The Rittenhouse jury now carries the load

 

Tony Branco

Closing arguments begin at murder trial of Kyle Rittenhouse  "Closing arguments at Kyle Rittenhouse’s murder trial began Monday with a prosecutor questioning whether Rittenhouse was really there to help the night he showed up in Kenosha with a rifle during a protest against racial injustice.

"Prosecutor Thomas Binger told the jury that Rittenhouse had no connection to the business he said he was going to protect, he ran around with an assault rifle, and he lied about being an emergency medical technician.

“Does that suggest to you that he genuinely is there to help?” Binger asked.

"Binger repeatedly showed a segment of drone video that he said shows Rittenhouse pointing the gun at protesters after setting down a fire extinguisher.

“ 'This is the provocation. This is what starts this incident,” the prosecutor said." . . .

Why Did Judge Dismiss Weapons Charges Against Kyle Rittenhouse?  "A Kenosha County judge handed a huge win to Kyle Rittenhouse's defense team before closing arguments when he dismissed a misdemeanor gun charge against the teen.

"Legal experts had considered the misdemeanor gun charge — which carries up to 12 months in jail — to be the easiest charge for the state to prove." . . .

Rittenhouse Trial Day 10: Closing Arguments  "Today the court will instruct the jury, explaining to them how to apply the law to the facts of the case as they determine those facts to have been proven or disproven.  This will be followed by the State’s closing argument, the defense closing argument, and the State rebuttal.  At that point, the jury will begin its deliberations. Once the jury goes into deliberations, we will go into VERDICT WATCH mode, so keep your eyes right here for breaking news and analysis of the final verdict(s) in the Kyle Rittenhouse trial."...

Rittenhouse Analysis: State’s Weak Provocation Argument Is Still The Major Threat to Acquittal   "Notable: ADA Binger mentioned “provocation” zero times in his opening statement"

Andrew C. McCarthy: The Rittenhouse Jury-Instruction Process Is a Mess 

. . ."I fear this pre-summations reading of the jury instructions will end up being a confusing waste of time. In the summations, the lawyers are certain to make arguments that skew the law, as advocates are wont to do. That will provoke objections and more legal arguments, and will result in the judge having to give more instructions to address or cure what the lawyers have said." . . .

Biden and Kamala's relationship is in crisis as their poll ratings crash just one year in: . . .

 . . ."Her staff feuds over why she is being sidelined with no-win migration task while President's team say they've given up on her already."

Image by The Slammer./

 UK Daily Mail  "On Sunday night, White House Press Secretary Jenn Psaki appeared to respond to the CNN report with a furious tweet insisting that Harris is a 'vital partner' and 'a bold leader who has taken on key, important challenges facing the country - from voting rights to addressing root causes of migration to expanding broadband.'

"But privately, Harris aides gripe that she's been set up to fail, and handed a portfolio that is not commensurate with her historic status as the first woman, and first woman of color, to hold the vice president's office. 

" 'They're consistently sending her out there on losing issues in the wrong situations for her skill set,' a former high-level Harris aide told CNN.

"Typically, the incumbent vice president is considered an automatic lock for the party's next open-field presidential primary.". . .  

Kamala Harris camp leaks to press about racism among the Bidenites

   "It had to happen.  You know it had to happen. "As poll numbers sink for Joe Biden and fall even lower for Kamala Harris, it was only a matter of time before the fast-sinking USS Kamala started firing "racism" projectiles against the slightly less swiftly sinking USS Brandon. happen.  You know it had to happen."

AF Branco 

The Long Knives Come out for Kamala Harris as Her Vice Presidency Continues to Collapse   . . ."There’s a lot to unpack here, but the general conclusion is simple for all sides involved: Harris is an ineffective, unlikable vice president who is languishing in the court of public opinion.

"But the disagreements emerge when it’s time to assign blame for that reality. Harris’ staffers, in typical fashion, blame Biden for not defending her forcefully enough instead of the fact that she’s an awful politician and incredibly inauthentic. Meanwhile, Biden’s staffers note that Harris is unfocused and shows no competency to handle the problems she’s been given to tackle. "Can we just agree that both sides are right?". . .

Trump vs Biden Set To Replay In 2024…

 Weasel Zippers

Via Washington Examiner:

"Republican primary voters are not backing away from their desire to have former President Donald Trump lead the GOP 2024 ticket, likely setting up a replay of the 2020 race.

