In an email sent Monday afternoon, Kennesaw State University Professor Jalessah Jackson told the students of her Gender Studies &#8220;Love and Sex&#8221; class that she is relocating that evening&#8217;s class and approaching it in a different &#8220;format&#8221; than usual. The new location? The Campus Green. The new format? A protest against bestselling author and Daily Wire podcast host Michael Knowles. The students are &#8220;expected to be present&#8221; at the protest of the mainstream conservative, Jackson asserts in the email.
In the email to her students, a screenshot of which was published Monday by <a href="https://www.yaf.org/news/kennesaw-state-professor-takes-love-and-sex-gender-studies-class-on-field-trip-to-protest-michael-knowles/">Young America&#8217;s Foundation</a> (the organization sponsoring Knowles&#8217; appearance on campus), Prof. Jackson begins by pulling almost word for word from an announcement posted on Facebook earlier by progressive activist groups providing details about the protest ahead of Knowles speech.
&#8220;Dear Students,&#8221; the email reads. &#8220;I am emailing to inform you all of today&#8217;s class format and meeting space. KSU Young Americans for Freedom will be hosting a transphobic [event] today, Monday, Oct 21 called &#8216;Men are not Women&#8217; with Michael Knowles, who has been known for his racist and transphobic comments. You may know him as the man who was recently banned from Fox News for calling Greta Thunberg a &#8216;mentally ill Swedish child&#8217;.&#8221;
Jackson goes on to inform the class that they are &#8220;expected to be present&#8221; at the protest event.
&#8220;As a class, we will be coming out to support trans students at KSU. We want to communicate to the campus and broader community that transgender people have advocates on campus who support them and their right to exist,&#8221; she continues, again drawing almost verbatim from portions of the progressive activist group&#8217;s earlier announcement.
&#8220;Although the event is 4-7 pm, you all will be expected to be present during class time 5:00-6:15pm,&#8221; she writes. &#8220;However, feel free to come early and stay the entire time.&#8221;
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Forcing students to attend a protest is obviously a violation of the First Amendment and far oversteps any reasonable school policy on employee advocacy of a political view or cause.
Called out for the apparent coercion of students to protest another student group&#8217;s event, Jackson seem to contradict her assertion that students would be &#8220;expected to be present during class time,&#8221; insisting to Young America&#8217;s Foundation that students would not be &#8220;penalized for not attending.&#8221;
&#8220;Attendance will not be taken for today’s class,&#8221; Jackson told YAF. &#8220;As a result, students not in attendance will not be penalized for not attending.&#8221;
As <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/michael-knowles-men-are-not-women-speech-protested-by-ksu-progressives">The Daily Wire</a> reported earlier Monday, the protest of Knowles&#8217; speech was organized over the weekend by progressive student activist groups Kennesaw State United and Kennesaw Pride. Below is the full text of the announcement of the protest, some of the language of which Jackson heavily borrowed in her highly problematic email to her Gender Studies students:
<blockquote>Stand with the Transgender Community: Educating the Campus on Trans Issues &amp; Identities
KSU Young Americans for Freedom will be hosting a transphobic event this Monday, Oct 21 called “Men are not Women” with Michael Knowles, who has been known for his racist and transphobic comments. You may know him as the man who was recently banned from Fox News for calling Greta Thunberg a “mentally ill Swedish child”.
Our campus continues to be a hostile and dehumanizing environment for marginalized people, while the university protects hate and allows it to proliferate.
This event will be peaceful to ensure the safety of trans people on campus as historically KSU has not acted to protect marginalized people. The campus climate is very hostile and we don’t want to ignite more hate against the trans community. Please be mindful of the effects of your actions on the campus LGBTQ community.
We’ll be coming out to educate the campus on transgender issues and identities. We want to communicate to the campus and broader community that transgender people have advocates on campus who support them and their right to exist.
The event begins at 4:00pm on the Campus Green. We’ll be handing out information and speaking with passerbys about LGBTQ issues, addressing transphobic misconceptions, and educating people about the effects of hate speech on marginalized communities. People are welcome to bring blankets, snacks, Pride flags, signs, balls, bubbles, or any other material that contribute to our mission and makes the space more comfortable. NO AMPLIFIED SOUND (megaphones or speakers) or STAKES IN THE GROUND.
The demonstration will begin at 6pm and consists of a few speakers sharing their perspectives and experience. Again, signs and flags can be used. We’ll occupy the space without being too loud, rambunctious, or anything that will alert KSU police or dilute our positive message of education and goal of protecting the trans community from increased hate.
There is a possibility that transphobes, white supremacists, and others may approach. If approached, please minimize your interactions with them for your own safety and everybody else’s. If you’re comfortable, however, you may engage in productive conversation away from others as to not disrupt the positive space.
At 7pm, Young American for Freedom’s event will start. Although we have no plans to enter or disrupt the event, for those who decide on their own to enter the event, please be aware of the impact of your actions on the transgender community. Outbursts or combative behavior can be used against us by these groups to further marginalize trans people and incite transphobia.
For everyone involved in our efforts, please defer to KPA and KSUnited for guidance on conduct.
Please contact us if you have any questions.</blockquote>

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Professor Tells Students They&#8217;re &#8216;Expected&#8217; To Join Her In Protesting Daily Wire&#8217;s Michael Knowles

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According to <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/ag-barr-expands-controversial-review-origin-russia-investigation-n1068971?cid=sm_npd_nn_tw_ma">NBC News</a>, a review ordered by Attorney General William Barr and conducted by Connecticut U.S. Attorney John Durham has been expanded &#8220;significantly&#8221; and now includes two high-profile, vocal critics of President Trump that held key positions in the Obama administration: former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper and former CIA Director John Brennan. The review, new developments suggest, could also be morphing into an official criminal investigation.
Citing multiple current and former federal officials, including Brennan himself, NBC reported Saturday that Durham &#8220;has expressed his intent to interview a number of current and former intelligence officials involved in examining Russia&#8217;s effort to interfere in the 2016 presidential election.&#8221; Among the former officials are Clapper, who now works as a national security analyst for CNN, and Brennan, whose security clearance Trump famously <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-revokes-security-clearance-of-former-cia-director-john-brennan/2018/08/15/043b6fc4-a0bb-11e8-8e87-c869fe70a721_story.html">revoked</a> in 2018.
Reports that Barr greenlighted the expansion of Durham&#8217;s investigation into the origins of the Russia investigation began to circulate a few weeks ago, but the specific claim that Clapper and Brennan were of interest appears to be a new detail from NBC&#8217;s sources. Also new is NBC&#8217;s description of the response of CIA analysts reportedly targeted in the review.
&#8220;Durham has also requested to talk to CIA analysts involved in the intelligence assessment of Russia&#8217;s activities, prompting some of them to hire lawyers, according to three former CIA officials familiar with the matter,&#8221; NBC reports, noting that sources say there is &#8220;tension between the CIA and the Justice Department over what classified documents Durham can examine.&#8221;
<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/19/us/politics/durham-review-fbi-witnesses.html">The New York Times</a> also revealed some new details about the ongoing review Saturday. Citing unnamed former officials and others familiar with the matter, the Times reports that the federal prosecutors &#8220;have asked witnesses pointed questions about any anti-Trump bias among former F.B.I. officials who are frequent targets of President Trump and about the earliest steps they took in the Russia inquiry.&#8221;
Thus far, according to the Times&#8217; sources, Durham&#8217;s team has interviewed about two dozen current and former FBI officials, while two senior FBI officials are assisting in the process. &#8220;The number of interviews shows that Mr. Durham’s review is further along than previously known,&#8221; the Times notes.
As for the expansion of the probe, NBC reports that Barr has given Durham the go-ahead to expand both his staff and the timeframe he can examine, which now includes &#8220;conduct past Donald Trump&#8217;s inauguration in January 2017.&#8221; NBC also notes suggestively that DOJ officials would offer no comment when asked if the review has &#8220;morphed&#8221; into a criminal investigation.
The initial investigation into Russian interference, headed up by then-FBI Director James Comey, eventually led to the special investigation into collusion and obstruction headed up by Robert Mueller. But after two years and over $30 million spent on the effort, Mueller&#8217;s exhaustive report concluded that &#8220;the investigation did not establish that members of the Trump Campaign conspired or coordinated with the Russian government in its election interference activities.&#8221;
As for alleged obstruction of justice by Trump, the special counsel came to no conclusion at all, stating &#8220;while this report does not conclude that the President committed a crime, it also does not exonerate him&#8221; &#8212; a non-conclusion met with much criticism from both sides.
The DOJ&#8217;s review of the roles of various FBI and CIA officials in the origins of the Russia probe in a sense flips the focus of the initial investigation, looking not at Trump and his associates but at those who allegedly helped promote what Mueller determined to be the evidence-less &#8220;collusion&#8221; narrative.

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Report: DOJ Review Of Origins Of Russia Probe Expanded, CIA Officials &#8216;Hiring Lawyers&#8217;

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A tornado ripped through north Dallas Sunday night, leaving massive wreckage, tens of thousands of people out of power, and first responders going door to door to check on residents. Multiple videos have since emerged capturing the harrowing moment as the tornado tore through the city.
&#8220;The City of Dallas is currently assessing the damages as a result of a storm with a radar-confirmed tornado that came through the Dallas area at approximately 9 p.m. on Sunday, October 20,&#8221; the City of Dallas said in a <a href="https://content.govdelivery.com/bulletins/gd/TXDALLAS-2673acb?wgt_ref=TXDALLAS_WIDGET_3">storm update</a> posted just after midnight, just hours after the hurricane first touched down. &#8220;At this time, there are no reports of fatalities or serious injuries.&#8221;
&#8220;The Dallas Police Department and Dallas Fire-Rescue are assessing damaged structures and will continue to do so throughout the night,&#8221; the release continued. &#8220;Currently, there are approximately 35 traffic signals with no communication and crews are responding for repairs.&#8221;
The release also cited reported gas leaks and encouraged residents to &#8220;leave the area immediately and from a safe distance&#8221; if they smell or suspect a natural gas leak.
&#8220;According to Oncor, there are approximately 65,000 customers in Dallas experiencing a service interruption due to this storm,&#8221; the city said.
In response to the destruction and the power outage, the city opened up a shelter at the Bachman Recreation Center for residents and activated Dallas&#8217;s Emergency Operating Center to monitor the situation and provide further updates to residents.
<a href="https://www.dallasnews.com/news/weather/2019/10/19/thunderstorms-late-sunday-could-bring-hail-strong-winds-to-dallas-fort-worth/">The Dallas Morning News</a> reported Monday that first responders had been going &#8220;door to door in some neighborhoods to check on residents,&#8221; while &#8220;police and fire crews began assessing damaged structures through the night.&#8221;
The areas of the city hit particularly hard, the outlet reports, are parts of northern Dallas, including the Love Field area.
Flights out of Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport were delayed until after 12:30 a.m. and that multiple schools in the district were closed Monday.
Early estimates say the tornado created wind speed easily topping 100 mph, Dallas Morning News notes.
Below is footage taken by Phillip Ellis and reposted by meteorologist <a href="https://twitter.com/weatherdak/status/1186110516361490432?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1186110516361490432&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dailywire.com%2Fnews%2Fwatch-videos-show-tornado-ripping-through-dallas">Dakota Smith</a> of the National Center for Atmospheric Research showing the tornado stretching down toward the city as lightning lights up the sky:
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Whoa&#8230; Insane view of Dallas tornado, that moved through moments ago. <a href="https://t.co/Uzmzy2JGBA">pic.twitter.com/Uzmzy2JGBA</a>
— Dakota Smith (@weatherdak) <a href="https://twitter.com/weatherdak/status/1186110516361490432?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 21, 2019</a></blockquote>
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As noted by the <a href="https://nypost.com/2019/10/21/terrifying-videos-show-tornados-wrath-as-it-plows-through-dallas/">New York Post</a>, Texas Governor Greg Abbott (R) reposted footage showing the &#8220;horrific tornado in Dallas.&#8221;
&#8220;We are sending prayers,&#8221; wrote Abbott, adding: &#8220;We are also sending the Texas Division of Emergency Management to provide assistance. &#8230; Stay safe Texans.&#8221;
Abbott&#8217;s tweet followed by original post below:
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We are sending prayers.
We are also sending the Texas Division of Emergency Management to provide assistance. <a href="https://twitter.com/TDEM?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@TDEM</a>
Stay safe Texans. <a href="https://t.co/EYjFb3tsm6">https://t.co/EYjFb3tsm6</a>
— Greg Abbott (@GregAbbott_TX) <a href="https://twitter.com/GregAbbott_TX/status/1186171273426157568?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 21, 2019</a></blockquote>
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Horrific Tornado In Dallas! <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/DallasTornado?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#DallasTornado</a> <a href="https://t.co/7x261wqTTY">pic.twitter.com/7x261wqTTY</a>
— Rose (@rosedixontx) <a href="https://twitter.com/rosedixontx/status/1186152008492994560?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 21, 2019</a></blockquote>
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Weather reporter Jesus Jimenez also posted a photo of a Home Depot in the area that &#8220;took a direct hit&#8221;:
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The Home Depot at Forest and 75 took a direct hit. <a href="https://t.co/mUS7Rs4egQ">pic.twitter.com/mUS7Rs4egQ</a>
— Jesus Jimenez 🌩 (@jesus_jimz) <a href="https://twitter.com/jesus_jimz/status/1186125017362378752?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 21, 2019</a></blockquote>
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Below is the full text of the <a href="https://content.govdelivery.com/bulletins/gd/TXDALLAS-2673acb?wgt_ref=TXDALLAS_WIDGET_3">storm update</a> issued by the City of Dallas early Monday:
<blockquote>The City of Dallas is currently assessing the damages as a result of a storm with a radar-confirmed tornado that came through the Dallas area at approximately 9.p.m. on Sunday, October 20. At this time, there are no reports of fatalities or serious injuries.
The Dallas Police Department and Dallas Fire-Rescue are assessing damaged structures and will continue to do so throughout the night.
Currently, there are approximately 35 traffic signals with no communication and crews are responding for repairs. Residents should call 3-1-1 to report downed traffic lights.
Residents are encouraged to stay indoors if they are in an area with storm damage due to downed trees, power lines and debris.
There are reports of gas leaks north of Walnut Hill. If residents smell natural gas or suspect a natural gas leak, leave the area immediately and from a safe distance, call 9-1-1 and the Atmos Energy 24/7 emergency line at 866-322-8667.
According to Oncor, there are approximately 65,000 customers in Dallas experiencing a service interruption due to this storm. The City is preparing to open Bachman Recreation Center at 2 a.m. for people seeking shelter.
The City has activated its Emergency Operating Center and will continue to monitor the second round of storms that will come through the area early Monday morning. An update will be provided as additional information becomes available.</blockquote>

