The three faces of the Republican Party

  Patricia McCarthy  "The 1957 film, The Three Faces of Eve, was about dissociative personality disorder, then known as multiple personality syndrome.  It was a hard film based on an actual case of a woman who suffered from the condition.

"It is not much of a leap to describe the Republican Party as currently constituted as suffering from the same malady.  There are the true small-government, liberty-loving constitutionalists like Devin Nunes, Jim Jordan, Tom Cotton, Matt Gaetz, Ron Johnson, Josh Hawley, Elise Stefanik, Steve Scalise, Rand Paul, Marjorie Taylor Greene, Ted Cruz, Louie Gohmert, and John Kennedy.

Then there are the squishes, who are afraid of their own shadows when it comes to fighting the Democrats — the elected officials who are there only to hold power, not to exercise it for their constituents. Those would be Kevin McCarthy and his go-along to get-along bunch, the Pelosi-ites like Rob Portman, Lindsey Graham who bends with the prevailing winds of the day.  Most of the Republicans fall into this category.

"Then there are the never-Trumpers: Mitch McConnell, Romney, Ben Sasse, Adam Kinzinger, Pat Toomey, John Katko, Jamie Beutler, Dan Newhouse, David Valadao, Peter Meijer, Tom Rice, Fred Upton, Anthony Gonzalez, Richard Burr, Susan Collins (of course), Bill Cassidy, and Lisa Murkowski, along with the execrable Liz Cheney, the left's new favorite congressperson.

"No doubt about it, the Republican Party is suffering from multiple personality disorder. " . . .

America under Joe Biden

 

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Trump Jr.: We’re embarrassed, our enemies are laughing

Even Following Fuel Shortages, Psaki Says Biden Still Considering Canceling Existing Pipelines…   Video

Trump Blasts Biden For Middle East Violence   . . . "“When I was in office we were known as the Peace Presidency,” Trump said in a statement. “Because Israel’s adversaries knew that the United States stood strongly with Israel and there would be swift retribution if Israel was attacked. Under Biden, the world is getting more violent and more unstable because Biden’s weakness and lack of support for Israel is leading to new attacks on our allies. America must always stand with Israel and make clear that the Palestinians must end the violence, terror, and rocket attacks, and make clear that the U.S. will always strongly support Israel’s right to defend itself." . . .

"Trump also blasted the Democratic Party’s solidarity with Ilhan Omar, who called Israel’s defending itself from Hamas’s attacks as “terrorism.” . . .

It's True, Joe Biden Was the First President to Cut God Out of the National Day of Prayer   . . . "Even Barack Obama — who famously omitted any mention of Jesus Christ from his message about the 50th anniversary of A Charlie Brown Christmas — didn’t do this." . . .

Welcome Back, Carter?  "But, as the Gipper said:

Freedom is a fragile thing and it's never more than one generation away from extinction. It is not ours by way of inheritance; it must be fought for and defended constantly by each generation, for it comes only once to a people. And those in world history who have known freedom and then lost it have never known it again.

Trumpism vs. Bidenism "Madison pointed out that membership in the House of Representatives is not to be a matter of  wealth, class, or society status.  He wrote that the rich no more than the poor will be members, and then, after stating "not the learned more than the ignorant," added: "not the haughty heirs of distinguished names, more than the humble sons of obscure and unpropitious fortune."  In current context, it is, arguably, fair to infer that Madison would say that Liz Cheney, as a daughter of a vice president, has no more right to chair of the House Republican conference than, say, Elise Stefanik, whose name 'til now could not have been considered a household word.  Indeed, it is fair to ask: would Liz have reached the House of Representatives, much less the third rank, if her name were Haney instead of Cheney?" . . .

Biden’s Administration Choices Are A Disgrace – Including Rachel Levine

“Honestly, there were some days where in a 12-hour shift there would be 10 to 15 people that would die. That was just hard as a nurse to watch day in and day out.”

