op ed review 1/23
THIS WEEK’S NEWS
Senate Rejects Filibuster Change, Defeats Election Overhaul Bills In History-Making Day
https://dailycaller.com/2022/01/19/senate-caps-history-making-day-rejecting-filibuster-change/
Boris Johnson Cancels the Pandemic in England
The Trafalgar Group is very accurate in its polling. It found 55.7% of voters prefer a Republican candidate in the upcoming congressional races. 42.2% prefer a Democrat. Let me put that in perspective. Remember the 2010 congressional races when the Tea Party flipped 63 seats for Republicans, which gave them their largest majority in decades? Republicans received 51.7% of the votes overall. Democrats got 44.9%. That was a 6.8-point gap. This is a 13.5-point gap.
https://donsurber.blogspot.com/2022/01/midterm-blowout-republicans-have-13.html
VA Governor Glenn Youngkin Overturns Mandates and Takes on Critical Race Theory Immediately Upon Taking Office
Biden Administration Official Broke Stock Trading Law Nine Times Last Year
FBI is now Joe’s personal police force: goes after a Democrat who opposes Biden’s border policies
Biden spent quarter of first year as president in Delaware
https://nypost.com/2022/01/17/biden-spent-quarter-of-first-year-as-president-in-delaware/
Communist-style art posters mocking Biden and Fauci’s COVID mandates appear in DC
Kamala Harris suggests senators standing in the way of Biden agenda are violating their oath to the Constitution
Did over 100,000 people older than 124 years vote in Wisconsin? It would appear so.
Wisconsin Judge Rules Ballot Drop Boxes Used in 2020 Election Were Illegal
Six former Navy SEALs run for Congress with one goal: Take down Pelosi
Huh??? All 14 black Democrat lawmakers in Mississippi Senate WALK OUT in protest over bill to ban teaching that 'any race is superior or inferior' and curb critical race theory in schools
Victim shot in chest with crossbow at Seattle homeless encampment
https://thepostmillennial.com/victim-shot-in-chest-with-crossbow-at-homeless-encampment
Infamous 'Warlord of CHAZ' sued by multiple women for human trafficking, abuse
Burger King Murder Suspect Demands 'Reparations,' Democrats Seen Furiously Nodding in Approval
If a Homeless Person Murders You in Los Angeles, It’s All Your Fault
NYC hate-crime complaints skyrocket, with anti-Asian attacks up 343%
https://nypost.com/2022/01/21/nyc-hate-crime-complaints-skyrocket-anti-asian-attacks-triple/
Chinese New Yorkers 'disgusted' by violence, empty Democrat promises
https://nypost.com/2022/01/15/chinese-new-yorkers-disgusted-by-violence-empty-democrat-promises/
2021 was a record year for homicides in Portland
https://komonews.com/news/local/2021-was-a-record-year-for-homicides-in-portland
Gov. Newsom says LA rail yard looks like a “third world country”
Noncitizen Voting Push Is Part of Agenda to Rid America of Citizenship: Election Expert
Human Smugglers Earn $1B from U.S.-Mexico Border in December 2021
California agrees to stop telling children to pray to Aztec gods in legal settlement
Trump delivers what sounds like a 2024 stump speech at his first rally of 2022
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2024-watch-trump-holds-first-rally-of-2022
Huge Crowd Attends Donald Trump Rally in Arizona
37 Percent Give Biden 'F' for First Year: Politico/Morning Consult Poll
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/biden-grades-poll-covid/2022/01/19/id/1053055/
Joe Biden's Jim Crow 2.0 tour collides with reality: Blacks strongly support voter ID
Democrats OK with fines, prison, and mandates for vaccine deniers: Poll
Hasta la Vista, Brandon: 61% of Hispanics Disapprove of Biden
https://trendingpolitics.com/hasta-la-vista-brandon-61-of-hispanics-disapprove-of-biden/
A large majority of Americans say they support restrictions on abortion, a new poll from the Knights of Columbus and Marist Poll suggests. In the survey of 1,004 adults, pollsters found that 71 percent of Americans think abortion should be heavily limited and only allowed in certain instances.
