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A week of disgrace for the Washington Post

. . .The WaPo also smeared the Covington Teen Nick Sandmann alleging that he displayed bigotry towards Native American elder Nathan Phillips’s path. Sandmann then filed a $250M defamation lawsuit against WaPo, which the disgraced paper was compelled to settle.

The WaPo isn’t always mean, they have displayed compassion on rare occasions. When ISIS leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was killed after President Trump issued an order. The WaPo described him as an “austere religious scholar” who “maintained a canny pragmatism” and that “acquaintances would remember him as a shy, near-sighted youth who liked soccer but preferred to spend his free time at the local mosque.”

Their record is disgraceful, yet do not expect any course correction on their part.

The self-righteous never see their own mistakes.. . .

 The WaPo trumpets its dysfunction to the world

With the spat entertaining the conservative blogosphere, Sally Buzbee, the executive editor, finally sent a memo around the office telling reporters to “treat each other with respect and kindness.” Respect and kindness, though, weren’t the things the enraged women wanted. Instead, on Monday, they got their scalp: The WaPo suspended Weigel without pay.

So the Washington Post's pooh-poohing of '2000 Mules' gets a little comeuppance in Arizona  . . ."The Washington Post ran this Associated Press story, not bothering, despite its stable of well paid reporters, to report the matter itself.  The AP, based on what I could tell from a Google search, was the only non-local news outlet that did.  A few outlets cribbed from the AP story, but nobody else on the national scene put the hours in to cover the actual story.

"Filmmaker Dinesh D'Souza felt a measure of vindication to see the story on the Washington Post's site:. . ."

But bad as this reporting was, the Washington Post's was worse.  Longtime national correspondent Philip Bump, who's known as the water-carrier for the WaPo's top management, pooh-poohed the whole thing in the post-2020 election scenarios as baseless and the work of "conspiracy theorists."  He focused on some inflammatory wording in his piece here instead of the substance of the charges and used that as the basis of his argument that there's no such thing as election fraud. 

The Fraud That Dare Not Speak Its Name | The Heritage Foundation

Why Donald Trump Should Not Run for President in 2024

 Steve McCann

Donald Trump and his family have already sacrificed and paid a massive price on behalf of the American people.  It is time for others, younger and unbowed, to come to the fore, to accept the shield and sword from Trump and follow in his footsteps.

"Donald Trump should not run for president in 2024.  His place in the pantheon of American presidents is secure as he was the right president at the right time and will go down in history as among the nation’s indispensable presidents.  In the upcoming no-holds-barred war for the soul and future of America, it is time for the mantle to be passed on to others he has effectively mentored and who have shown a resolute willingness to follow in his footsteps.

"Trump’s accomplishments are legion and among the most important are not only awakening the citizenry to the potentially irretrievable headfirst dash into a permanent one-party-socialist oligarchy, but doing so by doggedly battling these ideological elites and exposing their duplicity, extrajudicial procedures, megalomania, and premeditated election fraud and manipulation. 

"He showed a nation stuck in a 28-year morass of political mediocrity and collectivism that fearlessness, determination, an implacable devotion to the principles of the nation’s founding, together with a genuine empathy for the America people, would defeat a radical left-wing Democrat party and a feckless Republican establishment.

"Donald Trump’s inclusion on the list of indispensable presidents derives not only from his political, judicial and legislative accomplishments but the dramatically positive impact he had on the psyche of a hitherto despondent Middle America.  They are now keenly aware of who the ruling elites and their bedmates in the radical left are and that they are not invincible.

"By renewing and recasting many of the economic policies of Ronald Reagan and initiating an America First foreign policy, Trump not only reversed the downward trend of the nation but with these overwhelmingly effective policies showed the American people that there were viable alternatives that worked.". . .

D-Day, Normandy

 June 6, 1944; D-Day: German killing fire jammed our troops up on Omaha Beach as you can see by the vehicles stacked along the water's edge

REVIEW: Visiting the Normandy Invasion Beaches and Battlefields  

Visiting the Normandy Invasion Beaches and Battlefields: A Helpful Guide Book for Groups and Individuals delivers. The itineraries are thorough, but not overwhelming. The guide is beautifully illustrated with black and white photographs on almost every page, detailed endnotes after each itinerary, and eight military maps that highlight particular actions. The maps are located with the appropriate text rather than grouped together in a separate section of the book. This cuts down on unnecessary page turning. I highly recommend it to knowledgeable battlefield explorers and general tourists. It has something for everyone.

