UPDATED 7/9: Ben and Jerry's 'July 4th Stolen Land' Virtue Signaling Is Coming Back to Haunt Them

UPDATE: Ben & Jerry’s Has a Brain Freeze as Tribe Takes Them Up On the Offer To Turn Over Their Land (townhall.com)   . . ."Members of an indigenous tribe who are descendants of Native Americans have reportedly expressed interest in taking back the land now occupied by popular ice cream makers Ben & Jerry's after the company made a controversial call for America to return "stolen" land." . . .

UPDATE:  After Slamming America, Hilarious Cartoon Brutally Reveals Ben & Jerry's Next Flavor Creation (thefederalistpapers.org)

"This controversy has arisen after their recent press release titled, “The US Was Founded on Stolen Indigenous Land—This July 4, Let’s Commit to Returning It.”

"Yet, the company’s headquarters in Vermont are said to be located on land that was reportedly once seized from Indigenous tribes.

"In the press release, Ben & Jerry’s advocated for returning the territory that currently hosts Mount Rushmore back to the Sioux people.

"The release argues that the federal government appropriated this land, a situation they liken to their desire for increased government regulation and control." . . .

To whom do all the previous occupants return the land? First some background:

1776: The Lakota Tribe STOLE The Black Hills (Mt Rushmore) From The Cheyenne Who STOLE It From Kiowa Tribe -   . . .The Black Hills are a small isolated mountain range which rise up from the Great Plains in western South Dakota and extend into Wyoming. The name Black Hills is a translation of the Lakota Sioux Indian tribe who called them "Ȟe Sápa." And while that's true, it should be noted that the Cheyenne Indians called them "Moʼȯhta-voʼhonáaeva" for a hundred years or more before the Lakato ever arrived there... we do know that the Arikara Indian nation arrived there around 1100 AD. After reading about the Arikara, it is pretty much a given that they had the Black Hills first -- and the longest. If there are people who want to give the Black Hills "back to the Indians" as the saying goes, then it should be to the right tribe.

"The Lakota arrived in the region after getting kicked out of Minnesota in the late 1770s by other tribes. The Lakota took over the region after they drove out the Cheyenne Indian nation. The Lakota people, and Teton Sioux, are part of a confederation of seven related Sioux tribes, the "Očhéthi Šakówiŋ" or "Seven Council Fires." Among tribes, the wars were more brutal than most realize. Warfare among the Native American Indian nations were brutal and not unlike savage warfare anywhere else in the world. Waging war did not always turn out well for the Lakota. Their wars with Anishnaabe and Cree nations pushed the Lakota west and into the Great Plains in the mid to late-1600s. The Anishinaabe, who the Lakota called the "Chippewa" (Ojibwe), fought with the use of muskets supplied to them by the French and the British." . .  . (Emphases in the original.)

RedState

Congratulations, Unilever, you may have a “Bud Light” moment underway, and it would be richly deserved, given your hot take. As Bud Light has found out, virtue signaling to the woke can be a very costly thing.

"I reported on the bad move that Ben & Jerry’s made on the Fourth of July. When most companies were recognizing the day and honoring America, the ice cream company decided to attack the country. They tweeted that the land the U.S. is on was “stolen” and that the U.S. should give it back to the indigenous people.". . .

. . ."They also claimed, “The faces on Mount Rushmore are the faces of men who actively worked to destroy Indigenous cultures and ways of life.”

"But now they’re being called out on their virtue signaling by those very people whose land they are living on. Now that the company has said what it did, Don Stevens wants to talk with them. Stevens is the chief of the Nulhegan Band of The Coosuk Abenaki Nation, one of four tribes descended from the Abenaki that are recognized in Vermont. He said he “looks forward to any kind of correspondence with the brand to see how they can better benefit Indigenous people.”

Looks like Indian leaders would like a word with Ben & Jerry's... - American Thinker  . . ."That's some sanctuary state they've got there -- with every state out there called on to condone open borders, while the Massachusetts enclave remains safely off limits to mass illegal immigration. 

"They say one thing to scold the rest of us, and virtue-signal their virtue, calling for impossible policies out of white liberal guilt -- and then when called on the carpet, do another."

