NOVEMBER 5, 2018


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WHAT BRINGS A PERSON TO THE POINT THAT THEY FIND THEMSELVES HATING A GROUP OF PEOPLE? WHAT IS IT ALL ABOUT? IS IT GREED, JEALOUSY, DOMINANCE, THE LOVE OF CAUSING INJURY, THE THRILL OF RUNNING WITH THE CROWD LIKE A PACK OF WOLVES, THE FEAR OF ANYTHING DIFFERENT, THE FEAR OF STANDING UP COURAGEOUSLY AGAINST THE FAMILIAR PEER GROUP, THE INABILITY TO MAKE UP ONE’S OWN MIND BASED ON INFORMATION, THE LACK OF ABILITY TO EVALUATE INFORMATION, THE INABILITY TO READ AND UNDERSTAND INFORMATION, THE MEMORIES OF BEING BULLIED, THE SOCIETAL LACK OF INFORMATION, SUPPRESSED PERSONAL PAIN, TRIBALISM, HARD CORE INSANITY, “OBJECTIFYING” OTHERS, HAVING A LACK OF EMPATHY, HAVING TOO MUCH COMPETITIVENESS AND TOO LITTLE COOPERATION, BEING BEATEN OR SEXUALLY MOLESTED IN THE HOME OR NEIGHBORHOOD, GROWING UP IN EXTREME POVERTY, HAVING VERY LITTLE MORAL TRAINING, LOVING THINGS MORE THAN PEOPLE, HAVING NO HEALTHY PEER GROUP WHEN YOUNG, GROWING UP IN A CULTURE THAT IS VIOLENT, OR AS DONALD TRUMP SEVERAL TIMES HAS SAID UNFAIRLY ABOUT MAXINE WATERS, “A VERY LOW IQ?”

FOR INSTANCE, WAS THERE SOMETHING OR THINGS THAT WERE DIFFERENT IN NATURE OR IN FREQUENCY IN THOSE “WEEKS LEADING UP TO OCTOBER 27?” I BELIEVE SOMETHING IS GOING ON TO CAUSE THIS SPIKE IN ONE SPECIFIC KIND OF CRIME. MAYBE THE SPLC WILL HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY ABOUT IT. THERE COULD LITERALLY BE TRUE “CONSPIRACY” BEHIND IT – THOSE PESKY RUSSIANS FOR INSTANCE OR OUR VERY OWN KKK, “MILITIAS” ETC. MAYBE SOME WHITE-HAT INTERNET GEEKS CAN ISOLATE INTERNET CHATTER THAT MAY BE EXTREME ENOUGH TO HAVE HAD AN EFFECT. WHAT HAS THE DAILY STORMER BEEN UP TO DURING THAT PERIOD? I BELIEVE THAT IF WE CAN ISOLATE THE SOURCE OF THE POISON, THERE MAY BE A WAY TO GET IT OFF THE NET. OF COURSE, IT IS LIKELY TO BE ON “THE DARK NET,” WHICH I SUSPECT IS VERY DARK INDEED.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/anti-semitic-crime-in-new-york-spiked-in-weeks-leading-up-to-pittsburgh-synagogue-massacre/
By KATE SMITH CBS NEWS November 5, 2018, 3:31 PM
Anti-Semitic crime in New York "spiked" in weeks leading up to Pittsburgh synagogue massacre

Anti-Semitic hate crimes "spiked" last month in New York City, home to the single-largest Jewish community outside of Israel. Incidents ranged from offensive vandalism to assaults on religious leaders.

The New York Police Department's hate crime task force responded to 31 anti-Semitic hate crimes in the first 28 days of October compared to just 9 in the same period in 2017, according to Lieutenant John Grimpel, a spokesperson for the city's police department. The uptick in anti-Jewish crime in New York came in the weeks leading up the Oct. 27 Pittsburgh synagogue massacre, when 11 congregants of the Tree of Life synagogue were shot and killed in the deadliest anti-Semitic attack in American history.

Jewish nurse who treated Robert Bowers: "Love in the face of evil gives others hope"

So far this year, crimes against the Jewish community have constituted half of all reported hate crimes in New York, up from 44 percent during the same time last year, according to data provided by the NYPD. Of the 290 reported hate crimes in New York in 2018 so far, 142 were deemed anti-Jewish, up from 126 during the same time period in 2017.

Chief of Detectives Dermot Shea said anti-Semitic incidents represented the "vast majority" of hate crimes. By comparison, hate crimes based on sexual orientation, the second-most frequently targeted hate crime category, accounted for 40 reported attacks during the same time frame, according to the NYPD.

Shea called the uptick a "spike in anti-Semitic reported crimes" during a press conference on Friday while addressing "beyond disturbing" vandalism at a Brooklyn synagogue. About three-quarters of the anti-Semitic hate crimes reported in New York so far in 2018 was vandalism involving swastikas.

Evan Bernstein, the New York and New Jersey regional director for the Anti-Defamation League, a Jewish advocacy group, said he's has been in contact "near daily" with New York's hate crimes task force.

"It's affecting people's daily lives," said Bernstein in a telephone interview with CBS News. "We've never been busier."

