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The Map You Grew Up With Is a Lie. This Is What the World Really Looks Like

6th February 2021

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Another attempt in the ongoing proglodyte effort to convince people First World Bad Turd World Good.

Look at the ‘categories’ of stuff this web site deals with. They’re obviously ‘artists’ aimed at other ‘artists’, and (as Scott Adams never tires of pointing out), they’re idea of ‘science’ is ‘stuff that sounds good and agrees with our preconceived notions’. (As a general rule, if an ‘artist’ – someone whose job is working with words, art, music, or film – tells you something arguably scientific, don’t believe it. They work in a world of feelings, and feelings aren’t science.)

Note that I do not say that the information presented is false; I think the information is probably true. But it is presented in a tendentious way that attempts to canonize a viewpoint a being Objective Science. And this disease affects all such fora, even ones that use to be trustworthy, such as ‘Scientific’ American, Popular ‘Science’, and Wired ‘Science’, and it’s even infecting purportedly rigorous scientific journals like Nature

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Investigators Struggle to Build Murder Case in Death of US Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick

6th February 2021

CNN

Investigators are struggling to build a federal murder case regarding fallen US Capitol Police officer Brian Sicknick, vexed by a lack of evidence that could prove someone caused his death as he defended the Capitol during last month’s insurrection.

Authorities have reviewed video and photographs that show Sicknick engaging with rioters amid the siege but have yet to identify a moment in which he suffered his fatal injuries, law enforcement officials familiar with the matter said.

Emphasis added. Notice the entire attitude: We have to find somebody to pin this murder on, and REALITY IS JUST NOT COOPERATING WITH THE NARRATIVE. They obviously think this is a bug, not a feature.

This is what passes for journalism these days. And nobody seems to care.

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New York Times Columnist Targets Conservative Media

5th February 2021

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New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof recently penned a column titled “A Letter to My Conservative Friends,” with the subheading “Hold us accountable, but please do the same for the charlatans who deceive you, use you, and cheat you.”

Kristof doesn’t name any conservative friends, so we can’t be sure he has any. It’s fascinating to insist he holds the cheating, manipulative “charlatans” on the conservative side accountable; this sounds like a fine idea. But Kristof isn’t writing from a position of strength.

A Nexis database search reveals Kristof has never written anything critical in his two decades of columns about Rev. Al Sharpton, a perennial charlatan in Kristof’s newspaper’s hometown. The Times has routinely celebrated Sharpton over the years, despite his long record of deception, racial hatred, and inciting violence.

Kristof is a notorious self-righteous one-way proglodyte mouthpiece; I’m surprised he thought he could get away with this.

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On Equity

5th February 2021

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Suddenly, the concept of “Equity” is ubiquitous. Where did this idea come from and why has it emerged now as a central metric of the Progressives? It emerges concurrently with Big Tech stepping into the forefront as arbiters of what ideas are allowed to be expressed in the public square and their apparent bias toward Progressive ideology. I submit that the two things are related.

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There’s Something About Sandy

4th February 2021

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On Tuesday the Washington Post covered the brainy lady who points to the future of the Democratic Party showing how to go full victim: “Ocasio-Cortez reveals she’s a sexual assault survivor, recounts ‘trauma’ of Capitol riot: ‘I thought everything was over.’” Sam Dorman now follows up in the FOX News story “AOC faces backlash as critics point out she wasn’t in Capitol building during riots.”

The backlash derives from AOC’s claim that she suffered a “near-death” experience hiding in the bathroom of her office in the Cannon Building across the street from the Capitol during the riot. She further characterized the Capitol Police officer who sought to evacuate her from the office as threatening — as terrifying. We have yet to hear the other side of the story from the officer, but I’m guessing there is another side. The Post story leaves it as AOC posits it.

UPDATE: ‘Alexandria Ocasio Smollett’ Trends As Critics Punch Holes In Her Dramatic Cap Hill Story

 

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Cuomo: GOP Caught Between Lincoln and the ‘Man that Killed Him’

3rd February 2021

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Chris “Fredo” Cuomo’s seething hatred for Republicans was boiling during the Tuesday edition of CNN’s PrimeTime. Between telling his viewers that they all “have to worry about the GOP” going forward because they could become the party of presidential assassins and suggesting they didn’t care about murdered Capitol Police officer Brian Sicknick, Cuomo was out to stoke division and animus (so the very thing he accused the GOP of doing)

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Washington Post Opinion Columnists Struggle to Accept Reality of Trump’s Defeat

2nd February 2021

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Trigger warning: The following contains detailed descriptions of addiction, codependency, and withdrawal.

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The ‘Nationalist’ Kafkatrap

2nd February 2021

The Other McCain blows the whistle.

Earlier today, I took note of how the “extremist” label is being used by the media to smear all opposition to the Biden administration, as a pretext for silencing all criticism of the Biden administration. And as I noted, this accusation of “extremism” is a Kafkatrap — a sort of circular argument, whereby denying guilt is taken as proof of guilt.

