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The Libertarian Betrayal Is an America governed by the ideas of AOC and Bernie Sanders really what libertarians want? Bruce Bawer

By on October 14th, 2020

https://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/2020/10/libertarian-betrayal-bruce-bawer/

Don’t laugh, but once upon a time I was so naïve that I thought libertarians were really about liberty.

I even thought that they had an important raison d’être. Back in the day when some of us were uneasy both with GOP preaching on social issues and with Democrat statism, the libertarians seemed to offer a sensible place in between. I also remember having the impression that, even if you disagreed with them on some issues, at least they were ideologically consistent, which meant that they were principled.

But then I met some libertarians. I liked and respected a few. But others proved to be world-class oddballs, misfits, potheads, and crackpots. If they weren’t hatching plans for independent countries built on abandoned oil rigs, they were writing mad, elaborate political manifestos that seemed to have zero to do with liberty. And some were well-nigh indistinguishable from your standard-issue leftist, like the self-described “bleeding-heart anarchist” and “libertarian socialist” (!) whose savage review of The Victims’ Revolution, my 2012 critique of identity studies, in Reason, the libertarians’ flagship rag, could have been written by any multicultural academic.  

People used to write pieces asserting that most Americans were really libertarians but didn’t realize it. Some even said we were approaching a “libertarian moment” when this silent majority would finally take over. But I eventually came to see that while libertarians were thick on the ground in Washington, D.C., they had few constituents outside the Beltway – aside, that is, from the corporations that paid their think tanks to spew out principled-sounding arguments for policies that would line their pockets. 

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Biden: The 56% of voters who think they’re better off than four years ago “probably shouldn’t” vote for me Ed Morrissey

By on October 14th, 2020

https://hotair.com/archives/ed-morrissey/2020/10/13/biden-56-voters-think-theyre-better-off-four-years-ago-probably-shouldnt-vote/

How do you tell 56% of Americans not to vote for you — and that they’re fools to boot — and expect to win? Donald Trump got credited with playing eight-dimensional chess more than a few times in 2016 and afterward. Maybe this is sixteen-level Parcheesi.While in Cincinnati, Biden offered this bon mot to the majority in the latest Gallup poll about the famous Ronald Reagan re-elect question:

WKRC: Gallup reported last week 56% of Americans said they were better off today than they were four years ago—would’ve been under the Obama-Biden administration. So why should people who feel they are better off today, under the Trump administration, vote for you?

BIDEN: Well, if they think that, they probably shouldn’t. They think 54% [sic] percent of the American are better off economically today than they were under our administration? Well, their memory is not very good, quite frankly.

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U.S. Doesn’t Need A President Who Hides His Agenda From Voters

By on October 14th, 2020

https://issuesinsights.com/2020/10/14/u-s-doesnt-need-a-president-who-hides-his-agenda-from-voters/

Last Thursday, Joe Biden told voters “you’ll know my position on court-packing the day after the election,” which could not be a more clear statement that the Democratic presidential candidate is concealing an important point because he knows it will hurt him politically. What else is he hiding from voters?

Not only has Biden refused to say if he will or won’t crowd the Supreme Court with left-wing jurists, he’s condescendingly said voters have no right to know what his plans are.

“Well sir, don’t the voters deserve to know” if he will pack the court, “the no. 1 thing I’ve been asked about from viewers in the past couple of days,” a Las Vegas reporter asked him last week.

“No, they don’t,” responded Biden.

Packing the court doesn’t sit well with voters. They’re smart enough to know it would result in an arms race with both parties adding seats to the court each time they gained control of the White House and held majorities in both congressional chambers, and that a bloated, see-sawing Supreme Court would lose legitimacy and “thus unable to check the power of the other branches.”

Even through their rage, Democrats recognize voters’ concerns. So it’s no surprise Biden tried to diffuse the issue on Monday. At an Ohio campaign stop, he said “I’m not a fan of court packing.” It was an empty gesture, however, because he immediately added “I don’t want to get off on that whole issue,” meaning that he’s still hiding his plans.

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Who’s Afraid of Amy Coney Barrett? Democrats are treating the nominee like a prop at a campaign rally.

