The Socialist Monster Awakens in New York

Socialist Takeover: Three Win Big — Victory Party Chants Demand Jeffries’ Head, This Is the Mamdani Party Now (Video) 

 "Jeffries has faced growing pressure from the left flank of the party. Critics argue he spent too much time appeasing groups like the Squad while refusing to engage constructively with Republicans on issues that could benefit the country. That approach, they say, has driven moderates and more centrist voters away."

Democratic discontent with Mamdani mounts in New York City’s outer boroughs    . . . "Since Mamdani’s ascension there, local elected Democrats have been hard pressed to publicly blast him and his hard-left base. The mayor’s approval ratings remain strong and the DSA has emerged as a serious political force in the city. So Richards’ X post — which was referencing the DSA’s majority white membership nationally — hinted at a potential turning point.

"His attack also points to a more broadly felt symptom: Growing discontent with Mamdani from Democratic politicians in the city’s outer boroughs." . . .

The Socialist Monster Awakens - Victor Davis Hanson

. . . "Almost every weaponized scam and national hysteria in the last two decades was amplified and spread by mainstream Democrats: the farcical claim that the Wuhan-lab-hatched COVID virus came from pangolins or bats; the Duke Lacrosse and Covington Kids hoaxes; the Jussie Smollett scam, the "Hands Up, Don't Shoot" lie; the deification of George Floyd, often portrayed with wings and a halo; Fauxcahontas Liz Warren, touted as the first Native American Harvard law professor (thanks to her grandfather's high cheekbones); the radical diminution of in-person voting; the canonization of Trayvon Martin and Karmelo Anthony as blameless model children; and the mythology of a 1619 national founding.

"Who allowed not just one, two, three, or four million border-jumpers into the country, but over 10 million — illegal, unvetted, viewed as an assumed new political constituency, and instantaneously dependent on the welfare state?

"Who gave us three, four, five, or even more genders and biological males showering with teenage girls or female prisoners? Who sloganeered about "defund the police" and "no cash bail"?

"All this was about as radical as it gets.

"The Democratic establishment's unhinged hatred of Donald Trump mainstreamed radicalism even further and helped birth the socialist-cum-communist Frankensteinian monster that is now devouring its mad-scientist creators.

"'By any means necessary" was a Democratic mantra over a decade ago. By 2016, the Democratic leadership and the Clinton campaign were hatching the Steele-dossier farce to warp an election." . . .

Thanks to Mamdani, I won’t protest Netanyahu’s UN visit

 The Times of Israel  

"But whatever we do, we must do so on our own, unshackled and untainted by Mamdani’s unconcealed hatred not just for Netanyahu but for Israel both as a state and as an integral part of our Jewish identity."

"JTA — Watching a train wreck in real time, while mesmerizing, is never fun. It can, however, be educational.

"By encouraging New Yorkers to protest against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu when he next comes to Gotham to address the UN General Assembly, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is preparing the ground for yet another opportunity to showcase anti-Israelism and antisemitism in their most radical forms.

"I’ve protested against Netanyahu’s previous visits to the city. But there is absolutely no reason for any of us who want to push for a more just Israel to collaborate in protests next month, and every reason to stay far, far away from them.

Many if not most lifelong liberal Zionists, myself among them, are outraged, bordering on horrified, by the disastrous policies of the Netanyahu government. Our commitment was and is to the simultaneously Jewish and democratic State of Israel envisioned in its Declaration of Independence. While recognizing Israel’s obligation to eliminate Hamas as an existential threat, we empathize with the continued suffering of the civilian population of Gaza. And we categorically condemn the violence perpetrated by Israeli — read Jewish — settlers against Palestinian civilians in the West Bank.

"But for Mamdani, a good number of us would probably have wanted to express our anger publicly on Netanyahu’s next appearance in New York. We’ve done so before. On September 22, 2023, I was among several thousand Jews who rallied in Dag Hammarskjöld Plaza to denounce the Netanyahu government’s crude legislative efforts to undermine the independence and authority of Israel’s judiciary.

