Monday, July 8, 2024

Batten Down the Hatches—Dark Brandon Is Coming Back!

  Bob Hoge – RedState   "Cover the windows, batten down the hatches, and gird your loins because Joe Biden said on Sunday during a rally in Philadelphia that “Dark Brandon” is set for a sequel. If you remember, the Dark Brandon meme started on the internet early in the Biden administration and Team Joe tried to use it to his advantage to tout the president’s achievements. 

"Remember this malarkey?"
The reason it's so dumb in my opinion is because it unintentionally highlights the contrast between the vigorous (though evil)- looking guy with lasers in his eyes and the black-eyed, vacant-looking commander-in-chief that we saw on the debate stage (and elsewhere). 

"Well, unfortunately for us all, Biden evidently thought it was effective enough that it needs to be resurrected:

“Dark Brandon is coming back,” he joked to one supporter in Harrisburg who asked him about the meme, one that developed into a unifying force to fight off concerns about Biden’s age early in his campaign. [Yeah, not so much.]

While he faces increasing calls from members of Congress to leave the campaign after a faltering debate performance last month, Biden said he hasn’t seen the same response from voters.

“We’ve been drawing big crowds. Ever since the debate, not joking, even that night we had big crowds afterwards,” Biden said.

. . .

 

"Bidengate is far worse than Watergate." Victor Davis Hanson

 "Biden’s scowls and outbursts grew as he seemed to come alive only when slurring and slandering half the country as “semi-fascists” and “ultra-MAGA” deplorables. So, in the recent debate, Biden at least admitted that he had written off half the nation that voted for Trump." Victor Davis Hanson

AfterMath - Home (terrellaftermath.com)

Lucas: Jill Biden for president? She's already running the country (bostonherald.com)   "Jill Biden is becoming the Edith Wilson of America.

"Edith Wilson was President Woodrow Wilson’s second wife.  She ran the country for a year and a half after Wilson was incapacitated following a massive stroke in 1919.

"The public never knew.

"This is not to say that First Lady Jill Biden, 73, is running the country today. It is to point out that she is running Joe Biden, 81, which may amount to the same thing.

"Edith Wilson’s first move after Wilson’s debilitating stroke was to mislead the nation regarding the bedridden Wilson’s ability to function, let alone continue to serve as president.

"The stroke was of such an intensity that it incapacitated Wilson, leaving him permanently paralyzed on the left side of his body and blind in one eye.

"While Wilson was confined to his White House bed and barely conscious or rational, Edith Wilson, in effect, took over the presidency—and the country.

"Even after Wilson went from a sick bed to a wheelchair, his health continued to deteriorate. His mind wandered and his memory diminished.

"There was no 25th Amendment to allow for the replacement of an incapacitated president as there is now. That amendment was only passed in 1967." . . .

Biden’s Blackmail   . . ."By foisting Joe Biden on America, the Democrat’s “best and brightest” granted a reprobate the ultimate upper hand in this election cycle: the threat to use the president’s unlimited power to grant pre-emptive pardons to himself and whomever he chooses." . . .

Democrats wheeling old Joe off the cliff? - M. Walter  . . ."It’s hard to think of a bigger grandparent to throw over a cliff than a sitting president of the United States, but here we are.  We are being told by a variety of legacy media they — House and Senate Democrats — want grandpa gone by Friday, with tomorrow, Tuesday, being a critical day on the way to that cliff’s edge." . . .


Bidengate and the Doom Loop ›Victor Davis Hanson American Greatness 
"The entire 2019-20 Biden candidacy and subsequent presidency were predicated on a rotten Faustian bargain. A hale Joe Biden would feign his aw-shucks, Joe from Scranton schtick. And an ossified working-class Joe’s camouflage would get the hard left elected—especially thanks to the changes in balloting laws that often saw only 30 percent of the electorate voting on Election Day in key states.
"In exchange, the two narcissistic Bidens would bask in the power and attention of the presidency. From the start, Jill and the media would orchestrate deep cover for Joe’s escalating dementia as well as the true intentions of the now-in-power radical Democratic Party with its neo-socialist agenda. The former Obama acolytes would get their long-dreamed-of third presidential term. And this time they would enact a truly radical agenda while their string puppet mumbled to everyone that he was just old, familiar Joe working for the middle class."

How racist was this?

