Violence Against Institutions Is Still Violence

There is a revealing tendency in modern politics to excuse intimidation when it is directed at the "right" targets. The latest incident outside New York City's ICE office is another reminder that political extremism rarely begins with grand acts of terror. It begins with the steady normalization of threats, harassment, and the belief that ideological opponents deserve fear rather than debate.

On Monday morning, a man believed by law enforcement sources to be an anti ICE activist allegedly deployed an incendiary device outside 26 Federal Plaza in lower Manhattan while armed with two airsoft rifles, triggering a federal terrorism investigation.

At least two people were injured after the suspect allegedly "menaced" bystanders with the airsoft rifles, according to MS NOW. Five law enforcement sources told the outlet the suspect appeared to be an anti ICE radical.

Video from the scene showed smoke billowing near the entrance of the federal building as ICE agents, FBI personnel, and other officers rushed outside with weapons drawn. Federal Protective Service officers quickly took the suspect into custody. Authorities shut down the surrounding sidewalk and evacuated the building while investigators secured the area.

According to the FBI, the incident unfolded at approximately 8:30 a.m. Eastern Time.

"This morning an individual deployed an incendiary device outside of 26 Federal Plaza. The individual has been taken into custody and the FBI New York Joint Terrorism Task Force is investigating the incident," the FBI said.

FBI Director Kash Patel later confirmed that there were "two minor injuries reported thus far."

Law enforcement sources told MS NOW that the incendiary device consisted of fireworks placed inside a shopping cart, soaked with an accelerant, and then set ablaze.

The New York Police Department also confirmed that a firearm was recovered in connection with the incident, although investigators have not yet established whether it belonged to the suspect or whether it was separate from the reported airsoft rifles.

The choice of location was hardly accidental. Twenty six Federal Plaza houses the New York City Field Office of Immigration and Customs Enforcement as well as a federal immigration court. It serves as the operational center for ICE enforcement activities across New York City's five boroughs and numerous surrounding counties.

The attack arrives against the backdrop of increasingly hostile rhetoric surrounding immigration enforcement. The Department of Homeland Security has previously warned of a dramatic rise in attacks targeting ICE officers, reporting a 3,300 percent increase in vehicle assaults during a recent period compared with the previous year.

Whether this case ultimately results in terrorism charges remains for investigators to determine. What is already beyond dispute is that attempts to intimidate public servants through violence represent an assault on the rule of law itself. A society that tolerates politically motivated intimidation because it is directed at unfashionable institutions soon discovers that violence rarely confines itself to one target. Once ideological fanaticism is excused, it has an unfortunate habit of expanding its ambitions.

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People go ballistic online after Minnesota paper praises Tim Walz's clemency for child sex offender

In the upside down world of progressive journalism, the Minnesota Star Tribune has decided that pardoning a child rapist is cause for celebration. Their columnist went out of her way to defend Governor Tim Walz for shielding an illegal alien who spent years assaulting a ten year old girl. The piece even tried to equate the crime with January 6 to make the whole thing seem reasonable.

Laura Ingraham and former Acting ICE Director Jonathan Fahey have spent plenty of time pointing out how Democrats handle illegal immigration and criminal justice these days. They keep running into cases where the rights of victims, especially children, get pushed aside while illegal aliens who commit serious crimes receive soft treatment.

One recent example involves a lenient sentence for an illegal alien truck driver in California. This Minnesota pardon fits right into that pattern.The paper's columnist, Rochelle Olson, wrote a section titled "Cheers to Gov. Tim Walz." She praised the governor and failed vice presidential candidate for refusing to back down from his vote.

The Minnesota Board of Pardons, made up of Walz, Attorney General Keith Ellison, and Chief Justice Natalie Hudson, voted unanimously on June 10 to grant clemency to Tou Lue Vang. Vang is a Laotian national who between 2002 and 2004 repeatedly raped a child. He was set to be deported when the pardon came through. Olson noted that Vang needed only two of three votes but received unanimous support. She mentioned a letter from the victim to the pardon board that supported clemency. She left out the details that the victim was a minor and that the assaults happened multiple times over two years.

A spokesperson for the paper defended the decision by saying the Star Tribune regularly publishes a wide range of opinions across the political spectrum. In this case, the columnist simply agreed with a unanimous pardon by the Minnesota state board of pardons, including Governor Tim Walz, Attorney General Keith Ellison and state Supreme Court Chief Justice Natalie Hudson.To drive the point home, Olson compared Vang's crimes to January 6.

