25 posts from Saturday, August 26, 2023

What do you call someone this week? Someone caught in a bribery scandal that made them millions, complicit in a government cover-up, and uses your government to get special deals for his family? You call them Joe Biden. And acting just like a corrupt third world dictator, Biden has unleashed a cadre of unscrupulous government bureaucrats he controls to act like rabid wolves and attack his greatest threat. Launching one of the greatest witch hunts in history, but Biden's underestimated the intelligence of voters, and Trump's support is growing even stronger. As hard-working Americans come together in huge numbers to stand with the one person they know has their backs and will fight to make America great again.

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Last night, we witnessed one of the gravest misinjustices of our lifetime, the booking of President Donald Trump, forced to go to jail, have his mugshot taken, fingerprinted, as if he was some sort of common criminal, all at the behest of the Democrat Party. America's mayor, Rudy Giuliani, Trump's former attorney, the man who destroyed the mob, also villainized for simply doing his job. These two men, single-handedly, saved New York City, saved this country, and now this is their payback? When the terror attacks happened, Trump was a developer and businessman who immediately went down to ground zero and even paid for recovery efforts. It was a very depressing scene, but I'll tell you what, you really can take heart. These firemen and policemen and the construction workers, equally, the courage they have is unbelievable. They're working, digging out and lifting up steel, and above them, you have 55-story buildings that are very possibly gonna be pouring down on them any minute, and they're working like nothing's wrong. I mean, they're amazing. And then there's Mayor Giuliani. The year before he became mayor, murders in New York City averaged well over 2,000 a year. By the time he left office as mayor, around 300, a massive reduction, over 65%. And violent crime, that dropped 57%, making the city of 8 million the safest big city in the country, both men helping heal our nation. When the terrorists of 9/11 tried to destroy us, tried to destroy our way of life, bring us down to our knees as a nation. Now, rather than terrorists trying to destroy our way of life, it's Democrats. Yeah, I said it, it's Democrats. They are now so desperate to maintain their power, their control, that they're now trying to convince Americans that it's the Republicans that are the real threat. A vote for Republicans is a vote to destroy democracy. The MAGA Republicans are the most energized part of the Republican Party. That extreme, this is an extreme threat to our democracy. Calling Trump and some of his supporters threats to democracy. There is no doubt that this president is a danger to our democracy and to the well-being of the American people. There's no question that the Republican Party today is dominated, driven, and intimidated by Donald Trump and the MAGA Republicans. And that is a threat to this country. Democrats, they've spent years spewing that garbage, so that when a day like yesterday came when they forced the 45th president of the United States to go to a county jail, a dilapidated jail, and they treated him like a criminal, they hope that you won't bat an eye and ask the important questions. What about the connections here, the motivations of these people, the highest positions of our government are making moves that impact Americans, impact the world. Like acting Deputy Secretary of State Victoria Newland. Here's how former U.S. Army Colonel Douglas McGregor describes her in a nutshell. Wherever she goes, usually there is conflict, crisis, and fighting. And she is a strong opponent of fighting to the last Ukrainian. Does she, do you think, have relevant experience that would qualify her to be in charge of this war? Mostly she does, but it's sort of like asking somebody who has never snaked a drain or replaced a garbage disposal to be a plumber. And I think we have a lot of those in Washington, she's not the only one. Why does the Biden administration love chaos and conflict? Most Americans agree, Putin would not have invaded Ukraine if Trump was the president. Instead, Putin saw this, a leader, feckless and clueless. To date, 114 dead, hundreds of people unaccounted for. I remember when I got the call of my first wife and daughter, I was a young senator and I got a call in Washington. I don't want to compare difficulties, but we have a little sense, Jill and I, a little like to lose a home. Like a long story short, I almost lost my wife, my 67 Corvette, and my cat. He's fading fast. That is not how a real president reacts when hundreds of people are missing or dead and millions of dollars worth of damage occurring. This country is and has always been infected with radical leftists, I mean we know that, like New York City District Attorney Alvin Bragg and Fulton County District Attorney Fawny Willis. But now their ideologies have been allowed to metastasize throughout our land, thanks to Joe Biden. Willis simply too ignorant to realize that by forcing Trump to have his mugshot taken, she has now become the greatest campaign manager this country has ever seen. See, rather than demoralize Trump, Willis has now galvanized support behind him, like those people you see right there who stood outside for hours cheering for Trump in Georgia there. But you know