Walz Isn’t Just A Liar, He’s America’s Worst Governor
Americans should be troubled by Walz’s lies, but they should be terrified by what he has done to Minnesota.Americans should be troubled by Walz’s lies, but they should be terrified by what he has done to Minnesota.Kibbe: Tim Walz's COVID authoritarianism killed George Floyd
Matt Kibbe and his wife had lived safely and peacefully on Capitol Hill for over 20 years when the COVID-19 pandemic hit.
Then everything changed.
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Upon the numerous declarations of mayors and governors ordering civilians to quarantine themselves at home, Kibbe “headed straight out to buy thick plywood to board [his] windows and new security bars to reinforce [his] doors.”
Obviously such “draconian precautions” would do nothing to keep the virus out, so what was he so afraid of?
“Riots, looting, and violence,” he says, which indeed ravaged the country during the early stages of the pandemic.
“George Floyd lost his job at Conga Latin Bistro when Governor Tim Walz locked down the Minnesota economy, prohibiting bars and restaurants from serving customers.”
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Just a few weeks later, Floyd was killed, and the chaos that would torch cities across the nation began.
“Unchecked power can take away your livelihood. Unchecked power can kill,” Kibbe says, making the point that George Floyd’s blood isn’t just on the hands of a cop but also on those of Tim Walz whose shutting down of the economy laid the groundwork for Floyd’s death.
It’s been four years, and the government has yet to answer for the egregious crimes it committed in the name of COVID-19. But stagnating the economy is just one of the atrocities it must answer for. There are also the matters of unconstitutional censorship, vaccine coercion, mask mandates, and gain-of-function research that demand answers.
Kibbe has been on a mission since the outbreak to expose COVID lies and solve its long list of mysteries. In his docuseries “The Coverup,” he takes you along with him as he meets with some of the true experts who were silenced during the pandemic for their refusal to comply with the approved narrative — people like Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, professor of medicine at Stanford University and an author of the Great Barrington Declaration. He also meets with Senator Rand Paul (R-Ky.), the only senator who’s remained relentless in his pursuit of answers — especially when it comes to COVID’s number-one wolf in sheep’s clothing: Anthony Fauci.
If you haven’t already, check out episode 1 (available for free on YouTube) before watching episode 2 on BlazeTV. If you aren’t already a subscriber to BlazeTV+ join today and get $30 off your first year of BlazeTV+ with code FAUCILIED.
REVEALED: How Tim Walz let Minnesota BURN during George Floyd riots
Blaze Media national correspondent Julio Rosas was on the ground in Minneapolis during the George Floyd riots of 2020 — and he remembers what Tim Walz allowed to happen in his state quite well.
Not only did he take no action, but he refused to deploy the Minnesota National Guard to the focal point of the destruction to save his constituents.
“It was unlike anything I’d ever covered,” Rosas tells Jill Savage and Matthew Peterson of “Blaze News Tonight.”
The Minnesota Police Department had been ordered to evacuate from the third precinct, because that’s where Derek Chauvin was originally assigned out of.
“They had besieged that station for the entire week. The riots had broken out for that entire week,” Rosas explains. “The BLM rioters scored a major victory, by forcing them, by forcing the mayor, to give the order to evacuate.”
“The rioters many times expressed their desire to set the building on fire with the officers still inside, so if they hadn’t evacuated for probably another 10 minutes, things could have been drastically worse,” he adds.
“The governor of the state of Minnesota in fact bears responsibility because he refused to get off his duff and send any help,” Peterson chimes in.
“There was a big mistake in the thinking from the mayor and then I think ultimately the governor,” Rosas agrees, explaining that he thinks the major mistake was that they believed the decision to give up the police station would give the rioters what they wanted and calm them down.
“But that’s not what happened,” he adds.
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'It's time for the city to cough up my guns': Mark McCloskey throws down after judge expunges convictions against him, wife
A St. Louis judge this week expunged misdemeanor convictions against Mark McCloskey and his wife, Patricia, after the couple in June 2020 famously stood outside their home with guns while facing a mob of Black Lives Matter protesters.
Now McCloskey wants his firearms back, saying in an interview that "it's time for the city to cough up my guns," the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported. He added that he'll sue if the city doesn't cooperate, according to the paper.
'We were all alone facing an angry mob.'
