IT REALLY SHOULD NOT BE THIS HARD. In Portland, Oregon, a federal judge ruled that the federal government could not federalize the Oregon National Guard in order to protect the local ICE Detention Facility. The judge found that the protests were “mostly peaceful”. The facts belie this finding. For more than 100 nights, anti-ICE protestors have surrounded the ICE Detention Facility, hurled rocks and Molotov cocktails, assaulted ICE employees and agents, followed ICE employees and agents leaving the facility to go home, and vandalized the facility. Last weekend the Portland police arrested a reporter covering the violence for creating a disturbance. The “disturbance” was that the demonstrators were beating the reporter, and destroying his recording equipment. The Portland police did not arrest a single demonstrator.
In response, the President ordered 300 California National Guard troops to deploy to Portland to protect the ICE Detention facility. Governor Gavin Newsom (D. Ca.) sued, and that very same judge ruled that the President could not deploy any troops to Portland, as the protests were “mostly peaceful”, and the Portland police had the matter well in hand.
The Portland police do not have the matter well in hand. The protests are not “mostly peaceful”. There is an active rebellion going on in Portland, against federal authority. This federal district judge has decided that she has the wisdom, knowledge, and the authority to determine whether it is appropriate to use troops to protect federal property. She does not. She has exceeded her authority.
So while Portland burns, and federal authority is challenged, we wait on the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit to intervene. But we should not have to wait. IT REALLY SHOULD NOT BE THIS HARD.
Representative Hakeem Jeffries (D. N.Y.) challenged House of Representatives Speaker Mike Johnson (R. La.) to a televised prime time debate on the federal government shutdown. Why? All Democrats know is performative politics. No substance whatsoever.
The Democrats want to funnel welfare benefits to illegal aliens. It is in their counter-legislation. The Democrats want to keep funding at pandemic levels. The Democrats want to subsidize insurance companies. The Democrats want to to fund PBS and National Public Radio. The Democrats are for bigger, socialist government. They are not on the side of the American people.
Representative Eric Swalwell (D. Ca.) told CNN that when the Democrat Party regains power, it will target everyone and every institution that worked with, or supported, President Trump. This includes private citizens. This includes you.
“He [Virginia Attorney General Candidate Jay Jones (D.)] should probably be forced to drop out of the race.”
–MSNBC Morning Joe Host Joe Scarborough.
You know when you are a Democrat and have lost MSNBC, you are doomed. Maybe Jay Jones should not be fantasizing about death to his political colleagues and their families. What an evil SOB!
But there’s more! Jay Jones was engaged in a conversation over the doctrine of qualified immunity for policemen. That Jay Jones is against qualified immunity is not, in itself, disqualifying. But his reasoning certainly he is, as he said “Well, maybe if a few of them [police] died, that they would move on, not shooting people, not killing people.” Jay Jones is a vile, disgusting man. He should not be elected to public office. He really has no place in polite society. He should just go away.
Virginia gubernatorial candidate Abigail Spanberger (D.) taught at a Saudi Arabian run private school in Northern Virginia, post 9-11. The school was attended by Muslims, only, taught students to revile “infidels” (non-Muslims), and many of the students’ parents were Hamas members. When asked about this, Abigail Spanberger said she “was proud” of her work at this school. Oh, my. Vote accordingly.
New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani (D.) vowed to eliminate the “gifted and talented” program in New York City public schools. Mr. Mamdani thinks the programs are “elitist”, “racist”, and “insufficiently inclusive”. He prefers a socialist, “one size fits all” program where each student receives an equally lousy education.
New Jersey gubernatorial candidate Mikie Sherrill (D.) told a reporter that she could not imagine anyone eating a pork roll, because they are “gross”. Oh, my. Pork rolls are a New Jersey favorite, often consumed at breakfast. She might as well have been campaigning in eastern North Carolina and proclaiming that barbecue was best served with ketchup. MAJOR GAFFE!
In March 2024, 3 Muslims vandalized a protestant church in Dallas, Texas, with graffitti, motivated by their hatred of Israel, and the church’s support of Israel and Jews. Prosecutors filed criminal charges, with a “hate crime” enhancement. Now the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR) is demanding that the criminal charges be dismissed, as they violate the defendants’ 1st Amendment rights. CAIR argues that the defendants’ attack on the protestant church was motivated by their love of Islam, and that it was a part of their free exercise of religion. CAIR also argues that the defendants’ maintain a 1st Amendment right to vandalize the church with graffitti, as it is how they express their views. WOW!
Ian Roberts, the illegal alien who was, before his arrest, the Superintendent of the Des Moines, Iowa public schools, lied about having a PhD. Worse, it seems that Mr. Roberts has quite a lengthy criminal record, not just related to immigration. Apparently Mr. Roberts committed many violent crimes in the United States, and back in his native Guyana, was a member of a government sanctioned gang called “The Death Squad”. Can you imagine what crimes The Death Squad committed?
Still, the Democrat controlled Des Moines school board supports Mr. Roberts, and does not want him deported. We would ask who vetted Mr. Roberts before hiring him. But the better question seems to be who in the world voted for these school board members?
Amazon owns the James Bond movies franchise, and so far that new ownership is not serving fans well. Amazon has been dithering on who will be the next James Bond, with much discussion on “diversity” (how about a black, trans dwarf?). But the latest machinations are just plain silly. Apparently Amazon thinks James Bond is too violent, and has air brushed all images of guns from the movies’ promotional materials, including the iconic movie posters. So what is Bond going to do, talk Blofeld into abandoning his evil schemes?
Former USC and New York Jets quarterback Mark Sanchez was stabbed in Indianapolis, Indiana over the weekend. Mr. Sanchez was in town to broadcast for FOX Sports, an NFL game. Mr. Sanchez initially told police he was attacked by a man in an alley, wielding a knife. That may be a half truth. What actually appears to have happened is that Mark Sanchez left a local bar, drunk, and wandered into an alley where an elderly man was loading used restaurant grease onto a truck. For some unexplained reason, Mark Sanchez took great umbrage at the truck being parked in the alley, and he then attacked the elderly man. The elderly man tried to fight him off, to no avail, so he stabbed Mark Sanchez with his knife. Mark Sanchez wandered off, bleeding, and was eventually taken to an Indianapolis hospital. Where he was arrested. Mark Sanchez beat this elderly man bloody, for no apparent reason, causing serious bodily harm to the man, who remains in the hospital himself. The elderly man is facing a long and painful recovery. Mark Sanchez is facing multiple criminal felony charges.
Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones is under investigation by the NFL for his conduct during the Cowboys/Jets football game on Sunday. It appears that Jerry Jones thought it amusing to flip his middle finger at a bunch of Jets fans. How very rude! What a jerk!
ESPN benched sports analyst Paul Finebaum, a conservative Republican, for his comments about how Charlie Kirk was an inspiration to him. Meanwhile ESPN sports analyst Stephen A. Smith, a liberal Democrat, is going strong at the network. Hmmmm.
Bad Bunny, the anti-American rapper from Puerto Rico (a part of the United States), who is designated to perform at the Super Bowl’s halftime show, went on Saturday Night Live, and advised the audience that they had 4 months to learn Spanish, in anticipation of his half time show. No. In the United States, we speak English. I do not need to learn Spanish. And I already know how to change the channel. Which I will do, if I actually watch the Super Bowl.
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