The Left Has Killed Our Great Cities ›

  American Greatness

The fact that Chicagoans have elected not a reformer, but a deformer, suggests that inner-city residents still don't get it—or they don't care.

Can Chicago Survive Brandon Johnson?

"Mark down Tuesday, April 4, as the night Chicago died. 

That’s when we learned that Second City voters narrowly elected Brandon Johnson as their next mayor. This is a city that was flattened during the reign of Mayor Lori Lightfoot, who lost in the first round of voting for Chicago mayor because she didn’t finish in one of the top two spots. Lightfoot, elected in 2019 after a career as a federal prosecutor who then held several appointed positions in Chicago, shut down the city for more than a year during COVID-19. She also bankrupted small businesses, allowed rioters to burn down whole neighborhoods, presided over the worst crime wave in 50 years, and let the schools go to hell. 

"Now, the voters have selected Johnson. Elected to the Cook County Board of Commissioners in 2018, Johnson narrowly won the mayoralty of America’s third-most-populous city on April 4 over Paul Vallas, a former Chicago schools CEO and a Democrat who presented himself as a political moderate compared to the far-left Johnson. 

"The incoming mayor may turn out to be a worse mayor than Lightfoot. Johnson’s occupation is an organizer for the teachers’ unions. The unions spent several million dollars on the race. They got their man. 

"What this means is that Chicago’s municipal government will now be a fully owned subsidiary of the Chicago Teachers Union. (Can you imagine what the union contracts are going to look like?) This is a city where, in roughly two dozen schools, zero children can read or write at proficiency level. ". . .

Reversing The Destruction of a Generation

American Greatness    If the world is going mad, don’t accept it.

. . ."It is a small wonder that America’s youth are adrift. Every institution in America has succumbed to compassion run amok, perhaps willfully unaware that effective compassion comes with obligations, and healthy societies must embrace hard but simple truths. Competition builds courage and character. Punishment deters crime. Demanding tolerance for everything breeds intolerance. Enforcing immutable standards is the only equitable way to offer equal opportunity. When collecting benefits is easier than working, people will quit working. It is impossible for all identifiable groups to attain equal outcomes in all things. Every individual endures challenges, anxiety, insecurity, disadvantages, crushing disappointments, and capricious good fortune, regardless of their origins.

"And, of course, this brutal truth: we need dangerous good men to protect everyone from dangerous bad men.

"Which brings us back to Andrew Tate. In a world where young men are told from the day they were born they are toxic, racist, sexist oppressors, and the only acceptable path for them is to embark on a lifetime of apologizing and going to the back of the line, they will rebel. Becoming a fan of Andrew Tate may be an unhealthy choice, but it’s a predictable reaction to an unhealthy and hostile society.

"Rejecting the narrative of doom, division, hedonism, perversion, resentment, intolerance, cowardice and utter madness that defines far too much of American culture today does not, however, require young men, or anyone else for that matter, to go to Andrew Tate’s extremes. America is blessed with tens of thousands of rebel influencers offering messages of sanity and hope—Jordan Peterson, Heather MacDonald, Chris Rufo, Candace Owens, Vivek Ramaswamy, Michael Shellenberger, and the redoubtable Thomas Sowell, to name just a few.

" 'One of the most cowardly things ordinary people do,” wrote C. S. Lewis in The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, “is to shut their eyes to facts.” Embrace hard but simple truths, reject the lies, and make some noise. If the world is going mad, don’t accept it. Take away the accouterments of madness, one by one. Save your child, save yourself, save America."

America’s Path to a Police State -

  The American Spectator | USA News and Politics

                                    There is no way back for the Democrat Party. 

"Show me the man; I will find you the crime!” These words historically have been attributed to Lavrentiy Beria, the pederastic murdering thug who led the NKVD for Stalin before it transmogrified into the KGB.

"The philosophy was clear. The socialist state has no need for principles such as “innocent until proven guilty.” Common criminals are not the issue. The priority is to protect the ruling elite from those citizens who wish to exercise their “unalienable rights” and be led by a political elite that actually represents the will of the electorate.

"Those who believe in “government of the people, by the people, for the people” must be neutralized. Those citizens must be targeted by the law enforcement and intelligence organs of the state, each one investigated for who they are until a transgression can be found or a crime simply manufactured.

"As the son of those who suffered first Nazi occupation, then Communist oppression, I never thought this day would come.

"My father was an anti-Communist student on the wrong side of the Iron Curtain, betrayed by the infamous double agent Kim Philby and sentenced to life in a Communist political prison, which he was liberated from by the Hungarian freedom fighters of 1956.

"Never ever would I have believed that America, the nation of which I have chosen to become a citizen, in whose highest political institution I have served as deputy to the president, would become a country of political prisoners and KGB tactics. But it has.

