Report: CNN Reaching Full Panic Mode as Ratings Collapse, Credibility Questioned

DePauw University professor and media critic Jeffrey McCall said CNN should stop pretending Lemon is an unbiased news anchor.

Western Journal  . . . "CNN recently announced that anchor Don Lemon — who uses his show to promote his anti-Trump opinions — will be a moderator at the July Democratic presidential debate that the network is hosting.
"Conservative strategist Chris Barron called that decision “a disservice to voters all across the political spectrum” because Lemon is so openly biased.
“They are more interested in the political version of a church revival than an actual debate,” Barron told Fox.
"DePauw University professor and media critic Jeffrey McCall said CNN should stop pretending Lemon is an unbiased news anchor.
“ 'He is a host of an opinion-driven show in which his opinions are front and center. Thus, he is a host rather than a news anchor,” McCall told Fox. “His show does discuss news topics, but it is not designed as an objective news show.” 
"Media Research Center vice president Dan Gainor thinks Lemon’s selection was no accident.
“ 'He says so many things that even liberals are embarrassed by him,” Gainor told Fox.

“ 'But in reality, we know why he was chosen. He was picked so CNN can remind its audience of liberals that it is part of the resistance."

Don Lemon Labels Trump as Racist, Claims It’s His ‘Obligation as a Journalist’

Lib Don Lemon thinks it’s his obligation as a journalist to call Trump a racist. Don Lemon is not a journalist, he’s a political hack working for the democrat party. Don Lemon is a racist, he hates white people, it’s so obvious. CNN is just a faction of the democrat party.

— Mike (@mike_Zollo) May 5, 2018

Omar to Introduce Resolution Declaring Support for Anti-Israel BDS Movement

National Review

"Representative Ilhan Omar (D., Minn.) will introduce a resolution this week declaring support for the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement, which seeks to elevate the Palestinian negotiating position vis-a-vis Israel through an international pressure campaign.
“ 'We are introducing a resolution . . . to really speak about the American values that support and believe in our ability to exercise our first amendment rights in regard to boycotting,” Omar told Al-Monitor. “And it is an opportunity for us to explain why it is we support a nonviolent movement, which is the BDS movement.”
"The announcement comes on the same day that the House Foreign Affairs Committee, on which Omar sits, plans to vote on another non-binding resolution explicitly condemning the BDS movement as an attempt to “undermine the two state solution” by demanding “concessions of one party alone and encourag[ing] Palestinians to reject negotiations in favor of international pressure.”
"The anti-BDS resolution further notes that the movement’s founder, Omar Bharghouti, has openly dismissed the possibility of reaching any settlement that allows the state of Israel to retain its sovereignty.
"Omar is expected to cast the lone vote against the anti-BDS resolution, further highlighting the divide between herself and the panel’s older, more-established lawmakers, who have condemned her comments about Israel in the past.
"Representative Elliot Engel (D., N.Y.), the committee’s chairman, accused Omar of “invoking a vile, anti-Semitic slur” earlier this year after she suggested that pro-Israel American lawmakers’ loyalty to the country was suspect. However, he resisted Republican calls to remove Omar from the panel in the wake of her comments." . . .

She comes by all this honestly, being from Somalia:

"Amid fears for his safety, Abdullahi Dool, a senior Somali diplomat who was fired last month for publicly advocating the establishment of formal relations with Israel, was forced to flee his country.

On the same day, Abdinur Mohamed, a spokesman for President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed, took to Twitterto declare that as long as Israel holds on to to “Muslim lands” and Jerusalem and continues to deny Palestinians their rights, Somalia will never have diplomatic relations with Israel. Anyone who says otherwise, the tweet continued, cannot work for the Somali government.

"It's Going to Be Staggering, The Amount of Names": As the Jeffrey Epstein Case Grows More Grotesque, Manhattan and DC Brace for Impact.

Vanity Fair thinks more highly of Beto O'Rourke than it does of President Trump, so they will all be digging for all anti-Trump references with the help of CNN. TD

Vanity Fair  "The Jeffrey Epstein case is an asteroid poised to strike the elite world in which he moved. No one can yet say precisely how large it is. But as the number of women who’ve accused the financier (at least, that’s what he claimed to be) of sexual assault grows to grotesque levels—there are said to be more than 50 women who are potential victims—a wave of panic is rippling through Manhattan, DC, and Palm Beach, as Epstein’s former friends and associates rush to distance themselves, while gossiping about who might be ensnared. Donald Trump’s labor secretary, Alexander Acosta, architect of the original 2007 non-prosecution agreement that let Epstein off with a wrist slap, has already been forced to resign.