Sen. John Kennedy Expertly Explains Kamala's Word Salads, Hits on the Bigger Issue in the Process

 Sen. John Kennedy Expertly Explains Kamala's Word Salads, Hits on the Bigger Issue in the Process – RedState

. . ."And with respect, I would say the Vice President needs to work on being a little more articulate. Some [in the Senate] might say that based on her performances, that English is not her first, second, third, or even fourth language. But number three, you know, I think sound advice for anyone, politician or not, is always be yourself unless you suck. If you suck, have enough self-awareness to know you suck, and try to do better.". . .   Read Kamala in all her splendor

. . . "She has never been particularly good at what she does, rising to the top in California Democratic political circles thanks in large part to an affair she admittedly had with a powerful married man, and then being chosen as a vice presidential running mate by Joe Biden in part because he promised influential black Democratic lawmakers that he’d pick a woman of color."

Kennedy: If My Record Was as Bad as This White House 'I’d Probably Give My Staff Blow, Too' (breitbart.com)  . . ."Kennedy said, “Well, I haven’t seen the news today. Did they find more blow in the White House or are we still talking about the first stuff? Look, I’ve been in the Situation Room. There are cameras everywhere. I’m pretty sure the Secret Service knows.”

"He continued, “I probably shouldn’t say this, but if my record was as bad as this White House’s record, I’d probably give my staff blow too. I’m only kidding. They’ll get to the bottom of it. Frankly, I’m not saying it’s not significant. It’s not earthshaking, you know?' ”

Side By Side Video Of Hunter Biden Smoking Crack With Joe Biden Praising Strict Penalties For Crack, Goes Viral

. . .“Anyone know if the MSM ran that video of Hunter? If they didn’t, they are frauds. Because obviously, any similar video involving Trump or his kids would lead the news,” one user shared. There’s a video of Hunter Biden literally smoking crack going around and not one word from the media." . . .

Americans are rejecting wokeism because they finally are realizing that if they do not, they will not have a civilization left.

Our elite work to ban plentiful natural gas, subsidize transgendered activism abroad, and lecture on sexual identities in the military. China’s elite builds dozens of coal and nuclear plants, and doubles the size of its navy, while preparing to absorb Taiwan.  

 Victor Davis Hanson  "Wokeness was envisioned as a new reboot of the coalition of the oppressed. 

"Those purportedly victimized by traditional America would find “intersectional” solidarity in their victimhood owing to the supposed sexism, racism, homophobia, transphobia, and other alleged American sins, past and present. 

"The so-called white male heterosexual victimizing class was collectively to be held responsible for their sinful triad of white “rage,” “supremacy,” and “privilege.” 

"Class considerations became passé. The Duchess of Sussex, and the billionaires Oprah Winfrey and LeBron James, shared grievances against all whites, whether they hailed from Martha’s Vineyard or impoverished East Palestine, Ohio. 

"A bicoastal elite would draft the woke agenda and the oppressed would follow as ordered. 

"That top-down blueprint would embrace massive multibillion-dollar reparations to blacks. 

"In lockstep, all victims would rally around a Green New Deal that mandated high energy costs to discourage consumption of fossil fuels. 

"The new transgender canon mandated three sexes. Sex is socially rather than biologically determined. And there is a large, oppressed, and transgender population: this presents the next great civil rights struggle for America. 

"Historical wokeism lodged a list of grievances against the supposedly flawed American past. Indicting the dead required statues to be toppled. Names had to be changed. Histories were to be rewritten. Even the foundational date of America was to be reconsidered and altered. 

"Yet, the rainbow fabric of woke is now fraying—and for a variety of reasons." . . . 

SOROS DISTRICT ATTORNEYS PROMOTE GUN VIOLENCE

 Diane L. Gruber (substack.com)

"Have you seen any of Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner’s TV appearances following the deadly shooting Monday night?  As one of the longest running George Soros-funded district attorneys, the lies drip naturally from his lips.  According to Krasner, it is not the cross-dressing shooter’s fault that five are dead and two are injured.  No! It is THE GUN’S FAULT and it is the fault of every other American who legally owns firearms & have never committed a crime. Oh, and it is also the NRA’s fault and gun manufacturers’ fault.

"Krasner even went so far as to blame the shooting on Congresspeople from FLORIDA and NEW YORK.  Say what? " . . .

PROGRESSIVES’ SCHEME IS CLEAR

These 75 Soros district attorneys have a five-step scheme to disarm law-abiding Americans by promoting violence in the streets.

1)   Stop prosecuting illegal possession of guns, and decrease prosecutions of crimes generally.*

2)   In Democrat-owned cities this leads to more crimes, including more gun violence.

3)   Power-mad Democrats falsely claim that more “gun control” laws will decrease the violence their policies have created. Democrat voters buy into this delusion.