Anti-Semitic crime in New York as well as nationwide has been on a multi-year rise, Bernstein said. The Anti-Defamation League recorded 380 anti-Semitic incidents within New York state in 2017, a 90 percent increase from the year prior, according to Bernstein, who said he's expecting to report another increase in 2018.

So far this year, the Anti-Defamation League has recorded 12 assaults against members of the Jewish community in New York State, nine of which took place in Brooklyn, according to Bernstein. There were 11 in all of 2017.

"It's a huge challenge," Bernstein said. "The community is very, very on edge about the sheer number of incidents taking place."

So far in New York City, all anti-Semitic crime, including vandalism and assault, is up 13 percent, according to NYPD data.

Despite its strong Jewish community, anti-Semitic crime is more prevalent in New York than it is nationally, according to data from the FBI. In 2016, the most recent year available, anti-Semitic crimes made up 11.2 percent of all hate crimes recorded by the FBI. By comparison, race-related attacks accounted for 57.5 percent of reported hate crimes. Race-related attacks have made up 28 percent of all hate crimes in New York through October 28, according to the NYPD.

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I ASSUME THIS WOULDN’T MEAN MORE FIGHTING BETWEEN ENGLAND AND IRELAND. ARE THERE PUNITIVE TARIFFS, ETC. INVOLVED?

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-46091134
Ireland warns UK over post-Brexit border issue
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PHOTOGRAPH -- The UK government has been warned to stick to its commitment to avoid a hard border between Northern Ireland and the Republic. REUTERS

Irish Foreign Minister Simon Coveney said a time-limited arrangement - or one that could be unilaterally ended by the UK - would never get EU backing.

The border issue is the main barrier to progress between the two sides.

With time running out, Theresa May, who briefs her cabinet on Tuesday, has to get both the EU and her MPs on side.

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The UK is due to leave the EU in March, and although 95% of the deal is said to be complete, the tricky bit is proving to be how to honour the commitment by both sides to guarantee no new hard border in Ireland.

It is an issue because after Brexit it will become the UK's land border with the rest of the EU, which has a single market and customs union so products do not need to be checked when they pass between member states.

There have been warnings that a hard border would undermine the peace process in Northern Ireland.

But unless negotiators can make decisive progress on how to guarantee no new visible checks, a special summit to finalise the UK's withdrawal will not take place.

Tory Brexiteers are concerned the UK could end up locked in a customs union with the EU without a fixed end point.

Writing in The Sun, former foreign secretary Boris Johnson said this would be an "absolute stinker" of a deal and warned of a "surrender to Brussels" with the UK staying tied to EU rules in years to come.

But Mrs May has insisted that any arrangement would be "strictly time limited".

This, however, is not the view of the EU.

On Twitter, Mr Coveney said a "time-limited backstop" would not "deliver on previous UK commitments".

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"Still necessary to repeat this, it seems," added the EU's deputy chief negotiator, Sabine Weyand.

But the EU's suggestion of an arrangement that is specific to Northern Ireland has been ruled out by Mrs May who says it would undermine the integrity of the UK by creating a new border down the Irish Sea.

BBC political editor Laura Kuenssberg said Mr Coveney's comments mattered because there is "deep unease" among Tories about signing up to something without a "best before date".

The two sides are not going to "suddenly find a Holy Grail", she said - so "this week has to be decisive".

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Baroness Kennedy is among the legal figures supporting another Brexit referendum

Meanwhile, 1,400 lawyers have signed a letter calling for another EU referendum to be held.

Among the signatories of the letter are Labour peer Baroness Kennedy QC, former Court of Appeal judge Konrad Schiemann and David Edward, a former judge at the European Court of Justice.

They say questions over the validity of the 2016 vote mean it should not be the public's final word, any more than the 1975 referendum on membership of what was then the European Economic Community.

In the earlier referendum, voters faced a clear choice between alternatives once negotiations had been completed, the lawyers said.

By contrast, during the 2016 vote, "the nature of the negotiation process and its outcome were unknown", said the letter.

"Voters faced a choice between a known reality and an unknown alternative. In the campaign, un-testable claims took the place of facts and reality."

The UK government has said asking the public to vote again would be a betrayal of the public's trust after the result of the referendum in 2016.

A spokeswoman for the Department for Exiting the European Union said that the government was confident of a "mutually advantageous" deal with the EU.

"The people of the United Kingdom have already had their say in one of the biggest democratic exercises this country has ever seen and the Prime Minister has made it clear that there is not going to be a second referendum," she said.


