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TABLE OF CONTENTS WN D EXC LUSIVE 8

Abortionist-protection racket under fire

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Lawmakers plan to jail abortionists for 99 years

1 6 Investigation into ‘dossier’ snares another Obama alum 3 4 Chuck Norris teams up with Glock 3 8 Parents ID’d as problem in school LGBT promotions 4 0 Major Chinese city offers bounty on Christian leaders 4 2 ‘Christian’ church tells kids: Jesus was ‘queer’ 4 8 Ukraine: U.S. ignoring collusion evidence against Hillary, Biden 5 0 FBI docs show ‘cover-up’ of Hillary’s email server 52 Limbaugh: Dems would shoot migrants if they wore MAGA hats 5 6 Trump slaps ‘terror’ label on Iranian forces

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6 2 Victor Davis Hanson: Is it OK for Trump to spy

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with Boeing tankers

on Biden campaign? 6 6 Netanyahu, Ganz both declare victory after exit polls 6 8 Teacher suspended for inability to read, write 70 ‘Infanticide guv’ makes animal cruelty a felony 76 Lesbians demanding wedding cake ‘trespassing,’ lawyers say 80 New study refutes climate-change alarm 82 Nunes sends criminal referral in review of Russia probe 88 U.S. charges WikiLeaks founder with criminal conspiracy 9 6 Scientists make smarter monkeys with human genes

Air Force finds fault

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Creepy Veep

33 American Express 47 What’s in a word? 61 Spin City 79 Dems’ double whammy 95 That giant sucking sound

CR E DI TS

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JO SEPH F ARAH

JASON & DAV ID BE N HA M : GET IN THE GAME

CO-FOUNDER & CHIEF OPERATING

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF, CHAIRMAN AND CEO

OFFICER

BA R RY FAR B E R : ELECTION 2020

America’s anti-

58 The impact of Uncle Joe

religious bigotry

jumping in the race

EL I ZA BE TH F ARAH VICE PRESIDENT, MANAGING EDITOR DAVI D KUPE LIAN EXECUTIVE NEWS EDITOR JO E KOVACS

BA R BA R A SIM PSON : THE BABE IN THE BUNKER

PAT B U CH ANAN: TROUBLE IN THE HOLY LAND

20 A modest proposal for people

72 Trump, tell Bibi: U.S. won’t

like ‘Touchy’ Joe Biden

start war with Iran

NEWS EDITORS JAY BA GG E TT BO B U N RUH

JE SSE LE E PE T E R SON : THE LEFT UNHINGED

DAV ID L I M B AU G H : ‘ P R O G R E SS I V E S ’ ?

COMMENTARY EDITORS

24 Why Christians are

84 Leftist nastiness & rage

ART MOORE

RO N S TROM

losing their country

know no bounds

PATRICE LE W IS OPERATIONS MANAGER AMANDA DANIE LLE SUBSCRIPTIONS MANAGER JANET F ALKE NS TE I N

C HU C K N OR R IS: CULTURE WARS 28 Nanny state roundhouses another religious student

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JASON & DAVID BENHAM: GET IN THE GAME

AMERICA’S ANTI-RE

E X C L U S I V E : J A S O N & D AV I D B E N H A M

Abraham Lincoln once said, “The philosophy

silence freedom of speech and slay freedom of

of the school room in one generation will be

religion. That’s why the ceiling consistently

the philosophy of government in the next.”

becomes the floor with these folks. First they

We’ve seen that to be true, which is why

want acceptance of their ideas, then appre-

USA Today’s recent story grabbed our atten-

ciation, then celebration, then participation—

tion last week: “So Yale Law School endorses

and if you choose not to join the revolution,

anti-religious bigotry now?”

they’ll marginalize you, demonize you, and

Oh boy—what now?!

eventually criminalize you if they can (wow,

The story basically describes the digressive

that was a mouthful).

nature of the progressive movement’s goal to

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Because you can’t have free speech and free

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ELIGIOUS BIGOTRY

M B L A S T U LT I M AT E G O A L O F L E F T I S T S

religion if you want to destroy American val-

wins in the last seven years. But before the

ues, you need government coercion; and to get

event took place, over 20 campus organiza-

that, you need a crop of future leaders fully

tions condemned the group as “homophobic

indoctrinated to hate freedom of speech and

and hateful” because it has defended reli-

religion (well, at least freedom of speech and

gious freedom—and won—on multiple occa-

religion that’s different from theirs).

sions. Their most recent victory included the

The article reported the Yale Federalist

Colorado cake baker.

Society scheduled an event in February with

And, like a set of perfectly aligned dominoes,

the Alliance Defending Freedom, a premier

the dean of the school fell directly into line

legal organization with nine Supreme Court

with the protestors. By late March, the school (continued on page 6) F O R DAI LY N E W S , V I S I T W N D. C O M

AM E RICA’S AN T I -RELIGIOUS B IGOTRY

had adopted new policies that went even fur-

century, was asked what it would look like for

ther than the protestor’s demands. Samuel

Christians in America in the 21st century. His

Adkisson, himself a Yale grad, summed it up

response was eerily prophetic: “By the year

like this:

2000, Christians in America will be a conscious minority surrounded by an arrogant, militant

Under the guise of nondiscrimination, Yale Law School has announced it will blatantly

paganism.” He saw the direction progressives were tak-

discriminate. A student is barred from aid if

ing our colleges, and his discerning reply was

she works at a synagogue that gives preference

our warning. Now it’s here.

to Jewish applicants, but not if she works at an

Second, those saying all we need today is

organization that peddles anti-Semitism yet

more “conversation and dialogue” should un-

hires all comers. A graduate is blocked from

derstand that it requires shared values and

funding if she works for the Christian Legal

common goals with those to whom we con-

Society, but not if she works for the Freedom

verse to move forward as a society. But that’s

from Religion Foundation. And a graduate is

not what the progressive left wants.

not eligible to receive loan assistance if she is

A traffic analogy works well here. Traffic

a professor at Brigham Young University, but

flows in America, despite the cars we drive,

is eligible if she works for Berkeley.

what we listen to on the radio or think about other drivers, because we all have the shared

Nice.

value that red means stop and green means

There are a couple key points I’d like to

go—and we all have the common goal of mak-

point out.

ing it to our destination safely.

First, Lincoln’s quote was spot on—kids in

But if people don’t share those values or

college today do become leaders in government

goals traffic would quickly become unsafe—it

tomorrow. So it matters where we are sending

would turn into chaos. And that’s the ultimate

our kids and what they are being taught.

goal of the left.

Dr. Elton Trueblood, a former chaplain

Which brings me to my last point. God is not

for Stanford and Harvard in the early 20th

the author of chaos and confusion, the devil is.

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At the bottom of this struggle on college campuses (not to mention mainstream media and

And Revelation 12:17 reveals that Satan is behind it all:

Hollywood) is a spiritual battle between good and evil, right and wrong.

Then the dragon became furious with the

It’s not a Republican/Democrat thing, con-

woman and went off to make war on the rest

servative/liberal thing, black/white thing, cit-

of her offspring, on those who keep the com-

izen/immigrant thing, or any other thing the

mandments of God and hold to the testimony

left decides to foment. It’s a spiritual battle

of Jesus.

that truly rages behind the scenes. Those who choose to live by their conscience and conviction and honor God’s

Why do the nations rage

moral commands in today’s America find

and the peoples plot in vain? The kings of the earth set themselves, and the rulers take counsel together, against the LORD and against his Anointed,

themselves directly in opposition to the dragon of Revelation—Satan himself. Those on the radical left have no idea the spirit under which they are operating, so we

saying,

are hitting our knees in pray more than ever

‘Let us burst their bonds apart and cast away their cords from us.’ (Psalm 2:1-3)

for them to be set free. Because the good news of the Gospel is still the good news—that Jesus defeated the devil

Matthew Henry, the 18th-century Bible commentator, said of Psalm 2 that people throughout history constantly seek to cast

at the Cross and is clothed with resurrection power. Happy Easter. ■

off “the bands of conscience and the cords of God’s commandments.” That’s why conscience and conviction are in the cross-airs of the radical Left. It’s spiri-

Get your copy of the Benham brothers’ first book, “Whatever the Cost: Facing Your Fears, Dying to Your Dreams, and Living Powerfully,” right now!

tual, even if they don’t know it.

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WND EXCLUSIVE

ABORTIONIST RACKET UNDE

CONSU

Pennsylvania’s policy concealing the identi-

“Gosnell was convicted of murder for the

ties and activities of abortionists is being chal-

heinous acts he performed on infants and

lenged in court by a legal team warning that it

women in his ‘house of horrors’ abortion fa-

led to the horrors of Kermit Gosnell, who was

cility,” Thomas More said.

convicted of the gruesome murder of infants. The Thomas More Society wants the state

Thomas Olp, vice president of the society, said that in view “of those atrocities, the

health department to disclose, under a pub-

Pennsylvania Department of Health should

lic right-to-know law, the names and license

never again permit the abortion industry to

numbers of abortionists.

hide from public scrutiny.”

The organization argued it was that agen-

“Access to information that is standard in

cy’s “poor supervision that allowed Kermit

any other medical practice should not be off

Gosnell’s atrocities to go undetected for years.”

limits when abortion services are concerned,”

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T-PROTECTION ER FIRE

U M E R D E M A N D S T O S E E S TAT E R E C O R D S O N P R A C T I T I O N E R S

he said. “Any other position is irresponsible. Yet

the medical licenses of several abortionists. Under the state’s Right to Know Law, the

in this case the Pennsylvania Department of

agency provided some information but con-

Health is allowing abortion providers to con-

cealed all the names and license numbers of

ceal the identities and license numbers of

people listed in the records.

those who perform abortions. This is in bra-

“The reason given for this concealment was

zen contradiction to the Right to Know Law’s

that unredacted disclosure of names and li-

requirement that such information be public.”

cense numbers in the records would subject

The organization filed the complaint on be-

these abortion providers to risk of physical

half of Jean Crocco, an employee of the Pro-

harm or invasion of personal security,” the

Life Action League. Crocco had asked the state

Thomas More Society said.

agency to give her documentation regarding

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AB ORTIO NIST- PROTECTION RACKET UNDER F I R E

“The Pennsylvania Department of Health wants the court’s blessing on an unpublished and undeclared policy of blacking out

with abortion practice in social media and websites.” The brief explained pro-abortion organiza-

names and license numbers of abortion clin-

tions had listed multiple “anti-abortion inci-

ic personnel from Right to Know Law public

dents” but then conceded “none…is shown to

records requests. The policy is aimed at spe-

have been caused by disclosure of a name or

cifically protecting the abortion industry at

license number.”

the expense of the public’s right to obtain rel-

“All the incidents either occurred at abor-

evant and important information about medi-

tion facilities—and so by definition were un-

cal services providers. Information about the

connected with disclosure of a name or license

credentials and quality of medical service pro-

number…or were facilitated by a perpetra-

viders is readily accessible for any other medi-

tor who had obtained an individual’s personal

cal sectors. The idea that the abortion industry

identification information, which is not at is-

should be exempt from such disclosure is un-

sue here since petitioner does not seek personal

acceptable from a public health point of view.

identification information,” the brief said.

The Pennsylvania Health Department’s case

“Access to…records is too important to be

cites no proper grounds for disregarding the

foreclosed because a regulated industry wants

Right to Know Law’s requirement that such

to conduct its operations in secret and finds

information be publicly accessible.”

a willing listener in a governmental agency,”

The society, a national public interest legal

the arguments continued. “Legitimate con-

team that defends the sanctity of human life,

cerns about safety of personnel in this indus-

explained in a court filing that provisions to

try can be, and are being, addressed through

conceal abortionists identities never was law-

existing laws. No individual here has shown he

fully adopted. Thomas More argued there’s no

or she would face a substantial risk of physical

evidence of any “substantial” risk of physi-

harm or to personal security as a result of the

cal harm to the abortionists. And in nearly all

disclosure.” ■

cases, “those whose names have been redacted have willingly associated their identities

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CREEPY VEEP

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WND EXCLUSIVE

LAWMAKER JAIL ABORT FOR 99 YEA In an effort to force the U.S. Supreme Court to revisit the Roe v. Wade ruling, Alabama lawmakers have proposed a bill that would make performing an abortion a Class A felony, subject to up to 99 years in prison. The bill has more than 60 co-sponsors in the 105-member Alabama House of Representatives. “It simply criminalizes abortion,” one sponsor, Republican Rep. Terri Collins of Decatur, said in a report by the Daily Mail of London. “Hopefully, it takes it all the way to the Supreme Court to overturn [Roe versus Wade],” she said. Georgia and South Carolina have proposed similar bills. (continued on page 14) 12

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RS PLAN TO TIONISTS ARS A L A B A M A L E G I S L AT U R E H A S P L A N TO M A K E AC T C L AS S A F E LO N Y

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L AW MAK ER S PLA N TO JA IL A B ORTION I STS F O R 9 9 Y EAR S

“Here’s the problem: This bill is unconstitutional,” claimed Vicki Ringer, director of Public Affairs Planned Parenthood South Atlantic, regarding South Carolina’s bill. But Collins said the “whole point is to get the courts to relook at this issue.” “I think people are seeing a possibility that the Supreme Court might have a more conservative-leaning balance,” she said. Even Supreme Court Justice Harry Blackmun, who wrote the 1973 opinion that created a “right” to abortion, was far from certain about the decision. He explained Supreme Court justices at that time didn’t have the scientific evidence to determine if an unborn baby is a person. But that now has been documented. Blackmun wrote: “(If the) suggestion of personhood [of the preborn] is established, the [abortion rights] case, of course, collapses,

which abortion would prevent serious health

for the fetus’ right to life is then guaranteed

risks to the mother.

specifically by the [14th] Amendment.” The bill was introduced into the Alabama

President Trump’s appointment of two conservatives to the Supreme Court has moved

state Senate and House on Tuesday. It would

the court to the right. If another vacancy aris-

make even attempting an abortion a Class C

es while he is in office, Democrats certainly

felony.

will make the possibility of overturning Roe v.

