vdare--2020-08-05--Michelle Malkin: Fact Check—Yes, the Mob Is Coming for You

COLORADO SPRINGS , CO.—In June , America ’ s mass media propaganda machine endangered the public by spreading insidious “ disinformation ” — while purporting to debunk “ disinformation.
” The New York Times , NBC News , CNN and the Associated Press converged nine weeks ago to persuade readers and viewers that neither antifa rioters nor Black Lives Matter militants were fanning out from major urban areas into flyover country .
Law enforcement bulletins and citizen alerts about the metastasis of violent demonstrations all amount to “ misinformation , ” “ bad information , ” “ false information , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ conspiratorial content , ” the Gray Lady scoffed .
NBC News and CNN exploited a single fake antifa Twitter account to dismiss nationwide concerns of domestic terrorism as “ viral misinformation.
” The AP blasted “ baseless theories ” about encroaching violence and castigated “ conservative news outlets and pro-Trump social media accounts ” for reporting on them .
The “ progressive ” Anti-Defamation League — headed by Jonathan Greenblatt , a Clinton/Obama official and former George Soros-funded operative — amplified the fraudulent media campaign .
“ There has been no evidence of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ carrying out attacks on suburban or white communities , ” the ADL declared , and the “ large-scale protests following the murder of George Floyd ” were “ overwhelmingly peaceful.
” Since this agitprop campaign two months ago , armed extremists allied with antifa and BLM have indeed staged escalating incursions into the heartland .
Yes , the mob is on the move .
Yes , the mob is targeting “ suburban neighborhoods and white communities.
” Yes , the mob could turn up at your home at any time .
And no @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , you can not rely on the police , nor elected officials ( Democratic or Republican ) , nor even mainstream Second Amendment organizations in Washington , D.C. , like the National Rifle Association to stand with you in your time of need .
Just two weeks after the Denver police purposely stood down and watched my friends and I come under attack by BLM and antifa at a “ Back the Blue ” rally , Colorado Springs police sat by and did nothing on Monday night as a residential neighborhood was shut @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , carrying walkie-talkies and openly defying state laws prohibiting targeted picketing , the mob marched unobstructed into the streets of Pulpit Rock to the private home of a Colorado Springs Police Department officer .
He had been cleared by a grand jury a year ago in a police-involved fatal shooting of an armed robbery suspect .
An event supported by Colorado Springs # Antifa is scheduled for August 3rd .
Although protests have been rare in Colorado Springs , the local Antifa group here regularly drives to Denver and Pueblo to support the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ pic.twitter.com/BZofray8a9 — Angela Ramirez ( @ coangelaramirez ) July 29 , 2020 Local news outlets filmed black-clad BLM menaces in camo and combat boots ignoring cops ’ orders to stop blocking motorists .
Militants cursed , threatened and waved their weapons at law-abiding citizens , one of whom called 911 for help once the mob let him through .
The protestors let both trucks through .
@ FOX21News pic.twitter.com/pQcDGGD0lG — CMoore News® ( Carly Moore ) ( @ CMoore_News ) August 3 , 2020 No officer came to assist .
Instead , CSPD @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ reminding ” the mob “ to not block the streets ” and were issuing two “ shelter in place ” orders advising residents to “ stay indoors ; please lock and stay away from windows and doors.
” CSPD is asking families who live in this area to shelter in place https : //t.co/mnZVftv07i — Catherine Silver ( @ CatSilverTV ) August 4 , 2020 “ Protect and serve ” has been replaced with “ Tweet and retreat.
” Run and hide .
Kneel and grovel .
If it ’ s coming @ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ s coming to your town , too .
Former City Councilman Sean Paige condemned the fecklessness : “ We have a ‘ law and order ’ Mayor In Colorado Springs , right ?
So why is John Suthers letting thugs get away with this kind of dangerous/threatening nonsense in residential areas ?
” [ VDARE.com Note : Colorado Springs Mayor John Suthers did n't seem like a `` and order '' mayor in 2017 , when he forced the cancellation of a VDARE.com conference by stating that his city would `` not @ @ @ @ @ @ @ event… ” As Tom Tancredo said at the time `` The message was there will be no police protection if violent protests occur . ''
] We have a `` law and order '' Mayor In Colorado Springs , right ?
So why is @ JohnSuthers letting thugs get away with this kind of dangerous/threatening nonsense in residential areas ?
https : //t.co/d1Lu8pYugu # copolitics # coleg # antifa # BLM # ColoradoSprings @ CSPDPIO @ michellemalkin # gop pic.twitter.com/y7YFERepHR — Sean Paige ( @ SeanPaige ) August 4 , 2020 Twitter user @ @ @ @ @ @ @ posts : “ Announcements ?
Reminders ?
How about arrests ?
Pathetic response by law enforcement .
Unbelievable !
” Another enraged citizen asked CSPD : “ ( H ) ow are the masked protestors who are in full tactical gear and standing down vehicles with their hands on the stocks of their rifles not menacing ?
” I asked Lt. James Sokolik [ Email him ] CSPD public information officer , why no one was arrested .
“ We monitored ” the protest “ extensively , ” he told me , and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ intervene ” because “ it took care of itself.
” That passive language echoes the Denver Police Chief Paul Pazen ’ s diffident downplaying of the riot at the “ Back the Blue ” rally as having “ devolved ” on its own , with no one and no entity actually accountable .
[ Email Chief Pazen ] “ But I don ’ t want to give the impression that this was some sort of blasé thing , ” Sokolik warbled .
Oh , no .
Who would ever get that impression ?
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ monitored .
Colorado Springs native and Benghazi Marine hero John “ Tig ” Tiegen , who works with the nonprofit Faith Education Commerce United , rejects such abject passivity in the face of extreme aggression .
“ You shouldn ’ t have to hide in your own house and be held against your will for fear of bodily harm or death , ” he told me .
He issued a call to action when he heard of the mob hijacking of Pulpit Rock .
A large group of his friends joined him to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ assault : “ We were definitely a force and the neighbors were glad we were there.
” “ It ’ s time to stop living in utopia instead of reality , ” Tiegen counsels .
Amen .
Reject the lies .
Ignore the smears .
Lock , load and lean on each other .
Domestic tranquility , like anarchotyranny , doesn ’ t just happen on its own .
Michelle Malkin [ Email her ] is the author of Invasion : How America Still Welcomes Terrorists , Criminals , and Other Foreign Menaces @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Peter Brimelow ’ s review .
Click here for Michelle Malkin 's website .
Michelle Malkin is also the author of Unhinged : Exposing Liberals Gone Wild , Culture of Corruption : Obama and his Team of Tax Cheats , Crooks & Cronies , , Who Built That : Awe-Inspiring Stories of American Tinkerpreneurs , and Sold Out : How High-Tech Billionaires & Bipartisan Beltway Crapweasels Are Screwing America 's Best & Brightest Workers .
Malkin is author of the book , `` Open Borders , Inc. : Who 's Funding America 's @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in hardcover .
To find out more about Michelle Malkin and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists , visit the Creators Syndicate website at www.creators.com .
COPYRIGHT 2019 CREATORS.COM

