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Earlier this year, Joe Biden’s campaign manager said, “We are running a campaign like the fate of our democracy depends on it.” That’s a heady statement, but an intentional one. The president himself uses the term “our democracy” frequently, as do most progressive politicians and pundits as they wring their hands about the coming election. Book titles such as “Reclaiming Our Democracy,” “The Future of Our Democracy,” and “Driving Our Democracy to Autocracy” are popping up increasingly as well. A conspiracy? Doubtful. But neither is it merely coincidence. According to Google’s Ngram Viewer, an online tool that searches historical sources to track word usage over time, only twice before has the term “our democracy” been in use more frequently than today: the late 1880s (around the time the Statue of Liberty was dedicated) and the late 1930s (during the height of the Great Depression and the onset of World War II). Between 1950 and 1970, the term “our democracy” was rarely seen in print. But its usage has ratcheted up steadily since the Reagan Revolution began in 1981, and especially since 2000. It’s a development about which we all should be dubious. I recall learning in 10th grade civics class (for readers born after 1980, that used to be a thing) that America is not a democracy, but a democratic republic. This is a distinction with a very clear difference, most notably the delegation by the people of various and vital public decisions to elected officials. Although many will say that the term “our democracy” is an innocent shortcut, a catchall phrase for our nation specifically or rule by the people generally, the author of our Constitution would disagree. James Madison made clear in Federalist 14 that “under the confusion of names, it has been an easy task to transfer to a republic observations applicable to a democracy,” and that there are dangers in confounding the two. Those dangers are manifest today. Progressives’ widespread and increasing use of this innocuous-sounding term is weakening our constitutional checks and balances and undermining the Bill of Rights, the only things standing in the way of what Madison called “the tyranny of the majority.” Those who most traffic in the term wish to eliminate the Electoral College and reapportion the Senate by population rather than by state. They are working on multiple fronts to weaken First Amendment protections for speech and religion. They have long had the Second Amendment in their sights. And they consistently oppose individuals and organizations that push back against draconian federal restrictions such as public health lockdowns and climate change regulations. If “our democracy” wants it, “our democracy” should get it, goes their reasoning, oblivious to Booker T. Washington’s admonition: “A lie doesn’t become truth, wrong doesn’t become right, and evil doesn’t become good, just because it’s accepted by a majority.” During this election cycle, however, progressives are putting “our democracy” to work in an even more pointed way. Like a magician using sleight of hand to distract his audience, they’re using the phrase to present a false binary to American voters. In sports, this is called “hiding the ball.” Donald Trump, according to the Left, is an authoritarian who not only will take away our rights but eliminate elections. The charge is, of course, ridiculous—Trump stepped down despite his objections to the 2020 election results, and last I checked it’s his opponents who are using authoritarian tactics to ensure he doesn’t win reelection. But the charge is useful, which to a Marxist mind is all the justification it needs. Contrasting the potential “autocracy” of a second Trump administration with Biden’s ostensible defense of “our democracy” is meant to distract us from recognizing the real decision that confronts the voters and the actual threat to our republic: the creeping totalitarianism of the administrative state. Totalitarianism is defined as “subordination of the individual to the state and strict control of all aspects of the life and productive capacity of the nation, especially by coercive measures.” Ask anybody who lived through COVID-19 if that sounds familiar. And if you visit Britannica.com—the modern iteration of the company whose encyclopedias we used in 10th grade civics class to learn about things like history and government—you’ll see a more expansive description: Totalitarianism is a form of government that attempts to assert total control over the lives of its citizens. It is characterized by strong central rule that attempts to control and direct all aspects of individual life through coercion and repression. It does not permit individual freedom. Traditional social institutions and organizations are discouraged and suppressed, making people more willing to be merged into a single unified movement. I could have sworn I heard something like that last line in a video at the 2012 Democratic National Convention: “Government is the only thing that we all belong to.” Britannica goes on to say that it was Italian dictator Benito Mussolini who first used the term totalitario, meaning “all within the state, none outside the state, none against the state.” It cites as examples of totalitarian states not only Mussolini’s Italy but Stalin’s Soviet Union, Hitler’s Germany, and Mao’s China. Given the growth of the federal government over the past century, totalitarianism certainly represents a greater threat to the United States than authoritarianism. We’re not there yet, and thanks to America’s exceptional institutions perhaps we won’t get there. But as the recent violent increase in antisemitism shows, something we thought could “never again” happen very well might—all it takes is one generation of historical ignorance. Those same institutions that have protected us from anything approaching authoritarianism increasingly are becoming our totalitarian masters. As William F. Buckley once observed, it is the extent, not the source, of government power that impinges on freedom.” Whenever you hear talking heads refer to “our democracy,” pay special attention to what comes next. Don’t assume they’re referring to the democratic republic handed down from our Founding Fathers or trying to preserve our Constitution and its safeguards. More likely they’re taking advantage of our increasing historical ignorance resulting from the Left’s capture of our educational institutions (which was all part of the plan). Let’s call our nation what it is: a republic. Whether out of ignorance or malevolence, saying “our democracy” is less likely to strengthen our heritage than seed our demise. We publish a variety of perspectives. Nothing written here is to be construed as representing the views of The Daily Signal. The post The Problem With ‘Our Democracy’ appeared first on The Daily Signal.

