Apparently, the vast majority of black people in America are now white supremacists &#8230; according to the standards of the Left, that is. 
This month, as Republicans in Georgia passed sweeping voter ID laws aimed at bolstering election integrity, Democrats resorted to their favorite tactic when confronted with a policy they don’t like: crying white supremacy. 
In this case, prominent figures on the Left united to push forth a particularly disgusting narrative — that voter ID requirements are tantamount to Jim Crow laws.
Despite the ahistorical nature of these claims — and the fact that there are still millions of black Americans who actually lived under these racist Democratic Party mandates in the segregation-era South — everyone from Stacey Abrams, to Joe Biden, to Elizabeth Warren lined up to fight what <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-new-jim-crow-leftists-compare-georgias-election-integrity-bill-to-racist-segregation-laws">they called</a> “the new Jim Crow.”
Biden, in his first press conference as President, even went as far as <a href="https://www.faithwire.com/2021/03/25/gop-makes-jim-crow-look-like-jim-eagle-bidens-first-press-conference-draws-sharp-reaction/">saying</a> Georgia’s new voter ID law “makes Jim Crow look like Jim Eagle,” whatever that means.
So what was the reaction from black Americans — the very people supposedly doomed to suffer oppression under this new era of codified racism? 
Far from fear, or anger, according to a new Rasmussen <a href="https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/lifestyle/general_lifestyle/march_2021/75_support_voter_id_laws">poll</a>, the reaction was support. Overwhelming support. 
Nearly 70% of black people living in America support laws that require prospective voters to provide an ID, such as a driver’s license, before being allowed to cast their ballot. 
It turns out that the vast majority of black people in America — the very individuals Joe Biden assures us are victims of racism under voter ID laws — think it’s perfectly reasonable to require some form of proof that you are who you say you are before voting. 
Such a finding would cause rational individuals to immediately refrain from furthering the narrative that voter ID laws are symptoms of systemic white supremacy, but we’re not dealing with rational folks here. 
The Left’s messaging is reliant not on rational facts, but on fear and virtue signaling. They want to scare away anyone who might oppose them with accusations of racism, and they are more than content to ignore the desires of those they claim will be victimized in doing so. 
Sadly, the black community has once again fallen victim to the Left’s “soft bigotry of low expectations.”
What could be more patronizing than having a 78 year old white man imply that by virtue of your black skin, you are somehow less capable of carrying an ID? There’s a message being sent there, and it isn’t one of empowerment. 
It’s a message that says, “Your community supports voter ID laws? Well, you must not understand the situation, and you certainly must be missing the racism you’re being subjected to.”  
The Left is right about one thing: racism is running rampant in the conversation surrounding voter ID laws. But it’s not coming from the side they think it is. 
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/yet-again-the-democrats-fall-back-on-their-racist-soft-bigotry-of-low-expectations">Yet Again, The Democrats Fall Back On Their Racist ‘Soft Bigotry Of Low Expectations’</a>
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52nd NAACP Image Awards

If Voter ID Laws Are So Racist, Why Do 70% Of Black People Support Them?

Stacey Abrams

Voter ID

Fourteen months ago, ten candidates for the Democratic Presidential nomination stood on a debate stage, hands raised high. 
After the debate moderator asked them collectively whether they would offer free healthcare to illegal immigrants, in a race to prove their progressive credentials, ten hands shot into the sky — though some candidates surely were tempted to raise two hands as an indicator of their zeal for the idea.
Among those raising their hands were now-President Joe Biden and now-Vice President Kamala Harris. 
That night, Democratic candidates for president sent a clear message to the rest of the world — particularly those considering crossing our border illegally. As long as there was a Democrat in the White House, America would become a land where those who flouted our immigration laws would not be turned away, but instead offered a litany of “free” services, be it education, healthcare, or housing. 
In the months that followed that debate, then-candidate Joe Biden spoke repeatedly of “restoring humanity” to our immigration system, promising to offer a pathway to citizenship for the more than 11 million illegal immigrants currently in the country.
Upon taking office, Biden — seemingly intent on making the prospect of circumventing established immigration laws as attractive as possible — promised that migrants at the southern border would not be separated from their families. He also signed an executive order rescinding the “Remain In Mexico” policy for migrants, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/how-democrats-and-joe-biden-caused-the-border-crisis">which</a> had “required that those seeking asylum wait outside the United States while their claims are processed.” 
Other executive actions from Biden <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/biden-immigration-executive-order/2021/02/02/8c7510a8-64f3-11eb-bf81-c618c88ed605_story.html">included</a> “ordering the review and potential reversal of the Trump administration’s deterrent policies along the Mexico border and the barriers they created to legal immigration,” while his Department of Homeland Security Secretary promised the United States will “not expel children” who enter the country alone. 
We’re two months into Biden’s first term, and what’s been the result of all this rhetoric? An unprecedented crisis at the Southern Border.
Record numbers of unaccompanied children are flooding our border, overwhelming our CBP facilities, with more illegal border crossings <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/immigration/southwest-border-crossings-pace-highest-levels-20-years-biden-admin-n1261192">reported</a> this month than at any time in the last two decades.
There are two possible explanations for the timing of this record surge at the border. 
The first is that this is simply the result of chance. After years of steady decline, illegal border crossings just happened to spike weeks after Joe Biden took office. 
The second, and more obvious explanation, is that offering citizenship and healthcare to those living here illegally has removed the incentive from many potential immigrants to come here legally. 
Why wade through complicated legal processes if you know the country whose laws you’re attempting to break will ultimately bend over backwards to accommodate your presence, even offering you a pathway to citizenship? 
Biden has provided an added sense of urgency for illegal immigrants, who now know that if they can make it into the country soon enough, they’ll be in line to receive one of the Democrat’s many immigration-related promises.
The current administration calls this shift in immigration policy one based on “morality.” What could be moral about tacitly encouraging thousands of people to embark on an illegal, often deadly journey, where 1 in 3 women are <a href="https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/sites/default/files/2018-06/msf_forced-to-flee-central-americas-northern-triangle.pdf">sexually abused</a>?
Is it moral to pass policies which undoubtedly encourage migrant parents to send their children alone across the border — often with murderous human traffickers?
Biden’s “hand raise” was more than a woke, virtue signaling gesture. It was an invitation — and a deadly one at that.
If you ask the Biden administration, there is no crisis at all. Which is ironic, given the fact that in 2011, when Biden was Vice President, the Obama administration <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-avoids-the-word-crisis-despite-rate-of-illegal-border-crossings-being-six-times-the-crisis-level-he-set-under-obama">said</a> a crisis should only be declared at the border once 1,000 illegal crossings were recorded per day. This month, we’re at 6,000. 
The reason they refuse to call this a crisis is clear: they know they’re culpable. Until Joe Biden realizes the message his rhetoric sends to the rest of the world, and refrains from incentivizing further illegal crossings, this crisis will continue. 
I don’t suggest you hold your breath.
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Joe Biden and Running Mate Kamala Harris Deliver Remarks In Delaware

