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*LIVE* ~President Trump will deliver remarks at a >
MAGA rally in Wildwood, New Jersey,
on Saturday, May 11.
Entry to the rally will open at noon ET, with his speech beginning at 5:00 p.m. ET.
https://www.rsbnetwork.com/news/huge-trump-announces-beachfront-rally-on-the-jersey-shore/
Another on Dickey Betts with some tunes at the end:
https://www.oann.com/newsroom/dickey-betts-of-the-allman-brothers-band-passes-away-at-80/
" Good Morning & thanks for the heads-up, Bull " .. !!
It's in the numbers.... JD Vance tells it like it is:
SENATOR VANCE: THE MATH ON UKRAINE DOESN'T ADD UP
This is not just a matter of dollars. Fundamentally, we lack the capacity to manufacture the amount of weapons Ukraine needs us to supply to win the war.”
An Op-Ed Published In The New York Times
By Senator JD Vance | April 12, 2024
President Biden wants the world to believe that the biggest obstacle facing Ukraine is Republicans and our lack of commitment to the global community. This is wrong.
Ukraine’s challenge is not the G.O.P.; it’s math. Ukraine needs more soldiersthan it can field, even with draconian conscription policies. And it needs more matériel than the United States can provide. This reality must inform any future Ukraine policy, from further congressional aid to the diplomatic course set by the president.
The Biden administration has applied increasing pressure on Republicans to pass a supplemental aid package of more than $60 billion to Ukraine. I voted against this package in the Senate and remain opposed to virtually any proposal for the United States to continue funding this war. Mr. Biden has failed to articulate even basic facts about what Ukraine needs and how this aid will change the reality on the ground.
The most fundamental question: How much does Ukraine need and how much can we actually provide? Mr. Biden suggests that a $60 billion supplemental means the difference between victory and defeat in a major war between Russia and Ukraine. That is also wrong. $60 billion is a fraction of what it would take to turn the tide in Ukraine’s favor. But this is not just a matter of dollars. Fundamentally, we lack the capacity to manufacture the amount of weapons Ukraine needs us to supply to win the war.
Consider our ability to produce 155-millimeter artillery shells. Last year, Ukraine’s then defense minister assessed that their base line requirement for these shells is over four million per year, but said they could fire up to seven million if that many were available. Since the start of the conflict, the United States has gone to great lengths to ramp up production of 155-millimeter shells. We’ve roughly doubled our capacity and can now produce 360,000 per year — less than a tenth of what Ukraine says it needs. The administration’s goal is to get this to 1.2 million — 30 percent of what’s needed — by the end of 2025. This would cost the American taxpayers dearly while yielding an unpleasantly familiar result: failure abroad.
Just this week, the top American military commander in Europe argued that absent further security assistance, Russia could soon have a 10-to-1 artillery advantage over Ukraine. What didn’t gather as many headlines is that Russia’s current advantage is at least 5 to 1, even after all the money we have poured into the conflict. Neither of these ratios plausibly lead to Ukrainian victory.
Proponents of American aid to Ukraine have argued that our approach has been a boon to our own economy, creating jobs here in the factories that manufacture weapons. But our national security interests can be — and often are — separate from our economic interests. The notion that we should prolong a bloody and gruesome war because it’s been good for American business is grotesque. We can and should rebuild our industrial base without shipping its products to a foreign conflict.
The story is the same when we look at other munitions. Take the Patriot missile system — our premier air defense weapon. It’s of such importance in this war that Ukraine’s foreign minister has specifically demanded them. That’s because in March alone, Russia reportedly launched over 3,000 guided aerial bombs, 600 drones and 400 missiles at Ukraine. To fend off these attacks, the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelensky, and others have indicated they need thousands of Patriot interceptors per year. The problem is this: The United States only manufactures 550 every year. If we pass the supplemental aid package currently being considered in Congress, we could potentially increase annual production to 650, but that’s still less than a third of what Ukraine requires.
These weapons are not only needed by Ukraine. If China were to set its sights on Taiwan, the Patriot missile system would be critical to its defense. In fact, the United States has promised to send Taiwan nearly $900 million worth of Patriot missiles, but delivery of those weapons and other essential resources has been severely delayed, partly because of shortages caused by the war.
If that sounds bad, Ukraine’s manpower situation is even worse. Here are the basics: Russia has nearly four times the population of Ukraine. Ukraine needs upward of half a million new recruits, but hundreds of thousands of fighting-age men have already fled the country. The average Ukrainian soldier is roughly 43 years old, and many soldiers have already served two years at the front with few, if any, opportunities to stop fighting. After two years of conflict, there are some villages with almost no men left. The Ukrainian military has resorted to coercing men into service, and women have staged protests to demand the return of their husbands and fathers after long years of service at the front. This newspaper reported one instance in which the Ukrainian military attempted to conscript a man with diagnosed mental disability.
