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. . . "The cartoon above isn't so much targeted at readers of Hope n' Change(a singularly well-informed, logical, and compassionate group of people) so much as an expression of our sense that the American people are being very actively manipulated into division and confrontation by those who actually hate our nation, desire power, or simply want ratings or celebrity - even purchased with the blood of innocents.

"Sadly, it's become a sick tradition that as a presidential election nears, myriad forces try to kindle hatred and fear in the voting population - no matter what the damage to our national morale. It's a special kind of treason and a despicable betrayal of the public trust." . . .

General Flynn Calls Out Irresponsible Hillary

Independent Sentinel  "General Michael Flynn is a registered Democrat and a harsh critic of Barack Obama’s. Flynn is an old-time Democrat who really has no place in today’s Socialist Party parading around as a Democrat party.

"Martha Raddatz interviewed the general who has been mentioned as a possible running mate to Donald Trump.

" 'She asked him, “— Orlando showed that voters think Hillary Clinton showed a better temperament to respond to things like this. You talk about Donald Trump’s leadership. What about the temperament?”

The general said,  “I think her speech a couple of nights ago was totally irresponsible when she talked about white people being to blame. I mean, that is so irresponsible. What we have to look at is speech that’s positive, that’s forward-looking and demonstrates an intellectual courage that doesn’t try to attack an ideology one way or the other. I mean, how are we going to fix this? We have to — we cannot keep having these types of events in our country, whether it’s a Islamic terrorist attack or whether it’s an attack on our law enforcement professionals in this country." . . .

"Race hustler Hillary said this in all seriousness:"

General Flynn: Military Fired Me for Calling Our Enemies Radical Jihadis

. . . "Yesterday, General Flynn published an article in The New York Post entitled “The military fired me for calling our enemies radical jihadis.”  In this article, General Flynn undermines the early reports of problems with his leadership.

General Flynn writes:

Two years ago, I was called into a meeting with the undersecretary of defense for intelligence and the director of national intelligence, and after some “niceties,” I was told by the USDI that I was being let go from DIA. It was definitely an uncomfortable moment (I suspect more for them than me).

I asked the DNI (Gen. James Clapper) if my leadership of the agency was in question and he said it was not; had it been, he said, they would have relieved me on the spot.

Dallas police chief says he and his family received death threats after sniper killed five officers

Conservative Firing Line

"Talking Points Memo added:

The police chief said the language of the threats was disturbing enough that the department is taking them all “very seriously,” “for the sake of our families.”

During negotiations with police officers on Friday, suspected gunman Micah Johnson, an Army veteran, allegedly said that he wanted to kill white people, particularly cops. Johnson was killed by a bomb-toting robot after conversations with hostage negotiators broke down.

. . . 

"Johnson told officers that he wanted to kill white people, especially white officers.  Nevertheless, President Obama said his motive was difficult to “untangle” and presumed Democratic Party nominee Hillary Clinton blamed white people, saying that “unfortunately,” we’re all racists.

Related:

• Obama: ‘Very hard to untangle’ motives of Dallas cop-killer
• Black Lives Matter supporters celebrate Dallas shootings on Twitter
• Hillary Clinton: ‘Unfortunately,’ we’re all racists — Video
• Reports: Dallas cop-killer a follower of Nation of Islam
• Haters on Twitter applaud Dallas cop shooter as a ‘hero’

Reboot America: Step Back From The Brink Before It’s Too Late

Kurt Schlichter

. . . "Except I don’t think this country’s elite has the character, nor understands our constitutional technology enough, to do it. I think it fails to appreciate what is going on outside its cloisters, among those weird, patriotic, religious, and – significantly – armed people living in uncool places between the coasts. I think it believes this anger is a passing fad, that it can bluff and bully its way through it the way it did to previous challenges to its rule. 

"Obama and the progressive elite were not satisfied merely with exonerating the clearly guilty Hillary Clinton of charges that would have sent any mere mortal to the slammer. They had to shove it in our faces. The AG met with Bill Clinton. Then the FBI director laid out a devastating case, followed by an “and…nope.” Then President Faily McWorsethancarter swept her away in Air Force One – at our expense – to campaign with her and even placed her at a podium with the presidential seal while the liberal media thrilled and quivered. This is beyond mere corruption. This is them gloating over what they see as their unassailable power. This is them laughing at us. " . . .

Feel Safer: Easier to Get Parole, Harder to Buy Bullets

Debra J. Saunders

"Gov. Jerry Brown and the Democratic Legislature have a unique plan to enhance public safety in California. They have reduced the state prison population from close to 150,000 in 2010 to 113,000 now by downgrading what crimes put an offender in prison. Now they are pushing a ballot measure that would enable repeat serious and violent offenders to qualify for early release -- to further reduce the state prison population. No worries, though, because they also are passing laws that make it harder or costlier for everyone to buy guns and ammunition." . . .

