On Thursday, Democratic Governor of New York Andrew Cuomo publicly questioned the full-quarantine measures his state implemented nearly two weeks ago.
The Democrat mused during a presser that quarantining everyone might have actually led to infections of the elderly, as young people were forced to live in close quarters with older folks.
&#8220;We closed everything down. That was our public health strategy,&#8221; Cuomo said, as reported by the <a href="https://nypost.com/2020/03/26/cuomo-admits-that-quarantine-may-have-backfired-in-some-cases/">New York Post</a>. “If you re-thought that or had time to analyze that public health strategy, I don’t know that you would say ‘Quarantine everyone.&#8217;”
&#8220;I don’t even know that that was the best public health policy,&#8221; the governor admitted. &#8220;Young people then quarantined with older people, [it] was probably not the best public health strategy. The younger people could have been exposing the older people to an infection.&#8221;
When the Post inquired about Cuomo&#8217;s public quarantine-questioning, his office directed the outlet to an article posted in The New York Times opinion section by Dr. David Katz, last Friday. At a press conference on Monday, the Post noted, Cuomo specifically referenced Dr. Katz when similarly questioning quarantine measures.
“There’s a theory of risk stratification that Dr. Katz who’s at Yale University is working on, which is actually very interesting to me,” the governor said Monday. “Isolate people but really isolate the vulnerable people. Don’t isolate everyone because some people, most people, are not vulnerable to it.”
“And if you isolate all people, you may be actually exposing the more vulnerable people by bringing in a person who is healthier and stronger and who may have been exposed to the virus, right,&#8221; Cuomo added.
Dr. Katz piece, titled &#8220;<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/20/opinion/coronavirus-pandemic-social-distancing.html">Is Our Fight Against Coronavirus Worse Than the Disease?</a>&#8221; illustrated that the damage being caused to the economy in anti-coronavirus efforts as &#8220;possibly graver than the direct toll of the virus itself.&#8221;
&#8220;I am deeply concerned that the social, economic and public health consequences of this near total meltdown of normal life — schools and businesses closed, gatherings banned — will be long lasting and calamitous, possibly graver than the direct toll of the virus itself,&#8221; Katz argued. &#8220;The stock market will bounce back in time, but many businesses never will. The unemployment, impoverishment and despair likely to result will be public health scourges of the first order.&#8221;
&#8220;Worse, I fear our efforts will do little to contain the virus, because we have a resource-constrained, fragmented, perennially underfunded public health system,&#8221; the doctored added. &#8220;Distributing such limited resources so widely, so shallowly and so haphazardly is a formula for failure. How certain are you of the best ways to protect your most vulnerable loved ones? How readily can you get tested?&#8221;
Still, Cuomo has yet to throw out any timeline with regard to quarantine policy change. Currently, all so-called nonessential business is closed. In fact, the only dates Cuomo has thrown out were in reference in continuing quarantine measures, and they have been extreme, ranging up to <a href="https://www.mediaite.com/news/cuomo-says-coronavirus-pandemic-could-last-as-long-as-9-months-up-to-80-of-population-could-get-infected/">nine months</a>.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/cuomo-details-two-pieces-of-good-news-out-of-new-york">Cuomo: Two Pieces Of Good News Out Of NY: Hospitalization Rate Drops, PPE Need Filled</a>

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Cuomo Questions Quarantine: Probably Not The Best Public Health Strategy

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New York City is desperate for coronavirus supplies, but it may because Mayor Bill de Blasio failed to heed warnings and stock up on supplies and not because the Federal government has been slow to send materials to areas heavily affected by coronavirus.
De Blasio laid into President Donald Trump Monday morning on CNN, excoriating the Federal government for failing to declare a national emergency and assume of medical device production.
“If we don’t get ventilators this week, we’re going to start losing lives we could have saved,” de Blasio warned on CNN&#8217;s &#8220;New Day.&#8221; “If we don’t get a supply of ventilators quickly, literally after a week, we won’t have enough ventilators to keep people alive.&#8221;
De Blasio also appeared on a radio program, where he complained about the Trump Administration, telling hosts he was still waiting for an answer on when ventilators and masks would be made available for New York City hospitals and blaming President Donald Trump for causing a life-threatening supply delay.
But <a href="https://nypost.com/2020/03/20/city-hall-didnt-order-covid-19-supplies-for-nyc-until-march-6/">the New York Post reported</a> Monday that Bill de Blasio, who was reticent to believe that the coronavirus would prove a difficult problem for New Yorkers, that failed to place a supply order on time, leaving New York City&#8217;s healthcare workers dangerously short.
&#8220;Mayor Bill de Blasio has blamed President Trump for the city’s severe shortage of COVID-19 supplies even though City Hall didn’t secure its first order for emergency protective gear until March 6,&#8221; the outlet reported. &#8220;Officials with the city’s Office of Emergency Management tried to purchase nearly 200,000 n95 masks on Feb. 7, but weeks later they learned the vendors had already run out.&#8221;
&#8220;It was not until March 6 and March 10 — over two months after the coronavirus outbreak first hit China — that they finally secured the first emergency procurements of masks and hand sanitizer, according to the city comptroller’s office,&#8221; the Post continued.
When the orders were finally placed, NYC&#8217;s Department of Citywide Administrative Services, held up purchases with &#8220;bureaucratic red tape&#8221; and failed to complete payments, resulting in delays, per the Post&#8217;s investigation.
New York City authorities seem to believe that supplies are now on their way, though fulfillment times &#8220;vary significantly:&#8221; &#8220;Since the outbreak, the city has ordered 25 million masks, 2 million bottles of sanitizer, 12,000 thermometers and 2,000 ventilators.&#8221; The city, de Blasio said Monday, &#8220;3 million more N95 masks, 50 million more surgical masks, 15,000 ventilators and 45 million surgical gowns, coveralls, gloves and face shields.&#8221;
New York is largely considered the epicenter of the United States&#8217; battle with the novel coronavirus, COVID-19. The state has 20,875 cases of coronavirus. New York City alone has 12,305. Around 160 people have died from the disease.
Bill de Blasio has been slow to lead efforts to address the pandemic. As of last Monday, de Blasio was reportedly still dithering on whether to close schools and shutter businesses, even though other states were taking drastic measures and his own staff was so frustrated with his lack of attention that some even threatened to quit. Monday morning, de Blasio defied Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines, taking one last opportunity to work out at his preferred Brooklyn YMCA.

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REPORT: NYC Short On Coronavirus Supplies Because Bill De Blasio Delayed First Order

President Donald Trump declared New York state a major disaster area on Friday over the rapidly worsening coronavirus outbreak in the state, specifically in New York City.
&#8220;Today, President Donald J. Trump declared that a major disaster exists in the State of New York and ordered Federal assistance to supplement State, tribal, and local recovery efforts in the areas affected by the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic beginning on January 20, 2020, and continuing,&#8221; the administration said in a statement. &#8220;The President&#8217;s action makes Federal funding available for Crisis Counseling for affected individuals in all areas in the State of New York.&#8221;
&#8220;Federal funding is also available to State, tribal, and eligible local governments and certain private nonprofit organizations for emergency protective measures, including direct federal assistance, for all areas in the State of New York impacted by COVID-19,&#8221; the statement continued. &#8220;Pete Gaynor, Administrator, Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Department of Homeland Security, named Seamus K. Leary as the Federal Coordinating Officer for Federal recovery operations in the affected areas.&#8221;
The announcement comes as New York City now has more confirmed cases of the coronavirus that originated in China than any other city or state in the U.S.
New York City Democrat Mayor Bill de Blasio was widely criticized over his response to the outbreak, which was reportedly so bad that members of his staff threatened to quit if he did not start taking it seriously.
“There had been arguments and shouting matches between the mayor and some of his advisers; some top health officials had even threatened to resign if he refused to accept the need to close schools and businesses, according to several people familiar with the internal discussions,” The New York Times <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/16/nyregion/coronavirus-bill-de-blasio.html">reported</a>. “Teachers were threatening not to show up to school on Monday. A growing number of public health experts and politicians were calling for much of the city to be shut down to curb the spread of the virus.”
&#8220;On Sunday, the mayor was shown a graph depicting the sharp upward trajectory of the coronavirus epidemic curve, and another showing the capacity of the city’s health systems to handle the influx,&#8221; The Times added. &#8220;The information painted a disastrous picture of the days and weeks to come unless the mayor took immediate action.&#8221;
De Blasio was then widely criticized for not taking the situation seriously by going and working out.
“The Mayor’s actions today are inexcusable and reckless,” <a href="https://www.politico.com/states/new-york/albany/story/2020/03/16/de-blasio-calls-for-massive-federal-relief-as-city-economy-grinds-to-a-halt-1267155">said</a> his former adviser Rebecca Katz.
“It’s pathetic. Self-involved. Inexcusable,” former adviser Jonathan Rosen added.
De Blasio has been criticized for years for allegedly having a poor work ethic, which includes allegations that he naps in his office after arriving to work late every day from working out.
“Mayor Bill de Blasio’s daily exercise routine at a Brooklyn gym often leaves him too tuckered out to stay awake at City Hall, where he catches up on his shuteye by crashing on a couch in his office,” The New York Post reported in August 2017. “[De Blasio] regularly takes midday naps while everyone around him is busy at work, according to former aides with knowledge of the siestas.”
This report has been updated to include additional information.

