Bad week for Democrats of all stripes

"Corruption" is mentioned with no offense intended and in a nice way. TD

 Monica Showalter  "Shouldn't the Democrats be in the catbird seat?  After all, they've "won" the election, including the House, the Senate, and the White House.  Apparently, the country was just itching to become another California.  And the courts, the big state, Hollywood, and the press are all on their side.

"But somehow, even with President Trump silenced, impeached, and out of power, things aren't going so good for Democrats.

"Impeachment is failing.  The verdict will likely come today.  Their aim was "political vengeance," as Trump's attorney said Friday, and the bid fell flat.  Their spin, and lies, and low-grade informercial for themselves in this Senate impeachment trial persuaded no one.  And their bigger aim, which was keeping President Trump from running for office, same as third-world dictators do to their opponents, backfired.  Not only are they likely to see Trump again in 2024, but their vile efforts to shut him down have come back to bite them.  Trump's stature has risen from this attempted railroading, so the effort was a bust.

"It gets worse.  Now two of their fairest-haired boys, their pride and joy, the governors billed as the future of their party, are both going down like the Titanic.

"First, New York's Emmy Award–winning COVID governor, Andrew Cuomo, who not too long ago was hailed as presidential material.  Even the New York Times is covering it:" . . .

Californians Prepare To Take Down Gov. Gavin Newsom Before He Takes Down The State

 The Federalist

. . . “ 'Even if he came up with some policy solutions, at this point I don’t think anybody would believe it,” Dunsmore explained. “He’s been on such a seesaw.” The only way a politician will successfully navigate a situation like the one created by Newsom, Dunsmore said, is by paying attention and by listening “to the people and not the pundits.”

“ 'Don’t discard the preferences of the people you want to represent,” Dunsmore warned. “Don’t tell them how to think. Understand and listen to what’s happening to them. Their opinions are born of the school of hard knocks. They’re living it. And they’re either going to live a dream or a nightmare, and they look to their representatives to lead them towards the dream and not provoke the nightmare and perpetuate the nightmare, and that’s what you’re seeing.”

"Read more of The Federalist’s coverage of and commentary on the Recall Gavin Newsom effort here and here."

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Decades Before The Civil War, Lincoln Saw An Approaching Storm. Every American Should Read His Warning

 The Federalist

Beyond their brutality, the young lawyer feared these mobs for the lawlessness they embodied -- and the idle familiarity with which his fellow Americans seemed to accept these incidents.

. . . "This too, was well familiar to Lincoln, who knew the mob will go further and spread deeper, warning, “by instances of the perpetrators of such acts going unpunished, the lawless in spirit, are encouraged to become lawless in practice; and having been used to no restraint, but dread of punishment, they thus become, absolutely unrestrained.”

“ 'On the other hand,” he predicted, “good men, men who love tranquility, who desire to abide by the laws, and enjoy their benefits, who would gladly spill their blood in the defense of their country; seeing their property destroyed; their families insulted, and their lives endangered; their persons injured; and seeing nothing in prospect that forebodes a change for the better; become tired of, and disgusted with, a Government that offers them no protection; and are not much averse to a change in which they imagine they have nothing to lose.”

"Combined, he warned, these seemingly opposing feelings come to one terrible conclusion: “the strongest bulwark of any Government, and particularly of those constituted like ours, may effectually be broken down and destroyed — I mean the attachment of the People.”

"To ensure that the fading “scenes of the revolution are [not] now or ever will be entirely forgotten,” Lincoln prescribed “in history, we hope, they will be read of, and recounted, so long as the Bible shall be read.' ” . . .More...

If Disney Fired Gina Carano, It Should Fire Pedro Pascal

Gina Carano Fired by Disney After Holocaust Tweet While ‘Mandalorian’ Co-Star Pedro Pascal, Who Compared US Migrant Facility to Nazi Concentration Camp, Not Fired (breitbart.com)  "The Walt Disney Co. dropped actress and MMA star Gina Carano from its hit Disney+ series The Mandalorian on Thursday, caving to a cancel campaign after the actress compared the current political climate to Nazi Germany on social media. But in what appears to be a corporate double standard, her co-star Pedro Pascal has also conflated current politics with Nazi Germany and remains employed by the studio.

