Below is my column in The Hill on the reemergence of separate but equal policies from housing to graduation to even holiday parties. Many on the left are now embracing race-based exclusions as a certain article of faith. That was vividly shown in the race-based holiday party thrown recently by Boston Mayor Michelle Wu.
Here is the column:
For some, it seems, Christmas is so last century, and “Festivus” is so last decade.
Happy Plessivus, the new rage in politically correct holiday celebration.
Now, as we approach the 70th anniversary of the rejection of Plessy v. Ferguson and the concept of separate-but-equal with the Supreme Court’s 1954 landmark ruling in Brown v. Board of Education, many people seem to be embracing racial segregation as a public good.
Boston Mayor Michelle Wu offered just such an alternative with a holiday party that excluded guests on the basis of race. Wu was criticized after her staff mistakenly sent the entire city council an invitation to the party at the city-owned Parkman House. However, the invitation told white city council members that they could not attend due to their race.
It was not exactly what most of us think of as being in the spirit of the holidays. Yet, it is precisely what Wu wanted to capture for a racialized holiday theme with a hefty helping of identity politics.
It seems that, today, the three kings would be told by the angel to just drop off the gold, frankincense and myrrh at the door of the stable if they were not the right race.
What was most striking about the controversy is that Wu’s office apologized — but not for the racially exclusive policy. It apologized for sending the invite to white city council members.
Despite the criticism, Wu proudly posted a photo of all the attendees at her “electeds of color” holiday party. Six of the city’s 13 council members are people of color.
Imagine the reaction if the mayor held a holiday party only for white city council members. She would be called the Bull Connor of Christmas.
Yet, such racism is now not just acceptable but seemingly popular. The mayor used official property and staff to hold a racially segregated event, but many in Boston were apparently thrilled.
Roughly 20 years ago, I wrote about how we seemed to be moving toward a revival of separate-but-equal in schools, dorms, graduation ceremonies, events, and academic programs that excluded some students on the basis of race.
Some supporters defended Wu by arguing that such racial segregation is needed to make minorities feel safe or accepted, even on the ultra-left Boston city council, on which members of color are one seat short of an outright majority.
The case for such race-exclusive dinners was made by then-Justice Henry Billings Brown almost 125 years ago, when he explained that some people simply find the “commingling” of races to be “unsatisfactory.” He said that for a 7-2 majority in Plessy v. Ferguson.
It is not the taste of discrimination but the ease of the discrimination that is so alarming. Racial segregation now appears to be an article of faith for too many on the left.
It has gotten to the point that Super Bowl champion running back Rashard Mendenhall was entirely comfortable in declaring that whites are “not even good at football. Can we please replace the Pro Bowl with an All-Black vs. All-White bowl so these cats can stop trying to teach me who’s good at football.”
That could be the perfect combination for the racially intolerant: A race-based holiday dinner at Mayor Wu’s house, followed by a racially segregated holiday football game.
Wu’s dinner and Mendenhall’s posting are, ultimately, trivial matters compared to a wide array of policies and programs that are again dividing the nation along racial lines.
Courts have repeatedly found the Biden administration to be engaging in racial discrimination in such programs. In Wisconsin, for example, a federal court stopped Biden’s controversial $4 billion race-based federal relief program for farmers, holding that white farmers were found to be “experiencing discrimination at the hands of their government.” Another court held that the administration engaged in systemic discrimination in implementing COVID-19 relief for restaurants and bars.
The Supreme Court has repeatedly held that racial discrimination does not become good policy despite being carried out with the best of motivations. In 1989, in City of Richmond v. J.A. Croson Co., the high court ruled that “legislative assurances of good intention cannot suffice.”
The public agrees. A majority has long rejected racial criteria in areas like college admissions. Yet, despite the Supreme Court recently declaring such criteria to constitute racial discrimination, some colleges and universities are circumventing the decision with new pathways to maintain race-based admission goals.
Such politicians and educators are responding to a segment of our population driven by identity politics — even for holidays. Christmas is now viewed by some as just another race-based jump scare, seen through the lens of race and the dangers of what some have called “white privilege” disguised as Santa.
There is an alternative: We could use this holiday to celebrate our shared values and strengthen our interconnectedness. Instead of looking through the lens of race, we could just look at each other as individuals — even if it is just once a year.
Instead, we seem to have our own versions of “Krampus,” who would come around every year to chase naughty children and maybe even drag them to hell. In Germany, Krampus added an edge to the holidays; you had to escape Krampus trying to hit you with a stick and stuff you into his satchel to make it to the big holiday payoff.
The one thing you have to hand Krampus, however, is that he did not discriminate. He would bag anyone for the holiday.
Jonathan Turley is the J.B. and Maurice C. Shapiro Professor of Public Interest Law at the George Washington University Law School.
Paxton should sue under the full faith and credit clause if trumps on the ballot in Texas he should be on in Colorado. But this is lawfare so they want it the opposite one judge in Colorado gets to decide? This is war. There will eventually be bloodshed it is sosadm to watch this unfold. But it is
Prolly time to see what tribe one is in. Fist they came for and you said nothing then they came foe etc. What tribe are you in?
“All good. Take a look. Start reporting it the right way,” Biden said when asked about his economic outlook for 2024, according to a transcript released Sunday by the White House.
I was hoping that on this day, December 25th, the acrimony that is a daily visitor to this comment section would have diminished, by a lot. It has not. The personal attacks between this commenter and that commenter do nothing but dilute Professor Turley’s posting. By the way, I have bought Kevlar as a holiday gift for all of my loved ones. And Professor Turley’s message today is that ‘separate but equal’ is coming back, in a bigger and bigger way, so get ready for the sequel —which will be separate but not equal. Next Christmas we will/should/might have a President-elect and it will/might/should be momentous!
Poor baby, Anonymous! Cannot deal with facts and must try to put some spin to avoid dealing with fact.
Merry Christmas to all of the regular and irregular commenters here. I hope you are all fortunate enough to spend the day surrounded by family and friends. Even you, Svelass.
Tom,
Well said.
Merry Christmas to all!
And a special Merry Christmas to the good professor and his family, Darren and Kristen!