what's worse than a radical Democrat? Republicans who join forces with the Democrats. You never hear about Democrats crossing party lines, but Republicans, they do it all the time. Republicans like Chris Christie, whose entire presidential campaign is built on hating President Trump. Donald Trump's never going to be President of the United States again. And it becomes more and more clear to me every day that folks around this country, especially independents and disaffected Republicans, are not going to rejoin the Trump coalition based upon his conduct over the last three years since he left the presidency. His conduct over the last three years since Trump left the presidency, he's been criminally incited four times, found civilly liable of assaulting a woman who can't even remember the year she allegedly even met Trump. This wouldn't have happened had Trump not been surging in the polls, he is surging. Trump not only beating his Republican challengers by a landslide, but a new poll shows Trump is now beating Biden head to head, 47 to 43. See, the Democrat plan to destroy Trump, to destroy America, one big city at a time, well, it is backfiring in spectacular fashion because Americans, thank God, they're waking up. Our economy is tanking, drugs are flooding our streets, illegals have taken up residence all on your dime, the taxpayer dime, and we're sick of all of it. Make no mistake, all of this, again, is by design. So once again, bring us down to our knees to be beholden to the elite ruling class. My parents, they grew up in a communist nation, so I know about this playbook all too well where neighbors were paid by the government to rat on each other if they saw someone making the sign of the cross in public or holding mass in their homes. History repeats itself if you allow it. I want to leave you with this message, this upcoming election, it's not even about Donald Trump, it really isn't. This is about good versus evil. I'm not being hyperbolic, us versus them, our way of life versus theirs. In the Bible it reads, "Do not be afraid 365 times." You know why? Because it's a reminder that God has your back every single day with the truth, triumphing overall, and no one knows this better than President Trump. This is how he put it last night right here with Greg Kelly. But this is a radical left district attorney, as we have in New York and as we have in all the other places, whether it's district attorney or AGs, we have that in New York, they're going after all for nothing. I mean, the AG case, they have no case against me at all. Do it to try and get elected, but they also do it in court with the Department of Injustice in Washington. Terrible thing. That is a terrible thing, but we need to come together as Americans to save not only President Trump and America's Mayor Rudy Giuliani and so many others from this injustice plaguing our nation, but to save our country.

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Join me now, senior fellow at the Hoover Institution and author of "Dying Citizens," Victor David. Hanson, V-D-A, it's really good to have you on, my friend, right now. - Thank you. - Are we, with all this arraignment, Trump gets arrested? Have we become a Banana Republic? - We're well on our way. The weird thing about all this, Eric, is that it's so asymmetrical, so the people who are doing this never would imagine that a prosecutor in Utah or Appalachia or somewhere like that might wanna indict, for political reasons, a Democratic ex-president or a Democratic front runner in a primary. They just never think like that. And that's sad and tragic, 'cause I don't know how you get their attention other than to retaliate in kind. But if you do that, then you get into this cycle of Third Worldism, as we're in now. And it's very ironic, because if she really, if prosecutor Willis was really worried about election denialism and using the levers of government and public influence to have some kind of conspiracy to overturn a genuine balloting, then she would have gone after Stacey Abrams. She's in her own state. She canvassed the country, tried to drum up support to overturn the election. She was introduced as the real governor. She had people in the legislature protest and delay on her part to disrupt the balloting, and yet nothing. So we know it's ideologically driven. So Victor, with all this indictment of Trump and arrangements and arrests and mugshots and prints, a little research, and this is just unbelievably scary to me, that I now realize the way the system works. We elect prosecutors, so they're elected officials. They can't really be taken out unless they're impeached. So we like them, but there's no limit to what they can do. In other words, the grand jury is not necessary for Fonny Willis or anyone else to indict Trump or anyone else. So technically, a prosecutor can go after someone they don't like for whatever reason in the world. They might like the way they look. And there's no, they're not held to power. So go ahead. How do we fix this? And is there a fixable? - No, I think you're all right. I think most people believe that in a year or two, and I think the prosecutor, Willis included, this will be overturned on appeal, if not at the state level, at the federal level. But that's not the point. She's a politically driven prosecutor. So she thinks that she's going to tie up a candidate she disagrees with. In fact, she's raised money on this prosecution and her own efforts to be reelected district attorney. But the point