op ed review 7/22
THIS WEEK’S NEWS
The
Left loses its mind: “The hysteria
greeting President Trump’s summit with Vladimir Putin is something to behold.
“Trump, Treasonous Traitor” is the headline in the New York Times. “Treason
Summit” is the phrase used in Bustle magazine. President Obama’s director of
central intelligence, John Brennan, calls the Trump-Putin presser “nothing
short of treasonous.” The Daily News cover cartoon this morning depicts Mr.
Trump shooting Uncle Sam. There’s a #TreasonSummit hashtag.”
John Brennan’s anti-Trump tweets grow more and more
maniacal. His latest tweet holds that Donald Trump’s Russian diplomacy in
Helsinki “rises to & exceeds the threshold of ‘high crimes &
misdemeanors.’ It was nothing short of treasonous.” That tells people all they
need to know about the unseriousness of the left’s impeachment drive, not to
mention exposing once again the demented malice behind the Obama
administration’s spying on the Trump campaign. The unhinged criticism is also hilariously
rich, given that John Brennan, who supported the Soviet-controlled American
Communist Party, meets the textbook definition of a useful idiot for the
Russians.
House Democrat calls for military coup against Trump.
Angelo Codevilla, Claremont Institute senior fellow,
professor emeritus of international relations at Boston University: “The high professional quality of Donald
Trump and Vladimir Putin’s performance at their Monday press conference in
Helsinki contrasts sharply with the obloquy by which the bipartisan U.S. ruling
class showcases its willful incompetence.”
The hysterical media/establishment/Deep State reaction to
President Trump’s comments in Helsinki is based on a lie….Career U.S. diplomat and
last U.S. ambassador to the Soviet Union:
“Did the U.S. “intelligence community” really judge that Russia
interfered in the 2016 presidential election? No, never. It has not been tasked to make such a
judgment, and its key members did not even participate in preparing the report
which is routinely cited by Trump’s critics as proof of “Russian interference.”
What’s really going on:
a mission to ‘Fracture Donald Trump’s Base’
But Republican voters don’t buy into the hysteria.
MSNBC's Joe Scarborough can’t understand it: 'Who the Hell
Are These People? (Trump supporters)’'
Excellent 5 min video:
“If You Think Donald Trump is Putin's 'Puppet', You're Dead Wrong…Here
are the Facts”
Trump posts video of Hillary in 2010 calling for a “strong
Russia.”
https://www.cnsnews.com/blog/craig-bannister/trump-posts-video-hillary-clinton-calling-strong-russia
´Get the f*** out of the building!´: Whoopi Goldberg and
Trump supporter Judge Jeanine Pirro fight on The View before getting into a second
screaming match backstage.
Obama Attacks Wealthy For Big Houses Before Returning To His
$8 Million Mansion
147 Million people worldwide want to come to America. Democrats say open the borders!
“Yes, Democrats Are Now The Party Of Open Borders”
DNC Deputy Chair Keith Ellison: “National Borders Create an ‘An
Injustice’”
Non-citizens can now legally register to vote in San
Francisco school elections.
Lisa Page testimony: The
Mueller investigation was launched to probe charges that the key FBI officials
developing evidence in the case thought were baseless. “It tends to confirm the
suspicion that the Mueller probe is a cover-up operation to obscure the
criminal use of counterintelligence capabilities to spy on a rival presidential
campaign and then sabotage the presidency that resulted.”
One FBI text message in Russia probe that should alarm every
American.
Democrats get immunity from Mueller: Tony Podesta Is Sixth Clinton-Linked Democrat
To Be Granted Immunity — While Paul Manafort Rots In Prison For Same Crime.
Mueller Completely Ignores the Other Russian Hack Target:
the GOP
One Grand Gallery in Portland puts up an image of President
Donald Trump being brutally assassinated in their store window. The violent graphic is in public view where
children will be exposed to it and features the caption “F*ck Trump” below the
image of his throat being sliced.
