History for April 20

History for April 20 - On-This-Day.com
Phillip Pinel 1745, Daniel Chester French 1850 - Sculptor, created Minute Man statue in Concord, MA, Abraham Lincoln seated in the Lincoln Memorial, Washington, DC. Adolf Hitler 1889 - German leader during World War II


Joan Miro 1893 - Artist, Ryan O'Neal 1941 - Actor ("Love Story", "Peyton Place"), Jessica Lange 1949 - Actress ("Tootsie", "Blue Sky")


1769 - Ottawa Chief Pontiac was murdered by an Illinois Indian in Cahokia.


1841 - In Philadelphia, PA, Edgar Allen Poe's first detective story, "The Murders in the Rue Morgue," was published in Graham's Magazine.


1912 - Fenway Park opened as the home of the Boston Red Sox.


1916 - Chicago's Wrigley Field held its first Cubs game with the first National League game at the ballpark. The Cubs beat the Cincinnati Reds 7-6 in 11 innings.


1961 - FM stereo broadcasting was approved by the FCC.


1971 - The U.S. Supreme Court upheld the use of busing to achieve racial desegregation in schools.


1977 - Woody Allen's film "Annie Hall" premiered.


1988 - The U.S. Air Forces' Stealth (B-2 bomber) was officially unveiled.

DOJ turns over redacted Comey memos to congressional committees | Fox News

DOJ turns over redacted Comey memos to congressional committees | Fox News:

"The Justice Department on Thursday gave lawmakers redacted versions of memos kept by former FBI Director James Comey to document meetings with President Trump, a congressional source told Fox News.
The source told Fox News the memos were turned over to the House Judiciary, Oversight and Intelligence Committees following threats from Judiciary Chairman Bob Goodlatte, R-Va., to subpoena Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein for failing to meet the deadline to submit the documents."

ACLJ Joined in Opposing California’s Unconstitutional Laws | American Center for Law and Justice

ACLJ Joined in Opposing California’s Unconstitutional Laws | American Center for Law and Justice:

"Sixteen states and two governors point out how California has no difficulty supporting contradictory positions to advance its open-borders/sanctuary-state agenda. They explain that a few years ago when Arizona, in response to the Obama Administration’s purposeful failure to enforce federal immigration laws, enacted state laws designed to enforce those federal immigration laws, California joined an amicus brief against Arizona’s efforts. Then, California argued that the federal government, not state government, controls whether and how to remove illegal aliens from this country. As such, Arizona should not be involved in the process. Now, however, when the Trump Administration is enforcing immigration laws, which harms California’s agenda, California has no problem advancing the opposite position when it passed the laws designed to interfere with the federal government’s enforcement of immigration laws."

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The Chinese Communist Party Is Setting Up Cells at Universities Across America – Foreign Policy

The Chinese Communist Party Is Setting Up Cells at Universities Across America – Foreign Policy: "In July 2017, a group of nine Chinese students and faculty from Huazhong University of Science and Technology participating in a summer program at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) formed a Chinese Communist Party branch on the third floor of Hopkins Hall, a campus dormitory.
The group held meetings to discuss party ideology, taking a group photo in front of a red flag emblazoned with a hammer and sickle, according to a July 2017 article and photos posted to the Huazhong University website.
...The exchange students at UIUC were also asked to report on any potentially subversive opinions their classmates may have evinced while abroad, according to the student.
“After we went back to China, we had one-on-one meetings with our teachers. We talked about ourselves and others performance abroad,” the student says. “We had to talk about whether other students had some anti-party thought.”
Illinois is not alone. 
Party cells have appeared in California, Ohio, New York, Connecticut, North Dakota, and West Virginia. 
The cells appear to be part of a strategy, now expanded under Chinese President Xi Jinping, to extend direct party control globally and to insulate students and scholars abroad from the influence of “harmful ideology,” sometimes by asking members to report on each other’s behaviors and beliefs..."
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The Death Of Retail Real Estate Continues: 77MM Sq.Ft Of Shopping Space Closed In 2018 Already

