Nothing says commitment to reform like heads on pikes. Michigan Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed has attracted national attention with his violent rhetoric about “choking out” opponents and his campaigning with virulent anti-Semites like Hasan Piker. However, his comment about hoisting opponents’ heads like an “ogre on a pike” was raised during last night’s debate with Rep. Haley Stevens (D., MI.). He assured voters that he was really referring to the head of Sen. John Fetterman (D., PA.) in defending his remark. Somehow, alluding to the beheading of a staunch defender of Israel was presented as far more reasonable than mass beheadings. That is what passes for a moderate in this age of rage.
Previously, El-Sayed declared, “Ideally, you put one ogre on a pike, and then everyone else gets the message.” That comment was widely interpreted as referring to Stevens, and he was pushed to reaffirm it with Stevens standing right next to him on the stage. That was not a good look, and El-Sayed offered his pike pivot.
He insisted, “I was referring to a guy named John Fetterman,” who El-Sayed suggested was elected as a liberal candidate before “completely throwing those values in the mud.”
So it will be Fetterman’s head, and everyone can calm down.
There is, of course, violent rhetoric on both sides of the aisle. When Steven Bannon spoke of putting the heads of Dr. Anthony Fauci and then FBI Director Christopher Wray, he was suspended on X.
However, there is an increasing level of violent rhetoric coming from the left and an increasing level of political violence.
It was a scene that has recurred throughout history, as establishment leaders are overtaken by the very mobs they sought to use for their own purposes. Of course, the pike was the enduring symbol of the Jacobins during “the Terror” of the French Revolution. It is now an image being picked up, with the guillotine, by the New Jacobins.
In my book Rage and the Republic, I discuss how these Democratic leaders are following the same self-destructive pattern of prior establishment figures in history who thought that they could use mobs against their opponents while hoping that they would be overlooked.
For years, Jeffries has joined other Democrats in fueling the rage on the left in the hopes of becoming the next House Speaker. Whether calling for supporters to “fight in the streets,” denouncing the Supreme Court as “illegitimate” or posting an image of himself brandishing a baseball bat, Jeffries sought to portray himself as a class warrior worthy of the mob’s support.
Other Democratic leaders followed suit — especially Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer. It was Schumer who yelled threats at conservative Supreme Court justices in front of the court. A deranged man triggered by such rhetoric in the media later attempted to assassinate Justice Brett Kavanaugh. Schumer and others portrayed their opponents as Nazis who threaten the very existence of democracy, and they stoked class conflict to inspire resentment for the wealthy.
Former Democratic National Committee deputy chair Keith Ellison — now Minnesota’s attorney general — celebrated that Antifa would “strike fear in the heart” of Trump and his supporters.
Pandering to the mob will not help. These establishment figures, including Hakeem Jeffries, are already being targeted by the rising DSA movement. Likewise, Buttigieg, Khanna, and others hope that they can offer up the Supreme Court to the radicals to prove their bona fides. It will not work. The posturing as class warriors will not satisfy these extremists for long, as many clamor for radical changes, including trashing the Constitution and our core institutions.
The Michigan primary is an example of how the mob gravitates to the most extreme figures in a race to the bottom. El-Sayed is the rock bottom of rage.
N.B.: The initial draft of blog referenced Fetterman as Jewish, which was corrected shortly after the posting. He has never listed a religious preference. I apologize for the error.
Proclamation 80—Calling Forth the Militia and Convening an Extra Session of Congress
“On April 15, 1861,…President Abraham Lincoln issued a proclamation calling forth the state militias, to the sum of 75,000 troops, in order to suppress the rebellion. He appealed ‘to all loyal citizens to favor, facilitate, and aid this effort to maintain the honor, the integrity, and the existence of our National Union.’”
Proclamation 92—Warning to Rebel Sympathizers
“[On] July 17, 1862,…I, Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States, do hereby proclaim to and warn all persons within the contemplation of said sixth section to cease participating in, aiding, countenancing, or abetting the existing rebellion or any rebellion against the Government of the United States and to return to their proper allegiance to the United States on pain of the forfeitures and seizures as within and by said sixth section provided.”
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Abraham Lincoln was a Great American President.
Now President Donald J. Trump MUST implement his rendition of “The Lincoln Era”; close the border; rescind rebel sanctuary cities; compassionately repatriate all illegal and unassimilable aliens since Jan. 1, 1863; issue mass temporary work permits with no path to citizenship; revoke birthright citizenship; make English the sole official language; commence a war to defeat the rebellion; impose martial law; suspend habeas corpus; “smash” rebel printing presses, networks, podcasts, and social media platforms; and imprison political opponents and rebel judges, all in order to save not the Union but the Nation, eradicate communism and the communist American welfare state, and place America squarely back on the Constitution and Bill of Rights, including absolute freedom, free enterprise, free industries, free markets, private property, and minimal taxation and regulation, alongside infinitesimal constitutional government.
What does any of that have to do with Abdul El-Sayed saying he was only talking about putting Fetterman’s head on a pike?
Saddle up, men!
The sad part about the internet, social media and any of the available web platforms is the ability of any human turd to comment ad lib on anything and anyone from afar and not have to suffer the consequences face to face. Even the ludicrous and intellectually bankrupt DSA that the illiberal media fawns over spouts pseudo-intellectual drivel continuously while never understanding the potential consequences of their “platform positions” most of which conflict with their goals and aims. If only they had all taken just one more course on the Russian revolution, they might hav a clue, but alas it’s about how it all looks not what it really means. As for piker, el sayad, stevens,ellison and schumer they don’t really know what happens when your brain-mouth organ makes promises and threats that your man-girl body can’t carry out. If their wet-dream DSA fantasies ever were to gain any traction, they would be the first ones destroyed by the mobs because they (we) would all line up behind Senator Fetterman and those like him. The people whose heads would adorn the pikes would be the shills of the DSA, not Fetterman.
And, without funded police, ICE, military or any other semblance of law & order, the gangs, cartels, hastily formed militias would be dispensing frontier justice without fear of retribution.
“The sad part about the internet, social media and any of the available web platforms is the ability of any human turd to comment ad lib on anything and anyone from afar and not have to suffer the consequences face to face.”
