op ed review 7/5
“Our founders launched not only a revolution in government,
but a revolution in the pursuit of justice, equality, liberty, and prosperity.
No nation has done more to advance the human condition than the United States
of America and no people have done more to promote human progress than the
citizens of our great nation. It was all made possible by the courage of 56
patriots who gathered in Philadelphia 244 years ago and signed the Declaration
of Independence. They enshrined a divine truth that changed the world forever
when they said, "All men are created equal." These immortal words set
in motion the unstoppable march of freedom. Our founders boldly declared that
we are all endowed with the same divine rights, given us by our Creator in
Heaven, and that which God has given us, we will allow no one ever to take away
ever.”
-President Trump
at Mt. Rushmore
“Republicans at all levels could lose this fall.
If they do, there will be profound consequences for you. People who supported
Donald Trump will be punished, there's definitely no question about that.
There's never been an American political party as radical and as angry as the
Democrats are now. Imagine them with unlimited power and that's what they plan
to get in their first year...The point is, and it could not be clearer:
Non-Democrats in America are in peril.
Tucker Carlson
THIS WEEK’S NEWS
Is this hyperbole? “On
Wednesday, the Democratic candidate for New York’s 27th congressional
district issued a tweet showing how dark parts of the Democratic Party have
become, urging his followers to “report” Trump supporters.”
‘Dilbert’ Creator Scott Adams Says ‘Republicans Will Be
Hunted’ If Biden Wins Election
President Trump delivered arguably the best speech of his
presidency at Mount Rushmore Friday, a magnificent affirmation to
Americans on their 244th national birthday that what they have always cherished
is still cherished, along with a warning shot to those who hate and
despise all the United States stands for. It was non-partisan -- there was no
mention of Democrats or Joe Biden. It was inclusive - celebratory of
people of all races, and celebratory in particular of the singularity of
America being great for such diversity. It was also big-hearted,
magnanimous, celebrating all the ranges achievements of the country. Yet it
also did the thing Trump does best, which is to call out and identify authentic
enemies, stating that he knows who they are, what their game is, and that he
won't let them win.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2020/07/trumps_finest_speech__and_a_press_that_lies_about_it.html#ixzz6RF3MiOnH
Democrat Party Begins Demonizing Mount Rushmore, Refers To July 4 Celebration As ‘Glorifying White Supremacy’
Democrat Party Begins Demonizing Mount Rushmore, Refers To July 4 Celebration As ‘Glorifying White Supremacy’
Survey of those identifying as “liberal”. 71% want to change the national anthem. 70% want
to rewrite the US constitution. 58% want
to “Allow our public parks to return to their natural state, before a European
sense of order was imposed upon them”
51% want to “Remove existing statues of white men from public spaces
until the stock of statues matches the demographics of the population” 52% want
to “Gradually replace many older public buildings with new structures that
don’t perpetuate a Eurocentric order”
44% of liberals want to destroy Mt. Rushmore.
“Take cathedrals down eventually” BLM mob takes aim at
praying Christians and Catholic statue as anarchy spreads to the heartland.
Another Catholic Priest Suspended for Sermon Condemning
BLM’s Violence, Marxism and Destruction.
Princeton to Remove Woodrow Wilson's Name from Public Policy
School
John Wayne Airport targeted for name change because of “racist
and homophobic comments”
Texas Rangers accused of being 'racist terrorists'
America hater, Colin Kaepernick’s life will be celebrated in
a Netflix Series
This is how we end racism? A mob in Portland, Oregon, has
torched a statue of an elk, prompting observers to theorize that perhaps the
animal was a “slave owner” or a “white supremacist”.
The word ‘Master’ can no longer used to describe Houston
bathrooms and bedrooms.
BLM rioters in Provo UT shot and almost killed a man who was
attempting to escape after his car had been surrounded by thugs wielding clubs
and other weapons. Media covers up and
then tries to blame the victim.
St. Louis Homeowner Speaks Out After Confronting BLM Militants
with Firearm, ‘The Only Thing That Stopped the Mob Was my Rifle’
The owners who protected their home are under investigation
by St. Louis prosecutor, elected with George Soros funding.
