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FRANK ON FRIDAY- Invasion Of The Pen Snatchers
Corrupt Demented Imbecile Joe Biden’s four year reign of terror, thankfully has come to an end. The nation was saddled with a crooked, senile hack who repeatedly proved that he was not in touch with reality. Who can forget the images of Biden wandering off into the Amazon rain forest, shaking hands with invisible people, tripping and falling, the mumbling, the whispering, and the standing at attention, semi-comatose, and oblivious to the world around him.
Makes you proud, doesn’t it?
Through it all, Democrats and their lap dog media swore to us that Biden was “sharp as a tack.” He had no mental deficits at all. On the contrary, we were told, Biden runs rings around the younger staff members. Anyone unafflicted with Trump Derangement Syndrome, who had eyes and ears, recognized these stories for what they were, pure bullshit.
Regardless, the Left kept on lying, Sleepy Joe kept on deteriorating, and the country kept moving on its merry way to Hell in a hand basket. And all that time, people like Fake Jake Tapper denounced anyone who dared to question Biden’s mental acuity. You may remember that he terminated his interview of Lara Trump when she said Old Joe was slipping. “You’re not a doctor,” Tapper railed.
But now, as Il Duce Obama’s pastor, Jeremiah Wright, once famously observed, “The chickens are coming home to roost!” Once Democrats deposed Biden, ending his presidential campaign, and especially, once his replacement on the ticket, Scamala Harris, lost the election, there no longer was any need to pretend that the Emperor had all his marbles. The Party was in disarray. Somebody had to be blamed for the disaster. So, in true racketeering fashion, they did what all criminals do – they blamed the dead guy, Sleepy Joe.
Democrat elected officials and leftwing commentators now claim to be, “shocked, shocked” to discover that the President of the United States was a blithering imbecile for most, if not all, of his term in office. “We were lied to,” they protest. “We simply didn’t know. How could we?” Nobody’s buying their crap.
This sudden turnabout, from “Biden’s perfectly fit” to, “How could we have known,” put me in mind of Burt Lancaster’s famous lines from Judgment at Nuremberg. In that picture, Lancaster plays a German judge on trial for war crimes after World War II. When it’s suggested that Germans were unaware of the Holocaust, the judge comes clean.
[NOTE – I have amended the dialogue to fit the Biden situation, and have removed the references to Nazis. I thought this prudent, because this piece isn’t about those other National Socialists.]
“I am aware. I am aware! They would have you believe we were not aware of the President’s mental problems. Not aware. Where were we? Where were we when Biden was mumbling his hate at public appearances? Where were we when he wandered away from the other leaders at the G7 conference to look at the parachutes? Where were we when he tripped, fell, and staggered, up stairs, on flat surfaces and on the beach? Where were we when he froze up, with that vacant stare on his face during appearances with other world leaders? Were we deaf, dumb, blind? They say we did not know. But if we did not know, it was because we did not want to know.”
Of course they knew. But just like those other National Socialists, consumed by hatred, they rationalized their complicity by telling themselves they were protecting the nation from a more serious threat, in this case, that personification of Hitler, and existential threat to democracy, Donald Trump.
Ironically, in their mindless quest to destroy Trump, and then to maintain power, the people around Biden perpetrated the greatest offenses against our constitutional government since the Civil War. For the first time in more than 100 years, it wasn’t clear who was exercising the duties of the Chief Executive.
Edith Wilson may have “assisted” Woodrow Wilson after his stroke, but she didn’t pursue policies that helped start a European war, she didn’t spend us into bankruptcy, and she didn’t open the country to millions of invaders.
Given the extent of Biden’s many deficits, one must wonder who actually was making the decisions in the Biden White House. It sure wasn’t Joe. House Speaker Johnson recounts a conversation he had with Biden early-on in his term. Johnson asked why Biden had issued an Executive Order banning natural gas exports, and making Europe dependent on Russian energy. Biden claimed he hadn’t done that, though he certainly had. Or at least, there was an Executive Order purportedly bearing his signature.
Lately, we’ve been hearing about the extensive use of an AutoPen device to sign presidential documents. This is legal if approved by the President. Was it approved by Biden? And if so, on which documents. The pardons and commutations, ostensibly issued by Biden have come under scrutiny.
