The Morning Report - 2/24/21 [J.J. Sefton]

Good morning, kids. Wednesday and the inexorable drift towards "getting our hair mussed" as General Buck Turgidson would say continues apace, perhaps even gaining a step. The junta that rigged the election and seized power is now going full tilt boogie in its effort to consolidate it. The already weaponized law enforcement and national security bureaucracies which attempted to overthrow now President-in-Exile Trump in 2016 and afterwards is using the pretext of the violence at the January 6th protest - which was pre-planned and caused by the Democrats and their BLM/Antifa terror squads - to purge and persecute any and all threats and enemies of this new and likely soon-to-be all powerful State.

In less than a month in office, the Biden [junta] has clearly defined itself and its party as a fascist vanguard, driven by a racist agenda, and unconstrained by constitutional principle. It chooses to rule by presidential diktat, even though it controls both Houses of Congress. It is an aggressive pursuer of political division behind a deceptive smokescreen of "healing" and "unity," It is busily exploiting a fake "armed insurrection" to justify witch-hunts of the military, the capital police, members of Congress and the opposition media, at the moment Fox and Newsmax, whom they want to suppress. Its legislative radicals have called for the expulsion of half the Republican conference, without rebuke from their leaders. Because these actions are indefensible in a democracy, the Democrat Party is brazenly advancing these destructive, anti-democratic measures using Orwellian doublespeak...

...Thanks to the Democrats, violent attacks on people and property and government buildings had become a "cultural norm" -- to use Biden's unconscionable phrase for looking away when confronted by Chinese genocide and enslavement of 2 million Uighur Muslims. Yet with the help of cowardly Republicans, afraid to call these aggressions by their proper names, the Democrats were able to turn the Capitol melee into a preposterous Reichstag Fire -- the same that provided Hitler, the elected chancellor of the Weimar Republic with an excuse for destroying the Republic and silencing his opponents.

The difference was that for Hitler the phantom enemy that justified his depredations was the Jews, while for the fascist Democrats it is "white supremacists," whose actual numbers are fewer even than the Jews. The Marxists of Black Lives Matter are the actual authors of the lie that the January 6 melee in the capital was a "white supremacist coup." But even the pathetic Merrick Garland was forced to repeat the canard - without offering a shred of evidence - at his confirmation hearing.

I think the word "forced" gives way too much deference to Garland. He knows it's bullshit, we know it's bullshit, and he knows that we know that he knows it's bullshit. But you'll be happy to know that Garland has the full confidence and support of... Mitch McConnell. Yay. Bipartisanship.

Well, even when the Manolo-Blahnik jackboot is on our throat, at least we have the courts to turn to for redress. Oh, wait a minute...

With Joe Biden now a month into his office as [quote-unquote so-called] president of the United States, Americans may shrug at the court's decision, but we shouldn't: The Supreme Court's abdication of its authority to answer important constitutional questions only encourages further lawlessness by state election officials and courts, undermines voter confidence, and threatens even more chaotic federal elections...

...Maybe the six justices who voted against certiorari believe the country will be better off without relitigating the election. The denial, however, will not heal a country that witnessed state officials and courts change the rules mid-vote -- not just in Pennsylvania, but in Wisconsin and Michigan too. Then her citizens saw the Supreme Court seemingly ignore those violations of the Electors Clause when Texas sought relief in the Supreme Court.

Worse yet will be the damage done to our republic when the bending and breaking of election laws repeats in the future. For now, as Justice Thomas concluded, "by doing nothing," the Supreme Court invites "erosion of voter confidence." We "citizens deserve better and expect more."

Beyond the institutionalization of election-rigging (at least only when Democrats do it) given the Good Volksgemeinschaft Seal of Approval by SCOTUS, does anyone think that the Court is going to side with the inevitable lawsuits that will be forthcoming when the junta goes after our guns, our unborn children, our houses of worship and the few remaining media outlets that can still disseminate voices of dissent as well as accurate reportage, etc. etc.? With a court like this, who needs to have it packed?

