Violence Erupts as Conservative Speaks at Colorado State University

Legal Insurrection

"Charlie Kirk of the conservative organization Turning Point USA spoke at Colorado State University this weekend. While Kirk’s speech apparently went on without a problem, extremists of all stripes clashed outside the building in protests that had to be dispersed by police.

"Antifa was there to protest Kirk, and before the night was over, a group of supposed Nazis showed up and clashed with them. Nick Coltrain reports at The Coloradoan:

Protests turn violent at CSU after Charlie Kirk speech

Protests around a conservative speaker at CSU on Friday night started peaceful, even if it got rowdy at times, but quickly turned violent when a group wielding riot shields, large flashlights and face masks emblazoned with skulls stormed a dwindling crowd while chanting a Nazi slogan.

Campus police, who were wearing helmets with riot masks throughout the event, shut down the clash and drove the groups off. Members of the Larimer County Sheriff’s Office later showed up wearing tactical gear.

Protesters were drawn to campus because of a speech by conservative activist Charlie Kirk of Turning Point USA, which says on its website it is devoted to the promotion of the principles of fiscal responsibility, free markets and limited government.

Protests prior to and during the speech were orderly. The violence broke out while the event was concluding inside the Lory Student Center.

Emeshe Amade, a CSU student, said at first she thought the group chanting the slogans were police breaking up the argument because of how equipped they were. Members of campus socialist groups and self-described anti-fascists were arguing with others at the protest about politics when about a dozen members of the third group stormed.

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The Obama Coverup for Hillary Clinton Was Worse Than Collusion

PoliZette

"Who in his administration conspired to withhold damaging facts about the failed Democrat candidate's mishandling of classified info?"

"Records available through the FBI Vault prove beyond any doubt that former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and her inner circle of trusted aides, including Human Abedin and Cheryl Mills, were subjects of a formal investigation into the mishandling of classified information, beginning July 10, 2015.

Yes, you read the above correctly: A formal FBI investigation commenced well before any 2016 Democratic presidential debates and primaries.

"Yet how many times did Clinton and her political and media allies claim that, whatever may have been happening, the review of her private servers and unsecured devices during her years as America’s chief diplomat was nothing more than a “normal security review,” not an “investigation”? Or, as then-Attorney General Loretta Lynch instructed then-FBI Director James Comey to describe it, just a “matter”?

"A 17-part treasure trove of documents concerning Clinton is linked here and includes much that we should all consider, starting with Part 1, a 35-page summary of the contents." . . .

A year after Obama, Dems still looking for replacement

The Other Reality Of The Tax Bill: Another Trillion In Debt

Hot Air

"Allow me to confess that I’ve been right out there with the best of them (or is it the worst?) when it comes to high-fiving and back-slapping over the positive results of the tax cuts enacted before Christmas. Businesses are hiring, handing out bonuses and onshoring capital. Workers are seeing more money in their paychecks and will see significant benefits when they file their taxes next year. Yes, there is plenty to celebrate, but there’s also a second, far less pleasant reality to contemplate.

"As the WaPo reports this weekend, the federal government is now on track to borrow a massive amount of money this year and add many more bricks to the national debt pile hanging over our heads. In fact, federal borrowing is expected to nearly double our 2017 totals." . . .

Ann Coulter, NBC’s fun idea of a rape victim

Washington Times:  ANALYSIS/OPINION:
"One of NBC’s latest “Law & Order: SVU” episodes showed a horric rape scene of a conservative pundit who coincidentally happened to look like Ann Coulter, who coincidentally happened to talk about “liberal snowakes” in a speech, who coincidentally happened to talk about deporting so-called “Dreamers.”

" If it looks like a duck, walks like a duck, right? It’s fun to rape conservatives — that seems to be NBC’s messaging on this one. 

"Wonder when all those pink-hatted, female genitalia-wearing women’s rights’ groups will be marching on NBC? White suit, black dress, oh what to wear this time? Perhaps red makes more sense. Red, rape, blood-red — it’s alliteration and imagery, all in one.

"The “Law & Order” episode’s particularly pointed when the detectives investigating the ctitious rape are shown talking about the victim’s political views, wondering in somber detectivey voices if politics could have played a part in the crime. 

"Apparently, this Coulter-like character, Martha Cobb, believed in policies that would “close down Planned Parenthood and deport the Dreamers,” according to one of the show’s detectives. And that — like women who wear short skirts — makes her somewhat culpable. She should’ve known better. She’s just lucky she didn’t wear her MAGA cap. 

"The suspect, in this television case, turned out to be an antifa thug who used his protest sign to assault Coulter-Cobb. 