Here’s my question on a slightly different topic. Turley used the word “desecration” to describe American citizens walking peacefully through the US Capitol after being ushered in by cops. (NB: the House of Representatives literally means a house where American citizens are represented – supposedly – by a few elected officials. It is entirely taxpayer funded and is normally open to the public). However, I have not noticed him using the word “desecration” to describe taxpayer-funded US government employees making gay porn in the Hart Building. Why is that, Professor Turley? The word “desecrate” derives from the root word “sacred.” It means turning something sacred into something profane. You see where I’m going with this. Why the double standard?
For those interested in a cultural dish packed full of marvelous flavor, try the following: Lechón Asado (Cuban Roast Pork)
Cubans consider Nochebuena (Christmas Eve) the most important religious holiday of the year with Christmas Day being secondary. The holiday is family and friends centered, where we gather in anticipation for the birth of Christ. Cooking Cuban dishes is key for hosting a meal in common followed by Misa Del Gallo (Midnight Mass). We open gifts in January on Three Kings Day. The following recipe is in Spanish, an authentic recipe from Cuba that I always use: Pierna de Puerco Asada a la Criolla
If language is a problem and do not feel comfortable using a language translator website, you can not go wrong with the following recipe in English, though it is a tad different.
Oh, all are welcome in our home, even Communists. Chances are I will sprinkle holy water on them to watch the demons flee from their nostrils and ears! 👼
¡Feliz Navidad a todos!
🎅🏻🙏🏾😇
Estovir and family
https://www.cocoandash.com/authentic-cuban-pork-roast/
Authentic Cuban Roast Pork
15 pound bone-in pork butt (give or take a pound)
1/2 cup olive oil
cloves from 2 whole heads of garlic peeled
1/3 cup sour orange juice
1/4 cup fresh squeezed orange juice (about 1 large naval orange)
3/4 cup fresh lime juice (about 8 limes)
1/2 teaspoon cumin
1/2 teaspoon black pepper
3 tablespoons salt
2 teaspoons chopped fresh oregano leaves
1/4 cup fresh packed cilantro leaves
Visit link for cooking instructions
Merry Christmas, Estovir!
Your reference to Three Kings Day didn’t trigger Dennis–a Christmas miracle!!!
Estovir,
Merry Christmas!
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐦𝐚𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐋𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚, 𝐢𝐧 𝟖 𝐒𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐬
Coral Murphy ~ 12/23/2019
Music is a crucial part of Christmas in Latin America, but the soundtrack varies widely depending on where you’re celebrating. Genres and moods differ in each country, and songs that have nothing to do with Christmas are also played mainly during the holiday season (for reasons that are sometimes hard to trace).
𝐏𝐮𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐨 𝐑𝐢𝐜𝐨
El Gran Combo, ‘La Fiesta de Pilito’ (Puerto Rico)
[Link] youtu.be/4LvNSBS6IGo
𝐌𝐞𝐱𝐢𝐜𝐨
Servidores de la Palabra, ‘En el Nombre del Cielo’ (Mexico)
[Link] youtu.be/e1hanMvZ1YA
𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐦𝐛𝐢𝐚
Joe Arroyo, ‘En Barranquilla Me Quedo’ (Colombia)
[Link] youtu.be/j8ElCh65bzk
𝐃𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐑𝐞𝐩𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜
Johnny Ventura, ‘Salsa pa’ Tu Lechón’ (Dominican Republic)
[Link] youtube.com/watch?v=V21bd5pjFXw&list=RDV21bd5pjFXw
𝐕𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐳𝐮𝐞𝐥𝐚
Simón Díaz and Hugo Blanco, ‘El Burrito de Belén’ (Venezuela)
[Link] youtu.be/lNnTcHmirtM
𝐂𝐮𝐛𝐚
Los Van Van, ‘El Ñëgrô Está Cocinando’ (Cuba)
[Link] youtu.be/A1EDfmBnuag
𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞
Victor Jara, ‘Doña María Le Ruego’ (Chile)
[Link] youtu.be/CG6Os0SvIW8
𝐀𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐚
Luis Aguile, ‘Ven a Mi Casa Esta Navidad’ (Argentina)
[Link] youtu.be/B4CHuiUlIr8
🎄 𝐅𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐳 𝐍𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐝 🎄
Estovir: See, we do have something in common–food! Your Cuban recipe sounds very similar to the Mexican version called “Cochinita Pibil”–a dish developed by the ancient Mayans. They would dig a hole in the ground lined with banana leaves, then hot rocks. The pork butt was placed on top followed by onions, garlic, lemons, limes and oranges and other native herbs. The whole thing was covered by more banana leaves and baked. The modern version is similar. A large pot is lined with banana leaves (lightly toasted). The pork is cut into large pieces and placed in the pot–then covered with garlic cloves, a cinnamon stick, white onion slices, poblano chiles, herbs and lime and orange juice. Over the whole thing is poured a marinade of anchiote paste, lime juice, bay leaves, dried oregano and other herbs. More banana leaves are packed tightly over and around everything. A tight lid is added and baked in a 300 degree oven for about 4-5 hours. The result is amazing! I first enjoyed this remarkable dish when I lived in Mexico and made it for my friends many times since then. This a dish is definitely something you won’t find in your local Mexican restaurant!
Lastima que no tengamos mas en comun ademas de la comida(Sorry, but I don’t have a computer with Spanish accent marks)
Christmas Eve supper, Kucios, is so very important in Lithuania. As an American of Lithuanian heritage, I continue to practice the fish/seafood meal I recall from my parents celebrations before going to midnight Mass; my parents were 3/4 first generation USA and 1/4 second generation. I don’t do the 12 different foods, but await our Christmas Eve tradition.
I guess Scott Adams was right.
“IT’S OK TO BE WHITE.”
– Rasmussen
_______________
Only 53% of blacks agree.
_____________________________
“Blacks are a hate group.”
“As you know, I’ve been identifying as Black for a while – years now – because I like – you know, I like to be on the winning team.”
“The best advice I would give to white people is to get the hell away from Black people.”
“Just get the f*** away.”
“Wherever you have to go, just get away because there’s no fixing this.”
“You just have to escape, so that’s what I did.”
– Scott Adams, “Dilbert”
__________________________
Even for the deranged, hysterical, incoherent, bleeding-heart, liberal, progressive, socialist, democrat, RINO, AINO communists, “…THERE’S NO FIXING THIS!”
A recently released Rassmussen Survey on the 2020 election found that
21% of mail-in voters said they filled out a ballot for a family member or friend
17% said they voted in a state where they no longer lived
8% claimed they were offered “pay” or a “reward” for their vote.
