The legacy left by Democrat presidents

" Presidential libraries serve as a historical marker, and in President Reagan's case, a monument to one of the most effective, transformative presidents of the 20th century. President Reagan was instrumental in bringing the Cold War to an end by facing down the Soviet Union. His policies ushered in a generation of American prosperity. His presidential library reflects that."  RedState

Broc Smith

Taxpayers May Now Be Footing the Bill for the Obama Library – RedState

Obama Library Funds Are Secretly Flowing to Dark Money Networks – PJ Media  . . . "While community members struggle, insiders at the Obama Foundation are doing just fine. The foundation’s CEO, Emeka Jarrett, earned over $750,000 last year. The executive vice president, Rob Cohen, pocketed nearly $650,000, and also maintains ties to the Pritzker Realty Group. His connection to Penny Pritzker—sister to Governor J.B. Pritzker—only highlights the tangled web of Democratic powerbrokers who are thriving while the project supposedly dedicated to “the people” spirals out of control.

 . . . "This entire project reeks of the kind of carefully crafted con job only career political operators could pull off. Sell it as a beacon of unity, then funnel millions to radical, antisemitic causes, all while insiders pocket obscene salaries. It’s a true reflection of the same kind of corruption that plagued Obama’s presidency." 

"The Obama Presidential Center is a $615 million con, funneling money to radical causes and insider salaries."

Money donated to build Obama library being sent on to politically charged Tides group   . . . "Tides Foundation — also funded by Democratic mega-donor George Soros — is a network that operates as a fiscal sponsor for groups that have not registered with the IRS as charities." . . .

Obama’s final booby trap  "In the final days of the Obama presidency — while Americans were focused on inaugurating a new president and turning the page on a divisive era — President Barack Obama signed a quiet but sweeping executive order that many now see as a ticking time bomb planted in the heart of our Intelligence Community."

. . . "Conservatives must never forget this moment.  Executive orders may not make headlines, but their impact can reshape the Republic.  The next time a “national security” measure is rolled out in the dead of night, we should all ask: Who gains power — and who loses his freedom?

"Because once the intelligence machine is turned inward, the target is no longer terrorists.  It’s you." . . .

Father Of Murder Victim Unloads On Dems’ Soft-On-Crime Policies: ‘You Pissed Off the Wrong Daddy!’

  Debra Heine  

“ 'Please! You have the power. We put you in power to do what you have to do. We’re asking you, we’re begging you all, to stop this!” Federico said, adding that was no good reason why someone who had committed 25 felonies would be walking the streets."

"In emotionally fraught testimony Monday, Steve Federico, father of a young woman who was brutally murdered by a black career criminal in South Carolina, pleaded with Democrats to stop protecting dangerous criminals with soft-on-crime policies.

"The House Judiciary Committee held a field hearing in Charlotte, North Carolina, Monday, to “examine violent crime in Charlotte, North Carolina and the surrounding areas looking at repeat offenders and lenient pretrial release policies and decisions among others.”

"The man’s daughter, Logan Federico, 22, was fatally shot in the chest by Alexander Dickey, 30, during a home invasion on May 3, 2025.  She had been visiting friends at a rented property in Columbia, South Carolina at the time of the execution-style murder.  “When I tell you this story, think about your kids,” her father said, his voice trembling with raw emotion.

" 'Think about your child coming home from a night out with their friends, laying down, going to sleep, feeling somebody come in the room and wake them and drag her out of bed, naked, forced on her knees, with her hands over her head! Begging for her life, begging for her hero, her father—ME!—that couldn’t be there,” Federico testified.

" '“She was five foot three, she weighed 115 pounds … BANG! … dead, gone!” he cried.  “Why?  Because Alexander Devante Dickey, who was arrested 39 G-d damn times—25 felonies!—was on the street. How about that?!”

"Addressing the committee members,  Federico asked, “how good are we doing for out families? How good are you doing for your kids?”