McCloskey surrendered the two guns he and his wife possessed that day — a Colt AR-15 rifle and a Bryco .380-caliber pistol — as part of an agreement in which he pleaded guilty to fourth-degree assault and she pleaded guilty to second-degree harassment, both misdemeanors, the Post-Dispatch said. They originally were charged with felonies.
Republican Missouri Gov. Mike Parson later pardoned the couple, and McCloskey sued in 2021 to get his guns back, the paper said, adding that judges denied that request and a subsequent appeal.
The McCloskeys in January petitioned to expunge their misdemeanor convictions, the Post-Dispatch said, testifying during a March hearing and arguing that they have been upstanding citizens since their guilty pleas. McCloskey said he has continued to work as a lawyer, fighting for his clients, the paper added.
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Attorneys for the city's public safety department, however, asked protesters to testify about how the McCloskeys' actions affected them. They also quizzed the couple on advertisements for Mark McCloskey's subsequent political campaign that featured footage from the incident.
The city and St. Louis Circuit Attorney Gabe Gore's Office argued that the couple represents a continued threat to public safety and has shown no remorse for the impact of their actions.
But Judge Joseph P. Whyte wrote in an order that the testimony of the protesters showed a threat to public safety on June 28, 2020 — not in the time since.
The purpose of an expungement, he wrote, is to give people who have rehabilitated themselves a second chance. McCloskey's campaign rhetoric is protected by the First Amendment and not evidence of a continued threat, Whyte said.
What's the background?
On Sunday evening, June 28, 2020, the McCloskeys confronted a mob that reportedly had broken through gates in their private community. Mark McCloskey soon afterward said the mob rushed toward their home "and put us in fear of our lives," adding that mob members told the couple that they "would be killed, our home burned, and our dog killed. We were all alone facing an angry mob."
Days later police said they were investigating whether the mob of protesters, which numbered approximately 500, committed fourth-degree assault by intimidation, as well as trespassing. By September, law enforcement officials said they wouldn't prosecute nine Black Lives Matter protesters who were arrested and charged with trespassing.
That was not the case with then-St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner, who filed charges against the McCloskeys a month after the incident, stating that the couple waved their guns in a "threatening manner" at "peaceful, unarmed protesters." But Gardner at the time was accused of having a history of politically motivated decisions, and then-state Attorney General Eric Schmitt also called out her "political prosecution" of the McCloskeys and filed for dismissal of the charges. By December a judge dismissed Gardner from the case because the George Soros-backed attorney used it in fundraising emails.
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If black people had rioted on Jan. 6 at Capitol, there would have been a 'vastly different' law enforcement response, House sergeant at arms says
House Sergeant at Arms William Walker said if black people had rioted at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, a "vastly different response" from law enforcement would have taken place, The Hill reported.
Walker led the D.C. National Guard during the Jan. 6 rioting and gave his assessment to the House Jan. 6 panel in April, the outlet said, citing a transcript released this week.
“I’m African-American. Child of the sixties. I think it would have been a vastly different response if those were African-Americans trying to breach the Capitol,” Walker said, according to The Hill.
He added that "as a career law enforcement officer, part-time soldier, last five years full-time, but a law enforcement officer my entire career, the law enforcement response would have been different,” the outlet said.
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The House panel as part of its investigation examined why it took hours for the Pentagon to eventually send the National Guard to the Capitol as the calamity unfolded.
The committee concluded in its final report that no Pentagon officials deliberately held off on sending the Guard, but rather conflicting messages caused a delay, placing the blame on then-President Trump.
Walker indicated he did not receive a call from the Defense secretary or secretary of the army as rioters began breaching the Capitol, drawing a comparison to the summer of 2020, when Walker said Pentagon officials “constantly” called him to discuss the racial justice protests that unfolded following the killing of George Floyd.
“I think the response would have been different, a lot more heavy-handed response to, I think there would have been a lot more bloodshed,” Walker added, according to the outlet. “You know, as a law enforcement officer, there were — I saw enough to where I would have probably been using deadly force.”
He also said, “You’re looking at somebody who would get stopped by the police for driving a high-value government vehicle. No other reason,” The Hill reported, adding that Walker also noted, "I’ve had to talk with my five children, and getting ready to have it with my granddaughter, the talk. I don’t know if you know what I mean by the talk, of what to do to survive an encounter with the police.”
Former House Sergeant at Arms Paul Irving resigned the day after the Jan. 6 riots at the Capitol. The Hill said Walker replaced Irving in April.