 California delegate says Black women will 'blow the party up' if Dems pick a 'White man over Kamala Harris' ( Jeffrey Clark)00


"California Democratic delegate Areva Martin told media personality Stephen A. Smith that passing over Vice President Kamala Harris as President Biden's replacement should he withdraw from the race would destroy the party. 

"If you pick a White man over Kamala Harris, Black women, I can tell you this, we are going to walk away," Martin said Tuesday. "We are going to blow the party up."

As speculation over Biden's status as leader of the party grows, Democrats are openly divided over who is qualified to run against former President Trump in the months before the election. 

. . .Martin also compared the presidential race to a sports match, saying that Biden is the "star player" and deserves support. 

"I don't know anything about sports, but I know you don't give up on your star player in the middle of a game," she told Smith. 

"We are almost at the finish line. We have an opportunity to save this democracy. And I bet you, [if] you blow up Joe Biden, you might as well give Donald Trump the keys to the White House and let him start ruling the country in August," she said. "

I recall one of these judges Biden selected could not say what a woman is during her confirmation.

Social Media Reacts To Vice President Kamala Harris Being Referred To As A ‘DEI Hire’ For President Joe Biden: ‘It’s An Insult, It’s The New N-Word’ (msn.com)

Maxine Waters Accidentally Reveals Popular Scam Used by Black Democrats

Sunday, July 7, 2024

Why Jill Biden Holds the Key to Joe's Political Future in 2024

Why Jill Biden Holds the Key to Joe's Political Future in 2024 - Business Insider  

. . ."When her husband held a nearly two-hour news conference in January, she was the one asking his aides why no one tried to stop it, the New York Times reported." . . . 

"She's Out For Her Own Power": Megyn Kelly Slams Jill Biden and "Her Vogue Cover Treatment



"In order to let President Biden feel like he is still working, the White House has installed a "Touch-And-Learn" activity desk for Biden to play at while First Lady Jill Biden runs the country.

" 'He just loves feeling like he's still a part of things," said Chief of Staff Ron Klain, watching the President spin a wheel. "Ope! Ring-ring, Mr. President! I think someone's calling on your little yellow phone!"

"According to sources, Biden had become progressively more agitated as family members took over more of his previous roles. "  Read more...

Biden broke the border, but here's how Trump can fix it again

 Trump says that “[o]n my first day … I will terminate every open borders policy of the Biden administration.” (nypost.com)

If Trump wins in November Democrats will have till Jan 20th, 2025 to wreak all the damage they can to American society and culture in order to present Republicans - President Trump - with a monumental, perhaps unreparable nation. Just look at the angry, distorted face of Joe Biden when he discusses his opponent. TD

"If anyone can seal the border, Donald Trump can. But can even he wrestle back control after President Biden’s “nation-wrecking nightmare” (Trump’s words, jarring but spot on)?

"Trump would “seek to re-establish” his “Migrant Protection Protocols,” which saw the Department of Homeland Security refuse entry to those apprehended at the southern border, and having them stay in Mexico pending their removal proceedings.

"Since 1997, all Trump’s predecessors possessed this potent statutory tool, yet only Trump used it. MPP took away aliens’ incentive to make bogus claims of fear to secure release into the U.S. DHS found it “indispensable,” resulting in “a rapid and substantial decline in apprehension[s].” Pre-COVID, MPP was truly the MVP of border security. 

"Stephen Miller, President Trump’s former immigration advisor, promises that Trump will again invoke Title 42, under which “we would send … straight back home” aliens entering illegally (Trump’s words). Since WWII, all Trump’s predecessors possessed this potent statutory tool, yet only Trump used it.

"Trump would “push to revive” his “asylum cooperative agreements,” allowing DHS to send asylum-seekers to amenable countries to seek protection. Since 1997, all Trump’s predecessors possessed this potent statutory tool, yet (other than to a limited extent with Canada) only Trump used it.

"Trump “will revoke” the student visas of “radical anti-American and antisemitic foreigners” and institute “strong ideological screening” — “If you want to abolish … Israel…. [i]f you’re a communist … you are disqualified” (his words). If Trump has the will, federal law has the way:" . . .

