wnd--2020-06-19--Democrat leaders pander to the Vandals

Democrat leaders pander to the Vandals

Failed presidential candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren , D-Mass.
, wants to do more than remove the names of Confederate generals from American military bases .
She also proposes what Fox News ' Tucker Carlson calls `` the desecration of war graves '' by tearing down a monument to Confederate soldiers buried in Virginia 's Arlington National Cemetery .
`` This , '' says Carlson , `` is vandalism , '' named for the Vandals , one of the most destructive tribes that wrecked ancient Rome .
`` Healthy societies do not destroy their own history . ''
The Vandals have @ @ @ @ @ @ @ their most extreme demands to tear down a free and free-enterprise America .
She wants to be slow Joe Biden 's vice-presidential running mate and successor .
So does Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms , who approved charging with murder one of two Atlanta policemen attacked and overpowered by a black arrestee who grabbed one of their Tasers , fired this `` lethal weapon '' ( according to Georgia law ) at one officer , and was fatally shot .
Today 's Vandals , akin to a racist lynch mob , demand the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ more mass lootings and arson , Mayor Bottoms offered these officers as human sacrifices .
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`` @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Carlson .
`` Every success makes them stronger and … more radical . ''
The left now rages to defund and decease police .
Its groupthink mob chants , `` What do we want ?
Dead cops .
When do want 'em ?
Now ! ''
The Democratic Party represented slave owners and the Ku Klux Klan .
Now it has gone far left and wants to enslave all of us in a collectivist brown-shirt socialist dictatorship .
Democrats , who failed to overthrow President Donald Trump in a dishonest coup d'etat , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ down businesses and Trump rallies , while letting protesters and rioters rule the streets .
Democrats claim that a Trump Tulsa rally will spread coronavirus .
It likely will , because of leftist cash offered for infecting Trump and a Denver leftist city councilwoman 's approval for infecting Trump rallies ( discussed in this column on March 5 ) , which could cause many deaths .
President Franklin Delano Roosevelt promised us `` Four Freedoms , '' including `` Freedom from Fear . ''
As Democratic politicians surrender to every Vandal demand , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ had radical progressive Henry Wallace – deeply sympathetic to the Soviet Union and its Marxist ideology – as his vice president , only a heartbeat away from controlling the United States .
Shortly before his death , FDR replaced Wallace with Harry Truman , who became president .
Truman had been a member of the Ku Klux Klan – not because he was anti-black , he said , but because he was anti-Roman Catholic .
If Hillary Clinton had been elected president in 2016 , her running mate , Sen. Tim Kaine of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ away from ruling the United States .
Days ago , Sen. Kaine declared that `` the United States did n't inherit slavery .
… We created it . ''
This would be a surprise to ancient Roman and Greek slave owners such as utopian philosopher Plato , or to the slave-owning Prophet of Islam Muhammad , or to more than a million European Christians enslaved since 1530 by Muslims , or to the slave-owning Obama family of Kenya who hated the British for abolishing slavery there .
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi led pandering @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Asante Empire , which grew wealthy by enslaving fellow Africans and selling them to white slavers .
Democrats were honoring this richest slave-owning African tribe .
Kaine proposed prohibiting any use of troops to stop mass looting and torching of American cities .
Leftist Democratic mayors and governors have ordered their police not to stop leftist Vandals .
As a young Catholic activist in Central America , Kaine found a close mentor who advocated `` Liberation Theology , '' whose critics describe it as a radical left cult imitation of Christianity that @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Karl Marx .
In 2017 , Kaine 's son Linwood Michael `` Woody '' Kaine , then 25 , was convicted , fined and put on probation in Minneapolis .
He reportedly had donned the all-black garb of urban terrorist group Antifa , been associated with throwing a smoke bomb into a Republican gathering at the state Capitol , ran away and when surrounded by police threatened to violently resist arrest .
Three years later , Antifa was involved in reducing African American neighborhoods in Minneapolis to ashes .
Whomever Joe Biden picks @ @ @ @ @ @ @ vetted for signs of the same leftist views associated with Sen. Kaine , a `` stealth '' radical the liberal media told voters was a `` moderate . ''
To paraphrase songwriter Bob Dylan , we can not risk the destruction of our country because radical Democrats are helping the Vandals take the handles .
Lowell Ponte is a former Reader 's Digest Roving Editor .
His articles have appeared in the Wall Street Journal , the New York Times and other major publications .
His latest paper co-authored with Craig R. Smith @ @ @ @ @ @ @ shows how to rethink several areas of investment to protect and grow your savings against little-known economic threats .
For a free , postpaid copy , call toll-free 800-630-1492 .

Failed presidential candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., wants to do more than remove the names of Confederate generals from American military bases. She also proposes what Fox News' Tucker Carlson calls "the desecration of war graves" by tearing down a monument to Confederate soldiers buried in Virginia's Arlington National Cemetery.
"This," says Carlson, "is vandalism," named for the Vandals, one of the most destructive tribes that wrecked ancient Rome. "Healthy societies do not destroy their own history."
The Vandals have returned, and Sen. Warren panders to their most extreme demands to tear down a free and free-enterprise America. She wants to be slow Joe Biden's vice-presidential running mate and successor.
So does Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms, who approved charging with murder one of two Atlanta policemen attacked and overpowered by a black arrestee who grabbed one of their Tasers, fired this "lethal weapon" (according to Georgia law) at one officer, and was fatally shot.
Today's Vandals, akin to a racist lynch mob, demand the blood of these white policemen. Fearing more mass lootings and arson, Mayor Bottoms offered these officers as human sacrifices.
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"Extremists are never placated," says Carlson. "Every success makes them stronger and … more radical." The left now rages to defund and decease police. Its groupthink mob chants, "What do we want? Dead cops. When do want 'em? Now!"
The Democratic Party represented slave owners and the Ku Klux Klan. Now it has gone far left and wants to enslave all of us in a collectivist brown-shirt socialist dictatorship.
Democrats, who failed to overthrow President Donald Trump in a dishonest coup d'etat, wrecked Trump's successful economy by locking down businesses and Trump rallies, while letting protesters and rioters rule the streets. Democrats claim that a Trump Tulsa rally will spread coronavirus. It likely will, because of leftist cash offered for infecting Trump and a Denver leftist city councilwoman's approval for infecting Trump rallies (discussed in this column on March 5), which could cause many deaths.
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President Franklin Delano Roosevelt promised us "Four Freedoms," including "Freedom from Fear." As Democratic politicians surrender to every Vandal demand, are you free from fear?
FDR had radical progressive Henry Wallace – deeply sympathetic to the Soviet Union and its Marxist ideology – as his vice president, only a heartbeat away from controlling the United States. Shortly before his death, FDR replaced Wallace with Harry Truman, who became president. Truman had been a member of the Ku Klux Klan – not because he was anti-black, he said, but because he was anti-Roman Catholic.
If Hillary Clinton had been elected president in 2016, her running mate, Sen. Tim Kaine of Virginia, would today be a heartbeat away from ruling the United States.
Days ago, Sen. Kaine declared that "the United States didn't inherit slavery. … We created it." This would be a surprise to ancient Roman and Greek slave owners such as utopian philosopher Plato, or to the slave-owning Prophet of Islam Muhammad, or to more than a million European Christians enslaved since 1530 by Muslims, or to the slave-owning Obama family of Kenya who hated the British for abolishing slavery there.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi led pandering Democrats wearing imitation Ghana Kente cloth of the Asante Empire, which grew wealthy by enslaving fellow Africans and selling them to white slavers. Democrats were honoring this richest slave-owning African tribe.
Kaine proposed prohibiting any use of troops to stop mass looting and torching of American cities. Leftist Democratic mayors and governors have ordered their police not to stop leftist Vandals.
As a young Catholic activist in Central America, Kaine found a close mentor who advocated "Liberation Theology," whose critics describe it as a radical left cult imitation of Christianity that replaces Christ with the communism of racist Karl Marx.
In 2017, Kaine's son Linwood Michael "Woody" Kaine, then 25, was convicted, fined and put on probation in Minneapolis. He reportedly had donned the all-black garb of urban terrorist group Antifa, been associated with throwing a smoke bomb into a Republican gathering at the state Capitol, ran away and when surrounded by police threatened to violently resist arrest. Three years later, Antifa was involved in reducing African American neighborhoods in Minneapolis to ashes.
Whomever Joe Biden picks as his running mate must be thoroughly vetted for signs of the same leftist views associated with Sen. Kaine, a "stealth" radical the liberal media told voters was a "moderate." To paraphrase songwriter Bob Dylan, we cannot risk the destruction of our country because radical Democrats are helping the Vandals take the handles.
Lowell Ponte is a former Reader's Digest Roving Editor. His articles have appeared in the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times and other major publications. His latest paper co-authored with Craig R. Smith, "The Secret War," shows how to rethink several areas of investment to protect and grow your savings against little-known economic threats. For a free, postpaid copy, call toll-free 800-630-1492.


wnd--2020-06-19--America's Cultural Revolution – where 'silence is violence'

