Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez opens her mouth again -

 Jack Hellner- American Thinker   "AOC says that inflation is propaganda.  It is just greedy shareholders and greedy corporations raising prices for no reason other than to goose profits. 

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., shared a video on social media that argued inflation was largely a "propaganda" term by "corporations" looking to avoid fault for high prices.

"The price of everything keeps going up; meanwhile, the corporations selling those things are making massive profits. The goal of the capitalist is to disconnect these two facts from one another. So they use this concept of inflation," the video explained. 

The video called inflation an example of "vague-washing," explaining "it can be blamed on anything at all, except for corporate profits, of course."

"And propaganda around inflation and cost of living is so powerful, that we forget the very basic fact that corporations set the prices for their products. If a corporation raises its prices, and then makes record profits, that's not some invisible monster. It's just a bunch of greedy shareholders," the person said.

Here are a few facts.

These are prices on the New York exchange:

Crude oil prices when Biden was elected.  $40.  Today $86, up 115%.

Unleaded gas: when Biden was elected, $1.12.  Today $2.60, up over 130%.

Heating oil the day Biden was elected: $1.20.  Today: $3.12, up 160%.

Energy prices affect everything, and this is what happens when Democrats seek to destroy the oil industry by spreading the propaganda that they can control the climate. 

Here is a sample of things that are and were propaganda: . . .

If Newsom IS the DEM nominee, then California is the BEST advertisement against his candidacy.

 California Gives Shoplifters Another Free Pass - The American Spectator | USA News and Politics     

From the comments to these posts: "If Newsom IS the DEM nominee (IF they dump Crusty McBiden), then California is the BEST advertisement against his candidacy.  All the GOP nominee (whomever it is) has to say is:

"LOOK at California. The crime. The homelessness. The rampant drug use. The radical environmental policies that cause destructive wildfires. The ridiculous taxes. The streets filled with human sh*t. People are fleeing California by the hundreds of thousands because of people like Gavin Newsom. If Gavin Newsom becomes President, then America will turn into California!" (Emphasis in the original)

SACRAMENTO — Several years ago, I was shopping in a Santa Ana big-box store when a nondescript young man asked the clerk to show him a video game system — probably a $200-to-$300 item — that was kept in a locked cabinet. She handed it to him and he then nonchalantly put it under his arm and slowly walked away with it, exiting... read full story

"retail gangs steal nearly 25% of total sales in San Francisco and Oakland combined, which amounted to around $15.5 billion in 2019, according to the state agency that tracks sales tax." . . .

. . . One would think that the California Legislature would address such pressing problems rather than stay focused on its usual agenda of expanding programs and taxes. But its latest big idea suggests that Californians are in far better shape when lawmakers do nothing at all. Democratic Sen. Dave Cortese of San José introduced Senate Bill 553, which, as the Orange County Register opined, “amounts to an invitation to shoplift.”

"The legislation is designed to prevent workplace violence and was authored in response to a horrific mass shooting by an employee at the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) in 2021. “I’ve worked with VTA to implement significant workplace protections since then, but California must do everything needed to protect workers and the public, including retail customers,” Cortese said in a statement." . . .

Kids Love to Shop in Newsomland - The American Spectator | USA News and Politics

Downright Disgust With Dirty Joe

 The words “elder abuse” have been thrown out repeatedly to describe the use of him to front the White House team — which is clearly controlled by someone the public doesn’t see, with the specter of Barack Obama never quite out of the picture — and that would hit the mark but for its implication that somehow Joe Biden is a victim. He isn’t. 

Downright Disgust With Dirty Joe - The American Spectator | USA News and Politics

This usurping, dissembling, decrepit old pervert has made his mark yet again, this time on Maui.

"Arriving in the car Tuesday afternoon, I heard syndicated conservative talker Michael Berry, one of best of the new breed of mini-Limbaughs holding back the cultural and political flood, say something spot on.

"Berry said that while he accepts that it might make him a bad person and suggested that maybe his audience ought to pray for him, he earnestly desires that Joe Biden should die in prison, with his son in stir along with him.

"And Berry said he’d be quite pleased to see the first lady, “Dr.” Jill Biden, off to the hoosegow in her own right — because he thinks Jill has been along for the ride in the Biden crime family from the jump.