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Trump Declares New York State A Major Disaster Area Over Coronavirus

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New York City mayor Bill de Blasio reportedly &#8220;resisted drastic steps&#8221; on coronavirus until his staff, terrified that New York City could become ground zero in a devastating outbreak, threatened to quit &#8212; and despite a national outcry over his decision to break quarantine and work out at a gym in Brooklyn, in defiance of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines, de Blasio says he does not understand why his private schedule is so controversial.
&#8220;For most of last week, as Mayor Bill de Blasio continued to urge New Yorkers to mostly go about their daily lives — sending their children to school, frequenting the city’s businesses — some of his top aides were furiously trying to change the mayor’s approach to the coronavirus outbreak,&#8221; <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/16/nyregion/coronavirus-bill-de-blasio.html">the New York Times reported on Tuesday</a>. &#8220;There had been arguments and shouting matches between the mayor and some of his advisers; some top health officials had even threatened to resign if he refused to accept the need to close schools and businesses, according to several people familiar with the internal discussions.&#8221;
Eventually, de Blasio was &#8220;shown a graph depicting the sharp upward trajectory of the coronavirus epidemic curve&#8221; and a second visual aid that showed New York City hospitals&#8217; ability to treat and contain the virus. Both curves were shocking, the NYT says, and de Blasio was suddenly convinced that, in order to avoid an overwhelmed health care system, he needed to order school closures, restaurant closures, and quarantines.
But even as de Blasio seemed to be taking action to curb the spread of the virus, he didn&#8217;t appear to be taking the threat seriously. De Blasio &#8220;continued to travel from Gracie Mansion in Manhattan to work out at a Y.M.C.A. in Park Slope, Brooklyn, a longstanding routine that has garnered intense criticism,&#8221; and was even at the gym Monday morning, getting in one last workout before his own closure orders fell.
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Mayor de Blasio is indeed here at the Park Slope YMCA this morning. Passers by have commented negatively. One called him an idot. <a href="https://t.co/FIgEmlf4Gf">pic.twitter.com/FIgEmlf4Gf</a>
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New Yorkers erupted in shock &#8212; a shock de Blasio says he simply cannot understand.
Appearing on CNN, de Blasio was clear: &#8220;I don&#8217;t get it.&#8221;
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“I don’t get it, but we’ll move on with our lives,&#8221; de Blasio told host Alisyn Camerota. &#8220;The gyms are all closed now.”
“Is there any sense that you were late personally to get your arms around the sacrifice that’s required?” Camerota shot back.
De Blasio seemed stumped.
“No. Everyone will have to make sacrifices, but as our health commissioner said yesterday, people in new ways are going to have to get exercise,” he responded. “Whatever scenario we’re going to tell people how to stay healthy. It may be a walk, it may be a jog, but obviously socially distanced, until and unless we get to the point of literally ordering everyone indoors. So this is going in stages. Somehow people are going to have to stay healthy and sane through this and it’s going to take a lot of improvisation for sure.”
New York City followed other major cities Monday in declaring a dramatic business shutdown, after around 500 individuals were diagnosed with the virus. Seven people have died in New York City from coronavirus.

NYC Mayor Bill De Blasio ‘Resisted Drastic Steps’ On Coronavirus, Doesn’t Understand Outrage Over Gym Visits

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announced Sunday afternoon that nearly all public schools in the country’s largest city would stop holding classes as normal this week, and instead transition to online-based learning to help combat the coronavirus epidemic.
According to <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/15/nyregion/nyc-schools-closed.html">The New York Times</a>, the closure will affect the city’s 1,800 public schools and over 1 million students. The city plans to completely transition to online learning by March 23, with the exemption of several dozen schools that will be used by the children of essential city workers, such as healthcare employees, reports the news agency.
“We are dealing with a challenge and a crisis that we have never seen in our lifetimes, and it has only just begun,” announced de Blasio in a press conference Sunday, when he revealed that schools would be closed until at least April 20, 2020.
“There is a real possibility that by closing our schools now, we may not have the opportunity to reopen them in this school year,” said de Blasio.
The mayor’s acknowledgment that schools may not reopen until the next academic year comes only a day after the <a href="https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/downloads/considerations-for-school-closure.pdf">Centers for Disease Control</a> released new school closure guidelines, which suggest that closures may only be effective when implemented for long periods of time, such as eight weeks.
De Blasio was initially hesitant to shut down schools, in part, because many students rely on the district to provide them with free or reduced-price meals, reports <a href="https://twitter.com/CNNPolitics/status/1239186368892370946">CNN</a>.
&#8220;I&#8217;m very reticent to shut down schools for a variety of reasons,&#8221; de Blasio said Saturday morning. &#8220;Not just because that&#8217;s where a lot of kids get their only good meals, where they get adult supervision, especially teenagers, who otherwise would be out on the streets.”
The Times reports that the closure will be particularly challenging for the city because approximately <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/11/19/nyregion/student-homelessness-nyc.html">114,000 students</a> in the school system are homeless. The city has agreed to devise a strategy for students who have limited access to receive food from the district.
Students without internet access or computers at home will be lent a laptop, so that they can effectively transition to online learning, reports the news agency. The city also has plans to provide internet access to students who do not have it, but the details of that project are unclear. 
The decision to shut down the New York City school system was made hours after several local politicians raised the alarm that the public wasn’t taking the coronavirus threat seriously enough. 
“I am alarmed at the cavalier attitude of most New Yorkers who still don’t seem to understand what’s about to hit us and what we need to slow it,” Councilman Mark Levine, who is chairman of the Council Health Committee, told the Times on Sunday morning. 
“The way to get out of crisis is to act logically and strategically,” said Comptroller Scott Stringer, reports <a href="https://nypost.com/2020/03/15/comptroller-scott-stringer-calls-for-near-total-city-shutdown-over-coronavirus/">The New York Post</a>. “That is why today, out of an abundance of caution, I am calling for a city shutdown.”

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The founder of the Guardian Angels, Curtis Sliwa, asserting, “I am the only candidate with the onions to take back the city,” is running for mayor of New York City.
Sliwa tweeted on Sunday, “I am the anti-de Blasio candidate. The part time Mayor &#8216;Dope from Park Slope’ has single-handedly destroyed our city. Roll with Sliwa through the subways &amp; streets &amp; you’ll see why I’m the only one who can #SaveOurCity.”
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I am the anti-de Blasio candidate. The part time Mayor &quot;The Dope from Park Slope&quot; has single-handedly destroyed our city. Roll with Sliwa through the subways &amp; streets &amp; you&#39;ll see why I&#39;m the only one who can <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SaveOurCity?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#SaveOurCity</a><a href="https://t.co/pDQ0nGTb0a">https://t.co/pDQ0nGTb0a</a> via <a href="https://twitter.com/nypost?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@nypost</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/karol?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@karol</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/mta?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#mta</a>
&mdash; Curtis Sliwa (@CurtisSliwa) <a href="https://twitter.com/CurtisSliwa/status/1236853384164114433?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 9, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Sliwa, who is now 65 and plans to register as a Republican, told the <a href="https://nypost.com/2020/03/08/guardian-angels-founder-curtis-sliwa-vows-to-run-for-mayor/?utm_campaign=iosapp&amp;utm_source=mail_app">New York Post</a>, “I am the only candidate with the onions to take back the city. I have the street cred. I have bled in the streets. I’ve given seven lives. I have two left. I’ll use them for the City of New York.”
Sliwa founded the Guardian Angels 40 years ago in order to patrol the subways and streets around New York City. He <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ddqkizk06RI">has said</a>, “When I started the Guardian Angels on February 13, 1979, I thought we’d be earning the Congressional Medal of Honor. I just felt nobody was really doing anything; everybody was just gripped in depression, a lot of anxiety. I said, ‘Look, I’m single; I don’t have a family; I have to ride these trains; I’m coming from Brooklyn,’ which was renamed Crooklyn into the Bronx, which was the belly of the beast. Why not give a try and begin patrolling the trains late at night when we’ve closed the McDonalds and I’m on my way back to Brooklyn? And for years we began to patrol as we do every time this season, right through the summer.&#8221;
Citing the city’s new bail-reform law, which has been blamed by the NYPD for the city’s rising crime rate, Sliwa stated, “It took us a long time to crawl out of the belly of the beast of the 1970s through 1990s. Bill de Blasio and the Democrats are bringing us back in.”
Sliwa said he would get rid of the mayor’s security detail, add more police, bring back “pro-active” foot patrols and encourage more organizations like his own to cooperate with the NYPD. The Post added, “He also wants to keep open and refurbish Rikers Island and <a href="https://nypost.com/2020/02/12/south-bronx-group-sues-nyc-over-plan-to-shutter-rikers-island/">thwart plans to open jails</a> in the boroughs, as well as opening more psychiatric facilities to aid mentally ill homeless people — calling it an ‘absolute sin’ to leave them in the streets.” Sliwa would champion charter, vocational and trade schools and eject bullies from public schools.
Noting that incidents from his past might work against him, he said, “The only skeleton I have left is the one under my skin.”
Sliwa was shot and seriously wounded in 1992; he claimed that the shooting was prompted by his criticism on his radio show of crime family boss John Gotti Jr’s father. The Post noted. “He’s also survived prostate cancer, painful colitis and Crohn’s disease, which he <a href="https://nypost.com/2017/12/22/25-years-later-curtis-sliwas-gunshot-wounds-return-to-haunt-him/">blamed on the gunshot wounds</a> to the stomach. He underwent stomach surgery after his weight plummeted from 220 to 140 pounds. He said he is now a healthy 200 pounds.”
Sliwa, who has hosted various shows on WABC radio since 1996, concluded, “I feel great. I’m ready to go. I took a licking but keep on ticking.”

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Major crimes soared in February in New York City, and New York Police Department (NYPD) officials blame one change that was implemented for the uptick: bail reform. The NYPD stated in a press release, “Criminal justice reforms serve as a significant reason New York City has seen this uptick in crime.”
According to the NYPD, compared to February 2019, major crimes grew 22.5%; in addition, the city suffered a 7.1% increase in shootings.  The city also saw a rise in robbery, assault, burglary, grand larceny, and grand larceny, according to <a href="https://www.fox5ny.com/news/new-york-city-sees-surge-in-major-crime">Fox News</a>. The only piece of good news was that murder plunged 20%.
Fox News added, “The NYPD says that in the first 58 days of 2020, 482 individuals who had already been arrested for committing a felony such as robbery or burglary were rearrested for committing an additional 846 crimes. Thirty-five percent, or 299, were for arrests in the seven major crime categories – murder, rape, robbery, felony assault, burglary, grand larceny, and grand larceny auto – that is nearly triple the amount of those crimes committed in the same 58 days in 2019.”
<a href="https://nypost.com/2020/03/05/bail-reform-a-significant-reason-for-crime-spike-nypd-says/">The New York Post</a> pointed out, “All of the 482 suspects could have landed in jail prior to Jan. 1 when the state’s new bail reform law kicked in and prohibited pretrial detention in most misdemeanors and some nonviolent felonies, the NYPD said.”
The NYPD revealed that New York prosecutors declined to prosecute 803 crimes in January and February; last year that figure was 527 cases.
Police Commissioner Dermot Shea stated, “Each number presents a victim. We will continue to work hand-in-hand with New Yorkers and our law enforcement partners to zero in on the drivers of crime and deliver justice for the victims.”
In early January, Barry Latzer, a professor at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, CUNY,explained in <a href="https://www.nationalreview.com/2020/01/new-york-state-bail-reform-law-wont-work/">National Review</a>:
<blockquote>The new law prohibits arraignment judges (the ones that handle an arrested person’s first court appearance) from demanding bail for certain defendants or remanding them to jail. Instead, they must release the defendant on his own recognizance (ROR). This release order supposedly does not apply to violent felony offenders. However, numerous crimes of violence or potential violence are found among the state’s so-called nonviolent felonies, including certain robberies, rapes, and assaults.
And judges in New York — unlike judges in 46 other states — may not take public safety into account when deciding whether or not to release someone. While New York law directs arraignment judges to focus on the likelihood of return when ruling on release, it does not provide for an assessment of the risk of nonappearance.</blockquote>
He concluded, “It is true that defendants who have been arrested but not yet convicted should not be punished. It is also true that without some security — cash deposits, bail, or jail — many thousands of these defendants will never show up for their day in court, and some will commit additional crimes once freed. The balance between individual rights and public safety is best achieved by letting the judges determine on a case-by-case basis who is a flight risk or a danger to the public and helping them make this determination through data-based assessments. Top-down, arbitrary decision-making by state government simply won’t work.”

