Gov. Cuomo: ‘I Don’t Care’ About Your Religion — ‘You Have to Follow the Rules of the State’

Friday, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) responded to religious groups filing separate federal lawsuits against him over his new restrictions limiting attendance at religious gatherings amid a spike in cases in some New York City neighborhoods.

Cuomo told “CNN Newsroom” acknowledged that it is a “complicated” situation because of different cultural aspects, but said that everyone has to “follow the rules,” no matter their religion.

“They are not following the rules. We know what happens when you don’t follow the rules: the infection rate goes up,” Cuomo advised. “And it just proves our point from the get-go. We know how to control the virus, but you have to control the virus. You have to be disciplined. And when you don’t follow the rules, it goes up. And that’s what’s happening in these very small clusters. Now, these are religious groups, it tends to get more complicated, frankly, because of some cultural aspects. But that’s what we’re seeing in New York.”

“The cluster is a predominantly ultra-orthodox cluster,” he continued. “The Catholic schools are closed because they happen to be in that cluster, but the issue is with that ultra-orthodox community. This is not a matter of religious freedom, right? I don’t care if you’re a Roman Catholic, you’re Jewish, you’re Muslim, you’re an atheist, you have to follow the rules of the state, the laws of the state. And I understand the beliefs of the ultra-orthodox, I’ve been very close to them all my life. I’m a big supporter of theirs, but they have to follow the rules, Jim, because we’re seeing the truth. And the truth is if you don’t follow the rules, the infection rate spreads, people get sick, and then you make others sick. You know, we’re talking about Brooklyn. We’re not talking about a hermetically sealed community in a rural area. This is in the middle of Brooklyn. They will make other people sick.”

https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2020/10/09/gov-cuomo-i-dont-care-your-religion-you-have-to-follow-the-rules-of-the-state/

Customer review site Yelp debuts 'racism alert' to freeze reviews of pages engulfed in discrimination scandals

User-generated review site Yelp has unveiled a ‘racism alert’ feature – an icon that will appear on the pages of businesses accused of discrimination. Reviewing is frozen while the accusations are investigated.

Trumpeting its “zero tolerance policy to racism,” the site announced the new feature in a blog post on Thursday, explaining that while it’s great that many users have been using Yelp to air their grievances about businesses behaving in a racist manner, this is sometimes done without “actual first-hand consumer experiences with the business.”

The icon, they wrote, is designed to protect both customers and businesses. Appearing beneath a warning exclamation point in a red circle, the alert will pop up when the user navigates to the page of a business “accused of racist behavior,” explaining that the media attention has triggered an influx of negative feedback and reviewing capability has temporarily been frozen. Alerts will include a link to a “news article where they can learn more about the incident.”

“As the nation reckons with issues of systemic racism, we’ve seen in the last few months that there is a clear need to warn consumers about businesses associated with egregious, racially-charged actions to help people make more informed spending decisions,” the review platform said in the post. The new feature is an expansion of the previous “Public Attention Alert” warning that Yelp placed on the pages of businesses targeted by “social activism” linked by the company to the Black Lives Matter movement.

Since May 26, the day after black Minneapolis man George Floyd’s death reignited BLM, Yelp claimed to have placed over 450 such alerts on businesses either targeted by or accused of racism, a 133 percent rise in “media-fueled instances” of review-bombing. Accompanying the rollout is the release of an “inclusive environment” toolkit for small businesses that don’t have the resources to inflict anti-discrimination training on their employees. It's created in partnership with Open to All – an organization that charges businesses $10 to publicize their anti-discrimination policies with a window decal and a “pledge” to welcome all customers regardless of race, ethnicity, gender, or other protected characteristics.

The inclusivity materials include an hourlong “unlearning bias training video for employees,” social media “assets,” and “outreach language for customers and employees.” Yelp strongly hinted that those looking to be inclusive should join the half-million-plus businesses boasting an “Open for All” icon on their pages, lest they be seen as discrimination-loving reactionaries and lose customers, stating “Increasingly, consumers across the US are voting with their dollars by supporting businesses that align with their values.”

https://www.rt.com/usa/502992-yelp-racism-warning-businesses-inclusivity/

MORE FRAUD: New Hampshire Voters Receive Fake Ballots in the Mail with Personal Note — Republican Attorney General Issues Warning

New Hampshire voters are receiving fake ballots in the mail with personal notes attached.

