VICTOR DAVIS HANSON: Was the Pre-Trump World Normal or Abnormal? “The ‘unpresidential’ outsider disrupted America’s transformation into a ‘lead from behind’ nation.”

SOCIALISM AS A HATE CRIME.

BECAUSE THE PRIVILEGED CLASS WILL NOT STAND FOR LOSING ANY PRIVILEGES: Why the Rage at Trump for Revoking Brennan’s Security Clearance?

TELLING THE TWITTER MOB TO SOD OFF: Kelly Marie Tran: I Won’t Be Marginalized by Online Harassment.

GOOD:  ‘Stupidest Bullsh*t’: Austin Texas Residents and Tourists Oppose Renaming City.

NEWS YOU CAN USE:  The 7 Keys to Depressing Yourself.

GARBAGE IN, GARBAGE OUT:  Algorithms: the Ultimate Excuse.

MADURO ENTERS FINAL PHASE OF HIS WAR WITH REALITY:  Venezuela’s economy in complete collapse – and the mother of all human waves outward begins.

WHILE OF UNSOUND MIND:  Ralph Peters cashiers self.

APPARENTLY SOMETIMES YOU NEED A TROLL-IN-CHIEF: Trump trolls ex-CIA CNN analyst Phillip Mudd, who went berserk on air.

YEAH, WELL, IT’S POPE OCCASIONAL CORTEX.  WHAT DO YOU EXPECT?  Pope Francis collectivizes the guilt.

SO WHEN ARE THEY GONG AFTER ALL THE PEOPLE WHO LIED ABOUT BENGHAZI ONLINE AT THE DIRECTION OF BARRACK OBAMA TO PREVENT HIS LOSING THE 2012 ELECTION? OR DO WE JUST GO AFTER OBAMA HIMSELF FOR THIS?  IT’S COOL.  I’M OKAY EITHER WAY:  Former Trump Lawyer Michael Cohen Pleads Guilty to Campaign Finance Violations;
Claims He Paid Off Mistresses at Trump’s “Direction” with “Purpose of Influencing Election.”

I’D SAY “THE ANTI AMERICANS SELF-IDENTIFY” BUT THEY DO CHANT “NO AMERICA AT ALL” SO IT’S MORE A MATTER OF “WHEN SOMEONE SAYS THEY HATE YOU, BELIEVE THEM.”  Antifa Beats the Sh*t Out of Bernie Sanders Supporter, Thinking He’s “Alt-Right” Because He… Was Carrying an American Flag.

OF COURSE THEY DO!  Washington Post Says Socialism Is Cool.

BY ANY OTHER NAME:  Watch Out for the Puppet Masters.

LIFE IN DE BLASIO’S NEW YORK: Mystery shooter is firing at luxury Upper East Side apartment building: police.

OPEN THREAD: Do that comment voodoo that you do so well.

AFTER YEARS OF PRAISING SOCIALIST CHAVEZ, NETS IGNORE VENEZUELA’S ECONOMIC DEMISE.

It’s just a spot of bad luck; pay it no mind.

WHO COULD HAVE SEEN THIS COMING? Higher Minimum Wages Blamed for Closure of Iconic NYC Coffee Shop Where Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Worked. I mean, besides anyone with a brain.

THIS IS NOT MY IDEA OF FUN, BUT DIFFERENT STROKES FOR DIFFERENT FOLKS: This woman is tackling 50 Ironman-distance triathlons in 50 days. “All told, that’s 120 miles of swimming (Los Angeles to San Diego), 5,600 miles of biking (New York to Cairo, Egypt), and 1,310 miles of running (Miami to Chicago). She has never completed a single Ironman-distance triathlon — 2.4-mile swim, 112-mile bike and a 26.2-mile run — in her life.” Well, good luck.

TRUMP ON MANAFORT CONVICTION: ‘Nothing to Do with Russian Collusion.’

But excellent battlefield prep by the left for November.

MY USA TODAY COLUMN is currently at the top of the Trending page for #MeToo on Twitter.

CONSPIRACIES IN RESTRAINT OF TRADE: Far Right Fuming After Big Finance Chokes Off Money Flow.

But it’s not just the “far right” that’s being targeted. Basically, this is just a privatized version of the Obama Administration’s “Operation Choke Point.”

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MY USA TODAY COLUMN: Hypocritical politically motivated feminism is killing #MeToo. Just ask Keith Ellison.