Elementary schooler asked by administrator to remove most of his Trump costume for 'Super Hero Day' — and folks are not pleased

'Some people actually respect their president. For the staff to make him take it off is ridiculous.'

Things are tough all over for supporters of President Donald Trump — and apparently no matter how old they are.

An administrator at Oglethorpe Point Elementary in St. Simons, Georgia, asked a student to remove most of his Trump costume during "Super Hero Day," which took place earlier in the week, the Brunswick News reported.

The male preteen's costume included a "Trump 2020" hat, a Trump flag as a cape, and a red T-shirt with a blue "T" on it, the paper said, adding that the student was asked to remove the cape and hat — which he did.

Turns out asking the student to remove his costume was not consistent with the school's dress code policy, the News reported, citing a statement from the school system.

And folks turned to social media to vent their frustration at the actions of the administrator, whose identity was not disclosed, the paper said.

What did folks have to say?

"I'm sorry, but if that's who he thinks is [his] super hero, well he sure as heck should've been able to wear it," one Facebook commenter said, according to the News. "Some people actually respect their president. For the staff to make him take it off is ridiculous. I'll say he picked a real super hero instead of a fictional one. What's wrong with that? Come on people; messing with a kid because of his political view is just sad."

But others argued that political beliefs shouldn't come into schools in such a way, the paper said.

What did the superintendent have to say?

Scott Spence, superintendent of Gynn County School District, said Thursday the district is not in the business of telling students which political party they should support, the News noted.

"I have been a school administrator for 20 years, and it seems that every four years when a presidential election is held, something out of the ordinary occurs in one of more of our schools," Spence said, according to the paper. "When something like this occurs, teachers and administrators are an easy target for the folks on social media. We must realize that our schools are a microcosm of our community, and the issues that we have in our community are going to filter into our schools."

He added that he didn't believe there is specific dress code guidance that applied to Tuesday's "Super Hero Day," the News reported.

"Our teachers and administrators have worked extremely hard in a very stressful time to be able to provide face-to-face instruction for our students," Spence added, according to the paper. "Situations like this only add to the stress and make their jobs more difficult.

Anything else?

Students who are Trump supporters have faced more than a few hurdles in the run-up to next Tuesday's election:

A New Jersey public high school teacher earlier this month ordered a student to take down a Trump 2020 flag hanging in his room that was visible during an online class — or leave the virtual session.

A Tacoma, Washington, teacher reportedly berated a 10-year-old student who recently revealed during a virtual class that Trump is the person he most admires.

A northern California high school teacher recently threatened to kick a student out of a virtual class unless he removed a Trump 2020 flag from his camera background.

A California public school teacher was caught on video in September telling his students that those who say "Make America Great Again" — the slogan from Trump's 2016 campaign — actually mean "make it kinda racist and sexist again."

https://www.theblaze.com/news/elementary-schooler-asked-to-remove-most-of-his-trump-costume-for-super-hero-day-and-folks-are-not-pleased

Twitter backs down, unlocks Post’s account

Twitter backed down Friday in its battle with The Post and unlocked its main account after a two-week stalemate over its Hunter Biden exposé.

The Post never deleted the tweets during the standoff.

In a series of tweets, the social-media giant said it was revising its “Hacked Materials Policy” and “updating our practice of not retroactively overturning prior enforcement.”

“Our policies are living documents,” said one of the tweets from @TwitterSafety.

“We’re willing to update and adjust them when we encounter new scenarios or receive important feedback from the public.”

Twitter arbitrarily cracked down on The Post and locked its account on Oct. 14.

The company claimed it violated its policy on sharing “hacked materials” by tweeting links to the paper’s bombshell exclusives on Biden’s emails — without ever saying how it came to that conclusion.

https://nypost.com/2020/10/30/twitter-backs-down-agrees-to-unlock-posts-account/

Joe Biden and Kamala Harris Support Criminals and Demoralize Cops

Joe Biden is making no bones about where his sympathies lie when an officer-involved shooting is reported. This week, Walter Wallace Jr. brandished a knife at police in Philadelphia. After officers repeatedly ordered Wallace to drop the knife and attempted to de-escalate the situation by backing away, Wallace came around a parked car holding the knife and continuing to advance.

