My Party: The Stupid Party!

 Ann Coulter

You only have a bare majority in one house of Congress, Republicans: This is no time to be hot-shots for causes that won't get you a single vote.

. . ."Meanwhile, the not-stupid -- but unfocused -- conservative Freedom Caucus is threatening to shut down the government unless they get concessions, primarily cuts in government spending.

"I have a secret for you, GOP: No one cares about government spending. I'm sure it's important, and there are probably a hundred Wall Street Journal articles explaining why, but not more than 1% of voters will ever reward you for cutting spending.

"Government spending is Republicans' "climate change." We've gotten frantic warnings that the world will end if we don't cut spending for the last 50 years -- exactly as long as we've been warned that the world will end if we don't cut carbon emissions. Year after year, we do nothing, and yet the world doesn't come remotely close to ending.

"You only have a bare majority in one house of Congress, Republicans: This is no time to be hot-shots for causes that won't get you a single vote.

"But you know what would be hugely popular? Put down the Journal and look around you. There's not a corner of this country that isn't sick to death of "migrants" (illegal aliens) streaming into their towns and neighborhoods. And this horror show, now playing nationwide, is 100% Biden's fault. 100%.

"Even the most cosseted, liberal "sanctuary cities" have cried uncle, pleading for Biden to cut off the flow of illegals." . . .

America Is Becoming a Joke; Kurt Schlichter     "The United States just lost an F-35 as part of its campaign to reduce itself from the greatest superpower in human history to a pitiful punchline. Ah, the magic of leftism – only it can make a great country like America ridiculous. From an inability to find its fighters to an unwillingness to defend its borders or prosecute criminals – with the exception of conservatives framed for the crime of conservativing – our country has become the Three Stooges without the dignity.". . .

We left our nation in San Francisco

 Shellenberger joins “The Daily Signal Podcast” to discuss how the left’s “victim” ideology has harmed West Coast cities and what can be done to save those communities from complete ruin. 

AfterMath - Home (terrellaftermath.com)

Former Soros Activist Explains How Progressives Ruined San Francisco (dailysignal.com)  . . ." One of the things, when you interview progressives still to this day, and I discovered this quite a bit in my research, they blame [Ronald] Reagan, first as governor in the 1960s and then as president, for the homeless crisis, even though progressives have controlled California for decades. Democrats have a supermajority in Congress. We spend more than any other state per capita on homelessness and mental illness, and we have the worst outcomes.

"So I wanted to write “San Fransicko” to both get to the bottom of what’s really going on and also figure out what the solutions are because, obviously, we’re dealing with a catastrophe. I mentioned drug overdose deaths rose from 17,000 to 70,000 by 2017. Last year, drug deaths were 93,000, which is almost three times as many people than die from car accidents and four times as many people as die from homicide. Clearly, we are in the midst of a massive drug crisis, and it felt like nobody was offering a particularly clear explanation of it or offering very good solutions.

"Allen: I love that curiosity and that drive to say, “OK, there’s obviously an issue here, and we actually need to find a solution.” You’re asking the hard questions. That’s something we really need more of. Now, Michael, for those who have not been to San Francisco, for those who are not too familiar maybe with the situation there, if you were to leave your house, cross the bay, and walk through the streets of San Francisco, give us a picture of what we would see.

"Shellenberger: Sure. San Francisco remains one of the most spectacularly beautiful cities in the world. Just driving across the Bay Bridge into San Francisco, its skyline is stunning; three major bridges into San Francisco, incredible skyline, beautiful, surrounded by water, humpback whales not far from the coast.

"But as soon as you drive downtown, you see tents. You see what are euphemistically called homeless encampments, but they are more accurately described as open drug scenes. That’s the expression that’s used by European researchers. I point out that the Europeans dealt with this exact same problem in the 1980s in places like Zurich, Switzerland; Amsterdam, Netherlands; Lisbon, Portugal; Frankfurt, Germany.

"What you find is just these are people that are living on the street. They’re living on the street because … almost all of them, if not really all of them, are suffering from severe drug addiction, severe drug and alcohol addiction.

"In the 1980s, what we called homelessness—I point out in the book that homelessness is a propaganda word. It was designed to mislead people about what’s really going on. It was designed by progressives to mislead people into thinking that people live on the street because they can’t afford the rent. That’s not the case. The people on the street, we know, are there because of addiction and untreated mental illness." . . .

Has The Hallmark Channel Gone Too Woke?

 Has The Hallmark Channel Gone Too Woke?

"They need to go back and bring back the original awesome actors and actresses. Hallmark is not the same as it was a few years ago. I’ve lost interest in watching.

Nolte: CEO and Stars Flee Hallmark Channel for Non-Woke Network (breitbart.com)

. . ."No one wants to watch that crap.

"No.

"One.

"The Hallmark Channel had a very specific audience, a wholesome audience. The left targeted it to deliberately alienate that audience and destroy one of the few remaining family channels that was still a family channel. That’s what the left does. And those who fall for it find they have not increased their audience. Instead, they are ruined.

"Knowing this, Bill Abbott, the CEO of Crown Media Family (which owns the Hallmark Channel), jumped ship. He wanted nothing to do with producing propaganda. This is also true of a number of the stars who helped make the Hallmark Channel what it is: Candace Cameron-Bure, Danica McKellar, and Jen Lilley.

"Giant Freakin’ Robot says Abbott’s goal at his new network, Great American Media, “is to respond to the Hallmark Channel’s initiatives by providing the family entertainment his former employer became known for[.]”

"Abbott adds that Great American Media viewers can “expect lighthearted fun … heartwarming stories [and none of the] “dark situations, violence, sexual situations, things that just…create anxiety.”

"And now, the same thing that happened to Star Wars and the Boy Scouts will happen to the Hallmark Channel. What had been universally beloved will now become polarized, intolerant, stressful, and no fun.". . .

Well, I haven't seen Hallmark get to that point yet. TDing

anymore.

Randi Weingarten's Divisive Rhetoric

"There might not be anyone that's done more damage recently than Randi Weingarten to the kids living in distressed communities, especially like the ones where I grew up… It's so frustrating to hear these liberal lies, hearkening back to a day that no longer exists."  Sen. Tim Scott 

 American Thinker   "Teachers’ union boss Randi Weingarten has taken a troubling stance that has left many parents and supporters of school choice and parental rights initiatives feeling alienated and insulted. Weingarten's recent comparison of these advocates to segregationists is not only divisive but also a grave mischaracterization of the very parents who are striving to be more involved in their children's education. 

"Weingarten's likening of the rhetoric of parental rights advocates to that of segregationists is a deeply flawed and misguided attempt to delegitimize their cause. Using race as a weapon to shame those who seek to empower parents is not only disingenuous but also a troubling trend in today's political discourse. Weingarten's choice to invoke the specter of segregation is a deliberate attempt to silence opposing viewpoints and shut down legitimate debates about the future of education.

"At its core, the issue at hand is not about race but about the fundamental rights of parents to have a voice in their children's education. Randi Weingarten, as the leader of a prominent teachers union, has made it her mission to deny parents this crucial voice. Even more concerning is her consistent effort to subvert educational standards, effectively fueling an era of low expectations for our children.

"Every year, millions of parents entrust their children's educational well-being to a system that should prioritize their input and concerns. Instead, they find themselves belittled and voiceless in the face of a union boss who claims to care about parents but consistently works to destroy local control of education. This isn't just about policy differences; it's about the very essence of democracy and the role of parents in shaping the futures of their children." . . .