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“…I think there is a certain elite that feel that because their aims are so virtuous or their so enlightened or so well-educated that the means to achieve them are okay. Take Jim Acosta. In reaction to that, a reporter at Politico said basically the people at that rally had no teeth and they were garbage. We haven’t heard that since Peter Strzok said that people smelled at Wal-Mart.
And you get into this deplorable and irredeemable and you’ve got political activists that brag on Twitter that they go across from the White House and they make noise so the president can’t sleep. And it’s all predicated on this contempt that they have for geographical or sociological or a cultural subset of America and they are imbued with it. And the irony of it, Laura, is that when you take this Sarah Jeong that is now a member of The New York Timeseditorial board, she’s a product of Berkeley. She’s a product of Harvard Law School. And yet she’s voicing racist sentiments that are right out of the Middle Ages. And the same thing with [Alexandria] Ocasio-Cortez, she’s a Boston University graduate but she’s clueless on the Middle East or on basic economics.
So red state America is presented with this paradox that this really educated, enlightened elite knows everything but they really don’t and yet they disparage people on the basis of class…”
Fred Barnes is an old hand in Washington. This article is a good summary of FBI/DOJ malfeasance and democrat and media compliance.
“…Democrats have tried to block the House Intelligence Committee’s investigation of the FBI and its probe of the Trump presidential campaign. They have failed. And the Senate Judiciary Committee is investigating the actions of the FBI on its own.
Democrats made a fatal mistake. In their eagerness to quash scrutiny of the FBI, they embraced a dossier of unverified claims about President Trump put together by British ex-spy Christopher Steele. It blew up in their laps—and in the FBI’s even more so—after it was used improperly to justify the wiretap of a minor Trump adviser, Carter Page. It was a partisan document, having been financed by Democrats…”
“…VATICAN CITY—Following his recent announcement that the Catholic Church no longer supports the use of the death penalty, Pope Francis clarified that it may still be applied to slow left-lane drivers. “It almost goes without saying,” the leader of the Church commented…”
“…The Trump administration has finally come out with its proposal to reverse Obama-era regulations on vehicle emissions. This is welcome, for current standards make cars unnecessarily expensive and limit choices while producing scant environmental benefit.
The Environmental Protection Agency and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, which jointly administer the CAFE (corporate average fuel economy) program, unveiled eight options for fuel-economy standards for vehicles made between 2021 and 2026. Of those, the agencies recommend freezing standards at 2020 levels through 2026 as the best option.
If accepted, this would block mandatory yearly increases, which were ordered under Obama. The practical outcome will be to save car buyers about $2,340 per new vehicle, according to the administration. A separate 2016 study found that Obama’s fuel regulations had already cost consumers at least $3,800 per car for the 2016 model year.Mueller’s midterm electionsWatch Full Screen to Skip Ads
That higher price stymies some people who want to buy new, safer cars and thus forces manufacturers to make cars that buyers can’t afford and don’t want.
Instead of meeting a 54-mile-per-gallon standard by 2025, cars and light trucks would instead have to hit only 43.7 miles per gallon, the established 2020 level. This number is theoretical, however, and the real average number would be 30 miles per gallon under the new proposal, compared to 36 under Obama.
The Department of Transportation estimates that the new regulations will increase carbon dioxide in the atmosphere by only eight one-hundredths of a percent in the year 2100, and an average extra warming of only three-thousandths of a degree Celsius. That won’t save the planet…”
More strong economic news.
“…The U.S. added 157,000 new jobs in July to nudge the unemployment rate below 4% again in another solid showing for a surging economy. The increase was below the 194,000 MarketWatch estimate, but hiring in June and May was stronger than previously reported. The unemployment rate, meanwhile, dipped to 3.9% from 4%. The average wage paid to American workers rose by 7 cents, or 0.3%, to $27.05 an hour. The yearly rate of pay increases was unchanged at 2.7%. Employment gains for June and May were revised up by a combined 59,000, the Labor Department said Friday. The government said 248,000 new jobs were created in June instead of 213,000. May’s increase was raised to 268,000 from 244,000…”
Steven Hayward:
“…The New York Times editorial page has taken a lot of heat for hiring a handful of conservatives as staff (such as Bari Weiss, though she denies she’s actually a conservative) and as columnists, such as Bret Stephens. Well today they’ve done penance for the left with the newest hire: Sarah Jeong. Here’s her background:…”
Born in South Korea, Sarah grew up in North Carolina and California. She’s both a journalist and a lawyer. As a student at Harvard Law School, she edited the Journal of Law & Gender and worked at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society. She was a Poynter Fellow in Journalism at Yale for 2016 and was named to Forbes 30 under 30 for Media in 2017. She’s written for The Atlantic, Vice’s Motherboard, The Washington Post, and The New York Times Magazine.
