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		<title>The #BlueKluxKlan is Redefining N-Word Chic</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2021 20:24:17 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[This is nothing new. For years, sanctimonious liberals have always been generous with the use of racial slurs since the inception of the Democrat Party. They&#8217;ve had a Hollywood director use it dozens of times and won an Oscar for &#8220;Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen&#8221;. Record companies have more products today using [&#8230;]]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This is nothing new.</p>
<p>For years, sanctimonious liberals have always been generous with the use of racial slurs since the <a href="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/2009/01/14/democrat-race-lie/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">inception of the Democrat Party</a>. They&#8217;ve had a Hollywood director use it dozens of times and <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0110912/awards" target="_blank" rel="noopener">won an Oscar</a> for &#8220;Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen&#8221;. Record companies have more products today using the &#8220;n-word&#8221; than is used in most black households.</p>
<p>We even have liberals criticizing and instructing black people as to its correct pronunciation.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 40px;"><span style="color: #808080;"><a href="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Wick-Smith.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img decoding="async" class="alignright wp-image-17583 size-medium" title="Julia Wick, Ericka D. Smith" src="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Wick-Smith-150x75.jpg" alt="" width="150" height="75" srcset="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Wick-Smith-150x75.jpg 150w, https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Wick-Smith-480x240.jpg 480w, https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Wick-Smith.jpg 600w" sizes="(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px" /></a>One issue was Larry Elder&#8217;s pronunciation of the N-word. He used an exaggerated tone, enunciating the &#8220;er&#8221; at the end of the word rather than using the</span> <a class="link" href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/video/national/are-nigga-and-nigger-the-same-word--the-n-word-project/2018/12/28/807778c3-f40f-4752-8732-d680ec224a42_video.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">&#8220;a&#8221; pronunciation</a><span style="color: #808080;">, which is more commonly accepted among and used by Black people,</span> <a class="link" href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4954799/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">studies have shown</a><span style="color: #808080;">.</span><br />
<span style="color: #808080;">&#8212;</span> <a href="https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-08-20/larry-elder-draws-fire-for-n-word-comedy-clip" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Julia Wick, Erika D. Smith, LA Times, 8/20/21</a></p>
<p>I must keep that in mind while they now intellectually refer to targeted black Republicans as white.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 40px;"><strong><a href="https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/aug/20/los-angeles-times-column-larry-elder-black-face-wh/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Republican recall frontrunner Larry Elder called ‘Black face of white supremacy’</a></strong></p>
<p>These same liberals have a very thin skin when you call them out on their racism. For example, we all know about the issue of race when it comes to the pending treatment of unvaccinated blacks in New York City and how Mayor Bill de Blasio&#8217;s mandates will disproportionately affect them. In response, I issued the following Tweet.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Vax-Tweet.jpg"><img fetchpriority="high" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-large wp-image-17585" src="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Vax-Tweet-800x293.jpg" alt="" width="750" height="275" srcset="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Vax-Tweet-800x293.jpg 800w, https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Vax-Tweet-150x55.jpg 150w, https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Vax-Tweet-768x281.jpg 768w, https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Vax-Tweet.jpg 882w" sizes="(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px" /></a><br />
This Tweet was reported resulting in a 1-hour timeout, I appealed, won; was reported a second time resulting in a 24-hour banishment to the naughty corner, I appealed and won again. But seeing how Democrats have traditionally had no patience for runaway slaves, I was again reported and permanently banned from the platform and I&#8217;m okay with that.</p>
<p>I&#8217;ve always found it quite hypocritical that on one hand we can be all indignant over the banning of the President of the United States from social media, slam the #BigTech oligarchs, yet most will still have their tabs open on our computers as long as it&#8217;s powered up. We&#8217;d boycott a partisan restaurant with the understanding that reduced traffic is bad for business, but we gotta keep posting on Facebook and Twitter. Why? Considering how liberals eventually destroy everything they touch, you really think social media sites would survive being an exclusive &#8220;progressive&#8221; echo chamber?</p>
<p>I have part of my days back and am at peace.</p>
<p>While the left has no problem with the n-word as long as they use it, the hashtag <strong><span style="color: #0000ff;">#BlueKluxKlan </span></strong><em>(aimed at them instead of <a href="https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Blue%20Klux%20Klan" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the police</a>)</em> appears to be nothing short of a cross to a vampire or Raid® to cockroaches. Liberals hate being called out on their racism and will either punish the offender and/or ignore it altogether. Back in 2010, during a phone conversation, Andrew Breitbart asked me to document the <a href="https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2010/08/15/resolution-against-youtube-racism/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">colorful retorts I received</a> on YouTube; responses I dutifully reported and all of the offenders are still on the platform to this day.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Larry-Elder.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img decoding="async" class="alignright wp-image-17589 size-medium" title="Larry Elder" src="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Larry-Elder-150x100.jpg" alt="" width="150" height="100" srcset="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Larry-Elder-150x100.jpg 150w, https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Larry-Elder-800x536.jpg 800w, https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Larry-Elder-768x514.jpg 768w, https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Larry-Elder-360x240.jpg 360w, https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Larry-Elder-600x400.jpg 600w, https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Larry-Elder.jpg 827w" sizes="(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px" /></a>I listened to Larry Elder&#8217;s radio show while living in Los Angeles in the 90&#8217;s. He was racially attacked then just as he is now during his run for California governor. The racial attacks from enlightened liberal Democrats will grow in number and intensity because it&#8217;s what they&#8217;ve always done best.</p>
<p>And they&#8217;ll even let you know the best way to do it.</p>
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		<title>Biden Business &#8216;Key Contacts&#8217; (again) Prove Politicians Enrich Themselves</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2020 17:23:43 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[As far back as 1999, people started paying attention to the fact that many that supposedly come to Capitol Hill to serve Americans are only there to serve themselves. From the time they arrive in Washington, newly elected members of Congress are told they are something special, an elite class. But too many members of [&#8230;]]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>As far back as 1999, people started paying attention to the fact that many that supposedly come to Capitol Hill to serve Americans are only there to serve themselves.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 40px;"><span style="color: #808080;"><a href="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/kamala.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignright wp-image-15506 size-medium" title="Senator Kamala Harris" src="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/kamala-150x85.jpg" alt="" width="150" height="85" srcset="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/kamala-150x85.jpg 150w, https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/kamala.jpg 659w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px" /></a><strong>From the time they arrive in Washington, newly elected members of Congress are told they are something special, an elite class. But too many members of both the House and Senate treat their “special place in life and in American history” as a license to steal, living large at taxpayer expense, ignoring laws that apply to ordinary Americans and betraying the trust of the public that put them there.</strong></span><br />
