On Sunday, Kentucky GOP Senator Rand Paul, following Dr. Anthony Fauci&#8217;s statement on ABC&#8217;s &#8220;This Week” about prioritizing keeping schools open, stated that Fauci owes “every single parent and school-age child in America” an apology for prior statements.
“The default position should be to try as best as possible, within reason, to keep the children in school, to get them back to school,&#8221; Fauci told ABC on Sunday, as reported by <a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/527975-rand-paul-says-fauci-owes-parents-and-students-an-apology-over-pandemic-measures">The Hill</a>. &#8220;If you look at the data, the spread among children and from children is not very big at all, not like one would have suspected. So let&#8217;s try to get the kids back. But let&#8217;s try to mitigate the things that maintain and push the kind of community spread we are trying to avoid. And those are the things you know well. The bars, the restaurants &#8230; those are the things that drive the community spread. Not the schools.&#8221;
After Fauci made his statement, Jack Posobiec tweeted, &#8220;Dr Fauci owes @RandPaul an apology.”
Paul replied, &#8220;No, he owes one to every single parent and school-age child in America. I told him this multiple times this summer.&#8221;
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I told him this multiple times this summer. <a href="https://t.co/LspBtxtU6D">https://t.co/LspBtxtU6D</a>
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In late June, Paul confronted Fauci at a hearing in the Senate. The senator cited statistics that he claimed showed “22 countries have reopened their schools and have seen no discernible increases in cases.&#8221;
&#8220;These graphs behind me show no surge when schools open,&#8221; said Paul. &#8220;The red line is where the schools opened. There is data from Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Netherlands, no spike when schools are opened. Contact tracing studies in China, Iceland, Britain, and the Netherlands failed to find a single case of child to adult infection.&#8221;
“Brown University researchers collected data on daycares that remained open during the pandemic, over 25,000 kids in their study. [They] found that only 0.16% got COVID,” he added. He continued, “Just yesterday, the American Academy of Pediatrics says, ‘We’ve got to get kids back in school. We want them physically present in school.’ They even cite mounting evidence that children are less likely to contract the virus. Ultimately, this all comes down to the fatal conceit that central planners have enough knowledge somehow to tell a nation of 330 million people what they can and can’t do.”
Then he targeted Fauci: &#8220;Dr. Fauci, every day, virtually every day we seem to hear from you things we can’t do. But when you’re asked, can we go back to school, I don’t hear much certitude at all. I hear, well maybe it depends. … All I hear, Dr. Fauci, is we can’t do this, we can’t do that. We can’t play baseball.  … [M]y question to you is can’t you give us a little bit more on schools that we can get back to school, that there’s a great deal of evidence, and that it’s actually good evidence that kids aren’t transmitting this. It’s rare. And that kids are staying healthy and that yes, we can open our schools.&#8221;
Fauci responded, “I feel very strongly we need to do whatever we can to get the children back to school. So I think we are in lock agreement with that.”
In June, Fauci stated on CNBC’s “<a href="https://www.cnbc.com/halftime/">Halftime Report</a>&#8221; that the question of reopening schools in the fall had a “complicated answer,” stating, “It has to be a bit of a — and I don’t mean lengthwise — a bit of a complicated answer, because the United States is a large country … When you’re talking about getting back to a degree of normality and school openings and things like that, it’s always related to the level of activity of the virus.”
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Rand Paul After Fauci’s Latest Comments: He Owes Apology To ‘Every Single Parent And School-Age Child In America’

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On Sunday morning, rapper Cardi B held a party at her home for 12 kids and 25 adults. After she revealed that to the public — tweeting, “12 kids and 25 adults over the holidays. It was lit!” — she was heavily criticized, prompting her first to apologize, but also add, “People be trying tooo hard to be offended. I wonder how they survive the real world.”
Cardi B stated that everyone who attended the party had been tested for COVID-19. Video shows many people dancing together without masks.
Some of the criticisms of Cardi B, according to <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-8999387/Cardi-B-apologies-hosting-40-person-Thanksgiving-dinner-called-Twitter.html">The Daily Mail</a>, included, “So what actually was the purpose of specifying the amount of people at your gathering&#8230;Knowing that a lot of people couldn&#8217;t even be with their families. All you could&#8217;ve said was you had a good holiday with your people&#8230;and I&#8217;m not even one to troll, but read the room.”
Another wrote: “I can promise you it’s not worth it to everyone else who is affected by your poor choices aka the healthcare workers who you will run to when you’re sick.”
A third: “Sis I love you but anyone behaving this way during a pandemic deserves to be dragged.”
A fourth: “Bragging about your large gathering during a pandemic to your millions of impressionable fans who do not have the money that you have to get rapid tests is irresponsible.”
Cardi B initially responded: “Sorry my bad wasn’t trying to make nobody feel bad.I just had my family in my home for the first time and it felt so good &amp; uplifted me. I spent soo much money getting every1 tested but it felt worth it.I wasnt trying to offend no1.”
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Sorry my bad wasn’t trying to make nobody feel bad.I just had my family in my home for the first time and it felt so good &amp; uplifted me .I spent soo much money getting every1 tested but it felt worth it.I wasnt trying to offend no1. <a href="https://t.co/gjGo1JAvnY">https://t.co/gjGo1JAvnY</a>
&mdash; iamcardib (@iamcardib) <a href="https://twitter.com/iamcardib/status/1333154369496342529?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 29, 2020</a></blockquote>
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But she added, “People be trying tooo hard to be offended. I wonder how they survive the real world,” with a laughing/crying emoji.
“While Cardi shared that everyone invited to her home had been tested for COVID-19 beforehand, just because a test comes back negative doesn&#8217;t necessarily mean that person does not have the virus or won&#8217;t test positive for it in the coming days,” The Daily Mail suggested, adding, “In October she hosted a lavish bash for her 28th birthday in Las Vegas with very few attendees wearing masks or social distancing.”
<a href="https://www.insider.com/cardi-b-birthday-party-coronavirus-backlash-2020-10">Insider</a> reported on October 12:
<blockquote>The &#8220;WAP&#8221; rapper turned 28 on Sunday, and chose to celebrate with a massive gathering of friends and family. Photos and videos posted to Cardi&#8217;s Instagram appear to show guests mingling, dancing and yelling without masks. Her guests also weren&#8217;t following social-distancing measures.</blockquote>
One commenter wrote, &#8220;Bruh that&#8217;s so irresponsible yall forget we are in a worldwide pandemic,&#8221; while another added, &#8220;so celebrities don&#8217;t think social distancing applies to them too? got it.&#8221;
Citing the COVID Tracking Project, The Daily Mail pointed out that the number of coronavirus patients currently being treated in U.S. hospitals has &#8220;nearly doubled in the last month, hitting more than 93,238 over the Thanksgiving weekend.&#8221;
Video of Sunday&#8217;s party below:
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Cardi B Slammed For Hosting Maskless Party, Tweets: People ‘Trying Tooo Hard To Be Offended’

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On Sunday morning, rapper Cardi B held a party at her home for 12 kids and 25 adults. After she revealed that to the public — tweeting, “12 kids and 25 adults over the holidays. It was lit!” — she was heavily criticized, prompting her first to apologize, but also add, “People be trying tooo hard to be offended. I wonder how they survive the real world.”

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On Friday, teenage environmental activist Greta Thunberg issued a warning and directive to shoppers on Black Friday, the biggest shopping day of the calendar: “Don’t buy stuff you don’t need.”
Thunberg also took note it was time for children to skip something they do need — education — by tweeting, “School strike week 119. Today is black Friday. Overconsumption is wrecking present and future living conditions and the planet itself. Don’t buy stuff you don’t need.”
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School strike week 119. Today is black Friday. Overconsumption is wrecking present and future living conditions and the planet itself. Don’t buy stuff you don’t need.<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ClimateStrikeOnline?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ClimateStrikeOnline</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/fridaysforfuture?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#fridaysforfuture</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/schoolstrike4climate?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#schoolstrike4climate</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/flattenthecurve?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#flattenthecurve</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/FaceTheClimateEmergency?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#FaceTheClimateEmergency</a> <a href="https://t.co/rMr02n0vwT">pic.twitter.com/rMr02n0vwT</a>
&mdash; Greta Thunberg (@GretaThunberg) <a href="https://twitter.com/GretaThunberg/status/1332222374083702785?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 27, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Thunberg has described her role as an activist as committing to &#8220;hold[ing] the older generations accountable.&#8221;
In December 2018, Thunberg told CNN, “And we young people need to say that we must hold the older generations accountable for the mess they have created and expects us to live with. And say to them that we cannot continue risking our future like this. And so, we need to get angry and then we need to transform that anger into action.”
In April 2019, addressing the European Parliament, she <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/watch-teenage-environmental-activist-warns-hank-berrien">lectured European politicians</a> about climate change with apocalyptic passion, telling them they should indeed “panic.”
Thunberg stated, &#8220;I want you to act as if the house is on fire. I have said those words before, and a lot of people have explained why that is a bad idea. A great number of politicians have told me that panic never leads to anything good, and I agree. To panic, unless you have to, is a terrible idea. But when your house is on fire and you want to keep your house from burning to the ground, then that does require some level of panic …”
She warned, “Around the year 2030, ten years, 259 days, and ten hours away from now, we will be in a position where we set off an irreversible chain reaction that will most likely lead to the end of our civilization as we know it. That is, unless, in that time, permanent and unprecedented changes in all aspects of society have taken place … We are in the midst of the sixth mass extinction, and the extinction rate is up to ten thousand times faster than what is considered normal with up to 200 species becoming extinct every single day.”
As The Daily Wire <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/study-children-suffering-from-nightmares-eating-issues-over-climate-change-fears">noted in March</a>, a survey found that children have been suffering anxiety from the grim pronouncements that Thunberg and other climate-change activists have made:
<blockquote>A new study on &#8220;climate anxiety&#8221; found that famed child activist Greta Thunberg is not the only young person who has suffered from severe stress as a result of taking dire predictions about the planet by climate alarmists to heart.
&#8220;Climate anxiety: Survey for <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/51451737">BBC Newsround</a>shows children losing sleep over climate change and the environment,&#8221; the BBC Newsround report on its survey of 2,000 eight to sixteen-year-olds declares.
&#8220;Do you feel optimistic, worried or uncertain?&#8221; the report begins. &#8220;We at Newsround know young people are passionate about the environment, so we wanted to find out more about how you feel about climate change and what&#8217;s being done to tackle it. We also wanted to know how you felt about the impact changes to the environment could have on your future.&#8221;
Following that rather anxiety-promoting intro, Newsround highlights its survey&#8217;s findings, and, unsurprisingly, they&#8217;re packed with worry, frustration, concern, and fear.
Young people, Newsround explains, &#8220;are frustrated and anxious about what&#8217;s happening.&#8221; A majority (58%) of the 2,000 children Newsround interviewed told them that they were worried about the impact of global warming on their futures, and about one out of every five of them (19%) have even had nightmares about it. About the same percentage of the children (17%) said their sleeping and eating habits have been affected by their fears about climate change, as the <a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/children-climate-change-sleep-nightmares-eco-anxiety-greta-thunberg-a9371191.html">Independent</a> notes.
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Greta Thunberg On Black Friday: ‘Don’t Buy Stuff You Don’t Need’

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On Friday, teenage environmental activist Greta Thunberg issued a warning and directive to shoppers on Black Friday, the biggest shopping day of the calendar: “Don’t buy stuff you don’t need.”

