Why Did the FBI Violate Protocol and Launch SWAT Assault After All Hostages Escaped?

Let me make it clear up front that I have no problem with killing a terrorist. But the death of Malik Akram, who had been holding four  hostages at a synagogue north of Dallas, does not make  sense. The FBI Hostage Rescue Team  did not  follow the standard operating procedure for conducting an assault. I…

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Massive Shift From Dems to GOP

(John Hinderaker) Gallup’s polling finds a massive shift in party allegiance from the Democrats to the Republicans over the course of 2021. The rapidity of the shift is remarkable; Democrats began the year with a nine-point advantage, and the year ended with Republicans holding a five-point edge. Gallup’s data points are quarterly during the calendar year 2021: Party affiliation has usually tilted toward the Democrats for decades. But why did they enjoy

What Joe Biden Should Say

Joe Biden

Madam Speaker, Madam Vice President, Members of Congress, and my fellow Americans: Last April, I spoke in this chamber about the immense crises we then faced. The worst pandemic in a century. The worst economic emergency since the Great Depression. A violent takeover of this very building aimed at stopping the lawful certification of the […]

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State Senator Wendy Rogers Speaks At AZ Trump Rally: “I Am A Yes Vote To DECERTIFY. Many Of My Colleagues In The Arizona Senate Want To Decertify.”

President Trump held a rally on Saturday in Florence, Arizona, with candidates he endorsed in the 2022 midterm. BEAUTIFUL!!!😍😍😍 pic.twitter.com/2JtvaODfrB — il Donaldo Trumpo (@PapiTrumpo) January 16, 2022 Thousands of patriots attended President Trump’s first rally of 2022, and millions more watched online. The Gateway Pundit reported that police had to turn people away because…

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How Buster Keaton Became a Digital Meme

Buster Keaton in The Navigator

Orson Welles once said, “The enemy of art is the absence of limitations.” It’s a statement full of wisdom, but it also carries a degree of irony. Welles made Citizen Kane—one of the most daring and inventive movies of all time—when RKO Radio Pictures granted him historic levels of artistic freedom. It might be more […]

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Joy Reid Equates Republicans with Jim Crow Dixiecrats: ‘Tell Us How Many Jelly Beans are in This Jar’ to Vote

MSNBC’s Joy Reid compared Republicans who celebrate Martin Luther King Jr., but also oppose President Joe Biden on voting reforms, to segregationists on Monday. On The ReidOut, the host opened her show by sharing a number of statements from prominent elected Republicans from across the country on Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Reid said, “Martin Luther […]

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Pelosi’s Top Pick For Chairwoman of the Transportation Committee Repeatedly Crashes Her Car Into Parked Vehicle, Walks Away (VIDEO)

Congressman Thomas Massie posted a viral video of Speaker Pelosi’s top choice to serve as the Chairwoman of the Transportation Committee repeatedly crashing her car into a parked vehicle. Pelosi’s top pick to chair the Transportation Committee is 84-year-old Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-District of Columbia). Norton was seen on video repeatedly crashing her car into…

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Chamath Palihapitiya Tries to Clarify China Remarks, Gets Promptly Torched on Twitter

Silicon Valley billionaire Chamath Palihapitiya stepped in it during a recent episode of his podcast, All-In when he flatly stated he doesn’t care about China’s human rights abuses of Uyghur Muslims in the country. He said that “nobody cares about it, nobody cares about what’s happening to the Uyghurs” and also questioned whether China is […]

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Everton fires “Agent” Benitez

(Paul Mirengoff) When Everton hired Rafa Benitez as its manager last summer, I felt he already had three strikes against him. First, he was the former manager of Liverpool, the enemy across the park. Second, while with the Red Shite, Benitez had gone out of way to insult Everton. Once, he compared us to Extremadura, a Third Division Spanish side he managed early in his career. It was possible to view Benitez’s

Fox’s Harris Faulkner Urges Honoring ‘Diversity of Thought’ on MLK Day: ‘All Things are Possible When We Work Together’