That “sad part” is called “Freedom of Speech”, and you show a *lot* of nerve call *anyone* else a turd…
Shouldn’t that remark get him a visit from the the U.S. Capitol Police?
This “ogre’s head on a pike” image was clearly not meant literally. The idea was that, by subjecting Fetterman to a primary, a message would be sent to others. This kind of rhetoric is common in politics and it seems a bit overwrought to make so much of it, especially when it occurred in a non-public setting.
More generally, I thought Al-Sayed was better in the debate than Stevens. He is more polished and articulate, and more straightforward about his policy preferences and the reasons for them. It’s too bad the establishment Dems couldn’t come up with someone more compelling.
Rogers should have a good chance against either.
“This ‘ogre’s head on a pike’ image was clearly not meant literally.”
You know who else, early on, was not taken seriously? — Robespierre. Then came the Reign of Terror and Madame la Guillotine.
Daniel, Sam,
There was once a time in which I would agree, it was not meant literally.
However, since the assassination attempts on President Trump, the assassination of Charlie Kirk, that health care CEO, attacks on ICE, that wackadoodle throwing incendiary device at that Federal building, all the rage rhetoric, I think we have, sadly, reached the point we have to question if it was meant literally or not. Even James Carville has said some wacky things, and he even says he means it.
UF – it may not have been meant to be taken litterally NOW.
But the left always resorts to force when thney ambitions are thwarted.
Whether it is Robespierre, Lennin, Stalin. Che, Castro, Maduro, Pol Pol, Mao. obstacles are overcome with violence.
UF:
Exactly! And very perceptive.
20 years ago, I too would have dismissed it as hyperbolic. Not now — not at a time when D leaders remain silent when violence is used by those they sympathize with. And not now — when so many believe that initiating physical force is a valid means to an end. And not now — when DSA types openly embrace Mao and Castro.
By targeting Fetterman – who has nothing to do with Michigan – El-Sayed signaled that this campaign in Michigan is about his national political ambitions.
I agree that it was not meant literally, but even some democrats – such as Hillary Scholten (D-MI) – are calling it violent imagery and, as such, in appropriate. Bannon had his Twitter account suspended for the exact same language.
“I agree that it was not meant literally…”
“Meant literally” in a case like this is subject to interpretation. He most likely does not intend to decapitate Fetterman and do the taxidermy work himself, nor does he probably want anyone else directly connected with the Democratic political organization to do so. But how upset would he be if his words inspired some deranged follower to attempt to implement his advice? Would he be very upset, and make an abject public apology? A trifle upset, and issue some mealymouthed statement absolving himself of any responsibility? Not upset at all with no public acknowledgement of the attempt? Or, possibly, privately overjoyed? I would speculate that the result would be anything but the first option identified. I strongly suspect it would be one of the last two.
“I would speculate . . .”
No need to speculate.
See their reactions to the attempted assassination of Trump, the murders of Kirk and Brian Thompson.
I Don, Sam:
stochastic terrorism. I referred to it several months ago.
https://www.powermentor.org/blog/the-weaponization-of-words-how-the-lefts-rhetoric-is-fueling-stochastic-terrorism
When you have to qualify that you are only putteing fettermans head on a pike not large numbers you lose credibility that you were only speaking rhetorically.
Regardless most of us take seriously when the left threatens vioence – because historically they follow through.
“I never worked out in male modeling. Call me Senator Shrek. Whatever! This guy is really the Pontiac Platner!”
“And now he’s running to be the head of our emerging pro-Hamas wing here in the party!”
“Some of the things that he’s done or said are unacceptable to me.”
“I’m not really sure what I’ve really done or voted for that has offended the little guy so much.”
“These same people like Bernie Sanders…created that Platner disaster!”
“He has no regrets…? Supporting an accused racist…a guy with a Nazi tattoo on his chest…roughed up his ex girlfriends.”
“There’s a level of arrogance and they believe they feel like they have some weird mandate!”
— Senator John Fetterman response to El-Sayed.
So, we *shouldn’t* hand the country over to a bunch of wealthy and entitled spoiled brats under the spell of toxic ideology and clinical emotional issues? Get OUT.
Seriously, let’s hand them their a$$es instead in the midterms, shall we?
Let’s hand them their heads on a pig pole instead….figuratively speaking of course 🙄
Ooops!
That is not going well,
What a Mess: Mamdani’s Pied-à-Terre Tax List Is Already Causing Big Problems
“Democrat Councilwoman Gale Brewer’s home on the Upper West Side was also on the list even though it’s been her primary residence since 1994. “So, this whole list must be messed up,” she said.”
“Last week, my mom got a “pied-a-terre” tax notice. She has lived full-time in her townhouse FOR 30 YEARS (she and my dad bought it for under $1 million). She has no other residence.
Is NYC not bothering with basic checking of its own tax lists?
She’s 81 and has three weeks to get her name off the list or she owes $56,000. (Yes, I said I’d help.)
Thanks, Zohran Kwame.”
pic.twitter.com/aS9Nam5Htf
— Alex Berenson (@AlexBerenson) July 27, 2026
https://redstate.com/nick-arama/2026/07/27/mamdani-tax-already-a-mess-n2204840
@Upstate
Gee. What a surprise. Teenaged socialist dilettantes don’t do their due diligence. Thanks for sharing, and never mind the alliteration. 😂
“That is not going well . . .”
Nor are Mamdani’s commie grocery stores.
The East Harlem store: about 9,000 sq/ft — at a cost of $30 million (not including operating costs.)
A Kroger superstore is about 120,000 sq/ft — at a cost about $40 million to build.
John Fetterman has become the most reasonable Democratic politician in the nation. He used to be very left-wing, but now he’s moderate. He also sees the reality of what’s going on in the Middle East. My theory is that something happened to open his eyes to the crazy going on in the Dem party. Speaking of which, there’s a new book out by someone named Evan Barker, called Nothing Left: Confessions of a Democratic Operative. Apparently Barker was a fundraiser for left-wing causes and politicians, who got disillusioned by what she saw. She now chronicles the lunacy. Her book is excerpted here:
https://nypost.com/2026/07/28/us-news/i-was-a-big-dem-fundraiser-until-the-party-became-unbearable/
OldManFromKS,
I read that. Thinking of buying the book and sending it to my sister when I am done.
