Scott Johnson at Powerline looks at Democrats reverting to type.

Democrats now freely display the sort of anti-Catholic bigotry that JFK was thought to have vanquished in the 1960 presidential campaign. As they have done with so much of their history, the Democrats have deposited JFK and the 1960 campaign down the memory hole.

I wrote about the anti-Catholic bigotry on display in the Senate Judiciary Committee in 2017. It was the subject of my City Journal column “The unfunniest senator” (that was Minnesota Senator Al Franken, before the fall). At the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Amy Coney Barrett’s nomination to the Seventh Circuit, Senators Dick Durbin and Dianne Feinstein conducted a mini-inquisition of Barrett’s religious views. “Do you consider yourself an orthodox Catholic?” Durbin asked. Feinstein concluded her questioning by telling Barrett that “the [Catholic] dogma lives loudly within you, and that’s of concern.” They all but asked Barrett whether she is now or ever has been a member of the Catholic Church.

How soon before they ask her whether she takes her marching orders from the Pope? (You know, that child-abuse enabler in Rome.) The Democrats were known for their anti-Catholic sentiments during the Jim Crow era, and they seem to be sneaking up on their traditional anti-Semitism. How long before they start dissing black folks? It’s only a matter of time….

John Derbyshire turns over a rock to see what crawls out.

Anyone who pays attention now understands the game being played down there. Juanita pays a sum of money to the coyotes, memorizes a sob story they feed her, rounds up her kids—or hires someone else’s from the coyotes—treks north to our border, presents herself to Border Patrol, or to immigration officers at a port of entry, regurgitates the sob story, lingers in detention a few days being interviewed and signing forms, then gets a ride to the nearest big-city bus depot.

Recently, I went to a talk by Todd Bensman, who worked intelligence at the Texas border. A regular chore for workers at those big-city bus stations, he told us, is sweeping up the piles of ankle bracelets illegals cut off as soon as they get there.

Court appearance? Yeah, right. She’s in, and will never be deported. And so are her children. Or “children.”

The Gestapo at their most pluripotent couldn’t keep track of all the illegal immigrants that seep through our porous system every year. The KGB would find it a challenge but could probably do it.

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A new city policy requiring public signs on brick buildings warning they might collapse in an earthquake is part of a long history of white supremacy aimed at forcing black people to move out of neighborhoods, the NAACP of Portland, Oregon, says.

The group on Thursday decried the policy affecting some 1,600 unreinforced masonry buildings that are on average 90 years old, many in areas with a predominantly black population, The Oregonian/OregonLive reports .

The policy “exacerbates a long history of systemic and structural betrayals of trust and policies of displacement, demolition, and dispossession predicated on classism, racism, and white supremacy,” the group said.

I am not making this up.

Fee Fi Fo Fum! I smell the blood of an English major!

Paul Mirengoff at Powreline unpacks the news.

The New York Times reports that “in the days after President Trump fired James B. Comey as F.B.I. director, law enforcement officials became so concerned by the president’s behavior that they began investigating whether he had been working on behalf of Russia against American interests.” The Times cites “former law enforcement officials and others familiar with the investigation.” They say the FBI investigation ended when Robert Mueller was appointed. If this specific charge remained under investigation, Mueller did the investigating.

If it’s true that the FBI undertook the investigation described by the Times, this tells us plenty about the FBI. It tells us nothing about Trump.

Whenever any of the DemLegHump Media say ‘according to anonymous sources familiar with the matter’, they’re just making it up.

Steve Sailer takes a look at the Left’s favorite talking point.

‘That’s not who we are.’  Maybe not, but maybe it’s what we’d like to be.

Democratic Lawmakers Join Federal Workers At ‘Rally To End The Trump Shutdown’  I wonder if any of them tugged on his sleeve and said, ‘You know, Congressman, you could end this tomorrow….’

#PsychicNewsNetwork Jayapal: Trump Wants The Wall Because He Wants To End Legal Immigration  I love all of these people who don’t know Trump but are certain they know what he’s thinking.