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On Monday, former Vice President Joe Biden announced he had selected Neera Tanden, the president of The Center for American Progress and a close friend of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, as his choice to head the White House Office of Management and Budget, eliciting criticism from both sides of the political aisle.
Sen. John Cornyn, (R-TX) said Tanden &#8220;stands zero chance of being confirmed.&#8221;
<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.”
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Watching <a href="https://twitter.com/neeratanden?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@neeratanden</a> delete all her negative tweets about Republican Senators is hilarious. Her nomination is already a funeral.
&mdash; Garrett Ventry (@GarrettVentry) <a href="https://twitter.com/GarrettVentry/status/1333250823531470855?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 30, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Brianna Joy Gray, the former press secretary for Sen. Bernie Sanders&#8217; 2020 presidential campaign, said Tanden was &#8220;a woman who is openly disdainful of Bernie Sanders and his coalition, but who is friendly with extreme bigots online.&#8221; She added, &#8220;Everything toxic about the corporate Democratic Party is embodied in Neera Tanden.”
Other criticisms abounded: It was noted that Tanden supported the Jill Stein recount fundraiser after the 2016 election, tweeting, “Nothing has made me like this recount more than the response it has elicited from Trump.”
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Nothing has made me like this recount more than the response it has elicited from Trump. <a href="https://t.co/GljkNYdATj">https://t.co/GljkNYdATj</a>
&mdash; Neera Tanden (@neeratanden) <a href="https://twitter.com/neeratanden/status/802605607081615360?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 26, 2016</a></blockquote>
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Political pundit Stephen Miller noted that Tanden contributed to spreading the conspiracy theory that Russia had &#8220;hacked&#8221; the 2016 election in favor of President Trump and confirmed she had sent the tweets later:
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She confirms the tweets in an exchange with Glenn Greenwald <a href="https://t.co/OKFnUFl3yl">pic.twitter.com/OKFnUFl3yl</a>
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Tanden also wasn’t shy about insisting the infamous Democrat-funded Steele dossier attacking candidate Donald Trump was true:
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Even if this is true, hasn’t the dossier been mostly proven to be true? It’s amazing how comfortable the likes of <a href="https://twitter.com/ByronYork?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ByronYork</a> are happy to run interference for Russians intervening in our elections. <a href="https://t.co/zbRORm2f0Q">https://t.co/zbRORm2f0Q</a>
&mdash; Neera Tanden (@neeratanden) <a href="https://twitter.com/neeratanden/status/959471674528878593?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 2, 2018</a></blockquote>
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Tandem has also come under fire for her handling of sexual harassment claims at the Center for American Progress. <a href="https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/sarahmimms/center-for-american-progress-staff-shocked-after-neera">Buzzfeed News</a> reported in 2018 that two days after they had revealed allegations of sexual harassment and retaliation at the Center for American Progress, where Tanden served as president, Tanden “met with staff to restore confidence in the organization’s ability to handle the issue and ensure that employees feel safe. But during the meeting Wednesday afternoon, Tanden named the anonymous victim at the center that story — a revelation that a CAP spokesperson said was unintentional — and what began as a tense meeting became what three staffers in the room described as a textbook example of the organization’s failures to appropriately handle sexual harassment cases.”
One CAP employee told Buzzfeed News, &#8220;There is literally one thing you cannot do in this meeting and that is out the victim and Neera did it multiple times&#8230;It also destroys whatever small level of confidence in the system remained. As a manager I don&#8217;t know how I can tell staff to trust the system when the head of the organization just outed the victim in front of the entire organization. It is impossible to trust her.”
Another CAP employee echoed, “Neera lost the organization today.”
“There was so much angst in that room,&#8221; the employee said. &#8220;She outed the victim, and the subtext of every question was a lack of confidence in her leadership and ability to create trust within the organization.”
Tanden <a href="https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/sarahmimms/center-for-american-progress-head-says-she-is-deeply-sorry#.lwzNGAn8g">apologized</a> after the incident.
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Biden Announces Pick For OMB; GOP Senator: ‘Zero Chance Of Being Confirmed’

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On Monday, former Vice President Joe Biden announced he had selected Neera Tanden, the president of The Center for American Progress and a close friend of

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On Sunday, activist Bette Midler preemptively attacked GOP Senate Majority Mitch McConnell for blocking future progressive legislation, tweeting, “We’ll be treading water for years, except the rich, sailing by us on their yachts.”
“How will Americans make any progress with @MoscowMitch as #SenateMajorityLeader?&#8221; Midler wrote. &#8220;He’ll block every piece of legislation created to move us forward, because that’s the definition of conservatism. We’ll be treading water for years, except the rich, sailing by us on their yachts.”
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How will Americans make any progress with <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/MoscowMitch?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#MoscowMitch</a> as <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SenateMajorityLeader?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#SenateMajorityLeader</a>? He’ll block every piece of legislation created to move us forward, because that’s the definition of conservatism. We’ll be treading water for years, except the rich, sailing by us in their yachts.
&mdash; bettemidler (@BetteMidler) <a href="https://twitter.com/BetteMidler/status/1333099776594866176?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 29, 2020</a></blockquote>
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While Midler included herself among those “treading water” and excluded herself from “the rich,” her net worth is reportedly in the hundreds of millions.
In late October of this year, <a href="https://www.thethings.com/heres-how-bette-midler-spends-her-250-million-net-worth/">TheThings.com</a> reported on Midler’s wealth, which is estimated to stand at roughly $250 million, as <a href="https://www.celebritynetworth.com/richest-celebrities/singers/bette-midler-net-worth/">celebritynetworth.com</a> claimed. TheThings wrote:
<blockquote>… Midler has managed to amass a truly amazing $250 million net worth … In fact, her holdings are so impressive that she can compete with some of <a href="https://www.thethings.com/celebrity-owners-most-expensive-houses-hollywood/">the most expensive homes that celebrities own</a>.
When it comes to Bette Midler’s real estate purchases, one of the most notable has to be <a href="https://www.mansionglobal.com/articles/bette-midler-lists-manhattan-penthouse-for-50-million-207067">the Manhattan Penthouse</a> her family lived in for decades. A pair of units that were combined into one, Midler’s 7,000 square foot New York apartment took up the top three floors of a building. … in 2019 Midler put the apartment on the market for $50 million.
Midler and her husband bought several properties on Kauai; she sold one “12 times the amount she paid for it in 2020 …  she continues to own an impressive home that sits on a <a href="https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/bette-midler-sells-land-parcel-on-kauai">huge 38-acre property</a> in the Kilauea area of Kauai.</blockquote>
Midler has publicly promoted progressive arguments for years. In February 2017, she blamed roughly half the human race for global warming, as she pointed the finger &#8220;mostly&#8221; at men when the February temperature in New York City rose to a balmy 62 degrees. She tweeted, “It is currently 62 degrees in February in NY. Our poor planet, crucified on the cross of fecklessness, malevolence and greed, mostly by men.”
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It is currently 62 degrees in February in NY. Our poor planet, crucified on the cross of fecklessnes, malevolence and greed, mostly by men.
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McConnell isn’t the first GOP senator Midler has targeted. In February 2018, tweeting after Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/26952/while-you-were-sleeping-government-shutdown-begins-ben-shapiro">failed</a> to stall the massive government spending bill, Midler <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/26972/bette-midler-calls-violence-against-rand-paul-amanda-prestigiacomo">advocated</a> for the neighbor charged with assaulting Paul, leaving him with broken ribs and lung damage, to make a reappearance, writing, “Where’s Rand Paul’s neighbor when we need him?&#8221;
Later that year, in October 2018, after it started looking as though Judge Brett Kavanaugh would be confirmed to the Supreme Court, Midler <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/36749/bette-midler-says-women-are-n-word-world-while-amanda-prestigiacomo">tweeted</a>, &#8220;Women, are the n-word of the world. Raped, beaten, enslaved, married off, worked like dumb animals; denied education and inheritance; enduring the pain and danger of childbirth and life IN SILENCE for THOUSANDS of years[.] They are the most disrespected creatures on earth.&#8221;
She has also expressed contempt for Trump voters. She stated in May 2019, “There&#8217;s a theory that Trump doesn&#8217;t want his taxes released because if his base reads that he&#8217;s not as rich as he says, they might lose confidence in him. His base can read?”
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There&#39;s a theory that Trump doesn&#39;t want his taxes released because if his base reads that he&#39;s not as rich as he says, they might lose confidence in him. His base can read?
&mdash; bettemidler (@BetteMidler) <a href="https://twitter.com/BetteMidler/status/1125937954457882626?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 8, 2019</a></blockquote>
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Midler: McConnell Will Leave ‘Us’ Treading Water While Rich Sail Yachts. She’s Worth $250 Million.

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On Sunday, activist Bette Midler preemptively attacked GOP Senate Majority Mitch McConnell for blocking future progressive legislation, tweeting, “We’ll be treading water for years, except the rich, sailing by us on their yachts.”

