wnd--2020-10-28--Obama – puppet or puppeteer?

Obama – puppet or puppeteer?

A few weeks ago , while out promoting my new book , `` Unmasking Obama , '' a fellow asked the ultimate question about Barack Obama : puppet or puppeteer ?
After watching Obama slouch his way toward Election Day , drawing crowds smaller than those of even Melania Trump , I am convinced the answer is `` puppet . ''
In his prime , Obama generated dramatically more enthusiasm than does the corrupt and senile Joe Biden .
That said , the obvious puppet Biden will likely get more votes than Obama did despite the fact that the strings @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
This has to depress Obama .
Watching the puppeteers from the sidelines , Obama has to fear that he will be discarded after this election as casually as Buzz Lightyear was in `` Toy Story 3 . ''
Obama liked to think he was his own man .
He was n't .
Like Biden in 2020 , if not as conspicuously , Obama served his masters as a front man for the long march of global progressivism through America 's institutions .
TRENDING : Christian leader who saw Trump winning in 2016 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 2020 The media failed to understand the reality of the Obama presidency in part because of their failure to understand the political transformation that occurred during Obama 's tenure in the White House .
`` Liberalism , '' as understood in the post-war era , died on Obama 's watch .
Replacing it was `` progressivism . ''
This was much more than a casual rebranding .
If liberals could envision a harmonious future , benign and paternal , orderly and safe , progressives could not .
`` Progressive , '' in fact @ @ @ @ @ @ @ branding by the left .
At the risk of tautology , progressives `` progress . ''
Like the sharks of our imagination , they move forward or they die .
If old school liberals like Biden are to have any relevance , they follow , however uneasily , in the shark 's wake .
In the post-Soviet era , with no one hand guiding the international left , American progressives have moved forward on numerous fronts : black , brown , green , feminist , LGBT , Islamic , globalist and socialist .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ 's movements , but he enabled them all .
Given his origins and his education , there was no front in the progressive march through the institutions that Barack Obama could not credibly represent .
His timing was excellent .
`` Intersectionality '' was emerging on the left as more than just a buzzword .
In theory , intersectionality meant that marginalized groups shared common oppressors and thus had common political interests .
Schooled in street-level Critical Theory , activists from various fronts were forging alliances with those in other fronts who also @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , whether they knew it or not , would be expected to subordinate their own interests to the larger progressive cause – seizing and sustaining national power .
The emotional force that held the movement together was a shared contempt for the enemy .
Movement leaders showed less interest in celebrating the many colors of their multicultural rainbow than they did in punishing those who resisted the celebration .
On Obama 's watch , and occasionally at his urging , progressives found common cause in imputing hatred to others – hatred of blacks @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of immigrants , of Muslims , of women , of poor people , of science and , yes , of mother earth .
If hate defined America 's deplorables , love and justice defined the good .
A calculus this delusional would ultimately prove to be unsustainable , not to mention unmarketable , at least in a market fairly run .
Understanding this , the puppeteers decided to focus on rigging the market .
If liberals routinely broke the rules , they at least acknowledged them .
Progressives have no rules , no @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in 2020 was to create a scenario in which any pliable puppet could win .
In this regard , Biden was perfect .
No one was less his own man .
Unlike Bernie Sanders , Biden was willing to soft sell the progressive agenda .
All he had to remember were his talking points .
In the last few weeks , to suppress the potentially lethal Hunter Biden story , some of the puppeteers have had to show their hands , Jack Dorsey of Twitter and Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook most visibly .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ a unique privatization of the voting process designed to encourage Democratic turnout .
Michael Bloomberg , meanwhile , has poured scores of millions into critical markets to buy ads for Biden .
Biden , however , is no Obama .
Obama 's most useful contribution to the leftist cause as president was his ability to shepherd the fractious coalition partners more or less along the same path .
Should Biden win – God help us – the sheep will be free to roam , and without Trump to hate , who knows where @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Cashill 's new book , `` Unmasking Obama : The Fight to Tell the True Story of a Failed Presidency , '' is now widely available .
See www.cashill.com for more information .

A few weeks ago, while out promoting my new book, "Unmasking Obama," a fellow asked the ultimate question about Barack Obama: puppet or puppeteer?
After watching Obama slouch his way toward Election Day, drawing crowds smaller than those of even Melania Trump, I am convinced the answer is "puppet."
In his prime, Obama generated dramatically more enthusiasm than does the corrupt and senile Joe Biden. That said, the obvious puppet Biden will likely get more votes than Obama did despite the fact that the strings can be seen from the cheap seats.
This has to depress Obama. Watching the puppeteers from the sidelines, Obama has to fear that he will be discarded after this election as casually as Buzz Lightyear was in "Toy Story 3."
Obama liked to think he was his own man. He wasn't. Like Biden in 2020, if not as conspicuously, Obama served his masters as a front man for the long march of global progressivism through America's institutions.
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The media failed to understand the reality of the Obama presidency in part because of their failure to understand the political transformation that occurred during Obama's tenure in the White House.
"Liberalism," as understood in the post-war era, died on Obama's watch. Replacing it was "progressivism." This was much more than a casual rebranding. If liberals could envision a harmonious future, benign and paternal, orderly and safe, progressives could not.
"Progressive," in fact, represents the rare bit of honest branding by the left. At the risk of tautology, progressives "progress." Like the sharks of our imagination, they move forward or they die. If old school liberals like Biden are to have any relevance, they follow, however uneasily, in the shark's wake.
In the post-Soviet era, with no one hand guiding the international left, American progressives have moved forward on numerous fronts: black, brown, green, feminist, LGBT, Islamic, globalist and socialist.
Barack Obama led none of the left's movements, but he enabled them all. Given his origins and his education, there was no front in the progressive march through the institutions that Barack Obama could not credibly represent. His timing was excellent.
"Intersectionality" was emerging on the left as more than just a buzzword. In theory, intersectionality meant that marginalized groups shared common oppressors and thus had common political interests.
Schooled in street-level Critical Theory, activists from various fronts were forging alliances with those in other fronts who also saw themselves as oppressed.
These activists, whether they knew it or not, would be expected to subordinate their own interests to the larger progressive cause – seizing and sustaining national power.
The emotional force that held the movement together was a shared contempt for the enemy. Movement leaders showed less interest in celebrating the many colors of their multicultural rainbow than they did in punishing those who resisted the celebration.
On Obama's watch, and occasionally at his urging, progressives found common cause in imputing hatred to others – hatred of blacks, of gays, of transgenders, of immigrants, of Muslims, of women, of poor people, of science and, yes, of mother earth.
If hate defined America's deplorables, love and justice defined the good. A calculus this delusional would ultimately prove to be unsustainable, not to mention unmarketable, at least in a market fairly run.
Understanding this, the puppeteers decided to focus on rigging the market. If liberals routinely broke the rules, they at least acknowledged them. Progressives have no rules, no honor, no guilt. Their goal in 2020 was to create a scenario in which any pliable puppet could win. In this regard, Biden was perfect.
No one was less his own man. Unlike Bernie Sanders, Biden was willing to soft sell the progressive agenda. All he had to remember were his talking points.
In the last few weeks, to suppress the potentially lethal Hunter Biden story, some of the puppeteers have had to show their hands, Jack Dorsey of Twitter and Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook most visibly.
Zuckerberg also pumped millions into Philadelphia in a unique privatization of the voting process designed to encourage Democratic turnout. Michael Bloomberg, meanwhile, has poured scores of millions into critical markets to buy ads for Biden.
Biden, however, is no Obama. Obama's most useful contribution to the leftist cause as president was his ability to shepherd the fractious coalition partners more or less along the same path.
Should Biden win – God help us – the sheep will be free to roam, and without Trump to hate, who knows where their hatred will lead them.
Jack Cashill's new book, "Unmasking Obama: The Fight to Tell the True Story of a Failed Presidency," is now widely available. See www.cashill.com for more information.


