Jeremy Richman: Sandy Hook Victim’s Father Dies by Suicide

Heavy  "Jeremy Richman, 49, of Newtown, Connecticut, was found dead by an apparent suicide Monday morning.
Richman was the father of Avielle Richman, a first-grader killed in the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary shooting. The massacre took the lives of 26 students and staff.
According to one report, the body of Richman was reportedly found in the stage area at Edmond Town Hall that is undergoing renovations." . . .

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"According to The Middletown Press, police found a note at the scene, but have not said what was in it." . . .

. . . “The death appears to be a suicide, but police will not disclose the method or any other details of the death, only to state the death does not to appear to be suspicious,” police said in a Facebook post." . . .

Nothing has hit me as hard as the Sandy Hook children's massacre after which I wrote this:

Seeking an effective argument FOR gun control (Posted here after the terrible Sandy Hook massacre)  

The Tunnel Wall; Tuesday, December 18, 2012 Here, two respected writers discuss the case against taking away individual firearms from Americans. Yes, it is true that if guns did not exist everywhere in this nation those little children in Sandy Hook would be living right now and I only wish that were the case. But it is not and there are violent people out there in their thousands and they are armed; willing and lusting to watch innocent people die in bunches by their hands. How, exactly do you gun-control advocates plan to remove those weapons from their blood-thirsty hands?I will honestly look for a reasoned argument FOR gun control that contains effective means for keeping us safe from those who carry weapons illegally and are willing to do us harm. Cartoons showing crazed, wild-eyed gun owners don't wash.As yet, I have seen only politically correct, emotional responses to the issue that have no value other than simply making a politician look as if they are doing something. TD

Later in 2018 I posted this in the Tunnel Wall:

"Let's talk about gun control, shall we? 

After Sandy Hook, I hated guns and my emotions cried for them to all disappear; the image of terrified children being, well, you all know. 
But we know, too, that peaceful people and shop owners - the Korean store owners during the LA riots protecting their businesses comes to mind - will be the first to lose their protection. Those with children serving as policemen would dread the thought of them entering dangerous areas of cities like Chicago to try taking those guns away.
This nation has a myriad of evil people with guns who have no qualms about killing others because of the color of their skin or their clothes, their politics, their shoes, or, well, just because it's a certain day of the week.
I cannot help but blame the liberal left (redundant, perhaps) for creating a society  where we need weapons to protect ourselves and knowing now they want to take away that protection.Tell me again why the coach / security guard in the school at Parkland had no gun. The Tunnel Dweller

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Does Not Understand Capitalism or Socialism

Prager University "Economists agree: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez does not understand socialism or capitalism. Andy Puzder explains the two economic systems and why capitalism produces wealth."

Hat tip to Jeffers MacArthur Dodge

Third-world America: the vendetta against President Trump

MUELLER INVESTIGATION Proves that Russiagate was the Biggest Hoax in American History  "Democrats will not let Russiagate die because, otherwise, their crime spree that facilitated this transparent fraud perpetrated against the American people will be exposed—BIG TIME!

"Despite the conclusions of the MUELLER REPORT, it’s now abundantly clear that the Democrat Party is set on using the Russiagate hoax as a HUGE campaign issue throughout the entire 2020 election cycle.

"The Democrat-controlled House will use all of its power to investigate Trump from every angle possible.  They will keep this fake scandal alive any way they can as both an offensive strategy against Trump’s re-election campaign and defensively to keep themselves out of prison." . . .

TDS

These are the People Who Started PHONY Russia Probe 

Trump Demands Investigation Into the Left for “Evil, Treasonous Things

. . . "Speaking with barely concealed fury, he told reporters, “It’s a shame that our country had to go through this. To be honest, it’s a shame that your president has had to go through this.” He denigrated the investigation, led by the special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III, as an “illegal takedown that failed” and said those responsible for it should face scrutiny.

"Mr. Trump’s aides warned him not to react to the findings with a sense of triumphalism, people close to him said. But the president, who has long felt victimized by the Russia investigation and the shadow it has cast over his legitimacy, presented Mr. Barr’s statements as an unalloyed victory.

"A petition demanding the DOJ Investigate Hillary for her role in the fake Trump dossier has been started." . . . "You can read and sign the petition here.

Trump Campaign: Nancy Pelosi Liable for Adam Schiff, Jerry Nadler Russia Collusion Lies 

Verified account

. . . "Nancy Pelosi put Adam Schiff and Jerry Nadler at the top of two of the most powerful committees in the House and they now have a severe credibility problem,” Murtaugh said in an email. “They were leaders of the two-year effort to lie to the American people, while the Speaker of the House sat silently and let them do it. Any investigations they undertake are hopelessly tainted by their repeated and egregious spreading of the malicious collusion hoax. Speaker Pelosi should have to answer for their actions.”

