Doesn't Pete Buttigieg have an airline crisis to take care of? -

 Monica Showalter; American Thinker   "Is Pete Buttigieg the secretary of Transportation, or the secretary of gayness?

"Hard to not think it's the latter, given his horning in with his review of a presidential campaign ad by Florida's governor, Ron DeSantis.

"According to NBC News:

Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg took aim Sunday at Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis for a video attacking former President Donald Trump over LGBTQ rights.

DeSantis’ presidential campaign reposted a video to Twitter last week showing overtures to the LGBTQ community by Trump over the years, including video of him saying he would “do everything in my power to protect our LGBTQ citizens” in a speech at the Republican National Convention in 2016. Trump issued the remarks in the wake of the deadly mass shooting at the Pulse Nightclub, a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida.

The second part of the video shifts to focus on DeSantis, appearing to try to portray him as the paragon of masculinity. Thumping background music is accompanied by images of DeSantis, shirtless, muscular men and headlines about the anti-LGBTQ policies DeSantis signed into law.

"I guess Pete found that sexy -- and the rest of us? We hadn't noticed.

 

"Buttigieg went on and on about this, making the ridiculous claim that DeSantis, whose record in office in Florida is one of unparalleled success, not just on individual matters such as hurricane recovery, but in turning a purple state red, was somehow trying to "prove his manhood," as if he, the Mr. Mom of the Biden administration, were somehow the authority on this matter.

 

"Now, this is not to say that the ads were good -- President Trump's former top advisor, Ric Grenell, who is gay, noted that they were indeed homophobic, and let's face it, it's stupid for DeSantis to criticize President Trump for his reasonable welcoming of gay people to his administation and in his policies. Most people, both gay and straight, had no problem with Trump's policies. Worse still, the ads don't reflect the real DeSantis, and therefore are inauthentic, as Grenell noted here.? . . .

Merrick Garland's DOJ Is A Threat To The Republic

 

SEAN HANNITY: Did Merrick Garland commit perjury to protect the Biden family syndicate? | Fox News

Merrick Garland's DOJ Is A Threat To The Republic (thefederalist.com)   "It’s become painfully obvious over the past year that the Justice Department under Attorney General Merrick Garland has been weaponized and politicized to the point that it represents an active threat to the rule of law and the separation of powers. It’s not too much to say that Garland’s DOJ has become a threat to the republic.

"Just take this past week. On Thursday, following an historic 6-3 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that struck down a New York law for violating state residents’ Second Amendment rights, a DOJ spokeswoman released a statement saying “we respectfully disagree” with the ruling. 

"The ruling is of course a great victory for the Constitution and a long-overdue vindication of New Yorkers’ Second Amendment rights. The law in question had been on the books for more than a century, and made it nearly impossible for ordinary people to obtain a concealed-carry license, The unconstitutional law forced New Yorkers to prove to a municipal bureaucrat that they needed a gun for self-defense. In practice, this made it almost impossible for law-abiding citizens in New York to exercise their constitutional right to bear arms." . . .

When Do We Reach Peak Climate Insanity? It Needs To Be Soon

 For how long will the foolishness continue? We’ve had 35 years of warnings, hectoring and shrieking, yet we’re no nearer a climate disaster than we were when NASA’s James Hansen swore before the Senate in 1988 that “global warming has begun.”

Obama's Party Ruined As Mansion Sinks Into Sea Thanks To Climate Change | Babylon Bee

Issues & Insights  "The global warming gasbags and climate catastrophics seem to have an endless amount of energy. Like the posse chasing Butch and Sundance, they don’t get tired, or hungry, or slow down, or even break formation. But unlike that posse, they’ll never catch what they’re chasing.

"To listen to the climate alarmists, the casual observer would be convinced that the incineration of Earth due to combustion that produces carbon dioxide is imminent. As in next year … or maybe next week.