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WATCH: Videos Show Tornado Ripping Through Dallas

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Bestselling author and Daily Wire podcast host Michael Knowles&#8217; scheduled speech at Kennesaw State University, titled simply &#8220;Men Are Not Women,&#8221; will be proceeded by protests organized by progressive student activists groups, who suggest that his &#8220;transphobic&#8221; speech will help contribute to the university&#8217;s already &#8220;hostile and dehumanizing environment for marginalized people.&#8221;
In a post shared on its <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/446008019356876/permalink/446009872690024/">Facebook page</a>, Kennesaw State United announced Saturday that it was joining with fellow student activist group Kennesaw Pride to demonstrate Monday ahead of Knowles&#8217; Young Americans for Freedom-hosted speech, scheduled to begin at 7 p.m. Monday night.
&#8220;KSU Young Americans for Freedom will be hosting a transphobic event this Monday, Oct 21 called &#8216;Men are not Women&#8217; with Michael Knowles, who has been known for his racist and transphobic comments,&#8221; the announcement begins. &#8220;You may know him as the man who was recently banned from Fox News for calling Greta Thunberg a &#8216;mentally ill Swedish child&#8217;,&#8221; the group adds in reference to Knowles referencing Thunberg&#8217;s diagnosis of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD).
&#8220;Our campus continues to be a hostile and dehumanizing environment for marginalized people, while the university protects hate and allows it to proliferate,&#8221; the groups declare.
The groups also take pains to present the demonstration as &#8220;peaceful&#8221; and only designed to &#8220;ensure the safety of trans people on campus as historically KSU has not acted to protect marginalized people.&#8221; But the announcement also suggests that the groups fear that some on their side will not eschew violence.
&#8220;The campus climate is very hostile and we don&#8217;t want to ignite more hate against the trans community. Please be mindful of the effects of your actions on the campus LGBTQ community,&#8221; the announcement stresses.
&#8220;We&#8217;ll occupy the space without being too loud, rambunctious, or anything that will alert KSU police or dilute our positive message of education and goal of protecting the trans community from increased hate,&#8221; the groups explain, before warning of the potential for run-ins with &#8220;transphobes&#8221; and &#8220;white supremacists.&#8221;
&#8220;There is a possibility that transphobes, white supremacists, and others may approach,&#8221; the announcement continues. &#8220;If approached, please minimize your interactions with them for your own safety and everybody else&#8217;s.&#8221;
Those who want to &#8220;engage in productive conversation&#8221; with people who disagree with them should do so &#8220;away from others as to not disrupt the positive space.&#8221;
&#8220;Although we have no plans to enter or disrupt the event, for those who decide on their own to enter the event, please be aware of the impact of your actions on the transgender community,&#8221; the groups warn. &#8220;Outbursts or combative behavior can be used against us by these groups to further marginalize trans people and incite transphobia.&#8221;
In response to the planned protest, Knowles told The Daily Wire that his speech &#8220;is probably the least objectionable speech I&#8217;ve ever written.&#8221; His remarks, he said, will cover &#8220;fake news and how all this nonsense—a la, &#8216;men can be women&#8217;—enters the public consciousness in the first place.&#8221;
Knowles has been the subject of campus protests several times now, including being targeted by the violence-embracing Antifa at a speech at the University of Missouri-Kansas City.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/watch-knowles-fox-heres-big-takeaway-politicians-james-barrett">Knowles On Fox: Here’s The Big Takeaway From Politicians’ Ignoring Antifa Violence</a>
Below is the full text of the announcement of the demonstrations:
<blockquote>Stand with the Transgender Community: Educating the Campus on Trans Issues &amp; Identities
KSU Young Americans for Freedom will be hosting a transphobic event this Monday, Oct 21 called &#8220;Men are not Women&#8221; with Michael Knowles, who has been known for his racist and transphobic comments. You may know him as the man who was recently banned from Fox News for calling Greta Thunberg a &#8220;mentally ill Swedish child&#8221;.
Our campus continues to be a hostile and dehumanizing environment for marginalized people, while the university protects hate and allows it to proliferate.
This event will be peaceful to ensure the safety of trans people on campus as historically KSU has not acted to protect marginalized people. The campus climate is very hostile and we don&#8217;t want to ignite more hate against the trans community. Please be mindful of the effects of your actions on the campus LGBTQ community.
We&#8217;ll be coming out to educate the campus on transgender issues and identities. We want to communicate to the campus and broader community that transgender people have advocates on campus who support them and their right to exist.
The event begins at 4:00pm on the Campus Green. We&#8217;ll be handing out information and speaking with passerbys about LGBTQ issues, addressing transphobic misconceptions, and educating people about the effects of hate speech on marginalized communities. People are welcome to bring blankets, snacks, Pride flags, signs, balls, bubbles, or any other material that contribute to our mission and makes the space more comfortable. NO AMPLIFIED SOUND (megaphones or speakers) or STAKES IN THE GROUND.
The demonstration will begin at 6pm and consists of a few speakers sharing their perspectives and experience. Again, signs and flags can be used. We&#8217;ll occupy the space without being too loud, rambunctious, or anything that will alert KSU police or dilute our positive message of education and goal of protecting the trans community from increased hate.
There is a possibility that transphobes, white supremacists, and others may approach. If approached, please minimize your interactions with them for your own safety and everybody else&#8217;s. If you&#8217;re comfortable, however, you may engage in productive conversation away from others as to not disrupt the positive space.
At 7pm, Young American for Freedom&#8217;s event will start. Although we have no plans to enter or disrupt the event, for those who decide on their own to enter the event, please be aware of the impact of your actions on the transgender community. Outbursts or combative behavior can be used against us by these groups to further marginalize trans people and incite transphobia.
For everyone involved in our efforts, please defer to KPA and KSUnited for guidance on conduct.
Please contact us if you have any questions.</blockquote>

Michael Knowles’ ‘Men Are Not Women’ Speech Protested By KSU Progressives

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In a newly reported development that further complicates the Democrats&#8217; Ukraine corruption investigation, a State Department witness told congressional investigators this week that in early 2015 he warned about the problematic optics of the vice president&#8217;s son, Hunter Biden, serving on the board of a Ukrainian energy company while his father was tasked with overseeing Ukraine-U.S. relations.  The career State Department official told investigators his warning was rebuffed by Biden&#8217;s office. Months later, Biden would pressure the Ukraine &#8212; by withholding a billion dollars in aid &#8212; to fire the prosecutor who had looked into the company employing Hunter.
Citing sources who spoke on the condition of anonymity, <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/diplomat-tells-investigators-he-raised-alarms-in-2015-about-hunter-bidens-ukraine-work-but-was-rebuffed/2019/10/18/81e35be9-4f5a-4048-8520-0baabb18ab63_story.html">The Washington Post</a> reported Friday that George Kent, a deputy assistant secretary of state and career State Department official, &#8220;testified Tuesday that he worried that Hunter Biden’s position at the firm Burisma Holdings would complicate efforts by U.S. diplomats to convey to Ukrainian officials the importance of avoiding conflicts of interest.&#8221;
The sources told the Post that Kent &#8220;had concerns that Ukrainian officials would view Hunter Biden as a conduit for currying influence with his father, said the people.&#8221;
Kent reportedly told congressional investigators that Biden&#8217;s office dismissed his warning about the potentially problematic situation by saying the vice president did not have the &#8220;bandwidth&#8221; to address the Hunter-Burisma question because he was dealing with his other son, Beau, battling cancer.
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&#8220;Kent, who also testified about how Trump’s associates raised unfounded allegations about the former ambassador to Ukraine, is the first known example of a career diplomat who raised concerns internally in the Obama administration about Hunter Biden’s board position,&#8221; the Post reports, noting that the paper &#8220;has previously reported that there had been discussions among Biden’s advisers about whether his son’s Ukraine work would be perceived as a conflict of interest, and that one former adviser had been concerned enough to mention it to Biden, though the conversation was brief.&#8221;
The Post also stresses that Kent&#8217;s testimony demonstrates that the Democrats&#8217; impeachment inquiry has the potential to dig up information related to the Bidens that could undermine the Democratic presidential candidate, who is still the party frontrunner, according to multiple polls.
The Post goes on to acknowledge that Trump is not the only one who has raised allegations about the Bidens and Ukraine, as the Democratic frontrunner has &#8220;faced questions about why he didn’t anticipate concerns about potential conflicts of interest as he took a leading role in carrying out U.S. policy toward Ukraine.&#8221;
A former senior Biden national security aide told the Post that while the former Vice President was dealing with Beau&#8217;s ultimately fatal bout with cancer at the time, it had a &#8220;minimal impact on his work,&#8221; the Post reports.
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Hunter Biden addressed his work in Ukraine in an <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/hunter-biden-breaks-silence-on-ukraine-accusations-trump-fires-back-really-bad">interview</a> this week with ABC News, and while he insisted that he did nothing &#8220;improper,&#8221; admitted that, &#8220;in retrospect,&#8221; some of his business dealings while his father was Vice President were a &#8220;mistake.&#8221;
“In retrospect, look, I think that it was poor judgment on my part,” he told ABC News’ Amy Robach in an interview released Tuesday. “Is that I think that it was poor judgment because I don’t believe now, when I look back on it — I know that there was — did nothing wrong at all. However, was it poor judgment to be in the middle of something that is … a swamp in — in — in many ways? Yeah. &#8230; I gave a hook to some very unethical people to act in illegal ways to try to do some harm to my father. That’s where I made the mistake. So I take full responsibility for that.&#8221;
Hunter also admitted that he &#8220;probably&#8221; would not have gotten some of the high-paying jobs he enjoyed if his father weren&#8217;t the vice president.
The Democrats&#8217; impeachment inquiry was sparked by a whistleblower report on Trump&#8217;s July 25 call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in which Trump asked his Ukrainian counterpart to &#8220;look into&#8221; the alleged Biden-Burisma scandal.
&#8220;There’s a lot of talk about Biden’s son, that Biden stopped the prosecution, and a lot of people want to find out about that,&#8221; said Trump. &#8220;So whatever you can do with the Attorney General would be great. Biden went around bragging that he stopped the prosecution, so if you can look into it… It sounds horrible to me.&#8221;
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/hunter-biden-breaks-silence-on-ukraine-accusations-trump-fires-back-really-bad">Hunter Biden Breaks Silence On Ukraine Accusations; Trump Fires Back: ‘Really Bad’</a>
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Impeachment Witness Tells Congress He Warned About Biden-Ukraine Problem In 2015, Got Shut Down By Biden&#8217;s Office

