Roberts Sides With Liberal Justices to Rule Against California Church

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Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts sided with the high court’s liberal justices to rule against a California church seeking to overturn Gov. Gavin Newsom’s limits on church attendance.

The significant development received little attention due to ongoing protests and riots in cities across the U.S., sparked by the tragic death of George Floyd.

In a 5-4 decision, which was handed down just before midnight, Roberts and the Supreme Court’s liberal justices ruled against South Bay United Pentecostal Church in Chula Vista.

The ruling upholds Newsom’s restrictions, which limit churches to 25% capacity or 100 maximum total attendees during a church service. South Bay United, which typically sees between 200-300 worshipers during its services, challenged the order by arguing that it violated their First Amendment rights. . .

The chief justice wrote in a brief opinion that Newsom’s restrictions “appear consistent with the free exercise clause of the First Amendment. (Read more from “Roberts Sides With Liberal Justices to Rule Against California Church” HERE)

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Antibody Testing Proves the Remarkably Low Fatality Rate for Coronavirus

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Now that the media is fixated on fanning the flames of racial tensions, watch for them to completely drop all news about the virus. But the evidence against lockdowns continues to mount, whether the media discusses it or not.

On May 22, I publicized groundbreaking data from the CDC’s website suggesting that the bottom-line infection fatality rate of COVID-19 is just 0.26%, even assuming a likely low estimate that 35% of all infections are asymptomatic. What was viewed by the political and scientific “experts” as hearsay from right-wingers was confirmed by their own gold standard agency. Now we have corroborating evidence from a very large sample size in the state of Colorado.

Until now some have criticized other serology tests as having too small a sample and perhaps inaccurate. But nearly all of them converged on an infection fatality rate (IFR) of roughly 0.2%. Now, Colorado has published the results of ongoing antibody tests with a massive sample size of 56,000. The study found, as of Thursday, that 7.75% of the entire state has been infected. That means that an estimated 489,500 Coloradoans have already had the virus. If you divide Colorado’s 1,135 deaths by the number of infections, you get a 0.23% IFR – almost exactly what the CDC pegged as the IFR nationwide!

As has been the case across the nation, the larger urban counties seemed to have a higher prevalence of positive tests. Denver was 11.9%, Arapahoe County was 15.9%, and Adams County was 16.2%. Most of the rural counties, with some exceptions, were well below the 7.8% state average.

The CDC, for its nationwide projection, assumed a 10.5 percent infection rate nationwide because most states are more urban than Colorado.

If you further divide the Colorado numbers by age group, you get a 0.03% IFR for everyone (sick and healthy together) under the age of 60. Even if you include all those under 70, the IFR comes out to 0.07%.

This is why it’s utterly insane for the media and politicians to continue to use the discovery of more infections as a pretext to continue lockdowns. If anything, it shows that this is more widespread and less deadly that the baseline premise they used to justify the lockdowns. Take a look at these charts showing an inverse relationship between the growth of confirmed cases and the number of hospitalizations and deaths in Colorado, as presented by one local commentator.

What the Colorado data suggests is what we’ve been seeing everywhere all along – that this virus has been around longer than we thought, is more widespread than we thought, is therefore less fatal than we thought for all but the most vulnerable people, and that no degree of human intervention seems to work. When the virus is rampaging for those several weeks of the peak curve, no lockdowns work to tame it, and when the peak is over, a reopening doesn’t spike hospitalizations and deaths. Focusing on testing rates at this late stage is therefore ridiculous.

It’s also very likely that because some people who get the infection don’t need antibodies to ward off the virus, we are missing a large number of people who were really infected but tested negative for antibodies. This would drive down the infection fatality rate even lower.

Scientists at Rockefeller University conducted an immunological study of blood plasma samples from 149 people who have recovered from COVID-19. After attacking those cells with a sample of the virus, they found that in 33 percent of donor samples, “the neutralizing activity of plasma was below detectable levels.” They concluded from this observation, “It’s possible that for many in this group, their immune system’s first line of defense had resolved the infection quickly, before the antibody-producing cells were called in.”