“I’ll be damned if I’m going to let Donald Trump turn America into a place that is filled with anger, resentment, and hate,” President Joe Biden said May 29 in Philadelphia. So, why did America’s self-styled uniter-in-chief decide to “stop the shouting and lower the temperature”—as he promised in his inaugural address—by recruiting Robert De Niro, one of Hollywood’s loudest hotheads? “Trump wants revenge, and he’ll stop at nothing to get it,” the veteran actor said as narrator of a Biden-campaign ad released May 24. De Niro’s overheated audio track continues: “Now, he’s running again, this time threatening to be a dictator. To terminate the Constitution.”  Biden could have tapped the suave and even-keeled George Clooney or the widely admired Julia Roberts, both talented supporters. Instead, Biden picked the boisterous, unhinged De Niro, whose comments about Donald Trump slide from the vulgar to the violent. On May 28, the Biden campaign staged a press conference outside the Manhattan Criminal Courts Building. Inside Room 1530 that morning, I was among those witnessing closing arguments in New York State vs. Donald J. Trump. Confirming suspicions that this bookkeeping-entry trial was a Democratic election-interference operation, like Trump’s other persecutions, De Niro and Biden-Harris 2024 Communications Director Michael Tyler stood before microphones and taunted Trump on one of the toughest days of his life. “I don’t mean to scare you. No, wait, maybe I do mean to scare you,” De Niro said. “If Trump returns to the White House, you can kiss these freedoms goodbye that we all take for granted … And elections. Forget about it. That’s over. That’s done. If he gets in. I can tell you right now. He will never leave.” De Niro added, “Donald Trump wants to destroy not only the city, but the country, and, eventually, he could destroy the world.” (Funny: After Trump left office in January 2021, Americans’ freedoms and elections remained, and the rest of the Earth is still there.) This disastrously misconceived stunt then melted down as local Trump fans defended the presumptive GOP presidential nominee and swapped insults with the two-time Academy Award winner, whose screen credits include “Goodfellas” and “Raging Bull.” “You’re trash! You’re done!” one man yelled at De Niro. Another screamed: “You ruined Leo DiCaprio!”  “You are gangsters,” De Niro hollered back. “You are gangsters!” This was not the first time that Biden’s new spokesman devolved into what the president decries as “anger, resentment, and hate.” De Niro’s May 14 anti-Trump tirade on ABC’s “The View” was packed with repeatedly bleeped F-bombs. “He’s so f—ing stupid,” De Niro told ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel in March. “He’s a f—ing moron.” While hosting the June 2018 Tony Awards, De Niro declared: “F— Trump.” “He’s a punk. He’s a dog. He’s a pig,” De Niro ranted about Trump in a 2016 video for #VoteYourFuture. De Niro notoriously added: “I’d like to punch him in the face.” But De Niro and Biden are not so far apart. The warm, lovable Grandpa Lunchbucket Joe from Scranton, Pa., who Democrats showcased in 2020 was a mirage. Americans have learned the hard way that Biden is a nasty, vindictive man who lusts to imprison the leader of the opposition. Asked Friday at the White House about Trump’s charge that Biden had made him a political prisoner, Biden displayed an Arctic smile that seemed chilled by ice water in his arteries. ???Exclusive !!! The face of corruption. pic.twitter.com/IAvDv7X5ie— Chris LaCivita (@LaCivitaC) May 31, 2024 Joe Biden led a chaotic and deadly U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan and left thousands of pro-American translators and other local allies to the Taliban’s tender mercies. When the remains of 13 Americans killed in a suicide bombing returned home from Kabul, Biden repeatedly and coldly checked his watch, rather than focus exclusively on those fallen GIs’ flag-draped caskets. After a massive train derailment, chemical spill, and conflagration plagued East Palestine, Ohio, on Feb. 3, 2023, residents waited for Biden to visit. And waited. And waited. The East Palestinians finally saw Biden last Feb. 16—fully 54 weeks into their long local nightmare. In contrast, Trump flew in to feel their pain just 19 days after their toxic hell exploded.  Biden blames ongoing inflation not on his own reckless spend-aholism, but on “corporate greed.” So, U.S. companies generously kept inflation at 1.4% as Trump left office. But then they suddenly became gluttons and boosted overall prices by 19.87% over Biden’s first 39 months versus 5.58% for Trump’s equivalent interval? Really?  Unlike De Niro, Biden keeps his mouth clean in public. But off-camera, he is a bully who pummels staffers with foul language. In an article headlined, “Old Yeller: Biden’s Private Fury,” Axios’ Alex Thompson reported that the president explodes at White House aides. “G– d— it, how the f–k don’t you know this?” Biden demands. To others, he screams, “Get the f–k out of here!”  