It Just Got Harder for Democrats to Steal Michigan in November

 The current jab at Biden going around is about his two-state solution: Michigan and Minnesota. They are his primary benefactors due to the large number of Muslims in those states. Israel rates below their votes no matter their status as America's ally and friend. TD

Matt Margolis – PJ Media   "Michigan is a must-win state for Joe Biden. Currently, Donald Trump appears to be performing well in the sun belt, and assuming he sweeps Nevada, Arizona, and Georgia, all he needs is one Great Lakes state to win. Currently, he has small leads in Wisconsin, Michigan, and Pennsylvania. Every vote will count in these states, and if the past is any indicator — which it usually is — Democrats will stop at nothing to keep these states in their column. 

"We know they're not above shenanigans, so when a Michigan judge ruled in favor of a lawsuit against Democratic Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson and her ridiculous guidance on signature verification of absentee ballots this week, it was a big deal.

"Benson has been at the center of a firestorm over election integrity in Michigan for years. In 2021, she first instructed election officials to presume, rather than verify, signatures on absentee ballots for the 2022 elections — a move that sparked immediate legal pushback from the Michigan Republican Party. Their challenge succeeded, and the courts deemed Benson's directive illegal, ruling that election officials did have to verify ballot signatures. She didn't learn her lesson, though, because Benson was at it again in December 2023, quietly reinstating the controversial policy behind closed doors. 

"Her directive swiftly drew legal action from the Republican National Committee, the Michigan Republican Party, and the National Republican Congressional Committee. Michigan Court of Claims Judge Christopher Yates subsequently ruled that such an "initial presumption" of validity in signature verification of absentee ballot applications and envelopes violated the Constitution and Michigan state laws.

“This RNC legal victory confirms the importance of mail ballot safeguards in Michigan’s Constitution. The Secretary of State’s covert attempts to sidestep these rules were rightfully rejected by the court, exposing that her attacks on election integrity have no substance," RNC Chairman Michael Whatley said in a statement on Thursday. "This win is just the latest development in our ongoing fight to promote fair and transparent elections in the Great Lakes State.” 

"Michigan Republican Party Chairman Pete Hoekstra blasted Benson for selectively enforcing the law." . . .

Majority Of Muslims Voted For Biden, But Trump Got More Support Than He Did In 2016 : NPR   . . ."Much like the general population, Trump-supporting Muslims cited the economy as a top issue. They also were more likely to oppose building coalitions with Black Lives Matter, and instead they expressed support for building coalitions with religious conservatives working on religious liberty issues.

"The other thing that I think surprised us the most was that Muslim Trump supporters, as well as Trump supporters in the general public, were more likely to express anti-Muslim sentiment," she said.

"There were debunked tropes that Muslims are more violent, or less civilized.

"It's not a surprise that Muslims didn't vote as a single bloc. This is one of the most racially and ethnically diverse faith groups in the country. Some are single-issue voters; some are partisan to one party or the other." . . .

Douglas Murray: Biden Flips From Holocaust Speech To Israel Betrayal

 Israel has always been alone; once again she stands alone as her once-faithful ally leaves her just as we left our 20-year ally Afghanistan.

Biden seems not to have learned the lesson of "Never Again" - Douglas Murray the NYP.

Wikipedia • The Holocaust was the genocide of European Jews during World War II. Between 1941 and 1945, Nazi Germany and its collaborators systematically murdered some six million Jews across German-occupied Europe, around two-thirds of Europe's Jewish population.

Muslim Immigrants to French Farmers: ‘We’re Here To Kill The Whites’

  Frontpage Mag:  "And so . . . 16-year-old Thomas Perotto was stabbed in the heart and the throat, and died."

 How many more thomas-perottos will have to die before the French government comprehends the Muslim threat within?

"Young French farmers from the villages of Saint-Marcellin and Pont-en-Royans organized a “farmers’ ball” on Saturday evening, May 24, held at the Murinais ballroom. It was to have been a night of innocent fun. They had not counted on Muslim immigrants from Saint-Marcellin showing up with mayhem on their minds. Six Muslims came to the hall, and waited outside. When two farmers left the ball, the Muslims attacked them and. began to beat them up. At that point, other farmers streamed out to help defend their fellows, and the Muslims then fled, only to return later with their own reinforcements, and proceeded to attack the now-outnumbered farmers. One of the farmers was repeatedly kicked and punched, and suffered serious injuries to his head, sufficient to incapacitate him fr 13 days. A night of harmless fun turned into a nightmare when Muslims, for no reason other than their hatred of “whites” — that is, indigenous Frenchmen — led them to unleash their unprovoked and savage attack. More on the attack can be found here: “Crépol, continued,” translated from “Crépol, suite,” by Michel Janva, Le Salon Beige, on May 30, 2024 (thanks to Medforth):

A dancing evening, the “Farmers’ Ball,” was organized on Saturday evening in the Murinais village hall by young farmers from Saint-Marcellin and Pont-en-Royans.