"Berry said he came to this desire when watching regular Americans, whose only crime was to enter the U.S. Capitol more or less as tourists on a day most of them were simply exercising their First Amendment right to petition the government for a redress of grievances over the irregularities of the 2020 presidential election, be mercilessly prosecuted and incarcerated while the Bidens have escaped any accountability at all for what can only be described based on available evidence as a deliberately planned and ruthlessly executed bribery and shakedown scheme involving influence-peddling to hostile and corrupt foreign actors.

"And while Berry’s sentiments might be harsh and un-Christian, they are eminently reasonable. If 1,000 of our fellow Americans can be stashed away for years in a Washington, D.C., Château d’If–style dungeon for what amounts to trespassing, then the unrequited crimes of the Bidens are a gangrenous, stinking limb of our body politic.

"It gets worse every day. Every day.. . .

Joe Biden, President Non Compos Mentis  . . .That’s the thing to remember about Biden — it isn’t solely that he’s a demented, disgusting old man no longer in command of his faculties; it’s that he always was a low-life.

"Now he’s a diminished low-life so removed from sentience that the only people who can laugh are our enemies.

"And they’re laughing. Make no mistake about that.

"How much longer can we do this?

"And given the quality of the individual occupying the real-life version of Julia Louis-Dreyfus’ character’s job, can we afford not to continue with it?

"Bear in mind that these were just a few of the lowlights of Biden’s public appearances over just the past few days.

"The president is not in command of his faculties. And the nation has no commander.

"We have never been more vulnerable as a country. It’s entirely too painful to laugh."

Rep. Anna Eshoo physically pulls Biden across the stage to meet with attendees after his speech

Is Obama Behind Biden's Hostility To America? -

 Sha'i ben-Tekoa; American Thinker 

  "In a now widely noted Tablet article, David Garrow pointed out Obama’s fantasies of sexual perversion with men. To that, AT’s Jack Cashill added the dishonesty in Obama’s autobiography regarding the question of his birth and his claim to being the author of his first book. What’s also missing from Obama biographies is his identification with Islam. Obama is, after all, the bearer of two Arabic names, with the second that of the Prophet Muhammed’s grandson.

"In fact, Obama was not president more the ten minutes when he did a most common Islamic thing; during his first inaugural address, he slapped the Jews in the face but did it so subtly that few noticed.

"When he was reprising the proud American cliché about being a nation of all religions and ethnicities, Obama did not use the common and accurate couplet “Judeo-Christian” to describe American culture. The first Americans were heavily “Old Testament” Christians whose social models were drawn from the Jewish Bible. One estimate is that a third of the laws in the Thirteen Colonies were directly lifted from it. During the Revolution, when the Continental Congress asked Thomas Jefferson, Ben Franklin, and John Adams to design a seal for the new republic, one idea was a bas relief of Moses leading the Children of Israel to freedom.

"Traditionally as well, in American communities with a Jewish presence, shopkeepers will decorate their display windows on one side with “Merry Christmas” and on the other “Happy Chanukah.”

"But Obama said something very different: “We are a nation of Christians and Muslims, Jews and Hindus, and nonbelievers…”

"He effectively dispossessed the Jews from being the second-most important religious community in the country, demoting them to third place next to the Islamically-hated Hindus, who endured arguably the greatest massacres in history, greater than the Jewish Holocaust, at the hands of Muslims who overran the Indian subcontinent, killing an estimated 90 million of them over the centuries.

"The next day, Obama’s first in the Oval Office, with the US economy a shambles after the 2008 crash, Obama didn’t first call a respected economist for advice. Instead, he called Mahmoud Abbas, partner and successor to Yasir Arafat, the most successful Jew-killer since Adolf Hitler. He also called two other Muslim state leaders and the smarmy Prime Minister of Israel and future jailbird for fraud Ehud Olmert.

"Once in power, Obama ordered that government documents could no longer join the words “Islamic” and “terrorism” in the same phrase." . . .

Jumping To Conclusions About Mitch McConnell

 Ted Noel, M.D., American Thinker    "Dianne Feinstein, John Fetterman, Joe Biden, and Mitch McConnell all have one thing in common. Lots of people are calling for their retirement due to “mental disability.” Senators Feinstein and Fetterman have obvious mental problems that simply cannot be brushed away. Joe Biden’s mental “fade” isn’t quite so blatant, but when we get to Cocaine Mitch, it seems that the only exercise many pundits get is jumping to conclusions.

"It’s time to take a momentary side trip. I am a Board Certified Anesthesiologist, which means that I was the cardiologist in the operating room. I did that job in private practice for thirty-two years, so I’ve had exposure to just about everything cardiac, with around three thousand open heart surgeries under my belt for good measure. I was also involved in a large number of neurosurgery cases. One of the key features of that background is that I had to know where my limits were.

