Order of the Brown Nose; Sycophantic pundits compare Biden to God, call him the nation’s new father, and say ‘cleansing’ is underway.

National Review  "Britain’s essential fortnightly magazine Private Eye, whose trademark stance of delivering hard news with a witty bipartisan cynicism about politics has no parallel in the U.S., runs a regular feature entitled “O.B.N.” Longtime readers understand this to be the Order of the Brown Nose, an honor given to the most outlandishly, hilariously sycophantic punditry of the moment. If Private Eye were a U.S. publication, its O.B.N. feature would have to be expanded to sprawl across several pages as it considers the media’s bulk delivery of valentines to the incoming administration.

"Step forward, Eddie Glaude of MSNBC, who on Tuesday night compared Joe Biden to the Lord and said his ascension would comfort the dead: “President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President Harris pulled the grief and regret out of the privacy of our hearts,” he said. “I’m reminded of the Psalmist, you know? ‘He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.’ Maybe the dead will speak to us now. Maybe they can rest now.”

"Close competition came from CNN’s David Chalian: “I mean, those lights that are, that are, just shooting out from the Lincoln Memorial, uh, along the reflecting pool, it’s like almost extensions of Joe Biden’s arms embracing America.” John Harwood of CNBC didn’t wait for Joe Biden to be sworn in before informing us that his presidency would surely go beautifully, observing the morning of January 20 in a tweet that the transition from Donald Trump to Biden meant a journey from “ignorance” to “knowledge,” from “amorality” (he meant “immorality”) to “decency,” from “corruption” to “public service” (the Biden family members who have gotten rich selling their connections high-five each other) and from “lies” to “truth.” Hours later, a Biden official hiding under a cloak of anonymity falsely stated that the Trump administration never developed a national vaccination plan and printed it as the truth shortly before Anthony Fauci clarified that there certainly was a vaccination plan and noted that many millions had been given their shots under it.

"Assessing Biden’s unremarkable inaugural speech, Lawrence O’Donnell of MSNBC mislabeled it “astonishing,” which is like calling Scranton a megalopolis. “The unity Joe Biden was talking about was both poetic and realistic at the same time,” O’Donnell claimed. “What he did in about 21 minutes was absolutely astonishing under these incredibly challenging circumstances.” Meanwhile, former Democratic campaign operative George Stephanopoulos of ABC News said the address contained “echoes of Lincoln,” and Major Garrett of CBS News said the famously undisciplined speaker sounded “like a priest explaining something from the Bible or something.' ” . . .

Biden Press Secretary Jen Psaki FAILS to Condemn Antifa Violence. Why? Read on...

 PJ Media

"Joe Biden’s press secretary, Jen Psaki, failed to condemn antifa rioters who committed acts of vandalism and property destruction in Portland, Ore., and Seattle, Wash., this week.

“ 'Does the president have any comment on the ongoing violence in Oregon and Washington State?” asked a reporter.

“ 'Well, certainly, we had our team on the ground, our national security team, even before 12:01, early in the morning on Inauguration Day because we wanted to be able to monitor events happening across the country and any unrest that was resulting from the last couple of weeks,” Psaki began. “I haven’t spoke with him specifically about those events but it is something our national security team, Liz Sherwood-Randall, is closely monitoring, of course, but if we have an additional update I’m happy to provide it to you.”

"The Trump administration repeatedly made clear that they condemned the violence caused by BLM and antifa rioters. Why won’t the Biden administration do the same thing?

"The truth is, this isn’t shocking at all. Kamala Harris called the BLM protests, which resulted in an estimated $1 – $2 billion in property damage between May 26 and June 8, 2020, and dozens of deaths, including that of retired St. Louis police officer David Dorn, a “movement” that “should not” stop.

“They’re not going to stop. They’re not going to stop. This is a movement, I’m telling you. They’re not gonna stop. And everyone beware because they’re not gonna stop. They’re not gonna stop before Election Day and they’re not going to stop after Election Day. And everyone should take note of that. They’re not gonna let up and they should not.”

"At least 13 Biden campaign staffers posted on Twitter about their donations to the Minnesota Freedom Fund to pay bail fees of rioters in Minneapolis, and Kamala Harris also promoted the group on Twitter.