Liberals argue this way habitually, and never get called out for it. They will claim that a certain policy proposal is intended to help a certain category of (allegedly) oppressed people and, if you dare criticize or oppose their policy for any reason, you will be accused of Thoughtcrime, i.e., some sort of hate toward the oppressed victim group. Anyone who objects that such accusations are unfair — “I’ve known Tom for years, there’s not a prejudiced bone in his body” — will be accused of sympathizing with the haters. You are just like a “good German,” complicit in the Nazi murder six million Jews. No protest of innocence can save you, once you are so accused.

In cancel culture, allegation is as good as proof.

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Liberal Study Claims Online Conservative Censorship Is ‘Disinformation’

1st February 2021

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A study released by the NYU Stern Center for Business and Human Rights decided that the argument that conservatives are being censored by Big Tech is “not legitimate.”

“False Accusation: The Unfounded Claim that Social Media Companies Censor Conservatives,” levied the accusation that conservative censorship is a myth. Deputy Director Paul M. Barrett and Law + Research Fellow J. Grant Sims wrote that “the claim of anti-conservative animus is itself a form of disinformation: a falsehood with no reliable evidence to support it.” The study referred to the overall bans of former President Donald Trump on Facebook and Twitter as “reasonable responses to Trump’s repeated violation of platform rules.”

The study relied on NewsGuard’s classification of “manipulators.” It noted, “All of the top five manipulators, in terms of their engagement levels on Facebook, were right-leaning: Fox News, The Daily Wire, Breitbart, The Blaze, and Western Journal.”

Furthermore, Barrett and Sims relied on the leftist Oxford Internet Institute’s report on “junk news.” That report had classified several conservative websites as “junk news,” including Drudge Report, NewsBusters, CNSNews.com, MRCTV, Breitbart, The Daily Caller, The Washington Free Beacon, LifeNews, National Review, the Red State, and The Federalist. These sites were smeared as “unprofessional,” “counterfeit,” “biased” and “emotionally driven.”

The study, coming from the center currently run by former Obama administration Assistant Secretary Mike Posner, had several recommendations for the new President Joe Biden administration.

I’m sure they did. I’m sure they did.

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Who Is an ‘Extremist’?

1st February 2021

The Other McCain is not afraid to ask the hard questions.

A few recent headlines:

Republican extremists could doom party
to endless defeats

CNN, Jan. 26

Rachel Maddow: GOP has become party of a
‘fringe, violent, extremist criminal movement’

The Hill, Jan. 27

“This Is War”: Inside the Secret Chat
Where Far-Right Extremists Devised
Their Post-Capitol Plans

Pro Publica, Jan. 28

Extremists Emboldened by Capitol Attack
Pose Growing Threat, Homeland Security Says

New York Times, Jan. 29

Republican Ties to Extremist Groups
Are Under Scrutiny

New York Times, Jan. 29

Domestic violent extremists will be harder
to combat than homegrown jihadists

The Hill, Jan. 31

‘It’s endemic’: state-level Republican groups
lead party’s drift to extremism

The Guardian, Jan. 31

Perhaps you notice the similar theme and you might wonder if all these journalists are operating in collusion to promote the idea of a dangerous “extremist” GOP threat. However, if you don’t trust the media, that’s a “conspiracy theory,” which means you’re an “extremist.”

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Biden Administration Should Sue Donald Trump to Pay for Capitol Riot Cleanup

1st February 2021

USA Today.

And you can’t get more juvenile than that. By that logic, the Democrat governors ought to pay for the trashing of Portland and Seattle.

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Today in Trump Derangement Syndrome

28th January 2021

Democratic House staffers draft letter to senators on impeachment: Convict Trump ‘for our sake, and the sake of the country’  (CNN) Have you ever heard of anything more ridiculous?

‘You are done in politics’: Reaction to Pat Toomey ’s vote against motion to dismiss Trump impeachment trial (The Morning Call)

GOP senators at Trump’s impeachment trial are dooming the party. They need to repudiate him. (NBC News) As if NBC ever gave a shit about the Republican party.

Of course the Senate can hold a Trump impeachment trial. There’s no real legal argument against it. (USA Today) Apparently USA Today knows more about constitutional law than Alan Dershowitz.

Scarborough: ‘Pence is in fear for his life because of Donald J. Trump’  (The Hill) They actually pay him to make shit up.

Philly Inquirer Op-Ed: It’s Not ‘Wrong’ to ‘Compare Trump to Hitler’

‘How Dare You!’: Leo Terrell Demands Evidence When Geraldo Rivera Blames Trump For Capitol Riot

 

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Deep Meaning of Equity

28th January 2021

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The execrable Susan Rice has returned to public life to lead the White House Domestic Policy Council. It’s an anodyne title, but she has taken up residence in the Executive Office of the President to execute, to crack the whip, to impose discipline, to play the role of Krupskaya to Joe Biden’s glassy-eyed Weekend at Bernie’s routine.

Rice emerged on Tuesday to preview the strong dose of “equity” that Biden was to promote later that day. What does “equity” mean? Rice used the word over and over again without explanation (video below).

“Equity” is not equality (i.e., equal rights). It is a substitute for equal rights. “Equity” requires the authorities to determine who gets what according to the race, the ethnicity, or other status of the beneficiaries. It is updated Marxist claptrap in which race replace class.

