The Left’s Collapsing House of Cards . . . But Trump is on to them.

The American Spectator

"Some people might wonder how the Culture War turned against the Left so quickly. Only three years ago, progressives ruled America. They had the White House, both houses of Congress, academia, and the media, including entertainment and social media. They would silence anyone at will for questioning official pronouncements. Like COVID came from a wet market and not the Chinese bioweapon lab seven miles away. And an undertested vaccine guaranteed immunity.

"Refusal to take the vaccine was a fireable offense, even for the toughest, fittest men in the military. Which was full of “white rage” anyway, according to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Mark Milley. He mandated Critical Race Theory being taught at West Point, plus the ultimate warrior seminar, Understanding Whiteness and White Rage.

"Hunter Biden’s laptop exposing his father Joe’s corruption was a Russian disinformation op. Thus stated 51 former intelligence officials in a letter. And the iconic newspaper that broke the story was erased on every social media platform, along with the President of the United States. Soon after, he was not only the ex-President but a convicted felon facing life in prison.

"Feminists, blacks, and gays were the VIPs of Hollywood. White men needn’t apply, nor for that matter enjoy the product. They could only sit there and watch their toxic maleness reviled on the screen, and their once masculine heroes turned into pathetic wimps, with no more pretty girls to receive their Male Gaze.

"Sexless girl bosses could take down the villain themselves, among them the legendary warrioress Snow White. As obnoxious starlet Rachel Ziegler crowed in 2022, “She’s not going to be saved by the prince, and she’s not going to be dreaming about true love. She’s going to be dreaming about becoming the leader she knows she can be.”

"Yet a mere three years later, the Left is a wreck. And all the drag queen’s horses and all the beta men can’t put the Democrats together again. The Republicans now control the Congress. And progressives’ most hated, hammered, Hitlerian monster sits in the White House. Again, how could they have lost so much so fast? An opinion piece in last Wednesday’s the Wall Street Journal offers the answer." . . .

WH Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt Levels Fake News Media, Demands Correction Over Qatari Plane Story

The Gateway Pundit   After the plane, then comes Alcatraz.

"White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt on Monday crushed the mainstream media’s criticism of President Trump over the acceptance of a plane from Qatar to temporarily replace Air Force One.

"As The Gateway Pundit reported, President Trump faced heavy criticism from the Democrats and leftist mainstream media outlets after he announced Qatar was providing a $400 million Boeing 747-8 to the Department of Defense to replace Air Force One, as Boeing fumbles the job.

"Leftwing outlets described the donation to the Department of Defense as a “gift” to President Trump and implied it was a corrupt transaction.

"Twice-failed presidential candidate Hillary Clinton even chimed in, accusing President Trump of engaging in a quid pro quo transaction, a move that unearthed her many scandals." . . .

"The President last week slammed the "Crooked Democrats" for criticizing the DoD's acceptance of the new aircraft instead of "pay[ing] TOP DOLLAR"  in a message on Truth Social:

So the fact that the Defense Department is getting a GIFT, FREE OF CHARGE, of a 747 aircraft to replace the 40 year old Air Force One, temporarily, in a very public and transparent transaction, so bothers the Crooked Democrats that they insist we pay, TOP DOLLAR, for the plane. Anybody can do that! The Dems are World Class Losers!!! MAGA

. . ."It's the Air Force's project to take on," she said, noting that the White House has nothing to do with the project, as the media claimed.

Take Exclusive Look of Trump’s Lavish $400 Million U.S. Air Force One Jet

. . . "This isn’t just a plane—it’s a flying five-star residence. With every square foot tailored for function, elegance, and power, Trump’s rebuilt jet represents not only an answer to Boeing’s delays but also a powerful message to federal contractors: deliver on time, or someone else will.

A Political and Practical Power Move

"Though some view this move as a flashy statement, others see strategy. The current Air Force One fleet has served since the George H.W. Bush era and, while still functional, is undeniably outdated. Trump’s move could pave the way for more modern, efficient presidential air travel—and he’s not waiting for bureaucratic red tape to slow things down.

"Interestingly, military insiders have also floated the idea of repainting future Air Force One jets in red, white, and blue—a dramatic shift from the iconic sky-blue livery long associated with U.S. presidential aircraft." . . .