The Death Of Retail Real Estate Continues: 77MM Sq.Ft Of Shopping Space Closed In 2018 Already
"Retail real estate carnage is going to continue this year with no signs of slowing up, as Bloomberg reported this morning that over 77 million square feet of retail real estate has closed this year and that 2018 will easily pass 2017’s record of 105 million square feet closed. 
The latest example was the fall of the once massive Toys ‘R’ Us name:

The fall of the Toys “R” Us chain, with more than 700 U.S. stores, shows how much retail real estate has changed in just the last decade. When KKR & Co., Bain Capital, and Vornado Realty Trust took over the company in 2005, the buyers justified the $7.5 billion price, in part, because of the supposedly valuable properties that came with the deal."

Don’t Botch the Steele Dossier Story Again, GOP - American Greatness

Don’t Botch the Steele Dossier Story Again, GOP - American Greatness:

"Comey repeatedly refused to answer questions about the dossier posed to him by Grassley and Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), claiming he couldn’t answer publicly. But that was utter buncombe. There was no reason for Comey’s obstinance; at one point, Grassley became so frustrated with Comey that he raised his voice and uttered, “egads.” When Graham asked Comey if he was familiar with Fusion, Comey replied, “I know the name.” (You know the name?!) He then told the senator he “could not say” when asked about Carter Page and the dossier.
Here is one question the Republican committee members did not ask Comey: Why not? Why can’t you answer in an open setting? The dossier had been published in BuzzFeed in January; it was not classified. The committee knew that Steele had worked for Fusion GPS and had Democrat benefactors. So why didn’t the senators press him to answer?"

Verbatim: Weinstein Pulitzer Praise ... and Kendrick Lamar Lyrics | RealClearInvestigations

Verbatim: Weinstein Pulitzer Praise ... and Kendrick Lamar Lyrics | RealClearInvestigations
" The New York Times and the New Yorker won a Pulitzer Prize this week for their coverage of sexual abuse on the same day that Kendrick Lamar became the first rapper to win the prestigious award. 
Here are laudatory quotes about the sexual-misconduct Pulitzer, alternating with lyrics from Lamar’s prize-winning album, “Damn.”

Quote:“For explosive, impactful journalism that exposed powerful and wealthy sexual predators … bringing them to account for long-suppressed allegations of coercion, brutality and victim silencing, thus spurring a worldwide reckoning about sexual abuse of women.”
-- Pulitzer public-service citation naming Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey of the Times and Ronan Farrow of the New Yorker.
Kendrick Lamar Lyric:
Today is the day I follow my intuition
Keep the family close – get money, fuck bitches.
-- From the song “Yah.”

 Quote:''By revealing secret settlements, persuading victims to speak and bringing powerful men to account, we spurred a worldwide reckoning about sexual abuse that only seems to be growing.''
-- Dean Baquet, executive editor, the New York Times.
Lyric:
Girl, I can buy yo’ ass the world with my paystub
Ooh, that pussy good, won’t you sit it on my taste bloods?
-- From “Humble.”

 Quote:“Grateful for every brave source, for Jodi and Megan, and for a tireless @NewYorker team that stood by this story when others tried to bury it. This moment gets called a reckoning, but we just started telling the truth about old abuses of power. Thanks to all who keep doing so.”
-- Ronan Farrow on Twitter.
Lyric:
Girl, you look so good, it's to die for (die for)
Ooh, that pussy good, it's to die for (on fire)
-- From “Loyalty.”