wnd--2020-10-28--The history voters have seen will determine election's outcome

In these last days before the general election – one which some fear may be the last election we have as a free and united republic – I 'd like to examine the political lay of the land , as it were , as well as continuing my ongoing assessment of the character of those on the political left and how this could play into how the election unfolds .
In the run-up to the general election of 2008 , some of us did our level best to prevent the election of Barack Hussein Obama to the presidency , primarily @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of `` democratic socialism , '' or more accurately , one who would normalize radical , anti-American thought whilst cementing deep state interests and infrastructure .
Obviously , we were n't successful , and Obama succeeded at accomplishing what we feared .
Many of the deluded young people who are engaging in violence in our cities at present came of age during the Obama years .
Between the existing prevalence of leftist thought amongst educators and the shot in the arm Obama and his surrogates gave radical leftism , it should be no @ @ @ @ @ @ @ orchestrated demonstrations on the pretext of combating `` systemic racism . ''
Judging from the existing data on early and mail-in ballots , it is clear that a lot of voters think this election is very important .
During Obama 's two terms , many of these voters were unable to clearly see the damage their president was doing , because much of it was the aforementioned behind-the-scenes deep state infrastructure-building .
In 2016 , Donald Trump ran on dismantling the deep state .
When he won – which the Washington establishment did @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , careless and reactive .
As we 've seen , the resulting push-back from the left has been unprecedented , giving rise to actions that have been nearly impossible to ignore .
However , due to the maneuvering of sundry politicos , the bias of the establishment press and increasingly questionable polling in recent years , it has become difficult to gauge the temperament of the electorate .
TRENDING : Christian leader who saw Trump winning in 2016 sees God bringing victory another way in 2020 Thus , I believe it would be @ @ @ @ @ @ @ experienced since President Trump took office .
Since January 2017 , voters have seen an attempted coup on the part of congressional Democrats in the form of their impeachment proceedings against the president .
They 've seen congressional Democrats continue to proffer the narrative of Russian collusion despite all evidence to the contrary , as well as mounting evidence that documents used in the investigation and subsequent impeachment of the president were advanced by the Hillary Clinton campaign and the Obama White House .
They 've seen big-tech billionaire leftists engaging in overt @ @ @ @ @ @ @ criminality , all toward the end of demonizing President Trump and his supporters , and advancing a political system that would rob Americans of the opportunities for success that allowed them to amass their billions .
They 've heard the excruciating , ceaseless , banal prattle and projection of leftist celebrities and politicos , some claiming that the president and all his supporters should be prosecuted , imprisoned and even executed en masse , despite the absence of any prosecutable offenses .
They 've seen their president berated in crude and shameful fashion @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , as well as being upbraided for his alleged racism despite no evidence whatsoever to support this contention .
They 've witnessed months of communist revolutionaries burning our cities and murdering people .
They 've heard elected Democrats voice support for these actions whilst alternately casting the blame for the violence at the feet of our president and imaginary white supremacists .
Finally , they 've heard the thinly veiled emotional blackmail advanced by leftist mouthpieces , threatening to really burn America down if the president is reelected .
Amidst the madness , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ unprecedented and encouraging developments .
Though we may not be able to rely on polls , if anecdotal evidence is any indicator , it appears as though the Democratic Party is hemorrhaging black voters at levels never before seen .
Even some prominent Hollywood celebrities have come out in support of the president , despite the cancel culture of the left , the volatile political climate and the danger to their livelihoods .
In places like Chicago , Seattle and Portland , elected officials ' blaming outside influences for the mayhem in their @ @ @ @ @ @ @ worn thin in the face of the reality at hand .
Granted that standing-room-only crowds at Trump rallies and tumbleweeds at Biden rallies do tend to indicate overwhelming support for the president , but given the stakes at hand , it would be foolhardy to presume the Trump landslide of biblical proportions that many of us believe will occur .
That said , and factoring out the political ideologues on either side , it remains extremely difficult to envision the millions of voters who 've been watching this tragic comedy – many of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ after all – hitching their wagon to agencies who seem to believe that killing off the opposition would be an acceptable and far simpler way to achieve their ends .

In these last days before the general election – one which some fear may be the last election we have as a free and united republic – I'd like to examine the political lay of the land, as it were, as well as continuing my ongoing assessment of the character of those on the political left and how this could play into how the election unfolds.
In the run-up to the general election of 2008, some of us did our level best to prevent the election of Barack Hussein Obama to the presidency, primarily because we saw him as the harbinger of "democratic socialism," or more accurately, one who would normalize radical, anti-American thought whilst cementing deep state interests and infrastructure.
Obviously, we weren't successful, and Obama succeeded at accomplishing what we feared. Many of the deluded young people who are engaging in violence in our cities at present came of age during the Obama years. Between the existing prevalence of leftist thought amongst educators and the shot in the arm Obama and his surrogates gave radical leftism, it should be no surprise that so many are participating in orchestrated demonstrations on the pretext of combating "systemic racism."
Judging from the existing data on early and mail-in ballots, it is clear that a lot of voters think this election is very important. During Obama's two terms, many of these voters were unable to clearly see the damage their president was doing, because much of it was the aforementioned behind-the-scenes deep state infrastructure-building. In 2016, Donald Trump ran on dismantling the deep state. When he won – which the Washington establishment did not expect – they became irrationally fearful, careless and reactive.
As we've seen, the resulting push-back from the left has been unprecedented, giving rise to actions that have been nearly impossible to ignore. However, due to the maneuvering of sundry politicos, the bias of the establishment press and increasingly questionable polling in recent years, it has become difficult to gauge the temperament of the electorate.
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Thus, I believe it would be worthwhile to examine what voters have actually experienced since President Trump took office.
Since January 2017, voters have seen an attempted coup on the part of congressional Democrats in the form of their impeachment proceedings against the president. They've seen congressional Democrats continue to proffer the narrative of Russian collusion despite all evidence to the contrary, as well as mounting evidence that documents used in the investigation and subsequent impeachment of the president were advanced by the Hillary Clinton campaign and the Obama White House.
They've seen big-tech billionaire leftists engaging in overt political subversion and business practices bordering on criminality, all toward the end of demonizing President Trump and his supporters, and advancing a political system that would rob Americans of the opportunities for success that allowed them to amass their billions.
They've heard the excruciating, ceaseless, banal prattle and projection of leftist celebrities and politicos, some claiming that the president and all his supporters should be prosecuted, imprisoned and even executed en masse, despite the absence of any prosecutable offenses. They've seen their president berated in crude and shameful fashion by Democrats, the press and media, as well as being upbraided for his alleged racism despite no evidence whatsoever to support this contention.
They've witnessed months of communist revolutionaries burning our cities and murdering people. They've heard elected Democrats voice support for these actions whilst alternately casting the blame for the violence at the feet of our president and imaginary white supremacists.
Finally, they've heard the thinly veiled emotional blackmail advanced by leftist mouthpieces, threatening to really burn America down if the president is reelected.
Amidst the madness, however, we're also seeing other unprecedented and encouraging developments. Though we may not be able to rely on polls, if anecdotal evidence is any indicator, it appears as though the Democratic Party is hemorrhaging black voters at levels never before seen. Even some prominent Hollywood celebrities have come out in support of the president, despite the cancel culture of the left, the volatile political climate and the danger to their livelihoods. In places like Chicago, Seattle and Portland, elected officials' blaming outside influences for the mayhem in their cities has, for their residents, worn thin in the face of the reality at hand.
Granted that standing-room-only crowds at Trump rallies and tumbleweeds at Biden rallies do tend to indicate overwhelming support for the president, but given the stakes at hand, it would be foolhardy to presume the Trump landslide of biblical proportions that many of us believe will occur.
That said, and factoring out the political ideologues on either side, it remains extremely difficult to envision the millions of voters who've been watching this tragic comedy – many of whom voted for Trump in 2016, after all – hitching their wagon to agencies who seem to believe that killing off the opposition would be an acceptable and far simpler way to achieve their ends.


wnd--2020-10-28--Watch: 5 closing arguments for a Trump vote

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wnd--2020-10-28--Democrats called on to explain their court-packing plans

[ Editor 's note : This story originally was published by Real Clear Politics . ]
Former Vice President Joe Biden recently confessed that , if elected president , he would form a commission to investigate whether to “ pack ” the Supreme Court .
His flirtation with the far left on this issue is alarming .
Court packing would be an egregious act .
Biden and every Democratic Senate candidate should be forced to explain their position on it to voters .
What is court packing ?
It occurs when Congress and the president pass a law that adds @ @ @ @ @ @ @ which the president and Senate can then fill with new justices .
It is an odious practice that allows a political party to create a majority that shares its views of law and policy .
In today ’ s context , it would involve Democrats adding four new seats to turn a ( so-called ) 6-3 conservative court into a 7-6 liberal court .
TRENDING : Christian leader who saw Trump winning in 2016 sees God bringing victory another way in 2020 Some argue that if Democrats control the executive and legislative branches @ @ @ @ @ @ @ undo the Roberts court ’ s conservative precedents .
Yet , contrary to such claims , the Roberts court actually has been moderate .
The court decided 52 % of its decisions in the liberal direction during the 2019 term and 54 % during the 2018 term .
In fact , the Roberts court rarely has deviated from moderation .
Of the top 10 most “ extreme ” court terms since 1946 , nine came under the liberal Warren court , while only one came under the Roberts court .
Even if the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Barrett , it still is unlikely to be as extreme as the Warren court .
Simply put , the data refute the claim that a rightward shift demands immediate court packing More importantly , court packing will subordinate every citizen ’ s constitutional rights to the fickle mercy of politicians .
Suppose an extreme Congress wants everyone to pay an abortion tax to cover taxpayer-funded partial-birth abortion .
To overcome the court ’ s current First Amendment jurisprudence , legislators could simply pass a law that adds four more justices to the court @ @ @ @ @ @ @ your politics approve of that outcome , consider the flip side : Suppose a conservative Congress and president believe the Constitution envisions a liberty of contract that precludes any state or federal laws addressing wage or working conditions in the marketplace .
Court packing thus subjects everyone ’ s life , liberty , and property to the winds of politics .
America prides itself on our tradition of judicial independence .
While Americans recognize justices have preferences and that the appointment process is political , they nevertheless believe — rightly — that judges @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
That gives the court legitimacy .
Perhaps that belief in judicial independence is why politicians have met with failure when attacking the court .
Even President Franklin Roosevelt , who sailed to reelection in 1936 , suffered when he sought to pack the court in 1937 .
Americans cherish the rule of law and know that court packing is a cynical and radical attempt to overthrow the judicial branch .
What ’ s more , a larger court would operate less efficiently and produce lower-quality opinions .
After the court hears oral @ @ @ @ @ @ @ hold a conference to discuss how they believe the court should decide it .
Each justice states his or her views and then casts a preliminary vote to affirm or reverse the lower court .
These conference discussions often change justices ’ minds .
But they would become less common if the court were to expand in size .
The opinion writing process would change as well .
Today , when a justice writes a majority opinion , she must work hard to gain her colleagues ’ votes .
She must engage in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ enough to obtain consensus from eight other justices .
Seeking to obtain consensus from 10 or even 12 others would be exponentially more difficult .
Justices eventually would refuse to accommodate their colleagues ’ suggestions and might ignore them altogether .
Consequently , court opinions would become less deliberative and lower quality .
The court has operated with nine justices since 1869 , long enough to have created a constitutional norm .
The last time the court ’ s size changed , the Civil War was only four years expired .
Laborers earned @ @ @ @ @ @ @ had only 37 states .
It would be another 39 years until Henry Ford produced the Model T and another 51 years until the 19th Amendment granted women the right to vote .
The tradition of nine justices is so old that unless one asserts a serious justification for changing it , there is little reason to do so .
Its proponents have not met that threshold .
They are simply upset that they have not captured the court .
Joe Biden is running , unironically , on a ticket that promises a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ anything but normal .
And every Democrat running for federal office should state their views on it .

