U.S. Army may be ditching its ‘woke’ image as it faces historic recruiting problems

 U.S. Army may be ditching its ‘woke’ image as it faces historic recruiting problems  CauseACTION Clarion

• The U.S. Army’s new brand and ad campaign largely omit reference to woke identity politics and could be just what the service needs to overcome historic recruiting obstacles, experts told the Daily Caller News Foundation.
• Prior advertising efforts alienated conservative families that once served as the Army’s primary recruiting base, according to experts.
• They “forgot that the primary market for Army recruiting is young men from traditional families, looking for a challenge,” Elaine Donnelly, president of the Center for Military Readiness, told the DCNF.

The Army’s new branding campaign, unveiled Wednesday, shied away from social justice and diversity themes as it seeks to overcome a historic drop in recruiting, military experts told the Daily Caller News Foundation.

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The service’s buy-in on identity politics could turn off conservative families, which have traditionally served as the military’s largest recruiting base, and exacerbated the service’s recruiting woes in fiscal year 2022, experts and lawmakers warn. But, the years-in-the-making rebrand, with a goal of showcasing the Army’s role in defense and innovation throughout American history and encouraging soldiers to push their limits, could help the Army meet its ambitious recruiting goals for 2023, experts in military readiness told the DCNF.

" 'I think the new brand and commercial better appeal to young people’s desire to be part of a big, important effort larger than themselves,” Thomas Spoehr, director of the Heritage Foundation’s Center for National Defense, told the DCNF. “I think that is the right approach to take.”

"The Army has come under fire for embracing perceived left-wing values in branding, according to Task and Purpose. One example is a 2021 advertising scheme that emphasized the different kinds of people who could join the service, highlighting a same-sex family.

"Left-wing trends in the military’s education and personnel policies — including emphasizing inclusion of LGBTQ+ servicemembers, doubling down on outreach to minority communities, and teaching CRT and giving pronoun advice at the military academies — to support “diversity as a strategic imperative” could cause conservative, often white families to believe they “are not welcome or appreciated in the military,” Elaine Donnelly, president of the Center for Military Readiness, told the DCNF in June.". . .

Public School Board Axes Christian Student Teachers

Board member Tamillia Valenzuela (below), a self-described “bilingual, disabled, neurodivergent Queer Black Latina” who frequently wears, including to board meetings, cat ears, was bothered by the content of ACU’s website...

 The American Spectator "Let’s try a thought experiment: A public school board votes for a policy that bans a certain group of people — say, teachers who are LGBTQ+ — from teaching in its school system because, it fears, one or more of those teachers might make students feel uncomfortable.

"The odds of that happening are slim. But if it did occur, the media hordes would descend on offending board members with the fury and moral righteousness of a thousand “Woodsteins.”

But the hypothetical that Arizona Republic columnist Laurie Roberts proffered last week actually happened.

"In reverse.

"The Washington Elementary School District, encompassing parts of Phoenix and Glendale, Arizona, the largest school district in the state, voted unanimously to dissolve a longtime partnership with nearby Arizona Christian University (ACU) because student teachers from that school, Christians who believe historically vetted Christian doctrine about sex and marriage, might traumatize LGBTQ students.". . .

"At a Feb. 23 board meeting, three of the five board members, all LGBTQ, were outspoken in their fear that students from a school that holds to traditional biblical sexual mores and marriage tenets would pose too great a threat to the district’s queer students.". . .

Cable News Is Riddled With War Profiteers

 Cable News Is Riddled With War Profiteers – PJ Media

"The problem with cable news is that — outside of perhaps Tucker Carlson, who seems genuinely committed to exposing truths and has paid the price for it in the form of the Majority Leader calling for his censorship from the Senate floor — it’s not news.

"It’s state propaganda, by and for the special interests that have purchased the state.

These special interests include big agriculture, big pharma, and, of course, the private weapons manufacturers that comprise the military-industrial complex.

"Lever News explains:

Since Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine, cable news networks have routinely called on defense officials-turned-consultants to offer analysis and help the American public make sense of the crisis. Often, these analysts have used their TV time to call for greater U.S. involvement and bolder moves that could ratchet up tensions between two nuclear-armed superpowers.