The letter encourages New Hampshire voters to turn in the bogus document.

From a TGP reader in New Hampshire:

I just thought I would let my favorite news people know New Hampshire residents are receiving unrequested absentee ballots with a handwritten note in the mail. The NH attorney general did put a Facebook post about it up saying they are fake.

Republican New Hampshire Attorney General Gordon MacDonald released this statement on Friday.

Voter Alert: Unidentified Mailers Containing Absentee Ballot Application Forms

Concord, NH – Attorney General Gordon J. MacDonald issues the following alert to New Hampshire voters.

The Attorney General’s Office has been notified that some New Hampshire residents have received unidentified mailers containing an absentee ballot application form with an allegedly hand written note. The message on the note states, “You are needed please fill this out and mail it in.” The mailer also contains a return envelope with the recipient’s town or city clerk in the address block.

An example of this unidentified mailer is attached. State law requires that a mailing such as this contain the identity of the entity mailing and distributing the form. No such identification accompanies the attached mailer.

The Attorney General’s Office has received inquiries from election officials and voters regarding this mailer. Voters should be aware that these unidentified mailers have not been sent by New Hampshire town or city clerks. These unidentified mailers have not been sent by any State agency.

Voters receiving this unidentified mailer who have already requested and/or submitted an absentee ballot need not complete another absentee ballot application form. Voters can check the status of their absentee ballot here: https://app.sos.nh.gov/Public/AbsenteeBallot.aspx.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/10/fraud-new-hampshire-voters-receive-fake-ballots-mail-personal-note-republican-attorney-general-issues-warning/

Former Commander of Naval Station Guantanamo Bay Sentenced to Prison

A former Commander of Naval Station Guantanamo Bay (GTMO) was sentenced to 24 months in federal prison following his multiple convictions of obstructing justice and making false statements, in connection with the death of a civilian at the naval base.

Following a five- day trial, on Jan. 17, 2020, a federal jury in the Middle District of Florida convicted Captain John Nettleton, 53, of Jacksonville, Florida, of two counts of obstruction of justice, one count of conealment of material facts, one count of falsification of records, and two counts of making false statements, all related to his actions during the Navy’s investigation of the death of Christopher M. Tur, the Loss Prevention Safety Manager at GTMO’s Naval Exchange.

Nettleton was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Timothy J. Corrigan who also ordered Nettleton to serve one year of supervised release.

Tur, 42, was found drowned in the waters of Guantanmo Bay on Jan. 11, 2015. An autopsy revealed that Tur had suffered injuries prior to his drowning. At the time of Tur’s death, Nettleton was the commanding officer of GTMO.

“Nettleton misled and obstructed the investigators attempting to determine what happened to Mr. Tur, and this sentence ensures that he will pay a heavy price,” said Acting Assistant Attorney General Brian C. Rabbitt of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division. “That price, however, pales in comparison to that paid by the family of Mr. Tur, whose pain was compounded by Nettleton’s actions. The Department of Justice was proud to work closely with the Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) to hold Nettleton accountable for his obstruction, concealment, and false statements.”

“By deliberately misleading NCIS in the search for Mr. Tur and the ensuing investigation into the circumstances of his death, Captain Nettleton delayed justice and wasted valuable Department of the Navy resources,” said Special Agent in Charge Thomas Cannizzo of the NCIS Southeast Field Office. “NCIS is dedicated to holding accountable those who unlawfully impede investigations."

https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/former-commander-naval-station-guantanamo-bay-sentenced-prison

The Circle Is Complete: BOJ Joins Fed And ECB In Preparing Rollout Of Digital Currency

First it was the Fed, then the ECB, and now the BOJ: the world's central banks are quietly preparing to unleash digital currencies on an unsuspecting population in one final last-ditch attempt to spark inflation and do away with the current monetary orthodoxy which has failed to push living conditions for the masses higher (but most importantly, has failed to inflate away a growing mountain of insurmountable global debt).

On Friday, the Bank of Japan joined the Fed and ECB when it said it would begin experimenting on how to operate its own digital currency, rather than confining itself to conceptual research as it has to date.

