Lots of things are on people’s minds — government corruption, gender, race, leftism, etc. — but immigration (i.e., the invasion) topped the list.

 Bookworm Beat 5/18/23: The open border illustrated edition - Bookworm Room

Democrats suddenly realize open borders are a disaster (nypost.com)   "Republican border-state governors are sending busloads of illegal entrants — released in their states by the Department of Homeland Security — to DC and New York City, prompting recriminations and pleas for federal cash from the Democratic mayors of those erstwhile immigrant-friendly cities.

"Those mayors, seemingly unwittingly, are making the governors’ point — that the administration has created a disaster at the US-Mexico line, requiring an immediate policy shift to protect lives and state and local finances.

"It started in April. Fed up with federal releases of large numbers of migrants into overwhelmed small towns in his state (including Uvalde), Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) began offering migrants free bus trips to DC to shift some of the burden to Washington.

"Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey (R) followed suit in May, and more than 7,300 migrants have since arrived in DC from the two states, creating what even Vanity Fair has termed, “A Migrant Crisis in Washington.”

"DC Mayor Muriel Bowser (D), who reaffirmed her town’s status as an immigrant “sanctuary city” after Donald Trump’s 2016 election, now derides Abbott’s and Ducey’s efforts as “cruel political gamesmanship” creating a “humanitarian crisis” in her city that “must be dealt with at the federal level” in a letter to the Department of Defense seeking National Guard support (since rejected)." . . .

Alas, poor FOX; I knew you well

 Fox News desperately needs new blood - Thomas Lifson   "If the Drudge Report leak (see Peter Barry Chowka’s coverage of it here) about the new lineup at Fox News is correct, the network is stumbling very badly. Sticking with its existing talent (moving Hannity to Tucker’s old time slot) will not appease viewers angry over Tucker’s firing. The former viewers have made it clear that Hannity will not win them back.

. . ."I am one of those angry viewers, and the only thing that would intrigue me enough to check out their lineup at 8 PM Eastern is someone capable of both surprising me with new ideas and amusing me. Greg Gutfeld has that dual capacity, and that is why his star has soared in the late-night competition. But his is also mostly a comedy show, whose lighter approach is better at late night, rather than 8 PM, which is the showcase as it leads viewers into the entire prime time lineup. Having established ratings leadership in the late night comedy/entertainment territory, Fox News would be crazy to give that up by moving Gutfeld to 8 PM."

Is a major primetime schedule shakeup imminent at FOX News? - American Thinker

From the comments: We don't want the same old, same old, blah, blah, blah. Tyrus would be a good choice. He is tremendously popular and valued by audiences for his sharp intellect and thinking outside of the box. Or Greg.

Gutfeld's "poop" jokes wore thin on me a long time ago. I enjoy his guests, especially Kat and Tyrus.

Biden to Illegals: Stop, or We'll Give You More Money

Martha’s Vineyard rallies for togetherness - The Martha's Vineyard Times

 Ann Coulter  "There seems to be a fundamental misunderstanding at the heart our current immigration debate. We keep hearing about needing an "orderly process" to get the migrants into our country, "building lawful pathways," and helping the migrants bypass coyotes.

"The two missing points are:

1) They have no right to come to our country; and

2) We don't want them here.

"Amid the hectoring from the mainstream media, it can be hard to remember, but we are a country, not a battered women's shelter. We have a right to decide who moves here, becomes our fellow citizen and shapes the kind of country we are.

"And we're getting a little sick of reading headlines like these:

What Americans' declining height has to say about the economy" -- PBS

"Why are Americans getting dumber?" -- UnHerd

"The U.S. economy is in its fourth decade of rising inequality" -- Equitable Growth

"Why are Americans' lives getting shorter?" -- The Economist

"Which is why most Americans think the ideal number of immigrants is about zero.

But the media act as if every desperate, poverty-stricken foreigner has a God-given right to come here. No, they don't. (Again, "country," not "battered women's shelter.")

"Liberals expect us to be moved by the horrible conditions they're fleeing. Thus, The New York Times tells us: "Many migrants are coming from places like Venezuela, which was suffering one of the worst economic crises in the world before the pandemic."

"The Times acts as if "the economy" is some sort of supernatural force raining down on hapless innocents, perhaps brought on by witchcraft -- or maybe Martian death rays! No, an economy is created by people. In dinosaur times, for example, there was no "economy" because there were no humans.

"Why is it a good idea to bring in people with a track record of creating economic catastrophes?" . . .