"Vang’s actions 20 years ago were awful, but so were the violent protests at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, and those folks received presidential pardons," she wrote.

House Majority Whip Tom Emmer saw it differently. "The Minnesota Star Tribune is cheering on Tim Walz protecting an illegal alien monster who raped a 10 year old girl. No one should read this depraved rag. They are sick," he said on X.

Online reactions were swift and sharp.

Dennis Neale wrote, "The Star Tribune likens repeatedly raping a 10-year-old girl to protesting in the Capitol on Jan 6. You fluppin’ idiots."

Another commentator observed, "Minnesota’s largest paper actually figured out a way to shove January 6th into this as a way to excuse an illegal immigrant who sexually assaulted a child. One of the most insane things I’ve ever seen."

Dustin Grage called the column "Absolutely disgusting." Claremont Institute senior fellow Jeremy Carl captured the larger problem. "The degeneracy of the modern left would be impossible to exaggerate because it is impossible to exaggerate infinity." Nick Freitas added, "Every time I think I despise the main stream media enough, they triple their efforts."

None of the pardon board's work or the column's defense mattered in the end. On July 10, Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced that the illegal alien had been deported to Laos anyway.

Rubio laid out the facts plainly. "Just weeks ago, a foreign child rapist was freed to once again endanger America's children after receiving a pardon from Minnesota Governor Tim Walz," he told Fox News Digital. "Tue Lue Vang admitted to committing heinous crimes against a 10-year-old girl in Minnesota. He attempted to pay his victim for her silence and dismissed his acts of child abuse as a 'minor thing.'"

"Just days before he was scheduled to be deported, the Minnesota Governor pardoned him, setting him free to endanger American families once again," Rubio continued. "That's why I terminated his legal status in the United States. Vang has now been removed from our country and will never pose a threat to any American ever again."

Walz was not finished defending his choice. Days after the deportation he asked, "Did that make us any safer? Did that make the children that are left behind any more stable? Did it improve the idea that we can’t all be judged by our worst day?"

The question answers itself when the worst day in question involved years of raping a child. In the progressive mind, that apparently counts as something everyone should just move past, especially if the perpetrator is an illegal alien the government was ready to remove. The Star Tribune cheered the effort anyway. The rest of the country noticed the moral confusion and said so.

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Top Democrat Heroically Explains Virginia Election Law To Actual Virginia Voter, Gets Corrected Immediately

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Democrats continued their proud tradition of lecturing America about democracy while displaying only a passing acquaintance with reality after Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) confidently misrepresented his own state's voter ID law on live television.

The remarkable performance came during ABC's This Week, where Warner attacked President Trump's election security agenda and denounced Republican support for the SAVE America Act, all while accidentally demonstrating why voters are increasingly skeptical of politicians who insist they alone are the guardians of truth.

Host and alleged journalist, Jonathan Karl, asked the Virginia senator whether Democrats should simply embrace photo voter ID, given that overwhelming majorities of Americans support it.

"You know what? In Virginia, we have voter voter ID and photo ID," Warner declared with the confidence of a man who had clearly spent several seconds thinking about the subject and taking a long shot,

Karl, who apparently knew more about Virginia election law than Virginia's senior senator, politely interrupted the lesson.

"That's actually not the case," Karl replied. "I mean, I'm a Virginia voter. You don't need to show a photo ID in Virginia. There are a wide range of things you can show for ID. And if you don't show one of those, you can sign an affidavit." Karl was referring to library cards, credit cards, Blockbuster membership cards and the like. In other words, you don't need to produce actual photo ID.

Sources say producers briefly considered replacing Warner with a random DMV employee, who statistically had a better chance of knowing the law.

Undeterred by the embarrassing correction, Warner quickly shifted to the classic Washington strategy of redefining what he meant after saying something demonstrably balderdash. He insisted Virginia still has "voter ID of one form or another" before racing back to his prepared talking points about Republican election reforms.

Political analysts noted that Democrats have become remarkably consistent in arguing that voter ID laws are simultaneously racist, unnecessary, and already the law everywhere. [Isn't everything the Left disagrees with racist?]

Virginia law, meanwhile, stubbornly refuses to cooperate with Warner's version of events. Voters may present various forms of identification, [see above examples] and those without acceptable ID can simply sign an ID Confirmation Statement and cast a regular ballot. A photo ID is not required.

