"DEI kills. It’s time for DEI to DIE."

 

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DEI and the shooting -Howard Hyde  . . ."The wives and daughters of men who are denied employment for which they are more qualified than the women who are hired in their place under DEI policies, do not benefit from DEI.

"Black heart attack patients do not benefit from having a black cardiologist who is less qualified that one who happens to be white.

"LGBTQ+ airline passengers do not benefit from having LGBTQ+ engineers, pilots and air traffic controllers servicing, flying guiding their planes, if these were artificially promoted ahead of non-LGBTQ+ candidates under DEI.

"In other words, DEI hurts members of the target beneficiary demographics as much as it hurts the deplorable white, Christian, heterosexual males that are targeted for suppression. 

"One standard, no preference or prejudice.". . .

They look just like the Keystone Kops: The DEI Secret Service in inaction - American Thinker   . . ."However, today, while that credo may still be in the playbook, there are other factors now at play.  Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle had long experience with then Vice President Biden, so – as president – he appointed her to head up the agency.  However, someone – presumably President Biden – set her priorities based on DEI: Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, instead of the traditional priority of making sure the president doesn’t DIE. 

"One of her personal priorities was to ensure that thirty percent of all field agents – including those who protect the president – must be women.  These women might be of the right mindset – putting themselves between the president and a shooter – but the ones we all saw on Saturday didn’t meet one of the basic requirements.  Specifically, they weren’t big enough to protect the president with their bodies. 

"So ask yourself this:  How well can a five-foot-six agent protect a six-foot-three president? 

"Fast Forward to last Saturday.  When President Trump was shot, here’s what I noted:" . . .

As I said, real Keystone Kops.  Which makes me wonder – if President Biden finally allows the Secret Service to provide the additional agents to President Trump’s “detail,” which the Trump campaign clearly needs, will he be moved by DEI or by DIE?

Thoughts on the Trump attack, and the Israel attack

Expect no sorrow from Democrats in politics and the liberal media; expect no more than a cold, forced "we do not condone" such as Maxine Waters gave after the brutal near-murder in her district of truck driver Reginald Denny during the Rodney King riots. TD

Citing attack on Trump, Netanyahu demands crackdown on what he says is incitement by his opponents - Jewish Telegraphic Agency (jta.org) . . ."At the meeting, Netanyahu screened 90 seconds of protest leaders speaking at the rallies that have dogged him since his return to office in December 2022. Protests at first targeted Netanyahu’s proposed reforms of the judiciary and then, after Hamas’ deadly invasion on Oct.7, turned to his failure to prevent the attack and so far to secure the release of the hostages taken captive by Hamas.

"Some speakers in the video said they wished for Netanyahu’s execution while others engaged in rhetoric typical of Israel’s political ferment, including accusing Netanyahu as being as damaging to Israel as its enemies — a gambit that Netanyahu has deployed for decades, including in the most recent election." . . .

 Howard J. Warner - American Thinker 

This is a real worry that our government is run by such mediocrities.  Can anyone doubt this after the Afghanistan withdrawal, the misstatements about Ukraine prior to the war, the failing economy, the encouragement of illegal aliens to cross our borders, and the misuse of our judicial system. 

 "As of this writing the Secret Service has confirmed that a possible assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump has resulted in an injury to him, a killing of an attendee to the rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, and the injuring of two others. 

"What has happened to our country and the world?  After three and one-half years of abysmal leadership in Washington, D.C., why should we expect anything else?

"The protective detail of the Secret Service acted admirably, but it was not a flawless operation as the outer perimeter of the event was not adequately patrolled and secured. 

"This is a failure and must be examined.  Clearly, sharpshooter agents did neutralize the shooter, but it is now reported that bystanders noticed the person on an elevated location (likely a rooftop of a business) with a gun and told police before the attack began, warnings that were apparently ignored. 

"In time, we will find out whether this is true, but for now the investigation must begin.  One cannot help but question the quality of the Secret Service leadership and detail leadership.  But then this is one more mediocrity of the Biden administration.

