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Why all 10 Dems raised their hands last night in support of unpopular free medical care for illegals . . . "How could the Democrats have maneuvered themselves into embracing policies that would alienate so many voters?

"I think the answer lies on a fatal mistake that they made in the frenzied atmosphere of Trump Derangement Syndrome.  Once they embraced the bullying tactics of the hard-left progs when applied to Trump, the GOP, and conservatives, they opened Pandora's box.  The radical wing of the Democrats shouts the loudest and has been paid enough deference by the politicians of its party that the progs feel perfectly comfortable attacking any Democrats who do not hew to their extreme policy preferences.  Having used bullies to attack their enemies, the Dems' political class are now being bullied themselves into expressing support for policies that will drive away the centrist voters to whom they must appeal in order to win the presidency.

"Not a single Democrat last night had the courage to stand up to this insane plan.  Voters will notice."

The Democrat debate farce "What characterizes a farce?  A farce is a literary piece that "contains highly improbable situations, stereotyped characters, violent horseplay, extravagant exaggeration."  Collinsdictionary.com suggests that "[i]f you describe a situation or event as a farce, you mean that it is so disorganized or ridiculous that you cannot take it seriously."
 . . . "It is hilarious to hear 20 persons boasting "I am the best" when their tirades and self-aggrandizement lacks substance and evidence.  While laughing uproariously, we can reject them all.

I fear the silliness of so many people who vote. TD

Julian Castro Pounds the Table, Demanding Abortion for Men, Too  . . . "It was not immediately clear whether Castro simply misspoke and made an unwoke gaffe by supporting abortion for a “trans female” — that is, a biological man who identifies as a woman — or had reached some transcendent level of wokeness by supporting tax-funded abortions in biologically impossible circumstances." . . .

Tragedy is good for the demagogues

Townhall

Bad Move: Bill De Blasio Quotes Che Guevara In Miami

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Democrat presidential candidate Bill de Blasio quotes communist terrorist Che Guevara while speaking in Miami

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"Of course he meant it, he just didn’t think that he’d get called on it.

"Via CBS:

Although he will not be at the debate Thursday night, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio’s gaffe at a Miami rally has stirred controversy in Florida.

De Blasio says he did not mean to quote Ernesto “Che” Guevara, the iconic Marxist revolutionary who helped install Fidel Castro as Cuba’s dictator, during an appearance in Miami on Thursday.

“Hasta la victoria, siempre!” de Blasio said at a rally for striking airline workers at Miami Airport. The quote, which translates to “Ever on to victory,” is associated so closely with Guevara that it appears alongside his portrait on t-shirts and buttons sold as symbols of revolution.

De Blasio later said that he did not mean to quote Guevara.

“I did not know the phrase I used in Miami today was associated with Che Guevara & I did not mean to offend anyone who heard it that way. I certainly apologize for not understanding that history,” de Blasio, who in his twenties was an outspoken supporter of Nicaragua’s socialist Sandinista movement, tweeted Thursday afternoon.

Pelosi's angry women

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Nancy Pelosi Publicly Embarrasses AOC And Ilhan Omar  "Nancy Pelosi is known for ruling with an iron grip. Never one to tolerate dissent, Pelosi uses her considerable funding advantage to bring all the Democrats to heel.
"She knows how to play the game and she has been quite successful at it over the years. But the game has changed and new freshmen lawmakers are coming in with fame from social media and their own fundraising prowess.
"So what is Speaker Pelosi to do with these insurgents…humiliate them on national TV for one. From The Hill:

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) told CBS’s “60 Minutes” that the left flank of the House Democratic caucus represented by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) is “like five people” in a Sunday interview.Asked by Lesley Stahl about potential insurrections or pushback from the progressive wing of the party, Pelosi responded, “That’s like five people.” She also disputed that there was a distinction between herself and progressive Democrats, saying she herself identified as a progressive.When Stahl asked for Pelosi’s thoughts on the left wing of the party pushing initiatives such as “Medicare for all,” which Stahl said were “allowing the president to say you’re all socialists,” Pelosi noted the GOP made similar claims when former President Lyndon B. Johnson led the creation of Medicare in the 1960s.“This is an ongoing theme of the Republicans,” Pelosi said. “However, I do reject socialism as an economic system. If people have that view, that’s their view. That is not the view of the Democratic Party.” . . .

