People from communist countries often express astonishment at the cornucopia of affordable goods available at American grocery stores, which presents a stark contrast to the barren shelves where socialism prevails. So it is fitting that Black Lives Matters Marxists in Seattle would target a Trader Joe’s…

…claiming to be protesting “lack of access to grocery stores” and explaining to patrons “how capitalism exploits the working class.”

A mob of hooligans disrupting other people’s access to a grocery store may help promote the notion that blacks are oppressed because there are not enough of these stores in black neighborhoods. Leftists believe stores should be located not according to economic logic, but according to race. To the extent there is a shortage of grocery stores in black neighborhoods, crime is likely the major factor — including looting, which is a favorite pastime of Black Lives Matter “protesters.”

Leftists particularly hate Trader Joe’s because it is associated with gentrification — i.e., the economic improvement of impoverished neighborhoods. If you don’t build a grocery store, you are racist for creating a food desert. If you do build one, you are racist for inflicting gentrification. Whatever constructive people do, it will enrage leftists.

The occupation, which resulted in paying customers being locked out of the store, is the handiwork of Morning March Seattle, which has caused havoc on a nearly daily basis all summer. Earlier this month, they blocked roads, backing up traffic from Seattle to Bellevue. The media has to do a lot of heavy lifting to keep BLM’s approval numbers up.

On a tip from R F. Hat tip: PJ Media.

No matter how you pander to the crocodile, there is no guarantee it will come after you last, especially if it is a Marxist crocodile and you are conspicuously rich. No one could out-moonbat LeBron James, who wails loudly about the oppression of his race despite having acquired a net worth of $450 million playing a game in a country he openly disrespects. Yet the very Black Lives Matter mob that he has encouraged temporarily blocked NBA buses from entering the Walt Disney World campus on Saturday, brandishing megaphones:

Among their chants: “Black Lives Matter” and “LeBron can you help us?”

How about it, LeBron? If you really want your country torn to pieces in the name of cultural Marxism, why not shower some of your vast wealth upon the foot soldiers trying to make it happen?

The protesters assembled near one of the entrances and were not inside the so-called bubble, where teams, NBA staff and other have been for more than two months in some cases for the resumption of the season.

It would be hard to imagine a better metaphor for pro sports in general and the ultra-left, mostly black NBA in particular than the “bubble.” It protects them not only from COVID-19 but from the consequences of the toxic ideology they theatrically promote. Waging ideological war on police officers gets cops shot; it gets people living in black neighborhoods shot too. But, aside from harassment of a bus they weren’t even on, the zillionaire leftists inside the bubble are safe — until the Marxist revolution they have abetted gets out of hand.

All entrances to the bubble — whether it is the hotel properties or the arenas where games are played — are secured by law enforcement, security officers or both.

Law enforcement officers are to be abolished according to the Black Lives Matter ideology that is aggressively promoted by the NBA.

On tips from Rapinhoe and DCGere.

The anniversary of 9/11 was particularly sad on Friday because currently we are not united against the maniacs who employ terrorism against our country. The party aligned with them may even prevail in the November elections. Ayaan Hirsi Ali, who escaped Islam at great risk to her life and is now an American citizen, lists a few of the parallels between al Qaeda and Black Lives Matter/Antifa:

The adherents of each constantly pursue ideological purity, certain of their own rectitude. Neither Islamists nor the Woke will engage in debate; both prefer indoctrination of the submissive and damnation of those who resist.

That damnation can take the form of beheading in countries controlled by Islamists, whereas it manifests itself in “cancelation” in our own country, which is thankfully still a soft tyranny for now, but the intent and effect are the same.

Differences between Islamic and leftist radicals are often cosmetic:

Islamists shout “Allahu Akbar” and “Death to America”; the Woke chant “Black lives matter” and “I can’t breathe.” Islamists pray to Mecca; the Woke take the knee.

Imagine if, in September of 2001, instead of standing respectfully for the national anthem, grotesquely overpaid athletes had knelt toward Mecca and touched their foreheads to the grass to signify obeisance to terrorists. That is the equivalent of the pregame theatrics we are currently subjected to as our country is again under siege.

Islam forbids “blasphemy”; leftists, “hate speech.” Only the context is different, not the meaning. The same goes for the terms “Islamophobia” and “racism.”