If this is true, the number of people who already have the virus could be up to one-third greater, thereby dropping the lethality of this virus even further. Furthermore, a large percent of the rest of the population might already have immunity from previous coronaviruses, as a recent study from Singapore suggests.

Defenders of lockdowns can move the goal posts all they want, but had they been truthful about the IFR from day one, nobody would ever have gone along with the lockdowns, even if they could somehow work. The failure of government to be honest about the true likelihood of dying from the virus also caused many people to panic and not get treated for life-threatening illnesses.

Shockingly, even though Stanford and other international institutions showed early on how low the fatality rate is, our government continued – and still continues – to drive panic that is killing more people. From day one of the lockdowns in mid-March, the University of Oxford Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine pegged the IFR at somewhere between 0.1% and 0.36%. How many of you heard of the Imperial College of London as opposed to Oxford before this crisis? Still, our government chose to go with the Imperial College model, which led it to needlessly free up hospital space by sending sick patients into nursing homes. This caused the majority of deaths from the virus.

Yet our own National Institutes of Health just announced that it will not finish its study of the fatality rate until early 2022! We need the proper information to tailor our strategy so that those who are truly vulnerable are shielded. As one article from a British epidemiologist recently published in the British Journal of Medicine presciently observed, “Such targeted approaches would, however, require a shift away from the notion that we are all seriously threatened by the disease, which has led to levels of personal fear being strikingly mismatched to objective risk of death. Instead, the aim should be to communicate realistic levels of risk as they apply to different groups, not to reassure or frighten but to allow informed personal decisions in a setting of necessary uncertainty.” (For more from the author of “Antibody Testing Proves the Remarkably Low Fatality Rate for Coronavirus” please click HERE)

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Why Facebook’s Oversight Appointment Is Dangerous

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Following years of political and public pressure to maintain a safe and open platform for the free expression of ideas, Facebook has developed a controversial response to content review on its site: a 20-person oversight committee. . .

While Facebook had attempted to police its own content, after facing repeated inquiries by the US government and increased public scrutiny over allegedly hypocritical decisions, the company decided to separate itself from this responsibility with a content committee.

On the surface, it seems like a reasonable option, but in reality, an oversight board that is accountable to no authority other than itself becomes a contradiction. Therein lies the problem, especially when companies as influential as Facebook appoint political and religious zealots to such powerful positions.

Such is the case with Tawakkol Karman, who was awarded a Nobel Peace Prize for political activism in her home country of Yemen even though her affiliations with the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood have been repeatedly exposed. Her Brotherhood connections make her a particularly divisive figure, and many in her homeland have denounced her appointment to Facebook’s committee. The Yemeni Association for Human Rights and Immigration labeled her a “warmonger and not a peace messenger.”

An analysis by Cornerstone Global, a political risk and advisory firm, found that this oversight committee is neither impartial nor unbiased as Facebook initially intended. In fact, according to Cornerstone’s findings, nine of the 20 board members are politically left, with another two being Islamist, and one is openly conservative. This is not a cross-section of the real world, but represents a dangerously small cross-section of society and cannot possibly be considered impartial. (Read more from “Why Facebook’s Oversight Appointment Is Dangerous” HERE)

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WATCH: Susan Rice Predicts Foreign Actors Fueling Civil Unrest Amid George Floyd Protests

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Former national security adviser Susan Rice said she sees a pattern in nationwide demonstrations protesting the police killing of George Floyd and the breadcrumbs lead to Russia.

“This is right out of the Russian playbook as well,” Rice said on CNN this weekend. “We can’t allow the extremists, the foreign actors, to distract from the real problems we have in this country.”

Rice said foreign nations have been trying to sow discord in America during times of crisis “for years,” most recently on social media.

“They take any divisive, painful issue … and they play on both sides,” she said. “Their aim is to not simply embarrass the United States, their aim is to divide us.”

