGN and these recent events have undermined the efforts of chapters seeking to democratize its processes and resources.”
The chapters list several accusations against BLMGN, which is led by Executive Director <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/black-lives-matter-leader-stop-saying-white-jeffrey-cawood">Patrisse Khan-Cullors</a>, a co-founder and the sole board member of BLMGN. Khan-Cullors was installed as executive director of the national organization “against the will of most chapters and without their knowledge,” the local chapters say.
The BLM locals say that the formation of BLM Grassroots, created to aid the organizational needs of local chapters, was done without input from and without notifying local chapters. “The formation of BLM Grassroots effectively separated the majority of chapters from BLMGN without their consent and interrupted the active process of accountability that was being established by those chapters,” the statement says.
The local chapters say the national foundation has refused to coordinate with local leaders on a cohesive vision. The chapters also say that BLMGN has refused to be transparent about its donations, and has largely refused to share that money with local activists.
“For years there has been inquiry regarding the financial operations of BLMGN and no acceptable process of either public or internal transparency about the unknown millions of dollars donated to BLMGN, which has certainly increased during this time of pandemic and rebellion,” the statement says.
“To the best of our knowledge, most chapters have received little to no financial support from BLMGN since the launch in 2013. It was only in the last few months that selected chapters appear to have been invited to apply for a $500,000 grant created with resources generated because of the organizing labor of chapters,” the statement continues. “This is not the equity and financial accountability we deserve.”
The BLMGN <a href="https://blacklivesmatter.com/black-lives-matter-global-network-foundation-announces-6-5-million-fund-to-support-organizing-work/">announced</a> on June 11 that it was launching a $6.5 million fund “to support grassroots organizing work.” Khan-Cullors and fellow co-founder Opal Tometi have in the past asserted that local BLM chapters and grassroots activists are the foundation of the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/black-lives-matter-leaders-see-organizing-opportunities-during-covid-19-pandemic">Black Lives Matter</a> movement.
Despite the co-founders’ rhetoric, <a href="https://dailycaller.com/2020/11/30/local-blm-chapters-accuse-global-network-financial-transparency/">The Daily Caller News Foundation</a> reported in June that “BLM Global Network spent $4.5 million on consultants, travel and compensation for its staff from July 2017 through June 2019 while at the same time providing only $328,000 to outside groups such as its local chapters.”
BLMGN nor Patrisse Khan-Cullors did not immediately respond to The Daily Wire’s request for comment.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/fact-checkers-black-lives-matter-not-recognized-irs-charity-raises-funds-through-fiscal-sponsor">Fact Checkers: ‘Black Lives Matter’ Not Recognized IRS Charity, Raises Funds Through ‘Fiscal Sponsor’</a>
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Local BLM Chapters Accuse National Foundation Of Hiding ‘Untold Millions Of Dollars’ In Donations From Grassroots Activists

Ten local chapters of Black Lives Matter have accused the national organization for the movement of hiding “untold millions of dollars” in donations and