Islamic and woke radicals are both fond of destroying statues, and of theatrically burning the American flag.

Both ideologies aim to tear down the existing system and replace it with utopias that always turn out to be hellish anarchies: Islamic State in Raqqa, the Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone in Seattle. Both are collectivist: Group identity trumps the individual. Both tolerate—and often glorify—violence carried out by zealots.

The most important similarity is that their hatred of America cannot be appeased. Despite what some choose to believe, they are not angry because they are poor or oppressed.

Their motivations are ideological and they will be satisfied only with power.

That means either they win or we do. If they win, America won’t just continue to change. It will be over.

A foreign enemy might be safely ignored for a time. This is not true of domestic enemies like Black Lives Matter, Antifa, and their many allies.

On a tip from Varla.

Despite Biden finally issuing a vague and tepid condemnation of the political violence that has been going on for months (while absurdly trying to blame it on Trump), the Democrat Party has affiliated itself with Black Lives Matter from its beginnings during the Obama/Biden Administration. The party’s endorsement was made official by the Democrat National Committee, and made into a pageant during the Democratic National Convention, after BLM had become synonymous with rioting. It should surprise no one that a Democrat staffer in the state legislature was arrested for interfering with a police officer during the BLM-inspired rioting that has disfigured Portland on a nightly basis for the past 2 months:

The police arrested Kristina Narayan, who is legislative director for the top Democrat in Oregon’s House of Representatives, along with 58 others during a riot that began Saturday night and continued into Sunday morning, according to a Portland Police Bureau report. Narayan has worked for House Speaker Tina Kotek since 2016.

Yet another riot was declared after the mostly peaceful protesters threw a firebomb at the police, in addition to rocks, fireworks, and mortars.

Leaders on both the right and the left have condemned the Portland City Council and Mayor Ted Wheeler (D.) for “endorsing” the riots and destruction.

Neither Narayan nor Wheeler is the most prominent Democrat to support the riots and the toxic ideology that drives them. As noted earlier, Kamala Harris has raised money to bail out violent felons so they can resume rioting. She is effectively still at it:

Harris called on her followers to donate to the Minnesota Freedom Fund (MFF) in a June 1 tweet, saying that contributions to the fund would help post bail for people arrested during protests against the police-custody death of George Floyd, which sparked nationwide unrest and riots across the country.

The fundraising page Harris linked to in her tweet, which contains a picture of Harris and the slogan for her former presidential campaign, is still actively accepting donations. The Daily Caller News Foundation verified Harris’s link was still active by making a $1 contribution through the page Thursday afternoon.

Among the people that MFF bailed out of jail after Floyd’s death include Jaleel Stallings, who according to Fox9 faces attempted murder charges for shooting at members of a SWAT Team during riots in late May.

Stallings is far from the only suspected sociopath to be set loose upon the public thanks to the MFF.

At least 13 Biden staffers have donated their money to this riot-facilitating organization.

The initial propaganda blast following George Floyd’s overindulgence in fentanyl spooked the herd into a stampede that made Black Lives Matter seem like a safe side to take. But hitching the Democrat Party cart to a mob of Marxist rioters may not pay off so well with the public, now that an awareness of what BLM actually stands for has begun to permeate the media’s spin.

On a tip from ABC of the ANC.

You know the Left has gone off the rails when premier race hustler Al Sharpton emerges as a relative voice of reason. While Bill de Blasio et al defund the police, driving the crime rate into the stratosphere, Sharpton demurs:

“To take all policing off is something that I think a latte liberal may go for as they sit around the Hamptons discussing this as some academic problem,” Sharpton said.

“But people living on the ground need proper policing,” he said.

Specifically regarding New York City,

Sharpton noted how certain neighborhoods are indeed suffering from gun violence when asked about the safety of the city.

That would mainly be black neighborhoods. Blacks are the first victims of the antipolice Black Lives Matter ideology that has been embraced by the liberal establishment.

On a tip from Rapinhoe.

Terrorism is defined as the use of violence and intimidation to advance political goals. That means that Black Lives Matter is a terrorist organization. There have been about 550 riots associated with BLM over the summer; riots are by definition violent, and BLM’s political objectives are openly stated (abolish police and prisons, cash payments based on race, etc).