"From a pro-life pastor whose home was raided by the FBI on a misdemeanor charge that had previously been dismissed by a local court, to the Jan. 6 protesters who were held for years in jail before even being arraigned, to a former president who had his home ransacked by armed federal agents as his attorneys were ordered to stand outside, we have become that nation.

"And today is the ultimate empirical evidence that we have descended into the political gutter. . .Full Article...

Was Anyone Actually Victimized By Donald Trump’s 34 Alleged Felonies? (reason.com)

This Beat-Down's for You, Bud: Vivek Ramaswamy Blasts Dylan Mulvaney Madness and 'Gender Insanity Cult' –

  RedState

“More often than not, when someone identifies as a gender different from their biological sex that is a sign and a symptom that they are suffering from a mental illness,” Ramaswamy wrote, continuing to go bottom-line: . . .

"When 37-year-old multimillionaire entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy announced his candidacy for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination on February 21, few everyday Americans knew who the guy was, and even fewer thought he’d gain traction in the polls. They were wrong." . . .

I reject the idea that it is somehow “humane” to affirm their confusion, rather than to actually help them. It’s inhumane. This is simply stating a hard truth. Every serious leader should say so without apology. When they don’t, it reveals they are willing to lie in order to avoid criticism from Twitter or MSNBC. When CEOs, politicians, and celebrities affirm people’s confusion, they are simply fueling the problem.

"Ramaswamy referred to his “friend” — and one of my favorite intellectuals — Jordan Peterson and one of his observations:

Here’s the reality: transgenderism is not a civil rights issue, it’s a social contagion. Psychological epidemics have been well documented for over 300 years – as my friend Jordan Peterson has rightly identified. Western culture is periodically consumed by social psychoses that grip certain groups into hysteria, particularly the vulnerable among us.

"Three words: truth to power. ". . .

Nike hands real women a real insult - American Thinker

. . ."Dylan started a TikTok series called Days of Girlhood, where he documented all the strange things a man must do to superficially resemble a woman (or at least, a stereotype of a very young woman, circa 1955). He now has millions of adoring fans.

"He has scooped up endorsements for everything from cosmetics to light beer. He’s making a fortune with his claims that he really is a woman. His latest achievement is marketing sportswear for Nike, including sports bras. However, considering a man does not have a need for the support that a sports bra provides, this may be the straw that broke the camel’s back.". . .

Bud Light boycott 'has legs' as sales outlook thrown into doubt (nypost.com)  "The controversy over Bud Light’s partnership with transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney looks like it has staying power — raising the risk that boycotts will further cripple sales of the nation’s biggest beer brand, according to industry experts.

"It’s “way too early” to know whether the controversy will ultimately hurt the brewery’s bottom line, said Evercore ISI analyst Robert Ottenstein.

"Nevertheless, there is plenty of anecdotal evidence showing its potential to wreak havoc.

"Eleven days after Anheuser-Busch delivered custom-made cans with Mulvaney’s mug on them to the influencer, Kid Rock used Bud Light cans for rifle practice.

"Squabbles have broken out at bars and distributors are canceling events featuring the iconic Clydesdale horses.". . .

Bud Light may tank all the woke ads

"In August, lecturer Cathy Boardman of the British and Irish Modern Music Institute in Manchester posed the question if a white person in blackface is racist, “What about womanface?”

"The institute promptly fired her for asking the question. They said she had upset transgender students. She is appealing the decision.". . .

House Foreign Affairs, Armed Services chairmen demand answers on ultrasensitive Ukraine war leaks |

 Just The News  "The chairmen of the two key House committees handling military and foreign affairs want answers from the Biden administration regarding the ultrasensitive security documents that leaked on social media.

"Some of the documents that have surfaced online dealt with the war in Ukraine and were labeled top secret. The U.S. government has provided Ukraine with more than $100 billion in assistance since the Russian invasion began in February 2022.

"The Pentagon is reportedly trying to remove all of the leaked documents from online platforms, including Twitter and Telegram. 

"House Armed Services Committee Chairman Mike Rogers (R-Ala.) was asked if he plans to launch a committee investigation into the leak and hold hearings.

" 'The reports of intelligence leaks are incredibly concerning," Rogers told Just the News on Monday. "The House Armed Services Committee is actively seeking answers from the Department of Defense."

"Just the News also asked House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Mike McCaul (R-Texas) for his reaction to the leak.

" 'Any breach of classified material is serious, especially when sources and methods are identified," McCaul said on Monday in a statement provided to Just the News. "I urge the administration to investigate and move swiftly to identify the leaker and take appropriate action. The administration must also brief Congress on the security implications of this leak.". . .