All such acts are illegal.
Trump is right. It was rigged.
” It was rigged.”
That says everything about the election. Now we can talk about the cases against Trump. They are rigged as well.
Or, John is wrong about some things.
For example, it was a “Survey of 1,085 U.S. Likely Voters.” Did they ask whether the person actually voted in 2020 and exclude those who didn’t? No, they didn’t ask.
Is it illegal to help someone fill out an absentee ballot? In all states, the answer is that it depends on the circumstances, as it’s legal to help disabled voters: 52 U.S. Code § 10508 — “Any voter who requires assistance to vote by reason of blindness, disability, or inability to read or write may be given assistance by a person of the voter’s choice, other than the voter’s employer or agent of that employer or officer or agent of the voter’s union.”
Did 17% say they voted in a state where they no longer lived? No, that wasn’t asked. Instead, they were asked whether someone told them they’d done this. How reliable is that second hand info? We don’t know. Why didn’t they ask if the voter him/herself had done this? Who knows.
As for “During the 2020 election, did a friend, family member, or organization, such as a political party, offer to pay or reward you for voting?,” knowing about these businesses’ offers would lead to a “yes”: https://web.archive.org/web/20181106150849/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/06/us/voting-free-stuff.html
It’s illegal for these businesses to be doing this, but they don’t tend to be fined for it, and it’s not particularly nefarious, much less “rigged,” for a business to offer a free coffee if you have an “I voted” sticker or to offer a free ride to the polls.
Make your excuses. We all know what happened.
Wow, You certainly got triggered.
As to your “analysis” – once again to you THINK before responding ? Or are you just cutting and pasting from some brain dead left wing site that never bothered to read the survey and popped of idioctic criticism of something they did not even bother to read before attacking.
The First clue that you were clueless – should have been that this was conducted by a professional polling organization that has been conducting surveys for decades. Right or left these organizations are pretty good at asking questions accurately.
There are OTHER organizations – typically used by political parties during campaigns whose skillset is the exact opposet – asking questions inaccurately to solicit the wrong response – usually to motivate the person being polled – not the general public.
We call these “push polls”
Regardless It is a survey. It is not the results of surveilance.
People could lie – they could deny wrong doing when they engaged in it, or they could falsely claim to have done something wrong when they did not.
I would suggest that false negatives would be more common by far than false positives. But you are free to feel differently.
If there had been a real inquiry – we would KNOW – we would not have to extrapolate from surveys.
With respect to your idiocy.
The survey was of likely voters the QUESTIONS were specific to the 2020 election.
The actual questions asked in the Survey are available online.
The actual questions are NOT as you claim.
As an example:
“During the 2020 election, did you fill out a ballot, in part or in full, on behalf of a friend or family member, such as a spouse or child?”, 21% of respondents who said they voted by mail answered “yes.”
And addressing your idiotic pseudo analysis:
Filling out a ballot for someone else is illegal in all states,
although many states allow people to assist others with voting.
Pretending that MAYBE those answering were confused – do you REALLY beleive that 21% of respondents were helping a blind person vote ?
Or “During the 2020 election, did you cast a mail-in ballot in a state where you were no longer a permanent resident?”
Not do you know someone. The questions is Specifically about the person being surveyed.
“How reliable is that second hand info?”
I do not knwo – we could enquire into that – “Do you know of others who did X ?” is a perfectly legitimate survey question and one in which the answers would be worthy knowing.
BUT contra your nonsense – that is NOT the question that was asked.
The question asked was SPECIFICALLY about the repospondant.
“We don’t know.”
Correct – though we could study that. But irrelevant in that case as that was NOT the question asked.
“Why didn’t they ask if the voter him/herself had done this?”
They Did.
Why don’t you know that ? Why did you presume something that is blatantly false ?
Why did you presume something that is easily verifiable online ?
And possibly most important why do you trust sources that have repeatedly lied and are pretty trivial to prove are lying ?
“Who knows.”
You seem to be the one triggered here John. I loved the juvenile insults and false assumptions! For me, those are always a signal that the person is unable or unwilling to control their desire to lash out.
The first thing I did was to look up the survey. That’s how I was able to quote from it and also state things that were absent from the questions.
“The actual questions are NOT as you claim.”
Total BS. Here’s the survey, and anyone who wants can check the actual wording of the questions against my quotes: https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/partner_surveys/crosstabs_2_voters_fraud_heartland_december_2023
Did you ever read the survey itself?
“The survey was of likely voters the QUESTIONS were specific to the 2020 election.”
Some were specific to 2020; others weren’t. Notice that the questions did NOT ask the person to leave it blank if the question didn’t apply to them (e.g., for “Did you vote with an absentee or mail-in ballot in the 2020 election?,” the only options for answering were Yes / No / Not sure; there was no option for “I didn’t vote in 2020”).
“Filling out a ballot for someone else is illegal in all states, although many states allow people to assist others with voting.”
I literally gave you a law proving that your statement is false, yet you cannot admit that you’re wrong. In all states, there are exceptions, and the assistance may legally involve filling out a ballot for someone who is too disabled to fill it out themselves (e.g., blind, has an advanced neurodegenerative disorder) or is illiterate (whether illiterate in general or in English/secondary languages in which ballots were printed in their county). Again: “Any voter who requires assistance to vote by reason of blindness, disability, or inability to read or write may be given assistance by a person of the voter’s choice, other than the voter’s employer or agent of that employer or officer or agent of the voter’s union.”
“do you REALLY beleive that 21% of respondents were helping a blind person vote ?”
No, and that’s a stupid question, since the law doesn’t just apply to people who are blind.
“the QUESTIONS were specific to the 2020 election.”
Some were, others weren’t.
You are generally sloppy with your writing, despite your verbosity. You wrote “21% of mail-in voters said they filled out a ballot for a family member or friend” Had you added “at least in part,” your statement would have been correct, but as written, it’s wrong. What was asked is “During the 2020 election, did you fill out a ballot, in part or in full, on behalf of a friend or family member, such as a spouse or child?”
You claim that the question was “During the 2020 election, did you cast a mail-in ballot in a state where you were no longer a permanent resident?” That was not the question. The question was “Do you know a friend, family member, co-worker, or other acquaintance who has admitted to you that he or she cast a mail-in ballot in 2020 in a state other than his or her state of permanent residence?”