Despite multiple death threats, two home-trespassing incidents, and an armed impostor’s arrest at a campaign event, Biden has rejected Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s five requests for Secret Service protection. Never mind that his uncle, President John F. Kennedy, was assassinated in 1963, nor that his father was fatally shot in 1968 by Sirhan Sirhan, a Palestinian-Jordanian infuriated by RFK’s “sole support of Israel,” as Sirhan told British newsman David Frost. (Sound familiar?) Nice guys don’t expose their competitors to the risk of killing in cold blood. Biden, 81, and De Niro, 80, deserve each other. They are a pair of mean, cranky, decaying leftists who gush anger, resentment, and hate at their political opponents. In a word: Badfellas.   We publish a variety of perspectives. Nothing written here is to be construed as representing the views of The Daily Signal. The post ‘Badfellas’: Joe Biden and Robert De Niro, 2 Raging Peas in a Pod appeared first on The Daily Signal.

Joe Biden announced his highly anticipated executive order to supposedly secure the border on Tuesday. With it, the president attempted to do the impossible: avoid impeding the mass illegal migration for which his policies are directly responsible while convincing Americans he is “doing something”—at last—to secure the border. This “unserious” proclamation-plus-rule combo platter (a Presidential Proclamation on Securing the Border and the Joint DHS-DOJ Interim Final Rule to Restrict Asylum During High Encounters at the Southern Border) will do the first but not the second. It’s hard to imagine there is an American out there who can be persuaded that Biden has gotten religion on enforcing U.S. immigration law, three and a half years and about 10 million illegal immigrants too late. The White House fact sheet announcing the proclamation and rule proclaims that “President Biden believes we must secure our border,” but if so, this belief was not manifested by a single action in his entire term. As usual, Biden blames “global conditions,” “Congress’ failure,” and a “broken immigration system” for the massive flood of illegal aliens drawn by his catch-and-release and work authorization policies. The fact sheet claims Republicans put “partisan politics ahead of national security” by voting against the “toughest and fairest set of reforms in decades.” That’s a reference to a Senate border bill that was rejected soundly in February and again in May. “Tough” it was not. Among its many flaws, that bill would have locked into law most of Biden’s unprecedented arrogations of authority to release and parole millions of inadmissible aliens into the U.S. and invent ways to let them stay indefinitely. So how will the proclamation/rule work? Having claimed for years that he didn’t have the authority to secure the border, Biden is now using Immigration and Nationality Act sections 212(f) and 215(a) to suspend the entry of illegal entrants—but only temporarily “when the Southern border is overwhelmed,” and not permanently. The suspension “will be discontinued when the number of migrants who cross the border between ports of entry is low enough for America’s system to safely and effectively manage border operations.” Who gets to decide when we are “overwhelmed” or when the numbers of those illegally crossing into the United States are “low enough?” For that, America will have to rely on Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, the impeached open-borders fox currently guarding the border henhouse. His credibility is zero. Mayorkas also gets the right to exempt anyone he wants from the new proclamation “based on the totality of the circumstances,” including “urgent humanitarian” and “public health interests,” or “operational considerations.” In Mayorkas’ hands, these are loopholes big enough to bring in an army. Further undermining the new policies are the “humanitarian exceptions” for unaccompanied children and “victims of trafficking.” Open-borders advocates and an army of lawyers and activists will argue that everyone showing up at the border is a victim of some kind. And given that the Department of Homeland Security doesn’t verify family relationships or ages, cartels and adult illegal migrants will still be able to continue exploiting children to facilitate their entry and release into the United States. A DHS fact sheet announcing the interim final rule said it “will better enable the department to quickly remove individuals without a legal basis to remain in the United States.” Yet DHS has made little effort to remove those kinds of individuals in the past three and a half years, including many who commit crimes while supposedly seeking asylum. And as with the proclamation, these restrictions “will be discontinued when encounters fall below certain levels”—again, at the discretion of Mayorkas. The rule says that illegal arrivals will still be allowed a “credible fear screening with an asylum