My Dad Can Ride Amtrak—Thanks to Trump

I wonder if he knows?

Thanks to Trump DOJ, Amtrak no longer discriminates against the disabled | Power Line (powerlineblog.com)

It’s an article of faith among Democrats that the Trump administration did not enforce America’s civil rights laws. It’s also nonsense.

As I have demonstrated, under President Trump the DOJ’s Civil Rights Division, led by Eric Dreiband, vigorously enforced federal civil rights laws on behalf of all groups protected by these laws. The evidence is here.

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For example, the Obama administration wasn’t interested in taking action against Amtrak, even though that railroad failed to meet its obligation to provide proper access for the disabled to its stations. Under the law, Amtrak had until 2010 to comply with the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA), which was passed in 1990. It failed to do so.

So in 2016 when a college student named Thomas Morgan, who uses a wheelchair, wanted to visit his family, he found that the Amtrak station in the town where he attended school was inaccessible. There was no wheelchair access. The only way to board the train was by stairs.

It was the Trump DOJ that finally acted to force Amtrak to comply with the ADA. Following an investigation, it filed suit against the company. As a result, Amtrak reached an agreement with the Justice Department to make stations accessible, as well as to provide training to staff on ADA requirements.

Thanks to that evil President Donald Trump (R-USA).

Senator Rob Portman (R-OH) Makes an Announcement

I’m on pins and needles.

Portman: Trump Supporters 'Have to Acknowledge that This Election Was Lost' (breitbart.com)

[W]e have to acknowledge that this election was lost and we have to move on.

In part, I agree with this. The election was definitely lost. I’ll even admit that there’s some likelihood that there was not a sufficient amount of fraud to change the results.

But, here’s the thing. I don’t like being told I have to do something. I never have. I’ll move on in my own good time, thank you.

How about I tell Portman that he has to has to give his entire life savings to the next person he meets on the street? He’d laugh.

I don’t have the right to tell Portman what he has to do.

And he doesn’t have the right to tell me either.

A Tsunami of Hate

A Tsunami of Hate | Power Line (powerlineblog.com)

I should copy-paste the whole piece. But as they say, read the whole thing. I’m just going to quote one part that stands out to me:

We are not suffering as a nation from healthy disagreement. We are suffering from a Tsunami of Hate emanating from the Democrat Party that seeks to demonize, criminalize and extinguish dissent from the 75 million supporters of Donald Trump. It is now official Washington dogma that to question an election result – something the congressional Democrats have done in the face of every Republican presidential victory since 2000 – is now “insurrection” and “domestic terrorism,” or the incitement thereto, and needs to be prosecuted and suppressed.

Well, good thing they don’t have any power.

Oh.

#IToldYouSo

2020’s Lie of the Year

How the Hydroxychloroquine Scandal Wrecked America and the World Along With It (theepochtimes.com)

Of all the lies (oh, excuse me, I guess I’m supposed to use the word ‘disinformation’ now—or can I? that’s only the stuff Trump says, not the stuff said about him. You know what? I’ll stick with lies) told about Trump this year, this one is the worst.

Well, maybe the second worst. The one about him being slow to respond to the China Virus is the worst, as there is not one single piece of actual evidence that backs that one up.

But this is the one that was the most damaging to the country and the world. The lie about hydroxychloroquine (HCQ).

HCQ works in treating the China Virus. Period. Full stop.

And it doesn’t take an even above average IQ to know that. HCQ is not a cure. It treats the symptoms of the disease. And it has been used for decades in treating these exact same symptoms in other illnesses. Don’t take my word for it:

And now the equally-esteemed American Journal of Medicine in its January 2021 edition has finally admitted the same thing. HCQ often worked. Immediate administration of the drug while the patient was still at home showed significant benefits, they said.

We were fed this lie for one reason and one reason only. Because President Donald Trump (R-USA) recommended it as a treatment. And Trump was not allowed to be right about anything related to the China Virus.

This lie almost certainly caused thousands of deaths in the United States alone. Perhaps tens of thousands. Perhaps more, and who knows how many outside the U.S.?

But hey, at least the lie got rid of Trump. Grandma’s dead, but I’m sure she feels the sacrifice was worth it.

After all, you can’t make an omelet without breaking a few eggs.

Big Government

Report: Biden administration can't account for as many as 20 million vaccine doses that were sent to states – TheBlaze

According to a report from Politico, the Biden administration is struggling mightily to deliver on its promise to get a handle on the COVID-19 pandemic, and may have even lost track of as many as 20 million vaccine doses that were sent to the states.

Ok, I bring this up not to mock President Joe Biden’s (D-USA) administration, believe it or not. With such a big rollout, things like this were bound to happen.

No, I am reminding everyone that this is the kind of thing the Trump administration would have had to spend weeks explaining. And it’s barely newsworthy in 2021. I am reminding everyone that left mercilessly savaged Trump when anything like this occurred. This sort of thing was why we voted him out. Biden was going to make everything better.

