There are two ways to be fooled. One is to believe what isn’t true; the other is to refuse to believe what is true. —Soren Kierkegaard. "…truth is true even if nobody believes it, and falsehood is false even if everybody believes it. That is why truth does not yield to opinion, fashion, numbers, office, or sincerity–it is simply true and that is the end of it" – Os Guinness, Time for Truth, pg.39. “He that takes truth for his guide, and duty for his end, may safely trust to God’s providence to lead him aright.” – Blaise Pascal. "There is but one straight course, and that is to seek truth and pursue it steadily" – George Washington letter to Edmund Randolph — 1795. We live in a “post-truth” world. According to the dictionary, “post-truth” means, “relating to or denoting circumstances in which objective facts are less influential in shaping public opinion than appeals to emotion and personal belief.” Simply put, we now live in a culture that seems to value experience and emotion more than truth. Truth will never go away no matter how hard one might wish. Going beyond the MSM idealogical opinion/bias and their low information tabloid reality show news with a distractional superficial focus on entertainment, sensationalism, emotionalism and activist reporting – this blogs goal is to, in some small way, put a plug in the broken dam of truth and save as many as possible from the consequences—temporal and eternal. "The further a society drifts from truth, the more it will hate those who speak it." – George Orwell “There are two ways to be fooled. One is to believe what isn’t true; the other is to refuse to believe what is true.” ― Soren Kierkegaard
The Democratic base is in an unhinged uproar this morning after a handful of Senate Democrats cut a face-saving ‘deal’ to reopen the government.
As The Gateway Pundit reported, the Senate broke the Chuck Schumer-led filibuster last night after eight Senate Democrats caved and joined Republicans in their bid to pass a revamped plan to end the shutdown.
The Motion to Invoke Cloture on the House-passed continuing resolution was passed on the 15th attempt by a vote of 60-40. Republicans plan to amend the bill and attach three full-year-long appropriations bills.
Seven Democrats and one Independent (Angus King) who caucuses with the party joined Republicans and passed the resolution. Rand Paul was the lone ‘Republican’ to vote no.
Here were the Dem Caucus members who caved:
Angus King of Maine
John Fetterman of Pennsylvania
Catherine Cortez Masto of Nevada
Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire
Maggie Hassan of New Hampshire
Jacky Rosen of Nevada
Tim Kaine of Virginia
Dick Durbin of Illinois
The House will return to session on Wednesday to vote on the Senate-passed funding package.
The childish elitists on Blue Sky SCREAMED betrayal and threw massive tantrums following the vote, using some of the most colorful terms imaginable.
Many also demanded Schumer’s resignation, even though he did not vote for the ‘compromise.’
LOOK:
Learn these motherfuckers’ names, they just betrayed every single member of the Democratic coalition and let Republicans rip healthcare away from over 11 million people.
Durbin Hassan King Cortez Masto Kaine Shaheen Fetterman Rosen
This is the message of a failed, feckless, and leaderless party. We need a party with backbone, and the only path to it is through a cleansing primary season. If your Dem is up for reelection, and you aren’t damn sure they’re fighting the fascists with everything they’ve got, primary the bastard.
Expel the yes votes from the party and cut off all their access to fundraising, then remove Schumer from leadership. Anything less is mealy-mouthed coward bullshit.
Spineless fucking cowards. I hope your constituents don’t forget when you’re up for re-election.
The NH shit birds are no longer my problem.
Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H. Maggie Hassan, D-N.H. Angus King, I-Maine Dick Durbin, IL Tim Kaine, VA John Fetterman, PA Catherine Cortez Masto and Jacky Rosen, NV
FUCK ALL THESE WORTHLESS FUCKS —– The Democrats siding with Republicans on the vote Sunday night were Sens. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nev., Dick Durbin, D-Ill., John Fetterman, D-Pa., Maggie Hassan, D-N.H., Tim Kaine, D-Va., Angus King, I-Maine, Jackie Rosen, D-Nev., and Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H […]
Senate Democrats with no skin in the game voted against America’s sick & vulnerable. They are retiring, aren’t running until ’28 or in Fetterman’s case has nothing but contempt for Democratic voters. All facilitated by Chuck Schumer. Don’t be fooled. It’s 65-35 minimum in the Senate against us
Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD)/Image: Video screenshot @LeaderJohnThune/X
Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) took to the floor and hammered Democrats with their own words for failing to negotiate as the Schumer shutdown enters its 29th day.
As he excoriated Democrats for their failure to do what the American people need, he shared photos with the politically motivated reasons for their willingness to hold needed funding hostage to their political agenda.
“Yet, what’s been said by some of the Democrat leadership here just in the last few days since the government actually shut down, that, of course, is the Democrat leader, Senator Schumer, who said, ‘Every day gets better for us,’ commenting about the government shutdown,” Thune stated.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD)/Image: Video screenshot @LeaderJohnThune/X
“My simple observation is, better for who? For you? Because you think you’re winning politically?”
