A virus is spreading throughout the world. It affects the comprehension and common sense portion of the brain and leaves its victims dumbed-down and easily herded by the propaganda masters and their political cult. Carrie’s Take strives to provide an antidote to the mind-control and hopefully will stir up memories of long ago when our society demanded truth & honesty in journalism and expected it to be the guardian of facts, rather than PR mouth pieces for self-serving politicians and their personal agendas. ~Carrie K. Hutchens
Two hundred forty six years ago today, the American experiment was born. In our birth certificate, the Declaration of Independence, our Founding Fathers spelled out the fundamental rights given to us all by our Creator. They envisioned a nation built on freedom and fairness.
In the centuries that followed we often failed, but more often succeeded, in our journey toward a “more perfect union.” The resilience embedded in the DNA of America is what has united generations of citizens—people of all backgrounds—to come together to make the founders’ vision a reality.
This is a country that allowed me, the son of a single mom who raised her two Black sons in the South, to become a U.S. Senator representing the home of the Civil War. Where else on Earth is that possible? (Continue Reading)
Fundraisers have changed the lives of many, but I haven’t had much success in my attempts. *LOL* Nevertheless, let’s give it a try once more and see if we can raise $398 by tomorrow. Long shot, but so are many things in life. 🙂 ~Carrie
May. 06, 2022 – 11:36 – Fox News host reflects on the left’s response to the possible overturn of Roe v. Wade, the state of the Biden presidency, and gives his take on the Russia-Ukraine war on ‘Tucker Carlson Tonight.’
Many today are concerned about the rising generation’s exposure to a cultural virus, that is being “woke”—and rightly so. But I’m one from that generation who has been inoculated against it. My Christian upbringing, my time in apublic charter school, and my history teacher’s use of the Socratic method provided a foundation I needed to withstand it all.
Too many of my Gen Z peers aren’t on such solid ground, however.
The nuclear family and American education are disintegrating—and traditional values are disappearing along with it. This leaves teenagers with no framework nor principles by which they can heroically live. It’s my generation’s void. In it, they fall victim to woke ideology and become bullies. Sadly, too many of my friends adopt fraudulent values to signal virtue, and in turn browbeat my classmates who don’t.
Daniel Idfresne is a senior at Brooklyn Technical High School, a prestigious public school in New York City. (Courtesy Daniel Idfresne)
Consider the protests and riots summer of 2020. My peers denounced their “white privilege” on social media and shared provocative posts to prove it. But if white privilege is real, drive-by activism won’t fix anything. Social justice theater collapses under the burden of real oppression.
When empty platitudes no longer sufficed, my woke classmates embraced more radical views. An open call for racial justice quickly became a disingenuous call to overthrow America’s Founding principles and institutions. Their ideas were not carefully thought out, but social media applauded them with coveted “likes.” (Click to Continue Reading)
Florida mom Quisha King called for a “mass exodus” from the public school system, arguing that school systems left parents with no other choice for fighting left-wing ideas.
“I really think at this point the only thing to do is have a mass exodus from the public school system – that’s it,” King said. In response, she received prolonged applause, and many in the audience stood to their feet at the Leesburg, Virginia, event.
King previously drew national attention for her speech opposing critical race theory (CRT) in June. She works with the group Moms for Liberty, which is one of many battling CRT and other ideas across the nation.
“With this FBI thing, it just made me realize – what else are we supposed to do?” King asked. “Standing up to these people doesn’t seem to matter. I mean, we have – all of us – we’ve been at these school board meetings, we’ve been voicing our opinions, we’re writing articles, we’re emailing teachers – we’re doing all that stuff. And they don’t care. I’m like the only thing left to do is to just peace out.”
She added that “it has to be us doing it together” in order to “really send the message that you do not have the right to indoctrinate our children.”
Her comments came amid an uproar over the Department of Justice’s announcement that the FBI would investigate potential violence at school board meetings. Attorney General Merrick Garland’s memo on the issue raised concerns as it appeared to be in response to a National School Boards Association (NSBA) letter suggesting that officials were encountering a form of “domestic terrorism.”
