A Palestinian ‘State’ Is Historically Ignorant

 The American Spectator

“When the time comes we can get the Arab nations to join us for the final blow against Israel.”

At least 40 babies, some beheaded, found by Israel soldiers in Hamas-attacked village

"A sore evil under the sun.” King Solomon may well be foretelling the cock-and-bull morality play, “Recognizing Palestine” coming to Manhattan’s Turtle Bay theater of the absurd.

"Heads of state curling their toes to give Israel payback for perpetually blocking to free Palestine from the occupation. They’ll tolerate no precondition, not even Israel offering a sop if Hamas releases all hostages, dead or alive. That would be enough to accuse the Netanyahu government of obstructive tactics.

"In short, Israel’s critics are at the end of a short fuse. They seemingly believe that Oct 7 made Israelis retreat into a bubble of trauma from which they can’t stop obsessing about their own survival. Not a shred of empathy for the Palestinians in Gaza, or for that matter for governments on the brink, such as Emmanuel Macron’s or Keir Starmer’s. They too are struggling to survive. Netanyahu, throw in the towel, damn it! Recognize Palestine.

"Instead what did “Bibi” and his warring cabinet do? They called time up on futile and circuitous bargaining for hostages through Qatar and, smack bang on its home soil, targeted Hamas figureheads in Giorgio Armani suits.

Free my people!

"The titular head of the titular Palestinians, Abu Mazen (the nickname of Mahmoud Abbas, the President of the Palestinian Authority), observed developments and made a savvy calculation. Arafat’s successor for life is not only a chronic snake but a sloth.

"There’ll come a day when statehood will drop into his lap without him lifting a finger. He need only sit tight until the biggest allies of Israel trip over themselves to serve Palestine on a platter.

“The message is clear: what you need to do to get your state recognized is nothing. No reform, no institution building, no democracy, no defeat of terrorist groups, no competent government. All of that will happen magically in the Palestinian state once it comes into existence. The use of brutal and inhuman violence will bring some nice rewards, while Israel’s reactions will bring it punishment — for it is crystal clear that without the October 7 attacks Macron, Starmer, Albanese, and Carney would not today be recognizing this imaginary state.”. . . More...

The Hamas death cult gets rewarded for the Oct. 7th massacre  

"Israel is doing the same in Gaza by clearing out Hamas. Let us support their resolve to see it through to victory. While England and the rest of the Anglosphere appeases the Moslem world, to which they will be a prisoner soon, we should not tolerate pirates and death cults in our midst."

Rewarding Terror: Israel slams UK, Canada, Australia for recognizing 'State of Palestine' 

 Israeli officials note that recognizing Palestinian statehood without dismantling Hamas, freeing hostages, and imposing meaningful security guarantees undermines Israel’s survival. One coalition member called it “an absurd prize for terrorism” and urged Israel to “remove the foolish idea of a Palestinian state from the agenda forever.”

Media Hides That Nashua NH Shooter Shouted ‘Free Palestine’   "A horrific tragedy struck in Nashua, New Hampshire, Saturday night when a masked gunman stormed into a wedding reception at the Sky Meadow Country Club, opened fire, and killed a guest. Witnesses said the shooter shouted political slogans—including “Free Palestine” before pulling the trigger. Yet some of the nation’s leading outlets are conspicuously omitting that detail." . . .

 

Douglas Murray On What Charlie Kirk's Murder Means For America

Douglas Murray On What Charlie Kirk's Murder Means For America

From the comments to this video:

"So many of us have had this reaction, and it's hard to explain, and obviously he meant more to us than many of us really know, since this has become a very common thing I've been hearing from everybody, and we've all felt this and wondered, it's almost like we took him for granted, and really felt overwhelmed by this shocking and horrific terrorist attack on our core values of what is good and right in our country. Charlie was the good guy who just liked to debate people and have civil discourse, and spoke the truth, and no matter how much he disagreed, he was always respectful, and it really hurts normal good people, because this is how normal good people work through disagreements without resorting to violence, and they killed him for that. They're basically telling us to shut up or die, and that the diplomacy card, has been taken off the table. That's a very scary realization, if this is where our country is now at."

"I've seen Charlie talk a lot. He is fundamentally decent and willing to not show disgust or anger at the things he heard, but just stuck to the facts he knew. He is the best that Christianity has to offer. Willing to listen, but unwilling to hear lies without comment. He came to his talks prepared with facts to disprove what he heard. And among the radical left, that cannot be tolerated, with apparently extreme prejudice. Apparently a lot of folks in the US have heard him speak and know his fundamental goodness.. so to have him assassinated, it hits home since most people are trying to be nice, fit in, work hard, and treat people fairly. What it says to all of us is this: speak up and get assassinated."

