Originally posted on July 6, 2020. At The Federalist, Thurston Powers explains how the Black Lives Matter movement is resurrecting traditional Marxism. He writes (abridged): It isn’t surprising that Black Lives Matter is a communist organization—but the type of communism they subscribe to is. They are conservative communists attempting to fold the progressive movement back […]
Archives for September 2020
BLM Savagery in Seattle
On Aug. 24, rioters approached the Seattle Police Department’s East Precinct—the same building that Mayor Jenny Durkan temporarily closed in June, leading to the creation of the infamous Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone—set a fire and attempted to lock the precinct doors from the outside with a fast-acting concrete mix. The plan, apparently, was to set […]
Rittenhouse/Kenosha – Best Documented Shooting
Politicians are allowed to say all sorts of damnable things without accompanying mathematical proof. For example, when Joe Biden in his recent Pittsburg speech accused President Trump of “stoking riots,” nobody responded with the headline “Biden, without evidence, accuses Trump of stoking riots,” Cockburn points out in Spectator.US. President Trump, Without Evidence NPR, fresh off […]
Expert? Fauci “Has Been Wrong About Everything”
At LewRockwell.com, Dr. Joseph Mercola explains how White House advisor Peter Navarro has cast doubt on the expertise of Dr. Anthony Fauci. Navarro wrote in USA Today that Fauci has been “wrong about everything.” Mercola writes: The risk we take when listening to Fauci is that, so far, he’s been wrong about most things. In […]
Adios George Washington, Christopher Columbus, Ben Franklin?
“A Republic if You Can Keep It” The above quip is one of Benjamin Franklin’s most popular remarks from the Founding Fathers era. But the question is, for how long? A District of Columbia panel has identified Franklin, among other Founders, as a “person of concern,” and recommended his name be removed from D.C. property, reports […]
Democrats Fading in Swing States
In Spectator USA, Amber Athey details plummeting support for Democrats and Black Lives Matter in swing states. She writes: The polls are no longer in the Democrats’ favor. Support for Black Lives Matter has plummeted in swing states. Biden is underperforming when compared to Hillary Clinton in Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, and Michigan. Even Minnesota looks like it could be […]
Nancy Pelosi’s Marie Antoinette Moment
Style salons in San Francisco closed since March due to the coronavirus pandemic, opened this week with limited “outdoor” operations. Nancy Pelosi is among those supporting lockdowns and mandatory mask wearing—for everyone but herself, reports Kelsey Bolar, a Bright editor, and Federalist contributor. Erica Kious, owner of the salon Nancy Pelosi visited, rents chairs to stylists, and […]
Seattle’s City Council: One Trotskyite and Eight Democrats
Move off the West Coast, period! Read here from Debbie Young’s post “BLM Savagery in Seattle,” in which she quotes John Carlson in the WSJ: Not a single member of Seattle’s nine-member City Council—eight Democrats and one member of Socialist Alternative, a Trotskyist party—has condemned the attack. Neither have any of Seattle’s state legislators, all Democrats. […]
In Rotation During Lockdown: Potato Hole by Booker T.
In rotation during lockdown, Potato Hole, by Booker T. This is Booker T.’s first solo album in decades. The songs on the album include: “Pound It Out” – 4:18 “She Breaks” – 4:22 “Hey Ya!” (André 3000) – 3:53 “Native New Yorker” – 3:47 “Nan” – 2:08 “Warped Sister” – 4:47 “Get Behind the Mule” […]
Trump vs. Biden 2020 Debate Schedule Set
The locations and schedule for debates between presidential candidates Donald Trump and Joe Biden have been set, and the moderators have been chosen. The first debate will take place in Cleveland, Ohio on September 29, and will be moderated by Fox News Channel’s Chris Wallace. The second debate will take place in Miami, Florida on […]