I have a friend who is a, forced, member of a union, This line,
“He laughed. “Do Democrats look down on me? They don’t even look at me at all!” ”
my friend said similar years ago.
NotSoOld: Thanks for posting. We needed him to replace Joe Manchin.
Lin – we did. Fetterman and Dave McCormick are the best ecumenical (inter-party) senator pair from one state that we have. They’re even raising money together, which is practically unheard of. Their org is called Common Ground PA, and it allows people to donate and have the senators split the funds 50/50. It’s a creative idea to reach donors who want to support cross-party collaboration.
Yours,
Uncle Henry
Dems debt drama: DNC broke, leader under fire as candidates raise big cash elsewhere
“A big part of the DNC’s financial problems are lingering debts from 2024.”
I would add, leadership.
https://justthenews.com/politics-policy/tuethe-dncs-debt-drama-party-poor-candidates-are-rich
Yeah, the DNC doesn’t have the billionaire oligarch class financing it like Republicans do–they want to keep those tax cuts and rolled back consumer and environmental regulations at bay, so it’s an investment. They probably come out ahead financially.
You criticize the Democrats for “leadership”? Which party started a new war with Iran that it doesn’t know how to get out of, all based on a lie? Which party has a President who just can’t stop lying about everything, who wastes our resources on petty vengeance against perceived enemies, who put his name above JFK’s at the JFK Center for Performing Arts, who enacted tariffs after the SCOTUS told him they were illegal, and who is destroying our economy due to higher prices from the tariffs and the war? Which party has a leader who blew up the national debt to a new record, who tore down part of the White House to build a vanity ballroom that NO ONE wants, and who lied about the cost being covered by donations? Which party is LOSING in the polls right now? Which party’s leader keeps setting new records for disapproval of everything, from handling of the economy, the war he started and his general leadership? You live in a MAGA bubble that is inconsistent with reality.
You mean like Tom Steyer, a billionaire and Democratic mega-donor oligarch?
And I was referring to Ken Martin in the leadership role.
From the article I linked above,
“Ken Martin must resign. As Democrats, we have become too captured by failing strategies. We must fail forward, and pivot,” California Rep. Sam Liccardo posted on X.”
“When a president’s approval rating is at an all-time low. … With Democratic candidates raising money – Jon Ossoff. I mean, good lord, they’re raising money left and right. But they are still at this huge disadvantage because Ken Martin … is mortgaging the DNC to be able to pay bills,” he said incredulously on “Morning Joe.” MS Now commentator Joe Scarborough
Former DNC Vice Chair David Hogg said this week that Democrats “shouldn’t have someone leading the DNC who can’t raise money. Let alone someone who throws stuff at staff and can’t raise money.”
“If David Hogg wants to take it over, I ain’t stopping you,” he said, according to The Hill. “Go ahead, man, I don’t really care. And I don’t think, at the end of the day, well, they might be fine people. I know some of them are not particularly determined.” Democratic strategist James Carville
So, yes, if you would get out of your bubble and get informed, you will see there are a number of Democrats who them and I agree. The DNC has a leadership problem.
You probably should read this to get out of your Democrat bubble that is inconsistent with reality, https://nypost.com/2026/07/28/us-news/i-was-a-big-dem-fundraiser-until-the-party-became-unbearable/
The NY Post is MAGA–so I won’t click on it and automatically don’t believe anything they write. The Republican Party has an integrity problem–they will not stand up for the rights of their constituents, which is the oath they took. They vote in lock-step with Trump, ignoring the polls, ignoring their constituents and ignoring the economic reality their constitutents face every day. They will defend the bald-face lie that Trump “won” in 2020, they won’t speak out against the war he started, all of the serious corruption, including the crypto scandal, the Qatari jet that Trump thinks belongs to him, even though the taxpayers paid to refurbish it, the Trump children starting a “robot” company and getting a multi-million dollar government contract even though they don’t have any background in robotics. Then, there’s all of the “no bid” contracts awarded to Trump donors, the lying about the war, lying about the failures, like the reflecting pool, Trump’s effort to try to ban mail-in voting, using the DOJ and FBI to go after perceived enemies, refusal to release the Epstein files, the tariffs, the fractured relations with our allies, attacks against non-MAGA media….the list is very long.
Now I understand why you are so ignorant.
The NY Post article is an excerpt from a woman who was a Democrat insider and fundraiser. She wrote a book about how far off the Democrat party has become from what it once was.
As for the rest of your comment, it is nothing more than Democrat and MSM talking points detached from reality.
The link doesn’t take you to a NY Post article. It takes you to an excerpt of a Democrat fundraiser’s book.
When the media actually correctly QUOTES people – in context – it is irrelevant whether the outlet leans left or right.
40% of the Country is MAGA – get over it.
Virtually all politicians have integrity issues – that comes with the job. Overall Republicans have more integrity than democrats
But there are plenty of corrupt republicans – even Maga ones.
“they will not stand up for the rights of their constituents, which is the oath they took. ”
ROFL
That would be democrats – the SAVE act is an 80:20 issue – even James Carville says Democrats should vote for it.
After a year of mass deportations and Democrats violent protests – public support for mass deportations has RISEN 6pts
56% of americans want ALL illegals – even those who have been here decades and never committed a crime sent home.
“They vote in lock-step with Trump”
All parties do that.
“ignoring the polls”
Which polls -= Trump is unpopular, Republicans even less, and democrats are barely into double digits.
If popularity is the issue – they all should be gone.
If you are looking at polling on ISSUES Republicans have supermajority support on nearly the entire Agenda 47.
Trump is far less popular than his policies.
And it is DEMOCRATS that are thwarting tohose policies.
” ignoring the economic reality their constitutents face every day. ”
The economic reality is nearly everyone is doing better than under Biden – especially the working class.
The average working class family has regained half off their losses when Biden was president.
Things could always be better – and absolutely people expected more improvement and faster.
But the disastrous presidency of Biden is OVER and people have not forgotten.
Anger at Trump for going too slow is NOT the same as support for democrats.
“They will defend the bald-face lie that Trump “won” in 2020”
It is likely he did. Regardless this is a HUGE losing issue for Democrats.
People do not care who won in 2020 – Biden’s term is over and Trump is president.
