Prophetic lyrics from the song “Another Brick in The Wall” by the band Pink Floyd (1979. That’s 44 years ago!):
“We don’t need no education
We don’t need no thought control
No dark sarcasm in the classroom
Teachers leave them kids alone
Hey! Teachers! Leave us kids alone!
All in all it’s just another brick in the wall.
All in all you’re just another brick in the wall.”
So, who’s “another brick in the wall,” and what’s “the wall?”
In my mind, “the wall” is the metaphorical “wall,” or political construct, of misinformation, disinformation, and the promotion of an anti-constitutional, fascist, government.
Also, in my opinion, you’re currently “a brick” in that “wall,” if you (in no particular order)…:
…Condone schools indoctrinating our children towards a particular political activism
…Condone teachers and schools acting behind the backs of parents
…Condone the democrat weaponization of the Department of Justice (DOJ) and The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
…Believe it was okay for the FBI to raid, with over a couple dozen heavily armed agents, former President Trump’s home, but not the homes, or offices of our current president, or other former presidents
…Believe law-abiding and responsible gun owners should be disarmed, while believing criminals will follow any type of additional gun laws
…Believe that “climate change” is the biggest problem we currently face
…Believe that our government generally tells us the truth
…Believe that the mainstream media generally tells us the truth
…Believe that Covid-19 mandates really “followed the science,” were justified, and that it was a pandemic of the unvaccinated
…Believe that there is no problems with our current election systems, procedures, and accountability
…Believe that criminals have more rights than law-abiding citizens, and that they deserve to be released again, and again, and again to repeatedly victimize innocent citizens
…Believe pedophilia (the sexual abuse of children) is an acceptable lifestyle choice
…Condone the abortion of (the ruthless and brutal killing of) babies right up to the moment of birth (which currently occurs about 3,000 times a day)
…Promote divisive racism, and use racism as an explanation for virtually every problem we face as a country
…Are willing to commit economic suicide here at home, in an effort to weaken our world standing
…Believe that allowing millions and millions of illegal immigrants to flood our country is acceptable
…Don’t support the continued construction of an actual wall along our southern border
…Believe it is acceptable for our country to provide a multitude of benefits to illegal immigrants, while we already have a severe homeless problem, and a dereliction of our responsibilities to our veterans
…Don’t really believe most of these things, but promote this evil ideology for monetary gain anyway
I’m sure I have left out many additional reasons one could be considered a “brick in the wall.” If you’d like to add to the discussion, please leave me a comment, which myself and others reading the blog could consider.
I hope you’re not a “brick.”
If you think you might be, remember, it’s never too late to walk away from the “dark side.”
It is all of our duties to continue to fight against the construction off this metaphorical “wall,” and to fight against the “bricklayers” who continuously try and keep building it.
I know it can get tiring at times, but these “bricklayers” never take a day, or an hour, or even a minute off, so we can’t either.
Please note that anyone from technically any political party can be a “brick in the wall,” but that these characteristics are typically in-line with the democrat party ideology and narrative.
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The democrats have managed to stoke the fires of my political resolve, as has President Trump.
Watching Donald Trump’s speech from Mar-a-Lago, after returning from the legal circus in morally and legally bankrupt New York City, I need to reaffirm a few things:
President Trump is a unicorn, politically speaking. There is NO leading politician like him…, even remotely like him.
He is only interested in the best interests of our country and its people. This is quite a rare attribute.
President Trump speaks plainly, and he speaks the truth. What a novel idea for a politician.
President Trump is a remarkable person. He has taken the slings and arrows of a relentless opposition, and he is a tireless fighter for himself, his family, and the rest of us, and he deserves our appreciation and support.
Thank you, Mr. President, for refusing to give up on our country and the American ideal.
You are a hero to millions of Americans, and deservedly so.
I honestly don’t know how you do it, but I am eternally grateful you’re willing to make the effort on behalf of your country.
The democrats have “called down the thunder,” and now Trump and the MAGA patriots are coming, “and hell is coming with us.”
If our country is to be saved, Donald Trump would be the one who could do it.
Again, you have my unconditional support, Mr. President.
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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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I keep hearing democrats crying about “election deniers,” and how the 2020 election results have been “certified,” yada, yada, yada.
“Certified” by who?
“Certified” by the same corrupt partisan officials who conducted the election in their respective cities and states, and then rubber stamped by other partisan politicians and partisan judges?
According to Lisa Marshall, for the CU (Colorado University) Boulder Today, news publication, “In the days following the 2020 presidential election, as states re-counted and certified votes and President Joe Biden’s win became more objectively certain, Republicans, paradoxically, became less confident in the legitimacy of the vote, according to new CU Boulder research published today in the journal PLOS ONE.”
Note: PLOS ONE is a peer-reviewed open access mega journal published by the Public Library of Science since 2006. The journal covers primary research from any discipline within science and medicine.
“The study also found that, regardless of political party, the more an individual consumed and trusted Fox News, the less faith he or she had in the electoral process.”
Could that be because the mainstream media stuck their heads in the sand and basically failed to report about any election abnormalities at all, while FOX at least addressed some of the issues and concerns?
Could that be why?
‘“We have never seen this before in the weeks following Election Day: The more evidence accumulated that Biden won, the less confident Republicans became that the election was legitimate,’ said senior author Leaf Van Boven, a professor of psychology and neuroscience who studies judgment and decision making in politics. ‘In a healthy democracy, you would see that moving in the opposite direction, Democrats and Republicans would become more confident in the election’s legitimacy.’”
Yes, that would be nice, but the more we learned about the 2020 election, or better said “installation,” the less confidence we had it its legitimacy.
And, the reason “we have never seen this before in the weeks following Election,” is because we have never seen a presidential election stolen like this before!
“The study comes as some conservative thought leaders have begun to distance themselves from Fox News for giving voice to what they call ‘conspiracy theories,’ and two voting technology companies are suing the network for perpetuating claims the election was rigged.”
Haven’t we arrived at the point now where “conspiracy theories” really aren’t theories anymore?
And anyone can sue anybody for anything. The act of being sued should not be attributable to the questioning of integrity. “The study” makes biased assumptions, connections, and conclusions that are not really valid.
And who gave the order to stop counting votes in the swing states on the night of November 3/4, 2020 by the way?
Just sayin’.
“The new research relies on a psychological explanation, known as ‘cognitive dissonance theory,’ to explain the bizarre turn American politics has taken in the past year.”
