UPDATED: North Korea defector criticizes Gwen Berry, calls her ‘spoiled’

Park added that there are “people dying to come to America at this very moment” and Berry is taking her freedom for granted. 

 North Korea defector criticizes 'privileged' Gwen Berry (nypost.com)

"A human rights activist who escaped oppression in North Korea called US Olympian Gwen Berry “spoiled” for turning her back on the American flag — saying she doesn’t know how good she has it.

"Yeonmi Park, who defected from the hermit kingdom in 2007, told “Fox & Friends” Thursday that Berry’s decision to snub the Stars and Stripes as the national anthem played is “unthinkable.” 

“ 'In North Korea, people who are actually oppressed don’t even know they’re oppressed,” Park told the outlet. 

“The fact that she’s complaining about oppression and systemic racism — she does not understand that she’s so privileged.”

"The defector said if Berry committed the same actions in North Korea, she’d be killed. 

“If she was North Korean, not only herself will be executed, [also] eight generations of her family can be sent to political prison camp and execution,” Park griped.". . . 

 Olympian Gwen Berry is sponsored by activist group trying to defund NYPD (nypost.com)

Racial grievance-monger Gwen Berry has a history of racist tweets - American Thinker

.:.So she's been listened to, and listened to, and now she's shown to be a racist, spewing all manner of hate tweets.  Fine person to listen to.  Yet they all do it, the entire political and sports power hierarchy, even as she complains about not being "heard."  Her case shows the corruption of the establishment as they bow down to this bounder.  In a sane world, her racist tweets would mean they wouldn't give her the time of day.

"For the rest of us, we hear her loud and clear, to the point of nausea, given that, like Colin Kaepernick, she's a has-been athlete, and her last champion performance was in June 2018, three long years ago, an eternity in much of athletics, which is continually seeing new talent emerge.  What is it about has-beens that compels them to draw attention to themselves by non-athletic means?

"For just a little contrast, take a look at the athlete who legitimately beat Berry on the athletic field and was able to stand respectfully, if not rather refreshingly enthusiastically, for the playing of the National Anthem. 

"Here is what should have been news rather than bad-tweet hypocrite Berry, who got all the attention."...

"Did anyone see the formidable DeAnna Price, who made the second-farthest hammer throw in history on that day?  This is the person whom Berry overshadowed with the press attention she sought with a cheap stunt disrespecting the U.S. flag and national anthem:"...

Texas Soldier Who Shot BLM Protester Indicted On Murder Charge - Multiple Videos Reveal That He Is Acting in Self-Defense And Is Innocent

  Defiant America  "A Travis County grand jury has indicted an active-duty former Fort Hood Army sergeant on charges of murder, deadly conduct and aggravated assault in the 2020 shooting death of an armed Austin protester.

"Perry, who was stationed at Fort Hood, was working for a ride-sharing company and just dropped off a customer when he turned onto a street filled with people protesting police brutality.

"He stopped his car, honked, and seconds later, police said Perry drove his car into the crowd, The Texas Tribune reported.

" 'But videos show that he was under attack contradictory to the police reports!

"The man who defended himself against BLM rioters was indicted today a year after the incident is yet another example of how illegitimate our justice system is.

"Army Sgt Daniel Perry was driving Uber when rioters mobbed his car and pointed a gun towards him

"Below is the video that is widely shared by the mainstream media:

Kirstie Alley blasts coming culture of 'pedophilia' -

  Washington Times

"In a tweet that didn’t take long to gather massive social media steam, Kirstie Alley, Hollywood’s female braveheart—brave, ‘cause she’s openly conservative—wrote: “People are becoming so ‘open minded’ that” soon enough “they will support pedophilia” as simple shows of love to children. That ain’t hyperbole.That’s where the left indeed is headed. More from her tweet: “Down the road they will support pediphilia [sic] as people ‘just loving children.’(Snip)“Drag Queen Story Hour is just what it sounds like—drag queens reading stories to children in libraries, schools and bookstores,” the site states. “DQSH captures the imagination and play of the gender fluidity of childhood and gives kids". . . 

