Related: China Paid Pro-CCP Agitators To Clash With Dissenters During Xi’s Visit to San Francisco: Report.
This wouldn’t happen if the United States had a functioning government.
But not all is gloomy: Flagstock 2024: UNC Frat Bros Get the Rager They Deserve: Journalists try, fail to ruin fun party.
DON SURBER: Making It Too Big To Rig. “This time around, Democrats cannot bogeyman Trump because we already know how he did as president. More celebrities are coming out of the closet for Trump. A few have even flipped sides. . . . The communists in Red China approved Walz to visit 30 times. They don’t do that for any patriotic American. His reaction to Tiananmen Square was to go to Red China and work at one of its schools for one year. Finally, Trump has the party behind him. Lara Trump’s running the RNC. I doubt she will joyride in limos. Also, Scott Pressler is signing up voters in Pennsylvania and inspiring others to follow his lead. A new generation is going to Make America Great Again. So let the campaign begin. The third time is the charm.”
OF COURSE NOT, THEY’RE ON THE SAME SIDE: Will Harris-Biden act to counter Iranian agents behind anti-Israel campus protests?
As colleges begin the new school year, “pro-Palestine” protesters need to start asking who’s really calling the shots: It may be agents of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
The Post’s Isabel Vincent reported exclusively Friday that Iran is funding anti-Israel, pro-Hamas groups and campus protests via a network of activist groups whose names bear no sign of Tehran’s ties.
For instance, members of the Texas-based Rise Against Oppression (which downplays its links to Iran) “reclaimed” a student center at Houston University in April.
Many pro-Palestinian groups also get funding (directly, or via the radical Tides Foundation) from the Maximum Difference Foundation, the US family charity of an extended clan whose members back in Iran are tight with the family of Iran’s former President Akbar Rafsanjani and have worked with Iran’s Revolutionary Guard.
“Following the October 7th attacks … Tehran has poured money and logistical support into anti-Israel and pro-terror rallies, encampments and civil disorder,” said Sam Westrop, director of Middle East Forum’s Islamist Watch project.
Westrop added that the Iranian regime “appears to operate mosques, activist and student groups that are deeply involved in pro-terror demonstrations, alongside Beijing-backed and Hamas-aligned groups.”
Hey, it’s not like they’re criticizing school boards.
OPEN THREAD: Don’t miss it!
THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY IS LOOKING LIKE A SUBSIDIARY OF THE CCP: Ex-Hochul and Cuomo aide enjoyed $4M mansion, salted ducks, ballet performances and other luxury gifts from double life as Chinese agent: feds.
YES:
The last few days have seen an almost symphonic surge of attacks on our most fundamental rights, by officials, newspapers, politicians, celebrities, & academics. It's not rhetoric anymore, it's an organized massing of institutional forces prior to big moves which seem imminent https://t.co/oCHNPtBDiq
— Walter Kirn (@walterkirn) September 1, 2024
Related: Jackbooted Paste Eaters. “The current unifying theme among a set of people who regard themselves as progressive, liberal, mainstream, respectable, and so on, is a spectacular punishment fetish. Arrest them arrest them arrest them arrest them, they helpfully explain about people who disagree with them about anything, ever. See, for an easy example of the discipline fetish, this quite popular reader-generated “diary” post from a few days ago at Daily Kos, arguing that Tulsi Gabbard’s ‘Quiet Skies’ designation is a proper use of the state security apparatus against a domestic enemy.”
The question is why is this being ginned up now. One obvious guess is in preparation for stealing the election, and keeping the aftermath under control.
But it’s not just happening here:
Nearly every paragraph of this Washington Post thing contains extremely telling language, like the description of the brave judge Alexandre de Moraes fighting for democracy in Brazil by repressing platforms that tolerate the evil of dangerously unmediated speech, or the Eastern Bloc-flavored description of social media figures like Elon Musk as “impudent.” Note that, while social media leaders are being “brought to heel,” they’re also being “reined in.”
