On Tuesday, Democratic vice-presidential candidate Senator Kamala Harris (D-CA) joined the governor of her home state, Gavin Newsom, to create a photo-op to push their climate change agenda. The photo was taken on the property of an Auberry, California, family. The homeowner’s grown children said they had not been allowed to visit their home as it was under an evacuation order and added that Harris and Newsom had not gotten permission to be on their property when they took the photos.
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Spent time surveying a burn site with <a href="https://twitter.com/GavinNewsom?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@GavinNewsom</a> in an area that has been devastated by the recent wildfires in California. I’m incredibly grateful for the courage of our brave firefighters and those who have come near and far to help those fleeing the destruction. <a href="https://t.co/EHSUPgkOsl">pic.twitter.com/EHSUPgkOsl</a>
&mdash; Kamala Harris (@KamalaHarris) <a href="https://twitter.com/KamalaHarris/status/1305977200936706050?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 15, 2020</a></blockquote>
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The homeowner’s son, Trampas Patten, excoriated Harris and Newsom on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/trampas.patten/posts/1606171236213007">Facebook</a>, writing:
<blockquote>For the friends of mine that don’t recognize the fireplace in the background, that is what is left of my parents house! What has me really frustrated right now is the fact that these two politicians used my parents loss for a photo opportunity to push their political agenda! Political party wouldn’t have made a difference in this moment. Decent human beings that have character and class, wouldn’t air someone else’s misfortune on national television! Think about this when you go to the polls in a few weeks to vote. Look at this picture closely, imagine it is what is left of your hard work, hopes, dreams, place of sanctuary. Do you want this kind of leadership, using you and your loss for political gain?!
For the record, my parents haven’t even been let back in yet themselves, to sort through what is left of their lives, but these two felt the need to go traipsing around my parents property without permission. I guess those property taxes my parents pay allow politicians to do this! Private property doesn’t exist in California anymore!</blockquote>
His sister Bailee, stated, &#8220;When we saw those photos, it was &#8211; there aren&#8217;t words, because it&#8217;s like, we haven&#8217;t even seen our house. We haven&#8217;t seen our property. There is no house, we haven&#8217;t even seen our property … This isn&#8217;t just devastation, this is our lives. This is where we grew up, these are our memories. And to not have that &#8211; to feel so helpless &#8211; and I guess that&#8217;s what we&#8217;ve all been thinking, is that we were so helpless. Because we weren&#8217;t there, we haven&#8217;t gotten to deal with our loss. Instead, we&#8217;re having to watch it play out on social media and news,” FOX26 News <a href="https://kmph.com/news/local/auberry-family-says-harris-and-newsom-trespassed-in-damaged-home-for-photo-op">reported</a>.
She <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pixeldust17/posts/10221774420862106">added</a> on Facebook:
<blockquote>Dear Governor Newsom you don’t know me but I’m one of your CA citizens. That truck you are standing by is my dads work truck. He has had that thing for as long as I can remember. That land with all the rubble your standing next too, that’s my house I grew up in. You never got my parents permission to go on our property, nor did you ask if we needed help. What you did do is take my families loss and parade it all over social media and news networks to push your agenda. That agenda can wait, right now you should be caring about the families of this state. Thankfully this community is <a href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/mountainstrong?__eep__=6&amp;fref=mentions">#mountainstrong</a> and we will thrive.</blockquote>
Patten concluded, &#8220;We&#8217;re survivors. We&#8217;re gonna get through this, but the whole community has lost. And to just take a picture of one loss, it&#8217;s not enough.&#8221;
“Senator Harris&#8217;s Communications Director, when asked for a statement, told FOX26 News Reporter Marie Edinger over the phone, ‘I&#8217;m not going to have anything about that,’ and declined to comment further,” FOX26 News added.
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Grace Community Church Pastor John MacArthur fired back a response to California officials threatening him with jail time for holding in-person services in his church: “Bring it on.”
MacArthur appeared on Fox News on Tuesday night with host Laura Ingraham to discuss his ongoing battle with <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/this-is-harassment-la-county-terminates-parking-lot-lease-of-john-macarthurs-church">Los Angeles County</a> officials. The pastor has rebelled against coronavirus-related health directives and wrangled in court with the county since July.
“We received a letter with a threat that we could be fined or I could go to jail for a maximum of six months,” MacArthur told Ingraham. “Of course, my biblical hero apart from the Lord Jesus Christ is the apostle Paul, and when he went into a town, he didn’t ask what the hotel was like, he asked what the jail was like because he knew that’s where he was gonna spend his time. So I don’t mind being a little apostolic if they want to tuck me in a jail.”
“I’m open for a jail ministry. I’ve done a lot of other ministries and haven’t had the opportunity to do that one, so bring it on,” he added.
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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/church-sues-california-after-being-threatened-with-fines-and-jail">Grace Community Church</a> received a cease and desist letter in August for holding in-person services banned under Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s pandemic lockdown order. The letter threatened the church with $1,000 daily fines and MacArthur with imprisonment if the church did not comply.
The church has retained legal counsel from the Thomas More Society. Church attorneys argued in response to the letter that Newsom’s lockdown order violated half a dozen parts of the California State Constitution.
“We believe that the governor, the county, the city, and the health department are going against the Constitution,” MacArthur <a href="https://twitter.com/JennaEllisEsq/status/1306063091059380225">said</a> in the Tuesday night appearance on Fox News. “And just to remove one obvious question, the rate of Covid in California is 1/100 of 1%. So 1/100 of 1% of 40 million people have Covid and that eliminates freedom to worship from the entire state.”
“That is the onerous reality. The Constitution supports us and, by the way, I am so thankful that President Trump has told me personally that he supports the church as essential and the churches need to stay open. So, with the Constitution on our side and the president’s backing, we’re open,” MacArthur added.
Last week, the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/an-inexplicable-ruling-john-macarthurs-church-cannot-hold-indoor-services-l-a-judge-says">Los Angeles Superior Court</a> issued a preliminary injunction against MacArthur’s church, barring it from holding indoor services.
As The Daily Wire reported:
<blockquote>MacArthur and Grace Community Church’s attorneys from the Thomas More Society said Superior Court Judge Mitchell L. Beckloff “refused to consider their important separation of powers arguments ‘in any meaningful fashion’ and essentially ‘ducked the issue,&#8217;” according to statements provided to The Daily Wire.
The judge’s <a href="https://www.thomasmoresociety.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/20stcv30695-Ruling-on-order-granting-PI.pdf">order</a> prohibits the church from “conducting, participating in, or attending any indoor worship services” and also demands any outdoor worship is to be conducted in full compliance with the county’s rules regarding masks and social distancing.</blockquote>
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On Saturday, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill SB-145 into law. This law “exempts from mandatory registration under the act a person convicted of certain offenses involving minors if the person is not more than 10 years older than the minor and if that offense is the only one requiring the person to register.”
The bill was introduced by State Senator Scott Wiener (D), who applauded Newsom’s legislative endorsement, saying Newsom’s signing of the bill ended “blatant discrimination against LGBTQ young people&#8221; in California.
“SB 145 puts an end to blatant discrimination against young LGBT people engaged in consensual sexual activity,” <a href="https://sd11.senate.ca.gov/news/20190122-senator-wiener-introduces-legislation-end-discrimination-against-lgbt-people-regarding">said</a> Senator Wiener. “This bill is about treating everyone equally under the law. Discrimination against LGBT people is simply not the California way. These laws were put in place during a more conservative and anti-LGBT time in California’s history. They have ruined people’s lives and made it harder for them to get jobs, secure housing, and live productive lives. It is time we update these laws and treat everyone equally.”
The supposed fundamental argument in favor of <a href="https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB145">SB-145</a> is that it achieves some form of equality. According to the <a href="https://abc7news.com/6420294/?ex_cid=TA_KGO_FB&amp;utm_campaign=trueAnthem%3A+Trending+Content&amp;utm_medium=trueAnthem&amp;utm_source=facebook">Associated Press</a>, the previous law permitted a judge to “decide whether a man should be placed on California&#8217;s sex offender registry if he had voluntary intercourse with someone 14 to 17 years old and was no more than 10 years older than the person.” Previously, this only applied to voluntary vaginal intercourse, with SB-145 permitting “judges to use that same discretion when the case involves voluntary oral or anal sex.”
By nature of the forms of intercourse, it is undeniable that the law was discriminatory, treating men who had voluntary vaginal intercourse with a female minor differently to men who had voluntary oral or anal intercourse with a male or female minor. However, this quest for equality makes the deeply flawed assumption that the original law was morally just, making the new law equally just by some form of ethical transitive property.
In reality, the opposite is true. They have assumed the morality of an existing law, and sought to apply it equally, rather than identifying the primary concern of immorality which makes the issue of inequality redundant. The fact that “straight people” were permitted to evade the sex offender registry for invalid reasons is simply not an argument in favor of SB-145. It is an argument in favor of striking down the original law.
Note the language used by Sen. Wiener when he celebrated Newsom’s support. SB-145 ended &#8220;blatant discrimination against LGBTQ young people,&#8221; presenting the recipients of intercourse as the victims of “blatant discrimination.” However, SB-145 has no impact on the minor, but the person convicted of statutory rape. Indeed, presenting SB-145 as having achieved some form of equality for minors is absurd when the law only weakens the punishment for those who abuse minors.
This law permits a judge to determine whether a man should be forced to register as a sex offender if he had voluntary intercourse with a minor aged between 14 and 17 and was no more than 10 years older than that minor. Newsom and Wiener must explain why a law which would allow a 24-year old man to have “voluntary” sex with a 14-year old and evade the sex offender registry is anything other than a victory for those who wish to have sex with children.
If the California legislature chooses to drastically reduce the acceptable “age difference” which determines whether statutory rape is a “sex offense,” then we can debate this matter further. However, to present SB-145 as a triumph for LGBTQ equality does an irredeemable disservice to our society’s vulnerable youth who are already at risk. With that in mind, any support for SB-145 is evidence of nothing other than moral depravity under the false veil of achieving “equality.”
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Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill into law last week that would allow a young adult who has gay sex with a minor to escape registering as a sex offender in some cases, based on a judge’s discretion.
SB145, which was first introduced into the California State Legislature in January 2019 by state Sen. Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco), finally passed the 40-member state Senate by <a href="http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billVotesClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB145" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">a vote of 23-10</a>, as <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/california-state-senate-passes-bill-that-could-alter-sex-offender-registration-for-gay-sex-with-minors" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">The Daily Wire reported</a>.
Proponents of the legislation such as Wiener claim the law, which provides a judge more leeway in statutory rape cases involving non-vaginal forms of sex, rectifies California&#8217;s historical discrimination against the LGBTQ community. Under SB145, if a young adult has gay sex with a minor 14 or older who is less than 10 years younger, a judge will have the discretion whether to place the individual on the sex offender registry.
As the <a href="https://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/California-bill-eliminating-sex-offender-list-15529263.php" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">San Francisco Chronicle explained</a>, “Under current law, a judge can decide whether to place a man who has vaginal intercourse with an underage teenage girl on the sex offender registry based on the facts of the case. But if anal or oral sex, or vaginal penetration with anything other than a penis is involved, the adult must register as a sex offender[.]”
&#8220;I am so grateful that Governor Newsom — one of the LGBTQ community’s strongest allies ever — once again has shown that he’s willing to support our community when it’s hard. And make no mistake: the politics here are hard, with the massive Trump, QAnon and MAGA misinformation campaign against the legislation,&#8221; Wiener said, who <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/california-no-longer-felony-knowingly-expose-amanda-prestigiacomo" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">also introduced the 2017 bill</a> that made knowingly exposing a partner to HIV no longer a felony. &#8220;The facts are clear: SB 145 simply ends anti-LGBTQ discrimination. Today, California took yet another step toward an equitable society.&#8221;
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Proving again he‘s a true champion for the LGBTQ community — even when it’s hard — Gov Newsom signed <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SB145?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#SB145</a>, ending discrimination against LGBTQ young people on CA’s sex offender registry.
Thank you for seeing through the QAnon lies about this equality legislation. My statement: <a href="https://t.co/MQlIIDxfnj">pic.twitter.com/MQlIIDxfnj</a>
&mdash; Senator Scott Wiener (@Scott_Wiener) <a href="https://twitter.com/Scott_Wiener/status/1304614400892911616?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 12, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Weiner has before blamed alleged <a href="https://sd11.senate.ca.gov/news/20200807-california-state-senator-introduced-bill-pushing-lgbtq-equality%E2%80%94and-qanon-mob-came-him" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">QAnon conspiracy theorists</a> for sending many of the threats against him and accusing him of trying to legalize pedophilia. “I’ve been the subject of death threats and personal attacks, threatening to decapitate me and send my head to my mother,” Wiener said during an online news conference last month. “This kind of slander, not just against me but against my community, is outrageous and we have to speak out against it.”
The new law did not meet with full-throated support from the California State Legislature, which passed the Assembly and Senate on split votes, <a href="https://abc7news.com/6420294/?ex_cid=TA_KGO_FB&amp;utm_campaign=trueAnthem%3A+Trending+Content&amp;utm_medium=trueAnthem&amp;utm_source=facebook" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">according to local ABC7</a>. Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez (D-San Diego) said, “I cannot in my mind as a mother understand how sex between a 24-year-old and a 14-year-old could ever be consensual, how it could ever not be a registrable offense. We should never give up on this idea that children should be in no way subject to a predator.”
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-slide-is-greased-pastor-john-macarthur-slams-netflix-cuties-controversy-as-next-small-step-for-nation-without-a-conscience" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">‘The Slide Is Greased’: Pastor John MacArthur Slams Netflix ‘Cuties’ Controversy As ‘Next Small Step’ For ‘Nation Without A Conscience’</a>
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In an apparent attempt to simulate the ten plagues, not only has the West Coast of the United States hosted multiple COVID-19 outbreaks and explosions of violence on the streets, they are now home to catastrophic wildfires which have consumed millions of acres in California, Oregon, and Washington. California’s Governor Gavin Newsom decried the raging wildfires as evidence that the general predictions of “scientists” regarding climate change are in full effect, and that “California, folks, is America fast-forward.”
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California Senator and Vice Presidential nominee Kamala Harris echoed Newsom’s conclusion, stating that the recent history of wildfires have been “fueled and intensified by the climate crisis,” and that “while Trump denies the evidence of this crisis,” Joe Biden will take action “on day 1.” Given the array of tasks Biden has promised to complete on his first day in office, “day 1” is going to be busy.
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Over the past few years, CA has experienced some of the largest, most destructive wildfires in history—fueled &amp; intensified by the climate crisis.
While Trump denies the evidence of this crisis, <a href="https://twitter.com/JoeBiden?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@JoeBiden</a> will get to work taking the drastic action we need on day 1 to combat it. <a href="https://t.co/NNWHl4aJjT">https://t.co/NNWHl4aJjT</a>
&mdash; Kamala Harris (@KamalaHarris) <a href="https://twitter.com/KamalaHarris/status/1304898079871688704?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 12, 2020</a></blockquote>
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The root of the problem here is that the issue of climate change has been largely abandoned by the political Right, leaving this important subject in the hands of the cynical and opportunistic Democrats. Evidence does indeed suggest that the climate is changing, and that human actions are a contributing factor. The area which requires careful and rigorous debate is the extent to which human actions are contributing to this change, and the realistic impact these changes are having and may have in the future.
By effectively avoiding this debate, Republicans have allowed Democrats to create a false binary. Either you accept that the world is on the brink of calamity for which the only solution is their political manifesto (which, strangely enough, delivers the policies the Left have desired for decades), or you are an example of the ignorant “science denier” the inherently intellectual Left pities and abhors.
By refusing to engage in this debate and counter this false binary, the Right have unintentionally allowed the Left’s premise to dominate the narrative regarding climate change. In isolation, this is extraordinarily dangerous because the Democrats will continue to use the “urgency” of the threat of climate change to justify their radical proposals without thought for their efficacy. However, this is not the only reason Republicans must return to this subject.
The Democrats follow a predictable pattern. When they are seeking power, they identify their political opponents — the American Right — as the cause of all that is wrong in the world. This results in the flawed assertion that removing the cause — in other words, voting for Democrats over Republicans — will remove the symptom. Violence? Vote Democrat. Poverty? Vote Democrat. Disease? Vote Democrat.
Conversely, when they hold power, they have become experts at redirecting blame for their failures. This strategy of “blaming up” involves broadening the focus until an appropriate target is found. For example, consider New York Governor Andrew Cuomo’s unique failure to protect his constituents from COVID-19 by enacting policies which lead to the deaths of thousands of people. According to the Democrats, he is not to blame! It is the next highest Republican in the chain of command who is the true villain!
Sometimes, of course, no such Republican exists. When riots engulfed Ferguson in the aftermath of Michael Brown’s shooting, was Barack Obama blamed for the violence in “Obama’s America?” With no person to blame above Obama, the Democrats relied on the next best thing — blame the system. A system for which the cure is, you guessed it, continued Democrat Party rule.
When we take this strategy into account, the motivations driving both Gavin Newsom and Kamala Harris become clear. While climate change may be a factor in the wildfires, to claim that climate change is the sole or primary cause is an act of intentional ignorance. For example, some fires were suspected to have been started by <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/four-people-arrested-for-suspected-arson-intentionally-setting-wildfires-in-california-oregon-washington">arsonists</a>, and at least one fire was sparked by a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/family-hosting-gender-reveal-party-may-have-to-pay-millions-for-allegedly-starting-ca-fire">gender reveal</a> party. Is climate change to blame for, to put it mildly, idiots?
Then there are local and state political decisions which contribute to this problem. For example, forest management policies have long been a subject of criticism regarding the prevalence of wildfires, with Democratic State Senator Hannah-Beth Jackson <a href="https://www.npr.org/2018/08/17/639357265/politics-of-wildfires-biggest-battle-is-in-californias-capital">stating</a>, &#8220;We have been doing less and less to try to clear vegetation, to do controlled burns, so that we can reduce the dead vegetation that we have. As a result, we have conditions that are seeing fruition with these enormous and out of control fires.&#8221;
Objectively, there are multiple contributing factors driving the wildfires. Climate change may be one, and Gavin Newsom and his administration may be another. However, it will be impossible to hammer this point home if we refuse to enter this field of debate on the correct terms. Rather than engaging with the Democrats on their terms — where the two options are “climate change is real and will destroy us all” and “climate change is a hoax” — let’s engage with them on our terms — where the one option becomes “climate change is real, but not an excuse for Democrat failure.”
Not only will this aid our chances in combating climate change in a realistic manner if appropriate, but will show Gavin Newsom and his compatriots as the irresponsible failures that they are.
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The City of Lynwood separated themselves late on Sunday from a disturbing message that was posted to social media by the city&#8217;s manager, who said that the shooting of two sheriff&#8217;s deputies was the &#8220;chickens&#8221; coming &#8220;home to roost.&#8221;
Late on Saturday night, two sheriff&#8217;s deputies were shot in Compton as they sat in their patrol car when an assailant, who is still at large, approached the vehicle from behind and opened fire. Both deputies, who were shot in the head, were listed in stable condition as of late Sunday night.
City Manager Jose Ometeotl set his Instagram to private after his message went viral online and sparked backlash. The message featured an image of the 1960’s black leader Malcom X and the caption “CHICKENS COME HOME TO ROOST.” The message <a href="https://twitter.com/BillFOXLA/status/1305239820805963776">stated</a>:
<blockquote>The shooting of anyone is a wholly unacceptable occurrence in society. I do not condone the type of violence seen in the shooting of the deputies yesterday in Compton. I will say that communities like Compton have been plagued by deputy gangs that inflict fear and violence in the community. These deputies murdered, framed and stole from the community just because they could. Good deputies never turned on bad deputies for fear of retaliation and when caught most of these bad deputies kept their jobs and continued on their criminal career. The fact that someone randomly opened fire on deputies is to be expected in the society we live in today. The political climate and leadership of Sheriff Villanueva has only sowed the seeds of anger and frustration in the community. I pray for the deputies and their families while still demanding justice for Andres Guardado, Breana Taylor, Tamir Rice, Ahmaud Arbery&#8230;</blockquote>
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Here is the full post from before he made his account private. <a href="https://twitter.com/FOXLA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@FOXLA</a> <a href="https://t.co/ETAmv3ekcg">pic.twitter.com/ETAmv3ekcg</a>
&mdash; Bill Melugin (@BillFOXLA) <a href="https://twitter.com/BillFOXLA/status/1305239820805963776?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 13, 2020</a></blockquote>
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The City of Lynwood responded to Ometeotl&#8217;s message by stating that his social media post, which was on his personal account, did not reflect the views of the city.
&#8220;On behalf of the hard-working families of Lynwood as well as the City&#8217;s employees and elected officials, we wish to send our heartfelt prayers to the families of the Los Angeles County Sheriff&#8217;s deputies recently injured in the line of duty,&#8221; the statement said. &#8220;We also support every effort by the Sheriff&#8217;s Dept. to track down their attackers.&#8221;
&#8220;There have been comments made today (Sunday) by our City Manager on his personal social media that are his personal opinions and don&#8217;t reflect the position of the Lynwood City Council,&#8221; the statement added. &#8220;Today we are only thinking of the two deputies and are praying for their recovery.&#8221;
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City Of Lynwood Responds To City Manager Who Posted ‘Chickens Come Home To Roost’ After Deputies Shot

