The Patriot Post Digest 8-12-2019

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The Patriot Post Digest 8-12-2019
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TOP NEWS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

‘THE HUNT’ CANCELED: “Universal Pictures on Saturday canceled plans to release ‘The Hunt’ — a thriller about a group of ‘globalist elites’ killing people for sport — after two recent mass shootings that left a total of 31 people dead in El Paso and in Dayton, Ohio,” The New York Times reports19. According to Todd Starnes20, the “grotesque film … depicted elitists hunting and slaughtering supporters of President Trump. … The script also explains that one of the characters was stalked and hunted like prey for being pro-life.”

DOUBLE-EDGED SWORD: “As California Democrats try to keep President Trump off the state’s Republican primary ballot next year, Republicans in other states are pondering plans to cancel or modify their own 2020 presidential nominating contests and essentially affirm the party’s support for Mr. Trump before voters head to the polls.” (The Washington Times21)

YEARNING FOR A RECESSION: “Comedian Bill Maher on Friday said he ‘really’ wished there was another economic recession, arguing such an event would ruin President Trump’s chances of winning reelection,” according to The Hill22. Last December, our own Mark Alexander warned23, “Caught in the Democrats’ political crossfire are tens of millions of American workers and their families whose jobs and income prospects will fall victim to the Demos’ politically induced recession — the direct result of having thrown economic confidence under the bus in order to attack Trump.”

STRAIGHT PRIDE DENIED: “A Northern California city has denied a request to hold a so-called Straight Pride rally at a park. … City spokesman Thomas Reeves says the permit request was denied over safety concerns, because the group lost its liability insurance and the parks department determined the event wasn’t consistent with park use. However, Reeves says the city would allow the rally at a downtown plaza if the group proves it has insurance by Tuesday.” (Associated Press24)

RAINBOW MAFIA: “A federal judge in Virginia ruled Friday in favor of a transgender former student, concluding that a school board’s transgender restroom ban was discriminatory. … [The former student] was forced to use the girl’s restroom or a private restroom and was prohibited from using the men’s room as a result of the school’s policy, despite the fact that he underwent chest reconstruction surgery and hormone therapy as part of his transition.” (Fox News25)

VILLAGE ACADEMIC CURRICULUM: “A proposed ethnic-studies curriculum developed for California public high schools has ignited outrage over its shabby treatment of Jewish Americans and Israel, leading to fears that students could soon receive a crash course in anti-Semitism.” (The Washington Times26)

ATTACK THWARTED: “A Las Vegas man who reportedly wanted to shoot up area synagogues and a gay bar has been charged in federal court for possessing bomb-making materials. Conor Climo, 23, a security guard, had allegedly been communicating with a violent white supremacist group called the Atomwaffen Division. According to the criminal complaint, Atomwaffen Division ‘encourages attacks on the federal government, including critical infrastructure, minorities, homosexuals, and Jews.’” (Washington Examiner27)

POLICY: Ten questions parents should ask before school starts (Forbes28)

POLICY: Seven reasons to oppose red-flag gun laws (Foundation for Economic Education29)

SATIRE: To show support for gun control, Matt Damon remakes Jason Bourne series with bananas instead of firearms (The Babylon Bee30)

For more of today’s editors’ choice headlines, visit In Our Sights31.

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OPINION IN BRIEF

Todd Starnes20: “Hollywood may be racist and it may even be anti-conservative, but it isn’t stupid. I have no doubt that the entertainment industry hates President Trump and loathes Deplorables. But there’s one thing it hates even more — empty seats at the box office. And that’s why Universal Pictures canceled its plans to release ‘The Hunt,’ a grotesque film that depicted elitists hunting and slaughtering supporters of President Trump. … The Hollywood Reporter obtained an exclusive copy of the screenplay and noted that ‘red state’ characters wore trucker hats and cowboy shirts and owned guns. The script also explains that one of the characters was stalked and hunted like prey for being pro-life. ‘Did anyone see what our rat—er-in-chief just did?’ one character asks in the script obtained by The Hollywood Reporter. Another responds: ‘At least The Hunt’s coming up. Nothing better than going out to the Manor and slaughtering a dozen deplorables.’ It’s almost as if the screenplay was ripped from the pages of the Democrat Party’s playbook.”

SHORT CUTS

The Gipper: “Cures were developed for which there were no known diseases.”

The BIG Lie: “We choose truth over facts!” —Joe Biden

Non Compos Mentis: “There are at least three [genders].” —Joe Biden

Grand delusions: “This administration has directed DHS to conduct these [immigration] raids as part of what I believe is this administration’s campaign of terror, which is to make whole populations of people afraid to go to work. … When that census taker comes knocking at that door, they’re not going to answer the door. And I know this administration knows that.” —Sen. Kamala Harris

Race bait: “I think it’s really hard.” —Beto O'Rourke when asked by CNN’s Jake Tapper, “Do you think it is racist to vote for President Trump in 2020?”

Braying Jackass: “Bigotry was written into our founding documents. … White supremacy has always been a problem in our America story. If not always at the surface, then looking not so far beneath it.” —Sen. Cory Booker

Blame game I: “We have somebody … who is contributing to this kind of divisiveness and these kind of dark forces in our nation through his own rhetoric, through the way he talks about Americans, through the bigotry that passes through his lips that incites white supremacists to literally use his language in their chat rooms to further activate this kind of hate.” —Cory Booker

Blame game II: “[Trump] creates a climate where we are seeing a significant increase in hate crimes in this country, hate crimes against Muslims, against Mexicans, against Jews. He is creating the kind of divisiveness in this nation that is the last thing that we should be doing.” —Sen. Bernie Sanders

And last… “The president is no more responsible for [the El Paso] shooting as … Bernie Sanders is for my shooting. The shooter is responsible.” —House Minority Whip Steve Scalise

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