" 'The difference is that while Carano compared current Democratic policies to the Nazis, Pascal likened the Trump administration to Germany’s Third Reich.

" 'In a 2018 tweet, actor Pedro Pascal attempted to smear the Trump administration by comparing the detention of migrant children at the border to Nazi concentration camps. Pascal used the hashtag #ThisIsAmerica while juxtaposing photographs of a Nazi concentration camp dated 1944 and what appears to be a photo of migrant youths in a border facility." . . .

#ThisisAmerica pic.twitter.com/LR3Yjj4JEQ

— Pedro Pascal he/him (@PedroPascal1) June 20, 2018

 "Pedro Pascal didn’t mention in his tweet the fact that the Obama-Biden administration built many of the fences, often referred to as “cages,” at U.S. border facilities that were used to detain adults and separate them from children apprehended at the U.S.-Mexico border.

"While Gina Carano has espoused libertarian and right-leaning views on social media, Pascal has promoted his progressive ideology and left-wing politics on Twitter.

"On President Trump’s last day in office, Pascal tweeted “BYE.” When Twitter banned the president earlier last month, the actor expressed his joy." . . .

WATCH: Team Trump Exposes Democrat 'Incitement' in Hard-Hitting Video

 Video: Team Trump Exposes Democrat 'Incitement' (pjmedia.com)

— Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) February 12, 2021

 

WATCH: President Trump's Attorney David Schoen plays video montage of Democrats saying the word "fight."

Once it concludes: "You didn't do anything wrong. It's a word people use, but please stop the hypocrisy."

Full #ImpeachmentTrial video here: https://t.co/K1c6PWPhtD pic.twitter.com/QXxF8eapH6

— CSPAN (@cspan) February 12, 2021

5 Must-Watch Moments From Team Trump's Impeachment Defense

 5 Must-Watch Moments From Trump's Impeachment Defense (pjmedia.com)

https://twitter.com/number9r/status/1360281673674465281?s=20

https://twitter.com/TrumpWarRoom/status/1360279956673200137?s=20

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">WATCH: President Trump&#39;s rhetoric VS the Democrats&#39; rhetoric. <a href="https://t.co/H1mvamlgtE">pic.twitter.com/H1mvamlgtE</a></p>&mdash; Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) <a href="https://twitter.com/TrumpWarRoom/status/1360279956673200137?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 12, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

EPIC! Trump's Defense Team ABSOLUTELY RUINS Democrats With 13 Minute Montage of "Fight" Word Like Trump Did!

 

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EPIC! Trump's Defense Team ABSOLUTELY RUINS Democrats With 13 Minute Montage of "Fight" Word Like Trump Did!   The Democrats demonized President Trump for using the word ‘fight’.  Trump’s attorneys responded today with a collage of clips from each of the Democrats in the room using the word ‘fight’.

"This portion of today’s events on Capitol Hill was excellent.  The Democrats claim that because President Trump used the word ‘fight’ in his speech on January 6th in Washington D.C.  However, what every Democrat in that room forgot was that they too had used the word previously in political speech." . . .

Former President Trump’s lawyers on Friday presented a montage showing Trump’s high profile critics promoting and condoning violence, featuring President Joe Biden, Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA), Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), and more.

“ 'Contrast the president’s repeated condemnations of violence with the rhetoric from his opponents,” Trump’s counsel said as the montage began to play, featuring former President Trump reiterating his position as the “president of law and order and an ally of all peaceful protesters.”

Democrats FightFightFight!

The public has had enough of cancel culture and cultural Marxism, and it’s fighting back.