Anything else?
A group of House Republicans released a damning report last week saying House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and other Democrat leaders played a critical role in creating the Capitol security plan that ultimately failed Jan. 6.
In fact, Irving at the time "succumbed to political pressures from the Office of Speaker Pelosi and House Democrat leadership," the report said, adding that he coordinated "closely with the Speaker and her staff and left Republicans out of important discussions related to security" that Pelosi "micromanaged."
"Rather than coordinate in a meaningful way, Irving only provided information to Republicans after receiving instruction from the Speaker's office. In one case, Irving even asked a senior Democratic staffer to 'act surprised' when he sent key information about plans for the Joint Session on January 6, 2021 to him and his Republican counterpart," the report said.
While Pelosi has said she has no power over Capitol Police, the report contradicted that.
“This is false,” the report said, according to the New York Post. “Documents provided by [current] House Sergeant at Arms show how then-House Sergeant at Arms Paul Irving carried out his duties in clear deference to the Speaker, her staff, and other Democratic staff ... House Rules dictate ... that the Sergeant at Arms is to report directly to the Speaker of the House.”
Horowitz: Minneapolis City Council votes to pay BLM rioters who almost lynched a motorist for ‘excessive’ police force
The Black Lives Matter riots were spawned by the excessive use of force on George Floyd by one Minneapolis cop. But nobody in their right mind would suggest police used excessive force in the aftermath of the incident. As a peace offering to BLM, the Minneapolis police sacrificed the entire city for weeks on end, including allowing rioters to vandalize 1,500 buildings, destroy 700 buildings, block streets and terrorize motorists with impunity, and even burn the third precinct police station to the ground with no resistance.
In fact, they barely defended their own lives, as many of them were injured. One was knocked out with a metal trash can lid, and the perpetrator, Brayshaun Gibson, didn’t serve a day in prison. The plea deal, which resulted in just one year of home detention, also dismissed charges that Gibson allegedly threw large rocks at a police car and for a separate crime in which he was accused of stealing from Home Depot at least 10 times and up to 194 times.
Contrast that to Matthew Bledsoe, who had no other criminal arrests but was sentenced to four years in prison after spending 22 minutes in a public building committing no act of violence on January 6 after the cops let him and others in the doors. Anyone who was accused of even minor physical contact against a cop on January 6 was held pretrial indefinitely. Cops in Minneapolis, on the other hand, were fair game.
Nonetheless, the Minneapolis City Council just voted unanimously to pay 12 rioters $700,000 for being sprayed with pepper spray. These individuals were part of a massive mob that illegally shut down I-35 on a west-side bridge on May 31, 2020, and then surrounded a trucker and almost lynched him. Police were saving the life of the trucker and obviously used riot control techniques to disperse the crowd. But in the world of Sodom and Gomorrah, otherwise known as “Minnesota nice,” these rioters and lynchers are victims.
What has essentially been codified into criminal law in this country is that acts of violence in pursuit of the woke agenda are protected speech, while speech and advocacy or nonviolent acts of conservative activism are deemed violent felonies. It was striking watching Whoopi Goldberg during her debate with Senator Ted Cruz when he brought up the violence of Antifa after she asserted that the left doesn’t “storm” or commit violence. She looked at him like he was from Mars and said flatly, “I don’t know what an Antifa riot is.”
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While most people probably thought she was bluffing, I genuinely think she was serious. In her mind, nothing the leftist rioters did is tantamount to violence because it was all done for the right purpose. In fact, we should be lucky all white people weren’t locked up and beaten out of their cars in pursuit of “justice for Floyd.” It would be one thing if this demonic worldview were limited to hack has-been TV personalities past their prime, but this is the sentiment of elected officials and judges.
Remember when a Minnesota federal judge, Patrick Schiltz, described Michael Bryce Williams, the leader of the attack on the police station, as a "good person who made a terrible mistake"? Noting that it’s "easy to understand" why the killing of George Floyd had affected Williams, Judge Schiltz sentenced Williams to just 27 months in prison.
Contrast this to Matthew Bledsoe, who was just sentenced to four full years for scaling the wall of the Capitol, entering the building for 22 minutes, and shouting, "This is our house. We pay for this s***. Where’s those pieces of s*** at?" He didn’t burn, break, or steal anything. The judge didn’t sympathize with his grievance and note that he never had a criminal record and just made a mistake that day. "I do view this as a very serious case, and you are facing serious prison time," said Judge Beryl Howell in rebuffing Bledsoe’s apology on sentencing day.
