45 Lies the Fake News Has Told About Donald Trump
October 31, 2020 10:10am
Most people who hate Donald Trump don't actually hate Donald Trump. They hate the CARICATURE of Donald Trump that has been created by Democrats and their dishonest activists posing as journalists in the propaganda press who have been spewing vicious lies and fake news about him ever since he announced his candidacy.
I compiled a list of those lies with the intention of sharing it on my October 17th radio program. Well, believe it or not, there have been so many lies that I didn't finish my list on that show. So I intended to finish the list the following week. Nope. Still not enough time! So I wrapped it up on the air today. It took three hours to go through the lies. And my list isn't even complete! It has only 45 examples, so I'm certain I missed some.
Here is my list of 45 vicious lies the Fake News has told about Donald Trump in the past five years along with a link to hear the full explanation and truth. With the exception of the first lie on the list below (which I consider to be the worst lie), they are in chronological order as they appeared on my show.
Donald Trump said neo-Nazis were "very fine people" (part 8 at www.TheMikeBatesShow.com/podcasts/201024)
Donald Trump called Mexicans rapists and murderers (part 1 at www.TheMikeBatesShow.com/podcasts/201017)
Donald Trump is anti-Semitic (part 1 at www.TheMikeBatesShow.com/podcasts/201017)
The Trump Campaign colluded with the Russians (part 1 at www.TheMikeBatesShow.com/podcasts/201017)
Donald Trump is Putin's puppet (part 1 at www.TheMikeBatesShow.com/podcasts/201017)
Donald Trump attacked Gold Star families (part 2 at www.TheMikeBatesShow.com/podcasts/201017)
Donald Trump was responsible for the government shutdowns (part 2 at www.TheMikeBatesShow.com/podcasts/201017)
Donald Trump called the Coronavirus a "hoax" (part 2 at www.TheMikeBatesShow.com/podcasts/201017)
Donald Trump called our military "losers and suckers" (part 2 at www.TheMikeBatesShow.com/podcasts/201017)
Donald Trump imposed a Muslim Ban (part 2 at www.TheMikeBatesShow.com/podcasts/201017)
President Trump planned to create a national registry of all Muslims (part 2 at www.TheMikeBatesShow.com/podcasts/201017)
President Trump allowed mentally ill people to buy guns (part 3 at www.TheMikeBatesShow.com/podcasts/201017)
Donald Trump obstructed justice (part 3 at www.TheMikeBatesShow.com/podcasts/201017)
Fox News held their Christmas Party at Trump's hotel in Washington, DC (part 3 at www.TheMikeBatesShow.com/podcasts/201017)
Donald Trump raised costs of FHA mortgages (part 4 at www.TheMikeBatesShow.com/podcasts/201017)
Donald Trump cut Obamacare cost-sharing payments (part 4 at www.TheMikeBatesShow.com/podcasts/201017)
Donald Trump's December 2017 rally in Pensacola was mostly empty (part 4 at www.TheMikeBatesShow.com/podcasts/201017)
Donald Trump removed Martin Luther King, Jr's bust from the Oval Office (part 5 at www.TheMikeBatesShow.com/podcasts/201024)
Trump told Michael Flynn to contact the Russians during the campaign (part 5 at www.TheMikeBatesShow.com/podcasts/201024)
Trump aide Anthony Scaramucci was involved with a Russian hedge fund (part 5 at www.TheMikeBatesShow.com/podcasts/201024)
Trump's tax cuts were tax cuts for the rich (part 6 at www.TheMikeBatesShow.com/podcasts/201024)
The Steele dossier consisted of accurate truth about Donald Trump (part 6 at www.TheMikeBatesShow.com/podcasts/201024)
The Trump Organization had a secret internet connection with Russia (part 6 at www.TheMikeBatesShow.com/podcasts/201024)
Trump campaign rallies are COVID "superspreader events" (part 7 at www.TheMikeBatesShow.com/podcasts/201024)
Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort visited Julian Assange at the Ecuadoran embassy (part 7 at www.TheMikeBatesShow.com/podcasts/201024)
Donald Trump was deliberately slowing mail delivery to impede vote-by-mail (part 7 at www.TheMikeBatesShow.com/podcasts/201024)
Donald Trump falsely claims that vote-by-mail is susceptible to fraud (part 7 at www.TheMikeBatesShow.com/podcasts/201024)
Donald Trump said neo-Nazis were "very fine people" (part 8 at www.TheMikeBatesShow.com/podcasts/201024)
Eight Trump associates were found guilty of colluding with Russia (part 9 at www.TheMikeBatesShow.com/podcasts/201031)
The Trump Campaign had early access to Wikileaks' hacked documents (part 9 at www.TheMikeBatesShow.com/podcasts/201031)
Donald Trump put children cages at the border (part 9 at www.TheMikeBatesShow.com/podcasts/201031)
Russia paid bounties to the Taliban to kill American troops in Afghanistan (part 9 at www.TheMikeBatesShow.com/podcasts/201031)
Donald Trump tear-gassed peaceful protesters in front of The White House (part 9 at www.TheMikeBatesShow.com/podcasts/201031)
Trump was going to announce his Supreme Court pick with reality show drama (part 10 at www.TheMikeBatesShow.com/podcasts/201031)
Donald Trump fired the pandemic response team (part 10 at www.TheMikeBatesShow.com/podcasts/201031)
Trump cut the Centers for Disease Control budgets (part 10 at www.TheMikeBatesShow.com/podcasts/201031)
Donald Trump failed to provide enough ventilators to New York City (part 10 at www.TheMikeBatesShow.com/podcasts/201031)
Trump said to drink bleach and inject Lysol into our lungs to cure the Coronavirus (part 10 at www.TheMikeBatesShow.com/podcasts/201031)
Trump was hyping Hydroxychloroquine because he owned the company that made it (part 10 at www.TheMikeBatesShow.com/podcasts/201031)
A knee-to-the-neck hold is not allowed by any police department in America (part 11 at www.TheMikeBatesShow.com/podcasts/201031)
Melania Trump tore up The Rose Garden to use it as a prop for her convention speech (part 11 at www.TheMikeBatesShow.com/podcasts/201031)
The Trump Administration suppressed and hid a government climate change report (part 11 at www.TheMikeBatesShow.com/podcasts/201031)
Treasury Secretary Mnuchin evicted an old lady for a 27 cent default on her mortgage (part 11 at www.TheMikeBatesShow.com/podcasts/201031)
Nancy Sinatra complained about the Trumps dancing to a Frank Sinatra song (part 11 at www.TheMikeBatesShow.com/podcasts/201031)
