Idaho Governor: No, We Aren't Playing the Pronoun Game Here

 Karen Townsend – HotAir

"It's about time public officials stood up and said enough is enough. It looks like we're going to have to get politicians involved to stop the madness." 

"Idaho Governor Brad Little signed House Bill 538 on Monday. This means that Idaho school districts will soon have to remove any requirements that teachers use the preferred pronouns of transgender students.

"The legislation enacts protections for public employees, including teachers, who are unwilling to use someone's preferred name and pronouns. Idaho Statehouse Republicans overwhelmingly supported it. 

"Teachers will no longer be allowed to refer to a student by a name or pronoun that doesn't match their birth sex unless the teacher has parental consent. Teachers have the right to sue their school district if they are disciplined for refusing to use a transgender student's preferred name or pronoun. 

"The governor's spokeswoman said that he “supports policies that advance free speech and parental rights.” She said the bill does both. 

“While Gov. Little expects state employees to treat each other and members of the community with dignity and respect, he does not support government compelling speech at risk of penalty or excluding parents from significant decisions impacting a child’s health and wellbeing.”  

"The law takes effect on July 1. This affects non-binary people, not just transgender students and public employees." . . . 

I Was Right About the Hostages Being Dead

 TRAGIC: I Was Right About the Hostages Being Dead – PJ Media  

"There's absolutely nothing left for Israel to do but quickly finish the nasty business of clearing Hamas out of Gaza. And as I wrote two weeks ago, when the order does come down, you couldn't blame Israeli soldiers for adopting a take-no-prisoners attitude now that Hamas has murdered all of theirs."

 "Conservative criminal defense attorney and columnist Marina Medvin called it a "devastating Hostage negotiations update" because that's exactly what it is. In the ongoing negotiations between Israel and the Hamas terror organization, Hamas officials now say that "they wouldn’t commit to releasing 40 living hostages but could commit to 40 hostages total, dead or alive."

"Instead, the militant group has been unable to confirm that it has enough civilian hostages to fulfill its end of the deal in the initial phase of the proposed plan," according to the Wall Street Journal.

The admission by the militant group, which took more than 240 hostages during its lethal Oct. 7 attack on Israel, has heightened fears among families of the hostages, who are piling pressure on the Israeli government to cut a deal with Hamas that would pause the fighting and free at least some of the remaining captives.

"Medvin added, "Israeli military did not comment on estimates of how many hostages may remain alive."

"Sometimes, there's nothing worse than being right, and this is one of those times.

"Two weeks ago, I came to the sad conclusion that Hamas probably has "few or no living hostages left to trade. Through abuse, neglect, or just Hamas terrorists getting its thrills, the hostages might all be dead."

"The hostages include — or, I should say, included — six Americans that, to the best of my knowledge, Presidentish Joe Biden has never raised as an issue with Hamas. I also can't find any record of Biden mentioning any of those six Americans by name. That might be an unprecedented (but certainly intentional) lapse by an American president. It also gives lie to Biden's claim that his support for Israel is "ironclad" since he won't provide as little as lip service to Hamas' American hostages." . . .

Say, Did You Hear About Hamas' Plan to Enslave the Jews? – HotAir   . . ."In other words, some Israelis would experience the deeply 'humanist" experience of Hamas' Islamism as slaves. Since their property would have already been seized, where would they have gone to live? Prisons or camps, and likely a combination of the two, where they would have been worked to death -- and those would only include the Israelis that managed to survive more of the Hamas blood-lust pogroms that would have followed a conquest of Israel. 

"Can everyone now understand why the Israelis see October 7 as an existential moment?" . . . Who was it said, 'Work Brings Freedom'?

Pictured: Grandparents of 2022 Hamas victims 

Can America Survive if the Guilty Are Left Unpunished? Nah.

 Related: Tunnel Wall post about OJ Simpson. 

Then there are Congressional Democrats at their most contemptible. TD 

Kevin Downey Jr. – PJ Media  "No, the nation will not survive if there isn't a reckoning for politicians overtly working against Americans.

" 'History is full of stories of oppressed people rising and overcoming the tyrants who have wronged them. Sometimes the stories end with the two sides peacefully agreeing to make changes. Other times it has ended in a one-way walk up the stairs to a guillotine. 

"Romania's despotic communist leader, Nicolae Ceausescu, had his brains relocated to a brick wall after Romanians had enough of his tyranny.

"Italy's Fascist WWII leader, Benito Mussolini, was last seen hanging upside down in Milan next to his squeeze, both of whom had been recently perforated with a machine gun.