“‘Why didn’t they ask if the voter him/herself had done this?’ They Did.”
No, they didn’t. I again refer you to the link above with the actual survey questions.
“Here’s the survey, and anyone who wants can check the actual wording of the questions against my quotes:”
There is so much lying from Anonymous that it is a waste of time to read Anonymous quotes or link to Anonymous links. His direct link quotes survey results but not the questions, so one CANNOT compare the wording provided by Anonymous.
Since anonymous links to garbage all the time, I’ll accept his quotes are not from the survey but from a typical left-wing blog where the wording was changed. Anonymous has to prove differently. That is the penalty for lying all the time; one can assume him to be wrong, and one doesn’t have to read everything he says.
So your argument is that 8% of people responded yes to
During the 2020 election, did a friend, family member, or organization, such as a political party, offer to pay or reward you for voting?,”
Because they are so stupid that they confuse free donuts at the polling places with “Pay or Reward for voting from that friend, family, organization or political party” ?
Lets assume that it is POSSIBLE that you are correct – that MAYBE some of the people answering yes did so because they got free cookies at the poll.
Do you think maybe we should try to find out how many were ACTUALLY PAID ?
Project Vertias found during the 2020 Election in Detroit that the going rate for a fully filled out Ballot delivered by Ballot Harvestors was $300. The TTV information from atlanta and Arizona was that “mules” – like those depositing ballots in unattended mailboxes in the 2022 Bidgeport democratic mayors primary – where an estimated 37% of ballots were fraudulent, were paid on average $10/ballot
A typical drop off involved half a dozen ballots – that is $60, and the typical mule stopped at 10 Ballot boxes per might – or $600 for a few hours work.
There is testimony under oath about this – as well as convictions in AZ for those running the program.
There is substantial evidence of very large scale voter fraud in 2020. Proof beyond any doubt ? No. But despite your ignorance of it LOTS of evidence. TTV has thousands of hours of video of People dropping 6-12 ballots into a ballot box at one time. They have video of the same person at another ballot box later the same night, and then again the next day. There is no state in the country that is legal.
That video proves beyond ANY DOUBT that actual mailin ballot fraud took place – it is no different fromt he proof the court accepted of Illegal Ballot harvesting in Bridgeport CT in 2022. The fundimental difference ? The Bridgeport case was a democratic primary and left wing nut courts are capable of being bojective about the evidence presented when there is not a republican in 1000 miles.
I would note the same was true in Newark NJ in may 2020 where the courts threw out 25% of mailin ballots and “overturned the election”
Real investigations took place and I beleive the candidate engaged in election fraud went to jail.
It is also interesting in that the Ballot box video showed that during the course of the election – the behavior of those making deposits changed. When it was reported that finger prints had been used to charge a person with ballot fraud – almost the same day these “mules” started wearing latex gloves. Some also wore covid masks, and engaged in other behavior consistent with trying to hide their identity – though many did not.
But the TTV video is NOT all the evidence. TTV geofenced ballot boxes in the 6 critical cities where there were statiscially abnormal voting patterns – Where Biden not only had a higher percentage of votes than Hillary did in 2016, But also gained as a percentage of the vote as compared to nearby democratic counties or precincts. Again that ALONE should have been enough to require investigation.
Statistical aberations in voting patterns are USUALLY not proof of Fraud – though if they are large enough they can be.
But they are evidence that REQUIRES investigation – investigation that never occured – because democrat Bar associations threatened local DA’s with disbartrment if they took any election fraud cases – this BTW is very well documented – and they DID several high profile disbarrments of Attorneys who did take election fraud cases.
Regardless TTV used the statistical data to slect regions to by geofencing data from Google, Apple and others that provid semi-anonymous location tracking information privately. Advertisers use this as an example to send coupons to people who appear to frequent starbucks.
I would further note that Law enforcement uses this – though more often they use Far less accurate cell phone triangulation data. And they convict people of crimes using location information that merely places them within 500ft of a crime scene at the wrong time.
But more specifically the DOJ/FBI used the geofencing data to find and prosecute J6 protestors.
So lets get completely passed the nonsense that the geofencing data is not usefull as evidence in a criminal investigations.
TTV bought approximately 1Trillion points of Cell Phone data. They then spent months processing this data.
They were able to find 2000 unique cell phones, that had EACH traveled to within 3ft of atleast 20 different ballot drop boxes within a 4hr period AND alteast one Democrat affiliated 501C3. From the video they estimated the average number of ballots dropped at each ballot was 10, That is just under 500,000 illegally harvested ballots. If you reduce the number of consecutive ballot boxes that must be hit to 10 – the number of likely illegally harvested ballots grows to 2Million.
Is that Proof ? I think it is pretty damning.
Regardless, at the very least it DEMANDS investigation.
While TTV was able to identify unique cell phones. The data provided does NOT allow private parties to identify the owner of the cell phone.
That requires a warrant. Had the courts or law enforcement had the slightest interest in catching ballot harvesting in 2020 – they could have done so quite easily.
“Liberals and progressives often try to model the U.S. on Western European countries, but you never hear them arguing that we should adopt their voting rules. There is a reason for that. Banning mail-in voting or requiring people to use photo IDs to obtain a mail-in ballot is quite common in developed countries, especially in Europe.
To study this, the Crime Prevention Research Center, of which I am the president, created a database on voting rules around the world.
Here is what we found. Besides the United States, there are 36 member states in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). Forty-seven percent ban mail-in voting unless the citizen is living abroad, and 30 percent require a photo ID to obtain a mail-in ballot. Fourteen percent of the countries ban mail-in voting even for those living abroad.
In addition, some countries that allow voting by mail for some citizens living in the country don’t allow it for everyone. For example, Japan and Poland have limited mail-in voting for those who have special certificates verifying that they are disabled. France has made an exception this year to its ban on mail-in ballots to those who are sick or at particular risk during the coronavirus pandemic. Poland will allow mail-in ballots for everyone for this year only.
Brazil and Russia satisfy the economic standards of the OECD, but are excluded for various political reasons. Both countries completely ban mail-in voting and require photo IDs for in-person voting.
Among the 27 countries in the European Union, 63 percent ban mail-in voting unless living abroad and another 22 percent require a photo ID to obtain a mail-in ballot. Twenty-two percent ban the practice even for those who live abroad.
