The Pure Evil of the Democrat Party

Derek Hunter

I’m not proud of this, but it is true – I am becoming more disgusted by, and therefore angrier at, the American left with each passing day. I don’t want to hate them, but there really isn’t a better word for it. The contempt in which I hold these people is boundless. Again, not proud of it, but I’m also not ashamed of it because they’ve earned it. They deserve my contempt, and yours.

I do have to give some people props. It takes a special kind of person to be able to respond to simple, basic questions in a way that doesn’t even come close to answering it. It’s evil, but it’s also a skill most people don’t possess.

If you were the president of a major university preparing for a congressional hearing and a lawyer you were paying told you that, no matter what, do not directly answer any questions about the disgusting campus culture your institution has fostered, you’d probably fire them. At a minimum, a good person would ignore their advice. Good people don’t play those games.

However, the presidents running Harvard, MIT and the University of Pennsylvania went to Capitol Hill this week to testify about the rabid anti-Semitism they’ve fostered on campus and, it turns out, they aren’t willing to talk about it in any serious way.

In one exchange with Congresswoman Elise Stefanik, none of these three diversity hires (be honest, that has to be how they got their jobs) could admit calling for genocide is against their university’s Jewish students constitutes “bullying or harassment” under their school’s codes of conduct. Invite a conservative to campus and it’s open season on you, mis-gender the “woman” at the urinal next to you and you face discipline. Call for wiping out Jews and “context” is needed, according to these people.

Even more hilariously, the president of Harvard, Claudine Gay, said, “Anti-Semitic rhetoric, when it crosses into conduct, it amounts to bullying, harassment, intimidation, that is actionable conduct.” So, as long as you’re only calling for the wiping out of Jews, but don’t actually start killing as many of them as possible, and you’re cool at Harvard. Use the “wrong pronouns” for someone’s mental instability and you’ll face discipline.

Honestly, how Stefanik was able to not swear at any of these witnesses is amazing to me.

Being able to do that is a requirement of their jobs. To cancel conservative speakers invited by students because little progressive Nazis are so fragile they can’t handle them is common – the University of Pennsylvania canceled an event with the former head of ICE because students felt unsafe having someone disagree with them at an event they weren’t obligated to attend. They should have gotten their asses kicked, figuratively or literally, but instead were coddled by the administration.

That’s an administration that can’t say whether or not publicly calling for the extermination of Jews is bullying. Talk about enforcing the laws of our country and you’re a pariah, talk about finishing Hitler’s work and you’re well on your way to a tenured position on campus.

These people are under oath and refusing to answer direct and basic questions. How are they not held in contempt of Congress?

It’s not new – a few months ago the head of “Human Rights Campaign” couldn’t bring herself to admit there are differences between men and women because she’s a slave to progressive ideology. The consequences for her were nothing, except maybe a raise.

The presidents of those universities embarrassed themselves and their institutions. For that, they will face nothing. Maybe they’ll eventually be invited to leave, but not without a gold parachute and another job – high-paying board seats or other no-show jobs rich leftists invented to fund each other. Will you ever get something like that? I’d bet not.

The goons goose-stepping throughout the country are led by the university system’s version of the Hitler Youth; these institutions “trained” and inspired. Cities burn, people are harassed and assaulted, and they get to play word games with Congress because who’s going to hold them accountable, the Biden Justice Department? They won’t force immigration laws or even plain-to-read gun laws when the violator is the President’s junkie kid, why would they pursue contempt or even perjury charges against their fellow travelers?

Nope, they don’t care. They enable each other to get away with it while doggedly pursuing you for anything. They deserve your contempt.

Evil might not be the best word for what the Democrat Party has become, but until a more accurate one is created, evil will have to do.

https://townhall.com/columnists/derekhunter/2023/12/07/the-pure-evil-of-the-democrat-party-n2632080

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‘Have You Apologized?’ Congressman Grills DOJ Official About Targeting of Catholic Father Mark Houck

Republican Texas Rep. Chip Roy grilled the assistant attorney general for civil rights at the Department of Justice on Tuesday over the DOJ’s targeting of pro-life activists like Catholic father Mark Houck.

Kristen Clarke, who oversees investigations into violations of the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act, came before the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution and Limited Government on Tuesday for a hearing on the “Oversight of the Department of Justice Civil Rights Division.”

The FACE Act protects both abortion clinics and pregnancy centers, but the Biden DOJ has largely used it to prosecute pro-life individuals.

During the hearing, Clarke told lawmakers, “Please know that the division is committed to even handed enforcement of the FACE Act.”

Roy drew attention to the fact that Clarke’s division charged at least 26 individuals with FACE Act violations in 2022 and more in 2023.

“Even under your watch, it’s at least 35 to 1 or 2,” Roy emphasized. “That is not even-handed. It’s far from even handed. And importantly, Mark Houck, who was targeted, had a raid of his home, prosecuted under this, was acquitted by a jury! Have you apologized to him on behalf of the Department of Justice for that grave violation of his civil rights? Having his family have to watch him being raided at his home? And then he’s acquitted by a federal jury? Have you apologized to him?”

“We follow the facts and apply the law, that is our job, and we welcome opportunities to engage with other pro-life groups that may be experiencing threats or acts of violence,” she responded.

“So the answer to that is no,” Roy said.

The congressman was referring to the Catholic father of seven who was arrested and charged with violating the FACE Act in September 2022. The DOJ’s FACE Act charges stemmed from a 2021 incident outside a Philadelphia-based Planned Parenthood where Houck pushed an abortion clinic volunteer who was repeatedly harassing his son, Mark Jr. Local authorities ultimately dismissed the matter—until the Biden DOJ re-upped it in response to the overturning of Roe v. Wade.

Mark Houck and his wife, Ryan-Marie Houck, believe they were targeted by the Biden DOJ in an effort to intimidate, silence, and scare the family for their pro-life work—praying outside abortion clinics for the women headed inside to abort their unborn babies.

In November, the Houck’s sued the Biden administration for “malicious and retaliatory prosecution.”

Since 2022, the DOJ’s Civil Rights Division has charged dozens of pro-life individuals with FACE Act violations. In 2023, the DOJ charged four individuals with FACE Act violations related to attacks on pregnancy centers in Florida, though at least 88 pregnancy centers and 218 churches have been attacked by pro-abortion vandals since the leak of the draft opinion indicating that Roe v. Wade would be overturned, according to CatholicVote.

Clarke has openly supported abortion and condemned pro-life pregnancy centers, which offer aid to women who are pregnant and need help. In the past, Clarke called pro-life pregnancy care centers “predatory” and “fake clinics,” and claimed they are part of a “coordinated strategy to tear down Roe,” as The Washington Free Beacon’s Chuck Ross reported.

https://www.dailysignal.com/2023/12/05/have-you-apologized-congressman-grills-doj-official-about-targeting-of-catholic-father-mark-houck/

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Woke police madness as Scottish cops get rid of 'wall of honour' because it 'has too many men on it'

Given pride of place in a police station, it is intended as a ‘wall of honour’.

Yet a collection of portraits of former Chief Constables has been officially ‘cancelled’ by Police Scotland as an example of unacceptable ‘misogyny’.

As part of a drive to modernise and improve, officers are being invited to submit images which they feel reflect the ‘everyday sexism’ within the force.

Presented as a prime example is the gallery of historic – yet exclusively male – senior officers. Last night the force’s decision to disparage distinguished former officers who gave years of service to the public was branded ‘absurd’.

Scottish Conservative justice spokesman Russell Findlay said: ‘Police Scotland effectively cancelling these illustrious figures from its past is just plain petty.

‘Many officers will be incredibly proud to follow in the footsteps of those who served Scotland through often-difficult and challenging times.

It seems absurd of Police Scotland to circulate photos of former police chiefs to illustrate misogyny. Scotland’s police service should be proud of its rich history – and not judge it by today’s standards.’

Police Scotland recently appointed its first female Chief Constable, Jo Farrell.

Her predecessor Sir Iain Livingstone claimed the force is institutionally discriminatory. In the wake of this, the force created a Sex Equality & Tackling Misogyny Oversight Board, led by Deputy Chief Constable Malcolm Graham and Assistant Chief Constable Emma Bond.