"But then the episode twists and turns to rope in a “Grand Wizard” of the Patriots for the American Way group who wants to Make America Great Again, and ultimately ends with Coulter-Cobb’s attorney calling for a dismissal.  

“ 'I am sure that the perpetrator of this crime will never be known to a legal certainty,” Coulter-Cobb’s attorney tells the court, as Breitbart notes. 

"Yep, it’s fun to rape conservatives. 

"Coulter — the real Coulter — responded to the show on a Fox News appearance with host Laura Ingraham, pointing out the utter absurdities of a left that tucks itself neatly behind gated communities to avoid illegals, while all the while pointing ngers, shaming and decrying those who want to secure borders and keep America safe from foreign criminals and terrorists.

"Make that, pointing ngers, shaming, decrying and now, thanks to NBC, apparently raping. Way to go, NBC. Way. To. Go." . . .

This was not a one-off; conservatives have been hated by these people for years. Case in point:

"Law & Order": another TV show that sucker-punches half the American population
"We began watching a 2009 episode of "Law and Order" entitled "Fed" last night and I had to shut it off at the start. We saw people like ourselves - TEA par-tiers, portrayed as rifle-toting, hateful bigots. Only Hollywood is capable of inspiring dislike and outrage by the simple means of the skillful acting of those who portray people like you and me as despicable and violent. They give us the same treatment they give to pharmaceutical  and insurance companies.

"May God bless all courageous conservatives in our country trying to stem the socialist tide sweeping America because the left has such massive force to bring against them. And the propaganda is being spoon-fed to the American public. How do we stand a chance?"

TEA-Partier on the right, naturally.

"On Law and Order" Tea Party Protesters are Like Terrorists Murdering Capitalists

CBS Uses Justin Bieber to Smear Tea Party

"Law & Order" & conservatives

I just surfed past "Law and Order, SVU" last evening and heard only the words "conservative bigot" spoken by Richard Belzer in the role of Munch. So I searched the words "conservative bigot law and order". Links included here are some of what came up.

Law [and] Order: Conservative Victims Unit  "This isn't the first time Law [and] Order writers have fantasized about murdering outspoken conservatives.  Last October, The View's Elisabeth Hasselbeck was left shaken when an episode of Law [and] Order: SVU featured a character that was raped twice and then murdered by a serial killer.  The victim's name was Elizabeth Hassenbeck."

John Kasich Continues Feeding His Giant Ego On Late Night

"Governor Sour Grapes has become so toxic to Republicans in Ohio that his own Lt. Governor has distanced herself from him, as Jazz previously wrote." . . . 

Rachel Mullen  "John Kasich continues putting John Kasich above all other interests. While many politicians use their current positions as launching pads onto the next, John Kasich has spent a fair duration of his second term as Ohio’s Governor campaigning for President.

"He continued his sanctimonious tour this week on Late Night with Seth Meyers. Claiming he wants to give people hope, Kasich continued feeding his own ego and pontificating for applause from the New York audience.

"Much like the Democrats he appears to be courting with his shift to the left, Kasich still can’t seem to accept the fact that Donald Trump is President. He is quite proud of the fact that he didn’t attend the Republican National Convention that he helped lure to Cleveland.

“I didn’t go. It was in my own state!” the twice-failed Presidential candidate told Seth Meyers.

"As a Republican who lives in the Cleveland area, I can tell you this is an incredibly sore spot with many of us. Rather than head to the convention, Kasich showed up to outside activities to court delegates from early primary states. His continual mention of this is like rubbing salt in his self-inflicted wound.

"Kasich told Seth Meyers he doesn’t believe in calling people names. That’s comical. During a stream of consciousness in front of a large audience, the man called a police officer an idiot for pulling him over. In 2016, an Ohio elected official said to me, “Who is this nice guy running around the country pretending to be John Kasich.”

"The braggadocious interview below should be a playbook on how not to court Republican voters."

"I understand Republicans who don’t support President Trump. I’m not someone who demands complete devotion to any politician. But Kasich’s opposition appears to be more about his own ego rather than opposing the current Administration."

Kathy Griffin Is Still Waiting For Her Big Comeback

Hot Air

"Say, whatever happened to Kathy Griffin? Following the rather unfortunate, um… decapitation incident, she’s been almost completely invisible in the United States and remains persona non grata with most of her former Hollywood pals. But according to the Hollywood Reporter, the self-proclaimed D-list celebrity has been raking in some serious cash taking her act on the road in Australia, New Zealand and across Europe in countries where people apparently don’t mind the idea of someone chopping the president’s head off.