And speaking about a fundamentally good person who made a mistake – what about the case of Ryan Nichols? He is charged with assaulting a police officer for having a crowbar and discharging a pepper spray can in defense of innocent people being pepper-sprayed, but there is no evidence he did anything with it. The charging documents make it clear that he wasn’t even apprehended on the spot and was only caught through Facebook snitches placing him in the Capitol. He didn’t break anything or harm anyone, yet the entire arrest was built upon his political views and things he said.
Remember the suspect who got home detention for knocking out the Minneapolis officer? Nichols has been in jail for almost two years pretrial and is facing potentially more than a decade in prison. Nichols is a veteran of the Marine Corps who spent his time rescuing people and dogs from hurricanes. He is a search and rescue specialist helping people before first responders can come to the scene of a natural disaster. He appeared on Ellen DeGeneres’ show, and she was so moved by his work that she offered to pay for his honeymoon with his new wife. Instead, Ryan and his wife decided to use the money to buy a rescue boat.
He certainly made a mistake, but how do you square his treatment with that of Michael Bryce Williams or Brayshaun Gibson, neither of whom lived as honorable a life, for knocking out an officer or burning down a police station?
Remember Richard Barnett, the Arkansas man photographed with his feet on a desk in Nancy Pelosi’s office? Nobody will suggest he didn’t do anything wrong, but contrast that to the overtly violent and destructive acts of so many throughout the BLM/Antifa riots who never faced any punishment. This man was held pretrial without bail for four months!
Then there were the peaceful protesters at the Capitol who were merely singing “God Bless America” and had no clue what was about to unfold. They were legitimately beaten and pepper-sprayed by the police for no reason.
\u201cThe period this video covers at ~13:34 captures 6 flashbangs in under a minute, one of them setting a man on fire\u201d— Stephen Horn (@Stephen Horn) 1659538820
Can you imagine the federal government or D.C. government settling with them to pay for injury? And unlike the people blocking an interstate highway, they had the right to protest there.
There’s a legal maxim, “Summum jus summa injuria,” which means extreme justice is extreme injustice. It’s all the more appalling when parallel federal courts in this country mete out zero justice to truly violent and unrepentant criminals who happen to align with their political beliefs.Kamala Harris Is Lying About Her Involvement In Bailing Out Violent Criminals
The Vice President just openly lied about her involvement in bailing out violent criminals during the 2020 George Floyd riots.George Floyd denied posthumous pardon for drug conviction in Texas
George Floyd's drug conviction in 2004 will stand. So says the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles.
Last Wednesday, the Texas parole board informed Allison Mathis, an attorney with the Harris County Public Defender's Office in Houston who had initially filed for the pardon in April 2021, that it had ultimately decided against recommending "a Full Pardon and/or Pardon for Innocence" for Floyd.
Back in 2004, Floyd was convicted of drug possession after former Houston police officer Gerald Goines arrested Floyd for giving $10 worth of crack cocaine to another suspect, who then sold it to Goines, who was undercover at the time. Floyd pled guilty and served 10 months in jail. The other suspect was never charged with a crime because of an "attempt to further the narcotic trafficking in this area," according to Murjani Rawls of The Root.
However, Goines has since become the target of investigators who have accused him of fabricating "the existence of confidential informants to bolster his cases against innocent defendants."
According to reports, Goines fabricated one such informant to secure a warrant against Dennis Tuttle, 59, and his wife, Rhogena Nicholas, 58, for allegedly selling heroin out of their Houston home in 2019. Police then conducted a no-knock raid against the married couple, who were shot and killed by police during the incident.
At first, police reported that one of the two had fired on police, prompting a return use of force. However, later reports suggested that law enforcement had initiated gun fire as police first fired on the family dog. Several officers were shot and wounded in the incident. One of them remains permanently paralyzed as a result.
No heroin was ever discovered in the home, though police did find small amounts of marijuana and cocaine.
Prosecutors allege that Goines later admitted that he made up the informant and that he'd purchased the heroin from Tuttle and Nicholas himself. Goines has been charged with two counts of felony murder. He maintains his innocence. The status of the case against him is unclear.