Research by professor at Michigan State University found
that police are NOT more likely to shoot African-Americans and systemic police
racism is a myth. The professor was
informed that he should not share research that runs counter to public
statements by the university which is backing the Black Lives Matter
movement. Then he was fired from his
position as vice president of research and innovation.
Haters: Cambridge
professor tweets “White Lives Don’t Matter”
“kneecap white men”
https://summit.news/2020/06/29/white-lives-dont-matter-academic-i-resist-urges-to-kneecap-white-men/
UMass Lowell Nursing Dean Reportedly Fired After Saying
‘Everyone’s Life Matters’
And here it comes: University
declares that applicants to the school must be willing to “combat systemic
racism” because that would be a “non-negotiable condition of enrollment and
employment.” Republicans need not apply.
Virginia Democrats propose reducing charge for assaulting
police officers to misdemeanor.
Nearly 300 NYPD Officers File for Retirement as Violent
Crime Surges
LAPD Morale Collapses to 'Record Low': 'It's Simply Not
Worth It Any Longer'
In First Weekend, Looting Damage In 20 Big Cities Exceeded
$400 Million
No riots, no protests, no kneeling celebrities:- At Least 20
People Shot, 7 Fatally, During 24 Hours in Mayor Lightfoot’s Chicago. Not all black lives matter.
Black on black violence:
Chicago man killed 2 teens after they asked how tall he was, police say
Why no outrage? Atlanta shootings surge, but it’s not the
cops.
Seattle mayor denounces protesters circling her home for
showing no 'regard for' her 'safety'.
Radical leftist councilwoman Kshama Sawant joined the
protestors at the mayor’s house, said 'capitalism's brutality & endemic
violence' are at fault for the shooting deaths at CHOP.
Seattle City Council expected to pass largest tax on
businesses in Seattle's history
Aggrieved Father Who Lost Son at CHOP Zone Received Call
from President Trump but NOT from Seattle Mayor
'This is not Seattle': Oklahoma protesters promptly hit with
terrorism charges.
Minneapolis City Council Hire Private Security for
Themselves, $4,500 Per Day, After Voting to Defund Police Department
Trump listening to Tucker, calls for tougher Republican response
to 'political war'.
This is refreshing:
On Canada Day in Ottawa a group of Trump lovers marched on the US
Embassy chanting “We love Trump”.
Joe Biden: H-1B Foreign Workers 'Built this Country'
Biden promises to undo most of the Trump tax cuts
Biden proposes 4 trillion dollar tax increase, $2K for every
middle class family.
The U.S. Supreme Court struck down a Louisiana law regulating
abortion clinics, reasserting a commitment to abortion rights over fierce
opposition from dissenting conservative justices in the first big abortion case
of the Trump era. Chief Justice John Roberts joined with his four more liberal
colleagues in ruling that the law requiring doctors who perform abortions have
admitting privileges at nearby hospitals violates the abortion right the court
first announced in the landmark Roe v. Wade decision in 1973.
Finally SCOTUS good news:
Supreme Court says religious schools can get scholarships funded by tax
credits.
And SCOTUS rules Trump has unfettered power to fire
officials
Trump has now filled all federal circuit court vacancies,
and appointed more appellate judges than any other president at this point in
his presidency.
This explains a lot: Before
'takedown' of General Flynn, he was planning to audit John Brennan for running
billions 'off the books'.
“New report from the U.S. Census Bureau shows America's
population is 60.1 percent white, the lowest level ever recorded. Among those
under 16 years of age, fewer than half are white.
___________________________________________________________
COLUMN(S) OF THE WEEK
Bob Lonsberry
America is At War With Itself 5/29
This is how it was when Hitler burned books. Some few
frenzied zealots did the burning, and the good people sat home, nervous,
anxious, apprehensive, the way a mouse is in the moments before a cat sinks its
fangs into it. This is America today.
Where they pull down statues of George Washington and
Ulysses Grant and anybody who held office in the Confederacy. Where anything or
anyone involved in the slavery of 150 years ago – except the Democratic Party –
is condemned and purged. Where
politicians and poets of earlier days are denounced and desecrated by roving
mobs easily traceable by TV news cameras by unfindable and hamstrung police
departments. Where people rage online about exactly how dark Jesus’s Middle
Eastern skin would have been.