We 're in the dawn of a high-tech , bloodless Cultural Revolution , one that relies on intimidation , public shaming and economic ruin to dictate what words and ideas are permissible in the public square .
`` Words are violence '' has always been an illiberal notion meant to stifle speech and open discourse .
Popularized by a generation of coddled and brittle college students , it now guides policy on editorial pages at newspapers such as the Philadelphia Inquirer , The New York Times and most major news outlets .
The Times can claim that a harsh tone @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Tom Cotton 's recent op-ed was the reason the entire paper had a meltdown , but the staffers who revolted initially claimed that Cotton 's argument for bringing the National Guard into cities put black lives in `` danger . ''
None of the Times ' editors , all of whom are apparently comfortable with running fabulist histories or odes to Communist tyrannies , pushed back against the caustic notion that engaging in debate was an act of violence .
They bowed to the internal mob and pleaded for forgiveness .
What editor @ @ @ @ @ @ @ stand up for ideals of open and free debate if doing so means putting `` black lives in danger '' and ends his career ?
Few , if any .
The Times has been cleansed of reactionary elements .
The paper is in the hands of The People .
Others will follow .
You may also have noticed another progressive slogan gaining popularity these days : `` Silence is violence . ''
It 's no longer enough not to peddle wrongthink in the op-ed pages of the local paper , but now you @ @ @ @ @ @ @ or you , too , are tacitly engaged in violence and racism .
This is a neat trick : To speak out in the wrong way is violence .
Not to speak out is violence .
Not to speak out in the way progressives dictate is violence .
This is why your apolitical local lawn care company is sending out emails promising to dedicate themselves to Black Lives Matter .
No one wants to be accused of harboring counterrevolutionary sympathies .
That does n't leave much room for dissent , does it ?
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ n't conform ( save those who work for conservative political journals , perhaps ) risks being humiliated and ruined .
Social media have finally given our illiberal activists tools to ferret out suspicious characters and drag them in front of the digital tribunal .
By my count , there have been around a dozen struggle sessions for crimes against Black Lives Matter or related issues since last week .
`` Dee Nguyen has been fired from MTV sports reality show , 'The Challenge , ' after making insensitive comments about the Black Lives @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Sacramento Kings play-by-play announcer Grant Napear , who 's been calling games since 1988 , was forced to resign after saying the words `` all lives matter . ''
Refinery29 editor Christene Barberich was pushed out for alleged `` racist aggressions '' ( even the wording of the accusations has a mildly communist flavor ) .
Bon Appetit editor Adam Rapoport was booted for the same , but only after `` insensitive '' photos of him wearing a costume emerged .
In not one of these cases , as far as I @ @ @ @ @ @ @ rise to defend those whose careers may have been ruined over a bad joke , errant comment or stupid costume .
No , they participate in the ritual shaming along with everyone else .
And while these struggle sessions are primarily about public humiliation and intimidation , they are also ostensibly about self-criticism .
Hoping to salvage his future , for example , Rapoport has confessed that he had `` not championed an inclusive vision '' – and who can blame him ?
By the time you read this , Saints quarterback Drew @ @ @ @ @ @ @ round of ritual public self-flagellation – his wife having already apologized as well – for saying the words : `` I will never agree with anybody disrespecting the flag of the United States of America or our country . ''
Without an apology , we 're told , Brees would have been unable to work with teammates who are offended because there is no room for dissent on this issue .
Brees promises to `` listen . ''
Brees implores all of America to `` listen . ''
`` Listen '' is a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ everyone should genuinely listen .
They should hear out Tom Cotton as well .
Black Lives Matter is a group that is not only home to an inspirational sentiment and good people but also various hard left-wing groups and sentiments that some of us reject .
It should not get a dispensation from the rules every other movement lives by .
In a free and healthy nation , no issue should be above criticism or debate .
We once called that liberalism .

We're in the dawn of a high-tech, bloodless Cultural Revolution, one that relies on intimidation, public shaming and economic ruin to dictate what words and ideas are permissible in the public square.
"Words are violence" has always been an illiberal notion meant to stifle speech and open discourse. Popularized by a generation of coddled and brittle college students, it now guides policy on editorial pages at newspapers such as the Philadelphia Inquirer, The New York Times and most major news outlets.
The Times can claim that a harsh tone and a small factual error in Sen. Tom Cotton's recent op-ed was the reason the entire paper had a meltdown, but the staffers who revolted initially claimed that Cotton's argument for bringing the National Guard into cities put black lives in "danger."
None of the Times' editors, all of whom are apparently comfortable with running fabulist histories or odes to Communist tyrannies, pushed back against the caustic notion that engaging in debate was an act of violence. They bowed to the internal mob and pleaded for forgiveness. What editor at a major newspaper is going to stand up for ideals of open and free debate if doing so means putting "black lives in danger" and ends his career? Few, if any.
The Times has been cleansed of reactionary elements. The paper is in the hands of The People. Others will follow.
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You may also have noticed another progressive slogan gaining popularity these days: "Silence is violence." It's no longer enough not to peddle wrongthink in the op-ed pages of the local paper, but now you must also actively champion woke progressive positions or you, too, are tacitly engaged in violence and racism.
This is a neat trick: To speak out in the wrong way is violence. Not to speak out is violence. Not to speak out in the way progressives dictate is violence. This is why your apolitical local lawn care company is sending out emails promising to dedicate themselves to Black Lives Matter. No one wants to be accused of harboring counterrevolutionary sympathies.
That doesn't leave much room for dissent, does it? Anyone in the public square who doesn't conform (save those who work for conservative political journals, perhaps) risks being humiliated and ruined.
Social media have finally given our illiberal activists tools to ferret out suspicious characters and drag them in front of the digital tribunal. By my count, there have been around a dozen struggle sessions for crimes against Black Lives Matter or related issues since last week.
Is silence violence when it comes to racism? Yes No Completing this poll entitles you to WND news updates free of charge. You may opt out at anytime. You also agree to our Privacy Policy and Terms of Use You're logged in to Facebook. Click here to log out. 8% (2 Votes) 92% (23 Votes)
"Dee Nguyen has been fired from MTV sports reality show, 'The Challenge,' after making insensitive comments about the Black Lives Matter movement," reads one story.
Sacramento Kings play-by-play announcer Grant Napear, who's been calling games since 1988, was forced to resign after saying the words "all lives matter."
Refinery29 editor Christene Barberich was pushed out for alleged "racist aggressions" (even the wording of the accusations has a mildly communist flavor). Bon Appetit editor Adam Rapoport was booted for the same, but only after "insensitive" photos of him wearing a costume emerged.
In not one of these cases, as far as I can tell, did friends and co-workers rise to defend those whose careers may have been ruined over a bad joke, errant comment or stupid costume. No, they participate in the ritual shaming along with everyone else.
And while these struggle sessions are primarily about public humiliation and intimidation, they are also ostensibly about self-criticism. Hoping to salvage his future, for example, Rapoport has confessed that he had "not championed an inclusive vision" – and who can blame him?
By the time you read this, Saints quarterback Drew Brees will probably be on his 10th round of ritual public self-flagellation – his wife having already apologized as well – for saying the words: "I will never agree with anybody disrespecting the flag of the United States of America or our country."
Without an apology, we're told, Brees would have been unable to work with teammates who are offended because there is no room for dissent on this issue. Brees promises to "listen." Brees implores all of America to "listen." "Listen" is a euphemism for groupthink.
Of course, everyone should genuinely listen. They should hear out Tom Cotton as well. Black Lives Matter is a group that is not only home to an inspirational sentiment and good people but also various hard left-wing groups and sentiments that some of us reject. It should not get a dispensation from the rules every other movement lives by. In a free and healthy nation, no issue should be above criticism or debate. We once called that liberalism.


wnd--2020-06-19--Guess which surrender monkey won the Battle of the Monuments?