The irony grew even richer considering Warner serves as the top Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee, where members are generally expected to distinguish between verified facts and things they vaguely remember from a campaign memo.

Warner went on to insist, "The SAVE Act is about voter disenfranchisement. The SAVE Act is going to take anybody that changed their name when they got married. They don't get to vote unless they go back and find [proof of a name change]."

He also claimed, "The irony here would be the case if you can show any photo that is government stamped would be fine. Certain states will say we're going to let you show your … NRA gun license but you can't show your student ID."

Election law experts noted that reality once again refused to cooperate. While some states accept qualifying handgun carry permits, many of those same states also accept qualifying student IDs under specified conditions.

At the present time, Democratic leaders had announced a new initiative encouraging elected officials to spend at least five minutes reading the laws they denounce before appearing on national television, though insiders cautioned the proposal faced stiff opposition for placing an unreasonable burden on public servants.

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Andrew And Tristan Tate Shocked To Learn "Real Alpha Males" Still Have To Show Up In Court

Andrew and Tristan Tate, the internet's self proclaimed experts on masculinity, were arrested Saturday in Miami after federal officials took them into custody on an outstanding arrest warrant from the United Kingdom. Followers immediately began searching YouTube for tutorials on how to dominate a courtroom with "alpha energy."

The Crown Prosecution Service last year charged Andrew Tate with 10 counts, including rape and human trafficking involving three women. Tristan Tate was charged with 11 similar counts involving one woman. On Saturday, prosecutors announced additional charges, including 19 counts related to illegal child images and pornography against Andrew Tate. Apparently, collecting criminal charges was the only hustle the brothers never stopped promoting.

“We can confirm the arrest of the Tate brothers today in Miami,” the U.S. Marshals Service said in a statement. “The warrant was sealed so we are unable to confirm the charges.”

The office of Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier confirmed the brothers were arrested on a warrant issued by the United Kingdom. It was a disappointing turn of events for influencers who spent years convincing young men that confidence, sunglasses indoors, and Bugattis made consequences disappear.

“To me, when they’re making statements that sound an awful lot like criminal activity, I think as attorney general, I’ve got a duty to investigate and make sure that we’re not subjecting, you know, women in our state to dangers,” Uthmeier said last year. “If there’s a crime that occurred here in our jurisdiction, we’ve got a prerogative to prosecute it, and we will do so.”

The arrests add to years of legal trouble that have followed the brothers across multiple countries. While most entrepreneurs diversify their investments, the Tates allegedly diversified their legal representation.

Their online empire was built on convincing disillusioned young men that every failed relationship was someone else's fault, every criticism was proof of jealousy, and every obnoxious personality trait was evidence of being an "alpha." Millions watched as the brothers confused narcissism with confidence, arrogance with strength, and treating women like human beings with a catastrophic loss of masculinity.

Then came the allegations that painted a far darker picture than the cigar smoking social media persona.

Last year, Andrew Tate's former girlfriend, Brianna Stern, accused him of physical abuse.

“The last time I saw Andrew was on March 11, 2025 at the Beverly Hill’s Hotel,” Stern wrote on social media. “The last words he said to me before I left the hotel were: ‘Shut the f*** up, b****. You will never backtalk me. You are my property.'”

Months later, Canadian YouTuber Lauren Southern also accused Tate of sexual assault in her memoir.

“I said no, very clearly, multiple times, and tried to pull his hands off me,” Southern wrote. “He put his arm around my neck and began strangling me unconscious. I tried to fight back. He repeatedly strangled me every time I regained enough consciousness to pull at his arms. I’d prefer not to share the rest. It’s pretty obvious.”

Andrew and Tristan Tate have repeatedly denied all allegations against them.

The brothers, who hold dual American and British citizenship, returned to the United States last year while Romanian authorities continued investigating them. The United Kingdom is now seeking their extradition, leaving fans to wonder whether "escaping the Matrix" was supposed to include repeatedly running into law enforcement on multiple continents.

Experts say the only thing less convincing than the Tates' definition of masculinity is the idea that a man becomes stronger by treating women as disposable props. Real strength has never required a rented supercar, a webcam, or a podcast microphone.

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FBI Superhero Who Bravely Ran a Shadow Government to Protect America From Scary Facts About China Just Got a Job Protecting Microsoft From Insiders

In a stunning display of patriotic selflessness, longtime FBI intelligence official Nikki L. Floris has been revealed as the plucky bureaucrat who heroically buried an inconvenient 2020 intelligence report alleging that China was mass-producing fake driver’s licenses to stuff mail-in ballots for Joe Biden.