Michelle Malkin On Colorado Springs: Freedom Of Assembly Under Fire and also, by Peter Brimelow, Courtroom Crusades: VDARE.com’s Fight For Free Speech In CO Springs—An Update, and support VDARE.com's Legal Defense Fund
An official message has been sent to residences in the area of the 6000 block of Pulpit Rock Drive to shelter in place due to the civil disturbance/protest.
This message is to keep community members informed and safe. — Colorado Springs Police Department (@CSPDPIO) August 3, 2020
A car has blocked the road from a truck, and now the driver and demonstrators are getting aggravated. Warning, there’s profanity in this video. @KOAA pic.twitter.com/PehS1n9pYA — Colette Bordelon (@ColetteBordelon) August 3, 2020
COLORADO SPRINGS, CO.—In June, America’s mass media propaganda machine endangered the public by spreading insidious “disinformation” — while purporting to debunk “disinformation.”
The New York Times, NBC News, CNN and the Associated Press converged nine weeks ago to persuade readers and viewers that neither antifa rioters nor Black Lives Matter militants were fanning out from major urban areas into flyover country. Law enforcement bulletins and citizen alerts about the metastasis of violent demonstrations all amount to “misinformation,” “bad information,” “false information,” “unfounded rumors” and “conspiratorial content,” the Gray Lady scoffed.
NBC News and CNN exploited a single fake antifa Twitter account to dismiss nationwide concerns of domestic terrorism as “viral misinformation.”
The AP blasted “baseless theories” about encroaching violence and castigated “conservative news outlets and pro-Trump social media accounts” for reporting on them.
In short: Don’t worry. Be happy. Blame Righty.
The “progressive” Anti-Defamation League — headed by Jonathan Greenblatt, a Clinton/Obama official and former George Soros-funded operative — amplified the fraudulent media campaign. “There has been no evidence of antifa or Black Lives Matter organizing or carrying out attacks on suburban or white communities,” the ADL declared, and the “large-scale protests following the murder of George Floyd” were “overwhelmingly peaceful.”
Fact check: ADL = All Damned Lies. AP = Anarchist Propaganda. CNN = Chaos-Nurturing Network.
Since this agitprop campaign two months ago, armed extremists allied with antifa and BLM have indeed staged escalating incursions into the heartland. Yes, the mob is on the move. Yes, the mob is targeting “suburban neighborhoods and white communities.” Yes, the mob could turn up at your home at any time.
And no, in the age of American anarchotyranny, you cannot rely on the police, nor elected officials (Democratic or Republican), nor even mainstream Second Amendment organizations in Washington, D.C., like the National Rifle Association to stand with you in your time of need.
Just two weeks after the Denver police purposely stood down and watched my friends and me come under attack by BLM and antifa at a “Back the Blue” rally, Colorado Springs police sat by and did nothing on Monday night as a residential neighborhood was shut down by cop-hating provocateurs. Toting AR-15s, carrying walkie-talkies and openly defying state laws prohibiting targeted picketing, the mob marched unobstructed into the streets of Pulpit Rock to the private home of a Colorado Springs Police Department officer. He had been cleared by a grand jury a year ago in a police-involved fatal shooting of an armed robbery suspect.
An event supported by Colorado Springs #Antifa is scheduled for August 3rd.
Although protests have been rare in Colorado Springs, the local Antifa group here regularly drives to Denver and Pueblo to support the protests there. #Colorado #Antifa pic.twitter.com/BZofray8a9 — Angela Ramirez (@coangelaramirez) July 29, 2020
Local news outlets filmed black-clad BLM menaces in camo and combat boots ignoring cops’ orders to stop blocking motorists. Militants cursed, threatened and waved their weapons at law-abiding citizens, one of whom called 911 for help once the mob let him through.
The protestors let both trucks through. @FOX21News pic.twitter.com/pQcDGGD0lG — Carly Moore | CMoore News® (@CMoore_News) August 3, 2020
No officer came to assist. Instead, CSPD officials posted on Twitter that they were “reminding” the mob “to not block the streets” and were issuing two “shelter in place” orders advising residents to “stay indoors; please lock and stay away from windows and doors.”
CSPD is asking families who live in this area to shelter in place https://t.co/mnZVftv07i — Catherine Silver (@CatSilverTV) August 4, 2020
“Protect and serve” has been replaced with “Tweet and retreat.” Run and hide. Kneel and grovel. If it’s coming to my once-solidly conservative community, it’s coming to your town, too.
Former City Councilman Sean Paige condemned the fecklessness: “We have a ‘law and order’ Mayor In Colorado Springs, right? So why is John Suthers letting thugs get away with this kind of dangerous/threatening nonsense in residential areas?” [VDARE.com Note: Colorado Springs Mayor John Suthers didn't seem like a "and order" mayor in 2017, when he forced the cancellation of a VDARE.com conference by stating that his city would "not provide any support or resources to this event…” As Tom Tancredo said at the time, "The message was there will be no police protection if violent protests occur." ]
We have a "law and order" Mayor In Colorado Springs, right? So why is @JohnSuthers letting thugs get away with this kind of dangerous/threatening nonsense in residential areas? https://t.co/d1Lu8pYugu#copolitics #coleg #antifa #BLM #ColoradoSprings @CSPDPIO @michellemalkin #gop pic.twitter.com/y7YFERepHR — Sean Paige (@SeanPaige) August 4, 2020
Twitter user Sandi K. responded to the CSPD police posts: “Announcements? Reminders? How about arrests? Pathetic response by law enforcement. Unbelievable!”
Another enraged citizen asked CSPD: “(H)ow are the masked protestors who are in full tactical gear and standing down vehicles with their hands on the stocks of their rifles not menacing?”
I asked Lt. James Sokolik [Email him], CSPD public information officer, why no one was arrested. “We monitored” the protest “extensively,” he told me, and made an “ultimate decision not to intervene” because “it took care of itself.” That passive language echoes the Denver Police Chief Paul Pazen’s diffident downplaying of the riot at the “Back the Blue” rally as having “devolved” on its own, with no one and no entity actually accountable. [Email Chief Pazen] “But I don’t want to give the impression that this was some sort of blasé thing,” Sokolik warbled.
Oh, no. Who would ever get that impression? After all, the situation was being monitored.
Colorado Springs native and Benghazi Marine hero John “Tig” Tiegen, who works with the nonprofit Faith Education Commerce United, rejects such abject passivity in the face of extreme aggression. “You shouldn’t have to hide in your own house and be held against your will for fear of bodily harm or death,” he told me. He issued a call to action when he heard of the mob hijacking of Pulpit Rock. A large group of his friends joined him to defend and protect the homeowners from direct assault: “We were definitely a force and the neighbors were glad we were there.”
“It’s time to stop living in utopia instead of reality,” Tiegen counsels. Amen. Reject the lies. Ignore the smears. Lock, load and lean on each other. Domestic tranquility, like anarchotyranny, doesn’t just happen on its own.
COPYRIGHT 2020 CREATORS.COM
Michelle Malkin [Email her] is the author of Invasion: How America Still Welcomes Terrorists, Criminals, and Other Foreign Menaces to Our Shores. Click here for Peter Brimelow’s review. Click here for Michelle Malkin's website. Michelle Malkin is also the author of Unhinged: Exposing Liberals Gone Wild, Culture of Corruption: Obama and his Team of Tax Cheats, Crooks & Cronies, ,Who Built That: Awe-Inspiring Stories of American Tinkerpreneurs, and Sold Out: How High-Tech Billionaires & Bipartisan Beltway Crapweasels Are Screwing America's Best & Brightest Workers.
Malkin is author of the book, "Open Borders, Inc.: Who's Funding America's Destruction," available directly from VDARE.com in hardcover. To find out more about Michelle Malkin and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate website at www.creators.com. COPYRIGHT 2019 CREATORS.COM


vdare--2020-08-05--Looks Like US Is Over Second Coronavirus Hump

Here are the New York Times ’ graphs of the seven days moving average of new coronavirus cases and deaths .
Because the lines represent the average of the last 7 days , they lag about 3.5 days behind the latest day .
The official case count seven day trailing average plateaued from about July 18-25 and has been falling since .
Deaths kept rising until a few days ago , but the last few days have been promising .
If this really was a peak for deaths , it looks like the Case Fatality Rate has dropped about , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ due to some uncertain combination of more testing and better treatment .
As you ’ ll recall , it was only at the very end of March that a few brave NYC emergency room doctors began to speak out against the ventilator obsession of the medical community and political class in favor of first trying to put patients on their stomachs .
By late April , ER doctors were advising patients to monitor their own blood oxygen percent and come in for more oxygen as soon as it began to fall rather than @ @ @ @ @ @ @ which point much of the damage was already done .
But keep in mind that the USA is a continent-wide place , not a specific region like many European countries .
Place that have avoided being hit hard yet are still at risk of getting whomped shortly .
A major question is how hard will be second waves ?
Madrid , which was hit hard in the early spring , appears to be rising again .
Consider New York City , which has had few cases or deaths in recent weeks , but @ @ @ @ @ @ @ August even in non-plague years .
Can it reopen after Labor Day like it normally does ?
NYC is probably closer to herd immunity than any other big city in the US , but is it close enough ?
Another measure I like to track is Wikipedia ’ s list of “ notable ” individuals who have died of the virus because it ’ s easy to track ages and career trajectories .
As I ’ ve been pointing out for several months , judging by this list , not that many people @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in the U.S.. Back on July 5 , Broadway character Nick Cordero died at age 41 after a terrible ordeal .
Since then , 9 notable personages have died in the U.S. , most famously 74-year-old Herman Cain .
On the other hand , two of the nine deaths were over 100 years of age .
On the other hand , it ’ s still unclear how bad the long-term effects of CV will be .
For example , the popular Twitter personality , Sciencing_Bi , a Hopi Indian born in Alabama who @ @ @ @ @ @ @ at Arizona State , came down with CV months ago , suffered from it in the Long Haul , and recently died of it .
But then somebody finally noticed that Hopi Indians live in the canyons near the Grand Canyon , not in Alabama which has no canyons .
It turned out that this Hopi science Twitter account which would pile on in support of MeToo activist BethAnn McLaughlin was a concoction of McLaughlin .

Here are the New York Times’ graphs of the seven days moving average of new coronavirus cases and deaths. Because the lines represent the average of the last 7 days, they lag about 3.5 days behind the latest day.
The official case count seven day trailing average plateaued from about July 18-25 and has been falling since. Deaths kept rising until a few days ago, but the last few days have been promising.
If this really was a peak for deaths, it looks like the Case Fatality Rate has dropped about, say, 75% since April, due to some uncertain combination of more testing and better treatment. As you’ll recall, it was only at the very end of March that a few brave NYC emergency room doctors began to speak out against the ventilator obsession of the medical community and political class in favor of first trying to put patients on their stomachs. By late April, ER doctors were advising patients to monitor their own blood oxygen percent and come in for more oxygen as soon as it began to fall rather than until they had breathing problems, by which point much of the damage was already done.
But keep in mind that the USA is a continent-wide place, not a specific region like many European countries. Place that have avoided being hit hard yet are still at risk of getting whomped shortly.
A major question is how hard will be second waves? Madrid, which was hit hard in the early spring, appears to be rising again.
Consider New York City, which has had few cases or deaths in recent weeks, but then NYC tends to empty out in August even in non-plague years. Can it reopen after Labor Day like it normally does? NYC is probably closer to herd immunity than any other big city in the US, but is it close enough?
Another measure I like to track is Wikipedia’s list of “notable” individuals who have died of the virus because it’s easy to track ages and career trajectories. As I’ve been pointing out for several months, judging by this list, not that many people in their primes have died of CV in the U.S.. Back on July 5, Broadway character Nick Cordero died at age 41 after a terrible ordeal. Since then, 9 notable personages have died in the U.S., most famously 74-year-old Herman Cain. On the other hand, two of the nine deaths were over 100 years of age.
On the other hand, it’s still unclear how bad the long-term effects of CV will be. For example, the popular Twitter personality, Sciencing_Bi, a Hopi Indian born in Alabama who is a professor of queerness or whatever at Arizona State, came down with CV months ago, suffered from it in the Long Haul, and recently died of it.
But then somebody finally noticed that Hopi Indians live in the canyons near the Grand Canyon, not in Alabama, which has no canyons. It turned out that this Hopi science Twitter account, which would pile on in support of MeToo activist BethAnn McLaughlin, was a concoction of McLaughlin.
[Comment at Unz.com]


vdare--2020-08-05--SFPD Stops Releasing Mugshots, Because They're "Disproportionately" Black And Hispanic

First it was the corporate press .
Yes , a tax-payer funded entity is hiding the truth about criminality because it might perpetuate “ racial stereotypes.
” SAN FRANCISCO ( CBS SF/AP ) — It ’ s been a standard practice of law enforcement agencies across the San Francisco Bay Area — releasing mugshots of suspects arrested for a variety of crimes .
They fill social media accounts like the one maintained by the San Francisco Police Department Tenderloin office on Twitter .
But that practice came to an end Wednesday .
Police Chief Bill Scott said the department will @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to the media or allow officers to post them online .
He said the only mugshots released will be limited to suspect who pose a threat to the public .
It ’ s all an effort to stop perpetuating racial stereotypes .
Booking photos are taken when someone is arrested .
They are often made public whether or not the person is prosecuted for the alleged crime , which undermines the presumption of innocence and helps perpetuate stereotypes .
Jack Glaser , a public policy professor at the University of California Berkeley who @ @ @ @ @ @ @ consulted , said data shows Black people who are arrested are more likely to have their cases dismissed by prosecutors .
But the mug shots live on .
Numerous websites post photos of mug shots online , regardless of whether anyone was convicted of a crime , and then charge a fee to those who want their photo taken down .
The phenomenon prompted California ’ s attorney general to charge one of the biggest operators with extortion , money laundering , and identity theft .
That contributes to Americans making an unfair @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , Scott said .
“ This is just one small step but we hope this will be something that others might consider doing as well , ” he said , Large cities like Los Angeles and New York already have policies against releasing booking photos but make exceptions .
For example , the New York Police Department , the nation ’ s largest , releases information on arrests but doesn ’ t put out mug shots unless investigators believe that will prompt more witnesses to come forward or aid in finding a suspect @ @ @ @ @ @ @ exceptions will be if a crime suspect poses a threat or if officers need help locating a suspect or an at-risk person , Scott said .
Under the policy , the release of photos or information on a person who is arrested will also require approval from the police department ’ s public relations team .