“What about the air traffic controllers? What about the TSA agents? What about the American troops? What about our Border Patrol agents? What about the people who work in this building? What about the 40 million Americans that are going to not get SNAP benefits starting on Saturday if the government doesn’t open up.”
“But every day gets better, according to Senator Schumer.”
“Then, of course, this last week, there was the House Democrat whip, who said, ‘Of course, there will be families that are going to suffer, but it is one of the few leverage times we have.’”
Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD)/Image: Video screenshot @LeaderJohnThune/X
“Of course, there are families that are going to suffer? Yeah, true. But it doesn’t matter because we got leverage.”
“Then, of course, we have a third one here, one of our colleagues here in the Senate, the Senator from Delaware, who said this in an interview,’ Frankly, this is our only moment of leverage, and although a very unpleasant tool to use.’”
Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD)/Image: Video screenshot @LeaderJohnThune/X
“Yeah, it’s unpleasant. It’s unpleasant. Unless you’re a Democrat who thinks that this gives you a moment of leverage.”
Watch:
.@LeaderJohnThune brought the receipts and grilled Senate Democrat leaders with their OWN WORDS:
CNBC host Joe Kernene slams Democrats – Screencap of Twitter/X video.
Everyone is sick of the government shutdown and no matter what Democrat do or say, everyone knows that they are the ones who are responsible for it happening and for keeping it going.
People are even tired of talking about it.
Over on CNBC, host Joe Kernen recently called out Democrat Senator Peter Welch of Vermont, accusing his party of engaging in extortion. That is an apt description for what’s going on here.
Despite the Democratic Party’s best attempt to pin the blame on Republicans, who — admittedly — control the House, Senate, and White House, we have a dearth of media sob stories about people suffering from the effects of the Schumer Shutdown. But the media has largely been mum on this, while everyone from air traffic controllers to our troops goes without paychecks and the Democrats dig in their heels…
Now, CNBC is joining a growing list of people and groups putting pressure on the Democrats to reopen the government.
Host Joe Kernen asked, “Are you ready to vote with the Republicans to reopen the government at this point, as a reasonable Democrat? Maybe others would follow you.”
Senator Peter Welch (D-VT) replied, “You know, I’m not there yet. Because we have had literally, Joe, no discussion whatsoever about how we’re going to deal with the spikes in premiums.”
Kernan cut Welch off, asking, “This is the right way to do it? By people not getting paychecks at the TSA? This is extortion! You think this…in your conscience, you think it’s the right way to do it?”
Watch the clip below:
WOW. When even CNBC is BLASTING Democrat Senators over their government shutdown, you know it's bad:
CNBC: "Are you ready to vote with the Republicans to reopen the government at this point, as a reasonable Democrat?"
“Nothing is more essential to the establishment of manners in a State than that all persons employed in places of power and trust must be men of unexceptionable characters.” —Samuel Adams (1775)
Schumer Shutdown update: Democrats oppose paying troops: Yesterday, Senate Democrats voted against the annual defense appropriations bill, despite it passing out of committee with bipartisan support earlier this year. Senators voted 50-44 on the measure, which needed 60 to advance. The bill includes $193 billion in pay and benefits for service members, as well as a 3.8% pay raise. It would also provide $171 billion for the procurement of weapons systems and $141 billion for research. Majority Leader John Thune hoped to make some progress, despite the government shutdown, by bringing the bill up for a vote. The Democrats’ reason for opposition? Minority Leader Chuck Schumer explained, “It’s always been unacceptable to Democrats to do the defense bill without other bills that have so many things that are important to the American people in terms of healthcare, in terms of housing, in terms of safety.” Seems pretty petty.
Jeffries’s leadership teeters: Hakeem Jeffries’s stint as House Democrat leader may be a short one. He entered the role in 2022 with unanimous support, but that support is clearly eroding as Democrats, particularly those on the far Left, are increasingly dissatisfied. In a survey of every competitive Democrat, 20 stated they would not vote for Jeffries as speaker or minority leader, with five others saying they likely would vote against him. An additional 57 Democrats refused to commit to supporting Jeffries, saying it was premature. Just 24 said they would definitely vote for Jeffries, with seven others indicating they probably would. That’s hardly a vote of confidence for Jeffries heading into a midterm election cycle that favors the Democrats. But is Jeffries the real problem, or is it his party’s increasingly far-left base?
ICE arrests illegal alien Chicago cop: In JB Pritzker’s Illinois, an illegal alien from Montenegro was arrested by immigration authorities, the Department of Homeland Security announced Thursday. Radule Bojovic was a sworn police officer with the Hanover Park Police Department before his arrest. Federal authorities said Bojovic was in the U.S. on a tourist visa that required him to depart by March 31, 2015. Over a decade later, he was still illegally in the U.S. and hired in January as a police officer. The Village of Hanover blamed the federal government: “The bottom line is that all information we received from the federal government indicated that Officer Bojovic is legally authorized to work in the United States as a police officer. Clearly, without that authorization, the Village would not have hired him.” Bojovic has been placed on administrative leave pending an investigation.
