THE MORNING RANT: More Disturbing Slavery Re-Normalization; Remember to Watch Turning Point’s Super Bowl Halftime Show

A subject I keep focusing on is the disturbing re-normalization of slavery in 21st century forms. The left believes there is virtue in allowing foreign nationals to be brought to the US to work off-the-books at below market wages. Meanwhile, the corporate right’s war on labor expense has it seeking to replace US citizens with that same non-American labor pool.

As I wrote recently at The American Spectator, ”Slavery under any name and under any circumstance is a great evil. Neither left-wing ‘compassion’ nor right-wing ‘free enterprise’ can provide an excuse for it to persist in any form in this country, nor in the supply chain of goods that are coming into the U.S.”

However, both the “pro-immigrant” left and the “libertarian” right keep trying to excuse modern forms of slavery.

TV station NBC 10 in Boston interviewed an AWFL named Lisa who boasted of the Haitian refugees whom she had taken possession of provided shelter and then put to work doing household chores. She said, “It’s really fun having them. What I realized is there’s so much prejudice against refugees mostly because people don’t know them.” To this, the TV reporter added “Lisa feels like she has her own personal chef…”

Zeek Arkham brilliantly commented on X/Twitter that, ”This is great! She could maybe take in another one and they would be a maid for her! Then she could take in a few more and they’d farm for her…maybe grow a crop they could pick. Waitaminit…”

On the right, or wherever Rand Paul is, the Kentucky Senator has introduced legislation ending welfare for non-citizens, which is a good thing. However, Senator Paul has also argued for years that illegal immigrants should be able to stay in the U.S. so long as they are working.

Noah Wall cleverly points out that advocating for cheap, foreign labor that does not have the benefits of citizenship has a disturbing ring to it, stating on X/Twitter ”So we want a class of people who we can pay less and not give any benefits to and treat them however we want? I thought we decided that was a bad idea.”

Eliminating “the peculiar institution” in this country was a bloody ordeal that almost ended the United States. It cannot be re-introduced in a “compassionate” 21st-century form.

Other Stuff I’m Writing About

My latest piece at The American Spectator has been published, “Left-Wing Activists Ran Off the Normal People Who Knew How to Do Their Jobs - Now We Are Paying the Price”

It discusses how the woke capture of institutions ultimately manifests in a collapse in those institutions’ ability to do their core functions, be they municipalities, utility companies, museums, or even churches.

At the community level, I saw my family’s longtime Presbyterian Church go from a well-maintained facility that was buzzing with activity to a neglected building with grounds in disrepair. The left-wing politics coming from the pulpit drove out the parishioners who had served as in-the-trenches volunteers. In days gone by, the men of the church would bring their tools to fix potholes, replace lighting ballasts, remove fallen branches, etc. They’re all gone. The rainbow-clad “clergy” took control of the church, but lost control of its upkeep.

This piece is not behind a paywall. I’d be honored if you’d give it a read.

How to Watch the Turning Point Alternative Super Bowl Halftime Show

Just a reminder that the NFL has decided to make this Sunday’s Super Bowl halftime show a partisan festival of woke politics. The headliner will be “Bad Bunny,” a flamboyant, Spanish-speaking singer who is famous for his (xis?) left-wing politics and for using public forums such as the Grammy Awards to condemn US immigration policy.

This is another Bud Light / Target / Gillette moment. Conservatives have a great opportunity to remind a powerful corporation that half of this country is repulsed by left-wing corporate political activism.Turning Point USA is counter-programming the Super Bowl halftime with a patriotic show featuring entertainers such as Kid Rock, Brantley Gilbert, Lee Brice, and Gabby Barrett.

It will be a ratings shot heard ‘round the world if millions of people switch channels at halftime to watch the Turning Point alternative show. If you are not going to watch the Super Bowl at all, it would still be helpful if you’d tune in for the Turning Point show. It can be watched at a few traditional cable outlets such as OAN News and TBN, as well as on the You Tube, Rumble, and X (Twitter) channels of Turning Point. Here is a link with more information

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posted by Buck Throckmorton at 11:00 AM

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