Scarborough Calls Graham And McConnell Trump’s ‘Co-Conspirators’ In Destroying The Republican Party  That would be the Republican Party that’s the dumb younger brother of the Democrat Party, the one that Joe belongs to.

Trump accused of using Puerto Rico as ‘political football’ as he considers taking billions from disaster response for the wall  And the media are not, of course.

‘Donald Trump’ set to appear in Family Guy  Hey, ratings don’t grow on trees, you know.

GoFundMe Allowed Cartel Member To Raise Money to Impeach Trump

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Except in her socialist soul.

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Because the last one worked so well.

It wouldn’t surprise me to learn that these were being organized by pro-Trump elements.

UPDATE: New migrant caravan in Honduras expected to head to US border: ‘We’re looking for refuge’

Steve Sailer feels their pain.

One doesn’t need a subscription to the Times when we have iSteve to tell us what stupid thing they’ve said today.

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Hey, if that’s what it takes to get the government out of the economy, I’m good with it.

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Mexican authorities discovered five abandoned vehicles and at least 20 bodies at a rural location 56 miles west of McAllen, Texas, Wednesday, CNN reported.

News of the discovery came just hours after CNN White House correspondent Jim Acosta reported on the area’s apparent safety and tranquility. (RELATED: Tucker Mocks ‘Renaissance Poet’ Jim Acosta For Border Wall Video)

“We’re not seeing any kind of imminent danger. There are no migrants trying to rush toward this fence here in the McAllen, Texas, area,” Acosta said in a video posted to his Twitter account Thursday. “No sign of the national emergency that [President Donald Trump] has been talking about. As a matter of fact, it’s pretty tranquil down here.”

UPDATE: ABC News Was in the Same Area As Jim Accoster, and in the Short Time They Were There, Border Patrol Caught Fifteen Illegal Immigrants Crossing the River to Illegally Enter the US

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You might have thought that the ‘government shut down’ shut down the government, including the legislature. But you’d have been wrong.

Good thing we’ve got all those rich people in Congress who don’t have to depend on their actual salaries.

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A man who was captured on camera carrying blue lights stolen from a police car, is being sought by for questioning by detectives.

I’ll just bet he is.

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Bethan Roper died on the Great Western Railway train near Twerton, Bath, on 1 December.

The 28-year-old charity worker was returning home to south Wales from a Christmas shopping trip in London with friends when the accident occurred.

Her head was out of the window of a door on the train, which was travelling at 85mph, when it was struck by the branch.

A report by the Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) found a yellow “caution” label above the door said, “Do not lean out of window when train is moving”.

Let that be a lesson to us all.

Think of it as evolution in action.

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A San Diego television station on Thursday said that CNN had asked for a “local view” and then “declined to hear from us” after past reports from the station showed that a border wall was effective.

A CNN spokesperson pushed back on KUSI’s claim on Friday, calling it a “non story” since the network ultimately didn’t book any reporters from stations in the San Diego area.

It’s all about the Narrative, Larry.

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A year after the passage of a sweeping law that capped deductions on state and local taxes — hitting homeowners hardest in places like New York, New Jersey and Connecticut, where state income and property taxes are among the highest — brokers from low and no income-tax states like Florida are racing to get the word out about how rich the savings are in their markets, above all for top earners.

A Survey of Holiday Terrorist Attacks

SOMALIA: ISIL And Al Shabaab Declare War On Each Other

Far-right vigilante groups ‘patrolling streets’ in German town  Rampaging culture-enrichers and pusillanimous police will do that for you.

