How are things in CHOPistan?

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Shutting down CHOP: Seattle's leftist mayor now up to her keister in alligators  "Where do liberals get the idea that if you just talk nicely to warlords, expropriators, pirates, and invaders, they'll do what you say?
"That's the approach Seattle's Trump-hating Mayor Jenny Durkan took, and she's about to learn the hard way how that works, except that she doesn't learn.
"She called for the shutdown of CHOP, and its defiant and entitled denizens have since walked all over her, making her look like a fool.
"Here's the miserable monument to her ineffectualness, according to local KING5: . . ."

CHOP’s ‘security’ growing more ‘contentious’ with nearby residents: report  . . . "The Seattle Times reported that hundreds of protesters marched Sunday to Durkan’s believed home in order to bring their demands to her “doorstep.' ” . . .

'This is not Seattle': Oklahoma protesters hit with terrorism charges ..."Oklahoma County District Attorney David Prater said on Friday that he chose to pursue the toughest charges against the rioters because he does not support the lawlessness that has taken place in some parts of the country, including the "police-free" region of Seattle known as the Capitol Hill Occupied Protests, or CHOP."...

Putting CHOP on the Chopping Block: GOP Senator Moves to Defund Cities That Allow Autonomous Zones   . . . "As reported by Fox News, here’s how she explained it to guest host Jason Chaffetz:

“The bill would prevent federal taxpayer dollars from going to those autonomous zones and the mayors and the governors that enable the lawlessness to continue For those mayors that prevent law enforcement from actually going into these areas and policing as they should be doing, we would strip away the federal funding that goes to those cities.”       Pics and clips

Elise Stefanik Runs Through Everyone Cuomo Has Blamed for His Fatal Nursing Home Policy

Cortney O'Brien

     "We all know people who have died in New York nursing home," Fox News anchor Steve Doocy said on "Fox & Friends" Monday morning.
     "In fact, one of Doocy's colleagues, Fox News meteorologist Janice Dean, has been very candid about how both of her in-laws died in a New York nursing home in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic.
     "Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) has heard her share of similarly tragic stories from several of her constituents. And there was one common denominator: Gov. Andrew Cuomo's mandate that forced nursing home facilities to accept COVID-positive patients once they were discharged from the hospital. 
     "In the aftermath of the policy, several thousand nursing home residents have died, having been unnecessarily exposed to the virus. Dean has no doubt in her mind that Cuomo's policy is what doomed her husband's parents. That's why, when Gov. Cuomo demanded an investigation into a young man who unknowingly spread the virus to a few classmates at his high school graduation, Rep. Stefanik called the governor "hypocritical.' " ...

God Save Us from the Woke Pastor

...“Churchome recognizes the killing of black people as a national crisis,” noting that George Floyd’s death was not a “standalone situation, but part of the ongoing issue of racism in America.” That assertion is false, as anyone who tracks crime statistics can attest. Unarmed black men killed by police officers didn’t even scratch one percent of the more than 7,000 black homicides in 2018. "...

Jason Mattera  (Illustrations added by TD)  "The skinny jeans. The nonfunctional glasses. The spray tans. The tight muscle shirts. The obscene shopping bill at Nordstrom. And the social justice sermons more fitting for the faculty lounge at Wellesley than for a Bible-believing church. Behold, the Woke Pastor, and he’s gunning for your White Privilege and ready to tackle America’s systemic racism, one vegan protein shake at a time. 

"There are myriad examples of the Woke Pastor today, with ministers falling over themselves publicly to prove their progressive bona fides in the wake of George Floyd’s awful death. Let’s focus on two in particular. Both lead megachurches on different ends of the country. Both are considered dynamic preachers with A-list followers. Both are viewed as models by media elites on how to render Christianity “cool” and “relevant” to the unchurched. And both exemplify the disturbing trend among young Christian leaders to align with culture, rather than speak truth prophetically to it.

Fox 5

"Judah Smith is the senior pastor at the oddly-named “Churchome,” which is based in Seattle and Los Angeles, and where it is “not uncommon to find the front row reserved for celebrities,” as one publication put it. If you thought that the phrase “All Lives Matter” was both innocuous and conveyed a fundamental axiom that, well, all lives do matter because we are all made in the image of God, and therefore we should condemn racism wherever and through whomever it surfaces, Judah Smith has a message for you: Stop It." . . .

Parody site, the Babylon Bee can't pass something like this up.

What ‘woke’ whites get wrong about Blacks’ priorities  "This month’s protests started out as a black movement against police brutality, but they have a different look now. In many cases, whites have taken over. They apologize for their “white privilege” and, in at least one case, wash black people’s feet to expiate their collective sins.
"Celebrities, athletes and corporate America followed suit. Portland’s police chief resigned, asking to be replaced by a black man, and the CEO of Chick-Fil-A urged whites to shine the shoes of black people to show a “sense of shame.” But why now?" . . .