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Oregon forestry officials are warning that looters are targeting homes evacuated over the west coast wildfires and at least two men have already been arrested after clearing homes in Oregon&#8217;s Beachie Creek region, one of the areas suffering from major wildfire damage.
<a href="https://www.oregonlive.com/news/2020/09/oregon-wildfires-two-men-arrested-for-looting-in-marion-county.html">Oregon Live reports</a> that deputies arrested Anthony Travis Bodda, 21, and Alexander Justin Jones, 36, late last week, who looted homes in Marion County, Oregon, and then led deputies on a high-speed chase.
&#8220;Deputies spotted the [pair&#8217;s] van near Gates and began pursuing the vehicle west on Oregon 22, with an assist from the Linn County Sheriff’s Office and the Oregon State Police. The van took the exit into the Stayton/Sublimity area and drove through a golf course in a failed attempt to evade their pursuers,&#8221; according to Oregon Live. &#8220;Authorities used spike strips to disable the van and two suspects, later identified as 21-year-old Anthony Travis Bodda and 36-year-old Alexander Justin Jones, got out and fled on foot.&#8221;
At the time, Oregon was being blasted by two separate fires, the Beachie Creek fire, and the Riverside fire, according to an earlier report from Oregon Live. Since then, the two fires have combined to create a mega-fire, which has so far &#8220;scorched more than 300,000 acres,&#8221; according to the Oregon Department of Forestry.
“I am disappointed that while in a state of emergency these people would victimize members of our community,” Marion County Sheriff Joe Kast noted in a statement to media about the looters. &#8220;The women and men of the Marion County Sheriff’s Office are committed to holding people accountable if they chose to victimize residents from our evacuated areas.”
Looting amidst wildfires is not a new phenomenon. Just weeks ago, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/california-looters-invade-wildfire-zone-steal-firefighters-wallet-drain-bank-account-as-he-battles-blaze">The Daily Wire reported</a> on an incident in California where looters &#8220;flooded&#8221; a wildfire zone in California, even going so far as to steal a firefighter&#8217;s wallet that was left on the dashboard of his emergency response vehicle. Those looters drained the firefighter&#8217;s bank account as he was busy battling a major blaze near Santa Cruz.
Now, fires are burning across the west coast, affecting thousands of people in at least three states: Washington, Oregon, and California.
&#8220;The raging fires in Oregon have already consumed more than one million acres and forced tens of thousands of people out of their homes,&#8221; <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/13/us/wildfires-live-updates-in-oregon-firefighters-face-a-threat-of-resurging-winds.html">The New York Times reported Sunday</a>. &#8220;Combined with a record-setting 3.1 million acres burned in California and more than 600,000 acres burned in Washington State, the West Coast has been blanketed for days by thick smoke that has left cities bathed in an apocalyptic haze and the worst air quality on the planet.&#8221;
Slight changes in weather and wind direction helped firefighters make progress on Saturday, but most blazes are still less than 50% contained. Although authorities anticipate that most of the fires were started accidentally, at least <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/four-people-arrested-for-suspected-arson-intentionally-setting-wildfires-in-california-oregon-washington">four people have been arrested</a> for starting fires, including one man charged with allegedly sparking off a major Oregon blaze that has so far claimed at least two lives.
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/four-people-arrested-for-suspected-arson-intentionally-setting-wildfires-in-california-oregon-washington">RELATED: Four People Arrested For Suspected Arson, Intentionally Setting Wildfires In California, Oregon, Washington</a>
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Forestry Officials Warn Looters Are Targeting Homes Evacuated During West Coast Wildfires

