Democrat impeachment crusade, second day

Chris Wallace Gushes Over Dems' 'Powerful' Argument for Impeaching Trump " . . . Lead House impeachment manager Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) argued it was constitutional to impeach a former president.

"Raskin, who promised to impeach President Donald Trump as soon he took office, while also objecting to the certification of 2017 election results, is now arguing the case for the impeachment of a private citizen." .  . .

Hannity Said Trump Lawyer ‘Had a Great Day.’ Then the Lawyer Went on Fox and Made Democrats’ Case for Them.  “If we apply the Democratic standards for how they define incitement and insurrection,” Hannity asked before rattling off a laundry list of Democratic Party politicians. “If that same standard is applied, do they not all deserve impeachment, too?”

"To which Schoen replied [emphasis added]:

Yeah, I would say, you know, listen, if they tried to impeach them, I would say that also is an abuse, was an abuse, of the impeachment process. But your point is: they’re using rhetoric that is just as inflammatory or more so. The problem is, they don’t really have followers, you know, they’re dedicated followers, and so, when they give their speeches.

Trump lawyer: Impeachment case ‘undemocratic,’ ill-advised

Democrats are using the upcoming Senate impeachment trial of Donald Trump as a political “weapon” to bar the former president from seeking office again and are pursuing a case that is “undemocratic” and unconstitutional, one of his lawyers says.

 Why are Democrats so scared of Donald Trump when they just defeated him? "Donald Trump is washed up. A has-been. Everyone hates him, and he has no future. That’s what the press is constantly telling us.

"So why are the Democrats still afraid of him?

"According to the press narrative, Trump suffered a crushing electoral defeat. Democrats are firmly in charge of the White House and Congress. America is returning to normalcy, with the reassuring (if sometimes a bit confused) face of President Biden beaming over all of us like a benevolent grandpa. We’re ready to move on."

Aug, 2020: MSNBC Producer Quits, Calls Network 'Cancer' That’s Dividing Americans

  But this channel was regularly promoted on programs such as "Law & Order". Note this story is from August 2020 and MSNBC is still the same. TD

Jack Murphy  "A former producer for MSNBC explained why she quit her role in a scathing letter, calling the left-leaning anti-Trump TV network a “cancer” that is “stoking national division” among Americans.

"Ariana Pekary accused MSNBC of amplifying “fringe voices” while forcing “journalists to make bad decisions on a daily basis.”

"Pekary wrote on her personal website:

"July 24th was my last day at
MSNBC. I don’t know what I’m going to do next exactly but I simply couldn’t stay there anymore."

 "My colleagues are very smart people with good intentions. The problem is the job itself. It forces skilled journalists to make bad decisions on a daily basis."

"Pekary also shared quotes of what people said to her during her years while working for MSNBC before pondering the harmful effect the network is having on society." . . .

. . .  “ 'Context and factual data are often considered too cumbersome for the audience,” Pekary later added.  “There may be some truth to that (our education system really should improve the critical thinking skills of Americans) – but another hard truth is that it is the job of journalists to teach and inform, which means they might need to figure out a better way to do that." . . .

MSNBC producer resigns from network with scathing letter: They block 'diversity of thought' and 'amplify fringe voices'

Joy Reid, angry MSNBC opinionist

Bari Weiss, the former New York Times op-ed staff editor who recently resigned from the newspaper with her own letter, praised Pekary's "integrity" on social media.

 Snopes grudgingly agreed    . . . "But it’s misleading to state that Pekary’s letter was directed solely at the liberal MSNBC, because Pekary’s critique was aimed at the entirety of the commercial news industry, which she said offers viewers ideological bias-confirming sensationalism over informative and nuanced reporting." . . .

National Review: A Brutal Assessment of Cable News . . . "I hope somebody in the cable-news world heeds Pekary’s assessment — which sure looks accurate to me — and is willing to try something different in another time slot, perhaps with Pekary or someone like her calling the shots of how the news ought to be covered. Just try covering the news with depth and nuance and take a shot at leaving viewers knowing more than before they tuned in. Who knows, some people might like it, particularly people who don’t watch cable news right now, because they find it a predictable shout-fest." . . .

