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Michael Infanzon contributor to ThePricklyPear.org: The Second Amendment reads: “A well-regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.” For years, scholars and courts have debated whether this safeguards an individual’s right to own firearms or merely protects the state’s right to maintain a militia. But what if I told you that the framers, like Madison and Hamilton, envisioned this not as an individual or collective right, but as a civic duty? Yes, a civic duty—an obligation that you owe to your state and your community to be prepared to defend them if the need arises.

John Daniel Davidson is a senior editor at The Federalist: Throughout Trump’s stint in office, Democrats, establishment Republicans like Cheney, and nearly every major media outlet worked overtime to trample norms, bend the rules, break various laws, and undermine a duly elected president simply because they were incensed that they weren’t in power. Remember that when they say what Trump will do in a second term. They’re doing it right now.

Brian C. Joondeph contributor to American Thinker: Donald Trump is a known commodity. Regardless of his personality, brash talk, and mean tweets, he was well on his way to making America great again. He has the track record to back that up. Joe Biden is leading America down the drain and also has a track record to prove it.

Patricia Patnode contributor to The American Mind: Who is at fault for soft occultism? A failure of religious institutions and families to communicate essential values and consistent practice to new generations has produced a generation of spiritually hungry occultists. The real solution is living within reality: community life with friends, family, spouses, and ultimately the Church, which lies at the heart of it all. These institutions need to prioritize reverence and community to give purpose to the lost and friendship to the lonely.

Alex Joffe & Asaf RomirowskyIf contributors to Washington Examiner: Hamas has had one notable success, it has been in igniting international support, not from governments but from the interlocked movements of the global Left and Islam. Activating this red-green alliance of socialists, communists, and Muslims to bring hundreds of thousands into the streets for menacing and often violent protests has been an eye-opening and frankly terrifying sight.

Linnea Lueken research fellow with Heartland Institute and contributor to American Thinker: It is also worth noting how suspicious it is that the WHO is jumping on the climate change alarm train, given their preference for parroting the Chinese Communist Party’s talking points. China also happens to have a near monopoly on “green” tech manufacturing, and stands to gain a lot from the West’s “transition.” I’d argue that the greatest human health threat is actually climate policy, because it is destabilizing the electric power grid, increasing food insecurity, and encouraging the world’s people to be increasingly reliant on the good will of the Chinese Communist Party. Climate change itself doesn’t even break the top 10 of humanitarian or health threats facing the world

J.D. Rucker’ America First Report Substack: Do not let anyone gaslight you. Attacks on real meat have nothing to do with climate change. The powers-that-be have weaponized climate change as their universal boogeyman to justify destructive actions so people don’t recognize them as crimes against humanity. What they’re doing to meat is 100% about control. They’re just following what Kissinger told them to do decades ago.

BIDEN’S DEMOCRAT PARTY MARXIST PLAYBOOK: PERSECUTE YOUR OPPOSITION, PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP & HIS FORMER TRUMP EMPLOYEES, SUPPORTERS & WH STAFF

Davidson: Democrats Are Afraid Trump Will Do To Them What They Have Done To Him

The corporate media’s Trump-will-be-a-dictator narrative is everywhere right now, and it’s pure projection. A new set of anti-Trump talking points has been cropping up in the corporate press recently, warning of the horrors that will come to pass if Trump wins the election. Most of it is shameless fearmongering, but there’s something else going on too. Democrats are afraid that if Trump is elected he’ll do to them precisely what they’re currently doing to him. When Trump fearmongers in the media cry out with one voice that Trump will weaponize the Justice Department and the courts, rig our elections, and shred the Constitution, it’s pure projection. Because that’s exactly what they’re doing right now in a desperate bid to prevent Trump from winning office again. It should go without saying that this suddenly ubiquitous media genre is extremely dangerous. As my colleague Mollie Hemingway aptly put it in response to a hysterical Trump-as-dictator piece by Robert Kagan in The Washington Post, you might as well call it “assassination prep.” That’s according to their own logic.

Read more: https://thefederalist.com/2023/12/05/democrats-are-afraid-trump-will-do-to-them-what-they-have-done-to-him/ 

DEMOCRAT PARTY JANUARY 6 NARRATIVE IS UNRAVELING

Charles: Former Capitol Police Officer Blows J6 Narrative Wide Open With Release of New Audio

In another interesting twist, a former U.S. Capitol Police officer made an announcement that could even further damage the already-weakened narrative put forth by the left regarding the J6 riot. Since House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) decided to release all of the footage taken on Jan. 6, 2021, at the Capitol building, the riot has become a topic of conversation once again. […] In a post on X, formerly known as Twitter, Johnson indicated that he had spoken with legal counsel to understand the legalities surrounding the release of the audio to make sure he wasn’t opening himself up to legal problems.