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NY Major Crime Soars. Police Blame Bail Reform.

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Now that former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg has proven himself a 2020 contender, unflattering videos and reports pertaining to his character are coming out of the woodwork. The latest in this string of oppo-dumps occurred over the weekend in a video featuring Bloomberg implying that farmers and factory workers are stupid.
In 2016, Bloomberg delivered remarks at the Distinguished Speakers Series at the University of Oxford Saïd Business School in which he expressed doubt that rural America and coastal elites could ever be united due to the former&#8217;s inability to keep up in the information economy.
&#8220;The agrarian society lasted 3,000 years and we could teach processes. I could teach anybody, even people in this room, no offense intended, to be a farmer,&#8221; Bloomberg said, as reported by <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/bloomberg-implied-farming-is-easy-in-2016-comments">Fox News</a>. &#8220;It&#8217;s a process. You dig a hole, you put a seed in, you put dirt on top, add water, up comes the corn. You could learn that. Then we had 300 years of the industrial society. You put the piece of metal on the lathe, you turn the crank in the direction of the arrow and you can have a job. And we created a lot of jobs. At one point, 98 percent of the world worked in agriculture, now it&#8217;s 2 percent in the United States.&#8221;
Bloomberg went on to say that these people could set up &#8220;a guillotine someday&#8221; if they did not find dignity in the job they are given or fail to grasp the governing factors in the information economy.
&#8220;Now comes the information economy and the information economy is fundamentally different because it&#8217;s built around replacing people with technology and the skill sets that you have to learn are how to think and analyze, and that is a whole degree level different,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;You have to have a different skill set, you have to have a lot more gray matter. It&#8217;s not clear the teachers can teach or the students can learn, and so the challenge of society of finding jobs for these people, who we can take care of giving them a roof over their head and a meal in their stomach and a cell phone and a car and that sort of thing. But the thing that is the most important, that will stop them from setting up a guillotine someday, is the dignity of a job&#8221;
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Bloomberg on why farmers can’t work in information technology
MB: “I can teach anyone how to be a farmer 1 dig a hole 2 put a seed in 3 put dirt on top 4 add water 5 up comes the corn”
The skill 4information technology is completely different you need more grey matter<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/farmers?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#farmers</a> <a href="https://t.co/HM13tA6goz">pic.twitter.com/HM13tA6goz</a>
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The video follows another Bloomberg recording that has sparked criticism, particularly from the Left. In an, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-id-rather-run-against-bloomberg-hes-buying-his-way-in">audio recording</a> from 2015, Bloomberg discusses racial profiling as it relates to the New York City stop-and-frisk policy he helped implement.
“95% of your murders – murderers and murder victims fit one M.O. You can just take the description, Xerox it and pass it out to all the cops,” Bloomberg said in the audio. “They are male, minorities, 16-25. That’s true in New York, that’s true in virtually every city and that’s where the real crime is. You’ve got to get the guns out of the hands of the people that are getting killed. You want to spend the money on a lot of cops in the streets. Put those cops where the crime is, which means in minority neighborhoods.”
Another <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/employee-allegedly-told-bloomberg-she-was-pregnant-she-claims-bloomberg-told-her-kill-it">report broke over the weekend</a> in which one of the billionaire&#8217;s former female employees alleged he once told her to terminate her pregnancy.

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On Monday, far-left New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio conceded that the recent high-profile surge in crime in New York City may, in fact, have something to do with New York state&#8217;s new deeply controversial &#8220;bail reform&#8221; law that de Blasio and his fellow leftist Democrats championed prior to its enactment.
&#8220;We had, for six years, steady decreases in crime across the board. There’s not a whole lot of other environmental things that have changed recently,&#8221; de Blasio said, as <a href="https://nypost.com/2020/02/07/de-blasio-admits-nyc-crime-jump-is-linked-to-bail-reform/">reported</a> by the New York Post. &#8220;It sort of stands out like a sore thumb that this is the single biggest new thing in the equation and we saw an extraordinary jump.&#8221;
“Of course there’s always a possibility this is plain statistical variation, that happens sometimes,” the mayor added, the newspaper noted. “But I think it’s pretty clear that there’s only one new major piece in the equation.”
De Blasio did offer one concrete proposed reform to the &#8220;bail reform&#8221; law: Offering judges the discretion to impose pretrial detention upon those defendants deemed a bona fide public safety risk. “I think judicial discretion should be clarified so that there are very clear checks and balances, so that we avoid any inkling of bias entering into the process, but I think a system predicated only on the question of flight risk misses the fact that there are some individuals who are just consistently, by their own actions, and by the proof of due process, consistently creat[ing] a threat to their neighbors,&#8221; he said.
New York&#8217;s new &#8220;bail reform&#8221; law, which outright eliminates bail for all but the most truly violent criminals, has faced mounting opposition amid a panoply of headlines showcasing the awful caliber of criminal defendants let off into the streets pretrial. In fact, as The Daily Wire&#8217;s Amanda Prestigiacomo <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/disaster-dems-consider-changes-to-ny-bail-reform-just-one-week-after-implementation">reported</a> last month, even many Empire State Democrats have been pushing to tweak the pro-criminal law.
&#8220;After an onslaught of bad press over the disastrous first week of Democrat-implemented &#8216;bail reform&#8217; in New York, Democrats are considering changes to the legislation,&#8221; Prestigiacomo noted.
&#8220;Bail reform, which was reportedly implemented early in New York City by &#8230; de Blasio, led to a woman charged with an anti-Semitic attack to be arrested and released three times in five days,&#8221; Prestigiacomo continued. &#8220;[Tiffany] Harris &#8216;was nabbed for allegedly slugging three Jewish women and yelling &#8220;F-U, Jews!&#8221; but let go Saturday with no bail, despite an open assault case. Last month, she got no jail for a felony in another incident,&#8217; [the Post] <a href="https://nypost.com/2019/12/30/revolving-door-injustice-serial-slugger-gets-sprung-again/">reported</a>. &#8216;Nabbed again Sunday in a new attack, she was once more freed, on no bail, Monday.'&#8221;
Appearing last month on “Tipping Point With Liz Wheeler” on One America News Network, I <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/watch-hammer-on-tipping-point-with-liz-wheeler-new-yorks-insane-pro-criminal-bail-law">strongly criticized</a> New York&#8217;s new criminal-mollycoddling law:
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Where is anyone speaking for the victims of crime? But you know what the Left also does, Liz? The Left is amazing at getting the right version of language for their policies. “Bail reform,” it sounds so innocuous, right? What they’re doing is they’re throwing out a system of bail that has existed since at least 13th century England! That is how far back bail goes — cash bail, monetary bail. This is literally a centuries-old phenomenon that they are just throwing out.</blockquote>

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Socialist Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) suggested on Sunday that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and the National Rifle Association (NRA) were responsible for attempted assassinations on two police officers in New York City over the weekend.
&#8220;Twice in 12 hours, a single gunman terrorized the New York Police Department, firing upon and wounding uniformed officers stationed in the Bronx in separate attacks that officials have condemned as assassination attempts,&#8221; The Washington Post <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/02/09/bronx-nypd-police-shootings/">reported</a>. &#8220;One officer was shot in the neck and chin Saturday night when the suspected gunman fired several rounds into a marked police van and then fled, authorities said. At 7 a.m. Sunday morning, police say, the same man walked into the Bronx precinct headquarters and opened fire again, striking a lieutenant in the arm and surrendering after his 9mm handgun ran out of bullets.&#8221;
Columnist David Webb called out Ocasio-Cortez for not responding to the attacks, writing, &#8220;I checked both @AOC and ⁦ @RepAOC and so far no comment about the #NYPD officers shot in her district.&#8221;
Ocasio-Cortez responded by writing, &#8220;This is not my district, but our thoughts are with all officers &amp; people impacted by this shooting &amp; the epidemic of gun violence in this country. Perhaps you would get less mixed up if McConnell stood up to the NRA &amp; passed common-sense gun safety measures to reduce shootings.&#8221;
Ocasio-Cortez&#8217;s suggestion that the alleged attempted targeted assassinations could have been stopped by restricting Americans’ Second Amendment rights with legislation is laughably false because the alleged attacker had a history of violent crime and thus would have been banned from owning or possessing a firearm, meaning no law would have stopped him.
Police Commissioner Dermot Shea said on Sunday at a news conference that the man had a “lengthy violent criminal history,” including serving over a decade in prison for attempted murder.
Former NFL player and current Republican congressional candidate Burgess Owens slammed Ocasio-Cortez&#8217;s response, writing, &#8220;Maybe this isn&#8217;t the perfect timing to remind us how clueless you are when it comes to gun laws. Maybe you&#8217;re not aware of how strict NY gun laws are, or maybe you&#8217;re just trying your best to capitalize on a tragedy and use it for talking points. Disgusting.&#8221;
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Maybe this isn&#39;t the perfect timing to remind us how clueless you are when it comes to gun laws. Maybe you&#39;re not aware of how strict NY gun laws are, or maybe you&#39;re just trying your best to capitalize on a tragedy and use it for talking points. Disgusting.
&mdash; Burgess Owens (@BurgessOwens) <a href="https://twitter.com/BurgessOwens/status/1226622921965064192?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 9, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Republican congressional candidate Catalina Lauf took a shot at Ocasio-Cortez, saying that her tweet was &#8220;a veiled radical gun control propaganda message.&#8221;
&#8220;Absolutely sick,&#8221; Lauf continued. &#8220;This was a planned attempt to harm them – not an example of &#8216;gun violence.&#8217; It is the person and their hateful bavior NOT the weapon.&#8221;
In the first part of her tweet, Lauf had mistakenly thought that Ocasio-Cortez deleted her tweet.
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And no surprise <a href="https://twitter.com/AOC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@AOC</a> now deleted tweet offering sympathy to the NYC officers was a veiled radical gun control propaganda message. Absolutely sick. This was a planned attempt to harm them — not an example of “gun violence.” It is the person and their hateful bavior NOT the weapon.
&mdash; Catalina Lauf IL-14 Congressional Candidate (@CatalinaLauf) <a href="https://twitter.com/CatalinaLauf/status/1226634100410388482?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 9, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Ocasio-Cortez Seems To Suggest McConnell Responsible For Attempted Assassinations In NYC