"So, when I dealt with Hillary Clinton’s probable Parkinson’s Disease back in 2016, I sought out expert assistance first. I built a “differential diagnosis” list before commenting. And finally, I made it painfully clear that I was not her treating physician and was working from publicly available information leading to an informed opinion, not a diagnosis.

"This is the situation with the Turtle. I am not his treating physician and do not have access to his medical records. But there is public information, and my cardiologist and I discuss it on the way to the golf course each week. Put bluntly, Mitch does not appear to be in the same medical category as the others. They all have mental problems originating in the brain. He does not appear to be in mental decline." . . .

Ted Noel MD is a retired Anesthesiologist/Intensivist who podcasts and posts on social media as DoctorTed and @vidzette. His Doctor Ted’s Prescription podcasts are available on many podcast channels.

"This Video Could Be The End For Joe Biden - Absolutely Devastating"

YouTube   "It amazes me that there could be even one person left in this United States that approves of this administration and what total disrespect and dishonor for us and this country they have so brazenly shown. GOD help us if anyone out there could say this is good."  (Comment to this video)

"As sad as this video is, I don’t see how this would end Biden. Democrats won’t even see this."

Comments to this video:

As a veteran myself, I send my deepest sympathies for this grieving father. From the depths of my soul I can truly say that Biden is the most dishonorable coward that has ever occupied the Oval Office. This man has no business even calling himself an American, let alone our President.

I am so glad this Father is not holding his tongue any longer. We are with you Sr. Biden is a disgrace to this country, but even though nothing is going to bring your child back, know
that there are millions of Patriots willing to denounce the atrocities of this administration and ultimately defend Freedom and Liberty. May God bless this Family and this Nation.

Joe reflects on the Afghan pullout.

Trump's behavior during Hurricane Idalia was appalling –

 HotAir

Trump has been spending this time comfortably ensconced in New Jersey while DeSantis has been doing the hard work of governing–governing so well that even Democrats are praising his efforts.

"Trump’s superpower is his outspoken aggressiveness, and his kryptonite is his petty self-centeredness.

"Unfortunately, he married the two during Hurricane Idalia and behaved like an ass.

"I wavered on writing this post because I didn’t want to wade too deeply into presidential politics while riffing on a natural disaster, but since Trump spent the last 72 hours blasting Governor DeSantis while he was actually doing a superb job making the lives of Floridians better I have to comment.

"Starting a couple of days ago it was rumored that Trump sent out the word that he didn’t want any of his supporters to do anything that might make DeSantis look good–including sharing public announcements about the storm. I didn’t bother to write about it because it may have been propaganda to make Trump look bad, although subsequent searches of Trump’s followers showed that even Trump’s Florida-based influencers were remarkably silent about the storm as it crashed into the state.

"It sure looks like Trump sent out the word to stay quiet. But perhaps they decided to do this on their own.

"But there is no question about Trump’s actions themselves. The guy sent out tens of “Truths” attacking DeSantis throughout the storm, producing a hurricane of invective aimed at the governor as he spent 20-hour days working to mitigate the damage.

"Trump dumped over 30 videos of himself on Truth Social since the hurricane hit. About himself and his campaign. He even spent a good amount of time specifically attacking DeSantis–including about the hurricane itself–while DeSantis was dealing with the storm and its aftermath." . . .

Keith Olbermann says Riley Gaines 'sucked at swimming,' inciting online spat

 Washington Examiner   Liberal podcaster Keith Olbermann blasted swimming champion and OutKick host Riley Gaines for her support of a Nebraskan bill that defined sex as biological.

Gaines took to X, formerly known as Twitter, to applaud Gov. Jim Pillen (R-NE) on formulating a "Women's Bill of Rights" in an executive order on Wednesday. The order clarifies that "a 'female' is an individual whose biological reproductive system is developed to produce ova."

"THAT is leadership," Gaines wrote of the order. "Thanks for implementing [the Independent Women's Voice's Women's Bill of Rights] and protecting nearly 1 million Nebraskan women. The tide is turning."

"Can you just address the reality and move past it?" Olbermann responded to a post from Gaines on the subject. "You sucked at swimming. That's why you lost."

"Ah, makes sense now why you got fired from ESPN," Gaines replied. Olbermann hasn't worked for the sports network since October 2020." . . .