Joe Biden issued no pardons in 2021. He issued 9 in 2022, and 4 in 2023. In 2024, things changed. From January to December 1, he issued 11 pardons. On December 1, 2024, he pardoned his son Hunter, and later that month, 40 others. In January 2025, he really got going. He pardoned 5 family members for any crimes (unspecified) they may have committed back to 2014. He gave blanket pardons to Fauci, General Milley, and all members of the January 6 Committee.
Newsweek said he had to pardon his family for fear of the very lawfare he invented. The real reason was the fear that he and the others would face the justice that they so richly deserved. Before he was done, Biden “signed” more than 8,000 pardons and commutations, in just a few days. Or did he? How could a man who scarcely knew he was alive know what he was doing?
For one thing, that would have been a lot of work. You think Biden had the concentration and the stamina to do all that?
(That’s Joe’s beloved secretary, Miss Stein, on his left)
Not likely. So enter the AutoPen. But who was wielding it? This week, Miranda Devine wrote a column about the AutoPen issue. Former Biden staffers have been talking, and suspicion has fallen on the man who Dr. Jill Biden called “her work husband,” Special Assistant to the President, Anthony Bernal, one of the most feared and hated Administration employees. He was the man who rooted out any disloyalty to the Administration by purging any “heretics” who dared contradict the “Joe is fine” lie.
Bernal reportedly made extensive use of the AutoPen to “sign” presidential documents. Whether or not Joe knew what was being done in his name is questionable. Miranda Devine reported that four Biden staffers, who aptly called themselves, The Politburo, were running the government.
One White House source suspects that a key aide to the then-president may have made unilateral determinations on what to auto-sign. The Biden aide would frequently make mention of what “the boss” wanted, but compatriots would have “no idea” if it was true because the internal culture was to not ask questions. “Everyone” was suspicious of this individual exceeding their authority when claiming to speak for the president.
The Biden staffers may have hijacked the government, becoming the “existential threats to democracy” they so often warned us about. Taking control of the AutoPen, they could have perpetrated the Invasion of the Pen Snatchers.
Congress is investigating this scandal. They say they will get to the bottom of the AutoPen situation. This won’t be easy. If we learned anything from the famous 1956 Sci-fi movie, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, they better look for pods.
FRANK ON FRIDAY – Commencement Contradictions
Yes, it’s time for college commencements once again. That time when the graduates finally get their diplomas, and their families free themselves of tuition and fees. You go to the campus, where you brave the heat, or the rain, and you get to sit through a commencement address, typically from some boring academic you never heard of. At my college commencement nearly 50 years ago, we got to hear from psychologist Bruno Bettelheim. I’d like to tell you his words inspired me, but I don’t remember anything he said.
But there are commencements, and then there are commencements. If you went to a more prestigious school, you may have heard from a more well known commencement speaker. The service academies are a good example. Each year, the President speaks at one of them. In 2023, President Biden spoke at the Air Force Academy. The most memorable part of that speech was Biden’s trip-and-fall face-plant while on stage.
This year, President Trump spoke at West Point. The speech was typical Trump. A little flattery, a little comedy, and a little bluster, with Trump’s national security accomplishments generously sprinkled in. The President told the graduating cadets that each and every one of them was a winner. Then he detailed his improvements in military readiness.
President Trump told the graduates that the era of DEI advancement in the military is over. Going forward, promotions will be made solely based on merit. About time.
He offered the new second lieutenants words of inspiration. “There are a lot of different paths you can take. So follow your instincts and make sure that you take the path that you love, that you’re doing something that you love within your military. You will be happier in the Army. Second is to think big. Always think big. Third, though, you’ve got to do this with great power you have to have, potential you have to have, but to be real successful, you’re always going to have to work hard. Fourth is, don’t lose your momentum.”
Then he spoke of culture and tradition. “And finally, hold on to your culture and your traditions, because that’s what makes something really great. And that’s what’s made the Army great. The culture and the tradition. Whether we’re talking about attacking a business, a sports team, or even a nation, history has shown that in many ways culture is destiny.”
All in all, the Trump commencement speech was uplifting and hopeful. Compare that to the Scott Pelley commencement speech at Wake Forest University. CBS, 60 Minutes correspondent Pelley gave a speech that devolved into what amounted to an anti-Trump rant, replete with the same nonsensical Leftist talking points that have made the Democrat Party the hopeless wreck it is today.
