Five faces from the media who became political candidates

Several prominent political pundits, commentators and analysts for media outlets large and small have decided to run for public office in recent months, a trend that underscores the importance of name-recognition in an increasingly partisan political environment on a local, state and national level.

Here are five media personalities who are or have attempted to make the jump to a political office.

Daniel Goldman, MSNBC contributor

Goldman, a former federal prosecutor who served as counsel to House Democrats in the first impeachment investigation of former president Trump, has made frequent appearances on the NBC family of networks to provide analysis and insight on legal matters and politics.

This week, he announced his bid for the top law enforcement job in New York state.

“I’m a prosecutor, not a politician,” he said during a video. “And as attorney general, I’m ready to lead on the big fights.”

A former assistant U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York under former U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara, Goldman has been on NBC’s airwaves knocking Trump and his actions.

“He is interfering in this investigation with absolutely no basis to do so,” Goldman said last month of Trump’s refusal to hand over documents of the select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. “There is no basis for these witnesses not to show up to Congress, they can try and evoke executive privilege if they want, but they can’t just defy the subpoenas at all. It’s a much more straightforward case than dealing with these documents.”

Goldman’s announcement came after incumbent Letitia James announced that she would run for New York governor in 2022.

Nicholas Kristof, New York Times columnist

Kristof, a columnist at one of the nation’s leading newspapers for nearly four decades, announced this year he would leave his job at the Times and run as a Democrat for Oregon’s top executive job.

“I have never run for political office in my life, but I have spent a lifetime shining a light in the darkest corners of the globe,” Kristof said as he announced his candidacy. “Nothing will change until we stop moving politicians up the career ladder year after year, even though they refuse to step up to the problems Oregon faces.”

The Pulitzer-prize winning journalist who specialized on topics relating to human rights abuses often spoke and wrote about how it “sickened” him to return from international reporting trips to find his hometown of Yamhill, Ore., struggling with poverty and addiction.

“I’m bucking the journalistic impulse to stay on the sidelines because my heart aches at what classmates have endured and it feels like the right moment to move from covering problems to trying to fix them,” he wrote in his final column published in the Times last month. “I hope to convince some of you that public service in government can be a path to show responsibility for communities we love, for a country that can do better.”

https://thehill.com/homenews/media/582385-five-faces-from-the-media-who-became-political-candidates

Urging parents to vaccinate kids, PM warns Israel ‘on verge’ of children’s outbreak

Ahead of Tuesday roll-out of vaccine campaign for ages 5-11, Bennett say COVID shots are the ‘safest and most effective way to keep our children healthy’

Urging parents to vaccinate their children when the coronavirus inoculations become available to kids aged 5-11 later this week, Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said Sunday morning that Israel was facing a possible virus outbreak among the younger population.

“We are on the verge of what appears to be a wave of illness affecting children,” Bennett said at the opening of the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem.

“In recent days, many vaccines for children have arrived in Israel, ahead of the children’s vaccination campaign that will begin this week,” he said, calling the vaccinations the “safest and most effective way to keep our children healthy.”

“As I have already said, my son David will be one of the first to be vaccinated, and I expect the same of all Israeli parents, certainly cabinet ministers, who have children or grandchildren of the relevant age,” Bennett added.

A day earlier, as the first shipment of kid-sized Pfizer-BioNTech doses arrived in Israel, the country received a sign that the coronavirus pandemic may once again be on the rise, with the virus’s basic reproduction number increasing to 1.02.

Known as the “R-number,” the figure represents the number of people each confirmed patient infects, on average. Any number over 1 signifies infection is expanding.

https://www.timesofisrael.com/urging-parents-to-vaccinate-kids-pm-warns-israel-on-verge-of-childrens-outbreak/

5,000 People Joined Reconciliation Process In Deir Ezzor: Syrian State Media

More than 5,000 people have so far joined the new reconciliation process in the eastern Syrian governorate of Deir Ezzor, the state-run Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) reported on November 21.