4)   More “gun control” laws are passed which only control the law-abiding and prevent them from protecting themselves & others.  The criminals still have their guns.

5)   GOAL: chip, chip, chip away at Americans’ Second Amendment Rights so they will be helpless when Totalitarianism and Globalism takes over.

Much more here...

What is there to be said about Jill Biden?

There is nothing more destructive than a grasping, greedy, entitled woman who has control of a weak and stupid man in a powerful position.  That this family was chosen by the power elite of the left to be their figureheads is a sad, despicable joke. 

 Patricia McCarthy   "What is the ultimate verdict on a woman like not-a-real-doctor Jill Biden?  She has for at least four years now, with help from the malevolent left, been a willing party to the installation of her brain-addled husband into the Oval Office.  As his infirmities become more and more obvious to the global public, Jill and her accomplices in crime continue to pretend that Joe is sentient, capable of being the president of the United States, when everyone knows he is not.  He is done, gone.  And yet his handlers continue to use and abuse him as if he were some ventriloquist huckster's puppet.  The man is an embarrassment on the world stage. 

"Jill is primarily responsible for this crime against the American people.  She alone could have put a stop to what has befallen America since he was inaugurated.

"We all know by now that the American left embraces cultural Marxism, the ideology that is meant to destroy the nuclear family and erase any sense of morality and all traditional Judeo-Christian values from the minds of the American people.  The Democrats will sign on to any scheme, no matter how absurd, if it furthers their agenda.

"They signed on to Biden when it seemed as though Bernie Sanders might become the Democrat nominee in 2020.  They couldn't have that!  Bernie would be too blatant a socialist candidate.  So, with help from James Clyburn, Biden it was — the most hapless, moronic, and corrupt man to hold office for fifty years in Congress.  His reward for being exactly that, moronic and corrupt, was to fail upward, to be illegitimately installed as president. ". . .

The Bidens Are Trashing the White House -   "Just a few short years ago, the White House, known as The People's House, was revered as a place of prestige, dignity, importance and class. It didn't take long for President Joe Biden to tarnish that reputation, revealing a lot about his morals and "leadership style." 

"To start, his degenerate, federally indicted son Hunter Biden has been practically living at the White House for months in an effort to reportedly avoid paying child support or being served with yet another lawsuit from the mother of Navy Joan Biden. Navy Joan is the four-year-old child who Hunter denied existed for years as his daughter. Once a court-ordered paternity test came back positive, Hunter shamelessly tried to bar Navy Joan from using his last name. You would think with all of the shady foreign money Hunter raked in on behalf of the Biden family that he could pay for his children and have his own place, rather than living with his dad at the age of 53. 

"But Hunter isn't the only one failing to live up to his family obligations. Navy Joan is also ignored by First Lady Jill Biden when she hangs six stockings for the grandchildren every year – there are seven. President Joe Biden, who claims he is an upstanding family man, is a deadbeat granddad who only acknowledges six grandchildren in press interviews. He has directed his communications staff to do the same. 

"On the political front, last month, President Biden gave the green light to his staff to host the largest pride event in White House history. They invited leftist, attention-seeking TikTok influencers to attend ceremonies on the South Lawn. One of the men invited was Rose Montoya. Montoya took down the top part of his dress, exposed his breast implants and engaged in public fondling of himself while children were present. Montoya then posted the footage of his behavior on the internet... ". . .

Joe Biden tells a young black woman what it would be like if she were his ‘daughter’ -

 Olivia Murray; American Thinker   "For reasons unknown but entirely providential, Joe Biden spared the audience from any of the more salacious or sordid details of what it might be like for any female to be as disadvantaged and ill-fated as Ashley Biden.

A resurfaced video appeared online this week, which featured Joe Biden speaking before a group of students at Benedict College in South Carolina. At one point, a young black woman stood up, and posed this question: “If I were your daughter, what advice would you give me the next time I’m stopped by the police?” To this, Biden responded, “If you were my daughter, you’d be a caucasian girl, and you wouldn’t be pulled over.” (A clip of the video can be viewed here.)

Now, the point that Biden was trying to make was that “institutional racism still exists” but the retort is right in line with a Freudian slip; you’d be hard-pressed to find a “luckier” lawbreaker than Hunter Biden. Illicit sniffing apparently runs in the family; while the patriarch prefers children, his creepy progeny admittedly reaches for crack cocaine. During his last presidential bid, the one waged almost entirely from a basement somewhere, Papa Joe declared Hunter to be the “most honorable, decent person” he knows. Given the fact that Biden doesn’t seem to have his faculties about him, he likely doesn’t really “know” anybody but himself; gives us a completely new perspective! As Mark Van der Veen writes:

It’s good to be a Biden.. . .

