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October 28, 2024

The Steal: Democrats Broke Election Law in 2020. They Got Away With It, Too

By Selwyn Duke

The Democrats doth protest too much, methinks. This twist on a Shakespeare line applies perfectly to a Sunday story.

That is, some Democrats want President Donald Trump criminally charged for calling for a vote-counting halt on election night 2020. The irony (and hypocrisy)?

This is even though Democrats did halt vote counting in numerous states on election night 2020 — thus violating the law.

It definitely was against the law, too, avers commentator Norman Krieg. In fact, he cites state statutes to make his case.

Democrats, though, have gotten away with it.

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October 26, 2024

Thoughtcrime: UK Veteran Convicted for Praying SILENTLY Near Abortion Mill

By Selwyn Duke

Not long ago, France made abortion a “constitutional right.” Britain hasn’t followed suit, but it can’t because it doesn’t have a constitution. In a way, however, it’s going France one better (read: worse).

Its government has just convicted a veteran and father of two for praying silently near an abortion “clinic.”

The kicker: The court finding him guilty reasoned that his prayer constituted “disapproval of abortion.”

Apparently, prenatal infanticide is now considered a sacrament in Britain — while praying is a sin.

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October 25, 2024

Many Women Are One-issue Abortion Voters — and They’re “Keeping the Democrats Afloat,” Says Writer

By Selwyn Duke

A startling political phenomenon exists, and it has never been more profound than during this election cycle. That is, if only women voted, Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris would win in a landslide.

If only men voted, Republican presidential nominee President Donald Trump would win in a landslide.

And one issue that helps put the Democrats over the top with women is abortion. In fact, prenatal infanticide “is now the single most important issue to women under age 30,” wrote health-policy organization KFF October 11. Approximately four in 10 (39%) name “it as their top issue, followed by inflation (28%),” the site continued.

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October 25, 2024

“Trump the Deep State and AdVance Toward Freedom!”

By Selwyn Duke

“The pen is mightier than the sword,” Sir Edward Bulwer-Lytton wrote in 1839. And this power of words is well exemplified by the rallying cry known as the campaign slogan. In fact, “A recent study shows that campaign slogans have a direct effect on voting,” wrote website PoliticalMarketer.com in 2020. “When voters hear the saying more than once, they are more likely to vote for the candidate associated with it.” This is why, too, in these closing weeks of the election, I propose the following slogan for the GOP presidential ticket:

“Trump the deep state and adVance toward freedom!”

Trump/Vance 2024

A slogan should capture “the essence of a political candidate or cause,” PoliticalMarketer also writes — and the above certainly qualifies. After all, we do want to Trump the deep state, and we do want to adVance toward freedom. (A little virtue wouldn’t hurt, either.)

So keeping this piece short and sweet, I’ll simply say to the undecided voters, Trump the deep state and adVance toward freedom. Your kids, both born and unborn, are counting on you.

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October 24, 2024

X Marks the Plot: “Defenders of Democracy” Trying to Destroy the One True Social-media Democracy

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By Selwyn Duke

We hear continual warnings from the Establishment and the Left (and the overlap there is profound) about “attacks on democracy.” Donald Trump, of course, is supposed to be a “threat to democracy.” Yet it all appears like projection. Why?

Because the self-proclaimed “defenders of democracy” are now aiming to destroy the only major extant social-media democracy: X (formerly Twitter).

Two recent stories epitomize this. The first involves an actual UK government plot to destroy X. The second revolves around a study blaming Elon Musk, X’s owner, for causing college professors’ departure from the platform. An article at The Independent on the matter actually calls it the “Twitter brain drain.” It’s yet another attack based on the supposition that it is freedom of speech that’s the social-media perversion. It’s inversion — of reality.

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October 22, 2024

Pennsylvania Voters Leaving the Democratic Party in RECORD Numbers

By Selwyn Duke

“I didn’t leave the Democratic Party,” late President Ronald Reagan famously said, “the Democratic Party left me.” While Reagan’s departure was in 1962, more and more Americans today could echo his sentiments. For example, the #WalkAway (from the Democrats) campaign was founded by disaffected liberal Brandon Straka in 2018. Six years later, though, has that walk turned into a run?

We could thus wonder with news that there’s been a 103-percent increase in voters leaving the Democratic Party in swing state Pennsylvania.

This just reflects, however, a nationwide trend. In fact, “Why I left the Democratic Party” has become a relatively common headline. Ex-congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard, who’d been a Democrat for more than 20 years, penned a piece of that kind in 2022. She was later joined by North Carolina state Representative Tricia Cotham and Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson, just to cite two examples. Why, even liberal pundit Ana Kasparian, co-host of radically left-wing news show The Young Turks, ditched the Democrats this year.

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October 22, 2024

Charity Disparity: The Virtue That Can Only Be Practiced Privately

By Selwyn Duke

“We make a living by what we get,” said Winston Churchill, “but we make a life by what we give.”

Well more than 2,000 years before, ancient Chinese philosopher Lao Tzu also sang charity’s praises.

“The wise man does not lay up his own treasures,” he averred. “The more he gives to others, the more he has for his own.” There’s also the saying, “Charity is the lifeblood of a compassionate society.” This raises a question, too:

If we were to “outsource” all our good works to government — and even assuming they then remained “good” — would society’s compassion not die like a blood-starved limb?

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October 19, 2024

NY Times: U of Michigan Blew a Quarter BILLION on DEI — and HURT Students and Staff

By Selwyn Duke

When even The New York Times complains about your leftism, you know that you not only jumped the shark with wokism, but that the shark you jumped is a megalodon. This is the case, too, with a new report on how the University of Michigan squandered megabucks on DEI indoctrination. The result of these programs?

A decade and a quarter “billion dollars later,” the Times writes, “students and faculty are more frustrated than ever.”

Note that much of this is tax money, too. In fact, the University of Michigan (UoM) campus in question, Ann Arbor, received $357 million in state funds last year. (That’s a 5.1-percent increase over 2022.) Given this, is it possible the UoM has too much money on its hands? Should it be defunded?

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October 18, 2024

Official Put on Leave After Purple-haired Subordinate Complained He Was Hiring Based on Merit, Not Identity

By Selwyn Duke

The Oregon Department of Forestry’s second-in-command has been put on administrative leave for committing what is now, apparently, considered misfeasance. His sin?

The official, one Mike Shaw, resolved to hire at his bureau the “candidates most qualified for the job.”

That’s what Megan Donecker — a purple-haired, tattooed DEI trainer who filed a complaint against him — said he told her, anyway.

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October 16, 2024

Vermont School Bans Saying Pledge of Allegiance, Parents Say

By Selwyn Duke

There was a time, not long ago, when reciting the Pledge of Allegiance was standard in schools — and uncontroversial. Then it became an issue — and optional. Now it’s not even an option at one Vermont school, say local parents.

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