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Today the big question in Washington is, will Democrats actually impeach a president of the United States without cause, without a crime?  Scary, right? But we're told not to worry, because even if House Dems impeach, the GOP will stop it cold in the Senate.  So desensitization worked.  Just say "impeachment" over and over for three years until the threat that used to set off alarm bells now barely moves the needle. But even though people aren't up in arms, Washington's unholy trinity, (Democrats, media, and the Deep State) don't want their coup to look like a coup, so they gin up plausible...

<snip> There are two methods of manipulation, ‘persuasion’ that the left uses to get gun control and the media is able to optimize both tactics with mass shootings.The first ploy is to pounce on a tragedy before the bodies are cold.Rahm Emanuel gave voice to this technique when he instructed: “You never let a serious crisis go to waste. And what I mean by that it’s an opportunity to do things you think you could not do before.” Translation: if you have a horrific massacre, get right in there while the emotions are raw, while the victims’ families and survivors...

. . . Why do we allow them to censor us? They have no say in what happens at Trump rallies; they're private events, a gathering of Trump-supporters not a public forum. And Trump-supporters are protected by the 1st Amendment, can chant anything they want. If the government-media are so offended by rally chants, maybe they shouldn't attend. They only show up at the rallies to cherry-pick phrases they can use to destroy Trump and his supporters, so why cater to them? The president should dismantle the press section at rallies, make them stand in line for hours like every...

The conservative consensus is that Democrats don't want to fund President Trump's  wall because they hate him.  Well, yes, Democrats do indeed hate President Trump, and yes, it's a deep-seated hatred, a visceral, soul-rotting hatred, but that's not the real reason they won't fund the wall.  The biggest reason Democrats won't even partially fund the wall is their absolute certainty that given the money, the president will actually build the thing.  President Trump's  not some out-of-the-loop politician who can be outmaneuvered by a Deep State whose embedded bureaucrats will tell him everything's going swimmingly while they sabotage the project with cost overruns and...

Attend a Trump rally, and you'll hear raucous chants of "USA!" – the people's rallying cry of spirit, unity, and resolve, the cry of soldiers going into battle.  An open secret today is that America is at war: Democrats, Republican turncoats, activist judges, and media who self-identify as the "Resistance" versus the American people.  "Resistance" is a misnomer.  This cabal isn't resisting attack; it's attacking. The left uses paradoxical terms to soften hot-button issues like socialized medicine ("Affordable Care Act"), killing babies ("women's health"), and global redistribution of American wealth ("free trade").  This thought control tactic is just one line of attack. The...

When Suzanne Collins's novel The Hunger Games came out, many thought it was too dark, an unrealistic future scenario where government and media force 24 kids to fight to the death, with only one survivor. No, not so far-fetched – we're nearly there.. We just watched our Capitol (Democrats) rip an innocent man, Judge Kavanaugh, to shreds – a television event, a show. . Like Panem, we introduce our tributes: Judge Brett Kavanaugh, a brilliant juror with an impeccable record.  He's presented as a family man, a godly man who coaches his girl's soccer team, feeds the homeless in his off time,...

The novel The Godfather tells the story of a Mafia don or boss, Vito Corleone, and how he runs "the business."  One of the most famous lines from the movie is the Godfather explaining how he'll prevail, how he'll get what he asks for: "I'll make him an offer he can't refuse.” One such offer is made to a big band leader who won't release Vito's godson from a contract: $10,000 to sign the release.  When the offer's refused, Vito goes back to the band leader with his enforcer, Luca Brasi.  Luca holds a gun to the man's head, and Vito explains that...

The first episode of Alfred Hitchcock's TV series was titled "Revenge."  The story opens with Carl and Elsa Spann, a recently married couple who move into a trailer by the sea.  Elsa has suffered a nervous breakdown, the seaside her therapy. Carl heads out for his first day at work, and Elsa is baking a cake to surprise her husband.  But when Carl gets home, he finds a smoke-filled trailer; a burning cake; and his wife beaten and assaulted, in a catatonic state. The police have no leads on the assailant, and Carl's frustration and anger build. The next day, Carl takes Elsa...

Oh, the horror!  Former CIA director John Brennan lost his security clearance.  Media decry the president's intimidation tactics, his enemies list.  Famous lawyer Alan Dershowitz posits that Brennan's First Amendment rights may have been violated.  It's all vapors, transparent attempts to deflect from Brennan's real threat: his role of traitor.  (Cue audible gasps.)  How dare I call Brennan a traitor? Treason is narrowly defined in the Constitution, restricted to wartime.  U.S. Constitution, Article 3, Section 3: "Treason against the United States, shall consist only in levying War against them, or in adhering to their Enemies, giving them Aid and Comfort.” True, but I contend we...

The classic movie Mr. Smith Goes to Washington is the story of an idealistic local hero, Jefferson Smith, who's appointed to the U.S. Senate.  Smith's chosen because he's naïve and gullible, and James Taylor, the corrupt Washington power-broker, needs someone who will "take orders."  But when Smith proposes a boy's camp on the same land as Taylor's dam-building graft scheme, Taylor vows to destroy Smith.  But how?  Smith's the leader of Boy Rangers, a squeaky-clean guy.    Solution: Smear Smith.  Run him out of the Senate.   Now, I never believed that the Washington machine could just invent charges to smear a member of Congress and...