The Democrats Have Normalized Political Violence

The American Spectator 

 . . . "Meanwhile death threats against President Trump continue to accumulate. Moreover, multiple members of his Cabinet have been the victims of death threats, bomb threats, and swatting — often before being confirmed by the Senate. This has been incited by Democrat “leaders” such as Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.)"

"President Trump’s return to the White House and his populist agenda constitute an existential threat to a Democratic Party so unpopular with its own voters that it is in danger of going the way of the Whigs. Several recent polls have revealed that only about 1 in 3 Democrats are optimistic about the future of their party. In response to this crisis, their leaders have reverted to their longstanding tradition of inciting political violence. James Comey claims he is “nonaligned” politically, yet his now notorious “8647” Instagram post was all too typical of Democrat calls for the President’s assassination.

"If the Democrats were at all sincere when they insist that violence has no place in America, they wouldn’t use so much graphic imagery. Former President Biden told donors, a mere five days before Donald Trump was shot in Pennsylvania, “It’s time to put Trump in a bullseye.” Biden later provided a semi-coherent rationale for using those words during an NBC interview, but the irresponsible rhetoric has never stopped. As recently as three weeks ago, for example, the Democratic governor of Illinois issued a thinly veiled call for violent protests which included this admonition: “These Republicans cannot know a moment of peace.”

"This is perfectly consistent with the rhetoric that has been deployed against Trump by Democrats and “Never-Trumpers” since he entered presidential politics in 2015. In October of that year Rick Wilson, a co-founder of the Lincoln Project, appeared on MSNBC and offered this wisdom: “They’re still going to have to go out and put a bullet in Donald Trump.” Even after the first attempt on Trump’s life, former Biden staffer Kate Bedingfield opined on CNN that Democrats should “turn their fire on Donald Trump.” The connection between such imagery and the assassination attempts was not lost on the voters per an NBC poll:

Slightly more than half of respondents, 54%, agreed that “extreme political rhetoric used by some in the media and by political leaders was an important contributor” in the days after a gunman was spotted on the fence line outside Trump’s golf course and arrested after fleeing 

"While voters have often split along party lines following targeted violence against political figures, Americans are approaching consensus that overheated rhetoric is inspiring the attacks. And they are growing less likely to chalk up incidents to the lone actions of a disturbed attacker.

"Nonetheless, despite two assassination attempts on Trump, the Democrats ratcheted up their unhinged claims about the danger he posed to “our democracy” as Election Day approached. His opponent in the presidential race, then-Vice President Kamala Harris, dumped her phony “campaign of joy” during a CNN town hall on October 23, 2024. The New York Times reported, “Kamala Harris called Donald J. Trump a fascist on Wednesday evening, elevating what until recently had been an argument made only in the lower ranks of a Democratic Party that has spent years attacking him as anti-democratic, unfit to serve, and a criminal.” . . .

The FBI Washington Headquarters Won’t Be Missed

Victor Davis Hanson   

"But suffice to say, the closure of the J. Edgar Hoover building and the dispersal of the toxic Washington-centric FB hierarchy is welcome news. Hopefully, this historic closure will also mark the end of the most sordid and decade-long chapter in the history of a once-great agency."VDH

Broc Smith

"Current FBI Director Kash Patel is closing down the agency’s Washington, DC, mothership office and moving at least 1,500 employees out of the DC area to regional offices.

"The decision was not just Patel’s.

"During the Biden Administration, it was determined that the 50-year-old Hoover building headquarters was structurally decrepit. More germanely, no prior FBI director had ever explained why nearly a third of the FBI workforce was centered in offices in Washington, far from where most of the serious crime in America occurs. The news is welcome for reasons well beyond the safety of agents in an apparently unsafe headquarters.

"It is no exaggeration to state that most of the FBI scandals of the last decade were born in the Hoover building headquarters, suggesting that the agency had long become top-heavy, politically weaponized, and deeply embedded in and compromised by the Washington apparat.

"Former FBI Director, later appointed as special counsel, Robert Mueller ran a media-driven, 20-month, 40-million-dollar legal circus chasing the unicorn of “Russian collusion.” His left-wing legal team—replete with political conflicts of interest and scrubbed cell phones—was dubbed by the obsequious, giddy left-wing media as the “army,” “untouchables,” “all-stars,” “dream team,” and “hunter-killer teams.”

