Are Elected Republicans Ready To Respond To Potential Post-Election Chaos?
Democrats have publicly demonstrated they are well-prepared to work all post-election scenarios in their favor, including deploying street thugs and the U.S. military.Democrats have publicly demonstrated they are well-prepared to work all post-election scenarios in their favor, including deploying street thugs and the U.S. military.State Department issues worldwide caution to US citizens; embassy in Lebanon tells Americans to flee
The U.S. State Department issued an alert Thursday afternoon advising Americans worldwide to "exercise increased caution." Extra to this general warning, U.S. citizens in Lebanon have been told by the embassy in Beirut to hightail it out of the country if possible.
In its announcement, the State Department said that Americans abroad should "stay alert in locations frequented by tourists"; "enroll in the Smart Traveler Enrollment Program (STEP) to receive information and alerts and make it easier to locate you in an emergency overseas"; and "follow the Department of State" on social media.
The reasons given for this worldwide caution were increased tensions, the potential for terrorist attacks, and "demonstrations or violent actions against U.S. citizens and interests."
The State Department has recommended that U.S. citizens should especially exercise vigilance if located inEgypt, Iraq, Muscat, Oman, and America's supposed NATO ally Turkey.
These warnings come nearly a week after the State Department told travelers headed to Israel, the West Bank, or Gaza to "maintain a high degree of situational awareness[,] exercise caution at all times" and to identify the "location of the nearest bomb shelter."
The risk to westerners appears to have grown in Arab nations in recent days, as evidenced by the swarming of American, Israeli, French, and British embassies, reported the Telegraph.
Within hours of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi stating, "The flames of the U.S.-Israeli bombs, dropped this evening on the Palestinian victims injured at the ... hospital in Gaza, will soon consume the Zionists," hordes gathered outside the British and French embassies in Iran, with some chanting "death to France and England."
Amid threats of fire farther afield, rioters in Beirut nearly set the U.S. embassy ablaze. Palestinian flag-waving and stone-throwing rioters managed to torch a neighboring building, but U.S. embassy spokesman Jake Nelson later indicated that "embassy personnel and facilities remain secure and undamaged," reported Reuters.
The New York Post indicated police had to deploy tear gas to disperse the rioters, but not before one demonstrator could scale the outer fence to attach a Palestinian flag to the embassy's flagpole.
The U.S. Embassy in Beirut updated its travel advisory for Lebanon Wednesday, stressing, "Do not travel."
"We urge U.S. citizens not to travel to Lebanon. We recommend that U.S. citizens in Lebanon make appropriate arrangements to leave the country; commercial options currently remain available," the embassy noted on X. "We recommend that U.S. citizens who choose not to depart prepare contingency plans for emergency situations. ... U.S. citizens who need assistance should contact the U.S. Embassy in Beirut at BeirutACS@state.gov or +961-4-543-600."
For Americans whose confidence wasn't shaken after the Biden administration's botched Afghanistan withdrawal, the embassy further underscored the need to "have plans to depart that do not rely on the U.S. government."
The trigger for the latest anti-Western hostilities was the accusation by the Hamas-run Gazan Health Ministry that Israel had bombed the Al-Ahli Baptist Hospital in Gaza and killed hundreds.
Various Western media outfits helped stoke the fire by parroting the terrorist-linked ministry's claims, which have since been discredited. The New York Times, for instance, ran a front-page story entitled, "Israeli Strike Kills Hundreds in Hospital, Palestinians Say."
The New York Times has since reported that American officials have since come to agree with Israel's assessment that the Hamas-affiliated Palestinian Islamic Jihad had launched a missile that malfunctioned.
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Minneapolis City Council to pay out $50,000 each to 12 people allegedly injured when police tried to restore order amidst BLM riots
The city of Minneapolis is going to pay $50,000 each to 12 people allegedly injured by police amidst the protests and violent BLM riots that swept the nation in 2020, resulting in billions of dollars in damage and between six and 20 homicides.
This payout is the result of an October agreement between the American Civil Liberties Union of Minnesota and the city, approved by the city council on Oct. 20 and by Democratic Mayor Jacob Frey six days later.
The agreement was accepted by a federal judge on Wednesday.
In addition to the $600,00 payment, numerous so-called reforms were also agreed to, limiting police's ability to maintain order in the event of future supposedly peaceful protests.
What are the details?