THIS IS A VERY INTERESTING ARTICLE. I WAS FASCINATED WITH THE FACE TO FACE INTERVIEWS WITH THE SYNAGOGUE SURVIVORS, TOO. WHAT IS IT LIKE TO BE THE VICTIM OF A HATE CRIME, AND TO KNOW THAT THERE ARE A LARGE NUMBER OF CHRISTIANS WHO HATE YOU MERELY OVER RELIGION. THAT IS SUCH A DIFFERENT WAY OF VIEWING RELIGION FROM THE WAY I WAS BROUGHT UP. I AM AFRAID THAT WE MAY BE IN A TIME OF NEAR INSANITY FOR OUR COUNTRY, LIKE THAT HORRIBLE MOVIE WHICH I COULDN’T SIT THROUGH CALLED “MAD MAX.” I DO HOPE THAT WE WILL RECOVER AND BECOME AMERICA AGAIN.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ari-mahler-allegheny-general-hospital-jewish-nurse-treats-tree-of-life-synagogue-shooter-robert-bowers/
CBS NEWS November 5, 2018, 12:30 AM
Jewish nurse who treated Robert Bowers: "Love in the face of evil gives others hope"

VIDEO – Pittsburgh survivor recalls hiding from gunman 9:13

PITTSBURGH — The Jewish nurse who treated Pittsburgh synagogue shooter Robert Bowers when he arrived at the hospital is telling his side of the story, CBS Pittsburgh reported, saying he acted upon love and "didn't see evil." Ari Mahler's Facebook post has been shared more than 128,000 times since it was published Saturday evening.

In his powerful post, Mahler said he was singled out because of his faith as a child and notes reading "Die Jew. Love, Hitler" were stuffed in his locker at school.

Mahler now works as a trauma nurse and was at Allegheny General Hospital when Bowers was wheeled into the emergency room, yelling, "Death to all Jews." It was moments after Bowers' shooting rampage Oct. 27 where he killed 11 people.

"To be honest, I didn't see evil when I looked into Robert Bowers' eyes. All I saw was a clear lack of depth, intelligence and palpable amounts of confusion," Mahler wrote.

VIDEO -- 'I Didn't See Evil': Jewish Nurse Who Treated Accused Synagogue Shooter Robert Bowers Opens Up

Mahler says Bowers thanked him for saving him, showing him kindness and treating him the same way he would treat any other patient.

"This was the same Robert Bowers that just committed mass homicide. The Robert Bowers who instilled panic in my heart worrying my parents were two of his 11 victims less than an hour before his arrival," Mahler wrote.

Mahler says he doesn't think Bowers knew he was Jewish and he chose not to say anything and to show him empathy because he wanted Bowers to feel compassion.

"I felt that the best way to honor his victims was for a Jew to prove him wrong," Mahler said.

Mahler ended his post by saying his actions came from love.

"Love. That's why I did it ... Love as an action is more powerful than words, and love in the face of evil gives others hope," Mahler wrote. "It demonstrates humanity. It reaffirms why we're all here. ... I could care less what Robert Bowers thinks, but you, the person reading this, love is the only message I wish instill in you. If my actions mean anything, love means everything."

CBS Baltimore had tried to reach out Sunday to Mahler, but were told he was at work.

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I am The Jewish Nurse.

Yes, that Jewish Nurse. The same one that people are talking about in the Pittsburgh shooting that left 11 dead. The trauma nurse in the ER that cared for Robert Bowers who yelled, "Death to all Jews," as he was wheeled into the hospital. The Jewish nurse who ran into a room to save his life.

To be honest, I’m nervous about sharing this. I just know I feel alone right now, and the irony of the world talking about me doesn’t seem fair without the chance to speak for myself.

When I was a kid, being labeled “The Jewish (anything)”, undoubtedly had derogatory connotations attached to it. That's why it feels so awkward to me that people suddenly look at it as an endearing term. As an adult, deflecting my religion by saying “I’m not that religious,” makes it easier for people to accept I’m Jewish – especially when I tell them my father is a rabbi. “I’m not that religious,” is like saying, “Don’t worry, I’m not that Jewish, therefore, I’m not so different than you,” and like clockwork, people don’t look at me as awkwardly as they did a few seconds beforehand.

I experienced anti-Semitism a lot as a kid. It’s hard for me to say if it was always a product of genuine hatred, or if kids with their own problems found a reason to single me out from others. Sure, there were a few Jewish kids at my school, but no one else had a father who was a Rabbi. I found drawings on desks of my family being marched into gas chambers, swastikas drawn on my locker, and notes shoved inside of it saying, “Die Jew. Love, Hitler.” It was a different time back then, where bullying was not monitored like it is now. I was weak, too. Rather than tell anyone, I hid behind fear. Telling on the people who did this would only lead to consequences far worse.

Regardless, the fact that this shooting took place doesn’t shock me. To be honest, it’s only a matter of time before the next one happens. History refutes hope that things will change. My heart yearns for change, but today's climate doesn't foster nurturing, tolerance, or civility. Even before this shooting took place, there’s no real evidence supporting otherwise. The FBI and the Southern Poverty Law Center note that Jews only account for two percent of the U.S. population, yet 60% of all religious hate crimes are committed against them. I don’t know why people hate us so much, but the underbelly of anti-Semitism seems to be thriving.

So now, here I am, The Jewish Nurse that cared for Robert Bowers. I’ve watched them talk about me on CNN, Fox News, Anderson Cooper, PBS, and the local news stations. I’ve read articles mentioning me in the NY Times and the Washington Post. The fact that I did my job, a job which requires compassion and empathy over everything, is newsworthy to people because I’m Jewish. Even more so because my dad’s a Rabbi.

