When it comes to media dishonesty, people are starting to notice

Bookworm Room

"I was heartened when my assiduously apolitical sister spontaneously offered that today’s media is so corrupt and dishonest it can’t be taken seriously."

. . . "So it was that my sister told me yesterday that she really hates the way Trump exaggerates. I asked her what had ticked her off, and she told me it was the way that Trump lied when he said the new abortion bills popping up in Democrat-run states — with abortion legal up until the minute birth — would allow doctors to execute living babies.

"But that’s true, I said, at least according to the Virginia governor.

"What?

"Yup, he was on a radio show and was asked about a bill coming up in Virginia to allow third trimester abortion.

QUESTION: There was a very contentious committee hearing yesterday when Fairfax County delegate Cathy Tran made her case for lifting restrictions on third trimester abortions as well as other restrictions now in place and she was pressed by a Republican delegate about whether her bill would permit an abortion even as a woman is essentially dilating ready to give birth and she answered that it would permit an abortion at that stage of labor. Do you support her measure and explain her answer.NORTHAM: You know, I wasn’t there, Julie, and I certainly can’t speak for Delegate Tran, but I would tell you — one, the first thing I would say is this is why decisions such as this should be made by [healthcare] providers, physicians, and the mothers and fathers that are involved. There are — you know when we talk about third-trimester abortions, these are done with the consent of, obviously, the mother, with the consent of the physicians, more than one physician by the way. And it’s done in cases where there may be severe deformities, there may be a fetus that’s non-viable. So in this particular example, if a mother is in labor, I can tell you exactly what would happen. The infant would be delivered, the infant would be kept comfortable, the infant would be resuscitated if that’s what the mother and the family desired, and then a discussion would ensue between the physicians and the mother. So I think this was really blown out of proportion.

"In other words, Northam speaks approvingly of a scenario in which a baby is born alive, and kept alive, only to have the mother and doctor engage in a subsequent conversation about whether the baby so defective it should subsequently be executed. This viewpoint is right out of Sparta." . . .

American Thinker.

Alyssa Milano Calls for Sex Strike, Ignites Social Media

Snopes

The actress ignited social media with a tweet calling for women to join her in a sex strike to protest strict abortion bans passed by Republican-controlled legislatures.

Milano pictured in her publicity shot at the Kavanaugh hearings

. . . "Milano received support from fans and fellow actress Bette Midler joined her in also calling for a sex strike with her own tweet. But both liberals and conservatives also lampooned her idea, with conservatives praising her for promoting abstinence and liberals saying she was pushing a false narrative that women only have sex as a favor to men.

"Milano said the criticism didn’t bother her and that her tweet was having her desired effect, “which is getting people to talk about the war on women.' ” . . .

Alyssa Milano Doubles Down On Idiotic ‘Sex Strike’ With Incredible Lie

. . . 

Cool. Be extremely careful. If you get pregnant and miscarry, and they can’t prove you didn’t miscarry on purpose, you can get thrown in jail for a long time in Georgia. #SexStrike  — Alyssa Milano (@Alyssa_Milano) May 11, 2019

"If it sounds like she’s suggesting that authorities will throw women in the slammer for having a miscarriage, it’s because she’s suggesting that authorities will throw women in the slammer for having a miscarriage.

"Miscarriage isn’t a choice. Going out of your way to have an abortionist suck your baby out with the medical equivalent of a vacuum cleaner is."

Anyone who has suffered thru a miscarriage knows how disingenuous you are being here.— Sede Vacantist (@dibassetto) May 12, 2019

That is a lie. Stop it.— Barbara Ansley (@BarbaraAnsley) May 12, 2019

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The endgame for reparations

With this in mind, we needn't worry about reparations ever actually coming about.  Its only real use is as a piñata on which to take out our frustrations when we lose patience with leftist phoniness, insincerity, and destructiveness. Richard Jack Rail

American Thinker  . . . "Apart from the complexities of determining who might get reparations and who should pay, we never hear about the endgame.  Are reparations supposed to resolve black America's complaints?  Or will black America simply turn up the demands, saying that $500B isn't enough?  How much would be enough? One hundred trillion dollars in doubloons? a googolplex of gold rands? all of America west of the Mississippi?