Steve Hilton is a Briton who anchors a current-affairs show on Fox News .
Mr. Hilton made the following feeble , snowflake 's case for the removal of the nation 's historically offensive statues : '' What 's wrong with Camp Ulysses Grant , '' Hilton further intoned sanctimoniously .
He was , presumably , plumping for the renaming of army installations like Fort Bragg , called after a Confederate major general , Braxton Bragg .
Sons of the South – men and women , young and old – see their forebear as having died `` in defense of the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Most Southerners were not slaveholders .
All Southerners were sovereigntists , fighting a War for Southern Independence .
Hilton , it goes without saying , is a follower of the State-run Church of Lincoln .
To the average TV dingbat , this means that Southern history comes courtesy of the likes of Doris Kearns Goodwin , a Lincoln idolater and the consummate court historian .
`` Doris Kearns Goodwin , '' explains professor Thomas J. DiLorenzo , the country 's chief Lincoln slayer , `` is a museum-quality specimen of a court @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to pulling the wool over the public 's eyes by portraying even the most immoral , corrupt and sleazy politicians as great , wise and altruistic men . ''
When Doris does the TV circuit , evangelizing for power , she never mentions , say , the close connection between her great Ulysses Grant and Hilton 's `` Native American neighbors . ''
Yes , Doris , Steve : who exactly exterminated the Plains Indians ?
American Indians will likely be hip to the fact that the Republicans , led by Gen. Sherman @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 60,000 Plains Indians from 1865 to 1890 .
The Plains Indians endured land dispossession that culminated , `` in the late 1880s , with the surviving tribes of the West being herded onto reservations , '' writes DiLorenzo , in `` The Feds versus The Indians . ''
Primary sources notwithstanding , to make his case in this tract alone , DiLorenzo galvanizes sources such as L.A. Marshall 's `` Crimsoned Prairie : The Indian Wars '' ( 1972 ) , John F. Marszalek 's `` Sherman : A Soldier 's Passion for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Sheridan : The Life and War of General Phil Sheridan '' ( 1992 ) , by Roy Morris Jr. '' 'We must act with vindictive earnestness against the Sioux , ' Sherman wrote to Ulysses S. Grant ( commanding general of the federal army ) in 1866 , 'even to their extermination , men , women and children . '
The Sioux must 'feel the superior power of the Government . '
Sherman vowed to remain in the West ' '' till the Indians are all killed or taken to a country where @ @ @ @ @ @ @ `` 'During an assault , ' he instructed his troops , 'the soldiers can not pause to distinguish between male and female , or even discriminate as to age . '
He chillingly referred to this policy in an 1867 letter to Grant as 'the final solution to the Indian problem , ' a phrase Hitler invoked some 70 years later . ''
Hilton , who believes in the Republican Party 's moral supremacy , ca n't be expected to know that , in `` eradicating the Indians of the West , '' @ @ @ @ @ @ @ corporate welfare '' to `` a segment of the railroad industry , which heavily bankrolled the Republican Party . ''
More so than The Other Worthies mentioned , `` our Native American neighbors '' have a tendency to harken back to a once-proud history .
If they retain any historic memory , then , America 's First Nations should balk at serving on Camp Ulysses Grant , or at Fort William Tecumseh Sherman .
The folks Hilton dubs `` our Africa American neighbors , '' on the other hand , are more vested @ @ @ @ @ @ @ what they want , which is , invariably , other people 's stuff , sometimes called `` reparations . ''
It follows that Conservatism Inc. usually uses American Indians as its perennial piñata , while generally acceding to the aggressive demands of African Americans for permanent victim status .
It 's to Hilton 's credit that he even mentioned Native Americans , who have little political clout and even less of an extractive approach to politics .
Given the state of his knowledge , Steve Hilton ca n't be expected to be familiar @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Confederacy .
According to another good , English thing , Encyclopedia Britannica , Acton was `` the first great modern philosopher of resistance to the state , whether its form be authoritarian , democratic , or socialist . ''
And this enlightened British thinker favored the Confederacy .
Lord Acton certainly supported , even admired , Robert E. Lee , and saw secession and states ' rights as a check on the sovereign will .
The general , surmised Lord Acton , was fighting to preserve `` the only availing check upon @ @ @ @ @ @ @ : states ' rights and secession .
`` Lee , '' argues Clyde Wilson , distinguished professor emeritus of history at the University of South Carolina , `` was the product of a pre-ideological society , whereas the 'treason ' shouters [ Lincoln and his accomplices ] were [ modern statists ] products of post-French Revolution nationalism .
[ To them ] , the Union meant the machinery of the federal government , under the control of their party , to be used for their agenda .
`` But as the Southern poet @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Union was a gentleman 's agreement , not a group of buildings in Washington from which sacred commandments were issued . ''
The acolytes of the French Revolution have carried the day , in their nihilistic Jacobinism .
Still , for its radicalism , America circa 2020 makes the philosophical descendants of the original Jacobins look positively clingy about their symbols and statues .
President Emmanuel Macron evinced the resolve the Anglo-American surrender monkeys are too feeble to feel , much less display : Said Macron , `` The [ French ] republic @ @ @ @ @ @ @ any name , from its history … it will not take down any statue . ''

Steve Hilton is a Briton who anchors a current-affairs show on Fox News.
Mr. Hilton made the following feeble, snowflake's case for the removal of the nation's historically offensive statues:
It's offensive to our Africa American neighbors to maintain statues in public places that cause not only offense, but real distress. And it is disrespectful to our Native American neighbors to glorify a man who they see as having committed genocide against their ancestors. None of this is to erase history. Put it all in a museum. Let's remember it and learn from it.
"What's wrong with Camp Ulysses Grant," Hilton further intoned sanctimoniously. He was, presumably, plumping for the renaming of army installations like Fort Bragg, called after a Confederate major general, Braxton Bragg.
Sons of the South – men and women, young and old – see their forebear as having died "in defense of the soil," and not for slavery. Most Southerners were not slaveholders. All Southerners were sovereigntists, fighting a War for Southern Independence.
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Hilton, it goes without saying, is a follower of the State-run Church of Lincoln. To the average TV dingbat, this means that Southern history comes courtesy of the likes of Doris Kearns Goodwin, a Lincoln idolater and the consummate court historian.
"Doris Kearns Goodwin," explains professor Thomas J. DiLorenzo, the country's chief Lincoln slayer, "is a museum-quality specimen of a court historian, a pseudo-intellectual who is devoted to pulling the wool over the public's eyes by portraying even the most immoral, corrupt and sleazy politicians as great, wise and altruistic men."
When Doris does the TV circuit, evangelizing for power, she never mentions, say, the close connection between her great Ulysses Grant and Hilton's "Native American neighbors."
Yes, Doris, Steve: who exactly exterminated the Plains Indians?
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American Indians will likely be hip to the fact that the Republicans, led by Gen. Sherman himself, supervised the genocide of some 60,000 Plains Indians from 1865 to 1890. The Plains Indians endured land dispossession that culminated, "in the late 1880s, with the surviving tribes of the West being herded onto reservations," writes DiLorenzo, in "The Feds versus The Indians."
Primary sources notwithstanding, to make his case in this tract alone, DiLorenzo galvanizes sources such as L.A. Marshall's "Crimsoned Prairie: The Indian Wars" (1972), John F. Marszalek's "Sherman: A Soldier's Passion for Order" (1993) and "Sheridan: The Life and War of General Phil Sheridan" (1992), by Roy Morris Jr.
"'We must act with vindictive earnestness against the Sioux,' Sherman wrote to Ulysses S. Grant (commanding general of the federal army) in 1866, 'even to their extermination, men, women and children.' The Sioux must 'feel the superior power of the Government.' Sherman vowed to remain in the West '"till the Indians are all killed or taken to a country where they can be watched.'"
"'During an assault,' he instructed his troops, 'the soldiers cannot pause to distinguish between male and female, or even discriminate as to age.' He chillingly referred to this policy in an 1867 letter to Grant as 'the final solution to the Indian problem,' a phrase Hitler invoked some 70 years later."
Hilton, who believes in the Republican Party's moral supremacy, can't be expected to know that, in "eradicating the Indians of the West," Sherman was delivering good old "veiled corporate welfare" to "a segment of the railroad industry, which heavily bankrolled the Republican Party."
Some things never change.
More so than The Other Worthies mentioned, "our Native American neighbors" have a tendency to harken back to a once-proud history. If they retain any historic memory, then, America's First Nations should balk at serving on Camp Ulysses Grant, or at Fort William Tecumseh Sherman.
The folks Hilton dubs "our Africa American neighbors," on the other hand, are more vested in breaking and burning stuff to get what they want, which is, invariably, other people's stuff, sometimes called "reparations."
It follows that Conservatism Inc. usually uses American Indians as its perennial piñata, while generally acceding to the aggressive demands of African Americans for permanent victim status. It's to Hilton's credit that he even mentioned Native Americans, who have little political clout and even less of an extractive approach to politics.
Given the state of his knowledge, Steve Hilton can't be expected to be familiar with Lord Acton's nuanced thinking on the Confederacy. According to another good, English thing, Encyclopedia Britannica, Acton was "the first great modern philosopher of resistance to the state, whether its form be authoritarian, democratic, or socialist." And this enlightened British thinker favored the Confederacy.
Lord Acton certainly supported, even admired, Robert E. Lee, and saw secession and states' rights as a check on the sovereign will.
The general, surmised Lord Acton, was fighting to preserve "the only availing check upon the absolutism of the sovereign will": states' rights and secession.
Lee's inspired reply to Lord Acton:
… I believe that the maintenance of the rights and authority reserved to the states and to the people … are the safeguard to the continuance of a free government … whereas the consolidation of the states into one vast republic, sure to be aggressive abroad and despotic at home, will be the certain precursor of that ruin which has overwhelmed all those that have preceded it.
"Lee," argues Clyde Wilson, distinguished professor emeritus of history at the University of South Carolina, "was the product of a pre-ideological society, whereas the 'treason' shouters [Lincoln and his accomplices] were [modern statists] products of post-French Revolution nationalism. [To them], the Union meant the machinery of the federal government, under the control of their party, to be used for their agenda.
"But as the Southern poet Allen Tate put it, the original Union was a gentleman's agreement, not a group of buildings in Washington from which sacred commandments were issued."
The acolytes of the French Revolution have carried the day, in their nihilistic Jacobinism. Still, for its radicalism, America circa 2020 makes the philosophical descendants of the original Jacobins look positively clingy about their symbols and statues.
President Emmanuel Macron evinced the resolve the Anglo-American surrender monkeys are too feeble to feel, much less display:
Said Macron, "The [French] republic will not erase any trace, or any name, from its history … it will not take down any statue."
Bravo, Monsieur Macron.


wnd--2020-06-18--Can we coexist with Asia's Communists?

Can we coexist with Asia's Communists?