There are 16 countries in the rest of Europe, and they are even more restrictive. Every single one bans mail-in voting for those living in the country or require a photo ID to obtain a mail-in ballot. Sixty-three percent don’t allow mail-in ballots even for citizens living outside of the country.
Are all of these countries, socialist and non-socialist alike, Western and Eastern European, developed and undeveloped, acting “without evidence?” It is not as though people in these countries haven’t heard the same arguments about the importance of the ease of voting—or about how photo ID requirements will, as one professor in the U.K. explained, supposedly “lead to people not being able to vote.”
These countries have learned the hard way what happens when mail-in ballots aren’t secured. They have also discovered how hard it is to detect vote buying when both those buying and selling the votes have an incentive to hide the exchange.
France banned mail-in voting in 1975 because of massive fraud in Corsica, where postal ballots were stolen or bought and voters cast multiple votes. Mail-in ballots were used to cast the votes of dead people.
The U.K., which allows postal voting, has had some notable mail-in ballot fraud cases. Prior to recent photo ID requirements, six Labour Party councilors in Birmingham won office after what the judge described as a “massive, systematic and organized” postal voting fraud campaign. The fraud was apparently carried out with the full knowledge and cooperation of the local Labour Party. There was “widespread theft” of postal votes (possibly around 40,000 ballots) in areas with large Muslim populations, because Labour members were worried that the Iraq War would spur these voters to oppose the incumbent government.
In 1991, Mexico’s election mandated voter photo IDs and banned absentee ballots. The then-governing Institutional Revolutionary Party had long used fraud and intimidation with mail-in ballots in order to win elections. Only in 2006 were absentee ballots again allowed, and then only for those living abroad who requested them at least six months in advance.
If concern about voter fraud with mail-in ballots is delusional, it is a delusion that is shared by most of the world. Even the countries that allow mail-in ballots have protections, such as government-issued photo IDs. But Americans are constantly assured even this step is completely unnecessary. Without basic precautions, our elections are on course to become the laughingstock of the developed world.”
John Lott, “Voting Fraud is a Real Concern”
https://www.newsweek.com/voting-fraud-real-concern-just-look-around-world-opinion-1522535
We all KNOW that mail-in voting can be gamed. We all KNOW that the party that wants to exclude Presidential candidates from the ballot would not hesitate to game mail-in voting if it were helpful in defeating “racist, neo-Nazi, Hitler-echoing” Republicans. Not in every case. But, for example, in the last two Senatorial races in Michigan, John James, a black Republican with a history of military service, was narrowly defeated twice, in 2020 by only 1.7% of the vote. In an election that close, mail-in fraud can easily change the outcome and keep Senatorial control in the hands of one party. Extremely close elections sometimes determine control of the Presidency, the House and the Senate.
at some point in the past (pre 2020) former Pres Jimmy Carter, said that mail in voting was not a good idea because it was ripe for fraud and outright theft of an election. In 2020 he said that mail in voting was just fine and dandy, no cause for alarm. Now, with him being an international election observer I would think he (previously) knew what he was talking about. I guess in 2020 he forgot all that he observed in the decades prior.
“I’ll have those n—–s voting democrat for 200 years.”
– Lyndon Baines Johnson
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“I’ll have those Mexicans voting democrat for 200 years.”
– Joe Biden
I’ll have bigot George lying in his copy-and-pastes daily.
— anyone who reads even a small fraction of your comments
And your point is, Frau Feminazi?
What part of Lyndon Baines Johnson is a lie and don’t you understand?
Have you seen the Mexicans and flotsam flooding over the border at Obama/Biden’s behest?
The only lie is that of the communists (liberals, progressives, socialists, democrats, RINOs, AINOs) regarding the lunatics taking over the country by way of the ongoing “INSANE ASYLUM FRAUD!” They say the border is under control.
All rational people are compelled to agree with the facts and the truth; present company excluded for obvious reasons.
Oh, and actually those are quotations with appropriate or otherwise accurate attribution.
Just for reference George – there are almost no mexicans illegally crossing the border any more – and mexicans in the US are among those most strongly favoring building a wall.
The illegals crossing the border today are from other central or south american countries – a few are even from countries outside the western hemisphere.
Why ? Because post NAFTA the standard of living in Mexico has risen dramatically and Mexicans have no reason to pay the money and take the risks associated with illegal border crossings.
There is a mexican element to the mess at the southern border – but that is that the largest portion of the traffickers are affiliated with mostly mexican drug cartels. It is estimated that Drug Cartels are making more today Coyoting illegal immigrants than they are selling Drugs.
It is estimated that the price that must be paid to cartless to cross the border is 6-10,000 per person. That many of those corssing do not have that, and are essentially selling themselves into human slavery. They are being sex trafficked or otherwise enslaved into low pay jobs where they are locked in and hove no oportunity to pay off their debt.
Further the majortiy of women, children and men that cross the border are raped along the way.
And those that try to cross on their own – are caught by the cartels and murdered as a warning to others who might try.
There are an estimated 4M+ illegals that have crossed the southern border since 2021.
That is millions of rapes, and billions of dollars in human trafiking that Biden and democrats are responsible for.
Nations across the world – particularly asian and western nations have serious demographic problems. They have large aging populations and far too few young people – they are not going to survive without millions of immigrants.
Of Developed western nations – the US has the smallest need for immigrants. To remain demographically stable the US needs about 2M immigrants per year. We currently get 1M through legal immigration. We are still about 1M short of the number of people we need to preserve our standard of living and to keep our society functioning.
We absolutely positively need to alter our immigration policies. We need to allow more immigrants in.
But what Biden and democrats are doing is the absolute worst possible way to do it. It is worse significantly than stopping immigration entirely.
While as a nation we must make choices regarding allowing people in or not – we still need more people and we must get them from somewhere. We are not going to get enough from native births.
We can accept immigrants from Asia, from China, from India. We can accept them from africa, from haiti, from south america.
from the mideast.
But we must choose.
Nor can we allow eveyone who wants to come to the US to do so. There are at a minimum 375M people in the world today who would come to the US if they could. We can not manage 375M additional people overnight. Though the number would likely be larger.
There are not even a tiny fraction of enough white people who are looking to come to the US.
Our choices are people from places they are fleeing.
A substantial portion of current immigrants are from Venezuella. That is not likely to play out well for democrats.
