Day: September 19, 2021

Fitton: Documents show Obama FDA buying fetal heads ‘fresh, never frozen’

Rumble — Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton speaks out on new damning documents showing the Obama-era FDA purchased fetal body parts. One America's John Hines has more from Washington.

FROM: https://rightwinguncut.com/fitton-documents-show-obama-fda-buying-fetal-heads-fresh-never-frozen/: 

Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton speaks out on new damning documents showing the Obama-era FDA purchased fetal body parts. One America’s John Hines has more from Washington.

These people are sick! that explains their demonic push for abortions!;

Why is this not on every major news outlet? We as a country are going to hell in a handbasket;

Because the news is controlled by the Satan worshipers. OAN and Newsmax seem to tell what’s really going on. Of course, the democrats and the fake news will say they’re the ones lying. That’s what Liberals do. They do bad things and blame it on the other side. It’s the first play in their playbook:

HORRORS CONFIRMED: Obama’s FDA purchased “fresh and never frozen” aborted baby heads and other body parts

SEE: https://www.planet-today.com/2021/09/horrors-confirmed-obamas-fda-purchased.html#gsc.tab=0;

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(Planet Today) A Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) case filed by the government watchdog group Judicial Watch has revealed that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) under Barack Hussein Obama purchased the heads and other body parts of murdered (aborted) unborn human babies in order to conduct “research.”

The FDA claimed that the aborted baby body parts were for a “humanized mice” project that involved experimenting with “human fetal heads, organs, and tissues,” according to 198 pages of now-extracted FDA records.

(Article by Ethan Huff republished from NaturalNews.com)

These “supplies” came from a biotechnology company called Advanced Bioscience Resources (ABR). ABR employee Perrin Lawton reportedly conducted the business deals with the help of FDA officer Kristina Howard, according to unearthed documents.

A lawsuit filed by Judicial Watch sought the records for “all contracts and related documentation on disbursement of funds, procedural documents and communications between FDA and ABR for the provision of human fetal tissue to be used in humanized mice research.”

A federal court responded by ordering that the government provide even more details about the purchase of these human body parts, “including ‘line item prices,’ or the price per organ the government paid to ABR,” Judicial Watch announced about the ongoing case.

“The court also found ‘there is reason to question’ whether the transactions violate federal law barring the sale of fetal organs. Documents previously uncovered in this lawsuit show that the federal government demanded the purchased fetal organs be ‘fresh and never frozen,'” Judicial Watch added in a statement.

Baby murder is big money in America

In 2012, right after Obama had been reelected for his second term, an agreement was made between the FDA and ABR to transact “$12,000 worth of ’tissue procurement for humanized mice.'” That transaction ended up costing some $60,000 when all was said and done.

In some cases, aborted baby body parts came at a rate of $230 per “tissue,” with two per box plus shipping. The delivery of “fetal livers and thymuses,” meanwhile, cost a bit more at $580 a “set,” with some of the more “premium” organs costing $685 a pop.

To obtain an “intact calvarium,” which is just a fancy word for an uncrushed baby’s skull, the FDA was billed $515 each by ABR.

“The HM [humanized mice] are created by surgical implantations of human tissue into mice that have multiple genetic mutations that block the development of the mouse immune system at a very early stage,” a government researcher reportedly told ABR at the time.

“The absence of the mouse immune system allows the human tissues to grow and develop into functional human tissues … In order for the humanization to proceed correctly we need to obtain fetal tissue with a specific set of specialized characteristics.”

Obtusely, Obama actually had the gall to get up in front of the world and condemn this type of medical experimentation with aborted baby body parts – in Africa, anyway.

You read that right: Obama expressed opposition to the chopping up of human babies for the purpose of doing “Frankenstein” experiments on them, but only in Africa. Here in the United States, he oversaw this very same wickedness, which was funded with American taxpayer dollars.

“Chopping up aborted human beings for their organs and tissue is a moral and legal outrage,” says Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton. “This issue should be front and center in any debate about America’s barbaric abortion industry.”

Last year, Judicial Watch reported on how the National Institute of Health (NIH), where Tony Fauci works, has been doing much the same thing via the University of Pittsburgh, which has since been outed as one of the major “tissue hubs” where aborted baby body parts are processed and sold for profit.

The latest news about the abortion racket can be found at Abortions.news.