Drudge: The Left Has
a ‘Fetish’ For Trump’s Death
The National Guard´s deployment to the southwest border in
mid-April has led to 10,805 "deportable alien arrests".
Busy Month for Illegal Immigrants Committing Heinous Crimes
“In the House and Senate races, Democrats are stealthily
pouring in tons of money early to demonize Republican candidates before our
supporters become engaged. Once our candidate has been branded the spawn of
Satan before campaigning really begins, it is extremely challenging to change
voters' perception of them.”
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COLUMN OF THE WEEK
Brian Joondeph, MD
7/19
President
Donald Trump is not a figure many feel empathetic toward. Nearly half the country
hates him. Hate may be too mild a word. They despise him and equate him with
the worst of human history, Hitler and the Nazis. They want him destroyed,
literally and politically, along with his family. This includes Democrats, the
media, and some Republicans.
His
resignation or impeachment wouldn't be enough. He needs to face treason charges
and punishment at the end of a rope or in front of a firing squad, along with
his family. His supporters are guilty by association and must face similar
justice.
But
in To Kill a Mockingbird, Atticus Finch told Scout, "You never really understand a person until you
consider things from his point of view, until you climb inside of his skin and
walk around in it." This is the essence of empathy. You can't understand
someone until you've walked a mile in his shoes. Let's for a moment climb
inside Donald Trump's skin and walk around in it.
Trump
was a successful businessman, a billionaire with properties, resorts, golf
courses, and hotels around the world. He owned a huge private jet, only a
half-step down from the one he currently uses. He has a beautiful wife and
family; his children are smart and following in his business footsteps. He
hosted a wildly successful television show, was a household name and a darling
of the media before he decided to run for president. Yet he gave that up. Why
would he do that? As a septuagenarian,
did his ego demand one more even bigger prize? Or, as some have speculated, was
he approached by a group of patriots several years ago and told in no uncertain
terms about the Deep State and America's trajectory into the abyss? Perhaps he
was told that he was the only one who could run for president, have a chance of
winning, then slow or stop America's decline.
Did
he, as a consummate patriot, take up the challenge? Someday we may learn why he
gave up a comfortable and successful life in exchange for years of scorn and
derision. In Hillary Clinton, he fought a political opponent who was
challenging, not personally, but for what and whom she represented: the
establishments of both parties, the donor classes, the media, Hollywood,
academia, and the Clinton machine that has been active since her husband's
presidency two decades earlier.
He
worked his butt off, campaigning around the clock. From his tweets at 4 A.M. to
his campaign rallies in multiple states in a single day, he worked harder than
any candidate in recent memory. His opponent did the opposite. Sipping
chardonnay and napping, she listened to her cheerleaders in the media, fawning
over her every utterance, telling her repeatedly that she would win the
election easily, and doing most of the campaigning for her.
Media
coverage of Trump was and still is over 90 percent negative. His own party worked against his
election, the party he represented and brought victory to. The big names in the
GOP tried to undermine him – McCain, Romney, Bush, Ryan – all past presidents
or candidates, the heavy hitters in the GOP, not to mention the Republican
NeverTrump whiners. Then there was the Deep State, the unelected and
unaccountable three-letter agencies, conspiring and working against Donald
Trump, not only as a candidate, but also as president. They spied on his
campaign, creating fictional dossiers used to justify FBI surveillance of
Trump, his entire campaign staff, and his family. It was a concerted effort by
the leadership of these agencies to prevent his election, then "an
insurance policy" to destroy his presidency as a Plan B.
Phony
accusations or Russian collusion tainted his presidency, providing a cloud over
his election, much like a successful athlete winning a medal or championship
fair and square and against all odds, then having his victory tainted with the
accusation of rigging or cheating. How would such a winner react to claims that
he didn't really win? Especially when he had worked so hard for victory and had
so little help in the process.
