It is a clarion call to young people: “an appeal to reason and audacity”; an appeal that they “find the personal strength and will to break through the cycle of statist propaganda and manipulation, unrelenting emotional overtures, and the pressure of groupthink” that has atrophied their generation’s capacity to oppose a rapacious government that leaves too many of them broke, unsafe, and ignorant of who and what most threatens them

Mark Levin Issues a Call to Action the Country Can’t Afford to Ignore http://t.co/aqOZSwG4SG via @NRO

— Keith Koffler (@keithkoffler) August 2, 2015

UPDATE:

.@marklevinshow's 'Plunder and Deceit' debuts at #1 on NYT bestseller list http://t.co/9TYNlsu24u pic.twitter.com/9qqujIMf2k

— Washington Examiner (@dcexaminer) August 13, 2015

Great lineup for #yafcon tomorrow!

Great lineup for #yafcon tomorrow! pic.twitter.com/3muupUuvwB

— Amy Lutz (@amylutz4) July 31, 2015

DNC speaks to empty College Democrat event

DNC speaks to empty College Democrat event http://t.co/sckLjFTDAa via @campusreform

— Campus Reform (@campusreform) July 25, 2015

No one #interested in #Young #Americans for Hillary' party... http://t.co/KXOgMd8u3i

— Drudge Report News (@Drudge_Report_) July 26, 2015

Yesterday Is Still Over

Didn't take long for the Rubio camp to use the "Yesterday" shot by Clinton for their own video. https://t.co/k4tOvp05qw

— Chuck Todd (@chucktodd) June 13, 2015

From @philipaklein: If Republicans can't beat Hillary, they should disband the party. http://t.co/hhDe0Hvlha

— Byron York (@ByronYork) June 13, 2015

...If you recall, back in April, Clinton announced her candidacy for the first time. A day later, Rubio launched his campaign, stating, "Just yesterday, a leader from yesterday began a campaign for president by promising to take us back to yesterday. But yesterday is over, and we are never going back."

So now, in her do-over announcement, Clinton wanted to attack this vulnerability head on. She signaled that she intended to do so by portraying Republicans as supporting policies protecting the economic and social status of rich white heterosexual males in an increasingly diverse and inclusive society.

In the speech, Clinton revealed all of her vulnerabilities as a candidate. Despite decades of practice, she remains a weak public speaker. It was a long, meandering, and flat speech, topping 40 minutes — highlighting her painfully bad sense of humor. "You won't see my hair turn white in the White House — I've been coloring it for years," she joked....

Hillary entered "to lyrics from ...'Brave,' notably “Honestly I wanna see you be brave." She wasn’t" http://t.co/1th8qostPX @JimWarren55

— Ron Fournier (@ron_fournier) June 13, 2015

My report from Hillary's big speech: Welcome to Hillary Island, a pleasant little police state http://t.co/PX3drGc2Ha pic.twitter.com/XNGT9ijc9f

— Olivia Nuzzi (@Olivianuzzi) June 13, 2015

#ff the one and only @Olivianuzzi, who is covering Hillary's Roosevelt Island announcement - and getting Twitter trolled by @anthonyweiner.

— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) June 13, 2015

21-year-old builds go-to group for reaching young conservatives...

This Boy Wonder Is Building the Conservative http://t.co/b8DqZpY8JU in an Illinois Garage http://t.co/3ADLgTTc6O pic.twitter.com/Haedhjp9Lr

— Stephen Wilson (@GR8_2B_alive) May 9, 2015

◼ This Boy Wonder Is Building the Conservative MoveOn.org in an Illinois Garage - Bloomberg Politics

@achaps60 RT @charliekirk11 Nearly 1,000 students pack the place for Senator Rand Paul. Hosted by @TurningPointUSA !! pic.twitter.com/EqYJrQ4srg

— Conservatarian (@Avsfan24) May 9, 2015

YOUTH MISERY INDEX GROWS MORE THAN 50% UNDER OBAMA ADMINISTRATION

◼ Young America’s Foundation has released its Youth Misery Index (YMI) numbers for 2014, and it’s a record high of 106.5. The Youth Misery Index (YMI) is calculated by adding youth unemployment, student loan debt, and national debt (per capita) numbers. - Breitbart Big Government

Young people are experiencing hardships like never before under the Obama administration, and this generation is especially suffering the consequences of this administration’s leftist policies.

