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Far-left candidate Nina Turner blames 'evil money' for loss in Ohio Dem primary despite raising more money than her opponent

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A progressive candidate who lost the Democratic primary for Ohio’s 11th Congressional district blamed the manipulation by “evil money,” despite raising more money and spending more money than the victor.

Nina Turner had the benefit of national name recognition garnered from previously co-chairing the 2016 presidential campaign for Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), but she lost the primary election to Cuyahoga County Councilwoman Shontel Brown.

On Tuesday evening, Turner angrily claimed that she didn’t actually lose the race in her concession speech.

“I am going to work hard to ensure that something like this never happens to a progressive candidate again. See, we didn’t lose this race — evil money manipulated and maligned this election,” she told her supporters.

“See, I don’t want you to relent, because it took evil money,” Turner continued.

“They took evil money to come in here and do this,” she added. “Well, I swear to you, that as sure as there is a God in heaven, sister Turner is going to continue working with every fiber of her being until true justice reigns.”

But, as many on social media pointed out, Turner lost the primary election despite raising much more money than Brown and outspending her as well.

According to the Columbus Dispatch, Turner raised $4.5 million for her campaign, an amount they referred to as “staggering.” Brown only raised $2.1 million, less than half of her progressive opponent.

Progressives took to social media to express their outrage at the Democratic establishment about the election.

“Gloves are off for Democratic Majority for Israel and all other right-wing lobbyists for Israel. We will fight anti-semitism everywhere we see it but we’re not going to let you hide behind that b******t excuse as you practice endless corruption. They bought this election,” tweeted Cenk Uygur, a failed congressional candidate and YouTube personality.

Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison similarly blamed dark money “forces” that “love the unfair status quo which enriches the money and oppresses the many.”

“[T]he bleak & bland reality in all this is that organized money continues to exert tremendous influence in American politics — and the Democratic establishment warmly embraces it,” replied Jacobin writer Luke Savage.

Others opined that her use of the phrase “dark money” in apparent reference to campaign donations from Jewish groups supporting her opponent amounted to antisemitism.

Brown is expected to sail to victory in the heavily Democratic district and claim the congressional seat in the regular election on Nov. 2.

Here’s more about the nasty Democratic primary:




Ohio’s 11th congressional district race heats up with attack ads

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Dr. Drew: Vaccine Passports Are 'Modern Day Segregation'

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Dr. David Drew Pinsky, better known as Dr. Drew, tweeted Wednesday that vaccine passports are “modern day segregation.”

“The CDC reported today that only 28.4% of the black community have received the Covid vaccine. With states like CA and NY mandating vaccine passports to enter restaurants and businesses, the black community would be most affected by this modern day segregation,” Dr. Drew tweeted.

A self-designated “TV commentator on mental health,” Dr. Gail Saltz immediately responded to Dr. Drew, questioning if the vaccine is actually available to “ALL.” She responded:

The vaccine is exceedingly available to ALL? It is not denying access to anyone based on an unchangeable parameter (segregation). It is however aimed at decreasing covid spread, thereby saving lives, especially lives of those least vaccinated and most vulnerable.

According to the White House, all Americans are “eligible” to become vaccinated if they wish by following the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) instructions below:

  • Visit Vaccines.gov to find vaccination providers near you. In some states, information may be limited while more U. S. vaccination providers and pharmacies are being added. Learn more about COVID-19 Vaccination Locations on Vaccines.gov.
  • Text your ZIP code to 438829 or call 1-800-232-0233 to find vaccine locations near you in the United States.
  • Check your local pharmacy’s website to see if vaccination appointments are available. Find out which pharmacies are participating in the Federal Retail Pharmacy Program.
  • Contact your state health department to find additional vaccination locations in the area.
  • Check your local news outlets. They may have information on how to get a vaccination appointment.

The White House also outlines that people can become vaccinated for free at 700 community health centers, 20,000 pharmacies, federally-run mass vaccination centers, and by 4,000 active duty troops to support vaccination efforts.

