Tuesday, July 2, 2019

FACT CHECK: NEWSWEEK FALSELY CLAIMS140 HOLOCAUST, GENOCIDE EXPERTS" SUPPORT AOC'S HOLOCAUST HIJACKING

FACT CHECK: NEWSWEEK FALSELY CLAIMS140 HOLOCAUST, GENOCIDE EXPERTS" SUPPORT AOC'S HOLOCAUST HIJACKING

July 2, 2019
 
Daniel Greenfield
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Newsweek, a media fake news scam site notorious for desperate clickbait headlines, falsely claimed that, "MORE THAN 140 HOLOCAUST, GENOCIDE EXPERTS THINK OCASIO-CORTEZ SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO CALL MIGRANT DETENTION CENTERS 'CONCENTRATION CAMPS'"
Sorry about the ALL-CAPS, but this is what Newsweek headlines all look like.
"More than 140 historians focusing on the Holocaust and genocides have penned an open letter to the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum voicing their concern after the organization condemned the use of Holocaust analogies – such as the term "concentration camps" – when talking about any other event," the story falsely claims.
Correction, 140 activists tried to justify the historical abuses of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio Cortez who is quite comfortable palling around with anti-Semites like Jeremy Corbyn.
Newsweek's claim that these are "140 historians focusing on the Holocaust and genocides" is belied by the list of signatories. 
They include...
Brigid Cohen, Associate Professor of Music, New York University
Danielle Fosler-Lussier, Professor of Music, Ohio State University
Alison Furlong, American Religious Sounds Project
Emily Richmond Pollock, Associate Professor of Music and Theater Arts, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
A lot of music profs sure feel strongly about this. So do gender studies professors.
Judith Gerson, Associate Professor of Sociology and Women’s and Gender Studies, Rutgers University
Elissa Mailänder, Associate Professor of Gender History, History of Violence and Sexuality, Sciences Po, Paris, France
Elizabeth Heineman, Professor of History and of Gender, Women’s, and Sexuality Studies, University of Iowa
And there's a trial lawyer.
Douglas G. Morris, Independent Scholar, Trial Attorney, Federal Defenders of New York, Inc.
And a psych prof...
 L. Janelle Gornick, Assistant Professor of Psychology, Virginia Military Institute
And a French prof
Debarati Sanyal, Professor of French, University of California–Berkeley
So, no.
Even the petition that Newsweek is writing a story about doesn't claim what it's falsely claiming. Instead it states, "Many of us write on the Holocaust and genocide."
Many.
Some of us teach music. Or how all sex is rape. 
Will Newsweek face any official fact checks over this from members of the International Fact Checking Network? Of course. Fact checks only exist to silence conservatives, suppress their content and ban them from social media platforms while allowing media fake news to go unchecked.



ABOUT DANIEL GREENFIELD

Daniel Greenfield, a Shillman Journalism Fellow at the Freedom Center, is an investigative journalist and writer focusing on the radical Left and Islamic terrorism.
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WHERE'S THE GOVERNMENT INVESTIGATION OF LEFTY EMPLOYEE GROUPS?

July 2, 2019
 
Daniel Greenfield
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Here's what happens when lefty government employees set up sabotage groups.
CFPB employees formed 'Dumbledore's Army' to resist Trump
Turmoil at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is ongoing nearly two weeks after President Donald Trump moved to place Office of Management and Budget Director Mick Mulvaney as acting director of the independent agency.
In one example, a group of CFPB employees calling itself "Dumbledore's Army" is seeking to quietly resist Mulvaney, 
The group apparently operated by using Snapchat, WhatsApp and Signal.
But there are no deep dives, no investigations, no releases of transcripts and messages. But, of course, groups of border patrol officers posting and cracking jokes about House Dems will not be tolerated. The messages are of course dug up and there will be an investigation.
The double standard has two effects.
The media is acting as an enforcement arm within the government by selectively targeting government employees for their political views. Their goal is not a neutral environment, but one in which lefty government employees are free to subvert and sabotage, while anyone who expresses any skepticism about the lefty agenda is targeted and destroyed.