 

Michigan: Muslim doctor charged with female genital mutilation part of ‘secret network’ performing procedure in US

BY ROBERT SPENCER

SEE: https://www.jihadwatch.org/2021/09/michigan-muslim-doctor-charged-with-female-genital-mutilation-part-of-secret-network-performing-procedure-in-us;

republished below in full unedited for informational, educational & research purposes:

We are constantly told the opposite by propagandists in the West, but the reality is that female genital mutilation (FGM) is justified in Islamic law. It is practiced by some non-Muslims, but only in majority-Muslim areas where the influence of Islamic culture, mores, and law is all-pervasive.

“It is a religious thing. Do you want to change religion?” said one Egyptian in response to a campaign to eradicate female genital mutilation. “You only listen to what the West is saying.”

The establishment media ignores the fact that FGM is mandated in Islamic law: “Circumcision is obligatory (for every male and female) (by cutting off the piece of skin on the glans of the penis of the male, but circumcision of the female is by cutting out the bazr ‘clitoris’ [this is called khufaadh ‘female circumcision’]).” — Umdat al-Salik e4.3, translated by Mark Durie, The Third Choice, p. 64

Why is it obligatory? Because Muhammad is held to have said so: “Abu al- Malih ibn Usama’s father relates that the Prophet said: ‘Circumcision is a law for men and a preservation of honor for women.’” — Ahmad Ibn Hanbal 5:75

“Narrated Umm Atiyyah al-Ansariyyah: A woman used to perform circumcision in Medina. The Prophet (peace be upon him) said to her: ‘Do not cut severely as that is better for a woman and more desirable for a husband.’” — Abu Dawud 41:5251

That hadith is classified as weak, but this one is classified as sahih (reliable): “Aishah narrated: ‘When the circumcised meets the circumcised, then indeed Ghusl is required. I and Allah’s Messenger did that, so we performed Ghusl.’” — Jami` at-Tirmidhi 108

If Muhammad had the genitals of his favorite wife, Aisha, mutilated, that is a strong endorsement of the practice from the man who is an “excellent example” (Qur’an 33:21) for Muslims.

Why does it matter whether or not FGM is Islamic? Because the practice will never be eradicated if its root causes are not confronted. As long as those Muslims continue to believe that Allah and Muhammad want it done, for some that will override all other considerations, in the United States and everywhere else.

“Muslim ER doctor charged with female genital mutilation of nine girls aged just seven ‘was part of a secret network which traveled across the US to perform the agonizing procedure,’ Detroit court hears,” by Brian Stieglitz, DailyMail.com, September 16, 2021 (thanks to Henry):

A Muslim doctor on trial for allegedly performing genital mutilation on nine girls, all seven years-old, was also part of a secret network of physicians who traveled across the country performing the brutal procedure, according to federal prosecutors.

Dr. Jumana Nagarwala was cleared of female genital mutilation charges in November 2018 during the nation’s first-of-its-kind case, when a federal judge ruled that a law banning the practice was unconstitutional.

But the Michigan doctor still faces an obstruction charge for allegedly hiding information during the trial, and was back in court Thursday. That saw prosecutors reveal that doctors in California and Illinois were also cutting young girls as part of a religious rite in the esoteric Indian Muslim sect, Dawoodi Bohras, according to the Detroit Free Press.

Nagarwala was initially charged with mutilation, conspiracy and obstruction along with Dr. Fakhruddin Attar, who allowed her to perform the surgeries at his clinic in Livonia, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit.

The same charges were brought against Attar’s wife, Farida, and a woman named Tahera Shafiq, who assisted in the procedure, as well as four women who tricked their daughters into going to the suburban clinic to undergo the practice for religious purposes.

US District Judge Bernard Friedman dismissed all but one obstruction charge against Nagarwala, Attar, his wife Farida and Shafiq in November 2018. He declared a 1996 federal law banning the practice unconstitutional and concluded that it’s up to the states to regulate female genital mutilation.

The obstruction trial was underway until the coronavirus pandemic hit and brought it to a halt. Then, in March, prosecutors issued a superseding indictment with five new charges, including conspiracy to make false statements and witness tampering, the Detroit Free Press reported.

Prosecutors argue that that Nagarwala and her three cohorts lied to the FBI about the mutilations that they were performing and intimidated others in their community to lie if the FBI interviewed them about it.

The four defendants requested Thursday’s hearing to dismiss the case altogether, arguing that the prosecutors were only pursuing the new charges out of retaliation.

