Vote Gavin; make America be California!

 Gov. Newsom Frees the Worst Child Rapists in America | Frontpage Mag  

. . . "Funston was known as “the monster parents fear the most” and was sentenced to three life terms in prison in 1999. But in 2020, even as he was having surfers arrested and small business owners shut down, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed AB 3234 into law which took the state’s already generous ‘elder parole law’ and redefined ‘elder’ as being any criminal over the age of fifty." . . .

...Just a silly one.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom says JD Vance 'more dangerous' than Trump

One reason? JD Vance: We're Going to be 'Throwing Fraudsters in Prison' [WATCH]

SO PREDICTABLE: Gavin Newsom Says J.D. Vance Scares Him More Than Trump (VIDEO) | The Gateway Pundit   

. . . "He is trying to embed himself in the minds of voters, especially Democrat voters, to see him as an inevitability. The truth is that he is a total snake who has done massive harm to the state of California. Given his performance on rebuilding after the wildfires from last year, it’s a miracle that he still has a job."

 Gavin Newsom And The Hard Bigotry Of Low Expectations – Issues & Insights  

It was Democrat Lyndon Johnson in the 1960s who reportedly said about the civil rights bill he signed, “I’ll have them n*****s voting Democratic for 200 years.” (expletive deleted)

 "George W. Bush did a public service when he coined that phrase in 1999 as a way to point out the racist roots of claims that minorities can’t be expected to achieve what “privileged’ whites do. But he was wrong to call this form of bigotry “soft.”

"There is nothing soft about it. Saying that blacks can’t be expected to excel in school or get an ID to vote is as bad as burning a cross on their lawn. And yet, while Republicans are routinely described as racist, it’s Democrats who lay claim to this particular form of bigotry.

"Case in point is would-be-president California Gov. Gavin Newsom, who at an event with Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens told a black audience:

" 'I’m like you. I’m no better than you. I’m a 960 SAT guy … You’ve never seen me read a speech because I cannot read a speech.”

Newsom later complained about “fake MAGA-manufactured outage” over his comments, and ranted on X that Fox News’ Sean Hannity “didn’t give a sh** about the President of the United States of America posting an ape video of President Obama,” and “spare me your fake f***ing outrage, Sean.”  (expletives deleted)

Well, Gavin, tell that to Cornell West, who in an X post said:  More...

Think Dems’ ‘Tax The Rich’ Policies Will Make America Better Off? Just Take A Look At California

  Issues & Insights

“Tax the rich” is a bankrupt slogan of far-left Democrats as they try to siphon even more money from society’s most creative class — its entrepreneurs, inventors, and builders — and waste it instead on the worst-run part of our economy: Big government. 

. . . "Their proposal would, the New York Post editorial board notes, end up “socking not just millionaires but even couples making just $500,000, who’d see their taxes rise a whopping 10%. And top earners would face a top rate of 24% — the highest not just in America but the world.“

"'And, of course, California is now discovering, to its shocked regret, that super-smart and ultra-mobile rich people and entrepreneurs don’t sit still to let their income and wealth be stripped off them by greedy leftist politicians.

"No, they leave, taking their wealth, taxes, companies, and, most importantly, high-paying jobs with them.

"California’s bitter experience should serve as an object lesson in capital flight. But socialists don’t care. They think your money should be theirs to spend. They use billionaires as targets, because there’s so much envy and resentment over their wealth.

"Any state now contemplating punitive taxes on the wealthy would do well to learn from what’s happening to California, where activists, unions, and Democratic politicians are trying to get an initiative on the ballot called the “2026 Billionaire Tax Act.”

"Its goal: to impose “a one-time 5% tax on billionaire wealth.”

"It’s already having a nightmare impact on California’s economy, with at least seven entrepreneurial, job-creating billionaires relocating to friendlier states and taking their businesses, technology, and highly skilled and highly paid workforces with them.

"And California’s already poorer for it.