Digitalization has advanced in various areas at home and abroad on the back of rapid development of information communication technology. There is a possibility of a surge in public demand for central bank digital currency (CBDC) going forward, considering the rapid development of technological innovation. While the Bank of Japan currently has no plan to issue CBDC, from the viewpoint of ensuring the stability and efficiency of the overall payment and settlement systems, the Bank considers it important to prepare thoroughly to respond to changes in circumstances in an appropriate manner.

The bank explained that it might provide general purpose CBDC if cash in circulation drops "significantly" and private digital money is not sufficient to substitute the functions of cash, while promising to supply physical cash as long as there is public demand for it

The move, as Reuters reports, came in tandem with an announcement by a group of seven major central banks, including the BOJ, on what they see as core features of a central bank digital currency (CBDC) such as resilience and a clear legal framework. It also falls in line with new Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga’s focus on promoting digitalization and administrative reform to boost the country’s competitiveness.

In a report laying out its approach on CBDC, the BOJ said it will conduct a first phase of experiments on basic functions core to CBDCs, such as issuance and distribution, early in the fiscal year beginning in April 2021. The experiments will be part of the BOJ’s efforts to look more closely into how it can issue general-purpose CBDCs, intended to be used widely among the general public including companies and households.

Naturally, to avoid sparking a panic that paper money is on its way out - and thus prompt the population to hoard it - the BOJ said that CBDCs "will complement, not replace, cash and focus on making payment and settlement systems more convenient." However, how exactly it is "more convenient" for the central bank to be able to remotely extinguish any amount of money in one's digital wallet without notice, remains a mystery.

Unlike the Fed, the BOJ plans to have financial institutions and other private entities serve as intermediaries between the central bank and end users, rather than have companies and households hold deposits directly with the BOJ.

“While the BOJ currently has no plan to issue CBDC … it’s important to prepare thoroughly to respond to changes in circumstances,” the report said.

https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/circle-complete-boj-joins-fed-and-ecb-preparing-rollout-digital-currency

Big Brother is watching your social-distancing! Over 1,000 AI scanners are monitoring how close pedestrians are walking to each in major UK cities

Manufacturers Vivacity said data is used by officials to 'inform policy decisions'

Are now used to identify pedestrians from other traffic and work out distances

In response to privacy concerns said no footage is saved or personal data kept

More than 1,000 AI scanners are monitoring how close pedestrians get to each other in London, Manchester and other British cities to supply the government with data on social distancing.

The sensors were initially intended to track the flow of traffic, cyclists and walkers to work out how roads were being used, but after lockdown in March were fitted with the new feature.

Manufacturers Vivacity said the data is used to 'inform policy decisions', and in response to privacy concerns said that none of the footage is saved, streamed or used for enforcement purposes. A grab from one of the AI cameras, showing how they are able to pick out individual pedestrians and cyclists

Its CEO Peter Mildon told BBC Radio Kent: 'They are not recording any footage, they are not streaming any footage and no one is actually watching it,' he said.

'We've trained an algorithm to be able to recognise what a pedestrian looks like as opposed to a cyclist or a van or truck.

'We're creating a set of statistics on how behaviour is changing in terms of how people are staying close together or apart.

http://www.scoopyweb.com/2020/10/big-brother-is-watching-your-social.html

Transcript of “Covid Crimes Against Humanity” Video

Hello, I am Reiner Fuellmich, and I have been admitted to the bar in Germany and in California for 26 years. I have been practicing law primarily as a trial lawyer against fraudulent corporations such as

– Deutsche Bank, formerly one of the world’s largest and most respected banks, today one of the most toxic criminal organizations in the world,

– VW, one of the world’s largest and most respected car manufacturers, today notorious for its giant diesel fraud, and

– Kuehne & Nagel, the world´s largest shipping company, we´re suing them in a multi-million dollar bribery case

I am also one of four members of the German Corona Investigative Committee. Since July 10th, this committee has been listening to a large number of international scientists´ and experts´ testimony to find answers to questions about the corona crisis, which more and more people worldwide are asking.

All the above mentioned cases of very serious fraud committed by German companies fade into nothing in view of the extent of the damage that the Corona crisis has caused and continues to cause. This Corona crisis, according to all we know today, must be renamed a Corona scandal, and those responsible for it must be criminally prosecuted and sued for civil law damages. On a political level, everything must be done to make sure that now one will ever be in a position to make this happen again.