“While spirited debate about policy matters is protected under our Constitution, that protection does not extend to threats of violence or efforts to intimidate individuals based on their views,” Garland’s memo states.
Still, critics like Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., have raised concerns about DOJ restricting free speech – pointing to language in NSBA’s letter that disparaged anti-CRT efforts.
‘Can you hear the screams of the Afghans, America?’
The Afghan people left behind are fighting to survive much like Jewish victims in Nazi Germany, “Life, Liberty & Levin” host Mark Levin compared Wednesday on “Hannity.”
“How many Anne Franks are there tonight in Afghanistan?” he asked. “How many Anne Franks are hiding in cellars all across the country today? I want to talk about the people left behind, not the 124,000 who’ve been evacuated to safety. I want to talk about the millions who now have had genocide unleashed upon them.”
Levin pointed out that the Afghans were living “mostly in peace” and safety before Joe Biden’s presidency with a “minimal American military footprint.”
Levin hit out against who he called “propagandists” in the administration including press secretaries Jen Psaki of the White House, Adm. John Kirby of the Pentagon, state department spokesman Ned Price as well as generals who he blasted for leaving American citizens in Afghanistan.
“No commander in chief has ever ordered any general to leave citizens behind,” he roared. “What about these children and these women? What about the Afghan allies – the men who fought next to use firefight after firefight?”(Click to continue reading)
45: A heartbreaking loss for the United States and its great Military. We must have hostages released and our Military equipment returned, NOW! pic.twitter.com/jC1EbQzT0z
Several media figures and others in the baseball establishment are being slammed for hastily and ultimately falsely accusing aColorado Rockiesfan of repeatedly yelling a racial slur at aMiami Marlinsplayer who is Black, with some later making an about-face on the matter.
When the Marlins’ Lewis Brinson, 27, was at the plate in the ninth inning on Sunday, microphones at Coors Field in Denver picked up the fan repeatedly yelling something many critics immediately declared to be the n-word, ostensibly directed at the opposing team’s batter.
A review of the situation found that the fan, who has not been identified, was in fact shouting “Dinger!” at the Rockies’ purple triceratops mascot. The man was reportedly trying to getDinger’sattention so that it could take a photograph with his grandchildren.
While Disneyland may be the “Happiest Place on Earth,” a California probate court may be the opposite for a Disney heir, mused the U.S. Court of Appeals inLund v. Cowan (9th Cir. 2021) ___ F.3d ___. Bradford Lund, a 50 year-old grandson of Walt Disney, sued the probate judge who rejected a settlement agreement that would have allowed him to access his approximately $200 million inheritance, and the federal appellate court affirmed the dismissal of the suit.
The real drama has played out in the probate department of the Los Angeles County Superior Court. Litigation there has spanned 15 years with noFASTPASSor end in sight. Bradford’s story is unlike any Disney movie we have seen, but equally entertaining. (Click to continue)
Lot’s of people are in need of help in today’s messed up world!
There’s an old musician among those in need!
I’d like to help that old musician get a portable oxygen concentrator & hearing aids.
If you are interested in helping him, too, please donate through Carrie’s Take. Just make a note that your donation is for an oxygen concentrator or hearing aids.
TheRhode Islandbranch of a majorteachers unionis suing to block a school district from fulfilling a mother’s public records requests, citing the sheer volume of requests and concerns about teacher privacy.
The case revolves around a mom, Nicole Solas, who caught national attention for her quest to address critical race theory (CRT) in her child’s district. School board members previously considered suing Solas over her copious records requests –at least 200 – but declined prior to the recent lawsuit.
“We are asking the Court to conduct a balancing test to determine whether our members’ privacy rights outweigh the public interest,” said Jennifer Azevedo, who serves as deputy director of the National Education Association Rhode Island (NEARI). “We believe they do, and those records should either not be disclosed or should be redacted accordingly.”
In a filing dated Thursday, NEARI requested a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction from the state’s superior court. Both Solas and employees of the school district are named as defendants.
Solas fired back, telling Fox News, “You cannot be employed by the state and also demand immunity from public scrutiny. That’s not how open government works in America. Academic transparency is not a collective bargaining negotiation. It’s a parental right.”