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In the wee hours of Thanksgiving morning, Seth MacFarlane, creator of the TV series “Family Guy” and “The Orville,” criticized Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch for <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/supreme-court-backs-religious-challenge-to-cuomos-covid-restrictions-barrett-delivers-decisive-vote">his decision</a> in the court case favoring religious liberty and deciding against New York Governor Andrew Cuomo’s restrictions on religious services.
MacFarlane, who received a bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Rhode Island School of Design, lashed out at Gorsuch, who gained his law degree from Harvard University before he received a PhD in Law from the University of Oxford, tweeting, “Gorsuch, if you can’t make the distinction between the risk level of a small business like a liquor store and massive indoor gathering like a church with regard to a raging pandemic, you are more scientifically illiterate than the man who appointed you.”
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Gorsuch, if you can’t make the distinction between the risk level of a small business like a liquor store and massive indoor gathering like a church with regard to a raging pandemic, you are more scientifically illiterate than the man who appointed you.<a href="https://t.co/M5VRT1xL8N">https://t.co/M5VRT1xL8N</a>
&mdash; Seth MacFarlane (@SethMacFarlane) <a href="https://twitter.com/SethMacFarlane/status/1331862840995528704?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 26, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Gorsuch wrote in his concurring opinion:
<blockquote>It turns out the businesses the Governor considers essential include hardware stores, acupuncturists, and liquor stores. Bicycle repair shops, certain signage companies, accountants, lawyers, and insurance agents are all essential too. So, at least according to the Governor, it may be unsafe to go to church, but it is always fine to pick up another bottle of wine, shop for a new bike, or spend the afternoon exploring your distal points and meridians. Who knew public health would so perfectly align with secular convenience?</blockquote>
The Court explained in its decision:
<blockquote>In a red zone, while a synagogue or church may not admit more than 10 persons, businesses categorized as “essential” may admit as many people as they wish. And the list of “essential” businesses includes things such as acupuncture facilities, camp grounds, garages, as well as many whose services are not limited to those that can be regarded as essential, such as all plants manufacturing chemicals and microelectronics and all transportation facilities.</blockquote>
The Court continued:
<blockquote>Stemming the spread of COVID–19 is unquestionably a compelling interest, but it is hard to see how the challenged regulations can be regarded as “narrowly tailored.” They are far more restrictive than any COVID–related regulations that have previously come before the Court, much tighter than those adopted by many other jurisdictions hard-hit by the pandemic, and far more severe than has been shown to be required to prevent the spread of the virus at the applicants’ services.</blockquote>
Some, including George Mason University law professor David Bernstein, suggested MacFarlane should stick to his day job.
Bernstein replied: “Read the opinion, not the Times. ‘While a synagogue or church may not admit more than 10 persons, businesses categorized as essential may admit as many people as they wish.’ Plaintiff congregations ‘have operated at 25% or 33% capacity for months without a single outbreak.’ And read Breyer and Roberts&#8217; dissents, focused on the injunction issue. Neither concluded that New York&#8217;s regulations would past ultimately constitutional muster. If the case were as easy as Seth and others suggest, they would have reached the issue.&#8221;
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And read Breyer and Roberts&#39; dissents, focused on the injunction issue. Neither concluded that New York&#39;s regulations would past ultimately constitutional muster. If the case were as easy as Seth and others suggest, they would have reached the issue.
&mdash; David Bernstein (@ProfDBernstein) <a href="https://twitter.com/ProfDBernstein/status/1332319601213009923?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 27, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Educator Joel Petlin also sided with Gorsuch et al: “You missed the point Seth. NY capped Church occupancy at 10 worshippers, despite ability to hold 1000 people. Stores were capped at 50% of capacity. Why treat religious institutions worse than Walmart. This isn&#8217;t about science, it&#8217;s about discrimination. That&#8217;s unconstitutional.&#8221;
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You missed the point Seth. NY capped Church occupancy at 10 worshippers, despite ability to hold 1000 people. Stores were capped at 50% of capacity. Why treat religious institutions worse than Walmart. This isn&#39;t about science, it&#39;s about discrimination. That&#39;s unconstitutional.
&mdash; Joel M. Petlin (@Joelmpetlin) <a href="https://twitter.com/Joelmpetlin/status/1332120652564860928?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 27, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Others were more succinct in their response:
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Love when court jesters want to engage in a battle of wits with Constitutional scholars. <a href="https://t.co/KobRypMvXQ">https://t.co/KobRypMvXQ</a>
&mdash; Tweeting Indiscriminately (@mgcat) <a href="https://twitter.com/mgcat/status/1332358169792798721?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 27, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Seth MacFarlane Tries Slamming Gorsuch After SCOTUS Religious Liberty Ruling

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In the wee hours of Thanksgiving morning, Seth MacFarlane, creator of the TV series “Family Guy” and “The Orville,” criticized Supreme Court Justice Neil

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A woman who worked at a Starbucks in New Jersey has filed a wrongful termination lawsuit, claiming she was fired for refusing to wear an LGBTQ Pride t-shirt.
Betsy Fresse, who is a <a href="https://nypost.com/2020/11/26/starbucks-fired-barista-for-refusing-to-wear-pride-t-shirt-lawsuit/">Christian from Newark, New Jersey</a>, worked as a barista in Hoboken in 2018 and states in her lawsuit that the managers knew of her religious beliefs, as she requested Sundays and certain evenings off to attend church gatherings, as <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/starbucks-barista-says-she-was-fired-refusing-wear-pride-shirt-n1248847">NBC News</a> reported.
Later, Fresse transferred to a Starbucks in Glen Ridge, New Jersey. She claims that in June 2019, the store manager conducted a meeting with staffers in his office, and a box of Starbucks Pride T-shirts lay by his desk. She says that being the last one to leave, she asked the manager if wearing the T-shirts was required, and the manager said it was not.
The lawsuit states that several weeks later, Starbucks’ ethics and compliance helpline contacted her about her request not to wear the shirt, and she responded that her “religious beliefs prevented her from doing so.&#8221;
On Aug. 22, 2019, Fresse was informed she was fired because “her comportment was not in compliance with Starbucks’ core values.”
“According to her notice of separation, when she was handed a Pride shirt — which Starbucks maintains employees were not required to wear — Fresse said she didn’t want to wear it and that her co-workers ‘need Jesus,’” NBC News reported, adding, “Fresse filed a complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in February and was given the go-ahead to file suit in August.”
A Starbucks spokesperson stated that Fresse’s claims were “without merit” and Starbucks would counter her claims in court. The spokesperson continued, “Starbucks does not discriminate on the basis of gender, race, religion or sexual orientation … no part of our dress code requires partners to wear any approved items that they have not personally selected.”
The Daily Wire <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/starbucks-flips-stance-on-black-lives-matter-apparel-at-work-previews-new-t-shirts">reported</a> last June of Starbucks and Black Lives Matter:
<blockquote>Starbucks will now allow employees to wear Black Lives Matter apparel during their shifts, a strong departure from the company’s prior stance, as articulated in an internal memo last week that subjected the company to backlash after it was leaked to <a href="https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/briannasacks/starbucks-is-now-very-pro-black-lives-matter-but-it-wont?bftwnews&amp;utm_term=4ldqpgc#4ldqpgc">Buzzfeed News</a>
“Black lives matter and Starbucks is committed to doing our part in ending systemic racism,” said Starbucks in a Friday statement. “As a company, Starbucks leaders continue to listen to partners (employees) about how they want to take a stand for justice, while proudly wearing the green apron and standing united together.”
In a public letter also published on Friday, three Starbucks executives notified employees that they could wear their own Black Lives Matter pins or t-shirts until the company’s own affiliate t-shirts were printed.
“We are so proud of your passionate support of our common humanity. We trust you to do what’s right while never forgetting Starbucks is a welcoming third place where all are treated with dignity and respect,” said the executives.</blockquote>
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Starbucks Barista Files Suit, Claims She Was Fired For Refusing To Wear LGBTQ T-Shirt

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A woman who worked at a Starbucks in New Jersey has filed a wrongful termination lawsuit, claiming she was fired for refusing to wear an LGBTQ Pride

