Obama: "He's The One Behind Everything" - Victor Davis Hanson

Mr. "I, Me, My", so self-absorbed.

“Ninety per cent of the folks who were there in my administration, they are continuing and building on the policies we talked about, whether it’s the Affordable Care Act or our climate change agenda and the Paris [climate deal], and figuring out how do we improve the ladders to mobility through things like community colleges.”

Biden ‘finishing the job’ my administration started, Obama says | Barack Obama | The Guardian   . . ." 'People knew I was left on issues like race, or gender equality, and LGBTQ issues and so forth,” Obama said. “But I think maybe the reason I was successful campaigning in downstate Illinois, or Iowa, or places like that is they never felt as if I was condemning them for not having gotten to the politically correct answer quick enough, or that somehow they were morally suspect because they had grown up with and believed more traditional values.”

"In fact Obama famously stirred controversy in 2008 when he said such voters “get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren’t like them or anti-immigrant sentiment or anti-trade sentiment as a way to explain their frustrations”.

"The New York Times interviewer Ezra Klein did not raise those remarks.

"Obama continued: “I could go to the fish fry, or the [Veterans of Foreign Wars] hall, or all these other venues, and just talk to people. And they didn’t have any preconceptions about what I believed. They could just take me at face value.”

"The former president noted the drastic effects on such states of the collapse of local newspapers and the proliferation of misinformation via rightwing and social media.

“If I went into those same places now,” Obama said, “or if any Democrat who’s campaigning goes in those places now, almost all news is from either Fox News, Sinclair news stations, talk radio, or some Facebook page. And trying to penetrate that is really difficult." . . .

"He's The One Behind Everything" - Victor Davis Hanson (youtube.com)

Voters: Obama is Biden’s puppet master - Washington Examiner

. . ."Besides portraying Biden as Obama’s puppet, the survey also showed that voters like Obama far more than the current president."

About the election campaigns

 Resigning RINOs Threaten Trump and America -Brian C. Joondeph   "A handful of RINO members of Congress have either resigned or announced their intentions to do so in the coming weeks to months. They claim this is in protest to the now all but certain nomination of Donald Trump as the Republican presidential candidate.

"The latest threatened resignation is Senator Lisa Murkowski, a squishy Republican at best. She endorsed Nikki Haley for the GOP nomination and has been critical of Donald Trump.

"She voted to convict Trump and remove him from office. She also voted against Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation to SCOTUS. On those two issues, the Republican Senator voted lockstep with Democrat Senators Dick Durbin and Chuck Schumer.

"Some Republican. Did any Democrats vote to not convict Trump or vote in favor of Kavanaugh? I don’t think so. Perhaps Senator Murkowski belongs to the wrong political party." . . .

Top Publisher Dumps Biden Book Due to Lack of Interest   . . ."Biden is just that unpopular. How unpopular?

Here is how badly other Biden books sold over the last few years.
“The Long Alliance”: 1,500 copies
“The Fight of His Life”: 5,000 copies
“The Last Politician”: 12,000 copies. . .

People just don’t buy Biden books. Not pro-Biden, or anti-Biden. No one is interested in Biden’s story. It’s just that simple.

 They might buy Hunter's books just for the pictures. TD

AF Branco

Who Will Vote for a Walking Corpse? – PJ Media  Well, there are many who will choose Hamas over Israel.

"A vote for Biden is actually a vote for Harris" needs to be hammered home again and again.

 BREAKING: Trump Posts $175 Million Bond to Proceed With Appeal in NY Civil Fraud Case – RedState   . . ."Trump secured the bond through Knight Specialty Insurance Company. Good for them, because given the present-day insanity, it might be considered a brave and courageous thing for them to just do their job like this. 

"Because the amount of the award is unrelated to the damage to the alleged "victims," I think that a huge amount of the $454 million is likely to be reduced on appeal, even if Trump doesn't win the appeal outright. 

"We'll have to see how it goes, but that's great news that now he will be able to proceed." . . . 

The Parodigal Babylon Bee leaped into the breach: 4D Chess: Trump Makes Mar-A-Lago Worth $500 Million By Hanging Up 3 Hunter Biden Paintings | Babylon Bee  

"Mar-a-Lago is now worth upwards of $500 million after former President Donald Trump announced he had hung up three paintings by renowned artist Hunter Biden.

