DDoS and Twitter attack in same day. Someone's not happy with us.
I should have known when the the Twitter account for the site was suddenly permanently banned that something was fishy. Unfortunately, Twitter is funny that way, so I didn't put 2 and 2 together until the site itself went down.
When you operate a site that tells the truth, there's bound to be someone offended. That's the nature of the game, especially for a news site that focuses on conservative media, that holds a Judeo-Christian worldview, and that isn't afraid to say things that may not be popular with, well, most people.
Our web provider was great. They recognized the attacks and took steps to stop them, but the attackers are clever. When they couldn't brute-force hack into the admin, they went the DDoS route. I'm not going to get into the technical details because they're over my head, but from what I can tell from the logs and in talking to our host, it wasn't a casual attack. They've been trying to hack the back end for days and when that proved too challenging,they went straight for the shutdown attempt.
As for Twitter, I'm not even going to bother. The site and one of the authors (that I've seen so far) were banned. I switched the site to link to my personal Twitter account. Been meaning to spend more energy there anyway.
This is reason #17 why we're so badly in need of donations from our readers. We have big plans for the site that include paid editors, writers, graphics, and a tech person (which we obviously need). I need to move the site to a stronger hosting tier, one that can withstand attacks like today. The one we're using isn't cheap, but it's not top-of-the-line.
When you're on the right side of the political aisle, there will be people who try to stop you. We will persevere, but we certainly can use the help.
To paraphrase a famous quote, if you're not making enough people mad, then you're doing it wrong. We will not crumble under the weight of heavy opposition. Fighting the left and their media puppets is a task that's too important to let go.
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One America News host Liz Wheeler was in rare form yesterday as she hammered Representative Ilhan Omar over a plethora of bigoted statements, horrible policy proposals, and anti-American perspectives. Her worldview is not one that should be in Congress, but Wheeler also made an important point about how that worldview needs to be removed. Instead of calling to "send her back," Americans should be chanting, "vote her out."
This is America. As ridiculous as it is that someone with the radically unpatriotic ideology that Omar demonstrates is sitting in a chair on Capitol Hill, we must respect that she's an American citizen and a duly elected representative of her Congressional district. It makes no sense, but that's the way things are for now. As much as we would love to see her replaced, we must do it the way that makes the most sense – at the ballot box.
If it's proven that she broke immigration laws or committed fraud of other kinds, then we can talk about other measures. But until then, she is innocent until proven guilty. At this point, there isn't even an investigation into her past actions, let alone charges filed. We must respect due process rights from start to finish, even if we disagree with someone. We expect people on the left to disregard the Constitution. As conservatives, we must not go to that low level with them.
Here's the transcript from the video of Wheeler's final point on her show, Tipping Point:
Congresswoman Ilhan Omar is a bigot.
She supports the anti-semitic BDS movement that does not think Israel has a right to exist.
Ilhan Omar compared Israel to Nazi Germany just yesterday she spoke at a conference this year sponsored by the Council on American-Islamic relations who was an unindicted co-conspirator in the largest terror financing prosecution in US history.
Ilhan Omar once tweeted that Jews and Israel have hypnotized the world.
Omar claimed that any U.S. politician who supports Israel was bought off by the Jews. She says their support for Israel is "All about the Benjamins."
Ilhan Omar laughed about al-Qaeda during an interview and asked why we don't talk about the U.S. the same way we talked about al-Qaeda. You know, the terror organization that waged the 9/11 terror attacks against us and killed 3,000 people.
Ilhan Omar then dismissed 9/11 as "some people did something."
She supports Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro. In fact, Ilhan omar blames the U.S. for Maduro's tyranny and oppression as the Maduro regime murders dissidents in the street if they dare to protest or criticize him.
Ilhan Omar is also pushing the Green New Deal in Congress which would transform the United States into a socialist state and force you to pay for other people's universal basic income if they don't want to work. It would also ban fossil fuels and force you to retrofit your house to be green and prohibit or penalize air travel.
Ilhan Omar supports Medicare-For-All which would force 150 million people off their current health care plans, cost 1 million Americans their jobs, and forced tax hikes on the middle class. In fact, Omar wants to force you to be a part of Medicare-for-All because she thinks she knows what's best for you.
At the same time she's introducing a bill in Congress pushing the BDS movement that literally says what's best for Israel is for Israel not to have the right to exist. Imagine this woman having power over your health care.