Oh, really?
“Cognitive dissonance is when one’s personal attitudes and identities are inconsistent with their beliefs. To ease that discomfort, people rationalize the facts to restore consistency and turn to social networks to reaffirm that rationalization.”
I guess I would say we turned to social networks to validate our lying eyes with the lying eyes of others…, but, that’s just me.
“After the 2020 election, the explanation for many was that the election must have been rigged [which it was], and the reaffirming social network was Fox News, Van Boven said, ‘If you expect your candidate to win and then your candidate loses, you are shoved into a state of cognitive dissonance. What you thought was supposed to happen doesn’t happen and that feels uncomfortable, so you make sense of it by rationalizing the outcome.’”
Or, when “what you thought was supposed to happen doesn’t happen, and that feels uncomfortable,” you blame the Russians!
Or, you recognize the actual chain of events, and refuse to be an election denier denier.
I don’t remember this being raised when Hillary lost, regarding democrats. I do remember Russian collusion being blamed, however. What would the resident eggheads call that?
Collusion delusion?
“For the study, the researchers took advantage of an unusual ‘natural experiment,’ a hotly contested election with an unprecedented number of mail-in and absentee ballots, which meant the outcome would not be known for days.”
You mean an election with an unprecedented number of UNVERIFIABLE and illegal mail-in and absentee ballots, that were conveniently discovered and counted in the middle of the night?
Those ballots?
“They surveyed a diverse sample of 1,200 people and asked them how much faith they had that the votes were counted correctly. Half responded between Nov. 4 and 8, just after Election Day when many states’ vote counts had not been confirmed. Half took it between Nov. 9 and 15, after all states had confirmed counts, most media outlets had declared Biden the winner and Biden had delivered his acceptance speech.”
“Participants also reported how much they trusted and consumed 15 media outlets, including Fox News, CNN, MSNBC, The New York Times, USA Today and The Wall Street Journal.”
“As days passed, Republicans grew less confident that the votes were counted fairly, while Democrats grew more confident. Both findings are problematic, said Van Boven, ‘In healthy democracies, citizens are confident that votes were counted as intended regardless of who won.’”
That’s because “as days passed” we learned more about the democrats’ efforts to manipulate the vote, and the legal system’s choice to not address the problems with the vote at all.
We definitely cannot be considered a “healthy democracy” at this point.
“The researchers were surprised to find that Republicans trusted and consumed only one of the 15 media outlets, Fox News, more than Democrats or Independents did. Democrats, in contrast, trusted and consumed all of the media outlets, except Fox News, more than Republicans or Independents.”
‘“If an individual trusted and consumed any of the other media outlets we measured, aside from Fox News, they trusted the election outcome more,’ said Van Boven.”
And that is because the “other media outlets” pumped out their dutiful propaganda about how this was the most secure election in history, which it obviously wasn’t.
“What made 2020 different? Studies have shown that voters whose candidate loses tend to temporarily lose faith that votes were counted correctly, but if the democracy is healthy losers ultimately consent. 2020 was different. Voters personally identified more closely with their political parties than in past elections, said author Dani Grant, a doctoral student in social psychology. ‘There is a lot more cognitive dissonance if you are not just dealing with disagreement about abstract policies, but you feel like your actual identity is under threat,’ said Grant.”
And it is.
Without fair elections, democracies aren’t democracies.
Just a reminder that the Texas lawsuit questioning the validity of the 2020 election results was joined by more than a dozen state attorney generals, as well as more than 100 members of the U.S. House. This was a little more than a case of personal cognitive dissonance.
“Trump did not promptly concede, as George H.W. Bush, Al Gore, John McCain and Hillary Clinton did. And the media landscape had changed.”
And the way we accumulated and counted the votes had changed as well.
And why would President Trump “promptly concede” when the election was obviously being stolen from him?
“We now exist in a media landscape that is sharply polarized, and we need to take some initiative to seek more diversity. Otherwise, we may just be reaffirming our preexisting beliefs and notions to make us feel better.”
A diversity of truths?
How does that work?
Perhaps you should direct your concerns towards how our elections are conducted, rather than how the media portrays how our elections ae conducted.
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Mark Moore, for the New York Post, reports that, “A CNN staffer boasts to Project Veritas that network peddled anti-Trump ‘propaganda.’”
“Charlie Chester, a technical Director at CNN, claims, ‘If it wasn’t for CNN, I don’t know that Trump would have got voted out,’ during a series of fake Tinder dates filmed by Project Veritas.”
“Tinder” is a social networking and online dating app.
Do we love Project Veritas, or what?!
This is too funny!
What a moron…, bragging to fake Tinder dates how influential CNN and he were!
‘“Look what we did, we [CNN] got Trump out. I am 100 percent going to say it, and I 100 percent believe that if it wasn’t for CNN, I don’t know that Trump would have got voted out,’ Chester said, adding that he came to work at CNN because he ‘wanted to be a part of that.’”
‘“Our focus was to get Trump out of office, right? Without saying it, that’s what it was.’”
Many of us were already aware of this, but for those who had any doubt, here it right from the horse’s mouth.
“Chester explained how they overdramatized Trump health issues by bringing in medical experts.”
‘“[Trump’s] hand was shaking or whatever, I think. We brought in so many medical people to all tell a story that was all speculation – that he was neurologically damaged, and he was losing it. He’s unfit to – you know – whatever. We were creating a story there that we didn’t know anything about. I think that’s propaganda,’ he said.”
So, he thinks that was propaganda.
Uh, yeah, Charlie, I think you’re correct there.
Definitely propaganda.
“Asked by the sleuth if he and CNN were concerned with Joe Biden’s health during the election, Chester said the network had that in mind.”
‘“Showing him jogging is obviously deflection of his age and they’re [CNN] trying to make it like, ‘Oh, I’m healthy,’ Chester said.”
“The date asked, ‘What do you mean?’”
“Charlie Chester, a technical Director at CNN says the network was ‘creating a story there that we didn’t know anything about,’ in regards to former President Donald Trump’s health issues.”
‘“We would always show shots of him [Biden] jogging and that [he’s] healthy, you know, and him in aviator shades. Like you paint him as a young geriatric,’ Chester replied.”
“A source close to CNN said Project Veritas targeted Chester through the dating app Tinder because his profile mentioned he worked at CNN, according to Mediaite [a political website].”