Earlier:
First it was the corporate press.
Now it’s the police.
Yes, a tax-payer funded entity is hiding the truth about criminality because it might perpetuate “racial stereotypes.”
San Francisco Police End Common Practice Of Releasing Suspect Booking Mugshots, San Francisco CBS, July 1, 2020
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF/AP) — It’s been a standard practice of law enforcement agencies across the San Francisco Bay Area — releasing mugshots of suspects arrested for a variety of crimes.
They fill social media accounts like the one maintained by the San Francisco Police Department Tenderloin office on Twitter.
But that practice came to an end Wednesday. Police Chief Bill Scott said the department will no longer release booking photos of suspects to the media or allow officers to post them online.
He said the only mugshots released will be limited to suspect who pose a threat to the public. It’s all an effort to stop perpetuating racial stereotypes.
Booking photos are taken when someone is arrested. They are often made public whether or not the person is prosecuted for the alleged crime, which undermines the presumption of innocence and helps perpetuate stereotypes.
Jack Glaser, a public policy professor at the University of California Berkeley who researches racial stereotyping and whose work Scott consulted, said data shows Black people who are arrested are more likely to have their cases dismissed by prosecutors.
But the mug shots live on.
Numerous websites post photos of mug shots online, regardless of whether anyone was convicted of a crime, and then charge a fee to those who want their photo taken down. The phenomenon prompted California’s attorney general to charge one of the biggest operators with extortion, money laundering, and identity theft.
That contributes to Americans making an unfair association between people of color and crime, Scott said.
“This is just one small step but we hope this will be something that others might consider doing as well,” he said,
Large cities like Los Angeles and New York already have policies against releasing booking photos but make exceptions. For example, the New York Police Department, the nation’s largest, releases information on arrests but doesn’t put out mug shots unless investigators believe that will prompt more witnesses to come forward or aid in finding a suspect.
In San Francisco, the only exceptions will be if a crime suspect poses a threat or if officers need help locating a suspect or an at-risk person, Scott said.
Under the policy, the release of photos or information on a person who is arrested will also require approval from the police department’s public relations team.


vdare--2020-08-06--The Smollett Family Is Back!

The Smollett Family Is Back!

Actress and activist @ JurneeSmollett opens up about Hollywood harassment , the trauma of brother Jussie 's public scandal and how she 's `` no longer asking for a seat at the table .
We 're building our own motherf***ing table '' Lovecraft Country is an upcoming HBO horror series ( starring Jurnee Smollett , sister of Jussie Smollett ) that reveals the true secret behind H.P .
Lovecraft ’ s concept of unimaginable “ cosmic evil.
” You ’ ll never guess , but it turns out the most horrible evil in the universe is … White Supremacy !
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ the police killing of George Floyd , Jurnee Smollett has been working through a battery of emotions : There was profound grief , then fear , anxiety and , now , rage .
“ Oh , the rage , ” she howls , “ the rage I feel in my body.
” Smollett ’ s gotten awfully good at channeling that rage , she says , convening with Black Lives Matter allies in church basements and Los Angeles streets whenever she can steal time away from her 3-year-old son , Hunter , for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ regular childcare .
Still , she can feel it now , coursing through her veins , as memories the actress has tried so hard to bury come flooding back .
The soda cans hurled at her .
The cop cars she was thrust into .
The dead fish placed on her family ’ s lawn .
If it were not for the pandemic ravaging her city , Smollett would be taking Hunter with her , just as her mother once did her .
During the Rodney King riots of ’ 92 , Janet @ @ @ @ @ @ @ street , holding up signs .
Jurnee was just 5 at the time .
… When Smollett ’ s latest project , HBO ’ s Lovecraft Country , a highly anticipated horror , sci-fi , period mashup that revisits the atrocities of Jim Crow America , makes its debut Aug. 16 , it will inevitably be trumpeted for its timeliness .
The notion infuriates its star .
“ We ’ re telling the story of heroes that go on a quest to disrupt white supremacy , and it ’ s maddening that in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ relevant , ” she says , adding that the series , from Jordan Peele , J.J. Abrams and Underground ’ s Misha Green , would be so had it come out on any day of any year since 1619 — which is not to suggest Smollett isn ’ t immensely proud of the project , or ecstatic about the splash it ’ s expected to make .
… her star has been eclipsed by that of her brother , Jussie , the embattled Empire alum who was accused of staging his own hate @ @ @ @ @ @ @ about it to the cops .
The case is still winding its way through the legal system , but Smollett , agreeing to address the incident for the first time publicly , maintains her brother ’ s innocence .
… Before their mid-1990s divorce , Smollett ’ s father , a Russian-Polish Jew who passed away a few years ago , often worked two jobs , while her mom , a Black homemaker from New Orleans , was looking after the six kids .
… With the legal case ongoing — prosecutors dropped @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 2019 , only to have a grand jury revive the criminal case 11 months later — Smollett is limited in what she can say .
What she does offer is how “ maddening ” it is for someone so outspoken to be told she “ can ’ t talk , ” and how horrific the whole ordeal has been for her fiercely close family .
Still , Smollett insists her defense of her brother has not impacted her professionally , arguing instead that she has felt supported .
“ We are blessed to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ him , ” she says , “ and know that he wouldn ’ t do this .
”

Actress and activist @JurneeSmollett opens up about Hollywood harassment, the trauma of brother Jussie's public scandal and how she's "no longer asking for a seat at the table. We're building our own motherf***ing table"
Lovecraft Country is an upcoming HBO horror series (starring Jurnee Smollett, sister of Jussie Smollett) that reveals the true secret behind H.P. Lovecraft’s concept of unimaginable “cosmic evil.” You’ll never guess, but it turns out the most horrible evil in the universe is … White Supremacy!
From the Hollywood Reporter:
In the fraught, sweaty days following the police killing of George Floyd, Jurnee Smollett has been working through a battery of emotions: There was profound grief, then fear, anxiety and, now, rage.
“Oh, the rage,” she howls, “the rage I feel in my body.”
Smollett’s gotten awfully good at channeling that rage, she says, convening with Black Lives Matter allies in church basements and Los Angeles streets whenever she can steal time away from her 3-year-old son, Hunter, for whom she doesn’t currently have regular childcare. Still, she can feel it now, coursing through her veins, as memories the actress has tried so hard to bury come flooding back. The soda cans hurled at her. The cop cars she was thrust into. The dead fish placed on her family’s lawn.
If it were not for the pandemic ravaging her city, Smollett would be taking Hunter with her, just as her mother once did her. During the Rodney King riots of ’92, Janet Smollett had her children out in the street, holding up signs. Jurnee was just 5 at the time.
… When Smollett’s latest project, HBO’s Lovecraft Country, a highly anticipated horror, sci-fi, period mashup that revisits the atrocities of Jim Crow America, makes its debut Aug. 16, it will inevitably be trumpeted for its timeliness. The notion infuriates its star. “We’re telling the story of heroes that go on a quest to disrupt white supremacy, and it’s maddening that in the year 2020 it’s still relevant,” she says, adding that the series, from Jordan Peele, J.J. Abrams and Underground’s Misha Green, would be so had it come out on any day of any year since 1619 — which is not to suggest Smollett isn’t immensely proud of the project, or ecstatic about the splash it’s expected to make.
… her star has been eclipsed by that of her brother, Jussie, the embattled Empire alum who was accused of staging his own hate crime in early 2019 and then lying about it to the cops. The case is still winding its way through the legal system, but Smollett, agreeing to address the incident for the first time publicly, maintains her brother’s innocence.
… Before their mid-1990s divorce, Smollett’s father, a Russian-Polish Jew who passed away a few years ago, often worked two jobs, while her mom, a Black homemaker from New Orleans, was looking after the six kids.
… With the legal case ongoing — prosecutors dropped all charges against the actor in March 2019, only to have a grand jury revive the criminal case 11 months later — Smollett is limited in what she can say. What she does offer is how “maddening” it is for someone so outspoken to be told she “can’t talk,” and how horrific the whole ordeal has been for her fiercely close family. Still, Smollett insists her defense of her brother has not impacted her professionally, arguing instead that she has felt supported. “We are blessed to have a community of people who know him,” she says, “and know that he wouldn’t do this.”


vdare--2020-08-06--Who Is Robin "White Fragility" DiAngelo Anyway?

