The president of El Salvador thinks so…, and so do I.
But, the first things you have to do is recognize and agree that the US is currently in a state of demise.., and the democrats don’t, or won’t.
“Creepy Joe Biden” and his administration has, of course, criticized President Bukele, accused him of being authoritarian, even though he was democratically elected, in a fair election I might add, and they continue to try and undermine President Bukele’s government.
So, basically, “nothing to see here,” and exactly what we would expect from “cognitively challenged Joe” and his “America last” party.
Yael Halon of Fox News reports, “El Salvador President Nayib Bukele, who managed to transform his country from the murder capital of the world into one of most innovative in all of Latin America, said that he would no longer feel safe living in most modern American cities as violent crime and misguided policies have turned them unrecognizable.”
Hmmm, I’m starting to like this guy already…, a leader who speaks the truth, and is not afraid to state the obvious.
“Bukele made the comment in a wide-ranging interview on Fox Nation’s ‘Tucker Carlson Today,’ where he joined the Fox News primetime host to discuss law and order and how his government’s efforts to combat the stranglehold MS-13 had on the country effectively drove the murder rate down by 75% since he took office.”
Good for him, and good for El Salvador!
“Bukele told Carlson that he believes the erosion of major U.S. cities, now riddled with crime and chaos, is ‘by design’ and a product of ‘enemies’ within the U.S. political system.”
“‘The demise of the U.S. has to come from within. No external enemy can cause this much damage,’ Bukele said. ‘When you’re watching internal operations here you can see cities that were pristinely beautiful 30 years ago are a wasteland right now.’”
Democrats and their anti-American policies tend to have that effect. Who can look at our once great cities and not recognize this? We have to agree that the demise of our cities had to have been by design. No one can be that stupid, consistently for decades, on accident.
Bukele continues, “‘I mean, I’m from El Salvador, a third-world country in Central America, and I myself see cities here [in the USA] and say I wouldn’t live here. That would be unthinkable three decades ago, that a Salvadoran wouldn’t want to live in a U.S. main city,’ he told Carlson, pointing to cities like Los Angeles, San Francisco, Philadelphia, Baltimore, New York and Chicago, where he said he would fear for his safety.’”
And rightly so.
“After years of El Salvador leading the world in homicides, Bukele is recognized for having reduced crime there to its lowest rate in more than 20 years. The 41-year-old leader, who credits his increase of police and military presence and his crackdown on gangs for the country’s turnaround, questioned the United States’ defund the police movement and other initiatives of the left, telling Carlson they ‘make no sense.’”
The absolutely “make no sense,” unless your intentions are to undermine our country, and civilization in general.
‘“When you look how the cities are eroding so fast, this has to be by design. I mean who would make so many stupid decisions?’ Bukele asked. ‘They’re literally giving some people drugs in some us cities, or they say we’re going to give you money if you don’t work. They make all these laws that make no sense. If they have high crime, they say okay I have a solution, let’s defund the police.’”
‘“They make these decisions openly,’ he continued. ‘It’s not even [a] secret and we all know what will be the consequences of it. The defunding of the police, allowing shoplifting, giving drugs to drug addicts, giving money to people to stop work[ing], what will be the consequences? You’ll destroy society, you’ll destroy the city, you’ll destroy the economy…and it’s already happening.’”
Bingo!
‘“You would think how could they be so dumb? Of course, they’re not,’ he added. ‘They’re very smart. It’s by design. There’s no other logical explanation.’”
No truer words were ever spoken.
So, what is the democrats’ bottom line end game?
Death, destruction, and misery.
But, why?
These are the goals of Satan for humankind, and the democrats are unknowingly, or not, Satan’s pawns here on earth.
“Bukele has emerged as one of the most popular leaders in the world since he took office in 2019. According to the Associated Press, ‘Bukele enjoys an approval rating of more than 90% among Salvadorans who saw three of four previous presidents jailed or exiled for corruption.’”
Like I said before, good for President Bukele, and good for the people of El Salvador.
We can all only hope and pray that a similar societal renaissance is on the horizon for the USA.
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If that movie reference doesn’t connect with you, don’t feel bad, because I’m just dating myself! “Rosemary’s Baby” is a 1968 American psychological horror, about a woman who has the Devil’s baby. The film was written and directed by Roman Polanski, and based on Ira Levin’s 1967 novel of the same name.
Anyway…, I’m not sure who “Rosemary’s baby” is…, George or Alexander…, I just know the Devil is mixed-up in this family somewhere!
George Soros’ devilish fingerprints are all over democrat policies, democrat politicians, and other democrat elected officials. And now his son is preparing to inherit control of his father’s evil empire.
George Soros has made his intentions, and feelings, quite clear, regarding our country, The United States of America.
Rich Calder and Matthew Sedacca reporting for The New York Post, say that, the “Son of George Soros [is] scoring easy White House access, records show.”
“A son of billionaire George Soros [sadly, he has 5 children] has quietly become a de-facto White House ‘ambassador,’ making at least 14 visits there on behalf of the far-left kingmaker since President Joe Biden took office, records reviewed by The Post show.”
Ha! The ambassador to the White House from Hell!
Leave it to Illegitimate Joe and the rest of the Satan worshipping democrats to embrace George Soros’ anti-America philosophy.
“Alexander Soros, a prolific Democratic fundraiser in his own right who likes to boast about his relationships with world leaders on social media, scored at least a dozen meetings with White House officials in 2022, according to recently updated White House visitor logs. Soros, 37, also participated in two other confabs there in late 2021, the records show.”
“His latest trips include visiting Dec. 1 with then-White House Chief of Staff Ron Klain’s advisor Nina Srivastava, who also worked on Biden’s presidential campaign, the logs show.”
You can tell a lot about a person by his friends, right, Joe?
The White House has become a virtual den of disgusting vermin, that only the Devil himself would approve of.
“Later that evening, the younger Soros was one of 330 people who attended a lavish state dinner on the White House South Lawn hosted by the president and First Lady Jill Biden honoring French President Emmanuel Macron and Macron’s wife, Brigitte.”
And all paid for by you and I, and the rest of the American “suckers” who actually work, and have worked, for a living.
I believe you would define them as harmful parasites.
“A day later, Alexander Soros, who chairs the powerful, liberal grant-making network Open Society Foundations, founded by his dad, met with both Advisor to the Counselor of President Mariana Adame and Deputy National Security Advisor Jonathan Finer, records show.”
I envision most of these meetings as strategy discussions, rather than lobbying meetings.
“His previous White House meetings included earlier sit-downs with Adame on October 14; Srivastava on September 14; Finer on Dec. 15, 2021, and October 6 and September 15 of last year, according to records.”
“Soros also had meetings with Kimberly Lang, then a National Security Advisor executive assistant, on October 6; and former Klain advisor Madeline Strasser on Oct. 29, 2021, and April 22, 2022.”
“It’s unclear what was discussed at the meetings, and the White House did not return messages.”
Hmmm, that’s odd.
