A Bad Year for The Wall Street Journal

Ann Coulter  

"Trump’s a good negotiator. How about he makes this deal with the Journal: His mass deportation force will allow one illegal alien rapist to stay for every WSJ editorial writer who self-deports?"

Tony Branco

"Who was Monday worse for? MSNBC, The Wall Street Journal or people on the streets of D.C. selling M.L.K. merch?

"I say the Journal. MSNBC hates Donald Trump and opposes him no matter what he says. He could come out against sinkholes and MSNBC would have to be for sinkholes. Monday was just another day at the lunatic asylum.

"But the Journal is supposed to be a Republican newspaper and, for decades, its most impassioned advice to Republicans has been: more wars and, above all, more immigrants!

"Then along comes a New York Times-Ipsos poll — consistent with a half-dozen other polls over the past year — showing that Trump’s single most popular issue is his “mass deportation force.” And Trump’s second most popular issue is his promise to stop intervening in other countries’ wars — for example, by sending billions of dollars to Ukraine.

"Both of these positions would be different from yours, Wall Street Journal.

"Nearly 90% of Americans (87%) support deporting illegals who’ve committed crimes. About two-thirds (63%) support deporting the illegals who’ve come in the last four years under Joe Biden. A clear majority (55%) support deporting every illegal in the country — or as the Times puts it, “everyone living in the United States without authorization.” In other words, illegals just lost the Electoral College vote and the popular vote.

"But since the 1990s, the Journal has been denouncing “the GOP’s anti-immigrationists” for sending a “cramped, pessimistic message,” and exhorting Republicans to be like Ronald Reagan, who “celebrated immigration.” (This was back when the illegal alien population was estimated to be about 2 million, compared to well north of 40 million today.) The paper routinely champions Republicans who adopt the WSJ/Ramaswamy position that any given immigrant is better than any given American. Then, they invariably go on to lose.

"Trump, the biggest “anti-immigrationist” of them all, got more votes than pro-immigrationist John McCain. Today, more Hispanics want to deport illegals than voted for either Trump or McCain. Is it still the official position of the Republican Party that winning is preferable to losing?

"Most recently, the Journal was flacking for the Democrats (and one idiot Republican from Oklahoma — what’s the matter with you, Oklahoma?) and their so-called “border security” bill that would have written into law the entire Biden policy on immigration. Which was to defy existing written law on immigration." . . .

The Addicted, Petty, and Hysterical Left; Victor Davis Hanson

"Years of leftist hysterics and hollow attacks on Trump had desensitized voters, leaving the public weary, dismissive, and ultimately handing Trump a resounding 2024 victory."

 American Greatness

"Forgetting nothing, learning nothing, like zombies, leftists keep screaming banalities. But like addicts and their feel-good fixes, their hysterics only further turn off the public as they destroy themselves." . . .

"Donald Trump won the 2024 election in part because the left’s hysterical style of attacking Trump no longer worked.

"After a decade of this unhinged furor, it proved worthless in winning public support—and for two simple reasons.

"One, after years of Russian collusion hoaxes, the laptop disinformation farce, and the warped lies about the “suckers” and “fine people on both sides”—the shrill left became predictable.

"So, the bored public began tuning them out, switching channels, hitting the mute button, and pulling the plug.

"Like the deleterious effects of inflation that eventually render a currency worthless, nonstop hectoring, hysterics, pontification, and distortion finally made all such criticisms of Trump mostly as valueless as 1930s German marks.

"Second, the wearied public never heard reasoned counterarguments from the likes of a Rachel Maddow. Instead, on spec, she kept mouthing, “The walls are closing in” on Trump.

"Joe Biden did not explain why his open border was a better idea than Trump’s closed one. He preferred mumbling about “semi-fascists!” and “ultra-MAGA!”

"The Never Trumpers did not critique the Trump deficits. Instead, they hammered away that Trump was Hitler, or Mussolini, or Putin—or just a dangerous dictator or autocrat.

"Angry retired generals never demonstrated why Trump was, in their view, an existential threat to democracy. Instead, they shouted nonstop in op-eds and interviews that he was a fascist, Nazi-like, no different from the guards at Auschwitz, a pathological liar, and should be summarily removed.

"Worn-out voters began to understand these psychodramas were substitutes for substantive criticism or occasions for legitimate debate.

"Indeed, the exhausted public finally concluded that the hysterics increased in direct proportion to the poverty of the charges." . . .

Newsom And Bass’s Only Hope For Avoiding Recalls Is A Global Warming Blame Game

The Federalist   "Epic incompetence from Democrats can only be excused by blaming the California fires on a sinful mankind that is changing the climate."

"Liberal pundits can be relied upon to demonstrate loyalty to their party in spite of the sorry performance of the people in charge. But the party line about the disaster isn’t so much a function of opinion slingers. Rather, it is a concerted effort throughout legacy media to shift the public’s attention away from the evidence of ineptitude, often rooted in liberal ideologies like DEI policies and extreme environmentalism."

