The next episode of
@HistoryRecon
is out!
@MrMaitra
and I discuss the meme about "men thinking about the Roman Empire." Is this driven by a desire for greatness, an interest in the ancients, a feeling that the West is repeating the collapse?
Perhaps, as with Livy, studying…
My parents, who live in California, just received my voting ballot. I haven't lived in California for 10 years... This mass mail in election is going to go great!
And here’s my ballot right on schedule. I haven’t lived in CA in a decade & notified the state I no longer live there. I could have voted twice. It would be nice if the governor was a little more concerned with his state’s electoral security, but I guess that’s too much to ask.
Just so we’re all clear -- this is FALSE.
Ballots don’t get mailed in CA until next month.
And, for those interested in facts you can track your ballot here:
A former press secretary for the Bernie Sanders presidential campaign is cheering on mega corporation lobbyists. This is what the left is now. It was always about power.
Revealing to see Twitter's CEO sharing an article that says the only political path forward is to annihilate political opposition and usher in one-party rule.
This
@CNN
article is a disgrace. Even excluding new video evidence there is not a single mention of attempts to get the students' side of this story. Perfect example of why Americans loathe the press.
Video shows a crowd of teenagers wearing ‘Make America Great Again’ hats taunting a Native American elder after Friday’s Indigenous Peoples March at the Lincoln Memorial
This is
#fakenews
from
@CNN
, and an absurd distortion of a Madison quote. He didn't call the EC "evil," he was talking about elections thrown to the House which awards 2 votes to states of every size. (This is the contingency for when a vote ISN'T decided by the EC).
The Electoral College has been debated since the days of James Madison, who called it "evil."
So could it actually be abolished?
@JohnAvlon
explores that in today’s
#RealityCheck
.
A Virginia museum is proposing to melt down a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee that was the focus of a violent white nationalist rally in 2017 in Charlottesville and create a new work of public art, via AP
I think people mistakenly believe that these protesters are trying to gain sympathy. No, they are showing everyone who is in charge. Blue city governments are acknowledging that by allowing these illegal protests to take place unimpeded.
The oldest Chinese-American association has announced a revolt against critical race theory. Many fled the Cultural Revolution in their home country—and they're not going to fall victim to the New Cultural Revolution in this country.
Welcome to the fight, friends. Swords up! ⚔️
Admiral Farragut led the Union fleet at the Battle of Mobile Bay. Farragut's home state of Tennessee seceded, but he remained loyal to the Union. He fought to save his country from destruction and ensured that Americans held in bondage would live free.
@JesseKellyDC
I highly recommend this book. In the early 30s, Spain had one of the smallest fascist movements in Europe. The left’s extremism created more “fascists” who would back anyone who could protect them. The left WANTED civil war assuming they would win. The beast woke up and ate them.
Regardless of what happens in this Speaker's race, I just don't buy the idea that the "chaos" is problematic. It's the House, it's supposed to be bumptious and democratic.
CA informed me I'm getting one despite telling them years ago that I no longer live there. Again, I left CA a decade ago and would appreciate if they stopped doing it. Ridiculous I'm still on their voter roll.
@JesseKellyDC
Andrew Jackson once said that our liberty would be in jeopardy if we only had “lawyers” to defend the Constitution. He said this as a lawyer and a judge (and a soldier). He was right in more ways than one.
The War of Independence and the French Revolution were fueled by the same aspirations for freedom, democracy, and human rights. Today, we are more committed than ever to defending them — together. Warmest wishes on Bastille Day to the people of France.
"One of the memorials targeted by vandals was the Robert Gould Shaw and the 54th Regiment Memorial, which was unveiled 137 years ago Sunday and depicts a pioneering group of Black soldiers marching into battle during the Civil War."
If unelected and unaccountable bureaucrats have the power to simply thwart a constitutionally elected president they don't like then what these people are "saving" is by no means a republic...
The deep state is alive and well, composed of patriotic public servants. Their aim is not to bring down President Trump out of personal or political animus but to rescue the Republic from his excesses, says
@mcottle
.
So the
#1619
Project won a Pulitzer. No surprise, despite the fact that it is filled with inaccuracies. Here are criticisms from some prominent historians.
