Tuesday, April 29, 2025

The man behind the newest Articles of Impeachment against Trump

What has happened to the former great state of Michigan, home of the Civil War Iron Brigade Regiment 24th Michigan?

Dem who filed articles of impeachment against Trump has a closet full of skeletons… 

. . . "Aside from that tragic story, Rep. Thanedar has a closet full of skeletons. The man accusing President Trump of “tyranny” knows a thing or two about being a cold, calculated leader. As it turns out, the pharmaceutical company he once owned has been accused of horrific abuse against dogs and monkeys." . . .

. . ."Do you see a pattern here? Rep. Thanedar has a history of abuse, tyrannical behavior, and a complete refusal to take responsibility for anything. As usual, everything the left accuses President Trump of, they are guilty of themselves, and with this latest attack, the typical Dem cycle continues.

"Meanwhile, the internet is having a field day with this man’s very fluffy-looking toupee. We’ll leave you with this video meme we came across; it might give you a chuckle.

Libs Of TikTok  "Watch Democrat Rep. Shri Thanedar DEFLECT and avoid answering when a constituent BLASTS him for voting AGAINST the Laken Riley Act. This is who’s trying to impeach Trump. He’s mad that foreign terrorists are getting deported" Video

Watch Democrat Rep. Shri Thanedar DEFLECT and avoid answering when a constituent BLASTS him for voting AGAINST the Laken Riley Act.


Andrea Widburg   "Saul Alinsky, in his Rules for Radicals, warned that “A tactic that drags on too long becomes a drag.” Democrats would do well to heed that advice when it comes to Donald Trump. Having unsuccessfully tried twice to impeach him, they’re still invested in impeachment.

"Just the other day, Georgia Sen. Jon Ossoff told a town hall crowd that Trump “has already exceeded any prior standard for impeachment” because of his meme coin contest. Of course, all candidates now offer contests, and Trump hasn’t yet sold access to the Lincoln bedroom, but none of that matters to Democrats.

"Rep. Shri Thanedar (D. MI) is unimpressed with mere promises of future impeachments. He wants impeachment now. And so he’s acted, introducing in Congress Articles of Impeachment against Trump that list several things that Thandedar thinks justify giving the people’s elected president the boot from the White House. Thanedar’s site summarizes them this way:

. . ." In other words, Thanedar dislikes Trump’s policies, and someone gave him a bunch of big words to throw around.

"In a pre-modern era, when you disliked the elected president’s policies, you’d work to win back Congress and the White House via genuine democratic processes, such as offering Americans intelligent, viable policies and doing the hard work of door-to-door campaigning. Nowadays, in the Democrat world of “democracy,” it means using threats of violence and the abuse of law and process to destroy a sitting president.

"Needless to say, every one of Thanedar's claims are ludicrous, but I want to focus on the man behind the Articles of Impeachment." . . .

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Nike’s ad seemingly dismissing the Holocaust is bad, no matter how you look at it

Never Again - Wikipedia   

  • Never again, a phrase associated with the Holocaust and other genocides

Never again - Wikipedia. . ."According to Aaron Dorfman, "Since the Holocaust, the Jewish community's attitude toward preventing genocide has been summed up in the moral philosophy of 'Never Again.'"[13] What this meant was that the Jews would not allow themselves to be victimized.[17] The phrase has been used in many official commemorations and appears on many Holocaust memorials and museums,[8][2] including memorials at Treblinka extermination camp[2] and Dachau concentration camp,[18] as well as in commemoration of the Rwandan genocide.[19]

"It is in wide use by Holocaust survivors, politicians, writers, and other commentators, who invoke it for a variety of purposes.[7][19] In 2012, Elie Wiesel wrote: "'Never again' becomes more than a slogan: It's a prayer, a promise, a vow ... never again the glorification of base, ugly, dark violence." The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum made the phrase, in its universal sense, the theme of its 2013 Days of Remembrance, urging people to look out for the "warning signs" of genocide." . . .