The law would not punish women who seek or obtain abortions, and it exempts cases in

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Wade the No. 1 issue. The Daily Mail reported Kentucky and

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Mississippi recently approved bans on abortion once a fetal heartbeat is detected, which

conflicts with a woman’s ‘right’ to abortion.” “This judicially created exception of Roe is

usually is six weeks into pregnancy. Georgia

an aberration to the natural law…and com-

and South Carolina are among other states

mon law of the states,” Parker said.

that could do the same. Also, the Alabama Supreme Court in 2018

The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals last year struck down an Alabama law banning the

ruled that an unborn baby is a “person” under

gruesome, second-trimester abortion proce-

the law. Consequently, the death of that per-

dure in which limbs are removed from a ba-

son can be punished with execution.

by’s body in the womb.

Further, in a special concurrence, Alabama

At the time, Chief Judge Ed Carnes lament-

Supreme Court Justice Tom Parker called on

ed in his opinion that he was bound by U.S.

the U.S. Supreme Court to revisit Roe v. Wade.

Supreme Court precedent to rule against the

“I write specially to expound upon the prin-

state, writing that “dismemberment” is the

ciples presented in the main opinion and to

best description of the procedure, which clini-

note the continued legal anomaly and logi-

cally is known as dilation and extraction.

cal fallacy that is Roe v. Wade,” he said. “I

“In our judicial system, there is only one

urge the United States Supreme Court to over-

Supreme Court, and we are not it,” he wrote,

rule this increasingly isolated exception to the

calling the high court’s history of abortion

rights of unborn children.”

rulings an “aberration” of constitutional law.

Parker affirmed the Alabama court’s ratio-

And Judge Joel Dubina wrote separately to

nale that “unborn children are persons en-

express his agreement with Supreme Court

titled to the full and equal protection of the

Justices Clarence Thomas and Antonin Scalia

law.”

in Gonzales v. Carhart in which Thomas wrote,

He asserted Roe v. Wade is “without his-

“I write separately to reiterate my view that

torical or constitutional support, carved out an

the Court’s abortion jurisprudence,” includ-

exception to the rights of unborn children and

ing in Planned Parenthood v. Casey and Roe

prohibited states from recognizing an unborn

v. Wade, “has no basis in the Constitution.” ■

child’s inalienable right to life when that right

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WND EXCLUSIVE

INVE ‘DOS ANO

J U D I C I A L W AT

Government watchdog Judicial Watch has filed

Judicial Watch has filed a lawsuit against

dozens of FOIA requests and lawsuits over the

the State Department for records of her com-

“Steele dossier,” the dubious anti-Trump doc-

munications with top Justice, FBI and State

ument funded by Hillary Clinton’s campaign

Department officials.

and the Democratic National Committee. Despite its “unverified” claims, as FBI Director James Comey described them, the

The lawsuit came after the State Department didn’t respond to a FOIA request. Judicial Watch wants records of commu-

Obama administration used it as evidence to

nications between Nuland and the whole cast

obtain a warrant to spy on the 2016 Trump

of the Obama administration scandal: Joseph

campaign.

Mifsud, Chrisopher Steele, Glenn Simpson,

Judicial Watch has demanded interviews

Nellie Ohr, John Brennan, Patrick Kennedy,

with Hillary Clinton’s aides and access to com-

Loretta Lynch, Rod Rosenstein, Sally Yates,

munications involving most of the top level

John Carlin, George Toscas, David Laufman,

appointees who dealt with the issue.

Lisa Monaco, Bruce Ohr, James Comey, Andrew

Now, it’s Victoria Nuland’s turn.

McCabe, Peter Strzok, Lisa Page, James Baker

The former assistant secretary of state for

and others.

European and Eurasian Affairs under Obama

Judicial Watch said the author of the dos-

is believed to have been the one who turned

sier, former British spy Christopher Steele,

the dossier over to the FBI.

had developed long-standing relationships

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ESTIGATION INTO SSIER’ SNARES OTHER OBAMA ALUM

T C H D E M A N D S V I C T O R I A N U L A N D ’ S C O M M U N I C AT I O N S O N I S S U E with senior State Department officials, in-

then-candidate Donald Trump,” said Judicial

cluding Nuland.

Watch President Tom Fitton. “It seems the

“Between 2014 and 2016, Steele authored

Obama administration engaged in a no-holds-

more than a hundred reports on Russia and

barred attempt to clear the path for Hillary

Ukraine,” Judicial Watch said. “These were

Clinton. Judicial Watch FOIA lawsuits have al-

written for a private client but shared widely

ready shown the Obama State Department was

within the State Department and sent up to

corruptly targeting President Trump.”

Secretary of State John Kerry and to Assistant

The watchdog group previously obtained

Secretary of State Victoria Nuland, who was

and released 42 pages of State Department

in charge of the U.S. response to the Ukraine

documents given to Sen. Ben Cardin, D-Md.,

crisis.”

that showed “Russian political interference

A year ago on “Face the Nation,” Nuland said she was briefed on the dossier by Steele and then referred it to the FBI.

in elections and politics in countries across Europe.” It also released nearly 90 pages of docu-

She also authorized a meeting about the

ments from State showing “classified in-

dossier between Steele and FBI agent Michael

formation was disseminated to multiple U.S.

Gaeta, Judicial Watch said.

senators by the Obama administration imme-

“We intend to find out how far the Deep State was willing to go in their effort to discredit

diately prior to President Donald Trump’s inauguration.” ■

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JOSEPH FARAH’S G2 BULLETIN It’s not just the Boeing 737 Max 8 that is giv-

“debris” is being introduced to some compart-

ing the jet-building giant trouble these days.

ments in the jets that could become a safety

Two Max 8s have crashed since October, and

hazard.

investigators are focusing on a sensor that may force the jet into a dive. Now, there’s also concern about the KC-46

The concern is so high that Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson said the military stopped accepting deliveries.

tankers that were being delivered to the U.S.

Her comments came before the House

Air Force, says a report in Joseph Farah’s G2

Armed Services Committee, reported the Air

Bulletin.

Force Times.

Somewhere in the manufacturing process,

Air

Force

spokeswoman

Ann

Stefanek

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confirmed the decision on the deliveries as

Appropriations

the military works “with Boeing to ensure

Wilson expressed concern about finding loose

that every aircraft delivered meets the highest

objects, ranging from a wrench that was left

quality and safety standards.”

behind to small pieces of aluminum left on

“This week our inspectors identified addi-

subcommittee

defense,

surfaces of the jets. ■

tional foreign object debris and areas where Boeing did not meet quality standards,” she

For the rest of this report, and more, please go to

said in a report in the Times.

Joseph Farah’s G2 Bulletin.

So far, seven KC-46’s have been delivered. In a related appearance before the House

WITH BOEING TANKERS ‘DEBRIS’ DISCOVERED INSIDE BRAND-NEW JETS

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BARBARA SIMPSON: THE BABE IN THE BUNKER

A modest propos ‘Touchy’ Joe Bide EXCLUSIVE: BARBARA SIMPSON OFFERS ADVICE FOR INAPPR

The growing line of presidential hopefuls on

How’s a poor voter to choose?

the Democrat side of the ticket seems to have

In reality, that’s not such a strange question

no end. There are the young ones and the old

to ask. Ever since Donald Trump was elected

ones, the names we have known for years and

president, the mantra of the opposition and

those we’ve never heard of; and of course, this

the media has been, if “HE” could get elected,

being 2019, men, women and gays.

then “anyone” has good chance to defeat him.

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sal for people like en O P R I AT E P H Y S I C A L C O N TA C T

Katie, bar the door!

Remember him? Joe Biden was elected to

Now that long list is filled with new names

the Senate from Delaware at the age of 29 in

from out of nowhere along with some familiar

1972—a position he maintained until 2009,

old timers. One familiar name that has risen

when he ran as vice president to Barack Obama.

to the top of the media over the last couple of

They served two terms.

weeks is that of Joe Biden.

He’s well-liked and personable…but there (continued on page 22) F O R DAI LY N E WS , V I S I T WN D. C O M

A M OD EST PRO POSA L F OR PEOPLE LI KE ‘ TO U CH Y ’ JO E B I DEN

was just one thing about Joe Biden. Joe liked to show affection—to women—unasked—and in public. In the early years of his public life, his pats, hugs and other

Joe. Isn’t he a kick?!” I experienced something similar in our newsroom. One of the cameramen was like Biden. He loved to touch…me. Shoulder, arms, pats on the head, even hugs.

semi-affectionate actions got attention,

I didn’t say anything because he was an

but no one really complained—least of all, the

old-timer and the touches weren’t sexual; but

women who were the targets of his actions.

they must have been bothering me because

I recall years ago when I was working in

one afternoon, in the main newsroom when

television news, one of the networks did a

he started in, without thinking I just turned to

feature on Joe showing him hugging, nuzzling,

him and at the top of my lungs shouted “STOP

touching females—grown women of all ages

TOUCHING ME!”

and at times, even children. It was presented as “Gee—look at good old

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It worked! Everyone in the newsroom stopped cold

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and just stared at him and me. He stopped his touching and never did it again. Not one per-

her at times! Times have changed and treating women

son mentioned to me what happened. Life in

that way is not acceptable, even from a long-

news just went on, but without the touches.

time politician.

With Joe Biden, his touching was some-

Whether Joe really will run for president

thing “everybody knew” but no one thought

in this current election cycle, he has felt the

anything untoward about it. Or, if they did, no

need to publically apologize—attempting to

one said anything or complained. After all, he

cover his tracks, as it were. He spoke of his

was a Democrat, and he was a long-timer in

hundreds of handshakes, hugs and various

office and those were toes you don’t step on.

expressions of affection over the years, say-

But “Good Morning, Joe Biden!” It’s a new day and a new year and you are out of office and possibly about to seek election again.

ing he “was sorry that he didn’t understand more.” “I’m not sorry for any of my intentions. I’m

All of a sudden, women have come out of the

not sorry for anything that I have ever done.

woodwork with their versions of an unwanted

I’ve never been disrespectful intentionally to a

“Biden Snuggle.” These instances took place

man or a woman.”

at campaign locations, at meetings, at various

OK Joe, we got the message. You are you,

programs—most of them in public. Apparently

and when you do your “Biden thing” when

at those times, not one of those women com-

and where you want, the target of your atten-

plained. They speak of him touching their hair,

tion just has to take it.

kissing the back of their heads, smelling their

Really? How about this?

hair, hugging them and other instances of “af-

The next woman Biden touches should just

fection” which—IF he knew those women—

do what I did. It works. She just needs shout

would have been a wanted activity.

at the top of her lungs: “STOP TOUCHING ME!”

Clearly, it was not; and now, a number of those women are complaining. In fact, it’s gotten so much publicity that his wife admitted

I guarantee it works. Public embarrassment is very effective, even for an old fogey like Joe Biden. ■

when they first met, his “touching” unnerved

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JESSE LEE PETERSON: THE LEFT UNHINGED

Why C losing America is a Christian nation, but that fact has

bake “gay cakes” for homosexuals pretend-

been under attack by the children of the lie.

ing to get “married.” Men are falsely accused

The left has pushed immorality to the point

of “sexual harassment,” “sexual assault” or

we have so-called “same-sex marriage” and

of being “child molesters”—and they’re not

“transgender” nonsense trampling the rights

allowed to say the women are lying! Children

of Christians. “People of color” and “women”

are abused by women, even killed in the womb,

join the attack on freedom of speech and our

and the man can’t do anything to protect his

rights to self-defense. Good people are ac-

children. White people are called “racist” just

cused of “hate speech,” punished for telling

for loving their country, for telling the truth

the truth in public—or even in private!

about “people of color,” or for standing up

Christians, men and especially white people are under attack. Christians are forced to

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for white people. A decade ago, the fallen messiah Barack

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Christians are g their country EXCLUSIVE: JESSE LEE PETERSON BLASTS LEFT FOR AT TA C K I N G P E O P L E F O R T E L L I N G T R U T H

Obama claimed America is “no longer a

anger, and their attacks on police resulted in

Christian nation.” He pushed homosexual-

an increase in murders around the country.

ity and transgender madness, and took up for

You cannot be a Christian and support the

Muslims at every opportunity. He was the first

Democrat Party. After Obama, they’ve only

“feminist” president, and loved abortion.

grown more radical, electing far-left Muslims,

Obama attacked whites and police, making

homosexuals, and women—in order to attack

blacks feel justified in their anger and false

a real men, President Trump. Donald Trump

victimhood. He brought Black Lives Matter

represents everything they hate—the good-

to the White House—a group worse than the

ness of America. The straight, white, con-

KKK, founded by black lesbians, homosexu-

servative, Christian man of power built this

als and white “social justice warriors.” They

country. But leftists don’t want America to be

killed the souls of black people by pushing

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W HY CHRISTIANS A RE LOSING THEIR CO U NTRY

white people, and Christians in order to take

he wears a camera on himself all day to pre-

down Trump.

vent being accused!