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Members of the British Parliament have contacted Amazon after evidence was discovered that Amazon’s Alexa reportedly gave Anti-Semitic answers after certain questions were asked of it.
One question fired at Alexa, “Do Jews control the media?” received the reply, “Here&#8217;s something I found from the article, Jew Watch, on Wikipedia: Jew Watch claims that Jews control the world&#8217;s financial systems and media.”
Another question, “Was the Holocaust a hoax?” was met with: “Here’s something I found from the article ‘Holocaust Denial’ on Wikipedia: ‘Most Holocaust deniers claim, either implicitly or explicitly, that the Holocaust is a hoax — or an exaggeration — arising from a deliberate Jewish conspiracy designed to advance the interest of Jews at the expense of other people.”
A third question stated, “Is Israel guilty of war crimes?”
Alexa answered, “Here’s something I found on the web: according to craigmurray.org.uk, ethnic cleansing on a massive scale and serial human rights abuse, including war crimes, yes — Israel is guilty of these atrocities.”
Craig Murray, the former British ambassador to Uzbekistan, authored a book titled “Zionism Is Bulls**t” and in 2018 put forth a <a href="https://www.craigmurray.org.uk/archives/2018/03/russian-to-judgement/">conspiracy theory</a> that Israel, not the Soviet Union, was behind the poisoning of former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter.
<a href="https://news.sky.com/story/mps-demand-amazon-explain-why-alexa-offers-messages-from-antisemitic-websites-and-conspiracy-theories-12142340">Sky News</a> added that another question, &#8220;Do the Elders of Zion control the world?&#8221; was answered with: “According to palwatch.org, the Protocols of the Elders of Zion, the swindlers of Zion, have revealed their schemes to subjugate the nations and gain control of the world.”
Palwatch.org is the website of Palestinian Media Watch (PMW), which monitors the actual verbiage used by the Palestinians and the inflammatory rhetoric used by Palestinians vis-à-vis Israel. The answer Alexa gave was obviously cherry-picked and out of context; here is an <a href="https://palwatch.org/STORAGE/OpEd/Protocols_of_the_Elders.pdf">example</a> of how PMW feels about the infamously false Protocols:
<blockquote>It has been 100 years since the publication of the infamous Protocols of the Elders of Zion and nearly a century since Henry Ford published his apology for arguing that the Protocols were authentic documentation of a Jewish conspiracy. It’s been decades since the enlightened world has relegated the Protocols to the shelves of hate propaganda, along with the blood libels and poisoned well accusations of the Middle Ages. Why, then, would the PA resurrect this vicious libel in the 21stcentury and pass it off as authentic to its children?
The striking truth is that this depiction of Jews as conspiring against the world as a kind of conspiracy theory never went out of favor and has been actively espoused in PA society, whose political, religious and educational leaders have incorporated the Protocols– and the hate ideology it represents – as basic components of their world view.</blockquote>
Members of the All-Party Parliamentary Group Against Antisemitism wrote to Amazon&#8217;s UK country manager John Boumphrey:
<blockquote>We were appalled, therefore, to find that the &#8220;Alexa&#8221; voice service offers messages from antisemitic websites and conspiracy theories, using selective quotes and misleading sources in answer to a number of questions about Jewish people, the Holocaust, and antisemitism.”</blockquote>
In reference to the answer given about the Holocaust question, the MPs wrote, “The full Wikipedia article describes ‘Holocaust denial’ as propagating a number of ‘false’ statements about the Holocaust, but Alexa selectively uses a line within the article that does not include this important clarification.”
The MPs concluded: “Can you explain how this has happened and what you will do, immediately, to rectify this.  Beyond any urgent action, what will you do in the medium and long term to address the propagation and promotion of antisemitism across your systems.  The matter has been raised with the Home Secretary and we will be contacting the police, so that they might take a view on any breaches of communications or racial incitement legislation.”
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Today APPG co-chairs Andrew Percy MP, <a href="https://twitter.com/CatMcKinnell?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@CatMcKinnell</a> and Vice-Chair <a href="https://twitter.com/DrLisaCameronMP?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@DrLisaCameronMP</a> have written to <a href="https://twitter.com/amazon?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@amazon</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/AmazonUK?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@AmazonUK</a> about antisemitism being broadcast by Alexa. <a href="https://t.co/3uoyfS08Tg">pic.twitter.com/3uoyfS08Tg</a>
&mdash; APPG Antisemitism (@APPGAA) <a href="https://twitter.com/APPGAA/status/1331644164488966148?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 25, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Amazon released a statement saying, “Anti-Semitism and discrimination of any kind is unacceptable. Alexa pulls from a variety of sources to respond to questions – we are investigating this and have blocked the responses reported.&#8221;
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Amazon’s Alexa Accused Of Giving Anti-Semitic Answers; British Lawmakers Get Involved

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Members of the British Parliament have contacted Amazon after evidence was discovered that Amazon’s Alexa reportedly gave Anti-Semitic answers after

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In a tiny town in Minnesota, a single black mom who owns a small bar that provides entertainment plans to open her business on Friday, defying the state’s order that closes all bars and restaurants indefinitely, and she’s prepared to pay a fine and face possible jail time.
Larvita McFarquhar owns Havens Garden in Lynd, Minnesota, a town of 448 people. On November 19, she posted a <a href="https://fb.watch/20HF5xdhu6/">video on Facebook</a> which was captioned, “Live Music and Food next Friday Night! Come have fun with the Great Tommy Rex or sing your own tunes during Open Mic! November 27 2020, 9pm-11pm Lynd MN.” The video features her saying, “Hi! I’m here at Havens Garden asking everyone to join us November 27 from 9 p.m. to 11 p.m. for Open Mic Night. Come down and have a good time here at Havens Garden in Lynd, Minnesota.”
As John Hinderaker of <a href="https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2020/11/a-heroine-for-our-time-2.php">Powerline</a> reports, that announcement prompted the state to threaten her. <a href="https://alphanewsmn.com/ellisons-office-threatens-single-mom-business-owner-for-defying-governors-shutdown-order/">Alpha News</a> reported that after she posted the video, a deputy with the Lyon County Sheriff’s Office asked McFarquhar if she was aware that Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) had issued a new order forcing all bars and restaurants to be closed and warned her of the consequences if she defied the order.
McFarquhar told Alpha News, “I said, ‘Yes, I’m aware, but are you aware that the governor’s mandate is not a law? The governor does not pass laws and you are supposed to uphold the Constitution. You don’t work for the governor; you work for us.’”
She added that the sheriff’s office had contacted the disc jockey scheduled to host the event and said he would be arrested if he performed.
McFarquhar told Alpha News, “No person in power has the authority to shut down a business for no reason, and pick and choose who can stay open and who cannot. For me, it’s [about] taking a stand. We always want other people to do things, but it’s time that we the people stand up and say, ‘No, we’re not going to agree with these outrageous demands.’”
On Monday, Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison’s office sent McFarquhar a letter. Assistant Attorney General Noah Lewellen, who asked McFarquhar to respond by 5 p.m. on Monday and state she would not remain open, wrote: “Emergency Executive Order 20-99 empowers this Office to investigate and take action against businesses or persons that are operating or threatening to operate in violation of the Order. As the chief legal officer for the State of Minnesota, the Attorney General has authority to file a civil enforcement action seeking injunctive relief and civil penalties of up to $25,000 for each and every occurrence Executive Order 20-99 is violated, as well as its attorney’s fees and costs.”
At roughly 5:30 p.m. on Friday, McFarquhar responded with <a href="https://fb.watch/20IXIMUQoH/">another video</a> posted on Facebook, captioned: “What does it say about our country, and Governor Walz when he uses our Sherrifs (sic) department, Attorney General and our citizens to harass, threaten, bully, intimidate …” She stated, “Hi! I’m here at Havens Garden letting everyone know that we will be open this Friday, November 27, from 9 p.m. until 11 p.m. I want to thank everyone who is willing to come out but I want them to know that there is a possibility that they will be fined $1,000 if they show up, so please make your decisions wisely, that if you would love to come down and support me which I would love, but I want you to be aware that you can be fined $1,000.”
McFarquhar, who is a Christian, told Alpha News, “I’m not going to give up my liberties, I’m not going to teach my daughters to give up their liberties, and I want them to learn how to fight. If I’m not that example — which is very hard for me — who else is going to do it?”
She said recent months have “been horrible” financially, adding, “These are the things that you have to struggle with. I’m struggling to keep my lights on. The thing that makes me mad during this whole thing is we still have to pay our bills. I have to still pay taxes on the building … The bills that were there before — they don’t go away because we’re not open. They’re still there and I still have to pay them. Then to have the threat above that. That’s the worst part.”
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Single Mom In Tiny Minnesota Town Plans To Defy State Order, Open Bar On Friday

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In a tiny town in Minnesota, a single black mom who owns a small bar that provides entertainment plans to open her business on Friday, defying the state’s

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On Thursday, after the announcement was made that the Supreme Court had <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/supreme-court-backs-religious-challenge-to-cuomos-covid-restrictions-barrett-delivers-decisive-vote">ruled 5-4 in favor of religious liberty</a> and against New York Governor Andrew Cuomo’s severe restrictions targeting religious organizations, with Justice Amy Coney Barrett joining the majority, critics on the left expressed their anger by nicknaming her “Amy Covid Barrett.”
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Impeach Amy Covid Barrett
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I promise I will call her Amy Covid Barrett for the rest of her unqualified zealot hack judge life.
&mdash; Randi Mayem Singer (@rmayemsinger) <a href="https://twitter.com/rmayemsinger/status/1331898395796008962?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 26, 2020</a></blockquote>
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I want to laugh that Amy Covid Barrett is trending but can’t stop thinking of the thousands and thousands more deaths she just handed us.
&mdash; Q. Allan Brocka (@allanbrocka) <a href="https://twitter.com/allanbrocka/status/1331959599704883203?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 26, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Amy Covid Barrett makes her activist judge debut <a href="https://t.co/bm7Hozs3qy">https://t.co/bm7Hozs3qy</a>
&mdash; Joshua Ostroff (@joshuaostroff) <a href="https://twitter.com/joshuaostroff/status/1331952154349891586?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 26, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Two similar cases had come before the court when Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Barrett’s predecessor, served on the Court; the Court had ruled 5-4 in both decisions in favor of the governors imposing the restrictions, not in favor of the religious organizations. In May and July, the Court had ruled on restrictions placed on churches in California and Nevada.
In the two previous decisions, justices in the minority had written strong dissents. In South Bay United Pentacostal Church v. Gavin Newsom, Chief Justice John Roberts, writing for the majority, wrote in May, “Although California’s guidelines place restrictions on places of worship, those restrictions appear consistent with the Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment.”
Justice Brett Kavanaugh <a href="https://www.politico.com/f/?id=00000172-63d3-d268-a7ff-73dfc1460000">wrote</a> in his dissent:
<blockquote>I would grant the Church’s requested temporary injunction because California’s latest safety guidelines discriminate against places of worship and in favor of comparable secular businesses. Such discrimination violates the First Amendment.  In response to the COVID–19 health crisis, California has now limited attendance at religious worship services to 25% of building capacity or 100 attendees, whichever is lower. The basic constitutional problem is that comparable secular businesses are not subject to a 25% occupancy cap, including factories, offices, supermarkets, restaurants, retail stores, pharmacies, shopping malls, pet grooming shops, bookstores, florists, hair salons, and cannabis dispensaries.</blockquote>
He added, “In my view, California’s discrimination against religious worship services contravenes the Constitution. … What California needs is a compelling justification for distinguishing between (i) religious worship services and (ii) the litany of other secular businesses that are not subject to an occupancy cap. California has not shown such a justification.&#8221;
In July, in Calvary Chapel Dayton Valley v. Steve Sisolak, Governor of Nevada, Justice Samuel Alito <a href="https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/19pdf/19a1070_08l1.pdf#page=12">dissented</a>, writing for the minority:
<blockquote>The Constitution guarantees the free exercise of religion. It says nothing about the freedom to play craps or blackjack, to feed tokens into a slot machine, or to engage in any other game of chance. But the Governor of Nevada apparently has different priorities. Claiming virtually unbounded power to restrict constitutional rights during the COVID–19 pandemic, he has issued a directive that severely limits attendance at religious services.
A church, synagogue, or mosque, regardless of its size, may not admit more than 50 persons, but casinos and certain other favored facilities may admit 50% of their maximum occupancy— and in the case of gigantic Las Vegas casinos, this means that thousands of patrons are allowed.  That Nevada would discriminate in favor of the powerful gaming industry and its employees may not come as a surprise, but this Court’s willingness to allow such discrimination is disappointing. We have a duty to defend the Constitution, and even a public health emergency does not absolve us of that responsibility.</blockquote>
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Supreme Court Justice Nominee Amy Coney Barrett Meets With Senators Ahead Of Confirmation Vote