Canada, Australia, and UK Recognize Palestinian Statehood

The Epoch Times   

"Carney said the recognition is not rewarding terrorism and does not compromise Canadian support for Israel." Yeah. Right

When "Palestinians" become your neighbors

. . . “ 'Hamas has terrorized the people of Israel and oppressed the people of Gaza, wreaking horrific suffering. It is imperative that Hamas release all hostages, fully disarm and play no role in the future governance of Palestine. Hamas has stolen from the Palestinian people, cheated them of their life and liberty, and can in no way dictate their future.

“ 'The current Israeli government is working methodically to prevent the prospect of a Palestinian state from ever being established. ... It is in this context that Canada recognizes the State of Palestine and offers our partnership in building the promise of a peaceful future for both the State of Palestine and the State of Israel.” . . .

Slow-Motion Secession: Newsom Signs Law Unmasking Law Enforcement

PJ Media

"Does California Governor Gavin Newsom want his state to remain a part of our federal union?

"Newsom does not like our president. The fact that Donald Trump is a member of the opposing party is immaterial to the governor's critique of the United States federal government. Newsom doesn't like to be told how to run his far-left-wing, kooky, dystopian nightmare of a state. In fact, Newsom rejects any effort Washington makes to exert control over federal policy in California.

"It's not just immigration enforcement. Newsom has been resisting federal rules on auto emissions, Clean Air Act waivers, and the removal of EV mandates.

"The state has also sued over grant cancellations to California universities, the use of the National Guard in the state, and overriding California's-gender affirming care.

"California sued the first Trump administration 123 times, according to CalMatters.The state is well on its way to beating that record.

"To be fair, other states have also sued the federal government over some of those issues. But California's consistent, deliberate, provocative defiance of federal law raises a simple question.

"Why is California still a part of the federal union?

"Newsom's latest act of defiance is signing a law that unmasks local, state, and federal law enforcement "unless an officer is undercover or performing a tactical operation that requires protective gear," according to Fox News.

"As we all know, no criminal, no illegal alien, no gang member would ever, ever, evah seek to identify anyone in law enforcement for purposes of harassment or inflicting bodily harm on the officer and/or their loved ones.

"It's never, ever happened, right?" . . .https://pjmedia.com/rick-moran/2025/09/21/newsom-signs-law-making-it-a-crime-for-law-enforcement-to-wear-masks-to-hide-their-identities-n4943945

Congressional Black Caucus Reject Resolution Honoring Charlie Kirk

 Conservative Tree House   

"This is clear case in point, that proves the Great Ron White famous statement ” You can’t fix stupid”… 

"A House resolution [HR.719 – HERE] was offered today recognizing the tragic murder of Charlie Kirk and honoring his legacy. Forty-two members of the Congressional Black Caucus voted against the resolution [Roll Call Here], 4 CBC members voted present, 4 CBC members didn’t vote, once again affirming their intent to divide the country based on race.

WASHINGTON – […] In a statement following the House’s approval of the resolution, which received support from more than 90 Democrats, the caucus denounced political violence and the killing of Kirk, but said individuals must condemn violence “without abandoning our right to speak out against ideas that are inconsistent with our values as Americans.”

[…] The caucus outlined some of Kirk’s past comments that they said they “strongly” disagreed with, listing “his belief that the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which ended racial segregation, was a mistake; his denial that systemic racism exists; his promotion of the Great Replacement theory; and his offensive claims about Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, Michelle Obama, and Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee lacking adequate cognitive ability.”

Forty-two members of the CBC voted against the resolution, according to a POLITICO analysis of Friday morning’s roll call vote, making up 72 percent of the 58 Democrats who opposed the measure. Five members of the caucus voted yes on the resolution, including House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries. Another four members of the caucus voted present, and four members didn’t vote at all. (read more)

"The final vote was 310-58 (42 nays from CBC), with 95 Democrats supporting the resolution, which was brought forward by Speaker Mike Johnson." . . .

The non-scandal that is Jimmy Kimmel’s suspension

 Andrea Widburg  

"One of those conditions is that you can’t broadcast false information about a crime or catastrophe if it will cause public harm. Given the overheated temperature at which America is operating now, if Kimmel knowingly misstated information about Kirk’s murder in order to foment unruliness and hatred, ABC can lose its license."