Democrats hasten the demise of the American experiment

 Democrats Freak Out In With Rage Ohio Over Bill That Will Protect Women In Women's Sports [VIDEO] | DJHJ Media  Skindell is a champion of LGBTQ causes"

Deranged Ohio Dems Jeer, Bang Desks Over Trans Athletes Ban. But the Rep Who Kept Her Cool Got the Last Laugh – PJ Media  "In one of the more disgraceful stunts you’ll ever see in a legislative chamber (it’s a very low bar, I know), Democrat lawmakers in Ohio thew a childish temper tantrum, attempting to drown out a female Republican representative as she introduced an amendment that would protect girls’ sports from transgender athletes.

Rep. Jena Powell, a conservative and staunch defender of women’s athletics, was in the process of introducing an amendment to a bill that would allow college athletes to profit from their names and likenesses when the melee broke out.

“The ‘Save Women’s Sports Act’ is a fairness issue for women to be able to achieve their dreams and athletics in our state,” Powell began. “It is crucial to preserving women’s rights and the integrity of women’s and girls’ sports. Across our country, female athletes are currently losing scholarships, opportunities, medals, education, and training opportunities.” Unfortunately, some Democrats in the chamber apparently couldn’t stand to hear an articulate conservative woman defending women’s sports—and calling for a ban on biological men pretending to be women, ruining their sports, and denying them opportunities.

The amendment, attached to SB 187, reads: “No state institution or private college to which division (B) of this section applies shall knowingly allow individuals of the male sex to participate on athletic teams or in athletic competitions designated for only participants of the female sex.”

Shortly after Powell began her speech, Democrats began pounding on their desks and shouting “booo!” and “out of order!” in an attempt to disrupt her.

Here’s Rep. Michael Skindell losing his mind and embarrassing his family in public:

Democrats Literally Throw Raucous Tantrum As Republican Proposes Amendment On Girls Sports | The Daily Caller.....  

"Democratic State Sen. Michael Skindell was reportedly identified by The Post Millenial as one of the representatives that banged ferociously and appeared to “boo” Powell."

Lifesite news reports: “The ‘Save Women’s Sports Act’ is a fairness issue for women to be able to achieve their dreams and athletics in our state. It is crucial to preserving women’s rights and the integrity of women’s and girls sports. Across our country, female athletes are currently losing scholarships, opportunities, medals, education and training opportunities,” Powell said, as some begin banging.

"As Powell attempts to continue her speech, someone can be heard banging even harder on their desk, apparently screaming “boo.”

"Powell and others are visibly shocked." . . .

. . . “The Save Women’s Sports Act is a fairness issue for women to be able to achieve their dreams in athletics in our state, and it’s crucial to preserving women’s rights and the integrity of women’s and girls’ sports,” she said. “Across our country, female athletes are currently losing scholarships, opportunities, medals, education, and training opportunities.”

Ohio Dems disgrace themselves trying to keep males competing in girls’ sports - American Thinker  . . . "Joshua Arnold of the Family Research Council describes the disgrace at the state capitol:

As State Rep. Powell began, "across our country, female athletes are currently losing scholarships, opportunities, medals, and training opportunities," Democrats began banging on desks. One man repeatedly screamed, "point of order." Powell courageously pushed through to offer the amendment despite Democrats' rude interjections. The amendment succeeded in a 54-40 vote, and the Ohio House voted 57-36 to pass Senate Bill 187 through to the Senate.

'Can they Save Kamala' in time to get her ready for her closeup in 2024.

Image by Ghengis Gary

 Clean-up on Aisle 2: White House scrambles to salvage flailing Kamala Harris - American Thinker   . . . "Both characters, Joe and Kamala, were serious mistakes for the Democrats, both were bad candidates to start with, yet both are in power now and want to retain it. Now the fast-sinking Harris is subject to this salvage effort from the Bidenites, and it's not a very strong effort.

"That's what happens when voters are not permitted to exert their native wisdom and winnow out bad candidates, and a president and running mate get there by fraud instead of a fair election. Neither would have been there had the election been conducted honestly, both are there by the skin of their teeth on a foundation of lies. So of course, both are there problematically, their illegitimacy clear in their obvious flaws and incompetence now that they are in office. And sure enough, there are constant under-the-surface battles bubbling out, which should continue. 

"The scrambling, though, to save Kamala, is kind of embarrassing." 