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In a letter obtained and published by the <a href="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/washington-secrets/trump-campaign-to-sue-cnn-over-pro-impeachment-bias-demands-substantial-payment">Washington Examiner</a> on Friday, President Trump&#8217;s campaign informs CNN President Jeff Zucker that it plans to sue him and his network for a &#8220;substantial&#8221; amount as a result of CNN subjecting the president to &#8220;unfair, unfounded, unethical and unlawful attacks.&#8221;
The letter was sent after the release this week of a series of undercover videos produced by James O&#8217;Keefe&#8217;s Project Veritas showing CNN insiders describing alleged overt, systemic bias against Trump within CNN, including from the top: Zucker himself.
The letter is addressed to Zucker and CNN&#8217;s Executive Vice President and General Counsel David Vigilante and signed by Charles J. Harder of Harder LLP, a firm representing Trump&#8217;s campaign. In the letter, Harder accuses CNN of failing to abide by &#8220;industry-accepted codes of ethics, including the Society for Professional Journalists&#8217; Code of Ethics,&#8221; as well as CNN&#8217;s own self-declared commitment to &#8220;excellence in journalism&#8221; and being &#8220;the most trusted source for news and information.&#8221;
Among the evidence of CNN&#8217;s alleged failure to provide ethical coverage, Harder cites Project Veritas&#8217; recent videos in which CNN employees say that their network is committed to help &#8220;take down President Trump&#8221; and Zucker is driven by a &#8220;personal vendetta&#8221; against him. Harder stresses that the listed examples &#8220;are merely the tip of the iceberg of the evidence my clients have accumulated over recent years.&#8221;
&#8220;We also expect substantial additional information about CNN’s wrongful practices to become known in the coming days and weeks,&#8221; Harder states. &#8220;Never in the history of this country has a president been the subject of such a sustained barrage of unfair, unfounded, unethical and unlawful attacks by so-called &#8216;mainstream&#8217; news, as the current situation.&#8221;
&#8220;Your actions are in violation of the Lanham Act (15 U.S.C. § 1051 et seq.), among other applicable laws, by constituting misrepresentations to the public, to your advertisers, and others,&#8221; the letter reads. &#8220;Accordingly, my clients intend to file legal action against you, to seek compensatory damages, treble damages, punitive damages, injunctive relief, reimbursement of legal costs, and all other available legal and equitable remedies, to the maximum extent permitted by law.&#8221;
Below is the full text of the letter (formatting adjusted):
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Dear Mr. Zucker and Mr. Vigilante:
This firm is litigation counsel for President Donald J. Trump and Donald J. Trump for President, Inc. We write concerning your biased reporting practices relating to our clients. The terms “you” and “your” in this letter shall collectively refer to CNN Broadcasting, Inc., CNN Productions, Inc., CNN Interactive Group, Inc., the website located at CNN.com, and all broadcast television stations owned, operated or affiliated with the foregoing.
Your website expressly represents to the public, in writing, that you are “journalists,” “truth seekers,” “united by a mission to inform, engage and empower the world,” and you “stand for excellence in journalism and [your] products.” See <a href="https://www.cnn.com/About">https://www.CNN.com/About</a>  (emphasis added). Your slogan is “The Most Trusted Name in News”. Your Facebook account claims you are “widely known to be – the most trusted source for news and information.” Your anchor, Don Lemon, stated on June 6, 2019, as a keynote speaker at Financial Times Live Future of News: “We don’t profess to be a liberal network, we’re a news network … we have a commitment to the truth and to facts, which has really been paramount, especially always at CNN.” Mr. Zucker said in an interview with Variety, published on August 2, 2016: “[O]ur air, as opposed to others’, is truly fair and balanced.” (Emphasis added.)
Statements like “excellence in journalism,” “most trusted source for news and information,” “commitment to the truth and to facts” and “truly fair and balanced” are statements that would be widely considered throughout the journalism community and news industry as  journalism that complies with industry-accepted codes of ethics, including the Society for Professional Journalists’ Code of Ethics. That code — written by journalism experts for practicing journalists (available at<a href="https://www.spj.org/pdf/spj-code-of-ethics.pdf"> </a><a href="https://www.spj.org/pdf/spj-code-of-ethics.pdf">https://www.SPJ.org/pdf/spj-code-of-ethics.pdf</a>) (the “Code”)  — provides in pertinent part:
“Ethical journalism should be accurate and fair. Journalists should be honest … in gathering, reporting and interpreting information.” (Emphasis added.)
“Journalists should:
<ul>
<li>“Verify information before releasing it.”</li>
<li>“Provide context. Take special care not to misrepresent or oversimplify in promoting, previewing or summarizing a story.”</li>
<li>“Label advocacy and commentary.”</li>
<li>“Never deliberately distort facts or context, including visual information.”</li>
<li>“Avoid conflicts of interest, real or perceived. Disclose unavoidable conflicts.”</li>
<li>“[A]void political and other outside activities that may compromise integrity or impartiality, or may damage credibility.”</li>
<li>“Deny favored treatment to advertisers, donors or any other special interests, and resist internal and external pressure to influence coverage.”</li>
<li>“Abide by the same high standards they expect of others.”</li>
</ul>
(Emphasis added.)
Recently released video footage of individuals alleged to be your employees (see <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7XZmugtLv4">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7XZmugtLv4</a>) (the “Footage”) indicates that your reporting relating to President Trump is contrary to your own mission and the aforementioned Code of Ethics. Your own employees appear to state that CNN is focused on trying to “take down President Trump,” driven by a “personal vendetta” that Mr. Zucker purportedly has against him, rather than reporting the news in an objective manner. In the Footage, your employees appear to state that CNN attempts to make its reporting appear neutral and unbiased, when in fact its reporting is far from neutral and highly biased against the President. Among other statements, your employees appear to state the following:  Nick Neville, Media Coordinator at CNN, states:
<blockquote>“Jeff Zucker, basically the president of CNN has a personal vendetta against Trump”
“[Jeff Zucker has] had an ongoing feud with Trump since The Apprentice” (where Zucker was a producer)
“I totally want to do just like the truth, the dogged reporting. But then you have higher up executives like Zucker and other people, who are saying we gotta make profits&#8230;so it turns into like certain things that you do are trying just to attract viewers, then it becomes kind of a comedy show” “Don Lemon comes on, he makes you think he’s objective news, but he’s  blatantly opinionated. So either disclose where you’re coming from or get someone whose a little bit more objective. Don Lemon&#8230;love him or hate him he’s blatantly anti-Trump, he’s blatantly left. So maybe Don Lemon could disclose that, but CNN makes it appear as though we have 24 hours of unbiased news, that’s not true.”</blockquote>
Cary Poarch, a CNN employee in the Washington, D.C. bureau, states:
<blockquote>“CNN purports to be facts first, and that’s just not the case”</blockquote>
Christian Sierra, a Media Coordinator at CNN, states:
<blockquote>“There’s just nothing we can do if Zucker wants impeachment every single day to be the top story … He wants impeachment above all else”
“I hate how everything is all Trump all the time now, everyone at the network complains about it, they hate covering Trump every day”
“Our Democratic interviews are like softballs, compared to the Republicans”</blockquote>
The aforementioned examples are merely the tip of the iceberg of the evidence my clients have accumulated over recent years. We also expect substantial additional information about CNN’s wrongful practices to become known in the coming days and weeks.  Never in the history of this country has a President been the subject of such a sustained barrage of unfair, unfounded, unethical and unlawful attacks by so-called “mainstream” news, as the current situation.
Your actions are in violation of the Lanham Act (15 U.S.C. § 1051 et seq.), among other applicable laws, by constituting misrepresentations to the public, to your advertisers, and others. Accordingly, my clients intend to file legal action against you, to seek compensatory damages, treble damages, punitive damages, injunctive relief, reimbursement of legal costs, and all other available legal and equitable remedies, to the maximum extent permitted by law.
Please contact the undersigned to discuss an appropriate resolution of this matter, which would include a substantial payment of damages, as well as all other appropriate measures that are necessary to fully address the magnitude of the situation. This letter is not intended as a full or complete statement of all relevant facts, applicable law, causes of actions or legal remedies, and nothing herein is intended as, nor should it be deemed to constitute, a waiver or relinquishment of any of my clients’ rights, remedies, claims or causes of action, all of which are hereby expressly reserved. 
Very truly yours, 
CHARLES J. HARDER Of 
HARDER LLP
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CNN President Jeff Zucker

READ IT: Trump Campaign&#8217;s Letter Declaring Legal Action Against CNN For Anti-Trump Bias

Jeff Zucker

Media Bias

The new DC Universe television series &#8220;Batwoman,&#8221; which was hyped by DC and The CW as an overtly social justice-oriented series, finally aired two weeks ago amid much buzz. With two episodes released, reviews of the series reveal a dramatic gap between the response of critics and viewers. While the critics overall have given the series their official endorsement, viewers loathe it to a degree of unanimity rarely seen.
The new &#8220;Batwoman&#8221; series features a lesbian lead character who is &#8220;armed with a passion for social justice and flair for speaking her mind,&#8221; as <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/cw-launch-batwoman-tv-series-one-big-social-james-barrett">The Hollywood Reporter</a> described it when it was first announced last year:
<blockquote>Batwoman revolves around Kate Kane, who, armed with a passion for social justice and flair for speaking her mind, soars onto the streets of Gotham as Batwoman, an out lesbian and highly trained street fighter primed to snuff out the failing city&#8217;s criminal resurgence. But don&#8217;t call her a hero yet: in a city desperate for a savior, Kate must overcome her own demons before embracing the call to be Gotham&#8217;s symbol of hope.</blockquote>
&#8220;Intersectional&#8221; controversy quickly arose when the identity of the actress who would play Kane/Batwoman was first announced last year.  Actress Ruby Rose, who generally presents herself as female but identifies as &#8220;gender fluid,&#8221; came under such severe backlash from angry left-wing critics for being &#8220;not gay enough&#8221; that she felt compelled to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/ruby-rose-quits-twitter-after-leftist-critics-emily-zanotti">get off social media</a>.
Amid growing anticipation, &#8220;Batwoman&#8221; finally aired two weeks ago. With two episodes now released, review aggregating site <a href="https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/batwoman/s01">Rotten Tomatoes</a> gives the series a critics&#8217; score of 70%, meaning a strong majority of critics scored it positively. The site offers the following &#8220;Critics Consensus&#8221; summary that gives a nod to the series&#8217; identity politics focus:
<blockquote>Though it needs more time to develop its own identity to truly soar, Batwoman&#8216;s fun and stylish first season is a step in the right direction for representation and superhero shows alike.</blockquote>
While the show enjoys a healthy 70% critics score, with 40 reviewers having weighed in thus far, the audience score is a far different matter. With over 5,500 viewers having offered their opinions, &#8220;Batwoman&#8221; currently has a devastating 12% audience score — a 58% gap between how viewers and critics score the show.
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So far, out of the 40 critics, 28 give the show a &#8220;fresh&#8221; rating while 12 give it a &#8220;rotten&#8221; score. Many of the critics endorsing the show tip their hand that its &#8220;representation&#8221;-focus has something to do with their positive view of it.
&#8220;Batwoman is shaping up to be the queer, boundary breaking superhero television deserves,&#8221; writes Refinery29&#8217;s Ariana Romero.
&#8220;The best part of the new series is that unfussy, effortless way of getting Kate&#8217;s sexual orientation out of the way, and also Kate herself,&#8221; says Newsday&#8217;s Verne Gay, who gives it a 2.5 out of 4 stars.
&#8220;Ruby Rose is very fun in this role. She&#8217;s cheeky and flirty and butchy and broody and punchy and I can&#8217;t wait to see what else she brings to one of my all-time favorite fictional lesbian characters,&#8221; writes Autostraddle&#8217;s Heather Hogan.
&#8220;Gritty and fiercely feminist, the series is very much an Arrowverse show that also stands as its own thing,&#8221; says TV Guide&#8217;s Keisha Hatchet, who gives it a 70 out of 100.
Among the complaints of those relatively few critics who give it the thumbs down is the show&#8217;s &#8220;lack of identity,&#8221; its &#8220;poorly conceived supporting cast,&#8221; and its habit of &#8220;trying too hard.&#8221;
&#8220;Thanks to a poorly conceived supporting cast and a serious lack of identity, the Batwoman pilot isn&#8217;t all that great, especially if you&#8217;re not a mega fan of the already existing Arrowverse franchise,&#8221; suggests ComicBook.com&#8217;s Charlie Ridgely, who gives it a 3 out of 5.
&#8220;Batwoman has a lot of potential but this pilot feels too torn. When the show is not trying too hard, it works decently. But, when it forces itself to deliver messages, it falls apart,&#8221; writes Jo Blo&#8217;s Movie Emporium&#8217;s Alex Maidy, who gives it a 6 out of 10.
While 70% of the critics liked it overall, only 12% of viewers who took to Rotten Tomatoes to offer their opinion say they did. Many of the over 5,000 audience reviewers score the series 1 or 0.5 out of 5 stars.
&#8220;Not good, trying way too hard,&#8221; writes one audience reviewer. &#8220;Very boring and preachy, could of been great but as is now its a HUGE fail,&#8221; writes another.
&#8220;Painfully cramped story and predictable characters &#8230; seems to fit a whole season&#8217;s worth of content in the first two episodes,&#8221; writes another viewer. &#8220;I definitely think they turned down the wokeness seen in the trailer, but either way, that is not what makes this series fail so far.&#8221;
&#8220;This could have been amazing. Such a disappointment,&#8221; writes another. &#8220;I paid nothing to see this commercial free and I feel ripped off,&#8221; says another viewer.
The huge disparity in the critics and audience score echoes what happened with the similarly social justice/feminist-themed comic book production, &#8220;Captain Marvel.&#8221; In fact, the terrible &#8220;want to see&#8221; score on Rotten Tomatoes ahead of the release of the film compelled the site to completely drop the score, only allowing viewers to post responses after the film/show is released.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/update-hows-captain-marvels-audience-score-rotten-james-barrett">How’s Captain Marvel’s Audience Score Since Rotten Tomatoes Purged ‘Troll’ Reviews?</a>
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Ruby Rose Batwoman