Many in Washington seem to think that hundreds of thousands of young Ukrainians have gone to war with a song in their heart and are happy to label any thought to the contrary Russian propaganda. But major newspapers on both sides of the Atlantic are reporting that the situation on the ground in Ukraine is grim.
These basic mathematical realities were true, but contestable, at the outset of the war. They were obvious and incontestable a year ago, when American leadership worked closely with Mr. Zelensky to undertake a disastrous counteroffensive. The bad news is that accepting brute reality would have been most useful last spring, before the Ukrainians launched that extremely costly and unsuccessful military campaign. The good news is that even now, a defensive strategy can work. Digging in with old-fashioned ditches, cement and land mines are what enabled Russia to weather Ukraine’s 2023 counteroffensive. Our allies in Europe could better support such a strategy, as well. While some European countries have provided considerable resources, the burden of military support has thus far fallen heaviest on the United States.
By committing to a defensive strategy, Ukraine can preserve its precious military manpower, stop the bleeding and provide time for negotiations to commence. But this would require both American and Ukrainian leadership to accept that Mr. Zelensky’s stated goals for the war — a return to 1991 boundaries — are fantastical.
The White House has said time and again that they can’t negotiate with President Vladimir Putin of Russia. This is absurd. The Biden administration has no viable plan for the Ukrainians to win this war. The sooner Americans confront this truth, the sooner we can fix this mess and broker for peace.
https://www.vance.senate.gov/press-releases/senator-vance-the-math-on-ukraine-doesnt-add-up/
Another passes on:
Guitarist Dickey Betts, Co-Founder of the Allman Brothers Band, Dies at 80
(AP) Guitar legend Dickey Betts, who co-founded the Allman Brothers Band and wrote their biggest hit, “Ramblin’ Man,” has died. He was 80.
The Rock & Roll Hall of Famer died at his home in Osprey, Florida, David Spero, Betts’ manager of 20 years, confirmed. Betts had been battling cancer for more than a year and had chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, Spero said.
“He was surrounded by his whole family and he passed peacefully. They didn’t think he was in any pain,” Spero said by phone.
Betts shared lead guitar duties with Duane Allman in the original Allman Brothers Band to help give the group its distinctive sound and create a new genre — Southern rock. Acts ranging from Lynyrd Skynyrd to Kid Rock were influenced by the Allmans’ music, which combined the blues, country, R&B and jazz with ‘60s rock.
Founded in 1969, the Allmans were a pioneering jam band, trampling the traditional notion of three-minute pop songs by performing lengthy compositions in concert and on record. The band was also notable as a biracial group from the Deep South.
Duane Allman died in a motorcycle accident in 1971, and founding member Berry Oakley was killed in a motorcycle crash a year later. That left Betts and Allman’s younger brother Gregg as the band’s leaders, but they frequently clashed, and substance abuse caused further dysfunction. The band broke up at least twice before reforming, and has had more than a dozen lineups.
The Allman Brothers Band was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1995 and earned a Lifetime Achievement Grammy Award in 2012. Betts left the group for good in 2000, and also played solo and with his own band Great Southern, which included his son, guitarist Duane Betts.
Forrest Richard Betts was born Dec. 12, 1943, and was raised in the Bradenton, Florida, area, near the highway 41 he sang about in “Ramblin’ Man.” His family had lived in area since the mid-19th century.
Betts grew up listening to country, bluegrass and Western swing, and played the ukulele and banjo before focusing on the electric guitar because it impressed girls. At 16 he left home for his first road trip, joining the circus to play in a band.
He returned home, and with bassist Oakley joined a group that became the Jacksonville, Florida-based band Second Coming. One night in 1969 Betts and Oakley jammed with Duane Allman, already a successful session musician, and his younger brother, and together they formed the Allman Brothers Band.
The group moved to Macon, Georgia, and released a self-titled debut album in 1969. A year later came the album “Idlewild South,” highlighted by Betts’ instrumental composition “In Memory of Elizabeth Reed,” which soon became a concert staple.
The 1971 double album “At Fillmore East,” now considered among the greatest live albums of the classic rock era, was the Allmans’ commercial breakthrough and cemented their performing reputation by showcasing the unique guitar interplay between Allman and Betts. Their styles contrasted, with Allman playing bluesy slide guitar, while Betts’ solos and singing tugged the band toward country. When layered in harmony, their playing was especially distinctive.
The group also had two drummers — “Jaimoe” Johanson, who is Black, and Butch Trucks.
Duane Allman died four days after “Fillmore” was certified as a gold record, but the band carried on and crowds continued to grow. The 1973 album “Brothers and Sisters” rose to No. 1 on the charts and featured “Ramblin’ Man,” with Betts singing the lead and bringing twang to the Top 40. The song reached No. 2 on the singles charts and was kept out of the No. 1 spot by “Half Breed” by Cher, who later married Gregg Allman.