"Here’s Rep. Rashida Tlaib, Democrat from Michigan:

“ 'We have to be much more aggressive in regard to fossil fuel expansions,” she recently said. The Daily Mail characterized her rant as a “pep talk” for activists who are laying the groundwork for “a campaign of blocking highways and chaotic protests later this summer.”

"According to the Mail, “Europe’s top climate activists are planning a ‘large-scale civil disobedience campaign‘ of highway blockages, hunger strikes and disruption at ‘federal properties’ in the U.S. in August.”

"One who has already obstructed the free movement of others is of course Greta Thunberg, the young Swedish climate activist who is famous for, well, being a sniveling brat feted by the world’s most superficial people even though she’s achieved nothing that would be of benefit to her fellow man. Last week she and others were arrested for spending five days blocking ​​oil tankers in the Malmo, Sweden, harbor. Anyone who thinks this is sane behavior should themselves immediately rush to their local mental health clinic." . . .

Was Last Week the Beginning of the End for Biden? - The most ominous sign involves the behavior of the corporate media.

 The American Spectator | USA News and Politics

Only a signal from Democratic Party heavyweights that the President’s days in office are numbered could have been enough to awake the Fourth Estate from its long slumber.

"Something changed last week inside the Beltway that suggests the people who run the Democratic Party now realize President Biden’s tenure in office is not sustainable beyond 2024. The “tell” was not, however, the latest revelation by IRS whistleblowers about his corrupt administration. It was instead the sudden awakening of the White House press corps. The same “reporters” who snored through more than two years of preposterous claims by Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre and her predecessor simultaneously woke up Friday. Correspondents from media outlets CNN, CBS, NBC, and even the New York Times aggressively questioned Jean-Pierre about the metastasizing Hunter Biden scandals.

"This wasn’t spontaneous. The word has gone out that regime change is coming. Thus, the “news” outlets that usually repeat Biden’s claim that he and his son never discuss the latter’s business deals actually reported the testimony of IRS whistleblowers who allege political interference in their Hunter Biden investigation. CBS, for example, ran an unusually honest story about the whistleblowers that prominently included full transcripts of their testimony before the House Ways and Means Committee. The committee released the transcripts after it was announced that Hunter Biden had agreed to plead guilty to misdemeanor tax charges. The two IRS whistleblowers testified that he committed felony tax evasion:

One of the IRS whistleblowers was Gary Shapley, an agent who worked on the Hunter Biden probe and recently spoke exclusively with CBS News’ Jim Axelrod. In his transcribed interview with the House Ways and Means Committee, Shapley told congressional investigators that the IRS’ findings supported both felony and misdemeanor charges, and that charges were blocked in jurisdictions outside of Delaware, including in Washington, D.C.

"There isn’t the slightest possibility that CBS or any of the media outlets noted above would have run a story like this a year ago. Nor would any member of the corporate media have pressed Attorney General Merrick Garland aggressively enough for him to angrily characterize legitimate questions about the Department of Justice as “an attack on an institution that is essential to American democracy, and essential to the safety of the American people.” Garland, like Karine Jean-Pierre and National Security Council spokesman John Kirby, isn’t accustomed to probing questions and he clearly doesn’t like answering them. It will nonetheless be difficult to avoid additional queries from a press corps that has been let off its leash." . . .

Once Upon a One More Time and the rise of the faux-progressive pop musical -

  Vox

"The faux-progressive pop musical, however, mostly ignores that potential. It generally attempts to try to cram liberal slogans into a musical form that was never designed to bear them."

. . ."One More Time is one of a spree of recent Broadway musicals that attempt, with various degrees of hamfistedness, to marry a bubblegum pop songbook to a politically progressive reinterpretation of an existing story. It’s as though, after the success of Hamilton, producers all over New York City ordered up message musicals with radio-friendly songbooks by the dozen. Only now are they beginning to realize that it’s actually pretty hard to make that combination work.