DOJ hits Antifa with first terrorism charges: Two members of the recently designated domestic terrorist group Antifa have become the first individuals indicted on terrorism charges associated with the group. These two Antifa members were involved in an attack against ICE agents outside a detention center in Alvarado, Texas, on July 4. ICE agents were fired upon after they were lured out of the facility by a number of mask-wearing, black-clad Antifa thugs. When police responded to the scene, one of the indicted Antifa members yelled, “Get to the rifles!” The indictment says that “seconds later,” he “opened fire on the officers, striking the Alvarado officer in the neck area as the unarmed correctional officers ducked and ran for cover.”
Fireworks at Virginia’s AG debate: Virginia’s race for attorney general has been in the spotlight due to Democrat candidate Jay Jones’s horrific texts calling for murder. In last night’s debate between Jones and the incumbent, Republican Jason S. Miyares, Jones did damage control, using about 40 seconds of his four-minute opening statement to apologize. He constantly tried to change the subject and pivot to Donald Trump by promising to fight the president’s policies in court and using Trump’s name 37 times during the 60-minute debate. Miyares argued that Jones is disqualified from office due to the texts. Miyares hit the nail on the head: “We have seen a window to who Jay Jones is and what he thinks of people that disagree with him. … Character is what you do in the dark when no one is watching. But now we know what he was doing in the dark.”
NY mayor debate: Yesterday, the three remaining New York City mayoral candidates had the first of two remaining debates. While the debate stage included Republican candidate Curtis Sliwa, it is clear that the race at this point is between former governor and independent candidate Andrew Cuomo and socialist Democrat candidate Zohran Mamdani. The two focused their attacks on each other. Cuomo hit the youthful Mamdani over his lack of experience, his past anti-law enforcement comments, and his refusal to condemn the jihadi phrase “globalize the intifada.” Mamdani jabbed Cuomo over his COVID pandemic policies and a current DOJ investigation regarding his testimony last year before Congress. When it came to questions regarding the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, Mamdani falsely accused Israel of carrying out a genocide, though he refused to say whether Hamas should give up its weapons. Cuomo noted that Mamdani refused to “denounce Hamas.”
Chamber of Commerce sues Trump admin over H-1B visa fee: The U.S. Chamber of Commerce filed a lawsuit on Thursday alleging that a $100,000 fee for new visas for highly skilled foreign workers is unlawful. The Chamber argues that the fee would cause “significant harm” to American companies via much higher prices for labor. The fee applies only to new H-1B visa petitions, not to existing ones. White House spokeswoman Taylor Rogers said, “President Trump promised to put American workers first, and his commonsense action on H1-B visas does just that by discouraging companies from spamming the system and driving down American wages, while providing certainty to employers who need to bring the best talent from overseas.” According to the lawsuit, the Chamber believes Trump has exceeded his authority and “blatantly contravenes the fees Congress has set” for the program.
Trump’s tariffs brought in $118B: The 2025 fiscal year ended with the federal government hitting another spending record of $7 trillion, an increase of $275 billion over last year, adding $1.775 trillion to the national debt. However, the addition to the deficit was less than last year thanks to a $317 billion increase in government revenue, which reached a new record of $5.235 trillion. The primary driver was a $118 billion increase from Donald Trump’s tariffs, which slightly mitigates the growth in government spending. The $1.2 trillion in interest payments on the national debt accounts for more than every other federal program except for Social Security. The overall deficit spending didn’t increase, but as Maya MacGuineas, president of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, observed, “We are on track to borrow nearly $2 trillion a year for the next decade. How can anyone think this is sustainable?”
Headlines
Trump says he will meet with Putin in Budapest to discuss end to Ukraine War (WSJ)
U.S. military drone strike on drug vessel in Caribbean leaves survivors (Fox News)
Penn, USC, Brown reject Trump’s reform deal (College Fix)
Gavin Newsom vetoes five bills for “reparative justice” for black Californians (Sacramento Bee)
What’s happening to Kimmel’s ratings as he stays political (Daily Signal)
Humor: Here’s how 12 different news outlets covered Trump’s Gaza peace deal (Babylon Bee)
You know, given the Leftmedia exposure of a military mission text thread six months ago featuring SecWar Pete Hegseth — an infringement that would have resulted in a UCMJ court-martial for anyone serving in uniform under him — one would think people would learn that stupid texts in political threads will catch up to you.
Like all those Demos who think there is no perpetual record of everything they have said in the past that directly contradicts what they say now, particularly regarding their objection/support for illegal immigration, words stick with them like skunk stink for the rest of their careers.
No doubt you have heard about the murderous musings of Virginia’s leftist attorney general candidate Jerrauld Charles Corey “Jay” Jones. In 2022, he promoted the murder of then-Republican House Speaker Todd Gilbert in a text message — accidentally sent to the wrong person. In that message, Jones even asserted it would be good if Gilbert’s wife could watch her children get shot and die in her arms.
After those messages were exposed two weeks ago, “Two Bullets” Jones brushed it off, saying, “Like all people, I’ve sent text messages that I regret.” He then attempted to deflect attention from his violent messages by suggesting that publicizing them was a political smear. Well, yeah, a self-inflicted smear.
And NOBODY in Demo leadership in Virginia or nationwide has called for Jones to withdraw.
There is one lone Democrat who has consistently been critical of hateful Demo rhetoric about Trump and his supporters — Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA). On the leftist assertions that Trump and his MAGA base are fascists and NAZIs, Fetterman declared: “We have to turn the temperature down. It’s like we can’t compare people to these kinds of figures in history. [Trump] is not an autocrat. [He] is a product of a democratic election.”
Much to the objection of congressional leftists, Fetterman doubled down this week: “I knew and I loved people that voted for President Trump. But they are not fascists. They’re not Nazis. They’re not trying to destroy the Constitution. … I refuse to call people Nazis or fascists. I would never compare anybody — anybody to Hitler. If that kind of extreme rhetoric is going to continue, [it is] likely to result in extreme kinds of outcomes and political violence.”
Ahead of the upcoming Virginia election on 4 November, with the Jones murder texts trending in the news cycle, Politico broke a story about a group of New York Young Republicans (YR) making offensive jokes in a “private” group chat. Out of 2,900 pages of chat material, involving around a dozen people over eight months, Politico found 251 offensive messages.
Of course, many of the messages were deemed offensive because they did not comport with the Left’s deviant gender confusion cult orthodoxy, which I wrote about earlier this week.
The Young Republican National Federation leadership immediately denounced the chat messages and called for the resignations of those involved: “We are appalled by the vile and inexcusable language revealed in the Politico article published today. Such behavior is disgraceful, unbecoming of any Republican, and stands in direct opposition to the values our movement represents.”
JD Vanceresponded to the YR group messages, saying: “The reality is that kids do stupid things, especially young boys, they tell edgy, offensive jokes. … I really don’t want us to grow up in a country where where a kid telling a stupid joke — telling a very offensive, stupid joke is cause to ruin their lives.”
Conservative commentator Matt Walsh observed: “If you actually read that Politico hit piece [about the YR messages] you’ll see that many of the messages are being taken wildly out of context. For example, the guy who said ‘I love Hitler’ was clearly being sarcastic. It’s explicitly meant to be a sarcastic joke. And yet Politico put that quote in the headline of the article and conservatives are lining up to offer denunciations. How in the hell is anyone on the Right still falling for this trick? How have you not learned by now to take absolutely nothing from the leftist media at face value, ESPECIALLY if it’s a blatant political hit piece?”
For the record, some involved in the YR text thread were in their 20s, indicative that too many young adults are mired in adolescence.
That perpetual adolescence is loudly demonstrated every day by countless hordes of leftist protesters of all ages nationwide, including those planning to disrupt your weekend with their so-called “No Kings” demonstrations. To be clear, “No Kings” is a leftist euphemism to assert that Trump is a fascist Nazi, and by extension, so are his MAGA base supporters.
Let me reiterate: No Demos have called for “Two Bullets” Jones to resign. Consequently, Republicans clearly own the high ground against promoting political violence.
Finally, National Review’s Charles Cook responded to the YR brouhaha with a primer on “How Not to Be Caught Saying Hideous Things.” Spoiler alert: Don’t say hideous things.
Douglas Andrews: ‘No Kings!’ They Shrieked — Once again, a sad-sack bunch of adolescent leftists will take to the streets to deny reality and rail against an imaginary “authoritarian.”
Nate Jackson: Bolton: Mishandling Classified Info ‘Sets a Bad Example’ — For better or worse, Trump has decided that Democrats have opened Pandora’s box, and he is not going to be the only man in Washington ever to be indicted for stuff.
Brian Mark Weber: Who Is JB Pritzker? — The Illinois governor obviously has aspirations to win the Democrat presidential nomination in 2028, but his record and story are worthy of scrutiny.
Thomas Gallatin: Why Health Insurance Premiums Are Jumping — New pricey drugs and tariffs are contributing to the biggest increase in health insurance premiums in over a decade — since just after ObamaCare “fixed” the system.
Mark Alexander: Profiles of Valor: COL Joe Marm (USA) — “The leader of the stranded platoon was killed, and his whole chain of command were killed or wounded.”
Ron Helle: Victorious — Victorious living comes by our faith and trust in our Lord Jesus Christ. Where the rubber meets the road is making victory the practical experience in our everyday lives.
American Spirit: Charlie Kirk Ceremony: Erika’s Speech — Charlie’s widow, Erika, delivered moving remarks during this week’s posthumous Presidential Medal of Freedom award for the martyred conservative Christian stalwart.
Why Leftist ‘Justice’ Fails the Victim — The rise of “restorative justice” in the courts has impacted criminal activity for decades now. It negatively affects victims, enhances recidivism, and erodes trust in the Rule of Law.
