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Tony Katz has been writing for years, but for quality not for quantity. When he writes, it will be posted here.

Biden is Angry with Trump’s Rose Garden Press Conference because it Hurt Him in the Midwest

July 15, 2020 tonykatz Blog 0 Comments

The Biden team is furious with President Trump for going at the former VP during an address in the Rose Garden. Members of the media, the pundit class and the Woke Blue-Checks are all screaming that it was a campaign speech, and therefore a violation of the Hatch Act. What they are really upset about is that Trump showed Biden as weak on China, and the Midwest might take notice.

On China, Biden started his campaign by saying they were nothing to worry about. During a campaign rally in 2019, Biden noted:

China is going to eat our lunch? Come on, man…they can’t even figure out how to deal with the fact that they have this great division between the China Sea and the mountains in the east, I mean in the west.

As author and pundit Gordon Chang rightly noted, “He’s absolutely incorrect…one can argue that China doesn’t pose for instance a robust challenge to the US, we can argue that we will prevail. But to say as the vice president said that they’re no competition to the US is just inexplicable.”

Trump argued that Biden’s positions on the environment have been not only expensive, but a “gift” to China:

As vice president, Biden was a leading advocate of the Paris climate accord, which was unbelievably expensive to our country…It would have crushed American manufacturers while allowing China to pollute the atmosphere with impunity, yet one more gift from Biden to the Chinese Communist Party.

Trump then lumped Biden in with former President Barack Obama:

So Joe Biden and President Obama freely allowed China to pillage our factories, plunder our communities and steal our most precious secrets,” Trump said, adding, “I’ve stopped it largely.’”

Of course, the media pundits came to Biden’s rescue, lambasting the President for having a “political rally” instead of a press conference.

“Soiled.” He actually said “soiled.”

Biden’s people tried to respond by being too cute by half:

…but there was one topic that President Trump couldn’t seem to get off his mind: Joe Biden, whose name the President invoked nearly 30 times. The whole sad affair says more about Donald Trump than he said about any particular topic.

They quickly changed their tune when they realized the damage the Rose Garden presser had done. They now argue that President Trump should reimburse taxpayers for using the press conference as a campaign rally! From Biden spokesperson Katie Bedingfield:

What we heard in the Rose Garden today wasn’t a president at all. It was a politician who sees his re-election slipping away from him and who is furious that his own botched response to the coronavirus pandemic has denied him the campaign events he so craves…The American taxpayer should be reimbursed for the abuse of funds this spectacle represented.

It’s already clear to Americans across the Midwest – in must-win states like Michigan, Wisconsin and Ohio – that Biden (or his team) are afraid of debating President Trump. They know, like Biden’s team knows, that the odds of the former Vice-President to be able to handle a 90-minute debate without debilitating gaffes – or worse! – are very small. But for Trump to remind Midwest Mainstreet of Biden’s weakness on China, and foreign policy as a whole, is damaging to Biden’s spurious claim that he can rebuild the economy; especially as trade and manufacturing become of even more importance in a world financially damaged by coronavirus.

Trump may avoid the Rose Garden for a while, but the damage to Biden is already done.

Support Goya and Free Speech with the #GOYA1K – UPDATES

July 13, 2020 tonykatz Blog, Video 0 Comments

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, actor and playwright Lin-Manuel Miranda and numerous other “woke” folk want to boycott Goya Foods because their CEO, Robert Unanue, attended a Hispanic Prosperity event at the White House where he spoke well of President Donald Trump.

Some people hate Trump so much that they threw their Goya products in the trash. This is madness! We have lots of Americans hurting financially because of coronavirus shutdowns who could use that food. And Ocasio-Cortez pushing #CancelCulture on Goya because they didn’t act they way she wanted is despicable.

So, Tony decided it was time to have the #GOYA1K. It’s not a foot race, it’s how you can help your town donate 1,000 cans of Goya products to a local food bank. Take a photo of your donation, and post it online with #GOYA1K. Stand up for free speech and free thought, and help people while you do it. Check out the video below, and share everywhere!

NOTE: Turns out Tony was not alone. Radio host Mike Opelka had the same idea, and posted it on Twitter last week. And check out this guy, who raised $100,000 to buy Goya products!

DeSean Jackson was wrong for his antiSemitic posts, but the Eagles Should Not Fire Him

July 7, 2020 tonykatz Blog 0 Comments

Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver DeSean Jackson posted vile antiSemitic and bigoted statements on his Instagram account, as well as showering praise on long-time bigot Louis Farrakhan.