The networks have consistently failed to disclose these analysts’ day jobs, [emphasis added] describing them instead by only their former high-ranking military or government roles — leaving viewers in the dark about the analysts’ financial ties to defense contractors that stand to profit from increased or prolonged conflict.

During its Ukraine coverage, MSNBC even failed to include disclosures when the network invited on former Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson, who serves on the board of directors at Lockheed Martin, the world’s biggest defense contractor.

"In addition to blacklisting voices critical of the war du jour, the corporate media’s biggest crime in this regard is its refusal to identify war profiteers that it presents as straight news analysts. There is an obvious conflict of interest that informs the pundit’s worldview, but the viewer is kept in the dark. The only way for the viewer to discover said conflicts of interest is to do their own research — an activity that, not coincidentally, the corporate media constantly discourages its viewers and readers from doing.". . .

Some Joke: Insufferable Jane Fonda Really Did Call for the Murder of Pro-Lifers

I'm quite sure she called for the murder of American pilots as well as infants. TD

PJ Media

"It was all a joke, she says. After igniting a firestorm by calling for the murder of pro-lifers on The View Friday, Hanoi Jane Fonda issued a statement: “While women’s reproductive rights are a very serious issue and extremely important to me, my comment on The View was obviously made in jest. My body language and tone made it clear to those in the room – and to anyone watching – that I was using hyperbole to make a point.” Except that it obviously wasn’t clear to anyone present. Fonda was speaking seriously; her declaration only became a joke when it became clear to her that she had crossed a red line.

"Video of Fonda’s appearance on The View shows that she made even the Leftist hysterics of The View uncomfortable, and they immediately began trying to explain her remarks away, which no one would have done if Fonda’s “jest” had been obvious. What Fonda was actually doing, albeit unwittingly, was revealing (as if we needed more confirmation of it) the dark heart of the pro-abortion Left.". . .

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Turley: Twitter Files Hearing Was A "Soviet Show Trial," Democrats Used It To Attack Free Speech And A Free Press | Video |

 RealClearPolitics  "George Washington University Law School professor Jonathan Turley on Saturday appeared on FOX News to react to the Twitter Files hearing in the House. Turley said the hearing was like a Soviet show trial because Democrats were outraged when Republicans allowed witnesses to respond to allegations made by the Democrats.

" 'You had Democrats who accused former members of Congress of being Putin lovers and conspiracy theorists," Turley said. "All they were doing was raising free-speech concerns but what really was shocking in the last hearing is the Democrats have now severed their connection to the free press and the values underlying the free press."

" 'You had members openly calling for sources and when these journalists refused to do it, you had members like Congresswoman [Sylvia] Garcia (D-TX) and Delegate [Stacey] Plaskett (D-VI) saying, 'Oh, well, I think you just confirmed that Musk is your source because you wouldn't say that he wasn't.' It was just otherworldly," Turley said of the hearing.". . .

With Schiff and Swalwell, what chance is there of free and honest inquiry?

Kevin McCarthy Goes There in Speech, Goes off on Adam Schiff and Eric Swalwell for Lying – RedState

"It’s a pretty safe bet at the next gathering of California House of Representatives members, should such an event transpire, Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) will not be picking up  McCarthy Ejects Schiff and Swalwell From Intelligence Committee - The New York Times (nytimes.com) bar tab. This decidedly less than surprising notion comes courtesy of McCarthy’s speech on March 11th to the California Republican Party Spring 2023 Organizing Convention, during which he flat-out called Schiff and Swalwell liars. From the Sacramento Bee:

He accused Schiff and Swalwell of lying “time and time again” during their tenure on the House Intelligence Committee, which oversees the FBI, the CIA, and other national security agencies.

McCarthy did not explain Saturday what Schiff allegedly lied about. In the past he has accused Schiff of lying when he claimed he did not know the whistleblower who had first-hand knowledge that Trump tried to get Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to investigate Joe and Hunter Biden.

“When a whistleblower came forward, [Schiff] said he did not know the individual even though his staff had met with him and set it up,” McCarthy told reporters in January.

"In the same speech, McCarthy also tore into California Governor Gavin Newsom.". . .

. . ."Good talk, Mr. Speaker. Now, let’s see action."

WATCH: Eric Swalwell Suggests Banning Fox News From Troops Overseas (trendingpoliticsnews.com) Maybe he hopes to impress the Asian lady.

