North Korea Confirms Missile Tests as Biden Warns of Response

 Military.com

This photo provided by the North Korean government, shows what it says is a test fire of newly developed new-type tactical guided projectile by the Academy of Defense Science, at an undisclosed place in North Korea, Thursday, March 25, 2021. (Korean Central News

. . . "The test-firings were the North’s first major provocation since Biden took office in January. Some experts say North Korea aimed to apply pressure on the Biden administration to boost its leverage in future talks.

“ 'We’re consulting with our allies and partners,” Biden told a news conference Thursday. “And there will be responses if they choose to escalate. We will respond accordingly. But I’m also prepared for some form of diplomacy, but it has to be conditioned upon the end result of denuclearization.”

"The United States has asked for a meeting of the U.N. Security Council committee that monitors sanctions against North Korea, and it’s set to take place Friday morning behind closed doors. The committee includes representatives from all 15 nations on the council." . . .

Conservative Mallard Fillmore cartoon canceled by leftists

Independent Sentinel 

Independent Sentinel   "The popular cartoon Mallard Fillmore, created by Bruce Tinsley 27 years ago, was canceled by left-wing Gannett newspapers without warning. It’s described as unprecedented.

"They canceled it over criticism of [demented] Joe Biden and transgenders participating in womens’ sports.

"Tinsley said it’s unheard of. His syndicate never heard of anything like it.

"THE CARTOONS THEY DIDN’T LIKE

"The first cartoon depicts Biden musing, “For too long segregation sullied women’s sports…They were restricted to women! Thank goodness those dark days are over.”

"The second has Biden saying, “I hear what you, the American people, want me to The second has Biden saying, “I hear what you, the American people, want me to do…kill fossil fuel jobs…devalue Americans’ labor…and help more transgender athletes beat the *@!# out of biological females.”

"Both ran on February 19-20. Tinsley spoke to half the country and if you don’t like it, don’t read it. But, no, Gannett has to ban it. That was the last vestige of conservatism in their newspapers.

"Mr. Tinsley didn’t feel either cartoon was over-the-top.

"Mallard Fillmore chronicles the exploits of a politically conservative duck as a reporter at a television station in Washington, D.C.

"The Left is thrilled. They say things like, “thank you, thank you,' " . . .

USA Today owner drops comic strip ‘Mallard Fillmore’ for ‘not meeting standards’ after jabs at trans female athletes

Numerous Newspapers Cancel Popular Comic Strip Over Joe Biden Criticism 

CNN: Not all Senate Dems want to ‘fundamentally transform’ America

  Andrea Widburg

"However, the fact that something is unconstitutional doesn’t matter in the America of the Democrats’ imagining."

"When Mitch McConnell was negotiating Senate rules with Chuck Schumer, he paved the way for a rule change putting the filibuster at risk. However, CNN is saying that some Democrats in a 50-50 Senate, with Kamala Harris as the deciding vote, are not necessarily prepared to open the floodgates to transform America into another country entirely." . . .

So there are some good Democrats?

. . . "Once the Democrats have their systems in place, the sky’s the limit. Fully socialized medicine, fully socialized housing, unlimited taxes on the middle and working classes, the end of the Second Amendment, social credit systems of the type seen in China, whites relegated to second class citizenship through the permanent elevation of Critical Race Theory, and more – let your imagination run wild, and they can do it.

"What’s currently stopping the Democrats is the filibuster. Under the filibuster, which has existed since 1806, the minority can insist that 60 votes, not 51 (and Kamala Harris will always be the 51st vote), are necessary to pass a controversial bill. As Joe Biden explained in 2005," . . .

Can the GOP stop Democrats from trashing the country?  . . . " Just as Biden does what he's told, so are we to shut up and do as we're told.

"The filibuster is racist, didn't you know.  Antifa is a myth; there's no crisis on the border.  On and on it goes.  Most everything the Democrats and their media hack enablers say is an affectation and a canard.  Most everything the Dems do is a premeditated attack on their avowed enemies — namely, anyonewho didn't vote for them.  Will the people get a fair shot at turning the tide in 2022?  Not likely, especially if or when the Dems ram H.R. 1 down our throats." . . .

