Announcing Reader’s Choice Award: Select The Liberal Media Propagandist Of The Year For 2020

Joe Newby  "As regular readers know, we routinely highlight the bias and sometimes outright lies put forward by what we call the “Democrat-Media Complex” — what others call the “Mainstream media.”

"The fact is that “journalism” has been dead for quite some time.  Media outlets like CNN, MSNBC, ABC, NBC. CBS and others have become nothing more than willing propagandists for the Democrat Party, doing everything they can to hurt President Trump and foment division and hatred in America.
"For that reason, this writer no longer refers to those who work at these outlets as “reporters.”  In my mind, they’re nothing but propagandists.
"So I decided to start a new tradition here at the Conservative Firing Line, and I’d like your input.  I’d like to name the one person who best exemplifies what the “media” has become.
"Here are the rules:
"Below is a poll that lists several names.  You may select up to three names or you may add a name if the person you want to win isn’t listed.
"This poll will remain open until July 15, 2020, at which time we will tally the results and pick

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the top four finalists.  Those individuals will advance into the final round, and the person who receives the most votes will be named the Liberal Media Propagandist of the Year.  The winner will be announced here on August 1, 2020.  We will also list the second- and third-place winners.
"It is my intention to send the name of the winners, along with certificates, to the White House Press Secretary, the persons who “won” and the outlets they work for.
"If you’d like more information on those who made the list, feel free to click HERE.  You can also visit Newsbusters if you wish to find more information about them.
"Here is the poll.  Feel free to leave comments explaining your vote(s) and by all means, please share the poll with your friends:" . . .   Here are the nominees.

What happened to conservative courage?

Where are the gutless Republicans?

The question is, where on Earth are the Republicans?  Why has there been no press conference with every Republican in the House and Senate standing together to denounce all this violence?  To passionately defend our police?  They know damn well that Chauvin is an outlier, a bad cop who has kept his job because his Democrat-run city kept him despite his abusive tendencies.

Sheep in Elephant Costumes  . . . "This week, Senate Republicans continue to beclown themselves. During a June 30 appearance on Tucker Carlson’s Fox News show, Senator Mike Braun (R-Ind.) fumbled his way through a heated interview about his bill to make it easier to sue police officers and his support for Black Lives Matter. Just as statues of Christopher Columbus started to fall across the country, Senators James Lankford (R-Ok.) and Ron Johnson (R-Wisc.) introduced a bill to scrap Columbus Day and instead declare a national holiday for Juneteenth." . . .

So why is it that, in 2020, a mainstream conservative Christian college student under fire by a violence-inciting campus mob can’t find a single prominent Republican in the Sunflower State to uphold and defend his free speech rights?

Mitt Romney Says ‘Black Lives Matter’ At Protest Against Police Violence  . . . "The Utah senator has previously expressed support of the protests and criticism of President Trump’s oppositional stance to them, including threatening to mobilize the military to quell violence." . . .

Where are the gutless Republicans?   . .  . The question is, where on Earth are the Republicans?  Why has there been no press conference with every Republican in the House and Senate standing together to denounce all this violence?  . . .

"Would any of these Republicans put up with their own children behaving in such a manner?  Of course not.  Every Republican knows that when you permit bad behavior, you get more of it — lots more of it.  A small child wants to find out where the limits are.  The same is likely true with these perps.  Let them act out day after day, and they will escalate, as they have in Seattle."  .  .  .

Tucker Carlson: Ordinary Americans stand up as politicians continue to cower to the rage mob  . . . "Yes, actually it is the best they've got. Tear off the masks. Turn down the volume and you see it very clearly. The mob is not fearsome, it's pathetic. 
"These are pampered children play-acting at revolution.
"They are cowards. That's why they move in packs.
"They have no skills. All they can do is destroy.
"The closer you get to them, the clearer all of that is." . . . 
. . . "On Sunday, the McCloskeys sat in their backyard together having dinner. Suddenly, as they ate, a mob of hundreds of screaming people destroyed a wrought iron gate with a no trespassing sign on it and came pouring in, moving toward them quickly.
"The McCloskeys were terrified. They watched as mobs looted and burned and assaulted citizens around the country.
"This mob was clearly intense on violence. They said so.
"When Mark McCloskey told them to leave, the mob threatened to murder him and his wife. "Then they threatened to kill the family's dog.
"Panicked, the McCloskeys called the police. Then they called the neighborhood security patrol, but no one came. They had no choice to protect themselves.