"Donald Trump’s instincts were to thank the Secret Service and express concern for those killed and injured at his rally.  As the protective detail was ushering Trump off the stage, he let the crowd know he was O.K., and encouraged them. 

"The man demonstrated determination and strength that our nation needs in a leader.  Trump had the presence of mind to get down once he felt the bullet hit his ear.  The bullet moves faster than the sound so time is essential as the next bullets would come quickly." . . .

Media RIPPED for downplaying Trump assassination attempt: 'Absolute stupidity'   Martha Raddatz: "Let's Remember January 6th" | Video | RealClearPolitics

First Episode of 'The View' After Trump Assassination Attempt Was Something Else (townhall.com)

. . ."The phony echoing of Biden's phony call for unity — which came from the Oval Office just days after the president said it was time to put Trump "in the bullseye" — is right on-brand for the ladies of "The View." They just can't help themselves. It's likely the same reason that MSNBC and NBC News brass decided to avoid airing "Morning Joe" on Monday." . . .

UPDATED: Surely the American left has better people than all these!

 

RealityBites

To protect Joe and endanger his opponents - Patricia McCarthy  "Obama, the Clintons, Bill Maher, Jon Stewart, and the rest of us are beginning to find out that getting Biden out of the White House is more difficult than getting him in. Joe’s comment, “No one f$^ks with a Biden” may be the most memorable line of his miserable presidency.

"The idealists among us believe that the most important job of any president is to protect and defend the United States of America. Democrats seem to believe that the most important job of a president is to protect their hold on that office. President Biden, as his famous quote declares, is all about protecting himself and his family’s How To Get Rich In Politics enterprise.

"Biden has surrounded himself with people skilled at protecting him. Attorney General Merrick Garland has kept wayward son Hunter Biden out of jail so far, and that is noteworthy, given his love of vice. Members of his National Security team will say and write anything to protect Biden. There are no depths too low for his press secretary as she mangles words and logic in Joe’s defense." . . .

Who really tried to assassinate President Donald J. Trump? - Lynne Lechter    . . .The media tried to assassinate Trump.  From the time he came powerfully down that escalator in New York, looking every bit the prize fighter he exhibited yesterday, the press was and is merciless. They have mocked him and attacked, slandered and defamed him, but they have not taken him out.

"The Democrats have tried to assassinate Trump. They called him illegitimate, they called him a tyrant; President Biden who went all wobbly tonight, is still calling him a threat to democracy; many have wished him dead. Thank G-d that wish did not come true today. 

"Women of a certain ilk have tried to assassinate him.  Oh, the sordid sex tales. Rape in a dressing room in Bergdorf Goodmans!  Have you ever shopped there?  It is literally impossible. Staff watch those rooms like hawks. The police would have been immediately called and the falsely accused Trump might have been hauled out in handcuffs.  But the event would surely not have gone unnoticed at the time.

"Comedians have tried to assassinate Trump through mean diatribes. ‘Orange man bad’ is their popular meme -- who’s laughing tonight?" . . .

UPDATE: Mayorkas denied 'repeated requests' for more Secret Service protection for Trump, GOP lawmaker says | Fox News   "A House Republican lawmaker is alleging that Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas denied stronger Secret Service protection for former President Trump multiple times.

"Rep. Mike Waltz, R-Fla., made the accusation hours after Trump was grazed by a bullet at his Saturday Pennsylvania rally.

" 'I have very reliable sources telling me there have been repeated requests for stronger secret service protection for President Trump. Denied by Secretary Mayorkas," Waltz wrote on X.

"The House Homeland Security Committee is planning on investigating reports that Trump was denied stronger Secret Service protection before the rally, a source told Fox News Digital." . . .

Dem Staffer Axed Over Vile Post About Trump's Near-Assassination After Newt Gingrich Sounds Alarm

 

AfterMath - Home (terrellaftermath.com)

Resist the Mainstream (resistthemainstream.com)

Newt Gingrich @newtgingrich Congressman Benny Thompson’s staffer Jacqueline Marsaw posted last night "I don't condone violence but please get you some shooting lessons so you don't miss next time ooops [sic] that wasn't me talking." She should be fired today. Thompson introduced the resolution to cut off secret service protection for President Trump. With staff like this the poison is deep.