By on October 14th, 2020

https://www.wsj.com/articles/whos-afraid-of-amy-coney-barrett-11602629853?mod=opinion_lead_pos1

The Senate confirmation hearings for Amy Coney Barrett may lack for political drama, but they are still instructive. They are revealing the deep fault lines over the Supreme Court, and how Democrats view it as a mini-legislature to achieve policy goals, rather than a real judicial body.

Democrats are asking very little about the actual law or Judge Barrett’s jurisprudential thinking. Instead, one after another, Democrats have used their time to focus on a parade of policy horribles if she is confirmed. And for emotional effect, they brought along photo displays of children and women who would supposedly be her victims on health care, abortion, gun violence and more.

All of this distorts the role of a judge, who has to rule based on what the law is, not on what she would want it to be. “Judges can’t just wake up one day and say ‘I have an agenda. I like guns. I hate guns. I like abortion, I hate abortion’ and walk in like a royal queen and impose their will on the world,” Judge Barrett said Tuesday. But that is lost on Democrats, who are treating the hearings like a campaign rally.

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Ten Lessons from a Tumultuous 2020 By Steve McCann

By on October 14th, 2020

https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2020/10/ten_lessons_from_a_tumultuous_2020.html

“The Democrat party is now the fully owned subsidiary of the Marxist/socialist American left.  While the party hierarchy clings to the façade of moderation by trotting out the old faces from a bygone era, such as Joe Biden and Hillary Clinton, the party is now the vehicle to radically transform the nation into a hybrid Marxist/socialist state by any means either illegal or unethical.  It is also an entity that does not care about the poor, working class, or marginalized groups enough to place their interests above a political agenda.”

This year has been not only stunning but eye-opening.  The list of what we as a nation have learned about ourselves is not limited to the political arena but includes the scientific and medical communities as well as modern-day American society.  Among the most notable lessons are the following.

The Chinese Coronavirus pandemic has revealed that virtually all Democrat elected state and local government officials are fully capable of doing the unthinkable: creating a de facto police state.  They have issued orders and edicts or convey preferences with no legal authority and with little consideration of the human cost while callously disregarding individual rights.  Further, they have relentlessly fostered unfounded fear among their citizens as well as deliberately prolonged their economic hardships by enforcing lockdowns for no sound medical purpose, solely to defeat Donald Trump in November.

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What is at stake in this election? Freedom, liberty, justice, law and order By Patricia McCarthy

By on October 14th, 2020

https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2020/10/_what_is_at_stake_in_this_election_freedom_liberty_justice_law_and_order.html

Despite their obvious contempt for the restrictions the Constitution places on government, the Democrats are not above citing it constantly as if it means something to them, as they are during the Barrett hearings.  Their sad candidate for the presidency, Joe Biden and his running mate Kamala Harris, pretend to revere it but if they win, they will set about undermining it, as Barack Obama certainly did, to the point of tearing it to shreds.  

The genius of the Constitution is, first and foremost, its reverence for individual freedom, liberty and justice for all and, the basis of any civil society, law and order.  In the presidential debate with President Trump, Biden refused to utter the words “law and order.”  Throughout the summer months that saw numerous cities destroyed by rioting, looting, and arson, neither he nor Harris condemned the destructive violence.  It will take years and years and billions of dollars for Minneapolis, Seattle, Portland, and other cities to recover — if that is even possible.

Harris not only approved of these “peaceful protests,” she encouraged them by vowing they would not end before nor after the election.  She raises money to bail out the violent thugs who perpetrated the barbarity.  Once free, some of them have gone on to commit further crimes, even murder in a couple of cases.  As everyone knows, most of the rioting has been committed by Antifa and Black Lives Matter, both groups financed by a variety of shadowy groups that embrace Marxism/communism.  Members of these two groups are recruited, trained, supplied with the necessary gear for rioting and transported to every flashpoint on a moment’s notice, put up in nice hotels and sent out to do as much damage as possible.  They mean to destroy America as founded.