Where the caustic racial, cultural and political battles of
today are overlaid on the people, events and monuments of the past. It is an
Inquisition, as hate driven and intolerant as inquisitions of history, holding
all of the country and the culture’s past to the angry progressive orthodoxy of
today. This is America today, intent on
denouncing and destroying the America of yesterday.
It is an effort of leftist internationalism which requires
Americans to turn against their history, heritage and ancestors. It is an
attack on America from within, in the classroom and on the evening news, in the
shouted rants of protestors, in the profanity-laced graffiti of the streets. It
is an attack not just on the individuals honored in history and sculpture, but
on the very notion of honor, on the belief that there is anything American from
an earlier day worth remembering and taking inspiration from. It is a well-advanced effort to make Americans
hate America. And it takes its cues from
the darkest days in mankind’s past.
Because toppling statues is Hitler and the Islamic State,
not Martin Luther King and Rosa Parks. This is what societies do as they are
collapsing, not as they are opening new eras of freedom and peace. This is a
sinister assault, hiding behind the worthy cause of equality, hoping to create
chaos and impose oppression. All as an
act of horrific intolerance. Intolerance
and bigotry.
A bigotry against the people who founded and built this
country, and intolerance for any age or culture not compliant with today’s
progressive agenda. The Islamic State blew up statues of a different day and
time, and America’s progressives are intent on doing the same thing. And so we take down the statue of the
president who first invited a black man to dinner at the White House, and we
have a national debate to take down the statue of the president who freed the
slaves. Because statues are metaphors
for civilization, and they destroy one because they hate the other. Because they hate America that much.
The professors and the newscasters and the politicians, and
some of the people in the streets, the ones with the burning flags and the
hateful curses and the shouting at the cops. The ones who tell us that the
voice of the people is heard in the mobs. Which is a lie.
In America, the voice of the people isn’t heard in the
streets, it is heard at the ballot box. We are a republic, not a mobocracy. And
blocked streets and shouted slogans are notoriously inaccurate measures of
public opinion. We form public policy, we shape our law, we hold the people
sovereign, in peaceful elections, not raucous demonstrations. Certainly, speech
can be expressed in protest, but governance cannot. And politicians seemingly running scared from
public protests are merely using the demonstrations as cover for policies and
agendas that would otherwise not be tolerated. The mobs want to defund the
police, but the voters do not, and the progressive politicians hide behind the
one to avoid the scrutiny of the other.
And so it is that America finds itself at war with itself –
at war with its past and its present, fighting against its founders and its
protectors. A war that could only be
fomented and embraced by America’s enemies, its enemies within. Because only an enemy philosophy could take
America’s first and most fundamental declaration – “that all men are created equal”
– and turn it into a weapon of division, instead of its natural role as a
uniter of causes and people.
It is good that teaches us that we are brothers and sisters,
equal and free. It is evil that turns us against one another, separate and
enraged.
Lt. Gen Michael Flynn:
“I was once told if we’re not careful, 2 percent of the passionate will
control 98 percent of the indifferent 100 percent of the time. The more I’ve
thought about this phrase, the more I believe it. There is now a small group of
passionate people working hard to destroy our American way of life. Treason and
treachery are rampant and our rule of law and those law enforcement
professionals who uphold our laws are under the gun more than at any time in
our nation’s history. These passionate 2 percent appear to be winning. Despite
there being countless good people trying to come to grips with everything else
on their plates, our silent majority (the indifferent) can no longer be silent.”
_____________________________________________________________
FROM OTHER COLUMNS
“The product of the woke crusade will not be a less racist
America but a more polarized one. That’s because the woke crusade is not truly
about reducing racism; it is about attacking fundamental institutions, American
history and our very culture of rights. All the things we share must be
eviscerated. So we will share nothing. And then the true ugliness begins.”
-Ben
Shapiro
“Suddenly, an entire Orwellian world opens up: place names,
history books, statues, buildings. When you’re equipped with the anti-racist
hammer, everything begins to look like a nail. In this brave new world, it
doesn’t matter whether a symbol like the Rhodes Scholarship has acquired a
completely different meaning, or whether a statue has become a symbol of
something completely different. All must be levelled to bring forth utopia.”