is she's gonna tie up a political opponent and she's going to try to bankrupt him. And she's trying to, I guess we would use the word lawfare, but she's under no, she's not under any pretense that it's not political. She understands that, but it's a methodology to hurt a political candidate. And she understands that, but more importantly, she also understands that all of these prosecutors, James, Bragg, Willis, Smith are sending a message to America. And that is get on the right side of the ideological spectrum and you're not gonna be subject to this. Get on the wrong side and the administrative state and the court system which supersede transitory elections and majorities in the Congress are always going to be there. And they're gonna be hard on a Scooter Libby or Conrad Black or any notable conservative if they buck the system. So you better join us. And that's the way the left has always worked throughout history. Join us and it's in your advantages and don't be left out with the minority in the cold or you're gonna pay for it. So it sends us a sharp message and you can really see rhinos and independents and the conservative movement have made the necessary adjustments because they do not wanna be out there. And when you see those mug shots of all those people, the real message is the subtext is, do you wanna be in that gallery of indicted? You don't. So just get out of the process and let us handle. That's the message. - VDH, VDH. So a tiny document, a small document, the Constitution, has withstood the test of time. It's an incredible document. The Founding Fathers saw so many things in the future for where they saw the checks and balances needed between the three tiers of government, the three branches of government. Is this an error in the Constitution? Is this something that needs to be fixed? - No, the Founders understood that you had to have a virtuous citizenry for the Constitution to work because any system could be manipulated. And they would be very worried. We had an article in the New York Times where the left is actually saying they don't believe in elections anymore. And that's boilerplate leftism, that you turn over the country to a small group of self-appointed elites that feel they're morally and intellectually superior. And that's where we are right now. And all of us are in the majority. All of us independents, conservative, old-time Democrats are in the majority. They just control their levers of power. And we have to stand up according to our station and call them out on it all the time. Can't take this lying down. I think that they're very worried. I know that we're pessimistic right now, but they're very, very worried about the dissension and the pushback that's coming against woke, against these prosecutors. And I think it's coming. They're gonna be very surprised when it comes. - Well, yeah, the only way it comes isn't because there's a check and balance and you did things the wrong way and there wasn't evidence to indict. And you drained Rudy Giuliani of all of his money because you didn't like him 'cause he was a Trump supporter. There's none of that. It only happens at the ballot box. And folks, if you wanna know-- - It only happens at the ballot box. - If you wanna know, you don't just vote for your president and your senators or your mayor. Look who you're voting for with these prosecutors 'cause they can do things that you have no idea to control your lives if you're on the wrong side of their anger or opinion. It's nothing to do with evidence. Victor Davis Hanson, thank you so much.

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There's always been a mugshot phenomenon in American culture. Mugshots of iconic artists like Elvis or Frank Sinatra for decades had been put up as decor and barbershops, diners, pizza parlors. Jane Fonda's mugshot became the face of rebellion in the '70s, even made a fashion impact. Others wore their mugshots like a badge of honor, like John Lewis, who was arrested for protesting during the Civil Rights Movement. Martin Luther King Jr. was arrested 29 times for fighting for civil rights. And for decades, his mugshot has been used as a symbol of what happens when you stand up for something you believe in. But no mugshot will ever be as iconic as the mugshot of Donald J. Trump, the most famous man in the world. The first ever mugshot of a former president, Donald Trump's mugshot, has been the most sought-after image since the moment he rode down that golden escalator. Democrats in the media have been salivating at the thought of Donald Trump being booked in a jail cell. Just listen to how giddy and ghoulish MSNBC was last night. He will surrender himself for processing at an overcrowded jail with a reputation for violence and neglect, a jail that is accustomed to holding defendants facing charges up to and including violent crimes where stabbings are frequent. Actually, three people have lost their lives over the last month. That jail is where the disgraced ex-president of these United States is heading right now. Self-described journalist celebrated when Trump's mugshot was released. I still remember that he made five teenagers my age take a mugshot, that he wanted them not just take a mugshot, he wanted them dead. I despised Donald Trump because he, to me, signified the rich white guy in Manhattan that absolutely hated and despised me. People like Trump persecuted black and brown people in New York. It's what they did for fun. It's what they did for pleasure. So to me, this