The question that ends the exchange: “𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶’𝘳𝘦 𝘢 𝘡𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘵, 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘐 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵?”
This is what’s been missing from the Jewish response to the tidal wave of campus harassment, workplace hostility, and social media mob attacks since October 7th. Not more defensiveness. Not more “let me explain the nuance” hand-wringing. 𝐎𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐞. Make 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 answer for the ideology they’re defending. Force 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 to explain why they’re allied with a movement whose founding charter calls for the genocide of Jews.
Phillips wrote this book after visiting Jewish communities in Britain, America, and Australia that were “struggling to cope with the relentless onslaught of lies, defamation and attacks” since October 7th (𝘑𝘦𝘸𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘊𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘭𝘦). The book covers how to handle verbal ambushes, psychological isolation, and what she calls the paralyzing “red mist” of anger that prevents effective response.
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The problem is, Democrats never listen long enough to hear all of what she says. They're too busy screaming, "Racist, racist!!! Nazi, nazi nazi!!!"
You can't get a word in edgewise with people like that. I've given up trying. My policy now is to just walk away before I do something we'll all regret.
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I saw her book highly recommended yesterday in a Facebook group for parents of Jewish college students that formed in response to the post-10/7 protests and harassment.
Many of the parents are decidedly Democrat liberals, but many are also Zionists. I bought a copy last night to have on hand as a resource.
[Townhall] Are you ready to be sad? Because I’m not going to sugarcoat it for you. I’m not going to whistle a happy tune as I blow sunshine up your Schumer. We are not going to win the birthright citizenship case at the US Supreme Court.
It’s not going to happen for a number of reasons. I wish it would happen. I also wish I could get a unicorn for my birthday. It’s not going to happen, and I want to let you know why so you don’t freak out. It’s not the result of a conspiracy. It’s not because everybody else is stupid, one justice notwithstanding. It’s because that’s how the legal system works. You don’t have to like it. You do have to understand it if you don’t want to be emotionally incontinent every time something in a courtroom doesn’t go your way.
I respect you enough to tell you how it’s going to be. And it’s not going to be what you hope.
So, here’s your spoiler. We’re going to lose this case, likely on procedural grounds rather than on the issue of birthright citizenship itself. What it is probably going to be is the justices somehow ruling that Trump’s executive order banning birthright citizenship is procedurally flawed and unenforceable. The majority opinion is probably not even going to reach whether the 14th Amendment requires birthright citizenship. Now, the three leftist justices will probably write a concurrence to that effect, but that’s not going to be the holding of the case that creates precedent. Their avoiding a ruling on the constitutionality of Trump’s birthright citizenship ban is not necessarily because the other justices are cowardly, though it does provide a great excuse to avoid a great controversy. There is a principle in the law that courts will avoid ruling something unconstitutional if they can do so on some other ground. And they will be most happy to do so here.
You see, judges don’t like weighing in on big controversies. This is a controversy, even if you don’t agree with the other side’s position. Many people agree with the other side’s position. Whichever way the Court rules, it’s going to take heat. You take more heat for upsetting the status quo, so judges tend not to do it. They will, but not necessarily the first time they face an issue. Roe v. Wade lasted 50 years before it was overturned. It is a huge ask to appeal to the Supreme Court to change something we’ve been doing for so long. Do not underestimate the tendency of the courts to maintain the status quo. Obviously, this doesn’t apply to leftist judges, as we’ve seen with the disgraceful conduct of the district courts. They often ignore this norm when it comes to Donald Trump ...Oh, noze! Not him!... 's actions. But the higher courts, particularly the Supreme Court, tend to avoid major changes when they can. And here, they can. They can say Trump’s executive order is somehow procedurally inappropriate, and they don’t need to talk about the 14th Amendment at all. I think it’s likely, though not certain, that they will.
I’m not saying this is right. I’m saying this is reality. You can either accept reality and work around it to win, or you can be mad. Personally, I prefer to channel my energy into victory.
And we can have victory. The arguments were very interesting because they set the stage for some statutory fixes that could pass constitutional muster. We’re not going to get a constitutional amendment that is going to change things in the foreseeable future, but by raising these arguments and spotlighting some of the practical consequences of birthright citizenship, Trump has set the stage for legislation that can address some of these issues while remaining in compliance with the birthright citizenship interpretation of the 14th Amendment.
So, there are practical steps we can take to ameliorate some of these problems. But the big problem is the birthright citizenship interpretation of the 14th Amendment. Sadly, that’s not going to get fixed by this case. It just isn’t. But we’ve started a discussion of the subject. We’ve started the fight. And now we just have to finish it.
But it’s not going to help by freaking out, being demoralized, blackpilling, or whining about how we didn’t get our way this time. If you’re not paying attention, let me help you. We’re winning about 90% of our cases. We lost tariffs, sort of, and we are going to lose this, sort of. We’ve won everything else. The Trump Justice Department’s track record is astonishing.
There’s a saying among trial lawyers that if you never lose, it’s because you never try cases. If we’re pushing the envelope, sometimes we’re going to push until the envelope tears. That’s a good thing. So, don’t be discouraged. We’re never going to win all our court cases. Sometimes we’re going to lose, and it’s going to hurt. So what? Welcome to real life. The answer isn’t to throw up our hands in despair. The answer is to keep fighting.