Venezuellans are fleeing a failed socialist country – like Cubans in the US they are likely to be highly hostile to the policies of the left that destroyed venezuella.
I would note that while Venezuellan immigrants are impoverished – often starving – the poverty rate in Venezeualla is about 75% today. Within the lifetime of most of these immigrants Venezeulla was the richest country in South america.
Current immigrants are mostly not people who have been poor for generations, they are people who went from the global middle class to poverty in a short period of time.
Elections MUST be held at a “time” and at a “place” causing mail-in voting to be unconstitutional, as the U.S. mail process is not a specific and particular “time” or “place.”
Voters must present at a “time” and at a “place” which requires absolute identification causing mail-in voting to be unconstitutional.
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Article 1, Section 4
The Times, Places and Manner of holding Elections for Senators and Representatives, shall be prescribed in each State by the Legislature thereof; but the Congress may at any time by Law make or alter such Regulations, except as to the Places of choosing Senators.
Did the survey also report that this 46% voted for democrats? As in casting “illegal” votes for democrats?
A Backlash To The Backlash
Another Backlash Expected!
Erica Foldy, associate professor of public and nonprofit management at New York University, says pushback generated by the racial reckoning in 2020 accelerated after the Supreme Court’s decision to strike down affirmative action admission policies used to diversify some college campuses.
The decision prompted lawsuits targeting fellowship opportunities and capital investment programs targeting people of color, LGBTQ+ people and people with disabilities. Last summer, a group of Republican attorneys general wrote a letter urging Fortune 100 companies to review their DEI policies.
This week, Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt issued an executive order targeting the state’s collegiate DEI programs, and the University of Wisconsin Board of Regents voted to slash DEI efforts over the next several years to win necessary funding from the state’s Republican-controlled Legislature.
“In the wake of the Supreme Court decision on race-based policies and affirmative action in higher ed, I do worry that even events that are targeted toward people from marginalized groups, that those are going to become less common,” Foldy said. “Even though they are not required to legally, companies are starting to back away to some extent from these policies.”
Meanwhile, corporate investing strategies that consider a company’s practices regarding diversity, climate change and other issues − a strategy known as ESG, short for environmental, social and governance investing − have come under attack by Republican activists.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2023/12/15/boston-holiday-party-furor-diversity-equity-and-inclusion-efforts/71918470007/
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DEI is pure unconstitutional communism: “From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs.”
Advocates of DEI are direct and mortal enemies of the American thesis, freedom and self-reliance, the Constitution, the Bill of Rights, actual patriotic Americans and America.
Affirmative action is quite possibly more unconstitutional than a national or federal, constitutional right to abortion.
It’s merit that matters.
Dominion over private property is held by the owner.
Governmental organizations may not confer favor or impose bias.
ESG is failing completely independent of Republican attacks.
Shareholders in Disney and AHB and other companies that have failed to deliver a return on investment are demanding an explanation.
The SOLE purpose of ALL businesses are to increase the value of shareholders.
Companies do that by delivering value to customers.
Companies that meet ESG demands – without delivering the profits that come from meeting CUSTOMER demands are being punished by shareholders.
This BTW is an IMMUTABLE law of economics.
You can rant and rave about politics all you want – when your 401K under performs your needs and you face less income in retirement – you will demand that the investment managers move your investment somewhere more profitable.
And that is exactly what we want. We want investment to be targeted at the things people want and need as determined by their own free choices in the market place – not be some group of ESG experts.
It does not matter whether the company is Disney or Walmart, every single business in the world MUST deliver a return on investment that is appropriate for the level of risk. If they do not – trillions of dollars will move to investments that do.
Disney has lost billions in market capitalization – that is INVESTMENT – because SHAREHOLDERS have spoken.
Shareholders do not give a schiff what movies Disney produces. They care about how much Disney makes.
Customers care about the movies – and customers have spoken – they REALLY do not like Disney’s offerings over the past few years.
We can debate precisely why – though most of us know why. Regardless – Disney will be able to make whatever movies it wants – so long as people buy them.
ESG is dying because it does not work.
I would further note that ESG is a great danger to the market. It is estimated that highly rated ESG investments underperform the market by about 1%. That sounds small. But when things get tough – as they are now – 1% is the difference between a sweep of bankruptcies and making it through tough times.
We had a number of large bank failures in the past year. Nearly every one of those would have survived had it been able to deliver 1% greater return on investment. Hundreds of Billions of dollars have already been lost.
This is people who will have far less to retire on.
Good
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INSURRECTION:
DEFEAT THEIR GOVERNMENT – TAKE CONTROL OF THEIR COUNTRY
Real President Donald J. Trump and a random and disorganized audience at a public rally had absolutely no demonstrable or inferable, individual or collective intent or expectation of accomplishing either.
For those of you in Rio Linda and the democrat party, and those of you on the flagrantly partial, biased, and corrupt Colorado Supreme Court:
Cambridge Dictionary
insurrection
noun [ C or U ]
us
/ˌɪn.sɚˈek.ʃən/ uk
/ˌɪn.sərˈek.ʃən/
an organized attempt by a group of people to defeat their government and take control of their country, usually by violence:
armed insurrection
I don’t understand why Paxton et al isn’t sueing Colorado over this. None the birthers could sue over Obama on the ballot yet some how this group has standing ? And gets a fact analysis normally for a jury and she basically declares its an insurrection? Wierd it’s almost like the left is doing the Inserrectiion. Yet it’s the left who won’t enlist their kids in the dod so we are short. Tens of thousands of troops. If the left really that there was danger of insurrection they would fill the ranks. In defense. Iies lies lies its all lies. Vb cq so nosey.
Are they Preferences or Prejudices?
All the things you see in Life’s Carnival
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Have I been blind?
Have I been lost?
Inside myself and my own mind?
Hypnotized, mesmerized
By what my eyes have seen
Have I been wrong?
Have I been wise?
To shut my eyes and play along?
Hypnotized, paralyzed
By what my eyes have found
By what my eyes have seen
What they have seen
Really alarming to be an older citizen and see the fruits of our civil rights “leaders” come to fruition. The State has Killed off the best of our men in senseless wars, fighting for others while ignoring the enemy within. Lying to the people while stealing their wealth, all driven by their greed and selfish interests. Perhaps the worm is turning and a new revolution for a return to our principles and foundation is in the making.
