Russia set up fake liberal network to help Trump win election - NYT

 https://www.jpost.com/us-elections/russia-set-up-fake-liberal-network-to-help-trump-win-election-nyt-640907

 

The White House has sought to control the flow of information concerning foreign threats to the election in recent weeks.

 A Kremlin-backed group created a network of fake accounts and a fake Liberal website as part of a disinformation campaign designed to assist US President Donald Trump, Facebook and Twitter said, according to The New York Times.

According to the NYT, the Internet Research Agency, which reportedly interfered in the 2016 presidential election, launched the campaign to push potential Democratic voters away from presidential candidate Joe Biden.

Judge Andrew Napolitano: Has Trump incited violence?

 https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/trump-riots-andrew-napolitano

 Now back to the present use of words to incite violence. President Trump has been accused of inciting violence by his use of words. He has said many things: “When the looting starts, the shooting starts,” “Knock the crap out of them,” “any guy who can do a body slam, he’s my type,” and “the audience hit back; that’s what we need a little more of.”

Even though the president’s language was referring to violence in American cities last summer and this summer, and even though his supporters may take some consolation in his harsh and supportive words, because there was time for more speech to rebut what he said, his words are protected.

I write this as a constitutional analysis, not a political one. The voters will decide if Trump’s words are prudent or helpful or even presidential. But the courts will leave him alone.

 

 

In North Carolina, Trump urges voters to vote twice in November

 https://www.fox13memphis.com/news/politics/jamie-dupree/north-carolina-trump-urges-voters-vote-twice-november/O4R6IAVBT5C47JZ5ZILVQX4LGY/

 Hours after once again denouncing states which are mailing ballots to all active registered voters for November, President Donald Trump on Wednesday urged his supporters to not only vote by mail or by absentee ballot, but also then to show up to the polls on Election Day to vote a second time, which theoretically could put voters in legal jeopardy.

 Some election experts said the President himself broke the law by suggesting people should vote both by mail and in person.

In his answer, the President quickly suggested that people should both cast a ballot by mail, and then vote again at the polls.

“Well, they’ll go out and they’ll vote, and they’re going to have to go and check their vote by going to the poll and voting that way, because if it tabulates then they won’t be able to do that. So, let them send it in, and let them go vote, and if their system is as good as they say it is, then obviously they won’t be able to vote. If it isn’t tabulated, they’ll be able to vote. So, that’s the way it is. But send in your ballots, send them in strong, whether it’s solicited or unsolicited, the absentees are fine - we have to work to get them - you know, it means something. And you send them in - but you go to vote - and if they haven’t counted it, you can vote. So, that’s the way I view it.”

Trump Encourages His Supporters To Try To Commit Voter Fraud By Voting For Him Twice | MSNBC

Senator floats false data claim. See ex-CDC chief's reaction

'That's just weird': Brianna Keilar debunks Ronny Jackson's claim

DOJ to Charge Trump Inaugural Donor Broidy Who Served in RNC with Cohen and DeJoy. Will Broidy Flip?

George Floyd tested positive for coronavirus, but it had nothing to do with his death, autopsy shows

 https://edition.cnn.com/2020/06/04/health/george-floyd-coronavirus-autopsy/index.html

 

County and family release conflicting autopsies

In addition to his coronavirus test results, officials released more details on the final autopsy.

Floyd's death was due to cardiopulmonary arrest -- or the stopping of his heart -- according to the final autopsy results released by the Hennepin County Medical Examiner.

 The final autopsy says Floyd had heart disease and a history of high blood pressure. It includes a more complete toxicology report that said Floyd had evidence of several drugs in his blood and urine, including morphine, fentanyl, cannabis and methamphetamine, although not all of the tests were reliable.

Experts hired by Floyd's family and the Hennepin County Medical Examiner have concluded his death was a homicide, but they differ on what caused it.

George Floyd’s Toxicology Report Causes Toxic Stigma and Prejudice

 https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/healing-addiction/202006/george-floyd-s-toxicology-report-causes-toxic-stigma-and-prejudice

 Some of the comments already online include: “Fentanyl and meth in his system, while trying to by [sic] cigs with counter fit [sic] money sounds like he was just another good boy.” And, “George Floyd died as a direct result of the drugs he ingested.”

