CNN Data Analyst Says Republicans Have Midterms Advantage: ‘Whatever Democrats Are Doing, it Ain’t Working’ (VIDEO)
By Mike Lachance – The Gateway Pundit – 09/23/2025
CNN data analyst Harry Enten just delivered some bad news for Democrats, revealing that Republicans have a considerable advantage heading towards the 2026 midterms because they are more trusted on a variety of issues. On certain issues like immigration and crime, the GOP leads Democrats by double digits. Democrats have no one but themselves to blame for this. Since the 2024 election, they have offered the American people nothing more than constant outrage and protests. They are not bringing any ideas or plans to the table… READ MORE
Insane Liberal Pregnant Women Chug Tylenol to Protest Trump and RFK Jr.
By Antonio Graceffo – The Gateway Pundit – Sept 26, 2025
On Monday, September 22, 2025, President Trump and Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced that the FDA would be issuing warnings to doctors about acetaminophen (Tylenol) use during pregnancy, claiming it “can be associated with a very increased risk of autism.” Trump stated: “I want to say it like it is: Don’t take Tylenol. Don’t take it. Fight like hell not to take it.” This announcement followed reports in early September that Kennedy was planning to release information linking Tylenol use during pregnancy to autism in a forthcoming HHS report. Representative Rosa DeLauro issued a statement attacking President Trump and RFK Jr. for warning pregnant women about possible risks of Tylenol… READ MORE
A.F. Branco has taken his two greatest passions (art and politics) and translated them into cartoons that have been popular all over the country in various news outlets, including NewsMax, Fox News, MSNBC, CBS, ABC, and “The Washington Post.” He has been recognized by such personalities as Rep. Devin Nunes, Dinesh D’Souza, James Woods, Chris Salcedo, Sarah Palin, Larry Elder, Lars Larson, Rush Limbaugh, Elon Musk, and President Trump.
The party that once proudly marketed itself as the impenetrable wall against Trumpism has now discovered that steel beams begin to buckle when the infighting hits industrial levels of dysfunction.
Republicans, long mocked for their RINO drama and Tea Party fractures, finally got their act together just long enough to drag Democrats into new chaos. And the ironic cherry on top? Those very same Republicans—who once partnered with Democrats to dismantle Trump in 2020—are suddenly rediscovering their love affair with the MAGA kingpin and wielding the Senate’s nuclear option to push his nominees through with 51 votes.
Democrats be damned. Especially Chuck Schumer, who’s now getting more Democrat shade than Trump Twitter rants ever managed.
And it looks like the honeymoon between Democrats, and their leadership is over. Way over.
Schumer: Enemy at Home
As reported by Newsbreak, Democrats recently unleashed their collective spleen on Chuck Schumer during a closed-door session. The setting: a House Democrat weekly caucus meeting that might as well have doubled as a group therapy session. Except, instead of hugging it out, the knives came out.
Raw Story even highlighted that some Democrats no longer see Schumer as their knight in blue armor but as the guy who fumbled their last stand against Republicans. Newsflash: if your supposed shield-bearer is also the one stabbing you from behind, that’s not a shield, it’s a circus act.
Axios captured the fury with anonymous Democrats taking swings:
One called Schumer’s past betrayal over a GOP funding measure “anticipatory anger.”
Another said bluntly, “Schumer can’t s— the bed.”
Others pointed out that the Senate side is looking soft, weak, and about as spicy as mayonnaise.
Democrats have always needed a boogeyman. Usually, it’s Trump. Sometimes it’s Putin. Occasionally, they’ll toss in Elon Musk just for variety. But Schumer? Now that’s a new twist.
Think about it: Democrats who defined their careers on “resistance” now have trouble resisting themselves. The irony is almost poetic.
For decades, the Democrat Party marketed itself as the champion of progress, diversity, and unity. Fast forward to 2025, and that “unity” is in rubble, replaced by closed-door shouting matches about who should be leading the resistance… against themselves.
It’s political cannibalism—and the hypocrisy couldn’t be louder. After years of scolding Republicans for eating their weaklings alive, Democrats are literally doing the same while Trump lounges comfortably, watching them spiral.
Pelosi on Borrowed Time
Chuck Schumer isn’t the only one with a retirement date glowing like Times Square neon. I predict that Schumer will serve his last term as a Senator. Further, Nancy Pelosi, the eternal fixture of Democratic politics, will limp through to the 2028 cycle before bowing out. The Pelosi-Schumer Era is over.
But don’t be fooled Democrats swapping out Schumer and Pelosi isn’t about ideological penance. It’s about survival. An image makeover. They’ll drop the old guard, not out of repentance but under the brute force of political necessity. The replacements won’t be Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez or the Squad either. No, Democrats are keenly aware that America is allergic to the radical chic routine once it graduates from Twitter hashtags to real legislation.
Enter Trump: The Master Troll
Let’s pause and just appreciate the irony. Democrats have spent years trying to ruin Trump, and now, every ounce of their current strife only amplifies his power. It might as well be free campaign advertising.
Charlie Kirk’s shocking assassination turbocharged this shift. The Left’s violence, long dismissed as “isolated incidents,” crystallized into a narrative Trump couldn’t have written better himself. The murder validated conservative warnings about leftist extremism, adding fuel to the perception that Democrats are unraveling not just politically, but morally.
Sadly, for the orchestrators of chaos, Trump eats chaos for breakfast.
While Democrats panic over Schumer’s ability to “hold the line,” Trump thrives on poking them into meltdowns. His attitude has transitioned from annoyed adversary to full-blown FAFO Executive Branch Boss, artfully daring Democrats to implode harder.
New executive orders? More provocations? Absolutely. The more unhinged the Democrats appear, the stronger his hold over Republicans becomes. When Trump tells Democrats to “shove it,” his base hears Beethoven’s 9th Symphony.
The Death of the Beast
Schumer, Pelosi, and their generation built the Frankenstein monster of progressive politics, a lumbering creation designed to crush conservative opposition under the giant weight of identity politics and government expansion. Trouble is that Frankenstein’s monster has turned on its creators.
And conservatives, historically reluctant to play destroyer, suddenly don’t have to swing the axe—they just have to watch as the beast tears its own limbs off. Democrats created the culture of outrage, escalation, and performative purity. Now they’re choking on it.
All that’s left is to keep the spotlight on them while they implode, ensuring the American public can’t look away from the carnage. Like a political NASCAR crash, this is horrific, but you can’t resist watching with popcorn in hand.
Final Thoughts
The Democrats’ implosion isn’t temporary. This isn’t one bad vote, one bad leader, or one bad week of headlines. This is generational. A political brand that once prided itself on unity is now ripping itself apart in the public square.
Trump knows it. Republicans know it. Hell—Democrats know it too, even if most won’t admit it out loud.
The real irony is this: a party obsessed with saving America from Trump may very well destroy itself first.
If this past week at the Supreme Court had a soundtrack, it would be the Mortal Kombat victory theme blaring over a chorus of sobbing ACLU interns.
Three major rulings dropped like anvils on progressive immigration fantasies; each one a constitutional mic drop—and each one a massive win for Donald Trump. The man the media called a dictator just used the courts—again—to prove he’s the only one playing by the rules. The Left, meanwhile, is so far out of bounds they’re tailgating in North Korea.
Let’s break it down.
1. No More Judicial Mall Cops
In Garland v. CASA, the Supreme Court ended one of the Left’s favorite tactics: the nationwide injunction. For years, low-level district judges—many looking to land a Netflix deal—blocked Trump’s entire national immigration policy with one ruling. Think about that. A part-time federal judge in Berkeley could tell the President of the United States: “Nope, I don’t like that law. You’re canceled.”
Not anymore.
SCOTUS ruled that only plaintiffs actually named in a case can be shielded by injunctions. No more rogue benchwarmers hitting pause on national security just because their barista cried about ICE raids. This is the adult equivalent of putting a baby gate on the judiciary. It doesn’t just rein in activist judges—it shoves them back into their assigned seats.
But perhaps the best part? The dissent. Oh, sweet mercy—the dissent.
Ketanji Brown Jackson delivered a 27-page emotional support pamphlet masquerading as jurisprudence. It read like someone asked ChatGPT to summarize Tumblr posts on immigration and feelings. She didn’t just miss the point—she brought a kazoo to a gunfight. Even Amy Coney Barrett, the queen of civility, gently scooted her chair away. You know it’s bad when a Justice with seven kids and zero tattoos goes full “I don’t know her.”
2. The Fourteenth Amendment Wasn’t Written in Spanish
The same case—Garland v. CASA—brushed up against one of the most sacred cows in the Democrat petting zoo: birthright citizenship. Now, the Court didn’t rule on whether babies born to illegal immigrants on U.S. soil automatically get citizenship—but they did make clear that only named plaintiffs in a lawsuit can challenge that policy. That means if you’re not part of the case, you’re not protected. And suddenly, immigration activists are racing to build legal “class actions” faster than Hunter Biden racing to find a burner phone.
Here’s what they don’t want you to understand: The 14th Amendment was written to protect the children of freed slaves—not to provide frequent flyer miles for birth tourists or human traffickers who time a border crossing with a contraction.
Imagine explaining to Frederick Douglass that his hard-won amendment is now being used to hand out U.S. passports like Costco samples. It’s grotesque. And it’s no accident.
For decades, the Left has pimped out the 14th Amendment like a punch card at a nail salon—weaponizing it to grant “citizenship by squatting” and hollowing out its original purpose. If Trump gets his way—and if this SCOTUS continues holding the line—America may finally end birthright citizenship for illegal immigrants. Not by fiat, but by law. You know, that thing we’re supposedly still doing here.
3. Third-Country Deportation—Now Boarding
You know what really broke the Left this week? The Supreme Court saying, “Yes, you can deport criminal illegal aliens… to countries other than their homeland.”
And cue the meltdown.
This was a direct hit to the Biden DOJ and their activist judges who blocked Trump’s policy on the grounds that criminals might be “uncomfortable” getting dropped off somewhere that isn’t home. Really? I’m sorry, did we start offering concierge service for cartel hitmen? Trump’s plan was simple: If you’re an illegal immigrant, and your home country won’t take you back, you’re not our problem forever. We’ll send you to a third country—anyone willing to accept you.
Naturally, Democrats freaked out. Because suddenly, the “browning of America” was turning into the lightening of Africa. I say let’s lean into it. If Leftists love diversity so much, let’s export it. Let’s send gangbangers to places that have never experienced “cultural enrichment” like MS-13 tagging up the Serengeti. We’re not deporting—we’re diversifying the globe.
Imagine a convicted felon landing in Botswana and trying to explain that his machete tattoos are “just for show.” Or an MS-13 member introduced in Rwanda as “our new visiting fellow in machete diplomacy.” You wanted globalism? Here you go. Hope your village elders are ready for street racing and fentanyl overdoses.
The cherry on top? Over a million illegal immigrants have already left the U.S.—voluntarily—in anticipation of Trump’s second coming. That’s what you call preemptive border security.
4. Trump: The Most Law-Abiding “Dictator” in History
Let’s zoom out.
The media has painted Trump as a dictator since 2015. Mussolini with better hair. But here we are, in 2025, and what’s he doing? Winning—in court.
They said he’d destroy the Constitution. Instead, he’s restoring it—using it like a battering ram against judicial activism, fake rights, and weaponized tears. They said he would tear down the system. No—he’s beating them with it.
You don’t indict a guy five times and have him keep walking out the front door with a grin unless the law is on his side. Every single win this week was a win for:
The rule of law,
Common sense,
And the millions of Americans tired of being told their country belongs to everyone except them.
This is what makes the Left scream. They can’t claim Trump’s breaking democracy when he keeps beating them in it. He doesn’t kick down doors. He walks through them—legally, surgically, and with a smirk that says, “Told ya.”
And that’s why these rulings matter. Not just for policy, but for the soul of the nation. We’re seeing the end—maybe—of the weaponization of the 14th Amendment. The end of anchor babies. The end of open-borders lunacy dressed up as compassion. We might actually return to an America for Americans—and for those who earn their place here, not for those who sneak in, break the law, then sue for hotel points.
