Do we want the bullying left to run this nation?

Who would dare to speak against them?

Donald Trump's daughter Ivanka chased down plane by lawyer screaming 'Your father is ruining the country'

Celebrities Defend Stephen Colbert’s ‘C*ck Holster’ Joke . . . “ 'The only thing your mouth is good for is being Vladimir Putin’s c*ck holster,” Colbert saidduring his monologue on Monday night’s Late Show, during which he also called the president a “presi-dunce” and a “prick-tator.' ” . . .

Kathy Griffin slams Melania Trump for family separation stance: 'You feckless complicit piece of s**t'  . . . "Griffin wrote on Twitter, trolling President Trump for mistakenly calling his wife "Melanie" when saying she was recovering well following a kidney procedure in May."

Why Do They Hate Us?  . . . "Conservatives must resist, but even then, we will not descend into the level of hatred that denies the humanity of our opponents."

Father’s Day: Leftists Outraged by Donald Trump Jr. Loving on His Children

. . . "The knee-jerk outrage echoes attacks on Ivanka Trump, who posted a photo of herself cuddling with her son in May. The hate spread to actor Patton Oswalt and TBS host Samantha Bee, who called Ivanka a “feckless c*nt” for not using sex appeal to change her father’s immigration policies. " . . .



Pelosi Slams ‘The Hypocrisy Of All People Of Faith’ Over Immigration Policies . . . "Pelosi attacked “all people of faith in our country” on Friday over the prosecution of illegal immigrants on the southern border. She was shameless. Here we go again with the new talking point on the left claiming that the evil Republicans are tearing nursing children from their mother’s breasts. It’s simply not true. And the policies they are ranting over were utilized by Barack Obama – he was the one who put poor children in cages like dogs. We don’t do that under this president." . . .

The Truth about Separating Kids

Rich Lowry

Some economic migrants are using children as chits, but the problem is fixable — if Congress acts.

 "The latest furor over Trump immigration policy involves the separation of children from parents at the border.

"As usual, the outrage obscures more than it illuminates, so it’s worth walking through what’s happening here.

"For the longest time, illegal immigration was driven by single males from Mexico. Over the last decade, the flow has shifted to women, children, and family units from Central America. This poses challenges we haven’t confronted before and has made what once were relatively minor wrinkles in the law loom very large.
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. . . 3) There is a significant moral cost to not enforcing the border.There is obviously a moral cost to separating a parent from a child and almost everyone would prefer not to do it. But, under current policy and with the current resources, the only practical alternative is letting family units who show up at the border live in the country for the duration. Not only does this make a mockery of our laws, it creates an incentive for people to keep bringing children with them.Needless to say, children should not be making this journey that is fraught with peril. But there is now a premium on bringing children because of how we have handled these cases. They are considered chits. . . .

DHS Secretary Nielsen slams 'irresponsible' media, says no 'policy of separating families at the border'  . . . "The head of the Department of Homeland Security bashed the media Sunday for their reporting on the increasingly volatile immigration controversy, writing in a string of tweets: “We do not have a policy of separating families at the border. Period.”

"Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen added: “This misreporting by Members, press & advocacy groups must stop. It is irresponsible and unproductive. As I have said many times before, if you are seeking asylum for your family, there is no reason to break the law and illegally cross between ports of entry.' ”

Let’s get serious about school safety

"The knee-jerk answer by many liberals is ‘ban guns.’ But I think the questions we face are just too complex to be resolved by two little words." Kay Coles James, President, The Heritage Foundation

Heritage  "Nearly 20 years separate the horrible tragedies at Columbine High School in Colorado and Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida.

"In that time, too little has been done to make our schools safer. That’s why our grieving nation is again searching for a solution.

"If America is ready to get serious about school safety, we need to focus on a range of pressing issues—including mental health, family breakdown, culture, media, and more.

"Our children and grandchildren deserve to be safe at school. We can’t allow another tragedy to occur.