I’m Jewish, in case you didn’t know. And I don’t think he should be fired:

Jackson was wrong. Farrakhan is disgusting, and quoting Hitler is just beyond low. Jackson has apologized, saying he has no hate for Jewish people, and has spoken with the team ownership about the issue. Both team owner Jeffrey Lurie and general manager Howie Roseman are Jewish.

The Eagles are more than justified in firing him for violating the team’s, or the NFL’s, code of conduct. However, I favor ending Cancel Culture. And to do so, we actually have to end it.

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Media Fails Again: Trump’s “Fiery” Mt. Rushmore Speech Was Not Racist Nor Divisive

July 5, 2020 tonykatz Blog 0 Comments

The Washington Post, the New York Times, CNN, MSNBC and the Twitter blue-checks were all in lock step in calling President Trump’s speech on July 4th at the base of Mt. Rushmore, “hateful,” “racist,” “divisive,” “dark,” and “angry.” But nothing could be further from the truth, which is exactly where those mainstream media outlets like to be.

The Washington Post said the speech, “…exploited social divisions” and was a “dark speech.” ABC said the speech, “…pushes racial divisions.” MSNBC quoted an Oglala Lakota tribe member who said that Mount Rushmore was a, “symbol of White Supremacy.” CNN followed along in this line of attack:

Of course, CNN’s short-term memory is, indeed, short. It was CNN in 2008 that referred to Mt. Rushmore as “majestic” and “quite a sight” when former President Obama visited.

America has watched statues being torn down, while media tells us rioters are not tearing down statues willy-nilly. America has watched as media viciously demeaned Americans who wanted to get back to work to support their families, claiming they were selfish, hateful and going to get people killed from Covid-19 just so they could make money; even claiming that open-up protesters were mocking the dead! But when protesters and rioters gather by the thousands, the media doesn’t stay silent; they push the notion that rioting and protesting without masks is valuable and important…and won’t lead to increased spread of coronavirus.

Americans who heard the speech know that the Washington Post and CNN lied to them. They’ve known that the New York Times lied with the 1619 project. They know that MSNBC pushes the anti-Trump agenda – claiming he’s a racist, for example – while hiring Al Sharpton (whose insults of Jews are the stuff of legend, just ask MSNBC host Joe Scarborough when he was a member of Congress!) and Joy Reid (whose anti-gay posts would get any radio host in America fired and deem them un-hireable ever again.)

Those who heard the speech heard about love of country, about, “equal opportunity, equal justice and equal treatment for citizens of every race, background, religion and creed.” They heard President Trump say that the family, “…is the bedrock of American life.”

You can like or dislike the speech, but it wasn’t divisive nor dark nor angry: That’s the American mainstream media. The media that demands your respect, and your fealty, had no choice but to hate the speech. They hated the speech because they hate Trump. And they hate you, me and we for not listening to them.

And America has taken notice.

They Oppose Bigotry By Supporting Hate

July 2, 2020 tonykatz Blog 0 Comments

As has been reported, Pastor Ted Rothrock in Carmel, Indiana was suspended for a homily he placed in the local church bulletin discussing Black Lives Matter and Antifa, referring to those groups‘ leaders as “maggots” and “parasites.”

Many found the comments abhorrent, though the pastor has levels of support. Specifically, to the idea that he was referring to the Marxist origins of the organizations, and not about people who are black. However, the reporting on the story has missed some key points.

The group that has been most vocal in pushing against the pastor is CARI – Carmel Against Racial Injustice – which is run by three young women who have been repeatedly interviewed by local and national media on their views. But has any media taken a look at them? Just a cursory look at their Facebook page shows an adherence to, if not a firm relationship with, Marxist organizations and principles.

How can a group be opposed to bigotry when those they support clearly hate America, and Western culture?

Posts on the page include a call to defund the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department, which is a desire of socialists the nation over, led by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who recently said the $1B cut to police in New York City is not enough.

In a comment to a post on their page, the group admits that they see BLM not as a political organization, but as a human rights organization.

However, BLM co-founder Patrisse Cullors has said that one of their goals is to remove President Trump from office. 

CARI also pushes training opportunities with SURJ – Showing Up for Racial Justice. This group wants a, “cross-class movement for collective liberation” that can, “force the system of white supremacy to crumble.”

But a look at the values page on their website shows how, in a conversation about “disability” and “ableism,” the plan is to do away with Capitalism. They state that it is Capitalism that is, “oppression used to ensure control of the labour [sic] and resources needed to maintain dominance domestically and beyond.”

Of course, CARI supports the idea of black lives matter. They do not, however, discuss whether they support the organization – BLM – that coined and politicized the phrase, “Black Lives Matter.” Cullors has proudly admitted she is well-trained in Marxist theory. She supports the bigoted Boycott, Divest, Sanction movement against Israel and Jews worldwide. She talks about the importance of, “people’s-led socialist movements.” As reported by The Federalist, Cullors was once mentored by Eric Mann, who was a part of the domestic terrorist organization Weather Underground.

Many in Carmel, and around the country, were disgusted by what Pastor Rothrock wrote. Many others realize that the BLM organization, as well as ANTIFA, are Marxists who want to destroy the country. It is unclear if CARI supports black lives or political movements built to destroy Western culture. What is clear is that the groups CARI supports are filled with hateful people and hateful concepts, including the dismantling of the nuclear family. That no one in media has checked their Marxist connections and adorations, and instead blindly did interviews with them thus elevating their stature, is another problem.

Is Ice Cube Seriously Defending Louis Farrakhan?

June 30, 2020 tonykatz Blog 0 Comments

Very rarely do I agree with CNN’s Jake Tapper. But his competent, honest assessment of Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan is refreshing. Farrakhan is a bigot – he hates Jews, he hates women, he hates white people. And Tapper has never shied away from these facts.

Many others have. Al Sharpton, Jesse Jackson and former President Bill Clinton appeared with him at the funeral of Aretha Franklin. Why was Farrakhan invited? Ask Aretha, if you have a conduit to the afterlife. Why would Clinton, Jackson or Sharpton sit next to him? You’ll never get the chance to ask, and those that do get the chance – sans Tapper – most definitely won’t.

Indianapolis Democratic Rep. Andre Carson defends his relationship with Farrakhan. He has said numerous times that he would work with the bigoted minister. Women’s March former leader Tamika Mallory has praised Farrakhan, going on “The View” and referring to him as, “the Goat.” GOAT stands for “Greatest Of All Time.”

Recently, Tapper responded to a tweet from tv network FOX Soul, which noted that Farrakhan would be delivering his “message to America” on the network on July 4th.

Tapper responded to the news with clarity:

Responding to Tapper was actor, rapper and Big 3 founder Ice Cube. His response, however, was not one of agreement:

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AOC Admits: We Have To Lie To Beat Trump

June 21, 2020 tonykatz Blog 0 Comments

The mega-rally that President Donald Trump held in Tulsa, OK happened on schedule, but it wasn’t the sell-out that everyone expected. Media screamed and howled about the event; how it was dangerous in light of coronavirus to have that many people together, and how infection rates were on the rise in certain areas. Again, the media pushed their favorite refrain that Trump is anti-science, and gathering together in support of him is irresponsible.

But the culprit, it seems, for the lower than expected attendance (but still more than Joe Biden could rally to his basement) was a social media scam. As reported by the Baltimore Sun:

TikTok users and fans of Korean pop music groups claimed to have registered potentially hundreds of thousands of tickets for Trump’s rally as a prank. After @TeamTrump tweeted asking supporters to register for free tickets using their phones June 11, K-pop fan accounts began sharing the information with followers, encouraging them to register for the rally — and then not show.

The app in question, Tik Tok, is owned by China, and many, including Rep. Jim Banks of Indiana, have been very open about the continued push of China to interfere in American life.

The scam caught on. Videos appeared on the app encouraging people to register for tickets, then no-show the event, leaving large amounts of empty seats. Trump campaign manager Brad Parscale responded to the lower-than-expected attendance on Twitter:

Tim Murtaugh, the Trump campaign communications director, stated, “Radical protesters, coupled with a relentless onslaught from the media, attempted to frighten off the president’s supporters. We are proud of the thousands who stuck it out.”

Enter Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who took the moment to mock Parscale and Trump:

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Twitter Fact-Checks Trump With Midwest Hater

May 27, 2020 tonykatz Blog 0 Comments

Low people bag on the Midwest. Usually, it’s coastal elitists who have never been to the middle of America, and have never bothered to look at what the Midwest has to offer. They pay no attention to the growth; that people are leaving the Northeast and California for places that offer them financial opportunities, friendly tax rates and a house they can afford.