Buit they DO care about the $hitty and lawless elections you have foist on all of us.
We are constantly being bombarded with stories of election fraud, election errors, election problems,
Delays, unusual results.
In addition we are being bombardeed with stories about entitlement fraud.
All the fraud stories are the SAME STORY.
Whether it is the quality learing center or the 6600 illegals who were registered to vote in one year in NJ.
It is all the same story. Is there similar fraud from Republicans – absolutely.
40% of those on PPACA are not legitimate and they may not even be real.
Some of those are likely republican.
There are red states that enacted entitlement programs using federal funds that are also rife with fraud.
While there are political reasons that most fraud will be by democrats – fraud is inevitable, and can only be thwarted by constant vigilance.
And even then not completely.
The best solution is to keep government out – free markets are not perfectly self policing – but they are an order of magnitude better than government.
Regardless government is RESISTANT to efforts to thwart fraud – whether in elections of entitlements.
People – expecially americans – because this is a rich diverse country do not see stealing from Government as wrong.
Regardless every government fraud story or government incompetence story just builds on the Republican benefiting narrative that
we can not trust our elections.
Trump does not have to prove that he won 2020.
All he has to do is prove that we can not trust govenrment – and he has succeeded.
“they won’t speak out against the war he started”
Many have. most are reserving judgement.
Most everyone is unhappy with higher energy costs.
But most everyone will get past that IF the result is future peace and stability.
If the US is still fighting with Iran in 2028 – Trump’s legacy is shot.
If we are still fighting with Iran in November – they odds of democrats winning the midterms are higher.
But if we are not still fighting in the mideast in 2028 – Trump will be remembered as the architect of a modern pax amercian.
“all of the serious corruption”
Your claims of corruption seem to boil down to – people are rich.
or that sometimes they make money selling to the government.
That is not flying
“including the crypto scandal,”
Buy don’t it is a free market there is no scandal.
“the Qatari jet that Trump thinks belongs to him,”
Thje deal is it goes to the Trump library.
If you do not like that change it.
“even though the taxpayers paid to refurbish it
They pay for all presidential security.
“the Trump children starting a “robot” company and getting a multi-million dollar government contract even though they don’t have any background in robotics.”
Muck did not have a background in Banking – he made his fist fortune with paypal.
he did not have a background in cars – he is the largest car maker int he world.
He did not have a background in rockets – over 50% of what anyone sends to space today is delivered by Musk.
And on and on.
“Then, there’s all of the “no bid” contracts awarded to Trump donors”
If the rules were not followed – sue. You have been very successful at getting lower courts to thwart legitimate things.
But you near universally lose on appeal.
“Trump’s effort to try to ban mail-in voting”
We can only hope.
Prior to 2020 nearly every consequential politician of either party said NO to mail in voting.
Carter, Pelosi, Clinton, Schumer – you can find every single democrats opposed for decades.
It is a hoiribble no good very bad idea.
It is unconstitutional in 38 states.
It is illegal in all fo the rest except CA.
In Any state that has a secret ballot constitutional provision of ballot – that is 38 of 50 states and every single 2020 swing state – mailin voting is illegal.
Any form of voting where a bollot leaves the direct supervision of election officials is not a secret ballot.
Any ballot where your wife, your parents, your children or anyone else could see your ballot violates secret ballot requirements.
What stops youe employer from paying to you vote Republican or Democrat ? We al;ready know people get paid for voter registrations – how can you stop people getting paid for votes with mailin voting ?
Ease of voting nearly always means ease of fraud.
Why are you defending something stupid ?
I have been fighting for real election integrity since Bush/Gore 2000.
This is an issue Trump or not, and Democrats by making it a Trump issue have picked another loser.
“using the DOJ and FBI to go after perceived enemies”
They are going after people who committed actual crimes like perjury that people can easily understand. Regardless you created this mess.
“refusal to release the Epstein files”
Why are you surprised that releasing these is hard ?
Regardless, it is just another left wing nut hail mary.
If there are victims who wish to come forward they can – SUE peoples asses off – most of us would support that.
DOJ and FBI speak throuygh court. You can not dump investigative material on the public -it is a violation of the 4th and 5th amendment.
“the tariffs”
What about them ?
“the fractured relations with our allies”
While your claim is mostly false – who cares ?
MAGA means “Make American Great Again” not subsidize Europe.
National leaders are expected to put THEIR country first. American First for Trump., Canada First for Carney.
Most of the MSM has $hit on itself. You do not get to blame trump for noting the smell.
It is not even new.
Various vulture capitalists have bought the rotting corpses of the MSM. They are betting they can restore balance and trust.
If they can – they will get incredibly rich. If not they are losing their own money.
I do not know if the MSM can be fixed – aside from left ideological bias we are in the midst of a media shift. Most of the MSM may fail because its time has come.
BTW the problem isa no that the MSM investigates Trump – that is their job, it is that they spin and lie and get caught.
“Yeah, the DNC doesn’t have the billionaire oligarch class financing it like Republicans do”
For every dollar the GOP gets from Billionaires – the Democrats get two or 3 – that is not new.
Yes, Billionaires want things from government – and Democrats deliver
No Billionaires do NOT what to get rid of enviroinomental regulations – they want as much regulation as possible – regulation sis called. “barriers to entry”
What billionaires what is dominance in a product that is necescary and that vgovernment has made competition impossibe.
It is called RENT SEEKING.
Big Business and Billioaires have not broadly supported republicans in decades.
Actual Free markets and limited govenrment are not popular among those who fear the people and the guy with the better idea more than regulation and taxes.
” Which party started a new war with Iran”
REvery single president in my lifetime has promised publicly Iran would never get a nuclear weapon.
“that it doesn’t know how to get out of”
Getting out is easy.
This is not about getting out.
This is taking a SHORT time, because Trump is after LONG TERM benefits.
Defanging Iran improves the entire mideast.
“all based on a lie?”
What Lie
The iranians admitted they had enough 65% enriched uranium to make 11 Hiroshima bombs
” Which party has a President who just can’t stop lying about everything,”
When you can not think of a specific example just throw a handgrenade ?
“who wastes our resources on petty vengeance against perceived enemies”
DOJ is investigating people who have committed crimes. You do not want investigated do not commit crimes.
