Herr Platner Is Taking Democrat Credibility Down With Him

Townhall 

There’s a small chance that Herr Pottyprimatepunisher Graham Platner will withdraw from the Maine Senate primary before you read this, but the historical figures he loves so much that he etched one of their designs into his chest fought all the way back to Berlin, so he may just keep on keeping on. It’s been a tough couple of weeks for his campaign in particular and the Democrats in general, from the Totenkopf tat to the outhouse onanism to the least surprising revelation in the history of revelations that he likes to exchange nudes with random women he’s not married to. He may be spiraling in like a shot-down Messerschmitt, but his supporters are hanging in there because the real Nazi isn’t the guy who has the SS death’s head on his pecs. No, it’s Susan Collins because gulp! Yummy Kool-Aid! And do you know who is responsible for all this stuff about his carnal correspondence? Brace yourself. It’s the Jews!

Sometimes you must pick a hill to die on. You should try to pick a hill to die on that doesn’t make you look like an idiot. I love how our principled liberal friends are choosing to die on Platner’s Peak, but of course, he hasn’t peaked yet. Not even close. If rumors are right, there’s much worse to come. The air is electric with tension. What’s the next shoe to drop? Does he have a Swalwell problem? Is someone going to dig up a Reddit post with his thoughts about black people? Try telling me it’s outside the realm of possibility that he put stuff out there that makes David Duke look like MLK. Something even worse for the libs? Is there a tweet out there where he denies that a man can get pregnant? Perhaps he owns some Tesla stock. Maybe he’s a Coldplay fan.

Sit back and savor it. This is great. It’s not just that he’s going to lose to the rigorously normal Senator Collins. It’s not just that he’s going to be personally humiliated, though a guy who touches himself in a public toilet and tells the world about it probably doesn’t have a shame gene anyway. No, what’s truly great is how the Democrats have gone all-in on this mutation only to find out that every single day there’s something new and grosser they have to try to explain away:

Nervous Dems: “Look, how can you get worse than a Nazi tattoo, right?”

Platner: “Hold my beer while I go hold myself in this Porta-Potty.”

Nervous Dems: “OK, this has to be the bottom. Please be the bottom.”

Platner: “Hey, what’s your number? I wanna text you a uh, very special pic of Lil’ Adolph.”

Nervous Dems: “We can get past this…”

Platner: “I don’t have to give DNA samples if I don’t want to, right?”

It isn’t like the Democrats don’t have credibility problems anyway. Their principles bend like a yogi who just OD’d on Flexeril. For Democrats, consistency is the gender-neutral hobgoblin of little minds. Down in Texas, they’re trying to push support for that weird, blasphemous gnome with a very, very, very, very real girlfriend as some kind of Christian obligation because Jesus and stuff, but then at the other end of the country, anything goes. It’s their moral duty, see? They must stop that raging right-wing lunatic…Susan Collins.

At the risk of seeming cynical, and I don’t want to ruffle any feathers here, but I’m not quite believing these people are completely sincere.

People are writing his political obituary, a bit prematurely to my mind, but you can see the outlines of what’s going on. My gut and the rumors tell me there is worse stuff out there. A lot worse. Maybe not even funny, worse. I mean, what we’ve seen so far is creepy and disgusting, but amusing. I would not put it past this creepy man-child to smash through “Amusing” and cross the line fully into the territory of “Get a rope.”

It’s just hilarious to see the libs go all in for him since he’s pretty much everything they say they hate. After all, the sexually confused feminists have, for decades, been telling us about how we all suffer from toxic masculinity. Yet, it doesn’t get any more toxic than this dork. He’s like a parody of manhood, with his stupid stubble, his fake oyster gig, his tats that range from lame to evil, and his obnoxious vet-bro posturing. This is literally the guy they were accusing all of us of being, and now these blue-haired weirdos are rallying around him, rationalizing him, caressing him, and covering for him. To the extent they’re mad about his sexting scandal, they’re probably most mad that they weren’t sexted themselves.