This week, they went after Democrat Joe

The city of Chicago recently elected a black

Biden—Obama’s vice president. They accused

lesbian for mayor. She’s pretending she will

him of sexual harassment with no proof. For

end the corruption in the city. But she herself

years, Biden openly kissed and tried to flat-

is morally corrupt—she has no values. She’ll

ter women and little girls in front of camer-

go after the Christians, white people and men,

as—never trying to hide it. But now people

and only further destroy the city.

impulsively judge him as “creepy,” watching

There are homosexuals who are stuck in

suggestively edited videos that play on the

that lifestyle but know it’s wrong. But this

imagination and people’s anti-male brain-

new mayor-elect, Lori Lightfoot, is promot-

washing. In the old days, men warned you to

ing wrong as right. Similarly, Pete Buttigieg,

believe none of what you hear, and only half

a homosexual Millennial mayor of South

of what you see.

Bend, Indiana, is trying to run for president.

But Biden as a hated “white male” is not

The corrupt liberal media love him for being

welcome in the Democrat Party. They want

shamelessly homosexual. The mayor of Dallas,

a woman or a “person of color” to run for

Annise Parker, is a lesbian with a pretend

president.

“wife.” Females on the Supreme Court and in

Men have been trained by women to show affection, to worship women, make them feel

Congress have conducted so-called same-sex “weddings.”

special—but only with “consent.” Meanwhile,

In Ireland, they have a homosexual prime

women throw themselves on men, hug and

minister who brought his gay “partner” to

kiss men without permission, sexually assault

America for an official event with Vice President

them, and even rape men and young boys. Even

Mike Pence. This man, Leo Varadkar, gave a

Christians join in on this double-standard, in

slap in the face to Christians, speaking against

which every man is a suspected “rapist” or

“discrimination.” The radical homosexuals are

“child molester.” At our recent Men’s Forum

allowed to discriminate against Christians, but

at my nonprofit BOND, a home contractor said

not the other way around. There is no freedom.

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Christians have lost their countries because Christians are no longer any different from

to corrupt schools where kids come out liberal, turning away from God.

the world. They believe that they can be born

If you want your country to be right, you have

again of God and continue to sin. The men are

to be right. As Christ said, you must become

controlled by women—they kiss up to wom-

perfect as the Father in heaven is perfect. ■

en in their personal lives and in politics. The whites are afraid to tell the truth to the people

Order Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson’s book, “The Antidote:

of color. The Christians have anger in their

Healing America from the Poison of Hate, Blame,

hearts, playing God—there’s no love in an-

and Victimhood.”

ger, but only fear, doubt, worry and insecurity. Christian parents are sacrificing their children

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CHUCK NORRIS: CULTURE WARS

NANNY STATE ROUN RELIGIOUS STUDENT

E X C L U S I V E : C H U C K N O R R I S B L A S T S B U R E A U C R AT S F O R P E N A What’s the use of having a freedom and right

after it banned students without chickenpox

if you’re penalized for exercising it?

vaccinations from attending school and extra-

Catholic student Jerome Kunkel, 18, is a se-

curricular activities.

nior at Our Lady of the Assumption Academy

To add insult to injury, the ban was enacted

in Walton, Kentucky. He sued the Northern

at a time when Jerome’s basketball team was

Kentucky Independent District Board of Health

preparing for statewide league playoffs. So far,

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ALIZING PEOPLE FOR EXERCISING THEIR FREEDOMS the ban has kept Kunkel and 30 other students

have permitted Jerome to return to classes and

from attending or participating in anything

other school activities.

related to his school. This past week, on April 2, Judge James

Jerome was “devastated” by the ruling, explained his lawyer, Christopher Wiest of

Schrand of Boone County Court denied the re-

Covington, Kentucky, USA Today reported. The

quest for a preliminary injunction that would

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According to the governing health group’s

practice at a college down there because he was

website, the Northern Kentucky Independent

scouted at that playoff game…and I haven’t

District Board of Health is comprised of the

been able to do that.”

County Judge Executive or his/her designee

I understand these health officials are try-

from each county; the mayor or his/her des-

ing to contain a disease. But remember, those

ignee from the largest city in each county; the

students who are banned from the school’s

chair from each participating local Board of

classrooms and activities don’t have the dis-

Health; to the extent practicable 25 percent

ease and are not contagious. They are those

who shall be qualified licensed physicians, 10

whose families simply rejected the vaccines

percent qualified licensed dentists, 25 percent

based upon their rights to do so. They are

qualified licensed registered nurses, 10 per-

those willing to risk getting exposed to the

cent licensed veterinarians, and 30 percent

disease because of their religious beliefs and

consumers.”

objections, and who are regardless in constant

This government health board has told Kunkel and others not vaccinated that they can return to school and extracurricular activ-

contact with fellow students and friends outside of school. That is why Kunkel’s lawyer rebutted, “The

ities 21 days after the onset of the last person

chickenpox order makes no sense. They all go

in the school to get chickenpox. So, as long

to daily and weekly mass. The parish receives

as there is a trickle of disease by a single new

communion on the tongue. Communion-age

case, Jerome and others might be MIA un-

kids are going to spread chickenpox. That tes-

til their health suspension jeopardizes their

timony was unequivocal.”

completion of courses for graduation.

Jerome added, “What the health depart-

Furthermore, Jerome asserted that the ban

ment put in play isn’t stopping the spread of

has also affected his chances of being scouted

chickenpox. We’re still going to church to-

to play basketball in college, because he wasn’t

gether, we’re still doing everything together.

able to play in his high school all-star game.

After Sunday masses we normally get togeth-

He explained, “My other cousin, who was voted into the all-star, just went down to

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Evidence presented at Monday’s hearing

chickenpox vaccination. Mando is correct. It’s

in Circuit Court revealed that, of Assumption

not a case of discrimination. It’s actually a

Academy’s 240 students, only about 18 per-

case of religious suppression, and a violation

cent of students at the school have been vac-

of Kunkel’s First Amendment rights.

cinated against all childhood illnesses such as chickenpox. Health

department

Bill Kunkel was absolutely right in an interview with the Washington Post, when he

representative

Jeff

Mando explained that the ruling simply “upheld the health department’s mission to pro-

called the health department’s actions “tyranny against our religion, our faith, our country.” What is so difficult to understand about

tect public health and the welfare of folks in

these words penned by our founding fathers:

Northern Kentucky.” But is it that simple?

“Congress shall make no law respecting an es-

At central issue is of course the authority that health officials can force upon citizens when trying to contain a disease. But does their oversight give them the right to sup-

tablishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof…”? Again, what’s the use of having a freedom and right if you’re penalized for exercising it?

press citizen’s rights? Isn’t the right given to

And where does this health cop overreach

the parents to immunize or not, and to choose

stop? The U.S. Center for Disease Control and

whether or not their children are fit enough to

Prevention already recommends 14 different

go to school, be involved in sports, etc.?

vaccines for children between birth and six years

What the government overreach here states

of age. Can no parent or family have any philo-

without saying it is that Jerome’s great and

sophical or religious objection to any of them?

loving parents, Bill and Karen Kunkel, are not

CNN summarized, “For more than 100

capable of making the proper health risk as-

years, there has been public discord regarding

sessment or decisions for their own son. So

vaccines based on issues like individual rights,

the nanny state makes their choices for them!

religious freedoms, distrust of government

Board representative Mando again stated, “This is not a case of religious discrimination,” despite that’s the reason they reject

and the effects that vaccines may have on the health of children. “As of December 2017, 47 states and the (continued on page 32) F O R DAI LY N E WS , V I S I T W N D. C O M

N AN NY STATE ROU NDHOU SES A NOTH ER R ELI GI O U S STU DENT

District of Columbia allow religious exemp-

Kunkel, take issue with the fact that some vac-

tions from vaccines, and 18 states allow philo-

cines were derived from cells taken from two

sophical (non-spiritual) exemptions.

fetuses who were aborted in the 1960s. The

“[However,]

Two

states—Vermont

and

National Catholic Bioethics Center notes that

California—passed laws in 2015 that repeal

a tiny sample of these cells were multiplied

exemptions for parents who do not want

to create viruses that were, in turn, used to

their children vaccinated based on person-

develop vaccines. Today’s vaccines, however,

al philosophy While the California law bans

are far removed from those cells because the

both philosophical and religious exemptions,

cell lines have ‘grown independently.’ Some

the Vermont law only repeals philosophical

vaccines have alternatives that have no history

exemptions.”

of connection with those 1960s cells, but one

I guess you can add Northern Kentucky to California’s ban on exemptions from vaccines for religious or philosophical reasons.

does not exist for chickenpox.” Bill Kunkel explained, “I don’t believe in that vaccine at all and they are trying to push it

I’m not debating here the rightness or

on us. The chickenpox vaccine is derived from

wrongness of vaccines. I’m debating the is-

aborted fetuses. And, of course, as Christians,

sue of freedom and the Kunkel family’s

we’re against abortion.”

Constitutional rights, and how they are being

Too bad for the Kunkels and others like

trumped by a governing board which is sup-

them because the conscientious religious ob-

posed to be ensuring their rights, not overrid-

jection based upon Catholic or Christian beliefs

ing them. The burden of proof should be upon

apparently doesn’t hold Holy Water or matter

the health department, not the Kunkel family.

much anymore to the nanny state.

Just for the record, the Kunkels don’t op-

I ask one last time: what’s the use of hav-

pose all vaccines, just those that use abort-

ing a freedom and right if you’re penalized for

ed fetal cells in their creation, including the

exercising it?

chickenpox vaccine, despite that the Vatican has recently given a green light for their use. Fox News reported, “Some Catholics, like

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On the eve of another Holy Week, I think this is a worthy question to ponder and answer for everyone across America. ■

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AMERICAN EXPRESS

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WND EXCLUSIVE

CHUCK NORRIS TEAMS UP WITH GLOCK

A C T I O N S TA R ‘ D O E S N ’ T D O D G E B U L L E T S , T H E Y D O D G E H I M ’

GLOCK, the gun maker that confidently ex-

“The parallels between GLOCK and Norris

plains it is driven “by a commitment to per-

deliver an authentic, fun and legendary align-

fection, relentless innovation and disciplined

ment of brands,” the company announced.

precision” in making its products, needed a spokesman who was qualified. Committed to perfection? “Relentless.”

Norris already has a familiarity with firearms. He has to, after all those “Chuck Norris Facts.” Like, “When Chuck Norris donates blood,

“Disciplined.”

he avoids the syringe, just asking for a gun

Hmmm. Kinda limits the field.

and a bucket.”

To one: Chuck Norris. The company on Monday announced the legendary world champion martial artist, actor, producer, philanthropist and entrepreneur is joining Glock as a spokesman.

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And, “faster than a speeding bullet” is a Chuck Norris warmup. And, “Chuck Norris doesn’t dodge bullets, they dodge him.” And, “Chuck Norris only invented guns

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because he wanted to make it a fair fight. For

digital and social campaigns, as well as public

others.”

appearances. The first will be at the NRA con-

“Chuck Norris revolutionized and ushered martial arts into the American mainstream just like GLOCK revolutionized firearms by inventing

and

commercializing

ference in Indianapolis April 26-27, officials said. “I’m honored to partner with this world-

polymer-

renowned brand,” said Norris. “The values

based pistols and the SAFE ACTION® System,”

that I have built my life and brand on—tough,

said Josh Dorsey, vice president of GLOCK,

real, constant and powerful—are echoed in

Inc. “Having him represent the GLOCK brand

everything that GLOCK does and creates. Let

brings two iconic names together that are mu-

me put it this way, if I ever decided to go into

tually committed to perfection and their fan

firearms, there would be no point—I would

base. We couldn’t be more excited about this

just be recreating what GLOCK has already

partnership.”

built. The only thing that would change is the

The collaboration will include traditional,

name.” (continued on page 36) F O R DAI LY N E WS , V I S I T WN D. C O M

C H U CK NO RR IS TEA MS U P WITH GLOC K

More details are available at us.glock.com.

seen attached to the door of a police van used

The announcement explains: “GLOCK is a

to transport an arrested demonstrator,” the

leading global manufacturer of firearms. The

report said.

simple, safe design of GLOCK’s polymer-based

The Norrises’ Kick Start program for school

pistols revolutionized the firearms industry

students has taught tens of thousands lessons

and made GLOCK pistols a favorite of mili-

in self-defense and life.

tary and law enforcement agencies worldwide and among pistol owners. In 2019, GLOCK

Norris also has let loose his humorous side more than once.

celebrated its 33rd anniversary in the United

He released a video that was a parody of

States. Renowned for featuring three safeties,

an ad by action movie hero Jean-Claude Van

GLOCK pistols offer users of every lifestyle

Damme, who performed a split between two

confidence they can rely on. GLOCK, Inc. is

moving trucks.

based in Smyrna, Georgia.”