Rice’s comments are similar to those made by prominent Republicans and Trump administration officials. (Read more from “WATCH: Susan Rice Predicts Foreign Actors Fueling Civil Unrest Amid George Floyd Protests” HERE)

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Here’s How Many Times the Ex-Police Officer Who Killed George Floyd Was Flagged for Misconduct

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Folks, this case seems pretty explicit. It seems pretty clear that now-ex-Officer Derek Chauvin murdered George Floyd; it’s all on video. The footage is disturbing. It’s why he was rightfully fired and slapped with third-degree murder and manslaughter charges. The three other officers with him also were fired. Chauvin knelt on the back of Floyd’s neck after the latter was already apprehended. Floyd was arrested on a nonviolent false document charge and as he lay on the ground handcuffed, he could be heard crying out that he couldn’t breathe. Chauvin kept his knee on his neck for nearly ten minutes. He passed out and later died. The police said that Floyd was intoxicated when first approached by police, but he was subdued. He was handcuffed. Four officers weren’t going to let him go. There was no way the security situation was going to become unstable. Floyd died anyway. It’s outrageous.

Across the political spectrum, there’s rightful condemnation. There should be protests. There should be anger. But all of that support goes right out the window when you loot, burn, and vandalize. How does setting black-owned businesses on fire get justice for Floyd? It’s outrageous. With every passing day, the window to bring about real change to this police department in Mill City closes—and there are issues. Floyd’s death at the hands of the police isn’t the only one in the area either.

And as Minneapolis and other cities burn, we have this interesting piece by The New York Times that placed a microscope over the Minneapolis Police Department, one that appears to have let a bad cop slide through the crack on multiple occasions. Ex-Officer Derek Chauvin was cited 17 times for misconduct ranging from abusive language to being named in a brutality lawsuit[.] (Read more from “Here’s How Many Times the Ex-Police Officer Who Killed George Floyd Was Flagged for Misconduct” HERE)

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City Refuses to Arrest Rioters, but Hands out Hefty Fines to Churches

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There have been violent riots in Wisconsin’s capital of Madison, where a group of about 150 demonstrators threw rocks at police officers on Saturday night, according to WITI-TV. At least 75 stores were damaged or looted overnight. Despite the bedlam and property damage, the Madison Police Department only made three arrests. . .

While Madison didn’t do much to prevent the barrage of looting in the city, officials want citizens to know that church services of more than 50 people will absolutely not be tolerated.

According to the City of Madison’s website, “Mass Gathering inside a commercial facility is permitted with fifty (50) individuals or less. Individuals must maintain physical distancing.”

Wisconsin priests were reportedly warned by health officials from Madison and Dane counties that if they opened their churches and had crowds of more than 50 people at their religious services, they face a fine of $1,000. The letter sent out to religious leaders allegedly threatened that there could be “government watchers” present at church services.

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George Floyd Unrest: Riots, Fires, Violence Escalate Across U.S.; WATCH: Rioters Beat Man in Streets After Defending a Pushed Over Cyclist; Protester: ‘This Is Going to Get Trump Reelected’

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By Breitbart. Rioters in Santa Monica on Sunday beat up a man carrying a hockey stick to defend a woman cyclist who was pushed over, according to a video posted to social media.

Several men approached the man with the hockey stick as he tried to fight them off. Shoving him to the ground, the group began kicking him and beating him in the street.

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Woman to Santa Monica Looters: ‘This Is Going to Get Trump Reelected’

By Breitbart. A woman in Santa Monica, California, told looters on Sunday that their behavior would help President Donald Trump’s reelection campaign. Riots and looting broke out on Sunday in Santa Monica in response to the death of George Floyd.

The video, which was posted to Twitter by Buzzfeed News reporter Brianna Sacks, shows a woman standing on a Santa Monica street corner and urging protesters not to loot local businesses. . .

“This is going to get Trump reelected. Please stop. Think first. Do not get Trump reelected for your behavior,” the woman said. “Please, Santa Monica. We don’t want Trump reelected.”

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George Floyd Unrest: Riots, Fires, Violence Escalate in Several Major Cities

By Fox News. Chaos broke out in several major U.S. cities on Sunday night as rioters hijacked what had been peaceful protests over the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis police custody.