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At least four people have been arrested on suspicion of arson in incidents connected to the massive wildfires now blazing across the western United States, according to authorities in California, Oregon, and Washington.
A number of false reports surfaced this week, pinning several fires on &#8220;antifascist activists&#8221;—reports that, the FBI says, turned out to be untrue upon investigation by federal, state, and local authorities, despite a flood of reports.
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Reports that extremists are setting wildfires in Oregon are untrue. Help us stop the spread of misinformation by only sharing information from trusted, official sources. <a href="https://t.co/ENc4c3kjep">pic.twitter.com/ENc4c3kjep</a>
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Those rumors are believed to have stemmed from a tweet from the Portland, Oregon, police department warning protesters, who have been holding protests in the city every night for the past three months. The Portland PD warned demonstrators earlier this week that setting fires could lead to much larger, more destructive blazes.
&#8220;To those attending the demonstration tonight: Keep in mind the immediate risk the use of fire poses to community members. Since fire danger is very high right now due to high winds and the current dry climate, fire will spread quickly and could affect many lives,&#8221; the department noted on Tuesday.
“We’re not seeing any indications of a mass politically influenced arson campaign,” the Oregon Department of Forestry <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/10/us/antifa-wildfires.html">confirmed to The New York Times</a>.
But several state authorities now say that at least four of the many fires that have destroyed millions of acres of forest in California, Oregon, and Washington, are suspicious, and they&#8217;ve arrested at least four people in connection to suspected incidents of arson.
Michael Jarrod Bakkela, a transient living in the Oregon woods, was arrested late this week &#8220;on two counts of arson, 15 counts of criminal mischief and 14 counts of reckless endangerment,” <a href="https://www.oregonlive.com/crime/2020/09/man-arrested-charged-with-arson-in-connection-with-southern-oregon-fire.html">according to Oregon Live</a>. Bakkela is allegedly responsible for setting one of two major wildfires in Oregon; the fires have now merged, killing at least 24 people, leaving hundreds homeless, and torching at least 5,700 acres of precious forest land.
Bakkela&#8217;s alleged fire is likely responsible for the deaths of at least two people, according to Oregon authorities.
The California Highway Patrol arrested a 37-year-old woman, Anita Esquivel, for intentionally starting several blazes along Highway 101, <a href="https://kion546.com/news/2020/09/07/woman-accused-of-intentionally-starting-fires-on-highway-101-arrested/">according to KION Los Angeles</a>. Police do not yet have a motive for Esquivel&#8217;s alleged arson, but they do not believe she is connected to any Antifa-type organization.
The Washington State Patrol tweeted on Thursday that they nabbed two suspected firebugs setting small fires in dry grass at the intersection of two state highways.
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We got another one! Great job Trooper Morefield. A pedestrian decided to match light the grass at SR-512 and SR-7. Citizen observed and alerted 911. After a short foot chase, one is in custody and on his way to jail. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Justice?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Justice</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Beatrooper?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Beatrooper</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/CentralPierce?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@CentralPierce</a> <a href="https://t.co/ePJMHU4tUd">pic.twitter.com/ePJMHU4tUd</a>
&mdash; Trooper Ryan Burke (@wspd1pio) <a href="https://twitter.com/wspd1pio/status/1304147032844632064?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 10, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Although Puyallup, Washington, police and Washington State Troopers have yet to confirm that a third arrest in Washington state is connected to wildfires there, <a href="https://www.kiro7.com/news/local/troopers-man-arrested-setting-fire-along-sr-167-puyallup/2IN46K5QV5GILLJZEJGMIS3L5Q/">local news reports</a> that the two organizations arrested an individual with the same name as a man who posted a Facebook Live earlier this week claiming to have started a &#8220;large brush fire&#8221; that shut down another state highway.
Fires in Oregon, Washington, and California continue to rage Saturday, though authorities in all three states say that better, cooler weather expected this weekend will aid in getting some of the blazes under control. Around half a million people have been displaced in Oregon, <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/10/us/us-west-wildfires-thursday/index.html">per CNN</a>, and tens of thousands are evacuating in Washington and California.
&#8220;As of Thursday, more than 100 wildfires across 12 Western states burned more than 4.3 million acres, according to the National Interagency Fire Center,&#8221; per CNN. &#8220;That&#8217;s nearly 7,000 square miles, or roughly the size of New Jersey.&#8221;
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Four People Arrested For Suspected Arson, Intentionally Setting Wildfires In California, Oregon, Washington