It would be hard to imagine political violence — i.e., terrorism — more explicit than this:

The Michigan Republican Party headquarters in Lansing, Michigan, was reportedly vandalized Sunday night with graffiti saying “f[***] ICE, f[***] police, f[***] you,” the political party announced Monday. …

Michigan Republican Party Chairwoman Laura Cox is a former Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent, according to the state party’s website.

As Cox observes,

“This vandalism is emblematic of the chaos sweeping through our nation’s Democrat-run cities, as the radical left uses criminal tactics to try and extort weak politicians into defunding the men and woman who keep us safe.”

She might have said, “emblematic of the terrorism.” Speech liberals don’t like is not really violence, but the destruction of property is.

So is the body count that has been run up during “mostly peaceful” BLM protests.

Sometimes the intimidation stops short of violence. For example, Senator Kelly Loeffler (R-GA) was almost prevented from speaking:

Loeffler said her Republican supporters “stood up” to Black Lives Matter protesters who disrupted a campaign event. …

“Black Lives Matter rioters came in and they were protesting and trying to break it up, but we didn’t stop because, look, this is one thing that our country is built on.”

While the disruptors shouted and police refused to intervene because it was in a public park building, Loeffler’s supporters shouted her name and chanted “USA” in response.

Loeffler is especially unpopular with BLM for having introduced the “Holding Rioters Accountable Act” along with Tom Cotton (R-AR).

If the lawlessness continues to spiral out of control, Senators will be in physical danger. Rand Paul could tell you all about it.

On a tip from Rapinhoe.

It may surprise some to learn that rioting is still a crime. So is organizing and inciting riots, as has been done across the country on a massive scale for months now. Rand Paul, who luckily survived being set upon by Black Lives Matter hooligans, wants to do something about it:

Paul demanded that an investigation be started into where money given to groups such as Black Lives Matter is being spent, and if it is being used to spark violence in major US cities. …

“It really is a federal crime to incite riot and to fly people around to instigate violence. And I think that’s what’s happening,” the Senator urged.

“Someone has to trace the money,” says Paul. That would likely prove that some of the monsoon of money corporations have showered upon Black Lives Matter has been spent not only fomenting but coordinating riots.

Criminals who shout about racial justice are above censure by the media, no matter how sociopathic their behavior. But are they above the law? Time will tell. If Democrats secure control of the federal government in November, the answer is certain.

Hat tip: Liberty Daily.

While Republicans act invisible and Democrats support the rioters, Ronald Reagan provides his characteristic leadership and clarity on the Black Lives Matter issue:

Tragically, even if we could find another Ronald Reagan, he would no longer be electable.

On a tip from Dragon’s Lair.

Despite what the media and Democratic Party would have you believe, the endless Black Lives Matter riots have no moral justification. Looters are not making statements about injustice. As Dave Morrison correctly observes in the video below, “Looters are making a statement about the moral decay of the looters themselves.” By excusing and even championing rioters, the liberal establishment is making a statement about its own moral decay.

As the abundance of white rioters (some from wealthy families) makes clear, the mostly peaceful protests aren’t really about white versus black. They are about order versus chaos, good versus bad.

On tips from KirklesWorth and Mr. Freemarket.

Authorities should allow eating inside at full capacity. Diners might rather take their chances with COVID-19 than with mostly peaceful Black Lives Matter protesters. We saw what happened to normal people trying to enjoy an evening out in Rochester, New York. Here is what diners are up against in Pittsburgh:

The “Nazi Lives Don’t Matter” shirt sums up the prevailing attitude, assuming Nazis are defined as regular people minding their own business as they try to enjoy a meal.

The liberal establishment tells us that we must see Black Lives Matter bullies as the good guys and even revere them. Maybe —given its control of the media, corporations, sports, etc — the establishment can get people to feel the way we are told to feel. Or maybe the conspicuous malevolence of Black Lives Matter will cause people to question everything else we are told we must embrace.

On a tip from Sean C.

