We’ve Reached The Tipping With Trump

  Issues & Insights (issuesinsights.com)

Since then, the left has added lawfare to its arsenal, which has now reached peak absurdity for the simple reason that Trump refuses to give in. But make no mistake, scalping Trump will only whet the left’s appetite for more scalps. 

 "Was the $355 million fine against Donald Trump, for a “crime” that even the judge issuing the ruling admitted hurt no one, a bridge too far?

"New York Gov. Kathy Hochul seems to think so, which is why she rushed out to say that other people doing business in New York have nothing to fear: “Law-abiding and rule-following New Yorkers who are businesspeople have nothing to worry about because they’re very different than Donald Trump and his behavior.”

"What she should have said is: “if they are different from Donald Trump and his political views.”

"Because nothing about this case, or the multitude of other unprecedented legal attacks against the former president — the attempts to kick him off ballots, the two bogus impeachments, the Russia hoax, the endless stream of media mis-reporting — has anything even remotely to do with “upholding the law” or “protecting Democracy.”

"These attacks are all a message to anyone who would dare to run as a conservative. Do so, and we will stop at nothing to destroy you.

"We should make it clear at this point that we’ve never been huge fans of Donald Trump. During the 2016 primaries, we weren’t sure he was even conservative. And while he went on to deliver several tremendous victories for conservatives (which we detailed in this space), his term in office wasn’t without its flaws. He failed to get the border wall built, for example. He made some serious mistakes in his appointments. He botched the handling of COVID-19.

"Plus, as a general rule, we’d rather all these old timers — Trump, Biden, Hillary, Bernie, McConnell, etc. — would step aside and let the next generation of leaders get time in the sun. As the few who bothered to watch the Republican presidential debates saw, there is a lot of young talent in the GOP (talent that is notably lacking among Democrats, but that’s another story).

"Having said all that, we’ve now reached a point where even if you hate Trump’s behavior, despise his temperament, think he isn’t a pure-enough conservative, or would prefer someone else less toxic carry the conservative banner, the choice is clear — either support Trump or condone the anti-democratic, extra-legal, election-integrity-destroying tactics of the left, which will forever poison the American political system, and will mean the end of conservatism in the U.S. for the foreseeable future." . . .

Douglas Murray Unveils Media Bias & Defends Israel's Truth in Bold Interview

 DaJobnik  "Join Lital Shemesh from Now 14 News Israel in an eye-opening interview with Douglas Murray, as he sheds light on the complexities and misinformation surrounding the Israel-Gaza war. From the streets of London to the heart of the conflict, Murray challenges the narrative, discussing the alarming rise of anti-Israel marches in the UK, the vital importance of speaking out against injustice, and the stark misinformation about Israel in the global media.

"Murray's perspective is a clarion call to recognize the skewed narratives and emphasizes the duty to uncover the truth amidst widespread bias. This interview delves deep into the reasons behind his staunch support for Israel, the impact of international media coverage, and the critical need for a realistic approach to the Palestinian statehood discussion post-October 7 massacre. " 'What happens in Israel first happens in London and Paris next" - Douglas Murray highlights the ripple effect of silence in the face of injustice and the crucial role of truth in combating lies. "Share this video to spread Douglas Murray's powerful message and contribute to a more informed and truthful discourse on the Israel-Gaza conflict. Your voice matters in the fight against misinformation."

CPAC: Jim Jordan says whistleblower from Fani Willis' office talking to his committee

Let's hope this is somebody with integrity and not merely sour grapes. TD

AF Branco

 Just The News  "House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan said Friday that his panel has been in touch with a whistleblower who was fired from Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis's office. 

"There's a whistleblower in her office who we have talked to ... ," Jordan said at the annual CPAC event outside of Washington, D.C., in suburban Maryland. 

"He also said Willis fired this former staffer for bringing forth concerns that the Georgia prosecutor was misusing federal funds. 

" 'She's now talking with our office and we'll see where that goes," Jordan said. "And that's why we subpoenaed for records and documents related to this."

"Willis last year indicted 2024 GOP presidential candidate and former President Donald Trump and 18 co-defendants over their efforts to challenge the 2020 election results in Georgia.

"Her hiring of a special prosecutor with whom she has had a romantic relationship, and their apparent co-mingling of money, as raised ethics concerns – so much so that a judge is now deciding on a legal effort to have Willis removed from the Trump case.  

"Judge Scott McAfee, who is presiding over the hearing, on Monday suggested Willis could be removed, saying the allegations against her "could result in a disqualification.' " . . .

California Gov. Gavin Newsom praises Nikki Haley for helping Democrats make the case against Trump: ‘One of our better surrogates’

Haley’s campaign has also been bankrolled by more than 5,200 donors who contributed to President Biden’s 2020 White House bid, including more than 1,500 who gave over $500,000 just last month, according to Politico. 

