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This number was 35 a decade ago in 2010 and 86 in 1970,”\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/ifstudies.org\/blog\/the-us-divorce-rate-has-hit-a-50-year-low\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; transition: color 250ms ease 0s;\"\u003Enoted Wendy Wang\u003C\/a\u003E, director of research for the Institute for Family Studies.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp style=\"background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding-left: 24px; padding-right: 24px; word-break: break-word;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EThe Daily Wire\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/historic-us-marriage-rate-fell-to-lowest-level-ever-recorded-in-2018\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; transition: color 250ms ease 0s;\"\u003Ereported\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;last April:\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cblockquote style=\"background-color: white; border-left: 4px solid rgb(217, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; margin: 32px auto; max-width: 728px; padding-left: 24px; padding-right: 24px;\"\u003E\u003Cp style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 24px 0px 1.5rem; word-break: break-word;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EThe marriage rate in the United States in 2018 dropped to the lowest level ever measured, according to government data released Wednesday. The National Center for Health Statistics\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/nchs\/data\/hestat\/marriage_rate_2018\/marriage_rate_2018.pdf\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; transition: color 250ms ease 0s;\"\u003Ereported\u003C\/a\u003Ethat the marriage rate fell by 6% to roughly 6.5 marriages per 1,000 people, the lowest rate since the government began measuring the stat in 1867.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\u003Cp style=\"background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding-left: 24px; padding-right: 24px; word-break: break-word;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EThe NCHS stated, “Studies have shown that adults in the United States are increasingly postponing marriage, and that a record number of current youth and young adults are projected to forego marriage altogether (1,2). Marriage has been shown to be correlated with positive health outcomes and longevity (3), and a recent report showed that age-adjusted death rates for both males and females are lowest for those who were married at the time of death.”\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp style=\"background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding-left: 24px; padding-right: 24px; word-break: break-word;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E“Much variation can be seen in marriage rates over the 1900–2018 period, with the most pronounced fluctuations occurring during the 1930s and 1940s, at the time of the Great Depression and World War II,” the NCHS reported, adding, “Marriage rates ranged between 9.3 (per 1,000 population) and 12.0 from 1900 to 1929 and then declined to a relative low of 7.9 in 1932. The marriage rate more than doubled between 1932 and 1946 when it reached an all-time high of 16.4, and then it generally declined to 8.4 in 1958 and stabilized at 8.5 during 1959–1962.”\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp style=\"background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding-left: 24px; padding-right: 24px; word-break: break-word;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E“Millennials are in peak marriage years, their 20s and 30s, and it’s still dropping,” NCHS statistician Sally Curtin, the lead author of the report, told\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/u-s-marriage-rate-plunges-to-lowest-level-on-record-11588132860\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; transition: color 250ms ease 0s;\"\u003EThe Wall Street Journal\u003C\/a\u003E. “This is historic.”\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp style=\"background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding-left: 24px; padding-right: 24px; word-break: break-word;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EThe Journal added, “Many Americans are opting to form households without tying the knot, and strained finances have been a top reason. In recent years,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/affluent-americans-still-say-i-do-its-the-middle-class-that-does-not-11583691336?mod=article_inline\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; transition: color 250ms ease 0s;\"\u003Emuch of the marriage decline\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;has come for middle earners and those with only a high-school education. Declining religious adherence and growing acceptance of unmarried cohabitation have also played a role.”\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp style=\"background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding-left: 24px; padding-right: 24px; word-break: break-word;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EOne factor that may play a part in the decline of marriage is the concomitant decline in religious action in young people. The American Enterprise Institute’sNovember 2019\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.aei.org\/research-products\/report\/the-decline-of-religion-in-american-family-life\/\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; transition: color 250ms ease 0s;\"\u003EAmerican Perspectives Survey\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;stated, “Younger Americans have had less robust religious experiences during their childhood than previous generations have. Fewer than one in three (29 percent) young adults say they attended religious services with their family at least weekly when they were growing up. …\u0026nbsp; About one-third (32 percent) of young adults say they never attended religious services during their formative years. Young adults also report lower rates of attending Sunday school or other religious education programs as children. Only 27 percent of young adults say they attended Sunday school at least weekly.”\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.tathasta.com\/feeds\/2820397906934483351\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.tathasta.com\/2020\/11\/report-us-2019-marriage-rate-plunged-to.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8175117533121163094\/posts\/default\/2820397906934483351"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8175117533121163094\/posts\/default\/2820397906934483351"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.tathasta.com\/2020\/11\/report-us-2019-marriage-rate-plunged-to.html","title":"Report: U.S. 2019 Marriage Rate Plunged To All-Time Low"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"News Kick"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/04857608354495083314"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8175117533121163094.post-2662682541342481434"},"published":{"$t":"2020-11-12T19:10:00.006-08:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2020-11-12T19:10:54.251-08:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"News"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"WATCH: Ice-T says ‘Law \u0026 Order: SVU’ Will Hit ‘Karens,’ Racial Profiling, Police Brutality"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-025SofKAe5E\/X635CccB-9I\/AAAAAAAACis\/PuKShOcbHoMh4BzFinBSLKdyRrUHyntBQCLcBGAsYHQ\/image.png\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"\" data-original-height=\"546\" data-original-width=\"970\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-025SofKAe5E\/X635CccB-9I\/AAAAAAAACis\/PuKShOcbHoMh4BzFinBSLKdyRrUHyntBQCLcBGAsYHQ\/w640-h360\/image.png\" width=\"640\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EBlack Lives Matter and the COVID-19 pandemic will be making their debut on the hit NBC series “Law \u0026amp; Order: SVU,” with future episodes tackling “Karens,” racial profiling, and police brutality, according to Ice-T, who has played Detective Odafin Tutuola for 20 years.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"subheading\" style=\"background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding-left: 24px; padding-right: 24px; word-break: break-word;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003ESpeaking with\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2020\/11\/11\/ice-t-law-and-order-svu-new-season-social-race-issues-police\/\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; transition: color 250ms ease 0s;\"\u003ETMZ\u003C\/a\u003E, Ice-T said that the show will be living up to its reputation of ripping from the headlines with some timely episodes.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"subheading\" style=\"background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding-left: 24px; padding-right: 24px; word-break: break-word;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E“We’re hitting it head-on. When we come back, we come back right in the midst of the pandemic. So, you’re gonna see us in masks. You’re gonna be seeing us social distance,” he said.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp style=\"background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding-left: 24px; padding-right: 24px; word-break: break-word;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EIce-T elaborated that his own character will be struggling with the reality of having killed a black man and questioning whether or not he can continue as a police officer.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Csection class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default \" data-context=\"{\u0026quot;section\u0026quot;:\u0026quot;permalink\u0026quot;,\u0026quot;name\u0026quot;:\u0026quot;text_block\u0026quot;}\" id=\"cb-4ace4c23ce16b9c9bfcc5ffed83bf256\" style=\"background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 728px; padding-left: 24px; padding-right: 24px;\"\u003E\u003Cp class=\"p1\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 24px 0px 1.5rem; word-break: break-word;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E“In the season finale, I killed a black man. So now you’ve got Fin, going through the mental dilemma, like can he be a police officer in these times. And the last thing he ever wanted to do was to be a cop that shot a black man and killed him in front of his family. So, you’ll see my character go through that and question whether he can continue to be a police officer,” he said.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 24px 0px 1.5rem; word-break: break-word;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003ESimultaneously, the character of Olivia Benson, played by Mariska Hargitay, will be dealing with internal questions of her own racial bias.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"p1\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 24px 0px 1.5rem; word-break: break-word;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E“You’re gonna see Mariska deal with the challenge of, ‘Is she racist?'” he said. “We have this ‘Karen’ situation where we pick up this black guy, but did we profile him? Was implicit bias involved? Why didn’t we question the white lady?”\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 24px 0px 1.5rem; word-break: break-word;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EIce-T commended the makers of the show for keeping up with the times and tackling difficult subjects head-on.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"p1\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 24px 0px 1.5rem; word-break: break-word;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E“So, I really commend\u0026nbsp;\u003Ci style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003ELaw \u0026amp; Order\u003C\/i\u003E\u0026nbsp;for hitting these topics head-on,” he said, “I’m very proud to be on a show that tries to stay current and tries to stay conscious.”\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"p1\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 24px 0px 1.5rem; word-break: break-word;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E“I didn’t want to be dealing with the same problems from 20 years ago – the police brutality, the kids getting shot in the hood. 20 years later, here we are, still in the same place,” he later added.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"p1\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 24px 0px 1.5rem; word-break: break-word;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E“I think that we’re moving toward an era where the young kids, the Generation Z, is gonna really be active. … I just think it’s gonna be cool again to be in the mix of what’s going on. And I have hope for the future after seeing all these protests. I’ve been around a long time, I would love to see progress. Let’s say that, progress,” he concluded.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 24px 0px 1.5rem; word-break: break-word;\"\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"fluid-width-video-wrapper\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; padding: 363.609px 0px 0px; position: relative; width: 680px;\"\u003E\u003Ciframe allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LR7lyXmH6Ao\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; height: 363.609px; left: 0px; max-width: 100%; position: absolute; top: 0px; width: 680px;\"\u003E\u003C\/iframe\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/section\u003E\u003Cp style=\"background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding-left: 24px; padding-right: 24px; word-break: break-word;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003ESince the killing of George Floyd at the hands of a white Minneapolis police officer, cop shows have been under tremendous pressure to feature episodes dealing with police brutality and racial profiling.\u0026nbsp;In an op-ed for The Washington Post, Alyssa Rosenberg argued that such shows should be canceled entirely.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp style=\"background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding-left: 24px; padding-right: 24px; word-break: break-word;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E“There’s no question that it would be costly for networks and studios to walk away from the police genre entirely,” Rosenberg wrote.\u0026nbsp;“Canceling Dick Wolf’s ‘Chicago’ franchise of shows would wipe out an entire night of NBC’s prime-time programming; dropping ‘Law \u0026amp; Order: Special Victims Unit’ and a planned spinoff would cut even further into the lineup.”\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.tathasta.com\/feeds\/2662682541342481434\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.tathasta.com\/2020\/11\/watch-ice-t-says-law-order-svu-will-hit.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8175117533121163094\/posts\/default\/2662682541342481434"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8175117533121163094\/posts\/default\/2662682541342481434"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.tathasta.com\/2020\/11\/watch-ice-t-says-law-order-svu-will-hit.html","title":"WATCH: Ice-T says ‘Law \u0026 Order: SVU’ Will Hit ‘Karens,’ Racial Profiling, Police Brutality"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"News Kick"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/04857608354495083314"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"media$thumbnail":{"xmlns$media":"http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/","url":"https:\/\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/LR7lyXmH6Ao\/default.jpg","height":"72","width":"72"},"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8175117533121163094.post-5084663334948871908"},"published":{"$t":"2020-11-12T19:08:00.004-08:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2020-11-12T19:08:33.753-08:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"News"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Trump To Quickly Announce 2024 Campaign If Biden Victory Is Certified: Report"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-Mqqt6bSt_wc\/X634lEAD_SI\/AAAAAAAACik\/M3xWXbUsBPAdooQnk9BZpvIqqcO_ox_xgCLcBGAsYHQ\/image.png\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"\" data-original-height=\"546\" data-original-width=\"970\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-Mqqt6bSt_wc\/X634lEAD_SI\/AAAAAAAACik\/M3xWXbUsBPAdooQnk9BZpvIqqcO_ox_xgCLcBGAsYHQ\/w640-h360\/image.png\" width=\"640\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; text-align: left;\"\u003EPresident Donald Trump has reportedly told some of his advisers that if Democrat presidential nominee Joe Biden is certified as the winner of the 2020 election, he will announce a 2024 campaign shortly afterward where he will likely face either Biden or Kamala Harris.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp style=\"background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding-left: 24px; padding-right: 24px; word-break: break-word;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E“Some advisers had hoped that Mr. Trump would accept the state of the race by the end of this week, but a looming recount in Georgia may delay that,” The New York Times\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/11\/12\/us\/politics\/trump-future.html\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; transition: color 250ms ease 0s;\"\u003Ereported\u003C\/a\u003E. “The president has told some advisers that if the race is certified for Mr. Biden, he will announce a 2024 campaign shortly afterward.”\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp style=\"background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding-left: 24px; padding-right: 24px; word-break: break-word;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EThe news comes as speculation has grown over whether Trump will launch a media endeavor when he leaves office, something that Republicans indicated would be nearly impossible to do if he was planning on launching another presidential run.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp style=\"background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding-left: 24px; padding-right: 24px; word-break: break-word;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E“He certainly has the right to do it. I mean, Donald Trump, irrespective of the outcome of this race, however it turns out, in the end after all the legal claims have been adjudicated — Donald Trump brought in millions of people to vote Republican that had never considered it before,” Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL)\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sambrodey\/status\/1326276018668253184\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; transition: color 250ms ease 0s;\"\u003Etold\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;reporters yesterday. “And if he runs in 2024 he’ll certainly be the front runner, and then he’ll probably be the nominee — but again I’m being presumptuous here, we’re not even through 2020.”\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.tathasta.com\/feeds\/5084663334948871908\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.tathasta.com\/2020\/11\/trump-to-quickly-announce-2024-campaign.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8175117533121163094\/posts\/default\/5084663334948871908"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8175117533121163094\/posts\/default\/5084663334948871908"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.tathasta.com\/2020\/11\/trump-to-quickly-announce-2024-campaign.html","title":"Trump To Quickly Announce 2024 Campaign If Biden Victory Is Certified: Report"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"News Kick"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/04857608354495083314"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8175117533121163094.post-2122607252179117689"},"published":{"$t":"2020-11-12T10:37:00.005-08:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2020-11-12T10:37:27.231-08:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"News"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Time magazine cover declares that Biden's apparent victory represents 'A time to heal'"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #2a2a2a; font-family: utopia-std;\"\u003EAllegedly objective Time magazine is\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca data-ol-has-click-handler=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/time.com\/5907674\/joe-biden-wins-2020-election\/?utm_source=facebook\u0026amp;utm_medium=social\u0026amp;utm_campaign=editorial\u0026amp;utm_term=politics_2020-election\u0026amp;linkId=104267046\" style=\"border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(255, 0, 45); color: #ff002d; font-family: utopia-std; padding: 0px 2px; transition: all 200ms ease 0s;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Eopenly celebrating\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #2a2a2a; font-family: utopia-std;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;Joe Biden's apparent victory in the 2020 presidential election with a commemorative cover that declares that his victory represents \"A time to heal.\"\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp style=\"color: #2a2a2a; font-family: utopia-std;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; font-size: large;\"\u003ENot content to declare him a healer with the cover, the accompanying article calls Biden a \"dragon slayer\" in the first paragraph, musing that, \"The only thing more powerful than a dragon is a dragon slayer. For four years, Donald Trump's penchant for division and chaos was the dominant force in American life. In the end, after a long and excruciating battle, it was vanquished by Joe Biden's promise of decency, unity and national healing.\"\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"shortcode-media shortcode-media-rebelmouse-image\" style=\"color: #2a2a2a; font-family: utopia-std; margin: 0px -50px;\"\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"share-tab-img share-buttons share-trigger\" style=\"display: inline-block; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; position: relative;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cimg class=\"rm-shortcode\" data-rm-shortcode-id=\"0e0e33ca09c2f6405cd6a465a506ab19\" data-rm-shortcode-name=\"rebelmouse-image\" id=\"445d0\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.rebelmouse.io\/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yNDc3MzU2MS9vcmlnaW4uanBnIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTYyNDEyMDg4OX0.Ky0ny-R2L6kB2NxaJ2T_18RvLxl10MhkedUiW6_pbxI\/img.jpg?width=980\" style=\"border: 0px; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;\" \/\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"share-media-panel\"\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Csmall class=\"image-media media-photo-credit\" placeholder=\"Add Photo Credit...\" style=\"color: #989898; display: block; font-family: acumin-pro-semi-condensed, arial, sans-serif !important; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 2.17; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; font-size: large;\"\u003EImage source: Time.com\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/small\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp style=\"color: #2a2a2a; font-family: utopia-std;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; font-size: large;\"\u003EIn case you thought Time might have been laying it on a little thick in their lead paragraph, they were not done. Before the end of the article, they had declared that Biden represented, \"a vindication of a style of American politics that many feared was gone forever,\" \"a leader with competence and empathy,\" an \"experienced statesman,\" \"a candidate most famous for his hugs and handshakes,\" \"the man for the moment,\" a politician who \"could carry [America] back to a calmer, less politically divisive past,\" and more.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp style=\"color: #2a2a2a; font-family: utopia-std;\"\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp style=\"color: #2a2a2a; font-family: utopia-std;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; font-size: large;\"\u003EIn case you were wondering, the article was not exactly neutral about President Donald Trump. Trump was described as the dragon who got slayed by Biden, an agent of \"division and chaos,\" an \"incompetent president,\" a \"celebrity who mocked the [coronavirus],\" a President who \"went on to bungle the federal response to a virus that has killed more than 230,000 Americans,\" a person who \"proved incapable of even feigning sympathy for the millions suffering from the disease and the recession it caused,\" a candidate who \"ran on a brutal vision,\" a president whose \"errors set a low bar,\" and more.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp style=\"color: #2a2a2a; font-family: utopia-std;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; font-size: large;\"\u003EIn the end, according to Time, everything worked out exactly as Biden thought it would: \"armed with a stable campaign in unstable times, and a comforting message in a disquieting moment, Joe Biden completed his slow and steady march to victory, exactly as he said he would.\"\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.tathasta.com\/feeds\/2122607252179117689\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.tathasta.com\/2020\/11\/time-magazine-cover-declares-that.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8175117533121163094\/posts\/default\/2122607252179117689"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8175117533121163094\/posts\/default\/2122607252179117689"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.tathasta.com\/2020\/11\/time-magazine-cover-declares-that.html","title":"Time magazine cover declares that Biden's apparent victory represents 'A time to heal'"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"News Kick"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/04857608354495083314"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8175117533121163094.post-2517005438058931105"},"published":{"$t":"2020-11-12T10:36:00.004-08:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2020-11-12T10:36:21.052-08:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"News"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Michael Moore calls for Joe Biden to embrace socialism, eliminate the Electoral College, reject bipartisanship"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #2a2a2a; font-family: utopia-std; font-size: x-large;\"\u003EMichael Moore wrote an open letter to Joe Biden, where he\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #2a2a2a; font-family: utopia-std; font-size: x-large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativereview.com\/michael-moore-urges-biden-to-embrace-socialism-eliminate-electoral-college-2648872716.html\" style=\"border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(255, 0, 45); color: #ff002d; font-family: utopia-std; font-size: x-large; padding: 0px 2px; transition: all 200ms ease 0s;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Eoutlined actions\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #2a2a2a; font-family: utopia-std; font-size: x-large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #2a2a2a; font-family: utopia-std; font-size: x-large;\"\u003Ehe wants to see the former Democratic vice president execute if he enters the White House, including embracing socialism and eliminating the Electoral College.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"post-partial article__body\" id=\"sPost_0_0_5_0_0_2_1_0_1_0_1_1\" style=\"color: #2a2a2a; font-family: acumin-pro-semi-condensed; overflow: visible !important;\"\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"body js-expandable clearfix js-listicle-body  css-listicle-body-2648873066\" id=\"rev-less-wrapper\" style=\"font-family: utopia-std; height: auto; line-height: 30px; max-width: 600px; overflow: visible; padding-right: 50px;\"\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"body-description\" style=\"margin-top: -20px;\"\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cdiv id=\"inarticle-sponsored-headline\" style=\"line-height: 19px !important;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; font-size: large;\"\u003EIn a lengthy post on\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/mmflint\/posts\/10157357880636857\" style=\"border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(255, 0, 45); color: #ff002d; padding: 0px 2px; transition: all 200ms ease 0s;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EFacebook\u003C\/a\u003E, Moore expressed his delight in the current\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.theblaze.com\/tag\/election\" style=\"border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(255, 0, 45); color: #ff002d; padding: 0px 2px; transition: all 200ms ease 0s;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Eelection\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;results.