How bad must Democrats hate us to support this guy?

“Bennie Thompson proposed legislation that would authorize removal of Secret Service protection from former presidents ‘upon sentencing following conviction for a federal or state offense that is punishable for a term of imprisonment of at least one year,’” it read.

. . ."

The assassination attempt on Trump’s life has made the American divide clearer than ever - Patricia McCarthy

“This is the America we have now, divided between Americans who found the near-murder of a presidential candidate profoundly disturbing and Americans who are disappointed the shooter didn’t blow Donald Trump’s head open. A nation polarized so radically cannot sustain itself.”  Mark Tapson, Front Page Magazine

"The horrific event that occurred on Saturday in Butler, PA, has made the ideological and moral divide between Americans appallingly clear.  Those of us who are still reeling from what might have been are learning just how venal the Trump-hating left actually is.  What is coming out of their mouths and tweets is beyond shocking.  Sure, we’ve all known they loathe Trump and support the catastrophically diminished Biden but who knew just how conscienceless the left is today?" . . .   

. . ."Pundits on CNN and MSNBC, celebrities on X and all the other social media sites, are not shy with their glee that Trump was shot and that they are disappointed that he was not killed." . . .

Young, dumb, and full of Democrat party hate - Marcus Ebenhack

. . ."Today’s Democrats are brazenly guilty of what psychologists call projection.  Attributing to their opponents the sins of which they themselves are guilty of.  Russian collusion, not Trump, Hillary.  Weaponizing government to jail political opponents, again, not Trump, Biden.  Censoring opposing viewpoints and declaring them “disinformation,” you guessed it, not Trump, Biden. 

 "Do you want to know what fascism really looks like?  This is it!  I’m not going to rehash all of the specifics here because I don’t think it’s necessary, but you get the picture, and this is just the tip of the iceberg." . . .

The same generation that wears cool designer scarfs and supports the murderers of families, killing children in front of their families. "But what about the "Palestinians", you ask? If not for the murders, destruction and rapes of Oct 7, this would never have happened. TD

Hamas announced the death of the youngest hostage Kfir Bibas (10 months old). The mom, brother, and dad are dead too.

Aman Kumar's Space 024 (quora.com)

"Hamas has said they had no ability to track because it was so bloody and chaotic. Because they were high on Captagon and high on religion.

"It's worse, they kidnapped these people, tortured them, and then murdered them...AFTER the massacre.

Tool of Hamas.

"How people can support a group that has murdered and abducted civilian men, women, children, raped and tortured babies in cold blood is absolutely beyond human. While 9/11 was inconceivable in its scope, the Hamas attack on Israel is inconceivable in its depravity.
"Many people in 9/11 died an instantaneous death from a high-speed plane crash. there were others who suffered from burning in a fire, having no choice but to jump off the building. However, in the 10/7 attacks, many were tortured/mutilated/raped before being brutally killed.

"All terrorist attacks are bad, innocent people die in all of them. whether it be 2 people killed, 10 people killed, 1200 people killed, or 3000+ killed.

"However, there is a concerning number of people in the US, the UK, and Europe who condemn 9/11 only to praise the Hamas attack.

"Imagine the level of propaganda campaigns that will be run on TikTok the moment China attacks Taiwan." . . .

Here are some people who I''m sure would not mourn the death of Donald Trump

Religio-Political Talk

 Trump’s promise to ‘take over’ Washington is a dictator’s dream (MSNBC)

‘Trump is a threat to this nation’: Biden rips into former president during Detroit rally | Sky News Australia

Snopes Finally Debunks The “Very Fine People” Hoax, The Left Loses Its Collective Mind (legalinsurrection.com)  "Back in 2017, Kemberlee wrote a post debunking the lie that Trump said that neo-Nazis in Charlottesville are “very fine people.”

"It’s taken a long time, but Snopes finally got around to admitting that this statement — latched onto by the Biden campaign as well as by Democrats in Congress and on social media — was not only taken out of context but that he literally condemned neo-Nazis in the same response to a reporter’s question."