NY Post   "Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley has become one of the “better surrogates” for Democrats in 2024, California Gov. Gavin Newsom said Friday. 

"Haley, who is Donald Trump’s last remaining GOP primary rival, has attacked the former president throughout the race, arguing that the 77-year-old is too old to serve another term White House and warning that his “chaos” will hurt Republican chances at the ballot boxes in November. 

" 'I think she’s one of our better surrogates, so I hope she stays in [the GOP primary race],” Newsom, 56, told CNN host Jake Tapper, arguing that her criticisms of the former president are “spot on.”

" 'I hope she does well tomorrow — at least, well enough,” the Golden State governor added, referring to Saturday’s South Carolina GOP primary, where Haley – the state’s former governor – trails Trump by more than 23 points, according to a RealClearPolitics average of polls. 

“ 'I’m enjoying this primary. And I hope it continues, so I wish her luck,” Newsom added. " . . .

Anti-White racism surfaces in artificial intelligence

 Ed Brodow - American Thinker

"Google announced it is temporarily stopping Gemini from generating images of people after apologizing for “inaccuracies” in historical depictions that it was creating. Some folks may accept their apology, but I am not one of them." EB 

Image courtesy of Wokely Correct Comics.

"Anti-White racism, as described in my book, The War on Whites, has a new supporter. The artificial intelligence source known as Google Gemini is overtly woke and anti-White. Red State reports that Gemini refuses to show images of White men.

"Gemini has been accused of creating inaccurate historical images that replace White people with photos of Blacks, native Americans, and Asians. “Try to get Google Gemini to make an image of a Caucasian male,” said Frank Fleming, a writer for Daily Wire. “I have not been successful so far.” Fleming asked for an image of a pope. “Historically,” Fleming said, “popes have been white men, but the chatbot posted images of a dark-skinned man and woman.”

"When asked to show a picture of a White person, reports Fox News, Gemini said it could not fulfill the request because it "reinforces harmful stereotypes and generalizations about people based on their race." Yet when prompted to show images of a Black person, it offered to show images that "celebrate the diversity and achievement of black people."

“ 'Asking [Gemini] to generate an image of a ‘white family’ will make it refuse in order to ensure ‘fairness and non-discrimination,’” Brandon Morse reports on Red State. “However, asking it to generate a black family will cause it to deliver exactly as asked.” The reason for this double standard, says Morse, is that the people who program Gemini “can't be trusted due to an intense, anti-American, and racial bias.' ” . . .

Ed Brodow is a conservative political commentator and author of the No. 1 Amazon Best Seller,  THE WAR ON WHITES: How Hating White People Became the New National Sport

Google Pauses Ultra-Woke Gemini AI Image Generator Following 'Inaccuracies' in Historical Photos

I asked Google Gemini to generate images of the Founding Fathers. It seems to think George Washington was black. pic.twitter.com/CsSrNlpXKF

— Patrick Ganley (@Patworx) February 21, 2024

The View’s Sunny Hostin Claims Alabama’s IVF Ruling All About Republicans Wanting ‘More American White Children’  I don't even care to see what MSNBC's race lady Joy Reid thinks. TD

 

A Canadian NBA apparently team ejected a fan for wearing an Israel-themed shirt

Bow before the most violent among us. TD

Israelis after a visit from Hamas.

 Andrea Widburg - American Thinker   "At least since 2020, the National Basketball Association (“NBA”) hasn’t shied away from politics. It was all-in on Black Lives Matter, with everything from courtyard messages to kneeling for the National Anthem. However, when it comes to Jewish lives mattering, at least one NBA team—the Toronto Raptors—allegedly won’t allow that message. Instead, a report claims that the team kicked people out of its stadium because one dared to wear a sweatshirt with the message “Free Our Hostages” and a picture of the Star of David.

"Canada’s National Post reported what happened:

Fans at a Raptors game in Toronto on Thursday night were asked to remove a hooded sweatshirt with the slogan “Free Our Hostages” and featuring a Jewish star.

“A female security guard came up and said, ‘You’re gonna have to stay here until a manager comes to speak to you,'” Leora Shemesh, one of the fans, told National Post.

“I knew then what we were about to deal with.”

Shemesh, a criminal lawyer who was dressed for court proceedings earlier in the day, attended the game at Scotiabank Arena alongside fellow attorney, Gary Grill, who was wearing the sweater when a Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment (MLSE) security guard instructed the two to stay put.

When a supervisor arrived, Shemesh and Grill were notified of an “MLSE policy” prohibiting “any attire that displays a political message,” said Shemesh, who is a Raptors season ticket holder. “I’m thinking to myself, ‘You gotta be kidding.'”

