**Written by Doug Powers A couple days ago Michelle covered the whole Kathy Griffin bloody self-beclowning that backfired in epic fashion after she was almost universally denounced (and lost some gigs) for mock beheading the U.S. president. Trump responded, which could only mean that Griffin's suddenly been victimized: In 2017, you can victimize yourself fast if you're willing to first put up with scrutiny from the Secret Service: Kathy Griffin and attorney Lisa Bloom have scheduled a press c...

**Written by Doug Powers John Kerry's able to throw stones in glass houses so much because he has a LOT of houses, and he did so again Thursday while criticizing Donald Trump for bailing out of Obama's “pen & phone” executive agreement on the Paris deal: Former Secretary of State John Kerry on Thursday slammed President Trump's “willful ignorance” in withdrawing from the Paris climate agreement, calling it “self-destructive.” “This is an unprecedented forfeiture of American leadership which ...

**Written by Doug Powers Earlier today, President Trump announced that the U.S. would be bailing out of the Paris Agreement, and the Huffington Post took a big swing for the “journalism” fences: Who knew the fate of humanity for all time was sealed merely by ripping up piece of paper Obama went around Congress to sign a mere nine months ago? Obviously they're too self-indoctrinated to be embarrassed. But HuffPo shouldn't worry, because the Paris Agreement can still find sanctuary in Bill de Bl...

**Written by Doug Powers President Trump's official announcement about whether the U.S. is in or out of the Paris Accord (or somewhere in between) is this afternoon, but progressives and assorted socialist offshoots are making contingency plans in case another Obama pen & phone deal is eliminated by pen & phone. NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio has pledged to broaden the scope of his city's sanctuary status to include endangered Obama executive agreements: Mayor Bill de Blasio said Wednesday tha...

**Written by Doug Powers Hillary Clinton's still handling her election loss like Mortimer Duke desperately pleading with the NYSE to “turn these machines back on” at the end of Trading Places. Today Clinton again blamed Comey, Russia and the DNC, but added to the excuse list a claim that she was perceived as being too awesome: Clinton, interviewed onstage in California at a tech conference by Recode's Kara Swisher and Walt Mossberg, made a point to say that she took responsibility for her campa...

A Conservative Mom Breaks the Pot Taboo by Michelle Malkin Creators Syndicate Copyright 2017 Let's talk about marijuana. Specifically, let's talk about how and why I came to be one of the countless parents across America (and around the world) who have let their chronically ill children try it. A groundbreaking new study published last week in the New England Journal of Medicine reported on the health benefits of cannabidiol for children with epilepsy. The randomized, double-blind, controlled st...

**Written by Doug Powers It seems that we've seen this story before and probably will again for quite some time: A former Guantanamo Bay inmate is among six people from an alleged jihadi recruiting network linked to the Islamic State group who were detained on Tuesday, a French judicial source said. Among the suspects arrested was Sabir Mahfouz Lahmar, who was freed from the U.S. detention center in Cuba in 2009 after France agreed to accept him, said the official, who spoke on condition of anon...

So much for “When they go low, we go high.” Thirsty troll of the year Kathy Griffin got the attention she craved today after posing with a bloody Trump head. Now, she has issued a fauxpology. It is phony because she never actually apologizes to our president and because she is only apologizing in the face of a bipartisan backlash. I am sorry. I went too far. I was wrong. pic.twitter.com/LBKvqf9xFB — Kathy Griffin (@kathygriffin) May 30, 2017 CNN, which has embraced Griffin's foul-mouthed s...

**Written by Doug Powers According to some media reports, last Friday about 100 8th graders refused to take a picture with Speaker Paul Ryan during their visit to DC. Some buses were still en route at the time and the reports are based on student accounts, so who knows what the actual number is. Odds that the kids who did snub Ryan did so unprompted by anybody else: Low: Elissa Malespina, a school librarian who is also the parent of a SOMS eighth grader, reported that her son was among the stude...

**Written by Doug Powers In 2012, Rep. Keith Ellison was beyond complimentary when it came to the Affordable Care Act: As far as I'm aware, Obamacare remains the law of the land. However, fast forward the tape to a couple days ago when the Minnesota congressman inadvertently kicked the former president's signature “achievement” right in the mouth: Ellison deleted that after a while. Gee, I wonder why… Deleted now, but Keith Ellison evidently forgot who exactly designed our current healthcar...

