| Fox News Host Admits She Doesn’t Trust Fox Polls, Deliberately Misleads Pollsters Posted: 16 Jul 2020 12:27 PM PDT  Fox News host Melissa Francis admitted on Thursday that she doesn't trust her own network's polling—conducted by a group considered among the industry's most trustworthy pollsters—while also claiming on-air that she deliberately misleads pollsters when they call her.With President Donald Trump trailing former Vice President Joe Biden by double digits in many national and battleground state polls, a narrative has formed that there are so-called "secret Trump voters" who don't feel comfortable expressing their support for the president. A recent Monmouth poll in Pennsylvania, which finds Biden up by 13 points, shows that a majority of voters in the state believe a secret Trump vote exists."The media consistently reports that Biden is in the lead, but voters remember what happened in 2016. The specter of a secret Trump vote looms large in 2020," Monmouth pollster Patrick Murray wrote upon the poll's release.During a Thursday afternoon Fox News discussion on Brad Parscale's demotion as Trump campaign manager, Francis expressed her distrust of political polling by citing her own experience with deceiving pollsters.After fellow Fox host Lisa "Kennedy" Montgomery said the 2016 polls were "completely wrong" and that current polls are using that same methodology, Francis noted that she is "familiar" with the polls because she has been polled twice recently."Because I'm not affiliated with a party, I am married, I have three children," she said. "I think I am a woman of a certain age, so I am sort of the vote that people are looking for. I have a blast when they call me.""None of the information—sometimes I'm somebody who voted for [New York Mayor Bill] de Blasio but now I was thinking about Trump," Francis continued. "Sometimes it just depends how I toy with these folks."After this writer tweeted out a clip of Francis' comments while asking "are Fox News hosts now claiming they openly lie to pollsters to help push the narrative that all the polls are wrong," the Fox News personality responded that polling is "garbage.""Any pollster who calls me - I do not tell the truth," she wrote. "It's not their business. But I misled them left and right in equal measure. Polling is in fact garbage. I also do *always* disclose where I work and ask from whom they purchased my information."When asked whether this meant that she believed her own network's polls are also "garbage," Francis replied: "I don't trust any polling at all based on my personal experience."Interestingly, despite claiming to find all polling to be "garbage," Twitter sleuths pointed out that she has a history of boosting polling data that supports various Fox-friendly narratives.Francis later tweeted that she has never heard anyone tell her they've been contacted by a pollster but that she personally has been polled "20 times in the past 5 years." She added that this has "undermined my own personal confidence in polling, that is my opinion."According to poll analysis digital outlet FiveThirtyEight, Fox News is rated as one of the most accurate polling organizations, with an A rating. Furthermore, much has been made about the inaccuracy of the 2016 presidential election polls. Post-election analysis, however, shows that the accuracy of the national polls was pretty much on par with every election of the past 50 years. The average of the final polls was also largely in line with Hillary Clinton two-point popular vote win.Beyond that, polling since the 2016 election has been even more accurate. During the 2018 midterm elections, which resulted in a blue wave in the House of Representatives, non-partisan polls were far more accurate than any average poll since 1998. Read more at The Daily Beast.Got a tip? Send it to The Daily Beast hereGet our top stories in your inbox every day. Sign up now!Daily Beast Membership: Beast Inside goes deeper on the stories that matter to you. Learn more.
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| Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot calls White House press secretary 'Karen' Posted: 16 Jul 2020 03:45 PM PDT  "Hey, Karen. Watch your mouth," the mayor tweeted in response to the White House press secretary, Kayleigh McEnany, describing her as "derelict."
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| How a leading left-wing academic and activist wound up in the middle of a free speech debate Posted: 16 Jul 2020 09:11 AM PDT  A once obscure internet debate over the limits of free speech and the rise of what critics call "cancel culture" has, somewhat improbably, become a significant 2020 campaign issue.
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| Ohio veteran, 37, who went viral for refusing to wear a mask, died of COVID-19 Posted: 17 Jul 2020 03:44 AM PDT  A friend of Richard Rose III's, said in a Facebook post his friend was believed to be healthy. Ohio does not have a mandate for wearing masks.