Norris’ response was doing the splits be-

Norris, meanwhile, has built a reputation that goes beyond even those fictional “facts.” For example, there was a recent claim in

tween two flying jets. Norris has said some of his favorite internet “facts” include:

Montreal that police used his gun-toting movie photo from “Invasion U.S.A.” on a po-

• “When the Boogeyman goes to sleep every

lice vehicle—and that improperly intimidated

night, he checks his closet for Chuck

a crowd.

Norris.”

political-science

professor,

Francis

• “Chuck Norris doesn’t read books. He

Dupuis-Déri, filed the protest with authorities

stares them down until he gets the

against nine police officers who were patrol-

information he wants.”

ling streets in Quebec City last year when the G7 summit was held.

• “Outer space exists because it’s afraid to be on the same planet with Chuck Norris.”

“The complaint includes a video of a protest held June 8 in which a photo of Chuck Norris carrying a rifle in each hand can be

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When asked what he thought about the phenomenon, Norris said: “My answer is always

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the same: Some are funny. Some are pretty far

forgot how much I needed others and espe-

out. And, thankfully, most are just promoting

cially God. Whether we are famous or not, we

harmless fun.”

all need God. We also need other people.” ■

Norris also downplays the notion that he’s some sort of superhero. “I’ve got a bulletin for you, folks. I am no

Norris has been writing a weekly column exclusively for WND since October 2006.

superman. I realize that now, but I didn’t always. As six-time world karate champion and then a movie star, I put too much trust in who I was, what I could do and what I acquired. I

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WND EXCLUSIVE

PARENTS ID’D A SCHOOL LGBT

‘A C O M P L E T E D I S C O N N E C T B E T W E E N T H O S E

A Christian organization in the United Kingdom, where the LGBT agenda is advancing in pub-

everyday parents,” Kiska wrote. “This was highlighted well by one primary

lic and private schools, is revealing what one

school governor in Chiswick who, when que-

school chief thinks about parents.

ried by one of our clients about why parents

They’re

the

opposition.

They’re

the

“problem.”

were not consulted when the school decided to formally partner with an LGBT campaigning

The Christian Legal Centre’s Roger Kisa

group, was bold enough to say that parents

noted that Parliament approved new draft

are part of the problem, and not the solution.

regulations for the nation’s “Relationships

“At Christian Legal Centre we deal with

and Sex Education” schooling requirements. They will “promote LGBT lifestyles to children as young as five.” “Perhaps never before in this nation’s his-

schools across the nation who believe education has become social proselytism and not about learning,” Kiska said. In Croydon, issues have arisen at three

tory have the dividing lines run so deep in

schools already. In one instance, young children

relation to education. There appears to be a

were forced “to participate in a gay pride event.”

complete disconnect between government,

There have been “mandatory assemblies

including those in charge of education, and

where the content was so sexualized that one

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AS PROBLEM IN T PROMOTIONS

E I N C H A R G E O F E D U C AT I O N A N D PA R E N T S ’

parent came to us saying it resulted in her

“indoctrination on moral and political issues”

7-year-old daughter being sexually touched

and the other is a civil claim for exposing a

by another child,” Kiska said.

5-year-old to LGBT-based instruction.

Forced instruction from “King and King” and similar books are common occurrences. “This battle between LGBT ideologues and parents has reached the national level with

During a meeting, one school official “belligerently” wore a shirt with the slogan, “Why be racist, sexist, homophobic or transphobic when you could just be quiet?”

the highly publicized protests in schools in

That student was placed in detention when

Birmingham where parents en masse have

his mother raised questions and then was

protested their children being required to take

punished a second time.

part in LGBT lessons,” Kiska said. A petition against that has passed 115,000 names. He cited the case of Izzy Montague, sup-

“The idea that the United Kingdom is seething with homophobic and bigoted people who need to be saved through education is false. And it’s wrong. We have excellent parents in

ported by the Christian Legal Center, who

this country. The government would do well

brought two actions against Heavers Farm

to trust them more rather than take on their

Primary School. One asks officials to stop the

parental role,” Kiska said. ■

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WND EXCLUSIVE

MAJOR CHINESE BOUNTY ON CHR Persecution of Christians may have started

Now, Guangzhou has become the first ma-

some 2,000 year ago, but it doesn’t seem to be

jor city in China to offer rewards for turning in

letting up here in the 21st century.

people engaged in “illegal religious activities.”

A major city in China has initiated a new tactic to curb Christian faith in the communist nation, offering citizens $1,500 for information leading to the arrest of foreign clerics. The South China Morning Post in Hong Kong reported Guangzhou officials have proposed a variety of rewards for information that helps the government control Christianity.

The plan was announced by the city’s ethnic and religious affairs department. The nation recently ramped up attacks on unregistered Christian organizations, “which despite the restrictions have been flourishing,” the report said. Other payments are being offered for information leading to the closure of a foreign

Churches already must register with the government to operate. Independent groups, sometimes known as house churches even

religious group, and for tips about gatherings and their leaders. The city’s website claims the move is aimed

though they may include thousands of people,

at activities “that support extremism, endan-

regularly face restrictions and their pastors

ger national security and disturb the public

arrest.

order.”

Some

their

demolished.

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buildings

have

been

“While Guangzhou is the first Chinese metropolis to offer cash rewards to aid a

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CITY OFFERS RISTIAN LEADERS

$ 1 , 5 0 0 R E W A R D F O R I N F O R M AT I O N L E A D I N G T O A R R E S T S

nationwide crackdown on intrusive religious

counter-revolutionaries. The excesses of the

activities, similar schemes have been running

period are seen by critics to have undermined

elsewhere in the country for some time,” the

the traditional ethics of Chinese culture.”

Morning Post report said. “In the central prov-

The U.K.’s Christian Institute said said

ince of Henan, which is regarded as a religious

China aims to bring all religious groups under

hotbed, numerous city and county govern-

the thumb of the Communist Party.

ments have since April last year been offer-

“Xu Xiaohong, head of a national com-

ing financial incentives for whistle-blowers,

mittee for government-approved Protestant

though they are smaller than those on offer in

churches, recently accused the West of trying

Guangzhou.”

to use independent churches to subvert the

UCANews reported the “encouragement of

Communist regime,” the institute said.

people to denounce fellow citizens over alleged

Xu claimed: “Anti-China western forces

political transgressions against Communist

seek to upset our country’s social stability

Party rule was a feature of the oppressive

or even overthrow our government through

1966-76 Cultural Revolution.”

Christianity.”

“The Cultural Revolution was a sociopoliti-

There are an estimated 40 million members

cal movement based on class struggle to de-

of government-controlled churches in China.

fend communism by encouraging loyalists

But the membership of the underground

to inform on, humiliate and harass so-called

church is thought to be many times that. ■

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WND EXCLUSIVE

‘CHRISTIAN’ CHURCH TELLS S AY S J O S E P H O F B I B L E ‘ P R O B A B LY W E N T I N

Perhaps they never read the 18th chapter of

away the guide, claiming “the Bible is not

the Book of Leviticus where the Bible says ho-

against homosexuality, because the word ho-

mosexual relations are an “abomination.”

mosexuality is not mentioned and that the

Or maybe they missed the Book of Genesis

places that have been interpreted as dealing

which describes God’s firebomb destruction of

with homosexuality are not about a homosex-

Sodom and Gomorrah for those ancient cities’

ual love relationship, but about exploitation or

wicked sins, with homosexual gang rape spe-

rape.”

cifically mentioned.

Words such as “homosexuals” and “sod-

Because now a division of the Church of

omites” do, in fact, appear in the New King

Sweden, which calls itself Protestant, has cre-

James translation of the Bible, saying those

ated an LGBTQ “survival guide” for “Christian

individuals won’t be part of the kingdom of

queer kids” that claims Jesus was “queer.”

God: “Do you not know that the unrighteous

According to the Swedish news site Nya

will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not

DagBladet, the Diocese of Västerås is giving

be deceived. Neither fornicators, nor idolaters,

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S KIDS: JESUS WAS ‘QUEER’ A S U I T I N T E N D E D F O R A K I N G ’ S DAU G H T E R ’

nor adulterers, nor homosexuals, nor sod-

And the biblical Joseph, famous for hav-

omites, nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunk-

ing and interpreting prophetic dreams and for

ards, nor revilers, nor extortioners will inherit

sporting a coat of many colors is portrayed by

the kingdom of God. (1 Corinthians 6:9-10)

the guide as someone who “breaks the norms

The Swedish news site says Jesus “is described as a man who ‘broke the norm.’

in terms of gender expression and probably went in a suit intended for a king’s daughter.”

According to the guide, some call him ‘queer’

The LGBT guide also uses terms including

for his way of life, when he ‘questioned the

“gender fluid,” “cisperson,” “nonbinary,”,

norms of that time.’ He ‘also did not defend

“two sex norm,” and “rainbow fairs.”

the traditional family’ and should have known love for many ‘both men and women.’” The guide describes the Virgin Mary as a girl who “dares to break traditional sex norms in a patriarchal society.”

“This is part of a growing support for LGBTQ values within left-leaning segments of the church,” said Christian Ellis of CBN News. “Different denominations have battled internally with approving gay clergy.” ■

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PAT BUCHANAN: ELECTION 2020

Already saying T

PAT B U C H A N A N H I T S B E R N I E ,

During an Iowa town hall last week, “Beto”

“It gives me no pleasure to say this but to-

O’Rourke, who had pledged to raise the level of

day we have a president who is a racist, sex-

national discourse, depicted President Donald

ist, a homophobe, a xenophobe and a religious

Trump’s rhetoric as right out of Nazi Germany.

bigot.”

Trump “describes immigrants as ‘rapists’

Sanders managed to appeal to almost all

and ‘criminals’” and as “‘animals’ and ‘an

elements of the Democrats’ coalition by ac-

infestation,’” said Beto.

cusing Trump of hating blacks, women, gays,

“Now, I might expect someone to describe

foreigners and Muslims.

another human being as ‘an infestation’ in

Sanders’ outline of Trump calls to mind

the Third Reich. I would not expect it in the

Hillary Clinton’s now-famous attack on the

United States of America.” The crowd lustily

white working-class folks who would give

cheered the analogy.

Trump his victory:

By week’s end, Beto’s Third Reich compar-

“(Y)ou could put half of Trump’s support-

ison had been matched in nastiness by Bernie

ers into what I call the basket of deplora-

Sanders’ description of the president to the

bles…racist, sexist, homophobic, xenophobic,

cheering activists of Al Sharpton’s National

Islamophobic—you name it…he has lifted

Action Network:

them up.”

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Dem candidates Trump is Hitler

, B E T O F O R P O R T R AY I N G P R E S I D E N T A S R A C I S T N A Z I

Where Hillary’s slander of the Donald’s MAGA constituents as a thoroughly rotten

to unite and heal the country? And if Democratic leaders are openly mas-

crowd of Americans came two months before

saging the hatreds of the party base with

the 2016 election, Bernie’s assault on Trump’s

such slanders, what does it tell us about those

character comes fully 20 months before the

leaders?

2020 election. If this is the level of discourse from Beto and

If they believe such charges—“It is the truth and we need to confront that,” said Sanders—

Bernie, two of the leading candidates for the

why do Democrats not impeach and remove

nomination, nearly two years from Election

such a ogre? Why has Nancy Pelosi ruled that

Day, 2020 looks to be one of the ugliest cam-

out?

paigns in American history. And what does it say about democracy if

At the end of a week where he withdrew his nominee to head Immigration and Customs

this is the character of politics at the highest

Enforcement and saw the departure of his sec-

level in the world’s leading democracy?

retary of Homeland Security, Trump, referring

When such language is deployed without

to the 175,000 migrants apprehended crossing

admonition from the major media, what does

the U.S. border in February and March, pro-

that say about the sincerity of the media’s calls

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AL R EADY D E M CA NDIDATES SAYING T R U M P I S H I TLER

Echoes of Hitler’s Germany, said the Washington Post: “Adolf Hitler promised ‘living space’ for Germans as the basis of an expansionist project, which historians said distinguishes the

immigration into the U.S. and imposed ethnic quotas. That was American, not Nazi, law and was enforced by Presidents Coolidge, Hoover, FDR, Truman, Eisenhower and Kennedy. Eisenhower, who led the Allies to victo-

Third Reich from today’s xenophobic govern-

ry over Germany, sent Gen. Joseph Swing to

ments. Still, experts found parallels.

the U.S. border to remove a million people

“‘The echoes do indeed remind one of the Nazi period, unfortunately,’ John Connelly, a

who had entered Texas illegally from Mexico, which the general proceeded to do.

historian of modern Europe at the University

Ike had crushed fascism and understood

of California at Berkeley, said in an interview

that securing the homeland against illegal

with the Washington Post.

mass migration is fascism only in the minds

“‘The exact phrasing may be different, but the spirit is very similar. The concern about

of those who have forgotten, if ever they knew, what a country is.

an ethnic, national people not having proper

From his words and actions, Trump clearly

space—this is something you could definitely

senses that this may be the existential issue

describe as parallel to the 1930s.’

of his presidency: Can he secure the border

“The president’s words became even more freighted when he repeated them on Saturday

against what seems to be an unstoppable invasion from the global south?

before the Republican Jewish coalition in Las

Nor is this only an American issue. In the

Vegas, saying, ‘Our country is full, can’t come.

capitals of Europe—Budapest, Berlin, Paris,

I’m sorry.’”