  Andrea Widburg  "Last Friday, Israel observed Yom HaShoah, or Holocaust Remembrance Day, in honor of the 6 million slaughtered under Hitler. It is a very serious observance, including a minute of silence, when absolutely everything stops, including traffic. And last weekend, Nike observed the London marathon by putting up an utterly tone-deaf advertisement that seemed to dismiss the Holocaust’s horrors. Whether the ad arose from cultural and historical ignorance or from actual malevolence is unclear, although I lean to the first explanation. What we know is that the ad was awful.

"Here's the ad, which is best appreciated if you understand (as I’m sure you do) that “Never Again” is the Israeli and world Jewish response to the Holocaust: We will never again allow something like that to happen:" . . .

. . ."Leftists adore making Nazi analogies (and, indeed, the Palestinians, who are dedicated to Jewish eradication, are constantly recast as victims of “Jewish Hitlers”). However, they are actually surpassingly ignorant about the reality of the Holocaust. They just know it was bad, and that everyone they hate is Hitler. (And, if they’re extremists or Muslims, they claim it was a hoax so that Jews could steal “Palestine.”)"

Finally we see what a poor education system can - and has - fostered into American culture.

A cardinal symptom of TDS is the characterization of Trump as Adolf Hitler and a Nazi. The left, not noticeably given to introspection or critical thinking, obviously fails to recognize its own Nazism. 

"A fundamental tenet of Nazism is that all power be vested in the state.  Similarly, the Democrat party strives to establish a government that controls society via regulations and central planning — the Green New Deal, E.V. mandates, vaccination mandates, socialized medicine, wealth redistribution, community planning, public education, judicial activism, Obama’s “Life of Julia”, erosion of competing allegiance to family and faith — orchestrated by a permanent, unelected, unaccountable leftist bureaucracy.

Hitler sought a one-party state.  The Democrats openly advocate for statehood for D.C. and Puerto Rico, stacking the Supreme Court with leftist justices, lowering the voting age, and the importation of potential Democrat voters to establish a permanent Democrat majority.  They suppress conservative opposition via cancel culture, identity politics, DEI, and lawfare.

Hitler was anti-Semitic.  The left supports pro-Hamas, anti-Israel protests.

Hitler’s Nazism utilized a Ministry of Propaganda to brain-wash the populace in support of the regime.  The Democrats employ our MSM to the same end.

Hitler established the Hitler Youth Program to indoctrinate the young in the virtues of Nazism.  The left employs the same strategy in our education system.

Hitler utilized the military to grow his political influence. " . . . 

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It Takes A Lot Of Jet Fuel To Throw A Funeral For A Climate Alarmist Pope

"If Francis’ climate beliefs were ever to become policy prescriptions, most of the world would die, starting with the poor, elderly, and sick."

The Federalist  

"John Kerry was there. Why? Because he’s John Kerry, and you’re not. The former Biden administration “climate czar” sees himself as the pope of his own religion, flying around the world in a year more than most people would in many lifetimes."

Memedroid

"In his final act as pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church, Francis, in keeping with his deep commitment to the climate and well-cultivated image of personal humility, could have foregone a papal funeral.

"To the thousands of world leaders and dignitaries flying to Rome as required by international protocol, Pope Francis could have extended an invitation to stay home. He could have ordered he not lie in state, preventing the Vatican pilgrimage of hundreds of thousands of faithful to pay their respects. He could have even skipped the motorcade through the streets of Rome. All this, as a memorable gesture to maintain a smaller carbon footprint — one last gift to the planet by not contributing to the climate crisis.

"He did not.

"In the final moments Francis’ mortal body was on this earth, the Holy Father demonstrated ever more clearly that indeed, there is no climate crisis. There are no personal actions he or the world’s elite would ever, ever, take for the climate. It is all theater.

