Trump’s Welcome Course Correction on Cuba

National Review  "Barack Obama’s approach to tyrants might have been described as “tough love,” except that there was never anything tough about it. He attempted to make nice with the mullahs in Tehran, giving them crates of cash in exchange for unenforceable promises about their nuclear program. But it was in his own hemisphere that he made the most gratuitous concessions. In late 2014, the Obama administration normalized relations with Cuba and lifted travel and economic restrictions to the island, some of which had been in place since the Kennedy administration. In the spring of 2016, President Obama visited Cuba, where he took in a baseball game with Cuban “president” Raúl Castro. 

"The only thing missing from the grotesque spectacle was a mojito."   Read more

Trump's Reimposition Of Sanctions Will Hurt Cuba's Communists — Good
" . . .President Trump is putting the pressure back on Cuba's odious communist regime, and they don't like it a bit, with Cuba complaining once again about U.S. intervention. But Trump really isn't meddling; he's merely undoing President Obama's awful mistake of giving Cuba's Castro regime everything it wanted, while getting nothing in return." . . .  Investor's Business Daily

CNN reports on the Ossoff loss

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Obama’s Unexplained $400M Payment To Iran May Become Dems Downfall

Jim Kouri  "Despite what many on the left try to claim, Obama’s time in office was filled with scandal. He repeatedly abused his power and likely engaged in illegal activity. One of his biggest scandals involved Iran.

While Obama was president, the Treasury Department negotiated with Iran to have several American prisoners released. After they were set free, the U.S. government then sent millions to Iran, leading some activists to believe the money was payment for letting the American prisoners go. They are concerned that paying a ransom in this way was an illegal abuse of power and want to know more about the secretive deal. To get more information, some activists are suing the federal government.

"According to reports, Tom Fitton, the President of Judicial Watch, which is the government watchdog organization responsible for filing the lawsuit, says they hope to learn as much as possible about the potentially illegal exchange. “The Trump administration’s agencies should follow the law and release all they can about the Obama-Iran payoff scandal,” he said in reference to the suit, noting, “the Obama administration’s secretive $400 million payoff to the Iranian regime was an abuse of power and may have been illegal.”

"Specifically, to figure out whether or not the money was, in fact, payment in exchange for the prisoners, Judicial Watch is suing the State and Treasury Departments for more information on the transfer. Their lawsuit, which was filed last month, seeks to obtain “all records related to the transfer of approximately $400 million in foreign currency to the Islamic Republic of Iran in January 2016. This request includes, but is not limited to, all related records of communications between any official, employee, or representative of any of the following entities: The Department of the Treasury, The Islamic Republic of Iran, The Executive Office of the White House, The Department of Defense, The Department of Justice, and The Department of State.”

"The deal in question was made last year. Back in August, former President Obama and his administration sent a $400 million pallet of cash to Iran shortly after they released 4 American prisoners being held in Tehran." . . .

Moby cartoon video corrupting children into hatred and accepting violence against President Trump

Thomas Lifson  "Trump Derangement Syndrome keeps plumbing the depths of corruption of the soul.  Extreme hatred and utopianism are a lethal combination, as tens of millions of unmarked graves of the former USSR, China, and Cambodia among many others signify.

"Nothing is more insidious than corrupting the minds of the young into hatred for others that ends up denying the enemy's humanity.  The current reigning champion of such child exploitation is Palestinian television, especially the Hamas-controlled Al-Aqsa channel.  Palestinian children are lured into fanatacism, up to and include suicide bombing, via grotesque use of animal and cartoon characters.  

"I am certain that Richard Melville Hall, who performs under the stage name Moby, considers himself a paragon of virtue, for his public persona is full of virtue-signaling.  He seems to endorse the entire progressive catechism, with his characteristic virtue-signaling condescension perfectly illustrated in one sentence.  The man is a lyricist, after all:

" 'Could you look an animal in the eyes and say to it, 'My appetite is more important than your suffering'?"

"In collaboration with artist Steve Cutts, Moby has just released a cartoon music video that marks a new low for the Trump-haters.  Jerome Hudson of Breitbart summarizes the action:" . . .

. . . "The artistic quality and budget of this video overshadow anything Hamas could produce.  But as I see it, Moby and Cutts are breeding fanatics, just as the Palestinians do.  Make no mistake: this is a work of art that tells us something awful about our times, and especially about the times that lie ahead. "

USA Today: "We need a Robert Mueller resignation or a second special counsel"

Glenn Harlan Reynolds, Opinion columnist  "Special Counsel Robert Mueller has a problem: He has a disqualifying conflict of interest regarding a large part of his work. It involves a choice between investigating or relying on former FBI director James Comey, a longtime close friend of Mueller’s.