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; font-size: large;\"\u003E\"You stopped the madness. A grateful nation — and myself — are in a state of joy, hope and relief,\" the progressive filmmaker wrote. \"Thank you for that! We are all eager to join with you to repair the damage done to our country — and to eliminate that about our society and our politics which gave us Donald Trump in the first place.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; font-size: large;\"\u003E\"Health Care is a human right and every American must be covered,\" Moore spouted. \"Everyone must be paid a living wage.\"\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; font-size: large;\"\u003ERegarding the coronavirus pandemic, Moore claimed, \"Had Trump won, I'm guessing up to a million people in the next year or so would have died from him ignoring this virus.\"\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; font-size: large;\"\u003EMoore then called for Biden to embrace socialism.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; font-size: large;\"\u003E\"They think because Trump got 70 million votes the Democrats should reject Black Lives Matter, AOC, and anything that vaguely sounds like socialism — at a time when the majority of our citizens under the age of 35, according to most polls, prefer the idea of democratic socialism over the greed of modern-day capitalism,\" he states. \"Why risk losing them? We need to listen to and understand why they feel this way. They've been saddled with crushing student debt and we've handed them a planet In the middle of its 6th extinction event as their future.\"\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; font-size: large;\"\u003EMoore urges Biden to reject bipartisanship, which he alleges was a \"mistake\" that former President Barack Obama made when he was first elected. Moore advises Biden not to compromise like his former boss did.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; font-size: large;\"\u003E\"The Republicans had already decided they were going to block EVERYTHING Obama proposed and that's exactly what they did for eight long years with a discipline and a ruthlessness we should probably envy,\" he instructed the former vice president. \"Don't let this happen to you. Charge in on January 20th like FDR on steroids. You have no choice. People are dying! You need to sign executive orders and cajole, demand and shame Congress into action.\"\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; font-size: large;\"\u003EMoore tells Biden to \"GO BIG,\" and \"Eliminate the Electoral College through the National Popular Vote Act!\"\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; font-size: large;\"\u003ERegarding the two critical U.S. Senate seats currently held by Republicans in Georgia that will be voted on during the Jan. 5 runoff elections, Moore said, \"All hands on deck between now and January 5th.\"\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; font-size: large;\"\u003EHe vaguely suggests, \"We will all do whatever is needed\" to win the runoff elections.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; font-size: large;\"\u003ELast month, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) also\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.theblaze.com\/news\/aoc-vows-to-push-biden-to-far-left-if-elected-says-democrats-should-abandon-this-idea-of-bipartisanship\" style=\"border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(255, 0, 45); color: #ff002d; padding: 0px 2px; transition: all 200ms ease 0s;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Epromised to push Biden to become more progressive\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;if he is elected president.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; font-size: large;\"\u003E\"My role is consistent, in making sure that we push the Democratic Party to have a larger vision for our future,\" AOC\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.theblaze.com\/news\/aoc-vows-to-push-biden-to-far-left-if-elected-says-democrats-should-abandon-this-idea-of-bipartisanship\" style=\"border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(255, 0, 45); color: #ff002d; padding: 0px 2px; transition: all 200ms ease 0s;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Esaid\u003C\/a\u003E. \"And, so, is my job to push the Democratic Party? Absolutely. And that has been my job since and that has been a part of my role since I have been elected.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; font-size: large;\"\u003E\"I believe that it's critically important that the Biden administration appoint progressive leaders,\" she added. \"This is about making sure that we're not just going back to how things were and rewinding the tape before the Trump administration.\"\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.tathasta.com\/feeds\/2517005438058931105\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.tathasta.com\/2020\/11\/michael-moore-calls-for-joe-biden-to.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8175117533121163094\/posts\/default\/2517005438058931105"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8175117533121163094\/posts\/default\/2517005438058931105"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.tathasta.com\/2020\/11\/michael-moore-calls-for-joe-biden-to.html","title":"Michael Moore calls for Joe Biden to embrace socialism, eliminate the Electoral College, reject bipartisanship"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"News Kick"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/04857608354495083314"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8175117533121163094.post-3913536200450505512"},"published":{"$t":"2020-11-12T10:35:00.000-08:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2020-11-12T10:35:02.788-08:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"News"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Obama: Sarah Palin made 'xenophobia, anti-intellectualism, paranoid conspiracy theories' and racism popular in GOP"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; color: #2a2a2a; font-family: utopia-std; font-size: x-large;\"\u003EObama also discusses Trump, who championed the 2011 conspiracy that Obama was not born in the United States. He writes that Trump's birtherism and, in his view, GOP leadership's appeal to white Americans to oppose his agenda was more or less the same.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"post-partial article__body\" id=\"sPost_0_0_5_0_0_2_1_0_1_0_1_1\" style=\"color: #2a2a2a; font-family: acumin-pro-semi-condensed; overflow: visible !important;\"\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"body js-expandable clearfix js-listicle-body  css-listicle-body-2648873299\" id=\"rev-more-wrapper\" style=\"font-family: utopia-std; height: 480px; line-height: 30px; max-width: 600px; overflow: hidden; padding-right: 50px;\"\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"body-description\" style=\"margin-top: -20px;\"\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; font-size: large;\"\u003E\"In that sense, there wasn't much difference between Trump and [John] Boehner or [Mitch] McConnell. They, too, understood that it didn't matter whether what they said was true,\" he writes. \"In fact, the only difference between Trump's style of politics and theirs was Trump's lack of inhibition.\"\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; font-size: large;\"\u003EObama writes that it was for this reason he used his vice president, Joe Biden, as the administration's go-to negotiator with the Republican-controlled Congress.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; font-size: large;\"\u003E\"One of the reasons I'd chosen Joe to act as an intermediary -- in addition to his Senate experience and legislative acumen -- was my awareness that in McConnell's mind, negotiations with the vice president didn't inflame the Republican base in quite the same way that any appearance of cooperation with (Black, Muslim socialist) Obama was bound to do,\" Obama writes.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.tathasta.com\/feeds\/3913536200450505512\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.tathasta.com\/2020\/11\/obama-sarah-palin-made-xenophobia-anti.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8175117533121163094\/posts\/default\/3913536200450505512"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8175117533121163094\/posts\/default\/3913536200450505512"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.tathasta.com\/2020\/11\/obama-sarah-palin-made-xenophobia-anti.html","title":"Obama: Sarah Palin made 'xenophobia, anti-intellectualism, paranoid conspiracy theories' and racism popular in GOP"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"News Kick"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/04857608354495083314"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8175117533121163094.post-1137587155498255734"},"published":{"$t":"2020-11-12T10:03:00.001-08:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2020-11-12T10:06:25.833-08:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"News"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"In Philadelphia, the voters will place their vote in an adorable receptacle shaped like a Minute Man and when the Minute Man is filled, "},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-TOnb8CJPmlk\/X613U1oG03I\/AAAAAAAACiY\/AUB_yFUXgCMUCoaFno1dJADC3zb6ovZ6ACLcBGAsYHQ\/image.png\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"\" data-original-height=\"546\" data-original-width=\"970\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-TOnb8CJPmlk\/X613U1oG03I\/AAAAAAAACiY\/AUB_yFUXgCMUCoaFno1dJADC3zb6ovZ6ACLcBGAsYHQ\/w640-h360\/image.png\" width=\"640\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cu\u003Eit will be demolished and use for landfill, while votes are counted in a secret location with tinfoil taped over the windows.\u0026nbsp; In Detroit, voters will be bussed to voting places, with Democrats boarding a bus marked with a D, and Republicans boarding a bus marked with a sign saying “Next Stop Tallahassee.”\u0026nbsp; With these and other reforms, Democrats hope to remove any doubts Republicans might have and those doubts that remain are sure to vanish once they reach Twitter.\u003C\/u\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.tathasta.com\/feeds\/1137587155498255734\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.tathasta.com\/2020\/11\/in-philadelphia-voters-will-place-their.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8175117533121163094\/posts\/default\/1137587155498255734"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8175117533121163094\/posts\/default\/1137587155498255734"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.tathasta.com\/2020\/11\/in-philadelphia-voters-will-place-their.html","title":"In Philadelphia, the voters will place their vote in an adorable receptacle shaped like a Minute Man and when the Minute Man is filled, "}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"News Kick"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/04857608354495083314"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8175117533121163094.post-6118989775445861004"},"published":{"$t":"2020-11-12T09:51:00.001-08:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2020-11-12T09:51:16.321-08:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"News"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Obama Implies He Picked Biden To Be Vice President In Part Because He Was White"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-oRCmaUU6ldU\/X61188wJ8zI\/AAAAAAAACiM\/vDo03ga4d58wvk2mjUEkun23WK-P3V4DACLcBGAsYHQ\/image.png\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"\" data-original-height=\"546\" data-original-width=\"970\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-oRCmaUU6ldU\/X61188wJ8zI\/AAAAAAAACiM\/vDo03ga4d58wvk2mjUEkun23WK-P3V4DACLcBGAsYHQ\/w640-h360\/image.png\" width=\"640\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; text-align: left;\"\u003EFormer President Barack Obama suggests in a new memoir that he picked Joe Biden to be vice president in part because Biden was white and older.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp style=\"background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding-left: 24px; padding-right: 24px; word-break: break-word;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E“One of the reasons I’d chosen Joe to act as an intermediary — in addition to his Senate experience and legislative acumen\u0026nbsp;— was my awareness that in McConnell’s mind, negotiations with the vice president didn’t inflame the Republican base in quite the same way that any appearance of cooperation with (Black, Muslim socialist) Obama was bound to do,” Obama wrote, according to a copy of the memoir obtained by\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2020\/11\/12\/politics\/obama-memoir-promised-land\/index.html\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; transition: color 250ms ease 0s;\"\u003ECNN\u003C\/a\u003E. “I liked the fact that Joe would be more than ready to serve as president if something happened to me — and that it might reassure those who still worried I was too young.”\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp style=\"background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding-left: 24px; padding-right: 24px; word-break: break-word;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EThe quote has gained some attention online.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\" style=\"background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; display: flex; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; margin: 10px auto; max-width: 500px; padding-left: 24px; padding-right: 24px; width: 680px;\"\u003E\u003Ciframe allowfullscreen=\"true\" allowtransparency=\"true\" class=\"\" data-tweet-id=\"1326875614381531136\" frameborder=\"0\" id=\"twitter-widget-1\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/index.html?dnt=true\u0026amp;embedId=twitter-widget-1\u0026amp;frame=false\u0026amp;hideCard=false\u0026amp;hideThread=false\u0026amp;id=1326875614381531136\u0026amp;lang=en\u0026amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dailywire.com%2Fnews%2Ftrump-eyes-launching-media-empire-post-presidency-to-wreck-fox-report\u0026amp;siteScreenName=realDailyWire\u0026amp;theme=light\u0026amp;widgetsVersion=ed20a2b%3A1601588405575\u0026amp;width=500px\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; display: block; flex-grow: 1; height: 717px; max-width: 100%; position: static; visibility: visible; width: 550px;\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\"\u003E\u003C\/iframe\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cp style=\"background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding-left: 24px; padding-right: 24px; word-break: break-word;\"\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"ad-wrapper\" data-testid=\"ad-wrapper\" style=\"background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Lato, sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"ad-unit\" data-google-query-id=\"CI3dqPDI_ewCFVmESwUdVGUNaQ\" id=\"div-gpt-ad-5586194-1\" style=\"-webkit-box-pack: center; background-color: rgba(242, 242, 242, 0.5); box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; justify-content: center; margin: 40px 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 16px; text-align: center; width: 1349px;\"\u003E\u003Cdiv id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/61914415\/DW_Desktop_Incontent_1__container__\" style=\"border: 0pt none; box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Ciframe data-google-container-id=\"4\" data-load-complete=\"true\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"90\" id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/61914415\/DW_Desktop_Incontent_1\" marginheight=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" name=\"google_ads_iframe_\/61914415\/DW_Desktop_Incontent_1\" sandbox=\"allow-forms allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation\" scrolling=\"no\" style=\"border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: bottom;\" title=\"3rd party ad content\" width=\"728\"\u003E\u003C\/iframe\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cp style=\"background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding-left: 24px; padding-right: 24px; word-break: break-word;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp style=\"background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding-left: 24px; padding-right: 24px; word-break: break-word;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E“It was as if my very presence in the White House had triggered a deep-seated panic, a sense that the natural order had been disrupted, which is exactly what Donald Trump understood when he started peddling assertions that I had not been born in the United States and was thus an illegitimate president,” Obama claimed. “For millions of Americans spooked by a Black man in the White House, he promised an elixir for their racial anxiety.”\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp style=\"background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding-left: 24px; padding-right: 24px; word-break: break-word;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EObama attacked Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and former House Speaker John Boehner, suggesting that there “wasn’t much difference between Trump and Boehner or McConnell” in terms of seeking media attention. Obama said, “In fact, the only difference between Trump’s style of politics and theirs was Trump’s lack of inhibition.”\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"ad-wrapper\" data-testid=\"ad-wrapper\" style=\"background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Lato, sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"ad-unit\" data-google-query-id=\"COiprPDI_ewCFSuNSwUdAzQHGQ\" id=\"div-gpt-ad-5586194-2\" style=\"-webkit-box-pack: center; background-color: rgba(242, 242, 242, 0.5); box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; justify-content: center; margin: 40px 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 16px; text-align: center; width: 1349px;\"\u003E\u003Cdiv id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/61914415\/DW_Desktop_Incontent2_1__container__\" style=\"border: 0pt none; box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Ciframe data-google-container-id=\"5\" data-load-complete=\"true\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"120\" id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/61914415\/DW_Desktop_Incontent2_1\" marginheight=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" name=\"google_ads_iframe_\/61914415\/DW_Desktop_Incontent2_1\" sandbox=\"allow-forms allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation\" scrolling=\"no\" style=\"border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: bottom;\" title=\"3rd party ad content\" width=\"970\"\u003E\u003C\/iframe\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cp style=\"background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding-left: 24px; padding-right: 24px; word-break: break-word;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/ideas\/archive\/2020\/11\/barack-obama-i-still-believe-america\/617073\/\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; transition: color 250ms ease 0s;\"\u003EThe Atlantic\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;also published an excerpt from Obama’s memoir, where the former president made to sure to take shots at the police.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp style=\"background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding-left: 24px; padding-right: 24px; word-break: break-word;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E“Beyond the struggle to put words on a page, what I didn’t fully anticipate was the way events would unfold during the more than three and a half years that have passed since that last flight on Air Force One. The country is in the grips of a global pandemic and an accompanying economic crisis, with more than 230,000 Americans dead, businesses shuttered, and millions of people out of work,” Obama wrote. “Across the nation, people from all walks of life have poured into the streets to protest the deaths of unarmed Black men and women at the hands of the police. Perhaps most troubling of all, our democracy seems to be teetering on the brink of crisis — a crisis rooted in a fundamental contest between two opposing visions of what America is and what it should be; a crisis that has left the body politic divided, angry, and mistrustful, and has allowed for an ongoing breach of institutional norms, procedural safeguards, and the adherence to basic facts that both Republicans and Democrats once took for granted.”\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.tathasta.com\/feeds\/6118989775445861004\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.tathasta.com\/2020\/11\/obama-implies-he-picked-biden-to-be.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8175117533121163094\/posts\/default\/6118989775445861004"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8175117533121163094\/posts\/default\/6118989775445861004"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.tathasta.com\/2020\/11\/obama-implies-he-picked-biden-to-be.html","title":"Obama Implies He Picked Biden To Be Vice President In Part Because He Was White"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"News Kick"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/04857608354495083314"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8175117533121163094.post-8836709608180527776"},"published":{"$t":"2020-11-12T07:55:00.005-08:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2020-11-12T07:55:47.443-08:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"News"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Warren: Biden should bypass Congress to implement the 'most progressive economic and racial justice platform ... ever'"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Cspan style=\"color: #2a2a2a; font-family: utopia-std;\"\u003EMedia outlets have called the presidency for Joe Biden, but by all accounts his win was much narrower than many Democrats expected, and Democrats down ticket performed much worse than expected, meaning that Democrats did not get the clean sweep on Election Day they hoped.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp style=\"color: #2a2a2a; font-family: utopia-std;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; font-size: large;\"\u003EThe \"split decision\" thus rendered by the American people on Election Day has led to an already spectacular amount of infighting among Democrats who are eager to point fingers for the party's failure. In particular, the party's liberal and more moderate wings have been particularly eager to point fingers at the other camp, with moderates aggressively blaming progressive policies like \"defund the police\" for their losses.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp style=\"color: #2a2a2a; font-family: utopia-std;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; font-size: large;\"\u003EMassachusetts Sen. and former presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren (D), meanwhile, is confident that Biden's expected win is a victory for \"the most progressive economic and racial justice platform of any general election nominee ever,\" as she wrote in an\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/opinions\/2020\/11\/11\/elizabeth-warren-biden-harris-first-day\/\" style=\"border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(255, 0, 45); color: #ff002d; padding: 0px 2px; transition: all 200ms ease 0s;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Eop-ed\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;for the Washington Post.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp style=\"color: #2a2a2a; font-family: utopia-std;\"\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp style=\"color: #2a2a2a; font-family: utopia-std;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; font-size: large;\"\u003EAs for the fact that the American people likely elected a Republican Senate and a larger number of Republican congressmen and therefore perhaps were not quite as keen on the most progressive platform ever? Warren argues that Biden should ignore that fact, saying, \"We need to deliver [on progressive promises], even as Republican leaders can't acknowledge the election outcome and plan to grind Congress to a halt.\"\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp style=\"color: #2a2a2a; font-family: utopia-std;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; font-size: large;\"\u003EThe fact that Republicans won enough elections in 2020 to grind Biden's agenda to a halt is, apparently, an \"election outcome\" that Warren isn't interested in acknowledging.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp style=\"color: #2a2a2a; font-family: utopia-std;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; font-size: large;\"\u003EInstead, she\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/opinions\/2020\/11\/11\/elizabeth-warren-biden-harris-first-day\/\" style=\"border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(255, 0, 45); color: #ff002d; padding: 0px 2px; transition: all 200ms ease 0s;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Eargues\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;that \"there are lots of big changes that a Biden-Harris administration can achieve through executive orders and agency action on day one.\" Among other things Warren thinks Biden should do without Congress, Warren argues that Biden should:\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul class=\"ee-ul\" style=\"color: #2a2a2a; font-family: utopia-std; line-height: 30px; margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 40px;\"\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; font-size: large;\"\u003ECancel \"billions of dollars\" in student loan debt\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; font-size: large;\"\u003EBypass patents for companies that have expended millions of dollars in research funds to develop life-saving drugs\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; font-size: large;\"\u003ERaise the minimum wage for all federal contractors to $15 an hour\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; font-size: large;\"\u003EEstablish a \"Racial and Ethnic Disparities Task Force\" to \"review racial disparities in pandemic funding.\"\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; font-size: large;\"\u003EDeclare the the climate crisis a national emergency\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"color: #2a2a2a; font-family: utopia-std;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; font-size: large;\"\u003EWarren\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/opinions\/2020\/11\/11\/elizabeth-warren-biden-harris-first-day\/\" style=\"border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(255, 0, 45); color: #ff002d; padding: 0px 2px; transition: all 200ms ease 0s;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Econcludes\u003C\/a\u003E, \"Even so, we know that Washington insiders and their establishment allies are ready to declare that unity and consensus mean turning over the governing keys to giant corporations and their lobbyists — the exact opposite of what voters want.\"\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cp style=\"color: #2a2a2a; font-family: utopia-std;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; font-size: large;\"\u003EWarren does not state who these people are who are arguing this, because they do not exist. Nevertheless, having demolished this straw man, Warren concludes, \"Instead of allowing insiders to hijack the message sent by voters in both parties, we should listen to those voters and deliver real solutions to the problems we face.