If a tyrant is smart he will keep the warriors preoccupied with their business, not his

"Trump clears way for troop increase in Afghanistan as part of retooled strategy"

"TRUMP RENEWS AFGHAN COMMITMENT BUT SAYS 'NO BLANK CHECK'"

"Trump, who once backed withdrawal from Afghanistan, tries to sell the nation on deeper involvement"

Like all good tyrants, the president is now in the business of telling us how we must feel

I wonder, what will be the punishment for not showing the requisite affection?

Here:

We must love each other, show affection for each other, and unite together in condemnation of hatred, bigotry, and violence. We must discover the bonds of love and loyalty that bring us together as Americans.

We must, we must, we must, we must increase our bust!

CNN caught being Orwellian: Peace through violence

When all else fails, secede from civilization like our first settlers did, and start over

Replicas of the Nina, Pinta and Santa Maria for the 1893 World's Fair in Chicago

That name change at Washington and Lee University isn't going to cost 'em much

None dare call it appeasement

Deroy Murdock casts his unjaundiced eye on the violence on "both sides"

Here.

"Someone on the left thought 1984 was a policy paper instead of fiction unfortunately"

Seen here in the comments.

Oh No! North Korea targets MLK Jr. monument in new poster!

Snapshot of Trump job approval up to the exit of Steve Bannon

Bannon and Conway took over the campaign management just one year ago, and now Bannon is out as chief strategist. Trump is up +1 in the approval average since Charlottesville on the 12th. We'll see what happens now.

HuffPo: The Jewish cabal running Trump can now get down to business

Hey Trump, stop being weak, the rights are already yours, not the courts' to give

Trump may or may not be building the military, but he sure as hell isn't building The Wall

Bannon is out

NYT, here.

Laugh of the Day: Daily Stormer found a workaround and is back up on the internet

https://dailystormer.lol

Link.

Pat Buchanan: Gov. McAwful goes full scalawag

Here at TakiMag:

Two years ago, Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe called the giant statues of Lee and “Stonewall” Jackson on Richmond’s Monument Avenue “parts of our heritage.” After Charlottesville, New York-born-and-bred McAuliffe, entertaining higher ambitions, went full scalawag, demanding the statues be pulled down as “flashpoints for hatred, division, and violence.” Who hates the statues, Terry? Who’s going to cause the violence? Answer: The Democratic left whom Terry must now appease. McAuliffe is echoed by Lt. Gov. Ralph Northam, the Democratic candidate in November to succeed McAuliffe. GOP nominee Ed Gillespie wants Monument Avenue left alone. The election is the place to decide this, but the left will not wait. ... Like ISIS ... the new barbarism has come to America. This is going to become a blazing issue, not only between but within the parties.

Kevin Williamson isn't just tone deaf to the political violence going on, he's oblivious to it

Here.

Just as he is oblivious to the rape of the South not just in that damned war but in Reconstruction, and counsels unemployed whites without college degrees today to just die already.

Republican refusals to denounce political violence on all sides proves once and for all that there isn't a dime's worth of difference between the two political parties.

Everyone named Jefferson or Washington better change your name quick

You could be next.

Antifa thugs beat up an old guy on the streets of Charlottesville VA

Here.

Laugh of the Day: Only one is descended from the apes