CNN Ratings Hit a New Low for 2019 Dem Debates; Debate Slammed by Critics, Candidates

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By Fox News. CNN may have been the biggest loser on Tuesday night as host of the lowest-rated Democratic primary debate so far this election cycle.

The network landed an average of 8.3 million views during the three-hour telecast. That marked quite a dip from its previous two-part debates in July, where viewership peaked at 10.7 million. CNN’s debate also saw an almost 50-percent drop from the first debate hosted by NBC News back in June, which received 15.3 million viewers.

In addition, 449,000 viewers watched live streams on various platforms from CNN and The New York Times, who co-hosted the debate.

The fourth debate featured 12 candidates on one stage. They were: former Vice President Joe Biden,; Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts; Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont; South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg; Sen. Kamala Harris of California; tech entrepreneur Andrew Yang; Sen. Cory Booker of New Jersey; former Rep. Beto O’Rourke of Texas; Sen. Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota; former Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julián Castro; Rep. Tulsi Gabbard of Hawaii; and billionaire donor Tom Steyer.

CNN and The Times faced an avalanche of criticism during and after the debate. The hosting news outlets received backlash for not asking the 12 candidates about topics including China, which has made big headlines in recent weeks amid the ongoing trade war with the U.S.; the mounting tensions in Hong Kong; and the growing controversy with the NBA. (Read more from “CNN Ratings Hit a New Low for 2019 Dem Debates” HERE)

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CNN Debate Slammed by Critics, Candidates: ‘Damaged the Network’s Credibility Even Further’

By Fox News. CNN’s Democratic presidential debate was criticized by everyone from media watchdogs to the candidates themselves following Tuesday’s showdown — with complaints ranging from perceived favoritism of Sen. Elizabeth Warren to attacks on the specific questions asked by moderators.

The Hill media reporter Joe Concha told Fox News that CNN’s debate enhanced its already not-so-respectable reputation.

“The network is under heavy criticism from the left and right today, and rightly so,” Concha said. “Its pursuit of sizzle over steak and focus on social issues over truly substantiate matters – economy, jobs, opioid crisis, border crisis, all-things China – has damaged the network’s credibility even further.”

CNN partnered up with The New York Times for the event, which was moderated by CNN’s Erin Burnett and Anderson Cooper and Gray Lady editor Marc Lacey. While viewers complained about several issues with the moderators, a question Cooper asked about Ellen DeGeneres and former President George W. Bush’s friendship was perhaps the most lampooned.

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Trump Administration to Reinstate Aid to Central American Countries That Signed Asylum Deals

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President Donald Trump announced the White House will, once again, deliver aid to several Central American countries after their governments entered into asylum agreements with the U.S.

The decision to provide “targeted assistance” to these countries is, at least somewhat, a reversal from the president’s decision earlier in 2019 to withhold hundreds of millions in economic aid to Central America — punishment against their governments for doing “nothing” to fix the immigration crisis.

“Guatemala, Honduras & El Salvador have all signed historic Asylum Cooperation Agreements and are working to end the scourge of human smuggling. To further accelerate this progress, the U.S. will shortly be approving targeted assistance in the areas of law enforcement & security,” the president tweeted Wednesday.

The White House reportedly decided in June it would be diverting $370 million in aid that was for El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala. The three countries, located in a region in Central America known as the Northern Triangle, are home to the bulk of the illegal immigrants reaching the U.S. southern border en masse and lodging asylum claims.

“Mexico is doing NOTHING to help stop the flow of illegal immigrants to our Country. They are all talk and no action. Likewise, Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador have taken our money for years, and do Nothing. The Dems don’t care, such BAD laws. May close the Southern Border!” Trump tweeted in March about the border crisis. (Read more from “Trump Administration to Reinstate Aid to Central American Countries That Signed Asylum Deals” HERE)

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Halloween Horror: Family Finds Basement Filled with Blood (VIDEO)

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Many Americans look forward to Halloween, but this season one family got enough scares to last a lifetime as their basement filled with blood.

Nick Lestina, his wife and their 5 children have lived peacefully for 10 years in their Bagley, Iowa home. Earlier this month, however, Lestina discovered his basement floor covered by 5 inches of blood and animal fat. . .