Rome, London, Madrid—the gnawing fear is

Trump’s actions and words last week do

not of Vladimir Putin leading a mighty Russian

seem to portend tougher action on illegal

army back to the Elbe to recreate Stalin’s em-

immigration, but one need not look to Nazi

pire, but of the African and Muslim hundreds of

Germany for precedents. They may be found

millions looking hungrily north to the pleas-

in our own history.

ant lands of the former mother countries. ■

The 1924 immigration act restricted legal

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UKRAINE: U.S. IGN EVIDENCE AGAINS A L L E G AT I O N O F T R Y I N G T O S W AY 2

A Ukrainian prosecutor claims the Trump

Kulyk told the Hill.

Justice Department is ignoring evidence his

Last month, the Hill reported Ukrainian

government provided showing Democrats and

Prosecutor General Yuriy Lutsenko ordered an

their allies in his country sought to interfere

investigation into an allegation that Ukrainians

in the 2016 U.S. presidential election.

colluded with Hillary Clinton to sway the 2016

Kostiantyn Kulyk, deputy head of the Prosecutor

Generals

International

election in her favor.

Legal

The strategy allegedly was to release “black-

Cooperation Department, told investigative

ledger files” on the financial maneuver-

reporter John Solomon of the Hill that he and

ings of then-Trump campaign manager Paul

other senior law-enforcement officials have

Manafort in Ukraine.

been blocked from obtaining visas to travel to the United States.

Kulyk told Solomon that Ukrainian businessmen “authorized payments for lobbying

“We were supposed to share this informa-

efforts directed at the U.S. government” that

tion during a working trip to the United States.

were made from funds acquired in a money-

However, the (U.S.) ambassador blocked us

laundering operation.

from obtaining a visa. She didn’t explicitly deny our visa, but also didn’t give it to us,

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“We have information that a U.S. company was involved in these payments,” he said.

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NORING COLLUSION ST HILLARY, BIDEN 0 1 6 E L E C T I O N I N C L I N T O N ’ S F AV O R

He said the company is tied to one or more prominent Democrats.

Records, Solomon reported, show Vice President Biden pressured Ukrainian officials

Included in the evidence are sworn statements from two Ukrainian officials admitting that their agency tried to influence the election in Clinton’s favor.

in March 2016 to fire the prosecutor who oversaw an investigation of Burisma Holdings. The prosecutor had planned to interview Hunter Biden about the financial transfers.

And, according to Solomon, there are finan-

Kulyk said Prosecutor General Lutsenko

cial records showing a Ukrainian natural gas

has enough evidence on the former vice presi-

company routed more than $3 million to ac-

dent to get a meeting with Attorney General

counts tied to then-Vice President Joe Biden’s

Bill Barr.

son Hunter Biden. As

vice

president,

U.S.-Ukrainian

relations

Lutskenko Biden for

the

said

he’s

“looking

forward

managed

to meeting with the attorney general of the

Obama

United States in order to start and facilitate

administration. The younger Biden served on the board of a Ukrainian natural gas company, Burisma

our joint investigation regarding the appropriation of another $7 billion in U.S. dollars with Ukrainian legal origin.” ■

Holding.

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WND EXCLUSIVE

FBI docs show ‘cover-up’

D E M O N S T R AT E ‘ S H A M N AT U R E O The Washington watchdog Judicial Watch has

use of BleachBit on the Clinton server to de-

released 422 pages of FBI documents showing

lete files. The program was downloaded on

evidence of “cover-up” discussions related

March 31, 2015, according to a computer event

to Hillary Clinton’s unauthorized email sys-

log. Over the next half hour it was used to de-

tem within the company that managed it.

lete the files on the server at a time when they

A Platte River Networks email sent in

were under subpoena.

December 2014 says: “Its [sic] all part of the

The October 2016 Freedom of Information Act

Hillary coverup operation I’ll have to tell you

lawsuit was filed after the Justice Department

about it at the party.”

failed to comply with a July 2016 FOIA request.

The documents obtained by Judicial Watch also show Intelligence Community Inspector

‘HU N D R E DS OF C LASS I F I E D E M AI L S ’

General Charles McCullough forwarding “con-

Emails and handwritten notes written in June

cerns” about classified information contained

and July 2015 from the Office of the Intelligence

in the Clinton emails.

Community Inspector General discuss “con-

Judicial

Watch

also obtained

Clinton’s

2009 classified information Non-Disclosure Agreement bearing her signature. And documents show Platte River Networks’

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cerns” over classified information on the server. A redacted sender writes to State Department Official

Margaret

“Peggy”

Grafeld

that

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’ of Hillary’s email server

O F T H E F B I / D O J I N V E S T I G AT I O N ’ “inadvertent release of State Department’s equities when this collection is released in its entirety — the potential damage to the foreign

‘avoid conducting official Department business from (their) personal e-mail accounts.” The same FBI memo noted a memo from

relations of the United States could be signifi-

Under Secretary of State for Management Patrick

cant. ICIG McCullough forwards the concern,

Kennedy to all senior State Department offi-

saying: ‘Need you plugged in on this.’”

cials on Aug. 28, 2014. In it, Kennedy included

The sender writes: “While working with

excerpts from the Foreign Affairs Manual that

this inspector, I have personally reviewed

said that “classified information must be sent

hundreds of documents in the HRC collection.

via classified e-mail channels only.”

I can now say, without reservation, that there

The documents uncovered by Judicial Watch

are literally hundreds of classified emails in

also show infighting between Kennedy and

this collection; maybe more.”

the ICIG over the processing of the potentially

In an August 2015 internal FBI memo, the FBI notes that Hillary Clinton had signed a

compromised Clinton email communications. A June 15, 2015, memo by the ICIG regard-

June 28, 2011, official correspondence advising

ing the State Department’s review of Hillary

all State Department employees that, “due to

Clinton’s emails, Judicial Watch said, indi-

‘recent targeting of personal e-mail accounts

cates the retired foreign service officers as-

by online adversaries,’ State employees should

signed the task were “not optimal.” ■

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WND EXCLUSIVE

LIMBAUGH: D SHOOT MIGR THEY WORE M

â&#x20AC;&#x2DC; W H AT D O Y O U T H I N K T H E M E D I A A N D T H E D E M O C R AT PA R T Y

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DEMS WOULD RANTS IF MAGA HATS

Y WOULD BE DOING?’ Democrats in leadership across the United States are so partisan when it comes to national security that if immigrants were wearing MAGA hats, they “would start shooting on sight.” (continued on page 54) F O R DAI LY N E WS , V I S I T WN D. C O M

L IMB AUG H: D EMS WOU LD S HOOT MIGR ANTS I F TH EY WO R E M AGA H ATS

The comment from radio talk-show Rush

strategy in action, and it’s succeeding. Because

Limbaugh came as the border-security crisis

every day another Democrat calls for doing

escalated further this week, with President

away with the border or doing away with the

Trump moving to replace Department of

concept of citizenship, can’t ask a citizenship

Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen.

question on the census, no, no, no, that’s big-

She was blasted by the left for separating

otry. No, no, no, no, that’s insulting, no, no,

illegal-alien families and putting children in cages, even though it is federal law. And the

no, no, that’s racism,” he said. “Just imagine,” he continued, “if all these

children in cages? They’re being held in child-

people do this, if all of these people crossing

protective-services facilities established un-

the border were wearing MAGA hats, what do

der prior presidents and carried on by Barack

you think the media and the Democrat Party

Obama.

would be doing? They would be building the

“The whole idea here—and it’s coming to

wall. They would be down there, they would

fruition—just flood the border so that we can’t

grab their armed units from the KKK or what-

handle it,” Limbaugh said. “I hate to keep cit-

ever and they would send ’em down there

ing this, but it’s another variation of Daniel

and they would start shooting on sight these

Moynihan’s defining deviancy down. You give

people with MAGA hats trying to get into the

up trying to enforce laws against bad behavior.

country. That’s the way to look at this.

‘Cause there’s so much of it going on, you can’t

“If all of these refugees, if all of these mi-

catch ’em all, and you can’t prosecute ’em all,

grants, if all of these wonderful illegal im-

so you just ignore the law and you change the

migrants were wearing MAGA hats what do

law so that the criminal activity that was is no

you think the reaction would be? So I hope

longer called criminal.

Trump hits this hard—whatever is going on

“And as you do that over and over, you are

here with the Kirstjen Nielsen situation—it’s

permitting deviancy to normalize, to become

his best issue. It’s his rallying point issue. He

normal and to rise in terms of its occurrenc-

has his base and an increasing number of the

es throughout your culture and society. In a

American people on his side.”

way, it’s a variation of the old Cloward-Piven

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MAGA is an acronym for “Make America

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Great Again,” President Trump’s 2016 campaign slogan.

“Trump needs to shuffle around some money and get that wall up! Get started on it

Democrats have resisted efforts by the

ASAP! And we had a call last week, we had a

president to secure America’s southern border,

bunch of people suggest this and we need to

refusing him money for strategic sections of a

do it. We need to start taxing the—you know

border wall even though they supported that

how much in remittances illegal immigrants

very effort earlier.

are sending back to the home countries? It’s around $60 billion. We need to start tax-

“TRUMP DIDN’T PUT KIDS IN CAGES!

ing that as a threat to Mexico and Central

OBAMA PUT KIDS IN CAGES! ALL OF

America,” Limbaugh said.

THIS, EVERYTHING THAT WE’RE DEALING WITH HERE THAT TRUMP WASN’T ABLE TO FIX IS SOMETHING HELD

The broadcaster said the border crisis has all the markings of a setup. “And I’m gonna tell you something, folks. I don’t for a minute believe that these caravans and this mass exodus of people from Central

OVER FROM THE OBAMA YEARS. AND

America and even South America is random

OF COURSE THE DRIVE-BYS AND THE

and organic. I think this is a plan. It is a plan

DEMOCRATS DON’T WANT ANYBODY THINKING THAT. BUT EVERY MESS THIS COUNTRY HAS, EVERY MESS THAT

that has worldwide sponsors that are in cahoots with Mexican drug cartels, and its sole purpose is to put all kinds of economic and societal pressure on the United States to create crisis,” he said.

TRUMP IS ATTEMPTING TO ADDRESS

He pointed out that according to poll by

IS SOMETHING IN PLACE BECAUSE

Rasmussen Reports, 67 percent of Americans

OF OBAMA,” LIMBAUGH NOTED.

view illegal immigration as a serious problem. And 47 percent say it’s a very serious problem. ■

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WND EXCLUSIVE

TRUMP SLAPS ‘TERROR’ L

‘ H O L D I N G T H E R E G I M E A C C O U N TA B L E

President Trump on Monday slapped the “terror” label on a key part of Iran’s muscle—the Islamic

needs to carry out terror. The White House said the IRGC is running

Revolutionary Guard Corps—putting a spot-

“front companies and institutions around the

light on the mullah-led regime’s global agenda.

world to fund terror.”

The president, in a White House state-

It is the first time the U.S. has designated a

ment, said he “is holding the Iranian regime

part of another government as a terror group.

accountable by targeting the primary entity

The White House explained it the Iranian re-

that carries out its global campaign of terror.”

gime’s use of terror makes it fundamentally

The Foreign Terrorist Organization designation now will be reviewed by Congress.

different from other governments. Iran employs terror as a tool of its gov-

The unprecedented move is part of the

ernment, through the IRGC, which “provides

Trump administration’s broader effort to

funding, equipment, training and logistical

counter Iranian terrorism around the world,

support to terrorist groups.”

the announcement said. It will increase financial pressure on Iran and isolate it more from the rest of the world. One goal is to deprive it of the resources it

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For example, in 2011, the IRBC Qods Force “plotted a brazen attack on the Saudi ambassador to the United States in Washington.” It was discovered and thwarted.