“The Project Veritas employee, who was not identified and claimed to be a nurse, went on five dates wearing a wire, including the final one at a coffee shop in Chester’s neighborhood.”
Ha!
These people are better than the FBI!
“Chester told his ‘date’ he would be fine with it if Biden died, because he thought Vice President Kamala Harris is ‘f—ing real.’”
I’m sure Illegitimate Joe will be glad to hear that.
‘“I had so many arguments about, like — my dad would be like, “You’re, you know, you’re voting in Kamala Harris because he’s going to die in the presidency,” Chester told the woman. ‘And I’m like, He’s not going to f—ing die.’ But I’m OK with that. I’m OK with that. She probably could be a b—h in, like, a board meeting, and you’d hate her as a boss, but she’s f—ing real, and better than what we got regardless.’”
Wow…, how gender sensitive of you, Charlie.
Yup…, “woke” Charlie, that’s our boy!
“Chester was asked if CNN covered Biden tripping as he walked up the stairs.”
‘“You talk about that briefly. You don’t make that a huge story,’ he said.”
“CNN did not respond to requests for comment by The Post.”
OH, REEEEALLY?!!!
Project Veritas is like the modern-day version of “Candid Camera,” only you’re not sympathetic for the person being caught on camera.
“During one of the meetings with his ‘date,’ Chester talked about how CNN also targeted anti-Trump voters by focusing on climate change, adding ‘fear sells.’”
Well, CNN must have been ecstatic about the pandemic!
‘“I think there’s a COVID fatigue. So, like whenever a new story comes up, they’re [CNN’s] going to latch onto it. They’ve already announced in our office that once the public is — will be open to it — we’re going to start focusing mainly on climate,’ Chester said.”
‘“It’s going to be our [CNN’s] focus. Like our focus was to get Trump out of office, right? Without saying it, that’s what it was, right? So, our next thing is going to be climate change awareness,’ he added.”
Thanks for the “heads up,” Charlie…, I’ll have to keep my eyes open for that.
“Charlie Chester, a technical Director at CNN, says the network’s goal was ‘to be climate change awareness,’ following President Donald Trump’s election loss.”
‘“What’s that look like?’ Chester was asked.”
‘“I don’t know. I’m not sure. I have a feeling that it’s going to be like, constantly showing videos of decline in ice, and weather warming up, and like the effects it’s having on the economy,’ Chester said.”
“Asked who makes that decision, he said the ‘head of the network,’ referring to Jeff Zucker.”
‘“I imagine that he’s got his council and they’ve all like, discussed, like where they think,’ he said, trailing off.”
“He then said the new focus would be on a ‘pandemic-like story that we’ll beat to death, but that one’s got longevity.’”
‘“Like there’s a definitive ending to the pandemic. It’ll taper off to a point that it’s not a problem anymore. Climate change can take years, so they’ll [CNN will] probably be able to milk that quite a bit,’ he said.”
At the rate CNN is losing viewership, these days, CNN may not be around long enough to do much “milking.”
If anybody had any doubts about where CNN was coming from, I thinks those doubts have now all been laid to rest.
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Well, I guess they had us all fooled when they appointed John Durham, the former United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, as Special Counsel for the Department of Justice to investigate the origins of the Trump-Russia collusion probe.
Durham was billed as this “bulldog” of an investigator, who was going to get to the bottom of it all, and start dishing out some justice.
Like I said, I guess we all fell for it once again.
Stupid us, thinking some of these treasonous “swamp” vermin would finally pay the price for their actions.
Thomas Barrabi of Fox News reports, “Donald Trump mockingly wondered if Special Counsel John Durham is still alive, as the prosecutor’s probe drags on into the origins of the FBI’s ‘Crossfire Hurricane’ investigation of his 2016 campaign’s alleged ties to Russia.”
“Durham has been probing the matter for about two years and was officially appointed a ‘special counsel’ by former Attorney General Barr last October. Trump has long referred to the FBI’s Russia investigation as a ‘hoax’ and has been hoping to see more results from Durham’s investigation.”
‘“Where’s Durham? Is he a living, breathing human being? Will there ever be a Durham report?’ Trump said in a statement.”
Oh, he’s living and breathing alright…, but is a “swamp donkey” technically classified as a “human being?”
I guess he would be.
“Trump has accused FBI officials of improper conduct during their investigation.”
And former President Trump has been proven to be right on almost all of his assertions.
“Special Counsel Robert Mueller found insufficient evidence to prove collusion between members of the Trump 2016 campaign and Russia.”
Mueller’s “evidence” was not only “insufficient,” it was non-existent!
You know if Mueller and his hit squad could have found ANYTHING, they would have ran with it.
In a report from February 2, 2021, Brooke Singman of Fox News reports that, “Attorney General Bill Barr says Special Counsel John Durham is ‘making good progress’ in his investigation into the origins of the Trump-Russia probe.”
“Good progress?!!!”
“Good progress,” in Barr’s eyes, apparently means no progress.
“Special Counsel John Durham’s investigation is largely focused on the activities of the FBI as he reviews the origins of the Trump-Russia probe, Fox News has learned, but sources familiar with the investigation said the prosecution of high-level FBI officials, like former Director James Comey, is ‘unlikely.’”
It’s “unlikely” because “swamp donkeys,” like James Comey, are not held to the same legal standards as someone like General Flynn, for example.
“Sources told Fox News that the investigation is ongoing and Durham completed the CIA portion of his investigation last year — and has now shifted his focus to activities of the FBI.”
Oh, goodie!
“Durham’s investigation has produced one criminal charge so far, against former FBI lawyer Kevin Clinesmith, who was accused of altering an email related to the surveillance of former Trump campaign aide Carter Page. That prosecution, though, did not allege a broader conspiracy within the FBI, and the conduct it involved had largely been laid out in a Justice Department inspector general report from last December.”
“Clinesmith in August pleaded guilty to making a false statement to Durham’s team. The offense carried a maximum term of imprisonment of five years and a fine of up to $250,000.”
“Last week, Clinesmith was sentenced to 12 months probation and 400 hours of community service, and no fine.”
What an absolute joke.
Just to be clear, any of us “non-swampers” out here would be sitting in jail right now.
Just sayin’.