“Mike Howell, director of the Oversight Project at the Conservative Heritage Foundation, said the younger Soros’ easy White House access is troubling considering the Soros family has already ‘done tremendous damage to our country.’”
Only possible with the help of his willing democrat accomplices.
‘“The Soros agenda is one of death and destruction in the name of open borders and ending Western Civilization,’ he said. ‘The Biden administration and rogue prosecutor movement may be [its] most damaging purchase in America to date.’”
You can say that again!
‘“The Soros agenda is one of death and destruction in the name of open borders and ending Western Civilization,’ he said. ‘The Biden administration and rogue prosecutor movement may be [its] most damaging purchase in America to date.’”
The Soros family’s influence over White House policy has never been stronger, according to Matt Palumbo, author of ‘The Man Behind the Curtain: Inside the Secret Network of George Soros.’”
“Never stronger” since when? Since the Obama administration?
Throughout the White House, there is a Soros hold [owned operative] somewhere, and his son is his father’s new ambassador,’ Palumbo told The Post.”
“White House records show an expansive list of Soros’ meetings with top officials:
12/2/2022: Mariana Adame, Advisor to the Counselor Steve Ricchetti
12/2/2022: Jon Finer, Deputy National Security Advisor
12/1/2022: State Dinner on South Lawn for French President Emmanuel Macron attended by President Biden
12/1/2022: Nina Srivastava, adviser to then-Chief of Staff Ron Klain
10/14/2022: Mariana Adame, Advisor to the Counselor Steve Ricchetti (x2)
10/6/2022: Jon Finer, Deputy National Security Advisor
10/6/2022: Kimberly Lang, Executive Assistant to the National Security Advisor
9/15/2022: Jon Finer, Deputy National Security Advisor
9/14/2022: Nina Srivastava, adviser to then-Chief of Staff Ron Klain (x2)
4/22/2022: Madeline Strasser, adviser to then-Chief of Staff Ron Klain
12/15/2021: Jon Finer, Deputy National Security Advisor
10/29/2021: Madeline Strasser, adviser to then-Chief of Staff Ron Klain”
“Following the 2020 presidential election, Biden’s transition team was filled with liberals connected to Soros’ network.” , and Biden’s cabinet was also armed with Soros loyalists, Palumbo said.”
“And Biden’s cabinet was also armed with Soros loyalists, Palumbo said.”
So, you’re saying it was a virtual “demonic” transition team.
“They included Klain, a board member of the lobbying wing of the Soros-funded Center for American Progress, a liberal think tank that pushes abortion rights, climate-change policies, and other causes.”
“Other causes,” like defunding the police, letting criminals run loose on our streets, promoting homelessness and drug use, open borders, and other wholesome causes along these lines.
Wonderful. Just absolutely wonderful.
“George Soros typically tries to keep a lower profile, exerting influence by donating under the radar to lefty candidates and funneling money to liberal causes through his Open Society Foundations and related nonprofits he founded, which have doled out more than $32 billion worldwide since 1984, according to its website.”
And Soros is able to maintain that low profile with the help of our fake news, lap dog, mainstream media, who are more than happy to accommodate him, rather than being the watch dogs, on behalf of the American people they should be.
“The Hungarian-born, 92-year-old [whose foundation has been chased out of his own home country] has recently come under renewed fire from conservatives linking him to former President Donald Trump’s legal woes.”
“They point to the elder Soros donating $1 million in 2021 to the left-wing Color of Change political action committee that backed Alvin Bragg, the Manhattan district attorney who convened the grand jury that indicted Trump late last month on criminal charges over an alleged hush-money payment.”
“Soros, whose payment to [the group] ‘Color of Change’ was part of a larger effort to finance a criminal justice revolution aimed at abolishing bail and defunding police, has denied supporting Bragg’s campaign directly or even knowing the soft-on-crime DA.”
Lie, lie, lie. Deny, deny, deny. And again, the media is more than willing to look the other way.
“Alexander Soros’ politicking is much more of an open book than his father’s.”
“The younger Soros has individually donated more than $11 million to lefty political action committees since 2010 [which of course is really his father’s money], including $2 million in 2018 to the Senate Majority PAC that Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) has major influence over, records show.”
“A review of his Instagram page shows him visiting with Schumer at least nine times since 2018, and posing with former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) eight times.”
“Alexander Soros boasts about his relationships with world leaders and other elected officials on social media, including former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.”
“The account also highlights photos of him with his dad, as well as with former President Barack Obama, Vice President Kamala Harris, and other prominent Dems at fundraisers he hosted or other events.”
“Scoring 14 White House meetings in a little over a year suggests the younger Soros has ‘an outsize policy influence in the Biden administration’ rivaling the easy access only a select few as American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten has, said Tom Fitton, president of the conservative legal watchdog group Judicial Watch.”
Ah, yes…, Randi Weingarten…, another disgusting little satanic Nazi.
‘“Don’t be distracted by Alex’s name in the visitor log; it’s a George Soros rep they’re looking to meet with at the Biden White House…, he’s still calling the shots, it’s his money, his foundations,’ Fitton insisted.”
“But it is Alexander who is most poised of the elder Soros’ five kids to eventually lead his family’s multibillion-dollar political and philanthropic network, said Scott Walter, president of conservative think tank Capital Research Center.”
‘“Like his father, he cozies up to White House and congressional leaders willing to do the family’s bidding on such issues as crime, immigration, election policy, and more, as the Soroses exploit every type of giving: money to parties, independent expenditure groups, and so-called charities,’ Walter told the Washington Examiner, which first documented the White House jaunts.”
Thank you Washington Examiner. True Journalism isn’t completely dead, but it is on life support!
“No wonder former staffers and grantees of their foundations, donor groups, and lobbying shops are found throughout the Biden administration, from the State Department to the Domestic Policy Council.”
“A Soros spokesman declined to comment.”
Again, you don’t say.
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I would say there is no doubt that some of our fellow Americans are losing it, but that’s not what we’re talking about here.
In June of 2020, Author Robin Wright asked, for “The New Yorker,” no less, “Is America Becoming a Banana Republic?”
I don’t think she knew at the time how prophetic that question would be.
“In the early nineteen-hundreds, the American writer O. Henry coined the term “banana republic” in a series of short stories…”
“The term, which originally referred to a politically unstable country run by a dictator and his cronies…, took on a life of its own.”
“Over the past century, “banana republic” has evolved to mean any country (with or without bananas) that has a ruthless, corrupt, or just plain ‘loopy’ leader who relies on the military [in our case the state police, the DOJ and the FBI, with the cooperation of some kangaroo courts thrown in there] and destroys state institutions…”
“During the heated Presidential campaign of 2016, the term made its way into mainstream American politics, often glibly. President Trump invoked it in October, 2016. ‘This election will determine whether we remain a free country in the truest sense of the word or we become a corrupt banana republic controlled by large donors and foreign governments,’ he told a cheering crowd in Florida.”
Truer words were never spoken.