Floris, who joined the FBI in 2005 and climbed the ranks with the grim determination of someone who really, really didn’t want certain things to see the light of day, served in the Counterterrorism Division, rose to Deputy Assistant Director in Counterintelligence, and eventually led the Foreign Influence Task Force. In 2022 she was even named the first Intelligence Analyst in Charge of the Washington Field Office — a fancy title that basically meant she got to decide which intelligence the rest of the government was allowed to know about.

She has testified before Congress on election security and counterterrorism, which, in retrospect, was probably the equivalent of a drug offender giving a seminar on pharmaceutical security protocols.The Heroic Suppression of 2020

Everything came crashing into the open this week after President Trump declassified a stack of documents proving that, back in late September 2020, the Albany field office had the audacity to submit an Intelligence Information Report suggesting China was helping Biden win via fraudulent mail-in ballots.

Rather than investigate this wild conspiracy theory (that China might do election interference), Floris sprang into action like a true guardian of democracy. She immediately moved to retract the report, declaring that all such intelligence needed to route through her special headquarters team so it could be properly “managed.”

When a colleague asked about the report, Floris coolly replied, “It’s been retracted.” Then, in what historians will one day call one of the most humble admissions of bureaucratic power in American history, she added: “I am basically running a shadow government inside the FBI right now.”


That should make us all feel comfortable.

Upon successful suppression of the report, she reportedly exclaimed, “AAAAAAAH SNAPS!!!! Well done! THANK YOU for handling!!!” — the bureaucratic equivalent of a touchdown dance. Officials explained that the report had to be killed because parts of it sounded “conspiracy-like” and, more importantly, it might have contradicted FBI Director Christopher Wray’s sworn testimony that there was no evidence of widespread mail-in fraud. In other words: the facts were dangerously close to making the boss look wrong, so the facts had to go.


The report was recalled, reissued attempts were blocked, and a draft was quietly deleted just before the election. Mission accomplished. The Deep State’s Favorite Employee Lands at MicrosoftFast-forward to 2026. After years of dedicated service protecting the American people from information they didn’t need to know, Floris has moved on to a new and equally important role: Director of Insider Risk at Microsoft.

Yes, the woman who admitted to running a shadow government inside the FBI is now in charge of protecting Microsoft from insider threats. Conservatives immediately began flooding Microsoft with polite suggestions that perhaps the company should fire the person whose greatest professional achievement was being the ultimate insider threat.


The irony was apparently lost on no one except the people still pretending this was all perfectly normal.Bonus Points for ConsistencyIn a delightful bit of foreshadowing, Floris was also involved in briefing Republican senators that the Hunter Biden laptop story was likely Russian disinformation — right around the same time her team was busy making sure inconvenient Chinese election stories stayed buried.

Some might call this a pattern. Others would call it “protecting our democracy.”

President Trump highlighted the newly declassified documents in a recent speech, noting that “rogue bureaucrats” had buried intelligence about China attempting to manufacture illegal ballots for Biden. Floris, naturally, was the star of that particular rogue-bureaucrat highlight reel. At press time, Microsoft had not yet announced whether their new Director of Insider Risk would be required to sign a “no shadow governments” clause in her employment contract.

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BREAKING: Paul Pelosi Charged with hit-and-run after CA crash

Paul Pelosi, the husband of Nancy "Dancing Hands: Pelosi,was previously convicted of a DUI in 2022 and this one is worse.

The husband of outgoing Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi has been slapped with a misdemeanor hit and run charge by the Napa County District Attorney's office after a July 3 crash in Yountville, California.

The 86 year old faces the charge after allegedly striking a parked, unoccupied Tesla and then fleeing the scene without stopping to provide required information as the law demands. Pelosi is set to make a court appearance in connection with the misdemeanor charge on August 14. He is charged with violating California Vehicle Code section 20002, a misdemeanor charge which requires drivers involved in collisions resulting in property damage to stop and provide the information required by law.

He is additionally charged with the infraction of making an unlawful turn.

The Napa County District Attorney’s Office does not typically issue press releases regarding misdemeanor hit and run cases involving only property damage. However, this release is being issued because of the significant public and media interest surrounding this case, said the office in their statement.