A first fight broke out in front of the room between two men who were leaving the evening and half a dozen others who were outside, young people from Saint-Marcellin. As other people came out of the room to help their two friends, their opponents were pushed back and they fled.

But later, they returned with reinforcements, and a second, much more violent brawl broke out, during which the main victim was kicked and punched. This young man was able to leave the hospital during the day but he suffered a serious head injury, his total incapacity for work (ITT) having been set at 13 days.

“They are the same as in Crepol” admits the mayor.

“The attackers wanted to beat up white people,” says a witness.

"This latest attack reminded many French of the attack on November 18, 2023, in the tiny village of Crépol, in the Drôme department, with a population of about 500. Local, farmers had organized an annual “winter ball” attended by many people from the surrounding area. Just as the evening was ending, and people streamed from the hall, a gang of Muslims, armed with knives, arrived at about 1:30 a.m., and began stabbing the French people. Nine people were stabbed with knives, while others were hit with stones and fences. Eight people were treated for shock. 16-year-old Thomas Perotto was stabbed in the heart and the throat, and died. Two others, aged 23 and 28, were treated as “absolute emergencies” while six others were treated for minor injuries. Witnesses said that when the Muslims arrived, they yelled out “we’re here to kill the whites.” And that’s what they tried to do" . . .

Next come the college students with their designer scarves to defend the Muslims who murdered those at the dance. TD

The Mannheim attacks reveal Europe's impotence - Ayaan Hirsi Ali   . . ."Last Friday, at about 11:30am, a 25-year-old Afghan went on a knife spree at a rally in Mannheim. He stabbed Michael Stürzenberger, the convener of the rally, along with a policeman and four others, before a second policeman shot him. Two days later, the officer succumbed to his wounds.

"We still don’t know everything about the incident. What we do know, though, is that it is a deeply sad — and obvious — metaphor for the way Western countries function. People protest Islamic violence. The press smears them. Islamists attack. The state tries to subdue the protestors. The Islamists continue attacking. Rinse and repeat."

What is the cure? It certainly doesn’t involve electing a centre-right government. As the past 14 years in the UK have shown, centre-right governments do nothing. Instead, what is needed is a shift in international and constitutional law, or events like those in Germany will just keep happening until the nations of Europe collapse.

 Ayaan Hirsi Ali is an UnHerd columnist. She is also the Founder of the AHA Foundation, and host of The Ayaan Hirsi Ali Podcast. Her Substack is called Restoration.

CONFIRMED: 'Journalist' Killed by IDF Held 3 Israeli Hostages in His Home, Wrote for US-Based Nonprofit – RedState   "In the wake of the Israel Defense Forces' successful operation to rescue four hostages from captivity in Gaza we're learning more about the conditions in which the hostages lived and who housed them, and once again we're seeing that the native "journalists" covering the conflict are anything but neutral observers.

As we noted in numerous stories about Israel's rescue mission, the four hostages rescued were not held in tunnels or prisons; they were held in the homes of alleged civilians in residential areas in Nuseirat. I say "alleged civilians" because if these people were holding Israeli hostages for eight months they're absolutely part of Hamas and are combatants, not civilians.

Flag Day, June 14

 

AfterMath - Home (terrellaftermath.com)

What is Flag Day? Why we celebrate it on June 14 (usatoday.com)  "On June 14, 1777, the Continental Congress adopted the "Stars and Stripes" as the original American flag. The same flag was used when the Declaration of Independence was signed to give a flag for the entire country rather than each state having their own.

"There have been a few notable changes to the flag since its original design in 1777 − namely the addition of 37 stars.

"President Woodrow Wilson made the observance an official day on May 30, 1916 via a presidential proclamation. The day had already been celebrated prior to that point, but he made it an officially recognized day.

Is there mail on Flag Day?

"Yes, Flag Day is not a federal holiday and the United States Post Office will operate as normal. In fact, banks and schools will also remain open." . . .

