What's happened to Justin Amash is simple: He'll be off the political stage in 2021 so he has nothing left to lose

Democrats are about to redistrict him out of a job, he's isolated himself in his own party over five terms, Trump's tariffs threaten the family's Chinese tool business fortune, and his best friends are the likes of WaPo's Jennifer Rubin and union president Randi Weingarten. Might as well go all in against Trump and help deprive him of a win in Michigan while losing re-election to MI-03 or as the inglorious Libertarian Party candidate for president in 2020. It's what libertarians are best at and live to do: spoil elections. Or, just switch to the Democrat Party and go on living like Arlen Specter. Republicans could hasten things along by kicking him out of the party.

America's largest ethnic group is German, but it obviously has no influence on the US Democrat Party

When Mar-a-Lago is full we'll move on to the Trump hotels to house all the illegals Trump is letting in

"Hello room service? Cafe Bustelo for thirty in suite 700. And make it snappy!"

Letterman was funny back in the day, like when he threw TVs off roof tops, but now Santa is the butt of the jokes

Judge seals case file of pro-Obama, anti-Trump, anti-Christian Colorado accused killer, obviously because the case is inconvenient to the liberal narrative about the violent right wing

And the other accused in the case is a tranny!

People keep repeating the myth of "no immigration from the 1920s-1960s" because Rush Limbaugh spread it in 2014

Conservatives Don’t Hate Immigrants!:

Every time I tell people that there was no immigration in this country for over 40 years, from the 1920s to the 1960s, seventies, they’re shocked. You’d be amazed at the number of people that do not know we totally closed the borders after the wave of European immigration in the 1920s. And we did it for one reason. That mass arrival of immigrants needed to be assimilated.

The truth is between 1920 and 1965 inclusive we let in 10.1 million, 4.5 million of which came in between 1920 and 1930. It was the Great Depression and World War II which brought immigration down to a trickle. There were no jobs for the people already here in the 1930s for cying out loud, and we didn't want any Nazty Spies comin' in in 1940 either.

You can examine the data for yourself here:

Legal Immigration to the United States, 1820-Present

Trump is the permissive Baby Boomer who can't say No, will let in 2 million illegals seeking "asylum" by Election Day 2020

Egads, the new Human Events has chosen the wrong side (the side of the Redcoats, not of colonial Bostonians)

Reagan’s Favorite Rag Gets a Trump-era Makeover:

A block away from the former Capitol Hill headquarters of Breitbart News — known in Washington as the “Breitbart embassy” — sits a second-floor apartment its occupant calls “the Consulate.”

Here, surrounded by memorabilia of the British empire, two right-wing entrepreneurs — a protege of Steve Bannon’s and a social media activist — are rebooting a dilapidated conservative publication from around a dining room table. ...

[T]he duo are positioning it as an alternative to what they derisively call “Conservative Inc.” ...

Human Events aims up-market and has been imbued with Kassam’s vaguely royalist sense of Anglo-American identity. ...

The ‘Consulate’ also features a map showing the British empire at its largest extent and a red hat that says “Make America Great Britain Again.”

Over the dining room table where the duo works looms a framed print of the Boston Massacre, prominently featuring the shooting of Crispus Attucks, considered the first black man to die in the American Revolution. But Kassam has not stuck it there as a celebration of American liberty. Instead, he said, he forces his American dinner guests to sit facing the print to shame them with the memory of the massacre, which he blames on the mobbish antics of colonial Bostonians, while praising the discipline of the Red Coats who fired upon them. ...

[T]his pronounced Anglophilia was not a feature of the original Human Events . . ..

This tweet from the Financial Times over two weeks ago didn't hold up too well

US trade talks with China have stalled: Sources

Yang Gang hates on math as Boomer math because math shows Universal Basic Income is a BFD, not "nothing"

Total cost of federal regulations in 2012 was $2.028 trillion (in 2014 dollars), according to the National Association of Manufacturers.

Federal departmental spending in 2014 was about $1.654 trillion ($3.777 trillion in total outlays minus outlays for Social Security, Medicare and Interest on the debt).

Total = $3.682 trillion for "hundreds of agencies, departments and laws".

Eliminate all that (a GARGANTUAN and variously highly INADVISABLE proposition, you know, like NO defense spending, NO environmental regulation spending, NO food and drug inspection spending, etc.), and you could easily give every man and woman 18 and over in 2014 $2.868 trillion, with money left over: Universal Basic Income of $12,000 a year to 2014's 239.049 million people 18 and over (on average) = $2.868 trillion under Andrew Yang's plan.