The often-debated 21-foot rule stipulates that a suspect with a blade or blunt instrument can travel that distance in 1.5 seconds. This is about the same amount of time it takes an officer to draw his weapon and fire. It is not a hard-and-fast rule for the use of deadly force, but it gives officers perspective to evaluate the danger they are in. Police training programs teach this rule.

When Wallace looked to be well within a 21-foot distance on the bodycam video and still advancing, officers, who already had their guns drawn, opened fire. Wallace died as a result of his wounds. The shooting sparked several days of riots and looting in Philadelphia. The National Guard was deployed to join the Philadelphia police on Thursday, as officials anticipate further unrest.

Fox 29 reports that in the melee since the shooting on Monday, 57 police officers have been injured and 212 arrests have been made. This includes federal agents arresting individuals associated with a van full of low-grade explosives. This marks an escalation from the fireworks and other projectiles seen in riots in other cities. Looters were also shooting each other, with 11 shot overnight on Tuesday.

Wallace had a criminal record, including assault, robbery, and possessing the instrument of a crime. When he confronted police with a knife, he was awaiting trial for allegedly threatening to shoot a woman. In 2013, he pleaded guilty to resisting arrest and punching an officer in the face.

Police-involved shootings are most often a choice between a bad outcome and a worse outcome. However, the Joe Biden/Kamala Harris ticket does not see it that way. Their joint statement never mentioned the officers or the danger they were in for doing their jobs. While it did caution against violence and looting in the second graph, the statement never mentioned the behavior of Wallace or that the shooting was likely justified:

On social media, mourning the death of Wallace takes precedence. The official account for Joe Biden does not call for an end to the violence in Philadelphia, acknowledge the property destruction, or offer thoughts for the dozens of officers injured or the 11 “protestors” shot.

Our hearts are broken for the family of Walter Wallace Jr., and for all those suffering the emotional weight of learning about another Black life in America lost.

Walter’s life mattered. https://t.co/mGki28Cpyr

— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) October 27, 2020

Biden remarked that there is no excuse for rioting when a reporter asked him directly about it. But his official statement and social media post played into the premise behind the riots as much as they discouraged them. Biden’s campaign statement appears to buy into the family lawyer’s assertion that the emergency call had been for an ambulance to deal with mental health issues. Fox 29 reports police were actually called regarding a man with a weapon.

Neither Biden nor Harris has ever called out Black Lives Matter or antifa, the groups behind this insanity. In fact, Joe Biden famously said antifa was an idea. Democrats seem insistent on promoting the narrative that the protests, riots, and violence we have seen since the death of George Floyd have been spontaneous responses to grave racial injustice. The reality is they are organized, well resourced, and coordinated according to the DOJ.

https://pjmedia.com/election/stacey-lennox/2020/10/30/joe-biden-and-kamala-harris-support-criminals-and-demoralize-cops-n1106567

Biden Pledges to ‘Collaborate’ With CCP in Chinese-Language Newspaper

Formerly anti-CCP newspaper now attends regime junkets

Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden promised a more collaborative approach to China in an op-ed published in a Chinese-language newspaper whose editors frequently attended junkets organized by the Chinese government.

Biden published an op-ed in the World Journal, a U.S. newspaper widely read by the Chinese-American community, on October 22. World Journal, which is owned by a Taiwanese news conglomerate, historically had an anti-CCP tilt but has become open to Beijing in recent years. The newspaper's editors have attended annual conferences hosted by the Chinese government and reportedly complied with a demand from the Chinese consulate to scrub an advertisement about the Falun Gong, an oppressed religious movement.

"Our approach to China will focus on boosting American competitiveness, revitalizing our strengths at home, and renewing our alliances and leadership abroad," Biden wrote in the op-ed. "We'll work to collaborate with China when it's in our interest, including on public health and climate change."

The Biden op-ed, written in Chinese, comes as his family's financial relationship with regime-linked oligarchs has drawn scrutiny. Companies led by his son Hunter Biden and brother Jim Biden garnered millions of dollars from Chinese investors. Biden's business partner, Tony Bobulinski, has said that the former vice president was aware of his family's business dealings in the country.