-Eric
Kauffman
“Hillary
Clinton once said we could not be civil with a political party that wants to
destroy American values. She has a point.…the deep disdain for the country coming from the (Democratic
Party) is destroying the America as we know it, bringing with its
self-inflicted cultural revolution a new world order straight from the text of
the French Revolution. If the modern Democratic Party has its way, the America
seen today will become unrecognizable sooner than we think. Let’s not forget
that someone got fired for saying “all lives matter” last month.
-Tristan
Justice
“The Right is losing the culture war because it is not
fighting a culture war. The Right fights in the culture by electing
Republicans. But culture is the ship upon which we sit; the politicians we
elect are the deck chairs.”
-Ben Shapiro
__________________________________________________________________
TUCKER CARLSON
Tucker: what the
Democrats will do if they win the presidency and control of both houses of
Congress, as polling indicates they will. These predictions are based on what
Democrats themselves have said. 1.They will immediately amnesty 20 million
illegal aliens and get them on the voting rolls, making it impossible for the Republicans
to win any more national elections. 2.They will abolish the Senate filibuster
rule, allowing a 51-vote majority to pass into law anything they want. 3.They
will enlarge and pack the Supreme Court, eliminating the constitutional safeguard
against tyranny. 4.They will grant statehood to the District of Columbia,
enlarging their Senate majority. He then laid out the three points that the GOP must
provide voters if it is to save the nation from slipping into a one-party
tyranny. 1.First is vigorous defense of total equality under the law. We
are equal because we are citizens. Every American has precisely the same rights
as every other American. Period. That is the promise of America," "Don't
get caught in pointless debates about whether or not this is a racist
country. Clearly it isn't. Prove it by
making it less racist by making it a colorblind meritocracy. That's our
promise." 2.This
is not simply a debate about the First Amendment and its limits. It's bigger
than that and more important. If you can't articulate something, if you're not
allowed, you can't think. And that's precisely why authoritarians try to
control language. They're trying to control your mind. Republicans should lead
the fight against this without shame….This is not negotiable. 3.His final point directed
the GOP to care for its genuine constituency, the middle class of normal
Americans.
“If
the Republic survives in recognizable form, Tucker Carlson's challenge to the
Republican Party last night will be recognized for its historic importance as a
turning point. Unless history is written by leftists after their revolution
from above succeeds, Carlson's epic statement last night will be recognized as
far braver and far more important than (Edward R.) Murrow's McCarthy broadcast
66 years ago, at the dawn of television.”
-Thomas Lifson
“Tucker Carlson for president? Former Trump campaign and GOP
officials believe the Fox News host could lead a successful 2024 presidential
campaign after his show becomes the highest-rated program in Cable News.
______________________________________________________________
BLACK VOICES
Charles Love: “I want
to address my fellow black Americans: This country is as much ours as it is
anyone else’s—and it has been since the beginning. Too many blacks believe that
America is racist, that it does not foster equality, and that its founding
principles do not include all citizens. This is evident in the common reply
from some blacks to Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign slogan, “Make America Great
Again,” which was, “When was America ever great?”…….To the younger generation
of Americans: What Thomas Jefferson (its principal author) created in the Declaration
is a document that would serve as the foundation for the greatest governing
experiment in human history. Unfortunately, our country is at risk today
because too many citizens know little, and appreciate less, of this history and
its context………Lastly, to my son: I cannot shield you from the world. You will,
undoubtedly, be subjected to the noxious view of America described above—often
with the inference that you have fewer opportunities because of your race. This
is a lie. I will do everything in my power to ensure that you understand the
significance of freedom, liberty, and equality. If I do my job well, when you
read this, you will know that you were blessed to be born in America; and being
black should strengthen, not weaken this belief. I hope that you will defend
the tenets of the Declaration of Independence and stand up to maintain our
republic. It needs you.
Two Black Conservative Women Speak Out about the Democratic
Party
Viral video by former Tucson police officer: “enough with the anti-white narrative”
So compelling, lefties at Snopes tried to debunk him: “Ex-Cop Brandon Tatum’s Success Doesn’t
Disprove White Privilege”
What 'woke' whites get wrong about Blacks' priorities: “This month’s protests started out as a
black movement against police brutality, but they have a different look now. In
many cases, whites have taken over. They apologize for their “white privilege”
and, in at least one case, wash black people’s feet to expiate their collective
sins…I found..white people overwhelmingly depicting black people as desperate
and defeated, with no way to pull themselves out of their misery. I realized
that white wokeness is the new factor in our national life. It has been
embedded into the consciousness of whites that all blacks are the same and that
they all face impossible barriers to improvement…..Whites are engaging in
activism motivated by a misperception about black life that doesn’t comport with
reality for most blacks. With their views of blacks as wounded and perpetually
oppressed, woke whites would do more good by doing nothing.”