The Napa County DA's office answered the question of why they were not currently charging Pelosi with a DUI after this latest infraction. They stated that "The District Attorney's Office has an ethical obligation to file only those charges that can be proven beyond a reasonable doubt based on the available evidence.

No evidence indicating that the defendant was driving under the influence was presented to our office. Accordingly, there is no evidentiary basis to file or prove a DUI charge in court.

"In 2022, he was convicted "based upon an automobile collision and driving under the influence arrest on May 28th, 2022." He was not made to appear in the courtroom at that time, instead filing plea forms. He "pled guilty to Driving Under the Influence of Alcohol Causing Injury. Based upon the plea, Judge Solga dismissed the second charge of Driving With .08% Blood Alcohol Level or Higher Causing Injury in the interests of justice."

As a result of the infraction, Pelosi was sentenced to summary probation for three years, a term he has only just completed. He was made to pay a fine of less than $2,000, [the ice cream in his freezer costs more] made to serve 5 days in jail, and made to "submit to a blood, breath, or urine test if requested by any law enforcement officer or probation officer if suspected of driving with a measurable amount of alcohol."

Additionally, he had to pay the victim about $5,000 in restitution for medical bills and lost wages, had to complete a DUI program for three months, and could not operate a car that did not have a "certified ignition device" for the period of one year. Why is he allowed to drive at all after his horrible record?

Pelosi has been grappling with car crashes for much of his life and killed his brother in a car wreck when he was just 16 and his brother David was 19. In 1957, he lost control of the vehicle he was driving, his brother in the passenger seat, and flipped into an embankment. The two were on a joyride after Pelosi had picked up his elder brother from his girlfriend's house.

"David John Pelosi, 19 ... was trapped under the light car driven by his brother when it flipped over on Skyline Highway a mile north of Crystal Springs," read a newspaper report on the crash. It went on to say that "David warned young Paul, as the car neared a tight curve near the dam: 'This is a bad stretch–better slow down.'"

But it wasn't as if that could stop him years later.

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Civilization Is Once Again Asked Whether Aggression Carries Consequences

Two American service members were killed Saturday in an Iranian strike on Jordan, according to U.S. Central Command. A third American remains missing. It is a grim reminder that the Iranian regime continues to conduct itself as it has for decades, treating violence not as a last resort but as a preferred instrument of statecraft.

These are the first confirmed American combat fatalities resulting from Iran's attacks on Jordan this week. Four additional U.S. troops were evacuated to Jordanian hospitals for treatment and have since been released. CENTCOM stated that the names of the fallen will not be released until 24 hours after their families have been notified.

The attacks extend well beyond Jordan. In recent days, Iran has struck America's partners throughout the region. Kuwait reported that an Iranian attack hit a power generation and water desalination facility, igniting a fire and forcing critical infrastructure offline. A child in Qatar was injured by shrapnel. Bahrain also came under attack. This is not the behavior of a nation seeking stability. It is the behavior of a revolutionary regime that has spent decades exporting instability wherever it can.

The United States has responded by intensifying strikes against Iranian military targets, particularly around Bandar Abbas, the regime's principal strategic port on the Strait of Hormuz. The city is not merely a commercial center. It houses Iran's naval headquarters and serves as a vital hub for the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and the regime's military operations.

CENTCOM also confirmed the destruction of the surveillance tower at Chah Bahar Shahid Kalantari Port on July 16, an installation with clear operational significance.

"The destruction of the tower directly degrades IRGC’s ability to coordinate attacks on innocent civilian crew members," CENTCOM said.

The statement reflects a simple military reality. Modern conflicts are won not only by destroying weapons but by dismantling the command structures that direct them. Surveillance and communications infrastructure are force multipliers. Removing them limits an adversary's ability to wage war.

Secretary of War Pete Hegseth reinforced that message by sharing images of American troops and declaring that "Iran does not control the SoH," referring to the Strait of Hormuz.

Meanwhile, the consequences of the conflict are increasingly being felt inside Iran itself. Reports indicate that the regime's Energy Ministry has instructed residents to reduce electricity consumption during peak hours after attacks on energy facilities disrupted the power grid across southern provinces. As so often happens under authoritarian governments, ordinary citizens are left to bear the costs of decisions made by leaders who remain insulated from the suffering they create.

The latest escalation follows Tehran's announcement that it would no longer honor its interim peace agreement with the United States. That decision has brought predictable consequences. History offers few examples of regimes abandoning diplomatic commitments while simultaneously escalating military aggression without inviting a forceful response.