[snip]

Stadium security offered Grill a Raptors jersey to replace the sweatshirt, but he refused to change. The two voluntarily left the game shortly after. “We were given the option. We were told what to do. We left peacefully. It was all very calm and peaceful, but we were flabbergasted,” Shemesh said.

"This tweet shows the sweatshirt that aroused the Raptor’s wrath:" . . .

. . ."Just as Democrats can’t afford to lose the black vote, they also can’t afford to lose the Jewish votes. However, what I’m seeing on a large, pro-Israel Facebook group I follow—a group that was started by and is filled with progressive Jews—is a shift in their awareness. They’re starting to realize that Democrats and American cultural institutions hate them and want them dead. They’re fighting that realization, but it’s happening." . . .

Why a Catholic Bishop Said This MSNBC Segment Was One of the Most Disturbing Things He's Ever Seen

 Matt Vespa (townhall.com)

The Left's agenda items are often televised on MSNBC and CNN. MSNBC is by far the worst of the two, and ex-NBC News reporter Heidi Przybyla, now with Politico, demonstrated that Thursday night with her screed against Christianity. 

Wade Miller

@WadeMiller_USMC

Here @MSNBC helpfully makes it clear their disdain for Christians in America. She says that if you believe that your rights come from God, you aren’t a Christian, you are a Christian nationalist. Somehow they seem to not mention that our own founding documents make this…

Wild clip. This is one of their journos, not a pundit. https://t.co/8lLSfOiZl3

— Guy Benson (@guypbenson) February 23, 2024

. . ."Catholic Bishop Robert Barron saw the clip and took to social media, calling it ‘one of the most disturbing and frankly dangerous things I’ve ever seen in a political conversation.’ He pointed out that Jefferson is the one who penned the concept of our inalienable rights coming from God while adding the obvious: rights that come from the government can be taken away. Hence, why this flawed government theory is fertile ground for totalitarianism. He noted this isn’t a debate about religious nationalism but an outline of “one of the sanest principles of our democratic governance.' ” . . . 

Who Would Have Believed The Singularity Would Be So Stupid?: Politico Reporter on MSNBC Frets That Christian Nationalists Believe Americans’ Rights Come From God, Not the Government

. . .This argument is the intellectual argument. 

The argument against God-Given rights is a Fascist argument masquerading as intellectual argument.

The Morning Briefing: I'll Vote for Anyone Who Promises to Nuke the Dept. of Education –

  PJ Media

"!t should come as no surprise to regular readers here that I think Republican candidates in 2024 should lead with Joe Biden's border nightmare when attacking Democrats. It's both a humanitarian and national security crisis and this country can't survive another four years of open borders madness. 

"While that is the most pressing issue, there's plenty more to throw at the Dems after a few years of the Team Biden wrecking ball. One issue that predates this clown car of an administration is the hot mess that is public education in the United States of America. It's an evergreen issue and one that I think the Republicans haven't been giving enough attention to in recent election cycles. 

"There are a number of ways to attack the failures of the Dept. of Education because it manages to screw up anything it touches. It's the classic example of a bloated bureaucracy that is nothing but a black hole for taxpayer dollars. Kids are getting dumber, and the Democrats can only screech for money.

"Then there's the fact that public schools are leftist indoctrination centers. They have been for a very long time but have taken a disturbing leftward turn of late. They used to be a little sneakier about cranking out hivemind progressives but have been letting their freak flags fly more and more. Academia takes a lot of the blame for indoctrination, and rightfully so. The kids who spend their K-12 years in public schools are prepped to swallow whatever far-left garbage is fed to them in college." . . .

VDH: Hamas and Hezbollah think the U.S. will not help Israel

 Victor Davis Hanson - CarolineGlick.com

"On this week’s episode of “The Caroline Glick Show,” my guest was noted American classicist, military historian and political commentator Victor Davis Hanson from the Hoover Institute at Stanford. Prof. Hanson and I talked about the state of American politics and culture, and how it will affect the Middle East and Israel. Will the progressive takeover of American educational, political and military institutions continue to erode U.S. support for Israel? Should Israel supporters just wait in the hopes that a pro-Israel president like Donald Trump will win the presidency? How should Israel react to American foreign policy?"

"Enough Is Enough: Why I’m Going To Replace Mitt Romney"

 Enough Is Enough: Why I’m Going To Replace Mitt Romney | RealClearPolitics  

"So Mitt has lots to teach President Trump about character?  Such as — taking the endorsement of the president to get elected, and then turning on him as a no-good rat — and offering him 'character' lessons to fix things?  Good old Mitt, the "turnaround expert" who "fixes things," as he sold himself to voters during his failed 2012 presidential campaign.  Mark Twain couldn't have cooked up a better charlatan." From What's Mitt Romney's problem? by Monica Showalter

The Tunnel Wall: What's Mitt Romney's problem? May 20, 2019

"So-called progressives are driving our country off the cliff. In recent years, Americans have seen their savings wiped out by needlessly high gas prices, record-high inflation, and a cratering stock market. Many are still carrying the psychological and economic scars of the lockdowns.