It Turns Out That Promising Free Stuff To Illegal Immigrants … Causes More Illegal Immigration 

Border Crisis

Immigration

Joe Biden

Kamala Harris

Today, CBS News reported that “more than 3,200 migrant children were stuck in CBP facilities,” a number which was “the highest in the agency’s history.” 
Soon after the news broke, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez boarded the first available plane to the border and, by early afternoon, could be seen shaking the chain-link fence of the Border Patrol facilities, demanding that they “free the kids from the cages.”
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi held a tearful press conference, demanding an end to the practice, saying, “If you start endangering children, I become a lioness.” 
CNN featured numerous guests deriding the crisis at the border as “inhumane” and “a stain on our democracy.”
In reality, none of these things happened. At least, not when it was announced that Biden was detaining a record number of migrant children in border control facilities. 
Instead, these are all things that happened when it was announced that President Trump was engaging in a similar practice. 
This time around, the same Leftist politicians and legacy media outlets are almost entirely silent on an issue they deemed a “once in a generation scandal,” just two years ago. 
The same politicians now playing “the quiet game” spent a year competing in a battle of “who can display the most righteous indignation” when President Trump was in office. Their ability to constantly one-up each other in the never-ending quest to denounce Trump in the strongest words possible was, at times, awe-inspiring.  
One of the politicians engaging in said competition was the man now engaging in the practice he once claimed to despise: Joe Biden. 
For example, in 2019, he <a href="https://twitter.com/joebiden/status/1177719172513615872?lang=en">tweeted</a>, “We are not a country that detains migrant children indefinitely… we are a country that welcomes those in search of a better life.”
On the contrary, rather than breaking the pattern of detaining children, he’s breaking the record for detaining children. 
While campaigning for president in 2020, Biden even made his opposition to the detention of children at the border a core tenant of his immigration policy, <a href="https://twitter.com/JoeBiden/status/1277024411091075072?s=20">saying</a>, “children should be released from ICE detention with their parents immediately.”
However, after winning the election it seems that Biden’s priorities have changed. Maybe the media could ask him about his change of heart, if only he had held one single press conference since taking office, <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/08/politics/joe-biden-solo-press-conference-record/index.html">something</a> every President in the last 100 years had done by this point in their first term. 
But you won’t see politicians on the Left demanding action. You won’t see your woke friends on Instagram sharing infographics explaining the inherent racism in the practice of detaining children.
Last night, CNN — who spent a year invoking Trump’s detainment of migrant children as evidence of his authoritarian tendencies — opened their primetime shows with passionate discussions regarding the Prince Harry and Meghan Markle feud with the Royal Family. 
The Left’s silence on Biden’s border crisis proves that all along, they were more interested in opposing Trump while simultaneously cashing in on the chance to prove to their peers, followers, and friends how woke they are. It’s yet more proof of the solely performative nature of the vast majority of the Left’s outrage. 
Remember this indisputable fact the next time you see Democrat politicians and media figures clutching their proverbial pearls, pretending to care about the latest manufactured crisis they’ve chosen to focus on that day. 
Now, one question remains. 
If President Trump was a “Nazi” for detaining children at the border, what does that make President Biden?
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President Biden Receives Economic Briefing From Treasury Secretary

If Trump Was A ‘Nazi’ For Detaining Migrant Children, What Does That Make Biden?