At least 150 drug convictions tied to Goines have been dismissed since the 2019 raid. However, the Texas parole board declined to add Floyd to that list. Though the board unanimously voted to recommend a pardon for Floyd last October, it has since "reconsidered" that decision.
\u201c#BREAKING The Texas parole board just DENIED a posthumous pardon for George Floyd - 11 months after recommending a pardon & then rescinding it\n\nThis was for a Houston drug case involving a cop now accused of fabricating informants\n\nThey told Floyd's lawyer he can reapply in 2 yrs\u201d— Keri Blakinger (@Keri Blakinger) 1663275007
In a letter announcing its decision, the board did not provide a reason for the change of heart. Floyd's family may reapply for a pardon in two years, the letter states.
Floyd infamously died while Minneapolis police were in the midst of arresting him in May 2020. His death sparked worldwide outrage and a series of riots, causing billions of dollars in damages. A jury found former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin guilty of murdering Floyd. He has been sentenced to more than 22 years in prison.
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Man found guilty of murder in shooting death of David Dorn; widow of slain retired St. Louis police captain vows: 'I'm not going to let his memory die'
A Missouri jury found a man guilty of the murder of retired St. Louis police Capt. David Dorn during a night of rioting in June 2020.
After three days of evidence and testimony, a jury needed just three hours to deliberate on Wednesday and find Stephan Cannon guilty on all counts.
Cannon, 26, was convicted of first-degree murder, first-degree robbery, first-degree burglary, stealing $750 or more, unlawful possession of a firearm, and three counts of armed criminal action.
In his closing statement, prosecutor Marvin Teer said Dorn was "a good man who dedicated his entire life to doing nothing but helping others."
The St. Louis City Circuit Attorney’s office released a statement regarding the verdict:
Based upon the cooperation from an outraged St. Louis community, a collaboration with the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department and the City of St. Louis Circuit Attorney’s Office, charges were issued and the case was taken to trial. Today a jury found Mr. Stephan Cannon guilty of first-degree murder, first-degree robbery, first-degree burglary, and three counts of armed criminal action for the tragic death of former SLMPD Captain David Dorn. While nothing can bring Captain Dorn back to his loved ones, Mr. Cannon has been held accountable for his crimes committed in the City of St. Louis, and justice has been served.
Dorn, 77, was checking on a friend's business during riots ignited by the death of George Floyd. Looters had ravaged Lee's Pawn and Jewelry. Dorn – a 44-year police veteran – allegedly fired warning shots into the air in an attempt to get the looters to disperse.
Cannon fired 10 shots at Dorn, according to prosecutors. Dorn was shot dead in cold blood and left on the sidewalk.
Dorn’s daughter, Lisa Dorn, said, "We've been waiting a long time for this day, it’s been over two years. The prosecution worked extremely hard, they gave a really good fight. It was just undoubtable that he was guilty. So we look forward to moving on and our dad resting in peace.”
Dorn's wife, Ann Dorn, revealed, "I cried when I heard him say guilty on murder first, all of the stress that had been built up, just released."
"Once he retired as a policeman, I never thought I would get that knock on the door," she said.
Ann said, "I'm very thankful to the jurors who saw the truth and all the evidence. And I want to thank Marvin Teer for doing a phenomenal job in prosecuting the case."
"I don’t want to say we can move on," Dorn's widow added. "There’s never going to be full closure, but it brings us peace."
“Dave always said only certain black lives matter,” said Ann – who served as a police officer for 28 years. “He became a perfect example of that.”
Ann empathized with Cannon's family, "Nobody wins in this. They’ve lost a son and a brother. So, I feel her pain as much as I felt when he took Dave."
Ann believes her husband would have done anything to help Cannon or any of the other looters.
"For the young man to not even give Dave a chance to talk to him, to just shoot him for no reason," Ann noted.
Ann was grateful that David was able to hold their 10 grandkids – including their then-newborn granddaughter in his last days leading up to his tragic death.
Ann will now focus her efforts on the Captain David Dorn Charitable Foundation – which supports first responders and their families with much-needed equipment, mental wellness assisstance, and scholarships.
Ann declared, "I'm not going to let his memory die. I’m going to carry his name on in helping first responders and try and get the respect back."
David Dorn had worked for the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department for 38 years and served six years as the police chief in Moline Acres.
Cannon is scheduled to be sentenced on Sept. 13. He faces life in prison without the possibility of parole since prosecutors did not seek the death penalty.
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