Wednesday , Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met for seven hours at Hickam Air Force Base in Hawaii with the chief architect of China 's foreign policy , Yang Jiechi .
The two had much to talk about .
As The Washington Post reports , the `` bitterly contentious relationship '' between our two countries has `` reached the lowest point in almost half a century . ''
Not since Nixon went to China have relations been so bad .
Early this week , Chinese and Indian soldiers fought with rocks , sticks and clubs along the Himalayan truce line @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Twenty Indian soldiers died , some pushed over a cliff into a freezing river in the highest-casualty battle between the Asian giants in decades .
Among the issues surely raised with Pompeo by the Chinese is the growing bipartisan vilification of China and its ruling Communist Party by U.S. politicians the closer we come to November .
The U.S. has been putting China in the dock for concealing information on the coronavirus virus until it had spread , lying about it , and then letting Wuhan residents travel to the outside world @ @ @ @ @ @ @ America , it has become good politics to be tough on China .
The reasons are many .
High among them are the huge trade deficits with China that led to an historic deindustrialization of America , China 's emergence as the world 's first industrial power and a U.S. dependency on Chinese imports for the vital necessities of our national life .
Then there is the systematic theft of intellectual property from U.S. companies in China and Beijing 's deployment of thousands of student-spies into U.S. colleges and universities to steal security @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of Christianity , the denial of rights to the people of Tibet and the discovery of an archipelago of concentration camps in western China to `` reeducate '' Muslim Uighurs and Kazakhs to turn them into more loyal and obedient subjects .
Among the strategic concerns of Pompeo : China 's fortification of islets , rocks and reefs in the South China Sea and use of its warships to drive Vietnamese , Malaysian , Indonesian and Philippine fishing vessels out of their own territorial waters that China now claims .
Another worry for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and intermediate-range ballistic missiles , a nuclear arsenal not contained or covered by the Cold War arms agreements between Russia and the United States .
Then there were those provocative voyages by a Chinese aircraft carrier through the Taiwan Strait to intimidate Taipei and show Beijing 's hostility toward the recently reelected pro-U.S. government on the island .
Finally , there are China 's growing restrictions on the freedoms the people of Hong Kong have enjoyed under the Basic Law negotiated with the United Kingdom when the territory was ceded back to Beijing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ at Hickam was almost surely the new bellicosity out of Pyongyang .
This week , the building in Kaesong , just inside North Korea , where bilateral peace talks have been held between the two Koreas , was blown up by the North .
With the explosion came threats from the North to send combat troops back into positions they had vacated along the DMZ .
The rhetoric out of the North against South Korean President Moon Jae-in , coming from the 32-year-old sister of North Korean dictator Kim Jong-Un , the rising @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , has been scalding .
In a statement this week , Kim Yo-Jong derided Moon as a flunky of the Americans : `` It is our fixed judgment that it is no longer possible to discuss the North-South ties with such a servile partner engaging only in disgrace and self-ruin , being soaked by deep-rooted flunkyism . ''
North Korea 's state media published photos of the destruction of the joint liaison office .
Pyongyang is shutting off communications with Seoul , and a frustrated South looks to be ginning up and reciprocating @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and President Trump 's special relationship with Kim Jong-Un may not be far behind .
There are rumors of a renewal of nuclear weapons and long-range missile tests by the North , suspension of which was one of the diplomatic achievements of Trump .
Whether Trump 's cherished trade deal with China can survive the growing iciness between the two nations remains to be seen .
What the Chinese seem to be saying with their actions – against India , Vietnam , Malaysia , Indonesia , the Philippines , Taiwan , Australia , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ : Your American friends and allies are yesterday .
We are tomorrow .
The future of Asia belongs to us .
Deal with it !
No one should want a hot war , or a new cold war , with China or North Korea .
But if Trump was relying on his special relationships with Kim Jong-Un and Xi Jinping , his trade deal with China and his commitment by Kim to give up nuclear weapons for recognition , trade and aid , he will have to think again .
For the foreseeable @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and Pyongyang seem in the cards , if not worse .

Wednesday, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met for seven hours at Hickam Air Force Base in Hawaii with the chief architect of China's foreign policy, Yang Jiechi.
The two had much to talk about.
As The Washington Post reports, the "bitterly contentious relationship" between our two countries has "reached the lowest point in almost half a century." Not since Nixon went to China have relations been so bad.
Early this week, Chinese and Indian soldiers fought with rocks, sticks and clubs along the Himalayan truce line that dates back to their 1962 war. Twenty Indian soldiers died, some pushed over a cliff into a freezing river in the highest-casualty battle between the Asian giants in decades.
Among the issues surely raised with Pompeo by the Chinese is the growing bipartisan vilification of China and its ruling Communist Party by U.S. politicians the closer we come to November.
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The U.S. has been putting China in the dock for concealing information on the coronavirus virus until it had spread, lying about it, and then letting Wuhan residents travel to the outside world while quarantining them inside China.
In America, it has become good politics to be tough on China.
The reasons are many.
High among them are the huge trade deficits with China that led to an historic deindustrialization of America, China's emergence as the world's first industrial power and a U.S. dependency on Chinese imports for the vital necessities of our national life.
Then there is the systematic theft of intellectual property from U.S. companies in China and Beijing's deployment of thousands of student-spies into U.S. colleges and universities to steal security secrets.
Then there is the suppression of Christianity, the denial of rights to the people of Tibet and the discovery of an archipelago of concentration camps in western China to "reeducate" Muslim Uighurs and Kazakhs to turn them into more loyal and obedient subjects.
Among the strategic concerns of Pompeo: China's fortification of islets, rocks and reefs in the South China Sea and use of its warships to drive Vietnamese, Malaysian, Indonesian and Philippine fishing vessels out of their own territorial waters that China now claims.
Another worry for Pompeo: China's buildup of medium- and intermediate-range ballistic missiles, a nuclear arsenal not contained or covered by the Cold War arms agreements between Russia and the United States.
Then there were those provocative voyages by a Chinese aircraft carrier through the Taiwan Strait to intimidate Taipei and show Beijing's hostility toward the recently reelected pro-U.S. government on the island.
Finally, there are China's growing restrictions on the freedoms the people of Hong Kong have enjoyed under the Basic Law negotiated with the United Kingdom when the territory was ceded back to Beijing in 1997.
Also on the menu at Hickam was almost surely the new bellicosity out of Pyongyang. This week, the building in Kaesong, just inside North Korea, where bilateral peace talks have been held between the two Koreas, was blown up by the North. With the explosion came threats from the North to send combat troops back into positions they had vacated along the DMZ.
The rhetoric out of the North against South Korean President Moon Jae-in, coming from the 32-year-old sister of North Korean dictator Kim Jong-Un, the rising star of the regime, Kim Yo-Jong, has been scalding.
In a statement this week, Kim Yo-Jong derided Moon as a flunky of the Americans: "It is our fixed judgment that it is no longer possible to discuss the North-South ties with such a servile partner engaging only in disgrace and self-ruin, being soaked by deep-rooted flunkyism."
North Korea's state media published photos of the destruction of the joint liaison office. Pyongyang is shutting off communications with Seoul, and a frustrated South looks to be ginning up and reciprocating.
The North-South detente appears dead, and President Trump's special relationship with Kim Jong-Un may not be far behind.
There are rumors of a renewal of nuclear weapons and long-range missile tests by the North, suspension of which was one of the diplomatic achievements of Trump.
Whether Trump's cherished trade deal with China can survive the growing iciness between the two nations remains to be seen.
What the Chinese seem to be saying with their actions – against India, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines, Taiwan, Australia, Hong Kong and Japan – is this: Your American friends and allies are yesterday. We are tomorrow. The future of Asia belongs to us. Deal with it!
No one should want a hot war, or a new cold war, with China or North Korea.
But if Trump was relying on his special relationships with Kim Jong-Un and Xi Jinping, his trade deal with China and his commitment by Kim to give up nuclear weapons for recognition, trade and aid, he will have to think again.
For the foreseeable future, Communist bellicosity out of Beijing and Pyongyang seem in the cards, if not worse.


wnd--2020-06-18--Watch lone conservative prevent Antifa mob from torching Democrat mayor's house