Final Thought: From Courtroom to Comeback
Trump didn’t jail his enemies. He didn’t silence dissent. He didn’t build gulags. He went to court. And won. Clean. Constitutional. Surgical. He’s not the tyrant they warned about. He’s the comeback they never saw coming.
So light a candle for the New York Times editorial board. Send tissues to MSNBC. And tell KBJ to stop submitting feelings as footnotes. Trump’s back. And the Constitution just gave him the keys.
What better way to spread holiday cheer than by remixing Christmas classics to remind Leftists they’ve been “YUGE” losers lately? Below is a list of Trump-themed carols inspired by the controversies and catastrophes of the Left. Each title comes with a clever backstory to deliver laughs like stockings stuffed with coal.
1. “All I Want for Christmas Is the Popular Vote”
Mariah Carey’s classic gets a twist. This hit is a nod to Democrats’ obsession with the popular vote, as they cling to their moral victories like a kid who didn’t make the nice list clutches coal. Spoiler alert: It’s the Electoral College, not your feelings, that decides the winner.
2. “It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Fraud”
Inspired by: “It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas” In honor of their cries about “election interference,” this parody croons about imaginary ballots, Dominion conspiracies (on both sides), and their inability to accept Trump’s comeback.
3. “Grandma Got Run Over by Pelosi”
Inspired by Pelosi’s recent Luxembourg tumble. Grandma might’ve survived her reindeer incident, but Pelosi didn’t quite stick the landing on her latest European escapade. This slapstick rewrite mocks how she’s literally falling for socialism.
4. “Do You Fear What I Fear?”
Inspired by the Leftist media meltdown. This reimagining of the holiday hymn focuses on CNN’s ratings nosedive and their fear of being surpassed by podcasters. Who knew Joe Rogan would be their Silent Night-mare?
5. “Trump the Halls”
Inspired by: “Deck the Halls” This version celebrates MAGA wins by telling Leftists to deck their halls… with tears and old Biden campaign signs.
6. “Hark! The Climate Activists Sing”
For Greta and Co., who think Christmas lights are destroying the planet. This anthem mocks the eco-warriors’ refusal to let people enjoy Christmas without a lecture about polar bears.
7. “Silent Joe, Holy Gaffe”
Inspired by Biden’s whispering speeches and constant flubs. This one’s a solemn ode to Biden’s best “silent” moments—like forgetting what century we’re in during his last press conference.
8. “Kwanzaa Nights”
Inspired by Kamala Harris’s hilarious holiday videos. This parody pokes fun at Kamala’s attempts to connect with her authentic Black identity by reciting Kwanzaa tales that sound about as believable as her debate performance.
9. “Oh Vax of Death”
Inspired by: “O Holy Night” This somber tune reflects the fallout from Covid misinformation, vaccine debates, and Fauci’s conflicting advice. Perfect for anyone who still has their booster appointment… in 2025.
10. “Frosty the Plumber”
Inspired by: “Frosty the Snowman” A nod to working-class Americans who saw through Leftist rhetoric. The tune celebrates real jobs, not soy latte activism.
11. “Baby, It’s Cold in Luxembourg”
Dedicated to Pelosi’s literal and metaphorical fall. This jazzy number jokes about Pelosi looking for taxpayer-funded wine while forgetting her footing—symbolic of her political career.
12. “Biden Got Run Over by His Teleprompter”
Inspired by Biden’s many battles with basic sentences. This is about Biden’s public speeches, where commas are the real enemy, and every teleprompter is a banana peel.
13. “Kamala’s Laughing All the Way”
Inspired by: “Jingle Bells” A parody poking fun at Kamala’s tendency to laugh at her own confusion during interviews.
14. “Jail the Halls with Hunter’s Deals”
Inspired by: Hunter Biden’s laptop saga. This jingle recounts the eyebrow-raising business deals, “art sales,” and laptop drama that made Hunter a household meme.
15. “O Little Town of San Francisco”
Inspired by the city’s descent under Leftist policies. This hymn describes the streets of San Francisco: a place where carolers need hazmat suits and reindeer avoid stepping in “human presents.”
16. “I’m Dreaming of a Non-Woke Christmas”
For anyone tired of cancel culture. This jazzy tune imagines a world where Rudolph isn’t labeled problematic for his “toxic red nose.”
17. “You’re a Mean One, Mister Fauci”
Inspired by: “You’re a Mean One, Mr. Grinch” This song skewers Dr. Fauci’s ever-changing advice, likening him to the Grinch who stole Christmas cheer.
18. “Last Christmas, I Got My Fourth Booster”
Inspired by: Wham!’s “Last Christmas” A hilarious take on those still following CDC guidelines like it’s a new religion.
19. “Rockin’ Around the Leftist Meltdown”
Inspired by their reaction to every conservative win. This upbeat tune celebrates watching Leftists freak out over Supreme Court decisions and electoral surprises.
20. “We Three Grifts”
Dedicated to the Bidens’ holiday corruption tour. This reimagining pokes fun at the Biden family’s shady dealings, showing they’re the gift that keeps on giving… to themselves.
The Backstory
Legend has it these songs were born during a MAGA Christmas party where someone spiked the eggnog with winning. The titles practically wrote themselves as attendees reflected on 2023: a year where America got a stocking full of Leftist tears and Trump got another political miracle.
Merry MAGA Christmas, and don’t forget to keep triggering Leftists one carol at a time!
The United States is facing a crossroads. For decades, the insidious creep of political correctness, wrapped in acronyms like CRT (Critical Race Theory), DEI (Diversity, Equity, Inclusion), and ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance), has infiltrated every corner of society. The result? A culture war that pits ideology against reality, innovation against conformity, and freedom against restriction.
President-elect Donald Trump has proposed a bold strategy to dismantle these ideologies, promising to upend DEI policies in the military, academia, and government. His administration plans to restore meritocracy and remove the divisive frameworks implemented during the Obama and Biden years. Trump’s position is clear: the United States must reclaim its role as a beacon of excellence, free from the shackles of political correctness.
The American Dream, Diluted by Leftism
America is unique—a melting pot where diverse backgrounds converge under the promise of freedom and opportunity. This is the “American Dream,” a cultural export envied worldwide. Yet, Leftists, much like “meth-addled” experimenters, have torn apart this cohesive vision, reconstructing it with glaring omissions.
Under Leftist policies, DEI initiatives have been weaponized, replacing opportunity with entitlement and merit with mediocrity. Critical Race Theory divides rather than unites. ESG metrics prioritize performative virtue over profitability. These policies undermine the very foundation that made America the world’s most innovative and resilient nation.
Trump’s Proposals: A Return to Meritocracy
President-elect Trump’s plan targets these issues head-on. His proposals include:
Eliminating DEI Mandates in Federal Agencies: Trump intends to rescind DEI-related hiring and training programs in federal agencies, which he sees as fostering division rather than unity.
Restoring Merit-Based Systems in the Military: Under Trump’s leadership, the military will abandon woke training programs and refocus on operational excellence and readiness.
Even Hollywood is grappling with the fallout of these policies. Actor Sean Penn, known for his outspoken political views, recently criticized political correctness. Referring to a 2028 Monk Debate where Stephen Fry lambasted political correctness for stifling diversity of thought, Penn said:
“I would just encourage everybody to be as politically incorrect as their heart desires and to engage diversity and keep telling those stories.”
Penn’s words, though not directly supportive of Trump’s policies, underscore a growing recognition that DEI culture suppresses the very diversity it claims to champion. Political correctness, Penn argues, has become a dogma, stripping society of diverse perspectives and creative freedom.
Bill Maher’s Take: A Leftist Critiques the Left
Sean Penn joins the likes of another Leftist who seems to find sanity at times, namely Bill Maher. This Leftist tool has also criticized the Left’s obsession with political correctness and DEI initiatives, as well. On his show Real Time with Bill Maher, he frequently calls out the hypocrisy and excesses of woke culture. Maher has argued that these policies alienate Americans, particularly working-class voters, by prioritizing symbolic victories over substantive progress.
In a 2023 segment, Maher commented:
“You’re not winning hearts and minds when you’re making people walk on eggshells about every word they say. This country was built on free speech and open debate, not on purity tests.”
Maher’s critique aligns with Trump’s proposals: Americans are tired of being lectured by elites disconnected from the realities of everyday life.
Americans Demand Change
Voters overwhelmingly chose Trump because they are tired of these policies. Sanctuary cities overrun by illegal immigration, schools teaching divisive ideologies, and corporations kowtowing to woke activists have pushed Americans to demand a reset. They see DEI, CRT, and ESG for what they are: distractions from the real issues facing the nation.
Even a Leftist radical like Sean Penn sees these policies for what they are. And Penn didn’t just come to these conclusions post-election. As with all the other signs pointing to the Trump thrashing of Kamala Harris, Penn has been espousing these opinions over the past few years. He finally was saying what many in his ilk have believed for at least two decades: the Left pushed way too far. Moreover, they disallowed any contrarian thoughts to their own distorted beliefs. That incestuous thinking is one of the main reasons why Trump won such a decisive victory.
The Path Forward
As Trump prepares to take office, the nation stands ready for a cultural reset. His proposals to end DEI nonsense, coupled with voices like Sean Penn and Bill Maher highlighting the absurdities of political correctness, mark a turning point. The goal is clear: restore the American Dream, celebrate genuine diversity, and reject the ideological fads that divide us.
American will soon experience a Renaissance. We stand on the cusp of reclaiming America’s true greatness.
The leftist documentary “God & Country” and the media echo chamber trumpeting it represent “a coordinated effort” to stoke fear before the 2024 elections, says Family Research Council Action President Jody Hice. Their purpose is not just “to rally the Left but, probably even more so … to intimidate and silence Christians who embrace a biblical worldview.” (Photo: Selimaksan/E+/Getty Images)
Hollywood director Rob Reiner’s new documentary, “God & Country,” released in theaters last weekend, warns Americans of an impending “Christian nationalist” takeover of the country.
The Associated Press declared Saturday, “Many believe the Founders wanted a Christian America. Some want the government to declare one now.” On Tuesday, Alexander Ward and Heidi Przybyla warned in Politico, “Trump allies prepare to infuse ‘Christian nationalism’ in second administration.”
Such manufactures represent “a coordinated effort” to stoke fear before the 2024 elections, declared Family Research Council Action President Jody Hice, guest host of “Washington Watch” on Wednesday. Their purpose is not just “to rally the Left but, probably even more so … to intimidate and silence Christians who embrace a biblical worldview,” he said.
The purpose of Reiner’s yellow journalism is more concerning than its aim. The Left’s “definition of Christian nationalism … tends to be a coat that is cut to fit whatever it needs to fit at any given time,” Regent University professor A.J. Nolte said on “Washington Watch.” As with donkeys and tails, it gets harder to pin the scare on the elephant after you’ve been blindfolded and spun in circles. Some leftist definitions of “Christian nationalism” have little in common with Christianity. Take Reiner’s perspective, “The idea is that America was born as a white Christian nation, and these people are virulent about returning to that, and they’ll do it at any means necessary, including … violence. And we saw this happen on January 6th.”
Most Christians would have difficulty recognizing themselves in this description. For starters, Christianity knows no ethnic barriers (Revelation 7:9); Christians are commanded to submit to the government (Romans 13:1); and violence disqualifies a man from Christian leadership (1 Timothy 3:3).
Reiner’s definition wasn’t particularly concerned with scriptural accuracy, as the entire documentary really served as a “Trojan horse for progressive ideology,” wrote Southern Seminary professor Andrew Walker. His documentary painted institutions as disparate as The Heritage Foundation, Turning Point USA and Hillsdale College with the same broad brush, even though the first two aren’t sectarian, and the third isn’t political.
Reiner “gives the game away when he talks about ‘white’ Christian nationalism,” Nolte noted, a mistaken “conflation of white ethnic nationalism with Christian nationalism.”