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Texas Governor Greg Abbott (R) announced on Friday that he will send additional firefighters to California as the West Coast state battles an onslaught of wildfires that have threatened thousands of residents and diminished air quality across the state.
&#8220;Texas is ready to answer the call for help when disaster strikes — whether it&#8217;s here in the Lone Star State or across the country,&#8221; said Governor Abbott in a Friday statement. &#8220;I thank the brave men and women serving in our fire departments across Texas for stepping up to help Californians in need as these fires continue to burn. I ask all Texans to join me and Cecilia in prayer for the courageous firefighters battling these wildfires, as well as those who have been affected by this disaster.&#8221;
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Texas is providing firefighters and equipment to help California battle the raging fires that are causing such devastating damages.
Texas is ready to answer the call for help when disaster strikes &#8211; whether in the Lone Star State or across the country.<a href="https://t.co/7867gnnUD6">https://t.co/7867gnnUD6</a>
— Greg Abbott (@GregAbbott_TX) <a href="https://twitter.com/GregAbbott_TX/status/1304472717626933249?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 11, 2020</a></blockquote>
Under the Texas <a href="https://gov.texas.gov/news/post/governor-abbott-deploys-resources-to-assist-in-fighting-california-wildfires">governor’s orders</a>, California will receive 190 firefighters, 50 firetrucks, and ten command vehicles, in addition to the 44 firefighters, ten firetrucks, and two command vehicles the Lone Star State sent over in August, according to the statement. The fire-fighting resources were dispatched from over 50 different fire departments across the state.
California state Senator Shannon Grove, who is the leader of the Republican caucus, reacted to the assistance from Texas, tweeting: “It’s a good thing other states don’t hold a grudge like CA’s Democrat leadership seems to. Texas is helping in our time of need by supplying 190 firefighters, 50 fire trucks &amp; 10 command vehicles EVEN THOUGH CA has a travel ban for state workers to TX.”
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It’s a good thing other states don’t hold a grudge like CA’s Democrat leadership seems to.
Texas is helping in our time of need by supplying 190 firefighters, 50 fire trucks &amp; 10 command vehicles EVEN THOUGH CA has a travel ban for state workers to TX.<a href="https://t.co/Cs1mkZ2bY0">https://t.co/Cs1mkZ2bY0</a>
— Senator Shannon Grove (@ShannonGroveCA) <a href="https://twitter.com/ShannonGroveCA/status/1304589319504629761?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 12, 2020</a></blockquote>
According to <a href="https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-09-11/smoke-again-blankets-l-a-county-friday-even-people-far-from-fires-should-be-cautious-if-they-smell-smoke">The Los Angeles Times</a>, the wildfires have caused the air quality to severely diminish across the state, particularly in the Bay Area and in Central California. The Southern California region, which is also experiencing fires, has been having air quality problems as well.
“Throughout Southern California, everybody is experiencing this,” Philip Fine, an executive officer for the South Coast Air Quality Management District, told the news agency. “It looks like it’s overcast, but a lot of that is smoke from the Northern California and Oregon wildfires. They have created a plume up and down the West coast that’s over a thousand miles wide.”
Kristine Roselius, a spokesperson for the Bay Area Air Quality Management District, told <a href="https://www.sfchronicle.com/california-wildfires/article/Very-unhealthy-air-blankets-Bay-Area-15559693.php">The San Francisco Chronicle</a> that the general area has been experiencing “certainly the longest unhealthy air quality we’ve seen.”
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The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health created Halloween 2020 <a href="http://publichealth.lacounty.gov/media/Coronavirus/docs/community/GuidanceHalloween.pdf">guidance</a> on Saturday that effectively banned the holiday as Americans have celebrated it for decades before subsequently releasing a follow-up that walked back some of the more extreme portions of the guidelines.
“As fall approaches, families start to plan for the upcoming holiday season beginning with Halloween. Since some of the traditional ways in which this holiday is celebrated does not allow you to minimize contact with non-household members, it is important to plan early and identify safer alternatives,” said the department in guidance. &#8220;The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health would like to share information on how to take part in this holiday in a manner that reduces the risk of spreading COVID-19. Since some of the traditional ways in which this holiday is celebrated are not permitted this year, consider some safer alternatives that are listed below.&#8221;
Under the new guidelines, Los Angeles kids looking to celebrate Halloween — which falls on a Saturday instead of the usual school-night — will be forced to forgo costume parties, carnivals, haunted houses, and other live events, even if they are hosted outdoors. 
In the original September 5 guidance, trick-or-treating and trunk-or-treating were prohibited. However, new guidelines released on Wednesday afternoon have since moved those two activities into a new &#8220;not recommended&#8221; category, which wasn&#8217;t in the previous guidelines. 
&#8220;Door to door trick or treating is not recommended because it can be very difficult to maintain proper social distancing on porches and at front doors, ensure that everyone answering or coming to the door is appropriately masked to prevent disease spread, and because sharing food is risky,&#8221; said the <a href="http://publichealth.lacounty.gov/media/coronavirus/docs/community/GuidanceHalloween.pdf">revised guidelines</a> released on Wednesday. “&#8217;Trunk or treating&#8217; where children go from car to car instead of door to door to receive treats is also not recommended, particularly when part of Halloween events, since it is difficult to avoid crowding and sharing food.&#8221;
According to data from <a href="https://www.latimes.com/projects/california-coronavirus-cases-tracking-outbreak/">The Los Angeles Times</a>, Los Angeles County has recorded 15,392 cases of coronavirus in the last two weeks and 426 deaths. As of 2019, there were about 10 million residents in the county.
The department of public health has suggested that in lieu of celebrating Halloween with Trick-or-Treating, children celebrate the holiday in a more pandemic-appropriate manner. Only one of these suggestions, however, includes receiving candy:
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<li>Virtual costume parties or pumpkin-carving contests</li>
<li>Drive-by car parades, drive-by costume contests (for kids or for cars), drive-by halloween displays, or drive-up events where treat-bags are handed out, but without Trick-or-Treating.</li>
<li>Halloween-themed drive-in movie theater screenings</li>
<li>Halloween-themed restaurant visits (restaurants in the city are currently closed to indoor dining, so the restaurant must be open for outdoor service) or Halloween themed out-door art installations</li>
<li>Halloween-themed decorations for inside and outside of the home</li>
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Los Angeles Cancels Trick-Or-Treating, Suggests New Halloween Activities. Then Walks It Back.