ABOUT DANIEL GREENFIELD

Daniel Greenfield, a Shillman Journalism Fellow at the Freedom Center, is an investigative journalist and writer focusing on the radical Left and Islamic terrorism.
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CLARITY ABOUT NATIONALISM

Is it good or bad?

July 2, 2019
 
Dennis Prager
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In order to make arguments for nationalism, we have to define it.
The first definition in Merriam-Webster is "loyalty and devotion to a nation." But in a second paragraph, it adds, "especially: a sense of national consciousness exalting one nation above all others and placing primary emphasis on promotion of its culture and interests as opposed to those of other nations or supranational groups."
Let's be clear: If the second paragraph is the only definition of nationalism, nationalism is always a bad thing. Furthermore, I acknowledge that this definition is what some people have in mind when they call themselves nationalists.
At the same time, even anti-nationalists would have to acknowledge that if the first paragraph is the definition of "nationalism," nationalism can often be a beautiful thing.
So, if we are to be honest, the answer to the question of whether nationalism is good or bad is "How do you define it?"
Dictionary.com offers seven definitions.
The first is "spirit or aspirations common to the whole nation."
The second is "devotion and loyalty to one's own country; patriotism."
Only when we get to the third definition is the definition pejorative: "excessive patriotism; chauvinism."
Therefore, a) based on the competing definitions of the term, b) assuming both definitions can be true and c) if intellectual honesty is to govern our discussion, we can reach only one conclusion: There is good nationalism and bad nationalism.
That — not "nationalism is always good" or "nationalism is always bad" — is the only accurate assessment.
Therefore, morally speaking, nationalism is no different from anything else in life.
There is moral violence (in self-defense, in defense of innocents, in defense of a society under unjust attack, etc.) and immoral violence (murder of innocents, wars of aggression, etc.).
There is moral sex (consensual sex between adults and, in the Judeo-Christian value system, within marriage) and immoral sex (such as rape, incest and with a child).
There is moral use of a gun (in self-defense, etc.) and immoral use of a gun (against an innocent, etc.).
Knives are used morally by chefs and surgeons and immorally by murderers, muggers and torturers.
Even love must be morally assessed according to context. Love is not always beautiful and moral. Germans' love of Hitler, Chinese people's love of Mao and Russians' love of Stalin were evil.
Nationalism is beautiful when it involves commitment to an essentially decent nation and when it welcomes other people's commitment to their nations. Nationalism is evil when it is used to celebrate an evil regime, when it celebrates a nation as inherently superior to all others and when it denigrates all other national commitments.
One should add that nationalism is evil when it celebrates race, but that is not nationalism; it is racism. Nationalism and racism may be conjoined, as German Nazism did. But they are not definitionally related. While some Americans have conjoined American nationalism with race (such as the Confederacy, the Ku Klux Klan and currently various fringe "white identity" movements), American nationalism, based as it is on the motto "e pluribus unum" ("out of many, one"), by definition includes Americans of all races and ethnicities. That is how conservatives define American nationalism. I have never met a conservative who defined American national identity as definitionally "white."
Otherwise, nationalism — the celebration of one's nation and one's national identity — is almost always a beautiful thing.
The creation of nations was a major moral achievement. It got people to identify with something beyond their families and tribes, which always involved violent feuds and warfare. The creation of the nation is one of the main reasons the West developed morally and in many other ways ahead of other cultures.
And the lack of a unifying national identity is one of the two main reasons (the other being corruption) that much of Africa lags behind other regions. If Hutus and Tutsis would have identified first as Rwandans, one of the worst genocides in the contemporary world — the Hutu slaughter of nearly 1 million Tutsis in a little over three months in 1994 — would likely never have happened. It was murder at a greater pace than the Nazi genocide of the Jews in the Holocaust — and without any modern machines of death. It was done one-on-one almost entirely using machetes.
Today, nationalism in Europe is increasing primarily because of the belief among many Europeans that the European Union is overbearing and because many Europeans do not believe that a "European" identity can offer anywhere near the comfort, emotional sustenance and communal ties a national identity offers.
Human beings need a descending order of commitments: first to oneself, then to one's family, then to one's community, then to one's nation and then to humanity. It is neither possible nor praiseworthy to cry over a family killed in a car crash on the other side of the world as one would cry over the death of one's own family or a family in one's neighborhood or in one's own country.
The great teaching of the Bible is "Love your neighbor as yourself." It does not say "Love all of humanity as yourself." Love must begin with our neighbor. It should never end with our neighbor, but it must begin with him.
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WATSON VIDEO: FREE SPEECH ON YOUTUBE IS ALMOST DEAD