These comments are taken directly from the playbook that blames the victim, laying total responsibility for any abuse suffered on whatever flaws the victim may possess. The motivation behind such comments is domination, born out of a fear of being too weak to be comfortable dealing with others on equal footing.

But the simple bottom line is that it does not matter that George Floyd had drugs in his system. The only reason he could not breathe that night was because the breath was squeezed out of him by men in uniform who had more than enough time and training to know the reality of what they were doing. That is murder.

 

George Floyd did not die of a drug overdose

 https://factcheck.afp.com/george-floyd-did-not-die-drug-overdose

Social media posts shared tens of thousands of times claim that George Floyd overdosed, suggesting that this caused his death and criticizing the amount of attention it received. This is false; the 46-year-old black man’s death in police custody was ruled a homicide by a medical examiner.

 While an autopsy by the Hennepin County medical examiner’s office did find drugs in Floyd’s system, it concluded that the cause of his death was “cardiopulmonary arrest complicating law enforcement subdual, restraint, and neck compression,” and that the manner of death was “homicide.”

Nancy Pelosi calls rule-flouting salon visit a 'setup'

 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-54007103

"I take responsibility for trusting the word of a neighbourhood salon," the top Democrat told reporters on Wednesday. "It turns out it was a setup."

Mrs Pelosi was pictured in the salon without a mask over her face.

The California lawmaker has often criticised President Donald Trump for refusing to wear a mask.

"I take responsibility for trusting the word of a neighbourhood salon that I've been to over the years many times," Mrs Pelosi said in a testy press conference in San Francisco when asked about the incident.

She said eSalon SF had told her they could accommodate one guest at a time.

"I trusted that - as it turns out it was a setup," Mrs Pelosi said. "So I take responsibility for falling for a setup and that's all I'm going to say on that.

Fact-checking Trump on crime in Democratic-run cities

 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-53991722

 Mr Trump has also said that Democratic-run cities are "rampant with crime", but some of the fastest increases in murder rates are in Republican-run cities.

Data from local police departments does show stark increases in Democratic-run Chicago and New York. But that's also a trend seen in some Republican-run metropolitan areas.

Lexington in Kentucky, a city of over 300,000 people, has seen 84.6% increase in murders when compared with the same period in 2019, for example.

Mr Trump has not talked about these places.

Supreme Court rules Malka Leifer mentally fit for extradition to Australia

 http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/286500

 Israel’s Supreme Court has rejected the appeal of Malka Leifer, paving the way for her extradition to Australia.

The ruling of the three-judge panel on Wednesday was unanimous in backing a lower court ruling that Leifer was fit for extradition proceedings. The Jerusalem District Court had ruled in May that those proceedings should be reopened.

On Sept. 21, the district court will rule whether Leifer can be extradited based on the facts of the case.

Nancy Pelosi just handed Trump a campaign gift

 https://edition.cnn.com/2020/09/02/politics/nancy-pelosi-donald-trump-hairdresser/index.html

 "Crazy Nancy Pelosi is being decimated for having a beauty parlor opened, when all others are closed, and for not wearing a Mask - despite constantly lecturing everyone else. We will almost certainly take back the House, and send Nancy packing!" -- President Donald Trump, Wednesday morning.

 Whether Pelosi thought she was following the rules in place is lost entirely in the Trump campaign's rush to use the incident as a symbol of the do-as-I-say-not-as-I-do culture that they argue pervades the Democratic Party -- on Covid-19 (and everything else.) This tweet, from Trump's campaign, which the President also retweeted on Wednesday morning, gets at that point.

 Pelosi knows that the Trump campaign isn't going to give her the benefit of the doubt. Ever. And that they are always on the lookout for proof that liberal leaders actually have two standards: One for them and one for everybody else.

Given all of that, it's hard to imagine why she would make a mistake like this one. It's a totally unforced error -- and one that allows Trump -- for a day or two, at least -- to change the subject from his handling (or mishandling) of the ongoing coronavirus epidemic that has sicked more than 6 million Americans and killed almost 185,000.