Reuters reported that 12 plaintiffs, 11 Minnesotans and one former Iowa resident, allegedly suffered various injuries including bruising from nonlethal munitions, "psychological trauma," and lingering respiratory issues resultant of police officers' use of tear gas.
The ACLU suggested that the use of these nonlethal tactics "has chilled their desire to protest in the future."
According to the Star Tribune, among the so-called protesters were former NAACP Minneapolis chapter president Nekima Levy Armstrong, her husband, Marques Armstrong, and Hennepin Healthcare's Dr. Max Fraden.
With the help of the ACLU, these individuals filed a class-action lawsuit in the U.S. District Court in Minnesota against the city of Minneapolis, police Chief Medaria Arradondo, police union head Bob Kroll, and others.
The suit claimed that police had targeted members of the rabble, who were allegedly peacefully protesting, and further alleged that officers used unnecessary and excessive force.
TheBlaze previously reported that the plaintiffs were part of a 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."
So-called protesters can be seen attempting to yank the truck driver out and stomp him in this video:
RAW: Protestor captures moment semi plowed into large crowd on I-35W in Minneapolis youtu.be
Miles Kipper, a man in the crowd who rushed in to protect the driver, told KARE11, "It felt very much like an angry scrum with a team of really angry people punching and kicking and screaming bloody murder."
In an effort to save the life of the trucker upon whom violent onlookers descended, police utilized riot control techniques to disperse the crowd.
It is now unclear if police would be able to attempt such a life-saving intervention in the future.
The settlement requires that Minneapolis prohibit police from using physical force and from deploying chemical agents, foam projectiles, and concussion grenades against so-called peaceful protesters. Furthermore, according to the ACLU, the agreement prohibits the city from arresting or threatening to arrest demonstrators.
The Star Tribune reported that in the first few days of so-called "peaceful protests" in Minneapolis, the Third Precinct was torched and heavily vandalized along with a U.S. Post Office. Over 700 buildings were ultimately destroyed and 1,500 buildings were vandalized.
The Major Cities Chiefs Association indicated that during the riots, over 2,000 law enforcement officers had been injured.
Plaintiff Jordan Meyer stated, "I hope other police departments across the country see this outcome and proactively adopt these same policies and standards."
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Perhaps it's time to assemble an Aug. 23 Select Committee that, instead of engaging in partisan theater, actually gets to the bottom of the Kenosha riots.Democrats Say ‘No One Is Above The Law,’ But This List Of Their Corrupt Allies Proves Otherwise
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The left is trying to deter police from doing their jobs by denying officers who fought off violent 2020 rioters legal representation.Judge in Kyle Rittenhouse case rules that men he fatally shot and wounded can't be called 'victims' — but defense can call them 'rioters' and 'looters'
The judge presiding over the Kyle Rittenhouse homicide trial ruled Monday that the prosecution can't refer two men he fatally shot — and another man he wounded — as "victims," the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel reported.
What's more, the paper said, Kenosha County Circuit Judge Bruce Schroeder added that Rittenhouse's attorneys can refer to the three shot men as "rioters" and "looters."
What are the details?
The decision on courtroom semantics stems from Schroeder's "standard rule," the Journal-Sentinel said, as he prohibits use of the term "victim" until someone is convicted of a crime, which hasn't happened yet.
Rittenhouse, 18, was charged with homicide and attempted homicide after he fatally shot Joseph Rosenbaum and Anthony Huber and wounded Gaige Grosskreutz in Kenosha, Wisconsin, NBC News said.
Rittenhouse — who was 17 on the night of the Aug. 25, 2020, shootings — is from Illinois and was in Kenosha to defend businesses from looting and arson amid rioting over the shooting of Jacob Blake, a black man, by a white police officer. Rittenhouse pleaded not guilty to the charges against him and said he acted in self-defense.
"I feel I had to protect myself," Rittenhouse said last fall during an interview from a juvenile detention center. "I would have died that night if I didn't."
Assistant District Attorney Thomas Binger wanted Rittenhouse's lawyers barred from calling the Rosenbaum, Huber, and Grosskreutz "looters, rioters, arsonists or any other pejorative term," the Journal-Sentinel said.
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While looting, rioting and arson occurred in the two nights before the shooting, Binger argued that unless there's specific proof Rosenbaum, Huber and Grosskreutz were engaged in any of those actions, and that Rittenhouse had seen it, the labels are even more "loaded" than what judge ascribes to "victim."