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Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) slammed Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden over a handful of picks to guide a potential Biden administration, saying the names cut against Biden’s calls for “unity.”
Cotton has been an outspoken critic of a number of Biden’s proposed picks to hold high posts in his potential administration. Cotton on Sunday said that Biden’s administration that is taking shape indicates that the former vice president has no intention of unifying around key issues such as China.
“Biden said he wanted to unify the country. But he’s picked a national security team that is weak on China, a DHS nominee who sold visas for powerful political friends, and a partisan hack who called Susan Collins “the worst” for OMB,” Cotton said in a tweet. “So much for unity.”
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Biden said he wanted to unify the country.
But he’s picked a national security team that is weak on China, a DHS nominee who sold visas for powerful political friends, and a partisan hack who called Susan Collins “the worst” for OMB.
So much for unity.
&mdash; Tom Cotton (@TomCottonAR) <a href="https://twitter.com/TomCottonAR/status/1333220169657802754?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 30, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Biden’s pick for national security adviser, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/bidens-pick-to-be-national-security-adviser-said-u-s-should-encourage-chinas-rise">Jake Sullivan</a>, advocated for an approach toward Chinese relations that would encourage “China’s rise” during a 2017 lecture on behalf of the Lowy Institute. Sullivan advised Biden when he served as vice president and Hillary Clinton when she served as secretary of state.
“We need to strike a middle course – one that encourages China’s rise in a manner consistent with an open, fair, rules-based, regional order,” Sullivan said. “This will require care and prudence and strategic foresight, and maybe even more basically it will require sustained attention. It may not have escaped your notice that these are not in ample supply in Washington right now.”
Biden’s pick to lead the Department of Homeland Security, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/tom-cotton-bidens-pick-for-homeland-security-is-disqualified-for-selling-citizenship-to-chinese-nationals">Alejandro Mayorkas</a>, was found by the department inspector general to have sold EB-5 visas, reserved for foreigners who invest significant sums into growing U.S. businesses, to Chinese nationals with connections to wealthy Democratic donors. Mayorkas denied the report&#8217;s findings, but Cotton said that the inspector general report should disqualify Mayorkas from the cabinet slot.
“Alejandro Mayorkas was found by Barack Obama’s Inspector General to be guilty of selling Green Cards to Chinese nationals on behalf of rich, democratic donors. He is disqualified from leading the Department of Homeland Security,” Cotton said on Twitter on Nov. 25.
Biden tapped <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-announces-pick-for-omb-gop-senator-zero-chance-of-being-confirmed">Neera Tanden</a> on Monday to head the White House Office of Management and Budget. Tanden is the president of The Center for American Progress and a close friend of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, and her nomination elicited sharp criticism from across the political aisle. As The Daily Wire reports:
<blockquote>Sen. John Cornyn, (R-TX) said Tanden “stands zero chance of being confirmed.”
<a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2020/11/30/politics-updates-biden-trump-transition/6461729002/">USA Today</a> noted that Tanden has issued 87,000 tweets since joining Twitter in March 2010. Garrett Ventry, who served as a communications aide to the committee chaired by Sen. Charles Grassley,(R-IA),  noted, “Watching @neeratanden delete all her negative tweets about Republican Senators is hilarious. Her nomination is already a funeral.”
Brianna Joy Gray, the former press secretary for Sen. Bernie Sanders’ 2020 presidential campaign, said Tanden was “a woman who is openly disdainful of Bernie Sanders and his coalition, but who is friendly with extreme bigots online.” She added, “Everything toxic about the corporate Democratic Party is embodied in Neera Tanden.”</blockquote>
Tanden also attacked Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) during Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation hearing.
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Tom Cotton

‘So Much For Unity’: Tom Cotton Rips Biden’s Picks To Staff Administration

Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) slammed Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden over a handful of picks to guide a potential Biden administration, saying the

