thedailycaller--2020-01-24--The Caudillo President: Trump’s Temperament May Scare Liberals, But Latinos Have Seen It Before

There is a big difference between emphasizing and being possessed by anger .
The former is what John Wayne does when he offers an ultimatum to an outlaw before breaking his teeth .
Being possessed by anger is what happens to Coyote at the end of each episode of Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner .
Emphasizing is what President Donald Trump does when he points a finger at a Democratic opponent .
Being possessed by anger is what happens when Ukrainians come to blows in parliament .
And if you think Hispanic politicians have a bad temper , it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ seen the YouTube video of the pitched battle of the Parliament of Taiwan a couple of years ago .
There were no guys screaming or making a fuss .
There were slaps , judo kicks , and a bunch of lunatics throwing chairs at the head of their political opponents .
In comparison , Trump and Hispanic political leaders are an example of restraint , subtlety and shyness .
Trump likes Spain .
That is what he confessed to the president of the Government of Spain — which is Pedro Sánchez , for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
And it doesn ’ t surprise me .
Trump is like the Hispanic prototype discussing international politics sitting at the bar .
He speaks loudly , gives his opinion with passion about anything that is wrong in the world , and his neck veins swell when he talks about politics .
Spain has a parliament in which politicians tend to hit their seats with their hands or objects or point their finger .
They do it to protest , but also to emphasize when they are angry .
And often they are @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of rudeness but of temperament .
The same could be said of Trump .
It ’ s just an emphatic way of speaking , the same one that he shares with most of the Hispanosphere .
But do you think his policies are as gauche as the way he talks ?
( RELATED : Mexican President Demands Spain , Vatican Apologize For Conquering New World ) It seems obvious that Trump is anti-immigration .
The purpose of the wall between Mexico and the United States isn ’ t to play volleyball with the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ States does not hate Hispanics , but he hates criminals , drug traffickers and the guys who wear tracksuits .
That ’ s why he hates Maduro .
And yet there is something genuinely Hispanic in his temper that matches him — perhaps despite himself — with Maduro .
Both shout , curse , threaten and point their enemies with their finger .
The difference is that Maduro slaughters his people and Trump does not .
Trump ’ s Hispanic temperament extends beyond the way he talks with others , to the way @ @ @ @ @ @ @ like testosterone is Trump ’ s only real adviser .
He makes decisions abruptly , announces them to everyone and finally does what he pleases at that moment .
In a way it reminds me of Shakespeare , who said that of “ Men of few words are the best men ” and later wrote Hamlet , which contains more than 30,000 words .
They are unpredictable .
That ’ s why everyone expects Trump to start a war but ends up laughing them off .
That is another characteristic of Hispanic politicians @ @ @ @ @ @ @ exception is the Caribbean revolutionaries , who have no sense of humor .
They and also Evo Morales , who never understands the joke .
Morales is like the man Wodehouse said had just enough intelligence to open his mouth when he wanted to eat , but certainly no more .
Take the example of Trump ’ s border wall , one of the main planks of his political program .
Almost everyone has criticized it .
He has announced hundreds of times its construction , although saying so could make him lose @ @ @ @ @ @ @ beautiful wall .
A big one that really work , ” he said .
And yet , it is not yet built .
At the moment , it mostly exists in the vaporous sphere of rhetoric .
And yet , Democrats are deranged over the wall .
It seems that there is nothing else going on in the whole country .
( RELATED : ‘ Worked Exactly As Designed ’ : Border Patrol Responds To Viral Video Of Alien Climbing Trump ’ s Wall ) Left-wingers find it unacceptable that Hispanic voters do @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the current president of the United States maintains the support of Hispanics at almost the same level as Romney .
It must lead Democrats to wonder some crazy things : do Hispanics want a wall ?
Are Hispanics xenophobic ?
Is it possible that they are auto-xenophobic ?
If the left hates anything it ’ s the idea that there are voters who have different values .
And many do : lots of people think that the imposition of equality harms their notion of freedom .
As the great Colombian thinker Nicolás Gómez @ @ @ @ @ @ @ right to be different ; equality is the prohibition of being different.
” But if we strip the thick words of the wall proposal and focus on the most technical and dispassionate part , it may not be so abominable .
Its magnitude is exacerbated by the rage of political debate .
For example : If Trump were president of Spain and his nation adjoined jihadi-exporting countries , I am convinced that he would not build a wall but a large moat .
And fill it with hungry crocodiles .
And no one @ @ @ @ @ @ @ whole country would agree .
So perhaps we have excluded the desire to protect our own borders from polite political conversation .
If no country had protected its land , there would be no nations at all , and we would live under the dictatorship of some despotic country that did defend its territorial autonomy .
In all likelihood , that country would be the fourth-generation Soviet Union or its Caribbean version , Castro ’ s Cuba .
Take a moment to examine what Houellebecq wrote about Trump in Harpers to broaden this @ @ @ @ @ @ @ trade favors American interests , President Trump is in favor of free trade ; in the contrary case , he finds old-fashioned protectionist measures entirely appropriate .
President Trump was elected to safeguard the interests of American workers ; he ’ s safeguarding the interests of American workers .
During the past fifty years in France , one would have wished to come upon this sort of attitude more often.
” In reality , all countries would benefit from leaders who have this attitude .
We live passionate times , with heated debates @ @ @ @ @ @ @ world is going to end because something terrible has happened .
The press contributes to this hysteria .
But the world keeps spinning .
Today ’ s revolutions will fail as they always have .
After our May of ’ 68 the crisis will come , the reaction will follow , and a new period of calm and prosperity will follow that .
But in the meantime , this screaming confuses old school politicians .
British lords , Brussels bureaucrats or white-glove American politicians move with difficulty in an environment dominated by howls @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the first to rule from the social media chicken coop .
Threatening to declare a war via Twitter is something that only a Hispanic politician could do .
We have many examples .
The president of El Salvador , Nayib Bukele , lashes Nicolás Maduro daily on social networks for the enjoyment of his followers .
In his spare time , Bukele appoints or dismisses ministers through Twitter .
We don ’ t even find it eccentric at this point .
Similarly , Santiago Abascal , leader of the Vox right-wing party in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ mark his actions and broadcast his speeches .
When his former friend , the ultra-rightist Salvini , decided to support the Catalan independence workers in the coup against Spain , Abascal reacted quickly on Twitter , breaking his ties of friendship through a single tweet dedicated to the Italian politician : “ Stick your nose in Italian affairs and leave off behaving like a globalist bureaucrat interfering in the national sovereignty of Spain.
” Later they became friends again .
For not too long .
Last month they broke off relations again .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ Catalan independence and Abascal has grown tired of having a friend who is more false than Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders ’ s good intentions .
( RELATED : Maduro Kicks CNN Off The Air As Venezuelans Revolt Against Him ) If Trump had bombed all the countries he attacked on Twitter , he would need to multiply defense spending a hundredfold .
And yet , except for killing al-Baghdadi , Trump is not proving to be a warmongering president .
For a long time in Venezuela they would like to see the U.S. @ @ @ @ @ @ @ is no way .
Once again , a Republican president has been caricatured by the left , and the reality has been shown to be quite different .
One of the great paradoxes of today ’ s politics is that Trump ’ s temperament is more familiar to Hispanic immigrants than to Americans .
Hispanics are used to that kind of politician .
The anglophone world is more familiar with polite parliamentary procedure and constitutional subtleties .
Obama was unable to raise his voice above his principles .
Bush used to be hieratic @ @ @ @ @ @ @ his blood .
And the only wall that Bill Clinton could imagine was the wall that Hillary should have built around her husband .
None of them dared to say openly what he thinks in front of a microphone .
Trump ’ s advisers strive to write elaborate speeches .
I know that some are extraordinary .
But it is a losing battle .
Trump almost never follows the script .
He likes the risk .
This also does not seem to turn off voters : perhaps they prefer sincerity even if it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in recent years , right-wing people are saying what they really think about the great contemporary debates .
Do not shy away .
It ’ s happening with Trump in the United States .
It ’ s happening in France , in Austria , in Poland , in Germany and in Spain .
This causes some social tension in the short term but will make politics and living together in peace better in the long term .
The artificial imposition of the politically correct was opening dangerous cracks in societies , and buried @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
And in the end people like freedom .
Too bad for the left .
The future seems bright for Republicans .
They have all of America ’ s most loathed institutions against them .
That is a good sign .
“ The other thing Trump has going for him is the people who hate him , ” wrote PJ O ’ Rourke in American Consequences .
“ If Trump cured cancer , the headline on the New York Times would be ‘ Heart Disease Kills More People.
’ Trump should be thankful @ @ @ @ @ @ @ … And Americans hate know-it-alls.
” It is freedom and not the sectarianism of know-it-alls that strengthens a democracy .
Democrats want to give Hispanics an identity .
Republicans want Hispanics to earn money .
Left-wingers wants to put Latinos into a ghetto , enhance their peculiarity and recognize their status as an oppressed group .
Right-wings want them to be equal to other Americans , to be mixed , and to magnify their nation .
The left wants to make them slaves of the socialist cause in exchange for a subsidy .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ and for them to survive like everyone else .
( RELATED : Republicans Captured A Higher Percentage Of Hispanic Voters In Midterms Than Trump Did In 2016 ) After all , Hispanics are not doing badly with Trump .
In recent years , the rate of Latinos who own a home ownership has risen to 47.1 % .
The unemployment rate of Hispanics has dropped to 4.7 % .
With Obama in the White House , unemployment of Hispanics reached 12.1 % .
There are now twice as many Hispanic families earning $ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 2011 .
In 2017 alone , 350,000 Hispanics rose out of poverty .
And the number of small and medium-sized American Latino businesses has risen 13 % .
Most Latinos will continue to vote for Democrats .
But Hispanics do not maintain a visceral rejection of Trump .
This is one of the many really funny situations that postmodern politics gives us : little by little , the thousand oppressed groups that the left-wing has artificially invented begin to feel really oppressed … but oppressed by left-wing policies .
After Marxism , the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ increasingly dogmatic .
That could end up being worse than a bit of rough tweeting .
Itxu Díaz is a Spanish journalist , political satirist and author .
He has written nine books on topics as diverse as politics , music , or smart appliances .
He is a contributor to The Daily Beast and Diario Las Américas , in the United States , and columnist several Spanish magazines and newspapers .
