Democrats love to lie and cover up for lies because they only care about power

It seems to me we discuss CNN so much, deservedly so, but forget the anger and vitriol gushing forth from MSNBC:  witness the racial anger-distorted face of Joy Reid, the brazen distortions from "mostly peaceful" and honest Ali Velshi to name only two. TD 

Why? Mr. Velshi.

 Jack Hellner - American Thinker   "Representative Dan Goldman now says, despite all Biden's lies that he never talked with Hunter or anyone else about Hunter's business deals, that yes, Biden did talk to the businesspeople, but only to be nice, about things like the weather.  What pure BS:

Goldman, though, rushed to the cameras to start moving goalposts and making excuses. Goldman said that yes, Hunter might have put his father on the phone with business partners, but that the words exchanged were just "niceties" and that "there wasn't a single conversation about any of the business dealings that Hunter had."

"That is similar to Loretta Lynch lying, when the Justice Department was doing its pretend investigation of Hillary, that her chance meeting with Bill was when he came to say hello and talk to her about his grandkids and vacation.

On Monday night, Attorney General Loretta Lynch and former President Bill Clinton were both at the Phoenix airport, waiting on the tarmac. Lynch said that Clinton then walked to her plane, uninvited, to say hi. "He did come over and say hello," she said at a news conference on Wednesday, "and speak to my husband and myself, and talk about his grandchildren and his travels and things like that."

"And Chuck Todd, along with most of the media, continues to pretend there was no evidence against Joe.  This from the same people who lied continuously about Trump and Russian collusion when it was obvious it was fake news."  more at the link.

Tucker Carlson interviews Hunter Biden’s former business partner, Devon Archer

 "From the comments to this interview: "Wow, Tucker has an amazing talent in getting answers from people who really don't want to implicate themselves. The way he stated the questions without being confrontational and got him to admit what we have all suspected about joe biden was masterful. I look forward to seeing the rest of the interview.' "

"Great interview. Archer appears a little guarded but reveals a reality that Joe's thanks letter to him, is very odd unless you understand he's grateful because Archers and his son's business involvement will ultimately and financially benefit Joe. This blows a hole in the assertion, that Joe never was involved in any business activity whatsoever. Archer knows more than he's willing to admit."

"The good thing about Tucker doing this interview it covers mainstream media who is not covering this at all. It is well known that the same amount or even more watch Tucker and plus mainstream media will be forced to watch this as well. I like how Tucker is using his "Tucknacity" on Archer. Smart move Tucker"

Don Surber's Highlights of the week

 Don Surber

"ITEM 7: Instapundit reported, “Anheuser-Busch lost a staggering $390 MILLION in second quarter after Bud Light’s sales to retailers plunged 14% after brand’s partnership with transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney. Figures show that their total US revenue declined by 10.5% in the April-to-June period from a year earlier.”

"This is as I predicted from Day One. Mister Mulvaney ruined the brand by exposing the company’s hatred of its customers. The new customers the company seeks are drinking hard lemonade and smoking pot. They will never drink beer — or Bud Light."

"ITEM 8: Life Site News reported, “Canadian health officials asked an Ontario woman to donate organs of her husband who died after being denied an organ transplant because he did not receive the COVID-19 shots.”

"It is just the government’s way of laughing at you to your face.

"ITEM 16: The Daily Mail reported, “An indigenous transgender woman has slammed Canada’s healthcare system for rejecting her euthanasia request despite the pain she endures from a surgically built vagina.

" 'In social media posts, Lois Cardinal, a self-proclaimed ‘sterilized First Nations post-op transsexual’ said regret over her medical transition led her to apply for a lethal injection in January.”

"Considering the poor choices he/she/it has made, maybe the doctors know best."

"ITEM 13: CNN reported, “Chinese zoo denies its sun bears are people in costume.”

Breitbart Media reported, “CNN buried the story Tuesday of Devon Archer’s explosive testimony at the House Oversight Committee the day before, which implicated President Joe Biden in his son Hunter’s influence-peddling schemes and suggested the president lied to the country.”

"Red China lying is breaking news on CNN because Biden lying is his default setting."

ITEM 27: Fox reported, “New York, California lost more tax income than every other state as people fled liberal enclaves.”

. . . for Florida, Texas, Tennessee and other places that have no state income tax.". . .