‘The government is acting with extreme prosecutorial vindictiveness in issuing yet another superseding indictment nearly half a decade after charges were first issued,’ the defense argued in court filings, seen by the Detroit Free Press, adding that the new charges are ‘retaliation for the defense successfully decimating the government’s case.’

Friedman said Thursday that he would take their arguments into consideration, but was still reviewing the new indictment and would make a decision at a later date.

Nagarwala, who is an emergency room doctor at Henry Ford Health System, was arrested in April 2017 after two young girls accused her of performing the mutilation procedures on them earlier that year.

She denied the allegations and claimed she was performing a religious practice for families in the Muslim sect, Dawoodi Bohras, and that it only involved scraping the membrane of the girls’ genitalia as part of the religious custom.

But doctors’ reports obtained by the Detroit Free Press indicate the children suffered more severe injuries including scarring, a small tear, lacerations and what appeared to be the surgical removal of a portion of genitalia….

Blinken Warned Taliban Could ‘Make Rapid Territorial Gains’ in March Letter

BY DANIEL GREENFIELD

SEE: https://www.jihadwatch.org/2021/09/blinken-warned-taliban-could-make-rapid-territorial-gains-in-march-letter;

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The architects of Biden’s Afghanistan disaster are all playing the, “I Knew Nothing” game. But there’s a good deal of evidence that they did know.

In Wednesday’s article, I discussed Secretary of State Blinken’s culpability.

 23 staffers at the U.S. Embassy in Kabul signed a memo warning that the Taliban were about to take over Kabul and that evacuations needed to begin. The date was July 13, 2021. There was still a month left until the Taliban would enter Kabul. And that should have been plenty of time to conduct an evacuation and get American civilians safely out.

Weeks after the memo, Blinken was still insisting, all evidence to the contrary, that, “No one has an interest in a military takeover of the country by the Taliban, the restoration of an Islamic emirate.”

Notably, the letter that Blinken dispatched to Afghanistan’s president at the time, warned that the Taliban could “make rapid territorial gains”.

The letter, which Tolo got a copy of, shows that Blinken actually knew the risks of the game he was playing.

Further, Blinken writes that even with the continuation of the US financial assistance to Afghan forces after an American withdrawal, he is “concerned that the security situation will worsen and that the Taliban could make rapid territorial gains” and that he shares this so that President Ghani “understands the urgency of my tone regarding the collective work outlined in this letter.”

So much for the  “I Knew Nothing” game.

 

Georgia is Getting 1,000 Afghans Dumped On It

BY DANIEL GREENFIELD

SEE: https://www.jihadwatch.org/2021/09/georgia-is-getting-1000-afghans-dumped-on-it;

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Why settle for losing a war against Islamic terrorists, when you can also carry on your demographic change project in America.

The Biden administration is certainly figuring out how to make the most of the massive flood of Afghans by dumping them in red states.

Georgia is getting over 1,000 Afghans “resettled” there.

It’s one way to get Stacey Abrams the governorship.

Texas is getting 4,481 Afghans dumped on the state. Michigan will get 1,280, Florida, 1,030, Pennsylvania 995, Ohio 855, Kentucky 850, Missouri 1,200 and Oklahoma 1,800.

Keep in mind this is just the down payment.

Biden’s fake evacuation left most of the SIV visa holders in Talibanstan. Once they make their way out, we’ll have to resettle all of them. And you can bet that a whole lot of them will be resettled in places where they can displace Republicans by supporting leftist candidates.

And once you account for family reunification, the 1,000 will quickly turn into 3,000 and 5,000.

Then the terror attacks will begin.

Millions of Americans Could Have Died if Joint Chiefs’ Milley Warned the Chinese of an Attack

BY MARK TAPSCOTT

SEE: https://pjmedia.com/columns/marktapscott/2021/09/17/millions-of-americans-could-have-died-if-joint-chiefs-milley-warned-the-chinese-of-an-attack-n1479593;

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Gen. Mark Milley, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, is defending his two calls to his Chinese counterpart, Gen. Li Zuocheng of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA), during the final tense days of President Donald Trump’s tenure in the White House.

Liberals are hailing Milley for making the calls despite the fact that he had zero constitutional authority to do so if, as reported by Washington Post writers Bob Woodward and Robert Costa in their forthcoming book, he promised to give the Chinese advance notice of a U.S. attack.

Yes, read that last part again. The president’s top military adviser promised the military head of America’s most dangerous adversary that he would warn them in advance should Trump decide to launch an attack on China.