The soaring sound of Betts’ guitar on “Ramblin’ Man” reverberated in neighborhood bars around the country for decades, and the song underscored his knack for melodic hooks. “Ramblin’ Man” was the Allmans’ only Top Ten hit, but Betts’ catchy 7½-minute instrumental composition “Jessica,” recorded in 1972, became an FM radio staple.
Betts also wrote or co-wrote some of the band’s other best-loved songs, including “Blue Sky” and “Southbound.” In later years the group remained a successful touring act with Betts and Warren Haynes on guitar. Gregg Allman and Butch Trucks died in 2017.
After leaving the Allmans for good, Betts continued to play with his own group and lived in the Bradenton area with his wife, Donna.
https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2024/04/18/guitarist-dickey-betts-co-founder-of-the-allman-brothers-band-dies-at-80/
Poor spellers:
Columbia President Suggests Faculty ‘Don’t Know How To Spell’ To Avoid Scrutiny Of DEI
BY: TRISTAN JUSTICE
APRIL 18, 2024
Columbia University President Nemat “Minouche” Shafik questioned the literacy of faculty at the Ivy League institution on Wednesday when asked why the word “folks” is spelled “f-o-l-x” in a handbook that also includes pages upon pages of “woke” vocabulary and definitions used in Columbia School of Social Work classes.
Shafik was testifying before the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, which is investigating antisemitism in American universities, when Rep. Jim Banks, R-Ind, pressed her on the spelling.
“I didn’t go to an Ivy League school, admittedly. … Can you explain why the word ‘folks’ is spelled ‘f-o-l-x’ throughout this guidebook and in other places at the School of Social Work?” Banks asked. “What does that mean?”
“They don’t know how to spell?” Shafik suggested. “I mean, I’m not familiar with that spelling.”
“I don’t find it a laughing matter,” Banks said.
“I’m not laughing either,” Shafik replied. “I think it’s— I really don’t—”
“You’re denying that this is a official product of the school,” Banks said. “But … you are aware that this is handed out to all of your students, and you’re not doing anything to stop it.”
“As I said, it’s not an official product of the administration,” Shafik said.
“Is this how Columbia University spells the word ‘folks’?” Banks clarified.
“No,” Shafik said.
The term “folx” spelled with an “x” rather than a “ks,” is far-left language manipulation to “explicitly signal the inclusion of groups commonly marginalized,” according to Merriam-Webster. In other words, it takes a word with a fixed meaning and distorts it to signal fealty to the left’s “diversity, equity, and inclusion” framework.
Banks also asked Shafik to define “Ashkenormativity,” another bizarre term in the handbook.
“I’m not familiar with that term,” Shafik said. “I believe it appeared in a student glossary.”
“It appears in the orientation guidebook that’s given to all of the students at the School of Social Work, but you can’t define it for us?” Banks pressed. “You seem to be familiar.”
“I don’t use that term. I don’t know that term,” Shafik said. “I don’t think it’s a product of the School of Social Work.”
Banks read the definition of “Ashkenormativity” from the handbook, which said its “a system of oppression that favors white Jewish ‘folx,’ based on the assumption that all Jewish ‘folx’ are Ashkenazi, or from Western Europe.”
“Is that appropriate?” Banks added.
“I don’t agree with it. I don’t think it’s very useful,” the university president said, attempting to distance herself from the materials distributed to Columbia students under her leadership.
Shafik’s testimony follows a trio of other elite university presidents refusing to forcefully condemn antisemitism during a congressional hearing in December. Their shocking responses and public blowback led to the ouster of two of the three who had appeared on Capitol Hill. The hearing, which featured presidents from Harvard, the University of Pennsylvania, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), was held just two months after the Oct. 7 attack on Israel, when some 1,300 were slaughtered by the Iranian terrorist proxy group Hamas. As Israel began responding to the attacks, terrorist sympathizers expressed solidarity with Hamas, and antisemites on college campuses in particular began calling for Jewish genocide.
After the three presidents ignited controversy at the December hearing, the four leaders from Columbia University who appeared before lawmakers this week sought to avoid the same performance.
“Does calling for the genocide of Jews violate Columbia’s code of conduct?” asked Rep. Suzanne Bonamici, D-Ore.
Each of the four representatives from the university, including Shafik, said, “Yes, it does.”
Shafik also emphasized that since the October terrorist attack, university officials have taken “more disciplinary actions than have been taken probably in the last decade at Columbia.”
On the same day of the House hearing, antisemitic protests erupted on the university’s Manhattan campus.
https://thefederalist.com/2024/04/18/columbia-president-suggests-faculty-dont-know-how-to-spell-to-dodge-scrutiny-for-dei-nonsense/
U.S. Mortgage Rates Above 7% for the 1st Time This Year >
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/18/business/mortgage-rates.html
Israel has carried out a strike inside Iran >
https://www.yahoo.com/news/israel-carried-strike-inside-iran-030714485.html
lol... Thanks for the clarification. I was about to stay away from you for life.
