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(Skip) Cries of "social justice," "affirmative action," "racial prejudice," etc., ad nauseam, enfranchise the Left to wallow in a fictitious self-regard of moralizing sentimentality. Anyone who opposes leftists is automatically demonized as inhumane. Cowardly Republicans, large corporations like Procter & Gamble, and bureaucrats are shaken down and extorted to comply, for fear of appearing insensitive toward "oppression." Any evidence of political incorrectness can damage employment prospects or even get one fired. We are being thought-controlled and speech-tyrannized. How can we push back against such imperious "bleeding heart" compassion? The ideology has a stranglehold on academia and is being rolled out...

Essence Magazine tweeted in memoriam of the late Rep. Elijah Cummings (D., Md.) Friday, but included a picture of Rep. John Lewis (D., Ga.). "#RIP Rep. Elijah Cummings 🙏," the African-American women's magazine wrote in a now-deleted tweet that included a picture of the very much alive Lewis. https://freebeacon.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Screen-Shot-2019-10-25-at-11.42.41-AM.png Getty's caption of the image says, "Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., is seen near the statue of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., in the Capitol Rotunda before a memorial service for the late Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., in Statuary Hall on Thursday, October 24, 2019." In an earlier tweet, the magazine noted...

With no end in sight to the madness gripping Washington, it is wise to seize on any possible sign of humor to brighten the day. In that spirit, a statement by Reps. Adam Schiff and Jerry Nadler qualifies as the mood booster of the week. Responding to reports that Attorney General William Barr’s investigation into the 2016 spying on Donald Trump’s campaign is now a criminal probe, Schiff and Nad­ler laid down their thumbscrews and emerged from their impeachment dungeon to express outrage. In unison, the twin Trump tormentors declared that partisanship has infected the Justice Department and “the rule...

During an excerpt from “Created Equal: Clarence Thomas In His Own Words,” Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas stated that there is a double standard where black conservatives can be attacked in any manner and it’s accepted “Because you’re not really black. Because you’re not doing what we expect black people to do.” Thomas said, “There’s different sets of rules for different people. If you criticize a black person who’s more liberal, you’re racist. Whereas, you can do whatever to me, or to now, Ben Carson, and that’s fine. Because you’re not really black. Because you’re not doing what we expect...

But the Obama administration shut down the Bucca prison camp and released its prisoners, including Abu Dua in 2009.

The long awaited sequel to "Lessons Liberals Taught Me About Guns" - with 20 new "facts" about guns, and their owners. #2A #shallnotbeinfringed 9 minute video

https://sharylattkisson.com/2019/10/the-nonexistent-impeachment-quid-pro-quo-podcast/ Democrats, Republicans and the media who are framing the Trump impeachment in terms of “quid pro quo” misunderstand the term as well as common diplomacy.

Appearing on Friday’s edition of Real Time, the always hyperbolic MSNBC talking head Donny Deutsch referred to Donald Trump as an “all-out dictator” and warned that “whatever the worst tyrants in history were capable of doing, he is capable of doing.” Host Bill Maher also subscribed to the “Trump is a dictator” narrative, arguing that he checked off more items on the “dictator checklist” over the past week and worrying that eventually, the only people remaining in the Trump administration will be “the Goebbels,” comparing the President’s closest advisors to Hitler’s propaganda minister. As he introduced his panel, Maher noted...

Kimberley Strassel is the Wall Street Journal columnist and editorial board member who has chronicled the wrongdoing of the unprecedented efforts to undermine the Trump administration inside the government and in the media. Her book Resistance (At All Costs): How Trump Haters Are Breaking America is a journalistic account of the phenomenon. The book was published on October 15, Coincidentally, as I was working on these remarks this morning, we received this email message about Kim’s book from former SWIFT CEO Leonard Schrank. Writing from Brussels, Mr. Schrank noted: I was in Boston a week ago for an MIT workshop...

The Chief of Police for the Herndon Police Department in Virginia was robbed while having dinner in downtown Chicago on Friday. President Donald Trump is set to give a speech at the law enforcement conference on Monday.

Last night, the United States brought the world’s number one terrorist leader to justice. Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is dead. He was the founder and leader of ISIS, the most ruthless and violent terror organization in the World. The United States has been searching for Baghdadi for many years. Capturing or killing Baghdadi has been the top national security priority of my Administration. U.S. Special Operations forces executed a dangerous and daring nighttime raid into Northwestern Syria to accomplish this mission. No U.S. personnel were lost in the operation, while a large number of Baghdadi’s fighters and companions were killed with...

