Texas Governor Greg Abbott Slams the Vetting of National Guard Members for Ideological Purity

As Christopher Arps wrote at RedState, there are more troops guarding the inauguration than there are fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan combined. This number is to give off the impression that Trump supporters are violent extremists who may try to storm the Capitol again. It’s more optics than it is for safety.

The National Guard 29th Division storms Omaha Beach on D-Day

 RedState  "Texas Governor Greg Abbott was absolutely disgusted by the “vetting” of National Guardsmen being sent to the Capitol for the swearing-in of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris to be sure they wouldn’t disrupt proceedings or organize a coup.

"Abbott sent 1,000 members of the Texas National Guard to join the 25,000 National Guard troops to assist with the security detail during the inauguration. When the Washington Post released an article reporting that the Pentagon was going to vet the National Guardsmen for “extremist tendencies,” Abbott took to Twitter to torch the idea and make a threat of pulling Texas troops if they ever did this again.

“ 'This is the most offensive thing I’ve ever heard. No one should ever question the loyalty or professionalism of the Texas National Guard,” tweeted Abbott. “I authorized more than 1,000 to go to DC. I’ll never do it again if they are disrespected like this.”

Dave Barry’s Year in Review: 2020 was a year of nonstop awfulness

Miami Herald "We’re trying to think of something nice to say about 2020.

"OK, here goes: Nobody got killed by the murder hornets. As far as we know.

"That’s pretty much it.

"In the past, writing these annual reviews, we have said harsh things about previous years. We owe those years an apology. Compared to 2020, all previous years, even the Disco Era, were the golden age of human existence.

"This was a year of nonstop awfulness, a year when we kept saying it couldn’t possibly get worse, and it always did. This was a year in which our only moments of genuine, unadulterated happiness were when we were able to buy toilet paper.

"Which is fitting, because 2020 was one long, howling, Category Five crapstorm.

"We sincerely don’t want to relive this year. But our job is to review it. If you would prefer to skip this exercise in masochism, we completely understand.

"If, however, you wish, for some sick reason, to re-experience 2020, now is the time to put on your face mask, douse your entire body with hand sanitizer and then — to be safe — don a hazmat suit, as we look back at the unrelenting insanity of this hideous year, starting with...

January!....   Read more if you dare...

Biden Declares Economic Relief For Businesses Will Be Based Partly On Gender And Race

         Kyle Becker

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Jan 10 "If you don't vote for me, you ain't... receiving these government assistance checks"?

The Political Insider  "President-elect Joe Biden announced that economic relief for struggling businesses would be based partly on the gender and race of the owners.

"In a video posted to the Biden-Harris presidential transition team Twitter account, the soon-to-be President admitted his obsession with identity politics by noting skin color and gender would play a part in deciding who gets economic relief from the federal government.

“ 'Our focus will be on small businesses on Main Street that aren’t wealthy and well-connected, that are facing real economic hardships through no fault of their own,” Biden announced.

"He added, “Our priority will be Black, Latino, Asian, and Native American owned small businesses, women-owned businesses, and finally having equal access to resources needed to reopen and rebuild.' ” . . .

Earl Of Taint

Biden Taps Transgender Health Official With Horrifying COVID-19 Nursing Home Record

Tyler O'Neil

"On Tuesday, incoming President Joe Biden announced he would nominate transgender Pennsylvania Health Secretary Rachel Levine (born Richard Levine) for assistant secretary of health. Levine, a male who identifies as female, faced harsh criticism for removing his mother from a personal care home during the COVID-19 pandemic after he had directed nursing facilities to admit people who had previously tested positive for COVID-19. The elderly are at particular risk for the virus.

“ 'Dr. Rachel Levine will bring the steady leadership and essential expertise we need to get people through this pandemic — no matter their zip code, race, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, or disability — and meet the public health needs of our country in this critical moment and beyond,” Biden said in a statement. “She is a historic and deeply qualified choice to help lead our administration’s health efforts.”

