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First came the photo: comedian Kathy Griffin posing with the severed head of President Trump. Then came the apology and the consequences, with Griffin losing her plum New Years Eve hosting gig with CNN.

Now, Griffin appears in a political ad from a Republican super PAC, attempting to wrangle Georgia Democrat Jon Ossoff into a controversy that had mostly run its course.

Liberal extremists have gone too far, says a narrator in the new spot. Now a celebrity Jon Ossoff supporter is making jokes about beheading the president of the United States.

The Congressional Leadership Fund, a Republican super PAC, released an video attacking Georgia Democrat Jon Ossoff. (Congressional Leadership Fund)

The ad is part of a $6.5 million anti-Ossoff effort waged by the Congressional Leadership Fund, a well-funded outfit tied to House GOP leaders that has previously sought to paint the Democrat seeking to represent Georgias 6th congressional district as a pawn of out-of-state liberal donors and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.).

While celebrity support for the Democrat has been a theme of GOP attacks, FEC records show that Griffin has never donated money to Ossoffs campaign. What she did do and what is the only evidence CLF offered of her support is retweet actress Alyssa Milano urging voters to support Ossoff on March 27. That was the first day of early voting for the elections preliminary round and around the time when several other celebrities traveled to Georgia to get out the vote.

Jon Ossoff has refused to denounce his supporter Kathy Griffin for over 48 hours after posting distributing images of her and President Trump. His silence speaks volumes, explained Corry Bliss, CLFs executive director. To disagree with a president, or any elected official, on issues or beliefs is normal and often even celebrated in our democracy, but the actions coming from extreme liberals like Kathy Griffin have absolutely no place in civil discourse.

But Ossoff had not been asked any questions about Griffin, said Ossoff spokeswoman Sacha Haworth. TMZ published the photo on Tuesday at 1:53 p.m. Eastern. Six hours later, Griffin released a short video apologizing for the photo and promising to scrap any future use of it.

The CLF has spent months trying to weaken Ossoffs appeal to swing voters by tying him to left-wing activism and California donors. On March 31, it released an ad that showed anarchists smashing windows to protest Trumps inauguration and warned that they want Ossoff, a message repeated in the Griffin ad.

Jon Ossoff believes what Kathy Griffin did was despicable and for Karen Handels super PAC to say otherwise is a disgrace, said Ossoff spokeswoman Sacha Haworth. Karen Handel should immediately demand this ad be pulled before any more children have to see these disturbing images on TV.

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Democrats just lost another election, this time in Montana. Unless they are willing to do some down-on-your-knees, cry-out-to-Jesus soul searching, the only way theyll win another election is if they collude with the Russians to steal one the way Donald Trump didnt.

Its going to take much more than an Olivia Pope-style scandal fixer to fix whats wrong with the Democratic Party. Putting a cowboy suit on an anti-gun, big government liberal like Rob Quist who regularly does gigs at a nudist resort in Idaho, was about as effective as putting lipstick on a pig.

It was also a naked attempt to blanket a semblance of normalcy over a Democrat Party that better represents the characters in the Star Wars cantina scene than those on Main Street or Your Street, U.S.A.

Thats why Greg Gianforte won Montanas special election, despite being charged with assaulting a journalist one day prior.

After reading reports and listening to the audio of the altercation, I thought Gianfortes response was kind of sexy. Before the snowflake generation evolved, thats how manly men resolved their differences. And still do, in places like Montana and Alaska, where men arent ostracized for being men. They duke it out, brush it off, shake hands and go on their way.

Republicans should be on guard that the leftist-controlled media are not there to get facts; they are there to get at them. Reporters who just happen to have a recorder turned on will do their darnedest to bait politicians into physical altercations. As tempting as it might be, theres no place in politics for body-slamming obnoxious metrosexual snowflake reporters, or any other kind for that matter.

Democrats and the left-leaning media had nothing to say when in 2004, Al Franken emerged from a crowd and body-slammed a guy who was trying to shout down then-Governor Howard Dean. Democrats promoted that clown to senator but are outraged at Gianforte.

Lets not forget that the violent political climate propagated by todays progressive-left is to blame for fostering a culture of violence. Violence, not manly wrestling matches.

The Democrat Party is overrun by violent far-left extremists who regularly display their antipathy to things they dislike using violence. Setting fires, throwing Molotov cocktails, smashing windows, throwing rocks at police, destroying private property, and physically attacking Republicans like what happened at Berkley in February was the norm long before Donald Trump arrived on the scene.

