Beto Urges Biden to Treat Texas Like Segregationist Arkansas in 1950s, Send in Troops

 C. Douglas Golden (thefederalistpapers.org)  

The average informed person will remember the character and silliness of O'Rourke, except for those rioting in the streets supporting Hamas. TD 

"There are plenty of takes on the showdown between Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and President Joe Biden’s administration over the situation at the nation’s southern border. As always, some of these takes are good, some are bad.

"But why am I not surprised that arguably the worst take came from a man who — in spite of every reason for him to disappear from our public life — refuses to go away: former Democratic Rep. Beto O’Rourke?

"O’Rourke, as you may remember, was campaigning to be Texas’ governor during the 2022 midterms. Texans had other plans, handing the Republican Abbott a third term by a margin of nearly 11 percent.

"Abbott’s third term has inarguably been his toughest, and for reasons beyond his control: Thanks to the Biden administration’s de facto open borders policy, Texas has been swamped with illegal immigrants.

"The governor and other Texas Republicans have employed a number of measures to try and stem the flow when it became clear Washington wasn’t going to do anything — which caused the Biden administration to take them to court repeatedly, claiming it had responsibility for the border even as it was obviously abdicating that responsibility." . . .

My statement on Texas’ constitutional right to self-defense. pic.twitter.com/seNFZdmujP

— Greg Abbott (@GregAbbott_TX) January 24, 2024

Joe Biden’s war with Texas’ Greg Abbott threatens a constitutional crisis — but Abbott holds the high ground (NY Post Editorial Board)

. . ."Team Biden’s border chaos is becoming a dangerous constitutional crisis, pitting Texas against President Biden.

"Make no mistake: Texas Gov. Greg Abbott holds all the moral high cards here — and some legal ones, too.

"With Biden refusing to enforce immigration law and millions flooding in illegally, Texas has been utterly swamped.

"In response, Abbott has installed razor wire on the border and taken control of riverfront Shelby Park to deter migrants — something Biden should be doing" . . .

 

After Hamas atrocities, MLK’s embrace of Israel and disdain for antisemitism confronts liberals

  Just The News

There are still people in captivity right now, eight of whom are Americans," [Bernice King said]. “We must stand up, I say. Where's the moral outrage about this? Why isn't this the lead story in the news every single day?” she asked.

CBS Los Angeles

"Just 10 days before his assassination, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. stood at a podium with war raging between Israelis and Arabs in the Middle East and strife evident in urban American communities between blacks and Jewish shopkeepers. Without equivocation, he embraced Israel and condemned antisemitism in all its forms.

“ 'We cannot substitute one tyranny for another, and for the black man to be struggling for justice and then turn around and be anti-Semitic is not only a very irrational course but it is a very immoral course. And wherever we have seen anti-Semitism we have condemned it with all of our might,” King declared in a question-and-answer session in March 1968 at the Rabbinical Assembly.

"He added for good measure: “Peace for Israel means security, and we must stand with all our might to protect its right to exist, its territorial integrity. I see Israel as one of the great outposts of democracy in the world.”

"You can read the full transcript here: conversation-with-martin-luther-king.pdf  . . .

Adam Schiff’s past effort to fan Russia collusion tale boomerangs in California Senate bid

 Just The News

You remember California Congressman Adam Schiff, the man who exploited his position on the House Intelligence Committee by notoriously lying about having seen evidence that Donald Trump colluded with Russia to steal the 2016 election?  Matt Margolis 

The Week

"Steve Garvey, Pre-transgender nun Dodger, 10-time MLB all-star first baseman and four-time Gold Glove winner, is slugging it out with Rep. Adam Schiff.

"Rep. Adam Schiff’s past effort to fan the Russia collusion tale is boomeranging as he now seeks the vacant U.S.Senate seat in California.

"Former MLB star Steve Garvey, now a GOP candidate, accused Schiff, D-Calif., of lying to the public on the debate stage this week, prompting Schiff to claim he was censured for "standing up to a corrupt President."

"Garvey and Schiff are among the candidates in the race for the Senate seat held by the late Sen. Dianne Feinstein. 