Exclusive polling on the race from Zogby Analytics shows that Trump continues to outpace challengers by a wide margin. And while his popularity has popped, President Joe Biden also easily tops the 2024 Democratic primary choices.

Keep reading…

Chinese Dissident Warns: 'Wokeness' Has Turned America into an Authoritarian State

Ai Weiwei warns of removal of free speech

"Famed artist and Chinese dissident Ai Weiwei has warned Americans that they are now under the control of an oppressive authoritarian state which uses "woke" political correctness as a tool to stifle free speech.

"Weiwei said the wave of political correctness has more similarities with Mao Zedong’s Cultural Revolution than Donald Trump.

"PBS reporter Margaret Hoover asked Weiwei to comment on an excerpt from his book where he compared Trump’s “late-night tweets” with Mao  Zedong’s communication strategies

“ 'They served a function similar to Donald Trump’s late-night tweets while in office," wrote Weiwei.

" 'They were the direct communication of a leader’s thoughts to his devoted followers, enhancing the sanctity of his authority.' ". . .

Durham Closes in on Hillary, Trump Declares ‘Big Things Are Happening’

'Durham has come out with things that are absolutely amazing'

Neon Nettle

. . ." 'We all sort of knew that happened, and now we have facts, and I think they’re only going to get deeper and deeper — and it all leads back to the Democrats, Hillary, and the dirty lawyers."

"Trump said it was a "disgrace" Clinton lawyers are "always after Trump."

" 'What they did was so illegal, at a level that you’ve rarely seen before," Trump said.

" 'Now, in all fairness, it looks to me like this is just the early building blocks.' "

Biden Advisor Named in Durham Indictment

I guess that's what happens when no one is watching

  Silvio Canto, Jr.  "For some time, especially since President Trump left office, we've speculated about CNN.  How long can they keep losing viewers?  Well, the answer may be coming.  More correctly, a CNN shake-up may be around the corner. 

"This is from Jonathan Davis:     

Left-wing news network CNN is reportedly considering a major shake-up of programming and personalities amid tanking ratings that saw none of its regular shows averaging even a million viewers per episode in October.

 

While the network’s viewership has declined steadily since President Donald Trump left office, last month’s numbers were bad enough to trigger some major changes, according to a report.

 "The numbers are amazing, but in the wrong way:    

“CNN averaged a devastating 480,000 in total day viewership in October, a whopping 76% drop from January amid the chaotic transition from President Trump to President Biden. 

 

Fox News averaged 1.4 million and maintained its total day viewership from earlier this year while MSNBC averaged 657,000 viewers in October, resulting in a 61% drop from January. The network lost 14% of its viewers from September,” Fox News added. 

"In prime time, Fox News is still the cable news rating king, averaging 2.6 million viewers, or just a 14 percent decline from the weeks leading to Biden’s inauguration.

 

"What does it all mean?  What it tells me is that some people are watching cable news but they are not watching CNN.

 

"The rumor going around is that CNN will replace the Lemons and Cuomos of the world with people who just read news, sort of like the Headlines News format of the 1980s.  It may work given the hyper-partisan nature of CNN's current news coverage.  No matter what, watching news will be different in the near future."

Joe's supply chain kinda works

 Supply and demand

Aftermath

Mainstream media caught in 'woke stranglehold': Batya Ungar-Sargon

 Newsweek deputy opinion editor slams woke journalism on 'Tucker Carlson Tonight.' #FoxNews

Comments to this post:

• Fox should have her on more often. She's left-wing but one of the few realizing the Dems have completely abandoned their principles, and she's speaking out about it.
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• I love how Little Brian Stelter immediately starts deflecting as soon as she says "The medias reaction..." "Whos media, there are hundreds of media..." Almost like he was ready to say "Well, so and so said it first." what a knob.
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• This woman is not only beautiful and personable, she's brilliant! Kudos to Tucker for having her on!
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• Totally respect Fox for getting "traditional democrats" (i.e., moderate liberals) such as Batya Ungar-Sargon and Tulsi Gabbard as guests. Shows a high level of journalistic integrity. Interestingly, both of these individuals are deeply spiritual: Ungar-Sargon is Jewish, and Gabbard is Hindu. Additionally -- and quite possibly as a direct result of their faith-based lives -- they both exemplify a fantastic level of objectivity, common sense, class, sophistication, kindness, non-fanaticism, and awareness of how the far left has lost their way.
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• Perhaps, this is what is sorely missing in the far left: total lack of a spiritual or religious foundation and moral compass to guide their words and deeds. Faith is faith, regardless of the belief system. Hope to see more guests of this great caliber on Fox. Well done, Tucker.