"Likely within days, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit will release almost 2,000 pages of documents that could reveal sexual abuse by “numerous prominent American politicians, powerful business executives, foreign presidents, a well-known prime minister, and other world leaders,” according to the three-judge panel's ruling. The documents were filed during a civil defamation lawsuit brought by Epstein accuser Virginia Roberts Giuffre, a former Mar-a-Lago locker-room attendant, against Epstein’s former girlfriend and alleged madam, Ghislaine Maxwell. “Nobody who was around Epstein a lot is going to have an easy time now. It’s all going to come out,” said Giuffre’s lawyer David Boies." . . .

More on this at Reddit

The War Over America’s Past Is Really About Its Future

"If progressives and socialists can at last convince the American public that their country was always hopelessly flawed, they can gain power to remake it based on their own interests. These elites see Americans not as unique individuals but as race, class and gender collectives, with shared grievances from the past that must be paid out in the present and the future. We’ve seen something like this fight before, in 1861—and it didn’t end well."

Victor Davis Hanson

"The summer season has ripped off the thin scab that covered an American wound, revealing a festering disagreement about the nature and origins of the United States.

"The San Francisco Board of Education recently voted to paint over, and thus destroy, a 1,600-square-foot mural of George Washington’s life in San Francisco’s George Washington High School.

"Victor Arnautoff, a communist Russian-American artist and Stanford University art professor, had painted “Life of Washington” in 1936, commissioned by the New Deal’s Works Progress Administration. A community task force appointed by the school district had recommended that the board address student and parent objections to the 83-year-old mural, which some viewed as racist for its depiction of black slaves and Native Americans.

"Nike pitchman and former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick recently objected to the company’s release of a special Fourth of July sneaker emblazoned with a 13-star Betsy Ross flag. The terrified Nike immediately pulled the shoe off the market.

"The New York Times opinion team issued a Fourth of July video about “the myth of America as the greatest nation on earth.” The Times’ journalists conceded that the United States is “just OK.”

"During a recent speech to students at a Minnesota high school, Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) offered a scathing appraisal of her adopted country, which she depicted as a disappointment whose racism and inequality did not meet her expectations as an idealistic refugee. Omar’s family had fled worn-torn Somalia and spent four-years in a Kenyan refugee camp before reaching Minnesota, where Omar received a subsidized education and ended up a congresswoman." . . .

Victor Davis Hanson is an American military historian, columnist, former classics professor, and scholar of ancient warfare. He was a professor of classics at California State University, Fresno, and is currently the Martin and Illie Anderson Senior Fellow at Stanford University’s Hoover Institution. He has been a visiting professor at Hillsdale College since 2004. Hanson was awarded the National Humanities Medal in 2007 by President George W. Bush. Hanson is also a farmer (growing raisin grapes on a family farm in Selma, California) and a critic of social trends related to farming and agrarianism. He is the author most recently of The Second World Wars: How the First Global Conflict was Fought and Won (Basic Books).

Ten Questions for the ‘Squad’ (Also called by Sen. John Kennedy of Louisiana "whack jobs").

National Review
Now that they’re doing interviews again, journalists should get some crucial information.

From left to right: Ayanna Pressley (D, Mass.), Ilhan Omar (D, Minn.), Rashida Tlaib (D, Mich.) and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D, N.Y.)

"Democratic infighting reached a fever pitch last week with bickering and personal attacks between members of the “Squad” and other House Democrats. During that period, Squad members Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ilhan Omar, Rashida Tlaib, and Ayanna Pressley mostly avoided doing interviews. However, that all changed after Donald Trump’s deplorable tweet thread aimed at the freshman members.

"That attack united House Democrats in condemnation and redirected the press’s focus. As a result, those members have suddenly agreed to do interviews again. While it makes sense that those interviews cover the Trump attack, one would think the press would also ask these members some tough questions that have otherwise gone unanswered. That hasn’t happened thus far, but here are ten suggestions for journalists actually interested in accountability from those in power, including those with a D by their name:" .  .  .

Trump and the ‘Racist Tweets’. "What does “racist” even mean anymore?"

