Former president Barack Obama has been “working” on his third memoir for several years. In that time, his wife, nutrition extremist Michelle Obama, has authored and published her own internationally best-selling memoir, Becoming. For whatever reason, Barack appears unable to tolerate his wife’s literary success. He has expressed an almost pathological level of annoyance at Michelle’s ability to complete a memoir in under two years.
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New Gun Owners Could Sway Future Elections
The record-breaking gun sales during the coronavirus pandemic could bolster candidates that support the Second Amendment in 2020 and alter the course of American gun politics for the foreseeable future. Several of the country’s leading gun-rights groups are working to convert many more first-time owners into new gun-rights voters in the run-up to the 2020 election.
Woke Liberals Want to Cancel the National Anthem
John Lennon’s “Imagine” tops the like of national anthem alternatives…Unfortunately, Lennon isn’t just white; he’s also associated with the most brutal colonial empire the world has ever known and didn’t write a single song about a trans person of color. So he’s canceled.
Biden Voted to Protect Segregated Private Schools’ Tax-Exempt Status
Joe Biden voted to allow racially segregated private schools to keep their tax exempt status in the late ’70s, a stance that put him at odds with the Carter administration and drew criticism from civil rights groups at the time.
Interest in “Anti-Racist” Books Wanes as White Liberals Return to #Resistance Reading
White liberals just can’t help themselves. After a brief period during which many were compelled to purchase reading material on “white fragility” and “how to be an anti-racist,” they quickly returned to a topic of greater interest and comfort: the badness of Donald Trump (John Bolton’s new book).
Do Alternatives to Cops Work?
The evidence on “violence interrupters” and de-escalation is mixed at best.
China Creep on Campus
Dozens of top American universities that received funding from the Chinese government failed to disclose those donations to the Department of Education, prompting concerns from education watchdogs about Beijing’s growing influence on campuses.
Biden Dropped $4.7 Million on Facebook Ads in June While Decrying Misinformation on Platform
Joe Biden’s campaign has massively ramped up its spending on Facebook advertisements in June, even as it wages a public relations war against the tech giant for allegedly allowing the Trump campaign to peddle “misinformation” through paid ads.
Fund the Police
The progressive left is increasingly agitating for the defunding of America’s police departments, even as decades of research indicate that better-funded cops make communities better while cutting back would see crime spike.
Incoming Journalism Dean Out After Microaggression Complaint
Arizona State University revoked a job offer from its incoming journalism school dean after students and faculty accused her of “microaggressions,” including a tweet that called some police officers “good.” Sonya Forte Duhé was due to take over as dean of ASU’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism on July 1, but her offer was revoked after former students lodged complaints about comments they perceived as rude.
Behold the Next Frontier in Corporate Wokeness
“Defund the police,” says former Obama Justice Department spokesman Brian Fallon…”Abolish the police,” say all the wokest libs. It is only a matter of time before America’s largest corporations start lining up to express their performative allegiance to the cause. Nike would obviously be first in line.
What Aren’t Minnesota Democratic Leaders Telling Us?
Either Minnesotans were lied to by leaders too afraid of the mob to act otherwise, or those leaders stood by while white supremacists burned down the cities they were elected to run. So, which is it?
The Media’s Riot Defenders
If peaceful armed protesters are voicing frustration with a lockdown, as happened in Democratic darling Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s state of Michigan, they see anarchy. But when smashed windows and mutilated civilians can be contorted into an issue of “racial justice,” then fealty to their hard-left ideology trumps any concern for safety or sanity.
Biden Promotes Police Protocol Decried by Gun-Safety Experts
The former vice president said police should be trained to shoot protesters “in the leg.”
Professor Laments Rioters Failure to Attack Trump’s DC Hotel
Georgetown University professor and former NPR editor Kitty Eisele lamented on Sunday that protesters in Washington, D.C., had not attacked the Trump International Hotel.
Former Pelosi Aides Cash in as Coronavirus Lobbyists
Former aides to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D., Calif.) have raked in hundreds of thousands of dollars this year as registered lobbyists on coronavirus-related issues, according to federal disclosure records reviewed by the Washington Free Beacon. At least seven ex-Pelosi aides…have registered as lobbyists on behalf of dozens of companies seeking benefits from coronavirus-related legislation.
Chinese Embassy in France Tweets Then Deletes Anti-Semitic Imagery
The Chinese embassy in France on Sunday tweeted, and then quickly deleted, an anti-Semitic image portraying the United States and Israel as the grim reaper knocking on Hong Kong’s door. The image, which has been circulating online among anti-Semites for some time, depicts the United States as the grim reaper holding a scythe with Israel’s flag.
Across Biden Charitable Organizations, a Question of Funding
Government watchdog raises questions about Chinese influence at University of Pennsylvania’s Biden Center.
Obama’s Man in China Now Beijing’s Man in Washington
Former ambassador Baucus appears regularly on Chinese propaganda outlets.
Minnesota Stonewalls Conservative Journalist
Democrat Tim Walz has refused to tell a conservative journalist why his office isn’t allowing him to participate in the state’s coronavirus briefings
Dem Congressman Admits to Decade-Long Affair with Former Intern
Rep. Steven Horsford (D., Nev.) admitted to a decade-long affair with a former Hill intern on Friday after an investigation verified the identity of a podcaster who had been recounting the relationship…He is the second Democrat of the 116th Congress to be accused of sexual impropriety while in office.
China May Meddle in Upcoming U.S. Election
China is threatening to meddle in the U.S. presidential election as retribution for American lawsuits seeking to hold Beijing accountable for the spread of the coronavirus. The Communist Party “won’t just strike back symbolically, but will impose countermeasures that will make them feel pain,” according to the Global Times, an outlet controlled by the regime.
Biden Campaign Wages Dangerous Assault on First Amendment
Joe Biden’s dangerous disregard for the noble profession of journalism, aka truth-telling, was on full display Wednesday as one of the presumptive nominee’s campaign directors launched an unprecedented attack against CBS’s Catherine Herridge, an award-winning female journalist exercising her constitutional right to report the news.
Hillary’s Longtime Aides Got Pay Bumps from Her “Resistance” Group Even as Revenue Dropped
Clinton created Onward Together, a “social welfare” nonprofit, following her 2016 defeat. She said the group would allow her to be a “part of the resistance” against President Donald Trump…As the group’s revenues plummeted, Clinton’s confidantes nearly doubled their compensation packages.