The entire senior management team at the State Department resigned to protest Trump (part 11 at www.TheMikeBatesShow.com/podcasts/201031)
Trump disrespected Senator McCain by not flying the flag at half staff long enough (part 11 at www.TheMikeBatesShow.com/podcasts/201031)
Trump supporter Nick Sandmann mocked a Native American at the Lincoln Memorial (part 12 at www.TheMikeBatesShow.com/podcasts/201031)
Trump supporters torched the Hopewell Missionary Baptist Church in Mississippi (part 12 at www.TheMikeBatesShow.com/podcasts/201031)
Trump supporters assaulted a Muslim woman at the University of Louisiana at (part 12 at www.TheMikeBatesShow.com/podcasts/201031)
Trump supporters harassed a Muslim woman on the subway in New York (part 12 at www.TheMikeBatesShow.com/podcasts/201031)
Trump supporters harassed a bisexual student at North Park University in Chicago (part 12 at www.TheMikeBatesShow.com/podcasts/201031)
Trump supporters vandalized the campus of Elon University with anti-Mexican epithets (part 12 at www.TheMikeBatesShow.com/podcast/201031)
Trump supporters burned the Savoy Masjid Mosque in Houston on Christmas Day (part 12 at www.TheMikeBatesShow.com/podcasts/201031)
Trump supporters vandalized buildings and cars in Philadelphia with racist graffiti (part 12 at www.TheMikeBatesShow.com/podcasts/201031)
Trump supporters vandalized the campus of DePaul University with racist graffiti (part 12 at www.TheMikeBatesShow.com/podcasts/201031)
Trump supporters attacked actor Jussie Smollett in Chicago (part 12 at www.TheMikeBatesShow.com/podcasts/201031)
My list above is certainly far from complete. But the examples I've included are irrefutable. To any objective person, the so-called "news" media is incredibly biased against Donald Trump and Republicans. They've been biased for decades; at least since the Kennedy Administration. But they have sunk to such depths during the Trump Administration that I don't understand why they have any credibility with anyone whatsoever. Today's Propaganda Press poses a serious threat to our Republic.
If you hear only the prosecutor, every man is guilty. If you hear only the defense attorney, every man is innocent. That's why it's so important to listen to both sides. But the problem with fake news goes far beyond just hearing only one side. The problem is that the side you hear is filled with lies. And those lies will bring down our Republic.
Election day is this Tuesday - just three days away. Will all the fake news about Donald Trump over the past five years result in a Biden presidency? I fear that it will. As I explained on this show on October 3rd, if Joe Biden wins and the Democrats take the Senate and keep the House, they will entrench themselves as a permanent majority in Washington. And if that happens, the United States of America as a free, capitalist, constitutional republic built upon the rule of law will be destroyed. And it will have been the lies spoon-fed to us by the fake news media that led us over the cliff to our demise. So don't believe their lies.
But don't just take my word that they're lying either. Everything I said is true and verifiable. So please take the time to confirm the veracity of my list and explanations. Then, when you realize that you've been lied to by the so-called "news" media, which is really just partisan propaganda, ask yourself what else they've lied to you about. But be prepared to get angry. The truth ain't pretty.
Yes or No on Florida's Constitutional Amendments?
October 25, 2020 10:46am
Florida voters will see six proposed amendments to the state constitution on the 2020 general election ballots.
Florida's constitution is one of the easiest to amend in the country; too easy in my opinion. And we pretty much have proposed amendments to consider each election year. Given that most proposed amendments - even the obviously foolish and dangerous ones - pass, I am convinced most voters have no clue what they are voting for. Most don’t even know there are amendments to vote on until they are in the voting booth and see them. By then it is too late to make an informed decision. The ballot language is ALWAYS incomplete (only a summary appears on the ballot) and often deceptive (as the proponents draft the verbiage). I think most people who vote to approve amendments do so with no understanding of the ramifications and with the erroneous belief that "they wouldn't have asked me to approve it if it wasn't important." Nothing could be farther from the truth. Anyone can get an amendment on the ballot if they have enough money to buy signatures on a petition.
So on my radio program every election year, I have given my analysis of each proposed amendment. But I haven't done that yet this year, and many listeners have e-mailed me asking for my perspective on each of the proposed constitutional amendments. Since I only have one more show before election day and may not have time to get to it even then, I will share my analysis here. My apologies in advance that these are abbreviated explanations that are not as detailed as they would be if I was speaking them instead of typing them. The full text and abbreviated ballot language of each amendment is viewable at https://dos.elections.myflorida.com/initiatives/
The first four proposed amendments got on the ballot via the petition method. Only Amendments 5 & 6 were placed there by the legislature.
Amendment 1: Limits voting to adult citizens of the United States and of Florida:
A "yes" vote would place language in the sate constitution that limits voting in Florida elections to only U.S. citizens who are at least 18 years old, are permanent Florida residents, and who are registered to vote in Florida. On the surface, these seem like appropriate requirements, BUT THEY'RE ALREADY REQUIRED. So why are we being asked to approve this amendment? I have no idea. But I suspect subterfuge of some sort. I will be voting "no." But it will pass overwhelmingly because most voters will be fooled into thinking that non-citizens are not currently prohibited from voting even though there is such a prohibition already.
