Maxine Waters and her voters in the news again

Maxine Waters Supporters Burn American Flag, Scream ‘Black Power’ in Counter Protest

"The Oath Keepers planned a protest outside of the congressional office of Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) on Monday. She complained and told her supporters not to engage with them.

"The group did not show up, but her supporters did. They burned an American flag and chanted“black power” in their counter protest.

"Police officers went to the scene in order to ensure security, but those in contact with Oath Keepers said the group “decided not to come in order to ensure peace.”

That did not stop her supporters. From The Los Angeles Times:

. . . 

At one point, counterprotesters pulled a small American flag off of a pickup, doused it in lighter fluid and set it ablaze. The crowd then began chanting, cursing the government and saying, “America was never great.”

"Other people screamed “Black power” and held “Resist!” signs."
". . . Jnmarie seems to forget that only last month “Auntie Maxine,” the nickname given to her by her constituents, encouraged her supporters that if you see anyone in Trump’s administration out in public “you get out and you create a crowd and you push back on them, and you tell them they’re not welcome anymore, anywhere.”

"Waters also went on MSNBC and went more in depth about her message:" . . .

We have seen for years how violent Water's voters will be  (Video)
It's not that only these violent men in this video are the concern, but the Waters constituents on the sidewalks cheering them on. TD

Oh My: Hillary Can't Remember a Time When the White House Failed to Defend a Diplomat

Katie Pavlich  "On Wednesday President Trump came under heavy fire after White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders confirmed the administration was considering allowing Russian agents to interrogate former U.S. Ambassador to Russia Michael McFaul and other Americans." . . .

. . . "While the criticism overall was certainly warranted, Clinton should sit this one out.

"On September 11, 2012 U.S. Ambassador Christopher Stevens, in addition to three other Americans, were murdered by terrorists in Benghazi, Libya. They were attacked after months of dire warnings from Stevens that the consulate needed more security. Further, President Obama and Clinton were missing in action during the attack and Americans on the ground waited 20-hours for help to arrive." . . .

Protesters Throw Feces at L.A. Kosher Cafe Because Owner Supports Trump

Legal Insurrection

“It was very scary,” said Shalom’s daughter Yael.”

"Asher Shalom is a legal immigrant from Israel and businessman who employs many immigrants. He recently opened a new cafe in the Boyle Heights area of Los Angeles. Locals and the business community were welcoming until it became known that Shalom had shared something on social media which showed support for Trump’s immigration policies." . . .

Dave Lopez‏ @cbsladavelopez

Jewish immigrant of 30 years and successful businessman kicked out of Boyle Heights Chamber of Commerce because he supports Trump policies on immigration

Whoopi Goldberg Hearts MS-13 Killers

Daniel John Sobieski  "Well, at least Whoopi Goldberg didn't hold up a mock severed head representing President Trump, but her verbal equivalent in profanely chastising guest Judge Jeanine Pirro shows how President Trump's greatest accomplishment may be in pulling back the curtain and letting us see what delusional loons have been manipulating public opinion in this country as part of their attempt to fundamentally transform America into something resembling Berkeley, California – a sanctuary country full of defecating homeless people.

"Somewhat lost in the virulent exchange was Whoopi's gross distortion of reality, following Saul Alinksy's rule that you don't debate your opponents – you demonize them and make it personal:

'Did you just point at me?  I don't have Trump derangement, let me tell you what I have,' Goldberg shot back.  'I am tired of people starting a conversation with, "Mexicans are liars and rapists." ...

Goldberg and Pirro then got into a screaming match, with Pirro declaring: 'You know what's horrible?  When people who shouldn't be here end up murdering children of American citizens.' 

"Pirro was speaking of MS-13 rapists and murderers who sneak in among the great unwashed flooding along our porous southern border, along with minors they want to recruit into their community of butchers.  It is hard to see what Goldberg was speaking of, since neither Pirro or Trump ever has started a conversation that way.  All they have done is point out that our open borders provide a highway unlikely to be patronized by doctoral candidates or computer engineers. 

"Has Whoopi Goldberg heard of Nisa Mickens and Kayla Cuevas?  They are two teenage girls violently separated from their families by MS-13 thugs who should not have been in this country:" . . .

Socialist Darling Makes A Rather Embarrassing Mistake

americanthinker.com

Via Weasel Zippers  "Freudian slip, she obviously thinks ‘red’ refers to far-left/socialist.

"Via Daily Caller:

"Socialist Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez made an unfortunate slip during a campaign stop with Sen. Bernie Sanders on behalf of Kansas Democratic Congressional candidate Brent Welder Friday.