Fox News hosts Harris Faulkner and Charles Payne celebrated Martin Luther King Jr. Day Monday by sharing their personal reflections on the holiday. Faulkner joined Payne of Fox Business Network’s Making Money, where the host opened by thanking Stevie Wonder for his efforts in helping to memorialize Martin Luther King Jr. with a federal holiday […]

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“No Vaccine, No French Open” – French Officials Threaten to Ban World’s Number One Player Novak Djokovic from Tournament

The world’s number one ranked tennis player Novak Djokovic was deported from Australia on Saturday and banned from entry for the next three years. Djokovic has won nine of his 20 Grand Slam trophies at the Australian Open — including three in a row. The Australian regime said his presence in the country could “stir…

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Endless Vaccination “A Waste of Time”

(John Hinderaker) Today it takes three shots to be “fully vaccinated;” who knows how many it will take in the future? Britain’s Dr. Clive Dix throws cold water on the idea that we can vaccinate covid into oblivion: Dr. Clive Dix, who played a key role in helping pharmaceutical firms create the COVID-19 vaccines, told LBC radio on Jan. 16: “The Omicron variant is a relatively mild virus. And to just keep

Fully Vaccinated *And Boosted* Mark Milley Tests Positive For Covid-19 Four Days After Having Contact with Joe Biden

Joint Chiefs Chairman Mark Milley, who is fully vaccinated *and boosted* tested positive for Covid-19 on Sunday and is experiencing symptoms. Milley, 63, was with Joe Biden on Wednesday at the funeral of Gen. Raymond Odierno. According to Joint Chiefs spokesman Col. Dave Butler, Milley is in isolation and working remotely. ABC News reported: Joint…

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Ghislaine Maxwell Drop a Bombshell: leaves Pedophile’s Shaking In Their Boots

The rich and famous who partied with Jeffrey Epstein and underage girls are sweating bullets today after it was announced that Maxwell would no longer fight to keep the names of eight pedophiles who had sex with underage girls private. Unless I miss my guess, some lucky judge could soon come into a windfall. It […]

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Midnight Trains and Daylight Crime

(Steven Hayward) One of the signs that Ronald Reagan noted as an indication that the Soviet Union had entered a state of advanced decrepitude socially and economically were news reports in late 1980 in both the Washington Post and Los Angeles Times about three separate freight trains bound from Moscow to Odessa that simply disappeared, victims apparently of piracy. One wonders whether Russia, currently contemplating reassembling the Soviet empire starting with the Ukraine

King Would Be Expelled From the Civil Rights Movement Today

(Steven Hayward) It is not news that today’s so-called “civil rights movement” has turned fully away from Martin Luther King’s vision of a color-blind America. Today’s evidence comes from Psychology Today magazine: Colorblind Ideology Is a Form of Racism Monnica T Williams Ph.D. At its face value, colorblindness seems like a good thing—really taking MLK seriously on his call to judge people on the content of their character rather than the color

Pelosi at MLK Day Event: George Washington and Thomas Jefferson Have “Tears in Their Eyes” That the Filibuster is in the Way of Federalizing Elections (VIDEO)

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Monday spoke at the MLK Day Deliver for Voting Rights Press Conference in DC. “It is my honor also to be here with some of the leadership of the House. The leader of the Congressional Black Caucus made for us – working with Eric Holder and, and John Sarbanes and…

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Billy Bush Reportedly ‘Livid’ Over Today Show Anniversary Snub Five Years After Access Hollywood Tape Release

Former NBC personality Billy Bush is reportedly “livid” after he was left out of a 12-minute video that aired Monday to commemorate 70 years of the Today show. The network celebrated seven decades of Today, and showed a lot of familiar faces from throughout the years in a tribute video last Friday. Matt Lauer made the […]

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CNN Democratic Strategist: Democrats Don’t Have ‘Bad Leaders, They Have Bad Followers’

