The Daily Signal"The Left is trying to instill and legitimize terror. How? By attacking Tesla dealerships, charging stations, and even individual owners. Victor Davis Hanson breaks down how these violent acts fit into a broader pattern of political intimidation on today's episode of "Victor Davis Hanson: In His Own Words."
"“ We’ve had Molotov cocktails thrown at dealerships and we’ve had Tesla charging stations that were attacked. What is the point of all of this? … They’re trying to drive down Elon Musk’s popularity and indeed his viability.
“There was a message to the Left and it said, ‘If you engage in street violence, that is considered legitimate political protest, legitimate political protest, and there will not be legal consequences.’”
"More shameful, though, was their sullen refusal to applaud or celebrate a young black child who had overcome brain cancer and always wanted to be a cop; thereturn of Marc Fogel, formerly held hostage in Russia; and a steelworker who has been afoster parent to some 40 kids. These were moving stories, but Democrats could not find in their angry souls any compassion for them."
"Democrats did not just lose an election in 2024 — apparently, they lost their minds, too.
"Consider, for instance, how they kicked off Women’s History Month — by voting against protecting women and girls in sports, against guaranteeing them a fair playing field.
"That’s right: Every single Democrat voted down the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act, which would prohibit federally funded schools from allowing male transgender athletes to participate in women’s sports.
"It would prevent girls and women from being injured by bigger, stronger biological males. And, just as importantly, it would prevent girls who have worked like crazy to excel in sports from being humiliated by a men dressed like women.
"Take, for example, the basketball game that took place a year ago between two Massachusetts teams — the Collegiate Charter School of Lowell and KIPP Academy in Lynn. A transgender player for KIPP, at six feet tall and sporting facial hair, injured multiple opposing female players, eventually forcing Collegiate to forfeit the game.
"Or consider the gruesome injury sustained by Payton McNabb in a 2022 volleyball match, when a transgender opponent spiked the ball into her head and nearly killed her. Some 79 percent of Americans, including 67 percent of Democrats, favor keeping men out of women’s sports and locker rooms, according to New York Times-Ipsos polling.
"So why fall on your sword by defeating a bill that so clearly aligns with the preferences of voters?" . . .
. . ."Here’s the problem for the “Resistance,” as Democrats like to refer to themselves: The policies they are “resisting” are popular with U.S. voters. Take their opposition to Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency? Is there anyone who does not think the federal government is too big and riddled with waste and fraud?" . . .
Liz Peek is a former partner of major bracket Wall Street firm Wertheim and Company.
"Less than two weeks after the heinous attacks, Tlaib tearfully incited a pro-Palestinian riot in D.C. by parroting Hamas propaganda about a hospital attack that turned out to be disinformation."
She hates Israel more than she loves America but was still elected
by Democrats. One has to wonder how many of her voters burned
Teslas. TD
"Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) drew condemnation from personalities on both sides of the political spectrum when she seemingly expressed outrage over recent airstrikes against Houthi rebels in Yemen.
"Tlaib responded to reports of a Signal text group that included national security officials, Vice President JD Vance, and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth. The group reportedly discussed classified details of upcoming attacks against the armed terror group.
"Someone accidentally looped in Jeffrey Goldberg, editor of "The Atlantic," into the chat.
" 'This is an outrageous national security breach, and heads should roll," Rep. Chris Deluzio (D-PA) told Axios, a quote relayed by reporter Andrew Solender on X.
"Tlaib replied, "More heat for using a group chat than for the bombing itself." . . .
"Followers on social media swiftly fired back at Tlaib over the comment, another in a long line of examples in which the congresswoman initially jumps to the defense of terrorist organizations.
" 'They’re bombing terrorists, Rashida," Townhall editor Katie Pavlich succinctly explained to the Squad member.
"Former CNN and current News Nation correspondent Chris Cuomo wondered, "You want them to attack more Americans?"
" 'I mean, yeah, because killing Iranian-backed jihadists is a good thing," Chief Investigative Correspondent for Just the News Jerry Dunleavy chimed in." . . .
"Officially, our form of government in the U.S. is a representative democracy. This means citizens vote for their government officials. But Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders is of a different opinion.