"On climate change, Francis died as he lived: another political hypocrite.

"Harsh words coming from me, a Catholic, about the Pope, let alone the recently deceased Pope, but Francis’ climate alarmism, nay his downright climate ignorance, are far, far worse. If Francis’ climate beliefs were ever to become policy prescriptions, most of the world would die, starting with the poor, elderly, and infirm. We can only thank God the Pope no longer has an army.

"Francis visited 68 countries during his reign. The jet fuel and the tanks of gas came from somewhere. So too the altars erected in parks and fields so the enormous crowds could gather to his side. For example, at World Youth Day in Manila, the largest ever Mass in history saw 6 million in attendance. Quite a petrochemical-heavy event. Media praised Francis, who braved the pouring rain, driving the gas-powered Popemobile around the grounds wearing a waterproof, plastic poncho.

"Thank you, fossil fuels, for making it possible for the Bishop of Rome to be in the Philippines. Thank you, fossil fuel workers, laboring in difficult, even dangerous jobs, for providing him with these resources." . . .

Which takes us to more world leader satire:  McDonalds Announces Impeachment Meal Deal    Chicago, IL -- Fast food giant McDonald's announced an 'Impeachment Meal Deal' whenever Democrats try to impeach US President Donald Trump.  According to advertisements on the McDonald's website, "Every time an impeachment resolution is filed against the president, you can purchase two Big Macs, two Filet-O-Fish, and your choice of a chocolate milkshake or diet coke for only 47 cents!"  

"McDonald's CEO Chris Kempczinski answered questions about the new promotion, noting it was probably the first time a food special has been tied to repetitive, groundless impeachment attempts of a US president." . . .

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Biased Journalism Erases the Hostages

Tamar Sternthal   January 15, 2025 and still they are underground.

"Hamas has buried the hostages deep in its terror tunnels. And biased journalism further entrenches their erasure." 


"There’s more than one way to erase the hostages held by Hamas and other terror groups in the Gaza Strip.

"There are the angry self-righteous mobs across the United States, Europe and beyond who ripped down posters of the 251 kidnapped children, elderly, women and men. (As of this writing, 94 of the Oct. 7 hostages are still in Gaza, and the Israeli military has confirmed 34 of them are dead.)

"Then there are the more genteel journalistic erasures which exact far greater and lasting damage than the bombastic street displays.

The more genteel journalistic erasures exact far greater and lasting damage than the bombastic street displays.

"In October 2023, The Los Angeles Times erased half of those then known to be hostages, underreporting: “Hamas militants attacked southern Israel on Oct. 7, killing more than 1,400 Israelis and taking at least 100 hostages into Gaza.” By that time, Israel had already contacted the loved ones of 203 individuals to notify them that their kin were being held by terrorists in the Gaza Strip. (The paper later issued a stealth correction due to the intervention of media watch organization CAMERA.)

"Last month, after the 251 figure was already known for many long months, a Canton Repository (Ohio) article republished in some two dozen USA Today Network newspapers across North America conjured up an even lower figure than The Los Angeles Times. It misreported that Hamas members “attacked and killed more than 1,100 Israelis, and kidnapped dozens of others including Americans, who still are missing.”

"In recent weeks, Variety devoted two flattering reviews to Michael Moore’s anti-Israel propaganda film “From Ground Zero” about the Gaza Strip, without sparing one word for the Oct. 7 massacre or the nearly 100 hostages still held by Hamas and other terror groups after 15 months." . . . More here...

Tamar Sternthal is director of the Israel office of Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting and Analysis.  

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Newsom Hits The Gas

 Issues & Insights

"Newsom recently bragged that California is now the fourth-largest economy in the world. That’s nice, but it won’t last long if Sacramento’s political war on oil and gas continues."


"It wasn’t long ago that a California governor made it clear that oil refineries were not welcome in his state. Then another California governor asked regulators to loosen the chains on refineries to ensure that they will be profitable and remain in the state that every day burns an enormous volume of gasoline.