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Today in Trump Derangement Syndrome (They Just Can’t Let It Go)

27th January 2021

Cruz: Second Trump impeachment was ‘exercise in political rage’ by Democrats: ‘It was their id speaking’

Rand Paul calls impeachment ‘dead on arrival’ after most Republicans signal that trial is unconstitutional

Trump impeachment trial vote sees too many GOP senators dooming the party (NBC News)

Impeaching Trump gets more divisive by the minute (New York Post)

Impeachment 2.0 is another silly sham Roger Kimball.

Poll: Trump’s Approval Rating With GOP Voters Rebounds To 81%

Politico Poll: 56 Percent of Republican Voters Back Trump Running Again

Rand Paul: Dems Are “Angry, Unhinged, Deranged By Their Hatred” Of Trump

‘Mike Pence Is In Fear For His Life’: Joe Scarborough Blames Trump For People Putting Former Vice President ‘On Their Hit Lists’  Uh, no, Joe, those are proglodytes – your people.

DHS Issues New Terror Advisory On “Domestic Violent Extremists” Who “Object To Presidential Transition”

Ghoulish: Brian Williams Lets Never Trump Suggest Horse Whipping Josh Hawley

YouTube Extends Trump Ban, Censors Giuliani and The Epoch Times in Latest Crackdown

‘Publishing Professionals:’ Cancel ALL Deals with Trump and His Supporters

MSNBC Reporter: Republicans Can’t Get Over ‘Bad Breakup’ With ‘Toxic Ex’ Trump  Putting TDS in terms that the far-left will understand.

 

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Is Modern Media More Biased Than Before?

27th January 2021

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Certainly within my lifetime.

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Today in Trump Derangement Syndrome (They Just Can’t Let It Go)

26th January 2021

‘A Cautionary Tale’: Brianna Keilar Blames Dr. Birx For Failing To ‘Stand Up For Science’ When It Mattered

Doug Kimball: Why They Hate

MSNBC’s Eugene Robinson Likens Trump Lawyers To ‘Star Wars Bar Scene’, Says ‘This Trial Has To Happen’

Donald Trump Establishes ‘The Office of The Former President’  You can’t make this shit up.

Michael Cohen Thinks Donald Trump Issued Secret Pardons for Himself, His Children and Giuliani (Newsweek)

Texas governor’s hands-off approach to Covid-19 has allowed the virus to thrive (The Guardian) Although not as much as California’s and New York’s lockdowns.

Trump Supporters Face White Supremacist Radicalization on Social Media (Newsweek) Yeah, that Zuckerberg is such a Nazi.

DUH: Sacha Baron Cohen Admits Borat 2 Made to Stop Trump Reelection  Who didn’t know that?

Economist Nukes WashPost Claim Trump Economy ‘Left Black Americans Behind’

Rand Paul Will Force Vote On The Constitutionality Of Trump’s Upcoming Senate Trial

Ben Carson On Impeachment: ‘It’s Like A Bunch Of Third Graders’

 

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Today in Trump Derangement Syndrome (They Just Can’t Let It Go)

25th January 2021

Fauci and Birx tell interviewers about the ‘nonsense’ of the Trump years (CNN)

BARR: A Motion To Dismiss For Lack Of Jurisdiction Should Swiftly End The Senate Impeachment Farce

Bill Kristol: ‘I Would Love’ If Republicans Threw Trump Overboard, ‘They Are Scared To’  I would love it if someone threw Bill Kristol overboard. At least he’s stopped pretending to be Republican.

Supreme Court Dismisses Suits Over Trump Finances

Biden Announces Rollback Of All Jobs Created By Trump  Babylon Bee.

National Guard Will Occupy DC Through Trump Impeachment Trial, Report Says

Comedy! ABC’s White House Correspondent Assures ‘View,’ Press Will Be Just As Tough on Biden

Sen. Leahy to Preside Over Impeachment, Not Chief Justice Roberts

Trumps Regain Twitter Followers Since Biden Took Office

CNN’s Gloria Borger: DOJ Investigation Could Show ‘Motive’ Trump Was Planning Insurrection

 

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Today in Trump Derangement Syndrome

24th January 2021

Senate Republican threatens impeachments of past Democratic presidents (The Guardian) I only wish that Republican Senators had the balls to do that.

Trump faces a second impeachment trial. Here’s how it could be different from the first. (CBS News)

Trump deserves a speedy Senate trial and conviction (S.F. Chronicle)

Confessions Of A Deprogrammed Trump Supporter

The D.C. Occupation Will Continue Until Democracy is Saved

Oxford pledged to donate rights to their Covid Vaccine, then sold them to pharma

Elizabeth Warren Claims Trump Told Mob To ‘Go To The Capitol And Invade’  Yet Another Democrat Lie.

Amy Klobuchar: Trump ‘Sent An Angry Mob Down The Mall To Invade The Capitol’  Yet Another Democrat Lie.

