One America News Network (oann.com)
"Congressman Mike Collins tells One America News that Georgia’s new Prosecuting Attorneys Qualifications Commission could act to remove Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis. One America’s John Hines has more from Capitol Hill."
Silence from ‘Squad’ in Congress on social media about Hamas attacks | JNS | clevelandjewishnews.com . . ."The group of congresswomen, whose three most prominent members are Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) and Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.), has long attacked Israel in a manner that Jewish organizations and others call antisemitic.
Gazans should go elsewhere and contribute to the world economy. Their role as bloody nuisance doesn't get the respect it once did. With the current attacks, they earn contempt.
"Why are there people in the Gaza Strip? Here is some context for the question. Canada is 16% larger than the U.S. but has only 11% of our population. Australia is almost the size of the U.S. but has only two thirds the population of Canada.
"Why don't people flood all that empty space? They can't make a living there. Canada is too frozen and Australia is too dry to support large populations.
"How do the estimated two million residents of Gaza support themselves? They don't. They subsist on welfare from rich Arab states and Iran. As with most pure welfare recipients, they have little incentive to improve their lot. Their per capita income is $5,600. They could join much of the Middle East and migrate to Europe or Turkey. They could travel to Jordan (income $9,200) or neighboring Egypt (income $11,600).
"On the other hand, getting chump change to do little or nothing is a good gig for people acclimated to welfare. They're also fed the propaganda that their poverty serves the greater purpose of inconveniencing Israel and killing Israelis.
"For those who think I'm being too harsh on Gazans, here are two interesting points that encompass manufacturing and agriculture." . . .
Joe Biden's $6-billion war on Israel - American Thinker . . ."Death is final. But doctors believe there are good deaths — deaths that are swift and accompanied by scant pain. Good deaths are contrasted with bad deaths — by a pain-filled long bout with cancer or lung ailments. And then there are the horror-filled deaths, such as those the world witnessed when jihadists televised beheadings.
"Then there are the horror-filled deaths that have not been televised or even much discussed: the deaths Palestinian terrorists heap on their Israeli and Jewish victims.
Israel takes great lengths to obtain the corpses of Israelis slain by Arabs. Usually the corpses come back mutilated; besides signs of torture, bodies are returned with eyes gouged and penises in mouths.
Wiping Israel off the map - American Thinker
Despite Joe Biden’s supposed pro-Israel words, I don’t know where he really stands on this issue because he lies so often, but this I can tell you: Those on the side of the Jihadists will not prevail. Perhaps drawing stark lines along this fault will weed out some of the more fulminating anti-Israel Jew-haters.
It’s still early, but there are patterns to what’s happening in Israel - Andrea Widburg
The American Spectator | USA News and Politics "I met with the self-appointed emissary to B. last week, and he met with me, the self-appointed emissary to B. Our mission: to breach the divide. What divide? Good question. However, we know it exists. We know it threatens the well-being of the Great Republic. We as a society cannot thrive if the reds and the blues are committed to each other’s destruction and cannot share bathrooms.
"The rot has got to where it is not only reds and blues; the two sides are divided against themselves and cannot give a simple answer to what ought to be a simple question: What do you, as a red, believe, bedrock? And you, as a blue — I am referring here to American political organizations, not redcoats and patriots — what are your basics?
"Under the circumstances, I thought to begin with what I knew, however small and of little weight in the political world; to wit, the battle of ideas, the engagement with principles and ways of thinking about them. Even here, among both reds and blues, the thinkers — sometimes called intellectuals — whose job is to explain and define key questions cannot see eye to eye or concept to concept.
"Agreeing on positions is not necessary if you agree on principles. For example, the question of whether we are a democratic republic or a republican democracy does not preclude disagreeing on setting term limits for the peoples’ representatives.
"B. and B. are magazine men. As boys, they were enthralled at how William F. Buckley Jr. had launched a magazine that became the beehive of the conservative movement. They both drew inspiration from Irving Kristol, who famously said that if you have problem, start a magazine. Now nobody knew, or appeared to care, who was writing what where.
"My response: Go back to fundamentals. Otherwise, what? You want Matt Gaetz and Marjorie Taylor Greene to define what conservatism is?" . . .