"There’s a difference between racist and just stupid."

Tony Branco

Andrew C. McCarthy  "Racism is the headline on President Trump’s Sunday tweets — the media-Democrat complex assiduously describes them as “racist tweets” as if that were a fact rather than a trope. I don’t think they were racist; I think they were abjectly stupid.
"Like many Americans, I am tired of being lectured about racism by racists and racialists, individuals whose full-field explanation for all life’s issues is this matter of genetic happenstance that should be increasingly irrelevant in a pluralistic society.

"Is it “racist” to tell people who have contempt for the country — who abhor the common culture that makes us American — that they ought to go back to where they came from? It has nativist and reactionary overtones, but I don’t think it is racist. I’ll grant this much, though: It is closer to actual racism than the Left’s usual demagogic claim: I am a racist if I extend to a non-white nincompoop like Ilhan Omar the courtesy of taking her seriously as an individual and a public official, as if it were her race rather than the idiocy of what she says that moves me to dissent.

"It would be racist to tell the progressive “Squad” that they don’t belong in our country because of their race or ethnic roots. I don’t understand Trump to have done that. He is attacking their radicalism, which they wear like a badge of honor.

"I don’t believe Trump is a master strategist who did this to force Speaker Pelosi and other mainstream Democrats, at their electoral peril, to embrace the radicals. That’s just the lemonade that Trump supporters are trying to make of the president’s never-ending supply of lemons*. In any event, while it is beneath a president to carp in Trump’s juvenile way, I have less heartburn in principle with a president’s attacking radicalism than I do with a congresswoman’s claim that any criticism of her is an implicit criticism of immigrants, women, black people, etc. 

"The real problems here, in 2020 terms, are the stupidity and insensitivity of the president’s Twitter twaddle." . . .
*In contrast, Rush Limbaugh thinks Trump is brilliant for this.:

Off the record, House Dems tell CNN’s Tapper that Trump was ‘brilliant’ snookering Dems into letting The Squad become their symbol
. . . "Kudos to Tapper for getting the truth out of the Dems, and for publishing it on Twitter. It takes some guts for an employee of Jeff Zucker's CNN  to tell the public things that don't support The Narrative that the Left continues to peddle." . . .

When everything is "racist", then nothing is racist

Looks like we need to think of a new term for the Jim Crow Laws, black lynching, dragging African-Americans behind trucks, exclusion from society, bombing churches, to name a few. Using the term "racism" has no significance anymore; it has been rendered silly by the likes of Maxine Waters, Bobby "Beto" O'Rourke, Al Sharpton, et al. along with the help of CNN.  The Tunnel Dweller.

 Biff Spackle of Director Blue  via American Thinker

An Angry Old White Guy on 'AOC Plus Three'  . . . "So, let me say, as someone who has lived with this nonsense for more than forty years, I no longer give a damn, nor do most white people I know.

"My white privilege means that I can’t blame any other race for the decisions I make. It means that there will be no federal auditors to make sure that no matter how mediocre my performance, I will be guaranteed a position to fulfill a quota. It means that celebrating diversity means excluding people that look like me." . . .

Accusations of bigotry shut down all honest commentary.  . . . "Very often, when liberals are questioned, they term the challenger a bigot.  That not only silences the challenger, but all supporters of the challenger and any other potential challengers.  Thus, we have the likes of John Kasich and Mitt Romney, who do not dare contest any such abhorrent utterances.  In fact, they seek validation of liberals by attacking their own.  The reason Trump won in 2016 was owing to his fearlessness in taking the fight to the opposition.  Luckily for his voters, he hasn't changed an iota after being elected to office.

"The robust economy, the defeat of ISIS in the Middle East, and a focus on curbing illegal immigration will help President Trump get re-elected.  But it is this ethical act of challenging blatant immorality on this occasion and several others that is the reason why he has an unbreakable bond with his supporters."

Facebook Labels St. Augustine Quote as ‘Hate Speech’

Legal Insurrection

"Facebook is going overboard in an attempt to make sure nobody gets their feelings hurt on the platform.

"Pro-life activist Domenico Bettinelli claimed that Facebook deleted a quote from St. Augustine because it violated the platform’s Community Standards on hate speech.

"From The Catholic Herold:

"The quote says:

“Let us never assume that if we live good lives we will be without sin; our lives should be praised only when we continue to beg for pardon. But men are hopeless creatures, and the less they concentrate on their own sins, the more interested they become in the sins of others. They seek to criticize, not to correct. Unable to excuse themselves, they are ready to accuse others.”

