God, please forgive me for being a liberal -

  American Thinker  "I love my spouse and my children more than I can put into words.  I care about my neighborhood, my city, my state, and my country.  But I cannot reconcile other choices I make.

"If a man were to break into my house, would I reward that behavior by sharing the limited resources I have for my family and my children with him?  Yet, I vote for a president and a party that rewards that behavior with our countries limited resources and taxes. 

"My children come home from school every day but still cannot read or write.  I want to send them to a better school, but I cannot afford it.   Why then do I vote for representatives that are determined to keep my children in these broken schools while denying my family more favorable choices?

"My daughter was attacked and sexually assaulted.  I want to protect my children, but I vote for district attorneys that will release these dangerous people right back into our community and politicians that want to reduce the police presence in our neighborhoods.

"I want to move to a safer neighborhood, but I cannot afford it.  Why then do I vote for a political party that continuously floods our streets with undocumented immigrants and drugs, rewarding this behavior with promises of free medical care, housing, and education that I cannot provide for my own family?". . .

Asian Americans are Deserting the Democrats and Shifting to the Right

 Asian Americans are Deserting the Democrats and Shifting to the Right (legalinsurrection.com)

. . ."In Texas, Gov. Greg Abbott, the Republican incumbent, beat Beto O’Rourke among Asian voters, 52 percent to 46 percent, and Texas House Republicans also did well, according to polls by the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund"https://t.co/JE7UKKkIwi

— Zaid Jilani (@ZaidJilani) March 6, 2023

"I would suggest this is happening because Asian Americans are no different than other Americans. They see the Democrat party increasingly under the control of the radical left. They are taking the country in a direction most people see as fundamentally un-American.". . .

LA Times Writer Slammed for Racist Claims that White Drivers are ‘Polluting the Air’ of ‘People of Color’

He's been watching way too much Joy Reid. TD

 LA Times Writer Slammed for Racist Claims that White Drivers are ‘Polluting the Air’ of ‘People of Color’ (legalinsurrection.com)

"I think Sammy has a very bright future as a contributor to CNN, NPR, MSNBC and the Babylon Bee!" Comment to this post

". . .According to his LinkedIn profile, Sammy Roth is the Energy Reporter for the outlet. In his piece, Roth cited a study that completely ignores economics and history and called the city’s freeway planning ‘racially motivated‘.". . .

. . ."He told me it largely comes down to the shameful history of Los Angeles County’s low-income communities of color being torn apart to make way for freeways — a history that has been extensively documented by The Times. Today, many residents of the county’s whiter, more affluent neighborhoods — who were often able to keep highways out of their own backyards — commute to work through lower-income Black and Latino neighborhoods bisected by the 10, 110 and 105 freeways and more.

“ 'It’s not like commuters are coming in and shopping in those communities, patronizing restaurants,” Boeing said. “They’re just driving through to get from one side of the city to the other.' ”. . .

LA Times Writer Slammed for Racist Claims that White Drivers are ‘Polluting the Air’ of ‘People of Color’

Article is a perfect amalgam of racism and pseudoscience.

Posted by Leslie Eastman Saturday, March 11, 2023 at 10:00am 11 Comments

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"A writer for the Los Angeles Times is getting substantial backlash for claiming white drivers are ‘polluting the air’ breathed by black and Latino residents.

"According to his LinkedIn profile, Sammy Roth is the Energy Reporter for the outlet. In his piece, Roth cited a study that completely ignores economics and history and called the city’s freeway planning ‘racially motivated‘.

My colleague Terry Castleman wrote about the study, which was published in the peer-reviewed journal Urban Studies. The core finding is that for every 1% increase in miles driven to and from work by people who live in a particular part of L.A. County, there’s an estimated 0.62% decrease in the lung-damaging “fine particulate matter” to which those Angelenos are exposed.

How is that possible? I asked the study’s lead author, Geoff Boeing, a professor at the USC Sol Price School of Public Policy.

He told me it largely comes down to the shameful history of Los Angeles County’s low-income communities of color being torn apart to make way for freeways — a history that has been extensively documented by The Times. Today, many residents of the county’s whiter, more affluent neighborhoods — who were often able to keep highways out of their own backyards — commute to work through lower-income Black and Latino neighborhoods bisected by the 10, 110 and 105 freeways and more.

“It’s not like commuters are coming in and shopping in those communities, patronizing restaurants,” Boeing said. “They’re just driving through to get from one side of the city to the other.”

. . ."For those interested in reading the referenced pseudoscience, it is: Local inequities in the relative production of and exposure to vehicular air pollution in Los Angeles.