The animal byproduct ended up in Lestina’s house via a drain at Dahl’s Custom Meat Locker, which is right next door. The home and the locker share a common tile line, which is usually used to dispose of waste water, the Register reports. However, after the meat locker disposed of animal blood and fat down their drain, the tile line became clogged, forcing gallons of gore into Lestina’s basement.

Right now, the Lestina family cannot safely reside in their home. Instead, they’re staying with relatives until the biohazardous mess can be cleaned up. (Read more from “Halloween Horror: Family Finds Basement Filled with Blood” HERE)

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Report: U.S. Bombs Own Headquarters in Syria; Senator Defends Trump’s Decision to Pull U.S. Troops (VIDEO)

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By Daily Wire. On Wednesday, after Turkish forces moved toward them, the U.S. launched airstrikes to destroy the headquarters in Syria where the American campaign to destroy ISIS was located, according to U.S. officials who spoke to The Wall Street Journal. The base included warehouses where the Kurdish-led fighters fighting Turkey and ISIS were trained and quipped. The airstrike reputedly was launched to prevent Turkish forces from nearing the base.

The Journal noted that despite the assault on Kurdish forces from Turkey, President Trump on Wednesday would only say that the Turkish attack had “nothing to do with us.”

Meanwhile, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Vice President Mike Pence flew to Turkey to meet with Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, and on Wednesday, the House of Representatives passed a bipartisan resolution opposing the withdrawal of U.S troops from Syria and leaving the Kurds open to an assault. . .

Kurdish fighters reportedly sought aid from Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, prompting Trump to aver, “Syria is protecting the Kurds, that’s good. Syria may get help from Russia and that’s fine. … There’s a lot of sand to play with … I wish them all a lot of luck.” (Read more from “Report: U.S. Bombs Own Headquarters in Syria” HERE)

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Rand Paul: Pulling U.S. Troops from Syria ‘May Be the Best Thing That Ever Happened to the Kurds’

By Daily Caller. Republican Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul argued Wednesday that pulling the remaining U.S. troops from northern Syria “may be the best thing that ever happened to the Kurds.”

Paul’s comments came during a Wednesday interview on CNN’s “The Lead with Jake Tapper” as Vice President Mike Pence travels to Turkey to meet with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to discuss a potential ceasefire to the country’s offensive against U.S.-allied Kurdish fighters.

“This was [President Donald Trump’s] decision. … It was the best thing not only for our troops, but it’s also the best way to adhere to the Constitution,” Paul said. “The Constitution says you don’t declare a war unless Congress votes on it, and who are we going to declare a war against — our ally, Turkey, the Free Syrian Army that used to be our ally, [Syrian President Bashar] Assad?”

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Obama Won’t Endorse Biden, but He’ll Endorse ‘Racist’ Trudeau

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Former President Barack Obama took the unusual step of making an endosement in a foreign election Wednesday, giving his unqualified support to Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau — but he still hasn’t endorsed his former Vice President, Joe Biden, for the 2020 Democratic nomination. . .

“I was proud to work with Justin Trudeau as President. He’s a hard-working, effective leader who takes on big issues like climate change. The world needs his progressive leadership now, and I hope our neighbors to the north support him for another term,” Obama wrote.

The Canadian election is next Monday and so far, Trudeau’s Liberal Party, which holds a majority in Parliament now, is neck and neck with the Conservatives. If the Liberal Party doesn’t pull out a victory, Trudeau will lose his status as Prime Minister.

Canadian state television is predicting that neither party will win a majority and that whomever serves as Prime Minister will preside over a coalition government — something Justin Trudeau doesn’t necessarily want to do. His closest allies in the election are the New Democrats Party and the Green Party and both have taken shots at Trudeau in recent weeks as the election draws to a close. (Read more from “Obama Won’t Endorse Biden, but He’ll Endorse ‘Racist’ Trudeau” HERE)

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Here’s the Letter That Trump Sent to Turkish President Erdogan

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Fox Business’ Trish Regan snagged herself an exclusive copy of the letter that President Donald J. Trump sent Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on October 9, asking the NATO ally to not slaughter the Kurds unless he wanted to face dire economic consequences imposed by the Trump administration.