To be honest, I didn't see evil when I looked into Robert Bower's eyes. I saw something else. I can’t go into details of our interactions because of HIPAA. I can tell you that as his nurse, or anyone's nurse, my care is given through kindness, my actions are measured with empathy, and regardless of the person you may be when you're not in my care, each breath you take is more beautiful than the last when you're lying on my stretcher. This was the same Robert Bowers that just committed mass homicide. The Robert Bowers who instilled panic in my heart worrying my parents were two of his 11 victims less than an hour before his arrival.

I’m sure he had no idea I was Jewish. Why thank a Jewish nurse, when 15 minutes beforehand, you’d shoot me in the head with no remorse? I didn’t say a word to him about my religion. I chose not to say anything to him the entire time. I wanted him to feel compassion. I chose to show him empathy. I felt that the best way to honor his victims was for a Jew to prove him wrong. Besides, if he finds out I’m Jewish, does it really matter? The better question is, what does it mean to you?

Love. That’s why I did it. Love as an action is more powerful than words, and love in the face of evil gives others hope. It demonstrates humanity. It reaffirms why we’re all here. The meaning of life is to give meaning to life, and love is the ultimate force that connects all living beings. I could care less what Robert Bowers thinks, but you, the person reading this, love is the only message I wish instill in you. If my actions mean anything, love means everything.

Respectfully,

Ari Mahler, RN.

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“....THESE POWER-HUNGRY RADICALS SHOULD BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR THEIR CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR." THIS STATEMENT BY KEMP UNDOUBTEDLY REFERS TO THE DEMOCRATS, THOUGH HE DIDN’T SAY THAT, NOR DID HE MENTION WHAT ANY OF THOSE “CRIMES” ARE. AS FOR US DEMS BEING “POWER-HUNGRY,” I CAN ONLY SAY, “POT CALLING KETTLE BLACK!!”

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/georgia-governor-race-brian-kemp-opens-hacking-investigation-into-georgia-democrats-2-days-before-election-day/
By HOLLY ROSENKRANTZ CBS NEWS
November 4, 2018, 2:01 PM, Last Updated Nov 5, 2018 11:57 AM EST
Kemp opens hacking investigation into Georgia Democrats 2 days before election

Video – Voting Security 5:32

The office of Georgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp, the Republican candidate for governor, said Sunday it had launched an investigation into the state Democratic Party over "a failed attempt to hack the state's voter registration system." In response, the state's Democratic candidate for governor, Stacey Abrams, dismissed the investigation as lacking evidence and part of a pattern of voter suppression efforts.

"There is no evidence, there's not even a conversation about Democrats having anything to do with this," Abrams said in a "CBS This Morning" interview Monday.

The investigation comes in the final days of a state contest that has become one of the most closely-watched races in tomorrow's midterm elections. Abrams, if elected, would be the nation's first black female governor. Kemp has faced repeated allegations of voter suppression.

Candice Broce, press secretary for the secretary of state's office, said in a statement Sunday morning the state party was "under investigation for possible cyber crimes." Broce said "no personal data was breached and our system remains secure." In a subsequent statement Sunday afternoon, the secretary of state's office said the investigation was prompted by "information from our legal team about failed efforts to breach the online voter registration system and My Voter Page." It said it had referred the matter to the FBI and "will release more information as it becomes available."

In the "CBS This Morning" interview, Abrams said neither her campaign nor the Georgia Democratic Party has been contacted by the FBI or the Department of Homeland Security on the matter.

The dispute that sparked the investigation appear to have been building in the days before Kemp's office launched its probe. An attorney who represents election-security advocates was already suing Kemp over his job performance, and said a private citizen alerted him Friday to a suspected major flaw in the voter database that is used to check in voters in Tuesday's midterm.

The lawyer, David Cross, notified both the FBI and Kemp's counsel Saturday morning. But the citizen had separately informed the Georgia Democratic Party, whose voter protection chief then sent an email to two computer security officials. "If this report is accurate, it is a massive vulnerability," wrote the official, Sara Tindall Ghazal. Party officials provided the AP with the email, its recipients' names redacted. Neither Cross nor the state party went public.

The online news outlet WhoWhatWhy obtained a copy of the Ghazal email and the email that Democratic Party officials received from the private citizen who discovered the flaw, Richard Wright. They published a story Sunday just as Kemp's office released the statement accusing the Democrats of attempted hacking.

Abrams, on "CBS This Morning," said the lag time is a failure on the part of Kemp's office. "Brain [sic] Kemp was told about this days before and did nothing to alert the public to the fact that there was another flaw in the system he is responsible for overseeing," she said. "Instead of addressing the flaw and taking responsibility he decided to go to a desperate place and blame democrats for simply alerting cybersecurity experts to his failure."

The Kemp campaign, meanwhile, pounced on the investigation, calling the alleged hacking "a 4th quarter Hail Mary pass that was intercepted in the end zone." "In an act of desperation, the Democrats tried to expose vulnerabilities in Georgia's voter registration system," Ryan Mahoney, communications director of Kemp's campaign, said in a statement. "Thanks to the systems and protocols established by Secretary of State Brian Kemp, no personal information was breached. These power-hungry radicals should be held accountable for their criminal behavior."