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More than 12,000 people gathered at the California State Capitol in Sacramento on Sunday for a Christian music concert and worship service, according to an estimate by one of its organizers.
The &#8220;Let Us Worship&#8221; rally, a name under which other groups have gathered around California, featured musicians and speakers, including state Sen. Shannon Grove (R-Baskerfield), who serves as state Senate minority leader.
“We are gonna worship like we’ve never worshiped before, and I declare that after all of this is over tonight, the remnant, the residue of this worship will saturate this ground and seep into that building,” Grove said to cheers and applause as she pointed to the Capitol. “And when it goes into that building, it will touch every heart that enters. God bless you, let us worship!”
As <a href="https://www.sacbee.com/news/coronavirus/article245543565.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">The Sacramento Bee</a> repeatedly pointed out in their coverage of the event, most of the attendees were not adhering to COVID-19 protocols regarding masks and social distancing. They also noted that Grove was supposed to have been quarantining after potentially being exposed to the coronavirus at a recent caucus lunch.
There have been more than 20,000 cases of the coronavirus in Sacramento County and 332 deaths, according to the county&#8217;s <a href="https://www.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.html#/a33a1c52e7fe4252bc1f81e44d725fd1" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">public health records</a>.
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Official Capitol Hill police estimate was 12,000 tonight in Sacramento!!! 😭😭😭😭
GOD IS NOT DONE WITH CALIFORNIA!!!<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/LetUsWorship?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#LetUsWorship</a> <a href="https://t.co/4sRGwbQbIl">pic.twitter.com/4sRGwbQbIl</a>
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<a href="https://www.seanfeucht.com">Sean Feucht</a>, one of the organizers of the gathering, posted footage of the event Sunday, tweeting, &#8220;Official Capitol Hill police estimate was 12,000 tonight in Sacramento!!! [crying emojis] GOD IS NOT DONE WITH CALIFORNIA!!!&#8221;
As The Daily Wire <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/more-than-a-thousand-gather-on-california-beach-to-protest-church-closures" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">reported</a>, Feucht has also attended other events of a similar nature, in which groups of Christians gather weekly on southern California beaches as part of a movement called “<a href="https://www.saturateoc.com/about" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Saturate OC</a>.”
&#8220;Let Us Worship&#8221; next plans to tour to national hot spots such as Minneapolis, Minnesota, and Kenosha, Wisconsin, according to Feucht&#8217;s website.
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State officials estimated 5000 on the beach in San Diego tonight. I am undone at the movement God is pouring out across America!!!
BUT THIS MOMENT RIGHT HERE my son Ezra was baptized tonight 😭😭😭<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/LetUsWorship?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#LetUsWorship</a> <a href="https://t.co/IT9CQL9A1T">pic.twitter.com/IT9CQL9A1T</a>
&mdash; Sean Feucht (@seanfeucht) <a href="https://twitter.com/seanfeucht/status/1287596693450452993?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 27, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Appealing to the nation&#8217;s earliest history to lay out their reason for gathering together, &#8220;Let Us Worship&#8221; warned about what they see as the collusion of Big Tech with government to silence &#8220;Christian voices.&#8221; The statement reads:
<blockquote>The fervor to worship God free from government edict and societal persecution drove America’s earliest settlers across oceans and wild frontiers to this beautiful land to create a new nation built on a simple premise that all men are created equal and cannot be denied their inalienable rights to life and liberty.
But our freedom to worship God and obey His Word has come under unprecedented attack. Powerful politicians and social media giants have engaged in unchartered abuses of religious liberty, silencing the faithful, banning our voices, and outright attacking our God-given right to declare His goodness.
States across America, including here in California have shut down church services and even outlawed singing in church. Instagram and Twitter is censoring Christian voices every single day.  And every hour that passes they grow bolder in their efforts to silence the faithful.
It’s time for the Church to rise up with one voice and tell our government leaders and the rulers of big tech that we refuse to be silenced!</blockquote>
Though the gathering had a permit, many congregations in California are reeling underneath lockdown orders that forbid in-person assembly. Some have chosen to defy them and meet anyway, despite heavy fines. As The Daily Wire <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/it-must-stop-california-church-pleads-for-relief-after-county-fines-approach-60000" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">reported</a>, North Valley Baptist Church in Santa Clara County has accumulated almost $60,000 in fines after county agents slipped into their service and saw they were singing.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/it-must-stop-california-church-pleads-for-relief-after-county-fines-approach-60000" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">‘It Must Stop’: California Church Pleads For Relief After County Fines Approach $60,000</a>
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Thousands Gather At California State Capitol For Worship Service

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On Sunday afternoon, in the midst of the insane heat in Los Angeles where the temperature in the San Fernando Valley reached near 120 degrees, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti issued an advisory for the city’s residents in which he told them to “turn off major appliances, set the thermostat to 78 degrees (or use a fan instead), turn off excess lights and unplug any appliances you’re not using.”
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It’s almost 3 p.m. Time to turn off major appliances, set the thermostat to 78 degrees (or use a fan instead), turn off excess lights and unplug any appliances you’re not using.
We need every Californian to help conserve energy. Please do your part. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/FlexAlert?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#FlexAlert</a>
&mdash; MayorOfLA (@MayorOfLA) <a href="https://twitter.com/MayorOfLA/status/1302726251371667457?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 6, 2020</a></blockquote>
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On Tuesday, Rep. Dan Crenshaw responded to Garcetti’s tweet with one of his own, writing, “Alexa, show me what happens when you let Democrats control energy policy.”
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Alexa, show me what happens when you let Democrats control energy policy. <a href="https://t.co/PLtgofajlg">https://t.co/PLtgofajlg</a>
&mdash; Dan Crenshaw (@DanCrenshawTX) <a href="https://twitter.com/DanCrenshawTX/status/1303364789603889154?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 8, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Crenshaw’s point is well-taken. The California Public Utilities Commission, which regulates services and utilities, is comprised of 5 members appointed by the governor and approved by the senate; California has had Democrat governors since 2011, and the California state Senate has been controlled by Democrats for 50 years.
The <a href="https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/business/energy-green/story/2020-03-03/should-california-count-nuclear-power-count-as-renewable">San Diego Union-Tribune</a> noted in March 2020 that &#8220;nuclear power has long generated opposition in California and AB 2898 will face long odds in Sacramento. The Legislature is dominated by Democrats, who have expressed more interest in further developing wind and solar energy projects than offering a lifeline to nuclear.&#8221;
Michael Shellenberger, writing in <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaelshellenberger/2020/08/15/why-californias-climate-policies-are-causing-electricity-black-outs/#30881ada1591">Forbes</a> in mid-August, before the September record-setting heat, explained, “The underlying reasons that California is experiencing rolling black-outs for the second time in less than a year stem from the state’s climate policies, which California policymakers have justified as necessary to prevent deaths from heatwaves.  In October, Pacific Gas and Electric cut off power to homes across California to avoid starting forest fires. The utility and California’s leaders had over the previous decade diverted billions meant for grid maintenance to renewables.”
<a href="https://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-diablo-canyon-nuclear-20180111-story.html">The Los Angeles Times</a> reported in 2018 that the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant, the last remaining operational plant in California, would be totally shut down by 2024:
<blockquote>The last remaining nuclear power plant in California will begin shutting down operations in six years as part of a plan approved Thursday by state regulators. “We chart a new energy future by phasing out nuclear power here in California,” Michael Picker, president of the California Public Utilities Commission, said prior to the 5-0 vote. “We agree the time has come.”</blockquote>
The Times wrote of Pacific Gas &amp; Electric: “The utility said Diablo Canyon would be uneconomical to run in the near future because of changes in California’s power grid — specifically, the growth of renewable energy sources, increased energy efficiency measures and the migration of more customers from traditional utilities to new local suppliers under the state’s community choice aggregation program.”
&#8220;Established in 2002, California’s <a class="link" href="/Users/rnikolewskijr/Downloads/TN217317_20170427T142045_RPS_Eligibility_Guidebook_Ninth_Edition_Revised.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Renewables Portfolio Standard spells out the power sources eligible</a> to count toward the state’s goals to wean itself of fossil fuels. The list includes solar, wind, biomass, geothermal, small hydroelectric facilities and even tidal currents. The <a class="link" href="https://ww2.energy.ca.gov/renewables/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">standard has been updated</a>, currently calling for 60 percent of California’s electricity to come from renewables by 2030 and 100 percent from carbon-free sources by 2045,&#8221; the San Diego Union-Tribune added.
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L.A. Mayor During Insane Heat Wave: ‘Use A Fan.’ Crenshaw Fires Back: ‘Alexa, Show Me What Happens When You Let Democrats Control Energy Policy’

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A Northridge, California, woman who displays a giant Trump flag on her house claims that a mail carrier for the United States Post Service defaced a piece of mail intended for her, writing &#8220;BLM&#8221; on the item.
The woman, whom <a href="https://www.foxla.com/news/northridge-woman-says-her-mail-was-defaced-by-mail-carrier-who-wrote-blm">FOX 11</a> only identified as “Donna” to preserve her anonymity out of her fear of retaliation, said her neighbor’s security camera showed the mail carrier committing the act. She stated, “His camera showed him walking to my house. He had the mail in his hand and he’s writing.” She said that the postal worker threw her mail on the ground, adding, “I’m just curious, how many people in this whole neighborhood have a Trump sign? And if they do&#8230; they probably got BLM written on their mail also.”
Her neighbor echoed that Donna’s tale was true, asserting, “You know what? It’s 100% sure. You know why; nobody coming inside for writing the email. Only this guy has access for that thing.”
&#8220;Donna,&#8221; who asserted, “Trump is a great president,” added that she contacted the post office about the incident, saying, “This guy was tampering with private property mail. The manager told me they’re definitely going to fire him because this is a federal offense.”
When FOX 11 contacted the post office, they were told that the postal service was aware of the matter: “We are disappointed to see the actions of our employee, and apologize to the customers affected by this incident. The Postal Service is investigating the matter and will take appropriate action to ensure this does not occur again.”
The U.S. code <a href="https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/1708">states</a>:
<blockquote>Whoever steals, takes, or abstracts, or by fraud or deception obtains, or attempts so to obtain, from or out of any mail, post office, or station thereof, letter box, mail receptacle, or any mail route or other authorized depository for mail matter, or from a letter or mail carrier, any letter, postal card, package, bag, or mail, or abstracts or removes from any such letter, package, bag, or mail, any article or thing contained therein, or secretes, embezzles, or destroys any such letter, postal card, package, bag, or mail, or any article or thing contained therein; or
Whoever steals, takes, or abstracts, or by fraud or deception obtains any letter, postal card, package, bag, or mail, or any article or thing contained therein which has been left for collection upon or adjacent to a collection box or other authorized depository of mail matter; or
Whoever buys, receives, or conceals, or unlawfully has in his possession, any letter, postal card, package, bag, or mail, or any article or thing contained therein, which has been so stolen, taken, embezzled, or abstracted, as herein described, knowing the same to have been stolen, taken, embezzled, or abstracted—
Shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than five years, or both.</blockquote>
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California Trump Supporter: Postal Worker Wrote ‘BLM’ On My Mail