And for this reason I will now explain to you, how and where an international network of lawyers will argue this biggest tort case ever, the Corona fraud scandal, which has meanwhile unfolded into probably the greatest Crime against Humanity ever committed. Crimes against Humanity were first defined in connection with the Nuremberg Trials, when they dealt with the main war criminals of the Third Reich. Crimes against Humanity are today regulated in section 7 of the International Criminal Code.

The three major questions to be answered in the context of a judicial approach to the Corona scandal are

1. Is there a Corona pandemic, or is there only a PCR test pandemic, specifically: Does a positive PCR test result mean that the person tested is infected with Covid-19, or does it mean absolutely nothing in connection with a Covid 19 infection?

1. Do the so-called anti-corona measures, such as the lockdown, mandatory face masks and quarantine regulations serve to protect the world´s population from Corona? Or do these measures serve only to make people panic so that they believe – without asking any questions – that their lives are in danger, so that in the end the pharmaceutical and tech industries can generate huge profits from the sale of PCR tests, antigen and antibody tests and vaccines, as well as the harvesting of our genetic fingerprints?

1. Is it true, or does the evidence show that the German government was massively lobbied – more so than any other country – by the chief protagonists of this so-called Corona pandemic – German professors Drosten of the Charité hospital in Berlin, and Wieler of the German equivalent of the CDC, the Robert Koch Institute, short: RKI and Mr. Tedros, head of the WHO – because Germany, known as a particularly disciplined country, were chosen by these protagonists and their handlers as a role model for their strict, and, of course, successful adherence to the corona measures?

Use link for rest:

http://stateofthenation.co/?p=31176

Europe surpasses daily Covid-19 tally peak reached in spring, with 100,000 new infections recorded for first time

More than 100,000 new Covid cases have been reported across Europe in one 24-hour period for the first time, as the continent struggles with the second wave of the virus and many nations record their highest-ever infection rates.

The second wave of the novel coronavirus appears to be hitting Europe harder than the first, at least when it comes to the spread of the virus. Statistics presented by the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control on Friday suggest that the infection rates throughout the continent have been higher than at the spring peak in late March and April, since at least mid-September.

Several European nations are currently struggling to navigate their way through the pandemic, seeking to balance out the need to stem the spread of the disease while keeping economies up and running. Meanwhile, the infection rates throughout the continent are climbing up – and many countries only recently reported their worst infection-related data since the outbreak of the pandemic.

Russian authorities said on Friday the nation had just beaten its previous daily-cases record, which dates back to the spring lockdown, with more than 12,000 new cases reported over the previous 24 hours.

The UK similarly set a new unnerving record on Thursday, reporting over 17,000 new cases. The development prompted Health Secretary Matt Hancock to say that the country was at a “perilous moment,” as the UK is also witnessing a disturbing seven percent case-to-fatality rate – one of the highest in the world.

France, in turn, saw a whopping 34,000 new cases in a single day recorded on Monday. The number of new infections has since fallen almost by half over recent days, down to some 18,000 cases per day, but still remains higher than the peaks reported by London or Moscow, data collected by Johns Hopkins University shows. The developments have prompted the government to close bars and restaurants once again, much to the dismay of their owners and staff, while hospitals shifted to emergency mode.

Spain saw its record-high uptick surpassing 30,000 in late September. The situation in Madrid was considered grave enough for the government to impose a state of emergency in the city on Friday, after a local court overturned a previously introduced partial lockdown.

Europe currently accounts for some 16 percent of global coronavirus cases and for more than one fifth of Covid-19-reated deaths in the world. Out of the total 100,000 new cases reported in Europe, one third was recorded in Eastern Europe.

However, the US, India and Brazil remain the top three worst-affected nations. The number of cases reported in America alone over the last 24 hours was almost double that recorded throughout Europe, at 191,000.

https://www.rt.com/news/503089-europe-covid-new-cases-record/

My friend in Germany said TODAY he doesn't know anyone who has it, hmmmmmmmm 1 + 1 = 100K RONA

Facebook removes 276 fake accounts tied to right-wing group Turning Point Action after they were used to pose as conservative Americans commenting on articles in favor of Trump

Facebook has removed 276 accounts that used fake profiles to pose as right-leaning Americans and comment on news articles, often in favor of President Donald Trump, the company said on Thursday.