A local conservative who ran against his city 's progressive mayor in last year 's primary , nevertheless , came to her defense when agitated Antifa vandals claiming to support black people mobilized outside her home , with one wielding a torch .
David Ross , who hosts `` The David Ross Show '' podcast , captured on video his confrontation last Friday night in Olympia , Washington , with militants in front of Mayor Cheryl Selby 's house chanting `` Abolish the police . ''
The irony , as WND reported , was that Selby was seen on video @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 1 drawing cheers from a crowd as she kneeled before black-clad activists in the state 's capital city .
But 12 days later , about 50 `` black-clad protesters , '' according to The Olympian newspaper 's description , smashed windows , burned flags and spray-painted businesses downtown then moved the mayhem to her front lawn .
They spray-painted her porch and door with `` BLM . ''
Ross , his video shows , jumped out of his car and confronted the militants when he saw one holding a torch .
With a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , `` You do n't want to do that m -- -- -f -- -- . ''
Continuing with extremely profane language , he essentially said he was trying to prevent the `` teen '' from doing something he would later regret .
`` I 'm asking you not to harass somebody or damage their house , or terrorize them in their house , '' he said .
It turned out that Selby was not home at the time .
`` Do you need to have a flame open in front of somebody @ @ @ @ @ @ @ The torch-wielding militant replied , `` Because I feel like it . ''
One white protester yelled , `` What is [ the mayor ] doing for black people in the city , dude ? ''
Ross replied : `` She has said some things in support of your movement .
My question is , do you need to have an open flame in front of her house ? ''
After further yelling , Ross returned to his car , apparently satisfied that the mayor 's house would n't be burned down .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the mayor , as some of you probably know , '' he said , speaking to viewers as he opened the door and sat in the driver 's seat .
`` But Mayor Selby , there 's your gimmee . ''
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A stunned Selby spoke the next morning to The Olympian .
`` I 'm really trying to process this , '' she said .
`` It 's like domestic terrorism .
It ’ s unfair .
`` It hurts when you ’ re giving so much to your community , '' she said .
In an interview with WND , Ross said Selby later sent him a text expressing her thanks .
But Ross @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a four-way nonpartisan primary race last August , said the mayor bears some responsibility for the destruction in her city 's downtown and the threat to her house .
`` This mayor is n't just a victim of these ne'er do wells , she 's had a direct hand in this happening , '' Ross said .
He noted , for example , she did n't grant the curfew requested by the police chief and voted against crowd control measures such as tear gas , rubber bullets and flash-bangs .
Ross , a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for 10 years as a psychiatric social worker doing homeless outreach , crisis intervention and substance abuse treatment .
He describes downtown Olympia as a `` wasteland '' after the dual impact of the coronavirus shutdown and the destruction by Antifa , wondering if business will return .
See video of the mayor at the June 1 protest :

A local conservative who ran against his city's progressive mayor in last year's primary, nevertheless, came to her defense when agitated Antifa vandals claiming to support black people mobilized outside her home, with one wielding a torch.
David Ross, who hosts "The David Ross Show" podcast, captured on video his confrontation last Friday night in Olympia, Washington, with militants in front of Mayor Cheryl Selby's house chanting "Abolish the police."
The irony, as WND reported, was that Selby was seen on video at a Black Lives Matter protest June 1 drawing cheers from a crowd as she kneeled before black-clad activists in the state's capital city.
But 12 days later, about 50 "black-clad protesters," according to The Olympian newspaper's description, smashed windows, burned flags and spray-painted businesses downtown then moved the mayhem to her front lawn.
TRENDING: Is this the 'Final Battle'?
They spray-painted her porch and door with "BLM."
Ross, his video shows, jumped out of his car and confronted the militants when he saw one holding a torch.
Watch the video below (Warning: Profane language):
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With a cricket bat in hand, he yelled, "You don't want to do that m-----f----."
Continuing with extremely profane language, he essentially said he was trying to prevent the "teen" from doing something he would later regret.
"I'm asking you not to harass somebody or damage their house, or terrorize them in their house," he said.
It turned out that Selby was not home at the time.
"Do you need to have a flame open in front of somebody's house?" Ross asked.
"Why?" he asked repeatedly.
The torch-wielding militant replied, "Because I feel like it."
One white protester yelled, "What is [the mayor] doing for black people in the city, dude?"
Ross replied: "She has said some things in support of your movement. My question is, do you need to have an open flame in front of her house?"
After further yelling, Ross returned to his car, apparently satisfied that the mayor's house wouldn't be burned down.
"I'm not the biggest fan of the mayor, as some of you probably know," he said, speaking to viewers as he opened the door and sat in the driver's seat. "But Mayor Selby, there's your gimmee."
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A stunned Selby spoke the next morning to The Olympian.
"I'm really trying to process this," she said. "It's like domestic terrorism. It’s unfair.
"It hurts when you’re giving so much to your community," she said.
In an interview with WND, Ross said Selby later sent him a text expressing her thanks.
But Ross, who finished second to Selby in a four-way nonpartisan primary race last August, said the mayor bears some responsibility for the destruction in her city's downtown and the threat to her house.
"This mayor isn't just a victim of these ne'er do wells, she's had a direct hand in this happening," Ross said.
He noted, for example, she didn't grant the curfew requested by the police chief and voted against crowd control measures such as tear gas, rubber bullets and flash-bangs.
Ross, a small business owner, said he worked for 10 years as a psychiatric social worker doing homeless outreach, crisis intervention and substance abuse treatment.
He describes downtown Olympia as a "wasteland" after the dual impact of the coronavirus shutdown and the destruction by Antifa, wondering if business will return.
See video of the mayor at the June 1 protest:


wnd--2020-06-18--The silent majority can be silent no more

Lately it seems that we conservatives ca n't win even when we 're winning .
But the country is under siege , so we can not indulge the luxury of being discouraged .
This year has been one body blow after another to the nation we love .
First , there was the coronavirus , and we thought , `` How can this get any worse ? ''
Then came the economic shutdown and the incalculable pain and suffering it brought .
Next were the riots , the radicals ' unopposed seizure of a section of Seattle and the maniacal @ @ @ @ @ @ @ police .
Now a series of rulings from the `` conservative '' Supreme Court are wreaking untold havoc on the Constitution and the rule of law .
It would n't take a Christian fanatic or an excitable conspiracist to conclude that America is now the target of an intense spiritual onslaught – brought on by its own rampant descent into decadence .
The left has been at war with America as founded for decades , and it has made great progress in transforming our culture and institutions .
Leftists are activism-oriented and relentless @ @ @ @ @ @ @ exhausting their less activist and less calculating opponents , and advance their agenda by sheer attrition .
But a more important factor in the left 's success is the depressing naivete of too many conservatives about its ultimate aims .
If you underestimate the extremism and determination of your opponents , how can you counter them ?
Perhaps one silver lining emerging from the Democrats ' enabling of the proliferating lawlessness in America is that unsuspecting patriots are finally awakening to the horrors facing us and the left 's cynical exploitation of them @ @ @ @ @ @ @ blue , but the left immediately weaponized it against President Donald Trump , their endless efforts to remove him having failed .
From the beginning of this scourge , it was obvious they were more interested in demonizing Trump than in defeating the virus .
The media and the Democratic Party bludgeoned Trump instead of working with him to combat the virus .
They excoriated him for responding too slowly when , had he listened to them , he would n't have implemented his travel bans , which objectively slowed the spread in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for defying the medical experts , when he was following their advice at every turn , including in shutting down the economy .
Though they have shut the economy down even more severely in their blue-controlled states , they preposterously blamed the inevitable economic downturn on him .
Though Trump and virtually all of America condemned the senseless killing of George Floyd , the extreme left seized the moment not merely to protest officer misconduct but to condemn the nation for `` systemic racism , '' `` white privilege '' and `` white @ @ @ @ @ @ @ protests into riots , looting and violence , and Democratic leaders refused to condemn it and instead fanned the flames lit by the organized mob .
They have joined the movement to topple monuments and erase all other unpleasant aspects of American history – as if they never occurred .
This is nothing new for the Democratic Party .
It was shocking that its key figures dared to publicly support some of the certifiably insane provisions of the Green New Deal – provisions too fantastical for even infants to endorse .
It was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ candidates openly supported the abolition of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement .
But this widespread move to defund the police takes the insanity to French Revolution-crazy levels .
How can parents not fear for their kids ' future ?
How can an entire political party give itself over to a lawless mob ?
How can it condone the systematic suppression of political speech by Hollywood , the corporate left and social media giants ?
Do rank-and-file liberals want to live in a country whose culture destroys people who wo n't toe the leftist @ @ @ @ @ @ @ be a matter of time before the mob they legitimized will turn on them , as surely as the French revolutionaries turned on their mastermind Maximilien Robespierre .
For an unquenchable mob hellbent on eradicating all traditions , systems and laws , nothing is sacred , and no one is immune .
Examples already abound .
Just ask actor Mark Duplass and author J.K. Rowling .
How can anyone be blind to this fascism ?
How , indeed , unless we really are witnessing a raging spiritual war .
Note to conservatives : @ @ @ @ @ @ @ extremism , maybe now you will wake up .
Ca n't you hear the alarms blaring ?
Too many on the right also mistakenly believe that this Democratic frenzy and leftist unrest is all based primarily on their contempt for President Donald Trump .
He has made them crazy , and they 'll do anything to get rid of him .
Then everything will return to normal .
Yes , he makes them crazier , more desperate and more unreasonable – mainly because he 's fighting them hammer and tongs – but he @ @ @ @ @ @ @ leftists do n't need any prompting to unleash their hell on America .
It stands for everything they hate .
With or without Trump , their goals remain the same .
But without Trump , their chances of finally undoing America immeasurably increase .
I began this column saying we ca n't afford to be discouraged .
We ca n't .
But that does n't mean we can afford to be blind to the gravity of the threats we face .
Let 's wake up and rededicate ourselves to preventing the destruction of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
My bet is the silent majority is bigger than ever and that we 'll see that in November .
Stay in the fight like your children 's future depends on it – because it does .