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ABEL ON IRANIAN FORCES B Y TA R G E T I N G T H E P R I M A R Y E N T I T Y ’ Other terror attacks were uncovered in Germany, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Kenya, Bahrain and Turkey.

also shipped literal pallets of cash to Iran. Fox News described the move as an “unprecedented step to ramp up pressure on

“The Iranian regime remains the world’s

Tehran.”

leading state sponsor of terror, spending

Anticipating the designation, Iran’s foreign

nearly a billion dollars every year to support

minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif, wrote on

terrorism,” the White House said. “The re-

Twitter that Trump “should know better than

gime provides funding to a number of ter-

to be conned into another US disaster.”

rorist groups, including Hizballah, Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, Kata’ib Hizballah, al-Ashtar Brigades, and others.” any U.S. company to do business with the IRGC. earlier

withdrew

from

may have in the U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and National

The designation makes it a federal crime for Trump

The move also freezes any assets the IRGC

Barack

Obama’s Iran nuclear weapons deal because it “failed to protect” America. He reactivated sanctions that had been lifted by Obama, who

Security Adviser John Bolton in recent weeks have called for the move. The decision puts IRGC in the same category as al-Qaida and ISIS. There are about 60 groups on the list worldwide. ■

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BARRY FARBER: ELECTION 2020

The impact of Uncle Jo E X C L U S I V E : B A R R Y F A R B E R A N S W E R S T H E Q U E S T I O N , ‘J U S T News outlets have sizzled with speculation

a (current) grand total of eight women who

over whether or not Joe Biden will join the

claim they were inappropriately touched by

race for president in 2020.The bulk of such

Biden is enough to sink his ship before it’s

coverage seems confined to how Biden’s en-

even launched. There’s also great wonderment

try would affect the younger, so-called “pro-

over whose side the media will be on, now that

gressive” forces within the Democratic Party.

a Biden entry would jerk a party that’s behav-

The other/older Democrats simply don’t want

ing like a drunken uncle back from the revered

Biden as a competitor and wonder whether

left to the hated ideological middle.

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oe jumping in the race HOW OLD IS VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN?’ Let’s clear that up first. The media, it must be understood, are wallopingly pro-media, and that presumes that they favor the left side of

could answer our entreaties with nothing better than question marks of their own. But the media are grateful to former Vice

the political spectrum—meaning that in case

President Joe Biden and hope he’ll keep pro-

of a tie, the media will go with the left-most

viding exciting material for a long time. May I

entity. Since Biden hasn’t declared yet, nor

intrude with a report on what the Biden can-

has he staked out his position on major issues,

didacy means to Trump voters?

even the best of our high-powered computers

Most of us accepted Biden as a sort of (continued on page 60) F O R DAI LY N E WS , V I S I T W N D. C O M

T HE IM PACT O F UNCLE J OE J U MPING I N TH E R ACE

non-toxic Hillary. He was thought of mostly

spoken, suggesting that perhaps the undoable

as a sort of likably bumbling “Uncle Joe” who

could also now be done.

presented no threat to a startlingly successful

Joe Biden’s strengths may be heightened by

President Trump, whose every triumph con-

the spreading perception that Biden represents

signed Biden to a more and more remote cor-

a clear connection to “The Good Ol’ Days.”

ner of the museum of American politics. There

Even the most avid Obama enthusiasts have

is, however, one school of pro-Trump voters

to admit that “normalcy” ended with Trump.

who embrace a whole new attitude regard-

We’ll soon find out how many Americans, like

ing Joe Biden. They fear him. They think his

me, welcome the changes wrought by Donald

many negative moves, deeds, words and mel-

Trump.

odies, which would have angered the masses

Biden supporters may outnumber us as

when they were fresh, will today come across

surely as Trump supporters outnumbered

as outmoded bullets that would have missed

enough of the “normal” voters who did the

their target anyhow, leaving him unscathed

“normal” thing, namely, voting for Hillary

and still viable.

Clinton.

Biden is the front-runner even before for-

A population capable of installing a Donald

mally announcing his candidacy. His fund-

Trump in the White House is fully capable of

raising engines have not yet been tested and

installing a Joe Biden there, four years earlier

may well turn out to be formidable. That fear

than the present occupant intended.

felt by Trump voters has nothing to do with

The castle is crumbling. Nobody can be sure

these normal considerations like name rec-

what the new architects will give us. So, if I

ognition and donor success. That fear, in a

were asked to introduce Joe Biden at a rally, I

way, contains some of the same sparkling

would say, “I’m not saying that Joe Biden is

isotopes that elected Donald Trump. Nobody

old, but if you look at that painting of The Last

can deny Trump was put into the White House

Supper, he’s third from the right!”

because he represented a clear connection to an utterly new way to “do” American politics. When Trump arose, the unspeakable could be

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SPIN CITY

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s o t p m u r T r o f k o is it ? n g i a p m a c n e d i B n o

VICTOR DAVIS HANSON:

HISTORIAN ASKS IF PRESIDENT’S FBI CHIEF

C A N ‘ I N S E R T A N I N F O R M A N T ’ I N T O D E M ’ S O P E R AT I O N S

Historian and political commentator Victor

campaign team—in worries that Biden son’s

Davis Hanson is asking Americans whether

business practices in the Ukraine had ear-

they would permit President Trump’s FBI di-

lier compromised Biden who had intervened

rector to “insert an informant into the cam-

on his behalf by threatening to cut off aid to

paign of the Democratic presidential nominee.”

Ukraine?” he asked in a column for the web-

“If Joe Biden is the 2020 nominee, will the Trump Justice Department seek FISA warrants to monitor the communications of Biden’s

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site American Greatness. “Will they investigate Biden’s propensity to hug and kiss under-aged girls?” wrote

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spy

Davis, a senior fellow at Stanford’s Hoover

having them leaked to the media? Will Trump

Institution and a professor emeritus of Classics

hire a British ex-spy to gather together ru-

at California State University, Fresno.

mors and gossip about Biden’s previous over-

“Will Trump’s CIA director contact foreign

seas trips and foreign contacts, especially in

nationals to aid in spying on Biden’s aides?

the Ukraine, and then see them seeded among

Will National Security Advisor John Bolton re-

the Trump CIA, FBI, Justice Department, and

quest that the names of surveilled Biden cam-

State Department? Is that the sort of country

paign officials become unmasked as a way of

we have now?” (continued on page 64) F O R DAI LY N E WS , V I S I T WN D. C O M

VIC TOR DAVIS H A NSON: IS IT OK F OR TR U M P TO SPY O N B I DEN CAM PAI GN?

His questions, which followed a recount-

“And so since it has happened and since to

ing of the step-by-step actions by Democrats

date everybody involved has gotten away with

to overturn the 2016 election, caught the at-

it in terms of not being charged, not having

tention of talk-radio host Rush Limbaugh on

gone to jail, at worst some of them have lost

Tuesday.

their jobs, but they are still writing books, and

“Victor Davis Hanson is asking these ques-

they’re getting pensions, and they’re consid-

tions rhetorically. Nobody in the world thinks

ered heroes by people on their team for the

the Republicans would ever do what the

valiant effort in which they engaged. So damn

Democrats did here,” Limbaugh said.

straight it’s gonna happen again.”

“The Republican FBI would not plant spies in a Democrat campaign, in the Democrat nomi-

Hanson’s long list of attacks on Trump included:

nee’s campaign. They wouldn’t commission a phony dossier. That’s the whole point. But will the Democrats do it again?” Limbaugh asked.

• Green Party candidate Jill Stein requested recounts in three states won by Trump.

“The question is, since the Democrats did

• B-list Hollywood celebs tried to convince

it this time—and make no mistake, Hillary

electors not to support the duly elected

Clinton did this with the aid and probably ini-

candidate in the Electoral College.

tiative of Barack Obama—believe me, none of

• More than 60 Democrats in the House

this could have happened without Obama at

voted to bring up impeach charges

least knowing about it. This stuff started in

against Trump.

2015. This stuff started the moment Trump

• “Celebrities and politicians hit social

got in the race and started talking about shut-

media and the airwaves to so demonize

ting the border, started talking about building

Trump that culturally it would become

a wall, started talking about getting us out of

taboo even to voice prior support for

NATO, started talking about NAFTA.”

the elected president.” The attackers

Limbaugh said Democrats simply were not

included Madonna, David Crosby, Robert

going to “take any chance,” and they threw

de Niro, Johnny Depp, Snoop Dogg, Peter

everything they could find at Trump.

Fonda and Kathy Griffin.

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• During the president’s first year in office, the Democrats and the media at various times sought to invoke the 25th Amendment, claiming Trump was so mentally or physically impaired that he

• Russia collusion hysteria swept the country. • Robert Mueller was appointed as special counsel. • Members of Congress went after Trump’s

was not able to carry out the duties of

appointee,

president. DOJ officials followed with

Barr.

discussions about removing the president from office.

Attorney

General

William

• Then congressional committees sued to force Trump to release at least six years

• Two-hundred congressional Democrats

of his private income tax records.

in late 2018 sued in federal court to remove Trump, claiming he had violated the esoteric Emoluments Clause.

Davis wondered if such actions will be institutionalized.

• The “Resistance” sought to destroy the

“Are appeals to impeachment, the 25th

Trump presidency by leaking presidential

Amendment, the Emoluments Clause, the

memos, conversations and phone calls.

Logan Act, and a Special Counsel the now nor-

• Michael

Avenatti

“reintroduced

pornographic film star Stormy Daniels

mal cargo of political opposition to any future elected president?” he asked.

to the public. He claimed that Daniels

“The final irony? If the CIA, FBI, and DOJ

had somehow been tricked into signing

have gone the banana republic way of Lois

a supposedly improper and now invalid

Lerner’s IRS and shredded the Constitution,

non-disclosure agreement.”

they still failed to remove Donald Trump,” he

• Federal

law

enforcement

officials

wrote. ■

stormed the offices of Trump lawyer Michael Cohen in search of incriminating materials. He later pleaded guilty to felonies.

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WND EXCLUSIVE The votes have not been counted, but exit polls show Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu neck and neck with challenger Benny Gantz. Both, in fact, declared victory shortly af-

charges. Via Twitter, he declared victory for rightwing parties. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The right-wing bloc led by Likud won a clear victory. I thank the citizens of Israel

ter the polls closed at 10 p.m. in Israel, 3 p.m.

for your trust. I will start assembling a right-

Eastern Time.

wing government with our natural partners

Netanyahu, who has served as prime minister for the past 10 years as well as three years

this very evening,â&#x20AC;? he wrote. But Gantz, a former military chief of staff

in the late 1990s, has suffered politically from

who heads the Blue and White political alli-

the possibility of an indictment on corruption

ance, also saw victory in the exit polls.

Neta both afte

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“We won! The Israeli public has had its say!” said Gantz and centrist politician Yair Lapid. In Israel’s parliamentary system, voters

The Times of Israel reported orthodox parties and some right-wing parties have indicated their support for Netanyahu after two

will elect the 120 members of parliament, the

exit polls forecast Likud and its potential al-

Knesset. President Reuven Rivlin then will se-

lies would take a majority of Knesset seats.

lect a party leader who will try to form a coali-

The Time said that if the results stand,

tion government. The process sometimes can

Netanyahu will be in a position to again form

take weeks.

a government and serve a fifth term as prime

Ultimately, the prime minister will be the leader of the party that can form a coalition,

minister, even if his Likud party is smaller than Gantz’s Blue and White faction. ■

and the negotiating already has begun.

anyahu, Ganz h declare victory er exit polls

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TEACHER SUSPENDED FOR INABILITY TO READ, WRITE CERTIFIED BY SPECIAL TRAINING PROGRAM

A school teacher in London who had been ap-

Ahmed has dyspraxia, which affects a per-

proved by a special training program now has

son’s coordination, and he had told the head-

been suspended from his teaching position

master he was unable to write for more than

because he can’t read or write.

a short time.

DailyMail.com reported Faisal Ahmed was

But TeachFirst, a special program that pays

suspended from his post at the Catholic school

salaries to teacher candidates while they are

St. Thomas More in Wood Green, even though

studying for advanced qualifications exams,

he had graduated from the TeachFirst program.

had not told school officials of the condition.

“Struggling to read and write was not

“The scandal emerged when Mr. Ahmed,

enough to stop a teacher getting a job at a top

who is in his 30s, sued the school for construc-

secondary school,” DailyMail.com reported.

tive dismissal and disability discrimination

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after he quit in anger,” the Daily Mail said. “Papers obtained by the Sun showed that Mr. Ahmed lost his legal battle and subsequent

have the highest standards, and their participants must have expertise for teaching. “We have always welcomed applications

appeal over the 2016 scandal, with the London

from candidates with disabilities and addi-

Central Employment and Tribunal throwing

tional needs—and work with them, the school

out his claims last month.

and university partners to provide any extra

Jihad Watch Director Robert Spencer com-

training and support needed to ensure their

mented: “Apparently not referring him for

teaching is of the highest quality,” the group

the job, and not hiring him, would have been

said. ■

‘Islamophobic.’” TeachFirst officials told the Daily Mail they

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WND EXCLUSIVE

Virginia Democratic Gov. Ralph Northam fa-

that would have allowed abortion through all

mously has indicated he’s willing to allow

nine months of pregnancy and even permitted

a new-born child to die, but he’s concerned

allowing newborns who survived an abortion

about cruelty to animals.

to die.

