Tuesday, May 4, 2021

The Disappearance of Southern Conservatism

 

Abraham Lincoln has become, for most mainline conservatives, an icon, and, along with Martin Luther King, Jr., no opportunity is lost—it seems—on Fox News or in the establishment “conservative press,” to stress just how much conservatively-minded Americans owe to these two canonized martyrs. Any demurer, any dissent or disagreement, brings forth condemnations of the complainant as a “racist” or “reactionary,” or worse, maybe some Southern redneck hick who hides his old Klan robe but keeps it at the ready.

During the past fifty or so years the old Southern Democratic Party has virtually disappeared, died out, as millions of conservative Southerners, many motivated by their sincere religious faith and resistance to radical and unnatural change, migrated to the Republican Party. The GOP, beginning in the Nixon years, employed what was called a “Southern strategy,” largely elaborated by consultant Kevin Phillips and spelled out most clearly in his volume, The Emerging Republican Majority (1969). GOP spokesman learned to speak a language and offer symbols that millions of Southerner found attractive, even compelling.

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Trump launches new communications platform after Facebook, Twitter bans

President Trump's legal eagles are in motion, while Sen. Kevin Cramer, North Dakota Republican, points out that the presidential election challenge is "just a simple legal process." (Associated Press)

Former President Donald Trump has made good on his threat to create a new communications platform for himself after being banned by the Silicon Valley tech giants. Titled “From the Desk of Donald J. Trump” the site appears at DonaldJTrump.com/desk. The site, which went live Tuesday, lets Mr. Trump post comments, images, and videos, but does not permit, as Twitter and Facebook do, comments from users.

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Elijah & Friend

 Elijah is the son of Emily my first child who was born in Saigon.

Kid Kicked Out of Class For Saying There Are Only TWO Genders!

GOP Looks to Replace Liz Cheney With Another Woman. Here Are The Potential Candidates.

 Rep. Elise Stefanik (@RepStefanik) | Twitter

Republicans are looking to remove Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) from her number three leadership position as House Republican Conference chair and replace her with another female Republican Congresswoman.

Reps. Elise Stefanik (R-NY.), Ann Wagner (R-MO), and Jackie Walorski (R-IN) have all had their names thrown around to replace Cheney as conference chair and in leadership, according to congressional aides who reportedly told Axios.

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Biden Rejects Permit for Annual POW-MIA Motorcycle Ride

TOPSHOT - US Marine Tim Chambers salutes as participants in the Rolling Thunder annual motorcycle rally ride in Washington DC, on May 28, 2017. Motorcyclists are in Washington for the traditional annual Rolling Thunder ahead of Memorial Day, May 29. / AFP PHOTO / Jose Luis Magana (Photo credit should …

Under President Joe Biden’s leadership, the Pentagon has rejected a permit for the annual Rolling to Remember motorcycle ride that is held in Washington, DC, each Memorial Day to honor POW/MIA veterans.

The event is organized by AMVETS, a veterans group, which submitted permit requests and petitions for the event to multiple federal agencies. According to a press release from Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA), “AMVETS received approval from the Department of Transportation, the Department of Interior, and multiple other state and local authorities.”

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Losing Texas Candidate Issues Warning: 2022 ‘Could Be Major Setback’ for Democrats

Losing Texas Candidate Issues Warning: 2022 ‘Could Be Major Setback’ for Democrats

A Democratic candidate who lost her bid during last weekend’s Texas congressional special election sounded the alarm that the 2022 midterms “could be a major setback” for the Democratic Party.

During the special election, two Republicans—and no Democrats—advanced in the runoff as the top two vote-getters in the race for Texas’s 6th Congressional District, after no one in the 23-candidate field won an outright majority of votes on May 1.

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Race and Public Assistance (Welfare) in the United States

Via Reborn

 breakdown of estimated welfare spending in 2021

The mainstream media in the United States lies a lot, and one of the subjects upon which they lie frequently is the racial breakdown of people who subsist on public assistance programs, which are run by the government and which are subsidized by taxing the earnings of working citizens.

Here are the population demographic percentages.

Of US citizens,
60.4% are white
13.4% are black
18.3% are mestizos
5.9% are Asians
1.3% are Injuns

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.Liz Cheney Launches Another Attack on Trump as Calls Grow to Remove Her From GOP Leadership

 Liz Cheney Launches Another Attack on Trump as Calls Grow to Remove Her From GOP Leadership

“The 2020 presidential election was not stolen,” Cheney responded in a tweet. “Anyone who claims it was is spreading THE BIG LIE, turning their back on the rule of law, and poisoning our democratic system.”

Over the past several months, Cheney has seemingly focused more on attacking her own party instead of focusing on opposing Democrat President Joe Biden’s far-left agenda. Cheney even refused in a recent interview to rule out running for president in 2024, which was met with widespread mockery.

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Evaluating Covid Vaccine Death Rate

 Via John" I decided to do a little research this morning; was curious about quantifying the internet-abundant stories of people dropping dead after take one of the available vaccines.   I went to the CDC's VAERS

(Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System) to see what I could see.
Below you'll find the details. 
For me, there are two main takeaways:
1)  This vaccine is astronomically more dangerous than other vaccines.
2)  Despite that, the risk (~0.02%) is quite low; something on the order 
     of one death for every 5,000 vaccinations. The vaccine odds are still better
     than the odds of getting/surviving Covid. "

 

Trump Vindicated as Judge Rules Michigan Secretary of State Violated Election Laws

 

A judge in Michigan has vindicated President Trump by ruling that Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson, a Democrat, broke state law when she unilaterally changed election rules concerning absentee balloting in the 2020 election. This ruling legitimizes a key claim made by the Trump legal team in its challenges to the 2020 election.

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BLM Thug Woman Attacks White Lady In Wheelchair At Target