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| Top House Republican threatens to cut funding to states, cities that don't protect statues Posted: 16 Jul 2020 09:58 AM PDT  The Republican leader in the U.S. House of Representatives introduced legislation on Thursday that would cut federal aid to state and local governments if they do not protect statues, after protesters attacked monuments to people who owned slaves or fought for the Confederacy. "It is wrong to erase our history," House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy said in a statement, criticizing "left-wing mobs" who have attacked statues across the United States. Under his bill, introduced with fellow Republican Representatives Jim Jordan and Sam Graves, some federal funds would be withheld if local governments do not "restore order or arrest rioters."
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| Letters to the Editor: O.C. schools are free to ignore the county board's coronavirus nonsense Posted: 17 Jul 2020 03:00 AM PDT  A former member of the Fountain Valley school board says he does not remember once being concerned about the O.C. Board of Education.
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| Woman Who Ran Away to Join ISIS As Teenager Can Return to U.K. to Fight Citizenship Decision, Court Rules Posted: 16 Jul 2020 08:32 AM PDT  Shamima Begum, the woman who ran away from her London home as a teenager to join ISIS in 2015, has won the right to return to the U.K.
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| A Las Vegas man has been arrested after police said he 'goaded' a homeless man into performing a fatal backflip for $6 Posted: 16 Jul 2020 02:11 PM PDT  In a video livestreamed on Facebook, the man could be heard telling viewers he had offered the homeless man cash for the deadly stunt.
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| Tech entrepreneur dismembered in Manhattan condo Posted: 15 Jul 2020 01:33 PM PDT  Investigators say a 33-year-old tech entrepreneur was targeted and executed in his Lower East Side apartment this week and sources say there appeared to be a professional attempt to cover it up.
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| Kentucky Democratic party stalwart sentenced to prison Posted: 16 Jul 2020 03:01 PM PDT  Kentucky businessman and Democrat Party stalwart Jerry Lundergan was sentenced on Thursday to 21 months in prison for making illegal contributions to the failed U.S. Senate campaign of his daughter, former Secretary of State Alison Lundergan Grimes. Prosecutors said Lundergan, 73, orchestrated a scheme to funnel more than $200,000 in illegal contributions to Grimes' 2014 campaign against Republican Mitch McConnell.
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| White House press secretary says 'science should not stand in the way' of school reopenings before claiming 'the science is on our side' Posted: 16 Jul 2020 02:46 PM PDT  The Trump administration's push to reopen schools comes as states across the country report new surges in coronavirus infections and hospitalizations.
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| Iran's plan to execute 3 protesters sparks huge backlash Posted: 17 Jul 2020 02:18 AM PDT  The young men are just a few of the recently convicted criminals to face the death sentence, as Iran seemingly tries to scare dissidents into silence.
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| California city moves to replace police with unarmed civilians for traffic stops Posted: 15 Jul 2020 06:48 PM PDT  Berkeley city counci lmembers approve landmark reform measure aiming to fight racial profilingThe city of Berkeley is moving forward with a first-of-its kind proposal to replace police with unarmed civilians during traffic stops in an effort to curb racial profiling.After hours of emotional public testimony, council members in the northern California city approved a reform measure that calls for a committee tasked with police reforms. They include removing the police department from responding to calls involving people experiencing homelessness or mental illness and finding ways to eventually cut the police budget by half. The vote also called for the creation of a separate city department to handle the enforcement of parking and traffic laws.The plan appears to be a landmark move in a US city and comes as many regions across the country are facing growing calls to defund and dismantle police departments in the wake of George Floyd's death.Numerous studies have shown Black drivers are much more likely to be stopped by police than white people for minor traffic infractions, with sometimes deadly results. Philando Castile, for example, was fatally shot after the 32-year-old was stopped for a broken tail light in 2016 in Minnesota. And Sandra Bland, 28, died in a jail cell three days after being stopped for failing to signal when changing lanes in Texas in 2015.At the council meeting, after residents shared personal accounts of police violence, Berkeley's mayor, Jesse Arreguin, said he did not expect a new transportation department overnight because conversations will be hard and detailed with complicated logistics to figure out. But he said communities of color in his city feel targeted by police and that needs to change."There may be situations where police do need to intervene, and so we need to look at all that," he said. "We need to look at if we do move traffic enforcement out of the police department, what does that relationship look like and how will police officers work in coordination with unarmed traffic enforcement personnel?"Some progressive Bay Area activists said the