@Lovemycoffee101 day ago (edited) "When Victor Davis Hanson speaks, everyone listens ... he's Brilliant & quite accurate on many important & urgent issues affecting the U.S. I prefer listening to VDH then any news media. God Bless this man for speaking the TRUTH, God help us in the U.S."
Comments to this video: "Trump should hire Hanson as a special advisor to help him keep the eye on the ball through all the craziness that will ensue."
"Remember, what happened in Israel did not happen on October 7, 2023. It happened in Gaza in 2006, 2007, 2008…. …and every year all the way up to October 7. The tunnels, the massive terrorist infrastructure, hospitals and their staff, Mosques and their leaders, schools and their teachers, aid workers, private homes lived in by private citizens, all who participated and kept secret everything in preparation for a massacre of Jews. The substantial diversion of national income and International aid was known. Who did not know, when it’s happening in and around and under them? They kept it mum. What small fraction of Gazans were ignorant and innocent?"
"It isn’t just a matter of the binary choice of THIIS election. Despite the fact that Trump’s style was off putting to many voters on both sides and that hasn’t changed, the actual reality of what he did during his term was very successful at least in the view of the average voter. They were a lot better off when he was in office. Beside that opinion, which was likely partly aided by a long break from mean tweets after he left office, the legal pursuit of him has, in some sense backfired on the left. He is perceived now as a victim of persecution and that is helping him, not the reverse."
"The most recent polling on South Carolina from Suffolk University and USA Today shows Ms. Haley trailing President Trump 35 percent to 63 percent in her home state, meaning that even if Ms. Haley outperforms expectations, she’s still likely to lose in a state where she served as governor.
"On Tuesday, Ms. Haley struck a defiant tone at an event in South Carolina, saying that she would campaign “until the last person votes” and pointing out that after Saturday, only four states will have voted." . . .
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) said Friday that GOP presidential candidate Nikki Haley is among his party’s best surrogates on the campaign trail, as she seeks to take down former President Trump in the Republican primary.
“I think she’s one of our better surrogates, so I hope she stays in. I hope she does well tomorrow — at least, well enough,” Newsom said, referring to the GOP South Carolina primary, after CNN’s Jake Tapper asked whether Haley or Trump had a better chance against President Biden in November.
Newsom, a staunch supporter of Biden, added that he agreed with most of the attacks Haley has made on the former president.
“I think she’s spot on, on 99 percent of it,” he said. “So, I’m enjoying this primary. And I hope it continues, so I wish her luck.”
"For now, Republicans are stuck with Haley. It’s unfortunate, but that’s the reality we’re in."
Big Ugly Shift - Koch Network Drops Haley Support, Retreats to Senate Decepticon Alamo . . ."As a candidate Nikki Haley has always represented the effort of the corporate republican establishment. The corporate republican network who thrives on the status quo have used Ron DeSantis and then Nikki Haley in their effort to rid themselves of the problem represented by Trump and the MAGA base of economically minded voters and supporters. However, both efforts have failed against the scale of the MAGA movement. MAGA is the Republican party now, and the corporate republican world has been dragged to the inflection point. " . . .
Nikki Haley Refuses to Drop Out of Presidential Race Despite Landslide Loss in Her Home State › American Greatness. . . "In every primary thus far, President Trump has broken previous historical records and won more votes than ever before: In both Iowa and Nevada, he set the records for the highest vote totals ever received by the winner of the Republican caucuses in those states. In the cases of New Hampshire and South Carolina, he broke the records for the highest vote totals received by the winner of any presidential primary in those states, from either party. The previous record-high in South Carolina was George W. Bush’s 300,000 in 2000; President Trump received over 450,000 votes in Saturday’s primary.
"The next contest in the Republican primary season is Michigan, which votes on Tuesday. Polls overwhelmingly project that President Trump will win a landslide in the state, which was crucial to his victory in 2016 and is still seen as crucial to any path to the presidency in November. The next primaries will be in Idaho, Missouri, Washington D.C., and North Dakota, before the highly-anticipated Super Tuesday contests on March 5th, where 15 states will cast their votes.". . .
"The Intelligence Community of the United States of America has been weaponized against the incumbent leader’s political opposition, having even turned the spy agencies of our closest allies against the leading Republican candidate.
"This is the inescapable conclusion to be drawn if a bombshell report released last week is accurate.
"Relying on “multiple credible witnesses,” independent journalists Michael Shellenberger, Matt Taibbi, and Alex Gutentag revealed that in the lead-up to the 2016 election, the CIA enlisted the help of foreign nations to surveil associates of Donald Trump in a plot to frame him as a Russian asset.
"Released by Public, the report alleges that, before Trump took office, Obama-appointed CIA Director John Brennan identified 26 of Trump’s contacts and misleadingly presented them as espionage targets to the spy agencies of the U.S., the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and New Zealand (also known as the “Five Eyes” alliance).
"The Intelligence Community of the United States of America has been weaponized against the incumbent leader’s political opposition, having even turned the spy agencies of our closest allies against the leading Republican candidate.
"This is the inescapable conclusion to be drawn if a bombshell report released last week is accurate.
"Relying on “multiple credible witnesses,” independent journalists Michael Shellenberger, Matt Taibbi, and Alex Gutentag revealed that in the lead-up to the 2016 election, the CIA enlisted the help of foreign nations to surveil associates of Donald Trump in a plot to frame him as a Russian asset.
"Released by Public, the report alleges that, before Trump took office, Obama-appointed CIA Director John Brennan identified 26 of Trump’s contacts and misleadingly presented them as espionage targets to the spy agencies of the U.S., the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and New Zealand (also known as the “Five Eyes” alliance)." . . .
According to CNN, one of the biggest "lies" that Trump told was that his campaign was spied on.