And is some of her tweet history:
Ed Driscoll strung this piece together and it is beautiful.
PAST PERFORMANCE IS NO GUARANTEE OF FUTURE RESULTS:
● Shot: NBC’s Thompson Promises ‘Environmental Civil War’ Over Trump’s Rollback of Regulations.
—NewsBusters, today.
● Chaser: NASCAR, NBC announce 10-year deal.
—ESPN, July 23, 2013.
● Hangover: Dale Earnhardt Jr. to Sign Multiyear Contract to Be Analyst for NBC in 2018.
—Bleacher Report, July 24, 2017.
As Glenn likes to say, I’ll believe global warming is a crisis when the people who tell me it’s a crisis start to act like it’s a crisis themselves.
Zimbabwe followed this model. How did that work out? (not well).
“…ANC to change Constitution to expropriate land without compensation. The decision has far-reaching consequences for both the South African economy as well as its political space. It comes following yet another quarter in which the South African economy has shed jobs, with Statistics SA announcing an increase in the unemployment rate on Tuesday. The move is set to further dent investor sentiment and confidence by local business in the economy…”
Both Trump supporters and critics have tuned out the media because of the non-stop hysteria.
“…More Republicans approve of President Trump than Democrats did of former President Obama at this time according to a new report that expresses surprise at the steady and sustained support for the Republican.
Calling Trump’s solid backing from his base “unique” in recent presidential history, Pew Research Center added, “Over the course of an eventful first 18 months in office, President Donald Trump’s approval ratings have remained remarkably stable.”…”
Lee Smith:
“…President Trump has been criticized for politicizing the intelligence community by threatening to strip the security clearances of former top officials including John Brennan and James Clapper. But numerous past and present senior intelligence officials say the Obama administration started that politicization — and revoking the clearances of those who abuse the privilege for partisan purposes may help right the ship…”
I was moved by Vice President Pence’s comments at the honorable carry ceremony for US service members killed in the Korean War. Pence’s comments start at the 35 minute mark in the video. The carry ceremony follows with beautiful music and the muffled, comforting sounds of military order. God bless the brave men and women who serve our country.
Trump’s very positive effect on the judiciary could last for 2 decades.
“…WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate voted narrowly on Tuesday to confirm Britt Grant to Atlanta’s 11th U.S. Circuit, greenlighting the Georgia Supreme Court justice for a lifetime position on the powerful federal appeals court that frequently takes on hotly contested issues such as gun rights and the death penalty.
The vote largely fell along party lines, with three Democrats joining 49 Republicans to confirm the former Georgia solicitor general. The final tally was 52-46.
GOP boosters, including Georgia U.S. Sens. David Perdue and Johnny Isakson, called Grant an experienced and well-liked conservative jurist…”
I hope he pushes this. It is long overdue.
“…President Trump, speaking at a rally in Tampa, Fla., resurrected the issue of photo ID at the polls, suggesting that all voters should be required to show ID when they vote for president, senator, governor, or congressman…”
I don’t think this is good. Jim Acosta has definitely earned the scorn of many Americans with his biased, one-sided reporting, but this hostility is not good. Having said that…
CNN Sucks! CNN Sucks! CNN Sucks!
.@Acosta is trying to do a stand-up at #trumptampa and the crowd is booing and chanting “CNN sucks” behind him. pic.twitter.com/XiULajB1Li
— Emily L. Mahoney (@mahoneysthename) July 31, 2018
This senator is a legislator. She has the power to make law, change law, and discontinue law in the United States. She does not appear to know that people who enter the United States illegally have broken federal law. She appears to think federal law is a Trump dictate. The senator’s question to the ICE official, “would you send your child to FRCs,” shows a high level of ignorance and a lack of seriousness on the part of the senator. No person sends their child to an FRC. An FRC is a holding facility for the children of immigrants who enter the U.S. illegally.