Look, when you turn over the rocks on the psychology of the Left, there’s a lot of weird stuff crawling around under there at the best of times. With this dude, it is an outright festival of pathologies. The female-identifying leftists want to be with him, and probably the same with most of the male-identifying ones. Someone could do a dissertation on the psycho-sexuality of the Democrats’ infatuation with this tilted caricature of a real man.

But hey, he might help stop Trump, so it’s OK to back him no matter what he does. He’s going to give what-for to those billionaires because you know who’s responsible for the problems in America today? It’s the billionaires. Well, not all the billionaires. Not the one who’s probably in the lead in the California governor’s race. He’s a good billionaire. So are all the Soroses. They’re cool. It’s just the billionaires who don’t give the Dems money who are bad.

You might be tempted to call this hypocritical, but don’t bother. First, they don’t care. The second reason not to bother is that it’s not hypocrisy if they don’t actually believe what they’re saying. And they don’t believe what they’re saying. They don’t believe anything they’re saying. It’s all a grift. It’s all a scam. But it’s also a sacred ritual. By spewing this nonsense, they show solidarity. It is a sacrifice of their own dignity upon the altar of the revolution.

“Look how dedicated I am! I defended the indefensible, self-abusing, Nazi tat-having, sexting communist right up until the end! And I revel in the shame of it.”

Now, what’s going to happen with this guy, assuming nothing even worse gets disclosed that gets him arrested? Is he going to stay in the race? Of course he is. Why should he get out? All the fake polls the Democrats have been pushing have him ahead of Susan Collins, like all the fake polls they push every cycle that show Susan Collins’ Democrat opponent ahead until Susan Collins comes back and wins by 10 points in the actual election. No, he’s going to keep going. You see, the problem with having a big, dumb, loud guy as your candidate is that he’s a big, dumb, loud guy, and they tend not to be smart enough to know when they’re beat. I mean, there’s good judgment, bad judgment, and Platner judgment.

But it’s pretty clear that a lot of the bigwigs have figured out that the people of Maine are not going to choose the public masturbator who slips into women’s DMs like his heroes slipped into Poland over a woman who doesn’t do any of those things, oh, and who is chairman of the Appropriations Committee, which means she can keep directing endless federal funds to Maine. Yeah, sure, Mainers will trade money and sanity for the comedy stylings of this ridiculous doofus.

The establishment will try to salvage a shot from this fiasco by pressuring him to get out so they can slip the ancient Governor Janet Mills back in after she suspended her race when it became clear that the energy on the Left was behind the guy with a Nazi tattoo. There are some potential twists and turns procedurally, but if he drops out in late June or early July, the Democrat Party gets to pick the candidate. But there’s that “if” again. Why would he get out? I mean, what’s Platner got to go back to that’s so great that he would forgo the fun of the campaign, which includes meeting new chicks and the opportunity to stop by a whole bunch of sexy restrooms? His career as an oyster farmer? His happy marriage? Hook-ups in the local honey pot with himself? No, this guy has nothing to lose, not a job, not a future, and certainly not his dignity. I think he sticks it out. I think the Democrats are stuck with him. And I think that’s hilarious.

See, it’s almost impossible for them to win the Senate anyway, but if they don’t knock off Susan Collins, then their chances are about the same as those of James Talarico seducing Sydney Sweeney. The Democrats thought this guy was the perfect Astro-turf candidate. They thought he was the kind of toxic male doofus who would appeal to the rubes, while he also spewed commie gobbledygook that made Bernie Sanders clap his withered paws in joy. They not only went for it, but they invested the last remaining bits of their shattered credibility in him, even as he was revealed to be exactly what anybody who glanced at him knew he would turn out to be.

Great work, Democrats. Genuinely top-notch. You know, as Republicans, we should be down on our knees every day giving thanks that somehow, defying the odds, the Democrats manage to be even stupider and less competent than the Republicans.

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Separating the Americans from the America-Haters

American Thinker 

America’s two-hundred-fiftieth birthday is an apt time to separate those who disdain this country from those who thank God for having been born here.  

