[Federalist] Activist campaigns against police to have accelerated in the wake of a violent altercation between police and George Floyd that prefaced his death. In response, mayors of several cities have reduced police presence. This has led in several cases to dramatic increases in violent crime.
Seattle
Since violent protests against police have begun, there have been numerous reports of shootings occurring in Seattle and the six-block Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone over the last few days.
One protestor named Jake Scheels inadvertendly caught a shooting on camera. In one moment, Scheels can be seen describing life in the CHAZ while he plays frisbee and walks around the area. A neighborhood overtaken by gun-toting anti-police vigilantes, CHAZ is also known as Capitol Hill Occupied Protest, or CHOP.
"Look it, it’s being resolved peacefully," he says. "Peacefully. Peacefully. No one is going to f-cking jail. There’s nothing to be afraid of down here at the CHOP."
Just seconds later, Scheels is seen walking his car as protestors around him scatter, screaming, and gunshots ring out.
"It’s getting a little wild down here now," he says. He continues once he is in his car with, "Dude, there’s f-cking gunshots. I’m out of here." He later returns to the scene and begins describing the suspected shooter to the camera.
According to a statement released by the Seattle Police Department, officers also responded to a shooting in the CHAZ early Saturday morning but "were met by a violent crowd that prevented officers safe access to the victims."
Footage from security cameras and officers’ body cameras during the incident was later released and shows officers attempting to push past protestors to respond to the report of a shooting in the area.
"Please move out of the way so we can get to the victim. All we are trying to do is get to the victim and provide them aid," says one officer.
According to CNN, "a later clip shows police leaving as members of the public continue to yell at them."
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Perhaps the current police strategy is correct. Step back and simply let the problem resolve itself.
When fighting a forest fire that is too big to put out entirely, a known tactic is to create a firebreak to keep the fire from spreading and simply let it burn.
[Citizen Free Press] During a Senate Judiciary Hearing on Thursday (not Rosenstein), Ted Cruz does brilliant work exposing Obama, Biden, Susan Rice Samantha Power, Comey, McCabe, Strzok, Page and more.
Exerpted from the Senate Judiciary Committee meeting on subpoenas related to the FBI's Russia investigation on June 4th.
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Leave it to a Texan to give a master class in pistol whipping without unholstering the pistol. Bravo!
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The Senator's Carter Page comment confirms my long-held suspicion that he (Page) was an actively recruited, witting agent.
Government investigation and discussion relative to Page's potential clandestine role (like that of Jeffrey Epstein, Shahid Imran Awan, Nidal Hasan, and Tamerlan Tsarnaev) have gone nowhere.
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I voted for TC in the primary. I hope he continues to be this firey in support of Trump for the next 4 years and drags a few more of the GOP squishes along with him.
[Breitbart] My appreciation for Rural America has only grown as the lunacy of blacklists, rioting, looting, woke fascism, and a full-blown CHAZ has spread like a malignant cancer throughout dozens of Democrat-run cities.
You know what?
There really are Two Americas.
To which I can only say, "Thank God."
Thanks to hard work, a little luck, a gracious employer, and an awesome wife, I live in a small town in the western mountains of North Carolina. We did have a couple of big (for our size) protests over the tragic death of George Floyd. But both protests were peaceful, and what happened to George Floyd is worthy of public outrage, so the protests only made me even more proud of my leafy little corner of the world.
The beauty of Rural America — and this is why our media, celebrity, and Democrat elite hate us so — is that the left’s bullshit can’t touch us.
To begin with, the left’s organized and oppressive violence has no effect on us, and that’s primarily because the left-wing terrorists in Antifa and Black Lives Matter know not to come out here; know our cops don’t kneel and we love the Second Amendment... But it’s also the left’s oppressive rules that don’t touch us...
For example, all those terrible decisions made by the Supreme Court this week... None of that will touch us. Illegal aliens don’t destroy Rural America; they destroy Democrat-run cities. Hey, I lived in Los Angeles for nine years; I know of what I speak. And it’s not just the crime that comes with open borders; it’s also how the cheap, illegal labor contributes to the urban blight that comes with fewer jobs and lower wages for legal citizens and immigrants.
The sheer madness of the Court declaring homosexuality (a behavior) and gender dysphoria (a mental illness) a protected civil right... This will never touch Rural America because the left-wing activists who intend to use those unconstitutional rulings to destroy traditional institutions (which is their ultimate goal) will be doing so almost exclusively from an urban base of attack.