[Editor's note: This story originally was published by Real Clear Politics.]
By Ryan J. Owens
Real Clear Politics
Former Vice President Joe Biden recently confessed that, if elected president, he would form a commission to investigate whether to “pack” the Supreme Court. His flirtation with the far left on this issue is alarming. Court packing would be an egregious act. Biden and every Democratic Senate candidate should be forced to explain their position on it to voters.
What is court packing? It occurs when Congress and the president pass a law that adds new seats to the Supreme Court, which the president and Senate can then fill with new justices. It is an odious practice that allows a political party to create a majority that shares its views of law and policy. In today’s context, it would involve Democrats adding four new seats to turn a (so-called) 6-3 conservative court into a 7-6 liberal court.
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Some argue that if Democrats control the executive and legislative branches, they should pack the court to undo the Roberts court’s conservative precedents. Yet, contrary to such claims, the Roberts court actually has been moderate. The court decided 52% of its decisions in the liberal direction during the 2019 term and 54% during the 2018 term. In fact, the Roberts court rarely has deviated from moderation. Of the top 10 most “extreme” court terms since 1946, nine came under the liberal Warren court, while only one came under the Roberts court. Even if the court does become more conservative with Justice Barrett, it still is unlikely to be as extreme as the Warren court. Simply put, the data refute the claim that a rightward shift demands immediate court packing
More importantly, court packing will subordinate every citizen’s constitutional rights to the fickle mercy of politicians. Suppose an extreme Congress wants everyone to pay an abortion tax to cover taxpayer-funded partial-birth abortion. To overcome the court’s current First Amendment jurisprudence, legislators could simply pass a law that adds four more justices to the court. Voila! Problem solved.
If your politics approve of that outcome, consider the flip side: Suppose a conservative Congress and president believe the Constitution envisions a liberty of contract that precludes any state or federal laws addressing wage or working conditions in the marketplace. Court packing thus subjects everyone’s life, liberty, and property to the winds of politics.
America prides itself on our tradition of judicial independence. While Americans recognize justices have preferences and that the appointment process is political, they nevertheless believe — rightly — that judges are principled in ways legislators are not. That gives the court legitimacy. Perhaps that belief in judicial independence is why politicians have met with failure when attacking the court. Even President Franklin Roosevelt, who sailed to reelection in 1936, suffered when he sought to pack the court in 1937. Americans cherish the rule of law and know that court packing is a cynical and radical attempt to overthrow the judicial branch.
What’s more, a larger court would operate less efficiently and produce lower-quality opinions. After the court hears oral argument in a case, the justices hold a conference to discuss how they believe the court should decide it. Each justice states his or her views and then casts a preliminary vote to affirm or reverse the lower court. These conference discussions often change justices’ minds. But they would become less common if the court were to expand in size. The opinion writing process would change as well. Today, when a justice writes a majority opinion, she must work hard to gain her colleagues’ votes. She must engage in compromise and accommodation. It is difficult enough to obtain consensus from eight other justices. Seeking to obtain consensus from 10 or even 12 others would be exponentially more difficult. Justices eventually would refuse to accommodate their colleagues’ suggestions and might ignore them altogether. Consequently, court opinions would become less deliberative and lower quality.
The court has operated with nine justices since 1869, long enough to have created a constitutional norm. The last time the court’s size changed, the Civil War was only four years expired. Laborers earned $1.52 a day. The U.S. had only 37 states. It would be another 39 years until Henry Ford produced the Model T and another 51 years until the 19th Amendment granted women the right to vote. The tradition of nine justices is so old that unless one asserts a serious justification for changing it, there is little reason to do so. Its proponents have not met that threshold. They are simply upset that they have not captured the court.
Joe Biden is running, unironically, on a ticket that promises a return to normalcy. Court packing is anything but normal. And every Democrat running for federal office should state their views on it.


wnd--2020-10-29--Terror at French church: 1 decapitated, 2 more killed

( WASHINGTON EXAMINER ) -- An armed attacker shouting , `` Allahu Akbar , '' beheaded a woman and killed @ @ @ @ @ in the French city of Nice Thursday morning , in a suspected terrorism attack , @ @ @ @ @ assailant was wounded by police and hospitalized after the killings at the Notre Dame Church @ @ @ @ @ from the site in 2016 where another attacker plowed a truck into a Bastille Day @ @ @ @ @ Christian Estrosi , the mayor of Nice , said the attacker had shouted the phrase @ @ @ @ @ or God is greatest , even after he had been detained .

(WASHINGTON EXAMINER) -- An armed attacker shouting, "Allahu Akbar," beheaded a woman and killed two others at a church in the French city of Nice Thursday morning, in a suspected terrorism attack, according to officials.
The assailant was wounded by police and hospitalized after the killings at the Notre Dame Church, less than a mile from the site in 2016 where another attacker plowed a truck into a Bastille Day crowd, killing dozens.
Christian Estrosi, the mayor of Nice, said the attacker had shouted the phrase "Allahu Akbar," or God is greatest, even after he had been detained.
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wnd--2020-10-29--Jim Biden refuses to answer reporters' questions

( WASHINGTON EXAMINER ) -- Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden 's brother refused to answer questions after he was approached @ @ @ @ @ house in Maryland about allegations that the former vice president was aware of family members @ @ @ @ @ A Fox News reporter found Jim Biden at a residence on the Eastern Shore and @ @ @ @ @ his brother `` in your China deal . ''
`` Why did you and Hunter @ @ @ @ @ meet with Tony B. ? ''
the reporter asked , referring to Hunter Biden 's @ @ @ @ @ .
`` Would you please stop bothering me ? ''
Jim Biden responded .

(WASHINGTON EXAMINER) -- Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden's brother refused to answer questions after he was approached by a reporter outside a house in Maryland about allegations that the former vice president was aware of family members' business deals overseas.
A Fox News reporter found Jim Biden at a residence on the Eastern Shore and asked him why he involved his brother "in your China deal." "Why did you and Hunter Biden want Joe Biden to meet with Tony B.?" the reporter asked, referring to Hunter Biden's former business partner Tony Bobulinski.
"Would you please stop bothering me?" Jim Biden responded.
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wnd--2020-10-29--Man arrested for altering governor's voter registration

( WASHINGTON EXAMINER ) -- Police in Florida arrested a 20-year-old man accused of changing Gov .
Ron DeSantis 's @ @ @ @ @ voter database , temporarily preventing the governor from casting his vote .
Authorities arrested Anthony @ @ @ @ @ him with property crime and felony voter fraud .
When DeSantis went to vote on @ @ @ @ @ someone changed his address from Tallahassee to West Palm Beach .
Secretary of State Laurel @ @ @ @ @ able to vote as soon as the address was fixed , CNN reported .

(WASHINGTON EXAMINER) -- Police in Florida arrested a 20-year-old man accused of changing Gov. Ron DeSantis's address in the state's voter database, temporarily preventing the governor from casting his vote.
Authorities arrested Anthony Guevara on Tuesday and charged him with property crime and felony voter fraud.
When DeSantis went to vote on Monday, he found that someone changed his address from Tallahassee to West Palm Beach. Secretary of State Laurel Lee said that DeSantis was able to vote as soon as the address was fixed, CNN reported.
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wnd--2020-10-30--12 graphs show mask mandates don't stop COVID