We’ve all heard the Miranda rights, the spiel cops rattle off to bad guys as they cart them off to jail: You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law.  You have the right to an attorney.  If you cannot afford an attorney, one will be provided for you. For the snowflakes, these rights weren't ripped from a Law and Order script, and it's not a get-out-of-jail card for the bad guys. These protections are enshrined in the first ten amendments to the Constitution, the Bill of Rights, amendments...

I’m sick and tired of these pseudo-adults wringing their hands, playing politics, and acting like impartial observers as our kids are gunned down.  Arguments, discussions, conversations, legislation, all dangerous delays that leave our kids as sitting ducks while these people play the role of grown-up, while they “talk”. It brings to mind the movie Deceived.  Adrienne Saunders, thinks she’s found a fake necklace, gives it to her daughter’s friend, Carol Gingold.  But the necklace is real and Adrienne has to get it back, her daughter’s life depends on it.  She goes to the Gringold’s home: Adrienne: I really do apologize, I...

Another school shooting, this time at Great Mills High School in Maryland.  But this attack was cut short: two wounded students, one dead shooter.  A far cry from the Parkland tragedy, with 17 killed, 14 wounded.  The difference?  Someone shot back.  After the Parkland shooting, the government-media cabal launched a blitzkrieg on the 2nd Amendment.  Their mission: to make  guns unacceptable, to paint those who defend guns and the National Rifle Association (NRA) as the enemy.  But the NRA had no role in any shooting.  The NRA doesn't get calls on dangerous persons, isn't given tips, doesn't see the warning flags.  People don't call the NRA to protect...

Most associate the term "radicalized" with ISIS.  But radical movements aren't limited to a religion.  A jihad is a crusade for a principle or belief involving struggle" and "resistance."  The Washington establishment, the Deep State, and special interests have launched their own jihad, built on a battle cry to "resist."   Today, calls to "resist!" echo through Congress as half of the House and Senate stage a mutiny against a duly elected president. "Resist!" is the call to arms from Democrat leaders (Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama) and radical activist groups (Black Lives Matter, Antifa).   More than 50 organizations have formed to "resist!"...

When President Trump ended the illegal Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program (DACA), liberals and their media exploded.  "Trump will rip these children from their families, from the only home they've ever known!” Of course, very few if any DACA recipients, also called "DREAMers," are "children."  Applicants must be at least 15 years old and under 31 years of age to enroll in DACA.  At least that was the rule. That age limit went out the window in 2014, when Obama opened DACA to anyone who had ever been a child.  Through a series of executive actions, Obama "expanded the (DACA) program to people...

In the movie What About Bob, a needy psychiatric patient, Bob Wiley, stalks his psychiatrist, Dr. Leo Marvin.  Bob follows Dr. Marvin on his vacation, invades Dr. Marvin's family, shows up at dinner, spends the night, even co-opts the doctor's television interview.  Everywhere Dr. Marvin turns, Bob's there.  No hints, insults, or humiliation can loosen Bob's death grip on the doctor.  Dr. Marvin finally loses it and throws Bob out, tells him to never come back.  He slams the door on Bob and then turns to his despondent family.  They're sad that Bob is gone. Dr. Leo Marvin: You think...

The left has a depressing message: racism, misogyny, greed, hate, communism, socialism, and the list goes on.  Americans have given these people a forum for decades, suffered through the angry speeches, the pompous lectures, the unending accusations and shaming.  And frankly, most people are sick of it.  They now go out of their way to avoid the liberal beatings.  As a result, liberals have trouble getting their message out.  Most people don't attend leftist rallies, they turn off programs where liberals rattle off their grievances, and they generally try to avoid the toxic left.  But liberals never take no for...

Most of us have played hot potato at some point in our childhood.  It's a game where players sit in a circle and toss a small object like a beanbag to each other while music plays.  When the music stops, the player holding the bag is eliminated. Our adult children, aka Congress, are playing a variation of this game.  Their beanbag is Obamacare and they're frantically tossing it around trying to stay in the game. Speaker Paul Ryan lost the first round.  Poor thing couldn't get the votes to pass the bill on to the Senate, so he was left...

Once upon a time, there was a cruel, nasty ogre, "The Donald," who dreamed of becoming king.  But The Donald had no claim to the throne.  Princess Hillary was next in line.  Hillary was royalty, and he was just a disgusting ogre.  No one would ever see him as king. Desperate, the ogre went to Putin, the dark one, to help him.  The sorcerer agreed to help in return for half the kingdom.  The dark one then cast a spell that reached every corner of the land, every mountaintop and valley.  This spell made the people see the ogre as...

After the Charlottesville mêlée, a "conservative" on Sean Hannity's radio show went off on Nazis.  He called them despicable, bottom-feeders, racists, and hate-mongers.  He was happy that Richard Spencer, the white supremacist, got punched during D.C. protests and all but endorsed Antifa violence, saying hate speech can't be allowed.  So I guess this guy's hate's okay because he hates the right people? Actually, yes, if the hate's directed at a racist or Nazi, it's not only okay, but encouraged.  It's our government's way to shut down opposing views.  Their efforts to silence the people isn't new.  They continually try to...