Anything contrary to the leftist fascist Party Line will soon be gone.

July 2, 2019
 
Paul Joseph Watson
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In this new video, Paul Watson focuses on Free Speech on YouTube is Almost Dead. Don't miss it!


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SOCCER'S RAPINOE PUTS POLITICS ABOVE TEAM AND COUNTRY

What is it exactly that she has to protest, anyway?

July 2, 2019
 
Sarah Mindlin
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Minutes before the USA is set to play Sweden in the group stage of the 2019 Women’s World Cup in France, the television camera focuses on the line of players from the United States standing next to their opponents in the tunnel, the referees in front of both teams. Each player is holding hands with a child, a tradition that demonstrates the influence these players have on youngsters around the world. The referees receive the signal and march onto the field, followed by both teams and the children. The starters from each team stand on either side of the referees, forming one long line facing the crowd.
The public address announcer introduces the national anthem of Sweden. A Swedish flag is draped in front of the Swedish starting eleven. The American players stand solemnly while the Swedish players place their hands over their hearts and sing the words.
Then it’s time for "The Star Spangled Banner," as the public address announcer states in French and English. The American players put their hands over their hearts. Some close their eyes; all are visibly singing along as the camera pans down the line. They are playing the sport they love for the country they love, and are overflowing with pride.
Finally, the camera pans in on team captain Megan Rapinoe, 33. She is positioned at the end of the line of players. She appears emotionless, possibly angry, both hands by her sides and lips sealed as the anthem of the country she is representing on the world stage is played in the stadium. She would be kneeling as well, as she has in previous international matches going as far back as 2016, except that US Soccer instituted a policy that players must “stand and honor the flag”; perhaps less dramatically now due to the new rule, she continues to protest in solidarity with former National Football League quarterback Colin Kaepernick, who infamously started the trend of "taking a knee" during the playing of the national anthem in protest against the purported racial bias of law enforcement.
Rapinoe has explained in interviews that, like Kaepernick, her aim is to "try to break down white supremacy and break down racial bias" in America. In addition, she has expressed public disdain for President Trump, whom she believes doesn’t “value all Americans equally.”
“It's kind of a good ‘F you' to any sort of inequality or bad sentiments that the administration might have towards people who don't look exactly like him," Rapinoe said of the president. "Which, God help us if we all looked like him. Scary. Really scary. Ahh, disturbing.” Rapinoe also recently announced that she is “not going to the f-ing White House” if the team wins, heard on a now widely-circulated video clip in which she used the full expletive.
What is it exactly that Rapinoe personally has to protest, anyway? That she is gay and lives in a country that recognizes same-sex marriage in all fifty states? That she is a woman and lives in a country in which women are free and encouraged to pursue any career and lifestyle they choose? That she is a soccer player and was able to grow up in one of the best soccer development systems in the world for both boys and girls – as mandated by Title IX, which has given her the opportunity to play her sport at the international level?