Meet our new Supreme Court Justices:

Fox's Doocy vs. the Left's Psaki

The Dooce is a serious man and not a CNN Acosta showoff

Doocy vs. Psaki: Is It Official Policy For Biden Not To Take Questions From FOX News? . . . "PETER DOOCY, FOX NEWS: Okay, and just one more about yesterday. We noticed, starting at the end of the campaign and then into the transition and here at the White House, anytime that the President has an event where he’s given a list of reporters to call on, Fox is the only member of the five-network TV pool that has never been on the list in front of the President. And I’m just curious if that is an official administration policy." . . .

She did not stammer, but gave the usual wordy obfuscation that a cornered spokesman gives a serious reporter (Steve Doocy) not from MSNBC or CNN. TD

 RedState  "Yesterday, Joe Biden did a press conference in which Fox News’ Peter Doocy was the only member of the major networks to not receive a question (see Joe Biden Shows He’s a Massive Coward at Today’s Press Conference). This follows a pattern going back to the campaign, with the now-president icing out the only reporter who might dare ask him something challenging.

"Doocy did get a question at the regular press briefing with Jen Psaki today, though. He made the most of his opportunity. With Biden now signaling support for abolishing the filibuster, Doocy read the verbatim words of the president from 2005, in which he lauded the filibuster and opposed any tampering with it." . . .

BOOM: Fox's Peter Doocy just read to Jen Psaki the 2005 comments from Joe Biden in support of the filibuster and then asked if that meant Biden was supporting "the legacy of the Jim Crow era." pic.twitter.com/VjHfoZMO4n

— Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) March 26, 2021

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The Media’s All-In Campaign to Destroy the Filibuster

National Review 

"As we speak, there is no bill on the congressional docket that would provide Democrats an excuse to blow up the filibuster — or, as the media might euphemistically refer to it, “reforming” or “overhauling” the filibuster.

"One day, of course, there will be. Democrats, after all, used the filibuster hundreds of times in the past few years. But as far as we know, the party doesn’t have the votes for their election-integrity-killing bill. They don’t have the votes for a gun-restriction bill. Not any bill

"Yet, a casual follower of politics would surely be under the impression that there is a pressing battle unfolding because the media are incessantly covering the filibuster issue as a way to pressure holdout moderate Democrats to join the Left in the efforts to destroy the Senate.

"Take Manu Raju at CNN, whose main job it seems is to badger Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema with hypothetical questions about stripping Senate guardrails to allow Democrats to jam through their agenda with a narrow majority. Would you blow them up for a gun bill? Would you blow them up for a voting bill? Would you like it in a house? Would you like it with a mouse? Would you? Could you? In a car?

. . .  "In July 2020, before Democrats had even won their slim Senate majority, Raju was already haranguing Manchin and framing the filibuster — a “stall tactic” — in left-wing terms. To which Manchin emphatically responded, “That’s bullshit.” And then noted he had opposed a Democratic Party effort to kill the filibuster in 2013 and would do it again. Boy, that seems pretty clear to me." . . .More....

But now... Democrats, undereducated public, assault filibuster :

Biden bribes Manchin, bye-bye filibuster

Those legislative priorities — passing H.R. 1 to guarantee Republicans will never win another presidency or congressional majority by mandating nationwide cheating-enabling mail-in voting with no ID requirements and much more — depend on ending the filibuster.  Manchin's vote is required to do that.

Reason: Abolishing the Filibuster Is About Power, Not Anti-Racism   . . . "We should make no mistake. This nuclear option is ultimately an example of the arrogance of power. It is a fundamental power-grab by the majority party," then-Sen. Joe Biden (D–Del.) said during a speech delivered on May 23, 2005, from the Senate floor.

"Calling it "the single most significant" vote he would cast in more than three decades as a member of the Senate, Biden admonished Republicans for trying to blow up the filibuster to get judicial nominees confirmed with a simple majority. "Folks who want to see this change want to eliminate one of the procedural mechanisms designed for the express purpose of guaranteeing individual rights and they also, as a consequence, would undermine the protections of the minority point of view in the heat of majority excess," he said.

"The times, they sure have changed.

"During a Thursday press conference, now-President Joe Biden indicated publicly what he has reportedly been saying behind closed doors for a while: that the Senate's filibuster rules should be changed—perhaps even abolished, allowing legislation to pass with a simple majority, though he continues to hedge on that point." . . .

Senator Collins: I Toured the Border. Cartel Members Taunted Us.

Katie Pavlich

Border Patrol is overwhelmed, overworked, & discouraged by new policies. Agents took us through a dangerous path to the Rio Grande where we could hear the Cartel members taunting us across the river. Human trafficking, child abuse, & drug smuggling are rampant. This is a crisis.