"Actually, it is the same governor, one who has turned his attention from playing to his hard-left, blue-state constituency to shifting toward the middle for a 2028 White House run.

"It was just last summer when Gov. Gavin Newsom announced a “plan to prevent Big Oil ‘profit spikes’” that would also “save Californians money at the pump.” He groused about refiners “playing games to earn even more profits” and vowed to force them to “act responsibly.”

"Two months later, he signed a bill that is intended to limit “higher profits for the industry.” Within hours, Phillips 66 said that it was closing its Los Angeles refinery complex.

“ 'Without actually using the words, the company is saying there’s no reason to stick around and be abused,” the Pacific Research Institute said last fall.

"Then, earlier this year, PRI pointed out that “California is literally running out of oil refineries.”

“Phillips 66 announced it was closing its Los Angeles refinery complex in 2025. It will be the fourth refinery shut down in the state since 2020. At that point, there will be only a dozen refineries left to produce the 38 million gallons of California’s boutique blend – which is not made anywhere else, costs more than conventional gasoline, and requires oil companies to invest billions to upgrade their systems to make – that’s consumed daily.”

"Or it could be only 14. Valero is likely to close its California refinery next year.

"Mission accomplished. Then the mission changed. Now, Newsom is asking regulators to do what they can to keep oil refineries open.

"In a letter to California Energy Commission Vice Chairman Siva Gunda, sent days after Valero’s announcement, the governor asked the agency to “redouble the state’s efforts to work closely with refiners,” and to ensure that “refiners continue to see the value in serving the California market, even as demand for fossil fuels continues its gradual decline over the coming decades.” . . .

Newsom Touts Calif. as World’s 4th-Largest Economy on Paper as Real Jobs Fall — Daily Signal

California, Which Bans Affirmative Action, Sues Trump over Anti-DEI Policy — Breitbart

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Voto Latino CEO Asks News To "Blur" Mugshot Posters On WH Lawn: "We Don't Know If They've Had Due Process"

 RCP 

 "I recognize a lot of shots are tough, but I encourage folks to actually make sure that those shots are blurred to the best of your abilities."

"Maria Teresa Kumar, the CEO of Voto Latino, told MSNBC on Monday morning that journalists reporting from the White House lawn should "blur" the mugshots of suspected deported illegal immigrant criminals on posters put up by the Trump administration.

"MSNBC's Jonathan Lemire reported: "The White House has put up about 100 posters of what they say are unauthorized immigrants who have been arrested for violent crimes."

"What’s particularly noteworthy about this location is it is right directly behind the positions where TV correspondents do their hits from the White House lawn. So therefore, no matter what network you’re on, that includes MSNBC, if you’re doing it from the White House right now, those pictures will be behind you," he said.

"Maria Teresa Kumar, the CEO of Voto Latino, told MSNBC on Monday morning that journalists reporting from the White House lawn should "blur" the mugshots of suspected deported illegal immigrant criminals on posters put up by the Trump administration.

"MSNBC's Jonathan Lemire reported: "The White House has put up about 100 posters of what they say are unauthorized immigrants who have been arrested for violent crimes."

" 'What’s particularly noteworthy about this location is it is right directly behind the positions where TV correspondents do their hits from the White House lawn. So therefore, no matter what network you’re on, that includes MSNBC, if you’re doing it from the White House right now, those pictures will be behind you," he said." . . .

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Monday, April 28, 2025

After Decimating Their Credibility, Networks Still Spew 'Relentlessly Hostile' Trump Coverage

 Bob Hoge


"You’re not imagining it—you’re living in a misinformation world where the major broadcast networks are regularly depicting a country that you don’t live in. For four years, they told us that Joe Biden was just fine—sharp as a tack—even though our own eyes told us otherwise.