"The father added: “He should have been in jail for over a 140 years for all the crimes he’d committed. You know how much time he spent in prison? A little over 600 days in ten years.”

"Federico noted that Dickey had been “committing 2.6 crimes a year since he was 16-years-old” but nobody had figured out that he couldn’t be rehabilitated." . . . More.

Recognition and justice for victims of sexual violence in conflict.

Pro Hamas college women

Why Won’t More Feminists Speak Up For Israeli Victims of Sexual Violence?

On March 11, Pramila Patten, the United Nations’ special representative of the secretary-general on sexual violence in conflict, presented a report to the U.N. Security Council on her fact-finding mission to Israel and the Palestinian territories regarding the events of Oct. 7, 2023. Her mission, she stated, “threw light on the indiscriminate and coordinated attacks by Hamas and other armed groups against multiple military and civilian targets, aimed to kill, to inflict suffering and abduct the maximum number possible of men, women, and children—soldiers and civilians alike—in the minimum possible amount of time.” . . .Paywall after this.

"The more this is publicised the better. Very important. Those who stand up for “Palestine and it’s despotic Hamas regime” should be made to watch these videos and made to hear what is written in the writings of Islam, and what Muslims are taught and believe in, fundamentally, about ridding all people who are not of their regime of hatred, destruction and death hell whether they want to or not. Their human rights have been forfeited because of their wilful ignorance."

Home - Dinah Project  Recognition and justice for victims of sexual violence in conflict.  Remembering the atrocities of October 7th, 2023; Holding perpetrators accountable.

. . . "The Dinah Project is composed of legal and feminist experts determined that the world will never forget the heinous sexual violence and gender atrocities perpetrated on October 7th, 2023, and the ongoing abuse of the hostages. We are dedicated to bringing justice to those victims and to all future victims of conflict related sexual violence." . . .

EXPOSED! The Oct 7th Report Hamas Doesn’t Want You to See

The Worst News Outlet of the Week - Who Dominated in Dysfunctional Coverage?

RedState

"THE CONTENDERS

ABC News – The network brought back Jimmy Kimmel, launching a week of incessant and pedantic news coverage. On GMA, George Stephanopoulos berated Marco Rubio over USAID cuts that are supposedly starving foreign children. In coverage of the looming government shutdown, David Muir gave Democrats plenty of coverage, yet no Republicans were quoted.

New York Times – In a lengthy editorial, the paper repeated the long-disproven canard that you cannot yell “fire” in a crowded theater. This stunted take is made worse because it came from the editorial board. There was a sympathetic piece on a book author whose appearance was cancelled, as they ignored her virulent anti-Jewish comments, sparking the decision. 

CNN – Jake Tapper was on with NBC late-night host Seth Meyers and said he never saw silencing efforts like he's seeing with Trump from a president before; it stands as another story he missed during the Biden years. Kasie Hunt claimed she is not in the practice of making political statements. Stelter thought it was a brilliant take to say that after seven days of full-bore media promotions, Jimmy Kimmel was more popular than a week earlier. CNN noted in a Chyron that Trump was seeking revenge, calling it extraordinary when the use of revenge indicated it had taken place previously.  

NBC News – The network instigated outrage with a false claim that ICE agents were using a 5-year-old child as bait to detain the father. On “Meet the Press,” they tried to sell how the actions of the four-time-indicted President Trump are “extraordinary.” The network kept blowing smoke about the motivations of the Dallas ICE sniper. "

"THE WINNER   "More than just disturbing coverage, the soon-to-be-renamed news network earned its recognition with the sheer volume of mentally-impacted offerings.

"Kamala Harris was on with Rachel Maddow, and the avowed gay hostess seemed fine with the former vice president explaining why she did not choose a gay running mate. 

"The neutered Chris Murphy was brought on to decry the Comey indictment, implying that this is all novel activity from the DOJ. 

"On one panel, they tried to instigate a rebellion inside the DOJ over actions involving a man who has not been there for eight years. 

"Scar-Joe also called Comey a “martyr.” 