"Trump held a special unveiling party for supporters at Mar-a-Lago's Donald J. Trump Grand Ballroom. The three paintings shown were "Some Colors," "Paint On Canvas," and "Look, A Bird."

"They tell me I overvalued this place but, if anything, I undervalued it," Trump told supporters. "But now they can't argue with me because I've got Hunter here. Everyone says 'Where's Hunter? Where is he?' Well, he's here, folks. We've got Hunter Biden here at Mar-a-Lago and it's a beautiful thing."

Christine Blasey Ford Was No Hero, Says ... WaPo?

 HotAir

"Give credit where due. Kathleen Parker likely angered most of her paper's readership by declaring the obvious, and indicting her own employer in the process. 

"Christine Blasey Ford got her second round of media adulation last month for publishing her memoir of the Brett Kavanaugh confirmation she tried to derail. Parker wonders when the media will finally get around to discussing the book written by one of the victims of the unsubstantiated allegations, Mark Judge -- and when the media will finally recognize Blasey Ford's motives:" . . .

. . .As with Kavanaugh, Ford’s accusation against Judge was embraced by most of the news media despite an absence of evidence or corroborating testimony. No one who was supposed to have been at the party where Ford was allegedly assaulted remembered it, or her. Ford herself was unable to nail down the year the party took place (but settled on 1982 after several stabs) or where it was held, how she got there, how she got home or any other details, except that she herself had consumed just one beer, according to her testimony. Her claims against Kavanaugh ultimately were unsubstantiated. ...

And what about Judge? “Roadkill” is the way constitutional lawyer Jonathan Turley described Judge’s invisible role in this tale. 

"That's strong language, but Parker doesn't stop there. She reveals that she tried researching Blasey Ford's allegations for a book of her own "that never came to fruition," but Parker did get a chance to take a closer look at Leland Keyser, a woman whom Blasey Ford claimed to be a witness to an assault that she could neither specifically date or place. Keyser denied ever having witnessed any such attack on Blasey Ford, either by Kavanaugh or anyone else, and told that to the FBI."

In Anonymous Vote, Harvard Law School Student Government Calls on University to Divest From Israel

 Jane Coleman (legalinsurrection.com)

. . ."Not to be outdone by the performative stunts at other elite schools, Harvard Law School students have now inserted themselves into the ongoing campus conflict over the Israel-Hamas war. In a resolution passed by anonymous vote on March 29, The Harvard Crimson reports, they called on the university to divest from Israeli “occupation and genocide” amid its ongoing battle with the terror group.

"The resolution urges the Harvard Management Company (HMC), which administers the school’s over $50 billion endowment

to divest completely from weapons manufacturers, firms, academic programs, corporations, and all other institutions that aid the ongoing illegal occupation of Palestine and the genocide of Palestinians, including withdrawing investments in securities, endowments, mutual funds, and other monetary instruments that provide material assistance to the commission or maintenance of flagrant violations of international law and human rights against Palestinians;

"and it calls on the Harvard community

to divest from institutions, weapons manufacturers, firms, academic programs, corporations, and all other institutions that aid the ongoing illegal occupation of Palestine and the genocide of Palestinians.

"Two members of the law school student government reportedly resigned in protest over the resolution.

"Harvard really doesn’t need this now. The law student government’s move comes smack in the middle of a federal probe into pervasive antisemitism at the university. And it follows former President Claudine Gay’s abysmal performance last December at the congressional antisemitism hearings, followed by her resignation over plagiarism charges. The scandals are taking their toll on applications for admission to the school, which have dropped markedly during this time.

"Meanwhile, aside from adding to the strife over antisemitism at the university, it’s hard to see what the resolution accomplishes: The law students’ demands to divest aren’t binding on anyone. University spokesperson Jason Newton stated that the university’s leadership has “made clear that it opposes calls for a policy of boycotting Israel and its academic institutions.” Unless the school actually divests, the resolution is a win on paper and nothing more.

"That was Nerdeen Kiswani‘s complaint when she spoke at the recent anti-Israel, student-organized “Resistance 101” Columbia webinar we covered here. “Not one single board of any school has ever actually divested or pulled funds from Israel or cut off relationships or cut off funding” because students “called on” them to do so, she said.

"But for publicity purposes, a win on paper is still a win, and the law school students seeking to cut the Jewish state off from Harvard celebrated it."