The platform said in a statement that it had linked the bogus accounts to Rally Forge, a US marketing firm working on behalf of Turning Point USA, a conservative student group.

In a statement to DailyMail.com, Turning Point USA said that Facebook's announcement was actually in reference to Turning Point Action, which it called 'an entirely separate entity.'

Turning Point USA and political action committee Turning Point Action were both founded by conservative activist Charlie Kirk.

In a statement, Turning Point USA said that Turning Point Action always works hard to operate within social media terms of service on all of its projects, and hopes to work closely with Facebook to 'rectify any misunderstanding.'

Facebook said it had permanently banned Rally Forge, the Arizona-based digital communications firm that it said was behind the fake accounts.

The move was prompted by reporting last month in the Washington Post that Turning Point Action was paying teenagers to post coordinated messages, a violation of Facebook's rules.

At the time, Kirk issued a statement from TPA's field director defending the social media campaign and saying any comparison to a troll farm was a 'gross mischaracterization.'

'This is sincere political activism conducted by real people who passionately hold the beliefs they describe online, not an anonymous troll farm in Russia,' the field director, Austin Smith, said in the statement.

Facebook removed 200 accounts and 55 pages at the social network and 76 Instagram accounts it said were part of the deception campaign and violated policy against coordinated inauthentic behavior

http://www.stationgossip.com/2020/10/facebook-removes-276-fake-accounts-tied.html

US, France, Russia Meet to Discuss Nagorno-Karabakh as Fighting Continues

Clashes that started on September 27th continue, over 400 reported killed

Fighting continued between Armenia and Azerbaijan in the disputed enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh on Thursday as representatives from the US, Russia, and France met to discuss the conflict. Over 400 people have been reported killed in the 12 days of fighting, including dozens of civilians on both sides

Azerbaijan’s foreign minister was due to attend the talks in Geneva on Thursday. Armenian Foreign Minister Zohrab Mnatsakanyan is expected to hold separate talks in Moscow on Monday with officials from the US, Russia, and France. So far, no direct talks between Azerbaijan and Armenia have been scheduled.

Baku said the city of Ganja had come under fire on Thursday, which is deep inside Azerbaijan’s territory. A cathedral in the town of Shusha in Nagorno-Karabakh was hit on Thursday, and several journalists were injured. Armenia said Azeri forces hit the cathedral, but Azerbaijan denied involvement.

Washington, Paris, and Moscow co-chair the Minsk Group, which was set up in 1992 by the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe to promote negotiations and peace talks over Nagorno-Karabakh. The three countries have called for a ceasefire since the fighting broke out on September 27th.

Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin spoke to his Azeri counterpart on the phone Thursday and called for “the swift stabilization of the situation … a halt to military action and the relaunch of the negotiation process.”

Russia and Armenia are members of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), a defense alliance made up of six post-Soviet states. The head of the CSTO, Stanislav Zas, said the alliance would come to the aid of Armenia if its sovereignty was threatened.

But Zas does not believe the fighting will spread that far. “I don’t think Azerbaijan or Armenia need the conflict to flare up to regional level, nor is that in the interests of any other country,” he said. Zas also expressed concern over reports of Turkey sending fighters from northern Syria to Nagorno-Karabakh to support Azerbaijan.

Nagorno-Karabakh is an ethnic Armenian enclave within the internationally recognized borders of Azerbaijan. The collapse of the Soviet Union turned the border dispute deadly, and tens of thousands were killed until a ceasefire was reached in 1994. Since then, Nagorno-Karabakh has operated as a de facto independent state with Armenian support.

The latest clashes are the heaviest fighting Nagorno-Karabakh has seen since the ceasefire was declared in 1994.

https://news.antiwar.com/2020/10/08/us-france-russia-meet-to-discuss-nagorno-karabakh-as-fighting-continues/

Commander at Lewis-McChord Base Hospital Is Suspended, Under Investigation

AUSTIN, Texas – Col. Christopher H. Warner was suspended from his duties as commander of Madigan Army Medical Center at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, after less than three months on the job, base officials confirmed Thursday.