The World Does Not Want Israel to Win the War Against Hamas UPDATED:

  American Greatness (amgreatness.com) 

This means that Israel’s leaders will need to press on alone to defend their nation against Hamas and other threats until there is a new president in the White House who stands firmly with the Israeli people. Hopefully, that will happen next January. 

  "The daring Israel Defense Forces (IDF) rescue mission on June 8 that freed four Israelis taken hostage by Hamas during its October 7, 2023 terrorist attack against Israel was a pivotal event that should have shifted global opinion about the war in Israel’s favor by illustrating the shocking malevolence of Hamas and how little it values human life.

""Unfortunately, this did not happen.

"The IDF freed four hostages who Hamas was holding in apartment buildings, using the residents as human shields to prevent them from being freed. In addition, so-called “innocent” Palestinian civilians were incarcerating hostages in their apartments, with Hamas reportedly paying them to do so.

"Abdallah Aljamal, a Gaza-based journalist, held three Israeli hostages captive in his home. Aljamal, who was killed in the IDF raid, wrote many stories slamming Israel for human rights violations in the war and killing Palestinians. He also was a spokesman for Hamas.

"Desperate to prevent the hostages from being brought back to Israel by the IDF team, Hamas fighters attacked the team as it left the apartment buildings with machine guns and rocket-propelled grenades. The IDF team defended itself and Israel was forced to conduct airstrikes to defend the hostage extraction.

"Arnon Zmora, an officer of the IDF’s elite Yamam counter-terrorism unit, was shot and critically injured by Hamas terrorists guarding three of the four hostages.

"This was a great victory for Israel and demonstrated that it will not abandon its people taken hostage by Hamas terrorists. Hamas holding hostages in crowded civilian areas and its ferocious firefight against the IDF rescuers demonstrated how little Hamas values human life and confirmed Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar’s belief that more Palestinian civilian deaths work to his advantage.

"But most of the world saw the IDF raid differently. Israel was criticized for the large number of Palestinian civilian casualties in the raid, even though many were caused by Hamas fighters firing on IDF forces in a civilian area. The mainstream media and Western politicians cited, without question, exaggerated Palestinian casualty figures from the Hamas-controlled Gaza Health Ministry. U.S. and European media described the raid as a “deadly hostage rescue.” Some Western media outlets tried to downplay the fact that Hamas was engaged in hostage-taking by claiming the hostages had been “released” rather than “freed.” . . .

Give Hamas advance notice of the raid and this is what you will find:

Israel the 'only country’ criticised for rescuing its own people

What we've taught in our schools is bearing itself out on our streets

  Washington Times  Not a day care: The devastating consequences of abandoning truth

. . ."Harvard’s original mission statement: “Let every student be plainly instructed, and earnestly pressed to consider well, the main end of his life and studies is, to know God and Jesus Christ which is eternal life and therefore to lay Christ in the bottom, as the only foundation of all sound knowledge and learning.”

"The week’s news was dominated by the antisemitic protests taking place on college campuses across the nation. Columbia, Yale, Berkeley, Harvard. Over 120 American institutions have reported disruptions to the point that classes have been canceled and police have been called in to restore order.

"So how did we get here? Who caused this mess? The answer is simple. All these childish antics and temper tantrums dominating the headlines can be traced back to one key source: the terrible ideas we have been teaching our children for the past 50 years.

"What we’ve taught in our schools is now bearing itself out in the behavior we see in our streets. As Abraham Lincoln said, “The philosophy of the schoolroom in one generation will become the philosophy of the government in the next.” Even Hitler understood this when he said, “Let me control the textbooks, and I will control the state.”

"What we teach in colleges will be practiced in our culture. Solomon was clear: “Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old, he will not depart.” The moral to this is that there is great power in ideas and that power can be wielded for either noble or nefarious ends.

"Richard Weaver warned of the same in 1948 when he wrote his seminal work, “Ideas Have Consequences.” His thesis was so simple that you hardly need to read beyond the cover to understand it. Ideas matter. They always bear fruit. There is no such thing as a neutral idea. All ideas are directional. Good ideas bear good culture, good government, good community, good church and good kids. Bad ideas bear the opposite. If you want to live in a good society, you must teach your progeny what is good. It’s like your grandmother said: “Garbage in, garbage out.”

"In my book, “Not a Daycare: The Devastating Consequences of Abandoning Truth,” I tell the story of how, in 2015, as a university president, I confronted my students and told them that if they wanted to be coddled rather than confronted, they needed to go someplace else.