 

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Today in Trump Derangement Syndrome (They Just Can’t Let It Go)

23rd January 2021

Juan Williams Appears To Blame National Guard Parking Garage Debacle On Donald Trump

Dershowitz to Newsmax TV: Trump Impeachment Trial ‘Political Theater’  So were the Nazi and Soviet ‘show trials’.

Prospects of convicting Trump erode as GOP grows vocal against Senate impeachment proceedings

Schumer makes unfortunate Trump gaffe on Senate floor, social media erupts

Don’t be fooled: Mitch McConnell will never vote to convict Trump

Still Obsessed: Trump Questions Consume Third Biden WH Press Briefing

REPORT: Senators Mull Invoking 14th Amendment To Prevent Trump From Holding Office Again

Rep. Meijer Attracts GOP Challenge after Impeachment Vote  Actions have consequences.

Pompous Ali Velshi Declares Trump Caused ‘The Death of Shame’

 

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Today in Trump Derangement Syndrime (They Just Can’t Let It Go)

22nd January 2021

Florida bank says it has closed Trump’s accounts (The Hill) And the Great Purge continues apace.

Trump leaves QAnon and the online MAGA world crushed and confused (Politico) Reporting fantasy as fact for at least five years now.

Kayleigh McEnany’s cowardly exit (Washington Post)

Stephen King ‘pretty much done’ tweeting about Trump (New York Daily News) And he HAS to make sure you know about it.

Trump-hating Sports Writer Livid Over Golfer’s Refusal to Cancel Trump

CNN Lies About Trump’s Vaccine Plans

Twitter Says It Has Not Suspended Iranian Supreme Leader’s Account

MSNBC Host Admits: Trump Would’ve Been ‘Crushed’ for Holding ‘Super-Spreader’ Inaugural

After Tracking Trump ‘Falsehoods,’ Washington Post Says It Won’t Do the Same for Biden

 

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Today in Trump Derangement Syndrome (They Just Can’t Let It Go)

21st January 2021

Pelosi: Trump Could Be ‘Accessory to Murder’

The List Of Celebs Moving Back To The US Now That Trump Is Gone Is Short … Because They Never Left

Trump ends it all with one final scam — and it bodes badly for Trumpism’s future (Washington Post)

Democracy survived, barely (Washington Post)

The attack on the US Capitol was a case of ‘liquid authoritarianism’ in action (The Guardian)

Twitter Permanently Bans Trump. Why Do Hillary Clinton, Jimmy Carter, Harry Reid Get a Pass?

Attorneys Call for Giuliani to Lose Law License, Alleging False Claims, Mob Incitement

 

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Today in Trump Derangement Syndrome

20th January 2021

Trump talked out of pardoning kids and Republican lawmakers (CNN) The psychic mind-readers at CNN  will let you know what’s going on behind closed doors, even if they have to make it up.

‘A Stain On Our Country’: Pelosi Says Trump Was ‘Unworthy’ To Serve As President

Stephen King Tells Kayleigh McEnany To ‘Enjoy Her Next Job As A Cocktail Waitress’  Stephen King is SUCH a dick….

 

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Today in Trump Derangement Syndrome

19th January 2021

Hillary Clinton: Trump’s Phone Records Should Be Checked To See If He Called Putin During Capitol Riot  Looks like Sleepy Joe isn’t the only senility victim in D.C.

Can Biden contain the flames lit by Trump? (Boston Globe) How about the BLM/AntiFa flames lit by Pelosi, Schumer, AOC, and Kemala?

Conspiracies? Let’s investigate this one (Politico) No, not ‘Russian Collusion’. No, not Hunter Biden’s no-show jobs and influence peddling. No, not the rampant election fraud.

Could Trump’s Going Away Ceremony Be a Ghost Town?  (New York Magazine) We hope, we hope, we hope….

Attorney Roberta Kaplan is about to make Trump’s life extremely difficult (Washington Post) I doubt that Trump even gives it any thought.

‘All Of America Needs To Be Deprogrammed’ Because Of Trump, Authority On Cults Tells CNN  Certainly the far-Left does.

Liz Cheney Censured By Wyoming Republicans After Voting To Impeach Trump  We have enough RINOs in the party already.

Rashida Tlaib Says Trump Would Be Convicted If He Looked Like Her Or Obama  Since when is being ugly a crime?

Trump Criticized For Loudly Denouncing Incoming Administration And Not Just Spying On Them Like A Normal President  Babylon Bee.

REPORT: SAG-AFTRA Considering Expelling Donald Trump From Union  And the Great Purge proceeds apace.

Alec Baldwin Tweets: ‘I Had a Dream’ of Trump Being Hung with Noose ‘Made of Recycled Covid Masks’

Clinton & Pelosi Suggest Trump Was Following Putin’s Orders To Allow Capitol Siege

 

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Today in Trump Derangement Syndrome

18th January 2021

Washington Republican who backed Trump impeachment faces backlash back home  You don’t say.

Unscrupulous and aggressive, Pompeo plans to be the next Trump – but smarter OH NOES!