“The House Speaker, Nancy Pelosi (at the time), the third most powerful politician in the land, described the experience of her daughter, a filmmaker and journalist, when men in fatigues used chemical agents and body armor to force her fellow peaceful protesters aside so Trump could walk to St. John’s Church, on Monday night, for a fleeting photo op where he waved the Bible. On Wednesday, Pelosi bluntly asked, on MSNBC’s ‘Morning Joe,’ ‘What is this, a banana republic?’”
Ha! Just wait Nancy! You will show us all what kind of banana republic we have, when you surround the capitol with fencing and armed reservists to supposedly protect yourselves from your own concocted “insurrection!”
“Later that day, James Mattis, the former Defense Secretary, issued a scathing rebuke of President Trump, his former boss.”
Boy, what a disappointment Mattis turned out to be. A real sell-out. And that’s coming from a marine myself.
“Mattis described being ‘angry and appalled’ at the use of the U.S. military against the American people.”
Again, hang onto your hat General Mattis, because you ain’t seen nothing yet!
‘“When I joined the military, some fifty years ago, I swore an oath to support and defend the Constitution. Never did I dream that troops taking that same oath would be ordered under any circumstance to violate the Constitutional rights of their fellow citizens, much less to provide a bizarre photo op for the elected commander-in-chief, with military leadership standing alongside,” he said, in a statement to The Atlantic.”
Like I said, you ain’t seen nothing yet, General! Talk about a “bizarre photo op!” The democrat contrived January 6th “insurrection” was one long running “bizarre photo op!
“Pictures of National Guard troops arrayed in tight rows on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, a site that symbolizes reconciliation and healing after our Civil War, clad in camouflage, flak jackets, and body armor, added to the sense that America is in the midst of a defining national crisis. Mattis raged at the President personally, accusing him of deliberately trying to divide the country.”
Ha! That’s a real hoot!
‘“We know that we are better than the abuse of executive authority that we witnessed in Lafayette Square,’ he said. He went one big step further, demanding that ‘those in office who would make a mockery of our Constitution’ must be held accountable.”
Yes. We’re all waiting for Pelosi and the democrats to be held responsible for the grand January 6th charade.
“Scholars and current and former policymakers say that Trump’s historical legacy increasingly appears to be the undoing of American democracy. ‘We are far too complacent about the durability of our system,’ Robert Kagan, a historian at the Brookings Institution and the author of ‘The Jungle Grows Back: America and Our Imperiled World,’ told me (Seems like kind of a racist title, if you ask me.). ‘So much of what makes our system work is the general fidelity to a democratic ethos on the part of everybody involved.’”
Bingo!
We are all currently witnessing the democrats making their best efforts to “undo American democracy.”
“Trump has proved that ‘our system has within it the capacity to be subverted,’ Kagan said. The brilliance of America’s Founders was designing a constitution with checks and balances to ensure that the instruments of power served the people and the Constitution, and limited the Presidency. ‘The founders hoped that Congress would be jealous of its prerogatives and the independent judiciary would be jealous of its role, and that each actor would have a certain devotion to the republican spirit, little “R,” and defend it against potential threats from a President more concerned for his own interests than the rights of the general population,’ Kagan said. ‘The amazing thing is that, throughout our history, that really has sort of been the case.’ No longer, he added. At the direction of President Trump, the core institutions that once insured the daily functions of the state and the peaceful transition of leadership have been seriously eroded.”
Wow.
Reading all of this two years later, it’s uncanny how all of these democrat tools and elitists are ending up describing themselves and their anti-American democrat friends!
“At the Department of Justice [inJustice], Attorney General William Barr overrode his own prosecutors in the sentencing of Roger Stone, a Trump ally. He urged that charges against Michael Flynn, Trump’s first short-lived national security adviser, be dropped, even though Flynn twice pleaded guilty to lying to the F.B.I. In the case of Paul Manafort, Trump’s former campaign manager, the President launched a Twitter tirade against Judge Amy Berman Jackson, including the false charge, ‘Is this the Judge that put Paul Manafort in SOLITARY CONFINEMENT, something that not even mobster Al Capone had to endure?’ Corrections officials, not judges, determine how and where prisoners are held. ‘If they can do that to protect the President’s friends, they can also be used against the President’s enemies,’ Kagan said.”
Oh, how we see that now!
You see, you can’t lie to the FBI, unless you’re a democrat. There are definitely two completely separate sets of rules, depending on where your politics lie.
‘“The clock is ticking on the future of America’s democracy,’ David Blight, a civil-war historian at Yale, told me. ‘This unrest, it’s more than unrest, it’s a revolt, is truly astonishing.’ In nine days, protesters have taken to the streets in three hundred and eighty cities over the death of George Floyd. ‘We have to find some way for electoral politics, ending just five months from now, to harness this, or where does it go? What’s left?’ He compared the deep political dysfunction in Washington in 2020 to the eighteen-fifties, when U.S. institutions were torn apart and the country collapsed in disunion. ‘There was no center left by 1860,’ he said. To answer Pelosi’s question, Blight said, ‘We’re not quite there yet. But we may be on the verge of becoming a banana republic. It was correct of her to ask the question.’”
Wow, was it ever. In fact, she was foreshadowing things to come, thanks to her and her democrat co-conspirators.
We have gone from finding the person who committed a crime, to finding a crime based on the person, or political target.
Now, that’s a real indicator of a “banana republic.”
It looks like we’ll have front row seats to the democrats’ legal circus, regarding former President Trump, for quite a while here, all while the “Biden crime family” is given a pass after pass from the Department of inJustice, and its resident treasonist in charge, Merrick Garland.
We’ve got banana republics, monkey business, and kangaroo courts! The democrats have created a real zoo out here!
Stay tuned.
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It’s absolutely true that “Sometimes Corruption and Evil Comes Disguised as Inept or Stupid,” and we are witnesses to it every single day.
Some of the most malintentioned actions and corrupt policies are perpetrated on us by those who we casually dismiss as unintelligent, ignorant, clueless, and foolish, when in fact these actions and polices are quite calculated and premeditated…, but not by them.
These malintentioned actions and corrupt policies may be enacted by the unintelligent, ignorant, clueless, and foolish, but they are formulated and initiated by people that are very intelligent, although anti-American, anti-freedom, and basically evil in nature.
Perfect examples of this would be illegitimate Joe, cackling Kamala, and John “Uncle Festerman” Fetterman.
These three would be examples of the unintelligent, ignorant, clueless, and foolish, being controlled by others.
They (the corrupt, anti-American, anti-freedom, and basically evil in nature, puppeteers) don’t particularly care who the president is, who the vice-president is, or who the deciding vote in the senate is, as long as they control the political outcomes by virtue of controlling their positions.
Let’s face it, Joe Biden could care less about racism, the climate, immigrants, our border, the homeless problem, crime, inflation, or anything else really. He is just happy to be enjoying the luxuries and the privilege provided him by being president, while dutifully reading what is supplied to him on a teleprompter or his “cheat sheet” note cards.