"First came Six. Arriving on Broadway in 2021 after originating in London, Six uses original songs heavily inspired by existing pop numbers to tell the tale of the six wives of Henry VIII, this time with more girl power. Following fast on its heels was 2022’s & Juliet, which uses the songs of Swedish megaproducer Max Martin to imagine a story where instead of killing herself after Romeo dies, Juliet goes to Paris to party with her genderqueer best friend. This spring came the show with the name that tempted fate: Bad Cinderella, another feminist take on the fairy tale. (Bad Cinderella closed in June after just 85 performances.) This time the songbook was provided by Andrew Lloyd Webber, the man who reinvented the Broadway pop musical in the 1980s." . . .

Michelle Obama rage-tweets about blacks being oppressed -- from a fancy Greek yacht vacay out in the Mediterranean -

  Monica Showalter; American Thinker   "For most of us, Grecian island vacations and private yacht parties with the jet set are pretty much the purview of those with lives of idle privilege.

"Not for Michelle Obama, who had plenty of complaints about the Supreme Court's rulings back in the states while on this sort of vacation.

"According to this tweet:" . . .

. . ."Private jets? Jammed traffic? Non-disclosure agreements? Did they pay these people for that 'service,' or did they just demand it?

"I think we can guess who the privileged ones are here. But no matter -- as Michelle said in her earlier statement "we belong," which is a fancy way of saying "we're entitled." And just like the affirmative action privileges Michelle laments the demise of, the Obamas are comfortable with other privileges, living the textbook life of the jet-setting idle rich.

"Give us a break.". . .

Michelle Obama: Ask Her For ‘Help’ And You’re Branded A Racist (inquisitr.com)

. . ."Was Michelle Obama really the victim of racism during her trip to Target? In extracts from an exclusive interview recorded by People magazine, Michelle Obama speaks candidly about racial stereotyping and the Obamas fears for their daughters.

"During the interview, the first lady described how she was the victim of subtle racism during a trip to Target. The crime? A white woman asked her for help reaching some detergent on a high shelf.". . .

"But was Michelle Obama’s Target shopping experience really an example of racism? Ben Shapiro from Truth Revolt doesn’t think so. In fact, when telling David Letterman about the same incident a couple of years ago, the first lady appeared to find the incident charming and sweet.

“I have to tell you something about this trip though. No one knew that was me because a woman actually walked up to me, right? I was in the detergent aisle, and she said — I kid you not — she said, ‘Excuse me, I just have to ask you something,’ and I thought, ‘Oh, cover’s blown.’ She said, ‘Can you reach on that shelf and hand me the detergent?’ I kid you not.”

"Warming to the laughter of the audience, Michelle Obama continued to describe a rather normal and endearing human interaction.

“And the only thing she said — I reached up, ’cause she was short, and I reached up, pulled it down — she said, ‘Well, you didn’t have to make it look so easy.’ That was my interaction. I felt so good… She had no idea who I was. I thought, as soon as she walked up — I was with my assistant, and I said, ‘This is it, it’s over. We’re going to have to leave.’ She just needed the detergent.” . . .

 Reality Bites by Broc Smith.

Leaked photos show Obamas were rage-tweeting about "oppression” from a lavish yacht in Greece... - Revolver News  From the comments section:

"BO squandered eight years and just made race relations worse.

"Racism has been very, very good to him.

"And the first White-Black president. I wonder how he comes to grip with his White Supremacist side?

"Affirmative action in education resulted in BLM, CRT, ESG and DEI. None of it benefited US.
Tens of billions of dollars spent on trying to right a wrong that that will never be forgiven.
All based on "color of skin" and not "content of character". They twisted MLK's Dream."
And now we all are paying the price."

"Their egos tell them they are making "proclamations from on high" and that the great, unwashed masses will heed their words like Gospel"

Biden Spotted Holding 'Cheat Sheet' That Reveals Disturbing Collusion With Reporters -

This cannot trouble Democrats; Joe is a malleable tool in their hands, doing their bidding. 