"Five days after Charlie Kirk’s assassination, the FBI and Utah law enforcement informed the public that Kirk’s alleged killer is a leftist gay man in a relationship with a mentally ill man who thinks he’s an animal and a woman, and who seems to follow “furry” pedophile cartoonists. Nevertheless, on September 15, late-night host Jimmy Kimmel did a monologue implying that the killer was a MAGA activist. I don’t pretend to know Kimmel’s beliefs when he made that statement, but it was incredibly cruel and light-years away from the publicly available facts.

"I suspect that, as much as anything, it was an attention getter, as Kimmel tried to woo back his audience. Kimmel has been playing to a hard left audience for years now. Nevertheless, in the second Trump era, Kimmel still managed to lose 43% of that audience over eight months. Given how leftists responded to Kirk’s death (viciously and irrationally), he probably thought that if he, too, were vicious and irrational, they’d return home. Instead, in addition to losing his audience, Kimmel lost his job.

"The same leftists who’d thrilled to Kirk’s murder were utterly appalled that Kimmel was given the boot. How dare the network sack him (well, suspend him indefinitely) for saying something cruel, inaccurate, and offensive? Hasn’t ABC heard of free speech? And the whole suspension thing wasn’t voluntary anyway, they cried, because the Trump administration had threatened to destroy it if it didn’t fire Kimmel." . . .

. . . "Given that the government has the power, there’s no reason not to use the power. And the fact that Democrats might be mean later is not a reason to restrain ourselves now. After all, Democrats have already demonstrated that they will use both fair means and foul to their utmost in order to destroy conservatives.

"If we keep being super pure and playing by antiquated rules of political conduct, we will ultimately be destroyed. " . . .

So sad to see the political climate on the left dragging us all down. TD

UPDATED: Lefties leave one-star reviews for coffee chain that honored Charlie Kirk

Starbucks is the Ben and Jerry's of coffee. TD

Monica Showalter  "It's hard to say which is worse: A coffee chain that refuses to honor Charlie Kirk on its cup labels, or one that does -- and attracts raging leftists like lice.

"Out in the land of Tesla scratchers -- tony rich northern San Diego County -- we are seeing the latter:  

Radical leftists are leaving 1 reviews for a San Diego coffee shop because their cups say “We love you” & “Thank you Charlie Kirk.” I’ve been to both Carlsbad & Rancho Santa Fe locations. Great owners, great coffee, in real mugs. Please support Invita Café.

"Here's a good video (I was not able to embed it) from X of a local citizen journalist interviewing coffee-goers at the Carlsbad location.

"They were a happy bunch and liked the 'Thank you, Charlie Kirk' stickers on their cups, which were placed there by the owner who was friends with the man and who said she "wanted to honor him." 

"The customers at the busy place said they liked Kirk, too, with one showing the citizen journalist the barrage of insults he drew on Instagram from leftists after he said he wanted to check the coffee shop out. Like a lot of people in San Diego, he was Filipino, but that didn't stop flaming leftists from yelling 'white supremacist' at him." . . . More...

All to explain how Gavin Newsom gets elected. TD

UPDATE" Starbucks Responds to Viral Charlie Kirk Drink Order Controversy

United States on the Cartel Cleanup

The Founders Code

"Only recently did Mexico agree to extradite 26 cartel leaders to the United States which actually is the second time in just a few months. We often wonder why it takes so long to get Mexico to cooperate much less build cases in a court of law to ensure a win. Well, for some background, Associated Press has published the following, which is a good explanation…so read on.

It begins with a car accident two years ago in Tennessee….

"In part from the AP:  The cases, as outlined in court documents, provide a glimpse into how drugs produced by violent cartels in large labs in Mexico flow across the U.S. border and reach American streets. They also highlight the violent fallout that drug trafficking leaves in its path from the mountains of Mexico to small U.S. towns.

“ 'These cases in particular serve as a powerful reminder of the insidious impacts that global cartels can have on our local American communities,” Matthew Galeotti, acting assistant attorney general in charge of the Justice Department’s criminal division said in an interview with The Associated Press. “The chain started with a violent cartel in Mexico and it ended with law enforcement being shot at in a small town.”

"United Cartels is an umbrella organization made up of smaller cartels that have worked for different groups over time. It holds a fierce grip over the western state of Michoacan, Mexico.