The New World was a practical Garden of Eden where civilizations--from modern Mexico to Peru--cut the still beating hearts out of children en masse. Then Columbus showed up and ruined everything.
During the French Revolution the government awarded those who joined a mob to murder political opponents in prison with paid compensation for time missed from work.
Dr. Seuss was canceled by
@JoeBiden
& Read Across America, produced by the NEA (the country's largest public teacher's union). The children's books they recommend are almost entirely about race, gender identity, or various other left-wing causes: ?
Millions of viewers of Sinclair stations have no idea that they’re watching conservative editorials rather than normal local news — giving the company incredible power to persuade viewers.
Sometimes I wonder if
@nytimes
is actually sad that we won the Cold War. If it weren't for the endless gulags, economic dysfunction, and crushing, mass hopelessness, think of all the equality!
America may have put the first man on the moon, but the Soviet Union sent the first woman, the first Asian man, and the first black man into orbit — all years before the U.S. would follow suit
The Star Spangled Banner is a protest song now. It's about bravery and defiance in the face of overwhelming odds and tyranny. It's about love of country and fighting for its survival. No wonder the regime dislikes it.
Rushingbrook Children's Choir were singing the National Anthem in Statuary Hall in the US Capitol when they were interrupted by Capitol police.
A representative from the choir was told that "certain Capitol police said it might offend someone/cause issues."
You can apparently make it through high school, get a BA, law degree, and sit as a judge on a federal court and still not be able to answer questions presumably related to your expertise that an 8th grader was typically required to know a century ago.
Q: “Judge, tell me what article V of the Constitution does?”
Biden judicial nominee: “Article V is not coming to mind at the moment.”
“How about article II?”
Nominee: “Neither is Article II”
So people are saying that this is incorrect because ballots won't officially be sent out in CA until Oct 5. My parents just received this in the mail telling me that they are sending the ballot. Havent voted there in 10 years. Parents told them I left years ago.
My parents, who live in California, just received my voting ballot. I haven't lived in California for 10 years... This mass mail in election is going to go great!
The
@nytimes
#1619Project
is an obvious attempt to "reframe" America's past to fit the aims of a modern, left-wing political ideology. It's part of a longer-term process that I explain in my book, "The War on History," set for release on Oct. 1.
So dishonest. This guy had been arrested 44 times & had a warrant out for assault. How about accountability for the people who let this unwell person spend his days harassing commuters on the subway?
He was 30 years old.
Black men deserve to grow old—not be lynched on a Subway because they were having a mental health crisis.
Jordan deserved better. Accountability now.
Wow, imagine the tyranny and corruption if a single ideological cohort controlled all the institutions in a country and suppressed dissenting voices! Scary thought.
Joe Biden could not remember when he was Vice President or when his son Beau died.
Biden is getting off because he's an old man who can't remember anything.
Frederick Douglass, an escaped slave, on the Founders (in 1852): “The signers of the Dec. of Ind. were brave men. They were great men too--great enough to give fame to a great age. It does not often happen to a nation to raise, at one time, such a number of truly great men."
The bailouts are coming. It's a good time to go back to Andrew Jackson's veto of the BUS charter and his eloquent denunciation of crony capitalism and oligarchy. "It is to be regretted that the rich and powerful too often bend the acts of government to their selfish purposes..."
Nonsense. The Founding generation was entirely aware of the evils of slavery in a way that we never will be and laid the foundation for its extinction. As I wrote in my book, "The War on History," there is a serious effort to rewrite our past.
Theodore Roosevelt's statue will be removed from the Museum of Natural History in New York City. The memorial has long prompted objections as a symbol of colonialism.
George Washington University - student holds a “glory to our martyrs” sign.
Applauding those that murdered 1400 Israelis on October 7th is horrifying and must never be accepted as the norm in the U.S.
Recognize him? DM us.
Democrats demand "bipartisan" action to stop gun violence, but then malign anyone who disagrees with them. In this case,
@RepKatiePorter
just tries to railroad
@AmySwearer
without letting her respond. Pure political theater.
🚨🧵: How desperate are members of the left to smear 2nd Amendment supporters like
@AmySwearer
and ban constitutionally protected firearms like the AR-15?
Well, as
@RepKatiePorter
just demonstrated, they’re desperate enough to falsely accuse conservatives of perjury.