Let’s be honest, the people running the world are not only corrupt, but spectacularly incompetent. For their lousy performance alone they should be tarred and feathered; for their “impudence” in attempting dictatorship they deserve worse. But it really seems that over the past few years the ruling class of the West has been preparing for war against its owns citizenry. Again: Why?
THE NEW SPACE RACE: Evolution Space tests rocket on Spaceport Company sea-based platform.
ANOTHER REASON WHY THEY HATE HIM:
I can’t wait. There is a lot of waste and needless regulation in government that needs to go. https://t.co/BOh3MIv4sJ
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) September 3, 2024
What he sees as waste and needless regulation, they see as vital sources of graft and leverage.
IT’S FANCY: What Is the Ford King Ranch, and Why Is It So Expensive?
It’s also a delicious casserole. This isn’t quite my mom’s recipe, but it’s close.
CIVIL RIGHTS UPDATE: More Bruen Fallout: Switchblades Now Legal In Massachusetts.
WELL, THIS IS THE 21ST CENTURY, YOU KNOW: Hypersonic drones by 2026-2027.
MILTON FRIEDMAN LOOKS DOWN AND SAYS “I FUCKING TOLD YOU SO, YOU MORONS.”
The market is reacting negatively this morning to extremely poor ISM manufacturing data.
The TL;DR:
Demand fell, inventories rose (due to unsold stock), and prices *rose* (due to labor and shipping costs). This is the definition of stagflation.The Fed’s worst nightmare. pic.twitter.com/b5uQzk8qlT
— James Lavish (@jameslavish) September 3, 2024
Flashback: Why Team Biden might be purposefully grinding down the middle class.
IF THEY HAD GOOD ARGUMENTS FOR GUN CONTROL, THEY WOULDN’T HAVE TO LIE ALL THE TIME: Ten Years Later, Media Still Pushing ‘X-Ray Invisible’ Ghost Gun Fear Campaign.
HIGHER EDUCATION WAS ONCE DEFENDED AS PROMOTING FREE, OPEN EXCHANGE OF IDEAS: Survey finds college students reluctant to discuss race, abortion, Israel.
HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE: Anti-Israel activists kick off new school year vandalizing Cornell buildings.
44% of Jewish students don’t feel safe on their own campus: Poll.
Pro-Palestinian protesters ‘shut down’ Pomona College convocation.
Senior Hamas official encourages U.S. students to ‘escalate’ anti-Israel protests on campuses.
Flashback: Jewish students, come here to the South — where you’ll be safe.
PEOPLE HAVE NOTICED THAT SHE’S TERRIBLE: No post-convention bounce for Kamala.
WHEN THEY TELL YOU WHO THEY ARE AND WHAT THEY WANT, BELIEVE THEM:
They assured us they cared about the Constitution
I guess they lied pic.twitter.com/hl4XxuJyBD
— Mike Lee (@BasedMikeLee) September 2, 2024
Former Deputy Chair of the Democratic National Committee Keith Ellison thanks the Tyrants of Brazil for banning 𝕏
The Party of Censorship pic.twitter.com/7yBAv6HC7K
— ALX 🇺🇸 (@alx) September 3, 2024
Kamala Harris: "He [Musk] has lost his privileges."
Can someone please explain to her that freedom of speech is a RIGHT, not a "privilege"?Kamala Harris: "There has to be a responsibility placed on these social media sites to understand their power."
Translation: "If they… https://t.co/BzuTYoJjuV— Robert F. Kennedy Jr (@RobertKennedyJr) September 2, 2024
“They are directly speaking to millions & millions of people without oversight.”
Exactly. That’s free speech. No oversight by government bureaucrats. @jaketapper looks genuinely dumbfounded that this could possibly be her actual position. pic.twitter.com/yOSMq0rMfx
— Jennifer Sey (@JenniferSey) September 3, 2024
Kamala has the soul of a bad vice principal.
THEY INVITED KAMALA TOO, BUT SHE BLEW THEM OFF, AS IS HER WONT: “We invited Trump:” 8 Gold Star families send video messages to Kamala Harris.