The
Russian collusion story taints Trump's successful campaign and election. The
Mueller investigation and drumbeat from the media share the common refrain that
Trump is an illegitimate president, that he cheated to win, conspiring with an
enemy country. This is the same country, ironically, that so many of Trump's
critics were in love with only a few years ago.
Trump
has been working hard as president, accomplishing more in his first 500 days
than any of his predecessors – tax cuts, a roaring economy, record
unemployment, a reversal of 50 years of failed policy toward North Korea,
strong judicial picks, and so on. Does he get any credit from the media or his
own party? Hardly. Instead, scorn and insults continue to rain down on his
head. Wouldn't you be frustrated and
bitter standing in his shoes?
Last
is the Mueller indictment of 12 phantom Russians over supposedly hacking the
DNC computers – computers the FBI did not even examine. Indictments are simply
accusations, not verdicts in a court of law, and were announced the last
business day before Trump's Russia summit. What a coincidence of timing,
painting Trump in a box where he has to either validate the Russian collusion
narrative or question the veracity of the U.S. intelligence community. Always
the contrarian, he chose the latter option during his press conference with
Putin.
Does
Trump fully trust the intelligence services, the same ones that conspired to
spy on his campaign and undermine his election, then tried to overturn his
presidency? All this is based on the nonsensical assertion that Russia hacked
the election, an absurd concept that even the media's savior Barack Obama said
was impossible:
"There is no serious person out there who would suggest somehow that you
could even rig America's elections."
This
is the same Intelligence Community that exonerated Hillary Clinton for crimes
proven but never investigated and indicted Donald Trump for crimes investigated
ad nauseam but never proven. The same Intelligence Community that told
the world that Saddam had WMDs, dragging the U.S. and other countries into a
costly and counterproductive war.
Put
yourself in Trump's shoes: a highly successful businessman, in the latter years
of his life, taking on the Herculean task of running for and winning the U.S.
presidency. In victory he finds nothing but abuse, scorn, and betrayal, by
friend and foe alike. He is surrounded by landmines, his intelligence community
plotting a path to make sure he steps on one landmine after another. This is a
journey few mortals would undertake or survive.
Is
it any wonder he is pushing back against those trying to destroy him and his
presidency, including the FBI, DOJ, and CIA, all in the thick of seditious
activity against the duly elected president? He has few friends in Washington,
D.C.; many who should have his back are eager to bury a knife in it instead.
The
simplest explanations are often the best. Walk a mile in Trump's shoes, and his
actions make all the sense in the world. A guy chosen by ordinary people,
trying to make America great again despite so much of America trying to stop
and destroy him. How would any rational person behave when standing in Trump's
shoes?
Today, there is barely a peep in the mainstream media about
the Clinton-Fusion-Putin connection. Imagine the outrage that would have ensued
if we had learned that Trump had hired an opposition research firm with
Putin-linked clients to dig up dirt on Clinton and that senior Russian
government officials had been the sources of the unsubstantiated allegations
that were leaked to the media. The left would be screaming, “Smoking gun!”
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FROM OTHER COLUMNS
“Strzok could not recall being told that 30,000 emails from
the Secretary of State had been contemporaneously redirected to an enemy? It
seems that the Obama administration was compromised by a foreign enemy because
of the stupidity of the secretary of state and the malfeasance of the FBI’s
counterespionage division, which was distracted by its efforts to take down the
Republican presidential nominee. In what world is this not a HUGE story? If we
had a truly nonpartisan, unbiased free press, this would be banner headlines.
But the entire media complex is instead talking about the Trump/Putin press
conference.”
-Gary
Bauer
“By the left’s definition, we could impeach and try for
treason any president that even dared to talk to someone who was unfriendly
with us. But, really, the left knows this. They choose to ignore it, because by
screaming ‘traitor, traitor, traitor’ now, they’ve ratcheted up the hate
quotient of their base for Trump. That’s what they want. Imagine if someone had
called President Trump a ‘traitor’ for talking to the Castro regime. The
squealing by the left would be loud and long.”
