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Morning Brief 2022-06-08

June 08, 2022
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GUEST: Ethan Nordean
TOPIC: LIVE FROM PRISON: A conversation with a January 6th prisoner

June 8, 2022

Domestic News...

Let them buy Teslas: Electric car-owning senator says gas prices don't matter
"...after waiting for a long time to have enough chips in this country to finally get my electric vehicle, I got it and drove it from Michigan to here this last weekend and went by every single gas station, and it didn’t matter how high it was,” Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) said.

DHS bulletin warns of 'heightened threat environment,' violent months ahead
Homeland Security warns of individuals using high-profile events to justify violence against ideological opponents, public gatherings, schools and more

Terrorists firebomb pro-life center in Buffalo
CompassCare, a pro-life reproductive health organization, said that its Buffalo office was "firebombed" by pro-abortion terrorists.

Jim Jordan shares allegations of FBI 'purge' over Jan. 6
Multiple former FBI officials are coming forward with information suggesting the bureau is "purging" employees with conservative viewpoints.

Hunter’s Laptop Lady Friend Got $20K Federal Stimulus For ‘Female–Owned Sole Proprietorship’
A Vegas call girl hit the jackpot with a $20,207 check from the government for her “female-owned sole proprietorship” shortly after her well-connected client’s father moved into the White House.

Hunter’s Text Messages To His Dead Brother’s Wife-Turned-Lover Reveal Vicious War Of Words During Gun-Toting Scandal
“Thanks for ONE in 7 days orgasm,” Hunter wrote Hallie Biden in 2018.

More women than ever own guns. Could that change gun laws?
A 2021 Harvard study found that women accounted for half of all gun purchases between 2019 and 2021 — and that new gun owners were more likely to be female. That is unprecedented, experts say.

DeSantis Campaign Warns: ‘Soros Purchase Of Hispanic Radio Stations Meant To Disinform’
The Latino Media Network, a group of 18 Hispanic radio stations, is partially funded by the investment group Lakestar Finance, which is affiliated with Soros.

Juror’s ‘Political Bias’ Prompts Mistrial in ‘Build the Wall’ Case
The declaration came after 11 jurors sent a note last week to Judge Analisa Torres of Federal District Court in Manhattan, asking that she remove the 12th, who they said had spoken of a “government witch hunt” and refused to deliberate based on evidence.

Goodyear Recalls Tires That Federal Government Says Had High Failure Rate
The tires were last produced in 2003. Goodyear said their last claim related to the tire was more than 14-years ago.


Politics...

Civiqs Poll: Just 34 Percent of Voters Approve of Joe Biden’s Job Performance
Biden’s approval numbers are underwater in every state except Hawaii, Massachusetts, and Vermont. Even in his home state of Delaware, his approval is only at 35 percent.

J6 Profiteers Bribe Americans To Care About Sham Show Trial With Watch Parties And Free Ice Cream
For the left, a shocking and horrifying documentation of how democracy nearly died, in an event that was on par with 9/11 and Pearl Harbor, will double as an ice cream social across from Capitol Hill.

We interrupt Economy Month to bring you...Jan. 6
Just a few days ago, we were told that June would be Economy Month when the Biden White House wanted to "pivot" from whatever it has been doing to spend June communicating its "accomplishments on the economy."

Liz Cheney’s Precious J6 Committee Wants To Screw Over Her Constituents By Nuking The Electoral College
Members of the committee are preparing to launch a major assault on the Electoral College as part of the probe’s end proposals.

Fox News Isn't Going To Carry The Jan 6 Show Trail
When the primetime hearing begins, NBC will go into special report mode. CBS will air a special called “Capitol Assault Hearings,” while ABC will run “Attack on the Capitol.” MSNBC and CNN will have wall-to-wall coverage all night. But what about Fox News?

White House defends 10-minute press briefing, has to come back out and do a second one
KJP convened a second briefing on Tuesday after complaints she only took questions for 10 minutes during her first.

White House announces more press team departures amid shakeup
Departures follow multiple news reports of inner turmoil at the White House

Team Trump cashing in on Biden’s 'Ultra MAGA' blunder
“Joe Biden and the Democrats spent six months coming up with ‘Ultra MAGA,’ and it’s just about the only thing they’ve done that Americans have embraced,” said Trump spokeswoman Liz Harrington.