Migrants

Southern Border

As part of “Read Across America Day,” Joe Biden recently took part in an annual presidential tradition, unveiling his book list for the country’s school children.
Notably absent from the list was the very author whose birthday the celebration commemorates: Dr. Seuss. 
The conspicuous omission comes as the woke mob, alongside local school districts, pushes to “cancel” his work for supposedly being replete with “racial undertones” not conducive for “culturally responsive” learning. The company which controls Dr. Seuss’s estate even ceased publication of six books they found to be particularly <a href="https://www.npr.org/2021/03/02/972777841/dr-seuss-enterprises-will-shelve-6-books-citing-hurtful-portrayals">“hurtful.”</a>
Though the Biden administration didn’t give a specific reason for keeping Dr. Seuss from the list, if you believe they happened to omit the most popular children’s author in American history, on the holiday set on his birthday by accident, and not for fear of offending the outrage mob, you’re living in a world as outlandish and fantastical as one of Seuss’s creations. 
The Biden administration has tacitly canceled Dr. Seuss because some of his work doesn’t live up to their modern day “woke” standards. 
What Biden doesn’t seem to realize is that if he was held to those same standards, he would face certain cancellation.
If it weren’t for the conveniently-selective outrage of the mob, whose ire falls solely on those outside the inner sanctum of wokeness, Biden himself would’ve been cast out, canceled, and forgotten long ago. That is, if we’re abiding by the idea that the past words and actions of an individual — say a children’s author or politician — should be held under a microscope and viewed through a modern lens.
By now, most on the Right are familiar (despite the legacy media’s lack of coverage) with Biden’s history of what the Left would call “racially insensitive” comments. 
Read for yourself each of the following statements and think of the litany of historical figures or modern day conservatives who’ve been canceled for less. 
<ul>
<li>In June of 2006, Biden was filmed <a href="http://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1895156_1894977_1643323,00.html">telling</a> an Indian-American voter, “you cannot go to a 7-11 or a Dunkin’ Donuts unless you have a slight Indian accent. I’m not joking.” </li>
<li>In August of 2019, in an apparent attempt to offer support for impoverished children, Biden had an apparent freudian slip, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/09/us/politics/joe-biden-poor-kids.html">saying</a>, “we have this notion that somehow if you’re poor you cannot do it, poor kids are just as bright and just as talented as white kids.”</li>
<li>In February of 2007, Biden seemed to imply that up to that point, America had been devoid of any well-spoken black leaders, <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna16911044">calling</a> Barack Obama, “the first sort of mainstream African-American who is articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking guy.”</li>
<li>In 1977, while arguing in opposition to a measure which would have allowed busing to further desegregate public schools, Biden <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/biden-said-desegregation-would-create-a-racial-jungle-2019-7">said</a>, “Unless we do something about this, my children are going to grow up in a jungle, the jungle being a racial jungle with tensions having built so high that it is going to explode at some point.”</li>
</ul>
And who could forget Biden’s <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/watch-biden-if-you-have-a-problem-figuring-out-whether-youre-for-me-or-trump-then-you-aint-black">insistence</a> in 2020 that “you ain’t black” if you’re an African-American who doesn’t support the Democratic party? Well, who besides the media, Democrat leadership, and woke mob as a whole, could forget? 
Ask one hundred Americans whether they find any one of those comments or a few drawings from a Dr. Seuss book more offensive, and the answer would be obvious. 
If the standards Biden now requires others to live by were applied to any of these comments, he himself would be sacrificed upon the altar of political correctness. 
And that’s the problem.
While Democratic politicians increasingly embrace the cancel culture tactics of their radical base, the work of ignoring their own cancelable offenses becomes ever more difficult.
The woke mob is a beast with an appetite satiated only by the blood of new victims. The eyes of that beast have been focused by its masters on a predetermined population. For now.
Sooner, rather than later, that beast will break free of its restraints and seek new victims. By then, its masters will appear more appetizing than ever. 
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According To Joe Biden’s Standards… Joe Biden Should Be Canceled