"If that part ever gets sorted out, perhaps we could then talk about black behavior.  There are the endless shootings and murders in the ghetto.  There are the victims of "the knockout game" and muggings in the streets.  There are the large groups of blacks who go into restaurants, eat a huge meal, and then strut out without paying, usually disrupting other diners and wreaking destruction on the way out.

"It's highly doubtful that reparations will ever be paid or that black behavior will ever be discussed at policy levels.  It's all about Democrats having a club to beat America over the head with, to keep decent America on the defensive, to keep Republicans in the corner where they don't know how to respond.  Republicans were innocent of imposing slavery or Jim Crow, both of which were as Democrat as the KKK." . . .

Rev Lloyd Marcus

Uh-oh! The 'reparations study commission' dodge of Dem presidential contenders is in peril  "A Democrat running for president is calling for actual money — a lot of it — to be spent on "reparations for slavery," breaking the informal understanding to relegate the idea to a study commission.  Because ultra-high black turnout and support are essential to any Democrat presidential candidate, nobody can afford to dismiss the idea of "reparations" as a ridiculous, problem-ridden proposal.  Lots of blacks, and some whites and other races, support the idea, but overall:" . . .

The riots and the "knock-out games" have sadly overwhelmed any discussion of deserving African-Americans like the father Of Lloyd Marcus.

The Tuskegee Airmen

Double standard? What's Maxine Waters doing on any congressional committee seat with that slate-mailer op run by her daughter?

Rep. Waters's committee disbursed two payments to her daughter, Karen, in the amounts of $42,000 and $8,000 during the first quarter, which runs from Jan. 1 to March 31. The $50,000 in payments were made to Karen for running a slate mailer, or endorsement mailer,operation from the campaign and were the most paid out by the committee for any activity throughout the first three months of the year.

Typical slate mailer to check carefully for any voter deception.

 Monica Showalter
. . . 

Many Republicans contacted me to ask why the Republican Party was endorsing a bunch of Democratic candidates in the upcoming city elections. They had received very convincing mailers that featured pictures of elephants or Ronald Reagan, or both, typically accompanied by the words, “Republican Voter Guide” and “Take this card to the voting booth with you.”

But the Republican Party isn’t endorsing Democrats and it isn’t sending out slate mailers.

There are still enough Republicans in Southern California to swing a race between two Democrats, so campaigns pay consultants to send mail that tricks GOP-registered voters into thinking Democrats are Republicans.

"I can't tell if Waters's operation is to trick South Central's conservatives (and I think there are some) into voting for the candidates that give her the most money or not, but it kind of doesn't matter. It's a gamy practice premised on selling endorsements under the color of grassroots groups that don't exist, and it doesn't contribute to clean politics or honest voting decisions. Like ballot-harvesting, it relies on voter ignorance or indifference." . . .

Slate Mailer Sleaze in L.A.

. . . "Take a lesson from 2012, when a colorful flier sent by "Citizens for Good Government" depicted an American flag and photos of Republicans Abraham Lincoln, Dwight Eisenhower and Ronald Reagan on its front and on the back an elephant and endorsements for Mitt Romney and Elizabeth Emken.
"The inside pages, however, touted some surprising names: Democratic State Assemblyman Mike Gatto and Democratic candidate for district attorney Jackie Lacey. It encouraged a Yes vote on Proposition 30 (raising taxes to plug up the state deficit) and No on Proposition 32 (which aimed to limit unions' ability to raise money for politics) — the exact opposite of the Republican Party line.
"But on that and many other slate mailers, the "endorsements" have asterisks. Those asterisks indicate that the candidates have, in fact, paid to be on the flier; no party is endorsing them at all." .  .  .

Hollywood turns on Georgia

Ben Stiller

Ben Stiller, Mia Farrow, Debra Messing, and Minnie Driver Will Boycott Georgia If It Bans Abortion

'Heartbeat' abortion bans advance in South, Midwest: 'For pro-life folks, these are huge victories' . . . "The Louisiana legislature is halfway toward passing a law - like the ones enacted in Mississippi and Georgia - that will ban abortions after a fetal heartbeat is detected, about six weeks into a pregnancy and before many women know they’re pregnant. Alabama is on the cusp of approving an even more restrictive bill." . . .