Among the turmoil: Fires lit near the White House, including at St. John’s Church just a short walk away; rioters clashing with police in New York City; and the Los Angeles County sheriff saying people still out on the streets were “acting like terrorists.”

The National Guard’s top general on Sunday said Guard units in nearly half of U.S. states have been mobilized to help major cities deal with the riots. Gen. Joseph Lengyel said some 16,000 additional Guard troops have been deployed to 24 states and the District of Columbia in response to civil disturbances. . .

The latest deployment brought the total number of deployed National Guard members to about 62,000 across the country. Other Guard members already had been deployed to assist with their governments’ COVID-19 relief efforts. (Read more from “George Floyd Unrest: Riots, Fires, Violence Escalate in Several Major Cities” HERE)

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Forget Israel — Americans Should Start a ‘BDS’ Movement Against China ASAP

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. . .So what would a BDS movement against China look like?

First would be a leveling of sanctions against all companies with ties to China’s military, to weapons of mass destruction, and to its persecution of Uyghurs and other minorities. . .

Sanctioning alone is not enough, however. Divestment must follow. We must ensure that America’s pension funds, college endowments and personal savings are not used by China’s proliferators and human-rights violators to continue doing business.

Here I have some good news to report. Forty percent of Americans now say they will never again buy a product “Made in China.” Like me, they would prefer to “use it up, wear it out, make do, or do without,” rather than fatten the coffers of the regime that has unleashed so much havoc across the world.

The other half of America needs to join in as well. Do it for the millions imprisoned in re-education camps by the CCP, for the tens of millions it murdered over its 71-year history, or for the hundreds of millions of women it forcibly aborted in the one-child policy. (Read more from “Forget Israel — Americans Should Start a ‘BDS’ Movement Against China ASAP” HERE)

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“We’re on the Wrong Side of History, Past the Point of No Return”

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What’s happening in America right now are the most vivid examples yet why “revival or bust” has been our show mantra for years. There are too many Americans who either weren’t taught the American vision, or who oppose it, to have a unifying melting pot around core values as we used to. Which helped us rise above our imperfections and injustices to still produce the greatest beacon for liberty this fallen world has ever seen. The light is flickering now.

Therefore, there’s only one outcome here: revival or bust. Either another Great Awakening will take place, which brings us back to the old magic, or there will be some form of national divorce — which is what bust is. When one spouse thinks the only reason the other could possibly disagree with them on anything is the most sinister of motivations possible, that marriage as-is cannot be saved.

Our cities aren’t secure. Our nursing homes aren’t secure. Our churches aren’t open. Our kids can’t go to school or the playground. Our businesses can’t fully open. We now have 40 million unemployed. If it was any other country, we’d consider this was divine judgment. We’re on the wrong side of HIStory here.

Which brings us to Trump, who now does become a central figure in how this plays out. Not because of him uniquely, but because of what those who love him and hate him more than they should see in him. One side thinks they found themselves an American Winston Churchill. And the other side recognizes the worldview they seek to erase thinks that, and therefore have made making America become a failed state on his watch their personal D-Day.

Caught in the middle of all this are Trump’s strengths and weaknesses, as well as the goulash of beliefs he’s assembled around him in his administration/movement. For every culture warrior there’s a Jared Kushner or Steve Mnuchin. For every great evangelist there’s a Paula White. So his administration is constantly driving with the gas and the brakes at the same time. With often the initial impulse to do what is right in response, but then lacking the follow through/will once enemy resistance is met.

Meanwhile, the enemy sees resistance as barely a speed bump.

In California right now law enforcement won’t stop looting of private businesses and riots. But they will stop you from really having church, and a majority-Republican appointed Supreme Court signed off on that. In most places in America right now a large gathering of people cannot eat at a restaurant, but they can burn it down. You were safe from the virus at the biggest of big box stores, but no family-owned local businesses for some reason. And a vocal segment of our population has made covering their faces with surgical hijabs, which actual science shows isn’t going to save them, a virtue signal worth dying for.