Hail to You offers a deep dive into the obscure life of Robin DiAngelo , who , after she turned 60 in 2016 , became one of the highest paid public intellectuals of our day due to her 2018 book White Fragility .
Little is known about the life of DiAngelo before she graduated from the U. of Seattle when she was evidently 34 in 1991 .
But between her own statements and those of her husband , who publishes a garrulous , rather likable blog about his life , she appears to have grown up in a Catholic blue-collar @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
She may have spent her 20s doing the hippie travel thing .
At some point in the early 1990s , she got hired by the state of Washington to train government employees in diversity awareness or whatever the jargon was back then .
She was very shocked that some white employees spoke back to her unsububmissively and even complained — out loud—about affirmative action .
Meanwhile , she appears to have been a lesbian in the 1990s and a birthing coach and then in 2004 in her late 40s got married to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of her old birthing coach business clients .
She appears to be high-strung and her cheerful-sounding husband appears to be good for her mental health .
Over the next 13 years she earned a master ’ s and a doctorate in education from the U. of Washington .
In 2007 , in her early 50s , she got hired as a professor of education at Westfield State , which is somewhere or other .
In 2011 , she coined her zillion-dollar phrase “ white fragility.
” Basically , it ’ s her zinger @ @ @ @ @ @ @ her any backtalk : That ’ s just your White Fragility talking .
“ White fragility ” is like George Constanza ’ s comeback “ The Jerk Store called ; they ’ re running out of you.
” And finally in 2018 she published her book .
It ’ s currently # 2 on the overall NYT Bestseller List .
Now it could be that she ’ s hiding all sorts of exciting secrets about herself .
For example , maybe she ’ s younger than she says she is ?
But if @ @ @ @ @ @ @ she will turn 64 in September , what strikes me about this outline of her life is how boring and depressing her career has been until her very recently getting rich and honored .
To call her an “ academic , ” for instance , gives the wrong impression because she ’ s from the prole depths of the most lowbrow academia .
She sounds like a character out of a Raymond Carver short story about semi-impoverished creative writing instructors at Directional State U. in the middle of nowhere .
In contrast , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Judith Butler , who was born the same year as DiAngelo .
Butler is famous/notorious for an opaque prose style that is catnip to grad students while impenetrable to civilians : Butler attended Bennington College before transferring to Yale University , where she studied philosophy , receiving her Bachelor of Arts degree in 1978 and her Doctor of Philosophy degree in 1984 .
[ 13 ] She spent one academic year at Heidelberg University as a Fulbright Scholar .
[ 14 ] She taught at Wesleyan University , George Washington University , and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ California , Berkeley , in 1993 .
[ 15 ] In 2002 she held the Spinoza Chair of Philosophy at the University of Amsterdam .
[ 16 ] In addition , she joined the department of English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University as Wun Tsun Tam Mellon Visiting Professor of the Humanities in the spring semesters of 2012 , 2013 and 2014 with the option of remaining as full-time faculty .
[ 17 ] [ 18 ] [ 19 ] [ 20 ] It sounds like being Judith Butler was , until @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Robin DiAngelo : e.g.
, nobody asked poor Robin DiAngelo to jet off to Amsterdam to hold the “ Spinoza Chair of Philosophy.
” DiAngelo , in contrast to Butler , appears to have spent years training pink collar office workers in boring diversity sessions .
She gives me the impression of being a 110 IQ person who has , over grinding years of delivering boring workshops on diversity , learned how to manipulate the emotions of 100 IQ women .
Hail ’ s theory is that DiAngelo is basically a blue-collar prole @ @ @ @ @ @ @ kind of white-collar office workers she is paid to harangue .
None of this has much to do with black people .
Eventually , her black competitors in the diversity racket will likely figure out a way to get her canceled so they can feast on her fees .
But until then the money is good , finally .

Hail to You offers a deep dive into the obscure life of Robin DiAngelo, who, after she turned 60 in 2016, became one of the highest paid public intellectuals of our day due to her 2018 book White Fragility.
Little is known about the life of DiAngelo before she graduated from the U. of Seattle when she was evidently 34 in 1991. But between her own statements and those of her husband, who publishes a garrulous, rather likable blog about his life, she appears to have grown up in a Catholic blue-collar broken home on the edge of poverty. She may have spent her 20s doing the hippie travel thing. At some point in the early 1990s, she got hired by the state of Washington to train government employees in diversity awareness or whatever the jargon was back then. She was very shocked that some white employees spoke back to her unsububmissively and even complained — out loud—about affirmative action.
Meanwhile, she appears to have been a lesbian in the 1990s and a birthing coach and then in 2004 in her late 40s got married to a man, the ex-husband of one of her old birthing coach business clients. She appears to be high-strung and her cheerful-sounding husband appears to be good for her mental health.
Over the next 13 years she earned a master’s and a doctorate in education from the U. of Washington. In 2007, in her early 50s, she got hired as a professor of education at Westfield State, which is somewhere or other. In 2011, she coined her zillion-dollar phrase “white fragility.” Basically, it’s her zinger to use on uppity trainees who give her any backtalk: That’s just your White Fragility talking.
“White fragility” is like George Constanza’s comeback “The Jerk Store called; they’re running out of you.”
Except, “white fragility” works!
As I wrote in 2018:
I imagine that if in 1692 in Salem, Ms. DiAngelo had been in the business of offering sermons on the Witch Menace, she would have similarly encountered “witch fragility” as various people objected to pleading guilty to “systemic witchness” and then crying their “witch tears.”
And finally in 2018 she published her book. It’s currently #2 on the overall NYT Bestseller List.
Now it could be that she’s hiding all sorts of exciting secrets about herself. For example, maybe she’s younger than she says she is?
But if we take her at her word that she will turn 64 in September, what strikes me about this outline of her life is how boring and depressing her career has been until her very recently getting rich and honored. To call her an “academic,” for instance, gives the wrong impression because she’s from the prole depths of the most lowbrow academia. She sounds like a character out of a Raymond Carver short story about semi-impoverished creative writing instructors at Directional State U. in the middle of nowhere.
In contrast, compare the career of well-paid gender theorist Judith Butler, who was born the same year as DiAngelo. Butler is famous/notorious for an opaque prose style that is catnip to grad students while impenetrable to civilians:
Butler attended Bennington College before transferring to Yale University, where she studied philosophy, receiving her Bachelor of Arts degree in 1978 and her Doctor of Philosophy degree in 1984.[13] She spent one academic year at Heidelberg University as a Fulbright Scholar.[14] She taught at Wesleyan University, George Washington University, and Johns Hopkins University before joining University of California, Berkeley, in 1993.[15] In 2002 she held the Spinoza Chair of Philosophy at the University of Amsterdam.[16] In addition, she joined the department of English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University as Wun Tsun Tam Mellon Visiting Professor of the Humanities in the spring semesters of 2012, 2013 and 2014 with the option of remaining as full-time faculty.[17][18][19][20]
It sounds like being Judith Butler was, until recently, much more fun than being Robin DiAngelo: e.g., nobody asked poor Robin DiAngelo to jet off to Amsterdam to hold the “Spinoza Chair of Philosophy.”
DiAngelo, in contrast to Butler, appears to have spent years training pink collar office workers in boring diversity sessions. She gives me the impression of being a 110 IQ person who has, over grinding years of delivering boring workshops on diversity, learned how to manipulate the emotions of 100 IQ women.
Hail’s theory is that DiAngelo is basically a blue-collar prole by upbringing who has always resented the kind of white-collar office workers she is paid to harangue.
None of this has much to do with black people. Eventually, her black competitors in the diversity racket will likely figure out a way to get her canceled so they can feast on her fees. But until then the money is good, finally.
[Comment at Unz.com]


vdare--2020-08-06--How to Cut Down on Black-On-Black Shootings: Enforce Ban on Funerals/Memorials for Black Murder Vict

How to Cut Down on Black-On-Black Shootings: Enforce Ban on Funerals/Memorials for Black Murder Victims

Earlier : At A Chicago Funeral , The Gun Violence Epidemic Shoots 14 ( Without Killing In iSteve ’ s continuing coverage of Madison , Wisconsin , from Channel 3000 : Madison police say 3 shot during memorial service at park , describe scene as ‘ chaotic ’ Posted : August 5 , 2020 1:34 PM MADISON , Wis. — Three people were shot Tuesday night in Madison while attending a memorial service for a homicide victim .
The shooting happened around 9 p.m. as several hundred people , including children , were at Garner Park honoring the life of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ killed ten days ago on Shroeder Road .
Madison police described the scene as chaotic during a press conference Wednesday afternoon .
Officers could reportedly see muzzle flashes as they ran into the park .
“ People were fleeing into the neighborhoods , hiding in backyards , hiding behind trees , trying to escape the shooting , ” Wahl said .
… “ The fact that there were no fatalities or not a much higher level of injuries is just something .
We ’ re lucky , we should all be grateful for @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and dozens of spent shell casings were found at the park .
One of those guns was an assault-style weapon .
“ When you have 63 plus rounds being fired , some from an assault rifle in a neighborhood like this , there ’ s no doubt that creates a risk to the community , ” Wahl said .
Two people , a 23-year-old man and a 24-year-old man , were arrested in connection to the shooting .
Just from reading headlines , it seems like during this Summer of George , lots @ @ @ @ @ @ @ blacks at funerals or memorial services for blacks shot by blacks .
Fortunately , nobody was killed at this memorial or that would have led to another memorial at which there would have been more easy targets for shooters .
And potentially on ad infinitum .
There seems like an easy thing Democratic mayors and governors could do to blunt the spike in black on black carnage since May 24 , 2020 : announce that the ban on large funerals/memorials applies to blacks , too .
For example , my uncle died at @ @ @ @ @ @ @ haven ’ t had a memorial service for him yet , because they aren ’ t allowed .
But , as we saw with the giant George Floyd and John Lewis funeral orgies , those rules don ’ t apply to blacks , because the equal protection of the laws is racist when it stops black people from doing something black people feel like doing .
In more Madison news , the four “ classic Wisconsin frat boys ” who set young Althea Bernstein on fire on June 24 when she was definitely @ @ @ @ @ @ @ on , just nearby , are still on the loose .