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Two New York Police Department officers were shot and wounded in a streak of &#8220;assassination attempts&#8221; that concluded Sunday morning when the gunman behind the attacks opened fire inside an NYPD station house on Longwood Avenue in the Bronx neighborhood.
<a href="https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/nypd-officer-shot-wounded-assassination-attempt-68856407">ABC News reports</a> that two officers &#8220;narrowly escaped with their lives when a gunman fired into their patrol van Saturday night, wounding one of them in an attack officials called an attempted assassination.&#8221; One of the officers in that attack &#8212; the one at the wheel of the marked patrol car &#8212; was struck in the chin and neck but &#8220;avoided serious injury.&#8221;
&#8220;The ambush, which Police Commissioner Dermot Shea said &#8216;should outrage all New Yorkers,&#8217; happened just before 8:30 pm in the South Bronx,&#8221; ABC News says.
Less than twelve hours later, <a href="https://nypost.com/2020/02/09/bronx-nypd-shootings-second-attack-reported-as-man-opens-fire-inside-precinct/">according to the New York Post</a>, the same gunman entered a police station in the Bronx and opened fire, trying a second time to assassinate New York police officers.
&#8220;Just hours after ambushing a pair of cops and shooting one in the chin, an unhinged gunman stormed a Bronx police precinct and emptied his clip — striking a lieutenant before being taken into custody by officers, officials said,&#8221; per the New York Post. &#8220;The armed man, identified by sources as Robert Williams, walked into the station house on Longwood Avenue in Huntspoint around 8 a.m. and started shooting, according to the sources.&#8221;
Cops quickly subdued Williams, but not before one officer was struck in the arm.
&#8220;The NYPD said the gunman walked into the 41st precinct just before 8 a.m. Sunday and opened fire on several uniformed officers as well as a civilian employee,&#8221; <a href="https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/2-nypd-officers-shot-in-the-bronx-in-12-hours-sources/2283289/">according to a local NBC affiliate</a>. &#8220;The shooter struck a lieutenant positioned by a front desk, striking him in the upper left arm, said Commissioner Dermot Shea.&#8221;
&#8220;The coward from this morning’s shooting was quickly taken into custody. We are confident he’s responsible for last night’s shooting, as well. Below is a picture of the firearm recovered &amp; believed to have been used in these attacks,&#8221; Shea said in a statement. &#8220;The investigation is active &amp; ongoing.&#8221;
Shea added that the suspect, who was caught on tape committing both acts, is well known to Bronx authorities: &#8220;[The suspect] has lengthy violent criminal history, he was paroled in 2017 for an incident in which an individual in the Bronx was shot, a subsequent carjacking of a female, and then a crash of a car where he engaged in a gunfight with members of the New York City police department. That was in 2002. He was convicted of attempted murder and was paroled in 2017.&#8221;
The two officers shot and wounded are expected to survive. The alleged shooter was wounded while being apprehended, but the extent of his injuries are unknown. His girlfriend was also taken into custody late Sunday morning.
President Donald Trump weighed in on the attacks on Twitter Sunday morning, laying the blame at the foot of New York governor Andrew Cuomo and New York City mayor Bill de Blasio, neither of whom are known for their commitment to protecting law enforcement officers.
“I grew up in New York City and, over many years, got to watch how GREAT NYC’s ‘Finest’ are,” Trump tweeted. “Now, because of weak leadership at Governor &amp; Mayor, stand away (water thrown at them) regulations, and lack of support, our wonderful NYC police are under assault. Stop this now!”

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Two NYPD Officers Shot, Wounded In Two Separate ‘Assassination Attempts’ In The Bronx

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Designer label Prada will now force all of its American employees to undergo &#8220;racial sensitivity training,&#8221; appoint a New York City-approved &#8220;diversity and inclusion officer&#8221; to screen its designs for potential social justice faults, and report back to the New York City Commission on Human Rights to ensure it is diversifying its American team after the brand ran afoul of social justice warriors with a &#8220;racially insensitive&#8221; window display in 2018.
The NYC Commission on Human Rights which &#8220;oversees the enforcement of the city&#8217;s human rights laws in housing and retail,&#8221; <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/prada-was-slammed-over-merchandise-deemed-racist-now-it-will-n1131466">according to NBC News</a>, announced the agreement Wednesday, marking the first time an international brand has been &#8220;held responsible for its imagery.&#8221;
The issue goes back to 2018 when Prada&#8217;s downtown New York City store had a front window display that featured &#8220;racist and denigrating blackface imagery,&#8221; including a set of dolls that appeared to be wearing minstrel makeup. Inside the store, one woman who posted photos of the display to Facebook said, Prada was plastered with clearly racist imagery.
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Prada immediately issued an apology.
&#8220;We would like to convey our deep regret and sincere apologies for the Pradamalia products that were offensive,&#8221; they said, calling the incident a learning experience. But the woman who posted the photos went on to make a complaint to the NYC Commission on Human Rights, triggering an investigation and, ultimately, a contract with Prada forcing it to submit to change its practices altogether &#8212; even going so far as to mandate that the luxury label submit its designs to a commission-approved diversity officer in advance of selling them in the United States.
&#8220;The company will put all New York store employees—and company executives in Milan—through racial sensitivity training,&#8221; <a href="https://reason.com/2020/02/05/prada-new-york-city-human-rights-commission-racist/?amp">Reason Magazine reported</a>. &#8220;Prada will also appoint a diversity and inclusion officer, subject to the commission&#8217;s approval. This person will be tasked with &#8216;reviewing Prada&#8217;s designs before they are sold, advertised or promoted in any way in the United States,&#8217; according to the terms of the agreement. Even The [New York] Times&#8217; reporter found this to be a fairly absurd requirement—&#8217;Given the hundreds of products Prada creates every season, this is a pretty extraordinary task.'&#8221;
&#8220;A year after signing the agreement, Prada is required to tell the commission &#8216;the demographic make-up&#8217; of its staff at every level, and summarize &#8216;Prada&#8217;s past and future activities aimed at increasing the number of people from protected classes under-represented in the fashion industry,'&#8221; according to <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/04/style/Prada-racism-City-Commission-on-Human-Rights.html">The New York Times</a> article referenced in the Reason piece.
The NYC Commission is working on a similar agreement with Gucci, according to reports, and believes the entire fashion industry may need state supervision and control: &#8220;I don&#8217;t know that we realized previously so many major fashion houses had this ignorance of the history of racism in this country,&#8221;  one of the body&#8217;s commissioners told the New York Times. &#8220;We hope companies realize they need to be very careful about how they market and advertise—that they need to have a larger social and cultural consciousness.&#8221;
Or else they&#8217;ll be forced to submit to the authority of New York City, apparently.

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Chaos erupted Friday night as thousands of left-wing activists and Antifa members converged on Grand Central Station in New York City to demonstrate against the police, dubbed the &#8220;F*** the Police&#8221; protests.
As reported by <a href="https://www.thepostmillennial.com/breaking-far-left-activists-antifa-swarm-nyc-multiple-arrests-made/">The Millennial Post</a> on Friday, multiple demonstrators were arrested during the chaotic and violent protests. And as documented via posted photos from NYC authorities, possibly dozens of acts of vandalism were committed.
&#8220;Masked person screams and resists arrest at the far-left &#8216;F— the Police&#8217; antifa protest at Grand Central,&#8221; reporter Andy Ngo captioned one video. Another video showed, possibly, the first arrest of the night at the Grand Central Station-area protests.
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Masked person screams and resists arrest at the far-left “F— the Police” antifa protest at Grand Central. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/FTW3?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#FTW3</a> <a href="https://t.co/ji8ohUNZ4I">pic.twitter.com/ji8ohUNZ4I</a>
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More footage shows left-wing activists screaming that police officers are &#8220;racist.&#8221;
&#8220;Far-left protesters chant: &#8216;How do you spell racists? NYPD&#8217; at the &#8216;F— the Police&#8217; antifa demonstration in Manhattan. There have been multiple arrests,&#8221; Ngo captioned the post.
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Far-left protesters chant: “How do you spell racists? NYPD” at the “F— the Police” antifa demonstration in Manhattan. There have been multiple arrests. <a href="https://t.co/aToHhw3ONy">pic.twitter.com/aToHhw3ONy</a>
&mdash; Andy Ngo (@MrAndyNgo) <a href="https://twitter.com/MrAndyNgo/status/1223380726013255681?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 31, 2020</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;Another arrest in front of the Rolex store on 42nd which led to lots of shoving. Woman arrested for tagging &#8216;FTP&#8217; (f*** the police) on store windows,&#8221; reported Brendan Krisel, a reporter for New York City Patch.
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Another arrest in front of the Rolex store on 42nd which led to lots of shoving. Woman arrested for tagging &quot;FTP&quot; on store windows. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/FTP3?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#FTP3</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/J31?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#J31</a> <a href="https://t.co/9NfEZhedFM">pic.twitter.com/9NfEZhedFM</a>
&mdash; Brendan Krisel (@Brendan_Krisel) <a href="https://twitter.com/Brendan_Krisel/status/1223381054528139266?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 31, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Krisel also posted a photo of vandalism on a store window, reading &#8220;FTP,&#8221; or &#8220;F*** The Police.&#8221;
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Photo of the graffiti <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/FTP3?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#FTP3</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/J31?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#J31</a> <a href="https://t.co/XG2Ysf5tn5">pic.twitter.com/XG2Ysf5tn5</a>
&mdash; Brendan Krisel (@Brendan_Krisel) <a href="https://twitter.com/Brendan_Krisel/status/1223381290004754434?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 31, 2020</a></blockquote>
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In another video, protesters are chanting that they will &#8220;shut it down&#8221; if they do not get &#8220;justice.&#8221;
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<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/FTP3?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#FTP3</a> protesters are getting on trains at Port Authority and leading chants. Lots of cops following them on. <a href="https://t.co/TNcaj95IxP">pic.twitter.com/TNcaj95IxP</a>
&mdash; Brendan Krisel (@Brendan_Krisel) <a href="https://twitter.com/Brendan_Krisel/status/1223386329607737344?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 31, 2020</a></blockquote>
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The Twitter account for the Police Benevolent Association of the City of New York posted photos of potential weaponry at the protests and acts of vandalism.
&#8220;The anti-cop agitators causing havoc in our city tonight have made it clear that violence against cops is on their agenda. Weapons like this are being displayed on social media. ALL MEMBERS: REMAIN ALERT AND BACK EACH OTHER UP,&#8221; the account captioned a photo of a knife that says &#8220;FTP&#8221; and &#8220;Aim for the neck.&#8221;
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The anti-cop agitators causing havoc in our city tonight have made it clear that violence against cops is on their agenda. Weapons like this are being displayed on social media. ALL MEMBERS: REMAIN ALERT AND BACK EACH OTHER UP. <a href="https://t.co/dpd25pZjWd">pic.twitter.com/dpd25pZjWd</a>
&mdash; NYC PBA (@NYCPBA) <a href="https://twitter.com/NYCPBA/status/1223391841359450112?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 31, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Here is more vandalism that New Yorkers faced today from anti-police agitators. <a href="https://t.co/qUvVnzsCDV">pic.twitter.com/qUvVnzsCDV</a>
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As noted by <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/antifa-group-plans-rally-against-nypd-says-to-f-s-up-donald-trump-jr-has-hilarious-response">The Daily Wire</a> on Friday morning, a far-left Antifa group called &#8220;Decolonize This Place&#8221; outlined plans to protest &#8220;not only against police in the subway but also to demand riders be allowed to ride the trains for free.&#8221;
“Photos show glue being poured over subway turnstiles, doors being held open with zip ties, and vandalism on the walls of stations,&#8221; <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7952597/Far-left-Antifa-hold-mass-anti-cop-rally-New-York-City-demanding-FREE-subway-rides.html">The Daily Mail</a> noted.
In the video posted to social media by Decolonize This Place, a masked member directed his followers: “We encourage you to link up with your friends, your family, and think of the ways you can move in affinity to build, and f**k s**t up on J31 all day long. The mood for J31 is simple: F**k your $2.75. No cops in the MTA, free transit, no harassment period, and full accessibility.”
After 500 new officers were sworn-in last week to protect NYC transit, the Antifa group said via <a href="https://www.facebook.com/decolonizethisplace/?__tn__=%2Cd%2CP-R&amp;eid=ARAgtGp_b3_6HCa2MGEdgs1Aed86W_hCVXo6E2Ph47pDtXkptnxNNBCE7RPa12-QXt5mfF6eONTyrBrI">Facebook</a>: &#8220;This is a declaration of war against our communities. That money should not be invested in the harassing and brutalizing of Black and brown folks. It should go toward making the MTA free, well maintained, and accessible to all.”
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/antifa-group-plans-rally-against-nypd-says-to-f-s-up-donald-trump-jr-has-hilarious-response">Antifa Group Plans Rally Against NYPD, Says To ‘F*** S*** Up.’ Donald Trump Jr. Has Hilarious Response.</a>