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I suspect Schlichter is correct and I think Trump knew what the outcome was going to be even before he issued the EO. It's more important to watch what Trump does versus what he says. Trump is very, very good at saying something that outrages the Left & the MSM and distracts them while he quietly does something important.
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I agree Chantry. He has a history of working in chaos and having the press and the left fixated on his left hand while his right does something else and traps them later.
Every time some family members freak out about some Trump thing or this... I just say watch out for this other thing. They scoff, say he is dumb and insane and then in a month it happens. I have been banned from several family gatherings and thank the gods for that. Bloody loons.
#4
We might have to accept birthright babies who are already here. But closing the border and restricing visas could go a long way toward limiting the number of future birthright babies.
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^ Bigger question: Does she get charged for the extra Carry-On?
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The Founders never foresaw a circumstance where State did not enforce the borders.
And no one can convince me that the Founders intention was that if a billion foreign-people snuck through the border and dropped a billion babies so to displace the heritage American population, no one can convince me the Founders would be okay with that.
Winners make the rules. We do not have to accept any of this. The ends justified their means, the ends should justify ours. We only need one leader to cross the Rubicon.
[Breitbart] On Monday’s broadcast of the Fox Business Network’s "Mornings with Maria," Rep. Pat Fallon (R-TX) said that he thinks there will be "American special operators on the ground" in Iran and "I don’t think this is going to end like Venezuela, where you just have a new leader that wants to be at least cooperative with the United States."
Fallon said, [relevant remarks begin around 1:45] "[A]s far as the mullahs and what’s left of the Iranian regime, can you trust them? Absolutely not. It’s got to be a President Reagan trust but verify. I don’t think this is going to end like Venezuela, where you just have a new leader that wants to be at least cooperative with the United States. That would be great, but this is — they’re dedicated theocrats that — they were willing, just recently, to kill 32,000 of their own citizens...just to stay in power. I think they’d be perfectly fine with remaining in power, even if their economy was devastated and they want back to, like say, an Afghanistan, Taliban regime. They’d be fine with that. So, I personally think it’s going to be boots, at least special ops, American special operators on the ground, with allied — allies in the region and air cover, and we’ve got to — we have to change the [tack] of the Tehran government or we can’t leave. We can’t leave until the job is done."
Guest host Cheryl Casone then asked, "So, you do believe that we’re going to have some boots on the ground?"
Fallon answered, "I just don’t see any other way. Iran is 93 million people, it’s five times the size of Iraq, it’s larger in size than Spain, France, the United Kingdom, and Germany combined. It’s massive, 93 million people. When we invaded Iraq, they had a population of 25 million people. But here’s the thing that’s in our favor: 80% of the people in Iran hate this regime. So, once an action like that is taken, I do believe that people are going to rise up and the IRGC is going to melt away, and then we can see some kind of moderate faction coming out, and then, eventually, taking over."
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I agree. I can see us doing raids involving Special Operations, the MEU's or the brigade of the 82nd Airborne against very high value targets that can't taken out by aircraft. Alternatively, seriously escalating the killing of the IRGC & Basij leadership and troops by both aircraft & ground raids.
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Some sort of occupation force appears inevitable. Otherwise, you're just kicking the can down the road.
One potential outcome:
Georgian Uprising on Texel (April–May 1945)
The Georgian uprising on Texel (5 April – 20 May 1945) was a mutiny by the 882nd Infantry Battalion “Königin Tamara” of the Georgian Legion, a unit of the German Wehrmacht stationed on the Dutch island of Texel Wikipedia+1. It was one of the last battles of the European theatre of World War II.
Background
The battalion, composed of about 800 Georgians and 400 Germans (mostly German officers), was formed in 1943 from former Red Army soldiers captured on the Eastern Front. Many had volunteered to avoid the brutal conditions of Soviet POW camps, with the hope of regaining Georgian independence if Germany won Wikipedia+1. By early 1945, the unit was part of the Atlantic Wall defenses on Texel, a heavily fortified island in the Wadden Sea.
As the war turned against Germany, fears grew that Soviet collaborators would be repatriated under Yalta terms, facing execution or imprisonment. This motivated some Georgians to rebel Wikipedia.
The Uprising
On the night of 5–6 April 1945, 800 Georgians attacked with surprise, killing around 246 German soldiers before dawn World War II Database. With support from the local Dutch resistance, they seized key installations across the island. However, they failed to capture the island’s coastal batteries, which turned inland to fire on Georgian positions World War II Database.
Fighting and Casualties
Georgians: ~565 killed (combat and executions) Wikipedia+1
Dutch: ~120 killed, including resistance fighters and civilians Wikipedia
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I hear some people say Hormuz is not our problem but I think it is because, if the price of oil goes up in China and Europe, it will also go up here and Trump will pay a price for that in November.
But I hate to see boots on the ground in Iran. That'd be bloody and messy with no guarantee of success.
I don't think we need regime change. Good enough would be destruction of Iran's nuclear and missile capabilities and free flow of oil through Hormuz.
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A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
...Oh, noze! Not him!...
