Michigan Lawmakers Consider Move to Reign In Frau Whitmer

The Plastic Face Lady - Govenor Frau Whitmer (D-Michigan) 

Lawmakers in Michigan are considering bills that would strip Gov. Gretchen Whitmer of some of her powers after her decision to extend  Michigan’s stay-at-home order for two weeks beyond its original April 30 expiration  The Wolverine State has been rocked by protests and unrest for weeks over the restrictive measures, with some state lawmakers calling a special legislative session on Friday to reel in the Frau Whitmer. Armed protesters descended on the governor’s home Thursday after news of the extended order broke in a demonstration dubbed “Operation Queen’s Castle.”

Critics have accused the 48-year-old first-term Democrat governor of overstepping her authority with a series of measures.  The April 9 revisions to her initial stay-at-home order included bans on visiting friends and relatives or traveling to vacation homes, and halts on sales of items such as furniture and gardening supplies. But marijuana, lottery tickets and alcohol had been declared "essential," while lawn care, construction and fishing in a motorized boat had been declared nonessential amid the outbreak.

On Monday, Whitmer said she would take a 10 percent cut to her $159,300 annual salary and her staffers would take cuts of 5 percent as the state grapples with the financial fallout of the coronavirus shutdowns. Gee Gretch, that's real generous of you.

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A Coronavirus Quarantine Diary

via erskineradio

A Self-Isolation Quarantine Diary:

Day 1 – I Can Do This!! Got enough food and wine to last a month! 
Day 2 – Opening my 8th bottle of Wine. I fear wine supplies might not last.
Day 3 – Strawberries: Some have 210 seeds, some have 235 seeds. Who Knew??
Day 4– 8:00pm. Removed my Day Pajamas and put on my Night Pajamas.
Day 5–Today, I tried to make Hand Sanitizer. It came out as Jello Shots!!
Day 6–I get to take the Garbage out. I’m So Excited, I can’t decide what to wear.
Day 7–Laughing too much @ my own jokes!!
Day 8 – Went to a new restaurant called “The Kitchen”. You have to gather all the ingredients and make your own meal. I have NO clue how this place is still in business.
Day 9 – I put liquor bottles in every room. Tonight, I’m getting all dressed up and going Bar hopping.
Day 10 – Struck up a conversation with a Spider today. Seems nice. He’s a Web Designer.
Day 11 – Isolation is hard. I swear my fridge just said, “What the hell do you want now?”
Day 12 – I realized why dogs get so excited about something moving outside, going for walks or car rides. I think I just barked at a squirrel.>>>>>
Day 13 – If you keep a glass of wine in each hand, you can’t accidentally touch your face.
Day 14 – Watched the birds fight over a worm. The Cardinals led the Blue Jays 3–1.
Day 15 – Anybody else feel like they’ve cooked dinner about 395 times this month?

H/T velvethammer@theTweeter

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LBGQTers Meltdown Over Samaritan's Purse Central Park Hospital

Hearing the news that Franklin Graham's relief organization, Samaritan's Purse, was coming to the aid of coronavirus victims in New York City by setting up a temporary hospital in Central Park, it was not unexpected at all for some high profile soft skulls to come out of the woodwork in bigoted defiance.

According to The Blaze, New York City Council Speaker Corey Johnson tweeted this statement berating the development:

"Franklin Graham has a long history of spewing anti-LGBTQ hate speech, and I find it extremely troubling that he and his organization are involved in our relief efforts in any way. New York City is known around the world for its embrace of diversity, and Franklin Graham has spent his career standing against these values. I will be monitoring this situation closely and making sure that our city's values are being represented at all times."

And some soft skull New York state Sen. named Brad Hoylman tweeted:

"It's a shame that the federal government has left New York with no other choice but to accept charity from bigots."

In a statement on his official Senate page, Hoylman called Graham a "notorious anti-LGBTQ pastor" and said he put Graham "on notice" that Samaritan's Purse must "treat all COVID-19 patients equally at the new medical tents. COVID-19 doesn't discriminate, and neither should Franklin Graham. It's unacceptable that a New Yorker infected with COVID-19 could be subjected to discriminatory treatment from an organization whose leader calls us "immoral" and "detestable."

How F**king Petty can you be in times like this!!