More here at Don Surber (substack.com)

Anything Democrats Don’t Like Is Now A ‘Threat To Democracy’ –

The next time some politician starts blathering on about “threats to democracy,” take a moment to remind them that we, thankfully, don’t live in a democracy. We live in a constitutional republic.  

 Issues & Insights   "When a handful of Democrats introduced a bill to impose a progressive wealth tax on millionaires and billionaires, they didn’t just say that income inequality was bad. They called it a threat to democracy. Apparently, anything and everything the left doesn’t like is now a threat to democracy.

"Reps. Rashida Tlaib, Barbara Lee, Summer Lee, and Jamaal Bowman – four of the most far-left lawmakers in Congress – introduced the OLIGARCH Act (we won’t bother spelling out the acronym) to “tax extreme wealth, reduce inequality, and combat the threat to democracy posed by billionaires.”

" 'The bill ensures accountability and is an effort to restore democracy,” the press release states.

"Tlaib says “billionaires are threatening our democracy.” Not to be outdone, Barbara Lee calls them a “major threat to democracy.”

"How exactly do the rich threaten Democracy?

"Summer Lee claims that “the 400 richest Americans have 22,000 times the political influence of the bottom 90%” – citing the conclusion of one research paper published 14 years ago.  

"Morris Pearl, chairman of the Patriotic Millionaires, which backs this bill, insists that “without decisive action, this vicious cycle of concentrated power and money will dismantle our system of democratic capitalism, and with it, our way of life.”

"Their solution is to impose an entirely new wealth tax, starting at 2% and climbing to 8%, on anyone who has a net wealth of more than $140 million." . . .

Disney Whistleblower Reveals How the Woke Company “Systemically Persecuted” Conservatives and Names the Individual Who Led the Charge

 In doing this, the Walt Disney Company seems to have eliminated the vast majority of their conservative employees and have turned the company into a monolithic kind of state where everyone there is is either far to the left on the spectrum or they are a moderate or conservative in hiding.

"It should not come as a surprise that the House of Mouse has been bullying conservatives inside the company. But the individual who laid the groundwork for harassing these patriots employed methods that should send a chill down your spine.

"Bounding into Comics dropped an explosive report Tuesday revealing that a whistleblower has come forward describing how Disney is “systemically persecuting” conservatives. Moreover, the woke company has mandated that employees keep Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) diaries which determine whether employees would receive promotions, raises, or even keep their job.

"Disney is essentially running their company precisely how Communist China rules over its citizens. If you are a good soldier you remain in good standing and get social credit points. But if you dare cross Mickey Mouse you can lose your livelihood.

"The anonymous whistleblower supplied documents to YouTuber WDW Pro who broke the following news to his audience: . . ."  (emphases in the original)

Democrats; the party for the Merit-challenged

"Your attempt for us to focus on Trump did not change our focus from the Biden Crime Syndicate and all of its crimes."

Obama Privately Warned Biden About Trump's Massive Popularity in Secret White House Huddle - Promised to Help Biden Get Reelected - Then Trump Got Indicted Again | The Gateway Pundit | by Cristina Laila   "Barack Obama quietly huddled with Joe Biden at the White House on June 27 to discuss a strategy to defeat Trump in 2024.

"Obama privately warned Joe Biden about Trump’s massive popularity and promised he would do everything possible to help Biden get reelected, according to the Washington Post.

"Shortly after the Obama-Biden White House huddle, Trump was indicted again by the federal government."

"Joe Biden doesn’t have a real strategy to win in 2024." . . .

“Obama was visiting the White House for what Biden aides described as a regular catch-up between the two men who served in the White House together for eight years. During their lunch, Obama made it clear his concerns were not about Biden’s political abilities, but rather a recognition of Trump’s iron grip on the Republican Party, according to the people.” The Washington Post reported." . . .

. . ."At the lunch, held in late June in the White House residence, Obama promised to do all he could to help the president get reelected, according to two people familiar with the meeting, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss private conversation.

"That commitment was a welcome gesture for the White House at a time when Biden is eager to lock down promises of help from top Democrats, among whom Obama is easily the biggest star, for what is likely to be a hard-fought reelection race. The contents of the private conversation have not been previously reported." . . .

A nation gets the leaders it deserves, contemptible or not

Democrats were determined to prevent the Republicans from calling Devon Archer, or any other witness that could have interfered with their case against President Trump. 