Kamala "I'm speaking" Harris and her latest quest for "justice"

 Kamala Harris’ Laughable Riff on Trees and Racism Is Like a Scene From ‘The Office’  "When I first started writing at RedState as an unpaid lackey pumping out diaries some years ago, I needed an easy, one-word description of things that are so absurd that they mimic parody. I settled on “parodical,” and to this day, I have no idea if I made it up or if it actually passes muster as part of the English language. Google is inconclusive on that question.

"Still, it fits the video I’m about to share with you to a tee, and you’ll be less than shocked to learn it involves Kamala Harris. Yes, the world’s most inauthentic, unnatural politician made news yesterday by pressing NASA on its ability to sort trees by race as part of an “environmental justice” push." . . .

. . ."Regardless, putting the absurdity of the entire spectacle aside, the word “justice” has been rendered completely meaningless at this point by the left. That’s a shame because justice is actually a good and necessary thing to pursue in the world. Yet, when it becomes nothing more than a stand-in for whatever random far-left policy a Democrat wants to push, the term loses its moral standing." . . .

Image by Ghenghis Gary.

Reporter Asks Kamala Harris ‘Will This Be The Most Expensive Christmas In History?’

"A reporter asked Vice President Kamala Harris on Friday if the current rates of inflation, which rose to 6.2 percent last month, are going to make the coming holiday season “the most expensive” in history, but she refused to directly answer." . . . One can take that as a yes.

Harris: Hey, did you know that prices have gone up?  "Now why would anyone think that Democrats have to find a way to boot Kamala Harris out of the way to compete in 2024? This performance at a Paris presser should make all Americans confident in this administration’s ability to deal with adversity … right? Er, not really, no. Just as Joe Biden did two days ago in trying to catch up with the anger over rising and obstinate inflation, Harris acts as though consumer pain just came to her attention.

"And acted flummoxed at the question over it to boot: . . ."

Joe is keeping her well under his control

Iran-Backed Group Trump Designated As “Terror Organization” Storms US Embassy and Is Holding Hostages...”Terror” Designation Was Removed When Biden Was Installed

 100%FedUp  "The Trump administration designated the Houthis as a terrorist organization, but that designation was removed when the Biden administration took office—a move that was seen as a goodwill gesture to coax Iran into diplomatic negotiations aimed at securing a revamped version of the 2015 nuclear accord."

"Yesterday, the Iran-backed, “not a terror group” Houthis took several hostages at the US Embassy in Yemen, and today, the US State Department is attempting to secure their release.

"Rep. Dan Crenshaw tweeted about the “awful” price America will pay for “showing weakness to our enemies.” His comment is likely in response to the disastrous withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan that was an international embarrassment to the United States of America." . . .Within a month of taking office, Joe Biden removed the Houthis from the terrorist watch list. This is the awful price of showing weakness to our enemies.

Iran-Backed Militants Storm US Embassy in Yemen, Seize Hostages and Equipment  . . ."The State Department confirmed to the Free Beacon that the Yemeni staffers are being detained without explanation and that the Iran-backed militants stole property after breaching the American facility in Sana'a, which housed U.S. embassy staff prior to the suspension of operations there in 2015.

"The United States has been unceasing in its diplomatic efforts to secure their release," a State Department spokesman told the Free Beacon. "The majority of the detained have been released, but the Houthis continue to detain additional Yemeni employees of the embassy."

"Those still being held are "detained without explanation and we call for their immediate release," the State Department spokesman said." . . .

Jihad Watch: These are the people Joe Biden’s handlers removed from the terror list.

CNN Considers Major Staff Shake-Up Amid Tanking Ratings: Report

I'd say just keep things as they are; I cannot trust the straight news from you because you cannot be trusted. The stories you choose to report or not to report are still selected by CNN which gave us Don Lemon and Chris Cuomo for years. TD

Jonathan Davis

"Left-wing news network CNN is reportedly considering a major shake-up of programming and personalities amid tanking ratings that saw none of its regular shows averaging even a million viewers per episode in October.