Report: Kamala Harris is an awful boss - American Thinker

With Mrs. Biden playing at being veep, it's important to her to sideline the actual veep.  It helps that Jill, who isn't the brightest bulb in the box, is still sharper, and apparently even more vicious, than Kamala.  I would almost feel sorry for Kamala if I didn't dislike and disrespect her and her politics as much as I do. 

 WATCH: O'Reilly claims Biden is "out to get" VP Harris and "there is no good will" | News Thud

This seems right. Kamala Harris will probably be the Democratic nominee in 24 or 28. Biden's team should be giving her portfolios that make it likelier she'll win. Instead they're giving her impossible problems that will likely become liabilities. https://t.co/Bd8ATdv6kL

— Ezra Klein (@ezraklein) June 29, 2021

Democrats criticised after yelling and screaming as Ohio Republican attempts to amend a bill

Sky News Australia

Furious Democrats have behaved “childishly” by yelling and pounding their desks while Ohio Republican Jena Powell attempted to speak on an amendment to a state bill banning biological males from female sports. Jena Powell attempted to add an amendment to the Ohio NIL bill - the ‘Name.Image, Likeness’ bill - which allows college athletes to profit off their name, image and likeness. Ms Powell’s amendment would see biological males banned from competing in female sports. The state Republican told the House it was an amendment needed for women trying to achieve their dreams in sport. “It’s crucial to preserving women’s rights and the integrity of women’s and girls’ sports,” she said. “Across our country, female athletes are currently losing scholarships, opportunities, medals, education and training opportunities.” As Ms Powell addressed the House she was met with furious banging and yelling from the Democrats. The behaviour from Democrats has been met with criticism online. “This is my state. I don't know who that man is, but I would like to know all the people who behaved so childishly,” one Twitter user wrote. “Those behaving that way have no business being allowed in a room where laws are being discussed let alone voting on what will or will not be made a law,” another said. The NIL bill was passed in the Ohio House - including Jena Powell’s amendment - and will return to Ohio Senate to vote on.

News in brief

 Ilhan Omar Derided for ‘Bigoted’ Comments Directed at Jewish Colleagues in Congress | The Jewish Press  ... "They also rejected Omar’s attempts to once more walk back her comments. “Her tweets this morning with examples of individual Jews and Jewish organizations that she finds noteworthy do not mitigate her bigoted comments."

HOT TAKES: Old Pic of Gwen Berry Has Trump, Jr, Others Asking if Anthem Response Was Act – RedState  ..".Whatever her intent, it’s clear that she was aiming for attention and she got it."

Gallup Poll: Third of Americans Say Pandemic is Over  ..."When broken down by demographic, the findings from Gallup’s June 14-20 survey show that 57 percent of Republicans say the pandemic is over compared to 4 percent of Democrats."...

Romney: I Trust President Biden - I Take Him at His Word..."Tapper said, “How many Republicans in the Senate do you have committed to vote for this bipartisan infrastructure deal?” "Romney said, “Well, I believe we will have enough to get it passed. I don’t know exactly where everybody is after the weekend."...

Nolte: Homophobe Joy Reid's MSNBC Ratings Are Collapsing 

..."MSNBC is still television’s best-produced cable news network, but none of that can paper over the fact that joyless Joy Reid has no charisma, isn’t terribly bright, is a painfully predictable ideologue, vindictive, and an intolerant bigot. Leftists were willing to put up with anyone to get their fix of Trump Hate, but now that Trump’s gone, it’s just Reid and her endless flaws.

 SoundCloud Blacklists Conservative Journalist Andy Ngo, Won't Say Why (breitbart.com)   ..."SoundCloud did not respond to Breitbart News’ request for comment and did not inform Ngo which of its policies he had violated or how.

“The list of violations Sound Cloud accuses me of violating include incitement to violence and terrorism,” Ngo told Breitbart News in a comment."...

Trump Dunks on Biden, and Acosta Gets What He Deserves During Border Visit – RedState  

Jen Psaki Cannot Name One GOP Member in Favor of Defunding Police (breitbart.com)

..."Psaki alleged that President Biden ran on a platform to boost funding for law enforcement “after Republicans spent decades trying to cut the COPS program.”