'That little girl was me.' Kamala Harris tears into Joe Biden on praising segregationists and opposing busing telling how SHE was bused to integrate a school leaving Democrat frontrunner stammering and saying 'I'm out of time'

Just not the Joe of 2012 this time.

UK Daily Mail  "Joe Biden's praise for segregationists followed him to the Democratic presidential debate on Thursday evening and exploded into a racial controversy that could put a huge dent in his candidacy after Kamala Harris lectured him on busing. 

"Harris, who is Jamaican-American, inserted herself into a discussion on the thorny topic, saying, 'As the only black person on this stage, I would like to speak, on the issue of race.

"She said it was 'hurtful' that Biden had praised two notorious Democratic segregationists who he served with in the Senate in the 1970s.

"One, James Eastland, from Mississippi, called African-Americans 'flesh eaters'; the other, Herman Talmadge, first ran for the Senate on a pledge to stop blacks and whites eating together in the Capitol itself.

"Biden told a private fundraising event that Eastland 'didn't call me boy,' and said of their time in the Senate: 'At least there was some civility.'

"Harris also confronted Biden on his anti-busing stance in the '70s to encourage racial integration in schools – he worked with the two segregationists to try to prevent federal imposition of the policy.

" 'I do not believe you are a racist. And I agree with you, when you commit yourself to the importance of finding common ground,' she said. 'But I also believe – and it’s personal, and I was actually very – it was hurtful, to hear you talk about the reputations of two United States senators who built their reputations and career on the segregation of race in this country.' " . . .

MSDNC – The Merger of MSNBC and the Democrats

. . . it’s becoming more difficult to figure out where the DNC ends and MSNBC begins. Some are calling this new hybrid, DNCMSNBC. Others have opted for lighter portmanteaus like DNBC and MSDNC.But, call it what you will, State TV is here. And at the DNC, MSNBC always has an exclusive."

Daniel Greenfield  "In March, DNC boss Tom Perez claimed that FOX News could not be trusted to host a “fair and neutral debate” because of the “inappropriate relationship” between President Trump and the news network.
"In a FOX News interview, Perez accused it of having “put the thumb on the scale”.

And then the DNC awarded the first Democrat debate to MSNBC and NBC News.

"Scale meet thumb.

"Perez had claimed that FOX News had “pierced that line between editorial and your Sean Hannity shows.” The DNC had decided to pierce the line between editorial and conspiracy theories by accepting MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow as one of the NBC/MSNBC moderators alongside its news anchors.

"Maddow had briefly become the public face of MSNBC, remaking it with disastrous results. In the Trump era, the formerly lightweight leftist pundit was reinvented as an obsessive conspiracy theorist. Maddow had barely paid attention to Russia before. Now, her show was built around finding a nexus between Trump and Russia while postulating that everything Trump did was done on Vladimir Putin’s orders.

"On one show, she suggested that it may be that “the American presidency right now is the product of collusion between the Russian intelligence services and an American campaign.' ” . . .

Anchoring the MSNBC coverage of the event will be Al Sharpton and Joy Reid. Both Sharpton and Reid have an ugly history of anti-Semitism and other forms of bigotry. While Tom Perez had taken shots at Sean Hannity, he’s quite comfortable with Sharpton, a bigot who had declared, "We taught philosophy and astrology and mathematics before Socrates and them Greek homos ever got around to it” and “if the Jews want to get it on, tell them to pin their yarmulkes back and come over to my house.”
That’s acceptable at the DNC. But FOX News anchors like Bret Baier and Chris Wallace aren’t.