Stephen A. Smith Walks Out of NewsNation Town Hall — In a charged atmosphere thick with bipartisan tension, Smith delivered a memorable — and abrupt — performance at NewsNation’s latest town hall event.
People Are Starting to Wake Up — Democrats are not incentivizing black Americans to do better. The ongoing cycle of struggle among black Americans benefits their political power.
Is Trans Ideology Dead? — A viral post on X asserted that trans ideology is dead based on the stats. But 20 million impressions later, and it seems like it was all a sham.
Barack Obama: Transforming America — Obama promised to fundamentally transform America. He did just that. Carol Swain examines the impact of the 44th president and the legacy he left behind.
SHORT CUTS
The BIG Lies
“The only reason that [House Speaker Mike Johnson] has shut down Congress is because he does not want a vote on the Epstein files.” —Rep. Ro Khanna
“There’s no chaos in Portland. None. There is no chaos in Chicago. There was no chaos in Los Angeles. They’re pretending there’s chaos as a pretense for a military takeover.” —Jimmy Kimmel
Fearmongering
“The broader goal, I believe, is the militarization of major American cities before the 2026 elections. … Next year, I fear that what they’re going to do is deploy these folks eventually to polling places and say they’re protecting the vote. … If [Trump] loses, he’s going to immediately, in the aftermath of the election, do what he said he might do in 2020, which is use the military to confiscate the ballot boxes and count the votes, claiming that there’s fraud.” —Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker
Dumb & Dumber
“I don’t really have opinions about the future of Hamas.” —New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani
“One of the key reasons why we have to make buses free is because it reduces the assaults on bus drivers. It creates a safer work environment.” —Zohran Mamdani
“[JD Vance] is married to a woman of Indian descent. He has mixed-race children. So to all of the MAGA voters out there, if this man will not defend his wife and will not defend his kids, do you think he gives a crap about you?” —podcast host Jennifer Welch
“I’m a white woman that has lived in a red state my entire life, and I can tell you when I’m around white people, they test the racist water. They test it on people … all the time.” —Jennifer Welch
Missing the Forest for the Trees
“Why is the United States, the richest country in the history in the world, the only major nation not to guarantee healthcare to all people as a human right?” —Sen. Bernie Sanders (Maybe we’re rich because we’re not socialist.)
Gaslighting
“President Trump was an obstacle to peace previously.” —Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Trump’s historic Gaza ceasefire deal
Defending the Indefensible
“The Jay Jones texts were abhorrent and they are indefensible, but I also have known Jay Jones for 25 years.” —Sen. Tim Kaine
Credit Where It’s Due
“There are no Democratic officials in Virginia who have called for [Jay] Jones to drop out of the race.” —CNN’s Jake Tapper
“Shutting the government is really what the Democratic Party wants to do, and I follow country, then Party, and it’s the wrong thing for the country in a period of chaos. I refuse to vote to shut our government down. … I would remind everybody, too: [The COVID-era ObamaCare subsidy] was designed by the Democratic Party to expire at the end of the year.” —Sen. John Fetterman
“I know and I love people that voted for President Trump. But they are not fascists. They’re not Nazis. They’re not trying to destroy the Constitution.” —Sen. John Fetterman
For the Record
“Chuck Schumer was quick to throw around words like ‘sickening’ and ‘vile’ about the Republican operatives but hasn’t mustered a single syllable about Jones’s violent rhetoric. Just silence.” —Matt Margolis
“In 1940, 87% of blacks lived below the poverty line. In 2023 it was less than 18%, and the poverty rate for black married couples was 6.5%. This suggests that black impoverishment has more to do with family formation than with racism.” —Jason Riley
“Ignore the hyperventilating establishment media. If the Supreme Court strikes down Section 2 [of the Voting Rights Act], no one’s right to vote will be taken away or restricted in any way. They would be striking down the race-based predetermined outcome of a vote that clearly violates the Constitution.” —Gary Bauer
Observations
“When it comes to Trump, detractors look at his swing: the insults, the bragging, the swagger, the ego, his tweets, his cockiness, his demeanor, his flippancy and his various opinions on all manner of things that really don’t much matter. … Supporters look where the ball lands: the economy; borders; eliminating DEI; SCOTUS judges; pro-life; foreign policy; school choice; combating urban crime; focused deportations; opposing biological men competing against biological women in sports, etc.” —Larry Elder
“The most fundamental fact about the ideas of the political left is that they do not work. Therefore, we should not be surprised to find the left concentrated in institutions where ideas do not have to work in order to survive.” —Thomas Sowell
And Last…
“The people of Chicago are walking around with MAGA hats. You have women, beautiful black women, walking around with MAGA hats.” —Donald Trump (“Jussie Smollett was ahead of his time.” —Michael Knowles)
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Trump Says It’s Time for a New Census Nate Jackson “People who are in our Country illegally WILL NOT BE COUNTED IN THE CENSUS,” the president said of his instructions to the Commerce Department. Cue the hysterics.