\"\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.tathasta.com\/feeds\/8836709608180527776\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.tathasta.com\/2020\/11\/warren-biden-should-bypass-congress-to.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8175117533121163094\/posts\/default\/8836709608180527776"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8175117533121163094\/posts\/default\/8836709608180527776"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.tathasta.com\/2020\/11\/warren-biden-should-bypass-congress-to.html","title":"Warren: Biden should bypass Congress to implement the 'most progressive economic and racial justice platform ... ever'"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"News Kick"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/04857608354495083314"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8175117533121163094.post-7507874236144743861"},"published":{"$t":"2020-11-12T07:54:00.008-08:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2020-11-12T07:54:50.921-08:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"News"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Joe Biden's new chief of staff, Ronald Klain, in 2014 said elections are 'rigged'"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #2a2a2a; font-family: utopia-std;\"\u003EFormer Vice President Joe Biden\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #2a2a2a; font-family: utopia-std;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.theblaze.com\/news\/joe-biden-has-chosen-a-white-house-chief-of-staff\" style=\"border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(255, 0, 45); color: #ff002d; font-family: utopia-std; padding: 0px 2px; transition: all 200ms ease 0s;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Eselected Ronald Klain as his White House chief of staff\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #2a2a2a; font-family: utopia-std;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #2a2a2a; font-family: utopia-std;\"\u003Eon Wednesday. Within hours of Klain being named to the new position, a 2014 tweet by Klain saying that elections are \"rigged\" resurfaced and raised eyebrows.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp style=\"color: #2a2a2a; font-family: utopia-std;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; font-size: large;\"\u003EKlain's tweet was a reply to a Vox.com post on Twitter linking to an\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/2014\/7\/14\/5898365\/68-of-americans-think-elections-are-rigged\" style=\"border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(255, 0, 45); color: #ff002d; padding: 0px 2px; transition: all 200ms ease 0s;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Earticle\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;titled, \"68% of Americans think elections are rigged.\" Klain reacted to the article by declaring, \"That's because they are.\"\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp style=\"color: #2a2a2a; font-family: utopia-std;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; font-size: large;\"\u003EThe article, which was written by Vox founder Ezra Klein, argues, \"Elections are rigged in favor of incumbents. And they're basically right.\"\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp style=\"color: #2a2a2a; font-family: utopia-std;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; font-size: large;\"\u003EThe article claims election fraud isn't the problem.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp style=\"color: #2a2a2a; font-family: utopia-std;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; font-size: large;\"\u003E\"Incumbents get a voice in gerrymandering — meaning that the politicians, in an inversion of the normal rules of democracy, get to choose their voters,\" Klein wrote.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp style=\"color: #2a2a2a; font-family: utopia-std;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; font-size: large;\"\u003EThe article highlights that \"very few congressional elections are seriously competitive\" because \"reelection rates for incumbents tend to hover around 90 percent — and they occasionally get perilously close to 100 percent.\" Adding that the \"powers of incumbency are so strong that overall congressional approval ratings barely affect congressional reelection rates.\"\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp style=\"color: #2a2a2a; font-family: utopia-std;\"\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"ad-tag\" style=\"color: #2a2a2a; font-family: utopia-std; padding: 40px 0px !important; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"ad-tag__inner\" style=\"background-color: white; display: inline-block;\"\u003E\u003Cdiv data-google-query-id=\"CPXN1teu_ewCFUaJcAodfdsCHQ\" id=\"div-gpt-ad-In-Content_300x250_102\"\u003E\u003Cdiv id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/75484061\/TheBlaze.com\/news_3__container__\" style=\"border: 0pt none;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Ciframe data-google-container-id=\"4\" data-load-complete=\"true\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"250\" id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/75484061\/TheBlaze.com\/news_3\" marginheight=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" name=\"google_ads_iframe_\/75484061\/TheBlaze.com\/news_3\" scrolling=\"no\" style=\"border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: bottom;\" title=\"3rd party ad content\" width=\"300\"\u003E\u003C\/iframe\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cp style=\"color: #2a2a2a; font-family: utopia-std;\"\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp style=\"color: #2a2a2a; font-family: utopia-std;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; font-size: large;\"\u003EThe Vox article cited a 2014\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.rasmussenreports.com\/public_content\/politics\/general_politics\/july_2014\/68_think_election_rules_rigged_for_incumbents\" style=\"border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(255, 0, 45); color: #ff002d; padding: 0px 2px; transition: all 200ms ease 0s;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ERasmussen\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;poll with the headline, \"68% Think Election Rules Rigged for Incumbents.\"\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp style=\"color: #2a2a2a; font-family: utopia-std;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; font-size: large;\"\u003EAs of Thursday morning, Klain's tweet was still up, and Twitter had not slapped a warning label on it.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"rm-shortcode\" data-rm-shortcode-id=\"08a181eba997879fd8ff17ce454c8cc7\" id=\"ebe36\" style=\"color: #2a2a2a; font-family: utopia-std;\"\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\" style=\"display: flex; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px; max-width: 550px; width: 550px;\"\u003E\u003Ciframe allowfullscreen=\"true\" allowtransparency=\"true\" class=\"\" data-tweet-id=\"1326729958711058432\" frameborder=\"0\" id=\"twitter-widget-0\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/index.html?dnt=false\u0026amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0\u0026amp;frame=false\u0026amp;hideCard=false\u0026amp;hideThread=false\u0026amp;id=1326729958711058432\u0026amp;lang=en\u0026amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theblaze.com%2Fnews%2Fbiden-chief-staff-klain-elections-riggedged\u0026amp;partner=rebelmouse\u0026amp;theme=light\u0026amp;widgetsVersion=ed20a2b%3A1601588405575\u0026amp;width=550px\" style=\"display: block; flex-grow: 1; height: 499px; max-width: 100%; position: static; vertical-align: middle; visibility: visible; width: 550px;\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\"\u003E\u003C\/iframe\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cp style=\"color: #2a2a2a; font-family: utopia-std;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; font-size: large;\"\u003EKlain was the general counsel to Democratic presidential nominee Al Gore during the Florida recount in the 2000 election against Republican George W. Bush. He argued against counting overseas absentee ballots, which would have \"potentially thrown out the votes of hundreds of military members stationed overseas,\" as reported by\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2015\/11\/02\/politics\/bush-gore-military-ballots\/index.html\" style=\"border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(255, 0, 45); color: #ff002d; padding: 0px 2px; transition: all 200ms ease 0s;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ECNN\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp style=\"color: #2a2a2a; font-family: utopia-std;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; font-size: large;\"\u003E\"The idea that people were going to vote after the election and have those votes count, that's a pretty irregular idea,\" Klain said in 2000.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp style=\"color: #2a2a2a; font-family: utopia-std;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; font-size: large;\"\u003EFollowing a machine recount, Bush's lead stood at\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/story\/2018\/12\/12\/scotus-declares-bush-electoral-victor-dec-12-2000-1054202\" style=\"border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(255, 0, 45); color: #ff002d; padding: 0px 2px; transition: all 200ms ease 0s;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E327 votes\u003C\/a\u003E. Klain\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/politics\/archive\/2020\/08\/bush-gore-florida-recount-oral-history\/614404\/\" style=\"border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(255, 0, 45); color: #ff002d; padding: 0px 2px; transition: all 200ms ease 0s;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Ecalled\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;Florida a \"Third World banana republic\" for its handling of the 2000 recount.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp style=\"color: #2a2a2a; font-family: utopia-std;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; font-size: large;\"\u003EKlain served as chief of staff to Gore when he was vice president between 1995 and 1999, as well as to former Vice President Biden from 2009 to 2011.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp style=\"color: #2a2a2a; font-family: utopia-std;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; font-size: large;\"\u003EOn Wednesday, Biden issued a statement on selecting Klain as his White House chief of staff:\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cblockquote style=\"color: #2a2a2a; font-family: utopia-std; font-style: italic; line-height: 30px; margin: 1em 40px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; font-size: large;\"\u003E\"Ron has been invaluable to me over the many years that we have worked together, including as we rescued the American economy from one of the worst downturns in our history in 2009 and later overcame a daunting public health emergency in 2014. His deep, varied experience and capacity to work with people all across the political spectrum is precisely what I need in a White House chief of staff as we confront this moment of crisis and bring our country together again.\"\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.tathasta.com\/feeds\/7507874236144743861\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.tathasta.com\/2020\/11\/joe-bidens-new-chief-of-staff-ronald.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8175117533121163094\/posts\/default\/7507874236144743861"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8175117533121163094\/posts\/default\/7507874236144743861"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.tathasta.com\/2020\/11\/joe-bidens-new-chief-of-staff-ronald.html","title":"Joe Biden's new chief of staff, Ronald Klain, in 2014 said elections are 'rigged'"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"News Kick"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/04857608354495083314"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8175117533121163094.post-5681773530412741856"},"published":{"$t":"2020-11-12T07:53:00.006-08:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2020-11-12T07:53:44.506-08:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"News"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Leftists want folks to move to Georgia to increase Democratic votes for US Senate runoffs — but tactic could be a felony"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; color: #2a2a2a; font-family: utopia-std;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EAll eyes will be on Georgia Jan. 5 when a pair of runoff elections will determine the fate of the state's two U.S. Senate seats presently held by Republicans.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp style=\"color: #2a2a2a; font-family: utopia-std;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; font-size: large;\"\u003EIn short, if the Democratic candidates flip the seats, the Senate's 100 seats will be evenly split between the GOP and Democrats with the deciding vote going to the vice president — and that would be Democrat Kamala Harris assuming Joe Biden takes the presidential oath of office.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp style=\"color: #2a2a2a; font-family: utopia-std;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; font-size: large;\"\u003EWith the makeup of the Senate on the line — as well as future U.S. policies — the notion of people actually moving to Georgia so they can vote in the runoff and influence its outcome has become a discussion point on the left.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch3 style=\"color: #2a2a2a; font-family: acumin-pro-semi-condensed, arial, sans-serif !important; letter-spacing: -0.5px !important; line-height: 1.17em !important;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; font-size: large;\"\u003EWhat are the details?\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/h3\u003E\u003Cp style=\"color: #2a2a2a; font-family: utopia-std;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; font-size: large;\"\u003E\"I hope everybody moves to Georgia, you know, in the next month or two, registers to vote, and votes for these two Democratic senators,\" New York Times columnist Thomas L. Friedman told CNN on Monday night, according to\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/georgia-senate-election-runoffs-democrats-move-there\" style=\"border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(255, 0, 45); color: #ff002d; padding: 0px 2px; transition: all 200ms ease 0s;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EFox News\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp style=\"color: #2a2a2a; font-family: utopia-std;\"\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp style=\"color: #2a2a2a; font-family: utopia-std;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; font-size: large;\"\u003E\"These run-offs will decide which party controls the Senate, and thus, whether we'll have any hope of a large stimulus\/climate bill. If you have the means and fervor to make a temporary move to GA, [I] believe anyone who registers by Dec 7 can vote in these elections,\" Eric Levitz of New York Magazine's Intelligencer wrote in a \"mostly in jest\" now-deleted tweet captured by Washington Examiner reporter Jerry Dunleavy:\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"rm-shortcode\" data-rm-shortcode-id=\"9d19044bcf6b7523d6de90685459024c\" id=\"4632d\" style=\"color: #2a2a2a; font-family: utopia-std;\"\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\" style=\"display: flex; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px; max-width: 550px; width: 550px;\"\u003E\u003Ciframe allowfullscreen=\"true\" allowtransparency=\"true\" class=\"\" data-tweet-id=\"1324393403916890113\" frameborder=\"0\" id=\"twitter-widget-0\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/index.html?dnt=false\u0026amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0\u0026amp;frame=false\u0026amp;hideCard=false\u0026amp;hideThread=false\u0026amp;id=1324393403916890113\u0026amp;lang=en\u0026amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theblaze.com%2Fnews%2Fleftists-move-to-georgia-senate-runoffs\u0026amp;partner=rebelmouse\u0026amp;theme=light\u0026amp;widgetsVersion=ed20a2b%3A1601588405575\u0026amp;width=550px\" style=\"display: block; flex-grow: 1; height: 834px; max-width: 100%; position: static; vertical-align: middle; visibility: visible; width: 550px;\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\"\u003E\u003C\/iframe\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cp style=\"color: #2a2a2a; font-family: utopia-std;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; font-size: large;\"\u003EAnd former Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AndrewYang\/status\/1325248601568796673\" style=\"border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(255, 0, 45); color: #ff002d; padding: 0px 2px; transition: all 200ms ease 0s;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Eannounced on Twitter\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;that he and his wife are\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.theblaze.com\/news\/democrats-exploit-georgia-law-to-win-critical-runoff-elections\" style=\"border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(255, 0, 45); color: #ff002d; padding: 0px 2px; transition: all 200ms ease 0s;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Emoving\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;to Georgia to campaign for the Democratic candidates Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock who are facing off against incumbent Republicans David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler, the\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/livecoverage\/trump-biden-election-day-2020\/card\/csOMnlXFihSgJ256gUwI\" style=\"border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(255, 0, 45); color: #ff002d; padding: 0px 2px; transition: all 200ms ease 0s;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EWall Street Journal reported\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"rm-shortcode\" data-rm-shortcode-id=\"c56126e80111098f42a94f3bc8fbbf61\" id=\"e97d6\" style=\"color: #2a2a2a; font-family: utopia-std;\"\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\" style=\"display: flex; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px; max-width: 550px; width: 550px;\"\u003E\u003Ciframe allowfullscreen=\"true\" allowtransparency=\"true\" class=\"\" data-tweet-id=\"1325248601568796673\" frameborder=\"0\" id=\"twitter-widget-1\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/index.html?dnt=false\u0026amp;embedId=twitter-widget-1\u0026amp;frame=false\u0026amp;hideCard=false\u0026amp;hideThread=false\u0026amp;id=1325248601568796673\u0026amp;lang=en\u0026amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theblaze.com%2Fnews%2Fleftists-move-to-georgia-senate-runoffs\u0026amp;partner=rebelmouse\u0026amp;theme=light\u0026amp;widgetsVersion=ed20a2b%3A1601588405575\u0026amp;width=550px\" style=\"display: block; flex-grow: 1; height: 402px; max-width: 100%; position: static; vertical-align: middle; visibility: visible; width: 550px;\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\"\u003E\u003C\/iframe\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cp style=\"color: #2a2a2a; font-family: utopia-std;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; font-size: large;\"\u003EYang didn't indicate if he plans to register to vote in Georgia, the paper said.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp style=\"color: #2a2a2a; font-family: utopia-std;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; font-size: large;\"\u003ERepublican U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida has taken notice of the move-to-Georgia trend: \"My understanding, I learned last night, is they're even inviting people to move here to come vote,\" he said at an event for Loeffler in Georgia on Wednesday, Fox News said, which incited boos from the crowd.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch3 style=\"color: #2a2a2a; font-family: acumin-pro-semi-condensed, arial, sans-serif !important; letter-spacing: -0.5px !important; line-height: 1.17em !important;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; font-size: large;\"\u003EBut is it legal?\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/h3\u003E\u003Cp style=\"color: #2a2a2a; font-family: utopia-std;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; font-size: large;\"\u003ESure, anybody can move to Georgia in the next few weeks, establish residency, and register to vote by Dec. 7 — but is it legal?\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp style=\"color: #2a2a2a; font-family: utopia-std;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; font-size: large;\"\u003EThat depends.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp style=\"color: #2a2a2a; font-family: utopia-std;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; font-size: large;\"\u003EThe Journal said those who use this tactic need to stay in the state for a while or risk getting into trouble.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp style=\"color: #2a2a2a; font-family: utopia-std;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; font-size: large;\"\u003EA spokesman for the Georgia Secretary of State's Office cited state law saying it's a felony to vote in the state's elections if one is residing in the state briefly with the intention just to vote and then move away, the paper noted.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp style=\"color: #2a2a2a; font-family: utopia-std;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; font-size: large;\"\u003E\"These are sensitive issues, and election officials are going to pay attention to what is happening,\" Enrijeta Shino, a University of North Florida political science professor who has researched voting issues in Georgia, told the Journal. \"People should be very careful about doing that.\"\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp style=\"color: #2a2a2a; font-family: utopia-std;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; font-size: large;\"\u003EShino told the paper that folks can move to Georgia briefly to work on campaigns and canvass for candidates, but voting in the state without the intention of staying would be considered fraud.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp style=\"color: #2a2a2a; font-family: utopia-std;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; font-size: large;\"\u003ELegal residents of Georgia who turn 18 between now and Dec. 7 would be eligible to register in the runoff, Shino also told the Journal.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp style=\"color: #2a2a2a; font-family: utopia-std;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; font-size: large;\"\u003EMore from the paper:\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cblockquote style=\"color: #2a2a2a; font-family: utopia-std; font-style: italic; line-height: 30px; margin: 1em 40px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; font-size: large;\"\u003EOne of the main ways to establish proof of residency is to provide a valid Georgia driver's license. People must bring proof of identification, Social Security number and a Georgia primary residence (such as a utility bill). The state Department of Driver Services sends information on new residents obtaining driver's licenses to the Georgia Secretary of State's Office for voter registration, unless the new driver specifically asks the department not to do so, said department spokeswoman Shevondah Leslie.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EIf drivers meet the state's requirements, the county board of elections automatically registers new residents to vote. How soon that would take place is not clear.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EA sudden influx of new residents could have some impact on what are expected to be close Senate runoff elections.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\u003Cp style=\"color: #2a2a2a; font-family: utopia-std;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; font-size: large;\"\u003EEddie Zipperer, assistant professor of political science at Georgia Military College, told Fox News that he's \"seen people saying they'll move to Georgia, but it's a lot more difficult than they think. It would be very dangerous and, ultimately, I presume, not worth it.\"\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.tathasta.com\/feeds\/5681773530412741856\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.tathasta.com\/2020\/11\/leftists-want-folks-to-move-to-georgia.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8175117533121163094\/posts\/default\/5681773530412741856"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8175117533121163094\/posts\/default\/5681773530412741856"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.tathasta.com\/2020\/11\/leftists-want-folks-to-move-to-georgia.html","title":"Leftists want folks to move to Georgia to increase Democratic votes for US Senate runoffs — but tactic could be a felony"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"News Kick"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/04857608354495083314"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8175117533121163094.post-4210595001905255994"},"published":{"$t":"2020-11-11T19:19:00.010-08:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2020-11-11T19:19:59.245-08:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"News"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Miss USA Asya Branch Addresses Backlash For 2A Support, Visiting Trump White House"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-3yDkv0GpOnA\/X6ypsy_rOvI\/AAAAAAAACiA\/FT3hoHg28VM5atsqPJiLPNLnRnhWfkgFgCLcBGAsYHQ\/image.png\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"\" data-original-height=\"546\" data-original-width=\"970\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-3yDkv0GpOnA\/X6ypsy_rOvI\/AAAAAAAACiA\/FT3hoHg28VM5atsqPJiLPNLnRnhWfkgFgCLcBGAsYHQ\/w640-h360\/image.png\" width=\"640\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; text-align: left;\"\u003EMiss USA winner Asya Branch received backlash this week when she denounced the banning of firearms prior to receiving her crown. The backlash further escalated when it was revealed that she visited the Trump White House in 2018 to collaborate on the First Step Act and also sang the National Anthem at a Trump rally in Mississippi.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"paragraph\" style=\"background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 728px; padding-left: 24px; padding-right: 24px;\"\u003E\u003Cp style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 24px 0px 1.5rem; word-break: break-word;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003ESpeaking with\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/human-interest\/miss-usa-2020-asya-branch-wants-to-be-a-positive-light-and-role-model-for-young-girls\/\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; transition: color 250ms ease 0s;\"\u003EPEOPLE\u003C\/a\u003E, Branch said that criminal justice reform has always been an important issue for her due to the pain her family suffered while her father was incarcerated for 10 years.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"paragraph\" style=\"background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 728px; padding-left: 24px; padding-right: 24px;\"\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"paragraph\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003E\u003Cp style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 24px 0px 1.5rem; word-break: break-word;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E“So often what people miss when they see someone on the news who’s been arrested [is] the family that they leave behind,” Branch said. “That’s where my impetus began, on the children and families at home … And then it’s stretched into working with inmates and helping them see their purpose and speaking with them, hearing their stories and making them feel heard and feel like the humans that they are.”