"They went inside and got their, yes, legally registered firearms.

"It worked." . . .

These are the brats our politicians fear:

An evil ugliness is consuming this great experiment we call America

Dark Angel Politics

'Tolerant' Liberals Target Black Republican Tim Scott with Threats and Racist Voicemails  "We’ve all heard liberals claim time and time again that Republicans are racist and Democrats are the epitome of tolerance. Have you met liberals who suggested that it was self-evident that they were not racist simply because of their politics? I’ve met plenty.
"If that were true, why is it that it seems like the only people who thought it was funny or cool to wear blackface in the past forty years were liberals?
"But I digress. Despite Democrats’ self-righteous proclamations of unparalleled tolerance, they repeatedly fail to demonstrate their so-called tolerance the most, it seems, with black Republicans. Black Republicans are called traitors to their race, Uncle Toms, and worse. Senator Tim Scott, a black Republican, knows all too well about the intolerance and racism of the left." 
"CNN reports that Scott “has seen an uptick in racist and profanity-laced voicemails at his office since becoming the lead Republican on police reform legislation, including from one person who called him ‘Uncle Tim.'”...

Tim Scott Blasts ‘Liberal Democrats’ For Sending Him Racist Messages: ‘Audacious, Repugnant Behavior’  "Senator Tim Scott scolded “liberal Democrats” for sending him offensive voicemail messages due to his push fo police reform, according to Fox News.
“ 'We had dozens — more than a dozen of them,” Scott told host Martha MacCallum. “I only played two of them, which were the most racially offensive comments from liberals in this country. They called to say that I was in their crosshairs.
“I 't was so profanity-laced, you can’t play five seconds of those videos on your show because there are that many f-bombs, the n-word — by liberal Democrats — causing a stir in my office, threatening my life. It is the most audacious, repugnant behavior I’ve seen in a very long time.” . . .

Democrats in Congress are just doing what America's kids do...
117 Acts of Violence and Harassment Against Conservatives on Campus

To Win the Cold Civil War, Seek Peace through Strength

"This is not about race. The people who have taken over that section of Seattle claim to represent BLM but are mostly white social justice warriors embracing the violence. This is about civil society. Do we keep it or let it devolve into madness? Do read Jeremy Carl's column on capitulation and cowardice (Below)."  Patricia McCarthy


The Claremont Institute

"Capitulation and cowardice hand America to identitarian propagandists."

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"There comes a time when silence is betrayal,” said Martin Luther King, Jr. in a famous speech breaking with Lyndon Johnson on the Vietnam war. For conservatives today, we have also reached a point where silence is betrayal—in this case a silence about the liberal war on American nationhood in the service of identity politics.

"We see the inevitable result of that silence in the riots on America’s streets, sponsored by the Antifa movement that has openly declared war on America and its institutions, and the Black Lives Matter movement that has perpetuated one hate hoax and fictitious narrative after another, whipping up many in their community into a frenzy of racial resentment.
. . . 
"The good news is that the Cold Civil War (in the memorable phrase of Angelo Codevilla) can be won using the same tactic that Ronald Reagan used to win the Cold War: peace through strength. And it is imperative that we win this war before it goes from cold to hot, as it seems to be doing on America’s streets this week. Winning this war doesn’t entail beta-whining about social justice warriors. We need to make it clear to the Left that their continued use of identity politics will have consequences severe enough to deter their misbehavior. And to do that, we must change our entire mindset." . . . 
Full article here from The American Mind

This president has made the left show just how sinister they are

Rich Terrell

Hey, it could happen. Joe said it and CNN corroborates it:


Biden and Army of Lawyers Lay Groundwork to Challenge Election Result   "It has become a truism that if you want to know what Democrats are up to, just listen to what they accuse their opponents of doing. That means brace yourself for voter fraud in November:

Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden said on Wednesday that his party has assembled a group of 600 lawyers and thousands of other people to prepare for possible “chicanery” ahead of November’s election.

"Al Gore’s attempt to sue his way into the White House after his defeat in 2000 was nothing compared to what the Dems will put us through if they lose by a slim margin in 2020." . . .

What if Trump refuses to accept defeat in 2020?
"Thankfully, there are four steps that key actors across the American system of governance can take to get ahead of this possibility." In other words, take it as a given and use it on the campaign trail. Instruct Joe to say it, then use it as legitimate news. Kinda like that Adam Schiff version of Trump''s phone call to Ukraine. 