Neither Kemp nor President Trump mentioned the issue during a rally in Macon, Georgia on Sunday. Speaking to reporters before departing the White House, the president said he had not been briefed about the hacking accusation and didn't know anything about it. At the rally, Kemp and Trump said Abrams is part of the "radical left" and is seeking to make Georgia as liberal as California.

Kemp's office announced today that the state hit a new, all-time record for early voting in a midterm election, with 2,071,830 ballots cast before Election Day.

Abrams has been boosted with appearances by former President Barack Obama and Oprah Winfrey in the closing days of the campaign, while President Trump and Vice President Pence have rallied for Kemp.

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I THOUGHT THIS CONGRESSMAN’S STATEMENT THAT THE “DEMOCRATS” IN HIS FAMILY CARE MORE ABOUT IDEAS AND ISSUES THAN THEY DO ABOUT FAMILY WAS DISTURBING, BECAUSE IT HAS THE CART BEFORE THE HORSE. IT IS MY EXPERIENCE THAT ONCE WE ARE ADULTS, WE SHOULD BE CARING ABOUT IDEAS AND ISSUES; AND FAMILY IS SIMPLY NOT RELATED. FAMILY IS A HUMAN INTERACTION THAT HAS TO DO WITH LOVE (HOPEFULLY) AND IT IS NOT THE FACTOR WHICH SHOULD MAKE US CHOOSE ONE POLITICAL DIRECTION OVER ANOTHER. I WOULD NEVER BELIEVE THAT ANY FAMILY MEMBER SHOULD TELL ME WHAT TO THINK OR DO, ESPECIALLY IN THAT SORT OF MATTER.

IT IS TRUE, THOUGH, THAT IF I KNEW FOR A FACT THAT MY FAMILY MEMBER WERE SO EXTREME AS TO BE A NAZI OR A KKK MEMBER I WOULD DISTANCE MYSELF FROM HIM OR HER. I WOULD TELL THEM, I LOVE YOU, BUT I CAN’T LIVE WITH THIS. I LIKEWISE WOULDN’T MAINTAIN A FRIENDSHIP WITH SUCH A PERSON. THOSE THINGS ARE VERY, VERY IMPORTANT, AND WE MUST BE INDEPENDENT ENOUGH IN OUR THINKING THAT WE WILL NOT BECOME A TOTALLY CORRUPTED NATION AGAIN. WE’VE HAD THE CIVIL WAR ALREADY AND THE CIVIL RIGHTS LAWS HAVE BEEN CRAFTED AND ENACTED. I PERSONALLY WILL NOT GO BACKWARD AWAY FROM THE PROGRESS WE’VE MADE AS A HUMAN SOCIETY.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/paul-gosar-congressmans-six-siblings-endorse-his-opponent-in-viral-campaign-ad-2018-09-22/
By GRACE SEGERS CBS NEWS September 22, 2018, 12:47 PM
Six siblings of GOP congressman endorse his opponent in viral campaign ad

It's not unusual for siblings to disagree with each other. It is remarkable, however, when those disagreements are aired in a campaign ad.

Six of Arizona Rep. Paul Gosar's nine siblings appeared in a campaign ad for David Brill, Gosar's Democratic opponent in the upcoming midterm election. The siblings -- Tim, Jennifer, Gaston, Joan, Grace and David Gosar-- say they are making a values-based endorsement of Brill, and that their brother is too extreme in his views.

"I think my brother has traded a lot of the values we had at our kitchen table," said his sister, Joan, in the ad.

"I couldn't be quiet any longer. Nor should any of us be," said another sister, Grace. David said the siblings had to "stand up for our good name."

"It's intervention time," said another brother, Tim. "And intervention time means that you go to vote, and you go to vote Paul out."

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In an interview with The Washington Post, David Gosar said he and Paul Gosar split when Gosar told him he believed the "birther" theory that President Obama was not born in the United States.

"I was like, 'Oh my God, you have to be kidding me,' and then he went and got elected," David Gosar told the publication on Saturday. "I'm not going to break bread with a racist."

Paul Gosar responded with a series of tweets on his personal Twitter account. He noted that none of his siblings live in Arizona. "My siblings who chose to film ads against me are all liberal Democrats who hate President Trump. These disgruntled Hillary supporters are related by blood to me but like leftists everywhere, they put political ideology before family. Stalin would be proud. #Az04 #MAGA2018," Gosar tweeted.

"You can't pick your family. We all have crazy aunts and relatives etc and my family is no different. I hope they find peace in their hearts and let go all the hate. To the six angry Democrat Gosars—see you at Mom and Dad's house! #AZ04 #MAGA2018," Gosar wrote in another tweet.


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You can’t pick your family. We all have crazy aunts and relatives etc and my family is no different. I hope they find peace in their hearts and let go all the hate.

To the six angry Democrat Gosars—see you at Mom and Dad’s house! #AZ04 #MAGA2018

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Gosar, who has been in office since 2013, has made headlines for his controversial actions. When Pope Francis visited Congress in 2015, Gosar was the only member of Congress who did not attend his address, because the pope spoke about climate change. In 2017, he promoted a right-wing conspiracy theory that the violent protest by white nationalists in Charlottesville, Virginia, was orchestrated by left-wing activists to undermine President Trump.