A dozen graphs charting the number of COVID-19 cases in countries and U.S. states confirm the conclusions of recent studies that mask mandates have no effect on the spread of the disease .
Yinon Weiss , a tech entrepreneur and U.S. military veteran who holds a degree in bioengineering from the University of California at Berkeley , pointed out in an analysis for The Federalist that after the initial panic over predictions that millions of Americans would die , the Centers for Disease Control currently estimates a COVID-19 survival rate of 99.99 percent for people younger than 50 .
`` @ @ @ @ @ @ @ realized their mistake and needed a way to back-pedal without admitting their lockdowns were a policy disaster , '' he wrote .
`` Their solution was for people to put any old piece of cloth across their face and magically believe that it ’ s okay to go out shopping again . ''
Weiss said the `` mask dogma had many cracks in it from the start , noting the U.S. surgeon general and the Centers for Disease Control both said early in the pandemic that `` masks are NOT effective in preventing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ coronavirus . ''
Leading scientific studies have come to the same conclusion .
He cited a summary by the Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine at Oxford University of six international studies that `` showed that masks alone have no significant effect in interrupting the spread of ILI or influenza in the general population , nor in healthcare workers . ''
Oxford said `` that despite two decades of pandemic preparedness , there is considerable uncertainty as to the value of wearing masks . ''
This has `` left the field wide open for the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ political influence . ''
Also , a study of health-care workers in more than 1,600 hospitals showed that cloth masks only filtered out 3 % of particles .
An article in the New England Journal of Medicine stated `` wearing a mask outside health care facilities offers little , if any , protection from infection '' and that `` the desire for widespread masking is a reflexive reaction to anxiety over the pandemic . ''
Other studies showing a lack of mask efficacy have been published , among others , by the National @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Press , Oxford Clinical Infectious Diseases and Influenza Journal .
In addition , a recent study published in the British Medical Journal found the sweeping lockdowns lead to more COVID-19 deaths and a prolonging of the pandemic than if the government were to let herd immunity build up in young populations , the National Post of Canada reported .
Weiss acknowledged that studies show masks can help in the case of someone breathing , coughing or sneezing respiratory droplets directly in a person 's face .
But the evidence shows they have no @ @ @ @ @ @ @ then turned to the 12 graphs that show no impact on the number of cases after mask mandates were implemented .
Austria required masks about 10 days after its cases began to go down .
Currently cases are four times higher than when Austria mandated masks .
A similar trend can be seen in Germany and France , which has a 1,000 % higher rate of cases despite having one of the highest mask compliance levels in the world .
Cases in Spain were near zero when its mask mandate began and now @ @ @ @ @ @ @ months of requiring masks , the United Kingdom 's cases also are more than 1,500 % higher .
Belgium required masks shortly after the British did , and now may have the highest rate of cases in the world .
Italy has implemented one of the strictest mask laws in the world , but cases skyrocketed immediately after the mandate went into effect .
Weiss found similar results in Ireland , Portugal , Israel and many other countries .
`` No matter how strictly mask laws are enforced nor the level of mask @ @ @ @ @ @ @ fall and rise around the same time , '' he wrote .
The United States is no different .
California required masks in June , but cases went up by more than 300 % .
In Hawaii , cases rose by nearly 1,000 % .
He also found that with or without mask mandates , Texas and Georgia followed nearly identical case development .
Also , overall , there was no discernable effect on the rates of deaths .
Weiss noted that the fine print on most consumer masks says they are `` @ @ @ @ @ @ @ not been tested to reduce the transmission of disease . ''
`` Masks can work well when they ’ re fully sealed , properly fitted , changed often , and have a filter designed for virus-sized particles , '' he wrote .
`` This represents none of the common masks available on the consumer market , making universal masking much more of a confidence trick than a medical solution . ''
He argued that if `` we actually wanted effective masks , then manufacturers should be conducting scientific tests evaluating masks specifically for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ coronavirus . ''
But many `` powerful institutions have too much political capital invested in the mask narrative at this point , so the dogma is perpetuated . ''

A dozen graphs charting the number of COVID-19 cases in countries and U.S. states confirm the conclusions of recent studies that mask mandates have no effect on the spread of the disease.
Yinon Weiss, a tech entrepreneur and U.S. military veteran who holds a degree in bioengineering from the University of California at Berkeley, pointed out in an analysis for The Federalist that after the initial panic over predictions that millions of Americans would die, the Centers for Disease Control currently estimates a COVID-19 survival rate of 99.99 percent for people younger than 50.
"It is likely that some politicians eventually realized their mistake and needed a way to back-pedal without admitting their lockdowns were a policy disaster," he wrote. "Their solution was for people to put any old piece of cloth across their face and magically believe that it’s okay to go out shopping again."
Weiss said the "mask dogma had many cracks in it from the start, noting the U.S. surgeon general and the Centers for Disease Control both said early in the pandemic that "masks are NOT effective in preventing [the] general public from catching coronavirus."
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Leading scientific studies have come to the same conclusion. He cited a summary by the Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine at Oxford University of six international studies that "showed that masks alone have no significant effect in interrupting the spread of ILI or influenza in the general population, nor in healthcare workers."
Oxford said "that despite two decades of pandemic preparedness, there is considerable uncertainty as to the value of wearing masks." This has "left the field wide open for the play of opinions, radical views and political influence."
Also, a study of health-care workers in more than 1,600 hospitals showed that cloth masks only filtered out 3% of particles. An article in the New England Journal of Medicine stated "wearing a mask outside health care facilities offers little, if any, protection from infection" and that "the desire for widespread masking is a reflexive reaction to anxiety over the pandemic."
Other studies showing a lack of mask efficacy have been published, among others, by the National Center for Biotechnology Information, Cambridge University Press, Oxford Clinical Infectious Diseases and Influenza Journal.
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In addition, a recent study published in the British Medical Journal found the sweeping lockdowns lead to more COVID-19 deaths and a prolonging of the pandemic than if the government were to let herd immunity build up in young populations, the National Post of Canada reported.
Weiss acknowledged that studies show masks can help in the case of someone breathing, coughing or sneezing respiratory droplets directly in a person's face.
But the evidence shows they have no significant impact on aerosol transmission.
12 graphs
Weiss then turned to the 12 graphs that show no impact on the number of cases after mask mandates were implemented.
Austria required masks about 10 days after its cases began to go down. Currently cases are four times higher than when Austria mandated masks.
A similar trend can be seen in Germany and France, which has a 1,000% higher rate of cases despite having one of the highest mask compliance levels in the world.
Cases in Spain were near zero when its mask mandate began and now are 1,500% higher.
After three months of requiring masks, the United Kingdom's cases also are more than 1,500% higher.
Belgium required masks shortly after the British did, and now may have the highest rate of cases in the world.
Italy has implemented one of the strictest mask laws in the world, but cases skyrocketed immediately after the mandate went into effect.
Weiss found similar results in Ireland, Portugal, Israel and many other countries.
"No matter how strictly mask laws are enforced nor the level of mask compliance the population follows, cases all fall and rise around the same time," he wrote.
The United States is no different.
California required masks in June, but cases went up by more than 300%. In Hawaii, cases rose by nearly 1,000%.
He also found that with or without mask mandates, Texas and Georgia followed nearly identical case development.
Also, overall, there was no discernable effect on the rates of deaths.
Weiss noted that the fine print on most consumer masks says they are "not intended for medical purposes and has not been tested to reduce the transmission of disease."
"Masks can work well when they’re fully sealed, properly fitted, changed often, and have a filter designed for virus-sized particles," he wrote. "This represents none of the common masks available on the consumer market, making universal masking much more of a confidence trick than a medical solution."
He argued that if "we actually wanted effective masks, then manufacturers should be conducting scientific tests evaluating masks specifically for their ability to reduce the spread of coronavirus." But many "powerful institutions have too much political capital invested in the mask narrative at this point, so the dogma is perpetuated."


wnd--2020-10-30--'Muslims have a right to be angry, kill millions of French people'

Dr. Mahathir Mohamad , the former prime minister of Malaysia , tweeted Thursday that `` Muslims have a right to be angry and kill millions of French people for the massacres of the past . ''
`` Since you have blamed all Muslims and the Muslims ' religion for what was done by one angry person , the Muslims have a right to punish the French , '' he said .
`` The boycott can not compensate the wrongs committed by the French all these years . ''
Mohamad 's tweet was part of a thread in response to the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ murdered after he showed a caricature of the prophet Muhammad .
Though Mohamad said that the act was not something of which he approved , he said that the teacher 's actions were insulting and that freedom of expression should not extend to insulting other people .
Mohamad also accused the West of `` imposing '' its norms and culture on other countries , saying that doing so `` deprives the freedom '' of nonwestern people .
`` They are Christians in name only , '' Mohamad said .
`` That is their @ @ @ @ @ @ @ disrespect for the values of others , for the religion of others . ''
Mohamad 's thread was quickly criticized for justifying widespread violence .
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By Andrew Trunsky
Daily Caller News Foundation
Dr. Mahathir Mohamad, the former prime minister of Malaysia, tweeted Thursday that "Muslims have a right to be angry and kill millions of French people for the massacres of the past."
"Since you have blamed all Muslims and the Muslims' religion for what was done by one angry person, the Muslims have a right to punish the French," he said. "The boycott cannot compensate the wrongs committed by the French all these years."
12. Muslims have a right to be angry and to kill millions of French people for the massacres of the past. — Dr Mahathir Mohamad (@chedetofficial) October 29, 2020
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13. Since you have blamed all Muslims and the Muslims' religion for what was done by one angry person, the Muslims have a right to punish the French. The boycott cannot compensate the wrongs committed by the French all these years.https://t.co/ysZeXDrQ09 — Dr Mahathir Mohamad (@chedetofficial) October 29, 2020
Mohamad's tweet was part of a thread in response to the killing of a French teacher who was murdered after he showed a caricature of the prophet Muhammad. Though Mohamad said that the act was not something of which he approved, he said that the teacher's actions were insulting and that freedom of expression should not extend to insulting other people.
Mohamad also accused the West of "imposing" its norms and culture on other countries, saying that doing so "deprives the freedom" of nonwestern people.
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"They are Christians in name only," Mohamad said. "That is their right. But they must not show disrespect for the values of others, for the religion of others."
10. Generally, the west no longer adhere to their own religion. They are Christians in name only. That is their right. But they must not show disrespect for the values of others, for the religion of others. It is a measure of the level of their civilisation to show this respect. — Dr Mahathir Mohamad (@chedetofficial) October 29, 2020
Mohamad's thread was quickly criticized for justifying widespread violence.
What the fuck is this??? By the way, this is the former PM of Malaysia https://t.co/Tw9CbQF8Dk — Yashar Ali ???? (@yashar) October 29, 2020
Shocking from a former world leader. Many accounts have been suspended for less. https://t.co/IDZ2mDF9dc — ian bremmer (@ianbremmer) October 29, 2020
Mahathir Mohamad has completely lost it. This is disgraceful. https://t.co/1OKqZRxfoM — Vikram Chandra (@vikramchandra) October 29, 2020
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wnd--2020-10-29--Joe Biden says his son Hunter is 'the smartest guy I know'