Milley is defending making the two calls as “routine” and intended to provide “reassurance” to the Chinese government during the period immediately prior to the November 2020 election, which Trump officially lost, and the January 20 inauguration of Joe Biden as his successor.

“We are not going to attack or conduct any kinetic operations against you,” Milley told the Chinese general, according to Woodward and Costa. “If we’re going to attack, I’m going to call you ahead of time. It’s not going to be a surprise.”

Trump did not know about the calls. Acting Secretary of Defense Christopher Miller claims he was not informed of the calls. Milley insisted Friday that, although the calls were routine, he would only comment in detail when he testifies before Congress in October. “I think it’s best that I reserve my comments on the record until I do that in front of the lawmakers who have the lawful responsibility to oversee the U.S. military,” he said. “I’ll go into any level of detail Congress wants to go into in a couple of weeks.”

“Lawful responsibility” coming from Milley? That’s rich.

The last time a top U.S. general defied his commander in chief was Gen. Douglas MacArthur in 1950 and 1951 during the Korean War, who publicly criticized President Harry Truman’s orders that the American military not attack north of the Yalu River, the border between North Korea and China.

Truman fired MacArthur after multiple occasions in which the general made his disagreements with his boss public. His firing was the occasion for MacArthur’s subsequent memorable farewell address to Congress in which he declared that “old soldiers never die, they just fade away.”

But Milley doesn’t appear to be in danger of being fired because Joe Biden isn’t Harry Truman. In fact, at a minimum, he should resign and a persuasive case can be made that he should face severe legal consequences.

As chairman of the Joint Chiefs, Milley has no operational authority over U.S. military operations. His role is strictly advisory and the president is free to follow or reject that advice. Taking it upon himself to warn an adversary that a U.S. attack is coming is only a short step back from going Benedict Arnold.

The president alone is the commander-in-chief and all of his subordinates, including the Joint Chiefs, have a choice – either execute orders or resign. That said, think about what could have happened had Milley somehow concluded that Trump was about to launch military action of some kind against China.

Was Trump contemplating an attack on China, as Milley feared he might? Here’s what Trump said of that allegation: “For the record, I never even thought of attacking China — and China knows that.”

Woodward and Costa claim in their book that when Milley sought to reassure him that no U.S. attack was imminent, Li said he would “take you at your word.” There is no guarantee, of course, that Li would respond in that manner if Milley was actually delivering the promised warning.

Milley doesn’t say it, at least as recounted by Woodward and Costa, but the logic of the justification for warning of an imminent attack could also have led Milley to warn the Chinese if, instead of an actual Trump attack order, the general saw evidence that persuaded him such an order was imminent.

In either case, Li would have instantly alerted his boss, President Xi Jinping, who might well assume in either scenario that Milley was being truthful and thus conclude that the prudent response is to order a counter-attack.

American intelligence doesn’t know with certainty how many nuclear missiles China presently has that are capable of hitting the continental U.S., but it surely is enough to kill tens of millions of Americans, even after our rudimentary missile defense system knocks down some number of the incoming nukes.

And remember, it was a Chinese general some years ago who confidently told a U.S. counterpart that he and his colleagues in Beijing are confident America would never trade Los Angeles for Taiwan.

If you think the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962 or the Arab-Israeli War in 1973 were the closest this country has ever come to a nuclear conflict, those situations fade by comparison with the risk Milley took upon himself and the nuclear jeopardy to which he potentially exposed every American in doing so.

Don’t Mess With Texas: Vaccine Passport Mandate Fuels Brawl in NYC Restaurant

BY KEVIN DOWNEY, JR.

SEE: https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/kevindowneyjr/2021/09/17/dont-mess-with-texas-de-blasio-vax-passport-mandate-fuels-brawl-in-nyc-n1479510;

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Three black women from Texas attacked a New York City hostess at the chain restaurant Carmine’s after she asked for their vaccine passports.

Sally Rechelle Lewis, Kaeita Nkeenge Rankin, and her daughter, Tyonnie Keshay Rankin, threw down when asked for their passports. They attacked the hostess, broke her necklace, and left her bruised and scratched. The three Texas women were arrested and issued desk appearance tickets. They are all charged with misdemeanor assault and criminal mischief.

New York City restaurants, gyms and bars have been expected to ask patrons for their vax passports since September 13. Black people, largely unvaccinated, will likely feel the brunt more than other groups.

The slug-fest at Carmine’s is the second altercation this week in New York City. A black family, claiming a religious exemption from the vaccine mandate, was booted out of a New York City restaurant earlier this week as other diners looked on and approved.

