Biden-Appointed Judges Keep Looting Spree Alive

We now know Deep State leftists have been using USAID to give American taxpayer money to Islamic terrorists, including the Taliban. Confronted by these shocking revelations, Democrats attack the messenger, including with calls for violence. Then they use kooks in the courts to force us to keep giving the money.

From the moonbats at ABC News:

In a late-night filing on Tuesday, lawyers with the Department of Justice asked U.S. District Judge Amir Ali to issue a stay of his order that requires the Trump administration to pay by Wednesday at 11:59 p.m. any outstanding debts to foreign aid groups for work completed prior to Feb. 13. The Trump administration initially tried to freeze the payments via an executive order before Judge Ali ordered the payments to resume two weeks ago.

At issue are nearly $2 billion in payments.

Amir Ali is from Canada. His parents were from Egypt. It appears he is not a fan of America’s base demographic. America First is not likely to resonate with Amir Ali.

DOJ lawyers argued that fulfilling the payments is not only technically impossible but would also prevent the Trump administration from ensuring the payments are “legitimate.”

Of course they aren’t legitimate. That’s why they have to be compelled by leftist judges like Ali and Loren AliKhan:

Judge Loren AliKhan from the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia ruled in favor of a group of nonprofit organizations in finding that they are likely to succeed in their challenge to the pause on all federal grants, loans and other federal assistance programs. The judge found that the nonprofits proved that the “funding freeze would be economically catastrophic — and in some circumstances, fatal — to their members” and agreed to grant their request for a preliminary injunction while the case plays out.

The astonishing argument is that pernicious left-wing NGOs must be given our money on a coercive basis because they cannot survive without it.

Looks like the “NG” does not stand for “nongovernmental” after all.

Both of these judges were appointed by Joe Biden, whose legacy of corruption, tyranny, and radical leftism lives on. So was this guy:

Saving the USA from its enemies within will not be easy.

On a tip from Mr. Freemarket. Hat tip: Not the Bee.

74-Year-Old Woman Charged for Silent Vigil

JD Vance is correct. The threat to freedom in Europe does not come from Russia, which can’t even conquer Ukraine. The threat comes from within:

A 74-year-old woman has been charged after silently praying outside an abortion clinic in Scotland less than a week after U.S. Vice President JD Vance highlighted the draconian thought crime laws in the UK.

Rose Docherty was arrested under the Abortion Services (Safe Access Zones) Act. Using the word “safe” to name such a dangerous law is as quintessentially leftist as calling an inflationary wasteful spending blowout the Inflation Reduction Act.

The law, which came into force last year, prohibits any protests or vigils being held within 200m (656ft) of abortion clinics in Scotland, mirroring similar restrictions enacted in England and Wales.

Confessing to having silent thoughts that do not favor abortion counts as a protest. That’s why they call it “thoughtcrime.”

This must be how authorities knew she was committing wrongthink:

The woman was also seen carrying a sign that read, “Coercion is a crime. I’m here to talk, only if you want.”

Coercion is a crime all right. But under leftism, the criminals are in charge. Hence, even praying in your own home might be prosecuted, as the Scottish government warned in a letter to residents that included this:

“In general, the offences apply in public places within the Safe Access Zones. However, activities in a private place (such as a house) within the area between the protected premises and the boundary of a Zone could be an offence if they can be seen or heard within the Zone and done intentionally or recklessly.”

Having solved all other problems, the moonbats running the remnants of Great Britain turn their attention to Christians who engage in reckless praying.

The letter went on to call for residents to report anyone they believed to be in violation of the law to Police Scotland.

The similarly repressive regime in East Germany likewise relied heavily on informants.

Exhibit A for the prosecution.

On a tip from DCGere.