What the Durham Report is really worth

 

What the Durham Report is really worth - American Thinker  . . ."Bear in mind that the FBI was reported to have offered Christopher Steele a million bucks if he could corroborate his dossier on Mr. Trump, the dossier that Hillary Clinton paid for.  Steele failed his chance for a million bucks.  By mid-October 2016, the FBI should have known that Operation Crossfire Hurricane — the operation to crush Trump — was a piece of Democrat disinformation.  But they did not want to abandon the chance to help Hillary become president.  The truth is that Operation Crossfire Hurricane was an example of political projection to the Nth degree — the bad guys not being the Russians, but American intel left-wing zealots.". . .

What Durham’s report avoided - Thomas Lifson   "There was so much detail in the Durham report that the first round of responses quite naturally focused on what was included. Even if the report basically confirmed what conservatives have said for years about Russiagate, it was good to have it on the record and official, even though the lack of indictments, much less prosecutions, ensured that the miscreants remain, in the immortal words of Bill Ayers, “Guilty as sin, free as a bird.” A number of the worst ones enjoy lucrative contracts as commentators on CNN and MSNBC. And, of course, the outright lies of the ”big fat nothingburger” school of progressive commentary allow the left to make sure that their own supporters never learn of the details.

"But after absorbing the details of Durham’s output, those with good memories started to point out what was NOT included in Durham’s work product. Sundance of The Conservative Treehouse: . . ."

"This is not your grandfathers Democratic Party. It is authoritarian socialism at its worst."

 

LETTERS: Not your grandfather's Democrat party (newsherald.com)   "The soul-sapping, mind-twisting, transformation of the Democratic Party is complete. 

"This is no longer the Democratic Party of your grandfather – it has lost its mind and its way. Its political philosophy of inclusion and progress has been consumed by virulent strains of anger, dishonesty, and intolerance. Its leaders don’t just want to win an election; they want to silence any American who disagrees with them. 

"The party has been captured by cultural Marxists who are radically hostile to America's founding principles, its history, and its people. It's no exaggeration to recognize the reality that the Democratic Party is engaged in an ideological war against the historic American nation, which the party's members despise. " . . .

Your parent's Democratic Party is dead  "Long gone is the Democratic Party of your parents’ generation. They have morphed and contorted themselves into a political party no longer relatable or recognizable to most of America. "Today’s Democratic Party embraces the extreme, rewards the radical, shuns the sensible, and caters to the contemptible.". . .Democrats are losing blue collar workers, parents, young voters, Hispanics, etc. It is difficult to find an area of growth for Democrats today.  "It is policy that is repelling the voters. Inflation, energy, foreign policy, immigration, taxes, crime, and extreme positions on mask mandates, gender, and education all are driving people away from the Democratic Party." . . .

It's Not Your Father's Democratic Party - The New American

The father has no place in today’s Democratic Party | Washington Examiner

Democrats often complain that it is the Republicans who push an ideal vision of the American family on an unreceptive public. But the exact opposite is true. The public prefers a family in which the mother and the father are married, the father works full time, and the mother has the option of working full time, part time, or staying home. But the Biden agenda forces a different model on everyone.

Watch: GOP Rep Asks Education Secretary If He’d Be OK With ‘My Homeboys’ Entering Bathroom With His Daughter If They Identified as Women

  resistthemainstream

We can all sit around griping about this hateful, vicious, so-called LGBQT+, "gay agenda" BS which "American Pravda" is shoving down Americans' throats, or, we can Do Something~! "American Pravda" is ABC, CBS, NBC, CNBC, MSNBC, CNN, NPR, PBS, NYT, LA Times, Chicago Tribune, Silicon Valley, Google & YouTube.

"On Tuesday, Rep. Burgess Owens (R-UT) put the U.S. secretary of the U.S. Department of Education on the spot when he asked the secretary a pointed question during a House Education and Workforce Committee hearing.

"The Biden administration has pressed hard in recent months to allow transgender biological males to compete in women’s sports and use women’s restrooms and shower facilities in public schools if they identify as female.

"Owens, the father of five daughters, has strong feelings on the subject; he asked Secretary Miguel Cardona if he would be okay with “my homeboys” entering a bathroom with his daughter if they identified as women?

“ 'Would you say as an 18-year-old young man that if me and some of my homeboys decided that we wanted to be women, would it be okay for me to go into your daughter’s bathroom and expose myself because I felt as if I was a woman?” Owens asked." . . .