House Dems call for mandatory COVID vaccination or twice weekly testing for lawmakers, Capitol Hill staff

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More than a dozen members of the House Democratic caucus are calling for a mandate that would require members of Congress and staff of the U.S. Capitol complex to get vaccinated against COVID-19 or else get tested twice per week.

“We write to you today to express our belief that the U.S. Congress should be considering a vaccine requirement for Members and staff of the U.S. Capitol complex or, at minimum, twice per week testing for those who are unable to verify positive vaccination status,” the letter to Attending Physician for the U.S. Congress Brian Monahan declares.

“We look forward to continuing the conversation about ways that we can promote safety on Capitol Hill and appreciate your serious consideration of a vaccine requirement for Members and staff of the U.S. Capitol complex,” the letter states.

The letter said that staff face a heightened coronavirus risk due to visitors coming from throughout the nation and due to the significant amount of domestic and international travel by people who work there.

“We feel the utmost responsibility to prioritize the safety of our staff, just as any employer should feel towards those who report to them,” the letter stated. “Many other government agencies, businesses, universities, and hospitals are beginning to implement vaccine requirements. The science is clear that vaccinations can save lives and help guide our country out of this terrible pandemic,” the House members stated.

The letter also said that “a vaccine requirement issued by the nonpartisan Office of the Attending Physician may even contribute to the depoliticization of the COVID-19 vaccine on Capitol Hill and back home.”

Last week after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued guidance that recommended that the fully vaccinated wear masks in indoor public spaces in parts of the country with substantial or high transmission, Monahan issued a memo which stated that “for meetings in an enclosed US House of Representatives controlled space, masks are REQUIRED.”

President Biden announced last week that federal government employees must attest to their vaccination status and that those who have not been vaccinated will be required to get tested once or twice per week, wear a mask, and engage in social distancing.

Baylor Professor Urges Criticisms of Fauci and Other Scientists Prosecuted as Hate Crimes

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A professor of pediatrics and molecular virology at Baylor College of Medicine is urging that criticisms of Dr. Anthony Fauci and other government scientists be prosecuted as hate crimes.

In a July 28 paper in PLOS Biology titled “Mounting antiscience aggression in the United States,” Peter Hotez writes that a “band of ultraconservative members of the US Congress and other public officials with far-right leanings are waging organized and seemingly well-coordinated attacks against prominent US biological scientists.”

Hotez, who describes himself on Twitter as a “Vaccine Scientist-Pediatrician-Author-Combating Antiscience,” and often appears on MSNBC and CNN, adds, “In parallel, conservative news outlets repeatedly and purposefully promote disinformation designed to portray key American scientists as enemies.”

To combat what he calls “antiscience aggression,” Hotez suggests a number of ideas, including a total clamping down on alternate perspectives.

He recommends, for example, a bill called the Scientific Integrity Act of 2021 (H.R. 849), introduced in February by Rep. Paul Tonko (D-NY).

The legislation, he says, would serve “to protect US Government scientists from political interference, but this needs to be extended for scientists at private research universities and institutes,” he adds.

“Still another possibility is to extend federal hate-crime protections,” he advises, and then continues with what appears to be a recommendation for a blackout of views opposing his own:

As Nobel Laureate and Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel once pointed out, neutrality or silence favors the oppressor. We must take steps to protect our scientists and take swift and positive action to counter the growing wave of far-right antiscience aggression. Not taking action is a tacit endorsement, and a guarantee that the integrity and productivity of science in the United States will be eroded or lose ground.

Hotez’s Twitter feed includes numerous retweets of other users’ praise for him:

Hotez mentions as an example of “antiscience aggression” House Republicans’ Select Subcommittee on the origins of COVID-19 “with the presumption that it was ignited by gain-of-function genetic engineering research from the Wuhan Institute of Virology.”

“Senator Ron Johnson (R-WI) organized a roundtable in Milwaukee to highlight the rare adverse side effects from COVID-19 vaccines, as evening Fox News anchors promoted fake claims regarding deaths from COVID-19 vaccinations,” he adds as another example.

Hotez summarizes the “aggression against science and scientists in America arises from three sources,” and identifies them as: “1) Far-right members of the US Congress, 2) the conservative news outlets and 3) a group of thought leaders who provide intellectual underpinnings to fuel the first two elements.”