"We did so out of a love for and commitment to Israel. We did so in solidarity with the hundreds of thousands of Israelis who had been protesting for months against Netanyahu’s autocratic disregard for democracy and the rule of law.

"Mamdani has made it impossible for me to do so again this year. I have not changed my mind about or my attitude toward Netanyahu, but I will not be drawn by Mamdani into standing alongside or anywhere near antisemites whose declared goal is the destruction of Israel. I suspect I am far from alone in holding these sentiments." . . . More...

Menachem Z. Rosensaft is adjunct professor of law at Cornell Law School and lecturer-in-law at Columbia Law School. He is the author of Burning Psalms: Confronting Adonai after Auschwitz

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The Mamdani Warning | The American Spectator

 . . .  Mamdani’s ambitions won’t end with the New York mayoralty. He is only 34 years old. He could run for president and gain a big voter turnout based on his “free stuff” campaign promises (if the party can somehow resolve his foreign birth). That’s a danger we don’t need to face right now but, eventually, we will if the Democrats aren’t smart enough to rid themselves of him. They won’t be."

Guthrie Ransom Notes Made Public in Bid for New Leads

 Newsmax.com

"We did not fully grasp the seriousness of her physical condition. We never intended to hurt her; that was not our intention," it read.

"The Pima County Sheriff's Department in Arizona on Friday released the full text of two ransom notes tied to the February disappearance of Nancy Guthrie, urging the public to study the writer's word choice and phrasing in hopes of identifying the author.

The release comes six months into the investigation into the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of NBC "Today" co-host Savannah Guthrie. Investigators have received thousands of tips and recovered doorbell camera video but have made no arrests.

The elder Guthrie remains officially missing, and authorities have not confirmed a claim in the second note that she died shortly after she was abducted.

The first note, delivered to Tucson's KOLD-TV on Feb. 2 and addressed to Savannah Guthrie, demanded $4 million in bitcoin by 5 p.m. on Feb. 5, with the price rising to $6 million if unpaid by Feb. 9 and a threat to kill Guthrie if the second deadline passed.

"We have your mother, Nancy. She is safe but scared," it read, according to KOLD, promising release within 12 hours of payment and warning, "You will not be able to contact me from here on out; there will be no negotiation.'" . . . More...

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What hath the Fauch wrought?

 Anthony Fauci proves why Republicans must win the midterms - American Thinker   "Anthony Fauci directed the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases for almost 40 years. Today, he stands as the embodiment of a bureaucracy that answers to no one."

. . . "Accountability ends if Democrats seize one or both houses of Congress this autumn. They will block Republican inquiries, shield blue officials who misled America, and champion elite immunity. GOP voters should see that showing up at the polls is vital. It is the only way to prevent a return to the Democratic system of deception and impunity that has already cost the nation so much." . . .

Fauci's 5th   . . . "Fauci repeated the phrase, “on the advice of my counselor…” no less than 111 times, each repetition digging himself deeper into ignominy. The peak was unquestionably reached with Sen. Josh Hawley, who treated Fauci with all the mockery and contempt he had coming with a series of questions that nobody but a fool could ever take as incriminating. “What color is your tie?” “What color is the carpet in front of you?” Each time, Fauci answered like a robot. Hawley concluded by telling him to his face that he deserved prison." . . .

The contemptible MSNOW used Hawley's questions to denigrate the Republicans as expected.

Fifth Amendment Fauci’s Narcissism Destroyed Faith in Scientific Methodology . . . "Consider the six-foot social distancing rule. When pressed on the empirical basis for closing schools, shuttering businesses, and putting one-way arrows on grocery store floors, Fauci admitted during sworn testimony before the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic on January 24 that the rule “just sort of appeared,” with no rigorous clinical trials or controlled studies behind it. It was, in his own words, an empirical decision, not grounded in solid data. Millions of children lost years of developmental and educational progress. Small businesses went under. Families were torn apart — over a metric that had essentially been made up." . . .

Don’t Forget How Florida Defeated ‘Faucism’ and Vindicated Federalism

"I would know: I moved to Florida in 2021 in no small part due to the way Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-Fla.) handled COVID-19."