"A graduate of Harvard and of Tulane Medical School, Levine also serves as president of the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials.

"In May, multiple members of the Pennsylvania State House demanded Levine’s resignation over “the horrific results of the [health] department’s COVID-19 policy” on nursing homes and other facilities under the department’s oversight. More than half (10,022) of Pennsylvania’s 19,390 COVID-19 deaths can be traced back to long-term care facilities. In May, long-term care facilities made up two-thirds of the state’s COVID-19 deaths and Levine reportedly delayed releasing public information about the state’s response to the virus in such facilities." . . .

Biden Endorses Transgender Activism for 8-Year-Old Children  . . . "In Decatur, Ga., a 5-year-old girl claimed she had been sexually assaulted in a girls’ restroom by a 5-year-old boy who identifies as “gender non-conforming” and who uses the girls’ restrooms. Yes, kids can sexually assault one another.

“ 'She went to the bathroom and she was pulling up her pants when one of her classmates came in the bathroom, a little boy. She tried to leave out of the bathroom, the little boy pushed her against the bathroom stall, basically pinned her up against there,” the mother said, summarizing her daughter’s story. “She asked him to stop, he wouldn’t.”

"The Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights (OCR) investigated the case and “found conflicting evidence” about whether the boy “was in the girls’ bathroom and, if so, was there because of his gender identity,” but the boy’s father readily admitted that the boy uses the girls’ bathroom."

Democrats Cling Desperately to Trump Hatred

Conrad Black

The Democrats are not going to be able to hide much longer behind their Trump hatred. But it’s really all they’ve got.  

. . . "An inept, banal, unprincipled, shopworn waffler has been pushed and carried by his managers to the nation’s highest office. His party has the ability to enact much of its socialist program. In the next year, we will see from them a spectacle of incompetent federal administration that will make the most unsuccessful presidents of the past look like candidates for Mount Rushmore—assuming Biden’s peppier followers do not blow up that monument.

"They have made Donald Trump the leader of all who object to government-restricted freedom of expression, corrupt election practices, and the transformation of America into a socialist commune. At the moment of Joe Biden’s ultimate triumph, he and his ramshackle coalition of contending (and in some cases disreputable) interests are exposed in their ghastly infirmity. The totalitarian woke media will not be able to disguise this macabre farce for long."

Is Antifa advertising for rioters for Jan. 20?

Monica Showalter  "Independent journalist Andy Ngo posted an appalling group of rioter recruiting posters, purportedly from Antifa.

#Antifa are continuing to put out the call for riots throughout the U.S. on 20 Jan. These are some of their flyers for Seattle, northern California & Denver. pic.twitter.com/jcoYYHg7a6

— Andy Ngô (@MrAndyNgo) January 18, 2021

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Antifa?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Antifa</a> are continuing to put out the call for riots throughout the U.S. on 20 Jan. These are some of their flyers for Seattle, northern California &amp; Denver. <a href="https://t.co/jcoYYHg7a6">pic.twitter.com/jcoYYHg7a6</a></p>&mdash; Andy Ngô (@MrAndyNgo) <a href="https://twitter.com/MrAndyNgo/status/1351120439918125058?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 18, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

. . . These posters seem to be openly calling for riots and rioters, just as Democrats try to pin all opprobrium on Trump supporters. Where is the outrage?

A new badge of honor for President Trump. BUT....

http://www.terrellaftermath.com/

William Dodd   "Congratulations, President Trump!  You have been awarded your second badge of honor: another accusation of wrongdoing ("impeachment" in Washington parlance) by the ever-anxious-to-do-you-in House of Representatives and its leader, the Madam Pelosi.  What greater tribute could a man, who loves our country and cherishes its God-given freedoms, be granted than to be chastised by today's socialist-sympathizing, hate-filled politicians?  The first 2019 accusation against Trump went down in flames when the Senate refused to even consider the hollow claims presented by the House.  It remains to be seen if and when the Senate will consider the newest accusation.