"Schools have gone from centers of education to woke indoctrination centers for our children. Once-great cities have become crime-ridden fiefdoms, our military’s standing has been diminished, our border is under siege, and our treasury is $32 trillion in debt.

"So-called progressives are driving our country off the cliff. And Mitt Romney has either been asleep at the wheel or helping them steer.

"When Mitt Romney moved to Utah to run for an open Senate seat, he promised he would “fight for us.” He committed to put us on a pathway to a balanced budget, end illegal immigration, stop federal overreach, and appoint conservative judges.

"His promises don’t exactly match his record of the last five years.

"Romney has fought President Trump’s efforts to protect our borders, even voting to support Biden’s incompetent DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. Romney has supported trillions in additional spending, and refused to join Sen. Mike Lee’s effort to enact substantial spending and budget reforms in May. When Democrats nominated radical Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, Romney was one of just three Republican defectors to vote for her.

"And that’s not all.

"While he was happy to accept Trump’s endorsement in 2018, Romney undercut him at every chance, and even supported the Democrats’ kangaroo court impeachment. He created a fake Twitter account, where he took aim at conservatives. Romney votes with the Democrats nearly 60% of the time, marched with BLM terrorists while they were destroying our cities, and even called us “morons” if we didn’t trust Big Pharma with endless vaccines.

"No surprise that Biden wanted Romney to take our Senate seat!

"Enough is enough." . . .

Victor Davis Hanson: Why Do The People Controlling Biden Want To Keep The Border Open? To Change Demographics

  RealClearPolitics   Video

"On FOX News' 'Hannity,' Victor Davis Hanson gave his opinion on why the Biden Administration has not secured the southern border: "It begs the question. So many down sides. There all down sides: inequality with citizens vs illegal aliens, they don't need IDs or a passport to go back and forth. We can't go in to a hotel and get a room for free. The asymmetry is stunning and then the national security dimensions, we don't know who these people are, why are 25,000 Chinese nationals coming. Nobody knows. The question is why, Sean. Why is Biden, the people controlling Biden doing this? All we come up with is they want to change the demographic. They believe that 2020 was a revolutionary moment in united States history. 60-70% of the people, for the first time in history, did not show up on election day in some of the key swing states. They feel it's hard to authenticate ballots. It's not hard to get somebody voting who is maybe not qualified to vote or does haven't a proper mail in or early ballot. They see opportunity there. Think that's one of the reasons it and they want a constituency for entitlements, redistribution, big government. No sensible explanation why a president is so nihilistic and do such damage to his country except for pure partisan advantage.' "

Benjamin Netanyahu Unveils Plan for Post-Hamas Gaza

 Ward Clark – RedState

This will leave Israel to contend only with Hezbollah, the various Iran-backed Islamist militias, all of the neighbors who want Israel pushed into the sea, with Iran, and even with feckless* American politicians who run hot and cold, with no detectable logic behind the sudden changes. 

"Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has a plan for a post-Hamas Gaza — assuming that every single Hamas fighter can be hunted down and eliminated.

The plan comes as Israel sent a negotiating team, led by Mossad Director David Barnea, to Paris on Friday to pursue talks over a potential ceasefire and hostage release deal that may put an end to the four-month long war.

More than 29,000 people have been killed in Gaza since the war began, according to the ministry of health in the enclave. Hamas’ October 7 attack killed 1,200 people in Israel, according to Israeli authorities.    

"If there is nothing else that clearly illustrates the clash of civilizations in which the world is embroiled today, it is that October 7th attack on Israel by Hamas, the utter savagery of that attack, the war crimes, and the shocking willingness of Hamas fighters to burn, rape, and murder.

"It is belaboring the obvious to note that there cannot be a path forward in Gaza that does not include the terms "post-Hamas," which can only mean every single Hamas fighter has been hunted down and captured or killed.

On the security file, the envisioned plan includes Israel closing off Gaza’s southern border with Egypt, giving Israel complete control of entry and exit from the enclave. At present, Egypt controls access to and from Gaza’s southern border via the Rafah crossing.

Netanyahu’s plan says Israel will cooperate “as much as possible” with Egypt, in coordination with the United States.

It is not clear whether Israel has obtained Egypt’s sign-off on that element of the plan, or any part of it. But an Israeli official told CNN that the plan was “aligned” with the US.

There has been no immediate official US reaction to the proposal.

 See Related: Israel Issues Ultimatum to Hamas: Release Hostages or Suffer the Consequences;  Disgraceful: Biden Throws Israel Under the Bus With Move to Force Ceasefire *