The hostess at Carmine’s was punched in the face and chest by the three women.

As per the police report,

The victim [who was not named] stated that she did get into a dispute with the above listed defendants over COVID vaccine card, when the defendants did strike the victim multiple times with a closed fist causing pain and redness to the victim. In the course of the fight, the victim’s necklace did break. (Unknown value of necklace). Victim did sustain bruises, scratches and redness to her face and upper chest and arm. Body-worn camera activated…. Camera footage available at location.

Related: CNN Clown Don Lemon Shames Unvaxxed People (i.e. Majority of Blacks in NYC)

Restaurants caught not asking for vaccines passports can be fined $1,000.

Out of Sight, Out of Mind: DHS Scrambling to Deport Haitians Under a Bridge in Texas

BY RICK MORAN

SEE: https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/rick-moran/2021/09/18/out-of-sight-out-of-mind-dhs-scrambling-to-deport-haitians-under-a-bridge-in-texas-n1479690;

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There are now an estimated 14,000 Haitians and other illegal immigrants camped out under a bridge in South Texas waiting to be arrested by border agents and then released into the United States. Photos and video of the Biden bungle at the border have terrified the White House to the point that they have tasked the Department of Homeland Security with getting the Haitians off the news.

DHS will authorize up to eight flights a day from Texas to Haiti in order to get the poor, desperate people out of sight.

The United States has now closed the Del Rio Port of Entry into the United States — an unprecedented move to stop traffic headed north into the United States or south into Mexico. Jokes about the barn door and horses are perfectly apropos.

Washington Examiner:

“This temporary closure and shift is necessary in order for CBP to respond to urgent safety and security needs presented by an influx of migrants into Del Rio and is effective immediately,” the agency said. “It will advance and protect national interests and help ensure the safety of the traveling public, commercial traffic, and CBP employees and facilities.”

All vehicular traffic will have to travel an hour’s drive to the next closest open port of entry between Eagle Pass, Texas, and Piedras Negras, Mexico.

The Haitian government has agreed to accept three flights a day. Three is not eight, so one might wonder where the other planeloads of Haitians are going to land.

Laughably, the Biden administration is bending over backward to assure all of us that they aren’t “targeting” any one race or nationality in this airlift.

Washington Post:

“This isn’t about any one country or country of origin,” the official said. “This is about enforcing border restrictions on those who continue to enter the country illegally and put their lives and the lives of the federal workforce at risk.”

The Biden administration continues to use a pandemic enforcement measure known as Title 42 to rapidly “expel” border crossers to Mexico or their home countries. Officials said some of the flights to Haiti would probably be expulsion flights relying on the public health authority of the Title 42 provision.

Consider us assured, guys.

Meanwhile, a federal judge ruled on Thursday that Title 42 no longer applies to families that show up at the border with at least one child below the age of 18. Those families will be processed and released into the United States while they await their court dates — sometime around 2024.

The Biden administration is hoping to “discourage” more Haitians from arriving under the bridge. It hardly matters. The Haitians and other illegals will simply go somewhere else while waiting for their turn to be arrested and processed.

By announcing its intent to deport the Haitians before launching the flights, Biden officials also appeared to be hoping some in the camp would abandon their attempt to enter the United States and return to Mexico. Migrants arriving to the camp have been given numbered tickets by the Border Patrol as they await a turn to be formally taken into U.S. custody, the first step in starting the process of requesting U.S. asylum or some other form of protection from deportation.

Some Haitians seeking to avoid deportation could abandon the Del Rio camp and attempt to remain in the United States illegally, or return to Mexico, two U.S. officials acknowledged.

The Biden administration has been doing a great job of keeping the crisis at the border off the television and out of the news reports. It’s only when illegals do something crazy like gather under a bridge in Texas when it’s 100 degrees outside that the mainstream media bestir themselves to cover the crisis.

In a couple of days, we’ll be back to normal — a non-crisis that isn’t happening.

Here is a look at the madness:

 

Meet The New new york Governor, Same As The Old Governor: NY’s Hochul Lets Almost 200 Criminals Out of Jail

BY KEVIN DOWNEY, JR.

SEE: https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/kevindowneyjr/2021/09/18/meet-the-new-gov-same-as-the-old-gov-nys-hochul-lets-almost-200-criminals-out-of-jail-n1479644;

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New to the job and with something to prove, New York’s new Marxist governor, Kathy Hochul, signed a bill into law that will let 191 more prisoners out of Riker’s Island prison because New York City’s crime just isn’t bad enough yet. And that’s just the tip of the criminal iceberg.

