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$1.5 Million in Oblations to Luigi Mangione

To get an idea of the level of malevolence that characterizes the Democrat base, consider the monetary offerings bestowed upon an alleged terrorist arrested for shooting an innocent man in the back. Via Newsmax:

Thousands of supporters of Luigi Mangione, the man charged in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, have contributed more than $1.5 million to his legal defense…

The supporter-created donation website Stats4Lulu reported on Monday that Mangione’s legal fund had collected $1,530,753 from over 40,000 donors.

Mangione has also received more than 6,000 letters of support.

Murdering Thompson was a heroic deed from the liberal point of view due to presumed political motive. He was killed not for any personal reason but because of his job providing healthcare insurance on a nonsocialist basis. This has earned Mangione implicit support from as prominent a Democrat as US Senator and former presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren (D-MA).

If they shoot healthcare executives in the street now, imagine what they might do to you once they have consolidated control of the government.

On a tip from abcanc.

Illinois DEI Training Video Depicts Whites as Mosquitoes

Under Islam, Jews are traditionally denounced as apes and pigs. Under liberalism, the most hated group is associated with a lower life-form — namely mosquitoes, the #1 enemy of the human race.

Via New American:

If you want to know why there will be more Karmelo Anthonys — angry black youth all too willing to kill whites — look no further than diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) training offered by the Illinois government. It portrays white people and police as mosquitoes inflicting “microaggression” bites that maddeningly accumulate over time. Don’t worry, though, there is a remedy.

The training also shows a black woman using a flamethrower to incinerate the whites and cops mosquitoes.

Hitler had Jews. Stalin had kulaks. Mao had landowners. Liberals have normal white guys.

The video below has been used for indoctrination purposes by JB Pritzker’s Department of Human Rights. Parental advisory — the language of Illinois’s moonbat rulers is not suitable for children:

On a tip from patthedog.

Resistance to Mandatory LGBTism Spreads to San Francisco Giants

Blake Treinen is not the only August Landmesser standing up to the leftist social engineers running Major League Baseball. Resistance has arisen right in the heart of moral decay — San Francisco.

From Outkick Sports:

Late last week, the San Francisco Giants hosted their “Pride Night,” with the team wearing hats with a rainbow-colored Giants logo.

The point is to force players to publicly advocate homosexuality.

Several Giants pitchers, in a statement of their faith, wrote Bible verse designations on their hats.

Landen Roupp followed the lead of Dodger great Clayton Kershaw with a reference to Genesis 9:12-16:

And God said, This is the token of the covenant which I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations:

I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of a covenant between me and the earth.

And it shall come to pass, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the bow shall be seen in the cloud:

And I will remember my covenant, which is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh; and the waters shall no more become a flood to destroy all flesh.

And the bow shall be in the cloud; and I will look upon it, that I may remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is upon the earth.

That’s what the rainbow means. For it to be appropriated by militant degenerates in the name of sexual perversion is sheer blasphemy.

A couple other Giants also stood tall. JT Brubaker wrote Genesis 9:13 on his hat. Sam Hentges reportedly refused to wear an LGBT hat at all.

The liberals in charge are not happy:

“The writing on the cap violates our rules, and consistent with normal practice, we have warned the players about future violations,” said Pat Courtney, MLB’s chief communications officer, in a statement.

At least, it violates their rules when they don’t like the message.

Christians have for millennia suffered far worse persecution for their faith than anything MLB moonbats can inflict. This persecution continues in benighted places like Africa and communist China. If a Nigerian has the guts to show up for church in light of recent massacres, no ballplayer should be afraid to write a Bible verse on his hat.

On tips from David Kight and Wiggins.

Obama Presidential Center Debacle Could Hammer Taxpayers

The Obama Presidential Center may be an eyesore, but it is a fitting tribute to the Obama presidency. Consider this story from Fox News:

Concern is mounting that taxpayers could be left holding the bag if the Obama Presidential Center runs into financial trouble, as the foundation behind it has yet to establish a promised $470 million safety net to guard against a public bailout.

The scrutiny comes as a Fox News Digital investigation found multiple contractors and subcontractors claiming losses ranging from hundreds of thousands of dollars to millions on the project, with some alleging they remain locked in payment disputes and face financial ruin just days before the center’s grand opening.

There was supposed to be a safety net so that Obama would not resume his old habit of bleeding taxpayers…

Under its agreement with the city, the Obama Foundation pledged to create the fund, known as an endowment, as part of its 99-year deal to take control of the publicly owned 19.3-acre section of Jackson Park for a one-time payment of just $10.