Barr... a vote is a vote.
Maybe his change of heart will persuade others.
What an ass. You've got to be kidding me you back-stabbing lying SOB!
(Him, not you kk... lol)
Barr: I’ll Vote for Trump Because Continuing Biden Is ‘National Suicide’
PAM KEY 17 Apr 2024 1:18
Former Attorney General Bill Barr said Wednesday on Fox News Channel’s “America’s Newsroom” that he will support Donald Trump in November.
Barr said, “The real threat to liberty, the real threat to our system, are the excesses of the progressive left. They are perverting the system of justice and that’s where the danger lies. The corruption and subversion of our institutions by the left.”
Co-host Bill Hemmer said, “I heard you call this hush money case outrageous. I also know you’ve been asked many times and had disagreements with the former president. He is the presumptive nominee and we assume he will be the nominee. Will you support him in 2024?”
Barr said, “I’ve said all along given two bad choices, I think it’s my duty to pick the person I think would do the least harm to the country and in my mind that’s — I will vote the Republican ticket. I will support the Republican ticket.”
He added, “I think the real danger to the country, the real danger to democracy, as I say, is the progressive agenda and I’ve said Trump may be playing Russian roulette, but continuation of the Biden administration is national suicide in my opinion.”
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2024/04/17/barr-ill-vote-for-trump-because-continuing-biden-is-national-suicide/
Cops storm Columbia, bust 100 anti-Israel protesters after university prez finally tells NYPD to clear campus
By Georgett Roberts , Olivia Land , Emily Crane and Joe Marino
Published April 18, 2024 Updated April 18, 2024, 6:00 p.m. ET
https://nypost.com/2024/04/18/us-news/nypd-cops-enter-columbia-after-university-warns-anti-israel-protesters-to-clear-out/
Hope they made good use of the old-fashioned billy clubs.
Should have started with this fugly chip off the old block...
Ilhan Omar’s daughter, Isra Hirsi, suspended from Barnard College for her involvement in anti-Israel protests
By Emily Crane
Published April 18, 2024 Updated April 18, 2024, 12:45 p.m. ET
Isra Hirsi and her mom Ilhan Omar seen in an Instagram photo. Instagram
https://nypost.com/2024/04/18/us-news/ilhan-omars-daughter-suspended-from-barnard-college-for-her-involvement-in-anti-israel-protests/
OMG ... That's hilarious!!!
Do you watch reality shows and talent shows??? pic.twitter.com/0QapKLrP5f
— Lorraine Y (@kenyladyde) April 18, 2024
And the 'tards will believe them again. Vote 'em in again. Swell, huh?
Senate Dems Facing Re-election Suddenly Find Religion on Biden Energy Excess
David Blackmon
Apr 18, 2024
It was a foregone conclusion that retiring West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin would vote to nullify a key plank in the Biden Green New Deal energy and climate agenda on Wednesday. Manchin has made a habit of opposing carefully picked aspects of that agenda over the past few years even though he folded like a cheap suit when he became the deciding vote on the Orwellian Inflation Reduction Act in August, 2021.
Everyone also knew it was likely that Kyrsten Sinema would vote her conscience on the provision given that she no longer has any hopes of being re-elected to her Arizona Senate seat this year. Like Manchin, Sinema has shown occasional displays of common sense on energy whenever it has suited her political fortunes. Unfortunately, she, like Manchin, threw her career prospects into the toilet when she sold out the country on the IRA.
What was not known until Wednesday’s vote was whether a) the GOP minority would remain unified, and b) any other Democrats seeking re-election would do the right thing for their respective states?
The regulatory action in question was, as reported by Nick Pope at the Daily Caller, “a Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) rule that critics have characterized as an effort to reduce the number of gas-powered cars on America’s roadways.” The regulation would require state transportation agencies to dramatically increase the cost of road projects by having to formulate emissions reduction plans for federal road projects in their states.
“Few things are more frustrating in government than unelected bureaucrats asserting authority they don’t have and foisting federal mediocrity on the excellence of states,” Republican North Dakota Sen. Kevin Cramer, who introduced the legislation, said from the Senate floor on Wednesday. “The Senate will take up my bipartisan resolution that overturns the Biden administration’s obviously illegal rule that requires state departments of transportation to measure CO2 tailpipe emissions then set declining targets for vehicles traveling on the highway systems of their perspective states.”
Fortunately for them, Montana Democrat Jon Tester and Ohio Dem Sherrod Brown, both of whom face tough battles for re-election this year, were given permission by Chuck Schumer to vote the right way for their constituents on this resolution once it became obvious it was going to pass.
While Tester and Brown will now go back to their states and brag to constituents how they stood up to the Biden administration for the energy industry that drives so much of their state economy, this is nonsense. These two guys would have gladly sold their state out again and voted in lockstep with Schumer’s dictates were it not an election year.