"When called to testify about his investigation that had found no Russian-Trump collusion, Mueller implausibly denied any knowledge of the Steele dossier or FusionGPS. Yet they were arguably the very catalysts for his own special counsel appointment." . . .

Victor Davis Hanson is a distinguished fellow of the Center for American Greatness and the Martin and Illie Anderson Senior Fellow at Stanford University’s Hoover Institution. He is an American military historian, columnist, a former classics professor, and scholar of ancient warfare. He has been a visiting professor at Hillsdale College since 2004, and is the 2023 Giles O'Malley Distinguished Visiting Professor at the School of Public Policy, Pepperdine University. . . .

Here's Why You Never Hear Music Playing At Aldi Stores

 Chowhound

"If you're someone who can't stand silence, then there's something you should know before your first trip to Aldi: The stores don't play music. That doesn't mean the store is quiet per se, as there are still plenty of people walking and shopping about. You just can't expect to hear any tunes on the radio. The lack of music in stores puts Aldi at odds with other major retailers, who use music as a part of their brand personality and ambiance. However, Aldi might not see this as a drawback, and it could even benefit the brand.

"Aldi is currently America's most affordable grocery chain, and by saving money on not having to pay to license music to play in stores, the grocery store is able to keep prices lower. The lack of music is just another strategy Aldi uses to cut costs, such as maintaining a bare-bones level of decoration and a small, private-label selection of inventory. Cashiers move quickly, and the store layout is built for efficiency. By excluding music, customers can shop at their own pace and relax without a soundtrack in the produce section." . . . Read More:

Top Doctors Express Skepticism Over Timing of Biden’s Aggressive Cancer Diagnosis: ‘Inconceivable’

RedState  

"A group of top medical experts is casting doubt on the timing of recent somber news involving Joe Biden's diagnosis of aggressive prostate cancer. The cancer, it was reported on Sunday, has metastasized to his bones.

"Without diminishing the seriousness of the situation or deflecting from the well-wishes sent to the former President and his family, a group of doctors spoke about the news on social media. And they don't seem to be buying into the narrative that this is recent news within Biden's inner circle.

"Dr. Howie Forman, a professor of radiology and biomedical imaging, public health management and economics at Yale, finds it "inconceivable" that this aggressive cancer was not being followed before Biden left office.

"Forman indicated that the cancer being at this advanced stage would have been monitored "for some time before this diagnosis."

"The concern becomes just how far back his doctors, friends, and family may have known about the cancer. Could it be possible that the cancer just sprang up aggressively out of nowhere for an elderly president who medical experts constantly monitor?" . . .

Dr Steven Quay commented: Dr. Quay added that any disease diagnosis progressing this far in May 2025 without prior indication would be "malpractice."

Prostate cancer is the easiest cancer to diagnose when it first starts and to watch it progress to bone metastases. The PSA blood test shows the rate of cancer cell growth. For even with the most aggressive form, it is a 5-7 year journey without treatment before it becomes metastatic.

Meaning, it would be malpractice for this patient to show up and be first diagnosed with metastatic disease in May 2025. It is highly likely he was carrying a diagnosis of prostate cancer throughout his White House tenure and the American people were uninformed.

IDF strikes Hamas terrorists, Netanyahu says Israel will control Gaza

The Hamas students on campus will be upping their game; bring on Greta Thunberg and her designer scarf. TD

 Jerusalem Post;   "Former hostages face wave of online abuse after release • WJC-Israel Region president warns against ‘another Obama-like Iran nuclear deal' "

"This is one of the major purposes of the current broader invasion: to move most civilians out of chunks of northern, central, and southern Gaza into select areas, so that those areas can then be purged of remaining Hamas terrorists."

Humanitarian aid enters Gaza as IDF escalates invasion, kills senior terrorist in Khan Yunis

. . ."For now, the traditional UN and international aid groups are passing out the food. Still, the two companies expected to handle Gaza food aid distribution starting in around a week, once they get set up, are the American companies: Safe Reach Solutions and UG Solutions.

"These are the same companies who, along with certain Egyptian officials, supervised the checking of vehicles seeking to pass through from southern to northern Gaza in January of this year after the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas at the time went into effect.