Warner's suspension went into effect Oct. 2 and was triggered by "an investigation that is unrelated to Madigan or its personnel," said Lt. Col. Neil Penttila, spokesman for I Corps, which oversees the base. Army Criminal Investigation Command is leading that investigation.

"We can provide a further update upon completion of the investigation," he said.

Madigan, with 220 beds for in-patient care, is the second largest treatment facility in the Army and one of only two designated Level II trauma centers in the service, according to the hospital website. Col. Scott B. Roofe, Madigan's deputy commander, is acting commander in the interim.

"Col. Roofe will ensure there is minimal impact on the hospital's mission and operations," Penttila said.

Warner, a medical doctor, took command of the base hospital on July 15, according to an Army news release about the ceremony. During the event, Lt. Gen. R. Scott Dingle, the Army surgeon general and commander of Army Medical Command, described Warner as a "phenomenal leader."

Warner is from Toronto, Ohio, and commissioned as a Medical Service Corps officer upon graduation from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point in 1996, according to the Army release. He then graduated from the Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences in 2000. He is certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology and the American Board of Family Medicine.

Before taking command at Madigan, he served as the military deputy and chief of staff for the assistant secretary of defense for health affairs at the Pentagon. Warner has also served as the commander of Winn Army Community Hospital in Fort Stewart, Georgia. His deployments include two rotations to Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Madigan Army Medical Center includes a network of Army medical facilities located in Washington and California that serve more than 100,000 active-duty service members, their families and retirees, according to its website. It provides general medical and surgical care, patient-centered adult and pediatric primary care, a 24-hour emergency room, specialty clinics, behavioral health and wellness services.

Each day, Madigan performs more than 45 surgeries, fills nearly 4,000 prescriptions, and delivers eight babies, according to its website.

https://www.military.com/daily-news/2020/10/09/commander-lewis-mcchord-base-hospital-suspended-under-investigation.html

ATF Reversal Could Turn Millions of Gun Owners into Felons

NRA calls on Trump to rein in 'rogue' regulators

A declaration from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives could leave millions of American gun owners in serious legal jeopardy.

In a letter made public on Tuesday, the agency informed a New Hampshire gun company that its AR-15 pistol model equipped with a specialized brace is actually an illegal short-barreled rifle and anyone who owns one could be subject to up to 10 years in prison or $100,000 in fines. Industry insiders put the number of AR-15 pistols equipped with similar specialized braces at about 3 million.

The decision appears to conflict with several similar determinations made by the ATF dating back to 2012, when the agency told Sig Sauer that the braces, designed to strap to a shooter's forearm instead of being pressed against their shoulder, could be legally combined with guns that have barrels shorter than the 16-inch federal limit for rifles. The new letter calls into question the basic legality of the devices and leaves gun owners in flux just three weeks before the presidential election.

Carolyn Gwathmey, the public affairs officer for the ATF, said the letter only directly applies to the New Hampshire gun company's pistol, but neither she nor the letter offered an explanation for why that model differs from other weapons equipped with the braces. She said the agency would not offer a standard of review of the devices as a whole, but only on a case-by-case basis.

"Regarding other firearms or manufacturers, ATF cannot comment until we see the platform and what accessories may be attached to said platform," Gwathmey told the Washington Free Beacon.

White House deputy press secretary Brian Morgenstern said the Trump administration is reviewing the ATF's letter.

"The White House and leadership at the Department of Justice are reviewing this matter to ensure there is no interference with the ability of law-abiding citizens—including lawful firearms manufacturers—to exercise their constitutionally guaranteed liberties," he told the Free Beacon.

Gun-rights groups are pressuring the administration to rein in the ATF.

The National Rifle Association attacked the agency's move as "arbitrary, inequitable, and incorrect." The group said it was also in contact with DOJ and Trump administration officials and trying to work through how the change could be made. Amy Hunter, a spokeswoman for the NRA, told the Free Beacon the group is "exhausting all options to overturn this unjust and rogue action by ATF."

The NRA, which has committed to spending "tens of millions" on President Donald Trump's behalf in 2020 after spending big to help elect him in 2016, said the ATF's new position is a threat to the Second Amendment.

https://freebeacon.com/2020-election/atf-reversal-could-turn-millions-of-gun-owners-into-felons/

Clare Bronfman Files Notice of Appeal of Her Sentence

It is not unexpected.

