What happened to an America where you could freely speak your mind?

Agree with me or not — and isn’t that the point of a newspaper column? — I owe readers a clear statement of what I will do and not do:I will not apologize for writing about Soros.I will not bow to those who’ve wrongly defamed me.I will continue writing my column.The left doesn’t like my politics. I get that. I don’t like theirs much, either. 

John Kass, Chicago Tribune  "The angry left-handed broom of America’s cultural revolution uses fear to sweep through the our civic, corporate and personal life.
"It brings with it attempted intimidation, shame and the usual demands for ceremonies of public groveling.
"It is happening in newsrooms in New York, Philadelphia, Los Angeles. And now it’s coming for me, in an attempt to shame me into silence.
"Here’s what happened:
"Last week, with violence spiking around the country, I wrote a column on the growing sense of lawlessness in America’s urban areas.
"In response, the Tribune newspaper union, the Chicago Tribune Guild, which I have repeatedly and politely declined to join, wrote an open letter to management defaming me, by falsely accusing me of religious bigotry and fomenting conspiracy theories.
"Newspaper management has decided not to engage publicly with the union. So I will.
"For right now, let’s deal with facts. My July 22 column was titled “Something grows in the big cities run by Democrats: An overwhelming sense of lawlessness.”
"It explored the connections between soft-on-crime prosecutors and increases in violence along with the political donations of left-wing billionaire George Soros, who in several states has funded liberal candidates for prosecutor, including Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx. 

"Soros’ influence on these races is undeniable and has been widely reported. But in that column, I did not mention Soros’ ethnicity or religion.
"You’d think that before wildly accusing someone of fomenting bigoted conspiracy theories, journalists on the union’s executive board would at least take the time to Google the words “Soros,” “funding” and “local prosecutors.”
"As recently as February, the Sun Times pointed out roughly $2 million in Soros money flowing to Foxx in her primary election effort against more law-and-order candidates.
"In August 2016, Politico outlined Soros’ money supporting local DA races and included the view from opponents and skeptics that if successful, these candidates would make communities “less safe.' ” . . .

Democrat Sanctioned Terrorism: Antifa-BLM Protesters are Packing Their Fireworks Bombs with Nails

The Gateway Pundit
Antifa-Black Lives Matter protesters attacked the Atlanta Field Office of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) with nails embedded in fireworks bombs.

Breitbart.com reported:

A federal law enforcement document reviewed by Breitbart Texas reports that “protesters” who attacked the Atlanta Field Office of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) embedded nails into commercial-grade fireworks. The devices were reportedly discovered after the protest ended Sunday morning.

Breitbart Texas reviewed an FBI “activity alert” regarding the use of modified fireworks during the demonstrations in Atlanta, which began on July 25. The alert states that approximately 100 to 200 people dressed in dark clothing, backpacks, goggles, and helmets approached the ICE office in Atlanta. The subjects reportedly carried shields, bats, and large sticks.  . . .

Democrats Make Mockery of Barr ‘Hearing’

"Barr brings out the worst in them, which is saying something."

Andrew C. McCarthy   "If it’s a “hearing,” Bill Barr asked with an irked tongue in cheek, “aren’t I the one who’s supposed to be heard?”
"His frustration was more than justified. Judiciary Committee chairman Jerry Nadler (D., N.Y.) and the other Democrats who control the House demanded for months that Barr come to a “hearing” and “testify.” But of course, it wasn’t anything like an actual hearing, and they didn’t want him to testify — as in actually answer questions. The session was a coveted election-year opportunity for Democrats to berate the attorney general of the United States in five-minute installments, accusing Barr of corruption, perjury, violating his oath, betraying the Constitution — at one point, even of killing thousands of COVID-19 victims (apparently, by being attorney general during a pandemic).
"Especially at the beginning of the hearing, Barr easily parried the hostile questions — soliloquies with question-marks at the end. He picked apart their misstatements and disingenuous premises, and answered with aplomb. Democrats thus dropped the threadbare pretense that this was a hearing. In the main, the rest of the afternoon was devoted to raging, mock-anguished perorations about how Trump is a dictator and how Barr is helping him destroy our democracy.
"These were punctuated by the occasional petulant demand that Barr answer “yes or no” a question that was either loaded or incoherent. When Barr would begin to answer, there would be foot-stomping, indignant, “I’m reclaiming my time” interruptions, claims that there was no question pending (usually after a question had just been posed), and then more Democrat filibustering about how the American people could clearly see that Barr was afraid to answer their questions . . . that they wouldn’t let him answer.
"It was an embarrassing spectacle." . . .