Ingenious... 1) He makes the announcement during the Sunday morning MSM news shows, forcing them to talk about his foreign policy/military victory instead of Ukraine. 2) It matters not whether al-Baghdadi was killed years earlier. Why? Because Trump is taking a page out of the Democrat playbook — an election year major foreign policy/military victory (as Obama did with the phony “Bin Laden killing” raid in Abottabad, Pakistan in 2012). And if the Dems accuse Trump of lying about killing al-Baghdadi, Trump can and will accuse them of lying about having killed Bin Laden in 2012. 3) Opponents of Trump...

Several news reports indicated Sunday that House Intelligence Committee chair Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) had not been notified in advance about the successful raid on the hideout of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of the so-called “Islamic State,” or ISIS. Al-Baghdadi was killed in the raid; there were no U.S. casualties aside from a wounded K-9 dog. CNN and MSNBC bother reported that Schiff had been left in the dark: President Donald Trump confirmed in remarks to the press Sunday after his address to the nation that he had deliberately kept some congressional leaders out of the loop, without naming...

WOW! Talk About Poor Timing!… SNL Hacks Play ISIS Terrorists – Thank Trump ‘For Bringing Back Jobs to ISIS’ in SNL Cold Open Talk about poor timing! Last night President Trump and America won again! The barbaric leader of ISIS Abu Al-Baghdadi was killed last night near the Syrian–Turkish border. This comes after every Democrat and NeverTrumper on the right exploded over the President’s recent policy to remove US soldiers from Syria.

Not only did the final sale amount exceed expectations — set between $200,000 and $300,000 — it’s the most expensive sweater ever sold at an auction, according to Julien’s Auctions, which held the event. The sweater has sentimental value for a lot of fans. The “Unplugged” concert is considered one of the band’s best performances, and it made the thrift-store cardigan iconic. The cardigan has never been washed since the concert and has all the original stains... His custom, left-handed Fender Mustang guitar, used during Nirvana’s “In Utero” tour in 1993, sold for $340,000. Meanwhile, Elvis Presley’s 1976 Harley Davidson...

This week Mitt Romney confessed that he was posting on Twitter under the absurd moniker Pierre Delecto and set up himself for some serious online satirizing. It’s way overdue. The #NeverTrumpers in the Republican party have exposed themselves as Democrat Me Tooers. They do themselves, their party, and the nation no favors. As the Russian collusion nonsense fades into the ether absent any fact basis and the Schiff-Pelosi impeachment funhouse proceedings head in the same direction, some congressional Republicans, like the brave band that shut down the Miami-Dade vote harvesting charade in the Bush-Gore election, stood up at last for...

Heh, heh. Shortest thread in FR history. Made you look though, didn't I?

Vatican City, Oct 26, 2019 / 01:17 pm (CNA).- The meeting for the Synod of Bishops for the Pan-Amazonian region has approved a final document which calls for the ordination of married men as priests and for women to be considered for diaconal ordination. The 33-page document, approved Oct. 26, is the result of a three-week meeting in Rome. The synod’s 181 voting members, together with representatives from indigenous communities, religious orders, lay groups and charities, discussed a range of issues concerning the region, spread across nine countries. In ordinary sessions of the Synod of Bishops, delegates are elected by...

Bishop of Liverpool says he regrets that Archbishop Glenn Davies ‘seems to want to exclude people rather than to engage with them’A senior Church of England bishop has expressed regret at comments by the Archbishop of Sydney that supporters of marriage equality should leave the Anglican church. Reflecting sharp divisions within the global Anglican communion over LGBT+ issues, the Bishop of Liverpool, Paul Bayes, said: “I regret that the archbishop [of Sydney] seems to want to exclude people rather than to engage with them within the wider Anglican family.” Archbishop Glenn Davies said last week that those who supported same-sex...

Heralds of the Gospel is linked to groups that oppose the reforms of Pope Francis, including those discussed at synod An ultra-traditionalist Brazilian religious association has rejected a papal inquiry into their group as “completely illegal”. Pope Francis has placed the Heralds of the Gospel under special measures, appointing a commissioner, Cardinal Raymundo Damasceno Assis, to take control of the association. This came after the Vatican's congregation for religious life investigated the group for “shortcomings” regarding pastoral care, congregational practices, and the formation of its religious members. Questions were also raised regarding the group’s internal governance and the management of...