Syrian authorities launched the process exactly a week ago in coordination with local tribal leaders including Sheikh Nauaf al-Bashir, head of Al Baggara tribe and one of the most prominent leaders in eastern and northeastern Syria. A large reconciliation center was opened in Deir Ezzor city.

The reconciliation process provides a second chance to all civilians and military personnel wanted by the authorities for evading military service or deserting the ranks of the Syrian Arab Army.

The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), who hold northeastern, eastern and southeastern Deir Ezzor, didn’t cooperate with the reconciliation process. The US-backed group warned its fighters as well as civilian workers in its administration against joining the process.

Despite the warning, many people travelled from SDF-held areas to Deir Ezzor city in order to join the reconciliation process.

According to the SANA, the reconciliation process, which is meant to further stabilize Deir Ezzor, will continue at least for the upcoming few days.

https://southfront.org/5000-people-joined-reconciliation-process-in-deir-ezzor-syrian-state-media/

CHINA FIRST: Biden-Linked CCP Oil Firm Hits Record Production Amidst Keystone Pipeline Cancellation.

Increasing evidence suggests Joe Biden is running the American government for the benefit of the Chinese Communist Party.

A Chinese state-run oil and gas company linked to the son of the President of the United States, Hunter Biden, hit record levels of production amidst President Biden’s decision to halt the construction of the Keystone XL Pipeline.

Sinopec, also known as China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation, is a Chinese Communist regime-controlled oil and gas enterprise. Its “fully-owned subsidiary” Sinopec Marketing Company enjoyed nearly $1 billion in investment from Hunter Biden’s private equity firm BHR Partners.

Finalized in March 2015, the investments from the controversial investment fund led to BHR Partners amassing a nearly 30 percent stake in Sinopec.

Hunter reportedly still owns a 10 percent stake in BHR Partners.

China First.

Under the Biden government, Sinopec’s Fuling Shale Gas Field hit a country-wide record for production quantity.

A company press release notes:

Fuling Shale Gas Field – the first commercially developed and operated large-scale shale gas field in China – announced on October 8 that it has produced 40 billion cubic meters of shale gas, setting a new record for the cumulative production of shale gas in the country.

BHR Partner’s LinkedIn profile highlights its Sinopec investment, revealing it was involved “in the pilot state-owned enterprise reform deal involving the segregation and capitalization of Sinopec Group’s non-oil business into Sinopec Marketing Corporation.”

Sinopec’s record-breaking success follows the Biden regime’s assault on American energy independence, including the cancellation of the critical Keystone XL Pipeline and shutting down oil and gas lease sales from federal land in his first days in office.

https://thenationalpulse.com/exclusive/biden-linked-energy-firm-hits-record-level-production/

College instructor charged with battery of anti-mask mandate demonstrator

A North Idaho College instructor allegedly battered a woman supporting the college’s decision to repeal its mask mandate.

Campus Reform spoke to the alleged victim who said she has pressed charges against the instructor.

A North Idaho College instructor has been charged with Misdemeanor Battery for allegedly assaulting a person holding a sign in support of the college’s Board of Trustees decision to repeal the university-wide mask mandate.

Rachelle Ottosen stood at the September North Idaho College Board of Trustees meeting holding a sign picturing a red circle with the words “Medical Fascism” inside and a slash through it. Ottosen told Campus Reform that she brought the sign to show her support for the Board’s August decision to repeal its mask mandate.

“I was just going to be a freedom fighter,” she said.

In response, Ottosen says NIC part-time biology instructor Teresa Loar allegedly “slammed” into her and “popped the sign” out of her hands. Ottosen says that immediately after the altercation, Loar expressed to her that she was frustrated with the removal of the mandate. Paraphrasing Loar, Ottosen said Loar was upset that “because of people like [Ottosen] that she couldn’t force her students to wear masks.”

“For a couple seconds I was stunned, like what the heck just happened,” Ottosen told Campus Reform.