ABOVE THE FOLD, BREAKING, NOTEWORTHY
• "Many traditional Americans are sleepwalking into a conflict they are not mentally prepared to handle. What are some practical steps they can take now?"
  The Last Stop Before Thermopylae
  
• David Horowitz: "Why Americans should be afraid. Very afraid."
  The Fascist Democrats & the Fake Insurrection
  
• Michael Anton: "The purpose of voting today is to give a democratic veneer to an undemocratic regime --not to give the people a say in the direction of their government."
  Why Do the Election's Defenders Require My Agreement?

  CIVIL WAR 2.0: LEFTIST PERSECUTIONS, CAPITOL HILL BLACK WEDNESDAY PROTEST AFTERMATH, DEMOCRAT PUTSCH AMERICAN DISSOLUTION

• "The leftwing attorneys are accused of distributing Molotov cocktails to fellow protesters."
  Prosecutors Offer Plea Deal to NYC Lawyers Who Firebombed Police Vehicle
  
• They were allowed in.
  Capitol Police Witnesses Struggle to Explain How Rioters Breached the Capitol on January 6
  
• "Here's a list of comments by Garland that should be of concern to all Americans."
  Did Biden Pick Garland as AG to Wreak Revenge on Trump, GOP?
  
• Of course he does.
  Mitch McConnell Supports Merrick Garland for Attorney General
  
• "The January bill -- District of Columbia National Guard Home Rule Act -- seeks to 'extend to the Mayor of the District of Columbia the same authority over the National Guard of the District of Columbia as the Governors of the several States.'"
  Dems Want Mayor Bowser -- Who REFUSED Troops For Jan 6 -- To Have Full "Commander-In-Chief" Powers In DC
  
• Michael Goodwin: "As Lily Tomlin once said, 'No matter how cynical you become, it's never enough to keep up.' So it is now as Dems keep finding ways to use Jan. 6 for partisan purposes. Even something as awful as that day cannot be treated honestly and with facts, lest a crisis go to waste." (too bad Goodwin laces an otherwise good essay with ingrained Trump antipathy - jjs)
  Democrats' Cynical "Jan. 6" Politics
  
• "Democrats view the MAGA base with disdain and fear, as if 75 million grenades were running in and about the Beltway with their pins pulled out."
  Congressional Whack-a-Mole

  DEMOCRAT-LEFTIST & RINO SCANDALS, CRIMES, CHUTZ-POCRISY, MESHUGAS

• Lloyd Billingsley: "One year after DHS whistleblower was gunned down, FBI still not releasing results of forensic investigation."
  Philip Haney Not Resting in Peace
  
• "Court docs show Winona LaDuke dismissed alleged sexual assault of 15-year-old boy."
  "I'm Not to Judge": Anti-Pipeline Activist Dismissed Pedophilia Allegation Against Colleague
  
• "'Rising star' Diego Hernandez was facing expulsion vote after investigation into harassment."
  Oregon Democrat Resigns From Legislature After Sexual Harassment Claims
  
• "In keeping with our new tradition of trying ex-presidents."
  Barack Obama's Six Most Impeachable Offenses
  
• "Geoffrey Berman was the U.S. attorney for SDNY through the duration of the Sadr case. President Donald Trump fired him in June 2020 in an unrelated matter."
  "Flat Lie": Federal Prosecutors in New York Admitted to Lying About Evidence in Sanctions Case

  POLITICS

• "'The Democrats went from saying it'll never happen, to it's a long shot, to attempting to smear us and then to saying it might happen but Gavin will never be thrown out. Now they're trying to change the rules to keep us from throwing Gavin out.' Sound familiar?"
  California Democrats Plan to Use Political Tricknology to Save Governor Gavin Newsom From Recall
  