Woke ‘Batwoman’ Endorsed By Critics, Shredded By Audience

Feminism

Hollywood

Social Justice

As part of a promotional tour for his new book, &#8220;<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Way-I-Heard-Mike-Rowe/dp/1508296219">The Way I Heard It</a>,&#8221; former &#8220;Dirty Jobs&#8221; host Mike Rowe appeared on &#8220;Fox and Friends&#8221; Wednesday morning and was inevitably asked about his response to the Democratic presidential debate that took place the night before in Ohio. As he&#8217;s famous for doing, Rowe offered some incisive commentary summing up the Democrats&#8217; economic agendas.
The Fox hosts led into their initial questions about the fourth Democratic debate by playing a few clips from the event, starting with a comment by democratic socialist Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) describing his plan to tax the 400 wealthiest Americans at a top rate of 97.5%.
&#8220;When you have  a half a million Americans sleeping out on the street today &#8230; and then you also have three people owning more wealth than the bottom half of American society, that is a moral and economic outrage,&#8221; said Sanders. &#8220;So if you are asking me, do I think we should demand that the wealthy start paying &#8212; the wealthiest top one-tenth of one percent &#8212; start paying their fair share of taxes &#8230; Yes, that&#8217;s exactly what I believe.&#8221;
The hosts then played a clip of frontrunner Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), who is also running on an aggressive tax-the-rich plan. &#8220;Taxing income is not going to get you where you want to be the way taxing wealth does,&#8221; she said. &#8220;We need a wealth tax in order to make investments in the next generation.&#8221;
Asked about his response to the Democrats&#8217; various economic plans, particularly Sanders&#8217; 97.5% tax on the 400 wealthiest Americans, Rowe said, “Yeah, okay. It’s a free country. Float ‘em. Fly ‘em. Run ‘em up the old flagpole &#8212; see who salutes.&#8221;
He then offered a memorable summary of his takeaway from Tuesday&#8217;s debate. &#8220;Look, in the end you’ve got millionaires arguing with millionaires over who hates the millionaires the most,&#8221; said Rowe.
&#8220;And I guess it&#8217;s a conversation we&#8217;ll have,&#8221; he continued, &#8220;but I remember a couple of years ago, I took my meager staff over the Reagan Ranch &#8230; One of the stories they tell is the time when Ronald Reagan just finally decided he was done doing movies. He was just done because he was paying 92% of every dollar he made on films. And it was just math. He wasn&#8217;t done acting, he just looked at it and did some basic calculus and said, &#8216;Not for me anymore. It makes no sense to do this.'&#8221;
&#8220;I live in California. I just read a report that said the exodus this year as a result of a 13.5% state tax and some other tweaks to the system is unlike anything they&#8217;ve ever seen before,&#8221; he said. &#8220;So I know it&#8217;s convenient. It&#8217;s fun to kind of hate the rich and all, but in the end they&#8217;re just people and they&#8217;re going to do the math and they&#8217;re going to go where the math is better.
Asked about the plan to give every American $1000 a month to account for lost jobs due to increased automation, Rowe said, &#8220;Why not two thousand? Why not three?&#8221;
&#8220;You can&#8217;t ignore the human condition,&#8221; he explained. &#8220;We&#8217;re fundamentally lazy people. We have to be taught, I think, to not be lazy &#8230; If you give me a choice &#8212; and I don&#8217;t see myself as lazy &#8212; but if you give me a choice of the easy way or the hard way, I can&#8217;t help it, I&#8217;m going to default to the easy way.&#8221;
&#8220;Once you say, okay, free money, the next question has to be: Why not more?&#8221; said Rowe.
Asked how he thinks the increase in average income for Americans under Trump will play in 2020, Rowe said, &#8220;If I learned anything from 2016, it&#8217;s I don&#8217;t know.&#8221;
WATCH:
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Partial transcript via <a href="https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/oct/16/mike-rowe-democrat-millionaires-arguing-over-who-h/?fbclid=IwAR0GS1HOY77ob-pXVKAeo8SetZzrWD1yMHyu2tBD1S0eR-2aEw-a8D-l4jQ">Washington Times</a>.

Mike Rowe

WATCH: Mike Rowe Gives Devastating Summary Of Democratic Candidates&#8217; Economic Agenda

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Economy

Fox News

The warrant for the arrest of Fort Worth officer Aaron Dean for the killing of Atatiana Jefferson, 28, in her home provides details from the account of her 8-year-old nephew, who witnessed the fatal shooting. According to the boy, his aunt was holding a handgun and pointed it at the window after she heard noises outside from the officers inspecting her home in response to a call from a concerned neighbor early Saturday morning.
Police have underscored that it &#8220;makes sense&#8221; that Jefferson would use her gun if she felt she was being threatened by someone in her own home. The lawyer representing the Jefferson family has also noted that she legally owned the gun.
As reported by <a href="https://www.dallasnews.com/news/crime/2019/10/15/atatiana-jefferson-pointed-gun-out-window-before-fort-worth-officer-killed-her-nephew-told-authorities/?fbclid=IwAR1Lx73SOk32HweII9ruwrS8na_hP0iohR7Ilh/">The Dallas Morning News</a>, the boy told authorities that he was in the room with Jefferson when she was shot and killed by Dean, one of the two officers who responded to a neighbor&#8217;s call expressing concern about Jefferson&#8217;s front door being left open and lights on so late at night.
The boy was playing video games with his aunt when she heard noises outside her home, he said. She took a handgun from her purse and pointed it &#8220;toward the window,&#8221; the boy told forensic investigators. That&#8217;s when Dean yelled, “Put your hands up! Show me your hands!” then fired a single shot, killing Jefferson.
&#8220;Interim Police Chief Ed Kraus said at a news conference Tuesday that it &#8216;makes sense that she would have a gun if she felt that she was being threatened or there was someone in the backyard,'&#8221; Dallas Morning News reports.
“It’s only appropriate that Ms. Jefferson would have a gun,” said Lee Merritt, the lawyer representing Jefferson&#8217;s family, noting that she had a license to carry the legally owned firearm. &#8220;When you think there’s someone prowling around in the back at 2 in the morning, you may need to arm yourself. That person could have a gun.”
Merritt stressed that Jefferson legally owned the firearm and was licensed to carry it.
After turning in his badge earlier in the day, Dean was arrested on Monday on murder charges. Shortly afterward, the Fort Worth Police Department issued a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/update-fort-worth-officer-arrested-after-shooting-woman-in-her-house">press release</a> providing some details about the case.
“At approximately 6 p.m., Aaron Dean was arrested for the murder of Ms. Jefferson and he has since been booked in Tarrant County Jail,” the release reads. “Our department is working closely with the Tarrant County District Attorney’s office. Our Major Case and Internal Affairs Units are continuing to work around the clock to ensure that no stone is left unturned and justice for Ms. Jefferson’s family and community are served.”
The shooting has sparked outrage from the community, some of the leaders of which suggesting that it may have been racially motivated since the officer is white and Jefferson is black.
Amid the outcry over the shooting, the department released <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/body-cam-video-fort-worth-officer-shoots-woman-in-her-home-after-non-emergency-call">body cam footage</a> on Saturday showing the officers scanning the perimeter of her home using flashlights. After checking a door and some windows, Dean shouts, “Put your hands up! Show me your hands!” He then fired through a bedroom window. The footage ends with two still shots of a handgun in the bedroom, presumably the one Jefferson was holding in self-defense when she was shot.
The video footage does not show the officer announcing that he is with law enforcement, and the neighbor who called the non-emergency police number says the officers parked around the block so their vehicle likely was not visible from inside the house.
Video below (warning: graphic content):
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The badge of a Fort Worth Police officer

UPDATE: Woman Shot By Fort Worth Police Officer In Her Home Pointed Gun At Window