Why is Fox offering a platform to racist Jew-hater Louis Farrakhan?

Maybe because he's a friend of Rev Al?

Thomas Lifson  "At the very moment that “hate speech” is being censored in social media and the past words and behavior of anyone in the public eye are being scrutinized for signs of bigotry, Fox Corporation, the parent of Fox News and many other broadcast properties is choosing to offer a platform to notorious bigot Louis Farrakhan. Joel Pollak of Breitbart writes:

The new Fox ‘Soul’ network has announced that it will air Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan’s “Message to America” on a special July 4th program, despite his history of racism, antisemitism, and homophobia.

. . . "Obviously, the Fox media empire wants to reach black viewers, who are about 13% of the population, but touting Farrakhan as part of "our voice" and "our truth" is alarming.

"I am not in favor of cancel culture, but that is the ruling ethos of the day, rigorously enforced by most of the powerful institutions of our society, culture and economy. In these circumstances, a major broadcaster featuring Farrakhan and linking to his organization’s website tends to legitimize him and his Jew hatred in the minds of its audience" . . .

Maybe it is because he is a friend of Maxine Waters?

Twitter: Defund The Thought Police

Ben Garrison

Since when did social media become the ‘Thought Police?’

"It started after Trump was elected president. The Deep State had become accustomed to brainwashing people through their lying mass media. They figured their pre-approved candidate, Hillary Clinton, was a shoe-in. After all, Trump had never held office and we were told ‘historic’ Hillary was far ahead in the polls. She thought everything had been rigged in her favor, but she didn’t count on the fact that many were getting their news from independent media and social media posts. She didn’t understand memes and underestimated their effectiveness. Hillary dismissed the conservative meme masters as ‘deplorables.’

"One of those deplorables, Carpe Donktum, was particularly effective at creating memes and videos that helped get Trump elected. In fact, the president recently retweeted one of Donktum’s videos. Not only was it taken down, but Carpe Donktum was also banned from Facebook and Twitter–and he might even get sued. The Deep State is now attacking conservative meme makers ahead of the next election. They are cracking down on Trump supporters by means of blatant censorship.

"As social media became public platforms for communication, less people were watching the legacy media liars. The Deep State figured out we weren’t being properly brainwashed. So they trotted out the virus to create fear while also cracking down on free speech. Conservative speech is now smeared by social media as something dangerous. They lump it in with ‘hate speech.’ Conservative posts and satire can get a person banned! They are training us to be politically correct. Only leftist, New World Order approved material is safe. Hillary is getting her revenge.

"Kamala Harris is considered the front-runner for Basement Joe. Harris mentioned once Trump is out, they would go after his supporters with a vengeance. I thought it sounded like something Hillary would say and then I realized Hillary probably did say it. Harris is Hillary’s puppet. Biden is bumbling, corrupt, and demented—a figurehead. Harris will be in charge, which means crooked Hillary will be the real president, even if she has to run things from behind the scenes." . . .

What the Heck: Twitter Restricts Account of Michael Flynn’s Attorney, Sidney Powell

"Twitter seems intent on helping Parler build its brand and following because every time Twitter cracks down on a conservative account or does something silly and restrictive, it’s now prompting a move to the alternative.
"After Twitter began putting warnings/advisories on the account of President Donald Trump and not on the repeated lies from the account of his political opponent Joe Biden, that started it. When Twitter permanently banned the meme maker, Carpe Donktum, with alleged “copyright violations” for videos which he claimed qualified as clear parody, a flood of people signed up for Parler." . . .

Twitter’s Brazen 2020 Election Interference Will Eventually End In Banning Trump  
"It seems clear now that Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey is going to ban President Donald Trump. It’s just a matter of when.
" 'Dorsey will come up with a pretext, however absurd or cynical, as part of Twitter’s ongoing efforts to interfere in the 2020 election. It will probably consist of a charge that Trump has had one too many violations of some entirely subjective and impossible-to-define Twitter policy on abusive or harmful speech.
" 'We got another preview of what that might look like this week when Twitter once again appended a warning label to a Trump tweet that apparently violated Twitter’s policy against “abusive behavior.” What did Trump say that was abusive? He said there would never be an “autonomous zone” in the nation’s capital, and that any mob trying to take over D.C. streets would be met with “serious force.' ” . . .

Trump Executive Order Strips Federal Funding From Cities Who Fail To Protect Federal Monuments

"Several major cities have had problems with protesters targeting, tagging, defacing, and even toppling monuments. Although the craze began with demonstrations targeting monuments to the Confederacy, many of them erected well after the Civil War ended, the movement has since experienced a significant mission creep and is now targeting monuments to past presidents, Catholic missionaries, and even abolitionist figures."