Lately it seems that we conservatives can't win even when we're winning. But the country is under siege, so we cannot indulge the luxury of being discouraged.
This year has been one body blow after another to the nation we love. First, there was the coronavirus, and we thought, "How can this get any worse?" Then came the economic shutdown and the incalculable pain and suffering it brought. Next were the riots, the radicals' unopposed seizure of a section of Seattle and the maniacal efforts throughout the country to defund the police. Now a series of rulings from the "conservative" Supreme Court are wreaking untold havoc on the Constitution and the rule of law.
It wouldn't take a Christian fanatic or an excitable conspiracist to conclude that America is now the target of an intense spiritual onslaught – brought on by its own rampant descent into decadence.
The left has been at war with America as founded for decades, and it has made great progress in transforming our culture and institutions. Leftists are activism-oriented and relentless. They pursue their goals 24/7, exhausting their less activist and less calculating opponents, and advance their agenda by sheer attrition.
But a more important factor in the left's success is the depressing naivete of too many conservatives about its ultimate aims. If you underestimate the extremism and determination of your opponents, how can you counter them?
TRENDING: Is this the 'Final Battle'?
Perhaps one silver lining emerging from the Democrats' enabling of the proliferating lawlessness in America is that unsuspecting patriots are finally awakening to the horrors facing us and the left's cynical exploitation of them.
The virus isn't red or blue, but the left immediately weaponized it against President Donald Trump, their endless efforts to remove him having failed. From the beginning of this scourge, it was obvious they were more interested in demonizing Trump than in defeating the virus.
The media and the Democratic Party bludgeoned Trump instead of working with him to combat the virus. They excoriated him for responding too slowly when, had he listened to them, he wouldn't have implemented his travel bans, which objectively slowed the spread in the United States.
They savaged him for defying the medical experts, when he was following their advice at every turn, including in shutting down the economy. Though they have shut the economy down even more severely in their blue-controlled states, they preposterously blamed the inevitable economic downturn on him.
Though Trump and virtually all of America condemned the senseless killing of George Floyd, the extreme left seized the moment not merely to protest officer misconduct but to condemn the nation for "systemic racism," "white privilege" and "white supremacy."
Leftist activists converted the protests into riots, looting and violence, and Democratic leaders refused to condemn it and instead fanned the flames lit by the organized mob. They have joined the movement to topple monuments and erase all other unpleasant aspects of American history – as if they never occurred.
This is nothing new for the Democratic Party. It was shocking that its key figures dared to publicly support some of the certifiably insane provisions of the Green New Deal – provisions too fantastical for even infants to endorse. It was surreal that some of their leading presidential candidates openly supported the abolition of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. But this widespread move to defund the police takes the insanity to French Revolution-crazy levels.
How can parents not fear for their kids' future? How can an entire political party give itself over to a lawless mob? How can it condone the systematic suppression of political speech by Hollywood, the corporate left and social media giants?
Do rank-and-file liberals want to live in a country whose culture destroys people who won't toe the leftist line? Ironically, it will only be a matter of time before the mob they legitimized will turn on them, as surely as the French revolutionaries turned on their mastermind Maximilien Robespierre. For an unquenchable mob hellbent on eradicating all traditions, systems and laws, nothing is sacred, and no one is immune. Examples already abound. Just ask actor Mark Duplass and author J.K. Rowling. How can anyone be blind to this fascism? How, indeed, unless we really are witnessing a raging spiritual war.
Note to conservatives: If you have been casually dismissing leftist extremism, maybe now you will wake up. Can't you hear the alarms blaring?
Too many on the right also mistakenly believe that this Democratic frenzy and leftist unrest is all based primarily on their contempt for President Donald Trump. He has made them crazy, and they'll do anything to get rid of him. Then everything will return to normal.
Yes, he makes them crazier, more desperate and more unreasonable – mainly because he's fighting them hammer and tongs – but he didn't make them leftists, and leftists don't need any prompting to unleash their hell on America. It stands for everything they hate.
With or without Trump, their goals remain the same. But without Trump, their chances of finally undoing America immeasurably increase.
I began this column saying we can't afford to be discouraged. We can't. But that doesn't mean we can afford to be blind to the gravity of the threats we face. Let's wake up and rededicate ourselves to preventing the destruction of America. Don't ever lose hope. My bet is the silent majority is bigger than ever and that we'll see that in November. Stay in the fight like your children's future depends on it – because it does.


wnd--2020-06-18--Former federal worker who leaked classified details sentenced to jail

A former federal employee at the Defense Intelligence Agency has been sentenced to 30 months in prison for leaking classified information to journalists .
The sentencing of Henry Kyle Frese , 31 , of Alexandria , Virginia , comes amid the controversy over John Bolton 's upcoming book , which the White House charges contains classified information .
It also follows the leaks from federal employees throughout the Trump administration .
Frese is a former DIA worker who handed over classified information to two journalists in 2018 and 2019 .
`` Frese repeatedly passed classified information to a reporter , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ all for personal gain , '' said Assistant Attorney General for National Security John C. Demers .
`` When this information was published , it was shared with all of our nation 's adversaries , creating a risk of exceptionally grave harm to the security of this country .
His conviction and sentence demonstrate the department ’ s commitment to the investigation and prosecution of such betrayals by clearance holders as part of our mandate to protect our citizens and defend the national security of the United States . ''
`` The American @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 's most sensitive secrets to keep those secrets safe .
Mr. Frese did just the opposite , ” said Assistant Director Alan E. Kohler Jr. of the FBI 's Counterintelligence Division .
“ The FBI is committed to protecting the national security interests of the United States and will vigorously pursue investigations into current and former clearance holders who leak classified information.
” The DOJ said court documents outline that Frese was working as a counterterrorism analyst in 2018 and 2019 , and held a Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information security clearance .
`` @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in 2018 , all authored by the same journalist `` Journalist 1 '' that contained classified NDI that related to the capabilities of foreign countries ' weapons systems , the DOJ said .
They included classified information from intelligence reports , information whose disclosure `` could reasonably be expected to result in exceptionally grave damage to the national security , '' DOJ said .
An investigation revealed Frese and `` Journalist 1 '' lived together at the same residential address from January through November 2018 , and at least twice Frese re-tweeted announcements @ @ @ @ @ @ @ articles .
Frese later coordinated with Journalist 2 more than a dozen times on more articles .
And he accessed `` an intelligence report unrelated to his job duties on multiple occasions . ''
`` On at least 30 separate occasions in 2018 , Frese conducted searches on classified government systems for information regarding the classified topics he discussed with Journalists 1 and 2 .
On multiple occasions in 2018 and 2019 , Frese conducted searches on classified government systems because of specific requests for information from Journalists 1 and 2 , '' @ @ @ @ @ @ @ nation ’ s secrets are published , in print or online , those secrets are made available to all of our adversaries , ” said G. Zachary Terwilliger , U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia .
“ Frese ’ s choice to betray his oath to his country had real consequences and caused actual harm to the safety of this country and its citizens . ''

A former federal employee at the Defense Intelligence Agency has been sentenced to 30 months in prison for leaking classified information to journalists.
The sentencing of Henry Kyle Frese, 31, of Alexandria, Virginia, comes amid the controversy over John Bolton's upcoming book, which the White House charges contains classified information.
It also follows the leaks from federal employees throughout the Trump administration.
Frese is a former DIA worker who handed over classified information to two journalists in 2018 and 2019.
TRENDING: Is this the 'Final Battle'?
"Frese repeatedly passed classified information to a reporter, sometimes in response to her requests, all for personal gain," said Assistant Attorney General for National Security John C. Demers. "When this information was published, it was shared with all of our nation's adversaries, creating a risk of exceptionally grave harm to the security of this country. His conviction and sentence demonstrate the department’s commitment to the investigation and prosecution of such betrayals by clearance holders as part of our mandate to protect our citizens and defend the national security of the United States."
"The American people expect those entrusted with our nation's most sensitive secrets to keep those secrets safe. Mr. Frese did just the opposite,” said Assistant Director Alan E. Kohler Jr. of the FBI's Counterintelligence Division. “The FBI is committed to protecting the national security interests of the United States and will vigorously pursue investigations into current and former clearance holders who leak classified information.”
The DOJ said court documents outline that Frese was working as a counterterrorism analyst in 2018 and 2019, and held a Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information security clearance.
"News Outlet 1" published eight articles in 2018, all authored by the same journalist "Journalist 1" that contained classified NDI that related to the capabilities of foreign countries' weapons systems, the DOJ said.
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They included classified information from intelligence reports, information whose disclosure "could reasonably be expected to result in exceptionally grave damage to the national security," DOJ said.
An investigation revealed Frese and "Journalist 1" lived together at the same residential address from January through November 2018, and at least twice Frese re-tweeted announcements from Journalist 1 about the publication of articles.
Frese later coordinated with Journalist 2 more than a dozen times on more articles.
And he accessed "an intelligence report unrelated to his job duties on multiple occasions."
"On at least 30 separate occasions in 2018, Frese conducted searches on classified government systems for information regarding the classified topics he discussed with Journalists 1 and 2. On multiple occasions in 2018 and 2019, Frese conducted searches on classified government systems because of specific requests for information from Journalists 1 and 2," the government charged.
"When our nation’s secrets are published, in print or online, those secrets are made available to all of our adversaries,” said G. Zachary Terwilliger, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia. “Frese’s choice to betray his oath to his country had real consequences and caused actual harm to the safety of this country and its citizens."


wnd--2020-06-18--Why have Congress if it doesn't do its job?