How a Steam Locomotive Works (Union Pacific "Big Boy")

 Animagraffs - YouTube

First, this: Union Pacific Big Boy 4014 Westward Bound Part 2, in Rawlins, WY 6-30-24



Comments: "So what your telling me is dudes in the 1800's invented 1/2 stroke 4 cylinder engines with pistons the size of my car capable of pulling 2 mile long trains weighing thousands of tonnes. I never went through a train phase as a kid, but I'm hyped for trains now."

"It's very impressive how every part of this complex, massive machine was developed through hand calculations, trial and error, bold experimentation and also a handful of nasty accidents. The weight of the whole locomotive is huge, but it pulled trains that were many times its own weight. And once engineered and produced, it ran on just coal, water and grease. Wonderful. Top job on the animation and explanation!! A natural follow-up to the diesel-electric locomotive video, which I can also highly recommend."

Marco Rubio Goes on CNN, Dana Bash Probably Wishes He Hadn't After He Crushes Her Warped Trump Narrative

  Bob Hoge – RedState   "Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL), rumored to be one of the final three candidates for Trump’s choice of running mate, appeared on CNN’s "State of the Union" Sunday and refused to accept host Dana Bash’s warped narrative of Trump’s intentions should he retake the presidency. Even as we’ve witnessed example after example of the Biden administration using the Department of Justice as a weaponized political tool, those on the left deflect and say it’s actually Trump who’s the danger here.

"What a load of you know what.

Bash tried to sell that narrative to Rubio, but he wasn’t having it.

“Senator, Donald Trump has said that he would go after Joe Biden, that he would go after members of the Biden family. That’s never something that we’ve heard— ,” Bash began.

“Donald Trump has said that his — no, he hasn’t. I watched the debate — you guys did a great job — I watched it and he was asked and he said, ‘My vengeance will be winning and restoring America, making America great again.’ He did not say, ‘I’m gonna go after them,’ and so forth and, ‘I’m gonna put them in jail,'” Rubio jumped in."

. . ." Bash plodded on:

“Not at the debate, but he has said it elsewhere. Not at the debate, you’re right. He’s said it elsewhere,” Bash corrected.

“He has repeatedly said that his revenge will be to make America great again, to undo all their bad public policies. And, by the way, he was president for four years. He didn’t go after Hillary Clinton, he didn’t go after Joe Biden, he didn’t go after Barack Obama, he didn’t go after any of their consultants. We didn’t see under him what we’re seeing now,” Rubio said.

[Shannon] Bream said they have spent "days" reaching out to "dozens of lawmakers, Biden advocates and allies," but "not a single potential guest" was willing or able to come on to defend Joe Biden's decision to stay on the ticket.

 

Michelle! The one-half

 MSNBC's Joy Reid will not be happy with this post! TD

Mike McDaniel - American Thinker

MICHELLE OBAMA sparked fury among voters after she admitted that campaigning for her husband Barack's first-term as President was "the first time in my adult life I'm proud to be an American".

"Prior to the 2020 race, I predicted Michelle Obama would be the Democrat/Socialist/Communist (D/S/C) Party nominee. I was sort of wrong. “Sort of” only if one assumed the Obamas have not been enjoying a third term and angling for a fourth. Since then, I’ve continued to keep an eye on Michelle, who, we are assured, hates politics and absolutely does not want to be president and will not run.  

"Now we are told a Reuters/Ipsos poll predicts Michelle would beat Donald Trump 50 to 39. Perhaps, to save “our democracy,” Michelle would nobly sacrifice herself to ensure a fourth Obama term?

"Why 50 to 39? Because she’s more than Kamala-sort-of-black? Because reporters have long drooled over her arms?  Because some of the messianic shine might rub off from Barack? Instead of being “the one,” she might be becoming—the title of one of her books--“the one-half?”

"But what are Michelle’s qualifications for the office, other than being the first lady to the most malignant, America and American-hating narcissist ever to occupy the Oval Office?" . . .

A viral photo identified as Biden’s speechwriting team explains so much

 Andrea Widburg - American Thinker

In November 1863, while traveling on a train from D.C. to Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, and experiencing the early stages of a mild case of smallpox, Abraham Lincoln handwrote the Gettysburg Address. Joe Biden is no Lincoln, and you can bet your bottom dollar that he’s not writing his own speeches. Instead, he has a staff that puts words into his mouth. That’s why a photo posted by the White House Director of Broadcast Media showing his communications staff goes a long way to defining the Biden White House.