“who put his name above JFK’s at the JFK Center for Performing Arts”
JFK was far to the right of even Trump.
“who enacted tariffs after the SCOTUS told him they were illegal”
No one. SCOTUS said that the specific authority that Trump was using for broad tarriffs was not sufficiently broad to cover what he was doing.
The poresident has about a dozen other legal authorities to levy tarriffs. Akk thge legal authorities come with strings that he must comply with.
But the authority to do so is absolutely present.
“who is destroying our economy due to higher prices from the tariffs and the war?”
Current inflation is 3.5% – too high, but down from expected 4.2%.
But even 4.2% would have been lower than Biden.
“Which party has a leader who blew up the national debt to a new record”
Until there is no deficit, the national debt will ALWAYS set records. Biden increased federal spending by almost 50% – that is what blew up out deficits and our debt.
“who tore down part of the White House to build a vanity ballroom that NO ONE wants,”
The need for a space able to hold large events has been present since JFK. Lots of people have wanted this. UK State dinners are held at Buckingham palace which si 16 times larger than the WH.
“and who lied about the cost being covered by donations? ”
It is.
“Which party is LOSING in the polls right now?”
Trump is more popular than Biden 2 years in than Obama 6 years in, than Bush 6 years in.
He is the most popular president in the 21st century
RCP has the generic ballot at D+4 – that is not likely to result in Dems takling the house – usually you need D+4.5.
Regardless, If Democreats do not take the house by atleast 20+ seats – that is a DEFEAT for democrats.
The out of power party pretty much always does well in midterms.
“Which party’s leader keeps setting new records for disapproval of everything,”
Biden.
One nearly every major Issue – Trump is between 60/40 and 80/20.
Your the one living in a bubble.
JS – thanks. As usual every single accusation thrown out there by Gigi turns out to be false. Gigi does not live in the real world. And she has proven today that she willfully refuses to open her mind to any information that might contradict her fantasy world.
“candidates raise big cash elsewhere”
I read that article this morning. The potential problem there is if some of those candidates raising money from “elsewhere” win, and are beholden to interests even more insidious than those that traditionally fund the Dem machine. I hate them with a passion, but I’m not so naive or complacent so as to assume that even worse influences do not exist.
I Don Wannutono,
Well there is the dark money Soros network, aka billionaire oligarchs and the multimillionaire with ties to the CCP, living in Shanghai Neville Roy Singham. Act Blue has funneled how much money from other countries seeking to influence our elections?
I was thinking of Singham when I wrote that. At least the conventional DNC donors need to be cautious about their open avowal of communism, at least for the moment…
Any significant study of the history of islam should lead to a disgust and fear of this thuggish, narcissistic military ideology masquerading as a religion. Just analyzing our initial reaction to islam and the Barbary pirates should educate any American that this is a pernicious ideology that spreads like a cancer and is as difficult to eradicate, just like a cancer, without great harm to the body in total. Why and how these lying savages got a foothold within our nation can only be laid at the foot of the dem/prog cabal.
I wanted to say the same thing about christianity.
I agree in principle that some facets of christianity went to far, but the overall goal of christianity was not slavery and aggressive occupation but a perverted side effect of zealots. On the other hand, islam is based on the concept of the superiority of its ideology and the purposeful slaughter/enslavement of those not of the faith. The savagery of modern day islam is far worse because it still persists in it goal of a military/ideological conquest of its enemies at any cost whereas christianity has succumbed to the tempering of Greek philosophical reason. The islamist remain ardently opposed to reason and act only in accordance with the spewing of a medieval pedophile and misanthrop. I do not condone gross actions of an infantile/adolescent chrisitanity but it matured and adopting rational thinking in its ideology. Islam is still the ideology of a militiary conqueror masquerading as a religion.
So you’re admitting your an ignorant moron.
Who would argue that many Christians throughout history have failed to follow the founder of Christianity’s teachings, including ‘My kingdom is not of this world” or “render unto Caesar” which are explicit calls against a theocracy. Compare that to the founder of Islam teachings of Dār al-Islam and Dar al-harb. Islam was founded as a strict theocracy. If you are unable to see the difference in those positions I suggest you refrain from calling someone else an ignorant moron.
I think the anonymous commenter was on your side, saying the (other anonymous) person who thinks Islam and Christianity are the same is a moron.
And I also agree with you. Whereas Islam has always spread primarily through military conquest, particularly in its early days and now, Christianity by contrast spreads through preaching, persuasion, and discipling.
Ask yourself: who is beheading people and committing terrorist acts in the modern age: Christians or Muslims? The question answers itself.
Hard to keep track of the various multiple identities and their multiple posts if one is not spending a lot of time here. Usually I don’t read but a few of them. Have other things to do. Can’t say I have read the Quran because I don’t read Arabic, but I did read a respected translation and if someone is unable to see the foundational differences between the Abrahamic religions they are obtuse. And whimsical mama point about the slave trade is historically accurate. The in last countries to abolish it and, only after the 1960’s, Islam was practiced.
“Hard to keep track of the various multiple identities and their multiple posts if one is not spending a lot of time here.”
Especially for posters who cannot take the time and trouble to attach a consistent non-subscriber identity to their posts. Like, um, you…
OMFK.
The early christian church was peaceful. But the christian church of the middle ages beleived that imposing religion by force was a duty. Millions of people died and christians learned tolerance and that gave birth to the enlightenment.
Islam still believes religion can be imposed by force. They are not only willing to kill christians byt even islamic brothers who differ slightly in religious dogma
“the christian church of the middle ages beleived that imposing religion by force was a duty”
I was going to mention the Crusades in reply to OMFK, but your comment suffices.
The CRITICAL differences is that pre-enlightenment Christians tried to impose their religion on others by force.
Christians learned that does not work, and that gave birth to the enlightenment.
Islam has not learned that.,
Your lack of history is profound… but that is no reason to prove it daily… we already know your vast limitation when it comes to cogent thinking.
In reality, Judaism, Christianity and Islam are essentially the same religion manifested over time.
Keep hearing news reports it’s going to be an election/electoral “bloodbath”. Hope that’s just a figure of speech!
My heart soars like a hawk .. . is just a figure of speech.