“Hello everybody,” Occasio-Cortez said on a video posted to Sanders’ Twitter account Friday evening. “I’m so excited to be hopping on here on Senator Sanders’ account. We’re here in Kansas City to rally for Brent Welder. We’re gonna flip this seat red in November.”

Thomas Lifson has much to say about this as well: Ocasio-Cortez embarrasses herself (and her backers) again  . . . "Are there people behind her candidacy, who spotted a comely young Hispanic woman who could become the next Obama, all style with the substance supplied by another Valerie Jarrett?

"Ocasio-Cortez was seized upon as a symbol of a rising left, and now she threatens to embarrass her backers.  Or worse."

Now, this is what is usually meant by "red":

I cannot say which wizard of smart assigned these political party colors as they did. TD

"Did Ocasio-Cortez mean flip a Red seat to Blue, or did she mean flip the Congressional seat Red, as in Communist Red? You be the judge.

Either way, Twitter was amused:

Stephen Miller

✔@redsteeze

“We’re going to flip this seat red in November.”
Not sure if gaffe or Freudian slip

Bernie Sanders

✔@BernieSanders

Here in Kansas City with @Ocasio2018 to support @BrentWelder and flip this seat in November.

Rep. Keith Ellison Slams Amazon for Selling 'Hate Group' Merchandise

This is troubling in these days when just opposing a political leader-at present this would be a leftist figure- would place one in the list of hate speech. Wouldn't anyone stating that they find Maxine Waters contemptible be considered guilty of hate speech. What about a white person who wants to run against Waters? Look how John McCain was handcuffed in his run against Obama. TD

Fortune  "Prime Day is here, but Amazon is facing backlash for selling merchandise promoted by known hate groups. Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN) sent a letter to Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos Tuesday, voicing concerns about the company’s income from such items.
“ 'I would like to know whether Amazon is committed to ceasing the sale of all products that promote hateful and racist ideologies,” wrote Ellison. “For a company with a policy prohibiting the sale of ‘products that promote or glorify hatred, violence, racial, sexual, or religious intolerance or promote organizations with such views,’ there appear to be a disturbing number of groups with hateful, racist, and violent agendas making money using Amazon’s platform.” . . .

Southern Poverty Law Center "hate" map
Click on each symbol to see what group is listed. There are those who may well be thus, but some you will find include those concerned with terrorism such as radical Islam

How do I read the hate map?

"The SPLC hate map depicts the approximate locations of hate group chapters. The location of a chapter in no way implies that local government officials or residents endorse the beliefs of the group. Quite often, they don’t know it is there. This year’s hate map is also available in text format sorted by state and by ideology, and in CSV format. Data from previous years is available for download in Excel format."

This list was compiled using hate group publications and websites, individual and law enforcement reports, field sources and news reports. Groups that appear in the center of states represent statewide groups.

In fairness the map also lists associations with the following:

". . . A leading example of a black nationalist group is the Nation of Islam led by Louis Farrakhan. He has never backed away from the group’s fundamental tenets, espoused by the group’s previous leader, Elijah Mohammed, that white people are  inherently evil — that they are "blue-eyed devils."

CNN’s Stephen Moore: “Whatever Trump Is Doing On The Economy It Sure Is Working”

Weasel Zippers

This does not seem like a happy CNN face on the CNN reporter in this CNN interview.

Nickki Haley ends a 7-year war

Anyone else notice the pattern of peace in this administration?

Don Surber  "South Sudan is 12 million people, mainly Christian, who broke away from Sudan and its Sharia Law to form their own country in 2011. Violence has plagued it since as it is embroiled in a civil war. Nikki Haley championed South Sudan's cause.

"Less than a week ago, she got the United Nations to impose an arms embargo. The Washington Post was alarmed.

" 'U.N. Security Council imposes arms embargo on South Sudan, despite concerns it might jeopardize peace process," Siobhán O'Grady reported on July 13 because anything proposed by the Trump administration must be immoral and wrong.

"That an American ambassador to the UN achieved anything in that anti-American body is a near miracle.

" 'On Friday, following years of discussions over how to slow down the conflict in the war-torn country, the U.N. Security Council narrowly passed an arms embargo against South Sudan. Haley pushed through the U.S.-drafted resolution, which also places a travel ban and asset freeze on the former South Sudanese army chief and a current deputy defense chief," O'Grady reported.

"Akshaya Kumar, deputy U.N. director at Human Rights Watch, said, "It’s a huge day and a real reason for South Sudanese who have been under attack for so long to celebrate."