"Since 2016, they’ve tried to convince us that Donald Trump is Hitler reincarnate, even as he’s made major efforts to stomp out antisemitism in this country and has made no move to kill six million Jews.

"Have they learned anything as their reputations have cratered and no one trusts them anymore? Of course not. They continue on their relentless campaign to demonize conservatives while pushing radical woke ideology down the throats of low-information voters. The numbers bear it out:

"Just 100 days into President Donald Trump’s second term, the broadcast evening news landscape is even more lopsided than it was eight years ago, when Trump was besieged with relentlessly hostile coverage. So far this year, the new Trump administration has faced a withering 92% negative coverage from ABC, CBS and NBC, whose flagship news programs averaged more than 19.3 million viewers during the first quarter of 2025, making them the most widely-watched news programs in the country.

"I know some readers, when faced with stories like this, say, “Who cares? Nobody watches these gaslighting idiots anyway." Unfortunately, that is not the case—as the Newsbusters report indicates, almost 20 million viewers tune in on average to these lie-fests. We can ignore it, but we do so at our own peril—just remember, we got Joe Biden for four miserable years." . . .

 WHCA 'Nerd Prom'   Marked by Insulting Gaslighting and the Press Learning Zero Lessons   "For reference, Daniels is a host on MSNBC, the most far-left network in existence. Have he and his fellow press members comported themselves as the "opposition?" Absolutely. I'd also cool it with the talk of great sacrifice from a class of people who mostly work from their couches if they aren't sitting in cushy studios. 

"Included in Daniels' words is the rank arrogance and inability to admit fault that has turned the mainstream press into a pariah. Progress would be admitting there are issues, changing their approach, and trying to regain trust. What's not progress is doubling down on how important they supposedly are while lying to people about their motivations and concerns for the public trust. 

"Remember when a verbatim question from a reporter ended up on a pre-printed Biden notecard, complete with a picture of who the questioner would be and her name spelled phonetically (because he was and remains senile)? The WHCA has still provided no explanation, and the journalist involved sits on its board." . . .

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What Is Going On In Los Angeles? 

Issued & Insights
"Nor have they shown themselves capable of leading the recovery. After promising to streamline the permitting process and rebound without delay, only four building permits for owners whose homes were destroyed had been issued 75 days after the fires."  

 "In a little more than three years, Los Angeles will host the 2028 Summer Olympics. It seems fair to ask if it is going to be up to the task. The city has a nearly $1 billion deficit and will be laying off 1,600 workers. The rebuild after winter wildfires killed 12 and destroyed 68,000 structures is moving as slowly as the state’s high-speed rail project. A federal judge has told Los Angeles officials he is their “worst nightmare.” And the city is being sued by its hometown newspaper.  

"Another question comes to mind: Could Los Angeles be the next Detroit? At times, it seems it’s in a race with San Francisco to see which will be the first to reach a Motor City-like nadir.  

"Due to its “serious financial headwinds,” the city is going to have to make cuts, immediately and in the future.  

“ 'This is an enormous hole to fill,” Matthew Szabo, city administrative officer, told the City Council last month. “The severity of the revenue decline, paired with rising costs, has created a budget gap that makes layoffs nearly inevitable. We are not looking at dozens or even hundreds of layoffs, but thousands.”  As much as 5% of the city workforce will likely have to go.

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The Democrats have responded to Judge Hannah Dugan's arrogance with a combination of hypocrisy and political ineptitude.

David Catron; The American Spectator

. . ."This makes two judges arrested and two judges who, for all intents and purposes, refuse to adhere to their oaths of office. All four, and many more, see themselves as part of “the resistance.” But what are they resisting? It isn’t just Trump or even the will of the people. It’s the rule of law." . . .