“There had been no interaction between us. I don’t think I’ve ever seen her before in my life. I’ve never talked to her. There was nothing else other than the fact that she could not stand my sign. She felt that that was justification in coming over and being violent,” Ottosen said.

Ottosen says she suffered a minor wrist and arm injury and confirmed to Campus Reform that she has pressed charges against Loar.

Campus Reform obtained a copy of the police report which shows that Misdemeanor Battery charges have been filed against Loar.

The report alleges that “while at an NIC School Board meeting spectator Teresa Loar battered spectator Rachelle Ottosen," adding "They had no relationship prior to the incident. No medical attention was needed. A report was taken charging Teresa with battery."

Ottosen says that she is “concerned” about the students’ ability to express their opinions freely and safely.

NIC, the Board of Trustees and Loar did not respond to Campus Reform’s request for comment in time for publication.

https://campusreform.org/article?id=18469

Dr. Fauci: Americans May Need Booster Shots Every 6 Months

Tony Fauci on Sunday told ABC’s This Week Americans may need their Pfizer booster shots every six months.

Dr. Tony Fauci: “We would hope, and this is something we are looking at very carefully, that that third shot with the mRNA not only will boost you way up but increases the durability so that you will not necessarily need it every six months or a year. We’re hoping it pushes it out more. If it doesn’t and the data show we do need it more often, then we’ll do it.”

As you listen to this remember the words of Dr. Scott Atlas who claims Fauci, Birx and Redfield made their decision on the fly and without any scientific data.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/11/dr-fauci-americans-may-need-booster-shots-every-6-months-video/

Turncoat Mike Pence Vows to Support Any Crooked Republican Governor President Trump Wants Primaried Out

Turncoat Mike Pence has drawn a line and says he will support crooked incumbent Republican governors who President Trump wants to primary out.

Who will ever forget the look on Mike Pence’s shamed face as he turned on the President and the American people and certified the stolen 2020 Election? Now, this same coward has decided to turn again against President Trump and America and back any corrupt governor President Trump chooses to work to replace.

What a terrible disgrace Mike Pence is.

Newsweek reports:

Mike Pence will reportedly back incumbent GOP governors over challengers endorsed by Donald Trump, potentially furthering the rift between himself and the ex-commander-in-chief.

Pence told a handful of these governors of his support during a private meeting, according to a Wall Street Journal report published on Saturday.

“I want to be clear,” Pence reportedly said. “I’m going to be supporting incumbent Republican governors.”…

…Trump has endorsed GOP primary challengers against half of the Republican governors seeking re-election next year. The Journal also noted that several of these leaders have reportedly grown closer over the last few years, supporting each other amid challenges from the former president during governor-only calls.

During this call, per Raw Story, Republican Governor of Maryland Larry Hogan reportedly called Trump’s attacks on incumbent governors “outrageous, unacceptable and bad for the party.” He also called the tactics employed by the former president “Trump cancel culture.

Pence and corrupt Republican governors have no idea how much they are hated by their base. They continue to lie to themselves and claim President Trump got beat in the illegitimate 2020 Election even though he received 6 million or 10% more votes than any other President or candidate in history (with 75 million votes). Trump’s base is not small, it’s the largest base in US history. Everyone knows Joe Biden has no base. He is worthless, senile, and corrupt. Everyone also knows he didn’t receive 81 million legitimate votes in the 2020 election.

Turncoat Pence and governors like Larry Hogan can go straight to hell. The American people side with strength, justice, prosperity, freedom, and President Trump, not them.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/11/turncoat-mike-pence-vows-support-crooked-republican-governors-president-trump-wants-primary/

Police escorts for Queensland MPs

Queensland MPs are being forced to have police escorts following death threats from anti-vaxxers and far right extremists.

https://www.9news.com.au/videos/health/police-escorts-for-queensland-m-ps/ckw8yjul4001y0itcf1doskew