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FEBRUARY 6,  2022

I AM THE STATE!  WELL, SHE THINKS SHE IS.  ALEXANDRIA OCASIO-CORTEZ, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS AOC, IS MAKING MAJOR POLITICAL NOISE, ESSENTIALLY DEMANDING HER ROLE AS MOTHER, OR KID SISTER, OF THE NEW RADICAL DEMOCRATIC PARTY.  I THINK SHE BELIEVES THIS STUFF.  OVERNIGHT,  FROM FOX:

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., announced a rally in Texas to support two candidates in next month's Democratic primary.

"Texans, are you ready?" Ocasio-Cortez said on Twitter. "We’re coming in for a major DOUBLE-RALLY next Saturday, Feb 12th… This one’s going to be special."

I wonder if they've ever heard of her.

Ocasio-Cortez will rally in support of Greg Casar, who the New York Democrat officially endorsed last week.

"Because of his roots as a labor organizer, I know Greg and I will work together to organize year-round and deliver on Medicare for All, good jobs, and climate justice," Ocasio-Cortez said at the time. "I’m proud to support his campaign and will be doing everything I can to help him win this primary on March 1."

Everyone is excited about "climate justice."  I hear people talk in restaurants.

The rally will also support Jessica Cisneros, who is looking to unseat incumbent Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Texas, in Texas' 28th Congressional District.

Cuellar previously bested Cisneros by four points in the 2020 primary, but now faces controversy after his home was raided by FBI agents last month.

The FBI has not charged the lawmaker with a crime, but Cisneros has called the investigation "alarming" and boasted that Ocasio-Cortez is "ready to work alongside us to finally bring true representation to South Texas families."

And get this for ego:

Ocasio-Cortez has previously criticized her fellow Democrats for not using her or other progressives on the campaign trail, saying the party made a "mistake" by being too moderate during the Virginia gubernatorial race that Republican Glenn Youngkin won last November.

Yes, Virginia was hoping for Jane Fonda.

"Before the Virginia elections, it was very clear that our help and our participation was not wanted or asked for, which is fine. I’m not here to tell people how to run their races," Ocasio-Cortez said at the time. "But at the same time, to consider the members here that have some of the tightest relationships to our political base as just a uniform liability – and not something that can be selectively deployed, or consulted, or anything – I think it’s just sad. I think it was a mistake."

Queen Alexandria may not have noticed that the minority vote is drifting rightward.

The New York Democrat added that "not a single person" asked her to send an email to people on her "own list," but the party still laid blame on progressives for their defeat.

"The idea that we just accept a collapse in youth turnout – and essentially turn it into a self-fulfilling prophecy – in times when races are decided by such narrow margin points: I think it’s ill advised," she said.

COMMENT:  She's becoming delusional.  Our Eva Peron.

February 6,  2022     Permalink

SHORT TAKES ON THE DRIFTING WRECKAGE – OVERNIGHT: 

THE REMARKABLE RACIAL CHANGE – OVERNIGHT, FROM DAILYWIRE:    Joe Biden’s approval rating among African-Americans has dropped significantly during his presidency, as his approval overall continues to slide.  A focus group of African Americans in the states of Michigan, Texas, and Georgia, conducted by Democratic surveyor Navigator Research, found that Biden’s approval among black people fell 10 percentage points over the course of the year 2021, from 86% in January 2021, shortly after Biden took office, to 76% in 2022. Even more surprising, Biden’s approval among black voters under 35 declined by a full 25% over the past year, from 88% in 2021 to just 63% in 2022.  Biden’s base of support was very tepid, the focus group found, with neither enthusiastic support nor intense disapproval. Asked to grade Biden’s “progress report” so far, voters gave him mostly “C” grades, with a few “Ds,” and even fewer “Bs.”  It's possible that a new generation of African Americans will realize that the Democratic Party does little for them, but only values their vote.  This comes as Republicans are finally waking up and reaching out to minorities, with some amazingly positive results.  Never consider any group lost. Or won.  The Dems have taken blacks for granted, as they have Hispanics.  And new polling suggests that both groups are fed up.

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FEBRUARY 5,  2022

HOW CLOSE ARE WE TO A WAR OVER UKRAINE? – OVERNIGHT:   The tensions are growing, Kamala Harris is learning that Ukraine isn't a type of building equipment, and people are worried.   So what's happening?  From Fox: 

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley told lawmakers that Kyiv could fall within 72 hours if a full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine takes place, multiple congressional sources tell Fox News.

Milley told lawmakers during closed-door briefings on Feb. 2 and 3 that a full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine could result in the fall of Kyiv within 72-hours, and could come at a cost of 15,000 Ukrainian troop deaths and 4,000 Russian troop deaths.

Several lawmakers expressed concern that the Biden administration did not respond quickly to provide Ukraine with significant military aid, such as anti-aircraft and rocket launcher systems that would defend against an invasion from Russia.

Biden administration officials at the meetings responded to these concerns by saying that a significant supply of military aid to Ukraine could be used as a reason to invade Ukraine.

While Ukraine is receiving security assistance from the United States from a $200 million allocation made in December, it is also receiving $600 million in assistance from the United Kingdom and Baltic states, which the country is depending heavily upon and includes anti-tank Javelin missiles and older-version Stinger portable anti-aircraft missiles…

…The United States is also working to make preparations for a significant refugee and migrant crisis, one person familiar with the planning said. European allies are also leading discussions on housing and migrant flows under the assumption that Ukrainian nationals would flee to other portions of Europe.

COMMENT:  Not all are on board with the narrative that a Russian invasion is imminent.  No one actually knows.  The central idea here is not whether we love Ukraine or feel any obligation to that country.  The central idea is that a successful Russian invasion would destroy the whole principle of deterrence, which allowed us to win the Cold War without an enduring conflict.   Appeasement has its costs, which can be very bitter.

February 5,  2022     Permalink

SHORT TAKES ON THE DRIFTING WRECKAGE – OVERNIGHT: 

THE OLYMPICS AREN'T WINNING ANY GOLD MEDALS FOR NBC – FROM BREITBART:   “Thursday’s primetime coverage of the Beijing Winter Olympics averaged 7.25 million viewers on NBC, marking the smallest primetime Olympic audience ever on the network,” reports Sports Media Watch. “The previous low was 8.5 million for the final night of competition at last year’s Tokyo Summer Olympics.”  That’s a 55 percent drop from four years ago when 16 million tuned into the opening night coverage of the 2018 Winter Games in South Korea.  That’s also down a whopping 64 percent from the 2014 Summer Games.  These numbers are beyond a catastrophe, especially after NBC’s Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo last year also earned record low ratings. Those Olympics were widely ridiculed as the Woke Olympics. America tuned that fiasco out because of all the obnoxious left-wing politicking, virtue signaling, and propaganda — most of it performed by smug athletes who failed to win any medals.  At the time, the corporate media tried to gaslight the public into believing the off-putting woketardery had nothing to do with the ratings crash. Instead, they spread a bunch of wild-eyed misinformation, blaming the lack of interest on the China Flu delaying the games for a year — which is laughable. The one-year delay should’ve increased anticipation. What’s more, during the summer of 2021, millions of Americans were still hiding out at home from the pandemic.  Gee, I wonder what the corporate media’s excuse will be for NBC’s record low Genocide Games’ ratings?  There really doesn't seem to be much excitement.  The stands aren't filled with people because of the Covid 19 virus, which is local in China.  How can you have an Olympics without cheers?  The Chinese setting is also a downer.  China has the word "dictatorship" around its neck.  The neck is getting tired.

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