"As we noted last month, the billionaire tax is not “even officially on the California ballot yet, but that hasn’t stopped businessmen, entrepreneurs, and investors from fleeing the state, taking $1 trillion in wealth – along with jobs and opportunity – with them.” . . .  More...

Judge To Rule In Tyler Robinson Case In Assassination Of Charlie Kirk

 100PercentFedUp

"The unconscionable cartoon in Newsday trivializing the assassination of Charlie Kirk is so over the top despicable that it is shocking even for the majority of us who realized long ago that Newsday abandoned any pretension of fairness." Comment to this cartoon.

"The trial of Tyler Robinson, the man accused of assassinating Charlie Kirk, is underway.

"On Tuesday afternoon, Judge Tony Graf will rule on whether to disqualify Utah prosecutors over a potential conflict of interest.

"Robinson is not physically present in the courtroom right now and is instead attending the hearing from jail via video.

"The judge is currently ruling on the case now.

"Watch live here:

"Fox News provided a breakdown of what the Judge is ruling on:

"The presiding judge in the case against Tyler Robinson, accused of assassinating conservative icon Charlie Kirk last September, will rule on a critical defense motion today.

"Judge Tony Graf will decide in a WebEx hearing scheduled for 10:30 a.m. local time this morning whether to disqualify state prosecutors over an alleged conflict of interest. He is expected to issue an oral ruling followed by a written decision on whether county prosecutors should be disqualified, which could change the course of the trial significantly.

"Robinson is expected to listen to the hearing from jail.

"Robinson’s defense team has asserted that the state has a conflict of interest since one of the prosecutors’ children was present at the Sept. 10 event at Utah Valley University where Kirk was killed.

"There have been two prior hearings on the matter.

"On Feb. 3, defense attorney Richard Novak questioned Utah County Attorney Jeff Gray in order to pinpoint when the prosecution determined it would pursue the death penalty against Robinson, which was publicly announced shortly after his arrest.

"The court then heard testimony from an unnamed senior prosecutor, identified only as “Prosecutor A,” who described the office’s internal handling of the case and the decision to disclose the child’s presence to the defense.

"The prosecutor testified there was no recollection of a specific conversation with Gray about how to proceed because of the child’s presence, but acknowledged it was routine for Gray to consult senior prosecutors in death penalty cases.

"The prosecutor testified Gray expressed early on that he intended to seek the death penalty and wanted that decision announced at the same time charges were filed — earlier than is typical, when such notices often come after a preliminary hearing.

"We will provide an update on the ruling as the Judge completes his ruling."

This is a Guest Post from our friends over at WLTReport. View the original article here.

Alejandro Mayorkas: Epstein’s Concubine Concierge

 Ann Coulter  

"Democrats keep carrying on about Trump’s “racist” immigration policies, on the grounds that — although Biden alone rushed in more than four million Latin Americans, 700,000 Venezuelans and 400,000 Haitians — Trump’s admission of 59 white South Africans is straight out of the Nazi playbook."

"Democrats are exulting over their brilliant move of bringing Jeffrey Epstein “survivors” to Trump’s state of the union address. (It didn’t seem to faze him.). I gather that this means Democrats and the media have moved on from their complete indifference to Epstein’s victims to deep concern. Notwithstanding their current garment-rending, liberals could not have been less interested in Epstein’s victims when they first came forward.

"Back in 2006, across the entire national news landscape, only Fox News’ Bill O’Reilly billboarded Epstein’s sex crimes, and attacked the first government official to betray the girls, Palm Beach D.A. Barry Krischer. Incomprehensibly, he had intentionally thrown the case, giving Epstein a non-prosecution agreement in exchange for a $30 a month fine and a promise of good behavior for 18 months.

"The New York Times ran a single article on the sweetheart deal — on page A-19, under the riveting headline: “Questions of Preferential Treatment Are Raised in Florida Sex Case.” (That almost beats the winner of Michael Kinsley’s Most Boring Headline Contest: “Worthwhile Canadian Initiative.”)

"Over the next ten years, the Times seems to have run only three more articles about the underage sex ring until someone in the newsroom shouted, OMG! Trump and Epstein had once been friends!