"There is a lot of misinformation to unpack in this gem, so I will start by noting that this is a prime example of ideological capture of the sciences through “science” writers who do not have traditional science-based backgrounds.

"A quick review of Roth’s LinkedIn profile shows he graduated from Columbia University with a degree in . . . Sustainable Development.". . .

The "QAnon shaman: This Video Tells A Different Story of What Happened On Jan 6…

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Adam Schiff Deserves a Headline for Screwing America -

Schiff has a reputation as one of the most vocal proponents of the Russia collusion hoax and has repeatedly been accused of lying to the public.

The Punching Bag Post  "The skeletons in US Rep. Adam Schiff’s (D-CA) closet are coming out in full force to protest his recently-announced bid for the US Senate.

“Adam Schiff lied to the American people, and during my time as CIA director and secretary of state, I know that he leaked classified information that had been provided to him,” argued Mike Pompeo, the only person to have ever served as both CIA director and secretary of state. 

“It’s difficult to pin down precisely what happened…But I could tell you that when we provided information to him and to his staff, it ended up in places it shouldn’t have been with alarming regularity. We could see it. In the end, I decided I held back information from them as a result,” admitted Pompeo.

"Schiff served as Chairman of the House Intelligence Committee from 2019 until this year, when his nomination to continue serving on the panel was rejected by by House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA). 

" 'I cannot put partisan loyalty ahead of national security, and I cannot simply recognize years of service as a sole criterion for membership on this essential committee,” said McCarthy, adding that the “misuse” of the committee “during the 116th and 117th Congresses severely undermined its primary national security and oversight missions – ultimately leaving our nation less safe.”

"The House Intelligence Committee is uniquely important in that it is tasked with oversight of the US Intelligence Community. Though it shares some jurisdiction with other House committees, it is privy to information that other lawmakers can’t see and that the press can’t verify. There is no reason why an individual like Schiff should be trusted with this responsibility.

" 'I watched the House Intelligence Committee under the leadership of Adam Schiff,” said Pompeo. “I watched him denigrate and lower its ability to actually perform its function. When he was out talking about the Russia hoax, going on to say that the Hunter Biden laptop was Russian disinformation, knowing that it almost certainly was not.”. . .

Glenn Greenwald just needs 2 tweets to take media (Acosta!) and Democrats APART and it’s GLORIOUS

 Twitchy.com  "Watching Democrats try their best to discredit and disrespect the Twitter Files journalists yesterday served as a reminder of just how useless the mainstream media really are. Even though Matt Taibbi pointed out they had exposed issues with censorship on both the Left and the Right (granted, waaaaaay more on the Left), Democrats like Stacey Plaskett and our favorite poodle-wannabe DWS were relentless in personally attacking them both. Glenn Greenwald was as nauseated by the whole thing as much as we were.

"Heck, maybe more.

"So he reminded us all who Democrats normally support when it comes to the mainstream media and LOL-ouch."

If Republicans in Congress had done even 10% to Jim @Acosta of what Congressional Dems spent the day doing in attacking @mtaibbi's integrity and character, he'd not only write a sequel to the book on how much danger he's in, but the media would declare a National Day of Mourning: https://t.co/Gd4VxHuWZ1

— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) March 10, 2023

 This will make me sick until the day I die -- how @Acosta  got rich writing a best-selling book by stealing the valor of real journalists who have faced real danger and persecution for the work they've done in exposing actual power centers:

 

Whoopi's Decree Would Mean the End of 'The View'

 Hollywood in Toto  "Does Goldberg realize the impact of her latest anti-Tucker Carlson screed?"

"The media war on Tucker Carlson for showing Jan. 6 footage shows little sign of stopping.

"Journalists who once cried, “Democracy dies in darkness!” can’t believe a fellow reporter would share information on the most contentious day in recent American history.

Shut. It. Down.

“The View” is part of that media cacophony. The far-Left showcase has been railing against both Carlson and Fox News all week, and it culminated with a curious rant from head “View” master Whoopi Goldberg.

The “Sister Act” alum attacked Carlson anew, but she brought up a curious argument to do so. Goldberg said Carlson shouldn’t be legally allowed to opine about Jan. 6.

“This should be against the law. You should you should not be able to lie, knowingly,” Goldberg said. “What do we do as Americans to say, ‘this is not OK’ … the first Amendment doesn’t allow you to willingly lie.”. . .More...

What McCarthy Just Vowed to Do With the Jan. 6 Tapes Will Enrage the Establishment

 Townhall

"In the name of transparency, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy has vowed to release the Jan. 6, 2021, security footage to the general public.

"During an interview with Breitbart, McCarthy explained the more than 40,000 hours of tape will need to be reviewed first to address any security concerns.". . . 