<span style="color: #808080;">&#8212;</span> <a href="https://www.capitolhillblue.com/node/69723" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Capitol Hill Blue, &#8220;America&#8217;s Criminal Class&#8221;</a></p>
<p>Of course since they supposedly <a href="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/2015/10/16/blowing-off-the-stock-act-how-the-dc-elected-get-rich/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">&#8220;police&#8221; themselves</a> and enjoy a partisan media that nurses off the largess, this has conveniently remained under the public radar. It also partially explains why the <a href="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/2019/12/26/swamp-six-top-ten-richest-counties-us-near-dc/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">counties surrounding the District of Columbia</a> are some of the wealthiest in the nation.</p>
<p>The revelations into the Biden family &#8220;business&#8221; enterprises have also revealed just how that proud tradition continues to this day.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 40px;"><span style="color: #808080;"><a href="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/CEFC.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignright wp-image-15504 size-medium" src="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/CEFC-150x53.jpg" alt="" width="150" height="53" srcset="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/CEFC-150x53.jpg 150w, https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/CEFC.jpg 575w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px" /></a><strong>A list of “key domestic contacts” for a joint venture involving Jim and Hunter Biden and now-bankrupt CEFC China Energy Co. included former Vice President Joe Biden&#8217;s current running mate Sen. Kamala Harris, among other prominent Democrats</strong>, Fox News has learned. An email exclusively obtained by Fox News, with the subject line “Phase one domestic contacts/ projects” and dated May 15, 2017, Biden’s brother, Jim Biden, shared a list of “key domestic contacts for phase one target projects.”</span></p>
<p style="padding-left: 40px;"><span style="color: #808080;">It is unclear if any of the Democrats were ever contacted about the “target projects.”</span><br />
<span style="color: #808080;">&#8212;</span> <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/jim-hunter-biden-china-joint-venture-key-contacts" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Fox News, 10/22/20</a></p>
<p>We&#8217;ll have to wait until the dogged at the New York Times get on the case.</p>
<p>And who was on <a href="https://static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2020/10/2017-05-15-12.56-Phase-one-domestic-contacts_projects-Memo-re-key-phase-one-domestic-contacts.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">this email</a>? It reads like a mostly prominent-Democrat who&#8217;s who of &#8220;domestic contacts&#8221; for what could&#8217;ve been very lucrative projects in the United States&#8230;.</p>
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src="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Schumer-self-serve-100x100.jpg" alt="" width="100" height="100" srcset="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Schumer-self-serve-100x100.jpg 100w, https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Schumer-self-serve-125x125.jpg 125w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px" /></a> <a href="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/KirstenGillibrand.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone wp-image-711 size-thumbnail" title="New York Junior Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D)" src="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/KirstenGillibrand-100x100.jpg" alt="" width="100" height="100" srcset="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/KirstenGillibrand-100x100.jpg 100w, https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/KirstenGillibrand-125x125.jpg 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https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/gov-jerry-brown-125x125.jpg 125w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px" /></a> <a href="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Feinstein.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone wp-image-15498 size-thumbnail" title="California Senior Senator Dianne Feinstein (D)" src="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Feinstein-100x100.jpg" alt="" width="100" height="100" srcset="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Feinstein-100x100.jpg 100w, https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Feinstein-125x125.jpg 125w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px" /></a> <a href="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/KamalaMillennials.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone wp-image-14527 size-thumbnail" title="California Junior Senator Kamala Harris (D)" src="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/KamalaMillennials-100x100.jpg" alt="" width="100" height="100" srcset="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/KamalaMillennials-100x100.jpg 100w, https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/KamalaMillennials-125x125.jpg 125w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px" /></a> <a href="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Newsom.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone wp-image-15499 size-thumbnail" title="Mayor of San Francisco Gavin Newsome" src="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Newsom-100x100.jpg" alt="" width="100" height="100" srcset="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Newsom-100x100.jpg 100w, https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Newsom-125x125.jpg 125w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px" /></a> <a href="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Garcetti.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone wp-image-13021 size-thumbnail" title="Mayor of Los Angelos Eric Garcetti" src="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Garcetti-100x100.jpg" alt="" width="100" height="100" srcset="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Garcetti-100x100.jpg 100w, https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Garcetti-125x125.jpg 125w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px" /></a><br />
<img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone wp-image-15492 size-full" src="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Biden-email.png" alt="" width="743" height="202" srcset="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Biden-email.png 743w, https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Biden-email-150x41.png 150w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 743px) 100vw, 743px" /></p>
<p style="padding-left: 40px;"><span style="color: #808080;">May 15, 2017</span><br />
<span style="color: #808080;">RE: Key domestic contacts for phase one target projects</span></p>
<p style="padding-left: 40px;"><strong><span style="color: #004773;">1. New York State</span></strong><br />
<span style="color: #004773;"><strong>Governor Andrew Cuomo</strong></span></p>
<p style="padding-left: 40px;"><span style="color: #004773;"><strong>New York Senior Senator Chuck Schumer (D)</strong></span></p>
<p style="padding-left: 40px;"><span style="color: #004773;"><strong>Junior Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D)</strong> who served as special counsel to Andrew Cuomo when </span><span style="color: #004773;">he was Secretary of HUD. </span></p>
<p style="padding-left: 40px;"><strong><span style="color: #004773;">2. New York City </span></strong><strong><span style="color: #004773;">Mayor Bill de Blasio</span></strong></p>
<p style="padding-left: 40px;"><strong><span style="color: #004773;">3. Virginia </span></strong><span style="color: #004773;"><strong>Governor Terry McAuliffe</strong>, previous head of the DNC and former Clinton Campaign chair.</span></p>
<p style="padding-left: 40px;"><strong><span style="color: #004773;">4. Minnesota </span></strong><strong><span style="color: #004773;">Governor Mark Dayton (D)</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color: #004773;">Senior Senator Al Franken (D)</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color: #004773;">Junior Senator Amy Klobuchar (D)</span></strong></p>
<p style="padding-left: 40px;"><span style="color: #ff0000;"><strong>Governor Rick Scott (R)</strong> (personal friend of my friend Billy Rubin and close to my friend Ken Jenne, former Sheriff of Broward County, FL).</span></p>
<p style="padding-left: 40px;"><strong><span style="color: #004773;">6. California </span></strong><span style="color: #004773;"><strong>Governor Jerry Brown</strong> (long time friend from his first term as governor).</span><br />
<strong><span style="color: #004773;">Senior Senator Dianne Feinstein (D)</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color: #004773;">Junior Senator Kamala Harris (D)</span></strong><br />
<strong><span style="color: #004773;">Mayor of San Francisco Gavin Newsome </span></strong><span style="color: #004773;">(Hunter’s friend)</span><br />
<strong><span style="color: #004773;">Mayor of Los Angelos Eric Garcetti</span></strong><br />
<span style="color: #ff0000;"><strong>Mayor of San Diego Kevin Faulconer </strong></span></p>