And, Kamala Harris and John Fetterman are just clueless warm bodies…, and I wouldn’t even classify Biden as a warm body at this point.
Biden’s administration is littered with inept puppets throughout his cabinet and throughout the leadership of numerous government agencies.
The Godless democrat “swamp” of corrupt and anti-American bureaucracy is much deeper and more expansive than anyone could ever have imagined.
Our country is in serious trouble, my friends, and the United States of America, as we have come to know it, may not be around that much longer.
What the end game is for all of these people who run interference for all of this anti-Americanism, is beyond me. And by the time they realize they messed up, it will be too late.
If I was a younger man, I think I’d consider learning how to speak Chinese.
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Like WWE (World Wrestling Entertainment) superstar “Road Dogg” Jesse James says, “Oh, you didn’t know? You’re a$$ better call somebodyyyyy!”
And the democrats who should’ve “called somebody” were Michael Bloomberg and Amy Klobuchar.
Bloomberg should have called 911 and Klobuchar should have taken a page from “Who wants to be a Millionaire” and “asked the audience” or “phoned a friend!”
According to Mary Anne Marsh [Mary Anne Marsh is a Democrat political analyst and a principal at Dewey Square Group in Boston where she provides strategic counsel for Fortune 100 companies, non-profits and political campaigns.] for Fox News, “In fierce Democratic presidential debate, 1 winner and 5 losers.”
Ms. Marsh’s bio indicates that she is an extremely biased liberal, and I would argue the democrats had no winners in this debate. The only real winner here was President Trump!
I felt her overall take on the debate, however, was pretty accurate.
“Multibillionaire Michael Bloomberg landed in Las Vegas like a highly anticipated show on the Strip. But when he took to the stage with five competitors for the Democratic presidential nomination Wednesday night, their debate immediately became an Ultimate Fighting Championship [UFC] match.”
“Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., landed the most blows and won the night [This is debatable. I would say she wasn’t really attacked by anyone because none of them feel she is someone to worry about anymore!]. Warren would not be ignored or denied [This means the debate moderators failed to stop her from being a blabber mouth and time hog.] Warren flattened Bloomberg out of the gate using his own words against the former New York City mayor and he never recovered. As a result, voters got to see the real Warren, who was the front-runner last fall. And they saw the real Bloomberg, not the filtered one seen on paid TV ads and in social media.”
Have you realized yet that Ms. Marsh is an Elizabeth Warren fan?
“Warren’s strong performance helped her at a time when she needs it most and hurt Bloomberg so badly that he may not recover.”
This I agree with. The whole world saw that Michael “The Emperor” Bloomberg has no clothes! He was unmasked as a fraud, a hack, and not ready for prime time.
In Marsh’s opinion, “There was one winner [Warren] and five losers at the end of the debate – Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont; former Vice President Joe Biden; Sen. Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota; former South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg; and Bloomberg, who turned out to be the biggest loser of all.”
“With Bloomberg standing to her right Warren landed a left to the jaw with a shattering exchange using his own words about women against him. She then used his nondisclosure agreements, the stop-and-frisk tactic employed by police primarily against minorities when he was mayor, and his vast fortune estimated at more than $60 billion against him too.”
“Bloomberg’s performance was a disaster. He was not the Bloomberg of his ads in this debate – and that’s now a big problem for him.”
“Warren exposed the real Michael Bloomberg and it was not a pretty picture.”
“It was Warren’s relentless challenge to Bloomberg on a host of issues – including his treatment of women who worked for him and his refusal to release them from nondisclosure agreements – as well as his treatment of people of color with his stop-and-frisk policy.”
“Bloomberg’s attempts to apologize and explain only made the situation worse. His apology came off as more about convenience than sincerity – and that will register with voters too.”
“Finally, Bloomberg also sounded a lot like President Trump when asked about releasing his tax returns, raising issues about his lack of transparency.”
“Sanders, the self-described democratic socialist who represents Vermont was repeatedly questioned about his lack of transparency regarding his medical records, his recent heart attack and the cost of his “Medicare-for-all” plan.”
Mayor Pete “Buttigieg is the leader in delegates at this early stage from his strong finish in Iowa and New Hampshire. He used the debate to land a few blows on Sanders, with whom he’s locked in a delegate fight.”
“The former mayor also hit Klobuchar, who he is competing with for moderate voters…,” and they “… had a number of exchanges in their fight for moderate voters.”
I particularly liked when Mayor Pete referred to Klobuchar’s previous inability to name the president of Mexico, even though she is on trade and immigration committees in the Senate.
Her response was, “Are you mocking me?” and “Are you calling me dumb?” Obviously attempting put Mayor Pete on the defensive while trying to gain some sympathy for herself.
I would say, “If the shoe fits, wear it, Amy!”
Bam!
Former Vice-President “Biden did nothing to help himself. He looked like a tourist in Las Vegas rather than someone who should own the stage.”
Ha!
“Biden did little if anything to reassure voters he’s the best one to take on Trump or stem his slide in the polls. And that’s more bad news for Biden in this race.”
Bloomberg did manage to land a blow on Bernie, however, when he said, “Sanders, the best known socialist over here, happens to be a millionaire with three houses.”
Boom!
The truth hurts, right, Bernie?
The truth hurts in general for all of these democrat candidates.
And that’s the truth!
Wham!
I’m actually looking forward to the next democrat debate.
I’m sure Mini-Mike Bloomberg can’t say the same!
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What we’ve been seeing is that, apparently, a white person cannot be a “true” liberal, and that it’s okay for one liberal to drop the race card on another liberal…, if that other liberal happens to be white.
A couple of weeks ago we had Kamala Harris insinuating that Joe Biden had demonstrated racist behavior in the past…, and now we hear Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez accusing Nancy Pelosi of discriminating against and singling out some of the house representatives of color.
Interesting.
This is much better than watching “The Young and the Restless,” or “As the World Turns!”
Scott Jennings of USA Today says, “The Democratic Party is a mess.”
“If we learned anything lately it is that the Democratic Party is an absolute mess.
Fault lines are deeper than ever between the young socialists and the old establishment figures who run the place.”
Aka, “The Squad” and the “term limits poster child,” Nancy Pelosi.
Additionally, “At the first primary debate, Harris assailed Biden for opposing federally mandated busing, an extremely unpopular policy among people of all races and political parties. Debate viewers were left to believe that Harris — who emotionally attributed busing to her getting a quality education — supported the federal mandates.”
Harris also said on the debate stage that she, “would eliminate all private insurance,” and then the next day said she, “wouldn’t.”
“The prospect of nominating an old white male for president continues to deeply divide the Democratic Party, and the Woke Folk (at least the ones not supporting Bernie Sanders) are desperate for someone — anyone — to destroy America’s elderly political patriarchy. Policy, principle, and experience are irrelevant — race, gender or sexual orientation are the only credentials required to satisfy the angry [liberal democrat] mob.”
