62 percent of voters say Putin wouldn't have invaded Ukraine if Trump were president: poll |

Political Cartoons (townhall.com)

The Hill  "A majority of American voters say that Russian President Vladimir Putin would not have invaded Ukraine had former President Trump still been in office, according to a new survey released on Friday.

"A new Harvard Center for American Political Studies (CAPS)-Harris Poll survey released Friday found that 62 percent of those polled believed Putin would not be moving against Ukraine if Trump had been president. When looking strictly at the answers of Democrats and Republicans, 85 percent of Republicans and 38 percent of Democrats answered this way.

"However, 38 percent of all Americans polled believed that Putin would have invaded Ukraine even if Trump had been president.

"A majority of Americans polled — 59 percent — also said they believed that the Russian president moved on Ukraine because Putin saw weakness in President Biden, while 41 percent said that it was not a factor in Putin’s decision to invade Ukraine.". . .

The liberal media is still the liberal media

"Putin imagining that the capture of Kyiv will finish the job is exactly like Napoleon assuming taking Moscow would ensure a Russian capitulation. And now Kremlin panicking they may have to attack civilian population in big cities. Not in their plans."  Simon Schama 

Ukrainians in their courage startle and inspire world -- and NPR beclowns itself - American Thinker     "Ukraine is fighting back.

"And that must startle invading Vladimir Putin, who seems to have expected another Afghanistan-style takeover, the way the Taliban did it -- the Taliban marching in, the the local president loading up his money and flying off without a fight, and the boldest locals cramming onto U.S. waiting jets. Few fought back in that one and the disaster speaks for itself.

"We don't see that in Ukraine. The U.S. offered Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy a flight out and he refused it. "I need ammunition, not a ride," he told the U.S.

"He was last seen dressed in a military t-shirt with his cabinet in comparable gear and probably had a rifle in his hand. After that, he was seen in combat fatigues and a hard helmet, marching through brush. "When you attack us, you will see our faces, not our backs," he told the Russians. He told Ukrainians this might the the last time they saw him alive. The mayor of Kyiv had his fatigues and rifle, too, and was last seen positioned on a rooftop. Thirteen Ukrainian border guards on a place called 'Snake Island' off Crimea screamed to the invading Russians 'Go f--- yourselves' upon their call to surrender, knowing they would be shot dead and they were.". . .

U.S.-Made Javelin Missiles Rack Up Russian Tank Kills in Ukraine. Russia has the "Father of all bombs"

Wouldn't it be nice if the Ukrainians had all the equipment we left to the Taliban?

 U.S.-Made Javelin Missiles Rack Up Russian Tank Kills in Ukraine (breitbart.com)

"Ukrainian forces are reporting success in using American-made Javelin anti-tank missiles against invading Russian armor. British NLAW weapons are also reportedly performing well against Russian tanks.

"The FGM-148 Javelin Close Combat Missile System-Medium (CCMS-M) is an advanced man-portable anti-armor weapon developed in a joint venture by Raytheon and Lockheed-Martin to replace the M47 Dragon in the mid-1990s. It is possible to mount Javelins on robot vehicles and fire them remotely. Javelins are employed by the U.S. Army and Marines to counter enemy armor, penetrate hard targets like bunkers, and even destroy helicopters.

"The Javelin’s advantages include “soft launch” capability with minimal exhaust fumes and recoil, making it possible to launch them from inside buildings during urban combat operations; a top-attack flight profile that sends the missile above its target, giving it a chance to find the weakest point in enemy armor before it strikes; fire-and-forget electronics that allow the users to move quickly out of harm’s way after firing; and double warheads that have proven very effective at defeating all existing forms of armor.". . .

Furious Putin prepares to use 'father of all bombs' as brave Ukrainians hold up advance | Daily Mail Online   "Russia could use savage superweapons that vaporize bodies and crush internal organs if their assault of Ukraine becomes bogged down, Western officials warned tonight.

"They fear Vladimir Putin could resort to high-power thermobaric weapons - dubbed the 'father of all bombs' - as brave Ukrainians resist his attempts to take control of Kyiv.". . .

Biden's SCOTUS Nominee Helped Strike Down Trump's Border Controls

 Breitbart

. . ."Jackson, appointed by Biden to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit last year, previously served on the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, where she ruled on a handful of immigration cases.

"In 2019, the pro-mass immigration group Make the Road New York sued the Trump administration for its expanded expedited removal of illegal aliens.

"Whereas expedited removal had long only applied to illegal aliens who crossed by land, were encountered near the border, and had been in the U.S. for no longer than 14 days, Trump sought to expand the process to include illegal aliens encountered across the U.S. for up to two years after they arrived.