Former Vice President Joe Biden said Wednesday that his son Hunter Biden is “ the smartest guy I know.
” The 2020 Democratic presidential nominee discussed his son Wednesday at a Oprah Winfrey ’ s virtual voter mobilization event as he described how former President Barack Obama convinced him to run alongside him in 2008 , according to the New York Post .
`` I told him I did n't want to do it , ” Biden said .
“ This is public knowledge now .
I thought I could help him more as a U.S. senator.
” Obama reportedly @ @ @ @ @ @ @ about the decision after discussing with his family , Biden said .
The former vice president said he discussed the decision with his wife , his mother , and his late son Beau Biden .
He also mentioned Hunter Biden , saying , `` and I had my son Hunter , who 's the smartest guy I know . ''
Biden said his mother told him : “ Joey , first man in history who 's able to be elected president as an African American .
He says that he needs you to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ told him No ? '
'' `` I said , 'Oh mom , what are you doing to me ? '
I said yes I will , and so I picked up the phone and called Barack , because my mom , like you , was n't about to take no for an answer , ” Biden said , according to the Post .
“ It was about an obligation , about what you are supposed to do.
” Biden ’ s comments come after Hunter Biden ’ s former business partner Tony @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Joe Biden and the Biden family are compromised ” — though Biden has insisted he `` never '' spoke to his son about his business dealings overseas , particularly his business dealings in China .
`` I just do n't see , given the history here in the facts , how Joe ca n't be influenced in some manner based on the history that they have , '' Bobulinski said .
`` So as a citizen and an American taxpayer , I 'm very , very concerned . ''
`` They were putting @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , ” he told Carlson .
“ They knew exactly what they were doing .
They were dealing with a Chinese owned enterprise … that had strong financial support and political support from the Chinese Communist Party .
That 's how it was presented to me .
That 's not my own words .
That 's how they presented it to me and read me in on it.
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Former Vice President Joe Biden said Wednesday that his son Hunter Biden is “the smartest guy I know.”
The 2020 Democratic presidential nominee discussed his son Wednesday at a Oprah Winfrey’s virtual voter mobilization event as he described how former President Barack Obama convinced him to run alongside him in 2008, according to the New York Post.
"I told him I didn't want to do it,” Biden said. “This is public knowledge now. I thought I could help him more as a U.S. senator.”
Obama reportedly told Biden to go home and think about the decision after discussing with his family, Biden said.
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The former vice president said he discussed the decision with his wife, his mother, and his late son Beau Biden. He also mentioned Hunter Biden, saying, "and I had my son Hunter, who's the smartest guy I know."
Biden said his mother told him: “Joey, first man in history who's able to be elected president as an African American. He says that he needs you to win Pennsylvania and other states and you told him No?'"
"I said, 'Oh mom, what are you doing to me?' I said yes I will, and so I picked up the phone and called Barack, because my mom, like you, wasn't about to take no for an answer,” Biden said, according to the Post. “It was about an obligation, about what you are supposed to do.”
Biden’s comments come after Hunter Biden’s former business partner Tony Bobulinski told Tucker Carlson Tuesday that "Joe Biden and the Biden family are compromised” — though Biden has insisted he "never" spoke to his son about his business dealings overseas, particularly his business dealings in China.
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"I just don't see, given the history here in the facts, how Joe can't be influenced in some manner based on the history that they have," Bobulinski said. "So as a citizen and an American taxpayer, I'm very, very concerned."
"They were putting their entire family legacy on the line,” he told Carlson. “They knew exactly what they were doing. They were dealing with a Chinese owned enterprise … that had strong financial support and political support from the Chinese Communist Party. That's how it was presented to me. That's not my own words. That's how they presented it to me and read me in on it.”
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wnd--2020-10-29--Hillary: Pelosi set to unleash liberal agenda after Biden win

If Joe Biden is elected president and the Democrats retake the Senate , a wave of liberal programs drawn up by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is set to launch , says the Democrat 's 2016 presidential nominee , Hillary Clinton .
`` Now , thankfully , Nancy Pelosi , bless her heart in every way we can , has teed up a lot of great legislation , '' Clinton told SiriusXM 's `` Signal Boost '' show Thursday morning , the Washington Examiner reported .
`` I think we 're going to have to move quickly .
And one of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ quickly on is the courts .
We 're gon na have to move quickly on everything , election reform , climate change , COVID relief , expanding health care , everything that we care about , '' she said .
She criticized the confirmation of Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court and also said gun control is also a major priority .
`` So let 's see what happens .
But , you know , I 've told the Obama campaign , I mean , the Obama — I 've told the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that they 're going to have to move really fast because let 's assume we take back the Senate , '' said Clinton .
She said it `` matters whether we take it back and we have 50 votes or 51 votes or more , and we 're going to have to move really quickly . ''
Earlier this month , Black Lives Matter leaders , organized labor , progressive groups and members of the far-left , House Democratic `` squad '' unveiled their 2021 agenda for a Biden administration , Politico reported @ @ @ @ @ @ @ `` People ’ s Charter , '' it calls for universal free health care , a jobs program employing 16 million people , retroactive hazard pay for essential employees and the reallocation of resources from policing toward education and other services .
It also promotes giving the public an ownership stake in firms that receive bailouts , along with buying out gas and oil companies , Politico reported .
Democratic socialist Sen. Bernie Sanders has laid out his own 100-day plan , vowing to back primary challenges against any Democrat who opposes it @ @ @ @ @ @ @ D-Minn. , declared in an interview Monday with `` Axios on HBO '' that she expects Biden , if elected , to adopt a progressive agenda despite casting himself as a moderate .
`` A president is only as successful as his collaboration is with Congress .
And we will have a cohort of progressives that are very clear about their objectives for wanting the implementation of Medicare-for-all and a Green New Deal and raising the minimum wage and not allowing for fracking , '' she said .
See Omar 's remarks to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ said all of Biden 's Cabinet posts should be filled with progressives .
Squad member Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez , D-N.Y. , told CNN 's Jake Tapper on Sunday she 's not bothered by Biden 's reversal on fracking , declaring now that he wo n't ban it .
She said `` it will be a privilege to lobby him , should we win the White House . ''

If Joe Biden is elected president and the Democrats retake the Senate, a wave of liberal programs drawn up by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is set to launch, says the Democrat's 2016 presidential nominee, Hillary Clinton.
"Now, thankfully, Nancy Pelosi, bless her heart in every way we can, has teed up a lot of great legislation," Clinton told SiriusXM's "Signal Boost" show Thursday morning, the Washington Examiner reported.
"I think we're going to have to move quickly. And one of the areas we'll have to move quickly on is the courts. We're gonna have to move quickly on everything, election reform, climate change, COVID relief, expanding health care, everything that we care about," she said.
She criticized the confirmation of Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court and also said gun control is also a major priority.
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"So let's see what happens. But, you know, I've told the Obama campaign, I mean, the Obama — I've told the Biden campaign and the Biden transition, that they're going to have to move really fast because let's assume we take back the Senate," said Clinton.
She said it "matters whether we take it back and we have 50 votes or 51 votes or more, and we're going to have to move really quickly."
Earlier this month, Black Lives Matter leaders, organized labor, progressive groups and members of the far-left, House Democratic "squad" unveiled their 2021 agenda for a Biden administration, Politico reported
Known as the Working Families Party's "People’s Charter," it calls for universal free health care, a jobs program employing 16 million people, retroactive hazard pay for essential employees and the reallocation of resources from policing toward education and other services.
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It also promotes giving the public an ownership stake in firms that receive bailouts, along with buying out gas and oil companies, Politico reported.
Democratic socialist Sen. Bernie Sanders has laid out his own 100-day plan, vowing to back primary challenges against any Democrat who opposes it.
This ⬇@krystalball: Bernie reveals plan for his own 100 day agenda to rival Biden’s. Also says he’s prepared to back primary challenges against ANY Democrats who don’t move to a progressive agenda.
“You’re damn right I am.” https://t.co/XVN0B99xvX pic.twitter.com/IMpRZZuinK” — John Cusack (@johncusack) October 22, 2020
Squad member Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., declared in an interview Monday with "Axios on HBO" that she expects Biden, if elected, to adopt a progressive agenda despite casting himself as a moderate.
"A president is only as successful as his collaboration is with Congress. And we will have a cohort of progressives that are very clear about their objectives for wanting the implementation of Medicare-for-all and a Green New Deal and raising the minimum wage and not allowing for fracking," she said.
See Omar's remarks to "Axios on HBO":
Omar said all of Biden's Cabinet posts should be filled with progressives.
Squad member Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., told CNN's Jake Tapper on Sunday she's not bothered by Biden's reversal on fracking, declaring now that he won't ban it.
She said "it will be a privilege to lobby him, should we win the White House."


wnd--2020-10-29--We 'lizard brains' love our POTUS – kvetching COVID Joe must go!