"Notable Nazis found "Spandau Ballet" as the last entry on their dance cards.

"When I say a reckoning is necessary, I am not condoning violence. But history has shown us that if humans don't pay a price for their crimes, violence will likely become that last resort. I hope it never comes to that.

"We as a nation are well beyond asking questions like, "Why are MAGA grannies getting busted for a peaceful 10-minute walk in the Capitol, but Antifa and BLM were allowed to burn the nation with near impunity?"

"Then there was that whole censoring-Americans-on-social-media thing, when the CIA, FBI, and other governmental agencies convinced social media companies to shut down people who dared challenge the notion that COVID vaccines and masks made a difference.

"We sat still as eight Trump associates were sentenced to prison (not to mention the DOJ's maniacal efforts to send Trump as well). Yet, the Biden Crime Family still hasn't been charged despite the overwhelming evidence of bribery and influence peddling against them. " . . .

Power of NO: Colleges are finally starting to stand up to students and punish them for acting like brats

 Kirsten Fleming (nypost.com)

Things reached parody level in Nashville when students called 911 because one of them needed to change her tampon.

"It seems like we are finally seeing the return of one of the most important words you can hear on a college campus: “No.”

"Last week, some 150 students at Pomona College, a liberal arts school in Claremont, California, stormed the building that houses school president Gabrielle Starr’s office — and refused to leave, in protest of the removal of pro-Palestinian art on the campus.

"Starr did not shrink from the invaders, who were filming her. Instead, she confronted the students, issuing a warning.

" 'If you do not leave within the next ten minutes, every student in this building is immediately suspended from this institution,” she said in a video posted on X, adding that students from outside schools will be banned from campus.

"She put her foot down and showed that, on her watch, actions have consequences.

"Starr’s warning came after swarms of pro-Palestinian students at Vanderbilt University pushed past a security guard and occupied Kirkland Hall, the site of the chancellor’s office, late last month.

"Things reached parody level in Nashville when students called 911 because one of them needed to change her tampon. Four were arrested; three were expelled, one suspended and 22 given disciplinary probation." . . .

Pictured: World's brat smiling while being arrested, likely to cheers of fellow students. TD

‘Spoilt little brat’: Rita Panahi slams climate ‘clown’ Greta Thunberg   "Sky News host Rita Panahi slams “climate catastrophist clown” Greta Thunberg after she was arrested during an Extinction Rebellion protest at The Hague.

"Local police arrested the climate activist after demonstrators attempted to block a main road. "Officers placed Ms Thunberg on a bus full of other protesters and was promptly driven away. "Ms Thunberg and the other detained demonstrators were held for a short time before being released. "Ms Panahi branded the climate activist a “spoilt little brat” after “grinning like a nincompoop” while being arrested."

Douglas Murray Reacts to Greta Thunberg Palestine Support "Douglas Murray speaks to Eylon Levy on his new podcast about the Greta Thunberg phenonenon and her predictable support for Gaza. "

Poor O.J. Never Found Nicole's Real Killer

The Morning Briefing: – PJ Media  . . ."Those who have been reading me for a while probably knew I was going to have to riff on O.J. this morning. Hey, it's Friday. Let's skip war, illegal alien crime, and economic turmoil as we head into the weekend. As long as Joe Biden is president, there will be plenty of all of that waiting for us on Monday. 

"O.J. Simpson was far and away the most famous acquitted murderer in my lifetime, and I've been around for a while. You know, even if he had been convicted, he'd still be the most famous murderer since I've been alive. Sure, John Wayne Gacy and Ted Bundy had higher body counts, and Jeffrey Dahmer's victims were also meal prep, but none of them had the seemingly endless soap opera effect that O.J. had.

"There's also the fact that he was already famous when he may or may not have almost decapitated his ex-wife. 

"I lived in Los Angeles for most of the '90s but the O.J. drama all happened during a brief period when I had moved back to Tucson. You didn't have to be there, though. Once Juice got into that white Bronco for the slowest car chase in LA local news history, the nation was hooked. I had a gig at Bally's in Las Vegas that night and I was almost late to the first show because I was glued to the coverage. 

"For almost a year and a half after that, anything involving O.J. was Must-See TV. Of course, this was before streaming. 

"The news of O.J.'s death really perked up social media. Let's be honest; not many people believe he was innocent. I'm sure some do, but I've never met any of them. The dark humor memes were plentiful yesterday." . . . 

OJ Fact Check: Juror Who Raised Black Power Fist Was a Black Panther

"In one of the most shocking moments of “The People v OJ Simpson” finale, one of the African-American jurors gives O.J. Simpson a raised-fist “black power” salute moments after the not guilty verdict is delivered.