The House speaker recently gave an interview to the New York Times in which she cast aspersions on Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and three other young Democratic women of color who criticized her for giving in on the Senate border funding bill.
Though she didn’t mention them by name, Pelosi was referring to Reps. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, Rashida Tlaib of Michigan and Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts, in addition to Ocasio-Cortez. Otherwise known as “The Squad,” or “AOC plus three.”
‘“All these people have their public whatever and their Twitter world,’ Pelosi said. ‘But they didn’t have any following. They’re four people, and that’s how many votes they got.’”
“Insulting AOC’s ‘Twitter world’ is to the “Woke” Folk what a good ‘yo mama’ joke was to my friends on the school playground. Predictably, AOC punched right back at Pelosi, calling the speaker’s legislative moves ‘a huge mistake.’”
In case your wondering, “woke” is a trendy and relative new term used among our liberal friends which means, “having an awareness of issues concerning social justice and racial justice.” “Woke people are allowed to point fingers at all the rest of us “deplorables.”
According to Veronica Stracqualursi, Manu Raju and Sunlen Serfaty of CNN, “Ocasio-Cortez calls Pelosi’s ‘singling out’ of Democratic women of color ‘disrespectful’”
‘“It’s really just pointing out the pattern, right? We’re not talking about just progressives, it’s signaling out four individuals,’ Ocasio-Cortez told CNN on Capitol Hill. ‘And knowing the media environment that we’re operating in, knowing the amount of death threats that we get, knowing the amount of concentration detention, I think it’s just worth asking why.’”
What?
And no, we don’t know the amount of “death threats” you get, or from who.
And what does “concentration detention have to do with any of this?
And how do you “signal out” people?
I’m assuming she means “singling out” people.
BUT, when asked if she thinks Pelosi has racial animus or is racist, Ocasio-Cortez said unequivocally, “No, no, absolutely not, absolutely not.”
Ha!
Well, then what were you exactly saying Alexandria?
I mean, we all have ears, we all understand English, and we all heard you basically call Speaker Pelosi a racist…, whether you want to come right out and it or not.
Then…, Democrat Rep. Lacy Clay of Missouri accused Ocasio-Cortez of using “the race card” in her comments to the Post.
‘“What a weak argument,’ Clay said. ‘Because you can’t get your way, and because you are -, you’re getting pushback, you resort to use the race card? Unbelievable. Unbelievable to me.’”
OH – MY – GOD!!!
Wait…, let me read that again.
Are you kidding me?!!!
Democrats do this all day, every day, to conservatives…, but that’s okay?
But it’s “unbelievable” and “weak” when a democrat resorts to this when dealing with another democrat.
Does the hypocrisy know no bounds?!
Representative Clay then added, “It tells you the level of ignorance to American history on their part as to what we are as the Democratic Caucus. It shows their lack of sensitivity to racism. To fall back on that (trope) is a weak argument. It has no place in a civil discussion,” according to Sam Dorman and Chad Pergram of Fox News.
Ooooh, “level of ignorance.” That’s a good one!
And again…, “It has no place in a civil discussion,” UNLESS they’re dealing with conservatives.
The far left wing of the democrat party has just adjusted their parameters. Democrat moderates to them are now on the same level that conservatives are to democrat moderates.
Ha! Isn’t it funny how that works now?
“The lawmaker closed his remarks by suggesting the four freshmen could hurt Democratic chances in upcoming elections.”
Oh, we can only hope Representative Lacy, we can only hope!
We’ll all tune in next week for the continuing saga of “The Young and the Restless” meets “All My Children!”
WINNING!
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Let’s look at a basic and condensed timeline, pertaining to Venezuela, for starters:
1992 – Venezuela becomes the 3rd richest country in the western hemisphere, behind only the United States and Canada.
1993 – President Carlos Andrés Pérez is impeached for embezzlement of public funds.
1998 – A collapse in confidence in the existing parties saw the election of former coup-involved career officer Hugo Chávez and the launch of the Bolivarian Revolution and socialism. The “Bolivarian Revolution” refers to a left-wing populist social movement and political process in Venezuela led by the late Venezuelan president, Hugo Chávez, who founded the Fifth Republic Movement in 1997 and the United Socialist Party of Venezuela in 2007.
1999 – The “revolution” began when a “new” Constitution for Venezuela was written.
2001 – Venezuela voted for a socialist president to address “income inequality.”
2004 – Private healthcare is completely socialized.
2007 – All higher education becomes “free.”
2009 – The private ownership of guns is banned.
2012 – Bernie Sanders is quoted as saying, “Venezuelans are living the American dream better than Americans.”
2014 – Government opposition leaders are imprisoned.
2016 – Food shortages become a widespread problem.
2017 – The Venezuelan constitution and elections are suspended.
2018 – The country’s economic policies lead to extreme hyperinflation, with an inflation rate of 1,370,000% by the end of the year.
2019 – It is estimated that more than 3 million people have fled Venezuela in recent years.
2019 – Venezuelan protesters are attacked and killed by their own government in order to suppress their dissidence.
Venezuela’s socialist governments have been in power since 1999, taking over the country at a time when Venezuela had huge inequality.
But the socialist polices brought in which aimed to help the poor backfired, and made the situation even worse, of course. Companies now controlled by the government failed, and price controls to make basic goods more affordable to the poor by capping prices meant that Venezuelan businesses no longer found it profitable to produce them. Eventually, the government subsidies of all facets of the economy were unsustainable.
In only 27 years Venezuela has turned a “rags to riches” story into a “riches to rags” story.
Like Margaret Thatcher, the former Britsh Prime Minister once said, “The trouble with socialism is that eventually you run out of other people’s money.”
Does any of the Venezuela story sound familiar today in America?
There certainly appear to be some similarities in the early stages happening here.
We see an impeachment happy democrat Congress trying to overturn a presidential election.
We see many democrat politicians and democrat presidential candidates calling for a new constitution or drastic changes to our existing one.
We constantly hear democrat politicians and democrat presidential candidates touting government solutions for “income inequality,” don’t we?
We hear democrat politicians and democrat presidential candidates calling for a complete government takeover of our healthcare system.
Many democrat politicians and democrat presidential candidates are proposing “free” college.
And lastly, we hear many democrat politicians and democrat presidential candidates calling for radical changes to our gun laws, changes to the 2nd amendment or the complete removal of our right to bear arms.
The intentions of the American democrat party are apparent.
The democrats want to destroy America as we know it.
The choice here is painfully clear.
If you want to follow in Venezuela’s footsteps…, elect democrats.
It’s as simple as that.
The only people who benefit from a socialist government are those in government.
They apparently long for power that badly that they are willing to turn everyone elses life into a living hell for their own sakes.
They can only do this if we let them, however.
Remember…, the Venezuelan people voted for what they got.
In the end…, it’s their own fault.
And in the end…, we’ll choose our own fate as well.