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“Justice is the handmaiden of truth, and when truth dies, justice is buried with it.” —Ravi Zacharias
When journalist Abigail Shrier published a scholarly book examining the sudden explosion among young women of a formerly rare condition known as gender dysphoria, she knew her research would meet pushback. In fact, she welcomed it, because she believes that rigorous discussion is an essential part of the search for truth. What she did not expect was that, rather than address the merits of her argument, her opponents would seek to get her book pulled from shelves.
But that is exactly what happened.
A customer who disagrees with Shrier complained to Target — one of the stores carrying her book — and instead of upholding freedom of speech and encouraging the customer to write his or her own response to Shrier’s argument, <a href="https://thefederalist.com/2020/11/13/target-swiftly-bans-book-on-behalf-of-anonymous-twitter-user-crying-transphobia/" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://thefederalist.com/2020/11/13/target-swiftly-bans-book-on-behalf-of-anonymous-twitter-user-crying-transphobia/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1606854859405000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHBHXuowFsMVE9ZXju94scGTPQ3KA">Target buckled</a>, apologized, and yanked the book off its shelves.
There’s a name for that: censorship. And it is happening more and more in our country. Every time someone’s work or reputation is destroyed by so-called “cancel culture,” that is an example of censorship. Every time a celebrity is shouted down for sharing a less-than-trendy opinion, that is censorship. And every time a professor, scientist, journalist, or researcher faces pressure to suppress or distort their research to fit a certain narrative, that is censorship.
Gender ideologists who argue that gender is fluid and indefinable — like those who sought to punish Shrier — are particularly quick to cancel those who disagree with them. But Shrier is not the only professional whose work has been censored by adherents of gender ideology.
Dr. Nicholas Meriwether is a respected professor at Shawnee State University in Ohio. He works hard to create an atmosphere of true academic freedom in his classroom, one where all ideas are welcome and get the rigorous, civil discussion and debate they deserve.
Many of his students loved this atmosphere. One <a href="https://www.adflegal.org/blog/professor-was-forced-endorse-ideology-against-his-beliefs-so-he-sued" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.adflegal.org/blog/professor-was-forced-endorse-ideology-against-his-beliefs-so-he-sued&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1606854859405000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGRtek1dyJ24YfLo96ZH5X9DwHmbA">wrote</a> to Dr. Meriwether:
<blockquote>You and I saw eye-to-eye on very little and that made those arguments all the more valuable to me. If you had only made a half-hearted attempt at a counterpoint or (far worse) neglected to even mention an opposing position in order to spare my feelings, you would have been fundamentally undermining my education. I thank you for showing me enough respect to bring your “A-Game” to every in-class debate.</blockquote>
Unfortunately, not everyone valued Dr. Meriwether’s thoughtful, balanced approach. One student, a male who identified as a woman, demanded to be addressed by Dr. Meriwether as a woman. When Dr. Meriwether did not immediately agree to this demand, the student became aggressive, circling the professor, shouting expletives in his face, and threatening to get him fired. The student then complained to the university.
Even though Dr. Meriwether offered a compromise that would have respected everybody (he agreed to call the student only by name, and refrain from using any pronouns to refer to the student), the school punished him. School administrators claimed that Dr. Meriwether “created a hostile environment,” and that he discriminated against the student, not for anything he said or did, but simply for declining to use female pronouns to refer to the male student. They issued a letter of reprimand threatening “further corrective actions” if he did not acquiesce to all student demands about pronouns.
In other words, the university told a well-respected professor that unless he endorsed its gender ideology in his classroom (contrary to his belief that sex is biological and binary), he would face “corrective action.”
Other professors face even harsher repercussions. For nearly 15 years, Dr. Allan Josephson served as the chief of the Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychology at the University of Louisville. His careful research and hard work made the program nationally renowned. But when this psychiatrist and researcher, speaking from 55 years of experience, made <a href="https://www.adflegal.org/blog/university-effectively-fired-professor-after-he-spoke-conservative-think-tank" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.adflegal.org/blog/university-effectively-fired-professor-after-he-spoke-conservative-think-tank&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1606854859405000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEJZyqRwLTBCmc7WMAAT0hFuh30TQ">a well-researched, well-founded statement</a> at a Heritage Foundation panel on the proper treatment of childhood gender dysphoria, his whole career went up in smoke.
Dr. Josephson said that, rather than rushing children into irreversible and damaging medical procedures like hormone blockers and “sex-change surgeries,” doctors should work to understand the underlying psychological issues that often accompany gender dysphoria. This statement would have been noncontroversial just a few years before and is backed by reliable research; <a href="https://www.thepublicdiscourse.com/2018/02/21092/" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.thepublicdiscourse.com/2018/02/21092/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1606854859405000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFH-iF38u0Atv-yZJmFWjV09m0tOw">many</a> researchers have pointed out that between 80 and 95 percent of children with gender dysphoria eventually come to accept their biological sex. But that didn’t stop the University of Louisville from demoting Dr. Josephson to the level of junior faculty member and later refusing to renew his contract.
This kind of censorship hurts everyone, from the scientists who seek knowledge through research, to the journalists who report on that research, to parents with children suffering from gender dysphoria. Professionals must be able to pursue truth to help people suffering from gender dysphoria, but the dangerous culture of censorship prevents this.
The problem is widespread and widely recognized. In an article in Clinical Psychiatry News, two psychiatrists write about the threat that gender ideology-based censorship poses to the whole practice of psychiatry. They criticize Dr. Josephson’s censors, saying, “If psychiatry chooses to produce or dismiss psychiatric diagnoses based on the inherent political inconvenience of said diagnoses, rather than their scientific and medical basis, the entire field will rightly be called into question.”
Fortunately, not all attempts to censor scientifically based opinions about gender dysphoria are successful. After Target yanked Shrier’s book, they received enough complaints that just <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/target-reverses-course-will-sell-book-critical-of-transgender-movement" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.dailywire.com/news/target-reverses-course-will-sell-book-critical-of-transgender-movement&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1606854859405000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEkUc7Bk3f03igCVY-AQzNeUcUufw">one day later</a> they returned the book to shelves. And Drs. Meriwether and Josephson are fighting the censorship of their universities. With the help of Alliance Defending Freedom, these professors are <a href="https://adflegal.org/case/meriwether-v-trustees-shawnee-state-university" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://adflegal.org/case/meriwether-v-trustees-shawnee-state-university&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1606854859405000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFa-vhn_EzF2svgAXAV0sPbxSDqkA">standing</a> <a href="https://adflegal.org/case/josephson-v-bendapudi" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://adflegal.org/case/josephson-v-bendapudi&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1606854859405000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFwnABj6yWHSDHHs1MciMiDm90cLw">up</a> for their right—and everybody else’s right—to hold differing opinions, to research and test those opinions, and to share them with others.
Censorship is a loss for everybody: scientists, psychiatrists, philosophers, medical doctors, and researchers. Parents and children. Teachers and administrators. Society as a whole loses when censors are able to silence certain opinions, because this censorship keeps us from having robust discussions about vital issues. It keeps us from being able to make wise, informed decisions about our bodies and our minds. And, worst, it keeps us from participating in the crucial human quest for truth.
Tyson Langhofer is senior counsel at <a href="http://www.adflegal.org/" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.adflegal.org&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1606854859405000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHdFILsXgrEXGux2nDCsolWX0VJGg">Alliance Defending Freedom</a> (<a href="https://twitter.com/AllianceDefends" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://twitter.com/AllianceDefends&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1606854859405000&amp;usg=AFQjCNG1p0olQyii96kKeJU_oyHJG6NPjQ">@Alliance Defends</a>) and the director of its Center for Academic Freedom.
The views expressed in this opinion piece are the author’s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.
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The Death Of Truth