Christian man ‘beaten and threatened by Islamic extremists’ in Pakistan to be deported imminently

USS Cole bombing mastermind killed in US airstrike, says report

Cologne: Not Your Father’s Silvesternacht

Mumtaz Rauf Released From Jail After Allegedly Filming Underage Girls Undressing In A Mall On Christmas Eve

Isis supporter claims he was ‘bulled into’ Oxford Street terror plot by militant in Philippines

Mischievous Youths Attack Police in Berlin

‘We are the ones who are made to suffer’: South Sudan sees ‘shocking’ number of women and girls raped in continuing civil war

Two British soldiers seriously injured in Syria after Isis missile attack

Egyptian Policeman Dies Trying To Defuse Bomb Planted Outside Of A Church

Saudi women to start getting divorce confirmation by text message

Isis members from US and Ireland captured in Syria

Saudi woman seeking asylum faces death after being caught in Thailand  I’m sure an appeal to Elizabeth Warren will be effective.

China passes law to make Islam ‘compatible with socialism’ | Al Jazeera English

Free Rahaf: Saudi woman seeking asylum barricades herself inside Thai hotel room

American-Backed Militia Catch Texas School Teacher Allegedly Fighting For ISIS In Syria

Five Israeli Minors Arrested In Fatal Stoning Of Palestinian Mother Of Nine

Saudi Teen Defector Uses Social Media To Avoid Being Deported Back To Her Family

China passes law to ‘make Islam more compatible with socialism’ amid outcry over Muslim abuse

Vicious Political Violence on the Streets of Bremen

Amazon selling toilet covers printed with Islamic scripture despite complaints from Muslim community

Bremen: AfD Leader Kicked in the Head and Left for Dead

Amazon Pulls Products Referencing Quran And Mohammed After Complaints From CAIR

Anti-Semitism Just Gained a New Foothold in Congress

NIGERIA: Seizing Defeat From The Jaws Of Victory

Rahaf al-Qunun: Saudi teenager who fled family is granted refugee status by UN

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe: Footage of British mother’s arrest emerges

Texas County Republicans To Vote On Ousting Muslim Vice-Chairman They Claim Prefers Sharia Law  Tarrant County contains Ft Worth, the largest municipality in Texas not run by Democrats.

Australian women hold topless protest in support of Saudi teen’s asylum bid

Somalia embroiled in diplomatic row after expelling UN envoy over accusations of interference

Muslim Brotherhood Affiliate Suspected in Tourist Bus Bombing

Germans Are Germans and Turks Are Turks, and Never the Twain Shall Meet

As the new year dawns, more wars are brewing in the Middle East

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I’m glad somebody is having fun.

Washington Post Columnist: The Networks Need To De-Platform Trump  Good luck with that. He’s the only one shoring up their business model. They would soon find that they need him more than he needs them.

Ace of Spades comments:

For some time, the conservative movement has been divided between liberals who don’t really mind liberal rule because they like liberals because they are liberals, and actual conservatives, who feared, correctly, that the left was as serious as Hitler when it has repeatedly told us exactly what it intended to do, which is to punish and suppress any speech they think is “wrong.” They have repeatedly told us that all issues are now “beyond discussion,” and they have repeatedly proposed methods of punishing/criminalizing those who engage in such wrongthink.

Many of us said that there could be no compromise with this. Liberal Bill Kristol doesn’t need to fear the liberal censorship state, because he’s a fellow liberal and is useful for fighting their current political fight, but anyone who is actually opposed to leftwing hegemony and speech criminalization does need to fear them– as they fear us.

Well, we’re now at the point where the left has agreed (funny how they’re always so swift to agree about revolutionary proposals in such a short window of debate, almost as if they have been deciding these things behind closed doors before introducing to the public) that even The President can no longer be permitted to offer his unfiltered arguments to the public.

‘He Stops At Nothing’ — Cher Urges Nancy Pelosi To Let Trump ‘Have His FKNG Money’  Wisdom. Attend.

Media Throw Everything at Wall to See What Sticks

Republican senator breaks ranks to savage Trump’s government shutdown: ‘There is no good reason’  Murkowski does her RINO thing again.

Trump says ‘if there’s a concrete wall in front of you, go through it, go under it, go around it’, in rediscovered 2004 video  Scraaaaaaape that barrel.