"Though the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals later reversed the ruling, Jackson issued a preliminary injunction to halt Trump’s expanded expedited removal policy on the grounds that the administration violated the Administrative Procedure Act (APA) and did not sufficiently weigh the impact that the policy would have on illegal aliens.". . .

Biden Killed The Israel-Europe EastMed Gas Pipeline, How’s That Looking Now?

 Legal Insurrection

"Like life, a presidency is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans.

"Joseph Biden intended his presidency to be about tackling the climate crisis – his most urgent priority after containing Covid-19. On his very first day in office, President Biden canceled the Keystone XL pipeline project, which was to carry millions of gallons of oil from Canada to refineries in the United States. The executive order canceling Keystone also revoked oil and gas development at national wildlife monuments.

"A few months later, Biden lifted sanctions on the Nord Stream 2 pipeline planned to carry natural gas from Russia to Germany, and ultimately approved it. Previous administrations opposed it as increasing German dependence on Russia and letting Russia deprive Ukraine of revenue by circumventing existing gas-transit networks. As of 2020, Russia supplied roughly 65% of Germany’s natural gas imports and 40% of European Union imported gas. Italy, which imports some 90% of its gas, is also heavily dependent on Russia.

"Finally, citing environmental concerns, Biden withdrew support for the EastMed Pipeline in January 2022. According to an accord between Israel, Greece, and Cyprus, the underwater pipeline was planned to stretch 1,180 miles across the Mediterranean Sea, connecting Israeli gas to Cyprus and Greece, and on to Italy. It was expected to cost about $7 billion, and would have carried 10 billion cubic meters of gas a year initially, with the possibility of eventually doubling capacity. Biden’s withdrawal killed the project for practical purposes.". . .

Pelosi Says It's Important to 'Understand the Brilliance' of Biden's Response to Russian Invasion of Ukraine (townhall.com)

When Putin’s Proxies Murdered Americans—and Obama Cowered and Lied to their Grieving Families (townhall.com)

DeSantis Promises This Is Where He'll Send Illegal Immigrants If They Keep Being Brought to Florida

 Julio Rosas

"Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R) promised if the Biden administration continues facilitating transporting people who illegally crossed the U.S.-Mexico border to his state, then he will reroute them to President Joe Biden's home state of Deleware(sp).. . .

CNN veteran operations manager joins Project Veritas as Executive Producer |

 The Post Millennial

He said that "In the first five days of working at this company, I've had more conversations about ethical journalism than I did probably in the last ten years of my career...I mean, this is a young team, but they- but they love journalism. They love getting to the bottom of things."

James O'Keefe, founder of Project Veritas, spoke at CPAC in Orlando on Thursday, and spoke about the changes made at CNN, in part due to the Project Veritas' undercover reporting on the network. From exposing the bias of the former CNN head Jeff Zucker to exposing pedophiles, Project Veritas has kept the heat on CNN in an effort to hold them accountable to the journalistic standards they claim to believe in.

On stage at CPAC, O'Keefe introduced Patrick Davis, a 25-year veteran operations manager for CNN, as the new executive producer with Project Veritas. The crowd erupted in cheers to welcome Davis to the stage, and to the organization.

"O'Keefe said that change comes when people "cease to be afraid," and that's something that O'Keefe, and Project Veritas, have certainly done. That is a big draw for Davis, and a reason he joined the organization. He spoke, too, about the egalitarian nature of the enterprise.

" 'Journalists used to be adversarial and expose the powers that be, now they work in concert with the powers that be," he said. The Project Veritas method, of undercover reporting, confrontations and pushing for answers, has gotten the outlet locked out of social media platforms like Twitter, but the work continues, and continues to influence the media landscape.". . .

Cruz and Cornyn already voted down Ketanji Brown Jackson last year when she was confirmed to a lower court

 Cruz, Cornyn voted down Ketanji Brown Jackson last year for a lower court | The Texas Tribune

President Joe Biden announced Jackson as his appointment to the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday morning. If confirmed, she’d be the nation’s first Black woman to sit on the high court. Just in time for the midterms

. . ."Democrats hold a slim 50-50 majority in the upper chamber, with Vice President Kamala Harris ready to cast a tie-breaking vote if necessary.

"Cornyn said in a statement Friday morning that he looked forward to meeting Jackson and conducting a thorough review of her credentials.

“ 'Ultimately I will be looking to see whether Judge Jackson will uphold the rule of law and call balls and strikes, or if she will legislate from the bench in pursuit of a specific agenda,” Cornyn said.

"Cornyn also said that Jackson “will be given the dignity and respect she deserves,” adding that the confirmation will be “starkly” different from the treatment of judicial nominees during the Trump administration."