"More specifically, I said: “This university is not a ’safe place,’ but rather, a place to learn: to learn that life isn’t about you, but about others; and that the first step in saving the world is to repent of everything that’s wrong with you rather than blame others for everything that’s wrong with them. This is a place where you will quickly learn that you need to grow up. This is not a daycare. This is a university.”

"Education today is in crisis. The Ivory Tower has become the Tower of Babel. It is no longer in the business of pursuing truth but rather is more interested in celebrating tolerance. Ideological fascism now stands on the grave of the academy’s proud tradition of academic freedom.

"Today’s colleges and universities look more like Orwell’s Ministry of Truth than they do institutions of higher learning. We are teaching students to worship their feelings over facts and to parrot the self-refuting nonsense of saying they can’t tolerate those they find intolerable and that they hate hateful people. Good has become evil, and evil is good. The villains are dead Jews who simply wanted to protect their country, and the heroes are those who invaded that country, raped their women and beheaded their babies.

"But lest we think there is no way out of this mess, there is an answer. It is found in returning to and teaching Truth with a capital T. It’s found in those moral laws that have been tested by time, defended by reason, validated by experience, and endowed to us by Revelation." . . .

How the Obama-Biden Machine Intimidated Jews to Hate Trump

 Leo Goldstein - American Thinker 

Of course, the public misinterpreted this as a repudiation of Trump. Democrat activists behind this attack learned that bullying works and escalated it against other targets. That evolved into the infamous “search and destroy” strategy against Trump’s appointees. 

. . ."Begining before Trump’s inauguration as 45th POTUS, hundreds of bomb threats were made against Jewish community centers and schools in the U.S.

"The threats came in five waves: Jan. 9 (three days after the election's certification), Jan. 18 (two days before the inauguration), Jan. 31 (following the travel ban, fueling Big Tech-led insurrection), Feb. 20, and Feb. 28.

"The media unanimously declared that these threats came from white supremacists in the U.S., allegedly emboldened by the election of President Trump.

"The FBI knew that most of the threats were made over the Internet, could have been made from anywhere in the world, and likely came from abroad, but refused to say that officially. In hindsight, this can be linked to the agenda of FBI Director James Comey and his number two, Andrew McCabe. The agenda was to undermine the president whose election they had attempted to prevent and to hide how easy the Obama-Biden administration made it for foreign threat actors to obtain classified info and impact events in the U.S.

"On March 23, the information about the perpetrator of most threats was published, refuting accusations against Trump and “white supremacists.” Almost all threats were made by an autistic 18-year-old, Michael Kadar, living in Israel. He was engaged in criminal activity online from his parents’ home. Among other things, he provided a “service” for making threats over the Internet. His claims of “boredom” as the motive are implausible, given that he did such things for money. Almost certainly, these threats were ordered by somebody who hated Trump." . . .

"The Obama-Biden administration and the Democrat campaign have intimidated prominent Jews against supporting and even associating with Donald Trump in 2016-2017.  Because such intimidation had no precedent in this country, their silence was perceived as agreement with a vocal minority of Trump haters." . . .

TDS destroys DeNiro and other once-favored celebs

 Alicia Colon - American Thinker

Since these Hollywood icons have descended into the bottom realm of TDS, I find the preponderance of hateful comments and posts they wield too unpleasant and have avoided paying to watch any vehicle they’re appearing in and as their films and other venues tank, apparently I’m not the only one who feels the same. 

"It is a real mystery why Trump Derangement Syndrome has managed to destroy the legacies of so many formerly admired Hollywood celebrities. Robert DeNiro, whom I had always thought was a terrific actor, has become such a vicious and profane TDS victim that I have lost the urge to watch again any of his great performances.

"After the braindead NY jury found Trump guilty of 34 fake felonies, Hollywood TDS-infected stars celebrated this egregious miscarriage of justice. While most of these so-called celebs are really has-beens seeking relevance, I wonder if they have any idea the huge number of fans who’ve sworn to never spend another cent on anything they star in.

"In a post-verdict article in Breitbart.com headlined- “Hollywood Celebrities Rejoice over Trump Verdict: ‘Tears of Joy,’ ‘F**k Trump and F**k Those Who Support Him’” the following stars were pictured stupidly enjoying the result: ·Barbra Streisand, ·Rob Reiner, ·Bette Midler, and ·six others not famous enough to mention. The article went on to  list the tweets crowing about what they perceive as justice, but the one that I found really disgusting was semi-celeb Ellen Barkin tweeting in all caps-GOD BLESS NEW YORK CITY!!!  