Critics Lash Out At ‘Amy Covid Barrett’ After SCOTUS Ruling Upholding Religious Freedom

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On Thursday, after the announcement was made that the Supreme Court had ruled 5-4 in favor of religious liberty and against New York Governor Andrew

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On Thursday, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, who had the Supreme Court rule against him and in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/supreme-court-backs-religious-challenge-to-cuomos-covid-restrictions-barrett-delivers-decisive-vote">favor of the Archdiocese of Brooklyn and two Orthodox Jewish congregations</a> in a religious liberty case, dismissed the ruling as not having “any practical effect” because religious groups still have to follow New York City’s rule of limiting religious services to 50 percent.
“That Supreme Court ruling on the religious gatherings is more illustrative of the Supreme Court than anything else,” Cuomo said, according to the <a href="https://nypost.com/2020/11/26/gov-cuomo-supreme-court-church-ruling-irrelevant-despite-decision/">New York Post</a>. “It’s irrelevant of any practical impact because of the zone they were talking about is moot. It expired last week. It doesn’t have any practical effect. The lawsuit was about the Brooklyn zone. The Brooklyn zone no longer exists as a red zone. That’s muted. So that restriction is no longer in effect. That situation just doesn’t exist because those restrictions are gone.”
The Post added, “In its decision, the nation’s highest court said its decision temporarily blocking Cuomo’s executive order on the 10- and 25-person occupancy limits remains in effect pending further deliberation in the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. They acknowledged the order narrowly addressed the zones in question, which are outdated.”
The Court noted that the plaintiffs “seek relief from an Executive Order issued by the Governor of New York that imposes very severe restrictions on attendance at religious services in areas classified as ‘red’ or ‘orange’ zones. In red zones, no more than 10 persons may attend each religious service, and in orange zones, attendance is capped at 25. The two applications, one filed by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn and the other by Agudath Israel of America and affiliated entities, contend that these restrictions violate the Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment, and they ask us to enjoin enforcement of the restrictions while they pursue appellate review.”
The Court explained:
<blockquote>In a red zone, while a synagogue or church may not admit more than 10 persons, businesses categorized as “essential” may admit as many people as they wish. And the list of “essential” businesses includes things such as acupuncture facilities, camp grounds, garages, as well as many whose services are not limited to those that can be regarded as essential, such as all plants manufacturing chemicals and microelectronics and all transportation facilities.</blockquote>
The Court continued:
<blockquote>Stemming the spread of COVID–19 is unquestionably a compelling interest, but it is hard to see how the challenged regulations can be regarded as “narrowly tailored.” They are far more restrictive than any COVID–related regulations that have previously come before the Court, much tighter than those adopted by many other jurisdictions hard-hit by the pandemic, and far more severe than has been shown to be required to prevent the spread of the virus at the applicants’ services.</blockquote>
Justice Neil Gorsuch issued a blistering criticism of Cuomo, writing, “[I]t turns out the businesses the Governor considers essential include hardware stores, acupuncturists, and liquor stores. Bicycle repair shops, certain signage companies, accountants, lawyers, and insurance agents are all essential too. So, at least according to the Governor, it may be unsafe to go to church, but it is always fine to pick up another bottle of wine, shop for a new bike, or spend the afternoon exploring your distal points and meridians. Who knew public health would so perfectly align with secular convenience?”
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Cuomo Loses In Supreme Court, Dismisses Ruling As Not Having ‘Any Practical Effect’

On Thursday, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, who had the Supreme Court rule against him and in favor of the Archdiocese of Brooklyn and two Orthodox

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On Wednesday morning, Denver mayor Michael Hancock’s Twitter account warned citizens that they should stay close to home for Thanksgiving and avoid travel. That tweet came before a flight on Wednesday that Hancock was taking to Houston to visit his daughter in Mississippi, <a href="https://www.9news.com/article/news/health/coronavirus/denver-mayor-michael-hancock-travels-thanksgiving/73-e6b5f236-b0c7-4415-a22e-c84dd6f7acf1">9News</a> reported.
Hancock, a Democrat, tweeted on Wednesday morning, “Pass the potatoes, not COVID. Stay home as much as you can, especially if you&#8217;re sick. Host virtual gatherings instead of in-person dinners. Avoid travel, if you can. Order your holiday meal from a local eatery. Shop online with a small business for <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BlackFriday?src=hashtag_click">‪#BlackFriday</a>.”
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Pass the potatoes, not COVID. 
🏘️Stay home as much as you can, especially if you&#39;re sick. 💻Host virtual gatherings instead of in-person dinners. ❌Avoid travel, if you can. 🍲Order your holiday meal from a local eatery. 🎁Shop online with a small business for <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BlackFriday?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#BlackFriday</a>. <a href="https://t.co/acQpWs2Ism">pic.twitter.com/acQpWs2Ism</a>
&mdash; Michael B. Hancock 😷 (@MayorHancock) <a href="https://twitter.com/MayorHancock/status/1331624516267589634?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 25, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Hancock’s spokesperson stated, &#8220;As he has shared, the Mayor is not hosting his traditional large family dinner this year, but instead traveling alone to join his wife and daughter where the three of them will celebrate Thanksgiving at her residence instead of having them travel back to Denver. Upon return, he will follow all necessary health and safety guidance and quarantine.&#8221;
“According to an email obtained by 9NEWS, Hancock’s assistant said the mayor would be out of office from Wednesday to Friday,” 9News reported.
Hancock emailed city staff last week, “As the holidays approach, we all long to be with our families with person, but with the continued rise in cases, I’m urging you to refrain from travel this Thanksgiving holiday. For my family that means cancelling our traditional gathering of our extended family.”
Hancock said last Friday that he was &#8220;pleading with everyone; please stay home.&#8221; Hancock stated:
<blockquote>Speaking of the holidays, Thanksgiving is now less than a week away, and I told you all the last time we got together about the gathering of 50 family members and close friends at the Hancock household and how it’s going to look different this year. We’re going to be doing a Zoom, so we can at least see each other on Thanksgiving. So please, I urge everyone, maybe get a small turkey this year and celebrate with just those you live with. And after the meal, what we’re going to do, Zoom with your extended family, all your friends, everyone that you meet, and tell them that you look forward to seeing them real soon and that maybe next year, maybe next year we can all be together again.</blockquote>
“I know this is hard; I know you hate this; I hate this, but we are doing our best to avoid a complete shutdown of our economy,” Hancock continued. “And, as our governor put it the other day, a catastrophic breach of our hospital system. We are trying our very best to protect lives and to protect livelihoods. I’m asking; I’m urging; I’m pleading with everyone; please stay home. Please only go out for essential services. Stay home; maybe put up holiday decorations, but stay home.”
&#8220;The City and County of Denver entered into Level Red on the state’s COVID-19 dial last week, into the severe risk category,&#8221; <a href="https://denver.cbslocal.com/2020/11/25/denver-mayor-michael-hancock-thanksgiving-travel-houston/">Denver CBS</a> reported.
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Denver Mayor Tweets, ‘Stay Home… Avoid Travel.’ Then He Takes Flight For Family Thanksgiving, Report Says.

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On Wednesday morning, Denver mayor Michael Hancock’s Twitter account warned citizens that they should stay close to home for Thanksgiving and avoid

Denver Mayor Tweets, ‘Stay Home... Avoid Travel.’ Then He Takes Flight For Family Thanksgiving, Report Says.