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WATCH: Chaos Erupts As Antifa ‘F*** The Police’ Protests Hit NYC; Vandalism Documented, Arrests Made

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The Daily Wire conducted an email interview with New York City Jewish leader <a href="https://twitter.com/HikindDov">Dov Hikind</a>, a former Democratic New York state assemblyman, founder of <a href="https://twitter.com/AmericansAA">Americans Against Antisemitism</a>, and prominent public-facing activist representing large swaths of New York&#8217;s Orthodox Jewish community. Just last month, President Trump called Hikind a &#8220;highly respected Jewish leader&#8221;:
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Thank you to highly respected Jewish leader Dov Hikind for his wonderful statements about me this morning on <a href="https://twitter.com/foxandfriends?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@foxandfriends</a>.
&mdash; Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1211655287247126535?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 30, 2019</a></blockquote>
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What follows is a question-and-answer exchange about anti-Semitism — and how to fight it.
The Daily Wire (TDW): Anti-Semitism is, of course, the world&#8217;s oldest bigotry. But why has it been so on the rise over the past decade or so in Europe and now, it seems, in the U.S.?
Dov Hikind (DH): The answer is complex, as there are many factors involved. Though Europe and the U.S. are experiencing increased anti-Semitism, the sources aren’t exactly the same. In Europe, most physical attacks and verbal assaults are committed by Muslims — though there is also a resurgent far-Right. In America, nationally, it is primarily a white supremacy problem; but in the major cities, which happen to be areas with high concentration of Jews, it’s the far-Left and minority groups that are responsible for perpetuating anti-Semitism and justifying the violence committed in its name. But what they do have in common is that the rise happens because hatred is tolerated and anti-Semitism is back in vogue. Additionally, the cesspool of hatred that can be found on social media has no borders or political affiliations and serves to feed the growing hateful appetites on both sides of the Atlantic.
TDW: How much do you blame Governor Andrew Cuomo and Mayor Bill de Blasio for the rise in anti-Semitism in New York and New York City, specifically?
DH: I’m not in the habit of blaming any single individual for a massive problem that predates their own existence. The governor and mayor did not create anti-Semitism and certainly don’t directly contribute to its rise. They are, however, responsible for reacting appropriately and swiftly to restore the sense of security that has been robbed of the Jewish community. And here, the onus is more on the mayor than the governor since it’s New York City that is far beyond out of control in comparison with any other city in America. That’s not a great distinction for New York to hold. So I don’t blame them for the rise, but they are to be held accountable for the lack of results on the ground.
TDW: To what extent have Mayor de Blasio&#8217;s constant attacks on police undermined the safety of Jews in New York City?
DH: That goes to the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/watch-hammer-on-tipping-point-with-liz-wheeler-new-yorks-insane-pro-criminal-bail-law">broader issue of policing and criminal justice</a> that we’re seeing unfold now. There’s no doubt that when respect for law enforcement is undermined, so is respect for the law itself. Add to that the lack of consequences for violent anti-Semitic criminals, and there’s no doubt as to why there’s a lack of deterrence and the attacks continue unabated. The police of New York City are the best; they just need to be enabled to do their jobs with the dignity and respect they deserve. Strong policing ensures safe communities; they go hand in hand. It remains to be seen if these trends will be reversed or if they continue to deteriorate.
TDW: Why do so many Jews seem to not take self-defense seriously? Why is a fear of guns and gun ownership so seemingly popular among large swaths of the Jewish community?
DH: Two reasons: First, there is a notion that G-d protects every person, not guns — so if a person’s time comes, no gun will help. Second, there is a legitimate fear that in households filled with children, bringing in a lot of guns to a community that is not especially adjusted to it will only lead to accidents and tragedies that will be painfully regretted. Also, there’s a notion that the fighter, the one to take up arms, is not for every segment of the Jewish population. Some study and pray, some fight. I do think it’s important for every person, Jewish or not, to know how to defend oneself in this crazy and unpredictable world, but that’s a decision for each individual to make.
TDW: Why do so many people politicize anti-Semitism and weaponize it as a cudgel? Why do so many on the Left, in particular, only focus on white nationalist/neo-Nazi anti-Semitism and turn a blind eye to anti-Semitism from Islamists, so-called &#8220;anti-Zionists,&#8221; and black nationalists alike?
DH: Anti-Semitism has always been used as a cudgel. Rather, more precisely, Jews have always been used as political cudgel (in previous times, known as “the Jewish question/problem”). What it signifies is a certain decay and rot within society. When a society cannot face its decisions and actions, and instead seeks a scapegoat, the most available and returned to in history, are the Jews. Easy. Convenient. And it comes with an entire repertoire of “reasons” for hating Jews. Now, at this point in time, in America, it is the Left that has a major blind spot when it comes to anti-Semites in their ranks, and that’s because anti-Semites got so good at couching hateful rhetoric in the guise of humanitarian concern that they’ve lost sight of what they’re really promoting. Think of the morning Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) woke up to find that David Duke had tweeted in her support! A white supremacist neo-Nazi tweeting support for an African-American anti-Zionist anti-Semite! That’s the level of distortion and blindness at play in the current landscape that leads to such strange political bedfellows.
TDW: Is so-called &#8220;anti-Zionism&#8221; the same as anti-Semitism, pure and simple?
DH: Yes. Pure and simple. Why? Because can you find a similar movement that is “anti-China” over its detention of over 1,000,000 Uighur Muslims? Is there any anti-Syria movement over Bashar al-Assad’s committing genocide against his own people? The list goes on. The answer is no. There is only one movement of people that are mobilized to challenge the &#8220;right to exist&#8221; and sovereignty of a single nation on Earth, and that so happens to be the lone Jewish state. Anti-Zionism is simply one variation of anti-Semitism. It’s on the menu. You can hate Jews because we’re not white (neo-Nazis), because we’re white and share in its privilege (far-Left), or because we’re baby-killing, Zionist-colonialists who have absolutely no history in the land of Israel (radical Islamism). They can take their pick from the &#8220;hate du jour.&#8221;
TDW: What can be done to make Zionism and the pro-Israel cause palatable and popular again among the American and international Left?
DH: You know, traditionally this question gets an answer like, “we have to show how valuable Israel is to the world, how the start-up nation is innovating for the betterment of the world by bringing water and irrigation technologies to rain-deprived regions in Africa and being among the first to send rescue teams and humanitarian aid when natural disasters strike any country on earth.” But I’m personally sick of those answers because it implies that we need to constantly compete in some kind of warped popularity contest. Our deserving of equal rights and treatment on the global stage should not be tied to how wonderful Israel is. No. Let’s take Israel for no better than any other state, no more amazing — it would still be no less deserving of fair treatment! So I don’t think we can magically make Zionism and Israel more palatable, but more importantly, I don’t think that’s where our energies should go.
TDW: Why is Israel so unpopular on the American university campus? What can be done to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/hammer-how-pro-israel-students-campus-can-fight-josh-hammer">counter growing anti-Israel and anti-Jewish sentiment</a> on the university campus?
DH: We know for a fact that a lot of money has been pouring into the American university system from <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/hammer-al-jazeeras-disgraceful-holocaust-denying-josh-hammer">terror-supporting states like Qatar</a>, which bankrolls <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/hammer-israel-must-destroy-hamas-once-and-all-josh-hammer">Hamas</a> as well as the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/hammer-designating-muslim-brotherhood-terrorist-josh-hammer">Muslim Brotherhood</a> and its American subsidiary, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/firester-cairs-fight-to-undermine-u-s-border-security-continues">CAIR</a>. These benefactors are behind groups such as Students for Justice in Palestine, which is single handedly responsible for creating a terribly toxic environment for Jewish students and faculty. Frankly, I don’t believe Jewish groups will ever invest the same resources in combating those efforts as the enemies of Israel do, but it goes back to high school education. When you peel that layer back and see what kind of Jewish education students have received prior to arriving on campus, it becomes clear that too many lack the basic and adequate knowledge to defend themselves against the malicious lies and libels that anti-Semitic student groups spread. If we can better educate our high school students, they’ll have a better chance at fighting back against anti-Semitism on university campuses.
TDW: What role does education play, exactly, in countering anti-Semitism? How can education about the Holocaust and Jewish history, in general, help counter the trend?
DH: Crucial. Central. It’s all about education. Hate is borne of ignorance. But the task is doubly as hard because it’s not only a matter of getting the right information to students, but working to counter all the lies and falsehoods that are perpetuated at astounding speed and frequency. The Holocaust is the central case study of anti-Semitism because it encapsulates from beginning to end what the dangers of unchecked anti-Semitism look like. What starts with hateful rhetoric can easily end in a genocide perpetrated by the most &#8220;cultured&#8221; and &#8220;civilized&#8221; of European societies, with a majority of its citizens partaking in the apparatus that annihilated six million Jews. No society is immune to the plague of anti-Semitism. However, those who choose ignorance and denial of the Holocaust rather than wrestling with its wrenching paradoxes are those most likely to repeat its darkest chapters.
TDW: What advice would you give to those who are trying to make a difference in their own lives, in terms of countering anti-Semitism?
DH: Action! Get involved with an organization, like Americans Against Antisemitism, that takes concrete steps to combat this hatred. Taking part gives the individual a sense of control, that we are not victims or pawns, that we will not be pushed around, but will stand up for our G-d-given rights. But individuals can do anything that works for them. For some, it’s being loud on social media; for others it&#8217;s hosting events and attending rallies. The point is for every individual to do his or her part, no matter how small or big, because our force is increased with unity. And to be clear, one need not be Jewish to take up the fight against anti-Semitism; the fight to eradicate this special and oldest of hatreds is quintessentially an American struggle for the right to live in freedom and pursue happiness.