<p>As of now, the Biden family and their business dealings are under a liberal media-reluctant microscope.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 40px;"><span style="color: #808080;"><a href="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/tony-bobulinski.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignright wp-image-15513 size-thumbnail" title="Tony Bobulinski" src="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/tony-bobulinski-100x100.jpg" alt="" width="100" height="100" srcset="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/tony-bobulinski-100x100.jpg 100w, https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/tony-bobulinski-150x150.jpg 150w, https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/tony-bobulinski-125x125.jpg 125w, https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/tony-bobulinski.jpg 700w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px" /></a><strong>“I just saw behind the Biden curtain and I grew concerned with what I saw,”</strong> he said. <strong>“The Biden family aggressively leveraged the Biden family name to make millions of dollars from foreign entities even though some were from communist-controlled China.”</strong></span><br />
<span style="color: #808080;">&#8212;</span> <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/jim-hunter-biden-china-joint-venture-key-contacts" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Tony Bobulinksi, institutional investor recruited by the Biden family to run their joint-venture with now-bankrupt CEFC China Energy Co.</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/lebron-james-china-tour.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignright wp-image-15516 size-medium" title="LeBron James, China tour 2007" src="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/lebron-james-china-tour-150x113.jpg" alt="" width="150" height="113" srcset="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/lebron-james-china-tour-150x113.jpg 150w, https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/lebron-james-china-tour-768x579.jpg 768w, https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/lebron-james-china-tour-80x60.jpg 80w, https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/lebron-james-china-tour.jpg 800w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px" /></a>There are many corporations and prominent individuals who are profiting off the communist Chinese, so this is not to be singling out the Bidens. However, the line of legality appears to have been danced over, not only by their family members, but also by those who could potentially use their political positions to shrink the width of that line.</p>
<p>Things could get very messy, very soon.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Raiders-archive.jpg"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-15508" src="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Raiders-archive.jpg" alt="" width="1000" height="424" srcset="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Raiders-archive.jpg 1000w, https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Raiders-archive-150x64.jpg 150w, https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Raiders-archive-800x339.jpg 800w, https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Raiders-archive-768x326.jpg 768w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px" /></a></p>
<p>Had Hillary Clinton been elected president, everything we now know about the partisan corruption of law enforcement and courts would never have been revealed to the American people. With that you can be sure if Joe Biden is elected president, everything we&#8217;re now learning about his family&#8217;s business dealing will go into that dark place where inconvenient truth is hidden from view.</p>
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					<description><![CDATA[The American people have collectively lost much during the weeks-long shutdown. Small businesses are teetering on permanent closures while the newly-unemployed have either received or are waiting for that one-time $1,200 stimulus check from the federal government. Governors and mayors are telling their constituents that it may take months for some of their states and [&#8230;]]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/us/states-reopen-map-coronavirus.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignright wp-image-12705" title="&quot;See Which States Are Reopening and Which Are Still Shut Down&quot;" src="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Shutdown-states-050220-500x468.jpg" alt="" width="150" height="140" srcset="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Shutdown-states-050220-500x468.jpg 500w, https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Shutdown-states-050220-150x140.jpg 150w, https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Shutdown-states-050220-768x719.jpg 768w, https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Shutdown-states-050220.jpg 844w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px" /></a>The American people have collectively lost much during the weeks-long shutdown. Small businesses are teetering on permanent closures while the newly-unemployed have either received or are waiting for that one-time $1,200 stimulus check from the federal government. Governors and mayors are telling their constituents that it may take months for some of their states and cities to fully reopen, meaning millions of Americans may be months away from receiving a weekly paycheck.</p>
<p>It&#8217;s not hard to imagine how those in federal and state federal government can be so casual when it comes to their evolving time schedules as to when the nation will be fully open for business because it&#8217;s as simple as follow the money. They&#8217;re getting theirs thus there&#8217;s <span style="text-decoration: underline;">no sense of urgency</span>, the &#8220;process&#8221; of politics can run it&#8217;s course because certain taxpayer-funded paychecks have been assured to come in uninterrupted.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 40px;"><span style="color: #008000;"><a href="https://rumble.com/vpay6m-speaker-pelosi-flaunts-her-work-from-home.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignright wp-image-12765 size-thumbnail" title="Speaker Nancy Pelosi" src="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Pelose-ice-cream-100x100.jpg" alt="" width="100" height="100" srcset="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Pelose-ice-cream-100x100.jpg 100w, https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Pelose-ice-cream-125x125.jpg 125w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px" /></a></span><span style="color: #008000;">United States Congressman and Senator weekly salary: $3,346 </span><a href="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/2020/03/24/democrat-candy-speaker-pelosis-covid-19-wish-list-goodie-bag/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><em>(assured through 9/21)</em></a><br />
<span style="color: #008000;">Average federal employee weekly salary: $1,730</span><br />
<span style="color: #008000;">Average state employee weekly salary varies: <em>(highest)</em> Washington, D.C $2,222,<br />
<span style="color: #ffffff;">&#8230;.</span>Maryland $2,086, Virginia $1,967</span><br />
<span style="color: #008000;">Former president lifelong pension benefit weekly: $4,051</span><br />
<span style="color: #008000;">Congressional lifelong pension benefit weekly: $2,676</span></p>
<p>Here&#8217;s how the elected have been financially weathering the shutdown while the American people have to live with their edicts&#8230;.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 40px;"><span style="color: #008000;"><a href="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Newsom.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignright wp-image-12762 size-thumbnail" title="California Governor Gavin Newsom" src="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Newsom-100x100.jpg" alt="" width="100" height="100" srcset="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Newsom-100x100.jpg 100w, https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Newsom-125x125.jpg 125w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px" /></a>Arkansas Governor <strong>Asa Hutchinson</strong> (R) weekly salary: $2,848</span><br />
<span style="color: #008000;">California Governor <strong>Gavin Newsom</strong> (D) weekly salary: $3,878</span><br />
<span style="color: #008000;">Colorado Governor <strong>Jared Polis</strong> (D) weekly salary: $1,730</span><br />
<span style="color: #99cc00;">Connecticut Governor <strong>Ned Lamont</strong> (D) forgoes his weekly $2,884 salary</span><br />
<span style="color: #008000;">Delaware Governor <strong>John Carney Jr.</strong> (D) weekly salary: $3,288</span><br />
<span style="color: #008000;">Hawaii Governor <strong>David Ige</strong> (D) weekly salary: $3,051</span><br />
<em><span style="color: #99cc00;"><a href="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/whitmer-2.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignright wp-image-13070 size-thumbnail" title="Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer" src="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/whitmer-2-100x100.jpg" alt="" width="100" height="100" srcset="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/whitmer-2-100x100.jpg 100w, https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/whitmer-2-125x125.jpg 125w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px" /></a></span></em><span style="color: #99cc00;">Illinois Governor <strong>J.B. Pritzker</strong> (D) forgoes his $3,411 weekly salary</span><br />
<span style="color: #008000;">Kentucky Governor <strong>Andy Beshear</strong> (D) weekly salary: N/A</span><br />
<span style="color: #008000;">Louisiana Governor <strong>John Bel Edwards</strong> (D) weekly salary: $2,500</span><br />