officer if they manifest or express a fear of return to their country or country of removal, a fear of persecution or torture, or an intention to apply for asylum.” This will exclude hardly anyone. That’s because at this point, there aren’t many illegals coming to the border who are not well-schooled by their smugglers, relatives, or social media influencers to express all of the above, whether true or not. The DHS rule will go into effect “until 14 calendar days after there has been a 7-consecutive-calendar-day average of less than 1,500 encounters between the ports of entry” and kick in again when “there has been a 7-consecutive-calendar-day average of 2,500 encounters or more.” But as “secretary-approved” processes like the president’s bogus parole programs using the phone app CBP One at ports of entry are also excepted, Mayorkas can ramp these up like gangbusters to avoid triggering the caps. Aliens are also excepted if “exceptionally compelling circumstances” exist, like an “acute medical emergency” or “an imminent and extreme threat to life or safety.” Anyone who can’t lie well enough meet that bar just isn’t trying. Even before the proclamation/rule combination was announced, House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., called it “too little too late now,” and Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., called it an “election-year stunt that won’t distract voters from Joe Biden’s disastrous, failed immigration policies.” After his White House announcement, Biden walked woodenly off the podium, looking and sounding tired. You can’t blame him. He knows this border security Hail Mary is full of something—but it’s not grace. The post Why Biden’s Executive Order Won’t Solve the Illegal Immigration Crisis appeared first on The Daily Signal.

If you're tired of censorship and dystopian threats against civil liberties, subscribe to Reclaim The Net. The New Civil Liberties Alliance (NCLA) non-profit has sent a letter to Dr. Anthony Fauci and several medical and other US officials, as well as to Google, making sure they are formally notified of their obligations to preserve communications records. The records in question are relevant to a major First Amendment case alleging collusion between the government and tech companies, Murthy v. Missouri (formerly Missouri v. Biden), which is currently in the US Supreme Court. We obtained a copy of the letter for you here. The NCLA letter specified that the request pertains to all documents and electronically stored information, under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 34. Those named in the letter are former chief medical adviser to President Biden Dr. Anthony Fauci, his colleague from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (that Fauci headed during the pandemic) Dr. David Morens, Adam Kirschner of the US State Department, and Google General Counsel Halimah DeLaine Prado, among others. The letter recalled that Fauci is a defendant in the landmark First Amendment case, alleging that he and other government officials named in Murthy v. Missouri – including the president himself – engaged in unconstitutional censorship of social media around Covid issues such as lockdowns, mask mandates, and vaccines. NCLA has joined the plaintiffs in Murthy v. Missouri and is now in that capacity requesting that Fauci, Morens, and others preserve all documents, including drafts and copies, and paper files maintained by their staff that are relevant to the case. The letter lists examples of the sort of communications that, if deleted to further the interests of the defendants, would in effect unfairly influence the outcome of this pivotal case. Additionally, the letter warns that Fauci and Morens were using private emails unlawfully, but that an act or attempt of deleting those messages would in itself be illegal. In line with that, the letter says the request to preserve documents applies not only to communications made through official but also unofficial channels – including third-party messaging and social media apps. NCLA’s own, direct “skin in the game” is spelled out in a statement that says, “Our clients, who include top doctors and scientists, were censored for social media posts that turned out to be factually accurate, depriving the public of valuable perspectives during a public health crisis.” This refers to epidemiologists and co-authors of the Great Barrington Declaration, Jayanta Bhattacharya and Martin Kulldorff, Aaron Kheriaty, and Jill Hines. The statement added: “We’re optimistic that the majority will look at the record and recognize that this was a sprawling government censorship enterprise without precedent in this country, and that this cannot be permitted to continue if the First Amendment is to survive.” If you're tired of censorship and dystopian threats against civil liberties, subscribe to Reclaim The Net. The post Fauci is Put On Notice, Told To Preserve Records For Major Free Speech Lawsuit appeared first on Reclaim The Net.