House Foreign Affairs, Armed Services chairmen demand answers on ultrasensitive Ukraine war leaks | Just The News 

"Some of the documents that have surfaced online dealt with the war in Ukraine and were labeled top secret. The U.S. government has provided Ukraine with more than $100 billion in assistance since the Russian invasion began in February 2022.  "The Pentagon is reportedly trying to remove all of the leaked documents from online platforms, including Twitter and Telegram." 

Riley Gaines Responds Accordingly to Megan Rapinoe's Betrayal of Women in Sports –

  RedState   "Female athletes Riley Gaines (swimming) and Megan Rapinoe (soccer) have made headlines recently, one for standing proud and strong for women in sports (and getting physically attacked in the process) and the other for betraying them despite the fact that she has previously acted in the role of spokesperson for women’s equality.". . .

"As we reported Monday, Rapinoe, a U.S. women’s soccer team star-turned-woke activist, ripped the mask off in signing on to an “Athlete Ally”-composed letter opposing the Republican-introduced “Protection of Girls and Women in Sports” Act, which would keep boys and men who identify as a girl or a woman from being allowed to participate in girls’ and women’s sports.

“ 'If this bill passes, transgender and intersex girls and women throughout the country will be forced to sit on the sidelines, away from their peers and their communities,” the letter states in part.

"Gaines, on the other hand, has become the face of the “Save Women’s Sports” movement, speaking before state legislative committees as well as those in the U.S. Congress, on popular TV shows like Tucker Carlson’s, and at college campuses – even those that present a significant risk to her personal safety.

"Naturally, one would expect Gaines to have a response to Rapinoe attaching her name to the letter, and true enough, Gaines posted it to the Twitter machine this morning, pointing out that at this point Rapinoe isn’t playing much at all anymore and doesn’t have to face the possibility of competing against a transgender “woman”:

It's worth noting that 1) you're done with your athletic career and 2) because you aren't sexually attracted to men, it's unlikely you will ever have a daughter to defend. To me, this looks like a classic case of virtue signaling because you have nothing to personally lose. https://t.co/tq0wxo91TN

— Riley Gaines (@Riley_Gaines_) April 11, 2023 

Megan Rapinoe Rips Mask off Once and for All in Letter on 'Protection of Women in Sports' Act

  RedState   "U.S. women’s soccer team star-turned-media darling Megan Rapinoe is truly one of the most annoying public figures on the planet. Not because I disagree with her from a political standpoint, but because she is constantly talking at cross-purposes, and clearly lacks the self-awareness it takes to realize that the arguments she makes on hot-button topics like “transgender rights” and “women’s equality” are on a collision course with each other.". . .

Admire me!

. . ."Athlete Ally’s stated mission “is to end the rampant homophobia and transphobia in sport and to activate the athletic community to exercise their leadership to champion LGBTQI+ equality.” Because apparently it’s “transphobic” to recognize that there are innate physical differences between men and women that can’t be changed by doctors.

"In my opinion, signing on to this letter was Joe Biden’s pal Rapinoe once and for all ripping the mask off, and picking the lane she wants to be in. Not the women’s equality one – as far-fetched as her position on that was, but the one that says men can be women if they merely claim to be and can take over their sporting events if they want to because it’s “just not that important” to make the distinction.

"To reiterate points I’ve made before, Rapinoe has been a pretty lousy spokesperson for the women who she claims to represent when you consider the fact that she’s also an advocate for men who identify as women to be allowed to play on women’s teams, a position which completely undermines women’s sports. Here’s what Rapinoe wrote about this debate two years ago:. . ."

Things Joe Biden Shouldn’t Say Or Do In Ireland

  Victory Girls Blog   "Resident Joe Biden will arrive in Belfast, Ireland late this Tuesday. He is there to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the 1998 Good Friday Peace Agreement that officially ended the “Troubles” in Ireland. Ninety year old former Senator George Mitchell, who negotiated the agreement will be on the trip, despite ongoing cancer treatments. Because we Victory Girls are patriots and love this country, and because Joe Biden is guaranteed to say and do stupid things, we have provided a list of things, he should not say or do in Ireland.

"It would be pleasant to get through Biden’s visit to the “auld sod” without him causing a new outbreak of old troubles, so here we go.". . .

Joe Biden’s visit to Northern Ireland today is not welcomed by the unionist/loyalist community! 🇬🇧 pic.twitter.com/kq2Vj4ybbN

— Rangers FC & Linfield FC (@bluesbrothers86) April 11, 2023 

1. Do limit mentions of John F. Kennedy, Jr.. Biden will want too try to cloak himself in the “Kennedy Mystique”. By all means, speak of our first Irish President, but don’t beat everyone over the head with a shillelagh.