Manhattan US attorney refuses to resign despite DOJ ouster

Of course, the idea is leftist and ridiculous  . . . "This theory has been floated by comedian Bill Maher, pushed in the New York Times opinion page, and even hinted at by Joe Biden, who has said, “As the walls close in on him, he becomes more erratic. And I’m genuinely concerned about what he may do in order to try to hold on to the office.”
"At the outset, it’s worth stating how much supreme irony there is that Trump’s opponents, who spent years pursuing the conspiracy that he was installed into office by Russia, are the ones raising alarms about anybody refusing to accept defeat.
"But the theory itself is completely absurd — as if Trump is going to be barricading himself behind the Oval Office desk on Inauguration Day.

Practically, it doesn’t make sense for two main reasons. One, there’s no reason to believe that Trump would take any sort of action to remain in power. Two, even if he did, nobody would go along with it.  
"On the first front, it’s worth noting that whatever Trump may say in public, he has not lived up to the wildest dreams of critics to become some sort of dictator. He may fume about the fake news, but he isn’t exactly jailing journalists. He may issue executive orders and criticize judges who block them, but he hasn’t been casually defying court orders." . . .

A Bing search lists more; check out their sources here.

Imagine no police protection; its easy if you try....

http://www.terrellaftermath.com/

Tucker Carlson Sounds Alarm About Police, Election And Our Country
"What would a world without police look like? This gives you a pretty good idea. This is horrifying."
Eric Garcetti Asks Demoralized LAPD to ‘Remember Why They Became Police Officers’  "Garcetti was speaking after numerous reports of “record low” morale in the LAPD, after the Black Lives Matter riots led the mayor to announce $150 million in cuts to the department, which became official on Monday. Garcetti is also feuding with the local police union, which took offense last month when the mayor referred to police (in general) as “killers.' ”  . . .

Watch: Florida Sheriff Warns Any Violent Protesters Don’t Come To His County

"A Florida sheriff warned that he would deputize legal gun owners in his county if he feels protesters are overwhelming the police force.

“ 'If we can’t handle you … I’ll exercise the power and authority as the sheriff, and I’ll make special deputies of every lawful gun owner in this county, and I’ll deputize them for this one purpose: to stand in the gap between lawlessness and civility,” Clay County Sheriff Darryl Daniels, the county’s first black sheriff, said in a video released on Tuesday.

“ 'That’s what we’re sworn to do. And that’s what we’re going to do. You’ve been warned,” he added." . . .

Dan Crenshaw points to startling report of skyrocketing crime in NYC amid call to defund police  "Republican Rep. Dan Crenshaw, one of millions of conservatives fed up with the left-wing extremism overwhelming the country, pointed to just a single example Wednesday of the deadly violence that this Democrat Party- and media-endorsed extremism has wrought." . . .
"The example he cited from radio station WINS concerned just New York City, yet it involved a startling 112 shooting victims (some still alive, others dead) who’ve been harmed within the past nine or so days alone." . . .

How things are in de Blasioville

It Is Time for America to Make a Stand

You sick of this yet? Finally?

Townhall

"We have had enough. American patriots have stood idly by while the International Left has swept through our culture like the Germans swept through France in 1914, burning and slaughtering in their relentless drive toward Paris. Passivity has been our most demonstrable quality as the icons of our history – Abraham Lincoln, Thomas Jefferson, George Washington, Teddy Roosevelt, Ulysses S. Grant – have been attacked, small businesses destroyed, and innocent Americans assaulted and threatened. It is time to summon our manhood, just as the French did at the Battle of the Marne, finally saying, “Enough!” against an Imperial German army hell-bent on conquest.

Sick of this yet?

"History reminds us that antithetical forces vie in a never-ending human struggle for dominance. The forces of good advance and retreat. The forces of evil advance and retreat. We have been watching evil advance since May 25 under the guise of doing good. It is time for good to make a stand.
. . . 
"Clearly most of those now engaged in the cultural assault, physical destruction, and intimidation in America today only care about one thing – the destruction of America, because they hate it. Pure and simple.
"As we celebrate this Independence Day, it is time for all Americans of every stripe – black, white, Asian, Christian, Jew, Muslim, Democrat, Republican – to make a stand and say, “Enough!' ”  More...

More at the Tunnel Wall

St. Louis Couple Who Drew Guns to Protect Property Now Under Investigation

Presidential candidate Joe Biden himself told us, "Buy a shotgun. Buy a shotgun"

Legal Insurrection

St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kimberly M. Gardner needs to read Missouri’s castle doctrine.