'Breathtakingly Corrupt' FBI EXPOSED in Durham Trump-Russia Report

Victoria Taft   “The LEAST one can say of it is that it involved a malicious use of federal law-enforcement officers to conduct a contrived investigation utterly lacking any valid, factual foundation from the very beginning. That is itself incredibly troubling—and also unconstitutional,” he wrote. But he said that the Durham Report indicated that the FBI corruption “was SO MUCH WORSE than that.” He stated that the ramifications of the Report showed “a powerful, long-respected, federal law-enforcement agency” using its power “to render a presidential candidate unelectable—entirely in the absence of any valid, good-faith basis for doing so.” [emphasis added]

Related: Here’s What John Durham’s Next Step Should Be

"It’s hard to overstate the sickening corruption at the FBI in this case and what we’ve seen in the January 6 prosecutions. If you want to know what a corrupt outfit the FBI is and how the January 6 prosecutions are fundamentally unconstitutional, you may want to watch my interview with civil rights attorney and Democrat Harvey Silverglate who calls for getting rid of the FBI “root and branch.” See it below.

Don Surber: Left's spin on Durham 

  

"John Durham ended his investigation of the FBI lying and spying on Donald Trump at the behest of Obama. Instead of sending anyone to prison for this sedition and treachery, Durham placed a 316-page letter in their permanent record.

"The deep state broke the law and used Durham to rub our noses in it. What are we going to do about? Josh Hawley said break up the FBI. That won’t affect Comey, Obama and the rest of the criminals who created and promoted Russiagate.

"Tom Fitton, president of Judicial Watch, said, “As confirmed by Durham: Obama knew. Clinton knew. Biden knew. Comey knew. Brennan knew. McCabe knew. Strzok knew. Clapper knew. Schiff knew. FBI knew. DOJ knew. They all knew Trump was innocent but they smeared and spied on him. Worse than Watergate. Trump is a crime victim!”

"He is right — and there is not one damned thing readers can do about this miscarriage of justice. Did I say miscarriage? It is an abortion. And they got away with it because no one in Washington will hold anyone in Washington accountable. It is the code of the totalitarians.

"Readers should not be surprised. On September 18, 2021, I wrote in my old blog, “I go by track record, and John Durham's track record shows he is a good investigator and a smart bureaucrat. He will go just deep enough in his prosecutions to satisfy the public but not so far as to endanger the establishment.

“ 'I base this on the Whitey Bulger case. He was a gangster in Boston who was politically connected. His brother Billy became President of the Massachusetts Senate. Upon retirement, he became a well-paid bureaucrat in the state college system.

“ 'His other brother was Jackie, a court clerk magistrate who after retirement went to prison for fixing grand juries: . . .

What the Durham Report is really worth

 

What the Durham Report is really worth - American Thinker  "The Durham Report is a White Paper to the American people setting forth the evidence that the cabal to undermine and destroy Donald J. Trump is a pack of liars intent on transforming the country into their own, self-aggrandizing image.  And now it is up to House Republicans to use Special Counsel Durham's report as working guide to chase the rascals out of what they claim to be their natural habitat: Washington, D.C."

Durham proved a vast conspiracy to deceive voters about Trump and Russia, but won't indict anyone, so media can bury the story; Thomas Lifson

As confirmed by Durham: Obama knew. Clinton knew. Biden knew. Comey knew. Brennan knew. McCabe knew. Strzok knew.Clapper knew.Schiff knew.FBI knew.DOJ knew.They all knew Trump was innocent but they smeared and spied on him. Worse than Watergate. Trump is a crime victim! pic.twitter.com/hnrD3z3KDe

— Tom Fitton (@TomFitton) May 15, 2023

" Corruption at all levels. These people are have betrayed the United States independence! In a job for cheating you get fired. In sports for cheating you get fired. Nothing happens to these people!". . .

Gutfeld: Durham lays the basis for questioning the 2020 election results..."Three weeks after canning their most popular figure, Tucker Carlson, which led to plunging ratings, it will be interesting to see Fox News's reaction to Gutfeld pushing the envelope they don't want pushed.". . .

Joe Biden Tells Black Students to "Stand Up Against White Supremacy" - Then This Unfortunate Video Resurfaces |

Thomas Sowell - "Racism is kept alive mainly by the people who use it for an excuse or to keep minority communities fearful or resentful enough to turn out as a voting bloc on election day."

 The Gateway Pundit | by Jim Hoft   Joe Biden on Saturday delivered the 2023 commencement address at Howard University.

"Biden, being that he is a lifelong racist, made his speech about race.

}Joe Biden falsely claimed the most dangerous threat to the US is ‘white supremacy.’