"Did it really happen? Yes. And the show left out an amazing detail about the juror. Welcome to O.J. Fact Check.

Yes, a juror really did give Simpson the raised fist as he left the courtroom. His name was Lionel (Lon) Cryer, and as The New York Times reported, he was “a former Black Panther whom prosecutors had inexplicably left on the panel.”

OJ Simpson died owing more than $100MILLION to families of murder victims Ron Goldman and Nicole Brown - as they pledge to go after late NFL star's estate | Daily Mail Online   . . ."OJ Simpson died owing his murder victim's family more than $100 million – and they say they're still going after the money.

"Simpson, who died in Nevada on Wednesday age 76, was found liable in civil court for $33.5 million for the murders of Ron Goldman and Nicole Simpson in 1997. The Goldman family has been pursuing the growing debt ever since.

"An attorney for Ron's father Fred said due to Simpson's failure to pay, the debt with interest has ballooned to over $100 million, and said he will be 'going to work on' collecting anything they can from Simpson's estate, even after the Juice's death." . . .

Even his initials were J.C.  Top 21 Funniest Jackie Chiles Quotes From The Hilarious Seinfeld Character   "Who put the balm on?"

Police Slowly Escort White Hearse Containing O.J. Simpson | Babylon Bee

. . ."One last time, for old time's sake," said one witness who watched the white Bronco roll by followed by dozens of police cruisers. "He died as he lived. It's poetic when you think about it. And you have to feel for the police, too. They never really did catch him, did they? And yet here they are, still pursuing him. Really makes you think.". . .

. . ."At publishing time, crowds along the road were cheering as O.J. stayed ahead of the police one last time. "He did it again!" said onlooker Shawn Grimes. "I mean, he didn't ‘do it.' That's not what I meant. Sorry, that was a poor choice of words."

Will the world admit it was wrong? No matter how much Israel tries to do the right thing, it will never be credited for it

 Phyllis Chesler Organization  

"Now almost the entire world has spewed that bloodthirsty cry. Mobs are in the streets everywhere, cheering Hamas’s barbarism. Never has Israel been in such danger before." 

Middle East Forum (meforum.org)

"I hate to repeat the obvious, but one must tell the truth when the most lethal lies against Jews and Israel are repeated 24/7, in every language on earth, day after day, year after year.

"Hamas’s war against Israel is unprecedented. Not only have these demons purposely attacked civilians and kidnapped precious souls whom they are still torturing daily in tunnels and private homes, but they and other Iranian proxy armies have forced the internal displacement of more than 200,000 Israeli citizens and killed 645 soldiers and security officers. Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad have wounded more than 3,000 Israeli soldiers.

"As if this were not horrifying enough, almost the entire world—including the media, the mobs, government leaders and international organizations—have been supporting what is, essentially, an Islamic religious war against the Jews. This is not about territory or “occupation.” This war is about exterminating the Jewish people in the name of jihad. Moreover, the jihadists don’t confine their violence to Israel. They intend to conquer the West and ultimately convert or murder all “infidels” everywhere.

"This is breathtakingly clear, yet too many Westerners refuse to believe it.

"All this compounds Israel’s trauma. How can Israelis feel safe when their own military and intelligence services failed to protect them on Oct. 7? When Israeli government decisions dating back decades appeased Hamas and Iran just as American presidents have done?

"How can Israelis feel safe now that the American administration has forced Israel to withdraw most of its forces from Gaza before the IDF could destroy Hamas? An administration that has been far less concerned with the Israeli hostages—who include American citizens—than with empowering Hamas? Has President Joe Biden even noticed that Hamas still refuses to return any hostages or agree to a phased ceasefire? Why should it? Global propaganda, along with American and United Nations actions, have further empowered and legitimized it." . . .

UPDATE: Hamas reportedly forced families to witness rapes of October 7 victims  "70,093 views Feb 21, 2024 #i24NEWS #i24NEWSDesk; Miriam Schler, executive director of the Tel Aviv Crisis Center for Sexual Assault, breaks down the harrowing report that describes terrorists forcing Israelis to watch as they raped and killed their family members and neighbors." 

Pelosi and 36 Democrats Were Dying to Kiss the Hand of Hamas

  The American Spectator | USA News and Politics

Using a military accident for your political gain quite simply defines what kind of person you are.