Some leftist definitions simply equate “Christian nationalism” with social conservatism. Nolte described a book titled, “‘Taking America Back for God,’ by two scholars named Perry and Whitehead.” In the book, “They took six questions, which are generally good questions if you’re trying to measure social conservatism” and used them as “measures for Christian nationalism.” These measures included support for prayer in schools, opposition to abortion and same-sex marriage, and an acknowledgment of Christian principles in America’s founding.
“So, what you often find is that Christian nationalism is basically just … social conservatism, sort of relabeled,” Nolte concluded.
This definition becomes increasingly unrealistic as left-wing extremism puts more and more Americans on the “Right” side of social and cultural policy disputes, particularly where transgender ideology is at play. The coalition opposed to pornographic books in school libraries, for instance, includes not just Christians, but also Jews such as Ben Shapiro, Muslims like the parents in Dearborn, Mich., or Montgomery County, Md., and agnostics like Jordan Peterson.
The term “Christian nationalism” approaches meaninglessness when used to describe people who are not Christians and might not even be nationalists.
Some leftist definitions of “Christian nationalism” combine biblical positions with non-biblical ones. Thus, Przybyla (co-author of the Politico piece mentioned above) stated Tuesday, “We’re talking about here not just isolationism, immigration. We’re talking about ending same-sex marriage, abortion, reducing access to contraceptives, but also surrogacy, no-fault divorce, sex education in public schools.”
But not so fast! Those are “two separate issue sets,” Nolte pointed out. Opposition to immigration and an isolationist foreign policy are the preferred policies of a populist segment of the contemporary American Right, but they shouldn’t be lumped together with what Nolte called “family-oriented, social conservative policies.”
Even if both sets of positions are found on the political Right, they are espoused by “two separate groups of social conservatives,” Nolte explained. Again, quoting Perry and Whitehead, Nolte said that, “Among regular church attenders, they actually found less hostility toward those of different racial groups, toward immigrants … but there was more opposition to same-sex marriage, abortion,” while “among those who were socially conservative, but did not attend church, what they found was the exact opposite.”
At the risk of committing an overgeneralization, one might say there was an inverse relationship between the depth of a person’s Christian walk and their espousal of “nationalist policies.” Does that sound like “Christian nationalism?”
Some leftist definitions of “Christian nationalism” simply mean that it’s bad for Christians to be involved in politics. For instance, “They’re all after Speaker Mike Johnson for his Christian faith,” said Hice. “He’s a Christian statesman who is certainly influenced and guided by his faith,” but “that’s no different from the liberal Left being guided by their secular, or whatever, worldview that they embrace.”
“This really galls the Left, [that] Mike Johnson has the unmitigated temerity to be a fairly conventional Southern Baptist,” Nolte agreed, with a touch of sarcasm. “Yes, he’s quite conservative on family issues. … But, as a conventional Baptist, he also stands [with] an over 200-year tradition of Baptists supporting religious liberty.” (Make that nearly 400 years in America since Baptist minister Roger Williams founded the colony of Rhode Island as a haven for freedom of conscience.)
The point is, “If somebody is truly committed to religious liberty, you never have to worry about them imposing Christianity,” Nolte argued. “They want to protect your freedom to believe or not believe as you choose.”
Yet no leftist definitions of “Christian nationalism” acknowledge its presence on the political Left. Follow along, if you will, with this thought experiment Nolte set forth:
Imagine a situation in which a Republican president goes to a church—a church that has been prominently associated with Republican politics in the past—on a federal holiday and gives a speech where he talks about how New Testament principles ought to be the basis of our politics here in America. Would the media label that as Christian nationalism, do you think?
Over Martin Luther King Jr. Day weekend in 2023, President Joe Biden spoke from that man’s onetime pulpit in Atlanta’s Ebenezer Baptist Church, declaring that certain passages of the New Testament described “the essence of the American promise” and inspired his vision to “redeem the soul of America.” Yet, according to the propagandists now loudly decrying Christian nationalism, “that, somehow, was not considered Christian nationalism,” Nolte observed. So, when defining the term, “it kind of depends on who is using the New Testament and whether the media outlets in question like the use to which the New Testament is being put,” he said.
Nolte suggested the entire project was political. His dissertation had examined how secularists in Turkey, France and other countries have used “extreme fear language” about “religious reactionaries” to “mobilize constituencies that supported … secularism.” He warned that this strategy backfired in Turkey, where it “generally pushed most of the Islamic believers in Turkey more toward radicalism.”
Nolte argued leftists in America have made a “deliberate attempt” to craft a similar narrative. In particular, he pointed to “The Handmaid’s Tale,” a tailor-made scarytale “that’s going to appeal particularly to secular educated women who do not attend church and are not familiar with Christian belief.” Nolte criticized the way it twisted Scripture to depict a “misogynistic, theocratic society” that has nothing in common with the policy goals of socially conservative Christians in America.
Ultimately, fearmongering about the slur “Christian nationalism” says far more about those who wield it than those they aim to describe. In the “Red Scares” of the 1920s to 1950s, allegations that there was a communist under every rock, tree, bush, government desk, and movie script did little to inform the American public about which people really were communists. But they did inform Americans that the accusers were anti-communists. Similarly, accusations of “Christian nationalism” don’t inform Americans about which politicians, if any, wish to establish a theocracy; but they do help Americans understand that the people making the accusations are anti-Christian and anti-nationalist.
One final accusation lobbed against Christianity came from University of California at Riverside professor Reza Aslan, a Christian apostate. “The biggest sin, if you will, of Christian nationalism, is that it sees pluralism as a weakness, and not what it is: the foundation of what it means to be American,” Aslan insisted.
The irony in this inverted statement is so thick you could ice it and slice it. Not only did Aslan overlook the Christian origins of American pluralism, but he also missed the fact that American Christians are still pleading for a pluralistic society, “that we may lead a peaceful and quiet life, godly and dignified in every way” (1 Timothy 2:2).
It is totalitarian leftists who seek to de-pluralize American public life by banishing Christians from the public square—and scaremongering about “Christian nationalism” is simply their latest attempt to do so.
Bill Wood demonstrates with an anti-Trump sign near the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2022, in Washington, D.C. (Photo: Drew Angerer/Getty Images)
Liberal voters are expressing a sense of fatigue in their ongoing resistance against former President Donald Trump as the 2024 election approaches, The New York Times reported on Monday. Fury propelled voters to cast ballots against Trump in the 2020 presidential election and Republicans in the 2022 midterm elections, according to Democrats the Times spoke to. However, this fervor has diminished since then as the effort required to maintain it has been draining to these voters.
“Some folks are burned out on outrage,” Rebecca Lee Funk, founder of the Outrage, a progressive activism organization, told the Times. “People are tired. I think last election we were desperate to get Trump out of office, and folks were willing to rally around that singular call to action. And this election feels different.”
President Joe Biden is attempting to rally the anti-Trump vote by portraying the former president as an existential threat to democracy but the message is struggling to fuel Democrats thus far, according to the Times.
Trump was ahead of Biden by 4.3 points in the RealClearPolitics average in late January, which is his largest lead this cycle against the president. He never led Biden in the RealClearPolitics average during the 2020 election.
“Exhaustion is underlying the entire attitude toward our presidential election,” Republican pollster Whit Ayres told the Times. “When you’ve got two people that are opposed by 70 percent of Americans who want a different choice, it creates frustration, anxiety, and discouragement.”
Americans across party lines are concerned about Biden’s age and some Democrats are failing to maintain their outrage against Trump as the sentiment has dragged on for the better part of a decade at this point, according to the Times.
Among American adults, 86% believe Biden is “too old” ahead of the 2024 election, compared to 62% who said the same of Trump, an ABC News/Ipsos survey recently found.
“We’re kind of, like, crises-ed out,” Pittsburgh security guard and Democrat Shannon Caseber told the Times. She described the likely Trump-Biden rematch as a “dumpster fire,” adding, “It’s crisis fatigue, for sure.”
“Any sense of urgency that we had with the 2020 election—I think it’s still there in the sense that no one wants Trump to be president, at least for Democrats, but it’s exhausting,” she told the Times.
Nearly 40% of Democrats selected “exhaustion” as their sentiment about the 2024 election compared to 26% of Republicans, according to a September Yahoo News/YouGov poll.
“We’ve dealt with so many emergencies these past few years: national emergencies, perceived emergencies, real emergencies—it’s just kind of like, that is not really a strong motivator for me anymore,” anti-Trump Los Angeles voter Mr. Dower told the Times. “A lot of us would like a more positive thing to motivate us … Not just purely, ‘Do this or else this bad thing is going to happen.’”
Over 85% of Republicans and conservatives said they were “extremely/very motivated” to vote in the 2024 election compared to 74% of Democrats and liberals, according to a recent CNN poll.
The Outrage did not immediately respond to the Daily Caller News Foundation’s request for comment.
I’ve said all along that the Left’s Mob army is called out just to cause inconvenience, fear and enough noise to cover the Left’s real agenda. A vast majority of these Leftist Mob Army members have no idea why they’re there, or what they’re protesting. The following is a great example of delusional people proving to the world that Liberalism is a mental virus that removes all reason and individualism.
The Atlantic’s Tim Alberta wrote a book to argue that Trump-supporting Christians are apostates and enemies of democracy, Tim Graham says. (Photo: Jose A. Bernat Bacete/Getty Images)
In a previous epoch, Tim Alberta was a reporter for National Review, one of too many NR cubs who later joined the liberal-media zoo. Alberta is now at The Atlantic, one of America’s most intense producers of frothing leftist drivel.
It seems like every leftist network has welcomed Alberta to trash conservative Christians through his latest book, “The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory: American Evangelicals in an Age of Extremism.” It’s touted as Alberta’s “deeply personal examination of the divisions that threaten to destroy the American evangelical movement. Evangelical Christians are perhaps the most polarizing—and least understood— people living in America today.”
Wait. No one in these interviews asks about the polarizing cultural extreme on the libertine Left. That extreme is the leftist media’s address, at the corner of GLAAD Street and Planned Parenthood Avenue.
Interviewers loved Alberta’s funeral story. On the “PBS NewsHour,” anchor Geoff Bennett began: “I asked Tim about a searing moment he describes, when, at his own father’s funeral, a church elder admonished him for not fully embracing Donald Trump as God’s chosen leader.”
Is this an exact quote? Alberta answered: “Once I was able to process it, because it was a surreal moment, having just buried my father—you’re in this state of mourning and of shock, and not sure, is this even real? … If I could be treated this way, if I could be regarded as a member of the deep state, as an enemy of the church, as an apostate—if I could be treated that way, then how are we treating those outside the church?”
On NPR’s “Fresh Air,” host Terry Gross also loved the funeral tale: “Let me back up and say that Rush Limbaugh started quoting you and assailing you on his radio show. What was he saying about you?”
Alberta said, “Rush Limbaugh was on his show describing some of my unflattering characterizations of Donald Trump and of the evangelical movement. Trump himself was tweeting about my book. I was getting a lot of threats, a lot of nasty email, a lot of criticism from right-wing media.” So “people were asking me if I was really still a Christian, if I was on the right side of good versus evil … and all the while, of course, my dad is in a box 100 feet away.”
Gross then asked, “If they saw that in you, the son of their pastor, you, who many of them had known your entire life, that—what about people who they don’t know? How easy is it to dehumanize them and just make them into the enemy?”
Funerals shouldn’t be a setting for political combat, which is why they love this funhouse portrait of conservative Christians. But Alberta wrote this book to argue that Trump-supporting Christians are apostates and enemies of democracy. PBS and NPR and the rest “dehumanize” conservatives routinely.
Alberta was bitterly angry at his pastor father for voting for Trump in 2016. So, what kind of Christian is a Hillary Clinton backer? Why is his pro-abortion “division” of evangelicalism not “threatening to destroy” it?