\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"paragraph\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003E\u003Cp style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 24px 0px 1.5rem; word-break: break-word;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E“If you can’t get a seat at the table, you can’t make a difference,” Branch said of her meeting at the White House. “I found that to be an inspiring and moving moment for me because it shows that I can accomplish things and I can accomplish my goals and really make a difference in the world. So yes, I caught backlash for it, but I feel like it was a meeting that gave me an opportunity to speak up on a cause that was very important to me.”\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"paragraph\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003E\u003Cp style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 24px 0px 1.5rem; word-break: break-word;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EAs to why she sang the National Anthem at the Trump rally, Branch said she was under contractural obligations from the Miss Mississippi Corp. Though she does not like to reveal her political beliefs, the event is still something she takes pride in.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"paragraph\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003E\u003Cp style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 24px 0px 1.5rem; word-break: break-word;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E“Regardless of political beliefs, I find it an honor to be able to sing the national anthem anywhere and it just so happened to be at a Trump rally,” she said. “And I know I caught a lot of backlash for that. But no one knows if that has anything to do with my political beliefs or not. I did have a duty as an employee of the Miss Mississippi Corp. as well as a representative of the state of Mississippi.”\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"paragraph\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"paragraph\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003E\u003Cp style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 24px 0px 1.5rem; word-break: break-word;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EDuring the Miss USA competition, Branch made headlines when she denounced the banning of firearms, citing her own childhood experiences with guns.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 24px 0px 1.5rem; word-break: break-word;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E“As someone who grew up in a home with guns, I learned at an early age how to load, how to fire, and gun safety,” she said during the event. “I think that education should be available to everyone. I believe that we should require people to pass training and safety courses before they’re allowed to purchase a gun and before receiving a permit. I think it’s important that we not ban guns … I think it’s our Second Amendment right and we just need more safety surrounding that.”\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 24px 0px 1.5rem; word-break: break-word;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EAsya told PEOPLE that although she understands her statement can be polarizing, she nevertheless spoke from her heart.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"paragraph\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"paragraph\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003E\u003Cp style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 24px 0px 1.5rem; word-break: break-word;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E“I knew that I was speaking from my heart, I was speaking truthfully and honestly, and that’s truly how I feel,” she said. “And in this country we’re entitled to our opinions.”\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 20px; margin: 24px 0px 1.5rem; word-break: break-word;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.tathasta.com\/feeds\/4210595001905255994\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.tathasta.com\/2020\/11\/miss-usa-asya-branch-addresses-backlash.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8175117533121163094\/posts\/default\/4210595001905255994"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8175117533121163094\/posts\/default\/4210595001905255994"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.tathasta.com\/2020\/11\/miss-usa-asya-branch-addresses-backlash.html","title":"Miss USA Asya Branch Addresses Backlash For 2A Support, Visiting Trump White House"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"News Kick"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/04857608354495083314"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8175117533121163094.post-4184457242454174863"},"published":{"$t":"2020-11-11T19:16:00.001-08:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2020-11-11T19:16:01.337-08:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"News"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Jeffrey Toobin Fired From New Yorker Following Investigation Into Lewd Act On Zoom Call"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-7lilz_t3RWM\/X6yoqZlT_JI\/AAAAAAAACh0\/GGDi4gYTUnk--5U55NlfrtXfmbjmaPp4wCLcBGAsYHQ\/image.png\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"\" data-original-height=\"546\" data-original-width=\"970\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-7lilz_t3RWM\/X6yoqZlT_JI\/AAAAAAAACh0\/GGDi4gYTUnk--5U55NlfrtXfmbjmaPp4wCLcBGAsYHQ\/w640-h360\/image.png\" width=\"640\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EStaff writer and legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin, who was indefinitely suspended from The New Yorker for engaging in a lewd act on a conference call, has been fired from the magazine following an internal investigation into the matter.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp style=\"background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding-left: 24px; padding-right: 24px; word-break: break-word;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003ENew Yorker staff were reportedly informed that Toobin, who was suspended last month, was no longer with the company in a memo this week obtained by\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/the-new-yorker-fires-jeffrey-toobin-after-investigation-into-zoom-masturbation-incident?ref=home\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; transition: color 250ms ease 0s;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003EThe Daily Beast\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003E.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp style=\"background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding-left: 24px; padding-right: 24px; word-break: break-word;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E“I am writing to share with you that our investigation regarding Jeffrey Toobin is complete, and as a result, he is no longer affiliated with our company,” read the memo.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp style=\"background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding-left: 24px; padding-right: 24px; word-break: break-word;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E“I want to assure everyone that we take workplace matters seriously. We are committed to fostering an environment where everyone feels respected and upholds our standards of conduct,” read the internal memo, reports the news agency.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp style=\"background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding-left: 24px; padding-right: 24px; word-break: break-word;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003EIn a statement, Toobin acknowledged that he had been fired, but\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JeffreyToobin\/status\/1326644658991140866\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; transition: color 250ms ease 0s;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003Esaid\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;he would continue to read the magazine and miss his colleagues. His status as a CNN analyst is not clear.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"ad-wrapper\" data-testid=\"ad-wrapper\" style=\"background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Lato, sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"ad-unit\" data-google-query-id=\"COPpjo-F_OwCFQIEcgodLRIJWw\" id=\"div-gpt-ad-5586194-1\" style=\"-webkit-box-pack: center; background-color: rgba(242, 242, 242, 0.5); box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; justify-content: center; margin: 40px 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 16px; text-align: center; width: 1349px;\"\u003E\u003Cdiv id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/61914415\/DW_Desktop_Incontent_0__container__\" style=\"border: 0pt none; box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Ciframe data-google-container-id=\"1\" data-load-complete=\"true\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"90\" id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/61914415\/DW_Desktop_Incontent_0\" marginheight=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" name=\"google_ads_iframe_\/61914415\/DW_Desktop_Incontent_0\" sandbox=\"allow-forms allow-pointer-lock allow-popups allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation allow-presentation\" scrolling=\"no\" style=\"border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: bottom;\" title=\"3rd party ad content\" width=\"728\"\u003E\u003C\/iframe\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cp style=\"background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding-left: 24px; padding-right: 24px; word-break: break-word;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003EVice, citing two sources,\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.vice.com\/en\/article\/epdgm4\/new-yorker-suspends-jeffrey-toobin-for-zoom-dick-incident\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; transition: color 250ms ease 0s;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003Ereported\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;last month that Toobin had been caught “masturbating on a zoom video chat” during the juncture of an election simulation.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cblockquote style=\"background-color: white; border-left: 4px solid rgb(217, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; margin: 32px auto; max-width: 728px; padding-left: 24px; padding-right: 24px;\"\u003E\u003Cp style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 24px 0px 1.5rem; word-break: break-word;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EThe two sources described a juncture in the election simulation when there was a strategy session, and the Democrats and Republicans went into their respective break out rooms for about 10 minutes. At this point, they said, it seemed like Toobin was on a second video call. The sources said that when the groups returned from their break out rooms, Toobin lowered the camera. The people on the call said they could see Toobin touching his penis. Toobin then left the call. Moments later, he called back in, seemingly unaware of what his colleagues had been able to see, and the simulation continued.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\u003Cp style=\"background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding-left: 24px; padding-right: 24px; word-break: break-word;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EToobin publicly apologized to his wife, family, friends and co-workers in a statement to Vice, and called the incident an “embarrassingly stupid mistake.”\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp style=\"background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding-left: 24px; padding-right: 24px; word-break: break-word;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E“I believed I was not visible on Zoom. I thought no one on the Zoom call could see me. I thought I had muted the Zoom video,” he said.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp style=\"background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding-left: 24px; padding-right: 24px; word-break: break-word;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EBack in September, Toobin, a legal analyst for CNN, gained attention for dismissing Democrats as\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/watch-cnns-jeff-toobin-calls-democrats-wimps-says-theyll-fail-to-keep-rbg-seat-empty\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; transition: color 250ms ease 0s;\"\u003Eincapable of keeping the Supreme Court vacancy\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;left by the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg until after the presidential election.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp style=\"background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding-left: 24px; padding-right: 24px; word-break: break-word;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E“There is a difference to how Democrats and Republicans go about these fights and we’ll see if Democrats learn anything from Republicans here. Yes, it’s interesting that Chuck Schumer said nothing is off the table, but that’s not a commitment to do anything,” said Toobin.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp style=\"background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding-left: 24px; padding-right: 24px; word-break: break-word;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EDemocrats ultimately failed to block the nomination of then-Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court, and at least one Senate Democrat, Joe Manchin of West Virginia, has since explicitly told Fox News he\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/abolish-the-senate-trends-on-the-left-after-democrat-senator-joe-manchin-makes-pledge-during-interview\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; transition: color 250ms ease 0s;\"\u003Ewill not vote to pack the court\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;in response to Barrett’s confirmation.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp style=\"background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding-left: 24px; padding-right: 24px; word-break: break-word;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp style=\"background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding-left: 24px; padding-right: 24px; word-break: break-word;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E“I will not vote to pack the courts. I think — and I will not vote to end the filibuster,” Manchin told Bret Baier on Fox News this week. “Bret, this system, the Senate, [this] so unique body in the world, it was made to work together in a bipartisan way. And once you start breaking down those barriers, then you lose every reason that we are the institution that we are, the most deliberate body.”\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.tathasta.com\/feeds\/4184457242454174863\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.tathasta.com\/2020\/11\/jeffrey-toobin-fired-from-new-yorker.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8175117533121163094\/posts\/default\/4184457242454174863"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8175117533121163094\/posts\/default\/4184457242454174863"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.tathasta.com\/2020\/11\/jeffrey-toobin-fired-from-new-yorker.html","title":"Jeffrey Toobin Fired From New Yorker Following Investigation Into Lewd Act On Zoom Call"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"News Kick"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/04857608354495083314"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8175117533121163094.post-76834733298863997"},"published":{"$t":"2020-11-11T19:14:00.001-08:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2020-11-11T19:14:05.878-08:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"News"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Dem Senator On ‘Defund The Police’ Movement: ‘Defund, My Butt’"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-eLmYrvEGbE0\/X6yoFKc7b2I\/AAAAAAAACho\/_q9pdm2ka6ALtWKqC4HxwYDxGccG5iGYQCPcBGAYYCw\/s970\/image.png\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"546\" data-original-width=\"970\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-eLmYrvEGbE0\/X6yoFKc7b2I\/AAAAAAAACho\/_q9pdm2ka6ALtWKqC4HxwYDxGccG5iGYQCPcBGAYYCw\/w640-h360\/image.png\" width=\"640\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EDemocratic Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) expanded on his differences with the left-wing of the Democratic Party by speaking out against the “defund the police” movement on Wednesday.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp style=\"background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding-left: 24px; padding-right: 24px; word-break: break-word;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003E“Defund the police? Defund, my butt,” declared the West Virginia senator in a tweet on Wednesday evening. “I’m a proud West Virginia Democrat. We are the party of working men and women. We want to protect Americans’ jobs \u0026amp; healthcare. We do not have some crazy socialist agenda, and we do not believe in defunding the police.”\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp style=\"background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding-left: 24px; padding-right: 24px; word-break: break-word;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\" style=\"background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; display: flex; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; margin: 10px auto; max-width: 550px; padding-left: 24px; padding-right: 24px; width: 680px;\"\u003E\u003Ciframe allowfullscreen=\"true\" allowtransparency=\"true\" class=\"\" data-tweet-id=\"1326670290332479488\" frameborder=\"0\" id=\"twitter-widget-0\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/index.html?dnt=false\u0026amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0\u0026amp;frame=false\u0026amp;hideCard=false\u0026amp;hideThread=false\u0026amp;id=1326670290332479488\u0026amp;lang=en\u0026amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dailywire.com%2Fnews%2Fveteran-who-fought-d-day-at-15-dies-of-covid-19-at-92\u0026amp;siteScreenName=realDailyWire\u0026amp;theme=light\u0026amp;widgetsVersion=ed20a2b%3A1601588405575\u0026amp;width=550px\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; display: block; flex-grow: 1; height: 652px; max-width: 100%; position: static; visibility: visible; width: 550px;\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\"\u003E\u003C\/iframe\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cp style=\"background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding-left: 24px; padding-right: 24px; word-break: break-word;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003EEarlier this week, Manchin, who is considered one of the most right-leaning Democratic senators by\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.govtrack.us\/congress\/members\/joe_manchin\/412391\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; transition: color 250ms ease 0s;\"\u003EGovTrack\u003C\/a\u003E, also sought to put space between himself and the left-wing of the Democratic Party by pledging on Fox News to not vote in favor of removing the filibuster or packing the Supreme Court with justices.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp style=\"background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding-left: 24px; padding-right: 24px; word-break: break-word;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003E“I commit to you tonight and I commit to all of your viewers and everyone else that’s watching, I want to lay those fears, I want to rest those fears for you right now, because when they talk about, whether it be packing the courts or ending the filibuster, I will not vote to do that,” Manchin told Fox News host Bret Baier.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp style=\"background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding-left: 24px; padding-right: 24px; word-break: break-word;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003E“I will not vote to pack the courts. I think — and I will not vote to end the filibuster. Bret, this system, the Senate, this so unique body in the world, it was made to work together in a bipartisan way. And once you start breaking down those barriers, then you lose every reason that we are the institution that we are, the most [deliberate] body,” he said.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp style=\"background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding-left: 24px; padding-right: 24px; word-break: break-word;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003EBut the Democratic senator’s anti “defund the police” tweet also comes amidst turmoil within the House Democratic caucus, specifically over radicalism from within its ranks.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp style=\"background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding-left: 24px; padding-right: 24px; word-break: break-word;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003EAfter the November election, some swing-district Democrats expressed frustration with the unpalatable messaging coming from the left-wing, with Congresswoman Abigail Spanberger (D-VA) specifically calling out the socialism and “defund the police” talk.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp style=\"background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding-left: 24px; padding-right: 24px; word-break: break-word;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003EBut with two Georgia special elections looming, and the future of the Senate majority hanging in the balance, the Democrats have not demonstrated a united front against the policies and issues that seem to have hurt them in the November election.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp style=\"background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding-left: 24px; padding-right: 24px; word-break: break-word;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003EDuring an interview with CNN on Sunday, former Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams avoided a question about whether the\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/abrams-avoids-leftist-sloganeering-question-from-cnn-predicts-georgia-dems-will-win-senate\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; transition: color 250ms ease 0s;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003Eleft-wing sloganeering emanating from the Democratic Party\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;could cost them in the Georgia Senate races. Abrams instead talked about the coronavirus, corruption, and predicted Democrats would win the races.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp style=\"background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding-left: 24px; padding-right: 24px; word-break: break-word;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003ECongresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) has been vocal in her belief that left-wing messaging wasn’t the problem for House Democrats in swing-districts, but rather, the problem was\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/aoc-nearly-every-single-swing-district-dem-refused-my-help\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; transition: color 250ms ease 0s;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003Epoor campaigning\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;on the part of candidates.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp style=\"background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding-left: 24px; padding-right: 24px; word-break: break-word;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003E“Before the election, I offered to help every single swing district Democrat with their operation. And every single one of them, but five, refused my help,” Ocasio-Cortez told\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/11\/07\/us\/politics\/aoc-biden-progressives.html\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; transition: color 250ms ease 0s;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003EThe New York Times\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;in an interview published on Sunday. “And all five of the vulnerable or swing district people that I helped secured victory or are on a path to secure victory. And every single one that rejected my help is losing. And now they’re blaming us for their loss.”\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp style=\"background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding-left: 24px; padding-right: 24px; word-break: break-word;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp style=\"background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding-left: 24px; padding-right: 24px; word-break: break-word;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003E“So I need my colleagues to understand that we are not the enemy. And that their base is not the enemy. That the Movement for Black Lives is not the enemy, that Medicare for all is not the enemy,” she added.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.tathasta.com\/feeds\/76834733298863997\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.tathasta.com\/2020\/11\/dem-senator-on-defund-police-movement.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8175117533121163094\/posts\/default\/76834733298863997"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8175117533121163094\/posts\/default\/76834733298863997"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.tathasta.com\/2020\/11\/dem-senator-on-defund-police-movement.html","title":"Dem Senator On ‘Defund The Police’ Movement: ‘Defund, My Butt’"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"News Kick"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/04857608354495083314"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8175117533121163094.post-2009497226904221085"},"published":{"$t":"2020-11-11T19:12:00.000-08:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2020-11-11T19:12:00.313-08:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"News"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Veteran Who Fought D-Day At 15 Dies Of COVID-19 At 92"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-X86eenfdifY\/X6ynsVS2Q_I\/AAAAAAAAChg\/Y2ase6OUwwIB06kSadyrcHKOcakgQjcWgCLcBGAsYHQ\/image.png\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"\" data-original-height=\"546\" data-original-width=\"970\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-X86eenfdifY\/X6ynsVS2Q_I\/AAAAAAAAChg\/Y2ase6OUwwIB06kSadyrcHKOcakgQjcWgCLcBGAsYHQ\/w640-h360\/image.png\" width=\"640\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; text-align: left;\"\u003EA \u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EBritish veteran who took part in the D-Day invasion of Normandy at the age of 15 died last week at 92 following a battle with COVID-19.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp style=\"background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding-left: 24px; padding-right: 24px; word-break: break-word;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EJim Radford, who was born Oct. 1, 1928, in Hull, England, was most likely the youngest participant of the Allied invasion of Normandy on June 6, 1944. He was a 15-year-old “galley boy” with the Merchant Navy when he took part in the onslaught against the Nazi presence in France.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp style=\"background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding-left: 24px; padding-right: 24px; word-break: break-word;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E“It is with sadness that we share the news of the death of Jim Radford who died in Lewisham Hospital early this morning after several weeks in intensive care being treated for Covid-19,” wrote\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/vfpuk.org\/reports\/jim-radford-presente\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; transition: color 250ms ease 0s;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EVeterans for Peace UK\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;on Nov. 6, an organization of which Radford was a member.\u0026nbsp;“Jim leaves behind his family and a huge number of friends, comrades and musicians, all of whom could recall a Jim Radford story.”