He was also an advisor to the Ministry for Education , Culture and Sports in Spain .
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There is a big difference between emphasizing and being possessed by anger. The former is what John Wayne does when he offers an ultimatum to an outlaw before breaking his teeth. Being possessed by anger is what happens to Coyote at the end of each episode of Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner.
Emphasizing is what President Donald Trump does when he points a finger at a Democratic opponent. Being possessed by anger is what happens when Ukrainians come to blows in parliament. And if you think Hispanic politicians have a bad temper, it’s because you haven’t seen the YouTube video of the pitched battle of the Parliament of Taiwan a couple of years ago. There were no guys screaming or making a fuss. There were slaps, judo kicks, and a bunch of lunatics throwing chairs at the head of their political opponents. In comparison, Trump and Hispanic political leaders are an example of restraint, subtlety and shyness.
Trump likes Spain. That is what he confessed to the president of the Government of Spain — which is Pedro Sánchez, for our sins — a few months ago. And it doesn’t surprise me. Trump is like the Hispanic prototype discussing international politics sitting at the bar. He speaks loudly, gives his opinion with passion about anything that is wrong in the world, and his neck veins swell when he talks about politics. Spain has a parliament in which politicians tend to hit their seats with their hands or objects or point their finger. They do it to protest, but also to emphasize when they are angry. And often they are angry. It is not a matter of rudeness but of temperament. The same could be said of Trump. It’s just an emphatic way of speaking, the same one that he shares with most of the Hispanosphere. But do you think his policies are as gauche as the way he talks? (RELATED: Mexican President Demands Spain, Vatican Apologize For Conquering New World)
It seems obvious that Trump is against illegal immigration. The purpose of the wall between Mexico and the United States isn’t to play volleyball with the Mexicans. The president of the United States does not hate Hispanics, but he hates criminals, drug traffickers and the guys who wear tracksuits. That’s why he hates Maduro. And yet there is something genuinely Hispanic in his temper that matches him — perhaps despite himself — with Maduro. Both shout, curse, threaten and point their enemies with their finger. The difference is that Maduro slaughters his people and Trump does not.
Trump’s Hispanic temperament extends beyond the way he talks with others, to the way he exercises government. Sometimes it seems like testosterone is Trump’s only real adviser. He makes decisions abruptly, announces them to everyone and finally does what he pleases at that moment. In a way it reminds me of Shakespeare, who said that of “Men of few words are the best men” and later wrote Hamlet, which contains more than 30,000 words. They are unpredictable. That’s why everyone expects Trump to start a war but ends up laughing them off. That is another characteristic of Hispanic politicians: they laugh a lot. The exception is the Caribbean revolutionaries, who have no sense of humor. They and also Evo Morales, who never understands the joke. Morales is like the man Wodehouse said had just enough intelligence to open his mouth when he wanted to eat, but certainly no more.
Take the example of Trump’s border wall, one of the main planks of his political program. Almost everyone has criticized it. He has announced hundreds of times its construction, although saying so could make him lose popularity. “We are building a beautiful wall. A big one that really work, ” he said. And yet, it is not yet built. At the moment, it mostly exists in the vaporous sphere of rhetoric. And yet, Democrats are deranged over the wall. It seems that there is nothing else going on in the whole country. (RELATED: ‘Worked Exactly As Designed’: Border Patrol Responds To Viral Video Of Alien Climbing Trump’s Wall)
Left-wingers find it unacceptable that Hispanic voters do not hate Trump. In fact, the current president of the United States maintains the support of Hispanics at almost the same level as Romney. It must lead Democrats to wonder some crazy things: do Hispanics want a wall? Are Hispanics xenophobic? Is it possible that they are auto-xenophobic?
If the left hates anything it’s the idea that there are voters who have different values. And many do: lots of people think that the imposition of equality harms their notion of freedom. As the great Colombian thinker Nicolás Gómez Dávila wrote, “Freedom is the right to be different; equality is the prohibition of being different.”
But if we strip the thick words of the wall proposal and focus on the most technical and dispassionate part, it may not be so abominable. Its magnitude is exacerbated by the rage of political debate. For example: If Trump were president of Spain and his nation adjoined jihadi-exporting countries, I am convinced that he would not build a wall but a large moat. And fill it with hungry crocodiles. And no one would see it as aberrant; the whole country would agree. So perhaps we have excluded the desire to protect our own borders from polite political conversation. If no country had protected its land, there would be no nations at all, and we would live under the dictatorship of some despotic country that did defend its territorial autonomy. In all likelihood, that country would be the fourth-generation Soviet Union or its Caribbean version, Castro’s Cuba.
Take a moment to examine what Houellebecq wrote about Trump in Harpers to broaden this analysis on borders: “When free trade favors American interests, President Trump is in favor of free trade; in the contrary case, he finds old-fashioned protectionist measures entirely appropriate. President Trump was elected to safeguard the interests of American workers; he’s safeguarding the interests of American workers. During the past fifty years in France, one would have wished to come upon this sort of attitude more often.” In reality, all countries would benefit from leaders who have this attitude.
We live passionate times, with heated debates. Every day it seems that the world is going to end because something terrible has happened. The press contributes to this hysteria. But the world keeps spinning. Today’s revolutions will fail as they always have. After our May of ’68 the crisis will come, the reaction will follow, and a new period of calm and prosperity will follow that. But in the meantime, this screaming confuses old school politicians. British lords, Brussels bureaucrats or white-glove American politicians move with difficulty in an environment dominated by howls and immediate action-reaction policies.
Trump was the first to rule from the social media chicken coop. Threatening to declare a war via Twitter is something that only a Hispanic politician could do. We have many examples. The president of El Salvador, Nayib Bukele, lashes Nicolás Maduro daily on social networks for the enjoyment of his followers. In his spare time, Bukele appoints or dismisses ministers through Twitter. We don’t even find it eccentric at this point. Similarly, Santiago Abascal, leader of the Vox right-wing party in Spain, uses Twitter with ease to mark his actions and broadcast his speeches. When his former friend, the ultra-rightist Salvini, decided to support the Catalan independence workers in the coup against Spain, Abascal reacted quickly on Twitter, breaking his ties of friendship through a single tweet dedicated to the Italian politician: “Stick your nose in Italian affairs and leave off behaving like a globalist bureaucrat interfering in the national sovereignty of Spain.” Later they became friends again. For not too long. Last month they broke off relations again. Salvini has once again said nonsense about Catalan independence and Abascal has grown tired of having a friend who is more false than Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders’s good intentions. (RELATED: Maduro Kicks CNN Off The Air As Venezuelans Revolt Against Him)
If Trump had bombed all the countries he attacked on Twitter, he would need to multiply defense spending a hundredfold. And yet, except for killing al-Baghdadi, Trump is not proving to be a warmongering president. For a long time in Venezuela they would like to see the U.S. Marines walking through Caracas, but there is no way. Once again, a Republican president has been caricatured by the left, and the reality has been shown to be quite different.
One of the great paradoxes of today’s politics is that Trump’s temperament is more familiar to Hispanic immigrants than to Americans. Hispanics are used to that kind of politician. The anglophone world is more familiar with polite parliamentary procedure and constitutional subtleties. Obama was unable to raise his voice above his principles. Bush used to be hieratic, as if he had mercury in his blood. And the only wall that Bill Clinton could imagine was the wall that Hillary should have built around her husband. None of them dared to say openly what he thinks in front of a microphone. Trump’s advisers strive to write elaborate speeches. I know that some are extraordinary. But it is a losing battle. Trump almost never follows the script. He likes the risk. This also does not seem to turn off voters: perhaps they prefer sincerity even if it is painful?
For the first time in recent years, right-wing people are saying what they really think about the great contemporary debates. Do not shy away. It’s happening with Trump in the United States. It’s happening in France, in Austria, in Poland, in Germany and in Spain. This causes some social tension in the short term but will make politics and living together in peace better in the long term. The artificial imposition of the politically correct was opening dangerous cracks in societies, and buried truth in the fear of thinking differently. And in the end people like freedom. Too bad for the left.
The future seems bright for Republicans. They have all of America’s most loathed institutions against them. That is a good sign. “The other thing Trump has going for him is the people who hate him,” wrote PJ O’Rourke in American Consequences. “If Trump cured cancer, the headline on the New York Times would be ‘Heart Disease Kills More People.’ Trump should be thankful for that. Know-it-alls hate Trump. … And Americans hate know-it-alls.” It is freedom and not the sectarianism of know-it-alls that strengthens a democracy.
Trump’s Hispanic style a magnificent example:
Democrats want to give Hispanics an identity. Republicans want Hispanics to earn money.
Left-wingers wants to put Latinos into a ghetto, enhance their peculiarity and recognize their status as an oppressed group. Right-wings want them to be equal to other Americans, to be mixed, and to magnify their nation.
The left wants to make them slaves of the socialist cause in exchange for a subsidy. The right wants to make them free and for them to survive like everyone else. (RELATED: Republicans Captured A Higher Percentage Of Hispanic Voters In Midterms Than Trump Did In 2016)
After all, Hispanics are not doing badly with Trump. In recent years, the rate of Latinos who own a home ownership has risen to 47.1%. The unemployment rate of Hispanics has dropped to 4.7%. With Obama in the White House, unemployment of Hispanics reached 12.1%. There are now twice as many Hispanic families earning $200,000 a year than there were in 2011. In 2017 alone, 350,000 Hispanics rose out of poverty. And the number of small and medium-sized American Latino businesses has risen 13%.
Most Latinos will continue to vote for Democrats. But Hispanics do not maintain a visceral rejection of Trump. This is one of the many really funny situations that postmodern politics gives us: little by little, the thousand oppressed groups that the left-wing has artificially invented begin to feel really oppressed … but oppressed by left-wing policies. After Marxism, the left-wing has no choice but to be increasingly dogmatic. That could end up being worse than a bit of rough tweeting.
Itxu Díaz is a Spanish journalist, political satirist and author. He has written nine books on topics as diverse as politics, music, or smart appliances. He is a contributor to The Daily Beast and Diario Las Américas, in the United States, and columnist several Spanish magazines and newspapers. He was also an advisor to the Ministry for Education, Culture and Sports in Spain.
Follow him on Twitter at @itxudiaz or visit his website www.itxudiaz.com
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thedailycaller--2020-01-24--HILL: Davos Globalists Get Trumped Once Again