The cringeworthy, appalling behavior of the Judiciary Committee Democrats  "The Democrats certainly took to heart their orders from headquarters, decreed from on high, probably by Pelosi or perhaps AOC, the leader of the dominant far left faction, on how to conduct themselves at the judiciary hearing held Tuesday.  Once  Barr had delivered his opening statement, the Democrats began their calculated offensive, verbally assaulting, accusing and trying to shame the AG.  Clearly, they were instructed to attack and not let Barr answer a single question. Their incivility was on display. " . . . 

AG Barr destroys Jerry Nadler in another House Democrat testimony disaster: Goodwin

Another congressional hearing, another Dem disaster. They planned a public hanging of the attorney general and spent weeks constructing their scaffold. He is corrupt, a liar, a toady, they and their media handmaidens assured us, and the House Judiciary Committee will reveal all.Two obstacles quickly became apparent. The first is that the Dems were led by Rep. Jerry Nadler, whose rabidness is exceeded only by his haplessness.

Cops pull out: Democrats in need of convention protection can now call a hippie

It seems the Democrats have lost the previously friendly law enforcement community vote. In favor of … what – the craziest fringe extremists in America? This doesn’t sound like it will end well for them. Got trouble, Dems? Call a hippie.

Monica Showalter  "One hundred police agencies delivered a vote of ‘no confidence’ in the Democrats’ fitness to govern, pulling out from contracts to protect the Democratic National Convention in Milwaukee, just three weeks before kickoff.

"According to Fox News:

More than 100 police agencies are pulling out of security agreements to send personnel to next month's Democratic National Convention in Milwaukee over orders that would prevent officers from using certain crowd control measures during protests, Fox News has learned.

The police departments were part of a collective of outside agencies poised to send officers to secure the event, which will run from Aug. 17-20 and where Joe Biden is expected to be named the party's presidential nominee. The action comes after the Milwaukee Fire and Police Commission directed Milwaukee Police Chief Alfonso Morales to change department policy to restrict the use of tear gas and pepper spray.

. . .
"Because the police pullout is an entirely reasonable and rational. On a broad level, Democrats have refused to condemn the far-left mob violence directed against police and property in every blue city from New York to Minneapolis, to Portland, to Seattle.

"They’ve also demonized police, blaming them for every act of violence that occurs as leftist mobs run wild, tearing down statues and destroying property. President Trump’s recent effort to send in federal officers to protect courthouses in some cities has been met with blue city mayors claims that police make matters worse,

"Democratic leaders such as Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti have demonized police as “killers” while Marxist Democrats such as New York’s Mayor Bill de Blasio gave ‘the talk’ to his black son about the wickedness of the police. For Democrats, the cops are always ‘pigs.’

"No Democrat has condemned the widespread violence of blue cities, nor stood up for the police officers who are being sent into harm’s way to stop it." . . .

Tie police hands and you will see lots of citizens with AR-15s  "We learned some people in Minneapolis have begun to protect their streets, as we see in this report:   

Minneapolis residents have begun patrolling their own neighborhoods after violent crime across the city surged in the aftermath of George Floyd’s death in late May.

The patrols, some armed, are part of a largely grassroots efforts to protect neighborhoods, businesses, and residents from rioters and criminals. Some groups have constructed barriers at the entrance to their neighborhoods and control who can enter, according to the Wall Street Journal. . . 

CNN’s Tapper Calls on GOP Rep. Jordan to Apologize to Reporters for Video

Breitbart  "Tuesday on CNN, anchor Jake Tapper called on Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) to apologize to the reporters he used in an allegedly edited video presented during the House Judiciary hearing with Attorney General Bill Barr.