is justice. The fact that Manhattan didn't give him a mugshot, I thought was offensive. I think Fawny Willis is a hero. Even Joe Biden, who never answers questions, left his Lake Tahoe lair today to smirk. Have you seen Donald Trump's mugshot yet? His president, how do you want to know about that? I did see him tell me. What do you think? Thanks for the guy. That's the first time Biden's told the truth. It's a handsome mugshot. My wife says he looks fierce. He looks hard. But he doesn't look scared, does he? Doesn't look humiliated. He looks exactly the opposite of how the left thought he'd look. So the media, once they observed the impact of the image, now say it wasn't natural. It wasn't authentic, because the look was planned. The former president's team had actually discussed what they wanted that mugshot to look like prior to him going to the Fulton County Jail and taking it. And the former president himself ultimately decided that he wanted to look, quote, defiant. That is something that his advisors have told me. And he chose purposefully not to smile. How dare the former president think about how he's going to look in a photo? Sorry, we can't all be like Hunter and forget there's cameras everywhere. Or be like Joe Biden swallowing Jill's fingers. Can you believe the former president struck a determined glare after the Democrats arrested him for the fourth time? Why won't he just plead guilty and start serving his sentence? The press is now saying this about the mugshot. He wants you to look at him. Of course, the president enjoys flying around the country getting arrested by Democrat prosecutors. It's all a bid for attention, as if Donald Trump was having trouble drawing attention to himself. The man has literally made billions through self-promotion, marketing, and branding. Do you really think he spent the last couple of years thinking, you know, I was just president for four years. For that, I was a TV star. But the one thing I haven't done is a mugshot. That'll really get people to look at me. They compare his mugshot to Medusa. Once you look at him, your fate is already sealed. They go on to say, photos like this are typically exercises in enforced humility. Trump's the display of ongoing power. He treats his mugshot as our menace. So the media is worried they've created a monster. They understand how powerful imagery is. They traffic in imagery for a living. And they can feel the power of that picture. And they can't control it. It's not what they thought it would be. But no matter what they say about it, you can't lie to voters about a photograph. You don't need the media to interpret a photograph for you. They've lost their grip on the story. And they've handed Donald Trump a political gift that'll last a lifetime. Literally, everyone's talking about the mugshot, Democrats and Republicans. The media doesn't own the photo. The public owns it. And the memes are sensational. Here's this one showing a White House portrait of the mugshot being put up. Here's another one, Doug Life. The Trump mugshot's like the new Che Guevara t-shirt. The image represents something. You feel something when you see it. It's iconic. It's infamous. And the media feels it too. One image that will be cemented in history. I mean, how many images are there of Donald Trump? He is maybe the most famous person on the planet. But this particular photo with the Fulton County-- you can tell me exactly what this is, emblazoned on the corner there. That is going to be iconic and infamous. They are going to embrace it. And they are going to use it as the ultimate example of his entire campaign, which is, they're out to get me. The mugshot's already being capitalized on. I mean, Democrats are fundraising off it. But Donald Trump is already selling t-shirts, coozies, mugs, car magnets on the site. It is jet fuel for the campaign. And ironically, for his legal defense fund. Independent sellers are printing the mugshot on coffee mugs. Anything with the Trump mugshot's a hot commodity. Wait until Halloween. You're going to see the Trump mugshot costume. You're going to see Trump mugshot flags at tailgates, Trump mugshot birthday cakes, Trump mugshot bikinis. And it's tapping into something real. Just look at urban Atlanta yesterday when Trump's motorcade drove by. The mugshot's turned Trump into a sympathetic character in black America. Don't underestimate the power of a famous mugshot. Yes, you better believe it. Look what happened to Martha Stewart. She caught that felony. She goes to all the cookouts with Snoop Dogg. Bro, Trump is a brother now. You go to jail in zone six Atlanta, you a brother. Straight up, I'm sorry, you can say what you want. But they [BLEEP] with people that went to jail. They [BLEEP] with people that been in the penitentiary. In elections, if 2% of the black vote swings to Republicans, Biden loses. Now Donald Trump's being seen as a martyr. Donald Trump, before he ran for president, was seen as a popular icon in black communities until the Democrat machine smeared him as racist. But now Trump represents someone persecuted by the man. And he represents the forgotten man. That is a powerful combination. The left's overzealous political prosecutions have backfired and turned Trump into a force of nature. The streets are talking about him. In a way, they've never talked about him before. Democrats thought the mugshot was going to be the end for Trump. But it may be the start of a new beginning.

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