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That was a refreshing read. "Leavemethefuckaloneistan" sounds like a nice place to live. When it stops being that way, there is always "FartherOutLeavemethefuckaloneistan."
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The author is wrong on many points here. This insanity does not end within the borders of large cities. It is cultured there with the express purpose that it spread outward.
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Complacency is not a good strategy.
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True, is sane and calm here. The left cities are done. People are leaving if able. Their news goes unread. Paper dragon that has no life. No bailouts. Let them stew in their mess. Many are enjoying fishing here. They couldn't care less for the city people. Turn off media as many rural people are doing and you have happier times.
We're not really complacent out here in Leavemethefuckaloneistan. The author's depiction of us is pretty accurate: there is a wide variety of opinion, lifestyle, and ethnicity. (Or at least more than city dwellers suspect.) And we argue a lot among ourselves.
But all rural and small town people everywhere in the world live by the old Arab saying "Me against my brother, my brother and I against my cousin, and my brother, cousin, and I against the world." We tend to lock arms real fast when threatened by outsiders.
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My (relatively) small East County San Diego suburb showed up with armed defenders on the first big planned protests. Now we have 5-6 protesting peeps with signs at a major intersection on weekends. La Mesa was a lesson
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Who are those two thugs and reprobates in the photo, Besoeker?
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My home town in li'l ol' NorCal has its Police and Fire Station barricaded. Protesters out in front of both (they are located adjacent for fokks sake) with no LE response. Protesters stopped car of a nurse who just finished her shift at hospital a block away. The was pulled from car and viciously assaulted. No response at all from LE that was literally feet away. Noone is safe. Bank on this
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Because a person lives in Leavemethefuckaloneistan, doesn't mean he won't vigorously defend, family, friends, home, community and country if it comes down to that. So far, it just means that Antifa and BLM (or others) have not shown up to cause trouble.
[Strategic Culture Foundation] Both Trump and the EU are turning on China for very similar reasons but with different timescales ahead of them. The West still struggles with what it requires from China and whether it wants to get rich and become a big spender, or become poorer and flood western markets with cheaper and cheaper goods. Expect more devaluation of the Yuan.
EU is "rebalancing this relationship" with China. EU ambassador to the UK João Vale de Almeida tells Chatham House. It's not about "isolating" or "ganging up" on China, but it's about addressing issues. We have different systems of values on human rights and other areas".
A pretty remarkable statement to make and one which could only have come from a relatively obscure EU official, if it was based on solid support from the highest echelons of the EU in Brussels – who, in turn, would not go ahead with such a bellicose policy if they didn't have the gilt-edged backing from France and Germany.
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[Zero] Among the new revelations and interesting tidbits found in John Bolton's now leaked pre-published edition of "The Room Where It Happened: A White House Memoir," is that President Trump was said to be prepared to endorse an Israeli preemptive strike on Iran's nuclear sites.
In a section which describes the "elusive search" for an Arab-Israeli peace deal, Bolton writes that Trump told him at a moment of increased Israeli concerns over Iran's nuclear development:
"You tell Bibi that if he uses force, I will back him. I told him that, but you tell him again."
Though the significant revelation has barely made a dent in US media, it generated multiple headlines in Israel, where Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has long held out the 'option' of a preemptive attack on Iranian nuclear facilities.
But Israel's political and defense establishment would likely never sign onto such a huge and aggressive military 'first strike' action without first securing Washington's backing. Bolton's book essentially says Tel Aviv has it under Trump. The former national security adviser even boasted he pushed a 'military solution' on Iran.
This as Israel perceives Iran is bent on developing nukes despite Tehran officials long assuring they are only interested in peaceful nuclear energy development.
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Chief International Anchor for CNN Christiane Amonpour and Obama former 'number one' Valerie Jarrett are probably not pleased with this 'revelation.'
As the market opens, Boeing, Lockheed Martin, and Raytheon expected to surge on the news.
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I didn't cheer his inclusion one iota. He's a war-mongering deep stater. Grade A. Trump complains about the Deep State, so he brings aboard one of the worst. SMH
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I think the more it looks like a mistake on Trump's part, the less it is. Bolton will never be voted up for any position in USG again. That's draining the swamp.
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We all cheered his initial sign on with PDJT but now he's turned into a war mongering deep state RINO.
I don't get it.
Trump's election opened up a lot of eyes; guys like this guy, Never Trumpers, etc. were hiding in plain sight, and now we can see them.
he didn’t want to travel on Air Force One with the President and his team. Bolton apparently felt too important to travel with the rest of us. It was a running joke in the White House.
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I don't get it. Was Bolton's little revelation supposed to make Trump look bad? How is that supposed to work? I like giving Bibi a green light a whole lot better than sending pallets loaded with cash to Iran.
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#9, Of course Sarah Sander's book gets nowhere near the publicity Bolton's does. But guess which one I'd buy?
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I thought Bolton liked war in the Middle East.
So why wouldn't he be thrilled about this?
It's almost as if all "principles" are situational and negotiable for these creatures.
It’s Kurt at TownHall
Our Establishment is revolting — in fact, it stinks on ice. What you see out there is our alleged betters struggling mightily to hold onto the power that we Normal people dared to wrest away from them in 2016. One component of their campaign is the burning and looting information operation conducted by black-clad pawns. The other component is the soft power corporate/media/cultural conspiracy to silence dissent and enforce fearful conformity to their narrative. Usually, a revolution is conducted by the peasants to throw off a tyrannical ruling class. Here, the ruling class is waging a political and cultural war to retake and then tighten its grip on the masses. They are no longer even pretending to seek the consent of the governed. And once they retake power, that’s it — they will never give up power again.
This is about casting off the "tyranny" of you having rights and interests that get in the way of the best and the brightest doing whatever the hell they want, a continuing theme in my new book The 21 Biggest Lies about Donald Trump (and You!). And a key component of this cynical plot is systematically denying you the protection of norms and laws, all while subjecting you to them where it benefits the elite.
...Remember free speech? That was fun while it lasted. Oh, it still exists, to the extent that you may speak freely as long as your free speech conforms to the Establishment narrative.
...Well, at least our military remains above the fray. Oops. In an era when our Navy ships can’t keep from running into other boats and turbaned banditos continue to roam freely through the Hindu Kush after two decades, we see the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs appear on video to apologize for appearing in public with the guy we elected his commander-in-chief. The military cannot be political, the guys who can’t win a war tell us, as they become super-political.
...How about our police? We’ve seen some signs of push-back, like in Atlanta, but if they won’t even protect their station house from the woke mobs, are they going to protect your house?
...And forget equal justice under criminal law. It’s dual justice. Felonia Milhous von Pantsuit commits crimes that would get you locked up but she gets a pass. McCabe, Brennan, Clapper, Comey and the rest lie and walk free, while Mike Flynn commits no crime and has to fight the power to even get a dismissal of a plea obtained by the rankest prosecutorial misconduct. Rioters and criminals get released with a wave and a smile; cops get threatened with death row for fighting back when a career criminal tries to taser them. It’s all a lie and a scam.
This is all part and parcel of a strategy to strip us of any kind of refuge or recourse from abuse. We cannot look to the marketplace of ideas to make our case because our case has been declared verboten. The institutions are arrayed against us. The law means nothing because it will not be enforced neutrally. So why again do we consider ourselves bound by the social contract the establishment has been using like Charmin?
[TownHall] - In 2020’s version of the Bolshevik Revolution, almost any statue or monument that predates or doesn’t explicitly honor the Civil Rights era is a potential target for being defaced, damaged, or toppled entirely, Taliban-style.
...However, while most conservatives will balk when leftists try to cancel Washington, Jefferson, Madison, and famous abolitionists, they have generally been pressured into ceding ground on anything relating to the Confederacy. Nobody is defending slavery today, but even those who have argued for these monuments’ retention based on historical reasons have mostly given up.
...Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest, for example. A debate comes up every year over the bust that sits in the Tennessee Capitol building in Nashville. It wasn’t placed there by segregationists, but rather by a Democratic member of the Tennessee State Senate in 1973 - not to praise the bad things he did, but rather to acknowledge Forrest’s many accomplishments and prominent role in Tennessee history.
In a rare break from the acquiescence to the left we’ve been seeing all over the U.S. of late, the latest attempt to have the bust removed failed in the Tennessee State House last week by a whopping 61-25 margin. Leftards really thought they can beat him just because he's dead?
[Babylon Bee] ATLANTA, GA—Chick-fil-A CEO Dan Cathy announced yesterday that his fast-food restaurant will be ending its long-standing policy on Sunday closure, but only for black people.
"We are leading the way towards racial reconciliation in this country," Cathy said. "And everyone knows the best way to achieve racial reconciliation is to segregate black people and make them feel as awkward as possible. Chick-fil-A is dedicated to providing the blacks with a safe space so that they can be properly honored."
Chick-fil-A will be providing racial justice training for all its employees. Sunday employees will all be required to wear traditional African Kente cloths as they serve food in the dining room. They will also offer to shine customer's sneakers for free as they eat. Most notably, there will also be a change to the traditional polite phrase uttered by every Chick-fil-A employee after their sacrificial acts of lovingkindness. When addressing white people, workers will still say "my pleasure!" When addressing people of color, workers will now say "my privilege!" while kneeling respectfully.
Further changes will be seen during the rest of the week as well. Dining rooms will be rearranged to provide a separate place of honor for minorities to sit. They will also be provided with separate bathrooms and drinking fountains. Chick-fil-A leadership insists that this new "separate and more equal" policy will make their restaurants bright shining beacons of racial reconciliation for the world to emulate.
"Chick-fil-A will always be a kind and welcoming place for the blacks, the Chinamen, and those people who wear that red dot on their foreheads," Cathy said. "Just please don't steal the sauces and we'll be cool. Or if you want to steal the sauces, that's ok too. We honor you."
Cathy also apologized for serving white meat and promised more diversity in the future.
[Just the News] he Golden Horseshoe is a weekly designation from Just the News intended to highlight egregious examples of wasteful taxpayer spending by the government. The ward is named for the horseshoe-shaped toilet seats for military airplanes that cost the Pentagon a whopping $640 each back in the 1980s.
This week, our award is going to the city leadership of the nation’s capital, for continuing to lobby for a coronavirus bailout package that would exceed $3 billion, while spending more than $1 billion annually on some of the most exorbitant government salaries in the nation.
Like most other American cities, the District is required to balance its budget annually. This year, due to the coronavirus pandemic, city officials are claiming a $1.5 billion budget deficit and asking Congress for $3.15 billion over two years to alleviate the city’s financials woes.
The Heroes Act, which passed through the lower chamber last month, allocates more money to Washington, D.C. than to several U.S. states. But according to a new report by Open the Books’ Adam Andrzjewski, D.C. city employees are routinely paid (often significantly) higher salaries than their state and federal government counterparts.
The mayor of the capital, for instance, is paid $220,000 annually, which tops the salary of any state governor. Moreover, there are at least six other employees in Mayor Bowser’s office who earn more than any governor.
D.C. City Council members make roughly $141,282 per year, which is more than what's paid to members of any state legislature in the country. And the chairman of the D.C. city council, Philip Mendelson, takes home $210,000 per year, which tops the pay for every member of the U.S. Congress, except House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's $223,500.
The chief of the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) makes $273,156 annually, a higher salary than any four-star general in the United States military makes. Open the Books identifies seven MPD officials making more, often much more, than the U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security ($179,700).
D.C. public school students do not exceed a 35% proficiency rate in any standardized test subject, yet the system's chancellor earned $280,000 last year. The U.S. Secretary of Education takes home a comparatively paltry $199,700.
The report identified 77 PR professionals across city government whose average salary landed in the six-figure range.
This Friday, June 26, the House of Representatives will vote on whether to grant the District of Columbia official statehood. If the city does ever gain the status of a state, it's worth wondering whether its extravagant taxpayer-funded salaries would would fall into line with those of its peers.
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
[Federalist] Activist campaigns against police to have accelerated in the wake of a violent altercation between police and George Floyd that prefaced his death. In response, mayors of several cities have reduced police presence. This has led in several cases to dramatic increases in violent crime.
[Breitbart] My appreciation for Rural America has only grown as the lunacy of blacklists, rioting, looting, woke fascism, and a full-blown CHAZ has spread like a malignant cancer throughout dozens of Democrat-run cities.
[Strategic Culture Foundation] Both Trump and the EU are turning on China for very similar reasons but with different timescales ahead of them. The West still struggles with what it requires from China and whether it wants to get rich and become a big spender, or become poorer and flood western markets with cheaper and cheaper goods. Expect more devaluation of the Yuan.
[Zero] Among the new revelations and interesting tidbits found in John Bolton's now leaked pre-published edition of "The Room Where It Happened: A White House Memoir," is that President Trump was said to be prepared to endorse an Israeli preemptive strike on Iran's nuclear sites.
Chief International Anchor for CNN Christiane Amonpour and Obama former 'number one' Valerie Jarrett are probably not pleased with this 'revelation.' 
[Just the News] he Golden Horseshoe is a weekly designation from Just the News intended to highlight egregious examples of wasteful taxpayer spending by the government. The ward is named for the horseshoe-shaped toilet seats for military airplanes that cost the Pentagon a whopping $640 each back in the 1980s. 