‘How Dare They?’: Sunny Hostin Slams Those Who ‘Enabled’ Trump For Daring To Quote MLK

FLASHBACK: More Than 200 People Rioted During Trump’s Inauguration, Most Charges Were Dropped

Depressed Brian Stelter Spends All Day Hitting Refresh On Trump’s Twitter Page  Babylon Bee.

 

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Today in Trump Derangement Syndrome

17th January 2021

Trump’s global games-playing needs fast undoing (Boston Globe)

Historians having to tape together records that Trump tore up (The Guardian)

Alec Baldwin Says He Dreams of Hanging Trump

After Riot, NY Times Taunts ‘Law and Order’ Trump as ‘Hollow,’ a Mantra for Police Racism

House Democrat: ‘Assassination Party’ Was ‘Hunting For Nancy Pelosi’  Can you spell B-U-L-L-S-H-I-T? I’m sure you can.

Chuck Todd: Can’t See Trump-Era as Anything But a ‘Failed Presidency’  Guess he doesn’t own any stocks or pay any taxes.

Adam Schiff Says Trump ‘Can’t Be Trusted’ With Intelligence Briefings  Neither can Adam Schiff, who was caught lying more times than Donald Trump, an amazing achievement.

Former Facebook Official Calls For Verizon, AT&T, Others To Deplatform OANN And Newsmax

Nancy Mace Says Trump ‘Put All Of Our Lives At Risk’  Except that he didn’t.

 

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Is Paying Someone to Clean Your House the Last Word in Middle-Class Privilege?

17th January 2021

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I’ll bet you didn’t know that there was such a thing as ‘middle-class privilege’.

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Biden: Science Will Be at ‘Forefront’ of My Administration

16th January 2021

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How about the science that says that the average IQ of black people is 80? Will that science  be at the forefront of the Biden administration? Or will it be a case of ‘some science is more equal than others’?

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Today in Trump Derangement Syndrome

15th January 2021

Trump’s future looks rotten

What You Need to Know About Democrats’ 9 Impeachment Managers

‘An Audience Of One’: MSNBC Contributor Says Trump Video Condemning Violence Was To His Future Judge  Loserthink: Mind-reading.

The Media’s Gaslighting Intensifies: Trump Voters Are ‘Terrorists’? If 75m American voters were on the side of the Klan, Dom Lemon would be picking cotton somewhere in Alabama.

What ‘Unity?’ Media Tar And Feather Trump Supporters

Joe Scarborough Says Capitol Rioters Are No Different Than Hitler’s Brownshirts Or Mussolini’s Thugs  Or BLM or Antifa? Say it, Joe.

New Evidence Suggests Rioter Was Actually Trump Supporter Disguised As Antifa Disguised As Trump Supporter  Babylon Bee.

Twitter, Facebook Hemorrhage $51,200,000,000 Combined in Market Value after Trump Ban  Couldn’t happen to nicer people.

 

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Today in Trump Derangement Syndrome

14th January 2021

Rep. Chip Roy Says Trump Actions Were ‘Impeachable Conduct,’ But Calls Democrats’ Article Of Impeachment ‘Flawed’

Chrissy Teigen, Michael Moore, Alyssa Milano And More Stars React To Trump Being Impeached Twice  But that trick never works….

REPORT: Snapchat Set To Permanently Ban Trump Following Riots  I rather doubt that Trump uses Snapchat.

NY Times Compares Trump Election Claims to Stalin, Hitler’s ‘Big Lie’  When it comes to The Big Lie, the NYT is certainly an expert.

Impeachment for the hell of it

Four Hours of Hate: The Worst Moments from MSNBC’s Post-Impeachment Vote Coverage

Illiberal Leftist Media Blast McConaughey’s Calls for Compromise, Damn Trump Voters as ‘Existential Threat’

Macaulay Culkin Responds To Fan Petition Calling For Trump’s Removal From ‘Home Alone 2’ It’s getting seriously silly out there.

The cult of Donald Trump  Andrew Sullivan returns to the plantation.

Andrew McCabe Says Trump’s Message Condemning Rioters Was ‘Dog Whistles’ For Supporters  Remember: If you hear the dog whistle, you’re the dog.

Out-Of-Work Waitress Excited To See Congress Spend Time Impeaching Trump Again  Babylon Bee. Forget that stimulus crap; let’s get to the Important Stuff.

Saddam Stooges? Joy Reid Calls for ‘De-Baathification’ of Republican Party After Trump

 

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Lincoln Project Schlub Lounges on Mansion Patio, Compares Self to WW2 Soldiers, Civil Rights Heroes

14th January 2021

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The Lincoln Project is a Democratic-aligned super PAC founded by schlubby white dudes with inflated egos and an unhealthy internet addiction. Despite raking in millions of dollars from wealthy libs in 2020, the group’s efforts to unseat incumbent GOP senators were not successful.

Lincoln Project cofounders such as Steve Schmidt, the former Republican strategist whose most notable achievement was persuading John McCain to choose Sarah Palin as his running mate in 2008, believe they are on the front lines of a noble crusade to defend American democracy.