Normal Americans watching this appalling behavior have come to understand that just like terrorists, these left-wing anarchists the Democrat Party harbors cannot be reasoned with, so defeating Democrats at the ballot box is Americas only hope.

Despite the barrage of Trump-Russia nothing-burgers the media cooks up and dishes out daily, regular Americans believe what the Democrat Party stands for is far worse. Democrats are out of touch to believe that their globalist, gun-grabbing, anti-Christian, anti-free speech, anti-capitalism, Russian-boogiemen-around-every-corner, race-baiting platform of victimhood would win the hearts and minds of regular people.

Whats flabbergasting to Democrats is that Americas proverbial abused wife on the other side of the aisle has finally conjured up the courage to put her foot down and say, No more! Not in my house! No more to the lies no more to the abuse.

Shocking?

Only to those who refuse to take an honest look at themselves and the political party to which they associate.

Susan Stamper Brown lives in Alaska and writes about culture, politics and current events. She is a regular contributor to Townhall, The Christian Post and Right Wing News. Susans nationally syndicated column is published in scores of newspapers and publications across the U.S.She writes about politics, culture and media and was selected as one of Americas 50 Best Conservative writers for 2015 and 2016. Contact her by Facebook or at writestamper@gmail.com.

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Democrat to seek Gohmert seat in Congress Longview News-Journal The government should take care of its citizens' collective needs, and the markets need a free hand on the rest, a Democrat hoping to represent East Texas in Congress said Thursday. Political newcomer Brent Beal said he would represent everyone in the ...

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Published June 02, 2017 | Fox News There are very few issues that divide this country as completely and emotionally as abortion. And for good reason. Ending the life of an unborn child should compel deep reflection and pause in all Americans.

Including those of us who support a womans right to choose.

Wherever we end up on the spectrum of abortions legality total ban, some exceptions, or unfettered access our belief is a deeply personal one thats often based on a religious teaching or life experience.

For me, it was both.

In college, I received a phone call from my grandmother. Gone was the voice of the normally cheery and engaging matriarch of the family. Instead, she was oddly hesitant. Then direct.

I have something to tell you.

I had always known that my grandmothers life was difficult. Her mother Ethel was a dancer in Minnesotas nightclubs in the 1920s and later in a traveling carnival. Though Ethel had her redeeming qualities, she was a troubled soul who battled a lifelong addiction to alcohol.

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The top Democrat on the House Homeland Security Committee on Thursday called for the panel to respond legislatively to the recent fatal stabbing in Portland, Oregon. The incident was apparently motivated by anti-Muslim sentiment.

Rep. Bennie Thompson (Miss.), the Homeland Security Committees ranking Democrat, called the man who allegedly murdered two last Friday a "domestic terrorist."

He said that the committee has not paid enough attention to attacks like the one in Portland and others since the 2016 election, noting that the incidents are influenced by white nationalist overtones aimed at Muslims and Jewish organizations.

Two men were fatally stabbed last week when they tried to stop a man, Jeremy Christian, from yelling anti-Muslim slurs at two young women, one of whom was wearing a hijab.

A third man who tried to step in and was allegedly also stabbed by Christian survived, and the two women were physically unharmed.

"You call it terrorism. I call it patriotism," Christian said during his court appearance this week. Thompson noted the comment in a statement.

These types of terrorist acts can no longer be ignored by this Committee for the sake of those who do not want to acknowledge that all forms of terrorism, no matter the ideology or the inspiration, are a threat to our safety, rights, and our homeland, Thompson wrote in a letter to House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-Texas).

Terrorist acts are carried out by individuals with various racial, religious, and political backgrounds, but they all have a common goal to use violence and intimidation to advance their beliefs, Thompson added. It is time for our committee to act.

A spokeswoman for McCaul didnt immediately return a request for comment.

The nearly 20 House Homeland Security Committee hearings held so far this year have mostly focused on issues like border security, cybersecurity threats and the Transportation Security Administration.

Thompson had previously asked McCaul in March to schedule a hearing on domestic threats to religious institutions and approve legislation to authorize $30 million in grants the Department of Homeland Security could provide to nonprofits considered at risk of terror threats.

Thompson said Thursday he still hadnt received a response to his March request.

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