"This comes in the wake of a memo that Murtaugh on behalf of the Trump campaign is circulating to top television producers at major networks casting doubt on several top Democrats’ credibility, including that of Nadler and Schiff–who Pelosi handpicked to lead the Judiciary and Intelligence Committees, respectively." . . .

Via Jonathan Swan:

READ THE FULL MEMO FROM THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN TO TELEVISION PRODUCERS:

Mueller probe: the media disgraced

The Media’s Disgrace

"There will soon enough be an effort to memory-hole it, but the media coverage of the Russia investigation was abysmal and self-discrediting — obsessive and hysterical, often suggesting that the smoking gun was right around the corner, sometimes supporting its hoped-for result with erroneous, too-good-to-check reporting. Never has so little come of so many screaming chyrons. Every mini-scooplet was played up like major news, and if you went on air and said that collusion was unlikely and we should wait for the evidence, you were often treated like you were in the tank for Trump. The last two years have been a disgrace, and no one should forget it."  Rich Lowry

Media Pulled Off BIG CON With Russia COLLUSION Story   . . . "They have lied about Donald Trump from the moment he arrived on the political scene and taught them all how it is supposed to be done. As a political force, the candidate found gem after gem that these longtime experts had been ignoring their entire careers.
"Truly, he gave voice to voiceless millions who for decades have only had these dishonest political eunuchs speaking for them. Now that he is in the White House, President Trump has carried on delivering on issues that regular Americans actually care about.
"But the press ignores all of those issues. All they care about is the Russia collusion hoax.

"That is partly because the so-called “reporters” in Washington are entirely cowed into submission by establishment politicians in both parties. They are crotch-licking yard dogs who just want to be allowed up on the porch." . . . Charles Hurt

CNN Pundits Appear “DEFEATED” After Collusion Fairytale Officially Debunked

Lindsey Graham Holds Press Conference To Announce He’s Calling For New Special Counsel To Investigate FBI, DOJ, Hillary, Targeting Of Trump

Weasel Zippers  "2.0 is unleashed and he’s coming for them…" 
Twitchy;  Sen. Lindsey Graham’s presser on Mueller report should TERRIFY Democrats and the Deep State (watch) 

. . . "Safe to say Sen. Lindsey Graham just threw down the gauntlet on anyone and everyone involved with the Mueller report and beyond.

"Woke Lindsey is our favorite Lindsey." 

"Calls for NEW Special Counsel to investigate:
- FBI
- DOJ
- Hillary Clinton
- Andrew McCabe
- James Comey
- Fusion GPS
- James Clapper
- John Brennan
- Fake Trump Dossier
- FISA warrant process
- Anyone who wanted to spy on Trump campaign

Christmas for the Democrats: Socks and Underwear

Millions Of Hopeful Children Left Profoundly Disillusioned By The Golden Promises Of Muellermas

Earl of Taint

A Review of the Barr “Principal Conclusion” Notification, Overlaying Three Years of Background Research…   [The Conservative Tree House] is going to break down the AG Barr Principal Conclusion notification letter against more than three years of background research.  Yes, more than “three years“, is the correct time-frame here.  The origin of the DOJ/FBI operation against Donald Trump goes back to 2015; the Mueller probe was a 2017 concluding chapter in the seditious conspiracy effort.

"I’m going to cite as much background as possible; however, this review encompasses so much granular history that some parts might be too complex for a person who only recently jumped into the story.  Disclaimer: this outline does not fit the narrative from those who claim Mueller and Rosenstein are honorable men.  They ain’t.

"The first part that matters is a few paragraphs into the letter.  Here we find the scale of the investigative group, and a description of some of the investigative paths they traveled:" . . .

Sheila Jackson Lee refuses to accept Mueller finding  . . . "She just couldn’t do it, couldn’t give a straight answer. Watch, in a tweet from RNC Research:" . . .
MSNBC's Joy Reid hoped for an anti-Trump conclusion

BAM: Tucker Runs Down a List of Democratic Party Shills Who 'Lied' When They Pushed Collusion Theory  "During his Friday night show, Fox News' Tucker Carlson took viewers on a trip down memory lane. He played various clips from Congressmen, former CIA directors and talking heads that claimed President Donald Trump and others would be indicted for alleged collusion with Russia." . . .