"St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kimberly M. Gardner announced her “office is currently working with the public and police to investigate” the couple who drew their weapons to defend their property from protesters.

Yes, Gardner is investigating the couple. Not the people who broke through the iron gate. The couple.

. . . 

"Mark and Patricia McCloskey, personal injury lawyers, have a different story (emphasis mine):

St. Louis police said the couple had called police for help once they saw the large crowd enter Portland Place. The McCloskeys had been at home and heard a loud commotion coming from the street; they went to investigate and saw “a large group of subjects forcefully break an iron gate marked with ‘No Trespassing’ and ‘Private Street’ signs,” police said.

“The group began yelling obscenities and threats of harm to both victims,” police said. “When the victims observed multiple subjects who were armed, they then armed themselves and contacted police.”

"The police labeled “it as a case of trespassing and fourth-degree assault by intimidation.”

I think Gardner needs an education on Missouri’s castle doctrine (emphasis mine):

Anders Walker, a constitutional law professor at St. Louis University, said that although it’s “very dangerous” to engage protesters with guns, the homeowners broke no laws by brandishing or pointing weapons at them because Portland Place is a private street. He said the McCloskeys are protected by Missouri’s Castle Doctrine, which allows people to use deadly force to defend private property.

“At any point that you enter the property, they can then, in Missouri, use deadly force to get you off the lawn,” Walker said, calling the state’s Castle Doctrine a “force field” that “indemnifies you, and you can even pull the trigger in Missouri.” . . .

"Met the protestors with a "violent assault"?  They were in the middle of dinner at their home!  Gardner watches too much CNN, I'd say and assumed this was just a "merry caravan".

 Isaiah 5:20 tells us: Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter!

Devastating: Father of Young Man Killed in Seattle's Anarchist Zone Has Been Ignored by the Mayor

Katie Pavlich  "Nearly two weeks ago, 19-year-old Horace Lorenzo Anderson was killed in Seattle's anarchist, "cop free" zone. He was shot and paramedics were unable to administer care after being blocked by individuals running the area.
"During an interview with Fox News host Sean Hannity Wednesday night, Anderson's father revealed Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan, who endorsed the zone as a "summer of love," hasn't bothered to call him. He wasn't informed of his son's death by Seattle officials or police, but instead by friends who live out of town.
" 'The only way I found out is two of his friends came and told me," Horace Lorenzo Anderson said, eventually breaking down in tears. "The police department, they never came. My son's address, his ID, him personally. Him as a person. Somebody should have come and knocked on my door. Still to this day should have been like, come and talked to me and let me know about my son. To this day I really, I don't know nothing. I'm still sitting here. I haven't heard nothing from nobody...I haven't heard from the mayor. I haven't heard from the police department. I just now recently, just because I went on tv, they reached out to me and let me know what they're doing now but my son has been deceased for two weeks."
" 'It's like they didn't care. It didn't matter. I haven't heard from the mayor. I haven't heard from the police department, no city, nobody. Only thing I heard from is what you guys are hearing from me now," he pleaded." . . .

Tucker Carlson may be one of very few courageous conservatives in America

Tony Branco

Tucker Carlson Interviews St. Louis Man Who Defended His Home From BLM Mob, Here’s What He Said   "Tucker Carlson interviewed Mark McCloskey tonight on his top-rated program. In the segment, McCloskey was able to give his side of the story and share what he was feeling as an angry mob broke into his neighborhood and appeared just feet from his house. He’s now facing potential “assault” charges for “intimidating” the group that the local DA described as peaceful protesters.

"Before McCloskey came on, though, Carlson laid out exactly who that DA is. You’ll be less than shocked to learn that she’s another product of George Soros’ recent campaign to install far-left, anti-law and order DAs across the country. The billionaire poured millions into local races and it has reaped wins across bluer urban centers. As Carlson notes, only 23% of the criminal cases sent to Kim Gardner by the St. Louis Police Department were ultimately charged and pursued. Just as we’ve seen from prosecutors in New York, Chicago, and elsewhere, this DA sees herself as a social justice warrior, and any attempts to critique her abandonment of her duty results in charges of racism."  

"(For more background on Gardner, click here and here)." . . .