"Last week, after their absurd attempt to make a martyr of Salvadoran deportee Kilmar Abrego Garcia, some Democrats seemed to realize they had committed a political blunder. As Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-Texas) put it, “I don’t know if that’s the right issue that Democrats should be focusing on right now.” Many polls, including a CBS/YouGov survey released Sunday, indicate that most Americans support the deportation of people living in the U.S. illegally. Yet, when a Wisconsin judge was arrested for aiding a “migrant” in his effort to escape immigration officials, the Democrats repeated their error.
"If any reader managed to miss this story, Milwaukee County Circuit Court Judge Hannah Dugan was taken into custody by the FBI on Friday and charged with two federal crimes involving obstruction of a federal proceeding and concealing an individual to prevent his arrest. The specific “individual” was Eduardo Flores-Ruiz, a Mexican national living in the country illegally. Judge Dugan foolishly assisted his futile attempt to avoid apprehension at the Milwaukee County Courthouse on April 18, and her subsequent arrest inspired a number of Democrats to issue irresponsible statements such as this one from Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.):
Americans are watching with outrage the stunning news that Trump’s FBI has arrested a sitting judge in Milwaukee for alleged obstruction of an immigration arrest. While all the facts are not yet in, the implications of this arrest are chilling. This is a drastic escalation and dangerous new front in Trump’s authoritarian campaign of trying to bully, intimidate, and impeach judges who won’t follow his dictates.  We must do whatever we can to defend the independent judiciary in America.
"Conspicuously absent from this portentous nonsense is any justification for Dugan’s illegal actions. Raskin is the ranking member of the House Judiciary Committee and often reminds us that no one is above the law. He has never mentioned a county judge exception. Nor has Raskin’s counterpart on the Senate Judiciary Committee, Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), who denounced Dugan’s arrest in an Orwellian statement: “When immigration enforcement officials interfere with our criminal justice system, it undermines public safety, prevents victims and witnesses from coming forward, and often prevents those who committed crimes from facing justice …”
"Durbin is clearly a little confused. It was Judge Dugan who “interfered in our criminal justice system” by personally conducting Flores-Ruiz out of her courtroom through an exit outside of which she knew no federal agents would be waiting. As reported by KKTV.com, “Dugan is accused of escorting the man and his lawyer out of her courtroom through the jury door last week after learning that immigration authorities were seeking his arrest.” He was only apprehended because he ran the wrong way after departing the building. Meanwhile, Wisconsin’s Democratic Governor, Tony Evers, condemned President Trump’s administration as dangerous:" . . .
What will it take for Democrats to love America more than they hate President Trump?

UPDATE: Democrats Burn Their ‘No One Is Above the Law’ Card in Response to Wisconsin Judge’s Arrest  "One of the most oft-repeated talking points from Democrats and media figures during President Donald Trump’s first term in office and the four years after was “no one is above the law.” They said it in part because Trump had the nerve to fight back in the court of public opinion— and courts of law when necessary — against the Democrats’ blatant lawfare schemes.

"But it didn’t take long before their masks slipped off, once again revealing who they really were underneath: crass hypocrites to whom the rules – and their purported “standards” – don’t apply.

"Such has been the case this week after the arrest of Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Hannah Dugan, 65. According to the FBI charging document, Dugan was taken into custody by the FBI for two alleged U.S. Code violations: “Obstructing or impeding proceeding before a department or agency of the United States” and “Concealing an individual to prevent his discovery and arrest.” . . .

"Last but not least, there was this, which is insane when you think about it:

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Michigan has had a vocal presence of anti-Israel demonstrators in recent times.