"Apocalyptic global warming predictions of doom have long been fashionable, quasi-religious beliefs of 21st-century liberalism. But after the recent wildfires that have devastated the state, some California Democrats will be clinging to climate change as a matter of political survival.

"The epic incompetence demonstrated both by Gov. Gavin Newsom and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass during the crisis isn’t just a matter of bad optics and some excruciatingly embarrassing moments for two career politicians. It has also created the possibility that even in a one-party state completely dominated by the Democrats, they might be held accountable for their egregious lack of leadership and terrible decisions that turned a natural disaster into an unprecedented catastrophe that has cost dozens of lives and destroyed more than 12,000 homes and buildings.

"While the notion that this might be a turning point to reverse the overwhelming advantage possessed by Democrats in California might be fanciful, the two are highly vulnerable to recall elections that, especially in the case of Bass, might actually force her from office.

"That’s only if the voters of the fire-ravaged state are ready to think seriously about the glaring evidence of bungling that left some reservoirs empty, fire departments not fully budgeted as well as neglect of proper water, land, and forest management practices that could have, at the very least, mitigated the suffering and the billions in damage inflicted on the state’s people.

"Newsom and Bass have not gotten off scot-free when it comes to critical scrutiny from the media for their poor crisis management skills and for decisions that helped turn the fire from a bad problem into something much worse. But the response from most of the liberal chorus in newspapers like the Los Angeles Times has been to defend both of them. LA Columnists like Mark Barbarak and Steve Lopez have both decried what they call the “politicization” of the fires by President Donald Trump and other Republicans.

"They prefer to blame “Mother Nature” and climate change." . . .   Full article

WOW! Here is the Sneaky GOP Senator Behind Pete Hegseth’s Ex-Sister-in-Law’s 11th Hour Hit Piece Affidavit

The Gateway Pundit   

"Tillis ended up voting “yes” to confirm Hegseth on Friday – Murkowski, Collins and McConnell all voted no so Vice President JD Vance had to come in with the tie-breaker."

ncnewsline

"The Wall Street Journal revealed that GOP Senator Thom Tillis was behind helping Pete Hegseth’s former sister-in-law get her 11th hour affidavit with allegations of abuse to Senators before the confirmation vote.

"As previously reported, Senators received an 11th hour affidavit with spousal abuse allegations against Trump’s Defense Secretary nominee Pete Hegseth ahead of his confirmation vote.

"An affidavit from Hegseth’s former sister-in-law, Danielle Hegseth, alleging “instances of abuse” and “mistreatment of a former spouse” involving Hegseth’s second wife, Samantha Hegseth, was submitted to senators.

"Samantha Hegseth responded to the allegations via email, according to NBC News: “First and foremost, I have not and will not comment on my marriage to Pete Hegseth. I do not have representatives speaking on my behalf, nor have I ever asked anyone to share or speak about the details of my marriage on my behalf, whether it be a reporter, a committee member, a transition team member, etc.”

"Samantha Hegseth added, “I do not believe your information to be accurate, and I have cc’d my lawyer.”

“ 'There was no physical abuse in my marriage. This is the only further statement I will make to you, I have let you know that I am not speaking and will not speak on my marriage to Pete. Please respect this decision.' ” . . .  

Tillis' turnaround was - I feel - good in this case, but damaging to him.

Sen. Thom Tillis’s latest maddening but unsurprising flipflop

. . ."When I explained to a Democratic lawmaker that a restrictive abortion bill that was about to be debated on the House floor did not have an exception for rape or incest, he appeared flabbergasted. He then looked me in the eye to assure me that he would only vote for a bill that contained those exceptions. The bill did not have any such exceptions. This legislator cast his YES vote anyway. Far from being a career-ending vote, he was rewarded with a committee chairmanship when the Republicans took the majority in the House." . . .

Sean Duffy Confirmed As Transportation Secretary, Replacing the Inept Pete Buttigieg

 Ward Clark; RedState  

"While roads, other than the U.S. highways and interstate highways, are primarily a state issue, the federal government is heavily involved with the redistribution of revenues for road maintenance. The Transportation Department is also responsible for oversight of air traffic, ports, and vehicle/aircraft standards."

"We all drive on the nation's roads, and many of us fly the commercial airlines. Too many of us deal with deteriorating highways and we are all keenly aware of dangerous incidents with airliners and air traffic control in recent months. The federal agency responsible for oversight of these matters has suffered for four years under inept and ineffective leadership, but that's changing now. In another serious upgrade from the former administration, the Senate has confirmed former Republican Congressman from Wisconsin and Fox Business host Sean Duffy as Secretary of Transportation by a vote of 77-22.

The U.S. Senate confirmed Sean Duffy on Tuesday as secretary of Transportation, clearing the way for another of President Donald Trump's Cabinet officials to start working on plans to improve traffic safety, cut regulations on construction projects and restore public confidence in Boeing.

Duffy was confirmed by a vote of 77 to 22.

In nominating Duffy to his post, Trump said the former Wisconsin Republican lawmaker would use his experience and relationships from eight years in Congress to rebuild the country’s infrastructure and improve travel safety.