The globalists attending the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos , Switzerland would like to ignore America ’ s success under President Trump ’ s economic nationalism .
But our President didn ’ t make it easy for them this year .
After skipping Davos last year to negotiate an end to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi ’ s government shutdown , he flew in this time to deliver a half-hour address on the “ blue-collar boom ” in America over the past three years .
“ America ’ s newfound prosperity is undeniable , unprecedented and unmatched anywhere in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Since the last time Trump came to Davos in 2018 , the United States has reached and maintained its lowest unemployment rate in 50 years .
We ’ ve enjoyed rapid and continuing wage growth , especially among the lowest-earning workers .
The American stock market has repeatedly set record highs .
Trade disputes are going America ’ s way , arranged not for the benefit of a connected class of professionals at multinational corporations but for the good of ordinary American workers .
It ’ s easy to see why so @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Greta Thunberg ’ s tired rehash of the same sky-is-falling climate change act she ’ s been doing for months , despite not actually doing anything to address the supposedly apocalyptic problem .
President Trump ’ s success runs counter to everything Davos has ever stood for .
“ A nation ’ s highest duty is to its own citizens , ” he reminded the Davos elitists , adding that “ Only when governments put their own people first will people be fully invested in their national futures.
” “ Today I urge @ @ @ @ @ @ @ liberate your citizens from the crushing weight of bureaucracy , ” the President added .
That ’ s not the most popular message at the world ’ s premier summit of bureaucrats , businessmen and intellectuals — all of whom are firmly committed to finding big , international “ solutions ” through regulation and subordinating national interests to the dictates of a global capitalist class .
The Trump boom came from doing exactly the opposite of what these people have demanded of every American president for decades .
He pulled out of big @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Partnership , the Paris Climate Accords and the Iran deal .
He successfully renegotiated our biggest free trade agreement , NAFTA , replacing it with the USMCA .
He used America ’ s economic might as leverage to demand concessions from our less scrupulous trading partners , most importantly China .
Every decision was supposed to spell economic disaster .
Instead , his America First agenda created a strong and growing economy that continues to outperform economists ’ expectations .
President Trump has also managed to keep carbon emissions in check while making @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the first time in decades and creating thousands of new energy sector jobs .
That was supposed to be impossible , according to the prophets of doom who have long insisted that developed countries such as the U.S. would have to commit economic suicide in the name of fighting climate change .
This president has given the American people control over their borders , their taxes and their regulatory regime , rather than hand those decisions off to experts on international “ best practices.
” That ’ s anathema to the Davos mindset @ @ @ @ @ @ @ keeping with the proud traditions of American self-governance .
As Donald Trump pointed out in his address to the forum , “ A pro-worker , pro-citizen , pro-family agenda demonstrates how a nation can thrive when its communities , its companies , its government work together for the good of the whole nation.
” The Davos crowd can try to ignore America ’ s recent success all they want .
But nationalist , America First governance isn ’ t going away , because it works .
Harlan Hill is president of the Logan @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for the Trump-Pence 2020 re-election campaign .

The globalists attending the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland would like to ignore America’s success under President Trump’s economic nationalism.
But our President didn’t make it easy for them this year. After skipping Davos last year to negotiate an end to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s government shutdown, he flew in this time to deliver a half-hour address on the “blue-collar boom” in America over the past three years.
“America’s newfound prosperity is undeniable, unprecedented and unmatched anywhere in the world,” he proudly announced.
Since the last time Trump came to Davos in 2018, the United States has reached and maintained its lowest unemployment rate in 50 years. We’ve enjoyed rapid and continuing wage growth, especially among the lowest-earning workers. The American stock market has repeatedly set record highs. Trade disputes are going America’s way, arranged not for the benefit of a connected class of professionals at multinational corporations but for the good of ordinary American workers.
It’s easy to see why so many people were eager to play up Greta Thunberg’s tired rehash of the same sky-is-falling climate change act she’s been doing for months, despite not actually doing anything to address the supposedly apocalyptic problem. President Trump’s success runs counter to everything Davos has ever stood for.
“A nation’s highest duty is to its own citizens,” he reminded the Davos elitists, adding that “Only when governments put their own people first will people be fully invested in their national futures.”
“Today I urge other nations to follow our example and liberate your citizens from the crushing weight of bureaucracy,” the President added.
That’s not the most popular message at the world’s premier summit of bureaucrats, businessmen and intellectuals — all of whom are firmly committed to finding big, international “solutions” through regulation and subordinating national interests to the dictates of a global capitalist class.
The Trump boom came from doing exactly the opposite of what these people have demanded of every American president for decades. He pulled out of big international projects such as the Trans Pacific Partnership, the Paris Climate Accords and the Iran deal. He successfully renegotiated our biggest free trade agreement, NAFTA, replacing it with the USMCA. He used America’s economic might as leverage to demand concessions from our less scrupulous trading partners, most importantly China.
Every decision was supposed to spell economic disaster. Instead, his America First agenda created a strong and growing economy that continues to outperform economists’ expectations.
President Trump has also managed to keep carbon emissions in check while making this nation a net energy exporter for the first time in decades and creating thousands of new energy sector jobs. That was supposed to be impossible, according to the prophets of doom who have long insisted that developed countries such as the U.S. would have to commit economic suicide in the name of fighting climate change.
This president has given the American people control over their borders, their taxes and their regulatory regime, rather than hand those decisions off to experts on international “best practices.” That’s anathema to the Davos mindset, but it’s firmly in keeping with the proud traditions of American self-governance.
As Donald Trump pointed out in his address to the forum, “A pro-worker, pro-citizen, pro-family agenda demonstrates how a nation can thrive when its communities, its companies, its government work together for the good of the whole nation.”
The Davos crowd can try to ignore America’s recent success all they want. But nationalist, America First governance isn’t going away, because it works.
Harlan Hill is president of the Logan Circle Group and an advisory board member for the Trump-Pence 2020 re-election campaign.