"Tapper said, “At the beginning. Jim Jordan of Ohio played a video featuring many upsetting images of mayhem and violence from protests and riots across the country. And that was included along with a mash-up of members of the media and others using the term peaceful protests.”

"He continued, “The motive was clearly to show members of the media, including many of my CNN colleagues, calling violent protests peaceful. But Congressman Jordan neglected to give the full context of these comments. So, my team and I did it for him.”

"In a video, Josh Campbell said, “This has been the epicenter where there have been largely peaceful protests during the day, at night sometimes turning violent with these confrontations between protesters and police.”

"In another clip, Diane Gallagher said, “This is something that we have been seeing here on the streets of Atlanta, mostly peaceful protests since the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis. And when it was one of their own, that anger, that frustration, that pain simply exploded. And we saw the results of that overnight and into this morning in those protests. Again, for the most part, throughout the entire day on Saturday, the protests after Rayshard Brooks’ death were peaceful. And as it began to get dark, things began to change.”" . . .

Jerry Nadler’s bizarre denial reveals the media’s cover-up and other Nadlerisms

'The Violent Riots Are A Myth,' Says Rep. Nadler As Antifa Sets Fire To Congressional Hearing Room

Andrea Widburg  . . . "Second – and this is the big lie -- the violence did not start with the federal police. The federal police came in response to violence directed at federal property. In a July 16 letter explaining why federal troops had to go to Portland, Acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf included a long list detailing how the “peaceful” protesters were destroying federal property and attacking local police before federal law enforcement came on the scene in early July. The following is just a small part of that list:" . . .   Much more here

Related: Baghdad Bob announces Americans are surrounded everywhere and defeated. 

That reprehensible Democrat gnome, Rep. Nadler, tried to humiliate AG Barr

. . . "Nadler badly needs a narrative addressing the Democrats’ myriad problems: Biden is senile and uninspiring; Democrat states liquidated their economies with lockdowns and turned old age homes into abattoirs; Democrats are allowing anarchists to destroy their cities; and Democrat policies severely damage blacks, their most important constituency.". . .

Jim Jordans video that the leftist press did not want you to see, including the classic MSNBC for openers:

Jim Jordan EXPLODES On Nadler After He Refuses to Allow AG Barr to Respond to Constant Attacks  "Jerry Nadler wouldn't let AG Bill Barr speak during a hearing today, choosing instead to lecture him. Now, we know why. Once one of the GOP representatives gives Barr the mic, he DESTROYS Nadler. WATCH Press Sec. force the Media to watch the violence in Portland they refuse to report on."

Leftists Don’t Want The Shutdown To End Because They Are Living Out Their Wildest Dreams

http://www.terrellaftermath.com/

Townhall  . . . "To leftists, ordinary Americans are uneducated, ignorant rubes who deserve whatever pain comes their way, just for being who they are. . . . 
. . . "While Congress is “fighting” this overblown pandemic from the safety of its members’ home offices, they aren’t in session getting things done for the American people, and Trump appointees and judges aren’t being confirmed either. If you’re a leftist, keeping this going for as long as possible is akin to holding onto the basketball with no shot clock. Keep it up, beat Trump, and it’s ‘smooth sailing’ in 2021, they think."

Ignoring Science, Pelosi Dems Fight Reopening Schools  . . . "President Donald Trump has called for a full reopening of schools in the fall, even going so far as threatening to cut federal education funding for schools that don’t. After all, why should schools get taxpayer funding if they refuse to open?
"Speaking of risk, however, Trump’s stance is arguably politically risky, and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi intends to exploit and increase that risk. Pelosi accused Trump of “messing with the health of our children,” claiming, “Going back to school presents the biggest risk for the spread of the coronavirus. They ignore science.”
"Jennifer Rubin, The Washington Post’s ostensibly “conservative” columnist, went a step further, accusing President Trump of wanting to “kill your kids.' ”