Tester and Brown are two of the very worst examples of finger-to-the-wind politicians. For them, every vote is a cynical political calculation on which they could go either way depending on which benefits them most, and what they are allowed to do by Schumer. They would never have been allowed to vote the way they did if Schumer needed their vote to kill the resolution, and they both would have been fine with that. They are completely devoid of principle and care nothing about what is best for the people or the country.
So, praise them if you want, but do it with a clear understanding of exactly what you’re praising.
That is all.
https://blackmon.substack.com/p/senate-dems-facing-re-election-suddenly?publication_id=712558&post_id=143708945&isFreemail=false&r=rd9j8&triedRedirect=true
The parents s/b in jail. Mutilation of a minor can be the first charge.
Looks like it is a good time to invest in Depends stock!
At least the gas station name perfectly described the piece of sheetz that visited!
Kids' gender clinic whistleblower tells Dr. Phil regretful patients begged to 'have body parts put back on'
'We were encouraged not to make a big deal out of it,' Jamie Reed said of detransitioners
By Alexander Hall
Published April 18, 2024 6:30am EDT
A children's gender clinic whistleblower claimed on Dr. Phil Thursday that she saw regretful patients ask to have their removed body parts restored after operations.
Jamie Reed, who worked at the Washington University Transgender Center at St. Louis Children's Hospital, penned a lengthy tell-all expose last year in which she called gender clinics for kids "morally and medically appalling." On "Dr. Phil Primetime," the host asked Reed, who is queer and married to a transgender person herself, what changed her mind about transgender treatments for youth.
"A number of things," she said. "We started to see patients who were experiencing very significant medical harms being rushed to the emergency room with lacerations requiring stitches. We had patients contact us who were begging to have body parts put back on within months of having surgeries."
She went on to claim, "The thing that kept happening is every time I would raise concerns and ask about the protocols and ask about the guidelines - this is just how the industry works, if a child says they're trans there's no questioning it. We just say, ‘Yep, you're trans, what would you like?’"
Reed was responsible for patient intake and oversight during her time at the hospital between 2018 and 2022. She said that most young people who walked through the door received hormone prescriptions that can have life-altering consequences, such as sterility.
"You're telling me that a 12 or 13-year-old, who can't decide which pajamas to wear, can come in and say, ‘I've decided that I want to transition,’ and with no more than a couple of hours or two visits - not even a couple of hours, two visits - they say ‘Okay, start taking this, start doing this,’ which alters their biochemistry in a way that you can't come back from?" Dr. Phil asked.
"Correct," Reed affirmed.
Reed said kids identifying as transgender has become 10 times more common and they are overwhelmingly young teenage women who wish to become men.
Girls, she argued, tend to be very attuned to the trends in their environment, particularly on social media and in their peer groups, to the point where girls in the same class would come in clusters all requesting procedures at the same time.
"They would come in, and they would almost have the exact same storyline, too, like they learned what to say from a video to explain, ‘Oh, no, really, I’ve felt this way from early childhood,' but a lot of their parents couldn’t remember anything like that."
"There were very few written protocols or guidelines, one of the providers even said we were flying the plane as we built it. Doctors are acting like they're God when it comes to medically transitioning children," Reed said.
"I saw a young person who was begging to have their breasts put back on after having surgery, we were encouraged not to make a big deal out of it and definitely not to tell other families. I couldn't continue to be silent on it," she added, about detransitioners.
After Reed went public last year, multiple prominent figures have called for investigations into the trans clinic.
In February 2023, Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey said that his office had launched a multi-agency investigation into the Washington University Pediatric Transgender Center.
In September, Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., sent a letter to Washington University in St. Louis and BJC Healthcare demanding an investigation into its protocols for transitioning minors. The center will no longer be giving minors puberty blockers for the purpose of transitioning to another gender, the center announced that month, due to a newly passed state law outlawing gender-changing treatments for minors. The law went into effect Aug. 28, but exempts patients who have already begun transitioning.
The Washington University Transgender Center at St. Louis Children's Hospital didn't respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment by publication.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/kids-gender-clinic-whistleblower-tells-dr-phil-regretful-patients-begged-body-parts-put-back
Another reason to vote for Trump...
Report: January 6 Committee Democrats Say They Fear Trump Will Put Them in Jail
KRISTINA WONG 18 Apr 2024 2:48
House Democrats who led an investigation into former President Donald Trump’s role in the January 6 Capitol riot say they are worried about their safety and being arrested if the former president wins reelection.
They fretted to CBS News in a recent piece about a March 18 Trump post on Truth Social that said former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) “should go to Jail along with the rest of the Unselect Committee!”
Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA), who has consistently fundraised off all Democrat investigations and impeachments of Trump, told the network, “My wife and I have had conversations about what life would look like if the worst happened… . You can’t avoid the conversations about ‘What if?’ And I have to think about my own personal safety.”