\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp style=\"background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding-left: 24px; padding-right: 24px; word-break: break-word;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EWriter Ben Griffin went on to recount his memories of Radford, writing in part:\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cblockquote style=\"background-color: white; border-left: 4px solid rgb(217, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; margin: 32px auto; max-width: 728px; padding-left: 24px; padding-right: 24px;\"\u003E\u003Cp style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 24px 0px 1.5rem; word-break: break-word;\"\u003E\u003Cem style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EJim was born in Hull and recounted to me his experiences of the bombing of that maritime city and his youthful desire to join the fight against Nazi Germany. At the age of 15 he joined the Merchant Navy and sailed to Normandy on the rescue tugboat Empire Larch in direct support of the D-Day landings. After the war Jim went on to serve in the Royal Navy and it was during or shortly after that service that he developed an opposition to nuclear weapons.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 24px 0px 1.5rem; word-break: break-word;\"\u003E\u003Cem style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EI first met Jim in 2011 at an anti-war event hosted by the London Catholic Worker in an old church in Haringey. Later that year I got in touch with him to ask if he would join a new organisation; Veterans For Peace UK. He joined without hesitation and was steadfast from that day onwards.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 24px 0px 1.5rem; word-break: break-word;\"\u003E\u003Cem style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EAt our first Remembrance Ceremony outside the Bank of England in November 2011, Jim was one of only three VFP members present. He brought along an old Ex-Services CND banner and not having a VFP banner at the time we marched under that. Jim brought a wealth of experience to our fledgling organisation, offering sound advice based on years of participation within anti-nuclear and peace [organisations].\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 24px 0px 1.5rem; word-break: break-word;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E[…]\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 24px 0px 1.5rem; word-break: break-word;\"\u003E\u003Cem style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EJim brought a depth of experience, know-how and common sense to our monthly meetings. He was involved in the planning of our first Remembrance Ceremony at the Cenotaph in 2014 and was one of only a dozen VFP who attended. We marched to The Cenotaph on that Remembrance Sunday without invitation or permission and Jim sang “1916” as crowds of people stood and watched in silence. Jim sang at The Cenotaph every year after that and our numbers grew.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 24px 0px 1.5rem; word-break: break-word;\"\u003E\u003Cem style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EJim was well known for his singing and regularly contributed with anti-war songs at our actions and meetings. It was as a speaker that Jim impressed me most. His life experience and pragmatic anti-war position was free of complicated narratives or ideological rhetoric. Once in Los Angeles when questioned why he campaigned for peace for so many years without tangible results he replied simply that “it was the right thing to do.”\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"ad-wrapper\" data-testid=\"ad-wrapper\" style=\"background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Lato, sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"ad-unit\" data-google-query-id=\"CPKXlKOE_OwCFVgVcgodjJEF9Q\" id=\"div-gpt-ad-5586194-1\" style=\"-webkit-box-pack: center; background-color: rgba(242, 242, 242, 0.5); box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; justify-content: center; margin: 40px 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 16px; text-align: center; width: 1349px;\"\u003E\u003Cdiv id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/61914415\/DW_Desktop_Incontent_0__container__\" style=\"border: 0pt none; box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Ciframe data-google-container-id=\"1\" data-load-complete=\"true\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"90\" id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/61914415\/DW_Desktop_Incontent_0\" marginheight=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" name=\"google_ads_iframe_\/61914415\/DW_Desktop_Incontent_0\" sandbox=\"allow-forms allow-pointer-lock allow-popups allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation allow-presentation\" scrolling=\"no\" style=\"border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: bottom;\" title=\"3rd party ad content\" width=\"728\"\u003E\u003C\/iframe\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cp style=\"background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding-left: 24px; padding-right: 24px; word-break: break-word;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003ERadford\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-8694153\/D-Day-veteran-91-Jim-Radford-appears-court-accused-sex-offences.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; transition: color 250ms ease 0s;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Esoared\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;to the top of the charts last year for his song “The Shores of Normandy,” which received a standing ovation in 2014 when he performed it in the Royal Albert Hall to mark the 70th anniversary of the battle.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp style=\"background-color: white; 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text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/--Lucryq6xpc\/X6wt4CWtMpI\/AAAAAAAAChU\/5PFh1wAdyVML97EJ7P1ov6v707zpQPOnwCLcBGAsYHQ\/image.png\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"\" data-original-height=\"546\" data-original-width=\"970\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/--Lucryq6xpc\/X6wt4CWtMpI\/AAAAAAAAChU\/5PFh1wAdyVML97EJ7P1ov6v707zpQPOnwCLcBGAsYHQ\/w640-h360\/image.png\" width=\"640\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; text-align: left;\"\u003ERep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) rejected calls from within her party to curb progressive sloganeering such as “defund the police,” asserting that such calls amounted to “silencing” her and her voters.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp style=\"background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding-left: 24px; padding-right: 24px; word-break: break-word;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003ETlaib pushed back against the calls to moderate in an interview with\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2020\/11\/11\/rashida-tlaib-progressives-election-435877\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; transition: color 250ms ease 0s;\"\u003EPolitico\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;on Tuesday. Moderates in the party have blamed poor results in a number of close races, with several incumbent Democrats losing to their GOP challengers, on the extreme stances of many prominent Democrats such as Tlaib and New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.Tlaib said that the moderate Democrats’ complaints are an attempt to shift blame and avoid responsibility. Tlaib also accused the moderate members of the party of attempting to sideline the party’s progressive wing as former Democratic Vice President Joe Biden is likely to win the presidency, according to Politico.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp style=\"background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding-left: 24px; padding-right: 24px; word-break: break-word;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E“We’re not going to be successful if we’re silencing districts like mine,” Tlaib said. “Me not being able to speak on behalf of many of my neighbors right now, many of which are black neighbors, means me being silenced. I can’t be silent.”\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp style=\"background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding-left: 24px; padding-right: 24px; word-break: break-word;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E“We are not interested in unity that asks people to sacrifice their freedom and their rights any longer,” she continued. “And if we truly want to unify our country, we have to really respect every single voice. We say that so willingly when we talk about Trump supporters, but we don’t say that willingly for my black and brown neighbors and from LGBTQ neighbors or marginalized people.”\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"ad-wrapper\" data-testid=\"ad-wrapper\" style=\"background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Lato, sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"ad-unit\" data-google-query-id=\"CNbSwP6P--wCFfGdSwUdMscF9A\" id=\"div-gpt-ad-5586194-1\" style=\"-webkit-box-pack: center; background-color: rgba(242, 242, 242, 0.5); box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; justify-content: center; margin: 40px 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 16px; text-align: center; width: 1349px;\"\u003E\u003Cdiv id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/61914415\/DW_Desktop_Incontent_2__container__\" style=\"border: 0pt none; box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Ciframe data-google-container-id=\"3\" data-load-complete=\"true\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"90\" id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/61914415\/DW_Desktop_Incontent_2\" marginheight=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" name=\"google_ads_iframe_\/61914415\/DW_Desktop_Incontent_2\" sandbox=\"allow-forms allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation\" scrolling=\"no\" style=\"border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: bottom;\" title=\"3rd party ad content\" width=\"728\"\u003E\u003C\/iframe\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cp style=\"background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding-left: 24px; padding-right: 24px; word-break: break-word;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EDuring a conference call with House Democrats last week, Virginia Rep. Abigail Spanberger blasted the progressives in her party, accusing them of nearly costing her her re-election bid. Spanberger said that Democrats had to distance themselves from policy proposals such as the Green New Deal and Medicare-for-all and ditch movements to “defund the police” if the party is to survive long term.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp style=\"background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding-left: 24px; padding-right: 24px; word-break: break-word;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EAs\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/report-congresswoman-unloads-over-failure-in-house-elections-no-one-should-say-defund-the-police-ever-again\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; transition: color 250ms ease 0s;\"\u003EThe Daily Wire\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;reported:\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cblockquote style=\"background-color: white; border-left: 4px solid rgb(217, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; margin: 32px auto; max-width: 728px; padding-left: 24px; padding-right: 24px;\"\u003E\u003Cp style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 24px 0px 1.5rem; word-break: break-word;\"\u003E\u003Cem style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EAmidst a lackluster performance in congressional races across the country, freshman Congresswoman Abigail Spanberger (D-VA) reportedly unloaded on a conference call with House Democrats on Thursday afternoon for harming the party by pushing and promoting radical left-wing talking points, such as “defund the police” and “socialism.”\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 24px 0px 1.5rem; word-break: break-word;\"\u003E\u003Cem style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EAccording to\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mkraju\/status\/1324445099430940673\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; transition: color 250ms ease 0s;\"\u003ECNN\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;congressional correspondent Manu Raju, Spanberger unloaded on the phone call with other Congressional Democrats, declaring to them that they shouldn’t be talking about “socialism” and “defund the police.”\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\u003Cp style=\"background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding-left: 24px; padding-right: 24px; word-break: break-word;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/aoc-defends-left-wing-messaging-amidst-caucus-turmoil-realize-these-are-racial-resentment-attacks\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; transition: color 250ms ease 0s;\"\u003EOcasio-Cortez\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;has fought back against the criticisms from the moderate wing of the party while defending the progressive platform.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp style=\"background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding-left: 24px; padding-right: 24px; word-break: break-word;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E“When it comes to ‘Defund’ \u0026amp; ‘Socialism’ attacks, people need to realize these are racial resentment attacks. You’re not gonna make that go away. You can make it less effective,” Ocasio-Cortez Tweeted on Friday. “How do you make it less effective? Invest in year-round deep canvassing. Data shows that this kind of work helps blunt the force of racial resentment at the polls.”\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp style=\"background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding-left: 24px; padding-right: 24px; word-break: break-word;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EHouse Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) has announced her intent to run for control of the House caucus again. It remains to be seen how she hopes to heal the growing rift in her party and unity it in the new year\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: 20px;\"\u003E.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.tathasta.com\/feeds\/1696039408163466327\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.tathasta.com\/2020\/11\/not-interested-in-unity-rashida-tlaib.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8175117533121163094\/posts\/default\/1696039408163466327"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8175117533121163094\/posts\/default\/1696039408163466327"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.tathasta.com\/2020\/11\/not-interested-in-unity-rashida-tlaib.html","title":"‘Not Interested In Unity’: Rashida Tlaib Blasts Democrat Calls To Moderate"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"News Kick"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/04857608354495083314"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8175117533121163094.post-7435016382189067221"},"published":{"$t":"2020-11-11T10:30:00.002-08:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2020-11-11T10:30:22.957-08:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"News"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"While Questions Swirl About 2020 Election, Mainstream Media Reports On Biden … Bringing Dogs To White House"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/--nttulXcA-A\/X6wthI-bYBI\/AAAAAAAAChM\/UewbYQasae0zPrzGwpkTVY3f9-4h8aG8ACLcBGAsYHQ\/image.png\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"\" data-original-height=\"546\" data-original-width=\"970\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/--nttulXcA-A\/X6wthI-bYBI\/AAAAAAAAChM\/UewbYQasae0zPrzGwpkTVY3f9-4h8aG8ACLcBGAsYHQ\/w640-h360\/image.png\" width=\"640\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EUnlike a lot of media outlets, Real Clear Politics (RCP), a well-respected political website that covers elections like few other news outlets, has not yet called the race for Joe Biden.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp style=\"background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding-left: 24px; padding-right: 24px; word-break: break-word;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EIn its most recent\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearpolitics.com\/elections\/live_results\/2020\/president\/\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; transition: color 250ms ease 0s;\"\u003Eposting\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;on its “2020 Election – President” page, the site puts the Electoral College Count at Biden 259, President Donald Trump at 217. Still undecided, RCP says, are Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Georgia and Arizona — where Biden leads by just 12,813 votes out of more than 2.3 million ballots cast.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp style=\"background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding-left: 24px; padding-right: 24px; word-break: break-word;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EMeanwhile, the Trump campaign has filed numerous lawsuits, not only in those states but others where the margin was razor thin, like Wisconsin (20,540) and Nevada (36,726).\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp style=\"background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding-left: 24px; padding-right: 24px; word-break: break-word;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EBut the mainstream media is focused on — Biden’s dogs.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp style=\"background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding-left: 24px; padding-right: 24px; word-break: break-word;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E“Biden’s bringing the big dogs to the White House — German shepherds Champ and Major,” NBC News\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/2020-election\/meet-bidens-first-pets-elect-german-shepherds-champ-major-n1247153\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; transition: color 250ms ease 0s;\"\u003Ereported\u003C\/a\u003E.“President-elect Joe Biden is facing the prospect of a divided Congress when he takes office in January — but he’ll have some loyal friends in the White House,” the network reported. “After four years of no first pet at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. — the longest such stretch in\u0026nbsp;well over a century — Biden and his wife will move in with a pair of German shepherds, Champ and Major.”\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp style=\"background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding-left: 24px; padding-right: 24px; word-break: break-word;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EThe network used the story to take another shot at Trump, saying he “had been the first president to forgo an animal companion in the White House since Andrew Johnson in the 1860s, according to the Presidential Pet Museum. He said in 2019 he’d\u0026nbsp; ‘feel a little phony’ walking a dog on the White House lawn.”\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp style=\"background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding-left: 24px; padding-right: 24px; word-break: break-word;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/nation\/2020\/11\/09\/biden-dog-major-champ\/\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; transition: color 250ms ease 0s;\"\u003ESaid\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;The Washington Post: “Dogs are returning to the White House: Biden’s German shepherds, including the first shelter pup.”\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 728px; padding-left: 24px; padding-right: 24px;\"\u003E\u003Cp class=\"font--body font-copy gray-darkest ma-0 pb-md \" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 24px 0px 1.5rem; word-break: break-word;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E“A longtime presence in the federal government, Biden took the famous line literally: If you want a friend in Washington, get a dog. Now, his two German shepherds, Champ and Major, are expected to join the president-elect and Jill Biden at the White House following his inauguration in January,” wrote the Post. “At 12 years old, Champ is the elder of the pair, while 2-year-old Major, who will become the first shelter dog to live at the White House, was adopted a few months before Biden announced his latest run for the presidency. The German shepherds will fill an empty role at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.: President Trump was the first occupant in more than a century not to own a pet of some kind.”\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 24px 0px 1.5rem; word-break: break-word;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EThe headlines were everywhere.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 24px 0px 1.5rem; word-break: break-word;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E“Joe Biden is bringing dogs back to the White House,” CNN\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/videos\/politics\/2020\/11\/10\/joe-biden-dogs-champ-major-white-house-moos-pkg-vpx.cnn\/video\/playlists\/wacky-world-of-jeanne-moos\/\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; transition: color 250ms ease 0s;\"\u003Ereported\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 24px 0px 1.5rem; word-break: break-word;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E“Dog People Are Loving This (At Least Some Of Them,” The New York Times\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/11\/10\/style\/biden-german-shepherd-champ-major-rescue.html\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; transition: color 250ms ease 0s;\"\u003Ereported\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 24px 0px 1.5rem; word-break: break-word;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E“Biden’s Dog Major Will Be The First Shelter Dog In The White House,” Buzzfeed\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.buzzfeednews.com\/article\/juliareinstein\/biden-dog-major-first-shelter-dog-white-house\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; transition: color 250ms ease 0s;\"\u003Ereported\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 24px 0px 1.5rem; word-break: break-word;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E“Biden’s dogs bring return of presidential pets to the White House,” ABC News\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Politics\/bidens-dogs-bring-return-presidential-pets-white-house\/story?id=74108728\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; transition: color 250ms ease 0s;\"\u003Ereported\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 24px 0px 1.5rem; word-break: break-word;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003ELike NBC, ABC also used the story to ding Trump.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 24px 0px 1.5rem; word-break: break-word;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E“Outgoing President Donald Trump, meanwhile, is the first president in more than a century not to have a pet of some kind at the White House. Trump reportedly doesn’t like dogs and in February 2019 said he doesn’t ‘have any time’ to have a pet and that getting one ‘feels a little phony.'”\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.tathasta.com\/feeds\/7435016382189067221\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.tathasta.com\/2020\/11\/while-questions-swirl-about-2020.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8175117533121163094\/posts\/default\/7435016382189067221"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8175117533121163094\/posts\/default\/7435016382189067221"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.tathasta.com\/2020\/11\/while-questions-swirl-about-2020.html","title":"While Questions Swirl About 2020 Election, Mainstream Media Reports On Biden … Bringing Dogs To White House"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"News Kick"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/04857608354495083314"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8175117533121163094.post-8484114196613089306"},"published":{"$t":"2020-11-11T10:05:00.006-08:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2020-11-11T10:05:40.777-08:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"News"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Georgia secretary of state announces statewide hand recount of presidential election"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; color: #2a2a2a; font-family: utopia-std;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EThe state of Georgia will begin a full hand recount of the presidential election results, Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger announced Wednesday.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"post-body\" id=\"sPost_0_0_5_0_0_2_1_0_1\" style=\"color: #2a2a2a; display: flex; font-family: acumin-pro-semi-condensed; padding: 60px 0px 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"post-partial article__body\" id=\"sPost_0_0_5_0_0_2_1_0_1_0_1_1\" style=\"overflow: visible !important;\"\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"body js-expandable clearfix js-listicle-body  css-listicle-body-2648861628\" id=\"rev-less-wrapper\" style=\"font-family: utopia-std; height: auto; line-height: 30px; max-width: 600px; overflow: visible; padding-right: 50px;\"\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"body-description\" style=\"margin-top: -20px;\"\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; font-size: large;\"\u003ESpeaking at a news conference, Raffensperger said the recount will be completed by Nov. 20 and will be an audit, recount, and recanvass all in one,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca data-ol-has-click-handler=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsbradio.com\/news\/local\/georgia-hold-first-ever-audit-election-results-today\/IGGCKZEHRFFQTBAWGBP7SPJNYM\/\" style=\"border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(255, 0, 45); color: #ff002d; padding: 0px 2px; transition: all 200ms ease 0s;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003EWSB-TV reported\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; font-size: large;\"\u003E\"With the margin being so close, it will require a full, by-hand recount in each county,\" Raffensperger said Wednesday morning. \"This will help build confidence. It will be an audit, a recount and a recanvass all at once. It will be a heavy lift but we will work with the counties to get this done in time for our state certification.\"\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; font-size: large;\"\u003EFormer Vice President Joe Biden leads President Donald Trump in Georgia by 14,111 votes. The presidential race has not yet been certified as prominent Republicans have blasted the state secretary of state for \"failures\" in the election process.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; font-size: large;\"\u003E\"There have been too many failures in Georgia elections this year and the most recent election has shined a national light on the problems,\" Georgia Sens. Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca data-ol-has-click-handler=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2020\/11\/09\/loeffler-perdue-georgia-secretary-state-resign-435484\" style=\"border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(255, 0, 45); color: #ff002d; padding: 0px 2px; transition: all 200ms ease 0s;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Esaid in a joint statement\u003C\/a\u003E. \"The Secretary of State has failed to deliver honest and transparent elections. He has failed the people of Georgia, and he should step down immediately.