<span style="color: #008000;">Maine Governor <strong>Janet Mills</strong> (D) Weekly salary: $1,346</span><br />
<span style="color: #008000;">Maryland Governor <strong>Larry Hogan</strong> (R) weekly salary: $3,269</span><br />
<span style="color: #008000;">Massachusetts Governor <strong>Charlie Baker</strong> (R) weekly salary: $3,557</span><br />
<span style="color: #008000;"><a href="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Baker-eating.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignright wp-image-12756 size-thumbnail" title="Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker" src="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Baker-eating-100x100.jpg" alt="" width="100" height="100" srcset="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Baker-eating-100x100.jpg 100w, https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Baker-eating-125x125.jpg 125w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px" /></a>Michigan Governor <strong>Gretchen Whitmer</strong> (D) weekly salary: $3,063</span><br />
<span style="color: #008000;">Minnesota Governor <strong>Tim Walz</strong> (D) weekly salary: $2,454</span><br />
<span style="color: #99cc00;">Nevada Governor <strong>Steve Sisolak</strong> (D) pledged to donate his $2,876 weekly salary</span><br />
<span style="color: #008000;">New Jersey Governor <strong>Phil Murphy</strong> (D) weekly salary: $3,365</span><br />
<span style="color: #008000;">New York Governor <strong>Andrew Cuomo</strong> (D) weekly salary: $3,846</span><br />
<span style="color: #008000;">North Carolina Governor <strong>Roy Cooper</strong> (D) weekly salary: $2,775</span><br />
<span style="color: #008000;"><em><a href="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Hogan-eating.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignright wp-image-12757 size-thumbnail" title="Maryland Governor Larry Hogan and wife" src="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Hogan-eating-100x100.jpg" alt="" width="100" height="100" srcset="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Hogan-eating-100x100.jpg 100w, https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Hogan-eating-125x125.jpg 125w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px" /></a></em>Ohio Governor <strong>Mike DeWine</strong> (R) weekly salary: $2,954</span><br />
<span style="color: #008000;">Oregon Governor <strong>Kate Brown</strong> (D) weekly salary: $1,896</span><br />
<span style="color: #008000;">Pennsylvania Governor <strong>Tom Wolf</strong> (D) weekly salary: $3,747</span><br />
<span style="color: #008000;">Rhode Island Governor <strong>Gina Raimondo</strong> (D) weekly salary: $2,802</span><br />
<span style="color: #008000;">Texas Governor <strong>Greg Abbott</strong> (R) weekly salary: $2,956</span><br />
<span style="color: #008000;">Virginia Governor <strong>Ralph Northam</strong> (D) weekly salary: $3,365</span><br />
<span style="color: #008000;"><a href="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Cuomo-eating.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignright wp-image-12758 size-thumbnail" title="New York Governor Andrew Cuomo" src="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Cuomo-eating-100x100.jpg" alt="" width="100" height="100" srcset="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Cuomo-eating-100x100.jpg 100w, https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Cuomo-eating-125x125.jpg 125w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px" /></a>Washington Governor <strong>Jay Inslee</strong> (D) weekly salary: $3,520</span><br />
<span style="color: #008000;">Wisconsin Governor <strong>Tony Evers</strong> (D) weekly salary: $2,937</span></p>
<p>Everyday life gets even harder to endure at the mayoral level&#8230;.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 40px;"><span style="color: #008000;">New York City Mayor <strong>Bill de Blasio</strong> (D) weekly salary: $4,975</span><br />
<span style="color: #008000;">Los Angeles Mayor <strong>Eric Garcetti</strong> (D) weekly salary: $4,771</span><br />
<span style="color: #008000;"><a href="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/de-Blasio.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignright wp-image-12755 size-thumbnail" title="NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio" src="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/de-Blasio-100x100.jpg" alt="" width="100" height="100" srcset="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/de-Blasio-100x100.jpg 100w, https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/de-Blasio-125x125.jpg 125w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px" /></a>Chicago Mayor <strong>Lori Lightfoot</strong> (D) weekly salary: $4,157</span><br />
<span style="color: #008000;">District of Columbia Mayor <strong>Muriel Bowser</strong> (D) weekly salary: $3,846</span><br />
<span style="color: #008000;">Boston Mayor <strong>Marty Walsh</strong> (D) weekly salary: $3,365</span><br />
<span style="color: #008000;">Denver Mayor <strong>Michael Hancock</strong> (D) weekly salary: $3,292</span><br />
<span style="color: #008000;">Milwaukee Mayor <strong>Tom Barrett</strong> (D) weekly salary: $2,833</span></p>
<p>Remember this when the political class drags this process out to collect more COVID-19 &#8220;data&#8221;, fat-and-comfortable government employees go on social media and tell those who fund their incoming paychecks to shut up and stay home, humble yourself and visit a food bank, decline to pay your rent and bills, never leave home <em>(and if you must risk killing us all, not without a mask)</em>, and succumb to your movements being tracked and stored.</p>
<p>It must be nice.</p>
<p><em><a href="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Streep.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignright wp-image-13573 size-thumbnail" title="Meryl Streep eats pizza at the 86th Annual Academy Awards on Sunday, March 2, 2014 (Photo by Al Seib/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)" src="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Streep-100x100.jpg" alt="" width="100" height="100" srcset="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Streep-100x100.jpg 100w, https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Streep-125x125.jpg 125w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px" /></a>NOTE &#8212; We&#8217;re not including <a href="https://moneywise.com/a/ch-b/tone-deaf-celebrities-coronavirus" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">self-centered celebrities</a> because they don&#8217;t have the power over us they believe they have.</em></p>
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		<title>Mayor de Blasio Has Clear COVID-19 Messages for Muslims and Jews</title>
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					<description><![CDATA[In times of tribulation, leadership is expected to inspire calm. Consistency in messaging wouldn&#8217;t hurt. And then there&#8217;s New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio. BTW &#8212; Those &#8220;grab-and-go meals&#8221; were originally intended for school kids whose parents had issues feeding them. Mayor de Blasio saw fit to open it up for all and mentioned [&#8230;]]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In times of tribulation, leadership is expected to inspire calm. Consistency in messaging wouldn&#8217;t hurt.</p>
<p>And then there&#8217;s New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/deBlasio-Tweet-to-Muslims.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone wp-image-12617" src="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/deBlasio-Tweet-to-Muslims-500x670.jpg" alt="" width="246" height="330" srcset="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/deBlasio-Tweet-to-Muslims-500x670.jpg 500w, https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/deBlasio-Tweet-to-Muslims-112x150.jpg 112w, https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/deBlasio-Tweet-to-Muslims-768x1030.jpg 768w, https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/deBlasio-Tweet-to-Muslims.jpg 1036w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 246px) 100vw, 246px" /></a> <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/24/us/new-york-halal-meals-ramadan-trnd/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone wp-image-12639 size-full" title="New York City will distribute 500,000 free halal meals to Muslims during Ramadan" src="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/NYC-halal.jpg" alt="" width="440" height="330" srcset="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/NYC-halal.jpg 440w, https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/NYC-halal-150x113.jpg 150w, https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/NYC-halal-80x60.jpg 80w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 440px) 100vw, 440px" /></a><br />