"The Dispatch fact check unearthed evidence to the contrary:  

The 2019 COPS budget, according to the Congressional Research Service, was $304 million, which although up from its 2018 budget of $276 million, is lower than it’s been in years past. In 1995 the budget was $1.3 billion and in 1998 it was around $1.6 billion, which was the highest it has ever been. . . .

Putin taunts US saying their world dominance is 'OVER' & threatens to strike back if any 'boundaries are crossed'

 UK Sun

VLAD'S RAGE: Putin taunts US saying their world dominance is ‘OVER’ & threatens to strike back if any ‘boundaries are crossed’

The Russian president issued the stark warning during a televised Q&A on Wednesday, during which he also boasted that even if Russia had sunk HMS Defender it would not have caused World War Three.

Putin boldly claimed his navy could have attacked the ship in the Black Sea because the West knows "full well that they can't win in that war".

During his annual “Direct Line” call in show, in which citizens can submit queries for the president, he spoke of how the “period of unipolar world is over”.

“No matter what sanctions are imposed on Russia, no matter what the scaremongering, Russia is developing and in some respects our country has surpassed the European countries and even the US,” he said.

While Putin said the nation would not be taking steps that would be harmful to themselves, he said if boundaries were crossed, they would find “asymmetrical ways” to respond.

“I hope the United States will change this attitude not only towards us, but also towards their other allies,” he said.

Putin went on to say that the world was “changing dramatically” - something he said the United States understood."...

Putin threatens 'harsh' punishment if West crosses 'red lines' - Washington Times

“Organizers of any provocations that threaten our core security interests,” he said, “will regret what they have done like they’ve never regretted anything for a long time.”

 Putin Threatens America with Nuclear Annihilation - Accuracy in Media (aim.org)

2015: “Organizers of any provocations that threaten our core security interests,” he said, “will regret what they have done like they’ve never regretted anything for a long time.”

BLM Shares Detailed Look at Finances: Report

Socio-Political-Journal...   For the first time in the Black Lives Matter movement's nearly eight year history, leaders of the organization have shared a detailed look at their finances.

"The Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation, largely seen as a driving force behind the Black Lives Matter Movement, took in just over $90 million last year, according to a financial snapshot obtained by AP.

"The organization is reportedly looking to build out its infrastructure to catch up to the speed of its funding and plans to use its endowment to become known for more than protests related to Black Americans dying at the hands of police or vigilantes.

" 'We want to uplift Black joy and liberation, not just Black death. We want to see Black communities thriving, not just surviving,” an impact report from the foundation shared with AP read." . . .

. . . "The BLM foundation was granted nonprofit status with the Internal Revenue Service in December, allowing the organization to receive tax-deductible donations directly. In the near future, BLM will also reportedly be required to file public 990 forms, revealing details of its organizational structure, employee compensation, programming and expenses.

" 'In exchange for getting tax exempt status, you as an organization committed to providing a greater level of transparency to confirm you are fulfilling your mission,” Melina Abdullah, co-founder of BLM’s first ever chapter in Los Angeles, told AP. “We’re turning a corner, recognizing that we have to build institutions that endure beyond us.' ”

‘CNN is about controlling negroes’: Vernon Jones puts CNN field reporter on the hot, burning spot

 “CNN is bigoted. CNN is race-based, and CNN is racist, and they use you to carry out their racist agenda,” the GOP candidate charged.

BPR  "Georgia Republican gubernatorial candidate Vernon Jones destroyed a CNN reporter during a brutal take-down at a campaign event this week, according to a viral video posted
online.

“ 'CNN is about controlling negroes,” Jones says in the video. “‘Controlling negroes.’ That’s what CNN’s about. They don’t want people of color to have conservative thoughts.”

"Pointing at a man standing next to him, Jones adds: “He’s here to keep me from running, to keep me from being governor of the state. Why? Because liberals…they do not want blacks thinking for themselves.”

"Jones served in the Georgia state House of Representatives as a Democrat from 1993-2001, and again from 2017-2021. He switched his political affiliation to Republican earlier this year when he filed as a gubernatorial candidate." . . .

Rep. Vernon Jones Lets CNN Reporter Have It: "CNN is about controlling Negroes" [VIDEO] (100percentfedup.com)

“If the liberal media thinks they can bully me, intimidate me, or silence me, they have another thing coming. I’m not a resident on their plantation.”