"In a post on Facebook, Bettinelli said the quote “is just a reformulation of Jesus’ own words from Matthew 7:3 “Why do you notice the splinter in your brother’s eye, but do not perceive the wooden beam in your own eye?” Is the Gospel hate speech by Facebook’s standards?”

"Bettinelli posted the quote after he saw that two priests had posted the excerpt from the Office of Readings and that it had been flagged by Facebook. They believed that an algorithm was flagging the content.

"After his post was also removed, Bettinelli requested a human review appealing the decision and later received notice that his appeal was rejected.

"HOW is that quote hate speech? Bettinelli refused to accept Facebook’s explanation:

"In his response to the failed appeal, Bettinelli wrote: “I still don’t understand why this is hate speech. It’s a quote from a Catholic saint who expresses the opposite of hate speech. He is essentially restating the words of Jesus Christ in the Gospels to stop worrying about what the other guy is or isn’t doing and worry about your own flaws. Is Facebook saying that the Gospel is hate speech? But what’s worse is that I have no more understanding now of what is a violation of your community standards than I did before. I cannot for the life of me figure out why you label this hate speech.”. . .  

Omar goes silent on condemning al-Qaeda, Antifa

The bottom line here is that it ought to be easy for any congresswoman to condemn any violent terrorist attack, whether by Antifa or al-Qaeda, particularly as a representative of rule of law.  Omar and her squad colleagues can't bring themselves to do it.  Apparently, no terrorist group quite outrages them enough to make them condemn terrorism, even if, incredibly, it would shut President Trump up.

Tony Branco

Monica Showalter  . . . "According to the Washington Examiner:

Rep. Ilhan Omar responded with silence to a reporter asking her if she condemned the Saturday attack on an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Tacoma, Washington, by an anti-fascist.

"Will you condemn the antifa attack in Washington over the weekend?" The Rebel reporter Keean Bexte asked Omar as she left a Monday press conference with fellow Democratic Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, Rashida Tlaib of Michigan, and Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts.

"It's easy to condemn terrorism. Will you condemn it?" Bexte asked when Omar doesn't respond. "Antifa firebombed a facility in Tacoma over the weekend — it's an ICE facility — will you condemn them for that?"

Omar continued to ignore Bexte as he questioned whether Omar thought it was "laudable" to bomb an ICE facility if they are indeed concentration camps, as some have claimed.

"In what must have been the same day, she also went mute when given a chance to condemn al-Qaeda:" . . .

Imam warns America about Omar and Tlaib’s real agenda

IsraelUnwired  "When an Imam warns America about the dangers of the two Muslim congresswomen, you better listen up. Someone like him knows.

. . . "Is it often that an Imam warns America about certain Muslims? Well, Mohamad Tawhidi is doing just that. Congresswomen Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib are dangerous. Their real goals have nothing to do with defending America or protecting American values. They are extremists. And they threaten the safety of all of America. 

"So with this information, what will Americans do now. After watching this video and hearing the truth again, this time coming from a Muslim himself, will a change finally take place?

And AOC…

"And then there is Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. It is ridiculous that she was ever voted into Congress. Did she condemn the attack on Christians in Sri Lanka? No. Does she condemn antisemitism? Never. She has made the most absurd comments about Israel. AOC lies. She misleads. And she should not be representing the American people either.

"How has it come to this? How does America have three women in Congress who are clashing with American values and never condemn antisemitism? If this isn’t stopped soon, how many more people like AOC, Omar, and Tlaib, will make it to the US government?"

Being wary of this source, we find these comments among others:

Tawhidi

You have to be very careful when you hear a Muslim talking like this and not surmise he is a "breath of fresh air." His words could very well be a front and what is known in the Islamic Word as taqiyya. "Taqiyya is an Islamic juridical term whose shifting meaning relates to when a Muslim is allowed, under Sharia law, to lie. This is common practice among the Muslims especially when trying to infiltrate a nation.