In an article for Law.com, C. Ryan Barber, January 29, 2021, reported that, “U.S. District Judge James Boasberg of the District of Columbia said he believed the former FBI lawyer, Kevin Clinesmith, did not knowingly insert an inaccuracy into the email to mislead a secretive surveillance court as it considered extending the surveillance of former Trump campaign adviser Carter Page.”
“Boasberg, a 2011 appointee to the federal trial court in Washington, [this means he’s a verified “swamp rat”] said his review of the evidence against Clinesmith suggested the former FBI lawyer’s conduct was an ‘inappropriate shortcut’ to save him work. ‘But I don’t believe he was attempting to achieve an end he knew was wrong,’ Boasberg said.”
Really?
You know, the last time I got a ticket for speeding, I wasn’t intentionally trying to break the law either!
Do you think I’d have a case if I appealed my ticket to Boasberg’s court?
“Still, Boasberg said Clinesmith’s conduct had struck at the ‘very core of what the [Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISA Court)] fundamentally relies on,’ namely candor and accuracy from the government, in reviewing applications for national security wiretaps.”
Ha!
So, even so, we’re going to overlook all of that.
Singman continues, “The Justice Department relied on Clinesmith’s assertion as it submitted a third and final renewal application in 2017 to surveil Page under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act [FISA].
“Durham’s investigation began in May 2019, shortly after special counsel Robert Mueller completed his years-long investigation into whether the Trump campaign conspired with the Russians to influence the 2016 presidential election.”
“Mueller’s investigation yielded no evidence of criminal conspiracy or coordination between the Trump campaign and Russian officials during the 2016 election.”
Although, the truth be told, they never really expected to find any “evidence” of Russian collusion, since they were the ones who made that whole thing up!
They were really just hoping to uncover, something, anything, to tie to President Trump…, and they couldn’t even do that.
“Meanwhile, in December, Durham expanded his team, adding new prosecutors, after former Attorney General Bill Barr appointed him in October as special counsel to ensure he could continue his investigation during the Biden Administration.”
“In the scope order, obtained by Fox News, Barr stated that Durham ‘is authorized to investigate whether any federal official, employee, or any other person or entity violated the law in connection with the intelligence, counter-intelligence, or law-enforcement activities directed at the 2016 presidential campaigns, individuals associated with those campaigns, and individuals associated with the administration of President Donald J. Trump, including but not limited to Crossfire Hurricane and the investigation of Special Counsel Robert S. Mueller, III.’”
Is that supposed to make us all feel better about Durham’s “investigation?”
“Under U.S. code, the special counsel would produce a ‘confidential report’ and is ordered to ‘submit to the Attorney General a final report, and such interim reports as he deems appropriate in a form that will permit public dissemination.’”
And what’s with all of these secret “confidential reports?”
In case any of you people have forgotten, you work for the American people, and we pay the bills.
Hiding the findings of your reports behind “national security” is etting pretty old.
We know the only “security” you’re protecting is your own.
“As for Comey, the former FBI director last year said Durham’s probe was not concerning for him.”
‘“I have had no contact with him and haven’t talked to him,’ Comey told CBS News’ ‘Face the Nation’ in August. ‘I can’t imagine that I’m a target.’”
That’s funny, because I can’t imagine you wouldn’t be!
“A spokesman for Comey did not immediately respond to Fox News’ request for comment.”
Again, that’s odd.
“Also, over the summer, Durham’s team questioned former CIA Director John Brennan for some eight hours at CIA headquarters. Brennan later said through a spokesman he was assured he was ‘not a target.’”
“Brennan, in December, during an appearance on ‘Fox News Sunday,’ said he had no problem with Durham’s investigation continuing into 2021.”
‘“I think that is fine, I have no problems with it,’ Brennan said, adding that he has already sat down with Durham’s team for eight hours. ‘I do believe that John Durham is going to carry out his responsibilities ably and hopefully not with any political influence.’”
Sooo, Brennan hopes Durham’s investigation isn’t like Mueller’s investigation?
These “swamp monsters” really crack me up.
Barrabi continues, “Durham and other U.S. attorneys who served under the Trump administration were asked to resign earlier this year after Biden entered the White House. Durham stepped down from his post as U.S. attorney for Connecticut but retained his status as special counsel for purposes of his ‘RussiaGate’ probe.”
President Biden has pledged not to interfere with Justice Department investigations.
Excuse us, Illegitimate Joe, if your “pledge” means nothing to us, based on the rest of your “pledges.”
“Last year, the Senate Intelligence Committee published a five-part report detailing Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election. Officials said some of the Trump campaign’s contacts with Russian officials were a ‘grave counterintelligence threat,’ but ‘found no evidence’ that Trump or members of his campaign colluded with Russia.”
There’s that annoying “but found no evidence” acknowledgement again.
“The committee also determined that FBI officials gave ‘unjustified credence’ to allegations levied in the infamous Steele dossier, an unverified report compiled by former British intelligence officer Christopher Steele.
Is it really a case of “unjustified credence” when it was they who concocted the whole treasonous scenario in the first place?
Now that Illegitimate joe is in office, with Merrick Garland as the Attorney General, we shouldn’t expect any of these “investigations” to produce anything.
I’m sorry, former President Trump, you may have to wait until 2022, or 2024, when you’re re-elected.
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Merriam-Webster defines a “white supremacist” as, “A person who believes that the white race is inherently superior to other races and that white people should have control over people of other races.”
I would agree with this definition…, and by this definition, I would guesstimate the number of these people, in the United States, is a very small fraction of the people…, like .0001 percent.
I also feel safe in saying that the vast majority of “white people” in our country feel this ideology is wrong and divisive.
The democrats, however, have now hijacked, and are attempting to redefine the term, “white supremacist” to mean anyone who doesn’t agree with their extreme totalitarian ideology…, and especially anyone who supported, or supports, former President Trump, and conservatism in general.
So, in essence, they’re trying to dump 70 million plus of us, if not more, into a “white supremacist” barrel that previously only held up to like 35,000 people.
In addition, the democrats are attempting to redefine these people, who don’t agree with their extreme totalitarian ideology, as domestic terrorists!
This overt attempt at creating their own ideological police state is very dangerous, and scary, to be honest.
The Associated Press (AP) reports, “White supremacist propaganda reached alarming levels across the U.S. in 2020, according to a new report that the Anti-Defamation League [ADL] [An international Jewish non-governmental organization based in the United States.] provided to The Associated Press.”