Today the teacher union NEA filed ANOTHER lawsuit against me – this time a Temporary Restraining Order and Preliminary Injunction. Will teacher unions bullying moms be an everyday thing now?pic.twitter.com/6WxQ8KTAFD
NEARI’sverified complaint, which was filed Monday, states: “Given the circumstances of the requests, it is likely that any teachers who are identifiable and have engaged in discussions about things like critical race theory will then be the subject of teacher harassment by national conservative groups opposed to critical race theory.”
Cornell law professor William Jacobson alsoarguedthat “[t]his lawsuit makes little sense on its face. The unions purport to be protecting their members non-public documents and information, but the public records law only applies to “public records“ as defined under the statute.”
The filing from Monday, however, seeks for the court to examine certain categories of documents which are “potentially public records” under the Access to Public Records Act.
It adds that if records aren’t determined to constitute a “clearly unwarranted invasion of privacy,” they should be disclosed with redactions of personally identifiable information or “information which may lead to the identity of such teachers.”
The lawsuit reflected an ongoing battle playing out across the country where frustrated parents are demanding answers from education officials.
Both the NEA and American Federation of Teachers (AFT) have opposed efforts to limit CRT and its related ideas in school. NEA previously approved a resolution conveying its desire to fight “anti-CRT rhetoric.”
Another prompted Senate Republicans’ scrutiny by declaring that the NEA would “research the organizations attacking educators doing anti-racist work and/or use the research already done and put together a list of resources and recommendations for state affiliates, locals, and individual educators to utilize when they are attacked.”
Two women who stole a “Make America Great Again” hat from a President Trumpsupporter at the Democratic National Convention have pleaded guilty to hate crimes in connection to the viral confrontation.
Olivia Winslow and Camryn Amy were caught on video on Aug. 20 destroying Trump signs and snatching a red MAGA cap outside the DNC in Wilmington, Delaware, as Joe Biden gave his acceptance speech.
The women, both of Wilmington, have pleaded guilty to charges of theft, child endangerment and hate crimes in the incident outside a restaurant at the Wilmington Riverfront,the Delaware News Journal reported Wednesday.
Winslow and Amy will be sentenced in September. Prosecutors will not seek prison time and their attorneys said they agree that probation is the “appropriate sentence” in the case while declining further comment, the News Journal reported.
Charges of assault, attempted assault and conspiracy were dropped as part of a plea deal struck Monday, according to the report.
The Democrats and anti-Trump forces seem to be so blinded by their hatred of the president that they have lost their ability to think coherently. What else can one think when reviewing what has been transpiring? It is so obvious. Well, obvious to those of us who are not blinded by either hatred or the wish to destroy Donald Trump simply because he is Trump and perhaps a Republican.
Hillary Clinton was quite excited when she believed a Trump Tower server was communicating with Russia & she let the world know. The question is – how did she know this was being checked into?
There was a transcript of Flynn’s discussion with the Russian ambassador. The question is – how did we find out?
For all the accusations some Democrats have been & continue making, an important factor has gone unnoticed in their little thought processors of incoherence. If there wasn’t any surveillance, how did surveillance gather the above information? (i.e. If one can only get to town by driving and they are in town – it’s a pretty sure bet they drove to town.)
Comey testified that there was no wiretap on Trump. Why didn’t he add that while there was technically no “wiretap” – Trump and/or his team had been included in “incidental collection”, unmasked and the information shared among many? He knew about it, didn’t he? He knew it was shared, didn’t he? So, why did he answer in such a way as to make it look as though Trump was lying or simply ignorant?
Attorney General Sessions was asked a long, rambling question by Sen. Franken. The short of the story – or question – was if Sessions had any contact with the Russians with regard to the campaign. He said he didn’t. However, thereafter, the Democrats accused him of lying because he had two meetings with the Russian ambassador, unrelated to the campaign, that he had failed to mention. Didn’t seem to matter that many in Congress have met with this very same ambassador. Didn’t seem to matter that some even met with Putin. Didn’t seem to matter that the question was in relationship to the campaign – Sessions should have, by their opinion, thought to say, “No, but I did meet with the ambassador in the course of my duties as senator.”