Pelley began with a lie, “As a reporter, I have learned to respect opinions. Reasonable people can differ about the life of our country. America works well when we listen to those with whom we disagree and when we listen and when we have common ground and we compromise.” The problem is that Pelley and the rest of his cabal don’t respect differing opinions. The consider those who disagree with them unreasonable, and thus, unworthy of being heard.
The foray into fantasy continued. “Today, great universities are threatened with ruin. Institutions of higher education share a commitment to serve as centers of open inquiry where, in their pursuit of truth, faculty, students, and staff are free to exchange ideas and opinions across a full range of viewpoints without fear of retribution, censorship, or deportation.”
Here Pelley gives voice to the goals and values that once were respected by our institutions of higher learning, but no longer. Faculty, students, and staff are not free to exchange ideas and opinions across a full range of viewpoints. The only viewpoints permitted on campus by the 60’s radicals who run the schools are Left wing opinions. Conservative speech has been relentlessly suppressed by violence and threat of violence.
“First, make the truth seekers live in fear. Sue the journalists.” “Truth seekers,” really? These are the truth seekers who actively hid Joe Biden’s dementia and who regularly buried the truth by spiking stories for political gain.
“Sue the journalists?” When Trump sued ABC for defamation they confessed judgment and had to pay him $16 million. Maybe he meant the suit against CBS, 60 Minutes, where he works. That’s the one where CBS fabricated answers to their questions to Scamala Harris to resurrect her horrendous performance, in an attempt to influence the 2024 election.
Journalists have no need to live in fear. Journalists are not being sued. But those who masquerade as journalists, and who bury the truth in hopes of deceiving the public ought to live in fear. Pelley’s message seems to be, “We’re allowed to lie with impunity under the guise of journalism, and any attempt to correct our lies is a crime against speech.” He is mistaken.
Pelley was just getting started. “Then, move to destroy law firms that stand up for the rights of others.” He refers to Perkins Coie, the firm of Mark Elias, the lawyer who helped perpetuate the Russia hoax. Once again, Pelley paints Republicans as mere ducks in a Left Wing shooting gallery.
He went on. “Diversity is now described as illegal. Equity is to be shunned. Inclusion is a dirty word.” Diversity isn’t illegal. The private sector can pursue all the diversity and equity it likes, whatever that is supposed to mean. Just no longer expect the government to pay for a perverted system that destroys merit.
Then Pelley really exhibited hypocrisy laden with ignorance. “If we walk a little bit further past the BBC, we will encounter another hero in the fight against fascism, George Orwell. He’d be standing there, frozen in bronze with his words carved in the side of a building: “If liberty means anything at all, it means something worth saying that some people don’t want to hear.” ”He understood that ignorance works for power.” Yeah. He also understood the danger of the Big Brother government CBS and Pelley protected, dictating every aspect of our lives.
The fascists Orwell opposed were socialists, just like Pelley and his lefty pals. Liberty does mean the ability to say things that some people don’t want to hear. Unfortunately, Pelley and company are the ones who don’t want to hear any dissent. They believe in free speech only when they’re talking.
If the Scott Pelley commencement speech proved anything it was that Democrats still don’t get the point. They’re so consumed by Trump Derangement Syndrome that they’re willing to oppose positions held by 80% of the electorate simply because Trump supports them. Here’s some free advice. Unless and until Democrats are ready to work for the betterment of the American citizen, spare us your lectures.
Class dismissed.
FRANK ON FRIDAY – Sympathy For The Devil
At the risk of sounding coldhearted, can Joe Biden just go away already? Here’s a guy who never had a real job, and made a career of being a half-assed, crooked politician. In some ways, Biden was the perfect Establishment politician. He had no real principles, no real values, and absolutely no ideas. Like too many politicians, if asked, “What do you stand for?” the only answer you would get is “Reelection.”
Biden was elected to the Senate in 1972, before he was 30 years old. His was the typical Washington success story. He arrived in the Capitol with nothing, and left with millions. As my late father-in-law used to say, you don’t get that kind of money working for a living.
Biden was a crooked Senator, and a crooked Vice-President. He sold out so completely to the credit card industry that he became known as “The Senator from Mastercard.” Ever wonder why, when interest rates were nearly zero, credit cards charged 24%? Thank Joe Biden.