And speaking of the right to exist., Ilhan Omar glorifies abortion without restriction up until the moment of birth and after all this, when Omar was asked if she regrets her vile anti-Semitic comments that even drew condemnation from Nancy Pelosi, Omar says "nope."
This is why Ilhan Omar only has nine percent approval rating among swing voters in our country, because Omar's views are bigoted and racist and socialist and radical and utterly antithetical to the values on which this nation was built – freedom and liberty and justice for all. So chant, "vote her out." Do not chants "send her back." She's a citizen of the United States. This is her home. Do not distract from her bigotry. Chant "vote her out" and then do it. Vote her out of office before she imposes her disgusting bigotry on our nation.
And that's is my final point.
Wheeler is absolutely correct. The time to vote Ilhan Omar out of office is coming next year. In the meantime, let's keep the focus on her bigotry and failed socialist ideology. The left has no defense against the truth.
Outrage. Outrage! OUTRAGE! That's the response from most Democrats and their mainstream media puppets following reports that three American citizens who are the children of illegal immigrants were detained by Customs and Border Protection at Chicago O'Hare Airport. But the story as reported by the press was misleading to the point that we can call it a direct attempt at propaganda to shift sentiment about CBP's important job.
I won't link to stories. If you've been watching the news, surfing social media, or checking mainstream media websites, you've likely seen at least the headlines. And they were all wrong, or at least spun in a way that told a story different from reality. The truth is this: Three children were "detained" by law enforcement because their parents tried to put them on a plane with a cousin who isn't allowed to fly. Then, when called to come pick up her kids, the mother tried everything she could other than pick them up herself. As their legal guardian, the law requires she be the one to take custody of them.
In other words, there was literally no way to not "detain" the children without CBP breaking the law and possibly putting the safety of the children at risk. But judging by mainstream media's portrayal and social media's unhinged replies, one would think Genghis Khan had taken the children prisoner on the direct orders of President Trump. That would actually be more believable than some of the stories the media pawned off on the people.
CBP cleared it up:
There are false reports circulating that CBP is detaining 3 US citizen children at O'Hare. The children arrived with a Mexican citizen that was deemed inadmissible. By law, they could only be released to a parent/legal guardian. Their mother has picked them up without incident.
— CBP (@CBP) July 18, 2019
But here's the problem. The story has already circulated. Politicians like Representative Jan Schakowsky have gone to the airport for a photo-op. Leftist activists are sending out fundraiser emails about it (seriously). And if there is any retraction or correction in any of the hundreds of publications that falsely reported the story, these corrections will receive 1/1000th of the attention of the people. As designed.
Here's what really happened, according to Bonchie at Red State:
Three children showed up at O'Hare with an adult cousin. The adult cousin (a Mexican citizen) was found not eligible for entry. This happens to thousands of people of all races and ethnic backgrounds every single day at ports of entry across the United States. There is a laundry list of reasons why someone might be found inadmissible and having a visa does not automatically get you through customs, nor does even having a U.S. passport for that matter.
At that point, CBP contacted the mother of the children. It is required by law that she or another legal guardian come take custody of them. Because she is an illegal alien though, she didn't want to go to the airport. Instead, for the next 13 hours, she played games by sending a lawyer down there and eventually officials from the Mexican consulate. Some are trying to blame CBP for the kids being there so long, but it's clearly the mother's fault. She could have sent the Pope down there and the law still doesn't allow CBP to hand children over to non-guardians.
Finally, after much negotiation, the mother herself decided to show up and the children were given to her. There was no trap and the children were not being used as bait. CBP were simply following the law. Furthermore, CBP doesn't do interior enforcement, ICE does, so the entire premise was ridiculous from the beginning.
There are plenty of challenges with illegal immigrants. Not all of those affected by it, such as the three children at the center of this media firestorm, are to blame. But things are not going to get easier until Democrats and their mainstream media lapdogs stop trying to subvert CBP and ICE. The crisis at the border is real. The threat of illegal immigrants in the United States interior is real. Trying to change the subject and paint the heroes of CBP and ICE as the villains is not only counterproductive and disingenuous. It puts the whole nation at risk as our sovereignty becomes subject to mob rule driven by progressive lies.
This is how propaganda works. Even if it's "corrected" later, the damage done from the initial stories does not get undone. The lies told about CBP are almost as bad as the lies told about President Trump. Leftist media can't be trusted.
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