The former police officer said he had entrusted the information to Tom Fitton of Judicial Watch and indicated that a journalist working with The Blaze “has permission to receive the info and do whatever he believes is best with that info in the unlikely event I disappear.” […] On Sunday, Johnson released some of the audio, which included communication showing that a high-ranking Capitol officer was not cooperating with the effort to stop the situation from getting even further out of control.

Read more/Listen to audio: https://redstate.com/jeffc/2023/12/04/former-capitol-police-officer-blows-j6-narrative-wide-open-with-release-of-new-audio-n2167159

GLOBALISM (GREAT RESET/ONE WORLD ORDER) & TRANS HUMANISM (AI HUMANS 2.0) ARE INEXTRICABLY LINKED

War Room: Joe Allen Joins WarRoom To Discuss Trump’s Promise To Rescind The AI Executive Order Once Elected

It’s a spark of optimism that someone recognizes that the fusion between big tech and the federal government is must be addressed.

Watch the 13:59 minute interview: https://rumble.com/v3zmey2-joe-allen-joins-warroom-to-discuss-trumps-promise-to-rescind-the-ai-executi.html

(Great reset) Pascal Najadi, Son of WEF Co-founder, CALLS FOR ARREST of Bill Gates, WHO Leaders, Klaus Schwab, Pfizer, & Big Tech

Powerful retired Swiss banker Pascal Najadi, whose father Hussain Najadi was assassinated in 2013, is calling for justice against those responsible for releasing the COVID-19 “vaccines” worldwide. Najadi is reportedly joining forces with Dr. Astrid Stuckelberger to demand full criminal prosecution of all involved in COVID injections, which they both now refer to as “bioweapons.” In a major blow to the elite, Najadi has specifically called for the arrest of WEF members, World Health Organization bureaucrats, and Bill Gates over allegations they targeted the human race with “bioweapons.”

Watch the 4:45 minute video: https://dailyclout.io/pascal-najadi-son-of-wef-co-founder-calls-for-arrest-of-bill-gates-who-leaders-klaus-schwab-pfizer-big-tech/

TYRANNY IN THE NAME OF CLIMATE DOOM MYTH: GLOBALIST POLITICIANS & BIG BUSINESS ACCUMULATE MORE  POWER & CONTROL

Kent: Biden Administration Promises $3 Billion Gift to U.N. Green Climate Fund

Vice President Kamala Harris announced the cash splash as part of a series of a series of U.S. climate initiatives aired at the COP28 climate conference now underway in Dubai. “We must do more,” UPI reports she scolded leaders at the conference as she announced the gift, but warned “continued progress will not be possible without a fight.” “Around the world, there are those who seek to slow or stop our progress. Leaders who deny climate science, delay climate action and spread misinformation. Corporations that greenwash their climate inaction and lobby for billions of dollars in fossil fuel subsidies,” Harris said.

Read more: https://www.breitbart.com/environment/2023/12/03/biden-administration-gives-3-billion-gift-to-u-n-green-climate-fund/

Ingraham Angle: Marc Morano: China is getting a pass

Climate Depot’s Marc Morano discusses John Kerry’s remarks at the U.N. COP28 climate conference in Dubai. Kerry wants a global ban on coal plants. UN delegates are circulating a petition asking (demanding?) that the US cut natural gas production. Summit attendees are going after coal and gas production hard.

Watch the 4;18 minute interview: https://www.foxnews.com/video/6342365185112

(Episode 44) Tucker Carlson: John Kerry: Another half-demented 80-year-old yelling about things he doesn’t understand

Global warming is, by definition, global. But according to Democratic politicians like John Kerry, only the United States is responsible. How does this make sense? It doesn’t, but the reason they’re saying it is simple: their neoliberal agenda is failing miserably, and they’re becoming hysterical. Many observers are noticing this, including author Michael Shellenberger, and he joined Tucker in Tucker on X Ep. 44 to share.