"Jury duty gets a bad rap and for good reason: It’s time consuming, disruptive, and often means being away from seemingly more important things. But juries are critical to the American legal system and to the concept of justice in America. The problem? The people making up juries are dumb. They have little civics understanding. Injustice prevails with biased juries. Injustice prevails when qualified jurors are so disgusted with the system that they try to avoid serving. Injustice prevails with dumb juries.
"How important are impartial juries? Just ask any Jan. 6 protester spending years in prison for walking peacefully, at a police officer’s behest, through the Capitol. Is there a D.C. jury that would find any right-leaning defendant not guilty?
"Some of the problems with juries are pure cynical malice on the part of prosecutors. Some are set up by biased judges. All the problems with juries have, at their root, ignorance of basic civics and the cascading effect that bad judicial outcomes cause a nihilistic belief that serving doesn’t matter. It does matter, though.
"Last week, I went through the jury selection and then, shockingly, got seated on a jury for a felony case.
"There were multiple reasons why people were excused from the jury pool. Some felt that they could not presume the innocence of the man based on past convictions. Some felt that the allegations alone made the man guilty. They did not believe that the prosecution needed to make a case. They believed that the defendant needed to prove his innocence. But the slate-clearing reason why people disqualified themselves: If the defendant didn’t take the stand, then, obviously, he was guilty.
"A friend of mine said of the bandwagoning that happened when this issue came to the fore that the jurors just latched on because they didn’t want to be on the jury. That might have been true of a few. Unfortunately, the vast majority of the 40 or so who disqualified themselves gave long, vehement explanations about how people who are innocent will defend themselves and want to testify.
"As I sat there, I could think of 40 reasons not to testify.
"The judge in this case dismissed them all. That left a small pool to choose from, and I was one of them. The remaining jurors were intelligent, attentive, and sincere. It was a brutal case with heart-rending evidence scrupulously compiled by a crack team of prosecutors. They made the jury’s job easy and proved their case beyond a shadow of a doubt, never mind beyond reasonable doubt. This was a case where justice prevailed.
"Leaving the courtroom, though, the responses of these jurors and the clear injustice being meted out in courtrooms across America because of dumb jurors brought disturbing thoughts." . . .
Marcus Ebenhack - American Thinker
. . ."As I like to say; how can we miss you, Hillary, if you won’t go away?
"Her latest resurrection has her calling for “deprogramming” of Trump supporters. Calling us “deplorables” wasn’t enough. Now we must be “deprogrammed” out of our Trump hysteria. You have to hand it to her for doubling down on the biggest faux paus of her last campaign. Like AOC, she’s often wrong but never in doubt.
"Two weeks ago she was accusing Donald Trump of “what psychologists call projection.” And as always, with zero sense of irony or self-awareness. Not to rehash the details, but her “Russian collusion” dirty political tricks against Trump in 2016 is worth mentioning in this context. Projection? LOL, pot meet kettle!
"For Hillary, like a shark sensing blood in the water, to resurface twice in a couple of weeks means only one thing to me. Joe Biden is toast, Kamala Harris is… well, just hopelessly stupid. Gavin Newsome presides over the most dysfunctional state in the union. James Carville tells us how deep the Dem bench is and that it’s time for the next generation of Democrat Party leaders, with a straight face, but without mentioning anyone in particular.
"Democrats know they’re in dire straits. So much so that many are hoping Michelle Obama will swoop in to save their bacon. I don’t see this happening and given all of this, who better than Hillary to climb out of her coffin for yet another go at the brass ring?
"Remember, you heard it here first."
You knew the Babylon Bee would see the parody in Hillary, didn't you? Elderly Woman Escapes Nursing Home, Rants About Deprogramming The Populace | Babylon Bee
"WASHINGTON, D.C. — Viewers are perplexed by a CNN television interview featuring a deranged old lady who recently escaped from an elder care facility, angrily ranting about wanting to "deprogram" half of the nation's population.
