Our political status today

 A Pointless Republican Primary › American Greatness  "President Trump will almost certainly be the Republican nominee. He is far ahead in every primary poll. His supporters originally worried that he would be too polarizing and would go down in flames in the general election, but it appears he will also win the general election against incompetent, unpopular, and increasingly demented Joe Biden.

"Indictments, lawfare, media propaganda, and phalanx-style opposition from the organs of conservatism have all been arrayed against Trump. He has also earned the contempt of the managerial class’s elite: the judges, the academics, and the think tankers, as well as the GS and SES class around Washington, D.C.

"Even so, his enemies have barely dented him."

"Trump Always Understood the Game

"Many of these groups and organizations were hostile to the Republican Party before Trump’s arrival. In conducting himself, Trump understood something almost no other Republican has: trying to earn the approval of one’s opponents is a fool’s errand. So he never even tried, unlike George “Compassionate Conservatism” Bush or John “the Maverick” McCain and, worst of all, finks and turncoats like Mitt Romney, Paul Ryan, and Jeff Flake." . . .

Be aware that Democrats are today prone to violence; destructive violence.

Radical Democrats Look Like Stone Cold Tyrants Right Now—And Normal Democrats Can See It, Too - The Lid

. . ."Writing for NBC News, Jonathan Allen, Katherine Doyle, and Dasha Burns write, “Colorado hands Trump a political gift by barring him from the ballot,” in which even Democrats worry that the push to disenfranchise Trump and his millions of supporters will backfire and help Trump in the general election against incumbent President Joe Biden, who is already trailing Trump in national polls with less than a year to go to the election." . . .

Nikki Haley: The Republican candidate for Democrats - Andrea Widburg

Nikki Haley often says very conservative things. For example, I truly appreciate her stalwart support for Israel (although I do not appreciate her seeming efforts to get America involved in a boots-on-the-ground hot war on Israel’s behalf). However, the thing about Nikki is that, when push comes to shove, she always retreats to a soft leftism. Voters know this, and two recent news stories highlight both problems.

 Iowa Entrance Poll: 68% Believe Biden Didn't Legitimately Win Election

Biden's $97 MILLION fundraising haul: President, 81, rakes in biggest Democratic war chest in HISTORY ahead of 2024 after a string of star-studded fundraisers | Daily Mail Online   "Amount was more money than the $68 million that Barack Obama raised during the same period of his reelection.  "It was dwarfed by the $154 million that Donald Trump raised for his. "Biden held 39 fundraisers in the fourth quarter of 2023 

All Republicans have to know about the leftist media

 Jack Hellner - American Thinker

So the best thing the Republicans can do when they decide whom to vote for is to ignore or vote the opposite of what the Democrat campaign workers, posing as journalists, tell them to do.

"All Republicans need to know is that the last time NYT endorsed a Republican for president, it was Eisenhower in the 1950s.  The WaPo has never endorsed a Republican for President. 

Republicans, the New York Times’ Editorial Board Says You Have a ‘Responsibility’ to Vote How They Want

"And it really doesn't matter who the Democrat is.  He can be as corrupt as Hillary and Biden, and they will endorse them.  They also don't care how much any Democrat abuses his power.  The Constitution and separation of powers are not important to them. 

"They also don't care if Democrats support violent riots when their chosen one doesn't win elections.

"They don't care if Biden doesn't enforce immigration laws that he is required to enforce. 

"And they don't care how many wars start under Democrat presidents. 

"Results don't matter.  The truth doesn't matter about the climate, COVID, or anything else. 

"All that matters to most of the media and other Democrats as they campaign for them is power over the American people.  They love it when people are dependent on the government instead of giving the power, freedom, and money to the people, as Trump did and will do." . . . 

CNN, MSNBC refuse to air Trump victory speech (youtube.com)

"OutKick host Tomi Lahren joined 'Fox & Friends' to discuss Trump's decisive victory in the Iowa caucuses and why some media outlets refused to air his victory speech."

MSNBC Propagandists Melt Down After Trump Landslide Victory in Iowa (Video)

"Trump’s victory spawned weeping, wailing, and gnashing of teeth over at MSNBC, the official network of insane liberal rage, hate, and stupid lying liberal propaganda."