"Joe Biden and Kamala Harris didn’t condemn the BLM riots that plagued cities nationwide like Portland, Minnesota, Seattle, Atlanta, Chicago, and Kenosha over the summer until polling suggested that they needed to. Joe Biden also refused to condemn BLM and antifa thugs who attacked Trump supporters in Washington, D.C., in November."

Press Secretary Jen Psaki Dodges Question on Biden's Mask Mandate Hypocrisy  "Joe Biden’s Press Secretary Jen Psaki may be getting the respect from the media that was never afforded to any of President Trump’s press secretaries, but she’s already proven that she deserves it the least. And I’m not even talking about that scandal during her stint in the Obama administration.

"What I’m talking about is her absolutely pathetic dodging of a question about Joe Biden and his family not following Biden’s mask mandate Wednesday night, after the president had just signed the executive order earlier in the day.

"Fox News’ Peter Doocy confronted Psaki about the hypocrisy." . . .

Psakisms

Minimum wage hikes: the nail in the coffin for small businesses

I fear for our nation with this undereducated and demagogic band of politicians that are the Democrat Party and its voters. TD

Samantha Fillmore   . . . "Americans desperately hope that in 2021, lockdowns will be lifted. However, that is not a guarantee. Americans also  hope that the new year will bring better economic times and opportunities.

"Therefore, it is unsurprising that some lawmakers are flippantly considering implementing minimum wage increases in a misguided attempt to provide relief to their struggling constituencies.

"However, this is a deeply ineffective way to improve the economy. Moreover, arbitrary minimum wage hikes produce unintended consequences that can inflict even more pain upon the people they are supposed to benefit.

"Minimum wage hikes rarely meet the overinflated expectations of the policymakers who advocate for them. For example, they do not raise the living standards in any appreciable way for individuals and families, yet illogical wage increases have the propensity to shutter small businesses for good.

"A recent study by the Congressional Budget Office, titled “The Effects on Employment and Family Income of Increasing the Federal Minimum Wage,” examines how increasing the federal minimum wage to $10, $12, or $15 per hour by 2025 would adversely affect employment and family outcomes.

"According to the study, a $15 per hour minimum wage would boost the wages of 17 million workers. However, it would also push 1.3 million workers out of a job. In almost every scenario, minimum wage hikes result in some workers seeing their wages rise, while many more lose gainful employment." . . .

How the $15 Minimum Wage Reduces Entry Level Jobs and Closes Small Businesses  

Good luck opening this.

Iran says Trump’s life ‘will end,’ won’t stop until revenge on US for killing Soleimani in new statement

clarion.causeaction  "Iranian President Hassan Rouhani celebrated the departure of outgoing American President Donald Trump by calling him a “stupid terrorist” and urging now-President Joe Biden to return to the 2015 Iran nuclear deal his former boss, President Barack Obama, negotiated.

"Rouhani accused Trump of engaging in “state terrorism” for his decision to approve a drone strike against Major General Qasem Soleimani, the head of the Quds Force, a foreign terrorism unit of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). Iran’s IRGC is a U.S.-designated terrorist organization and Soleimani was personally believed to be responsible for hundreds of American deaths and thousands of severe injuries. Iran is the worst’s foremost state sponsor of terrorism.

"As a presidential candidate, Biden said that he would not have approved the strike on Soleimani.

"In addition to targeting Soleimani, the airstrike eliminated Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, the head of the Iraq-based Hezbollah Brigade, an anti-American militia. The two were meeting in Baghdad, where Soleimani often visited to maintain ties with Iran-backed terrorists in the country.

"In his remarks Wednesday, Rouhani defined the attack on Soleimani, not Soleimani’s years of violence, the true terrorism, and expressed hope Biden would revert to policies more friendly to Tehran." . . .

Iran Threatens President Trump’s Life On Anniversary of Soleimani Killing

"Iran’s “moderate” President Rouhani: ‘In a few days, the life of this criminal will end’ "

"Tehran has renewed threats against U.S. President Donald Trump’s life as the January 2, 2021, one-year anniversary of the U.S. killing Iranian terrorist mastermind Qassem Soleimani approaches.