"Surprised by the media’s sudden interest in his sexual depredations, Epstein himself emailed journalist Michael Wolff in 2018, saying, “Dems think I have the silver bullet.”

"Whether we’re supposed to “Believe Women!” or “Ignore Women!” evidently rests entirely on the media’s ability to assemble a link between Epstein and Trump, with Scotch tape and chewing gum. And no, we would rather not discuss Epstein’s consorting with Democrats Bill Clinton, George Mitchell, Bill Richardson and Larry Summers.

"But as long as we finally have the media’s attention, perhaps they’d be interested in knowing how simple it was for Epstein to traffic his sex slaves into the U.S. under our immigration laws.

"The bulk of Epstein’s sexual playthings came from Eastern Europe, as indicated by innumerable witness statements and the hundreds of flight itineraries for females from Russia, Poland, Belarus, Latvia and Ukraine. (As any number of lonely American guys can tell you, 50 years of communism really did a number on the morals of Eastern European girls.)"  More...

AOC’s Ignorance Is No Laughing Matter

 American Greatness

Ocasio-Cortez’s Munich performance was laughable—but her nostalgia for workerist politics ignores a century of Marxist failure, revisionism, and the authoritarian wreckage that followed. 

 "Over the past week or so, many on the political Right have understandably enjoyed a laugh or two at the expense of Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D, N.Y.). AOC went to the Munich Security Conference to provide “balance” to the Trump administration’s presence and to burnish her own credentials on the global stage. Instead, she mostly just made a fool of herself. Not only did she stutter, stammer, and offer a Kamala Harris-esque non-answer when asked about American interests in and obligations to Taiwan, but she also demonstrated a comically poor grasp of geography and a righteously ignorant understanding of history. In an effort to rebut and embarrass U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, AOC embarrassed only herself, showing that historical facts mean far less to her than identity-inspired fiction.

"But while it’s inarguably fun to chuckle at and mock the ignorance of the smug congresswoman and presumed presidential aspirant, it is also important to acknowledge that her historical and political illiteracy extends beyond the superficial and touches on matters of real and critical importance. Notably, this purported champion of the working class does not know the history of working-class politics, does not understand the reasons for the collapse of the working-class-centered ideology, and, as a result, has never contemplated the dangers inherent in attempting to resuscitate that failed doctrine.

"Congresswoman Ocasio-Cortez has long emphasized her biography and working-class roots to enhance her political status—and justifiably so. Her childhood may not have been quite the struggle she pretends it was, but she nevertheless endured economic hardships—especially after her father’s death—and was unable to find employment commensurate with her education. She was, famously, a bartender and a cocktail waitress before her election to Congress and, as a result, has long fashioned herself a champion of the working class and its purported priorities." . . .  More...

Respect no more: The Democrats’ new trait; In the grand theater of American politics, respect used to be the unbreakable script; under the Democrats’ direction though, it’s been rewritten as a farce.

 Mike Robertson - American Thinker

"The Democrats’ boycott? Just another nail in their coffin of contempt. If they won’t stand for victims, why should we stand for them?"

"In the grand theater of American politics, respect used to be the unbreakable script. But under the Democrats’ direction, it’s been rewritten as a farce. President Trump’s recent State of the Union address is a perfect example. Originally designed to unite the nation, the event exposed the raw contempt festering in the Democrat ranks. Dozens boycotted the event outright, rallying outside like protesters rather than statesmen. Nevertheless, the majority still bothered to show up, but they sat stone-faced, refusing to stand even for the victims of heinous crimes: both Americans and immigrants, slaughtered by the very criminals their “progressive” policies shield.

"This wasn’t just about snubbing Trump. It was a slap to the face of grieving families. Trump honored Anna Zarutska, whose daughter Iryna, a 23-year-old Ukrainian refugee, who fled Putin’s war only to find horror here, was brutally stabbed on a Charlotte light rail train. The killer? DeCarlos Brown Jr., a career criminal with a rap sheet longer than a welfare line, released time and again thanks to no-cash bail madness pushed by Democrat-run cities. Iryna was slashed in broad daylight, her life ended in seconds by a “deranged monster” who should have been locked up. As the chamber rose in applause for her memory, Democrats stayed glued to their seats. No respect for the dead. No acknowledgment of the failure. Just cold, calculated indifference.