Thomas Sowell: The left’s Marxist ideology is a fragile
‘house of cards’ beneath the howling surface
Former Democrat, black civil rights attorney Leo Terrell
announces his support for the re-election of Donald Trump
_____________________________________________________________________
BLM
Armed Black Lives Matter Terrorists Shoot SUV Driver in
Provo Utah…media tries to cover it up, then blames the driver.
The black lives that don't matter to Black Lives Matter: On June 20, Â Jasean Francis, 17, and
Charles Riley, 16, were shot and killed in Chicago for asking how tall a young
man was. Over Father's Day weekend in Chicago 104 people were shot and 15 died.
That same weekend 13 year old Amaria Jones was killed by a stray bullet while
dancing with her mother. This past weekend 114 people were shot in Chicago, and
14 died. On Saturday, a 20 month old was shot and killed in Chicago as he sat
in his car seat. To date, 1699 people have been shot in Chicago this year, with
305...
The agenda of Black Lives Matter is far different from
the slogan
Time to Expose the Fraud That Launched BLM. The George
Zimmerman murder charge was a stunningly blatant fraud orchestrated by the
attorney who has been prominently milking the racial divide he helped create
Former
Princeton professor denounces Black Lives Matter movement and the politicians
who have supported the increasingly popular group. “It's part of the cultural
Marxist agenda against America”.
‘It Isn’t About Protecting Or Saving Black Lives’: Brit Hume
Rips Black Lives Matter And ‘Stomach-Turning’ Corporate Support
_________________________________________________________________
PROGRESSIVE WATCH
Obama admits it: Riots and protests are 'tailor-made' for
electing Joe Biden, part of the strategy.
Good riddance; don’t let the door hit you on the way out! “Hundreds of George W. Bush administration
officials to back Biden, group says.”
“To support queer youth identity, one Seattle school will be
renamed after a LGBTQ+ leader.”
“Baltimore, Cleveland, Denver, Milwaukee, and Pittsburgh are
among the cities that have officially declared that racism is a public health
crisis. A number of states are also moving in that direction…….But the
medicalizers of racism don’t care about the black lives they claimed to be defending.”
Lefties emboldened: Law
Professor Argues US Constitution Is Racist And Sexist
Representative Of Iran’s Supreme Leader Delightedly Declares
‘Death to America’ Is ‘Being Heard From Mouths Of The Americans Themselves’
_________________________________________________________________
GLOBALONEY
The International Energy Agency says only six months left to
save the planet from global warming. (up
to the election, hint, hint….)
An
honest leftie environmentalist writes: “On behalf of environmentalists
everywhere, I would like to formally apologize for the climate scare we created
over the last 30 years. Climate change is happening. It’s just not the end of
the world. It’s not even our most serious environmental problem. I may seem
like a strange person to be saying all of this. I have been a climate activist
for 20 years and an environmentalist for 30. But as an energy expert asked by
Congress to provide objective expert testimony, and invited by the IPCC to
serve as expert reviewer of its next assessment report, I feel an obligation to
apologize for how badly we environmentalists have misled the public.”
_______________________________________________________________
COVID
“Masks have replaced social distancing as the new moral
statement. Just as adherence to lockdowns was framed by many as a sign of
virtue….masks have become a face-borne signal of righteousness. As a
virologist, I find this perplexing, considering the limited evidence in favor
of masks.”
“Masks Don’t Work: A Review of Science Relevant to COVID-19
Social Policy” Paper originally
published at ResearchGate, then removed by administrators because it “goes
against the public health advice.” “This
is censorship of my scientific work like I have never experienced before.”
From liberal National Public Radio: “NPR report suggests the global response to
COVID-19 may have been reached on a flawed premise. Mounting evidence suggests
the coronavirus is more common and less deadly than it first appeared.”