Taiwan Enjoys Free Sneak Peek At What Will Happen To Them In Just A Few Weeks |

 The Babylon Bee (satire)

"Citizens of Taiwan reported today they were grateful to receive a free preview of the kind of thing that was going to happen to them in just a few short weeks thanks to America's weakness on the world stage under President Biden.

People across the country tuned in for the exciting, free sneak preview of what China was going to do to them any day now, now that President Xi is sure that Biden has no backbone whatsoever.

"Welp—I guess we'd better prepare," local man Huang Zhìháo said as he watched the Russian invasion of Ukraine on TV this morning. "This is gonna be bad."

" 'At least we got this nice little teaser trailer though," he added. "A lot of countries don't get the privilege of seeing their future like this."

"According to sources, the Taiwanese were hopeful that Biden's declarations that "America is back" and that he would go toe-to-toe with the world's toughest leaders meant that Xi Jinping would be held back for another four years. But as soon as he botched the withdrawal from Afghanistan, they began to have their doubts. Finally, once they saw him take a long nap while Putin invaded Russia, they realized they were "completely and totally screwed."

"At publishing time, sources had confirmed that President Xi was also watching the footage with a sly smile on his face."     But wait! There's more!...

Biden Warns Russia That If They Don't Stop He Will Deploy Deadly Trans Admiral | The Babylon Bee   

Sources say Ukrainian citizens will certainly sleep better tonight knowing the power of diversity is on their side. 

Black Americans are rapidly abandoning Biden

In a bid to appease Blacks, abhorrent practices such as segregation have been reinstated in some educational institutions.  This will further aggravate the resentment and prejudice among young minds. To sum it up: Biden's incompetence and inaction have hurt Blacks on every front. 

Tony Branco

Rajan Laad   "A new study from Pew Research Center shows that about a year into his presidency, Joe Biden's overall job approval rating among all Americans has sharply fallen.

"Around two thirds of Black Protestants (65%), who are regarded among as key Democrat constituents, approve of the job that Biden is doing, a drastic decline from 92% in March 2021.

"Politicians often blame poor poll numbers on biased pollsters, so let's look at other surveys.

"Navigator Research, a Democrat-oriented group, discovered that Biden's favorability among Blacks fell from 86 to 76 percent.

"The Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies poll found that 65 percent of Blacks rated the economy as just fair or poor, while 61 percent said their personal economic situations were also just fair or poor.  About 50 percent of Blacks surveyed said they think things in the U.S. have gone seriously off track. 

"According to a poll by HIT Strategies, just 48 percent of Blacks in November 2021 thought Biden was addressing their needs, compared to 66 percent of respondents in June.

"A recent NBC News poll showed that approval ratings of Biden among Blacks slid from 81 percent to 64 percent.". . . 

Our enemies are deadly serious; much of our population is just deadly silly

 

Ukraine: The left spews an amazing banquet of stupidities - American Thinker . . ."John Kerry was Exhibit A, having made headlines with his obsessive focus on global warming even as apartment blocs were being blown out in Kharkiv, improvised militia men were kissing their wives and children goodbye at train stations, Ukrainians were running to the subways for protection against raining missiles and bombs, and long lines of cars streamed from huge cities, heading for any bordering country that would take them.

"For Kerry, though, global warming still comes first:

John Kerry excoriated for hoping Putin will focus on climate change amid Ukraine invasion: 'Total clown show' https://t.co/aDPzjmhzWA

— Fox News (@FoxNews) February 24, 2022

 

FYI: This stuff does matter. It’s not a small thing. The world’s wolves have TV and Twitter too. They’re always watching us. They’re making assessments about us at all times. So yes, parading an endless conga line of carnival freaks through the White House is a big deal. pic.twitter.com/m5Q793c7aD

— Jesse Kelly (@JesseKellyDC) February 24, 2022

. . . "These clowns had better hope they never run into Putin, who is operating on an entirely different track from the one they occupy.  They'd get mowed down and run over.  Putin has nothing but contempt for their decadent preoccupations and knows how to shock and awe them into gibbering idiocy."

If a Kid is Mature Enough to Choose a Gender, They can vote

 PJ Media

"Transgender activists have gone to war over five-year-old children having the right to make momentous, irreversible choices that will affect how they see themselves and how others see them for the next 75 or 80 years.

"The activists want to be able to lobby babies to change their gender.

"On most other planets and in many universes, this would be grounds for commitment. In America, in the 21st century, it’s celebrated.

"Monumental decisions on gender choice should not be in the hands of children who are, by definition, confused about their gender. Nor should it be in the hands of parents who — conscientious as they may think they are — subtly influence their children to believe they have the ability to choose their own gender. And given that many doctors are on a gender-bending crusade rather than being concerned with a child’s health and best interest, input from a doctor should always be suspect.". . .