-Investor’s
Business Daily
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LEFTIST WATCH
Socialism surging: There are 42 Democrats running for
offices at the federal, state and local levels this year with formal
endorsement from the Democratic Socialists of America, The DSA’s paid
membership hovered around 6,000 in recent years, but last week, its paid
membership hit 45,000 nationwide…..”little distinction made between the terms
“democratic socialism” and “socialism” in the group’s literature…..the DSA
constitution describes their members as socialists who “reject an economic
order based on private profit” and “share a vision of a humane social order
based on popular control of resources and production, economic planning,
equitable distribution, feminism, racial equality and non-oppressive
relationships….Members often refer to each other “comrades,” wear clothing
featuring socialist symbols..and promote authors such as Karl Marx.”
The Left’s Newest Star Is None Too Bright.
Now she’s campaigning with Bernie.
“The future of the Democratic Party”, Ocasio-Cortez, Calls for Occupation of
Airports, ICE Offices: ‘We Have to Mobilize’
“Non-Binary” thug with green hair attacks and spits on teen
Trump supporter in Seattle.
Maxine Waters supporters burn American flag.
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KAVANAUGH NOMINATION
Leftists Plan Nationwide Protest of SCOTUS Nominee.
Gun control advocates are hyperventilating over Kavanaugh.
Hillary’s claim that Kavanaugh would ‘turn the clock back to
the 1850s’ was based on satire from a Trump-supporter
Hispanic organization supports Kavenaugh.
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ARTICLES
“Russian collusion by Saul Alinsky”: Alinsky actually counseled radical leftists
to look in the mirror and whatever you see, blame the other guy for doing or
being that exact same thing.
https://townhall.com/columnists/wayneallynroot/2018/07/20/russian-collusion-by-saul-alinsky-n2501931
“Five days after the
Helsinki summit I am inclined to believe that President Donald Trump either
knows exactly what he is doing—that there is uncanny finesse and foresight
behind his bluster—or else that he is guided by an almost unfailing intuition,
with similar results. Trump’s refusal to parrot the Intel-deepstaters’
“Russiagate” narrative at last Monday’s press conference is a case in point.
That refusal was perfectly justified, on factual as well as political and moral
grounds. No evidence of any kind exists to prove Russian meddling in 2016, or
thereafter. It never will be found, because Podesta’s and DNC mails were
leaked, not hacked. The Meddling Myth is simply a tool the Deep State has used
since December 2016 to torpedo Trump’s attempt at détente with Moscow. Its
operatives saw it, rightly, as a threat to the maintenance of the neolib-neocon
system of full-spectrum global dominance. It was right and proper for Trump to
refuse to grand credibility to this narrative.”
“Imagine for a moment that the President had told Putin
where to stuff that souvenir World Cup soccer ball. The media would have
briefly approved, critics might have issued momentary grudging appreciation,
and John Brennan might have put down the voodoo doll. Meanwhile, the layer of
ice that would have encased the relationship would shut the door on things
Trump actually wants to achieve, goals a little more lasting than kicking Putin
in the shins in public.”
A New York University Russian Studies professor emeritus
said the critical reaction to President Donald Trump's summit with Russian
President Vladimir Putin is "like mob violence." "I've never
seen anything like it in my life”
What Critics Missed About the Trump-Putin Summit
Surber: The fervid
and fetid attacks on President Trump and the American people who elected him
took another strange turn this week when our attackers wet themselves crying
treason because President Trump was diplomatic with Putin.
Still waiting for the outrage on Mexico´s election meddling
A professor's call to shut down our nation's universities.
Plastic straw feel-goodery
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WISE
WORDS
“The rights of neutrality will only be respected when they
are defended by an adequate power. A nation, despicable by its weakness,
forfeits even the privilege of being neutral.”
-Alexander
Hamilton
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