Ian Macfarlane

Is This A Sign That [Bobby Francis] O'Rourke's 2020 Presidential Campaign Is On Life Support?

Matt Vespa  "The first Democratic debate is over. Part II is tonight. It was a left-wing frenzy of ideas. For all of those moderate Democrats, people say exist out there, you weren’t the target of last night’s debate. It was about seeing who could corner the market in weaponizing the most rabid, left-wing voters in the country. The ones who are to the left of Lenin, who hate America, and above all else despise President Trump. From tax hikes that soar near 80 percent to gun buybacks, the destruction of private health insurance, and promoting open borders—the far left circus was in full bloom. Oh, and abortion, let’s not forget that this is the party that totally and unabashedly supports infanticide. They will even fight for the abortion rights of…transwomen, a sign that this clown show doesn’t even know basic biology. A trans-woman was born male. They can’t have babies. The Washington Post had a good rundown:" . . .

Oh, and...Every Single Dem During Thursday's Debate Wants to Give Illegal Immigrants Free Healthcare

Five takeaways from the first Democrat debate

The Hill  "The race for the Democratic presidential nomination shifted into top gear here on Wednesday night, with the first debate of the 2020 election cycle. 

"Ten candidates took to the stage of the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts in downtown Miami. Another ten of their rivals will follow on Thursday.

"Here are five takeaways from the inaugural Democratic showdown.

"A big night for Warren
"The one-sentence summary: Sen. Elizabeth Warren (Mass.) won.
"Warren was particularly strong in the first half-hour of the debate, when her answers — forceful, succinct and substantive — set her apart from everyone else on stage.
"During those crucial opening exchanges, Warren got to hit some of her favorite themes, including the misdeeds of the corporate world (“corruption, pure and simple”) and her advocacy of "Medicare for All." 
"In making her case for the latter topic, she blasted health insurance companies for what she portrayed as gratuitous profiteering.
"Other candidates were often asked about their own positions in relation to Warren’s — a move that highlighted her status as the dominant figure on stage.
"Republicans seek to paint Warren as an overly bookish, professorial person, but she combated that image with an emotive answer on gun control — she referenced being asked by children how she would keep them safe if elected president — and a personal closing statement outlining her modest upbringing in Oklahoma.
"Warren came into the debate with momentum. She accelerated even faster on Wednesday evening." . . .

The Cowardly Incoherence of Name-Changing, Statue-Toppling, and other Iconoclasms

Victor Davis Hanson

"A few activists succeed in demonizing Father Serra and removing a mission bell, but progressives still want the names ‘Stanford’ and ‘Yale’ on their résumés."

"My undergraduate alma mater, UC Santa Cruz, recently agreed to remove a mission bell donated years ago by a local women’s club.

"The university ceded to the wishes of one Valentin Lopez. He is the chairman of the Amah Mutsun Tribal Band.

Val brought forth concerns to us about the symbolism of the bell. He spoke of the historical injustices and oppression that the bell represents to the Amah Mutsun and indigenous populations. It was such a compelling statement of impact and I am pleased we have been able to work in partnership with them on the removal. Our students have also given voice to the need to remove the bell.

"So said Sarah Latham, vice chancellor for business and administrative services at UCSC.

"The triumphant Lopez added, “These bells are deeply painful symbols that celebrate the destruction, domination and erasure of our people. They are constant reminders of the disrespect our tribe faces to this day.” Latham offered no clarification about the definition of “students have also given voice,” in terms of numbers of students or votes. Neither the taxpayers of the state-funded institution nor the alumni were surveyed. Apparently, no one wondered, while considering the list of impediments to the progress of Native Americans, just how high an offending bell at UC Santa Cruz ranks.

"About the same time, at San Francisco’s Washington High School, it was announced that an 83-year-old mural chronicling George Washington’s life was slated to be removed, destroyed, or covered up, owing to “accusations of racism.”