In another advertisement including the Gosar siblings, the brothers and sisters say that Gosar is not representing Arizona or its values.

"Paul Gosar the congressman isn't doing anything to help rural America," Grace said.

Paul Gosar Is Not Working For You Long by Brill for Congress on YouTube
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I KNOW SOME WILL DISAGREE WITH ME ON THIS, BUT AGAIN, IF FAMILY MEMBERS STAND FOR PRINCIPLE, WE WILL SURVIVE AS A DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC (OR WHO KNOWS, MAYBE A DEMOCRACY AS TIME PASSES). THAT IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE TWO GREATEST CAUSES IN MY LIFE. THE OTHER ONE IS A CLEAN AND HEALTHY EARTH WITH AS MANY SPECIES LEFT ALIVE AS POSSIBLE. I’M NOT CONTENT WITH JUST COWS, HORSES AND CHICKENS. I WANT FOXES, RABBITS, PANTHERS, BEARS, BUTTERFLIES, ETC. THIS STORY IS PRETTY DEPRESSING TO ME.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/steve-west-missouri-house-candidate-is-racist-and-homophobic-his-daughter-says/
CBS/AP November 1, 2018, 7:35 AM
Missouri House candidate is "racist" and "homophobic," his daughter says

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LIBERTY, Mo. -- The son and daughter of a Missouri House candidate are urging voters not to elect him. Emily and Andy West sayid their father, 64-year-old Steve West, is racist, homophobic and opposes Jews and Muslims.

Steve West gained attention after winning the GOP primary in August for a northwest Missouri House seat by nearly 25 points over three other candidates. Missouri Republican leaders quickly distanced themselves from West after word spread that he often espoused racism and other bigoted views on a radio show.

"A lot of his views are just very out there," Emily West told the Kansas City Star. "He's made multiple comments that are racist and homophobic and how he doesn't like the Jews."

The Star reports Andy West said electing his father to the Legislature would legitimize his views.

"My dad's a fanatic. He must be stopped," Andy West said. "His ideology is pure hatred. It's totally insane."

The elder West said Monday that he doesn't judge people by race or color but does object to some ideologies on principle.

This is not the first time in the 2018 election season that a candidate has faced public opposition from family members. Last month, six of Arizona Rep. Paul Gosar's siblings appeared in a campaign ad for David Brill, Gosar's Democratic opponent in the upcoming midterm election.


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HERE’S ANOTHER SAD STORY OF PEOPLE WHO DO NOT STAND UP FOR GOOD OVER EVIL, AND IN THIS CASE HE’S A CATHOLIC BISHOP. TRADITION AND MAINTAINING THEIR POWER IS VERY IMPORTANT TO THEM, NO MATTER WHO THE LOSERS ARE. THAT ISN’T LIKE JESUS, I DON’T THINK. DEPRESSING. IT’S LIKE WHEN I READ THE THORN BIRDS. IT WAS GREAT LITERATURE, ALMOST, VERY, VERY GOOD ANYWAY. IT WAS JUST SUCH A MISFIT OF PEOPLE IN THEIR SITUATION TOGETHER, AND BOTH WERE SUFFERING TERRIBLY. THE PRIEST ONLY HAD TO RELINQUISH HIS VOW AND LEAVE THE CHURCH POSITION, BUT HE WOULDN’T DO THAT. I COULD HAVE CRIED OVER IT, BUT I WAS TOO ANGRY AT HIM. ANOTHER SUCH STORY IS CALLED “THE REMAINS OF THE DAY.” I DIDN’T READ IT, BUT I SAW THE MOVIE TWICE. IT’S A TRAGIC STORY. WHY AM I THINKING OF THESE THINGS RIGHT NOW? POSSIBLY BECAUSE IT’S NOVEMBER AND WINTER IS COMING.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/whistleblower-says-buffalo-bishop-knew-of-sexual-abuse-allegations-but-did-nothing-60-minutes/
Whistleblower says bishop knew of sexual abuse allegations, but did nothing
Oct 28, 2018
Bill Whitaker, CORRESPONDENT

For the first time on television, the former executive assistant to Buffalo's Bishop Richard Malone explains why she decided to speak out against the bishop for not taking action against priests accused of sexual abuse

The Roman Catholic Church is facing its biggest crisis in the United States since the Boston sex abuse scandal 16 years ago. 13 states are now investigating whether abuse was concealed by church leaders, including bishops who head each diocese. We have learned one place under scrutiny by federal investigators is Buffalo, New York. In August, information about dozens of accused priests was leaked from the diocesan secret archive. What it revealed, infuriated many of Buffalo's 600,000 Catholics. Tonight, you will hear from a priest who will share his direct knowledge about what he has called a cover-up. But first, the anonymous whistleblower who uncovered proof that Bishop Richard Malone withheld the names of dozens of priests accused of abuse.

"At the end of my life, I'm not going to answer to Bishop Malone. I'm going to answer to God."
Until now, Siobhan O'Connor had carefully kept her identity secret.