Schroeder was not swayed. "Let the evidence show what it shows," he said, and declined to prohibit the defense from using the state's unwanted terms.
Not surprisingly, CNN talking heads were decidedly unhappy with the judge's ruling:
Judge says men Kyle Rittenhouse killed shouldn't be called 'victims'youtu.be
What the left will likely ignore
As TheBlaze reported last year, video recorded on the night of the shootings allegedly caught Rosenbaum antagonizing a gun-carrying group in town to defend property, glaring at them, and daring them to "shoot me!"
He even uttered the N-word as black people were feet away. (Content warning: Language, racial slurs):
Rioters are getting into confrontations with armed citizens who are out here to prevent looting and destruction to… https://t.co/waOikRHEn7
— Julio Rosas (@Julio_Rosas11) 1598415475.0
In addition, video allegedly shows Rosenbaum — who apparently removed his red T-shirt to use as a head covering — chasing after a male armed with a rifle. Rosenbaum then allegedly throws a bag of tools at the guy with the gun and then lunges at him, after which the individual with the gun opens fire.
Rosenbaum was then seen in a graphic clip of the shooting aftermath dying in the street and wearing the same capri-length jeans, white sneakers with white socks, and tan belt as he's wearing in the video of him confronting militia members.
Anything else?
NBC News reported that Grosskreutz — who has not been charged with a crime — sued the city, the county, and law enforcement this month for enabling a "band of white nationalist vigilantes" amid unrest following Blake's shooting.
While a spokesperson representing Kenosha and its police department declined to comment, the network said that an attorney representing Kenosha County and the sheriff called Grosskreutz's allegations false.
"The lawsuit also fails to acknowledge that Mr. Grosskreutz was himself armed with a firearm when he was shot, and Mr. Grosskreutz failed to file the lawsuit against the person who actually shot him," attorney Sam Hall said, according to NBC News.
Here's a clip showing both Huber and Grosskreutz getting shot shortly after Rosenbaum was shot. (Content warning: Language):
(Warning, Graphic/Violent) A crowd chases a suspected shooter down in Kenosha. He trips and falls, then turns with… https://t.co/vxBAmOy0TK
— Brendan Gutenschwager (@BGOnTheScene) 1598422068.0
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January 6 protester gets 17 years in PRISON while violent BLM rioters walk away unscathed
When someone is sentenced to 17 years in prison, naturally you assume they must have committed some violent atrocity.
But when it comes to Proud Boys leader Joe Biggs, that’s far from the case.
Yesterday Biggs was sentenced to seventeen years behind bars “for seditious conspiracy on January 6, 2021 at the Capitol.”
What exactly did Biggs do that day? Murder someone? Assault police officers? Incite mass violence?
Far from it.
Sara Gonzales plays a clip showing Biggs pulling down a piece of temporary fencing and then videoing himself afterward with his friends celebrating the feat as “a day in infamy.”
“To be clear, all of that was wrong,” says Sara, “and he should have been charged with something and held accountable, but seditious conspiracy?”
“According to the United States Code, here is the definition of seditious conspiracy: if two or more persons in any state or territory, or in any place subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, conspired to overthrow, put down, or to destroy by force the government of the United States, or to levy war against them, or to oppose by force the authority thereof, or by force to prevent, hinder, or delay the execution of any law of the United States or by force to seize, take or possess any property of the United States contrary to the authority thereof, they shall each be defined under this title or imprisoned not more than twenty years, or both.”
“This is what Joe Biggs did: he didn't touch anything in the Capitol, he didn't break anything in the Capitol, he didn't steal anything in the Capitol; he used the bathroom, washed his hands, found a police officer, asked him how the hell do I get out of here, and left after the cop showed him the way out,” recounts Sara.
“I'd be willing to take this more seriously if the government had shown any of this law-and-order energy for any of the Black Lives Matters protesters burning down cities, burning down cop cars, looting Louis Vuittons. Not only did they not get sentenced severely, they just got their charges dropped – like poof, nothing ever happened,” she rants.
“But if you're a white conservative who's ever worn a red hat in your life, they want you to know that if they want to manipulate the law to throw you in jail for as long as they want, that’s exactly what they will do.”
“They're making an example – it's the scare tactic,” says Jaco Booyens.
“They own the mechanism to define those words and also the enforcement of it; we're just completely on the back foot,” adds John Doyle.
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