“ 'Of course the oligarchs run Russia. But guess what? Oligarchs run the United States as well,” the Democratic Senator said last year. “And it’s not just the United States, it’s not just Russia; Europe, the UK, all over the world, we’re seeing a small number of incredibly wealthy people running things in their favor.”
"Wondering what this means in the context of global governments? Here’s everything you need to know about oligarchies, including examples.
"The general definition of an oligarchy is a form of government involving the rule of a few persons or families. According to National Geographic, Greek philosopher Aristotle used the term in contrast to aristocracy (the elite upper class) to describe the rule of a few for “corrupt and unjust purposes.”
"One of the more modern uses is the phrase “iron law of oligarchy,” a concept by German sociologist Robert Michels that says democracy is an oxymoron – that it will ultimately fall to the hands of an elite few." . . .
Democrats would have us believe Elon Musk was a ruler oligarch, but to be feared most I feel are the Soros family.
Why does Tim Walz’s billionaire buddy Alex Soros love Albania’s narco-state? - Washington ExaminerSeptember 26, 2024 "Tuesday’s highly publicized meeting between Alex Soros and Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) merits attention. The 38-year-old left-wing philanthropist is one of the most important players in American politics and beyond. That’s thanks to his $25 billion fortune, which his famous father, George Soros, handed over to him to manage in the furtherance of the family’s left-wing global crusade. Calling Alex Soros the dark lord of left-wing dark money is no exaggeration. He is enmeshed in the Democratic elite, given his more than two dozen visits to the Biden White House, plus his recent engagement to Huma Abedin, who was Hillary Clinton’s longtime factotum.
"Alex Soros was among the first big names to endorse Vice President Kamala Harris when President Joe Biden’s campaign imploded, and he did a photo op with Walz at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago last month, where the left-wing oligarch proclaimed himself to be “Walzpilled!” Nevertheless, Tuesday’s rendezvous at the investor’s palatial New York City residence, when Walz appeared submissive toward his benefactor, got attention.
"Republican pundits were quick to heap scorn on how Walz, the touted salt-of-the-earth “man of the people,” kowtowed to the scion of the Soros dynasty. Walz’s appearance with the ultimate radical nepo baby wasn’t exactly compatible with how “middle class” Harris and her running-mate portray themselves to voters. However, giving Alex Soros whatever he wants, in exchange for his cash and publicity, is exactly what voters should expect a Harris-Walz presidency to do if the pair take office on Jan. 20." . . .
"By January 27, however, the 21-year-old Jackson, with bayonetted rifle, his greatcoat tightly gathered at the waist, was able to stand still long enough for special artist Edwin Forbes to capture him on paper. The artist clearly shows that Jackson placed his weight on his right foot. '
"Odds are there isn’t a Civil War buff living who hasn’t seen a copy of this remarkable pencil sketch (above) by special artist Edwin Forbes, which Forbes labeled as “William J. Jackson, Sergt. Maj. 12th N.Y. Vol.—Sketched at Stoneman’s Switch, near Fredricksburg [sic], Va. Jan. 27th, 1863.” The young noncom has gazed back at us across the years from countless publications and exhibits. Rendered with camera-like honesty, it is arguably among the best drawings of a common soldier done during the Civil War. Writing about his work in general, Forbes assured viewers, “fidelity to fact is… the first thing to be aimed at.”
"In fact, once Forbes completed his drawing of Jackson, the sketch went virtually unseen for more than 80 years. The drawing was among several hundred illustrations Forbes made whilecovering the Army of the PotomacforFrank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaperfrom the spring of 1862 to the fall of 1864. Approximately 150 of Forbes’ wartime sketches were engraved and printed in the illustrated newspaper during that period, although his drawing of Jackson was not among them.
"After the war, Forbes retained most of his original illustrations. Many he reworked into more polished drawings; some into oil paintings. He fashioned scores of them into award-winning etchings. Many appeared in his books, Life Studies of the Great Army (1876) and Thirty Years After: An Artist’s Story of the Great War (1890). Again, the poignant sketch of the beardless sergeant major from the 12th New York Infantry was not included.