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QUOTES Lack of Self-Awareness Award “For now, I don’t want to go back in the system. I think it’s broken.” —former Democrat presidential nominee Kamala Harris, who has never won a primary, on choosing not to run for California governor Braying Jenny “I’m a proud Guatemalan before I’m an American.” —Rep. Delia Ramirez “Let’s call it what it is: today’s attacks are a weak attempt to silence my dissent and invalidate my patriotic criticism of the nativist, white supremacist, authoritarians in government. It is the definition of hypocrisy that members of Congress — who betray their oath each day they enable Trump — are attacking me for celebrating my Guatemalan-American roots.” —Rep. Delia Ramirez Can’t Fix Stupid “I promise you, this president is … going to be brought down. … He has to be brought down. … He will be impeached again.” —Rep. Al Green Demagogues “Donald Trump, House Republicans, and the Texas Republican Party — they’re all running scared because they have failed the American people.” —House Democrat Leader Hakeem Jeffries “We can’t lose focus on what matters — right now, Republicans in Texas are trying to gerrymander district lines to unfairly win five seats in next year’s midterm elections. This is a power grab that undermines our democracy.” —Barack Obama “We’re not here to play political games.” —Democrat Texas State Rep. Gene Wu speaking in Illinois after fleeing his state to prevent redistricting Dumb & Dumber “What Texas and Republican states are doing at the direction of Donald Trump, I say, is nothing short of a legal insurrection against our capital. … If Republicans are willing to rewrite these rules to give themselves an advantage, then they’re leaving us no choice. We must do the same. … I’m exploring with our leaders every option to redraw our state congressional lines as soon as possible.” —New York Gov. Kathy Hochul “Whatever they are doing will be neutered here in the state of California, and they will pay that price.” —California Gov. Gavin Newsom The Most Trusted Name in News? “You have some exceptions, like Illinois … but most of the worst offenders when it comes to gerrymandering are Republican states such as Texas.” —CNN’s Jake Tapper Giving Away the Game “If the Democrats win the presidency, the Senate, and the House in 2028 … they are just going to have to unilaterally add Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia as states. … And they may have to expand the [Supreme] Court to 13 members.” —Democrat strategist James Carville Yellow Journalism “The Trump administration is flipping language about inclusion and diversity on its head to the advantage of white Americans as a requirement to receive federal grants.” —Axios’s Russell Contreras Letting the Cat Out of the Bag “Were we biased? Yes. Almost inadvertently, I’d say. ABC News has the same problem so many leading cultural institutions do in America: A lack of viewpoint diversity.” —former ABC News correspondent Terry Moran Non Compos Mentis “I would estimate that about a third of my own working hours — hours that professors should be using to advance science and innovation or educate and mentor students — are now consumed with combating the impacts of state terrorism on my university campus: widespread fear, self-censorship, capitulation, and silence.” —MIT professor Catherine D’Ignazio Facepalm “We know how the age of colonialism worked on this planet. Should we be trying to colonize [the moon]?” —CBS News’s Vladimir Duthiers Climate Tyranny “We’re telling Nova Scotians: Stay out of the woods. … Hiking, camping, fishing, and the use of vehicles in the woods are not permitted. … If you have a home or cottage surrounded by a wooded area, we strongly encourage you to stay out of those woods, regardless of where they are. … But you can still go to the beach.” —Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston banning the woods to mitigate wildfires Hot Air “Attacking the science does not change the science. But it does make us less prepared to confront the crisis. Just step outside and feel the heat. Their denial is dangerous and absurd.” —Sen. Adam Schiff “I used to work in the oil industry. … We just can’t do it anymore. … The sooner we stop doing it, the better. And of course for us in the United States, right now, we’re having this very strong heat dome. It’s very hot weather, which is going to affect agriculture, which will affect everybody’s prices — the price of your food in the grocery store. … And so just don’t vote for [Republicans] anymore. And when you get a chance, let’s get them out of office.” —Bill Nye
Demos: Trump Killed Children With Texas Flash Flood Mark Alexander Before the flood waters had receded, Democrat politicos and hordes of their unhinged leftist surrogates emerged to blame Trump for the flooding and deaths.
Trump Gets His OBBBA Douglas Andrews After a long and bruising battle, Congress delivered a huge win for Donald Trump by passing his One Big Beautiful Bill Act just in time for a July 4th signing ceremony at the White House.
Rogue Judge Demands OBBBA Defiance Emmy Griffin A Barack Obama-appointed district judge is usurping both the executive and legislative branches and defying the law of the land as a show of “resistance.”
‘Epstein Files’ Dud Blows Up Thomas Gallatin Attorney General Pam Bondi’s failure to deliver promised evidence of Jeffrey Epstein’s supposed client list is a massive unforced error for the Trump administration.
Elon’s New Third Party Emmy Griffin The richest man in the world has launched the “America Party” in the hopes of combating the “uniparty” spendthrifts. Unfortunately for him, there are a couple of problems with his scheme.