"This spectacle isn’t isolated. It’s the symptom of a deeper rot: the total collapse of respect within the modern Democrat party. Respect for opponents? Forget it. Respect for law and order? A joke. Respect for human life? Only if it fits their narrative.

"Look no further than the tragedy in Providence, Rhode Island. There, Stanislaw Kozav, 49, and his 75-year-old mother Irina froze to death in their car outside a hospital parking lot. These Ukrainian nationals had escaped the bombs in their homeland, seeking the American Dream. Instead, they met the nightmare of neglect. Homeless, living out of their vehicle amid a brutal cold snap, they perished from exposure — possibly worsened by health issues, but undeniably ignored by a system that prioritizes everything but vulnerable whites like them.

"Why the silence? Because in Democrat eyes, these victims don’t count. Their skin color doesn’t align with the identity politics playbook. In that “Blue bastion state,” had they been Afro-American, Hispanic, or “undocumented” migrant, they’d get the red-carpet treatment: housing vouchers, legal aid, the works. But white refugees from Ukraine? Expendable. This is the “equity” they preach: a twisted hierarchy where respect is rationed by race and votes." . . .More...

Mike Robertson is a contributor to American Thinker.

My Take on the News of the Moment; Don't Like Any of It

 Phyllis Chesler Organization

"NYC's new mayor is an out-and-out Islamist even more so than a democratic socialist. This is what the Red-Green alliance looks and sounds like. On Mamdani's very first day in office, he jettisoned the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s definition of antisemitism/anti-Zionism and lifted preexisting restrictions on boycotting Israel."

"I'm on record about refusing to jump on the breaking news and jumping up and down with righteous indignation about it all. I know: It's a very retro position to have. So--here's what I'm thinking about our sad and sorry world.

"First: Isn't the endless rollout of the Epstein scandal and the ties he had to American universities truly a diversion, a deft way of failing to acknowledge that Arab oil money has spent many billions over a 50-year period to take over and take down American education? Why not at least mention that there is far more than one toxic influencer at work here?

"Second: What is this three-week non-stop coverage about Nancy Guthrie's disappearance really about? What dark and voyeuristic passion does such coverage feed? What I'm asking is this: While many thousands of non-violent Iranian protestors have been murdered on the streets and in their hospital beds; while the Taliban have legalized slavery (what can they possibly mean by this since all their women are already enslaved?); while many thousands of Ukrainians have been murdered in a four-year aggressive war launched by Czar Putin; while Israelis are being forced to permanently fight a non-stop war against barbarians (who still refuse to disarm, who are still storing their weapons in hospitals); while murderous and verbal attacks against Jews around the world continue to escalate--my God! And it's Nancy Guthrie 24/7. (Of course, may she soon be found unharmed and may the Iranian mullahcracy evaporate, etc.)

"Third: Europe--which is no more--has been Islamified, and there is no turning back and yet, Europeans still continue with their Jew hatred, now cleverly disguised as anti-Zionism. Oh yeah. Take the ongoing Olympics. The entire Israeli bobsled team, first time contenders, had their uniquely fitted gear, shoes, passport, and suitcases stolen as well as their money--but there's more. As the Israeli bobsled team stormed down the slope, the Olympics’ Swiss announcer kept talking about the Israeli "genocide in Gaza," etc. (The truth is I cannot forget the 1972 Olympics in Munich and the Muslim terrorist murder of Israeli champions and, for that matter, the 1936 Olympics in Berlin as we all saw, courtesy of that Monster propagandist--Leni Riefenstahl--the film Olympia).

"Fourth: Talking about the Swiss: When are they ever going to relinquish all their Nazi bank accounts, stolen from Jews during the Holocaust? They insist on the importance of protecting the privacy of their depositors just as hotly and righteously as the Free Speech fanatics in America, who go to great lengths to protect the right of hate speech but who do not fight for the rights of truth speech.