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Will All The Name-Brand People Who Pushed The Russian Collusion Conspiracy Get Off Scot-Free?By Drew Holden

By on October 13th, 2020

https://thefederalist.com/2020/10/13/will-all-the-name-brand-people-who-pushed-the-russian-collusion-conspiracy-get-off-scot-free/

The Russian collusion hoax has fallen apart more every day. And we haven’t heard a word of comment from any of the people responsible for pushing it and helping fracture this country.

A year ago, the story dominating headlines was the allegation that President Donald Trump had colluded with the Russian government to win the 2016 election. The idea of impeaching President Trump due to these allegations was gathering steam, with accusations from elected officials and beyond that the president of the United States was a Russian puppet, a Manchurian candidate installed by Vladimir Putin, and even an agent of a hostile foreign power for the last 30 years.

You don’t need to be a fan of Trump to be outraged about the Russian collusion conspiracy. But it’s a mark against your patriotism, your judgement, or your intellect if you aren’t. Beyond just being perhaps the most defining political scandal of our time, the hoax gets under my skin because I fell for it. And I’m enormously angry for having been duped.

Now that this narrative has been proven false and possibly influenced by actual Russian disinformation, it is time to revisit how it was created and dominated U.S. politics for so long, as well as demand justice for its perpetrators.

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Cuomo Memoir Blames Republicans, Right-Wing Media for Nursing Home Coronavirus Controversy By Zachary Evans

By on October 13th, 2020

https://www.nationalreview.com/news/cuomo-memoir-blames-republicans-right-wing-media-for-nursing-home-coronavirus-controversy/

New York governor Andrew Cuomo in his new memoir blames conservatives and right-wing media for the controversy over coronavirus outbreaks in the state’s nursing homes.

Around 6,700 nursing home residents in New York were known to have died of COVID-19. However, if a nursing home resident dies in a hospital, the state does not record that casualty as a “nursing home” death.

This has led to speculation that coronavirus deaths among New York nursing home residents is higher than reported. A June analysis by the Empire Center, an Albany-based think tank, found that it was more likely that 10,000 nursing home residents had died of COVID-19 up to that time.

Critics have charged that New York’s outbreak was worsened by a March 25 executive order, signed by Governor Cuomo and approved by New York health commissioner Howard Zucker, requiring nursing homes to readmit residents even if they were infected with coronavirus. Cuomo has repeatedly dismissed concerns about the executive order.

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The Fragments of a Civilization By Victor Davis Hanson *****

By on October 13th, 2020

https://www.nationalreview.com/2020/10/the-fragments-of-a-civilization/

Government crimes and coverups, a corrupt media, a candidate hiding and lying to the public, and plans to undo the foundations of the republic.P iece by piece, our civilization is beginning to disassemble. And the agents of fragmentation are as obvious as the efforts to conceal them are frantic.

In nonchalant fashion, we learned last week from newly released government documents that Hillary Clinton’s campaign team cooked up the Trump-Russia collusion hoax as a way of diverting attention from her own ongoing embarrassing email scandals.

Clinton, through three firewalls, paid foreign ex-spy Christopher Steele to create a bogus smear-Trump dossier. Steele, who had no data on, or information about any such collusion, apparently drew largely on fabrications dreamed up by a former Russian spy working at the liberal Brookings Institution. The convoluted conspiracy baffled even the sneaky Russians, who were confused when they got wind of it — possibly through the direct participation of one of their own assets.

Did we then spend millions of dollars on Robert Mueller’s nearly two-year investigation, a wild goose chase consuming millions of collective media hours hyping fantasies, and paralyzing an administration for three years — all for Hillary Clinton’s machinations, the apparent true and only Russian colluder?

John Brennan’s CIA intercepted Russian concerns over such a ruse. He even briefed President Obama on the Clinton caper. Yet the U.S. investigatory and judicial branches did not stop Clinton’s efforts to subvert a rival’s campaign. Indeed, many of the highest officials of the Obama administration shortly joined her efforts to seed the fraudulent Steele dossier throughout the Obama government and thus into the media as well — their efforts peaking in timely fashion right before the November 2016 election.

Translate all that, and the evidence grows that Hillary Clinton, in felonious fashion, paid for the Steele dossier to subvert an election and, after the election, to destroy a presidential transition and indeed a presidency itself — government efforts that historians one day will assess as the most intense effort on record to destroy a U.S. president.