Anyone who believes claims made by Joe Biden has reached the highest plain of Gullibility. TD

Robert De Niro on The View:. . .“I don’t understand why people are not taking him seriously. You read about it historically in other countries that they didn’t take people seriously — Hitler, Mussolini,” De Niro said. “Who does not think that this guy is not gonna do exactly what he says he’s gonna do? He’s done it already.”. . .

Kamala Harris calls Trump a politician who ‘incites hate.’ - NYT

Stephen Colbert: Donald Trump Is A Fascist ;  Colbert on Trump: ‘I don’t hate him’ (thehill.com)

Stephen Colbert and his Trump jokes are getting annoying;  Colbert didn't like Trump's getting two scoops of ice cream.

Assassination Attempt on Trump in Daylight Sparks Biden Backlash

Retired Fire Chief Corey Comperatore Slain By Assassin’s Bullet Aimed At President Trump

 Fuzzy Slippers (legalinsurrection.com)  "The “would-be assassin was identified as 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks.” He was killed at the scene by Secret Service snipers."

This former fire chief's final act was to shield his wife and daughter from the bullets at the Trump rally. Read his daughter's statement here.

. . ."The member of the crowd killed in the assassination attempt on Donald Trump at his Pennsylvania rally has been identified.

"Corey Comperatore, the retired fire chief of Buffalo Township, was sitting behind the former president shot and killed by gunman 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks.

"The 50-year-old died a hero as his family revealed he was shielding his young daughter and wife from the gunfire when he was killed.

"Members of the audience frantically tried to save the father’s life in the bleachers in Butler after Crooks opened fire from a rooftop 130 yards away.

"Family members paid tribute Comperatore who was well-known in the community.

"His sister wrote on Facebook: ‘The PA Trump Rally claimed the life of my brother, Corey Comperatore.

" ‘The hatred for one man took the life of the one man we loved the most. He was a hero who shielded his daughters." . . .

Corey Comperatore died at the rally, protecting his wife and daughter. He died a hero because he lived like a hero. We need to pray for his family. pic.twitter.com/Seib2e9JfW

— Byron Donalds (@ByronDonalds) July 14, 2024

Full article here. 

It’s time to talk about the Secret Service problem we saw yesterday *UPDATED*

 Andrea Widburg - American Thinker

"Preliminarily, let me say what I wrote yesterday: Trump’s near miss seems to have an element of Divine Providence to it, reminiscent of how George Washington invariably emerged from the heat of battle unscathed. Just sayin’. Now, to the topic at hand, which is the Secret Service’s performance before, during, and after the assassination attempt. It wasn’t good.

"Ironically, just yesterday, I finished reading Lee Child’s Without Fail, which was published in 2008. In it, Jack Reacher works with the female head of the Vice President’s Secret Service detail to help foil an assassination attempt. Unlike most Reacher novels, this one had no fistfights. Instead, it focuses tightly on what the Secret Service does to protect politicians.

"I don’t know what kind of research Child did, but the point he makes repeatedly—and it’s an obvious and intuitive one—is that the Secret Service must control the high ground. Every rooftop or high floor within range of a politician is a potential platform for an assassin.

"In Butler, Pennsylvania, however, not only did the Secret Service seemingly make no effort to control a rooftop within relatively easy shooting distance of a former president and current presidential candidate, but Secret Service agents also seemed disinterested in repeated warnings that a man with a gun had crawled on top of a building that gave him a clear shot at President Trump. This video shows the first eyewitness we heard from, but reports are that several other people saw the same thing and had the same response from Trump’s security detail—that is, no response:. . .