How the World Fell Out of Love with Obama

What do they mean, "the world fell out of love with Obama"? Why do we keep hearing how his popularity in America is above 50%? Does the world see things about Obama that we cannot?

Politico
"In countries key to the president’s legacy, people express profound disappointment in a man from whom they expected great things."

. . . "But peace did not arrive in Obama’s time. Obama’s standing in much of the world seemed to sag each year as he struggled to fulfill his promises. America, after all, still has troops in Iraq and Afghanistan. In the Middle East, revolutionary movements, including ones Obama overtly backed, have largely fizzled or bred violent anarchy. And Russia has ignored Obama’s warnings and asserted its influence in former Soviet states, sometimes at the point of a gun. Many saw in this picture a naive president and a United States of diminished standing. In Jordan, confidence in Obama fell from 31 percent in 2009 to 14 percent last year, the Pew surveys show. Some 86 percent of Britons expressed confidence in Obama in 2009; in 2015, it was 76 percent. Even in Kenya, where Obama has family ties, confidence in him stood at 80 percent in 2015, down from the mid-90s his first two years. The numbers don’t suggest deep antipathy toward Obama, but the heady infatuation that accompanied his arrival in office has changed into pervasive disappointment."

A radio documentary of our interviews with dozens of citizens in those and other nations airs this weekend. In each country, we discovered a palpable sense of discontent with the now gray-haired American leader.

Obama and Race Relations

Police Swipe at Obama Over Tensions

“The man responsible for the murders [in Dallas] was Micah Johnson, but having said that, I do think the president by his inaction has contributed to a climate where these things can happen,” William Johnson, executive director of the National Association of Police Organizations, which represents about 240,000 law enforcement officers, said Sunday. “This president and his administration absolutely do not have our back and make our jobs more dangerous.”

How has electing Obama twice helped race relations in America?

"Hours before the murders of five police officers in Dallas, Texas, President Obama was again spouting false claims about racism by the police. He sees racism whenever there is any disparity in outcomes, no matter what the cause.

"Obama and others inflame passions, but take no responsibility, and instead use events to push for more gun control. Yet, shouting racism can endanger the lives of police officers. The Dallas police chief tells us one of the shooters “wanted to kill white people, especially white officers.”

"After the Trayvon Martin case, there were numerous cases around the country of blacks attacking whites and invoking Martin’s name.

"Let’s not forget that NYPD cops Rafael Ramos and Wenjian Liu were executed by a black man who was angry about the shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo.

"Obama and his administration spoke out repeatedly on the Martin and Brown cases. They repeatedly claimed racism was involved, but in fact there’s no evidence of that in either case."

What caused Obama to comment on the Dallas murders this way?

#CIVILWAR: When the Commander-In-Chief acts as the de facto head of a terror group called #BlackLivesMatter

As Obama Heads To Dallas, Fed-Up Americans Have Just 5 Words For Him

"Americans all over the country are sick and tired of his rhetoric that further divides our nation, and they are making it clear. Many share the sentiments of one Dallas resident, who tweeted these five words: “We don’t want him here,” and their message was met with a lot of “amens.' ”

Beyoncé Tells Her Disciples To, ‘FIGHT Police’ – Hours Later, COPS Murdered   Pictured with Obama here:

Moments of class from the Dallas massacre

Cop Says There Were Unnoticed Heroes From Dallas Shooting Who Deserve Praise

Fire and Rescue on the scene at the Dallas ambush (Source: CNN)

. . . "The message from Officer Rushing’s page, which was later posted to the Fort Worth Police Officer Association’s Twitter page, read, “Fire did NOT get enough credit…they were moving with us in ambulances toward Market St toward the gunfire. Every single time we told them to get out of the shooting zone the driver would just keep yelling, ‘Just tell us where they are,’ referring to our downed Officers.” . . .

Beautiful memorial to fallen DPD officers 

NFL star brothers condemn cop massacre and say Muhammad Ali would have called people to stand together against racism

. . . "He described killer Johnson as a ‘nut job’ who saw fit to kill innocent people in response to an emotional frustration.

 ' ‘He became a sick individual’ he added.

"The Ashab network were meeting in Dallas today to pray for peace. "

Heroic mother who acted as human shield for her son says she saw cops shot in front of her that she pledged to march against
"Taylor said she saw two officers get shot - one she believes was killed
As one cop slumped he had warned the mom-of-four 'He's got a gun, run'"
More on this lady here: 

 Mother Shot in Dallas Massacre: The Police ‘Were Really Heroes for Us’

. . . “ 'That officer jumped on top of me, and covered me, and my son,” she tearfully relayed. “There was another one at our feet, and there was another one over our head. And there were several of them lined against the wall over there and they just stayed there with us.' ” . . .