The Violent Left Ups the Ante Douglas Andrews Two brazen attacks in Texas — one against Border Patrol agents and the other against ICE agents — make clear that the violent Left is deadly serious about wrecking our country.
Brennan and the Clinton Russian-Collusion Cabal Mark Alexander “I was not involved in analyzing the dossier at all… And the CIA was not involved at all with the dossier. You can direct that to the FBI and to others.”
Mamdani the Racial Chameleon Brian Mark Weber The socialist NYC mayoral candidate checked multiple race boxes when applying to Columbia University, which represents a broader pattern of behavior recurring throughout his foray into politics.
IRS Allows Politics in Church Thomas Gallatin The IRS, in settling a lawsuit, is reasserting free speech protections by agreeing to an interpretation of the Johnson Amendment that permits churches to endorse political candidates.
The Death-Wish Dems Douglas Andrews The violent rhetoric on the Left has reached a fever pitch, and some Democrat supporters want their elected representatives to take a bullet for the Trump-deranged team.
Is the ChiComs’ Xi Jinping in Trouble? Michael Swartz Reading the tea leaves on China’s leadership, which some analysts speculate may be about to experience a regime change thanks to swirling rumors and ominous signs.
Lizzo Changes the Game for Body Positivity Samantha Koch Reality has caught up with the plus-size singer, who is demonstrating that it’s essential to keep evolving, to be open to listening to hard truths, and to admit when what you’re doing isn’t working.
Reinstating School Discipline Emmy Griffin After years of failed therapy sessions, “restorative practices,” and having to tread carefully around members of minorities, certain states are going back to the old-fashioned custom of punishing misbehaving students.
June Gender Cult Month Grade — FAIL Mark Alexander Democrats and their gender-confused constituencies have ramped up their deviant “degenderization” agenda, including gender mutilation surgery on ever-younger children.
Appeals Court Throws Out Conviction of Hillary Clinton Memer Thomas Gallatin The Second Circuit Court of Appeals, which includes a Biden appointee, affirms that Hillary’s “election interference” troll was an early victim of the Biden admin’s lawfare campaign.
Divided We Fall Jack DeVine Our partisan divide is wider and deeper than ever. Somehow, we (Democrats and Republicans alike) must find a way to pull together. Banking on failure won’t work — for anyone.
Profiles of Valor: Graham Hoffman (KCFD) Mark Alexander “This is a senseless act that has taken a young man from his family, friends and coworkers and deprived our city of a dedicated firefighter who only wanted to serve and protect those in his community.”
QUOTES Non Compos Mentis “Violence doesn’t come from Democrats. … [Trump’s wannabe assassins] were Trump supporters. … It’s only, like, MAGA that does this.” —Rep. Jasmine Crockett The BIG Lies “I testified in front of many, many congressional committees in the House and the Senate over the years, and I continue to explain exactly what we did during this process. Why we tried to make sure we stayed true to our intelligence responsibilities and that we were not going to do anything at all to try to interfere in [the 2016] election. … I am clueless about what it is exactly that they may be investigating me for.” —former CIA Director John Brennan “ICE is acting like a terrorist force. People across the country of all legal statuses — including U.S. citizens — are being kidnapped and disappeared off the street by masked men. No oversight, no accountability. Completely lawless.” —Rep. Pramila Jayapal Right Message, Wrong Target “They need to leave, and they need to leave right now. This is unacceptable.” —Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass speaking not of criminal immigrants but of ICE agents attempting to catch them Spin Doctor “My job is to make sure that this city is safe for all Angelinos, regardless of when you came here, what country you came from, or why.” —Mayor Karen Bass ignoring the fact that deporting criminal illegals makes the city safer Clueless “What ICE is doing now … is not commensurate with what the American public wants. They didn’t vote for people to show up at Home Depots. They didn’t vote for people to show up at immigration courts.” —”The Five” co-host Jessica Tarlov Pearl-Clutching “You send the U.S. Marines into spaces they should not be; you send the National Guard in; you kidnap people off of the streets and pretend that’s normal because that’s how you quiet dissent — is you make everyone afraid that if they don’t do what you want, they might be next. … That’s when you decide there won’t be new elections because everyone’s either afraid, poor, broken, or complicit.” —failed Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams “I think Elon Musk needs to look at what he did in this past election. … We have a broken system because there is a president who doesn’t believe in the Constitution and who defies judicial orders. And Elon Musk and his 300-plus-million dollars — and God knows what else he may have done that we don’t know of — own the problem that he created.” —”The View” co-host Ana Navarro Intraparty Squabbles “I have no idea what these people are talking about.” —House Democrat Leader Hakeem Jeffries when told by CNN’s Wolf Blitzer, “Some progressives who empowered [Zohran] Mamdani to victory now want to primary you and other Democrats in New York City.” “The answer, ultimately, I think, is no. … When you have socialists in the Democratic Party, I don’t know how … that would be beneficial for the party or for the country.” —former Democrat Rep. Dean Phillips when asked by CNN, “Is