"Following Forbes’ death in March 1895, his wife, Ida, maintained his portfolio of original artwork, where the Jackson sketch was catalogued, “Study of an Infantry Soldier — The Sergeant Major.” She eventually sold the entire collection for $25,000 to financier J.P. Morgan in January 1901. Eighteen years later, on the heels of World War I, Morgan’s estate donated the collection to the Library of Congress, its current home. The sketch of William Jackson remained out of the public eye for another quarter-century until it resurfaced during World War II, thanks to the efforts of a U.S. Army private." . . .More here...
Israel is closer than ever to achieving lasting peace — if it can reconcile the profound dilemma of prioritizing hostages or defeating its enemies. The two objectives may not be mutually exclusive; winning the war could provide the hostages their best chance for survival.
Below: NOW can you see what is meant by "Useful Idiots"?
Surprise Attack and Israel’s Dilemma
On October 7, 2023,Hamas launched a brutal surprise attack on Israel,killing over 1,200 through rape, torture, kidnappings, and child executions shocking the world with its barbarity. This assault immediately presented Israel with an impossible moral dilemma of having to choose between eradicating Hamas to secure its future or negotiating for the return of hostages, thereby allowing Hamas to survive. Israel must decimate Hamas and cleanse Gaza for whatever post-war structure emerges, or prioritize hostage recovery at the cost of national security.
"Hostages as Currency
"Hamas has strategically leveraged hostage-taking,fully aware of Israel’s deep commitment to individual lives — even at a national cost. The 2011 Gilad Shalit exchange, which freed over a thousand Palestinian prisoners for a single Israeli soldier, was initially hailed as a great success. However, it set a dangerous precedent, emboldening Hamas to repeat the strategy. In a tragic irony, one of those freed in 2011 was Yahya Sinwar — the Hamas leader who orchestrated the October 7 massacre.
"Purgatory, Israel Style
"Seventeen months into this war, Israel stands at a crossroads. After significant battlefield successes against Hamas and the broader Iranian axis, Israel now possesses the military capability, moral justification, and unparalleled American support needed to decisively eliminate Hamas, significantly weaken Iran — likely with American assistance — and reshape the Middle East.
"Yet, the fundamental dilemma persists: How can Israel finish the war without Hamas executing the remaining hostages?Initially, on October 8, 2023, most Israelis agreed that coexisting with an entity sworn to their destruction was no longer an option. However, by July 2024, public sentiment had shifted.A Research poll revealed that 72 percentof Israelis prioritized a hostage deal over eliminating Hamas. Ceasefires aimed at rescuing hostages have repeatedly allowed Hamas to regroup, rearm, and amplify anti-Israel propaganda — especially on American college campuses." . . .
"Israel Is Hard on Itself. The World Is Harder
"Adding to Israel’s internal struggle over war priorities are external pressures, including a deeply entrenched anti-Israel legacy media bias. Less than 24 hours after the October 7 attacks, mainstream outlets began their usual moral equivalence — or outright blame — against Israel.
"But when the studio is run by people you believe boys need tampons, you get such nonsense. Don’t be looksist or whatever they call it now."
"When my mother took me to see Snow White, everyone fell in love with Snow White. I immediately fell for the wicked Queen. —Woody Allen in Annie Hall, 1977"
"It is not kosher to begin a newsletter quoting Woody Allen because he married his daughter or something like that. OK, it was his crazy girlfriend’s daughter but he was always creepy and that was his entire schtick as a comedian. Annie Hall was his best comedy. It should have been his last comedy because he had reached the age where creepy no longer is funny but criminal.
"As readers know, this was the weekend Disney finally dropped its mega-costly bomb, Disney’s Snow White. It was a remake of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, the film that turned a small cartoon shop into a movie studio which eventually evolved into the world’s largest media corporation.
"Relish the results, dear readers.
"Chris Agar reported, “Snow White’s Disappointing Box Office Opening Could Match Dumbo.”
"Did they have a donkey play Dumbo?
"Alison Willmore reported, “I Don’t Know Why, But Snow White Is Totally About Lefty Infighting.”
"You would think that would attract conservatives.
"IMDB reported, “A princess joins forces with seven dwarfs to liberate her kingdom from her cruel stepmother the evil Queen.” (The character’s name is just the Queen.)
"So now the storyline is an inheritance battle between a surviving child and a second wife. You might call it a battle of wills.