"Fifth: Why, oh, why was Bad Bunny's half time performance so widely praised? What am I missing? Oh, yes. Retro me did not appreciate his grabbing his crotch, or the half-naked gyrating girls on display, or the fact that he sang completely in Spanish (no subtitles--and I love Spanish songs, Spanish singers, etc.) but what was his message? That South America exists? Who ever questioned that? That it is the better part of the United States? That immigrants from South America deserve citizenship even if they are drug lords, murderers, human traffickers? Help me out here.

"Sixth: When will President Trump really understand that negotiations with radical, political Muslims and Jihadists can never, ever be trusted? I could say a lot more here but will stop for now. I welcome all your views on this particular matter." . . .More...

Phyllis Chesler; Ph.D., is an Emerita Professor of Psychology at City University of New York. She is a best-selling author, a legendary feminist leader, and a retired academic and psychotherapist. She has lectured and organized political, legal, religious, and human rights campaigns in the United States, Canada, Europe, Israel, Central Asia, and the Far East.

Billy Eilish made a harsh allegation, one that is echoed in schools and universities across America. It needs to be unpacked.

 M. E. Boyd - American Thinker  

"Pope Alexander VI, in 1493 AD, declared it lawful to “discover” inhabited lands and declared an International Doctrine of Discovery for any Christian prince to ownership, with occupancy rights granted to the indigenous." 

"At a recent Grammy Awards ceremony, Billie Eilish stated publicly that “no one is illegal on stolen land.” This statement implies that the United States was unlawfully created and, therefore, any national laws regarding the illegal entrance of aliens into the country are invalid. This is a very big issue. If the United States was unlawfully created (different from unfortunately created), a case could be made that the land that now comprises its sovereign borders should revert to the indigenous people then living within those boundaries, or in the alternative, be allowed to be claimed by majorities pouring into its undefended borders—a type of siege.

Was the United States lawfully created?

It was lawfully created if one accepts the premises of Western Civilization, Christianity, and the notion of advances in civilization. It is thought that indigenous American tribes existed in the continental United States for thousands of years. Some scholars put that number at 23,000 years. This occupancy consisted of hundreds of tribes with spheres of influence over certain lands, but not individual ownership of parcels of land. These tribes mostly existed at a subsistence level, with advanced skills in survival crops and surface-level metallurgy—especially gold and copper.

Western Civilization grew out of Greek and Roman thought and practices, combined with the introduction and acceptance of Christianity, and incorporated the notion of advancement over subsistence, including the development of the person morally and intellectually. Christianity encouraged the curious, the industrious, and the innovative as discoverers of God’s creation.

The Biblical notion of man’s fallen nature shrouds Western thinking, a constant swimming upstream as advances are developed and then debauched. The word “lawful” includes this moral component. What may be legal must also be lawful in the Christian belief system.

How can what is the continental United States be legally “discovered” if peoples are already living on the land?

Minn. Parishioner Sues Don Lemon over Church Riot |

 Headline USA   

 "Lemon has insisted he was merely acting as a journalist documenting the incident, not an activist, even as his own livestream showed him embedded with the group before they entered the church and as they discussed their plans"

. . . "One of the parishioners who endured the vicious riot inside Cities Church has sued former CNN anchor-turned-YouTuber Don Lemon over the “severe emotional distress” she sustained during the chaos.

"Ann Doucette, a Minnesota churchgoer, said she was inside Cities Church on Jan. 18 when Lemon and a group of radical agitators broke in to protest ICE, according to The Minnesota Star Tribune.

"Doucette alleged in a federal lawsuit that the disruption interfered with her constitutional right to freely exercise her religion and resulted in “severe emotional distress, fear, anxiety and trauma.”

"Representing herself, Doucette is seeking monetary damages for trespass, civil conspiracy, intentional infliction of emotional distress and interference with religious exercise.