"Still, it clearly stings to be shut out of her former social circles back home. In the linked interview from her amazingly posh mansion (and yes… it’s an actual mansion she bought in cash a few years ago) the comedian opens up about her situation. As you might expect from her previous appearances, Griffin can’t seem to stop finding things or other people to blame for her downfall. Among the many “slights” coming her way was the choice of her former friend Andy Cohen to replace her on CNN’s New Year’s Eve special. She responded with a YouTube video claiming he had offered her cocaine backstage. But that didn’t’ work because… (wait for it) she’s a woman.

Things Your Professor Didn’t Tell You About Climate Change. (Quite technical)

John Kudla

"Other than a propensity for believing everything they are told, why are these people so agitated?

"If you look at climate change predictions, almost all of them are bad. Critics refer to these views collectively as climate alarmism. Alarmists believe the Earth’s climate is warming because greenhouse gases are being added to the atmosphere through human activities, primarily the burning of fossil fuels. They claim unless the buildup of greenhouse gases is stopped, global temperatures will begin to rise exponentially, which will have terrible consequences, such as major flora and fauna extinctions, coastal inundation caused by melting ice caps, heatwaves, drought, famine, economic collapse, war, and the potential for human extinction.

"The basis for many of these predictions are the reports issued by the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). One of the functions of the IPCC is to model the Earth’s climate to predict changes in global temperature. Although the Earth is warming a bit, their models always seem to bemore enthusiastic about warming than the Earth appears to be. In fact, a recent study from the UK suggests climate models factor in too much warming." . . .

Thank God That Trump Won; And three cheers for Devin Nunes.

Timothy Bishop

Ben Stein at American Spectator  "Wow, wow, and double wow. Now we are starting to get a look at a conspiracy so immense it can scarcely be believed. The media, the Democrat National Committee, a genuinely brain dead FISA judge, and now the media over and over again are shown to be working night and day to destroy the constitutional system of government.

"The media, apparently believing it is above the law (and I guess it is), has been working hand in glove with the HRC campaign to ensure that the GenSec of the Democrat/MSM Party could not lose the election of November 2016. Yet somehow, the GenSec, Madame Mao, Jing Qing (or however the hell it’s spelled) lost to a man who should never in a million years come even close to winning. So now the DNC/MSM coalition has had to go into the highest possible gear to cover up the failed conspiracy against the nation.

"Instead of trying to get the big news out, the DNC/MSM apparatus worked like demons to bottle up the news. But now the news is out: The DNC/MSM Gang illegally spied on Trump. They didn’t use a bunch of burglars at the Watergate. They used the courts and they succeeded. They actually used a Russian or Russian friendly ex-spy, gossip, and bought paid for lies to violate the election laws and the civil rights of Americans."

"Still, the media tries to make light of it. 

"Can you in your wildest dreams imagine if the GOP had done that to Mrs. Clinton? Can you imagine the blood in the eyes of the media pooh-bahs if they found the GOP doing exactly what HRC and the media did?

"Thank God that Trump won. Otherwise, this deeply disturbing behavior of the DNC/MSM/Deep State/Russia cabal would go utterly unnoticed and we would continue to snooze as the left emasculated the Constitution." . . .Full article here.

Tim Allen Takes on Political Correctness in New Documentary

Legal Insurrection

"Adam Carolla and Dennis Prager have partnered to make a documentary film about political correctness and the danger it presents to comedy and free speech, particularly on college campuses. 

"The film is called “No Safe Spaces” and will be released this fall.

"This is a very real issue, as we’ve pointed out in countless other posts. The environment on college campuses has become so toxic that many famous comedians will no longer perform at them.

"The cast of the film was recently joined by conservative comic Tim Allen. He’ll fit right in.

"Marisa Schultz reports at the New York Post:

Tim Allen joins docudrama taking down PC culture

Actor Tim Allen has joined the cast of new movie aimed at disrupting the liberal and PC culture in Hollywood, on college campuses and in comedy.

Allen’s “Last Man Standing” sitcom was canceled last year and outraged fans believe ABC pulled the plug because the family comedy highlighted conservative values. ABC denied it was over politics.

Allen has signed onto the docudrama “No Safe Spaces” that’s expected to hit theaters in the fall.

Fellow comedian Adam Carolla and conservative radio show host Dennis Prager are making the movie to promote free speech at a time they say the entertainment industry, media and college campuses too often shut down or blackball controversial viewpoints.

“Nothing kills comedy quite like people who are constantly offended,” Carolla told the Post. “It’s impossible to be funny if we’re not allowed to poke fun at each other and that’s what’s happening with a new generation of people who seem to be offended for a living.

"Here’s a clip from the film:" . . .

Politifact Exposed

“ 'A fact-checking outfit hiring Alan Grayson is like a church hiring Charlie Sheen to run their youth group,” National Review columnist Dan McLaughlin tweeted."