"While the network’s viewership has declined steadily since President Donald Trump left office, last month’s numbers were bad enough to trigger some major changes, according to a report.

"First, this from Fox News:

The only thing spookier than Halloween for CNN is the network’s freefalling viewership.  

"During the month of October, nearly every single program failed to average 1 million viewers, according to Nielsen data. This marks historic lows for the so-called “most trusted name in news.”

"The only two exceptions during the 31 days were the 90-minute Biden town hall, which still came in third place behind Fox News and MSNBC averaging only 1.2 million viewers, and the 30-minute “Cuomo Prime Time” that aired immediately after with 1.1 million." . . .

 …"Discovery chief David Zaslav – who is widely expected to assume stewardship of CNN after its merger with WarnerMedia is complete – has kept his public comments on the failing news network close [to] the vest. When asked by Deadline what he thinks will happen with honcho Jeff Zucker, Zaslav said “Jeff’s a good friend and I like him a lot.' ”

What makes MSNBC acceptable with people like Nicolle Wallace, Joe Scarborough, and the vehement Joy Reid who is the very definition of a racist?  

Tony Branco

Remember the "mostly peaceful" Ali Velshi of MSNBC, who brought us reports of the "mostly peaceful" burning of Minneapolis? 

Why would CNN refer to the arsonists as "'a merry caravan"?

On Kyle Rittenhouse

 CBS News Falsely Claims Rittenhouse 'Told the Jury He Murdered Two Men'  "Network slammed for pushing fabricated claims about teen's testimony"

The real villains in the Rittenhouse trial  . . ."As crazy as this sounds, much of the media and most of the Democrat party agree with the prosecutors.  The real villains in this case are the public authorities who allowed rioters to wreak havoc unopposed for three nights in Kenosha in response to the shooting of Jacob Blake, a police action that was ultimately deemed justifiable.  While watching the video of the destruction, one has to wonder: why weren't police and firemen there protecting Kenosha?" . . .

Rittenhouse Team Slams Joe Biden for Smearing Teen as 'White Supremacist'  "The ad used images of Rittenhouse and falsely implies is a “white supremacist.”  Biden shared the ad on social media with a suggestion that he would stand up against Rittenhouse and "white supremacy." . . .  How many have actually thought Biden's word on this had credibility?

Tulsi Gabbard: Rittenhouse Not a 'White Supremacist,' He Wanted to 'Protect People'  "With no evidence, MSM & antifa-loving politicians immediately labeled Rittenhouse a white supremacist terrorist. It’s obvious now that he was just a foolish kid who felt he needed to protect people & the community from rioters & arsonists because the government failed to do so.". . .

The cohost of the far-left news show "The Young Turks," Ana Kasparian, has admitted that the anti-Kyle Rittenhouse narrative being peddled by America's left-wing establishment media is false.

All He Had Was a Handgun . . ."The rioting predictably followed the mayor’s ordering a standdown of police and rescue teams and the governor’s failure to order in the state National Guard. It’s impossible to choose the worst of the bumbling questions Kyle was asked, but perhaps my favorite was this, respecting the shooting in the arm of a Craig Grosskreutz who held a gun to his head: “All he had was a handgun. why did you think that was a threat?” I take it the prosecutor John Binder never had a gun held to his head. Had I, I certainly would have considered it life-threatening." . . .   (Emphasis mine, TD)

The mother of Kyle Rittenhouse suggested Saturday that her attorneys are considering a lawsuit against President Joe Biden for allegedly associating her son with white supremacy.   . . . "During an interview on Fox News' "Fox & Friends," Wendy Rittenhouse was asked if the Rittenhouse team plans to take any action against powerful Americans — including Biden — for "interfering in the justice system" and "defaming" the 18-year-old Rittenhouse.

"The elder Rittenhouse had a six word response.

" 'Our lawyers are gonna handle that," Wendy Rittenhouse responded." . . . Video.

. . ."When I saw that, I was shocked," she said. "I was angry. President Biden don't know my son whatsoever, and he's not a white supremacist. He's not a racist. And [Biden] did that for the votes. And I was so angry for a while at him and what he did to my son. He defamed him."