Turley Outraged By Wu’s Party
But Silent On Trump’s Language
“They’re coming in from Asia, from Africa, from South America. They’re coming from all over the world,” Trump said in an interview Friday with the conservative broadcaster Hugh Hewitt. “We are poisoning our country. We’re poisoning the blood of our country. We have people coming in.”
Asked directly by Hewitt to address “your critics [who] say that you are using Hitlerian language that was used to dehumanize Jews,” Trump reiterated his denial that he ever read “Mein Kampf.”
“I never knew that Hitler said it,” Trump told Hewitt on Friday. “I never read ‘Mein Kampf.’ … I know nothing about it. I’m not a student of Hitler. I never read his works. They say that he said something about blood. He didn’t say it the way I said it, either, by the way, it’s a very different kind of a statement. What I’m saying when I talk about people coming into our country is they are destroying our country.”
Trump’s word choice also drew comparisons to Hitler’s for describing internal enemies as “vermin” in a Veterans Day speech — a term he has not repeated since. The former president has talked since his 2016 campaign about wanting to forcibly deport millions of immigrants, emulating a 1950s enforcement targeting Mexican field workers, known as “Operation Wetback.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/12/22/trump-campaign-immigrants-mass-deportations/
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Many would say that Mayor Wu’s party is the least of our worries now.
“We are five days away from fundamentally [diluting] the United States of America.”
– Barack Obama
“I’ll have those n—–s voting democrat for 200 years.”
– Lyndon Baines Johnson
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“I’ll have those Mexicans voting democrat for 200 years.”
– Joe Biden
Actions speak louder than words.
I am sure that every single day you repeat words that Hitler has said.
We get these nonsensical arguments from left wing nuts every day.
Fentanyl and drugs coming accross our borders are “poisoning the blood of the nation” every day.
Regardless, Trump was speaking of something entirely different than
Hitler.
Germany – borrowing from White democrat progressives in the US had laws that were litterally about blood.
What portion of your “blood” was necescary to be Aryan or a jew.
Trump is addressing the actual FACT that we can not have a non-existant southern border where anything goes, where
massive amounts of drugs are brought in unhindered, where violent members of of Drug cartles are brought in to serve as cartel soldiers in our cities bring even more murder and violence to our already lawless and violent cities. Where hundreds of thousands of men women and children are being trafficked – entering the US owing huge debts to drug cartels. Coming in as slave labor or to engage in sex traffic.
The US had over 1M legal immigrants under Trump.
These is not about immigration.
It is about the lawlessness and chaos that those on the left sew everywhere they go.
While the Trump is Hilter nonsense is ludicrously stupid – it should not be forgotten that fascism and fascists were born out of lawlessness and chaos. Hilter grew from the lawlessness and chaos of the Weimar republic. Mousollini from similar conditions in Italy.
Accross the history of the world when a nation descends into lawlessness and chaos, people are draw to a “strong man” to end the lawlessness and chaos.
You should hope that people choose Trump as that strong man in 2024. If they do not, in the future you are likely to haver to deal with an actual Hitler.
Do you mean deporting persons who illegally entered the country? Trump has never spoken of deporting legal immigrants, which he would have no p;ower to do anyway. Exactly why is it frightening to finally enforce immigration laws? Trump’s critics often say that “no one is above the law”. But it seems that trespassers into this country really are above the law.
Many would say you layed another steaming turd. Good boy
Oh, just racist Dims being racist Dims. Haven’t seen ’em this animated since Lincoln freed their slaves.
Good one, mespo. Yep…those Dim folks loves dem some racism.
(p.s. sorry about your Dukes yesterday)
So Americans have the freedom of speech, but they do not have the freedom of discernment, choice, discretion, perspective, belief, distinction, opinion, preference, discrimination, etc.?
All Americans must believe that which is ordered by the “dictatorship of the hired help?”
I thought the American Founders abolished dictatorship, specifically that of the monarch, and conferred maximal freedom on Americans.
Can you cite the Constitution?
“George”…..1) I was replying to mespo, not you
2).you seem to be channeling Kamala. I have no idea what you’re talking about.
Racism bad. Cindy good.
Yeah they didn’ t show up. Merry Christmas!
But aren’t laws passed by Congress rather than kinetic military force?
A nation of laws, no?
Oh, and, I know you know.
Constitutional secession changes everything, all the way up to the present day.
A nation of laws, no?
Could you please cite the U.S. Constitution for any prohibition of secession?
It would seem that:
“The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.”
And Lincoln obtained a whopping 39.8% mandate.
Please, by all means, do edify me.
Democrats, liberals, and Progressives are literally Orwell’s pigs, what they decry in everyone else, they practice themselves. They are hypocrites of the highest measure – which shows how ignorant they are.
Svelaz says:
That is why it comes down to knowledge. Under federal case law, money and gifts going to one’s family is often treated as a benefit for the purposes of corruption or bribery. JT
”Used to be. Not any more thanks to the McDonell case where the Supreme Court narrowed down the definition of bribery. Turley seems to keep forgetting that for the benefit of his deluded readers.”
You’re not running from this turd that easy, sleezvez.
Cite for us the passage from the McDonnell ruling that had anything to do with who receives the gift.
We all see who the deluded one is here.
Man up and own it.
Jonathan: I think your column should better be entitled “Much Ado About Nothing”. Mayor Wu’s decision to hold a private holiday party only for city officials of color has a long tradition in Boston. Other members of the City council were not offended. Sharon Durkan, a City Councilperson who is white, said this: “I’m not the least offended to not being included in this long-standing get together. What is new this season is how many elected officials of color represent our City and State. Let’s be clear, that’s an amazing thing and I hope attendees had a blast last night”.
Another City councilman, Ricardo Arroyo, made fun of the criticism by you and others on the right: “Never let the facts get in the way some manufactured outrage. Electeds of color has existed for over a decade and the holiday party is an annual tradition. Wait until someone tells them about the Congressional Black Caucus or MA Black and Latino Legislative caucuses. The horror!!”. Come to think of it, I don’t recall you ever complaining about the US House Black Caucus as “racial segregation”. If that’s acceptable why are you suddenly complaining that Mayor Wu is just following a long tradition in Boston with her private party?