"In the California primary election, the two candidates who receive the most votes head to the general election for a head-to-head match-up in November.  A recent poll released by Emerson College found 25% of respondents said they would vote for Schiff and Garvey was in second place with 18%.

" 'I called out Adam Schiff for being censured for lying to 300 million Americans. His response: 'I would do it all over again,'" Garvey wrote Thursday on X.  Schiff was censured in a resolution stating that Schiff held positions of power during Trump’s presidency and “abused this trust by saying there was evidence of collusion between Trump’s campaign and Russia.” There was no such evidence. 

"Schiff had drawn attention to himself throwing the "Russian collusion" narrative at anyone who opposed him. At one point, he accused on live television then-Fox News host Tucker Carlson of "being a Russian agent" and said to Carlson, according to New York Magazine, “You’re carrying water for the Kremlin!”

"Schiff ignored the question of throwing the "Russian agent" allegations around, and instead deflected with comments arguing that Garvey supports allowing states to ban abortion." . . .

Imagining a world without Israel

  The Forward

At the end of the Six Day War, Israeli soldiers hug and kiss the stones of the Western Wall. 

"Years ago, I canceled a subscription to a newspaper after it landed on my doorstep with a headline shouting “Crazed snow plower kills 1, rams 50 cars.” I wasn’t protesting its decorum or even its journalistic accuracy — though I doubted the news staff had the medical training necessary to diagnose the snow plower as “crazed.”

"Rather, my cancellation was to protect my own sanity. Whatever reasons the editors had for sensationalizing the front page, it left me on edge, expecting any day to see a headline blaring “War with China.”

"I felt the same way last week when turning on a CNN broadcast to a news crawl and graphic blaring “Israel under attack on seven fronts.” Shocked, I immediately checked other sources to learn if Israel really was at the brink of destruction. The volley of attacks from Gaza, Lebanon, Syria, the West Bank, Yemen, Iraq and Iran were real, I learned, according to Israeli defense minister Yoav Gallant, but not quite the armageddon suggested by the CNN crawl.

"Yet there was a difference between CNN’s hype and that long-ago newspaper headline: This time, the calamity was very much imaginable." . . .

The Rebirth of Israel Ezekiel 37 – Israel My Glory . . ."On November 29, 1947, Theodor Herzl’s dream became a reality. The United Nations voted 33 to 13 (with 10 abstentions) to partition what was then called Palestine into two independent states: one Arab and one Jewish. Great Britain, which had administered the land since 1920 under a mandate from the former League of Nations, did everything in its power to hamper statehood for the Jewish people. But on May 14, 1948, the British evacuated; and Israel declared independence for the first time in 2,500 years.
"Today Israel’s Jewish population numbers about 5.3 million.2 In the past 59 years, those returning have rebuilt and cultivated the land, bringing it back to life and beauty (36:8–12). But they do so in unbelief.

"Some people question whether today’s Israel is the Israel referred to in the dry bones passage and believe the prophecy will not be fulfilled until the Messiah’s return. However, other prophetic passages show that Israel must be in its land as a recognized nation before the Messiah returns: . . ."

WATCH: Trump Supporters Spring Into Action and Unmask Protesters at Vegas Rally — Before Shoving Them Right Out the Door

The Gateway Pundit | by Cassandra MacDonald

"Supporters of former President Donald Trump sprung into action on Saturday and unmasked two protesters before shoving them out the door.

"The protesters had their faces covered with American flag bandannas and wore patriotic attire, in a clear attempt to blend in.

"Moments after Trump took the stage, they began shouting at him.

“ 'His supporters jumped into action and forced the man and woman out the exit while trying to pull off their masks to take pictures of them,” the Reno Gazette-Journal reports.

"As the troublemakers were removed from the event, the crowd chanted, “USA! USA! USA!' ”

Evangelicals Embrace Trump. Joy Reid is livid!

 William Manning   . . ."Rather than portraying evangelicals as racists, Ms. Reid should ask  why conservative Christians vote for Republicans.  Evangelicals have voted for Republicans since 1980, when they deserted Jimmy Carter, a Southern Baptist, to vote for Ronald Reagan.  Conservative Christians have continued to vote for Republicans and have no incentive to switch.