One of those people is Twitter’s head of site integrity, Yoel Roth. Recently, Twitter decided to “fact check” President Trump’s tweets. Deciding that President Trump has engaged in unacceptable behavior by openly discussing the potential problems with state-wide mail-in voting – and the fraud that can potentially come with it – Twitter added to his tweet on the subject, “Get the facts about mail-in ballots:”

Click the link, and it takes you to posts from the Washington Post and CNN. These, according to Twitter, are the places to get “the facts.” CNN got near every fact in the Russia probe wrong, and then gave proven FBI liar Andrew McCabe a job. The Washington Post tried to destroy the life of high school student Nicholas Sandmann, claiming he was mocking a Native American man, Nathan Phillips, by just standing there while Phillips banged a drum in his face. CNN personalities said Sandmann had a “punchable face.”

Sandmann sued CNN for $275 million. The case was settled. He sued WaPo for $250 million. The case was dismissed.

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A Virus Worse Than Covid-19

May 25, 2020 tonykatz Blog 0 Comments

There should be no doubt that Coronavirus is not the flu, and not like the flu. The incoming science tells us it is far more insidious in its contagious abilities. It has killed people. It also has exposed areas where the United States must immediately shore-up it’s abilities: the production of PPE’s and the production of drugs being at the top amongst a laundry list of items.

There should also be no doubt that members of the media have worked in an overtime capacity to spin coronavirus to invoke repeated attacks on President Trump. One can say that Trump deserves blame for the coronavirus response, but to do so, they must bring receipts; proof of the wrongdoing. If you cast blame, you need to be able to back it up.

Backing up the case against the media is, unfortunately, too easy. On cable news and in print, setting the Narrative – On Trump and Dr. Anthony Fauci, on Gov. Andrew Cuomo vs. Gov. Ron DeSantis, on Republican states vs. Democrat states, on lockdowns vs. liberty – has become job number one.

Narrative, as I define it, is the story pushed and perpetuated by American media, cultural elite and academia to ridicule, reduce and/or remove their cultural and political foes.

The latest example of Narrative was the Memorial Day Weekend edition of the New York Times. The headline read, “US Deaths Near 100,000. An Incalculable Loss.”

As Noah Rothman wrote at Commentary Magazine:

“Narrative journalism” is all the rage, in part, because it’s a smart business strategy. As the abstract of one 2019 study explained: “Views on the promises of narrative journalism stress its supposed positive influence on audience engagement and appreciation, an asset of increasing importance in light of the current crisis in journalism that is characterized by declining newspaper circulation.” And while the concept of narrative is an element in all storytelling, telling a tale in a compelling fashion is not synonymous with the prosecutorial portrayal of the facts in evidence. Indeed, these two objectives are sometimes in direct conflict.

But that business strategy comes not from an economic platform, but from an ideological one. In the case of coronavirus, the ideology states that Trump must be blamed at all costs. For example, Trump must be blamed for shutting down travel between China and the US, under the guise of xenophobia. Then, when circumstances changed, and it became clear that shutting down travel from China was beneficial, Trump must be blamed for not shutting down travel quick enough, and not just for Chinese nationals. Trump should have shut down the ability for American citizens to return to America!

The data matters not. The facts simply dispensable. The focus neither health nor safety. It’s about Power. Winning. Victory. The ends always justifying the means.

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Your Move, Governors. Dr. Fauci Talks Dangers of Staying Closed

May 22, 2020 tonykatz Blog 0 Comments

In an interview with CNBC, infectious diseases expert Dr. Anthony Fauci, who has been a guiding voice for President Trump on coronavirus, warned of the dangers inherent in the United States staying closed for too long.

I don’t want people to think that any of us feel that staying locked down for a prolonged period of time is the way to go,

But now is the time, depending upon where you are and what your situation is, to begin to seriously look at reopening the economy, reopening the country to try to get back to some degree of normal.

He was sure to add that America should, “proceed with caution.”

Meanwhile, Virginia Governor Ralph Northam has ended stay-at-home orders for some parts of the state, but extended them in others.. Indianapolis Mayor Joe Hogsett won’t allow restaurants to open for indoor seating, and won’t allow salons to open at all. Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer continues with draconian shut down measures apace. Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti told Angelinos that some type of lockdown will continue until there is a vaccine. A federal judge sided with Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf in continuing lockdown orders.

More than Dr. Fauci recognizing the danger of these lockdowns, the American people have recognized them, too. They’ve been pushing back in Indiana and Michigan, in California and multiple other states. They want the ability to decide whether they work or not. They want the ability to provide for their families and their employees. They want choices. And they now have Dr. Fauci to back them up.

Your move, Governors.