Not satisfied with domestic graft, Biden sold political access to foreign nations and foreign companies – for a steep price. Millions in tribute was paid to son Hunter, brother James, and other family members. With 10% for “The Big Guy,” of course.
As Vice-President, Joe had Hunter Biden hired by a Ukranian company at $1 million a year. It was a no-show job. When Ukranian prosecutors began investigating the finances of the company, Joe flew to Kiev on Air Force II, with Hunter at his side, and threatened to withhold a $1 billion loan guarantee. And then, after shaking down the Ukrainian government, Joe publicly bragged about what he had done. “I told them if you don’t fire the prosecutor, you’re not getting the money. And son of a B, he was fired.” He faced no consequences. Any time the question came up, he reminded the questioner that his son Beau had died and cultivated sympathy.
Eventually, Old Joe stole his way to the top, and was elected President in 2020. Unsurprisingly, the man who had been known as the dumbest man in the Senate managed to screw up everything he touched. That is, if he was the person making the decisions, which is far from a certainty.
During the 2020 presidential campaign, Britt Hume observed that Joe Biden was “non compos mentis.” In English, he was not in his right mind, he was demented. In Italian, he was a stunad, or as my late grandfather would say, “He was no there all.” After his election, things did not improve.
Joe had that blank stare on his face. He wandered off during public appearances, more than one time. He shook hands with imaginary people, and forgot the names of long-time aides. And whoever was making the decisions did a really bad job.
The pullout from Afghanistan left 13 Americans dead. He admitted millions of illegal alien invaders, many of them criminals. The DEI requirements, the transgender nonsense, the pronoun police, and the BLM riots made a mockery of merit advancement, decimated the ranks of the military, and destroyed the morale of law enforcement. The ruinous spending gave us runaway inflation and soaring interest rates.
And through it all, the Left and its media lapdogs swore that Biden was “sharp as a tack,” and attacked anyone who dared to notice Biden’s mental deficits as bullies making fun of a poor man with a stutter. Biden spent 40% of his presidency on vacation, mostly sleeping on the beach. His doctor, Kevin O’Connor, always gave Biden a clean bill of health.
Others were not so solicitous. Special Counsel Hur declined to prosecute Biden for blatantly violating classified documents laws because he lacked the mental competency to be tried. Yet Joe continued to be President, and they continued to swear he was “just fine.” During the interviews, Biden again fell back on his son’s death, seeking sympathy.
This week, in the aftermath of the release of recordings of Hur’s interviews with Biden, which recordings exposed his mental deficits, and called into question whether it was Joe making decisions such as the granting of 8,000 pardons, it was time to change the narrative.
Having been supplied with the talking points, every Democrat asked about the Hur interviews said the same thing. “We’re not going to look back. We’re looking forward.” In other words, they ducked. But the pressure was on. Clearly it was time to, as Kamala Harris might say, “turn the page.”
And so, this week, we are informed that Joe Biden has advanced prostate cancer, which has spread to his bones. That’s a terrible diagnosis, to be sure, and I neither doubt it nor make light of it. However, this revelation is just one more occasion to seek sympathy. I say that because we are supposed to believe that the cancer was discovered just last week. In other words, at precisely the right time to blunt coverage of the Hur interviews, and so as not to impede Biden’s $30 million book deal.
Prostate cancer takes years to advance to the condition Biden is in. The physical examination of any man over the age of 40 includes a blood test to detect prostate cancer. Every President has an annual exam, and the result of this test is routinely reported. Except in the case of Joe Biden. It’s missing from his report. We’re told he hasn’t been tested since 2014. No one believes it.
It’s unlikely that Dr. O’Connor forgot to do the test. It has been learned that the good doctor is a long-time friend of the Biden family, who partnered with brother James in a rural hospital venture that ended in bankruptcy. Former White House physician Ronnie Jackson says, “He’s part of the Biden family. He would do or say anything to cover up and protect that family, regardless of what it meant professionally for him.”
The revelation of a cancer diagnosis on a man already beset by senile dementia would have doomed a 2024 Biden reelection run much earlier than Biden’s debate performance put on end to his candidacy. So like everything else, they just lied about it. And now, the media is playing the sympathy game for Joe Biden.