\"\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; font-size: large;\"\u003EControversies abound in several counties in Georgia where election chicanery is alleged. State officials are adamant that reports of widespread voter fraud are either\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca data-ol-has-click-handler=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fox5atlanta.com\/news\/georgia-elections-official-pushes-back-on-fake-news\" style=\"border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(255, 0, 45); color: #ff002d; padding: 0px 2px; transition: all 200ms ease 0s;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Emisinformation or misunderstandings\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; font-size: large;\"\u003E\"A few items that happened over the weekend that for lack of a better word are different terminologies — 'fake news,' disinformation, misinformation, misunderstandings — and all those things that are feeding into the situation we see not just in Georgia, but across the country,\" Georgia's voting system implementation manager Gabriel Sterling\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca data-ol-has-click-handler=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fox5atlanta.com\/news\/georgia-elections-official-pushes-back-on-fake-news\" style=\"border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(255, 0, 45); color: #ff002d; padding: 0px 2px; transition: all 200ms ease 0s;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Etold WAGA-TV\u003C\/a\u003E. \"The facts are the facts, regardless of outcomes.\"\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; font-size: large;\"\u003EIn Spalding County, a viral video on social media claimed to show absentee ballots found discarded in a dumpster. Sterling said the video was false.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; font-size: large;\"\u003E\"There were no ballots there. We sent investigators down. What they found was empty security envelopes. So, there was nothing there that affected the outcome of the election,\" he explained.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; font-size: large;\"\u003EBallot counting delays in Gwinnett County were the result of a software malfunction that forced several thousand mail-in absentee ballots to be re-adjudicated before the results could be tabulated,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca data-ol-has-click-handler=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theblaze.com\/news\/one-week-after-a-software-glitch-delayed-ballot-counting-in-gwinnett-county-georgia-the-results-are-certified\" style=\"border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(255, 0, 45); color: #ff002d; padding: 0px 2px; transition: all 200ms ease 0s;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Ecounty officials told TheBlaze\u003C\/a\u003E. The adjudication process requires one Republican, one Democrat, and a nonpartisan elections officials to review each handwritten ballot that's unable to be scanned by the voting machine because of an error with how it was filed out, leaving no room for either party to illegally change ballots.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; font-size: large;\"\u003EIn Fulton County, county officials\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca data-ol-has-click-handler=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theblaze.com\/news\/georgia-gop-fulton-county-responds\" style=\"border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(255, 0, 45); color: #ff002d; padding: 0px 2px; transition: all 200ms ease 0s;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Edenied allegations\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;that Trump campaign election observers were told on election night that ballot counting at State Farm Arena would end at 10:30 p.m., only to continue \"counting ballots in secret until 1:00 a.m.\" A spokesperson for the county said \"no one from the staff spoke to anyone observing the process to inform them that things were done for the night.\" Additionally, an election observer from the secretary of state's office was present while the votes were processed.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; font-size: large;\"\u003ESecretary of State Raffensperger pledged to provide fair and accurate election results while thoroughly investigating any claims of voting irregularities.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; font-size: large;\"\u003E\"My office will continue to investigate each and every incidence of illegal voting. Double voting, felon voting, people voting out of state — if you report it we will investigate it. Every legal vote will count,\" Raffensperger said.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; font-size: large;\"\u003E\"We haven't found any widespread fraud. We will investigate every single case that voters bring to us,\" he added.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"background-color: #f1f1f1; font-size: 19px;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"\" data-authors=\"Chris Pandolfo\" data-elid=\"2648861628\" data-headline=\"Georgia secretary of state announces statewide hand recount of presidential election\" data-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.theblaze.com\/georgia-statewide-hand-recount-presidential-election\" style=\"background-color: #f1f1f1;\"\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.tathasta.com\/feeds\/8484114196613089306\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.tathasta.com\/2020\/11\/georgia-secretary-of-state-announces.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8175117533121163094\/posts\/default\/8484114196613089306"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8175117533121163094\/posts\/default\/8484114196613089306"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.tathasta.com\/2020\/11\/georgia-secretary-of-state-announces.html","title":"Georgia secretary of state announces statewide hand recount of presidential election"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"News Kick"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/04857608354495083314"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8175117533121163094.post-5203128218421397914"},"published":{"$t":"2020-11-11T10:04:00.004-08:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2020-11-11T10:04:43.111-08:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"News"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Professor actually says 'legal vote' is just as 'racist' as 'welfare queen,' 'super predator,' and — 'personal responsibility'"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Cspan style=\"color: #2a2a2a; font-family: utopia-std;\"\u003EYou might recall the exploits of Ibram Kendi, who made a few headlines in September by\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca data-ol-has-click-handler=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theblaze.com\/news\/ibram-kendi-attacks-amy-coney-barrett-children\" style=\"border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(255, 0, 45); font-family: utopia-std; padding: 0px 2px; transition: all 200ms ease 0s;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: black;\"\u003Esuggesting that now-Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett adopted two Haitian children to shield herself from accusations of racism\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #2a2a2a; font-family: utopia-std;\"\u003E.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; color: #2a2a2a; font-family: utopia-std;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp style=\"color: #2a2a2a; font-family: utopia-std;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; font-size: large;\"\u003EWell, Kendi has stayed busy since then.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch3 style=\"color: #2a2a2a; font-family: acumin-pro-semi-condensed, arial, sans-serif !important; letter-spacing: -0.5px !important; line-height: 1.17em !important;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; font-size: large;\"\u003EWhat's the latest?\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/h3\u003E\u003Cp style=\"color: #2a2a2a; font-family: utopia-std;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; font-size: large;\"\u003EEarlier this month it was reported that he spoke as part of a Stanford University webinar and stated \"\u003Ca data-ol-has-click-handler=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thecollegefix.com\/most-organizations-are-racist-ibram-kendi-says-at-webinar-hosted-by-stanford-university\/\" style=\"border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(255, 0, 45); color: #ff002d; padding: 0px 2px; transition: all 200ms ease 0s;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Emost organizations and institutions are racist\u003C\/a\u003E.\"\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp style=\"color: #2a2a2a; font-family: utopia-std;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; font-size: large;\"\u003EAnd then Kendi — author of \"How to Be an Antiracist\" and\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca data-ol-has-click-handler=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/antiracism-center\/profile\/ibram-x-kendi\/\" style=\"border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(255, 0, 45); color: #ff002d; padding: 0px 2px; transition: all 200ms ease 0s;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Efounder of Boston University's Center for Antiracist Research\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;— weighed in over the weekend amid voter fraud accusations from President Donald Trump's campaign.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp style=\"color: #2a2a2a; font-family: utopia-std;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; font-size: large;\"\u003ESpecifically he declared on Twitter that the term \"legal vote\" also is racist:\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"rm-shortcode\" data-rm-shortcode-id=\"1bb1aab59b44bcaa01c535ff7d20451c\" id=\"7bc0e\" style=\"color: #2a2a2a; font-family: utopia-std;\"\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\" style=\"display: flex; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px; max-width: 550px; width: 550px;\"\u003E\u003Ciframe allowfullscreen=\"true\" allowtransparency=\"true\" class=\"\" data-tweet-id=\"1325078740746035202\" frameborder=\"0\" id=\"twitter-widget-0\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/index.html?dnt=false\u0026amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0\u0026amp;frame=false\u0026amp;hideCard=false\u0026amp;hideThread=false\u0026amp;id=1325078740746035202\u0026amp;lang=en\u0026amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theblaze.com%2Fnews%2Fprofessor-legal-vote-racist-term\u0026amp;partner=rebelmouse\u0026amp;theme=light\u0026amp;widgetsVersion=ed20a2b%3A1601588405575\u0026amp;width=550px\" style=\"display: block; flex-grow: 1; height: 245px; max-width: 100%; position: static; vertical-align: middle; visibility: visible; width: 550px;\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\"\u003E\u003C\/iframe\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cp style=\"color: #2a2a2a; font-family: utopia-std;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; font-size: large;\"\u003E\"The term 'legal vote' is as fictionally fraught and functionally racist as the terms 'illegal alien' and 'race neutral' and 'welfare queen' and 'handouts' and 'super predator' and 'crackbaby' and 'personal responsibility' and 'post racial,'\" he\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca data-ol-has-click-handler=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DrIbram\/status\/1325078740746035202\" style=\"border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(255, 0, 45); color: #ff002d; padding: 0px 2px; transition: all 200ms ease 0s;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Etweeted\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp style=\"color: #2a2a2a; font-family: utopia-std;\"\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp style=\"color: #2a2a2a; font-family: utopia-std;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; font-size: large;\"\u003EHe added:\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"rm-shortcode\" data-rm-shortcode-id=\"b9bb424717d57bed051a9ffe964914a9\" id=\"3ae53\" style=\"color: #2a2a2a; font-family: utopia-std;\"\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\" style=\"display: flex; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px; max-width: 550px; width: 550px;\"\u003E\u003Ciframe allowfullscreen=\"true\" allowtransparency=\"true\" class=\"\" data-tweet-id=\"1325113613368111104\" frameborder=\"0\" id=\"twitter-widget-1\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/index.html?dnt=false\u0026amp;embedId=twitter-widget-1\u0026amp;frame=false\u0026amp;hideCard=false\u0026amp;hideThread=false\u0026amp;id=1325113613368111104\u0026amp;lang=en\u0026amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theblaze.com%2Fnews%2Fprofessor-legal-vote-racist-term\u0026amp;partner=rebelmouse\u0026amp;theme=light\u0026amp;widgetsVersion=ed20a2b%3A1601588405575\u0026amp;width=550px\" style=\"display: block; flex-grow: 1; height: 375px; max-width: 100%; position: static; vertical-align: middle; visibility: visible; width: 550px;\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\"\u003E\u003C\/iframe\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cp style=\"color: #2a2a2a; font-family: utopia-std;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; font-size: large;\"\u003E\"The misinformation of widespread voter fraud — or 'illegal voting' — in Detroit, Philadelphia, Atlanta, and Phoenix where Black and Brown voters predominate is baked into the term 'legal vote,'\" he\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca data-ol-has-click-handler=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DrIbram\/status\/1325108025695285251\" style=\"border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(255, 0, 45); color: #ff002d; padding: 0px 2px; transition: all 200ms ease 0s;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Eadded\u003C\/a\u003E. \"No matter what GOP propaganda says, there's nothing wrong with those voters and votes.\"\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch3 style=\"color: #2a2a2a; font-family: acumin-pro-semi-condensed, arial, sans-serif !important; letter-spacing: -0.5px !important; line-height: 1.17em !important;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; font-size: large;\"\u003EHow did observers react?\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/h3\u003E\u003Cp style=\"color: #2a2a2a; font-family: utopia-std;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; font-size: large;\"\u003EAs you might imagine, Kendi received some pushback over his allegation that the term \"legal vote\" is racist:\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul class=\"ee-ul\" style=\"color: #2a2a2a; font-family: utopia-std; line-height: 30px; margin: 1em 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 40px;\"\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; font-size: large;\"\u003E\"There is nothing racist about the term 'legal vote,'\" one commenter\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca data-ol-has-click-handler=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Catsorange1\/status\/1325448424288903171\" style=\"border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(255, 0, 45); color: #ff002d; padding: 0px 2px; transition: all 200ms ease 0s;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Ewrote\u003C\/a\u003E. \"I applaud your continued grift, but that's all it is.\"\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; font-size: large;\"\u003E\"Huh? Votes do have to meet certain requirements to be legal, and votes that fail to meet them — whoever cast them — fail to be legal,\" another user\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca data-ol-has-click-handler=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DCMatthew1\/status\/1325080624693174273\" style=\"border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(255, 0, 45); color: #ff002d; padding: 0px 2px; transition: all 200ms ease 0s;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Ewrote\u003C\/a\u003E. \"What am I missing?\"\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; font-size: large;\"\u003E\"Just say it, sir. You can do it. Three little worlds: 'RULES ARE RACIST.' We know that's what you've been wanting to say forever. You can be yourself here — it's a safe space. Show us your hateful soul,\" another commenter\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca data-ol-has-click-handler=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/thececilcharles\/status\/1325091780992360448\" style=\"border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(255, 0, 45); color: #ff002d; padding: 0px 2px; transition: all 200ms ease 0s;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Equipped\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; font-size: large;\"\u003EAnd Josh Barnett — an Arizona Republican who\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca data-ol-has-click-handler=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2020\/11\/03\/us\/elections\/results-arizona-house-district-7.html\" style=\"border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(255, 0, 45); color: #ff002d; padding: 0px 2px; transition: all 200ms ease 0s;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Elost his bid\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;for a seat in the U.S. House Representatives last week —\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca data-ol-has-click-handler=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BarnettforAZ\/status\/1325092350964625408\" style=\"border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(255, 0, 45); color: #ff002d; padding: 0px 2px; transition: all 200ms ease 0s;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Etold Kendi\u003C\/a\u003E, \"No. It means legal. It has nothing to do with the race or any other ridiculous correlation your [sic] trying to make.\"\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Ch3 style=\"color: #2a2a2a; font-family: acumin-pro-semi-condensed, arial, sans-serif !important; letter-spacing: -0.5px !important; line-height: 1.17em !important;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; font-size: large;\"\u003EAnything else?\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/h3\u003E\u003Cp style=\"color: #2a2a2a; font-family: utopia-std;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; font-size: large;\"\u003EHere's Kendi speaking in a YouTube video posted last month titled, \"The Heartbeat of Being an Antiracist Is the Ability to Confess\":\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.tathasta.com\/feeds\/5203128218421397914\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.tathasta.com\/2020\/11\/professor-actually-says-legal-vote-is.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8175117533121163094\/posts\/default\/5203128218421397914"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8175117533121163094\/posts\/default\/5203128218421397914"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.tathasta.com\/2020\/11\/professor-actually-says-legal-vote-is.html","title":"Professor actually says 'legal vote' is just as 'racist' as 'welfare queen,' 'super predator,' and — 'personal responsibility'"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"News Kick"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/04857608354495083314"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8175117533121163094.post-2627331822009162387"},"published":{"$t":"2020-11-11T10:03:00.005-08:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2020-11-11T10:03:36.949-08:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"News"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Ilhan Omar's campaign funneled nearly $3 million to husband's firm for 2019-2020 election cycle: Report"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #2a2a2a; font-family: utopia-std;\"\u003EMinnesota Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar's campaign has sent more than $2.7 million to her husband's political consulting firm for the 2019-2020 election cycle, according to a Fox News\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #2a2a2a; font-family: utopia-std;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/ilhan-omar-husband-campaign-firm\" style=\"border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(255, 0, 45); color: #ff002d; font-family: utopia-std; padding: 0px 2px; transition: all 200ms ease 0s;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Ereport\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #2a2a2a; font-family: utopia-std;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #2a2a2a; font-family: utopia-std;\"\u003Ebased on Federal Election Commission data.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; color: #2a2a2a; font-family: utopia-std;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Ch3 style=\"color: #2a2a2a; font-family: acumin-pro-semi-condensed, arial, sans-serif !important; letter-spacing: -0.5px !important; line-height: 1.17em !important;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; font-size: large;\"\u003EWhat's going on?\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/h3\u003E\u003Cp style=\"color: #2a2a2a; font-family: utopia-std;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; font-size: large;\"\u003EOmar's relationship with husband Tim Mynett has raised eyebrows for\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.theblaze.com\/news\/complaint-filed-with-fec-alleges-that-ilhan-omar-used-campaign-funds-to-pay-for-affair\" style=\"border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(255, 0, 45); color: #ff002d; padding: 0px 2px; transition: all 200ms ease 0s;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Emore than a year\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp style=\"color: #2a2a2a; font-family: utopia-std;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; font-size: large;\"\u003EIn the summer 2019, reports\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2019\/08\/27\/my-husband-dumped-me-for-rep-ilhan-omar-dc-mom-says-in-divorce-filing\/\" style=\"border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(255, 0, 45); color: #ff002d; padding: 0px 2px; transition: all 200ms ease 0s;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Esurfaced\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;that Omar was having an\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.theblaze.com\/glenn-radio\/ilhan-omars-husband\" style=\"border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(255, 0, 45); color: #ff002d; padding: 0px 2px; transition: all 200ms ease 0s;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Eaffair\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;with Mynett, a political consultant who was working for her campaign. Both Omar and Mynett were\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.theblaze.com\/news\/rep-ilhan-omars-husband-busted-her-cheating-when-he-made-surprise-visit-to-dc\" style=\"border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(255, 0, 45); color: #ff002d; padding: 0px 2px; transition: all 200ms ease 0s;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Emarried\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;to other people at the time. After\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.theblaze.com\/news\/ilhan-omar-files-for-divorce-amid-affair-accusations-that-sparked-fec-complaint\" style=\"border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(255, 0, 45); color: #ff002d; padding: 0px 2px; transition: all 200ms ease 0s;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Edivorcing\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;their spouses, the two\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.theblaze.com\/news\/rep-ilhan-omar-announces-marriage-to-political-strategist\" style=\"border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(255, 0, 45); color: #ff002d; padding: 0px 2px; transition: all 200ms ease 0s;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Etied the knot\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;in March.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp style=\"color: #2a2a2a; font-family: utopia-std;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; font-size: large;\"\u003EOmar's relationship with Mynett\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.theblaze.com\/news\/ilhan-omar-files-for-divorce-amid-affair-accusations-that-sparked-fec-complaint\" style=\"border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(255, 0, 45); color: #ff002d; padding: 0px 2px; transition: all 200ms ease 0s;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Esparked\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;an August 2019 FEC\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.theblaze.com\/news\/ilhan-omars-campaign-has-paid-her-new-husbands-political-consulting-firm-more-than-500-000\" style=\"border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(255, 0, 45); color: #ff002d; padding: 0px 2px; transition: all 200ms ease 0s;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Ecomplaint\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;alleging she used campaign funds to pay for her affair.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp style=\"color: #2a2a2a; font-family: utopia-std;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; font-size: large;\"\u003EAs reporters dug into Omar's FEC filings, they\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.theblaze.com\/ilhan-omar-husband-political-firm\" style=\"border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(255, 0, 45); color: #ff002d; padding: 0px 2px; transition: all 200ms ease 0s;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Efound\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;that her campaign had\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.theblaze.com\/news\/ilhan-omar-has-paid-nearly-370k-to-consulting-firm-run-by-man-she-allegedly-had-an-affair-wit\" style=\"border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(255, 0, 45); color: #ff002d; padding: 0px 2px; transition: all 200ms ease 0s;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Espent\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;hundreds of thousands of dollars with Mynett's\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.theblaze.com\/news\/ilhan-omar-is-still-paying-hundreds-of-thousands-of-dollars-to-the-consulting-firm-run-by-man-she-allegedly-had-an-affair-with\" style=\"border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(255, 0, 45); color: #ff002d; padding: 0px 2px; transition: all 200ms ease 0s;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Efirm\u003C\/a\u003E, E. Street Group, LLC, during the alleged time of the affair.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp style=\"color: #2a2a2a; font-family: utopia-std;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; font-size: large;\"\u003EDuring the 2018 election cycle, when Omar won her first race for Congress, Mynett's firm received about\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.theblaze.com\/news\/ilhan-omar-has-paid-nearly-370k-to-consulting-firm-run-by-man-she-allegedly-had-an-affair-wit\" style=\"border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(255, 0, 45); color: #ff002d; padding: 0px 2px; transition: all 200ms ease 0s;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E$63,000\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;from her campaign.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp style=\"color: #2a2a2a; font-family: utopia-std;\"\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp style=\"color: #2a2a2a; font-family: utopia-std;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; font-size: large;\"\u003ESince then, Team Omar has funneled more than $2.7 million to the candidate's spouse for the 2019-2020 election cycle, Fox News reported. Omar won re-election last week.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp style=\"color: #2a2a2a; font-family: utopia-std;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; font-size: large;\"\u003EAccording to Fox, 70% of Omar's third-quarter payments went to her husband's firm. More from Fox News:\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cblockquote style=\"color: #2a2a2a; font-family: utopia-std; font-style: italic; line-height: 30px; margin: 1em 40px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; font-size: large;\"\u003EFederal Election Commission data shows that Omar's campaign sent $1.6 million to E Street Group LLC, which is owned by her husband Tim Mynett, from the start of 2019 through Jul. 22, 2020. After that, she reported an additional $1.1 million in the third quarter and $27,000 in the following weeks. That $1.1 million constituted nearly 70% of the $1.6 million that Omar's campaign spent that quarter.