"So what happened?

"Peace broke out." . . .

A Guardian of the Galaxy joins the Trump Schadenfreude List

Schadenfreude; Noun: pleasure derived by someone from another person's misfortune.

Drop the gunn!

Don Surber  "Today we add to the Trump Schadenfreude List one James Gunn, director of the "Guardians of the Galaxy" series of movies from comic books.
"Make that ex.
"Now Gunn all along mocked President Trump and called him Hitler. Typical Hollywood conformist trying to fit in with the In Crowd.
"Then last month, Gunn went bonkers when The Donald hosted families of the victims of murders by illegal aliens. President Trump even autographed photographs of the victims at the request of their survivors.
"Gunn took to Twitter.
" 'I don’t know why I’m so surprised he autographed those photos. You KNOW Trump wakes up every morning hoping more kids are murdered by immigrants so it will help him in the polls," Gunn tweeted.
"Tweety Pie crossed the line.
"The Daily Caller looked at his tweets, and filed a report, "After Attacking Conservatives, Disney Filmmaker’s Tweets Reveal Racism, Homophobia and Assault Against Children."
"He said they were jokes.
"Disney didn't laugh." . . .
. . . 
"But he took on Donald Trump, and now he has been Gunned Down. He joins the list, bringing the total to 75 fools. The Trump Schadenfreude List:"
A smattering:

9. Tom Brokaw.

2015: "Legendary newsman Tom Brokaw says he would 'call in sick' if he had to cover Donald Trump every night."2018: "Tom Brokaw Accused of Sexual Harassment By Former NBC Anchor."

 15. David Corn.

2016: "MSNBC’s David Corn destroys Ann Coulter for defending Trump’s decision not to release tax returns."2017: "David Corn investigated for inappropriate workplace behavior."

19. Robert De Niro.

2016: "De Niro: I’d Like to Punch Trump In the Face."2017: De Niro film scores 24% on Rotten Tomatoes. Cost $15 million to make. Had a box office of $1.7 million.

63. Tavis Smiley.

2016: "Tavis Smiley: BFOTs (Black Friends of Trump) Are Normalizing Racism."2017: "PBS Suspends Tavis Smiley For Allegedly Forcing Women and Men to Have Sex With Him to Keep Their Jobs."

Democrat Ladies of the Lie

Brian C. Joondeph  "Oh!  What a tangled web we weave when first we practice to deceive," warned Sir Walter Scott.  That's a good warning that falls on deaf ears among the leading ladies of the Democrats who have a penchant for telling tall tales about their pasts.  Hillary Clinton and Elizabeth Warren are now joined by new saviors from the left, Kamala Harris and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.

'The "new rising star" of the Donkeys, according to Newsweek, Ocasio-Cortez unseated ten-term Democrat incumbent Joe Crowley in the recent New York City primary.  Crowley is part of the Democrat establishment, a creature of the bipartisan D.C. swamp inhabited by career politicians from both sides of the political aisle.  Ocasio-Cortez also has her eyes on the biggest prize of all, the White House, according to her own mother.

'The self-proclaimed working-class "girl from the Bronx" actually grew up in Westchester County, New York, one of the ten wealthiest counties in the U.S.  It's also the county Bill and Hillary Clinton now call home.  She lived there from age 5 through her high school graduation and was even registered to vote there until 2016." . . .

'Across the country in California, in another liberal enclave, is another such lady, Senator Kamala Harris.  She is another up and coming socialist in the modern Democratic Party, "[s]tarting to make the right moves for 2020," according to the Huffington Post.  She recently told some tall tales about her past.

"She tweeted, in response to the Brett Kavanaugh Supreme Court nomination, that hers was only the second class in the Berkeley public schools to integrate.

. . . 

"Implying that a Justice Kavanaugh on the Supreme Court would automatically bring back slavery and segregation, she seems to be suggesting that confirming Kavanaugh to the high court will prevent anyone of color from becoming a lawyer or a member of Congress.

"Unfortunately for her, the truth lies far removed from her tweet.  Photos from the Berkeley yearbook from 1963, a year before Harris was even born, shows that the school was already integrated.  Oops."

. . . 

"As to the lack of integration preventing a black student becoming a lawyer, she should take a closer look at the same Supreme Court she is so worried about.  Justice Clarence Thomas was the only black student at his high school in Savannah, Georgia.  From his hardly integrated high school, he went to Holy Cross, Yale, and eventually the U.S. Supreme Court.  If he could become a lawyer, Senator Harris's fears are unwarranted, not to mention her premise being a lie." . . .