" 'They must comply! Deplorables! All of ‘em!" the disheveled geriatric growled at the camera while CNN's Christiane Amanpour attempted to de-escalate the situation. "If they don't fall in line, we'll round them up and re-educate them! De-program them! Re-program them! If that doesn't work, then we'll just disappear them! Yes! Yeeeeeeessssssss! Ahahahahahahaha!"
"The CNN interview team did their best to remain calm, despite the obvious threat posed by the tottering, decrepit woman. "She may be old and frail, but you can tell she's serious," said one member of the television crew. "We heard she escaped from a nursing home nearby, but you could tell she's terrorized people in the past. Chilling, dangerous stuff. Or maybe she's just completely insane, who knows."
"The woman was later restrained by security, sedated by men in white scrubs, and thrown into the back of a waiting van to be returned to the confines of her nursing home. A spokesperson for the facility later made a statement to the press regarding the incident. "Sadly, this has become an ongoing problem with this particular patient," said Eduardo Guerrero. "She goes off her rocker a lot. She even has this crazy notion that she's actually the President of the United States, which we know full well never happened."
"At publishing time, CNN advised everyone in the country to be on the lookout, as the crazy woman was believed to making the rounds for more TV interviews."
Hillary Clinton just won't go away, could a 2024 run be looming? (bostonherald.com)
. . ."Attorney General Maura Healey, a Clinton backer, in 2018 quashed the idea of Clinton running again, saying “I don’t think it would be a good idea.” Wonder what Healey thinks of a 2024 Clinton comeback effort.
"And there are well-known tensions between Clinton and Warren, who has not given up on the idea of running again in 2024.
"So the question is, will they run from her and avoid her because she’s such lightning rod — much the same way Democrats are now running from Biden?
"I’m betting the answer is yes. Clinton has just too much baggage from her previous runs, and Democrats are looking for something new."
She Doesn't Understand How Bad She Was, And Still Won't Go Away (freebeacon.com)
. . . This was not just a bad candidate. This was a terrible candidate—the worst campaigner ever to receive a nomination. Maybe the best way to look at her new memoir is that the book represents a determined, powerfully willful effort not to understand just how bad she was.?
" A sad endlessness suffuses the list of all those Clinton blames for her loss. The nation just wasn't ready for her. Fake news undid her. The New York Times was mean to her. James Comey and the FBI were out to get her. So were Vladimir Putin and Julian Assange. Misogyny and racism. Racism and misogyny. Misogyny again, just in case we missed it the first dozen times she mentions it. The FBI again, too."
Hillary Just Won’t Go Away! | The Liberty Beacon
Why Hillary Clinton Won't ‘Just Go Away’ - The Atlantic
Why can’t the Clintons just go away? (nypost.com)
“In the Name of God, Go”: The Enduring Significance of Cromwell’s 1653 Quote | History Hit “ 'You have sat too long here for any good you have been doing. Depart, I say, and let us have done with you. In the name of God, go.”
"These words, or some variation of them, have been invoked on three dramatic occasions in Britain’s House of Commons and are now synonymous with critiques of the country’s powerholders." . . .
Chilling then-and-now photos show where Auschwitz monsters relaxed – The First News
Party for Rudolf Höss. Left to right: Richard Baer, Josef Mengele, Josef Kramer, Rudolf Höss and Anton Thumann. Mengele, the Auschwitz doctor known for his horrific experiments on prisoners, was never brought to justice, while Baer escaped arrest until 1960. The other three were executed. This was taken at a July 1944 during a party for Höss. Based on the officers visiting Solahutte, we surmise that the photographs were taken to honor Rudolf Hoess who completed his tenure as garrison senior on July 29th.
"This rustic oasis of peace and leisure was where the perpetrators of the Holocaust could relax, sing and feast before getting back to the demanding task of murdering around one million Jews as well as Poles, Soviet prisoners of war, Roma and political prisoners.
"After the war it was used as a hotel for workers from the chemical plant in Oświęcim. Not much remains of the retreat and nature is slowly reclaiming the site, which will soon be lost forever.
"This was why British Holocaust researcher and founder of the Auschwitz Study Group Michael Challoner decided to document what still remains and he has created a fascinating series of before-and-after photographs that serve as a poignant reminder of how the SS perpetrators of the Holocaust relaxed in their free time.