"Ken Dilanian tried to gaslight by saying Biden had no involvement in the four Trump indictments. 

"The network’s FBI expert tried to say the ICE sniper writing on bullets matches a white supremacist, from six years ago, in another country; this being the fourth Leftist to do so this year had to be ignored. 

"Katy Tur brought on Julia Ainsley, who suggested ICE agents are in more danger for wearing masks. 

"In a desperate dose of drama, the network brought on the public radio hostess Maria Hinojosa of "Latino USA" to declare immigrant youths in Chicago are comparable to Holocaust victim Anne Frank, describing them as “Anita Francos”."  More...

Deja Vu: German Pizzeria Owner Bans Israelis From Restaurant

 RedState; The Original John Doe 

 "Furthermore, the vast majority of the aid that enters Gaza is stolen by the terrorist organization Hamas. According to the United Nations' own reports, Hamas has stolen nearly 90 percent of all the aid that has entered Gaza since the war began."

"First, a Flensburg shop drew outrage for banning Jews. Now a celebrated Fürth pizzeria has posted a notice banning Israelis. Here is the owner's background and how the story unfolded.

"Fifty-year-old Gaspare Squitieri was born and raised in the small town of Sarno, Italy, 21 miles east of Naples. Squitieri has been working in the pizza business since he was 13 years old. He has lived in Germany since at least 2014, where he teaches professional pizza courses at Accademia della Pizza Deutschland in Nuremberg.

"Gaspare Squitieri opened his pizzeria in partnership with Matteo Celentano in Fürth, Germany, on October 20, 2019, under the name Naples - authentic Neapolitan Pizza. Squitieri and Celentano parted ways in 2021, and Squitieri renamed his establishment Pizza Zulu. The pizzeria relocated to its current address, Königstraße 81, in September 2023. The logo above the door features an illustration of Squitieri with a beard and bald head. Squitieri has earned a reputation as one of the best pizza chefs in the world. In 2023, Pizza Zulu was ranked as the best pizza in Germany, 5th best in Europe, and 32nd best in the world.

"Then, on Wednesday, September 24, everything changed when Squitieri posted, in plain view of all the customers, a sign on the restaurant's wall noticeboard that banned Israelis from his establishment. Suddenly, Pizza Zulu's hard‑won reputation for culinary excellence was no longer the focus." . . .

Couple this location with: "Judgement At Nuremburg".

Can This Nation Be Saved?

J.B. Shurk

FBI SWAT teams busted into the homes of ordinary families in predawn raids to make it clear to MAGA Americans that — unlike Antifa and Black Lives Matter members — conservatives enjoy no “privilege” to protest official authorities in the United States. 

. . . "How could people at the height of their professions possibly describe the indictment of Jim Comey as “unprecedented”?  Americans for the last ten years have witnessed abject weaponization of the Justice Department and Intelligence Community against Donald Trump, his associates, and his supporters.  Hillary Clinton’s inner circle and Barack Obama’s trusted lieutenants co-opted  the FBI and CIA in an effort to frame Donald Trump as a Russian spy, remove him from office, and perhaps even convict him for treason.  Jim Comey was instrumental in this nefarious plot.  As journalist Matt Taibbi said the other day, “think of the national security implications of implying that your own president is a spy for a foreign country. ... You can’t have an FBI director doing ... these sorts of manipulations and lying to Congress about it and getting away with it.”

"Yet the Russia Collusion Hoax was only one part of a decade-long effort to destroy Trump and his MAGA movement.  Democrat saboteurs working for the U.S. military and CIA turned a normal conversation with the president of Ukraine into Trump’s first impeachment.  Then the FBI and DOJ labeled the January 6, 2021 protest against election fraud an “insurrection” — laying the grounds for Congress to pursue a truly unprecedented post-presidential impeachment.  For years, FBI director Chris Wray lied to Congress and the American people about the presence of federal law enforcement officers near the Capitol that day.  Only in 2025 have we now learned that nearly three hundred plainclothes FBI agents were on the ground during the protest, along with dozens of informants and an unknown number of other federal and local agents, all possibly stirring up mayhem." . . .

