Author: J.P. Knowles

Recently a video of Black Lives Matter protesters has gone viral. The video shows a mob of protesters harassing an elderly white couple eating a meal outside of a restaurant in Pittsburgh.

President Trump responded to the video, blaming Democrats for allowing such disrespectful behavior from their supporters.

Several individuals in the video are seen shouting at the couple with a megaphone and others even go right up to the couple’s table to yell at them and take their beverages. The mob eventually moves on while hollering obscenities and knocking things off other tables.

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Trump tweeted Tuesday morning, “These Anarchists, not protesters, are Biden voters, but he has no control and nothing to say.”

“And because of weak and pathetic Democrat leadership, this thuggery is happening in other Democrat-run cities and states. Must shut them down fast,” he added

A similar scene played out in Washington D.C. when members of Antifa confronted white diners at a restaurant for not raising a fist in solidarity.

1) In a scene that played out several times Monday, a Black Lives Matter protest that began in Columbia Heights confronted White diners outside D.C. restaurants,  chanting “White silence is violence!” and demanding White diners show their solidarity. #DCProtests pic.twitter.com/fJbPM76vb0

— Fredrick Kunkle (@KunkleFredrick) August 25, 2020

The president also called out his opponents, former Vice President Joe Biden and running mate Kamala Harris, for refusing to talk openly about incidents like this.

Joe Biden hasn’t spent a lot of time making public appearances in recent months but during an interview with Harrisburg, Pennsylvania’s WGAL he rejected claims that he has not made more of an effort to come out strong against violent protests by saying he has “condemned it across the board.”

Biden said he supports the protests but condemns “violence in any form.” Despite that stance, conservatives criticize him and other Democrats for refusing to acknowledge that those behind the rioting and violence are associated with the left.

The truth is that Biden won’t condemn Antifa and BLM because they are the ones powering his campaign.

The host of Fox Nation’s “Lara Logan Has No Agenda” declared on “Fox & Friends First” during Tuesdays show that Antifa and the violence they carry out is back by “powerful political entities” and the only way to put a stop to it is to have them exposed.

Logan commented on the violence in cities all across the country including Portland where riots have gone unchecked for more than 100 days.

“Accountability is what stops this kind of thing from spreading and there has been a significant lack of accountability,” Logan said, “in part, because … these riots have been taking place mostly in Democrat-controlled and Democrat-run cities where the Democrat district attorney just can choose not to prosecute people who are rioting.”

Logan referenced the fact that last month Multnomah County District Attorney Mike Schmidt reported that hundreds of protesters in Portland were arrested but will not face any charges. According to a new policy, people arrested for interfering with a peace officer, disorderly conduct, harassment, criminal trespass, and riot will have the charges dropped unless they were also charged with some form of physical violence or property damage.

“So night after night after night what you see is twice, three times, four times, sometimes five times people are going out, they’re being arrested and they are back on the streets again,” she said. “That’s demoralizing for the police, but it’s also self-defeating.”

Now that federal agencies have been sent to these cities people will be charged with federal crimes. Logan said, “…that’s going to make an impact.”

She pointed out the anti-fascist group’s weak spot saying, “unless you attack the funding and the political support” nothing will change. Logan added that this is “one of the most significant things.”

“There are powerful political entities behind this who are funding it and who are pushing this political agenda and you have to go after that as well to stop it,” Logan stressed. “You have to expose it and hold people accountable.”

Host Jillian Mele posed the question, “Why do you think people aren’t being held accountable?”

“In part, because there has been a very dishonest agenda that’s been pushed by civil society organizations,” Logan said in response, “the political establishment on the left and journalists working hand-in-hand that Antifa is a nonviolent organization that even when they do use violence it’s somehow justified because they’re fighting fascists.”

Logan said this situation “masks a much more threatening political agenda, which is not just about defunding the police, it’s about abolishing the police force, it’s about burning down the country that you know.”

She added that there are “many people in city councils all across this country who back this political agenda.”

“So it’s creeping into government all across this country and for some inexplicable reason there are people in the media and in the political establishment who still want you to believe that this organization is not causing any harm and that they’re fighting for racial justice,” Logan said.

The scariest part is that groups like Antifa and BLM are being brainwashed into believing that what they are doing is right and since the leaders of these Democrat-run cities won’t hold anyone accountable they won’t stop until they destroy the country.