No one claims that America is perfect, but it is arguably the freest and most supportive country in the world to grow up and live in if you are an openly-gay, female soccer player. Rapinoe’s scornful lack of appreciation for the incredible opportunities this country has afforded her – and has also afforded Colin Kaepernick, despite their claims that America is a white supremacist nation – is astounding.
Women’s sports have long carried a reputation for being family-friendly events; parents feel comfortable taking their young sons and daughters to watch live or to tune in to television broadcasts. The best female athletes cannot run as fast or jump as high as their male counterparts, and even the toughest of them are not as physically aggressive as the men. This, however, is part of what makes women’s sports so enjoyable to watch; where male athletes often rely on brute force and aggression, females tend to rely on greater finesse. Parents trust that at women’s games, their children will see extraordinary athletes play a clean game generally free of fighting and foul language, and that the players will be positive role models.
The United States Men’s Team’s international success pales in comparison to the women’s. The men’s team’s best-ever finish at a World Cup was 3rd place in 1930, and they haven’t placed better than 8th since then, including failure even to qualify for the tournament in 2016. In comparison, the women’s team has won three of the seven Women’s World Cup tournaments since its inception in 1991 and has never placed lower than 3rd. Women’s sports have struggled for years to achieve the popularity and revenue of men’s sports, but, with their unmatched success and family-friendly appeal, the US Women’s National Team is actually breaking that trend, raking in $50.8 million from 2016 to 2018, compared to the $49.9 million the US Men’s National Team brought in during the same time period. More Americans are interested in women’s soccer now than perhaps ever before, and a huge demographic is parents and their children.
It is not a stretch, then, to conclude that Rapinoe’s politicized, disrespectful behavior threatens to tarnish the image of women's soccer and impact the very future of the United States Women’s National Team. While some advertisers will likely stick around, hoping to ride the wave of approval for Rapinoe in the left-leaning news media, the biggest hit will come from fans, with drops in ticket sales, television viewership, and USWNT merchandise sales. Most people prefer to watch sporting events without being bombarded with political messages, as is shown by the fact that, while the NFL has struggled to address the issue of athletes kneeling in protest during the national anthem, its ratings have plummeted. Likewise, patriotic soccer lovers will be turned off and turned away by Rapinoe's disrespect and virtue-signaling.
US Soccer has attempted to address the issue by requiring Rapinoe to stand, but still, the news media continue to highlight her. US Soccer has clearly not taken a hard enough stance, as, despite her continued anthem protests and swearing during media interviews, Rapinoe is still a starting player and the captain of the team, and is featured often in graphics and advertisements for the team. She may consider her actions a “good F you” to the Trump administration, but if US Soccer does not resolve the controversy soon and unequivocally condemn Rapinoe’s behavior, it will likely end up being a “good F you” to the US Women’s National Team’s ratings and revenue as well.
And that would be a “good F you” also to her own teammates who manage to act respectfully and professionally in the public eye, and to the years of hard work it has taken to elevate a women’s team to this extraordinary level of popularity.
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DEMOCRATS’ CONCENTRATION CAMP CRAZE