. . ." 'Well this is all about transparency,” McCarthy said, explaining his decision to release the tapes. “I think it’s better for transparency that anyone can make their own decision up, and as we walk through these, these are many more hours of tapes than the January 6 committee told us. It’s not 14,000. It’s 42,000 hours. We want to make sure for security purposes our certain exits aren’t shown and others. But you know the most interesting thing, when I had the team talk to the Capitol Police about making sure they had no problems with the exit and so on, they said January 6 never asked them that. They showed the exit of the vice president. They showed the exit from my office. They literally had then Speaker Pelosi’s daughter showing the secure location that they take the leadership. That’s not supposed to be known to anybody, and CNN reported it, and I don’t remember the press ever getting upset with that. So what we want to do is make sure we have this out that everybody can see it.” More...

More discussion of the Murdaugh murders

 MURDAUGH | Physical Evidence & Crime Scene (GRAPHIC)

Alex Murdaugh reportedly held in maximum security (nypost.com)  . . .Sources told TMZ that the lying, pill-popping murderer is being kept away from other inmates over fears they “might wanna take him down a few notches due to his notoriety.”

"He is also being kept in the most secure area, the sources said of the prison that has a maximum-security unit for the most dangerous or most at-risk inmates across the Palmetto State.

"His single cell is made of concrete with a steel bed, toilet and sink, TMZ said.". . .

Jeremy’s Chocolate Sells Half A Million Chocolate Bars Within Days Of Launch

 The Daily Wire

"Jeremy’s Chocolate has sold more than half a million candy bars since launching late last week as an alternative to Hershey’s after the Pennsylvania chocolate maker’s woke commercial spotlighting transgenderism.

"The business, which offers chocolates in two varieties, was created after Hershey’s rolled out an International Women’s Day marketing campaign that featured a man who identifies as a woman as one of its spokespersons. The stunt led Jeremy Boreing, co-CEO of The Daily Wire, to produce a candy line that wouldn’t kowtow to the Left’s views on gender.

“ 'Fine, I’ll do it,” Boreing tweeted. “Introducing Jeremy’s Chocolate. Yes, it’s real. We have two kinds: HeHim and SheHer. One of them has nuts. If you need me to tell you which one, keep buying Hershey’s. But if you know what a woman is and love chocolate, go to: ihatehersheys.com.' ”. . .

But is the chocolate any good?

A Handy January 6 Fact Sheet vs MSNBC

 

Chuck Schumer agrees to go on Tucker Carlson’s show on ONE condition (bizpacreview.com)  . . . “ 'I was invited on Tucker Carlson’s show. I will agree to go on after Tucker Carlson admits to his viewers live on air that he has been lying to them about the 2020 elections and about what happened on January 6th,” he tweeted."  Nice dodge, Chuck

A Handy January 6 Fact Sheet › American Greatness   Plenty of other falsehoods and misrepresentations animate the fable of January 6. But for those honestly seeking the truth, consider this a cheat sheet for future use. 

. . ."In another example of Washington’s inexorable slide into banana republic territory, Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) took to the floor of the U.S. Senate on Tuesday to call for the removal of an American journalist. 

"“I don’t think I’ve ever seen an anchor treat the American people, and American democracy, with such disdain,” Schumer said during his seven-minute authoritarian tirade. “And he’s going to come back tonight with another segment. Fox News should tell him not to. Fox News, Rupert Murdoch—tell Mr. Carlson not to run a second segment of lies. You know it’s a lie.”

"Schumer later reiterated his demand to a group of journalists who, rather than denounce one of the most powerful government officials in the country attempting to silence an influential member of the media, dutifully reported Schumer’s bleating without question.

"Republican senators including Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and Senator Mitt Romney (R-Utah) joined the fray, echoing Schumer’s faux concerns over “national security.”". . .

• The surveillance video viewed by Carlson’s team has not been made available to defense attorneys, arguably in violation of defendants’(sic) constitutional rights.
• A separate trove of tapes that captured activity from the hours between noon and 8:00 p.m. was turned over to the FBI in early 2021 to use in its investigation. With few exceptions, all footage remains under protective orders. Defense attorneys consistently have complained that access to the full archive is constrained by the protective orders.

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NBC's Lester Holt Leaves Republicans on the Cutting Room Floor (townhall.com)

. . ."Overall, NBC is presenting Team Biden as competent, compassionate experts. Controversy -- or the need to manufacture it -- is absent. It's calm seas and "robust" management. Democrats are running the executive branch, and the impression is left that all is right with the world."

NBC: the channel featuring Joy "unbridled racism" Reid and Ali ‘Mostly Peaceful’  Velshi. TD