He cites as the source of the COVID “antiscience aggression” the administration of former President Donald Trump, which he appears to compare to Nazi and fascist regimes:

Historically, such regimes viewed scientists as enemies of the state. In his 1941 essay, Science in the Totalitarian State, Waldemar Kaempffert, outlines details using the examples of Nazism under Hitler, Fascism under Mussolini, and Marxism and Leninism. For example, under Stalin, the study of genetics and relativity physics were treated as dangerous western theories, and potentially in conflict with official social philosophies of state.

The former White House, he writes, was “committed to policies of ‘America First,’” which, he says, “focuses on nativism, anti-immigration, and a foreign policy built around strong military build-up and deterrence, and confrontation with China.”

“A darker view links it to voter suppression, and loyalty tests to the former President that question the veracity of the 2020 Presidential election,” he adds.

“We must take steps to protect our scientists and take swift and positive action to counter the growing wave of far-right antiscience aggression,” Hotez urges.

Watch–Ron DeSantis Defends Florida Against Biden's Criticism on Coronavirus: 'I'm Standing in Your Way'

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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) on Wednesday dismantled the criticism from President Joe Biden he received earlier in the week about the rise of Chinese coronavirus cases in the Sunshine state.

“Biden has taken to himself to try and single out Florida over COVID [Chinese coronavirus],” Desantis explained.

However, he quickly followed up by saying Joe Biden ran for president on a platform of “He was going to shut down the virus.” Instead, Biden “has imported more virus from around the world by having a wide-open southern border.”

Under Biden, there have been “hundreds of thousands of people pouring across every month, and it’s not just from Mexico,” DeSantis said, noting that the border crossers are “rarely from Mexico, you have over 100 different countries, where people are pouring through — not only are they letting them though — but they’re then farming them out all across our communities all across this country.”

After coming into the United States illegally, he added, these people are being put on planes and buses by the government and not worrying about the Chinese coronavirus. “Who knows what new variants are out there,” DeSantis said, but “whatever variants are around the world, they’re coming across that southern border.” So, DeSantis clarified that Biden “isn’t shutting down the virus; he’s helping to facilitate it in the country.”

DeSantis asked what Biden has against Florida, since he wants to force children in kindergarten to wear masks in school. He said Biden “doesn’t believe parents should have a say in that, [Biden] thinks that should be a decision for the government.” The governor then said that, in Florida, parents would be the ones that choose if their children will be wearing masks in school.

The governor also slammed the Biden administration by mentioning one of the top medical professionals in the administration wants to have children wear masks while at home with their parents, calling this move by the administration “insane.”

“We said from the beginning we’re going to make it available for all, but we’re not going to mandate it on anybody. That’s ultimately an individual’s choice to be able to do it,” DeSantis said, torching Biden for wanting to mandate the vaccine for everyone. The governor also touted the dramatic decline in the mortality rate amongst seniors due to his “seniors first strategy.”

“Give me a break … the question is we either have a free society, or we can have a biomedical security state,” DeSantis said, while taking a stab at Biden and the far-left for wanting to mandate a vaccine passport showing your vaccination status when going to places like the store and the gym while claiming it is too much of a burden to have voter IDs. He added:

[In Florida] we’re a free state, people are going to be free to choose, to make their own decision about themselves, about their families, about their kid’s education, and about putting food on the table, and Joe Biden suggests that if you don’t do lock down policies then you should “get out of the way.” But let me tell you this, if you’re coming after rights of parents in Florida, I’m standing in your way. I’m not going to let you get away with it.

If you’re trying to deny kids a proper in-person education, I’m going to stand in you’re way and I’m going to stand up for the kids in Florida. If you’re trying to restrict people, impose mandates, if you’re trying to ruin their jobs and livelihood, and their small business, if you’re trying to lock people down, I’m standing in your way, and I’m standing for the people of Florida.

“Why don’t you do your job? Why don’t you get this border secure, and until you do that, I don’t want to hear a blip about Covid from you,” he said, speaking directly to Biden.