Disney officially cut ties with Carano over an image the actress posted to her Instagram depicting a Jewish woman running from Nazi guards with the caption: . . . “Because history is edited, most people today don’t realize that to get to the point where Nazi soldiers could easily round up thousands of Jews, the government first made their own neighbors hate them simply for being Jews. How is that any different from hating someone for their political views?”

Gina Carano To Produce And Star In Upcoming Film For The Daily Wire | The Daily Wire

"Actress Gina Carano is partnering with The Daily Wire to produce and star in an upcoming film exclusively for Daily Wire members.

"Carano and The Daily Wire announced the new partnership on Friday, two days after the actress was ousted from her role in the Disney Star Wars spinoff show “The Mandalorian.” Disney cut the actress on Wednesday in what critics alleged was a politically-motivated hit.

“ 'The Daily Wire is helping make one of my dreams — to develop and produce my own film — come true. I cried out and my prayer was answered,” Carano said in a statement Friday. “I am sending out a direct message of hope to everyone living in fear of cancellation by the totalitarian mob. I have only just begun using my voice which is now freer than ever before, and I hope it inspires others to do the same. They can’t cancel us if we don’t let them.' ” . . .

The persecution of Gina Carano - spiked (spiked-online.com)  "Her sacking perfectly illustrates the hypocrisy and intolerance of the woke elites."

. . . "Schwarzenegger’s Holocaust Relativism was arguably more egregious than Carano’s. Hers was at least a little vague. He marshalled a specific event, one of the darkest in human history, and used it to make a showy, viral political point in the here and now. And yet he became the man of the hour while Carano is a witch who must be burned." . . .

Gina Carano’s Mandalorian Firing a New Hollywood Blacklist (nymag.com)  . . . "Trumbo gained some martyrdom when he was hauled to Washington to testify in front of the House Un-American Activities Committee. “This is the beginning of the American concentration camp,” he warned. (Fortunately for Trumbo, his antagonists, unlike Carano’s, were not witless enough to confuse hyperbolic Nazi comparisons with anti-Semitism.)" . . .

The Cultural Civil War Begins  "The Powers That Be cancel Morgan Wallen and Gina Carano, and America rallies to them."

Carano refused to follow the cultural Left’s demands that she identify her pronouns on her social media profile, and supposedly that makes her “transphobic.” She expressed doubt, as perhaps most Americans have, that Jeffrey Epstein killed himself. Carano made fun of the wildly over-the-top COVID restrictions in California, a mainstream enough position that opposition to those restrictions has now fueled a recall election against that state’s governor, Gavin Newsom. She expressed doubt over the integrity of the 2020 election.

The American Spectator | USA News and Politics

 

With a new administration, an even more malignant tone on the left

 

Patricia McCarthy  "Psaki daily tries to cover up her lack of any actual policy knowledge with phrases like "I'll have to circle back to you on that," over and over and over again.  When asked an even remotely challenging question, she insults or mocks whoever asked it.  She may be the worst press secretary ever.  She seems to think she's a star on a reality TV program, tasked with coming up with the best takedown of any reporter with a legitimate policy question.  She is wholly unprofessional, as is just about every other person Biden has appointed to his Cabinet and staff.

"The first weeks of this administration have been a disaster.  Psaki's tone is in keeping with the words of every other appointee.  Essentially, their attitude is, "We're in power now, the media is on our side, so you all are under our thumb." 

"The left, as always throughout history, is all about power and control.  Leftists do not respect or revere the freedoms guaranteed to all Americans by our Constitution.  They loathe that document with every fiber of their being; it limits their power over us.  Any protestations to the contrary are lies.

"If you do not realize by now that our left, from Woodrow Wilson to Jimmy Carter Bill Clinton, Barack Obama, and now Joe Biden, is motivated by a deep disdain for our working people, our middle class, you are fooling yourself.  As we are seeing right now before our eyes, the American left has embraced a 21st-century version of Maoism.  Look no farther than Thomas Freidman, who for ten years has revealed his elitist class's high regard for China and his contempt for America.  See Lee Smith's column, "The Thirty Tyrants"; he reveals the moment our ruling class became Sinophiles.  Joe Biden will never cross China; his every move will strengthen the CCP and weaken America." . . .