The year 2020 finds Jon Meacham likening us to lizard brains .
Meacham , one of the left 's favorite historians , mused that white America has retreated into unthinking limbic mode .
A patrician from Texas , an oil man , responded politely , on Martha MacCallum 's Fox News show : `` If putting food on my family 's table and worrying about my employees makes me a lizard brain , then call me iguana . ''
Iguanas-cum-deplorables are with Trump , and he with them .
And he , President Donald J. Trump , is leaving everything @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Trump is not merely showing up , standing prone , looking out nervously upon a few oddly encircled , masked supporters , as his rival , Joe Biden , is doing .
Oh , no !
Be it in Bullhead City or Goodyear , Arizona , or Circleville , Ohio , or Lansing , Michigan – Trump has been turning in the kind of performances that come from the heart , cocking a snook at the media establishment , while throwing himself into each and every rally with as much joy , exuberance @ @ @ @ @ @ @ before and the one to follow .
Here is a president who loves the thousands upon thousands of constituents who cling to him , to their guns and their God .
He draws his strength from them and engages in repartee with them .
`` America will … be the first … to land an astronaut on Mars .
… Maybe we will make that a woman , '' taunted POTUS , in Arizona .
`` Make it Nancy Pelosi , '' came a retort from the crowd .
Trump thought this was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ That 's pretty good .
Stand up , please .
Look at this guy .
That 's pretty good , '' came the president 's happy-warrior reply .
Breaking protocol with the colluding quislings of cable news , Michael Smerconish , a CNN commentator , could not contain his admiration for the president 's energy and stamina , following the commander in chief 's bout with COVID , as he charged headlong into battleground states .
The anchor gushed spontaneously about the four rallies a day POTUS has been putting on : Ohio @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on and on , while Biden tiptoed in and out of the basement .
While Trump riffs easily about football with His People ; `` Sleepy Joe '' carries on about COVID , which is a bit of a downer , would n't you say ?
`` We 're not living with it ; we 're dying with it .
We 're not profiting from it ; we 're croaking from it , '' he keeps yelling .
If Biden 's miserable message works , America is no longer America .
POTUS 's @ @ @ @ @ @ @ he can be .
To Biden 's `` dark winter '' warnings , Trump offered the prospect of `` a great winter '' and `` a great spring '' : `` No , it 's not going to be a dark winter .
It 's going to be a great winter .
It 's going to be a great spring . ''
`` We ca n't lock ourselves in the basement like Joe does , '' countered the president during the second and last debate , on Oct. 22 , calmly , forcefully @ @ @ @ @ @ @ close up our nation or you 're not going to have a nation , '' he declared .
And always the humor , so hated by maudlin media , who subject the Great Communicator to a critical mauling with each fabulous joke he tells .
`` If a plane goes down with 500 people [ God forbid ] , CNN , MSNBC are talking about … COVID . ''
Or , Biden is the first presidential hopeful in U.S. history to run on `` raising your taxes . ''
`` We 're not @ @ @ @ @ @ @ especially a female socialist president .
We 're not going to have it .
We 're not going to put up with it , '' roared Trump in a rally in Florida .
When he 's right , he 's right .
A socialist who is also a woman is a double whammy .
The Associated Press has framed Trump 's record as one of `` four years … of unfinished business . ''
To read the article is to be struck by the magnitude of the finished business : By the AP @ @ @ @ @ @ @ scaled back the number of soldiers stationed abroad .
Not the U.S. media , but the liberal British Economist has , in fact , credited President Trump for trying to bring an end to America 's `` unproductive conflicts . ''
Also by the AP 's telling , a good section of the Wall has been built , and the courts have been stacked with constitutionalists .
As I see it , Trump has brokered much more than a peace agreement in the Middle East .
He has set in motion a regional @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , America imagined it must and can be a decisive force for good in the Middle East .
It ca n't .
The region 's players march to their own drumbeat , which is why America ought to foster regional politics , or geopolitics , in the Middle East .
By shifting the emphasis away from the dysfunctional Palestinian-Israeli axis , Trump has done just that : He has returned power to the players in the region .
Currently , three Arab states are normalizing relations with Israel .
What do you know @ @ @ @ @ @ @ one stagnant Middle Eastern mire has created a demand among other warring nations .
Kosovo and Serbia are clamoring to get on the peace train .
But , but , `` Trump 's a threat to national security , '' screeches ventriloquist dummy Joe Biden , who represents not the war-weary people , but America 's anti-Trump , never-won-a-war , treacherous generals and admirals and the military-industrial-complex .
In `` The Trump Revolution : The Donald 's Creative Destruction Deconstructed , '' my June 2016 book , I made the case that understanding @ @ @ @ @ @ @ process mode .
It means jumping a level of abstraction to look , not at a particular Trump tweet , claim , or verbal thrust and parry .
Rather , consider you must their combined , devastating effects on oft-subversive , extra-constitutional , managerial and administrative state structures , to say nothing of the media mafiosi .
Our president was the candidate to kick the crap out of the political class .
He never embarked on that apology tour .
And like lizard brain Trump Nation , the president reflected just how sick @ @ @ @ @ @ @ sadomasochism .
Trump is synonymous with testosterone .
We like that .
On a personal note : POTUS is why I became an American Woman .
I naturalized because of Donald J. Trump .
Naturally , I had always been down with the founding documents and the Founding Fathers .
But because of Uncle Sam 's depredation and unjust wars , I was n't feeling it .

In 2016, Hillary Clinton called Trump voters Deplorables.
The year 2020 finds Jon Meacham likening us to lizard brains. Meacham, one of the left's favorite historians, mused that white America has retreated into unthinking limbic mode.
A patrician from Texas, an oil man, responded politely, on Martha MacCallum's Fox News show: "If putting food on my family's table and worrying about my employees makes me a lizard brain, then call me iguana."
Iguanas-cum-deplorables are with Trump, and he with them. And he, President Donald J. Trump, is leaving everything he's got on the battlefield.
Trump is not merely showing up, standing prone, looking out nervously upon a few oddly encircled, masked supporters, as his rival, Joe Biden, is doing.
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Oh, no! Be it in Bullhead City or Goodyear, Arizona, or Circleville, Ohio, or Lansing, Michigan – Trump has been turning in the kind of performances that come from the heart, cocking a snook at the media establishment, while throwing himself into each and every rally with as much joy, exuberance and optimism as went into the rally before and the one to follow.
Here is a president who loves the thousands upon thousands of constituents who cling to him, to their guns and their God. He draws his strength from them and engages in repartee with them.
"America will … be the first … to land an astronaut on Mars. … Maybe we will make that a woman," taunted POTUS, in Arizona.
"Make it Nancy Pelosi," came a retort from the crowd. Trump thought this was peaches: "Who said that? That's pretty good. Stand up, please. Look at this guy. That's pretty good," came the president's happy-warrior reply.
Breaking protocol with the colluding quislings of cable news, Michael Smerconish, a CNN commentator, could not contain his admiration for the president's energy and stamina, following the commander in chief's bout with COVID, as he charged headlong into battleground states. The anchor gushed spontaneously about the four rallies a day POTUS has been putting on: Ohio, Illinois, Wisconsin, Florida, on and on, while Biden tiptoed in and out of the basement.
While Trump riffs easily about football with His People; "Sleepy Joe" carries on about COVID, which is a bit of a downer, wouldn't you say?
"We're not living with it; we're dying with it. We're not profiting from it; we're croaking from it," he keeps yelling.
(Actually, the Bidens are profiting handsomely. "Sleepy Joe's" experience as a "blue-collar" type was short-lived. Once he headed for the fleshpots of Washington, D.C., Biden, it would appear, morphed into an oligarch. By the looks of it, he parleyed his political influence into a wealth-making juggernaut.)
If Biden's miserable message works, America is no longer America.
POTUS's message is positive in the way only he can be. To Biden's "dark winter" warnings, Trump offered the prospect of "a great winter" and "a great spring": "No, it's not going to be a dark winter. It's going to be a great winter. It's going to be a great spring."
"We can't lock ourselves in the basement like Joe does," countered the president during the second and last debate, on Oct. 22, calmly, forcefully and substantively. "We can't close up our nation or you're not going to have a nation," he declared.
And always the humor, so hated by maudlin media, who subject the Great Communicator to a critical mauling with each fabulous joke he tells.
"If a plane goes down with 500 people [God forbid], CNN, MSNBC are talking about … COVID."
Or, Biden is the first presidential hopeful in U.S. history to run on "raising your taxes."
About racial scold and president-in-waiting Kamala Harris:
"We're not going to have a socialist president, especially a female socialist president. We're not going to have it. We're not going to put up with it," roared Trump in a rally in Florida. When he's right, he's right. A socialist who is also a woman is a double whammy.
The Associated Press has framed Trump's record as one of "four years … of unfinished business." To read the article is to be struck by the magnitude of the finished business:
By the AP's own lamentations, Trump has significantly scaled back the number of soldiers stationed abroad. Not the U.S. media, but the liberal British Economist has, in fact, credited President Trump for trying to bring an end to America's "unproductive conflicts."
Also by the AP's telling, a good section of the Wall has been built, and the courts have been stacked with constitutionalists.
As I see it, Trump has brokered much more than a peace agreement in the Middle East. He has set in motion a regional dynamic. Listen:
In the past, America imagined it must and can be a decisive force for good in the Middle East. It can't. The region's players march to their own drumbeat, which is why America ought to foster regional politics, or geopolitics, in the Middle East.
By shifting the emphasis away from the dysfunctional Palestinian-Israeli axis, Trump has done just that: He has returned power to the players in the region.
Currently, three Arab states are normalizing relations with Israel. What do you know?! This healthy shift away from one stagnant Middle Eastern mire has created a demand among other warring nations. Kosovo and Serbia are clamoring to get on the peace train.
But, but, "Trump's a threat to national security," screeches ventriloquist dummy Joe Biden, who represents not the war-weary people, but America's anti-Trump, never-won-a-war, treacherous generals and admirals and the military-industrial-complex.
In "The Trump Revolution: The Donald's Creative Destruction Deconstructed," my June 2016 book, I made the case that understanding President Donald Trump demands a shift to process mode.
It means jumping a level of abstraction to look, not at a particular Trump tweet, claim, or verbal thrust and parry. Rather, consider you must their combined, devastating effects on oft-subversive, extra-constitutional, managerial and administrative state structures, to say nothing of the media mafiosi.
Our president was the candidate to kick the crap out of the political class. He never embarked on that apology tour. And like lizard brain Trump Nation, the president reflected just how sick and tired we all are of racial sadomasochism. Trump is synonymous with testosterone. We like that.
On a personal note: POTUS is why I became an American Woman. I naturalized because of Donald J. Trump. Naturally, I had always been down with the founding documents and the Founding Fathers. But because of Uncle Sam's depredation and unjust wars, I wasn't feeling it.
Until ... POTUS.


