The Middle East Forum"Like his former boss Barack Obama, Joe Biden began his presidency by using the executive branch to treat his critics as "domestic terrorists." When it comes to counterterrorism, the Biden administration is proving to be the third Obama term.
"Within months of his inauguration, Obama directed the Department of Homeland Security away from Islamist terrorism and towards "right-wing terrorism." Biden is doing the same, but even more aggressively and with both the DHS and Department of Justice.
U.S. Marshals Capture 'Missing' Parents of Suspected Michigan School Shooter"Late Friday, the U.S. Marshals joined the search for James and Jennifer Crumbley after they failed to show up at an arraignment Friday morning. The Michigan couple are the parents of student Ethan Crumbley, who stands accused of the Oxford High School shooting that killed four students and wounded seven others, including one teacher, on November 30.
"As my PJ Media colleague, Megan Fox, reported, the “lawyers for the parents said they had not fled from the order to turn themselves in but left town for their own safety.” The lawyers also claimed that the Crumbleys would return for their arraignment; however, that did not happen. In their absence, Oakland County Prosecutor Karen McDonald charged each parent with four counts of involuntary manslaughter—a felony that carries a 15-year sentence, according to Michigan officials. It seems likely that additional charges will be added at a later date since the U.S. Marshals are now involved." . . .
"The next day, Jennifer posted about the Christmas present to Instagram with the caption: 'Mom & son day testing out his new Xmas [sic] present.' Jennifer's Instagram account has since been taken down.
"Two days later, on November 29, McDonald said a teacher at Oxford High School observed Ethan searching ammunition on his cell during class and reported it to school officials."...
. . ."She also revealed that on the morning of the shooting, a teacher found a chilling note on Ethan's desk, which featured disturbing drawings depicting a semi-automatic gun, a bullet, a shooting victim and a laughing emoji.
"According to the prosecutor, the note included the words 'blood everywhere,' 'thoughts won't stop, help me,' 'my life is useless' and 'the world is dead.'
"Jennifer and James were immediately summoned to the school to discuss their son's worrying behavior. A school counselor was able to obtain the note with the drawings, but McDonald said by then its contents had been 'altered.'
"The doodles of the gun and the bullet-ridden figure were 'scratched out,' as well as Ethan's writings." . . .
In this article: "Michigan school shooter's parents have criminal histories including charges of DUI and passing bad checks"
. . ."Under Michigan law, an involuntary manslaughter charge can be pursued if prosecutors believe someone contributed to a situation where the probability of harm or death was high.
" 'The parents were the only individuals in the position to know the access to weapons,' McDonald said Thursday. The gun, which Ethan's father, James Crumbley, had just purchased four days before the rampage, 'seems to have been just freely available to that individual.'
" 'These charges are intended to hold the individuals who contributed to this tragedy accountable and also send the message that gun owners have a responsibility.
"'When they fail to uphold that responsibility, there are serious and criminal consequences.'
"Ethan has been charged as an adult with two dozen crimes, including murder, attempted murder and terrorism, for the shooting on Tuesday. " . . .
Neon Nettle"Ex-Vice President Joe Biden was confronted at an event in New York being streamed in Live TV over his infamous 'inappropriate behavior' with touching young girls.
"Howard Caplan attended the event at Global Institute of Long Island University, which featured speaker Joe Biden.
"Caplan took the opportunity to call out the former Vice President regarding the viral videos of him groping young girls." . . .
Video available in this story has not been linked to here due to the rough street language. TD
Daily Caller"Comedian Andrew Schulz unleashed a rant for the ages about the coverage of Kyle Rittenhouse compared to Darrell Brooks.
"It’s very cut and dry, but the media and Hollywood celebrities didn’t care. They just wanted the attention and woke points, which is what Schulz pointed out.
"Meanwhile, you have a guy in the very same state accused of slaughtering six innocent people and the same people who ripped Rittenhouse are nowhere to be found.
"If that doesn’t upset you or at least make you ask a few questions, you’re not paying attention!" . . .
The felony murder of Kevin Nishita and all the consequences attached to it now applies to all individuals involved in the smash and grab robbery the KRON-TV crew were covering. Felony murder charges apply regardless of who committed the murder.
These smash-and-grab thefts have escalated, thanks to the uber-liberal left, and their George Soros-sponsored, elected prosecutors failing to perform their duties. These prosecutors hide behind a loophole in California law that makes theft below $950.00 a misdemeanor. They use this law to claim it is not worth their time to prosecute, so they either plea bargain the crime down to a fine only, or outright dismiss the charge.