. . . "One-size-fits-all bureaucratic governance from the nation’s capital is incompatible with American constitutionalism and the American way of life. As James Madison put it in The Federalist No. 45: “The powers … which are to remain in the State governments are numerous and indefinite.” Justice Louis D. Brandeis put it memorably in a 1932 Supreme Court dissent: “It is one of the happy incidents of the federal system that a single courageous State may, if its citizens choose, serve as a laboratory; and try novel social and economic experiments without risk to the rest of the country.'”  "That’s exactly what Florida under DeSantis did."

California's gas taxes keep climbing. Highway performance doesn't.

"Each gas tax increase asks Californians to pay more for a highway system that continues to underperform."

Reason Foundation.   

California’s Interstate pavement is also rough, ranking among the worst: 48th out of 50 urban pavement conditions and 47th in rural pavement conditions. 

"Californians already pay the nation’s highest fuel tax. On July 1, the state fuel tax rose again, by another 2.2 cents to 63.4 cents per gallon under a state law’s annual inflation adjustment.

"Inflation raises the costs of asphalt, steel, and labor, so a modest yearly adjustment to maintain and build roads and bridges is reasonable, in theory. Unfortunately, drivers aren’t getting their money’s worth in California. Despite annual increases in the state fuel tax, California’s highways are getting worse, not better.

"In California, roughly $1.15 of every gallon of fuel purchased goes to federal and state taxes, generating more than $14 billion for transportation in the 2023-2024 fiscal year. This is far more revenue than second-place Texas collects, even though it has a larger state highway network, and should be enough to maintain roads and bridges properly.

"Instead, California has the nation’s second-worst-performing, least cost-effective highway system, according to Reason Foundation’s 29th Annual Highway Report, which compares spending, pavement quality, road safety and other measures across all 50 states. California ranks 49th in overall highway performance and cost-effectiveness, only ahead of Alaska, which faces numerous weather and geographic challenges." . . . More...

The Media Takes the Fifth and Denounces Those Questioning Fauci as an “Assault on Science”

 JONATHAN TURLEY  

They are now claiming victimization in being asked to account for evidence that they were wrong. As Dr. Scott Atlas has laid out, many of those who abused dissenting scientists faced no repercussions after those scientists were largely vindicated in later research.

"As I wrote yesterday, Dr. Anthony Fauci was not the only one taking the Fifth yesterday on his record during the pandemic. The media effectively invoked the same privilege to avoid self-incrimination for their years of deifying the former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. Across the cable networks, hosts and guests were going into vapors as Republican senators pummelled Fauci over his COVID policies and the glaring contradictions found in his diary entries. Some, like Dr. Scott Ratzan, echoed Fauci’s own prior claim that any questioning of his judgment was an attack on science.

"Once again, Fauci had every right to invoke his Fifth Amendment privilege against self-incrimination. That does not mean that it was the right thing to do. Fauci already had a pardon that notably extended back to 2014 when his agency approved gain-of-function research at the Wuhan lab in China. Any prosecution would be difficult in light of the pardon. It would not be impossible since he could be charged with perjury for any false statements. Yet, that was the same threat that existed during countless prior hearings for Fauci.

"So what was the difference now? The answer is found in diary entries and other evidence that contradicts Fauci’s public statements on subjects ranging from the lab theory to school closures. It is not that Fauci would have been tripped into false answers but that he did not have any obvious answers to some of these criticisms.

"Instead, Fauci invoked the privilege 111 times. That fell short of Vito Genovese’s record, who invoked the privilege 150 times." . . .

. . . "It was a maddening statement, repeated by many, that treated Fauci as inviolate, if not infallible. Fauci was wrong about issues that produced tragic costs for this country. When confronted about policies such as school closures, he insisted he had never recommended them while privately admitting he had." . . .

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Give land back to ‘original owners,’ or shut up

 Silvio Canto, Jr.   

 "Another opening ceremony and another land acknowledgment about how we are doing business on land stolen from this nation or that nation. It’s the way it is whenever the liberals want to celebrate a new presidential library or a new bridge like this one between Michigan and Ontario."