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There are so many topics I’d like to offer my insight on, but so little time! So every once in a while I like to respond to a number of articles that I couldn’t necessarily devote an entire daily blog to on an article by article basis.
Welcome to my second edition of “MrEricksonRules’ headline buffet line!”
Pick your favorite(s) or have some of each. It’s totally up to you!
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“Imprisoning Bill Barr is [the] left’s new rallying cry: ‘Have him locked up!’”
By Brooke Singman of Fox News.
“The battle between congressional Democrats and the Justice Department over Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia report has reached new levels of vitriol, as some on the left call for Attorney General Bill Barr to be physically dragged in to testify or even locked up for defying congressional subpoenas.”
“The demands have escalated after the attorney general refused to appear before the House Judiciary Committee last week amid disagreements over the format of the hearing.”
“Though he testified a day earlier on the Senate side, Democrats on the committee still want to bring in the DOJ leader to answer questions on the conclusion of Mueller’s investigation. Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., also imposed a Monday morning deadline for Barr to turn over the full, unredacted Mueller report and additional files — a deadline the DOJ apparently missed, prompting Nadler to schedule a Wednesday vote on contempt proceedings against Barr.”
Everything that William Barr has done up this point is completely within in rights and responsibilities as Attorney General.
What we have on the democrats’ side is a bunch of grandstanding, and now desperation, as they learned that Mr. Barr was looking into what really happened regarding Russian collusion, and what really happened regarding spying on Americans, and what really happened that caused this fraudulent investigation to be launched in the first place.
Their main goal now is to discredit him, silence him, and preferably have him resign or be removed from office. Anything but allow him to drag their “swampy” friends out into the sunlight.
‘“He [Attorney General Barr] lied to Congress. And if anybody else did that, it would be considered a crime,’ Pelosi told reporters. ‘Nobody is above the law. Not the president of the United States. Not the attorney general.’”
Apparently Mrs. Pelosi is an exception to that rule…, as she lies ALL of the time to Congress, to us, to basically anyone within earshot of her.
“Pelosi’s public comments came after she, according to Politico, told Rep. Charlie Crist, D-Fla., during a private caucus meeting Thursday: ‘We saw [Barr] commit a crime when he answered your question.’”
“However, according to both the Post and the Justice Department, Mueller made clear that he did not feel that Barr’s summary was inaccurate. Instead, Mueller told Barr that media coverage of the letter had “misinterpreted” the results of the probe concerning obstruction of justice.”
We all know it doesn’t matter to the democrats what anyone actually says…, the only thing that matters is what they want us to hear.
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“NPR reporter refers to Barr summary in same terms as FDR describing attack on Pearl Harbor.”
By Anna Hopkins of Fox News
“The Department of Justice reporter for NPR [National Public Radio] referred to the date of Attorney General Barr’s summary of the Mueller report as ‘a date that will live … in infamy,’ a phrase many associate with President Franklin Roosevelt’s 1941 speech following the Pearl Harbor attack.”
“NPR’s Carrie Johnson made the comment during the NPR Politics podcast last Wednesday while discussing Barr’s testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee, during which he answered questions about the summary he gave of special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation.”
NPR…, another arm of the “biased, liberal propaganda, fake news media.”
Aren’t you be a tad dramatic there Ms. Johnson?
“A day that will live in infamy?”
Really?
How about the day that people in our government were contemplating a coup against President Trump? How about that day?
How about the day the DOJ and the FBI decided they were going to falsify testimony to the FISA court and spy on the Trump campaign? How about that day?
How about the day that the FBI overstepped its bounds and declared Hillary did not break any laws, regarding obstructing justice by destroying her server and then deleting over 33,00 emails, because that was not her “intent.” How about that day?
You’re pathetic, Carrie Johnson. You’re just a tool to be used by the liberal propaganda machine. You’re no journalist, and you’re no reporter.
You’re a fool.
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“Why are the House Democrats out to get Attorney General Barr?”
By Representative Andy Biggs for Fox News
“Democrats in Congress are so worried that the American people will find out what is NOT in the Mueller report that they will say and do almost anything. The report exposes their false assertions that President Trump cooperated with the Russians to influence the 2016 presidential election. They will resort to embarrassing stunts like bringing fast food chicken buckets into congressional hearings. And, they will attempt to destroy the reputation of Attorney General William Barr simply because he is the messenger who released the Mueller report to the public.”
“Consider that House Democrat leaders are claiming Barr lied about … what? They are upset because he wrote a memo iterating the major findings in the Mueller report. They castigated Barr for the few weeks it took for him to make legally required redactions in the Mueller report before he could publicly release the report. Turns out Barr’s initial summary was accurate. And, we have a special counsel report that is available for public viewing with very few redactions, proving that Democrats weren’t telling the truth for over two years.”
“The Democrats must also be troubled that the inspector general will soon be releasing his report regarding the findings of his investigation into the abuse of power, which includes obtaining secret warrants to spy on the Trump campaign under the Obama administration. They dare not let go of their attack on the president and anyone who works with him, knowing that the IG report will likely contain damaging revelations of the Democrat National Committee and the Clinton presidential campaign working with Russians to unleash the police apparatus under President Obama to spy on the Trump campaign for political purposes.”
The democrats are counting on the complicit “biased, liberal propaganda, fake news media” to do their part and downplay or ignore any potentially damaging evidence that turns up.
They, in turn, will just continue to deny, deny, deny, and attempt to discredit William Barr, and anyone else that may need to be silenced.
Republican Representative Andy Biggs represents the 5th Congressional District of Arizona.
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“Dem state lawmaker records himself harassing pro-life woman outside Planned Parenthood”
By Caleb Parke of Fox News
“PA [Pennsylvania] State Representative Brian Sims recorded himself harassing a pro-life woman peacefully protesting outside a Planned Parenthood abortion clinic in Sims’ Philadelphia district.”
“A Pennsylvania Democratic state representative went on an eight-minute rant, verbally harassing an elderly woman protesting outside a Planned Parenthood abortion clinic.”
“Brian Sims recorded a woman outside Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, which is in his district, telling her to pray at home, calling her an ‘old white lady’ and lecturing her about her Christian beliefs on the Periscope app.”
‘“Push back against Planned Parenthood protestors, PLEASE!’ Sims wrote on Twitter Thursday. ‘They prey on young women, they use white privilege, & shame. They’re racist, classist, bigots who NEED & DESERVE our righteous opposition. Push back, please!’”
So here we have another obvious example of double standards exhibited by the “biased, liberal propaganda, fake new media.”
Here we have a politician no less, harassing an elderly citizen, who is doing everything within her rights as a citizen to do.
He brings her race into play, and then has the nerve to later call her a racist!
He also attacks her religion, which is okay to do, as long as it’s Christianity. God forbid he would attack a Muslim!!! Then we would really have a problem here!
The level of confusion exhibited by these clowns is just so impressive.
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“Joy Behar slams ‘unpatriotic’ Trump, says GOP supporters should remove ‘those flag pins.’”