I notice that the major “faces” representing the corporate news machine have decided to use this magnificent anniversary as a time for “reflection” about all the different ways the country and its people have somehow let those “faces” down.  Instead of considering what an amazing melting pot of people have contributed to America’s greatness, the “faces” lecture us about enduring racism that is supposedly identical to the slavery that existed before the Civil War.  Instead of appreciating how innovators and producers transformed the United States into the wealthiest nation that has ever existed, the “faces” talk about material inequality and the “virtues” of collective ownership.  Instead of marveling at the supreme intellectual gifts of our Founding Fathers, the “faces” bemoan the absence of black, “trans” women at the Declaration’s signing.  

It is odd that the people whose wealth and fame would be possible in no other country in the world find it so easy to ignore their historical debts.  Were it not for the providential arrival of a George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and Alexander Hamilton during the consequential decade of America’s birth, there would be no talking heads on CNN today.  Instead of generating paroxysms of rhetorical outrage over “racism,” “sexism,” or “transphobia,” America’s sesquicentennial is an opportune year for our most privileged “elites” to get down on their knees, thank their lucky stars, and pray.  Although many no doubt bent a knee for George Floyd, few appear to be grateful for either their good fortunes or God’s continued blessing of this great nation.

What does it say about those people who spend all their time criticizing a nation that has done more to secure the blessings of human liberty than any other on Earth?  Slavery was real.  Jim Crow was real.  So was Jefferson’s declaration of self-evident truths: “that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness.”  White men once owned black slaves.  Some six-hundred-fifty thousand white men — roughly 2% of America’s population — died fighting in the Civil War.  Americans have fought and bled against each other and against the armies of oppressive governments around the world to advance the cause of human freedom.  No nation has sacrificed so much so that strangers might be free.  Anybody alive today who fails to appreciate the service of those who stepped into the choking smoke and muddy rivers of blood for the cause of someone else’s liberty is too vain and petulant to be worthy of American soldiers’ mortal offerings.

If America’s “elites” spent as much time reading the Declaration of Independence as they do talking about “haves” and “have-nots,” “oppressors” and the “oppressed,” whites and blacks, they might realize that there is much fertile American ground to sow the seeds of patriotic love and grow what indubitably unites us.  The Founders’ civic virtue and love of liberty gave this country strong foundations.  When fierce winds collapse the shrubs of other nations, America stands like the strongest oak.  

When will the university professors, journalists, and pundits realize that they are part of a dwindling social clique obsessed with race?  

When American soldiers reach out to save a brother, they do not care what color of skin covers the hand reaching back.  Americans fight and die for other Americans.  Americans sacrifice lives with families so that other families are never told that their loved-ones were left behind.  And the ones who do the sacrificing, fighting, and dying never stop to think about race.  The call goes out that an American is in trouble, and Americans of every color — united by common heritage — volunteer to rescue Americans of every color.  

Who could look at America’s greatness from beyond its borders and not marvel at the ideals for which America’s people fight and the feats its people have accomplished?  Was this not the story of the poor immigrant journeying to America’s shores at the turn of the twentieth century?  Is it not true of so many who wish to become American today?  Why are the hearts of America’s “elites” so darkened with self-loathing that they remain incapable of feeling the historic greatness of the very land most of the rest of the world would love to call home? 

It is vexing that the month of June has been colonized for so-called “LGBTQ pride.”  We reside in a nation that should be proud of so much.  Its political ideals, economic growth, technological achievements, cultural influence, and historic rise are unparalleled.  Its people — the descendants of explorers, settlers, frontiersmen, and adventurers — are courageous and brave.  Its triumphs vastly outweigh its failures.  It remains the most consequential country on Earth and the only one that can inspire foreign peoples from foreign lands to emulate its noble spirit and deeds.  

Should one feel a strong heartbeat when “The Star-Spangled Banner” plays, that natural pride springs from the hard work and determination of all the American generations that came before us.  That pride was hard-earned.  It glitters in the sun today only because our American ancestors built the roads, bridges, dams, towns, and cities that have taken us from the Mississippi River to the dark side of the moon.  