"I was born and raised in what was once the greatest city in the world, but it is now unrecognizable thanks to progressives who do not understand anything about being American. I grew up in a time when  NYC was a city filled with immigrants from all over the world who came here legally to become Americans and were grateful for the opportunity. Now progressives have allowed a new immigrant force that is only here to pillage and destroy the favorable impression that legal immigrants made in my home town.  

"Whenever I access Breitbart’s entertainment page, and read what these celebrities post in their hateful remarks about any Republican, I try and remember what had first appealed to me about their performances rather than the hateful words they were now expressing. As a native New Yorker who was devastated by the 9/11 attacks on my city, I much appreciated  and watched over and over the moving video of Bette Midler singing Wind Beneath My Wings  at a Prayer ceremony in Yankee Stadium filled with the families of the victims.  After she finished the song, she’s seen hugging Mayor Rudy Giuliani and Governor Pataki, yet she is now firmly in the hate-all-Republicans camp. And I find that so sad." . . .

JUST IN: Biden’s Ghostwriter Admits To Deleting Evidence Due To Special Counsel Probe

 Chris Powell (trendingpoliticsnews.com)

"The investigation’s findings were politically charged, sparking debates about Biden’s cognitive abilities and the fairness of the legal probes compared to similar cases involving other political figures, such as former President Donald Trump."

"Mark Zwonitzer, Joe Biden’s ghostwriter, disclosed to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) that he had deleted numerous audio records of interviews with the 81-year-old Democrat incumbent, partly due to the ongoing special counsel investigation. At that time, Special Counsel Robert Hur, a Department of Justice special counsel, was probing allegations that Biden had improperly handled and unlawfully retained classified documents after his tenure as vice president.

"It is also alleged that some of these classified documents, in violation of national security laws, were shared with Zwonitzer. During his FBI interview, according to the transcript reviewed by The National Pulse, agents questioned Zwonitzer about the influence of the special counsel’s appointment on his decision to delete the recordings.

"Initially evasive, Zwonitzer admitted he “was aware of the special counsel investigation when that happened.” He confirmed that he had eliminated several years of audio records from his interviews with Biden. Zwonitzer is a writer and documentary filmmaker known for his work in both television and authorship. He has written several books, often focusing on American history or biographies, and has been involved in the production of numerous PBS documentaries.

"His skills as a writer have led him to ghostwriting roles, which include collaborating with prominent figures to help pen their memoirs or personal stories. According to the transcript, one FBI agent confronted Zwonitzer, questioning the timing of his deletion of audio recordings after learning about the special counsel’s investigation into Biden.

(BREAKING: Glenn Beck reveals new Biden initiative that will bankrupt America)

“ 'The outside observer is going to look at this and say ‘Mark Zwonitzer, President Biden’s friend, ghostwriter, collaborator learned of the special counsel’s investigation, saw this happening, and then deleted all these audio recordings,'” the agent said, pressing for clarity on the motives behind Zwonitzer’s actions: “I just need the truth on this one, but there’s some truth in that, that was what was going on. That was part of your motivation, at least something you were aware of when you did this?”

"Zwonitzer tacitly admitted that the investigation had influenced his decision to some extent, though he declined to specify how much it affected him. “I’m not going to say how much of the percentage it was of my motivation,” he stated." . . .

The evil of wokeness

 Lime, the new Bud Light, issued a groveling statement condemning the use of their scooters for the desecration of the gay pride iconography.

Pride Decried › American Greatness  

Supporting LGBTQ Pride Month, Kevin Rector, a legal affairs reporter for the Los Angeles Times, insists that “Queer people should not just be accepted but celebrated.”  That is absurd. What willing people do behind closed doors is no one else’s business—not yours, not mine, and not the government’s. But to honor people—for an entire month, no less—for their sexual activity is an insult to us all, gay and straight.

Woke Insanity: Three Washington State Teens Face Ten Years In Prison For Vandalizing Pride Mural (legalinsurrection.com)  

Toon added by TD

. . ."The teens got caught after a group of witnesses sitting at a nearby bar saw them acting nefariously, revving their electronic Lime scooters, and intentionally scooting their tires over the mural to create skid marks, court documents revealed, KREM News reported.