 "But that’s not all. Only Hunter Biden can get away with appearing to take a “bump” on the balcony of the White House, on live television, as the regime allegedly tries to find out who brought cocaine into secure premises.". . .

WEF Partner Aimed to ‘End’ ‘Private Car Ownership’ to Save the Planet –

PJ Media   "The World Economic Forum (WEF) isn’t the only entity planning for a world where you “own nothing, have no privacy” and enjoy it — or else. WEF’s partner Arup Group released a 2019 report pontificating, “private car ownership needs to end.”

"This was allegedly going to solve the fake “crisis” of climate change, which has supposedly been about to cause global apocalypse for 50 years now. But give up your car, you stupid peasant, and trust the experts.

"Arup Group, which is listed as a partner by the insidious World Economic Forum, released a 2019 report demanding that consumption of clothing, cars, electronics, and food has to change — for everyone except the elites, presumably — or climate change will kill us all. The report touts “net zero” carbon goals, totally ignoring the fact that carbon is absolutely essential for life on Earth. Indeed, increased carbon actually helps plants — including food crops — thrive, and humans and animals need it too. But neither Arup nor WEF is interested in objective science, only in a narrative that impoverishes most citizens and gives the elites exponentially more control.

"Data shows that the world has not in fact experienced global warming for the last eight years. Even more relevant to this Arup Group report, a recent study found that CO2 emissions from fossil fuels are too low to cause global warming. So private cars aren’t about to trigger climate catastrophe." . . .

Related: WEF Wants to Restrict Car Ownership for Climate Change

"If It Wasn't for Your Vote, We Would Not Have Joe Biden in the White House" - EPIC! Audience Member DRESSES DOWN Turncoat Mike Pence at Campaign Event (VIDEO)

 The Gateway Pundit | by Jim Hoft

"On Wednesday turncoat Mike Pence held a smallish campaign rally in Sioux City, Iowa. During the event one woman confronted Pence for failing America and allowing the 2020 election results to move forward for a final vote before Congress.

"Conservative voter: “Do you ever second-guess yourself? That was a constitutional right that you had to send those votes back to the states… If it wasn’t for your vote, we would not have Joe Biden in the White House.”

"Mike Pence did not appreciate the uncensored honesty at his smallish event. He started pointing at the woman to defend his vote.

Mike Pence: I say this with great affection and respect. The Constitution is very clear. My job was to oversee a session of Congress where objections could be heard, and I made sure that objections would be recognized so we would hear whatever evidence or whether debate there was. But the Constitution says you open and count the votes. No more, no less. The Constitution affords no authority for the vice president or anyone else to reject votes or return votes to the states. It’s never been done before, should never be done in the future. I’m sorry, ma’am, but that’s actually what the Constitution says. No vice president in American history ever asserted the authority that you have been convinced that I had. But I want to tell you, with all due respect, I said before, I said when I announced. President Trump was wrong about my authority that day, and he’s still wrong. . . .

Missing Biden Corruption Whistleblower Dr. Gal Luft Resurfaces - Releases 14 Minute Video Detailing Criminal Allegations Against Biden Crime Family

 The Gateway Pundit | by Jim Hoft  "Missing Biden corruption whistleblower Dr. Gal Luft released a 14-minute video to The New York Post on Thursday detailing damning allegations against Joe Biden and his family in a massive international bribery scheme filmed in an undisclosed location while on the run from the Biden regime and Department of Justice.

"The Gateway Pundit previously reported that Luft vanished from Cyprus in April under mysterious circumstances. He is now living as a fugitive in undisclosed foreign location.

"Luft was an adviser to CEFC China Energy (CEFC), a business conglomerate with extremely close ties to the Chinese Communist Party. He served alongside Hunter Biden.

"CEFC Energy paid Hunter approximately $5 million in 2017 alone to secure energy deals in the United States, according to the Washington Free Beacon.. . ."

This new Politico poll puts the prosecution of Donald Trump in perspective.

 Althouse

. . ."The headline refers to the widely shared desire to see the trial proceedings completed before the election, but I don't think the public's enthusiasm for a speedy trial is going to spur the judicial system on, and once you know that people only support a mild or nothing punishment if he is convicted, you can see the light weight of the interest in giving the people what they want.