wnd--2020-10-29--Why Dems pushed 'early voting' so hard

Why Dems pushed 'early voting' so hard

Looking back on the 2020 election , historians may conclude that the greatest wrong in this nation-rending event was not that millions of illegitimate votes were cast , or that millions of mail-in ballots went undelivered by members of the Joe Biden-endorsing letter carriers union .
The greatest wrong may have been to trick voters into casting their ballots days , weeks , or even months before Nov. 3 , 2020 .
This has caused a `` premature election , '' an Alice-in-Wonderland upside-down contest where people voted first , then watched debates and learned about the candidates afterward .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ refused to say honestly what he would do as president .
For those who believe in the Latin democratic dogma Vox Populi , Vox Dei , `` the voice of the People is the voice of God , '' Election Day used to be a secular `` holy day . ''
Neighbors would gather at their polling place and share in the voting ritual , proving that we each had an equal voice in selecting and directing the government that rules over us .
The Democratic Party hated voluntary voting .
Their voters @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , were hard to motivate .
Bad weather elected Republicans , whose voters went to the polls rain or shine while many Democrats did not .
Democratic apparatchiks proposed ways to change this , such as making voting mandatory and non-voting a crime .
When the fearful COVID pandemic hit , the Obama-Biden administration 's former attorney general , Eric Holder , declared that it could forever change the way Americans vote .
Why risk catching your death in a crowded , virus-contaminated polling place if you could instead fill out your ballot @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and mail it in weeks before the election deadline ?
In 2020 , Democrats thus used fear of microorganisms and leftist mobs , media-promoted hate propaganda against Trump and easy-as-pie voting to `` suppress '' informed voters .
In states such as California , millions of excess mail-in ballots flooded mailboxes , including those of low-information and ghost voters .
Expanding voting to weeks or months also transforms elections by forcing candidates to spread their campaign and ad dollars over a prolonged time period .
The major-party incumbents have lots of money , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ do not ; newcomers used to compete by putting all their money into ads just before Election Day , but now , in effect , there is no `` Election Day . ''
Democrats and their leftist media comrades also relentlessly warned to `` vote early … do n't wait , '' because they knew a dark secret .
Investigations into former Vice President Biden 's corruption would soon be revealed .
This evidence of criminal wrongdoing could sink Biden 's prospects .
Biden desperately had to win the election with ballots already @ @ @ @ @ @ @ corruption , a story suppressed by leftist media .
By Tuesday last , a week before Nov. 3 , 70 million voters had already mailed in ballots .
A growing clamor , however , is rising from Americans with `` voter remorse , '' like one who told me : '' I feel duped and conned .
My vote was stolen !
They knew Biden sold out our country to Communist China , but all they told me was to vote for Biden immediately .
I want my vote back so I can @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a do-over ! ''
In many states , your early ballot is final .
But in the 2016 election it turned out that in at least seven lucky states , you could change your early vote – in Wisconsin , for example , up to three times .
According to CNN , other such states are Minnesota , Michigan , New York , Mississippi and Connecticut .
Connecticut allows each town to decide whether to allow voter do-overs .
Washington state also might permit this .
If you wish to re-vote , check @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , as President Trump advises , `` Go do it ! ''
The right of a citizen to re-do a mail-in vote is as fundamental as the right to vote itself .
This reform , which technology makes relatively easy , should become law immediately , in time for the 2020 election .
Pennsylvania allows no re-voting , reported Business Insider , but the Atlanta Journal-Constitution said it does .
The all-Democrat Pennsylvania Supreme Court days ago ruled that a mail-in ballot may count even if its voter signature does not match and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Eliminating such safeguards invites massive vote fraud in 2020 's biggest battleground state .
A `` dark winter '' is coming , admits Joe Biden .
If he becomes president , America will plunge into a new Dark Age of feudal serfdom .
We serfs may thereafter vote easily by mail , but , as in 2016 , our globalist leftist rulers will resist being voted out of power .
Lowell Ponte is a former Reader 's Digest Roving Editor .
His articles have appeared in the Wall Street Journal , the New @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 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 .

Looking back on the 2020 election, historians may conclude that the greatest wrong in this nation-rending event was not that millions of illegitimate votes were cast, or that millions of mail-in ballots went undelivered by members of the Joe Biden-endorsing letter carriers union.
The greatest wrong may have been to trick voters into casting their ballots days, weeks, or even months before Nov. 3, 2020.
This has caused a "premature election," an Alice-in-Wonderland upside-down contest where people voted first, then watched debates and learned about the candidates afterward. Biden has hidden from tough questions and refused to say honestly what he would do as president.
For those who believe in the Latin democratic dogma Vox Populi, Vox Dei, "the voice of the People is the voice of God," Election Day used to be a secular "holy day."
Neighbors would gather at their polling place and share in the voting ritual, proving that we each had an equal voice in selecting and directing the government that rules over us.
TRENDING: Is this the 'Final Battle'?
The Democratic Party hated voluntary voting. Their voters, like their party's jackass symbol, were hard to motivate. Bad weather elected Republicans, whose voters went to the polls rain or shine while many Democrats did not.
Democratic apparatchiks proposed ways to change this, such as making voting mandatory and non-voting a crime.
When the fearful COVID pandemic hit, the Obama-Biden administration's former attorney general, Eric Holder, declared that it could forever change the way Americans vote.
Why risk catching your death in a crowded, virus-contaminated polling place if you could instead fill out your ballot in the safety of your own home and mail it in weeks before the election deadline?
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In 2020, Democrats thus used fear of microorganisms and leftist mobs, media-promoted hate propaganda against Trump and easy-as-pie voting to "suppress" informed voters. In states such as California, millions of excess mail-in ballots flooded mailboxes, including those of low-information and ghost voters.
Expanding voting to weeks or months also transforms elections by forcing candidates to spread their campaign and ad dollars over a prolonged time period.
The major-party incumbents have lots of money, but newcomer candidates with fresh ideas usually do not; newcomers used to compete by putting all their money into ads just before Election Day, but now, in effect, there is no "Election Day."
Democrats and their leftist media comrades also relentlessly warned to "vote early … don't wait," because they knew a dark secret. Investigations into former Vice President Biden's corruption would soon be revealed. This evidence of criminal wrongdoing could sink Biden's prospects.
Biden desperately had to win the election with ballots already mailed in before voters learned of his corruption, a story suppressed by leftist media.
By Tuesday last, a week before Nov. 3, 70 million voters had already mailed in ballots.
A growing clamor, however, is rising from Americans with "voter remorse," like one who told me:
"I feel duped and conned. My vote was stolen! They knew Biden sold out our country to Communist China, but all they told me was to vote for Biden immediately. I want my vote back so I can cast it for Trump. I want a do-over!"
In many states, your early ballot is final. But in the 2016 election it turned out that in at least seven lucky states, you could change your early vote – in Wisconsin, for example, up to three times.
According to CNN, other such states are Minnesota, Michigan, New York, Mississippi and Connecticut. Connecticut allows each town to decide whether to allow voter do-overs. Washington state also might permit this. If you wish to re-vote, check what your state or city allows and, as President Trump advises, "Go do it!"
The right of a citizen to re-do a mail-in vote is as fundamental as the right to vote itself. This reform, which technology makes relatively easy, should become law immediately, in time for the 2020 election.
Pennsylvania allows no re-voting, reported Business Insider, but the Atlanta Journal-Constitution said it does. The all-Democrat Pennsylvania Supreme Court days ago ruled that a mail-in ballot may count even if its voter signature does not match and it has no clear postmark date. Eliminating such safeguards invites massive vote fraud in 2020's biggest battleground state.
A "dark winter" is coming, admits Joe Biden. If he becomes president, America will plunge into a new Dark Age of feudal serfdom. We serfs may thereafter vote easily by mail, but, as in 2016, our globalist leftist rulers will resist being voted out of power.
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--2020-10-29--Vote Trump, save America