Watch the 15:58 minute interview: https://canadafreepress.com/article/john-kerry-another-half-demented-80-year-old-yelling-about-things-he-doesnt-understand

mRNA BIDEN MANDATED DEATH JABS

Barbara Gehrett, MD; Chris Flowers, MD; and Loree Britt: Report 93: Pfizer’s ‘Post-Marketing Surveillance Report’ Reveals That Pfizer Manipulated Data and Wrongly Tabulated Adverse Events, Which Concealed Them.

We evaluated Pfizer’s 38-page “5.3.6 Cumulative Analysis of Post-Authorization Adverse Events Reports of PF-07302048 (BNT162b2) received through 28-Feb-2021,” commonly known as “5.3.6,” starting in September of 2022. Patterns emerged across the System Organ Classes (SOCs). These patterns included Pfizer’s apparent concealment of various cases of adverse events, as well as unexplained causes of death. Because we saw these patterns, we shifted our attention from Pfizer’s descriptions of adverse events and reviewed each SOC on its own. Thus, we found many data discrepancies. We saw that Pfizer manipulated data by setting various different “thresholds” for counting adverse events in each SOC. In addition, Pfizer frequently assigned adverse events to SOCs that were inappropriate, which obscured adverse event signals. We dedicated a year to this intensive analysis of this report, which contains 42,086 patients (“cases”) and 158,893 adverse events. Pfizer clearly did not expect this thoroughgoing analysis, which exposes data manipulation. […] Pfizer Attempted to Hide Some Diagnostic Trends. In 5.3.6, we saw that diagnoses were either combined or split apart in ways that obscure the total number of adverse events. For instance, in Table 7, “neurologic” diagnoses are split apart into three separate classes:

  1. “Neurological”: 501 cases (69% of adverse events were seizures).
  2. “Facial Paralysis” (or “Bell’s Palsy”), with 449 cases.
  3. “Stroke,” with 275 cases.

Of course, this amounts to a total of 1,225 neurological cases. However, that is not apparent if one reviews the “Neurological” SOC alone, which contains only 41% of the total. Similar trends arose with other diagnostic categories, such as cardiovascular disease.

Read more: https://dailyclout.io/pfizers-post-marketing-surveillance-reveals-pfizer-manipulated-data/

REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY CANDIDATES

Caralle: Chris Christie sneaks into the fourth Republican debate and will join Ron DeSantis, Nikki Haley and Vivek Ramaswamy in showdown six weeks before Iowa

Four Republican presidential hopefuls will take the stage in Tuscaloosa, Alabama on Wednesday night for the fourth primary debate, the Republican National Committee revealed Monday.

Read more: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12825935/Ron-DeSantis-Nikki-Haley-Vivek-Ramaswamy-Chris-Christie-qualify-debate.html

Lendrum: Doctor, Secretary…Vice President?

he race for the Republican Party’s presidential nomination in 2024 is all but over. All that’s left now is the race for the second spot on the ticket. At this point, Donald Trump’s vice presidential sweepstakes are not only likely to be even more competitive than the primaries themselves, but will also prove to be just as important. Some may argue that whomever Trump chooses as his running mate will matter little in the grand scheme of things. After all, never before has a presumptive nominee so completely dominated the news cycle, the political scene, and the public consciousness quite like Donald Trump has. And indeed, whomever he chooses as Vice President is not likely to make a big enough difference in terms of electoral implications, and Trump’s overwhelming popularity with the conservative base means there are very few groups left at this point who would be persuaded to his side based solely on his running mate.

And yet, in recent days, speculation has arisen around one particular individual who, if the rumors are true, is the frontrunner to be Trump’s vice presidential selection for the rematch against Joe Biden.

Read more: https://amgreatness.com/2023/12/04/doctor-secretaryvice-president/

CHINA: AMERICA’S MORTAL ENEMY

Simonson: Microsoft Inked Deals With Chinese Communist Party Propaganda Outlets, Documents Show

Microsoft helped Chinese state-run media outlets disseminate propaganda as part of previously unreported partnership agreements, documents obtained by the Washington Free Beacon show. The nation’s second largest corporation signed collaboration deals with state-run Chinese media outlets including China Daily and People’s Daily, the latter of which is the official newspaper of the Central Committee of the Chinese government. Summaries of the deal state Microsoft would provide China Daily with technology that lets the paper target potential readers and gave the People’s Daily access to an artificial intelligence bot specially designed to be controlled and censored by the Chinese Communist Party.