move was a step in the right direction, but did not go far enough. The majority of commenters during a nearly nine-hour meeting that ended in the middle of the night had called for a more radical proposal of immediate defunding of the Berkeley police.Veena Dubal, a University of California law professor and former Berkeley police review commissioner, noted that traffic enforcement is one of the most common ways that police interact with community members, which can lead to harmful consequences: "Black and Brown men are disproportionately pulled over for minor traffic violations, and that's when we see this escalation … That is where you see the violence unfold."Mohamed Shehk, with the abolitionist group Critical Resistance, said he supported the idea of removing police from traffic enforcement, but said it was vital that the alternative department Berkeley creates does not replicate the same problems: "We also need to be dismantling the systems of fines and fees that keep communities that are targeted by these policies in poverty."Residents speaking at the council meeting made clear that they wanted something "much bolder", he added. "We've seen how incrementalism and cosmetic reforms are not substantial enough to reduce or reverse the enormous amounts of damage, violence, harm and racism that policing has inflicted on communities for decades."It could take months, even years, to create a new department, but police and other law enforcement leaders rebuked the idea."I think what Berkeley is doing is nuts," said Mark Cronin, a director with the Los Angeles Police Protective League, a union for officers. "I think it's a big social experiment. I think it's going to fail."The Berkeley police department said it did not comment on council legislation. But police unions for Los Angeles, San Francisco and San Jose issued a statement opposing the proposal.Arreguin, the mayor, said creating a new department was a phase-two development that was at least a year away and would probably involve making changes to state law.Agencies contributed reporting
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| River Nile dam: Reservoir filling up, Ethiopia confirms Posted: 15 Jul 2020 09:43 AM PDT  Officials confirm satellite images showing water levels rising, amid failed talks with Egypt and Sudan.
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| Trump news - live: 18 states listed in coronavirus ‘red zone’ with cases surging as president’s niece claims he’s said the n-word Posted: 17 Jul 2020 04:19 AM PDT  The US has reported its biggest leap in daily coronavirus cases so far with 77,255 new cases on Thursday - which is more than triple what the daily figures were just three weeks ago. This comes as a White House document obtained by Centre for Public Integrity listed 18 states in the coronavirus "red zone" due to a surge in cases.In total the US now has 3,576,157 cases and has recorded 138,358 deaths due to the deadly disease.
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| Three to face judge in fatal shooting of Black jogger in Georgia Posted: 17 Jul 2020 04:50 AM PDT  Ahmaud Arbery, 25, who was killed on Feb. 23 just outside the coastal town of Brunswick, became a touchstone in cross-country protests over racial and social justice in the United States. Arbery's name has been proclaimed in chants and protest signs in demonstrations along with that of George Floyd, a Black man who was pinned to the ground by a white police officer in Minneapolis before he died on May 25. In the Georgia case, the three accused men were not charged for more than two months after Arbery was shot to death while jogging.
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| 'Why would I donate to my host?' Airbnb guests perplexed by 'kindness card' email suggesting extra payments Posted: 15 Jul 2020 10:03 AM PDT  Airbnb sent emails to guests suggesting they send "kindness cards" to their hosts, which has irked many a guest on social media.
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| Report: Chicago's ex-top cop drove impaired, lied to public Posted: 16 Jul 2020 09:55 AM PDT  An inspector general's report concluded Thursday that former Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson drove a city vehicle while under the influence of alcohol and lied about the incident that led to his December firing. Johnson was found asleep behind the wheel of his police car in October after consuming "several large servings of rum" at a downtown restaurant with a member of his security detail, according to the Chicago Office of the Inspector General. According to the report, Johnson made false statements to the public and Mayor Lori Lightfoot, saying he had been out to dinner with friends and that he had ordered an internal investigation of the incident.
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| Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp sues Atlanta's mayor to stop her from requiring masks as COVID-19 cases skyrocket Posted: 16 Jul 2020 03:32 PM PDT  "I am not afraid of the city being sued," Atlanta mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms said earlier in the day.
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| Black Lives Matter Co-Founder Alicia Garza Says Joe Biden Is 'Far Away' From Changes Democratic Voters Want Posted: 16 Jul 2020 04:58 PM PDT  Garza said during a TIME100 Talk that Biden's campaign needs a "full orientation shift"
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| U.S. extends ban on cruise ships as CDC says coronavirus 'continues to expand rapidly' Posted: 16 Jul 2020 04:11 PM PDT  The prohibition was extended from July 24 to Sept. 30.