Disney fired Gina Carano from "The Mandalorian" for the "sin of not bowing to the Woke Left"

Disney fired Gina Carano from "The Mandalorian" for the sin of not bowing to the Woke Left 

"Disney wants you to know they stand for diVeRsiTy and iNcLuSioN.  

"Unless you disagree with any point of Wokeism for any period of time, that is. 

"Gina Carano – pro MMA fighter and actress on the hit Star Wars show, The Mandalorian – was fired by Disney on Wednesday over an Instagram post they said was "abhorrent and unacceptable."

"If you're not familiar with Gina or her character "Cara Dune," here's a summary:"

"See her post and tell us if there is antisemitism in it: 

According to The Hollywood Reporter, the star actress, who is a well-known conservative, on the Disney+ show was fired “after sharing a post on social media implying that being a Republican today is like being Jewish during the Holocaust.”

 Yahoo News . . . "Carano — whose agency has also parted ways with the actress — has yet to comment on her firing, which was spurred by a since-deleted Instagram post that likened being a modern-day conservative to the experience of Jews during the Holocaust in Nazi Germany. But her cause has been taken up by right-wing figures like Ted Cruz who are eager to portray her as another victim of cancel culture. Some have also noted that Carano’s co-star Pedro Pascal drew allusions between Trump supporters and Nazis and Confederate soldiers in a since-deleted Instagram post in November, but hasn’t faced the same repercussions." . . .

"The world IS open but no one is allowed to work. Working is a right you, as an American have. It gives us purpose, focus, pride and most importantly a way to support the ones we love. People are dropping like flies from depression and suicide, overdoses, MURDER. Enough already." Then we have this one: "Open up your businesses & churches. Put whatever regulations you want to because that is your right but open them up. You’re telling me Covid-19 knows the difference between a protest or praise & worship. I haven’t even been to church in over a decade but I sure would go now."

Kamala Harris Joked About Killing Trump, Pence

Newsmax  "Vice President Kamala Harris once joked on national television about killing former President Donald Trump and former Vice President Mike Pence.

"In a Twitter post Wednesday, political activist Jack Posobiec shared a video of Harris on "The Ellen DeGeneres Show" in early 2018.

"The then-senator from California was asked a question that served as the setup for a kind of cage-match quip: If she had to be stuck in an elevator with Trump, Pence, or former U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions, which one would she pick?

" 'Does one of us have to come out alive?" Harris responded.

"Harris laughed loudly as the show's crowd applauded enthusiastically.

"Posobiec's tweet came with former President Donald Trump under scrutiny for inciting violent behavior by supporters. Wednesday was the second day in a Senate trial for Trump, who was impeached by the House and has been accused of encouraging protesters to join a violent siege on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6. Five deaths have been linked to the siege, including one Capitol Police officer." . . .

Biden’s appeasement of Iran begins

 Power Line Blog "Joe Biden is determined to appease Iran, and the appeasement has already commenced. Its public manifestation centers now on Yemen, and the Houthi rebels there.

"The Houthis have long received considerable Iranian financial and military support, including in recent years cruise missiles and drones. They have used Iranian weaponry not just against the government of Yemen, but also against Saudi Arabia and the UAE, Iran’s arch enemies and allies of the U.S.

"Thus, as John Bolton says, the Houthis are a threat to the oil-producing Gulf monarchies. As is Iran, of course." . . .

Biden to De-list Houthi Rebels as Terrorists  . . . "The move is Biden’s latest slap to U.S. allies in the region — and an apparent attempt to appease Iran, which the Biden administration hopes to entice back to the negotiating table.

"Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) accused Biden of appeasement in a statement Saturday: . . ."

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