The Telegraph – The D Day Landings by author Philip Warner

Nicholas Sandmann’s Lawyer Joins Kyle Rittenhouse’s Legal Team To Help With Defamation Lawsuits

 Analyzing America

Not only does Kyle have to deal with that, but it is compounded with the overwhelming stress and trauma of the character assassination taking place against him,” Sandmann said.

. . ."McMurtry is the attorney of former Covington Catholic High School student Nicholas Sandmann who successfully sued CNN, NBC and others for an undisclosed amount.

McMurtry confirmed that he will lead the effort in deciding who Rittenhouse will file lawsuits against for publicly defaming him during his trial.

"McMurtry said Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is at the “top” of the “list” because Facebook allegedly labeled the Kenosha shootings as a “mass murder” event, which McMurtry said is “factually false.” Rittenhouse was acquitted of murder charges because a jury found he acted in self-defense.

"“I’ve been hired to head the effort to determine whom to sue, when to sue, where to sue,” McMurtry said. “We’re going to look at everything that’s been said, determine which of those comments are legally actionable and proceed from there.”

"“Let’s just use for an example what Facebook and Mark Zuckerberg said about [Rittenhouse]. They said that he was involved in a mass murder incident,” McMurtry explained.

"“This was not a mass murder incident. It was clearly factually false. To call somebody a mass murderer is seriously defamatory,” McMurtry explained.

“ 'And then to use the power of social media to basically censor any views that would take opposition to that mass murderer statement is a serious effort to destroy his character. And it was seriously mistaken and seriously defamatory.”. . .

The Democrats' primetime drama: January 6 committee has hired a former ABC News executive who ran Nightline to produce Thursday's 8pm hearing as if it is a blockbuster documentary, report claims

  UK Daily Mail   "A former news executive has been recruited by the House select committee investigating the January 6 attack on the US Capitol to produce the Democrat-led panel's upcoming primetime hearing, a Monday report claims.

"James Goldston is a former president of ABC News. Before that he ran the mammoth-sized operations at Good Morning America and Nightline as executive producer.

"And he's now an adviser to the group of lawmakers who are set to present their case that Donald Trump's efforts to undermine democracy culminated in the deadly events of January 6, according to Axios.

"The first of six hearings will be held on Thursday at 8pm ET, and will reportedly focus mainly on the day-to-day events of the riot and contextualize it in Trump and his allies' wider efforts to overturn the election.

"Goldston, a documentary filmmaker who now runs his own production company Aquitania Films, is shaping the explosive event to be 'a blockbuster investigative special,' Monday's report states.". . .

 "The panel, made up of seven Democrats and two Republicans, is beginning the first in a series of six hearings at 8pm on Thursday"

Well...eight Democrats and one Republican; Adam Kinsinger is one of the Republicans. To Pelosi and Schiff's delight I'm sure.

The Inside Story of Joe Manchin's Break-up With Joe Biden Exposes a White House out of Control

 RedState

Don’t get me wrong, I’m happy that the president and his staff are imbeciles, but it’s still hard to imagine why they would participate in such an act of self-sabotage. All Manchin asked for was to not be singled out in a statement about the negotiations. That was understandable given the protests that were occurring, some of which RedState reported on at the time.

"President Joe Biden’s tenuous relationship with Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) is making news again after an inside report has exposed just how out of control the White House is.

"Back in December of 2021, negotiations over a massive reconciliation bill between Biden and Manchin were nearing completion. According to The Washington Post, Manchin had already agreed to a $1.8 trillion topline, which is notably a lot more than the spending cap he was committed to publicly. In the grand scheme of things, Biden and his progressive allies were on course to get most of what they wanted.

"Then an act of defiance set everything on fire.

And then, incredibly, it all fell apart.

The statement drafted by White House aides two days later named Manchin as the focus of negotiations. White House aides sent a draft of the statement to Manchin’s office ahead of its release. Manchin’s chief of staff responded by asking the White House legislative director either to remove the senator’s name, or to add Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.).

The White House issued the statement anyway. The president had personally signed off on it. But Manchin exploded, texting a senior Biden aide that the decision was “unconscionable and extremely dangerous” at a time when liberal activists were targeting Manchin’s family with protests.

Three days later, Manchin declared his opposition to the legislation on Fox News. The negotiations never recovered, and Build Back Better — encompassing years of Democratic policy aspirations to reduce child poverty, transform the nation’s housing system, enact new early education programs, tax the rich, and more — was effectively dead.

. . . 

Joe Biden's image; get the lipstick out.