AF Branco

Far Right and Far Left Converge —Against the Jews   "An extremist distributes a flier about “Zionists infiltrating the media.” A political activist tweets, “Nothing is creepier than Zionism.” A pundit writes about “the dirty tactics of Zionist censorship.”

"Can you tell which of these haters comes from the political right and which from the political left? The world of antisemitism has become so muddled that it’s almost impossible to tell one from the other." . . .

Although these three bigots come from very different places on the political and religious spectrums, they have managed to find something in common: hatred of Jews, thinly disguised as hatred of “Zionists.” . . .

How can anyone see evidence of what Hamas did to the peaceful villages of Israel not be disgusted over the perpetrators of these murders? TD 

The Intellectual Wasteland of Our American College Campuses

 Lt. Col. Allen West (townhall.com)

“It isn't so much that liberals are ignorant. It's just that they know so many things that aren't so.”  President Ronald Reagan;  “In a time of deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.” George Orwell

. . ."The wise words of Israel's King Solomon in Proverbs 22:6(NIV) say, “Start children off on the way they should go, and even when they are old, they will not turn from it.”

"The intellectual wasteland we see on our college campuses is ultimately the fault of us, adults. We came up with dumb ideas like participation trophies and now want to eliminate the SAT/ACT and not recognize valedictorians and salutatorians. We are telling young people in America that excellence is bad and reward them for being a Know Nothing. My Dad had a simple challenge for me, “Find what the standard is, and exceed it.” We are setting the bar so very low for this young generation. Appeasing and acquiescing to their whims ain't a recipe for their success.

"My Dad never went to college, but he was one of the wisest and smartest men I have ever known. My Mom did attend college, and she was the ultimate disciplinarian. They understood Proverbs 22:6. Dr. Angela Graham-West and I have used that same model to train our daughters.

"Ya can't Live Free being a Know Nothing; that means you are an intellectual slave in a time of deceit where telling the truth is a revolutionary act. One that I will continue to do at every college campus where I am invited … or anywhere.

"Steadfast and Loyal."

 Lt. Col Allen West is an American politician and a retired military officer. He has been actively involved in both military service and politics:  

He was deployed to Kuwait in 1991 during the Gulf War and to Iraq in 2003 during the Iraq War.

1. • In 2003, West was involved in an incident where he was charged for the beating and simulated execution of an Iraqi policeman during an interrogation. He fired a gun near the Iraqi man’s head. After an Article 32 hearing, he accepted non-judicial punishment, was fined $5,000, and allowed to retire as a lieutenant colonel

Was Newsom trying to punish California's fast-food counties with that wage hike, same as his beach lockdowns?

 

But there's something more to this war on fast food -- it's redolent of Newsom and his ilk, with their urge to punish the more conservative and questioning parts of Southern California.

Monica Showalter  "It's no secret that raising the minimum wage on one sector of the economy will ensure that that sector suffers from higher labor costs that will likely shutter some businesses and lead to layoffs.

"Which brings us to California's absurd hike in its minimum wage law for fast-food workers to $20 and hour, supposedly done by labor-union-influenced Sacramento pols, led by A.B 1228 sponsor Assemblymember Chris Holden of Pasadena to "benefit" workers the unions don't actually represent. Holden, of course, is very unioned-up, with his top donors public and private-sector labor unions. He seems to do what they tell him.

"According to The Hill:

Beginning Monday, most fast food workers in California will be paid at least $20 per hour, marking one of the highest minimum wages in the country.

A law increasing the minimum wage, signed by California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) last September, followed a push from the state’s fast food workers and labor unions, which held various strikes calling for better working conditions and wages.

"The $20 an hour minimum wage, which should have a knock-on effect to fast food workers with more seniority and higher wages, is said to be just the start. An Orwellian-sounding fast-food panel will be empowered to raise the minimum wage even more every year, no matter how battered businesses may be." . . .

Democrats Didn’t Just Denigrate Easter With ‘Transgender Day of Visibility,' but Digs at Israel

 First, we see how Biden and Democrats were created for parody:  Biden Grants Day Of Visibility To Segment Of Population With Most Visibility In All Of Human History | Babylon Bee   "For far too long, Americans have not seen the bearded men in dresses twerking in their faces," said President Biden. "That ends on Easter."