Cancel Culture

This week, with historic winter storms knocking out power for millions of Texans, Senator Ted Cruz traveled with his family to Cancun for a beach vacation. Shortly after photos of Cruz boarding a flight hit the internet, two things happened. 
First, social media went into a frenzy. The beach trip instantly became the number one trending topic on Twitter, with reporters, media personalities, commentators, and others lambasting Cruz for his ill-timed journey. 
Second, the legacy media began digging for more details regarding the trip. Who else had gone? What hotel were they staying in? How long was the trip originally scheduled to last?
Soon, the full force of the American media apparatus was deployed. Hordes of photographers <a href="https://www.ajc.com/news/sen-ted-cruz-accused-of-flying-to-cancun-during-texas-snow-crisis/6BAHLUYY7ZGQRJ65YNM7EGUU7M/">wandered</a> the Cancun airport hoping to catch a glimpse of Cruz on his return voyage, while investigative reporters began reaching out to close friends and neighbors of the Senator’s wife, Heidi, in a quest for more information. 
Within 24 hours of the first photos emerging, reporters had <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/heidi-cruz-text-messages-planning-mexico-trip-ted-cruz-2021-2">obtained</a> transcripts of text messages sent between Heidi Cruz and her closest friends, which shed light on the trip. 
Meanwhile, members of the legacy media breathlessly searched for answers from Cruz’s staff, demanding to know further details of the trip and posting hourly updates of their findings. 
As the specifics of the trip emerged, and the media firestorm intensified, Senator Cruz boarded a return flight for Houston, issuing a statement apologizing for his decision and the timing of his getaway, saying it was “<a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/ted-cruz-mistake-mexico-vacation-b1804423.html">obviously a mistake</a>.” 
The saga served as an impressive reminder of the investigative capabilities of our news media, and the impact that dogged reporting can have on the decisions of policy makers. 
While the media were patting themselves on the back for what many surely viewed as a heroic act of service to the nation, many Americans were left asking a question. Where was this type of reporting when New York Governor Andrew Cuomo covered up the deaths of thousands of senior citizens caused by his disastrous COVID policies, specifically his administration’s March 25 mandate which directed nursing homes and long-term care facilities to admit COVID-19 positive patients?
Where were the reporters staking out hospitals, or knocking on the doors of the family members publicly crying out for help for their loved ones?
They were absent for one simple reason: politics. 
Early in the pandemic, Governor Cuomo was crowned the de facto leader of the progressive response to COVID-19. His press conferences were lauded as the greatest example of political leadership and communication since FDR’s fireside chats. He signed book deals, won Emmy’s, and appeared seemingly nightly on his brother’s CNN program. 
Despite the overwhelming number of average New Yorkers speaking out about his policy failures, the media steered clear, intent on refraining from any reporting that could tarnish Cuomo’s standing as the Democratic savior.
If they had done any investigating of Cuomo’s response, they could have uncovered the gross incompetence that resulted in the death of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/covid-19-killed-14-of-new-yorks-nursing-home-population">14%</a> of New York’s nursing home population, before it was too late. 
Likewise, if the media had chosen to dig into the nursing home fatality reports Cuomo was releasing with the same fervor they applied to Heidi Cruz’s text messages, they could have noticed clear discrepancies in the data and attempted to shine a light on the Cuomo administration’s intentional underreporting of senior deaths. 
Sadly, they didn’t do any of those things. It wasn’t until the Governor’s Secretary <a href="https://nypost.com/2021/02/11/cuomo-aide-admits-they-hid-nursing-home-data-from-feds/">admitted</a> in early February that their office intentionally hid nursing home data so it couldn’t “be used against us,” that an FBI investigation was launched. 
For the thousands of senior citizens who died in New York, it’s too late. What would that number have been if even one brave reporter had demanded transparency? We’ll never know, because they never did.
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Governor Cuomo

If The Media Had Investigated Cuomo’s COVID Response The Way They Did Cruz’s Cancun Trip, Thousands Of New Yorkers Could Still Be Alive

Andrew Cuomo

COVID-19

New York

Ted Cruz

On Sunday, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers defeated the Kansas City Chiefs 31-9, marking the franchise’s first Super Bowl victory since 2003. 
Tom Brady — in his first season since leaving the New England Patriots — brought home his fifth Super Bowl MVP award, and seventh Super Bowl title, giving him more championships than any other player or franchise.  
Brady was efficient throughout the evening, going 21-29 for 201 yards and three touchdowns, but it was a moment in the waning seconds of the first half that had social media buzzing after the game. 
Following his third touchdown pass — a 1-yard strike to Antonio Brown — viewers saw Brady in a shouting match on the field with Chiefs safety Tyrann ‘Honey Badger’ Mathieu. 
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The altercation began after Mathieu ran towards Brady following the play, pointing a finger in his face while appearing to taunt him. Brady chased after Mathieu and could be seen on camera shouting in his direction before teammates and officials stepped in between them.
Mathieu was deemed the aggressor by officials, who called a 15-yard unsportsmanlike conduct penalty. 
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While it was initially unclear what was said, after the game, Mathieu alleged it was serious. 
In a tweet alluding to the incident, he said, “He called me something I won’t repeat but yeah I’ll let all the media throw me under the bus as if I did something or said something to him… go back to my previous games against TB12 I showed him nothing but respect. Look at my interviews about him… I show grace.”
Mathieu elaborated on the incident in a post-game Zoom <a href="https://twitter.com/ZackCoxNESN/status/1358622030715830275?s=20">interview</a>, saying “I never really saw that side of Tom Brady, to be honest. But whatever. I’m over it. No comment.” 
Mathieu’s tweet, which many online perceived as a tacit allegation of racism, was soon deleted. While Mathieu has yet to give a reason for removing the tweet, Twitter users were quick to point out the likelihood of Brady having been “mic’d up” during the game, meaning Mathieu’s allegations could easily be confirmed or disproved. 
A similar situation arose during the 2019 season after Cleveland Browns defensive end Myles Garrett accused Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Mason Rudolph of calling him a racial slur in the moments leading up to a brawl in which Garrett removed Rudolph’s helmet and struck him in the head. 
The NFL later issued a <a href="https://www.nfl.com/news/nfl-no-evidence-rudolph-used-racial-slur-at-garrett-0ap3000001079194">statement</a> saying they were unable to find any evidence to corroborate such allegations.
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Super Bowl LV

Tyrann ‘Honey Badger’ Mathieu Accuses Tom Brady Of Calling Him ‘Something I Won’t Repeat’ In Now Deleted Tweet

