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Caroline Glick: Fallout From The Storming of the U.S. Capitol

Caroline Glick: Fallout From The Storming of the U.S. Capitol

Jan 8, 2021 | Politics

Caroline Glick has an excellent analysis in Israel Hayom, on the events surrounding the storming of the U.S. Capitol and how they will play out.According to Glick, the assault on the Capitol by Trump supporters is a continuation of political violence of Leftist Groups:
The first reality is that the assault on the Capitol was not a unique event. Rather it was a direct continuation of the political violence that leftist groups dominated by BlackLivesMatter and Antifa have engaged in in cities across America since last May. BLM and Antifa rioters have burned and looted small businesses, destroying the savings and livelihoods of tens of thousands of Americans. Armed and violent rioters stormed and destroyed a police precinct in Minneapolis. They laid siege to a federal courthouse in Portland and vandalized the mayor's home.
Democrats supported the violence of BLM and Antifa and backed the rioters:
As BLM and Antifa rioters burned a swathe across the country, even as police officers and civilians were killed and wounded, Democrat politicians on the local, state, and national levels supported them. While distancing himself from the violence, Biden supported them. In a television interview in late August, Vice President-elect Kamala Harris egged on the shock troops and embraced them. In an interview with Stephen Colbert, Harris said of the rioters, "Everyone beware. They're not gonna stop before Election Day in November, and they're not gonna stop after election day…They're not gonna let up and they should not." The media, including social media giants Facebook, Twitter and YouTube, backed the rioters. Their hashtags were trending and their violence whitewashed even as people were killed and wounded and their mayhem inflicted $2 billion in damages on the US economy already battered by the coronavirus.
Trump opposed the storming of the Capitol:
The second reality that is underplayed in the newsrooms quick to criminalize the outgoing president is that the Republicans including Trump and his closest associates and supporters opposed the storming of the Capitol. [...] Trump not only called for the protesters to behave peacefully. He posted a video calling for them to stand down and leave the Capitol. But whereas the social media giants were happy to serve as the logistics bases for Antifa and BLM rioters, Twitter, Facebook and YouTube all froze Trump's accounts and removed his video plea from their servers.
The entire essay deserves a read.   
How Some Democrats Plan To Change America Now That They Possess Complete Power

How Some Democrats Plan To Change America Now That They Possess Complete Power

Jan 8, 2021 | Politics

According to Catherine Glick, writing in Israel Hayom, in "Trump rings in the era of 'total political correctness", with the winning control of the Senate Democrats have complete unrestricted power:In summary:

This week's assult on the Capitol will give the Democrats – who now have  complete control of the US government – "justification" to implement the revolutionary dogma of the thugs that torched America's cities last year.

[...]The day before his supporters stormed the Capitol, Georgia elected two new Democratic senators. Those elections mean that beginning January 20, the Democrats will control all three elected bodies in Washington. And so, at least until the 2022 Congressional elections, Democrats will be able to do whatever they wish and Republicans won't be able to stop them.
Some of the proposals and changes suggested include:
Shortly after the vote count in Georgia made clear that Democrats had won control of the upper chamber, Democrat Senator Kirsten Gillibrand announced that the Democrats will "study and look at," eliminating the filibuster – the Senate rule that requires super-majorities for passing laws. The filibuster blocks radical policy shifts by requiring the majority party to convince at least some members of the minority party to sign on to their bills before they become law. Abrogating the filibuster is a precondition for Democrats to pass a series of radical measures that taken together will change the face of America.Among other things, the steps include giving statehood to Puerto Rico and Washington, DC. By adding four new senators from these territories, the Democrats will effectively ensure their continued control the Senate indefinitely.The Democrats also intend to increase the number of Supreme Court justices from nine to fifteen, which will enable them to pack the court with progressive jurists guaranteeing a progressive majority for at least the next generation.The Democrats intend to nationalize healthcare in the US.They intend to pass the so-called Green New Deal, a package of legislation regarding energy and pollution conceived by activists in the extreme margins of the party. The package will cost US taxpayers in excess of $10 trillion and destroy America's fossil fuels industries.House Democrats approved a rule this week that will enable the appropriation by simply majority of massive sums not covered by the US Treasury for environmental and health programs.
Read the rest.
Stossel Interview with Real American Hero Whistleblower Edward Snowden

Stossel Interview with Real American Hero Whistleblower Edward Snowden

Jan 8, 2021 | Politics

https://youtu.be/ZSu4rCizyUMWrites Stossel:
I once was unsure if Edward Snowden -- who leaked documents showing that the NSA spied on Americans -- was a hero, or a traitor who made us all less safe. Now I've done my research, and I think he's a hero. What do you think? Our full interview, above, will help you decide.
Jonathan Turley: Federal Commission on the 2020 Election

Jonathan Turley: Federal Commission on the 2020 Election

Jan 8, 2021 | Politics

The "left-leaning but reasonable" Jonathan Turley who does not believe "this election was rigged and stolen" does believe there needs to be a real Federal Commission on the 2020 Election.Writes Turley, "Federal commissions are Washington’s way of managing scandals. They work like placebos for political fevers, convincing voters that answers and change are on the way. That is why it is so difficult for me to utter these words: We need a federal election commission. Not the one proposed by some Senate Republicans. And not like past placebo commissions. An honest-to-God, no-holds-barred federal commission to look into the 2020 presidential election."He states three reasons for such a commission:
  • First, and most important, this was an unprecedented election in the reliance of mail-in voting and the use of new voting systems and procedures. We need to review how that worked down to the smallest precincts and hamlets.
  • Second, possibly tens of millions of voters believe that this election was rigged and stolen. I am not one of them. However, the integrity of our elections depends on the faith of the electorate.
  • Roughly 40% of that electorate have lingering doubts about whether their votes actually matter. Most of the cases challenging the election were not decided on the merits. Indeed, it seems they haven’t even been allowed for discovery. Instead, they were largely dismissed on jurisdictional or standing groups or under the “laches” doctrine that they were brought too late. Those allegations need to be conclusively proven or disproven in the interests of the country.
  • Third, there were problems. There was not proof of systemic fraud or irregularities, but there were problems of uncounted votes, loss of key custodial information and key differences in the rules governing voting and tabulations.
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