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NYPD Police Commissioner Dermot Shea blamed Democrats&#8217; bail reform during a press conference on Friday, saying that it was responsible for an explosion of crime around the city.
&#8220;Since 2020 began, as of Friday at midnight, robberies are up 32.5 percent, car theft is up 61 percent and burglaries are up 18 percent compared to the same time period last year,&#8221; the New York Post <a href="https://nypost.com/2020/01/24/nypd-commissioner-dermot-shea-blames-bail-reform-for-2020-crime-spike">reported</a>. &#8220;And the numbers aren’t fractions either — a total of 233 more robberies have happened this year compared to last, 159 more car thefts and 125 more burglaries, just in the last three weeks.&#8221;
“In the first three weeks of this year, we’re seeing significant spikes in crime. So either we forgot how to police New York City, or there’s a correlation,” Shea said. “If you let out individuals that commit a lot of crime, that’s precision policing in reverse and we’re seeing the effects in a very quick time, and that is why we’re so concerned.”
“People say it just took effect, you can’t have consequences already. Take a look at the comp stat,” Shea continued. “We’re seeing it immediately at the same time that you have [state and local jail] populations dropping significantly. Now don’t tell me there’s not a correlation to that.”
“You have to have a situation where dangerous individuals, or individuals that repeatedly commit crimes and victimize people, are kept in,” Shea added. “And if judges don’t have that ability, I think we’re all in trouble, and I don’t think any New Yorker wants that to happen.”
Shea also hammered the new discovery laws that went into effect, noting that it needs to be addressed immediately.
“The second piece is going to take longer and then it’s going to be a one-two punch as discovery takes hold,” Shea said. “Discovery is going to change how crimes are prosecuted in New York. &#8230; When you have instances where witnesses and victims will be afraid to call the police, that is a real problem and that needs to be fixed… this is something that affects all New Yorkers.”
A separate report from the New York Post noted that the new law has freed nearly 20% of New York&#8217;s prison population.
&#8220;Department of Correction statistics show there were a total of 5,569 people in city jails on Thursday, a 19% drop from the 6,877 counted on Nov. 21,&#8221; the New York Post <a href="https://nypost.com/2020/01/17/state-democrats-stay-the-course-on-bail-reform-law-despite-outrage/">reported</a>. &#8220;Despite freed defendants getting busted for more alleged crimes — including accused bank robber Gerod Woodberry and alleged anti-Semitic slapper Tiffany Harris — Gov. Andrew Cuomo didn’t mention bail reform during his annual State of the State Address and legislative leaders aren’t making any moves to change the law.&#8221;
Last month, Democrat New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio told Fox News, “Let’s get clear on what’s going on here. We have a problem. We’re not going to jail our way out of the problem. We need tough consequences. We need a lot of police presence.”
When asked if the policy was being soft on crime, de Blasio responded, “No, it’s not. It’s trying to get people out of crime and keep them out of crime. Look, if you want us to do what we have done for decades, which bred career criminals, which ensured that a lot of people were locked up and that only made them worse, we could keep doing that.”

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NYPD Police Commissioner: Crime Has Skyrocketed Because Of Democrats’ Bail Reform

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On Saturday, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) continued its pushback against the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/hammer-why-no-one-pointing-out-sanctuary-cities-josh-hammer">lawless</a> scourge of sanctuary cities — this time focusing upon the particularly recalcitrant government of Mayor Bill de Blasio&#8217;s New York City.
ICE &#8220;served four immigration subpoenas Friday on the New York Department of Corrections (NYDOC) requesting information on multiple illegal aliens who were criminally arrested in New York City, and yet under New York’s non-cooperation policies officials have refused to honor ICE detainers or even provide ICE with information about the release dates of criminal alien public safety threats,&#8221; the agency stated via <a href="https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/ice-issues-subpoenas-obtain-information-refused-under-ny-sanctuary-policies">press release</a>. &#8220;Issuance of these immigration subpoenas was necessary because the NYDOC has continued to ignore ICE’s requests for information and cooperation.&#8221;
&#8220;ICE uses statutorily-authorized immigration subpoenas to obtain information as part of investigations regarding potential removable aliens,&#8221; the release continued. &#8220;ICE has not historically needed to use its lawful authority to issue these subpoenas to obtain information from other law enforcement agencies as most law enforcement agencies throughout the country willingly provide ICE with information regarding aliens arrested for crimes in the interest of public safety.&#8221;
&#8220;ICE is using every tool available to obtain information regarding the whereabouts and other relevant information regarding removable aliens from jurisdictions that chose to, or are unable to, cooperate with ICE,&#8221; the agency wrote, before providing details about the four criminal aliens — ranging from age 21 to 38 — about whom it recently sought information from NYDOC.
&#8220;Like any law enforcement agency, we are used to modifying our tactics as criminals shift their strategies; but it’s disheartening that we must change our practices and jump through so many hoops with partners who are restricted by sanctuary laws passed by politicians with a dangerous agenda,&#8221; lamented Henry Lucero, acting deputy executive associate director for ICE’s Enforcement and Removal Operations, as quoted in the ICE press release.
Just yesterday, The Daily Wire&#8217;s Hank Berrien <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/ice-releases-list-of-9-violent-illegal-immigrants-freed-by-ny-sanctuary-policy-plus-6-more-who-could-be-released">reported</a> that ICE has also released a list of nine illegal aliens whom ICE claims have been &#8220;released in New York communities&#8221; due to the metropolis&#8217;s sanctuary policies. &#8220;ICE also named six additional illegal immigrants who may be released, some of whom have been charged with murder and child rape,&#8221; Berrien noted.
As <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/ice-illegal-immigrants-freed-by-new-york-citys-sanctuary-city">reported</a> by Fox News, acting ICE Director Matthew Albence &#8220;cited statistics saying that last year ICE lodged 7,526 detainers via its New York field office. Those individuals accounted for 17,873 criminal convictions and 6,500 criminal charges. He went on to say that those charges and convictions include over 200 homicides, over 500 robberies, over 1,000 sexual offenses, over 1,000 weapons offenses, and over 3,500 assaults. However, only about 10 detainers were honored by the city, officials said.&#8221;
In a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/hammer-why-no-one-pointing-out-sanctuary-cities-josh-hammer">Daily Wire op-ed</a> last July, I argued that most sanctuary jurisdictions flagrantly violate federal law — and in particular, <a href="https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/8/1373">8 U.S.C. § 1373(a)</a>, which provides: &#8220;Notwithstanding any other provision of Federal, State, or local law, a Federal, State, or local government entity or official may not prohibit, or in any way restrict, any government entity or official from sending to, or receiving from, the [Department of Homeland Security] information regarding the citizenship or immigration status, lawful or unlawful, of any individual.&#8221; I opined:
<blockquote>It is true that the U.S. Supreme Court’s so-called “<a href="https://constitutioncenter.org/blog/on-this-day-the-supreme-court-reinforces-the-10th-amendment">anti-commandeering doctrine</a>,” most famously articulated in the 1992 case of <a href="https://www.oyez.org/cases/1991/91-543">New York v. United States</a> and the 1997 case of <a href="https://www.oyez.org/cases/1996/95-1478">Printz v. United States</a>, stands for the proposition that the federal government cannot forcibly “commandeer” state governments to help the federal government enforce federal law. As Justice Scalia <a href="https://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/95-1478.ZO.html">wrote in Printz</a>, “The Federal Government may neither issue directives requiring the States to address particular problems, nor command the States’ officers, or those of their political subdivisions, to administer or enforce a federal regulatory program.”
But a plain reading of 8 U.S.C. § 1373(a) does not seem to countenance a violation of the anti-commandeering doctrine. Under § 1373(a), state and local officials are not coerced into “enforc[ing] a federal regulatory program.” Rather, under the text of the statute, all state and local officials are prohibited from doing is issuing a “restrict[ion] [upon the] sending to, or receiving from, the [Department of Homeland Security] information regarding the citizenship or immigration status, lawful or unlawful, of any individual.” Put simply, the issue at hand in § 1373(a) is not federal commandeering of state actors to enforce a federal program; rather, the issue is the prevention of state and local officials from openly defying and subverting federal law. And the Constitution’s Supremacy Clause plainly forbids the states from openly defying and subverting federal law. The Constitution’s Supremacy Clause, as applied to § 1373(a), therefore prohibits state and local governments from shielding a removable illegal alien from ICE when ICE issues a detainer request on the alien.</blockquote>