Hochul claims staff shortages, COVID, and overcrowding are legitimate reasons to let almost 200 of New York City’s meanest back into the population right now, but for anyone paying attention, it’s just another pinko move to pour more worms into the Big Apple. De Blasio and Cuomo have turned Riker’s Island into a meat grinder of violence. “Equity” plans have backfired. Corrections officers are so desperate to get out that they are applying to be NYPD cops. What better time to let the wolves out of their cages and back into the barnyard?

FACT-O-RAMA! A handcuffed Riker’s Island inmate recently stole a bus with six prisoners on it and crashed it into a wall.

Calling it the “Less is More” law, Hochul is letting people out of prison for “petty” parole violations, including missing parole appointments and staying out past curfew. The point of parole is that prisoners who are let out of jail early MUST follow rules or get sent back to finish their sentences.

Parole teaches discipline to those who lack it. It teaches criminals to follow rules. Now, the rules are out the window. And yet people wonder why there’s violence on Riker’s Island and inmates are fighting, partying, and making videos for TikTok.

Not everyone agrees with the new gov’s plan that serving less time is somehow “more.”

“At what point are New York Democrats going to assist crime victims or keep dangerous people behind bars?” Assembly Minority Leader Will Barclay told the New York Post. If there are responsible ways to improve the system, let’s make it work. But the pendulum has swung too far away from public safety for far too long. The same people advancing and celebrating every pro-criminal policy are oddly quiet as crime rates soar and bullets are flying through the streets.”

But Wait, There’s More

An estimated 5,000 jailbirds will be eligible for early release under the new law, which means 5,000 more criminals are free to contribute to New York City’s skyrocketing crime rate. And here is the real punchline: The frontrunner in the upcoming New York City mayoral race is yet another Democrat.

Judges Strike Down North Carolina Voter ID Law Citing ‘Discriminatory Purpose’

BY RICK MORAN

SEE: https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/rick-moran/2021/09/18/judges-strike-down-north-carolina-voter-id-law-citing-discriminatory-purpose-n1479693;

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A state superior court judicial panel ruled on Friday that the North Carolina voter ID law was “enacted, at least in part, for discriminatory purposes” and struck it down.

The judges wrote that the attorneys defending the law failed to prove that it “would have been enacted in its present form if it did not tend to discriminate against African American voters.”

“Other, less restrictive voter ID laws would have sufficed to achieve the legitimate nonracial purposes of implementing the constitutional amendment requiring voter ID, deterring fraud, or enhancing voter confidence,” the judges wrote.

The fight now moves to federal court where the NAACP has filed a federal suit to have the law overturned.

Washington Post:

They noted that they did not find that any individual lawmaker supporting the voter-ID law “harbors any racial animus or hatred towards African American voters,” but rather that the legislature’s Republican majority targeted those voters because they were more likely to be Democrats.

In a dissenting opinion, Judge Nathaniel Poovey wrote that the evidence presented during the three-week trial did not support a finding that the state legislature “acted with racially discriminatory intent.” He noted that the measure was a bipartisan one “that was supported along the way by multiple African American legislators.”

So there was no racist intent by any individual lawmaker who voted for the bill and the bill received bipartisan support and support from some black legislators.

What mind-reading skills do the judges who wrote the opinion — Judges Michael O’Foghludha and Vince Rozier Jr. — possess that allowed them to see what’s hidden from others?

Allison Riggs, co-executive director of the Southern Coalition for Social Justice, a group representing the plaintiffs in Friday’s suit, and pro bono counsel Andrew J. Ehrlich said the ruling sends “a strong message that racial discrimination will not be tolerated.”

“Today’s ruling striking down North Carolina’s latest unconstitutional photo voter ID law is a testament to the overwhelming evidence, including compelling stories of disenfranchisement from voters themselves, which highlighted how the state’s Republican-controlled legislature undeniably implemented this legislation to maintain its power by targeting voters of color,” they said in a statement.

That’s not what the ruling was about — not even close. But don’t stop her now. She’s on a roll.

Both judges were elected as Democrats, which probably had something to do with them parroting Democratic talking points about voter ID. It probably won’t matter. Voter ID is embedded in the North Carolina state constitution and it will take a lot more than a couple of partisan Democratic judges to get rid of it.