“There were 5,125 cases of racist, anti-Semitic, anti-LGBTQ and other hateful messages spread through physical flyers, stickers, banners and posters, according to Wednesday’s report.” That’s nearly double the 2,724 instances reported in 2019. Online propaganda is much harder to quantify, and it’s likely those cases reached into the millions, the anti-hate organization said.”
What about the “hate speech” directed at President Trump?
I would venture to say the cases of this far exceeded 5,125 cases, AND THAT’S BY DEMOCRAT POLITICIANS ALONE!!!
And how about the “hate speech” directed at the supporters of President Trump?!
The cases of this by democrat politicians and the democrat propaganda mainstream media has to be in the thousands as well.
This doesn’t even take into consideration the number of “hate speech” cases by democrats in general.
But that’s okay, because we’re talking about President Trump and his supporters, here, and they deserve it, right?
“The ADL, which was founded more than a century ago, said that last year marked the highest level of White supremacist propaganda seen in at least a decade.”
Right back at ya with the anti-Trump and anti-conservative propaganda.
“Its report comes as federal authorities investigate and prosecute those who stormed the U.S. Capitol in January, some of whom are accused of having ties to or expressing support for hate groups and antigovernment militias.”
‘“As we try to understand and put in perspective the past four years, we will always have these bookends of Charlottesville and Capitol Hill,’ group CEO Jonathan Greenblatt said.”
Okay, we see where you’re coming from.
It is a matter of selective perspective.
‘“The reality is there’s a lot of things that happened in between those moments that set the stage,’ he said.”
There certainly was.
“Christian Picciolini, a former far-right extremist who founded the deradicalization group Free Radicals Project, said the surge in propaganda tracks with White supremacist and extremist recruiters seeing crises as periods of opportunity.”
Really?
‘“They use the uncertainty and fear caused by crisis to win over new recruits to their “us vs. them” narrative, painting the “other” as the cause of their pain, grievances or loss,’ Picciolini told the AP. ‘The current uncertainty caused by the pandemic, job loss, a heated election, protest over extrajudicial police killings of Black Americans, and a national reckoning sparked by our country’s long tradition of racism has created a perfect storm in which to recruit Americans who are fearful of change and progress.’”
These are also issues well worth being concerned about…, and being concerned about them doesn’t make someone a “white supremacist.”
“Propaganda, often distributed with the intention of garnering media and online attention, helps White supremacists normalize their messaging and bolster recruitment efforts, the ADL said in its report. Language used in the propaganda is frequently veiled with a patriotic slant, making it seem benign to an untrained eye.”
Ya…, we wouldn’t want any of this “patriotic” talk catching on!
Do you really want to go there regarding propaganda?
“But some flyers, stickers and posters are explicitly racist and anti-Semitic. One piece of propaganda disseminated by the New Jersey European Heritage Association included the words ‘Black Crimes Matter,’ a derisive reference to the Black Lives Matter movement, along with cherry-picked crime statistics about attacks on White victims by Black assailants.”
No way?!
They actually said, “Black Crimes Matter?!
Unimaginable!!!
“A neo-Nazi group known as Folks Front distributed stickers that include the words ‘White Lives Matter.’”
What?!!!
They actually dared to say, “White Lives Matter?!
Shocking!!!
This cannot be allowed!!!
Do these people have no decency?!!!
“The propaganda appeared in every state except Hawaii.”
Aloha! “Pass the poi Mahalo!”
Good for Hawaii.
“The highest levels were seen in Texas, Washington, California, New Jersey, New York, Massachusetts, Virginia and Pennsylvania, according to the report.”
That surprises me, seeing that Washington, California, New Jersey, New York, Massachusetts, Virginia and Pennsylvania, are all such hotbeds of conservative thought!
Now please, please, don’t get me wrong…, I’m not downplaying or excusing the instances of real “hate speech” directed at any group…, but let’s get real here.
In America you’re allowed to have an opinion, regardless of how ignorant or how hateful it is. That’s the First Amendment, and that’s freedom of speech.
All I’m saying is let’s be honest with what’s going on here…, and let’s not try to hang all of this crap on the 70 million plus of us, whose only crime is loving our country and the American way of life.
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Let’s take a look into Joe’s primetime revisionist history address!
Caitlin McFall of Fox News reports, “In his first primetime address to the nation Thursday night, President Biden lobbed barely concealed criticism at former President Trump for his handling of the coronavirus pandemic.”
Let’s take a listen…, this oughta be good!
‘“A year ago, we were hit with a virus that was met with silence and spread unchecked, denials for days, weeks then months — that led to more deaths, more infections, more stress, and more loneliness,’ the president said. ‘We lost faith in whether our government and our democracy can deliver on really hard things for the American people.’”
Oh, really?
So, that’s how you remember it, Joe?
I seem to remember the circumstances differently.
I remember Nancy Pelosi downplaying the virus and inviting people to get out and visit Chinatown (you can’t make this stuff up) in her wonderful city of San Francisco.
Then we had New York’s Mayor, Bill DeBlasio, saying, “If you’re not sick, you should be going about your life,” while encouraging people to patronize restaurants in the city.
Don’t you recall that, Joe?
Let’s go back to March 12 of 2020, a year ago, and see what Tristan Justice of The Federalist, an on-line magazine, had to say.
“Democratic presidential frontrunner Joe Biden complained Thursday about President Donald Trump calling the Wuhan coronavirus ‘a foreign virus’ in Wednesday’s Oval Office address.”
Well, wasn’t it?
Just sayin’.
‘“Labeling COVID-19 a foreign virus does not displace the accountability for the misjudgements that have taken place so far by the Trump administration,’ Biden said. ‘The [Wuhan] coronavirus does not discriminate based on national origin, race, gender, or zip code.’”
Exactly what “misjudgements,” Joe?
“In Wednesday night’s primetime White House address announcing new travel restrictions to Europe, Trump pointed out that the novel coronavirus wreaking havoc on global public health and stock markets around the world began in China, accurately referring to it as a ‘foreign virus.’”
Which it is.
“Many on the left, however, have been quick to decry the label as ‘racist’ and ‘xenophobic,’ although it’s common practice to identify a new disease with the site of its first outbreak, such as the West Nile virus and Spanish Flu.”
So, “the left” was really more concerned the verbal semantics than with the virus itself.
