Politics

March 11, 2020

Bernie: Real Socialism Has Never Been Tried, by David Harsanyi

By David Harsanyi, National Review - But leftists like Bernie like to act as if socialist ideology is incompatible with totalitarianism, when the opposite is true. The nationalization of industry and dispensing with property rights — necessary for any genuine socialism to occur — can’t be instituted without coercion and a centralized authoritarian effort. And even if the effort to redistribute property is first supported by the majority, as soon the state comes for your stuff — and it always does — the “democratic” part of the equation starts to dissipate.

March 11, 2020

Trish Regan: Dems and Media See Coronavirus as ‘Impeachment All Over Again’ – And, They Don’t Care Who They Hurt, by

By Craig Bannister, CNSNews - Democrats and liberal media are using the coronavirus in another effort to impeach Donald Trump, and they don’t care how many Americans need to suffer in the process, Fox Business Channel’s Trish Regan said at the opening of her Monday show… “Don’t kid yourself: they told us how much they crave a recession as a way to get rid of Donald Trump,”… “We’ve reached a tipping point. The chorus of hate being leveled at the president is nearing a crescendo as Democrats blame him - and only him - for a virus that originated halfway around the world! This is yet another attempt to impeach the president.

March 11, 2020

Tucker Carlson Blasts Democrats: “They’re Not Pro-Choice In Any Sense, They’re Pro-Abortion”, by Mary M. Olohan

By Mary Margaret Olohan, LifeNews - Fox News host Tucker Carlson accused Democrats of hypocrisy related to a Supreme Court abortion case, saying that Democrats are “not pro-choice in any sense, they’re pro-abortion.”… Carlson spoke Friday night with Live Action founder and president Lila Rose regarding June Medical Services v. Russo, a Supreme Court case in which an abortion provider is challenging a 2014 Louisiana state law that requires abortion providers to have admitting privileges in a hospital within 30 miles of the abortion facility…. “It’s not a ban on abortion, it’s a safety requirement,” Carlson said Friday. “In the 1990s, Democrats said they wanted abortion to be ‘safe, legal and rare.’ So you would think they’d welcome a law like that, to make it safer.”

March 10, 2020

The Violence of the Left, by R. R. Reno

By R. R. Reno, Editor, First Things - As Ed Whelan notes, abortion is an issue that inflames passions, and no doubt Schumer meant to exploit those passions. But the rhetoric of direct threat is noteworthy. “You will pay the price.” “You won’t know what hit you.” Is Schumer implying physical assault? Assassination? Or does he merely mean to wave the threat of impeachment, should Democrats attain sufficient power on Capitol Hill?... I am struck by the double standard. The media constantly warns us about the supposed threat of right-wing violence, carefully monitoring conservatives and condemning them whenever their rhetoric seems to encourage “extremism.”