House Democratic Caucus Chairman Pete Aguilar (CA) said he took the threat of being jailed seriously, but joked that the jail is close to the Capitol and that his family would visit him “no matter where I am.”
Rep. Zoe Lofgren, another member of the committee that investigated January 6 and another California Democrat, said she believes Trump intends to do what he says he will do.
Former D.C. Police Officer Michael Fanone, who testified in front of the Committee and was subsequently hired by CNN as a law enforcement analyst, told CBS News, “He’s going to weaponize the Department of Justice…and use it to go after people like myself… . He’s telling us exactly what he plans on doing.”
Former U.S. Capitol Police officer Harry Dunn, who is now running for Congress as a Democrat in Maryland, told CBS News, “Anybody who has testified against him, or spoken out in a public capacity, should be worried.” The former police officer and politician-hopeful said the threat of arrest “is a little scary to think about, but you have to continue to do the right thing.”
A Trump spokeswoman told CBS News in a statement that their “entire narrative is a lie”:
Joe Biden, Nancy Pelosi, Liz Cheney, and the Corrupt Democrats on the sham January 6th Committee have lied to the American public for years, denied key witnesses from testifying to the truth, and covered up evidence that proved President Trump, nor any of his supporters, ever engaged in an alleged ‘insurrection.’ Their entire narrative is a lie and Americas know that Joe Biden is the true threat to democracy.
The January 6 committee was disbanded after Republicans won control of the House in 2020. Cheney, the top Republican on the committee, lost her bid for reelection.
Pictures and Xweets at the link:
https://www.breitbart.com/2024-election/2024/04/18/report-january-6-committee-democrats-say-they-fear-trump-will-put-them-in-jail/
OK, Zoomers!
“Generation Z is unprecedentedly rich,” says a headline in the Economist, which reports that this young generation “is taking over” and adds:
In the rich world there are at least 250m people born between 1997 and 2012. About half are now in a job. In the average American workplace, the number of Gen Zers (sometimes also known as “Zoomers”) working full-time is about to surpass the number of full-time baby-boomers, those born from 1945 to 1964, whose careers are winding down… Gen Z is also grabbing power: America now has more than 6,000 Zoomer chief executives and 1,000 Zoomer politicians.
God help us...
This was the tagline for this op-ed piece. You have to be a subscriber to get there:
https://www.wsj.com/articles/crying-in-the-grocery-store-68c66601?mod=hp_opin_pos_5#cxrecs_s
pic.twitter.com/nKQRVn4KSn
— MJTruthUltra (@MJTruthUltra) April 17, 2024
This is so bad… 🤦🏻♂️
The US Air Force is Paying $90,000 for a Bag of Bushings that Normally Costs well under $100
WALTZ: How much do you think the Air Force pays for this bag of bushings?
USAF SEC. KENDALL: I don't know, Congressman.
WALTZ: $90,000.…
Look at the throngs of people flocking to see old Joe!
Biden stopped by a Sheetz gas station today because he wanted to try to replicate Trump’s bodega visit.
— Alex Bruesewitz 🇺🇸 (@alexbruesewitz) April 17, 2024
It didn’t work. No one cheered. No one was excited to see him.
Americans absolutely despise this crooked old fool.
pic.twitter.com/IUbmoLHpwW
🚨TRUMP TRIAL UPDATE🚨
— Laura Loomer (@LauraLoomer) April 17, 2024
JUDGE MERCHAN IS DISCRIMINATING AGAINST ORTHODOX JEWS AS JURORS IN TRUMP’S TRIAL!
I’m told that because jury selection in the first 2 days of the Trump trial went faster than expected and 7 jurors were selected on Monday and Tuesday, Judge Merchan may…
This keeps getting crazier! The head of NPR hates the Constitution of the USA. https://t.co/1Xp8Pi12fs
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 17, 2024
So close for it all
To be disclosed
Imagine the awakening
For those so stubborn
Deer in the headlights
Get out of the way
Take pictures
That's hysterical!
Maine joins ‘popular vote’ interstate compact, bringing the total to 209—they only need to reach 270
By Olivia Murray
Pay attention people, because the canary in the coal mine isn’t breathing.
Here’s the story, via an Associated Press report published yesterday:
Maine will become the latest to join a multistate effort to elect the president by popular vote with the Democratic governor’s announcement Monday that she’s letting the proposal become law without her signature.
Under the proposed compact, each state would allocate all its electoral votes to whoever wins the national popular vote for president, regardless of how individual states voted in an election.
Now, if you’re unaware as to what this compact is, allow me to explain: it’s a nationwide movement to undermine the integrity of, and sidestep the political protections implemented by… the Electoral College.
While these anti-EC activists have loudly called for the abolition of the institution at the federal level, they’ve been quietly and methodically laying the framework at the state level—the National Popular Vote interstate compact. These anti-American operatives are playing the long-game, and we’re barreling toward a shocking and devastating checkmate. (The first state to sign on to the scheme was Maryland in 2007.)