Deprived of America’s accomplishments, the “LGBTQ” crowd would have nowhere to crow.  Their “pride” is insular and selfish.  Their “rainbow flag” is small next to Old Glory.  Their self-adulation and self-worship are vulgar when laid next to the selfless heroism and stoic sacrifice of all the Americans who have traded their lives so that this generation might be strong.  The “LGBTQ” preeners pay tribute to themselves, but Americans who deserve to be proud have paid tribute to their families, towns, and country.

It’s a good year to take stock of American greatness.  It’s a good year to think about all the Americans who built, expanded, and defended this country.  It’s a good year to remember that the Founding Fathers’ political convictions were not of their time but for all times.  

Self-government and personal freedom are not “patriarchal.”  They are achievable pursuits.  Civic virtue is not “parochial.”  It is inspirational.  Patriotism is not “toxic,” “racist,” or “white supremacist.”  It is the fount of heroic sacrifice.  

We Americans have seen and done more than most because the Americans who came before us saw and did more than most.  It is in this tradition — whereby one American generation grabs the baton from the one before and pushes forward — that American Exceptionalism becomes the standard that reshapes the world.  The spectators in the crowd do not merely see the next runner with fresh legs; they see the tired runner who refuses to slow down.  They see the American who persists despite outrageous odds.  They shake their heads and unknowingly grin as they recognize something alluring and astonishing that makes America uniquely great.

Those who do not recognize what a tremendous honor it is to live here are unworthy of America’s gifts.  Those who criticize America’s past from luxurious perches built by America’s past builders are unwise.  Those who celebrate themselves rather than our American ancestors are unprincipled.  

In the two-hundred-fiftieth year of this nation’s life, reach down and grab its soil.  Breathe its air.  Enjoy the essence of this country’s history and the indomitable spirit of its people. 

Those who love this country will protect its future.  Those who wish to destroy this country love only themselves.  Patriots, pay no heed to the destroyers.  Be builders instead.

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Leftists Hate America So Much They’re Turning Her 250th Birthday Into A Celebration Of Marxism

Left-wing crisis actors are planning to hijack America’s 250th birthday by turning it into a celebration of Marxist ideology.

The Federalist 

America 250 is a momentous occasion that presents Americans with the opportunity to celebrate the greatest country in the world and all that she’s achieved. At least, that’s what’s supposed to happen, right?

Not according to America-hating leftists. Rather than come together to express gratitude for the nation they call home (well, at least for “indigenous peoples” anyway), these ungrateful crisis actors are aiming to hijack the semiquincentennial by turning it into a celebration of Marxist ideology and its accompanying policies — all of which are completely at odds with the American experiment.

According to a press release obtained by The Federalist, this June 27 “nationwide day of mobilization” organized by several left-wing groups “will include coordinated marches, rallies, cultural activations, performances, artistic installations, youth storytelling projects, teach-ins, faith gatherings, and community events.” The presser’s subhead further states that organizers — which include far-left activists Linda Sarsour and Carmen Pérez — launched the coordinated event as a way to “Advance an Inclusive Vision of Repair for the Next Chapter of America in Contrast to Trump’s Whitewashed ‘F250.’”

“Organizers say the mobilization is intended to offer a broader, more inclusive vision for how the country approaches the 250th anniversary. One rooted not in exclusion or erasure, but in participation, belonging, democracy, and a shared commitment to building the next chapter of America together,” the press release written in leftist-speak reads.

The June 27 mass demonstrations are being spearheaded “in part” by the Next 250 initiative, which is not shy about its goal of “leveraging” America’s 250th birthday celebration to “reimagine what our nation can become.” The group seeks to base the nationwide mobilization on its “Declaration of Interdependence,” an apparent mockery of the Declaration of Independence that attendees can sign committing themselves to the Next 250 cause.

And what, one may ask, is that cause?

The Next 250’s press release notes that the core pillars of its “Declaration” center around a “Living Wage for All” (wealth redistribution), “Climate Justice for All” (climate alarmist policies), “Reproductive Rights & Justice for All” (pro-abortion policies), “Voting Rights for All” (opposition to election integrity), and “Gun Safety and Peace for All” (gun control). Not exactly the patriotic sentiments expected of a supposedly celebratory America 250 event.