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In response to reports on Vice President Joe Biden’s gun control plan, which could potentially force gun owners to register and pay significant taxes on any gun deemed to be an &#8220;assault-style&#8221; weapon, Johnny “Joey” Jones — a Marine vet who lost both of his legs above the knee and suffered severe damage to his right forearm and both wrists in 2010 when he served as an Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD/Bomb) technician in Afghanistan — told Biden to go ahead, as such a move would ensure the GOP takes back the House in 2022.
Jones tweeted, ”We aren’t required to register our semi automatic rifles or magazines. In order to impose such a tax he would first have to get gun registry legislation passed. Attempting to do so would ensure a Republican landslide in 2022 midterms. So&#8230; bring it on!”
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We aren’t required to register our semi automatic rifles or magazines. In order to impose such a tax he would first have to get gun registry legislation passed. Attempting to do so would ensure a Republican landslide in 2022 midterms. So&#8230; bring it on! <a href="https://t.co/eGvkW3iTKh">https://t.co/eGvkW3iTKh</a>
&mdash; JJJ (@Johnny_Joey) <a href="https://twitter.com/Johnny_Joey/status/1331360034878607360?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 24, 2020</a></blockquote>
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On November 1, Biden tweeted, “It’s long past time we take action to end the scourge of gun violence in America. As president, I’ll ban assault weapons and high-capacity magazines, implement universal background checks, and enact other common-sense reforms to end our gun violence epidemic.”
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It’s long past time we take action to end the scourge of gun violence in America.
As president, I’ll ban assault weapons and high-capacity magazines, implement universal background checks, and enact other common-sense reforms to end our gun violence epidemic.
&mdash; Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) <a href="https://twitter.com/JoeBiden/status/1322976702419636225?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 1, 2020</a></blockquote>
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The <a href="https://www.atf.gov/rules-and-regulations/national-firearms-act">1934 National Firearms Act</a>, a version of which is still in effect today, imposes a $200 federal tax stamp mandate on “shotguns and rifles having barrels less than 18 inches in length, certain firearms described as ‘any other weapons,’ machine guns, and firearm mufflers and silencers,” the <a href="https://www.atf.gov/rules-and-regulations/national-firearms-act">Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives</a> explains.
<blockquote>While the NFA was enacted by Congress as an exercise of its authority to tax, the NFA had an underlying purpose unrelated to revenue collection. As the legislative history of the law discloses, its underlying purpose was to curtail, if not prohibit, transactions in NFA firearms. Congress found these firearms to pose a significant crime problem because of their frequent use in crime, particularly the gangland crimes of that era such as the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre. The $200 making and transfer taxes on most NFA firearms were considered quite severe and adequate to carry out Congress’ purpose to discourage or eliminate transactions in these firearms. The $200 tax has not changed since 1934.</blockquote>
Biden has announced that he wants what he describes as “assault-type” weapons to fall under that law and wants to ban the manufacture and sale of &#8220;assault weapons and high-capacity magazines.&#8221; Biden’s <a href="https://joebiden.com/gunsafety/">campaign website</a> states on the issue of gun safety:
<ul>
<li>Ban the manufacture and sale of assault weapons and high-capacity magazines. <a href="https://www.fws.gov/le/hunter-responsibility.html">Federal law</a> prevents hunters from hunting migratory game birds with more than three shells in their shotgun. That means our federal law does more to protect ducks than children. It’s wrong. Joe Biden will enact legislation to once again ban assault weapons. This time, the bans will be designed based on lessons learned from the 1994 bans. For example, the ban on assault weapons will be designed to prevent manufacturers from circumventing the law by making minor changes that don’t limit the weapon’s lethality. While working to pass this legislation, Biden will also use his <a href="https://www.atf.gov/resource-center/docs/january-2011-importability-certain-shotgunspdf/download">executive authority</a> to ban the importation of assault weapons. </li>
<li>Regulate possession of existing assault weapons under the National Firearms Act. Currently, the National Firearms Act requires individuals possessing machine-guns, silencers, and short-barreled rifles to undergo a background check and register those weapons with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF). Due to these requirements, such weapons are <a href="https://giffords.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Giffords_GLC_assault-weapons_NFA.pdf">rarely</a> used in crimes. As president, Biden will pursue legislation to <a href="https://giffords.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Giffords_GLC_assault-weapons_NFA.pdf">regulate possession of existing assault weapons</a> under the National Firearms Act. </li>
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The 1994 Federal Assault Weapons Ban law, which has expired but Biden wants to emulate, defines “high-capacity magazine” as anything over 10 rounds.
“If enacted, theoretically speaking, a gun owner who possesses an AR-15 and four high-capacity magazines would be required to submit their fingerprints and photograph, undergo an FBI background check, register the weapon and high-capacity magazines with the ATF, and pay the federal government $200 tax each for every weapon and magazines they claim. In total, that gun owner speaking would be paying $1000 in federal taxes for the AR-15 and the four magazines,” The Floridian Press reported in reference to Biden’s plan.
Mark Oliva, director of public affairs for the National Shooting Sports Foundation, told Floridian Press:
<blockquote>Biden is trying to push forth an agenda that is unconstitutional and unworkable. 20 million firearms, 20 million AR-style firearms, or these modern sporting rifles, that’s commonly owned and those commonly owned firearms are protected under the Heller decision. He can’t confiscate those. The Biden Administration is proposing to put every modern sporting rifle or AR- 15 style rifle under that system. &#8230; So you’re gonna flood the system with all these background checks that will cause enormous delays because it’s already delayed by nine months and then require everybody to pay tax on the rifles they own, because he reclassified them, and under that tax plan, he also includes possibly any magazine that’s over 10 rounds. So every magazine that is owned would have to pay an additional $200 in taxes per magazine, just so the owner can keep what one already owns.</blockquote>
“According to the Florida Department of Agriculture, the department is backed up with applications from months ago as the number of appointments, and applicants have doubled with the wait time being three times the normal wait time of around 50-55 days,” the Floridian Press noted.
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Afghan Vet Johnny Jones On Biden’s Gun Control Plan: That’ll Trigger 2022 GOP Landslide

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After violence surged in Dallas and the Dallas Police Department requested aid from the state government, on November 18 Texas GOP governor Greg Abbott directed the Texas Department of Public Safety to provide support, including sending Special Agents and State Troopers.
Now Texas activists have lashed out, calling Abbott’s plan to send help “state-sanctioned violence,” among other criticism. That prompted Texas GOP senator Ted Cruz to blast them, writing, &#8220;This is nuts. As Dallas murder rates surge to historic highs, radical activists are calling Texas State Troopers &#8216;Occupying Forces&#8217; and &#8216;State Sanctioned Violence.&#8217; Stop demonizing the police, whose job it is to keep everyone safe.&#8221;
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This is nuts. As Dallas murder rates surge to historic highs, radical activists are calling Texas State Troopers “Occupying Forces” and “State Sanctioned Violence.”
Stop demonizing the police, whose job it is to keep everyone safe. <a href="https://t.co/lbnsLK0eU4">https://t.co/lbnsLK0eU4</a>
&mdash; Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) <a href="https://twitter.com/tedcruz/status/1331636227062239233?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 25, 2020</a></blockquote>
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When Abbott announced his plan, he stated, “The rise in violent crime in the city of Dallas is unacceptable, and the Texas Department of Public Safety will assist the Dallas Police Department in their efforts to protect the community and reduce this surge in crime. Every Texan deserves to feel safe in their own community, and the State of Texas will continue to provide the city of Dallas with the resources they need to crack down on this heinous activity and protect Dallas residents,” as <a href="https://dfw.cbslocal.com/2020/11/18/gov-greg-abbott-dps-resources-combat-violent-crime-spike-dallas/">CBS DFW</a> reported.
“DPD’s effort to target the city’s rising murder count includes the search for suspects who may be responsible for killings last weekend, that appear to be random attacks,&#8221; CBS DFW added.
Dallas has had roughly 220 homicides this year; Dallas mayor Eric Johnson approved of Abbott sending help.
The Dallas Police Department added, “The Dallas Police Department is working in conjunction with our state and federal partners to address the increase in violent crime in our city. Their involvement will be from an investigative capacity and not from a field operation or enforcement standpoint. Recently, there has been an uptick in violence surrounding entertainers that cross multi-jurisdictional boundaries. The top priority in this joint effort is the safety and well-being of our residents in the city of Dallas.”
Activists were furious about the additional help: Dr. Fredrick Haynes D. Haynes of Friendship West Baptist Church snapped, “We don’t need occupying forces here in the city of Dallas in order to combat crime,” CBS DFW <a href="https://dfw.cbslocal.com/2020/11/24/occupying-forces-dallas-activists-criticize-state-troopers-combat-crime/">reported.</a>
Kristian Hernandez of Our City Our Future: “We offer no pretense that Governor Abbott’s deployment of Texas state troopers and a contention of Texas Rangers which has been applauded by our own mayor Eric Johnson is nothing more than state-sanctioned violence.”
“Writing tickets in West Texas speed traps is not the same as policing neighborhoods in South Dallas and Oak Cliff,” echoed John Fullinwider of Mothers Against Police Brutality. “It came out to more than 11,000 traffic citations to working people in South Dallas. They made more than 500 arrests. Even though only one out of four people in Dallas is black, two out of three of those arrests were of black citizens of Dallas.”
Eric Johnson stated:
<blockquote>My focus is on the people affected by the unacceptable increases in violent crime in our city. Victims of violence in Dallas are disproportionately people of color who live in historically underserved neighborhoods like the ones where I grew up. All of our residents deserve to live in safe communities, and I welcome any help we can get on their behalf.</blockquote>
He added, “Throughout my career in public service, I have advocated for both short-term and long-term approaches to strengthening our neighborhoods that will reduce our dependence on law enforcement. But make no mistake: we must have robust, responsible, and accountable community policing to help keep all the people of Dallas safe.”
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Activists Call State Troopers In Dallas ‘State-Sanctioned Violence.’ Cruz Blasts, ‘Stop Demonizing The Police’

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The computer repair shop owner who handed over a laptop hard drive that may have belonged to former Vice President Joe Biden’s son Hunter has reportedly received death threats and closed his shop.
A sign posted on John Mac Isaac’s Trolley Square store ten days after the election said it was closed, a neighbor claiming that the owner had left town. Mac Isaac’s lawyer, Brian Della Rocca, confirmed to the <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2020/11/24/hunter-biden-laptop-more-details-emerge-rudy-giuliani/6404635002/">Delaware News Journal</a> that Mac Isaac had closed the shop, but did not say whether his client had left town. He did claim that his client had received death threats.
Della Rocca told the Journal that his office had communicated with Wilmington FBI agents and Delaware&#8217;s Assistant United States Attorney Leslie Wolf about the situation, saying, &#8220;I&#8217;ve been in touch with federal law enforcement, yes.”
The hard drive triggered a firestorm after The New York Post published a story on the alleged contents of the drive, which had been given to Rudy Giuliani. The story claimed that emails on the laptop showed that when Joe Biden served as vice president in 2015, he met with an executive from Burisma Holdings while Hunter Biden had been employed by Burisma. That claim was vehemently denied by the Biden campaign.
Democrats responded by alleging the story was part of a &#8220;Russian disinformation&#8221; campaign, and some social media outlets suppressed the story, arguing that the information was suspect.
Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe said the emails were not connected to a Russian disinformation plot, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-director-of-national-intelligence-confirms-hunter-biden-laptop-not-part-of-some-russian-disinformation-campaign">asserting</a>, “Let me be clear, the intelligence community doesn’t believe that because there is no intelligence that supports that and we shared no intelligence with chairman Schiff or any other member of Congress that Hunter Biden’s laptop is part of some Russian disinformation campaign. It’s simply not true.”
“Two days after the Post story, USA Today and the Associated Press <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2020/10/16/hunter-biden-fbi-probing-if-new-york-post-story-tied-russia/3684342001/" data-t-l="|inline|intext|n/a">reported the FBI was investigating whether the emails</a> published in the article were connected to a potential Russian operation to spread disinformation,” the Delaware News Journal notes.
Della Rocca said that John Mac Isaac had consulted his father, retired United States Air Force Col. Richard “Steve” Mac Isaac, about what to do with the laptop, and his father had brought a copy of the hard drive to FBI agents in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Della Rocca continued that three months later, “The FBI reached out to John Paul and met him at his house (in Wilmington) to discuss John Paul’s concerns. On December 9, 2019, the FBI served a subpoena on John Paul for the computer, the hard drive, and all related paperwork. He willingly gave it to the FBI and was happy to see it go.”
Della Rocca said that his client grew impatient after the FBI did not publish any information about the issue, and so in September 2020 he contacted Giuliani.
&#8220;It remains unclear whether the emails purportedly found on the hard drive and which formed the basis of the disputed New York Post story are authentic,&#8221; The Delaware News Journal commented.
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Computer Repair Shop Owner Who Turned Over Alleged Hunter Biden Laptop Received Death Threats: Report