"The companies’ personnel often have special forces or CIA backgrounds to be qualified for handling complex foreign missions.

"Israel’s goal in using these companies is to try to break Hamas’s control of food aid by only handing out food at a series of distribution centers, which will ensure the food is not handed over to Hamas.

"Despite all of this planning, it is unclear that the US companies or IDF forces will be able to completely prevent Hamas from stealing and controlling food from Palestinian civilians once they try to leave the distribution centers with the food aid to return to their current living quarters." . . .

Grinding Down The Great Green Grift

Issues & Insights  

"Washington will always be corrupt, and the green charlatanry will be around as long as the money flows freely. We know Donald Trump can’t end it, but he can at least put a stop to it for now and leave his own “bomb” to make it more difficult to chisel taxpayers in the future."

"For Democrats, green policies are a blunt object to be used for taking down capitalism and controlling the economy. They are also a magnificent vehicle for graft. It’s encouraging to see the Trump administration cracking down on the latter.

"As his last days in the White House were nearing, Joe Biden, or whoever controlled his autopen, handed out $100 billion in loans and other financial commitments to bolster what’s been called the “Green New Deal wish list.” The funds were dispersed by the Energy Department’s Loan Programs Office in the 76 days after Kamala Harris lost the election. To understand how extraordinary and suspicious this was, that same office distributed a little more than $40 billion in its first 15 years of existence, says Energy Secretary Christopher Wright.

“If those were great ideas that were a benefit to America, why didn’t they do it in the two-and-one-half years after the Inflation Reduction Act was passed?” Wright asked last week on a Fox Business segment with Maria Bartiromo. “Why did they wait until they lost the election? They changed terms and loan covenants. They basically tried to set bombs to make it hard for us to unwind the mess they created.”

"The answer, which Wright knows, is that it was an act of sabotage but primarily a grift. Democrats are well seasoned in doling out taxpayers’ money to favored groups. There’s no need to think back any further than a couple of months ago when the new administration began to root out the racket known as the U.S. Agency for International Development, which has propped up the Democratic political machine and has the appearance of a criminal organization." . . .

James Comey’s anti-Trump derangement just hit a new low with dangerous post

NY Post  

Former FBI Director James Comey’s anti-Trump derangement just hit a new #resistance-theater low with his post of a photograph of shells arranged to spell out “8647.” Short for: Kill the 47th president, Donald Trump. 

Look closely.

"The former head of the nation’s top law enforcement agency, which absolutely deals with political violence and threats, arranges a bunch of shells on the beach into a call for killing a president he doesn’t like, pretends he just “found them there” — and then claims he had no idea what the whole thing was about.

"It’s astonishing that someone capable of such a bizarre, transparent stunt ever managed to become an entry-level FBI hand, let alone the bureau’s head. 

"Then again, Comey’s bumbling goes back to the lapdog “investigation” of Hillary Clinton’s national security-defying email follies through falling for (or cynically selling) the RussiaGate hoax.

"So maybe Comey’s trademark arrogance and narcissism made something like this to be expected.

"Most likely, he pulled this stunt to drum up publicity for his soon-to-be-published thriller “FDR Drive” (which, with characteristic obliviousness, takes as its subject a crusading attorney fighting to criminalize speech). 

"Or maybe he genuinely meant it as some real, if clumsy, declaration of … “resistance” or something, before he realized just how dumb it was.

"That is, he only belatedly thought to imagine the hysteria if, during the Obama years, a prominent foe of the president had posted “8644” after that had become a far-right meme.

"Such a failure to consider the obvious would be classic Jim Comey." . . . 

Joe Biden was not a decent man, nor was he a public servant

"If honesty remains the best policy, then Joe Biden, cancer-stricken or not, was not a decent public servant.  Indecency better describes his character, the rest is up to God." Yet with squinted eyes and clenched teeth, Joe snarled Trump needed "decency"..."decency". TD

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Joe Biden was not a decent man, nor was he a public servant

. . . "I’m sorry, but the seared image of his grossly contorted face so often displayed in public is not the outward reflection of a decent person, but of a conflicted soul.  Tip O’Neill, a frenemy of Reagan, may have been decent.  But Joe Biden is no Tip.

