Targeting Tehran

In yet another dramatic break from the past eight years, the Trump Administration announced this morning that it was imposing new sanctions against the Islamic Republic of Iran.

The sanctions target "multiple entities and individuals involved in procuring technology and/or materials to support Iran's ballistic missile program, as well as for acting for or on behalf of, or providing support to, Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-Quds Force."

These measures come in response to recent Iranian missile tests, which included a nuclear-capable cruise missile. In addition, Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen attacked a Saudi warship. However, the Pentagon suspects that U.S. ships were the intended target.

Wednesday, National Security Adviser Michael Flynn warned Iran that this administration would not tolerate Tehran's continued belligerence.

"The Obama Administration failed to respond adequately to Tehran's malign actions -- including weapons transfers, support for terrorism, and other violations of international norms," Flynn said. "Instead of being thankful to the United States for these agreements, Iran is now feeling emboldened. As of today, we are officially putting Iran on notice."

This morning, President Trump tweeted, "Iran is playing with fire -- they don't appreciate how 'kind' President Obama was to them. Not me!"

Thankfully, when it comes to combatting Iran's aggression, there is still some bipartisan cooperation in Washington, D.C. Yesterday, 22 senators -- 10 Democrats and 12 Republicans -- sent a letter to President Trump expressing their concern about Iran's recent activities.

The letter stated that "Iranian leaders must feel sufficient pressure to cease deeply destabilizing activities." In addition, it stated that "Full enforcement of existing sanctions and the imposition of additional sanctions" against Iran was necessary. (It is very telling that ten Senate Democrats obviously felt that the Obama Administration was not fully enforcing existing sanctions against Iran.) Lastly, the letter expressed the senators' full support for administration "efforts to hold Iran accountable."

Another Leftist Riot

Radicals and anarchists flooded the campus of New York University last night in yet another attempt to deny the First Amendment rights of those with whom they disagree. This time the target was Gavin McInnes, a libertarian commentator and co-founder of VICE, who was at NYU to speak to the College Republicans.

But several social media accounts alerted area radicals to his appearance. The message was essentially the same, "Shut him down!" That may as well be the left's motto. That is what it is trying to do to speech it doesn't like. That is what the left is trying to do President Trump, his cabinet nominees, his government and even Judge Gorsuch.

Incredibly, some progressive politicians are even refusing to meet with Judge Gorsuch!

Earlier this week, Senate liberals refused to show up for committee hearings. They thought that would prevent confirmation votes for President Trump's cabinet nominees. The constituents of these liberal senators who are refusing to do their jobs should demand that their "public servants" return their paychecks to the Treasury!

Thankfully, the New York Police Department was prepared last night and did its best to mitigate the damage. Gavin McInnes was able to speak, albeit with repeated interruptions. There was some violence and four arrests were made.

Liberal Delusions

Former Clinton Labor Secretary Robert Reich, now a professor at UC Berkeley, has a bizarre theory about the violence we witnessed earlier this week. According to Reich, it's all part of the vast right-wing conspiracy. Seriously, folks.

Speaking on CNN last night, Reich said he was there and knows what he saw. "Those people were not Berkeley students. They were outsiders, agitators. I've never seen them before," Reich said.

Okay, so far so good. But here's where it gets weird. Reich continues: "There's rumors that they actually were right-wingers. They were part of a group organized and ready to create the tumult and danger you saw that forced police to cancel the event."

Host Don Lemon was shocked by Reich's bizarre suggestion. He asked Reich if he really thought it was a right-wing strategy. Reich replied:

"I wouldn't bet against it, Don. Again, I saw these people. They all looked almost paramilitary, not from the campus. And I've heard -- again I don't want to say factually -- but heard there's some relationship there between these people and the right-wing. And the movement that is affiliated with Breitbart News."

I think Professor Reich must be smoking something. California did legalize pot last November.

Left-wing demonstrators trashed Seattle in 1999 and Washington, D.C., the next year.

Occupy Wall Street was in a dozen different cities. They attacked a conference of conservative donors and pushed an elderly woman down the stairs. The movement had quite a rap sheet.

Left-wing radicals were at the inaugural last month. I was confronted by two of them. There were videos of them attacking people outside of inaugural balls. They attacked people at various Trump rallies last year.

The idea that this is some new group and that it is orchestrated by Breitbart is totally absurd.

Project Veritas secretly videotaped the anarchist group planning to attack the inaugural. One leader was arrested, which would blow the cover off the whole right-wing conspiracy theory.

If Robert Reich is really looking for violent demonstrators who are not who they appear to be, he should look at last year's leaks about liberal operatives who were sending violent thugs into Trump rallies hoping to provoke violence.

It is beyond disingenuous for Reich to suggest that the Berkeley riots were the result of planned right-wing violence. It is the left, not the right, which is becoming increasingly violent and threatening free speech in America.