"It’s time to set aside political agendas and get serious about school safety. Here are 10 questions we should start asking."

Another Father's Day, and so many kids without fathers around

Tom Stiglich at Townhall

We regularly watch Wheel of Fortune and find the contestant interviews interesting, but troubling in one major way: many women tell about their "amazing children" yet there is - too often - no mention of a husband. TD

Silvio Canto, Jr.  "As we celebrate Father's Day, I thank God that I had a mentor in my life, the kind of man who understood what it means to be a father.  Not everyone is so lucky.  So let's chat about the "father crisis" in many communities in the U.S.

"Ten years ago, I cut out this article from the Wall Street Journal paper edition.  I saved it and look at it from time.  It was written by Juan Williams, author and Fox News contributor.  It is "The Tragedy of America's Disappearing Fathers":

The extent of the problem is clear.

The nation's out-of-wedlock birth rate is 38%.

Among white children, 28% are now born to a single mother; among Hispanic children it is 50% and reaches a chilling, disorienting peak of 71% for black children.

According to the National Center for Health Statistics, nearly a quarter of America's white children (22%) do not have any male in their homes; nearly a third (31%) of Hispanic children and over half of black children (56%) are fatherless.
This represents a dramatic shift in American life.

In the early 1960's, only 2.3% of white children and 24% of black children were born to a single mom.

Having a dad, in short, is now a privilege, a ticket to middle-class status on par with getting into a good college.

"Kids suffer without a father, no matter their color or last name.

"Father's Day is here.  Let's remember a simple truth: we need men to be responsible fathers."

The ACLU’s move from the neutral protector of civil liberties to a partisan advocate of hard-left politics is both a symptom and consequence of it's changes.

By Alan Dershowitz in the Jerusalem Post

"If America is to remain strong, its major institutions must move closer to the center and reject the extremes of both sides. If the ACLU does not return to its core values, a new organization must be created to champion those values."

"The director of the American Civil Liberties Union has now acknowledged what should have been obvious to everybody over the past several years: that the ACLU is no longer a neutral defender of everyone’s civil liberties; it has morphed into a hyper-partisan, hard-left political advocacy group. The final nail in its coffin was the announcement that for the first time in its history the ACLU would become involved in partisan electoral politics, supporting candidates, referenda and other agenda-driven political goals.

"The headline in the June 8 2018 edition of the New Yorker tells it all: “The ACLU is getting involved in elections – and reinventing itself for the Trump Era.” The article continues: In this midterm year, however, as progressive groups have mushroomed and grown more active, and as liberal billionaires such as Howard Schultz and Tom Steyer have begun to imagine themselves as political heroes and eye Presidential runs, the ACLU, itself newly flush, has begun to move in step with the times." . . .

Watching your back in Clintonville: Full article

Richard Jack Rail  "I've long held that the left pencils up a black-and-white caricature of us not-lefties and hangs the silliest possible kinds of thoughts on it, imagining that they have a handle on what we think and who we are.  Quotes from the I.G. report on the FBI confirm my thinking.  These are FBI people's words: "Trump's supporters are all poor to middle class, uneducated, lazy POS that think he will magically grant them jobs for doing nothing.  They probably didn't watch the debates, aren't fully educated on his policies, and are stupidly wrapped up in his unmerited enthusiasm."  Then this gem: "I honestly feel like there is going to be a lot more gun issues, too, the crazies won finally."

"How many Trumpers do you know who are poor, uneducated, and lazy?  The jobs reports destroy that last one; apart from the sneering tone, unemployment is at all-time lows for just about everybody and every category.  Every Trump-follower I know, and that's quite a few, watched the debates intently and knew every nuance of Trump's platform.  Gun issues are about where they've been the last 20 years or so under both Dem and Pub presidents.

"In other words, the caricature could hardly be more wrong.