WATCH: Eric Swalwell suggests banning Fox News from troops overseas

The real irony? He said this on MSNBC pic.twitter.com/iYfLbnqU8J

— Clayton Keirns (@CKeirns) March 11, 2023

 Eric Swalwell Wants to Ban Conservative News From the Military (townhall.com)

. . ."In response, Swalwell suggested banning Fox News from the military bases may be in the cards. However, he did acknowledge the idea might not go over well since the network is popular among service members. 

“ 'Nothing makes them feel more like home than their access to American television programming,” Swalwell said. “I don’t want to get in the business of telling troops what they can and cannot watch. But, if you have a news station that a court is going to rule is, in its evening hour, you know, perpetuating dis- and misinformation, I don’t know if I disagree with VoteVets, who was saying that we need to take a look at, you know, how this is being broadcast to our troops.' ”

THANKS BIDEN: U.S. Weapons Sent To Ukraine Are Now Being Found in Iran

 A reverse-engineered Javelin could be used by Hamas or Hezbollah to threaten an Israeli Merkava tank. (Pictured below) 

Merkava 4 Israel Defence Forces Main Battle Tank

THANKS BIDEN: U.S. Weapons Sent To Ukraine Are Now Being Found in Iran (trendingpoliticsnews.com)  "Military aid provided by the United States and its NATO allies to Ukraine is being found in the hands of Iranians, according to a new CNN report.

“Russia has been capturing some of the US and NATO-provided weapons and equipment left on the battlefield in Ukraine and sending them to Iran, where the US believes Tehran will try to reverse-engineer the systems,” four sources familiar with the matter told CNN.

“Over the last year, US, NATO and other Western officials have seen several instances of Russian forces seizing smaller, shoulder-fired weapons equipment including Javelin anti-tank and Stinger anti-aircraft systems that Ukrainian forces have at times been forced to leave behind on the battlefield,” CNN added.

“In many of those cases, Russia has then flown the equipment to Iran to dismantle and analyze, likely so the Iranian military can attempt to make their own version of the weapons,” the report continued. “Russia believes that continuing to provide captured Western weapons to Iran will incentivize Tehran to maintain its support for Russia’s war in Ukraine.”

Experts believe that the Iranians are attempting to reverse-engineer the weaponry to adapt it for its own military production.

“Iran has demonstrated the capability to reverse-engineer US weapons in the past,” said Jonathan Lord, a senior fellow and director of the Middle East security program at the Center for a New American Security. “They reverse-engineered the TOW anti-tank guided missile, creating a near-perfect replica they called the Toophan, and have since proliferated it to the Houthis and Hezbollah. Iran could do the same with a Stinger, which could threaten both civil and military aviation throughout the region. A reverse-engineered Javelin could be used by Hamas or Hezbollah to threaten an Israeli Merkava tank. In the hands of Iran’s proxies, these weapons pose a real threat to Israel’s conventional military forces.”. . .

Hunter Biden craved more than money. He craved sex. And nothing has changed.

 The Kevin Jackson Network (theblacksphere.net)  "So when the Big Guy got the VP slot, Hunter learned that he could feed both obsessions mightily.

"Any inquisitive person would ask if Hunter Biden might have had sex with his own family members. After all, the Big Guy showered with Hunter’s younger half-sister, his daughter Ashley. Sadly, Ashley wrote in her own book that she intentionally took showers late to avoid having to shower with her father.

"Thus, why wouldn’t an under-supervised crackhead like Hunter consider Ashley fair game?

"For those who question my query or say things like, “You don’t know if that happened!”; true! But I do know that Hunter Biden married his dead brother’s wife. And we can all agree that such a union violates more than the “Bro Code”.

"In this latest saga regarding Hunter Biden’s sexual proclivities, we learn through his own text messages with his cousin Caroline that he begged her to set him up with actress Nicola Peltz. Hunter said that he needed to hook up with Ms. Peltz in order to get over his brother’s widow and one-time lover, the aforementioned Hallie Biden.

"According to the texts, rehab at the Newburyport, Massachusetts center in January 2019 interfered with Hunter’s ability to score some “snatch”.

"Hunter claimed in his messages that his psychiatrist had suggested he date Peltz, who was 24 years old at the time. He said that he needed Peltz to “break free” from Hallie.". . .