"The original film is a classic because Walt Disney was the Elon Musk of fairy tales. Walt surrounded himself with masters of animation and music. Someday My Prince Will Come, Whistle While You Work and I’m Wishing are songs seldom heard on the radio but are always in our hearts.
"Does President Trump understand how lucky he is with respect to his enemies? He probably does, which is why he keeps making traps and they jump in with gusto.
"We learned that Governor Tim Walz (Kamala's VP) sort of admitted that he made a you know what out of himself with his Tesla comments. He was "joking" or something like that. I guess that someone told him that the teachers' pension plan has money in the now "evil" Tesla. Remember when something similar happened to Hillary Clinton years ago? She was bashing fossil fuel companies until someone passed her a note that public sector employees have their retirement plans in those same companies.
"Trump is lucky -- what else can I say?
"Well, a breeze of good luck came over President Trump when we learned that former President Biden wants to make a comeback. Yes, Joe wants back, or so we hear:" . . .
I firmly fear the Deep State is capable of murder, supported by members of Congress and useful idiots in the streets and on campus. They chant the term "unelected" about Elon Musk yet it is the unelected who willingly support those who burn and destroy in the name of "resistance" TD
. . ." The unelected bureaucracy does not reflect the wishes of the American people; it is the polar opposite of representative government. No matter how many propagandists defend Big Government as “our Democracy,” the ever-growing Leviathan is thoroughly authoritarian in disposition." . . .
. . ."In front of huge crowds, Trump called out agencies and bureaucrats by name and promised to rein in their out-of-control harassment of the American people. The administrative state, having long exercised the constitutionally delegated powers of the Executive Branch while thumbing its nose at the elected president, correctly worried that Trump would reclaim legitimate Executive authorities that it had illegitimately usurped decades ago." . . .
. . ."In Ryun’s documentary, Congressman Roy pulls no punches against the administrative state while laying well-deserved blame at the feet of lawmakers. In lauding Elon Musk’s work to expose and eliminate government waste, fraud, and abuse, Roy says the American people have to hold Congress accountable. “Because you’ve been searching for the enemy, and the enemy is right in front of you. It is us. It is Congress. We’re the ones that continue to fund the very things” that enable the Deep State. “We’re begging you to save us because we’re that bad.” That’s a rather direct plea from a sitting congressman for the American people to rise up and demand an end to America’s unconstitutional bureaucracy. In calling for the “slashing and burning” of Leviathan, Roy argues that DOGE shouldn’t stand for the Department of Government Efficiency but rather the Department of Government Elimination. That’s a theme throughout Ryun’s documentary." . . .
"He is upsetting the Potomac country club that begets cushy jobs and power to insiders. He’s rooting out the entrenched, unelected and unaccountable bureaucracy that ran Washington according to its whims and has squeezed Americans’ economic and personal liberties. Joe Biden’s replacement is disrupting the rule-making apparatus, where a single regulator costs our economy the equivalent of 138 private-sector jobs per year.
"People who refuse to think beyond the status quo cannot conceive of life without a powerful federal bureaucracy. Half of the country is enamored by and in love with government, and seems willing to fight, in the streets, if necessary, to ensure that it is an ever-growing machine that fronts for the Democratic Party.
"The Democrats and the media cry for the federal workers who are losing jobs due to Trump’s “chaos” (and who, when gone, will be more productive economic cogs in the private sector). But never did they care at all when Barack Obama’s “multiple regulations led to tens of thousands of job losses.”" . . .
. . ."Half the country needs to be educated about the harms of a running-wild bureaucracy. The paradigm that favors political society over civil society must be shifted. None of this will be painless or smooth. But it has to be done and now we finally have a president who is not shying away from the work." Issues & Insights
"As Mr. Penn points out, President Biden left his party in “ruins.” Mr. Penn is hoping for a Bill Clinton in the party’s future. Let’s see what happens, but I’d love to know who was calling the shots, or managing the “autopen.” I fear that someone was the puppet master, and I’d like to know who it was."
"The autopen story and all of the talk about Biden’s cognitive decline raises a question. How much did President Biden know? Did he understand just how far to the left he was being pushed? I am not trying to make excuses for Mr. Biden, but this leftist tilt was not what I thought would happen. Maybe I’m alone, but I actually did think that President Biden would be more centrist and stay away from extremes.