“In this case, however, it is even more important to identify the new coronavirus with where it originated in the Chinese city of Wuhan, as the Chinese government attempted to cover up warnings and brushed off the threat of its severity, giving rise to what the World Health Organization has now declared a global pandemic.”
“On Thursday, Biden also criticized the administration’s decision to implement a near-total European travel ban recommended by White House public health advisors, with an exception for the United Kingdom.”
‘“Banning all travel from Europe or any other part of the world may slow it, but…it will not stop it,’ Biden warned.”
So, if Biden had been president, he wouldn’t have banned travel to and from Europe?
“In January, Biden also criticized as ‘xenophobic’ the administration’s travel ban to China as the outbreak began to worsen, although it was instrumental in preventing an outbreak in the United States much sooner.”
‘“This is no time for Donald Trump’s record of hysteria and xenophobia,’ Biden said during an Iowa campaign event.”
So, if Biden had been president at the time, he wouldn’t have even banned travel to and from China?
“In response to Biden’s Thursday press conference, the Trump campaign put out a statement reminding the public of Biden’s opposition to the China travel ban.”
‘“Just weeks ago, he [Biden] was openly critical of President Trump’s early move to restrict travel from China to the United States in response to the coronavirus – a decision which medical experts agree helped impede the spread of the virus to this country,’ Trump Communications Director Tim Murtaugh said. ‘President Trump acted early and decisively and has put the United States on stronger footing than other nations.’”
So, it really appears the only “misjudgements” that were made early on were by you and your democrat friend, Joe, not President Trump.
McFall continues by saying, “Without ever mentioning Trump by name, Biden highlighted issues over which his predecessor has been criticized, like the importance of wearing a mask and ‘listening to the science’ in deciding how to best reopen the economy.”
So, you claim you’re “listening to the science” regarding the reopening of schools?
Interesting.
‘“A mask, the easiest thing to do to save lives, sometimes it divides us, states pit it against one another instead of working with each other,’ Biden noted, nodding to the recent decision by Republican-led states to lift coronavirus restrictions, including mask mandates.”
“Biden encouraged Americans to listen to the advice issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in continuing to wear masks ‘to save lives.’”
“Trump’s refusal to wear a mask until several months into the pandemic was an issue Biden was critical of throughout the presidential race.”
“Biden called Dr. Anthony Fauci ‘one of the most distinguished and trusted voices in the world.’ The comment was a contrast to those made by Trump, who was sometimes a sharp critic of Fauci, the top doctor on his White House Coronavirus Task Force.”
Please recall that, initially, on March 8, 2020, Dr. Fauci said, “There’s no reason to be walking around with a mask.”
Maybe that’s why President Trump didn’t feel the need to wear a mask at the time?
He was only “following the science” at the time, and Dr. Fauci’s recommendations.
“Biden suggested Americans were not getting honesty from Trump, reflecting on a visit he made to a small business owner in Philadelphia last summer.”
‘“Looking me right in the eye, she said, “I just want the truth,”’ he said, describing what the business owner said she needed most to help her through the pandemic.”
‘“My fellow Americans, you’re owed nothing less than the truth,’ Biden added.”
Well, then why aren’t you giving us the truth, Joe?
“He noted that when he entered office, only 8 percent of people age 65 and up had received their first vaccine shot, contrasting that with the numbers who have gotten the vaccine under his presidency.”
Could it be because, “The vaccines had only recently been made available when Biden took office Jan. 20?”
“But defenders of President Trump have noted that Operation Warp Speed — the Trump administration’s effort to help develop coronavirus vaccines — helped produced results in less than a year, a timeframe considered fast for vaccine development.”
Not just considered “fast,” but considered impossible by many doctors and experts throughout 2020.
According to Sandy Cohen for UCLA Health [UCLA Health is among the most comprehensive and advanced health care systems in the world, comprised of multiple hospitals and medical centers in the Los Angeles area], in December of 2020, “The COVID-19 vaccines coming soon to the United States and already approved in the U.K. and Canada are the fastest vaccines ever created.”
“In a remarkable achievement of medical science, we’ve gone from identifying a new pathogen — the novel coronavirus known as SARS-CoV-2 — to discovering an immune response against it to developing and testing a safe and effective vaccine for it in less than 12 months.”
“Previously, the fastest vaccine to go from development to deployment was the mumps vaccine in the 1960s, which took about four years.”
‘“This is shattering that record,’ says Otto Yang, MD, an infectious disease specialist at UCLA Health. ‘This is really an amazing achievement.’”
So, why hasn’t the “fake news,” any of the democrats, or “President” Biden given any credit at all to former President Trump for facilitating this remarkable achievement?
‘“President Biden’s plan is to rely on the work that has already been done by Operation Warp Speed,’ House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., wrote on Twitter on Thursday night. ‘That’s why only 9% of his “relief” bill went to defeating the virus.’”
‘“What American needs now is to fully reopen our economy and our classrooms,’ McCarthy added.”
Biden also directed states to make all adults eligible for vaccines by May 1, 2021.
So, adults weren’t eligible to get the vaccines already?
I don’t get it.
“[Former President] Trump could not be immediately reached by Fox News for comment.”
That’s okay…, I think we can all imagine what he would have said, anyway.
In addition, Li Cohen of CBS News reports that, “While President Biden’s first prime-time address was largely optimistic regarding the country’s plan for tackling coronavirus, Mr. Biden also used his time at the podium to condemn the surge in violence that Asian Americans have experienced over the past year.”
‘“Too often, we’ve turned against one another,’ the president said. ‘Vicious hate crimes against Asian Americans, who have been attacked, harassed, blamed and scapegoated.’”
“While hate crimes fell overall by 7% in 2020, a new report published this week found that Asian Americans experienced a 150% surge in attacks. In July 2020, there were more than 2,100 anti-Asian American hate incidents that were directly related to the pandemic.”
A White House official had confirmed to CBS News’ Weijia Jiang ahead of the speech that the president would address these attacks, saying his decision to do so was deliberate and that his message would be ‘very forceful.’”
No one is going to argue that any these harassment incidents are okay.
So, along those lines, it is a good thing that President Biden brought this to everyone’s attention.
I’m not afraid to give credit where credit is due…, unlike Mr. Biden, here.
My only question is, why has this been kept such a secret, for so long?
I, literally, cannot recall hearing anything about this, not one time, over the last year.
Our mainstream news media, who are usually so eager to jump on these types of race-based attacks, obviously felt that none of this was newsworthy.