Yeah; a victory for Republicans means the end of America as a sovereign nation, the end of world respect; our submission to China. The beginning of race hate and the rise of demagogues like Joy Reid, Joe Biden, the Squad, and glaring Congressional Democrats in their matching outfits. TD
"Hunter Biden not doing crack is a “fight for the future of democracy,” the president’s son told Axios Monday in reference to former President Donald Trump’s bid for reelection.
"Hunter’s attempt to somehow tie the fate of the nation to his legal imperative to abstain from drug use fits his long-running narrative of victimhood.
"Hunter pleaded not guilty to gun charges in October and underwent random drug testing. Judge Christopher Burke released him on several conditions, including that he not use alcohol or ingest controlled substances.
“I have something much bigger than even myself at stake,” Hunter said about his legal battles. “We are in the middle of a fight for the future of democracy.”
“ 'Most importantly, you have to believe that you’re worth the work, or you’ll never be able to get sober. But I often do think of the profound consequences of failure here,” Hunter said." . . .
There is much more to Joe's issues than age-related problems. Go back far enough in Joe's past and you see not just mental disease but the mere fact that this man is powerfully unintelligent. TD
The Lid (lidblog.com) . . ."This journalist would add that Joe Biden’s lifetime of lies, plagiarism, racism, sniffing little girls’ hair, and shaking hands with the air has finally caught up to him.
"But what blows my mind stems from the fact that no one will pin the “reality tail” on the donkey of Joe Biden’s condition: he’s suffering from Alzheimer’s Disease. If he took a cognitive test today, he wouldn’t score five out of 25 on that test.
"How do I know? Answer: my best friend suffers from Alzheimer’s Disease. My best friend has been reduced to the intellect of a six year old. My best friend cannot tell time, does not understand money, doesn’t know what year it is, and cannot remember any friends’ names.
"My best friend cannot finish sentences, and many times, starts sentences, but forgets the point, and waits for a minute that you could drive an 18-wheeler through before my friend finishes that sentence.
"In other words, my best friend duplicates exactly what Joe Biden shows every time he gets up in front of the public without his teleprompter. His press secretary, Karine Jean-Pierre, lies for him, covers for him, and pretends that he’s got his wits about him. He does not. She will prove the most deceitful and incompetent presidential press secretary in history.
"But let’s dig further in Joe Biden’s mental incapacitation. Like I know about my best friend’s Alzheimer’s Disease and ALL of its manifestations, Jill Biden knew three years ago that Joe Biden suffered from Alzheimer’s. He was not fit for the presidency in 2020. That’s now proven to be the case horrifically as to our borders being invaded, our laughingstock standing in the world, our loss of the rule of law, our national opioid crisis killing 100,000 annually because drug cartels enjoy our open borders and free drug distribution into every city in America, our citizens shooting up schools, $100 billion in shoplifting annually, Ukraine and Israel fighting for their lives, national debt accelerating, climate change accelerating, et al." . . .
. . ."Biden has reached the stage of life described by Mark Twain. His faculties have decayed to such an extent that he cannot remember any but the things that never happened. This 17,000-mile shtick has been debunked many times. Glenn Kessler devoted one of his Washington Post Fact Checker columns — this one — to it in February 2021. He awarded it 3 Pinocchios.
"However, it’s the substance of the story that is most absurd. Biden says it has been “documented.” That means he has told the story many, many times. According to Matt Viser’s 2022 Washington Post story, aides who were with Biden say that they do not recall that exchange. It has been “documented” by his repetition of it.
"We can go this far with the story. When Xi observes an Obama or a Biden, he wonders how he can exploit the “possibilities.” . . .
The comments to this article at RedState smack of an organized campaign. How do these Hamas writers not show regret for the thousands of Hamas rockets launched upon Israel with no regard for where they land? Where is their defense of the invaders who burned the homes of families and killed the occupants? Who stood along roadways to kill drivers passing by? The Tunnel Dweller
"On Wednesday, the Association of Rape Crisis Centers in Israel submitted a deeply disturbing report to the United Nations detailing their findings on the atrocities committed against women and girls by Hamas terrorists, not just on the day of the attack but afterward during captivity.
“Hamas’s attack on October 7 included brutal sexual assaults, carried out systematically and deliberately towards Israeli civilians” (legalinsurrection.com). . ."Hamas’s attack included violent acts of rape, accompanied by threats with weapons, and in some cases targeted towards injured women. Many of the rapes were carried out as a group, with the participation of violent terrorists. Often, the rape was perpetrated in front of an audience – partners, family, or friends – in a manner intended to increase the pain and humiliation of all present. Hamas terrorists hunted young women and men who fled the Nova festival, and according to testimonies, dragged them by their hair amid screams. The actions targeted women, girls, and men. In most cases, the victims were killed after or even during the rape." . . .
At Tate Modern’s Feminist Art Event, Activists Decry Hamas’ Sexual Violence Against Female Israeli Hostages.
. . ."The demonstration was intended to raise awareness for Israeli female hostages and to criticize the lack of effort from feminist, cultural, and women’s organizations.
“Most of these organizations have ignored or failed to properly address the violence and sexual crimes committed against Israeli women and girls during the October 7 massacre, while the Israeli hostages are still facing, more than 100 days after, the same violence,” the organizers added.
"This is one such effort among others, including a much larger grassroots #BringThemHomeNow campaign focused on bring those who have been taken home and providing support for their families.
"Released hostages have reported witnessing sexual violence perpetrated by Hamas, while members of ZAKA, a ultra-orthodox Jewish human remains recovery organization, reported recovering evidence of sexual violence and rape. A two-month New York Times investigation argued that attacks against women were part of a “broad pattern of gender-based violence” on October 7." . . .