"Soleimani, who headed Iran’s foreign terrorist arm, al Quds Force, was killed near Baghdad on January 3, 2020, in a drone strike ordered by President Trump. You can read our “live” coverage of the event a year ago here . . ."

Rest easy, Iran. Biden watches over you.

Canadian pol rips Biden admin for canceling Keystone Pipeline

Yahoo

"Alberta Premier Jason Kenney is calling for reprisals after Joe Biden's administration revoked the presidential permit enabling construction of the cross-border Keystone XL pipeline."

Trump Will Dance On The Grave Of The GOP

Noisy Room "After nominating a man who dresses like a woman for a top health post in his administration, Joseph R. Biden declared in his inauguration speech: “…we must reject a culture in which facts themselves are manipulated and even manufactured.”

"That he/she is Dr. “Rachel” Levine, a man who wears lipstick and a dress and has been Pennsylvania Secretary of Health. Levine has been nominated as Assistant Secretary of Health, a Senate-confirmed post.  Levine sent many old people to their deaths from Covid in nursing homes while saving his/her own mother.

"Will Republicans challenge this bizarre nomination? It’s doubtful.

"An expert on Levine’s tenure, Diane Gramley of the American Family Association of Pennsylvania, discussed Biden’s DNA-denial agenda of transgenderism, with a focus on his nomination of Dr. “Rachel” Levine, on an edition of America’s Survival TV.

"But Biden, the man “elected” through vote fraud declared, “There is truth and there are lies. Lies told for power and for profit.”

"Cultural Marxists profit from his agenda, originally set-in motion by Barack Hussein Obama.

"There are lies, lies, and more lies. Rather than hold the U.S. Capitol Police responsible for shooting and killing an unarmed Trump supporter, military veteran Ashli Babbitt, the media are accusing President Trump of saying things he did not say. On top of this dishonesty, Big Tech censors the president. This is the equivalent of Soviet state media.

"But Trump can have the last laugh.

"Consider this from Mike Calia of CNBC: “Before boarding Air Force One, he [Trump] stood by the incendiary remarks he gave prior to the Capitol riot.”

"Here are Trump’s so-called “incendiary remarks” — “We have come to demand that Congress do the right thing and only count the electors who have been lawfully slated. I know that everyone here will soon be marching over to the Capitol building to peacefully and patriotically make your voices heard.”

"Calia wrote: “While he said that violence should be avoided, he again stopped short of telling his supporters not to commit any violent acts.”

"Trump called for a peaceful demonstration. And the violence was planned in advance of Trump’s speech anyway." . . .

Professor Calls For The Elimination of the Republican Party and Purging "Nazified" People From Congress, Universities, and "Regular Jobs"

 Jonathan Turley  "The media has been airing discussion of hosts and leading figures like Katie Couric on “deprogramming ” Trump supporters or treating Trump supporters as a cult, including a CNN interview with an actual “cult expert.”  Since that would include over 70 million Trump voters, the hyperbolic language can be dismissed as just more examples of our rage-filled political environment. After all, a few days after the election, a law professor 

The College Fix

declared that even questioning the Biden electoral victory was tantamount to being a holocaust denier. One professor however has taken this call even further in declaring such supporters are worse than the Nazis and heralding the need for the same type of treatment seen with the Nuremberg trials, including the apparent elimination of the Republican Party. Smith College Professor Loretta Ross, who teaches women’s and gender studies, rejected calls for unity and instead called for punitive action against supporters in Congress, universities, and “regular jobs.” . . .

Professor Ross shows no concern for free speech or academic freedom as she calls for identifying and condemning anyone who is viewed as complicit with Trump over the last four years so that they can be “treated with the same public condemnation that the Nazis received after World War II.”

. . . As for calls from people like President Joe Biden for reconciliation and healing, Ross balked at the very notion. She calls for supporter to be denied jobs, media opportunities, publishing contracts, and all other opportunities. What is particularly chilling is her use of a statement from philosopher Karl Popper: “In order to maintain a tolerant society, the society must be intolerant of intolerance.” Thus, intolerance of opposing viewpoints is now tolerance. It is that easy.