“Dear Mr. President, Let’s work out a deal! You don’t want to to be responsible for slaughtering thousands of people, and I don’t want to be responsible for destroying the Turkish economy — and I will. I’ve already given you a little sample with respect to Pastor Brunson,” the president said. Andrew Brunson was a captured American pastor held by the Turkish government. President Trump used a mixture of diplomacy and economic pressure to get him freed.

“I have worked hard to solve some of your problems. Don’t the world down. You can make a great deal,” the president continued.

“History will look upon you favorably if you get this done the right and humane way,” President Trump stated. It will look upon you forever as the devil if good things don’t happen.”

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Republican Leaders Preparing to Censure Adam Schiff over Fictionalized Account of Trump-Ukraine Phone Call

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House Republicans are moving forward with efforts to censure House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, D-Calif., they announced at a news conference Wednesday morning.

“Today, we’re going to be pressing forward with my motion to censure Mr. Schiff, joined by the vast majority of Republicans in this conference,” House Freedom Caucus Chair Andy Biggs, R-Ariz., told reporters at the conference, at which he was joined by House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., House Minority Whip Steve Scalise, R-La., and House Republican Conference Chair Liz Cheney, Wyo. Biggs also said that the resolution had thus far been joined by almost 150 members of Congress, “with more coming up today to sign on.”

In a tweet ahead of the news conference, Biggs said that he would call for a vote on the censure later the same day.

During his remarks, Biggs accused Schiff of having the “temerity to absolutely fabricate” a version of the conversation between President Trump and the president of Ukraine over the phone in late July. “He could have read the transcripts,” Biggs added. “Instead he made, whole cloth, a fabrication of something that just absolutely was untrue.”

Biggs introduced the measure to censure Schiff last month, following the top Democrat’s fictionalized retelling of the Trump-Ukraine phone call at a hearing of the House Intelligence Committee. At the same hearing, Schiff defended his version of events as “parody.”

The measure says that Schiff’s actions “misled the American people, bring disrepute upon the House of Representatives, and make a mockery of the impeachment process” and resolves that the House “censures and condemns” the Democratic chairman.

Since he introduced the measure to censure Schiff, Biggs added, the intelligence committee chairman “has taken this to a Soviet-style inquiry. That is to say, everything is behind closed doors; there’s absolutely no transparency.”

The Freedom Caucus chairman also took issue with the overall construction of the House’s impeachment proceedings, echoing the White House’s criticisms that Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., announced the probe without holding a floor vote or affording minority party members and the executive branch procedures that were present for previous impeachment efforts.

“The speaker has taken it upon herself to run an impeachment investigation outside the norm, in violation of the House rules,” Biggs said. “There’s nothing specifically in the rules, except for this: Where there’s nothing specific, our rules say precedent takes place. So she’s outside the rules because she’s outside the precedent.” (For more from the author of “Republican Leaders Preparing to Censure Adam Schiff over Fictionalized Account of Trump-Ukraine Phone Call” please click HERE)

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Jailbreak Epidemic: Gang Member Released on $6k Bail Now Accused of Raping 12-Year-Old Girl

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Listen carefully when you hear Republican and Democrat liberal politicians speak about criminal justice, and you will notice the term “bail reform.” Those who live in the real world probably think this means ensuring that dangerous criminals are not let out on the streets for years pending the disposition of their trials. However, it means the exact opposite. Sadly, such “reform” is already the norm in places like New York. The latest example you will never hear from the “criminal justice reform” politicians is the case of Tony Johnson of Brooklyn.

According to the New York Post, one of the few outlets covering the outrageous jailbreak cases in the city that once led the nation in reducing crime, Tony Johnson, a reputed member of the Folk Nation gang, was arrested in Brooklyn on 34 criminal charges earlier this year, including armed robbery and assault. The prosecutors asked for $225,000 bail at the March 5 arraignment, but Judge Craig Walker agreed to release him on just $6,000 bail.

After his release, according to court documents, he is accused of robbing a female on September 15, robbing a male and severely beating a female victim the following day in separate incidents, and finally kidnapping and raping a 12-year-old girl on October 8. He was arrested two days later on first-degree sexual assault and two counts of robbery. Even now, his bail is set at $105,000, not terribly high given his record and the current accusations.