Then Senator Sessions was being questioned about the campaign – not his duties and meetings as a senator. He answered the question asked. His meetings with the ambassador were irrelevant to the issues at hand because they were not related to the campaign. Comey, on the other hand, was being questioned about Trump and/or his team being under surveillance and he knew it. He took advantage of “technical wordage”. He took advantage of Trump using the term “wiretap”, though knowing exactly what was meant and that it was relevant and specific to the question presented. In short, he intentionally misled the committee and the public. This should be of grave concern to each and every one of us. It is to me.
Additionally, why would it take so long to establish there was collusion (or not) between the Trump campaign & Russia, but so quickly be able to establish there was no surveillance on Trump & team? Why haven’t they been able to identify the person responsible for leaking material, but able to say no person was involved in Trump surveillance? Seems the only fast investigations they are able to perform is if it is an attempt to discredit the president and his team. Amazing!
After Senator Nunes gave the press conference and notified the White House of what he had learned, Schiff was upset because Nunes hadn’t shared the info with the committee first. And, now that the White House has been notified, Schiff feels there cannot be a fair hearing? Why? How does Nunes sharing the information affect the hearings? After all, the Democrats have been insisting all along that Trump, as president, could pick up the phone and obtain all this information first hand. What does it matter then that Nunes provided Trump what Trump could freely get on his own?
My personal opinion is that Trump didn’t wish to pick up the phone and ask for the information because, if he did, the Democrats and media would claim it was tainted, manipulated and completely false. Instead, I believe he simply waited for the truth to come out, as he knew it would once people started paying attention to the evidence that was readily available all along.
By whatever term is utilized – Trump and his team were obviously under surveillance. Information was gathered by some means and shared. It really doesn’t matter if it was a physical wiretap such as they had in the 1960’s or information grabbed from the sky. Somebody captured it. Somebody gathered it. Somebody shared it. Somebody leaked it. The latter of which, without question, is illegal.
Schiff & Pals try to make it all important that Trump used the word “wiretap”. When Trump clarifies he was referring to surveillance – they try to say he is walking back his allegation because he has no proof.
Schiff is upset because Senator Nunes was provided info, which he discussed at a Press Conference and then shared with the White House. If it is so important for Nunes to have shared with the committee first, why hasn’t Schiff provided the committee with the absolute proof he claims to have? And if he has absolute proof, why are they wasting time and money on an unnecessary hearing to establish what is in his possession? Might it be because he doesn’t have the proof he claims?
The Democrats seem to want one set of rules for themselves and a set of rules for people that aren’t them. And in recent years, it seems that is exactly how things have played out. Perhaps they have gotten too used to successfully bullying and are unable to comprehend that those days are over. They are making fools of themselves and doing it for all of us to see.
But I digress. (It’s easy to do, when trying to make sense out of the Democrat & media nonsense.)
The Democrats know that Jeff Sessions was asked if there was any Russian involvement in the campaign and that he answered truthfully. They know but it didn’t stop them from trying to create an illusion of dishonesty to bring him down.
Comey intentionally provided a dishonest answer to the committee and to the public. There is no way the Democrats aren’t aware of this fact, yet they are using that dishonest answer to claim Trump is the one being dishonest.
The out-of-control Democrats and media shower us every day with their little saga of incoherence. They speculate and deem it facts. They twist, spin and manipulate information and call it evidence. They tell us there was no surveillance, but surveillance may have picked up Trump & Associates in “incidental collection”. There were leaks of gathered information, but there was no surveillance, so I suppose we are to assume it poofed into someone’s possession as they happened to walk by the poof-receipt desk.
One day of fair reporting only and honest investigation would be a welcomed respite from the saga of incoherence and lock-step mindset of the out-of-control libs, their media buds & the brainwashed that blindly follow them. It might also be the shock moment that opens minds and lets the truth and rational thought back in. The day some Democrats fear most – a day President Trump keeps still another promise and the swamp gets a little less occupied!