• MSNBC Propagandist Chris Matthews Demeans Flyover Country As Mentally-Unsound ‘Rural Cultists’
• MSNBC Propagandist: Trump “Must Die In Prison” To Send A Message To The Public That “You Can’t Do This”
• MSNBC Propagandist Rachel Maddow Just Birthed A Whole NEW Trump Conspiracy Theory — It’s A DOOZY (Video)
• Left-Wing MSNBC Contributor Calls For Altering Patriot Act To Specifically Target Conservatives, Trump Supporters (Video)
• Happy New Year: MSNBC Fantasizes About Ron DeSantis ASSASSINATING Donald Trump (Video)

New York Times Editorial Board Begs Republicans to Abandon Trump (breitbart.com)

. . ."In the piece titled “The Responsibility of Republican Voters,” the left-wing newspaper tried to guilt Republicans into supporting someone else.

"The board said:

Iowa Republicans who will gather on Monday to cast the first votes of the 2024 presidential campaign season, and voters in New Hampshire and the states that will follow, have one essential responsibility: to nominate a candidate who is fit to serve as president, one who will ‘preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.’

"Ever an imperious scold" John Kerry: Goodbye, Good Riddance

Issues & Insights   "In a city overflowing with useless people, agencies and institutions, one of its most worthless figures is (finally) leaving his government post. While John Kerry is not quite going away, he is closer to the exit than the entrance. This is good for the country.

"At some point this spring, Kerry will leave his billet as the administration’s climate envoy (see what we mean by “useless”?). He will reportedly join the re-election campaign of President Joe Biden, who was for decades useless but eventually became destructive, as the last three years have shown. If voters act rationally, Kerry, an insufferable hypocrite, will disappear from public life for good by the middle of November.

"Ever an imperious scold, a male Karen before that term became widely used, Kerry has spent much of his adult life, more than four decades, implementing the Democratic Party dream, which is to convert our civil society to a political society. It’s a point we’ve made before that can’t be made enough:

The left, which has marched through our institutions, won’t rest until the civil society we have flourished in has been replaced with a political society. It craves a societal breakdown, to bury the political and social norms that stand in its path to unchallengeable power.

"Most recently Kerry has served as the administration’s climate czar. It was the perfect post for a gasbag, providing its occupant endless opportunities to lecture climate crisis skeptics, whom Kerry surely regards as “stupid.”

"But it is Kerry instead who is dim. When it was reported in 2020 that he “would love to take a new Cabinet position devoted to climate change,” economist David Kreutzer noted that “Kerry has proven he is totally ignorant of the basics of climate science.' ” . . .

The Cost Of The Climate Cabal – Issues & Insights   "A year ago while in Davos, Switzerland, for the World Economic Forum, the administration’s climate functionary John Kerry said that “money, money, money, money, money, money, money” was needed for climate programs. That string of words actually corresponds with a sum, and it’s $150 trillion.

"Go ahead, try to comprehend that number. It’s about 51/2 times the size of the U.S. economy, more than four times larger than the (always-growing) federal debt, and 150% of the world’s GDP. Or, according to Eric Worrall at the Watts Up With That? climate site, “if you spent $130 million every day since the death of Jesus Christ, just about now you would be approaching $100 trillion.”

"That it will be spent over the next 26 years doesn’t mean that it’s not a significant, and economy-breaking, amount." . . .

From governor to governor

 Silvio Canto, Jr. - American Thinker   

If you don't like Abbott, move to Newsom's state.

"On Monday morning, I went through the newspaper to read another call to fire Coach Mike McCarthy, the Cowboys' coach who saw his team get destroyed by the Packers. Then I found a long letter from Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker urging Gov. Greg Abbott to stop sending migrants to Illinois. Here is a sample:

“I strongly urge you to stop sending people to Illinois in these conditions. You are dropping off asylum seekers without alerting us to their arrivals, at improper locations at all hours of the night,” Pritzker, a Democrat, wrote, adding that he was “hoping to appeal to your humanity.”

Abbott has said the busing is designed to call attention to a record surge of migration across the U.S.-Mexico border, and to spread the burden of sheltering migrants and asylum seekers beyond border states.

Andrew Mahaleris, an Abbott spokesperson, said that Texas “will continue transporting migrants to sanctuary cities to help our local partners respond to this Biden-made crisis” until the president takes action to rein in border crossings.

"Well, that was a quick reply. Don't expect Governor Abbott to take out a full page in a Chicago newspaper explaining his actions.