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As the 2020 Democratic Party presidential primary field continues to narrow, President Trump delivered a message over Twitter to presidential hopeful Michael Bloomberg about his own success as president.
“Mini Mike Bloomberg ads are purposely wrong — A vanity project for him to get into the game,” wrote the president on Friday morning. “Nobody in many years has done for the USA what I have done for the USA, including the greatest economy in history, rebuilding our military, biggest ever tax &amp; regulation cuts, &amp; 2nd A!”
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Mini Mike Bloomberg ads are purposely wrong &#8211; A vanity project for him to get into the game. Nobody in many years has done for the USA what I have done for the USA, including the greatest economy in history, rebuilding our military, biggest ever tax &amp; regulation cuts, &amp; 2nd A!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1218174158280019968?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 17, 2020</a></blockquote>
Trump also drew attention to Bloomberg for his peculiar strategy of avoiding the debate stage fray altogether — a result of the former mayor’s unwillingness to partake in the small-donor portion of the Democratic primary’s official debate requirements. 
“Mini Mike Bloomberg doesn’t get on the Democrat Debate Stage because he doesn’t want to,” tweeted Trump. “He is a terrible debater and speaker. If he did, he would go down in the polls even more (if that is possible!).”
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Mini Mike Bloomberg doesn’t get on the Democrat Debate Stage because he doesn’t want to &#8211; he is a terrible debater and speaker. If he did, he would go down in the polls even more (if that is possible!).
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1218165916451602432?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 17, 2020</a></blockquote>
Bloomberg, who drew mixed reactions from candidates when he decided to enter the primary race in late November, has continued to accrue momentum, accelerating past many veteran campaigners and into a comfortable fifth place position behind Pete Buttigieg, the former mayor of South Bend, Indiana, according to the latest <a href="https://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2020/president/us/2020_democratic_presidential_nomination-6730.html">RealClearPolitics</a> polling average. 
According to <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/11/us/politics/michael-bloomberg-spending.html">The New York Times</a>, Bloomberg has shown no signs of slowing down any time soon. Last week, the former mayor told the news agency that he was open to spending $1 billion on the 2020 presidential election. 
Bloomberg has also promised to leverage resources toward the eventual Democratic nominee in order to defeat Trump, reports the newspaper. 
Last November, when the former mayor was still only considering a presidential run, Trump told reporters at the White House that there was “nobody I’d rather run against’ than Little Michael,” according to <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2019/11/08/trump-bloomberg-2020-067811">Politico</a>. 
“He is not going to do well. But I think he’s gonna hurt Biden actually,” Trump told reporters, according to the news agency. “He doesn&#8217;t have the magic to do well,” although he will “spend a lot of money. He has got some really big issues,” continued Trump. 
The Trump-Bloomberg feud will reach its largest audience yet during the Super Bowl on February 2 — the day before the first-in-the-nation Iowa caucuses — as both candidates have dropped $10 million on commercials, according to the <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/07/us/politics/bloomberg-trump-super-bowl-ad.html">Times.</a> 
“President Trump made the unprecedented decision to keep the campaign open following his first election, which allows us to do things like buying a Super Bowl ad,” said Trump campaign spokesman Tim Murtaugh, reports the news outlet. “We got in early, which gave us prime ad position early in the game.”
Michael Frazier, a spokesman for the Bloomberg campaign, told the Times that the “biggest point” of the ad, and the campaign’s ad strategy in general, is to get “under Trump’s skin.” Frazier also mentioned that another part of the Bloomberg campaign’s strategy is to focus “on states where the general election will be decided, parts of the country that are often overlooked.”

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On Tuesday, a federal official blamed New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio for the murder of a 92-year-old Queens woman by an illegal immigrant, citing New York City’s “sanctuary policies” triggered the immigrant’s release after he had already been arrested on assault and weapon charges.
Thomas Decker, New York field-office director of enforcement and removal operations for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, <a href="https://www.ice.gov/news/releases/ice-lodges-detainer-against-guyanese-national-arrested-murder-92-year-old-new-york">stated</a>:
<blockquote>It is made clear that New York City’s stance against honoring detainers is dangerously flawed. It was a deadly choice to release a man on an active ICE detainer back onto the streets after his first arrest included assault and weapon charges, and he now faces new charges, including murder. New York City’s sanctuary policies continue to threaten the safety of all residents of the five boroughs, as they repeatedly protect criminal aliens who show little regard for the laws of this nation.
In New York City alone, hundreds of arrestees are released each month with pending charges and/or convictions to return back into the communities where they committed their crimes, instead of being transferred into the custody of ICE. Clearly the politicians care more about criminal illegal aliens than the citizens they are elected to serve and protect.</blockquote>
On November 27, Reeaz Khan, 21, an illegal immigrant from Guyana, was arrested for allegedly slashing his father with a broken ceramic mug, prompting ICE to initiate a detainer request; Khan was charged with misdemeanor assault, criminal possession of a weapon and harassment, and released without bail after being slapped with a temporary order of protection for his dad, as <a href="https://nypost.com/2020/01/14/feds-blame-de-blasio-for-murder-sex-assault-of-92-year-old-woman/">The New York Post</a> reported.
On January 10, Khan was arrested for the sexual abuse and murder of Maria Fuertes, 92; Fuertes was found near death on a Richmond Hill sidewalk in the early morning of Jan. 6. The Post noted, “Fuertes had been lying in the 32-degree weather for about two hours after being sexually assaulted and strangled, law-enforcement sources have said.” Fuertes later died at Jamaica Hospital Medical Center, having suffered a broken spine and rib fractures. Khan was charged with murder, sexual abuse, contact by forcible compulsion, and sexual abuse against a person incapable of consent.
The Post added that Fuertes “allegedly implicated himself before being arrested last Friday.” Before he was charged with the murder of Fuertes, Khan informed police he was only trying to help Fuertes on the ground when he “fell down, his belt broke, his pants fell down and his penis fell near her vagina,” but Assistant District Attorney Joseph Grasso said at Khan’s arraignment, “Defendant then stated that he did lift up her skirt and tried to put his penis inside of her.”
&#8220;The city’s detainer law and policy mandates that officials turn over to ICE only those who are convicted of violent and serious offenses, and only when ICE has met legal and due process requirements, according to a city official,&#8221; <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/14/nyregion/92-year-old-woman-queens-murder.html">The New York Times</a> noted. The NYPD said it “did not receive an ICE detainer” regarding Khan, but ICE spokeswoman Rachael Yong Yow noted a fax confirmation receipt of a detainer request sent to the NYPD’s Queens Central Booking unit at 7:41 a.m. on Nov. 27.
ICE stated:
<blockquote>ICE lodges detainers on individuals who have been arrested on criminal charges and who ICE has probable cause to believe are removable aliens. The detainer asks the other law enforcement agency to notify ICE in advance of release and to maintain custody of the alien for a brief period of time so that ICE can take custody of that person in a safe and secure setting upon release from that agency’s custody. When law enforcement agencies fail to honor immigration detainers and release serious criminal offenders onto the streets, it undermines ICE’s ability to protect public safety and carry out its mission.</blockquote>
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Recently, documentary filmmaker and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/ami-horowitz-talks-about-his-attempt-reach-65000-frank-camp">tongue-in-cheek</a> former 2020 Democratic Party presidential candidate Ami Horowitz <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kvw4_boUOi0">hit the ground running</a> in Brooklyn to highlight the increasingly unavoidable anti-Semitism epidemic currently plaguing New York City. Horowitz published a video last Sunday entitled, &#8220;Anti-Semitism Grows in Brooklyn.&#8221;
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In the video, Horowitz approaches various Brooklyn denizens and asks them whether they believe New York City has an anti-Semitism problem.
&#8220;Video journalist Ami Horowitz recently spent two hours on the streets of Brooklyn asking black men and women why Jews are being attacked in New York,&#8221; the Jewish Press <a href="https://www.jewishpress.com/multimedia/video-picks/ami-on-the-loose-antisemitism-grows-in-brooklyn/2020/01/06/">reported</a>. &#8220;We believe the video important for several reasons and therefore are sharing the transcript of it below &#8230; .&#8221;
Because The Daily Wire agrees with the Jewish Press as to the importance of this brief documentary film, The Daily Wire is also sharing a nearly full transcript of the interview portions of Horowitz&#8217;s video. <a href="https://www.jewishpress.com/multimedia/video-picks/ami-on-the-loose-antisemitism-grows-in-brooklyn/2020/01/06/">Hat tip to the Jewish Press</a>:
<blockquote>Horowitz: What’s going on? What do you think is going on here?
Respondent #1: Know what I think is going on? Because it seems like — I’m not being a racist or anti-Semitic — but it seem like the Jewish people own all the buildings out here, and they own everything, and they’re not sharing nothing.
Respondent #2: They own everything down here. They comin’ over here and they takin’ over, but they’re not bringing it back to us. See, they kickin’ us out.
Respondent #1: And I don’t want to go back to World War II with Hitler and all of that, but it seem like they own all the property, and we don’t, they don’t even try to help us.
Respondent #3: We’re not sayin’ that it’s right, but they tryin’ to take over our buildings, and so they tryin’ to make everything more expensive for us.
Respondent #4: The Jewish is known to be rich for Brooklyn. So, you know, of course &#8230;
Horowitz: So is that a reason why you think the attacks are happening?
Respondent #4: That is why the attacks are happening.
Respondent #1: The “haves” and “have-nots.”
Respondent #5: That doesn’t mean that’s the majority thought over here. … Not everybody in this neighborhood has a problem with Jews. I really think you’re insulting African-Americans by being in this neighborhood and asking that question.
Respondent #6: The blacks are doing this to the Jews just to get by. It’s not right. It’s not right.
Respondent #7: I taught my children love. Love conquers all. … They controllin’ all the jobs, economic growth in the community.
Respondent #3: [They’re] comin’ from their country into our country and they tryin’ to change up our country to how they live.
Respondent #8: They’re gonna get money from here, and they’re gonna send it home to their country.
Horowitz: Which, which country? Not …
Respondent #8: Not in the United States.
Horowitz: That’s not their country.
Respondent #8: No.
Horowitz: So do you think the Jews here are not really American?
Respondent #8: They not.
Horowitz: So black people would have reason to attack Jews?
Respondent #9: I wouldn’t say they have reason to, but it is understandable ‘cause everybody takin’ from us.</blockquote>
New York Post columnist Karol Markowicz penned a <a href="https://nypost.com/2019/12/29/how-liberals-are-allowing-anti-semitism-to-flourish/">potent recent piece</a> about how the leftist governments of New York City and New York state are allowing anti-Semitism to fester there.
&#8220;I used to write about Europeans and their apathetic attitudes ­toward the Jew-hatred around them,&#8221; Markowicz wrote. &#8220;Synagogues torched, Jews beaten — just another day on the Continent. But now the demon is here, in America. Worse, it’s stalking Jews with increasing regularity in New York City, my city, home to the largest Jewish population outside Israel.&#8221;
&#8220;In 2020, I don’t want to read ­another column like this one,&#8221; Markowicz continued. &#8220;All Jews want is to live our lives in safety. To ensure that, [New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio] will have to stop using the violence against us to fight his invisible political foes. De Blasio’s ideology has led to apathy, which, in turn, has resulted in injured Jews in our city.&#8221;
In a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/hammer-an-armed-and-trained-jew-is-the-best-kind-of-jew">Daily Wire op-ed</a> following the recent horrific machete attack in Monsey, New York, I called for American Jews to train and arm themselves en masse:
<blockquote>It is wholly appropriate for us to demand concrete action, and not mere grandstanding, from <a href="https://nypost.com/2019/12/29/how-liberals-are-allowing-anti-semitism-to-flourish/">those politicians</a> who have allowed this despicable resurgence of the world’s oldest bigotry to fester under their watch. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio should both be thoroughly ashamed of themselves for their tepid responses, to-date, for what is rapidly metastasizing into a full-blown epidemic.
But ultimately, the imperative is on each individual Jew to be the guardian of his/her own security. Why on Earth would Jews, the most systemically persecuted group of humans to have ever lived, delegate responsibility for their own lives to third-party actors?</blockquote>