Next 250’s efforts to “reimagine” America through its June 27 demonstrations are also evident after examining its listed partner organizations for the event. Among the left-wing groups involved are One Fair Wage, the Trans Latin@ Coalition, the Workers Center for Racial Justice, and several others.

The Next 250 press release identifies All of U.S. 250, Get Free, 50501, Youth250 as among the other left-wing organizing groups that are part of the “broad partnership” helping coordinate the nationwide protests.

All of U.S. 250 proclaims on its website that, as the country is preparing to celebrate its 250th birthday, “a white supremacist faction is pushing our country in the opposite direction.” Clearly directed at smearing President Trump and his voters, the group further asserts that “the MAGA regime is in the midst of trying to whitewash our past so they can whitewash our future” and that “we can see this in their attempts to not just erase the history of enslavement and genocide, but roll back hard-won civil rights victories.”

Get Free is a radical left-wing organization that professes support for reparations to “undo white supremacy” and “repair the harm.” The youth-oriented group is a partner of “No Kings,” a leftist protest movement against the second Trump administration.

The 50501 Movement similarly sprung up in response to Trump’s return to office. The organization has espoused support for racist DEI policies, “LGBT interests,” and “Palestinian nationalism;” sought Trump’s removal from office; and participated in demonstrations against Trump, Elon Musk, and ICE, according to InfluenceWatch.

Youth250 seemingly aims to increase youth participation in “civic life.” The initiative boasts an FAQ tab on its webpage that includes a question, “I wouldn’t call myself patriotic, is this program for me?” The accompanying response reads:

There’s plenty to criticize about the United States, or any nation on Earth, whether you’re American or not. But patriotism isn’t just about waving a flag. It’s about believing in the potential of our country and working to make it better. Whether you love the 4th of July or skip the Pledge of Allegiance, this program is for you.

The groups’ main demonstration will take place in Washington, D.C., while “communities nationwide will host local actions and gatherings” throughout the country, according to Next 250.

Never-Before-Seen 1989 Tiananmen Square Massacre Photos

For decades, film rolls containing more than 2,000 photos documenting the 1989 Tiananmen Square democracy movement had been shut inside a metal box, never known to the world.

These photos, taken by a Chinese state media photographer and having survived the ensuing political purge campaigns after the massacre, eventually made their way to the United States, and were recently entrusted to The Epoch Times.

Now, The Epoch Times is making the photos public for the first time.

 The Epoch Times obtained thousands of photos depicting the 1989 pro-democracy student protest movement in China’s Tiananmen Square.

Tanks are geared up in an offensive position ahead of the Tiananmen Square massacre in Beijing in 1989. Provided to The Epoch Times

Thousands of people are estimated to have died on June 4 at the hands of the Chinese communist regime 37 years ago.

Armed soldiers enter Beijing on the eve of the Tiananmen Square massacre in June 1989.

Communist authorities, framing a peaceful student-led movement as a riot to disrupt social order, hunted down participants nationwide while instituting systematic ideological reeducation to erase from history all but their version of events.

People gather near Zhongnanhai, the Chinese leadership compound, following the death of reform-minded leader Hu Yaobang in Beijing in 1989.

The photos, now scanned and digitized, provide a glimpse of those fleeting weeks in the spring of 1989 when hope hung thick in the air and more freedoms seemed so close at hand—until the gunfire proved otherwise.

(Left) Pro-democracy protesters during a demonstration in Tiananmen Square in Beijing in 1989. (Right) Bullet holes left after Chinese authorities opened fire to suppress the pro-democracy movement in Beijing in 1989. Provided to The Epoch Times

Among those in the photos are students on hunger strike, wearing white cloth bands around their foreheads. They’re shown linking arms and staging million-strong street protests, with academics, media professionals, and military officers joining in solidarity. When the troops came in, these students—and civilian supporters—resisted with barricades and their own bodies.

Students link arms in a parade during the Tiananmen pro-democracy movement in 1989.

NOTE: I copied and pasted the extra photos from the arrows below:

For some time, they succeeded. As military trucks ferried tens of thousands of soldiers to Beijing following a martial law order on May 20, the students blocked them, sharing food and water while explaining their cause. The troops turned back.