Alberta and his media helpers can’t seem to find the cultural context of our times. The arrival of “same-sex marriage,” naturally followed by twerking drag queen performances for children, and graphically sexual books in school libraries, and “gender-affirming care” for minors aren’t reasons for Christians to feel something is slipping away?
Is nothing “extremist” about that? Do Alberta’s model Christians offer any remedy or resistance to these trends? No one asked.
Guatemala is one of America’s last partners in the region that still holds conservative values: free-market, anti-communism, and pro-family. Sunday’s election could threaten that should the Left find a new base in Central America. Pictured: Candidate for president of Guatemala and former first lady Sandra Torres presents her plan for government in Guatemala City on Aug. 7, 2023, in the run-up to the Aug. 20 ballot. (Photo: Fernando Aguilar, AFP/Getty Images)
Elections have consequences. They can either benefit a nation or lead to disastrous outcomes. On June 25, Guatemala held its first round of the presidential election, and the results ended disastrously for this historically conservative Central American country of 17 million people.
The results also do not bode well for America, as the current government has been pro-U.S. and a staunch American foreign policy ally, and the election of a leftist government could dramatically change all that. In an unexpected twist of events, the two candidates heading into this Sunday’s run-off elections are former first lady Sandra Torres and Bernardo Arévalo, son of former Guatemalan President Juan José Arévalo Bermejo—both leftists. The two won the first election round with only 15% and 11%, respectively, in a deeply fractured vote.
Prior to the elections, the then-frontrunner, a conservative businessman, was controversially disqualified by the attorney general while the Right has come under heavy criticism for splintering the nation’s majority conservative vote, leaving an opportunity for the Left to gain control. The results break this year’s string of conservative wins in Latin America. First, Chile’s Marxist president tried to radically change the country’s pro-free market form of government through a constitutional convention to rewrite the nation’s constitution. He was upended after conservatives won two-thirds of the convention seats.
Paraguay’s conservatives easily kept control of their government. And this past weekend saw conservatives in Argentina win nearly two-thirds of the vote in the first round of presidential elections amid a country financially ruined by the ruling socialist government.
It is Torres’ third time as a presidential candidate while it is Arévalo’s first. Torres campaigned on an agenda centered on “transforming Guatemala to be a place of equality, where women and men have the same opportunities, the youth find jobs, and everyone develops peace of mind.”
A social democrat, observers tell us, “She is too corrupt.” Since June, Torres has pivoted her campaign message to cast herself as a defender of the country’s deeply held conservative values—pro-life, pro-family, and pro-religion. She promises to name conservative ministers to her government if she wins. Nevertheless, public distrust of her runs high.
Arévalo hails from a new political party, Semilla. Local conservatives fear “he will make common cause with global progressives on abortion, gender identity, and a pro-LGBTQ+ platform.” Last year, Semilla unsuccessfully introduced a bill in parliament “for persons who menstruate,” a reference to “transgender” men’s rights (transgender men are biological women).
In neighboring Mexico, the ruling left-wing Morena (Movement for Social Regeneration) Party has convicted conservative members of parliament and church leaders for “gender-based political violence” for speaking out against transgender ideology. An Arévalo victory could bring similar pressures on the Guatemalan people.
During the campaign, Arévalo evaded questions about social issues and has laser focused on an appealing anti-corruption agenda. While Guatemala has made substantial improvements in democratizing its national economy, it remains riven with corruption between government and businesses and scandals that have eaten into Guatemalans’ trust in their own institutions. Indeed, voter turnout exposed the country’s loss of faith in government, as only 60% of eligible voters showed up at the polls with 24% of them leaving their ballots blank. In sum, half of the country opted out of participating in the elections.
The impact of Guatemala’s election on American national security could be severe. The current conservative government has been a staunch U.S. foreign policy ally, recognizing Taiwan over Communist China, openly backing Ukraine over Russia, and being solidly pro-Israel and pro-U.S.
Other Latin American states have joined China’s Belt and Road Initiative of receiving massive loans and infrastructure investments in return for loyalty to Beijing. Recently, current Guatemalan President Alejandro Giammattei pledged “absolute support” for Taiwan after neighboring Honduras switched sides and recognized Beijing over Taipei.
Torres promised to maintain relations with and expand economic relations with Taiwan. Her critics warn, however, that given the executive powers of the president, once in office, “she could easily switch to China.”
Alejandro Palmieri, the editor of La Republica Guatemala, warns that “Torres previously praised the PRC [People’s Republic of China] as an economic powerhouse, though she still wants to maintain relationships with the United States and Taiwan since they are important trade partners for us.”
As for Arévalo, he has made it clear that he wants to establish closer relations with China since he believes that it is essential for Guatemala’s economic growth.
Palmieri said that Guatemala’s conservative values are aligned with conservative American principles: “Guatemala is one of the U.S.’s last partners in the region that still holds conservative values such as support for a free-market economy, recognizing the hemispheric threat Communist China represents, and fidelity to the idea that the family structure is central to our lives.”
Sunday’s election results could threaten those shared values should international progressives find a new base in Central America. No doubt, as the White House has done with Marxist victors in Brazil and Colombia and progressives elsewhere in the hemisphere, it is likely only too keen to roll out the red carpet for Guatemala’s next left-wing president.
Max Primorac is director of The Heritage Foundation’s Douglas and Sarah Allison Center for Foreign Policy. He previously served as acting chief operating officer at the U.S. Agency for International Development. From 2009 to 2011, he was a senior adviser to the Afghan government.
“Eco-anxiety” is the latest buzz-word for younger generations trying to put climate change in perspective. Apparently, it’s a legit mental illness created by lying leftists.
Meet Jennifer Newall. She’s spent years working on the forefront on climate change, as one of the globe’s leading researchers.
Her PhD on melting ice sheets and changing sea levels had taken her to Antarctica, Scandinavia and the USA but it was while leading a workshop for primary school children in Glasgow that she began to question what she was doing.
“It dawned on me,” she says. “The physics behind this haven’t changed in my lifetime. They’re not going to change going forward.”
Jennifer says she realized action was needed urgently and she no longer had the passion or motivation to continue studying the effects.
She put her career on hold in order to take more direct action but she found the scale of the challenge overwhelming.
Jennifer is one of a growing number of people who have experienced “eco-anxiety” – a chronic sense of hopelessness and fear of environmental doom.
“It presented itself as depression and anxiety,” she says. She felt completely paralyzed and often unable to get out of bed.
It was during what she describes as her “eco-grief” that 33-year-old Jennifer decided she could not have children.
She says: “I don’t feel like I can have children, because a) the world can’t cope and b) I would feel guilty bringing any child into this world.”
More than half the world’s population actually believe our planet is doomed. Thanks to people like Al Gore and AOC, who sound the false alarms as loud as they can, these people suffer from the guilt surrounding their inability to fix the global climate.
Meanwhile, the very leftists sounding these alarms ‘can’t see the forest for the trees,’ so to say.
Part of the Great Hypocrisy.
Leftists say they care about the environment and cutting our reliance on fossil fuels. However, research says windmill farms have an ugly little secret. “Turbines require lubrication. On average, a 5-MW (megawatt) turbine holds 700 gallons of oil and hydraulic fluid; like car oil, these need replacing every nine to 16 months.”
It gets worse. “When the industry claims that a 5-MW wind facility can power 3200 homes, it usually omits the word “intermittently.” Because wind blows intermittently, IWTs cannot provide uninterrupted, reliable power to a single home, hospital, smelter, factory, data center or bitcoin mine 24/7, 365 days each year. IWTs need continuous backup power available 100% of the time.” In other words, windmills can’t replace the power grid.
Those electric cars aren’t so great for the environment either.
EV battery production can adversely impact the environment, such as a loss of biodiversity, air pollution and decreased freshwater supply.
EV batteries consist of materials like nickel, lithium, cobalt and others, which are energy-intensive to mine. These minerals are also often mined in regions with a poor environmental record. Take, for example, the lithium mining currently happening in Argentina. According to Time, Argentina accounts for 21% of the world’s lithium reserves and plans are already in place to open 13 more mines (in addition to the two already in production). Many worry the mining could cause massive destruction, corrupt an already fragile ecosystem and pillage the country’s natural resources all in the name of “green progress”.
EV battery recycling methods are still in their early stages, but they are not specifically designed to be recycled.
EV tires wear out faster due to the heavier weight and increased torque of the vehicle. Expected lifespan on EV tires is only between 30,000 to 40,000 miles. This means you’ll be buying tires more often and thus contributing to increased emissions.
I could go on. We’ve written about Obama’s green energy scams many times, such as the solar letdown. Those companies were nothing but a big fat flop.
Unfortunately, climate change isn’t the only policy leftist hypocrisy continually attacks.
Leftists pretend to care about the economy. However, the almighty dollars is losing value at record speeds. Inflation is rampant. companies are closing, the workforce is crippled. Leftists pretend to care about families. However, the border is no longer secure. Families aren’t safe. Human trafficking, sex trafficking, drug trafficking- all continue to grow out of control under this administration. Fentanyl is being manufactured to look like candy so as to attract young children. Unfortunately, one pill kills, and just recently, Texas state troopers seized 3.1 million lethal doses of fentanyl during a single traffic stop in the border town of Mission.
When dealing with leftists, it is just one crisis after another- all riddled with hypocrisy. It’s no wonder we need new mental illness labels just to keep up with the damage leftism does. Sadly, the destruction digs deeper with each passing generation, just waiting for a voice of reason to cut through the confusion and bring common sense back to the front lines.
Remember when we all went around saying “it takes a village to raise a child”? I do.
I remember hearing Whitney Houston belt it out—
I believe the children are our are future Teach them well and let them lead the way Show them all the beauty they possess inside Give them a sense of pride to make it easier Let the children’s laughter remind us how we used to be Everybody searching for a hero People need someone to look up to….
I grew up on that message. And you can bet your bottom dollar I tried to raise my kids as part of a village that loves and supports them. But instead of learning basic human goodness, leftists have decided to use education to destroy our children.
CRT, unicorns, and other works of fiction.
It’s bad enough that CRT infiltrates public schools with its revisionist history and racist undertones. But leftists just had to add unicorns and gender benders. It’s a terrible web that traps the masses.
Critical race theory is an idea that originated in universities and law schools under the name “critical theory”. Its supporters added “race” in the 1970s, clever scoundrels that they were.
The addition of RACE bastardized a 1930s European theory birthed by communist academics. They knew that RACE would SELL this nonsensical concept. Further, they knew that Blacks in America would readily buy the concept.
The communists of the time targeted Blacks due to our LEGITIMATE grievances. Because Blacks during this time were treated as second-class citizens. That treatment led to angst in the Black community. Thus, many Blacks succumbed to the communist ideology. They believed we would all be treated equally; that’s the lie communism proposes.
The objective of Critical Race Theory was to tear down, even erase the history of ideas that created Western culture. Particularly American Western culture.
America was too good for its own good, the communists believed. Too good to be true. So they put her to the test. For decades, America proved that capitalism and free markets work; moreover, Marxism and Communism fail.
Tenets of CRT reject ideas such as a “color-blindness” and even advancement based on meritocracy. Black people aren’t successful in America because they work hard and dismiss the noise of the Left. They succeed by pure luck.
In other words, CRT doesn’t value people by the content of their character, nor does CRT value hard work. Ibram X. Kendi wrote: “The language of color blindness … is a mask to hide racism.”
Unbelievably, CRT openly criticizes the Civil Rights movement; a movement that created millions of successful Blacks in America.
While CRT acknowledges the success of individual Blacks in America, ironically, it criticizes successful Blacks for joining the system. The theory puts Blacks in a no-win situation. CRT supporter Derrick Bell alludes that successful Blacks “are passing” as whites. Because being successful according to Bell, is succumbing to the white man’s orthodoxy.
We could try to ignore the inconsistencies and idiocy of the flawed concepts of CRT. However, we do so at our peril. Because CRT impacts all areas of society. CRT demoralizes K-12 students. And if it hasn’t sunk in by the end of K-12, CRT attacks in college, polarizing higher ed students.