"Democrats believe they are the arbiters of morality and use government agencies to force their reimagined morality on the people.  President Obama believes that evangelicals cling bitterly to their religion.  Hillary Clinton tossed them into her basket of deplorables.  Biden’s DOJ wanted to investigate Catholics who choose to celebrate the old Mass.  The House Judiciary Committee recently disclosed that the Treasury Department warned banks that customers purchasing “religious texts“ might be violent extremists.  Federal investigators then asked the banks to hand over their customer records related to the purchase of Bibles and other “extremist” material.  Since the Feds regulate and control the banks, the records were delivered without a warrant.  Evangelicals view Biden, not Trump, as the threat to democracy.

"At a White House Pride Party last summer, a man calling himself a woman exposed himself on the White House lawn moments after shaking hands with Joe Biden.  Democrats suggest that transgender people use restrooms for the opposite sex.  Public schools have become tools of state indoctrination teaching children that pansexuality is a morally viable lifestyle.  If one doesn’t accept the state’s idolatry of pansexuality, one is accused of bigotry." . .   The bitter woman speaks on MSNBC:

Alina Habba's Courtroom 'Circus' May Be Donald Trump's Strategy

 "Former federal prosecutor Neama Rahmani told Newsweek Habba's behavior, though a "shameful display of courtroom decorum," is likely her "taking direction from her client.' "

Alina Habba's Courtroom 'Circus' May Be Donald Trump's Strategy

"Donald Trump attorney Alina Habba's behavior during his civil trial involving journalist E. Jean Carroll has drawn scrutiny, but legal experts told Newsweek that her conduct could be part of the former president's strategy.

The defamation trial involving Carroll, a former Elle magazine columnist who has accused him of assaulting her in a New York City department store changing room in the mid-1990s, kicked off this week in a New York courtroom. Last May, a New York City jury found Trump liable for sexual abuse and defamation against Carroll, ordering him to pay $5 million in damages. Her attorneys now are seeking an additional $10 million in damages after the former president said she was lying about her accusations, saying he has no idea who Carroll is and that she was not his "type." Trump maintains his innocence in the case." . .  .

The E. Jean Carroll case against Trump shows our morally corrupt legal system - Andrea Widburg

. . ."In 2022, New York State upped the ante against Trump by passing its “Adult Survivors Act,” a law intended solely to create a window of time in which Carroll could file a civil sexual assault suit against Trump. Carroll promptly filed suit against Trump and reiterated her defamation claim. Incidentally, Reid Hoffman, a major Democrat party and Nikki Haley donor, helped fund her litigation." . . .

Why is no one wondering why the Trump trials have such idiotic jurors? -Patricia McCarthy   . . ."Exactly what would the ideologically biased prosecutors in each of the absurd lawfare trials of President Trump be looking for?  

"That is an easy question. They would be looking for Trump-haters, people who watch MSNBC and The View, for example; people easily led and relatively ignorant of American history and current events beyond leftist talking points.  They would know nothing about the fact that Trump led the U.S. to energy independence that made our gas prices low and brought in huge profits to workers' 401(k)s because we had enough oil and gas to sell to other nations.  They would not know that Trump brought peace to the Middle East. They would most likely buy into the climate change hoax.  They would be persons who leapt to be vaccinated with the wholly experimental mRNA jab that has caused thousands of deaths (perhaps more), especially of young people.  They would be people who wanted to jail the vaccine-hesitant.  In short, they would be people who are easily manipulated by the media and easier still by clever and deceitful lawyers intent upon destroying Trump.  They would be sheep. " . . .

Case in point: "In Wednesday’s season finale of “The People v. O.J. Simpson,” the juror raised his left arm in a clenched fist salute to O.J. as the panel left the courtroom. His name is Lionel (Lon) Cryer, and as The New York Times reported on October 4, 1995, he was “a former Black Panther whom prosecutors had inexplicably left on the panel.”

This never ends: Internet wants Joy Reid fired as she claims 'White Christian' Iowa Trump voters want people of color to 'bow down' before them - MEAWW News

Biden Freaks Out in South Carolina and Starts Screaming About Trump

President Trump didn't "Refuse" to visit the cemetery, he could not go because of weather restrictions. a motorcade was out of the question as well.