thedailycaller--2020-01-24--Gun Test: Ruger-57 Pistol

Gun Test: Ruger-57 Pistol

With precious few guns on the market chambered to fire it , and even fewer load options for those guns , the 5.7×28 mm FN cartridge has seemingly been on life support for most of its 30-year lifespan , kept alive only through the patronage of a small but dedicated fan club and select military/government agency adoption .
That ’ s a shame , because it ’ s an interesting little chambering , offering several intrinsic design advantages , and it is an absolute hoot to shoot .
Caught in a self-perpetuating loop where a deficit of firearm options has @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of their finite production resources—and vice versa—what the 5.7 mm has really needed to help resuscitate it was a major gunmaker willing to break the vicious circle by taking a chance on it .
That it was Ruger to step up to the plate , with its December introduction of the Ruger-57 handgun , should not come as any great shock to those familiar with the Southport , Conn. , company ’ s reputation for seeing opportunity where others just see risk .
I have long said that if a major manufacturer were @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , featuring conventional controls and sold at a reasonable price , it would sell like hotcakes—but the stipulations to my prediction are vital to its fulfillment .
Fabrique Nationale ’ s Five-seveN has never caught fire with American shooters despite decades on the shelves , due to its curious polymer-over-polymer appearance , its unorthodox forward-mounted safety and its $ 1,400 price tag .
In designing its new pistol , Ruger appears to have taken these perceived shortcomings into account , as the company has developed a 5.7 mm handgun the same general size @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a similar operating system , yet one that is much better suited to American sensibilities , with M1911-style thumb safeties and an MSRP of only $ 799 .
On paper , the 5.7×28 mm FN cartridge is something of an oddball choice for a handgun chambering .
Introduced by FN in the early 1990s , it ’ s essentially a miniaturized 5.56×45 mm NATO rifle round , utilizing a 0.224″ rifle projectile and operating at rifle-caliber pressures to achieve blisteringly fast velocities—not really the handgun way of doing things .
But on the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ made in heaven .
All that speed translates to uncommonly flat trajectories for a pistol , and the lightweight projectiles yield negligible perceived recoil while still producing kinetic energy levels not far below those of 9 mm Luger loads .
Meanwhile , the 5.7 mm ’ s case measures a scant 0.31″ in diameter at its widest point , allowing for standard capacities , using flush-fitting detachable box magazines , higher than what is possible with the 9 mm or other , fatter , handgun cartridges—while still keeping the width of the grip @ @ @ @ @ @ @ hands .
The Ruger-57 is a large but light polymer-frame pistol , measuring 8.6″ long with a 4.9″ barrel , but weighing only 23.5 ozs .
empty .
Standing 5.6″ tall , the gun feeds from a steel detachable box magazine with room onboard for 20 rounds , yet the 5.7 mm ammunition has such little weight to it that a full complement of rounds only takes the handgun ’ s heft up to 28.4 ozs .
This is a remarkably feathery total for a fullsize pistol loaded to capacity .
Ruger is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ consistent brand image for its pistols , which is why the new 5.7 mm bears more than passing resemblance to the company ’ s Security-9 , which itself takes many of its visual cues from the LCP II .
The Ruger-57 also shares a few internal similarities with the Security-9 , and we will get to those shortly .
One marked difference , however , is the action .
Unlike the Security-9—a locked-breech , recoil-operated gun—the new pistol makes use of a delayed-blowback system in which the barrel and the slide are held @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in battery .
However , unlike a traditional blowback-operated handgun , the Ruger-57 ’ s barrel is not fixed in place , and , following ignition , the slide and barrel move straight back together when acted upon by the blowback of the cartridge case .
The barrel travels rearward only about 1/4″ before a U-shaped recess in the rear of the barrel lug makes contact with a transverse pin in the frame , arresting its movement , but the slide and barrel are held together long enough for the projectile to leave @ @ @ @ @ @ @ sufficiently that they can safely separate .
Once the slide has finished its cycle , and is returning forward under the tension of the recoil spring , the barrel joins it to re-establish battery .
Like the Security-9 , the pistol employs both Ruger ’ s Secure Action Trigger , a partially pre-cocked double-action design , and a hammer-fired ignition system .
The trigger is set within a CNC-machined aluminum fire-control chassis that is secured to the frame via a pin forward of the takedown lever .
The rearward motion of the reciprocating @ @ @ @ @ @ @ cocking the internal hammer , but pulling the trigger completes the task before releasing it to impact the cartridge ’ s primer .
In addition to the manual thumb safeties , the Ruger-57 ’ s trigger also features a blade-in-trigger safety to further protect against unintentional discharge .
My test sample ’ s trigger break was light but with a modest amount of creep and a long reset that required it be returned most of the way forward before it re-engaged .
Reset was quite positive , however , with a distinct audible @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Trigger Gauge was used to measure the break for 10 trigger pulls , and the average came to 4 lbs.
, 12 ozs .
The Ruger-57 ’ s slide is made of alloy steel to which a black-oxide finish has been applied .
Located both fore and aft , the pistol ’ s broad cocking serrations are not only angled forward , but the curve of the angle sharpens slightly about half way up the slide .
Also constructed from alloy steel , the pistol ’ s barrel has undergone a salt-bath-nitride casehardening @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the relatively high pressures of the 5.7 mm cartridge from burning out its eight-groove , 1:9″ rifling .
To ensure proper functioning of the 5.7×28 mm FN cartridge with the delayed-blowback action , Ruger engineers had to remove quite a bit of weight from the slide , and they did so through a 1½ ” x1/3″ lightening cut along its top surface , deeply beveled recesses at the pistol ’ s nose and by trimming as much excess metal from the sides of the slide as was possible .
To the same end @ @ @ @ @ @ @ recoil spring , resulting in a moderately hard-to-rack slide .
With the slide locked back , the forward tension was great enough on my test gun that I could not close the action by depressing the lock lever—it had to be slingshot using the support hand .
An external extractor is curiously positioned at about 1 o ’ clock on top of the slide at the rear of the ejection port , as is a loaded-chamber viewport that permits just a smidgen of the cartridge head to be seen when a round is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s unconventional orientation—and for the corresponding placement of the ejector at the 6-o ’ clock position on the bolt face—is simply because there isn ’ t real estate available to put it anywhere else .
The diameter of the 5.7×28 mm FN ’ s case head is so small ( and mostly occupied by the primer pocket ) , and the breech space is so limited ( a problem exacerbated by the aforementioned removal of metal ) , that a traditional side-by-side arrangement just wouldn ’ t fit .
Initially , I @ @ @ @ @ @ @ potentially have on the trajectory of spent cases , but throughout the entirety of my testing I was not struck by a single empty .
Sights on the pistol consist of a fully adjustable blade rear , which has been serrated on its aft face to cut down on glare , and a green fiber-optic pipe front for rapid sight acquisition .
Both elements are dovetailed into the slide—the front using the popular Novak front pattern and the rear using the same cut as is used by Ruger ’ s American pistol .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ first glance , the Ruger-57 ’ s slide is also drilled and tapped from the factory for the attachment of optic-mounting plates that permit shooters to install micro reflex-style sights atop the pistol .
The company is making four different mounts that should cover the great majority of the various red-dot options on the market .
No plates ship with the gun , but they will be available aftermarket at shopruger.com for $ 40 each .
Also to consider , the Ruger-57 ’ s factory sights are not of sufficient height for both @ @ @ @ @ @ @ an optic , making co-witness impossible .
So , until you find some suppressor-height aftermarket sights to swap in ( and I ’ m not certain that an option using the Ruger American rear dovetail even exists ) , it ’ s a one-or-the-other scenario .
Ruger molds the pistol ’ s frame from glass-fiber nylon , a rigid polymer that flexes very little when stressed , despite its light weight .
A five-slot accessory rail is integrated into the dustcover , and given that I can ’ t think of a single @ @ @ @ @ @ @ real estate , the inclusion of so many slots is likely another weight-reduction measure .
In recent years many manufacturers have chosen to err on the side of coarseness when designing the texturing on their polymer-frame pistols , and I ’ m glad Ruger avoided that impulse with this gun , as the docile 5.7 mm doesn ’ t require it .
Instead , panels of fine stippling are used that , while granular enough to provide purchase during recoil , aren ’ t sharp enough to eat into the shooter ’ s @ @ @ @ @ @ @ an orientation that will already be familiar for shooters of modern M1911s , Browning High Powers and many other platforms , bilateral two-position thumb safeties are present at the rear of the frame ( up is safe and down is fire ) , and the safeties click very distinctly between the two settings .
With the safety on , the left-side paddle extends inward to engage a notch in the slide , physically blocking its movement .
The reversible magazine release button is found just behind the trigger where it can be depressed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , however , a slide stop is only present on the left side of the frame for right-handed use .
Measuring 2.1″ in length by 1.1″ in width , the grip is relatively long from front to back , but it ’ s thinner from side to side than most contemporary double-stack 9 mms .
In my experience , only people with the tiniest of hands and the shortest of fingers will struggle with this arrangement .
However , as the Ruger-57 has no provision for adjusting the circumference of the backstrap , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Indentations cut into the magazine well allow the magazine ’ s baseplate to be securely grasped for forcible removal in case of a malfunction .
– Two steel magazines ( similar to , but not interchangeable with , the Five-seveN ’ s polymer box ) ship with the gun , and they are designed with a feature that your thumbs will appreciate .
Unlike most double-stack handguns , the Ruger-57 utilizes a double-feed magazine that loads more like an AR magazine than a pistol magazine .
As a result , I ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ magazines just as quickly without the assistance of a speedloader as I can a 9 mm with my trusty Maglula .
The gun comes in a rather nice hard case , and , if stored with a chamber flag in place , it will accommodate the presence of most slide-mounted optics .
Fieldstripping the pistol does not require that the trigger be pulled , and while the process does deviate slightly from the norm for modern handguns , it ’ s a straightforward enough procedure that I don ’ t feel the need @ @ @ @ @ @ @ noted , 5.7 mm ammunition options are extremely limited—with a few FN-branded loads and Federal ’ s American Eagle FMJs making up pretty much the entire market—but there appears to be a bit of movement on that front as well .
Speer has just expanded its Gold Dot personal defense line with a new 40-gr .
5.7×28 mm FN offering .
Like the rest of the Gold Dot line , the new load features bonded-core construction and nose cavities tuned for both optimal penetration and expansion .
For the purposes of testing out @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to corral not only large supplies of FN ’ s SS197SR cartridge ( loaded by Fiocchi and topped with a 40-gr .
Hornady V-Max bullet ) and Federal ’ s American Eagles , but also a few pre-production boxes of the new Gold Dots .
Function testing was conducted both with and without a slide-mounted red-dot installed , in this case a Burris FastFire 3 , to ensure reliability in both circumstances .
Fortunately , it ran without any stoppages in both scenarios , to the tune of about 600 rounds , with @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the optic and its mount not having a detrimental impact on the functionality of the delayed-blowback system—although I assume there is a threshold over which the weight of an optic will begin to cause reliability issues .
The Ruger-57 does not employ a magazine disconnect safety , and will thus fire with its magazine removed .
Accuracy testing was exclusively done with help from the optic and its 3-m.o.a .
reticle .
From the factory , shooting the more prevalent 40-gr .
ammunition , the gun ’ s sights appeared to be regulated @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , 27-gr .
options do exist , and the adjustable rear sight will allow shooters to dial-in their point of impact to match their ammunition choice .
Rifleman ’ s accuracy protocol for testing fullsize pistols is five consecutive , five-shot groups at 25 yds.
, and the Ruger/Burris combo produced some fantastic groups at that range .
FN ’ s sporting round was the most consistent load tested , shooting a 1.78″ five-group average , four of the five groups measuring between 1.58″ and 1.65″ .
The practice American Eagles produced both @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ( 0.96″ ) groups of the day , for an average of 1.95″ .
Speer ’ s new Gold Dot self-defense load also acquitted itself well , managing a 2.21″ average .
The 15-group average extreme spread for the three ammunitions through the pistol came to 1.98″ , a fine result for a handgun at 25 yds .
– During one of my range sessions with the new Ruger , I also took along a Walther P22 and Heckler & Koch VP9 for comparison .
Although hardly scientific , I ’ d estimate @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Ruger-57 felt roughly half that of the 9 mm Luger through the VP9 , much more nearly approximating the experience of shooting the .22 rimfire than the 9 mm .
However , this little flamethrower is a blast to shoot—literally—and those shooters particularly sensitive to blast may get the impression that the pistol is recoiling more than it really is .
So , as a fullsize 5.7×28 mm FN-chambered pistol , what is the Ruger-57 really good for ?
Some may question the cartridge ’ s self-defense chops , but I , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that Speer doesn ’ t either .
The energies produced by the handgun are on the borderline of what ’ s considered adequate for martial use , but its generous magazine capacity , controllability ( greatly hastening follow-up shots ) and red-dot compatibility more than make up for this in my opinion .
Accessorized with an optic and a light , the Ruger-57 would make a great , unintimidating home-defense pistol for those who , for whatever reason , don ’ t want the kick of the 9 mm Luger .
Concealed carry @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a size perspective , but it ’ s not a problem from a weight standpoint ; a fully loaded Ruger-57 weighs almost 2 ozs .
less than a similarly filled Glock 19—quite possibly the most carried handgun in the world .
Also , while limited , there are potentially a few short-range varmint-hunting applications for this gun .
And , of course—between the pleasure of shooting it and the cool factor of the cartridge—the Ruger-57 is a range queen par excellence .
It ’ s difficult to forecast just how much of an @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 5.7×28 mm FN market .
I have no doubts it will sell , as the gun ticks all the right boxes—it ’ s reliable , accurate , full-featured , wisely configured and with a price literally half of its most direct competitor .
But will it be enough to revive the ailing cartridge ?
Will demand prompt the ammunition makers to sit up and take note ?
Speer is already onboard with its new Gold Dot load , but will others follow suit ?
Ruger ’ s modern reputation as a bellwether for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , so I think there ’ s an excellent chance that they will , and I hope they do , as the little cartridge deserves more of a chance than it ’ s been given thus far .
But who can know ?
The most definitive I can be at this point is to say that now is an interesting time for the 5.7×28 mm FN cartridge—and it ’ s been a long while since that could be said .