Ray Dallio's estimate of $3.8 trillion must include all the kids, too (319 million US population in 2014 x $12,000).

Or are we just going to add the $2.868 trillion to the outlays of $3.777 trillion?

Either way, ain't gonna happen, because this ain't "nothing".

Pie in the sky, bye . . . and bye, commie.

In 1860 white organizing failed miserably when 27 million of them couldn't agree about 4 million blacks and decided to kill each other over it

#smh

Never underestimate the ability of human beings to overestimate their abilities.

 

Aristotle thought man was uniquely a political animal, Richard Spencer thinks man is merely an animal

And, of course, Richard Spencer is a very intelligent imbecile.

No man is an Iland, intire of itselfe; every man
is a peece of the Continent, a part of the maine;
if a Clod bee washed away by the Sea, Europe
is the lesse, as well as if a Promontorie were, as
well as if a Manor of thy friends or of thine
owne were; any mans death diminishes me,
because I am involved in Mankinde;
And therefore never send to know for whom
the bell tolls; It tolls for thee. 

-- John Donne

In 2005 Ben Shapiro was quite the advocate for the exercise of global American imperialism against Israel's purported enemies, both foreign and in August 2016, domestic

Wow, that's a lot of anti-Trump Joos!

Like I said, immigration is simply a political tool for Trump: It got him elected in 2016, and he hopes it will get him re-elected in 2020, but he isn't serious about the issue

Seize Trump's Mar-a-Lago to house the migrants

It's a State for Jews, hence a Jewish State, and always has been: Only cowardly anti-Semitic liberals (the BBC) try to hide behind "I was criticizing only Israel, not Jews"

Every tongue, tribe and people should have its own nation, including Americans.

All you dual passport holders should make up your minds, too.

The Abortion Cult is in Virginia and New York, not Alabama

Yes sir.

Ah yes, another thing the children of Isaac and the children of Ishmael have in common

Before the Alt-right got kicked off of anything, the Puritans were kicked off of Eurbook, Eurtwitter, Eurgle, Eurtube and Eurpal

#Bill of Rights. smh

Takimag Update: The ranking slide continues, down globally 40% since April 2018 when the comments section went away and 32% in the US

We shouldn't really worry too much about China dumping $200 billion worth of US Treasury securities since 2012

China has cut its holdings of US debt to the lowest level in two years amid trade tensions:

The total has fallen by some $200 billion since the peak in 2012 . . .. Foreign government ownership of U.S. debt hit a record of $6.47 trillion, up 4% from a year ago, as the government’s total debt continues to swell and now has topped $22 trillion. Foreign residents increased their holdings by $23.9 billion.

Yeah, well, in May 2012 grand total foreign holdings came to about $5.27 trillion. In March 2019 the figure is north of that by $1.2 trillion across the globe.

US Treasury securities remain very popular, secure investments which pay better than most anything out there. Your only major alternatives paying better than for the US 10-year are Brazil, Mexico, India, Greece and Italy. Like the world is going to go shopping in those places instead of the US.

Gimme a break! 

Jobless claims return to pattern, coming in under levels a year ago at the same time

Except in the seasonally-adjusted 4-week moving average, obviously, where the recent upticks above levels a year ago at the same time are working their way through the average.

Rosie is wondering if we're already in recession

Wow, that's a lot of Joos!

Hey, what about ABC? What are they, chopped liver all of a sudden?

Pro-Obama lefty accused in fatal shooting at Colorado charter school

Devon Erickson, Colorado school shooting suspect, shared anti-Trump post on Facebook

Princeton's bestial Peter Singer, spreading their gospel

Wow, that's a lot of monet

Monet painting draws $110.7 mn at New York auction

I'll bet only 1 in 15 can locate Nebraska on a map, or correctly spell "Episcopal"

Survey: Only 2-in-15 Americans Aware of Soaring Illegal Immigration to U.S.

I'm just doing headlines tonight because the news has been so damn boring.

Where do I sign up?

Florida may create prostitution registry for pimps and johns

Take my advice, never insert a probe there

The Navy’s probe into sky penis

Doesn't the Navy have anything better to do?