"Now that they've seen the error of their thinking, we can expect these smarties to update their mental maps.  Right?  Last time they did that was maybe 1992, and their information then was no better than it is now.  Nor was the caricature.  Lefties see us as cartoon characters, a basket of deplorables, and it's they who are too lazy to refocus their lens.

"On the other hand, it's sort of reassuring to have your judgment validated in black and white by an inspector general of something, even if it's not so reassuring that that same I.G. found no reason to believe that any of the FBI's bias leaked over into investigations or reports or interrogations or other FBI work.  From Mr. Horowitz's comments, we can rest assured that these guys and gals are the soul of honesty, discretion, generosity of spirit, magnanimity, and goodwill.  That much is obvious from their words about us in unguarded moments.

"Mr. Horowitz, too, has to watch his back in Clintonville." 

The president meets the press – in a most unusual way

Peter Barry Chowka  "A unique encounter between the president of the United States and the press took place outside the White House on Friday morning, June 15.  It immediately made news for being both a historic first and for what was said.

"At 8:25 A.M. E.T., President Trump strolled out of the West Wing and over to the Fox News camera position a hundred or so yards away on the North Lawn, whereFox & Friends co-host Steve Doocy was doing live reports for his and his colleagues' morning show that was being produced back at Fox News HQ in New York.  The Secret Service kept the mob of White House press back as Doocy attached a lapel microphone to the president and then, standing next to him in the morning sun, proceeded to question him uninterrupted for the next half-hour.  The rest of the press, one-upped by Fox, was struggling to listen as its members were corralled in a pack several yards away.

"At 9 A.M. Doocy had to sign off when Fox & Friends ended, but the fun wasn't quite over.  President Trump sidled over to the press gaggle and proceeded to submit to a wide variety of questions shouted at him for the next twenty minutes.  That encounter was broadcast live by CNN, Fox News, and MSNBC.  According to the instant analysis, nothing like it had ever been seen before in the history of the White House.  President Trump was in classic form as he parried challenging questions from the same folks who have been giving his press secretary, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, an especially hard time this week during the daily press briefings." . . .

• With approximately 95% of the mainstream media opposed to the president and his policies, the following headlines were typical:
• 7 absolutely bonkers moments from Donald Trump's impromptu White House lawn press conference – Salon
• There's an Elderly Man on the White House Lawn and He May Not Be Well – Esquire
• Donald Trump's Friday morning proves the massive danger of sitting down with Robert Mueller – CNN

Transcript available via The White House; video of the President's Q&A with the White House press.

‘Three Californias’ plan would give Dems more seats

The Hill  "A proposal to split the nation’s most populous state into three smaller states would give Democrats a huge boost in the perpetual battle for control of the United States Senate — likely dooming the plan even before voters have a chance to weigh in.

"California voters will vote this November on the ballot measure, backed by tech billionaire and venture capitalist Tim Draper. If the measure passes, Congress would have a year to allow the state to split up into three separate states — one centered around Los Angeles, another in Northern California that includes the Bay Area and Sacramento, and a third in Southern California that would include the Central Valley and San Diego.

"Democrats have easily won California’s electoral votes in recent years. George H.W. Bush was the last Republican to win the state at the presidential level, and Republicans haven’t won a Senate seat in California since Pete Wilson won reelection in 1988.

"But if Democrats are leery of splitting California’s 55 electoral votes, recent election results show the three new states all would have voted for Democratic presidential nominees Hillary Clinton in 2016 and Barack Obama in 2008 and 2012." . . .

The U.S. Announces Its Intent To Leave The United Nation’s Human Rights Council

The last time the U.S. exited the Council was under former-President George W. Bush, although it was later reversed by the Obama administration. 

Infidel Bloggers

"The U.S. is pulling its membership from the United Nation’s Human Rights Council, and cites alleged discrimination against Israel, one of America’s allies. 

"The U.S. Ambassador to the UN, Nikki Haley, announced the decision this week following previous disputes with the organization over what she calls, “chronic anti-Israel bias,” according to new reports. 