"There is little that angers me more than the obvious, disgusting, and unAmerican legal persecution by Democrats of anyone who does not take a knee to their woke religion, and this story is particularly infuriating because these kids were riding scooters on a “Pride” mural that is painted on a road." . . .

Never forget that just days ago Democrats arrested 3 teenagers with felonies for making scooter marks on a street painted with a rainbow. These people, on the other hand, are given a free pass. 🤡🌎h/t @politicalmath pic.twitter.com/hlJFaeDKNQ

— @amuse (@amuse) June 9, 2024 

Senate GOP Says They Will Block Biden Nominees Over Trump Lawfare

 In a recent essay in "National Review," he argued for just such a dose of karma for Democrats. Yoo states the obvious: that the Democrats' perversion of the American legal system has greatly damaged the office of the president. 

JD Vance and other Senate Republicans Vow to BLOCK DOJ FUNDING, Biden Nominees: ‘We No Longer Cooperate’

RedState   For the last year, Americans have watched as Donald Trump has garnered four indictments in four Democrat-friendly districts, amassing roughly 91 felony charges. It is an overt display of a weaponized Department of Justice the likes of which this country has never seen. As President Joe Biden looks increasingly weak and cognitively impaired, Democrats know they are in trouble in November, and lawfare has seemed their only way to hang onto power for dear life. But it appears that Senate Republicans may have had just about enough and are tired of playing nice.

"On Thursday, a group of GOP Senators led by Sen. J.D. Vance, which also includes Sens. (R-OH), Mike Lee (R-UT), Bill Hagerty (R-TN), Roger Marshall (R-KS), Tommy Tuberville (R-AL), and Eric Schmitt (R-MO), announced they would put a hold policy on several of President Biden's nominees in response to the ongoing "radical lawfare" against Donald Trump. In addition to various judicial nominees, there are also the pending nominations of deputy undersecretary of the Treasury and general counsel for the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI).

"The Senators' announcement also stated that the nominees in question would apply to those who “supported lawfare or censorship” of Trump, “suggested the Trump prosecutions were reasonable,” or endorsed Trump’s guilt. some of the nominees include Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA) to represent the U.S. at the U.N. General Assembly, Surgeon General Vivek Murthy's nomination to represent the U.S. on the World Health Organization Board, and former Rep. Charlie Crist (D-FL) to represent the U.S. on the Council of the International Civil Aviation Organization. While the nominations are relatively minor, they will force Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) to use valuable Senate floor time on things like judicial nominations, leaving the others to languish or not be confirmed at all. The group says the stall will last through the election." . . .

Comment:  GREAT, now do what you say you’re going to do!! As Republicans have a tendency to backslide and do NOTHING!!!

Caitlin Clark in Obama’s America. Is this what you were aiming for, Joe?

 Perhaps this is the Joe Biden/ Maxine Waters/ Joy Reid effect on sports.

Earick Ward - American Thinker 

The Olympics is bigger than the games.  It is a representation of who we are as a nation.  As it is, the USA Women’s Basketball Team will go to Paris and represent (Obama’s and Biden’s) America — race division and strife. 

 "As a long-time (until the LeBron era) Lakers fan, I am grateful that I was around to witness Showtime firsthand — Magic Johnson, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, James Worthy, Byron Scott, Kurt Rambis, A.C. Green, and Michael Cooper.

Their rivalry with the Boston Celtics and Larry Bird throughout the eighties catapulted “the game” to unprecedented heights.  So it is with Caitlin Clark and the WNBA, or at least it could be.

But alas, resentment, racism, and bigotry (in this case, against heterosexuality) are (seemingly) more powerful than the competition, and more importantly, the opportunity to catapult “the women’s game” beyond the abysmal ratings that it has experienced since its inception.

In the eighties, during the Lakers/Celtics run, race was all but irrelevant to the game.  That’s not to say that race was entirely irrelevant, but it didn’t cause me (a Caucasian person) to root for Larry Bird ahead of my beloved Lakers.  Magic was my guy.  Showtime was my team.

Today’s game is mired, as is (seemingly) the rest of society, in race and race grievance — Obama’s America.  Envy has taken front-row seats in the Caitlin Clark era.

This past week, it was reported that Caitlin Clark was left off the U.S. Olympic Women’s Basketball Team, with reports that “there were concerns about her millions of fans” being upset that she wouldn’t have gotten any playing time.  This rationale is interesting on two fronts.  One: Those “millions of fans” would have watched the Olympic games, and two: Playing time would have been what it was.  If Clark were put in to help the team, then her playing time would be justified by her production.