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\u003Cp style=\"color: #2a2a2a; font-family: utopia-std;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; font-size: large;\"\u003EPeter Flaherty, chairman of the National Legal and Policy Center, which filed the August 2019 FEC complaint,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.theblaze.com\/news\/ilhan-omars-campaign-has-paid-her-new-husbands-political-consulting-firm-more-than-500-000\" style=\"border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(255, 0, 45); color: #ff002d; padding: 0px 2px; transition: all 200ms ease 0s;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Esaid\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;Omar's marriage to Mynett shows how important an FEC investigation is. He told the Washington Post, \"You have a member of Congress paying a close friend and now-husband the bulk of her campaign spending. It still raises the question of whether it is to facilitate a personal relationship or whether Tim Mynett is the best possible vendor for all these possible activities.\"\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp style=\"color: #2a2a2a; font-family: utopia-std;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; font-size: large;\"\u003EOmar's campaign attorney, David Mitrani, told the Post there was nothing wrong with paying the congresswoman's husband's company.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp style=\"color: #2a2a2a; font-family: utopia-std;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; font-size: large;\"\u003E\"There is simply nothing unusual about the services that E Street Group provides to Ilhan for Congress — and nothing inappropriate with a vendor being reimbursed for travel for bona fide services — even if that vendor is run by a candidate's spouse,\" he said.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp style=\"color: #2a2a2a; font-family: utopia-std;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; font-size: large;\"\u003EFox News reported that the campaign's payments to Omar's husband are possible because though the law prohibits members of Congress from hiring family members for government jobs, it does not prevent family members from working for congressional campaigns.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp style=\"color: #2a2a2a; font-family: utopia-std;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; font-size: large;\"\u003EFox News reported that neither Omar's office, her campaign, nor E Street responded to requests for comment.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.tathasta.com\/feeds\/2627331822009162387\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.tathasta.com\/2020\/11\/ilhan-omars-campaign-funneled-nearly-3.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8175117533121163094\/posts\/default\/2627331822009162387"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8175117533121163094\/posts\/default\/2627331822009162387"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.tathasta.com\/2020\/11\/ilhan-omars-campaign-funneled-nearly-3.html","title":"Ilhan Omar's campaign funneled nearly $3 million to husband's firm for 2019-2020 election cycle: Report"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"News Kick"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/04857608354495083314"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8175117533121163094.post-3208325797562682960"},"published":{"$t":"2020-11-11T08:09:00.004-08:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2020-11-11T08:09:47.484-08:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"News"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"BREAKING: Trump Wins Alaska, Decision Desk HQ Projects"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-dRMfKD7AwWc\/X6wMTmcdugI\/AAAAAAAAChA\/-5F1d4-Fvbkdx_YYSTVuI8T2Dy-Mwyv3gCLcBGAsYHQ\/image.png\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\"\" data-original-height=\"546\" data-original-width=\"970\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-dRMfKD7AwWc\/X6wMTmcdugI\/AAAAAAAAChA\/-5F1d4-Fvbkdx_YYSTVuI8T2Dy-Mwyv3gCLcBGAsYHQ\/w640-h360\/image.png\" width=\"640\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EDecision Desk HQ called Alaska for President Donald Trump on Wednesday morning, awarding him the state’s three electoral votes on the outlet’s election map.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp style=\"background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding-left: 24px; padding-right: 24px; word-break: break-word;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EDecision Desk HQ is the first major outlet to award the state to Trump over Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden. The call comes more than a week after election day on Nov. 3 and is one of the final states to be called by any major election decision desk. The state, which has elected an all-Republican congressional delegation, was widely expected to go to Trump despite significant delays in tallying its votes.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp style=\"background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding-left: 24px; padding-right: 24px; word-break: break-word;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E“Decision Desk HQ Projects Trump (R) Has Won The State Of AK And Its 3 Electoral Votes,” the outlet tweeted. “Race Called At 11-11 8:22 AM EST.”\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\" style=\"background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; display: flex; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; margin: 10px auto; max-width: 500px; padding-left: 24px; padding-right: 24px; width: 680px;\"\u003E\u003Ciframe allowfullscreen=\"true\" allowtransparency=\"true\" class=\"\" data-tweet-id=\"1326515552773402627\" frameborder=\"0\" id=\"twitter-widget-0\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/index.html?dnt=true\u0026amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0\u0026amp;frame=false\u0026amp;hideCard=false\u0026amp;hideThread=false\u0026amp;id=1326515552773402627\u0026amp;lang=en\u0026amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dailywire.com%2Fnews%2Fhillarys-claim-that-russia-interfered-in-election-allowed-but-social-media-shuts-down-trumps-voter-fraud-claim\u0026amp;siteScreenName=realDailyWire\u0026amp;theme=light\u0026amp;widgetsVersion=ed20a2b%3A1601588405575\u0026amp;width=500px\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; display: block; flex-grow: 1; height: 428px; max-width: 100%; position: static; visibility: visible; width: 550px;\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\"\u003E\u003C\/iframe\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cp style=\"background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding-left: 24px; padding-right: 24px; word-break: break-word;\"\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"ad-wrapper\" data-testid=\"ad-wrapper\" style=\"background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Lato, sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"ad-unit\" id=\"div-gpt-ad-5586194-1\" style=\"-webkit-box-pack: center; background-color: rgba(242, 242, 242, 0.5); box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; justify-content: center; margin: 40px 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 16px; text-align: center; width: 1349px;\"\u003E\u003Cdiv id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/61914415\/DW_Desktop_Incontent_1__container__\" style=\"border: 0pt none; box-sizing: border-box; height: 90px; width: 728px;\"\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cp style=\"background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding-left: 24px; padding-right: 24px; word-break: break-word;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/breaking-decision-desk-hq-declares-biden-winner-after-giving-him-pennsylvania\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; transition: color 250ms ease 0s;\"\u003EDecision Desk HQ\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;declared Biden the winner of the presidential race over the weekend after projecting him to win Pennsylvania. A number of other major media companies followed suit, most after awarding the former vice president the state of Pennsylvania and pushing the Democratic candidate above 270 electoral votes on their election projection maps.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp style=\"background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding-left: 24px; padding-right: 24px; word-break: break-word;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EAs\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/breaking-several-major-outlets-call-race-for-biden-after-projecting-pennsylvania\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; transition: color 250ms ease 0s;\"\u003EThe Daily Wire\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;reported over the weekend:\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cblockquote style=\"background-color: white; border-left: 4px solid rgb(217, 0, 0); box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; margin: 32px auto; max-width: 728px; padding-left: 24px; padding-right: 24px;\"\u003E\u003Cp style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 24px 0px 1.5rem; word-break: break-word;\"\u003E\u003Cem style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EThe Associated Press, ABC News, CNN, and NBC News called the 2020 presidential election for Democratic nominee Joe Biden on Saturday morning after projecting Biden as the winner of Pennsylvania and its 20 votes in the electoral college.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 24px 0px 1.5rem; word-break: break-word;\"\u003E\u003Cem style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EBy calling Pennsylvania for Biden, the media outlets joined DecisionDeskHQ in putting the Democratic nominee at 273 votes in the electoral college, where 270 votes are needed to secure the presidency when the electors meet in December.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\u003Cp style=\"background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding-left: 24px; padding-right: 24px; word-break: break-word;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003ETrump has refused to concede the election while his campaign continues to litigate alleged cases of voter fraud and push for audits of vote counts in battleground states such as\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/trump-campaign-files-suit-against-nevada-for-alleged-nonresident-dead-vote\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; transition: color 250ms ease 0s;\"\u003ENevada\u003C\/a\u003E,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/breaking-trump-campaign-set-to-file-another-election-lawsuit-in-michigan\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; transition: color 250ms ease 0s;\"\u003EMichigan\u003C\/a\u003E, and\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/arizona-trump-lawsuit-alleges-incorrectly-rejected-votes-after-cutting-biden-lead-to-nearly-half-a-point\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; transition: color 250ms ease 0s;\"\u003EArizona\u003C\/a\u003E. After the slate of calls declaring Biden the winner of the presidential election, Trump released a statement vowing to continue his legal fight over alleged election malfeasance.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp style=\"background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding-left: 24px; padding-right: 24px; word-break: break-word;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E“We all know why Joe Biden is rushing to falsely pose as the winner, and why his media allies are trying so hard to help him: they don’t want the truth to be exposed. The simple fact is this election is far from over,” Trump said. “Joe Biden has not been certified as the winner of any states, let alone any of the highly contested states headed for mandatory recounts, or states where our campaign has valid and legitimate legal challenges that could determine the ultimate victor.”\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp style=\"background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding-left: 24px; padding-right: 24px; word-break: break-word;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E“Beginning Monday, our campaign will start prosecuting our case in court to ensure election laws are fully upheld and the rightful winner is seated. The American People are entitled to an honest election: that means counting all legal ballots, and not counting any illegal ballots,” he continued. “This is the only way to ensure the public has full confidence in our election.”\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.tathasta.com\/feeds\/3208325797562682960\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.tathasta.com\/2020\/11\/breaking-trump-wins-alaska-decision.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8175117533121163094\/posts\/default\/3208325797562682960"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8175117533121163094\/posts\/default\/3208325797562682960"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.tathasta.com\/2020\/11\/breaking-trump-wins-alaska-decision.html","title":"BREAKING: Trump Wins Alaska, Decision Desk HQ Projects"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"News Kick"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/04857608354495083314"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8175117533121163094.post-8272214541553559783"},"published":{"$t":"2020-11-11T08:01:00.004-08:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2020-11-11T08:01:42.735-08:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"News"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"DeSantis Pushes To Expand Stand Your Ground Law To Allow Citizens To Defend Against Rioters, Looters: Reports"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; text-align: left;\"\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-MlgojLVQIGI\/X6wKfGBJKbI\/AAAAAAAACg0\/oXjE0OY2P9gNamzDKjJlxV-rDDMCXNpnACPcBGAYYCw\/s970\/image.png\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"\u003E\u003Cimg border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"546\" data-original-width=\"970\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-MlgojLVQIGI\/X6wKfGBJKbI\/AAAAAAAACg0\/oXjE0OY2P9gNamzDKjJlxV-rDDMCXNpnACPcBGAYYCw\/w640-h360\/image.png\" width=\"640\" \/\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ERepublican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has reportedly drafted “anti-mob” legislation that would expand the state’s Stand Your Ground law to allow armed citizens defend themselves against violent rioters and looters.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding-left: 24px; padding-right: 24px; word-break: break-word;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; font-size: large;\"\u003EWritten\u0026nbsp;after violent rioters\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/riots-cost-property-damage-276c9bcc-a455-4067-b06a-66f9db4cea9c.html\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; transition: color 250ms ease 0s;\"\u003Ecaused\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;billions of dollars of damage to America’s cities over the summer, the proposal would expand the list of under Florida’s self-defense law to justify the use of force against rioters who engage in looting or arson that “results in the interruption or impairment of a business operation.”\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding-left: 24px; padding-right: 24px; word-break: break-word;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; font-size: large;\"\u003E“The draft legislation put specifics behind DeSantis’ pledge in September to crack down on ‘violent and disorderly assemblies,'” the Tampa Bay Times\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.tampabay.com\/news\/florida-politics\/2020\/11\/10\/how-desantis-wants-to-crack-down-on-protests-expand-stand-your-ground\/\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; transition: color 250ms ease 0s;\"\u003Ereported\u003C\/a\u003E. “Other key elements of DeSantis’ proposal would enhance criminal penalties for people involved in ‘violent or disorderly assemblies,’ make it a third-degree felony to block traffic during a protest, offer immunity to drivers who claim to have unintentionally killed or injured protesters who block traffic, and withhold state funds from local governments that cut law enforcement budgets.”\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding-left: 24px; padding-right: 24px; word-break: break-word;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; font-size: large;\"\u003EThe draft,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.miamiherald.com\/latest-news\/article247103697.ece\/BINARY\/DeSantis%E2%80%99%20draft%20legislation.pdf#storylink=related_inline\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; transition: color 250ms ease 0s;\"\u003Eobtained\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;by the Miami Herald, has not yet been filed as an official bill in the Florida House or Senate.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding-left: 24px; padding-right: 24px; word-break: break-word;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; font-size: large;\"\u003EFlorida’s Stand Your Ground law “eliminated the duty of a person to retreat before using force to counter a threat — which critics say fosters a Wild West shoot-first, ask-questions-later mentality,” the Miami Herald\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.miamiherald.com\/news\/politics-government\/state-politics\/article247094007.html\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; transition: color 250ms ease 0s;\"\u003Ereported\u003C\/a\u003E. “It also gave judges more leeway to grant ‘immunity’ to someone they believed acted in self-defense before ever letting a case get to the jury.”\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"ad-wrapper\" data-testid=\"ad-wrapper\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Lato, sans-serif;\"\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"ad-unit\" data-google-query-id=\"CJqK4Jru-uwCFbSHSwUdT5QLlQ\" id=\"div-gpt-ad-5586194-1\" style=\"-webkit-box-pack: center; box-sizing: border-box; display: flex; justify-content: center; margin: 40px 0px; max-width: 100%; padding: 16px; text-align: center; width: 1349px;\"\u003E\u003Cdiv id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/61914415\/DW_Desktop_Incontent_0__container__\" style=\"border: 0pt none; box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Ciframe data-google-container-id=\"1\" data-load-complete=\"true\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"90\" id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/61914415\/DW_Desktop_Incontent_0\" marginheight=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" name=\"google_ads_iframe_\/61914415\/DW_Desktop_Incontent_0\" sandbox=\"allow-forms allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation\" scrolling=\"no\" style=\"border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: bottom;\" title=\"3rd party ad content\" width=\"728\"\u003E\u003C\/iframe\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cp style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding-left: 24px; padding-right: 24px; word-break: break-word;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; font-size: large;\"\u003E“In 2017, Florida lawmakers changed the law, forcing prosecutors to shoulder the burden of disproving a defendant’s claims of self-defense,” the paper added. “Prosecutors must prove by ‘clear and convincing’ evidence that someone was not acting in self-defense.”\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding-left: 24px; padding-right: 24px; word-break: break-word;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; font-size: large;\"\u003EWhile many conservatives praised the idea, not everyone was thrilled.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding-left: 24px; padding-right: 24px; word-break: break-word;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; font-size: large;\"\u003E“It allows for vigilantes to justify their actions,” former Miami-Dade County prosecutor Denise Georges\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-us\/news\/us\/florida-s-desantis-moves-to-allow-citizens-to-shoot-looters-rioters-targeting-businesses\/ar-BB1aTD5M?ck_subscriber_id=560992113\u0026amp;ocid=uxbndlbing\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; transition: color 250ms ease 0s;\"\u003Esaid\u003C\/a\u003E. “It also allows for death to be the punishment for a property crime — and that is cruel and unusual punishment. We cannot live in a lawless society where taking a life is done so casually and recklessly.”\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; font-family: Lato, sans-serif; margin: 24px auto 1.5rem; max-width: 728px; padding-left: 24px; padding-right: 24px; word-break: break-word;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; font-size: large;\"\u003E“What’s interesting to see is Gov. Ron DeSantis has so much time on his hands that he can craft legislation to address an imaginary issue in the state of Florida,” state Rep. Carlos Guillermo Smith (D-Orlando)\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.wesh.com\/article\/eta-florida-tropical-storm\/34638624\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: #0d0d0d; transition: color 250ms ease 0s;\"\u003Esaid\u003C\/a\u003E. “We don’t have a crisis with riots or with looters. What we do have is millions of Floridians pushed into poverty and unemployment as a result of the economic consequences of coronavirus.”\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.tathasta.com\/feeds\/8272214541553559783\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.tathasta.com\/2020\/11\/desantis-pushes-to-expand-stand-your.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8175117533121163094\/posts\/default\/8272214541553559783"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8175117533121163094\/posts\/default\/8272214541553559783"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.tathasta.com\/2020\/11\/desantis-pushes-to-expand-stand-your.html","title":"DeSantis Pushes To Expand Stand Your Ground Law To Allow Citizens To Defend Against Rioters, Looters: Reports"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"News Kick"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/04857608354495083314"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8175117533121163094.post-5130033290023809506"},"published":{"$t":"2020-11-11T07:59:00.002-08:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2020-11-11T07:59:14.608-08:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"News"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Chaos erupts after Dems claim that USPS whistleblower recanted his testimony, whistleblower denies recanting"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; color: #2a2a2a; font-family: utopia-std;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003EThe bizarre case of the Erie, Pennsylvania, U.S. Postal Service whistleblower who claims that he overheard his supervisors discussing backdating the postmarks on absentee ballots took another twist Tuesday when Democrats on the House Oversight Committee claimed that the whistleblower recanted, only to have the whistleblower release a video denying that he recanted.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #2a2a2a; font-family: utopia-std;\"\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp style=\"color: #2a2a2a; font-family: utopia-std;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; font-size: large;\"\u003EThe whistleblower, who has been identified as Richard Hopkins,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca data-ol-has-click-handler=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/graham-judiciary-committee-voting-irregularities\" style=\"border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(255, 0, 45); color: #ff002d; padding: 0px 2px; transition: all 200ms ease 0s;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Eclaimed in an affidavit\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;that he overheard his supervisor telling another postal employee that he had backdated a group of mail-in ballots that were collected on Nov. 4 to make it appear that they had in fact been mailed on Nov. 3. Under a ruling from the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, ballots that were mailed by Nov. 3 will still be counted (pending a legal challenge to this ruling) even if they were received after Election Day.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp style=\"color: #2a2a2a; font-family: utopia-std;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; font-size: large;\"\u003EIt is important to note that, even if the whistleblower's allegations are true,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca data-ol-has-click-handler=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-us\/news\/politics\/pennsylvania-received-10-000-mail-in-ballots-after-polls-closed-on-election-day\/ar-BB1aTEed?rt=0\u0026amp;item=flights%253Aprg-mobileappview%2520\u0026amp;ocid=uxbndlbing\" style=\"border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(255, 0, 45); color: #ff002d; padding: 0px 2px; transition: all 200ms ease 0s;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Enone of the ballots received after Nov. 3 have yet been counted or added to either candidate's total\u003C\/a\u003E. Thus, the whistleblower's allegations do not directly pertain to Biden's current lead in the state. The\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca data-ol-has-click-handler=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-us\/news\/politics\/pennsylvania-received-10-000-mail-in-ballots-after-polls-closed-on-election-day\/ar-BB1aTEed?rt=0\u0026amp;item=flights%253Aprg-mobileappview%2520\u0026amp;ocid=uxbndlbing\" style=\"border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(255, 0, 45); color: #ff002d; padding: 0px 2px; transition: all 200ms ease 0s;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Estate has revealed\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;that about 10,000 votes total were received in the mail between Nov. 3 and Friday, but those ballots have remained sequestered and uncounted pending the Trump campaign's legal challenge to their inclusion. Presumably, if the Trump campaign's challenge fails, those ballots will only serve to increase Biden's current lead in the Keystone State.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"post-body\" id=\"sPost_0_0_5_0_0_2_1_0_1\" style=\"display: flex; padding: 60px 0px 0px;\"\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"post-partial article__body\" id=\"sPost_0_0_5_0_0_2_1_0_1_0_1_1\" style=\"font-family: acumin-pro-semi-condensed; overflow: visible !important;\"\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"body js-expandable clearfix js-listicle-body  css-listicle-body-2648859727\" id=\"rev-less-wrapper\" style=\"color: #2a2a2a; font-family: utopia-std; height: auto; line-height: 30px; max-width: 600px; overflow: visible; padding-right: 50px;\"\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"body-description\" style=\"margin-top: -20px;\"\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; font-size: large;\"\u003ENevertheless, the whistleblower's affidavit has become a flash point of controversy as it represents one of the few concrete allegations of voter fraud that have been brought forth by the campaign. The affidavit appears to have been the reason for remarks by Senator Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) over the weekend\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca data-ol-has-click-handler=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/graham-judiciary-committee-voting-irregularities\" style=\"border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(255, 0, 45); color: #ff002d; padding: 0px 2px; transition: all 200ms ease 0s;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Epromising a Senate Judiciary Committee investigation\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;into voting irregularities.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; font-size: large;\"\u003EThe controversy intensified Tuesday afternoon when Democrats on the House Oversight Committee released a statement claiming that the whistleblower had \"recanted\" his testimony, a claim that was magnified by many in the media.