By Brian Flood for Fox News
‘“The View’ co-host Joy [less] Behar said on Monday that Republicans who support President Trump should take off ‘those flag pins’ because the president’s behavior regarding Russian meddling is ‘unpatriotic.’”
‘“It isn’t just that. Let’s talk about, you know, the fact that he met with Putin for 90 minutes… and never once brought up the fact that Russia, Russia interfered in our election,’ Behar said.
These libs just throw this stuff around like they know what they’re talking about.
How exactly did the Russians “interfere” with our elections? They sure interfered far less than our own FBI and DOJ! And I don’t hear her crying about James Comey or Loretta Lynch though!
That’s because Joy “less” Behar has no idea what she is talking about. She is just a part of the “biased, liberal propaganda, fake news media.”
“Behar continued: ‘I said last week I don’t want to see any of those flag pins anymore on Republicans who don’t stand up against this guy for Russian meddling, and other things that he’s done. It seems as though he’s unpatriotic.’”
Joy “less” Behar is so far off base here, it’s hard to know how to respond. So I guess I won’t.
“You can’t argue with crazy” is something my wife says all of the time.
And she’s right.
So I won’t.
“Behar has attacked Trump and his supporters on a regular basis, mocking everything from Mike Pence’s Christian faith to women who support Trump. She immediately backtracked last September after saying ‘God forbid President Trump lives another 20 years.’”
What a peach.
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According to Liam Quinn, a senior editor at Fox News, “Hillary Clinton suggests the election was ‘stolen’ from her, and other Dems could ‘suffer the same fate.’”
“Hillary Clinton suggested she had the 2016 election ‘stolen’ from her during the latest stop of her slumping speaking tour.”
“Taking the stage with her husband Bill in Los Angeles Saturday night as part of the couple’s ‘Evening with the Clintons’ tour, the former Democrat presidential nominee told the crowd she has been warning potential candidates they could suffer the same fate.”
Ha! An evening with the Clintons!?
More like an evening with a serial sex offender and his scheming, apologist, power hungry, wanna be president, partner in crime.
‘“I think it’s also critical to understand that, as I’ve been telling candidates who have come to see me, you can run the best campaign, you can even become the nominee, and you can have the election stolen from you,’ the former secretary of state said.”
Oh really? Which candidates exactly have been coming to see you, Hillary? I’m calling bull caca on that claim.
“She’s hardly the only prominent Democrat claiming to have been wrongly kept out of office. On Friday, Georgia Democrat Stacey Abrams again claimed she won the state’s 2018 gubernatorial race, despite losing to now-Gov. Brian Kemp.”
‘“I’m here to tell you a secret that makes Breitbart and [Fox News host] Tucker Carlson go crazy: We won,’ Abrams said, according to The Houston Chronicle. ‘I am not delusional. I know I am not the governor of Georgia — possibly yet.’”
No, Stacey, you’re not “delusional,” you’re just a bad loser, and a typical racist, liberal, socialist…, and you don’t know how to talk.
Bam! Ya, I just said that!
“Abrams justified her refusal to accept the result of the election by calling Kemp ‘an architect of voter suppression that spent the last eight years knitting together a system of voter suppression that is unparalleled in America.’”
Ya…, how dare Governor Kemp attempt to suppress the votes of dead people, non-citizens, and fraudulent mail-in ballots!
The nerve of that guy!
“At the Clinton event, the crowd broke out in applause after Hillary Clinton delivered the ‘stolen’ election line, before she continued with a jab at President Trump.”
‘“And that, my friends, has nothing to do with the economy,’ she said.”
No it doesn’t, Hillary…, but “It’s the economy, stupid” was coined by your hubby’s own campaign strategist, James Carville, during his successful 1992 presidential campaign…, stupid!
“So part of our challenge is to understand what it will take to put together not only the popular vote but the Electoral College.”
Wow…, that’s a good idea Hillary! Maybe you should have thought about that before the last election…, since, you know…, the winner is decided by which candidate gets the most Electoral College votes. Duh!
“Clinton won the popular vote in her 2016 campaign against Trump, but lost the Electoral College — and with it, the race.”
She not only lost the Electoral College election, but she got creamed, 304 – 227.
It’s pretty hard to “steal” something from someone who never had the thing to begin with!
Fox News contributor Dan Bongino asked, “How can the woman whose team colluded with Russia during the 2016 campaign claim the election was ‘stolen’ from her’ [by the Russians]?”
“The former first lady also questioned how Trump could still hold conversations with Russian President Vladimir Putin following the release of the information in Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s report.”
Uhhh, maybe because Mueller found no proof of collusion between President Trump and “the Russians,” whatever or whoever “the Russians” means…, or haven’t you heard?
“Mueller’s report ‘not only decisively proves, but goes chapter and verse about how the Russians — in the words of the report — conducted a sweeping and systemic interference in our election,’ she said, according to the Seattle Times. ‘And then you wake up and your president is spending an hour on the phone with Vladimir Putin, who was the mastermind of the interference and attack on our election.’”
I’ve said this before…, but Hillary has not read the Mueller report. All she does is make up whatever narrative she wants and then attributes it to the report, which she know the “biased, liberal propaganda, fake news media” won’t question or dispute.
According to Michael F. Haverluck, of OneNewsNow.com, “The first Clinton event that was held at a Canadian hockey area – which houses nearly 20,000 seats – saw a mere 3,300 tickets sold, and more seat backs than Clinton fans were visible when the lights dimmed and the couple started talking.”
“For their May 19 show at The Forum in Inglewood, California, – which seats more than 17,000 – tickets usually priced at $77 are now going for $35, with $120 tickets discounted to $50, and $175 seats down to $72,” the U.K. daily informed [And tickets were all the way down to $6.50 just prior to the event!]. ‘Despite the site telling customers that ‘tickets are selling fast!’ with ‘limited time remaining,’ it appears that less than 450 discounted tickets have actually been sold.’”
I guess Hillary is about as popular now as she was during the election!
Unlike during the election, however, you can’t pay people to come to your events…, because, in this case, what would be the point?
In conclusion…, let’s be clear…, nothing was “stolen” from you Hillary.
In reality…, you just plain lost…, and conversely…, we know that YOU were the one who cheated during the debates. You were the one who had your party rig the primary election against Bernie Sanders. YOU and your partners in crime were the ones who colluded with the Russians in an attempt to dig up dirt on and/or frame Donald Trump. And YOU were and are the one who has obstructed justice at every turn.
And you just continue to lie misinform the people whenever you open your mouth.
LOCK HER UP!
LOCK HER UP!
LOCK HER UP!
Fox News’ Adam Shaw and Andrew O’Reilly also contributed to Liam Quinn’s report.
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I had not even been aware of The Poynter Institute before reading an article by Liam Quinn of Fox News about The Poynter Institute being forced to scrap an “unreliable news” list which targeted conservative news outlets.
Well, I’m aware of it now, and you soon will be as well.
