Antifa: has our education system and entertainment media spawned this virus?

Rich Terrell

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Trump declared Antifa a terrorist organization, and Democrats are worried

"On Sunday, President Trump took aim at Antifa, which apparently has driven the violent side of the protests ripping through America's Democrat-run cities.  With full-throated support from Attorney General Barr, Trump is designating Antifa as a terrorist organization.  This is an extremely important announcement because Antifa is more than just a terrorist group.  It is, in fact, the paramilitary arm of the Democrat Party." . . .

. . . "Many people believe that George Soros is funding Antifa and pulling its strings.  While he may be funding the organization, its radical ties put it squarely within the new Democrat party.  Indeed, the moment Minnesota A.G. Keith Ellison's son heard about Trump's announcement, he proudly declared fealty to the group:

Jeremiah Ellison@jeremiah4north

I hereby declare, officially, my support for ANTIFA

. . . "Kurt Schlichter argues compellingly that, if Bill Barr is able to put pressure on Antifa (as he has promised to do), Barr can end that vile organization's existence. Just as importantly, prosecuting Antifa will force Democrat politicians out into the open, as they defend their street fighters:. . . "

"Trump's decision to turn federal law enforcement on Antifa is a disaster for Democrats.  No wonder Susan Rice is already trying to blame the Russians for the riots.  Expect to see a lot more deflecting from Democrats in the coming months." . . .

A Warning to Rioters and Antifa Members Threatening to Come to the Suburbs

You don’t. Each home will be different, each resident will have different approaches, and each home may have more than one or two gun wielders inside. The goal isn’t non-violent control of the situation now. It’s not about tear gas and high-pressure hoses now. Now it’s deadly force. You can’t just wash a bullet wound out and keep going. Even if they don’t have guns, they’re not going to stop hitting you with a heavy object or stop stabbing and slashing at you with cutlery until you’ve either been chased out or you stop moving. Understand. The chances of you dying are incredibly high.

Will Democrats still promote gun control after this? TD

Trump is right, antifa are terrorists; they always were

Historian Norman Davies wrote of the term “anti-fascism” that it “gave the false impression that principled democrats believing in the rule of law and freedom of speech could rub along fine with the dictators of the proletariat.” That is the same lie that sustains the antifa movement today, and it is betrayed by the violence of its adherents. 

Liberals Raise Bail Money For Rioters And Looters Despite Horrific Beatings, No Money Raised For Businesses Destroyed

I regret not censoring so much foul language, but I do want you all to see these people as they are. TD

Barstool Sports Employees Raise Bail Money For Rioters And Looters Despite Horrific Beatings, No Money Raised For Businesses Destroyed
"American cities are up in flames as rioters loot businesses (many of which are owned by black people), attack and kill police and business owners, and burn down government buildings and police stations. Meanwhile, celebrities are encouraging this by donating to a bail fund that will help many of these lawless thugs get out of jail."

Justin Timberlake

✔@jtimberlake

Please join me in supporting the Minneapolis protestors by donating to the @mnfreedomfund. The freedom fund is combatting the harms of incarceration by paying bail for low income individuals who cannot otherwise afford: https://minnesotafreedomfund.org

chrissy teigen
@chrissyteigen
Anyhow fuck trump and keep going. be safe, stay hydrated, wear your mask and again, fuck Donald Trump.

"She posts that sitting in her safe, well fortified mansion, knowing the violence will never reach her. Unfortunately I expect nothing less from Hollywood elites like her. However, Barstool Sports isn’t an inherently political company, so why are their employees like Ellie Schnitt and Maria Ciuffo openly supporting this?

Of course, Sally Kohn makes her appearance                     '

This indicates to me that Kohn is not too sympathetic to businesses that are being destroyed by rioters:
Far-left commentator Sally Kohn somehow thinks state governments ordering nonessential businesses to close means they aren’t forcing businesses to lay off their workforces.
Really.
Sinclair’s Eric Bolling wrecked her on Twitter for it.

Are People Allowed to Use Deadly Force to Defend Property?

Reason via The Volokh Conspiracy

It depends, whether as to looting or other threats to property.

"I touched on this briefly in my looting/shooting post, but I thought I'd elaborate a bit more (especially since the commenters seemed to be interested in both the legal and moral aspects of this question). Note that this is, as usual, not specific legal advice, but just a general layout of how various American courts deal with the matter; many of the rules, as you'll see, vary sharply among states, and often turn on specific factual details. (I say "you" below for clarity and convenience—I hope none of you has to actually do any of this.)