Biden sharply criticized President Donald Trump in the op-ed and included an accusation that the president fanned anti-immigrant sentiments against the Chinese-American community by calling the coronavirus the "China virus." Biden also discussed his vision for foreign policy in Asia, where he emphasized ties with Taiwan but did not rule out cooperation with Beijing on issues of mutual interest.

The op-ed's publication in a newspaper with ties to Beijing speaks to the extent of the Chinese government's influence in U.S. civil society. A 2001 report by the Jamestown Foundation, a D.C.-based think tank, found that three out of the four most influential Chinese-language papers in the country "are either directly or indirectly controlled by the government of Mainland China." The same report found that while World Journal is not controlled by mainland interests, it has increasingly become vulnerable to Beijing's pressure campaigns.

The Biden campaign did not return a request for comment.

https://www.hoover.org/sites/default/files/research/docs/13_diamond-schell-chinas-influence-and-american-interests_chapter-six-_media.pdf

http://www.chinanews.com/tp/hd2011/2017/09-10/770278.shtml

https://freebeacon.com/2020-election/biden-pledges-to-collaborate-with-ccp-in-chinese-language-newspaper/

Florida judge resigns from vote-counting board after at least a dozen Trump donations discovered

The judge also had Trump-Pence signs on his front lawn

Florida judge resigns from vote-counting board after at least a dozen Trump donations discovered

The judge also had Trump-Pence signs on his front lawn

Judges are required to refrain from offering donations or public support to a particular political candidate, but a report by The Florida Times-Union uncovered that he had donated $20 in 2016 to Trump's first run for office and then 11 times after that amounting to $170. He also donated $178 to the RNC, the National Republican Congressional Committee, and the National Republican Senatorial Committee between 2018 and 2020.

Shore had previously come under fire for the way he handled mail-in ballot counting that had been rejected by machines.

Shore attempted to keep a tight lid on vote-counting meetings by preventing members of the public from taking photos or videos at the meetings. He also barred observers, including political parties, candidates and the public, from objecting to the Duval County Canvassing Board's decisions.

Chief Judge Mark Mahon said that although Shore resigned, "he indicated he has always conducted himself fairly and impartially."

Signs on Shore's front lawn read “Americans for the Trump Agenda,” and “Keep the heat on Congress.”

Judges could potentially be prosecuted or removed from their posts by the Judicial Qualifications Commission for violating judicial canons.

Campaign donations themselves don't constitute political activism but displaying signs does, according to the Division of Elections.

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/florida-judge-resigns-vote-counting-board-trump-donations

Pelosi-Tied Super PAC Targets Republican with Misleading Health Care Ad

Ex-govt. worker attacks Barr despite being on plan administered by the state

A new ad from a liberal super PAC misleadingly accuses Rep. Andy Barr (R., Ky.) of working to raise the cost of a state employee health care plan.

VoteVets, a Democratic outside group closely tied to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D., Calif.), released an ad Tuesday featuring Kentucky resident Mike Razor. In the ad, Razor blames Barr and "big pharma" for his rising insurance costs, saying "they're just going to make me pay more."

Razor, however, is a former employee of the state's Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control, a 2019 Facebook post shows. He has discussed his enrollment in the Kentucky Employees' Health Plan, which is "run by public employees, for public employees," according to its website.

That makes his health care a state issue, not a national one, as he acknowledged in a November 2019 Facebook post.

VoteVets has used large contributions from Democratic leaders and progressive megadonors—including $533,000 from Pelosi's House Majority PAC—to spend nearly $25 million backing Democrats in the 2020 cycle, according to the Center for Responsive Politics.

While the super PAC typically runs military-centered ads, it has recently flooded the airwaves with health care-related spots in contentious House districts across the country. Its all-Republican targets include Barr, retired Green Beret Nick Freitas (Va.), and decorated combat veteran Sean Parnell (Pa.).

VoteVets did not return a request for comment.