2. Don’t say “I may be Irish, but I’m not stupid”. Who can forget this one in December of 2022:

I may be Irish, but I’m not stupid. I married Dominic Giacoppa’s daughter. So, you know, I got a little Italian in me now, you know?”-Joe Biden

3. Don’t mention the Irish and drinking or being sober, or being in jail. Another one of Biden’s favorite shibboleths, this is as funny to me as jokes about my Appalachian family, you know what I mean. Here’s Joe from the Washington Examiner:

“I’ve been to Ireland many times, but not to actually look up, to find my actual family members. And there are so many — and they actually weren’t in jail,” Biden joked.
He then moved on to perhaps the most well-known Irish stereotype: their penchant for drinking alcohol.
“There’s still a place called Finnegan’s pub … that’s related to my family,” he continued. “I’m the only Irishman you ever met, though, that’s never had a drink, so I’m OK. I’m really not Irish.”

4. Don’t repeat the story about your Irish Aunt saying there was nothing wrong with your Dad except he was English. Like many Americans Joe’s heritage is mixed. That’s why it’s not a good idea do drag anyone’s ancestry. Biden is Irish but he is also English. From Politico:

Left out of the fanfare was most of Biden’s paternal lineage, which is about three-quarters English. While he has made a habit of name-checking his father’s Irish Hanafee ancestors, Biden’s non-Irish ancestry has not played a prominent role in his public image.

According to Biden, it has also played a limited role in his own self-image, on account of the early influence of his mother’s family. When the future president was a young boy, he recalled his great-aunt Gertie telling him, “Your father’s not a bad man. He’s just English.”
“There is an ongoing debate as to whether Biden is an Irish, English or German name,” Biden told Irish America in 1987, but his Scranton relatives preferred not to dwell on the likelihood that they were living under the same roof as an Englishman. “My grandfather and my mother were never crazy about it being English and used to say, ‘Tell him it’s Dutch,’” he recalled. (Later, Biden began describing his surname, accurately, as an English name).

5. For the love of Mike, don’t touch or sniff anyone else’s wife or daughter. Here is a compilation of Creepy Joe touching girls:

 

AfterMath - Home (terrellaftermath.com)

MSNBC At Its Worst: Joy Reid Says GOP Likes “Lynching Vibe”… | Weasel Zippers

"Yeah, it wasn't the republicans that lynched people, Joyless."

Merchant of Death' Viktor Bout Sends Trump a Message

 Brittney Griner, Hillary Clinton, Adam Schiff, and many other Democrats will be pleased to hear this.

Townhall

"The convicted arms dealer who was freed in a prisoner exchange by the Biden administration for WNBA player Brittney Griner, argued the 45th president should come to Russia for his own safety.

“First and foremost, I consider that his life is in danger and that the legal process which has now begun in New York, won't end in Donald Trump being convicted and barred from the election,” he reportedly said. “Most likely he will simply be eliminated there.”. . .

Bout's message in full reads: 

Dear Mr. Donald Trump,

I believe your life is in peril because during your term in the White House you had tried to save the American people from the genocidal globalist cabal, to protect the family, and to prevent the global conflicts which now destabilize the world.

Now this evil swamp is destryong(sp) the last foundations of the American republic, in fact turning it to full blown anarcho-tyranny. The future of humanity and life is at stake.

The Biden administration will not stop just by dragging you through the court/prison industrial complex, they would sooner end your life than let you stand in their way.

You will be welcome in Russia. You will have safe haven, and from here you can lead the fight for the American people, the rebellion against globalists, and for the bright future of the planet.  Sincerely yours, Viktor Bout

Riley Gaines Threatens to Sue San Fran. State University after Students Attack Her -

  Headline USA

(Headline USA) Former collegiate swimmer Riley Gaines threatened to sue San Francisco State University, where she was physically assaulted by trans activists last week, after an official downplayed the protests against her as “peaceful.”

"Gaines alleged that she was hit by a male student while she was being escorted by police away from an angry mob of protesters at the university. Videos of the chaos show dozens of students berating Gaines following her speech and barricading her inside a classroom for more than three hours.". . .

Kevin McCarthy Facing GOP Lawmaker Backlash After NYT Leak: ‘Can’t Imagine’ He’ll Make It Through His Term

 Kevin McCarthy Facing GOP Lawmaker Backlash After NYT Leak: ‘Can’t Imagine’ He’ll Make It Through His Term (msn.com)  "House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) is facing backlash from GOP lawmakers after the New York Times published a report suggesting the Republican was blaming his own leadership for the lack of a budget.

"According to the Times report this week, McCarthy reportedly said he doubted House Budget Chair Jodey Arrington (R-TX) could deliver a budget proposal, and he called Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-LA) an “ineffective” leader. McCarthy denied the accusation that his leadership team is not unified though.

"An Axios report later revealed some blowback to McCarthy’s alleged comments and suggested the speaker may be on “rocky ground” in his leadership position.

“ 'The members I’ve spoken with are just stunned by his rebuking of his budget chair, and certainly of our leadership,” one unidentified House Republican told the outlet. “I can’t imagine [he will last an entire term].”