Democrats Spent Tens of Millions to Destroy the Hopes and Dreams of These Qualified Black Candidates

Who's down with BIPOC? Not the DSCC.

Democrats spent more than $50 million this cycle to ensure that white candidates won the party's Senate nomination in Kentucky, North Carolina, and Texas. Unfortunately, it came at the expense of the hopes and dreams of qualified black candidates attempting to bring more diversity to Congress.

White candidates Amy McGrath in Kentucky, Cal Cunningham in North Carolina, and MJ Hegar in Texas received early backing from the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC), which helped them win primary races against qualified black opponents.

McGrath, who has raised $41 million in her pointless bid to unseat Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R., Ky.), narrowly defeated black state lawmaker Charles Booker in June after winning the DSCC's endorsement in February.

Prominent Democrats such as Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D., Mass.) endorsed McGrath as early as July 2019, when McGrath first announced her candidacy. Warren, a BIPOC politician best known for saying whatever she thinks will make her more popular with wealthy white liberals, flip-flopped on her endorsement by backing Booker days before the primary and weeks after the death of George Floyd sparked nationwide protests against racial injustice.

In North Carolina, Cunningham handily defeated state lawmaker Erica Smith, a former Boeing engineer who attempted to become just the third black woman to serve in the U.S. Senate. Cunningham was receiving financial assistance from Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D., N.Y.) since the moment he announced his candidacy in June 2019.

The DSCC officially endorsed Cunningham later that year, prompting a fiery statement from Smith. She alleged that Democratic leaders had promised her "unequivocally, that they were not, had not, did not intend to endorse in the primary." She denounced the DSCC's efforts to "sway this U.S. Senate election away from the voices and voters of North Carolina" as "unacceptable." At a campaign event in January, Smith suggested that "Sen. Schumer, for whatever reason, did not want an African American running for Senate in North Carolina."

Cunningham has raised almost $15 million and was assisted in the primary by VoteVets, a pro-Democrat super PAC that spent $6 million on ads supporting his candidacy. The DSCC pitched in $330,000 in ad spending, in addition to the $1.5 million it gave the North Carolina Democratic Party. Cunningham's victory was the realization of Schumer's dream to nominate a white candidate who would spend the entire campaign "in a windowless basement raising money" to fund attack ads against his opponent, Sen. Thom Tillis (R., N.C.).

https://freebeacon.com/2020-election/democrats-against-black-candidates/

Hamas Official Confirmed, Israeli Spies Were Apprehended In Gaza

Mousa Abu Marzook, chairman of Hamas’ Political Bureau, has acknowledged that a number of Israeli intelligence informants were recently arrested in the Gaza Strip.

The senior Hamas official revealed the information during an interview with the Lebanese al-Mayadeen TV on July 15.

Abu Marzook said that one of the informants had managed to escape to Israel, where he received what he called a “warm welcome.”

Recent reports allege that the informant who escaped to Israel was none other than Hamas’ Naval Forces commander, Mohammed Omar Abu Ajwa. However, Abu Marzook denied that any of the informants were members of Hamas or its military wing, the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades.

“Some of them were arrested, and they are under investigation, but the [claims] that they are leaders, and they have, as the enemy mentioned, a map of the divers’ unit and the maritime force of Hamas, etc, all of this is not true,” Abu Marzook said in the interview.

While Abu Marzook denied that any of the informants were members of Hamas, he didn’t name Abu Ajwa. The naval forces commander is yet to be seen in Gaza. This again suggest that he was indeed the spy who fled to Israel.

Israel’s intelligence activities in the Gaza Strip are nothing new. However, the recruitment of a senior commander like Abu Ajwa, if confirmed, would be a major blow to the Palestinian group that is well-known for its secrecy.

https://southfront.org/hamas-official-confirmed-israeli-spies-were-apprehended-in-gaza/

Another Study Finds CBD Reduces Lung Damage From COVID-19

Cannabidiol, or CBD, may help reduce the cytokine storm and excessive lung inflammation that is killing many patients with COVID-19, researchers say.

While more work, including clinical trials to determine optimal dosage and timing, is needed before CBD becomes part of the treatment for COVID-19, researchers at the Dental College of Georgia and Medical College of Georgia have early evidence it could help patients showing signs of respiratory distress avoid extreme interventions like mechanical ventilation as well as death from acute respiratory distress syndrome.

“ARDS is a major killer in severe cases of some respiratory viral infections, including severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and we have an urgent need for better intervention and treatment strategies,” says Dr. Babak Baban, immunologist and interim associate dean for research at DCG and corresponding author of the study in the journal Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research.

Our laboratory studies indicate pure CBD can help the lungs recover from the overwhelming inflammation, or cytokine storm, caused by the COVID-19 virus, and restore healthier oxygen levels in the body, says co-author Dr. Jack Yu, physician-scientist and chief of pediatric plastic surgery at MCG.