Siobhan O'Connor: I had to rely on God even more than I ever have before.

She is the whistleblower who leaked records from the secret archive of the Diocese of Buffalo. Siobhan O'Connor worked closely with Bishop Richard Malone as his executive assistant for three years. Last week she spoke with the FBI.

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Correspondent Bill Whitaker with Siobhan O'Connor
Bill Whitaker: Some people would say that you betrayed Bishop Malone.

Siobhan O'Connor: I did betray him, and yet I can't apologize for that, because there was a greater good to consider.

The hundreds of pages Siobhan O'Connor uncovered included personnel files and memos. They revealed that for years Bishop Malone allowed priests accused of sexual assault such as statutory rape and groping to stay on the job.

Siobhan O'Connor: I love my church, I love our diocese, and I-- I loved him. I-- I genuinely did as my bishop and as my boss.

Bill Whitaker: So why are you doing this?

Siobhan O'Connor: The reality of what I saw really left me with no other option. Because at the end of my life, I'm not going to answer to Bishop Malone. I'm going to answer to God.

At first, she took pictures with her phone. Then she used the copy machine at the bishop's offices. The documents provided an extraordinary window into how the diocese handled abuse.

Bill Whitaker: And nobody caught on to what you were doing?

Siobhan O'Connor: No, they didn't. I was always working with paper, and I was always there, so it wasn't as though I had to ask for keys or take them from someone's desk.

Her decision to act was influenced by the phone calls she fielded from dozens of people who said they had been abused. O'Connor says she tried to get the bishop to be more responsive to them. He would tell her it's not her concern. She said by last summer she was, in her words, "morally allergic" to what she witnessed. Just before O'Connor quit her job in August, she anonymously leaked the church documents to a reporter at Buffalo television station WKBW.

Bill Whitaker: There was no other way you saw to handle this?

Siobhan O'Connor: Not with any expediency, no. I mean, I-- I did hope and pray that a grand jury would eventually be convened and that there would be hopefully an independent investigation, but I felt that there could be other victims between now and then, and I-- I couldn't have that on my conscience if there was a way to prevent that.

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Bishop Richard Malone
Her doubts began in March. Bishop Malone had agreed to release a list of 42 priests accused of sexually abusing minors. But O'Connor knew there should be more names because she had seen the draft list that circulated between the bishop and diocesan lawyers. There was also something else, a dossier about priests she discovered in a supply closet.

Siobhan O'Connor: There was one particular binder, which was of pending litigation that had been presented to Bishop Malone when he first was installed as our bishop. And this was from the lawyers. And this was a large, over 300-page binder, and I found it when I was cleaning the closet where they kept the bishop's vacuum. And I remember finding this obviously very important and sensitive information and thinking, "How did it ever end up here, first of all?" And-- and then I was shocked at the volume of it.

The cases in the dossier Bishop Malone inherited when he arrived in 2012 stretched back decades. As they worked on the list, the bishop and his lawyers decided they would not reveal the names of accused priests still in ministry.

Siobhan O'Connor: It was a very carefully curated list. And I-- I saw all the-- the lawyers coming in and out, and I was aware of the-- the various strategies that were in place.

Bill Whitaker: What were they trying to do if not help the victims?

Siobhan O'Connor: Well, to my mind the overarching attitude seemed to be to protect the church's reputation and her assets.

Bill Whitaker: And the assets?

Siobhan O'Connor: Uh-huh. Very much so.


Siobhan O'Connor was most alarmed to see that Father Arthur Smith was missing from the list. Church records showed two young men in Buffalo had complained in 2013 that Smith had inappropriately touched them. Two years before that, Smith was sent to counseling after repeated contact with an eighth-grade boy that included unwanted attention and facebook messages. Despite what Bishop Malone knew, he endorsed Smith for a job as a cruise ship chaplain. The bishop wrote, "I am unaware of anything in his background which would render him unsuitable to work with minor children".

Siobhan O'Connor: Our previous bishop had removed him from ministry, so I always thought it was odd that Bishop Malone had reinstated him. When I explored his file more in-depth, that might have really been the moment when I knew that I had to do something with this information.

Remember, the diocese list had 42 names. The documents O'Connor revealed put the number of Buffalo priests facing claims of all types of abuse at 118.

Bill Whitaker: They had accusations against them, credible accusations.

Siobhan O'Connor: Yes, that's right.

Bill Whitaker: What'd you think of that?

Siobhan O'Connor: I felt that instead of being transparent, we were almost being the opposite or-- or half transparent. Here are the names that we would like you to know about, but please don't ask us about the rest.

One of them was Father Fabian Maryanski. His file included an accusation that during the 1980's he had sexual relations with a girl that began when she was just 15. The diocese knew about it but a note in the file argued Maryanski should be excluded from the list of problem priests. It said, "We did not remove him from ministry despite full knowledge of the case, and so including him on list might require explanation."

Siobhan O'Connor: And I remember thinking, if that's their rationale for leaving a priest off, then how can I abide by this?

She was not alone. Father Bob Zilliox advised the bishop on church law, including abuse cases. He told us he was disgusted by how the cases he saw were handled.