Leftist Dems deploy dated Communist Party talking points.

July 2, 2019
 
Lloyd Billingsley
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“The United States is running concentration camps on our southern border and that is exactly what they are – they are concentration camps – and if that doesn’t bother you.”
That was New York Democrat Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and she wasn’t done. “I use the word because that’s what an administration that creates concentration camps is. A presidency that creates concentration camps is fascist and it’s very difficult to say that.” Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar was quick to back up her colleague.
“There are camps and people are being concentrated,” Omar explained. “This is very simple. I don't even know why this is a controversial thing for her to say. We have to really truthfully speak about what's taking place.” Not to be outdone, comedian Rosie O’Donnell chimed in.
“Yeah, the concentration camps, even though there’s lots of controversy about the word,” O’Donnell told host Andy Cohen. “But, actually, legitimate scholars who study genocide say, yes, these are, in fact, the criteria for concentration camps, they meet them. There are over 100,000 camps, in nearly every state.”
The liberal comic didn’t point out the genocidal camps on a map, or list any prominent inmates concentrated there. And like AOC and Ilhan Omar, O’Donnell had no clue she was parroting a Communist Party propaganda campaign from the late 1940s.
The House Committee for Un-American Activities (HCUA) was investigating Gerhard Eisler, an agent of the Communist International, which Stalin used to control the national Communist parties, including the Communist Party USA. Eisler was a top Comintern official and even gave orders to CPUSA commissar V.J. Jerome.
Eisler’s brother Hanns, whose works included the “Comintern March,” was a composer in Hollywood, and when HCUA investigators paid him a visit, people began coming out the woodwork. The CPUSA had been a major force in the studios but after World War II, New Deal Democrats Ronald Reagan and Roy Brewer ran the Party out of the back lots and so-called talent guilds. In the aftermath, many in Hollywood were eager to reveal their mistreatment at the hands of Party bosses.
They became “friendly” witnesses and the Party types the “unfriendly” witnesses. As Billy Wilder quipped, only a few were talented, the rest were just unfriendly. Originally 19, they were slimmed down to a group that became known as the “Hollywood Ten.”
Communist Party lawyers ran the show, and according to writer-producer Phillip Dunne, a veteran of studio political wars, they were getting orders directly from Moscow. So in the famous hearings in Washington on October 20, 1947, the unfriendlies did not render the eloquent defense of Communism their celebrity supporters had been expecting.
Dalton Trumbo (Kitty Foyle, Tender Comrade) would not say if he was in the CPUSA or even in the Screen Writers Guild, but as the cameras rolled, Trumbo delivered his big line: “This is the beginning of an American concentration camp!” This is the dialogue the Party wanted, and Trumbo was the ideal speaker.
As Budd Schulberg explained, the CPUSA was the “only game in town” during the 1930s, but the Stalin-Hitler Pact of 1939 drove many out of the Party, never to return. Dalton Trumbo joined the Party during the Pact and in 1940 wrote The Remarkable Andrew, a novel in which the ghost of Andrew Jackson argues against American aid to the British, who were “already licked.” Trumbo would do anything for the Party and his charge of the “American concentration camp” became the Party line.
Actress Karen Morley, born Mildred Litton, appeared in movies such as Mata Hari, Scarface and Arsene Lupin. Morley joined the Communist Party during the 1930s and played a role in leading Sterling Hayden into the Party ranks. She didn’t testify until 1952, and by that time Stalin had exploded an atom bomb, tightened his grip on Eastern Europe, and swung the USSR back to its traditional anti-Semitism, deriding Jews as “rootless cosmopolitans.”
In his testimony, director Robert Rossen (All the King’s Men) charged that the victims of the Slansky trials in Czechoslovakia were “all hung, in my opinion, for being Jews, and nothing else.” Karen Morley had no similar revelations and no second thoughts about the Party or Stalin.
In November, 1952, she took the Fifth, rounding out more than 4,000 pages of Hollywood testimony. Morley’s beloved Stalin died in 1953, and the next year she ran for Lieutenant Governor of New York with the American Labor Party, a Communist front that opposed the Marshall Plan, opposed NATO, and backed North Korea in the Korean war. Morley lost but kept the Communist talking points alive.
“There were strong Fascist elements on the march,” Morley said in 1983, “Six concentration camps were set up; the money was allocated for them and actually spent, about a quarter of a million dollars. And it was quite clear who would have been sent to them. It was in this atmosphere that people informed.”
This Communist canard now emerges from the likes of AOC, Ilhan Omar, and Rosie O’Donnell, with a difference. For old-line Communists like Dalton Trumbo and Karen Morley, Stalin was the Great Leader and the USSR utopia. Leftist Democrats have only the anti-American demonology, more shrill and absurd by the day.


ABOUT LLOYD BILLINGSLEY

Lloyd Billingsley is the author of  Barack ‘em Up: A Literary Investigation and, most recently, Sexual Terrorist, about the Golden State Killer.  Lloyd’s work has appeared in City Journal, the Wall Street Journal, Washington Times, California Globe, and many other publications. Bill of Writes: Dispatches from the Political Correctness Battlefieldis a collection of his journalism. His crime books include A Shut and Open Case, about a double murder in Davis, California.
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