🚨NEW POLL🚨
We partnered with
@WPAIntel
to conduct a national poll of Hispanics and asked them their views of Christopher Columbus and others.
Hispanics like Columbus much more than Joe Biden and Kamala Harris.
Fav/Unfav
Columbus: 53/24, +29
Biden: 49/42, +7
Harris: 45/41, +4
Keep hearing of train burglaries in LA on the scanner so went to
#LincolnHeights
to see it all. And… there’s looted packages as far as the eye can see. Amazon packages,
@UPS
boxes, unused Covid tests, fishing lures, epi pens. Cargo containers left busted open on trains.
@CBSLA
@hill_charlotte
The actual ballot is soon to come as it said inside. CA refuses to believe I no longer live there despite telling them otherwise. They treat me as if I'm a CA voter and I haven't been for a decade.
An excellent speech by
@realDonaldTrump
at Mt.
#Rushmore
, not only denouncing the war on American history, but going on the offensive. Mobs may try to tear down the symbols of our past, but they cannot stamp out the greatness and goodness at the heart of this county.
An overwhelming majority of books removed from Florida's schools were pornographic, violent, or inappropriate for students' grade levels, according to school district data submitted to the state's Department of Education.
@MaryMargOlohan
What a great line: “The common denominator with all these absurdities? An ungracious and neurotic elite whose judgment is bankrupt and whose privilege is paid for by those who don’t have it.”
If there is a bright spot to this mess, I hope more urban dwellers come to appreciate the American supply chain. These are the hard working people who ensure our grocery shelves are stocked and restaurants have fresh food.
Yesterday I was driving down I-95 from Rhode Island to DC. I was struck by all the big rigs on the road.
Truck drivers are keeping America supplied and we owe them a debt of gratitude!
My latest appearance on Tipping Point with
@Liz_Wheeler
. I talk about DC Mayor Muriel Bowser's endorsement of a commission calling to remove, rename, or "contextualize" monuments relating to Ben Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, and even George Washington.
"What I find extremely offensive is a narrative from the left that black people are not smart enough ... [to] get an ID. True racism is this," says
@RepBurgessOwens
via
@DailySignal
The New World was such a peaceful utopia before Columbus and Europeans showed up that the Aztecs had a month called Tlacaxipeualiztli, “the Flaying of Men.”
I recently wrote about all the diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives in the federal government and wondered how long we can go down this route before everything starts to break down. Today’s FAA disaster seems like a sign of what’s to come.
Packed house for the
@Moms4Liberty
panel in NYC. Lots of angry activists shouting outside. Maybe about 100. A pretty good sign that the Moms are effective!
$77 billion for a train between Bakersfield and Merced... I will say that this decade long project did provide a lot of jobs for an army of useless administrators making six figure salaries! Can't wait for our socialist utopia!
#GreenNewDeal
The tomb of Andrew and Rachel Jackson was recently vandalized and it will be very difficult to fix. If you have any desire to preserve and protect the grave of a man who spent his life serving his country, please donate:
@Hermitage
@JesseKellyDC
I agree. Lots of salty Republicans right now and after Tuesday it was clear DeSantis was a big winner. Looks bad to unleash a tirade on the guy on a winning steak. If this was all some kind of setup of Trump, then he fell right into the trap.
Kendi and company are also coming after Lincoln too, obviously. The statue destroying movement was never about the Confederacy, it’s about tearing down this “racist” country piece by piece.
It makes sense that Republicans today self-identify as the party of Abraham Lincoln while defending the statues of Confederate leaders and attacking antiracism. While Lincoln and Confederate leaders disagreed on extending slavery, they agreed on the preservation of racism. 1/6
Exclusive: A Washington Post investigation of more than 400 artworks in the U.S. Capitol building found that nearly one-third honor enslavers or Confederates.
"Drag queens make everything better. Drag queens are fun," Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel says at a civil rights conference in Lansing while speaking out against what she describes as efforts to divide people.
"A drag queen for every school," she adds.
At this moment, we are seeing extremists ban books and attempt to erase, overlook, and rewrite the dark parts of America's history.
For example: The Civil War, which was about slavery.
It’s vitally important for all Americans to understand why the Founders designed the electoral college – thank you
@DanaPerino
for having me on
@dailybriefing
!