"President Biden's declared day of visibility will bring awareness to the community plastered all over every media outlet, every government branch, every town parade, every corporate advertisement, and beamed through the internet to every device on planet earth. According to sources, this has created consternation amongst the Biden administration as aides are unsure how the transgender movement could possibly be any more visible.

" 'What do we even do?" asked White House aide Shelly Marks. "There is literally no way to make them even more visible. Trans people nude on the White House lawn? Aw, shoot, we already did that. Think, think!" . . .

Rebecca Downs (townhall.com)

Even if Merkley were not to choose one of the holiest days of the Christian calendar to go after Israel, and that's a pretty big "if," the contrast between celebrating Easter in a meaningful way and catering to the far-left, is very telling about the state of the Democratic Party's priorities.

"As Townhall has been covering, President Joe Biden issued a proclamation commemorating March 31 as "Transgender Day of Visibility," which is also when Easter took place this year. He then denied he ever did so, all while the White House and Biden's fellow Democrats lied and gaslit on the issue. Perhaps the worst Easter response came from Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-OR), though, as our sister site of Twitchy highlighted. 

" 'On this Easter," Merkley wrote to begin a post from his official account that had virtually nothing to do with the holiday otherwise. Instead, it focused on attacking Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his war effort. It was another example of yet another Democrat attacking the victim after our ally in the Middle East was attacked by Hamas on October 7.

Reflecting on the admonition to feed the hungry and assist the stranger, and “blessed are the peacemakers,” let’s push Team Biden to do better. More aid. No bombs.

— Senator Jeff Merkley (@SenJeffMerkley) March 31, 2024. . .

All may not be lost because of this Democrat Party, thanks to John Galt is Back:

When I first read this, I was disheartened to see to see that we have such a vile, lying person in the US Senate. One that ignores the horrors committed against innocent Israeli civilians and people from around the world-including US citizens. Sicked to see the rise of what passes for Nazism in the US government. We have seen it among the most vile members of Congress-those such as AOC, Omar, Tlaib, Schumer, Sanders. Now you. But then, I started reading the responses. It is so incredibly relieving and heartwarming to see the response not of some government idiot-but of the American people. It reinforces my belief, my hope, that the vast majority of Americans are decent, honorable people, that denounce anti-Semitism and stand with Israel and it's fight for survival against 3/4 of a century of genocide. Get it through your head-YOU WORK FOR US. Your vileness is not representative of decent, honorable Americans. You, along with too much of the current administration, are a sh*t-stain on American history. We see you.

Douglas Murray blasts ‘endless persecution’ of Donald Trump

Douglas Murray blasts ‘endless persecution’ of Donald Trump (youtube.com)

"Author Douglas Murray has called out the “endless persecution” of Donald Trump. "Mr Murray joined Sky News host Rita Panahi to discuss the former US president. “I do think it’s a kind of persecution,” Mr Murray said. “I have plenty of criticisms of Donald Trump. “But if you wanted to make sure he wasn’t elected again, then run a really good candidate against him.”

Biden, Schumer and the Plot to Overthrow Netanyahu

Democrats; These people are contemptible and growing more so daily. Had they ruled America during Hitler's time, I shudder to think what the outcome would have been, both for the conquered nations and for the Jews still alive at the end. Churchill would not been the beneficiary of an "Arsenal of Democracy" and may not have even been Prime Minister. As we witnessed in other German-conquered nations, a Nazi sycophant likely would have ruled the U.K. and a "Joe-Biden" the U.S. (Back then they were called "Quislings").  

This is no longer my father's Democrat Party nor his America. The Tunnel Dweller

  CarolineGlick.com

"Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer says Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is an obstacle to peace and must be replaced. Is he alone among the U.S. government in his efforts to oust the premier? And is there cooperation from forces from within Israel to topple the elected government of Israel? I provide the answers on IN FOCUS."

"Caroline B. Glick is a senior columnist at Breitbart News and the senior contributing and chief columnist for The Jerusalem Post. She is also a senior columnist for Maariv. She is the author of The Israeli Solution: A One State Plan for Peace in the Middle East, (Crown 2014) and of Shackled Warrior: Israel and the Global Jihad (Gefen 2008). The Israeli Solution was endorsed by leading US policymakers including Vice President Mike Pence, Senator Ted Cruz, and National Security Advisor John Bolton. Shackled Warrior was endorsed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former CIA director James Woolsey.