Film companies announce boycott of Georgia to protest new heartbeat abortion law

"Georgia this week became the latest state to ban abortion upon detection of a fetal heartbeat. In response, a handful of film production companies have announced they’re following through on threats to boycott the state.

"House Bill 481 forbids abortions once a fetal heartbeat can be detected except in cases of rape, incest, physical medical emergencies, and pregnancies deemed “medically futile.” If allowed to take effect, it will ban abortions in all other cases as early as six weeks into a pregnancy starting in January 2020. Republican Gov. Brian Kemp signed it into law on Tuesday, declaring Georgia a “state that values life” and “stand[s] up for those who are unable to speak for themselves."

"While the bill made its way through the legislature, dozens of celebrities and several Hollywood institutions such as the Writers Guild of America threatened to boycott the state if the ban was signed. The film industry has generated considerable jobs and revenue for Georgia’s economy.

"Now, several production companies have announced they will refuse to film in Georgia, The Hollywood Reporter reports. Blown Deadline Productions (producer of HBO's The Deuce), Killer Films (First Reformed, Carol, and Vox Lux), Colorforce (Crazy Rich Asians, American Crime Story), CounterNarrative Films (Netflix’s Triple Frontier), and Duplass Brothers Productions (Safety Not Guaranteed, Room 104) are all pledging to boycott the state." . . 

But while Georgia may lose the business of various smaller film and television projects, the bulk of Georgia’s film-related economic activity is unlikely to be affected. The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), which represents Hollywood’s largest studios, is opting not to boycott, at least for the time being.

Conservative Comedian Evan Sayet Demolishes The Left's Climate Change Hysteria In 'Apocali Now!' Children's Book

Townhall

"Conservative comedian Evan Sayet just released Apocali Now!, a children's book that points out the Left's hypocrisy when it comes to climate change. For years, we've heard about how doomed we would be if we didn't address greenhouse gases and emissions. Year after year they tell is "this will be our final chance" and "we only have until [insert year here] before the world comes to an end." And, year after year, the year that was supposed to end it all comes and goes. Then they bring forth the next big fear factor. And we're seeing it again with Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) and her "Green New Deal." 

Sayet did a great job exposing the Left for their repeated failures – ones they'd love for the rest of us to forget – in a way that children can understand.

"According to Sayet, he began writing his next book, Countering Culture: The Left’s War Against All That Is Human, and dismantling the fake environmental epidemics the Left has clung to when it started to sound like a song. And that's where a child's book was born.

"Sayet knows exactly how to bring down the Left because he's somewhat of a leftie himself. Here's what he told Frontpage Mag about his political philosophy, although it's not as black and white as others might believe." . . .

Clean Up and Rebuilding Efforts In Fire-Ravaged Paradise, CA Have Come to a Standstill – Over Frogs

Chicks On The Right  "I’m sorry, but this is one of the most California things I have ever heard.

"As you probably remember, the town of Paradise, California was burned to the ground during the Camp Fire last year. People lost absolutely everything.  “The fire destroyed over 18,000 buildings and killed 85 people. Authorities were unable to account for roughly 1,200 other people. The fire burned down the town of Paradise, and its 27,000 residents were forced to leave to find new homes or rebuild.”
"Damages amounted at over 11 BILLION dollars.
"Now, efforts to clean up the rubble, and attempts to recover and rebuild have come to a standstill – over endangered frogs.
"According to Daily Caller: 

endangered frogs in California are making it difficult for state officials to decide on regulations that allow fire crews to clean up debris left from a deadly fire in the town of Paradise.

Clean-up crew[s] have been barred, however, from entering approximately 800 sites because of frog species that have halted rebuilding and clearing efforts as state and federal seek an agreement on environmental guidelines, The Sacramento Bee reported Friday.   . . .

Fears of harming an endangered frog species have forced crews to delay cleaning debris from about 800 properties in Paradise, angering some residents anxious to start rebuilding their homes.