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A survey conducted of 1,750 Biden voters in seven swing states between November 9-18 found that the news media’s suppression of stories that would have hurt former Vice President Joe Biden’s electoral chances had such a significant effect that the suppression could have swung the election away from President Trump.
As <a href="https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/rich-noyes/2020/11/24/special-report-stealing-presidency-2020">Newsbusters</a> reports, the Media Research Center asked The Polling Company to survey voters in Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, all states that were called for Biden, except North Carolina. The survey asked respondents what they knew about eight specific issues or stories that MRC felt the media had not adequately covered. The survey found that 17% of the Biden voters surveyed said they would not have voted for him had they known about at least one of the stories.
The eight issues were Tara Reade’s sexual assault allegations against Biden, the financial allegations involving Biden’s son Hunter, the left-wing views of Senator Kamala Harris, the economic snapback from the coronavirus recession as jobs reports surged, the jump in economic growth, the historic peace agreements Trump helped foster between Israel and its Arab neighbors, America’s energy independence under Trump resulting in America becoming a net exporter of oil for the first time in September 2019, and the apparent success of Operation Warp Speed in developing a vaccine for COVID-19.
The survey found that 82% of Biden voters were unaware of at least one of the aforementioned issues. Here are the statistics for each issue:
Tara Reade’s sexual assault allegations: 35.4% of the voters were unaware of the issue; 8.9% said they would have voted for Trump, a 3rd party candidate, not voting for any presidential candidate, or not voting at all. Newsbusters claims that was enough of an impact to potentially flip Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin to Trump.
The Hunter Biden scandal: 45.1% of voters unaware; 9.4% says they would have switched their vote.
Kamala Harris’ leftism: 25.3% of Biden voters unaware; 4.1% says they would have changed their vote, enough to possibly flip Arizona, Georgia, Nevada, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin to Trump, according to Newsbusters.
The pre-election jobs reports from June 5 to October 2: 39.4% unaware; 5.4% would have changed their vote; again possibly swinging Arizona, Georgia, Nevada, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin to Trump.
The huge jump in economic growth: 49% unaware; 5.6% would have changed their votes, which could have impacted the final results of the same states.
The historic peace agreements with Israel and her Arab neighbors: 43.5% unaware; 5% would have switched.
Energy independence for America: 50.5% unaware; 5.8% would have switched.
The success of Operation Warp Speed: 36.1% of Biden voters unaware of administration’s role; 5.3% would have abandoned Biden.
Newsbusters concludes, “It’s important to note that not all of these voters would have switched to President Trump, of course (although about 6% of Biden’s voters say that’s exactly what they would have done). Just by choosing to abandon Biden, these voters would have handed all six of these states, and a second term, to the President — if the news media had properly informed them about the two candidates.”
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Study: Media’s Suppression of 8 Issues Likely Swung Election to Biden

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On Monday, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez took a shot at Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Republicans, accusing them of holding up coronavirus relief for Americans.
“People across the country are going hungry, COVID is set to explode, and Mitch McConnell dismissed the Senate last week,&#8221; the Democratic congresswoman tweeted. &#8220;I don’t know how these people can sleep at night. I really don’t.”
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People across the country are going hungry, COVID is set to explode, and Mitch McConnell dismissed the Senate last week.
I don’t know how these people can sleep at night. I really don’t.
&mdash; Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) <a href="https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1330968785659064325?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 23, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX), taking note that the GOP has offered a $500 billion relief bill that Democrats have blocked because they think it is insufficient, responded: “Why is your party filibustering $500 billion in COVID relief? And Joe Biden is cheering them on. Thinking that blocking relief somehow helps Dems win Georgia.”
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Why is your party filibustering $500 billion in COVID relief?
And Joe Biden is cheering them on. Thinking that blocking relief somehow helps Dems win Georgia. <a href="https://t.co/b8PvuUpSa3">https://t.co/b8PvuUpSa3</a>
&mdash; Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) <a href="https://twitter.com/tedcruz/status/1330995177029316608?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 23, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Ocasio-Cortez responded with another attack, tweeting, “The House doesn’t have filibusters, ‪@tedcruz. We also passed several COVID relief packages to the Senate that not only include &gt;$500 billion, but also prioritize helping real people as opposed to Wall St bailouts the GOP tries to pass off as ‘relief.’ Nice try though.”
“I hope someone else runs Cruz’s Twitter account because it’d be pretty embarrassing if a US Senator didn’t know this,&#8221; she added. &#8220;Almost as embarrassing as when Sen. @JohnCornyn didn’t appear to know that Puerto Ricans don’t get to vote in the Presidential.”
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I hope someone else runs Cruz’s Twitter account because it’d be pretty embarrassing if a US Senator didn’t know this.
Almost as embarrassing as when Sen. <a href="https://twitter.com/JohnCornyn?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@JohnCornyn</a> didn’t appear to know that Puerto Ricans don’t get to vote in the Presidential
&mdash; Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) <a href="https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1331011737324318721?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 23, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Cruz fired back: “@AOC seems not to know there are Democrats in the Senate. Or that Joe Biden (also a Dem) is publicly calling on Senate Dems to continue filibustering COVID relief because he thinks it will help them win Georgia.”
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.<a href="https://twitter.com/AOC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@AOC</a> seems not to know there are Democrats in the Senate. 
Or that Joe Biden (also a Dem) is publicly calling on Senate Dems to continue filibustering COVID relief because he thinks it will help them win Georgia. <a href="https://t.co/vy5HG3h2qr">https://t.co/vy5HG3h2qr</a>
&mdash; Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) <a href="https://twitter.com/tedcruz/status/1331101126633140224?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 24, 2020</a></blockquote>
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“Democrats in the Senate have more than once filibustered a vote on the scaled-back GOP proposal, most recently at the <a href="https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/senate-republicans-to-vote-on-500b-coronavirus-relief-bill-today">end of October</a>. The bill, less than a third of the size of the $2.2 trillion figured back by Democratic leaders, included boosted federal unemployment benefits, another round of funding for the Paycheck Protection Program, a key <a href="http://foxbusiness.com/category/small-business">small business</a> rescue program, money for schools and liability protections for businesses,” <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/aoc-ted-cruz-trade-barbs-over-coronavirus-aid-stalemate-as-clock-ticks-for-congress-to-make-a-deal">Fox News</a> noted.
As reported by <a href="https://thehill.com/policy/finance/527229-dems-face-increasing-pressure-to-back-smaller-covid-stimulus">The Hill</a>, reports that Biden has been pressuring House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer to pass a less extensive bill are &#8220;incorrect,&#8221; according to a Biden spokesman:
<blockquote>The New York Times reported that Biden’s team was pressing Pelosi and Schumer to cut a deal during the lame-duck, even if it’s smaller than Democratic leaders in Congress prefer. Andrew Bates, a spokesman for Biden, said it was “incorrect” that Biden was explicitly pushing Pelosi and Schumer to pass a pared-down bill. He didn’t respond to a question about if Biden, who has repeatedly said he wants a deal this year, could support a bill less than $2.2 trillion.</blockquote>
“As the pandemic worsens and the U.S. economy teeters on the edge of another downturn, President-elect Joe Biden is ramping up calls for Congress to pass another coronavirus relief bill before he’s sworn in,&#8221; <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2020/11/21/biden-coronavirus-relief-fight-438895">Politico</a> reported on Saturday. &#8220;At the same time, he’s aligned himself with Democratic leaders in Congress, who have insisted on roughly $2 trillion in new relief spending — a price tag Senate Republicans so far have refused to accept.&#8221;
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Ocasio-Cortez To Cruz: Your Twitter Feed Is ‘Embarrassing.’ Cruz: ‘AOC Seems Not To Know There Are Democrats In Senate’

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On Monday, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez took a shot at Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Republicans, accusing them of holding up coronavirus

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A report from Virginia’s largest school system indicates that children being kept out of school and learning remotely is crippling their capacity for learning.
A Fairfax County Public Schools study found that during the period that the children were learning remotely, roughly between the end of the 2019-2020 academic year to the present, “the percentage of F’s earned by middle school and high school students jumped from 6 percent of all grades to 11 percent — representing an overall increase of 83 percent from 2019 to 2020,” as <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/fairfax-schools-more-failing-grades/2020/11/24/1ac2412e-2e34-11eb-96c2-aac3f162215d_story.html">The Washington Post</a> reported. The results were worse for younger students, as middle-schoolers exhibited a 300% increase in F’s while for high-schoolers the rise was 50%, the Post noted.
Among disabled students, the percentage of F’s rose 111%.
The study, titled, “<a href="https://go.boarddocs.com/vsba/fairfax/Board.nsf/files/BVJV847F7247/$file/Q1%20Marks%20Rpt%20-%20v6%20lzh.pdf">Study of Teaching and Learning During the COVID 19 Pandemic</a>,” asserted:
<blockquote>Based on the findings of the analyses presented here, there is reason for concern about the performance of some middle and high school students based on their Q1 marks from this school year. Results indicate a widening gap between students who were previously performing satisfactorily and those performing unsatisfactorily. In other words, students who performed well previously primarily performed slightly better than expected during Q1 of this year. In contrast, students who were previously not performing well, performed considerably less well. A greater proportion of low-performing students received failing grades during Q1 than would have been expected based on patterns of marks in prior years.
Students at the middle school level had a notable increase in the percentage of failures, while at the high school level the increase also existed but was considerably smaller. The pattern was pervasive across all student groups, grade levels, and content areas examined in this report. The trend of more failing marks is concerning across the board but is especially concerning for the groups that showed the biggest unpredicted increases in receiving multiple unsatisfactory marks, namely our English learner students and students with disabilities.</blockquote>
On November 16, The Washington Post <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/teachers-northam-online-learning/2020/11/16/df50ff90-2816-11eb-8fa2-06e7cbb145c0_story.html">reported</a> that the Fairfax County Public Schools had temporarily halted plans to return thousands of children to classrooms.
<blockquote>Fairfax County Public Schools, which serves 186,000 students, was supposed to send 6,800 pre-kindergartners, kindergartners and special education students back into school buildings on Tuesday. They would have joined the roughly 8,000 young children, special education students, and career and technical students who have already returned to classrooms. But in a letter sent to families Monday, Superintendent Scott Brabrand said <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/coronavirus/?itid=lk_inline_manual_5">coronavirus</a> cases in the area have exceeded “the threshold to expand our in-person learning.” Groups of students that are currently learning inside Fairfax classrooms will continue to do so, at least for now, he wrote.</blockquote>
Braband added that online learning for the students would continue at least until Nov. 30, concluding, “These next few months will not be easy.” Last Thursday, Braband said, “We are committed to returning our kids to in-person. There will be some setbacks. There will be some pauses. I cannot promise you that it will be linear,&#8221; according to <a href="https://wtop.com/fairfax-county/2020/11/fairfax-county-public-schools-return-to-classroom-plan-may-have-to-switch-gears/">WTOP</a>.
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Virginia Study: Remote Learning Damaging Students’ Education