CBS News: Free Speech Caused Holocaust

Local tyrants were not the only ones triggered by JD Vance’s epic defense of political freedom in Europe. The US media’s characteristic if incongruous reaction has been to shriek about Nazis. Democratic Party apparatchik Margaret Brennan of CBS News even claims that free speech caused the Holocaust:

[Brennan] had asked what Vance’s speech and meeting with a leader of Alternative for Germany (AfD), a right-wing German populist political party, “accomplish other than irritating our allies.” [Marco] Rubio responded by emphasizing Vance was right to point out European countries’ perceived backsliding on free speech.

“Well, he was standing in a country where free speech was weaponized to conduct a genocide, and he met with the head of a political party that has far-right views and some historic ties to extreme groups,” Brennan replied.

“Far-right” and “extreme” in this context are Liberalese for “not left-wing.”

Watch and applaud as Rubio slaps her down:

“We are out of time” honks Margaret at the end of the clip. That goes for the entire liberal establishment media that openly sides with political repression against an America vice president advocating freedom. Trump’s characterization of it as “the enemy of the people” is becoming common wisdom.

Here’s some free speech that apparently set her off, coming after Vance had gotten under her skin with his “I don’t really care, Margaret” mic drop moment:

On a tip from Wiggins.

Biden Unilaterally Amends Constitution

Biden continues to trash the country on his way out the door, attacking the US Constitution by unilaterally declaring the Equal Rights Amendment to be part of it.

Daily Signal provides a civics and history lesson:

The Constitution provides that Congress, by a two-thirds vote, may propose an amendment to the Constitution and that it becomes part of the Constitution when ratified by three-fourths of the states (38) in the manner Congress requires.

Rep. Martha Griffiths, D-Mich., introduced House Joint Resolution 208 in 1971 to propose this language: “Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex.”

Today’s Democrat social engineers would use that to impose the LGBT agenda, including men on women’s sports teams and in their private facilities.

There was a deadline on ratification, which the proposed amendment did not meet. Therefore, it expired and is not part of the US Constitution, as even leftists like Gloria Steinem and Ruth Bader Ginsburg have attested. Yet Joe Biden has announced that it is:

Biden gets to three fourths of the states by counting the three states that ratified after the deadline while ignoring the five states that withdrew their ratification.

The problem goes deeper than the senile lowlife currently infesting the White House:

[Biden] said nothing about the archivist declaring or certifying anything about the 1972 ERA.

Led by Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., 47 Senate Democrats recently wrote Biden asking that he order the archivist to do so.

If Democrats had the leverage, they would simply declare the dead amendment to have passed and count on a Supreme Court that they would pack with Ketanji Brown Jackson types to back them up.

Leftists unilaterally declared a constitutional right to abortion with Roe v. Wade. Why not add amendments according to their whim?

That ignoring procedure would render the Constitution meaningless is not a bug but a feature. Whatever limits their power, Democrats seek to destroy. The same goes for anything that defines America.

On tips from Wiggins and MrRightWingDave.

Arrested by Feds for Making Climate Change

Between now and January 20 is the time not only for last-minute looting and outrageous pardons, but for pushing the envelope of administrative state tyranny even further before the incoming administration can scale it back.

The Environmental Protection Agency is going over the top to enforce the maliciously anti-industry American Innovation and Manufacturing (AIM) Act (named as appropriately as the inflationary Inflation Reduction Act).

Via Fox News:

The AIM Act led to the arrest of Michael Hart, of San Diego, in March on charges related to “smuggling potent greenhouse gases,” highlighted in the EPA report. The charges marked the first-ever greenhouse gas-related arrest issued under the AIM Act, but according to an EPA press release from earlier this year, “it will not be the last.”

Better stay away from bean burritos until the EPA has been reined in — or better still abolished.

EPA tyranny does not end with throwing people in prison for the imaginary offense of making the weather be too warm:

Additionally, the EPA reported issuing $1.7 billion in administrative and judicial penalties…

The agency’s environmental enforcement efforts also saw 1,851 civil cases concluded, 121 criminal defendants charged, and it issued more than 225 million pounds of “pollution reductions” in “overburdened communities,” according to the report. As of the end of 2024, there are about 480 open criminal investigations on environmental programs.