Pro-democracy protesters cheer at Chinese troops in Beijing around May 20, 1989. The troops eventually withdrew after the protesters gained their sympathy. Provided to The Epoch Times

Some of the photos show military officers waving to protesters. In one, several smile as they accept youtiao, golden brown fried dough sticks that are a Beijing breakfast staple. In another, a uniformed officer makes a victory sign amid a sea of protesters, many of whom are doing the same.

But their upbeat spirit didn’t last long.

Late into the night on June 3, heavily armed troops marched in again. This time, they didn’t hesitate to fire on civilians—indiscriminately.

Burned vehicles, toppled barricades, and bloodstains on the ground during and after the suppression of the pro-democracy Tiananmen Square protests in Beijing in June 1989. Provided to The Epoch Times

The photographer documented bullet holes in a window and injured men on stretchers with blood soaking through their coverings.

A man lies on a stretcher after the Chinese military attacked protesters at Tiananmen Square in Beijing in June 1989. Provided to The Epoch Times

An eyewitness description of seeing six student protesters’ bloodied bodies in Tiananmen Square in Beijing in the early morning of June 4, 1989. Provided to The Epoch Times

“There were smashed heads, ruptured stomachs, and spilling intestines. Around them were mangled arms and legs, some still bleeding,” one eyewitness wrote on a public poster dated June 4. Those were the bodies of six student protesters, the witness said, adding that everyone around—except for the soldiers—was crying.

An eyewitness description of seeing six student protesters’ bloodied bodies in Tiananmen Square in Beijing in the early morning of June 4, 1989. Provided to The Epoch Times

The topic remains taboo in China.

The Chinese authorities have harassed a number of people they deemed to have been involved in providing the photos, including both Chinese nationals and citizens of the United States and Canada.

“Act quickly to eliminate the impact, stop posting them,” read one message from a Chinese police officer, which The Epoch Times obtained. Failing that, the officer warned, the targeted person would get on Interpol’s red notice, arrested, and sent back to China.

If that happened, the officer said, his entire family would suffer.

(Left) Pro-democracy protesters climb atop a flagpole to put up banners in Beijing in the spring of 1989. (Middle) A man sleeps in front of a bus, where lines of verse encourage people to join the pro-democracy protests in Beijing in the spring of 1989. (Right) Pro-democracy protesters in Tiananmen Square in Beijing in the spring of 1989. Provided to The Epoch Times

Interpol told The Epoch Times that its special task force reviews every notice request from each member country for compliance with its constitution, which requires the organization to conform with the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and not “undertake activities of a political, military, religious, or racial character.”

Another person threatened by the police officer told the officer that they are Canadian citizens.

“You are Canadian citizens—you all are, but your relatives are Chinese citizens,” the police replied, according to screenshots The Epoch Times viewed.

When the individual suggested they would cut ties with their relatives in China—with whom they have lost touch for more than a decade—the officer was unmoved.

“It’s too late,” the officer wrote.

A placard on the ground that reads, “I want to look at the world freely,” during the pro-democracy protests in Beijing in the spring of 1989. Provided to The Epoch Times

A third person familiar with the issue said the authorities were actively collecting their personal details, sending the individual’s photo to relatives in China along with intimidating messages. The photo was meant as a warning: the regime knows who they are.

The Chinese police think they can enforce rules beyond China’s borders, the person, a U.S. citizen, told The Epoch Times. “They are arrogant enough to think that whatever the Communist Party says is the law anywhere,” the source said.

The targeted individuals have reported the intimidation tactics to the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security. The Canadian Security Intelligence Service is also aware of the matter.

Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-Ill.), who spoke at a presser commemorating the victims of the Tiananmen Square massacre, said the Chinese police’s actions amounted to “gaslighting.”

“They want you to forget, they want you to forget everything that’s happened in the past, and they want you to have a different impression of reality,” he told The Epoch Times. “I don’t think that people are going to forget, nor should they in any way be coerced into forgetting.”

Rep. John Moolenaar (R-Mich.), chairman of the House Select Committee on China, organized the June 4 press event.

He called the Chinese regime’s behavior “nuts.”

