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The Patriot Post Digest 9-23-2019
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The Patriot Post® · Mid-Day Digest
Sep. 23, 2019
https://patriotpost.us/digests/65648-mid-day-digest
THE FOUNDATION
“My ardent desire is, and my aim has been … to comply strictly with all our engagements foreign and domestic; but to keep the U States free from political connections with every other Country. To see that they may be independent of all, and under the influence of none. In a word, I want an American character, that the powers of Europe may be convinced we act for ourselves and not for others; this, in my judgment, is the only way to be respected abroad and happy at home.” —George Washington (1795)
https://patriotpost.us/fqd/65647-founders-quote-daily
IN TODAY’S EDITION
The Left’s diversion on Trump and Ukraine.1
A PSA exploits children to push Democrat gun laws.2
Daily Features: More Analysis3, Columnists4, Headlines5, Opinion in Brief6, Short Cuts7, Memes8, and Cartoons9.
IN BRIEF
‘Whistleblower’ Targets Trump but Hits Biden10
Why does the Ukraine phone-call scandal feel eerily similar to Russia-gate? It’s almost as if those same anti-Trump players are hitting the replay button. An unnamed member of the U.S. intelligence community “blows a whistle” against President Donald Trump over a private phone conversation he had with a foreign leader, alleging that Trump made a “problematic promise.” Ah, the whiff of collusion with a foreign leader, this time with Ukraine’s president, as Trump targeted a political opponent. And, as with the Russia hoax, Democrats and the Leftmedia are all too eager to condemn Trump as guilty as they demand his impeachment without any evidence yet produced.
For starters, it has now been learned that this “whistleblower” did not have direct access to the phone conversation in question; rather, CNN reports, he or she “learned information that was not obtained during the course of their work.” So, this individual blew the whistle over information he or she learned secondhand rather than through direct knowledge. Consider us skeptical. How did this “whistleblower” come across this information in the first place? Should it not be concerning to every American that our president cannot have confidence that his private phone conversations remain private — not only to prevent them from being exploited by his political opponents but also for the sake of national security?
And now turning to the actual developing scandal that has Democrat presidential candidate Joe Biden squarely in its crosshairs. A scandal that, ironically, he brought to light himself.
Back in May, to demonstrate his tough foreign-relations bona fides, Biden regaled us with the tale of how, as vice president, he demanded that Ukraine fire its then-top prosecutor for what Biden alleged was significant corruption. Biden warned that the U.S. would withhold $1 billion in loan guarantees if Ukraine did not follow through on his demand. Lo and behold, the prosecutor was fired and Ukraine got its loan deal.
That’s where Biden conveniently ended his story, but here’s where the twist comes in: The prosecutor in question was at the time leading an investigation into one of Ukraine’s largest natural-gas companies, Burisma Holdings, which just happened to have sitting on its board of directors one Hunter Biden, Joe’s son. After the prosecutor was fired, the investigation was ended. There is at the very least an air of corruption swirling around this event and its not likely to dissipate anytime soon.
Finally, who’s the biggest winner in all this? Elizabeth Warren, who is certain to take advantage of Biden’s suddenly exposed position as she trumpets herself as the Great Corruption Fighter11 of our time.
https://patriotpost.us/articles/65645-whistleblower-targets-trump-but-hits-biden
PSA: Stop Exploiting Children for Leftist Agenda12
Sandy Hook Promise describes itself as “a national non-profit organization founded and led by several family members whose loved ones were killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School on December 14, 2012. Based in Newtown, Connecticut, our intent is to honor all victims of gun violence by turning our tragedy into a moment of transformation by providing programs and practices that protect children and prevent the senseless, tragic loss of life.” The deranged perpetrator of that massacre slaughtered 20 kids, six adults, and his own mother13. It was obviously a poignant moment in the national debate about school shootings.
Each year, Sandy Hook Promise releases a video to educate parents and children about warning signs and so forth related to such shootings. The 2016 video received a billion views. Sounds helpful, right?
Not in the latest case. “Back-to-School Essentials” begins with kids sharing their excitement about new supplies for class. But the mood gradually shifts to depict students using those supplies during an actual shooting — fleeing an assailant, hiding in a classroom with scissors, using a long sock as a tourniquet, or texting mom from a bathroom stall. By the end, it’s practically a horror movie. And thus it becomes the latest episode of leftists exploiting children to advance a political agenda. The anti-gun Brady Campaign has made similar videos14, but guns aren’t the only issue in play. Last Friday, for example, students across the nation skipped class to protest15 the supposed climate crisis — also at the behest of leftist activists.
A Public Service Announcement should provide viewers with useful information. This Sandy Hook Promise PSA merely scares viewers with an emotional look at frightened children and then directs them to a website. That website feature a large “DONATE NOW” button at the top, and it’s full of phony statistics provided by, among others, Michael Bloomberg’s Everytown for Gun Safety — a leftist gun-grabbing group. It’s all meant to direct fearful parents to support “sensible” new gun laws being pushed by the Democrat Party.
On a related note, active-shooter drills are becoming more prevalent in schools around the country. They evoke the old “duck and cover” drills of the Cold War era, but with two very important distinctions. First, they terrorize children by creating needless panic. Second, they might sow the wrong seeds in the minds of disturbed individuals who can see just how effectively they could gain notoriety by attacking a school.
https://patriotpost.us/articles/65644-psa-stop-exploiting-children-for-leftist-agenda
ON OUR WEBSITE TODAY
Featured Analysis: Will It Be Government Motors 2.0?16 — As the UAW strikes once again, it’s a reminder of bailouts in the past.
‘Woke’ Education Corrupts Students17 — “Progressives” replaced education with indoctrination, as even some leftists discover.
Indoctrinated Climate Strikers15 — As Ronald Reagan said, “The trouble with our liberal friends is not that they’re ignorant; it’s just that they know so much that isn’t so.”
Dems Use SPLC ‘Hate’ List to Threaten Tax Breaks18 — The list is mostly conservative organizations, and it’s the usual political hit job.
Grassroots Perspective: Candace Owens Farmer Is Today’s Harriet Tubman19 — It’s one thing to be enslaved. It’s another when one doesn’t know he is a slave.
Video: Over 40 Years of Climate Doomsday Predictions20 — There have been a lot of interesting predictions of the end times for man over the years.
Video: The Real Trudeau Blackface Scandal21 — Matt Walsh calls out the hypocrisy of the Left’s forgiveness of Canadian PM Justin Trudeau.
TOP NEWS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
PELOSI DANGLES IMPEACHMENT: “In a letter to lawmakers Sunday, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) issued a warning about the Trump administration’s continued efforts to block acting Director of National Intelligence Joseph Maguire from turning over a whistleblower complaint that reportedly involves the president,” Axios reports23. According to Pelosi, “If the Administration persists in blocking this whistleblower from disclosing to Congress a serious possible breach of constitutional duties by the President, they will be entering a grave new chapter of lawlessness which will take us into a whole new stage of investigation.”
SPEAKING OF DIVERSIONARY TACTICS… According to Fox News24, “Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, embroiled in a blackface picture scandal, on Friday pledged to ban military-style assault rifles in the country’s most ethnically diverse city in a bid to get his campaign back on issue.” The blackface kerfuffle is not what we in our humble shop would even consider a “scandal.” But what is a scandal is leftist politicians’ deeply entrenched hypocrisy. Once that hypocrisy — which can include cooking 10,500 steaks while simultaneously dissuading meat consumption25 — goes public, diversion is the only resort. |