Schmidt, a multimillionaire, regularly appears on MSNBC to attack Republicans from the comfort of his gaudy mansion. During one such appearance on the left-wing network, Schmidt went so far as to compare the Lincoln Project’s efforts to annoy Donald Trump and elect Democrat politicians to those of the actual heroes who risked their lives during the American Revolution, the Civil War, World War II, and the civil-rights movement.

 

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US Police Three Times as Likely to Use Force Against Leftwing Protesters

14th January 2021

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Unmentioned: Leftwing protesters are three times as likely to use force against police.

Seems fair to me.

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Wokewashing White America

14th January 2021

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Radical liberal activists are in your head. They’ve conquered what passes for “mainstream media.” They’ve infiltrated Hollywood, social media, academia, and the Democratic Party. Now they’ve co-opted Madison Avenue. You cannot escape. Not if you watch television. Every ten minutes? A four-minute commercial break. Four minutes of clamoring, yammering, coaxing, cajoling, pandering in seven-, ten-, fifteen-, thirty-, and sixty-second spots. You think they are pushing insurance, breakfast cereal, gymnasiums, or chef-prepared home-delivered meals. You are only 25 percent right.

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Wounded Vet Brian Mast Slams CNN’s Tapper for Questioning His Commitment to Democracy

14th January 2021

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“I lost two legs for Jake Tapper’s right to say whatever the hell he wants,” Mast told the Free Beacon in response to Tapper’s Wednesday remark. “But that free speech also protects the Republicans he is so eager to condemn for asking constitutional questions about the election.”

 

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Today in Trump Derangement Syndrome

13th January 2021

‘Loathsome Lizard Of A Human Being’: Donny Deutsch Slams ‘Fully Castrated’ President Trump  Like being called ugly by a frog.

‘Played Footsie With Them’: Jake Tapper Says Trump Has Flirted With The Extremist Groups That ‘Sure Do Love’ Him

Impeach Donald Trump, start Senate trial without delay (USA Today)

Trump Authoritarianism Denial Is Over Now (New York Magazine)

McConnell believes impeachment push will help rid Trump from the GOP, but has not said if he will vote to convict (CNN)

Don’t dare call it conservative: Republicans who follow Trump have betrayed their philosophy (New York Daily News) Sorry, but a Woke newspaper doesn’t get to define ‘conservative’.

YouTube suspends Donald Trump’s channel  Cancellation proceeds apace.

Pelosi Names Eric Swalwell As House Impeachment Manager

NYC Mayor de Blasio: City Terminating $17M Trump Contracts

POLL: Over 40% Of Republicans Want Trump To Be Nominee In 2024  Which is why they want to impeach him, to make him ineligible.

George Conway: ‘Psychopath’ Trump Worse Than Nixon, Will Forever Be ‘Pariah’

Here Are The Republicans Supporting Trump’s Impeachment

Rep. Eric Swalwell Compares Trump To Osama Bin Laden

House Freedom Caucus Head Calls For Cheney’s Resignation After She Backed Impeachment

Trump Close To Filling Impeachment Punch Card For Free Sub Sandwich  Babylon Bee.

Maxine Waters: Trump ‘Is Capable Of Starting A Civil War’  You don’t know the half of it, pruneface.

Democratic NY Rep Adriano Espaillat Accuses Trump Of Sending ‘A Mob’ To Assassinate Vice President Pence, Speaker Pelosi

YouTube Joins Other Big Tech Platforms, Censors President Donald Trump

Rep. Rashida Tlaib Calls Trump The ‘Racist-In-Chief’ On House Floor

Here Are The 10 Republicans Who Voted To Impeach Trump

 

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Today in Trump Derangement Syndrome

12th January 2021

House to vote on resolution calling to remove Trump from office by the 25th Amendment (CNN)

Opinion | Yes, It Was a Coup. Here’s Why. (Politico)

Editorial: Trump needs to be punished. Impeach him again (L.A. Times)

Trump doesn’t deserve post-presidential benefits. Impeach him to ensure he won’t get them. (USA Today)

Why Republicans Are Finally Trying to Wash Off the Trump Stink (New York Magazine)

Why Isn’t President Trump Resigning Already?  National Review cuck Lopez Just Doesn’t Understand It.

CNN Historian Doug Brinkley Cheers Big Tech Censorship, Says Trump Is ‘Toast’

Trump Praised For Accepting Election Results 4 Years Quicker Than Hillary Clinton Did  Babylon Bee.

Morning Joe: ‘Dangerous’ to Prosecute Trump, Might Flee Country!

MSNBC: How Do We ‘Deprogram’ Millions of Racist, Violent Trump Supporters?

Harvard Removes Elise Stefanik From Senior Advisory Committee Over Voter Fraud Claims

Woman Smashes Into Barrier Close To Trump Tower, Police Say  What’s next> Suicide bombers?