"United Cartels is not as widely known as Jalisco New Generation, but given its role as a prolific methamphetamine producer, it has become a top tier target for U.S. law enforcement. It was one of eight groups recently named foreign terrorist organizations by the Trump administration.

A car crash and an abandoned protective case . . .

Cartels are targeted with terrorist designations

"The case represents the latest effort by the Republican administration to turn up the pressure on cartels through not only indictments of the groups’ leaders but sanctions. The Treasury Department is also bringing economic sanctions against the five defendants as well as the United Cartels as a group and another cartel, Los Viagras.

“ 'We have to pursue these criminals up and down the chain to make sure that the end result doesn’t result in violence and narcotics distribution on our streets,” Galeotti said." . . .More...

'This Is A Both Sides Issue,' Says Side That Assassinated Charlie Kirk, Shot President Trump, Tried To Assassinate Kavanaugh, . . .

 . . . "Tried To Assassinate Trump Again, Murdered Schoolkids In Minnesota, Shot Steve Scalise, Firebombed Governor Shapiro (cont'd)" . . .

Babylon Bee...parody?

. . . "(cont'd) murdered schoolchildren in Nashville, burned an elderly Jewish woman to death in Colorado, murdered a couple at the Jewish embassy in D.C., seized campus buildings and held janitors hostage, assaulted students on campus who appeared Jewish, ambushed ICE officers in Dallas and shot an officer in the neck, assassinated FBI officer David Underwood, assassinated the United Healthcare CEO, cheered the murder of over 1,200 civilians on October 7th, murdered schoolkids in Colorado in 2019, injured over 700 police offers in 2020 riots, murdered retired police captain David Dorn, murdered a 16-year-old boy in "CHAZ", burned down Minneapolis, firebombed a Washington ICE center, murdered six people in Waukesha, assassinated five Dallas officers in 2016, assassinated three police in Baton Rouge in 2016 (you know what, we're going to stop now, this is getting sad)."

Not in the Neighborhood: Ms. Rachel’s Radical Departure From Mr. Rogers’ Moral Compass

The American Spectator  

"Ms. Rachel’s support for Gaza — at the expense of Israel — is just the latest political entanglement to draw backlash to her YouTube channel. In June 2024, Ms. Rachel celebrated Pride Month on her “Songs for Littles” show, posting a video on the first day of Pride Month."

"Trading Mr. Rogers’ cardigan for Hamas controversy, Ms. Rachel — the YouTube darling of preschoolers whose “Songs for Littles” has garnered more than 14.7 million subscribers — has sparked backlash over what some have claimed to be her promotion of propaganda supportive of Hamas. Platforming Motaz Azaiza, a Palestinian journalist who has been considered by Israeli media as “one of the most identifiable voices with Hamas in the digital arena,” Ms. Rachel posted a short video of herself singing about the “letter M” with “my friend Motaz.” Describing himself as a “genocide survivor,” Azaiza has called for “Palestinian resistance” after the October 7 vicious attack on Jews in Southern Israel.

"Last spring, Ms. Rachel shared content that suggested that Israel was the aggressor in the War, showing photos of emaciated children without noting that, in some cases, these children were suffering from genetic diseases like cystic fibrosis. Last Spring, the StopAntisemitism organization appealed to the American Justice Department to ask U. S. officials to open an investigation into whether Ms. Rachel is serving as a paid propaganda agent. The StopAntisemitism website declares that “Accurso spreads evil propaganda against the State of Israel to more than 20 million followers through multiple accounts, more than the entire population of Jews and Israelis in the world.”

"Earlier this year, Ms. Rachel ignored the Israeli hostages and Jewish children impacted by the October 7 attack and raised $50,000 through Cameo for Gaza’s children, along with the children of Sudan and Ukraine. Later, she posted on Instagram that Israel had violated the Geneva Convention by halting aid when Hamas broke the ceasefire. The truth is that Israel has overseen the transfer of more than 2 million tons of aid into Gaza on more than 107,000 trucks since the War began after October 7.

"While much of her pro-Palestinian rhetoric has been posted on Instagram, Ms. Rachel has also used her “Songs for Littles” YouTube channel to convince children and their parents of Israel’s malign complicity in hurting children. In this heartbreaking video, Ms. Rachel sings one of her viewers’ favorite “songs for littles” with Rahaf, a 3-year-old double amputee from Gaza who had been evacuated for medical treatment by the Palestine Children’s Relief Fund. In an interview with PBS, Ms. Rachel said that the Palestine Children’s Relief Fund reached out to her when they first saw her advocacy for Gaza and asked her to help. “They told me Rahaf loved the show, and then they said, Would you want to meet her and have her on the show? And I said I’d love to … I’m so honored that I could be helpful or I could provide a moment of relief or joy in the midst of genocide.”