MSNBC Host Calls for Drone Strikes to Be Used to Kill American Citizens

 Jay Greenberg

"MSNBC host Nicole Wallace has called for drone strikes to be used to kill American citizens on U.S. soil.

"Wallace floated the idea of the U.S. government killing protesters with drones during a discussion regarding domestic terrorism.

"The left-wing anchor brought up the National Terrorism Advisory System Bulletin." . . .

Calling out the Unholy Six Republican senators who voted to advance Trump's impeachment trial

American Thinker  "The following is copied and pasted from the CBS News website, February 9: Senators Bill Cassidy of Louisiana, Susan Collins of Maine, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, Mitt Romney of Utah, Ben Sasse of Nebraska and Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania joined all 50 Democrats in voting to uphold the constitutionality of [Trump's post-presidency impeachment] trial.

"First, concerning a certain Senate Democrat: you too, Joe Manchin?

"Clearly, the Republican senators listed above have, by their vote against the express language of the Constitution, made common cause with the rabid Senate Democrats and must be primaried next election.  Should the GOP regain their Senate majority in 2022, these senators should be either denied membership on any Senate committee or placed on the most non-consequential of Senate committees.

"The Unholy Six have previously made clear their loathing for a now private citizen and have placed their personal disregard of former president Trump far above their duty to the Constitution and their responsibilities to their constituents.  It is worth speculating that these sad excuses for Republicans — call them CRINOs (Craven Republicans In Name Only) — were emboldened by the example of Liz Cheney, who has shown that she can vituperate against the former president with the worst of Democrat anti-Trump propagandists and get away with it.

"What profit is there in turning to Republicans for succor against the self-aggrandizing, tyrannical Democrats if they lack the will to call to account the GOP turncoats in their own ranks?  It is to be expected that the power-mad Democrats will place themselves not only above the law, but above our Constitution.  It is unforgivable for elected Republicans to ignore people in their own ranks who are no more committed to the rule of law, to the Constitution, than the malevolent Democrats.

"The readiness of the Unholy Six to accept the lie of the Democrats that this affront to the Constitution is acceptable is indication enough that these six sorry servants of the left will accept all the lies the rabid left hurls at and heaps upon private citizen Trump, including the malicious accusations that he incited the January 6 events at the Capitol.  

"The forty-four Republican senators who stood fast against this travesty of a "trial," and stood tall in defense of the Constitution, against the leftist horde intent on undermining our legacy of liberty, must now make common cause with the 74 million (or is it really more than 80 million?) and, to borrow from Madison in Federalist No. 57, nourish our spirit of freedom, as we nourish theirs.

"Truth is under attack, along with such essential rights for democracy as free speech, freedom of thought, and due process of law.  We cannot expect to prevail if we tolerate the sowers of discord and chaos in our own midst.  If we fail to stand against the enemy within, how can we succeed in prevailing against  the enemies of democracy from the left?

"The test is simple enough: any Republican ready to make common cause with the deceiving, discordant Democrats is not a Republican at all and, thus, is undeserving of being treated as a member of the GOP.  Unholy Six — be gone!  Along with Cheney."

The "world's greatest deliberative body"? So THIS is the best we have?

 

Rich Terrell

Thomas Sowell on AOC, Sep 18, 2020

 

Lawrence Thompson"...The scary thing is how many people take her seriously. She literally said "the world is going to end in 12 years because of climate change" - that one statement should tell you everything you need to know about her intellect, her lack of perspective and her hysterical and myopic understanding of the human condition."

Ex-White House interpreter says she was ‘canceled’ for supporting Trump

 NY Post  "The White House sign language interpreter who was outed as a supporter of former President Donald Trump said Sunday she hasn’t been offered a return engagement since — and blasted critics who attacked her credibility and professionalism.