Earlier: At A Chicago Funeral, The Gun Violence Epidemic Shoots 14 (Without Killing Anyone)
In iSteve’s continuing coverage of Madison, Wisconsin, from Channel 3000:
Madison police say 3 shot during memorial service at park, describe scene as ‘chaotic’
Posted: August 5, 2020 1:34 PM MADISON, Wis. — Three people were shot Tuesday night in Madison while attending a memorial service for a homicide victim. The shooting happened around 9 p.m. as several hundred people, including children, were at Garner Park honoring the life of Maurice Bowman, who was shot and killed ten days ago on Shroeder Road. Madison police described the scene as chaotic during a press conference Wednesday afternoon. Officers could reportedly see muzzle flashes as they ran into the park. “People were fleeing into the neighborhoods, hiding in backyards, hiding behind trees, trying to escape the shooting,” Wahl said. … “The fact that there were no fatalities or not a much higher level of injuries is just something. We’re lucky, we should all be grateful for,” Wahl said. Three guns and dozens of spent shell casings were found at the park. One of those guns was an assault-style weapon. “When you have 63 plus rounds being fired, some from an assault rifle in a neighborhood like this, there’s no doubt that creates a risk to the community,” Wahl said. Two people, a 23-year-old man and a 24-year-old man, were arrested in connection to the shooting.
Just from reading headlines, it seems like during this Summer of George, lots of blacks have been shot by other blacks at funerals or memorial services for blacks shot by blacks. Fortunately, nobody was killed at this memorial or that would have led to another memorial at which there would have been more easy targets for shooters. And potentially on ad infinitum.
There seems like an easy thing Democratic mayors and governors could do to blunt the spike in black on black carnage since May 24, 2020: announce that the ban on large funerals/memorials applies to blacks, too.
For example, my uncle died at 96 in the spring, but we haven’t had a memorial service for him yet, because they aren’t allowed. But, as we saw with the giant George Floyd and John Lewis funeral orgies, those rules don’t apply to blacks, because the equal protection of the laws is racist when it stops black people from doing something black people feel like doing.
In more Madison news, the four “classic Wisconsin frat boys” who set young Althea Bernstein on fire on June 24 when she was definitely not at the riot/arson that was going on, just nearby, are still on the loose.
[Comment at Unz.com]


vdare--2020-08-06--Michelle Obama Says She Has ‘Low-Grade Depression’—Blames Trump

From the New York Post : Michelle Obama says she has ‘ low-grade depression ’ — blames Trump By Steven Nelson August 5 , 2020 | 5:09pm Former first lady Michelle Obama says she ’ s suffering from “ low-grade depression ” in part because of President Trump .
“ I ’ m dealing with some form of low-grade depression .
Not just because of the quarantine , but because of the racial strife and just seeing this administration .
Watching the hypocrisy of it day in and day out is dispiriting , ” Obama said in her new podcast @ @ @ @ @ @ @ be suffering heightened mental health problems since about 2013 , a.k.a.
, The Great Awokening , which dates to the first year of Michelle ’ s husband ’ s second term .
Jean Twenge says the timing is due to smart phones and social media .
I ’ ve argued that it was the Obama Administration being home safe with a second term that let them indulge their more socially destructive urges .
In any case , the evidence is clear that American progressives were going nuts well before Trump came down the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ was more the result of the Great Awokening than its cause .
So … what happens after Trump ?
Do all these mentally distressed leftists suddenly get better ?
Or do they find somebody besides Trump to blame their unhappiness upon ?

From the New York Post:
Michelle Obama says she has ‘low-grade depression’ — blames Trump
By Steven Nelson August 5, 2020 | 5:09pm Former first lady Michelle Obama says she’s suffering from “low-grade depression” in part because of President Trump. “I’m dealing with some form of low-grade depression. Not just because of the quarantine, but because of the racial strife and just seeing this administration. Watching the hypocrisy of it day in and day out is dispiriting,” Obama said in her new podcast.
In general, Americans seem to be suffering heightened mental health problems since about 2013, a.k.a., The Great Awokening, which dates to the first year of Michelle’s husband’s second term. Jean Twenge says the timing is due to smart phones and social media. I’ve argued that it was the Obama Administration being home safe with a second term that let them indulge their more socially destructive urges.
In any case, the evidence is clear that American progressives were going nuts well before Trump came down the escalator and that Trump’s election was more the result of the Great Awokening than its cause.
So … what happens after Trump? Do all these mentally distressed leftists suddenly get better? Or do they find somebody besides Trump to blame their unhappiness upon?
[Comment at Unz.com]


vdare--2020-08-05--Radio Derb Transcript Up For July 31: The War on the Suburbs, Election Prospects, Barr Testifies, an

Radio Derb Transcript Up For July 31: The War on the Suburbs, Election Prospects, Barr Testifies, and Herman Cain RIP, Etc.

The Radio Derb transcript is up for July 31 .
Go here to read or listen .
01m22s Affirmatively Furthering @ @ @ @ @ ( From LBJ to Trump . )
08m06s The one great everlasting problem .
( @ @ @ @ @ . )
20m49s Congressional report .
( Fun time in the Halls of Uselessness .
@ @ @ @ @ .
( Would have been better than Romney . )
32m53s Another morsel from the @ @ @ @ @ is mad . )
34m51s Signoff .
( From deep in the 60s . )

The Radio Derb transcript is up for July 31. Go here to read or listen.
01m22s Affirmatively Furthering the war on suburbia. (From LBJ to Trump.)
08m06s The one great everlasting problem. (Suburbanites have votes, too.)
13m43s Election prospects. (Logging the unknowns.)
20m49s Congressional report. (Fun time in the Halls of Uselessness.)
26m10s Herman Cain RIP. (Would have been better than Romney.)
28m08s A close shave in South Korea. (End of a fracas.)
29m57s Covington kid collects. (Jolly good luck to him!)
32m53s Another morsel from the President. (And Mutti is mad.)
34m51s Signoff. (From deep in the 60s.)


vdare--2020-08-06--Democrat-Permitted Mobs As Modern-Day Turbas: Agents Of A Repressive Anarcho-Tyranny

The current riots being permitted and encouraged by Dem mayors and Govs resemble the `` turbas divinas '' the Sandinistas in the 80s .
The local GOVERNMENT is n't beating you or burning your store , it 's just not arresting anyone .
Dave Kopel described government-controlled youth mobs ( turbas divinas in Nicaragua in 1987 : In Nicaragua however , many Americans can not see who the heroes are , and who the bullies are .
Government-inspired youth gangs called Turbas Divinas ( divine mobs ) regularly brutalize the peaceful opposition in Nicaragua .
One victim was the dissident @ @ @ @ @ @ @ parishioner in need of counsel , a young woman went to Father Carballo 's house .
A few minutes later , a Sandinista security agent , posing as the woman 's husband , arrived Father Carballo 's house , and supposedly caught the Father in flagrante delicto with the woman .
The police arrived , and forced Father Carballo to undress .
A turba mob , conveniently waiting outside , dragged Father Carballo naked and bleeding through the streets while Sandinista television cameras ( also coincidentally in the neighborhood ) filmed the whole @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Interior Minister Tomas Borge and Security Chief Lenin Cerna orchestrated all the players .
The government uses the Turbas frequently , especially to break up opposition political rallies .
When urbas Divinas sacked the headquarters of Alfonso Robelo 's Nicaraguan Democratic Movement , the Sandinistas censored all news of the event .
No wonder Robelo , like many other leader of the revolution against Somoza , concluded that armed rebellion against the Sandinistas was essential .
Today , the Sandinistas make promises for Western consumption , about how the political process will be @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that when opposition politicians face the streets , they will have to face the turbas .
[ Emphases added . ]
This is the kind of tactic that Matt Yglesias sympathized with when it happened to Tucker Carlson in 2018 : See Steve Sailer 's Yglesias Sympathizes with Terrorizing Tucker Carlson 's Four Children .
`` MAGA-inspired violence '' is almost all imaginary , although I think Yglesias may have included illegals fearing deportation in that .
This is amazing when you think that this was Yglesias 's fantasy in 2016 , when @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Angry mobs are beating and murdering with impunity , but they 're not white Trump mobs ; they 're Matt Yglesias 's mobs .
A turba ( local blacks ) came to `` protest '' a white judge who sentenced a corrupt black judge in 2019 .
It 's seriously illegal to do that to a judge , but I doubt if anyone went to jail .
Of course , while this is new to most Americans , it 's nothing new to the Dissident Right .
The essence of a Turba is @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the government plays along by not arresting the mob .
We saw that in 2016 at Trump rallies in Democrat-ruled cities .
Authorities looked the other way during lynchings , pogroms , anti-Civil Rights Movements riots like the Mothers Day , 1961 , incident in Anniston , AL , and more recently , Crown Heights , 1991 .
8/ Authorities looked the other way during lynchings , pogroms , anti-Civil Rights Movements riots like the Mothers Day , 1961 , incident in Anniston , AL , and more recently , Crown Heights , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ vdare ) August 6 , 2020 The Anniston incident ( the white Chief of Police said his police were n't in position to enforce the law because most of them were visiting their mothers ) is one of the reasons the Federal Government passed a law against `` Deprivation of Rights Under Color Of Law '' which not only includes direct police action , but DELIBERATE police inaction .
Several Mayors can and should be prosecuted .

The current riots being permitted and encouraged by Dem mayors and Govs resemble the "turbas divinas" of the Sandinistas in the 80s. The local GOVERNMENT isn't beating you or burning your store, it's just not arresting anyone.
Dave Kopel described government-controlled youth mobs (turbas divinas in Nicaragua in 1987:
In Nicaragua however, many Americans cannot see who the heroes are, and who the bullies are. Government-inspired youth gangs called Turbas Divinas (divine mobs) regularly brutalize the peaceful opposition in Nicaragua. One victim was the dissident Father Bismark Carballo. Posing as a parishioner in need of counsel, a young woman went to Father Carballo's house. A few minutes later, a Sandinista security agent, posing as the woman's husband, arrived Father Carballo's house, and supposedly caught the Father in flagrante delicto with the woman. The police arrived, and forced Father Carballo to undress. A turba mob, conveniently waiting outside, dragged Father Carballo naked and bleeding through the streets while Sandinista television cameras (also coincidentally in the neighborhood) filmed the whole thing. From a nearby van, Interior Minister Tomas Borge and Security Chief Lenin Cerna orchestrated all the players. The government uses the Turbas frequently, especially to break up opposition political rallies. When T urbas Divinas sacked the headquarters of Alfonso Robelo's Nicaraguan Democratic Movement, the Sandinistas censored all news of the event. No wonder Robelo, like many other leader of the revolution against Somoza, concluded that armed rebellion against the Sandinistas was essential. Today, the Sandinistas make promises for Western consumption, about how the political process will be opened up. Then Daniel Ortega promises that when opposition politicians face the streets, they will have to face the turbas. [Emphases added.]
This is the kind of tactic that Matt Yglesias sympathized with when it happened to Tucker Carlson in 2018:
See Steve Sailer's Yglesias Sympathizes with Terrorizing Tucker Carlson's Four Children. "MAGA-inspired violence" is almost all imaginary, although I think Yglesias may have included illegals fearing deportation in that.
This is amazing when you think that this was Yglesias's fantasy in 2016, when Trump beat Hillary in a debate:
Angry mobs are beating and murdering with impunity, but they're not white Trump mobs; they're Matt Yglesias's mobs.
A turba (local blacks) came to "protest" a white judge who sentenced a corrupt black judge in 2019. It's seriously illegal to do that to a judge, but I doubt if anyone went to jail.
Of course, while this is new to most Americans, it's nothing new to the Dissident Right.
The essence of a Turba is that it supports the government, and the government plays along by not arresting the mob. We saw that in 2016 at Trump rallies in Democrat-ruled cities.
Authorities looked the other way during lynchings, pogroms, anti-Civil Rights Movements riots like the Mother's Day, 1961, incident in Anniston, AL, and more recently, Crown Heights, 1991.
8/ Authorities looked the other way during lynchings, pogroms, anti-Civil Rights Movements riots like the Mothers Day, 1961, incident in Anniston, AL, and more recently, Crown Heights, 1991. https://t.co/hq5MCTBjiu — VDARE (@vdare) August 6, 2020
The Anniston incident (the white Chief of Police said his police weren't in position to enforce the law because most of them were visiting their mothers) is one of the reasons the Federal Government passed a law against "Deprivation of Rights Under Color Of Law" which not only includes direct police action, but DELIBERATE police inaction.
Several Mayors can and should be prosecuted.