[RELATED: Former Columbia president says during deposition she doesn’t remember students calling for Israel’s destruction]

Broc Smith

University of Michigan suspends anti-Israel student activists from campus 
. . ."Last month, pro-Palestine demonstrators vandalized the house of the university’s provost with slogans like “Free Palestine,” “Divest,” “M Kills” and “No Honor in Genocide.”
"Michigan Regents Vice Chair Mark Bernstein strongly condemned the vandalism as an “assault” on the university’s fundamental values. “We have failed as an educational institution when these criminal acts replace responsible advocacy,” he noted. "

 I recall during Vietnam when American soldiers were taunted by these same types with the slogan "Baby killers!" Now they defend those Hamas allies for putting infants into ovens and cooking them alive or beheading them. TD

. . ."The Trump administration suspended the funds as the result of a Department of Education investigation started in 2024 as the result of a Title VI complaint filed by Campus Reform Editor-in-Chief Dr. Zachary Marschall.
"Marschall wrote that Princeton protesters chanted anti-Israel messages shortly after the Oct. 7 massacre, and that “The violent words of these protesters completely disregard the atrocities Hamas has already committed and promises to commit in the future against the people of Israel, including raping, murdering, and kidnapping civilians.” His Title VI complaint stated that Princeton allowed such anti-Semitism to continue with impunity. 



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Drone footage shows Pacific Palisades reservoir still empty

Monica Showalter


LA Empty reservoirs today

"After Gavin Newsom tooted his own horn about how much California has learned its lesson about fire prevention, and shoveling out $170 million for just that purpose, someone on X sent up a drone over the famous empty Pacific Palisades reservoir ... and found it still empty:

"Business as usual, empty reservoirs, and the L.A. Department of Water and Power still makes $750,000 a year. Perhaps the state has a new illegal alien benefit to dole out. The reservoirs were specifically built to ensure a large supply of water for firefighters to fight fires in the event the inevitable happened. It did, and the reservoir was "under repairs" for years, making it empty.

"Obviously, they don't care.

"And just as appalling, amid all the bragging about Los Angeles 'rebuilding' and 'rising up' after January's conflagration, someone sent a drone up to take a gander at how that's going

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On “Assassination Culture”: It’s Not You, It’s the Left

"A new report warns that rising left-wing support for political violence, fueled by online “assassination culture,” threatens the foundations of civil discourse and democracy."

 Thaddeus G. McCotter 

"After all, during the four years of the Biden Administration, the right did not engage in a similar wave of violence, let alone have it ignored or condoned by the media. In fact, it was the federal government under a leftist president that used its police and surveillance powers to infringe upon the constitutional rights and civil liberties of its opponents."

"Writing in City Journal, Zack Dulberg and Max Horder, senior fellows at the Network Contagion Research Institute, examined the results of a recent survey to determine why America has experienced a disturbing increase in political violence. The answer should surprise no objective observer: “Progressives increasingly support violence.”

We found that nearly one-third of Americans surveyed—and around half of those identifying as left-of-center—believe that the murder of certain public figures is at least somewhat justified. The figures are startling: 38 percent of respondents, and 55 percent of those left of center, said assassinating President Trump would be at least somewhat justified; 31 percent of respondents, and 48 percent of those left of center, said the same about Musk. Forty percent of respondents, and 58 percent of those left of center, deem it at least somewhat acceptable to “destroy a Tesla dealership” in protest.

"Further, based upon their findings, Mr. Dulberg and Mr. Horder have identified the disease ravaging the body politic: 

Our report also discovered an online “assassination culture,” found in predominantly left-leaning digital spaces, such as Bluesky and Reddit. This subculture justifies and glorifies political violence. Some of these networks’ users wield the name “Luigi” or use the Luigi video game character as coded endorsements of Brian Thompson’s alleged assassin, Luigi Mangione. These users cloak explicit calls for violence in stylized memes. Many believe that political murder and sabotage are acceptable forms of protest.

"And again, as the authors stress, this is no longer a phenomenon on the fringe of the public square: “This ‘assassination culture’ incubated on social media has migrated from the margins of public life into the mainstream.” . . .

"Hon. Thaddeus G. McCotter (M.C., Ret.) served Michigan’s 11th Congressional District from 2003-2012, He served as chair of the Republican House Policy Committee and as a member of the Financial Services, Joint Economic, Budget, Small Business, and International Relations Committees."

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