I've served with crazy Marines, but never these guys.

Not Marines you will see on recruiting posters. We need more Marines like Daniel Penny close by, but the left would - and did - try to lock him up for life. TD

What We Know About Nigel Max Edge, Former Marine Sniper Charged in Horrific NC Waterfront Mass Shooting

"The suspect, formerly known as Sean DeBevoise bedfore he changed his name in 2023, reportedly has a complicated and troubled past, and law enforcement sources indicated that he engaged with numerous Q-Anon conspiracy theories. He also once escorted former “American Idol” contestant Kelly Pickler to the CMT Music Awards, but later sued her, claiming she had tried to kill him by poisoning his drink."

. . . "As of this writing, the death toll stands at three, with at least eight injured.

Michigan church shooting leaves 4 dead, suspect identified as 40-year-old man  "Sadly, the spate of mass shootings we’ve been seeing in this country continued Sunday morning, as at least 10 people were shot and two killed in a nightmarish shooting at an LDS church in Michigan."

"Authorities are still working to recover additional victims after a violent attack on a Mormon church in Michigan left at least four people dead on Sunday.

"Thomas Jacob Sanford, 40, of Burton, Michigan, is accused of ramming his truck into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Grand Blanc Township, just before 10:30 a.m. Police said he then got out of the truck and started firing on churchgoers with a rifle. About 150 people were attending services at the time. Police said Sanford then used an accelerant, likely gasoline, to set the church on fire. Sanford was shot and killed by police. 

"Police confirmed that four people have died. Seven others are in stable condition, and one remains in critical condition. Two victims were killed by gunfire while the other two were found after the fire. 

President Trump posted:

"The FBI was immediately on scene, and will be leading the Federal Investigation, and providing full support to State and Local Officials," Trump wrote. "The suspect is dead, but there is still a lot to learn. This appears to be yet another targeted attack on Christians in the United States of America. The Trump Administration will keep the Public posted, as we always do. In the meantime, PRAY for the victims, and their families. THIS EPIDEMIC OF VIOLENCE IN OUR COUNTRY MUST END, IMMEDIATELY!"

"On September 28, 2025, a devastating attack shook Grand Blanc Township, Michigan, when 40-year-old Thomas Jacob Sanford, a U.S. Marine veteran, crashed his Chevy Silverado into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, opened fire, killed two, injured nine, and set the building ablaze. This true crime documentary dives into the chaos of the assault, from shattered glass and gunfire to the discovery of pipe bombs wired with nails. Thomas, a family man with a son battling congenital hyperinsulinism, seemed ordinary—yet signs of unrest emerged, like a “Stop Trump Vance” sign on his fence and unverified claims of political donations. Was this a targeted strike against the LDS faith or a veteran’s descent into chaos?"

Anti-ICE shooter was lazy stoner who relocated to Washington to pick pot, ex-boss says: ‘He was all about the weed’

 AOL News

"The anti-ICE gunman who killed one migrant and wounded two others at a Dallas ICE facility on Wednesday was once a pot-obsessed slacker who hustled marijuana from Washington back to his home state of Texas, according to his ex-boss." . . .

. . . "While the killer’s political motives remain under investigation, his mother, Sharon, posted a series of anti-gun rants on Facebook, blasting Texas Republican lawmakers who supported the Second Amendment.

"A relative told The Post that Jahn was not a radical leftist and didn’t hate immigration agents, despite the anti-ICE sentiment written on the unspent bullet and the note found by the FBI.

"But back in 2017, Jahn didn’t seem out of the ordinary, Sanderson said.

" 'I thought, ‘God, what happened to him?’ He didn’t seem like somebody who would do something like that, but you never know who people are,” he recalled after learning Jahn was the gunman.

“Then something took a turn for the worse because he ballooned up in size, he gained a bunch of weight, probably just being miserable,” he added upon seeing his photo. “That’s just my take on it.”