This past week , the U.S. Supreme Court handed down its decision in Bostock v. Clayton County .
Hailed as a landmark decision for LGBT Americans , the 6-3 opinion written by Associate Justice Neil Gorsuch concludes that the use of the word `` sex '' in Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act protects gay and transgender people from workplace discrimination .
This seems like a straightforward question with an easy answer : Should gay and transgender people be discriminated against in hiring and firing decisions ?
Most would say no .
Why should a bank teller be @ @ @ @ @ @ @ n't an accounting firm hire a qualified , competent CPA without regard to how he or she identifies ?
But no sooner was the decision announced than the questions exploded : Does this ruling apply to schools ?
Bathrooms ?
Health clubs ?
Women 's shelters ?
Prisons ?
What about churches , parochial schools and other religiously affiliated organizations ?
How does Bostock affect the Hosanna-Tabor case , a 2012 decision in which the Supreme Court unanimously held that religiously affiliated organizations are protected by a `` ministerial exception '' when making @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the cases being litigated under Title IX relating to women 's participation in sports ( among other issues ) ?
These questions – and countless others – are not answered in or by the Bostock case .
Critics of the Bostock decision – including the three dissenting justices , Samuel Alito , Brett Kavanaugh and Clarence Thomas – argue that it is not the court 's job to rewrite legislation but only to interpret it .
Gorsuch says that 's precisely what the court did ; it interpreted the meaning of the word @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 're inclined to agree with Gorsuch that the court interpreted what the statute means , there 's still one important caveat : in this case .
This should drive home a very important difference between case law and legislation .
It 's not simply a constitutional debate over separation of powers , or a philosophical question about governance by elected representatives – although those are important issues .
There are also practical concerns with this method of crafting the laws that govern our daily lives .
When legislation is drafted by Congress or @ @ @ @ @ @ @ hearings , opportunities for public comment , countless drafts and even multiple versions introduced in the House and Senate ( at least for those states with a bicameral legislature ) .
Legislators take months – often years – to consider the implications and execution of the legislation they intend to pass .
They ask questions of their constituents , of experts and thought leaders in the field .
They put in explanations , conditions and exceptions in response to the input and feedback they have received as the legislation moves through the process @ @ @ @ @ @ @ never perfect .
But it is typically comprehensive .
( This is why statutes can run hundreds or even thousands of pages . )
While legislators can not possibly anticipate every question or future application of the law , those that they or others have thought of will be incorporated into the statutory text .
Not so with case law .
In the Anglo-American system , judges may only decide issues that are present based upon the facts in the case before them .
Judges at every level are constrained by their judicial @ @ @ @ @ @ @ their rulings may be applied in future cases .
I am not suggesting that the judges and courts do n't think about the future implications – their decisions will have precedential effect , after all – only that they may not issue opinions about different facts or issues that are not before them .
In other words , while the Supreme Court can decide whether or not the plaintiffs in the cases consolidated in Bostock were discriminated against , and whether such discrimination was prohibited by this particular language in that particular statute @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that are not decided by the Bostock opinion will have to be decided in the future .
Case by case by case by case by case .
Like many Americans , I personally agree with the result in Bostock .
But this method of establishing law is expensive and inefficient , to say the very least .
The Supreme Court grants very few petitions for writs of certiorari – almost 99 % of petitions for appeal sent to the court during one term were denied .
Those that do make it to the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ millions of dollars – sometimes tens of millions – in legal fees by the time the litigation is concluded .
And yet , when a new dispute with different facts arises , we 'll have to ask : Does the ruling in X case apply to these facts ?
Only one way to find out : Off to court we go again .
Even those cases that do n't go beyond the lower courts of appeals cost hundreds of thousands of dollars – and are only binding law in the jurisdiction where they @ @ @ @ @ @ @ these issues to be addressed would be for Congress to step in and do its job – in this case , to amend the 1964 Civil Rights Act to state specifically that `` sex '' shall be interpreted to mean `` sexual orientation '' and `` gender identity . ''
In so doing , Congress could take into account the other factual circumstances that the Supreme Court can not , including any necessary exceptions and exclusions , and craft comprehensive legislation accordingly .
Congress has failed to do this .
It 's certainly @ @ @ @ @ @ @ up the issues left or created by the Bostock decision , and to provide some statutory specifics and much-needed clarity .
But it needs to act .
If we have to rely on the United States Supreme Court to write laws because Congress ca n't seem to , why bother having Congress at all ?

This past week, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down its decision in Bostock v. Clayton County. Hailed as a landmark decision for LGBT Americans, the 6-3 opinion written by Associate Justice Neil Gorsuch concludes that the use of the word "sex" in Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act protects gay and transgender people from workplace discrimination.
This seems like a straightforward question with an easy answer: Should gay and transgender people be discriminated against in hiring and firing decisions? Most would say no. Why should a bank teller be fired for being gay? Why shouldn't an accounting firm hire a qualified, competent CPA without regard to how he or she identifies?
But no sooner was the decision announced than the questions exploded: Does this ruling apply to schools? Bathrooms? Health clubs? Women's shelters? Prisons? What about churches, parochial schools and other religiously affiliated organizations? How does Bostock affect the Hosanna-Tabor case, a 2012 decision in which the Supreme Court unanimously held that religiously affiliated organizations are protected by a "ministerial exception" when making hiring and firing decisions? What about the cases being litigated under Title IX relating to women's participation in sports (among other issues)?
These questions – and countless others – are not answered in or by the Bostock case.
Critics of the Bostock decision – including the three dissenting justices, Samuel Alito, Brett Kavanaugh and Clarence Thomas – argue that it is not the court's job to rewrite legislation but only to interpret it. Gorsuch says that's precisely what the court did; it interpreted the meaning of the word "sex."
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Even if you're inclined to agree with Gorsuch that the court interpreted what the statute means, there's still one important caveat: in this case. This should drive home a very important difference between case law and legislation.
It's not simply a constitutional debate over separation of powers, or a philosophical question about governance by elected representatives – although those are important issues. There are also practical concerns with this method of crafting the laws that govern our daily lives.
When legislation is drafted by Congress or state legislatures, it goes through committee hearings, opportunities for public comment, countless drafts and even multiple versions introduced in the House and Senate (at least for those states with a bicameral legislature). Legislators take months – often years – to consider the implications and execution of the legislation they intend to pass. They ask questions of their constituents, of experts and thought leaders in the field. They put in explanations, conditions and exceptions in response to the input and feedback they have received as the legislation moves through the process of enactment.
What is passed is never perfect. But it is typically comprehensive. (This is why statutes can run hundreds or even thousands of pages.) While legislators cannot possibly anticipate every question or future application of the law, those that they or others have thought of will be incorporated into the statutory text.
Not so with case law.
In the Anglo-American system, judges may only decide issues that are present based upon the facts in the case before them. Judges at every level are constrained by their judicial duties and responsibilities from speaking to how their rulings may be applied in future cases. I am not suggesting that the judges and courts don't think about the future implications – their decisions will have precedential effect, after all – only that they may not issue opinions about different facts or issues that are not before them.
In other words, while the Supreme Court can decide whether or not the plaintiffs in the cases consolidated in Bostock were discriminated against, and whether such discrimination was prohibited by this particular language in that particular statute, the very questions already being asked that are not decided by the Bostock opinion will have to be decided in the future.
Case by case by case by case by case.
Like many Americans, I personally agree with the result in Bostock. But this method of establishing law is expensive and inefficient, to say the very least. The Supreme Court grants very few petitions for writs of certiorari – almost 99% of petitions for appeal sent to the court during one term were denied.
Those that do make it to the Supreme Court will have cost the parties millions of dollars – sometimes tens of millions – in legal fees by the time the litigation is concluded. And yet, when a new dispute with different facts arises, we'll have to ask: Does the ruling in X case apply to these facts? Only one way to find out: Off to court we go again. Even those cases that don't go beyond the lower courts of appeals cost hundreds of thousands of dollars – and are only binding law in the jurisdiction where they're decided.
The better way for these issues to be addressed would be for Congress to step in and do its job – in this case, to amend the 1964 Civil Rights Act to state specifically that "sex" shall be interpreted to mean "sexual orientation" and "gender identity." In so doing, Congress could take into account the other factual circumstances that the Supreme Court cannot, including any necessary exceptions and exclusions, and craft comprehensive legislation accordingly.
Congress has failed to do this. It's certainly not too late for Congress to take up the issues left or created by the Bostock decision, and to provide some statutory specifics and much-needed clarity. But it needs to act. If we have to rely on the United States Supreme Court to write laws because Congress can't seem to, why bother having Congress at all?


wnd--2020-06-18--Saving for kids' college: What percentage?