Voters in San Francisco topple the city’s progressive district attorney, Chesa Boudin
As expected, the Soros-backed DA was removed as the city’s district attorney in a vote that is set to reverberate through Democratic politics nationwide.

It's Rep. Karen Bass vs. billionaire Rick Caruso in Los Angeles mayoral runoff
Neither Democrat exceeded the 50% threshold needed to secure the party nomination outright

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot announces reelection bid
An April survey showed Lightfoot’s approval rating below 30%.

Obama Campaign Manager: ‘Dumb S***’ AOC Is Doing Could Cost Democrats The House
“The Supreme Court is about to outlaw abortion. We could lose both houses. So we are going to focus our time running against each other? Now we’re primarying committed progressives because … why? If we lose house it’s because of dumb s*** like this.”

Suicide of a former Clinton advisor raises questions
The family of a Clinton advisor who admitted Epstein into White House seven times has blocked release of files detailing the death scene after he was found hanging from a tree with a shotgun blast at a ranch 30 miles from his home on May 7th.


Economy...

White House denies public economic pessimism amid rampant inflation
"The fact is, we are in a fundamentally different place compared to when the president took office and compared to this time a year ago," Jean-Pierre countered.

Random American At Gas Station Sums Up Biden’s Biggest Problem Live On MSNBC
“One administration had cheaper gas and this administration has more expensive gas.”

Fed GDP tracker shows the economy could be on the brink of a recession
The Atlanta Fed’s GDPNow tracker is now pointing to an annualized gain of just 0.9% for the second quarter, down from an estimated 1.3% increase less than a week ago.

World Bank warns global economy may suffer 1970s-style stagflation
Not since the 1970s — when twin oil shocks sapped growth and lifted prices, giving rise to the malady known as “stagflation” — has the global economy faced such a challenge.

JPMorgan's chief economist says recession unlikely despite CEO's warning
Contends that a near-term recession is not likely, even as the firm’s CEO Jamie Dimon cautions investors of an economic “hurricane” on the horizon.

Target to slash prices as it faces inventory glut
Record high rates of inflation cooled consumer demand and prompted people to rethink their purchases.

Crypto industry scores a big win under long-anticipated Senate bill
The proposal would hand crypto oversight to the CFTC, which the sector views as friendlier than the SEC

Fidelity to allow account holders to invest retirement in bitcoin
One of the world’s largest asset managers will soon allow customers with 401k accounts to invest a portion of their funds in bitcoin.


Border...

Beto: ‘I Think The Border Is Pretty Great Right Now’
As a reminder, Robert Francis O’Rourke was once the great white hope of the Democrat party.

WAR News...

Global Food Shortages Are Beginning, Here’s What We Know So Far
German supermarket chain Rewe reportedly set up notes warning customers that they are only allowed to purchase one “critical” product as supply chain problems hit Europe.

Zelensky says Ukraine will not settle for stalemate with Russia
"We have already lost too many people to simply cede our territory," he said, adding that a stalemate was "not an option" for Kyiv. "We have to achieve a full de-occupation of our entire territory," Zelensky said.


MONKEYVID-2219...

NY Times: Monkeypox Can Be Airborne, Too
An abrupt change in CDC guidance underscores a little-known phenomenon: On occasion, monkeypox can be transmitted through aerosols, similar to the coronavirus.


Entertainment...

Kid Rock refuses to apologize for drunken rant mocking Oprah, Joy Behar
"A drunk man's words are a sober man's thoughts," Kid Rock told Carlson. "I own what I said."

Matthew McConaughey Won’t Win Texas Gun Owners By Pushing Biden’s Asinine Gun Lies
McConaughey is a likable guy, which is probably why he teased a gubernatorial run. But his thoughts on guns are all wrong. They are just Democrat talking points.

Lawrence O'Donnell: Mathew McConaughey delivered the most important speech ever given by an actor
Forget Ronald Reagan's Evil Empire speech, we have McConaughey!


Media...

Reporter Who Accused GOP Candidate Of Praising Nazis Fired For Posting Offensive Tweets
The former senior reporter, Dillon Rosenblatt, was fired for posting “offensive tweets containing hateful slurs from 2011 and 2012,” the Arizona Mirror said in a statement.