RUMOR: I have heard from three different sources that the counter sniper team had the shooter in their sights and requested permission to engage but were told not to fire. Only AFTER the assassin fired did they return fire. It is unclear who the counter sniper team was with. pic.twitter.com/7iSo6weR1x

— @amuse (@amuse) July 14, 2024

Leftists make the ludicrous assertion that the shooter was a Republican *UPDATE*

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 Leftists make the ludicrous assertion that the shooter was a Republican *UPDATE* - Andrea Widburg   "Democrats are very excited now that we know who the shooter was (although I won’t use his name to deny him the fame he obviously sought). This excitement is because he was...wait for it...a registered Republican! However, if you’ve paid any attention at all to the way in which Democrats have tried to game the 2024 Republican primaries, you’ll understand that the man’s political registration was meaningless. What’s meaningful is his words and how he spent his money.

"Harry Sisson, a very strange young man with a weird Biden fetish, was out in front with the news that a Republican was the one who tried to kill Trump: . . .

The FBI has identified 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks of Pennsylvania as the person who shot former President Donald Trump during an assassination attempt.

FEC records show that a Thomas Crooks donated to a far-left effort through Act Blue on the day that President Joe… pic.twitter.com/d6tHkeRV7G

— Ryan Saavedra (@RealSaavedra) July 14, 2024

. . .  "Again, that’s not the act of an actual Republican.

"In the absence of more information, the best guess as to why the shooter registered as a Republican is that he intended to vote in the Republican primary. After all, Democrats didn’t have to vote in their own primary because the party made sure that Joe Biden was the chosen one. With that out of the way, the party faithful were told to go forth and mess with Republicans’ ability to pick their preferred presidential candidate:

• New York Times: “Democrats Are Meddling in Republican Primaries”
• AP: “Some Democrats voting in GOP primaries to block Trump picks”
• Indiana Capital Chronicle: “New billboards urge Indiana Democrats to take Republican ballots in May primary”

"In states with open primaries, Democrats could simply elect to vote in the Republican primary. Indeed, in her home state of South Carolina, Nikki Haley targeted Democrats to block true Republicans from choosing their candidate.

"However, Pennsylvania, where the shooter lived and registered to vote, is a closed primary state. If you want to vote in a party primary, you must register with that party. And that’s almost certainly what the shooter did." . . .

AOC: part of the Congressional Democrat's brain trust

 AOC wants to impeach two Supreme Court justices - John Klar   . . ."Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC) has led the charge to impeach U.S. Supreme Court justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel J. Alito, Jr. on grounds of alleged failure to report gifts and for political views that AOC asserts compromise their ethical obligation toward impartiality.   In particular, AOC is enraged that Justice Thomas has questioned the legitimacy of the 2020 elections and the Democrat narrative regarding the events of January 6, 2021, and that Justice Alito’s wife passionately supported Donald Trump through the so-called insurrection and displayed flags AOC connects to extremism." . . .

"AOC, et al. seek to displace two justices for their (and their wives’) conservative political views so that the institution of the Court may be more fully weaponized solely for the advancement of social justice causes instead.  This is the declared intention of endorser Take Back the Court: . . ."

"AOC’s impeachment initiative is a politically motivated ploy timed to distract national attention from a floundering POTUS while virtue-signaling faux righteousness before the Cult-Party faithful.

"The Democrats lack a party majority in the House (necessary to pass the articles of impeachment to the Senate) and hold only a bare majority in the U.S. Senate (where the resolutions would require a two-thirds vote for conviction).  There is no way that these outrageous, anti-American resolutions will pass.

"AOC’s hypocrisy is plain: she attacks these justices for political views she claims are inappropriate to the Court while shamelessly advancing far more partisan one-party totalitarianism — always in the name of justice."

Trump Haters Immediately Flood Twitter With Sick New Hashtag - Pure Evil -The Western Journal

Who is Thomas Matthew Crooks? Not much is known at this time but a disturbing picture is starting to emerge - American Thinker. . ."Reuters reported that Crooks was a registered Republican according to state voter records, and that he had donated $15 to a left wing Democrat progressive group, The Progressive Turnout Project, in 2021, through the ActBlue Democrat donation platform. Interestingly, Crooks’ contribution to the leftist group was dated Jan. 20, 2021, the date of Biden’s inauguration, while he registered to vote as a Republican eight months later in September 2021." . . .