CNN contributor and Democratic strategist Paul Begala appeared to slam the Democrats’ base during a CNN segment on Monday, saying that the party had “bad followers.” Begala made the remarks in response to comments from Arndrea Waters King, daughter-in-law to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., who suggested to Politico that Biden was not putting the …

Biden’s foreign policy blunders

The one area in which presidents have the most executive power is foreign policy. President Biden campaigned on his decades of foreign policy experience with promises to improve the U.S. standing among world leaders with slogans like a return to having…

Paul Begala Says Democrats’ Problem ‘Is Not That They Have Bad Leaders. They Have Bad Followers’

Democratic strategist Paul Begala explained on CNN Monday that the reason why the party has come up short in passing voting rights is because it has “bad followers.” Begala was reacting to a comment from Arndrea Waters King, the wife of Martin Luther King III, who is the son of Martin Luther King Jr. “What […]

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Midwest Hospital System Stops Using Race-Based, Anti-White Covid Treatment Plan After Legal Threat

A Midwest hospital system backed off from its anti-White, race-based Covid treatment plan after a legal threat. SMS Health, a Catholic hospital system with 23 facilities, stopped its plan to prioritize non-White patients when distributing scarce monoclonal antibody treatments after a Wisconsin law firm threatened legal action. SMS Health sent an email to its physicians…

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Scoop: Lara Logan Dropped By UTA Over Fauci Nazi Doctor Comments

Lara Logan, the former 60 Minutes correspondent who as of late has earned a reputation for pushing conspiracy theories at Fox News, has been dropped by talent agency UTA over controversial comments she made about Dr. Anthony Fauci. UTA chief communications officer Seth Oster confirmed to Mediaite that the agency cut ties with Logan several […]

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Healthy High School Kid Fakes Mental Illness So He Can Fit In With Everyone Else

POCATELLO, ID—A freshman student at Sacagawea High School doesn’t have any mental illnesses, sadly making him a loser nobody can relate to. The 15-year-old student, whose name has not been released to the public, doesn’t have ADD, OCD, anxiety disorder, gender dysphoria, or even schizophrenia, say school counselors.

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Rand Paul Cancels DirecTV Subscription After it Drops OANN: ‘Why Give Money to People Who Hate Us?’

Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) announced on Twitter Monday that he ended his DirecTV subscription due to the satellite television company dropping the far-right One America News Network. Paul tweeted Monday, “.@DIRECTV is cancelling @OANN so I just cancelled my home Direct TV. Why give money to people who hate us?” .@DIRECTV is cancelling @OANN so […]

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MSNBC Contributor Says Manchin and Sinema ‘Are the White People’ MLK Jr. ‘Warned Us About’

MSNBC contributor Elie Mystal appeared on the network on Monday to declare that Senators Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema “are the white people that Martin Luther King Jr. warned us about.” Democrats are currently outraged that the two moderates refused to vote for ending the filibuster so that their party could pass their “voting rights”…

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Fauci Trashes US on World Stage at Klaus Schwab’s WEF Summit: ‘We Have Disinformation That is Destructive to a Comprehensive Public Health Endeavor’ (VIDEO)

Monday marked day one of The Davos Agenda 2022 where global leaders will discuss Covid-19, cooperation and the role technology has played in the pandemic. Executive Chairman of the World Economic Forum, Klaus Schwab on Monday excitedly introduced Xi Jinping to open the Davos Agenda. WATCH: Klaus Schwab: “We must narrow the gap between the…

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“The Gateway Pundit, This Is our Hope of Deliverance from Communism” – Rudy Giuliani Meets with Joe Hoft of TGP and Discusses Censorship and the Creepy Biden Gang

Joe Hoft met with Rudy Giuliani on Saturday in an interview at Real Talk 93.3 in St. Louis.   Rudy Giuliani was in St. Louis over the weekend to meet with owners Rick and Tracy Ellis at Real Talk 93.3 where his show will be airing starting at the end of the month.   Giuliani was also…

