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On Wednesday and Thursday nights, FNC’s The Five co-host Greg Gutfeld offered moving commentaries about how the liberal media’s attempts to indict the American people as perpetually divided have utterly failed as exhibited by the Hurricane Harvey recovery efforts. Gutfeld also discussed how Harvey has shown that the basic safety of each and every person in the face of death is what matters and not petty debates like replacing Columbus Day and taking down Confederate Statues. Gutfeld: Harvey Response Shows Americans 'Aren't What the Media Says We Are'“So, you know else takes a hit when disaster strikes? Opinions slingers like...

Whether Abelino Reyna, Michael Jarrett, Amanda Dillon and the rest of the humanoids in the McLennan County District Attorney’s Office like it or not, Michael Jarrett now has about as much chance to “do” Dallas Bandido Jake Carrizal first as he has to do Britney Spears. One hundred ninety-two criminal cases resulting from the probably police provoked, completely preventable, Waco Twin Peaks Biker Brawl in May 2015 have lingered for 838 days because three D League politicians have been stalling what should be the normal course of justice. The arrests were unconstitutional. The bails were unconstitutional. The grand jury deliberations...

The nation's eyes are fixated on dramatic flooding in Houston after Hurricane Harvey, where the death toll (so far) is thankfully small compared to flooding in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina in 2005. The government response on all levels seems to be fairly effective, and unlike with Katrina, the press coverage hasn't been dominated by accusations of racism or inhumanity in the rescue effort. There's one obvious exception: cartoonists for the left. Politico tweeted an image by radical artist Matt Wuerker in which he mocks Christian wackos wearing Confederate flag shirts. A man being rescued from his rooftop declares: "Angels!...

“It looks like every scummy atheist is using a terrible tragedy to mock religious people, because that shows the best of their values,” Right Scoop blogger Soopermexican commented. This is so cruel, so dishonest, so thoughtless, so talentless that one scarcely knows where to begin. The idea that scores of Texans (including 30 fatalities so far) deserved this suffering? The premise that Nazis comprise any meaningful percentage of the Texas populace? The contrast to how Texans reacted when tragedy struck Charlie Hebdo?

The disaster in Texas brought out the best in us this week. These 24 moving photos prove it:

I saw a little girl who spent all her tears, in a shelter squeezing her mother’s fingers. The other hand held tight on her shirt, assuring herself she wouldn’t be swept away again. Her face was dirty, wet hair strewn across her cheek like a scar from battle. The eyes were wide in a stance of frightened anticipation on what’s next. No one could comprehend the horror of the monster that day. They don’t teach that in Kindergarten. Then someone asked her if she would like some ice cream. Her mouth blossomed, a smile hatched as her eyes turned down...

One man in Rosharon, Texas used a product he found online to protect his family’s home and property during flooding in 2016. KHOU reports Randy Wagner felt devastated when local officials ordered residents to evacuate their homes. In a desperate attempt to protect his home from the flood waters, Wagner drove all the way to Louisiana to pick up a product he found online, an Aqua Dam. With the help of a couple of friends, Wagner installed the Aqua Dam’s 400 feet of materials and waited for the water to come. As the water built up around his home, the...

President Donald Trump will return to the areas hit hardest by Hurricane Harvey, according to the White House. White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders confirmed to reporters that both the president and First Lady Melania Trump would travel to Texas and Louisiana. “I believe, as of right now, tentatively, he plans to be in the Houston area of Texas and possibly Lake Charles, Louisiana,” Sanders said, cautioning reporters that the details and locations of the trip were still under consideration. The news was later confirmed by Vice President Mike Pence, who also visited areas hit by the storm in Texas....

A senior White House correspondent for CNN just experienced an embarrassing on-air interruption. President Donald Trump and CNN have made no secret of their distaste for each other, and the network has been repeatedly lambasted for its relentless criticism of Trump. Even in the midst of the destruction wrought by Hurricane Harvey, Trump’s supporters in Texas seem to be on his side. CNN senior White House correspondent Jeff Zeleny was in the middle of a live report Tuesday from Austin, Texas, in which he was covering Trump’s response to the hurricane. But as he spoke, people off-camera were heard shouting...

RUSH: Did you see where the largest refinery may be shut for two weeks down in Houston because of the recovery here from the, not really the hurricane, the flooding. You can argue that it’s a man-made disaster down there, not a weather disaster. You get in trouble if you do that. I mean, Katrina was a man-made problem. They hadn’t upkeep the levies. They were stealing the money, rather than plowing it into refurbishing the levees. And the levees gave away. And there’s some people out there saying Houston, hey, it’s a man-made problem. They should have never built...