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If We're Doing Reparations, Here's Who Should Pay Them

 If one dime of reparations is paid to family members of slaves who suffered under the iron rod of a political party that fought a war to keep those slaves in bondage, it should be paid by the Democrat party.  Democrats not only left the United States of America, but also formed their own country. . .

American Thinker   "With the growing push to pass some type of reparations legislation, it becomes increasingly necessary to lay the foundation for both the support for and opposition to such a move.

"Florida state senator Blaise Ingoglia introduced S.B. 1248, "The Ultimate Cancel Act," which would require the Florida Division of Elections to cancel the filings "of any political party that has ever endorsed slavery in its official party platform."

"This comes on the heels of a cancel culture movement to tear down statues, ban Confederate flags, remove portraits of slave-owners from the U.S. Capitol, and rename thousands of public buildings across the country that carried the names of slave-owners.  It is often overlooked that all these statues, the portraits, the school names...were all Democrats.  All slave-holding Democrats.  Because it was their party that fought a war causing hundreds of thousands of innocent people to lose their lives, as they fought to end slavery.

The two platforms Library of Congress (loc.gov)

"So should those families who fought to end slavery, receive a check for reparations?  What about the families of Northern blacks who never experienced slavery and were quite successful businessmen and leaders?  What about the first 23 black members of the U.S. Congress...all former slaves, but now leaders of the country?  Their election out of slavery to positions of great power should serve as their progeny's reparations.  What price could you put on this honor, treating it as a slight?

"The Republican Party was founded in 1854 as an abolitionist party, with six of the nine planks in its platform dealing with abolishing slavery, equal rights, civil rights, and voting rights in the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments, respectively.  The Democrats, on the other hand, had in their platforms in 1844, 1848, 1852, and 1856 that they proudly supported and defended slavery and the right of a person to own another person.  They believed in it so strongly that when Abraham Lincoln, the first Republican ever elected, made it clear that he would rid the country of the scourge of slavery, the Democrats packed up their tents and seceded from the Union, causing a war that pitted citizens against each other, ending in almost 800,000 dead Americans.". . .

Liberal feminist Naomi Wolf apologizes to conservatives, Republicans, and MAGA

Fortunately, however, Wolf still has functioning eyeballs.  After watching Tucker’s videos, she issued an apology to conservatives and “all those who put American first.”

   American Thinker

  Because of lies … in legacy media — lies which I and millions of others believed — half of our nation’s electorate was smeared and delegitimized, and I myself was misled. It damages our nation when legacy media put words in the mouths of … former Presidents, and call them traitors or criminals without evidence.  … The Democrats in leadership … have cherry-picked, hyped, spun, and … appear to have lied about aspects of January 6, turning a tragedy for the nation into a politicized talking point aimed at discrediting half of our electorate.

--Liberal journalist, feminist, and Gore and Clinton campaign advisor Naomi Wolf after watching videos of the Capitol riot released by Tucker Carlson, March 10, 2023

"Naomi Wolf’s liberal credentials are impressive.  Her mother, Deborah Goleman Wolf, is an anthropologist and author of The Lesbian Community, praised by many for its sympathetic approach to lesbianism (see back cover here).  Her father, Leonard Wolf, was a faculty member of English Literature at San Francisco State University who twice won the Anna Radcliffe Award for Literature, and was a Yiddish translator. ". . .

. . ."Having realized that she has been played by her “tribe”, Wolf refers to the long history of lies about Trump perpetrated by “NPR, MSNBC, The New York Times” and others, lies that Hunter Biden’s laptop was Russian propaganda, that Trump’s campaign colluded with Russia, that Trump was a Russian asset, that the Steele dossier was accurate, that Trump instigated the riot at the Capitol (because his words to his supporters to assemble “peacefully and patriotically” had been deleted from all of the news coverage “I [Wolf] had seen”), etc.

"Perhaps what is most astonishing about Wolf’s article is the heartfelt apology, not just to conservatives but even to MAGA.  Yes, she apologizes to MAGA!  Aren’t they NAZIS?". . .