Our letter for today, children, is the letter M:
Pelosi and her minions in the Democrat Party aided by CNN and MSNBC feel they can shape the thinking of our mal-educated millions who apparently are incapable of critical thinking. We see them nightly in the streets of our once-beautiful streets. America's malleable millennials. TD

St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner, Globetrotting With Soros Organizations, Fails to Report Trips

Riots, Brought To You By District Attorneys Who Won’t Prosecute "Radicalized district attorneys in cities across America are putting violent rioters and looters back on the streets, and letting other hardened criminals walk. More than anyone, one man is responsible for this outrage: Billionaire socialist George Soros.
"St. Louis is a case in point. There, prosecutor Kim Gardner let 36 people arrested

for looting and rioting go scot-free, according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Gardner’s office used the pathetic excuse that it needed “essential evidence” from the police, implying it had none.
"One wonders how people caught in flagrante delicto could simply be released. The answer is, Gardner is a far-left acolyte of Soros, having been the recipient during her 2016 election of no fewer than three separate donations from a Soros-backed political-action committee.

"It’s not the only example of Soros’ malign influence. Philadelphia District Attorney Lawrence Krasner, who was elected with Soros money, reportedly “has no interest” in prosecuting rioters in the city. As infuriating as this and other instances of prosecutorial misconduct are to many of us, it’s likely we’ll see more of it in the future." . . . More...

How can a nation that helped conquer Hitler, Saddam, the Soviet Union, and Tojo be torn to pieces like this by one man?

PJ Media   "St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner, the controversial prosecutor who has selectively enforced the laws she prefers, has become the darling of the progressive left. She was elected in 2016 as a reform candidate after the Black Lives Matter movement was born in the wake of the Ferguson riots. Now, an explosive new report says Kim Gardner has taken many lavish trips on the dime of Soros-backed organizations, and may have broken the law by not reporting them.
KMOV4 News 4 reports:

A News 4 investigation has found that St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner has been flying all around the country and the globe with organizations who want to reform the criminal justice system.

However, it appears she has violated the law, by not reporting the trips.

Sources tell News 4 Gardner is a frequent flyer. At times during her tenure as prosecutor, sources say, she has often been gone from her office a couple of times every month, jetting around on someone else’s dime.

Social media snaps show Gardner posing for pictures in Portugal, listening to conversations in New Haven, Connecticut, smiling with other prosecutors in Houston and linking arms in Selma, Alabama.   . . . Much more here.

 It would be difficult for a prosecutor to do more harm in a lifetime than Gardner has done in three and a half years. George Soros has gotten his money’s worth. That’s why he’s investing more of it in her reelection.


Much more at the Tunnel Wall

Reports: Dead cats, dogs receive voter registration by mail

I picture AOC advocating this...

WOPO

"Several local media companies are reporting that some dead cats and dogs across the country are receiving voter registration forms by mail — amid an increasing push by Democrats to replace in-person voting with mail-in voting.
"Fox 5 reported an incident on July 11 where the family of a deceased feline in Atlanta received voter registration for their pet cat, Cody, which has been dead for 12 years — or since the administration of former President George W. Bush.
" 'We have a voter registration application for Cody Tims! How did this happen?,” the former owner, Carol Tims, told the local media. “It’s not reality, he’s a cat and he’s been dead for a long time.”
“ 'If they’re trying to register cats, I’m not quite sure who else they’re trying to register. I don’t know if they’re registering dogs, mice, snakes?” she added, noting that Cody would have voted in the polls as a “DemoCAT.”   Watch the video!
. . . 
“ 'The main thing is how can something like this happen?” John Schneider said. “I think that’s the big thing. How can some group just start sending a dog a voter registration application? If someone sent this in, that would constitute voter fraud. But it could get sent in and then what happens if she got a voter registration card back?”
"A similar incident reported by CBS News also took place in July 2012 in Olympia, Washington, where a black labrador named “Rosie Charleston” was sent a voter registration form in the mail."
. . . Full article here.

“Why Should I?” AG Bill Barr DESTROYS Trump-Hating Hack Eric Swalwell During House Testimony

The Gateway Pundit "Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) is such a hack.