RACISM: BIDEN at Howard University: "The most dangerous terrorist threat to our homeland is white supremacy, and I'm not saying this because I'm at a Black HBCU..." pic.twitter.com/5RzEo3GtOt 

— @amuse (@amuse) May 13, 2023

Note: 👀 pic.twitter.com/kUZj5bfkn9

— Happiness (@OnTheBrightOne) May 13, 2023

 Note: 👀 pic.twitter.com/kUZj5bfkn9

— Happiness (@OnTheBrightOne) May 13, 2023

"Unfortunately, for Joe Biden there is video of Old Joe delivering the eulogy and KKK Kleagle Senator Robert Byrd’s funeral.  They were very close."

Former Top Biden Aide Predicts SCOTUS Could Outlaw Black History…

 Weasel Zippers  ‘Brace Yourselves, Folks!’: Former Biden Aide Predicts SCOTUS Could Outlaw Black History | The Daily Wire

Prepare for the push by the left to pack the Supreme Court with leftists. TD

. . ."Sanders, who served as a prominent member of Joe Biden’s campaign before becoming the chief spokeswoman for Vice President Kamala Harris, argued that it was “not hyperbole” to suggest that the current court might use the cases before it to do these things and worse.

“ 'Last summer, the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade with the Dobbs decision, and that was just the opening act for the assault on our fundamental rights and freedoms,” Sanders began, and then she went on to lay out some of the cases and extrapolate their potential repercussions.

"Referencing the cases brought by the organization Students for Fair Admissions, Sanders noted that the Court was set to weigh in on whether or not race should be considered as a factor when making college admissions decisions.

Biden And His Party Are Trying To Kill Humanity’s Last Best Hope

Meantime, our military is being hollowed out in an era in which nothing could be more dangerous, our global status is sinking, dependence on government is being broadened, and meritocracy murdered.

 

Biden And His Party Are Trying To Kill Humanity’s Last Best Hope – Issues & Insights

"The president hates America. No? Then why is he, and his Democratic Party, systematically taking down this nation? Leaders who love their country don’t try to leave it on the ash heap of history.

"Konstantin Kisin, a Russian-British satirist, recently said on Bill Maher’s show that “people in other parts of the world are not teaching their young children to hate their own country.” Maher, a man of the left, agreed. “This country,” he said, “is better off than a lot of people who are native to it” are willing to admit.

"It cannot be argued that there is not an element, loud and strident, in this country that actively agitates against it and doesn’t miss a chance to weaken it. Its ever-outraged members are always found on the political left, and if they’re not Democrats, they caucus with them because they’re more closely aligned with that party’s agenda.

"This faction denies America’s superior goodness relative to every other nation that exists or has existed. It rails against our market economy, which has produced far more prosperity than any system that’s ever been tried. Educators teach Marxism not as history but as guideline, twist past events to vilify this nation’s cornerstones, pervert objective math and science into subjective fields of study, undermine our national identity by pushing global citizenship, and tear away at the fabric of society through critical race theory instruction. The left mourns America’s founding, is at war with free speech, is perpetually in conflict with the Judeo-Christian heritage that has molded a nation like no other in history, and misses no chance to further divide an already polarized people. The moral code of the West has been shattered." . ...

Any decent Democrat should seek to foster wars between races

 

AfterMath

It sure looks like Michelle Obama is being pressured to run for president, forcing Biden out of the 2024 race - American Thinker If so, don't think for a minute that will make the racial division one bit less than with Joe.

Michelle Obama’s Mom On Barack- 'At Least He's Not ALL WHITE!'

Howard University Presents Joe Biden, America’s Racial-Supremacist-in-Chief - The American Spectator | USA News and Politics  "The president’s commencement speech reveals, once again, the Democrats’ blatant racism."

. . ." And, in typical form, the president who views the world through the lens of racial supremacy said this, as covered by Politico:

“White supremacy … is the single most dangerous terrorist threat in our homeland,” Biden said. “And I’m not just saying this because I’m at a Black HBCU. I say this wherever I go.”…

“Fearless progress toward justice often means ferocious pushback from the oldest and most sinister of forces,” Biden said. “That’s because hate never goes away. … It only hides under the rocks. And when it’s given oxygen it comes out from under that rock. And that’s why we know this truth as well: silence is complicity. We cannot remain silent.”

"Still, in an apparent reference to former President Donald Trump, Biden acknowledged that the path toward that future is by no means easy:

“Let’s be clear: There are those who don’t see you. Who don’t want this future,” Biden said. “There are those who demonize and pit people against one another. There are those who would do anything and everything, no matter how desperate or immoral, to hold onto power.” . . .