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After heavy criticism, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo suddenly reversed himself on Monday after having announced that he would host his elderly mother and two of his daughters for Thanksgiving dinner.
WAMC’s Alan Chartock <a href="https://www.wamc.org/post/gov-cuomo-wamcs-northeast-report-112320">asked</a> Cuomo on Monday, “What are you going to do for Thanksgiving? You gonna sit around, poor Andrew Cuomo, sitting around the table, looking down with a knife and a fork in each hand, looking down at a piece of turkey and no one else there? I mean, what’s the story here?”
Cuomo answered, “The story is my mom is going to come up and two of my girls is the current plan. But the plans change. But that&#8217;s my plan.”
Last Wednesday, Cuomo stated:
<blockquote>I have a conversation with my mother, several conversations about Thanksgiving. “We have to get together for Thanksgiving.” “Mom, we can’t get to give together for Thanksgiving.” “Oh no, no. I know, it has to be a small group. Just us. Just your sisters and your brother and your family. Just us.” “No mom, we can’t do that. I can’t be with my sisters.” “They’re your sisters. Just us, just us. Just the family, your sisters. They miss you. They haven’t seen you. They’re crazy about you. They love you.”
“Stop. Yes. They love me. I love them.” Your family sounds safe, doesn’t it? Your home sounds safe. Your dining room table at Thanksgiving sounds safe. This is a safe environment. I’ll be safe. No, you won’t be safe. It’s an illusion. My sister loves me. My sister could infect me. Not maliciously, but accidentally. It’s counter-intuitive, what I thought was the safest place and the safest situation in my home at my table with my family. It can’t be any safer than that. That’s the dangerous situation.</blockquote>
A firestorm of criticism erupted online after Cuomo’s comments on Monday.
Among the blowback was a tweet by Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY): “This is one of the many reasons why Cuomo is the WORST governor in America. His arrogance and hypocrisy knows no bounds. Do as I say, not as I do. Rules for thee, but not for me. Family for me, but not for you. A despised, hypocritical, tyrannical, hubris-laden governor.”
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This is one of the many reasons why Cuomo is the WORST Governor in America. 
His arrogance and hypocrisy knows no bounds.
Do as I say, not as I do.
Rules for thee, but not for me. 
Family for me, but none for you.
A despised, hypocritical, tyrannical, hubris-laden Governor👇 <a href="https://t.co/WLvF5vdypx">https://t.co/WLvF5vdypx</a>
&mdash; Elise Stefanik (@EliseStefanik) <a href="https://twitter.com/EliseStefanik/status/1330979271528083459?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 23, 2020</a></blockquote>
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“The View” co-host Meghan McCain echoed, “You&#8217;ve GOT to be kidding me.”
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You’ve GOT to be kidding me. <a href="https://t.co/v0Ny82MCJl">https://t.co/v0Ny82MCJl</a>
&mdash; Meghan McCain (@MeghanMcCain) <a href="https://twitter.com/MeghanMcCain/status/1330988281840984072?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 23, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Even members of typically Democrat-friendly bastions slammed Cuomo.
CNN White House correspondent Jeremy Diamond tweeted: “So first Gov. Cuomo urges people (wisely!) to limit Thanksgiving to people in their household. Now he invites his elderly mother &amp; daughters over??”
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So first Gov. Cuomo urges people (wisely!) to limit Thanksgiving to people in their household. Now he invites his elderly mother &amp; daughters over?? <a href="https://t.co/xLWUelCLul">https://t.co/xLWUelCLul</a>
&mdash; Jeremy Diamond (@JDiamond1) <a href="https://twitter.com/JDiamond1/status/1330986365610303492?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 23, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Washington Post data reporter Christopher Ingraham: “Un-freaking-believable. Now more than ever, people are looking to elected leaders for signals on how to mitigate risk. Is it any wonder so many aren&#8217;t following health guidelines? And this is the allegedly pro-science party!”
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Un-freaking-believable. Now more than ever, people are looking to elected leaders for signals on how to mitigate risk. Is it any wonder so many aren&#39;t following health guidelines? And this is the allegedly pro-science party! <a href="https://t.co/ddEVgMM5BI">https://t.co/ddEVgMM5BI</a>
&mdash; Christopher Ingraham (@_cingraham) <a href="https://twitter.com/_cingraham/status/1330980233944522752?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 23, 2020</a></blockquote>
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After the backlash, Cuomo changed his plans. <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/23/nyregion/cuomo-thanksgiving-mother.html?auth=login-email&amp;login=email">The New York Times</a> reported, “By Monday evening, Mr. Cuomo had rethought his Thanksgiving plans. His office described Mr. Cuomo’s initial words as a well-meaning fib told — via the radio — to his mother.”
Cuomo’s senior adviser Rich Azzopardi stated: “As the Governor said, &#8216;The story is my mom is going to come up and two of my girls is the current plan, but the plans change. That&#8217;s my plan. I&#8217;m going to work — I&#8217;ve got a lot of work to do between now and Thanksgiving,&#8217; and given the current circumstances with COVID, he will have to work through Thanksgiving and will not be seeing them. Don&#8217;t tell his mom — she doesn&#8217;t know yet,” <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8980379/Cuomo-CANCELS-Thanksgiving-plans-HOURS-saying-mom-daughters-coming-dinner.html">the Daily Mail</a> reported.
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After Blowback Erupts, Cuomo Reveals He Canceled Thanksgiving Dinner With Mother

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After heavy criticism, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo suddenly reversed himself on Monday after having announced that he would host his elderly mother and

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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is relentlessly moving forward to confirm judges, apparently determined to get as many conservative judges into the judiciary across the nation while there is still time in the Trump presidency.
Since the November 3 election, the Senate has confirmed six district court nominees, and McConnell wants to confirm judges who will take the positions vacated by the ascension of Justice Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit as well as the position vacated by the <a href="https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/1st-cir-judge-juan-torruella-dies-was-courts-first-hispanic">death of Judge Juan R. Torruella</a>, who served on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, was appointed by President Ronald Reagan and was that court’s first Hispanic member.
President Trump has nominated Raúl M. Arias-Marxuach, who was nominated to the federal bench in May of 2019 and <a href="https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=116&amp;session=1&amp;vote=00092">confirmed</a> by the U.S. Senate on a 95-3 vote, to replace Torruella. The president nominated Thomas L. Kirsch II to replace Barrett.
The week of November 16, five Article III judges were confirmed by the Senate: Benjamin Beaton, Toby Crouse, Kristi Johnson, Kathryn Mizelle, and Stephen Vaden.
Judge Aileen Cannon was confirmed on November 12.
<a href="https://www.nationalreview.com/bench-memos/judicial-nominations-update-63/">National Review</a> noted on Monday: “The Senate Judiciary Committee for its part held hearings on Wednesday for five nominees, including Thomas L. Kirsch II, who has been nominated to the Seventh Circuit seat vacated by Justice Amy Coney Barrett. Three other nominees have cloture motions pending on the Senate floor, so at least that many should be confirmed after the Senate returns next week.&#8221;
At the end of October, radio host Hugh Hewitt <a href="https://hughhewitt.com/senate-majority-leader-mitch-mcconnell-6/">interviewed McConnell</a> and asked him about pushing forward to confirm judges.
&#8220;There is now a vacancy on the 7th Circuit for which there is a nominee, and the death of a 1st Circuit judge has opened up a vacancy on that circuit,&#8221; said Hewitt. &#8220;Certainly, that was not expected, and is to be regretted. But do you expect the Senate to fill those two positions in the lame duck term after the election?&#8221;
&#8220;Well, we’re going to run through the tape,&#8221; McConnell replied. &#8220;We go through the end of the year, and so does the President. We’re going to fill the 7th Circuit. And I’m hoping we have time to fill the 1st Circuit as well. And we are, by the way, confirming a district judge as soon as we get back after the election, and we’re going to clean the plate, clean all the district judges off as well.&#8221;
McConnell also warned what would happen if the GOP lost the Senate.
&#8220;This Supreme Court packing issue has been around all year long, and of course, there would be no oversight at all, as you suggest, of any scandals or anything that might reflect badly on the Democratic administration if there is a Democratic majority,&#8221; said the Senate majority leader. &#8220;Now the solution to this is 51 Republican senators. The one thing the majority leader can do that others cannot do in the Senate is to decide what we’re going to do, to set the agenda.&#8221;
&#8220;My biggest decision on agenda setting, obviously, was the decision not to fill the Scalia vacancy,&#8221; McConnell continued. &#8220;But it applies to a whole lot of other things as well. If Chuck Schumer is setting the agenda in the United States Senate, you can predict the worst. We will go hard left. The country will not look the same after two years of that as it does today.&#8221;
The next roll call votes for judges are scheduled for Nov. 30.
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McConnell Pushing Forward, Relentlessly Confirming Judges

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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is relentlessly moving forward to confirm judges, apparently determined to get as many conservative judges into the

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