Amendment 2: Increases the state minimum wage to $15/hour:
A "yes" vote would increase Florida's minimum wage by 75.2% from the current $8.56/hour to $15.00 per hour. Although the increase would be phased in over six years, it would cripple businesses throughout the state. Minimum wage increases are always marketed as creating a "living wage" for all workers. But what it really does is artificially increase EXPENSES for almost everybody. If an employee currently makes $6.00 per hour over the minimum wage, do you really think their wages will be static as those who are paid less catch up? No, of course not. Their pay will increase accordingly, which will result in crippling labor costs to businesses who will be forced to raise the prices of their goods and services. It will also result in job losses as businesses accelerate automation to avoid paying higher wages forced upon them by an electorate that doesn't understand economics. Wages need to be set by the labor market not by voters. I will be voting "no."
Amendment 3: Creates a "Jungle Primary":
A "yes" vote would end Florida's current system of choosing party nominees through a primary process in which party members get to choose their nominees. The jungle primary would lump all candidates together on a single primary ballot, which ALL voters would get to vote on. But that means Republican voters could help nominate a Democrat and vice-versa. This is a terrible idea that would create free-for-all mayhem with the nomination process. California uses this system. Need I say more? I will be voting "no."
Amendment 4: Requires constitutional amendments to be approved by voters twice:
A "yes" vote would require all future amendments to the Florida Constitution to be approved in two consecutive elections before they take effect. The current supermajority requirement of 60% would remain unchanged. Florida's constitution is too easy to amend. But would this amendment make it more difficult? Probably not. It'll just make it more time-consuming. The only state that has this requirement in place now is Nevada where 86% of amendments pass the second time anyway. But even if we can't stop dumb amendments, we can at least slow them down. I will be voting "yes."
Amendment 5: Increases the time to transfer “Save Our Homes” benefits from two years to three years:
A "yes" vote would give homeowners three years (up from the current two years) to transfer their grandfathered property assessment caps to a new homesteaded property. This amendment would benefit very few homeowners. But that means it would also have minimal adverse effect on local property tax revenues. While this is not a pressing concern to many Floridians, it is also a harmless one that has merit for those few who are affected. It seems reasonable to me. I will be voting "yes."
Amendment 6: Allows transfer of a veteran's homestead property tax discount to his/her surviving spouse:
Even though it isn’t true, I will be accused of not supporting veterans and wanting to throw widows out onto the streets because of my position on this one. Florida has far too many exemptions on property taxes as it is. I don't like paying taxes any more than the next guy does. But if we're going to fund local governments through property taxes, such taxes should be as low and as broadly spread as possible. A tax exemption for one person results in higher taxes for another. While I appreciate all who have served this nation in uniform, they don't deserve a special discount on their property taxes because of it. Such exemptions simply transfer the tax burden from being equally shared by veterans to being unfairly carried by non-veterans based upon misplaced patriotism and emotion. But not for me. I base my decision on cold, calculated, reason and logic. Yeah, I'm that insensitive. I will be voting "no."
QUICK LIST OF MY POSITIONS:
Amendment 1: NO
Amendment 2: NO
Amendment 3: NO
Amendment 4: YES
Amendment 5: YES
Amendment 6: NO
I predict amendments 1, 5, & 6 will pass. And I expect Amendment 2 to receive more than 50% of the vote in favor but not reach the 60% required for passage.
Rudy Giuliani Was NOT “Caught in a Compromising Situation”
October 24, 2020 8:42pm
Contrary to what the lying purveyors of fake news are telling you, Rudy Giuliani was NOT “caught in a compromising situation” by Sacha Baron Cohen in his new Borat film.
Have you seen the actual scene from the movie?
The only wrongdoing here (besides the dishonest, propaganda press) was by Rudy Giuliani's press agent. Rudy himself did absolutely nothing improper. I have interviewed hundreds - perhaps more than a thousand - politicians over the past 40 years. Any worth their salt verify the legitimacy of the person conducting the interview before they agree to schedule it. That obviously was not done in this instance.
I fail to see ANY "compromising" behavior by Giuliani. But THAT has been the fake news narrative being promulgated by the activists posing as journalists in the propaganda press.
In the scene, after Rudy's interview ended, he went into the adjacent bedroom of the hotel suite with the actress who was pretending to be the interviewer. She removed his wired microphone in as much of a sexually suggestive manner as she could. And in the process, she messed up his clothing - no doubt deliberately and far more than was necessary. He laid back to re-tuck his shirt.
There is literally nothing "compromising" about the scene at all.
If he had been unzipping his pants with eager anticipation of a more intimate "interview," or if he had been playing with himself, the scene would have been much longer. Sacha Baron Cohen aired the most incriminating footage he had, even though it wasn't incriminating at all. That scene was edited to portray Rudy in the worst possible light. But to an objective observer, it didn't. Not at all. As pranks go, this was a big fail, except for the free publicity the fake news is giving the film.
Congratulations to Sacha Baron Cohen for generating free publicity for his new movie. Shame on the fake news for using it to attack Rudy Giuliani.
Watch the scene and decide for yourself at https://digg.com/video/rudy-giuliani-scene-from-borat-2-that-everyones-been-talking-about
Mr. Biden! What Flavor Milkshake Did You Get?
October 19, 2020 7:46pm
A few days after the New York Post published information from Hunter Biden's laptop...
