VDH: Conspiracies Too Awful to Imagine?

3. Never in recent election history had a presidential candidate in the midst of the final stretch of the campaign been the target of two assassination attempts—in part enabled by a climate of widespread and acceptable vituperation that equated Trump with a vile Hitler, fascist, Nazi, and dictator and thus encouraged unhinged would-be killers to delude themselves into believing they would forever be enshrined as heroes. And never would social media influencers, columnists, and celebrities voice near approval of such attempts on the leading presidential candidate’s life.

The first would-be assassin was an amateur shooter, who easily evaded Secret Service scrutiny to post himself in sight of bystanders, as he enjoyed a direct line of fire at Trump. Meanwhile, local law enforcement was desperately trying, in vain, to warn the lax Secret Service of the immediate danger to the president. The second wannabe assassin approached with impunity the most recognizably vulnerable spot on a local golf course, staked out a shooting position, and would have, if not spotted, been within minutes of having an uninterrupted shot at the president.

4. Finally, not since the Woodrow Wilson scandal of 1919-1920, have the media and the Democratic left conspired to hide the morbidities of a president that left him unfit mentally and physically to carry out the duties of the office.

That current and still ongoing covert effort put the nation at great risk, as evidenced by the catastrophic humiliation in Kabul, the successful Russian gamble that the U.S. would not or could not deter Putin from invading Ukraine, the unsteady and anemic reaction to the theater-wide wars in the Middle East, the hyperinflation of 2021-2, the erasure of the southern border, the deliberate greenlighting of some 12 million illegal aliens into the United States, and the weaponization of the FBI, CIA, and DOJ.

The final irony?

Those who were perpetrators of these illicit, unethical, and unprecedented efforts were themselves the first and most prominent to project Trump as the promulgator of conspiracies to debilitate the very institutions that they had already undermined and disgraced.

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MARK JUDGE: NYT Reporter Regrets Kavanaugh Hit: “I Have Learned Some Lessons.”

The media now routinely runs with false stories (Russiagate), covers up inconvenient facts (the Hunter Biden laptops), and maligns people who are both public figures and private individuals. Lies and errors are rampant, and they never get corrected. We are a long way from 1964 or even Watergate, when Woodward and Bernstein supposedly agonized for weeks over a small mistake they once made in their reporting. This is why Sarah Palin’s lawsuit against The New York Times is moving forward, as is a lawsuit against CNN’s Jake Tapper. It’s why ABC and George Stephanopoulos just had to pay Trump $15 million for falsely claiming that Trump had raped E. Jean Carroll.

It also might be why David Enrich is having an attack of conscience even as he prepares to do battle with the right as a defender of journalistic integrity. I wish him luck pulling it off. But it would be more convincing if he would first come clean about what he did to Brett, to me, and to our friends.

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SO HERE’S THE LATEST THING WE’RE SUPPOSED TO BE EMBARRASSED BY OR CONCERNED ABOUT OR WHATEVER: Why Is the Right Obsessed With Epic Poetry?

Look, the reason is right there on the label: they’re epic.

TWO-TIER KEIR: Starmer’s shameful deflections on grooming gangs.

Keir Starmer needn’t be personally implicated in the grooming-gangs scandal to be part of the problem. He belongs to a generation of politicians and officials who could not compute these crimes when they were first brought to their attention, because they didn’t fit their simplistic, multiculturalist script; who have failed to tackle this scourge since then out of a mix of cowardice and self-preservation; and who even now seem more concerned about how some people on the internet are talking about the rape, torture and murder of poor and working-class girls, rather than the rape, torture and murder itself. Today, surely, the phoney moral superiority of our elites is smashed beyond repair. Those who would prefer to look good, rather than do good, should never be allowed near power again.

Not surprisingly: British Elite Seem Angrier at Elon Musk than About Migrant Rape Gangs.