And:

 I have listened to this Imam on YouTube and in particular one talk where he explains the Koran and how the dangerous interpretation of it called the Bukhati (not sure of the spelling) should be banned. Do I think he has an agenda other than reformation of his religion? I don‘t think so! I think that among Muslims there are a few who, like Catholics and others, believe in their religious dogma and are prepared to peacefully co-exist with people of other faiths. He is an intelligent man and I think he is sincere. Without wanting to offend anybody I would like to say however that religions, any religion, have nothing to do with God, are invented by man and have misled and incited their followers for their own gains! I rather am a deist with no connection to any belief system who wants to tell me that I am a sinner and my prospects are hell fire or such rubbish! But as long as one has good intentions towards ones fellow man one should be able to practice any religion as long as it is peaceful! Is it that simple? May be not!

Tawhidi has incurred the wrath of other Muslims.  . . . "Mohamad Tawhidi does not represent Islam nor represent Muslim. His views are completely different from what Muslims believes. Mohamad Tawhidi should also be very careful while supporting Anti-Muslim agendas." . . .

When the MSM Say Someone Is in Prison for a Minor Drug Crime, They’re Always Lying

Ann Coulter

     "If the left has its way in the next few years, there won't be anyone left in prison because you see, they're overflowing with innocent black men locked up for "nonviolent drug crimes." All of them! 
     "Over the weekend, NBC News investigative reporter Leigh Ann Caldwell appeared on MSNBC's "Kasie DC" to tell the story of Bill Underwood, loving parent and prison mentor, who has already spent nearly 30 years in prison for a nonviolent drug crime. 
     "Caldwell reported: "William Underwood, now 65 years old, was sentenced to life in prison without parole for a nonviolent drug-related crime. It was his first felony, but in the middle of the tough-on-crime era, the judge showed no leniency. With no hope of ever walking free again, Underwood has made the best of his time in prison, mentoring others and staying devoted to his children and grandchildren, as (his daughter) Ebony fights for his release." 
     "Another black body in prison for mere possession of a joint!
     " Actually, no one is in prison anywhere for possession of a joint, except in the pea-brain fantasies of chubby college coeds everywhere. 
     "We don't have the prison space. NBC's Caldwell interviewed Underwood, noting how "for 30 years from inside prison walls, he still tried to be a father first." The poor man concurred, saying, "That's all I was ever taught, you know? Children first, first, foremost. That's what I try to emulate." 
     "Can it be long before Ivanka pops up, lobbying for his release?
     " Despite what I'm sure was an exhaustive investigation, I was suspicious of Caldwell's characterization of Underwood's crime. 
     "My rule is: If you're not telling me why someone was sentenced to life in prison, there's probably a reason you're not telling me. 
     "All we got from Caldwell was: Here's this great father behind bars; He just got caught up in something, we're really not sure what it was -- and here's his daughter, Ebony, to tell us what a terrific father he is.
     " Considering that she's arguing for Underwood's immediate release into the general public, it seems odd that Caldwell doesn't know what he's in prison for, nor does she have the slightest interest in finding out.
     " Maybe at NBC they don't have access to the internet. But I do! I spent a full 60 seconds doing a Nexis search on William Underwood. 
     "Here are some excerpts from a Newsday article on Underwood's conviction, dated Jan. 10, 1990:
.... " 'A rock band manager was convicted yesterday as the head of a vicious Harlem drug gang that prosecutors said carried out six murders, including the controversial slaying of a witness in 1983." 
     "Caldwell didn't bother to mention Underwood's SIX MURDERS? NBC: We don't have room for everything. These stories are only so long." . . .

It’s Happening: House Democrats Schedule a Vote to Start Impeaching President Trump

Katie Pavlich

"House Democrats have officially pushed Speaker Nancy Pelosi to schedule a vote considering articles of impeachment for President Trump. The vote will take place Wednesday and is being spearheaded by Texas Democrat Al Green.
"Green is no stranger to articles of impeachment for President Trump and has introduced them multiple times on the House floor. They’ve never received a vote. Last night he did it again, leading to a full House vote later today.
"Green's latest move came after the House voted to condemn President Trump for tweets about leftist Congresswomen Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ilhan Omar, Ayanna Pressley and Rashida Tlaib. 

"For months, Speaker Pelosi has desperately tried to slow down the momentum for impeachment, which is politically unpopular with voting demographics Democrats need to win or hold onto. 
"Given the statements made by the “squad’s” during a press conference earlier this week and during and interview with CBS News Wednesday morning, there are rough seas ahead." . . .

What about this?  Rep. Omar: ‘I Do Not Regret’ My Earlier Anti-Semitic Comments…