TRUMP WATCH: 12.14.19 - Defining the Left

Defining the Left - Jim Fletcher -

Jim1fletcher@yahoo.com

 

A piece in the American Thinker this past week, analyzing the Washington Swamp's efforts to succeed in its coup against Donald Trump, called that very effort "unconscionable evil." Attempting to steal the votes of 63 million is indeed evil.

 

The House of Representatives also passed a resolution this week that is evil, opposing Benjamin Netanyahu's efforts to possibly annex the West Bank, and...wait for it...recommit to the disastrous "two-state solution." According to the Times of Israel:

 

"WASHINGTON - US House lawmakers issued a strong rebuke to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Donald Trump on Friday, passing a resolution opposing Israeli annexation of parts of the West Bank and supporting a two-state solution."

 

There was also an extremely interesting added element that shows just how ruthless and relentless the Left is:

 

"Democrats Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar and Michigan Rep. Rashida Tlaib, the first two Muslim women to serve in Congress who have gained notoriety for their strong criticisms of Israel, both opposed the resolution, as did the two other left-wing congresswomen dubbed "The Squad." They objected that the resolution's authors, in a bid to gain broad support, removed a call to end Israel's "occupation" of Palestinian land.

 

"'This resolution not only endorses an unrealistic, unattainable solution - one that Israel has made impossible - but also one that legitimizes inequality, ethnic discrimination and inhumane conditions,' said Representative Rashida Tlaib, a Squad member who is of Palestinian descent.

 

"'We must take bolder actions to ensure that human rights are upheld in Israel and that Palestinians and Black Israelis are treated with the equality every human being deserves,' said Tlaib, who is Palestinian-American, on the House floor."

 

Catch that? Just like Yasser Arafat, when those subversives Omar and Tlaib did not get everything they wanted-the word "occupation" was removed by House committee leaders-they pouted and went home.

 

This is actually chilling, and is a display of the kind of intransigence the Left is known for and defined by: All-or-nothing! No compromise, no concessions. They simply want their ideological opponents to bow down to them and shut up.

 

This is how totalitarians act.

 

Finally, in this story, there was one other interesting nugget that is potentially huge. Evidently, the Trump Administration is being vague about their long-range view of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. From the Times article:

 

"Jared Kushner, Trump's son-in-law and his point man for the Middle East peace process, has said that the administration's as-yet-unreleased peace plan would avoid speaking about the two-state solution.

 

"'I realize that means different things to different people,' he said earlier this year. 'If you say 'two states' to the Israelis it means one thing, and if you say 'two states' to the Palestinians it means another thing. So we said, 'let's just not say it'. Let's just work on the details of what this means.'"

 

Wow. It appears to me at least that this would leave the door open fairly wide to some sort of Palestinian state, even if "let's just not say it." It could mean other things, too, such as Palestinian autonomy in a shrunken state-like form. Of course, that's essentially what the Israelis offered 25 years ago with Areas A, B, and C in the West Bank. The murderous Palestinian leadership blew that up literally from the start.

 

It's hard to imagine what Palestinian autonomy in the future would look like. In my perfect world, there would be population transfer. I don't care that many think that is a hateful stance; I'm tired of seeing Jews murdered by the beasts of "Palestine."

 

Whatever happens, we can see that the Left will not budge an inch or move toward the Right at all on this issue. Now that Muslim subversives like Omar and Tlaib have infiltrated our government (with more to follow, following the Muslim Brotherhood playbook!), we see there is no rest for the weary.

 

Never too late to do the right thing - Bill Wilson -

www.dailyjot.com

 

The Washington Examiner's Tim Pearce wrote a December 6 story about "several moderate Democratic House representatives" voicing concerns about going forward with impeaching President Donald Trump because of "political consequences." There are several things wrong about this story. First, these Democratic congressmen are public officials. They should not be allowed to appear in stories as anonymous. They don't have the courage to come forward and couple their names with their concerns. They should face the political consequences they are so concerned about. But there is an even deeper issue with these Democrats who are queasy about impeachment. It's called doing the right thing.

 

There is no stronger indication that this impeachment process has been nothing more than political when you have Democrats who are afraid to publicly say they don't want to impeach the president because they might lose their seats in the election. Their concern is that impeachment will not set well in their districts and by being associated with this whole show trial, they will be booted. They should fear the vote. Rasmussen Reports Daily Presidential Tracking Poll indicates that 51% of likely voters approve of Trump's job performance. The previous president was 45% at this juncture in his first term. Keep in mind, these numbers were taken after the Democrats said they were drawing up charges.

 

The deeper issue with these anonymous moderate democratic congressmen is they appear to care nothing about the Constitution, the Country and the rule of law. They care about saving their own hides in their respective districts. It is this motivation emanating from both sides of the political aisle that is ruining this country-both from a Constitutional perspective and a moral one. While on one hand it is admirable that these cowardly Democrats prefer censorship over impeachment, it is unacceptable that any elected representative-Democrat or Republican-is least concerned about the Constitutional and National impact of using impeachment as part of an ongoing coup fomented by a political party and an unelected deep state.