  Analyzing America

"During a press conference, President Joe Biden was photographed holding a “cheat sheet” that proved he had advanced knowledge fed to him by journalists.

“The notecard doesn’t just tell him which reporters to call on, it includes what order to call on them in and what PRE-SUBMITTED questions they’re going to ask,” political commentator Benny Johnson said.

“There’s no way this happened under Trump,” he added.

"The cheat sheet shows an image of Los Angeles Times reporter Courtney Subramanian as well as a guide on how to pronounce her name and her question for the president.". . . 

Puppeteer Jeff Dunham Mocks Joe Biden

Joe Biden Disowning His Granddaughter Goes Much Deeper Than Originally Thought

 Joe Biden Disowning His Granddaughter Goes Much Deeper Than Originally Thought – RedState

I’d ask how the Bidens could possibly get away with such a directive, but then I remember they are Democrats and how that means that nothing matters. 

Joe Biden REFUSES to provide security for Hunter's lovechild

"Amidst all the proclamations of the supposed incredible decency and love of the Biden family has been a very uncomfortable reality: Joe and Jill Biden have disowned their small granddaughter.

"After Hunter Biden recently settled with the mother of the child to reduce his child support payments, the situation once again found itself in the public eye. This time, things escalated further, though. Not only did the president’s son reduce his payments by a huge amount, but part of the settlement was denying his own daughter the use of his last name.

"As a father, I can’t even begin to process what kind of person does something like that, but responsibility for this situation doesn’t end with Hunter Biden himself. Behind him stands two enabling parents who have openly joined him in assuring the child in question is shunned and effectively erased.

"For years, Joe Biden has stated he only has six grandchildren. Some of that has been written off his senility flaring up. I suppose the excuse is that if he never sees his granddaughter, why should be expected to remember she exists?

"But a new report is shedding light on just how deep the plot goes. Per two sources, reported on in The New York Times of all places, White House aides are being told specifically that the Bidens only have six grandchildren.

And then there is President Biden.

His public image is centered around his devotion to his family — including to Hunter, his only surviving son. In strategy meetings in recent years, aides have been told that the Bidens have six, not seven, grandchildren, according to two people familiar with the discussions.

The White House did not respond to questions about the case, in keeping with how officials have answered questions about the Biden family before.

. . . Joe Biden Disowning His Granddaughter Goes Much Deeper Than Originally Thought – RedState

 

My story I was wrong about the Democratic Party #walkaway

 I was wrong about the Democratic Party #walkaway - YouTube

@samschwartz3175

Great points about the dishonesty and cruel outcomes of the Democrats and the media, what bothers me is why no one explains why? Why are they doing this? I'm sure they don't view themselves as being horrible people, so what's their rationale, and how are they able to get away with this for so many decades? And yes, I almost forgot, how are we planning on fixing that or creating equally powerful fight to preserve freedom? I'm tired of conservatives having good talk shows and good points and never win anything directionally!

@rikiriahi8295   

You described the problems with the public educational system perfectly. As a conservative Catholic Christian, these are the reasons that I pulled our son out and Homeschooled him. It’s no longer a safe environment for children and it’s getting far worse with laws depriving parents of their rights as loving moral authorities over their children. Woke ideology targets vulnerable children.

Ethics Observations On The Left’s Unethical Three Freakout Day

 Ethics Alarms

“People think that the President of the United States has the power for debt forgiveness. He does not. He can postpone. He can delay. But he does not have that power. That has to be an act of Congress.” 

"Yesterday’s clean and persuasive Supreme Court decision finally striking down racial discrimination in university admissions after decades of pretending it wasn’t the Consitutional offense it was was followed by two more sound Constitution-based decisions that were as important as they were necessary. All three were quickly attacked as “partisan” and “extreme” when they were neither, except to those who find the boundaries imposed by our nation’s traditional democratic principles overly obstructive to their schemes.