"I've highlighted that answer because it puts the judicial process in proportion. In this case, where we can read about the things Trump did and how his antagonists frame them as wrongdoing and where we can anticipate that he's not going to prison, whatever the outcome of the trial, the criminal charges blend in with all the other arguments against voting for him. We don't need the courts to hurry up and tell us what to think. We can think for ourselves and vote for or against Trump independently of the courts.

"AND: This question in the poll underscores my point (despite what it says in the boldface heading!):

Circling vulture: Gavin Newsom travels to red states to 'praise' Joe Biden

Monica Showalter - American Thinker   . . ."Newsom also visited deep red Idaho, to tout an "incredible" book store which he claims sells "banned" books.

"He's not just running, he's also raising money, the way a real campaign does, pulling in, according to the report, some $4 million since April.

"He's appeared on Hannity, supposedly to defend Joe Biden's record and status as a "man of decency" which is now particularly laughable, but not stopping him. When you are convinced that Joe is already political carrion, the eulogies cost nothing politically to let roll.

"He's also got members of the mainstream media suddenly throwing his name out there as presidential material to replace Joe, such as in this op-ed from the Washington Times, which was cited by CBS Sacramento, and there have been numerous others.

"But hey, he's not running for president. He just wants to tour the country to praise Joe. 

"And everyone knows he's California's answer to Joe Isuzu.

"The one guy who's probably less fooled than anyone about this is back at the White House.

"While the White House does seem to have a "praise Joe Biden" re-election strategy in place from other Democrats, given that Joe Biden is in no condition to campaign and will have to rely on others to do it for him, the idea that Newsom won't take a little slice for himself has got to be giving him the night sweats.

"Vultures are circling now, as the scandals engulf him and he can't get out now. The biggest one is named Newsom."  . . .

UPDATE: State With No Electricity Orders Everyone To Drive Electric Cars - YouTube

White House cocaine disarray as story keeps changing and one faction implies Kamala might be the fall-gal and she surrenders to hysterical laughter

 Thomas Lifson; American Thinker

Gott[a] love the title of the linked Federalist article: "The White House That Tracked Down Grannies After Capitol Riot Wants You To Believe Cocaine Caper Has Them Stumped"

"As more anonymous leaks muddy the waters on where the cocaine was found in the White House, one thing becomes clear: Biden’s handlers are divided on how to handle the scandal that now deserves the moniker “Cocainegate.” It’s panic time at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.

"The most intriguing leak went to NBC News, always willing to broadcast propaganda meant to guard the interests of the ruling class. Host Andrea Mitchell and White House correspondent Kelly O’Donnell casually let drop a shot across the bow of VP Kamala Harris -- whose unpopularity is a  huge problem for Dems worried about maintaining control of the Executive Branch -- implying that the latest version of where the coke was found, in a cubby near an entrance to the West Wing, is also near where the Vice President parks:

NEW: The White House is now claiming the cocaine was found "in a much more secure place ... near the Situation Room" and next to "where, for example, the vice president's vehicle is parked." . . .

 In a few weeks the FBI will arrest some poor fella and claim that while the J6 Insurrection was going down, this fella snuck into the WH with a bag of blow.

Garland will hold a presser to notify the serfs that the DOJ intends to file charges, because nobody is above the law in the United States blah blah…

The Biden family will peacock about.

And the MSM will call for Jack Smith to amend his case to include drug smuggling charges against DJT.  Case closed" . . 

Jean-Pierre Won’t Say if WH Supports Prosecuting Cocaine Smuggler  . . ."Jean-Pierre refused to answer a number of questions about the cocaine incident.

“Will any White House staffers be undergoing drug testing as part of this investigation?” a second reporter asked.

“Just not going to get into hypotheticals from here,” Jean-Pierre replied. “The White House is subject to rigorous guidelines that include drug testing. So, we will take any action that is appropriate and warranted.”

Cocainegate Just Got Even Stranger (townhall.com)  

For anyone who's entered the White House there or spent time in the West Wing, there's not as much space or distance between areas as some might expect. That means there was a bag of cocaine not terribly far from the Situation Room, one of the most sensitive, protected, and vital areas in the White House. 

 "The US Presidency and the administration has become little more than a meme at this point. It's joke that just keeps on giving. And nothing will happen. Which of course, is what makes it a meme. I don't care who the cocaine belongs to, what I care about is the damage that's been done to the office. It's just painful to watch them mumble, stumble and bumble through their day."

"If it wasn't Hunter's that just means, there are 2 coke heads with White House access." . . .