 

National Guard Welcomed Back to Rest In Capitol, But More Comes Out On Why They May Have Been Booted

RedState 

"So why did they toss them out then? That seems the critical question here. The initial comments from the Capitol Police don’t seem to make a lot of sense. The Capitol Police denied to Politico that they told them to leave. The National Guard said they were told to leave by the Capitol Police, indicating it was because of “increased foot traffic” in the Capitol. But there’s been increased foot traffic all the time they’ve been there and why would that make any difference? And obviously the Capitol Police did tell them to get out.

"Politico reported that the first Guardsman they spoke to said it may have been a mask complaint against the National Guard. The National Guard said everyone of the Guard has been instructed to wear their masks.

"But Breitbart is reporting that this may all have occurred because Democratic Rep. Bill Keating (D-MA) allegedly saw a Guard member without a mask in a cafe in the building. That when Keating said something about masks being required the Guard member said “I appreciate my freedom.” According to Breitbart’s “source,” they’re now looking for that Guard member. Now we will note that will this tailors with the Politico initial story, Breitbart is the only one reporting this so far, so we put out caveat in there about “source” reporting.

"But if they got tossed out because of a Democratic complaint because someone had a mask off in a cafe (as in ‘place where people eat’), that’s just ridiculous and even more ridiculous if it’s true they’re trying to hunt down the poor guy." . . .

Carl Higbie

@CarlHigbie

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So who is getting fired over the decision to move our national gaurd troops to a freezing parking garage with one outlet and once bathroom???

We want to know who made that call.

 Trump Should Be 'Removed From Office' Says Congressman Bill Keating

 National Guard Mysteriously Booted From Capitol Now Told They Can Return

. . . "House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) demanded answers from House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.).

“ 'Speaker Pelosi and Majority Leader Schumer—why are American troops who are tasked with keeping security at the Capitol being forced to sleep in a parking lot? They deserve to be treated with respect, and we deserve answers,” he tweeted." . . .

Bidenworld: where men are men, if they are OK with that

 . . . "These young women are going to find that they’re getting edged out of athletic scholarships in favor of young men who run and swim faster, jump higher, and kick further than the girls do. Even lousy boys beat good women at sports. Bye-bye, scholarships."  Andrea Widberg

http://www.terrellaftermath.com/

Andrea Widburg: Biden’s order about ‘transgender’ athletes is a great thing . . . "The Biden-era version of this statement is that “Wokeness is the theory that the self-styled elite know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard.” Joe Biden is mostly hurting ordinary Americans by destroying jobs and increasing race hatred. But he’s managed to sign one executive order that will ruin life for many of his supporters, and that’s the one about so-called “transgender” athletes. This one’s going to ream the middle- and upper-middle classes who voted for him.

"One of the very first executive orders Biden signed is one on “preventing and combating discrimination on the basis of gender identity or sexual orientation.” As I discuss this, keep in mind that the so-called “transgender” crowd – that is, people with severe body dysmorphia who think their actual sex is the opposite of their biological sex – are an infinitely small percentage of the total American population, despite their preeminence on the Democrat side of politics. As written, the order mandates that mentally ill boys and men who think they’re women must be allowed onto girls and women’s sports teams – as well as getting into their locker rooms." . . .

Gender-neutral playing cards?  The writer explores the silliness of the whole concept. . . .

“A new glass ceiling was just placed over girls.”  "[Biden] wrote (emphasis mine):"

Section 1. Policy. Every person should be treated with respect and dignity and should be able to live without fear, no matter who they are or whom they love. Children should be able to learn without worrying about whether they will be denied access to the restroom, the locker room, or school sports. Adults should be able to earn a living and pursue a vocation knowing that they will not be fired, demoted, or mistreated because of whom they go home to or because how they dress does not conform to sex-based stereotypes. People should be able to access healthcare and secure a roof over their heads without being subjected to sex discrimination. All persons should receive equal treatment under the law, no matter their gender identity or sexual orientation.

"Once again Democrats display their ignorance when it comes to science.

"I don’t care how you identify. You do you.

"But how can you say you’re all for female’s rights when you’re going to allow biological males to dominate their sports?

"Yes, males will dominate and take over the sports because biologically males are stronger(emphasis mine):" . . . 