By Kelly Young, American Rifleman
With precious few guns on the market chambered to fire it, and even fewer load options for those guns, the 5.7×28 mm FN cartridge has seemingly been on life support for most of its 30-year lifespan, kept alive only through the patronage of a small but dedicated fan club and select military/government agency adoption. That’s a shame, because it’s an interesting little chambering, offering several intrinsic design advantages, and it is an absolute hoot to shoot. Caught in a self-perpetuating loop where a deficit of firearm options has led ammunition makers to deem it unworthy of their finite production resources—and vice versa—what the 5.7 mm has really needed to help resuscitate it was a major gunmaker willing to break the vicious circle by taking a chance on it. That it was Ruger to step up to the plate, with its December introduction of the Ruger-57 handgun, should not come as any great shock to those familiar with the Southport, Conn., company’s reputation for seeing opportunity where others just see risk.
Operating via delayed blowback, the Ruger-57’s barrel moves rearward with the slide only about 1/4″, but its long enough to allow the projectile to leave the barrel and for pressures to drop to safe levels. –
I have long said that if a major manufacturer were to introduce a 5.7×28 mm FN-chambered handgun, featuring conventional controls and sold at a reasonable price, it would sell like hotcakes—but the stipulations to my prediction are vital to its fulfillment. Fabrique Nationale’s Five-seveN has never caught fire with American shooters despite decades on the shelves, due to its curious polymer-over-polymer appearance, its unorthodox forward-mounted safety and its $1,400 price tag. In designing its new pistol, Ruger appears to have taken these perceived shortcomings into account, as the company has developed a 5.7 mm handgun the same general size and weight as the Five-seveN, employing a similar operating system, yet one that is much better suited to American sensibilities, with M1911-style thumb safeties and an MSRP of only $799.
On paper, the 5.7×28 mm FN cartridge is something of an oddball choice for a handgun chambering. Introduced by FN in the early 1990s, it’s essentially a miniaturized 5.56×45 mm NATO rifle round, utilizing a 0.224″ rifle projectile and operating at rifle-caliber pressures to achieve blisteringly fast velocities—not really the handgun way of doing things. But on the range, it’s a match made in heaven.
A lightening cut in the slide helps facilitate reliable function of the system. The pistol’s 20-round steel magazines are quick and easy to load thanks to their double-feed design. –
All that speed translates to uncommonly flat trajectories for a pistol, and the lightweight projectiles yield negligible perceived recoil while still producing kinetic energy levels not far below those of 9 mm Luger loads. Meanwhile, the 5.7 mm’s case measures a scant 0.31″ in diameter at its widest point, allowing for standard capacities, using flush-fitting detachable box magazines, higher than what is possible with the 9 mm or other, fatter, handgun cartridges—while still keeping the width of the grip frame thin enough to accommodate nearly all hands.
The Ruger-57 is a large but light polymer-frame pistol, measuring 8.6″ long with a 4.9″ barrel, but weighing only 23.5 ozs. empty. Standing 5.6″ tall, the gun feeds from a steel detachable box magazine with room onboard for 20 rounds, yet the 5.7 mm ammunition has such little weight to it that a full complement of rounds only takes the handgun’s heft up to 28.4 ozs. This is a remarkably feathery total for a fullsize pistol loaded to capacity. Ruger is making a concerted effort to create a consistent brand image for its pistols, which is why the new 5.7 mm bears more than passing resemblance to the company’s Security-9, which itself takes many of its visual cues from the LCP II. The Ruger-57 also shares a few internal similarities with the Security-9, and we will get to those shortly.
One marked difference, however, is the action. Unlike the Security-9—a locked-breech, recoil-operated gun—the new pistol makes use of a delayed-blowback system in which the barrel and the slide are held together only by recoil spring tension while in battery. However, unlike a traditional blowback-operated handgun, the Ruger-57’s barrel is not fixed in place, and, following ignition, the slide and barrel move straight back together when acted upon by the blowback of the cartridge case. The barrel travels rearward only about 1/4″ before a U-shaped recess in the rear of the barrel lug makes contact with a transverse pin in the frame, arresting its movement, but the slide and barrel are held together long enough for the projectile to leave the muzzle and for pressures to drop sufficiently that they can safely separate. Once the slide has finished its cycle, and is returning forward under the tension of the recoil spring, the barrel joins it to re-establish battery.
Like the Security-9, the pistol employs both Ruger’s Secure Action Trigger, a partially pre-cocked double-action design, and a hammer-fired ignition system. The trigger is set within a CNC-machined aluminum fire-control chassis that is secured to the frame via a pin forward of the takedown lever. The rearward motion of the reciprocating slide does most of the work of cocking the internal hammer, but pulling the trigger completes the task before releasing it to impact the cartridge’s primer. In addition to the manual thumb safeties, the Ruger-57’s trigger also features a blade-in-trigger safety to further protect against unintentional discharge.
My test sample’s trigger break was light but with a modest amount of creep and a long reset that required it be returned most of the way forward before it re-engaged. Reset was quite positive, however, with a distinct audible and tactile click. A Lyman Digital Trigger Gauge was used to measure the break for 10 trigger pulls, and the average came to 4 lbs., 12 ozs.
The Ruger-57’s slide is made of alloy steel to which a black-oxide finish has been applied. Located both fore and aft, the pistol’s broad cocking serrations are not only angled forward, but the curve of the angle sharpens slightly about half way up the slide. Also constructed from alloy steel, the pistol’s barrel has undergone a salt-bath-nitride casehardening treatment to help ensure longevity, keeping the relatively high pressures of the 5.7 mm cartridge from burning out its eight-groove, 1:9″ rifling.
To ensure proper functioning of the 5.7×28 mm FN cartridge with the delayed-blowback action, Ruger engineers had to remove quite a bit of weight from the slide, and they did so through a 1½”x1/3″ lightening cut along its top surface, deeply beveled recesses at the pistol’s nose and by trimming as much excess metal from the sides of the slide as was possible. To the same end, the Ruger-57 employs a relatively stiff recoil spring, resulting in a moderately hard-to-rack slide. With the slide locked back, the forward tension was great enough on my test gun that I could not close the action by depressing the lock lever—it had to be slingshot using the support hand.
The Ruger-57’s extractor is located atop the slide at 1 o’clock, while the ejector protrudes through the bottom of the bolt face. –
An external extractor is curiously positioned at about 1 o’clock on top of the slide at the rear of the ejection port, as is a loaded-chamber viewport that permits just a smidgen of the cartridge head to be seen when a round is chambered. The reason for the extractor’s unconventional orientation—and for the corresponding placement of the ejector at the 6-o’clock position on the bolt face—is simply because there isn’t real estate available to put it anywhere else. The diameter of the 5.7×28 mm FN’s case head is so small (and mostly occupied by the primer pocket), and the breech space is so limited (a problem exacerbated by the aforementioned removal of metal), that a traditional side-by-side arrangement just wouldn’t fit. Initially, I was concerned about the impact this could potentially have on the trajectory of spent cases, but throughout the entirety of my testing I was not struck by a single empty.
Sights on the pistol consist of a fully adjustable blade rear, which has been serrated on its aft face to cut down on glare, and a green fiber-optic pipe front for rapid sight acquisition. Both elements are dovetailed into the slide—the front using the popular Novak front pattern and the rear using the same cut as is used by Ruger’s American pistol. Although it might not be apparent at first glance, the Ruger-57’s slide is also drilled and tapped from the factory for the attachment of optic-mounting plates that permit shooters to install micro reflex-style sights atop the pistol.
The company is making four different mounts that should cover the great majority of the various red-dot options on the market. No plates ship with the gun, but they will be available aftermarket at shopruger.com for $40 each. Also to consider, the Ruger-57’s factory sights are not of sufficient height for both to be seen through the window of an optic, making co-witness impossible. So, until you find some suppressor-height aftermarket sights to swap in (and I’m not certain that an option using the Ruger American rear dovetail even exists), it’s a one-or-the-other scenario.
Ruger molds the pistol’s frame from glass-fiber nylon, a rigid polymer that flexes very little when stressed, despite its light weight. A five-slot accessory rail is integrated into the dustcover, and given that I can’t think of a single light or laser that requires that much real estate, the inclusion of so many slots is likely another weight-reduction measure. In recent years many manufacturers have chosen to err on the side of coarseness when designing the texturing on their polymer-frame pistols, and I’m glad Ruger avoided that impulse with this gun, as the docile 5.7 mm doesn’t require it. Instead, panels of fine stippling are used that, while granular enough to provide purchase during recoil, aren’t sharp enough to eat into the shooter’s hand in an unpleasant way.
In an orientation that will already be familiar for shooters of modern M1911s, Browning High Powers and many other platforms, bilateral two-position thumb safeties are present at the rear of the frame (up is safe and down is fire), and the safeties click very distinctly between the two settings. With the safety on, the left-side paddle extends inward to engage a notch in the slide, physically blocking its movement. The reversible magazine release button is found just behind the trigger where it can be depressed by the thumb of the shooting hand, however, a slide stop is only present on the left side of the frame for right-handed use.
Measuring 2.1″ in length by 1.1″ in width, the grip is relatively long from front to back, but it’s thinner from side to side than most contemporary double-stack 9 mms. In my experience, only people with the tiniest of hands and the shortest of fingers will struggle with this arrangement. However, as the Ruger-57 has no provision for adjusting the circumference of the backstrap, what you see is what you get. Indentations cut into the magazine well allow the magazine’s baseplate to be securely grasped for forcible removal in case of a malfunction.
The rear of the pistol’s slide is drilled and tapped (arrows) for the installation of a red-dot mounting plate.
–
Two steel magazines (similar to, but not interchangeable with, the Five-seveN’s polymer box) ship with the gun, and they are designed with a feature that your thumbs will appreciate. Unlike most double-stack handguns, the Ruger-57 utilizes a double-feed magazine that loads more like an AR magazine than a pistol magazine. As a result, I’ve found that I can top-off Ruger-57 magazines just as quickly without the assistance of a speedloader as I can a 9 mm with my trusty Maglula.
The gun comes in a rather nice hard case, and, if stored with a chamber flag in place, it will accommodate the presence of most slide-mounted optics. Fieldstripping the pistol does not require that the trigger be pulled, and while the process does deviate slightly from the norm for modern handguns, it’s a straightforward enough procedure that I don’t feel the need to detail it here.
As previously noted, 5.7 mm ammunition options are extremely limited—with a few FN-branded loads and Federal’s American Eagle FMJs making up pretty much the entire market—but there appears to be a bit of movement on that front as well. Speer has just expanded its Gold Dot personal defense line with a new 40-gr. 5.7×28 mm FN offering. Like the rest of the Gold Dot line, the new load features bonded-core construction and nose cavities tuned for both optimal penetration and expansion. For the purposes of testing out the new Ruger-57, I was able to corral not only large supplies of FN’s SS197SR cartridge (loaded by Fiocchi and topped with a 40-gr. Hornady V-Max bullet) and Federal’s American Eagles, but also a few pre-production boxes of the new Gold Dots.
Function testing was conducted both with and without a slide-mounted red-dot installed, in this case a Burris FastFire 3, to ensure reliability in both circumstances. Fortunately, it ran without any stoppages in both scenarios, to the tune of about 600 rounds, with the extra 1.2 ozs. added by the optic and its mount not having a detrimental impact on the functionality of the delayed-blowback system—although I assume there is a threshold over which the weight of an optic will begin to cause reliability issues. The Ruger-57 does not employ a magazine disconnect safety, and will thus fire with its magazine removed.
Accuracy testing was exclusively done with help from the optic and its 3-m.o.a. reticle. From the factory, shooting the more prevalent 40-gr. ammunition, the gun’s sights appeared to be regulated for use at 10 yds., however, 27-gr. options do exist, and the adjustable rear sight will allow shooters to dial-in their point of impact to match their ammunition choice. Rifleman’s accuracy protocol for testing fullsize pistols is five consecutive, five-shot groups at 25 yds., and the Ruger/Burris combo produced some fantastic groups at that range.
FN’s sporting round was the most consistent load tested, shooting a 1.78″ five-group average, four of the five groups measuring between 1.58″ and 1.65″. The practice American Eagles produced both the largest (3.14″) and smallest (0.96″) groups of the day, for an average of 1.95″. Speer’s new Gold Dot self-defense load also acquitted itself well, managing a 2.21″ average. The 15-group average extreme spread for the three ammunitions through the pistol came to 1.98″, a fine result for a handgun at 25 yds.
The first new option for the 5.7×28 mm FN cartridge to be released in years, Speer unveiled a 40-gr. Gold Dot load at SHOT Show 2020.
–
During one of my range sessions with the new Ruger, I also took along a Walther P22 and Heckler & Koch VP9 for comparison. Although hardly scientific, I’d estimate that recoil of the 5.7 mm through the Ruger-57 felt roughly half that of the 9 mm Luger through the VP9, much more nearly approximating the experience of shooting the .22 rimfire than the 9 mm. However, this little flamethrower is a blast to shoot—literally—and those shooters particularly sensitive to blast may get the impression that the pistol is recoiling more than it really is.
So, as a fullsize 5.7×28 mm FN-chambered pistol, what is the Ruger-57 really good for? Some may question the cartridge’s self-defense chops, but I, for one, do not—and it seems that Speer doesn’t either. The energies produced by the handgun are on the borderline of what’s considered adequate for martial use, but its generous magazine capacity, controllability (greatly hastening follow-up shots) and red-dot compatibility more than make up for this in my opinion.
Accessorized with an optic and a light, the Ruger-57 would make a great, unintimidating home-defense pistol for those who, for whatever reason, don’t want the kick of the 9 mm Luger. Concealed carry may be an issue for some from a size perspective, but it’s not a problem from a weight standpoint; a fully loaded Ruger-57 weighs almost 2 ozs. less than a similarly filled Glock 19—quite possibly the most carried handgun in the world. Also, while limited, there are potentially a few short-range varmint-hunting applications for this gun. And, of course—between the pleasure of shooting it and the cool factor of the cartridge—the Ruger-57 is a range queen par excellence.
It’s difficult to forecast just how much of an impact the Ruger-57 will have on the 5.7×28 mm FN market. I have no doubts it will sell, as the gun ticks all the right boxes—it’s reliable, accurate, full-featured, wisely configured and with a price literally half of its most direct competitor. But will it be enough to revive the ailing cartridge? Will demand prompt the ammunition makers to sit up and take note? Speer is already onboard with its new Gold Dot load, but will others follow suit?
Ruger’s modern reputation as a bellwether for the rest of the industry is well-deserved, so I think there’s an excellent chance that they will, and I hope they do, as the little cartridge deserves more of a chance than it’s been given thus far. But who can know? The most definitive I can be at this point is to say that now is an interesting time for the 5.7×28 mm FN cartridge—and it’s been a long while since that could be said.