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Mehdi Hasan’s Moving Words of Support. The AP Makes Multiple Stumbles. | Winners & Losers in Today’s Green Room

THE DAILY NEWSLETTER – MONDAY, JANUARY 17, 2022 MEDIA WINNER: Mehdi Hasan MSNBC’s Mehdi Hasan offered a statement of “love and support” on his eponymous show Sunday evening to the Jewish community in the wake of the Texas synagogue hostage attack, and it’s a must-watch segment. More detailed coverage of Saturday’s events is below in […]

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Flashback: Biden Said ‘Dr. King’s Assassination Did Not Have the Worldwide Impact That George Floyd’s Death Did’

Joe Biden used Martin Luther King Day to push for the “voting rights” agenda that the administration has been trying to pass, but in 2020, he had other things to say about the civil rights icon’s assassination. In June 2020, Biden said that “even Dr. King’s assassination did not have the worldwide impact that George…

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Obama DoD OIG Official Sentenced to 7.5 Years in Prison For Accepting Bribes and Defrauding US Government

Another one… A former Obama official of the Department of Defense’s Office of Inspector General on Friday was sentenced to 7.5 years in prison for accepting bribes and defrauding the US government. According to charging documents, Matthew LumHo, 47, began soliciting and accepting bribes from co-conspirator William S. Wilson in 2012. LumHo oversaw a federal…

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Billionaire NBA Owner Now Says He Came Across As ‘Lacking Empathy’ While Saying He Didn’t Care About Imprisoned Uyghurs

On Monday night, billionaire tech entrepreneur and part-owner of the NBA’s Golden State Warriors, Chamath Palihapitiya, issued a statement — not an apology — claiming that regardless of how he came across on a recent podcast, he really does care about human rights around the world. While on an episode of the podcast he c0-hosts …

Donald Trump, Jr, to Headline Houston American Freedom Tour Rally Urging Americans to Stand Tall and Fight Tyranny — As Biden Approval Rating Plummets to an All-Time Low

(Note: This is a post sponsored by American Freedom Tour. By ordering tickets through the links below, you’ll be supporting and benefiting Gateway Pundit — thank you!) Trump Jr expected to lead rally attendees to join together in a “rebirth of freedom” as Biden policies lead to record-setting inflation, economic decline, and failed COVID policies…

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BREAKING BIG: Judge Gableman Issues Subpoenas to Voting Machine Companies Including Dominion Voting Machines in Wisconsin 2020 Election Investigation

Former Wisconsin Supreme Court Judge Michael Gableman has been investigating the 2020 presidential election results in Wisconsin since he was appointed last year. Gableman was given the task of looking into the 2020 election in Wisconsin. In October he announced he was focusing on five locations where irregularities were noted related to interference from foreign…

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Malaysian Health Ministry Recorded 25 Cases of Myocarditis within 21 Days After Receiving COVID-19 Vaccine

The Malaysian Health Ministry announced that it has recorded 25 cases of myocarditis in patients within 21 days after receiving COVID-19 vaccines from February to September 2021. This comes after a group of doctors in Malaysia raised concern about the risk of young adults developing myocarditis and pericarditis from the experimental COVID-19 vaccines. Out of…

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Posters Mocking Biden And Fauci’s COVID Mandates Appear In DC, Liberal Zombie Immediately Rips Them Down: ‘Dangerous Propaganda’ Is ‘A Public Health Concern’

Artwork depicting Joe Biden and Anthony Fauci’s obsession with experimental vaccine compliance and tyranny were plastered around Washington, DC on Friday night. Spotted in DC. pic.twitter.com/nquoF1Y3WQ — Noam Blum (@neontaster) January 15, 2022 “Good Kids Are Compliant Kids,” a poster featuring Biden with a halo made of syringes reads. Children wearing masks surround the dictator…

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The FBI’s statement about the Texas terrorist and the Jews