. . . "In [a] statement calling the situation absurd, Sen. Jim Nielsen, R-Tehama, and Assemblyman James Gallagher, R-Yuba City, lamented "that frogs, birds and waterways are causing work to stop in some areas."

" 'Survivors are anxious to rebuild or move on. Our neighbors have gone through hell in this disaster, and must be the priority," they said in a joint statement." . . .

Nadler’s Contempt

American Greatness  "House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) on Thursday held a press conference responding to the effort by Representative  Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.) to hold Attorney General William Barr in contempt of Congress for his testimony last week. McCarthy was relaxed and jovial as he approached the entrails of the self-destructing anti-Trump movement with a voracious appetite.

"For too long the media and their client Democrats in Congress have operated in an environment in which the rule of law meant only one law: “Get Trump.” That “law” made everything done in service to that goal “legal” and everything in opposition to the goal “illegal.” Cries of a “constitutional crisis” are simply rehashing the received wisdom that there is a new, unwritten amendment to the Constitution called the “Get Trump” provision.

"Thus, an exercise of delegated power by an elected president over the unelected subordinate branches could be called (without intended irony) an attack on democracy. The Obama era ushered in a convergence of power among the powerful federal agencies, the media, and the Democrats. In the early part of the Trump Administration, it even appeared strong enough to overcome the inconvenient election of a candidate who ran in opposition to the cabal." . . .

NBC accused of smearing Covington Catholic teen in 'Law & Order' episode. Law & Order update!

Washington Times

"If you watched “Law & Order: SVU” this week, you may have noticed that the teenage boy in the red cap locked in a faceoff in the middle of a rowdy crowd bears a strong resemblance to Nicholas Sandmann.

"A week after being sued by the Covington Catholic teen, NBCUniversal aired an episode Thursday of the long-running hit series with a scene that looked a lot like the 16-year-old Sandmann’s viral Jan. 18 encounter with an older Native American man at the Lincoln Memorial.

"Certainly the conservative Media Research Center thought so, posting an analysis Friday accusing the show of slandering Sandmann by perpetrating the debunked media narrative of a racist teen taunting a person of color — in this case, Nathan Phillips being replaced by a Muslim councilwoman.

"“It’s probably not the smartest idea to mock a group of people as bigots as they are currently suing you for $275 million dollars in a defamation lawsuit,” said a film critic on the “conservatarian” Society Reviews website." . . .

UPDATES: They do have a track record:
Rerun: "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?"


More examples of this here.

Mike Pence Calls for Ilhan Omar to Be Removed from House Foreign Affairs Committee

Plus this bonus feature:  Muslim Ilhan Omar and Stalinist Angela Davis Form Mutual Adoration Society

. . . "We collectively must make sure that we are dismantling all systems of oppression…we’re the party of love, the party of compassion.” (Ilhan Omar expressing her lifelong adoration for Angela Davis, lifelong devotee of a system that conquered, enslaved, tortured and murdered many more human beings than Hitler’s Nazis.)"

PJ Media  

"Today, in an interview with Fox News, Vice President Pence called on the Democratic House leadership to remove Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) from the powerful House Foreign Affairs Committee.

“ 'Ilhan Omar has made statements, anti-Semitic comments against our most cherished ally, Israel, that ought to be rejected by every American," Pence said in the interview. "And frankly the fact that very recently, she’s been trying to blame the United States of America for the deprivation and the poverty brought on by the dictatorship in Venezuela tells me … Congresswoman Ilhan Omar has no place on the House Foreign Affairs Committee and the Democratic leadership ought to remove her."

"This is not the first time Pence has called out Omar for her despicable views. “Anti-Semitism has no place in the United States Congress, much less the Foreign Affairs Committee,” Pence said of freshman congresswoman back in February. Democratic leaders have yet to hold her accountable for her anti-Semitism, and it’s unlikely they will now. Omar did offer a rather insincere apology for her statements, but hopes that the controversy surrounding her would fade away were lost when she managed to put her anti-Semitic foot in her mouth again, Rather than hold Omar accountable, Nancy Pelosi actually defended Omar’s anti-Semitism, claiming Omar "has a different experience in the use of words."