“ 'He was just your typical 21-year-old who liked to smoke weed.' ” More...

Detainees shot in attack on Dallas ICE facility identified, source says. Here’s what we know about the victims  . . . "The wife of one of the detainees shot in the attack on the Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Dallas earlier this week says her husband is nearly unrecognizable: unconscious and ravaged by bullets as machines do the work of keeping him alive.

"The detainees, identified by a source familiar with the investigation as Miguel Ángel García-Hernandez of Mexico, Jose Andres Bordones-Molina of Venezuela and Norlan Guzman-Fuentes, were shot while they were in a van at the facility’s fortified sally port, a controlled entry point commonly found in prisons and on military bases, the Department of Homeland Security said." . . .

How sad to leave earth at the hands of a stoner and a mindless stabber instead of by some noble, honorable act. TD

No One is Above the Law...really

 

Rich Terrell

No One is Above the Law Week at Legal Insurrection

"No one is above the law. Isn’t that what Democrats have been telling us for years? Ok, then.

• James Comey Indicted
• FBI Claims It Found Classified Documents in John Bolton’s Office

"Speaking of which…

• Trump Officially Declares Antifa Terrorists by Executive Order

"You don’t say.

• Report: 274 FBI Agents Sent to Capitol on January 6, Slam Agency’s Political Bias

"Trump’s amazing UN speech is driving the left crazy." . . .More...

Catherine Herridge reveals what fake news media won’t admit about Comey’s indictment… 

"The propaganda press is already hard at work trying to save James Comey. CIA-friendly “reporters” like Ken Dilanian from MSNBC are twisting themselves into pretzels to paint the charges against him as flimsy, political, or just plain ol’ “Trump’s revenge.' ”

(See also Yellow Journalism: “Fake News” in the 19th century)

Comey Faces Indictment, but His Real Crimes Remain Untouched   

. . . "He is not being investigated for usurping the role of the DOJ in 2016 when, as an FBI investigator, he served simultaneously as investigator and prosecutor, creating a conflict of interest.

"He was tasked with both finding evidence of Hillary Clinton’s alleged wrongdoing and also making the federal prosecutorial decision whether to indict her for transmitting classified material over an unsecured email server. And after finding evidence of her culpability, he chose not to indict her on the grounds that her candidacy at the time meant no reasonable prosecutor (of which he was then not supposed to be one) would bring such a case against her.

"He is not being investigated for improperly disclosing his newly reopened investigative case against Hillary Clinton on the eve of the 2016 election. Nor is he being investigated for predetermining that Hillary Clinton was innocent of the charges of unlawfully transmitting confidential material before his own FBI investigation was complete—and before Comey’s FBI had even interviewed her." . . .Victor Davis Hanson

Former FBI assistant director James Kallstrom in charge of the NYC field office told me James Comey “is one of the worst, most politicized directors I’ve ever seen. Just horrendous,” that he "did not recognize the agency I gave 28 years of my life to” under Comey. Kallstrom told… pic.twitter.com/FHRm2eCVx0

— Elizabeth MacDonald (@LizMacDonaldFOX) September 26, 2025

Meet The British Billionaire Bankrolling Leftist Causes Across America

 The Federalist   

“Christopher Hohn, and other foreign billionaires like Hansjörg Wyss, have been able to exploit loopholes that allow foreign money to fund policy fights that shape American politics to fit their radical agendas,. . .”

Left-wing politics have utterly destroyed the once-respected nation of Great Britain. And now, its elites are seeking to subsidize these same destructive ideologies throughout the United States.

"On Wednesday, the good government group Americans for Public Trust (APT) released a bombshell report unearthing the extensive financial activity of British billionaire Christopher Hohn in U.S. political causes. Through the use of his nonprofit, the Children’s Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF), Hohn has “funneled over $553 million into U.S. organizations from 2014 through 2023 to bankroll advocacy campaigns and push a radical green energy agenda,” according to the analysis.