Post-college, CRT guilts working Americans and condones “cancel culture”. In the end, CRT stokes grievances with the purpose of creating victims.
A proponent of Critical Theory, Herbert Marcuse, famously wrote, “All liberation depends on the consciousness of servitude”. And like a cult, the CRT revolution enslaves the minds of the people who adopt it. And the concept is blatantly and unapologetically racist.
When racism wasn’t enough to divide America, leftists brought in the unicorn.
Parents are no longer the ultimate authority when teaching their children about race, sexual preference, or even gender. Instead, our kids are taught to ditch their God given pronouns and choose their gender.
If a kid feels saddled with a penis they don’t really like, the school is willing to step-in and help the child obtain hormone therapy in preparation for a sex change. No parental consultation necessary. Yet, you need to sign a permission slip for your kid to go the zoo or a museum. Seriously folks! How are these asinine hypocrisies not glaringly evident to those who put these leftists in charge of our schools? I’m not even going to dive into the boys playing girls’ sports– we’ll just save that for another day. Because today, I stumbled across a headline that literally made me want to throw up.
This morning, the Fox News website had this to say:
West Virginia teacher who raped freshman kept ‘Top 10’ list of most attractive students: lawsuit
Lawyers said Ronald Paul Harris may have sexually abused other victims, and the school district allegedly “turned a blind eye”.
A now-convicted pedophile raped a freshman while he was a teacher in a West Virginia school district. That district and the school’s former principal are now facing a lawsuit for allegedly “turned a blind eye” to the ongoing abuse.
Ronald Paul Harris, who is now 63, admitted in criminal court to molesting a 14-year-old student while he was a history teacher and basketball coach at Oak Glen Middle School in Hancock County, West Virginia.
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“This case is a parent’s worst nightmare,” said Mary Pat Statler, who’s representing E.H. (the victim) and her parents, along with P. Zachary Stewart.
“To learn that your child was groomed and sexually abused by a teacher is beyond awful. It’s made even more terrible knowing that the administrator at the time of the abuse was in a position to stop the abuse or prevent future instances of abuse and instead turned a blind eye.”
Harris pleaded guilty last September in criminal court to sexual abuse by a person in a position of trust and is serving a 10- to-20-year prison sentence and must register as a sex offender. As part of the deal, five other felony charges were dropped.
The details are so disturbing, I feel the need to warn you.
While inefficient Democrat states take eons to report election results, the corrupt corporate media and keyboard warriors everywhere are melting down over the possibility of losing total control of the government power they’ve squandered for the last two years. When word reached Americans that the GOP started off the midterms strong with a massive Senate and gubernatorial sweep in Florida, blue checkmarks on Twitter, Democrats, and the propaganda press predictably lost their minds.
After reading exit polling suggesting that skyrocketing inflation is voters’ top concern, CNN lamented that voters are more worried about the rising cost of groceries and gas than leftists’ “threat to democracy” lies. “You know what’s missing from this one, two, three, four, five, top five issues? Democracy. It’s not even here. That’s not to say it’s not an issue for people but it doesn’t even come close,” CNN’s Dana Bash whined during her network’s election night coverage.
I’m SHOCKED that voters’ #1 concern after freely taking part in the democratic process isn’t ✨democracy✨ https://t.co/4K0uV8fkhH
Around that same time, MSNBC’s Jason Johnson minimized the democratic process of voting by claiming that “we can’t say that whatever happens tonight is a fair and equitable election.”
“The level of voter suppression is beyond anything that we saw in 2018,” he asserted without evidence.
MSNBC's @DrJasonJohnson on Georgia: "The level of voter suppression is beyond anything that we saw in 2018 … we can’t say that whatever happens tonight is a fair and equitable election" pic.twitter.com/WxPGLH0lLA
MSNBC’s Joy Reid also resorted to lying to undermine GOP victories, specifically in Florida. Not only did she falsely claim Miami-Dade County “has been trending Republican for a really long time” but she also wondered when Florida will become “a normal political state and not just a far, far, far right state.”
After both Gov. Ron DeSantis and Sen. Marco Rubio were re-elected, @JoyAnnReid called Florida a "far, far, far right state."
Convicted thief and viral purveyor of misinformation Rex Chapman, who lost his spot with CNN after less than one month on air, offered his complaints about the state of “our democracy” under the leadership of Republican powerhouses like the recently reelected Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis via Twitter.
In addition to the propaganda press’s meltdown, plenty of media personalities and Americans invoked the classic but overdone promises to movefrom certain states once it was clear Republicans were winning.
“[W]here should i move” one Buzzfeed reporter asked.
Even before results poured in on election night, the corrupt corporate media were preparing for the worst with doomsday-style prepping lists designed to pander to emotional voters who need help coping with actual democratic processes.
“Elections and anxiety often go hand in hand,” The New York Times tweeted. “Here are some evidence-based strategies that can help you cope.”
The list featured suggestions such as “breathe like a baby” and “limit your scrolling” as a way to “soothe election stress.”
The graphic was thoroughly mocked by normal people who don’t require such audacious behaviors to cope.
One kind soul on Twitter took it upon himself to “fix” the graphic to reflect more appropriate actions such as downing “five shots of hard liquor” and enduring waterboarding disguised as a “cool down.”
Jordan Boyd is a staff writer at The Federalist and co-producer of The Federalist Radio Hour. Her work has also been featured in The Daily Wire and Fox News. Jordan graduated from Baylor University where she majored in political science and minored in journalism. Follow her on Twitter @jordanboydtx.
I was watching the news this morning. FOX was reviewing last nights propaganda speech. The subject of the oil situation came up, especially about the so-called “oil reserve” Biden was releasing. It amounts to a three-day supply of oil in America.
Several thoughts came up regarding the situation between Putin and Biden. With all that the socialist put Trump through, (“Russia, Russia, Russia”) this geriatric dementia 80 something, is more in the pocket of Putin than the socialist accused Trump of being.
There is a meme going around of someone saying, “Instead of this Build Back Better businesses, how about just putting it all back the way you found it.” Indeed. We were oil independent, selling to other nations, and Putin was sitting on drilled oil. Our economy was robust, and we all could afford to drive our cars (there is a gas station a half block from us with prices of almost $6 a gallon). Do they really think we’re that stupid?
Everything these socialist’ have done is all designed around “control, control, control”. We all know now that this pandemic was more fear mongering than actual danger. Numbers inflated, bad advice, everything about it manipulated to grow fear in order for them to control almost every aspect of our lives.
After shutting down the Keystone Pipeline, and making us dependent on Russia for our oil (“Russia, Russia, Russia”), they shut down a robust economy buy shutting us up in our homes. Might as well have been house arrest. Supply lines cut off, making everything more expensive, and growing the fear that we might never have enough toilet paper.
Lie, after lie, after lie about face masks, numbers of deaths, and feeding more fear. Instead of a few weeks, or months, these manipulated lies have last two years. And miraculously, the China virus stopped it’s attack on the day of Biden State of the Union AS WE WANT YOU TO BELIEVE IT IS, BUT IN REALITY, WE HAVE DESTROYED IT FOR PUTIN AND XI.
Last night Biden threw up a speech someone else wrote, saying all the things he was expected to say, and meaning none of it, while stretching his dominion further. His greatest lies were those about Russia and Ukraine. We already have evidence of his manipulation of Ukraine leadership with his boast. Summed up, more Russian control of our economy by our dependence on Putin’s oil.
Now gasoline is over $5 a gallon, and climbing. Supply chains are growing, restaurants are so expensive, it’s prohibitive to eat out anymore. $9 for a Big Mac meal????? Heating our homes are down to multiple blankets, and electrical cost are criminal. And I think I have the reason all this has been engineered.
They locked us down to see if they could pull it off. Success. Once you give Socialist/Leftist power, THEY WILL NEVER GIVE IT BACK. So, make everything so expensive that Americans cannot afford to go out. Make gasoline so expensive that AMERICANS HAVE TO STAY HOME (LOCKDOWN). Add to that the Socialist/Leftist puts forth this geriatric dementia 80 something as a mock President, and you have a tyrannical government that is only interested in filling their own pockets, and those of the oligarchs that control them.
Angry enough America? Violence is not the answer, because that’s what they expect. Prayer? YES! Speak up, YES! Call them on their lies and manipulation? YES! Get out the vote and hold them accountable for their cheating? YES! Let’s start where we live and spread out nationally. I refuse to be controlled one more second. How about you?
Bill Maher is lying. To his audience. And to himself.
He’s no longer a loyal Democrat. He’s anti-Trump. And his enthusiasm for Trump resistance is rapidly waning.
The liberal comedian’s HBO talk show, “Real Time with Bill Maher,” has turned into a weekly ray of hope for those of us praying America snaps out of its left-wing fascism revolution.
Every Friday night, it seems, Maher finds a way to trash the woke, and every Saturday morning across social media platforms, conservatives gleefully share his most recent rebuke of the left.
The latest episode of his show convinced me that Maher has been red-pilled and that former President Donald Trump is the sole reason Maher won’t admit it. Trump is the only thing holding together the Democratic Party. He fig-leafs progressive insanity.
On Friday, Maher opened his panel discussion addressing the Biden administration’s catastrophic handling of our withdrawal from Afghanistan. Maher trashed Trump and then declared that the former president couldn’t have made a bigger mess than the current one.
Panelist Jackie Calmes, a columnist for the Los Angeles Times, vapidly responded:
“You know how you always say, ‘I can’t believe Trump did that.’ Nothing he did would make you think he’d hit bottom, and then … Well, it could be worse.”
That should be the slogan of the Democratic Party: “It could be worse.”
To his credit, Maher pushed back and demanded that Calmes explain how things could be worse. She had no answer. She backpedaled, claiming she wasn’t trying to defend the Biden administration.
The left is a house of Trump cards. Remove Trump and the progressive movement immediately collapses beneath the weight of its bulls**t. Remove Trump and the left can’t defend the authoritarian actions it’s taking to overhaul America’s cultural norms.
Without Trump, Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg and Twitter’s Jack Dorsey would be viewed as treasonous villains for their censorship of free speech. Trump resistance justifies infringement of the Constitution’s First Amendment. Big Tech, especially smartphones, has too much influence over American society. On Friday, Maher ended his show explaining the negative impact of our cellular devices. Maher understands that smartphones and social media apps are disconnecting and dividing us.
Trump resistance is the lone catalyst and justification for corporate media framing the events at the Capitol on Jan. 6 as an “insurrection.” The insurrection is the Big Lie. No one authentically believes you can overthrow the government with flagpoles, moose heads, and zip ties. The Taliban staged an insurrection in Afghanistan. Trump supporters staged an unruly, criminal protest that never reached the level of violence seen at a typical Antifa or Black Lives Matter protest.
Without Trump, the left would have to vigorously defend its contention that men can be “birthing people.” It would also be forced to defend allowing biological men to compete against women in sports.
Would America’s laissez-faire policy at our southern border exist without Trump? Our immigration policy makes no sense. It can’t be defended. It doesn’t serve the greater good of our country. It is as big a mess as Afghanistan. We’re allowing illegal immigrants to flood our country simply because doing so is anti-Trump.
Critical race theory depends on Trump resistance for legitimacy. It can’t survive scrutiny and analysis. On Friday, Maher and his interview guest, gay conservative writer Andrew Sullivan, mocked the New York Times 1619 Project and complained that the left has moved away from the goal of a color-blind society.
You should watch Friday’s show. It was amazing. Maher flirted with multiple third rails, including suggesting that vaccines and masks shouldn’t be regarded as a more important response to COVID than exercise, losing weight, and a healthy diet.
Watching Maher on Friday made me ponder what the world would be like if Trump abandoned politics. Would it hasten the collapse of the fascist left? If you removed the Trump card, would it force the fake leftists to confront the fraudulence of the rest of the progressives’ hand?
I believe, at this point, the majority of leftists are fake. Black people, the house pets of liberals, are required to hate Trump and all conservatives. Gangbangers and drug dealers command more respect in the black community than black Trump supporters.