Clare Bronfman, through her attorney Ronald Sullivan, has filed a notice of appeal.

“Notice is hereby given that Clare Bronfman hereby appeals to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit from the sentencing judgment of 81 months’ imprisonment entered in this action on the 30th day of September 2020,” the filing says.

No details of the arguments Bronfman intends to make is given in the notice.

She was sentenced by Judge Nicholas G. Garaufis to 81 months, three times the upper range of the federal sentencing guidelines. In a lengthy sentencing memorandum, which he read at her sentencing hearing on September 30, the judge explained his reasons for the harsh sentence.

Her continued loyalty to Keith Raniere, the convicted leader of the Nxivm racketeering enterprise, was given as one reason.

Appeals can take more than two years for the appellate court to render a decision. Some legal sources say that about one year is a likely estimate for Bronfman’s appeal since the only issue to be addressed is the length of her sentence (She gave up all her other appeal rights in her plea deal agreement).

In her plea deal, she reserved the right to appeal any sentence higher than 27 months. Bronfman will not appear before the appellate court.

The court of appeals will determine whether Judge Garaufis made any legal errors in determining that Clare should serve 81 months in federal prison. If there are such errors – and they are serious – the appellate court could reduce her sentence or it could refer the matter back to judge Garaufis and have him re-sentence her.

One of the issues that almost certainly will be raised in Bronfman’s sentencing appeal is that she objected to many conclusions in her Pre-Sentence Report (PSR) and requested a Fatico hearing so she could have an opportunity to challenge this errors. The judge denied her request, then sentenced her to triple the maximum of the sentencing guidelines based, in part, on the contents of the PSR.

Alleged crimes for which she did not plead guilty to were described in the Pre-Sentencing Report – and the judge certainly considered at least some of them in determining Clare’s sentence. Although a judge must “consider” the sentencing range set forth in the sentencing guidelines, the judge is not bound by it.

https://frankreport.com/2020/10/09/clare-bronfman-files-notice-of-appeal-of-her-sentence/

Sentence was too light imo add 20 years

PUTIN: ‘We Will Defend Our CSTO Allies, Including Armenia’

Russian President Vladimir Putin called the ongoing military face-off in disputed Artsakh (Nagorno-Karabakh) “a tragedy” and indicated his willingness to honor Russia’s long-standing mutual defense treaty with Armenia, if the country required such help.

Speaking to the Rossiya TV network, Putin noted that two million Azerbaijanis and over two million Armenians live in Russia, and that a huge number of Russian citizens maintain “close, friendly and even familial relations with both republics”.

“This is a tragedy,” the president said, adding, “We are very worried, because Azerbaijan, Armenia, and Nagorno-Karabakh are all territories inhabited by people who are not strangers to us.”

Although Russia acts in an official capacity as a meditator of the Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict, Yerevan and Moscow are officially allied as part of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), along with Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. According to the organization’s agreement, aggression against one CSTO member is perceived as aggression against all.

Therefore, if Azerbaijan attacks Armenia territory, Russia is legally obliged to help Armenia.

“As you know, Armenia is a member of the CSTO, and we have certain obligations to Armenia under this agreement,” Putin explained, stating, “To our great regret, the fighting is still going on, but it is not being conducted on the territory of Armenia.”

The president noted that Russia will continue to fulfill all of its obligations under the mutual defensive treaty, and has urged Yerevan and Baku to agree on a ceasefire.

Along with US President Donald Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron, Putin last week called for “an immediate cessation of hostilities between the relevant military forces”. Russia, the US, and France are chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group, which is tasked with ending the Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict.

The dispute between Azerbaijan and Armenia is decades old, with both countries believing they have strong claims over Nagorno-Karabakh. Officially, the region is internationally recognized as part of Azerbaijan, but it has primarily been populated by ethnic Armenians for thousands of years. Baku, on the other hand, considers the area to be “illegally occupied by Armenia”. In the past fortnight, the war has again flared up.

https://fort-russ.com/2020/10/putin-we-will-defend-our-csto-allies-including-armenia/

Barbie has a very difficult conversation with her black doll friend about racism she experienced in video about white privilege

"White people get an advantage that they didn't earn"

Mattel published a video for their Barbie franchise featuring the cartoon version of the doll having a very difficult discussion about the racist experiences of her black doll friend, Nikki.