“The American people are overwhelmingly opposed to and alarmed by foreign influence shaping our politics,” APT Executive Director Caitlin Sutherland said in a statement. “If these radical foreign billionaires are allowed to funnel money into our political system virtually unchecked, there’s nothing stopping foreign adversaries from doing the same.”

The APT report focuses on numerous subject areas touched by Hohn’s foreign dark-money influence, including radical environmentalism.

Per the analysis, the British billionaire is “one of the largest disclosed individual donors to date to the global organization Extinction Rebellion, or XR,” which APT describes as an “international collective founded in 2018 … [that is] behind a series of mob-style protests across the globe.” These demonstrations, according to the report, aim to “’halt mass extinction’ and ‘minimize the risk of social collapse’ [XR] perceives as tied to climate change.”

“XR’s American affiliate has called for ‘rebellion against the U.S. government for its criminal inaction on the ecological crisis,’ and in 2019, claimed that its volunteers had ‘seized’ over twenty intersections in Washington, D.C. during a protest,” the report reads, noting additional arrests in D.C. and New York City during prior XR protests. “Despite these hyperbolic claims — and the optics of a foreign citizen supporting a group calling for an insurrection against the U.S. government — Hohn gave XR at least $65,000 from his personal fortune, and another, separate contribution via CIFF, totaling nearly $200,000.” . . . More.

Shawn Fleetwood is a staff writer for The Federalist and a graduate of the University of Mary Washington. He previously served as a state content writer for Convention of States Action and his work has been featured in numerous outlets, including RealClearPolitics, RealClearHealth, and Conservative Review.

Police identify suspect in Michigan church shooting

Bad Night for Antifa in Portland As Feds Move In

Sister Toldjah

"As RedState reported, President Donald Trump announced Saturday morning that he had authorized sending troops to Portland, Oregon, in response to ongoing anti-ICE violence in the notoriously far-left, poorly-led blue city, some of which is being orchestrated by the leftist Antifa rioters that Democrats keep claiming don't exist.

" 'I am directing Secretary of War, Pete Hegseth, to provide all necessary Troops to protect War ravaged Portland, and any of our ICE Facilities under siege from attack by Antifa, and other domestic terrorists,” Trump said on Truth Social, noting he was authorizing them to use "full force" if necessary.

"In response, Antifa has reportedly planned a "direct action" event at the Portland ICE facility, set to take place sometime Sunday afternoon." . . .

Portland, Oregon, is affirming its sanctuary city identity as Trump pledges to send in troops | CNN  . . . " In response, Louisville, Kentucky, dropped its policy refusing to hold immigration suspects in its local jail for ICE, with the mayor acknowledging that “millions of dollars in federal grants were at stake.”

"From Portland, the message has been much different.

"As a proud sanctuary city in a sanctuary state,” Mayor Wilson said, “we are committed to protecting the rights and dignity of all who live here, working together to strengthen our community.”

"Portland first called itself a sanctuary city nearly a decade ago with a 

nonbinding resolution saying the Portland Police Bureau “shall not cooperate with

ICE except as expressly required by Federal Law.” This week, the city council discussed taking things further by making its sanctuary status permanent." . . .

Destructive protests of 5 years ago still on leaders’ minds  

"While city leaders have been largely supportive of the right to protest outside the ICE facility, they have also made it clear they do not want a repeat of the city’s most notorious demonstrations in 2020." . . .

 Can This Nation Be Saved? 

  . . . "It is no surprise that these commissions generally reflect the worldviews of the prevailing government that forms them.  Communist governments are quick to label past “right-wing” officials as “murderers” while memorializing their own murderers as “patriots,” “civil rights heroes,” or “noble revolutionaries.”  Politically correct governments in the West today often describe their countries’ founders and explorers as “racists,” “white supremacists,” “imperialists,” and perpetrators of “genocide.”  No doubt the people alive during these consequential periods of history would take exception to the way they are remembered, but descendants — particularly descendants in possession of political power — maintain at least a temporary monopoly over the historical record." . . .