Related: NBC News Issues Correction After Kristen Welker Makes False Claim. “Two points about this. First of all, she’s referring to the dignified transfer ceremony where Joe Biden was seen repeatedly checking his watch. . . . The second and more important point is that VP Harris was not present at the transfer ceremony at all. So Welker’s claim (she says it twice) that ‘they did meet them’ is false. Yesterday, Meet the Press issued a correction on X.”
A tweet is nice, but they should have to repeat this on-air.
BYRON YORK: Kamala Harris, Donald Trump, and Arlington cemetery.
It looks like the fight between the Harris and Trump campaigns over former President Donald Trump‘s appearance at Arlington National Cemetery is intensifying, not diminishing. Vice President Kamala Harris herself posted a statement on X using Trump’s visit to mark the third anniversary of the Abbey Gate attack as an opportunity to revive the “suckers and losers” slur against Trump. Trump, in turn, produced statements of support from several Gold Star families who lost loved ones in the Biden-Harris administration’s chaotic, violent, and thoroughly bungled withdrawal from Afghanistan — the people whose sacrifice Trump had come to Arlington to respect.
There is no doubt the families had a right to observe the anniversary at Arlington and to invite Trump to be there with them. There is also no doubt that the Army, which administers Arlington National Cemetery, tried to stop the event. (Secretary of the Army Christine Wormuth is, of course, a Biden appointee.) Army officials reportedly dragged their feet and “stymied” the families’ request to have Trump, according to Rep. Michael McCaul (R-TX), who heard of the families’ problems and enlisted House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) to intercede with Arlington officials to get approval for the event.
So, Trump went to Arlington. It seems clear that Harris objected to him being there at all since the purpose of his visit was to observe the anniversary of a Biden-Harris fiasco that cost the lives of 13 American servicemen and women, and since the anniversary came in the middle of a presidential campaign. So, there is nothing Trump could have done at Arlington that would have satisfied Harris or her team.
Beyond politics, though, there seemed little objection to Trump’s participation in a wreath-laying ceremony. By some accounts, the Army had provided vague guidance on what happened next, which was the families’ invitation to Trump to visit their loved ones’ grave sites in what is known as Section 60 at Arlington, where veterans of the conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq are buried. A single cemetery employee, a civilian, objected and was, according to some reports, pushed aside by Trump campaign officials, who deny that any physical altercation occurred.
Perhaps the one image that has most upset Trump’s adversaries is a photo of Trump standing at the graveside with the families, giving his familiar thumbs-up gesture. Kelly Barnett, whose son, Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Taylor Hoover, was killed at Abbey Gate, requested that Trump come to Arlington and requested the photo. In a recent interview with Newsmax, she had high praise for the staff at Arlington, as well as for Trump.
“The photo was for me,” Barnett said. “Trump was walking away, and I said, ‘Can I get a photo around Taylor’s headstone really fast with my family and my friends?’ It was supposed to be for me.” Then, a picture of the moment ended up in online news reports, controversy exploded, and Barnett blamed Arlington. “It breaks my heart,” she continued, “because I love going to Arlington, and I’ve had nothing but great things and great experiences with the staff there. And it breaks my heart that they’re allowing an employee to act that way.”
Obviously, Barnett’s words will not stop the Harris campaign from doing what it does. But on the thumbs-up gesture — there has been a lot of horrified commentary that Trump would do such a thing at a hallowed place like Arlington National Cemetery. But another way of looking at the moment is that it was an entirely normal part of life and the way people deal with loss, perhaps especially in Section 60. . . . Other people familiar with Section 60 have described family visits that include displays of indescribable grief but also families playing music, laughing, talking with each other, and meeting others in the same situation.
It was poor strategy to make an issue of this.
Biden-Harris' Afghanistan withdrawal, marred by the tragic deaths of 13 American heroes presents a huge threat to Kamala's campaign
This weekend Kamala signal-boosted one of her all-time gravest failures
Good on the Gold Star families for speaking up against her like this— WOW pic.twitter.com/PJkz4yfRUa
— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) September 2, 2024
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