The video was posted to the official Barbie YouTube page on Wednesday.

"There is a huge movement going on," Barbie said.

"Millions of people across the world are standing up to fight against racism, and they're doing this because too often and for such a long time, people have been treated unfairly, and in some cases even hurt by others, because of the color of their skin," she explained helpfully.

Barbie encouraged Nikki to explain the racism she faced as a black doll in modern day America.

"Barbie and I had a sticker-selling contest on the beach last month. We split up and went our separate directions to see who could sell the most. While I was on the boardwalk, beach security stopped me three times. The security officer thought I was doing something bad, even though I was doing exactly the same thing that you were doing," Nikki claimed.

"And remember when we were going to join that French honor club at school? Well, I made a perfect score on the entrance test, but when the teacher, who didn't know me at all, gave me my results, he told me I only did well because I got lucky. He said he knew I couldn't speak French that well!" Nikki said.

Barbie expressed shock at the story.

"What? You speak French better than all of us! Why didn't you stay in the club to prove him wrong?" asked Barbie.

"I don't want to constantly prove and reprove myself," said Nikki.

Barbie goes on to give what appears to be a definition of white privilege.

"That means that white people get an advantage that they didn't earn, and black people get a disadvantage that they don't deserve!" said Barbie.

"When we don't say anything, we're just letting it continue!" said Barbie.

In their glowing article about the video, USA Today claimed the video had gone viral without noting that the Barbie YouTube page had nearly 10 million subscribers, while the video had only garnered 247,000 views. Other videos on the page, like the one entitled, "MERMAID SPARKLE SLIME!" garnered more than 625,000 views.

Comments were also turned off for the propaganda video.

Here's the Barbie video of Nikki talking about doll racism:

https://www.theblaze.com/news/barbie-black-racism-video-nikki

Democrats Outpace Republicans In Early Voting

Over 6 million Americans across 27 states have already cast their vote for November's general election -more than 10 times the number who had voted at this time in 2016, according to the Untied States Elections Project, which compiles early voting data.

Of those, over two million ballots have been sent through the mail, with registered Democrats returning 1.4 million ballots vs. 653,000 from registered Republicans, according to University of Florida political scientist, Michael McDonald.

"We’ve never seen this many people voting so far ahead of an election," McDonald said earlier this week, according to Reuters. "People cast their ballots when they make up their minds, and we know that many people made up their minds long ago and already have a judgment about Trump."

The early surge has led McDonald to predict a record turnout of about 150 million, representing 65% of eligible voters, the highest rate since 1908.

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McDonald said early voting typically starts strong, then drops before surging just ahead of the election. But in some states, rates of participation already have skyrocketed a month out. -Reuters

Overall, around 3.7 million of those who have already voted (around two-thirds) live in states which do not register voters by party, or are unaffiliated with either party. But according to demographic modeling by Democratic firm TargetSmart, 3 million votes have come from Democrats, while 2.1 have come from Republicans, according to The Hill.

That said (and it's a big one), early vote tallies aren't a solid indicator of who will win, as Hillary Clinton was trouncing Trump in early voting four years ago - though this year, early leads by Democrats are more substantial than in 2016.

In Florida, registered Democrats had out-voted registered Republicans by a slim 37 percent to 35 percent margin by this point in 2016. Today, almost 53 percent of votes cast in Florida have come from registered Democrats, while Republicans account for just 28 percent.

In North Carolina, registered Democrats have cast 52 percent of all ballots so far, up from 36 percent four years ago. Registered Republicans account for just 17 percent of the ballots, down from 37 percent in 2016.

And in Pennsylvania, a state at the heart of Trump’s reelection strategy, registered Democrats have cast more than three-quarters of all ballots. Republicans made up just 15 percent of ballots returned to date. -The Hill

"The fact that you have such a massive Democratic head start, that to me makes it much more difficult for the Trump campaign to play catchup," said Louisiana pollster, John Couvillon.

"The Democrats are so far, by and large, turning out people to vote absentee that would have likely either voted on Election Day or voted early in person," according to analytics exert Mark Stephenson of Red Oak Strategic.

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/democrats-gain-early-voting

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