RealityBites by Broc Smith

. . ."Be that as it may, what happened in Gaza has served to reactivate the usual anti-Semitism, and as an opportunity for the Western Left — there is no longer any distinction between countries here — to feel a little closer to Palestinian terrorism. And, of course, the first one who did not want to miss the party was Nancy Pelosi.

Spitting Image 

"It doesn’t matter what issue you’re facing. If you want to get it right, look at which side Nancy Pelosi has taken, and take the opposite one. Now 36 Democratic congressmen led by Pelosi have sent a letter to Joe Biden. They ask him to stop sending arms to Israel, after the “strike against aid workers.” In fact, they are misleading right from the very beginning of their letter. Israel did not organize any attack against aid workers. That is just a fantasy of the extreme left. Israel missed its target, and those who intervened in the operation grossly bypassed the usual protocols and behaved negligently and really stupidly; and for that they have been punished. You will never see a Hamas leader ask for an explanation from his terrorists for the murder, torture, or rape of Israeli civilians. 

"It’s not that Pelosi and the 36 Democrats are outraged by the accident and have decided to reposition themselves now against Israel and in support of Palestinian terrorism. It’s just that they were dying to do it. Because the post-modern Western Left is far left, and this means they hate democracies and free nations (including their own) and sympathize with dictators and terrorists." . . . 

Comment on this post from Trever: 

 ”Because the post-modern Western Left is far left, and this means they hate democracies and free nations (including their own) and sympathize with dictators and terrorists.”  

None of this is surprising in the least. For it was ever and manifestly thus.

To evaluate this, one only needs to observe leftist policy. The Biden open-borders blight is precisely the kind of treason that tickles the leftist fancy. And antisemitic Jew-haters are the same blighters who hate white heterosexual men. It all fits together like some ugly, misanthropic jigsaw puzzle. . . 

COMING SOON: Chasing Trump: Political Prosecutions. Justice Gone Wrong.

  American Greatness (amgreatness.com)   Release Date: April 17, 2024

Donald Trump's Allies Launch Bombshell 'Chasing Trump' Documentary 

 Donald Trump’s allies are reportedly planning to intensify their attacks against the prosecutors investigating the embattled ex-president, RadarOnline.com has learned.

"A new documentary titled Chasing Trump is set to be released next week that aims to accuse the Trump prosecutors of “political activism” and “electioneering.”

"The documentary producers revealed to Daily Mail that Chasing Trump would delve into the backgrounds of the prosecutors overseeing each of the criminal cases against Trump.

“ 'Four corrupt, politically motivated prosecutors,” a trailer for the new doc charged. “One target: Donald Trump.”

“ 'They say they're upholding the law,” the trailer’s narrator continued. “But a close examination reveals politics of the very worst kind meant to influence the 2024 election.”

"As RadarOnline.com previously reported, the Chasing Trump documentary comes just days before the world will witness a former U.S. president reporting to court to face a criminal trial for the first time in history." . . .

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Biden says Vietnam motivated him to stop wars... 60 years after he dodged the draft

Joe was indeed a "fortunate son".

 

 How Joe used FIVE student deferments then teenage problems with asthma to avoid joining the millions of Americans who served (msn.com)  "Joe Biden declared he hopes his legacy is that he reduced the chances of war and said he was motivated to do so 'because of Vietnam'.

"Biden, 81, was first elected to the U.S. Senate in 1972 at the age of 29, when the Vietnam War was raging and hundreds of thousands of Americans were  being conscripted into the military.

"He himself never served in the conflict, instead receiving five student deferments and then a disqualification on medical grounds.

"The disqualification was for having suffered asthma as a teenager, although he was a student athlete.

"Asked about his legacy during an interview with Univision on Wednesday, the President said: 'Well, I hope the legacy is that I kept my word, that - I said that the reason I was running was to help the life of ordinary people and reduce the prospect of war and...because of Vietnam.'

"He went on: 'The secret you’ve got to ask yourself is, what are you willing to lose over? You figure out what you’re willing to lose over, you’ve got an idea of what you should be doing. And so, I hope my legacy is that I was honest, straightforward, and did what I said.'

"Biden's comments about the Vietnam War revived scrutiny of his own decisions and positions at that time.

"Democrats have frequently criticized Donald Trump for not serving in Vietnam, but Biden did not either.

"In 1972 he ran for the Senate on a platform of opposing President Richard Nixon's escalation of the war and said the U.S. should have left Vietnam years earlier." . . .