Restaurants in New York State are allowed to open now, but they have to limit dining rooms to 50% capacity and follow distancing mandates. In New York City, indoor dining is completely forbidden, despite the virus having mostly moved on. Governor Cuomo says that the police would need to devote 4,000 officers to enforcing social distancing compliance in restaurants before indoor dining will be allowed, which won’t be easy, considering that de Blasio has defunded the NYPD by $1 billion in honor of Black Lives Matter. At least it isn’t too cold for indoor dining yet. But that has drawbacks in the age of BLM, as diners in upstate Rochester can tell you:

Dangerous protesters converged on Rochester, New York, for the third night in a row following the release of the footage showing local authorities arresting Daniel Prude.

Daniel Prude is a maniac who was running around naked, evidently out of his mind on drugs. He died after having been detained by the police, who had to put a spit hood on him.

An autopsy report from the Monroe County Medical Examiner’s Office determined that Prude died as a result of “complications of asphyxia in the setting of physical restraint due to excited delirium due to acute phencyclidine intoxication,” which is “an indication that Prude might have been high on PCP.”

Since he happened to be black, this is grounds for still more riots. The following video demonstrates what this means for normal people trying to eat out. This is not a trailer for a zombie apocalypse movie, but actual footage of BLM militants terrorizing diners in Rochester:

Police were unable to control the riot, which then spread:

Rioters later also reportedly began taking to residential areas, and could be seen climbing on roofs. Demonstrators reportedly set fire to at least one city bus stop during the overnight melee.

The race hate driving the Black Lives Matter movement was on open display:

Another video sees at least one demonstrator insisting that any protest efforts be aimed “toward the white folks.”

Democrats are counting on people thinking that they can appease this mob by voting for the party that has made a pageant of endorsing it. But anyone who remembers grade school knows that trying to appease bullies only results in more bullying.

On tips from Rapinhoe, Steve T, KirklesWorth, and R F.

If the ritual public shaming tactics employed by Black Lives Matter militants look familiar, you might be thinking of the nightmare known as the Chinese Cultural Revolution. There are so many parallels, the ChiComs ought to sue BLM for copyright infringement.

Paul Joseph Watson illustrates in one of his best videos yet:

The similarities are not coincidental. Black Lives Matter cofounder Patrisse Cullors has described herself as a “trained Marxist.”

In the end, whether you call it Marxism, Maoism, or racial justice, it is all the same phenomenon: namely, totalitarianism, which is always imposed by bullies.

On a tip from KirklesWorth.

Kyle Rittenhouse appears to be a good kid who meant well by traveling to Kenosha to defend people’s property. He has been designated a demon by the liberal establishment, because he shot three rioters who were attacking him, killing two. Without evidence or relevance, he has been accused of the ultimate thought crime: white supremacism. Lest someone spoil the Two Minutes Hate, pointing out facts that contradict the liberal narrative on Rittenhouse can get you banned by Facebook.

Mark Dice is learning this the hard way:

It was interesting to learn that Facebook does not allow “praise or support of dangerous individuals or organizations.” They give examples of what they mean by “dangerous.” The first two are:

• Terrorist activity
• Organized hate or violence

None of the examples even remotely applies to Kyle Rittenhouse. However, the two above clearly apply to Black Lives Matter and Antifa.

Let’s see if Facebook bans praising and supporting these violent organizations, which are centered on hatred of the police and America, and which have been engaged in terrorist activities such as burning down businesses and attacking motorists on a regular basis for months now.

On tips from KirklesWorth and Lyle.

Rather than risk the wrath of environmentalists by keeping wildfires under control through proactive forest management, Gavin Newsom might find it more convenient to apply the same approach that Democrat governors take to the unending Black Lives Matter riots. The Babylon Bee demonstrates:

“The fires are mostly peaceful, mostly calm — nothing to worry about,” Newsom said as the fires burned through thousands of acres of forest behind him.

To make doubly sure he keeps well-heeled, politically powerful environmentalist types on his side, as well as social justice warriors, he could remind the public that humans are interlopers and exploiters:

Newsom also pointed out that fires were here before humans, and so in a way, we stole the land from fires, and the indigenous infernos are just taking the reparations they are due. “If a peaceful fire approaches your home, do not fight back. That would be racist. Allow it to consume your home — peacefully, of course — if you are a true ally of indigenous peoples everywhere.”

At least the liberal establishment has not been whipping up wildfires deliberately, as it has been doing with the ongoing urban conflagration by validating and even egging on rioters as it extols their toxic ideology.

On a tip from Lyle.