Townhall columnist Kurt Schlichter addressed this issue in a recent column, We Have No Moral Obligation to Forgive or Forget the Biden Lies. And I have to say, I’m with Kurt. “The Democrat Party: It’s all a lie. It’s all a scam. They hid his likely terminal disease so he could be reelected.” “I’m going to say what I want, all the time, and I’m going to continue to point out that Joe Biden is an evil, senile, corrupt pervert, who was and is surrounded by minions interested only in retaining their prestige, power, and plunder.” “The dude has been an eggplant for the last ten [years], and even before that he was a moron.”
Strong words perhaps, but he’s not wrong. Simply put, Joe Biden’s sympathy well has run dry. The sin lies not in those who criticize a man with terminal illness, but rather in those who conceal such an illness for political advantage, and reveal it only to fabricate a false legacy.
FRANK ON FRIDAY – The Delaney Hall Insurrection
As we pass the 100 day mark of the Trump 47 Administration, Democrats are determined to resist, but they’re still not entirely clear about what they should be resisting. Donald Trump has learned to turn rampant Trump Derangement Syndrome to his advantage. Once it became apparent that the Left would reflexively oppose anything and everything Trump supports, he staked his claim to the common sense side of every issue, and the Left automatically took the opposing side.
The problem for Democrats is that the anti-Trump side of every issue is the losing side every time. Trump wants to end the war in Ukraine. Democrats favor continuing to piss money down a Ukrainian rat hole while thousands die each week.
Trump is trying to eliminate waste, fraud and abuse, to address our $36 trillion debt. Democrats have mobilized their judicial henchmen to try to force the government to continue to throw your money away.
Trump wants to cut taxes, so Democrats favor a $4 trillion tax increase on the very people the Dems claim to be trying to help. And the $4 trillion is just for starters.
Trump wants to deport criminal aliens. Democrats are expending their limited political capital to keep illegal alien criminals on the streets killing, robbing and raping Americans. In New York City it’s even worse. NY Democrats want criminals not only at large, but registered to vote. If nothing changes, by the end of the year, any person who applies for Medicaid will be registered to vote, no questions asked, or should I say, “Sin hacer preguntas?”
You have to wonder why NY Democrats would do such a thing. I mean, it’s not as though they need more Democrats to flip elections. They have a 10 to 1 advantage now. They don’t need to commit voter fraud. They’re just crazy.
They have to be crazy to do some of the things they’re doing these days. First it was the Democrat politicians going to El Salvador to support illegal alien gangster Abrego Garcia. This week, the nuts got nuttier.
ICE agents in Newark rounded up about 150 criminal illegal aliens, including killers, rapists, and child pornographers. The aliens were incarcerated in a facility called Delaney Hall, which used to be a halfway house for convicts who were about to be paroled. ICE now is in charge of Delaney Hall, and ICE agents have the right and the duty to maintain security at the facility.
A group of politicians, including Newark Mayor, and gubernatorial candidate, Ras Baraka (nee Jones), and House Members Bonnie Watson Coleman, Lamonica McIver, and Robert Menendez, Jr., stormed the facility, trying to force their way into a prison, past armed guards. Picture that. The gate opens to admit an ICE vehicle, and these idiots rush inside.
For what? OK, maybe Menendez had an excuse. He may have been trying to visit his father, former Senator Menendez, who was sentenced to 11 years in prison. Regardless, trying to invade a prison is a good way to get shot.
The rest of these morons claimed all they wanted to do was to inspect the facility to ensure that the people being held were being properly detained. However, there are some problems with that story. 1) Who ICE arrests is none of their business. Their oversight function is limited to funding. They have no business micromanaging arrests. 2) If they wanted to inspect, all they had to do was ask. 3) Democrats kept telling us that no one is above the law, and anyone who assaults law enforcement officers should be arrested and prosecuted.
After all, Democrats said throwing January 6 protesting grandmothers in jail without bail for trespassing was just. So shouldn’t they support prosecuting their own, especially “Two Ton” Lamonica McIver, who body-checked ICE agents at the gate like she was auditioning for a bout on Women of Wrestling? Apparently not.
Democrats really believe they have a right to manage every aspect of the government, even though they control no part of it. They believe “elections have consequences” only when they win. And they think the rules they want to impose on the rest of us don’t apply to them.
They’ll bitch and moan about your carbon footprint, but when Al Gore, Leonardo DiCaprio, or Bernie Sanders want to fly all over the map on private planes, they’re entitled. After all, it’s in a good cause. You, on the other hand, are just a peasant.