Look at this Keith! 

Riley Gaines drops ANOTHER heavy mic (along with many trophies) on Keith Olbermann – Twitchy

Riley's fans let their imaginations run wild!

AOC gets (gently) questioned about her border hypocrisy

"The Tunnel Dweller only attacks me because he knows he can't date me!"

 HotAir   "The NY Times published a new interview with AOC, which was pretty clearly prompted by a piece written by Freddie deBoer for NY Magazine last month. It was titled “AOC is just a regular old Democrat now.”

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s recent appearance on the Pod Save America podcast had, for me, the feeling of a final disappointment, the kind that’s a little sad but brings a set of quixotic hopes to a close. AOC appeared on the popular Crooked Media show to announce her endorsement of Joe Biden for president in the 2024 election. To deliver that particular endorsement while appearing on that particular podcast — where former Obama-administration staffers define the limits of acceptable left-of-center opinion — was to send a very deliberate message. It was AOC’s last kiss-off to the radicals who had supported her, voted for her, donated to her campaign, and made her unusually famous in American politics, the beneficiary of a wholly unique cult of personality that is now starting to come
undone.

"When I wrote about that story I highlighted these images from 2018 when AOC was just an unknown candidate.

Tucker Carlson Warns We Are Speeding Toward the Assassination of Trump

We can comment on the silliness of CNN, but no outlet can match MSNBC for narrow-eyed venom and sheer hatred in the persons of Joy Reid, Joe Scarborough, and Donny Duetsch.

The Western Journal.  Tucker Carlson has reached a conclusion that must also have occurred to many of us at some point since 2020.

"Appearing on “The Adam Carolla Show” on Tuesday, Carlson noted that the years-long trajectory of persecution against former President Donald Trump has only one logical end.

" 'We’re speeding toward assassination, obviously,” Carlson said.

Carlson offered this shocking observation as an answer to a question from Carolla about the future. “Are they going to let Trump be president?” Carolla asked.

"Without identifying who “they” might be, Carlson began by reviewing the history of opposition to Trump. The former president’s enemies have subjected him to insults, protests, multiple impeachments and now four separate indictments. Meanwhile, Trump’s popularity has grown.

“ 'So if you begin with criticism, then you go to protest, then you go to impeachment, now you go to indictment, and none of them work, what’s next? I mean, graph it out, man,” Carlson said before making his assassination prediction.

"To be clear, Carlson did not say that an assassination would happen. But he did say that assassination represents the logical conclusion to a relentless campaign of destruction.

. . .“They’re savage animals. They are people that are sick — really sick,” the former president said.

Why don't they employ Keith Olbermann? He was born for that channel. TD

Has the regime finally given the green light to get rid of Biden? -

 Revolver News    "The Biden administration is clearly on some very shaky ground right now. The popular theory is that Dems are using Republicans as a tool to take down Biden. They realize that winning in 2024 with Biden at the top of the ticket, even with another wave of sketchy mail-in ballots, is a long shot. The latest scandal is a big one. According to National Archives, Biden sent over 5,400 emails using secret accounts during his vice-presidential tenure, apparently to facilitate he and Hunter’s foreign money hustle. Now, a new very intriguing rumor is making the rounds in the Swamp that could be the ultimate downfall for the Biden Boys. According to Newsmax, there’s evidence that confirms Biden’s guilt beyond any reasonable doubt. Greg Kelly says there’s a video that will end Biden’s 2024 campaign. So, as these scandals continue to pile up the question on everyone’s mind is: have Dems finally given Republicans the green light to oust Biden?

"Here’s what Collin Rugg, the co-founder of Trending Politics had to say about this recent development:

BREAKING: Newsmax host Greg Kelly claims an audio tape containing “incontrovertible evidence of Joe Biden’s corruption” exists and will be released to the public in the coming weeks.

Big if true.

Kelly claimed the audio tape is so explosive that it will force President Biden to drop out of the 2024 race.

“I am told by people in the know… that there is incontrovertible evidence of Joe Biden’s corruption that is about to be made public,” Kelly stated.

“He will not be able to remain a candidate for the presidency for reelection. It will be over and done with.”

“They’re worried about it right now at the White House.”

"Newsom on deck?"

Remy: Rich Men North of Richmond (Federal Employee Version)

 Reason

Life in D.C. isn't all sunshine and Fudge Rounds.

Parody of Oliver Anthony's "Rich Men North of Richmond" written and performed by Remy