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Father Bob Zilliox
Father Bob Zilliox: I think the hypocrisy, the lip service, you know, the, "Yes, Bob, I agree with you," and then I would walk out of an office and nothing would happen.

It is exceedingly rare for a Catholic priest to risk challenging his bishop in public. Father Zilliox left his role as the bishop's counsel in May to concentrate on his parish ministry.

Father Bob Zilliox: A lot of cases should have been handled differently. They were not. A lot of cases probably should have gone to Rome at the time. They did not.

Bill Whitaker: How many of those priests should have been taken out of priesthood?

Father Bob Zilliox: I would argue at least eight or nine.

Bill Whitaker: How many of them still are in the priesthood here in Buffalo?

Father Bob Zilliox: All of them.

Bill Whitaker: All of them?

Father Bob Zilliox: All the guys that should have been removed from the priesthood are still priests.

Bill Whitaker: What do you think of that?

Father Bob Zilliox: It's beyond troubling. That's not the church. The church is holy. Those are individuals in the church who are weak and who have made very bad decisions. And because of that, they need to be held accountable for what they've done.

Bill Whitaker: Why is it, do you think, that the clergy fails to get this?

Father Bob Zilliox: I think one of the factors that goes into decision making in terms of administration or leadership within diocese or in parishes is that there's a certain brotherhood. There's a certain mindset that we watch each other's backs.

Bishop Malone has the authority to strip Father Zilliox of his duties for going public. But the priest told us he is motivated to speak out by more than the truth. He also is a victim of sexual abuse by a Buffalo priest.

Father Bob Zilliox: And so all of this has been very painful for me to see how our diocese, how other dioceses have handled this.

Bill Whitaker: How old were you when you were abused?

Father Bob Zilliox: I was a 13-year-old boy.

Bill Whitaker: By a priest?

Father Bob Zilliox: By a priest.

Bill Whitaker: How did that experience affect you while you were watching how Bishop Malone was handling these cases?

Father Bob Zilliox: It was very difficult in a lot of different ways. There's a certain respect that is owed to a bishop. But when I saw things take place the way they did, I sort of was conflicted within. I think as a victim, I have a bias, which is maybe not a healthy thing, but objectively I can-- I have no tolerance for any abuse.

"I want these cardinals and bishops to start putting their ass on the line and start protecting their people."
Every bishop chooses a motto. Bishop Malone's is 'live the truth in love.' Bishop Malone declined our requests for an interview.

Paul Snyder: He's behaving in a way that you would typically think that a CEO in a corporation that's being accused of corrupt practices might act, hiding behind attorneys.

Paul Snyder was the first member of Buffalo's Catholic clergy to call for Malone to resign. The hotel owner is a deacon, that's an ordained member of the clergy who can be married and preside over some ceremonies. He was enraged by the information Siobhan O'Connor exposed.

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Paul Snyder

Bill Whitaker: Bishop Malone has called this a crisis. You call it a scandal. What's the difference?

Paul Snyder: A crisis is we look at our home and it's burning to the ground. A scandal is while it's burning to the ground, you know how to put the fire out, but you don't tell me. You also know how the fire was caused, but you don't tell me. So you pretend to grieve with me about the fire, but the problem is you caused it.

Snyder showed us some of the 400 notes and emails he has received since calling for the bishop to resign.

Paul Snyder: They want to be part of the solution but they think this bishop is preventing that from occurring.

This month, Snyder sent letters and documents to prominent bishops demanding an investigation.

Bill Whitaker: Why do you have faith that the bishops are going to handle this?

Paul Snyder: Well, I don't have faith right now that any particular bishops have the courage to do the right thing. I mean we all praise our martyrs on Sunday and we praise and we sing, but boy, its sure as hell is hard being a saint when it's your ass on the line. And I want these cardinals and bishops to start putting their ass on the line and start protecting their people.

Bishops hold supreme power in their diocese and answer only to the pope. Next month, U.S. bishops will gather to consider a proposal for a bishop code of conduct. Bishop Malone plans to be there. He's refused to resign.

Bishop Malone at August Press Conference: The shepherd does not desert the flock at a difficult time.

The bishop has made three public apologies and offered to sell his 11,000 square foot official residence to help compensate victims.

Last week, he sent us a statement that said in part: "We continue to reach out to victims, remove clergy with substantiated allegations from ministry and cooperate with federal and state investigations."

But in Bishop Malone's first six years in Buffalo just one priest was put on leave. It was only after this scandal broke in March, that he suspended 16 more for abuse. None have been kicked out of the priesthood.

Bill Whitaker: He has said he is sorry. He has apologized.

Father Bob Zilliox: Uh-huh.

Bill Whitaker: Do you forgive him?

Father Bob Zilliox: I accept it and I forgive him, but actions speak louder than words. Show us these cases are being handled properly. Show us these priests are being removed.

Bill Whitaker: You would like for Bishop Malone to resign?

Siobhan O'Connor: I would. I-- I believe that it would be in the best interest of the diocese, because he's had opportunities to enact real change. And he's let those opportunities come and go.

Produced by Guy Campanile and Lucy Boyd. Associate producer, Dina Zingaro.

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