As for the Delaney Hall insurrection, Democrats have no doubt that they’re above the law. Ras Baraka went to to jail for a short time, but was released. The House Members say flat out, that they’re above the law, claiming that their Identification Cards grant them unquestioned admittance to anyplace they deign to enter. Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries called arresting the Delaney Hall insurrectionists “A red line they [the Administration] know better than to cross.” But there’s more. AOC (All Out Crazy) has announced that “you lay a finger” on a Member of Congress, “and we’re going to have a problem.”
In the realm of reality, when you hit a cop while trying to break into a prison, you’re the one who’s going to have a problem. The only problem the police have is making sure they have enough handcuffs. But the Democrats think they’re special, you see. They really believe that managing to get more votes in a non-competative election, in a one-Party District, gives them a “Get Out of Jail Free” card.
Without knowing it, they think they’re the equivalent of the Roman Republic’s Tribunes of the Plebs. The Tribune was an elected official whose veto could undo the actions of the Roman Consuls (Executive Branch). Sound familiar? What’s more, the physical bodies of the Tribunes were inviolate. If Lamonica McIver was a Tribune, she could throw her considerable weight around without fear of reprisal by the government. In our world, she’s just a fat-assed criminal who belongs in prison.
As this is written, Acting U.S. Attorney Alina Habba is considering bringing criminal charges against the Delaney Hall insurrectionists. Hakeem Jeffries has threatened that, if the Congress-people are arrested, law enforcement, “will find out.” Jeffries didn’t explain what they would find out, but then to him, any discovery is a revelation.
For his part, Mayor Baraka hasn’t learned anything. He returned to Delaney Hall this week, to join a pathetic group of 80 year-old, scruffy-looking hippies with guitars, who further embarrassed themselves with mindless chanting, and musical renditions of Pete Seeger’s 1931, Which Side Are You On?, using a song meant to support American coal miners, to come to the aid of Tren de Aragua and MS-13 killers.
Leader Jeffries and Mayor Baraka, we’re not confused. We know which side we’re on. We’re on the side of American citizens and law enforcement. If you’re on some other side, you – A. Have no business being an American elected official. And – B. Your ass belongs in prison.
FRANK ON FRIDAY – L.A. Flag Day
Tomorrow is Flag Day. (It also happens to be President Trump’s birthday). This day commemorates the approval of the design of our flag, which happened on that date in 1777. In 1916, President Wilson proclaimed June 14 as Flag Day, and the Congress made it official in 1949.
This week, the City of Los Angeles decided to celebrate Flag Day early, or perhaps just wanted to protest Donald Trump’s birthday, so some of its more militant residents, aided by hordes of professional agitators, decided to stage a riot. And not content to celebrate Flag Day on only one day, they decided to extend the holiday for a week.
The ostensible trigger for the festivities was a court authorized search and arrest operation by ICE, the FBI and other federal agencies, conducted last Friday in Los Angeles. First, we were treated to the usual Leftist and media bullshit, e.g., ICE is “disappearing” women, children, hard-working migrants, and even American citizens.
None of that was true. What was going on was a criminal investigation, and the arrests of criminal aliens, to include people convicted of murder, child abuse or molestation, domestic violence, manslaughter, grand theft, narcotics violations, identity theft, battery, and burglary.
Among these sterling examples of hard-working migrants were previously deported characters such as Cuong Chanh Phan, who killed two kids at a graduation party; Eswin Uriel Castro, who molested a child and was armed with a deadly weapon; Anastacio Enrique Solis-Salinas has child cruelty charges against him and has been convicted of domestic violence and hit-and-run; twice deported Miguel Angel Palafox-Montes, convicted of grand theft, narcotics violations, and identity theft, and charged with battery and burglary; and Russian illegal alien Dzhakhar Aslambekov, who recently was arrested for fraudulently using Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) cards to access taxpayer-funded welfare programs.
In addition, just as Tom Homan predicted, because Los Angeles refuses to have any contact with ICE, it’s necessary to seek out these criminals in the neighborhoods, rather than simply picking them up at the jail, a number of illegal aliens not the subjects of the searches were uncovered and taken into custody. This isn’t retribution, it’s required by law. The ICE agents must detain any deportable person they come across.
Rioting broke out last Friday, and it continues as this is written. Rioters have attacked police cars and police officers, shut down interstate highways, torched cars, looted businesses, and burned a number of WayMo self-driving taxis, which cost $6000,000 apiece. Here’s what it looked like.