*in reality, my heart is still in my chest.
Judaism, Christianity and Islam are essentially the same religion manifested over time
Not at all. The Bible and the Quran are as different as can be. The practices of the religions are also as different as can be.
I’m guessing DG has never read the Quran.
It’s a eye opener
DG Snowjob
Your heart is still in your chest…
Call Muhammad a pedophile at your local mosque and see if it remains there.
“Keep hearing news reports it’s going to be an election/electoral “bloodbath”. Hope that’s just a figure of speech!”
Using the modifier “electoral” makes it a figure of speech by definition, does it not?
“In reality, Judaism, Christianity and Islam are essentially the same religion manifested over time”
Dgsnowden, your ignorance above explains a lot of your past ramblings about the Middle East. It’s time to put down your pen and read a book.
Before the enlightenment that was likely true. But Christianty went through a period of religious wars in Europe that killed off most of the people.
This failure birthed the enlightenment. Islam has never experienced that.
Islam has not learned that you can not impose religious views on others by force. Christianity has
The fact that Turley had to correct the false statement that Fetterman is Jewish in the initial publication of this article is simply proof positive that Turley does not research his articles with any rigor.
At a minimum it simply proves what I, and many others, have said that Turley simply rushes to print with minimal research to stoke the rage of the MAGA mob. This is the very rage that he so hypocritically and disingenuously condemns in his stupid books.
The more likely explanation is that Turley does not even write this garbage.
This forced factual correction leads to the distinct possibility that these articles are written by Rupert Murdoch’s minions at Fox and NY Post, where most of these stories are also published under Turley’s name.
What rage? Show me MAGA rage. You can’t.
Show you? Your comemnt.
If you think, “What rage? Show me MAGA rage. You can’t.” is, rage, your problem with reading comprehension is showing. Again.
the “Anonymous” is georgie/X again.
While that is not rage – there is nothing wrong with rage – when it is under control and justified.
Nothing the left does is either.
I’m reading “Rage and the Republic” right now as I find it informative of the times we currently find
ourselves in. When you write a book worth reading get back to me on typos. Also my surname is German and I am frequently mistaken for being Jewish. I am never offended by the mistake and have several good friends that are Jewish. I happen to be a lifelong, practicing Catholic. I seldom correct the mistake because I wouldn’t want to embarrass the speaker. You might try that sometime.
ATS – actually it proves he does.
Regardless Turley writes alot, He makes a small number of errors and never of consequence.
What you are shilling is a fallacy.
That is an irrelevant detail is imperfect the unreleated argument collapses.
The core issues are the left is nuts and dangerous.
I do not care that El Sayed said he wanted peoples heads on pike. I will even buy that he does not mean it literally.
The problem is that whatever they SAY at the state – the left eventually does shed blood to gain and hold power.
Robespierre, Lenin, Stalin, Mao, Pol Pot, Che, Castro, and on and on.
This is one of the problems with tghe warped concepts of virtue and morality on the left.
When you steal from people – even for the greater good – they fight back – and sometimes you have to kill them.
Government is FORCE – everyu single law could ultimately result the confiscation of life liberty or property – or all.
That is true always – right or left. Eric Garner died for violating a law barring selling lose cigarettes.
When the left takes power they steal, they fail and when the mildly coercive version of their nonsense does not work – MORE coercion is naturally applied.
Conservatism and libertarians see govenrment as a necescary evil – something to be limited.
Those in the left see government as a positive good and those in their way as morally evil.
Turley spent years fiercely defending Donald Trump’s literal call to “fight like hell” right before a physical mob breached the U.S. Capitol. Turley argued that the words must be interpreted purely as standard political hyperbole and metaphor, fiercely defending them under the First Amendment.
When a progressive Democrat uses a well-known, colorful metaphor about political accountability—”putting an ogre on a pike” to signal an electoral challenge to a powerful incumbent—Turley completely strips away the metaphor. He disingenuously treats it as a literal, physical call for “mass beheadings” and French Revolution-style executions. He applies strict literalism to the Left while demanding total metaphorical immunity for the Right.
Turley claims that El-Sayed’s clarification that he was referring to Fetterman was a desperate, sinister “allusion to the beheading of a staunch defender of Israel.
In his own footnote, Turley admits he had to rewrite his draft because he falsely claimed Fetterman was Jewish—proving that Turley himself fabricated the anti-Semitic framing out of thin air to make the “beheading” narrative look worse. Even after realizing his factual premise was entirely wrong, he left the rest of his hysterical narrative intact rather than admitting the entire “pike” comment was just a debate-stage debate about progressive policy consistency.
He essentially admitted to the dishonest narrative he was originally trying to make. Perhaps Turley should revisit the idea of journalistic integrity.
george
Donald Trump’s literal call to “fight like hell”
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Fight like hell is not compared to a head on a spike. That means to do harm.
Nice try, but what a fail.
Dustoff, I see you’re making an example of your reading comprehension problems.
Hey dummy, they use these words in sports. Not to kill.
“these words”? Um… folks, this guy never got past kindergarten.
ANON flunked special ed twice!
Not only comprehension, writing skills too.
He’s the blog idiot.
IDIOT MORON ANON!
–and grammar. X accuses Turley of “fabricating” Fabricating literally means creating a factual scenario INTENDED TO DECEIVE. I guess that’s why Turley immediately corrected himself. X is such a clown.
X
As usual you are trying to play word games.
Turleyu is not calling for El Sayed’s punishment or censorship.
He is doing as Brandies advised – responding to words with words.
That is how free speech works.
But unlike you he is not blind to the fact that the violent speech of those of the right rarely leads to actual violence, and when it does people – especially those on the right are SHOCKED and it stops.
We can debate the extent of violence on J6 forever and the culpability of Antifa, federal agents, the capital police, we can debate who started it.
But regardless of the rhetoric and even the actual violence – J6ers did not come to the capital with guns, with fireworks, with molotov cocktails with frozen water bottles as the left does at nearly every “peaceful protest”. Further when SOME violence did occur those on the right were shocked.
There are violent protests by the left ALL THE TIME. Covid was almost the first time in my life that the right, the middle class the working class protested. Protests at the Capital are not unusal.
Protests by the right are highly unusual.