— Sen. Susan Collins (@SenatorCollins) March 26, 2021

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I'm at the #Border seeing this humanitarian and health crisis unfolding.

When we had the Remain in Mexico policy we 45 year record lows for border apprehensions.

Now, due to President Biden's policies, the surge of illegal migrants at the border is the worst in 20 years. pic.twitter.com/hSXUn7D8id

— Senator Mike Braun (@SenatorBraun) March 26, 2021

Democrats, undereducated public assault filibuster

Don't hold your breath for the mainstream media to call out this barely disguised bribery scheme.  They are on board with the "legislative agenda" that will transform America into a very different country.  The door is about to open for the "fundamental transformation" Barack Obama promised.

Thomas Lifson  . . . "Those legislative priorities — passing H.R. 1 to guarantee Republicans will never win another presidency or congressional majority by mandating nationwide cheating-enabling mail-in voting with no ID requirements and much more — depend on ending the filibuster.  Manchin's vote is required to do that.

"If confirmed by the Senate (almost certain, given a party line vote — though it wouldn't surprise me to see Lisa Murkowski, Susan Collins, and maybe other GOP solons duped by the notion of "comity" voting to confirm), Mrs. Manchin will have  major role in an agency with a $165-million budget whose "mission is to innovate, partner, and invest to build community capacity and strengthen economic growth in Appalachia' "  More...

Democrats cannot erase the history or hypocrisy of the Senate filibuster   . . . "The foundation for the filibuster here can be traced to an argument of former Vice President Aaron Burr that led to an 1806 rule change. Throughout our history, senators in the minority used different versions of the rule to block or force compromises on controversial legislation, ranging from war measures to oil regulations. It was not created during or for the Jim Crow period.

"However, Biden is correct that some of the most abusive uses of the filibuster came from segregationists during the Civil Rights period, as embodied by Senator Strom Thurmond, then a South Carolina Democrat, who set the record by filibustering the Civil Rights Act of 1957 for 24 hours and 18 minutes. The filibuster was designed as a protection for the minority in what is often called “the world’s greatest deliberative body.” It is not inherently racist. If that were the case, majoritarian voting rules would be racist since all of our racist legislation was passed by majority vote, including bills that supported slavery or targeted Blacks, Chinese, Native Americans, and other groups."

 . . . "Jim Crow laws were state rules, but the Senate enabled that disgraceful era of discrimination. In the end, our laws are no better than we are, but we are worse when there is little need for consensus or compromise." . . .

 Democrats Used the Filibuster They Say Is Racist Against My Police Bill Last Year

Scott said, “It was a frustrating, irritating moment where the Democrats used the filibuster to block police reform that would have positively impacted disproportionately African American communities. Here’s what we know about the Democrats: They were for the filibuster before they were against the filibuster. I keep asking myself, will the real Chuck Schumer please stand up? Is it the one who was for the filibuster or is it the new one who’s now against the filibuster?”

  Or does the only acceptable form of speaking truth to power involve speaking truth to Republican power?   . . . "As for the filibuster, Biden endorsed former President Barack Obama's smear, which we've dismantled previously.  Even left-leaning 'Politifact' admits that the filibuster was not invented in the Jim Crow era, and of course modern-day Democrats have used it promiscuously for decades.  Biden sought to illustrate filibuster "abuse" during his presser by citing statistics from last year, during which every single filibuster was mounted by the Democrats:" . . .

Special Operations Command Hires Diversity and Inclusion Chief Who Posted Anti-Trump Memes

 Breitbart

"United States Special Operations Command (SOCOM) has hired as its first “chief of diversity and inclusion” a person who posted anti-Trump memes on his Facebook page, including one that compared the former president to Adolf Hitler." . . .

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Sanity at Last: Court Refuses to Kowtow to Personal Pronouns Like 'Xemself, Faerself'

PJ Media  "On Wednesday, a panel of the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals refused a male prisoner’s motion that the name on his order of confinement be changed and that he be addressed by female pronouns on account of his female gender identity. The ruling on personal pronouns sets an important precedent for free speech, judicial impartiality, and the basic meaning of pronouns against the transgender movement’s bastardization of language.

"The case involves Norman Varner, a federal prisoner who pleaded guilty in 2012 to attempted receipt of child pornography and was sentenced to 15 years in prison, partly due to his previous conviction on child pornography and his failure to register as a sex offender. In 2015, he claimed to have transitioned to being female, and asked to be referred to as “Kathrine Nicole Jett.”