The Chinese Communist Party is actively engaged in transnational repression on American shores, he told The Epoch Times. “It’s a huge concern,” he said, adding that it’s all the more important that more “courageous leaders” can keep coming out with the truth.

Across China, communist officials have stepped up measures to censor any mention of the massacre ahead of the anniversary, as they have done every year.

Several activists told The Epoch Times that security officers had followed dissidents to ensure they didn’t do anything out of line. Some reported restrictions on their movements. Others described police ordering them not to try circumventing the internet firewall or post comments online.

Chinese military general Xu Qinxian in May 1989 paid the price for defying the Communist Party when he refused verbal orders to deploy troops against the demonstrators.

For his defiance, he was stripped of his command of the elite 38th Group Army and jailed for five years.

In a closed-door trial, he recalled telling a political commissar that he’d rather lose the job than risk becoming “a person condemned by history,” footage that emerged in late 2025 shows.

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Footage of the secret trial of Chinese military general Xu Qinxian, who refused orders to deploy troops to Beijing in May 1989. He was stripped of command of the elite 38th Group Army and imprisoned for five years. Human Rights in China

Enes Kanter Freedom, a former NBA player who has championed persecuted groups in communist China, said he wasn’t surprised to hear about the Chinese regime’s suppression over the release of the Tiananmen photos.

“The Chinese Communist Party will erase everything from history that is going to be used against them,” he told The Epoch Times.

People gather near Zhongnanhai, the Chinese leadership compound, following the death of reform-minded leader Hu Yaobang in Beijing in 1989. Provided to The Epoch Times

He recalled seeing his name pulled from the Boston Celtics roster on Chinese media portal Sohu after he highlighted China’s persecuted groups on social media. Chinese internet giant Tencent, which had a five-year NBA broadcasting deal, pulled livestreams of all Celtics games—a sign of “how big of a dictatorship” Beijing is, Freedom said.

“It’s very shameful,” and it’s one more reason why there needs to be more voices from the West to “expose their hypocrisy,” he said.

Pro-democracy students stage hunger strikes in Tiananmen Square in Beijing in the spring of 1989. The banner in front of them reads, “Liberty or death.”

The third source was in elementary school when the democracy movement happened.

Too young then to understand, the individual handed food and water to the students and saw them as brothers and sisters. To be able to shed more light on it now is an honor, the person said.

The photos, the source said, reveal the awakening back then of people from all segments of society, including many deeply embedded in the Communist Party system.

They are a testament that “Chinese people have guts,” the individual said. “They are different from the Chinese Communist Party, and they know right from wrong.”

And no matter how the regime tries to “exert power and hide the truth,” the person said, there’s a limit to what coercion can achieve.

“It can make threats and inflict pain on people and their loved ones, but people have a soul, and that it can never kill,” the source said.

The present “darkness” is temporary, and at the end of it, there will be light, the source said

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The Left Defended Kaitlan Collins, but They're Silent on Pelosi Telling a Reporter to 'Shut Up'

Townhall 

While the Left continuously condemns Trump's attitude toward reporters, their own Nancy Pelosi is caught doing the exact same thing. In a video posted by LindellTV, a reporter is seen confronting Pelosi about a previous interaction in which Pelosi told the reporter to "shut up" after being asked about her alleged refusal of the National Guard on January 6. In the video, Pelosi cuts her off, saying, "Shut up again, because you are speaking lies." 

Pelosi continues, saying the reporter, Alison Steinberg, "works for the pillow man" and is not a real journalist.  Steinberg once again sought answers to questions about Pelosi's behavior on January 6, 2021, specifically regarding the absence of the National Guard. Rather than providing answers, Pelosi dodged the questions once again by deflecting onto the reporter and insulting her credibility and the network. 

This comes just a day after Trump's verbal scuffle with CNN White House correspondent Kaitlan Collins, where Trump tells her she doesn't smile enough. The Left exploded in response, defending Kaitlan Collins, with CNN's own Anderson Cooper saying, "This would never happen to a man." There's no outrage when it comes from their side, however. 

It is hard to take Democrats' cries about Trump's comments seriously when their party leaders are out committing the same sin.