"The original images from the 1940s that Michael used come from a collection of photographs known as the Hoeker Album, which was revealed to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2007 after laying for decades among the documents of an American intelligence officer who came across the album in Frankfurt after the war." . . .
The entire Timeline | Anne Frank House 230 important events that occurred between 1914 and 1980 – before, during, and after Anne Frank's lifetime.
He accused James of being “selective” in isolating Trump and his company, since James has expressed no desire to pursue Democrats who have exhibited similar conduct.
The Gateway Pundit | by Guest Contributor . . ."Fox reported, “Turley told ‘Hannity’ on Wednesday that he previously criticized James while she was running for office in 2018 after she made such boasts and pledges about litigiously pursuing Trump.”
"He cited the obvious “serious ethical problems with a prosecutor really trying to secure office on the pledge to nail one person.”
"And he called James’ claims at the time a “trophy pledge” to “bag” her target.
"The lawyer noted James had failed to cite a criminal or civil offense for which she would attack Trump.
" 'In a montage of clips played by host Sean Hannity, James previously referenced threats to ‘fundamental rights,’ Trump’s ‘abuses’ and an interest in finding whether the then-president ‘laundered money,’” the report said.
"Turley said, “[N]ot mentioning what he might be charged with, [James said] I’m just going to charge him with something.”
"He said the New York bar should see her comments, and her, as “an embarrassment.”
"He described James’ actions as the “recreational use of the laws to pursue unpopular persons.' ” . . .
"Turley told "Hannity" on Wednesday that he previously criticized James while she was running for office in 2018 after she made such boasts and pledges about litigiously pursuing Trump.
"Turley said he previously wrote about his reservations that there were "serious ethical problems with a prosecutor really trying to secure office on the pledge to nail one person."
"He called James' promises a "trophy pledge" to "bag" her quarry." . . .
Issues & Insights "Back on Jan. 6 (of all dates), in explaining why the then-embattled Kevin McCarthy should be passed over as speaker of the House, your correspondent made a now-vindicated comparison between the Californian and the pathetic literary and film character Fredo (Freddy) Corleone:
(L)ike Fredo, (McCarthy) is not the Wartime Don Republicans need to counter the radical Squad’s scorched-earth transformation of America, abetted by the Uniparty’s Old Bulls.
McCarthy’s very flailing, fumbling attempts to lock down the Speakership belie the cool courage in the line of fire required to lead a raucous caucus with the narrowest of majorities.
"Now, yet another comparison between the two pitiful figures presents itself. Bitter at being shunted aside in favor of younger Michael as Don, dim-witted Fredo entered into a near-deadly conspiracy with family “frenemy” Hyman Roth.
"In the same fashion, Speaker McCarthy betrayed the conservative wing that allowed him to take power by depending on squish Republicans and a unanimous vote of his opposition to pass a 45-day clean continuing resolution keeping federal funding at its outrageously bloated fiscal 2023 levels.
"Moreover, there is virtually no prospect of matters being different 40 days hence. As Freedom Caucus conservatives warned in signaling their opposition to yet another “CR,” the threat of a government shutdown will for the 27th year in a row put budget-cutters’ backs to the wall and raise, to the boiling point, pressures for another 12 months of unaccountable spending.
"McCarthy could have avoided this impasse if he had heeded the advice of this commentator:" . . .
Nothing quite embodies the current state of the Democratic Party on immigration more than evicting veterans who want to watch a football game from hotel rooms in favor of the illegal immigrants you invited to cross the border.
"The Army-Navy game is one of the most prestigious rivalries in college football. And yet the U.S. Military Academy and the Naval Academy have been declared losers at the hands of the crisis at the southern border.
"Some hotel reservations for those attending the Dec. 9 game in Massachusetts have been canceled due to the migrant crisis. Massachusetts had all but designated itself as a sanctuary state, with eight sanctuary cities calling the state home. Therefore, overwhelmed border communities have sent illegal immigrants to the Bay State.