"Yet the artist, Victor Arnautoff, was a leftist who in 1936 had sought to offer a realistic view of what he thought was a flawed American history. No matter. The school board caved to the objections of one Virginia Marshall, apparent spokesperson for “the Alliance of Black School Educators,” who demanded the removal: “It is a racist mural. My history should not be racist but it is. I came from slaves.' ” . . .

‘Well, that’s awkward’! These alternate angle pics of AOC at the border last year seem to be missing something

Rich Terrell

Twitchy  "We told you earlier about a couple of tweets from Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez that don’t quite make sense considering they came months after photos showed her looking through a border fence, purportedly at migrant children in cages, with a horrified look on her face. Ocasio-Cortez explained the pictures this way:

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

✔@AOC

I’ll never forget this, because it was the moment I saw with my own eyes that the America I love was becoming a nation that steals refugee children from their parents,& caged them.
More kids died after this. To date, no one has been held accountable.
We need to save these kids. https://twitter.com/i_p_a_1/status/1143361683710193665 …

"The pictures Ocasio-Cortez helped spread around only showed her reaction, and not what she was looking at. With that in mind, people have found photos that appear to show different angles, including what was on the other side of the fence through which AOC was looking — or what wasn’t on the other side as it were:"

LOOSE THREADS IN THE CURIOUS CASE (2)

Power Line "Minnesota state representative Steve Drazkowski reminds me of the legendary story of the time Abraham Lincoln met Harriet Beecher Stowe in 1862. Lincoln is said to have greeted Stowe, “So you are the little woman who wrote the book that started this great war.”

"Rep. Drazkowski is the state representative who filed the complaint against Ilhan Omar with the state campaign finance board. In the course of its investigation the board found that Omar had filed joint tax returns in 2014 and 2015 with a man to whom she was not married — while she was married to another man (who may be her brother).

"Those tax returns are two datapoints suggestive of the fraudulent nature of Omar’s 2009 marriage to Ahmed Elmi. They are datapoints that Omar can’t evade or talk her way around. Indeed, she won’t even try. It’s not her style.

"Instead, when asked about the tax returns by the Star Tribune, she declined to respond through spokesman Jeremy Slevin. In his nonresponse Slevin essentially accused the Star Tribune of “colluding” with Power Line in bigotry: “Whether by colluding with right-wing outlets to go after Muslim elected officials or hounding family members, legitimate media outlets have a responsibility not to fan the flames of hate.”

"This is an old act that should long since have worn thin. Like the dog that didn’t bark in the Sherlock Holmes story, however, it is a clue." . . .

Making LGBT a Protected Class Will Kill Religious Liberty

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T.R. Clancy. . . "Like their federal cousin, the Equality Act, these laws can't ensure equality because, as gay writer Brad Polumbo explains, they work by "elevating [LGBT] rights over those of religious Americans."  

"Senator Moss isn't even pretending this isn't the case." . . .

. . . "Even when we call our hitmen "doctors," and the murders they commit "health care." Or castration "gender transitioning."

"When the old progressives attacked religion, they mistakenly saw themselves as defending modern science from primitive superstitions.  Matthew Arnold rejected miracles outright, and called for a critical effort, "in all branches of knowledge, theology, philosophy, history, art, science, to see the object as in itself it really is."  But the last thing today's progressives are willing to tolerate is anyone pointing out the object as in itself it really is.  Our best-educated professors, lawyers, and doctors refuse to permit an unborn child to be referred to as a human baby, his bearer as a mother, or a gender dysphoric teenaged "transgendered male" as exactly what she is: a girl.  Today's war on religious liberty isn't being waged by clear-eyed progressives against bitter clingers determined to force their dark superstitions on the nation; it's being waged by a radical clerisy properly terrified that their counterfeit science is being exposed — including by clear-eyed believers — as the superstitious mumbo-jumbo that it is." . . .