There’s nearly as much pressure on white people. Who wants the baggage of being assumed racist for espousing conservative beliefs? Disavow Trump and supporting leftist policy protects you from accusations of homophobia, racism, and misogyny. Pretending to be a Democrat exempts you from being held accountable for any violations of political correctness. Late-night comedian Jimmy Kimmel co-hosted “The Man Show” and performed in blackface. He’s in good standing. Meanwhile, “Jeopardy” just canceled its brand-new host because of things he said on a podcast no one listened to 10 years ago.
Maher recognizes this hypocrisy. And he likely knows that he would be canceled, too, if he didn’t keep up the charade of being a loyal Democrat and devout Trump hater.
Trump hate is the Democratic platform. It justifies Afghanistan, the border, 20 new genders, censorship, critical racism theory, mandating experimental vaccines, and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
Sometimes I think Trump has proven his point. He awakened the public to the swamp, the financial alliance among global corporations, political elites, and America’s adversaries.
Does he have more to offer? Or is he now an impediment, a blinding force that stops well-intentioned people from seeing the damage the other side is doing to America?
Could Trump save America by stepping aside and fully exposing the lunacy of the Left?
What I’m suggesting reminds me of the strategy that civil rights workers used to defeat segregationists. Bible-carrying men and women put on their Sunday-best clothes and let photographers and cameramen document the behavior of bigots. The images won the civil rights movement. Compelling liberals to defend their agenda without their trusty Trump card would unmask their wickedness.
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Are you noticing all the Leftist promises of giving people who are here illegally, the right to vote? Isn’t that foreign interference in our elections?
Very quietly the Left has been encouraging illegal immigration. President Obama flew them in by the plane loads from Islamic countries, claiming they were suffering refugees. (Notice none have asked to go back? And, yes, American taxpayers are still paying for their benefits.) What that fact established, these Leftist had the audacity to claim President Trump invited Russia to interfere, when our nation’s spy guys told them the Russians have been interfering for some time. So has the ILLEGAL ALIENS.
Why are we NOT screaming this from the house tops? Why are we thinking the hapless Republicans will? FOX won’t; in fact, the only medium that IS TALKING ABOUT THIS are the bloggers. Perhaps promoting us will help the messages out.
If you are one of the ones who gets entry into one of these so called “Town Meetings”, how about asking this question? Maybe show them the following political cartoon?
It is fairly obvious that our nation is currently divided in ways that we have never before experienced in our modern era, and the danger that this poses cannot be overstated.
We, as Americans, are sadly dreading the time that we have to spend with one another out of a fear that politics may become a part of the conversation.
The mainstream media certainly deserves their fair share of the blame for this, with their constant and catalytic cacophony of drivel being streamed into our homes at a blistering pace. They want us divided, as it makes us far easier to exploit for their fiscal gain.
“The media is not media. It’s just Democrats who work in the media, and the whole group of ’em is aligned. And what we are in the middle of now, folks, is a Cold Civil War,” Limbaugh said said on his radio show.
The radio host didn’t stop there, either.
Limbaugh put forth that the “Cold Civil War” encompasses overturning “the election results of 2016” and “protecting and defending” the Washington establishment.”
“Their careers, their fortunes, their corruption. There are terribly big stakes involved here for these people. And Trump is on the cusp of overturning it and exposing it,” Limbaugh said.
The bitter divide in our political realm has already spilled over into violence on the streets of our great nation.
Groups such as Antifa have turned protesting and civil unrest into a sport, taking aim at not only conservative voters and Trump supporters, but also journalists like Andy Ngo who was brutally beaten while attempting to cover a series of disturbances by the group in Portland, Oregon just weeks ago.
Abundantly used by politicians since a politician was created. It is especially used when cameras are rolling and they know their “hyperbole” will be heard by constituents, and anyone else they might be able to sway to their distorted view.
When does “hyperbole” become slander?
When does “hyperbole” become lies?
When does “hyperbole” become PROPAGANDA?
No where do we see this more clearly than The House Managers, especially Chairman Schiff. In fact, it’s rare when he does NOT speak in “hyperbole”.
It’s no secret to any casual watcher of this impeachment trial, that the Leftist are wallowing in “hyperbole”. Each speech, each presentation, is replete with “hyperbole”. Knowing they have a national audience, their determination to paint President Trump in the most extreme way is palpable. It’s all about the 2020 vote, and nothing else.
Let’s look at another definition:
quid pro quo
[ˌkwid ˌprō ˈkwō]
NOUN
A favor or advantage granted or expected in return for something.
As I said earlier in the week, we will never know how extensively every President has used quid pro quo in dealing with multiple nationals heads of state. Yes, the Leftist know it; Yes the Leftist knows it will continue to be used; Yes, the Leftist know no one will stop it from happening. So, why aren’t the RINO’s calling forcing the issue and just settle the issue that it has always been the practice of any government in dealing with any other government?
Back to “hyperbole”. This morning Chairman Schiff actually accused President Trump of “utter destruction of Congress”. Let that swirl around in your mind for a minute. “Hyperbole”????????
When you talk with your Leftist friends; co-workers; in-laws; outlaws; neighbors; et., al., be patient with those that can’t see the “hyperbole”. Gently let them know that “hyperbole” is not, nor can it ever be, fact(s).
Yes, the Leftist hates President Trump. Why? I only have guesses like anyone else;
He’s not a politician. Therefore he doesn’t talk the talk?
His form of “hyperbole” is directed at them, and exposes their frailties and failures?
He was abundantly successful as a businessman, all without their help?
He’s an “outsider”?
He gets the job done?
He can get jobs done quicker, without bureaucracy, under budget, and far greater quality?
He talks plainly without “political speak”?
He can’t be bought?
Most of the electorate love him?
He can’t be controlled by Congress?
He’s right?
Your guesses are as good as mine, and any other attempts at supposition. All I can see so far is that these Leftist are more determined than ever to rid America of anyone in their way to drag this country, kicking and screaming, into the depths of socialism. They are most angry that the path has been interrupted by this man they cannot tolerate.
That brings me to these thoughts:
Will there be a civil war, started by Antifa, if President Trump is not impeached?
If not, will there be civil war should President Trump be re-elected?
Is it possible that the Leftist has so divided this nation that America will never be the same?
Other than a truly God-inspired revival, is there any way to save our country?
I realize that many of you aren’t are not political junkies like me. You have gainful employment and can’t hear all that is going on in the Senate. Based on your comments, I know you are very interested, but only get snippets of information. So, I would like to add some of my observations of this entire Kabuki Theater being conducted by the Leftist. This is ONLY my perception and understanding.
When I make these observations in the past, I prefer to ask questions that hopefully inspire thought. Unlike the Leftist, I want you to think for yourself. So here we go;
Since President Clinton’s impeachment trial in 1998, the Left has been trying to get even for exposing their President to judgement. The Left talked many times about impeaching President Bush 43. Could all this be about “getting even”?
Starting with the possibility of President Trump running for President, the Left has been delirious with “not permitting” Trump to succeed as President.
Today a thought came to me, that President Trump doesn’t sound like a typical President, certainly unlike President Obama. His speech is pure “Bronx”, and his bluntness, while refreshing, can be too strong for those who ant someone else to think for themselves.
Remember how the Left talked about President Obama’s speaking? Did they sound to you as people worshiping a deity, not a man? Obama worship was, and remains, a very real thing.
Do your own research on every revolution that has taken place on earth. With the exception of a few, especially America’s Revolutionary War with Britain. The steps to take over are mostly the same.
Certain social leaders begin telling the people that reason for their suffering is that they are being oppressed by (?). In America, it’s been liberal college professors.
Soon, specific people are identified as their target and slang is developed to reduce those people to something less than human; hatred is pushed, and violence encouraged. The Left has been very divisive with “race”, the “have’s” verse the “have-nots”, “white privilege”, “Republicans”, “Conservatives”, “Christians”, “Pro Life”, “traditional marriage between one man and one woman”, LGBGQTRIDONTKNOW”, “Climate Change”; do I really need to go on?
Increase to heat of the rhetoric to include accusations against your opposition that make them appear to be militant about their prejudice.
Form groups to professionally demonstrate violently to sow terror in the hearts of the opposition
Come up with labels for your opposition that paint them as less than human, and not worth living (abortion, euthanasia, etc.).
Blame your opposition of doing things you are actually doing yourself.
Learn to persuade your constituents with carefully crafted “spin” of events, and do everything possible to control the narrative and debate.
Manipulate the laws so that your opposition can never win any election.
A great example is the move to eliminate the “Electoral College”. Those pushing for popular vote will give New York, Los Angeles, and Chicago total control of who is elected to office. Do you need reminders of which political ilk is the vast majority?
While your doing your research, study out why the Founders made sue to include The Electoral College in our Constitution.
There is so much more, and you will see that when you do your own research.
Where is America right now in this process?
Are we headed for a “Civil/Race/Economic/ War”?
Now the Leftist are spinning all their so-called evidence to impeach President Trump. I feel I need to remind you of what many of them have said on camera; They have admitted they are doing this because they can’t trust the American People to votes the way they want us to, so they have to take charge this way.
Are we too late?
Have we already reached the point of no return?
Will is take a civil war to make things right again?
Do you fellow believers in Christ really believe God can turn this all around?
Protests outside a Trump rally in Minneapolis went completely disrespectful once again when some left-wing extremists attacked Trump’s supporters as they were walking by.
In a video captured by journalist Andy Ngo, you can clearly see one woman assault a female Trump supporter who was leaving the rally. The woman was walking with what appears to be her boyfriend who is wearing a “Make America Great Again” hoodie
Thank goodness for Andy Ngo and his journalism in these dangerous protests full of violent liberals.
After the @realDonaldTrumprally in Minneapolis, his supporters were attacked by left-wing extremists. An unprovoked assault on a woman was caught on camera by @AlphaNewsMN. Mayor @Jacob_Frey defends charging Trump campaign $530k for public safety. #antifa https://youtu.be/5viO3shoJyw
This isn’t the only thing that happened. Prior to the rally, another older man Trump supporter was spat on by a leftist protester.
Before the same rally, a far-left protester spit on an older gentleman wearing a MAGA hat. The moment was caught on video by Vice News; the Trump supporter was mid-interview with the outlet when he was victimized.
“Dave Carlson, a salesman in Minnesota, was sharing why he donates to President Trump’s campaign when a protestor openly spat in his face and kept walking by,” reported Vice’s Elizabeth Landers.
“That’s not how people really feel, that is f***ing disrespectful,” another anti-Trump protester told the victim. “On the other hand, that s*** is disrespectful as f***, too,” he added, pointing to the Trump hat. “So there’s a difference.”
The Trump supporter told him he “respects” his “opinion.”
If this isn’t a wake-up call to Americans everywhere then what will be?
If you’re adjoined to the political party that is spitting, cussing, and hitting people for having a different opinion, you may want to reevaluate things.
Leftists believe that everybody born deserves a living, even if they don’t support themselves. After all, none of us asked to be born, right!? So what you squander your life, you still deserve to have somebody provide for you. Isn’t that the humane thing to do for people?
That’s what many on the Left have told us. But their cure for life appears to be on its deathbed.
Silicon Valley loves the idea of universal basic income. Many in the tech elites tout it as the answer to job losses caused by automation, if only people would give it a chance.
The idea is that all citizens receive a set amount of money from the government to cover food, housing, and clothing, without regard to income or employment status. This minimum stipend can be supplemented with wages from work. Advocates say it will help fight poverty by giving people the flexibility to find work and strengthen their safety net, or that it offers a way to support people who might be negatively affected by automation.
Automation? How does automation negatively affect somebody? That’s like saying the remote control put TV-channel-changers out of work.
Automation is technological advancement. That means, mankind advances. How many people did the computer put to work? Here’s one answer.
If you’re looking for a college major that gives you an incredible job outlook, we have two words for you: computer science.
There are almost 10 times more US computing jobs open right now than there were students who graduated with computer science degrees in 2015.