REPORT: The Oscars Won’t Have A Host, Will Attack Trump Heavily  Duh.

Media Misses: Peddling a ‘Manufactured Crisis’ Narrative

Trump Asked About The ‘Human Pain’ Of Government Employees Those of us who are taxpayers rather than tax eaters are not sympathetic.

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Hey, maybe we ought to have, I dunno, a wall or something.

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I’ve been meaning to post an omnibus review of all the latest indicators of California’s steady road to becoming Venezuela, which is going into high gear now that we—finally!—have a governor named Gavin (long overdue), but news items have piled up faster than human excrement on a San Francisco street (about which, see below). So just a couple of new highlights.

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But you knew that.

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Let’s hit her with that after the next mass shooting, shall we?

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These kids today….

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I gotta tell you, the dedication and professionalism of ‘journalists’ today is certainly inspiring.

The fact that Navarro actually gets paid certainly ought to encourage every snowflake’s parents.

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Well, now that you mention it….

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How about that GREAT government-provided health care! Don’t you wish we had a system like that in the U.S.?

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Our study used a sample of 175 students from two universities (one in south Wales, the other in Cyprus). We found that people with light or blue eyes scored significantly lower on the seasonal pattern assessment questionnaire than those with dark or brown eyes. These results agree with previous research that found brown or dark-eyed people were significantly more depressed than those with blue eyes.

Hey, we Ice People were made for winter. WETSU.

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Well, it’s not as close as the headline appears to promise, but a lot of good progress is being made.

Once we have practical fusion power, oil and natural gas will be recognized as transitional technologies, like coal, and the world will get a lot cleaner. (Plus a lot of activists will have nothing more to complain about — although I’m sure they’ll think of something.)

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Sure, open the borders! Let ’em all in! What could go wrong?

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Newly-inaugurated Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has made good on his promise to withdraw from the UN’s “Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration”.

Trump is the real ‘national emergency,’ Harvard law professor says  And Harvard Professors know all about national emergencies, you betcha.

Trump Has Defeated Himself  David Frum, pretend ‘conservative’ for various Voices of the Crust.

Meyers Jokes About The Dead Americans Trump Spoke Of During Oval Office Address

Major Journalists Pan Trump’s Speech In Real Time

House Democrats Fly Garbage Across The Country To Give To Trump

Twitter Goes Wild Over Chuck And Nancy’s ‘Painfully Awkward’ Appearance In Trump Rebuttal

Ocasio-Cortez: Trump Needs To Explain Why ICE Should Still Be Funded

Democrats accuse Trump of ‘misinformation and malice’ as president declares ‘humanitarian and security crisis’ on border

Snoop Dogg leads celebrity criticism of US government shutdown: ‘If y’all do vote for him, y’all some stupid motherf***ers’  Yeah, we all rush to take political advice from a guy named after a dog.

MECKLER: CNN Hysteria Spirals Out Of Control In Wake Of Trump Address

Media Fact Checkers Lie About Trump’s Speech

NYT’s Maggie Haberman Claims Trump Never Wanted To Make Speech, Doesn’t Want To Go To Border, But Advisers Pushed Him  More fake news from the #PsychicNewsNetwork.

Media Struggles To Find Fibs In Trump’s Oval Office Speech

CBS “Fact-Check” Finds That Trump’s Claim About Women Migrants Being Raped Wasn’t Exaggerated But Was Understated, But Then Deletes Its Own Fact-Check as Insufficiently Helpful to the Cause

Trump Mocks ABC Reporter For Shutdown Question: ‘What Would You Do?’

Trump orders FEMA to send ‘no more money’ to California for forest fires in misspelled tweet  They had to include the bit about ‘misspelled tweet’ to let you know that it’s not really news but rather opinion pretending to be news.

Jimmy Kimmel criticises Trump border wall speech with Stormy Daniels joke  It’s all he’s got.