Why would that be?
Americans of Asian descent must not have fit their (the democrats) narrative for one reason or another.
We’ll have to keep an eye on this and see how the democrats, and the “fake news” choose to spin this one.
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Okay…, quit beating around the bush, Kennicott…, how do you really feel?
Before we get going, it should be noted that Kennicott is a Pulitzer Prize-winning critic…, which means he’s officially a member of “the club,” and even slimier than your average elitist liberal critic.
Ugh.
But I digress.
Kennicott says, “Former president Donald Trump will have an official portrait in the National Portrait Gallery at some point. And in states where he remains popular, he could have airports, bridges and schools named for him. But Trump must never have an official presidential library, and Congress should move quickly to make sure he never will.”
Uh, excuse me, Phil, but Donald Trump was The President, wasn’t he?
And former presidents get to have presidential libraries, don’t they?
Even impeached Bill Clinton got to have one.
Richard Nixon resigned in shame, and he still got to have one.
So, what’s your problem?
Why this never-ending discrimination wherever and whenever President Trump is concerned?
Are you and your democrat friends still really that frightened by him?
I guess so.
I can understand why you all are…, but that’s your problem, not ours.
“On Jan. 20, the day he left office, the National Archives launched the Donald J. Trump Presidential Library website. Already, there are rumors that the former president is engaged with the idea of creating some kind of presidential center, perhaps run by longtime aide Dan Scavino, with a price tag as high as $2 billion.”
“There are rumors?”
How journalistically liberal of you.
There are also rumors that you are an idiot.
By the end of this blog, we’ll see that these are more than just rumors.
Anyway…, you really have NO idea how much President Trump’s library may cost, Kennicott…, nobody does.
It hasn’t even been designed yet!
Have you seen the price tag for Obama’s proposed mega-complex?
It’s “estimated” to cost at least $500 million.
And who’s going to pay for that library?
Not Barack Obama.
I am sure, however, that President Trump will at least pick-up the lion’s share of the tab for his library.
That’s just how he rolls.
Kennicott continues, “None of this, however, means that Trump could actually create a presidential center similar to the one planned for former president Barack Obama, or those dedicated to former presidents George W. Bush and Bill Clinton. As Anthony Clark, author of ‘The Last Campaign: How Presidents Rewrite History, Run for Posterity & Enshrine Their Legacies,’ wrote recently in Politico, it is unlikely that Trump has the focus, administrative savvy and financial resources to execute a presidential center: ‘Presidential libraries are complicated. And if you understand how they work — and how Trump himself works — it’s nearly impossible to imagine him actually pulling it off,’ Clark writes.”
Wait, what?!
You don’t think President Trump “has the focus, administrative savvy and financial resources to execute a presidential center, unlike Barack Obama, George W. Bush and Bill Clinton?!”
Seriously?!
Obviously, Anthony Clark and you, Philip Kennicott, Mr. Pulitzer Prize winner, don’t seem to be aware that Donald Trump built his fortune in construction, constructing mega-buildings and mega-properties!
How in THEE hell can you sit there and say, “it’s nearly impossible to imagine him actually pulling it off?”
It’s actually quite easy to see President Trump “pulling it off.”
And you two idiots actually get paid to write this stuff?
Kennicott continues, “But that doesn’t mean that Trump won’t try and that, in trying, cause further damage to the country.”
His library may end up being an eyesore and appoint of contention for you democrat totalitarians, but that’s about it.
Being in Florida, I can envision President Trump’s library being a popular stop right along with Disney World, The Kennedy Space Center, Universal Studios, etc.
“That is why Congress should use this moment to reconsider the legislation that helped create and shape the presidential libraries now administered by the National Archives, not just to prevent Trump from perpetrating one last, giant grift, but to reform the system so it serves the country [meaning the democrat totalitarians] better. This is long overdue, and would need to be done even if Trump weren’t trying to raise $2 billion for a Trump center. But his intention to do so makes this urgent, even an issue of national security.”
“An issue of national security?!”
C’mon, Phil, you’re really getting a little ridiculous with your hyperbole, here.
These democrats really are suffering from stage four Trump Derangement Syndrome (TDS).
Phil continues with a little history here, which is actually beneficial. “Before Franklin D. Roosevelt decided to donate his presidential papers to the federal government in 1939, the documents and paperwork generated by a president usually were considered the outgoing leader’s personal property. Roosevelt recognized an interest in giving the public access to this material.”
“The 1955 Presidential Libraries Act formalized the process, encouraging presidents to donate their papers, as well as land and a building to house them, which the National Archives would officially maintain.”
“Over the next decades, these privately created, federally administered libraries became increasingly complex, serving as museums, think tanks and shrines, with presidents allowed considerable — often far too much — control over what records were considered presidential and when the public could access them.”
The only presidents Phil has concerns about are the republican presidents, of course.
“Individual presidents used executive orders to make changes, the law was amended and former presidents were required to donate more and more resources to maintaining the federally operated part of these facilities.”
“Finally, in 2017, faced with the possibility of having to donate 60 percent of the total cost of an Obama presidential center to the federal government to cover running the library part of the project, the 44th president opted out of the system almost entirely.”
You see, if you’re a democrat, you’re allowed to “opt out” of whatever you want.”
“When the Obama center opens in Chicago, no official presidential library will be part of the complex, which will be privately built and operated. Obama’s presidential records, the vast bulk of them digital rather than paper, will have to be accessed elsewhere, although the Archives will loan material to the Obama center for exhibitions.”
So, it will be a shrine to Barack Obama and a liberal propaganda production studio, more than a library, and he will be in complete control of what is there and how he prefers to be remembered. I’m sure our collection of wealthy, elitist, liberals will be tripping over themselves to donate money to this.
“Ordinarily, presidential records can’t be accessed for five, and up to 12, years after a chief executive leaves office. And before leaving office, a president has significant leverage over what the public eventually can see, which documents are delivered to the Archives, which are considered public and which are private, and to weigh in on other matters, including security and the national interest.”
The key word here is “ordinarily.”
“The case of Trump is exceptional by any standard, and he should be afforded no discretion over his records or any privilege to extend the amount of time before the public can see them.”
No discretion whatsoever…, of course not! Not in President Trump’s case.