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"rm-shortcode\" data-rm-shortcode-id=\"dfc7baca4bda8fe408d48148d8508b29\" id=\"5b8ab\"\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\" style=\"display: flex; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px; max-width: 550px; width: 550px;\"\u003E\u003Ciframe allowfullscreen=\"true\" allowtransparency=\"true\" class=\"\" data-tweet-id=\"1326289227315896320\" frameborder=\"0\" id=\"twitter-widget-0\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/index.html?dnt=false\u0026amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0\u0026amp;frame=false\u0026amp;hideCard=false\u0026amp;hideThread=false\u0026amp;id=1326289227315896320\u0026amp;lang=en\u0026amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theblaze.com%2Fnews%2Fdems-claim-usps-whistleblower-recanted-whistleblower-denies\u0026amp;partner=rebelmouse\u0026amp;theme=light\u0026amp;widgetsVersion=ed20a2b%3A1601588405575\u0026amp;width=550px\" style=\"display: block; flex-grow: 1; height: 418px; max-width: 100%; position: static; vertical-align: middle; visibility: visible; width: 550px;\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\"\u003E\u003C\/iframe\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; font-size: large;\"\u003EProject Veritas, which publicized Hopkins' story, did not waste time refuting this characterization, releasing a video of Hopkins saying that he did not recant his testimony.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"rm-shortcode\" data-rm-shortcode-id=\"c0038199c8547e9cd88eb6af8d1c523f\" id=\"0f7b2\"\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\" style=\"display: flex; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px; max-width: 550px; width: 550px;\"\u003E\u003Ciframe allowfullscreen=\"true\" allowtransparency=\"true\" class=\"\" data-tweet-id=\"1326337154050641920\" frameborder=\"0\" id=\"twitter-widget-1\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/index.html?dnt=false\u0026amp;embedId=twitter-widget-1\u0026amp;frame=false\u0026amp;hideCard=false\u0026amp;hideThread=false\u0026amp;id=1326337154050641920\u0026amp;lang=en\u0026amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theblaze.com%2Fnews%2Fdems-claim-usps-whistleblower-recanted-whistleblower-denies\u0026amp;partner=rebelmouse\u0026amp;theme=light\u0026amp;widgetsVersion=ed20a2b%3A1601588405575\u0026amp;width=550px\" style=\"display: block; flex-grow: 1; height: 850px; max-width: 100%; position: static; vertical-align: middle; visibility: visible; width: 550px;\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\"\u003E\u003C\/iframe\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; font-size: large;\"\u003EIn a subsequent tweet, O'Keefe claims that federal investigators \"intimidated\" Hopkins and complains that he was interviewed for four hours without legal counsel. He further promised a full release of the transcript of that interview.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"rm-shortcode\" data-rm-shortcode-id=\"dd6e3be714579b9e377436d99871ece4\" id=\"1ce24\"\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\" style=\"display: flex; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px; max-width: 550px; width: 550px;\"\u003E\u003Ciframe allowfullscreen=\"true\" allowtransparency=\"true\" class=\"\" data-tweet-id=\"1326349959977955331\" frameborder=\"0\" id=\"twitter-widget-2\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/index.html?dnt=false\u0026amp;embedId=twitter-widget-2\u0026amp;frame=false\u0026amp;hideCard=false\u0026amp;hideThread=false\u0026amp;id=1326349959977955331\u0026amp;lang=en\u0026amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theblaze.com%2Fnews%2Fdems-claim-usps-whistleblower-recanted-whistleblower-denies\u0026amp;partner=rebelmouse\u0026amp;theme=light\u0026amp;widgetsVersion=ed20a2b%3A1601588405575\u0026amp;width=550px\" style=\"display: block; flex-grow: 1; height: 287px; max-width: 100%; position: static; vertical-align: middle; visibility: visible; width: 550px;\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\"\u003E\u003C\/iframe\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; font-size: large;\"\u003EAlthough Hopkins has denied \"recanting,\" it is not yet clear what he\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003Edid\u003C\/em\u003E\u0026nbsp;say to federal agents during their interview or whether he may have revised some details that he claimed in his affidavit.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; font-size: large;\"\u003EHopkins was also praised by President Donald Trump on Twitter, who stated, \"A brave patriot. More \u0026amp; more people are stepping forward to expose this Rigged Election!\"\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"rm-shortcode\" data-rm-shortcode-id=\"100225d5a3482ea403b449b81939c2f7\" id=\"b7a8e\"\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\" style=\"display: flex; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-top: 10px; max-width: 550px; width: 550px;\"\u003E\u003Ciframe allowfullscreen=\"true\" allowtransparency=\"true\" class=\"\" data-tweet-id=\"1326347841476890627\" frameborder=\"0\" id=\"twitter-widget-3\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/index.html?dnt=false\u0026amp;embedId=twitter-widget-3\u0026amp;frame=false\u0026amp;hideCard=false\u0026amp;hideThread=false\u0026amp;id=1326347841476890627\u0026amp;lang=en\u0026amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theblaze.com%2Fnews%2Fdems-claim-usps-whistleblower-recanted-whistleblower-denies\u0026amp;partner=rebelmouse\u0026amp;theme=light\u0026amp;widgetsVersion=ed20a2b%3A1601588405575\u0026amp;width=550px\" style=\"display: block; flex-grow: 1; height: 942px; max-width: 100%; position: static; vertical-align: middle; visibility: visible; width: 550px;\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\"\u003E\u003C\/iframe\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cspan class=\"\" data-authors=\"Leon Wolf\" data-elid=\"2648859727\" data-headline=\"Chaos erupts after Dems claim that USPS whistleblower recanted his testimony, whistleblower denies recanting\" data-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.theblaze.com\/news\/dems-claim-usps-whistleblower-recanted-whistleblower-denies\" style=\"background-color: white;\"\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"\" id=\"sPost_0_0_5_0_0_2_1_0_2\" style=\"border-top: 0px solid rgb(133, 133, 133); margin-left: 215px; margin-top: 0px; max-width: 600px; padding-right: 50px; padding-top: 20px;\"\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"post-partial article__around-the-web\" id=\"sPost_0_0_5_0_0_2_1_0_2_0\" style=\"overflow: visible !important;\"\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"taboola-wrap\"\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"read-more-custom\" data-endpoint=\"\/\/trends.revcontent.com\" data-rc-widget=\"\" data-rev-more-button-text=\"Read More\" data-rev-more-devices=\"desktop,mobile\" data-rev-more-preview-height=\"480\" data-rev-more-wrapper-id=\"rev-more-wrapper\" data-rev-more=\"\" data-widget-host=\"habitat\" data-widget-id=\"140136\" id=\"rc-widget-140136\"\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"css-1krl3qd rc-wc rc-uid-140136 rc-g-dl\" id=\"rc_cont_140136\" style=\"overflow: visible !important; padding: 0px !important; position: relative;\"\u003E\u003Cdiv style=\"color: #2a2a2a; font-family: acumin-pro-semi-condensed;\"\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"css-c7133u rc-widget-header\" style=\"-webkit-box-align: center; align-items: center; color: #2a2a2a; display: flex !important; font-family: acumin-pro-semi-condensed; padding: 5px !important; position: relative !important;\"\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.tathasta.com\/feeds\/5130033290023809506\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.tathasta.com\/2020\/11\/chaos-erupts-after-dems-claim-that-usps.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8175117533121163094\/posts\/default\/5130033290023809506"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8175117533121163094\/posts\/default\/5130033290023809506"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.tathasta.com\/2020\/11\/chaos-erupts-after-dems-claim-that-usps.html","title":"Chaos erupts after Dems claim that USPS whistleblower recanted his testimony, whistleblower denies recanting"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"News Kick"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/04857608354495083314"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8175117533121163094.post-5040839498709724811"},"published":{"$t":"2020-11-11T07:56:00.006-08:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2020-11-11T07:56:55.918-08:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"News"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Knife-wielding man threatens 'prayer group for President Trump,' throws eggs at victims, police say. Two women scream at group, too."},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Cspan style=\"color: #2a2a2a; font-family: utopia-std;\"\u003EPolice in Harlingen, Texas — a city near the southernmost tip of the state and just a few miles from the Mexican border —\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/harlingenpolice\/posts\/3673218726078924\" style=\"border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(255, 0, 45); color: #ff002d; font-family: utopia-std; padding: 0px 2px; transition: all 200ms ease 0s;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Esaid\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #2a2a2a; font-family: utopia-std;\"\u003E\u0026nbsp;they received a call about a person with a knife Friday afternoon.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch3 style=\"color: #2a2a2a; font-family: acumin-pro-semi-condensed, arial, sans-serif !important; letter-spacing: -0.5px !important; line-height: 1.17em !important;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; font-size: large;\"\u003EWhat happened?\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/h3\u003E\u003Cp style=\"color: #2a2a2a; font-family: utopia-std;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; font-size: large;\"\u003EWhen officers arrived at the scene, witnesses said \"a prayer group for President [Donald] Trump\" was meeting on a grass lot when a man later identified as John Rivas, 20, began throwing eggs at the group. Police said when the group asked Rivas to stop, he pulled out a knife.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp style=\"color: #2a2a2a; font-family: utopia-std;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; font-size: large;\"\u003ERivas left the area before officers arrived, but police added that they quickly located and arrested him for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. During his arrest, police said Rivas began resisting by stiffening his body and refusing to place his hands behind his back. Cops added that after a brief struggle, Rivas was taken into custody without injury. Police said they also charged Rivas with resisting arrest and disruption of meeting — and that they recovered a brown serrated kitchen knife believed to have been used by Rivas.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp style=\"color: #2a2a2a; font-family: utopia-std;\"\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp style=\"color: #2a2a2a; font-family: utopia-std;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; font-size: large;\"\u003EPolice also said two women,19-year-old Marilyn Lopez and 18-year-old Miliannie X. Ortiz-Ruiz, who were with Rivas during the incident, were arrested for disruption of meeting. Cops added that Lopez and Ortiz-Ruiz were screaming insults at the crowd during their investigation.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp style=\"color: #2a2a2a; font-family: utopia-std;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; font-size: large;\"\u003EPolice said Rivas was slapped with a $30,000 bond for his aggravated assault with a deadly weapon charge — a second-degree felony — as well as a $2,500 bond for resisting arrest and a $500 bond for disruption of a meeting, both misdemeanors. An official with the Cameron County Detention Center told TheBlaze on Wednesday that there was no record of Rivas being booked into the facility, and police added to TheBlaze that Rivas likely bonded out.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp style=\"color: #2a2a2a; font-family: utopia-std;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; font-size: large;\"\u003EAs for Lopez and Ortiz-Ruiz, police said they were given $500 bonds for disruption of a meeting and were released on their own recognizance.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch3 style=\"color: #2a2a2a; font-family: acumin-pro-semi-condensed, arial, sans-serif !important; letter-spacing: -0.5px !important; line-height: 1.17em !important;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; font-size: large;\"\u003EFolks react\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/h3\u003E\u003Cp style=\"color: #2a2a2a; font-family: utopia-std;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; font-size: large;\"\u003EOn the police department's Facebook post about the arrests, several commenters took issue with police characterizing the prayer gathering as focused on Trump.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp style=\"color: #2a2a2a; font-family: utopia-std;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; font-size: large;\"\u003E\"I don't know where your department got the idea that this was a Trump group,\" one person\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/harlingenpolice\/posts\/3673218726078924?comment_id=3673864119347718\" style=\"border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(255, 0, 45); color: #ff002d; padding: 0px 2px; transition: all 200ms ease 0s;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Enoted\u003C\/a\u003E. \"There were people from several churches there worshipping and praying for our great country. Period.\"\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp style=\"color: #2a2a2a; font-family: utopia-std;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; font-size: large;\"\u003EAnother commenter\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/harlingenpolice\/posts\/3673218726078924?comment_id=3673276106073186\" style=\"border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(255, 0, 45); color: #ff002d; padding: 0px 2px; transition: all 200ms ease 0s;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Esaid\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;\"I'm glad you guys arrested them; we have to show people like this that we don't deal with that down here in the valley. But they weren't gathering for Trump ....so before you label this about Trump (which the media will use to make people hate on them and feel sorry for the kids) just remember that the people at the gathering AND Trump supporters support law-enforcement 100%. By the way, we all do support Trump but still it has nothing to do with that ...just saying lol.\"\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.tathasta.com\/feeds\/5040839498709724811\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.tathasta.com\/2020\/11\/knife-wielding-man-threatens-prayer.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8175117533121163094\/posts\/default\/5040839498709724811"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8175117533121163094\/posts\/default\/5040839498709724811"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.tathasta.com\/2020\/11\/knife-wielding-man-threatens-prayer.html","title":"Knife-wielding man threatens 'prayer group for President Trump,' throws eggs at victims, police say. Two women scream at group, too."}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"News Kick"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/04857608354495083314"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}},{"id":{"$t":"tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8175117533121163094.post-993552365279217711"},"published":{"$t":"2020-11-11T07:55:00.004-08:00"},"updated":{"$t":"2020-11-11T07:55:30.877-08:00"},"category":[{"scheme":"http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#","term":"News"}],"title":{"type":"text","$t":"Joe Biden's COVID adviser wants to give other countries COVID vaccine before making it available to every American"},"content":{"type":"html","$t":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #2a2a2a; font-family: utopia-std;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white;\"\u003EDr. Zeke Emanuel, whom former Vice President Joe Biden announced would be a member of his coronavirus advisory board, wants to distribute the COVID-19 vaccine worldwide before making it available to every single American.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp style=\"color: #2a2a2a; font-family: utopia-std;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; font-size: large;\"\u003EEmanuel worked in the Obama administration and was a chief architect of the Affordable Care Act. He\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2017\/08\/01\/obamacare-architect-on-bringing-down-soaring-health-insurance-costs.html\" style=\"border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(255, 0, 45); color: #ff002d; padding: 0px 2px; transition: all 200ms ease 0s;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Elater advised the Trump administration\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;on how to best change Obamacare to drive down health care costs.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch3 style=\"color: #2a2a2a; font-family: acumin-pro-semi-condensed, arial, sans-serif !important; letter-spacing: -0.5px !important; line-height: 1.17em !important;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; font-size: large;\"\u003EWhat did Emanuel say?\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/h3\u003E\u003Cp style=\"color: #2a2a2a; font-family: utopia-std;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; font-size: large;\"\u003EEmanuel, a medical ethicist and oncologist, co-authored\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/science.sciencemag.org\/content\/369\/6509\/1309\" style=\"border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(255, 0, 45); color: #ff002d; padding: 0px 2px; transition: all 200ms ease 0s;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Ean article in September arguing\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;that officials should follow the \"Fair Priority Model\" with vaccine distribution as opposed to \"vaccine nationalism.\"\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\"shortcode-media shortcode-media-rebelmouse-image\" style=\"color: #2a2a2a; font-family: utopia-std; margin: 0px -50px;\"\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"share-tab-img share-buttons share-trigger\" style=\"display: inline-block; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; position: relative;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cimg class=\"rm-shortcode\" data-rm-shortcode-id=\"ea5ded65d4b679455ae5409e9cc1eba4\" data-rm-shortcode-name=\"rebelmouse-image\" id=\"5ed63\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.rebelmouse.io\/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yNDc3MDQ3OS9vcmlnaW4uanBnIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTYxOTYxOTQwNX0.t2nK3aDFh4_xFONtdFHEOcS80uwC4Rwals2eTN80wZM\/img.jpg?width=980\" style=\"border: 0px; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;\" \/\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\"share-media-panel\"\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Csmall class=\"image-media media-photo-credit\" placeholder=\"Add Photo Credit...\" style=\"color: #989898; display: block; font-family: acumin-pro-semi-condensed, arial, sans-serif !important; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 2.17; text-align: center;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; font-size: large;\"\u003EDr. Zeke Emanuel. (Nancy Stone\/Chicago Tribune\/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/small\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp style=\"color: #2a2a2a; font-family: utopia-std;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; font-size: large;\"\u003EThe model advocates that whichever country produces an effective vaccine — which appears will be the United States — they should retain only the amount of vaccine required for their population to achieve so-called \"herd immunity.\" Then, before the vaccine has been made available to every citizen, the model says the vaccine should be released for international use, not hoarded.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp style=\"color: #2a2a2a; font-family: utopia-std;\"\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp style=\"color: #2a2a2a; font-family: utopia-std;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; font-size: large;\"\u003EThe \"Fair Priority Model\" addresses what Emanuel and other scientists call \"distributive justice.\"\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp style=\"color: #2a2a2a; font-family: utopia-std;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; font-size: large;\"\u003EThe article explains that associative ties — defined as \"common governmental, civic, and other institutions, and a sense of shared identity\" — \"only justify a government's giving some priority to its own citizens, not absolute priority.\"\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp style=\"font-family: utopia-std;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; font-size: large;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #2a2a2a;\"\u003EIn\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/span\u003E\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.scientificamerican.com\/article\/how-to-decide-who-should-get-a-covid-19-vaccine-first\/\" style=\"border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(255, 0, 45); padding: 0px 2px; transition: all 200ms ease 0s;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: black;\"\u003Ean interview with the Scientific American\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"color: #2a2a2a;\"\u003E, Emmanuel explained:\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cblockquote style=\"color: #2a2a2a; font-family: utopia-std; font-style: italic; line-height: 30px; margin: 1em 40px;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; font-size: large;\"\u003EWe expect national partiality, and there's even some good moral reasons for some national partiality. But from an ethical standpoint, there's not a good reason for absolute partiality, where a country covers every one of its citizens before giving any vaccine internationally. There's a good ethical reason not to have absolute vaccine nationalism.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\u003Ch3 style=\"color: #2a2a2a; font-family: acumin-pro-semi-condensed, arial, sans-serif !important; letter-spacing: -0.5px !important; line-height: 1.17em !important;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; font-size: large;\"\u003EWhat about other plans?\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/h3\u003E\u003Cp style=\"color: #2a2a2a; font-family: utopia-std;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; font-size: large;\"\u003EThe World Health Organization\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/publications\/m\/item\/fair-allocation-mechanism-for-covid-19-vaccines-through-the-covax-facility\" style=\"border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(255, 0, 45); color: #ff002d; padding: 0px 2px; transition: all 200ms ease 0s;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Ehas proposed distributing the vaccine\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;with respect to population proportion.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp style=\"color: #2a2a2a; font-family: utopia-std;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; font-size: large;\"\u003EHowever, Emanuel said the plan is problematic because it does not address severity of need.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp style=\"color: #2a2a2a; font-family: utopia-std;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; font-size: large;\"\u003E\"The problem that is immediately obvious is that different areas of the world are suffering at different rates. Typically, when you're giving international assistance, you give it to the people who are suffering most,\" he told the Scientific American.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch3 style=\"color: #2a2a2a; font-family: acumin-pro-semi-condensed, arial, sans-serif !important; letter-spacing: -0.5px !important; line-height: 1.17em !important;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; font-size: large;\"\u003EWhat is the Trump administration's plan?\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/h3\u003E\u003Cp style=\"color: #2a2a2a; font-family: utopia-std;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; font-size: large;\"\u003EHealth Secretary Alex Azar said in August that any COVID-19 vaccine developed in the U.S. would be distributed internationally only after American needs are met, falling in line with President Donald Trump's \"America First\" commitment.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp style=\"color: #2a2a2a; font-family: utopia-std;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; font-size: large;\"\u003E\"Our first priority of course is to develop and produce enough quantity of safe and effective FDA-approved vaccines and therapeutics for use in the United States,\" he said, Reuters\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-taiwan-usa-health-coronavirus\/u-s-s-azar-says-any-u-s-vaccine-would-be-shared-once-u-s-needs-met-idUSKCN2560TV?il=0\" style=\"border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(255, 0, 45); color: #ff002d; padding: 0px 2px; transition: all 200ms ease 0s;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Ereported\u003C\/a\u003E. \"But we anticipate having capacity that, once those needs are satisfied, those products would be available in the world community according to fair and equitable distributions that we would consult in the international community on.\"\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch3 style=\"color: #2a2a2a; font-family: acumin-pro-semi-condensed, arial, sans-serif !important; letter-spacing: -0.5px !important; line-height: 1.17em !important;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; font-size: large;\"\u003EWhen is a vaccine coming?\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/h3\u003E\u003Cp style=\"color: #2a2a2a; font-family: utopia-std;\"\u003E\u003Cspan style=\"background-color: white; font-size: large;\"\u003EDr. Anthony Fauci\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/politics\/fauci-says-pfizer-coronavirus-vaccine-should-be-available-to-high-priority-individuals-by-december\" style=\"border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(255, 0, 45); color: #ff002d; padding: 0px 2px; transition: all 200ms ease 0s;\" target=\"_blank\"\u003Esaid Tuesday that\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;a vaccine may be made available to the most high-risk Americans as early as next month, with widespread distribution coming as early as next April.\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E"},"link":[{"rel":"replies","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.tathasta.com\/feeds\/993552365279217711\/comments\/default","title":"Post Comments"},{"rel":"replies","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.tathasta.com\/2020\/11\/joe-bidens-covid-adviser-wants-to-give.html#comment-form","title":"0 Comments"},{"rel":"edit","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8175117533121163094\/posts\/default\/993552365279217711"},{"rel":"self","type":"application/atom+xml","href":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/feeds\/8175117533121163094\/posts\/default\/993552365279217711"},{"rel":"alternate","type":"text/html","href":"http:\/\/www.tathasta.com\/2020\/11\/joe-bidens-covid-adviser-wants-to-give.html","title":"Joe Biden's COVID adviser wants to give other countries COVID vaccine before making it available to every American"}],"author":[{"name":{"$t":"News Kick"},"uri":{"$t":"http:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/04857608354495083314"},"email":{"$t":"noreply@blogger.com"},"gd$image":{"rel":"http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail","width":"16","height":"16","src":"https:\/\/img1.blogblog.com\/img\/b16-rounded.gif"}}],"thr$total":{"$t":"0"}}]}});