Do you remember that story? The one Twitter banned and Facebook suppressed? Yeah, that one. Twitter claimed they banned it because the information it contained had been hacked. This is the same Twitter that just a few weeks before had eagerly allowed unlimited tweets peddling the New York Times story about President Trump's tax returns, which even if those tax returns were authentic - something that has yet to be verified - they were absolutely obtained illegally. So Twitter can take their phony excuse and shove it up their ass. It was blatant partisan censorship intended to influence the outcome of an election; in Joe Biden's favor, of course.
The Biden campaign did not deny the authenticity of those e-mails that very clearly implicated at the very least Hunter Biden - and almost certainly Joe Biden also - in a foreign bribery scheme that benefited the entire Biden Crime Family.
But the so-called "news" channels of ABC, NBC, CBS, CNN, and MSNBC completely ignored the story. And when given the opportunity to ask Joe Biden about it directly, they didn't. Instead of asking Joe Biden if the New York Post's story was true - or even asking a softball question such as "Do you have any comment on the story?," a reporter asked him what flavor milkshake he bought. Honest. I’m completely serious.
Yesterday, Joe Biden stopped at a burger joint with his granddaughter in Durham, North Carolina to purchase some milkshakes. As he was leaving the burger place with his milkshake in his hand, a reporter asked him a question.
The question was "Have you and your cocaine-addicted son Hunter been selling U.S. foreign policy to Communist China and Ukraine?" And Joe Biden's answer was "Yes. From those countries and others. The Biden Crime Family has accepted millions of dollars in bribes over the years." Just kidding. You know the media would never ask an important question like that of Joe Biden.
The question that a "reporter" really asked was "Mr. Biden! Mr. Biden! What flavor did you get?" And Joe Biden's response was, "We got one vanilla and one chocolate. I wanted to get what we call black and white. 'Cause we're gonna [unintelligible mumbling] split it."
You don't believe me, do you? I understand. I wouldn't believe it either. But I saw the video. You should watch it also. I posted it above.
This is a disgusting example of how today's so-called "news" media is really just dishonest activists posing as journalists in the lying propaganda press. It's disgraceful.
Exposing the Fake News About Donald Trump
October 17, 2020 8:44am
www.TheMikeBatesShow.com/podcasts/201017
Ever since Donald Trump announced he was running for president, the dishonest Democrats and their allies in the propaganda press have been viciously lying about him.
I made a list of the worst fake news about President Trump, and I shared it this morning on my radio program. That episode is now archived online as a podcast at www.TheMikeBatesShow.com/podcasts/201017. But the lies are so plentiful that I only got half way through my list, so I'll give the second half on my October 24th show.
Donald Trump said the media is the enemy of the people. And for that, the media went nuts and attacked him even more viciously than they had before. But what Donald Trump said is true. Today's media is the enemy of the truth. And that makes them the enemy of the people. And that makes them enemies of our republic. Don't believe their lies. Better yet, counter their lies with the truth.
If you want to help expose the media as the dangerous liars that they are, please share the link (www.TheMikeBatesShow.com/podcasts/201017). Ask your friends to share it too. And do so soon. People have already begun voting. We MUST get the truth out NOW if we're to have any hope of preventing the destruction of our country at the hands of the Democrats and their dishonest activists posing as journalists in the lying propaganda press who have been spewing vicious lies and fake news about our president.
Please do what you can do to help get the truth out. The future of the United States as a free country depends on it. That is not hyperbole or paranoia. That is the truth.
Thank you,
Mike
My Prediction for the 2020 Presidential Election
October 3, 2020 3:44pm
Today is October 3rd. We are exactly one month from the presidential election. Who do you predict will win?
All of us could give the lottery numbers after they've been drawn. But what's the fun of that? Similarly, there's no sport in Monday morning quarterbacking the election, so I want to go on the record with my Electoral College prediction now.
Although I don't want it to happen, I think Donald Trump will lose. Bigly. Regardless of what happens in the Electoral College, Joe Biden will certainly receive more of the national popular vote than Trump will. But that popular vote is meaningless, so I don't care.
The Electoral College is what matters. I don't expect Trump to win any states he lost four years ago. But I expect him to lose four states that he won in 2016: Michigan, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin. Maine will go all in for Biden. And I expect Nebraska to split with 4 votes for Trump and 1 for Biden. Consequently, I predict Joe Biden will win the Electoral College vote 295 - 243.
This map shows my predicted breakdown. I hope and pray that I'm wrong.
You can make your own prediction or play out various scenarios with the interactive map at www.270toWin.com
Donald and Melania Trump Have Both Tested Positive for COVID-19
October 2, 2020, 12:26am
Well, it's official. President Trump and Melania have both tested positive for COVID-19.
I received an e-mail from The White House Press Office 21 minutes ago with a pdf copy of a Memorandum from the President's Physician confirming the positive test results. A copy of that pdf is above.
I hate to disappoint all the disgusting malcontents who hope the President dies. Actually, that's not true. I'm quite pleased to disappoint them with the survival rates for COVID-19 according to the Centers for Disease Control:
0-19: 99.997%
20-49: 99.98%
50-69: 99.5%
70+: 94.6%
In other words, the overwhelming odds are that Donald and Melania will be just fine.
Confirming Amy Coney Barrett Before the Election is Risky
September 26, 2020 5:11pm
My radio program this morning was about the risks of the Republicans confirming President Trump's Supreme Court nominee before the election. We didn't know who it would be when I was on the air. But now we know it's Amy Coney Barrett.
The points made this morning are still valid, so if you'd like to hear them, the show is now available online as a podcast at www.TheMikeBatesShow.com/podcasts/200926
Democrats are crying and complaining that when we had the same circumstances of a Supreme Court justice's death in the election year of 2016, Republicans refused to consider the nominee in the Senate. But that's false! WE DID NOT HAVE THE SAME CIRCUMSTANCES.
The President and the Senate majority were of different parties. And that makes a huge difference both politically and historically.