• "...it would be a mistake for the GOP to reject his populist direction."
  New Poll Shows Trump's Populism Is Reshaping the Electorate
  
• "Among those eying a run are Cliff Sims, the former deputy at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI); former Ambassador to Slovenia Lynda Blanchard, a top Trump donor; former Acting Director of National Intelligence Ric Grenell; former White House spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee Sanders; former campaign adviser Katrina Pierson; and former White House aide Max Miller."
  MAGA Marches Forward as Former Trump Officials Seek Office
  
• "Battles brewing over minimum wage, border control, student debt."
  Democrat Infighting Heats Up Over Agenda
  
• "The most powerful actor in a democracy can do little to restrain other powerful actors when he is lethargic and drunk, as in the case of Yeltsin, or lethargic and demented, as with Biden. "
  America's Yeltsin
  
• Caroline Glick: "Mass damage to America -- and mind-blowing hypocrisy."
  One Week in Progressive America

  THE 2020 ELECTION HEIST AND AFTERMATH

• "Election mailer pressured Republicans into changing their vote."
  The Voter Manipulation Scheme That May Have Clinched the Georgia Runoffs for Democrats
  
• "In leftist politics, past is almost always prologue. Big Philanthropy swayed the 2020 election in favor of Democrats, and it will do so again in 2022 and 2024 if given the chance."
  Mark Zuckerberg Meddled In Battleground State Elections: Here's How
  
• Margot Cleveland: "The Supreme Court's abdication of its authority to answer important constitutional questions threatens even more chaotic federal elections."
  Supreme Court Denial of 2020 Election Cases Invites "Erosion of Voter Confidence"

  CHINESE CORONAVIRUS FICTIONS, FACTS AND AMERICA IMPRISONED

• "The CCP is covering its tracks, and the WHO and the U.S. government are pretending not to notice."
  Biden Junta Supports Corrupt Chinese COVID-19 Investigation
  
• "The Maine Democrat said passing a $1.9 trillion [Chinese] coronavirus relief bill through budget reconciliation would likely take weeks or months. Instead, he called for Congress to pass a $20 billion relief bill to provide immediate [Chinese] coronavirus aid."
  Democrat Jared Golden Flip-Flops on $1.9 Trillion Chinese Coronavirus Bill
  
• "Meghan McCain is right: Fauci should be fired. He should have been a long, long time ago. He is a liar, and he even admits it. So why is he still on TV?"
  5 Times Anthony Fauci Proved He "Understands Science" as a Tool to Lie to Americans
  
• "[Crist's] assertion is insane, political, and anti-science. DeSantis has prioritized the highest risk population and is using multiple approaches to reach them.Charlie Crist Wants Gov. DeSantis Investigated for Vaccinating the Elderly
  
• "America must learn the lessons of the past year and change our course drastically."
  One Year Later Our Answer to Lockdowns Must Be "Never Again"
  
• "While making only a limited impact on [Chinese] Covid-19, lockdowns are taking a severe toll on physical and mental health."
  We Are Not Safer at Home

  OFFICIAL DEMOCRAT PARTY-ENDORSED ANTI-SEMITISM, ANTI-CHRISTIANITY

• "Don't confuse true believers who rightly fight for both faith and freedom as Christian nationalists. They're just Christians."
  Stop Smearing Christians as "Christian Nationalists" Just Because They Value Both Faith and Freedom
  
• "Uzra Zeya contributed to book on influence of 'Israel Lobby.'"
  Anti-Israel Activists Defend Biden State Dept. Nominee

  AMNESTY, IMMIGRATION, BORDER SECURITY

• "This is an administrative abolishment of ICE as we currently know it."
  Report: Spurious DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas Plans to Gut ICE Immigration Enforcement
  
• "Among the barriers to citizenship potentially on the chopping block is the oath of allegiance -- which requires citizens to 'renounce and abjure all allegiance and fidelity' with any other country and promise to 'support and defend the Constitution and laws of the United States of America against all enemies.'"
  Biden Exec Order Hints at Removal of Oath of Allegiance for New Migrants
  
