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We never thought this day would come. Pigs are flying. The cows came home. It's a blue moon. Hell has frozen over. Hear this and hear it clearly, because you may never hear it again...
They've tried to ban firearms for years. They're getting louder about eliminating the 2nd Amendment. They say they "respect the right to bear arms" and "No one wants to take your guns," but they are - unarguably - lying. That's exactly what they want.
I would love to have been in the CNN newsroom when these numbers came in. They've burned months of airtime on scandal after scandal, negative story and negative story, all in an endless quest to make the country despise Donald Trump. You're supposed to hate him. He's supposed to disgust you. His approval numbers are supposed to be down in the low 20s. Heck, he was supposed to be impeached by now.
President Trump has been pushing for "Right to Try" legislation almost since his campaign began. The idea is that terminally ill patients, who've decided they have nothing to lose, should have the right to try experimental procedures and medication that may not be ready for mass implementation. Everyone understands that there are very real risks involved with this course of action but, if you've exhausted all other options, you may be ready for one last desperation play.
If you were hoping that Barack Obama would be quiet as he watches subsequent Presidents dismantle his legacy, well, you were really kidding yourself. This is a guy who many of the "fringier" political elements have touted as the obvious choice to run the world via the UN - so he wasn't just going to wander off into the sunset. Obama intends to stick around. He's already been making his voice heard, and he’s focused on grooming an entire generation of ideological clones to help carry on that work when he finally does retire.
When Hillary Clinton wants you to think "she's just like you," she busts out her southern revival accent or eats at Chipotle. When Obama wanted you to think he was just a "regular fella" he'd get a burger and beer that his wife supposedly disapproved of. Virtually every out-of-touch politician has some contrived way of trying to make it seem that they're just one of the down-to-Earth "real people" they hope to rule with an iron fist.
Whatever you think of Rand Paul, the one thing no one can accuse him of being is 'partisan hack.' He's bucked his own party as much as anyone other than John McCain, and - unlike McCain - he's done it for the right reasons. So, when he absolutely rips into John Brennan's vitriolic comments and tears into the Mueller "Russian collusion" investigation, saying he's just toeing the party line isn't going to cut it.
Back on March 6th, Dan told you about how Libby Schaaf, Oakland's Democrat mayor, decided to warn 800 illegals of an impending ICE raid.
Arizona spends a lot of time worrying about trouble crossing its southern border. However, as GOP Rep. Martha McSally jokingly pointed out, they may need to start worrying about issues to their west as well. That's because the left coast's immigration policies (and a host of other problems) are starting to affect neighboring states, and the people running those states are none too pleased.
To recap: rural America is racist, misogynist, bigoted, backwards, and not smart enough to vote for Hillary Clinton. That's the word from the Democrats' 2016 presidential nominee. According to Hillary, only the places that voted for her are decent, forward thinking, and optimistic about the future. The rest of the country, the red part, is a hellhole filled with troglodytes.
If you're part of the Clinton machine, a corrupt DOJ bureaucrat, or just an insane political wonk who hopes to see Hillary Clinton's "legacy" protected, you've had a rough couple of years.
I don't have much to say about this, except that D.C. councilman Trayon White Sr. is either insane or so warped by anti-Semitism that he actually believes the Rothschilds are controlling Washington's weather. I'm not sure which is worse. I suppose insanity would give him a pass on the anti-Semitism, but then I'm not sure D.C. wants an openly insane councilman.
Last week, Hillary Clinton decided to shoot her mouth off. During an appearance in India, she levelled both barrels at middle America, and trashed anyone who didn't vote for her. Clearly, the only reason anyone would reject her brilliance is that they're a backwards racist, bigot, misogynist, or a combination of the three. She's made similar claims before, but never has it been so crystalized into one damning sound bite.
Maybe you saw it in a creepy episode of Black Mirror called "Nosedive." Perhaps you remember it from a hilarious episode of Community called "App Development and Condiments." It's also appeared in various novel and comic book plots. It's the idea that everyone can (or must) use an app to rate anything and everyone - then those rating scores are used to limit your access to real-word privileges.
Over the course of the last few months, it's become clear that Democrats are sick and tired of dealing with two prominent progressives. The first is Nancy Pelosi, who's increasingly become a drag on ever Dems seeking re-election. The second is Hillary Clinton.
In the wake of 5-time illegal immigrant Jose Ines Garcia Zarate's acquittal in the murder Kate Steinle, the country was split into two camps. The first, correctly, saw the verdict as yet another grotesque, unconscionable miscarriage of justice in America's worst state. The second looked the other way so it could keep banging the pro-sanctuary city drum.
Yesterday, high school kids across the country decided to take some time off. The event was billed as a "march against violence," because who could argue against that, but really it was a bit of well-planned gun-control theater. It was also a chance for the "leaders" of the Democratic Party to get a little TV time.
I get it. Things change. Companies rise and fall. Institutions are not guaranteed. Toys R Us is just a corporation and, as capitalists like to say, none of them should be "too big to fail." Still...the demise of "the world's biggest toy store" stings.
Over the years, we've seen a lot of "stars" make a lot of promises about leaving the country if certain politicians are elected. We saw it when Bush ran, when Romney ran, and most glaringly, during the months leading to Trump's 2016 victory. What we haven't seen is a whole lot of follow through.
Yesterday, we discussed comments made by Hillary Clinton while she was speaking in India. According to the 2016 loser, America's heartland is a "backwards" place, full of hate, bigotry, misogyny, and various other retrograde instincts. Trump didn't win because his opponent was horrible, he won because the country is horrible. According to Mrs. Clinton, places that look to the future with hope, optimism, and enlightened mindsets (basically the left-wing coasts) wisely voted for her