Wednesday, September 14, 2022

Fetterman Is Bizarre. Much More.

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In tis case looks are not deceiving.
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 Pennsylvania Democrats Are Running a Bizarre Mutant for Senate

The Keystone State might elect a rock troll out of the Hobbit movies – more about the latest in elf opera doings later – and that’s cool with the regime media. I expected more out of the state from which my family sprang, but here we are. 

It’s fall, which means football, and I don’t care about the game – at all. But now it’s more than just a matter of taste in entertainment. Is watching and caring about the NFL and college football a kind of collaboration with the enemy? Does it draw your attention away from the battle for liberty, and does giving them your eyeballs and dollars support people and institutions that hate you and want you disenfranchised, enslaved, or worse? Yeah, it does. But here’s the thing – do we want to be a bunch of tiresome scolds nagging people about how they choose to spend their time? A conundrum…  

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The John Fetterman Nazi Scandal No One’s Talking About
By Andrew Stiles

John Fetterman's candidacy for U.S. Senate in Pennsylvania has been plagued by a multitude of scandals. On Monday the Washington Post editorial board slammed the Democrat for his reluctance to debate his GOP opponent, Dr. Mehmet Oz, and for concealing details about the near-fatal stroke he suffered in May. Many voters continue to express concern about the judgment of a "male Karen" who once held an innocent black jogger at gunpoint and willingly exposed his children to an Anime character best known for grooming an enslaved child.

Because mainstream media outlets have generally gone out of their way to shield Fetterman from criticism, the Washington Free Beacon has been forced to act unilaterally when it comes to exposing the truth about the Democratic candidate. Most journalists feel morally obligated to help Democrats win elections, which is why they have refused to cover what is perhaps the most shocking development of the 2022 election: Fetterman giving what appeared to be a Nazi salute at a campaign event earlier this week.

Fetterman made the offensive gesture at a pro-abortion rally in Blue Bell. It's worth noting that early abortion advocates such as Margaret Sanger, who founded the organization that would eventually become the Planned Parenthood Federation of America, was a prominent supporter of the eugenics movement, which aimed to improve the gene pool of the human race by eliminating individuals deemed to be inferior. The Nazis also loved eugenics.

Some anti-bigotry experts have pointed out that Fetterman fits the profile of a modern day Nazi. Like Fetterman, they typically have shaved heads and multiple tattoos. Like Fetterman, they tend to be very active online and frequently engage in obnoxious behavior sometimes referred to as "trolling." Like Fetterman, neo-Nazis tend to associate themselves with individuals who hate Jews. The Free Beacon reported on Tuesday that one of the non-profits Fetterman started (with help from his rich dad) hosted an anti-Israel art exhibit that promoted egregious falsehoods about the Jewish State.

Mainstream journalists claim to oppose fascism, yet have thus far declined to investigate Fetterman's affection for the Nazi regime. Given how they reacted—hysterically—when Fox News host Laura Ingraham appeared to give a Nazi salute at the Republican National Convention in 2016, the media's silence on this matter is tantamount to an explicit endorsement of racial hatred.

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WaPo Says Fetterman Has ‘Squandered Credibility’ Over Health, Urges Democrat To Release Medical Records
By Chuck Ross

The Washington Post on Monday called on John Fetterman to release his medical records, saying the Senate hopeful has "squandered" his credibility by concealing details of his near-fatal stroke earlier this year.

The Post editorial board said the lingering questions surrounding Fetterman’s health and his reluctance to debate Republican challenger Mehmet Oz are "troubling" and raise questions about whether the progressive Democrat is "fit to serve in the Senate." The board also called on Fetterman to debate Oz at least twice, before Pennsylvania starts early voting on Sept. 19. Fetterman has said he will debate Oz just one time, in mid- to late-October.

"The lingering, unanswered questions about his health, underscored by his hesitation to debate, are unsettling," the editorial board said.

The scathing critique from a reliably liberal newspaper highlights the rising concern that Democrats have over Fetterman’s recovery. According to Reuters, several Pennsylvania Democratic officials privately expressed concern about Fetterman’s fitness for office. Last week, Fetterman’s hometown newspaper, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, questioned his "ability to serve."

The Post reported in June that Fetterman’s condition was much more serious than he initially let on. Fetterman’s campaign waited nearly three weeks after his May 13 stroke to disclose that Fetterman was diagnosed with a heart condition in 2017. Fetterman’s recovery has also been slower than expected. Fetterman’s wife, who is often at his side during campaign events and interviews, said after the stroke that he would "be back on his feet in no time."

But as the Post editorial board noted, Fetterman "appears confused" at campaign events and often "stammers" during his brief stump speeches. Fetterman has appeared at only a few public events since his stroke in May. He appeared at a rally on Sunday, the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, to promote abortion rights with an activist who supports the movement to defund police.

"Mr. Fetterman is asking voters for a six-year contract without giving them enough information to make sound judgments about whether he’s up for such a demanding job," the editorial board said.

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Democrat Strategy: Vote Now, Debate Later
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Is this a healthy occurrence?  You decide.
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The 2022 Midterm Voting Is Already Beginning
By The Editorial Board

Yikes. Someone who casts an early vote might regret it. That candidate could withdraw amid a health crisis. And what about debates? North Carolina has a Senate election this year that could decide which party controls the chamber. It’s a winnable seat for Republicans but far from a gimme. The GOP nominee, Rep. Ted Budd, has agreed to debate the Democrat, Cheri Beasley, but local news reports say it probably won’t happen until early October.

Early voting in other states isn’t far behind North Carolina. The period allotted for mail balloting is 50 days in Pennsylvania and 47 in Wisconsin. That’s enough time before Nov. 8 that almost anything could happen to a candidate, as recent presidential examples illustrate. In 2020 the New York Post story on Hunter Biden’s laptop was posted Oct. 14. In 2016 President Trump’s lewd remarks on the “Access Hollywood” tape were made public Oct. 7.

Absentee voting is one way to accommodate people who are out of town on Election Day or who have health ailments or caregiving responsibilities that make it difficult to go to the polls. The idea is to expand access and increase democratic legitimacy. But how are those goals furthered by North Carolina’s rules?

Sending mail ballots shortly after Labor Day to anyone who asks diminishes the campaign season when candidates and the media are most engaged. Stretching that timeline into Election Months also hurts challengers who are usually less well known with less money and can’t afford to spread their advertising out over many weeks. It’s hard to argue that weeks of early voting have made Americans feel any better about elections or their choices.
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New Iran Deal Would be Shorter, Weaker Version of 2015 

The new nuclear deal currently under negotiation with Iran would not revive the original 2015 agreement. Instead, this shorter, weaker version would reduce the time Iran needs to produce enough fissile material for one nuclear weapon. Iran would also receive approximately $275 billion of sanctions relief in the first year of the accord and $1 trillion by 2030. 

Expert Analysis 

“While President Biden promised a longer and stronger nuclear deal, the deal on the table is shorter and weaker. Iran would get more sanctions relief than it did last time, including terrorism sanctions relief, in exchange for fewer concessions, keeping Tehran on the nuclear threshold with more nuclear restrictions expiring soon.” – Richard Goldberg, FDD Senior Advisor 

“The new deal is not worth the enormous cost both in terms of sanctions relief to Iran that would enable its aggression and the damage it would do to the nonproliferation regime. Instead, a sound policy would employ America’s most potent sanctions capabilities to holistically address all threats posed by Tehran, while pressuring the regime to fully cooperate with the IAEA.”
– Andrea Stricker, FDD Research Fellow and Deputy Director of FDD’s Nonproliferation and Biodefense Program 

A Shorter Deal That Brings Iran Closer to a Nuclear Weapon 

According to Presidents Obama and Biden, the original 2015 deal — the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) — kept Iran one year away from possessing enough fissile material for a nuclear weapon. The new deal would keep Iran only four to six months away from that target, since it now has many more advanced centrifuges for enriching uranium. 

New Deal Would Lift Sanctions Tied to Terrorism and Missiles 

As President Obama himself stated, the original JCPOA in no way constrained the United States from imposing sanctions on Iran for its terrorism and ballistic missile development, both of which are advanced by its Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). Yet the new deal would reportedly lift terrorism sanctions on major entities that finance the IRGC, including the Central Bank of Iran. It would also provide sanctions relief to IRGC-connected sectors of Iran’s economy and sectors that finance Tehran’s missile program. 

New Deal Would Lift Sanctions on the Office of Iran’s Supreme Leader 

The new agreement would reportedly terminate sanctions imposed pursuant to Executive Order (EO) 13876, which authorizes sanctions against Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and any Iranian whom he appoints to office. Khamenei and his appointees are ultimately responsible for decades of Iranian human rights abuses and support for terrorism. For example, under EO 13876, Washington sanctioned IRGC Brigadier General Hossein Dehghan, who led Iranian forces in Syria and Lebanon in 1983 when Hezbollah, Iran’s leading proxy, bombed the U.S. Marines compound in Beirut, killing 241 U.S. service members. 

New Deal Would Lift Key Sanctions Before Congressional Review 

The new accord would reportedly lift more than 170 sanctions imposed by three executive orders before Congress has an opportunity to vote on the deal. Rescinding these executive orders may provide Iran with sanctions-free access to at least $30 billion in annual export revenue. In addition, Washington may release $7 billion of frozen funds tied to IRGC financing. 

New Deal Would Lift U.S. Arms Embargo on Iran 

While a United Nations arms embargo on Iran expired in 2020, the new deal would reportedly include concessions related to a separate U.S. arms embargo still in effect. A 2017 law established this ban with overwhelming bipartisan support. 
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AMEN:
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When Will Low-Income Americans Stop Looking to Government?

The American dream has always been that although you may start with nothing, there is a future for you to build and accumulate wealth.

That dream is being shattered.

And it is being shattered by government and politicians — Democrats who now control our government — who pretend to be concerned about these same low-income Americans.

More and more government spending, more and more government sucking the oxygen out of our economy by pulling resources away from the private sector and redirecting it toward political control, supposedly to help “have-nots,” just destroys opportunity for everyone.

 



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