"Finally ruling on a lawsuit brought by six state governments, the Supreme Court rejected President Biden’s insane $430 billion student loan forgiveness plan as illegal because it was never authorized by Congress. In a cynical, Harry Reid-ish strategem to buy the 2022 mid-term elections, Biden had announced a $430 billion gift to mostly middle-class and wealthy citizens who were unable or unwilling to do what millions of Americans in their exact situation had done: paying back money they owed for a benefit they had received. In many ways it was progressive irresponsible government at its worst. The Constitution gives Congress, not the the White House,the power to determine how federal funds are spent. As Illya Somin wrote yesterday, “If the administration had won, Biden and future presidents would have been empowered to use vague statutes to usurp Congress’ constitutional control over the federal budget. Moreover, because of the context for this case, it also would have allowed the president to abuse emergency powers for partisan ends.' ” . . .  Full article here...

A disgusted Jonathan Turley gives Biden the back of his hand here.

The 4 Big Lies (And 1 Terrible Truth) In Biden’s ‘Bidenomics Is Working’ Speech –

  Issues & Insights

"In a 30-minute speech in Chicago this week, President Joe Biden declared that his economic policies — which can charitably be summed up as “borrow and spend, tax and regulate” — are doing wonders for the nation’s economy.

"Never mind that just 38% of Americans approve of the job Biden has been doing on the economy.

"No. The only risk we face, Biden argued, was a return of that bogeyman known as “trickle-down economics.”

“ 'Folks, let me say this as clearly as I can,” Biden said. “The trickle-down approach failed the middle class. It failed America. It blew up the deficit. It increased inequity. And it weakened the in — our infrastructure. It stripped the dignity, pride, and hope out of communities one after another, particularly through the Midwest, Western Pennsylvania, and heading west.”. . .

"Or, it would be, if there was a shred of truth to it. The middle class made huge gains during the “trickle-down” Reagan boom and was making huge gains during the Trump boom until the Biden-backed COVID lockdowns gutted it.

"Truth is, the only way Biden can make the case for “Bidenomics” is by lying. Examples:

• “U.S. has had the highest economic growth rate, leading the world economies since the pandemic.”

"Except it didn’t. The U.S. ranks 146th in real GDP growth in the world so far this year, came in 151st place last year, and was 66th in 2021, according to the International Monetary Fund.

• “We created 13.4 million new jobs.”

"Also false. Because almost 10 million of those were simply refilled jobs lost during the pointless COVID lockdown. Under Biden, the number of net new jobs is less than 4 million — which is nothing to brag about, given that the working-age population has grown by 6.8 million since Biden took office.

• “Americans are back to work who’ve been on the sidelines, and they want to come back.”. . .

Lockdown queen Randi Weingarten to now 'advise' Department of Homeland Security?

 Whatever it is she "advises," count on it being something good for the teachers' union — and inversely, something very bad for the public.  We know that based on Weingarten's already horrible record sneaking around and issuing the CDC its marching orders. 

Monica Showalter - American Thinker   "Not too long ago, Randi Weingarten, union boss for the notorious American Federation of Teachers, got caught giving orders to the Centers for Disease Control about the importance of keeping schools locked down, no matter what the "science" said, and no matter what the schoolchildren needed.  They were, you see, "thought partners," as one union official told the CDC.

"According to the Daily Wire, which has much gamier details than this short passage:

Text messages recently obtained by the Fairfax Parents Association show Weingarten texting with then-CDC Director Rochelle Walensky about keeping school restrictions tight. 

"It was frankly, a scandal, because this political hack for the Democrats has absolutely no expertise whatsoever in matters of public health, and there she was, effectively running the top federal agency for public health from behind the scenes without telling anyone until she got found out.  I wrote about that here.

"She ought never show her face again in public for that crappy perma-lockdown advice that did so much damage to America's schoolchildren, leading to learning loss, social adjustment problems, and deficient speech development, combined with usurpation of public power.

"But now she's failing upward." . .