"Glick is the adjunct senior fellow for Middle Eastern Affairs at the Center for Security Policy in Washington, DC and directs the Israeli Security Project at the David Horowitz Freedom Center. She travels frequently throughout the world to brief policymakers on issues related to Israel’s strategic environment and other related topics. She lectures widely on strategic and political issues affecting global security, Israel and the Jewish people, US-Israel relations, Israel-Diaspora affairs and Israel’s changing strategic landscape.

"In 2008 Glick founded Latma, the Hebrew language satirical media criticism website. She served as editor-in-chief of the site until it ceased operations in 2015.

"Latma changed the face of Israel’s social media and revolutionized the Israeli entertainment industry by bringing an alternative voice to the popular culture. Latma launched “Hakol Shafit,” a primetime, half-hour satirical newscast on Israel television Channel 1. Glick served as the editor-in-chief of the program." . . .

Bill Maher Roasts Obama's Israel-Hamas Moral Equivalence

 Bill Maher Roasts Obama's Israel-Hamas Moral Equivalence - YouTube

Sorry, Obama: 'We' Aren't Complicit. It's You Who Has Blood on Your Hands | Opinion (newsweek.com)   "It's you, because you're the one who gave that stentorian speech about red lines in Syria and then sat by and did nothing as those red lines were crossed and Assad continued to slaughter his own people, allowing the Iranians and the Russians to creep in and fill the vacuum left by your devastating lack of leadership." . . .

Jewish Pride Doesn't Come Out Of Thin Air

Media Tailspin Continues As Public Trust In News Outlets Crumbles:

  Issues & Insights 

"As the American Council on Science and Health recently opined, “Reporters like to portray themselves as truth tellers who hold the powerful accountable. In reality, many of them are hired guns who publish propaganda under the guise of doing journalism. The good news is that a growing number of Americans are abandoning the legacy media for better sources of information.' “

Jim Acosta, CNN

 "Can the U.S. media ever reverse their reputation for dishonesty and bias and end their current tailspin? Given how the public currently views them, the answer is “not likely,” the latest I&I/TIPP Poll suggests.

"Each month I&I/TIPP Poll asks registered voters from around the country to gauge their trust in the major media that supply them with news, features and other information.

"Specifically, two questions were asked:

" 'Generally speaking, how much trust do you have in the traditional or established news media (Example: Washington Post, New York Times, NPR, CBS News, etc.) to report the news accurately and fairly?”

"And, “Generally speaking, how much trust do you have in the alternative news media (Example: New York Post, Washington Times, NewsMax, The Daily Caller, RealClearPolitics, etc.) to report the news accurately and fairly?”

"Responses to the first question make up the “Traditional Media Trust Index,” while answers to the second are included in the “Alternate Media Trust Index”; 1,419 Americans responded to the national online poll, which was taken from Feb. 28-March 1. The poll has a margin of error of +/-2.7 percentage points.

"How well are the media doing their job of informing Americans? Not very, voters overwhelmingly say. In fact, only one-third (34%) trust traditional media, and six in ten (61%) don’t. A third (32%) say they have “little trust,” and another 29% have “no trust at all.” . . .

Biden's Grand EV Plan Flatlines with Poor Supporting Infrastructure

 Breitbart

"President Joe Biden has set a goal of creating a national network of 500,000 publicly available electric vehicle (EV) chargers by 2030 as part of his grand all-encompassing climate agenda.

"Trouble is, despite the $5 billion National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure program splashing taxpayer cash for the project just Ohio, New York, Pennsylvania and Hawaii have taken the trouble to oblige, AP reports.

"Easily accessible charging ports are a critical part of Biden’s mandate to force drivers away from gasoline-powered cars and trucks – whether they like it or not.

"The AP report notes that effort took on greater urgency last month as the Biden administration announced new automobile emissions standards that officials called the most ambitious plan ever to cut pollution from passenger vehicles.

"Meeting those standards would require a huge increase in sales of EVs and plug-in hybrids which are just not occurring.

"As part of the national charging station rollout signed into law in November 2021, the Biden administration awarded $623 million in grants to states, local governments and tribes in January." . . .

YIKES! Elite Pete Buttigieg GRILLED Over Unaffordable Cost of EV's

The Average New EV Costs $14,000 Less Than It Did a Year Ago: KBB (thedrive.com)