Guns

Law Enforcement

Race

Second Amendment

Texas

The war between President Trump and the House Democrats continues to escalate, as Democrat-led House committees issue subpoenas related to the impeachment inquiry, while the White House refuses to cooperate, and Trump and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi trade barbs both publicly and behind closed doors.
On Wednesday, Democrats walked out of a closed-door meeting with Trump about Syria after the president allegedly called Pelosi either a &#8220;third-rate politician&#8221; or a &#8220;third grade politician&#8221; — like everything else, the exact phrasing of his alleged put-down is in dispute. In response, Trump took to Twitter to troll his political opponents, mocking Pelosi&#8217;s &#8220;total meltdown&#8221; while sounding the alarm about her mental health and blasting the Democrats&#8217; &#8220;witch hunt&#8221; impeachment efforts.
&#8220;What we witnessed on the part of the president was a meltdown, sad to say,&#8221; Pelosi told reporters in a joint press conference with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer after the mess of a meeting on Wednesday.
The president, the Democrats claim, insulted &#8220;third-rate&#8221;/&#8221;third grade&#8221; Pelosi and suggested that they &#8220;probably appreciated communist Islamic State terrorists in the Middle East,&#8221; <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/pelosi-dems-trump-syria-white-house-meeting-storm-out">Fox News</a> reports.
&#8220;I pray for the president all the time, and I tell him that — I pray for his safety and that of his family,&#8221; Pelosi said later Wednesday. &#8220;Now, we have to pray for his health — because this was a very serious meltdown on the part of the president.&#8221;
But Trump says the only one who truly had a meltdown was Pelosi, and her mental health is what should really concern Americans.
&#8220;Nervous Nancy&#8217;s unhinged meltdown!&#8221; Trump tweeted along with an image of Pelosi standing up during the meeting in apparent protest of his comments (tweets below).
&#8220;The Do Nothing Democrats, Pelosi and Schumer stormed out of the Cabinet Room!&#8221; he tweeted, this time with a photo of the Democrats&#8217; now-empty seats.
Prior to the &#8220;Nervous Nancy&#8221; tweet, Trump posted another photo of Pelosi and her fellow grim-faced Democratic leaders at the meeting, trollingly asking, &#8220;Do you think they like me?&#8221;
&#8220;Nancy Pelosi needs help fast!&#8221; Trump tweeted later, in an echo of her condescending comments about his mental health. &#8220;There is either something wrong with her &#8216;upstairs,&#8217; or she just plain doesn’t like our great Country. She had a total meltdown in the White House today. It was very sad to watch. Pray for her, she is a very sick person!&#8221;
Trump, who&#8217;s been even more busy on Twitter than normal, has been repeatedly tweeting and retweeting on the impeachment inquiry.
One of his particular targets is House Intelligence Chairman Adam Schiff (D-CA), whom he&#8217;s calling on House Republicans and any &#8220;honest House Democrats&#8221; to &#8220;vote to censure for &#8220;his brazen and unlawful act of fabricating (making up) a totally phony conversation with the Ukraine President and U.S. President, me.&#8221;
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-schiff-pressured-witness-to-say-trump-pressured-ukraine-to-investigate-biden-report-says">Schiff Pressured Witness To Say Trump Pressured Ukraine To Investigate Biden, Report Says</a>
Trump has also retweeted posts by other Republicans, including House Minority Whip Steve Scalise, who warned that Democrats are &#8220;trying to impeach [President Trump] behind closed doors &#8230; excluding the public, the press, and even Members of Congress from this process.&#8221;
Trump has also highlighted tweets by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell condemning the Democrats for how they are handling the inquiry.
&#8220;Already, House Democrats’ impeachment &#8216;inquiry&#8217; is violating norms and precedent,&#8221; McConnell wrote in a post retweeted by Trump. &#8220;They are denying Republicans and President Trump the same rights that Democrats and President Clinton received during those impeachment proceedings.&#8221;
Some of Trump&#8217;s many impeachment-themed tweets below:
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Nancy Pelosi needs help fast! There is either something wrong with her “upstairs,” or she just plain doesn’t like our great Country. She had a total meltdown in the White House today. It was very sad to watch. Pray for her, she is a very sick person!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1184620202480193537?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 17, 2019</a></blockquote>
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Republicans are totally deprived of their rights in this Impeachment Witch Hunt. No lawyers, no questions, no transparency! The good news is that the Radical Left Dems have No Case. It is all based on their Fraud and Fabrication!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1184435422346305537?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 16, 2019</a></blockquote>
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.<a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@realDonaldTrump</a> was measured &amp; decisive today. <a href="https://twitter.com/SpeakerPelosi?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SpeakerPelosi</a> walking out was baffling but not surprising w NO intention of participating in a mtg on nat’l security. Dem “leadership” chose to storm out &amp; whine to cameras, everyone else stayed to work on behalf of our country.
— Stephanie Grisham (@PressSec) <a href="https://twitter.com/PressSec/status/1184590572654354432?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 16, 2019</a></blockquote>
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Do you think they like me? <a href="https://t.co/TDmUnJ8HtF">pic.twitter.com/TDmUnJ8HtF</a>
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1184595335794036737?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 16, 2019</a></blockquote>
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Nervous Nancy&#8217;s unhinged meltdown! <a href="https://t.co/RDeUI7sfe7">pic.twitter.com/RDeUI7sfe7</a>
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1184597281808498688?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 16, 2019</a></blockquote>
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The Do Nothing Democrats, Pelosi and Schumer stormed out of the Cabinet Room! <a href="https://t.co/hmP4FNhemv">pic.twitter.com/hmP4FNhemv</a>
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1184600576245583873?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 16, 2019</a></blockquote>
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Hope all House Republicans, and honest House Democrats, will vote to CENSURE Rep. Adam Schiff tomorrow for his brazen and unlawful act of fabricating (making up) a totally phony conversation with the Ukraine President and U.S. President, me. Most have never seen such a thing!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1184638812150009858?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 17, 2019</a></blockquote>
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People all across the country should be alarmed.
Pelosi and Schiff are trying to impeach <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@realDonaldTrump</a> behind closed doors. They&#8217;re excluding the public, the press, and even Members of Congress from this process.
What are they trying to hide? <a href="https://t.co/dCp2yaecj1">pic.twitter.com/dCp2yaecj1</a>
— Steve Scalise (@SteveScalise) <a href="https://twitter.com/SteveScalise/status/1184543333835792384?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 16, 2019</a></blockquote>
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Already, House Democrats’ impeachment “inquiry” is violating norms and precedent. They are denying Republicans and President Trump the same rights that Democrats and President Clinton received during those impeachment proceedings.
— Leader McConnell (@senatemajldr) <a href="https://twitter.com/senatemajldr/status/1184497593516285956?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 16, 2019</a></blockquote>
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Washington Democrats have been engaged in a three-year-long impeachment parade in search of a rationale. Prominent House Democrats were promising impeachment at the very beginning of this presidency. Fairness and due process are not their objectives here.
— Leader McConnell (@senatemajldr) <a href="https://twitter.com/senatemajldr/status/1184497591679107072?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 16, 2019</a></blockquote>
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Protests by climate change alarmist group Extinction Rebellion erupted into violence on Thursday after radical activists got on top of trains, forcing the system to shut down and thus preventing London commuters from getting to work.
Extinction Rebellion, a loose affiliation of radical climate change activists, has been engaged in a series of protests intended to &#8220;disrupt&#8221; society in order to draw attention to the supposed &#8220;extinction&#8221;-level threat posed by global warming. As <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-50079716">BBC</a>&#8216;s chief environment correspondent put it, this latest stunt &#8220;represents a significant escalation of its strategy of &#8216;disruption&#8217;.&#8221;
BBC reports that protesters from the group climbed on trains at Stratford, Canning Town, and Shadwell during rush hour Thursday. As a result of their actions, service on the Jubilee Line and Docklands Light Railway was temporarily suspended, BBC reports, an extreme &#8220;disruption&#8221; that the radical group said was &#8220;necessary to highlight the emergency&#8221; of climate change.
At least eight of the activists have been arrested, according to British Transport Police.
As video posted online shows, the situation got particularly tense at the Canning Town station after multiple protesters climbed onto train carriages.
As a growing number of commuters became increasingly furious over the activists&#8217; antics, a few of them took action, yanking protesters off train cars. When the protesters were forced into the middle of the livid commuters, things got even more tense: videos show pushing, shoving, and shouting erupting, with officials reportedly being forced to intervene at some points to avoid an escalation of violence.
&#8220;The two activists used a ladder to climb up onto the carriage, causing passengers to begin shouting at them to get down before launching a physical attack,&#8221; <a href="https://metro.co.uk/2019/10/17/angry-commuters-drag-xr-protesters-off-tube-try-glue-10933003/">Metro</a> reports. &#8220;A man was seen throwing a bag of crisps at the pair, while others chucked their drinks and bits of cardboard as the number of people on the platform grew.&#8221;
&#8220;You guys have done nothing wrong. We’re so sorry about this,&#8221; one of the activists yelled, the outlet reports. But when a commuter attempted to use the ladder to get up to him, the activist kicked at him.
The activist is eventually grabbed by the legs and yanked down into the angry crowd, where he appears to be pushed, punched, and kicked.
Another protester was chased down by a commuter on the top of the train and then shoved off and dragged down like his fellow climate alarmist.
Some of the footage of the chaos posted on social media below:
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Furious London commuters have been pulling Extinction Rebellion protesters off the top of a train at Canning Town station <a href="https://t.co/ZHgsVCIxft">pic.twitter.com/ZHgsVCIxft</a>
— Metro (@MetroUK) <a href="https://twitter.com/MetroUK/status/1184716769510019073?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 17, 2019</a></blockquote>
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London today&#8230;<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ExtinctionRebellion?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ExtinctionRebellion</a>
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— Shama Junejo (@ShamaJunejo) <a href="https://twitter.com/ShamaJunejo/status/1184778539691859968?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 17, 2019</a></blockquote>
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And here is the scene before things erupted:
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Extinction Rebellion begin their planned disruption of the tube on the Jubilee Line at Canning Town 👇🏽 <a href="https://t.co/oN8LDO1G0o">pic.twitter.com/oN8LDO1G0o</a>
— Holly Collins (@HollyJoCollins) <a href="https://twitter.com/HollyJoCollins/status/1184712338001321990?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 17, 2019</a></blockquote>
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Below is more footage that has gone viral of livid commuters pointing out the hypocrisy of an activist who glued herself to a train:
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Angry words had with XR protestors at Shadwell station this morning. They’ve glued themselves to a DLR train. <a href="https://twitter.com/SkyNews?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@skynews</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ExtinctionRebellion?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ExtinctionRebellion</a> <a href="https://t.co/GttjEK00xO">pic.twitter.com/GttjEK00xO</a>
— Jenny Longden (@JenLongdenNews) <a href="https://twitter.com/JenLongdenNews/status/1184728000228663296?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 17, 2019</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;A third Extinction Rebellion activist, who was broadcasting the protest on the group&#8217;s social media accounts, said he was also attacked and &#8216;kicked in the head,'&#8221; BBC reports.
British Transport Police described the situation in Canning Town as &#8220;concerning,&#8221; rebuking commuters for having taken &#8220;matters into their own hands&#8221; and &#8220;displaying violent behaviour to detain a protester.&#8221;
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&#8220;It is important that commuters and other rail users allow the police, who are specially trained, to manage these incidents,&#8221; Assistant Chief Constable Sean O&#8217;Callaghan said in a statement reported by BBC. &#8220;Unfortunately, there is still a risk that Extinction Rebellion will target the rail network during this evening&#8217;s peak. We will continue to have extra officers on patrol and will work to disrupt any potential criminal action before it happens.&#8221;
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On his radio show Wednesday, conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh addressed the latest big development in the Democrats&#8217; impeachment inquiry: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi&#8217;s refusal this week to vote on impeachment &#8220;at this time.&#8221; The refusal, Limbaugh said, is more proof that the whole impeachment campaign is a stunt, while a recent comment by President Trump on the much-anticipated inspector general report likely has Democrats worried.
&#8220;There&#8217;s no requirement that we have a vote,&#8221; Pelosi said Tuesday. &#8220;We&#8217;re not here to call bluffs. We&#8217;re here to find the truth to uphold the Constitution of the United States. This is not a game for us. This is deadly serious.&#8221;
Pelosi&#8217;s refusal to call a vote came in response to President Trump declaring that the administration will not cooperate with the House Democrats unless they officially vote to launch the impeachment process.
As <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2019/10/15/impeachment-nancy-pelosi-says-house-vote-inquiry/3934394002/">USA Today</a> reports, Democrats &#8220;considered holding such a vote, potentially in case courts said such a move was necessary to compel administration officials and other potential witnesses in the investigation to provide documents and appear for testimony.&#8221; But in a move that surprised some on the left, Pelosi and other leaders announced that they would not take that formal step.
Though Pelosi insisted Tuesday that she and her colleagues are &#8220;deadly serious,&#8221; Limbaugh says her announcement that she won&#8217;t hold a vote just proves that the Democrats&#8217; big campaign is &#8220;an obvious charade.&#8221;
&#8220;Pelosi says no formal vote on impeachment,&#8221; Limbaugh said Wednesday (transcript via <a href="https://www.rushlimbaugh.com/daily/2019/10/16/pelosi-refuses-to-hold-impeachment-vote/">RushLimbaugh.com</a>). &#8220;That has let a lot of air out of that tire. And I told you there wasn’t gonna be one. I’ve been saying from the get-go that she would not commit them to a formal impeachment process. It isn’t gonna happen.&#8221;
&#8220;The news here that Pelosi is not going to hold a formal impeachment vote when everybody was under the impression that she was, the conventional wisdom was that a formal vote was coming,&#8221; said Rush. &#8220;But they’re holding off on a full House vote authorizing an impeachment investigation.&#8221;
&#8220;Now, this is obviously a sign of weakness,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;The word has been out that they’ve got the votes, that you don’t do the vote ’til you have the votes. They may have the votes, but she’s still not gonna pull trigger. There will not be a vote.&#8221;
&#8220;The whole thing is an obvious charade,&#8221; Limbaugh concluded. &#8220;It’s been an illusion or an attempt to create an illusion from the beginning. This is not a House impeachment. This is a Democrat stunt. It is a Democrat early October Surprise. What you’ve got is a bunch of these Democrats thinking they can put Trump on, what, probation? I don’t know what their mind-set on this is. But it is a farce.&#8221;
Citing a post by The Daily Wire&#8217;s Ryan Saavedra, Limbaugh noted that one of the Democratic leaders who voted for a non-vote is &#8220;Pencil Neck, Adam Schiff,&#8221; the guy who&#8217;s been spearheading the whole campaign. Rush then offered a theory on why they&#8217;re declining to move forward officially.
&#8220;I think one of the reasons is that they think indictments are coming,&#8221; Limbaugh suggested, a suspicion he shares:
<blockquote>And I too, I must tell you, folks, I’m getting confident that some indictments might be coming down, some indictments from the Barr investigation or the inspector general investigation. I think Pelosi knows it. And I think they’re really scurrying trying to figure out how to handle that. If she goes ahead and authorizes a floor vote in the House on impeachment and the vote passes and then here come some indictments then that’s gonna turn everything upside down and it’s gonna turn Pelosi and her House and the people that voted, it’s gonna commit them to defense because whoever files the indictments and what brings those to be filed will be on offense, and that would represent a sea change.</blockquote>
Limbaugh then cued up a soundbite from Trump addressing a question  about John Bolton describing Rudy Giuliani as a &#8220;hand grenade&#8221; and asking, &#8220;Are you concerned that Bolton could be called to testify in the impeachment inquiry?&#8221;
&#8220;Giuliani was seeking out corruption mostly in the 2016 election because there was tremendous corruption in the 2016 election,&#8221; Trump responded. &#8220;It was disgraceful what happened, and that continues with Nancy Pelosi and with Schiff. Rudy was a great prosecutor. He was the best mayor in the history of the city of New York as far as I can see. When he saw what was going on with our election of 2016, the election I won, but the election that was absolutely corrupted by things that took place in government. The IG report’s gonna come out soon, and we’ll see what happens.&#8221;
Rush said that while he doesn&#8217;t know anything about what is in the highly anticipated IG report, he predicts that &#8220;you will see things that you don’t even believe, the level of corruption, whether it’s Comey, whether it’s Strzok and his lover, Page, whether it’s so many other people, McCabe, whether it’s President Obama himself.&#8221;
&#8220;I already had a confidence level that there would be indictments coming down from these investigations going on,&#8221; said Rush, but Trump&#8217;s comment &#8220;just ratchets up my confidence on that.&#8221;