A retired judge ruled Wednesday that 19th State District Judge Ralph Strother should be removed from presiding over the cases of three Twin Peaks bikers, saying he thinks the average man on the street might say, “Judge, you’re just not being fair.” Judge James Morgan of Bosque County recused Strother from hearing the cases of bikers Thomas Paul Landers, George Bergman and Rolando Reyes. Morgan conducted a hearing on the recusal motions Aug. 16, telling the parties before adjourning the hearing that they had given him a lot to think about. Dallas attorney Clint Broden, who represents Bergman, a member...

A federal judge on Wednesday night temporarily blocked most of a Texas immigration law that bans sanctuary jurisdictions throughout the state. U.S. District Judge Orlando Garcia in San Antonio issued a temporary injunction against Senate Bill 4, which was set to go into effect Friday, reports Associated Press. SB4 is widely regarded as the toughest statewide anti-sanctuary city law in the country. The bill allows police officers to inquire about the immigration status of people they detain or arrest and requires local law enforcement agencies to honor detention requests from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). It also allows Texas to...

I came across an article outlining the facts behind the flood protection rule being used to vilify Trump with headlines providing virtual self-gratification to the TDS crowd. I can't find the article here or anywhere and I've little time. If you have it or one you know of bookmarked, please reply. Thanks!

Two explosions have occurred at a chemical plant outside of Houston, hours after a spokesman warned a gas explosion was imminent. The explosions came after The Arkema Inc plant in Crosby, Texas, lost power and its backup generators amid Harvey's days-long deluge, leaving it without refrigeration for chemicals that become volatile as the temperature rises. Just after 2am local time, the Harris County Emergency Operations Center reported explosions at the plant and black smoke rising from the facility. The Harrison County Sheriff's Office said that at least one officer had been taken to the hospital after inhaling fumes following the...

Video at the Twitter link. CNN reporter is apparently wearing shorts and rushes to save the guy in the truck. Next take shows him in long pants. Are you seeing the same thing the Twitter poster claims?

The Austin based Anti-fascists group, Red Guards Austin, has been gaining prominence in the Texas Antifa movement. As we have previously reported, they are a self described autonomous Marxist-Leninist-Maoist collective and their website contains multiple reports on their confrontational and often armed demonstrations. They also openly advocate for violent revolution against capitalism. “we must seriously take up the task not only of self-defense on the personal and community level, but we must also struggle to unite all genuine antifascists behind the necessity of revolution. Revolution means the long fight for communism and nothing less.” In a recent blog titled...

Industrial chemical manufacturer Arkema said Wednesday it has “no way to prevent” a potentially large explosion and fire at its facility near Houston, after flooding due to Tropical Storm Harvey. The Arkema plant in Crosby, Texas, some 25 miles northeast of Houston, was evacuated late Tuesday. Working with authorities, the company also urged everyone within a mile and a half of the plant to evacuate, and shut down a stretch of Highway 90 that runs alongside the plant, which produces organic peroxides for things like acrylic-based paint. “We have an unprecedented 6 feet of water throughout the plant,” Arkema’s North...

A chemical plant near the flooded city of Houston is expected to explode or catch fire in the coming days. During heavy rainfall from Hurricane Harvey, the Arkema plant at Crosby lost refrigeration of chemical compounds which need to be kept cool, and there is no way to prevent a possible fire, the company said. ...The Arkema chemical plant shut down its production on Friday, before the storm made landfall. But 40in (102cm) of rainfall in the area flooded the site and cut off its power, the company said in a statement. Backup generators were also flooded. The facility manufactures...

fired By Frank Miles Published August 29, 2017 Fox News Ken Storey ultimately apologized for his tweet on Harvey victims. Ken Storey ultimately apologized for his tweet on Harvey victims. A visiting University of Tampa professor of sociology was fired Tuesday after he suggested in a tweet Sunday that Texans deserved Hurricane Harvey because of their support for President Donald Trump in the 2016 election. University spokesman Eric Cardenas said in a statement that Kenneth Storey was fired after the school weathered an outpouring of online outrage over the comments. Officials said other faculty in the sociology department would take...

AUSTIN, Texas — A federal judge late Wednesday temporarily blocked most of Texas’ tough new “sanctuary cities” law that would have allowed police to inquire about people’s immigration status during routine interactions such as traffic stops. The law, SB 4, had been cheered by President Donald Trump’s administration but decried by immigrants’ rights groups who say it could force anyone who looks like they might be in the country illegally to “show papers.” The measure sailed through the Republican-controlled Legislature despite months of protests and opposition from business groups who worried that it could cause a labor-force shortage in industries...