"The governor of Illinois should write a letter to President Biden and call on the White House to do something. Yes, it's awfully cold in Chicago but border cities have their own problems, such as not having enough shelter and hospitals.

"Once again, we are blaming the governor of Texas for calling the Democrats' bluff on sanctuary cities. We are also watching the hypocrisy of Democrats who love migrants as long as they stay in Texas."

Iowa had no choice but Trump -

  Don Surber (substack.com)   The indictment of a president by a rogue regime is unacceptable

"Actually, it is a Solzhenitsyn versus Stalin contest because Biden wants to send Trump to a gulag, preferably in Alaska.

"Appropriately for Martin Luther King Day, Iowans went to the polls and rang the bell of freedom by giving President Trump an easy victory in the state’s presidential caucuses. AP called the race a moment after the polls closed.

"Let us consider the parallels.

"MLK had a mugshot. Now, so does The Donald. The same Democrat Party that ran the South that imprisoned MLK’s followers has imprisoned DJT’s followers. The deep state wants to stop Trump with four indictments and 91 charges as well as the various frivolous lawsuits against him. We’re next.

"Iowans rose and stood with him because they had no choice. He is our last stand because if they can take him down, no one is safe.

"Hillary Haley, a pawn of the World Economic Forum, plans to stay in the race in case, you know, something unexpected happens to him involving a grassy knoll or a shortcut through a restaurant.

"Trikki Nikki said, “I can safely say tonight Iowa made this Republican primary a two-person race.”

"She finished third. As Barbie said, math class is tough.

"The race is over. Vivek dropped out after Iowa. DeSantis finished second but 30 points behind. The fat lady may not be singing yet, but Don Meredith is." . . .

Ahead of Iowa Caucus, 68% of CNN's Iowa Respondents Believe Joe Biden Stole the Election

Ahead of Iowa Caucus, 68% of CNN's Iowa Respondents Believe Joe Biden Stole the Election — Did NOT Win Legitimately in 2020! | The Gateway Pundit

I'm sure Joy Reid will call it all "Jim Crow".

NBC News Reports 'Deep State' Plot to Facilitate a 'Military Coup' Against Trump Amidst Fear for Alleged 'Retribution' if Re-Elected  "Concerns are intensifying among far-left national security “experts” and Pentagon insiders over the possibility that former President Donald Trump might leverage the U.S. military to enforce his political will if he returns to the Oval Office.

"In a detailed report, NBC News inadvertently admitted the existence of a “Deep State,” allegedly working to facilitate a military coup against former President Trump if he is freely and fairly elected by Americans.

"The NBC article paints a portrait of a left-wing plot to disrupt military allegiance to civilian control.

"Mollie Hemingway of The Federalist wrote, “NBC reports the left is plotting ways to have military not be under civilian control. This dangerous and unconstitutional usurpation of power is being framed by NBC as good because it will undermine Trump if he is freely and fairly elected by Americans.”

NBC News reports:

Donald Trump is sparking fears among those who understand the inner workings of the Pentagon that he would convert the nonpartisan U.S. military into the muscular arm of his political agenda as he makes comments about dictatorship and devalues the checks and balances that underpin the nation’s two-century-old democracy." . . .

Bear in mind this is the same source that employs Ali Velshi, Rachael Maddow, Joe Scarborough and "Jim Crow" Joy Reid.

"Critics argue that preemptive measures to curtail such use are tantamount to unconstitutional acts and may pave the way for a “military coup” to subvert the will of the American people." 

Speaking of MSNBC: Joy Reid: There Are Too Many White Christians in Iowa! 

 "I feel like the important sort of data point [...] is that these are white Christians," she said. "This is a state that is overrepresented by white Christians that are going to participate in these caucuses, especially tonight [...] This is a hyper evangelical, white state." 

A new low from the pro-Hamas left: Screaming at child cancer patients at a hospital for treatment in New York

 Monica Showalter- American Thinker

Now they're harassing child cancer patients, screaming 'shame' at them as they try to get into the building or look down from their hospital windows? Unbelievable. Who thinks this stuff up? The wild-eyed fanatic apparently organizing this crap is one Nerdeen Kiswani .

Disgusting. https://t.co/tpPkeCNPJu

— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) January 15, 2024

 "You can't make this stuff up.

"Just as you think the pro-Hamas left has hit rock-bottom in its offensive protests, another bottom drops out.