Cox and Forkum *** Here's Civil War Gen. John Logan's Order Number 11 designating “Decoration Day,” the foundation of Memorial Day. Excerpt: We are organized, comrades, as our regulations tell us, for the purpose among other things, “of preserving and strengthening those kind and fraternal feelings which have bound together the soldiers, sailors, and marines who united to suppress the late rebellion.” What can aid more to assure this result than cherishing tenderly the memory of our heroic dead,...

**Written by Doug Powers Sunday open thread time — the floor is open! And with Memorial Day tomorrow let's keep those who have made the ultimate sacrifice (and their families) foremost in our thoughts and prayers. Just a couple things to get the ball rolling… A Trump-NATO blew through Brussels last week, and the looks on some leaders faces when the U.S. president told them to pay their fair share for their own nations' defense was pretty priceless: I don't think some of them appreciated the m...

**Written by Doug Powers On Saturday, President Trump said he'll make his decision on pulling out of the Paris climate agreement known next week. The Associated Press has the planet's obituary ready to go in case that happens: So somehow the planet that made it a few billion years is going to be screwed if something Obama signed last year is rescinded? SCIENCE! Peak media hackery. **Written by Doug Powers Twitter @ThePowersThatBe       

**Written by Doug Powers During Hillary Clinton's commencement address at Wellesley College, in addition serving up more evidence that she used BleachBit long ago to delete her self-awareness, the disgruntled former presidential candidate also gave the grads a bogus history lesson in an attempt to zing Trump: Former presidential candidate Hillary Clinton delivered a subtle jab at President Trump's ongoing conflict with the Justice Department during a commencement speech at Wellesley College on F...

**Written by Doug Powers Example #4,503 why billionaires with visions of making the world their social experimentation Petri dish are disconcerting: Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg called on the need to consider universal basic income for Americans during his Harvard Commencement Speech. Zuckerberg's comments reflect those of other Silicon Valley bigwigs, including Sam Altman, the president of venture capital firm Y Combinator. “Every generation expands its definition of equality. Now it's time for...

**Written by Doug Powers CBS News had a report Thursday morning basically saying that larger vehicles are safer when it comes to crash survivability than smaller cars, which is nothing new. However, this is the angle that was taken: Well look at that, the Hope & Change™ economy was like an extra airbag on your life expectancy! So if you get into a fender bender this year, blame Trump! **Written by Doug Powers Twitter @ThePowersThatBe       

**Written by Doug Powers During his commencement address yesterday at the Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of Government, John Kerry revisited one of the Obama administration's more laughable assumptions, which was that terrorism exists because of governments unresponsive to their citizens needs and a lack of jobs: The former secretary of state praised Mr. Trump's speech in Saudi Arabia Sunday that called on Muslim nations around to globe to “drive out” Islamic extremists, but argued that educat...

**Written by Doug Powers Ever since the gleam in the eye of American progressives/socialists — Venezuela — started going disastrously wrong, it was perhaps inevitable that they would find other inspiration to peddle. Bernie Sanders' wife Jane might have found one: Iran as a beacon for voting rights? Great idea: Neither Sanders nor Nichols mentioned that the Iranian regime has been accused of rigging elections, most famously in 2009, when then-Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad won reelectio...

**Written by Doug Powers For anybody who was waiting for Katy Perry to let them know the best way to respond to terrorism in the wake of the Manchester attack, here's the advice: Perry said, “I think the greatest thing we can do now is unite as people, as fan bases, all of it. Whatever we say behind people's backs, the Internet can be a little bit ruthless as far as fan bases go but I think that the greatest thing we can do is just unite and love on each other. No barriers, no borders, we all ju...

The forgotten slaughters of the innocents by Michelle MalkinCreators Syndicate Copyright 2017 For now, everyone knows the sonorous name and cherubic face of 8-year-old Saffie Rose Roussos. She's the littlest known victim of Monday night's jihad attack in Manchester, England. Her doe-eyed image spread as rapidly across social media as the #PrayForManchester hashtags and Twitter condolences from celebrities. But I guarantee you that beautiful Saffie Rose will evaporate from the memories of those ...