The Post quotes a local detective lamenting how the politicians only seem to care about the perpetrators and springing them from jail, not the victims. “Nobody ever talks about the victims. This poor girl’s life has been ruined because they gave this guy another chance he didn’t deserve.”

Sadly, the voices of law enforcement, victims of crime, and law-abiding citizens are never heard any more. Now it’s the criminals who are the protected class. New York has enacted a new law effective this coming January that will essentially abolish bail for juveniles and for crimes that they dubiously label as “low-level,” meaning the accused will be released immediately on their own recognizance.

In addition, the bill will create numerous legal loopholes for defendants to block convictions by asking for more access to evidence and information about witnesses, as well as the right to return to the scene of the crime, which would mean the private home of a woman in the case of a rape that was alleged to have happened in the victim’s residence. Monroe County District Attorney Sandra Doorley fears this new law will be a “total overhaul of our criminal justice system as we know it.”

The New York Post has covered a rash of recent cases where career violent criminals either were let out of prison early, violated parole and were not reincarcerated, or were never locked up to begin with. Rodriguez “Randy” Santos was arrested last week for brutally murdering four homeless men. He had 14 prior arrests, including four very violent charges this year, but was out on the streets. Joshua Henderson was rearrested three times over the past year for violating his parole but was out on the streets to allegedly rape a woman in Queens, forcing on her a horrific choice between engaging in incest or being raped.

The same weekend Santos is accused of killing four homeless men in NYC, two repeat violent felons are accused of shooting up a bar in Kansas City, resulting in four fatalities. It was a mass shooting you won’t hear about in the media. In turns out that both suspects, one of whom is still at large, had lengthy rap sheets and were released with pending charges just a few weeks ago despite violating their parole.

The increase in violent crimes by repeat offenders begins with the hands-off approach toward policing against misdemeanors, the exact opposite of the “broken windows” policing in the Giuliani era that so effectively dropped crime in the nation’s largest city. Jacob Gershman reports in the Wall Street Journal that there has been a 50 percent drop in misdemeanor arrests in New York City since 2010. That is the lowest point since 1990, the days of the Mayor Dinkins crime wave. As U.C. Irvine professor Alexandra Natapoff is quoted as saying, “Misdemeanor enforcement is much less sensitive to actual crime rates and influenced by changing political and cultural winds.” Those winds are all in the direction of jailbreak.

Conservatives need to wake up before it’s too late and realize that the Left has already quietly succeeded in getting Republicans to support a worse form of jailbreak than anything we feared from the Dukakis Democrats. And most people don’t even know it’s happening. (For more from the author of “Jailbreak Epidemic: Gang Member Released on $6k Bail Now Accused of Raping 12-Year-Old Girl” please click HERE)

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Dem Debate: Biden Confronted About Ukraine Scandal; Sanders Promises Millions of New Jobs; Yang to Legalize Heroin, Give Everyone $1,000 a Month For No Reason (VIDEO)

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By Townhall. CNN’s Anderson Cooper got right to the point when he had the chance to question former Vice President Joe Biden at Tuesday’s Democratic presidential debate on Ukraine.

“If it’s not okay for a president’s family to be involved in foreign businesses, why was it okay for your son when you were vice president?” Cooper asked Biden.

“Look, my son did nothing wrong,” Biden said. “I did nothing wrong. I carried out the policy of the United States government in rooting out corruption in Ukraine. That’s what we should be focusing on.” . . .

The former VP strayed a bit, before somehow finding a way to invoke the first president of the United States. George Washington, Biden said, worried about foreign interference in our elections. . .

“The president and his thugs have proven they are flat lying,” Biden said, adding we have to focus on “Trump’s corruption.” (Read more from “Dem Debate: Biden Confronted About Ukraine Scandal” HERE)

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Sanders promises new jobs for ‘tens of millions of Americans’ during Democratic debate

By Fox News. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., stood by his claim that he would provide jobs for every single American, purportedly ending unemployment in the United States.