RedState   . . ."That practically screams 25th Amendment. But that wasn't even the worst part. 

"This part was even worst where he completely lost it while repeating a debunked hoax about what former President Donald Trump supposedly said about a cemetery visit where American soldiers were buried in France. 

A VERY confused Joe Biden starts absolutely SCREAMING as he recounts the recycled "suckers and losers" hoax — slurring the entire way.

The man is NOT well. 😳 pic.twitter.com/4c7QRL5sr7

— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) January 28, 2024

" 'Donald Trump, when he was Commander-in-Chief, refused to visit a cemetery, a U.S. cemetery outside of Paris for fallen American soldiers and he referred to those heroes, and I quote as 'suckers and losers.'" Then Biden lost his mind and started screaming, "He actually said that!! He said that! HOW DARE HE say that! How dare he talk about my son and all [unintelligible] like that." 

"This has been roundly debunked and no, there's no evidence that "he actually said that." Moreover it's just completely untrue that Trump "refused" to go. He wanted to go but they didn't go because of concerns about weather, as emails revealed." 

Under Biden, America has entered its darkest chapter in history

 Zoe Strimpel; The Telegraph

"It would be difficult to overstate the danger represented by the presence inside our borders of what is comparatively a multi-division army of young single adult males from hostile nations and regions whose background, intent or allegiance is completely unknown.”

Barbed wire barricades at the US border wall

"The US has always had bits so horrifying that too close a look could leave your face permanently frozen in horror. When I was growing up in a relatively enlightened Massachusetts in the 1980s and 1990s, there was the spectre of police brutality and racism – you couldn’t miss it, from park benches in Boston where black men were hassled and taunted to the casual, unprofessional menace of the local force.

"But if the police are more woke than racist in 2024, oh how the horror has grown and multiplied on other fronts. Last week a man on death row in Alabama was executed by nitrogen gas. And the death penalty, a measure no civilised state has had for decades, isn’t going anywhere. Governor Ron DeSantis, Florida’s ex-presidential hopeful, used the promise of more capital punishment to lure voters through a “tough on crime” stance, with the state of Florida in 2023 executing more people than at any time since 2019.

"Opioid addiction is out of control. Abortion rights at the federal level were overturned in 2022, instantly triggering their savage removal in 21 states, most of which have implemented total bans and criminalisation of anyone seen to aid and abet terminations. Horrendous, entirely predictable stories of desperate pregnant women nearly dying thanks to the scrapping of Roe v Wade have kept coming. It’s Handmaid’s Tale stuff."

"But there’s more. Much more. And it’s all worsened under the man who was meant to save America from the cartoonish parallel universe of crudeness, relentless bombast, stupidity and criminality represented by Trump and his fanboys. Under Joe Biden, despite a marked increase in civility and experience, domestic problems are worse than ever. America has become an archipelago of darkness and chaos, and it’s at breaking point." . . .

Joe Biden Gives an Ultimatum to Greg Abbott, 'Pound Sand' Is the Proper Answer  

"According to a new post put out by the Border Patrol Union, and a new report from Griff Jenkins of Fox News, Biden has lost operational control of the situation, at least in a practical sense."

 "Joe Biden, or more likely his handlers, levied an ultimatum on Thursday, demanding that Gov. Greg Abbott relinquish control of the "disputed" border areas Texas has been securing. That came after 25 states joined together to pledge their support to Abbott as he battles the federal government and its refusal to enforce immigration laws." . . .

. . ."Abbott should stand tall on this. He's got absolutely nothing to lose. What is the Biden administration going to do? Open fire on the Texas National Guard if they don't clear out? The federal government has no leverage here and no ability to exact its will. Texas is holding Shelby Park and the other "disputed" areas, and they have no obligation to leave. 

"It is insane that this is even an argument. The border crisis has reached horrific proportions, and the Biden administration is wasting its time and resources trying to cut razor wire laid out to stop illegal entries. Texas has a right to self-defense. It has a right to protect its territory. If the federal government refuses to do the job, that's on its leaders, not state officials who are just trying to do the common sense thing. 