BTW &#8212; Those &#8220;<a href="https://www.schools.nyc.gov/school-life/food/free-meals-for-all" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">grab-and-go meals</a>&#8221; were originally intended for school kids whose parents had issues feeding them. Mayor de Blasio saw fit to <a href="https://gothamist.com/food/free-grab-and-go-meals-now-available-anyone-need" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">open it up for all</a> and mentioned one group in particular. Later, he singled out another group&#8230;.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/deBlasio-Tweet-to-Jews.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone wp-image-12618" src="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/deBlasio-Tweet-to-Jews-500x671.jpg" alt="" width="246" height="330" srcset="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/deBlasio-Tweet-to-Jews-500x671.jpg 500w, https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/deBlasio-Tweet-to-Jews-112x150.jpg 112w, https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/deBlasio-Tweet-to-Jews-768x1031.jpg 768w, https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/deBlasio-Tweet-to-Jews.jpg 1034w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 246px) 100vw, 246px" /> </a><a href="https://www.jta.org/2020/04/29/united-states/reacting-to-a-packed-funeral-new-york-city-mayor-warns-the-jewish-community-and-faces-a-swift-firestorm" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone wp-image-12636 size-full" title="Reacting to packed Orthodox funeral, New York City mayor warns ‘the Jewish community’ and faces swift backlash" src="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/NYC-Jews.jpg" alt="" width="440" height="330" srcset="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/NYC-Jews.jpg 440w, https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/NYC-Jews-150x113.jpg 150w, https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/NYC-Jews-80x60.jpg 80w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 440px) 100vw, 440px" /></a><br />
<em>h/t <a href="https://twitter.com/johncardillo/status/1255474142666768386" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">John Cardillo</a></em></p>
<p>Some people are encouraged to move about freely in New York City while others are warned against it under threat of arrest.</p>
<p><a href="https://twitter.com/ChaimDeutsch/status/1255319755688480768" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone wp-image-12647" title="Councilman Chaim Deutsch, 48th City Council NYC District Tweet" src="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Deutsch-Tweet-500x269.png" alt="" width="431" height="232" srcset="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Deutsch-Tweet-500x269.png 500w, https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Deutsch-Tweet-150x81.png 150w, https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Deutsch-Tweet.png 574w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 431px) 100vw, 431px" /></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/brooklyn_darren/status/1254148691289612297?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1254148691289612297&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fsaraacarter.com%2Fno-regret-de-blasio-defends-statement-threatening-jews-with-arrest-for-attending-a-rabbis-funeral%2F" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone wp-image-12648" title="@brooklyn_darren Tweet, 4/25/20" src="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/de-Blasios-500x375.jpg" alt="" width="309" height="232" srcset="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/de-Blasios-500x375.jpg 500w, https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/de-Blasios-150x113.jpg 150w, https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/de-Blasios-80x60.jpg 80w, https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/de-Blasios.jpg 680w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 309px) 100vw, 309px" /></a><br />
It appears Mayor de Blasio needed a few hours to compose himself between Tweets and addressed his previous messaging during a subsequent presser.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 40px;"><span style="color: #808080;">I regret if the way I say it in any way gave people a feeling of being treated the wrong way — it was not my intention. It was said with love, but it was tough love.</span><br />
<span style="color: #808080;">&#8212;</span> <a href="https://nypost.com/2020/04/29/de-blasio-says-slamming-jewish-funeral-in-williamsburg-was-tough-love/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Mayor Bill de Blasio, 4/29/20</a></p>
<p>Wow. &#8220;Tough love&#8221; is a parental tactic reserved for children, Mr. Mayor.</p>
<p><a href="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/de-Blasio-Muslim-1.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone wp-image-12622 size-large" src="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/de-Blasio-Muslim-1-500x282.jpg" alt="" width="500" height="282" srcset="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/de-Blasio-Muslim-1-500x282.jpg 500w, https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/de-Blasio-Muslim-1-150x84.jpg 150w, https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/de-Blasio-Muslim-1.jpg 625w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px" /></a><br />
So much for that expectation of not playing favorites.</p>
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					<description><![CDATA[It didn&#8217;t take long for the liberal media to make the COVID-19 virus aftermath about race and disproportionate black victims. These are the same black people who remind Democrats every two years not to take their votes for granted. Blacks have been issuing those timely reminders for decades while remaining loyal Democrat voters. The result [&#8230;]]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignright wp-image-52 size-thumbnail" src="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/Democrat-logo-150x150.png" alt="" width="100" height="100" srcset="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/Democrat-logo-150x150.png 150w, https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/Democrat-logo-125x125.png 125w, https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/Democrat-logo.png 200w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px" />It didn&#8217;t take long for the liberal media to make the COVID-19 virus aftermath about race and disproportionate black victims. These are the same black people who remind Democrats every two years not to take their votes for granted. Blacks have been issuing those timely reminders for decades while remaining loyal Democrat voters.</p>
<p>The result has been consistent neglect and the latest pandemic scourge has been no different.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 40px;"><strong><span style="color: #808080;">Black Chicagoans account for half of all coronavirus cases in the city and more than 70% of deaths, despite making up 30% of the population. Other cities with large black populations, including Detroit, Milwaukee, New Orleans and New York, have become coronavirus hotspots.</span></strong><br />
<span style="color: #808080;">&#8212;</span> <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-52194018" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">BBC, 4/7/20</a></p>
<p>Had those in charge of those metropolitan areas been Republican, they would be household names Democrats and their media would keep immersed in the public conversation. But as we&#8217;re talking about blacks in Democrat-controlled areas, some review is in order.</p>
<h1><span style="color: #ff9900;"><a href="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Pritzker-Lightfoot.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignright wp-image-12020 size-thumbnail" title="Pritzker and Lightfoot" src="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Pritzker-Lightfoot-100x100.jpg" alt="" width="100" height="100" srcset="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Pritzker-Lightfoot-100x100.jpg 100w, https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Pritzker-Lightfoot-125x125.jpg 125w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px" /></a><span style="color: #004773;">ILLINOIS</span></span></h1>
<p style="padding-left: 40px;"><span style="color: #004773;"><strong>Governor J. B. Pritzker </strong>(D)</span><br />
<span style="color: #004773;"><strong>Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot </strong>(D)</span></p>
<p style="padding-left: 40px;"><span style="color: #808080;">As of 5 April, 1,824 out of Chicago&#8217;s 4,680 confirmed Covid-19 cases were black residents, said city officials on Monday. That compared with 847 white, 478 Hispanic and 126 Asian Chicagoans. Chicago has seen a total of 98 deaths as of Sunday, with 72% of them black residents.</span></p>
<p>While lamenting the fate of the black community, some politicians acted like the Coronavirus wouldn&#8217;t never stick to them.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 40px;"><strong><a href="https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-coronavirus-chicago-lori-lightfoot-haircut-20200406-jmyz2wtccnadlknya7hzbetevy-story.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot defends getting a haircut amid coronavirus outbreak, says stylist wore ‘a mask and gloves’</a></strong><br />
<strong><a href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2020/3/17/21183469/coronavirus-chicago-public-library-employees-protest-lightfoot-libraries-open-pandemic" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Chicago library employees protest Lightfoot’s decision to keep all 80 libraries open during pandemic</a></strong><br />
<strong><a href="https://wgntv.com/news/coronavirus/wife-of-illinois-mayor-cited-for-violating-stay-at-home-order-after-attending-bar-party-police-say/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Wife of Illinois mayor cited for violating stay-at-home order after attending bar party, police say</a></strong></p>
<h1><span style="color: #ff9900;"><a href="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/duggan-whitmer.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignright wp-image-12022 size-thumbnail" title="Duggan and Whitmer" src="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/duggan-whitmer-100x100.jpg" alt="" width="100" height="100" srcset="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/duggan-whitmer-100x100.jpg 100w, https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/duggan-whitmer-125x125.jpg 125w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px" /></a><span style="color: #004773;">MICHIGAN</span></span></h1>