• "'This is not okay, never has been okay, never will be okay -- no matter the administration or party,' she tweeted."
  Titty Caca Cortez Slams Biden Junta for Reopening Illegal Alien Migrant Holding Facilities in Texas
  
• "Ocasio-Cortez's statement addressing the issue came after critics started to call her out online over her silence over the issue after she made a spectacle over it under the last administration."
  Titty Caca Cortez Mocked for Giving Biden a "Slap on the Wrist" for Opening Detention Camps for Migrant Kids
  
• "This is not kids being kept in cages." (these are not the droids you're looking for... - jjs)
  Piss-Hockey Psaki Defends Joe Biden Reopening Border Detention Center

  FIRST AMENDMENT ISSUES, CENSORSHIP, FAKE NEWS, MEDIA, BIG BROTHER TECH

• "The witness -- Soledad O'Brien -- is set to testify on February 24th at the 'Fanning the Flames: Disinformation and Extremism in the Media' hearing held by the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology of the Committee on Energy and Commerce. Her witness statement openly attacks conservative news anchors such as Tucker Carlson."
  A Key "Disinformation" Hearing Witness -- Set to Blast Conservative News -- Is a Former Qatari Govt., Al Jazeera Employee
  
• "On Monday, Reps. Anna Eshoo and Jim McNerny submitted letters to 12 cable and streaming pressuring them to stop airing Fox News, Newsmax and OANN."
  FCC Chair Stays Mum on Efforts to De-Platform Conservative Networks; Accused Trump of "An Assault on Free Expression"
  
• "I don't think that the government should be in the business of substituting its judgment for programming licensees," FCC acting Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel said previously.
  FCC Chair Who Hailed Freedom of Press Now Silent on Leftist Attempts to Cancel Conservative News
  
• "Constitutional questions arise as states move to counter social media censorship."
  State Legislatures Push to Fight Big Tech, but Experts Warn of Limitations
  
• "I'd say WaPo and CBS News lack self-awareness, but they know what they are doing."
  "Kids in Cages" Rhetoric Disappears: WaPo, CBS Report on "Shelters," "Migrant Facilities" at the Border
  
• "Public radio finally gets the pandemic story right."
  Even NPR Admits Florida is a Success and California a Failure
  
• "Instead of running an article highlighting the incredible advancement toward the goal of equity often touted by the media, NBC's coverage pointed out that the ethnic group is 'still far behind whites, Blacks, and Asian Americans.'"
  NBC Turns Lemonade into Lemons While Reporting Positive News About Latino Americans
  
• "A lot of politicians and businessmen don't understand that the press only has so much power as we give them. Elon Musk gets it, though."
  Alpha Male Elon Musk Reminds Politicians Just How to Talk to Reporters
  
• "Give my regards to your puppet master."
  Elon Musk Flames WaPo for Tesla Story
  
• "Weeping, wailing and gnashing of teeth at BBC headquarters."
  BBC Admits It Was Wrong About Israel's "Duty" to Vaccinate Palestinians
  
• "They're coming for you next: The pro-life news organization, LifteSiteNews, has been blacklisted by Google's YouTube, which on February 10th without warning removed all the organization's videos."
  Today's Blacklisted American: Pro-Life News Organization Blacklisted by Google's YouTube

  SECOND AMENDMENT

• "March For Our Lives demands gun czar, accuses Biden of ignoring violence in minority communities."
  Gun-Control Groups Lash Out at Biden
  
• Sure.
  Spurious AG-Nominee Merrick Garland: "I Don't Have an Opinion" on the Meaning of the Second Amendment

  ABORTION

• "The 354,871 abortions in 2019-20 marked an increase from 2018-19, when Planned Parenthood performed 345,672 abortions -- an increase of 9,199 abortions."
  Planned Parenthood Performed 354,871 Abortions in Fiscal Year 2019-2020