"She is also asking a federal judge to bar the defendants from entering the church or disrupting future services.

"The lawsuit details how the agitators took over the church after learning that Cities Church pastor David Easterwood also served as a top ICE official in Minnesota.

"The agitators chanted “ICE Out!” and “Hands up, don’t shoot.”

"According to a federal indictment against Lemon, some of the rioters also approached a child and told him that their parents were “nazis” and that the church was a house of worship for the devil.

"Doucette lists nine individuals as defendants, including Lemon, left-wing agitator Nekima Levy Armstrong and self-described “journalist” Georgia Fort.

"The other defendants are Will Kelly, St. Paul School Board Member Chauntyll Allen, Jerome Richardson, Trahern Crews and Jamael Lundy." . . . More...

Shocking Vid of Wrong Way Truck Driver in MO - 'Trucking Co.' Address Will Make Your Blood Boil (Updated)

  Becky Noble – RedState  

Some outfit called Trustburn gives them four stars out of five.

This just happened. Highway 61, north of Troy MO about 5 miles. This foreign invader was driving southbound in the northbound lane for about 3 miles. as I was going northbound, he nearly hit me head on before I pulled over to my left. I got on the southbound lane to follow him. pic.twitter.com/hyVU8vGizH

— MolonLabeBTC (@BtcLabe) February 25, 2026

"It's an issue that seems to have no end. Illegal immigrants driving 80,000-pound, fully loaded 18-wheelers across the nation, who barely speak English and cannot read road signs. Dozens of Americans have been injured or killed on America's highways because of these illegal immigrants who entered the country because of Joe Biden's open border. It's one thing to read about these tragedies that never should have taken place. It is quite another when you see it happening. In this case, it is nothing short of a miracle that there was not another fatality." . . .

On the phone!

. . . "There is a reason this truck has a Minnesota license plate. That is because Cargo Transportation LLC is owned by someone named Abdiwali Ahmed, and the company is registered in Minnesota. But the best part is that the address of the company is an apartment in Hopkins, Minnesota. Where is Hopkins, Minnesota, you ask? It is a suburb of Minneapolis." . . .   More...   Just a loving Minneapolis dad, anxious to get home to his family. 

Inside Hitler's Berlin Flak Tower

 The History Underground

"One of the scariest places for a person to be in WWII was in a B-17 over the skies of Berlin. To protect the capital city, Hitler had ordered the construction of a set of flak towers that were to send up deadly fire to any airman flying above. One of these was at Humboldthain Park in Gesundbrunnen. In this episode, we're touring the inside of one of these flak towers and with us is an artifact from a German flak gunner in WWII."

More here...

Looks like Trump's SOTU really did move the needle

CNN Poll: By Golly, Trump Moved the Needle Last Night

The night did create this GOP ad at Election Wizard... 

Photo added by TD

"Policies? Did Donald Trump discuss policies last night, or just expose Democrats as radicals?

"The correct answer is ... yes. Trump can do a lot in two hours, especially when his political opponents keep slipping on all of the banana peels he drops. Trump spent more than twenty minutes of the speech detailing his economic agenda and proposing new efforts to reduce prices and provide growth. That came just before Trump set his trap on immigration, and before Democrats stumbled into another on crime.

"CNN polled viewers who watched the marathon event, and found that Trump made solid gains on the policy front:" . . .

SOTU Poll Stunner: A 27-Point Gain in Voters Who Think We’re Moving in the Right Direction – PJ Media   

"Just before the SOTU, when anticipation was at its highest, 54% thought we were moving in the right direction. And then, by the time Trump’s speech was over, the number hit 64% " 

"What’s fresh in our minds today — and what will be top-of-mind tomorrow, next week, next month, and first Tuesday of November — will almost certainly all differ. That’s why snapshot poll numbers tend to be exaggerated, misleading, and unhelpful: Until the dust settles, the data just isn’t relevant.

"Instead of focusing on polls, campaigns should focus on creating magical moments that wormhole into our psyche — those indelible images that linger forever. And in the State of the Union, at the very top of that list: