

The New Oxford American Dictionary, Second Edition, page 1743.



Timely news and commentary:





Attorney General Barr Is Serious About Federal Prosecutors Using the Sedition Statute. [Scroll down] We know from anecdotal information that federal law enforcement has placed undercover agents inside the protest groups, likely to secure telephone numbers and engage in conversations with persons using those numbers to create probable cause to wiretap those phones. Monitoring phones, email, text messaging, and other forms of communication has certainly helped identify the infrastructure that clearly exists for Antifa and similar groups. Nearly every night, for over 100 days, Antifa and BLM staged protests on a nightly basis in Portland. A couple of days after an Antifa supporter, Michael Reinoehl, killed a "rival" agitator from an Antifa opposition group in Portland, Reinoehl himself was shot and killed by officers on a federal task force who were staged outside an apartment where he was hiding. It seems that not long after, the recognition seemed to set in that the Antifa/BLM organizers and agitators could be easily identified with open-source information, and given the speed with which federal agents were able to pinpoint Reinoehl's location, the organizers and agitators in Portland seem to have decided that going underground is necessary at this moment.

Inside the Free State of George Floyd. The degradation and decline of the city of Minneapolis proceed apace. 5 Eyewitness News has posted the report by Jay Kolls (video below) from inside the city's "autonomous zone," a/k/a the Free State of George Floyd. Whatever you do, you don't want to be in need of police help in the Free State of George Floyd [...] [Video clip]

George Soros is indeed an enabler of U.S. street violence. Fox News saw a bit of a dust-up this week when Newt Gingrich, former speaker of the House, referred on air to the influences of billionaire George Soros on the violence that's gone forth in the streets of mostly Democrat-controlled communities — only to have his comments shut down. Censored, some might even say. Apologies and clarifications soon after came. But let's be clear and let's stay clear on this: Soros is indeed diddling in America's political and legal systems. And his diddling is indeed having a "have at it" effect on those who would take to the streets, with bricks, to express their frustrations with President Donald Trump. This is no conspiracy theory. This is no tin foil hat moment. This is a fact — a traceable, verifiable fact. What's more, it's not too hard to trace and verify.

Proud Boys Promote Fake Rally to Expose Violent Antifa Lunatics — and it Worked. The Proud Boys advertised a fake rally in West Philadelphia's Clark Park on Saturday [9/19/2020], causing Antifa to flood the streets. When the Proud Boys did not show up, they attacked conservative independent media instead. As the Gateway Pundit reported earlier in the day, the militant leftists attacked two conservatives who were filming the protest. They also attacked a vehicle they believed to belong to the conservatives, but actually belonged to someone who was there in support of their cause.

Turns Out There's an 'Autonomous Zone' in Minneapolis and It's Blocking Emergency Calls to Victims. Turns out that like Seattle, there's been a continuing smaller barricaded 'autonomous zone' in Minneapolis that hasn't gotten a lot of attention. But of course it's not good for the folks in Minneapolis and particular the businesses in the area being occupied. The owner of an auto repair said he was violently attacked while in his office by someone who came from this nearby zone which they are calling "the free State of George Floyd."

Why So Much Anger? This year's pre-election rioting, looting, and shootings in many American cities is not only a consequence of the failure or refusal of politicians to fix problems; it is also a failure by too many citizens who look to government to find solutions for things it was never created to address. It is not the fault of a train that it cannot fly. A car mechanic should not be blamed because he can't perform open-heart surgery. Government has a purpose, but it is not to solve problems only an individual can address. People who are angry at government, instead of looking to Washington, should be looking in the mirror.

Here's Why Blue Check Twitterhawks Are Threatening Violence Over Ginsburg's Supreme Court Seat. Well, that didn't take too long, did it? Mere hours after the death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was announced, progressives on Twitter and other social media platforms had a collective meltdown in response to the reality that that mean guy in the Oval Office might be appointing another judge on the highest court in the land. True to form, they took to Twitter to express their holy outrage at the thought of having another judge who isn't a rabid progressive take Ginsburg's place. Some of these intrepid individuals have taken action that only the bravest of us could even consider: Going on Twitter and calling for political violence from the comfort of their home. Dr. Jessie Christensen, an Australian astrophysicist, claimed that he would riot if President Trump and Republican members of the Senate push to confirm an appointment. [... But] None of these people will participate in any of the violence they hope to incite with their social media platforms. If there is more rioting and looting, it'll be done by Antifa peons acting out their faux angst.

The left threatens death, destruction and fire if President Trump dares nominate a replacement for RBG on SCOTUS. The news of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's passing has driven much of the left bonkers. They know that President Trump may nominate a constitutionalist replacement and rather than a robust opposition, are vowing death and destruction in response: [...] It's strange stuff, given that they no longer believe in debate, persuasion, or even congressional maneuvers — they just want to menace, burn, and kill, which is the sort of thing totalitarian mobs in nasty third world hellholes do, if not National Socialists in action. And they speak of it as if they haven't already been to that well once, burning and looting to demonstrate their supposed calls for what they claim to be racial justice, frequently targeting small black-owned buisnesses in inner cities to make their mendacious claims. Basically, it's full blown civil war they want and like overconfident Confederates, they may be surprised how quickly they get it. Unlike the Confederates, they lack courage, so it could be over quickly.

Apple helps FBI track down protester accused of firebombing cop cars. Anyone who believes Apple and the FBI are at an impasse over investigations into the iPhone maker's criminal customers should think again. In Seattle, Apple has given the feds vital evidence from one of its iCloud users who was arrested for firebombing cop cars during the George Floyd protests in late May. The case shows how Apple is willing to help even where the context of the crime is controversial, namely the Black Lives Matter protests. That's despite President Trump and Attorney General William Barr lambasting the company for failing to help track down serious criminals while caving in to the demands of the Chinese government. Their comments came after Apple said it wouldn't help the government get into the physical iPhones of a Saudi national who shot and killed three on a Pensacola, Florida, naval base in December 2019. (The FBI hacked into the phones anyway.)

Accused Seattle Looter Now Facing Federal Gun Charges. Things just went from bad to worse for Al Talaga. The 32-year old Washington man was already facing charges of looting after he allegedly smashed the windows of a sneaker store in Seattle during riots back on June 1st, and tried to take off with merchandise from the shop. Now he's facing federal charges of being a felon in possession of a firearm, which likely would never have been discovered if he hadn't allegedly decided to go looting in the name of justice. Once officers arrived at the Sneaker City in downtown Seattle, several witnesses told them that one of the looters had been stashing merchandise in a Dodge Magnum parked nearby. Police ended up impounding the car, and after a court order, searched the vehicle. Not only did they find some stolen sneakers, they also found a stolen handgun; a .40 caliber pistol that had been reported stolen from a Tacoma home during a home invasion robbery in 2019.

Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan to Possibly Face Federal Charges Over CHOP/CHAZ. Heavy emphasis on the use of "possibly" here, but reports are that Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan could face federal charges for her role in encouraging and coddling the CHOP/CHAZ, an "autonomous zone" that ultimately left several people dead, never mind all the destruction and harassment of local businesses.

George Floyd Riots Caused Record-Setting $2 Billion in Damage, New Report Says. When George Floyd died while in police custody in late May, most agreed his premature death was a tragedy. Yet the discussion on criminal justice reform that emerged in the weeks after Floyd's passing was quickly overshadowed by the rioting, looting, and violence that broke out in major cities such as Minneapolis, Seattle, and New York. Dozens of people were killed or injured in the violent unrest, and thousands of businesses and properties, many minority-owned, were looted, torched, or otherwise vandalized. Only now are we beginning to realize the full cost of the destruction. New reporting from Axios reveals that the total insured property losses incurred during the George Floyd riots will come in at $1 billion to $2 billion.

Portland riots: Justice Department considered pursuing charges against city officials in violent unrest. The Justice Department explored possible criminal or civil charges against local officials in Portland, Ore., after weeks of clashes between federal law enforcement and violent protesters, spokeswoman Kerri Kupec told Fox News. Kupec declined to comment on whether the department ultimately will bring charges. She said there were no specific charges in mind, rather, DOJ officials were looking at the way Portland officials "were handling, or not handling" the riots and violence.

Campaign staffer, 17, for Ilhan Omar's Republican congressional opponent is shot and killed in Minneapolis. A 17-year-old boy who had worked for a Republican congressional candidate running against Democratic Rep Ilhan Omar was shot and killed in an attack outside a gas station on Minneapolis' north side. A second person who also had worked for Republican Lacy Johnson was wounded in the shooting on Monday [9/14/2020]. Earlier this morning, police in Minneapolis arrested a suspect in the fatal shooting following a high-speed pursuit. He is now in custody but has yet to be named.

Joe Biden and the Democrats' lies about cops spawned sickening shooting. The targeted attack on two LA cops last weekend is the inevitable result of the despicable lie Joe Biden and his party have been pushing all summer for political advantage — that police are "systemically" racist murderers of black people. That lie has driven violent anti-cop BLM-Antifa riots in Democratic cities from New York to Seattle. Police are demoralized, and resigning in droves, leaving the poorest, most crime-ridden communities less safe. Violent criminals are emboldened. Crime rates are surging. As of Friday, 37 law enforcement officers have been "feloniously killed" — a/k/a murdered — this year, according to the FBI. That's 25 percent more than the same period last year. In New York, police response times are delayed. Who is surprised? As the riots raged, Democratic mayors and councils voted to abolish, "reimagine" or defund their city's police departments. A billion dollars was stripped from the NYPD. American voters don't want this. That is the case, especially, for black Americans, 81 percent of whom wanted police presence in their community to stay the same or increase, according to a July Gallup poll.

Barr Tells Prosecutors to Consider Charging Violent Protesters With Sedition. Attorney General William Barr told the nation's federal prosecutors to be aggressive when charging violent demonstrators with crimes, including potentially prosecuting protesters for plotting to overthrow the U.S. government, people familiar with the conversation said. In a conference call with U.S. attorneys across the country last week, Mr. Barr warned that sometimes violent demonstrations across the U.S. could worsen as the November presidential election approaches. He encouraged the prosecutors to seek a number federal charges, including under a rarely used sedition law, even when state charges could apply, the people said. The call underscores the priority Mr. Barr has given to prosecuting crimes connected to months of protests against racial injustice that have at times become violent and led to major property damage, as President Trump has made a broader crackdown on demonstrations a key campaign issue. U.S. attorneys have broad discretion in what charges they bring.

BLM Thugs Threaten Man Live Streaming, Say They Don't Want Police To Track Their Movements. This live streamer was stalked and threatened by a group of Black Lives Matter thugs after they noticed he was filming the event in Lancaster. The group leader yelled through a bullhorn for the man to turn off his phone and stop recording because the group didn't want police to know what they're up to. The Live Streamer had to flee and ask for help. [Video clip]

Mostly NOT Peaceful Leftists Attack Pro Trump Vehicles In Sacramento, At Least 3 Of Them Were Injured. President Trump landed at McClellan Airport on Monday to receive a briefing from state officials on explosive wildfires burning statewide. During the event, hundreds of people could be seen surrounding the area, with a majority of those gathering were President Trump supporters. Mostly not peaceful leftist troublemakers tried to attack a police cruiser and here, in this video, several Trump-supporting vehicles were assaulted and taunted by the mob. [Video clip]

They're Not Gonna Stop. It would seem that Kamala Harris and Joe Biden have now made explicit what was always implied in their campaign: as Joe becomes less and less compos mentis, the Democratic proposition on the table becomes, in the words of the candidates themselves, a "Harris-Biden administration." So it behooves the American people to be as clear as possible not only about who Biden is, but who his VP (read: replacement) pick really is. Both Biden and Harris have recently issued tepid, nonspecific calls for an end to ongoing street violence. They don't really mean it of course, which is why they couldn't bring themselves to explicitly name Black Lives Matter or Antifa as the perpetrators and organizers of the ongoing civil unrest. The reality is that Biden has no ability to fulfill this promise. The nature of extortion requires the victim have some reasonable assurance that you really can keep his store from burning down. But Biden could not call off the dogs even if he wanted to, as his own vice-presidential candidate has already told us.

Lancaster Riots Prove the Nationwide Unrest Isn't About 'Police Brutality'. There is a gigantic, deadly game of "Let's Pretend" going on in America. Politicians, the media, and activists are all pretending that the violence, the arsons, the beatings, and the mayhem in our city streets actually have a purpose. They pretend that the mostly peaceful protests are only being made violent by the mere presence of police officers. The media pretends that the rioters are "enraged" or fed up with "oppression" and "systemic racism" so that the chaos and thuggery is a completely normal response to the problem. Do these people really believe the riots are all about poor, drug-addled George Floyd? Do they really think all police are racist and out to kill all black people? Do they really think the rioters give a hoot about "systemic racism"? When leftists are not busy denying that the rioters are using the innocent peaceful protests as cover to loot and burn, they are pretending the real problems they want to be addressed are far, far, worse than they actually are.

Poof! The Portland Riots Just Stopped. Why? I certainly don't want to tempt these thugs, but it can't go without saying that Portland's 100 plus days of riots appeared to end after Wednesday, September 9th. That was the last time the Portland Police Bureau warned about protests. The usual live-streamers decamped to other riots and fires. By September 10th, the overworked cops from Portland Police Bureau were offered out to assist other agencies. Suddenly, instead of being required to work the riots lines, they were free. [...] Riot-weary Oregonians aren't necessarily mollified by the concerted effort to shut down these reports. Until last Wednesday night, they'd seen the antifa rioters and arsonists in action on the news every night in Portland. And now some of them swore they saw those people in Estacada, Sandy, Molalla and other parts of the burning Clackamas County. Indeed, documents from the Department of Homeland Security show that whatever antifa rioters are doing, they're doing in concert, organizing with other like-minded people.

Beer bandit BLM protester is charged with harassing diners along with two others. Three people are now facing criminal charges for harassing diners at a restaurant in Pittsburgh during a Black Lives Matter protest over Labor Day weekend. Misdemeanor charges were filed against Monique Craft, 35, Kenneth McDowell, 33, and Shawn Green, 24, on Monday [9/14/2020]. [...] Police identified McDowell as the 'ringleader' and said he used a megaphone to scream obscenities at diners sitting outside Sienna Mercato and others passing by, as seen in the video. McDowell was also accused of getting into an alteration with a McDonald's manager in another protest video that went viral.

Protesters demand cops let themselves be stabbed or shot. If the nation's police officers walked off the job today, it would be hard to blame them. Sunday's anti-cop riots in Lancaster, Pa., have made the current de facto rules of engagement clear: Officers may never defend themselves against lethal force if their attacker is a minority. They should simply accept being shot or stabbed as penance for their alleged racism. In Lancaster, an officer responded to a domestic violence call at a residence where a man had stabbed four people last year. As the officer approached the house, a female escaped out the front door. A man — the suspect from the previous slashings — then emerged and ran at the officer, brandishing a knife over his head. The officer shot him, as the officer was by all appearances legally authorized to do, to stop the threat of deadly force. Twenty-seven-year-old Ricardo Munoz died from the officer's gunfire.

Fox Host's Must-Read Thread Nails Why Rioters Feel Emboldened To Shoot Officers — and How They Can Be Stopped. "Fox and Friends Weekend" co-host Will Cain took to the Twitter machine Monday morning [9/14/2020] and posted a must-read thread where he pointed out why rioters and others who hate the police feel emboldened to commit these type of despicable acts against members of the law enforcement community — and how they can be stopped. He started off by referencing the attempted assassinations of the young deputies in L.A. County from Saturday, noting that while we didn't yet know the motivation of the shooter (though it's not hard to guess, considering the "ACAB" environment that infests the city of Los Angeles) that the incident drove him to talk about some inconvenient truths.

Throw away the key:

Lancaster protesters held on whopping $1 million bail each after alleged riots. A Pennsylvania judge threw the book at several protesters — setting their bail at $1 million each — for allegedly rioting in the wake of the police shooting of a knife-wielding Lancaster man. Lancaster police nabbed a dozen people and one juvenile for staging the riots around 3 a.m. Monday in clashes that culminated in police deploying tear gas at the crowd. The overnight violence came on the heels of the death of Ricardo Munoz, the mentally ill 27-year-old who was seen on body cam footage charging at a cop with a knife in hand. The officer shot and killed Munoz Sunday afternoon outside his mother's house in downtown Lancaster.

It Votes Biden Or It Gets The Riots Again. The quiet part is becoming very loud. Threats of left-wing political violence if President Trump is reelected have gone from subtext to the plain text. Writing at The Atlantic, Shadi Hamid warns of "mass unrest and political violence across American cities" if Trump wins. The Democrats are embracing their inner movie villain: It votes for Biden, or it gets the riots again. Not that the rioting and related violence have stopped — from the attempted assassination of cops in Los Angeles to "mostly peaceful" protests in New York, the mayhem continues — but it is less intense than it was earlier in the summer. Now, prominent outlets of establishment liberalism are warning that the destruction can, and will, be turned up if the nation votes "incorrectly."

Kids at pro-Trump rally pelted with eggs in Wilmington, Delaware, say police. Delaware State Police are searching for three men accused of pelting young children and adults with eggs at a pro-President Trump rally in Democratic rival Joseph R. Biden's hometown of Wilmington on Sunday [9/13/2020]. Police said three children ages 10, 7, and 5 and three adults ages 41, 44, and 70 were "struck by raw eggs" while attending a "Republican political rally" outside the Crossroads Restaurant. "The victims were standing on a concrete wall adjacent to westbound Kirkwood Hwy attending the event when they were struck by eggs thrown by three male suspects hanging out of the window of a passing by vehicle," police said in a statement Tuesday. "The suspects were described as males approximately 20-25 years old and operating a gold or white SUV. There is no other identifying information at this time."

DHS Has 'Overwhelming' Intel That Portland Violence 'Organized' By 'Violent Antifa Anarchists,' Leaked Email Says. A leaked email from a former top official at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) says that the department has "overwhelming intelligence" that the extremist violence in Portland was "organized" by individuals with an ideology categorized as "Violent Antifa Anarchist Inspired" (VAAI). CBS News reporter Catherine Herridge tweeted out a letter that she obtained that was written by Brian Murphy, former Acting Under Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis at DHS, that said in July that the violence in Portland had reached a level that officials could no longer state that the violence was "opportunistic" but that it was "organized." Murphy stated in the email that the individuals who were attacking the federal facilities in the city did so "based on those ideologies."

Candace Owens blames BLM, athletes, media for ambush on L.A. police. Conservative commentator and BLEXIT founder Candace Owens blamed the Black Lives Matter movement, the media, and athletes for an ambush on two Los Angeles sheriff's deputies on Saturday. [...] Two LASD deputies were ambushed and shot while in their patrol car on Saturday evening. Both deputies are "fighting for their lives," according to the LASD. Owens also blamed athletes for the attack.

Lynwood Won't Fire City Manager Who said Shooting Deputies is "Expected". During these past few months of Black Nationalist cultural terror, people have been fired for the slightest offenses against political correctness. And I do mean the very slightest. But you can hold a top position and defend violence, and that's okay. Jose Ometeotl, the city manager of Lynwood, California, responded to the shooting of two LASD deputies in Compton, with a hateful post, which claimed to disavow violence, but then ranted that, "that communities like Compton have been plagued by deputy gangs that inflict fear and violence in the community. These deputies murdered, framed and stole from the community just because they could. [...]" [...] After the two deputies were shot, they were brought to a hospital in Lynwood, where Black Lives Matter racists gathered outside to shout, "We hope they die". Has the city of Lynwood suspended Jose or fired him? Nah. They've "disavowed" his comments.

Do you want to be controlled or do you want to be free? The Black Lives Matter and Antifa riots are about control. These "activists" want to control the narrative and shift the conversation, any conversation, to always be about their demands. Some Americans truly desire the types of controls these "activists" are demanding. They want to be told what to do in an effort to maintain their social justice credibility. Others want the freedom to drive down a highway with a reasonable expectation that "protesters" aren't causing mayhem and affecting people's lives by blocking the roads.

Antifa and BLM, the Democrat party's stormtroopers. When the tactics of Black Lives Matter coincide with the ideology of NPR, Americans should realize that the left has crossed yet another line on the indecency scale. A reporter for an NPR station showed up at the Los Angeles hospital where two sheriff's deputies who had just been shot while sitting in their car were taken. A BLM crowd had miraculously appeared within minutes to block the emergency entrance, some of them shouting "I hope they [...] die." Some were vowing to "[...]" The NPR station's reporter allegedly interfered with the police attempts to control the "protesters." This is the nadir to which the radicalized Democrat party has brought this nation as the election nears. Can it get worse? Most assuredly.

How The 1960s Riots Foreshadow Today's Communist Weaponization Of Black Pain. [Scroll down] Elsewhere, dozens of angry protestors surrounded Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) and his wife Kelley as they left the White House grounds. Eventually, more police officers arrived and escorted the couple to the safety of their hotel. Sen. Paul later reported: "After we got back to our hotel room and some safety we heard something frightening. The 'protesters' were staying on our floor — including the room next door to us. They were talking about their mob activities and even saying they thought we were here on this floor. We had to develop a 3 a.m. plan with the Capitol Police to get to safety." Paul asks, "Who are these people? Who paid for their hotel rooms? Who flew them in?" What he saw that night led him to conclude, "It's organized. It's paid for. It's violent." Several days later, Acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf announced the Justice Department had launched an investigation into the organization and funding of the violent protests that have wracked cities across America for months.

$100,000 reward offered in ambush shooting of two deputies in Los Angeles County. The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department offered a 100,000 reward Sunday [9/13/2020] in its search for a gunman who walked up to two deputies sitting in their patrol vehicle and shot them multiple times before fleeing. The lone gunman ambushed the woman and man Saturday night at the Martin Luther King Transit Center in Compton, California, approaching their vehicle from behind and firing several rounds, the department said. The deputies were in critical condition Sunday after undergoing surgery. The 31-year-old mother of a 6-year-old boy and the 24-year-old man had graduated from the sheriff's training academy about 14 months ago, sworn in by Sheriff Alex Villanueva, who held a news conference after the shooting.

LA Sheriffs: NPR Reporter Arrested For 'Interfering' With Cops As They Tried To Control BLM Protests Outside Hospital. A Los Angeles National Public Radio reporter was arrested early Sunday, Los Angeles County Sheriffs said, after she "interfered" with police trying to prevent alleged Black Lives Matter protesters from storming the hospital where two severely wounded L.A. County Sheriffs deputies were taken following a horrific ambush attack. Saturday night [9/12/2020], two sheriffs deputies, a 31-year-old female and a 24-year-old male, were shot in what law enforcement officials are calling an "ambush attack," according to earlier reports from The Daily Wire. The pair were sitting in their parked vehicle outside of a train station when they were approached by a suspect who opened fire without apparent cause, leaving the two deputies severely wounded.

How Detroit's Police Chief Saved His City from Black Lives Matter. Compared to the conflagrations BLM has incited in cities like Minneapolis, Portland, Seattle, New York, Chicago, and even Kenosha, Detroit Will Breathe has been an epic flop. Drawing mostly small crowds and desperate for media attention, DWB's been stifled from the get-go by Chief Craig's zero-tolerance approach to thugs and looters posing as demonstrators. The first three nights after George Floyd's death, when radicals — most from out of town and some armed with bricks and railroad spikes — ignored a curfew and tried to turn the city into another Minneapolis, Detroit police pushed back hard, using tear gas and making over 140 arrests. That quieted things.

The Left's New Martyrology. [Scroll down] George Floyd, another "Gentle Giant" whose criminal record included the robbery of a woman at gunpoint, is somewhat more controversial. There are serious questions as to whether the officers who arrested him fulfilled their responsibility to ensure his safety and well-being once he was in their custody, and we will have to wait for the legal system to determine this. The "woke" left lost no time, however, in turning Floyd into yet another Horst Wessel with a wide array of posters that portray him as some kind of saint, while universities have established George Floyd scholarships. Left-wing extremists used Floyd's "martyrdom" as an excuse to re-enact the Night of the Broken Glass in Minneapolis.

Have The Democrats Encouraged Urban Violence? Democratic politicians are now trying to distance themselves from the rioting, looting, arson and murder that have beset American cities — not because they object on principle, but because urban violence is hurting them in the polls. But is the Democrats' disavowal of rioting and arson sincere? This short video reminds us that for years, and more intensively in recent months, Democratic politicians and celebrities have been promoting violence. [Video clip]

Federal prosecutors take over Seattle protester cases, concerning local attorneys. This week the U.S. Attorney's Office in Seattle announced its eighth arrest related to events during this summer's protests against racism and police brutality. Defense attorneys say the Justice Department is going out of its way to try to discredit the protests. But U.S. Attorney Brian Moran said his Seattle office is focused on cases like arson or firearms violations that he says are hurting the protest message. That includes the big protest in Seattle the night of May 30. People took guns out of police vehicles and set the cars on fire, leading to three federal cases so far. The next night, a man was arrested after being accused of striking a police officer in the face with a can of beer, and of carrying an improvised firearm. Stephanie Knightlinger, a senior deputy prosecutor with the King County Prosecutors Office, said she was preparing to charge that man, Devinare Parker, in King County Superior Court.

Portland Mayor Bans Police Use of Tear Gas After 100 Days of Rioting. Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler has banned the use of tear gas on rioters in the Oregon city. Wheeler, a Democrat who is also Portland's police commissioner, banned the use of tear gas munitions on rioters Thursday, despite ongoing riots that have surpassed the 100-day mark, a press release from his office says. Wheeler wrote that the Multnomah County Sheriff's Office and the Oregon State Police have used tear gas to quell riots over nearly four months.

The Editor says...

Here's my free advice: Use the tear gas anyway and let them fire you. Do your job and let them complain. If you're fired, sue the city for wrongful termination. If they want friction, give it to them. No jury anywhere else in the country would take the city's side in such an argument, and it might also work in Portland. And if it doesn't, well, you didn't want to work in a city like that anyway.

Man Who Threatened to Kill Trump Supporters Pleads Guilty. A man who threatened to kill supporters of President Donald Trump and brandished a rifle at a Black Lives Matter protest pleaded guilty to making threats, authorities announced Friday [9/11/2020]. According to court documents, Emmanuel Quinones, 25, posted on Facebook on May 28, "Gonna get some more of these to off racists and MAGA people."



Richfield man charged with arson of Target Headquarters. A Richfield man has been federally charged with arson at the Target Headquarters that took place on Aug. 26 during unrest in Minneapolis. [...] According to U.S. Attorney Erica H. MacDonald's office, Shador Tommie Cortez Jackson, 24, was arrested Thursday, Sept. 10 after surveillance video allegedly shows him lighting a fire inside the store. Jackson made his initial appearance in U.S. District Court in Minneapolis on Friday, Sept. 11. According to the complaint, Jackson was stopped by Richfield police later that night and was in possession of stolen merchandise. Jackson is scheduled to make his next court appearance on Sept. 16.

Minnesota Man Charged for Allegedly Setting Fire to Target's Headquarters. A 24-year-old Minnesota man was arrested and charged this week for allegedly lighting Target's headquarters on fire during rioting in Minneapolis on Aug. 26. During widespread looting following false rumors regarding the death of a homicide suspect, Shador Jackson allegedly used a sign to smash one of the glass doors of the headquarters building, according to court documents. Authorities said Jackson then entered the building's mail room, where he ignited a fire on the top of a desk before pouring liquid from a bottle onto the fire. About 5 minutes later, the man ran out of the building. He was seen walking away on a sidewalk before stopping and looking into the main Target entrance door in the direction of the fire. Surveillance cameras captured Jackson committing the criminal act, authorities said.

Minnesota Police Group Withdraws Democrat Endorsements After Video of Union Chief Beaten in Effigy. The Minnesota Police and Peace Officers Association board has switched its endorsements of Democrat candidates to Republican after one Democrat candidate was purportedly caught on video beating a piñata with the likeness of top police union official Bob Kroll. [...] Brian Peters, who serves as executive director of the police association, expressed concern over DFL caucus' support of Thompson after he was identified as beating the Kroll effigy. "The endorsements that we rescinded, my issue was those candidates did not stand up to their leadership and put pressure on and ask why are we supporting a candidate who did this in Hugo," Peters said. "If this is the future of the Democratic Party, my organization is going to support elsewhere," he added. Peters did not identify which Republicans were endorsed by the police group.

Man arrested and charged with firebombing Republican women's club office. A California man has been arrested and charged with attempted arson after allegedly trying to firebomb a Republican organization office building. Police say Carlos Espriu, 23, broke the windows of the East Valley Republican Women Federated office in La Quinta, California, on May 31 before lighting several Molotov cocktails and setting the building on fire, according to Fox News.

Palm Desert man charged with firebombing La Quinta Republican Headquarters. A Palm Desert man was in custody Thursday and has been charged with the May 31 firebombing of the East Valley Republican Women Federated (EVRWF) office in La Quinta, according to the Department of Justice. Carlos Espriu, 23, was named in a federal criminal complaint that charged him with attempted arson.

Left-Wing Agitator Arrested for Starting Fire in Washington, Suspected of Starting Two Other Wildfires. A Washington man with a history of left-wing agitation was arrested Wednesday evening [9/9/2020] after he allegedly started a fire in the brush along a highway near Tacoma. Jeffrey Acord, 36, was charged for reckless burning in the second degree. He is now reportedly also a suspect in two other Washington wildfires. [...] The suspected antifa militant has a history of anti-police protesting and encounters with law enforcement, court records show. According to his Facebook, Acord also attended a Black Lives Matter march in Seattle on June 5 of this year.

President Trump may be battered by the waves, but he will not sink. [Scroll down] What ails the left is that leftists believe everything they think, and their thinking is characterized by pomposity and intolerance. One has to look no farther than Twitter to be clobbered by the gross intolerance of Democrats. They are rude, profane, wholly without manners or grace. There are the vicious rioters in the streets whom the Democrats refuse to condemn, and there are the equally vicious boors who drive the contempt in which social media is drowning. Those often anonymous haters hide behind their not so clever handles like schoolyard bullies who cry for their mothers if their true identities are discovered. That's when they cry "racism," or "white supremacy," or "white privilege," even if, as most of them are, they are white. There is nothing more absurd than watching a young white female carrying a Black Lives Matter sign shouting obscenities in the face of a black policeman to illustrate the depth of the left's vacuity.

Portland Bans Facial Recognition Technology to Protect Peaceful Rioters. Portland has some really, really strange things going on. On Wednesday [9/9/2020], amid a record-setting season of chaos, arson, vandalism, and violence in the streets, the city decided to ban the use of facial-recognition technology by local law enforcement. [...] What's the technology good for? Well, it "could help with tasks ranging from solving crime to checking student attendance at school." But it "comes with fundamental privacy issues." In addition to the cops, "private entities in places of public accommodation" are now barred from using it as well. That means businesses that serve the public — restaurants, grocery stores, etc.

Women Who Stole Kid's MAGA Hat Charged With Hate Crime. Two Delaware women accused of accosting a 7-year-old boy outside of the Democratic National Convention and taking his MAGA hat are facing up to 15 years in prison for a hate crime. [Tweet] Yes, it was "shameful." It was also mean, stupid, small-minded, and wrong. But do the women really deserve to spend 15 years in prison for it?

The Editor says...

They could spend up to 15 years in prison. That's what juries are for. That's what parole boards are for. Maybe the perpetrators should have thought of this about a month ago.

Fight — or the Dems Will Steal This Election. Schools have been teaching identity politics to our children for decades. The left seeks to abrogate of our nation's moral fiber with the deliberate destruction of absolute right and wrong under written and duly enacted law. While we seek to debate, they seek to silence. While we accept differences of opinion, they cancel. While we would live and let live, they will burn it all down. We see the consequences of this in the disaffected youth playing "resistance" dress-up and burning down our cities. The process of using identity politics to maximize victimhood has damaged the values and principles this nation was founded upon and its citizens have lived by. Self-sufficiency, taking responsibility for one's own actions, equality under the law, property rights, and law and order have been cast aside in favor of Critical Race Theory and the 1619 Project. It is the left's attempt to see anarchy reign in our streets as rioters run amok, steeped in the victimhood and righteous violence taught to them all their lives. It is all part of their plan to steal the presidency, one way or another.

LASD deputies arrest 17 'anarchists' at South LA protest following shooting death of Dijon Kizzee. For the fourth night in a row, a crowd of protesters gathered near the South Los Angeles Sheriff's station over the fatal shooting of Dijon Kizzee. Deputies arrested three dozen people who were looking to stir up trouble after engaging with what authorities described as a more "aggressive, anarchist" group than in previous nights. LASD told FOX 11 they gave the crowd an order to disperse when the crowd began "gearing up" and was standing in the street at the intersection of Imperial Highway and Normandie Avenue.

Chad Wolf Sets the Record Straight on Portland, 'Mostly Peaceful' Riots, and COVID. Acting Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Chad Wolf set the record straight on the violent antifa riots in Portland in his 2020 State of the Homeland speech on Wednesday. He explained just how dangerous the riots had been for federal law enforcement and he excoriated Gov. Kate Brown (D-Ore.) and Mayor Ted Wheeler (D-Portland) for refusing to cooperate with federal officers as they protected the federal courthouse from rioters. Wolf also condemned the ridiculous assertion that the violence in Portland has been "mostly peaceful."

'You're Not Allowed To Film': The Fight To Control Who Reports From Portland. You can assert that, yes, you can film; you can point out that they themselves are filming incessantly; you can push their hands away from covering your phone; you can have your phone record them stealing your phone — all of these things have happened to me — and none will have any impact [...] I wondered, the first time I attended the protests at the federal building back in July, who all these young people with PRESS emblazoned on their jackets or helmets were. I asked one such guy who he worked for. "Independent Press Corps," he told me. As it turned out, dozens of other young PRESS people happened to work for the same outfit, which I at first assumed was a fancy way of saying "I want to report stuff and stream it on my Instagram." This turned out to be naive. The IPC is an organized group in league with the activists, and it is usually their footage you see streamed online and recycled on the news: mostly innocent protestors being harassed and beaten by police.

Why I'm Voting for Trump, Even Though I Don't Want To. I want to vote for law and order and against Antifa and BLM.&Nbsp; The violence, looting, and destruction in our cities is intolerable, abetted by weak Democrat mayors. Joe Biden recently came out against violence — three months after the riots started. He has never condemned Antifa or BLM.

Dem Staffer Arrested by the Portland Police During BLM Riot, Dem Response Says It All. Democrats are now trying to spin away any blame for the BLM riots after they unreservedly embraced the group and tried to downplay the actions as "peaceful protest." Democratic leaders refused to properly address them or hold rioters accountable. In fact, there have been multiple Democrats from House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to Rep. Maxine Waters and Rep. Ayanna Pressley encouraging calling for unrest in the streets. On top of all that, Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA), the Democratic candidate for vice-president contributed to a fund to help bail out people arrested during the riots. At least 13 Biden staffers also contributed to the fund. They also encouraged others to contribute as well, helping the fund raise $35 million. That enabled violent criminals to get out, including one who allegedly committed another assault, leaving a victim with a traumatic brain injury.

Delaware women accused of stealing MAGA hat indicted on robbery, hate crime charges. Two Delaware women accused of stealing a MAGA hat outside the Democratic National Convention were indicted Tuesday on charges including second-degree robbery and felony hate crimes. Olivia Winslow and Camryn Amy, both 21, were indicted by a grand jury on charges of second-degree robbery, second-degree conspiracy, endangering the welfare of a child, third-degree assault, attempted third-degree assault, offensive touching and felony hate crimes, Delaware Online reported.

Antifa Reality Check: This Is A Problem Of RUF/ROE. Good men, home owners, fathers who want to protect their families, and business owners, are progressively being backed into a corner. I suspect they will not allow themselves to be put into a position of no escape from that corner. At that point, the Antifa/BLM project becomes very dangerous for everyone involved.

Coalition of more than 50 leftist groups preparing for "mass public unrest" if election results are unclear, or Trump disagrees with reported Biden win. An association of more than 50 left-wing organizations is discussing and preparing a variety of strategies for potential responses to the results of the 2020 election. According to a report by The Daily Beast, a recent virtual meeting of the group, which calls itself the Fight Back Table, included discussions of how to initiate large-scale public civil disobedience if it believes Democratic nominee Joe Biden has won the election, but President Trump is contesting the result. "It is very obvious that Trump is laying the groundwork for claiming victory no matter what," said Rahna Epting, a participant in the call and the executive director of a group called MoveOn.

Antifa riots may be part of Democrat power grab. Whether or not all rioters are Democrat voters, they increasingly are associated with Biden's campaign in the minds of voters who fear violence is coming to their suburb. This rolling campaign of anti-police street violence is killing Biden's bid for the presidency — just look at private polling in crucial swing states such as Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania, where law and order has become a decisive issue. So why don't Democrat leaders do more to condemn the violence and call for calm? To understand their inaction, you need to step back and see street violence as one element of a coordinated "playbook" to dislodge President Trump, regardless of the outcome of the election. This is the thesis of political theorist Dr. Darren Beattie, a former Duke University professor and White House official.

Democrat Supported Marxist Group Plans Siege on White House Starting September 17. Leftist operatives with the support of Democrats are burning and pillaging cities across the country. Stores are looted and government buildings are attacked on a weekly basis by far left terrorists. This past week Leftist operatives announced a 50 days siege on the White House. They plan on starting the siege on September 17th, to continue for 50 days, until the election on November 3. Leftists hope this will get them more votes for Biden.

Fostering massive social disorder is no way to protest. It's increasingly obvious that far too many people out causing havoc in the name of Black Lives Matter are in fact just wallowing in the chance to bully people and break stuff, or worse. And the ranks of Antifa, in particular, are packed with utter thugs (mostly white) who are devastating mainly black neighborhoods in towns like Kenosha, Wis. Yes, many protesters try to stand up to the extremists: In the videos of ruffians trashing restaurants and threatening diners up in Rochester, you see some people trying to stop the mayhem. But they fail, badly — and so the cause is set back, badly. And for that, all these movements' leaders are to blame. The civil-rights movement understood that it could only succeed by appealing to the nation's conscience and ruthlessly policed its own ranks. Black Lives Matter organizers seem to think otherwise — why else sit by as its followers harass restaurant-goers across the country?

Organizers Of "White House Siege" Predict" Things Could Turn Very Ugly" — Predicts New Civil War. As November draws closer, President Trump has indeed adopted a more ominous tone about the election. In speeches and interviews, he complained about "voter fraud" and warns that Democrats will use millions of fraudulent mail-in ballots to steal his second term. A few days ago Bernie Sanders said that he fears President Donald Trump will refuse to leave office if he loses reelection and is calling on Congress and the media to take action to prepare for that scenario now, he said in an interview with POLITICO. [...] Of course, the Dems have other foot soldiers to do their dirty work for them. With the chances of a legitimate election win by Joe Biden slowly slipping away, allies of the Democrats are positioning their forces for the chaos that will be unleashed by the reelection of President Trump.

A vote for Joe Biden is still a vote for radicalism, not normalcy. [Scroll down] Second, Biden is finally bothering to address the months-long rioting that the news media have been trying to cover up. Urban violence, and the related spike in violent crime due to police being preoccupied or even defunded by radicals in city government, is suddenly emerging as a defining election issue. Leftist agitators continue after three months to damage or destroy businesses and private and government property in such cities such as Portland, Chicago, Washington, New York, Seattle, Denver, and a host of others. Biden's acknowledgment that this issue exists is a start, even if his initial response has not been intelligent. At first, he tried to blame it on right-wing extremist groups, taking his cue from an absurd conspiracy theory that has spread among liberals seeking to justify or cover up rioters' behavior. Subsequently, Biden and other Democrats have sought to emphasize that this is all occurring "on President Trump's watch," as if Biden were proposing to take the necessary steps to restore law and order (which of course he isn't).

Fanning the Flames. For months, Biden and his media allies have abetted #BlackLivesMatter activists in inciting racial fear and hatred, claiming that "systemic racism" by police accounts for the deaths of black suspects at the hands of police. Even though research clearly disproves such claims, the facts haven't stopped Democrats from trying to exploit this slanderous narrative in their effort to defeat President Trump. Last week, after a self-declared "100% Antifa" radical murdered a Trump supporter in Portland, Oregon, Biden doubled-down on this anti-police rhetoric, blaming "bad cops" for "racial injustice in America," while bizarrely accusing Trump of "stoking violence in our cities." Contrary to Biden's claims, however, the "violence in our cities" — mobs rioting in Portland and Seattle, looting in Chicago and New York, and attacking police everywhere — clearly has been fomented by anti-Trump activists, including the "trained Marxist" leaders of #BlackLivesMatter.

Not in Our Town? How About 'Not in Our Country'? American law enforcement is now caricatured as the Gestapo or as brainless, heartless automatons marching in lockstep to the commands of "systemic racism." Different communities and different religions are taught not to look for common ground, but to instead wall themselves off from each other in celebration of their own grievances. Yes, celebration. Identity politics has turned Americans into us and them, and we are taught to celebrate "us" and fear "them." How [...] can Americans sit back and watch as gangs of dangerous extremists maraud through our cities — burning buildings, throwing rocks, bottles and explosives at police, and attacking the elderly? Why make excuses for the bullies or justify their violence? Looting is wrong. Vandalism is wrong. Lawlessness is wrong. Yet too many people will not say so. Has the country completely lost its moral center in the last 25 years? If one is being honest, the answer must be yes.

"You're Not Allowed To Film": The Fight To Control Who Reports From Portland. "YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED TO FILM!" is a cry you hear incessantly at protests in Portland, Oregon, always shouted at close range to your face by after-dark demonstrators. You can assert that, yes, you can film; you can point out that they themselves are filming incessantly; you can push their hands away from covering your phone; you can have your phone record them stealing your phone — all of these things have happened to me — and none will have any impact on their contention that "YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED TO FILM" and its occasional variation, "PHOTOGRAPHY EQUALS DEATH!" I cannot say who came up with these anti-camera battle cries. But it's easy to understand why protesters use them: to shape the narrative the country sees about the protests.

"It has been my experience that whenever a leader — whether elected, anointed or media-appointed — does not want you to see something, that's probably the time when you should go out of your way to see it." — Clarence Page

BLM-Biden Supporters Scream at Elderly Couple Dining Outdoors in Pittsburgh, Steal their Drinks Off Table. This is how Biden supporters treat elderly Americans. Black Lives Matter terrorists screamed obscenities at elderly people dining outdoors in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on Sunday [9/6/2020]. So much for worrying about Covid-19! Other violent Biden supporters were breaking glassware and intimidating diners.

The Mayors Whose Names You Don't Know. [Scroll down] Take, for example, Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan. For more than 80 days, Black Lives Matter protesters and Detroit police observed a tense but durable truce, and the conditions for preserving the peace were simple. As long as the movement was moving — literally, maintaining forward motion — there would be no interference with the protests from law enforcement. That peace was shattered in the final week of August when demonstrators turned violent and attempted to "occupy" a downtown street. "I am not going to let any group set up a Seattle zone of lawlessness here in the city of Detroit," said Detroit Police Chief James Craig during a news conference. "That is non-negotiable." That day, riot gear-clad police swarmed the section of the city in which demonstrators had gathered, arresting at least 44 protesters, confiscating weapons and body armor, and charging many of them with a variety of misdemeanor offenses. As of this writing, Mayor Dugan continues to sleep well in his home, free from the fear of forcible ejection by a violent mob.

Starbucks barista teaches how to make poisonous 'Blue Lives Matter' drink. Pranks have turned more and more deadly in recent months as many, in particular radical leftist youths and young adults, have started ramping up efforts to engage in full-blown murder. Law enforcement officers are often their targets, as was the case with a barista who made a video showing how to put together a poisonous "Blue Lives Matter" drink. The barista, identified as Van Greyson Hart, is seen in the video demonstrating how to mix a lethal dose of bleach with other ingredients to make it look like a standard Starbucks drink. According to Starbucks, the Target in which Hart works is licensing the brand and directly employs Hart.

The Editor says...

"Licensing the brand" is no defense. If you permit a franchise owner (after recieving a hefty fee) to use your well-establish brand name to lure customers, you share in the responsibility for whatever happens in that franchised location. I was in a jury pool once, and one of the defense lawyers tried to play this card, and when it became clear that I wasn't buying it, I was excused.

What if, in those violent big cities run by liberal Democrats, the politics were different? [Scroll down] What if Republican mayors, rather than restore order in their ruined cities and towns, just hid in publicly subsidized fortresses, or bunkered behind police walls while the rest of you were left on your own, and then those mayors just ran off? It was Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden's staff that raised bond money for rioters in ruined Minneapolis, back when his campaign saw the street anger as politically beneficial. Biden floats like a cork on the sea roiled by the hard left that runs his party. And Republican President Donald Trump hammers him for it. "We have not lived at home for two months," Krewson told the St. Louis Post Dispatch. "We did it to de-escalate the situation ... and importantly because our neighbors were being disturbed and threatened." Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler fled his home from riots there that never stop. The Oregonian reported that Wheeler apologized to his neighbors for the damage to his home.

Portland mayor facing resignation calls, questioned leadership as election looms. Two months before the November election, Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler faces calls to resign from sources as wide-ranging as liberal constituents who once supported him to the nation's Republican president, who cite what they say is his lack of clear leadership as the city hit 100 days of protests. Many critics say they're frustrated that Wheeler, the city's police commissioner, expresses support for police reforms yet hasn't come out strongly when officers appear to use excessive force on people during protests. Many others are frustrated he hasn't done more to end the nightly demonstrations and the property damage, small fires and provocations of police that usually accompany them. Still others feel he has said more about his disagreements with President Donald Trump than his solutions to aid a city reckoning with a pandemic, a recession, homelessness, unaffordable housing, increased gun violence and other racial and economic inequalities.

Rochester, New York Is Now Trying To Turn Into Portland. While this story hasn't garnered as much national attention as George Floyd or Jason Blake, it's quickly picking up steam. Back in March of this year, Daniel Prude, a 41-year-old Black man from Rochester, New York, died after being taken into police custody. The fact that he was naked in the middle of a street (obviously unarmed) and that the police had put a bag over his head until he was apparently asphyxiated made for an ugly set of visuals. He was pronounced brain dead at a local hospital and died roughly one week later. Recently, video of Prude's arrest showed up in the media and the response since then has grown like wildfire, following a similar pattern that we've seen in Portland, Minneapolis, Kenosha and other locations. The first night after the video went viral, a few dozen protesters showed up near a local police precinct. By Saturday night, their numbers had grown into the thousands and the police were under direct, physical assault. But as with so many of these stories, there is more to the tale of Prude's demise than might first meet the eye.

Where are the rioters coming from? Data shows mix of locals and out-of-staters converging on cities. West Hollywood; Seattle; Portland; Pasco, Wash.; and Palos Verdes Estates, Calif. These are just a handful of the cities where recently arrested Kenosha, Wis., rioters are listed as coming from. And as riots continue to pop up across the United States, such data has fueled speculation about the origins of the agitators and how they might be organized. The records released so far reveal a mix — of out-of-towners, of people whose home city police do not know and also locals. Records reflect plenty of Kenosha residents have been swept up in the arrests there, just as Washington, D.C., and Minneapolis residents have taken part in the unrest in those cities.

Comic book writers' son arrested in BLM rampage in NYC. One of the Black Lives Matter protesters busted in a window-smashing rampage over the weekend is the son of a New York Times best-selling comic book writer whose creations inspired the show TV show "Stumptown." Elliot Rucka, 20, of Portland was among the eight people arrested on rioting and other charges in the spree Friday that damaged and vandalized banks, Starbucks and Duane-Reades from Foley Square up to 24th Street. The protest — which was organized by the groups "New Afrikan Black Panther Party" and the "Revolutionary Abolitionist Movement" — escalated to a three-hour marathon of destruction that caused at least $100,000 in damages, authorities said.

"Stumptown" Creator's Son Arrested in NYC BLM Riot. Another privileged young revolutionary was arrested at the latest social justice riot in NYC, Elliot Rucka. Rucka was arrested in NYC on rioting and other charges in the spree Friday that damaged and vandalized banks, Starbucks, and Duane-Reades from Foley Square up to 24th Street, the NY Post reported. Ironically, Elliot Rucka, the 20-year-old son of a successful comic book writer, is from the capital of social justice violent riots, Portland. This young, idealistic window smashing crusader's father, Greg Rucka, is a New York Times best-selling author.

Pundits gaslight the American people on violent riots. Though Joe Biden has now accepted that violence is occurring in many major American cities and has started blaming Donald Trump for it, many of his supporters haven't gotten the memo. A new trend among some high-profile left-wingers is to gaslight Americans by posting daytime photos of well-to-do areas of cities undamaged by the riots as proof that the riots aren't real. Meanwhile, tear gas and fires engulf entire blocks at nighttime. Josh Campbell, a former FBI agent and CNN contributor, kicked off the trend by tweeting September 1: 'Good morning from wonderful Portland, where the city is not under siege and buildings are not burning to the ground. I also ate my breakfast burrito outside today and so far haven't been attacked by shadowy gangs of Antifa commandos.'

Why do You Support Joe Biden? There are a lot of unanswered questions for Biden supporters. Part of the frustration with the left and those that support it is that they never offer a convincing rationale for their actions. Why are you voting for him? [...] How do you anticipate Joe Biden responding to the deadly and damaging riots in American streets effectively when he's been here before and it is known that his anti-police rhetoric only encourages more entitled lawlessness to build? Recall that President Obama and Vice-President Biden nurtured the growth of Black Lives Matter with their baseless and divisive responses to the Cambridge police incident, the Trayvon Martin death, the Michael Brown death, and the Freddie Gray death. Feel free to also to weigh in on the belief that Trump sending in troops to an already burning city like Portland somehow increases the tension, or the fact that when they pull out the burning continues.[...] How can you support the looting and riots, even writing them off as "mostly peaceful," knowing full well you would never accept it in your own community and backyard? What right do you have to safety while others do not?

"Bipartisan" Washington Insiders Reveal Their Plan for Chaos if Trump Wins the Election. A group of "bipartisan" neoconservative Republicans and establishment Democrats have been "simulating" multiple catastrophic scenarios for the 2020 election, including a simulation where a clear victory by the incumbent provokes "unprecedented" measures, which the Biden campaign could take to foil a new Trump inauguration.

Criminal Who Was Bailed Out of Jail by Nonprofit Funded by Biden's Staffers Violently Assaults Man. A 32-year-old accused felon committed another violent assault against an innocent man after being bailed out by the nonprofit funded by Biden's staffers. The Minnesota Freedom Fund received $35 million in donations during the George Floyd riots and Biden's campaign staffers were among the people who made substantial donations. Lionel Timms was bailed out of jail in July thanks to the Minnesota Freedom Fund touted by Biden's running mate Kamala Harris.

50+ Questions No Reporter Dares Ask Joe Biden And His Campaign. On Rioting And Violence: Will you ever directly condemn Antifa and the Black Lives Matter rioters as the cause for the violence ripping through the nation's cities? Would you allow the National Guard into cities like Portland that have seen 100 days of violence, rioting, and even death? What, if anything, can be done to stop the epidemic of violence in Chicago and other cities? Have their Democrat leaders failed the citizens there?

Advice For Rioters If You're Visited By The FBI. [Scroll down] The feds are not playing "whack a rioter" every night in the street. Each night is another step in building a larger case against organizers of these riots. These consensual interviews are meant to identify participants and gather whatever information they can gather on other participants. I'm 100% confident there is a significant database already in existence that is documenting the identities and photographs of dozens or hundreds of individuals. In addition to the agent resources devoted to dismantling the "command and control" network of the Portland groups, the Portland FBI office is certainly dedicating a substantial amount of analyst work. All day long, while rioters are resting up and getting ready for the nighttime festivities, numerous FBI analysts are going over audio, video, cell phone traffic, and any other communications they can monitor to track the individuals who are planning and providing the logistical resources being used to sustain these protesters. It is a laborious process of linking participants and documenting their activities. But when the necessary investment of time and resources are made on the front end, bullet-proof cases against the most significant participants emerge at the end. The protesters really have no understanding about the resources that have been devoted to breaking them up.

Black Lives Matter activist suckerpunched a Trump supporter at the Beverly Hills protest. Not all heroes wear capes. [...] Flashback to Aug. 22nd, when a crowd of Black Lives Matter extremists descended into the Beverly Hills neighborhood of Los Angeles and, as usual, began causing trouble. [Video clip]

Data: 48 of America's 50 Largest Cities Hit By Black Lives Matter Riots. New data from Princeton University show that riots associated with the Black Lives Matter movement took place in 48 out of the 50 largest cities in the United States. [...] Within the largest 100 cities by population, 74 experienced riots. Several smaller communities have also experienced riots, including — most recently — Rochester, New York, and Kenosha, Wisconsin.

Antifa's violent, organized tactics are getting exposed. Based on the arrest photos of apprehended Antifa rioters, the impression is out there that the group is little more than a bunch of extremist fringe crazies. Sadly, it's not so. Report after report shows that Antifa is highly organized, in its rioting, its killing, and its press coverage. [...] Besides the atrocities, they also have help. Apparently, someone on the inside in Portland's government is providing shelter for them on the city's dime, in the form of a homeless tent camp. They deny it, of course, but it certainly does seem to explain how Antifa, with all its pan-United States cast of characters, can operate for 100 nights of mayhem in Portland alone. They also have the press.

The Democrats' tragic romance with the rioters. [Scroll down] But the left's fondness for theater invariably leads them to act up, and then overact. Predictably, they escalated their theater from drama to melodrama to Rambo movies. Peaceful protests grew into riots. Buildings were burned, stores were looted and people were killed. [...] The rioting culminated at the commencement of the Democratic National Convention which was held, virtually, in Joe Biden's basement. Or wherever. People wondered, what will they say about the riots? We soon learned what they would say. Not a [...] thing. They never mentioned the riots that worsened nightly through their convention. The apparent reason was that the rioters hate Trump (and America too) and so do the Democrats. Under the tribal shibboleth "the enemy of my enemy is my friend," the Dems figured that the rioters were their friends because both were enemies of Trump. Friends don't call out friends just because they're looting, burning and murdering. At least Democrat ones don't.

Black Lives Matter protesters smash NYC Starbucks window in stunning video. Manhattan business owners vented anger and frustration Saturday [9/5/2020] as they surveyed the damage and cleaned up another mess caused by riotous members of Black Lives Matter, whose protest the night before devolved into a lawless rampage of destruction through the Big Apple. "I'm sick of this [...]!" raged Kevin McGrath, owner of the Five Points Academy boxing gym across the street from a beseiged Starbucks at Lafayette and Grand streets in Soho. The java giant was among several businesses damaged Friday night by BLM demonstrators during a planned protest march north from Foley Square to Chelsea and across to Flatiron, resulting in what authorities said was $100,000 in damage to stores and banks.

Judge Orders Detroit Police Not to Use Batons, Tear Gas Against Protesters for Two Weeks. A federal judge in Detroit has ordered the city's police not to use batons, tear gas, shields, chokeholds, rubber bullets, sound cannons, or any other type of non-lethal force against protesters for the next two weeks. The late Friday [9/4/2020] ruling granted a temporary restraining order to the activist group Detroit Will Breathe, which sued the city on Monday, claiming that excessive police force infringed upon their protesters' First Amendment rights, the Detroit Free Press reported.



Wealthy NYC woman busted in BLM rampage. One of the Black Lives Matter protesters now facing felony rioting and misdemeanor graffiti charges — after a window-smashing free-for-all in Manhattan — is a wealthy Upper East Sider whose mother is an architect and whose father is a child psychiatrist. Clara Kraebber, 20, is one of eight people arrested Friday night [9/4/2020] after a roiling, three-hour rampage that police say caused at least $100,000 in damage from Foley Square up to 24th Street. "Every city, every town, burn the precinct to the ground!" the group chanted as it moved up Lafayette Street while busting the plate glass facades of banks, Starbucks and Duane-Reades. The protest was organized by groups calling themselves the "New Afrikan Black Panther Party" and the "Revolutionary Abolitionist Movement." [...] She is now facing a maximum of four years prison on her top charge of first-degree riot.

20-year-old college student from wealthy elite family facing possible 4-year prison term for violent BLM rampage in Manhattan. [Scroll down] Young Ms. Kraebber is no dummy. She is a student at Rice University, one of the most selective schools (a mere 9% of applicants were admitted in 2019) in the country and is a graduate of Hunter College High School on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, whose students score in the top one-quarter of one percent of students based on test scores. Her parents are members of the nation's academic elite — her father is a psychiatrist on the faculty of Columbia University, while her mother is the principal of an architectural firm bearing her name whose clients include Columbia and NYU. Her family lives in the Upper East Side in an apartment for which they paid $1.8 million 4 years ago, and also boasts a house in Connecticut with 4 fireplaces. On Friday [9/4/2020], young Clara was arrested for participating in a 3-hour rampage that did an estimated $100,000 in damage, smashing store windows and doing other damage to lower Manhattan.

For America's Mayors, Home Is No Longer Safe. In San Jose, Calif., a group of about 100 people spray-painted an obscenity on the front door of Mayor Sam Liccardo on Aug. 28, threw eggs and burned an American flag as they demanded that he defund the Police Department. In Portland, Ore., protesters threw burning material into the lobby of the apartment building where Mayor Ted Wheeler lives. In Seattle, they marched to the home of Mayor Jenny Durkan, who as a former federal prosecutor later expressed alarm that her previously undisclosed address had been made public. In Chicago, activists descended on the home of Mayor Lori Lightfoot, prompting the city to begin enforcing a statute banning protests in residential neighborhoods. Most of the mayors are Democrats who support Black Lives Matter protests and have said they want to see some law-enforcement reform. But they are attempting to draw the line at damage or threats to their homes, putting liberal leaders in the unusual position of confronting activists on their side of the political spectrum, instead of opponents on the right.

Portland 'riot' declared after Molotov cocktails tossed. At least three Molotov cocktails were tossed in the direction of Portland, Ore., police late Saturday, prompting yet another night of unrest in the city to be declared a riot, according to reports. Video posted on social media showed people scattering after a fiery object hurtled through the air and crashed on the ground, resulting in a huge fireball and smoke. In another video, a rioter is seen scrambling for help after his feet catch fire while trying to escape flames.

ANTIFA Member Tosses Molotov At Cops, Ends Up Lighting BLM Activist On Fire Instead. On what seems to be day number 1000 of rioting in Portland, ANTIFA tried to up their game against a seemingly more aggressive Portland PD. A Black Bloc member tried tossing a Molotov cocktail at some officers but seems to have had bad aim as the flaming bottle landed by some BLM activists, lighting one's legs on fire. [Video clip]

Brutally Honest Campaign Ad — "Meet Joe Biden Supporters". An effective ad showcasing the major issue within the 2020 election cycle. [Video clip]

President Trump: U.S. marshals [were] called in to locate Portland killer due to inaction from local authorities. President Trump has expressed his support for a recent law enforcement operation, which resulted in the death of the man suspected of murdering a conservative protester. On Friday, the president suggested federal agents were needed due to inaction from local authorities. On Thursday, U.S. marshals located 48-year-old suspect Michael Forest Reinoehl near his home in Lacey, Washington. Reinoehl was reportedly armed at the time. Authorities attempted to take him into custody when shots were fired.

Minority-owned security company hired to watch Seattle park quits on first night after being harassed by Antifa. Cal Anderson Park in Seattle is a large open space immediately adjacent to the former CHAZ/CHOP zone. For weeks the park has been a kind of home base for protesters/rioters who would gather there each night before marches. Some people had set up tents and were sleeping there. There was even some kind of store full of donated items. Earlier this week the city finally cleared the park and found a tent serving as a kind of Antifa armory: [...] After the park was cleared, the city contracted with a private security firm to keep an eye on things at night. I'm not sure what the thinking was here. I guess it was cheaper to hire private security than to use police officers. In any case, the first night the private security officers arrived they were immediately hounded out of the park. [Video clip]

Portland Police Aren't Fooling Around Anymore. During night number 99 of rioting and mayhem, Portland PD put their foot down on the neck of ANTIFA hard. Several Black Bloc-heads were tackled and arrested and one female was even unmasked. Dozens were arrested. [Video clip]

BLM Punk Tries To Storm #WalkAway Stage, Gets DESTROYED By A GIANT Black Trump Supporter, Arrested. This altercation happened today during the Pro-Trump rally, #WalkAway Rescue America Rallies in Downtown Dallas. The event was peaceful until this clash took place, as both President Trump supporters, and counter-protesters were letting their opinions be known. Brandon Straka, organizer of Walk Away Rescue America, have emphasized that security is in place at all rallies — in order to make it safe for supporters to participate. Last time in San Francisco, Black Lives Matter tried to 'crash the party', today in Dallas, Texas security had to move in and pacify BLM agitators that became violent. [Video clip]

Joe Biden Supporters March, Threaten, Trash Restaurants and Businesses in New York. Joe Biden supporters made things very uncomfortable for diners in Rochester New York last evening as they overturned tables, threw chairs and threatened patrons. [Video clip]

Rich White Leftists Encourage Black People to Loot Their Neighborhoods. A hardcover copy of "In Defense of Looting" will run you 21 bucks at Amazon and 28 bucks at Barnes and Noble. That's just how capitalism works for the distribution and sales of a product from one of the biggest publishing companies in the world that's part of the Lagardère empire. Why is the largest publishing company in France pushing what Publishers Weekly called, "a provocative, Marxist-informed defense of looting" to Americans? Because it makes money. Learn why private property is just a social construct for only 21 bucks.

The Racist Left Feels Entitled to Riot. Events have compelled lifelong swamp denizen Joe "Joey Basement" Biden to scurry into the sunlight and read from a teleprompter. In a duplicitous performance worthy of Pravda, Biden blamed the leftist riots roiling Democratic "governed" cities on — spoiler alert — President Trump and his "right-wing" supporters. Attempting to dispel any doubts about his newfound concern for the lives, limbs, and property of American citizens, Biden declared that rioters should be prosecuted. This must have surprised his running mate, Senator Kamala Harris (D-Calif.), who previously helped to fund the rioters' bail; and the Democratic prosecutors who largely have refused to prosecute the rioters. Apparently, Harris and Biden's campaign staff have a soft spot for lawless MAGA supporters. Naturally, since the Left's new narrative (read "lie") is how Republicans' hobnailed wingtips are on the throats of the law-abiding, Biden couldn't bear to mention Black Lives Matter or Antifa, the latter of which the Left argues doesn't exist, though a "100 percent Antifa" murder suspect (lately deceased) disagreed.

Portland shooting suspect followed right-wing activists after spotting them downtown, unsealed arrest warrant says. Prosecutors in Oregon released recently unsealed court documents Friday alleging that self-described anti-fascist Michael Forest Reinoehl hid in a parking garage before following two supporters of the right-wing Patriot Prayer group after spotting them during street protests last weekend. Moments later, the records allege, Reinhoel shot and killed one of the men, Aaron "Jay" Danielson. The records were made public a day after a fugitive task force fatally shot Reinoehl near Lacey, Thurston County.

In Your Face: Portland Cop Pulls Off Gas Mask. I suspect she didn't see that coming or going. [She also recieved a free fragrance sample.] [Video clip]

Black Lives Matter protesters riot in Manhattan, cause $100,000 damage: NYPD. Eight people were arrested Friday night when a group of 150 Black Lives Matter protesters smashed windows and graffitied the storefronts of Lower Manhattan chain stores and banks, police sources said. At least two Starbucks, five banks and a Duane Reade had their windows busted, causing an estimated $100,000 in damage. Police recovered two stun guns, smoke grenades, and burglary and graffiti tools. The protest had been advertised on Twitter by groups calling themselves the "New Afrikan Black Panther Party" and the "Revolutionary Abolitionist Movement." One of the arrested protesters was from Portland, Ore., and another was from Iowa, the sources said.

Round One Goes to Trump. The tragedy of Kenosha, along with the response of the presidential candidates, reveals much about the core issues Americans will vote on in November. A properly functioning Democratic Party would have called for calm and restraint, whilst offering sympathy to those who have suffered harm and loss. [...] In effect, this will be read by millions of Americans, whatever their color, as meaning that the Dems have put American voters on notice: vote for us or this will happen where you live. The Dems are claiming that only they can stop the riots, and the logical conclusion is that they can do this because they know how to get in contact with the people organizing them. The evidence for this is that when these riots occur in Dem-controlled towns and cities the local authorities do very little by way of stopping them until the destruction is bad enough to provide useful political propaganda against Trump. And as soon as this aim has been fulfilled, suddenly the rioting stops, as quickly as it began. That's pretty much all any reasonable, morally competent person needs to know about the Democrats and race-riots.

Rioters Burned Her Minneapolis Business to the Ground, She's Received No Help. For nearly 30 years, Flora Westbrook owned a salon in Minneapolis. In June, rioters took over the neighborhood and destroyed her livelihood by burning the business to the ground. Months later, she's still received no help from local officials. In fact, they've made things worse by sending her a $200,000 bill for building removal. "Here we are 100 days after your place was torched and how much help have you gotten from your local and state officials," Fox and Friends co-host Steve Doocy asked during an interview Thursday morning [9/3/2020]. "I haven't gotten anything, not a penny," Westbrook said. "They never showed up. I didn't see any police at all patrol my area."

Feds begin prosecuting rioters in Portland. Federal prosecutors have started filing civil disorders charges against violent protesters in Portland, Oregon. They are filing the charges under a federal statute enacted in 1968 in response to the rioting of that era. It's interesting, I think, that the Congress that passed this statute was controlled by Democrats. In 1968, the GOP was outnumbered in both chambers to a much greater degree than it is now. Back then, Democrats were serious about stopping riots. These days, they prefer to give rioters space to destroy. That space is turning out to be wherever [...] they please. In Portland, the following three people have been charged by the feds under the 1968 law.

Democrats Destroy America, Blame Trump. [Scroll down] During the four days of the Democratic National Convention, not a single word was said to condemn the violence. Instead, a gloomy and ominous atmosphere of anti-Americanism prevailed. America was again and again called racist, unjust, misogynist, and a dangerous place. Not a word was said to pin violence on Trump — because the old narrative was still in place that there was no violence. But the Democrats either miscalculated or completely ignored the basic human feeling of self-preservation. They also went too far in their "black lives matter" hypocrisy. Outrage over the death of one black man has already cost hundreds of black lives and livelihoods across the country.

Florida Thug Arrested for Rand Paul Attack Outside RNC. Authorities have arrested a man from Florida over the attack on Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) and his wife outside the Republican National Convention last week. 27-year-old Brennen Sermon was arrested and charged in connection with an attack, the District of Columbia U.S. Attorney's Office announced. The incident reportedly left one of Paul's police guards with severe injuries to his face after he was allegedly punched by Sermon. Sermon is from Orlando, Florida — quite a distance from Washington, D.C.

Secret Antifa tent city found, and Portland is paying for it. Where do Portland Antifans rest during the day between riots at night? In a hidden tent city near downtown, paid for and serviced by the city, according to a local citizen journalist. [Video clip]

Man Finds Secret ANTIFA Tent City In Portland, They Start Slingshotting Stones At Him. A man came upon a tent city that houses hundreds of ANTIFA rioters in the Star Park Festival parking lot by the Hawthorne Bridge Junction. The man films what he sees and taunts the Black Bloc members who seem to be just waking up. Near the end of the video, a member with a slingshot with stones is used to try and get rid of the man filming. When that doesn't work, they chased him away, which was not caught on video. [Video clip]

'This Is Where They House the Rioters!' City of Portland Houses Some Antifa Rioters Destroying the City. Portland is wittingly or unwittingly housing some of the very same destructive rioters who have been tearing apart the city since May 28. Let me repeat. The taxpayers are paying for their own demise and it's all under the auspices of the city. One month before the riots started, ostensibly to allow grieving over the death of George Floyd — remember him? — the City of Portland opened three homeless tent cities, one of which is the "Harbor of Hope." The camp is situated close to the Willamette River, just a simple, short walk over the Hawthorn Bridge to downtown Portland, where it spills out onto riot central.

Rochester police involved in Daniel Prude suffocation and death followed training 'step by step', union head says. Police officers involved in the suffocation of Daniel Prude — who died in March after a bag was placed over his head — were following their training, their union chief has said, as it emerged that Prude's brother Joe said he was hallucinating and suicidal before he died. Prude, 41, from Chicago, was naked running through the streets of Rochester, New York — where his brother lives — in the early hours of March 23 when he was arrested. He had taken the drug phencyclidine, known as PCP or angel dust, and was ranting at the officers, telling them he had coronavirus, saying they should just put him on a plane, and asking for their guns.

Signs of trouble before police pinned Prude naked on street. Daniel Prude appeared to be spiraling into crisis in the hours before police handcuffed him on a city street in March, then pinned the naked man face down. The 41-year-old had been thrown off a train the day before for disruptive behavior. He was sent to a hospital for a mental health evaluation after he was said to have expressed suicidal thoughts.

Rochester, NY police use pepper spray on Daniel Prude protesters. More than 200 protesters gathered in front of the Public Safety Building to demand justice for Daniel Prude on Thursday night [9/3/2020]. But the gathering and ensuing standoff with police — the most contentious since unrest on May 30 ended in vandalism, arson and looting — intensified as the night wore on. Eight people were arrested and two officers were injured outside the Public Safety Building early Friday, said Rochester Police Capt. Michael Callari. All eight protesters were charged with disorderly conduct, a violation. Two of those protesters were also charged with resisting arrest, a misdemeanor, and one was also charged with second-degree harassment, a violation. Callari said protesters threw rocks and bottles at officers.

Gov Cuomo attempts to walk back perceived threat Trump 'better have an army' to protect him in NYC. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo was slammed after he appeared to threaten President Donald Trump over his plan to pull federal funding from some Democrat-run cities. The Democrat leader declared that the U.S. President had "better have an army'" to protect him if he ever plans to visit New York City, claiming residents want nothing to do with him. Cuomo later reportedly clarified his remarks after igniting scathing criticism for his shocking rhetoric.

My run-in with the New York Times. [T]here's a now infamous video from last week where a mob of enraged millennials with their fists pumped in the air surrounded a lone young woman sitting outside a Washington restaurant where I often eat. Like a scene from the Cultural Revolution, the crowd demanded she shout certain slogans and raise her clenched fist in solidarity — or be damned as a racist. Most of her fellow diners took the path of least resistance. She wouldn't. The chants grew louder: 'White silence is violence!' They started screaming in her face. She wouldn't cave. Wokeness, in case you hadn't noticed, has entered a more intense phase. Not so long ago, you were canceled for something you did or said or wrote. Now you're canceled just for saying absolutely nothing at all.

Antifa Members Flying Around the Country to Engage in Rioting: Barr. Members of the extremist Antifa network are flying around the country and participating in riots, Attorney General William Barr said in a new interview. "I've talked to every police chief in every city where there has been major violence and they all have identified Antifa as the ramrod for the violence," Barr said in an appearance this week on CNN's "Situation Room." "They are flying around the country. We know people who are flying around the country. We know where they're going." "We see some of the purchases they are making before the riots of weapons to use in those riots," he added. "So, we are following them." Crossing state lines to engage in rioting is illegal and a federal offense, the attorney general said.

For the Good of the Country, the Democrats Must Accept a Drubbing. We need to make the riots stop. They are getting too dangerous. [...] We've always had idealistic youth running around pretending they are Che Guevara. The Socialist Revolutions always fail. What's different this time [...] is that the current crop of Socialist Revolutionaries have been getting aid and funding and organizational help from what appear to be actual, honest-to-goodness Socialist Revolutionaries. Perhaps they are Russians. Maybe they are Chinese. They could be "Americans" like George Soros. It doesn't matter. Before these creeps showed up, we didn't have pallets of bricks being mysteriously dropped off along the parade routes. We didn't see dozens of amateur Guevaras wearing identical protective vests and gas masks. Somebody is buying this stuff and running a distribution operation to handle the logistics, and it isn't the idealistic youth with their toy revolution. Somewhere in the back there are Serious Adults with Serious Money.

Portland Police Assn. president: City Council holding police back from dealing with violence. The president of Portland's Police Association has called on city officials to allow police to do their jobs. On Wednesday [9/2/2020], Daryl Turner said the police could proactively stop a lot of violence if the City Council and police commissioner would step back. Turner previously claimed the city was set up for tragedy after $15 million was cut from the police budget. He reiterated police don't have the ability to step in and help.

Why Trump Doesn't Just 'Send In the Troops'. The devil is in the details, and the devil here makes Trump pulling the trigger on the troops in the current situation a very bad idea. We should support his strategic patience and not do what the Democrats want by getting mad at the president for refusing to stumble into an ambush.

Details of '100% Antifa' Portland Shooter's Death Emerge, Possible Large Shoot-Out. Last night [9/3/2020], Michael Forest Reinoehl was shot and killed by federal authorities after evading capture for nearly a week. He is the man who allegedly murdered a Trump supporter in cold-blood while "protesting" in Portland, OR. The original chilling video shows Reinoehl responding to someone saying "we've got one over here" by pulling a gun and executing a man in the street at near point blank range. At first, misinformation spread, claiming the police killed Reinoehl in revenge. That was, of course, nonsense. [...] In reality, U.S. Marshals moved in to make the arrest after Portland PD and state agencies failed to apprehend him. That ended badly for Reinoehl, who reported pulled a gun and reportedly had a fairly large shoot-out with the authorities.

Suspect in deadly shooting of right-wing activist in Portland killed by officers in Lacey. A man suspected by police of fatally shooting a Trump supporter in downtown Portland last weekend was killed in Lacey Thursday night when authorities tried to arrest him during a traffic stop. A spokesperson for the Pierce County Sheriff's Department said officers responded to a home in Lacey to find Michael Forest Reinoel, 48, a suspect believed to be involved in Aug. 29's fatal protest shooting in Portland. Authorities said the suspect exited the house and got into a vehicle when officers tried to stop the car. Shots were fired and the suspect was killed in the gunfire, authorities said. No officers were injured in the shooting.

Authorities Kill Far-Left Extremist Accused Of Murdering Trump Supporter In Portland, Report Says. Law enforcement officials reportedly killed 48-year-old Michael Forest Reinoehl, an antifa and Black Lives Matter extremist, on Thursday night [9/3/2020] when they closed in to arrest him for allegedly murdering a right-wing protester in Portland. Officials said that Reinoehl "was killed during the encounter in Lacey, Wash., southwest of Seattle, when a federal fugitive task force moved to apprehend him," The New York Times reported. "An arrest warrant had been issued by the Portland police earlier Thursday."

A Pathetic Psychosis Afflicts The Left. Michael Reinoehl was a mentally disturbed individual. His family had been estranged from him for more than three years. His sister described him as having a temper, behaving irrationally, and that he would not be able to deal with the intense situations such as those at the nightly Antifa/BLM protests where he claimed to provide "Security" for protesters. At some point this week Reinoehl made contact with Portland independent journalist — that's a euphemism for not having a job — Donovan Farley and agreed to an interview. Farley contacted Vice News, who sent two camera crews to record the interview for broadcast tonight. Sometime during the day on Thursday a Judge in Portland signed a warrant for Reinoehl's arrest. It's quite possible that Reinoehl's videotaped admission that he was the shooter solved a prosecution problem of having a witness who could identify him as the shooter. The video shows someone dressed in the same manner Reinoehl was dressed earlier in the evening, but so far there has been no public disclosure that anyone at the scene of the shooting had positively identified Reinoelh as having fired the fatal shots — that is until Reinoehl himself confirmed it to Farley.

Portland Shooter Dead Hours After He Confesses On Vice TV — Federal Fugitive Task Force Near Seattle. [Scroll down] Given that the warrant was issued sometime on Thursday, and that a federal fugitive task force — likely based out of the US Marshal's Office in Seattle — already had solid information on where he was strongly suggests that Reinoehl had been under surveillance in anticipation that a warrant would be forthcoming. It is unknown exactly what time the warrant was issued, but it does not seem coincidental that it was issued in the same general time frame as the publication of the teaser for the Vice interview. It is likely that Reinoehl's admissions in the interview resolved one key issue still facing the prosecutor — a positive identification that Reinoehl was, in fact, the person who fired the fatal shot.

DOJ Begins Indicting Portland (and National) Rioters With Federal "Civil Disorder" Charges. 18 U.S. Code § 231. "Civil Disorders" is a charge defined under federal law as a "public disturbance involving acts of violence which causes an immediate danger of or results in injury to people or their property." Apparently this federal statute is now being used by U.S. attorneys across the country.

Save Washington, D.C.. D.C. mayor Muriel Bowser must think she's clever. Maybe she's just desperate. After weeks of lawlessness in D.C., she's "pleading" with Acting U.S. Attorney Michael Sherwin to lower the boom on not-so-peaceful protesters. In typical Democrat fashion, the violence and destruction plaguing a city — in this case, a very special city — isn't the mayor's fault. Voters aren't buying this pap. By Election Day, they really won't be buying it. Ask conservatives why mobs are running D.C.'s streets, and the typical answer is that Bowser isn't doing her job. They're right about that. Say conservatives, if D.C. can't handle the mobs, Bowser should request help from the president. Trump is ready to intercede. Law and order could be restored in hours.

New York Governor threatens President's life. You may have already heard the latest hot rumor suggesting that the President is looking into cutting off funding to various "anarchist" cities that are moving to defund or otherwise dismantle their police forces. [...] As it turns out, that didn't sit very well with New York Governor Andrew Cuomo (the more successful brother of "Fredo"). The news hadn't been out for more than a couple of hours yesterday [9/2/2020] before Cuomo called an emergency press conference. In it, he lambasted the President over a variety of policy issues while slipping in attacks of a personal nature on both Donald Trump and his family. He calls the President "a clown" at one point while insisting that the Pandemic's severe impact on New York City was somehow Trump's fault. (Ironic, coming from the guy whose disastrous nursing home policy probably killed more people than were murdered on the streets of New York in the past decade.)

Portland man repeatedly struck federal officers with car: Justice Department. A Portland man is accused of chasing two federal officers on an Oregon roadway and trying multiple times to hit them with his car — successfully crashing into their vehicle twice, the U.S. Justice Department announced Wednesday [9/2/2020]. A U.S. magistrate judge released Lonnie Vantewa Albert, pending future court appearances, following his Tuesday hearing in connection with the allegations he assaulted two Federal Protective Service officers with a sports utility vehicle early Sunday morning, according to a Department of Justice press release.





"If they bring a knife to the fight, we bring a gun." — Senator Barack Obama,

June 14, 2008.



"I want you to argue with them and get in their face." — Senator Barack Obama,

September 17, 2008.



Salon Forced To Relocate Due To 'Death Threats' After Owner Exposed Nancy Pelosi. On Wednesday's [9/2/2020] broadcast of the Fox News Channel's "Tucker Carlson Tonight," Erica Kious, the owner of the San Francisco hair salon that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) visited, reacted to Pelosi's claim that she was set up by stating that Pelosi or her staff made the appointment and wondered, "if she's in there comfortably, without a mask, and feeling safe, then why are we shut down?" Kious said Pelosi "had called a stylist in, or her assistant did, and made the appointment. So, the appointment was already booked. So, there was no way I could've set that up. And I've had a camera system in there for five years. I mean, I didn't go in there and turn cameras on as soon as she walked in to set her up. So, that's absolutely false." The video shows Pelosi entering a room followed