It was business as usual in the White House as chaos and turbulence continue to dominate  They hope they hope they hope….

Trump says government shutdown may be a ‘blessing in disguise’ as he meets for talks with Democrats  Yeah, it’s underlining how useless and expendable almost all of the Federal government actually is.

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The 1976 National Emergencies Act gives presidents sweeping authority as well as allowance in federal regulations to declare an “immigration emergency” to deal with an “influx of aliens which either is of such magnitude or exhibits such other characteristics that effective administration of the immigration laws of the United States is beyond the existing capabilities” of immigration authorities “in the affected area or areas.” The basis for such an invocation generally includes the “likelihood of continued growth in the magnitude of the influx,” rising criminal activity, as well as high “demands on law enforcement agencies” and “other circumstances.”

Democrats have not objected to use of this authority regularly by past presidents, including roughly 30 such emergencies that continue to this day. Other statutes afford additional emergency powers. Indeed, a report by the Congressional Research Service in 2007 stated, “Under the powers delegated by such statutes, the president may seize property, organize and control the means of production, seize commodities, assign military forces abroad, institute martial law, seize and control all transportation and communication, regulate the operation of private enterprise, restrict travel, and, in a variety of ways, control the lives of United States citizens.”

Democrats never imagined that the Imperial Presidency would come back and bite them squarely on the butt.  They’re used to dealing with Ordinary Republican Politicians, like the Bushes or McCain or Romney, who wouldn’t dare push their power as far as it could legally go. But that was then — and this is now.

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And what did they do during the ‘Mao era’? Not one damned thing.

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Now THAT is a national emergency.

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I suspect he’s got a large pool from which to choose.

Guest laugh by David Middleton.

So… NASA and the EPA can maintain essential operations with only 5% of their workforce, evolutionary biologists are nonessential drains on the taxpayers, NOAA meteorologists can’t attend the American Meteorological Society convention on the taxpayers’ dime… Maybe I’m just a bit jaded, but how does the word “vital” fit in here? Can you think of a better example of a nonessential government employee than an evolutionary biologist?

The ugly underside of the rock is the assumption that if the government doesn’t fund science then no science will get done. Certainly that has become the expectation among scientists in these degenerate modern times.

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Not really a good idea to diss the guy who has the ear of the guy who can turn your country into a sandpile.

‘Nice country you got there, Ergogan. Be a shame if anything happened to it.’

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Meet the new cuck, same as the old cuck.

Indeed.

Scott Adams lays it out.

Scott points out, correctly I think, that politicians are no longer ‘playing to the crowd’ but rather ‘playing to the press’.

Or bored.

Steve Sailer points out what everyone else is missing.

We keep getting told that Trump is a harbinger of Fascism, but, in reality, the Trump Era is Peak Democracy:

– The public is now fascinated by politics
– The midterms saw huge turnout
– Newspapers, improbably, are prospering, because Trump Sells
– Trump’s enemies, such as Jeff Bezos (owner of the Washington Post), are thriving beyond the dreams of Croesus
– Saturday Night Live dares to make fun of the President for the first time since 1/19/2009

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California, Land of Fruits and Nuts.

Trump is a motherf****er, says former prime minister of Canada  He does seem to bring out the inner swine in people.

Liberals Lose Their Minds Over Trump’s Plan To Address The Nation  You know, as they do.

They Can’t Let Him Get a Word In

‘Morning Joe’ Wants Networks To Make A Power Play Against Trump’s Oval Office Address

Colbert Cracks On His Own Network For Airing Trump Address

Trump’s Political Emergency  More National Review cuck alarmism.

Sen. Kamala Harris Blames Trump For Rashida Tlaib’s Profanity-Laced Tirade

Racist Don Lemon: We Need to Censor Trump’s Speech Before Broadcasting His Propaganda to the American People

Trump is making the case for the wall but in reality the border ‘crisis’ is entirely of his making  That’s the Narrative and they’re stickin’ to it.

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It might even be in English.

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An interesting idea.