The board has launched a consultation called Photovoice, which asks officers to send it pictures of examples of discrimination, stating: ‘Using this platform, we are inviting all colleagues from Police Scotland to submit photographs that highlight your everyday experiences of sexism and misogyny in the workplace (there is an example in the submission form for guidance).’

The example chosen is the collection of photos of previous Chief Constables in the north-east.

The portraits date back to the 19th Century, when former Army officers such as Major John Ross and Major Duncan Forbes Gordon were given the job of keeping the peace in raucous Aberdeenshire fishing communities.

Also included is Aberdeen’s inaugural Chief Constable William Anderson who, incidentally, hired its first female officer in 1928.

Another shows Alexander Morrison – the city’s final Chief Constable before Grampian Police was created in 1975 – who allotted equal duties to female officers and tried to curb domestic violence.

David Kennedy, general secretary of the Scottish Police Federation, said: ‘Sexism and misogyny are a societal problem so it does exist within Police Scotland and we have our part to play in putting a stop to it.

But picking out photos of former chief constables is way off the mark. The past wasn’t perfect but we must use history and learn from it, not delete it.’

Police Scotland yesterday said no decision has yet been taken on what to do with the gallery.

Ms Bond called it ‘an example of someone’s opinion of what could be regarded as misogyny’.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12845439/Now-police-CANCEL-Chief-Constables.html

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Major Australia Day event is cancelled over sensitivities around celebrating the national day

Anthony Albanese's high commissioner to the UK has scrapped the annual Australia Day fundraiser, citing 'sensitivities' over the controversial public holiday.

Stephen Smith, Australia's highest-ranking diplomat to the UK who previously served as defence minister and foreign affairs minister under the Rudd and Gillard governments before retiring from frontline politics in 2013, has put an end to the popular Australia Day Gala dinner.

It was held annually for the past 20 years in the marble-clad Exhibition Hall of the Australian High Commission on the Strand on the Saturday closest to January 26.

The black-tie evet, which is run by the not-for-profit Australia Day Foundation, has previously attracted some of Australia's biggest exports, including singers Kylie Minogue, Natalie Imbruglia, Tim Minchin and entertainer Barry Humphries and broadcaster Clive James.

A spokesman for the High Commission of Australia told The Sydney Morning Herald it was 'well known that Australia Day touches on sensitivities for some Australians'.

'The high commissioner is happy to acknowledge that was part of the decision-making process with respect to the various alternative dates suggested by the foundation,' the spokesman added.

Leader of the opposition Peter Dutton called on Mr Albanese to 'reverse this bad decision'. 'Australia Day is our national day and it shouldn’t be cancelled like this,' he said.

Mr Smith told the organisers that it would not be appropriate to hold the 2024 event around January 26, which marks the First Fleet's landing in Sydney in 1788.

The High Commission of Australia reportedly wanted to charge the charity £29,000 ($55,000), impose a curfew of 11pm and proposed the event be held in March instead.

Phil Aitken, founding member of the foundation told the paper, the lack of support for the event after 20 years was 'very sad'.

'I was very disappointed to be told that it was not appropriate to have a function around Australia Day that might be interpreted as insensitive back in Australia,' he said.

Advertising titan Bill Muirhead, who was also a founding member of the foundation, slammed the decision as 'un-Australian' .

'The last time I checked, January 26 was still Australia Day,' Mr Muirhead told the paper.

The event has turned a profit in recent years which has been used to fund scholarships for Australians to study in the UK.

Opposition foreign affairs spokesman Simon Birmingham called on the federal government to overturn Mr Smith's decision.

'It's not a high commissioner's place to unilaterally change the date of Australia Day,' Mr Birmingham told the paper.

'Stephen Smith doesn't just look like a killjoy who's ashamed of Australian history but is also trashing a prime event that promotes investment, travel and trade with Australia.

'Penny Wong and Don Farrell should overrule this ridiculous decision that burns the goodwill and reputation of an event built up over many years by proud expats happy to give their time to promote our nation.'

Mr Smith was believed to be the Prime Minister's third choice for the ambassadorial role as the government struggled to fill the post for nearly a year.

Earlier this year, he stoked controversy when he said it was 'inevitable' that Australia will become a republic and remove King Charles as head of state.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12847861/Major-Australia-Day-event-cancelled.html

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