What percentage of our income should we save for our kids ' education ?
We know you recommend setting aside 15 percent for retirement , but do you have a similar rule that applies to paying for college ?
I do n't really have a rule , or percentage , for how much you should save toward a college fund .
If you 're following the Baby Steps , I recommend getting 15 percent of your income going toward retirement before saving for college .
After you 've got your retirement savings rolling , put what you can , based @ @ @ @ @ @ @ college funding .
If you 've got teenagers in the house , you need to get serious about college funding soon – like right now .
There 's no rush if they 're toddlers , but you might want to start looking at things like a 529 or an ESA ( Education Savings Account ) .
The thing is , there are just too many variables , the main one being the ages of the kids , to set a strict percentage .
You 've also got to consider things like where you @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , how much you want to save and other factors .
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Do n't put your home on the line !
We 'd like to start preparing for the future , but our debt is preventing us from investing for retirement .
Would it be OK to use a home equity line of credit to start investing ?
We were thinking the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ No !
Never put something as important and meaningful as your home on the line just for the sake of investing .
Do not borrow against your home !
I 'm guessing you 're new to my way of doing things , so let 's start from the beginning .
First , follow the Baby Steps .
Getting $ 1,000 in the bank as a starter emergency fund is Baby Step 1 .
Next , pay off all your debts from smallest to largest – except for your home – using the debt @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 2 .
It 's time then to revisit your emergency fund , and bulk it up to a full three to six months of expenses in Baby Step 3 .
Now , it 's time to really start thinking about your future and retirement .
In Baby Step 4 , take 15 percent of your gross household income and start investing it for retirement .
Start with your company 's 401 ( k ) plan , up to the full employer match .
Then , invest the rest into Roth IRAs .
One @ @ @ @ @ @ @ spouse , if you 're married .
Here 's the thing , Nick .
Investing becomes easy at this point , because you 've freed up your income .
And that 's the most important wealth-building tool you have !

Dear Dave,
What percentage of our income should we save for our kids' education? We know you recommend setting aside 15 percent for retirement, but do you have a similar rule that applies to paying for college?
Andrew
Dear Andrew,
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I don't really have a rule, or percentage, for how much you should save toward a college fund. If you're following the Baby Steps, I recommend getting 15 percent of your income going toward retirement before saving for college. After you've got your retirement savings rolling, put what you can, based on your own unique situation, toward college funding.
If you've got teenagers in the house, you need to get serious about college funding soon – like right now. There's no rush if they're toddlers, but you might want to start looking at things like a 529 or an ESA (Education Savings Account).
The thing is, there are just too many variables, the main one being the ages of the kids, to set a strict percentage. You've also got to consider things like where you're thinking about them going to school, how much you want to save and other factors.
Dave
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Don't put your home on the line!
Dear Dave,
We'd like to start preparing for the future, but our debt is preventing us from investing for retirement. Would it be OK to use a home equity line of credit to start investing? We were thinking the eventual returns might justify doing this.
Nick
Dear Nick,
No! Never put something as important and meaningful as your home on the line just for the sake of investing. Do not borrow against your home!
I'm guessing you're new to my way of doing things, so let's start from the beginning. First, follow the Baby Steps. Getting $1,000 in the bank as a starter emergency fund is Baby Step 1. Next, pay off all your debts from smallest to largest – except for your home – using the debt snowball method. That's Baby Step 2. It's time then to revisit your emergency fund, and bulk it up to a full three to six months of expenses in Baby Step 3.
Now, it's time to really start thinking about your future and retirement. In Baby Step 4, take 15 percent of your gross household income and start investing it for retirement. Start with your company's 401(k) plan, up to the full employer match. Then, invest the rest into Roth IRAs. One for you, and one for your spouse, if you're married.
Here's the thing, Nick. Investing becomes easy at this point, because you've freed up your income. And that's the most important wealth-building tool you have!
Dave


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wnd--2020-06-19--Video shows absolute carnage done to hotel after libs turn it into a homeless sanctuary

Add a former Sheraton Hotel to the long list of buildings ruined by the Minneapolis riots .
As the world now knows , the city of Minneapolis sustained millions of dollars in damages after protests over the May 25 death of George Floyd in police custody turned into riots , stoked by radical leftist groups antifa and Black Lives Matter .
One particular building had managed to avoid getting set on fire : a hotel in close proximity to the riots .
Rioters persuaded the hotel 's owner to turn into an ad-hoc shelter for homeless and protesters .
Soon @ @ @ @ @ @ @ this new communal utopia .
Vice described a place where residents “ collectively determined their needs and wants . ''
`` The hotel-shelter effort was met with great fanfare , aspiring to be a kind of utopian , leaderless sanctuary for people without anywhere else to go , '' Max Nesterak wrote in the Minnesota Reformer .
`` It was completely volunteer-run and organized by multiple , massive Google docs for people to sign up to deliver food , clean rooms or provide security . ''
TRENDING : Helpless 92-year-old woman injured after @ @ @ @ @ @ @ NYC That sort of arrangement does work in religious monasteries and convents where the living space is shared by praying monks or nuns who worship God .
It does not work in a place where the volunteers worship Karl Marx and have the emotional development of preschoolers .
Actually , preschoolers would handle it better .
After all , 3-year-olds feel shame when they are bad , and they do not do drugs .
Unfortunately , the volunteers running the hotel-shelter allowed the homeless to bring in as many drugs as they wanted @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Minneapolis/St .
Paul Business Journal reported that `` the situation was apparently growing unwieldy .
The volunteers operating the shelter allowed residents to bring in drugs and alcohol , leading to reports of widespread drug use and overdoses . ''
It also led to the hotel 's owner evicting the occupants and the volunteers abandoning the effort after the former Sheraton was turned into a scene from a post-apocalyptic dystopian novel .
Communist utopias always turn out that way .
In one irony , many of the homeless who ended up at the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ had destroyed the places where they usually sleep at night .
For example , resident Abu Bakr had been sleeping in his car at night until the rioters torched it , Nesterak reported .
Others came from a nearby homeless camp that been cleared out due to its proximity to the protests .
Homeless residents of the city , many of whom suffer from mental illness or drug addiction , already had limited options due to the closure of public buildings and shelters during the coronavirus pandemic .
Legitimate shelters and private charities @ @ @ @ @ @ @ drugs and mayhem into such facilities .
But the radical left-wing protesters who commandeered the Sheraton are not legitimate charity workers , and they 're not big believers in private property .
Therefore , they turned it into the Hotel California .
The radicals currently destroying cities want to be able to take over property for their own use and then allow it to be destroyed .
A person 's property should not be destroyed at the hands of someone else .
But if you follow a philosophy that does not believe in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ take long for you to dismiss that property 's destruction .
Parents , teach your kids so we do not end up with more young people who do n't understand this .
Communism is a bad thing .
Always has been .
Always will be .
Oh yeah .
And do not do drugs .
This article appeared originally on The Western Journal .

Add a former Sheraton Hotel to the long list of buildings ruined by the Minneapolis riots.
As the world now knows, the city of Minneapolis sustained millions of dollars in damages after protests over the May 25 death of George Floyd in police custody turned into riots, stoked by radical leftist groups antifa and Black Lives Matter.
One particular building had managed to avoid getting set on fire: a hotel in close proximity to the riots. Rioters persuaded the hotel's owner to turn into an ad-hoc shelter for homeless and protesters.
Soon, left-wing writers were waxing eloquent about this new communal utopia. Vice described a place where residents “collectively determined their needs and wants."
"The hotel-shelter effort was met with great fanfare, aspiring to be a kind of utopian, leaderless sanctuary for people without anywhere else to go," Max Nesterak wrote in the Minnesota Reformer. "It was completely volunteer-run and organized by multiple, massive Google docs for people to sign up to deliver food, clean rooms or provide security."
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That sort of arrangement does work in religious monasteries and convents where the living space is shared by praying monks or nuns who worship God.
It does not work in a place where the volunteers worship Karl Marx and have the emotional development of preschoolers. Actually, preschoolers would handle it better. After all, 3-year-olds feel shame when they are bad, and they do not do drugs.
Unfortunately, the volunteers running the hotel-shelter allowed the homeless to bring in as many drugs as they wanted and to shoot up there.
The Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal reported that "the situation was apparently growing unwieldy. The volunteers operating the shelter allowed residents to bring in drugs and alcohol, leading to reports of widespread drug use and overdoses."
It also led to the hotel's owner evicting the occupants and the volunteers abandoning the effort after the former Sheraton was turned into a scene from a post-apocalyptic dystopian novel.
Nesterak posted video evidence on Twitter on June 11:
Volunteers pulled out yesterday night and stopped providing food, security and basic medical care. They tried to find people places to go and distributed tents for people to camp. Backstory here: https://t.co/EifG0MrkdK — Max Nesterak (@maxnesterak) June 11, 2020
I spoke to a mother who came here looking for her daughter, to bring her food and a tent. She was in tears saying “this is just like out of a horror movie.” pic.twitter.com/MUW1U3CkmP — Max Nesterak (@maxnesterak) June 11, 2020
Communist utopias always turn out that way.
In one irony, many of the homeless who ended up at the hotel had been forced there because rioters had destroyed the places where they usually sleep at night. For example, resident Abu Bakr had been sleeping in his car at night until the rioters torched it, Nesterak reported.
Others came from a nearby homeless camp that been cleared out due to its proximity to the protests.
Homeless residents of the city, many of whom suffer from mental illness or drug addiction, already had limited options due to the closure of public buildings and shelters during the coronavirus pandemic.
Legitimate shelters and private charities ensure that these individuals do not bring drugs and mayhem into such facilities. But the radical left-wing protesters who commandeered the Sheraton are not legitimate charity workers, and they're not big believers in private property. Therefore, they turned it into the Hotel California.
The radicals currently destroying cities want to be able to take over property for their own use and then allow it to be destroyed. A person's property should not be destroyed at the hands of someone else. But if you follow a philosophy that does not believe in private property rights, it does not take long for you to dismiss that property's destruction.
Parents, teach your kids so we do not end up with more young people who don't understand this. Communism is a bad thing. Always has been. Always will be.
Oh yeah. And do not do drugs.
This article appeared originally on The Western Journal.