"In short, Abbott should tell Biden to Pound Sand ."  

Should Israel want the US for an ally?

 Jewish support for Hamas is one of the horrors of modern leftism -Igor Mel’čuk

 America’s leftists are approaching an extremely dangerous turn: Another Democratic president means the end of our civilization. Only Trump’s victory can now save us.

. . ."But of course, today’s Judenräte aren’t quite like the Judenräte living under Nazi control. The latter tried to save Jewish lives. Today’s Judenräte are pursuing policies that make millions of Jews vulnerable to genocide. They are Jewish Leftists who side ideologically and politically with modern Nazis. They are doing what they are doing because they believe in the righteousness of these horrors. They’re much worse than the Judenräte members." . . .

"And now, the big question: Why is all this happening right now? It’s because of the Democrats in the White House—because of the third term of Obama, a man who has been open about his soft spot for Islam, whether he spoke of “the Holy Koran,” insisted that “Islam has demonstrated through words and deeds the possibilities of religious tolerance and racial equality,” or made billions of dollars available to Iran to help fund its nuclear program. America’s leftists are approaching an extremely dangerous turn: Another Democratic president means the end of our civilization. Only Trump’s victory can now save us."

Igor Mel'čuk is a scientist, ex-Soviet ex-dissident, professor emeritus at the University of Montreal, and member of the Royal Society of Canada

"John Fetterman spent the night standing on a rooftop waving an Israeli flag at protestors in Pennsylvania. Just an unbelievable sight to see."

Gives a symbolic finger to the mindless chants.

Biden to Israel: Forget your existential concerns; I’ve got an election to win! - Andrea Widburg   . . ."Things are a bit different in Israel. Since the moment the UN recognized her existence, the surrounding Muslim nations have been open about their desire to eradicate her presence from the face of the earth, including killing all her Jewish residents. To date, the Muslims have tried this in 1948, 1956, 1967, 1973, 1982, 2006, and October 7 (and that doesn’t include the non-stop terrorism attacks and Intifadas within Israel’s borders since the 1970s). Additionally, Hamas, which Iran funds, has told its supporters to kill Jews wherever they find them, not just in Israel, something in line with Mohamed’s order to that effect." . . .

. . ."Another priority for his administration is making sure that the man on whose watch the world is exploding and imploding still manages to lead his party to another victory.

"I’ve never liked or respected Joe Biden. Indeed, I disliked him so thoroughly that I didn’t think it was possible for me to feel even greater disdain for him. But with this revelation that Biden will abandon an ally fighting for its life as a nation and for the lives of every one of his citizens because he’s got to make some screaming, neurotic, genocidally hate-filled young people vote for him…well, it turns out that there are scum-filled depths of moral depravity that Biden has yet to plumb."

Talking with the "Big Guy"

Sen. Kennedy Humiliates Another Biden Nominee Who Can’t Answer a Simple Question

 Matt Margolis – PJ Media

West Coast Messed Coast™: Oregon Coach Makes Bold Move to Protest Boys on Girls' Teams

 Victoria Taft – PJ Media

 "We have boys in the locker rooms watching girls" get ready for practice or a match. "How wrong is that for a girl to endure that?" He said what would have gotten men thrown in jail five or six years ago is now "acceptable in high schools and middle schools." 

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 "A coach who "stands with women" has had enough of Oregon's experiments in transgenderism. For 25-year-veteran Coach Dave Brown of Oregon's Canby High School, it was time to stand up for what's right. 

"This long-time coach quit his job this week when he couldn't abide boys on the girls' tennis team and announced it on Instagram so others could see what doing the right thing looks like. 

[I]t was not an easy decision to make. I love coaching, and have enjoyed every moment of working with these girls. But I can no longer stand by and watch as their dreams are shattered, and their opportunities are taken from them. I can no longer stand by silently, while all the work that was put into title 9 is disregarded. I cannot support policies that put the physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual health of women at risk.

I stand with my wife. I stand with women. I stand for truth. Will you stand with me?

"In his video, Brown spoke of his wife being a Title" . . .