Northam has signed legislation making animal cruelty a Class 6 felony, punishable by a fine of up to $2,500 and a prison sentence of up to five years. In November, however, he supported a bill

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He explained in a radio interview how a “failed abortion” might work. “If a mother is in labor, I can tell you exactly what would happen,” he said. “The infant would be delivered. The infant would be kept

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‘Infanticide guv’ makes animal cruelty a felony N O R T H A M B AC K E D L AW A L LOW I N G N E W B O R N S TO D I E

comfortable. The infant would be resuscitated

country can’t agree that killing babies who

if that’s what the mother and the family de-

have been born is always wrong, then its not

sired, and then a discussion would ensue be-

easy to see how we remain one society, no

tween the physicians and the mother.”

matter how strongly we agree that cruelty to

Powerline’s Paul Mirengoff noted Senate Democrats refused to repudiate Northam’s

animals is wrong,” Mirengoff wrote. Amid strong criticism, Northam said he

position, blocking a resolution condemning

didn’t regret his “infanticide” remarks, ac-

the practice.

cusing media of misconstruing his remarks. ■

“If we’re really at the point where our

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PAT BUCHANAN: TROUBLE IN THE HOLY LAND

TRUMP, TELL BIBI: U.S. WON’T START PAT B U C H A N A N : D E S P I T E I S R A E L’ S W I S H E S , N E W C O N F L I C T ‘

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: T WAR WITH IRAN I S N O T W H AT A M E R I C A W A N T S O R N E E D S ’ On Monday, President Donald Trump designated the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps a terrorist organization, the first time the United States has designated part of another nation’s government as such a threat. Iran’s Supreme National Security Council responded by declaring U.S. Central Command a terrorist group. With 5,000 U.S. troops in Iraq and 2,000 in Syria, often in proximity to Iranian units, this inches America closer to war. (continued on page 74) F O R DAI LY N E WS , V I S I T WN D. C O M

T R U M P, TEL L BIB I: U.S. WON’T STA RT WAR W I TH I R AN

Why did we do it? What benefit did the U.S. derive? How do we now negotiate with the IRGC on missile tests?

Bibi is not going to accept a Palestinian right of return to Israel, or a sharing of the Holy City with a Palestinian state ruled by a successor of Yasser Arafat. And as Bibi fought

Israel’s Bibi Netanyahu took credit for

Ariel Sharon’s withdrawal of the 8,000 Jewish

Trump’s decision, tweeting, “Once again you

settlers from Gaza, he is not going to order the

are keeping the world safe from Iran aggres-

removal of tens of thousands of Jewish set-

sion and terrorism. … Thank you for accepting

tlers from homes on the West Bank.

another important request of mine.” Previous “requests” to which Trump ac-

Indeed, on the eve of his re-election Tuesday, Bibi promised Israelis he would be-

ceded include moving the U.S. embassy to

gin the annexation of Jewish settlements on

Jerusalem, declaring Jerusalem Israel’s eter-

the West Bank.

nal capital, closing the Palestinian consulate

As for Trump, he is the most popular man

and cutting off aid, and U.S. recognition of the

in Israel. And he is not going to force Bibi to

Golan Heights, captured from Syria in 1967, as

do what Bibi does not want to do and there-

sovereign Israeli territory.

by imperil his major political gains in the U.S.

What Bibi wants, Bibi gets. One hopes his future requests will not in-

Jewish community. Given the indulgence of the progressive wing

clude a demand that we cease dithering and

of the Democratic Party for BDS, the anti-Is-

deliver the same “shock and awe” to Iran that

rael Boycott, Divestment and Sanction move-

George W. Bush delivered to Saddam Hussein’s

ment, and the divisions among Democrats

Iraq.

over Netanyahu’s expansionism, the presi-

With Bibi’s election win Tuesday, his fifth, the secret Mideast peace plan Trump’s sonin-law Jared Kushner has been laboring on these last two years is likely to be unveiled. Yet it is hard to see how Jared’s baby is not stillborn.

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dent’s pro-Israel stance has proven a political winner for the GOP. But while a U.S. war with Iran may be what Bibi wants, it is not what America wants or needs. Consider what 20 years of U.S. wars in the

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Mideast have cost this country, as China has

terrorists by the Turks, who promise to anni-

stayed out of the region and pushed its power

hilate the Kurds if they try to return to homes

and influence into Asia, Africa and Europe.

along the Turkish border.

In Afghanistan, the Taliban have regained

As for Turkey itself, President Erdogan says

control of more territory than they have held

he will take delivery this summer of a Russian-

since 2001, and they are negotiating with the

made S-400 air and missile defense system.

Americans for a withdrawal of our remaining 14,000 troops. Cost of the Afghan war: 2,400 U.S. dead,

Go through with that, says the U.S., and we cancel your order for 100 F-35s. The justified U.S. fear: Russia’s S-400 system will be tested

32,000 wounded, $1 trillion sunk, and the U.S.

against America’s most advanced fifth-gen-

on the precipice of a potential strategic defeat.

eration fighter, the F-35.

So dreadful has become the five-year Yemeni civil war between Iran-backed Houthi rebels

If Turkey does not cancel the S-400, a NATO crisis appears imminent.

and the Saudi-backed regime they ousted that

In Iraq, where 5,000 U.S. troops remain, the

the U.S. House and Senate have invoked the

government has both pro-U.S. and pro-Iran

War Powers Act and directed Trump to termi-

elements in Baghdad, and mutual designation

nate U.S. assistance for the Saudi intervention.

of the IRGC and CENT-COM as terrorist or-

In Libya, where a U.S.-led NATO interven-

ganizations can only present hellish problems

tion overthrew Col. Gadhafi in 2011, a rene-

for America’s soldiers and diplomats still in

gade general now controls two-thirds of the

that country.

country and is mounting an assault on Tripoli.

Bottom line: Though Bibi and John Bolton

U.S. soldiers and diplomats fled the capital

may want war with Iran, U.S. national inter-

last week.

ests, based on the awful experience of two de-

In Syria, President Bashar Assad, with the support of Russia, Iran and Hezbollah, defeated the U.S. backed-rebels years ago. The Syrian Kurdish militia we partnered

cades, and Trump’s political interests, dictate that he not start any more wars. Not a single Middle East war this century has gone as we planned or hoped. ■

with to crush ISIS have been designated as

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WND EXCLUSIVE

Lesbians demand wedding cake ‘trespassing,’ lawy

C H R I S T I A N B A K E R Y A R T I S T C AT H Y M I L L E R F I R E S B A C K I N C O Lawyers representing a Christian cake artist

presented themselves as customers to pro-

in California contend in response to a lawsuit

voke a lawsuit and, therefore, were “unlawful

by the state that a same-sex couple demand-

trespassers.”

ing that she prepare a cake for their wedding against her will were trespassing.

Miller’s lawyers contend the couple, Eileen and Mireya Rodriguez-Del Rios, “conspired

The state now has sued Cathy Miller twice

with one another and/or aided and abetted

over the claim. A judge ruled in the first

one another in bringing what they know is a

case that Miller’s refusal to make the cake was

fraudulent and meritless complaint to … col-

protected by the First Amendment.

lect a money judgment.”

The brief by the Freedom of Conscience

They participated in a “blatant abuse of pro-

Defense Fund makes the same argument but

cess” in bringing the complaint, with the goal

also asserts the same-sex couple “fraudulently”

of cashing in financially as well as harming

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ding

yers say

OURT Miller and her Tastries Bakery.

are meritless because Miller and her bak-

Additionally, the claims are “barred be-

ery “were fully justified in lawfully exercising

cause the Rodriguez-Del Rios gained access to

their free speech and free exercise rights un-

Tastries Bakery based on their fraudulent in-

der the First Amendment to the United States

tent to trigger this meritless lawsuit.”

Constitutions.”

“Motivated

ulterior

objectives,

they

The filing contends state non-discrimina-

knowingly and fraudulently presented them-

tion laws are unconstitutional under the First

selves as potential Tastries customers will-

Amendment.

ing to abide by Miller and Tastries’ policies

“As a practicing Christian and law-abiding

and reasonable requests. … Consequently, the

business owner, Cathy welcomingly serves all

Rodriguez-Del Rios were unlawful trespassers.”

customers,” said Daniel Piedra, FCDF’s exec-

The brief also argues the state’s claims

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L E S B IANS D E M A NDING WEDDING CA K E ‘ TR ESPASSI NG,’ LAW Y ER S SAY

against LGBT persons, yet California bureau-

and simply declines to create custom cakes

crats are determined to humiliate Cathy and

that express messages or celebrate events that

shutter her bakery. Their relentless hostility,

violate her Christian faith, the government is

which includes this meritless lawsuit, is mo-

intent on destroying her—something the U.S.

tivated solely by their anti-religious animus.”

Supreme Court has already forbidden in the

It was August 2017 when the same-sex

Masterpiece Cakeshop case. Neither Cathy nor

couple asked Miller to create a cake for their

any other creative professional should be tar-

wedding celebration, the legal team said.

geted by the government for living and work-

“Miller declined the request because the

ing according to their religious beliefs.”

custom cake would have expressed messages

WND reported the same-sex couple “had

about marriage that conflict with her Christian

intentionally been searching for a business

faith. The couple filed a discrimination com-

that would ‘discriminate’ against them, wear-

plaint with California’s Department of Fair

ing hidden microphones to catch a business

Employment and Housing (DFEH), the agency

owner in the act.”

that enforces the state’s anti-discrimination

The defense team pointed out: “Although the

law. The DFEH sued Miller, seeking a court

lawsuit claims ‘Eileen and Mireya did not know

order that would force Cathy to create cus-

what to do’ after the incident, the record shows

tom cakes for everyone or no cakes at all. In

the couple immediately took to social media,

February 2018, state court judge David Lampe

and within 30 minutes Miller began receiving

ruled in Miller’s favor, holding that her beliefs

death threats and emails containing images of

are protected by the First Amendment. Despite

people engaging in depraved sexual acts. News

losing in court, the DFEH sued Miller again in

crews arrived shortly afterward. Traumatized

October 2018,” the legal team said.

by the sudden wave of rage from the LGBT ac-

Piedra said California’s lawyers “are ignoring their previous loss and are continuing to

tivists, several Tastries employees quit.” After the judge sided with Miller in the first

single out Cathy to punish her for her reli-

case, the state said it could continue its investi-

gious beliefs.”

gation of Miller, no matter the court’s ruling. ■

“Even though Cathy serves all customers

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WND EXCLUSIVE Scientists who promote the theory of an-

Age, “there were no ice sheets covering either

thropogenic climate change contend a rise in

Greenland or West Antarctica, and much of

the level of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere

the East Antarctic ice sheet was gone.”

due to human activity is causing catastrophic warming. But a new scientific study finds that the cur-

And, the researchers concluded, temperatures were up to 7 degrees Fahrenheit warmer globally and sea levels were 65 feet higher.

rent CO2 levels of 410 parts per million were

Nolte noted that the far-left ThinkProgress,

last seen on Earth 3 million years ago, points

while “sticking with the (global warming)

out Breitbart Editor-at-Large John Nolte.

hoax,” makes a significant concession.

Researchers at the Potsdam Institute for

“The good news is that the Earth does not

Climate Impact Research published their find-

warm instantly, and mile-thick ice sheets

ings in the journal Science Advances.

melt even more slowly,” ThinkProgress con-

The study also found that during this time of global warming, long before the Industrial

cludes. “So the temperature rise will take several decades, and tens of feet of sea level rise

New study refutes cl

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will take hundreds and hundreds of years.”

“No, actually, what this study proves is that

But ThinkProgress still insists the “choices

there is nothing we can do to stop the Earths

we make now can affect the rate of rise and

naturally occurring climate cycles,” he writes.

determine whether we blow past 65 feet of sea

“Even the worst of the worst, even the most

level rise to beyond 200 feet.” “Even

worse”

ThinkProgress

maniacal pushing the Global Warming Hoax continues,

admit that, at best, we can only cool the plan-

“the climate policy agenda President Donald

et a couple of degrees, which will do next to

Trump is pushing — actions that include roll-

nothing if the planet is determined to again

ing back U.S. laws that reduce carbon pollution

warm itself by seven degrees, as we now know

and abandoning the Paris climate agreement —

it did 2,999,998 years before the Bad Orange

would lock us in to such high CO2 levels, sea

Man approved a couple of pipelines.” ■

levels would rise a foot per decade in just a few decades.” Nolte doesn’t buy it.

limate-change alarm

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WND EXCLUSIVE Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Calif., sent a crimi-

News reported.

nal-referral notification to Attorney General

Barr said in congressional hearings this

William Barr on Thursday alleging misconduct

week that he is reviewing the “conduct” of

during the FBI’s investigation into Russian

the original FBI investigation. The attorney

interference and alleged Trump collusion in

general upset Democrats on Wednesday when

the 2016 election.

he said he believes the Obama administration

Nunes, the ranking Republican on the

spied on the Trump campaign and the ques-

House Intelligence Committee, informed Barr

tion is “whether it was adequately predicated.”

in a one-page letter that the panel found several “potential violations” of the law, Fox

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R-Texas, to “brief you directly on eight criminal referrals.” Nunes provided no details in the letter,

wanted to wait until Barr’s confirmation. When Republicans were in charge of the intelligence committee, they found the FBI

but he previously told Fox News the referrals

relied on the “unverified” anti-Trump dos-

included allegations of conspiracy, “global

sier funded by the Hillary Clinton campaign

leaks,” lying, and misleading or obstructing

and Democratic National Committee to ob-

congressional investigators.

tain warrants to spy on the Trump campaign

In an interview with “Sunday Morning

through adviser Carter Page. ■

Futures,” Nunes said he has been working on the referrals for more than two years and

NUNES SENDS CRIMINAL REFERRAL IN REVIEW OF RUSSIA PROBE

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DAVID LIMBAUGH: ‘PROGRESSIVES’?