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An unidentified patient in Illinois has the respiratory illness, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said Friday. The Chicago woman in her 60s came home from a trip in Wuhan, China, on Jan. 13.
Today, @CDCgov confirmed a 2nd #2019nCoV (#coronavirus) infection detected in the US. Based on what we know right now, the immediate risk to America remains low. Learn more: https://t.co/RHkXpju0fC — Dr. Robert R. Redfield (@CDCDirector) January 24, 2020
“Based on what we know right now, the immediate risk to America remains low,” CDC Director Robert Redfield tweeted Friday.
A second travel-related case of novel #coronavirus (#2019nCoV) has been confirmed in the US. CDC expects more cases in the coming days. CDC is taking aggressive public health measures to help protect the health of Americans. https://t.co/4LCdPwHizU pic.twitter.com/L9Owt5z500 — CDC (@CDCgov) January 24, 2020
Meanwhile, Chinese authorities are restricting travel in 12 cities, The New York Times reported. Around 35 million people are under travel restrictions ahead of Saturday’s Lunar New Year. (RELATED: Airports Around The World Ramp Up Health Checks As Coronavirus Death Toll Rises To 6)
The virus first cropped up in Wuhan in December 2019. More than 900 people are infected and 26 have died from the outbreak, Chinese officials said.
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thedailycaller--2020-01-24--Reader Says I’m A ‘Pile Of Dog Sh*t, Not A Journalist’