Tucker Carlson, now officially the king of cable news, delivers historic challenge to GOP

Tucker Carlson now has the highest ratings of any program in cable news history, adding extra weight to his historic program last night, in which he laid out the peril ahead if Biden wins and a clear strategy for the clueless GOP to follow in order to prevent that from happening.
"If you missed Carlson's opening monologue last night, it is embedded below in full, all 10 minutes and 48 seconds of it." . . .

Boycott Fail: Tucker Carlson Continues to Destroy the Competition, Sets Cable News Viewership Record  . . . "Carlson has made it a point in his monologues over the last month or so to point out how the push to shut down conservative voices over disagreement was worse than it had ever been. He’s also frequently called out widespread leadership failures on both sides of the aisle, noting that Democrats and not enough Republicans were standing up to the mob rule and general lawlessness we’ve seen from liberal so-called “peaceful protesters” all across the country in the aftermath of the death of George Floyd.

"His message is clearly resonating with people who are feeling frustrated and hopeless over the chaos they are seeing taking place in their own back yards. As a result, viewers are now tuning in in record numbers." . . .  Sister Toldjah

New GOP Ad Issues Powerful Warning About Democrats Threatening American Culture

PJ Media

"On Wednesday, the Republican Attorneys General Association (RAGA) released a powerful new ad warning about vandals and rioters destroying a key monument in American culture — the presidents on Mount Rushmore. While the vandals are not likely to actually deface Mount Rushmore anytime soon, their iconoclastic movement has already targeted each of the four presidents on the monument — George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, and Theodore Roosevelt.

"The ad, “Erasing History,” shows the presidents on Mount Rushmore disappearing, one by one, as vandals tarnish monuments to each of those presidents, and as “America the Beautiful” plays somberly in the background. The ad appears to be a tribute to an America not just under siege but actively being dismantled by roving bands of rioters set on damning the entire American project as an exercise in oppression.

“‘ 'Erasing History’ is a poignant reminder about the dangers of the current ‘cancel culture,’ the threat to our nation and the rule of law posed by anarchists and lawless liberals,” RAGA Executive Director Adam Piper said in a statement. “The 2020 election will be a referendum on law and order – and the choice is clear.”

“ 'Americans who want to protect their freedom, history, and the rule of law will vote for Republican AGs,” Piper argued, claiming that Republican attorneys general stand in “stark contrast to Democrats, complicit with today’s cancel culture and various attempts to erase Washington, Jefferson and Lincoln from our history books.”

“ 'It’s absurd to think Democrats could be offended by Mount Rushmore or the Fourth of July. However, today’s cancel culture has absolutely nothing to do with promoting equality or ensuring domestic tranquility and everything to do with creating division and destroying anything and everything lawless liberals think they might hate,” Piper added. “Today, their targets are our founding fathers, our flag, and public safety. As a parent, one must ask, what will they target tomorrow?” . . . Read more...

The Myth of Righteous Vandalism; "And why historians should not endorse it."

Destroying historical monuments erodes our knowledge of the reasons and sentiments of our predecessors who espoused them, and of how far we have come.                            

The American Spectator  "The fevered frenzy against public monuments has caused varied reactions. Among scholars, the main symptom is seemingly contagious dispassion. When a New York Times columnist spoke with art historian Erin Thompson, for example, their interview closed with Thompson recommending the use of chains for those interested in inverting large objects. She appears to have an affinity for neither art nor history. Thompson may have caught the bug from archaeologist Sarah Parcak, who recently — and apparently satirically — briefed mobs struggling to dislodge obelisks. “It is sometimes complained,” drawls historian William Cavert, “that such acts erase history.” According to him, that is a popular grievance against the destruction of statues that historians and scholars almost universally dismiss.

"Destroying historical monuments erodes our knowledge of the reasons and sentiments of our predecessors who espoused them, and of how far we have come.
"To inoculate the rest of us, let’s try to inhale and expose ourselves to the astonishing notion that these scholars seem to endorse: that statues are useless and that we derive historical knowledge only from archives, documents, and “objects preserved in libraries or museums.” Only if this is true — if statues can bear no intellectual or artistic value — would our indifference be justified. But if there is any value inherent in objects that a community once used publicly and symbolically, we should reconsider.
"First, the physical evidence of Confederate monuments is what has generated much of the indignation towards them. This evidence directly contributes to historical knowledge.
"Second, even if all Americans today deem artifacts from a certain era to be worthless, we shouldn’t decide on behalf of future generations.
"Third, landmarks are inseparable from citizens’ intergenerational identities." . . .