According to the article, “A journalism watchdog has been forced to scrap a list of ‘unreliable’ news sources because, as it turns out, the list wasn’t reliable.”
Just a helpful interjection here…, in the past, when an organization was described as a “watchdog,” that was perceived as a positive and a noble thing, looking out for the good of everyday people.
The term “watchdog” has since been co-opted by liberal organizations everywhere to somehow try and give the impression of a fair and just operation…, which of course they aren’t. The only ones these people are looking out for is themselves.
“The Poynter Institute, a journalism nonprofit organization, initially released a list of more than 500 ‘unreliable’ news outlets purportedly ‘built from pre-existing databases compiled by journalists, fact-checkers and researchers around the country.’”
“But a number of prominent conservative-leaning outlets were included in the ‘unreliable’ category, including The Washington Examiner, Washington Free Beacon, Daily Caller and other publications that employ scores of journalists covering Congress, elections, the White House and more.”
“The index was created with the help of an employee for the Southern Poverty Law Center.”
Ohhhh…, well why didn’t you reference the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) in the first place?! Please refer to some of my prior blogs about the gold ole’ SPLC and its astonishing disingenuousness.
Anyway…, the article continues, “Poynter’s managing editor, Barbara Allen, posted a mea culpa [An acknowledgment of one’s fault or error, or as in this case, an elaborate excuse that disseminates the blame.] Thursday as the backlash built.”
‘“On Tuesday, April 30, Poynter posted a list of 515 “unreliable” news websites, built from pre-existing databases compiled by journalists, fact-checkers and researchers around the country. Our aim was to provide a useful tool for readers to gauge the legitimacy of the information they were consuming,’ the statement read.”
Translation: We just posted a list of conservative websites and resources that liberal media sheep everywhere already were aware of. Our aim was to try and expand the users of our “hit list” to the public in general.
‘“Soon after we published, we received complaints from those on the list and readers who objected to the inclusion of certain sites, and the exclusion of others. We began an audit to test the accuracy and veracity of the list, and while we feel that many of the sites did have a track record of publishing unreliable information, our review found weaknesses in the methodology.’”
Translation: Soon after we did this we got busted. Being a 501(c) (3) nonprofit organization (just like The Southern Poverty Law Center by the way), we are supposed to be nonpartisan, so we have to make sure we keep up the appearance of being nonpartisan even though we’re not. So we pretended like we carefully reviewed our list, then came up with some lame excuses as to why the lists seemed to be partisan.
‘“We detected inconsistencies between the findings of the original databases that were the sources for the list and our own rendering of the final report.’”
Translation: We are now going to just straight up lie in an effort to make an excuse for ourselves.
“It continued: ‘Therefore, we are removing this “unreliable sites list” until we are able to provide our audience a more consistent and rigorous set of criteria. The list was intended to be a starting place for readers and journalists to learn more about the veracity of websites that purported to offer news; it was not intended to be definitive or all encompassing.”
Translation: We were not able to get away with putting our list out there this time, but we’ll do a better job of making it available next time, while getting away with it somehow.
‘“We regret that we failed to ensure that the data was rigorous before publication, and apologize for the confusion and agitation caused by its publication. We pledge to continue to hold ourselves to the highest standards.’”
Translation: We are very sorry and disappointed we got caught, and we pledge to make a better effort to not get caught next time. Not getting caught is the highest of our high standards here at The Poynter Institute.
There…, was that helpful? I hope it was.
So, now what exactly is The Poynter Institute?
Again…, let’s hear about The Poynter Institute in their own words, according to their own website, with a little interpretation by myself.
“The Poynter Institute has grown from a storefront in sunny St. Petersburg, Florida, to the world’s most influential school for journalists.”
(Ahhh, the old rags to riches story. How inspiring! But they didn’t do it alone. The list of major contributors is a virtual “who’s who” of liberal foundations, funds and trusts. Trying to control “the media” and brainwash “journalists” everywhere does not come cheap. Oh, by the way, The Poynter Institute is designated as a 501(c) (3) nonprofit organization, but they say they own The Tampa Bay Times newspaper. How does that work? Just sayin’.)
(Pretty nice digs for a non-profit, huh?)
“Poynter is an instructor, innovator, convener and resource for anyone who aspires to engage and inform citizens. We serve not only 21st-century democracies, but those in corners of the globe where people who honor freedom and self-government struggle against tyrants and autocrats.”
(We want to enlist you and guide you through our liberal propaganda program.)
“By supporting the Poynter Institute, you fortify journalism’s role in a free society. Poynter champions freedom of expression, civil dialogue and compelling journalism that helps citizens participate in healthy democracies. We prepare journalists worldwide to hold powerful people accountable and promote honest information in the marketplace of ideas.”
(Poynter champions freedom of expression, except when that expression does not agree with their expression, and we prepare our fascists in training to attack conservatives at every turn and to try and dictate our socialist narrative on everyone.)
“Poynter’s Brands:”
(Poynter’s associated liberal indoctrination services:)
“News University – Poynter’s News University brings Poynter training to users around the world with the world’s largest online journalism curriculum.”
(Our way of spreading our liberal and socialist agenda to budding propagandists everywhere!)
“International Fact-checking Network – The International Fact-Checking Network brings together more than 60 fact-checkers worldwide, promoting best practices and exchanges.”
(This network makes sure no one deviates from the prescribed liberal talking points or narratives, and attempts to spin “facts” in favor of liberals, liberal politicians and liberal causes everywhere.)
“MediaWise – aims to teach 1 million teenagers how to sort fact from fiction through social media and our teen fact-checking network.”
(This particularly insidious resource targets teenagers with the “proper” indoctrination of liberal thought.)
“PolitiFact – is the largest political fact-checking news organization in the United States and winner of the Pulitzer Prize. It has published more than 16,000 fact-checks on its Truth-O-Meter.”
(PolitiFact is the lone resource they can point to as being anywhere near legitimate and somewhat fair.)
“As public trust in the media dissipates, we are increasingly expanding our mission to reach out to communities and have conversations about finding the truth. We must be relevant to journalists and non-journalists alike and hold our staff and other media accountable.”
(As public trust in the media dissipates…? But how could this be? How could the public trust in the media be dissipating with all of the valiant and noble efforts of the Poynter Institute? I guess “the public” is smarter than you gives us credit for, huh?)
“Each year, Poynter trains over 100,000 journalists from more than 70 countries in person and online. Since the start of our online education initiative in 2005, we’ve taught journalists in virtually every country in the world.”
(God help us all.)
Their “code of ethics” is quite extensive, but obviously not worth the paper it’s printed on.
One of their highlighted taglines on their website says, “Poynter teaches journalists to tell stories the world needs to hear.” Which in essence means that Poynter teaches its media minions to spread their approved liberal propaganda everywhere.
Well…, there you have it!
The Poynter Institute in all of its “liberal propaganda machine” glory!
Remember…, stay thirsty my friends…, but don’t drink the liberal Kool Aide! Especially the Kool-Aide The Poynter Institute is serving up!
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