"A lower court had denied his motion and he appealed. The 5th Circuit panel ruled that the lower court lacked jurisdiction to consider the request because Varner’s motion was not authorized by any statute.

"The most salient part of the ruling deals with the requested use of personal pronouns.

“ 'Varner cites no legal authority supporting this request. Instead, Varner’s motion simply states that ‘I am a woman’ and argues that failure to refer to him with female pronouns ‘leads me to feel that I am being discriminated against based on my gender identity,'” the ruling explains.

"The panel made three key arguments against such a notion."  More...

Trans Backlash: Lesbian Veteran Asks Elizabeth Warren to 'Stop With the Pronoun Silliness' (2019)   . . . “ 'With civility and no ill-will: Please. Stop with the pronoun silliness,” Ben-Shalom wrote. “We know you are a woman. Perhaps a million trans-humans will not elect you. But common sense women could.”

"Ben-Shalom brought up real concerns that transgender activism is harming women across America." . . .    More...

The filibuster: Peter Doocy Hits Jen Psaki With Biden's Words From 2005.....

She did not stammer, but gave the usual wordy obfuscation that a cornered spokesman gives a serious reporter (Steve Doocy) not from MSNBC or CNN. TD

 RedState  "Yesterday, Joe Biden did a press conference in which Fox News’ Peter Doocy was the only member of the major networks to not receive a question (see Joe Biden Shows He’s a Massive Coward at Today’s Press Conference). This follows a pattern going back to the campaign, with the now-president icing out the only reporter who might dare ask him something challenging.

"Doocy did get a question at the regular press briefing with Jen Psaki today, though. He made the most of his opportunity. With Biden now signaling support for abolishing the filibuster, Doocy read the verbatim words of the president from 2005, in which he lauded the filibuster and opposed any tampering with it." . . .

BOOM: Fox's Peter Doocy just read to Jen Psaki the 2005 comments from Joe Biden in support of the filibuster and then asked if that meant Biden was supporting "the legacy of the Jim Crow era." pic.twitter.com/VjHfoZMO4n

— Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) March 26, 2021

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FBI Sees No Racism Motive In Atlanta Spa Shootings, Despite Media/Democrat Claims Otherwise

The FBI statement is consistent with the Atlanta Police initial statement, yet claims that the incident is an anti-Asian hate crime are being pushed by the media and Democrats for political gain

Legal Insurrection   "Earlier this week, Mary reported on the Atlanta spa shootings. Atlanta police reported at that time that the shootings were not race-related, but the media unleashed an avalanche of articles claiming, without facts or evidence, that the shootings were indeed race-related (and also misogynist. And stuff.)

"The FBI has now officially backed the initial Atlanta PD assessment and stated that the Atlanta spa shootings do “not appear to be racially motivated.”

Forbes reports:

FBI Director Christopher Wray told NPR Tuesday’s Atlanta-area shootings that killed eight people — six of whom were Asian-American — do not seem to be linked to race, backing up local police who say the alleged shooter was probably motivated by a sex addiction rather than racial animus, a theory that’s drawn skepticism and pushback from some corners.

"Of course this FBI finding has “drawn skepticism and pushback from some corners.”  It has done so in leftist media corners in which today’s anti-white elements dwell.  In their myopic, narrow little world, there is only one reason anything ever happens: race hate. We can toss in all the other sects in the leftist intersectional buffet of resentment and victimhood, but at rock bottom, race is the “new” class in their cultural Marxist revolution.  It’s the reason for everything since the dawn of time and will always be the driving force for everything . . . if they have anything to say about it."  More...

School Principle Fired for Saying She'd Prefer a Potato as President Over Joe Biden

Neon Nettle

"A veteran elementary school educator has been fired from her job after she shared conservative posts on social media, including one meme that said she'd rather have a potato as president than Democrat nominee Joe Biden.

"Amy Sacks was fired from her role as principal of Evergreen Elementary School after the Perkiomen Valley School District and Superintendent Barbara Russell decided her social media postings were "offensive, unacceptable, and unprofessional."

"After working at the school for 20 years, Sacks was fired after she posted a number of conservative memes to her Facebook page, which can be viewed in the report at The Daily Mail.

"Sacks revealed in a Facebook post that the school district and Superintendent Russell "decided that the First Amendment Freedom of Speech has no place in public schools and that teachers and administrators are unfit to serve if they hold and express political beliefs that are right of center." . . .