Throughout our nation's history, we've had 29 Supreme Court vacancies occur in an election year. Of those 29 times, the sitting president made an appointment 29 times. That's 100% of the time. But how many times was the nominee confirmed?
Well, that depended upon the political parties. Of the 19 times the President and Senate majority were of the same party, 17 were confirmed (89%). Of the 10 times the President and Senate majority were of different parties, only 2 were confirmed (20%).
So this partisan bickering over the Supreme Court is nothing new. If the Democrats had a majority in the Senate on 2016, Barack Obama's appointment would certainly have been confirmed. History says there was an 89% chance, but modern day reality makes it 100%, especially if Harry Reid or Chuck Schumer had been in charge. And the Republicans would have cried and complained about it.
Regarding those serving in office today, the American people voted for a Republican president and a Republican majority in the Senate. In other words, President Trump's appointment and a Senate confirmation of that appointment is perfectly constitutional. But as usual, the Democrats loathe our Constitution when it impedes their agenda. And because the media supports the Democrats' agenda, they amplify the complaints about Republican hypocrisy without telling the other side that it's not really hypocrisy; it's politics. And it's nothing new.
One final thought: The confirmation fight in the Senate will be "Ruthless" - just like the Supreme Court now is.
Democrat Governors Killed 59.60% of America's 204,390 COVID-19 Victims
September 21, 2020 5:27pm
As the United States topped 200,000 COVID-19 deaths as of September 21st, the Democrats and the media are eagerly blaming every death on President Trump. But who is really to blame?
States with Democratic governors comprise 59.60% of the deaths (with 54.45% of the country's population).
States with Republican governors comprise 40.40% of the deaths (with 45.55% of the country's population).
So not only has a greater number of people died under Democrats than under Republicans, the likelihood of death was also much higher in Democrat states. A person is 9.45% more likely to die with a Democrat governor.
So who's fault is that??? Not President Trump's!
And despite Democrat Governor Cuomo actually being responsible for so many deaths in New York, it is not really the fault of state governors either. But that hasn't stopped Democrats and the media - there I go repeating myself again - from dishonestly blaming it all on Trump. The political propaganda of today's so-called "news" media is disgraceful.
While Republican states have fewer deaths, they do have more cases. So, in Republican states more people have tested positive but fewer have died. Does that mean Republican states have healthier populations or better health care? Neither. It's not that simple.
I don't want to repeat here the analysis of who is really to blame for cases and deaths. But if you care to read it, it is online from May 28th (when we hit 100,000 deaths) at www.TheMikeBatesShow.com/blog/200528-2340 and from May 3rd (when I first analyzed deaths by party) at www.TheMikeBatesShow.com/blog/200503-1041
DATA SOURCES:
https://www.cdc.gov/covid-data-tracker/index.html
https://www.census.gov/newsroom/press-kits/2019/national-state-estimates.html
NOTE: Washington, DC is included in the above numbers, but U.S. Territories are not.
How Big Tech Threatens Our Elections and Our Republic
September 14, 2020 12:27am
Facebook, Twitter, Google, and YouTube are censoring speech to the point that it poses a serious threat to our Republic. And it might even throw the elections!
On Saturday's radio show, I explained how Big Tech is manipulating search results and social media content in a massive propaganda war against conservatives.
To change the outcome of the 2016 presidential election, they would have needed to change just 0.039% of the total votes cast nationwide. They are poised to change far more than that this year. I gave examples and details on the radio program, which is now online as a podcast at www.TheMikeBatesShow.com/podcasts/200912
If you care about the future of our country, I encourage you to listen to it and share the link. Because Big Tech has so much influence upon every aspect of our lives, this issue is probably the most important issue we face as a nation. And if we don't respond properly to the threat, the damage will be irreversible.
Is San Francisco on Fire???
September 13, 2020 8:24pm
The above tweet from The New York Times is a good example of how the so-called "news" media engages in deceptive propaganda.
Where is that fire? Did you think San Francisco?
What bridge is that? Did you think Golden Gate Bridge?
The words in the tweet don't say where it is other than "the Bay Area in Northern California." So if you thought the fire was that close to San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge, you would not be alone. And, based on that tweet, such a belief would not be unreasonable. But it would be false.
The bridge in this photo is the Bidwell Bar Bridge over Lake Oroville which is 162 MILES FROM SAN FRANCISCO! It's 78 miles north of Sacramento, which means it is nowhere near "the Bay Area in Northern California" as The New York Times described it.
Twitter allows 280 characters per tweet. That tweet used 177. The New York Times had 103 more characters it could have used to accurately report the bridge's (and thus the fire's) location. So, why didn't it? Because they wanted to deceive you! They knew the Bidwell Bar Bridge looks very similar to the Golden Gate Bridge. They knew a fire that close to San Francisco would be much more alarming than a fire in the relatively rural Butte County 162 miles away. They knew most people would not do any further reading to learn details. They knew people would be left with a false impression of the reality of California's fires. And that was their goal.
The tweet's deception was deliberate, disgusting, and disgraceful.
You can verify the accuracy of my post by viewing the original tweet at https://twitter.com/nytimes/status/1303770185246150658
Why Does President Trump Love Pensacola?
September 8, 2020 6:05pm
At today's event in Jupiter, Florida, President Trump signed an order that prohibits oil drilling off the Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina coasts until at least 2032.
During his speech, he said of Pensacola, "As long as I’m president of the United States, we will conserve this wondrous national inheritance from Key West to Key Biscayne, from Tampa to Tallahassee, from the Pensacola, beautiful Pensacola, I love Pensacola. I think it was 97%, that’s one of the reasons I like it. They say, 'How’d you do in Pensacola?' I said, 'Was that maybe 95? 97?' Right up there, so that helps. It’s amazing how that can help, isn’t it?"