Ex-Media Matters employee alleges colleagues covered up sexual misconduct
Timothy Johnson, formerly a senior writer at Media Matters, was threatened with a lawsuit from his former employer over a Twitter thread in which Johnson said that an editorial director at the group "covered up for a man who preyed on our colleagues."

CNN evaluating partisan talent
If talent cannot adjust to a less partisan tone and strategy, they could be ousted, three sources familiar with the matter tell Axios.

MSNBC’s Nicole Wallace: ‘An important part’ of the GOP base are ‘domestic violent extremists’
"The threat is domestic. We should be treating it like international terrorism."

Washington Post column admits Dems will get 'blown out' in midterms but claims that’s a good thing
Column declares Biden 'will look like Abraham Lincoln' compared to 'crazy' GOP, if Republicans win midterms

Project Veritas exposes CBS News for using their own reporting to ‘fact check’ news
"It's like a cheap way of doing it like it goes right out the window. So I'll just Google whatever and then 'CBS' on the end, and if there's a 'CBS' article about it then I'm like, 'Great, verified!'"


Europe...

UK's National Health Service drops 'woman' from guidance on ovarian cancer to be 'inclusive'
The NHS’s erasure of "women" is from their resources on ovarian, cervical, and womb cancers, all of which only impact women.


Middle East...

White House defends US-Saudi 'strategic' partnership after Biden vowed to make country a 'pariah' state
"We were going to in fact make [Saudi Arabia] pay the price, and make them, in fact, the pariah that they are," Biden said on the campaign trail.

Netanyahu-bloc would earn 60 seats in next elections
The bloc supporting Netanyahu could earn 60 seats, not a majority but potentially enough to form a coalition, according to a new poll.


Environment...

Biden Mandates More Ethanol In Gasoline, Expect Many Negative Repercussions
With a looming worldwide shortage of cereal grains and the real potential for famine later this year, Biden mandates that more food be burned in cars

NY Times: As the Great Salt Lake Dries Up, Utah Faces an ‘Environmental Nuclear Bomb’
Climate change and rapid population growth are shrinking the lake, creating a bowl of toxic dust that could poison the air around Salt Lake City.

WaPo: We already achieved ‘energy independence.’ What good did it do us?
If we actually want to get energy costs down, that means investing in renewables, including installing grid-scale solar wherever possible. Encouraging consumers and businesses to transition to electric vehicles, stoves, and heat. And especially, developing better battery technology.

Luxury and corporate jets to receive special exemptions from European Union aviation fuel tax
The EU is currently working on a plan to impose an EU-wide minimum tax rate on fuels necessary for aviation. However, the policy has special carve-outs for luxury private jets.


LGBTQIA2S+...

Men Keep Committing Heinous Crimes, Then Identifying As Women After Being Arrested
In many cases, these criminals take advantage of policies that allow males to be housed in women’s prisons if they simply claim to be a woman.

Republican governors rightly reject Biden’s transgender blackmail
When Supreme Court justices create new rights out of thin air, as Justice Neil Gorsuch did in expanding the 1964 Civil Rights Act to cover sexual orientation and gender identity, unintended consequences are a certainty.


Education...

Axon halts its plan to build Taser-equipped drones for schools
The flying Taser drones would be pre-installed in school ceilings so an officer could launch one within seconds of a reported shooting, piloting it through vents into locked classrooms, stunning the gunman with shock darts and shouting commands like, “Stay down or you will be hit again.”


Health...

NY Times: A physician wants to know if it’s OK to withhold care from a patient who used bigoted language
Hate speech produces what some legal scholars would deem a “dignitary affront”; however it is not a medical crisis. Your primary brief wasn’t to calibrate the harms done by hate speech, it was to ensure your patient received appropriate care.


Technology...

Kyle Rittenhouse prohibited from using his name on Instagram, threatens legal action
Shortly after posting about being prohibited from using his name on Instagram, Rittenhouse joined Tucker Carlson to discuss the growing likelihood of legal action.

Elon Musk: 'YouTube seems to be nonstop scam ads'
A few minutes after his initial tweet, Musk shared a meme criticizing YouTube’s double standard when dealing with profanity on their site versus scam advertisements.

Eurotrash Union aims to force Apple to drop their charging and data adapter, adopt 'approved' standard
Apple designs their charging/data adapters to last a decade, but now will be required to use whatever the EU decides is the latest government-approved cable.

Video: The future of your automobile dashboard
On Monday, Apple introduced updates to CarPlay and how it will integrate with car dashboards in the coming years.


Science...

NASA Plots ‘Priority’ Mission To Explore Moon’s Mysterious Domes
The project is part of a mission slated for 2025 or 2026.


Travel...

Claim: Man Imprisoned For 17 Days For A Crime He Didn't Commit, Thanks To American Airlines
He said he slept on concrete in jail and was in “constant state of fear of confrontation, physical abuse or sexual victimization”


Sports...

Openly gay baseball player compares rainbow patch to Jackie Robinson breaking the color barrier
“I wonder if Rays management would parrot their completely bogus message of supporting ‘diversity and inclusivity’ in the organization if Rays players flat out refused to wear number 42 on Jackie Robinson day,” Ruby said, before revealing that he would be taking off the month of June.

ESPN pundit says Tampa Bay Rays players who declined to wear LGBT badge are 'bigoted'
"That religious exemption BS which is used in sport and otherwise also allows for people to be denied health care, jobs, apartments, children, prescriptions, all sorts of rights."

Denver Broncos sell for record $4.65 billion
That's Bidenflation for you, the reported sale was for $4.5b yesterday, then went up $150-million overnight.

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URGENT: FIVE steps to CONTROL AI before it's too late!

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By now, many of us are familiar with AI and its potential benefits and threats. However, unless you're a tech tycoon, it can feel like you have little influence over the future of artificial intelligence.

For years, Glenn has warned about the dangers of rapidly developing AI technologies that have taken the world by storm.

He acknowledges their significant benefits but emphasizes the need to establish proper boundaries and ethics now, while we still have control. But since most people aren’t Silicon Valley tech leaders making the decisions, how can they help keep AI in check?

Recently, Glenn interviewed Tristan Harris, a tech ethicist deeply concerned about the potential harm of unchecked AI, to discuss its societal implications. Harris highlighted a concerning new piece of legislation proposed by Texas Senator Ted Cruz. This legislation proposes a state-level moratorium on AI regulation, meaning only the federal government could regulate AI. Harris noted that there’s currently no Federal plan for regulating AI. Until the federal government establishes a plan, tech companies would have nearly free rein with their AI. And we all know how slowly the federal government moves.

This is where you come in. Tristan Harris shared with Glenn the top five actions you should urge your representatives to take regarding AI, including opposing the moratorium until a concrete plan is in place. Now is your chance to influence the future of AI. Contact your senator and congressman today and share these five crucial steps they must take to keep AI in check:

Ban engagement-optimized AI companions for kids

Create legislation that will prevent AI from being designed to maximize addiction, sexualization, flattery, and attachment disorders, and to protect young people’s mental health and ability to form real-life friendships.

Establish basic liability laws

Companies need to be held accountable when their products cause real-world harm.

Pass increased whistleblower protections

Protect concerned technologists working inside the AI labs from facing untenable pressures and threats that prevent them from warning the public when the AI rollout is unsafe or crosses dangerous red lines.

Prevent AI from having legal rights

Enact laws so AIs don’t have protected speech or have their own bank accounts, making sure our legal system works for human interests over AI interests.

Oppose the state moratorium on AI 

Call your congressman or Senator Cruz’s office, and demand they oppose the state moratorium on AI without a plan for how we will set guardrails for this technology.

Glenn: Only Trump dared to deliver on decades of empty promises

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The Islamic regime has been killing Americans since 1979. Now Trump’s response proves we’re no longer playing defense — we’re finally hitting back.

The United States has taken direct military action against Iran’s nuclear program. Whatever you think of the strike, it’s over. It’s happened. And now, we have to predict what happens next. I want to help you understand the gravity of this situation: what happened, what it means, and what might come next. To that end, we need to begin with a little history.

Since 1979, Iran has been at war with us — even if we refused to call it that.

We are either on the verge of a remarkable strategic victory or a devastating global escalation. Time will tell.

It began with the hostage crisis, when 66 Americans were seized and 52 were held for over a year by the radical Islamic regime. Four years later, 17 more Americans were murdered in the U.S. Embassy bombing in Beirut, followed by 241 Marines in the Beirut barracks bombing.

Then came the Khobar Towers bombing in 1996, which killed 19 more U.S. airmen. Iran had its fingerprints all over it.

In Iraq and Afghanistan, Iranian-backed proxies killed hundreds of American soldiers. From 2001 to 2020 in Afghanistan and 2003 to 2011 in Iraq, Iran supplied IEDs and tactical support.

The Iranians have plotted assassinations and kidnappings on U.S. soil — in 2011, 2021, and again in 2024 — and yet we’ve never really responded.

The precedent for U.S. retaliation has always been present, but no president has chosen to pull the trigger until this past weekend. President Donald Trump struck decisively. And what our military pulled off this weekend was nothing short of extraordinary.

Operation Midnight Hammer

The strike was reportedly called Operation Midnight Hammer. It involved as many as 175 U.S. aircraft, including 12 B-2 stealth bombers — out of just 19 in our entire arsenal. Those bombers are among the most complex machines in the world, and they were kept mission-ready by some of the finest mechanics on the planet.

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To throw off Iranian radar and intelligence, some bombers flew west toward Guam — classic misdirection. The rest flew east, toward the real targets.

As the B-2s approached Iranian airspace, U.S. submarines launched dozens of Tomahawk missiles at Iran’s fortified nuclear facilities. Minutes later, the bombers dropped 14 MOPs — massive ordnance penetrators — each designed to drill deep into the earth and destroy underground bunkers. These bombs are the size of an F-16 and cost millions of dollars apiece. They are so accurate, I’ve been told they can hit the top of a soda can from 15,000 feet.

They were built for this mission — and we’ve been rehearsing this run for 15 years.

If the satellite imagery is accurate — and if what my sources tell me is true — the targeted nuclear sites were utterly destroyed. We’ll likely rely on the Israelis to confirm that on the ground.

This was a master class in strategy, execution, and deterrence. And it proved that only the United States could carry out a strike like this. I am very proud of our military, what we are capable of doing, and what we can accomplish.

What comes next

We don’t yet know how Iran will respond, but many of the possibilities are troubling. The Iranians could target U.S. forces across the Middle East. On Monday, Tehran launched 20 missiles at U.S. bases in Qatar, Syria, and Kuwait, to no effect. God forbid, they could also unleash Hezbollah or other terrorist proxies to strike here at home — and they just might.

Iran has also threatened to shut down the Strait of Hormuz — the artery through which nearly a fifth of the world’s oil flows. On Sunday, Iran’s parliament voted to begin the process. If the Supreme Council and the ayatollah give the go-ahead, we could see oil prices spike to $150 or even $200 a barrel.

That would be catastrophic.

The 2008 financial collapse was pushed over the edge when oil hit $130. Western economies — including ours — simply cannot sustain oil above $120 for long. If this conflict escalates and the Strait is closed, the global economy could unravel.

The strike also raises questions about regime stability. Will it spark an uprising, or will the Islamic regime respond with a brutal crackdown on dissidents?

Early signs aren’t hopeful. Reports suggest hundreds of arrests over the weekend and at least one dissident executed on charges of spying for Israel. The regime’s infamous morality police, the Gasht-e Ershad, are back on the streets. Every phone, every vehicle — monitored. The U.S. embassy in Qatar issued a shelter-in-place warning for Americans.

Russia and China both condemned the strike. On Monday, a senior Iranian official flew to Moscow to meet with Vladimir Putin. That meeting should alarm anyone paying attention. Their alliance continues to deepen — and that’s a serious concern.

Now we pray

We are either on the verge of a remarkable strategic victory or a devastating global escalation. Time will tell. But either way, President Trump didn’t start this. He inherited it — and he took decisive action.

The difference is, he did what they all said they would do. He didn’t send pallets of cash in the dead of night. He didn’t sign another failed treaty.

He acted. Now, we pray. For peace, for wisdom, and for the strength to meet whatever comes next.


This article originally appeared on TheBlaze.com.