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On June 1, popular YouTube children's content creator "Ms. Rachel" posted a video in celebration of Pride month. Considering the fact that Ms. Rachel’s target audience is babies and toddlers, she was roasted for promoting the LGBTQ agenda on her page.  Now, she's has released a new video defending her statement, in which she attempted to use the Bible to justify her affirmation of wokeism. Ms. Rachel's original video posted on her TikTok page, titled "MsRachelforLittles," currently has 3.5 million views.  “Happy pride to all of our wonderful families and friends. This month and every month I celebrate you,” she said in the video, adding, “God bless and I am not chasing fame or views. I’m standing strong in love” before noting that she expected to receive backlash for her take. Which, of course, she did. In her follow-up, the YouTuber actually pointed to faith as a reason why she released the Pride-happy statement in the first place. “I’ve shared prayers on here before and said 'God bless' and that’s because my faith is really important to me and it’s also one reason why I love every neighbor,” she said to begin the 50-second video. "There are so many reasons I stand strong in love. I stand with everyone. That’s who I am and the ‘love back’ and the ‘God bless,’ if you disagree, is genuine," she went on. UPDATE: Ms Rachel responds to backlash over her teaching LGBT prode to children by claiming it is what Jesus wanted pic.twitter.com/lXlR9jTA6z — Jack Poso ?? (@JackPosobiec) June 3, 2024 Ms. Rachel then brought up Matthew 22, where Jesus noted the importance of loving God and loving your neighbor as yourself. 'Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?' Jesus replied: ‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: Love your neighbor as yourself. All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.’ Matthew 22:36-40 While Ms. Rachel is right in that we are to leave ultimate judgment to God. But that doesn't mean we are supposed to ignore sin when we see it - instead, Christians are to pray hard against it. Yes, as Christians, we are to love our neighbor, but we are also called to call out sin in one another in order to help our friends walk more closely with God (Galatians 6:1). Living a life as part of the alphabet mob is sinful, according to God's rules for sexuality and gender that are plainly laid out in the Scriptures.  Related: Indoctrination Station: Toddler Show YouTuber Posts Video Celebrating Pride Month Reactions to Ms. Rachel’s attempt at justifying her stance did not disappoint.  America First Legal’s Stephen Miller jokingly wrote, “Which part of the Bible says to put children on puberty blockers?” One user noted that Ms. Rachel’s “facial expressions indicate she doesn’t even believe what she’s saying. She’s lying." Another had a similar understanding as I had of Ms. Rachel’s confusion: There’s a difference in agape love, and affirmation and validation of sin. Christ doesn’t affirm the sin. He affirms the sinner with the understanding that we go and sin no more. False prophet alert! I’m glad to see people online are pulling away from both from Ms. Rachel’s content and her cult of personality. I’ll leave you with one more quote from X that sums up what I believe we’re all thinking: “Ms Rachel needs a come to Jesus meeting with some parents.” Follow us on Twitter/X: MRC's @tierin_rose dives into the left's already over-celebration of Pride and far-left propaganda pic.twitter.com/8ZGyMpdlW2 — MRCTV (@mrctv) June 4, 2024