Pictured, right: Kevin Nishita, Retired Colma Police Sergeant
'Flash Mobs'..."The riots and aftermath provided the background for a real-world demonstration of precisely these principles. Young people watched -- in person or on television -- as older “models” looted stores and purloined expensive merchandise, unfettered by police pursuit. Aggressive behavior was rewarded without adverse consequences."...
14 California Looters Arrested by Police Have Been Released Due to the State's Zero Bail Policy "Thieves hit 11 Los Angeles area stores that weekend, stealing $338,000 in merchandise. But several of the looters pled poverty and got out, thanks to a California Supreme Court decision that ordered judges in the state to consider a suspect’s ability to pay when setting bail. If you can show you are “indigent” — no visible income or means of support — you get to walk." . . .
What Causes Looting? Covid! "Covid has become the all-purpose excuse for failure in today’s world. But the execrable Jen Psaki broke new ground, earlier today, when she claimed that covid is responsible for the organized looting of stores across the United States, especially in the Bay Area but spreading across the country, in recent days.". . .More here
PJ Media "Systemic racism strikes again, but not in the way the left wants you to believe.
"Shortly after Waukesha terror suspect Darrell Brooks was arrested for punching and running over his girlfriend in early November, he was given a risk assessment test. The test took many factors into consideration: age, prior convictions and arrests, etc. Brooks is a career criminal and has almost 50 pages of charges against him throughout his life.
"The risk assessment test didn’t reveal any surprises. It showed Brooks scored a “6 out of 6” in regards to his likelihood of committing more crimes, and a “4 out of 6” in his likelihood to fail to appear in court." . . .
. . ."Milwaukee DA Chisholm knew his progressive bail reform policies would cost lives. He admitted it in a 2007 interview with the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
“ 'Is there going to be an individual I divert, or I put into [a] treatment program, who’s going to go out and kill somebody?” Chisholm stated in 2007. “You bet. Guaranteed. It’s guaranteed to happen. It does not invalidate the overall approach.”
"He knew his policies would result in murder. He didn’t care. In fact, it was part of his plan.
BREAKING: New documents show Darrell Brooks was assessed a 6/6 risk to the public but the DA let him out anyway due to bail reform and criminal justice policies pic.twitter.com/1VGm7F7S8d
The left is engaged in a language war. That's because changing language changes people's minds.
"The Associated Press ranan emotional plug for efforts to nix the term “alien” to describe an illegal entrant to the United States last week. It’s no secret what the opinion of the AP is, after the corporate outletupdatedits stylebook in 2013 to remove not just “illegal alien” but even “illegal immigrant.”
"But journalists and lawmakers alike would be prudent to brush up on their history. After all, “alien” is a reasonable and just term deeply baked into the founding of this country — contrary to the talking points of demagogues fromJustice Sonia Sotomayorto the Biden administration.
Under a Biden order last April, U.S. immigration enforcement agencies were instructed to no longer use “alien” or “illegal alien” or “assimilation” in reference to immigrants. Alien was adjusted to “noncitizen or migrant,” illegal to “undocumented,” and assimilation to “integration.”. . .
“Proponents [of changing terms] want to persuade the American public that those here illegally are no different than those who followed the rules to come here lawfully,” Ries also said. “But America, like every other country, has a sovereign right to a lawful and orderly immigration system. And Americans, including lawful immigrants, want immigration laws enforced.”
"On Thursday's episode of Fox News' "The Five" co-host Greg Gutfeld came up with a joke to troll the episode's liberal co-host, Jessica Tarlov with, claiming in multiple choice form that President Joe Biden was "racist with blood on his hands." The Left went absolutely nuts over it, especially on Twitter."
The countries that opposed the text were Australia, Canada, Hungary, Israel, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, Palau and the United States.
"The United Nations General Assembly approved a resolution 129-11 on Wednesday that disavowed Jewish ties to the Temple Mount and called it solely by its Muslim name of al-Haram al-Sharif.
"The text, referred to as the “Jerusalem resolution,” is part of a push by the Palestinian Authority and the Arab states across the UN system to rebrand Judaism’s most holy site as an exclusively Islamic one.
" 'The United States, which opposed the text, said that the omission of inclusive terminology for the site sacred to three faiths was of “real and serious concern.”
Located in the heart of Jerusalem’s Old City, it is where the ancient Jewish Temple stood 2,000 years ago, and it is the home of the Aksa Mosque compound which is Islam’s third holiest site.
“ 'It is morally, historically and politically wrong for members of this body to support language that denies” both the Jewish and Christian connections to the Temple Mount and al-Haram al-Sharif, the US envoy told the UNGA.