Globalize the Intifada? Why Mamdani’s plan spells DOOM for America

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If New Yorkers hand City Hall to Zohran Mamdani, they’re not voting for change. They’re opening the door to an alliance of socialism, Islamism, and chaos.

It only took 25 years for New York City to go from the resilient, flag-waving pride following the 9/11 attacks to a political fever dream. To quote Michael Malice, “I'm old enough to remember when New Yorkers endured 9/11 instead of voting for it.”

Malice is talking about Zohran Mamdani, a Democratic Socialist assemblyman from Queens now eyeing the mayor’s office. Mamdani, a 33-year-old state representative emerging from relative political obscurity, is now receiving substantial funding for his mayoral campaign from the Council on American-Islamic Relations.

CAIR has a long and concerning history, including being born out of the Muslim Brotherhood and named an unindicted co-conspirator in the Holy Land Foundation terror funding case. Why would the group have dropped $100,000 into a PAC backing Mamdani’s campaign?

Mamdani blends political Islam with Marxist economics — two ideologies that have left tens of millions dead in the 20th century alone.

Perhaps CAIR has a vested interest in Mamdani’s call to “globalize the intifada.” That’s not a call for peaceful protest. Intifada refers to historic uprisings of Muslims against what they call the “Israeli occupation of Palestine.” Suicide bombings and street violence are part of the playbook. So when Mamdani says he wants to “globalize” that, who exactly is the enemy in this global scenario? Because it sure sounds like he's saying America is the new Israel, and anyone who supports Western democracy is the new Zionist.

Mamdani tried to clean up his language by citing the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, which once used “intifada” in an Arabic-language article to describe the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. So now he’s comparing Palestinians to Jewish victims of the Nazis? If that doesn’t twist your stomach into knots, you’re not paying attention.

If you’re “globalizing” an intifada, and positioning Israel — and now America — as the Nazis, that’s not a cry for human rights. That’s a call for chaos and violence.

Rising Islamism

But hey, this is New York. Faculty members at Columbia University — where Mamdani’s own father once worked — signed a letter defending students who supported Hamas after October 7. They also contributed to Mamdani’s mayoral campaign. And his father? He blamed Ronald Reagan and the religious right for inspiring Islamic terrorism, as if the roots of 9/11 grew in Washington, not the caves of Tora Bora.

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This isn’t about Islam as a faith. We should distinguish between Islam and Islamism. Islam is a religion followed peacefully by millions. Islamism is something entirely different — an ideology that seeks to merge mosque and state, impose Sharia law, and destroy secular liberal democracies from within. Islamism isn’t about prayer and fasting. It’s about power.

Criticizing Islamism is not Islamophobia. It is not an attack on peaceful Muslims. In fact, Muslims are often its first victims.

Islamism is misogynistic, theocratic, violent, and supremacist. It’s hostile to free speech, religious pluralism, gay rights, secularism — even to moderate Muslims. Yet somehow, the progressive left — the same left that claims to fight for feminism, LGBTQ rights, and free expression — finds itself defending candidates like Mamdani. You can’t make this stuff up.

Blending the worst ideologies

And if that weren’t enough, Mamdani also identifies as a Democratic Socialist. He blends political Islam with Marxist economics — two ideologies that have left tens of millions dead in the 20th century alone. But don’t worry, New York. I’m sure this time socialism will totally work. Just like it always didn’t.

If you’re a business owner, a parent, a person who’s saved anything, or just someone who values sanity: Get out. I’m serious. If Mamdani becomes mayor, as seems likely, then New York City will become a case study in what happens when you marry ideological extremism with political power. And it won’t be pretty.

This is about more than one mayoral race. It’s about the future of Western liberalism. It’s about drawing a bright line between faith and fanaticism, between healthy pluralism and authoritarian dogma.

Call out radicalism

We must call out political Islam the same way we call out white nationalism or any other supremacist ideology. When someone chants “globalize the intifada,” that should send a chill down your spine — whether you’re Jewish, Christian, Muslim, atheist, or anything in between.

The left may try to shame you into silence with words like “Islamophobia,” but the record is worn out. The grooves are shallow. The American people see what’s happening. And we’re not buying it.

This article originally appeared on TheBlaze.com.

Could China OWN our National Parks?

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The left’s idea of stewardship involves bulldozing bison and barring access. Lee’s vision puts conservation back in the hands of the people.