 Charles "Sam" Faddis  "In the Biden administration everything is driven by identity politics. The nominee for Interior Secretary is someone who supports an anti-American North Korean front group and is supported by the Communist Party of the USA (CPUSA). All that matters, though, is that she is Native American.

"The new Treasury Secretary is completely compromised by the same financiers and Wall Street firms she is now expected to control and regulate. Never mind. She is female.

"So, it is with Rachel Levine, Biden’s choice for Assistant Health Secretary. Levine, as Pennsylvania’s Secretary of Health, presided over a COVID-19 nursing home debacle in Pennsylvania perhaps only second to that in New York State. Levine has very problematic views about gender transition related surgery and hormone treatment for minors. No big deal. Levine is transgender. That is all that counts.

"Let’s pretend, though, for a moment that we actually consider a person’s qualifications for a job to be of interest. Let’s assume, just for the sake of argument, that maybe we want to know something about the character of a nominee before accepting them for a senior position in the federal government. How does Levine stack up then?" . . .

President Trump Issues Statement Supporting Israel Against Palestinian Terrorism…

 Weasel Zippers

Remember when Newt Gingrich's Soros remarks got him shut down by Fox's Harris Faulkner?

100%FedUp  "The last time we reported about Newt Gingrich being on Fox News, he was being silenced by the leadership and hosts at Fox News." . . ."Why?"

"Because he truthfully mentioned the “Verboten” name of George Soros, whos sole mission in life seems to be the destruction of The West:

"Fox News grotesquely censored the former speaker of The House, as though any criticism of the anti-American Soros was somehow anti-[Semitic].

"Now, in an interview, today, he is once again throwing political truth bombs at the Fox News audience."

"Gingrich joined Maria Bartiromo on Fox News’ Sunday Morning Futures.  Among other topics during the conversation, Gingrich made some stunning statements about the 2020 election that most establishment politicians refuse to say or even acknowledge in 2021."

The Political Reality

 

Rich Terrell

Who’s Really Running the Show at the White House? We Now Have a Name.

 This article was originally published by Pjmedia.com.

"The two things I enjoy reading the most are report cards for either of my boys with straight-As, or a Democrat-friendly puff-piece in a major publication gone horribly wrong.

"Since report cards aren’t due for another three weeks, I guess we’ll just have to make do today with Sarah Baxter’s clueless revelation that Joe Biden isn’t up to the job of being president — and that he’s basically turned the job over to an appointee who didn’t even need Senate consent.

"Hell, Baxter’s Times (of London) article even puts “President Klain” right up top in the headline.

“ 'President… WHO?” I hear you ask.". . .

. . . "For a taste of the friendly tone, look no further than Baxter’s lede:

The name’s Klain — President Klain. Washington insiders delight in assigning the White House chief of staff this mischievous title as the driving force behind the actual president, Joe Biden. The man himself, Ron Klain, would never describe himself this way, but his firm grip on the levers of government has enabled the 78-year-old president to cruise through his first 100 days in office without breaking sweat.

Biden WH Response on Paying Ransom for Pipeline Attack Is More Than a Little Concerning

 RedState

. . . "But gas prices are just part of what’s sparking concerns about inflation and comparisons to Jimmy Carter and the 1970s. As we noted, Donald Trump, Jr, expressly noted the comparison. It’s starting to look more and more apt.

"So when the Biden regime was asked about the attack, you would think that they would have a strong response. But nope, it’s Jimmy Carter once again. This is possibly the worst government response I have ever heard to such a significant federal crime.

"Let’s listen to Deputy National Security Advisor for Cyber and Emerging Technology Anne Neuberger explain that whether or not Colonial Pipeline pays ransom to these attackers is a “private sector decision” when a reporter asks what they are going to do about it and what’s the timeline for this problem being addressed." . . .

Biden Is the New Carter, and We Now Have the Gas Lines to Prove It

For those of you who want to be "woke"

'Woke' Celebrities Cry for Diversity, Get Their Own Ego-Boosting Golden Globes Canceled  "Hollywood, which routinely scolds the country for its perceived systemic racism, will most certainly be one awards show short next year after industry titans looked around them and apparently saw nothing but a bunch of racists.