<p style="padding-left: 40px;"><span style="color: #004773;"><strong>Governor Gretchen Whitmer </strong>(D)</span><br />
<span style="color: #004773;"><strong>Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan </strong>(D)</span></p>
<p style="padding-left: 40px;"><span style="color: #808080;">In Michigan, African Americans make up 14% of the population, but they account for 33% of the coronavirus cases and 41% of deaths, figures from the state health department showed on Monday. Detroit, Michigan, is about 80% black, and the city together with its surrounding suburbs accounts for around 80% of confirmed coronavirus cases.<br />
</span></p>
<p>At one point it was all about public anti-Trump #resist imagery&#8230;</p>
<p style="padding-left: 40px;"><strong><a href="https://news.yahoo.com/michigan-governor-threatens-doctors-prescribe-024111454.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Michigan governor threatens doctors who prescribe hydroxychloroquine to treat COVID-19</a></strong></p>
<p>&#8230; until reality hit home.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 40px;"><strong><a href="https://www.metrotimes.com/news-hits/archives/2020/03/31/gov-whitmer-reverses-course-on-coronavirus-drugs-is-now-asking-feds-for-hydroxychloroquine-and-chloroquine" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Gov. Whitmer reverses course on coronavirus drugs, is now asking feds for hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine</a></strong><br />
<strong><a href="https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/detroit/2020/04/06/democrat-karen-whitsett-coronavirus-hydroxychloroquine-trump/2955430001/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Detroit Rep. Karen Whitsett says hydroxychloroquine, Trump helped save her life amid COVID-19 fight</a></strong><br />
<strong><a href="https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/detroit-city/2020/03/11/duggan-urges-those-fever-stay-away-city-hall/5025117002/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Duggan urges those with fever to stay away from City Hall</a></strong></p>
<h1><span style="color: #ff9900;"><a href="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Barrett-and-Evers.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignright wp-image-12024 size-thumbnail" title="Barrett and Evers" src="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Barrett-and-Evers-100x100.jpg" alt="" width="100" height="100" srcset="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Barrett-and-Evers-100x100.jpg 100w, https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Barrett-and-Evers-125x125.jpg 125w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px" /></a><span style="color: #004773;">WISCONSIN</span></span></h1>
<p style="padding-left: 40px;"><span style="color: #004773;"><strong>Governor Tony Evers </strong>(D)</span><br />
<span style="color: #004773;"><strong>Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett </strong>(D)</span></p>
<p style="padding-left: 40px;"><span style="color: #808080;">A similar disparity has emerged in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, one of the most segregated cities in the US.</span></p>
<p>A Democrat &#8220;segregated&#8221; city. Some things never change.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 40px;"><span style="color: #808080;">African Americans made up almost half of Milwaukee County&#8217;s nearly 1,000 cases as of last Friday and 81% of its 27 deaths, despite black people accounting for 26% of the population there,</span> <a class="story-body__link-external" href="https://www.propublica.org/article/early-data-shows-african-americans-have-contracted-and-died-of-coronavirus-at-an-alarming-rate">according to a study by ProPublica</a><span style="color: #808080;">.</span></p>
<p>Politicians on both sides of the aisle played political games with public safety.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 40px;"><strong><a href="https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/local/milwaukee/2020/03/30/coronavirus-milwaukee-union-hits-barrett-delay-disclosing-case/5089064002/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Union criticizes Barrett after city waited eight days to tell city workers of coronavirus case</a></strong><br />
<strong><a href="https://www.wisn.com/article/gov-evers-we-will-have-an-election-on-april-7/31984928#" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Gov. Tony Evers: &#8216;We will have an election on April 7&#8217;</a></strong><br />
<strong><a href="https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/politics/2020/04/01/judge-signals-he-expand-voting-but-not-delay-wisconsins-election/5097887002/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Federal judge blisters Gov. Tony Evers and GOP lawmakers for not delaying Wisconsin&#8217;s election</a></strong></p>
<h1><span style="color: #ff9900;"><a href="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Cantrell-Edwards.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignright wp-image-12025 size-thumbnail" title="Cantrell and Edwards" src="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Cantrell-Edwards-100x100.jpg" alt="" width="100" height="100" srcset="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Cantrell-Edwards-100x100.jpg 100w, https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Cantrell-Edwards-150x150.jpg 150w, https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Cantrell-Edwards-125x125.jpg 125w, https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Cantrell-Edwards.jpg 420w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px" /></a><span style="color: #004773;">LOUISIANA</span></span></h1>
<p style="padding-left: 40px;"><span style="color: #004773;"><strong>Governor John Bel Edwards </strong>(D)</span><br />
<span style="color: #004773;"><strong>New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell </strong>(D)</span></p>
<p style="padding-left: 40px;"><span style="color: #808080;">Some 40% of Louisiana&#8217;s coronavirus deaths have occurred in the New Orleans area, where the majority of residents are black. Health officials have previously said the Big Easy&#8217;s residents suffer from rates of obesity, diabetes and hypertension that are higher than the national average, making them more vulnerable to Covid-19.<br />
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<p>As was the case during Hurricane Katrina, Louisiana Democrats blew off early warnings and blamed a Republican president for the aftermath of their hesitation.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 40px;"><strong><a href="https://www.wwltv.com/article/news/health/coronavirus/cantrell-defends-carnival-season-as-coronavirus-numbers-rise/289-66aec025-9b78-4084-957c-23080fffe92b" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Cantrell defends Carnival season as coronavirus numbers rise</a></strong><br />
<strong><a href="https://www.nola.com/news/coronavirus/article_8ed301ea-6fce-11ea-980a-0f568e7c6476.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Cantrell: New Orleans would have called off Mardi Gras if coronavirus &#8216;red flags&#8217; were raised</a></strong></p>
<h1><span style="color: #ff9900;"><a href="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/de-Blasio-Cuomo.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignright wp-image-12026 size-thumbnail" title="de Blasio and Cuomo" src="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/de-Blasio-Cuomo-100x100.jpg" alt="" width="100" height="100" srcset="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/de-Blasio-Cuomo-100x100.jpg 100w, https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/de-Blasio-Cuomo-125x125.jpg 125w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px" /></a><span style="color: #004773;">NEW YORK</span><br />
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<p style="padding-left: 40px;"><span style="color: #004773;"><strong>Governor Andrew Cuomo </strong>(D)</span><br />
<span style="color: #004773;"><strong>New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio </strong>(D)</span></p>
<p>Despite neither the BBC or ProPublica mentioning <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2020/04/06/coronavirus-demographics-170353" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">black numbers in New York City</a>, mounting public pressure produced results.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 40px;"><span style="color: #808080;">Latino and black residents in New York City have higher mortality rates from coronavirus, according to</span> <a href="https://slack-redir.net/link?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww1.nyc.gov%2Fassets%2Fdoh%2Fdownloads%2Fpdf%2Fimm%2Fcovid-19-deaths-race-ethnicity-04082020-1.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">preliminary numbers</a> <span style="color: #808080;">released by the city on Wednesday morning. </span><span style="color: #808080;">The early data shows that of those who have died from coronavirus in the city, 34 percent were Latino residents, while 28 percent were blacks.</span><br />
<span style="color: #808080;">&#8212;</span> <a href="https://gothamist.com/news/coronavirus-updates-after-pressure-nyc-releases-racial-breakdown-covid-19-deaths" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Gothamist, 4/8/20</a></p>