The media wants you to believe that Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) is trying to bulldoze Yellowstone and turn national parks into strip malls — that he’s calling for a reckless fire sale of America’s natural beauty to line developers’ pockets. That narrative is dishonest. It’s fearmongering, and, by the way, it’s wrong.

Here’s what’s really happening.

Private stewardship works. It’s local. It’s accountable. It’s incentivized.

The federal government currently owns 640 million acres of land — nearly 28% of all land in the United States. To put that into perspective, that’s more territory than France, Germany, Poland, and the United Kingdom combined.

Most of this land is west of the Mississippi River. That’s not a coincidence. In the American West, federal ownership isn’t just a bureaucratic technicality — it’s a stranglehold. States are suffocated. Locals are treated as tenants. Opportunities are choked off.

Meanwhile, people living east of the Mississippi — in places like Kentucky, Georgia, or Pennsylvania — might not even realize how little land their own states truly control. But the same policies that are plaguing the West could come for them next.

Lee isn’t proposing to auction off Yellowstone or pave over Yosemite. He’s talking about 3 million acres — that’s less than half of 1% of the federal estate. And this land isn’t your family’s favorite hiking trail. It’s remote, hard to access, and often mismanaged.

Failed management

Why was it mismanaged in the first place? Because the federal government is a terrible landlord.

Consider Yellowstone again. It’s home to the last remaining herd of genetically pure American bison — animals that haven’t been crossbred with cattle. Ranchers, myself included, would love the chance to help restore these majestic creatures on private land. But the federal government won’t allow it.

So what do they do when the herd gets too big?

They kill them. Bulldoze them into mass graves. That’s not conservation. That’s bureaucratic malpractice.

And don’t even get me started on bald eagles — majestic symbols of American freedom and a federally protected endangered species, now regularly slaughtered by wind turbines. I have pictures of piles of dead bald eagles. Where’s the outrage?

Biden’s federal land-grab

Some argue that states can’t afford to manage this land themselves. But if the states can’t afford it, how can Washington? We’re $35 trillion in debt. Entitlements are strained, infrastructure is crumbling, and the Bureau of Land Management, Forest Service, and National Park Service are billions of dollars behind in basic maintenance. Roads, firebreaks, and trails are falling apart.

The Biden administration quietly embraced something called the “30 by 30” initiative, a plan to lock up 30% of all U.S. land and water under federal “conservation” by 2030. The real goal is 50% by 2050.

That entails half of the country being taken away from you, controlled not by the people who live there but by technocrats in D.C.

You think that won’t affect your ability to hunt, fish, graze cattle, or cut timber? Think again. It won’t be conservatives who stop you from building a cabin, raising cattle, or teaching your grandkids how to shoot a rifle. It’ll be the same radical environmentalists who treat land as sacred — unless it’s your truck, your deer stand, or your back yard.

Land as collateral

Moreover, the U.S. Treasury is considering putting federally owned land on the national balance sheet, listing your parks, forests, and hunting grounds as collateral.

What happens if America defaults on its debt?

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Do you think our creditors won’t come calling? Imagine explaining to your kids that the lake you used to fish in is now under foreign ownership, that the forest you hunted in belongs to China.

This is not hypothetical. This is the logical conclusion of treating land like a piggy bank.

The American way

There’s a better way — and it’s the American way.

Let the people who live near the land steward it. Let ranchers, farmers, sportsmen, and local conservationists do what they’ve done for generations.

Did you know that 75% of America’s wetlands are on private land? Or that the most successful wildlife recoveries — whitetail deer, ducks, wild turkeys — didn’t come from Washington but from partnerships between private landowners and groups like Ducks Unlimited?

Private stewardship works. It’s local. It’s accountable. It’s incentivized. When you break it, you fix it. When you profit from the land, you protect it.

This is not about selling out. It’s about buying in — to freedom, to responsibility, to the principle of constitutional self-governance.

So when you hear the pundits cry foul over 3 million acres of federal land, remember: We don’t need Washington to protect our land. We need Washington to get out of the way.

Because this isn’t just about land. It’s about liberty. And once liberty is lost, it doesn’t come back easily.

This article originally appeared on TheBlaze.com.