2011: President Obama stops the rise of the oceans "Taking seriously his victory speech the night he won the Democratic presidential primary three years ago, when he said "[T]his was the moment when the rise of the oceans began to slow and our planet began to heal," and taking former adviser and now Chicago mayor Rahm Emanuel's advice to never let a crisis go to waste, President Barack Obama (D) has sacrificed the last days of his summer vacation in order to "take charge at hurricane command center.' " . . .
"U.S.—A fun new "Greta on the Shelf" doll will watch you every day and fly back to the UN each night to report your climate sins to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
"The doll is equipped with eye sensors programmed to detect activities that are harmful to the environment.
" 'Greta sees you when you're sleeping, she knows when you drive your SUV to the store instead of taking public transportation," the manufacturer said. "She knows if you've been bad or carbon-neutral, so be carbon-neutral for goodness' sake!"
"One couple in Portland proudly displayed their new doll and lectured their children on the true meaning of Christmas: fighting climate change. "We're gonna play a fun game for the holidays this year -- try to be good little carbon-neutral children, or Greta will tell on you!"
""How dare you!" the doll chanted as the kids of the household left the door open while the heater was on. "You have stolen my dreams and my childhood." The doll then blasted off toward UN headquarters using its jet engines to report on the naughty children, who will receive coal in their stocking. They will be snitched on again, however, if they burn the coal for warmth.
"Greta is programmed to detect activities including these:". . .
"JERUSALEM, ISRAEL—A man whose detractors frequently compare him to Nazis and even Adolf Hitler fulfilled a promise Monday by moving the U.S. embassy to Jerusalem and officially recognizing the historic city as the capital of Israel.
"The man, none other than President Trump, made the move long requested by Jews living in Israel in a show of good faith, all while being called a “fascist, Nazi dictator” by various media outlets.
“ 'This man is even worse than the Nazis,” a commentator on CNN said during a live report on the opening of the U.S. embassy in Jerusalem. “President Trump is literally—and I say this without any exaggeration or embellishment—he is literally Adolf Hitler reincarnated.”
"At publishing time, multiple sources had confirmed that the man who has been called “Hitler” more often than any other public figure in recent history has a daughter who married a Jew and converted to Judaism."
The solution is simple: Stop letting Soros purchase DA races by adequately funding candidates who will enforce the law, and start publicly connecting the dots between Soros-funded prosecutors and crime. We must make those who take his money unelectable. Robby Starbuck
Smashing and Grabbing Blue America into Ruin . . ."Gardner and Binger, et al, are only symptomatic of deeper trouble across blue America. The deeper trouble is the polities that install these men and women in office or elect those who hire the Bingers. Harmful policies and governance result from poor choices by citizens who are guided by faulty judgment. The sorry spectacle of Christmas season in San Francisco is a testament to the community’s dysfunction. Chesa Boudin wasn’t appointed by God. The good news is that Boudin and Gascónare facing recall efforts.". . . Another Democrat mayor you may have forgotten unless you watch "Seinfeld":
By way of example, in the early 90s, crime-plagued New York City was made worse by the dreadful David Dinkins’ administration. Dinkins was followed by 20 good years of law-and-order under Giuliani and Bloomberg. New York thrived. The de Blasio years mark a return to the Dinkins’ era, along with steeper decline. It’s no coincidence that de Blasio began his government career under Dinkins.
When we visited New York-ironically two months before 9-11- I asked a New York policeman how the election of Giuliani made such a radical positive change in the safety of the city. His answer was simple: "Giuliani just told us to start enforcing the laws". TD
"Over the past six years or so, Soros has poured tens of millions of dollars into thecampaigns of DA candidates from coast to coast, achieving a remarkable degree of success by simply overwhelming all the other candidates. Whereas normal DA candidates typically run on five-figure budgets, Soros-backed DA candidates routinely enjoy seven-figure war chests.
"Soros is able to do this because federal campaign-finance limitations do not apply to local races." . . .
Soros has supported far left district attorney candidates including Chicago DA Kim Foxx.
"The candidates Soros backs are so unapologetically far left that they make Bernie Sanders sound like Richard Nixon. Philadelphia DA Larry Krasner received $1,700,000 from Soros. Chicago DA Kim Foxx
Soros
, who treated Jussie Smollett with kid gloves after he concocted a wild story about a late-night assault, got a cool $2 million. Kim Gardner, the St. Louis circuit attorney who prosecuted the McCloskeys for defending their property, also received backingfrom Soros. Thanks to Soros,San Francisco’s DA is Chesa Boudin, the son of Weather Underground terrorists (and convicted murderers), who once served as a translator for Venezuela’s communist dictator Hugo Chavez.
"Once in office, these prosecutors implement policies that are tailor-made to increase crime and reduce public safety." . . .
"It’s part of the Hungarian-born investor’s push of progressive policies around the world through his Open Society Foundations."