Daily Wire

"President Donald Trump announced late Friday that his administration would be enforcing federal provisions demanding that cities and states protect monuments paid for by the federal government and threatening those who pull down monuments with “long prison time.”

"Trump tweeted about the executive order on Saturday, calling it a “strong” response to efforts, across the country, to pull down monuments deemed “racist” or “controversial.”

“ 'I just had the privilege of signing a very strong Executive Order protecting American Monuments, Memorials, and Statues – and combatting recent Criminal Violence. Long prison terms for these lawless acts against our Great Country!” Trump tweeted." . . .

Do not expect this to stand up in court when challenged, which it will be.

Not Woke Enough: Black Lives Matter Activists March On Beverly Hills ‘Eat The Rich!’

Paul Goldberg

"Several arrests were made in Beverly Hills after Black Lives Matter activists marched through a Beverly Hills residential neighborhood.
"The group of marchers was chanting “Eat the rich!” And “Abolish capitalism now!”
"The Beverly Hills Police Department tweeted: “The unlawful assembly in the area of Rexford Dr & Carmelita Ave has ended with arrests being made. Protesters have now left the City.”
"Human Events Managing Editor Ian Miles Cheong put together video highlights  of protestors as they moved through the residential neighborhood and tore down American flags screaming “Eat the rich!” And abolish capitalism now!.”
" 'The Black Lives Matter mob shut down Santa Monica Boulevard, Rodeo Drive, and intersections around the city center,” wrote Cheong. At one point the group “seized a privately owned American flag in a residential suburb, shredding it and pulling it down.” In the residential areas, video shows, the group played “loud music and blocked the streets.”
“ 'The police showed up in full force to arrest members of the Black Lives Matter mob making a nuisance of themselves across residential Los Angeles streets,” Cheong captions one post with video of police arresting members of the group. “One pretended to be injured by the police and forced them to drag him.' ” . . .

Protesters In Wisconsin Setup A Guillotine And Threaten Jeff Bezos With It..

BLM “Protesters” Barge Into A Target, Threaten To Boycott If Target Doesn’t Stop Calling The Police On Shoplifters Who Are Minorities…
"Then on the way out, they threatened the black staff for trying to lock the gates down before they could get in. Calling them “race traitors” and “protectors of white supremacy' ”

AOC Attacks Home Owners, Squad Pushes Bill To Strip Property From Owners To Make Things ‘Fair’

News Thud

"Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez attacked “homeowners” saying that they are hurting people that can’t afford to own land. Her rant comes as the crooked congresswoman Rep. Ilhan Omar proposed a bill that would strip property owners of their property if the federal government deems it necessary.
“ 'It makes no sense that we are squeezing people that already cannot afford to purchase their own home for more money than a person who already owns land and is a land-owning member or a home-owning member of our economy,” said a video posted by the Congresswoman on Twitter.
. . . "Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota at the same time introduced a bill that would strip property rights from Americans; it’s called the Rent and Mortgage Cancellation Act, which is a socialist dream.
"The bill would cancel all rent and mortgage payments regardless of income or employment throughout the duration of the pandemic.

“The bill would constitute a full payment forgiveness, with no accumulation of debt for renters or homeowners and no negative impact on their credit rating or rental history,” a news release from Omar’s office says.

"A fund would be created “to fully finance the purchase of private rental properties by non-profits, public housing authorities, cooperatives, community land trusts, and states or local governments — in order to increase the availability of affordable housing during this downturn.' ”  . . .

NYPD precinct commander leaves Bronx precinct for last time after standing up to feckless mayor

"An Instagram post about the walkout ceremony noted that Brea was supposed to attend a community board meeting where he would allegedly “be asked to take a knee” and was also “told to apologize for police action taken during violent riots a few weeks ago in his precinct.”