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| As Trump sinks, he's pulling down the Republican Senate, too Posted: 17 Jul 2020 05:00 AM PDT  The Senate election is increasingly nationalized, and even well-known incumbents face a powerful tide as money pours into Democratic campaigns.
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| Coronavirus: India's Covid-19 cases surge past one million Posted: 17 Jul 2020 04:26 AM PDT  After the US and Brazil, India is only the third country to record such a high tally.
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| Taiwan's Hong Kong envoy 'forced' to leave over 'political obstacles' Posted: 16 Jul 2020 10:03 PM PDT  Taiwan on Friday said its top representative to Hong Kong has returned home due to "unnecessary political obstacles", with local media reporting he refused to sign a pro-Beijing statement. China has been angered by Taiwan's support for the city's pro-democracy protests and the government's decision to open an office to help Hong Kongers who want to relocate to the island. Beijing's new national security law, imposed on Hong Kong late last month, has further strained ties, ordering Taiwanese political organisation to declare staff and assets.
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| African American History Museum Publishes Graphic Linking ‘Rational Linear Thinking,’ ‘Nuclear Family’ to White Culture Posted: 15 Jul 2020 12:46 PM PDT  The National Museum of African American History and Culture has published a graphic on its website that suggests concepts such as "rational linear thinking," the "nuclear family," and an emphasis on "hard work" are specific to "white culture."The article, titled "Talking About Race," delves into white privilege and "the way that white people, their customs, culture, and beliefs operate as the standard by which all other groups" are "compared.""Whiteness and the normalization of white racial identity throughout America's history have created a culture where nonwhite persons are seen as inferior or abnormal," the article reads.The accompanying graphic describes "white culture" as adopting certain aspects and assumptions, such a "work before play" attitude and the belief that "hard work is the key to success." The "nuclear family," described as a mother, father, and 2.3 children, is the "ideal social unit" embraced by white culture, the graphic says.White culture also emphasizes respect for authority, delayed gratification, self-reliance, independence and autonomy, the value of property rights and ownership, progress, planning for the future, politeness, and decision-making, according to the graphic.> The National Museum of African American History & Culture wants to make you aware of certain signs of whiteness: Individualism, hard work, objectivity, the nuclear family, progress, respect for authority, delayed gratification, more. (via @RpwWilliams)https://t.co/k9X3u4Suas pic.twitter.com/gWYOeEh4vu> > -- Byron York (@ByronYork) July 15, 2020 The graphic cites data from a 1990 paper by Judith H. Katz titled, "Some Aspects and Assumptions of White Culture in the United States."Since 2007, Katz has worked as an advisor for a nonprofit organization called Net Impact, which says it partners with some of the country's most powerful companies, including ExxonMobil, 3M, McDonalds, the Coca-Cola Company, Starbucks, Microsoft, the Walt Disney Company, Bank of America, Monsanto, and Nestlé Waters North America.The company also partners with the U.S. National Park Service, which the group listed as having contributed more than $100,000 to the organization during fiscal year 2013.Net Impact focuses on promoting "equity and inclusion" and "working across sectors for a more just and sustainable world," and runs chapters across the globe on university campuses, in cities, and in companies."We believe in the power of the business sector to drive social and environmental change, and we welcome a variety of companies to partner with us," Net Impact says on its website.The National Museum of African American History & Culture did not respond immediately to a request for comment on whether it stands by the assertions made in the graphic.
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| A White House document says 18 states are in the coronavirus 'red zone' and should limit gatherings, close gyms, and mask up Posted: 16 Jul 2020 04:49 PM PDT  The document identifies states with more than 100 new cases per 100,000 residents last week and recommends stark changes to those states' policies.
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| Florida continues to set tragic records Posted: 16 Jul 2020 02:16 PM PDT  Florida reported a daily record for COVID-19 deaths. Russia's accused of hacking COVID-19 vaccine trials. It's Thursday's news.