Vote Trump, save America

We are just days from the most important election in modern times , and sanctimonious scolds are still telling conservatives they 're immoral for supporting the main person fighting to prevent this nation 's destruction .
Seriously ?
Your shaming is n't working .
We do n't believe we are betraying our values by standing with the person who is pursuing policies that will sustain America 's liberty tradition and opposing those that will enslave and impoverish us .
You can force-feed us op-ed after op-ed from well-respected Christian theologians urging us to vote against President Trump because you apparently @ @ @ @ @ @ @ But your pleas will fall flat because , unlike you , we see clearly the threats we face to life , liberty , the pursuit of happiness and , yes , even Christian values .
Ask yourself this : If , when crafting our Constitution , the framers anticipated that a man like Donald Trump might eventually become president – a man whose quirks bother some people to distraction and irrationality – would they have scrapped the whole system and opted for political tyranny and economic socialism ?
Heavens , no , but @ @ @ @ @ @ @ us to do .
No , thank you .
We are not about to abandon the ideas we believe in because some of you have made a virtue out of hating and vilifying this president and demonizing the rest of us who disagree with you .
We are not about to surrender to a leftist agenda of abortion on demand ; lawlessness in our streets ; bankrupting and unworkable environmental radicalism ; the end of the oil industry ; socialism ; gender anarchy ; the obliteration of our freedoms of speech and religion @ @ @ @ @ @ @ you have become unwitting allies of sinister forces determined to realize these infernal goals .
One popular theologian insists that a man of Trump 's character would lead us to such horrors as abortion , arguing that his policies are not as important as his reflecting good values .
This is delusional on its face .
How can you argue that this person you love to judge and condemn is likely to lead us away from our values – life , liberty and property – when he is already upholding those values ?
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ all sinners – including the most pious among us , who , of all people , should have that truth emblazoned on their spirits .
The indictment against Trump 's character is not the one-sided case you think it is .
But many of you are so blinded by your hatred that you ca n't see his positive attributes , the wonderful things he 's doing for this country and the evil ideas he is opposing .
For four years , we 've heard that Trump is the repository of evil in the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of the complaints against him .
But we 've also seen a man who genuinely loves this country and who is fighting , scratching and kicking 24 hours a day for almost all things conservatives believe in .
He is dedicated to keeping it strong so that we can meet all internal and external challenges to our security and domestic tranquility .
No president has ever been subjected to the incessant slander leveled at him , the relentless daily assault that would drive most mortals to a permanent fetal position .
Much of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ he shrugs it off and spends every waking moment addressing the nagging problems we face and combating the forces who are determined to divide us on race , gender and economic status , and to burn the nation down to make way for their quixotic socialist utopia .
So many of the attacks leveled against Trump have been orchestrated by a monolithic liberal media that has abandoned any pretense of fairness and objectivity .
The media are not only a hell-born hydra for the Democratic Party ; they are outright dishonest and censorious @ @ @ @ @ @ @ conservative policy , you surely ca n't be comfortable with the liberal media and social media conspiring to suppress conservative speech – not if you still love America and what has always made it unique .
If you think this country can long survive with such tyrannical behavior , if you think Donald Trump represents a greater threat to this nation than people who facilitate such despotism , then we 're on different planets .
IMPORTANT NOTE : America ’ s “ mainstream media ” has become a clone of the former Soviet @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a cravenly servile , constantly lying propaganda operation disguised as actual journalism .
Today ’ s total corruption of what was once a vibrant news establishment is powerfully explored in the October issue of WND ’ s acclaimed monthly Whistleblower magazine , titled “ GUARDIANS OF THE SWAMP : How angry , entitled and shockingly dishonest ‘ journalists ’ are destroying America.
” The uninterrupted barrage against Trump has poisoned people 's minds and hearts .
Much of the case against him is based on lies and half-truths .
I do n't believe @ @ @ @ @ @ @ his worst critics are hard-pressed to deny that his policies have improved the lives of minorities .
Reporters , for example , constantly ask him to renounce white supremacy , when he has never endorsed it – no matter how many times they scream otherwise .
When he complies and denounces it yet again , they say they do n't believe him .
Speaking of character , bearing false witness is hardly a trifling sin .
This is no longer Democrats versus Republicans .
It is an existential struggle for the survival of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ earnestly appeal to my Democratic friends who do n't subscribe to the radical leftist agenda that has swallowed their party .
I appeal to never-Trump Republicans who , because of a disorienting obsession , are fighting against the policies and values they 've supported their entire lives .
You never-Trumpers have to wonder which of us has changed , given that more than 95 % of Republicans disagree with you .
If the frail and rapidly failing Joe Biden becomes president , the nation will likely never be the same again , whether @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the radical Kamala Harris .
Forbid it , almighty God .

We are just days from the most important election in modern times, and sanctimonious scolds are still telling conservatives they're immoral for supporting the main person fighting to prevent this nation's destruction.
Seriously? Your shaming isn't working. We don't believe we are betraying our values by standing with the person who is pursuing policies that will sustain America's liberty tradition and opposing those that will enslave and impoverish us.
You can force-feed us op-ed after op-ed from well-respected Christian theologians urging us to vote against President Trump because you apparently believe he's Satan's spawn. But your pleas will fall flat because, unlike you, we see clearly the threats we face to life, liberty, the pursuit of happiness and, yes, even Christian values.
Ask yourself this: If, when crafting our Constitution, the framers anticipated that a man like Donald Trump might eventually become president – a man whose quirks bother some people to distraction and irrationality – would they have scrapped the whole system and opted for political tyranny and economic socialism?
Heavens, no, but that's essentially what you're asking us to do. No, thank you. We are not about to abandon the ideas we believe in because some of you have made a virtue out of hating and vilifying this president and demonizing the rest of us who disagree with you.
TRENDING: Is this the 'Final Battle'?
We are not about to surrender to a leftist agenda of abortion on demand; lawlessness in our streets; bankrupting and unworkable environmental radicalism; the end of the oil industry; socialism; gender anarchy; the obliteration of our freedoms of speech and religion; and a weak United States because you have become unwitting allies of sinister forces determined to realize these infernal goals.
One popular theologian insists that a man of Trump's character would lead us to such horrors as abortion, arguing that his policies are not as important as his reflecting good values. This is delusional on its face. How can you argue that this person you love to judge and condemn is likely to lead us away from our values – life, liberty and property – when he is already upholding those values?
Let's be real. We are all sinners – including the most pious among us, who, of all people, should have that truth emblazoned on their spirits. The indictment against Trump's character is not the one-sided case you think it is. But many of you are so blinded by your hatred that you can't see his positive attributes, the wonderful things he's doing for this country and the evil ideas he is opposing.
For four years, we've heard that Trump is the repository of evil in the world, and we're well aware of the complaints against him. But we've also seen a man who genuinely loves this country and who is fighting, scratching and kicking 24 hours a day for almost all things conservatives believe in. He is dedicated to keeping it strong so that we can meet all internal and external challenges to our security and domestic tranquility.
No president has ever been subjected to the incessant slander leveled at him, the relentless daily assault that would drive most mortals to a permanent fetal position. Much of it has been outright lies. But he shrugs it off and spends every waking moment addressing the nagging problems we face and combating the forces who are determined to divide us on race, gender and economic status, and to burn the nation down to make way for their quixotic socialist utopia.
So many of the attacks leveled against Trump have been orchestrated by a monolithic liberal media that has abandoned any pretense of fairness and objectivity. The media are not only a hell-born hydra for the Democratic Party; they are outright dishonest and censorious. Even if you disagree with every conservative policy, you surely can't be comfortable with the liberal media and social media conspiring to suppress conservative speech – not if you still love America and what has always made it unique. If you think this country can long survive with such tyrannical behavior, if you think Donald Trump represents a greater threat to this nation than people who facilitate such despotism, then we're on different planets.
IMPORTANT NOTE: America’s “mainstream media” has become a clone of the former Soviet Union’s “Pravda” – a cravenly servile, constantly lying propaganda operation disguised as actual journalism. Today’s total corruption of what was once a vibrant news establishment is powerfully explored in the October issue of WND’s acclaimed monthly Whistleblower magazine, titled “GUARDIANS OF THE SWAMP: How angry, entitled and shockingly dishonest ‘journalists’ are destroying America.”
The uninterrupted barrage against Trump has poisoned people's minds and hearts. Much of the case against him is based on lies and half-truths. I don't believe Trump is a racist, and even his worst critics are hard-pressed to deny that his policies have improved the lives of minorities.
Reporters, for example, constantly ask him to renounce white supremacy, when he has never endorsed it – no matter how many times they scream otherwise. When he complies and denounces it yet again, they say they don't believe him. Speaking of character, bearing false witness is hardly a trifling sin.
This is no longer Democrats versus Republicans. It is an existential struggle for the survival of the United States as founded. I earnestly appeal to my Democratic friends who don't subscribe to the radical leftist agenda that has swallowed their party. I appeal to never-Trump Republicans who, because of a disorienting obsession, are fighting against the policies and values they've supported their entire lives. You never-Trumpers have to wonder which of us has changed, given that more than 95% of Republicans disagree with you.
If the frail and rapidly failing Joe Biden becomes president, the nation will likely never be the same again, whether or not he is quickly replaced by the radical Kamala Harris. Forbid it, almighty God.