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WATCH: Ami Horowitz Hits The Ground In Brooklyn To Highlight NYC’s Shocking Anti-Semitism

Ami Horowitz

Twenty-five thousand people marched in New York City on Sunday under the banner “<a href="https://forward.com/news/437752/photos-from-new-yorks-no-fear-no-hate-solidarity-march/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://forward.com/news/437752/photos-from-new-yorks-no-fear-no-hate-solidarity-march/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1578593602493000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEdxXniI836EDbYLXaD_1sLKEoQig">No Hate, No Fear</a>,” ostensibly targeting anti-Semitic violence directed at recognizably-Orthodox Jews. Only two things were missing: Printed signs with the words “anti-Semitism” or “Jews,” and more than a smattering of recognizably-Orthodox Jews.
The two phenomena are related.
Hateful violence emerges from a hateful ideology. The march was not merely useless, but from my perspective it was actually counterproductive; it provided cover for those spreading bigotry to proclaim, “look, we love Jews!”
In reality, it is not difficult to understand why attacks are happening at an alarming rate. Classic anti-Semitism is not merely spreading on college campuses across the nation, but is even welcomed in the halls of Congress.
The classic beliefs of the anti-Semite are simple: That the Jews constitute a supremacist cult who believe themselves entitled to take advantage of others, and most commonly do so by theft, fraud, and deceit. In 3,300 years of Jew-hatred, there hasn’t been an anti-Jewish trope that didn’t trace its roots to this basic idea.
Mark Twain noted, while reporting on Austro-Hungarian battles in the 19th century, that the Jews were opposed by all sides — even though they largely tried to avoid the conflict and keep their heads down. It is no different today.
To white supremacists, the Jews are “International Enemy Number One.” Neo-Nazi website Stormfront.com has a discussion thread entitled “Jews are dangerous,” which since March 2016 has garnered over 715 pages of hate.
Yet anti-white racists tar Jews with “white privilege”; the fact that Jews obviously suffered at the hands of European whites more than any other people escapes them. They include even Jews expelled from Syria, Iraq, Iran, and elsewhere across the Middle East; they are still claimed to have “white privilege,” while those who drove them out, who have identical skin tones, are “people of color.” It is pure racism.
And by far the most popular current form of this bigotry is the modern invention of a purportedly unique &#8220;Palestinian&#8221; people, from whom we are told the Jews have ostensibly stolen land.
The proofs are legion. Until 1964, “Palestinians” actually referred to Jews living in British Mandatory Palestine. In 1922, the British divided modern-day Jordan from the rest of Mandatory Palestine, and even current Palestinian Authority chieftain Mahmoud Abbas says that Jordanians and Palestinians are “one people living in two states” — putting the lie to the notion of a homeless Palestinian.
Every indigenous people has its own name, such as the Apache, Pueblo, and Iroquois. They do not call themselves by the foreign term “Native Americans” — nor, of course, do they claim that the borders of particular U.S. states delineate their homelands. Yet the “Palestinians” appropriate their name from Roman imperialists, and have a homeland which, just coincidentally of course, precisely traces the borders of modern Israel.
And in case you still don’t get it, a “Palestinian” is anyone — <a href="https://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2019/12/palestinian-relations-israel-druze-community-army.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2019/12/palestinian-relations-israel-druze-community-army.html&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1578593602493000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEPKoy7m3b6gdWycicgEQSG0x-jdA">Druze</a>, <a href="https://www.palestine-studies.org/resources/special-focus/palestinian-bedouins" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.palestine-studies.org/resources/special-focus/palestinian-bedouins&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1578593602493000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGivEiX4mLiUyA5ocNKQqaslGowFw">Bedouin</a>, Muslim, or <a href="https://www.counterpunch.org/2019/10/31/the-ethnic-cleansing-of-palestinian-christians-that-nobody-is-talking-about/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.counterpunch.org/2019/10/31/the-ethnic-cleansing-of-palestinian-christians-that-nobody-is-talking-about/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1578593602493000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFEaXtRYS9FlIAN42-hnt0z0kzHgQ">Christian</a> — whose family ever lived in the ancient Jewish homeland. Rather, the &#8220;Palestinians&#8221; are defined by what they are not: The Jews who constituted the majority of Jerusalem’s populace prior to the advent of modern Zionism, and who never left the so-called “occupied” territories except due to deliberate ethnic cleansing — such as that conducted by Arab mobs in both 1929 and 1948.
Notice that these hateful tropes precisely correspond to what reporters heard on the streets of Jersey City and Brooklyn when they interviewed other residents after the hateful attacks there. Residents spoke about Jews unfairly buying them out, not renting to them, and driving them away. These lies are all rooted in the same animus as is the popular modern “Palestinian” narrative — which, in reality, is indeed far older than even Roman Palestine.
It is not mere happenstance that the machete-wielding thug who attacked people at a Chanukah celebration searched online not only for “Hitler” but for “<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/30/nyregion/jewish-attacks.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/30/nyregion/jewish-attacks.html&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1578593602493000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEkU392rry2GSMNaWT0let4P20pAg">Zionist Temples</a>” before attacking largely non-Zionist Hasidic Jews in suburban New York. Again, hateful violence emerges from a hateful ideology.
This hate will not be resolved by marching alongside Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), who, by her own admission, knows <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4TJK1a8OHyw" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v%3D4TJK1a8OHyw&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1578593602493000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGDYPykbd-Strnhxd-vSk0bZpicTw">nothing about the Middle East</a> except that the Jews are (surprise, surprise) &#8220;stealing land&#8221; (in &#8220;Palestine&#8221;) and being unfair to others. It will not be fixed by the bigots of <a href="https://www.ifnotnowmovement.org/2020-platform" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.ifnotnowmovement.org/2020-platform&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1578593602493000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFjBpsnMOCNuBxgGntQEii02LkRrQ">IfNotNow</a>, who claim that Jewish refugees of Arab ethnic cleansing are “occupying” Arab land in the eternal homeland of the Jews.
It will be helped if universities finally acknowledge that Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) is a hate group that <a href="https://www.algemeiner.com/2017/03/22/nyc-students-for-justice-in-palestine-pay-social-media-tribute-to-martyrs-killed-while-carrying-out-terrorist-attacks-against-israelis/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.algemeiner.com/2017/03/22/nyc-students-for-justice-in-palestine-pay-social-media-tribute-to-martyrs-killed-while-carrying-out-terrorist-attacks-against-israelis/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1578593602493000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFmzgJzxBwGkw4Fso1d-wD6_CdnQw">honors almost exclusively</a> those who have committed <a href="https://dailynorthwestern.com/2017/05/16/campus/organizer-rasmea-odeh-speaks-at-northwestern-for-sjps-israeli-apartheid-week/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://dailynorthwestern.com/2017/05/16/campus/organizer-rasmea-odeh-speaks-at-northwestern-for-sjps-israeli-apartheid-week/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1578593602493000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFn9UlTllaQBsAL2sPZ4P_oN_qREg">murderous, barbaric acts</a> against Jews both <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/far-left-students-praise-palestinian-terrorist-group-leader-at-liberation-event" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.foxnews.com/us/far-left-students-praise-palestinian-terrorist-group-leader-at-liberation-event&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1578593602493000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHuZnEtXpCSJTWQAetp1M2T5YFTiA">in and outside Israel</a>. Today, the same universities that would deny funding to a KKK chapter sickeningly honor SJP as a <a href="https://nyunews.com/news/2019/04/10/president-service-award-palestine-israel-divest" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://nyunews.com/news/2019/04/10/president-service-award-palestine-israel-divest&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1578593602493000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGphZ56j8cr7z3aNOiAvbmLKRKuSg">“human rights” cause</a>.
And it will be helped when House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) recognizes that an outstanding anti-Semitic bigot like Rep. <a href="https://www.stopantisemitism.org/anti-semite-of-the-week" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.stopantisemitism.org/anti-semite-of-the-week&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1578593602493000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFDAjYGdrBCwxgWCk9QIP5VbnWxHA">Ilhan Omar</a> (D-MN) does not belong on the Foreign Affairs Committee — or, indeed, anywhere else in Congress.
Until this hatred is repudiated, these attacks will not stop — yet on the progressive Left, this hateful ideology is supported, while it is the opposition that is censored. Those infected with this mindset cannot be part of the solution, as they are themselves part of the problem.
Rabbi Yaakov Menken is the managing director of the <a href="https://coalitionforjewishvalues.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://coalitionforjewishvalues.org/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1578593164733000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHLN2_sFEnPCsMZZCT1wIePVktmOg">Coalition for Jewish Values</a>, and co-editor of the Orthodox Jewish journal <a href="https://cross-currents.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://cross-currents.com/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1578593164733000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHDWEFT_osCyA6CYu82vPnKoRactA">Cross-Currents.com</a>. Opinions are his own.

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