While a recent report from the Department of Labor found that the U.S. regained 1.4 million jobs in August, Sanders expressed doubt on whether the economy is really getting better for parts of the country, particularly low-income and middle-class families.

Sanders continued on to say that the recovery is not going well for working families and said that many small businesses are still closed. He said those who have gone back to work and don’t have the option to work remotely are at a much higher risk of catching coronavirus.

When asked about the “K-shaped” recovery, Murtaugh said that working-class and middle-class Americans are not benefiting from the recovering economy. He said, “That’s not the way we view and that’s not the way 10.5 million Americans view it who have returned to work.”

Murtaugh dismissed concerns that Trump is down in the polls by stating that public polling oversamples Democrats and adding that the campaign’s internal polls show the president doing very well in key states.

In recent weeks the polls have shown the gap between Biden and Trump narrowing but a RealClearPolitics average of national polls have Biden only seven points ahead of Trump.

Former vice president Joe Biden’s son Hunter Biden has done some business in China that served the “strategic interest” of the country’s communist government and military. These dealing may have compromised America’s national security.

The new documentary “Riding the Dragon: The Bidens’ Chinese Secrets”, shines a light on Hunter Biden’s involvement as a board member of the Beijing-based BHR Partners investment firm. The documentary, which is narrated by best-selling writer Peter Schweizer, is being shown online by the BlazeTV network.

Allegations from the firm suggest that Hunter was only able to secure $1 billion in funding from Chinese officials “because of who his father was: vice president of the United States” and then-President Barak Obama’s “point person on US policy towards China.”

“Hunter’s new firm… began making investment deals around the world that would serve the strategic interests of the Chinese government,” said Schweizer.

“This new firm started making investment deals that would serve the strategic interests of the Chinese military,” he added.

The deals discussed in the film include a joint venture between BHR and AVIC Auto to purchase Henniges Automotive which is an American auto-parts manufacturer, as well as investments in the China General Nuclear Power Corp.

In 2016 the FBI busted a China General nuclear engineer for conspiring to help China illegally gain possession of “sensitive nuclear technology” from within the United States. The General pleaded guilty and was sentenced to two years in prison.

Then in 2017, an executive with CEFC China Energy Co. was also busted by the FBI for bribing African officials. The executive contacted Joe Biden’s brother in order to obtain Hunter’s contact information. He was later convicted and sentenced to three years in prison.

“Why exactly was he calling Hunter Biden,” Schweizer asks. “What sort of help was he expecting?”

“We don’t know the answer to that question,” he said. “But what we do know is that the Bidens have cultivated very close relationships with members of the Chinese elite.”

Something really is wrong inside Joe Biden’s mind. It’s like he is trying to sabotage any chance he still has at winning the election by crossing every demographic off his list of people to piss off.

During a virtual interview with the National Association of Latino Elected Officials, the former vice president said his administration will reflect “the full diversity of the Latino communities” “unlike the African American community.”

Biden tried to explain, “Now what I mean by diversity, unlike the African American community and many other communities, you’re from everywhere. You’re from Europe, from the tip of South America, all the way to our border in Mexico, and the Caribbean. And different backgrounds, different ethnicities, but all Latinos. We’re gonna get a chance to do that if we win in November.”

The Democratic candidate has already faced a backlash from similar remarks he made in an interview for a convention for the National Association of Black Journalists and the National Association of Hispanic Journalists.

Biden was asked if he plans to “re-engage” with Cuba as a president. He responded, “Yes, yes. And by the way, what you all know, but most people don’t know, unlike the African American community, with notable exceptions, the Latino community is an incredibly diverse community with incredibly different attitudes about different things.”

“You go to Florida,” he added, “you find a very different attitude about immigration in certain places than you do when you’re in Arizona, so it’s a very diverse community.”

This is what led CBS News correspondent Errol Barnett to question if Biden had taken a cognitive test.

“No, I haven’t taken a test. Why the hell would I take a test? Come on, man. That’s like saying you- before you got on this program – you take a test where you’re taking cocaine or not. What do you think? Huh? Are you a junkie?” Biden said to Barnett, who, by the way, is Black.

As the Democratic National Convention dragged on a fight broke out between Sen. Marco Rubio and MSNBC contributor Steve Schmidt.

The feud began on Twitter Monday night after Rubio poked fun at Eva Longoria for being the first master of ceremonies at the convention.