I assume the "97%," "95," and "97" were referring to the percentage of the vote he got from Pensacola in 2016.
His actual percentage of the vote in Pensacola's two-county MSA was 63.47%.
But I suppose it's still nice for our community to be loved by the President of the United States.
Kyle Rittenhouse Acted in Self-Defense
September 6, 2020 11:15am
If you have an opinion on the innocence or guilt of Kyle Rittenhouse but have not read the actual criminal complaint against him, then your opinion is meaningless. You're entitled to it, of course. This is America, so you're free to pull opinions out of your ass if you want to. But any opinion not based upon facts is worthless. And the so-called "news" media has not reported the facts. Even worse, the facts are being actively censored.
"Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not to his own facts." - Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan (D-NY)
Whether it was wise for Rittenhouse to be out that night in Kenosha is debatable. He certainly violated the curfew that had been imposed (as did the two decedents). And Rittenhouse might be guilty of carrying a firearm in public while under 18 years old (a misdemeanor). But even that charge may not stick if it is successfully argued that he had to flee the private property (where he was legal) to avoid being harmed by the rioters who assaulted him.
Joseph Rosenbaum, the first guy shot by Rittenhouse assaulted him in the car lot. Anthony Huber, the second guy shot by Rittenhouse had hit him in the head with a skateboard. And Gaige Grosskreutz, the third guy shot by Rittenhouse (but did not die) had a pistol in his hand as he attacked Rittenhouse.
The charges against Rittenhouse, which include the district attorney's detailed account of the three shootings, are viewable at https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/7047765-Kyle-Rittenhouse-Criminal-Complaint.html?fbclid=IwAR1DvVDMYuF99hUx6I5UYMUTTd-kTAY6VMjCQ6xDGxBEz93_oMU7Vgx9Pb8. Despite the document alleging First Degree Intentional Homicide and other crimes, what it describes is clearly lawful self-defense by Rittenhouse.
I am 100% certain Rittenhouse will not be convicted on any of the five felonies for which he's been charged. This prosecution/persecution is purely political. And that's disgraceful.
Don't take my word for any of this. Go read the district attorney's description of the incident, and make up your own mind. But I have an important question to ask; should my educated and informed opinion, which is based on my knowledge of the law and of what transpired that night, be censored from public view? Should the Stalinist censors at Facebook delete comments that explain why Rittenhouse's shootings were lawful self-defense?
That is exactly what Facebook has done with other posts that don't support the "Rittenhouse is a cold-blooded killer who went out that night hoping to murder somebody" narrative. Facebook, Inc. has concluded that Kyle Rittenhouse is a “mass murderer" (their words), and that any comments defending his actions must be removed from the social media platform. Is that really the role of Facebook or any corporation? To determine what people can and cannot say about an issue that is vitally important to this nation? Keep in mind that any posts denouncing him as a murderer remain intact. So this is all one-sided censorship.
Such censorship is a very dangerous threat to our Republic. I would say the same thing if Facebook was removing posts and comments that attack Rittenhouse and only permitting those in support of him to remain.
But it's not just Facebook. Twitter suspended the account of Rittenhouse's attorney because he tweeted facts about the case that Twitter's censors didn't want the public to know.
Oh, you haven't heard about Facebook's censorship of open discussion about the Rittenhouse shootings? That's because there is an active effort to censor that information also. Most Big Media knows; they simply choose not to report it. But here's a piece about it in The Wall Street Journal. www.wsj.com/articles/facebooks-rittenhouse-mistake-11599260134
Big Tech's censorship must stop! "Whoever would overthrow the liberty of a nation must begin by subduing the freeness of speech." - Benjamin Franklin
World War II ended 75 years ago today.
September 2, 2020 11:24 am
World War II ended 75 years ago today.
The pictures above are worth a thousand words, so I'll just leave it at that.
Why Did the Police Shoot Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wisconsin?
August 28, 2020 5:15am
We don’t have enough information yet to determine why Jacob Blake was shot in Kenosha, Wisconsin.
Remember, for at least a week after Michael Brown was shot and killed in Ferguson, the public was outraged based on what we were initially told by the so-called "news" media. But later evidence proved that Michael Brown was shot while committing felony battery against a police officer, so the shooting was completely justified, appropriate, and necessary.
So let's save the outrage over Blake's shooting until after we know if we should really be outraged or not.
What we do know is that in 100% of the instances - not 99.9% - but in ONE-HUNDRED PERCENT of the instances in which the race agitators have successfully instigated violence to protest the shooting of an "unarmed black man" in public, the suspect failed to comply with the lawful instructions of a police officer.
The most effective strategy for not getting shot by the cops is to do what you're told to do. Don't fight. You're not going to prevail at the scene anyway. If it turns out the police were in the wrong, that will come out in court. And you'll be alive to see it. This applies to everyone without regard to race, creed, or color.
For all you cop haters who are so quick to blame the police, do you know why the police must prevent a person who is resisting arrest from getting back in their car? The two minute video posted above has the answer.
#BlueLivesMatter
#DontResistArrest
That Time I Got Tased in Jail…
August 15, 2020 6:19am
Exactly ten years ago today, I spent the night in jail and got tased. This video is of the tasing incident.
Santa Rosa County had constructed a new wing for its jail. The night before it began taking inmates, it was used as a fundraiser for the Law Enforcement Explorer Scouts. The public was invited to purchase a night in the jail. The Scouts served as guards under the supervision of the real correctional officers, we slept in the bunks, and we were fed jail food.
I was asked by the Public Information Officer to cover the event as media. I don't recall where my wife was scheduled to be that night, but I told the PIO that I could only spend the night in jail if my two boys, then ages 13 & 11, could accompany me. He was fine with that, so the three of us reported to the jail at 6:00pm to serve our 12 hour "sentence."