I believe that Revolver News published the original viral tweet:

"That is a fascinating photo. Because it’s so crowded, I broke it down by apparent race and gender (although, nowadays, one can never tell how people “identify”):

If any were wearing Hamas scarves they had to take them off for the photo, I'm sure. TD

""What do we say? "Convicted felon!" When do we say it?  NOW!"

. . . "I’d say, then, that the image is real. These people are the ones putting words in Biden’s mouth. They are both foot soldiers and, at a guess, policymakers. I say the last because they are the living embodiment of the modern Democrat party: shiny pretty Marxists who are mostly cat ladies.

"The image, of course, is going viral because everybody understands what they are seeing. These are the people in charge in America. It’s a terrifying thought:" . . .

Dilbert's Scott Adams has this to say about MSNBC

 Robots Read News about Biden's hidden condition

The hosts of MSNBC need to disclose their mental health situations to viewers who think they are hearing sane opinions. They are not.
Photo added by TD
I don't think all Trump haters have mental health issues. Some are liars for their team. Some don't see the news in proper context. Some are brainwashed into temporary TDS. Some are just working for a paycheck. Some have normal political disagreements. Whatever is happening at MSNBC is a different animal. That looks to me like full-blown mental health crisis that is escalating. And their mental health is impacting the country in a major way. Joy Reid just told us "Hitler" is going to get elected. Stop pretending you don't see it. You saw it with Biden. You see it with several of the MSNBC hosts. You don't see it with CNN hosts. We have to stop ignoring it. (End quote)

Look at San Francisco to understand what the leftist future holds for America; GOOOOOONNNE!

  Andrea Widburg - American Thinker

"Whether you like leftism or not (I don’t), one of the most admirable things about leftists is that they are long-term planners. Conservatives dream of quick fixes, but leftists put systems in place and then patiently wait for them to come to fruition. San Francisco perfectly illustrates how this works...and it goes back to the 1960s.

"At the end of June, a San Francisco convenience store was robbed and vandalized. This happened in a city that no longer polices minor crimes (allowing it to boast that its crime statistics have improved), thereby paving the way for major crimes.

"The city, rather than vowing to do better to protect its law-abiding taxpayer citizens, served the storeowner with a notice warning him that he’d better fix the damage the city’s policies caused...or else. And do note that this is a minority-owned business in what I happen to know is (or at least was) a working-class neighborhood."

. . ."The leftists’ horrific policies have even managed to destroy one of America’s most popular and profitable tourist attractions: Fisherman’s Wharf."

"... in the name of political correctness, American socialist cities have a two-tiered system: law-abiding citizens are on the receiving end of heavy-handed government control, while politically correct protected victim classes are removed from any controls whatsoever. The result is the worst of all possible worlds, with law abiding citizens beaten down both by their own government and by those whom the government allows to roam free.  San Francisco provides a perfect example of this Western socialist dynamic." bookwormroom.com

The MSM attacks Trump's lies; let them cover Biden's as well

 Fact check: Biden's horrific debate performance made worse by multiple lies and gaffes (nypost.com)  "Critics of former President Donald Trump are always quick to challenge the veracity of the Republican’s statements but President Biden was guilty of multiple whoppers during Thursday night’s presidential debate — when he was coherent.

"Here were the commander in chief’s biggest fibs and gaffes:" . . .

Truth: At least 16 troops have died in overseas attacks over his tenure, including, infamously, the 13 soldiers killed in an ISIS-K attack during the botched August 2021 US evacuation from Afghanistan.

Biden claimed that no American troops have died during his administration.

Trump’s unemployment rate

What Biden said: “[The] unemployment rate rose to 15% [under Trump]; it was terrible.”

Fact: The unemployment rate was 6.4% when Trump left the White House in 2021. Unemployment rose from 4.4% in March 2020 at the beginning of the pandemic to 14.8% in April 2020. The unprecedented global outbreak wreaked economic havoc worldwide.

Border crossings

What Biden said: “I’ve changed in a way that now you’re in a situation where there are 40% fewer people coming across the border illegally. That’s better than when [Trump] left office.”

Truth: He’s confusing data. The daily average of migrant apprehensions dropped more than 40% — to nearly 2,400 — since Biden issued an executive action that went into effect a month ago prohibiting asylum at the southern border.

Full article here.