"I wish not to speak ill of the ill, but let’s not forget that Biden wasn’t originally a wealthy man.  Indeed, he parlayed his “common roots” image for political gain.  Yet, while a public servant, he became wealthy beyond his salary means. I think we all know why, and how, so no point in repeating that.  Servant?  Give me a break!  I know he’s got cancer (what is he, about 82 years old, for goodness’ sake?), but that doesn’t detract from the fact that he was a public cadger." . . .

Something Doesn’t Add Up About Biden’s Cancer Announcement

"Which [prompts] the obvious question: Are we really supposed to believe that Biden, while in office, wasn’t being routinely screened for this? Come on. Not giving him a cognitive exam because they knew he’d flunk it is one thing; not screening him for something he was obviously at high risk for?" 

Biden's long history of corruption: 

Joe Biden’s own past lucrative financial dealings with suspect Chinese interests, with connections to the ruling Chinese Communist Party, cast a shadow over current American foreign policy itself.

 

How can the nation of the Magna Carta come to this?

 

The price of too many Rashida Tlaib, and AOC types  in their ruling body.

Why is the UK implementing Islamic sharia blasphemy laws?  

Israel National News Besides the growing number of UK residents who are Muslim, there are the other, both Muslim and non-Muslim, for whom the fear of a violent Muslim backlash dictates the limits of free speech. This in the land of the Magna Carta, no less.

 . . ."Perhaps the only unusual element in the story is that the police admitted they had gone too far and apologized. But the former officer has decided to sue the authorities."

Source: BareNakedIslam

From the comments to the above:  "As Robert Spencer once said we are all only "5 SCOTUS justice" votes away from having islamic blasphemy and heresy laws enacted here in the USA (under other auspices of course, perhaps outlawing “hate speech”)." . . .

"Spencer referenced Barack Obama’s 2012 United Nations speech, where the president stated: “The future must not belong to those who slander the prophet of Islam.” To Spencer, this wasn’t just rhetoric — it was a directive."

Did those who missed Biden's dementia also miss his cancer? Joe Biden Diagnosed With ‘Aggressive’ Prostate Cancer

 Daily Caller  "Former President Joe Biden received a diagnosis of prostate cancer on Friday, according to a Sunday announcement by his personal office.

"The statement characterizes the cancer Biden has as “a more aggressive form of the disease” that has metastasized to the bone, but the statement adds that it can be effectively managed. The diagnosis follows renewed scrutiny on Biden’s physical and mental decline, along with its cover-up, ahead of the release of a book on the subject titled “Original Sin” by CNN anchor Jake Tapper and Axios reporter Alex Thompson. (RELATED: After Democratic Panic, Harris Lines Up Softball Interview Tour)

“Last week, President Joe Biden was seen for a new finding of a prostate nodule after experiencing increasing urinary symptoms. On Friday he was diagnosed with prostate cancer, characterized by a Gleason score of 9 (Grade Group 5) with metastasis to the bone,” the statement reads. “While this represents a more aggressive form of the disease, the cancer appears to be hormone-sensitive which allows for effective management. The President and his family are reviewing treatment options with his physicians.”

"A Gleason score of nine indicates high-grade cancer, meaning that the tumor is more likely to spread aggressively, according to Mount Sinai. A lower Gleason score would indicate that the cancer does not grow as quickly and is less likely to spread elsewhere.

"Since leaving office in January, Biden has delivered one major public speech and participated in interviews with “The View” and BBC. In his May 8 appearance on “The View,” he denied reports that he experienced cognitive decline during his presidency.  

"After Biden’s son Beau passed away from brain cancer in 2015, he decided not to run for president in 2016 before running again and securing the White House in 2020. Excerpts from “Original Sin” and other revelations about the Biden presidency indicate that the former president was in declining physical and mental condition throughout his term, and that the extent of his decline was no longer deniable after his poor performance in the June 2024 debate against President Donald Trump. 

"Trump issued a statement on Truth Social shortly after news of Biden’s diagnosis broke on Sunday."

“Melania and I are saddened to hear about Joe Biden’s recent medical diagnosis,” Trump wrote. “We extend our warmest and best wishes to Jill and the family, and we wish Joe a fast and successful recovery.”