 RedState

They may as well have reached out to Michael Moore. Kimmel isn’t the play given the fact that Kimmel has made every attempt possible at alienating himself from half of America. His very open contempt for those who lean right borders on the obsessive and gets him to produce “jokes” that are just mean-spirited comments with applause prompts for the audience.

  . . ."Attempts are being made to raise his popularity level. It started with an attempt at diverting the blame for the issues he and his administration caused to others. From oil companies to Russian President Vladimir Putin, Biden has attempted to deflect in order to take the heat off of him to no avail. There have even been attempts at distracting the public with events such as the leaked draft decision on Roe v. Wade from the Supreme Court, but it didn’t save him either.

"Putting paint on rust doesn’t take away the rust.

"Now Biden’s handlers are reaching out to their Hollywood friends to help “Weekend at Bernie’s” Biden’s popularity. They think that if they can get him in with people others find entertaining, then they can certainly make Biden seem a bit more likable. After all, more people vote based on their emotions than anything else. Especially since it did so well for then-President Barack Obama. It’s a smart move.

"Or it would be if Biden was actually meeting up with someone that was capable of convincing centrists and independents to like him. In their desperation, Biden’s handlers reached out to late-night show host Jimmy Kimmel.". . .

. . ."He’s repeatedly proven himself to be a hypocrite, abandoning his “noble” leftist beliefs if it means he can use them to attack people on the right with as much malice and bile as he can.

(READ: Jimmy Kimmel Accidentally Tells Us Who the Left Really Are Again With Sexist Rant Against Marsha Blackburn)

"Sending Biden to Kimmel is not the play if they’re attempting to help with the former’s approval rating. In reality, it will just confirm to many in America that Biden isn’t the “uniter” that he likes to say he is, but that he’s willing to be around those who are divisive and hateful toward those who don’t believe as they do.

"His handlers could, at this point, understand that Kimmel isn’t someone who will convince moderates to like Biden but to shore up his current base of voters. The issue is that any funny and personable moments Kimmel can gift to Biden in his studio will be wildly overshadowed by the hardships being endured by American families in the home.". . .

As primary approaches, California mulls return to mask mandates?

Except in French restaurants? 

 Hot Air

 

"Hey, nothing says normalcy like more government marketplace interventions, right? California voters will finish going to the polls tomorrow in the state’s open primaries. Will a new push for mask mandates in the pandemic force those voters to choose between yet another season of pointless performative acts or more rational leadership?

"Yeah, yeah, yeah … it’s California, I know. But still:

Suddenly, California officials are moving toward new indoor mask rules as coronavirus cases enter the danger zone in many parts of the state.

The virus has been spreading rapidly across California after a spring of big declines. That is setting up an anxious summer in which officials are now talking about a return to mask wearing to prevent wider spread.

So far, the biggest concerns have been in Northern California. But Los Angeles County officials say mask mandates are possible by the end of the month if conditions continue to deteriorate.. . .

Yes, Real Men Still Exist: Watch Them Stand Up for Children Being Dragged Into Dallas Grooming Event

On the anniversary of D-Day we honor...drag queens.

 PJ Media

"Mr. Misster’s Drag The Kids To Pride Drag Show provides the ultimate family friendly pride experience."  (Emphasis mine, TD)

"Whenever I see a child who has clearly been corrupted by adults with LGBTQ agendas, I get angry at the kid’s father. Did he abandon his children to the full-time attentions of a deranged mother? Is he present but too whipped to be a strong father? What man would allow such a thing to be done to his son or daughter? Yes, the mother enrages me as well, but a society in which real men exist would never allow the over-the-top grooming and wholesale destruction of childhood innocence that goes on these days.

"Real men are protectors. They instinctively defend the vulnerable and the innocent. And thankfully, they still exist in the United States.

"A recent example of real men in action occurred at a disgusting grooming party in a gay bar called Mr. Misster (get it??) in Dallas, Texas. The bar held an event called “DRAG THE KIDS TO PRIDE – A Family Friendly Drag Show” on Saturday. While most of us understand that a drag show fundamentally cannot be a family-friendly event, Mr. Misster thinks it’s just fine:. . ."

There were real women protesting the corruption of children as well, but this article is a shout-out to the men who are stepping up to protect kids and call out evil. So a word to the single ladies out there: don’t despair — real men still exist. If you don’t have any in your town, maybe you should check out Dallas!

