Georgia House passes bill that could abolish police department after Arbery shooting

AJC   "The Georgia House backed an effort Friday to dissolve the Glynn County Police Department following its handling of the shooting death of Ahmaud Arbery.
"The House voted 152-3 to allow voters to decide to eliminate their county police departments, moving authority to county sheriff’s offices.
"There are several county police departments in Georgia, including in Cobb, DeKalb, Fulton and Gwinnett counties. In counties where there are two agencies, the county police handle the enforcement of state and local laws while the sheriff’s office manages the jail." .  .  .

More here:   . . . "The legislation isn’t so simple after all, is it? The next move is for the House bill to move to the state Senate for further consideration."

Meet the “Cool Teenager” Who Started the TikTok Rally Scam…She’s Actually a 51-Year-Old Buttigieg Volunteer

Wayne Dupree

"I thought the TikTok rally scam was organic "teenage" activism? LOL"

Hmmm.  We were told that the TikTok rally scam was an organic teenage uprising by young people who wanted to “stick it to Trump” on behalf of their hero Joe Biden. 

MORE NEWS: Brad Parscale Goes Scorched Earth on Media Taking “Victory Lap” Over “TikTok Ticket” Scam

"I mean, that’s what Rep. AOC told us when she took to Twitter to gloat over the ticket scam, where so-called “teenagers” ordered fake Trump Tulsa rally tickets.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

✔@AOC

Actually you just got ROCKED by teens on TikTok who flooded the Trump campaign w/ fake ticket reservations & tricked you into believing a million people wanted your white supremacist open mic enough to pack an arena during COVID

Shout out to Zoomers. Y’all make me so proud.

On Anniversary Of Korean War, North Korea Threatens To End America…

American celebrities will beg you not to hurt them but our millennial Taliban will be there to help you, Kim. All the above love you and want you to know they are on your side.

Weasel Zippers

Via ChoSun:

North Korea has threatened to use nuclear weapons against the U.S. in case of war.

The North Korean Embassy in Moscow issued a statement on the 70th anniversary of the Korean War saying Pyongyang possesses nuclear weapons and the U.S. will meet its own end in case of war, according to official TASS news agency Saturday.

“This year, the U.S. military has been carrying out various kinds of military maneuvers in South Korea and its vicinity with the purpose of striking North Korea quickly,” the statement says. “A new round of the Korean War will add a particularly sensational event to the history of mankind, which will put an end to another empire, whose name is the United States,” it adds.

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Is there real courage in the halls of Congress?

http://www.terrellaftermath.com/

Andrea Widburg: The Supreme Court is out of control  "With one exception, the Supreme Court causes supreme problems when it oversteps its bounds, as it has done regularly since Trump's election.  It did this most recently when it held that, although President Obama illegally instituted his DACA program, President Trump must jump through a series of arbitrary administrative hoops to walk it back.  Daniel Horowitz says that there is a way to end the Court's unconstitutional power grab." 
"Going back as far as 1857, with one exception, the Court's major public policy decisions have been constitutionally invalid and had disastrous outcomes.  Dred Scott denied African-Americans citizenship, Plessy v. Ferguson enshrined segregation, Korematsu v. the United States erased the rights of Americans of Japanese descent, and Roe v. Wade created an imaginary constitutional right to abortion that created a 47-year-long schism in America that perverts every presidential election.  Each time, the Court waded into areas that are the preserve of the states and Congress, making up rights as it went along." . . .

Supreme Court becomes supreme power, overruling President and Congress
"It’s great for the Dreamers in the short term, but a long-term loser for the rule of law and for immigration reform: That’s the bottom line of the Supreme Court’s ruling Thursday on President Trump’s move to rescind his predecessor’s Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals executive order." . . .

From January 2020; how's it all playing out?  The 7 big Supreme Court cases to watch in 2020  . . . "The justices are being asked to decide if a public official lying about their motive for an official action violates federal corruption laws. The court has in recent years narrowed such corruption laws, making it harder for prosecutors to prove charges of bribery in cases against government officials." . . . 

Why conservatives hate the media

Weasel Zippers  "Hypocritical weasel. How’s that sexual assault claim against Lemon going?" . . .

CNN's Don Lemon had a lot to say when barriers were put up around the White House during violent protests.  Not So Much About CNN Wall
"Wonder how he feels now that CNN's HQ has done the exact same thing."
 