Ideologically deranged federal bureauweenies are a menace to both liberty and the economy. DOGE should have no difficulty finding good reason to fire virtually all of them.

Biden has made issuing green energy projects a focus of his administration, most recently handing out billions of dollars to fund climate-related projects in the remaining months of his term before President-elect Trump steps into office.

Looting the treasury for the sake of flagrantly wasteful spending will remain a Democrat priority to the bitter end.

On tips from Chuck A and R F.

Biden Calls for Imprisoning Opposition

Looks like Democrats are losing faith in election fraud. The incumbent president is calling for the opposition to be thrown in prison:

Even Biden was sentient enough to sort of walk it back with “politically lock him up” after the audience cheered. Not Kamala Harris though:

Harris has not yet condemned Biden’s statement, though the Trump campaign has called on her to do so.

Ask someone who would know — like David Daleiden — whether Kamala Harris would refrain from locking up political opponents.

On tips from ABC of the ANC and Wiggins.

Rudy Giuliani’s Property Confiscated

Watch what you say about election fraud. It could cost you your belongings:

A Manhattan judge on Tuesday ordered Rudy Giuliani to turn over control of his Upper East Side condo and prized Yankees memorabilia to two Georgia election workers he defamed by falsely claiming they tried to cheat former President Donald Trump out of the 2020 election. …

The three-bedroom, three-bathroom condo, priced at $5.175 million as of earlier this month, boasts a wood-paneled library, a wood-burning fireplace and views of Central Park, real estate listings show.

The lucky beneficiaries of the $148 million defamation case are Ruby Freeman and her daughter, Wandrea “Shaye” Moss, who claim they faced threats and racist verbal attacks, not by Giuliani but because of him.

It isn’t just about money; it’s about inflicting pain and humiliation:

“The Court also does not doubt that certain of the items may have sentimental value to Defendant,” [Manhattan federal judge Lewis] Liman wrote in the 24-page ruling.

God help anyone associated with Donald Trump who comes before a Manhattan judge.

Giuliani was called “America’s Mayor” for rising to the occasion after 9/11, helping New Yorkers to feel that everything would be all right because competent adults were in charge. Adults are no longer in charge. Hopefully, we can fix that.

On a tip from Wiggins.

Crackdown on Opposition to Abortion in UK and USA

The USA and UK have comprised a powerful trans-Atlantic alliance in defense of liberty. Under leftist control, the opposite is becoming true, as moonbats curtail freedom in the name of their unholiest sacrament, abortion.

Silent prayer continues to get Britons in hot water with their government:

Adam Smith-Connor, who served in Afghanistan, was prosecuted for breaching a ban on protests within a buffer zone around a clinic in Bournemouth, Dorset, in November 2022. His head was bowed and hands were clasped as he prayed for his unborn son Jacob, whom he now regrets aborting more than two decades ago. …

Smith-Connor must now pay £9,000 (€10,770) in legal costs to the prosecution, just for praying in his head for three minutes.

As warned here the day before yesterday,

The disgraceful fate of the UK will befall the USA if Democrats are not pried from power soon.

It has already begun:

Bevelyn Beatty Williams turned herself in to federal prison on Wednesday after the Biden-Harris Department of Justice charged her with violating the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances (FACE) Act for preaching the Gospel outside of a New York abortion facility.

The same act was exploited by the FBI to terrorize pro-lifer Mark Houck.

The pro-life activist was sentenced to three years and five months in February following a years-long legal battle with the state of New York. Williams attempted to appeal the ruling in July, but U.S. District Judge Jennifer L. Rochon, who was appointed by President Joe Biden, denied the appeal.

Rochon’s denial is consistent with the objectives of the regime that appointed her.

In recent years the Biden-Harris administration has used the FACE Act to maximalize convictions and sentencing for pro-life activists, turning misdemeanors into felonies.

Williams is a stay-at-home mother, a demographic liberal social engineers aim to eradicate.

A word from her husband on how the draconian punishment is affecting their family:

On tips from Chris Neilson and MrRightWingDave.