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A family that held a gender-reveal party near Palm Springs, California, where they allegedly used a smoke-generating pyrotechnic device, may be held financially responsible for the massive damage and subsequent cost of putting the El Dorado Fire out. The device that was reportedly used is often utilized to release blue or pink smoke to indicate the gender of an expected baby.
The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection issued a <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CE0ddK-hHo1/?igshid=d1a7knxin4dc">press release</a> stating:
<blockquote>CAL FIRE Law Enforcement has determined the El Dorado Fire, burning near Oak Glen in San Bernardino County, was caused by a smoke generating pyrotechnic device, used during a gender reveal party. The fire began at 10:23 am on September 5, 2020 in the El Dorado Ranch Park in Yucaipa. The fire spread from the park to the north on to Yucaipa Ridge that separates Mountain Home Village and Forest Falls from the City of Yucaipa. CAL FIRE reminds the public that with the dry conditions and critical fire weather, it doesn&#8217;t take much to start a wildfire. Those responsible for starting fires due to negligence or illegal activity can be held financially responsible and criminally responsible.</blockquote>
The fire has destroyed at least 7,000 acres of land; temperatures reached 122 degrees in Palm Springs on Saturday. The fire threatened Mountain Home Village and Forest Falls. The communities of Oak Glen, Forest Falls and Mountain Home Village had to be evacuated, the <a href="https://www.desertsun.com/story/news/environment/wildfires/2020/09/06/el-dorado-fire-grows-2-727-acres-containment-remains-5/5734173002/">Desert Sun</a> reported.
“The El Dorado Fire is burning just two miles from where the Apple Fire ravaged 33,000 acres last month, and fire officials said it would work to their advantage if the El Dorado Fire entered the burn scar,” the Desert Sun pointed out.
Bennet Milloy, a spokesman for the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, told <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8704833/El-Dorado-wildfire-burned-7-050-acres-California-started-gender-reveal-party.html">DailyMail.com</a> that the hosts of the party were present at the scene when firefighters arrived, adding, “We know how it started because they were still there. That and the fact that there were surveillance cameras in the park.”
Malloy said the family was potentially civilly and criminally responsible for the fire, which could mean facing jail time and having to pay millions of dollars. He acknowledged speaking to the family, saying that they “understood the seriousness of the fire … They genuinely believed it was an accident. But I think now they understand the gravity of the situation.&#8221;
“Across the whole of California, firefighters are <a href="https://www.fire.ca.gov/daily-wildfire-report/">currently battling 23 wildfires</a>, which have so far destroyed 1.6 million acres. Almost 15,000 firefighters were working to douse the flames, and battling against record temperatures in the state,” the Daily Mail pointed out.
“Since Aug. 15, California has battled 900 wildfires, <a href="https://apnews.com/4cf8eb0bc81266567276c9931796047a" aria-describedby="external-disclaimer">The Associated Press</a> previously reported. Many of the wildfires were started by an intense series of lightning strikes. In total, they have burned 1.5 million acres (2,343 square miles) of land. There have also been eight reported deaths thus far,” People magazine <a href="https://people.com/human-interest/el-dorado-wildfire-started-gender-reveal-party/">noted</a>.
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Family Hosting Gender Reveal Party May Have To Pay Millions For Allegedly Starting CA Fire

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A family that held a gender-reveal party near Palm Springs, California, where they allegedly used a smoke-generating pyrotechnic device, may be held

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A Baptist church in California that is meeting despite coronavirus lockdown restrictions is pleading with their county government to relent after the fines leveled against them have racked up to nearly $60,000.
North Valley Baptist Church in Santa Clara, California, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/i-plead-with-you-back-off-california-church-fined-thousands-for-meeting-in-person-and-singing" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">made headlines</a> two weeks ago when senior pastor Jack Trieber released a viral <a href="https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=222950169154533" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">video on Facebook</a> asking Santa Clara County to &#8220;back off.&#8221; The video, which garnered millions of views, explained that his church was fined $5,000 for holding a morning service and $5,000 for an evening service during which congregants sang.
As The Daily Wire <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/i-plead-with-you-back-off-california-church-fined-thousands-for-meeting-in-person-and-singing" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">reported</a>, Santa Clara County public health officials, who had slipped into one of their services to observe them, described the singing as &#8220;unlawful activity.&#8221; According to a four-page notice that was plastered on the church&#8217;s door, their group worship was an offense that they must &#8220;immediately cease.&#8221; The government also warned that &#8220;failure to do so will result in enforcement action by the county.”
Since then, the county&#8217;s fines against North Valley Baptist Church have continued to pile up to the point that they are being fined $5,000 per day regardless of whether they meet in person. In a <a href="https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=789812445124309" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">subsequent video</a> that has also gone viral, Trieber said, &#8220;The government&#8217;s done it again. They have ratcheted this thing up. They just posted more signs on our building.&#8221;
&#8220;Government: it must stop. It cannot continue this way,&#8221; Trieber continued. Appealing to the Bill of Rights, the pastor argued that the county government is overstepping its legal boundaries.
North Valley Baptist Church&#8217;s associate pastor Justin Cooper laid out their situation in an interview with The Daily Wire, explaining how the church was at first compliant with public health orders until they dragged out indefinitely.
&#8220;So, as you know, it&#8217;s been six months going on,&#8221; Cooper said. &#8220;After 14 weeks, we decided to come back into our building.&#8221; Cooper went on to explain how the county has continued to hound them to the point that there&#8217;s &#8220;over 13 or 14 different pieces of paper taped to the entrances to the facilities that the county continues to post.&#8221;
Cooper said that Santa Clara County, whose public health officials show up and then quickly disappear during each Sunday morning service, has started charging his church &#8220;$5,000 per day — not days that we meet, but just days that we exist.&#8221;
The county&#8217;s rationale for fining the church, Cooper said, is that the church has allegedly not submitted a COVID-19 protocol, which would necessitate that they not hold services.
Santa Clara County did not respond to a request for comment.
Cooper said that despite the pressure from the county, their congregation is resilient. &#8220;The amazing thing about it is the spirit of our church and services has actually improved,&#8221; he said.
Even though the pandemic has been hard on their congregation and even cost some of them their jobs, Cooper said, &#8220;It seems like the spirit of our services have gone up.&#8221; They have seen visitors travel from hours away to attend their services, which Cooper says are conspicuously patriotic. &#8220;It&#8217;s really strengthened us as a church, I believe, and we&#8217;re very unified right now in this decision to go forward.&#8221;
Cooper said they are fighting because they fear that the discrimination against houses of worship in California will soon fan out nationwide. &#8220;We believe that what happens here will swing across the country,&#8221; he said. &#8220;So that&#8217;s why we&#8217;re still willing to take our stand here. I believe it&#8217;s a religious liberty battle and the future of our country, as far as we know it — as far as church is concerned — is definitely at stake.&#8221;
North Valley Baptist Church is not the only congregation in California to resist the state&#8217;s lockdown mandates. Grace Community Church, pastored by John MacArthur, has been <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/this-is-harassment-la-county-terminates-parking-lot-lease-of-john-macarthurs-church" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">wrangling in court</a> with Los Angeles County after MacArthur and the church elders <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/compliance-would-be-disobedience-prominent-california-church-defies-state-lockdown-to-resume-in-person-assembly" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">issued a statement</a> in July explaining why they were going to resume in-person assembly.
&#8220;We cannot and will not acquiesce to a government-imposed moratorium on our weekly congregational worship or other regular corporate gatherings,&#8221; MacArthur and the elders said in part. &#8220;Compliance would be disobedience to our Lord’s clear commands.&#8221;
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/a-slap-in-the-face-10-times-democrat-politicians-blew-off-their-own-coronavirus-restrictions" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">‘A Slap In The Face’: 10 Times Democrat Politicians Blew Off Their Own Coronavirus Restrictions</a>
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‘It Must Stop’: California Church Pleads For Relief After County Fines Approach $60,000