CNN Builds a Wall to Protect Atlanta Headquarters  "Townhall's Julio Rosas has been covering the leftwing chaos plaguing our cities. He's currently in Atlanta, where he discovered the hypocrites at CNN have built a wall to protect their headquarters. Of course, CNN's wall sucks compared to what we want down on the border. But we should never hear that "walls don't work" or that "we need drones, sensors and AI instead." When push comes to shove, CNN doesn't even believe the garbage they air." . . .

‘Dumbest Man on TV’ Don Lemon and Rick Wilson just accidentally handed Trump the best 2020 campaign ad EVER (watch this video)

. . . "Sad, right? And to think, we’re watching a bunch of grown men behaving this way on national television. Granted, no one seemed to see it when it aired live (only a dozen or so people actually watch CNN), but still, you’d think they’d want to at least appear somewhat professional.
"Remember when Don wondered out loud if the missing Malaysian airliner actually flew into a black hole? Mental giants these guys." . . .

Look No Further Than Andrew Cuomo and Gretchen Whitmer to Understand Why Conservatives Hate the Media   . . . "Throughout almost all of March, April, and May we bombarded with stories about Cuomo’s brilliant handling of the onset of the coronavirus pandemic in New York. All featured a “this is how real leadership looks” theme and added the perfunctory Orange Man Bad whining.
"The only truth in the early days of the pandemic was that no one really new what the truth was. That didn’t keep the media from lauding every move Cuomo made even though he was winging it just like everyone else was at the time.
"Now that we have some experience and data available it turns out that not only was Cuomo not brilliant, he was an unmitigated disaster." . . .

While Cuomo was being tongue-bathed by the biased media, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis was being excoriated for almost every move he made. He was falsely accused of manipulating COVID-19 data, ridiculed for not issuing a statewide stay-at-home order, and when he reopened the state earlier than other states several members of the media said he had “blood on his hands.” Because she’s not an original thinker, Gretchen Whitmer copied Cuomo and did the same thing in Michigan with, as noted above, similarly disastrous results.

Journalists Work to Divide, Not Inform  "As a young journalist starting out many years ago, I was proud to join a profession where so many men and women had distinguished themselves through honest, thorough investigations, entertaining features, and excellence in writing. But for a long while, I’ve been depressed to see much of the press openly working as political operatives. Objectivity in reporting was always impossible, but at least it used to be discussed as a goal. Now journalists boast of their advocacy journalism for an increasingly leftist agenda." . . .    

What Did Lincoln Know About Language That We Don't? Some lessons on writing from the masters.

Both parties deprecated war, but one of them would make war rather than let the nation survive, and the other would accept war rather than let it perish, and the war came.  —Lincoln, Second Inaugural Address (1865).

Reason  "I've written a new book about language (you can see it here), and Eugene and friends have kindly consented to let me discuss it this week (thanks, Eugene!). The book talks about why the prose of Lincoln, Churchill, Holmes, and other greats is so compelling, and asks what we can learn from them about how to write better ourselves. The book is part of a series on rhetoric—a sequel to this one and this one (which will be reprinted later this summer).

"The new book's general claim is that our culture of advice about good writing doesn't explain the power that Lincoln achieved with his words. The usual story is that the best writing is the most efficient—that clarity and concision are everything. It's hard to argue with this; who doesn't want to be clear? But writing can be clear and powerful, clear and memorable, clear and full of fire, or clear without any of those things. The book argues that rhetorical force isn't created by efficiency alone. It's created by the use of contrasts.
"Consciously or not, Lincoln understood this. It's how he wrote. Here I will talk about one example: contrast in the kinds of words you use." . . .

. . . "Another example, this from Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address:

Both parties deprecated war, but one of them would make war rather than let the nation survive, and the other would accept war rather than let it perish, and the war came.  —Lincoln, Second Inaugural Address (1865).