Cancel culture

LGBTQ

Transgender

“Justice is the handmaiden of truth, and when truth dies, justice is buried with it.” —Ravi Zacharias When journalist Abigail Shrier published a scholarly

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The star-studded Hollywood charity &#8220;Time&#8217;s Up,&#8221; founded after dozens of women came forward to speak up about sexual harassment, sexual abuse, and even sexual assault in the entertainment and media industries, raised more than $3 million last year, <a href="https://nypost.com/2020/11/28/star-studded-times-up-charities-spent-big-on-salaries-not-victims/">the New York Post reports</a>, but spent most of that on salaries, not helping victims.
&#8220;Time&#8217;s Up&#8221; has plenty of A-list backers, ranging from media mogul Oprah Winfrey to Hollywood social justice elites like Brie Larsen, Reese Witherspoon, and Amy Schumer and, at one time, stood on the front lines of the battle to expose exploitative behavior in the entertainment industry, backing many of the women who came forward with claims against Harvey Weinstein and others.
A few years on, though, the New York Post says, the organization is spending more on posh conferences and salaries than it is on victims&#8217; causes.
&#8220;The organization, which is comprised of the Time’s Up Foundation and Time’s Up Now Inc., raised $3,670,219 in 2018, its founding year, but spent $1,407,032 on salaries and only $312,001 on the Time’s Up Legal Defense Fund for people who have experienced sexual harassment,&#8221; the outlet reported Monday.
Altogether, Time&#8217;s Up spent nearly 40% of its income on salaries.
An additional $150,000 went to conferences and retreats designed, the Post notes, &#8220;to build community and spark critical conversations about gender equity,” even though the organization&#8217;s stated mission, at least originally,  was to root out harassment in Hollywood, not necessarily to promote worker&#8217;s rights.
Now, the organization&#8217;s website says its mission is to pursue “safe, fair and dignified work for women of all kinds. We work to make sure that women are free from harassment and other forms of discrimination on the job, have equal opportunity for economic security, and can achieve the highest positions of power wherever they work.”
The group did splash out hundreds of thousands on &#8220;legal&#8221; expenses, but the Post seems to suggest that money went to high-profile lobbying firms, not defending the victims of high-profile Hollywood aggressors.
Time&#8217;s Up has seen its share of controversy since launching in 2018, beyond its expenditures. In early 2019, former CEO Lisa Border stepped down amid claims that her son had groped a California woman, <a href="https://nypost.com/2019/02/22/times-up-chief-steps-down-over-sexual-misconduct-claims-against-son/">according to the New York Post</a>. And despite their pledge to assist the alleged victims of all high-profile aggressors, Time&#8217;s Up adamantly <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/times-up-declined-to-assist-biden-accuser-tara-reade-ceo-praised-biden-instead">refused to aid Tara Reade</a>, a former aide to then-Senator Joe Biden who came forward, in the summer of 2020, to accuse the then-Democratic presidential nominee of sexual assault.
The founder of the #MeToo movement, which gave birth to Time&#8217;s Up, even <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/metoo-movement-founder-on-biden-sex-assault-allegations-he-can-be-accountable-and-electable">sided with Joe Biden at the time</a>, claiming that Biden was still fit to be president despite Reade&#8217;s allegations of misconduct.
“My stance has never wavered: survivors have a right to speak their truth and to be given the space to heal,” Tarana Burke wrote. Biden, she said, however, &#8220;could demonstrate what it looks like to be both accountable and electable.”
Biden did not allow access to private documents, though, that could have shed light on Reade&#8217;s claim that she notified human resources of problematic behavior in Biden&#8217;s office at the time. Instead, Biden offered a qualified apology while denying Reade&#8217;s claims.
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Report: Hollywood Anti-Harassment Charity Time’s Up Spent Big On Salaries, Little On Victims