But here’s effectiveness of JAN6 media propaganda campaign: More than half of Americans view right-wing militia groups as a threat to US: poll
A crowd of an estimated 50,000-plus mostly young people rallied near the Washington Monument before marching to the Supreme Court to stand for the rights of the unborn by protesting abortion and Roe v. Wade.
FBI assured public that terrorist’s decision to take synagogue worshipers hostage at gunpoint was “not specifically targeting” the Jewish community. Whoops! Leaked tape reveals the Islamist ranting to his family about “the f***ing Jews” hours before he was shot.
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COLUMN OF THE WEEK
Issues & Insights Editorial Board, 1/20
Gallup this week released its survey on party preference, which found what it describes as “a dramatic shift” over the course of 2021. The public went from favoring Democrats by a 9-point margin at the start of the year to favoring Republicans by a 5-point margin by year’s end – a stunning 14-point shift in preference.
Gallup says “Both the 9-point Democratic advantage in the first quarter and the 5-point Republican edge in the fourth quarter are among the largest Gallup has measured for each party in any quarter since it began regularly measuring party identification and leaning in 1991.”
This follows other polls that show a similarly wild swing in favor of Republicans. A CNBC poll, for example, found that Americans support Republicans over Democrats by a 10-point margin – a record, and “a significant swing that may produce a Republican landslide victory in the 2022 House and Senate midterms.”
RealClearPolitics’ average shows Republicans have been favored in a generic congressional ballot since November.
Then there are President Joe Biden’s approval ratings, which are now lower in some polls than Donald Trump’s were at the same point in his presidency. And keep in mind that Trump’s low poll ratings came amid 24-7 wall-to-wall attacks as the press drummed up the phony Russia scandal. In contrast, the press has been busy genuflecting before Biden, only reluctantly covering the multiplying crises that he’s brought about.
Even more embarrassing for Democrats is the fact that some polls now show Trump – whom the Dems have spent countless hours calling a deranged authoritarian bent on destroying democracy – leading in a rematch against Biden.
How did Democrats blow it so badly? We can think of three main reasons (none of which involve Biden’s obvious mental decline or the Omicron variant).
First, Democrats spent the past year hyper-focusing on Trump, hoping that they could keep the Jan. 6 riot in everyone’s head, convince the country that it was a dangerous insurrection, and pin it on every breathing Republican. But the public never bought into this tale and was far more concerned with rising prices, empty shelves, a border crisis, and an unfolding crime wave.
Second, Democrats revealed their true far-left roots, whether it was the push to indoctrinate kids with Marxist critical race theory lies, their deadly defund the police agenda, their zeal in imposing COVID mandates (that they themselves often ignored), the ridiculously overheated rhetoric about prudent election integrity reforms, or the unbridled hostility toward anyone – including members of their own party – who dares to disagree with them.
Third, the public finally got a good look at what happens when the left is in charge. Chaos at the border thanks to open-border policies. Rising inflation thanks to an unquenchable thirst for government spending. Supply chain problems thanks to Democrats’ get-paid-not-to-work programs. Oh, and weakness abroad.
Trump might be crazy, but his policies had produced energy independence, a booming economy, rising incomes for the middle class, peace and quiet internationally, respect for law and order, and some semblance of border security. (Anyone who wants to blame Trump for COVID needs to read our editorial from Wednesday.) We have no doubt that the country would be in a far better place if he were still in charge.
The question now isn’t whether Democrats will pay for their indiscretions this November. The question is whether voters will remember these lessons in the future.
https://issuesinsights.com/2022/01/20/the-dems-total-war-on-republicans-has-totally-backfired/
More good reading this week: “For the past year, Democrats up and down the leadership ladder have been on an endless campaign to portray Republicans as delusional out-of-touch anti-science hate-mongering conspiracy-peddling vote-suppressing anti-vaxxer insurrectionist racists.”