We were processed in with photographs, fingerprints, metal detectors, and pat-downs. But we didn't just sit around doing nothing for twelve hours. As part of the experience, the correctional officers gave instructional lectures about law enforcement and prison life. It included a use-of-force exhibition in which they demonstrated proper use of handcuffs, leg restraints, pepper spray, batons, asps, etc.
At the conclusion, the officer asked if we had any questions. I inquired if he was going to demonstrate the taser. He replied that he was not. "Why not?" I asked. "Because we don't have someone to tase," he responded. So I said, "I'll do it!" After realizing I was serious, he set up the demonstration.
Cameras and cell phones were considered contraband, so we were not allowed to have them with us in the jail. But under escort by a guard, I was permitted to retrieve my camera from my car, so the tasing could be videotaped. My oldest son served as videographer.
So how was it? It hurt like bloody hell! It felt like a branding iron was searing into my back. Full disclaimer: I have never actually had a branding iron searing into my back, so this analogy is speculative. But it was a severe burning sensation. And for the few seconds the 50,000 volts were hitting my body it really hurt.
The human body responds to being tased in one of two ways: 1) it locks up like rigor mortis and falls to the ground like a tree, or 2) it goes loose and collapses down. I experienced the latter. I don't know why the reactions differ, and I don't know if the same person would react to a tase the same way each time. To reduce the chance of injury from the fall, two correctional officers guided me to the ground.
I am very glad that I experienced what it is like to be tased. Once. But I would never want to be tased again.
A word of advice. If you are ever told by the police to comply or be tased, comply!
We were released from our twelve hour jail sentence at 6:00 the next morning after being fed a jail breakfast, which I ate but my boys didn't (it was barely edible). I drove straight to the Waffle House and bought us delicious breakfast food.
My boys and I all thought the experience in jail was interesting and informative. But the conversation at the Waffle House was about following the law to avoid being sent to jail involuntarily. It was a good lesson, if you ask me.
Why President Trump's Executive Orders on Coronavirus Relief Are NOT Unconstitutional
August 9, 2020 11:28pm
The $600 per week of federal unemployment benefits provided by the CARES Act expired last month. Republicans in Congress had offered to extend unemployment benefits and fund other Coronavirus relief programs. Democrats wanted more funding, of course (the House proposed a $3.4 trillion bill). And Democrats also demanded inclusion of a plethora of policies that have nothing to do with the pandemic. But no compromise agreement was reached because Nancy Pelosi made the political calculation that Democrats would benefit in the elections if Republicans were blamed for there being no deal, which of course, the so-called "news" media did assign blame to Republicans.
Yesterday, after Congress failed to reach an agreement, President Trump signed four executive orders regarding Coronavirus economic relief efforts. The Democrats and the media - but I repeat myself - denounced those actions as unconstitutional and omitted critical facts from their stories. They decried the orders as unconstitutional because the President cannot spend money without congressional authorization to do so. Until this evening, I had not read Trump's orders, so all I knew was what was reported by the so-called "news" media. Consequently, I believed his orders were unconstitutional.
But I finally had time to read all four executive orders this evening, and guess what? The media was lying! No surprise there. The media usually lies about Trump. The President's orders are very narrowly tailored and DO NOT spend any money that wasn't previously authorized by law. Consequently, I see no constitutional violations with any of his four orders. I've linked to the orders below, so you can read them yourself and see the truth without it being filtered by activists posing as journalists in the dishonest, agenda-driven, propaganda press.
Trump's four executive orders:
1) Trump's "Memorandum on Authorizing the Other Needs Assistance Program for Major Disaster Declarations Related to Coronavirus Disease 2019" provided $400 per week in federal unemployment benefits (down from the legislated $600 per week that expired last month). The President knows he lacks the power to appropriate funds from the public treasury. So to pay for these benefits, he said he would tap federal funds that have already been allocated for natural disaster relief. If the pandemic can be classified as a "natural disaster," then this action is lawful.
It should be noted that Trump's "generosity" of $400 per week would only happen in states that agree to pay an additional $100 per week (meaning the federal government would only pay $300 in states that pony up the $100 per week, which I suspect few states will do). Republican states are unlikely to fund it because they oppose increasing welfare, and blue states - which would normally be eager to increase welfare - won't do it because they don't want the recipients to give Trump credit for the free cash. But Trump's order specifically addresses the source of both federal and state dollars! That source is unspent money from previous congressional appropriations for which the executive branch does have rule making authority. This order is constitutional, but I expect resistance from states anyway.
2) Trump's "Memorandum on Deferring Payroll Tax Obligations in Light of the Ongoing COVID-19 Disaster" directed the Secretary of the Treasury to delay withholding of Social Security and Medicare taxes through December 31st for employees making less than $104,000 per year. This order did not cancel any taxes; it only deferred payment of those taxes until January. But can the President legally do that? Yes.
Current law (26 U.S. Code § 7508A) specifically allows the executive branch to "specify a period of up to 1 year that may be disregarded in determining, under the internal revenue laws, in respect of any tax liability of such taxpayer" in the event of a "federally declared disaster." President Trump declared the pandemic to be a nationwide disaster back on March 13th, so he is on solid legal grounds with this order.
3) Trump's "Memorandum on Continued Student Loan Payment Relief During the COVID-19 Pandemic" extended the administration's student loan payment deferral policy. This action appears to be within the scope of presidential authority because federal law explicitly authorizes payment deferrals if "the borrower has experienced or will experience an economic hardship" (20 U.S. Code § 1087e(f)(2)(D)). So this order also passes constitutional scrutiny.