 

Doing the right thing these days seems so hard to do. There are no statesmen or patriots in the House of Representatives and only a couple in the Senate. Yes, we see a handful of Republicans standing up here and there against this coup, but nothing passionate. We hear a lot of loud mouths with no substance shouting "impeach." But who will be doing the right thing? I'm reminded of the verse in Ezekiel 22:30, "So I sought for a man among them who would make a wall, and stand in the gap before Me on behalf of the land, that I should not destroy it; but I found no one." This "coup by impeachment" should be opposed because it is bad for the country long-term, not because some anonymous coward will lose his congressional seat. And those who are calling this as it is, need to step it up, too. It's never too late to do the right thing.

 

 

Who will stand against the evildoers? - Bill Wilson - www.dailyjot.com

 

After months of news reports, stacked hearings, controlling the impeachment narrative, suppressing contradictory testimony and doctoring transcripts of witnesses, the best the House Democratic coup-makers could come up with were two charges of impeachment against President Donald Trump. The House Democrats charged Trump with obstruction of Congress and abuse of power. While pressing the narrative that nobody is above the law, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) is making a strong case that the law applies only to non-Democrats, for the majority in Congress can conduct hearings without due process and corruption investigations cannot occur if they involve Democratic Party members.

 

On abuse of power, the Articles of Impeachment read: "President Trump solicited the interference of a foreign government, Ukraine, in the 2020 United States Presidential election. He did so through a scheme or course of conduct that included soliciting the Government of Ukraine to publicly announce investigations that would benefit his reelection, harm the election prospects of a political opponent, and influence the 2020 United States Presidential election to his advantage. President Trump also sought to pressure the Government of Ukraine to take these steps by conditioning official United States Government acts of significant value to Ukraine on its public announcement of investigations. President Trump engaged in this scheme or course of conduct for corrupt purposes in pursuit of personal political benefit."

 

Regarding Obstruction of Congress, the Articles read: "Donald J. Trump has directed the unprecedented, categorical, and indiscriminate defiance of subpoenas issued by the House of Representatives pursuant to its "sole Power of Impeachment". President Trump has abused the powers of the Presidency in a manner offensive to, and subversive of, the Constitution...Wherefore, President Trump, by such conduct, has demonstrated that he will remain a threat to the Constitution if allowed to remain in office, and has acted in a manner grossly incompatible with self-governance and the rule of law. President Trump thus warrants impeachment and trial, removal from office, and disqualification to hold and enjoy any office of honor, trust, or profit under the United States."

 

This show-trial by the Democrats is evidence that tyrants have hijacked Congress and modeled it after a third-world communist dictatorship. They rigged the system to get the sound bites and optics they wanted. They clearly demonstrated that if you are a Democratic candidate for President, that your family cannot be investigated for obvious corruption, and that standing up against a vacuum of due process is a violation of their newly-interpreted version of the US Constitution. This is bad for the Constitution and bad for the country, irrespective if it happened to this president or any other. The soil of American Liberty beckons a Psalm 94:16 moment, "Who will rise up for me against the evildoers? Or who will stand up for me against the workers of iniquity?" It is us. We must arise and stand. Speak boldly to all who will listen.

 

 

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  News media and the yoke of bondage - Bill Wilson - www.dailyjot.com

 

There has been an outcry from the news media about how President Trump has criticized the press. It all started, they say, with Trump's tweet in 2017 that "The fake news media is not my enemy. It is the enemy of the American people." The media is still sore about this quote and they bring it up every time their truthfulness is questioned. Trump was talking about the fake news media, which most all of the media accepted as pointing to all the news media. This must mean that the news media, in general, also believes it is fake. Nonetheless, FOX News commentator Chris Wallace is the latest to say Trump's assault on the media is an attack on the freedom of the press.

 

Wallace told a gathering at the Newseum, "He has done everything he can to undercut the media, to try and delegitimise us, and I think his purpose is clear: to raise doubts when we report critically about him and his administration that we can be trusted. Back in 2017, he tweeted something that said far more about him than it did about us: 'The fake news media is not my enemy. It is the enemy of the American people.'... Let's be honest, the president's attacks have done some damage. A Freedom Forum poll, associated here with the Newseum, this year found that 29% of Americans, almost a third of all of us, think the first amendment goes too far. And 77%, three quarters, say that fake news is a serious threat to our democracy."

 

Ironically, the Newseum is a media museum that is closing down after some 11 years because, as its website states, "it has struggled financially for a number of years and continuing to operate in our current location has proven unsustainable. In January 2019, we announced an agreement to sell the Newseum building on historic Pennsylvania Avenue to Johns Hopkins University, a premier academic institution, which will use the facility for its D.C.-based graduate programs." It just doesn't seem to occur to these members of the mainstream media that people don't want news reported from their leftist slanted agenda. People prefer the truth without opinion when it comes to news.

 

A friend of mine, Roger Ailes, used to say, "You can't argue with a guy who buys his ink by the barrel." I'm sure that was not an Ailes original, but it rings true. Until the social media world changed all that. Trump is able to point out the fakes because of his following. Trump does not have to delegitimize the press, they do it to themselves every day, and the people recognize it. Galatians 5:1 says, "Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ has made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage." The context of this verse is referring to not being children of the bondwoman, but of the free. Christ is the way, the truth and the life. An absence of truth interweaves the yoke of bondage. It is the lack of truth by the media that threatens our free society, not criticism of the media. Accountability is at least a two-way street.