"Now they're targeting child cancer patients seeking treatment at Memorial Sloane-Kettering cancer center in New York City, harassing vulnerable, weak, patients as they enter the facility -- many nervous, sick, anxious, and all focused on their treatment -- bellowing "shame!" at them in enraged mobs as if the children had anything to do with with is going on in Gaza." . . .

Anti-Israel protesters target NYC's Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (nypost.com)  . . ."One Jewish resident on the Upper East Side told The Post she was “terrified” after a pair of cops had to escort her and her small dog out of a chanting crowd near East 87th Street.

“ 'I thought I was in Germany in 1939,” said the 74-year-old resident, who declined to give her name.

"The woman was referring to the year Adolf Hitler invaded Poland, sparking World War II. Before 1939, his regime began arresting Jews and sending them to concentration camps.

“ 'I’m astounded. I think it’s horrific,” she added.

"When news spread that Iran launched a ballistic missile attack near the US Consulate in Iraq, some protesters cheered." . . .

Comment to this post: Germany 1930's started off the same - protests were small, not too much destruction, etc., then grew into something which the world had never seen, resulting in the deaths of 7+M people of one religion.  

Thousands came out during the MLK Day protest.

If you want to know how utterly sick and depraved Hamas is…

 Andrea Widburg - American Thinker 

"I don’t know anyone of any worth who isn’t upset about the civilian casualties in Gaza, except for Hamas and Iran. They are jumping for joy. Why isn’t Andrew holding them to account for these killings? They after all are responsible for this war."

 "Hamas is first and foremost a death cult. While Israelis revel in life and try to preserve it, even as they engage in war against Hamas, the Islamic cultists view death as something exciting and wonderful—especially when it’s sadistic. The videos they took and viewed with pleasure on October 7 are one example. Another example is their latest “propaganda” move, which was to announce a guessing game—which hostages are dead?—followed by forcing the survivor of the trio in the game to announce the alleged deaths of her fellow hostages.

"The three hostages are Noa Argamani (who is half Chinese, not that China cares), 26, who was famously seen being dragged off on a motorcycle, and two men, Yossi Sharabi and Itai Svirsky. The sadistic “game” began on Sunday when Hamas revealed footage of the three hostages begging to be released. Hamas then teased that it would reveal the hostages’ fate on Monday (today). In a follow-up video, which added a sick “game-show” element (as in Deal Or No Deal, or Who Wants To Be A Millionaire), Hamas released a follow-up video announcing that the three hostages could be killed, injured, or spared.". . .

Kidnapping of Noa Argamani

"As Blinken has said, “this would end tomorrow if Hamas returned the hostages and surrendered.” No one seems to be saying that, including Andrew.

"The only thing that has changed is that the blood of Jewish children is no longer cheap. If Hamas valued the lives of Palestinian children they would never have begun this war. Put the blame where it should be. But Andrew isn’t brave enough for that."

The State of New California Is Taking Another Giant Step Forward with Its Statehood |

 What happened to the State of Jefferson?

The Gateway Pundit | by Jim Hᴏft

Tyranny is now commonplace.  The border is open to the south.  The cities provide for illegal aliens.  The crime has skyrocketed as Soros backed DA’s indict the police and let criminals go free.

"The Great State of New California announces its “STEPS to STATEHOOD” event in Sacramento this Monday.

"The state of New California is doing everything right in becoming a new state.  The group of visionaries led by Paul Preston is using the US Constitution and the West Virginia model from the Civil War.

"When Americans lose their voice and their ballot to tyrants, there is a way out in the US Constitution.   This is what Americans in California are doing.

"This coming Monday, January 15, 2024, at 11 am Pacific Time, members of New California State will be “Affirming, Declaring and Proclaiming” their intent to make a new state.   New California members will be reading their statements on the California State Capitol steps.

“ 'Sacramento, CA will be the location for reading of the New California State Statehood Proclamation. In celebration of the 6th anniversary of New California Declaring Independence from the state of California the Affirmation, Declaration of Independence AND Statehood Proclamation will be read on the California state capital steps.' ” . . .

Joe Biden's Scary Speech on Jan. 6

 Frontpage Mag   "Just recently, ahead of the anniversary of Jan. 6, President Joe Biden gave a speech near Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, to kick off his 2024 campaign. His theme was that the upcoming presidential election will determine whether or not America remains a democracy because a vote for Donald Trump is a vote to end democracy in America.