Some New Yorkers, even those who could see fit to set aside their virtual signalling spoke out with reason:

"And spare us your woke outrage. Holding a sincerely held religious belief about marriage (I personally think his scripture read is wrong) is not the same as hate speech. Your religious intolerance in the name of wokeness is a bigger threat to our republic." 

"Whose the bigot? Christians believe what they believe. Get over it. They love people they disagree with. Even you!" 

"The vast majority of voters see this as a group of well intended people bringing hope and light into a dark place right now. Put the partisan politics aside for a season and be thankful for the people willing to serve NYC. This is not the time to score political points sir." 

"Now we can all really see where the actual hate comes from." 

"As a gay New Yorker, I'd like to sit down with them over a cup of coffee and thank them for putting themselves in harm's way. That's how change of heart happens. They are risking their lives. We should be grateful." 

"It's a shame that idiots like you would rather people die than have someone you don't agree with help them."

Graham's response was worthy of his father:

"This is a time for all of us to unite and work together, regardless of our political views. Let's support one another during this crisis, and we pray that God will bless the efforts of all those battling this vicious virus. We do not make distinctions about an individual's religion, race, sexual orientation, or economic status. We certainly do not discriminate, and we have a decades-long track record that confirms just that.

It's easy to see why some liberals are so scared of him. Heaven forbid people who might be gay come into contact with Graham’s organization and see they are not the boogie man they have been made out to be.

The Disgraced Media Are Ramping Up Their Coronavirus History Revision

One of the big narratives from the left is that the President's handling of the Wuhan Coronavirus Pandemic has been a bungled mess. However, as the left will do, they believe that if a little is good. a lot must be better and have now driven this narrative right off a cliff with a big rewrite of recent history. Morning Joe's Squinty & Meat Puppet and their regular flathead roundtable minions have changed course from their generic TDS babble to helping lead the charge by kicking off the mornings at MSNBC with the historical rewrite of the handling of the Coronavirus:

"We've heard, Zeke Emanuel, that nobody could have seen this coming. The fact is, everybody saw this coming. Everybody saw this coming in early January."

That claim is as bold as it is false. Whereas Scarborough claims that "everybody saw this coming" in early January, the earliest mention we can find Scarborough making of the disease was February 24th when an “expert” came Morning Joe and said Americans should worry about the flu, not the Coronavirus.

Let’s take a look at what “everyone” was doing in early January courtesy of Brandon Morse:

In early January, China was busy trying to cover up the pandemic they were creating. As Jim Geraghty at National Review covered on a descriptive timeline, early January saw the Chinese government rounding up doctors who spoke too loudly about the virus’s spread, ordering samples destroyed, and spreading lies about the contagious nature of COVID-19 by saying there was zero evidence of human-to-human transmission when there clearly was. 

It wasn’t until January 6 that the first American media outlet covered the virus. The New York Times released an article, but instead of raising the alarm, the NYT author’s reporting was based off the Chinese government’s claim that there was no human-to-human transmission of the virus and that “we should not go into panic mode”. The claim that the virus couldn’t be spread from human to human continued and even the World Health Organization was declaring that the outbreak was already being contained thanks to China’s expertise at managing outbreaks, and even recommended not putting any trade or travel restrictions on China. That was on January 8...... 

What was the American left doing during that time? 

Impeaching Trump. 

As the virus was tearing through China, the left that Scarborough says saw the virus coming was busy putting on a show to tear down Trump with the ginned-up Ukraine scandal. Pelosi was busy handing out pens that she used to sign the impeachment papers while the media was busy reporting that every new witness was the witness that would bring down Trump. 

MSNBC was busy parroting Iranian military numbers on how many Americans it killed during a missile strike on Iran. The leftist media was also trying to push the idea that now very dead Iranian General Qassem Soleimani, whom Trump had killed after an attack on an American embassy, was actually a pretty great guy compared to Orange Man, and was even giving you tips on how to teach your children that. 

Leftist leaders in various cities were even making a show of preparing America for a disaster, but not from a virus, from Iran retaliating against America. One leftist celebrity, Rose McGowan, was even begging Iran not to hurt us.

Climate alarmists were warning of a great disaster. Not from a virus, but from binge-watching Netflix, which they claimed was bad for the environment. 

What was Scarborough himself up to?... 

Number of @JoeNBC tweets in January by topic:

Impeachment (29)  Election (11)  Sports (7) Coronavirus (0) 

I could go on but you get the point. Pretty much no one was raising any alarms about the Coronavirus in early January, even the leftist media, who were all too busy trying to get Trump impeached and defend Iran, our enemy....."

