"Have we ever seen a time when so many Democrats were completely off the wall?
"Disqualifying.
"The left is out of control."
"Taxpayers deserve better than symbolic compassion backed by shell games and ballooning deficits."
"President Trump's crackdown on illegal immigration has earned no shortage of condemnation from progressive governors across the country. So it may be surprising that many blue-state leaders are quietly rolling back health coverage for people without legal status.
"Over the past few months, Democratic governors in California, Minnesota, and Illinois have all arrived at the same conclusion: It's not practical to offer taxpayer-funded health insurance to undocumented immigrants.
"In addition to being wildly expensive, such open-ended largesse jeopardizes health care access for vulnerable U.S. citizens who need the safety net most -- single mothers, pregnant women, the elderly, and the disabled." . . .Sadly, the full article is behind a pay wall.
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"But while Obama snubbed Trump, other liberals heaped praise on the president's Barack Obama refused to name Donald Trump in an astonishing snub to the president as he celebrated the Gaza peace deal.
"The Democratic ex-president posted a statement on social media, saying he was 'relieved that an end to the conflict is within sight.'
"But he could not bring himself to name his nemesis Trump, who defied all odds in securing a peace agreement on Wednesday to end the bloody two-year conflict between Israel and Hamas.
" 'I'll finish it for you. "Thank you, Donald Trump,"' the president's son, Don Jr. wrote, mocking Obama's statement.
"Trump had earlier attacked his predecessor in the Oval Office for receiving the Nobel Peace Prize for 'doing nothing' when asked if he now expected to receive the award.
'I've stopped eight wars, so that's never happened before — but they'll have to do what they do. Whatever they do is fine. I know this: I didn't do it for [the Nobel Peace Prize], I did it because I saved a lot of lives,' Trump said.
Obama received the prestigious award in 2009, eight months into his first term in a decision that shocked the world. Even the liberal New York Times said it was 'very premature' and argued the Nobel 'should have a higher bar.'peace deal."
Biden Tried to Put Trump in Prison, and the Media Wants Us to Forget That – PJ Media
I can only take Biden's three speeches - Independence Hall, the SOTU and the DNC speech - as a call for the assassination of Donald Trump. Biden's mental state I feel cannot be a mitigating factor. The Tunnel Dweller
. . . "Biden's regrets about Garland expose the entire charade. His administration absolutely tried to weaponize the Justice Department, and the mainstream media wants us to pretend it never happened, that Biden’s Justice Department never targeted Trump or his associates. Not only did they target them, Biden wished they'd done it better. Now the media wants us to forget all that and clutch our pearls over accountability finally coming for those who abused their power."
Trump Cheered in Israel, As Liberal Media Makes Stunning Statements Praising Him and Chiding Obama . . . "It's not unfair to say if President Obama is going to write a whole post about a peace deal, maybe he should acknowledge the president that brokered it?" she observed.
"Did you ever think you would see CNN criticizing Obama for shorting Trump?
"Of course, she's right. Obama should have done it.
"This is a man who blew up the Middle East with his decisions, and he clearly had some issues acknowledging that Trump was right and achieved more. He got the Nobel Prize for nothing, but it's Trump who has done the work; whether he ever gets the Nobel, his achievements will live on."
Leftists either ignore Trump’s role in the peace deal or try to claim credit
"[Democrat] Former Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Gaza peace deal: "It’s good that President Trump adopted and built on the plan the Biden Administration developed.' "
Joe Biden’s plan, of course, was to slow walk weapons to the Israelis, blocking them from bringing the war to a clean and swift end. He also built a pier that washed away in hours, killing one American in the process. Throughout his tenure, Biden kept Hamas’s hope alive. Under Biden’s aegis, Israel would have been worn down, starved of weapons, and the target of ever-escalating world antisemitism.
. . . "But all these leftists are sleazes. These are people who, by hook or by crook, did everything they could to ensure that Israel lost the war or that the war dragged on forever. And now that our wonderful, iconoclastic, and quite unique president, whom they all despise, worked with Bibi Netanyahu to change the game, they’re pretending that they’re the winners."