…but leftists are never done bleeding taxpayers. According to the most recent findings, only $1 million is in the fund. In the context of Democrats throwing money down ratholes, that is a rounding error.

Concerns about the center’s financial state have raged for years, especially since construction delays and costs have ballooned from an original estimate of roughly $330 million to at least $850 million based on 2021 figures. An updated final projected cost has not been made public.

There is a simple solution. Put Democrats back in the White House, federalize the project, and then print whatever amount of money will finance this hideous monument to a pernicious moonbat’s ego.

As fitting as the bloated cost, incompetent management, and likelihood of shafting taxpayers is the scheduled day the Obama Center will open to the public. Juneteenth was established as a federal holiday to reward race riots for which Obama sowed the seeds with his racially divisive community activist tactics.

On tips from abcanc and Straight Shootr.

Mamdani Throws Money at Propaganda Bureau and Chocolate Condoms

No wonder Zohran Mamdani demands the state raise taxes even higher to help him pay the bills in New York City. He has major expenses to contend with. These include a new propaganda bureau and chocolate flavored condoms.

The New York Post reports:

Taxpayers are on the hook for $5.2 million to pay the swollen salaries of the information ministers in socialist New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s new City Hall propaganda bureau – a staggering 175% more than first thought, The Post can reveal.

It’s barely been open for business for a month, but the Office of Mass Engagement has already seen its headcount balloon 186% from 14 to 40, with $5,123,756 earmarked for salaries, according to the city’s recently released 2027 executive budget.

Nothing grows as relentlessly as a government program.

Mamdani is planning to hire an additional 26 comrades by next year, at an average salary of $125,000, based on details in the budget. …

Workers in the Office of Mass Engagement come on top of the mayor’s own communications team, which is expected to be larger than that of any other mayor in Big Apple history, sources said.

At least chocolate condoms don’t cost as much as moonbat propagandists. Via Frontpage Magazine:

Gonorrhea rates in New York City have more than doubled in a decade and syphilis is ‘surging’ statewide. Mamdani’s Department of Health has responded to this crisis by rushing a free supply of lubricant and chocolate flavored condoms.

As with all things Democrat, Cultural Marxism comes into play:

Councilwoman Pierina Sanchez, a Mamdani ally, explained that the free chocolate flavored condoms were necessary because “inequities persist among women, low-income households, and Black and Latino New Yorkers.”

Sorry white male New Yorkers who work instead of vote for a living. No chocolate condoms for you.

Gonorrhea and syphilis are not the only diseases that unsurprisingly are on the rise in a city run by moonbats:

After a Legionnaire’s disease outbreak in city buildings in Harlem killed 5 people last year, several residents in Manhattan public housing came down with the disease this year. Residents in public housing were told to stop taking showers and fill up bathtubs very slowly as they try to figure out what’s causing it.

Health officials hadn’t gotten around to issuing this warning until the second person came down with the disease, but that’s a step up from last year when the source of the outbreak turned out to be the site of the New York City Public Health Laboratory: a ‘state of the art’ $454 million glass and steel tower whose bureaucrats would be “tasked with protecting and promoting the health of all New Yorkers and keeping the city at the forefront of disease response and investigation” which instead infected around 100 people with a disease.

Half a $billion for yet another building full of largely useless overpaid bureaucrats. Good thing money is free when it belongs to someone else.

On tips from Wiggins and Franco.

Markwayne Mullin Controversially Wants to Prevent Foreigners From Illegally Canceling Out Our Votes

Even the most obvious no-brainer policies are portrayed as controversial if they impede Democrats’ malevolent agenda — including preventing foreigners from illegally canceling out our votes.

Via Fox News:

DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin defended President Donald Trump’s push for citizenship checks in federal elections Sunday, claiming DHS was preparing for the 2026 midterms by reviewing voter information and records. …

Mullin also said the federal election cycle was central to the country and argued that citizenship verification should not be controversial.

Something else that should not be controversial is the presence of ICE agents at polls.

Mullin faced questions during his confirmation hearing about whether ICE agents could be positioned near polling places. At the time, he questioned why critics were concerned about immigration enforcement at voting sites.

What should be controversial is that Democrats regard this as controversial. Their intention to seize power by cheating could not be more obvious.

Many millions of illegal aliens were treasonously allowed into the country under Biden. Democrats do not have the patience to wait for the welfare state to grow from them massive numbers of American-born government-dependent offspring. They want power now.

Once they get it, they are unlikely to let it go. Election fraud will be institutionalized and upheld by a packed Supreme Court. After all, if we have fair elections, someone like Trump might get elected.

On a tip from patthedog.