"On Tuesday Swalwell tried to impugn Attorney General Bill Barr’s integrity during his testimony in front of the House Judiciary Committee.
"It totally backfired.
"Swalwell looked like a bitter, small man as Bill Barr continued to swat his accusations down one after another.
"When asked if he will investigate President Trump for pardoning Roger Stone, Barr answered, “Why should I?' ”

Rep. Biggs said what anyone watching is thinking:

Rep Andy Biggs

@RepAndyBiggsAZ

House Judiciary Democrats are setting up "gotcha" questions for AG Barr, then cutting him off before he can give a complete answer. This hearing is nothing short of political theater, & the American people should be outraged that Democrats aren't concerned with solving issues.

The Full Video Montage of Violent Riots Democrats Didn't Want You to See at AG Barr's Hearing

Julio Rosas  "The Republican side of the House Judiciary Committee played a video montage of the violence that has been occurring in the United States since the death of George Floyd at the beginning of the committee's hearing with Attorney General William Barr.
"The montage, which included video taken by Townhall, was played on Tuesday as part of Ranking Member Jim Jordan's (R-OH) opening statement, which has no time limit. The Democrats, who are in charge of the hearing, cut the video short after it played for around seven minutes.
" 'There is no time limit in opening statements. They cut [the video] because they are scared of the truth," a Republican source on the Committee told Townhall." . . .

MSNBC’s Sharpton Enables Far-Left Violence, Claims Riots Are ‘Peaceful’

Mike Adams’ Legacy Is Bigger Than Tweets. Read a few of his writings..

Laura Steele Walsh  "Most people have had a teacher who once said or did something that had an impact on their life. But not everyone has had a teacher who turned his or her entire life completely upside down in a national, political dogfight over a Christmas tree. In fact, I only know of one such teacher and one such student to have ever done that. The teacher was Townhall columnist Dr. Mike S. Adams, and the student was me.". . . 

On more than a few occasions in the past 15 years I have found myself looking up at a Christmas tree— a beautiful symbol of hope and of our Savior’s birth and victory over evil and death— and Mike S. Adams has popped into my head. Having never told him that is something I now very much regret.

Frequent Target of Cancel Culturalists  . . . He was forced into retirement a few weeks ago after liberal students and faculty members launched another campaign to have him fired after becoming offended by tweets he posted to his Twitter account they described as being “offensive” and “racist.”
"Hollywood celebrities with ties to the city also helped organize a boycott of the school in hopes it would force their hand with Adams, who the university had unsuccessfully tried to deny tenure to in 2006 over his conservative views." . . .
Some of Professor Adams' columns:


The Unteachables:  The inmates really are running this institution. And they are appointing the convicted fox to guard the henhouse.

Two Kinds of Pro-Choice Advocates
PREMISE 1. It is wrong to intentionally kill an innocent human being.
PREMISE 2. Abortion intentionally kills an innocent human being.
CONCLUSION. Abortion is wrong.

How To Confront And Cross Examine Incompetent Marxist Educators  . . . "Many of the students who attend Summit’s two-week worldview conferences ask me questions about how best to deal with difficult teachers and professors. Just this morning, a student asked such a question that was so important it requires a column-length response. First, let me supply a little background information. " . . .

A Wake For Civil Liberties  . . . "And there you have it. Unbridled discretion to shut down public worship by a county government that is freed by the governor to impose arbitrary demands on churches – such as that they operate with “minimal staff.” But don’t trust my interpretation. Read for yourself what Wake County Officials had to say: " . . .

The Tenured Enemy in Our Midst  . . . "My accusations were serious but irrefutable: Julio Pino was an Islamic jihadist who was actively conspiring with other terrorists seeking to murder American troops and innocent civilians. The FBI eventually got Pino. Unfortunately, it took them eleven years during which Ohio taxpayers were forced to pay the salary of a man who was openly planning to wage war on his own country." . . .

Fashionable Bigotry  Since my last column on academic hypocrisy several readers have written to express the view that intolerance toward conservative Christians is the only form of intolerance that academics are willing to tolerate. Such a view seems reasonable at first glance. Upon further reflection it misses the mark.