Tucker Carlson Completes U-Turn on Naomi Wolf, Writes Glowing Praise of Her New Covid Conspiracy Book (msn.com)

Jane Fonda Says 'Murder' an Option for Dealing With Pro-Life Republicans

 Jane Fonda Says 'Murder' an Option for Dealing With Pro-Life Republicans – RedState

"Actress Jane Fonda joined “The View” Friday and when the conversation turned to how pro-abortion activists can fight pro-life Republicans, the 85-year-old suggested murder as an option.

"Fonda was visiting the show to promote her latest film, “80 For Brady.” She was joined by co-star and longtime friend Lily Tomlin. When the panel topic turned to recent abortion battles in red states Tomlin expressed dismay at new Republican laws to protect the unborn, saying the country is “backsliding” and it’s “pretty awful”

"Fonda followed up with her own comments.

"Host Sonny Hostin laughed, saying that was “the activist” in Fonda coming out. Veteran host Joy Behar agreed, and then asked the “Grace and Frankie” star what could be done about it besides marching and protesting.

“ 'Well, I’ve thought of murder,” Fonda replied through animated cross-talk between the women on the panel. When Tomlin asked her to repeat her statement, Fonda confirmed.

“ 'Murder.”

"While the panel of “The View” laughed, Behar stepped in to reassure the audience Fonda was just kidding, suggesting that right-wing watchdogs might pick up the comment and “run away with it.' 

Like now

Hanoi Jane Sharpens Her Knife | Power Line (powerlineblog.com)  "No sooner had we forgiven Jane Fonda for her sins of many years ago than she gives fresh reason to condemn her. Today on The View–my God, does someone actually watch that show?–she suggested that pro-lifers should be murdered:". . .

Tucker pulled his punches

Now he has slow walked this and the people who watched and waited for him to do a good job can shake their heads--Tucker and the Fox Network are afraid of the deep state and the power of the socialist/Democrat oligarchy. 

 Tucker pulled his punches - American Thinker   "I watched what I thought was a serious journalist blow the first night of the supposed big J6 tape release. But I couldn't help noticing that  he picked stuff we already knew -- and he was WEAK. 

"Where was the video of fed provocateurs and violence coordinators?

"Capitol Police flash bang and rubber bullet/baton attacks on an unarmed citizen crowd?

"The deceptions about the barricades?

"The beatings of unarmed women and lots of unarmed men, and one, Roseann Boyland, who died?

"What was so hard about demonstrating to the public that the J6 was a Reichstag Fire scam?". . .

. . ."Sure, he said the J6 committee lied, but he pulled his punches even on the opening night and from there the week went downhill fast and he purposely got weaker and weaker.  Before the week was done, he opened his show about the International Women's Day award?  He didn't care -- he was just going through the motions."

Jan. 6 Videos Show Antifa Disguising as Trump Supporters – PJ Media  

Here, a Trump supporter leaps on a man trying to smash a window while others cheer him for stopping the vandalism; the protestors boo the vandal and one yells, “Antifa!”

JUST IN: Censored video re-emerges of ANTIFA IN BLACK CLAD disrobing and changing into Trump gear on January 6..
WON’T SEE THIS ON CNN..pic.twitter.com/a763T2Y0vl

— Chuck Callesto (@ChuckCallesto) March 8, 2023

 Whoopi Goldberg: The Government Should Shut Down Fox News, Prosecute Them For “Recruiting” Domestic Terrorists… | Weasel Zippers

God, please forgive me for being a liberal -

  American Thinker  "I love my spouse and my children more than I can put into words.  I care about my neighborhood, my city, my state, and my country.  But I cannot reconcile other choices I make.

"If a man were to break into my house, would I reward that behavior by sharing the limited resources I have for my family and my children with him?  Yet, I vote for a president and a party that rewards that behavior with our countries limited resources and taxes. 

"My children come home from school every day but still cannot read or write.  I want to send them to a better school, but I cannot afford it.   Why then do I vote for representatives that are determined to keep my children in these broken schools while denying my family more favorable choices?

"My daughter was attacked and sexually assaulted.  I want to protect my children, but I vote for district attorneys that will release these dangerous people right back into our community and politicians that want to reduce the police presence in our neighborhoods.

"I want to move to a safer neighborhood, but I cannot afford it.  Why then do I vote for a political party that continuously floods our streets with undocumented immigrants and drugs, rewarding this behavior with promises of free medical care, housing, and education that I cannot provide for my own family?". . .