Barr defeated Amy McGrath, now a Democratic Senate nominee, for the congressional seat by roughly 3 points in 2018 and is now facing a challenge from trial lawyer Josh Hicks.

While Razor has yet to contribute to Hicks's campaign, he has donated to Democrats in the past. Recipients include McGrath, the Biden Victory Fund, the Kentucky Democratic Party, and Sen. Bernie Sanders's (I., Vt.) 2016 presidential campaign.

The Tuesday ad is not the first time Razor has used health care as a political weapon against Republicans, having previously criticized former Kentucky governor Matt Bevin. Razor accused the Republican of siphoning money away from the state's health care fund in 2019.

"The state is self insured and pays Anthem to manage it. Our healthcare fund is so flush with money that Bevin is robbing it of millions to fund our retirement," Razor wrote in a Facebook comment. "With the state it should [be a] break even deal. Our out of pocket and deductibles are outrageous."

Razor retired from his role with the state in 2015, according to his social media posts. Kentucky's 2020 employee health care manual states that retirees become ineligible for the plan when reaching the age of 65. Razor has not yet met that threshold, public records show.

VoteVets has spent nearly $250,000 backing Hicks in the race, according to the Center for Responsive Politics. The Democrat has also accepted $7,500 in direct contributions from the super PAC in 2020, campaign finance disclosures show.

Despite the group's support, Hicks has trailed Barr financially throughout the race, raising $2.6 million to the Republican's $4.2 million. Hicks held roughly $165,000 on hand as of October 14, compared with Barr's nearly $1.2 million.

https://freebeacon.com/2020-election/pelosi-tied-super-pac-targets-republican-with-misleading-health-care-ad/

Biden Accuser Tony Bobulinski Has Record Of Honorable Navy Service

Businessman Tony Bobulinksi has cited his honorable Navy service to bolster his credibility in leveling charges that former Vice President Joe Biden allegedly was involved in the dealings of his son, Hunter, with China.

The Navy Wednesday issued what was publicly releasable on Bobulinski's record, showing he served for four years on active duty and left the service as a lieutenant.

Bobulinski received his commission as an officer at the Officer Training Command in Newport, Rhode Island, in August 1995 and left active duty in December 1999, the Navy said. He was listed in the Navy reserves until June 2006.

He served with the Naval Nuclear Power Training Command in Orlando, Florida, from October 1995 to May 1998. From May 1998 to December 1999, he was assigned to the Naval Nuclear Power Training Command in Charleston, South Carolina, the Navy said.

His awards and decorations included the Navy/Marine Corps Commendation Medal, the Navy/Marine Corps Achievement Medal, and the National Defense Service Medal, the Navy said.

The Navy records backed up what Bobulinski has said about his service in interviews with Fox News, the New York Post and other outlets.

In an interview with Fox host Tucker Carlson Tuesday, Bobulinski described himself as "the grandson of a 37-year Army Intelligence officer, the son of a 20-plus year career Naval officer and the brother of a 28-year career Naval Flight Officer."

A former business partner of Hunter Biden, Bobulinski charged that the Biden family's denials of involvement with him has "tarred my family's name and a long history of serving this country."

He said he had received top secret clearances from the National Security Agency and the Department of Energy for service in "one of the most elite environments in the world" at the Naval Nuclear Power Training Command.

"I don't have a political ax to grind; I just saw behind the Biden curtain and I grew concerned with what I saw," Bobulinski told Carlson. "The Biden family aggressively leveraged the Biden family name to make millions of dollars from foreign entities even though some were from communist-controlled China."

Other news outlets and the nonprofit fact-checking agency PolitiFact have been unable to substantiate Bobulinski's charges.

Bobulinski was in the audience at the final presidential debate between President Donald Trump and Biden in Nashville, Tennessee, on Oct. 22 as a guest of Trump in what may have been an effort to rattle the former vice president.

Trump did not refer to Bobulinski's presence and neither did Biden, but Biden denied ever profiting from his son's business dealings.

"I have not taken a penny from any foreign source, ever in my life," Biden said.

https://www.military.com/daily-news/2020/10/30/biden-accuser-tony-bobulinski-has-record-of-honorable-navy-service.html

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