Not so long ago, a few Brits could still do this sort of thing in-house:

Exit quote:

WESTERN “LEADERSHIP” IS ALL ABOUT THE WORDS, NOT THE DEEDS: The Russian Threat and the Apparently Endless Words Vs. Deeds Problem. “If you take the news at face value, Russia is a major threat to Europe — and beyond. If Putin wins in Ukraine, the whole continent is threatened. NATO faces a desperate challenge to contain the Russian menace. So let’s look at how NATO countries are working to meet the danger.”

JANUARY 6TH AND THE OBAMA UNREALITY MACHINE:

Those with all the power need January 6th to confirm everything they’d been warning the public about. It was so perfect, almost too perfect. I might be among those cheering on Liz Cheney had I never escaped the unreality of the Left. But I did escape, and I got to know Trump world well enough to see that what happened on January 6th was not in the plan, certainly not by Trump, and was out of character for MAGA.

Liz Cheney did not deserve a medal for her disgraceful behavior around January 6th. Rather, the people still deserve the whole truth about everything that happened that day.

I know what happened on January 6th was not typical for MAGA. They don’t break windows. They don’t beat up cops. Whatever happened on the steps of the Capitol was used to wage war on American citizens. We should not rest until we know why and how so many were convinced that this was the only way to be heard by our government.

It was never up to them to decide whom we should vote for. That’s always been up to us. And now, the American people have spoken and said we’ll take Trump, January 6th and all.

As for me, I learned I am built of much stronger stuff than I previously thought. I learned that I care more about the truth than my own reputation. I learned that standing against corruption and mass conformity is not easy. I wish I could say nothing bad has happened to me, but of course, I live with the consequences of being an outsider and a pariah every day. But it is still better than the alternative. And anyway, as Bob Dylan once said, “When you ain’t got nothing, you got nothing to lose.”

Speaking of the Obama Unreality Machine, here’s a show produced by ABC News on January 6th:

SNOWFALLS ARE NOW JUST A THING OF THE PAST: RFK Jr. in 2008: Global warming means no more snow or cold in DC.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who flies around on private planes so as to tell larger numbers of people how they must live their lives in order to save the planet, wrote a column in 2008 on the lack of winter weather in Washington, D.C.

“In Virginia, the weather also has changed dramatically. Recently arrived residents in the northern suburbs, accustomed to today’s anemic winters, might find it astonishing to learn that there were once ski runs on Ballantrae Hill in McLean, with a rope tow and local ski club. Snow is so scarce today that most Virginia children probably don’t own a sled. But neighbors came to our home at Hickory Hill nearly every winter weekend to ride saucers and Flexible Flyers.

“In those days, I recall my uncle, President Kennedy, standing erect as he rode a toboggan in his top coat, never faltering until he slid into the boxwood at the bottom of the hill. Once, my father, Atty. Gen. Robert Kennedy, brought a delegation of visiting Eskimos home from the Justice Department for lunch at our house. They spent the afternoon building a great igloo in the deep snow in our backyard. My brothers and sisters played in the structure for several weeks before it began to melt. On weekend afternoons, we commonly joined hundreds of Georgetown residents for ice skating on Washington’s C&O Canal, which these days rarely freezes enough to safely skate.

Meanwhile, Exxon Mobil and its carbon cronies continue to pour money into think tanks whose purpose is to deceive the American public into believing that global warming is a fantasy.”

Flashforward to today:

(Classical reference in headline.)

“LABOUR” PARTY. UK Labour Party Determined to Stomp Working Class Into Serfdom. “The revolting self-righteous progressives now in charge of what’s left of Britain are angrily ruffling their feathers at the very nerve of their lowly interrogators. You can hear the disgust drip.”

Well, the road to serfdom always turns left.

CAN’T STOP THE SIGNAL:

PROGRESS: Three Next-Gen U.S. B-21 Raider Strategic Stealth Bombers Active in Test Campaign.