Quote:“Without the reporting of the @nytimes and the @newyorker—and the brave women and men who spoke up about the sexual harassment they endured at the hands of powerful men—there would not be the critical national reckoning underway.”
-- Eric Schneiderman, New York state attorney general, on Twitter.
Lyric:
If I gotta slap a pussy-ass nigga, I'ma make it look sexy
If I gotta go hard on a bitch, I'ma make it look sexy
-- From “Element.”
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Data collection is way bigger than Facebook: How companies are spying on kids through school-issued devices – Lumen Student News

Data collection is way bigger than Facebook: How companies are spying on kids through school-issued devices – Lumen Student News:
"Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s recent appearance before Congress is raising the public’s awareness about how the world’s largest technology companies handle users’ sensitive personal data...
...What they didn’t discuss: How Facebook and other tech giants including Google, Apple, Microsoft and others collude with the U.S. Department of Education and local schools to build a massive database of information on students that’s exempt from federal privacy protections.
Political columnist Michelle Malkin points out that the data collection “exploded after the adoption of the tech-industry-supported Common Core” federal education standards.
“The recently passed Every Student Succeeds Act further enshrined government collection of personally identifiable information – including data on attitudes, values, beliefs and dispositions – and allows its release to third-party contractors, thanks to Obama-era loopholes in the Family Education Rights and Privacy Act,” Malkin wrote..."
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DHS nets 225 deportation targets in New York sweep - Washington Times

DHS nets 225 deportation targets in New York sweep - Washington Times:

"Deportation officers arrested 225 immigrants in a targeted sweep in New York City and the surrounding area, officials announced Tuesday, saying they had to go out into communities because so many localities are refusing to help Homeland Security identify illegal immigrants in their prisons and jails.
At least 60 of the people U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested in last week’s enforcement had been released by local police despite being sought by ICE officers.
“ICE continues to face significant obstacles with policies created by local officials which hinder cooperation between ICE and local law enforcement,” said Thomas R. Decker, director of ICE’s deportation office in New York, who said the operation nonetheless “was a great success.”
Among those nabbed were migrants with rape, manslaughter, firearms and drunken-driving convictions, or who landed on the sex offender registry because of their criminal history."

Another new bureaucracy!-----Registration fee being considered for kayaks, canoes, and paddle boards - UPMATTERS

Registration fee being considered for kayaks, canoes, and paddle boards - UPMATTERS: "LANSING - The idea of a registration fee for those who use kayaks, canoes, and paddle boards is being considered by the Michigan State Waterways Commission.
In a unanimous vote at a February commission meeting, members endorsed a resolution that will "register all rigid-hulled kayaks and canoes at a rate not to exceed $10 per year."
The resolution comes after growing concern over boater safety.
...The Waterways Commission says the fee would help "support the efforts of search and rescue personnel in their efforts in identifying the current owner."
...The resolution and proposal are to be discussed and debated at an upcoming April 25 meeting in Lansing."

VIDEO: Black man demands free Starbucks coffee as 'reparations' - white barista immediately complies - The American MirrorThe American Mirror

VIDEO: Black man demands free Starbucks coffee as 'reparations' - white barista immediately complies - The American MirrorThe American Mirror:
"A white Starbucks barista undoubtedly violated company policy when she handed over a free coffee to a black man who demanded it in the name of race “reparations.”
Bryan Sharpe, who goes by “Hotep Jesus” on Twitter, filmed himself going into a Starbucks store to demand a “free coffee” because they’re “racist.”
“I heard ya’ll was racist, so I came to get my free coffee,” Sharpe says in the video to the white barista taking his order.
“I saw that!” the girls responds.
“I heard you guys don’t like black people, so I came to get my Starbucks reparations voucher,” Sharpe continues.
“Not our store,” the barista says.
“Is that a real thing?” she asks him. “I mean, I’ll give it to you, I saw that on my Twitter last night and I was like, what the f*ck!”
“I need a free coffee,” Sharpe tells her, taking advantage of the stupidity of the company.
“I’ll give you a free coffee,” the barista says.
“That’s what I’m talking about! This is justice,” Sharpe says sarcastically. “This is justice. This is what I’m talking about.”
The barista went onto to offer his choice of milk and flavoring."

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