Read more: https://freebeacon.com/national-security/microsoft-inked-deals-with-chinese-communist-party-propaganda-outlets-documents-show/

BIDEN/HARRIS/OBAMA’S AMERICA LAST REGIME: THE FUNDAMENTAL TRANSFORMATION OF FOREIGN POLICY

O’Connor: Civilization’s Dilemma: Short-Term Hostage Welfare or Long-Term Peace?

A jubilant media has been aglow with the holiday release by Hamas of a small percentage of hostages, followed by more promised in coming days, certainly a heartwarming human-interest story. But we should all catch our breath to discuss whether these should be the last such releases-for-ceasefire.

It is basic logic that society should punish behaviors it discourages (e.g., tobacco taxes) and encourage virtuous acts (e.g., tax-deductible charity). However, is the Biden administration, contrary to this common sense, now encouraging brutal slaughters, accompanied by taking innocents – not soldiers – hostage? It certainly seems so. After America just recently valued each of its citizens at over $1 billion apiece, for five Iranian-held hostages ($6 billion total), does our pressure on Israel to pause fighting endanger not just Israel, not just our Mideast allies, but also America? Put differently, is our pressure on Israel to release hostages, in exchange for a cease-fire, invaluable to both Hamas and Iran, a continuation of a Biden Administration policy which encourages hostage-taking?

Read more: https://amgreatness.com/2023/12/05/civilizations-dilemma-short-term-hostage-welfare-or-long-term-peace/

Tawil: Can the Palestinian Authority Be ‘Revitalized’? Can the Cat Guard the Cream?

  • Many of the officials managing the Palestinian Authority (PA) are the same ones who helped establish it in 1994 and were responsible for its rampant corruption. This corruption is one of the main reasons why Hamas won the PA parliamentary election in 2006, when the Islamist movement ran under the banner of “Change and Reform.”
  • Mahmoud Abbas and senior PA officials have been stirring up bloodlust for Israel both before and after Hamas’s October 7 massacre. Palestinians hear these messages and vote for Hamas when given the opportunity, as we saw in the recent student council elections at a number of Palestinian universities in the West Bank. This is exactly what Abbas feared when he cancelled the PA’s presidential and parliamentary elections that were slated to take place in 2021.
  • The assumption that, three decades later, the Palestinian Authority is going to embark on any serious reforms is a mirage. Abbas and the PA leadership will not change unless they are pressured to do so… One thing is clear: the Palestinian Authority is in no way, shape or form up to this job.

The Biden administration is continuing to promote the idea of having a “revitalized” Palestinian Authority (PA) govern the Gaza Strip after the Israel-Hamas war. US President Joe Biden and Secretary of State Antony Blinken used the phrase “revitalized Palestinian Authority” to express support for placing the Gaza Strip, currently ruled by the Iran-backed Hamas terrorist group, under the control of the PA, headed by Mahmoud Abbas. On December 2, Vice President Kamala Harris became the latest official to promote the idea that “we have to revitalize the Palestinian Authority” to prepare it for ruling the Gaza Strip after the war.

Read more: https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/20204/revitalized-palestinian-authority

DEMOCRAT PARTY MARXIST PLAYBOOK: SEVER THE PARENT/CHILD BOND

Olohan:  School Assigned Girl to Sleep With Boy Who Identifies as Trans Without Parental Notification

An 11-year-old girl was assigned to share a bed with a male student who identifies as a transgender girl while on a cross-country school trip, according to a demand letter sent Monday. That girl’s parents are now calling upon the public school system to provide answers and clarification of its policies related to children who identify as transgender. Represented by Alliance Defending Freedom, Joe and Serena Wailes are calling on the Colorado-based Jefferson County School Board and Jefferson County Public Schools Superintendent Tracy Dorland to clarify “whether JCPS will continue this practice of intentionally withholding information about rooming accommodations from parents like the Waileses, who object to their children rooming with a student of the opposite sex, regardless of the other student’s gender identity.” “This practice renders it impossible for these parents to make informed decisions about their children’s privacy, upbringing, and participation in school-sponsored programs,”. . .