"Mr. Duffy replaces the inept and ineffective Pete Buttigieg, the former Mayor of South Bend, Indiana, who was known locally (and not favorably) as "Pothole Pete." Duffy has already laid out several priorities for when he assumes his new role. One of his priorities, rightly, is eliminating wasteful red tape. That's appropriate; in these as in so many matters, the best thing the government can do for major infrastructure projects is to stay out of the way." . . .

As Dems engage in performative weeping, illegal immigration’s real victims celebrate the round-ups

Andrea Widburg  

In the same way, leftists assume that every non-white person in America loves illegal immigration. They ignore the fact that what people who are not criminals really love is living in safe communities. 

"My real-me Facebook page, where I have Democrat friends I met growing up and living in the San Francisco Bay Area, is awash in posts about the horrors of Trump’s round-ups. The foul Holocaust cosplay is on full display, with people advising each other how to hide illegal aliens as if they’re saving them from the Holocaust.

"We’ve also all seen [professional actress] Selena Gomez’s now-deleted and very badly acted grief for “her people.” In truth, every one of these leftists has long turned a blind eye to the real victims: The people whose lives violent illegal aliens destroyed. It turns out these people, most of whom are minorities themselves, are celebrating.

"The Air Force’s decision to erase the Tuskegee Airman in response to Trump’s order to remove DEI institutions from the American military introduced me to a phrase I’d never heard before but loved instantly: “malicious compliance.” That means to comply with the letter of the law or regulation, but to do so in a way that totally violates the spirit.

Image from ICE. Public domain.

"As I look at the performative grief over illegal aliens, it struck me that we can coin a new term for that, too: “malicious altruism.” This is the kind of behavior that looks loving and generous, but that is, instead, terribly destructive—and, importantly, the actors know or should know that the harm flowing from their supposed altruism is infinitely greater than the purported benefits. Even as these malicious people weep for a favored victim group, they know or should know that their acts will cause terrible harm to a much larger—and more deserving—cohort of people.

Border Czar Tom Homan Swipes at ‘Dumber Than a Box of Rocks’ Joy Reid: ‘We’re Saving Children!’

"Performative" or not, I would have felt the need to be with people I had placed in harm's way.

Mediaite

"Trump border czar Tom Homan called MSNBC’s Joy Reid “dumber than a box of rocks” after she criticized his and President Donald Trump’s deportation policies.

"Homan joined Fox News’ Jesse Watters on Tuesday and reacted to a clip of Reid and New York Attorney General Letitia James slamming ICE’s recent actions arresting migrants in the country illegally. Reid accused the Trump administration of “performative raids,” while James called the federal government reckless.

"James announced this week that she’ll be filing a lawsuit against the Trump administration over a federal spending freeze.

"Homan said ICE is “saving children” and insisted James, Reid, and others will not “stop” the deportations.

"He said:

She’s dumber than a box of rocks. Bottom line is, let’s talk about Chicago for a minute. Chicago mayor says that we put fear in the elementary schools because ICE agents went to an elementary school, total false story. What ICE did in Chicago is saved children. What we did in New York today is save children. Just in Chicago alone, we arrested at least nine sexual predators, most of them child sex predators. We took them off the street. We took them off the street in New York today. We’re protecting the community. We’re saving children. We’re going to secure that border so less Americans die of fentanyl deaths. We’re securing the border so less women and children are sex trafficked. The Biden administration has 600% increase in sex trafficking. We’re securing the border so less terrorists and people on the terrorist watch list get into the country. Under Biden, we had a 3,500% increase in people on terrorist watch lists. No, we’re saving this nation. We make America safe again. So they need to get out of the way because we’re coming. We’re going to do it. They’re not going to stop us.

"Watch above via Fox News.

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Hilarious Roast of Governor Gavin Newsom's California Failures

 Corieosity Creations

Gav the Gov gets grilled.

"Get ready to laugh out loud as we dive into the wild world of California's most infamous policies and mishaps in "Gavin's Golden Gloom." This parody song takes a humorous jab at Governor Gavin Newsom and the struggles facing the Golden State. From skyrocketing taxes and crumbling infrastructure to homelessness, high gas prices, and regulatory nightmares, no topic is off-limits!

"What to Expect: "Witty lyrics roasting California's housing crisis, power grid failures, and infamous high-speed rail. A hilarious country-style tune inspired by the comedic genius of Ray Stevens.

"A lighthearted look at heavy issues like corporate exodus, rising inflation, and political overreach. 

🛑" Hot Topics Covered: "The outrageous state taxes leaving residents broke. The mass exodus of companies and people fleeing California for greener pastures. Gavin Newsom's focus on appearances while the state faces real problems. The humor behind California's open borders, infrastructure woes, and regulatory overload. 

"Why Watch? Whether you're a frustrated Californian, a political enthusiast, or just someone who loves a good laugh, this song is for you! It's a satirical take on serious issues, guaranteed to entertain while shining a spotlight on the reality of living in today's Golden State."

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