<p class=" story-text__paragraph" data-content-child-index="2-4">Many states and organizations that are gathering racial data are still suffering from gaps in the reporting.</p>
<p>Meanwhile, all was not rosy in The Big Apple.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 40px;"><strong><a href="https://gothamist.com/news/missteps-mayor-bill-de-blasios-coronavirus-response" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">The Missteps Of Mayor Bill De Blasio&#8217;s Coronavirus Response</a></strong><br />
<strong><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/13/nyregion/coronavirus-new-york-update.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">De Blasio Stays Firm on Keeping N.Y.C. Schools Open as Outbreak Spreads</a></strong><br />
<strong><a href="https://www.lohud.com/story/news/politics/2020/04/02/coronavirus-deaths-soar-should-ny-leaders-have-acted-sooner/5102417002/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Coronavirus in New York: As deaths and cases soar, should NY leaders have acted sooner?</a></strong><br />
<strong><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/how-new-york-city-emergency-ventilator-stockpile-ended-up-on-the-auction-block" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">How New York City’s Emergency Ventilator Stockpile Ended Up on the Auction Block</a></strong><br />
<strong><a href="https://nypost.com/2020/03/20/de-blasios-senior-staff-in-near-revolt-over-his-coronavirus-response/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">De Blasio’s senior staff in near revolt over his coronavirus response</a></strong></p>
<p>Democrats have proven over <a href="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/2009/01/14/democrat-race-lie/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">most of their history</a> that they could give a rip about black people. Black children are disproportionately aborted, have the worse public education in the nation while being denied proven alternatives, Democrat politicians tolerate neighborhood shootings every weekend that would make national news had they occured in a white neighborhood. Blacks are only important when it comes time to keep Democrats in positions of power and now that President Trump has made near-historic inroads for the black vote, pointing to a Republican bogeyman is right out of the ol&#8217; playbook.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 40px;"><span style="color: #808080;"><a href="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/AOC.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignright wp-image-12032 size-medium" src="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/AOC-150x107.jpg" alt="" width="150" height="107" srcset="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/AOC-150x107.jpg 150w, https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/AOC-500x355.jpg 500w, https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/AOC.jpg 700w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px" /></a>Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has called for coronavirus reparations for minorities, claiming higher numbers of COVID-19 fatalities in low-income communities stems from underlying inequality.</span></p>
<p style="padding-left: 40px;"><span style="color: #808080;"><strong>“COVID deaths are disproportionately spiking in Black + Brown communities,”</strong> Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) tweeted to her 6 million followers</span> <a href="https://twitter.com/AOC/status/1246091210449719296" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">on Friday morning</a><span style="color: #808080;">. </span><span style="color: #808080;"><strong>“Why? Because the chronic toll of redlining, environmental racism, wealth gap, etc. ARE underlying health conditions,”</strong> the Bronx-born lawmaker added.</span><br />
<span style="color: #808080;">&#8212;</span> <a href="https://nypost.com/2020/04/03/aoc-calls-for-coronavirus-reparations-for-minorities/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">New York Post, 4/3/20</a></p>
<p>And just whose fault is that?</p>
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					<description><![CDATA[Those of us who remember the days and weeks after the September 11, 2001 attack on the United States also remember how quickly the American people joined together as a people; politics was set aside and we were united. But things were about to change&#8230;. When bin Laden was taunting America with grainy videos, Facebook [&#8230;]]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/GWB-911.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignright wp-image-11892 size-medium" src="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/GWB-911-150x100.jpg" alt="" width="150" height="100" srcset="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/GWB-911-150x100.jpg 150w, https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/GWB-911-500x334.jpg 500w, https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/GWB-911-360x240.jpg 360w, https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/GWB-911-600x400.jpg 600w, https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/GWB-911.jpg 700w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px" /></a>Those of us who remember the days and weeks after the September 11, 2001 attack on the United States also remember how quickly the American people joined together as a people; politics was set aside and we were united. But things were about to change&#8230;.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 40px;"><span style="color: #808080;">When bin Laden was taunting America with grainy videos, Facebook was still three years away from its launch (2004), and Twitter would not come along for two more (2006).</span><br />
<span style="color: #808080;">&#8212;</span> <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2014/08/would-we-rally-behind-obama-after-the-next-911/461304/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">The Atlantic, 8/11/14</a></p>
<p>Now that anybody can voice an opinion <em>(informed or not)</em> and have it transmitted to millions in seconds, this technology can be exploited and it&#8217;s even easier if you have help. During a time of crisis, one would hope those who have influence could show due caution to make sure their words and deeds can&#8217;t be used against our country in the same manner immortalized by &#8220;Hanoi Jane&#8221; Fonda.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 40px;"><span style="color: #808080;"><a href="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Hospital2.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignright wp-image-11757 size-medium" title="CBS News passes Italian hospital footage for NYC" src="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Hospital2-150x89.jpg" alt="" width="150" height="89" srcset="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Hospital2-150x89.jpg 150w, https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Hospital2-500x295.jpg 500w, https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Hospital2.jpg 600w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px" /></a>Here in America, the Democrats along with corporate media eagerly buy China&#8217;s lies surrounding the nascence of the worldwide pandemic, the propaganda blaming America, the stories of Chinese benevolence, and the efficiency of Chinese methods in getting control of the virus at home. They are actively supporting China&#8217;s version of the truth. China has every reason to believe they will continue to do so.</span><br />
<span style="color: #808080;">&#8212;</span> <a href="https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2020/04/china_is_preparing_to_start_a_war_with_america.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">American Thinker, 4/2/20</a></p>
<p>Unfortunately during the current Coronavirus pandemic, the Communist Chinese not only have a media outlet to spread their &#8220;We&#8217;re not responsible&#8221; propaganda but have been able to find ample useful idiot Americans to bolster their case by use of a politically correct club they know disarms inconvenient speech: racism.</p>
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<p style="padding-left: 40px;"><a href="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Global-Times-YT-disclaimer.png" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone wp-image-11893 size-full" title="YouTube disclaimer" src="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Global-Times-YT-disclaimer.png" alt="" width="644" height="52" srcset="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Global-Times-YT-disclaimer.png 644w, https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Global-Times-YT-disclaimer-150x12.png 150w, https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Global-Times-YT-disclaimer-500x40.png 500w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 644px) 100vw, 644px" /></a><br />
<a href="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Global-Times-staff.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignright wp-image-11890 size-medium" title="&quot;A foreign editor collaborates with his Chinese colleague at the Global Times.&quot;" src="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Global-Times-staff-150x84.jpg" alt="" width="150" height="84" srcset="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Global-Times-staff-150x84.jpg 150w, https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Global-Times-staff-500x281.jpg 500w, https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Global-Times-staff.jpg 700w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px" /></a><span style="color: #808080;">China’s nationalistic tabloid the Global Times has relied on a crew of foreigners help keep its English-language paper and website running since it started publishing in English in April 2009. There are currently around twenty foreign editors working with the Global Times who are referred to as “foreign experts,” a clichéd nickname for any foreigner working with Chinese state media. They do everything from assigning stories to reporting to copy editing—as long as the coverage is not about politics.</span><br />