"Heather Mewshaw, who began working as an independent contractor for the White House last year, said she hasn’t been contacted by the Biden administration in the wake of a Time magazine report that revealed she translated speeches for conservative social media groups.

“ 'The goal of my activity — at the White House or with Hands of Liberty — is that it’s all about access,” Mewshaw told The Post.

“ 'The thing is, I was canceled and humiliated publicly and it was unjust and unfair.' ” . . .

Mewshaw, a 41-year-old married mother of four from Glen Burnie, Md., also said she’s been “harassed” and “intimidated” online for providing American Sign Language translation for the Hands of Liberty Facebook group and its defunct predecessor, Right Side ASL.

Sign language interpreter Heather Mewshaw
 wearing a hat supporting President Donald Trump

Those videos include one featuring former Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani that’s titled “What Really Happened On January 6th?” — the day of the deadly storming of the US Capitol by Trump supporters — and another, since removed, that featured controversial Dr. Stella Immanuel, who has promoted treating COVID-19 with hydroxychloroquine, which the FDA has banned for that purpose." . . .

Democrat-run 2021 is right out of Orwell’s 1984

 Bookworm Room

The Dems’ attempts for 4 years to analogize Trump’s administration to 1984 fell flat. It’s a different story with the Biden administration.

"During Trump’s presidency, Democrats kept likening his style to 1984. They did so either because they hadn’t read 1984 or did not understand it. 1984 is about total government control in a technological world. This allows a massive government to spy on people and control everything they say, do, see, or hear. When people challenge this government totalitarianism, they are “re-educated” or deleted.

"Endless war is a necessity in 1984’s Oceania because it forces people to believe that total government is necessary to protect them from an unseen enemy. And of course, language is not a tool for communication; it’s a means of controlling thought.

"Trump was the antithesis of 1984. He spent four years trying to shrink the government. He made no effort whatsoever to spy on people or to control anything they said, did, saw, or heard. When people challenged him, he fought back on substance and, often, called them silly nicknames. Trump pulled America out of existing wars and did not start any new ones. And of course, while his language was blunt to a fault, Trump was never the speech police, constantly changing what words one must use, and what perfectly good words (at least, as of yesterday) that they abandon if they wish to avoid being de-personed.

"Trump was not Orwellian. He was not even Wilsonian, as in Woodrow Wilson, the first Progressive president, who tried to impose a police state on America during WWI. Trump greatly expanded American liberty and the Democrats hated him for it." . . .

News flash! We are no longer living in a free country

"The opposite of courage is not cowardice, it is conformity. Even a dead fish can go with the flow." — Jim Hightower (Leftist commentator)

. . . "Bottom line?  American is no longer a free country.  Our elections are not free and fair.  Our formerly most trusted law enforcement agencies have been proven corrupt.  And with this new administration's overt authoritarianism made so evident in just three weeks, we should all make plans to survive what is to come.  It will not be pretty, nor will it be constitutional.  It will be tyrannous.  It is coming."

As Rick Fuentes wrote on these pages last Sunday, "[o]n November 3, we went to bed in America.  On November 4, we woke up in Venezuela."  Indeed, we did.

 

Will a Hard-Left Turn Lead to Pushback?

Our next generations are being immersed in this culture of hard-left doctrines and philosophies; I see no signs they are being inoculated against all this by media or academia. TD

 Victor Davis Hanson

Biden is advancing radical policies that most Americans do not support.

"The corruption of the Renaissance Church prompted the Reformation, which in turn sparked a Counter-Reformation of reformist, and more zealous, Catholics.

"The cultural excesses and economic recklessness of the Roaring ’20s were followed by the bleak, dour, and impoverished years of the Great Depression.

"The 1960s counterculture led to Richard Nixon’s landslide victory in 1972, as “carefree hippies” turned into careerist “yuppies.”