 Blue State Blues: Vacate the First Impeachment of Donald Trump (breitbart.com)   "Devon Archer, a former business partner of Hunter Biden, testified this week about President Joe Biden’s knowledge of his son’s influence-peddling scheme.

"His testimony contradicted every claim by then-candidate Joe Biden against claims by President Donald Trump and others that Biden himself was corrupt. He had, in fact, discussed his son’s business interests with him; he had, in fact, met his son’s foreign partners; his family had, in fact, earned millions from China and Russia. Biden lied about it all.

"Why, however, did it take this long for America to hear from Devon Archer? Why did it take Republican control of the House Oversight Committee to produce this testimony?

"The answer is that when then-Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) empowered then-House Intelligence Committee chair Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) to conduct an impeachment inquiry, she broke with precedent and adopted a peculiar set of rules that allowed Democrats to veto Republican requests to call their own witnesses.

"Not only that, but when the House Intelligence Committee’s report reached the House Judiciary Committee — which should have conducted the inquiry itself in the first place — committee chair Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-NY) broke the Democrats’ own rules for the House that allowed the minority party on committees to call their own witnesses. Democrats were determined to prevent the Republicans from calling Devon Archer, or any other witness that could have interfered with their case against President Trump." . . .

House Oversight Committee Releases Transcript of Devon Archer Testimony About Joe and Hunter Biden Business Deals   Read Transcript pdf Here

"Hunter Biden’s business partner at Burisma, Devon Archer, testified about the nature of the business construct and the flow of payments to the Biden family. The House Oversight Committee has released the 141-page transcript [READ HERE]. Within the transcript, when Democrat representative and lawyer Daniel Goldman questioned Mr. Archer about the exact value of having the Biden family as part of the Burisma Holdings organization, Archer informed Goldman the intent of the partnership was for the Biden family to keep the legal inquiry about the business operation under control. Various foreign businesses contracted with Hunter Biden and Devon Archer, specifically because Joe Biden could address their interests and influence government,"   Lucianne

Like Trump or not, those pursuing him are much the lesser

 

Jack Smith Admits Making False Claim to Court in Trump Case (theepochtimes.com)  "Special counsel Jack Smith’s team made a startling admission in its case against former President Donald Trump, acknowledging in a new court filing that it failed to turn over all evidence to Mr. Trump’s legal team as required by law and falsely claimed that it had.

"Mr. Smith’s team said in a July 31 court filing (pdf) in its classified documents case against the former president that it had incorrectly claimed during a July 18 court hearing that it had provided all Mar-a-Lago surveillance footage to Mr. Trump’s defense attorneys, as required by law." . . .

Jack Smith's Trump indictment goes too far. Is it even legally sound? (usatoday.com)

The hatred for Trump is so all-encompassing that legal experts on the political left have ignored the chilling implications of this indictment. This complaint is based largely on statements that are protected under the First Amendment. It would eviscerate free speech and could allow the government to arrest those who are accused of spreading disinformation in elections.. . . Jonathan Turley

 Mike Pompeo defends Trump after deciding against 2024 bid | Washington Examiner

Pompeo slammed President Joe Biden's administration on Wednesday, accusing it of violating one of the country's founding principles.  "Blind justice, with no favor based on political party, is one of our most important Founding principles," he tweeted. "The Biden Administration has turned this on its head."

Democrats Are Getting What They Want | Power Line   . . ."That, I think, is the Democrats’ plan. Keep Trump in the headlines of friendly newspapers, indict him, attack him. Make him the central issue in the 2024 campaign. And then reap a victory that is entirely foreordained, since Trump lost in 2020 and can’t possibly win in 2024.

"In my opinion, many leading Democrats are evil. But let’s be fair: they didn’t take control over virtually every American institution by being stupid. When it comes to politics, they know what they are doing. And what they are doing is trying to make Donald Trump the Republicans’ sacrificial lamb in 2024. That said, I can’t explain why Republicans would want to go along with the Democrats’ plan."

Outrageous: Devon Archer was Given Full Immunity from the DOJ | The Gateway Pundit

Tucker Carlson Interviews Devon Archer about Hunter and Joe Biden Selling Influence to Foreign Businesses

World Rugby's transgender ban WILL NOT be enforced by Canadian rugby authorities

Wonder what America would look like under Gavin Newsom? Look at Canada under Trudeau.