PBS Top Lawyer Says Gov Should Build ‘Enlightenment Camps’ And Remove Children From Trump Supporting Homes

‘Absolute Lunacy’: Meghan McCain Doesn’t Understand Why Trump Isn’t ‘Being Dragged Out By His Toes’

De Blasio Says NYC Is Looking To Cancel Trump Organization Contracts ‘Very Quickly’

Cancellation Calls For Trump Friends Brady, Belichick, Courtesy Of NY Mag

WaPo Columnist Says ‘Cult’ Trump Supporters Need To Be ‘Deprogramed’

 

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Today in Trump Derangement Syndrome

11th January 2021

US Diplomats Slam President Trump For Riot At Capitol, Call For His Removal From Office

Stripe Stops Processing Trump Campaign Website Payments

‘Go Sack The Capitol And Lynch The Vice President’: The Atlantic’s Jeffrey Goldberg Says Trump Wanted Violence  Loserthink: Mind-reading.

The ‘Woke’ Purge Has Begun

The Purge Has Begun. Where It Stops, Nobody Knows.

In Devastating Blow, Trump Banned From Sun Tan City  Babylon Bee.

PGA Cancels Agreement to Hold Championship at Trump’s Golf Club

Trump’s Twitter Exile Spurs Opposition from Germany, France

Dana Bash: ‘How Many Hot Stoves Does The President Have To Touch To Be Locked Out Of The Kitchen?’

 

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Today in Trump Derangement Syndrome

10th January 2021

A Palm Beach Proud Boy at the Putsch (The New Yorker)

Pre-Nazi Germany tells us the fight to save American democracy is just beginning (Washington Post)

Pence has not ruled out 25th Amendment, source says (CNN)

An Air Force Combat Veteran Breached the Senate and Descended on Nancy Pelosi’s Office Suite (The New Yorker) Descended!

Trump Admin Trying To Force Banks To Finance Fossil Fuel Projects — Wall Street’s Pissed

Colombia knows how precious democracy is. Just as the US has stood by us, we stand by you (CNN) Solidarity, comrades!

Former CISA Chief Chris Krebs: Trump ‘Has To Resign’ In Order To ‘Prevent Further Bloodshed’  The world is full of people who live to tell other people what they MUST do.

Trump Impeachment Vote Could Come ‘As Soon As Tuesday’ According To Senior Democrat  I guess they have nothing more important to do.

 

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Colin Powell: I Am No Longer a Republican

10th January 2021

RINOs ASSEMBLE!

Was he ever, really?

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Pelosi: White Man Bad

10th January 2021

Steve Sailor.

The Democrats having a lot of elderly leaders like Pelosi and Biden means they aren’t thinking terribly far ahead about the long term impact of their racist hate speech. They will already be dead and gone when their chickens come home to roost.

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The Public Schools Weigh In

9th January 2021

Read it.

America’s public schools are owned lock, stock and barrel by the Democratic Party, so it is no surprise that they are now echoing their party’s line on last week’s events. I have seen several partisan emails from school districts; this one comes from my own district….

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Today in Trump Derangement Syndrome

9th January 2021

National Security Officials In Trump Admin Are Being Snubbed For Jobs, Compared To ‘Hitler Youth’

Mediaite: Rioters Overheard Talking of Executing Pence  I heard a guy who heard a guy who heard a guy….

Shopify Removes Trump Organization & Trump Campaign Stores, Allows BLM  Bias? What bias?

Mexico’s President Blasts Twitter & Facebook For Acting Like “Holy Inquisition” In Censoring Trump

Trump Begins Throwing Pence’s Belongings Out Of Window Onto White House Lawn  Babylon Bee.

Murkowski Becomes First Senate Republican To Call For Trump To Resign  My, what a surprise. Let me be the first to call for Murkowski to come clean and switch parties.

Trump Has ‘Lost All Legitimacy’: Bob Corker Fears Impeachment Could Make Trump Stronger

Iraq Court Issues Arrest Warrant For Trump Over Militia Leader Killing  And I’m sure Trump’s really worried.

MSNBC’s Nance Fears Rogue MAGA Secret Service Agent Could Pose Threat to Biden Admin  Quick! Look under the beds in the White House!

 

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Today in Trump Derangement Syndrome

8th January 2021

How can we prevent Trump-like presidents in the future?

CNN: Trump Staffers and ‘Top Liars’ Resigning Now Just Trying to ‘Cleanse Reputation’

Exclusive: 120 Prominent Twitter Leftists Call for President Trump to Be Banned

Reddit bans subreddit group “r/DonaldTrump”

Congressional Democrats to Pursue Second Impeachment of Trump  I guess they have nothing more important to do during the next two weeks.

Six Tech Platforms Censor Trump or Supporters Over DC Riot

Representative Joaquin Castro Prepares Legislation To Bar President Trump’s Name From Federal Buildings  No spite is too petty for a Democrat.

 

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Today in Trump Derangement Syndrome

7th January 2021

Big Tech Silences President Trump After DC Riots — Some Indefinitely

Omar, Pressley, & Pritzker Push Impeachment As Lobbyists Float 25th Amendment Counter-Coup

Twitter Has Locked President Trump’s Account For 12 Hours, Threatens “Permanent Suspension”  An action they never took regarding a Democrat politician even at the height of the BLM/Antifa rioting. Bias? What bias?

Cuomo, Lemon: ‘Mistake’ Not to Show Trump Supporter Bleed to Death

NBC ‘Historian’ Suggests Police Wanted Violence to Happen, Trump Will Use Nukes

The Return of American Fascism  Somebody doesn’t know what ‘fascism’ means.