Currently, the first B-21 Raider, known as T-1, is undergoing flight testing at Edwards Air Force Base (AFB). These tests are essential for evaluating the bomber’s aerodynamic performance, stealth capabilities, and advanced avionics systems in real-world conditions. Meanwhile, two additional B-21 aircraft are engaged in ground-based testing, including structural integrity tests and systems integration tests to ensure the compatibility and functionality of the onboard technologies and weapons delivery capabilities.

Looking ahead, the program is set to accelerate as three more B-21 Raiders are scheduled to join the flight test campaign in the near future. These additional aircraft will enable simultaneous testing across multiple domains, helping to validate the bomber’s performance under diverse operational scenarios. This expansion reflects a methodical approach to addressing technical challenges while maintaining a schedule that aligns with the Air Force’s modernization objectives.

As the testing campaign continues, the program remains a focal point for the defense community, given its potential to redefine aerial warfare. The successful integration of new technologies into the B-21 will not only shape U.S. Air Force capabilities but also serve as a benchmark for future military aviation programs.

Aside from a few COVID-related delays and Bidenflation budgetary issues faced by every program, the Raider so far has been a rare procurement win.

JUST NBC A DEMOCRATIC PARTY OPERATIVE WITH A BYLINE: Kristen Welker Learned Nothing From The Russia Hoax.

NBC’s Kristen Welker has a long history embracing the Democrats’ conspiracies related to Trump-Russia collusion. Would she write off the sources who fed the public bogus narratives embarrassing her own network? Of course not. The moderator of NBC’s flagship weekend political program would go on to platform the Democrats’ conspiracist-in-chief related to Kremlin interference on the eve of President-elect Donald Trump’s electoral certification.

On Sunday, Sen. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., who was formally censured by the lower chamber two years ago for weaponizing the Intelligence Committee to run the Russia hoax through Trump’s first term, joined Welker on “Meet the Press.” After Schiff condemned “the federal justice system” for having “really let down the country” over Trump’s triumph above the serial lawfare campaigns, Schiff said the incoming president’s new pick as FBI director, Kash Patel, was “unqualified” based on allegations of plans to pursue “political vendettas.”

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Welker never pushed back on Schiff’s claims about Patel in her Sunday interview. Instead of pressing Schiff with additional questions related to his outlandish claims against Patel, the NBC moderator thanked him for his time, and ended the interview.

“We really appreciate it,” she said.

Well, that’s her usual style when interviewing a fellow Democrat. Yesterday at NewsBusters, Jorge Bonilla wrote: NBC’s Kristen Welker Pretends Media Had No Role in Hiding Biden’s Cognitive Decline.

NBC’s Meet the Depressed attempted the impossible: discussing President Joe Biden’s mental decline without mentioning the media’s role in trying to hide what the American people saw with their very own eyes. It goes without saying that this effort failed miserably.

The gaslighting began during host Kristen Welker’s interview of Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY). Click “expand” to view transcript:

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The tell here with Welker is that she did not interrupt Schumer as he proceeded to respond to her question on Biden’s mental decline and Schumer’s own furtherance of the phony “sharp as a tack” narrative. Schumer was allowed to deflect and kill time undisturbed. No “to put a fine point on it” or “but that’s not what I asked”, as is her modus operandi with Republicans.

More importantly, Schumer was confronted only with his own statement. Welker did not bring up the devastating Wall Street Journal exposé (which specifically mentions Schumer’s visit with Biden in Delaware ahead of his dropping out of the presidential race) that confirms what we all suspected when it comes to Biden’s decline- that his fast fade was deliberately hidden from the American public. Welker offered no follow-up and moved to her next question.

As Scott Johnson adds at Power Line, “NBC News was in on the coverup as well. See, for example, David Ingram’s June 21, 2024 story ‘The deceptive Biden G7 video was quickly debunked, but it kept going viral anyway.’ Schumer can’t say it, but NBC News has no right to be posing the question to him.”

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