"Speaking of Hillary Clinton, she is last but certainly not least of the Democrat ladies of the lie. " . . .

"The other Democrat ladies of the lie are well known.  Both have ties to the U.S. Senate and are or were once considered presidential hopefuls.  Elizabeth Warren, or, as President Trump mockingly refers to her, Pocahontas, lied about her American Indian heritage in order to secure a faculty position at Harvard and subsequent recognition as a "minority faculty member."  She sticks to her claim to this day – all based on her high cheekbones and vague family tales her grandparents told her.

. . . 

"What compels these ladies to lie about their childhoods?  Is it insecurity, or are they playing into identity politics, standard operating procedure for Democrats?  In the age of the internet and instant fact-checking information, it's foolish to make claims that are so easily checked and refuted.

"Politicians are given a wide berth for hyperbole on the campaign trail, but obvious lies come home to roost, as they have for these prominent Democrat presidential wannabes and ladies of the lie." . . . Full article here.

America; under the thumb of the left and their media

Hollywood Will Tolerate No Tolerance (or Tweets)  "Filmmaker Mark Duplass tweets kindly toward Ben Shapiro, and is forced to repent and call Shapiro a racist homophobe.

"Mark Duplass is an up and coming filmmaker and actor. On July 10, he tweeted his intention to "perform one random, tiny act of kindness each day for the next 365 days." So far, so good. Liberals can be kind, right?

"Then, Wednesday, he tweeted "Fellow liberal: If you are interested at all in ‘crossing the aisle’ you should consider following @BenShapiro. I don’t agree with him on much but he’s a genuine person who once helped me for no other reason than to be nice. He doesn’t bend the truth. His intentions are good." (The tweet has since been deleted.)

"Variety called that tweet "controversial." As if calling another human being genuine and thanking them for being nice is a controversial act. "Nice" is controversial unless the person has been vetted by the Hollywood Church of Liberalism." . . .

Picture added by TD

Backlash: Public Outraged Over Art Gallery’s Violent Anti-Trump Window Display  . . . "They’ve had some of the more notable ISIS marches/riots since Trump’s inauguration, whose peaceful tactics including hurling bricks from the roofs of buildings. We are fortunate that it didn’t actually kill anyone. 

"So maybe the Art Gallery thought it would be celebrated as a heroic member of ‘the Resistance’ by their neighbors by putting up the kind of image that would make any ISIS propagandist beam with pride.

John Brennan Moves from Charges of Treason to Fomenting Rebellion

Brennan also swore that he did not know who commissioned the anti-Trump research document (excerpt here), even though senior national security and counterintelligence officials at the Justice Department and FBI knew the previous year that the dossier was funded by the Hillary Clinton campaign.

Independent Sentinel  "The former [?] Communist and CIA Director John Brennan called Trump’s remarks at a press conference with Putin in Helsinki “treasonous” and he is not letting up on his attack. He is now urging the Intelligence community to “withhold vital intelligence”, ostensibly to protect information. That is the new line of attack — Trump is sharing secrets with Putin.

"Make no mistake, the former . . . Communist is recommending a mutiny over a few inartful comments made by the President which he has since explained.

The Washington Times reported that Brennan made the comments in a private meeting.

“Dan Coats and Gina Haspel need to be on top of their game now and speak truth to power,” he said, referring to Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats and CIA Director Gina Haspel. “And make sure Trump doesn’t get away with this.”

"Brennan also suggested the President gave away secrets during the meeting with Putin since Putin and Trump met in private. It wasn’t exactly private since the translators were present." . . .

Politifact: Brennan has openly confirmed voting for a Communist Party candidate for president in 1976. But the DeSantis campaign did not provide evidence that he was a card-carrying party member, and we did not find any.


Brennan called Jerusalem by its Arab name: A-'Quds"

. . . And, in all my travels the city I have come to love most is al-Quds, Jerusalem where three great faiths come together.”

Controversial (inartful?) comments by CIA director nominee John Brennan

• . . . During a speech at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, called jihad a "legitimate tenet of Islam." 
• Brennan argued that it would be "counterproductive" for the United States to use the term, as it would "play into the false perception" that the "murderers" leading war against the West are doing so in the name of a "holy cause."   
• He said: "Nor do we describe our enemy as 'jihadists' or 'Islamists' because jihad is a holy struggle, a legitimate tenet of Islam, meaning to purify oneself or one's community, and there is nothing holy or legitimate or Islamic about murdering innocent men, women and children."

Bosch Fawstin