Newt Gingrich: “The Wolves Will Become Sheep”
https://www.newsweek.com/wolves-will-become-sheep-opinion-1670914
“Here's what our COVID-1984 authoritarians want: they seek to use pandemics, wars, uncontrolled immigration, doomsday climate predictions, and "woke" cultural Marxism to keep people in a constant state of fear, divided among themselves, and willing to hand over their freedoms for evaporative promises of protection. "Protection" in this racket means survival but not life, equity but not fairness, financial handouts but not prosperity, and politically correct narratives but no truth.”
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BOOKS, FILM
US movie producers plan new woke Harry Potter film
We know where this is going: Hollywood Is Giving Us a Movie About the Capitol Riot.
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JAN6
Ashli Babbitt Pleaded With Police to Call for Backup Moments Before She Was Shot and Killed
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PROGRESSIVE WATCH
This from Utah?? Salt Lake Tribune editorial board calls for deploying National Guard to keep unvaxxed in their homes.
Fairfax public school curriculum says children from military families are privileged
“Pentagon said to be eyeing ways to allow nonbinary troops to serve in the ranks”
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2022/jan/19/pentagon-said-be-eyeing-ways-allow-nonbinary-troop/
Virginia High School Forces Kids to Play Twisted Game of 'Identify Your Privilege' Bingo
University of Washington language guide says 'grandfather,' 'housekeeping,' 'spirit animal' are 'problematic' words
M&Ms goes woke, reboots cartoon mascots as gender-neutral, more inclusive
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2022/jan/20/mms-reboots-cartoon-mascots-gender-neutral-more-in/
For MLK Day, Spice Company send out an email promotion: Says All Republicans are 'Racist and ‘Want to 'Shoot a Black Person'
Lincoln Project founder Rick Wilson says on MSNBC that the Republican Party wanted the 2024 presidential election to be the last election in America.
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COVID
The Political Timing of the End of the Pandemic
Goodbye Pandemic, Hello Endemic
https://www.theepochtimes.com/goodbye-pandemic-hello-endemic_4216339.html
15 Worst Covid Lies That Have Been Completely Exposed for All the World to See
Sen. Marshall sells Fauci 'Moron' shirts after Fauci calls him (an OB/GYN) a moron.
New study: After reviewing the data by three independent groups of scientists, the 68% efficacy of the preventive ivermectin against deaths caused by COVID-19 was confirmed. The final results of the study were published in the prestigious scientific journal Cureus.
MIT educated Maine doctor who treated patients with Ivermectin has license suspended
Doctor loses license, ordered to have psych eval for writing Ivermectin prescriptions, sharing Covid 'misinformation'
After 28 Days on Ventilator, Family Loses Legal Battle to Try Ivermectin, Other Alternative Treatments, for Dying Father
Fauci Helped Loosen Weak Rules For Risky Virus Research
Cloth masks useless, experts say in omicron messaging shift
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ARTICLES
Most Americans are simply unaware of how weak and haphazard our voter ID and absentee ballot laws are compared to those in other countries. I want to do a quick overview of U.S. laws and then compare them to those in Europe, Canada, and Mexico.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2022/01/the_us_has_banana_republiclike_voter_id_laws.html
The global warming question that can change people’s minds
When VDH speaks, people listen: Conspiracies as Realities, Realities as Conspiracies
https://amgreatness.com/2022/01/16/conspiracies-as-realities-realities-as-conspiracies/
“My Father Almost Died for His Country Fighting at Okinawa; Today, His Son Can No Longer Walk the Streets of Washington Without 'Papers'”
How Leftist Global Warming Policy Will Wreck Your Truck
Tuskegee airman who flew fighter planes in WW2, Korean AND Vietnam Wars dies aged 102
Girlboss: How a 19-Year-Old in a Steve Jobs Turtleneck Snookered America's Failed Ruling Class
https://www.revolver.news/2022/01/elizabeth-holmes-girlboss-of-the-ruling-class/
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SATIRE
Democrats Warn That Republicans Plan To Steal Election By Blocking Democrat Efforts To Steal Election
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