"The Democratic Party has a growing problem of tolerating anti-Semitism amongst its ranks, and failure to address it has allowed it to become mainstream in their party." . . .

. . . "Even if the Democrats did remove Omar, it would be over a public relations concern, not a genuine desire to oust the anti-Semites from their party."

Matt Margolis is the author of The Scandalous Presidency of Barack Obama and the bestselling The Worst President in History: The Legacy of Barack Obama. His new book, Trumping Obama: How President Trump Saved Us From Barack Obama's Legacy, will be published in July 2019.

Don't try posting the above in Denmark: Crackdown on Islam-Critics in Denmark

. . . "Shakespeare was right. There IS something rotten in the state of Denmark.

"I took a quick look at Steen’s Steen’s blog. He has posted — using a borrowed computer — about what happened. He’s not the only one who was rounded up this morning; evidently this was a big day for cracking down on “Islamophobes” in Denmark." . . .
"In Denmark! I thought Denmark was different, but evidently not." . . .

Via Gates of Vienna

Democratic Party dreck*: See how many you can recall

*Dreck: "Worthless, distasteful, or nonsensical material: "the dreck that generally passes for the modern sitcom' "

James Mullin  "The so-called party of the common man seems to have more than its share of trash.  One wonders if the Democrats below actually have had any time left over to represent the people. 
"If you can't recall or are unaware of any of these, don't forget to thank the mainstream media and social media and the internet tyrants. 

• Richard Blumenthal – publicly lied about Vietnam military service.
• Dianne Feinstein – had a communist Chinese spy on her staff for 20 years.
• Joe Biden – creeper extraordinaire; questionable business dealings in Ukraine; ties to Fast and Furious and Benghazi; plagiarism.
• Robert Menendez – publicly censored by his own Senate for corruption.
• Eric Holder – Obama attorney general, where the buck likely stops on Fast and Furious; withholding evidence in Sen. Ted Stevens investigation; illegal targeting and surveillance of reporter James Rosen.
• Loretta Lynch – Obama attorney general famous for illicit "tarmac meeting" with Bill Clinton.
• Bill Clinton – "I did not have sex with that woman."
• Hillary Clinton – Uranium One; Benghazi; Steele Dossier; contempt for the common man.
• Elizabeth Warren – AKA "Pocahontas," publicly lied about Native American ancestry and used such for Harvard position.
• Andrew Cuomo – "America was never that great," infanticide-celebrator.
• Keith Ellison – accused of domestic violence.
• "Beto" O'Rourke – DUI, leaving the scene, publicly lied about it.
• Kamala Harris – ask Willie Brown.

. . . Read the full list here.

Post–Mueller Report Reminder: The Russians Would Have Loved President Hillary Clinton

Remember Hillary's red "Reset" button?  Looking back it seems like something AOC would do with the Russian Ambassador.

American Thinker  . . . "Did Russia interfere in the 2016 election by other means?  That answer is assuredly "yes," but there was no organized scheme of coordination, conspiracy, or "collusion" with the Trump campaign.  It wasn't necessary and would pay no dividends.  Clinton was Russia's preferred candidate.

"So why would Russia interfere?  Quite simply, to sow (more) discord and acrimony among the political parties and voters to undermine American government, society, and leadership.  After the Trump victory, the Russian agitprop apparatus shifted to organizing anti-Trump demonstrations that American media all too obligingly covered.  For all that, Kremlin actors likely exchanged high fives and fist bumps for their handiwork's amplified effects.  You can bet they'll be back with more meddling in 2020.

"All 400-plus pages of the Mueller report — redacted or not — are now a historical document.  The more important question now is, whom does Russia — and whom do other global bad actors — wish to see in the White House come 2020?  Whom would Vladimir Putin or Xi Jinping prefer to face in a stare-down with the stakes higher and the objectives being the Baltics, Central Asia, or the South China Sea?  Which candidate does Iran or North Korea prefer to see in the White House?  If our 2016 experience is prologue, such actors will both overtly and covertly default to the Democratic candidate.