Donald Trump wrote on X today. “As we rescue our economy, I will also restore our borders. Over the past 4 years, Kamala has orchestrated the most egregious betrayal that any leader in American history has ever inflicted on our people. She has violated her oath, eradicated our sovereign border, and unleashed an army of […] The post The Case for Impeaching Kamala Harris appeared first on www.independentsentinel.com.

During this week’s Sunday Special episode, famed author and communism expert Paul Kengor speaks to Daily Wire Emeritus Ben Shapiro about what true communism is and how Marxist theory is embedded into the current Democrat Party in the U.S.  Kengor, a political science professor at Grove City College, has written more than a dozen books, including “The Communist: Frank Marshall Davis, the Untold Story of Barack Obama’s Mentor” and several other best-sellers about former President Ronald Reagan. Notably, Kengor’s book “The Crusader: Ronald Reagan and the Fall of Communism” inspired the 2024 film “Reagan.”  “I want to call a Marxist a Marxist, only if we’re dealing with a legitimate Marxist,” Kengor said, before diving into the Marxist “superstructure” of “oppressed versus oppressor.”  “You find your two groups to pit against each other,” he said. “Classical Marxism, this was based on economics and class. It was a proletariat/bourgeoisie. There, you had your oppressor and oppressed.”  Current politics from the Left largely focuses on “cultural” Marxism, the author said. “With race-based Marxism, it’s black versus white; with gender Marxism, male versus female.”  “Oftentimes, the people who are doing that, have no idea that they’re even part of that general Marxist superstructure,” Kengor said. “So if you say to them, ‘You know, that’s a form of cultural Marxism or race-based Marxism, they’ll scoff. And maybe they should scoff, because they don’t even know what they’re doing.”  That point brought Kengor to Vice President Kamala Harris. In her case, “she might be coming more from that general superstructure on issues of race, gender, culture,” he said. “But I’d stay away from saying at a national debate that she’s a Marxist, unless you can really defend it and explain it.”  Kengor did add, though, that former President Donald Trump was likely correct when he called Harris’ father a Marxist.  “I think Trump was right about Kamala’s father,” he said. “Based on his writings, and I’ve read in some of his journal articles – he was in the economic department at Stanford University – and from what I could tell, he was a Marxist.”  “I don’t know if [Harris] even has read Karl Marx,” he said. “She probably is not what we would call a ‘classical Marxist’ – probably hasn’t read the communist Manifesto.”  Shapiro made the point that calling Harris a communist “actually waters down what Marxism is, and makes it more palatable for the masses, because people go, ‘Okay, well, if Kamala Harris is a Marxist, that doesn’t seem that bad. I mean, we’re not talking about the Soviet Union, we’re not talking about Cuba, we’re not talking about Venezuela. We’re talking about a lady who’s hobnobbing with tech CEOs and wants government interventionism in the economy and more redistribution [of wealth].” However, later in the show, Shapiro and Kengor discussed how full-scale Communism doesn’t happen overnight, but in gradual steps.  “‘All we need is just one more restriction, all we need is one more set of regulations, all we need is just a little more control’ – and it’s always just a little more control,” Shapiro outlined.  Kengor said that at the very least, mainstream Democrats are in favor of the ‘administrative state’ and noted of a famous quote from President Reagan in his “Time for Choosing” speech: “The more the plans fail, the more the planners plan.”  Kengor also gave Shapiro a one-sentence definition of communism, which he said is right from the Communist Manifesto: “The entire communist theory may be summed up in the single sentence, ‘abolition of private property.’ That’s the starting point – it’s a war on private property.”  “That goes against the Judeo-Christian foundation, the Old Testament, New Testament,” Kengor said. “Thou shalt not steal – the Ten Commandments; that implies that you have the right to property.” During the lengthy sit-down, Shapiro and Kengor also discussed Sen. Bernie Sanders, former President Barack Obama, and much more on Reagan. WATCH the full ‘Sunday Special’ episode with Paul Kengor HERE

A Federal Communications Commission (FCC) official is calling out both NBC and Vice President Kamala Harris for her last-minute appearance on Saturday Night Live, saying it was a “clear and blatant” to evade rules designed to stop networks from tilting the political scales ahead of an election. FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr said the appearance on the network’s flagship sketch comedy show was a “clear and blatant effort to evade the FCC’s Equal Time rule.” Carr made his point in a post on X, noting that the timing and Harris’ appearance — not announced until the day it was happening and took place just three days prior to the November 5 general election — effectively eliminated any possibility for her competitor, former President Donald Trump, to receive the federally-mandated “equal time.” “This is a clear and blatant effort to evade the FCC’s Equal Time rule. The purpose of the rule is to avoid exactly this type of biased and partisan conduct — a licensed broadcaster using the public airwaves to exert its influence for one candidate on the eve of an election. Unless the broadcaster offered Equal Time to other qualifying campaigns,” Carr pointed out. https://x.com/BrendanCarrFCC/status/1852901803693600776 He went on to note that the issue had arisen in 2016 when Trump appeared on the same show, and that former President Barack Obama’s FCC chair had stated that the “Equal Time” provision would be enforced. “In the 2016 cycle, President Obama’s FCC Chair made clear that the agency would enforce the Equal Time rule when candidate Trump went on SNL. NBC stations publicly filed Equal Opportunity notices to ensure that all other qualifying candidates could obtain Equal Time if they sought it. Stations did the same thing when Clinton appeared on SNL,” he explained. Carr then explained that, with only three days — and zero “SNL” broadcasts remaining — before the election, NBC had “effectively structured” Harris’ appearance to make it impossible for the network to offer Trump anything even remotely comparable. “What comparable time and placement can they offer all other qualifying candidates?” he asked. Just weeks ago, SNL’s Lorne Michaels said that they *would not* be bringing any of the candidates on due to election and equal time laws: “‘You can’t bring the actual people who are running on because of election laws and the equal time provisions,’ Michaels said.” pic.twitter.com/xtfnNFXdfr — Brendan Carr (@BrendanCarrFCC) November 3, 2024 In fact, just weeks earlier, “SNL” producer Lorne Michaels announced that he had no intention of putting either Harris or Trump on the show — and he cited the FCC’s “equal time” provisions as the reason behind that decision. “You can’t bring the actual people who are running on because of election laws and the equal time provisions. You can’t have the main candidates without having all the candidates, and there are lots of minor candidates that are only on the ballot in, like, three states and that becomes really complicated,” Michaels told The Hollywood Reporter in mid-September. According to Fox News White House correspondent Jacqui Heinrich, NBC did not reach out to the Trump campaign to offer a similar appearance prior to Saturday’s show. Trump campaign senior advisor tells FOX that SNL did not extend an invitation to President Trump Also worth noting that SNL’s executive producer said last month he had no plans to invite either candidate, because of this very law: “You can’t have the main candidates without… https://t.co/C0GsYlAYjG — Jacqui Heinrich (@JacquiHeinrich) November 3, 2024

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This list is a powerful showcase of Alice Cooper’s most intense and heavy-hitting rock songs. Focused exclusively on the heaviest material from the Cooper catalog, you won’t find ballads like “I Never Cry” or “Only Women Bleed” here. Instead, this list celebrates the harder edge of Cooper’s sound—tracks that define his unique metal-influenced approach, particularly in later years when his music adopted a more modern, heavy metal feel. The selection is built on the raw power and rock grit that have solidified Cooper’s status as a legend. It’s also essential to remember that Alice Cooper wasn’t always a single artist. The post 10 Most Heavy Rocking Alice Cooper Songs appeared first on ClassicRockHistory.com.

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