Maine’s governor is Democrat Janet Mills, who said this about her decision to allow the NPV bill to become law:
Without a ranked voting system, Mills said she believes ‘the person who wins the most votes should become the president. To do otherwise seemingly runs counter to the democratic foundations of our country.’
Uh lady, that’s called tyranny of the majority, which is exactly what our Founders didn’t want, and warned against—but she’s a Democrat, so why would she care?
Many times though, this movement even gets its foot in the door thanks to Republicans. Of course, when caught red-handed, they claim ignorance—but at some point, the I’m-just-a-pitiful-idiot-politician-mea-culpa card gets played one too many times, and I start to suspect something a little more nefarious is going on. Exhibit A:
Mark Finchem and Katie Hobbs were once political allies
In 2016, a host of Arizona legislators introduced House Bill 2456, with a reference title of “national popular vote; interstate agreement” — of the 45 lawmakers who signed on as sponsors, two names stand out in particular: Mark Finchem and Katie Hobbs. Yes, the very same Mark Finchem recognized for his perpetual existence in a ten-gallon hat and his firebrand rhetoric, and the very same Katie Hobbs currently embroiled in Kari Lake’s lawsuit. The bill would have handed over Arizona’s sovereignty, entering into a multi-state agreement to give Arizona’s electoral votes to whichever presidential candidate won the popular vote.
Had Finchem, a “Republican,” successfully lobbied the bill through Arizona’s legislature, Hillary would have taken Arizona in 2016.
Now, if all of that weren’t convincing enough that this is a very dangerous movement, uber-left Brennan Center for Justice published an article in 2019 in which the author made the case for NPV legislation, because the EC is “one of the most undemocratic features of U.S. elections.”
As a colleague mentioned, this NPV plot isn’t constitutional because it directly conflicts with Article II, Section 1…which is exactly right, but when has that ever stopped them before? Furthermore, I personally have absolutely zero trust in the Supreme Court as a whole, finding only two of the nine justices to be principled and reliably pro-Constitution; of course, I’m referring to Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito.
Now, this interstate compact only takes effect when the participating states have 270 electoral votes, but with Maine’s participation, the NPV movement has a total number of 209 electoral votes in the bag. The movement is well-funded, and picking up speed—just last year, Minnesota signed on to the compact. Michigan is headed that way too. Nevada is also close. And, it’s only a matter of time before it’s back on Arizona’s menu too.
So what can you do? NPV legislation has been introduced in all fifty states, and you can find out what the status is where you live at this link here. If NPV is already law, it must be repealed; this is where the legislators come in, or citizens’ initiatives, or whatever other political recourse might be legal in your state. If NPV isn’t in effect, make sure it stays that way.
Wouldn’t it be just surreal and amazing if these people who took an oath of office and swore to uphold the Constitution knew what they were swearing to uphold! Sure would make our lives a whole lot easier instead of babysitting a bunch of doddering dopes and anti-American saboteurs with the political power of yeas and nays.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2024/04/maine_joins_popular_vote_interstate_compact_bringing_the_total_to_209_they_only_need_to_reach_270.html
What a an old fool.
Howdy, PW. Good to see you posting.
It's been way too long since you've stopped by.
EVs: No idea how this will play out though I believe the market will decide their fate. Eventually they'll figure out how to make them more appealing than ICE vehicles but we are nowhere near that day right now. Meanwhile, I'll cling to my ancient ICE vehicle and its CD player for as long as I can.
Glad you enjoyed yesterday's ride. I saw a Chevy EV outside the post office over a year ago. The driver and I had a brief chat. His description of the ride matched yours. He attributed it to the weight of the batteries... which are what tear up the road thus releasing more particulate matter into the air. Oh, gee whiz. Between that and the pollution generated from manufacturing the batteries (which become toxic waste), they are far more environmentally hostile than ICE cars. The truth is slowly emerging.
We'll see what happens. Fingers crossed that does not include violence.
Smile pretty. Watch your back.
Supreme Court Skeptical of Biden Admin in January 6 Case with Implications for Trump
BRADLEY JAYE 16 Apr 2024 4:58
WASHINGTON, DC –The U.S. Supreme Court sounded skeptical of the Biden Justice Department during oral arguments Tuesday regarding whether a man involved in events at the Capitol on January 6, 2021, can be charged under a law that severely punishes obstructing an official proceeding.
The landmark case could upend around 350 cases in which defendants – around 100 of which have been convicted or pled guilty – were indicted on similar charges under the same provision.
The decision will almost certainly have major implications for the Biden Administration’s prosecution of Donald Trump, resulting in the most serious charges against him being thrown out of court.