"NBC has canceled its scheduled broadcast of next year’s Golden Globe Awards amid a row over a lack of diversity inside the group that crowns the winners, while Hollywood stars and studios are also now attacking the annual exercise in “woke” back-patting." . . .

. . . "Translation: The HFPA will fall in line after becoming a victim of the leftist cancel culture it enabled.  What does this all mean for the rest of us? Likely, no Golden Globes show for at least next year. That’s a win for all who tired of watching the biggest hypocrites in the country parade around annually to chastise the rest of us over how we live and vote." . . .

 The ‘Woke’ Follies

Apparently, the most compelling argument made by the true believers in Marxism/socialism is that the United States, based on its founding, is an irredeemable nation that must be transformed.  And that irredeemability is centered on racism and a denial of a myriad of unassailable “civil rights.”  The recruiting of the naïve, agnostic and ill-educated who wish to be swept up in a supposed grand crusade of promoting these manufactured rights has become comparatively effortless.

How White Leftist Politicians and Hipsters Have Already Killed Wokeness  . . . "The word “woke” now represents a communist’s wish list for American policy, and there’s not a single person who can deny that the word “woke” now signifies a devotion to any or all of those political ambitions that Serrano describes.  And while the word began as a countercultural sigil in the black community meant to highlight a specific and important issue, the myriad unrelated and radical policy positions that have been later assigned to the term are now being championed by Hollywood, the news media, multi-billion-dollar corporations, Big Tech, and the now-seated ruling regime in American government. 

"If all of that that doesn’t serve as evidence that “wokeness” is currently occupying the space of a status quo, then I don’t know what does." . . . 

The Babylon Bee Guide To Being Woke  (Woke Fragility (a parody!): Bringing Moderates to Heel)

"Being "woke" is very important in order to show the world you're a good person, and also to avoid having your entire life wrecked by a Twitter mob!

"In order to achieve success and respect from all the good woke people -- which is the most important thing you can achieve in life -- you need to learn how to be properly woke! Here is our definitive guide: . . ."

Of course the first item for ridicule regards, wait for it....pronouns!

But wait! There's more!  Woke Fragility (a parody!): Bringing Moderates to Heel (The Great Wokesplosion)    "The Woke are transcendent. Never before has so much wisdom, knowledge, and virtue been embodied by a movement. "Explore the moral superiority of the noisiest subset of American culture with The Tired Moderate, as the Woke rampage through journalism, academia, and big tech. In a good way. Please don't cancel me."

‘Transwomen Are Women’ and Other Polite Lies

Such statements seem accommodating, but they come at the expense of actual women.

Daily Signal video

Abigale Shrier  "Let me ask you something: Why don’t people trust their instincts?” It’s a great line, delivered by serial killer Martin Vanger (Stellan Skarsgård) to his tethered quarry, Mikael Blomqvist (Daniel Craig), in the movie version of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. It’s a scene I’ve never been able to shake because it crawls with that relentless electrostatic charge — truth. Vanger goes on:

You knew something was wrong, but you came back into the house. Did I force you? Did I drag you in? No. All I had to do was offer you a drink. It’s hard to believe that the fear of offending can be stronger than the fear of pain. But you know what? It is.

"This, more or less, is the predicament in which we find ourselves in 2020. Bit by bit, redefinition by redefinition, we have backed into a room that unsettles us, prodded by the fear of causing offense. In the public sphere, we’ve allowed women to become “menstruators,” or “people with vulvas,” or “bleeders” — even though we don’t really believe these are signal traits of womanhood. Even though we believe women and mothers (“birthing people,” as Harvard Medical School’s Medical Education recently referred to them) are so much more.

"Why, then, do we refer to them in this degrading way? So as not to offend those biological women who identify as something else — as “non-binary” or“transmen.” We use “birthing people” and “menstruators” to refer to women, so that transwomen don’t feel left out. There are just so many feelings to consider, so much indulgence from our bleeding, um, hearts." . . .