Read more: https://www.dailysignal.com/2023/12/04/exclusive-school-assigned-girl-sleep-boy-who-identifies-trans-parental-notification/

DEMOCRAT LED WAR ON WOMEN

Mann: ‘This makes me sick to my stomach!’ Outrage as transgender women take gold AND silver medal at Illinois cycling championships

A pair of transgender women won first and second place in a female race at the Illinois State Cyclocross Championships over the weekend, sparking fury among advocates for women’s athletics. The championships were held on December 3 and were comprised of some one dozen different competitions divided into men, women, and junior athlete categories. But it was two biological men who placed atop the podium for the Women’s Singlespeed category. Kristin Chalmers, the bronze medalist, was the sole biological female on a podium that included Tessa Johnson and Evelyn Williamson. [Note: In any sport,  REAL women should stop showing-up to compete if a biological man pretending to be a woman is in the lineup.]

Read more: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12826275/Transgender-cycling-Chicago-Illinois-biological-men-athlete.html

DEMOCRAT PARTY CHICKENS HAVE COME HOME TO ROOST

DiLorenzo: The Left Shows Who They Are

Poor Chuck Schumer. He must be beside himself in horror at the monsters his party has created. At least he should be. It has become clear that the Democrat Party, which represents the Left, has declared itself to be anti-semitic. Much official lip service has been given to their support for Israel, but there’s no hiding it. The support for Hamas, a world-class terror organization, has been massive within their ranks. Indeed, Biden’s support for Israel seems to have now cooled. […] Predictably, the largest demonstrations have been in Democrat strongholds: New York, Boston, Washington, Chicago, San Francisco, Oakland, and Los Angeles, to name a few. Some protesters are yelling, ‘Death to Jews.’

Read more at Canada Free Press.

Lepore: Pennsylvania governor slams anti-Semitic mob who screamed ‘You can’t hide, we charge you with genocide’ into Jewish-owned Philly FALAFEL restaurant…hours after students at nearby UPenn called for ‘intifada’

The group marched at the Goldie’s location in Center City chanting: ‘Goldie, Goldie you can’t hide, we charge you with genocide.’  The Philadelphia chain is owned by Mike Solomonov, an Israeli-born, Pittsburgh raised chef who has won the James Beard Award in the past. The chants were denounced across the political spectrum, including in a post on X by Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro. ‘Tonight in Philly, we saw a blatant act of antisemitism – not a peaceful protest,’ said Shapiro, the state’s third-ever Jewish governor. Having been elected with the help of phony votes, I imagine that Shapiro is feeling his oats.  Recently, he decided to bypass the state Legislature to make Pennsylvania the 24th AVR state. I am not sure of the details, but I bet that Pennsylvania will opt to be a “backend” state. That’s the variation where people don’t know they are registered until and unless they later read the postcard that looks like junk mail. [Note: Shapiro is a Democrat and former Pennsylvania AG during the 2020 election.]

Read more/Watch the 21 second video: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12822113/Pennsylvania-governor-slams-anti-Semitic-mob-screamed-hide-charge-genocide-Jewish-owned-Philly-FALAFEL-restaurant-weeks-students-nearby-UPenn-called-intifada.html

WAR IN ISRAEL

TOI Staff: ‘Some of them didn’t see daylight’: Top doctor says freed hostages ‘went through hell’

Pessach said that his department at Sheba Medical Center in Ramat Gan has been taking care of 29 of the 105 civilians released from Gaza in a Qatar-led temporary truce with the terror group. The 29 freed hostages range in age from three to 84, including 12 children. “This has been the most harrowing week of my life, certainly my professional life,” said Prof. Itai Pessach, Director of Safra Children’s Hospital at Sheba Medical Center.

Read more: https://www.timesofisrael.com/some-of-them-didnt-see-daylight-top-doctor-says-freed-hostages-went-through-hell/

Vespa: CNN Grilled UNRWA’s Spokesperson Over New Terrorism Allegations. It Did Not Go Well.

United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) is once again being slapped with allegations of terrorism, with new reports pointing to staffers being involved in holding Israelis hostage. This isn’t the first time the agency has been accused of such allegations. The Free Beacon had a story last week regarding a UNRWA teacher who held an Israeli hostage in an attic for 50 days: […] And as Israeli forces have cleared out Hamas strongholds and weapons caches, many armaments have been found bearing the UNRWA logo (via Times of Israel): […] Given these allegations, it’s a bit surprising that they had their director of affairs, Thomas White, go on CNN, where he was grilled about his organization’s ties to terrorism. It did not go well: . . .