President Trump summarized the strategic dilemma in stark terms during a July 14 interview.

"The only way you can negotiate with these people is through strength," Trump said. "And the only strength is military strength."

Whether one agrees entirely with that formulation or not, recent events have reinforced an uncomfortable truth. Peace cannot be sustained by wishful thinking alone. It requires the credible willingness to confront those who believe violence carries no meaningful cost.

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Cori Bush's Comeback Tour Features Maoist Who Says the Quiet Part Out Loud

Politics is often described as the art of strange alliances, but former Rep. Cori Bush has apparently decided subtlety is overrated. Her campaign trail now includes a self described Maoist anti-Semite scumwafer who openly defends Hamas and Hezbollah, cheers the desecration of the American flag, talks about "unmaking" America, and casually wonders, "What's wrong with throwing molotovs at a police station?" 

Apparently the only thing missing from the résumé was "villain in an 80s action movie."

Bush, who is trying to reclaim Missouri's 1st Congressional District after voters showed her the exit, recently appeared at a campaign event standing beside Christopher Winston, better known online as "BlackRedGuard." Winston has spent years posting revolutionary rhetoric that makes the average college radical sound like Fred Rogers.

Among his greatest hits, Winston mocked leftists who distance themselves from terrorist groups, all while not actually participating in terrorist activities himself because he's a coward.

"If you say sh-- like 'I don't support Hezbollah/Hamas' and call yourself a leftist you lame. All power to all the resistance. Peace through the sword."

That is certainly one way to test the limits of the phrase "mostly peaceful."

Winston has also declared, "Do not fix America. Unmake it." Because rebuilding a nation from scratch has worked out so well every other time Maoists have tried it.

Not content with merely rooting against America, Winston also celebrated attacks on one of its most recognizable symbols.

"I applaud the burning of the American flag. That flag is a symbol of the slavery and genocide which built America. It should always be desecrated in that way." Obviously he's a fool who refuses to acknowledge how slavery was abolished in America, while much of it still goes on in the Middle East while he refuses to discuss that tidbit.

Perhaps the most unintentionally hilarious moment came during a 2024 interview when the dangerous dolt was asked why a committed Maoist would bother hanging around the Democratic Socialists of America.

His answer skipped the usual talking points about organizing and solidarity.

"Well, it's obvious why I'm a Maoist in the DSA. There's a lot of naive young white people to brainwash."

It is rare to hear someone describe the progressive recruitment strategy with such refreshing honesty.

When the discussion turned to political violence, Winston asked:

"What's wrong with throwing molotovs at a police station?" As long as someone else does the molotov chucking.

A cohost nervously suggested that might destroy the organization. Winston's response was even more revealing. 

"That's why we want the masses to do it."

Most political campaigns ask volunteers to knock on doors. This one apparently prefers firebombing tutorials.

Cori Bush's campaign had an opportunity to explain Winston's role, whether he was invited, or whether she even knows him. Instead, it responded by sending reporters a Fox News story about Joy Behar defending democratic socialism, apparently hoping everyone would become distracted before asking follow up questions.

Winston's admiration for Bush has hardly been a secret.

"Yeah, I'm a Maoist ultra with dreams of riding into power on a tank like Fidel and Che but in the meantime Cori Bush is the best congressperson right now and we need to back her."

It takes genuine talent to make "I'll settle for Cori Bush until the communist revolution arrives" sound like a campaign endorsement. He might as well have said, "You can hold your nose and pull the lever as long as you vote for Bush."

Bush's orbit has also included anti Israel activists, defund the police advocates, and organizations linked to some of the most radical elements of the American left. At this point, finding another extremist attached to the campaign is about as surprising as finding a pink-hair vegan at a Whole Foods.

The truly absurd part is that none of this appears to be a deal breaker for the activist class. 

Imagine the media reaction if a Republican candidate posed beside someone praising political violence or openly admitting he wanted to brainwash young people. Every cable network would interrupt programming with a weeklong democracy emergency.

Instead, Bush campaigns beside a Maoist who defends terrorist groups, applauds flag burning, jokes about Molotov cocktails, and literally says he joined the DSA because there are "a lot of naive young white people to brainwash."

The remarkable part is not that he said it. The remarkable part is that everyone around him seems to have nodded politely and kept handing out campaign signs like useful idiots

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