Their CBD findings were enabled by their additional finding of a safe and relatively inexpensive model to duplicate the lung damage caused by ARDS. Work on the virus itself is limited to a handful of labs in the nation that can safely manage the highly contagious virus, and their newly reported approach opens more doors for studying SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19 and similar virus-induced conditions, they say.

Their model, which takes advantage of the large, unique genetic structure of the novel coronavirus, produced classic symptoms of ARDS like the overwhelming, destructive immune response, then CBD significantly downregulated classic indicators of the excess, like inflammation-promoting cytokines as it improved oxygen levels in the blood and enabled the lungs to recover from the structural damage.

A major problem with SARS-CoV-2 is instead of just killing the virus, the over-the-top immune response can quickly disable the lungs, transforming them to a place where virus is replicated, rather than a place that makes oxygen available for our bodies and eliminates potentially harmful gases like carbon dioxide.

Mechanical ventilators can take over these vital functions for a while, and enable critically ill people to use less energy to just breathe and have more energy to fight infection, while ideally the lungs recover from the assault. However evidence suggests 30-50% of patients who get to the point of mechanical ventilation, don’t survive.

https://www.naturalblaze.com/2020/07/another-study-finds-cbd-from-cannabis-reduces-lung-damage-from-covid-19.html

City Official Cancels Meeting Because Crowd Refuses To Wear Masks

Utah County Commissioner Tanner Ainge decided to postpone a meeting regarding a mask requirement for students in K-12 schools. This mandate set by Republican Governor Gary Herbert only applies to schools and school buses. Tanner Ainge who is the Chairman of the All-Republican Commission, was met with a crowd of people where a majority of them were unmasked in the meeting room. Ainge opened with, “This is the exact opposite of what we need to be doing.”

While being booed by the crowd, Ainge also expressed his concerns, “We are supposed to be physically distancing, wearing masks. All of our medical experts, our Department of Health, everyone is encouraging us to do that. This room is not complying with these health guidelines. This creates a health concern for this meeting.”

Counter-protestors were outside of the county office arguing the masks are part of a compassionate act. They were met by Commissioner Bill Lee who expressed his support for mask exemptions in schools.

One counter protestor shared her thoughts, “If we teach our kids in Utah County that they’re exempt, then they’re just teaching them more privilege and that is a very fine line and a scary thing to do.”

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/07/watch-city-official-cancels-meeting-crowd-refuses-wear-masks-video/

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The funds that govern Egypt

The budget of any state is generally defined as an approved detailed estimate of public revenue alongside public expenditure for a given fiscal year. This usually covers what is needed to achieve specific goals within the framework of the planned economic and social development of the state based on its general policy.

One of the basic principles of a budget is “unity”, with all public revenue and expenditure recorded in one document. While this is the norm, there are exceptions, with budgets attached to some government departments or public bodies that are given administrative and financial independence. However, such exceptions aside, during Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi’s presidency in Egypt, we find that there are several funds operating in parallel with the state budget, which has opened the way for corruption and a lack of accountability and transparency from a government with absolute control over everything.

Egypt continues to suffer from essentially private funds which take money from Egyptian citizens and distribute it without supervision or accountability. When Sisi came along he leaned towards this way of extracting money from the public by creating parallel budgets that are not related to the state budget, even though their resources are essentially state money.

https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20200716-the-funds-that-govern-egypt/

US Senator Feinstein Calls to Block COVID-19 Relief For States That Refuse to Apply Mask Mandate

The call comes as governors in some US states reject the advice of federal health officials on wearing masks to help slow the nation’s rapid rise of new coronavirus cases, with Georgia Governor Brian Kemp filing a lawsuit on Thursday against the city of Atlanta to block the urban region's COVID-19 face mask mandate.

The US Senator from California, Dianne Feinstein, has proposed an amendment to bar states that refuse to implement mask mandates from receiving funding from the next federal coronavirus relief package, calling on colleagues in the Senate to back the legislation.

In a statement issued Thursday, Feinstein pointed to the record increase in coronavirus cases in almost every state in the country, saying, “We’re failing to control this virus and it’s time for serious action”.

“Research shows that masks reduce transmission of the coronavirus. CDC Director Redfield said this surge in COVID-19 cases could end within two months if we adopt ‘universal masking.’ Businesses like Walmart, Kohl’s and Kroger now require masks. And countries that are successfully controlling this virus require masks. So why doesn’t the United States have a national mask mandate?” the Senator stated.

Feinstein argued, “Wearing masks in public should be mandatory” as the COVID-19 pandemic “is getting worse daily”. She called on US states to follow in the footsteps of California, Alabama and Montana, where mandates requiring masks in public are already in place, vowing, “It’s time for Congress to step in” to make the measure universal.

“[Senate Majority] Leader [Mitch] McConnell said the Senate will take up the next coronavirus economic relief bill later this month. At that time, I intend to offer an amendment to prohibit sending funds to states that haven’t adopted a statewide mask requirement,” the California Senator said. “It’s time for Congress to step in. This is a matter of life or death, and partisan politics shouldn’t play a role.”