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California, a state of nearly 40 million people, is bracing for a round of power outages over Labor Day weekend due to an extreme heatwave, less than a month since the state experienced rolling blackouts for the first time in decades. 
The California Independent System Operator, a nonprofit organization that oversees the state’s power grid, released a statement on Twitter calling on Californians to reduce their energy consumption. The ISO subsequently called a Stage 2 warning, which means that the power grid can no longer meet energy requirements for residents.  
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This weekend’s <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/heatwave?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#heatwave</a> is still putting pressure on the state&#39;s energy grid. Do your part and take action to reduce <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/energy?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#energy</a> usage! 
• Set A/C thermostats to 78 degrees • Avoid using large appliances • Close drapes/blinds • Turn off unnecessary lights • Use fans
&mdash; California ISO (@California_ISO) <a href="https://twitter.com/California_ISO/status/1302396185437757445?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 6, 2020</a></blockquote>
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<a href="https://twitter.com/California_ISO?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@California_ISO</a> has issued a Warning.
⚠️ Everyone is strongly urged to conserve energy right now. ⚠️ Follow energy-saving guidelines on <a href="https://t.co/miT6JknK3s">https://t.co/miT6JknK3s</a> . <a href="https://t.co/0v6qUTDdkj">pic.twitter.com/0v6qUTDdkj</a>
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The ISO later lifted the Stage 2 warning without blackouts. However, the flex-alert will continue on Sunday and Monday, from 3pm-9pm, because “the grid operator is predicting an increase in electricity demand, primarily from air conditioning use” related to the extreme temperatures in the region, said the organization. 
“Consumers should always be prepared for potential power outages, both planned and unplanned during heat waves, especially in extremely high temperatures that last multiple days. Hot weather can also impact generation and transmission equipment, as it runs harder and longer with less time to cool, which can cause machinery failure,” said the organization Saturday. “High heat is also predicted throughout the West for the weekend, limiting available import energy to serve demand.&#8221;
&#8220;Consumers can actively help by shifting energy use to morning and nighttime hours. Conservation can lower demand and avoid further actions, including outages, and lessen the duration of possible power interruptions. Conservations efforts during a heatwave on Aug. 17 and 18 were key to preventing expected power outages,&#8221; the organization continued. 
Anticipating the energy grid problems for the heatwave, Governor Gavin Newsom (D) suspended power plant requirements earlier this week in an effort his office said was to “alleviate the heat-induced demands on the state’s energy grid.”
According to <a href="https://www.politico.com/states/california/story/2020/08/18/california-has-first-rolling-blackouts-in-19-years-and-everyone-faces-blame-1309757">Politico</a>, the recent power outages in August were the first time California has experienced rolling blackouts related to energy supply problems since 2001. However, Newsom has pledged to keep the lights on and pursue renewable energy goals in California, which, in 2018, set its sights on <a href="https://www.npr.org/2018/09/10/646373423/california-sets-goal-of-100-percent-renewable-electric-power-by-2045">100% renewable</a> energy usage by 2045. 
“These blackouts, which occurred without prior warning or enough time for preparation, are unacceptable and unbefitting of the nation’s largest and most innovative state,” Newsom told energy agencies in a letter last month, according to <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/17/business/energy-environment/california-blackout-electric-grid.html">The New York Times</a>. 
Severin Borenstein, an ISO board member and professor of energy economics at UC Berkeley, told <a href="https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/Bay-Area-blackouts-What-you-need-to-know-about-15488351.php">the San Francisco Chronicle</a> last month that increased usage in renewable energy sources can also contribute to shortages, as was seen in the August blackouts. 
“We have been rightly phasing out gas plants for very good reasons, but when you combine the lack of replacement for those with the crazy weather, we’re just in the situation where we’re going to be short,” said Borenstein. 
RELATED: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/california-power-company-says-it-may-have-to-impose-blackouts-for-the-next-10-years">California Power Company Says It May Have To Impose Blackouts For The Next Ten Years</a>
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California Braces For Possible Power Outages Amidst Heat Wave, Again

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Those who teach foreign languages to English-speaking students, especially American students, will have to be careful what words they teach from now on, lest a foreign-language word sound like an offensive English word.
At the University of Southern California’s Marshall School of Business, communications professor Greg Patton recently gave an online class in which he explained a filler word in Chinese meaning “that.” Patton explained to his class that the filler word, “nega,” is akin to saying “um” or “like” in English.
Patton repeated the word a few times and then said it was like them saying “that, that, that.” Despite the clear explanation and context, some students were apparently offended by the Chinese word. These were business school students, so one has to wonder what would have happened had they been in a meeting with Chinese businessmen and heard the word without an advance explanation from Patton.
Campus Reform has video of the professor’s lecture and <a href="https://campusreform.org/?ID=15580">reported</a> that Patton is no longer teaching the course.
“Recently, a USC faculty member during class used a Chinese word that sounds similar to a racial slur in English. We acknowledge the historical, cultural and harmful impact of racist language,” USC said in a statement.
Another instructor is currently teaching the class as Patton “agreed to take a short term pause while we are reviewing to better understand the situation and to take any appropriate next steps,” the school’s statement added.
In addition to Patton no longer teaching the class, at least for now, USC is also “offering supportive measures to any student, faculty, or staff member who requests assistance.” In the statement to students, the school said that it was “committed to building a culture of respect and dignity where all members of our community can feel safe, supported, and can thrive.”
University and college professors are increasingly under attack from students who claim to be offended by what they teach and whether or not they are sufficiently accommodating to students who claim to be affected by racial injustice.
As The Daily Wire reported in June, students at the University of California-Los Angeles wanted two professors fired for doing their jobs.
Gordon Klein, an accounting professor, received an email from a group of students requesting the professor allow for a “‘no-harm’ final exam that could only benefit students’ grades, and for shortened exams and extended deadlines for final assignments and projects,” Inside Higher Ed <a href="https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2020/06/04/professor-resigns-after-criticizing-protesters-and-another-faces-calls-his">reported</a>. The students requested all of these accommodations due to recent “traumas, we have been placed in a position where we much choose between actively supporting our black classmates or focusing on finishing up our spring quarter.”
Klein responded with a sarcastic email.
“Thanks for your suggestion in your email below that I give black students special treatment, given the tragedy in Minnesota,” Klein wrote back to the students.
“Do you know the names of the classmates that are black?” he asked them. “How can I identify them since we’ve been having online classes only?”
Klein went on to ask about students who “may be of mixed parentage, such as half black-half Asian?”
“What do you suggest I do with respect to them? A full concession or just half?” he asked.
Another UCLA professor, political science lecturer W. Ajax Peris, received calls for his resignation because he read aloud MLK’s “Letter from Birmingham Jail,” which included the n-word. As The Federalist <a href="https://thefederalist.com/2020/06/09/ucla-students-demand-two-professors-be-fired-for-doing-their-job/">reported</a>, students “hearing a white lecturer read the n-word from a letter written by a jailed civil rights leader and watching lynching imagery made them feel so ‘uncomfortable,’ they asked Peris to stop.” He apologized for causing “discomfort,” but continued teaching. UCLA’s Political Science Department condemned Peris for failing to “meet the students’ needs” and referred him for a discrimination investigation.
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Four months ago, I wrote a column titled &#8220;The Worldwide Lockdown May Be the Greatest Mistake in History.&#8221; I explained that &#8220;&#8216;mistake&#8217; and &#8216;evil&#8217; are not synonyms. The lockdown is a mistake; the Holocaust, slavery, communism, fascism, etc., were evils. Massive mistakes are made by arrogant fools; massive evils are committed by evil people.&#8221;
Regarding the economic catastrophe in America and around the world — especially among the world&#8217;s poor who are dependent upon America and other first-world countries for their income through exports and tourism — I wrote, &#8220;It is panic and hysteria, not the coronavirus, that created this catastrophe.&#8221;
Unfortunately, I was right.
The world should have followed Sweden&#8217;s example. That country never locked down and has even kept children under 16 in school the entire time. As Reuters reported on July 15, the number of Swedish children between 1 and 19 years of age who have died of COVID-19 is zero. And the percentage of children who contracted the illness was the exact same in Sweden as it was in Finland, which locked down its schools.
As regards teachers, Sweden&#8217;s Public Health Agency reported that &#8220;a comparison of the incidence of COVID-19 in different professions suggested no increased risk for teachers.&#8221; Nevertheless, with few exceptions, teachers in Los Angeles and elsewhere refuse to enter a classroom that has students in it. Their disdain for their profession has been superseded only by that of the Los Angeles teachers union, which announced that teachers will not resume teaching until the police are defunded.
People who defend lockdowns and closing schools point out that Sweden has the eighth-highest death rate per million in the Western world. But, needless to say, this has no bearing at all on the issue of whether Sweden was right to keep schools open or whether our country was wrong to close them, let alone keep them closed now. The overwhelming majority of deaths from COVID-19 in Sweden were among people over 70 years of age, and most of those were people over 80 and with compromised immune systems.
Reuters reported that three separate studies, including one by UNICEF, &#8220;showed that Swedish children fared better than children in other countries during the pandemic, both in terms of education and mental health.&#8221;
For more than a month, Sweden has had almost no deaths from COVID-19 while the entire society remains open and almost no one wears masks. (In Holland, too, almost no one wears masks.) For all intents and purposes, the virus is over in Sweden.
I live in California, a state governed by that most dangerous of leaders: a fool with unlimited power. Despite the fact that California ranks 28th among the 50 states in deaths per million, Gov. Gavin Newsom has destroyed and continues to destroy tens of thousands of small businesses and untold numbers of livelihoods. His continuing to forbid — a half-year after the onset of the pandemic — indoor dining in restaurants is leading to a projected permanent closure of approximately 1 in every 3 restaurants in the state. The same catastrophic destruction will likely affect retail businesses and services such as hair and nail salons. But all this human tragedy — not to mention increased depression and suicides among the young and increased abuse of children and partners — means nothing to Newsom, to Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti or to the Los Angeles Times, whose editors and columnists continue to advocate for the lockdown while they receive their salaries.
Why can people eat with no mask in an airplane — inches, not six feet, from strangers — but cannot eat in a California restaurant, which is so much bigger than the inside of an airplane, while sitting six feet from others? Because Newsom ordered it, the Los Angeles Times supports it and, like sheep, Californians have accepted it.
According to the California Association of Museums, &#8220;Museums are losing over $22 million a day due to the statewide quarantine. As of August 1, 2020, California museums have lost more than $2.9 billion in revenue. Museums have a $6.55 billion financial impact on California&#8217;s economy, support 80,722 jobs, and generated $492 million in tax revenues for the State of California in 2017 and over $1 billion in federal taxes.&#8221;
And the American Alliance of Museums issued results from a survey on July 22, 2020, that warned 1 out of every 3 museums may shutter forever as funding sources and financial reserves run dry.
On Aug. 3, The Wall Street Journal wrote, &#8220;In March &#8230; There was broad public support for the prudent goals of preventing hospitals from being overwhelmed and buying scientists time to develop therapies.&#8221; But the Left — the media and Democratic governors and mayors — immediately moved the goal posts to &#8220;bending the curve&#8221; and &#8220;saving one life,&#8221; enabling them to get away with destroying lives and livelihoods.
I conclude with the words of a Swedish medical doctor, Sebastian Rushworth:
&#8220;Covid is over in Sweden. People have gone back to their normal lives and barely anyone is getting infected any more. I am willing to bet that the countries that have shut down completely will see rates spike when they open up. If that is the case, then there won&#8217;t have been any point in shutting down in the first place &#8230; Shutting down completely in order to decrease the total number of deaths only makes sense if you are willing to stay shut down until a vaccine is available. That could take years. No country is willing to wait that long.&#8221;
The lockdown is a crime. But even more upsetting is that it is supported by so many Americans. This country is unrecognizable to those of us who lived through the 1968-1970 pandemic, which killed, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, approximately 100,000 Americans — the 2020 equivalent of 170,000 Americans. Nothing shut down. Not one mask was worn.
Dennis Prager is a nationally syndicated radio talk-show host and columnist. His latest book, published by Regnery in May 2019, is &#8220;The Rational Bible,&#8221; a commentary on the book of Genesis. His film, &#8220;No Safe Spaces,&#8221; will be released to home entertainment nationwide on Sept. 15, 2020. He is the founder of Prager University and may be contacted at dennisprager.com.
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PRAGER: The Lockdown Has Gone From A Mistake To A Crime