<span style="color: #808080;">&#8212;</span> <a href="https://qz.com/748244/the-foreign-experts-inside-chinas-feisty-state-tabloid-the-global-times/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Quartz, 8/9/16</a></p>
<p>Of course not.</p>
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<p style="padding-left: 40px;"><span style="color: #808080;">Buck-passing, lying, inciting hate crimes with racist remarks. All aim to hide his delayed response to COVID-19. Netizens use hashtag </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%23TrumpPandemic" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">#TrumpPandemic</a><span style="color: #808080;"> on Twitter to express dissatisfaction with the US president&#8217;s botched handling of the pandemic.</span><br />
<span style="color: #808080;">&#8212;</span> <a href="https://youtu.be/6E00IYenf6g" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">环球时报 Global Times, 3/23/20</a></p>
<p>It shouldn&#8217;t be this easy for an antagonist to be able to divide and conquer but when you have an American left and media who hates the president and his supporters more than a proven enemy, how much easier can it be made for China?</p>
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					<description><![CDATA[While many of us have a roof (stable or temporary) over our heads and watching tonight’s Super Bowl, ponder what it would be like if you were on the street and the game was the least important thing in your life? The homeless population has risen to an all-time high, forcing the de Blasio administration [&#8230;]]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>While many of us have a roof <em>(stable or temporary)</em> over our heads and watching tonight’s Super Bowl, ponder what it would be like if you were on the street and the game was the least important thing in your life?</p>
<p style="padding-left: 40px;"><span style="color: #808080;"><a href="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/NYC-homeless.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignright wp-image-2501 size-medium" title="Dana Hollis shares a Bronx three-bedroom apartment with 11 of her 12 children. In one harrowing occurrence, part of the bathroom ceiling collapsed on one of her sons while he was showering. (Richard Harbus for New York Daily News)" src="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/NYC-homeless-150x100.jpg" alt="" width="150" height="100" srcset="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/NYC-homeless-150x100.jpg 150w, https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/NYC-homeless-768x513.jpg 768w, https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/NYC-homeless-500x334.jpg 500w, https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/NYC-homeless-360x240.jpg 360w, https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/NYC-homeless-600x400.jpg 600w, https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/NYC-homeless.jpg 800w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px" /></a>The homeless population has risen to an all-time high, forcing the de Blasio administration to house desperate families in decrepit tenements red-flagged by the city’s own inspectors as hazardous. Since he arrived at City Hall pledging to turn things around, Mayor de Blasio has struggled to confront a long-intractable problem that has only gotten worse.</span></p>
<p style="padding-left: 40px;"><span style="color: #808080;">By mid-December, the homeless census reached a record 59,068 — nearly the population of Utica, city records show. The Coalition for the Homeless says it peaked even higher at 60,352.<br />
&#8212; </span><a href="https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-homelss-population-tops-59k-record-high-article-1.2099150" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">New York Daily News, 2/1/15</a></p>
<p><a href="http://youtu.be/_BAEtr7aKoc" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignright wp-image-2494 size-medium" title="Homeless under Obama" src="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Homeless-under-Obama-150x85.jpg" alt="" width="150" height="85" srcset="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Homeless-under-Obama-150x85.jpg 150w, https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Homeless-under-Obama-500x282.jpg 500w, https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Homeless-under-Obama.jpg 600w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px" /></a>Hopefully, some of you have noticed the pattern where the liberal media very seldom highlights the homeless tragedy during Democrat administrations, but Republican presidents are always asked what they plan on doing about it.</p>
<p>Unfortunately the homeless issue is one that can’t be solved on a major level, thanks to the American Civil Liberties Union but you&#8217;d never hear all the facts if you left it to liberal propaganda.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 40px;"><a href="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Richard-Kim.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignright wp-image-2495 size-thumbnail" title="Richard Kim" src="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Richard-Kim-100x100.jpg" alt="" width="100" height="100" srcset="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Richard-Kim-100x100.jpg 100w, https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Richard-Kim-150x150.jpg 150w, https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Richard-Kim-125x125.jpg 125w, https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Richard-Kim.jpg 300w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px" /></a><span style="color: #808080;">More than a third of this country’s homeless population have severe mental health issues, including schizophrenia and manic depression. At least one in every six inmates in America have been diagnosed with serious mental health conditions.</span></p>
<p style="padding-left: 40px;"><span style="color: #808080;"><strong>The gutting of public mental health services began with Reagan, first in California where he closed state-funded mental health facilities. As president he cut aid for federally-funded community-run mental health programs. The result: thousands of more homeless people in California and nationwide and a spike in the prison population.</strong><br />
&#8212; </span><a href="https://www.thenation.com/article/mental-health-and-hillary-hostage-situation/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">The Nation, 12/1/07</a></p>
<p>Richard Kim is either ignorant, or a liar perpetuating a liberal myth that was actually <em>(yet again)</em> a story of liberal condescension run horribly amok with a disastrous &#8220;consequence&#8221; that negatively affects the homeless and all they come in contact with to this day.</p>
<p style="padding-left: 40px;"><strong><span style="color: #808080;"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignright wp-image-2504 size-medium" src="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/ACLU-112x150.jpg" alt="" width="112" height="150" srcset="https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/ACLU-112x150.jpg 112w, https://www.blackandblondemedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/ACLU.jpg 194w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 112px) 100vw, 112px" />An unforeseen consequence </span></strong><span style="color: #808080;">of this “deinstitutionalization” was that “the shift from state to local services was unexpectedly accompanied by a sharp increase in the population of the mentally ill within California’s criminal justice system,” with more than 30,000 seriously mentally ill prisoners housed in state prisons, effectively “making </span><span style="color: #808080;">California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) the de facto mental health treatment provider in the state.”</span></p>
<p style="padding-left: 40px;"><strong><span style="color: #808080;">The irony is that civil liberties advocates who fought against the involuntary confinement of the mentally ill contributed to their entry into the criminal justice system. “It should be noted that LPS [the </span><a href="https://www.calhospital.org/sites/main/files/file-attachments/lps_act_problem_summary.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Lanterman-Petris-Short Act</a><span style="color: #808080;">] was signed by Governor Reagan in California but only after pressure from groups like the ACLU stepped in and sued on behalf of patients who were being involuntarily hospitalized.”<br />
</span></strong><span style="color: #808080;">&#8212; </span><a href="http://www.caliberties.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/CCLA-SB-12-Beall-Support.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">California Civil Liberties Advocacy</a></p>
<p>While too many of the mentally ill wound up in jail, even more wound up on the streets with the inability to take care of themselves.</p>
<p>Ask a liberal what they plan on doing about the homeless tragedy and you’ll find out either just how little they know and how useless their remedies truly have been.</p>
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