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RICH BAEHR ON SENATE RACES

By on October 13th, 2020

Republicans running for Senate are  in competitive races. Though almost  all of the competitive races are Republicans representing Republican held seats, Democrats have raised far  more money than the Republicans  in virtually every one of these races. In some races , local media advertising is less expensive, so your dollars could go further- Iowa, Montana, Kansas, Alaska, Maine. The closest races are Iowa, Maine, Montana, South Carolina, Georgia (Perdue seat) , and Michigan. Kansas and Alaska are tougher to judge state of the race since there is infrequent polling. North Carolina seems to be tightening due to the Democratic candidate’s extra curricular activities. 

So here are the links, and a brief state of the race for each:
Pickup chances:

Alabama: Tommy Tuberville holds a lead of just over 5 points versus Democratic Senator  Doug Jones. This is one of two races where Republicans could pick up a seat. 

https://tommyforsenate.com/home/ 

Michigan: John James, an African American war veteran,  has pulled into a near tie with Democratic Senator Ralph Peters. This is one of the few recent bright spots in GOP polling. This is one of two races where Republicans could pick up a seat.https://johnjamesforsenate.com

Republicans defending seats:

Texas: Senior John Cornyn is ahead in  polls, by a bit more than 5%. 

https://www.johncornyn.com/

Arizona: Senator Martha McSally is trailing in polls by a bit over 5%:

https://www.mcsallyforsenate.com/ 

Georgia: Senator David Perdue has a small lead in polls- 2-3 point against Jon Ossoff:

https://perduesenate.com 

Georgia has a second Senate race this year to complete the term of Johnny Isaacson. Appointed Senator Kelly Loeffler and Congressman Doug Collins are in the jungle primary on election day against several Democrats, with one of them,  Raphael Warnock, the principal competition. If no-one gets 50% on November 3 (likely), then the top two will have a runoff in January, with one of the two Republicans against Warnock. Generally, Republicans do well in special elections in the state, but if control of the Senate were at stake, turnout could be higher than usual, and result is uncertain.

 https://kellyforsenate.com         https://www.dougforgeorgia.com

Montana:  Senator Steve Daines is in a very close race with Governor Steve Bullock, maybe a 1-2 point lead. 

 https://www.stevedaines.com

Maine: Senator Suan Collins is slightly behind (2-3 points) versus Sara Gideon

https://www.susancollins.com/ 

North Carolina: Senator Tom Tillis is a few points behind  Cal Cunningham, who seems to be an active serial philanderer. 

https://secure.winred.com/thom-tillis/pitch-in?utm_medium=ad&utm_source=search&utm_campaign=20200416_adwords-national_ad-search

Iowa: Senator Joni Ernst is slightly behind  (2-3 points) Theresa Greenfield

https://secure.redsenate.org/contribute/ernst?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIgc-z0pKy7AIVho3ICh3XbQ0aEAAYASAAEgIaT_D_BwE

South Carolina: Senior Lindsay Graham is in a very close race against Democrat Jaime Harrison. Graham may have a very small lead but Harrison has set fundraising records for a Senate race.

https://secure.redsenate.org/contribute/graham?gclid=EAIaIQobChMI3ajl9pOy7AIVWQiICR3RZQTnEAAYAiAAEgIoTfD_B 

Colorado: Senator Corey Gardner is trailing against former Governor John Hickenlooper by over 5 points.

https://secure.redsenate.org/contribute/gardner?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIz8CDlJSy7AIVgbbICh3YygAGEAAYASAAEgI6-vD_BwE

Kansas: Roger Marshall is the Republican coveting in an open seat race for a currently GOP held seat (Pat Roberts).  He has a small lead (less than 5 points) over Democrat Barbara Bollier in this infrequently polled race.

 . https://kansansformarshall.com

Alaska: Senator Dan Sullivan, has a small lead of 5 points or less over Democrat/Independent Al Gross  in this infrequently polled state. Democrats have started spending heavily this race, suggesting they chink seat can be flipped.. https://secure.winred.com/alaskans-for-dan-sullivan/ad?utm_source=AD&utm_medium=

 

 

 

 

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