His comments came during the fourth Democratic debate on Tuesday when CNN anchor Erin Burnett asked him about his jobs guarantee.

“You say your federal jobs guarantee is part of the answer to the threat of automation, that tens of millions of Americans could end up losing their jobs. Are you promising that you will have a job for every single one of those Americans?” she asked.

“Damn right we will,” Sanders quickly responded. Sanders initially made a jobs guarantee when he released his version of the “Green New Deal” in August. (Read more from “Sanders Promises New Jobs for ‘Tens of Millions of Americans’ During Democratic Debate” HERE)

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Andrew Yang Forces Democratic Debate on Universal Basic Income, His Plan to Send Every Adult a $1k Check

By Washington Examiner. Andrew Yang forced a discussion at Tuesday night’s Democratic presidential debate on his proposal for a Universal Basic Income, a plan to send every adult a government check.

Yang, the former entrepreneur running on the platform of implementing a UBI, as it’s known, kicked off a debate about the idea among the candidates when he attacked rival candidate Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders’ plan for a federal jobs program. Yang argued it was impractical and not what most voters truly wanted.

“I am for the spirit of a federal jobs guarantee, but you have to look at how it would actually materialize in practice. What are the jobs? Who manages you? What if you don’t like your job?” the former tech executive said, asserting that most Americans don’t want to work for the federal government. “Saying that that is the vision of the economy the 21st-century economy to me is not a vision that most Americans would embrace.”

He added that a federal jobs guarantee “does not take into account the work of people like my wife who is at home with our two boys, one of whom is autistic.”

Yang’s proposal would give $1,000 cash monthly without any conditions, which he dubs a “freedom dividend.” He argues that the payment would be productive than federally supported jobs. “We know this in Ohio: If you rely up on the federal government to target its resources, you end up with failed retraining programs and jobs that no one wants,” he said. (Read more from “Andrew Yang Forces Democratic Debate on Universal Basic Income, His Plan to Send Every Adult a $1K Check” HERE)

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Hunter Biden Glares at Interviewer, Orders Her to ‘Say It Nicer to Me’ After She Brings Up Rehab; Claims He Received No Money from China — but His Bank Records Tell a Different Story

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By The Blaze. One of the stickier moments in Hunter Biden’s exclusive ABC News interview Tuesday occurred when anchor Amy Robach asked the son of presidential candidate and former Vice President Joe Biden about personal things.

“What should people know about Hunter Biden that they don’t know?” she queried.

“Like every single person that I’ve ever known, I have fallen and I’ve gotten up,” Hunter Biden replied. “I’ve done esteemable things and things that have been in my life that I regret. Every single one of those things has brought me exactly to where I am right now, which is probably the best place I’ve ever been in my life. I’ve gone through my own struggles.” . . .

Robach then remarked, “In and out of rehab seven, eight times.”

With that Hunter Biden gave Robach an icy stare and interjected, “Say it nicer to me. ‘Sought treatment for an issue,’ like most people.”

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‘Not One Cent’: Hunter Biden Tells ABC News He Received No Money from China — but His Bank Records Tell a Different Story

By The Blaze. . . .”The president has repeatedly said that you received $1.5 billion dollars from China, despite no experience and for no apparent reason,” said Robach, while rolling her eyes dismissively. “Obviously, fact-checkers have said that that is not true. Have you received any money from that business dealing?”

“No,” Hunter asserted. “Not one cent … no one ever paid me $1.5 billion.”

In this clip, Glenn noted Hunter’s intentionally misleading semantics, pointing out that Hunter’s company, which he co-owned with Devon Archer and Christopher Heinz, former Secretary of State John Kerry’s stepson, would actually have received the funds.

Jason questioned how ABC News or Robach could conduct a credible interview without so much as mentioning financial records from Morgan Stanley that show numerous transfers of funds from anonymous LLCs in Ukraine, China, and elsewhere going directly into Hunter Biden’s account. . .

“We have the Morgan Stanley file,” Glenn added. “We know offshore China was paying [Hunter] and putting it directly into his Morgan Stanley account.” (Read more from “‘Not One Cent’: Hunter Biden Tells ABC News He Received No Money from China — but His Bank Records Tell a Different Story” HERE)

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