  FOREIGN AFFAIRS, INTERNATIONAL

• "Kerry acknowledged meeting with Zarif at least twice in the early years of the Trump administration."
  REPORT: Former Obama Staff Colluded With Iran to Undermine Trump
  
• Iranian Foreign Minister Zarif: "When we meet, we will raise compensation."
  Iran Wants Biden Admin to Pay $1 Trillion in "Reparation" for U.S. Sanctions
  
• "Price appeared to try to laugh off Lee's question, leading the reporter to keep pressing him."
  State Department Briefing Gets Heated After Reporter Accuses Biden of Taking Credit for Trump's Accomplishments
  
• "Some Republicans have accused Linda Thomas-Greenfield of being soft on China."
  Biden's Pick for UN Ambassador Confirmed as Position Elevated to Cabinet-Level
  
• "Pompeo's and Blinken's accusation of China 'genocide' relied on data abuse by far-right ideologue."
  Quincy Institute Fellow Denies China's Genocide of Uighur Muslims
  
• "The latest addition to [quote-unquote so-called] 'president' Biden's China team, Melanie Hart, participated in programs and authored reports sponsored by a leading Chinese Communist-backed propaganda organization seeking to 'influence foreign governments to take actions or adopt positions supportive of Beijing.'"
  Biden's China Chief Said She Was "Fine" With the CCP Spreading Influence in America and Pre-Briefed Communists Ahead of a Major Summit

  DEFENSE, MILITARY, SECURITY AFFAIRS

• "Researchers at the WIV were studying bat-based coronaviruses prior to the outbreak, a project partially backed by $600,000 in U.S. taxpayer funds routed to the lab through NIH sub-grants from the nonprofit group EcoHealth Alliance."
  GOP Lawmakers Demand Investigation Into National Institutes of Health's Relationship With Wuhan Lab

  THE ECONOMY, STUPID

• "Joe Manchin of West Virginia, a democrat, has expressed that the increase to $15 from $7.25 is simply too expensive, despite his progressive colleagues' dreams. Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz) has also hinted she may oppose it."
  Progressives Push to Keep $15 Minimum Wage Hike in Stimulus Package
  
• "How the 'Fight for 15' could enable a wave of youth lawlessness"
  Minimum-Wage Hikes and Crime
  
• "Hundreds of companies are fleeing California. But do the Democrats care?"
  Sayonara California: Corporate Relocation Experts Expect Best Year Ever!
  
• "Liberty loving Americans need to max their economic resources to create greater independence."
  For Trump, Trust-Busting Isn't Just an Option

  CRIME & PUNISHMENT, NON-DOSTOYEVSKY

• "New York Attorney General Letitia James announced the decision on Tuesday, noting that 'many will be 'rightfully' disappointed, but said they must respect the decision.'"
  No Charges Will Be Filed Against Officers in Daniel Prude Case

  EDUCATION, AND WHAT PASSES FOR IT

• "Divisive concepts" are defined to include the concepts that "one race or sex is inherently superior to another race or sex."
  West Virginia Bill Seeks To Ban Critical Race Theory
  
• "At some point as metrics continue to improve we will need to take the remote and hybrid learning models off the table and return to a traditional school format." (must not be polling well keeping kids out of the classroom - jjs)
  Massachusetts Officials Announce Plans to "Eliminate Remote Learning" and Return All Elementary Students to Schools
  
• "America's premier health agency is sacrificing kids' education to politics."
  Kids Not in School? Don't Blame Chinese COVID, Blame the CDC
  
• "Buffalo's school district tells students that 'all white people play a part in perpetuating systemic racism' -- while presiding over miserable student outcomes."
  Failure Factory
  
• "Students for Justice in Palestine blames Israel for 'militarizing' campus police."
  Tufts Student Government Attacks Jewish Member for Defending Israel
  