Moment Joe and Jill Biden were left awkwardly standing in the cold outside White House on Inauguration Day when doors to their new residence didn't open because chief usher had been FIRED five hours earlier

 UK Daily Mail "President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill were momentarily left standing in the cold on Inauguration Day after the front doors of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue weren't opened for them – a breach of protocol caused by the firing of the chief usher of the White House hours earlier.

"With the world watching on, the 46th US President and his wife walked up the steps of their new home for the first time on Wednesday, as a small crowd of family members followed behind.

"The couple posed for photos outside the large wooden doors of the North Portico, waiving to the crowd as a military band played ‘Hail to the Chief’ nearby.

"They then embraced one another, before turning to venture on inside. But there was a problem: the doors didn’t open." . . .

Bureaucrats Gone Wild, Season Two

American Spectator

Like his old boss, Joe Biden will weaponize America’s bureaucracies.

 Biden’s victory hardly means that voters want a rerun of the failed policies of the Obama years.

"Over the next few years, Democrats will try and impose some of their worst policies through regulation. Let’s revisit a few episodes of Bureaucrats Gone Wild, a Barack Obama production, to get a sense of what Biden’s reboot of Obama-era policies will look like.

"Episode one: The National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB) effort to reorganize the U.S. economy in its 2015 Browning-Ferris Industries decision.

"Under the rule announced by the Board’s Democrats, if Business A by any means indirectly controls any of the terms or conditions of work done by employees of Business B, then A may be deemed a “joint employer” of B’s employees.

"Sayonara to subcontracting, outsourcing, and other third-party intermediate business arrangements, which liberal liturgy, as expressed in books like David Weil’s The Fissured Workplace, condemns as evil capitalist schemes allowing large firms to offload their responsibilities to workers.

"Browning-Ferris was also about Big Macs: Richard Griffin, the agency’s top lawyer, needed a new weapon in his war on McDonald’s — a joint project with the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), whose Fight for $15 unionizing drive portrayed fast food workers as slave laborers." . . .

Do not assume laws from government are made by wise, informed legislators. Just know they are made to satisfy the narrow interests of leftist factions. TD

On Day One, Biden Destroys Women’s Sports With Anti-Science Executive Order

. . . "Biden reduced womanhood to nothing more than a feeling inside a man’s head."

 The Federalist

"President Joe Biden issued an executive order on his first day in office, mandating that any schools that receive federal funding must function as if biological males who claim to be females are the same, and vice versa, or risk losing that funding. This pro-transgender policy extends to male athletes who claim their gender identity as a female should allow them to compete on women’s teams, receive women’s scholarships, and be admitted in women’s locker rooms.

“ 'Children should be able to learn without worrying about whether they will be denied access to the restroom, the locker room, or school sports,” the executive order reads, promising that the Biden administration is committed to “prevent and combat discrimination on the basis of gender identity or sexual orientation.”

"Biden previously promised to pioneer a radical transgender agenda, telling the mother of an 8-year-old, gender-confused child at a town hall that he would “flat-out change the law” and eliminate former President Donald Trump’s executive orders concerning sex and gender identity. His pledge received support and encouragement from now-Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer.

“ 'Joe Biden said that on his first day of office, he will give transgender students access to sports, bathrooms, and locker rooms in accordance with their gender identity in all federally funded schools. Do you think he has the ability to do this, and do you agree with his decision?” a reporter asked Schumer.

“ 'I agree with the decision, and I know he’ll check things out thoroughly, legally,” Schumer said." . . .

Twitter -if one can take it seriously - Fumes Over New Executive Order With #BidenErasedWomen

“On day one, Biden reduced womanhood to nothing more than a feeling inside a man’s head, an insulting set of stereotypes, undeserving of female-only spaces and fair, safe sports categories. American women have absolutely nothing to celebrate today,” one user wrote.

‘Transhood’ Documentary Shows Parents Brainwashing 4-Year-Olds Into Transgenderism  "A new HBO documentary, titled “Transhood,” is pushing the limits of what America understands as the transgender rights movement. Following four so-called transgender children, aged 4, 7, 12, and 15, the documentary’s description says it demonstrates “how the kids are challenged and transformed as they experience the complexity of their identities.” While through the lens of leftist LGBT advocacy this might sound empowering, from a rational point of view, it is far from a positive development." . . .