“Brilliant move!” said the senator.  “No one is more in touch with the challenges & obstacles faced by everyday Americans than actors & celebrities.”

This jab set Schmidt off and he decided to go after Rubio by citing his father, a Cuban immigrant.

“I was just thinking about you. Your Father fled Castro’s tyranny with nothing but the clothes on his back. He tended bar in the back of the room and watched you rise to the heights of political power within one generation. Only in America,” Schmidt shot back, “Of course, the origin story was an embellishment. Your parents came in ‘56. They weren’t fleeing communism. They were just looking for a better life like the hard working immigrants you have abandoned because you fear Trump and love your position. We are living in a moment where our institutions are under assault and Trump is attacking our 231-year-old tradition of free and fair elections.”

“At long last we know the type of man Marco Rubio is. He is no friend of liberty. He is an apparatchik at heart,” he continued. “A self-interested enabler and a collaborator with the indecency he once denounced. Rubio is the type of man who would have stayed in Cuba in 59. He is the type of ambitious young man who would have sensed new opportunities. He is the type of man who would have gladly held Castro’s coat if it helped him rise, just a little.”

On Tuesday, Rubio retorted, “Schmidt is the type of man who turns to political prostitution. The type of washed-up man who sensed new opportunities to make some $. The type of man who gladly supports a party with prominent members who sympathize with Castro because it helps him be relevant, just a little.”

Schmidt then called Rubio a “timid and frightened man” and accused him of being “silent” while President Trump “wrecked the country with his incompetence and malice.”

That’s when other GOP senators joined in and blasted Schmidt’s remarks.

Rick Scott wrote, “Marco is right. Steve Schmidt has always hated conservative. His opinion is meaningless. Telling a Cuban-American leader like @marcorubio that he would have supported Castro is offensive and idiotic.”

Even Senator Ted Cruz spoke up to defend his colleague, “Marco and I haven’t always agreed but to see him slandered by this oleaginous creating is shameful. Schmidt wouldn’t understand – he’s spent his life serving, and then betraying powerful men – but for those whose families suffered and bled under Castro’s tyranny, this is beyond the pale.”

Only in today’s liberal America does this story make any sense.

For months now Antifa thugs have terrorized the streets of Portland, Oregon protesting police brutality. When they overthrew the local police department they decided to form a police and security force of their own. Now, in an ironic twist, the ANTIFA police department has its very first case of police brutality.

The real Portland Police Department is stepping in to look for 25-year-old Marquise Love, a member of the failed ANTIFA police and security force. He has been prowling the streets wearing a vest that says “Security” and sporting a hat that aims to portray himself as an actual lawful figure, but he definitly is not.

Love was captured on video assaulting an innocent man and now the video evidence is being used against him by the Portland Police Department. They have launched a manhunt for the suspect and are asking nicely for Love to turn himself in.

Love kicked and knocked out the man after he was pulled from his pickup truck and beaten. He is now recovering after staying in the hospital.

A “mostly peaceful” mob beating a man in Portland last night
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— Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) August 17, 2020

“Other reports around social media claim that the victim in this case is not recovering or has succumbed to the injuries,” a statement from the police department said, ”These reports are false. The victim has been released from the hospital and is recovering.”

The PPD added, “Investegators have left messages for Love to turn himself in but will continue to look for him as there is probable cause for his arrest. PPB Investigators have been made aware of attempts by members of the public to contact Love after possible person information was posted online. Investigators urge the public to not do this as it can be dangerous. Also, the information circulating on social media is not always accurate.”

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“The Portland Police Bureau is taking this assault and other incidents of violence extremely seriously,” said Chief Lovell. “Our Detectives continue to investigate this assault as well as other acts of violence directed toward protestors, but we need more than just videos from social media. In order to hold individuals responsible for criminal acts, we need the public to provide information and refrain from tampering with evidence.”

The FBI arrested Ghislain Maxwell back in July and since then her name has been all over the headlines for her alleged connection to Jeffery Epstein and his sex trafficking ring. But if you have been following the story closely you may have noticed that one important key element is missing. Maxwell’s mugshot.

Whenever someone is arrested, especially someone as high up on the social elite food chain as Ghislain Maxwell, their mugshot is literally everywhere in newspapers, online, and on social media. But in every article about Maxwell’s upcoming trial, there have only been images taken of her smiling and posing with her former lover.