The Coronavirus Lockdowns Were A Mistake, Here's Why
CNN Finally Admits Hydroxychloroquine Works
Dr. Joondeph: “Is
this really a (COVID) surge or simply fear-mongering fake news? Texas features prominently in the
surge scare. Coincidently Texas is a red state that if flipped to blue would
prevent a Republican from ever winning the White House for the foreseeable
future. Most
hospitals require a COVID test before elective surgery…..If a patient goes to
the hospital for a new hip or cataract surgery, and happens to test positive
for COVID, they are counted as a COVID hospitalization.”
“167 reasons why I’m against COVID lockdowns”
__________________________________________________________________
ARTICLES
Prof. Chadwell: “The
lawless events of the last few weeks…have left me acutely aware of my own human
desire for order, and I have to take a deep breath whenever I find myself
wishing Trump would just whip out the military and put a stop to it all. But
that’s what the desperate Democrats want -- the Rules for Radicals
vindication -- create so much chaos that the masses beg for someone to take
control. But we can’t let that happen. So I would like to suggest a new motto
for conservatives and libertarians alike. It comes from Ken Kesey’s novel, Sometimes
a Great Notion -- “Never give a *#$%#!*# inch. We don’t have any inches left. We can’t
compromise or concede anything. They’re destroying our history, our economy,
our connections with God. They want to tear apart our families and they’ve
already made mockeries of our schools. This last spate of riots has to be the
end. We can tolerate this Mad Hatter’s tea party no longer.”
Joe Biden and Democrats Are Set to Abolish the Suburbs
Democrats are fine with watching America burn
Pollak: 3 Recent Signs Democrats Want a Socialist Revolution
VDH: Trump Will Win
If He Responds to Righteous Voter Rage
Justice Thomas takes on Roe v. Wade in stinging dissent to
SCOTUS striking Louisiana law on abortion requirements
Grievances are not inheritable. The poison of reparations.
Many conservatives voted for President Donald Trump in 2016
solely because the fate of the Supreme Court was at stake. They will have to do
so again in 2020, because the Court remains liberal, and Democrats want to pack
it further.
Obama: It Was Obama All Along: these were impeachable offenses, but too late
now.
The New York Times op-ed page has featured
contributions from Vladimir Putin, pedophiles, and the Taliban without a peep
from the paper’s staff, so it might seem odd that an opinion piece by Senator
Tom Cotton was the one that would spur a professional revolt.
_______________________________________________________________________
SATIRE
“A new Rasmussen poll shows a plurality of voters (49%) are
ready to elect former Vice-President Joe Biden "to scale back the violence
that is tearing our cities apart." A poll respondent from New York City
explained that "paying for protection is the best option we have. Sure,
it's extortion, but what choice do we have? The reality is that it is better to
pay off those controlling the mobs who stand ready to destroy everything a
bigger slice of our hard-earned money than to see them wreck everything like they
have been doing the past month." A respondent from Minneapolis gave a
similar answer, saying "with the police being abolished we have nowhere to
turn for protection against these thugs. It is better to live as serfs under
the thumb of criminals than to be killed by them. If we vote Biden in we're
hoping that as head 'capo' he can rein-in the destruction by establishing a
reasonable wealth redistribution scheme."
_______________________________________________________________________
OTHER STUFF
“Grantifa” protestors at the Villages, Florida, yelling
obscenities at Trump supporters in golf carts. (warning- foul mouthed seniors) “The Republicans were having a Rally on
Trump's Birthday. They decorated their Golf Carts and were not bothering
anyone. We have a huge number of Republicans here and a very small number of
Democrats. Guess they didn't notice, when they came here to look at The
Villages! We have a huge number of Military and everyone is very Patriotic!
There are always Golf Cart Parades on Holidays and everyone has fun with them.
Too bad there are a minority of people, like that Lady with the potty mouth,
who make The Villages look bad.”
New Republican AG Assoc. ad shows leftist plans for Mt.
Rushmore: “Erasing History”
A few months old, but seems even more relevant now: Seattle is Dying...documentary
___________________________________________________________________
WISE
WORDS
“A wise and frugal government … shall restrain men from
injuring one another, shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their own
pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of
labor the bread it has earned.”
-Thomas
Jefferson
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