Quote of the Day : “ R .
Downey Jr : wears blackface for Universal w/o regret bc it “ sparked a necessary convo.
” Univer .
: yay Robert .
Me : Never worn blackface but had one of those “ necessary convos ” re how standard seems to have changed over time.NBC-Univer : F.U.
!
Cancelled !
” — Megyn Kelly , broadcast journalist who occasional releases videos for “ Megyn Kelly Presents.
” She ’ a former anchor for Fox News and a former talk show host for NBC ’ s “ TODAY Show.
” Read more @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Note to Readers : I ’ ve been busy working a story about a court case happening in New York federal court .
A former journalism student , Ben Feibleman , is suing Columbia University after the school expelled him after finding him guilty of sexual assaulting a female classmate who is called “ Jane Doe ” in all court filings .
His defense consisted of a 30-minute recording , 700 photographs and 13 videos from the night in question — all evidence that Columbia chose to ignore .
Feibleman is now @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Some people are upset about the shocking way in which I wrote the story .
“ What kind of jarring crap is that ?
” a male reader wrote me late Thursday night .
“ Who writes like that ?
” He added , “ You ’ re a pile of dog shit , not a journalist.
” His note was vivid and included incredible English words such as “ cocksucker , motherfucker ” and “ libtard.
” He signed it : “ FUCK OFF.
” Hmmm… I guess he writes like that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ this sharp complaint rolled in , this story needed to be jarring because it is a jarring story .
Shocking stories sometimes require disturbing language .
Decide for yourself .
But you ’ ve been warned : This story is raw and it may not be for you .
MOOD : “ Psychologist warns that impeachment is now damaging America ’ s mental state – No , really.
” — Jen Harper about a story she wrote in The Washington Times .
“ It ’ s not too much to say that Fox @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and less fact-based ) reality than the people who seek out other sources for their news.
” — Chris Cillizza , CNN .
“ As we chased her to the subway , Lisa Murkowski waves off our questions , telling us she is ‘ one pooped puppy ” and that she is going to go home , take a bath , and maybe even have a glass of wine.
” — Addy Baird , BuzzFeed News .
“ Maybe no one who worked at Fox actually has journalism experience and doesn ’ t @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Lyz Lenz , former reporter for Columbia Journalism Review and now a columnist at The Gazette in eastern Iowa , in reaction to a story by Lloyd Grove in The Daily Beast about why some of the women who were fired from Fox News haven ’ t been able to get TV jobs .
“ Anyway fuck Bombshell.
” “ Full disclosure : if you have a hot profile picture and have interacted in any way with my tweets there ’ s a good chance i ’ ve uncovered your socials and scrolled @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” — David Mack , deputy director , breaking news , BuzzFeed .
“ I really would love to better understand the psychology behind why Greta Thunberg seems to drive prominent Republicans/Trumpians so nuts.
” — Sam Stein , The Daily Beast .
Meghan McCain half-wishes she never talked about her miscarriage “ For me there ’ s so much stigma I almost regretted talking about it.
” — Meghan McCain , talking to Paula Faris on ABC ’ s The View about her miscarriage .
McCain said Faris was incredibly helpful in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 2019 .
Faris , 44 , has had three miscarriages .
Faris spoke about her faith podcast , Journeys of Faith , mentioning what she calls her “ season of hell ” that led her to the podcast .
In an eight-month span of time , she was reporting on Wall Street when a stranger threw an apple so hard at her head that she got a concussion .
She got the flu and pneumonia .
She had a miscarriage and needed emergency surgery .
She figured those were signs from God that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ After a nap on Amtrak today , I said to the lady next to me : ‘ Hope I didn ’ t snore.
’ Her : ‘ You were fine .
Also , I was a good seatmate too .
See ?
I didn ’ t take my shoes off.
’ Me : ‘ I , uh , I ’ m… ‘ Her : ‘ Oh , I know who you are .
And I agree with you , it ’ s disgusting.
’ This happened.
” A follower snarked , “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ could note that someone recognized you , didn ’ t you ?
” Nichols replied , “ I get recognized more often than that , but not this way , which was awesome.
” It ’ s not against the rules of grammar , but he seems beneath this .
“ This ’ ll get me ratio ’ d or whatever but a lot of Twitter seems to want to enforce a politics where you only work or ally with people you agree almost totally with .
but to get anything done in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ often disagree with.
” — Ezra Klein , founder , editor-at-large , Vox .
“ This is astounding .
Bots are behind almost a third of the vile and hostile responses to my most recent tweet .
Somebody cares enough about me to unleash a bot army against me .
This is what bullying looks like in 2020.
” — Lisa Page , a former FBI lawyer who has been trashed by President Trump for negative comments she texted about him during the 2016 campaign .
Lawfare investigated the matter .
Read here @ @ @ @ @ @ @ at 60 .
And you ’ ve got ta read this .
Here .
“ Voting is a basic expectation of being an American citizen – that includes journalists.
” — Jon Franks , a flack who believes strongly in his own Twitter expertise .
He recently suggested I couldn ’ t pay for a nose job ( assuming that I even need one ) .
Marianne Williamson will attend whatever event she wants to “ I am not endorsing any presidential candidate at this time ; I support all the progressive candidates @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Yang in Fairfield because I know the institutional obstructions to his candidacy and I want to see him continue in the race past Iowa.
” — Marianne Williamson , former Democratic candidate for president .
SEN. TED CRUZ , ( R- Texas ) : “ A reminder of what this is all about : any president — any administration — is justified in investigating corruption .
And there was serious evidence of real corruption concerning Hunter Biden on the board of Burisma.
” Craig Mazin : “ No , Ted , that ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , sniveling , dishonorable liar you are.
” Alyssa Milano , actress , Democratic activist : “ I ’ m so disappointed in you .
Please stop betraying your oath of office.
” “ Elected Republicans , whatever instant gratification you ’ re getting for defending Trump ’ s corruption and abuse of power , History ’ s attention span and memory are a lot longer than Trump ’ s .
Rest assured , it will remember you correctly.
” — S.E .
Cupp , CNN .
The Observer calls bullsh*t on Sanders @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the left has correctly expended so much energy over the past years condemning Trump for his association with and support from white supremacists , but when it ’ s [ Bernie ] Sanders and an anti-trans , anti-gay bigot it ’ s ‘ he ’ s a part of our politics , what can we do ?
’ What bullshit.
” — Chris Geidner , ex-legal editor , BuzzFeed .
He now works for The Justice Collaborative .
“ I ’ ve always seen this as a preserve of serious news , ” @ @ @ @ @ @ @ time at PBS NewsHour .
“ It ’ s not magic , and it ’ s not saintly .
We ’ ve been doing it for 36 years , and we ’ ll continue doing it .
Others won ’ t .
That ’ s their problem.
” Lehrer died Thursday “ peacefully in his sleep ” at home , according to a statement from the network .
He was 85 .
Judy Woodruff , anchor , PBS NewsHour : “ I am devastated to share news that my dear friend and cofounder @ @ @ @ @ @ @ today at home .
Sending love to his Kate and their family.
” Robert Costa , moderator , PBS ’ s Washington Week : “ Jim Lehrer , a friend and mentor to many , has died .
What a life .
What a journalist .
A sad day but his legacy and example will carry on .
I will miss him , particularly the love of country and politics he brought to everything he did.
” House Speaker Nancy Pelosi : “ Our nation has lost a champion for truth and transparency @ @ @ @ @ @ @ PBS NewsHour , as well as its longtime host , Jim Lehrer worked to keep America ’ s leaders accountable to the people .
My prayers are with his wife , Kate , and their family.
” Eric Alper , SiriusXM host : “ PBS NewsHour co-founder Jim Lehrer has passed away at 85 .
I respected him immensely for his three philosophies : ‘ The viewer is as smart and caring and good a person as I am .
There is at least one other side or version to every story .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ ” FNC ’ s Bret Baier : “ Jim Lehrer , a friend and mentor to many , has died .
What a life .
What a journalist .
A sad day but his legacy and example will carry on .
I will miss him , particularly the love of country and politics he brought to everything he did .
”

AFTERNOON MIRROR
Quote of the Day:
“R. Downey Jr: wears blackface for Universal w/o regret bc it “sparked a necessary convo.” Univer.: yay Robert. Me: Never worn blackface but had one of those “necessary convos” re how standard seems to have changed over time.NBC-Univer: F.U.! Cancelled!”
— Megyn Kelly, broadcast journalist who occasional releases videos for “Megyn Kelly Presents.” She’ a former anchor for Fox News and a former talk show host for NBC’s “TODAY Show.” Read more on the Robert Downey Jr. issue here.
Note to Readers: I’ve been busy working a story about a court case happening in New York federal court. A former journalism student, Ben Feibleman, is suing Columbia University after the school expelled him after finding him guilty of sexual assaulting a female classmate who is called “Jane Doe” in all court filings. His defense consisted of a 30-minute recording, 700 photographs and 13 videos from the night in question — all evidence that Columbia chose to ignore. Feibleman is now suing the university under Title IX. Some people are upset about the shocking way in which I wrote the story. “What kind of jarring crap is that?” a male reader wrote me late Thursday night. “Who writes like that?” He added, “You’re a pile of dog shit, not a journalist.” His note was vivid and included incredible English words such as “cocksucker, motherfucker” and “libtard.” He signed it: “FUCK OFF.” Hmmm… I guess he writes like that? As I told my editor after this sharp complaint rolled in, this story needed to be jarring because it is a jarring story. Shocking stories sometimes require disturbing language. Decide for yourself. But you’ve been warned: This story is raw and it may not be for you.
MOOD: “Psychologist warns that impeachment is now damaging America’s mental state –
No, really.” — Jen Harper about a story she wrote in The Washington Times.
CNN’s Cillizza trashes Fox News
“It’s not too much to say that Fox News viewers are occupying a different (and less fact-based) reality than the people who seek out other sources for their news.” — Chris Cillizza, CNN.
Senator gets ‘pooped’ during impeachment proceedings
“As we chased her to the subway, Lisa Murkowski waves off our questions, telling us she is ‘one pooped puppy” and that she is going to go home, take a bath, and maybe even have a glass of wine.” — Addy Baird, BuzzFeed News.
Lyz Lenz: ‘Fuck Bombshell’
“Maybe no one who worked at Fox actually has journalism experience and doesn’t deserve a job in journalism.” — Lyz Lenz, former reporter for Columbia Journalism Review and now a columnist at The Gazette in eastern Iowa, in reaction to a story by Lloyd Grove in The Daily Beast about why some of the women who were fired from Fox News haven’t been able to get TV jobs. “Anyway fuck Bombshell.”
Confessional.
“Full disclosure: if you have a hot profile picture and have interacted in any way with my tweets there’s a good chance i’ve uncovered your socials and scrolled back to the start of your insta.” — David Mack, deputy director, breaking news, BuzzFeed.
The Observer
“I really would love to better understand the psychology behind why Greta Thunberg seems to drive prominent Republicans/Trumpians so nuts.” — Sam Stein, The Daily Beast.
Meghan McCain half-wishes she never talked about her miscarriage
“For me there’s so much stigma I almost regretted talking about it.” — Meghan McCain, talking to Paula Faris on ABC’s The View about her miscarriage. McCain said Faris was incredibly helpful in the aftermath of her own miscarriage in 2019.
Faris, 44, has had three miscarriages. Faris spoke about her faith podcast, Journeys of Faith, mentioning what she calls her “season of hell” that led her to the podcast. In an eight-month span of time, she was reporting on Wall Street when a stranger threw an apple so hard at her head that she got a concussion. She got the flu and pneumonia. She had a miscarriage and needed emergency surgery. She figured those were signs from God that it was time to slow down.
Travel Bitches
“After a nap on Amtrak today, I said to the lady next to me: ‘Hope I didn’t snore.’
Her: ‘You were fine. Also, I was a good seatmate too. See? I didn’t take my shoes off.’
Me: ‘I, uh, I’m… ‘
Her: ‘Oh, I know who you are. And I agree with you, it’s disgusting.’
This happened.”
— Tom Nichols, professor, U.S. Naval War College, #NeverTrumper.
A follower snarked, “You told this story just so you could note that someone recognized you, didn’t you?”
Nichols replied, “I get recognized more often than that, but not this way, which was awesome.”
Ezra Klein ends sentence with preposition
It’s not against the rules of grammar, but he seems beneath this.
“This’ll get me ratio’d or whatever but a lot of Twitter seems to want to enforce a politics where you only work or ally with people you agree almost totally with. but to get anything done in our system requires working with people you often disagree with.” — Ezra Klein, founder, editor-at-large, Vox.
Gossip Roundup
Lisa Page gets bombarded by bots
“This is astounding. Bots are behind almost a third of the vile and hostile responses to my most recent tweet. Somebody cares enough about me to unleash a bot army against me. This is what bullying looks like in 2020.” — Lisa Page, a former FBI lawyer who has been trashed by President Trump for negative comments she texted about him during the 2016 campaign. Lawfare investigated the matter. Read here.
A man gets his first tattoo… at 60. And you’ve gotta read this. Here.
Montel’s spokesman shows off his brilliance
“Voting is a basic expectation of being an American citizen – that includes journalists.” — Jon Franks, a flack who believes strongly in his own Twitter expertise. He recently suggested I couldn’t pay for a nose job (assuming that I even need one).
Marianne Williamson will attend whatever event she wants to
“I am not endorsing any presidential candidate at this time; I support all the progressive candidates. I’m appearing with Andrew Yang in Fairfield because I know the institutional obstructions to his candidacy and I want to see him continue in the race past Iowa.” — Marianne Williamson, former Democratic candidate for president.
Ted Cruz’s college roomie continues needling him
SEN. TED CRUZ, (R- Texas): “A reminder of what this is all about: any president — any administration — is justified in investigating corruption. And there was serious evidence of real corruption concerning Hunter Biden on the board of Burisma.”
Craig Mazin: “No, Ted, that’s a reminder of what a weak-willed, sniveling, dishonorable liar you are.”
Alyssa Milano, actress, Democratic activist: “I’m so disappointed in you. Please stop betraying your oath of office.”
S.E. Cupp has a warning for Republicans
“Elected Republicans, whatever instant gratification you’re getting for defending Trump’s corruption and abuse of power, History’s attention span and memory are a lot longer than Trump’s. Rest assured, it will remember you correctly.” — S.E. Cupp, CNN.
The Observer calls bullsh*t on Sanders and the trans community
“Everyone on the left has correctly expended so much energy over the past years condemning Trump for his association with and support from white supremacists, but when it’s [Bernie] Sanders and an anti-trans, anti-gay bigot it’s ‘he’s a part of our politics, what can we do?’ What bullshit.” — Chris Geidner, ex-legal editor, BuzzFeed. He now works for The Justice Collaborative.
Condolences… Jim Lehrer Dies
“I’ve always seen this as a preserve of serious news,” — Jim Lehrer told WaPo of his time at PBS NewsHour. “It’s not magic, and it’s not saintly. We’ve been doing it for 36 years, and we’ll continue doing it. Others won’t. That’s their problem.” Lehrer died Thursday “peacefully in his sleep” at home, according to a statement from the network. He was 85.
Judy Woodruff, anchor, PBS NewsHour: “I am devastated to share news that my dear friend and cofounder of the @NEWSHOUR Jim Lehrer died today at home. Sending love to his Kate and their family.”
Robert Costa, moderator, PBS’s Washington Week: “Jim Lehrer, a friend and mentor to many, has died. What a life. What a journalist. A sad day but his legacy and example will carry on. I will miss him, particularly the love of country and politics he brought to everything he did.”
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi: “Our nation has lost a champion for truth and transparency. As one of the founders of PBS NewsHour, as well as its longtime host, Jim Lehrer worked to keep America’s leaders accountable to the people. My prayers are with his wife, Kate, and their family.”
Eric Alper, SiriusXM host: “PBS NewsHour co-founder Jim Lehrer has passed away at 85. I respected him immensely for his three philosophies: ‘The viewer is as smart and caring and good a person as I am. There is at least one other side or version to every story. I am not in the entertainment business.”
FNC’s Bret Baier: “Jim Lehrer, a friend and mentor to many, has died. What a life. What a journalist. A sad day but his legacy and example will carry on. I will miss him, particularly the love of country and politics he brought to everything he did.”