there room for you and Mamdani in the Democratic Party?” “Look, I’m as befuddled as you are. And [Mamdani has] been given every opportunity to walk it back.” —Democrat strategist James Carville regarding the “globalize the intifada” rant “I said, ‘Andrew, are you that level of arrogance? I’m the sitting mayor! I’m the sitting mayor of the city of New York, and you expect for me to step aside when you just lost to Zohran by 12 points?'” —NYC Mayor Eric Adams in response to being asked to step aside by Andrew Cuomo Weird Flex “I have many thoughts on how the Democratic Party might start to win back young men who have abandoned the party for fascism. … One of my suggestions is that the Democrats should embrace pornography and other examples of sexiness and smut under the umbrella of free speech.” —The Nation justice correspondent Elie Mystal Dumb & Dumber “NEA pledges to defend democracy against Trump’s embrace of fascism by using the term facism [sic] in NEA materials to correctly characterize Donald Trump’s program and actions.” —National Education Association resolution “NEA will use existing media channels to oppose any move to eliminate the U.S. Department of Education as an illegal, anti-democratic, and racist attempt to destroy public education and privatize it in the interests of the billionaires.” —NEA resolution “NEA defends birthright citizenship and opposes the attempt to revert to pre-civil rights movement — Jim Crow — legal concepts of ‘states rights’ in order to deny citizenship to the children of immigrants.” —NEA resolution “NEA opposes Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) kidnapping of student leaders and supports students’ right to organize against ICE raids and deportations.” —NEA resolution Old Man Yells at Cloud “Many of the things I worked so d*mn hard [for], that I thought I changed in the country, are changing so rapidly.” —Joe Biden, as if that’s a bad thing “I’m getting calls … from a number of European leaders asking me to get engaged. I’m not, but I’m giving advice. Because things are different. … I’m also dealing with a lot of Democrats and Republican colleagues calling me, wanting to talk.” —Joe Biden Braying Jenny “This Fourth of July, I am taking a moment to reflect. Things are hard right now. They are probably going to get worse before they get better.” —Kamala Harris Hot Air “Americans aren’t afraid of climate change. Climate activists have not successfully made the case to the American people.” —CNN chief data analyst Harry Enten admitting that the explicit goal is fearmongering Clown World “Let’s find a better metaphor to despise and depose fascism. Keep Clown out of Trumpian comparisons, and for that matter, all politics. Offer Clown the respect it deserves and invoke us for good.” —Tim Cunningham, board president of Clowns Without Borders Foiled Again “Since, y’know, March and before, there were predictions that the tariffs … would lead to job losses. Predictions of doom — that doom just hasn’t happened yet.” —CNN’s John Berman after seeing the positive June jobs report “This jobs market is like the Energizer Bunny. Every single time we expect it to run out of steam, it just keeps going and going.” —CNN’s Matt Egan Village Idiots “Maybe the kids weren’t fit or camping near a river if they couldn’t swim?” —streamer Steven “Destiny” Bonnell regarding the Texas flood “I mean, ‘Superman’ is the story of America. An immigrant that came from other places and populated the country, but for me it is mostly a story that says basic human kindness is a value and is something we have lost.” —DC Studios CEO James Gunn For more insightful quotes, see our Short Cuts.
As Democrats are still reeling from their incredible defeat in the 2024 presidential election, Congressman Jamie Raskin of Maryland has hired shrinks to try and set things right.
According to Punchbowl News, Raskin hosted a retreat for Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee where they hosted Jim Coan, a University of Virginia professor of psychology.
Another speaker was Hal Movius, a consultant whose specializations include “negotiation,” “influence,” “emotion regulation,” “leadership” and “organizational development.”
The purpose of the session, according to multiple attendees, was to counsel Democrats about how to approach conflict and effectively combat what Raskin described as “authoritarian styles of speech.”
Another attendee said Judiciary Democrats were also advised to avoid devolving into partisan mud-slinging — a more common hallmark of the House Oversight Committee, which Raskin previously led as the top Democrat.
“They’re social psychologists, and they were just talking about communication and authoritarian styles of speech in the Trump age,” Raskin told us when asked about the speakers.
“We were talking about basically communication styles during the Trump era.”
Raskin, a former constitutional law professor, hosted the summit weeks after he was chosen as the top Democrat serving on the House Judiciary Committee.
The committee, which is chaired by MAGA Republican Jim Jordan, has led multiple investigations into Democratic crimes and corruption, including the Biden family’s corrupt business dealings, the weaponization of federal agencies for political purposes and a re-examination of the January 6th protests.
Raskin, meanwhile, has a reputation as one of the most unhinged Democrats in Congress.
Back in October, weeks before the election even took place, Raskin said he would not commit to certifying the 2024 election in the event of a Trump victory.
Months before that, he also pledged to block Trump’s victory using the 14th Amendment and create “civil war conditions” to prevent him from taking office.
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