vdare--2020-08-06--Philadelphia Hate Crime Story: Race Of  Asian Victim  Specified,  Race Of Hateful Attacker UNspecifi

Philadelphia Hate Crime Story: Race Of  Asian Victim  Specified,  Race Of Hateful Attacker UNspecified

`` Not mentioning race '' is one of the larger categories of diversity-related nonsense out there , but Pennyslvania media are taking this one to the next level .
A Chinese woman reported being accosted by another women who sprayed her with water , called her a `` Chinese bitch '' , and then punched her in the face , even after she plead pregnancy .
Police think the attacker 's name is `` Delores Marte '' , so why not announce her race ?
• the police certainly know the attacker 's race • there 's an arrest warrant @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the victim certainly knows the attacker 's race ( the black reporter could have asked on camera , but did n't ) • the race may have been mentioned in `` WeChat '' , the Chinese social media—why not get a translation ?
• the Asian community experts probably know , but were n't asked To add insult to injury , the Philadelphia District Attorney 's Office—led by the odious Larry Krasner—says they do n't have the evidence that this was ethnically motivated .
How much more evidence do you need ?
Number @ @ @ @ @ @ @ have witnessed them verbally harass Asians on the New York City subway system with full-throated racial hatred .
The docile nature of many Asians makes them easy targets .
Number two , the bold style of the attack and flippant `` so ? ''
when it was announced the victim was pregnant tells me `` black '' .
You can just imagine a crazy black panhandler lady doing that .
Number three , if `` Delores Marte '' were white , we 'd be hearing about it from everyone .

"Not mentioning race" is one of the larger categories of diversity-related nonsense out there, but Pennsylvania media are taking this one to the next level.
A Chinese woman reported being accosted by another women who sprayed her with water, called her a "Chinese bitch," and then punched her in the face, even after she pled pregnancy [ 'She punched me on my face': Asian-American pregnant mother attacked in Philadelphia, by Christie Ileto, ABC6, August 6, 2020].
Police think the attacker's name is "Delores Marte", so why not announce her race?
the police certainly know the attacker's race
there's an arrest warrant, which surely has the race
the victim certainly knows the attacker's race (the black reporter could have asked on camera, but didn't)
the race may have been mentioned in "WeChat", the Chinese social media—why not get a translation?
the Asian community experts probably know, but weren't asked
Etc.
To add insult to injury, the Philadelphia District Attorney's Office—led by the odious Larry Krasner—says they don't have the evidence that this was ethnically motivated. How much more evidence do you need?
"Delores Marte" fits a pattern that says "black."
Number one, blacks hate Asians. I have witnessed them verbally harass Asians on the New York City subway system with full-throated racial hatred. The docile nature of many Asians makes them easy targets.
Number two, the bold style of the attack and flippant "so?" when it was announced the victim was pregnant tells me "black." You can just imagine a crazy black panhandler lady doing that.
Number three, if "Delores Marte" were white, we'd be hearing about it from everyone.


vdare--2020-08-06--Social Distancing with Peter Brimelow Joined By Jim Hoft Of Gateway Pundit, TODAY, Updated: FOUR PM

Social Distancing with Peter Brimelow Joined By Jim Hoft Of Gateway Pundit, TODAY, Updated: FOUR PM EST

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Hoft will discuss what ’ s happening in @ @ @ @ @ persecution of the McCloskey family and the strange news a second investigation into Officer Darren @ @ @ @ @ no charges filed against the policeman who defended his life against Michael Brown in 2014 @ @ @ @ @ here to subscribe to our channel and tune in for this important conversation !
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Today at 4 p.m. EST, our latest episode of “Social Distancing with Peter Brimelow” will livestream. Mr. Brimelow will be joined The Gateway Pundit’s Founder and Editor, Jim Hoft!
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vdare--2020-08-06--With Black Gun Violence Surging, Black Leaders in NYC Call for Restoration of Anti-Crime Unit BLM He

With Black Gun Violence Surging, Black Leaders in NYC Call for Restoration of Anti-Crime Unit BLM Helped Disband

Earlier : NYPD 's 2019 Crime Report Shows Non-Whites Committed 97 % Of Homicides And 97.6 % Of Non-Fatal Shootings ... City Is 33 % White Somehow , they ’ ll blame this on white people , the NRA , and white gun owners .
A unit trying to keep black and brown from shooting each other in New York City was disbanded over “ racial justice ” concerns is now needed more than ever .
Because black and brown people have been unleashed to shoot each other without consequence .
After another tragic weekend of gun violence , including @ @ @ @ @ @ @ members of the Black community called on the NYPD to bring back the recently disbanded Anti-Crime Unit to help get guns off the street .
CBS2 political reporter Marcia Kramer has more on the story .
It was a dramatic moment — Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams holding up a pair of baby shoes Monday after a 1-year-old became the latest victim of gun violence , caught in the crossfire at a family barbecue just hours before .
“ Babies are not supposed to be wearing these in a coffin , ” Adams @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , became the second member of the African-American community to call on the NYPD to stop the violence by re-instituting the Anti-Crime Unit — undercover cops whose job was to get guns off the street .
The unit was disbanded during the anti-cop protest that shook the city .
“ I think that a total elimination is something we need to reevaluate , ” said Adams .
“ Right now , bad guys are saying if you don ’ t see a blue and white you can do whatever you want.
” “ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ we have a 1-year-old and the blood is on the hands of the mayor and the state Legislature , ” said Herbert .
“ This is not anything we can allow in our city .
It is heartbreaking .
It ’ s heartbreaking for so many reasons and begins with the fact that there are just so many guns out there and that is a New York tragedy , ” de Blasio said .
But the mayor did not propose any new solutions to ending the gun violence .
This , as shootings @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , 49 compared to 13 in 2019 .
The number of victims is up 253 % , 60 compared to 17 in 2019 .
John Jay College professor Joe Giaclone , a former cop , said the city has been eroding the ability of the cops to get guns off the street for years .
The latest , the disbanding of the Anti-Crime Unit .
“ The gun police are no longer out there , ” said Giaclone .
“ The criminals are opportunists .
You know that.
” All this comes as @ @ @ @ @ @ @ drop in gun arrests during the last week .

Earlier: NYPD's 2019 Crime Report Shows Non-Whites Committed 97% Of Homicides And 97.6% Of Non-Fatal Shootings... City Is 33% White
Somehow, they’ll blame this on white people, the NRA, and white gun owners. A unit trying to keep black and brown from shooting each other in New York City was disbanded over “racial justice” concerns is now needed more than ever. Because black and brown people have been unleashed to shoot each other without consequence.
With impunity.
After another tragic weekend of gun violence, including the death of a 1-year-old, two members of the Black community called on the NYPD to bring back the recently disbanded Anti-Crime Unit to help get guns off the street.
CBS2 political reporter Marcia Kramer has more on the story.
It was a dramatic moment — Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams holding up a pair of baby shoes Monday after a 1-year-old became the latest victim of gun violence, caught in the crossfire at a family barbecue just hours before.
“Babies are not supposed to be wearing these in a coffin,” Adams said.
Adams, a former cop, became the second member of the African-American community to call on the NYPD to stop the violence by re-instituting the Anti-Crime Unit — undercover cops whose job was to get guns off the street. The unit was disbanded during the anti-cop protest that shook the city.
“I think that a total elimination is something we need to reevaluate,” said Adams. “Right now, bad guys are saying if you don’t see a blue and white you can do whatever you want.”
Community activist Tony Herbert agrees.
“The guns keep going off and now we have a 1-year-old and the blood is on the hands of the mayor and the state Legislature,” said Herbert.
Mayor Bill de Blasio decried the shootings.
“This is not anything we can allow in our city. It is heartbreaking. It’s heartbreaking for so many reasons and begins with the fact that there are just so many guns out there and that is a New York tragedy,” de Blasio said.
But the mayor did not propose any new solutions to ending the gun violence. This, as shootings for the week went up 277%, 49 compared to 13 in 2019. The number of victims is up 253%, 60 compared to 17 in 2019.
John Jay College professor Joe Giaclone, a former cop, said the city has been eroding the ability of the cops to get guns off the street for years. The latest, the disbanding of the Anti-Crime Unit.
“The gun police are no longer out there,” said Giaclone. “The criminals are opportunists. You know that.”
All this comes as the latest NYPD statistics show a huge drop in gun arrests during the last week.


vdare--2020-08-07--An Australian Reader Says Australia's Aunt Jemima Is Smarter White Milk™

Seek offence and ye shall find offence , even in humble groceries .
In July , the Australian Aboriginal and former diplomat and academic , Dr. Stephen Hagan , who now works as a self-styled ‘ social justice consultant ’ , succeeded in getting the Canadian dairy giant , Saputo , to cancel its iconic Australian Coon Cheese™ brand ( named after the American cheese manufacturer , Edward William Coon ) because of its `` racist connotations '' .
Faster than a racoon ( if we can still use that compromised term for the mammal ) raiding a garbage bin @ @ @ @ @ @ @ brand at the merest hint of the magic word `` racism '' ( with one fearful eye , no doubt , on the violent BLM-inspired Antifa-enforcers and shakedown artists in the background ) .
Chuffed with this woke success , the Indigenous busybody now wants the French parent company ( Lactalis ) of Australian dairy manufacturer , Paul ’ s , to stop producing its low-fat Smarter White Milk™ , marketed under that label since 2002 , because `` there 's a lot of Aboriginal people who take offence '' at the implication @ @ @ @ @ @ @ people .
Displaying the perspicuity from all those years as a woke academic , Dr. Hagan , right , parses deep and malign meaning from the trademark - `` Why could n't it just be Smarter Milk ?
Why does it need to put the 'white ' in there ?
`` , ponders the aggrieved professional woke irritant .
Phil Shannon is a veteran working class socialist and latter-day VDARE.com supporter .
See earlier letters from him here .