thedailycaller--2020-01-24--Unfit To Print Episode 38: Black Gun Owners Shred Media Narrative About ‘White Nationalist’ Gun Rall

Unfit To Print Episode 38: Black Gun Owners Shred Media Narrative About ‘White Nationalist’ Gun Rally

In this week ’ s episode of “ Unfit to Print , ” host Amber Athey is taking a look at the media ’ s insistence that the pro-gun Richmond rally would turn out violent and filled with white nationalists .
Various reporters fear mongered about Second Amendment activists gathering to protest gun control laws , but not a single arrest was made during the rally .
There were also tons of pro-gun minorities present .
( RELATED : Gun Rights Activists React To Claims That 2A Rally In Richmond Is Full Of White Supremacists ) Amber also tackles the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and House Intelligence Chairman Adam Schiff during the Senate ’ s impeachment trial .
They refuse to mention his many lies throughout the process and instead wax poetic about his floor speeches admonishing President Donald Trump .
Remember when Schiff lied about his staffers having contact with the Ukraine whistleblower ?
The media must ’ ve forgotten about that .
Thanks for watching and check out past episodes : Unfit To Print Episode 37 : CNN Goes To Bat For Elizabeth Warren , Throws Bernie Sanders To The Wolves Unfit To Print Episode @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Impeachment

In this week’s episode of “Unfit to Print,” host Amber Athey is taking a look at the media’s insistence that the pro-gun Richmond rally would turn out violent and filled with white nationalists.
Various reporters fear mongered about Second Amendment activists gathering to protest gun control laws, but not a single arrest was made during the rally. There were also tons of pro-gun minorities present. (RELATED: Gun Rights Activists React To Claims That 2A Rally In Richmond Is Full Of White Supremacists)
LISTEN:
Amber also tackles the media’s obsession with impeachment manager and House Intelligence Chairman Adam Schiff during the Senate’s impeachment trial. They refuse to mention his many lies throughout the process and instead wax poetic about his floor speeches admonishing President Donald Trump.
LISTEN:
Remember when Schiff lied about his staffers having contact with the Ukraine whistleblower? The media must’ve forgotten about that.
WATCH:
Thanks for watching and check out past episodes:
Unfit To Print Episode 37: CNN Goes To Bat For Elizabeth Warren, Throws Bernie Sanders To The Wolves
Unfit To Print Episode 36: CNN Settles After Network Mocked Covington Catholic Kid
Unfit To Print Episode 35: WaPo Reporters Appear To Celebrate Impeachment
Unfit To Print Episode 34: IG Report Debunks Media’s Biggest Lies


thedailycaller--2020-01-24--Sen. Graham Says Investigating Hunter Biden ‘Doesn’t Make Me A Russian Agent’

Republican South Carolina Lindsey Graham said Friday in Washington that he intends to investigate Hunter Biden ’ s activities while he sat on the board of a Ukrainian natural gas company .
Speaking to reporters at a news conference during the Senate impeachment trial , Graham berated the media for not bothering to ask questions about Biden ’ s lucrative work for Burisma and spoke of a “ double standard ” in media coverage .
“ The president is frustrated , I am frustrated that we live in a country where only one side gets looked at .
And I @ @ @ @ @ @ @ going to look at this if nobody else does .
That doesn ’ t make me a Russian agent.
” The senator also said President Donald Trump had every right to ask the Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to cooperate with an investigation into corruption , during a July 25 , 2019 telephone call between the two leaders that sparked an impeachment inquiry in the House of Representatives .
( RELATED : Graham Rips Democrats Over Trump Impeachment Process : ‘ I Wouldn ’ t Cooperate ’ ) “ I just don ’ t @ @ @ @ @ @ @ wrong for the president to insist that the Ukrainians cooperate with us on an investigation.
” “ Here ’ s what I think is good foreign policy .
For [ Trump ] today to keep insisting that we know what the vice president and his son did in the Ukraine — did he do it ?
Did Biden do it in such a way so he is compromised ?
” Graham noted that three Democratic senators , Patrick Leahy , Robert Menendez , and Dick Durbin pressured the Ukrainians to cooperate with Special @ @ @ @ @ @ @ alleged collusion between the Trump election campaign and Russia .
The subsequent Mueller report found no evidence for the claim .
( RELATED : McConnell Makes Change To Senate Impeachment Rules ) “ I think the president believes there is a double standard .
I believe the president believes that he went through holy hell .
And I believe the same thing .
”

Republican South Carolina Lindsey Graham said Friday in Washington that he intends to investigate Hunter Biden’s activities while he sat on the board of a Ukrainian natural gas company.
Speaking to reporters at a news conference during the Senate impeachment trial, Graham berated the media for not bothering to ask questions about Biden’s lucrative work for Burisma and spoke of a “double standard” in media coverage. “The president is frustrated, I am frustrated that we live in a country where only one side gets looked at. And I am telling you now that I am going to look at this if nobody else does. That doesn’t make me a Russian agent.”
The senator also said President Donald Trump had every right to ask the Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to cooperate with an investigation into corruption, during a July 25, 2019 telephone call between the two leaders that sparked an impeachment inquiry in the House of Representatives. (RELATED: Graham Rips Democrats Over Trump Impeachment Process: ‘I Wouldn’t Cooperate’)
“I just don’t buy the idea that it’s wrong for the president to insist that the Ukrainians cooperate with us on an investigation.”
“Here’s what I think is good foreign policy. For [Trump] today to keep insisting that we know what the vice president and his son did in the Ukraine — did he do it? Did Biden do it in such a way so he is compromised?”
Graham noted that three Democratic senators, Patrick Leahy, Robert Menendez, and Dick Durbin pressured the Ukrainians to cooperate with Special Counsel Robert Mueller when he was investigating alleged collusion between the Trump election campaign and Russia. The subsequent Mueller report found no evidence for the claim. (RELATED: McConnell Makes Change To Senate Impeachment Rules)
“I think the president believes there is a double standard. I believe the president believes that he went through holy hell. And I believe the same thing.”