• "Affirmative action in the United States is not very different from the anti-Semitism a previous generation experienced in the USSR and that qualified them for refugee status."
  Soviet-Style Equal Opportunity in America
  
• "Tucker Carlson has advanced a truly revolutionary plan that, within a very short time, should permanently end the ruling class's racist, elitist hold on our country."
  Tucker Carlson's Plan to End Systemic Racism and Income Inequality in America
  
• "Schools this past year have finally managed to combine teaching nothing with simultaneously keeping children in isolation. Now is the time to dispense with the charade of progressive schooling."
  No More School
  
• Daniel Greenfield: "D.C. doesn't need the National Guard, but Columbia and Yale might."
  Ivy League "Wokes" are the Biggest Supporters of Political Violence

  ACTUAL SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY

• Our intrepid science reporter: "The second member of a four-person crew for what's likely to be the first privately funded orbital space tour has been identified: She's Hayley Arceneaux, a 29-year-old physician assistant who works at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis, Tenn. -- And was successfully treated for bone cancer at St. Jude almost two decades ago."
  Second Passenger Chosen for Private Manned SpaceX Mission

  RED-GREENS, CLIMATE CHANGE HOAX, JUNK SCIENCE, LYSENKOISM

• "President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador is buying coal and curtailing green energy."
  Mexico Pulls Back From "Green Energy," Begins Expanding Coal Use
  
• "Deflecting blame to a more exciting apocalypse."
  Why the Texas Blackout Has the Greens So Scared
  
• "The rest of it, if you look around this room, including that rug, all kinds of different uses. Coal and oil molecules are the biggest structure elements we have in our society today."
  GOP Rep.: "Anybody Who Thinks You're Going to Cut Off Fossil Fuels Immediately Is Smoking Pot"
  
• "Fracking ban or no ban, it won't matter if the Biden administration, featuring Haaland, would just regulate the industry to death."
  Biden Cabinet Nominee Deb Haaland is the Trojan Horse of Radicalism Republicans Warned About

  FEMINAZISM, TRANSGENDER PSYCHOSIS, HOMOSEXUALIZATION, WAR ON MASCULINITY/NORMALCY

• "There are plenty of reasons for the committee to be concerned about placing Dr. Levine in such an influential and powerful role."
  Biden's HHS Pick Advocates Sex Changes For Kids

  CULTURE WARS, NATIONAL SUICIDE

• "Only white people can be racist, no other BIPOC's (Black, Indian, and people of color) can be racist."
  Government Healthcare Workers in San Diego County Forced to Undergo Critical Race Training
  
• Christian Toto: "A new documentary on the filmmaker's alleged assault could make his films vanish."
  Will Woody Allen Movies Be Canceled Next?
  
• "The GOP Establishment didn't want to fight the culture wars. Look where that got us."
  Woke Coke Shows Why Bush Republicanism Is Dead
  
• "Chinese whistleblower Yang Jisheng's book, Tombstone: The Great Chinese Famine 1958-1962, is a powerful reminder that collectivism is evil."
  As Americans Turn Left, We Should Remember Socialism Killed 36 Million Chinese
  
• Dennis Prager: "If you don't hate Communism, you don't care about, much less love, people."
  The Denial of Evil: The Case of Communism

  HITHER & YON

• "Thanks to experience with numerous hurricanes, we were prepared for the Texas power outage and no one slept in the cold at our house. When you are prepared, three days is not that bad."
  How To Survive For Three Days With No Water Or Power On $200
  
• "Professional golfer Eldrick 'Tiger' Woods is undergoing major surgery for multiple leg injuries following a serious vehicle collision in California on Tuesday morning."
  Tiger Woods in Surgery With Major Leg Injuries After Car Crash
  
• Jeffrey Lord: "Levin, Hannity talk of their friend and a great patriot."
  The Rush Limbaugh Revolution

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