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In a moment caught on video Tuesday, a man who appeared to be serving as a security guard for a Planned Parenthood doctor repeatedly pushed a journalist reporting on the abortion giant&#8217;s lawsuit against pro-life activist David Daleiden. The journalist, Phelim McAleer, who has been reporting on the trial for The Daily Wire, has filed a police report on the incident.
The confrontation took place outside of the San Francisco Court House after Dr. Mary Gatter finished giving evidence in Planned Parenthood&#8217;s suit against Dalieden, who famously released a series of undercover videos on the abortion provider&#8217;s involvement in the fetal tissue, or &#8220;baby body parts,&#8221; business.
Dalieden and his associates secretly filmed Gatter haggling over prices for fetal remains to be provided by Planned Parenthood to a fake company established by the activist journalists. During their secretly taped conversation, Gatter joked that she wanted enough profit from the deal to buy &#8220;a Lamborghini.&#8221; She also complained when Dalieden suggested the price of $50 per fetal tissue specimen, which Gatter described as &#8220;on the low end &#8230; $50 was like 12 years ago.&#8221;
Gatter was also caught on tape suggesting the company might consider using &#8220;less crunchy&#8221; methods of extracting aborted fetal remains to keep them more &#8220;whole,&#8221; and thus more valuable.
&#8220;Write me a three to four paragraph proposal, which I will then take to Laurel and the organization to see if we want to proceed with this,&#8221; Gatter says in Dalieden&#8217;s recording. &#8220;And, then, if we want to pursue this, mutually, I&#8217;ll mention this to Ian and see how he feels about using a &#8216;less crunchy&#8217; technique to get more whole specimens.&#8221;
Outside the courthouse Tuesday, while Dr. Gatter and her associates made their way from the court house to a black SUV waiting on the side of the street, McAleer attempted to get the doctor to answer questions related to the comments she made  featured in the exposé videos.
&#8220;Did you ever get your Lamborghini?&#8221; he asked. &#8220;In the tape you said you asked surgeons to change the method of abortion. Is that legal or ethical?&#8221; asked McAleer, who underscores in his follow-up comments that altering surgical techniques for profit is illegal.
As shown in the footage below, when McAleer attempts to get some responses from Gatter, a man who appears to be her security guard shoves the journalist repeatedly in an attempt to get him out of the way of Gatter and another associate.
&#8220;You&#8217;re assaulting me!&#8221; McAleer responds. &#8220;Take your hands off me! Take your hands off me!&#8221;
Her security guard &#8220;assaulted me several times,&#8221; McAleer says in his follow-up comments, telling The Daily Wire that the guard &#8220;jabbed me three times to prevent me from asking questions.&#8221;
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Before Gatter gave her testimony Tuesday, The Daily Wire has learned that Planned Parenthood&#8217;s lawyers had privately written to the judge looking for their witnesses to be escorted by officers from the U.S. Marshal&#8217;s Office in the courthouse to avoid journalists&#8217; questions. The abortion giant&#8217;s lawyers said two other Planned Parenthood executives had been questioned by a journalist, an apparent reference to questions asked by McAleer last week. They told the judge they had not filed the request for protection through the standard courthouse filing system because they did not want the publicity it would attract. They added that Planned Parenthood&#8217;s security team were retired police officers who were armed and could not enter the courthouse.
Daleiden’s lawyers said they were objecting to the request because it could give the jury the impression that Planned Parenthood had incurred extra security issues in a trial where they were denying that any security issues existed. The lawyer added that it was clear from the previous videos, where Dr. Leslie Drummond Hay and Sherrie Bonner were questioned by McAleer, that the journalist was &#8220;persistent as journalists often are,&#8221; but that the only security incident seemed to come from Planned Parenthood when the security officer appeared to mishandle the journalist.
The lawyer was referring to a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/watch-planned-parenthood-security-guard-pushes-journalist-police-report-filed">video</a> released Monday where the the organization’s Security Officer pushed Phelim McAleer while he was trying to question Planned Parenthood CEO Sherri Bonner.
Planned Parenthood is suing Dalieden for what has been limited to $600,000 by a judge for alleged fraud and trespass against Dalieden and his associates, claiming that he filmed the organization&#8217;s executives illegally by failing to get their permission and fraudulently set up a fake company for the sting operation. Daleiden maintains that he is protected under California laws allowing for such journalistic practices when used to prevent a felony assault on someone.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/watch-planned-parenthood-security-guard-pushes-journalist-police-report-filed">WATCH: Planned Parenthood Security Guard Pushes Journalist; Police Report Filed</a>

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Things got a little heated during the fourth Democratic presidential primary debate in Ohio Tuesday night when former Vice President Joe Biden and Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren — who are locked in a statistical dead heat for the nomination &#8212; sparred over who should get credit for the creation of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
In a back and forth <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2019/10/15/warren-biden-debate-048015">Politico</a> has deemed &#8220;one of their tensest exchanges yet,&#8221; Warren initially celebrated her own role in the creation of the CFPB, which was part of the 2010 Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, the massive reform bill passed in response to the 2008 crash.
&#8220;Following the financial crash of 2008, I had an idea for a consumer agency that would keep giant banks from cheating people,” Warren said of the bureau, the idea for which she developed during her tenure at Harvard University. &#8220;All of the Washington insiders and strategic geniuses said, ‘Don&#8217;t even try because you will never get it passed.’ And sure enough, the big banks fought us. The Republicans fought us. Some of the Democrats fought us. But we got that agency passed into law.&#8221;
But Biden wouldn&#8217;t sit back and let Warren pat herself on the back too long and made sure he got a piece of CFPB action.
&#8220;I went on the floor and got you votes,&#8221; he shoutingly asserted. &#8220;I got votes for that bill. I convinced people to vote for it, so let&#8217;s get those things straight, too.&#8221;
Warren responded by putting Biden in his place — under Barack Obama.
&#8220;I am deeply grateful to President Obama, who fought so hard to make sure that agency was passed into law,&#8221; the senator said.
Biden wouldn&#8217;t let her finish her next line, in which she was expressing general gratitude for those who helped get the bill passed, interjecting in a condescending way, “You did a hell of a job in your job.”
While Biden and Warren are both clearly quite proud of the positively named bureau, according to some analysts, the CFPB has actually hurt many of the consumers it&#8217;s supposed to &#8220;protect&#8221; and has been given a troubling amount of authority with very little oversight.
In a 2015 op-ed for George Mason University&#8217;s <a href="http://George Mason University's Mercatus Center">Mercatus Center</a>, former senior fellow Hester Pierce explained why the CFPB is &#8220;not what it was hoped to be.&#8221;
&#8220;The CFPB was created by Dodd-Frank to protect consumers as they engage in financial transactions. The complexity and importance of consumer financial products and services, the champions of the bureau reasoned, warranted the formation of a new agency charged specifically with looking out for consumers&#8217; best interests,&#8221; wrote Pierce. &#8220;The reality is not so rosy.&#8221; The article continues:
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The bureau&#8217;s actions, although intended to protect consumers, harm them by limiting their options and raising their costs. Consumers with the fewest options — consumers in the most precarious financial circumstances — are particularly vulnerable to the bureau&#8217;s supposedly protective initiatives. Consider, for example, the difficulties that families attempting to buy or sell a manufactured home now face because of rules that block the types of mortgages that are commonly available for these homes. Admittedly, manufacturing housing loans are high-cost, but they are also high-risk. For a would-be buyer, the alternative might be an even more costly rental apartment.
Or consider the bureau&#8217;s planned <a href="http://www.consumerfinance.gov/newsroom/cfpb-considers-proposal-to-end-payday-debt-traps/">proposals</a> for payday and other consumer loans. Among other things, &#8220;lenders would have to determine at the outset of each loan that the consumer is not taking on unaffordable debt.&#8221; The contemplated requirements would make those loans much more work-intensive for lenders, would expose lenders to additional legal liability and would likely drive some lenders out of business altogether.
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The heart of the problem, Pierce suggests, is that the bureau and its creators, including Warren, &#8220;operate under the assumption that the consumer financial contracts in use today are a zero-sum game,&#8221; which reductively views the financial company as the supposed &#8220;winner&#8221; and the consumer the &#8220;loser.&#8221; But that&#8217;s not how a voluntary exchange works, Pierce explains: &#8220;In a voluntary exchange, both the consumer and the company benefit when a consumer takes out a loan,&#8221; with the consumer gaining access to money he or she wouldn&#8217;t have had and the company benefiting by future payment with interest.
Pierce goes on to cite a <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/get-there/wp/2015/04/17/credit-is-a-powerful-tool-for-american-families/">Washington Post</a> op-ed by economist Tom Durkin and Professor Todd Zywicki, who point out that &#8220;credit is a powerful tool for American families&#8221; and explain that &#8220;[e]liminating access to preferred products doesn&#8217;t eliminate the need for credit.&#8221; They also note that Warren has her facts wrong when it comes to the concept of debt:
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As then-professor, now senator, Elizabeth Warren expressed the sentiment in 2004: “The [credit card] industry has no evidence that people were being turned down for loans in the early 1980s. What they have is evidence that people more often in the early 1980s preferred to pay cash than to pay on credit.”
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In fact, that’s not what the evidence shows. Although Warren is right that fewer consumers used credit cards before the 1980s, that does not mean that they were instead paying with cash. In fact, the great explosion in consumer credit use was in the postwar period, as Americans abandoned their cramped city apartments and moved to the three-bedroom ranch in the suburbs – with a mortgage, a new car in the garage and all the latest appliances and furnishings, all bought “on time” (according to the advertising slogan of the era).
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In a 2016 op-ed for <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2016/04/14/has-dodd-frank-eliminated-the-dangers-in-the-banking-system/dodd-frank-is-hurting-community-banks">The New York Times</a>, Marshall Lux and Robert Greene, of the Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government at Harvard&#8217;s John F. Kennedy School of Government, explained how the big reform bill that introduced the CFPB &#8220;is hurting community banks&#8221;:
<blockquote>With more than 22,000 pages of regulations, the destabilizing consequences of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act are numerous. One notable concern is that the law has forced consolidation of the United States banking system. The number of community banks (those with less than $10 billion in assets) <a href="https://mercatus.org/publication/small-banks-numbers-2000-2014">shrank 14 percent</a> between Dodd-Frank’s passage in 2010 and late 2014. Surely, consolidation is driven by many factors, some of which are good. It is also no recent trend, but neither is regulatory growth: between 1997 and 2008, banking regulations <a href="https://mercatus.org/publication/did-deregulation-cause-financial-crisis-examining-common-justification-dodd-frank">grew 18 percent</a>.
When regulations &#8212; not consumers &#8212; drive consolidation, banking system risk increases. Dodd-Frank’s “Wall Street” focus snares community banks in an increasingly complex web of rules designed for larger banks. As such, the law forces well-managed institutions to unnecessarily divert resources to compliance (<a href="https://mercatus.org/publication/how-are-small-banks-faring-under-dodd-frank">survey data</a> shows community banks are doing just that), or worse, to close their doors. Minneapolis Fed <a href="https://www.minneapolisfed.org/research/economic-policy-papers/quantifying-the-costs-of-additional-regulation-on-community-banks">research</a> suggests that adding just two members to the compliance department would make a third of the smallest banks unprofitable.</blockquote>
Prager University released a video in 2017 on the problems surrounding the CFPB:
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Warren, Biden Get Nasty Over Who Gets Credit For Creating Criticized Federal Bureau

