The arraignment of former President Donald Trump in federal court is an obvious effort by the neo-Marxist left to put him in jail for life or force him to drop out of the presidential race in exchange for a deal to stop the persecution.

Trump insists he will not drop out, and polling continues to give him a clear edge in the GOP nominating contest. A huge pro-Trump crowd was outside the federal courthouse yesterday.

Here’s what you need to know about yesterday’s arraignment: The sitting president of the United States, who is wrecking the country, has weaponized the Justice Department to put his leading opponent in jail for life or to intimidate him into not running. Both are very ugly ideas that signal the end of the constitutional Republic we love.

In response to this outrageous weaponization of the Justice Department, Sen. J.D. Vance yesterday declared, “We have to grind this department to a halt until Merrick Garland promises to do his job and stop going after his political opponents.” Vance vowed to place holds on all Biden appointments to the Justice Department, except for U.S. marshals.

If the prosecution goes forward by the Justice Department run by the incumbent president, many Americans will conclude that our constitutional Republic is over, and that their suspicions of rigged elections were correct. Biden and the Deep State will have plunged America into Third World status.

Going down this road also suggests a third option, which is horrible to contemplate. If these two options fail, I have no doubt that elements of the globalist, neo-Marxist movement, which are trying to erase the boundaries of nation-states and impose government by international bureaucrats, will attempt to kill him in some way.

The Cover-up Continues

Late Monday afternoon, Senator Charles Grassley (R-IA) took to the Senate floor and blasted the FBI’s continued cover-up of the Biden bribery scandal.

Grassley noted that FBI Director Christopher Wray avoided a contempt citation by agreeing to make an unclassified report available to members of Congress. He and House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer got to see a version of the report with very few redactions. But most members of Congress saw a different version with many redactions.

Monday, Grassley exposed what Wray was trying to hide.

Grassley said that the unredacted report reveals that the “foreign national who allegedly bribed Joe and Hunter Biden allegedly has [17] audio recordings of his conversations with them.” Fifteen of these recordings involve Hunter Biden, while two involve then-Vice President Joe Biden. He made the recordings as an “insurance policy.”

Keep in mind that this information comes from a “highly credible” source. This source claims that Mykola Zlochesky, the president of the Ukrainian natural gas company Burisma, offered a $10 million bribe to the Biden family for a number of things, most critically for Joe Biden to use his leverage to get a prosecutor who was investigating Burisma fired.

We know that Hunter Biden was put on Burisma’s payroll for $83,000 a month. We know that Joe Biden bragged about getting the Ukrainian government to fire the prosecutor or risk losing $1 billion in foreign aid.

This is why Trump was asking Ukrainian President Zelensky to look into these reports of corruption. Trump wanted the truth, and Democrats impeached him for it!

Grassley’s revelation raises a lot of questions. For example, did the FBI try to get access to the recordings? Did the FBI ask the National Security Agency, which is able to monitor virtually all calls around the world, for any evidence to support the highly credible informant’s claims?

What did the FBI do about ANY of this?

Lastly, is Joe Biden being blackmailed by the Ukrainian government? Does that possibly explain why he is giving Ukraine a blank check, which has already totaled $113 billion in aid? Does that explain why he has reversed course on major policy decisions and ignored other disturbing information?

Left-wing Exhibitionism

As we have reported, Joe Biden hosted the largest-ever LGBTQ “Pride celebration” at the White House over the weekend. It was a blatant display of left-wing exhibitionism in more ways than one.

It turns out that some of the attendees were transgender influencers. Several snapped selfies while shirtless on the White House lawn. They were strutting underneath the massive “Pride” flag, proudly displaying their mutilated bodies, the physical scars of their transgender delusions.

Women who had removed their breasts exposed their scars, while one man, who now claims to be a woman, exposed his breast implants. Again, on the White House lawn.

And Democrats said Donald Trump would make a mockery of America!

Don’t forget that these are the “most courageous people” Joe Biden has ever met. I could think of some other adjectives.

At the same time, Biden is demanding that we allow these radicals to control America’s classrooms and teach our children what to think about love and sex!

Damaging Our National Security

While this outrage is being condemned by conservative media outlets, the entire “mainstream” media complex is ignoring it. But make no mistake about this: Others around the world are noticing, too.

As we are struggling to compete with communist China’s Belt and Road initiative, many nations are increasingly frustrated with the Biden Administration’s “cultural imperialism.” In exchange for U.S. aid and assistance, Biden is requiring foreign countries to bend to his woke demands on abortion and homosexual rights.

Our enemies will use these videos of what just happened on the White House lawn to erode support for the United States.

China’s Xi Jinping has often decried America’s decadence. Iranian mullahs call us “the Great Satan,” and specifically highlight the sexual immorality of our society. Vladimir Putin denounces the LGBTQ agenda and says it poisons every nation it touches.

Biden is putting his radical social agenda above all else — even our national security and foreign policy interests. By putting on this display at the White House, he has provided the most effective anti-American propaganda our enemies could dream of.

The Backlash Against Leftist Insanity

Recent Gallup polls suggest there is a growing backlash to the insanity that was on full display at Biden’s White House this weekend.

Last week, Gallup reported that the number of Americans identifying as “socially conservative” (38%) is the highest since 2012, up from 30% just two years ago. Meanwhile, those identifying as “socially liberal” or “very socially liberal” has fallen from 34% to 29%.

But wait… There’s more!

Gallup also found that opposition to the transgender agenda is growing, even among Democrats. Clearly, the extremism of the trans movement and the prevalence of LGBTQ propaganda aimed at children is causing a major backlash.

More people are rejecting the insane idea of multiple genders. More people are rejecting the insane idea of men in women’s sports and bathrooms. The more we stand up and fight back, the more other Americans realize they’re not alone!

This may be the most dramatic set of issues where we are clearly gaining strength. But it won’t matter unless leftist politicians start losing elections over this insanity.

Ryan The RINO

Next to Liz Cheney, few Republican “leaders” have been more of a disappointment than Paul Ryan. He proved it yet again yesterday when he surrendered to the left in the culture war.

Speaking on “CBS Mornings,” Ryan was asked about conservative efforts to resist the left’s woke agenda and its war on normalcy. Ryan said, “I’m not a cultural war guy. I think it’s polarizing… There are big policy problems we need to tackle if we want to have a great 21st century for this country.”

I’m sorry, Mr. Ryan, but there won’t be a “great 21st century” if we can’t say what a woman is!

There won’t be a “great 21st century” if we fail to protect our kids from the left’s insanity!

These issues matter more than trade policy and marginal tax rates!

As Mitt Romney’s running mate in 2012, Ryan was once hailed as the future of the Republican Party. Of course, he never admitted then that he didn’t have the courage to really fight for us.

But now, as we’re facing the worst attacks on our fundamental values, yet another GOP “leader” wimps out and joins the “Surrender Caucus.” He won’t lift a finger to resist the left’s perversion.

Paul Ryan frequently stood in the way of Trump’s MAGA agenda, especially on immigration. His disdain for Tucker Carlson, the most effective conservative voice in America, is well-known.

He is a symbol of the Swamp, and a symbol of why we’re in the mess we are today!