"Ms. Rachel shared that Rahaf’s father and two baby brothers are still in Gaza, but they have family FaceTime calls with them. But according to BuzzFeed, the family avoids eating during the FaceTime calls because “the family has so little food” in Gaza. Echoing Hamas’s talking points and relying on data from Hamas’s health ministry, Ms. Rachel has shared that 14,000-15,000 children had been murdered by Israel in Gaza since October 7. These figures have been debunked by Hamas itself, as reported in the Jerusalem Post, which claimed that 70 percent of all of those killed were combat-aged men, not women or children." . . .

What would Mr. Rogers have said?

Stuff Trump Didn't Do

Doug Ross Journal

The cancellation of Jimmy Kimmel’s show doesn’t matter. What matters is the left’s embrace of political violence.

 The Federalist

"What does matter is the left’s embrace of political violence and the left-wing terrorist ecosystem that enables that violence. Right now, it’s the only thing that matters. So that’s what we’re going to talk about, and act upon, until we get the situation under control."

PJ Media

"The national conversation we need to have right now is not about free speech.

"The conversation we need to have is about the normalization of political violence on the left. We need to be talking about left-wing Antifa/trans terrorists gunning down Christians in broad daylight while Democrats and the corporate press justify it and the online left celebrates it.

"That’s the only conversation that matters right now. The manufactured outrage over ABC canceling Jimmy Kimmel’s show is an attempt to change the conversation, to flip the script so that instead of talking about the first major political assassination in America in sixty years, instead of talking about the mainstream left’s embrace of political violence and the institutional ecosystem that foments and funds that violence, we can talk about whether President Trump is using Kirk’s murder as a pretext to crack down on free speech and silence his enemies.

"What nonsense — and what a tell. It speaks volumes that Democrats, liberal media, and online leftists are so desperate to pivot away from talking about Kirk’s assassination that they have chosen to take up the transparently stupid cause of Kimmel’s free speech rights. Remember, these are people who don’t care at all about free speech. Some of those rending their garments this week over Kimmel’s cancellation were the same people who cheered on government censorship during Covid. They love censorship, so long as it’s their side doing the censoring.

"And it hardly needs to be said that nothing about the Kimmel story implicates free speech in any way. Kimmel didn’t just mock MAGA or criticize Kirk, he patently lied about the ideology of Kirk’s alleged assassin, and by allowing his comments to air, ABC arguably violated the terms of its FCC license.

"During his Monday show, Kimmel said this: “The MAGA gang is desperately trying to characterize this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them.”

"Anyone with an internet connection and half a brain cell knows that Kirk’s alleged killer was deeply into Antifa and transgender ideologies, and that he specifically targeted Kirk for speaking out against these things. He was a creature wholly of the left, and to declare otherwise, as Kimmel did, is a deliberate falsification of the facts surrounding the most high-profile political assassination of our time.

"That means Kimmel blatantly violated FCC regulations. Public broadcasters like ABC are prohibited from spreading false information about a crime or catastrophe, and they can lose their licensure if they don’t adhere to the relevant federal regulations.

"No surprise then that Brendan Carr, the FCC chairman, addressed Kimmel’s comments when he went on Benny Johnson’s podcast on Wednesday. “This is a very, very serious issue right now for Disney. We can do this the easy way or the hard way. " . . .

Murderers of the Land That Bore Them 

. . . "To this end, Charlie Kirk’s politics were purely incidental. The slanders of “racist,” “misogynist,” “transphobe,” and whatever other absurdity they lobbed at the man were simply covers to justify their nihilistic desire to destroy. These are the same people who cheer the murder of children in Christian schools or in Israeli villages, none of whom were anywhere remotely guilty of the slanders with which the left routinely denigrates their opponents. They don't cheer Kirk's murder because they think he was bad. They cheer Kirk's murder because they know he was good.

On paper, these nihilists have little reason to be angry. They are the most privileged people ever produced in the entirety of human history. They have everything, but they are nothing. And maybe that’s the root cause of this…a smug, arrogant attitude that screams through a bullhorn that the universe revolves around them and their feelings. And when this produces not happiness, but its exact opposite, they turn not to humility or reflection or development, but to envy, bitterness, spite, resentment, and hate." . . .