The Flag Day celebration was just part of the fun. Unfortunately the American flag wasn’t being honored. It was being burned.
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This was a bit strange because Mexican Flag Day isn’t until February 24.
The rioters didn’t forget President Trump’s birthday either.
Most people just say, “Happy Birthday.”
Anyhow, true to form, the California elected officials from Gavin Newsom, on down to Mayor Karen Bass, handcuffed the police, and let the riots expand to the point where things got out of control. The rioters attacked ICE agents, and threatened to storm and damage the federal detention facility and federal buildings. When local police refused to come to the aid of the federal officers, President Trump federalized the California National Guard, and sent in the guard and 700 Marines to protect federal property.
At this point, the Left really went nuts. Mayor Bass, with burning cars in the background, proclaimed the rioting “peaceful.” Fish face Maxine Waters said there is no violence. CNN and MSNBC reporters standing amidst the chaos, called it, “mostly peaceful.” Others insisted what’s happening isn’t a real riot, but more like a fiery sports team celebration. Demented House Rep. Jayapal declared the rioters have a duty to destroy the City.
Los Angeles was already burning when the National Guard went in on Sunday, but Newsom and Bass blamed Trump for escalating the situation. You get that? Trump is simply enforcing the laws enacted by a Democrat controlled Congress, as he’s required to do. Maniacs responded with violence, and sending in law enforcement officers and the military to restore order, after the L.A. Chief of Police declared the situation “out of control,” is the problem. You might say the Governor and the Mayor have things Bass Ackwards.
The rioting began with a few hundred ICE protestors, and transformed into highly organized crowds of thousands that appear seemingly out of nowhere, equipped with matching shirts, professionally printed signs, masks, shields, and weapons. Although designed to give the impression of a grassroots movement protesting deportation, it’s not that.
As with all things, if you’re seeking the motivation, just follow the money. Pursuit of money is why most crimes are committed, it’s why most wars have started, and it’s also the reason for the ongoing insurrection in Los Angeles.
One of the main instigators of the riots is the S.E.I.U. union, which I guess has many illegal alien members. The California boss of S.E.I.U. was arrested the first day. This comes as no surprise, as S.E.I.U. has a history of starting such protests.
In 2011, I was in San Francisco, returning from Alcatraz on a street car. The car stopped for a light. A sound of approaching drums was heard. The driver declared, “Looks like a protest heading our way.” There came a motley group of marchers, including thugs, bums, and women pushing baby carriages, all being sheparded through the streets by people wearing vests proclaiming S.E.I.U. in large letters. This was the start of the Occupy Wall Street protests.
In addition to S.E.I.U., the L.A. insurrection is being financed by NGO’s that, until Trump was elected, were receiving more than 75% of their revenue from government grants. The Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights took in more than $34 million in government grants, including money from Homeland Security (until Trump arrived and cancelled it). The Party for Socialism and Liberation is another organization leading the riots. This organization also conducts anti-Israel riots, and gets some of its funding from the Chinese Communist Party. Another, the California Poverty Department, minced no words. “The federal government cut off our funding … so we really have nothing left to lose.”
The use of military troops has been denounced by Whoopie Goldberg, no less, (and there is no less) as “pure fascism.” Gavin Newsom objects to the use of the National Guard, and demands Trump remove the guard members, calling their deployment a “serious breach of state sovereignty.” I think that’s the same thing that Mississippi Governor Barnett and Alabama Governor Wallace said when the 101st Airborne Corps and other troops dropped by to end the riots at the University of Mississippi, and when President Kennedy federalized the Alabama National Guard and sent it to Selma, Alabama. They were Democrats too. Some things never change.
The rioters say, “just stop deporting people, remove ICE, the police and the military, and we’ll go away. You’ve all seen Tom Homan, and you’re familiar with President Trump, so you know that’s not going to happen. You can’t negotiate with terrorists.
This is a serious situation, not just the usual rioting and looting they do when the Lakers win the championship. I’ve heard multiple Mexican rioters say California was stolen from their country. They want the U.S. government out so they can take it back. That’s the very definition of an insurrection, and as with the Spanish Civil War, communists are inciting the violence. That war ended with 500,000 dead. Trump is right. This must be stopped now, by any means necessary.