2019: 'Now That's America:' BodyArmor Release New Megan Rapinoe Ad Praising Soccer Star After Trump Accused Her of Disrespecting Country

Newsweek  "Ahead of the U.S. Women's National Team (USWNT) semi-final game against England, BodyArmor have unveiled their latest ad featuring Megan Rapinoe, who continues to make headlines on and off the field during this FIFA Women's World Cup.
"The sports drink brand released the short ad shot in black and white featuring the soccer star looking into the camera while text quickly appears on the screen.
" 'Nothing like a 30-something, purple haired, fiercely independent, goal-scoring, guitar-strumming, outspoken, relentless competitor that stands for all that is beautiful, all that is good, all that is us. Now that's America," the text reads. "Thanks, Megan. Let's go U.S.A."
"Rapinoe, an ambassador for the brand, shared a version of the advert via her social media accounts." . . .

Why Are University Students So Stupidity-Friendly?

 If people object, label the objection hate since you have learned to find disagreement uncomfortable, and just shut the haters down. In fact, many of today’s students may no longer even be capable of intellectual give and take let along grasping the idea of honest disagreement. Imagine an entire nation of such gullible folk?     

Robert Weissberg "The contemporary political landscape is mired in a tsunami of bad ideas. Who would have ever anticipated that defunding police departments, emptying out prisons, eliminating cash bail, free health care, free college, looting as a legitimate form of social protest politics, among other screwball ideas would go mainstream?  Socialism? How did views resting on blatant falsehoods jump from the academy’s ideological wet markets to the New York Times?

"A full explanation must wait until passions cool, but in the meantime let me offer a personal account based on decades of university teaching where this nonsense initially metastasized from a few quirky campus ideas to a conquering idiocy.  

"I began teaching government at an ivy league school in 1969. Yes, the students were exceptionally bright, but the faculty were unafraid of pushing them hard and an occasional Marine drill sergeant mentality was necessary. Stupidities were immediately confronted, often sarcastically and grading was tough. Some colleagues especially relished slicing and dicing fools, and students years later, would praise these martinets for “making me think and work hard.” Survivors could boast of a world-class, rigorous education.    

"Matters began shifting in the '70s as some faculty conflated easier grading (which facilitated student draft deferments) with opposing the War in Vietnam. Affirmative action admission now appeared and while these admittees lagged far behind regular students, most faculty anticipated no long-term harm, believing that blacks would eventually catch up. In any case, faculty still confidently dominated, students were still considered ignorant, and periodically informed of their failings. 

Links Between George Soros and 'Defund the Police' Movement Emerge

Neon Nettle

"Since the death of George Floyd last month, a far-left push to "defund the police" has been sweeping across America in the form of protests and violent riots.
"Floyd was killed in the custody of Minneapolis Police on May 25, with all four officers involved in his death arrested and charged with his murder.
"The image of white cop Derek Chauvin kneeling on black man Floyd's neck during the arrest has spurred nationwide racial tensions and triggered widespread protests, riots, looting, and anti-police rhetoric.
"Now it has emerged that leftist billionaire George Soros is linked to the "defund the police" movement that has dominated the debate.
"An anti-deportation group affiliated with Soros’ Open Society Foundations is one of the groups behind the movement calling defund or abolish the police, law courts, and even close prisons.
"In fact, the Soros-affiliated group has been involved in the “defund the police” movement as far back as early 2016 — way before the death of Mr. Floyd brought it to national attention." . . .

Democrats Are Burning Down Our House

Royal Diadem

"The cauldron of Democratic rule is boiling, and it was inevitable that the wastelands and cesspools of inner city Democratic-led cities would boil over into the race riots we are witnessing following the death of George Floyd at the hands of a Minneapolis police officer.
"Hastening the complete fall of what has become pockets of third-world populations in corrupt cities is the nongovernmental agencies funding and organizing the violent anti-American groups that have been allowed to metastasize like cancer while hiding behind their nonprofit status.
"In Obama Is Still Commander and Chief, I detailed how, with the assistance of long-time aides Valerie Jarrett and Eric Schultz, Obama remains Commander and Chief of the disturbing Antifa groups we see that are behind the burning and looting of American cities. The same groups that three years ago were violently disrupting town halls and burning and rioting at conservative events.
"And it was also Obama who was instrumental in authorizing his own Department of Justice to funnel billions of dollars into a slush fund to form and back these same liberal activist groups that are now playing out before our very eyes. The very same slush fund that former U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions vowed to shut down.
"Long before Trump ever set foot in the White House, Obama had laid the groundwork for the deep state, adding layers of organizations that would be staffed with former congressional staffers and bankrolled through the Justice Department and George Soros groups." . . .