 - Rebel News   "The transanity continues! Bluevale Collegiate Institute in Waterloo, Ont. was the site of a female rugby playoff match this past weekend.

"The game featured the now-infamous Fergus Highlanders — or perhaps they should call themselves the Fergus Cheaters owing to the fact that they have a secret weapon on the team, namely a biological male named “Ash” Davis. 

"My last report exposing Ash went viral, racking up millions of views online and leaving many to wonder what the heck is going on here in the Great White North…  

"We have since learned that Ash is more gender-fluid than we initially feared — it was only one year ago that he won the hardest hitter award in a male rugby league. He has since left a trail of destruction, injuring numerous women who have had the great misfortune of playing against him. 

"Ash has an Adam’s apple. Male pattern baldness is setting in. And it’s impossible to ignore those leg and arm muscles — it’s sickening. 

"And so it was, I returned to the rugby field to get to the bottom of this. How is anyone OK with a biological male injuring female opponents? 

"Click here to watch what happened upon my arrival. "

Trudeau has turned Canadians into "Soy Boys".   

More troubling is the level of indoctrination in the other Canadian women and parents ; “The average soy boy is a feminist, nonathletic, has never been in a fight, will probably marry the first girl that has sex with him, and likely reduces all his arguments to labeling the opposition as ‘Nazis’.”

The Biden Performance Review

 

2020: Obama Privately Voiced Concerns That Joe Biden Could 'F--- Things up' (businessinsider.com)    . . ."The report says Obama told an unnamed Democrat during the 2020 primary campaign, in which he declined to endorse any candidate: "Don't underestimate Joe's ability to f--- things up."

"Obama has now backed Biden in Democrats' race against Trump but is said to be concerned privately that Biden does not have an intimate connection with the electorate.

""And you know who really doesn't have it? Joe Biden," Obama told another Democratic candidate during the party's primary, according to Politico, specifically suggesting Biden lacked an intimate bond with the Iowa electorate.

"Politico said there had been lingering tensions between the Biden and Obama camps over the former president's level of support for Biden's White House aspirations dating back to 2016, when Obama backed Hillary Clinton, his former secretary of state.

"In this year's race, Obama did not endorse Biden until Biden had already seemed to lock up the party's nomination following momentum that began with his decisive win in South Carolina." . . .

Hot Air, August 27, 2021   #1; That time Obama was right: "Don't underestimate Joe's ability to f*** things up."

. . ."Biden is old and tired. His run for president was a vanity move. He felt entitled to the office after having run two other times and serving as vice-president. He had no political accomplishments to point to other than remaining in office for more than 40 years. He seems removed from reality, detached from what is happening, and pointing his finger at others. He says the buck stops with him, that he makes the decisions, and then when it all falls apart he blames Trump or Afghan troops or Republicans. It’s who he is – not a leader.

"One very wrong-headed move during his statement to the press yesterday was to incorporate his son Beau’s death. He conflated his grief over losing his son to that of families losing their loved ones in Afghanistan. Here’s the thing – yes, losing a child at any age is tragic. However, Beau joined the Delaware Army National Guard in 2003 and became a member of the National Guard’s 261st Signal Brigade. He was promoted to captain in 2005. He served in Iraq for a year. At the time he was also Attorney General and didn’t resign from that position while he was deployed. At the time, Joe was running for vice-president and said he didn’t approve of his son going to Iraq. Beau served as a judge advocate general, he was not in combat. His unit was a communications unit.

"At the time Joe said, “He’ll go. I don’t want him going,” he said while campaigning according to The Atlantic. “But I don’t want my grandsons or granddaughters going back in 15 years, so how we leave makes a big difference.” Ironic now, given the fact we’ll eventually likely be back in Afghanistan.

#2; That time Obama was right: "Don't underestimate Joe's ability to f*** things up." – HotAir

  . . ."Beau died of brain cancer in 2015. Biden blames the chemicals released by military burn pits as the cause of Beau’s brain cancer. I’m not here to argue that one way or the other. Beau’s death, though, is not the same as those of the soldiers yesterday. He made his speech to the nation about himself. Where was all the empathy, Joe?" . . .

Bigotry in Motion: The Frenzied Woke Attacks Jason Aldean -

  The American Spectator | USA News and Politics 

. . ."So, I had to wait a few extra days until now to listen carefully to and view the music video of Jason Aldean’s “Try That In A Small Town.” Although the song first was released in May, the public tumult among the woke and the mass media (same thing) began only after the official video was released in July. I begin here by evaluating the song’s key lyrics, making up its first stanza, with strict scrutiny.

" 'Sucker punch somebody on a sidewalk.”

"According to NPR and the Columbia Journalism Review, this is a real thing. It is called the “knockout game.” Is it unique to Black people? Why assume so? What does it say about a person who sees the term, hears the song and condemnation of this despicable behavior, and immediately assumes that the resentment of the law-abiding lyricist is targeted at Black people, not at the animals of all colors, races, ethnicities, and religions who would do that? Where is the hint in the lyric that — wink, wink — the lyricist means Black people?

" 'Carjack an old lady at a red light.”

"Do non-Black people never carjack? Is carjacking the exclusive domain of Black people? Are White or Asian carjackers guilty of cultural appropriation? I did not know that. Where in the above lyric is there any hint at race? And, for that matter, why not assume that it is an innocent Black elderly woman being victimized by a racist, blue-skinned Albanian?

" 'Pull a gun on the owner of a liquor store.”

"I never was much of a “drinker” except for wine every Friday night at Shabbat dinner and Saturday at Shabbat lunch — and the first Shabbat of May, the Shabbat of the Kentucky Derby, when I would mix, serve to my Shabbat lunch guests, and drink mint juleps in honor of my amazing year in Louisville when I was honored to clerk for the Hon. Danny J. Boggs, who was chief judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit for six years. Such imbibing had to stop “cold turkey” after my lung transplant. Still, over the years, I have been at liquor stores. It is my impression that White people also patronize liquor stores. Also people of all other colors out there. Fortunately, I tended to patronize stores that were in the equivalent of “small towns” — i.e., Orthodox Jewish communities — where there is virtually no crime by the locals because, well, because. But what is in those lyrics that imply that Blacks, in particular, hold up liquor stores? Why assume so? And why not assume that a hard-working Black entrepreneur is the owner of the liquor store assaulted by the gun wielder? What does it say about the offended woke listener, not about the composers and singer, that such a lyric spells B-L-A-C-K?

“ 'Cuss out a cop, spit in his face.”. . .Rabbi Dov Fischer

There's Nothing Un-American About Protecting Your Kids -

 T.R. Clancy; American Thinker

The left calls it "banning books":  "As Philadelphia writer Kyle Sammin wrote last summer, dispelling the book-ban falsehood, "no one anywhere in America is banning books."  That a book has been excluded from a library's collection doesn't constitute a "ban," especially if it's still "available for purchase anywhere in America!"

. . ."According to the Holocaust Encyclopedia, it was "Nazi-dominated student groups [who] carried out public burnings ... in 34 university towns and cities."  It was the Nazi plan "to synchronize professional and cultural organizations with Nazi ideology and policy (Gleichschaltung)."  Nazi beliefs were imposed everywhere from town councils to glee clubs.  It was the Nazi Students' Association, in cooperation with Goebbels's Propaganda Ministry, who proclaimed a "nationwide Action against the Un-German Spirit,'" the climax of which was public book-burnings.

"Yet, while students stoked the bonfires, their willing conformity to the Reich is why the event was a "presage [of] an era of state censorship and control of culture."

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"Or does anyone imagine typical American parents control the culture?

"Hardly.  Hollywood, mainstream media, academia, and Democrat policies leave no doubt progressives have controlled the culture for decades, and still do.  

"This is especially evident on university campuses, the virtual Forward Operating Bases of intolerance, speech codes, and groupthink.  Three out of five college students self-censor their views on politics, religion, or race.  Polls show as many as half of college students would "punish" free speech, 41% agree "physical violence can be justified to prevent [a] person from espousing" hateful views, and an astounding 48% agree "some kinds of expression are so offensive they deserve extremely harsh punishment — like the death penalty."  Conservative speakers on campus are routinely shouted down, attacked, or disinvited lest their presence on campus "harm" students.  In April, a mob of elite Stanford law students, "egged on by an administrator," shouted down a sitting federal judge, completely preventing his lecture.

"Meanwhile, evidence of the federal government's systematic censorship, particularly the Biden administration, piles up. . . ."