Brit Hume in 2012 referred to Trump as "zany; so don't count out this crop of Democrat characters

Beto on his road trip

O'Rourke's 'Medicare for America' plan just another government takeover of health care  "Presidential candidate [Bobby] O'Rourke is proposing an alternative to the socialist "Medicare for all" plan being pushed by Bernie Sanders and several other major candidates. He's calling it "Medicare for America" - a stealthy attempt to eventually bring about full government control of the health care industry." . . .
. . . "In reality, even O'Rourke admits his plan gets us to total government control eventually.

"It's the boiling frog scenario where we, the health care consumer, are the frogs. "Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain taking over your health care." Meanwhile, bureaucrats will look to sabotage the private insurance industry, making sure that "Medicare for America" morphs quickly into "Medicare for all' ".

By golly, Beto could be the guy in this movie!

Dems Go Third Party  "I’ve long been forecasting that the Democratic Party was headed for a replay of its last big crackup, when it nominated George McGovern for president in 1968, and he carried only one state. So far, the Dems’ big field of candidates makes me think something slightly different:
"I still think the Dems are headed for a debacle, but it seems to me that the party has already splintered.  The candidates attracting the most attention look to me like third-party candidates, the sort who run against “mainstream” politicians only to vanish from sight and memory. The difference is that, this time, one of these characters may well win the nomination." . . .

We got a foretaste of this third-partyism during the Obama years, from the error-drenched global pronouncement in Cairo to the quest for a strategic alliance with the Islamic Republic of Iran.  The new candidates invent history as it suits their mood, and many of them want to defend tyrants like Maduro and Khamenei.

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Please allow this digression: "SPECIAL TO ADAM SCHIFF: You represent Los Angeles, where people are defecating in the streets and living in tents. Why don't you try to do something about that instead of lying every day about Donald Trump?" Roger L. Simon — co-founder and CEO emeritus of PJ Media 

The state of American media; 78 Media Mistakes in the Trump Era: The Definitive List

The American Media Destroyed Themselves over the Mueller Investigation

"With only a few exceptions — Fox News, the editorial pages (not the front pages) of the Wall Street Journal, and a handful of websites — the better part of the American media has spent the last two years fulminating about Trump-Russia collusion we now know never existed.

"Actually, we always knew that, but finally, it's official. It was always a bunch of — excuse the expression — trumped up baloney that made no sense except to those who wished so deeply to believe it was true.

"Which makes the people who were doing that fulminating — media, politicians and (usually retired) intelligence figures, who were, as is becoming increasingly clear, betraying the American Constitutional system with impunity — sick and evil.

"That may sound extreme, but it's the all-too-obvious truth. What they did is unforgivable, particularly since few, if any of them, will have the honesty or basic morals to apologize.  Some, however, may go to jail." . . Keep reading, or millions could DIE!

Sharyl Attkisson

"We the media have “fact-checked” President Trump like we have fact-checked no other human being on the planet—and he’s certainly given us plenty to write about. That’s probably why it’s so easy to find lists enumerating and examining his mistakes, missteps and “lies.”

But as self-appointed arbiters of truth, we’ve largely excused our own unprecedented string of fact-challenged reporting. The truth is, formerly well-respected, top news organizations are making repeat, unforced errors in numbers that were unheard of just a couple of years ago.

"Our repeat mistakes involve declaring that Trump’s claims are “lies” when they are matters of opinion, or when the truth between conflicting sources is unknowable; taking Trump’s statements and events out of context; reporting secondhand accounts against Trump without attribution as if they’re established fact; relying on untruthful, conflicted sources; and presenting reporter opinions in news stories—without labeling them as opinions."

. . . 

"What’s worse, we defend ourselves by trying to convince the public that our mistakes are actually a virtue because we (sometimes) correct them. Or we blame Trump for why we’re getting so much wrong. It’s a little bit like a police officer taking someone to jail for DUI, then driving home drunk himself: he may be correct to arrest the suspect, but he should certainly know better than to commit the same violation.

"So since nobody else has compiled an updated, extensive list of this kind, here are:" . . .

78 Notable Mistakes and Missteps in Major Media Reporting on Donald Trump
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Schadenfreude: Watch Democrats, Media Predict Trump's Impeachment for Collusion  . . . "In a very big way, the crow-eating by Democrats, liberal pundits, and various loony lefties was entirely predictable. Trump was a "Russian agent," went one prominent storyline. He conspired with Putin to steal the election. He's a crook and is going to jail. He violated campaign finance laws and will be thrown into the hoosegow.
"For two years, the hysteria has built to unbearable levels. But one thing was certain; whatever Mueller had, it would be enough to impeach the president.
"Watch as these Democrats confidently predict Trump's downfall. Wouldn't you love to have seen their faces yesterday?" . . .

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