Never Trumpers angry over Liz Cheney's removal from House GOP leadership

As your mother probably told you a person can be judged by their friends. Because of her opposition to former President Donald Trump, Liz Cheney was ousted from her position as the House Republican Conference Chair, the third-ranking position for the party in the lower chamber. 

Coming to her defense is CNN, which avoided mention of the escalating conflict between Israel and Hamas during its primetime show but devoted 90 minutes last night to Cheney. 

The Never Trump Lincoln Project, which has many problems of its own, is supporting her. So is Never Trumper Adam Kinzinger.

As is Mitt Romney, who in a Tweet two days ago said, "Expelling Liz Cheney from leadership won’t gain the GOP one additional voter, but it will cost us quite a few."

Expelling Liz Cheney from leadership won’t gain the GOP one additional voter, but it will cost us quite a few.

— Mitt Romney (@MittRomney) May 10, 2021

Meanwhile over 100 Republicans, including many people I've never heard of, say they may form a third party if reforms aren't made within the GOP. One name I recognize is Evan McMullin, who ran for president against Trump under a minor party's banner in 2016. Is McMullin really a Republican? He wasn't five years ago.

PragerU Killing Comedy

Seth Dillon, the CEO of The Babylon Bee, discusses how leftists, between what what they believe and what offends them, is killing comedy. 

And the left is so "out there" they are difficult to satirize.

Sen. Mitch McConnell warns the Democrats’ partisan power grab and takeover of elections

If the Democrats' HB 1 becomes law voter ID becomes illegal. So does ballot harvesting. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell makes a rare appearance at a committee hearing.

Mark Dice: Open Border Propaganda Goes Supernova!!!

Now the entertainment industry is pushing the open border policies of the Democrats.

 

5 killed, including a 14-year-old boy, and at least 21 wounded in weekend Chicago shootings

There were five fatal shootings over Mother's Day weekend in Chicago--all on the West Side. Among the dead is a 14-year-old boy, Eddie Thigpen, who was shot to death Saturday night in Humboldt Park.

Elsewhere in the city there where 21 people wounded in shootings. 

So far this year there have been eight police-involved shootings, three of them fatal.

From Da Tech Guy: Obama and Pritzker exposed as frauds on gerrymandering in Illinois

There is never a shortage of material on bad governance in Illinois. From today's post at Da Tech Guy: Obama and Pritzker exposed as frauds on gerrymandering in Illinois.

Van Morrison - Brown Eyed Girl (Live) from...It's Too Late to Stop Now

Van Morrison's first album contained what for many people is their favorite song from Van the Man, "Brown Eyed Girl."

Here is the Belfast Cowboy singing it in the 1970s for the It's Too Late to Stop Now album.

Biden energy secretary Jennifer Granholm has no answer on rising gas prices tries to blame COVID-19

Jennifer Granholm, the failed former governor of Michigan, was confronted by "Fake Jake" Tapper of CNN about rising gasoline prices--which are about 50 cents a gallon higher than they were on the day Joe Biden took office. 

Tapper suddenly rememebered that he is supposed to be a journalist. Granhold had no answer for Tapper--other that attempting to blame that on the COVID-19 pandemic.

Joe Biden laughs as April jobs report shows increased unemployment rate

Squinty Joe Biden, reading as always from a teleprompter, laughed as he talked about the abysmal April jobs numbers.

Kamala Harris laughed a while ago when she was asked about visiting the southern border.

It's not funny, folks.

Bidenomics: Jobless rate up, only 266K jobs added

Three months of Joe Biden and his surrogates trashing big business are taking their toll. And the extension of jobless rates by the president encourages people to stay home. 

And soon inflation will be roaring back.

From Fox News:

An expected U.S. hiring boom crashed into a wall in April, with employers adding a measly 266,000 new jobs – sharply missing Wall Street's expectations – amid a growing shortage of available workers.

The unemployment rate unexpectedly rose to 6.1% — while it's still well below the April 2020 peak of 14.7%, it's about twice the pre-crisis level, the Labor Department said in its monthly payroll report, released Friday morning.

Economists surveyed by Refinitiv expected the report to show that unemployment fell to 5.8% and the economy added 978,000 jobs. The figure marks a significant drop from March's downwardly revised number of 770,000 and February's upwardly revised 536,000.