(Paul Mirengoff) In a briefing about the terrorism at a synagogue in Texas, an FBI spokesman said the demands of the hostage taker, Malik Faisal Akram, were “specifically focused on an issue not directly connected to the Jewish community.” There is a sense in which this is true. The issue the terrorist specifically focused on was the imprisonment of a jihadist, Aafia Siddiqui. He demanded her release. That issue obviously has implications

Steve Bannon Blasts FOX News: “FOX Has Really Flipped – You’re Not a News Organization – The FOX Scam Is Over!” (VIDEO)

Steve Bannon opened his Monday show on The War Room with Trump Campaign strategic advisor Boris Epshteyn. The two MAGA luminaries discussed the MASSIVE Trump rally in Florence, Arizona over the weekend and Glenn Youngkin’s spectacular first day as Virginia Governor. During their discussion, the subject turned to FOX News. Steve Bannon: FOX has really…

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Flashback: Biden Said George Floyd’s Death Had Greater ‘Worldwide Impact’ Than MLK Jr.’s

On Monday, Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday, remarks President Joe Biden made about MLK and George Floyd in June 2020 made the rounds online. Biden, who was running for president at the time, said that George Floyd’s death in the custody of former Minneapolis police officers had a greater “worldwide impact” than the assassination of …

‘Tears In Their Eyes!’: Pelosi Goes Ballistic Over Opposition To Filibuster Change, Dems’ Voting Agenda

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) went off on the GOP and moderate Democrat senators who are standing in the way of the Democrats’ radical voting agenda, claiming opponents of the legislation and a change to filibuster rules are “dishonoring” the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. and making our deceased forefathers and leaders like MLK …

Fauci Warns World About ‘Disinformation.’ Xi Jinping Warns About ‘Shifting Blame.’

Speaking at the World Economic Forum’s Davos Agenda virtual event, Dr. Anthony Fauci admonished those who would purvey “misinformation,” pontificating, “We have ‘disinformation’ that is entirely destructive to a comprehensive public health endeavor.” NOW – “We have ‘disinformation’ that is entirely destructive to a comprehensive public health endeavor,” says Dr. Fauci at Klaus Schwab’s WEF …

Marxist Los Angeles DA George Gascón Charges 26-Year-Old Transgender as Juvenile in Sex Assault of 10-Year-Old Girl

Soros-backed Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascón is under fire for charging a 26-year-old transgender (bio male) as a juvenile after he pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting a 10-year-old girl. In 2014, 17-year-old James Tubbs grabbed a 10-year-old girl by the throat at a Denny’s in Palmdale, California and sexually assaulted her in a bathroom stall.…

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Joss Whedon Denies Misconduct Claims, Says Gal Gadot Misunderstood Him: ‘English is Not Her First Language’

Filmmaker Joss Whedon has broken his silence on the allegations of misconduct launched against him last year, directly responding to Justice League’s Gal Gadot and Ray Fisher.  

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California Could Double Its Taxes To Start Massive New Social Program

A new constitutional amendment in California would cause taxes to soar in order to establish a universal, single-payer healthcare system. According to an analysis from the Tax Foundation, Assembly Constitutional Amendment 11 (ACA 11) — which requires two-thirds of both houses of the state legislature for approval — would introduce “surtaxes atop the current individual …

Great Moments in Media Probity

(Steven Hayward) The media consults “experts.” And then get the story completely wrong. There’s a deeper story at work right now, and it is simply this: all the action on constitutional interpretation now is on the right—the reverse of circumstances of the Warren Court era in the 1960s, when elaborate new liberal theories beloved of the “living Constitutionalists” were spinning forth from law schools every day. Today’s reversal is not merely because

VIP Live On Wednesday

(John Hinderaker) We have rescheduled the Power Line VIP Live show that we postponed a week or two ago for next Wednesday, January 19. The show will start at 7 p.m. Central time (5 Pacific, 8 Eastern). As always we will talk about the news of the day, and look ahead to the rest of 2022–which, one hopes, can only be an improvement over 2021. We will take questions and comments from