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According to a pair of well-regarded national polls, the Democrats officially have a new frontrunner: Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren.
Since early June, when she was polling at less than 8% by average and former Vice President Joe Biden was dominating at around 33%, Warren&#8217;s prospects to win the nomination have consistently and rapidly improved. By last week, <a href="https://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2020/president/us/2020_democratic_presidential_nomination-6730.html">Real Clear Politics</a>&#8216; average of the national polls showed Warren and Biden in a dead heat.
While over the last few days Biden has edged ahead again in RCP&#8217;s average, a few recent polls say Warren is the true frontrunner now.
In a poll released a day before the fourth Democratic debate, which was held in Ohio Tuesday night, <a href="https://poll.qu.edu/national/release-detail?ReleaseID=3644">Quinnipiac</a> found Warren leading Biden by 3 points.
&#8220;Warren receives 30 percent of the vote among Democratic voters and independent voters who lean Democratic, while Biden gets 27 percent,&#8221; Quinnipiac reported Monday. The same poll conducted last week (Oct 8) likewise found Warren ahead of Biden by 3 points: 29 to 26 percent.
Quinnipiac shows what amounts to a two-candidate race, with Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders a distant third, managing to earn just 11 percent of the vote. South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg came in fourth at 8 percent, and Sen. Kamala Harris fifth at 4 percent. No other candidate managed to earn more than 2 percent.
&#8220;For Senator Warren, the third straight time essentially tied at the top is the charm,&#8221; said Quinnipiac University Polling Analyst Tim Malloy. &#8220;Her candidacy clearly has staying power going into the debate.&#8221;
Asked who would be the best leader, Warren has also surged up to a close race with Biden, the former earning 28 percent of the Democratic and Democratic leaning voters&#8217; endorsement as the best leader while the latter earns 32 percent.
The results of Quinnipiac&#8217;s studies were similar to a recent <a href="https://d25d2506sfb94s.cloudfront.net/cumulus_uploads/document/x3neaunoh2/econTabReport.pdf">Economist/YouGov</a> poll that found Warren topping Biden by 4 points: 29 to 25 percent. As Quinnipiac found, Sanders came in a distant third with 14 percent, while Buttigieg and Harris came in tied at fourth at 5 percent.
RCP&#8217;s current average of the national polls shows Biden leading with 29.4 percent while Warren holds 23.4 percent of the Democratic vote by average.
Biden&#8217;s lead in RCP&#8217;s average is helped by a recent <a href="https://morningconsult.com/2020-democratic-primary-2/">Morning Consult/Politico</a> poll giving him a healthy 11-point lead over the Massachusetts senator: 32 to 21 percent. The Morning Consult poll also shows Sanders and Warren in a virtual dead heat, with the Vermont senator earning 19 percent, far better than Quinnipiac&#8217;s results and over 3 points better than RCP&#8217;s average.
A <a href="https://www.scribd.com/document/429686638/Fox-News-Poll-October-6-8-2019">Fox News</a> poll released last week likewise gave Biden a strong lead over Warren, 32 to 22 percent. That poll gave Sanders 17 percent of the vote.
Another poll that helped give Biden a boost in RCP&#8217;s average is a study released last week by <a href="https://thehill.com/hilltv/rising/465694-democratic-support-for-warren-climbs-to-record-high-in-new-poll">The Hill/HarrisX</a> showing Biden with a dominant 14-point advantage over Warren, 31 to 15 percent. The Hill poll is an outlier in that it showed Sanders in second with 17 percent.
All of the recent polls list Harris and Buttigieg at a distant fourth or fifth and no other candidates able to garner as much as even 5 percent of the Democratic vote.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-on-way-to-easy-win-in-2020-according-to-historically-accurate-election-model">Trump On Way To Easy Win In 2020, According To Historically Accurate Election Model</a>
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In an <a href="https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/news/story/exclusive-hiding-plain-sight-hunter-biden-defends-foreign-66275416">interview</a> with ABC News published Tuesday, Hunter Biden, the son of former Vice President Joe Biden, broke his silence over renewed allegations of corruption stirred up by the famous July 25 phone call in which President Trump asked Ukraine&#8217;s president to &#8220;look into&#8221; the Bidens.
Though he repeatedly defended himself against accusations of &#8220;improper&#8221; behavior, Hunter admitted to ABC that some of his private ventures — which include his lucrative position on the board of Ukraine-based energy company Burisma Holdings — was the result of &#8220;poor judgment&#8221; and that he &#8220;probably&#8221; would not have gotten some of his high-paying positions if he was not &#8220;the son of the vice president.&#8221;
Trump has since weighed in on Hunter&#8217;s interview, declaring it &#8220;really bad&#8221; and suggesting it only made the allegations swirling around &#8220;Sleepy Joe&#8221; worse.
&#8220;In retrospect, look, I think that it was poor judgment on my part,&#8221; Hunter Biden told ABC News’ Amy Robach in reference to his business dealings while his father was vice president. &#8220;Is that I think that it was poor judgment because I don&#8217;t believe now, when I look back on it — I know that there was — did nothing wrong at all. However, was it poor judgment to be in the middle of something that is &#8230; a swamp in — in — in many ways? Yeah.”
&#8220;I gave a hook to some very unethical people to act in illegal ways to try to do some harm to my father,&#8221; he explained. &#8220;That&#8217;s where I made the mistake. So I take full responsibility for that.&#8221;
Though he took the blame for giving his father&#8217;s critics a way to hit him, Hunter underscored that the did nothing wrong. &#8220;Did I do anything improper?&#8221; he said. &#8220;No, not in any way. Not in any way whatsoever.&#8221;
&#8220;What I regret is not taking into account that there would be a Rudy Giuliani and a president of the United States that would be listening to this — this ridiculous conspiracy idea,&#8221; he suggested.
&#8220;If your last name wasn’t Biden, do you think you would have been asked to be on the board or Burisma?” Robach asked in reference to Ukraine-based company that hired him just weeks after his father was tasked by President Obama with overseeing U.S.-Ukraine relations.
&#8220;I don&#8217;t know. I don&#8217;t know. Probably not, in retrospect,&#8221; Hunter replied. &#8220;But that&#8217;s — you know — I don&#8217;t think that there&#8217;s a lot of things that would have happened in my life if my last name wasn&#8217;t Biden. Because my dad was Vice President of the United States. There&#8217;s literally nothing, as a young man or as a full grown adult that — my father in some way hasn&#8217;t had influence over.&#8221;
In a tweet Tuesday, Trump slammed Biden over the interview, saying the whole situation reminded him of another scandal involving a different presidential rival that didn&#8217;t end up playing out well for Democrats in the election.
&#8220;Hunter Biden was really bad on [Good Morning America],&#8221; he tweeted. &#8220;Now Sleepy Joe has real problems! Reminds me of Crooked Hillary and her 33,000 deleted Emails, not recoverable!&#8221;
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Hunter Biden was really bad on <a href="https://twitter.com/GMA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@GMA</a>. Now Sleepy Joe has real problems! Reminds me of Crooked Hillary and her 33,000 deleted Emails, not recoverable!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1184125314147983361?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 15, 2019</a></blockquote>
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Biden has openly bragged about his successful attempt as Vice President to use withheld aide to Ukraine to pressure the government to remove the prosecutor who happened to have investigated the company paying his son some $600,000 a year for alleged corruption.
Though the Bidens have repeatedly defended their respective dealings in Ukraine, <a href="https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/news/story/exclusive-hiding-plain-sight-hunter-biden-defends-foreign-66275416">Good Morning America</a> notes that &#8220;ethics experts told ABC News that Hunter Biden’s role on the board of a Ukrainian oil and gas company called Burisma, while his father fronted U.S. foreign policy toward Kyiv, could present an ethical conundrum.&#8221;
 Transcript via <a href="https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/news/story/exclusive-hiding-plain-sight-hunter-biden-defends-foreign-66275416">GMA</a>.

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Hunter Biden Breaks Silence On Ukraine Accusations; Trump Fires Back: &#8216;Really Bad&#8217;

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After turning in his badge earlier in the day, the officer who shot and killed 28-year-old Atatiana Jefferson in her home early Saturday morning after responding to a neighbor&#8217;s call to a non-emergency police number has been arrested. The shooting, which involved a white officer and a black victim, has sparked racially charged outrage in the community, and the department&#8217;s release of body cam footage has only inspired more criticism.
In an update to the case posted online Monday, the Fort Worth Police Department announced that officer Aaron Dean, 34, has been arrested and charged with murder. &#8220;Aaron Dean was arrested by Fort Worth Police on Oct. 14. Dean has been charged with murder of Atatiana Jefferson,&#8221; the department announced. &#8220;Dean is in the Tarrant County Jail.&#8221;
In a press release issued soon after the announcement, the department expressed its &#8220;deepest condolences to the family of Ms. Jefferson&#8221; and provided more details about Dean&#8217;s arrest.
&#8220;At approximately 6 p.m., Aaron Dean was arrested for the murder of Ms. Jefferson and he has since been booked in Tarrant County Jail,&#8221; the statement reads. &#8220;Our department is working closely with the Tarrant County District Attorney&#8217;s office. Our Major Case and Internal Affairs Units are continuing to work around the clock to ensure that no stone is left unturned and justice for Ms. Jefferson&#8217;s family and community are served.&#8221;
&#8220;To the citizens and residents of our city: We feel and understand your anger and disappointment and we stand by you as we work together to make Fort Worth a better place for all of us,&#8221; the release states.
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murder of Atatiana Jefferson. Dean is in 
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Interim <a href="https://twitter.com/chiefkraus?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@chiefkraus</a> will schedule a News 
Conference for Oct. 15 at Bob Bolen. That time has not been determined yet. <a href="https://t.co/eRZfMWtgM4">pic.twitter.com/eRZfMWtgM4</a>
— Fort Worth Police (@fortworthpd) <a href="https://twitter.com/fortworthpd/status/1183899320711557120?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 15, 2019</a></blockquote>
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— Fort Worth Police (@fortworthpd) <a href="https://twitter.com/fortworthpd/status/1183924831785553921?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 15, 2019</a></blockquote>
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After being booked Monday evening, Dean was released on a $200,000 bond at 9:15 p.m., according to a Tarrant County Sheriff’s Department spokeswoman, <a href="https://www.dallasnews.com/news/crime/2019/10/14/fort-worth-officer-who-fatally-shot-atatiana-jefferson-has-resigned-chief-says/">The Dallas Morning News</a> reports.
The department held a press conference Tuesday morning addressing the case:
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10/15/19 <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/NewsConference?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#NewsConference</a> <a href="https://t.co/sJeTdn6HuB">https://t.co/sJeTdn6HuB</a>
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As reported by the <a href="https://www.star-telegram.com/news/local/fort-worth/article236067328.html">Fort Worth Star-Telegram</a>, Fort Worth police responded Saturday to a 2:25 a.m. call on a non-emergency police number from concerned neighbor, James Smith, after he noticed that the front door of Jefferson’s home was left open and the lights were on — something he told the press he found &#8220;unusual.&#8221; Jefferson, said Smith, was home with her 8-year-old nephew, and he was worried about her wellbeing.
Police arrived, reportedly parking their vehicle around the corner so it was likely not visible to anyone in the house, according to Smith. Two officers, including Dean, began to check the perimeter of the home using flashlights. As body cam footage released by the department Saturday shows, while checking one side of the house, Dean yells, &#8220;Put your hands up! Show me your hands!” then fires a shot through a bedroom window (video below).
The footage also shows two still shots of a handgun police say was found in the bedroom, though it is unclear if Jefferson was holding it when she was shot.
“Perceiving a threat, the officer drew his duty weapon and fired one shot striking the person inside the residence,” Fort Worth police said in a statement reported by the Star-Telegram. “Officers entered the residence locating the individual and a firearm and began providing emergency medical care.”
But the lawyer representing Jefferson&#8217;s family says she was simply playing video games with her nephew and went to the window to see who was outside, suspecting &#8220;prowlers.&#8221; The video footage does not show the officer announcing that he is with law enforcement.
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/update-woman-shot-by-fort-worth-police-officer-in-her-home-pointed-gun-at-window-warrant-says">UPDATE: Woman Shot By Fort Worth Police Officer In Her Home Pointed Gun At Window</a>
Video released by Fort Worth police below:
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NBA superstar LeBron James&#8217; rebuke of Houston Rockets’ General Manager Daryl Morey for advocating for Hong Kong&#8217;s freedom has been met with strong pushback from pro-democracy Hong King protesters, who took to social media to ask whether the Lakers star has been &#8220;brainwashed&#8221; by Communist Chinese propaganda or simply &#8220;bought.&#8221;
&#8220;We all talk about this freedom of speech, yes, we all do have freedom of speech, but at times there are ramifications for the negative that can happen when you’re not thinking about others and you’re only thinking about yourself,” James <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/lebron-bows-to-communist-china-pro-hong-kong-advocates-not-educated-negative-things-come-with-free-speech">told</a> reporters before a game Monday when asked about the NBA-China controversy started by Morey simply tweeting &#8220;Fight For Freedom Stand With Hong Kong&#8221; before being pressured to delete it and apologize.
&#8220;I don&#8217;t want to get into a word or sentence feud with Daryl Morey, but I believe he wasn&#8217;t educated on the situation at hand, and he spoke,&#8221; James continued. &#8220;And so many people could have been harmed not only financially, physically, emotionally, spiritually. So just be careful what we tweet and say and we do, even though, yes, we do have freedom of speech, but there can be a lot of negative that comes with that, too.&#8221;
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Amid outrage over his dismissive comments on the foundational principle of freedom of expression and his suggestion that those who defend Hong Kong are &#8220;misinformed,&#8221; James took to Twitter to &#8220;clear up the confusion&#8221; — but only  ended up inspiring more backlash.
&#8220;Let me clear up the confusion. I do not believe there was any consideration for the consequences and ramifications of the tweet. I’m not discussing the substance. Others can talk about that,&#8221; James <a href="https://twitter.com/KingJames/status/1183934373671735296">tweeted</a>, adding in a follow-up <a href="https://twitter.com/KingJames/status/1183934569411530752">post</a>: &#8220;My team and this league just went through a difficult week. I think people need to understand what a tweet or statement can do to others. And I believe nobody stopped and considered what would happen. Could have waited a week to send it.&#8221;
James&#8217; &#8220;clarification&#8221; ended up prompting more criticism for his attempt to paint himself and his team as the true victims of the situation. As reported by <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/hong-kong-protestors-lebron-james-he-supports-totalitarianism-1247621">The Hollywood Reporter</a>, &#8220;many in Hong Kong argued that any such unpleasantness was little compared to police brutality.&#8221;
&#8220;The online platform LIHKG, the forum favored by Hong Kong&#8217;s protestors, was awash with criticism and handwringing Tuesday,&#8221; THR reports, citing a few examples of posts by outraged protesters, including &#8220;Has he been brainwashed by the Chinese Communist Party&#8217;s fake news or has he been bought?&#8221;
THR notes that others sarcastically retweeted James&#8217; past pro-free speech statements, including one from January 15, 2018 in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. &#8220;Injustice Anywhere Is A Threat To Justice Everywhere- Our Lives Begin To End The Day We Become Silent About Things That Matter- #ThankYouMLK50,&#8221; tweeted James.
&#8220;Martin Luther King Jr. fought for civil rights, but LeBron James supports totalitarianism?&#8221; asked one protester. Another wrote in disbelief that &#8220;someone from the U.S. would not cherish the precious freedom of speech they have.&#8221;
James&#8217; complaint about him and his team going through &#8220;a difficult week&#8221; because of Morey expressing support of the pro-democracy protests was also met with severe backlash in the states — online, in the media and in the political world.
In an op-ed for <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/columnist/dan-wolken/2019/10/14/lebron-james-daryl-morey-china-hong-kong-tweet/3982436002/">USA Today</a>, Dan Wolken issued a heavily sarcastic apology to James. &#8220;On behalf of the 327 million American citizens who generally believe that freedom is good and authoritarian regimes are less good, let me apologize to LeBron James of the Los Angeles Lakers. It must have been a real inconvenience to take that 13-hour chartered flight to China last week and hang around a luxury hotel in Shanghai for five days while promotional appearances got canceled.&#8221;
&#8220;Gosnell&#8221; director Nick Searcy also blasted James for trying to make himself the victim, <a href="https://twitter.com/yesnicksearcy/status/1183939775666933760">tweeting</a>, &#8220;We are so sorry for your pain. Not as sorry as those imprisoned in Chinese re-education camps, but pretty sorry.&#8221; Many others on Twitter issued similar rebukes.
While many have felt compelled to call out James, thus far &#8220;woke&#8221; ESPN has covered the story pretty straight, its main <a href="https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/27847951/daryl-morey-was-misinformed-sending-tweet-china-hong-kong">coverage</a> simply reporting what the Lakers star said.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/turkish-born-celtics-player-rips-lebron-over-china-comments-freedom-is-not-free">Turkish-Born Celtics Player RIPS LeBron Over China Comments: ‘Freedom Is Not Free’</a>