"So social, cultural, economic, and political extremism prompt reactions — and sometimes counter-reactions." . . .

"The Bush-Clinton-Obama continuum of 24 years cemented the bipartisan fusion administrative state. Trump and his “Make America Great Again” agenda were its pushback.

"The counter-reaction to the populism of the Trump reset — or Trump himself — is as of yet unsure.

"Joe Biden’s tenure may mark a return to business as usual of the Bush-Clinton years. Or, more likely, it will accelerate the current hard-left trajectory." . . .

The Real Problem with the Bruce Springsteen Super Bowl Ad

National Review

"There was a fair amount of buzz last night and this morning about Bruce Springsteen’s Jeep commercial during the Super Bowl, which traveled to a deep-red small town in Kansas to call for unity:" . . .

. . . "The real problem is this: Bruce is, by now, well-known as a Democratic partisan. He hit the campaign trail for John Kerry, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, and Joe Biden. He performed for Biden’s inauguration. For a celebrity so identified with one party to go to the other side’s turf after his side has won the election and call for unity is not really an effective tactic. People see it for what it is: We won, now get together behind us. I don’t doubt that Bruce is disturbed by where the descent into mad tribalism has taken us in the past twelve months — who isn’t? — but you can spend your credibility on partisanship, or you can spend it on unity. Either is an honorable choice. But nobody can do both."

Where were the calls for unity back during the Trump Administration?

Biden Stabs Us All in the Back, Removes Terrorist Designation from Group Whose Motto Means 'Death to America'

The Houthi movement, which is officially called Ansarallah (or Ansar Allah, for “supporters of God”), brags a slogan which reads: “God is great, death to the U.S., death to Israel, curse the Jews, and victory for Islam.”

Western Journal  "The Biden administration on Friday announced that it would no longer designate Yemen’s Iran-supported Houthi movement as a terror group, despite the fact the group’s slogan calls for the death of Americans and Jews.

"The terrorist designation was made just last month by former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, according to NBC News. It was slated to take effect by the State Department on Jan. 19, the day before President Joe Biden was inaugurated.

"The Houthi movement, which is officially called Ansarallah (or Ansar Allah, for “supporters of God”), brags a slogan which reads: “God is great, death to the U.S., death to Israel, curse the Jews, and victory for Islam.”

"Designating the Houthis as terrorists would certainly seem appropriate. That slogan doesn’t exactly elicit a great deal of warmth from the group which brags tens of thousands of anti-American and anti-Semitic members.

"“These designations will provide additional tools to confront terrorist activity and terrorism by Ansarallah,” Pompeo stated last month when officially designating the group as one motivated by violent ideology, NBC reported.

"Apparently, the Trump administration didn’t come to the conclusion lightly. The Houthis are at war with the Yemeni government, and the situation has created a large-scale humanitarian crisis. Still, the move from the outgoing administration was the right call." . . .

A massacre of the innocent in Yemen  

Experts react: The United States designates Houthi rebels as a Foreign Terrorist Organization

 . . . "Ansar Allah must be held accountable by the international community: “Career State Department experts and a full-time UN negotiator have worked tirelessly throughout the Trump years to bring the Houthis to the political table with realistic expectations. This has not been successful. While the Houthis believe the incoming US administration supports Houthi backers and opposes their adversaries, their continued intransigence is to be expected.”

Honor the heroics of AOC

Cartoons by Ian Macfarlane

AOC Is Not the Victim. She's the Perp.   ". . .I’m more concerned with the morons holding power who are currently working to undermine the country and individual liberty. All those people have a (D) after their name."

"One of the most vocal, if least effective and dumbest, leading that charge is Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez." . . .

"Her latest scam is another twist on her default position: claiming victim status. Any criticism she faces is met with a “You’re only saying that because I’m a woman” or a “You’re attacking me because I’m Hispanic.” When really desperate, she combines the two. 

"I don’t know if she really is or not, it’s irrelevant to the point of how she operates." . . .