"Most recently, the Ambassador was one of the few representatives opposing a measure which requested an official investigation into allegations accusing Israel of excessive force. 

"In December, Haley chastised members of the group for voting in favor of a proposed measure which would have condemned President Trump, regarding his move of the U.S. embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. 

“ 'The United States will remember in which it was singled-out for attack in the General Assembly, for the very act of expressing our right as a sovereign nation,” she said last year, regarding the President’s relocation of the U.S. embassy. " . . .

Rick Moran: US to finally withdraw from wildly misnamed UN Human Rights Council  . . . "There is no "reform" of an organization that counts Cuba, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, and China among its membership.  These nations routinely violate the human rights of their citizens, making a mockery of the very idea that they should be able to sit in judgment on Israel, the U.S., and other Western democracies.

"Indeed, the real joke is that most major media take their pronouncements and resolutions seriously. 

"The HRC is nothing more than a platform for anti-Israel, anti-Semitic, and anti-American political posturing.  Not only should the U.S. withdraw from the HRC, but Congress should make sure that not one penny of American tax dollars goes to support it."

Liberty in North Korea Leads People to Freedom

National Review

A North Korean farmer pushes his bike along the North Korean-Chinese border near Dadong, 2009. 

. . . "In my reading, Liberty in North Korea (LiNK)* kept coming up among refugees who made it out, and they credited the organization with ushering them to safety from the North Korean border in China to safety in the West. I decided to open a GoFundMe and just see if I could rescue one refugee with my Twitter followers. We were able to raise the $2500 in a week or so. That was five years ago, and since then I’ve done a dozen or more fundraisers tied to the news cycle or holidays and have raised probably $100,000 on Twitter alone — enough to rescue over 30 refugees. [See here for the latest.]

"Lopez: What’s Liberty in North Korea all about? How has it helped people? What have you learned from it?

"Mandel: Liberty in North Korea has teams on the ground in China, right over the border from North Korea. When refugees are able to make it over, they are at risk of repatriation to gulags or human trafficking. LiNK helps these refugees make the 3,000 mile journey through China and Southeast Asia into South Korea, where they enjoy immediate citizenship." . . .

. . . Mandel: The situation is dire and has been for decades. There are concentration camps the size of Los Angeles in operation; people are born into them and they die in them. We can see them on Google Earth; there’s no ignoring their plight. By helping refugees get out and telling their stories, we are destabilizing the regime externally, and the more refugees who get out and see the outside world as it is, the more they send word back to their families still trapped inside. " . . .

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Don't you love it when Ms. Pelosi speaks in public?

American Thinker

Sen. Lindsey Graham Tells CNN: If You Don't Like Me Working With Trump 'I Don't Give a S**t'

Townhall  "Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) defended his work with President Trump on certain issues on CNN Friday despite his past criticisms of the president. As CNN’s Kate Bolduan continued to press him on the topic, Graham said he’s worked with Obama in the past and there was a double standard about his work with Trump. He then expressed himself in rather strong terminology saying on live television that he doesn’t “give a s**t” if people don’t like him working with Trump.

"Boulduan reminded Graham that he went from hating Trump to working with him and that Trump “comes out and hits you again on whatever he decided to on a given day.”

 “ 'Do you trust him now?” she asked.

"After Graham repeatedly said he did, Bouldan told Graham, “people say this is like two-faced. Where’s the Lindsey Graham of standing up to Donald Trump?”

“Let me just tell you about the critics,” Graham replied. “When I worked with President Obama–– and I did on occasion––I was a hero. Now when I work with President Trump, I’m two-faced. I know how the game’s played and I don’t give a damn.”

“ 'I’m going to do what’s best for the country,” he continued, “I like the President, I want to help him, I hope he’s successful, he’s been a friend to me and he says some things I don’t agree with. So if you don’t like me working with President Trump to make the world a better place, I don’t give a s**t.' ”  . . .