Read more/Watch the 1:54 minute interview: https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2023/12/04/unrwa-teachers-reportedly-held-israelis-hostage-in-gaza-n2631998

Bonchie: REVEALED: Why the Hostages Looked so ‘Happy’ While Hamas Was Releasing Them

Hamas and its online social media army have produced much propaganda around videos showing released hostages smiling and waving at their former captors. In some cases, fantasies about one underage girl being “in love” with a Hamas fighter were produced. The idea was to frame the terrorist group as not only humane but so humane that the hostages preferred being starved in cages underground rather than going back to Israel. It’s a talking point so hideous that only the most depraved people on earth would believe it. Unfortunately, there are a lot of depraved people on earth. But was something else driving the mannerisms of the hostages on the release nights? According to new testimony, the answer is yes. Israeli Health Ministry officials tell a Knesset hearing that Hamas gave hostages drugs before releasing them so they’d appear calm and happy in their propaganda videos.

Read more/Watch the 54 second video: https://redstate.com/bonchie/2023/12/05/revealed-why-the-hostages-looked-so-happy-while-hamas-was-releasing-them-n2167181

OTHER NEWS, COMMENTARY, OPNION

Sorock: Equal Protection Project Racks Up Numerous Wins In First Nine Months Since Launch

Legal Insurrection Foundation’s most recent venture – the Equal Protection Project (EqualProtect.org) – launched late February 2023, to much fanfare. Nine months later and our efforts have helped shift the legal landscape as to racial and ethnic discrimination in education through legal challenges to change behavior and expansive media to change narratives. As detailed below, we have filed 20 legal complaints, resulting in at least nine ‘wins’ and three additional ‘impacts.’ Inside Higher Ed, one of the leading education industry publications, has taken notice of our impact to-date:

Read more: https://legalinsurrection.com/2023/12/equal-protection-project-racks-up-numerous-wins-in-first-nine-months-since-launch/

Prager U: What’s Wrong with Marijuana?

Millions of Americans believe marijuana relieves pain, reduces anxiety, improves your mood, and has no side effects. Are they right? Dr. Drew Pinsky, physician, addiction medicine specialist, and media personality, answers this question.

Watch the 5:49 minute video: https://www.prageru.com/video/whats-wrong-with-marijuana

AP: Oxford University Press has named ‘rizz’ as its word of the year

Oxford University Press has named “rizz″ as its word of the year, highlighting the popularity of a term used by Generation Z to describe someone’s ability to attract or seduce another person. It topped “Swiftie” (an enthusiastic fan of Taylor Swift), “situationship” (an informal romantic or sexual relationship) and “prompt” (an instruction given to an artificial intelligence program) in the annual decision by experts at the publisher of the multivolume Oxford English Dictionary. The four finalists were selected by a public vote and the winner was announced on Monday.

Read more: https://abcnews.go.com/Lifestyle/wireStory/oxford-university-press-named-rizz-word-year-105351014

Jacobson: Criminal Complaint: Ex-FBI Informant Stabbed Derek Chauvin 22 Times In Prison On “Black Friday” Because “Symbolic” With BLM

“he saw an opportunity to assault D.C. in the law library on Friday, November 24, 2023, the day after Thanksgiving Day commonly known as “Black Friday.” TURSCAK stated that his attack of D.C. on Black Friday was symbolic with the Black Lives Matter movement and the “Black Hand” symbol associated with the Mexican Mafia criminal organization.” We previously covered how Derek Chauvin Was Stabbed In Federal Prison. Details have emerged in a Criminal Complaint against the accused perpetrator John Tursack (emphasis added)

Read more: https://legalinsurrection.com/2023/12/criminal-complaint-ex-fbi-informant-stabbed-derek-chauvin-22-times-in-prison-on-black-friday-because-symbolic-with-blm/

Wolf: Among the Rich

Lost confidence. Well shame. I stepped back into Manhattan and Brooklyn last week, down to the city from my life in the deep upstate woods. I was revisiting the world of privilege that had ousted me in 2021, and that had been so confident and even smug right up until and into the “pandemic.”

It’s haunting, what that world seems like now. I know some readers must be thinking, Why have compassion for, why even bother with the fates of, wealthy liberal elites — those who aligned for the past three years with a million lies, and who only grew wealthier and more status-secure as a result of the depredations of the recent past? I hear you. But I feel the need, as a witness to this dark time, nonetheless to describe what I saw. When an empire’s elites lose confidence or all sense of purpose, history reveals that it is hard for that empire to survive. And the collapse of confidence I saw, may show a movement in the life of the nation away at least from the complete madness and denial that has gripped this world since 2020. Brian and I attended an evening gathering of New York City thought leaders, and old-school society leaders. It was in a private home, and convened by the same glamorous group that had dis-invited me from its “list”, due to my naughty vaccine status, in 2021. I felt that it was important to show up now, and see what had happened to this world in the meantime.