But in the public sphere, we must be sticklers for truth. Not out of callousness to others’ feelings, but in order to cleave to objective reality — and to protect the women’s rights that are slipping away. “Menstruators” or “bleeders” or “vulva owners” aren’t worthy of special spaces or protection. Creatures lowly as these hardly seem worthy of mention at all. (Emphasis added by TD)

Biological Male Is Top-Ranked NCAA Women’s Track Star 

 . . . "Telfer is one of the fastest runners in NCAA women’s track and field at any division — not just at the DII level. Telfer’s best time in the 55 meter dash is tied with the third-fastest runner at the women’s DI level.  Telfer previously ran a variety of events for Franklin Pierce’s men’s team, during most of which time he went by the first name Craig,

Rep. Cori Bush Demotes Mothers to “Birthing People”

When we talk about birthing people, we're being inclusive. It's that simple.

We use gender neutral language when talking about pregnancy, because it's not just cis-gender women that can get pregnant and give birth. Reproductive freedom is for *every* body. https://t.co/9E9qKRMJTu

— NARAL (@NARAL) May 6, 2021

To Sean Hannity: Please Do Not Make ‘Caitlyn’ Jenner into a Hero

So, in the name of ousting a very liberal governor and helping restore California, Hannity has embraced some of the foundational values of transgender activism, referring to a biological male as “she” and referring to Bruce Jenner as “Caitlyn.”

Townhall  "I am not trying to demonize Bruce “Caitlyn” Jenner or to portray him as some kind of moral monster. Obviously, I cannot relate to whatever internal struggles moved him to try to change his gender (which, for the record, cannot be done), and he may be a fine person and a decent human being in many other ways.

"I am simply saying that, by no means should he be the latest poster boy/girl for conservative values, even if he is currently seeking to replace California’s radical governor, Gavin Newsom." . . .

. . . "Now, with the Equality Act looming, an act which would literally gut religious freedoms in America, and with states having to pass bills to protect female sports, the last thing we need is to normalize trans identity in our conservative circles." . . .

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Yes, Biden Is Swindling Americans: White House Staffer Lets the Cat Out of the Bag

 PJ Media  "The myth of the “moderate” Joe Biden stubbornly refuses to die — partially because the Democrats and the legacy media are working overtime to keep it breathing. From day one, Biden has aimed to erase his predecessor’s legacy, rejected Republican efforts to pass clean bills on COVID-19 and infrastructure, and inflamed the culture war on abortion, transgenderism, and race. He even called Georgia’s new election integrity bill “Jim Crow on steroids.”

"Yet, somehow, Democrats and the legacy media continue to twist the limits of deception by branding this firebrand a “moderate.” This weekend, a White House staffer confessed that this is a key part of Biden’s strategy.

“ '[A]t his hundred-day mark, Biden is the most liberal president we’ve had — and the public thinks he’s a moderate,” an unnamed White House staffer told New York Magazine. “That’s a winning strategy to me. They’re willing to accept that you’re gonna write this piece as long as they know that swing voters in Colorado aren’t gonna read it.”

Recommended: Biden Is Radically Transforming America Far Faster Than Obama Dreamed

"This gobsmacking admission comes nine paragraphs into Olivia Nuzzi’s article about “How the White House Polices Language in Washington.” Nuzzi’s piece focuses on how the Biden White House responded to the president’s recent gaffe in which he admitted there was a “crisis” on the southern border in contradiction to his administration’s messaging that there was no “crisis” on the border.

"Nuzzi noted that the word “crisis” “suggests spiraling, breakdowns in the system, and the people who work for the new president happen to love systems. This is the return to normalcy: The professionals are back in the building — hyper-sensitive and type A — and Washington sure feels tense. ‘We are just not going to get pulled down in the muck of right-wing-driven arguments about word choice,’ Psaki said. Semantics debates, she added, keeping with the swamp imagery, are a form of ‘crocodile wrestling.'” . . .