Earlier in the day, Brian Kemp, the current governor of Georgia, said in a statement that his office had filed a lawsuit against the city of Atlanta to block the urban region's face mask mandate, characterizing the health measure as a “reckless” action that puts politics over people.

“This lawsuit is on behalf of the Atlanta business owners and their hardworking employees who are struggling to survive during these difficult times,” Kemp tweeted on Thursday. “I refuse to sit back and watch as disastrous policies threaten the lives and livelihoods of our citizens”.

This lawsuit is on behalf of the Atlanta business owners and their hardworking employees who are struggling to survive during these difficult times. (1/4) https://t.co/vxiOmteHaH

— Governor Brian P. Kemp (@GovKemp) July 16, 2020

On Thursday, the United States COVID-19 tally increased by at least 70,727 new cases to currently stand at 3,563,848, the highest daily increase since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, and the seventh highest posting this month, according to the Reuters US COVID-19 tally. 30 out of 50 US states have registered a record surge in COVID-19 cases this month.

https://sputniknews.com/us/202007171079908471-us-senator-feinstein-calls-to-block-covid-19-relief-for-states-that-refuse-to-apply-mask-mandate/

Black Portland police officer describes racist treatment from white Black Lives Matter protesters

'Once again, you as a privileged white person telling someone of color what to do with your life.'

A black police officer from the Portland Police Department is gaining attention online for his testimony describing the racist treatment minority members of his force received from white protesters during Black Lives Matter demonstrations.

The city of Portland, Oregon, has experienced nearly 50 days of ongoing protests following the death of George Floyd in late May, and the abuse from activists toward law enforcement has led members of the PPD and their families to speak out.

One of those speaking out is Officer Jakhary Jackson, who described to Lt. Tina Jones last week during press availability what it has been like on the other side of the nightly protest lines.

"I'll say this," Jackson began, "I got to see folks that really do want change like the rest of us that have been impacted by racism, and then I got to see those people get faded out by people who have no idea what racism is all about — who have never experienced racism, that don't even know that the tactics they are using are the same tactics that were used against my people."

Officer Jackson recalled the treatment during demonstrations.

"A lot of times, someone of color — black, Hispanic, Asian — would come up to the fence and directly want to talk to me," he said. But often, "someone white comes up, 'F the police, don't talk to him."

What else did the officer say?

The officer said it became a pattern.

"I even had a young, African American girl tell me, 'Why is you guys aren't talking to us,' I said, 'Honestly, this is now the 23rd day of doing it, every time I try to have a conversation with someone that looks like me, someone white comes up and blocks them and tells them them not to talk,' and then right when I said that this white girl popped right in front her."

Jackson continued:

It says something when you're at a Black Lives Matter protest you have more minorities on the police side than you have in a violent crowd. And you have white people screaming at black officers, ''You have the biggest nose I've ever seen.' You hear these things and go, 'Are these people, are they going to say something to this person? No.'

And that's just one example. Having people tell you what to do with your life, that you need to quit your job, that you're hurting your community but they're not even a part of the community. Once again, you as a privileged white person telling someone of color what to do with your life.

See the full video of the interview with Officer Jackson, taken by KGW-TV, below:

https://www.theblaze.com/news/ready-watch-black-portland-police-officer-describes-racist-treatment-from-white-blm-protesters

In a Major Move, City ENDS Police Traffic Stops, Will Cut the Police Budget in Half

The move comes after claims that police officers all too often escalate minor traffic stops into deadly situations. These claims are well founded.

After debating into the early hours of Wednesday morning, the Berkeley City Council approved this most unprecedented move.

According to KTVU:

The council approved Mayor Jesse Arreguin’s omnibus measure, which includes elements, such as creating a Department of Transportation that will make and enforce traffic stops, rather than utilize Berkeley police officers, hire a consultant to analyze police calls and responses, and determine which calls can be answered by non-police officers, as well as setting a goal to reduce the police budget by 50%.

The Berkeley City Council had recently approved a city budget that decreased police department spending by $9.2 million, or about 12% of the police budget.

The move also now allocated $100,000 from the general fund to analyze and develop a specialized care unit to handle these calls and $160,000 for an auditor to analyze police calls and responses.

“Most traffic stops don’t really warrant a police officer,” said Darrell Owens, the co-executive of East Bay for Everyone, a housing and traffic non-profit. He helped pitch the new, one-year plan to Berkeley City Council. According to ABC 7, he says ideally the city would take money away from Berkeley PD to fund a new department.

“A minor traffic violation should not have resulted in the murder of a black or brown body, but at the same time we can also re-examine the nature of punitive law enforcement and broken windows policing that makes traffic enforcement so deadly to begin with.”

The officials who proposed ending police traffic enforcement dispelled any preconceived notions that this would allow dangerous criminals and drunks to rule the roads.

“We don’t want to inhibit apprehending dangerous criminals or drunk drivers. That is not the intent,” said Berkeley City councilmember, Lori Droste.

https://thefreethoughtproject.com/traffic-enforcement-police-city-removes/

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