What happened to the attendance at Saturday's Trump rally?

Was Trump Tulsa turnout punked by alliance of AOC and Trump-hating RINOs?
"A major story to emerge from President Trump’s rally in Tulsa, Okla, on Saturday evening was the unexpectedly low turnout at the event. The rally was an extremely high-profile kickoff of the POTUS’s 2020 re-election effort after 3½ months of being kept off the campaign trail due to the Covid-19 pandemic lockdown. Rather than happenstance, it appears that the disappointing attendance was the result of a conspiracy of Trump haters – both radical left and RINO right – to suppress the turnout." . . .

. . . "According to AOC, however:

Actually you just got ROCKED by teens on TikTok who flooded the Trump campaign w/ fake ticket reservations & tricked you into believing a million people wanted your white supremacist open mic enough to pack an arena during COVID Shout out to Zoomers. Y’all make me so proud.

. . . "With both AOC, representing the radical left (her tweet complimenting “teens on TikTok who flooded the Trump campaign w/ fake ticket reservations”) and Schmidt, a Deep State RINO “conservative,” claiming credit for these goings-on, this may be a rare case of hard left and RINO “right” coming together to try to sabotage a campaign event by President Trump."

Giddy AOC and Never Trumpers brag Tulsa rally was sabotaged by teens, many using China-owned social media . . . "Dubbed “Zoomers” (a nickname for kids born in the late 1990s and early 2000s), these children allegedly gobbled up free Trump rally tickets so as to trick the president’s campaign into believing more people would attend than actually would.
"The dishonest trick seemingly worked." Steve Schmidt Tweeted:   . . .

. . . "The irony is that neither these “Zoomers” nor their adult enablers had said or done a thing when looters, rioters and murderers had ravaged cities across America earlier this month. Talk about some Democrat-styled values in a nutshell …

500,000+ People Watch Trump’s Tulsa Rally on YouTube

According to the Daily Caller, turnout was lower than expected. Trump rallies typically feature large overflow crowds that congregate outside the arena.

. . . "However, this rally always looked to me like a high risk, low reward proposition. The reward is turning out to be lower than expected.
"Let’s hope the downside — infections and deaths — doesn’t materialize. It would be tragic if people were to die because of this rally, and Trump’s reelection campaign can ill afford that.
"JOHN adds: Apparently the empty seats were the result of an organized campaign by Democrats to reserve tickets without any intention of showing up. Trump undoubtedly could have filled the arena with actual fans, and the campaign will need to guard against similar fraud in connection with future events." . . .

Parscale blamed the media’s negative reporting before the rally for the small crowds, criticizing them for stoking coronavirus fears and reports of possible protests and riots.

FNC’s Wallace: Trump Team Looks ‘Silly’ to Deny the Reality of Tulsa Rally Crowd Size  . . . "Wallace said, “We’re showing pictures here, and it shows big empty areas. Frankly, it makes you guys look silly when you deny the reality of what happened.' ” . . .

Persecution is now cool!

Behind The Black  "We are in a time of oppression. Make no mistake. If you publicly express an opinion that the left does not like, it is now considered perfectly reasonable among our smart set to destroy your business, dox your family, threaten your children, and have your very existence cancelled.
"It is happening repeatedly now every moment of every day in communities across America. Dare to speak out against the accepted leftist mantras of the moment and you will be crushed.
"Consider for example the orthodox Jewish community in New York. That city’s leftist Democratic mayor, Bill De Blasio, has forbidden them to gather at funerals, has shut down their schools, and has now locked nearby playgrounds so that Jewish children cannot play safely, all in the name of supposedly saving them from the Wuhan flu.
"At the exact same moment however that same leftist Democratic mayor had no objection to a gathering of tens of thousands in packed street demonstrations in favor of “Black Trans Lives Matters,” a gay racist group that wants to impose its sexual and racist agenda on everyone. For some reason, De Blasio has decided that the Wuhan flu is no threat to that political movement.
"Only Jews can get COVID-19, and must be protected from it, even if that protection is against their will.
"The Orthodox Jews in New York have been fighting back. They have repeatedly cut the locks that De Blasio’s police thugs have put on the parks, only to have De Blasio order the park gates welded shut.
"Now they have gone to court to force this clear double standard to cease." . . .  Full article
Hat tip to Clarice Feldman