There have been no protests by Trump supporters since J6. That BTW was the point of the demonization of J6ers and the weaponization of govenrment against them.
When a left wing nut takes and axe to a senators desk – the charges are dropped and the axe returned. When someone on the right crosses the tiniest of lines – they are jailed – even for years.
Democrats successfully taught those on the right a lesson after J6 – “Protests are OUR domain, and we will guard it jealously with FORCE”
But mercilessly persecuting J6ers – while it did stop protests on the right, did NOT stop Trump. MAGA, conservatives or libertarians.
It just changed tactics. Conservatives are not good at protests, and the left has too much control of media and govenrment it is too easy to reframe things – to demonize the right for things you praise the left for.
But depriving the right of the right to protest did not stop them. If anything it empowered them. The right found non-violent ways to take away the power of the left.
Violence is not the exclusive domain of the left – just as universities are not the exclusive domain of the left.
But the difference between exclusive and overwhelming is small.
People including Turley are rightly more concerned about the violent rhetoric from the left.
Did El Sayed intend to put an actual persons head on a pike ? Not likely. But far too many like him as they rose to power have done so through political violence – especially when they failed and needed a scape goat.
What idiotic rationalizations. Grow up.
Fetterman is and has been a staunch supporter of Israel even during this war on Gaza, which may well have drawn the the Arab candidate’s ire.
Ah, who started this war? Was it America’s war on Germany and Japan?
Literally, how does hell fight exactly?
Where does Turley claim that El-Sayed had no right to say what he said?
Partisanship makes you stupid, Mr. Lax.
Didn’t say that. Where did you get the idea that was what he said?
Turley is applying a double standard so that he can criticize the Democrat for something he always defends.
What double standard ? There is no double standard in play.
You seem to beleive that Turley must give equal time to the complaints of the left.
Turley did call out Trump for his remarks at the ellipse. He in fact argued that if Democrats could actually find a real conspiracy that impeachment would be justified.
But he cautioned that words alone were NOT even close to enough.
Regardless, despite claims of the left and places like SPL that think every conservaitve is a violent white supremecist and that causasion biker drug dealers are a sign of systemic racism while the crips, the bloods, MS13 and TdA are barely even criminals, the fact is that political violence is almost exclusively from the left. Brian Thomspon was assassinated by the left, Charlie Kirk was assassinated by the left. The numerous assassination attempts on Trump were BY THE LEFT.
When you beleive that the use of FORCE against others for the common good is always justified – you can be sure that those losing their rights will resist and that you will end up using political violence to thwart them. All forms of leftism NATURALLY lead towards violence and require STRONG institutional structures to resist. Conversely those who believe govenrment exists to Protect rights rather than manufacture new ones and in doing so infringe on actual rights, inherently are shocked by their own actions when they cross the line to violence.
“Partisanship makes you stupid, Mr. Lax.”
Ha! You just suggested the thought to me that we have 2 clowns posting idiotic comments here who could easily be known by nicknames suggested by a common theme: “eX-lax” and “Enema in Black”. Of course, those may well be one and the same poster, which would just reinforce the concept…
At least he didn’t suggest that Fetterman should have a stake driven through the rectum and then hoisted up to be an example to other infidels as was practiced for several centuries before the fall of Constantinople. We can feel relieved that Sharia is only viewed as aspirational in a percentage of modern day Muslims. How dare Fetterman believe Israel should not be driven into the sea. Historically the head on a pike is not merely a ” colorful metaphor about political accountability”
X the problem is NOT with words.
Turley is NOT saying Al Sayed is not free to say stupid violent things. Or even to say things that may or may not be intended litteraly.
He is saying that while you can not ban violent speech you can criticize it.
Turly Criticised Trump’s remorks at the elipse. He also defended them as protected free speech – both are true.
There is no requirement that words be intrep[retted ANY specific way – you play games with words all the time.
You ideology can not survive without word games to hide the conflicts in what YOU say.
Regardless, the core problem – which Turley does not fully grasp yet, is that progressives and socialists are dangerous – far more so than conservatives and libertarians.
That is not just true historically, it is true because of the core of their beleifs.
Those who see government as a necescary evil are far far far less willing to use force, than those who see it as inherently good.
Whatever the initial intentions of the left – far far to often they turn to violence when they are impeded.
Whether it is Robespeirre and the Jacobins or Lenin or Stalin or Mao, or Pol Pot or Che, or Castro or …..
When things do not go their way, or when they do go their way but do not work. Those on the left blame others not themselves not their ideology, not govenrment,
and are far more willing to use force – violence.
When you beleive govenrment is a positive good – those who oppose you are evil – and it is easy to get to deserving punishment even death.
This is not about free speech – both Trump’s remarks and Al Sayed’s are free speech.
It is about who is more likely to go from speech to actual violence.
With respect to French revolution comparisons – whether it is the french revoluton or Mao or Chavez,
Turley claims that El-Sayed’s clarification that he was referring to Fetterman was a desperate, sinister “allusion to the beheading of a staunch defender of Israel.
In his own footnote, Turley admits he had to rewrite his draft because he falsely claimed Fetterman was Jewish—proving that Turley himself fabricated the anti-Semitic framing out of thin air to make the “beheading” narrative look worse. Even after realizing his factual premise was entirely wrong, he left the rest of his hysterical narrative intact rather than admitting the entire “pike” comment was just a debate-stage debate about progressive policy consistency.
He essentially admitted to the dishonest narrative he was originally trying to make. Perhaps Turley should revisit the idea of journalistic integrity.
There is a very important difference between believing Govenrment is a necescary evil and a positive force for good.
When ou see government as good, it is far easier o justify killing those who get in the way.
This is also why fascism is no the left – aside from its clear birth from socialism the Socialism is Nazi is not deliberate misbranding.
The Nazi’s saw their govenrment as a force for good, and violence and murder of those who get in your way is a natural progression when govenrment is good and you see yourself as on the side of the angels.
I was at Mount Vernon Sunday. In the entrance hall of Mount Vernon – the only thing in a brass case is a gift from the Marquis de Lafayette to George Washington.