“Trump’s 2017 requirement that the National Archives withhold access to his materials until 2033 should be abrogated, and Congress should begin an extraordinary effort to recover as much of his communications legacy as possible, even material that wasn’t deemed ‘presidential.’ Trump’s presidency mixed public and private interests in a way that was unprecedented in modern American history, so his decisions on these matters can’t be trusted.”
“He incited an insurrection [an accusation he was acquitted of, by the way], and many of the people who may have participated in that, including members of Congress, are still actively engaged in public life. The need to know who they are and what they did isn’t just a matter for the FBI, the Justice Department and prosecutors.”
It isn’t just “a matter for the FBI, the Justice Department and prosecutors,” it’s a matter for the Democrat Gestapo!
Are you on drugs, Phil…, because it seems like you’re on drugs.
So, let me get this straight…, you want to use the presidential library process to collect all the information about President Trump you can in an effort to perpetuate prosecutorial attacks against former President Trump and any republicans in Congress who supported him?
You and your readership are sick, Phil.
Just sayin’.
“It is imperative to the nation’s future that we know how and why authoritarianism became so deeply and pervasively rooted in the Trump administration.”
Okay…, timeout!
The BS just keeps flowing out of your mouth like water out of a firehose involved in a five-alarm fire!
First of all, you use the word “authoritarianism.”
“Authoritarianism” is defined as, “The enforcement or advocacy of strict obedience to authority at the expense of personal freedom. A lack of concern for the wishes or opinions of others.”
Now I ask you…, who does this better describe…, the censoring, cancelling, COVID shutdown mandating democrats, or former President Donald Trump?
Thank you.
“Historians, journalists and biographers need immediate access to this material (with the minimal oversight necessary by professional, nonpartisan archivists [Which means no conservative archivists will be tolerated.] to help educate the American public on the greatest threat to the republic since the Civil War.”
Here we go again with this 180-degree false hyperbole.
“Even a privately funded and operated Trump presidential library, which would be devoted to whitewashing his record and rewriting history, is a terrible and even dangerous idea.”
No, it’s you and your democrat totalitarian friends who are “dangerous,” Phil.
“Further, given Trump’s alleged misuse of charitable funds, including self-dealing, waste and other illegal activities, at his now dissolved New York-based foundation, any intention to start another public entity can only be considered a crime scene waiting to happen.”
The keyword there was “alleged.” Without that word, old Phil boy would have been looking at lawsuit that he could not afford.
What were your feelings about the Clinton Foundation, Phil?
I think we can all make an educated guess about your concerns there, Phil.
“If it unfortunately does happen, it probably will be in Florida, where state Attorney General Ashley Moody is one of Trump’s top surrogates and a prominent supporter of his false claims of election fraud. So, on this matter, Americans cannot trust the rule of law in Florida, but they can put pressure on corporate and other entities not to donate to any group associated with any effort to build a Trump presidential center. And the FBI can keep a close watch on any national group created to solicit funding for such an endeavor.”
Watch it, Phil, with your false claims about his false claims of election fraud.
And you want the FBI to, “Keep a close watch on any national group created to solicit funding for such an endeavor?”
Honestly, it sounds like another Gestapo type tactic, but now that I think about it more, I’m sure it could be arranged. The FBI is just sooo “swampy” these days.
“Finally [Thank God!], Congress can improve American record-keeping and preservation by forbidding future presidents from raising money for presidential centers while still in office. Access to presidential records is also expensive and time consuming — even digital documents, the quantity of which has grown exponentially since most communications became electronic, need to be sorted, surveyed and labeled, a process that is laborious. Rachel Vagts, president of the Society of American Archivists, points out that the most urgent need, right now, is better funding for the National Archives, and a better culture of compliance with laws governing record-keeping.”
Ahhh, yes…, mo’ money, mo’ money, mo’ money…, and the proper level of compliance with the government, of course.
“Trump reportedly [Oh, really…, reported by who?] flouted those laws on a regular basis, tearing up and discarding even paper documents. [Can you imagine that?! Someone throwing away or tearing up some piece of paper they wrote something on?! For the love of God!!!] The extent to which he and his administration destroyed records and communicated outside of federal systems is unknown [Hillary’s “communications outside of federal systems” is known, and we have all learned it’s no big deal, so…], which is why he and his people should be cut out of the process of preserving those documents. And Americans should shame anyone — including architecture firms, exhibit designers and corporate donors — who helps Trump perpetuate the lies that nearly destroyed our 244-year-old effort to create a democratically governed republic.”
Ok…, that’s enough, Phil…, I think I just threw up in my mouth a little there.
Philip Kennicott seems to have extended his supposed expertise far outside of the realm of an Art and architecture critic, here.
You should really just stay in your lane, Phil…, you kind of embarrassed yourself here, and exposed yourself as one of the true, card carrying, democrat neo-Nazis.
Kennicott has collected a paycheck for over twenty years from The Washington Post. I guess that’s really all you need to know.
Inclosing, for your viewing pleasure, I’d like to suggest a few presidential library designs for some of our distinguished past presidents.
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In the 2020 presidential election, Joe Biden got over 81 million votes.
This is different, however, from saying over 81 million people voted for Joe Biden in the 2020 presidential election.
Yes, there were over 81 million votes registered for Joe Biden, but did over 81 million people actually vote for Joe Biden?
Let’s give this claim the smell test.
If we look back at the 2020 presidential race, Joe Biden was very unimpressive in his own party’s primary elections.
Once Biden was crowned with the democrat party nomination, his campaign for president was almost non-existent.
He rarely appeared anywhere, and when he did his turnout was abysmal and embarrassing.
Yet, we are told to believe Joe Biden received more votes than any presidential candidate in history?!
We are told to believe that Joe Biden got almost 12 million more votes than Barack Obama got in 2008, and over 16 million more than Obama got in 2012?!
Really?
Joe Biden’s 81+ million votes was 7 million more than President Trump got, and President Trump’s 74+ million votes was 11 million more votes than he got when he beat Hillary Clinton in 2016.
And Joe Biden supposedly beat President Trump, even though the votes President Trump received from African-Americans, Hispanics, and Asians were up between 4%-7%.
Again…, really?
That’s an impressive gain.
It’s also always been said that no one wins the White House without winning Ohio…, but Joe Biden did.
So, how did Joe Biden manage to win the election?
That’s the question any fair-minded and independent thinking person has to ask.
And anyone with any common sense would have to say that Joe Biden’s victory DOES NOT pass the smell test…, not by a long shot.
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