"[1.] In all states, you can use deadly force to defend yourself against death, serious bodily injury (which can include broken bones and perhaps even lost teeth), rape, or kidnapping, so long as (a) your fear is reasonable and (b) the danger is imminent (requirements that also apply to the doctrines I discuss below). For instance, you should be able to use deadly force against someone who is trying to burn down your home, since that threatens you with death or serious bodily harm. You should be able to do the same against someone who is trying to burn down your business, though with possible limitations involving the duty to retreat in the minority of states that recognize such a duty.

"But in nearly all states, you can't generally use deadly force merely to defend your property. (Texas appears to be an exception, allowing use of deadly force when there's no other way to protect or recapture property even in situations involving simple theft or criminal mischief, though only at night,  Tex. Penal Code § 9.42; see, e.g., McFadden v. State (Tex. Ct. App. 2018).) That's where we get the conventional formulation that you can't use deadly force just to defend property." . . . Keep reading

Savage Beating During Dallas Riot Illustrates Why We Defend Second Amendment

Bearing Arms  "Gun control activists don’t really see the point of guns, at least for the most part. Quite a few will work to curtail your ability to purchase a gun but have no qualms about owning them themselves. It’s different when they buy guns, after all, because they’re all good and pure and stuff.
"However, they will often question you about why you have a gun, whether you’re carrying at the moment or whether it’s your AR-15 at home in the safe.

“Why do you think you need something like that?” they ask.

"Well, because stuff like this can happen (some might find the following video disturbing):

A mob of rioters just murdered a man in cold blood in Dallas. He was defending his store. pic.twitter.com/1b28ezTUiY

— Ian Miles Cheong (@stillgray) May 31, 2020

"I’ve personally seen this video, which comes from a riot in Dallas over the weekend, from a couple of different angles. This was reportedly a man who was trying to protect his business from looters, and we see how that worked out for him.  Some reports claim he had some kind of a bladed weapon, like a machete, but all seem to agree that he didn’t have a firearm.

"It’s my understanding that, despite appearances to the contrary, the individual pictured here survived." . . .

How America Can Stand for Peace While Demanding Justice

Heritage

"Key takeaways:

• The promise of the Declaration of Independence that we are all created equal applies to people of every race. This is not about politics—it is about morality.
• Individually, we can make a difference by promoting peace and prosperity for all people, knowing life is better for everyone when we as Americans succeed together.
• It will take courage to speak up, but it is the only way we can overcome racism and the problems plaguing our nation.

. . . "The arrest of fired Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin on Friday on charges of manslaughter and third-degree murder is a welcome step, but it is just a Band-Aid.

"Chauvin is seen on cellphone video kneeling on Floyd’s neck as Floyd lay on the pavement handcuffed and helpless. Other officers with Chauvin did nothing as they watched Floyd die, and should face justice for their inexcusable inaction.

"During my 70 years on this Earth I have lived through the civil rights movement, I have seen the highs and lows of this country, I have seen America’s goodness, and I have seen its hatred." . . .

Son of Minnesota’s attorney general: 'I hereby declare, officially, my support for ANTIFA'

Fox  "The son of Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison tweeted on Sunday that he is declaring his support for Antifa after President Trump said that his administration would be declaring it a "Terrorist Organization."

"Jeremiah Ellison, who is a member of the Minneapolis City Council, noted in the tweet that he believes "white power" terrorists are actually the ones engaging in the looting, arson and other riot activities as violent sects hijack some of the protests against racial inequality and police brutality in the wake of the death of George Floyd last Monday.

" 'I hereby declare, officially, my support for ANTIFA," Ellison said. "Unless someone can prove to me ANTIFA is behind the burning of black and immigrant owned businesses in my ward, I’ll keep focusing on stopping the white power terrorist THE ARE ACTUALLY ATTACKING US!"

Trump says Biden staffers are working to ‘get the Anarchists out of jail’  . . . "At least 13 members of the presumptive Democratic presidential candidate’s staff have donated to the Minnesota Freedom Fund, which opposes suspects from having to post cash bail to avoid being locked up before trial, according to a report on Saturday.
"Protests and violent riots have been taking place in Minneapolis – and cities around the country – since George Floyd died after a police officer kneeled on Floyd’s neck for more than eight minutes even as he pleaded: “I can’t breathe.”
"A Biden campaign spokesman, Andrew Bates, told Reuters that the former vice president opposes the institution of cash bail as a “modern day debtors’ prison.' ”

The President Has the Constitutional Power to Restore Order. He Must Act.

What has happened over the last few nights in major cities of the United States is unacceptable. It has gotten worse because of federal and state passivity.