. . . "What we have done with the land? Well, we built a prosperous nation on the land with more respect for the rule of law than whatever was here before. Did the nation that “owned” this land allow its own people to speak about how the land was stolen by them from another nation? It probably was because there is no original owner of the land. Again, the nation that we remember today very likely stole it from another nation. Sorry, but that’s history!

"The real problem is that these acknowledgments are starting to get old and just obnoxious. So stop talking about it and do something tangible. Give the keys and title of “the stolen land” to the original owners. Let them charge tolls on the bridge or do whatever they want to do. Give the nation a seat in the U.S.-Canada-Mexico trade agreement so they can profit from whatever crosses that bridge from that “stolen land.”

"Come on, do it or stop talking about it!" . . .

Crow Tribe History, Culture, and Facts - History Keen   The Sioux were in the area of the Little Bighorn because they had taken that land away from the Crow tribes.

Fight between Crows and Sioux, Indian Peoples Digital Image Database Object Description - Montana State University Library

Anthony Fauci’s Fifth Amendment Strategy May Not End the Investigation |

 Miranda Devine: Anthony Fauci was the ‘big head’ of COVID response

"As the global death toll mounted, Fauci’s diary shows he was increasingly preoccupied with his rising media profile and reveling in the admiration, especially the praise from celebrities, all of which he meticulously ­recorded."

Cartoon - American Thinker Fauci emerges from the diary entries as a frivolous narcissist, possibly corrupt and
 a really bad speller (for example, “dyswaded” for dissuaded).

The American Spectator | USA News and Politics

"And remember, that pardon only covers Fauci’s conduct through last January. Once he’s forced to testify … anything he says is fair game for examination as perjury."

. . . "Litigating the order to compel Fauci’s testimony and force him to stop invoking the Fifth Amendment gets interesting right away. The Fifth only holds as a protection against the committee’s subpoena where Fauci has a reasonable fear of prosecution. If Biden’s pardon is worth the paper it’s printed on, then there is no self-incrimination argument and Fauci has to testify.

"What would be highly interesting is if Fauci’s lawyers were to argue that Biden’s pardon of their client is problematic based on the fact it was an autopen pardon from a non compos mentis president — my characterization, obviously, but theirs would have to read somewhat similarly. That would be their most direct defense of his Fifth Amendment privilege, but it would also be politically devastating for the Democrats, and at that point it would start to be interesting to see who might turn on him. I am not suggesting they would do this, but it’s conceivable — especially if Camp Fauci thinks that his contradictory statements put him at a greater disadvantage than does his underlying conduct.

"Either way, in this scenario, you get a ruling from the judge, and the wheels begin to turn. Clearly, Fauci’s Fifth Amendment invocation isn’t appropriate when Sen. Josh Hawley asks what color his tie is, so there is almost certainly going to be a ruling compelling some testimony not covered by Fifth Amendment privilege." . . . More...

Omertà - Don Surber  

. . . "So the rule of law is Democrat presidents can go after political enemies, while protecting lawbreaking Cabinet officials from facing justice. Republican presidents face dealing with passive-aggressive Republican Congresses whose members would rather be in the minority than actually do the work of a majority Congress.

Which leads to Wednesday’s Senate committee hearing—chaired by Senator Rand Paul—into the trillion-dollar covid catastrophe caused by Tony Fauci, whom Reagan brought to Washington to find a cure for AIDS. Over the course of 40 years, Fauci built a bureaucratic empire and ingratiated himself among the politicians, celebrities and press gaggles of DC. Barbra Streisand had him on speed dial.

(People. People who need fascists are the ugliest people in the world.)

Fauci never did find that cure—despite torturing beagles such s having Tunisian sandflies bite them and cutting off their vocal cords, a debarking, a cordectomy. But he retired to a pension larger than a presidential salary and pocketed all sorts of deals including a $5 million book advance for a book that sold less than 100,000 copies.

"Rand Paul is no dummy. He knew that Fauci is a liar who would never talk under oath even with the prosecutorial immunity of a presidential pardon—regardless of who actually signed it."