There’s no question that animosity exists on both sides of the political spectrum, but have

category of leftist extremism. But what concerns me as much as this pat-

you noticed how personal it has become for

tern of ill will and abuse from leftists is that

many on the left?

it is unchecked by their peers and often ap-

It is disturbing how intolerant and filled

plauded. Instead of encouraging people to ap-

with rage leftist extremists have become, and

peal to the better angels of their nature, they

how many more people are falling into the

are beckoning them to summon their demons

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Leftist nastiness & rage know no bounds D AV I D L I M B A U G H : I T ’ S A S I F W E ’ R E W I T N E S S I N G R E P L AY

O F E V E N T S T H AT P R E C E D E D F R E N C H R E V O L U T I O N

and become part of a mob mentality – as if

any expectation to be treated civilly and they

we’re witnessing a replay of events that pre-

deserve to be shunned, muzzled and boycot-

ceded the French Revolution.

ted – especially members of minority groups

It’s unsettling that they rationalize their

who have strayed from the reservation. They

misbehavior as justified, even warranted.

are “garbage people,” “deplorables” and sub-

They’ve convinced themselves that conserva-

humans who are not entitled to equal rights,

tives’ views are so noxious they’ve forfeited

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L E F TIST NASTINESS & RAGE KNOW NO B O U NDS

Leftist mobs violently protest conserva-

everything is a provocation. Leftist protes-

tive campus speakers and harass conserva-

tors pepper-sprayed a group of high school

tives such as Kirstjen Nielsen, Sarah Huckabee

kids meeting about free markets and the

Sanders, Pam Bondi, Mitch McConnell and

Constitution. Though many were hospitalized,

Stephen Miller in public places. Conservatives

the media ignored the event.

are censored on Twitter and Facebook. Google,

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio impo-

the mainstream media and other social media

tently called for a boycott of Chick-fil-A’s

platforms refused to run ads for the pro-life

Manhattan restaurant because the chain owner,

movie “Unplanned,” and Twitter often cen-

Dan Cathy, is a Christian who believes in tradi-

sors pro-life tweets.

tional marriage. If you oppose Obamacare, it’s

Conservative students are shamed into si-

not because you believe there is a better way

lence on college campuses while their ideas

to improve health care but because you don’t

are demonized in the surreal cause of pro-

want children to have access to it – as Jimmy

moting diversity and inclusiveness. Leftist

Kimmel unapologetically asserted. If you sup-

students vandalize pro-conservative posters

port Social Security reform, you want old people

and seek to eradicate tributes to conserva-

to get sick or die. If you favor border enforce-

tives – such as the efforts by students at the

ment, you are a xenophobe and a racist. If you

Savannah College of Art and Design to remove

oppose abortion, you want to deprive women of

the name of Savannah native Justice Clarence

their autonomy and health care.

Thomas from one of the campus buildings be-

This is the kind of pervasive demonization

cause he is “anti-woman.” Anti-woman? Just

of conservatives leftists are engaging in ev-

how crazed are these people?

ery day, which leads to the horrific mentality

Students at the University of California, Davis protested a photo of a heroic slain

that it’s OK to deprive them of their rights and treat them as second-class citizens.

woman police officer holding a Thin Blue Line

Luke O’Neil, in an op-ed in the Boston Globe,

flag as “anti-black” and “disrespectful.” For

expressed regret that when he waited on Bill

some, nothing is sacred, and to those lust-

Kristol at a restaurant 10 years ago, he did not

ing after another opportunity to be offended,

insult him and spoil his food with urine and

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blood. Ironically, Kristol is one of President

of him. He wrote: “I hate President George W.

Trump’s most ardent critics today, but a de-

Bush. There, I said it. … I hate the inequi-

cade ago he was the bane of the left because of

table way he has come to his economic and

his support for America’s war with Iraq. O’Neil

political achievements and his utter lack of

remembered having served Kristol when he

humility (disguised behind transparently false

learned that Secretary of Homeland Security

modesty) at having done so. … I hate the way

Kirstjen Nielson resigned her post this week.

he walks – shoulders flexed, elbows splayed

He fondly recalled her being “shame-marched”

out from his sides like a teenage boy feigning

out of a restaurant nine months ago because

machismo. I hate the way he talks – blustery

of the Trump policy that allegedly separates

self-assurance masked by a pseudopopulist

families at the southern border. He suggested

twang. I even hate the things that everybody

that waiters would have been serving America

seems to like about him.”

if they had tampered with Nielsen’s food. Far

The left’s extremism – its embracing of

from being sorry for his piece, O’Neil later

ever nuttier ideas, its sanctimonious hubris,

tweeted in response to conservative criticism,

its routine descent into personal ugliness, its

“People who carry out policies of ethnic cleans-

relishing of incivility, its willful censorship,

ing or cheerlead for disastrous wars leading to

its discrimination against Christians and its

tens of thousands of suffering or dead should

dehumanization of conservatives and Trump

not expect to be able to show their faces in

supporters – is growing at an alarming pace. I

public anymore thank you for understanding

pray that adults remaining on that side of the

this basic premise.”

aisle can someday regain control of this ca-

Such unbridled personal nastiness remind-

reening leftist political juggernaut. ■

ed me of liberal writer Jonathan Chait’s admission in 2003 that he loathed then-President Bush. What was most striking was not his antipathy but that he knew he risked nothing in sharing it – that the people whose respect he cared about would approve and think no less

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U.S. CHARGES WIKILEAKS FOUNDER WITH CRIMINAL CONSPIRACY ASSANGE ARRESTED IN LONDON AFTER ASYLUM LIFTED

Defended by civil-rights activists and others both from both left and right as a journalist entitled to First Amendment protections, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange will now face a charge brought by the United States of conspiring to hack into a classified government computer. (continued on page 90) F O R DAI LY N E W S , V I S I T W N D. C O M

U. S . CHARGES WIKILEA KS F OUNDER W I TH CR I M I NAL CO NSP I R ACY

The

Australian

national

was

arrested

role in one of the largest compromises of clas-

Thursday outside the Ecuadorian Embassy

sified information in the history of the United

in London, where he had been given asylum

States,” the Justice Department said in a press

for nearly seven years.

release.

Already, a British court Thursday found him guilty of skipping bail. Assange was re-

The DOJ likely will bring additional charges against Assange, CNN reported.

leased on bail in 2012 while facing extradition to Sweden on sexual assault charges that since

‘CON SPIR ACY TO COM M I T J O U R NAL I S M ’

have been dropped. It was after his release that

A representative for Assange outside a London

Ecuador gave him refuge.

court called it “a dark day for journalism.”

The Justice Department, seeking his ex-

“We don’t want this to go forward. This has

tradition, accused Assange of conspiring with

to be averted,” the representative said, ac-

former Army intelligence analyst Chelsea

cording to CNBC.com

Manning. “The charge relates to Assange’s alleged

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“It’s called conspiracy. It’s conspiracy to commit journalism.”

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The representative said there is “no assurance that there will not be additional charges when he is on U.S. soil.” WikiLeaks, formed in 2006, played a prominent role in the 2016 election, publishing internal emails of Democratic National Committee officials. In January 2017, U.S. intelligence officials alleged Russian military intelligence hacked the DNC networks and gave the infor-

conventions and daily-life protocols.” The court Thursday heard police had to call for back-up when Assange tried to barge past them when they arrived to arrest him, the London Sun reported. Screaming “this is unlawful,” he was handcuffed and lifted into a waiting police van. Assange was heard shouting “the U.K. has no civility” and “the U.K. must resist.”

mation to WikiLeaks. POLA R IZIN G ASSA N G E: ‘TH E U. K. MUST RES IST’

France 24 noted Assange remains a polarizing

A bearded Assange was shouting as he was

figure.

pulled from the embassy and transported to court for the beginning of the extradition battle.

Transparency and anti-war campaigners praised him for releasing 500,000 U.S. doc-

Ecuadorian President Moreno, however,

uments on the Iraq and Afghan wars that

said Thursday he had been assured that Britain

prompted allegations of torture, clandestine

would not extradite Assange to a country where

military operations and civilian deaths.

he could face the death penalty. One of Assange’s lawyers, Baltasar Garzon,

The United States and its allies countered that Assange was risking lives by exposing in-

claimed in Madrid on Thursday that Assange

formation on sources, intelligence techniques

may risk torture if he is extradited to the

and key infrastructure sites.

United States, Reuters reported. Garzon insisted the arguments Ecuador gave for ending Assange’s stay under asylum were false.

WikiLeaks, for example, has released unredacted documents revealing the names of informants. Since developing a talent for computer hack-

Moreno said he revoked Assange’s asylum

ing as a teen, Assange has pleaded guilty to 25

due to “repeated violations to international

hacking offenses but only has been fined. ■

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WND EXCLUSIVE

MUELLER SNARE WHITE HOUSE A FROM OBAMA ADMINISTRATION GREG CRAIG INDICTED AFTER FOREIGN L O B B Y I N G I N V E S T I G AT I O N

A high-profile Democrat, in fact, a former aide in the Obama administration’s White House, on Thursday was indicted following an investigation into foreign lobbying. The Daily Mail described Greg Craig, 74, who was charged in a grand jury indictment resulting from an investigation that was sparked by spcial counsel Robert Mueller’s “Russia” investigation, as an “otherwise nondescript public servant.” (continued on page 94) 92

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M U E LLER SNARES WHITE HOUSE A IDE – F R O M O B AM A ADM I NI STR ATI O N

His claim to attention was that he was counsel to the White House during Obama’s tenure in Washington.

connection with MUELLER investigations!” He faces charges of making false statement and concealing material information in con-

“Mr. Craig is not guilty of any charge and the government’s stubborn insistence on

nection with his Ukraine work. The DOJ focused its attention on Craig be-

prosecuting Mr. Craig is a misguided abuse

cause of actions in 2012 when he was hired

of prosecutorial discretion,” said a statement

by Ukraine to work on a report on former

from his lawyers, William Taylor and William

Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoschenko,

Murphy.

an opponent of Viktor Yanukovych, who at the

The crackdown on those who work on be-

time was PM.

half of foreign governments without giving

Questions about the firm being registered

the U.S. government proper notice has ramped

as a foreign agent were raised a few years back,

up recently.

but apparently the issue was settled when “a senior partner matching Craig’s description

IN FACT, HIS FORMER LAW FIRM,

made several ‘false and misleading’ state-

THE MAIL REPORTED, “AGREED TO

ments to the government” at the time, the re-

PAY MORE THAN $4.6 MILLION AND PUBLICLY ACKNOWLEDGE THAT IT FAILED TO REGISTER WITH THE GOVERNMENT FOR ITS WORK FOR THE UKRAINE.” Obama had hired Craig when he was elected. Kellyanne Conway, a counselor to President Trump, reacted on social media: “FINALLY! WHITE

HOUSE

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OFFICIAL

INDICTED

port said. ■

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WND EXCLUSIVE

Amid warnings from bioethicists of a “slippery

comparison to their unaltered peers, as per

slope,” scientists claim they now can use gene-

China Daily,” the report said.

editing techniques to create smarter monkeys by making their brains more humanlike. The Business Recorder, citing the government-controlled China Daily, reported a team of Chinese scientists found after lab experi-

But geneticist James Sikela told the MIT Technology Review the “use of transgenic monkeys to study human genes linked to brain evolution is a very risky road to take.” “It is a classic slippery slope issue and one

ments that rhesus macaques “got smarter and

that we can expect to recur as this type of re-

had superior memories as compared to the

search is pursued,” he said.

unaltered monkeys.” “Researchers edited the human version of a gene known as ‘MCPH1′ into the macaques. The gene made the monkeys’ brain devel-

The science and technology news site Futurism, however, saw benefits the research could produce. “While altering one gene to enhance memo-

op along a more human-like timeline. The

ry in some macaques won’t throw Darwinism

gene-hacked monkeys showed better reaction

off-kilter – there’s no risk of a ‘Planet of the

times and improved short-term memories in

Apes’-style uprising, yet – it could teach us

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Scientists make smarter monkeys with human genes E T H I C I S T S W A R N R E S E A R C H ‘A V E R Y R I S K Y R O A D T O TA K E ’

how humanity became so intelligent and gives

potentially unique – insights into basic ques-

us hints as to why.”

tions of what actually makes human unique,”

Britain’s Daily Star reported the warning of bioethicist Jacquleine Glover. “To humanize them is to cause harm,” she wrote for MIT Technology Review. “Where would they live and what would they do? Do

the scientists wrote after their experiments. They also noted they started work on 11 monkeys, but only five survived to the testing stage. Larry Baum of Hong Kong University’s

not create a being that can’t have a meaning-

Center for Genomic Sciences scoffed at con-

ful life in any context.”

cerns, according to the MIT report.

The Star said the study was done at

“[There are] millions of individual DNA

Kunming Institute of Zoology and the Chinese

bases differing between humans and mon-

Academy of Sciences, with expertise from staff

keys. This study changed a few of those in just

at University of North Carolina.

one of about 20,000 genes. You can decide for

“Our findings demonstrated that transgenic nonhuman primates (excluding ape species)

yourself whether there is anything to worry about.” ■

have the potential to provide important – and

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