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| 'You're not welcome here.' The painful racial reckoning playing out in a Wendy's parking lot Posted: 15 Jul 2020 03:25 PM PDT  The death of an 8-year-girl near a Wendy's fast-food restaurant that was taken over by protesters after the shooting of Rayshard Brooks has left this city, already bruised after weeks of protests against racial inequality, grappling with how to bring about lasting, meaningful change.
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| New virus cases spark alarm in China's Xinjiang Posted: 17 Jul 2020 12:16 AM PDT  The capital of China's far-western Xinjiang region curtailed most flights into the city on Friday and has shut down subway and public bus services after several coronavirus infections were detected, government authorities and state-controlled media said. The infections were detected beginning on Wednesday, and news of the cases prompted state media outlets in Urumqi to issue assurances on Friday that supermarkets had ample stocks of food -- an apparent attempt to discourage panic-buying.
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| U.S. aircraft carriers return to South China Sea amid rising tensions Posted: 17 Jul 2020 03:27 AM PDT  For the second time in two weeks, the United States has deployed two aircraft carriers to the South China Sea, the U.S. Navy said on Friday, as China and the United States accuse each other of stoking tensions in the region. The USS Nimitz and USS Ronald Reagan carried out operations and military exercises in the contested waterway between July 4 and July 6, and returned to the region on Friday, according to a U.S. Navy statement. "Nimitz and Reagan Carrier Strike Groups are operating in the South China Sea, wherever international law allows, to reinforce our commitment to a free and open Indo-Pacific, a rules based international order, and to our allies and partners in the region," Rear Admiral Jim Kirk, commander of the Nimitz, said in the statement.
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| 3 Women Arrested For Attacking Spirit Airlines Employees Posted: 15 Jul 2020 02:49 PM PDT  CBS4's David Sutta reports Danaysha Akia Cuthbert Dixon, Kaira Candida Ferguson and Tymaya Monique Wright are facing battery charges.
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| After 4 days, 2 explosions, Navy warship fire extinguished Posted: 15 Jul 2020 10:02 PM PDT  A fire on the USS Bonhomme Richard at a San Diego naval base has been extinguished after a four-day battle against one of the worst infernos to rip through a U.S. warship outside of combat in recent years, the Navy said Thursday. Rear Adm. Philip E. Sobeck called the last 24 hours of the firefight aboard the amphibious assault ship "amazing," with the fire reaching up to 1,200 degrees Fahrenheit in parts of the vessel. On Thursday, it listed in the opposite direction, but Sobeck, commander of Expeditionary Strike Group 3, said the ship was stable and "survivable," though it will take time to assess the damage.
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| The US government spent $1.75 million on an Airbus A321 passenger jet just to blow it up — here's why Posted: 17 Jul 2020 05:56 AM PDT  The US government typically purchases aircraft that are built in the US or by American manufacturers. Except when it just wants to blow them up.
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| Oklahoma governor tests positive for COVID-19 weeks after attending Trump's Tulsa rally Posted: 15 Jul 2020 10:01 AM PDT  Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt said on Wednesday that he has tested positive for COVID-19 — becoming the first governor in the United States to announce a positive test.
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| Ruth Bader Ginsburg: US Supreme Court oldest justice treated for possible infection Posted: 15 Jul 2020 01:52 PM PDT  The 87-year-old underwent a procedure to clean out a bile duct stent in Baltimore's hospital.
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| LAPD officers throw black protester from his wheelchair and damage it, video shows Posted: 16 Jul 2020 12:28 PM PDT  An officer for the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD), appeared to push a disabled Black Lives Matter protester out of his wheelchair, before one of his colleagues damaged it.The incident was filmed by a demonstrator at a protest in California on Tuesday and the footage has been circulated on social media.
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| Scientists unravel secrets of ultra-black fish swimming the deepest depths Posted: 16 Jul 2020 08:14 AM PDT  "In the deep, open ocean, there is nowhere to hide and a lot of hungry predators," said zoologist Karen Osborn of the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Natural History in Washington, a co-author of the research published in the journal Current Biology. At such depths, bioluminescence - light emission by living organisms - is the only light source.
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| Pakistan validates most licenses of pilots working abroad Posted: 17 Jul 2020 02:37 AM PDT |
| 'We failed children' but they still have to go back to school, government advisory panel says Posted: 17 Jul 2020 05:25 AM PDT  The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine found younger and special needs kids especially need to go back, and urged precautions.
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