. . ."Interviewed on FOX News this morning at 3:30 AM ET, retired FBI agent Bobby Chacon commented about Crooks:

If we look at this as a suicide mission – he knew that he was going to be a martyr. .  . So what makes him so radicalized that he wants to become this martyr and kill Donald Trump? In my mind, the constant drum beat of comparing Trump to somebody like Adolf Hitler, when Hitler was responsible for the deaths of tens of millions of people, would be something that would radicalize a young person. If any of us had the opportunity to go back to the 1930s and assassinate Adolf Hitler, we might do it."

But Crooks did indeed have friends:  Trump Haters Immediately Flood Twitter With Sick New Hashtag - Pure Evil -The Western Journal

I'm sure this lady watched MSNBC and "The View". One supposes she also has a Hamas scarf and hates Israel.

This Karen is having a mental breakdown because Trump’s sho*ter *MISSED* pic.twitter.com/CowStusy5s

— Kyle Becker (@kylenabecker) July 14, 2024

Who really tried to assassinate President Donald J. Trump? - by Lynne Lechter . . ."Where is a bit of [Amal Clooney's] empathy for the Bibas children who are being held hostage to this day by Hamas terrorists?  Nowhere. Clooney has proved to be a pretty face.

"Then there are the Jewish voters of which I am one. The choice is obvious.

"Trump.

"Trump moved the Embassy of the United States in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. He also reversed Obama’s odious proclamation that no Jew born in Jerusalem was Jewish!  Now all Jews born there are!
"The choice is obvious. Our leader showed incredible courage under grave pressure. Trump is the consummate fighter. And he has pledged to fight this attack."

Don Jr. Blames Biden’s Rhetoric For His Dad’s Shooting: ‘Don’t Tell Me They Didn’t Know Exactly What They Were Doing’ (msn.com)

Don't tell me they didn't know exactly what they were doing with this crap. Calling my dad a "dictator" and a "threat to Democracy" wasn't some one off comment. It has been the *MAIN MESSAGE* of the Biden-Kamala campaign and Democrats across the country!!! pic.twitter.com/DjwhvU7VlF

— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) July 14, 2024

Watch: President Biden's full speech at Independence Hall - CBS Philadelphia (cbsnews.com)

Watch this speech where Biden divides America into two factions, one being "MAGA" Republicans. He wants you to feel the same anger towards Republicans as he demonstrates in his facial expressions. TD

 WATCH: Biden warns Trump and his allies are a threat to the ‘foundations of our Republic’ | PBS News  "At a Democratic fundraiser last week, Biden likened the “MAGA philosophy” to “semi-fascism.' ”

Screen Shot: Biden's Secret Service Director's Profile Says It All - Diversity

 Daily Express US (msn.com)

"Cernovich's post drew plenty of comments that mocked Cheatle's PepsiCo years, but a few hit on the real problem -- the leftist idea that "Diversity, Equity and Inclusion" -- DEI in short -- is a substitute for competence when it counts. Another DEI hire."

"Diversity" isn't looking so good these days -- not when it comes to the Secret Service.

"But Secret Service Director Kimberly A. Cheatle apparently considers it a virtue important enough to be mentioned in the very first paragraph of her professional biography.

"In the aftermath of Saturday's very nearly successful attempt to assassinate former President Donald Trump, it's looking more like a disgrace.

"Cheatle's profile on the Secret Service website says it all:

"She is responsible for successfully executing the agency’s integrated mission of protection and investigations by leading a diverse workforce composed of more than 7,800 Special Agents, Uniformed Division Officers, Technical Law Enforcement Officers, and Administrative, Professional, and Technical personnel."

"The word "diverse" isn't bold in the original, but it might as well be. The only reason a woman who oversees an agency that should be dedicated to preserving the lives of presidents and would-be presidents would even mention the makeup of her staff with a term that connotes racial and sexual "identities" -- and do it in the second sentence of her bio -- is that she considers it vital in the United States of 2024.

"Conservative commentator Mike Cernovic drew attention to the document in a post on the social media platform X on Saturday night.

"Director of Secret Service pic.twitter.com/N2GDHxujR3

— Cernovich (@Cernovich) July 14, 2024