“F-ck No”: Jason Aldean claims Biden campaign wanted his song

I apologize for the language. It is almost as raunchy as Rashida Tlaib used about Trump. TD

 Trending Views    "Country singer Jason Aldean suggested that Joe Biden’s campaign asked him to play ‘Fly Over States’ during Biden’s campaign trail back in 2020. Jason Aldean claims he said, very politely, “f**k no.” Of course, we’re not sure if this happened or it was just Jason Aldean being humorous. That part remains unclear, but we do know Jason Aldean would much rather have Donald Trump in office than Joe Biden and his failing diversity circus.

"There’s been many “f**k Joe Biden” chants at Jason’s shows, and his song “Try that in a Small Town” has become notorious among liberals who suffered meltdowns over the song – instead of melting down over their neighborhoods being destroyed by rioters and looters. If we know anything, it’s that Jason Aldean is on the right side of history and the liberals who can’t stand him are probably Karens."  Link only due to language (youtube.com)

Democrats, EVs And Tyranny

Not even our First Amendment rights (nor those guaranteed by the Second Amendment) are safe from the Democrats’ agenda to manage, control, coerce and manipulate through raw political power. 

 Issues & Insights (issuesinsights.com) "Why do Democrats insist on forcing consumers to make choices they don’t want? Americans are making it clear they don’t want electric vehicles, yet Democrats won’t give up their mandate zealotry. Are they driven by authoritarian urges?

"A poll taken last month shows that 48% of consumers would not consider buying an EV. That’s up seven percentage points from last year. Only 35% of those who responded to the Gallup poll said they might consider buying one, down from 43% just a year ago. A mere 9% said they were seriously considering an EV purchase. That portion was 12% in 2023.

"Yes, EV ownership has increased. In 2024, 7% of Americans own a battery-powered car. Last year only 4% owned an EV.

"But this combined with a growing resistance is an indicator that the demand is reaching a peak if it hasn’t already. After all, there are only so many consumers willing to buy an expensive, unreliable, grid-draining and destructive automobile merely for the privilege of demonstrating their green street cred and moral superiority. There are quite a few shallow people in this country but not enough apparently to keep the market warm.

"Even with the rank of Democrats – whose positions are built on political superficiality – the EV fever has broken, with 27% saying in 2024 they would not buy an EV compared to 17% last year. Among independents, the “would nots” have grown to 47% from 38%. (A thanks to Washington Post columnist Catherine Rampell for asking Gallup to break down the responses by party.)

"Which is why the Biden administration and nearly half the states have to force EVs on the people." . . .

WATCH: Sen. Kennedy Gives Masterful Takedown of Alejandro Mayorkas to His Face During Committee Hearing

 Who but Barack Obama would use Biden to do all he has done to this nation? How must one hate this nation to pervert it as has been done by these Congressional Democrats? TD

Sister Toldjah – RedState   

After taking several minutes to explain in detail why most Republicans in Congress and a majority of the American people don't trust Mayorkas, Kennedy and Mayorkas got into a somewhat heated exchange over Kennedy's question about how allowing more illegal immigrants to cross over the border "counts for congressional district reapportionment," which Kennedy strongly insinuated helps Democrats.

"Though Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) is second to no one when it comes to pouring on the class and Southern charm, he's also not one to mince words when it comes to serious issues like Joe Biden's unqualified judicial nominees, some of whom seem to be sympathetic towards terroristic causes that are directly detrimental to the existence of the United States and her allies.

"Kennedy, as RedState readers will also recall, is also no stranger to doing something we call "killing them with kindness" here in the South, which is exactly what happened to one unfortunate woke climate change activist whose supposed "expertise" on climate matters was obliterated by Kennedy as only he can during a recent Senate Judiciary Committee hearing."  . . .

"Mr. Secretary, you're using up my time — you do this every single time," Sen. Kennedy pointed out. "It's a fact and I know it: that the more people you allow into our country illegally the more people are counted for reapportionment, and the more people that you allow into our country illegally the more people are counted for allocating electoral votes," he reiterated. "Now maybe that's a coincidence, but that's fact. You know that, and you've done nothing for four years: nada, zero, zilch." 

"Sen. Kennedy still wasn't done. "The only people I know in this country who are better off today than they were four years ago are illegal immigrants," he noted. "And that's as a result of your policy. I don't hate you for it, I don't hate anyone, but that's why you've been impeached," Sen. Kennedy reminded. "And my colleagues may try to cover it up, but they can't cover up the facts."

A majority of the American people think that, as a result of Sec. Mayorkas and Pres. Biden's behavior, our southern border is an open bleeding wound.
And they believe that this chaos is by design. pic.twitter.com/DerI7wR9kB

— John Kennedy (@SenJohnKennedy) April 10, 2024