"Ideally, he’ll recognize that and resign. But if he doesn’t resign, Attorney General Jeff Sessions should appoint another special counsel to take over the obstruction-of-justice part of the investigation, where Mueller is disqualified.

"At present, there are two investigations: One into whether the Trump campaign colluded with the Russians (a claim that even Democrat Chris Matthews admitted fell apart after Comey’s recent testimony) and an investigation into whether, while being investigated for this claimed collusion, President Trump or someone else obstructed justice. That investigation is closely tied to Comey, and so is Mueller." . . .

Liberal Outlets Mocked ‘Idiot Frat Boy’ Otto Warmbier When Arrested by North Korea

Washington Free Beacon

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You Gon’ Learn Today: @knflkkollective On the Revocation of White Privilege in North Korea: http://ow.ly/ZOuFR 

"When now-deceased American student Otto Warmbier was first arrested and sentenced to 15 years of hard labor in prison in North Korea simply for taking down a poster, the response from some on the left was to mock him.

"North Korea Proves Your White Male Privilege Is Not Universal," read one Huffington Post piece, penned by blogger La Sha, days after Warmbier was sentenced in March 2016.

Warmbier, she wrote, "learned that the shield his cis white male identity provides here in America is not teflon abroad."

"As shocked as I am by the sentence handed down to Warmbier, I am even more shocked that a grown man, an American citizen, would not only voluntarily enter North Korea but also commit what's been described a ‘college-style prank,'" she continued. "That kind of reckless gall is an unfortunate side effect of being socialized first as a white boy, and then as a white man in this country."

La Sha's piece was also tweeted out by EBONY magazine.

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"Salon was, if anything, giddier.

"This might be America's biggest idiot frat boy: Meet the UVa student who thought he could pull a prank in North Korea," read the site's headline.

"Most of that piece was spent praising a segment from Comedy Central's "The Nightly Show With Larry Wilmore," in which Wilmore also mocked Warmbier.

" 'It's just tough for me to have much sympathy for this guy and his crocodile tears," Wilmore said.

" 'If your hazing includes international crimes, you've got to read the fine print on your American frat bro warranty … it says, ‘Frat Bro Privilege not valid in totalitarian dystopias,'" he joked." . . .

Hell on earth: Otto Warmbier's death from mystery brain damage brings fresh scrutiny to the horrors of North Korea's brutal torture camps

"Horrendous: This drawing by a former North Korean prison guard depicts a position called 'pigeon torture' where prisoners are beaten on the chest until they vomit blood"

US doctors reported no signs of this torture on Warmbier, but did diagnose the following:

. . . "The 22-year-old student passed away from mysterious brain damage he suffered while a prisoner in the isolated state.

"He succumbed to his horrifying injuries just six days after he was released from North Korea back to his parents in a vegetative state following 17 months in custody.

"Its believed he spent some of that time in one of Kim's prison camps, where thousands of his citizens are believed to have died.

"Warmbier's doctors in Cincinnati said that the student had suffered 'extensive loss of brain tissue in all regions of his brain' consistent with oxygen deprivation for a prolonged period."

Bernie Sanders Urges Supporters to ‘Fight Back in Every Way Possible’ – Days After a Supporter Shoots a Congressman

The Gateway Pundit   "Socialist crackpot, Bernie Sanders (I-VT) sat down with the fake Indian, Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) for a Facebook live event Monday and took some questions from supporters.

At one point, Sanders encouraged his supporters to ‘fight back in every way’. Only days ago, one of his supporters attempted to assassinate a Republican Congressman.

. . . "The fake Indian told Sanders she thinks Republicans won’t pay any price politically “for the harm they inflicted upon millions of people across this country. It’s cynical.”

"This is the left. They have no message, they are unable to make a cogent point so they call on their supporters to do the dirty work for them. The left is a violent political faction and they must be stopped."

CNN Tries To Conduct Online Trump-Hater Poll, But Turns Out To Be Landslide Of Support For President

CNN has been on a 24/7 mission to knock President Trump out of office -- or, failing that, discredit him with whatever it can.

Daily Wire

. . . "How bad is it? On Saturday, CNN openly sided with Cuba's communist regime as it slammed Trump for rolling back former president Barack Obama's steps to expand relations with Cuba.

"So it's must be a real heartbreaker for the bigwigs at CNN to see the network's new poll on Trump.