Read more: https://naomiwolf.substack.com/p/among-the-rich

Schlott: Ivy League slashes price of ‘donor door’ from $20M to $2M after antisemitism storm

Elite colleges are quietly slashing the level of donations which can secure admission as mega-donors close their checkbooks to the Ivy League over antisemitism on campus. Their long-term practice of giving special consideration to big donors’ children and grandchildren has been badly hit by a growing backlash against college leaders’ failure to keep Jewish students safe. Now, according to one college counselor, a $2 million check might be the new $20 million. “If a billionaire has committed $50 million or $100 million a year and now they’re backing out, colleges need to figure out how to fill that gap,” Command Education founder Christopher Rim told The Post.

Read more: https://nypost.com/2023/12/04/news/ivy-league-slashes-donor-door-to-2m-over-antisemitism/

INTERNATIONAL

Ghlionn: Ireland’s Tragic Demise

The Ireland of today is very different to the Ireland of yesteryears. Irish eyes are not smiling, and for good reason. Today, my homeland is a horrific place to live: riots on the streets, vehicles ablaze, innocent children being stabbed, and women being raped and murdered. Crime statistics released earlier this year by the Garda Síochána, Ireland’s national police force, paint a rather troubling picture. Since 2019, serious criminal offenses, including murder, rape, and sexual assaults, have skyrocketed. As the statistics show, in the space of four years, reports of rape have increased by 13 percent. Moreover, over the past 12 years, the number of sex crimes have increased by a whopping 75 percent. Last year, 44 cases of murder or manslaughter were recorded. In 2021, 25 cases were recorded. That’s a significant jump. What’s going on?

Read more: https://americanmind.org/salvo/irelands-tragic-demise/

Chudov: Humor is a Threat to Our Democracy, Australian Political Scientists Claim

Dear Readers: I am sorry for sprinkling humor and sarcasm throughout my Substack posts. My apologies! Had I known that Australian social scientists Jordan McSwiney and Kurt Sengul found the use of humor and ridicule to be an insidious attack on our democracy, I would certainly avoid even a trace of sarcasm or humor in my articles! Abstract This paper critically examines the use of online humor and ridicule to promote and normalize far-right exclusionary discourses. Through a critical qualitative study of the Please Explain miniseries, a series of thirty-four short web cartoons produced by Australian far-right populist party, Pauline Hanson’s One Nation, we explore the strategic use of humor in the communicative arsenal of the contemporary far-right. Drawing on critical discourse analysis and thematic analysis, we examine how humor is used to soften articulations of exclusionary and supremacist ideas, including racism, misogyny, and queerphobia. Our findings suggest that the frivolity and irony of the online animated genre works to stretch the boundaries of the sayable, potentially making the content more palatable to non-far-right audiences. We argue that the strategic use of exclusionary humor forms part of a wider project of far-right discursive mainstreaming that simultaneously (re)legitimizes everyday expressions of exclusion.

Read more: https://dailyclout.io/humor-is-a-threat-to-our-democracy-australian-political-scientists-claim/

Link to Sage Journal article: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10.1177/15274764231213816

DISCOVER THE NETWORKS

Ibram X. Kendi

* Has taught History and Africana Studies at a number of colleges and universities
* Strong proponent of critical race theory
* Believes that “capitalism is essentially racist,” and “racism is essentially capitalist”
* “The only remedy to past discrimination is present discrimination. The only remedy to present discrimination is future discrimination.”
* Routinely charges speaking fees of $25,000 per event

Read more: https://www.discoverthenetworks.org/individuals/ibram-x-kendi/

Che Guevara

* Chief executioner for the Castro regime, responsible for the murder of thousands
* Was appointed Cuba’s Minister of Economics in 1960; within months, the Cuban peso was practically worthless.
* Was appointed Cuba’s Minister of Industries in 1961; within a year the nation’s economy was in ruins.
* Died on October 9, 1967

Read more: https://www.discoverthenetworks.org/individuals/che-guevara/

Fidel Castro

* Communist dictator of Cuba from 1959 to 2006

* Died November 25, 2016

Read more: https://www.discoverthenetworks.org/individuals/fidel-castro/

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