"People outside of Gaza call Hamas freedom fighters when they are killing innocent Palestinians for nothing. Hamas is holding the people of Gaza hostage."
Now the Left Is Trying to Give Biden Credit for Trump’s Peace Deal – PJ Media
. . . “It’s good that President Trump adopted and built on the plan the Biden Administration developed after months of discussion with Arab partners, Israel and the Palestinian Authority,” he said.
"Let’s be real. There’s no Biden groundwork here. The reason there’s a ceasefire at all is because Trump projects strength, not weakness. Hamas understands force, not hashtags. And no amount of Blinken’s poetic hand-wringing about “hope,” “dignity,” or “the pathway to peace” can change the fact that the only reason there’s peace now is because Trump finally did what Biden never could: win.
"In stark contrast, Biden and Blinken's earlier ceasefire efforts came under fire for leaving hostages in Hamas hands and putting pressure on Israel to make concessions. It is beyond insulting to pretend that the Biden administration laid the groundwork for the peace deal, when they had two years to achieve what took Trump mere months." . . .
Unbelievable: Antony Blinken Gives Biden Credit for Gaza Deal, and It Gets Worse From There
. . . "At no point did the Biden administration apply any pressure on the Arab nations to turn against Hamas and end the war. More importantly, they never applied pressure on Iran, which was fueling the conflict in Gaza and propping up Hezbollah in the north as a threat. In short, the entire region was on fire, and it was handed over to Trump in far worse condition than Biden and company found it.
"For Blinken to pretend the former administration laid the groundwork and showed the path forward is laughable. But he hadn't reached peak shamelessness yet. That came later in his thread when he demanded the establishment of a Palestinian state." . . .
. . . "Americans should be so thankful that no one is listening to these over-credentialed imbeciles anymore. The arsonists don't get to wag their fingers and lecture the firefighters who put out their fires. They certainly don't get to take credit for it. The foreign policy establishment is a joke, and it should be treated as such."
The same deal that reunites families also reopens wounds that never healed
. . . "Because for every hostage who steps into the light, a terrorist steps out of the darkness. And as much as we celebrate this moment, we can’t pretend it comes without consequence. The return of life is always sacred but the release of evil is never without cost.. . . "
There is so very much more on this that I could use that will use to stifle the celebration, but MSNBC, "The View" and the media of all hours will happily do that. The Tunnel Dweller.
"This comes as Hamas has stated that it is encountering “very great complexity” in locating all the deceased hostages, and that it will need over 72 hours to find their corpses, which would violate the 48 hour timeframe allotted to return them under the ceasefire agreement. As of this writing, 10 bodies of hostages are reported to be missing.
"The following are just some of the terrorists who are expected to be released this week." . . .
IDF releases footage showing Hamas' brutal treatment of prisoners "Solitary confinement, suffocation, and prisoners thrown down stairs: New footage reveals Hamas’ abuse of Gaza prisoners.
"The IDF has released videos from 2023 obtained by Israeli forces and the ISA, taken from security cameras inside Hamas' "Al-Katiba" Prison in the Rimal neighborhood of Gaza City.
"These videos expose severe abuse by Hamas prison guards against prisoners, including holding them in brutal conditions that violate their most basic human rights." Video: Palestinians hatred for Jews made visible.
"More than that, while Hamas survives on paper, the fact is that there’s almost nothing left of it. Israel systematically wiped out the leadership and huge numbers of troops. The weapons are gone. And, most importantly, the support from the Arab and Muslim world is gone. Iran and Hezbollah are broken, Qatar learned that it’s not safe from Israeli reprisals, and the rest of the Middle East wants the war over. It was the Arab nations that forced this settlement." . . .
‘Ceasefire’ Democrats go quiet after Trump secures first phase of Israel-Hamas peace deal
"See if you can spot it. First, here’s Schumer’s statement:" . . . Read full article here...
That’s right, neither statement mentioned Trump — whose administration played the starring role in brokering the agreement — or even a reference to the United States government.