That's because sports last longer (more to remember)

Men don’t think about sex every 7 seconds – we’re more likely to be thinking about football instead: Almost 65 per cent of lads admitted to thinking about football more than sex, a new study has revealed

Bernie's support among 18-29s drops 12 points between March and May in Morning Consult poll

Poll: Sanders support among young voters drops sharply

Labor's share of income nosedived in the '90s after NAFTA, briefly recovered and then tanked as globalization/China took over

Do you feel richer? Well do ya?

Employers call all the shots, and you get the crumbs from your masters' tables, if you are lucky. 

Stop voting for the free-traders and libertarian lunatics of the two major parties.

Neel Kashkari and other Fed members seem aware at least of the nosedive in labor's share of business income, but are oblivious to its roots in globalization

Fooling around with interest rates isn't going to bring back the core manufacturing businesses which once formed the hubs of American middle class prosperity. That will be just as ineffectual as it has been throughout the Obama administration. Why should it work now all of a sudden when it hasn't worked for ten years?

Well, what else would you expect from the man tasked with implementing the useless TARP sideshow?

Neel Kashkari still hasn't got a clue, but he sure does sound like the workers' friend.

Kashkari Says Worker Bargaining Power Should Inform Fed's Stance: 

Minneapolis Fed chief links rates to labor share in interview

Kashkari’s break from Fed tradition on inequality adds to the case for keeping interest rates low. He suggested faster wage growth and low unemployment may not be putting much upward pressure on inflation because workers have lost a lot of their bargaining power in recent decades, echoing a point Fed Vice Chairman Richard Clarida has made. ...

Ed Morrissey remembers Doris Day, who has passed away at 97

Doris Day: America’s Sweetheart

Doris Day - Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be Will Be) - YouTube

Sea sponge pins tweet about catastrophe in 12 years

In defense of Ben Shapiro, the BBC's Andrew Neil was more than happy to smear Shapiro as a fascist after the fact: Just more good old fashioned Tory anti-semitism

Germany's Jews were unprepared too, Ben. Andrew Neil was ready for you.

CNN quotes Joe Biden saying the same things as Donald Trump: "tons of everything from byproducts for methamphetamine to cocaine to heroin and it's all coming up through corrupt Mexico"

Joe Biden once said a fence was needed to stop 'tons' of drugs from Mexico

Joe Biden November 2006 Columbia South Carolina: I voted for 700 miles of fence, but we need to punish employers of illegals

"Folks, I voted for a fence, I voted, unlike most Democrats -- and some of you won't like it -- I voted for 700 miles of fence," Biden told the group. "But, let me tell you, we can build a fence 40 stories high -- unless you change the dynamic in Mexico and -- and you will not like this, and -- punish American employers who knowingly violate the law when, in fact, they hire illegals. Unless you do those two things, all the rest is window dressing."

Joe Biden 2007: Send employers to jail for knowingly hiring illegal aliens

"We've got to get tougher with employers. In fact the person we should send to jail is not the illegals, we send to jail the employers," Biden said. "If you knowingly hire an illegal alien, then you should be held accountable. Because let me tell you, the next person I hear tell me that my labor guys aren't willing to work hard, that's why you have illegals putting up sheetrock, then I want to tell you, you don't know my guys."

Joe Biden September 2007 Dartmouth College New Hampshire: No to sanctuary cities

"Yes or no, would you allow [sanctuary] cities to ignore the federal law?" Biden was asked. "No," he responded.

Joe Biden 2008: Increase funding for border patrol

Biden for President 2008:

Joe Biden supports increasing border security – finding out exactly who is coming in and out of our country – and expanding resources for border patrol.

Joe Biden 2008 "opposes issuing driver's licenses to [illegal] immigrants"

Joe Biden Was Opposed To Driver's Licenses For Undocumented Immigrants In 2008:

"Senator Biden opposes issuing driver's licenses to undocumented immigrants," read Biden's 2008 immigrant plan, a position he reiterated with a firm "no" when asked if he supported granting drivers licenses in a 2007 debate.

Job openings are never filled in order to justify more H-1B slave labor

He's dead, Jim

They're all dead.

Jobless claims may have bottomed: Initial claims higher than a year ago for the third week in a row

And this week first time claims are higher than a year ago in all three categories.

Tick tock tick tock tick tock, says the shit-hole clock

Joe Biden 2007: DC schools do poorly compared to Iowa schools because DC has a high minority population

Biden 'stumbles' over education question:

"There's less than one percent of the population of Iowa that is African American. There is probably less than four of five percent that are minorities. What is in Washington? So look, it goes back to what you start off with, what you're dealing with."