Andrew C. McCarthy

"Law enforcement is a vital response to any riotous uprising. Indeed, I believe the failure to enforce the laws without apology from the start of the upheaval last week has fueled its ferocity. It would be naïve to claim that much of the violence, which is being incited and coordinated by radical groups, might not have happened anyway — these groups are always on a hair-trigger, pouncing on any opportunity to make mayhem. But how badly things get out of control has a lot to do with the resolve of state and federal law enforcement. The laws do not enforce themselves.
"Progressive dogma notwithstanding, rioting spearheaded by radicals and anarchists does not exhaust itself if governments just give them time and space to get their yah-yahs out. Passivity, conveying the message that the laws will not be enforced, is provocative. It increases the appetite for rioting, which is only sated once the sociopaths have run out of things to burn and loot.
"That said, law enforcement on its own is inadequate to restore order once order has been lost. Police and prosecutorial offices simply do not have the resources to quell widespread seditionist violence. Consequently, other provisions of law must be considered." . . .

This is not the "greatest generation" More like vicious and pathetic.

It's time for Trump to come out and take command  "President Trump, who put in a stellar leadership performance with the coronavirus crisis — recognizing the danger, rendering aid with record speed, deregulating, leading on the cure, bringing in many players, and (unlike the blue-city and blue-state satraps) moving to close the operation as the curve flattened.  It was Trump's classic "hotel manager" crisis management at its best.

"But something's gone wrong with his strange silence and ineffectual tweets with this crisis.  I'm not the only one who's noticed — the Daily Wire has an impressive wrap-up of this worrisome development here.

"Its premise is quite twisted.  One racial incident in a solid blue city with all blue players, and suddenly Trump's the one being blamed.  It had to be unnerving for him and maybe easy to dismiss since it was all so meritless; it was blue-city awfulness at its worst.  The left hammered on.  The entire media establishment and Hollywood chi chi crowd stayed with this line and stepped up their encouragement of protests, painting him with the racism narrative.  He seems to be on the defensive.

"Now the protests have became a vehicle for criminals, using color of race, for some kind of national "devil's nights."  It's the Detroitification of America, a neglected, miserable place, except going for multiple nights, with global markets and all the world watching.

"This is not a good look for Trump." . . .

Trump declared Antifa a terrorist organization, and Democrats are worried

Rioters Hurt 50 Secret Service Agents. Lincoln Memorial Vandalized, Church Burned, American Flags Burned
. . . "As captured on video, an American flag was also stolen off the historic St. John’s Episcopal Church, which is near the White House, during the riot and was burned in the street." . . .

"Bernard B. Kerik "Is there anyone that truly believes that this was not an organized event? How much do you think it would cost for communications and travel and manpower for an event like this. Who’s money is behind it?' "

Obama: The Remains of an Administration

Victor Davis Hanson  

Obama’s policies are in tatters, and the worst scandals of his White House are coming to light.

 "Each day that the Obama administration fades into the past, its wrongdoings manage to wander back into the present. 
"After years of suppression, all sorts of strange events keep popping up to remind us of what little is left of the Obama years — the Susan Rice memo, Christopher Steele deleting his computer records, FBI-doctored and lost 302s, text messages wiped clean, the bizarre Obama January 5, 2017, Oval Office meeting, the ambush interview of Michael Flynn, the unmasking and leaking of redacted names swept up in reverse-targeting surveillance operations, the administration fraud perpetrated on the FISA courts. The list is so overwhelming and bizarre that it ensures that anything at any time can now appear. And the result keeps reminding Americans of how corrupt were the years between 2009 and 2017 and how untruthful was the coverage of such institutionalized wrongdoing.
. . . 
"Emeritus Barack Obama now and then ventures out to go through the motions of an enfeebled defense for what is becoming an increasingly discredited administration. But his heart is not in it. His mind is elsewhere. His cause is no longer social activism and community organizing, if it ever was, but lucre and the perceived well-earned good life. The arc of his moralizing universe is long, but for the anointed like him, it apparently bends toward the just deserts of riches and material bounty.
"First lady forever and bestselling memoirist Michelle Obama sometimes takes a hiatus from making millions to offer a half-hearted progressive warning about the sudden heartlessness of the country — reminiscent of her transitory 2008 warnings about a downright mean country and one of which she had previously not been especially proud.
"The remains of the Obama team (Susan Rice, Ben Rhodes, Hillary Clinton, John Brennan, James Comey, Samantha Power) are not offering much of a defense for the Obama years — they are now too busy scrambling to hide their own legal culpability and exposure." . . . 