4) Trump's "Executive Order on Fighting the Spread of COVID-19 by Providing Assistance to Renters and Homeowners" simply directs the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development "to promote the ability of renters and homeowners to avoid eviction or foreclosure resulting from financial hardships caused by COVID-19." Those are nice words, but they have no substance. This order did not extend the CARES Act's eviction and foreclosure moratorium at properties with federally-backed mortgages, which expired last month. Instead, it directed federal agencies to consider what they can do to temporarily halt evictions. This order is so weak that it doesn't rise to the point of being unconstitutional. But that also means it doesn't rise to the point of being useful either. This one is pure political theater.
Both the Republican-controlled Senate and the Democrat-controlled House deserve criticism for their failure to reach some sort of an agreement. Both sides are playing politics at the expense of the American people. Our country cannot afford the trillions of dollars we've already spent - or the trillions more Congress will eventually spend - in a futile effort to save our economy from the self-inflicted Coronavirus Depression.
We should never have shut down the economy as we did. Government cannot fund restitution for the financial losses of businesses and individuals - only free commerce can do that. So government needs to get out of the way and allow it to occur. I fear, however, that irreversible damage to our economy and our nation has already been done.
But contrary to the claims of the Trump-haters, yesterday’s executive orders were NOT unconstitutional.
The American Public's "Knowledge" of COVID-19 Deaths is Wrong by More Than 22,000%!
August 6, 2020 11:19pm
According to a poll conducted by Kekst CNC between July 10th and July 15th, which was published on July 27th, the typical American is so uninformed or misinformed that they believed 20% of the U.S. population had been infected with COVID-19 and that 9% of the population had died!
The reality is that nowhere near 20% of the U.S. population has been infected and nowhere near 9% has died. When the survey was taken, the actual infection percentage was 1.05%, which means the people thought there were nineteen times more infections than there actually were!
And the perceived death count was so far off that it would be laughable if that ignorance didn't actually affect policy decisions. Nowhere near 9% of the U.S. population has died. Nowhere near 9% of the U.S. population has even gotten sick with the Coronavirus. When the survey was taken, the actual percentage of Americans who had died with COVID-19 was 0.04%. People's beliefs were off from reality by more than 22,000%!
To put it another way, on July 15th, the typical American thought we had 66.4 million Coronavirus cases in the U.S. We really had 3.4 million. And they thought we had 29.8 million deaths. We really had 137,357. The American public's perception is not just inaccurate, it's delusional. It's not even close to what the truth is.
Despite Americans being so ignorant of the facts, the poll showed that Americans weren't the only people who thought this illness is far worse than it really is. People in other countries surveyed also thought their infection rates and death rates were far higher than what was really happening. But the people in the United States believed we had the highest death rate as a percentage of our population than any other country. Why is that? Because in the United States, the activists posing as journalists in the so-called "news" media have spewed so much misinformation, dishonest propaganda, and fake news that most Americans don't have a clue what the truth is.
Ronald Reagan described it nicely when he said, "The trouble with our liberal friends is not that they're ignorant. It's just that they know so much that isn't so." And long before that, Mark Twain said, "If you do not read the newspapers, you are uninformed. If you do read the newspapers, you are misinformed."
Contrary to what the dumb masses (read those two words together quickly) believe, the COVID-19 situation in America is NOT a crisis that justifies shutting down our economy and closing our schools in a futile effort to combat it. And it never was.
The Coronavirus is a real virus. But the reaction to it has been politicized since the very beginning. It has been weaponized as a club with which to attack President Trump, and it will remain so until election day despite the truth being that the facts don't justify it.
As the late Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan (D-NY) said, "Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not to his own facts." And there is a saying in computer science; "Garbage In, Garbage Out." Well, that applies to politics as well. When people believe garbage, they vote for garbage. The problem is the entire country has to live with the results of what the majority votes for even when the majority doesn't have a clue what they're basing their votes upon. It's disgraceful. And dangerous. It is also deliberate. The Democrats and the media - but I repeat myself - are intentionally deceiving the public in an effort to take down the President of the United States. Don’t believe their lies.
Read those Kekst CNC poll results yourself. They are viewable online at https://www.kekstcnc.com/media/2793/kekstcnc_research_covid-19_opinion_tracker_wave-4.pdf?fbclid=IwAR3HgPih2KPCdE8RUWogxBrn_yEMrNqDXdG16GYQPTj73Vkh23Jtb-tLH8U
Herman Cain Dies at 74
July 30, 2020 10:55am
HERMAN CAIN 12/13/1945 - 7/30/2020
I am saddened to hear of Herman Cain's death today. He'd been hospitalized for several weeks with COVID-19. He was 74.
To say I knew him "well" would be an exaggeration. But I did know him, and he knew me. My radio station carried his program; I interviewed him many times on the radio; I interviewed him face-to-face after the presidential debate in Orlando in September 2011; and I was Master of Ceremonies at an event where he was the keynote speaker in 2016.
I voted for Herman in the Republican Straw Poll at Florida's Presidency 5 Convention in 2011. Unfortunately, after winning that straw poll with an astonishing 37% of the vote (considering there were seven other candidates), unfounded attacks on his character ruined his reputation and derailed his campaign. He would have been a much better candidate than Mitt Romney, who ultimately received the Republican nomination. And he would have been a much better president than Barack Obama, who defeated Romney.
Rest in Peace, Herman. The world is a better place because you lived in it. And I am a better person because I knew you.
Pensacola’s Confederate Monument Lawsuit
July 25, 2020 8:45am
On July 14th, the Pensacola City Council voted to remove the Confederate Monument from Lee Square. Although I didn’t like the decision, I figured, well, it’s the city’s property; they can do with it what they want. But then I read the lawsuit that says they can’t. And I thought it had merit.
So I asked David McCallister with Save Southern Heritage Florida to come on the radio with me this morning to discuss it. He's the attorney representing the plaintiffs in the lawsuit.
Whichever side of the monument issue you're on, I encourage you to listen to the interview. It is now online as a podcast at www.TheMikeBatesShow.com/podcasts/200725