Re: Steve Sailer's Rage Against the Machine's Aunt Jemima
From: Phil Shannon [Email him]
Smarter White Milk™—the milk for racists!
Seek offence and ye shall find offence, even in humble groceries.
In July, the Australian Aboriginal and former diplomat and academic, Dr. Stephen Hagan, who now works as a self-styled ‘social justice consultant,’ succeeded in getting the Canadian dairy giant, Saputo, to cancel its iconic Australian Coon Cheese™ brand (named after the American cheese manufacturer, Edward William Coon) because of its "racist connotations." Faster than a racoon (if we can still use that compromised term for the mammal) raiding a garbage bin, Saputo instantly surrendered the Coon Cheese™ brand at the merest hint of the magic word "racism" (with one fearful eye, no doubt, on the violent BLM-inspired Antifa-enforcers and shakedown artists in the background).
Chuffed with this woke success, the Indigenous busybody now wants the French parent company (Lactalis) of Australian dairy manufacturer, Paul’s, to stop producing its low-fat Smarter White Milk™, marketed under that label since 2002, because "there's a lot of Aboriginal people who take offence" at the implication that white people are smarter than black people.
Displaying the perspicuity from all those years as a woke academic, Dr. Hagan, right, parses deep and malign meaning from the trademark—"Why couldn't it just be Smarter Milk? Why does it need to put the 'white' in there?," ponders the aggrieved professional woke irritant.
Racist groceries must fall!
Phil Shannon is a veteran working class socialist and latter-day VDARE.com supporter. See earlier letters from him here.


vdare--2020-08-06--So Cruz Hearing Exposed Dem Support For Antifa—But Where Is Trump's DOJ Crackdown?

Well , Senator Ted Cruz ’ s August 4 Senate hearings on Antifa terrorism were at least a start .
But Cruz ’ s apparent strategy of exposing Antifa and expecting elite journalists to explode in outrage is a failure .
These journalists know exactly what the group is doing—and support it .
The Trump Department of Justice needs to actually use state power to break up Antifa networks and arrest those committing crimes .
As of now , the “ authoritarian ” Trump Administration has used far more force against its own supporters than it ever has against those @ @ @ @ @ @ @ country .
Cruz ’ s hearing didn ’ t lack for dramatic rhetoric .
“ This shouldn ’ t be complicated : peaceful protests must be protected , ” the senator said .
“ Riots must be stopped ” [ FBI has opened 300 ‘ domestic terror ’ investigations as a result of riots , attorney tells Capitol hearing on Antifa , by Marisa Schultz and Adam Shaw , Fox News , August 5 , 2020 ] .
Still , Cruz took a defensive tone throughout .
The riots were bad because they @ @ @ @ @ @ @ “ who took the street because their hearts cried out for justice ” [ Here ’ s What You Missed From The Congressional Antifa Hearing , by Samantha Renck , Daily Caller , August 5 , 2020 ] .
He appealed to the memory of flawed Leftist icons Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr .
He also said the “ rioters aren ’ t concerned about racial justice ” but are “ racist ” themselves because they “ destroy minority communities ” and “ minority businesses and minority lives across this country.
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ ’ t wrong with that last point .
Mobs have destroyed minority businesses in many cities .
Nonwhites are the ones paying most of the price from increased crime [ Michael Tracey : Minority business suffering in Minneapolis following rioting after George Floyd ’ s death , by Michael Tracey , Fox News , July 8 , 2020 ] .
But it shows the senator ’ s acceptance of the Left ’ s moral frame and the American Right ’ s need to hide behind nonwhite mascots .
Antifa may be extreme and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , but it doesn ’ t follow that they don ’ t sincerely oppose “ racism ” as they define it .
They just think nonwhite casualties are collateral damage , much like how John Brown began his infamous raid by shooting a free black man in the back [ Was John Brown ’ s 1st Victim Black , by Henry Louis Gates Jr. , The Root , December 16 , 2013 ] .
Incidentally , unknown protesters , presumably Brown ’ s ideological descendants , recently smeared a monument to that black @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Ferry Monument to Free Black Man Killed By John Brown ’ s Raid Vandalized With What Appears to Be Feces , by Cassandra Fairbanks , Gateway Pundit , July 21 , 2020 ] .
Antifa ’ s methods and goals are not a mystery .
The group is quite open about it .
In the hearing , The Center of Security Policy ’ s Kyle Shideler accurately described them as an CSP ’ s Shideler argued that Antifa define the entire American political system as “ fascist.
” To prove this , all @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the flag burnings , condemnations of “ ameriKKKa , ” and the direct threat in Mark Bray ’ s Antifa : The Anti-Fascist Handbook about making it “ politically , socially , economically , and sometimes physically costly ” for political opponents to articulate their beliefs , with the goal that “ in twenty years those who voted for Trump are too uncomfortable to share that fact in public ” [ Portland Protesters Burn Bibles , American Flag Outside Federal Courthouse , by Andrea Morris , CBN News , August 2 , 2020 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ point that Antifa is structured in a hierarchical way and relies on a vast system of “ support organizations , ” including the Democratic Socialists of America , The International Workers of the World , Refuse Fascism , and the National Lawyers Guild , ” among others [ Shideler testifies before Senate Subcommittee on the Constitution , Center for Security Policy , August 4 , 2020 ] .
This is important because any serious attempt to stop these riots would involve breaking up these criminal conspiracies .
Yet this probably won ’ t @ @ @ @ @ @ @ to take action but inadvertently provided reasons why it won ’ t .
This innocuous appearance allows sympathetic journalists and politicians to pretend that there is no actual violent Leftist group or that people are just being overly idealistic .
They do this anyway even when there is no room for doubt .
For example , The New Yorker has run a sob story about lawyers Urooj Rahman and Colinford Mattis , respectively an immigrant and the son of immigrants .
The former allegedly threw a Molotov cocktail while the latter allegedly drove @ @ @ @ @ @ @ this could mean they are “ civil-rights heroes , even martyrs ” or , at worst , “ professionals who crossed a line ” [ The Making of a Molotov Cocktail , by Lisa Miller , Intelligencer , August 4 , 2020 ] .
During the Antifa hearing , Hawaii Senator Mazie Hirono , an immigrant whose commitment to Anglo-American legal norms is notoriously questionable , proclaimed that “ we all agree ” that “ violent extremism of all stripes ” is deplorable .
But she also smeared the Center for Security Policy @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Hate Group ” by the Southern Poverty Law Center ( who hasn ’ t been ? )
[ Controversial witnesses testify at Senate Judiciary hearing on protests , by Jinitzail Hernandez , Roll Call , August 5 , 2020 ] .
And when challenged by Ted Cruz to denounce Antifa specifically , Hirono simply walked out of the hearing [ ‘ You ’ re Welcome To Say Something Negative About Antifa Right Now ’ : Ted Cruz Spars With Mazie Hirono At Senate Hearing , by Scott Morefield , Daily Caller , August @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , of course , this is the behavior of a winner .
She simply refused to accept Cruz ’ s framing of the issue .
The Dallas Morning News , one of Ted Cruz ’ s home state newspapers , slammed the senator for saying that Democrats are arguing for “ abolishing the police.
” Perhaps Senator Cruz was too sweeping in his claim .
However , this is no longer a fringe , unthinkable position on the Left .
Even the writer conceded that Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez really does want to defund the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ falsely claims “ the Democrats are arguing for abolishing the police , ” by Todd Gillman , The Dallas Morning News , August 5 , 2020 ] .
The New York Times recently provided a platform for another Leftist activist to clarify the issue : the movement really does want to outright abolish the police because “ reform won ’ t happen ” [ NY Times op-ed clears up ‘ Defund the police confusion : ‘ Yes , we mean literally abolish the police , ’ by Joseph Wulfsohn , Fox News , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ another example , The Intercept ’ s Natasha Lennard called the Cruz hearing a “ farce , ” but casually concluded Democrats should have supported the “ serious and reasonable demand to defund the police at the center of the protests ” [ Ted Cruz ’ s Hearing on Anarchist Protest Violence Was a Total Farce , August 5 , 2020 ] .
It ’ s worth noting that The Intercept ’ s Lennard also praised Antifa for taking down the Alt Right in 2018 .
Of course , it wasn ’ t @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Trump Administration , that gutted the movement .
This includes the unequal justice levied against Unite The Right protesters , the Rise Against Movement , and the Proud Boys .
( Ted Cruz himself sanctimoniously referred to the ostentatiously multiracial Proud Boys as “ bigoted idiots ” in a recent video [ A Portal Into the Progressive Mind ft. Eric Weinstein | Ep .
39 , Jul 23 , 2020 ] ) .
And this illustrates why this hearing was still empty spectacle .
If people wonder why ordinary Americans aren ’ @ @ @ @ @ @ @ or police , it ’ s because we know that “ conservatives ” like Cruz will be only too happy to throw us in prison so they can get back to the important work of passing tax cuts for Woke Capital .
Before the hearing , Ted Cruz said that the United States was suffering from “ organized terror attacks ” [ Cruz , ahead of Antifa hearing , describes riots in US cities as ‘ organized terror attacks , ’ by Adam Shaw , Fox News , August 4 , 2020 ] @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , this would warrant drastic action .
If President Trump and Attorney General Barr wanted to , the Department of Justice could easily unravel these groups , whose organization , membership , and tactics are fairly well known .
But , instead , we have nothing .
Which is particularly frustrating because this chaos could be ended almost instantly .
When local police finally had enough ( perhaps when a turba descended on the woke Mayor ’ s house ) and broke up the “ autonomous zone ” in Seattle , it was @ @ @ @ @ @ @ than provoking a Paris Commune-type fight to the death .
President Trump could stop this American Cultural Revolution tomorrow .
The FBI could destroy the coordinating groups with just a modicum of the energy it spends investigating garage door pulls shaped like nooses .
Senator Cruz could propose concrete action rather than whining that Democrats aren ’ t even bothering to play the lip service game the same way he does .
Yet at this point , it ’ s no surprise that Republican Congresscritters keep acting the way they do .
The @ @ @ @ @ @ @ perhaps out of sheer , naked , panicked self-interest , will take a strong hand to turn the tide of an election that the Main Stream Media keeps trumpeting that he is losing [ Republicans fear disaster in November , by Olivia Beavers and Juliegrace Brufke , The Hill , August 6 , 2020 ] .
If Trump doesn ’ t , he and other Republicans will learn that Democrats aren ’ t afraid of using state power against opponents [ New York seeks to break up National Rifle Association , alleging financial @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Shepardson , Reuters , August 6 , 2020 ] James Kirkpatrick [ Email him |Tweet him @ VDAREJamesK ] is a Beltway veteran and a refugee from Conservatism Inc. His latest book is Conservatism Inc. : The Battle for the American Right .
Read VDARE.com Editor Peter Brimelow 's Preface here .