BPR  "A longtime New York Police Department commanding officer turned in his badge and left the precinct for the last time in protest.
"The love and respect for Deputy Inspector Richard Brea were on full display as he was given a rousing retirement walkout outside the 46th precinct in the Bronx on Friday.
"NYPD bagpipe players and an NYPD helicopter were part of the celebration of Brea who left Friday afternoon in a restored classic police car after a blistering speech slamming government leaders for turning their back on police officers.
"After nearly three decades on the force, Brea turned in his resignation in protest over the lack of direction on how to handle guns and drugs in the neighborhood in the wake of the recent disbanding of the police anti-crime unit.  The move came after weeks of protests and unrest in the wake of George Floyd’s death and increased scrutiny and criticism of law enforcement.
"Police Commissioner Dermot Shea had announced that the 600 members of the NYPD plainclothes anti-crime unit were to be reassigned, leaving Brea to wonder, “How am I supposed to lead?” according to Guardian Angels founder Curtis Sliwa, the New York Post reported." . . .
Interestingly, ABC News7 in New York reported on the 46th Precinct just over a year ago, noting that “one of the most dangerous police precincts in New York City has seen a historic drop in crime over the past two decades,” thanks to the NYPD’s “renewed focus on neighborhood policing.”
The precinct was known as “the Alamo” because of the dangerous conditions that were turned around under the police efforts. But Brea had tough words for politicians who did not respect the officers in the Bronx neighborhood station.
“Their blood is in the concrete of every street corner, but these politicians don’t want to remember that,” Brea said in remarks at the ceremony sending him off on Friday. “They want to blame and vilify everyone here. I won’t have that. No sir.”
“We have a duty and a responsibility to respect and guide other cops,” he said, adding, “My 46 family, the Alamo, I love you man.”

"An Instagram post about the walkout ceremony noted that Brea was supposed to attend a community board meeting where he would allegedly “be asked to take a knee” and was also “told to apologize for police action taken during violent riots a few weeks ago in his precinct.”

Many more posts at the Tunnel Wall

Harry Reid strikes again

Washington Examiner  "When he was running the U.S. Senate in 2012, Harry Reid asserted, without presenting evidence, that an anonymous source had told him that Republican nominee Mitt Romney was a tax cheat. “So, the word is out that he has not paid any taxes for 10 years,” the majority leader declared from the Senate floor. “Let him prove that he has paid taxes, because he hasn’t.”
"It was a classless move from a classless politician. As it turned out, his comment didn’t bear any relation to reality. In reality, it turned out that Romney paid millions of dollars in taxes each year and gave a significant amount to charity.
"Asked years later if he had any regrets about the dastardly attack, Reid replied, “Romney didn’t win, did he?”
"A lot has changed since 2012. Back then, Romney proudly accepted Donald Trump’s endorsement for president. Also back then, Democrats mocked the Republican nominee for arguing that Russia posed a serious threat to America. But one thing has held constant: Even in retirement, Reid is behaving like a dishonest weasel by making outrageous assertions that he cannot back up.
"In a new book, Reid has now declared there’s “no question” that Russian hackers tampered with vote totals in 2016." . . .

Diogenes Middle Finger

All that bar-hopping and spring-breaking: Press ignores protests as source of new wave of COVID-19

Why exactly isn't that an issue in the press today? The protests, the frustrations, the politicizations have all contributed to this spike in cases, as have other factors. But only protests seem to be too hot to handle. Why is truth such as hard thing to handle for leftists doing this press coverage?

Monica Showalter  With a new wave, or peak, of Chinese coronavirus cases shutting much of the country down again, and news getting out about how it's younger people being infected, the press is blaming bar-hopping and spring break travel. And in the case of the Washington Post, President Trump's rally in Arizona, too. Here's one account from the Washington Post: . . .
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"Anything to ignore the elephant in the room: raw, undistanced, unprotected, mass protests over the police-brutality death of George Floyd. The Washington Post actually excuses the protests.

"Curiously, the new wave of cases among young people now coincides with the waves of unprotected protests and lootings - five-, ten-day incubation periods, meaning the cases were contracted right about when the protests and lootings were going on. Apparently, everyone was out bar-hopping, according to the press reports seen now. Yet the anecdotal evidence is everywhere: . . ."

Dean Cain@RealDeanCainJun 27, 2020I’m in an airport. CNN is playing. It’s just fear-mongering, and anti-Trump talking points. Yuck.

Jerry Nadler Says Antifa Is Imaginary, Gets Savaged by Jim Jordan in Front of Congress

Nadler’s ignorance of antifa raises the possibility that the congressman agrees with Fox News’ Tucker Carlson that the left-wing mobs unleashing violence across America are the “armed militia of the Democratic Party.”

WJ  "It looks like House Judiciary Committee Chairman Rep. Jerry Nadler needs a little reality check.
"After all, speaking on the House floor Wednesday, the New York Democrat described the far-left domestic terrorist group antifa, which is currently wreaking havoc in major American cities, as “imaginary.”
"Fortunately, Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan, the Judiciary Committee’s ranking Republican, quickly rose to the occasion and set his colleague straight.
. . . 
"It looks like House Judiciary Committee Chairman Rep. Jerry Nadler needs a little reality check.
"After all, speaking on the House floor Wednesday, the New York Democrat described the far-left domestic terrorist group antifa, which is currently wreaking havoc in major American cities, as “imaginary.”
"Fortunately, Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan, the Judiciary Committee’s ranking Republican, quickly rose to the occasion and set his colleague straight." . . .