No, Ann, stop this baby stuff, bomb the hell out of Mexico and then go in and take all the tacos

So now Clapper agrees with AG Barr because what the FBI did to Trump meets the dictionary definition of spying, but hey! we don't use the dictionary definition 'cause it's icky!

Thread.

It's Creepy Uncle Joe by +23.5 over Sanders, and women are starting to throw themselves at him

Woman tells Biden at rally: 'You can hug and kiss me anytime, Joe' :

Biden laughed nervously as the crowd roared in approval, before making the sign of the cross to suggest a prayer of forgiveness.

 

ROFL: Stephen L. Miller likes this lesbo action because it's so bi-partisan

Senator Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona has been acting naughty ever since she was elected in 2018. She may be a Democrat bi-sexual, but she's clearly a pitcher, not a catcher.

Senator Chuck Grassley, that dud from Iowa, is better on immigration than our feckless president, Donald Judas Trump

Trump is president, but we are being invaded: 1% of Guatemala and Honduras population has entered US since Sep 2018

WE LIVE IN A COUNTRY WITH NO ONE WILLING TO ENFORCE THE BORDER, SO IT'S NOT A REAL COUNTRY.

Shock: Over 1% of Guatemala, Honduras entered US since September:

[O]ver 1% of the populations of Guatemala and Honduras have entered the United States since September, according to the Homeland Security Department chief.

Bernie imploded within a week of his CNN town hall over his voting rights plan for criminals

75% of Americans disagree with Bernie Sanders' plan to let every US prisoner vote -- John Haltiwanger Apr. 30, 2019, 9:52 AM:

The vast majority of Americans — roughly 75% — do not support Sen. Bernie Sanders' proposal to enfranchise all prisoners, but many are open to giving voting rights to non-violent inmates, according to a new INSIDER poll. ...

During a CNN town hall last Monday, the Vermont senator was asked to clarify if he supports voting rights for people like the Boston Marathon bomber or people convicted of rape. Sanders replied that even "terrible people" should be allowed to vote, contending that disenfranchising any group of people is a "slippery slope."

After Bernie lost Cher on April 23rd over letting criminals vote, it was all over for Bernie (Joe Biden officially announced on April 25th)

Trump's FBI Director, Christopher Wray, doesn't deny that the FBI may have LEGALLY spied on the Trump Campaign

FBI boss says it did NOT spy on Trump's 2016 campaign despite his boss Bill Barr using the word and says he knows of NO 'illegal surveillance'

The Ilhan Omar "occupied" Gaza tweets are identical, but @Ilhan deleted hers while @IlhanMN did not

So, officially Gaza isn't occupied, but personally it is. Or something.

Managing schizophrenia is very difficult. Or something.

Trump's popularity position suggests he's re-electable, but don't forget how Bush 41 utterly blew it

Ahead of Obama, Reagan and Carter at this point in their presidencies, only Carter wasn't re-elected.

If liberals had any brains, or principles, they'd crucify Trump over illegal immigration just as conservatives crucified Bush 41 over taxes, but they have neither brains nor principles. Bush 41 proves you can go from stellar to defeated in little over a year, but Trump, as old Republicans keep reminding us, is no Bush 41. 

Neoliberal exhaustion: Biden keeps soaring over Bernie, now +22.3, even though he's a complete nitwit

Cook County Illinois Inspector General's investigation may have new Democrat Governor Pritzker taking classes from former Governor Rod Blagojevich in prison

Source: Feds Probe Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker, First Lady For Property Tax Appeals On Gold Coast Mansion:

The county watchdog said all of that amounted to a “scheme to defraud” taxpayers out of more than $331,000. ...

The property tax scandal picked up steam just a month before the November 2018 gubernatorial election, when the Chicago Sun-Times published news of a confidential memo from Cook County Inspector General Patrick Blanchard. ...

The confidential Sept. 28, 2018 report by the inspector general characterized the Pritzkers’ tax appeal as a “scheme to defraud” taxpayers. Blanchard also connected the scheme to possible violations of state and federal law, including perjury and mail fraud.

 

29 points behind Biden, Kamaltoe Harris questions 2018 elections in Georgia and Florida

Hillary has decided it's OK to threaten democracy by not accepting the results of an election, AND the results of an investigation into an election

(CNN):

Hillary Clinton on Saturday [5/4/2019] ... cautioned that other factors should go into selecting a president. ... "You can run the best campaign, you can even become the nominee, and you can have the election stolen from you," Clinton said, alluding to Russia's election interference efforts.