Sports

Super Bowl

Tom Brady

On Sunday, President Joe Biden attended Sunday Mass at Holy Trinity, a Roman Catholic Church in Washington, D.C. that he’s attended since his days as Vice President.
Soon after, social media and legacy media outlets alike were awash with praise for the “devout” faith being put on display by the new president. The New York Times <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/23/us/biden-catholic-christian.html?referringSource=articleShare">called</a> him, “perhaps the most religiously observant commander in chief in half a century,” celebrating that a “more liberal christianity grounds his life and his policies.” 
CNN ran a near celebratory <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/13/politics/joe-biden-catholic-faith/index.html">headline</a>, announcing to the world that “Biden’s Catholic faith will be on full display as the first publicly churchgoing president in decades.” 
NBC News <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/sunday-services-biden-s-faith-display-renewed-presidential-ritual-n1255460">touted</a> “Biden’s faith on display,” celebrating this “renewed presidential ritual,” while the New Yorker <a href="https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/can-joe-biden-save-american-catholicism-from-the-far-right">praised</a> his “practice of carrying a rosary,” as indicative of a “public servant’s deep faith.”  
Rather than questioning how President Biden’s Catholic faith aligns with his indisputably anti-Catholic positions on issues like abortion, the message from the media was clear: his faith is a humanizing badge of honor, his regular church attendance a sign of consistency worth emulating. 
If you’re surprised by this sort of coverage, it’s easy to see why. 
Just three months ago, the same media praising Biden for his “devout” faith was working feverishly to convince anyone who would listen that Amy Coney Barrett’s strict adherence to Catholic teachings made her a “radical.” 
Far from making her a more qualified public servant, Coney Barrett’s Catholic views were an indictment of her capabilities, weaponized by the same media now worshiping Biden’s worshiping. 
Coney Barrett’s statement that her “legal career is but a means to an end … and that end is building the kingdom of God,” was <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/28/us/amy-coney-barrett-nominee-religion.html">held up</a> by the New York Times as an example of her radicalism, with pundits and commentators alike questioning whether a public servant ought to allow their decision-making to be influenced by religion. 
Such questions were absent from the headlines in coverage of President Biden’s faith. NPR, for example, ran a story<a href="https://www.npr.org/2020/09/20/913667325/how-joe-bidens-faith-shapes-his-politics"> titled</a> “How Joe Biden’s Faith Shapes His Politics.” Far from calling him a radical, NPR alluded to the fact that “his speeches are woven with references to God, biblical language or the Pope,” as a positive. 
“People who know him well say his Catholic faith is central to how he sees the world,” they noted.
If you aren’t fluent in the language of the Left, what they’re saying is this: it’s commendable that Joe Biden’s political career is swayed by his faith. It’s detestable for Amy Coney Barrett. 
No one made this more clear than Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) during Justice Barrett’s confirmation hearing for her appointment to the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals in 2017. “Why is it that so many of us on this side have this very uncomfortable feeling that dogma and law are two different things?” she asked.
“The conclusion one draws is that the dogma lives loudly within you,” Feinstein <a href="https://dailycaller.com/2020/09/21/amy-coney-barrett-catholic-scotus/">concluded. </a>
On that note, Joe Biden’s own Vice President, Kamala Harris, once questioned whether a devout Catholic could serve in government, let alone as Commander in Chief.
In 2018, during a confirmation hearing for judicial nominee Brian Buescher, then Senator Harris questioned how Buescher, a devout Catholic, could judge fairly given his association with the Knights of Columbus, a Roman Catholic service organization.
“Were you aware that the Knights of Columbus opposed a woman’s right to choose when you joined the organization?” she asked.
Oddly enough, Harris’ apparent belief that those who associate with a pro-life organization are unable to serve in government didn&#8217;t impact her decision to partner with President Biden, a member of the Roman Catholic Church — a pro-life organization.
After Joe Biden’s first Sunday in office, the message of the Left and the legacy media as a whole is clear: devout faith in a leader is to be celebrated, as long as that leader is with us.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/haworth-why-democrats-hate-real-catholics">Why Democrats Hate Real Catholics</a>
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T.C. Williams High School, well known for its prominent role in the popular Disney film “Remember The Titans”, could soon be renamed as “Kamala Harris High School.” 
In November, the Alexandria City School Board voted unanimously to remove Williams’ name due to his support of segregation while serving as superintendent of the Alexandria, VA, school system. According to the school, Williams <a href="https://alexandrialivingmagazine.com/news/school-board-votes-change-name-t-c-williams-high-school-alexandria-va/">was</a> a “staunch segregationist whose views could not have been more inconsistent with the vibrant, diverse and inclusive place we know today.”
Now, students are being offered the chance to vote on a replacement name through an online poll on the school’s website. Included among the options for students to choose from is “Kamala Harris High School.” 
As of Friday, other options for the students to choose from included “George Floyd Memorial High School” and “Ruth Bader Ginsburg High School,” with the school board <a href="https://www.washingtonian.com/2021/01/12/rename-t-c-williams-for-meghan-markle-it-could-happen/">reportedly</a> planning on narrowing down the list to six finalists by April. 
The Board also announced plans to change the name of Matthew Maury Elementary School, whose namesake was a Confederate naval officer widely considered to be the founder of modern oceanography. 
The decision comes after a year of racial unrest following the deaths of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor at the hands of police.