Take Me Out (of the Closet) to the Ball Game: Milwaukee Brewers to Host Drag Queen Night    "Happy #Pride Month! We’re celebrating our LGBTQ+ communities at the ballpark Wednesday, June 8. "

On a positive note: Some Tampa Bay Rays players chose not to wear LGBTQ Pride Night logos on uniform

The end of America as the shining city on a hill. TD

Hurricane Joe

 

https://www.terrellaftermath.com/

Hurricane Joe – A Category Five Economic Calamity  . . ."One such expert is Jamie Dimon, CEO of JP Morgan Chase, the largest U.S. bank. At a recent financial conference, he warned, “You know, I said there’s storm clouds but I’m going to change it … it’s a hurricane.”

He went on with his economic hurricane forecast, “Right now, it’s kind of sunny, things are doing fine, everyone thinks the Fed can handle this. That hurricane is right out there, down the road, coming our way.”

"Another business titan, Elon Musk, echoed Dimon’s hurricane forecast. Just as animals are able to sense an incoming storm or tsunami, Musk has a similar premonition about an upcoming economic hurricane. Musk has a “super bad feeling” about the economy. He emailed Tesla executives to “pause all hiring worldwide,” and instead plan on cutting 10 percent of the Tesla workforce.

"A third economic mogul weighed in, although not with a weather analogy. Goldman Sachs's President John Waldron observed:

This is among - if not the most - complex, dynamic environments I’ve ever seen in my career. The confluence of the number of shocks to the system to me is unprecedented. We expect there’s going to be tougher economic times ahead.

"It's clear that America is heading toward an economic hurricane. Do others recognize this, aside from the three commenting above? Does the media notice, or are they too busy reporting on COVID cases as if it’s still 2020?". . .

Border Agents went home when President Biden came to Uvalde, Texas

Youtube  "Retired Border Patrol Agent John Carrell tells the truth about how Border Patrol Agents in Uvalde, Texas responded to President Biden's visit to the town... they went home after Biden made what is said to be a "disrespectful request" - via. "STINCHFIELD" on Newsmax."

 

Border Patrol agent who raced into Uvalde school speaks out on 'Ingraham'

"As it should be, this officer switched from OFF DUTY to ON DUTY in a HEARTBEAT. It's good to know there are still BRAVE people like him and law enforcement. If this is what the local officers do when they're supposedly on duty you better believe they won't jump to helping anyone when they're off duty. I say the lot of them need to be relieved of their jobs"

He was able to get in, while other parents were not, BECAUSE, He is a law enforcement officer, on duty or not, he took an oath to serve and protect. That is what he did, while other officers stood by. Thank you to him for doing his duty and being a proper example of what a Law Enforcement Officer SHOULD be.

 This man right here deserves the up most respect.He took the charge that needed to be done and he did it alone.If he had not done this God only knows how many more we would have lost.this man should be made head charge of that office and replace every person on duty.I will not call any of them an officer because the onlything they did that day was to wear their uniform.a uniform that they disrespected.prayers to him and his family.

How America's identity politics went from inclusion to division and idiocy

 

More tales from the moderate   "They called him the moderate, the man who would calm down the nation after the Trump storm. In fact, he's turned out to be a radical of radicals, or at least, the willing radical tool of the shadowy figures who write his speeches and tell him what to say.

"This is the latest tale of the moderate from this report by Just The News:. . ."

BU Professor Reveals This Week's New Thing That's Racist  $58,000 to attend Boston University. And this is what you get.

. . ."No, Boston University today, like most other American colleges and universities, is dedicated to turning out thoroughly indoctrinated Leftists who will serve as reliable cadres in the fundamental transformation of American society that both Barack Obama and Joe Biden have promised us. That’s why BU employs someone such as Saida Grundy as an assistant professor: a racist apologist for rioting is just the kind of professor the universities want these days. Having one on staff is a big source of prestige.". . .

 How America's identity politics went from inclusion to division | US politics | The Guardian    "We are at an unprecedented moment in America.

"For the first time in US history, white Americans are faced with the prospect of becoming a minority in their “own country.” While many in our multicultural cities may well celebrate the “browning of America” as a welcome step away from “white supremacy”, it’s safe to say that large numbers of American whites are more anxious about this phenomenon, whether they admit it or not. Tellingly, a 2012 study showed that more than half of white Americans believe that “whites have replaced blacks as the ‘primary victims of discrimination’.' ”. . .

Kellyanne Conway Dissects Biden's Entire Presidency with a Single Sentence . . .First, Conway said Biden is showing his true nature as a “creature of Washington of 50 years,” a man who’s spent almost his entire adult life in the make-believe world of government.

"Then she got to the real issue and summed up the administration in one sentence:

" 'Number two, he sounds like somebody who never takes responsibility and accountability,” she said."  "Bingo."