Nope.

Finally, I want to remind everyone that this is the kind of thing you get with big government. And 80 million of you voted for more and bigger government.

#IToldYouSo

Ummm…Isn’t that a Desirable Feature?

Biden State Appointee Says White Diplomats Are Too 'Protective' of United States - Washington Free Beacon

Pretty sure I prefer it when U.S. diplomats are protective of the United States. Maybe it’s just me.

Desirée Cormier Smith, a newly minted senior adviser in the Bureau of International Organizations, said in a podcast interview that white diplomats often treated visa applicants with hostility because of their "ownership" over the visas during her experience as a foreign-service officer.

"It seemed like many of our white colleagues approached the visa applicants with so much ownership over these visas. They were so protective of the United States, and they didn't want anybody who could sully the image of the United States because it's this perfect shining city on a hill," she told the Black Diplomats podcast in October. "If you are a white foreign-service officer, coming from a very wealthy background, a two-parent household, never knew what it meant to struggle … you might automatically assume that there's no way [an applicant] would use this visa properly."

Such language may run afoul of previously implemented State Department guidelines. The State Department's discrimination and harassment policies place priorities on diversity and tolerance in the culture of the department, asking employees to work without bias toward skin color.

Hmm. No, that’s not at all racist.

This is what you voted for. #IToldYouSo

I’ll Just Say It—All the Democrats on Capitol Hill are Jerks

Every single one of them.

Unity Watch: Dems File Ethics Complaints Against Sens. Josh Hawley and Ted Cruz (pjmedia.com)

Senators Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) and Ted Cruz (R-Texas) will have to appear in front of the Senate Ethics Committee due to a formal complaint filed by their Democratic colleagues. Their alleged breach of ethics? Objecting to the certification of the election on January 6th after the riot. Both senators had said publicly they would object before the vote and followed through with that course of action along with six other Senators and 139 Representatives. However, for some reason, only Cruz and Hawley are being singled out on the Senate side.

Hypocrites.

If they receive even a dime of taxpayer money for their jobs, then they’re overpaid.

Don’t Let the Door Hit You on the Way Out

Former Bush officials leave GOP over failure to disown Trump: report | TheHill

Dozens of members of former President George W. Bush's administration are reportedly planning to leave the Republican Party following the deadly Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol, citing the party's ongoing embrace of former President Trump.

Sources told Reuters that as many as 60 former officials would leave the party in the coming days, with at least one also citing Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's (R-Ga.) promotion of conspiracy theories as a reason for their exit.

Actually I don’t really care all that much if people leave the GOP. I left it years ago, myself. People like these are the reason I left, though. They had dragged the GOP much too far to the left.

If they’re kissing it goodbye, then maybe it’s time for me to consider joining the party again.

Trump's control over the party has been an issue of concern for many national Republicans eager to rid themselves of the former president following the events of Jan. 6, when his supporters rioted as members of Congress were meeting to certify President Biden's Electoral College win, despite the GOP's voting base largely remaining in his corner.

The riots were an excuse. They never liked Trump. He didn’t allow “business as usual” to continue in Washington, D.C. He didn’t follow Chamber of Commerce style “conservatism”, and actually worked for the individual, individual rights, and lower tax burdens for the middle class and not just Wall Street fat cats. And he was opposed to allowing more illegal aliens into the country providing a nice cheep underclass to abuse.

So, they hate him.

The feeling is mutual.

Trump Nominated for Nobel Peace Prize

You probably don’t know why, because this was the most under-reported story of 2020. And I think we all know why. Because the story made President Donald Trump (R-USA) look good.

I’m referring, of course, to the Abraham Accords, which set the framework for peace in the Middle East, between Israel and several Muslim & Arab nations.

Trump Nominated for Nobel Peace Prize Over Israel-UAE Peace Deal (theepochtimes.com)

Former President Donald Trump was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize on Monday morning by an Estonian member of the European Parliament, Jaak Madison.

In a post on social media, Madison said: “In the last 30 years, Donald Trump is the first president of the United States, who during his tenure, has not started a war. Additionally, he signed several peace agreements in the Middle East which have helped provide stability in the region and peace.”

Madison was referring to the Abraham Accords, a joint statement between Israel, the United Arab Emirates, and the United States–and later, with Bahrain and other Arab countries.

“We encourage efforts to promote interfaith and intercultural dialogue to advance a culture of peace among the three Abrahamic religions and all humanity,” according to a statement on the State Department’s website. “We believe that the best way to address challenges is through cooperation and dialogue and that developing friendly relations among States advances the interests of lasting peace in the Middle East and around the world.”

Even with the China Virus, this would have been one of the most important stories of the year, if it had happened with any other President. As it was, it was barely reported, and when it was reported, it was in disparaging terms.

But this is a very big deal. Probably the biggest peace deal in my lifetime, as long as President Joe Biden (D-USA) and the Democrats don’t manage to find a way to screw it up.

January 31, 1930

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