The absence of a mugshot has gotten conspiracies swirling. Some theorists think that Maxwell fled the country before the FBI was able to make an arrest and now the government is just trying to cover it up.

But there is a simple explanation as to why the photo was never released. According to a statement from Newsweek, the guidelines for releasing federal mugshots differ from those of a local or state mugshot and the only reason they would release federal mugshots is for safety concerns.

A Department of Justice spokesperson says that Maxwell’s arrest photo is in her indictment folder however it will not be released to the public because it could negatively influence a jury and compromise her right to a fair trial.

This explanation actually makes sense since Maxwell’s lawyers have consistently fought for her right for a fair trial starting with the thousands of pages of documents from a deposition that could greatly impact her trial. Her attornies are also trying to get Maxwell moved out of solitary confinement which impacts her right to counsel and privacy.

Maxwell’s trial is set for July 2021 with jury selection most likely happening in the spring. If the jury is kept sequestered we may see the mugshot.

As for now, the only proof we have that Ghislaine Maxwell is behind bars is court sketches, and an audio of her pleading not guilty.

Last month a gas station in Kings Beach, California, surveillance cameras recorded the strangest case of looting so far this year.

On August 12th the video shows a customer standing outside of the store as he slapped the rear end of a bear who then entered the store, the customer then quickly retreated.

A couple of days later the bear returned to the store. You can see the employee try to stop the animal from going any further but it snaps at the employee who decides to back off.

Paul Heigh, the employee in the video, said, “It was kind of scary, yeah, I’m not going to lie. It’s not in the job description, no, not at all. Fighting off bears was not in the job description.”

The bear returned the very next day and is seen on the store’s camera lying on the floor munching on candy bars and crackers.

This isn’t the only instance of a bear helping itself to some snacks. Shoppers at a Safeway grocery store in Kings Beach had a run-in with a bear on August 15th.

Cell phone footage shows that bear nosing around a little in the produce section then leaving the store with a bag of Tostitos chips. I have to admit, I’ve done the same thing.

Another shopper caught a video of the bear leaving the store after she almost walked right into it before another shopper stopped her.

You can hear Adina Baidoo, the woman behind the camera, saying, “This actual bear, right there, that I almost walked into has gone to Safeway and decided… that he is going to go shopping.”

Kings Beach, in Placer County, is located on the shore of Lake Tahoe. According to county officials, the community’s proximity to open land means that people can expect frequent encounters with wild animals such as bears and mountain lions.

The county strongly urges the public to take precautions like feeding their pets inside their homes and securing garbage cans with a snap-on lid or stored somewhere that animals can not get access to it. They also warn people against inadvertently feeding wild animals. Officials say bears are attracted to compost piles and fruit trees.

Former Vice President Joe Biden has had some pretty awkward and distasteful moments during his time on the campaign trail. There was the “you ain’t black” debacle, the many, many instances of sniffing and groping very young girls, and the sexual assault allegations.

Biden never fails to put his foot in his mouth when he is out in public especially when he is addressing a very sensitive topic.

Thursday afternoon while visiting Kenosha, Wisconson, Biden tried giving a speech addressing racial unrest following the police shooting of Jacob Blake but somehow ended up talking about inequities in taxes.

When he remembered why he was there he stopped himself from going into detail about his tax policy and said if he goes on any longer “they’ll shoot me.”

Joe Biden is Kenosha says that he can't lay out all his plans in more detail because if he goes on any longer "they'll shoot me." pic.twitter.com/N33k3wyuJl

— Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) September 3, 2020

While in Kenosha, Biden also visited the family of Jacob Blake who after being shot by the police last month sent Wisconson and other areas into another round of protests that ended up causing more riots and violence.

President Trump visited Wisconson earlier in the week and focused on supporting the police and rebuilding damaged businesses affected by out of control rioting.

Biden claims to be looking for that common ground that he says Trump is incapable of reaching with the “law and order” rhetoric.

“I can’t say if tomorrow God made me president, I can’t guarantee you everything gets solved in four years,” said Biden. But, he added, “it would be a whole better, we’d get a whole lot further down the road” if Trump is not re-elected.

“There’s certain things worth losing over,” he concluded, “and this is something worth losing over if you have to — but we’re not going to lose.”

Does this man think before he speaks? Or do his handlers keep him so sheltered that he really had no idea what is going on in that community?