"President Trump deserves unending credit and appreciation for what he has done over the past four years for our country and for those who love freedom — freedom that many who despise the president are working to take from us.  He has done more than any other president in history to strengthen our country and its economy and to pull it out of the socialist gutter that it has been floundering in for several generations." . . .

May Donald Trump continue to be motivated to battle on our behalf against the modern socialist movement that seems determined to destroy our country both from without and from within.  Godspeed, President Trump.

"My nightmare is unfolding before my waking eyes"  . . . "The English language will be stripped of its glory.  Already, conservative writers use “he and she” in place of “he”, and they write as if “everyone” is plural.  Words such as heroine and hostess are verboten.  A female presenter of a TV show is a “host.”

"The rot is everywhere.  In judicial opinions, gender-neutral words must be used. “Administratrix” and “brethren” and “Congressman” and “foreman” and dozens of others were vaporized by judges.  “He” and “she” may not be used as generic nouns.  New York State, Law Reporting Bureau, “New York Official Report Style Manual,” para. 12.1, pp. 101-103  . . . 

 

House Impeachment Manager Gives the Game Away

 RedState

"President Donald Trump has been officially impeached for a second time, with the latest attempt striking me as no more legitimate than the last. As I’ve shared in other articles, factually, I don’t believe Trump ever incited violence on January 6th when a group of QAnon morons rushed the Capitol Building. He pointedly said to protest “peacefully” in his speech given prior to the action. While his previous comments on the election being stolen may have gotten people worked up, that’s hardly a viable standard for incitement — otherwise, many more politicians would be in jail right now.

"Looking at all the aspects of this, I simply don’t believe there’s some deeply principled, justified reason to be impeaching Trump after he’s left office. Right now, the Senate trial isn’t even scheduled, and the President is gone on Wednesday.

"Now, a Democrat House Impeachment manager is giving the game away. This has always really been about stopping Trump in 2024."

 . . .“One of the other purposes of impeachment in this case is to make sure that President Trump is not able to run for federal office again, that he’s not able to seek the presidency,” Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-Texas) told George Stephanopoulos on ABC’s “This Week.” . . .

Opinion: A Trump Future Candidacy Isn’t What Democrats and RINOs Are Afraid Of

. . . "It’s unclear as to whether or not McConnell will vote to convict President Trump. To be quite frank, it’s not really important. What is important, is his and other RINOs’ objectives for the future. More so than any Democrat, McConnell, Sasse, Cheney, and a host of others, want nothing more than to ensure that the likes of Trump never again appears on the political scene (more on that crew of craven cowards in another article).

"There is a reason the term Uniparty has become a common term in conservative circles. As I heard Newt Gingrich once quip, There isn’t a lot of difference between Republicans and Democrats, just about who gets to spend the money. " . . .

After fourth American imprisoned, Richard Grenell says Iran is making moves against the Biden team

Maybe Joe will take the Ayatollah behind the gym and beat the daylights out of him. TD

 Twitchy  "NBC News reported Sunday that another American has been imprisoned by Iran on spying charges, and that “the imprisonment of a fourth American could derail a bid by the Biden administration to revive a nuclear agreement with Iran.”

"Benjamin Weinthal is a correspondent for the Jerusalem Post:

Within a week, Iran's regime @khamenei_ir took another American, Emad Shargi, as hostage https://t.co/AoiFtWVDld
and announced it plans to murder a second champion wrestler, Mehdi Ali Hosseini. #United4Navid https://t.co/YD78nfGYo7

 — Benjamin Weinthal (@BenWeinthal) January 18, 2021

. . . "Richard Grenell says that Iran is making moves against the upcoming Biden administration because they believe they can get away with it." . . .

The Daily Beast Actually Revised A Review On A Movie They Called Brilliant Once They Realized Ben Shapiro Made It…

 Weasel Zippers

Democrats Cling Desperately to Trump Hatred

Conrad Black

The Democrats are not going to be able to hide much longer behind their Trump hatred. But it’s really all they’ve got.