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Denying the Holocaust: Deborah Lipstadt, Revisited

"Written 30 years ago, the modern Democrat party is making the information as relevant as ever."

“Get it all on record now - get the films - get the witnesses -because somewhere down the road of history some bastard will get up and say that this never happened.” ― Dwight D. Eisenhower

American Thinker  

"What revisionism cannot do, Lipstadt affirms, is change the facts, ignore the truth, or lie about the evidence itself. Holocaust deniers routinely engage in those vile practices.

"Over 30 years ago, historian and social critic Deborah Lipstadt wrote a powerful book, Denying the Holocaust, warning the public about the dangers of this pernicious ideology. This year, I was drawn to this book because debates are raging again, this time amplifying across social media, about the truth of World War II, what happened in the death camps, and how we sift out the truth from the lies.

"I wasn’t expecting to agree with her on everything. She’s an unabashed liberal, progressive, even. Her ideological bent was crystal clear when President Joe Biden nominated her as U.S. Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism in 2022, for which she received unanimous confirmation. During her confirmation hearing, Republican members confronted her over a number of incendiary, inflammatory, even libelous statements that she had published about them as well as then former president Donald Trump. One of her targets, Wisconsin U.S. Senator Ron Johnson, confronted her about her nasty remarks directed at him over the January 6th incident. She didn’t look very good trying to defend the indefensible, and she eventually apologized.  She ultimately got the job because Democrats controlled the Senate at the time, and no one wanted to appear opposing the fight against antisemitism, no matter the appointment.

"Despite her current left-wing bent, Lipstadt is a fierce defender of freedom of speech. During an Oxford Union speech in 2016, she declared that Holocaust deniers should have the freedom of speech, including the right to lie about history. However, historians must have the right to call them out for their dishonesty, too.

"Even though Lipstadt wrote the book three decades ago, her research into the Denialist industry and the tactics used by the Deniers come off as very current. Indeed, underneath the surface of seeming scholarship and respectability, one finds a morass of bitterness and bigotry against a group of people. Their relentless determination to blame Jews for all the ills of the world comes out page after page among Holocaust deniers, even if they have Ph.Ds. and claim that their works are exhaustive research.

"Before talking about specific deniers—institutions and individuals—Lipstadt announces in her first chapter that she refuses to debate Holocaust deniers. They are repugnant not merely for holding noxious views, but for their deliberate refusal to recognize the copious archives, research, and data affirming the horrific systemic slaughter of six million Jews under Hitler’s Third Reich. In her view, a debate with a denier is to legitimize their views as serious scholarship or opinion.

"Throughout her book, I reflected on that notion, and I found that it does have some merit. You don’t debate people who have no serious regard for truth, evidence, integrity, or process. Why give them a platform? Then again, the survivors, the historians, the archivists all have a responsibility to debunk the lies and keep telling the truth." . . . More.

Dwight D. Eisenhower Took Extra Measures to Ensure the Holocaust Was Never Forgotten | War History Online

Combating Holocaust Denial: Origins of Holocaust Denial | Holocaust Encyclopedia

Talarico: Everything I Needed to Know About Christianity I Learned From ...

 HotAir   "For a man who went to a Presbyterian seminary, James Talarico sounds very Unitarian. If that. 

"I'll be honest in tackling this with a certain amount of reluctance. People can come to Christianity, and especially Catholicism, through a variety of sources. To some extent, Christians can profit from outside philosophical resources, principally from Greek and Roman sources. When it comes to theology, however, risks escalate rapidly of becoming so flexible as to be heretical. 

"Of course, that assumes a level of honesty that likely doesn't exist in this statement from Talarico:" . . .

"The Daily Wire picked this up earlier in the week as well:

On the campaign trail, Democrat candidate James Talarico often describes his faith as “biblical Christianity.” But the Senate hopeful once credited Islamic mystics with shaping his faith just as much as Christian writers, audio unearthed by The Daily Wire reveals.