Hollywood

Sexual Assault

Sexual Harassment

The star-studded Hollywood charity &quot;Time&#039;s Up,&quot; founded after dozens of women came forward to speak up about sexual harassment, sexual abuse, and even

Report: Hollywood Anti-Harassment Charity Time&#039;s Up Spent Big On Salaries, Little On Victims

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The COVID-19 lockdowns have crippled the restaurant industry to such a degree that Waffle House CEO Walt Ehmer is sounding the alarm.
Speaking with Stuart Varney on <a href="https://www.foxbusiness.com/lifestyle/waffle-house-ceo-slams-coronavirus-lockdowns-restaurant-industry">Fox Business</a>, Ehmer lamented that the lockdowns are taking away people&#8217;s livelihoods, threatening to create a dark Christmas.
“Our people have been decimated by these <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/here-are-your-state-by-state-restrictions" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">restrictions</a>,” Ehmer said. “And when you look at the states where people are not allowed to work, we’re taking away people’s livelihood, we’re taking away their hope for a future, especially this time of the year, people can’t consider buying their kids Christmas presents.”
“It’s devastating to the people and the people can’t wait until spring,” he added.
As Thanksgiving approached, state and local governments throughout the country began issuing new lockdown restrictions, specifically targetting the restaurant industry through bans on indoor dining.
“Our folks, other people in the restaurant industry and other industries, they just want to work,” Ehmer said. “They want to work safely.”
“We’ve proven we can work safely and we want government leaders to pay attention to the fact that not every one of these situations is the same and a one-size-fits-all solution doesn’t work,” he added.
Ehmer argued that his restaurants have been particularly sensitive to COVID concerns by not being open 24 hours a day and voluntarily shutting down &#8220;dining rooms at night because we recognize in some circumstances the alcohol does play a role in terms of people socializing a little too much and crowds gathering.”
Prior to Thanksgiving, Los Angeles County announced that it would be shutting down all in-person dining at restaurants, bars, breweries, and wineries for at least another three weeks.
“The county had previously warned that if the five-day average number of cases reached 4,000 or more, or if hospitalizations surpassed 1,750 per day, all outdoor and indoor dining would be prohibited,” <a href="https://laist.com/2020/11/23/coronavirus-restaurant-service-ban-supervisor-kathryn-barger.php?fbclid=IwAR237eqQ6LITXVOBNPinOJ7m4_E77046w9-VzZsJkUtClhdyd6THZ2Dfv7k">reported </a>LAist
Karen Ross, co-owner of The Tallyrand in Burbank, said the three-week ban (which may indeed last longer) will devastate her business.
“It’s debilitating to us. Our hours will be reduced. We will offer only takeout, which will take us from doing about 65% of our usual pre-COVID sales back to 30%. It’s awful, any way you look at it,” Ross said.
“I am just completely exasperated by it because I really don’t believe, as do many other restaurant owners that I’ve talked to, that outdoor dining… we’re the source of that. It’s debilitating. I’ve got a crew of probably 24 people that I’ve got to let go or they’d have to take a furlough… I hope it’s only three weeks,” she added.
In March, the National Restaurant Association <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/national-restaurant-association-11-of-restaurants-could-be-lost-in-pandemic">predicted that 11%</a> of restaurants could be closing permanently. Hudson Riehle, the Association’s senior vice president of research, said the data shows the industry is in “uncharted territory.”
“Association research found that 54% of operators made the switch to all off-premises services; 44% have had to temporarily close down. This is uncharted territory,” said Riehle. “The industry has never experienced anything like this before.”
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