Following nationwide protests and riots led by the Black Lives Matter movement, a growing number of government buildings — both at the federal and state level — have been renamed, replacing segregationists, Confederate leaders, and others now deemed unworthy of such an honor. 
The name change, set to take effect at the start of the 2021 fall semester, will <a href="https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/remember-the-titans-school-tc-williams-to-change-name/ar-BB1bjPIp">reportedly </a>cost the school district $330,000. 
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Last week, Twitter announced that President Trump’s account had been permanently suspended, citing a “risk of further incitement of violence.”
“After a close review of recent tweets from the @realDonaldTrump account and the context around them — specifically how they are being received and interpreted on and off Twitter — we have permanently suspended the account,” Twitter said in a statement issued Friday evening. 
After news of the ban broke, Twitter users were quick to point out the apparent hypocrisy in the platform’s decision, noting how the accounts of numerous individuals who’ve openly advocated for violence — and in some cases acted on it — have remained untouched. 
Here are just a few:
Ayatollah Khamenei (<a href="https://twitter.com/khamenei_ir">@khamenei_ir</a>)
Khamenei, the Supreme Leader of Iran, has openly tweeted his desire to destroy Israel, calling it a “cancerous growth” that must be “uprooted and destroyed.” More recently, the Supreme Leader has implied that the United States could be sharing COVID-19 vaccines abroad in order to “contaminate other nations.”
Following the U.S. air raid that killed Iranian General Soleimani, Khamenei <a href="https://www.arabnews.com/node/1708061/middle-east">said</a> that Iran, “will never forget this and will certainly deal a reciprocal blow to the United States.”
Despite the fact that Khamenei and his oppressive regime have banned Twitter in Iran, his account remains active for the rest of the world to see. 
In June of this year, Twitter responded to calls for Khamenei’s suspension, <a href="https://nypost.com/2020/07/30/twitter-execs-refused-request-to-remove-ayatollah-khamenei-tweets/">saying </a>his tweets “fall into the category of foreign policy saber-rattling on economic or military issues.”
Zabiullah Mujahid (<a href="https://twitter.com/Zabehulah_M33">@Zabehulah_M33</a>)
You may not know his name, but you certainly know the organization he represents. Mujahid is a spokesman for the Taliban, an organization who have gone far beyond violent words, committing heinous acts of terror in the name of radical Islam, killing thousands of innocent people — including American troops and citizens. 
Mujahid’s account has amassed over 147,000 followers, and his account appears free of any “fact checks” or warnings from Twitter admins. 
The page regularly touts Taliban exploits, praising the Mujahideen and celebrating raids and other violent attacks within Afghanistan. 
For example, one of Mujahid’s recent <a href="https://twitter.com/Zabehulah_M33/status/1348903662781943808">tweets</a> bragged about new members who’d joined the terrorist organization. “25 soldiers, police, and [government officials], realizing the facts and efforts of recruitment officials, resigned and joined the Mujahideen.”
Louis Farrakhan (<a href="http://louisfarrakhan">@LouisFarrakhan</a>)
Louis Farrakhan, perhaps the most famous anti-semite in America today, still has an active Twitter account, despite routinely comparing Jews to “termites,” among other things. 
Farrakhan, head of the notorious “Nation of Islam,” tweeted in 2018, “I am not anti-semite. I am anti-termite.” 
Though Twitter removed the “verified” check from his account following a tweet about “the Satanic Jew and the Synagogue of Satan,” his account still remains active and public. 
Chinese Embassy In The U.S. (<a href="https://twitter.com/ChineseEmbinUS">@ChineseEmbinUS</a>)
You may not know it, but the Chinese Embassy in the United States has their own verified Twitter account with over 78,000 followers. Their account is routinely used to spread Chinese Communist Party propaganda on behalf of President Xi Jingping. 
This week, they used Twitter to defend China’s use of concentration camps in part of their ongoing genocide against the Uyghurs. 
“The minds of Uygur women in Xinjiang were emancipated and gender equality and reproductive health were promoted, making them no longer baby-making machines,” the account tweeted, before saying the victims are, “more confident and independent.”
While the tweet has since been deleted, the account has not. 
New York City Antifa Account (<a href="https://twitter.com/NYCAntifa">@NYCAntifa</a>)
For all their talk of restricting those “promoting violence,” Twitter still allows Antifa accounts full access to the platform, despite their “by any means necessary” slogan and their use of violent rhetoric and tactics. 
The account routinely “doxes” individuals deemed “Nazis” — in other words, anyone on the Right — sharing photos and personal information in an attempt to intimidate and coerce. 
The page also reposts photos and videos of “fascists” being attacked on the street and at protests, with gleeful captions. 
Nicolas Maduro (<a href="https://twitter.com/NicolasMaduro">@NicolasMaduro</a>)
Despite running his country into the ground and killing or jailing anyone who stood in his way, Nicolas Maduro — best known as the human rights abusing, socialism loving, dictator of Venezuela — still enjoys the use of his Twitter account. 
Throughout the week, he can be seen using the platform to spread propaganda in support of his murderous regime, all while his starving citizens languish in poverty. 
Though the United Nations has <a href="https://news.un.org/en/story/2020/09/1072512">labeled</a> Maduro one of the worst human rights abusers on Earth, with his continual crimes being well-documented, his Twitter account remains untouched. 
Kathy Griffin (<a href="https://twitter.com/kathygriffin?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor">@KathyGriffin</a>)
Kathy Griffin, the “comedian” turned wannabe political activist, is now perhaps best known for a photo she posted holding a bloody replica of Donald Trump’s decapitated head. 