" 'Should Trump be investigated for obstruction of justice?" the poll asks (remembering to include a very unflattering picture of the president). As of Monday morning, 2,698,604 votes had been cast. The verdict: 70.2% said "no," just 29.8% said "yes."

"Of course, the results aren't the same as those found conducting a proper poll (CNN notes "This survey is not scientific"). Still, we're 70.2% sure that CNN, having seen the results of its own survey, will stop its witch hunt and go back to simply covering the news." . . .

Life would be empty without Democrats

"An Indiana driver fired at a big rig trucker hoisting a Make America Great Again flag Friday. The day before, a guy fired on GOP lawmakers at ball practice. You can disagree with their politics but you have to admit that the Democrats have found a way to make long haul trucking and baseball a lot less boring."
Comedian Argus Hamilton

Trump: I’m Canceling Obama’s “One-Sided” Cuba Deal And Won’t Lift Sanctions Until Political Prisoners Are Free

Hot Air

"Just three minutes here from today’s speech but it’s pure candy for Cuba hawks, straight out of a Marco Rubio internal monologue and onto the president’s podium. When the man’s right, he’s right, and he’s right about Obama’s Cuba giveaway having been one-sided, particularly in failing to demand human-rights guarantees for Cuban dissidents as part of the deal. The opposition in Cuba has its own political divisions, but per the Miami Herald, they all seem to be on the same page in believing that the U.S. needs to be tougher on the Castro regime than Obama was willing to be:" . . .

Carr: Trump-bashing turning virulent

Howie Carr

. . . "Gee, why would Trump voters not want to have anything to do with the Beautiful People?

"Every day, across the country, Trump supporters are brutally attacked by the sore losers of Nov. 8. This week in Indiana, a pick-up truck with a Trump flag was fired upon.

"There’s a special congressional election in suburban Atlanta Tuesday. Late last week, neighbors of the GOP candidate found envelopes full of white powder in their mailbox, along with a vile note that said, among other things, “STRING UP THE COLLABORATORS!”

"In other words, lynch Republicans. Talk about back to the future, in Georgia of all places. Somewhere Democrat Govs. Gene Talmadge and Lester Maddox are smiling. But is this a good look for the same party that brought us the Ku Klux Klan, Jim Crow, the poll tax, massive resistance and Bull Connor?

"So Friday afternoon I asked my radio audience to recount their post-election experiences with the celebrate-diversity crowd.

"A guy from the 617 area code texted me this: “I’m in my 30s and have friends in their 20s. I work in the local music industry, so I have a lot of Facebook ‘friends.’ I routinely run across ‘Punch a fascist in the face’ and the like. I’m gay so everyone assumes I’m liberal. I’m a lot more fearful of being outed as a conservative than I am of being outed as gay.' ”

Protester Arrested After Running Onstage During Controversial "Julius Caesar" Performance

Townhall   "During Friday night's Shakespeare in the Park performance of Julius Caesar, Laura Loomer, who writes for The Rebel, ran onstage, shouting that "political violence against the right" is "unacceptable." She was quickly removed from the stage while the crowd booed, and arrested for disorderly conduct and trespassing. 

"Her partner in crime, Jack Posobiec, provided video.

. . . "Exactly how did Conservatives take back the theater? The vast majority of the American public is completely unaware of Loomer's stunt, and it didn't - and won't - change anything in the theater world. You don't "take back" theater overnight, and you certainly don't do it by rudely interrupting a performance then calling the audience murderers and Nazis. 

"As Guy so eloquently put it earlier this week, the portrayal of a Trump-like character being assassinated is in poor taste, and we can and should make our opinion of the production known. But it's ultimately ineffective for the right to deploy their own SJW army to find something to be outraged about all the time."

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Trump assassination play interrupted by protesters  . . . "Goodness knows you can oppose Donald Trump without resorting to wishing for (encouraging?) his death.  This is the sort of propaganda that the notorious anti-Semite Julius Streicher published in his daily newspaper, Der Stürmer.  The anti-Jewish propaganda published by Streicher and the Nazi party encouraged ordinary people to kill Jews.  I fail to see the difference between that and what the Shakespeare in the Park production is trying to accomplish.

"The tremendous irony is this: the more the left's hysteria about Trump gets out of control the more likely his re-election.  The vast majority of voters do not see Donald Trump as Hitler, nor do they see him as a threat to American liberty.  And if the Democrats nominate a candidate who expresses the same hatred of Donald Trump shown by their far-left base, the president will win in a landslide."