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The Obama White House predicted that by 2020, there would be 1.4 million computer-science-related jobs available, and only about 400,000 computer science graduates who have the skills necessary to apply for those jobs. Keep in mind these are just “open” jobs. What about the many that have been filled? Further, what about the jobs that will be created as time continues- the illusive “new jobs.” And we are only talking about the United States.
So millions of computer-related jobs have been created. And try to imagine doing your job without the help of a computer, or the software that runs it. Excel, Word, the accounting package your company uses, and so on. The amount of time saved in man-hours is incalculable. Further, the computer exploded the career choices of many. Graphic artists, writers, audio-visual, etc. People don’t even need to be creative as they can sell (or resell) on eBay, or earn money from a blog.
In short, millions of people need to contribute nothing to the world, and yet can still make a living. However, there are Leftists losers who still want something for nothing mandated by the government.
The idea of universal basic income seem to be falling flat, however.
The article continues,
Back in June we declared, “Basic income could work—if you do it Canada style.” We talked to the people on the ground getting the checks in Ontario’s 4,000-person test and saw how it was changing the community. Then, just two months later, it was announced that the program is ending in the new year rather than running for three years. The last checks will be delivered to participants in March 2019.
We’ve been waiting for basic-income data for a while. In 2016, MIT Technology Review predicted that “in 2017, we will find out if basic income makes sense.” There were two main tests we were waiting on. First there was Finland’s promising basic-income program, which received a lot of hype when it was launched in 2017. Then, in 2018, it was revealed that the program would not yet be extended beyond its original trial period. Another experiment, from tech incubator Y Combinator, has also faced more delays, pushing the experiment into 2019.
The experiment has been delayed by the Trump Effect.
The election of Donald Trump stirred the souls of many. People who were previously idle got jobs. Most got real jobs, and not the menial jobs of the Obama era. Others became entrepreneurs. Their creative juices flowing, they now invent and hope to become the next new idea billionaire.
Human nature detests dependency on another. One can be trained to accept nothing but charity, but soon that charity becomes entitlement. Let’s hope the Trump Era restores sanity to the idiots who wish to change man’s innate nature.
Leaders of the Democratic Party keep talking down to Christian voters even while claiming they want to reach them and earn their vote.
At a gathering of far-left activists, DNC chairman Tom Perez complained that pastors’ conservative sermons are one reason Democrats’ message doesn’t resonate with churchgoers.
“Their principle sources of information are Fox News, their NRA newsletter, and the pulpit on Sunday,”Perez complained to the gathering of Demand Justice, which formed this year to fight for “progressive change” in the federal courts.
Are you surprised a Dem leader is blaming pastors for pushing a conservative message?
Yes, must not know many pastorsYes, maybe actually visit a churchYes, somebody was thinking out loud again, huh?No, conservatives get blamed for everythingNo, the Church is the far left’s newest enemyNo, but it’s good to be reminded of their beliefs
“And it should come as a surprise to no one,” he added, “that our message doesn’t penetrate.”
Perez’s rant singled out the abortion issue, when he complained that the churchgoers are told to focus on Roe v Wade but ignore other issues. Kristin Day of Democrats for Life tells OneNewsNow there is not a single leading Democrat who understands the pro-life right.
“With the Democratic candidates for president who have been named,” she says, “I don’t see one that can really bring the party together so far: Cory Booker, Kamala Harris or Elizabeth Warren.”
It’s not new to hear Democratic leaders suggest conservative voters are brainless, hateful and racist, but many of those voters have good memories, too.
“So it’s not surprising then,”Barack Obama told a San Francisco fund-raiser in 2008, “that they get bitter, and they cling to guns, or religion, or antipathy towards people who aren’t like them.”
Then-Democratic primary opponent Hillary Clinton said at the time she was “taken aback by the demeaning remarks,” but it wasn’t too long until the presidential nominee was describing a “basket of deplorables” to a similar audience.
“The racists, sexists, homophobic, xenophobic, Islamophobic,”Clinton said. “You name it.”
Day says Democrats would be wise to get over the “fear” of pro-life people, suggesting that the far-left party would be wise to embrace a pro-life politician such as Louisiana’s governor, John Bel Edwards. But the far-left Democratic Party doesn’t seem to be listening to that suggestion.
Commentary by Ben Shapiro – Guest Columnist | Wednesday, October 17, 2018
URL of the original posting site: https://www.onenewsnow.com/perspectives/ben-shapiro/2018/10/17/pathetic-media-doubling-down-on-stupid
Democrats have the enviable advantage of being able to trot out nearly any story and be given credibility by most of the mainstream media. And every time the media do that, they undercut their own credibility.
This week, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., in preparation for a 2020 presidential run, decided to fight back against President Trump’s brutal nickname for her: “Pocahontas.” Trump, you’ll recall, labeled her Pocahontas because for years, she has claimed Native American ancestry. Not only that, she claimed repeatedly that her mother’s Native American ancestry drove her parents to elope after her father’s family refused to welcome her mother with open arms thanks to their bigotry. As it turns out, Warren could never provide any evidence of Native American ancestry – even though she spent years labeling herself “Native American” while at the University of Pennsylvania Law School as well as Harvard Law School.
On Monday, Warren decided she’d had enough. She released a video of her family members discussing her claims of Native American background. “Native communities have faced discrimination, neglect and violence for generations,”Warren intoned. “And Trump can say whatever he wants about me, but mocking Native Americans or any group in order to try to get at me? That’s not what America stands for.”
She accompanied that video with her supposed proof of Native American background: an analysis by Professor Carlos Bustamante of Stanford University in which he explains that it is possible that Warren had a Native American ancestor anywhere from six to ten generations ago. That would have made her anywhere from 1/64th to 1/1,024th Native American. The study was based not on Native American DNA but on Mexican, Peruvian and Colombian DNA.
In fact, not even Cherokees were happy with Warren. In a stunning rebuke, the Cherokee Nation released a statement saying, “Senator Warren is undermining tribal interests with her continued claims of tribal heritage”– and that Warren’s DNA test “makes a mockery out of DNA tests and its legitimate uses while also dishonoring legitimate tribal governments and their citizens, whose ancestors are well documented and whose heritage is proven.”
All of this should have been foreseeable by anyone with half a brain. Falsely claiming you are Native American for years is bad enough. But releasing a study demonstrating that you are 99.9 percent white – and then claiming that such a study justifies your false claims? What made Warren, an intelligent human being, think such a thing?
Only one simple fact: Warren knows, as everyone in politics knows, that the media will cover for nearly any instance of leftist political manipulation.
They’ll cover for Warren fibbing about her ancestry.
They’ll cover for Texas Senate candidate Beto O’Rourke driving drunk, plowing into a truck and then attempting to flee the scene of the crime.
They’ll cover for Arizona Senate candidate Rep. Kyrsten Sinema saying that she didn’t care if Americans joined the Taliban (CNN’s headline: “Kyrsten Sinema’s Anti-War Activist Past Under Scrutiny as She Runs for Senate”).
Democrats have the enviable advantage of being able to trot out nearly any story and be given credibility by most of the mainstream media.
Non-Democrats, however, see this game. And every time the media simply parrot Democratic talking points on issues like Warren’s ancestry, they undercut their credibility. Large media institutions have done more than anyone, including President Trump, to destroy their reputations with the American people. Their pathetic behavior over the past few weeks, in the approach to the 2018 elections, shows that they’re doubling down on stupid.
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A.F. Branco has taken his two greatest passions, (art and politics) and translated them into the cartoons that have been seen all over the country, in various news outlets including “Fox News”, MSNBC, CBS, ABC and “The Washington Post.” He has been recognized by such personalities as James Woods, Sarah Palin, Larry Elder, Lars Larson, and even the great El Rushbo.
Trump choosing Kavanaugh for Supreme court justice would undermine the Democrat’s plan to corrupt the highest court with anti-constitutionalist judges.
A.F. Branco has taken his two greatest passions, (art and politics) and translated them into the cartoons that have been seen all over the country, in various news outlets including “Fox News” and “The Washington Post.” He has been recognized by such personalities as James Woods, Sarah Palin, Larry Elder, Lars Larson, and even the great El Rushbo.
In an effort to paint President Trump as an extreme racist, the mainstream media deliberately took him out of context when referring to MS-13 as animals.
A.F. Branco has taken his two greatest passions, (art and politics) and translated them into the cartoons that have been seen all over the country, in various news outlets including “Fox News” and “The Washington Post.” He has been recognized by such personalities as James Woods, Sarah Palin, Larry Elder, Lars Larson, and even the great El Rushbo.
Why does it matter whether we call someone who breaks the law to enter the country an “illegal alien” or an “undocumented immigrant”? What’s the difference between a Christmas tree and a “holiday tree”?
It’s just semantics, right?
Yes…and no.
It is just semantics, but “semantics” means the meaning of words. Words exist so that we might discriminate one thing from another. Without words we have chaos. And it starts with the first words; a baby says mama to distinguish mommy from daddy. Words shape how we think; they color how we view the world.
No one understands this better than the Left. They are the masters of words. Because they know that words matter.
The Left has a special gift for euphemisms –soft words selected to sugarcoat harsh realities so as to make those harsh realities easier for us to swallow. But these soft words are insidious. Their sole purpose is to deceive.
Race discrimination in hiring and college admissions is refashioned as the much nicer sounding “affirmative action.” Who would ever oppose an affirmative action?
Global warming, which can be measured and challenged, has morphed into “climate change,” which means essentially nothing because the climate is always changing.
When Barack Obama became president, George Bush’s war in Afghanistan suddenly transformed into the far less ominous and threatening “overseas contingency operation.”That’s one way to try to end a war. Just rename it.
The examples are endless. There’s a new euphemism every week.
In the make-believe world of leftist language, young criminals have become “justice-involved youth.” Mandates and taxes are “individual shared responsibility payments.” Government spending becomes an “investment.” Wanting to keep more of your hard-earned money becomes “greed”; taking more of someone else’s money is them “paying their fair share.” Opposing a Democrat in the White House is “obstruction.” Opposing a Republican in the White House, “resistance“.
In the name of “diversity,” the left enforces intellectual conformity. It censors opposing views in the name of “tolerance.” And it labels all non-left views “hate speech.”
Consider the ongoing battle over pronouns, whether to call a man who thinks he’s a woman “he” or “she.” Very few people in the country suffer from gender confusion, and we should have compassion for those who do, but the Left has invested countless funds, time, and energy to make everyone refer to some men as she and some women as he.
Why? Is it because the Left is so compassionate? Or is it more likely because so much of the Left’s cultural agenda is about blurring, even denying, the natural distinctions between men and women?
Sometimes it’s just an adjective that can change or even negate the entire meaning of the word it describes.
Take “social justice.”
Justice means getting what you deserve without favor. “Social justice” means getting what you don’t deserve because you are favored.
Here’s one we hear a lot these days. “My truth.” Truth is reality regardless of any individual’s feelings or perceptions. “My truth”is how I perceive things regardless of how they really are.
And how about “Same-sex marriage.” Let’s not get into the politics; let’s just look at the language.
Throughout history, in every culture, marriage has been the union of husbands, men, and wives, women. “Same-sex marriage” is the union of men with men or women with women, but it is most certainly not the union of husbands and wives.
Once the phrase “same-sex”was placed before the word marriage – that is, once the definition of marriage changed, the debate changed. It became about “marriage equality.” It was suddenly an act of bigotry to limit marriage to husbands and wives.
All this manipulation of language has paid off for the left: because whoever controls the words controls the culture.
Don’t believe me? Just try using plain language instead of the Left’s politically correct jargon. But be careful. Use “the wrong words”and you might lose your job, your home and your reputation.
The culture war is largely a war of words. Right now, the Left is winning. You can see the consequences everywhere: in politics, in education, in media.
It’s time to fight back. We should not cede another syllable.
What’s in a word? Everything.