"Politically speaking, the purpose of the speech was clear. Given that Biden has among the lowest favorability numbers ever recorded for a sitting president, he cannot make the election about his achievements.

Because he has none that warrant his reelection. In every way, he has made America a worse country.

He has terribly damaged the economy — increased an already unsustainable national debt; changed an energy-independent and energy-exporting country into an energy dependent and energy-importing one.

He hurt America and the world by withdrawing — and in the way he withdrew — American troops from Afghanistan. He showed that America cannot be counted on by those who depend on us. He abandoned $7 billion in weaponry, much of it now being used by Islamic terror groups. For example, as NBC News reported, “Most of the weapons recovered so far, officials say, are from Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) or Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), both Pakistan-based militant groups that the U.S. designates as terrorist organizations.” Other weapons have ended up in Gaza, and others in Iran.

He has hurt America and Israel by enriching the Iranian regime. According to the Wall Street Journal, “The Iranian surge in oil exports since President Biden took over has brought Iran an additional $32 billion to $35 billion, according to the Foundation for Defense of Democracies. … The cause of the Iranian windfall is clear: As part of Mr. Biden’s quiet diplomacy with Iran, the U.S. has curtailed sanctions enforcement. … Iran’s funding for Hamas ballooned in the past year to $350 million.” In addition, Biden paid Iran $6 billion to ransom five American hostages.

Why didn’t Russia invade Ukraine while Trump was president? Probably because Putin feared Trump. What foreign leader fears Biden? The only people who fear Biden are half of the American people.

CNN's First Electoral Map Shows Biden in Big Trouble, Trump in Position to Win

 RedState 

Joy Reid will label it "Jim Crow" in three...two...one....

Bad news is it comes from CNN; good news: it isn't from Ali Velshi.

"CNN has come out with its first electoral map of the campaign season and the "Road to 270." The map is based on polling and other factors they detailed. 

And it is that path to 270 that we attempt to explore here. We base this current outlook on public and private polling, conversations with campaign advisers, Republican and Democratic political operatives, members of Congress, and political professionals involved with outside groups poised to be active in the race.

 First, let's start by saying how hilarious it is that they spent multiple paragraphs downplaying the map before they even started talking about it. Here's a small sample. 

This is an exercise designed to capture where the race stands today. If we have learned anything in recent American political history, it is to expect the unexpected. We don’t even know for certain if Biden and Trump will be the two major party nominees in the fall. However, since that appears to be the likeliest choice at this point, we have explored this initial outlook through the lens of a Biden vs. Trump race. Future versions of this outlook will similarly reflect the realities of the race, as best we can assess them at the time.

"But once you get to the map, you see why they seemed to be trying to downplay it." . . . 

Leftists Hate MLK Because They Care More About Color Of Skin Than Content Of Character

 MLK-Hating Leftists Care More About Skin Color Than Character; Kendall Qualls; (thefederalist.com)

King’s challenge to judge people by the content of their character, not by the color of their skin, is in direct opposition to leftists’ narrative.

. . ."Ironically, it was in the first black president’s second term when race relations worsened. Now, less that 44 percent of Americans rate race rations as good or very good, according to Gallup’s 2021 poll. I contend that a major reason for that is the mass marketing of critical race theory (CRT), systemic racism, and DEI by Democrats.

"I belong to a significant percentage of the black population that agrees with MLK’s vision and disagrees with the radical agenda that uses racial disparities to reshape the country." . . .

Race Extremists Are Destroying Martin Luther King’s Legacy (thefederalist.com)   

Hard to come to grips with today is how the power, healing, and truth of his message can be overshadowed by today’s divisive and demoralizing philosophies of critical race theory (CRT) and diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). These divide rather than unite society. MLK stressed the importance of bringing people together through constructive dialogue and seeing all people as made in God’s image. In contrast, those who have recently claimed to hold the torch of civil rights, such as the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement, generally do so through militant action, malicious language, and confrontation.

 

Federal Judges Maintain Race-Based Admissions at the Naval Academy and West Point, For Now (legalinsurrection.com)

We, of course, were of the opinion that while it was procedurally proper for the Court to defer ruling on race-based admissions at the academies, using race in admissions anywhere, especially at the service academies, is substantively improper: The Supreme Court Should Apply Its Affirmative Action Ruling to Military Academies: