Friends, given the Deep State Dems' decision to slap 91 felony indictments on DJT, it's understandable that he's fuming and contemplating revenge. He recently declared that he would have "no choice" but to go after some leading Dems criminally if he becomes president again. Now, whatever you may think of this approach, politically or ethically, such declarations have one major effect, in the near term, it seems to me: they make it much less likely that Donald Trump will ever be president again. Look at it from Joe Biden's perspective, or the DNC's perspective: if they believe that Trump, as president, would hold them to account, and far more effectively and ruthlessly in his second term than in his first, then why would they EVER permit him to win reelection? "But that's not for them to decide!" you might respond. Isn't it? Who's going to evict Joe Biden from the White House, if he refuses to go, and especially if the media and most of our institutions implore him to stay -- to prevent the complete collapse of American "democracy", which is what they would view the reelection of President Trump as? There's no MAGA shock army that could overcome the combined might of the Washington, D.C. and Capitol Police, the Secret Service, the FBI, and the U.S. military -- that's for sure. You think these forces would mostly plunk for Trump, and fight in the streets to reseat him? You think SCOTUS would save Trump's bacon? I don't. Only if the Democrats willingly surrender power to Trump -- probably, because they think they can once again play for time, subvert him, and obstruct his ability to govern -- will he ever again be president. And, thus, the more openly he talks about revenge, the more he talks himself into a (meticulously-engineered, but all too real) "defeat", which will, in the bargain, guarantee the effective end of American "democracy", to the extent that we have any of it left. Mark my words: publicly plotting vengeance, at this stage, is counterproductive. Trump's only hope is that the Dems consider such bluster mere "hot air". With any luck, they will.
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/donald-trump-joe-biden-indictments/2023/08/30/id/1132571/
In other news, you may scratch your head at the idea that anyone would willingly vote for Joe Biden (of all people!) in 2024, but the leftist elite and establishment views him and his presidency as a success. What it boils down to is this: Biden saved them, and the nation, from Trumpism -- and that's a resume that most any progressive can get behind, especially with Trump on the ballot again in 2024. The bad news is that 40+% of the country thinks this way, and views beating, and humiliating, Trump as the essence of "democracy" and virtue. The good news is that most of the key swing voters who will determine the outcome of the election aren't raging Trump-haters. They may be averse to Trump, but they're averse to Biden too, and thus they are persuadable.
The media's castigation of Ron DeSantis has been elaborate, coordinated, and extremely thorough. Unfortunately for DeSantis, leftists' disdain hasn't necessarily translated into Republican and conservative support for his presidential campaign (ordinarily, you would expect that it would). Anyway, the tired old progressive refrain that conservatism=RACISM, and every racist is a conservative, and every conservative is a racist, is once again on every Democrats' lips, because of the recent racially-motivated shooting in Jacksonville. This hackneyed nonsense would be funny, in fact, if it weren't so deadly serious, and depressingly persuasive to many people of color. C'est la vie.
In international news, Australians are considering the creation of a separate representative body for their indigenous population, who used to be called "Aboriginals". Some call such a move "divisive", but of course those people are themselves divisive and despicable, according to the BBC. Picking up on the BBC's trendy brand of segregationism, I say it's about time we considered a separate house of Congress for black people. Oh, wait -- since I'm a conservative, that suggestion is, ipso facto, "racist". Okay okay. I relent. How about we just make the House and Senate blacks-only? I think maybe the Dems and progressives could live with that!
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-66654327
Christianity ain't what it used to be, but then what it is? Most Anglican priests would now like to give the moral/spiritual thumbs-up to premarital and gay sex. The extent to which the progressive mindset and way of life has infiltrated even seemingly "traditionalist" institutions and groups is quite astounding. With priests like these, who needs atheists? Am I right?
Finally, there's been a military coup in Gabon. Now, many of you probably remember a time when coups and military conflicts were a dime a dozen in Africa, but the truth is that there's been much democratic progress and increased political stability on the "dark continent" over the last several decades. Recently, though, in Gabon, in Niger, and elsewhere, we've seen some backsliding. Could it be that "democracy", which is looking so tenuous in its Western heartland, will inevitably falter in the erstwhile "Third World" too? It would not surprise me, but it would be a real shame, because, say what you want about democracy's faults, but an open society, pluralism, and the protection of individual rights all make the world a better place. Don't believe me? Try living without them. No, really -- try it! You'll get the chance all too soon.
Oh, I almost forgot! Today you get another Waddy Newsmaker to titillate and arouse you (intellectually, of course)! We cover a lot of topical topics (the topicalest!), including the state of the polls, the escalating attacks on free speech and dissent, the fallout from the first Republican debate, where the GOP stands (or doesn't stand) on Ukraine, and more!