NYPD Sergeants Union Tweets Arrest Report For Mayor De Blasio’s Daughter

NYPD sergeants’ union tweets Chiara de Blasio’s full arrest report

TPM

. . . "The account also posted de Blasio’s internal arrest file, which included her home address (Gracie Mansion, the mayor’s residence), ID number and other personal information.

“How can the NYPD protect the city of NY from rioting anarchist when the Mayors object throwing daughter is one of them,” the SBA said in the same tweet. “Now we know why he is forbidding Mounted Units to be mobilized and keeping the NYPD from doing their jobs.”

"Soon after the sergeants union published the post, the post was removed and replaced with the note, “This Tweet violated the Twitter Rules.” (Among other rules, Twitter bars posting private information without “express authorization and permission.”)

"At a press conference Monday, Mayor de Blasio said the SBA “did something unconscionable, and it’s not just because it’s my daughter. They do this all the time with people’s privacy. This is another one of the things that has to change.” He compared the Twitter post to law enforcement leaks to reporters.

"The mayor said separately that his daughter had told him she was peacefully protesting and believed she was following police orders at the time of her arrest." . . .

The CNN headline was displayed like this:

New York City mayor's daughter arrested alongside protesters for 'unlawful assembly,' sources say
" 'unlawful assembly" was CNN's way of saying, "so they claim, but don't believe it".

MSNBC Reporter Describes Minneapolis “Protest” as “Not, Generally Speaking, Unruly” as He Stands in Front of Burning Building

What orders are given to these people at CNN and MSNBC before they go out to cover things? Are our people so poorly educated that there is no uprising against the content of our news and TV programming? TD

Legal Insurrection

“I want to be clear on how I characterize this. This is mostly a protest. It is not generally speaking unruly. But fires have been started.”

"Velshi said:

I want to be clear on how I characterize this. This is mostly a protest. It is not generally speaking unruly. But fires have been started. There is a deep sense of grievance and complaint here, and that is the thing. That when you discount people who are doing things to public property that they shouldn’t be doing, it does have to be understood that this city has got, for the last several years, an issue with police, and it’s got a real sense of the deep sense of grievance of inequality.

"It’s sad that I’m not surprised MSNBC tried to downplay the riots even on live TV. The station has no integrity." . . .

Lincoln Memorial, WWII Memorial defaced by vandals in rioting

In spite of his abrasiveness, President Trump stands between us and people like this.

Rich Terrell

Soros’ Ties to US Politicians and Movements  "If you’re wondering just how tight Nancy Pelosi is tied to Soros, you don’t have to look very far. According to Fox News, in November of 2017, Nancy Pelosi and George Soros shared a stage raising money from liberal donors in California for “shaping political and policy transformation in America.” The conference was titled, “Beyond #Resistance: Reclaiming our Progressive Future.' ” . . .
"Soros Wants Trump Gone"  If you wonder why some people are so anti-Trump, it may help to look at who is receiving money from Soros.
"Chuck Schumer? Richard Blumenthal? Keith Ellison? Kamala Harris? Yes to all.
"But also on the list you’ll find Republican names like Paul Ryan, John Boehner, Marco Rubio, and John Kasich. Their ties to Soros may explain a lot about their anti-Trump stance." . . .

In the 2018 election, Soros poured a lot of his money into Senate races, knowing the Senate would have the final say after the House voted to impeach Trump – which I personally believe Soros planned all along. Thankfully, not all his efforts at flipping Senate seats succeeded, but that hasn’t stopped his minions from moving forward with their attempt to impeach Trump.

George Soros, 89, is still on a quest to destroy America  

 . . . "In the last few years, Soros has taken to trying to take over local law enforcement agencies by pumping massive amounts of money into candidates he favors in key district attorney races.“George Soros’ quiet overhaul of the US justice system,” Politico reported, way back in August of 2016."It continues in present day.“ 'PAC funded by George Soros pumps nearly $1 million into local races for prosecutor,” The Washington Post reported in June, about the money from the Justice and Public Safety PAC that went to the left-leaners of both Arlington County, Virginia, and Fairfax County, Virginia, commonwealth’s attorney races.’“Soros Adds Intrigue and $800,000 to D.A. Race, Backing Progressive,” The New York Times reported in November." . . .

List Of 206 Organizations Funded By George Soros That Are Operating In The US
"These organizations are directly funded by George Soros and his Open Society Foundations. Many of them have mission statements that sound high minded and worthy of support, but all of them are committed to goals and projects that are based on the leftist model of collectivism. Their primary appeal is to focus on problems in our society with little disclosure of the kind of society they hope to create. –GEG"
The Realistic Observer Archives  "One may well be familiar with many of these organizations, but the complete list can be staggering even to those who are aware.
Here's the straight skinny with no intro necessary: . . ."