The Bidens and the Democrats; do they have any decency, nor sense of guilt?

 Victor Davis Hanson: The Biden Clan's Con Is Coming To An End

If a cognitively and criminally challenged Biden cannot finish his term, we will finally learn the full story of 15 years of Biden family corruption. The Bidens will lose the only impediment -- Joe Biden's political machinations -- left in the way of an honest, full-blown felony investigation into what is likely the most corrupt presidential family in American history.

 A ‘Vote for Joe Biden Is Really a Vote for Kamala Harris’ (msn.com)

"Despite years of Biden family and media disinformation, we are finally learning that President Joe Biden really did fire Ukrainian prosecutor Viktor Shokin for looking into state corruption involving the oil company Burisma and Hunter Biden -- and ultimately Joe Biden himself.

"As vice president, Biden, in his own words, bragged that he had threatened to cancel the deliverance of American foreign aid to Ukraine unless Shokin was dismissed.

"So what is Congress to do now -- un-impeach and exonerate an innocent impeached Donald Trump, and instead impeach a guilty Biden for essentially the same allegations?

"After all, the Left redefined the impeachment bar in 2019 as leveraging foreign aid to Ukraine to benefit one's political career.

"And that is exactly what Joe Biden did to ensure his son could continue to raise millions for the Biden family with foreign governments while being shielded from political consequences.

"An impeached Trump also was accused of using the power of government to go after his likely 2020 presidential rival by suggesting that Joe Biden and his family were corrupt and should be investigated by Ukrainian officials for fraud and bribery.

"Despite Joe Biden's denials, Trump was right: there was plenty of evidence to link Ukrainian unwarranted payoffs going into Biden family coffers.

"So Trump in 2019 had good reasons to ensure that none of the Bidens were still burrowed deeply into the Ukrainian payoff machine." . . .

The Steele Dossier and the End of Shame In American Politics – JONATHAN TURLEY

Many have long marveled at the incapacity for shame in politicians. That missing emotion was most famously captured by lawyer Joseph Welch in the Army-McCarthy hearings in 1954: “Have you no shame, sir, at long last? Have you no shame?” The answer is that we now live in a post-shame era where the only shame is yielding to the impulses of decency or decorum. The Russian collusion scandal served its purpose and Adam Schiff would be the first say that there is no shame in that.

 John Kennedy Goes Nuclear On Biden in Scathing Rant (townhall.com)   . . ."The Republican Senator mocked the White House's frail picture they paint Biden to be, yet he "aggressively enabled" his son's business ventures. 

Kennedy condemned the "sleaze" of the Biden family, who is getting away with selling out the U.S. and pocketing millions from foreign leaders. At the same time, Americans suffer from the president's damaging policies. 

He urged House Republicans to uncover the findings and bring justice to the American people, emphasizing the need for facts and fairness. 

House Republicans censured Adam Schiff. He couldn't be happier - Los Angeles Times

But Saudi Arabia, Egypt, and the UAE going over to this bloc is sad stuff, given that it need never have happened -- they were solid allies of the U.S. until Joe Biden came along and insulted and alienated them. Worse still, he showed them what a U.S. military alliance is worth -- by abandoning our allies in Afghanistan, not just the domestic Afghans, but even their European allies who had been bullied into it.

Can the Trump-Hating Psycho Prosecutors Be Stopped?

 In a fairer time, drastic measures such as politicized hate impeachments, raiding former presidents’ private residences, and abusing governmental powers to maliciously prosecute one’s front-running political opponents were frowned upon. Sadly, today’s far-left Democrats are so militant and radical that no norm is too venerable for them to wipe their backsides with. Stephen Kruiser

("Fani", not Fanni.) "Willis was born in Inglewood, California. Her father was a member of the Black Panthers and a criminal defense attorney.^[5] When Willis was in the first grade, her family moved to Washington, D.C. Her parents divorced, and her mother eventually moved back to California. Willis mostly stayed with her father.^[1] Willis studied political science at Howard University, graduating cum laude in 1993, then moved to Atlanta^[1] to attend Emory University School of Law, graduating in 1996 with a Juris Doctor.^{[4]". . .}

Can the Trump-Hating Psycho Prosecutors Be Stopped? – PJ Media   "Welcome to the unhinged American progressive remake of “Groundhog Day” as a political nightmare. Here is Athena’s succinct and perfect explanation of the plot:

In what has now become emblematic of the moral and societal implosion of the United States of America at the hands of the radical Leftists running the Establishment, former President and front-running presidential candidate Donald J. Trump has turned himself in and been arraigned at the Fulton County jail in Atlanta.

"I’m sure that I’ve written this before, but it bears repeating: this is wearisome. A once-great country is being subjected to the manifestation of the emotional imbalance that’s brought on by being progressive. I wrote in my classic book “Don’t Let the Hippies Shower” that progressivism is “the toddler mindset manifested in adulthood.”

"What we are seeing from these Trump-hating prosecutors is a lot of snot-bubble-tantrum acting out.

The mugshot heard ‘round the world: Eight truths that the mugshot reveals - American Thinker   "There are eight absolutely true statements about Trump’s indictment and arrest in Fulton County, Georgia. I’ll get to all of them in a minute, but I’ll start with the most obvious: Never take a mugshot photo of an innocent man with at least 75 million fans, a large percentage of whom are brave and have a great sense of humor.

"Let’s start with the mugshot itself and Trump’s defiant reaction. (By the way, people are saying, “Well, you did surrender,” meaning Trump turned himself in. That’s literal to the point of stupidity. Trump obviously means that we shouldn’t surrender in the larger fight, and he fully understood that his defiant mugshot is a weapon in that larger fight.) . . .

There’s More To Story Than ‘Climate Change’ — The Media Must Keep Pushing And Asking Questions About The Lahaina Fires

 Issues & Insights  

 "The legacy media, quick to attribute every natural disaster to climate change, has actually done some good reporting recently on the tragic wildfires that destroyed the town of Lahaina and killed probably more than 100 people as many are still missing. Media reports were not so honest at first.

In the initial days after Lahaina burned, of course, outlets like The New York Times breathlessly said climate change made Hawaii “a tinderbox.”

This is despite the fact that, regardless of the public perception of Hawaii that the Times authors give, “a far cry from the dry landscape normally associated with fire threats,” the island state is actually one of the most fire-prone in the country. This is due in large part to its unique geography, which allows eastern trade winds to dump water on the eastern volcanic slopes – leading to the familiar verdant rainforest. But the western sides of Maui and the other islands in the chain are a lot drier naturally, and are home to dry grassy hills.

This effect was compounded by a passing hurricane to the south. Because the wind goes from a high-pressure zone to a lower-pressure zone, the low pressures of Hurricane Dora far to the south aided in the accelerated downhill wind speeds on Maui. These high, dry winds knocked around power cables that may have led to the initial sparks, which were then turned into firestorms that swept downhill and through town. 

Hawaiians Let Joe Biden Have It in Brilliant Response to His Take on Maui Fire –

  RedState

"We've seen a lot of reactions from folks in Maui who have not been happy with the response from the local and the federal government, and particularly not with the response of Joe Biden, to the disastrous fire that hit the area and killed at least 115 people, with many more still missing. 

"We saw protesters line the roads to tell Biden he was "late," and with signs saying "no comment" -- reflecting what Biden said when he was asked about the number of dead in the Maui fire while he was onone of his many vacations in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware. They even gave him the finger and yelled, "F**k you!" as Biden rode by. That was after the no comment, laughing, and not even getting the name of the island the fire was on correct. 

"Then, after Biden spoke on the island, he made it even worse. He botched the names of the officials, and he claimed the response had been great when it had all kinds of problems. He looked like he was completely zoning out and made inappropriate jokes. But perhaps worst of all, he then made their disaster all about himself, comparing the situation to the time that he had a small kitchen fire at his house. He falsely claimed he had "almost lost" his wife, his 67 Corvette, and his cat.

"Not surprisingly, it just infuriated a lot of people that, on top of everything else, this guy showed up for a photo-op, made that disgusting statement, and then high-tailed it out of there about five hours later, back to his vacation in Lake Tahoe. Some, like Kristen Goodwin, who is a Democrat, said that there were "no words in response to something like that." She said that she wouldn't be voting for him again, that she'd even vote for Trump rather than him, after this." . . . 

Stilton's Place: Ash Not What Your Country Can Do For You (stiltonsplace.blogspot.com)

"Mainstream media pundits were recently taken aback when it became utterly and finally clear that President Joe Biden has now reached mental depths so low that he can't even respond to the easiest questions imaginable.

"As a case in point, a reporter asked Biden for remarks about the holocaust-style wildfire in Maui that incinerated at least 99 innocent victims with over 1000 people still missing and 75% of the burned-out ruins unsearched.

"Even a brain-injured sloth would have said something like "my heart goes out to the victims and their families" or "As a people, all of America feels this pain and all of us will work to rebuild these homes and lives" or "I will do everything in my power to bring comfort and relief to all who were affected by this tragedy."  Or if he wasn't feeling voluble, how about "it's very sad" or "terrible, just terrible."

"But instead, Joe only fired back "No comment!" and flashed a disturbing grin before wandering off aimlessly. 

"Following this same strategy, condolence card makers like Hallmark are now well-positioned to save rivers of ink when the front of a card says "On the passing of your Mother..." and the inside just says "No Comment." . . .

The ghouls of MSNBC

Watch: MSNBC Obsessively Talks About 'Racism' Every Single Day in April (breitbart.com)

David X. Henry   

Funny that MSNBC still presents Joy Reid as a "racial conscience," considering she was unanimously condemned by both parties for the ugly racism she's hurled at Clarence Thomas. But to MSNBC's president (

@RJonesNews

), that's the "right kind" of racism.

 'Insufferably stupid and malicious': Joy Reid DRAGGED for RACIST take on Trump's mug shot (watch) – Twitchy

"People like Trump persecuted Black and brown people in New York. It's what they did for fun, it's what they did for pleasure," Reid says. "To me, this is justice.@JoyAnnReid recounts how Trump wanted the exonerated Central Park Five dead. pic.twitter.com/KPgCKoSaao

— MSNBC (@MSNBC) August 25, 2023

The Reaction of MSNBC's Nicole Wallace to Trump's GA Booking Shows What Ghouls They Truly Are – RedState    . . ."But you have to hand it to Trump. He flipped the script on them. He came back to Twitter with a big message posting the mugshot and calling out the "election interference." He also said, "Never Surrender."  CNN detailed their fears that he was going to use it for fundraising, and it's hilarious that's exactly what he's doing. He has t-shirts, mugs, and even bumper stickers with it. He's got it up on his website. So the left's desire for the scalp has resulted in a flood of support for his campaign. Talk about karma. "

  . . . "As Bill D'Agostino observed in that tweet, she's a ghoul if she thinks this is funny and that Trump going to a violent jail is something to laugh at. Who thinks that way? Talk about a garbage reaction. She also doesn't seem to get that this doesn't reflect well on the officials who are trying to go after Trump, that they have a facility in such shape. 

"Many called out what a despicable reaction this was, not only because of Trump, but how the deaths were just used as a foil to foster the Trump hate. 

"People like Trump? What exactly does she mean by that? White people? White men? Wealthy white men? Does she realize he was a Democrat in the 80s when the Central Park Five tragedy took place? 

"She's just so bad at all of this. 

"And yet, MSNBC keeps her on."

HOW MANY FREAKS WERE ON FULTON COUNTY GRAND JURY? UPDATED

An ethical prosecutor would have made sure this 30-year-old child did not become a juror. THAT is what the voir dire process is for.  But ethics did not hinder Fulton County DA Fani Willis in her pursuit to “get Trump.”

HOW MANY FREAKS WERE ON FULTON COUNTY GRAND JURY? (substack.com)  "When we watched Jury Foreman Emily Kohrs’ bizarre performances on one hate-Trump “news” show after another in February, my husband turned to me and said: “Out of 23 jurors couldn’t they have chosen a sane person to be the foreman?”  We assumed that members of the jury chose their own foreman, as they do for jury trials in most states.  We later learned that grand jury foremen are chosen at random in Georgia, much like wearing a blindfold while one chooses a rotten apple out of the barrel.  No brains needed.

"An ethical prosecutor would have made sure this 30-year-old child did not become a juror. THAT is what the voir dire process is for.  But ethics did not hinder Fulton County DA Fani Willis in her pursuit to “get Trump.” Raised in Washington DC by an “old style” terrorist, a Black Panther (her father), Willis became a hate-filled “social justice warrior” as a child.  Now that the 98-page indictment has been issued will this yellow-toothed, self-proclaimed witch, Emily Kohrs, make the rounds of TV studios again?  My husband and I are waiting anxiously for her return performances.

"Within days of being sworn in as district attorney in January 2021, Willis started her investigation to “get Trump.” She assembled the grand jury in May 2022. Trump declared his candidacy in November 2022, so the race was on to get the indictment issued so the trial process would take him off the campaign trail.

"In order to obtain an indictment, it only takes 12 out of the 23 jurors to vote “yes, we need to indict the leading 2024 presidential candidate and his attorneys.”  [His attorneys? This has never been done before and will be the topic of a future article.] One wonders how many jurors voted for Trump in 2016 and/or 2020.  When selecting the jury, did the prosecutor ask them?  Did this unethical prosecutor dismiss all Trump voters from the jury pool? . . ."

Update:  House Republicans Turn Tables On Fani Willis - She Is Finished - YouTube

Tucker Carlson asks Trump about his enemies in preview of bombshell interview to run at the same time as the Republican debate: 'Are you worried that they are going to try to kill you?'

Daily Mail Online  "Donald Trump called his critics 'savages' and claimed his opponents will try and 'steal' the election again in the preview of his interview with Tucker Carlson - which will run at the same time as the Republican presidential debate.

"Former Fox News host Carlson asked the former president if the U.S. is heading towards a civil war and if he was worried his enemies want to kill him in the first clip of their conversation that will air at 9pm.

"Trump told Carlson he doesn't think President Joe Biden will 'make it' when asked about his health and also accused Mitch McConnell of trying to whip up support to impeach him. 

"That is a reference to Trump's former vice president, who is on the debate stage, polling in the low single digits, but vigorously denying Trump's claims he had the ability to reject votes certified by the states on January 6.

"Early snippets indicate Trump plans to rail against his usual enemies. He claims Senate Majority leader Mitch McConnell, who voted against his impeachment twice, was whipping votes in favor of it. He said McConnell was 'trying to get senators to impeach me.'

" 'I don’t think he’s going to make it to the gate but you never know,' he says about President Joe Biden, 80, in a remark that appears to indicate he believes his chief rival won't survive." . . .

Who Won the Debate Last Night?

 "Nikki Haley is a shrill, establishment harridan who kept playing the woman card. Speaking as a woman, I was not impressed. When she ridiculed Vivek Ramaswamy’s lack of foreign policy chops, all I could think of was that she’s someone who supports Biden’s foreign policy. What’s that say about her chops?"  Andrea Widberg

Some thoughts, all cynical and sour, about the Republican debate - Andrea Widberg  "So, I sat through all two hours of the debate amongst the Republican primary candidates, although I was very irked by Larry Elder’s absence. Having said that, he didn’t miss much. It was like watching a junior high school debate, complete with the cool kids asking stupid questions and the geeks fighting on the stage. I hated every minute of it, thought it was embarrassing for all involved, and found it insulting to the American voters.

"If you want details about questions and answers, you’ll find them elsewhere. These are just my impressions."

"As is the case every election cycle, the format is appalling. It caters to the media’s assumption that voters cannot hold anything in their brains for more than a minute or two. They think we’re stupid, and the format is set up to cater to that. It’s cruel to legitimate candidates to force them to address complex issues in one-minute soundbites, and it deprives the American people of important information. It’s such a degradation of real political debate." . . .  

Most importantly, every person on that stage other than Vivek believes that you just need to take the government and steer it correctly to fix things. They remind me of American communists who promise we’ll be nothing like the Soviet Union. “Communism,” they insist, “was just never done right.” Every candidate essentially said, “Big government can be done right.” Vivek is the only one who understands that it can’t, that it is fundamentally antithetical to liberty.

Who Won the Debate Last Night? (townhall.com)    . . ."Just left a debate watch event with a few hundred conservative Wisconsin voters. I asked for some show-of-hands responses, then worked the room for more context and color. A few takeaways:

- Notable positive response for Nikki Haley, especially from women

- DeSantis helped himself, particularly by highlighting his record of getting things done. Still lacks a lighter touch, but that’s just him

- Vivek polarizing. Some loved much of what he said, but also thought he was too glib and too cocky at times 

- People like Tim Scott, but thought he was flat 

- Some grudging respect for Pence and Christie on certain things, but no support 

- Burgum/Asa not a factor

- Trump fans in the house were unmoved from supporting him

"My bottom line: DeSantis & Haley may have gained some momentum, but the primary’s overall trajectory wasn’t noticeably altered, which is a win for the status quo…and therefore the far-ahead, no-show frontrunner.". . .

 DeSantis: High stakes, solid performance.  He steered nearly every question to his record, taking command on certain questions (his handling of the climate change raise-your-hand moment was intriguing) and accentuating his strengths.  Multiple good answers, no bad ones.  If I recall correctly, despite some needling and provocations, he never 'punched down' at anyone else, only attacking the Left.  That showed discipline.  

Maui Tragedy Makes a Strong Pro-Second Amendment Point –

  PJ Media

“ 'Trust the government” — at any level — isn’t a wise policy. It’s best to be ready for the worst, especially now. The more that American society breaks down due to the failure of the bureaucracy and our increasingly pro-criminal institutions, the wiser it is for us to do everything we can to protect the ones we love."

. . ."While catching up yesterday and reading about how horribly wrong things have been going in Maui, I immediately found myself back in the throes of being infuriated by the unholy alliance between leftist American politicians and the enemy of the people media.

Hawaii isn’t just run by leftists, it’s under the control of far, far-left ideologues. If there is a bad decision to be made in the service of the Climate Cult, it’ll be made. As Rick pointed out in a post yesterday, that seemed to play a big part in this tragedy:

About 85% of wildfires are human-caused — not by carbon emissions but by failure to take precautions around fire sources, according to the National Parks Service. In the case of the Maui fires, it was a perfect storm of conditions that included severe drought and high winds driven by an offshore hurricane. The spark was apparently supplied by a downed power line that ignited the bone-dry brush, causing the fire to whip across the island at 60 MPH.

The Hawaiian state government had been so busy trying to achieve its renewable goals that it downplayed the risk of wildfires. In the end, it cost them.

Republican debate descends into a SQUABBLE: Chris Christie rips 'amateur' Vivek Ramaswamy as a guy who 'sounds like ChatGPT' as GOP rivals attack each other, DeSantis slams Biden's Maui response and Fox anchors have to stop interruptions |

  Daily Mail Online   

"The first Republican primary debate descended into chaos on Wednesday night with candidates shouting over each other and clashing on issues from climate change to January 6th to Ukraine funding and Donald Trump.

"The stakes were high as the eight candidates searched for a breakout, viral moment that would spark their campaigns and give them some momentum to catch up with Trump, who leads by more than 40 points in polls.

"Vivek Ramaswamy was called an 'amateur' and a 'rookie' and attacked from all his opponents on stage during furious confrontations.

President Joe Biden was targeted with DeSantis tearing into his response to the Maui wildfires during the first Republican primary debate on Wednesday night.

'Biden was on the beach while those people were suffering,' the Florida governor said in a response to question on climate change.

'He was asked about it and said no comment. Are you kidding me? As somebody that has handled disasters in Florida you have to be activated. You have to be there, present and helping people who are doing.'

Biden visited Maui on Monday to see the devastation from the wildfires but was criticized when he tried to relate to the victims by dredging up his own family tragedy and talking about a decades-old kitchen fire in his home. Ahead of his visit he was heavily criticized for not commenting on the disaster while he was on a beach vacation.

But Biden, who is the man the Republicans want to replace in the White House, wasn't the main target of the night. Nor was Donald Trump, who is leading the other Republican contenders by double digits in the polls for the GOP presidential nomination." . . .

California Church Sues Government Over Alleged ‘Spying’ on Worshippers

 California Church Sues Government Over Alleged ‘Spying’ on Worshippers › American Greatness (amgreatness.com)  "On Tuesday, a California church that had previously been ordered to pay over $1.2 million in fines to the state government filed a lawsuit in federal court, claiming that the local government spied on its worshippers.

"Fox News reports that the Calvary Chapel San Jose, led by Pastor Mike McClure, alleges that officials in Santa Clara County utilized the Colorado-based company SafeGraph to engage in “an invasive and warrantless geofencing operation to track residents” without their knowledge. The lawsuit was filed on the church’s behalf by the advocacy group Advocates for Faith & Freedom.

“ 'Geofencing” refers to a location-based tool that is often used by the government to track someone through their cell phone data. In this case, the lawsuit alleges, the local government spied on cell phones located in the vicinity of the church to determine who were regular church-goers.

“ 'This operation took place over a year with seemingly no oversight, boundaries, or limitations – meaning the Defendants could track churchgoers in the sanctuary, prayer room, or bathroom,” the lawsuit states.

“ 'This type of expansive geofencing operation is not only an invasion of privacy, but represents a terrifying precedent if allowed to go unaddressed,” the lawsuit continues. “As it stands, the Defendants are effectively arguing that, as long as they call it research, any level of government can target and spy on any individual or group at any time for any duration, and, if they so choose, they can wield the collected data against said individuals or groups who oppose their orders. This is not just un-American; it is downright Orwellian.” . . .

Why We Won’t Be Watching: Here Are 10 Questions That Won’t Be Asked Tonight at the GOP Debate on FOX News

 The Gateway Pundit | by Jim Hoft  . . ."There are several reasons why you might want to skip the GOP debate and instead tune in to Twitter-X and Tucker Carlson’s interview with President Donald Trump. The most important reason is that the debate will likely be a waste of time and the candidates will not be asked the important questions concerning the future of the United States. Here are 10 questions that will not be asked of the GOP candidates tonight at the Republican presidential debate."

1.) If one NATO country blows up the gas pipeline of a second NATO country is thi s an act of war? Or are you cool with that?

2.) Do you believe mysterious deliveries of thousands of ballots in the middle of the night following a presidential election when the GOP candidate is winning by over 100,000 votes is a quality of free and fair elections?

3.) Do you agree with Chris Wray and Brad Raffensperger that feeding stacks of ballots through voting machines three times a piece in the dead of night and then handing them to a fellow worker to run the same ballots through his machine should be allowed in free and fair elections?

4.) What is your plan to help the January 6 prisoners? Should Trump supporters be forced into prison closet cells in isolation for five months without trial?

5.) Who is Rosanne Boyland and how did she die?

6.) How many Trump supporters were killed on January 6? How many police officers were killed on January 6?

7.) Why have you said nothing about President Trump being indicted on speech crimes? Do you agree with the Democrats and elites that speech should now be criminalized?

8.) Do you agree with legal scholar Fani Willis that she should be allowed to hold a show trial with all 19 Trump associates in a courtroom at once and try them for their unwillingness to accept the results of the 2020 election?

9.) Does it concern you at all that Democrats are running the worst president in history, with severe dementia, who is tearing the country apart for reelection? A man who has no support and is not out campaigning — and they don’t appear to be worried about it at all?

10.) Will you finish building the Trump border wall?