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A California judge has barred the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/university-of-california-system-expects-to-cut-in-person-classes-for-fall-term">University of California</a> (UC) from accepting ACT or SAT scores from prospective students for fall 2021 enrollment because of the pandemic.
The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/uc-system-jettisons-using-sat-act-for-admissions">UC board of regents</a> voted in May to drop the test scores as requirements for admission into the university after low-income students sued the school, claiming discrimination because they had less access to tutors and study prep courses than their better-off peers. The school cut the requirement but still allowed students to submit the scores voluntarily.
Alameda County Superior Court Judge Brad Seligman ordered the school on Tuesday to bar scores from the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/sat-adding-adversity-score-judge-students-social-emily-zanotti">SAT</a> and ACT exams from its admissions process. Seligman said allowing the tests disadvantages disabled students blocked from taking the exams during the pandemic because many testing sites are closed, according to the <a href="https://www.sfchronicle.com/education/article/Judge-bars-University-of-California-from-all-use-15531662.php">San Francisco Chronicle</a>.
“Nondisabled, economically advantaged, and white test-takers have an inherent advantage in the testing process,” the judge said in the <a href="http://www.publiccounsel.org/tools/assets/files/1489.pdf">ruling</a>.
“Plaintiffs have shown that they are denied meaningful access to the additional ‘benefit, aid or service’ that the test option affords. Unlike their non-disabled peers, they do not have the option to submit test scores; even if they did, their chances of obtaining necessary test accommodations are virtually non-existent,” Seligman said.
Laura Kazan, the executive director of College Seekers and one of the case’s plaintiffs, said she was “extremely grateful for this ruling.”
“The SAT and ACT are barriers for students who have disabilities because they encounter difficulties obtaining accommodations and testing,” Kazan told <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/judge-university-of-california-sat-admissions">Fox News</a>. “These students spoke out and were finally heard.”
UC had argued that there is no way for the applicants bringing the lawsuit to prove that the school discriminated against them by voluntarily accepting some applicants’ exam scores.
UC President Michael Drake and the board of regents issued a statement in response to the ruling on Tuesday, saying that the university is weighing whether further legal action is warranted.
“UC respectfully disagrees with the court’s ruling,” the statement said. “An injunction may interfere with the university’s efforts to implement appropriate and comprehensive admissions policies, and its ability to attract and enroll students of diverse backgrounds and experiences.”
The students’ attorneys, meanwhile, cheered the judge’s Tuesday decision in statements to the San Francisco Chronicle.
“There is no place at the University of California for (a) policy that denies students with disabilities the opportunity to fairly compete for admissions,” attorney Marci Lerner Miller said. “The court’s decision today is a monumental step towards removing barriers long faced by students with disabilities in higher education.”
Attorney Katherine Farkas added: “More than 170,000 students will apply to enter the University of California in fall 2021. For the first time in decades, the country’s preeminent public university system will not award admissions based on an exam that systematically discriminates on the basis of race, wealth and disability.”
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University Of California Must Prohibit Submission Of ACT, SAT Scores, Judge Rules

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A California judge has barred the University of California (UC) from accepting ACT or SAT scores from prospective students for fall 2021 enrollment

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The Attorney General of California, Xavier Becerra, displeased with the mid-August decision by the Ninth Circuit that held the California ban on magazines that hold over 10 rounds of ammunition to be unconstitutional, has <a href="https://michellawyers.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/2020-08-28-Petition-for-Rehearing-En-Banc.pdf">petitioned</a> the Ninth Circuit to review the case en banc.
The petition states: “California respectfully petitions for rehearing en banc of the panel’s decision, which invalidates a state law restricting large-capacity magazines that can hold more than 10 rounds of ammunition.”
In late March 2019, Judge Roger T. Benitez <a href="https://www.ammoland.com/2019/04/jewels-of-wisdom-from-court-finding-california-magazine-ban-unconstitutional/#axzz6WMSxkbhW">ruled that the magazine ban was unconstitutional</a>. He noted, “As evidenced by California’s own crime statistics, the need to protect one’s self and family from criminals in one’s home has not abated no matter how hard they try. Law enforcement cannot protect everyone … However, California citizens, like United States citizens everywhere, enjoy the right to defend themselves with a firearm, if they so choose. To protect the home and hearth, citizens most often choose a handgun, while some choose rifles or shotguns.”
“Regardless of current popularity, neither a legislature nor voters may trench on constitutional rights,” he continued. “The Second Amendment protects the would-be American victim’s freedom and liberty to take matters into one’s own hands and protect one’s self and family until help arrives. … According to the U.S. Supreme Court’s reasoning, acquiring, possessing, or storing a commonly-owned 15-round magazine at home for self-defense is protected at the core of the Second Amendment.”
On August 14, 2020, the Ninth Circuit upheld Benitez’s decision. Appellate Judge Kenneth Lee, <a href="https://www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/CalifGunMag-9CA.pdf">writing for the majority</a>, stated:
<blockquote>In the wake of heart-wrenching and highly publicized mass shootings, the state of California barred its citizens from owning so-called “large capacity magazines” (LCMs) that hold more than ten rounds of ammunition. But even well-intentioned laws must pass constitutional muster. California’s near-categorical ban of LCMs strikes at the core of the Second Amendment — the right to armed self-defense. Armed self-defense is a fundamental right rooted in tradition and the text of the Second Amendment. Indeed, from pre-colonial times to today’s post-modern era, the right to defend hearth and home has remained paramount.
California’s law imposes a substantial burden on this right to self-defense. The ban makes it criminal for Californians to own magazines that come standard in Glocks, Berettas, and other handguns that are staples of self-defense. Its scope is so sweeping that half of all magazines in America are now unlawful to own in California. Even law-abiding citizens, regardless of their training and track record, must alter or turn over to the state any LCMs that they may have legally owned for years — or face up to a year in jail.</blockquote>
The ruling explained, “The Ninth Circuit employs a two-prong inquiry to determine whether firearm regulations violate the Second Amendment: (1) whether the law burdens conduct protected by the Second Amendment; and (2) if so, what level of scrutiny to apply to the regulation.”
The court then delineated further:
<blockquote>The panel held that under the first prong of the test, Cal. Penal Code § 32310 burdened protected conduct. First, the panel held that firearm magazines are protected arms under the Second Amendment. Second, the panel held that LCMs are commonly owned and typically used for lawful purposes, and are not “unusual arms” that would fall outside the scope of the Second Amendment. Third, the panel held that LCM prohibitions are not longstanding regulations and do not enjoy a presumption of lawfulness. Fourth, the panel held that there was no persuasive historical evidence in the record showing LCM possession fell outside the ambit of Second Amendment protection.
Proceeding to prong two of the inquiry, the panel held that strict scrutiny was the appropriate standard to apply. First, the panel held that Cal. Penal Code § 32310 struck at the core right of law-abiding citizens to self-defend by banning LCM possession within the home. Second, the panel held that Section 32310’s near-categorical ban of LCMs substantially burdened core Second Amendment rights. Third, the panel held that decisions in other circuits were distinguishable. Fourth, the panel held that this circuit’s decision in Fyock v. City of Sunnyvale, 779 F.3d 991 (9th Cir. 2015), did not obligate the panel to apply intermediate scrutiny.</blockquote>
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CA Fights Ruling Making Large-Capacity Gun Magazines Accessible, Files Petition

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The Attorney General of California, Xavier Becerra, displeased with the mid-August decision by the Ninth Circuit that held the California ban on magazines

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