The government indicted defendant Joseph Fischer after January 6 under 18 U.S.C. § 1512(c)(2), a provision enacted after the Enron scandal for one who “corruptly … obstructs, influences and impedes any official proceeding,” indicting him on six other charges as well. Fischer’s attorneys argue the charge in question inappropriately relies on that provision, which was clearly intended to cover concealing or destroying evidence related to white-collar crime.
That statute carries a potential 20 years in federal prison.
Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar argued Tuesday that Fischer and others engaged in “a deliberate attempt to stop the joint session of Congress from certifying the results of the election” and “obstructed Congress’ work in that official proceeding.”
Jeffrey Green, an attorney for Fischer, said the charge was inappropriate. “Attempting to stop a vote count or something like that is a very different act than actually changing a document or altering a document,” he said.
But conservative Justices questioned if the government went too far with the charge, expressing concerns over interpretation of the terms “obstruct” and “impede” and that the statute could be used to prosecute those engaging in sit-ins and other demonstrations.
“We need to find out what are the outer reaches of this statute under your interpretation,” Justice Samuel Alito questioned.
Justice Neil Gorsuch questioned, “Would a sit-in that disrupts a trial or access to a federal courthouse qualify? Would a heckler in today’s audience qualify, or at the State of the Union address? Would pulling a fire alarm before a vote, qualify for 20 years in federal prison?”
He seemed to reference Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-NY), who admitted to breaking the law in September of 2023 by pulling a fire alarm before a critical House vote on federal spending, allegedly to postpone the vote while the Democrat-led Senate could assemble to take the initiative with its own version of spending legislation.
Bowman was not charged with a federal crime and pleaded down a misdemeanor in D.C. Superior Court.
Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Clarence Thomas seemed to question if the provision was being applied unevenly, perhaps for political reasons.
“There have been many violent protests that have interfered with proceedings,” Thomas said. “Has the government applied this provision to other protests in the past and has this been the government position throughout the lifespan of the statute?”
“I can’t give you an example of enforcing it in a situation where people have violently stormed a building in order to prevent an official proceeding,” Prelogar said.
Liberal Justice Sonia Sotomayor appeared to come to Prelogar’s defense, saying the situation was unprecedented “with people attempting to stop a proceeding violently. So I’m not sure what a lack of history proves.”
Roberts suggested that in determining the 1512(c)(2) charge applied to the defendant, the prosecutors may have ignored the language in (c)(1) which made clear the clause dealt with the destruction of documents – of which even prosecutors do not charge the defendant. Essentially, instead of understanding (c)(2) was a continuation of (c)(1), the prosecutors address (c)(2) as a standalone provision, violating the judicial doctrine of ejusdem generis.
He referred to an opinion the Court issued Friday in Bisonnette which “said that the general phrase is controlled and defined by reference to the terms that precede it.”
Kavanaugh also appeared skeptical of Prelegar’s assertion that ejusdem generis did not apply.
Although Trump is not part of Fisher’s case, the statute is a central piece of Jack Smith’s criminal prosecution of the former president. If the Supreme Court rules that Fischer cannot be charged for obstructing an official proceeding, Smith’s case against Trump could be significantly handicapped.
The case is Fischer v. United States, No. 23-5572, in the Supreme Court of the United States.
Bradley Jaye is a Capitol Hill Correspondent for Breitbart News. Follow him on X/Twitter at @BradleyAJaye.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/04/16/supreme-court-skeptical-of-biden-admin-in-january-6-case-with-implications-for-trump/
Thanks for your thoughts PMS.
My opinion: The following force you spoke of is already happening through EPA regulations and EV mandates.
All to solve the climate hoax (and of course line the pockets of the big investors of whom you spoke). I believe and hope it will all come crashing down in a beautiful return to capitalism.
John Mellencamp ~ Walks off >>
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/0pPtW0c5i4g
I settled comfortably in my recliner, turned on the television, and was delighted to see that I had recorded a few of my favorite programs.
It wasn't the programs that jump-started my thinking about EV's, it was the commercials. In every commercial break, there was an advertisement for an EV. And not just from one or two manufacturers, but from several. This pattern continued for hours. Yes, I'm confessing to watching TV for several hours. Now that my mushy thinking has been explained, I'll continue.
I use shifts in commercial's focus as a "Canary in a Coal Mine" to help me understand current events and prepare for the future. This number of EV commercials hints of desperation.
Where do we go from here. Massive investment has been made on behalf of EVs. This will result in massive losses if the public refuses to cooperate. I'm not invested in EVs. I don't own one. And I have no intention of buying one. I also realize that people hate losses. And powerful people who face losses often use their power to escape the consequences of their unwise choices.
What worries me: when persuasion fails, force follows.
What will this force look like? I welcome opinions.
Cheers, PW.
P.S. Yesterday, I had my very first ride in an EV. (A Chevrolet) It was quiet and comfortable. The worrying aspects of EV ownership such as charging, range, repair cost, fire risk, and rapid depreciation had no impact on yesterday's experience.
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