Well, Senator Ted Cruz’s August 4 Senate hearings on Antifa terrorism were at least a start. But Cruz’s apparent strategy of exposing Antifa and expecting elite journalists to explode in outrage is a failure. These journalists know exactly what the group is doing—and support it. The Trump Department of Justice needs to actually use state power to break up Antifa networks and arrest those committing crimes. As of now, the “authoritarian” Trump Administration has used far more force against its own supporters than it ever has against those whose stated goal is to destroy the country.
Cruz’s hearing didn’t lack for dramatic rhetoric. “This shouldn’t be complicated: peaceful protests must be protected,” the senator said. “Riots must be stopped” [FBI has opened 300 ‘domestic terror’ investigations as a result of riots, attorney tells Capitol hearing on Antifa, by Marisa Schultz and Adam Shaw, Fox News, August 5, 2020].
Still, Cruz took a defensive tone throughout. The riots were bad because they had “hijacked” protests from those “who took the street because their hearts cried out for justice” [Here’s What You Missed From The Congressional Antifa Hearing, by Samantha Renck, Daily Caller, August 5, 2020]. He appealed to the memory of flawed Leftist icons Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr. He also said the “rioters aren’t concerned about racial justice” but are “racist” themselves because they “destroy minority communities” and “minority businesses and minority lives across this country.”
Of course, Senator Cruz isn’t wrong with that last point. Mobs have destroyed minority businesses in many cities. Nonwhites are the ones paying most of the price from increased crime [Michael Tracey: Minority business suffering in Minneapolis following rioting after George Floyd’s death, by Michael Tracey, Fox News, July 8, 2020].
But it shows the senator’s acceptance of the Left’s moral frame and the American Right’s need to hide behind nonwhite mascots. Antifa may be extreme and a lot of them may be white, but it doesn’t follow that they don’t sincerely oppose “racism” as they define it. They just think nonwhite casualties are collateral damage, much like how John Brown began his infamous raid by shooting a free black man in the back [Was John Brown’s 1st Victim Black, by Henry Louis Gates Jr., The Root, December 16, 2013].
Incidentally, unknown protesters, presumably Brown’s ideological descendants, recently smeared a monument to that black man with feces [VILE: Harpers Ferry Monument to Free Black Man Killed By John Brown’s Raid Vandalized With What Appears to Be Feces, by Cassandra Fairbanks, Gateway Pundit, July 21, 2020].
Antifa’s methods and goals are not a mystery. The group is quite open about it. In the hearing, The Center of Security Policy’s Kyle Shideler accurately described them as an
anarcho-communist movement whose goal is to use physical violence and intimidation to terrorize American citizens to disengage them from the political process.
CSP’s Shideler argued that Antifa define the entire American political system as “fascist.” To prove this, all we have to do is look at the flag burnings, condemnations of “ameriKKKa,” and the direct threat in Mark Bray’s Antifa: The Anti-Fascist Handbook about making it “politically, socially, economically, and sometimes physically costly” for political opponents to articulate their beliefs, with the goal that “in twenty years those who voted for Trump are too uncomfortable to share that fact in public” [Portland Protesters Burn Bibles, American Flag Outside Federal Courthouse, by Andrea Morris, CBN News, August 2, 2020].
Shideler also made the critical point that Antifa is structured in a hierarchical way and relies on a vast system of “support organizations,” including the Democratic Socialists of America, The International Workers of the World, Refuse Fascism, and the National Lawyers Guild,” among others [Shideler testifies before Senate Subcommittee on the Constitution, Center for Security Policy, August 4, 2020].
This is important because any serious attempt to stop these riots would involve breaking up these criminal conspiracies.
Yet this probably won’t happen. Andy Ngo urged the government to take action but inadvertently provided reasons why it won’t.
“Antifa has mastered the art of making its violence appear innocuous,” he testified. “For example, projectiles that look like water balloons can be filled with chemicals; small slingshots can be used to project rocks, glass, and ball bearings into police lines; umbrella tips can be fastened with discrete pocket knives; powerful handheld lasers can cause serious damage to the eyes.” (Indeed, acting Secretary of Homeland Security Ken Cuccinelli testified that 113 out of the 277 injuries federal officers suffered in Portland involved eye injuries, many caused by industrial lasers.) [Andy Ngo’s Testimony Implicates ‘Peaceful Protesters’ in Antifa Violence, by Tyler O’Neil, PJMedia, August 4, 2020]
This innocuous appearance allows sympathetic journalists and politicians to pretend that there is no actual violent Leftist group or that people are just being overly idealistic.
They do this anyway even when there is no room for doubt. For example, New York Magazine has run a sob story about lawyers Urooj Rahman and Colinford Mattis, respectively an immigrant and the son of immigrants. The former allegedly threw a Molotov cocktail while the latter allegedly drove the getaway car. In journospeak, this could mean they are “civil-rights heroes, even martyrs” or, at worst, “professionals who crossed a line” [The Making of a Molotov Cocktail, by Lisa Miller, Intelligencer, August 4, 2020].
During the Antifa hearing, Hawaii Senator Mazie Hirono, an immigrant whose commitment to Anglo-American legal norms is notoriously questionable, proclaimed that “we all agree” that “violent extremism of all stripes” is deplorable. But she also smeared the Center for Security Policy because it has been named a “Hate Group” by the Southern Poverty Law Center (who hasn’t been?) [Controversial witnesses testify at Senate Judiciary hearing on protests, by Jinitzail Hernandez, Roll Call, August 5, 2020].
And when challenged by Ted Cruz to denounce Antifa specifically, Hirono simply walked out of the hearing [‘You’re Welcome To Say Something Negative About Antifa Right Now’: Ted Cruz Spars With Mazie Hirono At Senate Hearing, by Scott Morefield, Daily Caller, August 4, 2020].
In fact, of course, this is the behavior of a winner. She simply refused to accept Cruz’s framing of the issue.
The Dallas Morning News, one of Ted Cruz’s home state newspapers, slammed the senator for saying that Democrats are arguing for “abolishing the police.” Perhaps Senator Cruz was too sweeping in his claim. However, this is no longer a fringe, unthinkable position on the Left. Even the writer conceded that Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez really does want to defund the police [Echoing Trump, Ted Cruz falsely claims “the Democrats are arguing for abolishing the police,” by Todd Gillman, Dallas Morning News, August 5, 2020].
The New York Times recently provided a platform for another Leftist activist to clarify the issue: the movement really does want to outright abolish the police because “reform won’t happen” [NY Times op-ed clears up ‘Defund the police confusion: ‘Yes, we mean literally abolish the police,’ by Joseph Wulfsohn, Fox News, June 13, 2020].
In another example, the Intercept’s Natasha Lennard called the Cruz hearing a “farce,” but casually concluded Democrats should have supported the “serious and reasonable demand to defund the police at the center of the protests” [Ted Cruz’s Hearing on Anarchist Protest Violence Was a Total Farce, August 5, 2020].
It’s worth noting that the Intercept’s Lennard also praised Antifa for taking down the Alt Right in 2018. Of course, it wasn’t Antifa but government action, including by the Trump Administration, that gutted the movement. This includes the unequal justice levied against Unite The Right protesters, the Rise Against Movement, and the Proud Boys. (Ted Cruz himself sanctimoniously referred to the ostentatiously multiracial Proud Boys as “bigoted idiots” in a recent video [A Portal Into the Progressive Mind ft. Eric Weinstein | Ep. 39, Jul 23, 2020]).
And this illustrates why this hearing was still empty spectacle. If people wonder why ordinary Americans aren’t defending monuments, the flag, or police, it’s because we know that “conservatives” like Cruz will be only too happy to throw us in prison so they can get back to the important work of passing tax cuts for Woke Capital.
Before the hearing, Ted Cruz said that the United States was suffering from “organized terror attacks” [Cruz, ahead of Antifa hearing, describes riots in US cities as ‘organized terror attacks,’ by Adam Shaw, Fox News, August 4, 2020]. If he really believed such rhetoric, this would warrant drastic action. If President Trump and Attorney General Barr wanted to, the Department of Justice could easily unravel these groups, whose organization, membership, and tactics are fairly well known.
But, instead, we have nothing.
Which is particularly frustrating because this chaos could be ended almost instantly. When local police finally had enough (perhaps when a turba descended on the woke Mayor’s house) and broke up the “autonomous zone” in Seattle, it was the work of a few moments rather than provoking a Paris Commune-type fight to the death.
President Trump could stop this American Cultural Revolution tomorrow. The FBI could destroy the coordinating groups with just a modicum of the energy it spends investigating garage door pulls shaped like nooses. Senator Cruz could propose concrete action rather than whining that Democrats aren’t even bothering to play the lip service game the same way he does.
Yet at this point, it’s no surprise that Republican Congresscritters keep acting the way they do. The only hope is that President Trump, perhaps out of sheer, naked, panicked self-interest, will take a strong hand to turn the tide of an election that the Main Stream Media keeps trumpeting that he is losing [Republicans fear disaster in November, by Olivia Beavers and Juliegrace Brufke, The Hill, August 6, 2020].
If Trump doesn’t, he and other Republicans will learn that Democrats aren’t afraid of using state power against opponents [New York seeks to break up National Rifle Association, alleging financial mismanagement, by Daniel Trotta and David Shepardson, Reuters, August 6, 2020].
James Kirkpatrick [Email him |Tweet him @VDAREJamesK] is a Beltway veteran and a refugee from Conservatism Inc. His latest book is Conservatism Inc.: The Battle for the American Right. Read VDARE.com Editor Peter Brimelow's Preface here.