Joe Scarborough: ‘Arrest,’ ‘Jail’ Trump ‘Today’  Except that they won’t.

House Judiciary Democrats Call On Pence To Invoke 25th Amendment, Remove Trump From Office  Except that won’t happen.

Shopify Terminates Trump-Related eCommerce Sites In Response To Riots  Action they did not take against BLM/Antifa. Bias? What bias?

Flight Attendants Union Wants To Ban Pro-Trump Mob From Future Flights  Action they did not try against BLM/Antifa. Bias? What bias?

FBI Seeking Tips to Identify Members of Mob Who Stormed Capitol  Something they’ve never done with the BLM/Antifa mobs. Bias? What bias?

Ignorant Republicans Riot And Don’t Even Get Any Big-Screen TVs  Babylon Bee.

Schumer Calls For Trump To Be Removed From Office Immediately Which isn’t going to happen.

Twitch disables Trump’s account indefinitely

Emily Ratajkowski Criticizes Facebook’s Decision To Ban President Trump From The Platform

After Mob Storms Capitol, Kathy Griffin Re-Posts Scandalous Photo of Her Holding Up Trump’s ‘Severed Head’  i guess it’s safe to be an asshole again.

 

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Analysis: Media Have Hypocritical Double-Standard on Trump vs BLM Protests

7th January 2021

Read it.

That’s kinda obvious.

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It Doesn’t Matter if a Few of Them Were Antifa

7th January 2021

Read it.

National Review cuck confirms that the Capotol riot was a put-up job by Antifa.

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Today in Trump Derangement Syndrome

6th January 2021

CBS Claims Trump Supporters Plan to ‘Storm the Capitol’ With ‘Weapons

Top Tech Writer Already Assuming Trump Will Be Kicked Off Twitter

WashPost’s Milbank Pushes Harebrained Smear Against Trump Budget Chief

Twitter Restricts President Trump’s Call for ‘Peace’

Rep. Ilhan Omar To Introduce Articles Of Impeachment Following Mob Violence At Capitol  Pure virtue-signalling. There isn’t enough time for an impeachment, even if people agreed to do it.

Nicole Wallace Says Trump Is Probably Readying To Pre-Pardon Capitol Rioters  Somebody is actually paying her to be an idiot.

Anderson Cooper: Republicans Are Like A ‘Nihilistic Death Cult’ If They Continue To Follow Trump

‘Clear Acts Of Sedition And Violence And Terrorism’: Jake Tapper Blasts Trump Statement During Riots  Which he refused to do during the BLM/Antifa riots. Bias? What bias?

‘Look In The Mirror’: Ari Fleischer Compares Resistance To Trump In 2016 To DC Protests Before They Turned Into Riots

 

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Today in Trump Derangement Syndrome

5th January 2021

‘A new low’: Republicans chastise Trump over his Raffensperger call (Politico)

‘It’s a dark place’: Trump’s call a window into a President consumed (CNN)

Trump is a buffoon – but the next aspiring autocrat won’t be so incompetent (The Guardian)

It’s impeachable. It’s likely illegal. It’s a coup. (Washington Post)

CNN: Will Pence Serve the Constitution or ‘Devil’ Trump?

Iran Seeking Trump’s Arrest for Death of Soleimani  Good luck with that.

‘Let’s Not Do That To Indiana’: Sara Haines Says Sending Mike Pence Home Would Punish His State

Iran Asks Interpol To Help Arrest Trump For Killing Qasem Soleimani  I shouldn’t think that they would want to go down that particular road, considering that Iran is a state sponsor of terrorism.

 

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Twitter Flags Link to Medical Journal Article on Potential COVID-19 Drug

5th January 2021

Read it.

Big Tech has been on a rampage against what it considers to be misinformation about COVID-19. But a trusted source like a medical journal should be safe, right? Wrong.

Twitter has flagged the link to a study from the European Journal of Medical and Health Sciences as “potentially spammy or unsafe.”

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‘Stolen Land’ and Fake Numbers: How SJWs Invented a ‘Genocide’ Myth

5th January 2021

The Other McCain blows the whistle.

In 1998, University of Wisconsin historian David Henige published Numbers from Nowhere: The American Indian Contact Population Debate, in which he examined how, during the late 20th century, academics began arguing that the indigenous population of the Western hemisphere before the arrival of Europeans was much larger than previously estimated. This origins of this argument can be located rather precisely, with the 1966 publication of an article by Henry F. Dobyns in the journal Current Anthropology. Dobyns cited evidence that the native population had been devastated by pandemic diseases — particularly smallpox but also influenza, diphtheria and other contagions — brought to the Americas by European explorers and colonists.

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Fauci, Lying, Greyhound Racing, and Trump

5th January 2021

David Director Friedman blows the whistle.

Poll information about how many Americans would take a vaccine is not evidence about how many people must be immune to achieve herd immunity. By Fauci’s own account, his changed statement reflected not what the scientific evidence showed but what he thought it prudent to tell people it did. He had just publicly admitted, in the New York Times, that he was a liar.

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