Evidently, pretending to hold the severed head of the President of the United States doesn’t violate Twitter’s <a href="https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/glorification-of-violence">policy</a> on the “glorification of violence.” 
Griffin initially apologized for the gruesome photoshoot, but eventually doubled down, reposting the image on election night in November. While Twitter flagged the tweet as containing “potentially sensitive content,” they allowed it to stay and have taken no further action against Griffin’s account.
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Last month, a Fox News poll showed that 42% of Americans believe Donald Trump to be among the worst Presidents in our nation’s history, a number unmatched by any outgoing President in the history of modern polling. 
While shockingly absurd on its face, the poll should serve as a reminder of just how successful the Left has been at vilifying their arch nemesis, using a litany of tools to mislead and misinform. 
Those who view President Trump as among the worst Presidents in America’s history fall into two camps: the virtue signalers and the uninformed.
First, the virtue signalers. These individuals care not for historical accuracy or logic, but are instead consumed by the desire to prove to those around them just how committed they are to denouncing Trump given any opportunity. Deep down, they know President Trump is not actually the worst ever, but they crave the pat on the back and rush of “wokedrenaline” (yes, I made that word up) they get upon bashing the big bad orange man. 
If you’re wondering which of your peers is in this camp, just think of the house in your neighborhood proudly displaying their “Hate Has No Home Here” yard sign. Rest assured, they’re in this group. 
Second are the uninformed, who actually believe Trump to be among the worst Presidents ever. If you meet someone who tells you such a thing, they’re essentially demonstrating either their ignorance of American history or their susceptibility to the legacy media’s propaganda. 
It’s easy to see how an angry Democrat voter could fall prey to recency bias when it comes to their opinion of Trump from a historical context, but even a quick dive into the tenures of past Presidents would provide enough context to dispel the notion that Trump even comes close to the worst ever. 
Surely, even a passing knowledge of James Buchanan’s ineptitude ahead of the Civil War, Warren G. Harding’s corruption and negligence, or Andrew Johnson’s brutal fumbling of reconstruction could have prevented such historically illiterate opinions? 
While one can be forgiven for lacking a deep knowledge of our nation’s presidential history, it’s harder to forgive those who seem ignorant to recent history as well. 
Those Presidents thrown into the “worst ever” discussion usually didn’t preside over an economy that saw historically low <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/articles/u-s-unemployment-rate-falls-50-year-low/">unemployment</a> and record breaking stock market <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2020/12/07/stock-market-futures-open-to-close-news.html#:~:text=The%20Dow%20Jones%20Industrial%20Average,s%20first%20close%20above%203%2C700.">figures</a>. They typically start wars with no clear objective, as opposed to <a href="https://www.npr.org/2020/11/16/935513762/white-house-orders-thousands-of-u-s-troops-withdrawn-from-afghanistan-and-iraq">bringing</a> troops home and avoiding armed conflict abroad. The “worst” Presidents leave the world in a destabilized state, as opposed to fostering peace <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/president-donald-j-trump-brokered-peace-israel-kingdom-morocco/">deals</a> between nations once considered mortal enemies. 
But it’s not just historical ignorance that drove 42% of Americans to hold such an inaccurate view of their President. The legacy media have played an undeniable and intentional role in convincing the population that they have it worse under President Trump than any man before him. 
After failing to prevent Trump from taking office — despite their best efforts — the media resorted to describing Trump’s presidency in language usually reserved for foreign dictators.
It turns out, when you tell people every day for four years that their President is a fascist, intent on undermining our most sacred societal and governmental institutions, they listen. And the impact is already being felt.
A person who&#8217;s convinced their President is worse than anything or anyone our country has ever experienced will go to great lengths, supporting otherwise extreme candidates and ideas, if it means removing that President from office or erasing his legacy.
The more extreme the vitriol for Trump becomes, the more extreme the response from the Left will be.
If ignorance continues to be rewarded and disinformation allowed to flourish, Americans will continue to embrace extreme responses. One day soon, we might end up with a leader who actually should be considered among the worst ever. And, of course, we might already be there.
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West Virginia State Delegate Derrick Evans (R) was taken into custody by the FBI after he allegedly took part in the storming of the U.S. Capitol building following a “Stop The Steal” rally in Washington. 
Evans, a Republican member of the House of Delegates, <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2021/01/08/capitol-riot-justice-department-charges-west-virginia-rep-derrick-evans.html">reportedly</a> livestreamed video of himself and others roaming the Capitol. One <a href="https://twitter.com/BradMcElhinny/status/1346937468046729217?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1346937468046729217%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnbc.com%2F2021%2F01%2F08%2Fcapitol-riot-justice-department-charges-west-virginia-rep-derrick-evans.html">video</a> appears to show Evans saying, “We’re in! We’re in, baby! Derrick Evans is in the Capitol!”
On Friday, the Justice Department charged Evans with entering a restricted area, and new footage shows the moment FBI agents apprehended him at a home in West Virginia. 
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In the footage, <a href="https://twitter.com/WSAZChadHedrick/status/1347629406043443203">posted</a> by NBC’s Chad Hedrick, Evans is seen in handcuffs being led by agents to a waiting vehicle. 
A woman identifying herself as Evans’ grandmother soon appears, saying, “He’s a fine man,” before adding sarcastically, “and thank you, President Trump, for inviting a riot to the White House.”
Before his arrest Friday, Evans’ lawyer indicated he would not be resigning his position because he “committed no criminal act that day.” 
He went on to <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/video/2021/jan/08/derrick-evans-west-virginia-lawmaker-filmed-himself-during-us-capitol-insurrection-video">claim</a> Evans had traveled to the Capitol to “engage in peaceful protest, activism, and amateur journalism,” and that “given the sheer size of the group walking in, Mr. Evans had no choice but to enter.” 
If convicted, Evans faces fines and up to a year in prison, though the sentence could be <a href="https://wvmetronews.com/2021/01/08/manchin-evacuated-this-week-from-senate-chamber-says-new-delegate-evans-should-be-punished-for-role-in-capitol-mob/">increased</a> if “the offense results in significant bodily harm.”
So far, 82 individuals have been arrested in connection with the violent storming of the Capitol building, which left dozens injured, and 5 dead, including an Air Force veteran who was fatally shot by police and a Capitol Hill Police officer who reportedly collapsed after being struck by a fire extinguisher.
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Yesterday, a mob of election protesters descended on the U.S. Capitol building, tearing down barriers and forcing entry as the House and Senate convened to certify the 2020 presidential results. 
One woman, a retired Air Force Veteran, was shot and killed while attempting to climb through a barricaded door, and three others died from separate “medical complications,” <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/dc-police-chief-3-deaths-fatalities-medical-conditions-us-capitol-riots-2021-1">according</a> to the D.C. Chief of Police. 
As both chambers were put on lockdown and staff members evacuated from the premises, social media was flooded with footage of rioters roaming freely through the Capitol, vandalizing busts in Statuary Hall, breaking glass display cases, and even rummaging through the office of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. 
Though the building was soon secured, with protesters arrested or removed, many Americans were left wondering: where’s all the security?
The answer is complicated. 
Ahead of the protest, federal authorities <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/capitol-police-werent-prepared-for-rioters-authorities-say-11609978798">reportedly</a> wanted to maintain a “minimally visible presence” to “avoid inflaming tensions,” after months of violent protests and riots in cities across America. 
Despite advanced knowledge of the impending protest, United States Capitol Police — the federal law enforcement agency tasked with protecting the complex — declined to request additional support ahead of time from the Department of Homeland Security, <a href="https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-capitol-security-insight/how-security-failures-enabled-trump-mob-to-storm-u-s-capitol-idUSKBN29C0R5">according</a> to one senior official. 
As a result, Capitol Police Officers, most without riot gear or other protective equipment, were left largely alone for over an hour. 
While it remains unclear how many were on duty Wednesday, the entire Capitol Police force is <a href="https://www.uscp.gov/the-department">comprised</a> of just 1,900 officers, leaving those tasked with defending the grounds vastly outnumbered as rioters approached.
The lack of manpower was evident in <a href="https://twitter.com/ElijahSchaffer/status/1346966514990149639?s=20">footage</a> posted to Twitter which appeared to show the moment rioters first breached the perimeter set up by Capitol Police. A small group of officers initially managed to hold off the mob, tackling a few individuals who jumped over the portable fencing, but were soon overrun as the number of rioters surged. 
Similar scenes played out at barriers and entryways across the Capitol grounds, as outnumbered Capitol Police officers attempted in vain to hold back the mob. 
Terry Gainer, the former Capitol Police Chief, <a href="https://www.npr.org/2021/01/06/954216229/former-capitol-police-chief-on-why-the-u-s-capitol-has-been-breached">told NPR</a>, “we lost control of the steps and the areas around the exterior of the Capitol where the skin of the Capitol can be a bit more vulnerable because we don’t anticipate that vigilantes and riotous people are up there that close.”
Following a three and a half hour shutdown, the Capitol was eventually secured once National Guard reinforcements were mobilized by the city’s mayor. 
<a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/capitol-police-werent-prepared-for-rioters-authorities-say-11609978798">According</a> to The Wall Street Journal, “optics” were the main reason National Guardsmen weren’t closer to the Capitol grounds to begin with. “They wanted to avoid the optics of having any U.S. military personnel on the steps of the U.S. Capitol, and ordered the officers to avoid straying east of 9th Street in downtown Washington, blocks from the Capitol grounds, officials said.”
As the dust settled on Wednesday evening, some members of the law enforcement community blamed Capitol Police for not taking the threats more seriously ahead of time. 
“They knew this group was coming, they knew it was going to be enormous, but they didn’t do any preparation,” <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-01-07/capitol-police-fail-with-too-few-cops-to-hold-back-pro-trump-mob">said</a> Timothy Dimoff, a former SWAT team member who now operates an independent security consulting company.
Rep. Tim Ryan (D-OH), chair of the committee which funds the Capitol Police, appeared to call Wednesday evening for the firing of some within the force. 
“It’s pretty clear that there’s going to be a number of people who are going to be without employment very, very soon,” he said, before calling out the department&#8217;s “lack of professional planning and dealing with what we knew was going to occur.” 
Jim Pasco, executive director of the Fraternal Order of Police, was hesitant to make similar calls, <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2021/01/06/how-were-pro-trump-rioters-able-breach-capitol-law-enforcement/6568796002/">saying</a>, “we won’t know until it’s over… you don’t analyze a battle while in the middle of it,&#8221; before calling the storming of the Capitol a “national disgrace.”
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