"These are among the darkest days of American democracy. With nearly airtight totalitarian uniformity, the American media robotically repeat that there is no possible argument to be made that the 2020 presidential election produced an unjust result. In the same magical spirit of post-electoral unanimity, President Trump has been condemned for his remarks to hundreds of thousands of his supporters in Washington on January 6, and it is now a political commandment that he is responsible for the ensuing illegal forced entry and fatal violence at the United States Capitol.

"He actually told his supporters that they should “peacefully and patriotically make your voices be heard” when they proceeded on to the Capitol; this is a minor inconvenience to the confected consensus that the president shouldn’t serve out the last week of his term.

"There remains no conclusive evidence that Richard Nixon broke any laws in the Watergate affair, though some members of his entourage did. But it was not hard to foresee that driving him from office (a very capable president who had been reelected by what remains the greatest plurality in U.S. history) would addict the American political system to the criminalization of policy differences."

"As the patriotic traditionalist he was, Nixon resigned rather than put the country through the humiliation of an impeachment trial, an extremity that had only occurred once in U.S. presidential history, a silly and unsuccessful action against Andrew Johnson in 1868. President Clinton was impeached in 1998-1999 over a dishonest answer to a grand jury about his extramarital sex life, tawdry but inadequate grounds for removing a president from office. The impeachment of President Trump last year over an innocuous telephone conversation with the president of Ukraine was fatuous: the charges were not impeachable offenses and there was no evidence that they actually occurred.

"No honest and informed person can doubt there is room for skepticism about the accuracy of the presidential vote in five or six states in the November presidential election. As with the elections of 1876 (Rutherford Hayes), 1960 (John F. Kennedy), and 2000 (George W. Bush), we will never know who really won, but once the system has produced a result, it doesn’t matter, except to the individuals involved." . . .

Biden, CNN Seek To Annihilate Trump’s Legacy With Flood Of Executive Orders Within First 10 Days

 RedState  "Former Vice President Joe Biden plans to issue a series of executive orders designed to eliminate much of what the Trump administration put into place within his first ten days in office. He will impose these new measures as a way to indicate a new direction for the country. However, you will be glad to know that he has no plans to govern from his basement, as far as he knows.

“ 'President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr., inheriting a collection of crises unlike any in generations, plans to open his administration with dozens of executive directives on top of expansive legislative proposals in a 10-day blitz meant to signal a turning point for a nation reeling from disease, economic turmoil, racial strife and now the aftermath of the assault on the Capitol,” according to The New York Times.

"The former vice president’s team has created a list of executive orders that he will implement after his inauguration on Wednesday. These measures will be designed to reverse some of President Trump’s policies, especially those related to immigration. They will also begin the pursuit of Biden’s agenda for the country as well. The Times noted, “advisers hope the flurry of action, without waiting for Congress, will establish a sense of momentum for the new president even as the Senate puts his predecessor on trial.”

"Biden plans to get started on erasing Trump’s programs on his first day in office by issuing a set of orders." . . .

Let's Not Mince Words on What CNN Will Try to Do Under a Biden Administration  . . . "What these supposed gatekeepers of truth are really trying to do boils down to two things: shut down competitors like Fox News (Oliver Darcy has led the way on that front), and promoting “portion control” — that is, controlling what viewers and readers see come from media newsrooms. The news they “report” will mirror state-run TV, which CNN didn’t hesitate to experiment with after Election Day.

"Stelter said the quiet part out loud in October when he proclaimed it was the media’s job to “protect the public” from certain things politicians, candidates for higher office, and the like say.

"In media-speak terms, that was code for “it’s our job to control the message and to prevent audiences from hearing things we don’t like.”

"His obedient sidekick, Oliver Darcy, also ranted not long after about how media coverage of stories that are damaging to Democrats – like the Eric Swalwell and Hunter Biden stories – must be kept “in proportion” to alleged scandals involving Republicans — because left-wing narratives and so forth." . . .