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Florida Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz, who has earned a reputation as a guy who enjoys shaking things up on Capitol Hill, attempted to attend a deposition on Monday related to the Democrats&#8217; impeachment inquiry and promptly got booted out by the Democrat-run committees who say he had no business being there. His exclusion from the deposition, Gaetz says, is yet more proof that House Intelligence Committee Chair Adam Schiff (D-CA) is simultaneously running a &#8220;kangaroo court&#8221; and a &#8220;clown show&#8221; propped up by his &#8220;lies.&#8221;
As reported by multiple outlets, including The Hill, Gaetz, a member of the House Judiciary Committee, tried to sit in on the House Intelligence, Oversight, and Foreign Affairs committees&#8217; closed-door interview with Fiona Hill, Trump&#8217;s former top Russia aide, Monday but was blocked from attending because he is not a member of one of the three committees conducting the inquiry — a decision the House parliamentarian reportedly stood by.
After his thwarted attempt to peek behind the curtains of the Democrats&#8217; impeachment efforts, Gaetz turned to the cameras and social media to voice his disgust with Schiff and his fellow House Democrats&#8217; &#8220;charade.&#8221;
&#8220;So this morning we see further evidence that Adam Schiff&#8217;s clown show of an impeachment proceeding continues,&#8221; Gaetz told the press in video posted by The Hill (below). &#8220;Adam Schiff lied when he said that he and his team had not had contact with the whistleblower. He lied when he read a false transcript into the record as chairman of the House Intelligence Committee.&#8221;
&#8220;Today, when the Intelligence Committee and other committees were meeting to examine witnesses, I appeared just to participate, just to observe as a member of Congress, as a member of the Judiciary Committee,&#8221; Gaetz said. &#8220;Traditionally the Judiciary Committee has jurisdiction over impeachment. If Adam Schiff and House Democrats were so proud of their work, they would be willing to show it. Consistently, Republicans have come out of each and every one of these depositions and we&#8217;ve sought for a release of the transcript — for the American people to see more. So I guess the question is: Why is Adam Schiff trying to run a kangaroo court? Why is he continuing to limit access to evidence, limit access even from members of Congress?&#8221;
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Rep. <a href="https://twitter.com/mattgaetz?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@mattgaetz</a>: &#8220;This morning we see further evidence that Adam Schiff&#8217;s clown show of an impeachment proceeding continues. Adam Schiff lied when he said that he &amp; his team had not had contact with the whistleblower. He lied when he read a false transcript into the record.&#8221; <a href="https://t.co/5QRqCiWbGC">pic.twitter.com/5QRqCiWbGC</a>
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Rep. <a href="https://twitter.com/mattgaetz?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@mattgaetz</a>: &#8220;I appeared just to participate, just to observe as a member of Congress, as a member of the Judiciary Committee&#8230; Why is Adam Schiff trying to run a kangaroo court? Why is he continuing to limit access to evidence, limit access even from members of Congress?&#8221; <a href="https://t.co/J67OYnk9L7">pic.twitter.com/J67OYnk9L7</a>
— The Hill (@thehill) <a href="https://twitter.com/thehill/status/1183784089603706880?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 14, 2019</a></blockquote>
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<a href="https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/republican-rep-matt-gaetz-kicked-out-of-fiona-hill-deposition/">Law and Crime</a> notes that in defending his presence at the hearing, Gaetz argued that the chairman of the committee on which Gaetz&#8217; sits, House Judiciary Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), &#8220;<a href="https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/legal-expert-house-democrats-verified-theyre-considering-a-startlingly-weak-impeachment-process/">claimed to have begun an impeachment inquiry</a> before Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) backed one and before the three other committees got involved.&#8221;
&#8220;Chairman Schiff and the radical [D]emocrats are now active participants in the coup,&#8221; Gaetz tweeted in response to being barred from the deposition. &#8220;To exclude Members of Congress from hearings confirms the American people’s suspicions: this is not a legitimate &#8216;impeachment inquiry&#8217; — it is a charade.&#8221;
&#8220;Chairman Schiff and Speaker Pelosi are equally complicit in hiding and obfuscating the truth,&#8221; he added in a follow-up post. &#8220;Blocking Members of Congress from attending &#8216;impeachment'&#8221; hearings is not only unfair, it runs counter to our Democracy.
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Citing &#8220;extraordinary times,&#8221; powerful actors union SAG-AFTRA issued a resolution Friday meant to condemn President Trump, a member of the union whose name the resolution deliberately leaves out. This is not the first time the union has rebuked its Hollywood-hated member.
While the <a href="https://www.sagaftra.org/sag-aftra-passes-resolution-support-free-and-unencumbered-press-first-day-its-national-convention">resolution</a> passed unanimously by over 400 delegates representing the 160,000-member union on Friday fails to call out Trump by name, it begins by quoting his repeated description of the media as &#8220;the enemy of the people.&#8221;
“We are living in an extraordinary time when the news media has been attacked as spreading false stories and as an enemy of the people,&#8221; the resolution reads.
&#8220;SAG-AFTRA has on at least two occasions since the last national convention, issued strong statements on behalf of a free and unencumbered press,&#8221; it continues. &#8220;SAG-AFTRA believes that the entities that employ journalists must do everything they can to ensure their freedom, protection and safety.&#8221;
&#8220;As a proud labor union representing more than 160,000 broadcasters, actors and entertainers, the union stands with all of its members in ensuring that the basic rights of an unrestricted and independent press continue to be defended,&#8221; it concludes.
The resolution is the third pro-free press, anti-Trump statement passed by the union. The first was issued within the first month of Trump&#8217;s presidency, three days after he slammed the &#8220;fake news media&#8221; as &#8220;the enemy of the people.&#8221;
&#8220;The FAKE NEWS media (failing <a class="PrettyLink profile customisable h-card" dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/nytimes" data-mentioned-user-id="807095" data-scribe="element:mention">@nytimes</a>, <a class="PrettyLink profile customisable h-card" dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/NBCNews" data-mentioned-user-id="14173315" data-scribe="element:mention">@NBCNews</a>, <a class="PrettyLink profile customisable h-card" dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/ABC" data-mentioned-user-id="28785486" data-scribe="element:mention">@ABC</a>, <a class="PrettyLink profile customisable h-card" dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/CBS" data-mentioned-user-id="97739866" data-scribe="element:mention">@CBS</a>, <a class="PrettyLink profile customisable h-card" dir="ltr" href="https://twitter.com/CNN" data-mentioned-user-id="759251" data-scribe="element:mention">@CNN</a>) is not my enemy, it is the enemy of the American People!&#8221; Trump tweeted.
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The FAKE NEWS media (failing <a href="https://twitter.com/nytimes?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@nytimes</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/NBCNews?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@NBCNews</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/ABC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ABC</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/CBS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@CBS</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/CNN?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@CNN</a>) is not my enemy, it is the enemy of the American People!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/832708293516632065?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 17, 2017</a></blockquote>
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In response, the powerful union passed a <a href="https://www.sagaftra.org/sag-aftra-statement-rights-free-and-unencumbered-press">resolution</a> on February 20, which, like its shorter more recent resolution on the free press, opted not to name Trump:
<blockquote>As a union whose membership includes broadcast and online journalists, SAG-AFTRA champions the rights of a free press, whose primary role is to provide citizens with the information they need to effectively govern a democracy. These rights are guaranteed by the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which establishes that the press shall be free from government interference in the dissemination of information, ideas and opinions.
SAG-AFTRA, journalists and non-journalists alike, supports a free and unencumbered press and stands with any journalist who might find his or her ability to report on our government challenged or compromised.
SAG-AFTRA believes first and foremost that citizens in a democracy need the truth. Furthermore, SAG-AFTRA believes that journalists have an obligation to monitor and question those in power, pointing out wrongdoing when they find it, noting when facts asserted are not supported by evidence, and reporting inconsistencies in the positions of public figures.
As working professionals, members of the news media have an obligation to verify the accuracy of what they report, with loyalty only to their readers, listeners and viewers and not to any political party, affiliation, or ideology.
As a proud labor union representing more than 160,000 broadcasters, actors and entertainers SAG-AFTRA stands with all of its members in ensuring that the basic rights of a free and independent press continue to be upheld.</blockquote>
SAG-AFTRA issued a similar defense of the free press just eight months later in direct response to Trump asking in a tweet &#8220;at what point is it appropriate to challenge&#8221; the &#8220;fake news&#8221;-producing media&#8217;s &#8220;license.&#8221;
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<div>&#8220;Fake [NBC News] made up a story that I wanted a &#8216;tenfold&#8217; increase in our U.S. nuclear arsenal. Pure fiction, made to demean. NBC = CNN,&#8221; Trump wrote in a pair of tweets on Oct. 11, 2017. &#8220;With all the Fake News coming out of NBC and the networks, at what point is it appropriate to challenge their License? Bad for the country!&#8221;</div>
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Fake <a href="https://twitter.com/NBCNews?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@NBCNews</a> made up a story that I wanted a &quot;tenfold&quot; increase in our U.S. nuclear arsenal. Pure fiction, made up to demean. NBC = CNN!
&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/918110279367643137?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 11, 2017</a></blockquote>
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With all of the Fake News coming out of NBC and the Networks, at what point is it appropriate to challenge their License? Bad for country!
&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/918112884630093825?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 11, 2017</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;As a union whose membership includes broadcast and online journalists, SAG-AFTRA champions the rights of a free press, whose primary role is to provide citizens with the information they need to effectively govern a democracy,&#8221; the union said in a statement, as reported by <a href="https://variety.com/2017/tv/news/sag-aftra-unencumbered-press-trump-license-revocation-threat-1202595613/">Variety</a>.
&#8220;These rights are guaranteed by the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which establishes that the press shall be free from government interference in the dissemination of information, ideas and opinions,&#8221; it continued. &#8220;SAG-AFTRA, journalists and non-journalists alike, supports a free and unencumbered press and stands with any journalist who might find his or her ability to report on our government challenged or compromised.&#8221;
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