By Michael Knowles, Guest Columnist
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What’s so great about this latest “punking” of Snopes is that it comes by way of Infowars and assertions they made more than a year ago about Hillary Clinton colluding with the New York Times by getting information in advance about negative stories that would have an impact on her.
“It is standard journalistic practice for reporters to ask the subjects of their news stories for comment before publishing, and Times reporters Jonathan Martin and Maggie Haberman were doing their due diligence as professional journalists, said Frank Girardot, a former editor with the Los Angeles News Group and author of several true crime books,” responded Snopes to Paul Joseph Watson’s story on the collusion, and that assertion is correct, but contacting people for a response to a story and warning them of a potentially negative story coming out are two different things. One is journalism and the other is collusion.
However, here’s what Paul Joseph Watson tweeted out.
Now Snopes has been embarrassed further by the revelation that a New York Times reporter used to email Hillary Clinton’s State Department days in advance to warn them of stories that were about to be published.
In one 2010 example, NYT national security reporter Scott Shane contacted Philip Crowley, who was at the time the United States Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs under Clinton’s State Department, listing the topics of all the different stories that the New York Times was set to run over the course of a week.
This proves that the New York Times was indeed colluding with Clinton’s State Department by giving them a heads up on stories that were about to run, just as the newspaper colluded with the Clinton campaign during the election in the same manner.
Having initially fallen flat with its weak denial that the NYT colluded with the Clinton campaign, this email again underscores how the New York Times routinely colludes with government bodies and political campaigns it is friendly with, and that this is not just “standard journalistic practice”.
Snopes has long been known to be nothing more than a propaganda outlet for Socialists, Communists, Islamists, Marxists and other criminally minded politicians in our government in both major parties. Why any organization (shoutout to Facebook) would consider them unbiased “fact checkers” is beyond me, but perhaps that gives us insight into the minds of those that Snopes colludes with in order to put out their propaganda to the people.
The fundamental difference between ourselves and the left isn’t that we believe in smaller government and they don’t. Nor is it that we believe in the practical necessity of borders and they don’t. It is that we believe in a life with absolute standards… and they don’t.
Take the transgender issue for example. Ten years ago, the notion that a man should be allowed to use the women’s restroom simply on the grounds that he has “declared” himself a woman would have been an absurdity to almost everyone in this country, right and left. What we didn’t realize until recently is that the two sides believed the same thing for entirely different reasons. Conservatives have access to certain moral resources progressives lack. Most of us have at least one foot grounded in the Bible, which, despite the corrosive power of liberal churches, tendeth not to move around much on the fundamentals. Things that are Biblically wrong remain Biblically wrong — forever.Even nonreligious conservatives have a sort of visceral skepticism about change – a feeling in their bones that change is at least as likely to be for the worse as for the better. Conservatives who don’t believe in God, in other words, at least believe in not reforming what isn’t currently broken.
Progressives lack such standards to guide them. Cut off from any permanent underpinnings by a quixotic belief in change, they move as a herd guided only by their loudest members.Yesterday the herd believed that women’s rights were paramount, so any intrusion into a woman’s restroom by a male, especially a deviant one, was an outrage. But now — presto change-o! — the merely female has been outranked by the more trendy and interesting transgender, and women must shift a row toward the back of the progressive bus. For the progressive, any moral idea is merely a passing fashion — something to be discarded when last year’s victims start to get a little boring. To take a permanent stand on any issue would be to deny that we must follow our leaders down the perpetual road of progress — or, as an earlier generation of leftists put it a bit more honestly, a permanent state of revolution.
Progressives live on a kind of moral roulette wheel, ready to conform to whatever emotional imperative the ball happens to land on next. It was quite ironic that, during the 2016 elections, progressives launched a campaign to smear conservative Trump supporters as sharing one unique characteristic — a marked tendency toward authoritarianism. Really? This observation came from a leftist electorate so pliable to authority that they can believe even a person’s gender is merely a choice — if their opinion makers so decree.
I know of no one who supported Donald Trump because he was an authority figure. He wasn’t. If that was what we wanted we would have rallied behind some senior general — not behind a real estate tycoon with orange hair. Far from voting for a human master, we picked the first candidate in decades with the courage to articulate our standards — even if the man himself hadn’t always conformed to them. We will, no doubt, abandon Trump should he betray us.
We are not the people who backed Hillary Clinton, no matter how obviously crooked she was, on the grounds that, as a woman, she had a right to the presidency — at least as long as there wasn’t a candidate of color or a trendy pervert in the race. Far from being pro-authoritarian, we back those who are willing to fight for our interests and our deeply held beliefs. It is the left, not we, who grovel in cult-like groupie worship before their celebrity victim candidates du jour.
While they help themselves to a self-image of intellectual and ethical sophistication, progressives are often no more sophisticated than teenagers trying desperately to maintain their places in the “in” group. The ideal of the Christian is to live a Godly life — even in the face of humiliation, ostracism, and persecution.
The ideal of the progressive is to go with the flow. “When in Rome, do as the Romans do.”We should not be in the least surprised about any of the recent scandals in Hollywood. Such events are scandals only by our standards — not by theirs. It was precisely the general notoriety and acceptance of Harvey Weinstein’s sexual appetites that protected him. If his predations had been a secret, some woman would have had the courage to come forward much sooner. Since they were not secret, anyone coming forward had to be willing to risk fighting Hollywood itself — not a man, but an entire subculture of people who accepted both the man and his behavior.
The same phenomena has produced the Teflon-like immunity of the elites to prosecution. Any prosecutor or law enforcement agent, no matter how exalted his status, understands the risk entailed by proceeding against members of the political class. When there is no higher authority to whom one can appeal, humans succumb to their own weak and venal natures. This, too, is why progressive morality is often so amazing shallow — saying the right thing rather than doing the right thing. Keeping the dream of the welfare state on life support decades beyond its demonstrable failure. It does not matter what reality is, but only what the New York Times says reality is. The illusion, not the nation, must be protected at all costs. What is virtue to a progressive but a feeling of being in sync with of the anointed herd?
As a Christian, I am compelled to see the gulf that divides our country in Christian terms. The unity of God’s people lies in our common membership in the Body of Christ. Globally, we are genuinely diverse — yet we are all one people by the extraordinary mystery of God’s saving Grace. We all are guided by His immutable will.
Collectivism, in any of its forms, is merely a sham for the Body of Christ. It is a counterfeit community lead by a group of cynical human beings who exploit a real, God-given need for belonging. Progressivism, paradoxically, fills this spiritual void by dividing its followers into an ever-expanding catalog of interest groups — often groups who really have no natural basis. There really is no such thing as a “genderqueer” community in exactly the same way there has never been such a thing a “schizophrenic” community. There is only an uneasy herd of confused, unhappy individuals who, rather than being given help and firm direction, have been given the lie of their own unique but nonexistent polities. Left to their own devices, it would be only a matter of time before progressives actively and openly courted the pedophile vote. They’ve already stood in solidarity with felon community. What standard could there be to hold them back?
The Democrats have two very different profiles. One is their public face of absolute moral purity. They’re just better people than Republicans. That’s what you’re buying when you walk into the Democratic store: pure virtue. They’ve got nothing else on the shelves. No beef jerky, no wiper fluid, no Gatorade.
The other profile is reality: In the backroom, where the employees eat lunch, the Democrats and their fat-cat donors are committing unspeakably sleazy and immoral acts. Everyone on the left knows this. That’s why, the moment Harvey Weinstein was exposed as a sexual predator, his reflexive response was not to apologize. Accused of the kind of rapes you’d usually need a gang to commit, he put up a virtue shield by attacking the National Rifle Association.
As we recently discovered, first with Weinstein and then with the Hillary campaign paying for the Russian dossier, the left has an all-new trick that exponentially multiplies the Democrats’ sleaze factor. It used to be that Democrats like Bill Clinton would deploy FOBs — Friends of Bill — like James Carville and Sidney Blumenthal to smear his victims. Now, they run their Watergate-style “ratf—ing” through law firms.
Ronan Farrow writes in this week’s New Yorker that Weinstein deployed a raft of spies to befriend and deceive his accusers in order to collect information that could be used against them. A spy with the Israeli private investigations firm Black Cube used a fake name and fake foundation to meet actress Rose McGowan. Then, pretending to be a deeply sympathetic women’s rights advocate, the agent secretly tape-recorded the actress, hoping to get incriminating evidence against her. At a minimum, this is unspeakably repellent and possibly illegal.
And who hired the spies? Not Weinstein! The law firm of David Boies, prominent Democratic attorney.
Using a law firm as a cut-out between the client — an alleged sexual predator — and the people stealthily recording his accusers has one very useful purpose: It places the spy agency’s work behind the protection of attorney-client privilege.
Boies pretends to be steeped in the ethics of his profession, flying to California to argue against the “hate” of Proposition 8 and rushing to Florida after the 2000 election to defend Al Gore’s rightful claim to the presidency.
But now we find out he’s been harassing and intimidating a rape victim on behalf of his client (the rapist) with private eyes who lie about their identity and motives, wasting hours of the victim’s time with false promises of support for her cause — a cause she has taken up precisely because of her alleged rape by the lawyer’s client. Whether or not this violates any bar association ethical canons, it’s certainly despicable.
Two weeks ago, we found out that the law firm cut-out maneuver was the exact same technique used by Hillary’s campaign to obtain damaging information on Donald Trump from the Kremlin — the infamous Russian dossier. The Clinton campaign and the Democratic National Committee shelled out $12 million seeking incriminating information on Trump from Russian government officials.
Just like Weinstein, the Democrats funneled money for a nefarious purpose through a law firm. To wit: The Democrats paid a law firm (Perkins Coie), which paid a private investigations firm (Fusion GPS), which in turn paid a spy (Christopher Steele), and Steele paid Russian government officials for dirt on Trump.
When the media found out that Donald Trump Jr. had taken a meeting with a friend of a friend, because she claimed to have incriminating information from Russia on Hillary, the word “treason” filled the airwaves.
Hillary’s vice presidential nominee, Sen. Tim Kaine (D- Va.), called Don Jr.’s pointless meeting “potentially treason.”
MSNBC’s favorite former Bush official, lunatic Richard Painter, said anyone who “wanted to help the Russians (disrupt our election process) engaged in treasonous conduct.”Al Sharpton said that the willingness to accept “information to discredit your potential opponent in an American election from Russia — from what is supposed to be an enemy state” — raised the prospect of treason.
If that’s “treason,” then what is it when the Democrats reach out to the Russians and pass them money for dirt on Hillary’s opponent in a presidential election? Wasn’t that dossier an attempt to discredit her opponent and disrupt the election?
Remember: Don Jr. didn’t seek a meeting with any Russians to get compromising information on Hillary, nor did he receive any. The Russian woman was using the pretense of having dirt on Hillary as a ruse to get a meeting, so that she could lobby Don Jr. on the Magnitsky Act.
Unlike Don Jr., the Democrats didn’t wait to be asked! They paid $12 million, funneled through a law firm, seeking information on Trump from Russian government officials.
But we’re not allowed to mention it because the Clinton campaign and DNC used Weinstein’s money laundering technique.
The attorney-client privilege is intended to ensure that people are completely truthful with their attorneys. It is not supposed to be a shelter for any sordid, and possibly illegal, behavior by liberals.
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Progressives live on a kind of moral roulette wheel, ready to conform to whatever emotional imperative the ball happens to land on next. It was quite ironic that, during the 2016 elections, progressives launched a campaign to smear conservative Trump supporters as sharing one unique characteristic — a marked tendency toward authoritarianism. Really? This observation came from a leftist electorate so pliable to authority that they can believe even a person’s gender is merely a choice — if their opinion makers so decree. 
their own weak and venal natures. This, too, is why progressive morality is often so amazing shallow — saying the right thing rather than doing the right thing. Keeping the dream of the welfare state on life support decades beyond its demonstrable failure. It does not matter what reality is, but only what the New York Times says reality is. The illusion, not the nation, must be protected at all costs. What is virtue to a progressive but a feeling of being in sync with of the anointed herd?
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