Up until now, Trump has gotten by with largely tough talk. He’s done good things, but they’ve all really been easy if we’re being honest. He hasn’t really defied any part of the system that defies us. And we’ve largely judged him on a sliding scale in comparison to his predecessors, because of how betrayed we’ve been by the Republican Party all these years.

Whether Trump is truly Batman here come to finally confront the mean streets of Gotham (or not) is irrelevant, because what’s happening now is the spirit of the age has upped the ante thinking he might be — or because many of us think that he is. The Joker has revealed himself. Chaos reigns. And if we all didn’t know there was going to be a cost to wanting to finally confronting this, surely we do now.

Trump’s tough talk won’t suffice here. He tried it on Twitter, they instantly called his bluff the next day. He’s tweeting about the rioters, yet the riots continued. He’s not up against newsroom metrosexuals obsessed with avocado toast, has-been deep state bureaucrats trying to use MSNBC’s small audience to do a Pink Panther-level clumsy coup, or space cadet Pelosi. These have never been the real villains, merely caricatures.

The likes of CNN and its ilk are Trevor Slattery, doing political porn for largely wealthy and white fake woke folks to get off in between croquet tournaments and Howard Zinn book club meetings. This is pathetic content for the self-righteous to justify being even more so. Wealthy white people who think they’re down with the struggle, when they’re really just doing Marie Antoinette impersonations.

They’re not the real Mandarin. The real Mandarin phoned home with a riot at CNN’s corporate headquarters, so you would know the real thing. The real Mandarin called Trump’s Twitter bluff the very next day. The real Mandarin has been out in the streets this weekend, calling Trump’s bluff. And then filming beatings with their phones rather than helping the victims.

See, the real Mandarin thinks Trump is just a bloviating billionaire. He’s not Tony Stark. He’s not some bad ass, and he’s never going to be your Iron Man. He’s going to launch rockets like its 1969, while your kids weren’t permitted a 2020 graduation or wedding. All show and no go. All style no substance.

The spirit of the age is calling Trump’s bluff, which means its really calling many of ours. Just as it did when it made too many of us stay home, lose our job and business, and all over unvetted science that has proven to be junk from the bowels of flat earth. Some of you are still at home, emailing me about the Second Amendment and how you’re trapped in your homes. One of these things is not like the other.

We don’t need anymore tweets or addresses. This nation is past rallying with sentimentality anyway. We need action. We only need action.

Starting with Antifa and all other mobs who are violent, loot and riot are instantly declared domestic terrorists, and treated accordingly. If state and local law enforcement will not protect their citizens they will be defunded at the federal level. Just as federal authorities had to enforce the 13th and 14th Amendments when states and locales wanted to remain racist in the past, they will defend the Constitution from their lawlessness now. The oath says all enemies — foreign and DOMESTIC. That includes criminal charges against state and local officials who don’t defend the civil rights of their citizens.

We are overdue for a broad, and finally honest, conversation about race in this country in our time. Both how far we’ve come and where we still need to go. To come now, and reason together. But we refuse to do so while being domestically terrorized. We will not incentivize lawlessness.

We supposedly have a law and order president who doesn’t negotiate with terrorists. Time to see it. Not read it on Twitter. Not hear it from his apologists in conservative media. We need to see it.

That is real villainy out in our streets. And it will only be stopped by real justice.

You’re up, Mr. President. Your hand has been called. What are you holding?

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De Blasio’s Daughter Arrested at Protest

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New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio’s daughter was arrested at a Manhattan protest on Saturday night, law enforcement sources told The Post on Sunday.

Chiara de Blasio, 25, was taken into custody around 10:30 p.m. after cops declared an unlawful assembly at 12th Street and Broadway in Lower Manhattan, the sources said.

She had allegedly been blocking traffic on Broadway and was arrested after refusing to move, the source said.

“That was a real hotspot, police cars were getting burned there, people were throwing and yelling, fighting with cops. There were thousands of people in that area at that time,” the source said.

Chiara gave a residence on East End Avenue as her address — otherwise known as Gracie Mansion, the mayor’s Upper East Side home. But she didn’t tell cops she was the mayor’s daughter. (Read more from “De Blasio’s Daughter Arrested at Protest” HERE)

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