"I am thinking about all of this because of an article by Mark Penn and just how far left the Biden presidency went. This is what he wrote:
Back in the late 90s, Democrats stood for a balanced budget, expanded health care benefits, tough immigration policies, and smaller government. Bill Clinton declared “the era of big government is over.” Boy was he wrong.
Step by step, Democrats drifted from these policies that produced near 75% approval ratings for Clinton. Tax and spend came back in the Obama years as tax rates went up and Obamacare kicked in, and he moved decisively to the left in the last two years of his presidency.
The groundwork for DEI was laid with the attacks on the police and calling out other institutions as racist. Climate change moved up to the top of the agenda as pipelines were shut down and regulations were issued to slow energy producers and the idea took root that climate change, not ISIS, was the biggest “existential” threat we faced.
The emergence of the Black Lives Matter movement and the election of Donald Trump pushed Democrats further to the left on cultural and economic issues as the chief goal of the party was to lay down resistance to Trump and everything he stood for. The point was to rip it all down and prevent him from shifting away from the Obama policies. . . .
"Have you heard any prominent Democrats coming out and condemning the violence, as many Republicans did after the Jan. 6 riots?"
"Whenever the far left in the U.S. loses an argument — called an election — it suddenly decides it’s time to take to the streets and get violent. Now is just such a time, as America experiences a new spasm of home-grown anti-Trump, anti-Musk terrorism. It shouldn’t be tolerated.
"Whether it’s taking pot shots at the president, violently demonstrating in support of murderous terrorists, “swatting” people they don’t like, or destroying cars made by a person they now despise, our country once again finds extremists threatening us and our liberty.
"And, no surprise, it’s nearly all from the far left side of the political spectrum, organized by supposedly “nonviolent” groups, quietly supported by the Democratic Party, and excused by the ultra-biased Big Media.
"President Donald Trump’s reelection seems to have brought out even more extremist violence, which had already surged. A report by the Center for Strategic and International Studies recently found “domestic terrorist attacks and plots against government targets motivated by partisan political beliefs in the past five years is nearly triple the number of such incidents in the previous 25 years combined.”
"So, yes, it’s very real.
"As noted, we’re in the midst of a domestic terrorism outbreak right now, after a spate of what at first appeared to be lone-wolf crimes against Tesla owners and dealers, who only a year ago were the darlings of the so-called progressive movement.
"But that was before Tesla chief executive Elon Musk joined Trump’s administration.
"Today, Tesla dealerships and electric vehicles are being torched, bombed with Molotov cocktails, or vandalized and damaged beyond repair by people angry that Musk is helping to reduce government waste.
"Imagine that: People committing terrorist acts to keep others from cutting government waste.
"As if there’s any doubt, Attorney General Pam Biondi has declared the attacks against Tesla “domestic terrorism.” And she’s right." . . .
"And Bernie - the aforementioned daffy old Bolshevik from Vermont - remember when he used to run his yap about millionaires? Nowadays, he yaps about billionaires because now he's a millionaire himself, with three houses to boot."
"Sometimes you just have to shake your head.
"The MSNBC show "The Weekend," on Saturday, in their infinite wisdom (yes, I'm being facetious), decided to provide the Democratic Party with some valuable advice as to what they ought to do next, in order to start winning elections. While they did get one thing right, the balance of their advice was pretty ludicrous.
On Saturday's edition of MSNBC's The Weekend, the panel had few ideas on what theme Democrats should run on.
But there was consensus on one thing: "Fighting Oligarchy," the name of the national tour by Bernie Sanders and Ocasio-Cortez, ain't it.
Co-host Michael Steele: "The 'oligarchy tour,' I think, kind of misses middle America. Folks sitting at the local pub aren't using the term oligarchy."
This brings a pithy observation to mind, one that begins with the word "No" and ends with the word, "Sherlock." But here's where things went off the rails.
But what should the message be? Daniels delivered the grim news:
"The problem now, though, is that Democrats don't have an alternative. You have to be able to say, OK, this is what we can offer you that Republicans can't. And that's what they have yet to do." . . .
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