"Massachusetts’s “right to shelter” law and inability to realize that encouraging illegal immigrants to cross the border by promising to be a sanctuary means you may someday have to follow through has left the state stuck. Now, hotels are having to lease rooms out to the government to accommodate the illegal immigrants arriving in the state. As a result, Army and Navy fans are having their reservations canceled.
"These aren’t just college football fans, though. The teams aren’t Alabama and Florida State. Fans of Army and Navy are typically alumni of Army and Navy, meaning they are veterans and service members. Those who aren’t are typically their families or the families of current players who will go on to become full-fledged service members. That is who Massachusetts’s sanctuary promise is denying hotel rooms for ahead of one of the most storied and most unique rivalry games in the history of college football." . . .
Kindergarteners will be encouraged to 'Take a Pledge to Be An Ally!' on Friday.
"Part of the celebrations include an 'Identity Nap' activity that is aimed at teaching 'students to think critically about identity and intersectionality.'
"A 'Week of Action Toolkit – Elementary,' was sent from sent from the Los Angeles Unified School District's Board of Education to elementary teachers in the district.
"The toolkit reportedly outlines lesson plans that the district deems appropriate for elementary-aged students regarding LGBTQ+ topics.
"The celebration is a stark contrast from LA's bicoastal counterparts in Florida, who have all but banned LGBTQ+ conversations in schools, including some books.
"According to the City Journal, each day throughout the week has an assigned celebrity who aligns with the LGBTQ+ community.
"Monday is Jazz Jennings Day, named after the notable transgender activist." . . .
But if America First conservative Jim Jordan ends up replacing McCarthy it could end up being a huge conservative victory.
David Pyne "On Tuesday, Speaker Kevin McCarthy made history by being the first House Speaker in US history to be removed from office by a Motion to Vacate by a vote of 216-210. Rep. Patrick McHenry was then appointed Speaker Pro-Tempore. No House Speaker has ever been removed mid-term. The successful coup against Speaker McCarthy was led by conservative Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL), who recently resigned or was expelled from the House Freedom Caucus for unknown reasons. Despite his shortcomings, McCarthy governed as the most conservative House Speaker in the last quarter century.
"Rep. Matt Gaetz (FL) and former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy have long been adversaries though it is not clear exactly what caused his personal animosity for and vendetta against McCarthy. After an embarrassing fifteen votes for House Speaker over the course of five days, McCarthy made many concessions to the 20 or so House Freedom Caucus members who opposed his bid for the Speakership and honored the vast majority of them going so far as to give Gaetz some coveted House Committee assignments in a bid to placate him.
"Followers of my social media postings know that I have long been a fan of Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) as one of the few courageous members of the short-lived House America First Caucus. I strongly supported all attempts to oust former House Speakers John Boehner (R-OH) and Paul Ryan (R-WI) as well as Jim Jordan’s bid against Kevin McCarthy for House Minority Leader in 2018. However, I strongly opposed Gaetz’s Motion to Vacate given that McCarthy’s only failing was to negotiate the budget deal with Biden earlier this year, which was admittedly a colossal mistake due to my belief that the motion would be more likely to damage to the conservative cause in Congress than to advance it." . . .
Rep. Jim Jordan Confirms He Is Running For House Speaker – One America News Network (oann.com)
Ann Coulter Tells Gaetz What Made His Anti-McCarthy Push Inauthentic to Her (townhall.com) "Reports are that selecting a new House speaker next week won’t go smoothly despite two solid conservative candidates in Reps. Jim Jordan (R-OH) and Steve Scalise (R-LA). The mood of House Republicans is one of anger and frustration, as Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) created a potential disaster for the party. Gaetz filed the motion to vacate, which removed McCarthy, voting with Democrats to remove the now-speaker. McCarthy opted not to run for his former post to quell any further disruption." . . .
"McCarthy should reflect on why he’s without the gavel, too—years of reported backstabbing and being overall unreliable killed him with most of his members. The votes to keep him showed that Republicans didn’t want to set a nuke off on the House floor, not necessarily because they liked the guy; his trust balance was negative.
"Everyone shares some blame here, and Democrats can sit back and chuckle as we set up a situation where we cannibalize ourselves."
 |
