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Blue State Blues: The Purpose of Liberal Paranoia

By defining — or demonizing — Trump, the left is beginning the process of finding a basic opposition agenda, however contrived, that can guide it through the difficult months ahead.

Blue State Blues (Breitbart)

AstroTurf the ACA: Californians ‘Rally’ to Save Obamacare

It was no surprise Tuesday when a small group gathered in Los Angeles to demonstrate against President-elect Donald Trump’s promise to repeal Obamacare — and a smaller surprise still to discover who was present at the rally of about 200.

SEIU Covered California (Dr. Ed Hernandez / Twitter)

Calexit: Leftists File Papers to Secede, Form New Confederacy

A group of left-wing Californians, frustrated with the recent election of Donald J. Trump as the 45th President of the United States, has filed an application to put a secession referendum — “Calexit” — on the 2018 ballot.

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Stop Scaring People, George Takei

Star Trek icon George Takei recently sent me — and perhaps thousands of other people — an email on behalf of the Democratic Party, under the subject “Japanese internment.”

George Takei No H8 (NoH8Campaign.com)

More Fake News: New York Times Calls Bannon ‘White Nationalist’

The New York Times has run yet another fake news article — this time, an “explainer” about “white nationalism” that features a photograph of Breitbart News Executive Chairman Stephen K. Bannon under the headline “White Nationalism, Explained.”

New York Times (Screenshot)

Howard Dean: Steve Bannon Is a ‘Nazi’

Former Democratic National Committee chair Howard Dean called incoming White House Chief Strategist and Senior Counselor Stephen K. Bannon a “Nazi” on Sunday during an interview with journalist Evan Solomon of Canada’s CTV.

Paul Sancya/Associated Press

The Age of the Honey Badger Dawns

The mainstream media and the Democrats brought every weapon they had to the fight against Stephen K. Bannon — and, by extension, Donald Trump, and 61 million deplorables. And yet Trump did not waver, and the Republican Party did not bend, and the conservative media did not break.

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Blue State Blues: You’re Deplorable — Again

They’re still attacking Stephen K. Bannon and Breitbart News with lies. They’re trying to undermine President-elect Donald Trump. But their real target is: You.

Blue State Blues (Breitbart)

Caroline Glick: ADL Is Covering for Democrats’ Antisemitism

Jerusalem Post columnist Caroline Glick accuses the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) of launching false attacks on Stephen K. Bannon in order to cover up rising antisemitism in the Democratic Party, as exemplified by Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN).

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National Public Radio Falsely Links Breitbart to White Separatists

National Public Radio (NPR) is continuing a campaign to defame Breitbart News as a white nationalist website. Even after being set straight on Wednesday, the taxpayer-funded outlet continues to defy the facts in its effort to smear the incoming Trump administration and crush a conservative media upstart.

NPR (Joel Pollak / Breitbart News)

Reid Lied About Romney’s Taxes; Now Lies About Trump, Bannon

Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) took to the Senate floor this week to attack Breitbart News Executive Chairman Stephen K. Bannon as a “a champion of white supremacists,” recycling false accusations against him and demanding that President-elect Donald J. Trump rescind Bannon’s Sunday appointment as Chief Strategist and Special Counselor in the new administration.

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‘Sanctuary Campus’: Stanford Students Demand Illegal Alien Refugee Camp

Students at Stanford University, an elite private institution in Silicon Valley that costs $47,940 per year to attend, marched Tuesday to demand that the lush Palo Alto campus be turned into a “sanctuary campus” to shelter illegal aliens facing deportation under President Donald Trump.

Stanford Burghers on Quad (Introvert / Wikimedia Commons)

It Begins: College Professor Lists Breitbart as ‘Fake News’ Site

Assistant Professor of Communication Melissa Zimdars of Merrimack College in Massachusetts has published a list of “fake news” websites that includes Breitbart News — even as the left and the tech giants are targeting “fake news” sites for destruction.

Noah Dulis/Breitbart

Nancy Pelosi to Continue to Lead House Democrats to Glorious Defeat

Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), who served as Speaker of the House before leading the Democratic Party caucus to a historic defeat in 2010 from which it has never recovered, will maintain her grip on power as House Minority Leader in the 115th Congress.

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Paul Ryan’s Legislation Could Ensure Trump’s Success

Speaker of the House Paul Ryan has promised conservatives for years that he would be able to deliver on his promises to fix the entitlement system, reform the tax code, pay off the national debt and repeal Obamacare once a Republican was president.

Speaker of the House Paul Ryan (R-WI) answers questions during a press conference at the U

Red Diaper Babies: Anti-Trump Protesters Adopt Safety Pin as Symbol

Protesters rejecting the election of Donald Trump as President of the United States have adopted the safety pin as a symbol of their movement. Safety pins were once associated with diapers, and were ubiquitous in the age before disposable diapers.

Diaper Safety pins (jill, jellidonut... whatever / Flickr / Cropped / CC)

Stress Expert: Media to Blame for Left’s Post-Trump Freakout

Dr. Pete Sulack, stress expert and founder of StressRX.com, told Breitbart News on Friday that the media bears some of the blame for the deep distress felt by some Hillary Clinton supporters, and the public unrest, after Tuesday’s election results.

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Bernie Sanders Fans Mount State Party Challenges

Supporters of Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) are declaring that they were right to back him in the primary over former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, whom party elders said was more “electable.”

Bernie Sanders protesters inside Democratic Convention (Joel Pollak / Breitbart News)

If You’re Going to Write Anti-Trump Graffiti, Learn to Spell

Anti-Trump graffiti reading “Fucc Trump” was spotted on Friday on Sepulveda Boulevard in Los Angeles. It was only one of dozens of incidents of vandalism sweeping the nation in the wake of President-elect Donald Trump’s victory last Tuesday.

Anti-Trump graffiti (Joel Pollak / Breitbart News)

No, Donald Trump Did Not Abandon Promise to Repeal Obamacare

The mainstream media are reporting that President-elect Donald Trump is giving up on his promise to repeal and replace Obamacare, because he said he would be willing to preserve coverage for pre-existing conditions and allowing children to stay on their parents’ health insurance until age 26.

Obamacare Supreme Court (Mladen Antonov / AFP / Getty)

Oakland Residents: Riots Have ‘Nothing to Do with Trump’

Protests and riots exploded across California and throughout the nation for the third night after Donald Trump’s surprise victory in the presidential election. In Oakland, the East Bay Times reports, the rioting is almost out of control.

Fuck Trump Oakland (Frederic J. Brown / AFP / Getty)