PowerLine

"PolitiFact is a liberal “fact checking” operation that serves the Democratic Party by pretending to be credible and non-partisan. To further its mission of providing unbiased “fact checking,” it hired former Florida representative Alan Grayson, perhaps the most despicable Congressman of modern times. It didn’t end well:

PolitiFact announced it hired former politician Alan Grayson to critique its work in an effort to improve trust and credibility on Thursday…but that decision lasted about three seconds.

“It has become clear our choice of Alan Grayson did not meet that threshold to many,” PolitiFact executive director Aaron Sharockman tweeted on Thursday after the initial tweet that he was hired received an onslaught of criticism from respected media members.
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“A fact-checking outfit hiring Alan Grayson is like a church hiring Charlie Sheen to run their youth group,” National Review columnist Dan McLaughlin tweeted.

Politico’s Jake Sherman asked, “Is this a joke?”
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The liberal firebrand once said the GOP health plan was to hope people die quickly.

Former U.S. Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid called for him to drop out of a Senate race in 2016 when the New York Times reported that Grayson promoted his international travels, some with congressional delegations, to solicit business for a hedge fund he controlled.

“His actions aren’t just disgraceful to the Democratic Party, they disgrace the halls of Congress,” Reid said at the time.

"If Harry Reid thinks you’re a disgrace, you know you are in trouble. We have written about Grayson over the years, for example here, in a post titled “Greatest. Democrat. Ever.' ” . . .  Keep reading.

Democratic Leaders, Why Do You Find Patriotism Divisive?

David Limbaugh  "Did you ever think you'd see the day when a prominent political party would accuse the president of being divisive and exclusionary for saying "America" too many times during his State of the Union speech? 

"The American Civil Liberties Union made that very complaint. No, the ACLU is not the Democratic Party, but their positions on such matters are virtually indistinguishable. Besides, many prominent Democrats and media liberals made similar objections after the speech. 

"MSNBC host Joy Reid brazenly trashed traditional American values and institutions with her tweet accusing President Trump of trying to force the normalization of himself by using "terms of the bygone era his supporters are nostalgic for" -- namely, church, family, police, military and the national anthem. 

"House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi called Trump's unapologetically pro-America speech, which was widely approved by the American people in flash polls immediately afterward, "dangerous." 

"Rep. Jim Clyburn, D-S.C., who recently compared Trump's presidency to a time "right after the 1932 elections when Adolf Hitler was elected chancellor," took umbrage at Trump's statement that Americans, like the immigrants whose parents brought them here illegally as children, "are dreamers, too." 

"Fox News analyst Juan Williams was deeply disappointed by the speech, saying that this was an opportunity for Trump to reach across the aisle and bring us together but he didn't take it. More bizarrely, Williams said in response to Trump's statement that "Americans are dreamers, too," "David Duke and the KKK would love that." Seriously? " . . .

Quick Thoughts on The Nunes Memo

National Review  "Here’s my quick takes on the “Nunes Memo” that was just released: 
"1. Like basically everything that has come out of Congressional investigators the past 229 years, this is a partisan document – written by partisans, in the context of partisan controversies, and contested to the extent possible by by the opposing partisans for partisan reasons. (Notably, the Democratic responses so far have suggested that the memo misleadingly omits important facts, but there has – thus far, and this may change – not been a similar effort to claim that the factual assertions in the memo are themselves inaccurate). Readers should view it with appropriate skepticism. That said, the media drumbeat of downplaying the memo in advance on the basis of it being a partisan product is just wildly hypocritical, as reporting on the work of Democratic investigators during the Bush (both), Reagan, and Nixon presidencies was never prefaced with things like this:
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"If Democrats take over one or both Houses of Congress in 2019, expect the media to go back to headlines that focus on the merits of their findings, not how partisan the people presenting them are. Indeed, the entire point of the Nunes Memo is that information derived from a partisan source (the Steele dossier, an opposition research product financed by the DNC and the Clinton campaign) should have been met with more skepticism and labeled as such." . . .

Andrew C. McCarthy: House Memo Details Use of Steele Dossier to Spy on Trump Campaign Adviser
. . . "What we have long suspected (see, e.g., here and here) has now been confirmed: The Obama Justice Department and the FBI used the unverified Steele dossier to convince a federal court to issue a warrant authorizing surveillance of a Trump campaign adviser. Confirmation came in the much-anticipated memorandum released today by the Republican-controlled House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. The memo states that the Obama administration concealed from the court that the dossier was commissioned and paid for by the political campaign of Donald Trump’s Democratic opponent, Hillary Clinton. Nor was the court informed that the dossier’s author, former British spy Christopher Steele, told a senior Justice Department official that he was “desperate” to prevent Trump from being elected president." . . .