From What Lab Did ‘Cancel Culture’ Leak?

 

AAEC (editorialcartoonists.com)

American Greatness

Woke cancel culture is not just a set of ideas. It is, as its name implies, a culture that came from a specific place, even if that place exists only in cyberspace.

"In its wisdom, the Biden White House apparently has decided it is now permissible to speculate COVID-19 might have been deliberately leaked by the Chinese government from a lab intended for developing biological weapons. Even the Ministry of Truth that is Facebook has ceased censoring posts making this case, now that the Biden White House has realized the story can no longer be swept under the rug. 

"So much the better. Any victory against the criminalization of noticing things is worth celebrating. 

"While we may be closer to understanding where the most dangerous recent physical pathogen originated, however, we are not so lucky when it comes to the most dangerous recent intellectual pathogen. I refer to wokeness, and its most infamous applied practice, cancel culture. 

"When it comes to this particular virus, the Right has been far more confused than they were about COVID-19, and the opposition to wokeness/cancel culture/social justice/whatever you want to call it has suffered for it. Much of our analysis of cancel culture has fixated on its intellectual roots: say, in faculty lounges during the 1970s’ “deconstruction” boom. 

"There is merit to this understanding. Just because the ideas percolated there, however, it does not follow that the practices associated with cancel culture sprang, fully formed, from Zeus’s (or Hera’s) head in 2014 to colonize the internet, and civil society thereafter, any more than it makes sense to speak of the alt-Right solely with references to intellectual antecedents like Sam Francis, Joseph Sobran, or Francis Parker Yockey. Just because the alt-Right popularized ideas from those people, doesn’t mean those people are responsible for creating that culture. It is equally possible—indeed likely—that the alt-Right figured out what they believed before they even picked up a book, and then simply went back to establish their intellectual heritage ex post facto once they realized they needed one."... 

Patrick Chappatte: Cancel culture has gone too far | UN Today

Once you slap a label on something or someone or a cartoon, such as racist or transphobic, that label is absolute. There is no half-racist. You’re leaving no room for mistakes or jokes that are not as good as they could be. It’s all about la faute – guilt, which you cannot be absolved from.

 How Conservatives Should Take On Corporate America – Issues & Insights (issuesinsights.com)

. . . "Coming on the heels of the big-business response to Georgia’s recent voting reforms—replete with Major League Baseball pulling its All-Star Game from Atlanta in favor of Denver, where there are fewer days of early voting—this meeting feels like an exclamation point on the end of a collapsing relationship.  You now see influential conservatives calling for “war with the corporations.”. . .  

Dems: Don't Defund the Police. Break Them! End Their Qualified Immunity

How about allowing San Francisco business owners to sue the laughably unqualified, George Soros-sponsored DA, Chesa Boudin? Instead of prosecuting crime -- technically, his job -- he decided not to prosecute crime. As night follows day -- or crime follows Soros DAs -- local stores were emptied of their inventory by carefree shoplifters... 

Ann Coulter  "In the left's ongoing war on the police, their plan to strip cops of qualified immunity is among the most preposterous. The sole objective is to jam up cops and make them more passive.

"Qualified immunity means a police officer can't be sued for violating someone's constitutional rights unless those rights are "clearly established." Officers can still be fired. They can still be disciplined. And they can still be criminally prosecuted. They just can't be sued by every lowlife they arrest.

"Liberals act as if qualified immunity is some extra-special benefit bestowed only on police, unheard of in any other line of work. Michigan's power-mad Attorney General Dana Nessel says, "We're not asking that police officers even be held to a higher standard than other professions, just to the same standard as other professions."

"Liberals act as if qualified immunity is some extra-special benefit bestowed only on police, unheard of in any other line of work. Michigan's power-mad Attorney General Dana Nessel says, "We're not asking that police officers even be held to a higher standard than other professions, just to the same standard as other professions.". . . 

. . . In fact, throughout the criminal justice system, it's always the lawyers who get "absolute immunity" -- judges, prosecutors and defense attorneys. Only the guys on the street, having to make split-second decisions while battling lunatics, can ever be sued for violating someone's constitutional rights.". . .