In a recent interview with The New York Times, Talarico asserted that his faith was rooted in “biblical Christianity.” During an appearance on The State of Belief podcast in April 2024 alongside Muslim state Rep. Salman Bhojani, Talarico praised Islam for shaping his religious beliefs. Those comments could come into play as debate heats up in Texas about Islam’s growing presence in the state. 

“I know personally that I’ve learned as much about my faith from Salman’s tradition, from the Islamic mystics, from poets like Rumi, as much as I have from Christian authors and Christian writers,” he said. “This kind of interfaith dialogue, it doesn’t water down your tradition, in fact it strengthens it, it brings out new flavors and new colors.”. . .  HotAir

Patricia Heaton joins calls to ban Mamdani from 9/11 remembrance ceremony

‘He hasn’t hid who he is’: Dave Portnoy blasts Zohran Mamdani over 9/11 controversy  

"Hmm I wonder why the families of 9/11 don’t want Mandami at the 25th anniversary memorial ceremony. Could it be for any of the following reasons?  He campaigned with Hassan Piker who said US deserved 9/11

He endorsed Claire Valdez who also said America deserved 9/11

He… https://t.co/EH1vQMysWb

— Dave Portnoy (@stoolpresidente) July 28, 2026

"Could it be for any of the following reasons?"

It didn't take long for one of Mamdani's staunchest critics, Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy, to weigh in on the situation.

"Hmm I wonder why the families of 9/11 don't want Mandami at the 25th anniversary memorial ceremony. Could it be for any of the following reasons?" Portnoy posted on X before listing several reasons families may not want Mamdani around, including his political endorsements, his calls to defund the police, and his refusal to condemn the phrase to condemn the phrase "Globalize the Intifada."

"Portnoy finished his post by writing that all of what he said is only a Google search away.

"'All the above is readily accessible with a quick google search. He hasnt hid who he is."

 Patricia Heaton joins calls to ban Mamdani from 9/11 remembrance ceremony

"A petition seeking to ban New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani from this year's 9/11 anniversary events has received support from a voice in Hollywood.

"Actress Patricia Heaton has backed a petition calling to bar Mamdani, 34, from attending 9/11 remembrance events due to 'his public positions, associations, and responses to rhetoric that many perceive as hostile' to the 'American values' grounding the anniversary. 

"Nearly 3,000 people lost their lives in the terror attacks that struck the United States on September 11, 2001.

"This year marks the 25th anniversary of the tragedy. 

"'Keep it going New Yorkers,' the Everybody Loves Raymond actress, 68, tweeted on Sunday, along with a screenshot of the Change.org petition." . . .

The Princess Diaries of "Easy on the Eyes" Anthony Fauci

 Brandon Gill and Ted Cruz Have a Field Day With James Talarico's Old Fauci Post    "The furor over Fauci then managed to hit James Talarico, the leftist Democrat candidate for Senate in Texas. 

"Folks in Texas found a very embarrassing post on Talarico's X account — Talarico celebrating that he got a Fauci action figure for Christmas in 2021. " . . .

The Princess Diaries of Anthony Fauci - Ann Coulter

— “Over the past three weeks I have been on the cover of Time magazine X2, once as one of the 100 most influential people in the world again as the ‘guardian of the year.’ Also, on the cover of People magazine.”

"I thought of various clever-seeming ways to organize this cornucopia of quotes from the diary of former Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Anthony Fauci. But that would mean cutting some of these gems. So here they are, in ascending order of embarrassing awfulness." 1. Anthony Fauci on Anthony Fauci:

— “Apparently, a lot of people at the Pentagon admire me very much …”

— “The nurses went absolutely wild to see me, they were squealing and laughing and clapping. It was something to behold.”

— “Did I mention he’s easy on the eyes?” — Fauci, quoting The Anthony Fauci Fan Club Twitter account (which he does at length).

2. If the Real Housewives had a baby with George Santos, it would be Anthony Fauci.

— “A Gala event was held tonight… It was the highest level of AAA list you could imagine in Washington DC.”

— “One person said that Tyra [Banks] was sexy, but I was even more sexy than she was. She [said] ‘that is true and my mother is in love with you.’ Zing ” . . .   The Princess Diaries of Anthony Fauci - Ann Coulter

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