If they did know, as Squinty Joe claimed, then they look immensely horrible for focusing on trying to hurt Trump as this virus was bearing down on the globe.

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Journalist Group Calls for Coronavirus Rescue Bill Cash for Themselves and Your Daily Propaganda Outlets

The Chinese Coronavirus has disrupted our world as we know it. But trillions of dollars are on the horizon to help float the economy and save the nations essential small businesses and related jobs. And while the most powerful of American industry are in line for help, according to a post in the respected Columbia Journalism Review, the media and policymakers aren’t talking enough about how a recovery and stimulus package could help journalism.

Yes, a 'Social Change & Racial Justice' non-profit 501c3 named Free Press (original ain't it) knows there is more money to come down the pike and is on the forefront of calling not just for a welfare money grab for the nation's over-saturated journalistic endeavors, but tax credits for subscriptions to their leftist political propaganda.

"We’ve long campaigned for more federal and state support for public media and argued that journalism is too important to democracy to be left to the whims of the market. In the face of this pandemic, the public needs good, economically secure journalists more than ever. To support that work, we need a journalism stimulus now...." 

"Too important to democracy to be left to the whims of the market." In the days of a more or less unbiased media, whims of the market were of no concern. But just as the Free Press admits it's own bias in it's description of Social Change & Racial Justice and today's leftist opinion masquerading as a poor excuse for news, the last thing we need is more state sponsored media greased with taxpayers money.

"Free Press is asking for at least $5 billion in emergency funds right away—which would be less than half of one percent of a trillion-dollar recovery package—and that Congress put a foundation in place to help sustain journalism over the long term......" 

Just so you know, a proper journalism welfare package should include:

*Doubling federal funds for public media. This would amount to an additional $930 million. Congress should dedicate an additional $70 million specifically to a fund for small nonprofit newsrooms and startups. 

*$2 billion over the next two years to fund newsroom jobs.  The industry’s worst wounds were self-inflicted, but the emphasis now needs to be on keeping reporters employed and refilling some of the empty seats. 

*Direct, emergency subsidies of  $25,000 per news gathering position, Just $625 million would help retain 25,000 newsroom jobs. 

*Journalism Tax Credit could offer $40,000 per newsroom employee hired during the remainder of calendar year 2020; the tax credit would apply through the end of 2021. forthcoming recovery or stimulus bill should also include another $2 billion to seed a “First Amendment Fund” to support new positions, outlets, and approaches to news gathering. 

*Household Tax Credits for paid subscriptions to local news outlets. 

Yes, I know Jeff Bezos is taking a little hit over at Amazon, but I'm sure the richest man in the entire solar system would appreciate a little recovery and stimulus cash to help pay the limo service for the editorial board members over at The Washington Post. And I heard Wolf Blitzer needs new glasses. 

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Not Sure Obama's Court Jester Is One To Be Giving Guidance on Such Matters

"In the past, Joe Biden has shown terrible judgment and incompetence in the face of public health issues. The Obama White House had to publicly apologize for and clean up after Biden when his irresponsible remarks caused panic during the swine flu outbreak in 2009. 

Just weeks ago, he was openly critical of President Trump’s early move to restrict travel from China to the United States in response to the coronavirus – a decision which medical experts agree helped impede the spread of the virus to this country. Yesterday his campaign actually raised the vile conspiracy theory that the President purposely allowed the coronavirus to spread. In times like this, America needs leadership and Biden has shown none. 

President Trump acted early and decisively and has put the United States on stronger footing than other nations. His every move has been aimed at keeping Americans safe, while Joe Biden has sought to capitalize politically and stoke citizens’ fears." - Tim Murtaugh, Trump 2020 Communications Director

Joe Biden will again politicize coronavirus today. But his record on pandemics is one of incompetence.

During the 2009 swine flu outbreak, Biden made reckless comments unsupported by science & the experts.

The Obama Admin had to clean up his mess & apologize for his ineptitude. pic.twitter.com/5TCKZeShkz

— Trump War Room - Text EMPOWER to 88022 (@TrumpWarRoom) March 12, 2020

Someone should have called Hillary Clinton who apparently as Obama's Secretary of State traveled back in time in 2009 and helped cure the SARS epidemic in 2002-2003

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