Now I would imagine DJT is holding a similar private holiday party at Mar-a-Lago. Will he be inviting a lot of people of color? Nope. The attendees will be all his white MAGA supporters who support his divide and conquer agenda–dividing us by race, religion and ethnicity. As you urge will DJT’s party “celebrate our shared values and strengthen interconnectedness” during this holiday season? Don’t bet on it!
To show DJT’s commitment to “shared values” this holiday season his supporters, just 24 hours after the Colorado SC decision holding DJT is not eligible for the ballot, have flooded the dark web with death threats against the 4 Colorado justices and their families. One post reads: “This ends when we kill these f–kers”. This post was on a pro-Trump forum used by Jan. 6 insurrectionists. Another post read: “Kill the judges. Behead judges…slam dunk a judge’s baby into the trash can”. Has DJT denounced these death threats as not being in the “spirit’ of the holiday season? Nope. He encourages them. So if you really want the holidays to celebrate our “shared values” you should address your criticism at DJT–not Mayor Wu!
Dennis
So you’re saying your “little boys of color” party this year was not segregationist?
I cant wait for Nov 6, 2024. God would i love to be a fly on the wall at Pedo Dennis’s home.
Mayor Wuu Huu’s decision was racist.
Period.
“I’m not the least offended to not being included in this long-standing get together.”
“Mayor Wu is just following a long tradition”
“Electeds of color has existed for over a decade and the holiday party is an annual tradition.”
“has a long tradition in Boston.”
Behold, as Dennis supports racism because it’s a “tradition”.
Same argument he has used in the past for cornholing little boys…It’s a tradition in his family.
I doubt that your claim regarding Wu and Boston is correct,
But lets say it is – that only makes it worse.
Aparantly you can not read and understand what Turley said.
The claim that some group would be more comfortable associating with “their own kind”
is likely true, it is also insufficient to overcome the 14th amendment requirements for equality before the law.
Government may not discriminate based on race, sex, or religion. PERIOD.
It is not a private party, when it is held in a public fascility using public funds with inivitations send from public emails to public emails.
Why are you defending this ?
The various caucuses in the house and senate are quite different – the Senate Majority leader did not create them. They are actually private. and voluntary.
But if you truly think there is no significant difference between the mayor organizing a “no whites allowed” event using public funds,
and black congressmen (or even minority members of the boston city councel) organizing their own events
Then the answer is that the congressional black caucus is racist.
The prohibitions against exclusions based on sex, race or religion in non-government groups was driven by the left.
The 14th amendment barred segregation by government. Laws by 20th century liberals barred employers, hotels, private clubs from barring people on the basis of race sex and religion.
If your mayor can have “no whites allowed” christmas parties, then the entirety of law prohibiting private discrimination collapses.
Dennis,
You really do not think before you post ?
Another left wing nut poster rants because Trump put two words together in a sentence – that Hitler had also used adjacent, despite the fact that Hitler was litterally refering to blood – to Race.
Conversely here YOU are litterally arguing as centuries of rascists have that “tradition” makes racism acceptable and directly parrallelling Hitlers ACTS of Racial segregation and exclusion.
I do not give a schiff if you use two words that hitler also used adjacent to each other.
I absolutely care that you advocate and defend policies of racial segregation and unequal treatment – especially be government – the acts that Hilter DID.
I have far more problems with those who DO what Hitler did than those who use two words that Hitler used. in the same sentence.
This post was on a pro-Trump forum used by Jan. 6 insurrectionists.
That sounds aminous. Until you try to decipher what the message is. Then it clear, its all meaningless. ProTrump? No idea how this ranking materializes. Then used by “the Jan 6 insurrectionist.”. Well good enough. Since Dennis cannot identify a single single insurrectionist. At this time, Dennis the retard is no ignorant of the fact, he doesn’t realize there are NO insurrectionists.
So who is it that Trump associates with ?
Melania is a Check immigrant. His daughter is a convert to Judiasm, his Son-in-law is jewish.
Richard Grennell is openly Gay.
Kash Patel is indian.
Alina Habba is an Iraqi.
Last I checked Kanye West is black.
Trump had problems with West Palm Beech when he bought MAL specifically because he ENDED the racial exclusion policies.
Do you actually think before you post.
You think that
Trump does not constanlty get death threats from deranged left wing nuts ?
Kavanaugh ? Thomas ?
Grow up Dennis.
“I want to tell you, Gorsuch, I want to tell you, Kavanaugh, you have released the whirlwind and you will pay the price,” Schumer, who was then minority leader, said at the time. “You won’t know what hit you if you go forward with these awful decisions.”
Sen. Schumer.
Shortly after we had an assassination attempt on Justice Kavanaugh.
Actual threats of violence against another are against the law. Those who commit them can and should be prosecuted
Right or left.
If we did so in all cases – the jails would be filled with left wing nuts.
“Maxine Waters just inflamed a very volatile situation”
https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/19/politics/maxine-waters-derek-chauvin-blm/index.html
“IT’S OK TO BE WHITE.”
– Rasmussen
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Only 53% of blacks agree.
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“Blacks are a hate group.”
“As you know, I’ve been identifying as Black for a while – years now – because I like – you know, I like to be on the winning team.”
“The best advice I would give to white people is to get the hell away from Black people.”
“Just get the f*** away.”
“Wherever you have to go, just get away because there’s no fixing this.”
“You just have to escape, so that’s what I did.”
– Scott Adams, “Dilbert”
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Even for the deranged, hysterical, incoherent, bleeding-heart, liberal, progressive, socialist, democrat, RINO, AINO communists, “…THERE’S NO FIXING THIS!”
Epstein’s eight questions about Michelle Wu’s Christmas party:
1. Would it be awkward if Elizabeth Warren were to show up uninvited?
2. Will they be voting on a resolution to establish separate ‘Coloreds Only’ and ‘Whites Only’ bathrooms at Boston City Hall?
3. Would it be ok to play that Christmas song by Mariah Carey, or is that divisive?
4. Is it true that Merrick Garland ordered an urgent civil rights investigation because they excluded a white trans person?
5. Wouldn’t it be a whole lot more awkward if Clarence Thomas were to show up uninvited?
6. Wasn’t the whole email snafu thing Bill Gates’ fault?
7. Is Michelle allowed to bring her Plus 1?
8. Will Michelle share with us the opinion of counsel, obtained in advance, stating that (i) her decision to exclude duly elected public officials on the basis of race was not a violation of state or federal law; and (ii) she is not personally liable for any such violation?