Lafayette gave Washington one of the Keys to the Bastille. Lafayette was one of the leaders of the French revolution. Like many others – including Thomas Paine he thought of the french revolution as the logical followup to the American revolution. AFTER Lafayette helped to storm the Bastille, the leaders of the french revolution turned on him and Lafayette was imprisoned. Fortunately he did not lose his head – as much of the Aristocracy did.
When you view govenrment as a positive force for change it is very easy for rhetorical violence to turn into actual violence – even if that is not what you intended.
ALWAYS when you beleive you are on the side of the angels, it is easy to move from rhetorical violence to actual violence.
There are several posters hear on the right who constantly remind us that this judge or that democrats is “treasonous” hinting at political executions or even embracing them openly.
To be clear – Political violence is not ALWAYS wrong. It is just USUALLY wrong. To be justified Violence MUST be directed at those who are ACTUALLY infringing on your or others actual natural rights.
Free speech, not free beer, and even then only after a long chain of attempts to resolve that without violence.
The left does not fight for actual rights – it fights for privileges – often privileges that come at the expense of the liberty and rights of others.
Does violent rhetoric on the right lead to actual violence ? rarely.
Does violent rhetoric on the left lead to actual violence ? extremely frequently. It is in the nature of the left – it is inherent in the beleif that govenrment is virtuous not a necescary evil, that the use of force to accomplish something beleived to be virtuous is justified. And far more common still when the lefts solutions fail – as they always do – finding others to blame, demonizing them, punishing them even murdering them is commonplace on the left.
Turley is trying to turn a heated Michigan Senate primary debate about corporate donors and policy consistency into a horror movie script. El-Sayed’s ‘ogre’ comment was explicitly about political accountability—challenging politicians who get elected on progressive values and then abandon them. Even Haley Stevens accepted the clarification with a joke during the debate. By ignoring the actual substance of the primary debate to write a sensationalized essay about ‘New Jacobins,’ Turley proves he is operating as a partisan pundit, not an objective legal scholar.
Trying? Reading minds again George?
No mind reading is required. Turley is telling you through his article. Reading comprehension is not hard. Apparently it is for you.
reading comprehension is hardly your strength, X. In fact, you picked up that phrase from right here on this blog. Your only “comprehension” is “gee, this person or AI sounds like it is against Turley’s view, so I’ll copycat him”
Turley is saying many things in his article – but the fact that there is less and less consequential rage on the right to address does not make him biased.
There is no moral or legal requirement for equal time. Turley addresses political speech and political rage, and political violence proportionate to its scale, and predominance.
Lets get past the heads on a pike.
It is the left that sought to disbar all of Trumps lawyers. It is the left that uses whatever power it has to punish those who get in the way.
There is a skirmish in the GOP right now targeted at Thune. The absolute WORST possible outcome for Thune is he loses his position as Senate Majority leader.
And that is highly unlikely. No matter what he is not going to end up being a political pariah forever over an issue of Senate rules.
No one is going to disbar him. Opponents of Trump were primaried.
Dem ocrats punish their enemies far more visciously than Republicans and worse still they punish their own who do not fully adhere to dogma
I think what I find most disappointing in political discussions is the way people choose a side and then become determined to defend every position dictated by their chosen faction.
Today’s “Democrats” are so far off the rails compared to what they were in Bill Clinton’s time, so ideologically polluted, that they cannot even be considered a sane person’s choice.
On the Right, Trump’s earlier professed policies of tightened borders, mass deportations, rebuilding US manufacturing, tariffs, cutting government waste, voter ID, and promoting peace abroad are difficult for me to argue against.
I don’t like his positions on F-1, H1-B, OPT, profligate spending, and, most of all, I despise his attacking Iran under pressure from Israel.
And yet, the alternative to Trump is abysmal.
It think we are in the proverbial space between a rock and a hard place.
” I despise his attacking Iran under pressure from Israel.”
Has Israel been pressuring Trump for fifty years, even before he became President?
Establishment Democrats created this monster, thinking they could control it till the mid-terms and then dismiss it no longer services a purpose.
They were wrong.
Now that the monster has taken on a life of it’s own, establishment Democrats find they have painted themselves into a corner.
Seriously, traditional, moderate Democrats need to give these DSA radicals the boot out of the Democrat party and get the party back in order.
Stupid comment.
Oh! NO! Annony is having another one of his mental meltdowns! Cannot comprehend my comment, so has to resort to his Blue city, public education system, and DEI higher indoctrination camp degree to make that stunning response!
Wow. You sure showed me. /sarc
“Seriously, traditional, moderate Democrats need to give these DSA radicals the boot out of the Democrat party and get the party back in order.”
It could well be too late for that. If so, and it destroys the Democratic Party, that may represent a risk over the long term. but it won’t upset me very much in the present…
I’ll bet the fine people of Pennsylvania are shocked to find out that their duly elected Senator Fetterman is now the fine People’s Republic of New Jersey have pirated their senator as their own. It says it right there in Turley’s column.
PT needs a new category, “Pitiful”.
OK, El-Sayed, we see one head on your pike and we put one hundred of yours up Vlad Tsepesh style. The screams will stop after a day, the moans after two or three days.
Does that make a peaceful, high-trust society seem preferable? Should the ridiculous rhetoric stop? I have lots trees in my woods. Just say go.
We should not be surprised when a Democratic Socialist/Communist calls for the decapitation of an opponent’s head.
Renowned Socialist such as Hitler, Stalin and the Ayatollah Khomeini have said exactly the same thing. He is just repeating what his role models stated before him. A man truly committed to his convictions. Nazi SS tattoo, head on a pike, the Democrats will love him and support his campaign until they don’t. The one thing that never comes is an apology to the voters who have been asked to vote for these people to represent them. They knew all along. The non apology is not accepted.
TiT,
Good point. I am not surprised by their extreme rhetoric in their race to the bottom.
The Left Is Using Kids As A Trojan Horse For Total Online Surveillance
Whenever leftists say something is “for the kids,” you know that your constitutional rights are under attack.
By: Lewis Dovland – American Thinker ~ July 26, 2026
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2026/07/the-left-is-using-kids-as-a-trojan-horse-for-total-online-surveillance/
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Many transformations are unfolding within America’s political left, and its shifting factions can be difficult to track.
By: Tyler Durden -Zerohedge ~ Jul 27, 2026
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/inside-americas-left-mapping-five-factions-battling-power