Youth unemployment in 2014 was 18.1 percent (18.1 on YMI), with almost six million young people between the ages of 16 and 24 not in school or work. Many young people are simply giving up on finding employment....

PROF: 'Lost generation' can't fix anything...

◼ Young people are 'lost generation' who can no longer fix gadgets, warns professor - Telegraph UK

Young people in Britain have become a lost generation who can no longer mend gadgets and appliances because they have grown up in a disposable world, the professor giving this year’s Royal Institution Christmas lectures has warned.

Danielle George, Professor of Radio Frequency Engineering, at the University of Manchester, claims that the under 40s expect everything to ‘just work’ and have no idea what to do when things go wrong.

Unlike previous generations who would ‘make do and mend’ now young people will just chuck out their faulty appliances and buy new ones.

But Prof George claims that many broken or outdated gadgets could be fixed or repurposed with only a brief knowledge of engineering and electronics.

This year’s Royal Institution Christmas Lectures are entitled ‘Sparks will fly: How to hack your home’ she is hoping it will inspire people to think what else they can do with common household objects....

The Royal Institution Christmas lectures have been taken by many distinguished scientists since they began in 1825, including Sir David Attenborough, Carl Sagan, Lord George Porter and Dame Nancy Rothwell.

They will be broadcast over three days between December 29 and December 31 on BBC four at 8pm.

Young people are looking for another way – because the economy they’ve experienced for the past 5 years just hasn’t been working.

◼ 8 Graphs Show Why It’s No Surprise Young America is Turning on Obama - IJ Review

Remember the President’s repeated assurances that his bailouts and Obamacare would revive the economy? Those claims probably sound pretty hollow to the President’s one-time supporters, young adults.
These eight graphs, which examine adults under the age of 25 who have moved out of their parents’ home, via PolicyMic, show that this group is suffering the worst from dwindling incomes and long-term unemployment.

1. Annual household income is at shockingly low levels for families headed by someone under the age of 25. Forty percent of these households get by on only $10,000 a year.

2. Compared with older households, under-25 poverty rates are extremely high.

3. Young unemployment is over double the national average. It peaked in spring 2010 at 19.5%, but still remains higher than it was at the onset of the recession.

4. Despite an increase in the national minimum wage in 2009, and several states across the country raising their minimum wages, median hourly wages for people under 25 are lower than they were 10 years ago. Some economists argue that the minimum wage increase actually contributed to these lowered hourly wages and higher unemployment.

5. Almost 90% of under-25 households rent, as oppose to own their living space. This lowers their equity and oftentimes their credit scores.

MORE, at the link...

Ouch: College Students Give Obama a Cold Reception in Pennsylvania

◼ The president's speeches may need to be accompanied by a laugh track from now on, considering the crickets he received at his appearance in Community College of Allegheny County, in Oakdale, Pa., on Wednesday. Although he tried to tout his new spending program, both Obama's talking points and attempts at humor didn't go over so well - Cortney O'Brien/Townhall video at the link

Hm, I guess not all millennials are as enthralled with the 'Hope and Change' president as they were in 2008. The community college students standing behind the president weren't the only ones who were unimpressed:

Some of Obama’s applause lines fell so flat that no one is heard to respond, not even among the main audience, which was padded with his political supporters....

His punchlines were just as popular...

The White House’s transcript of Obama’s speech includes the laugh lines that few of the almost 300 attendees laughed at.

“Hello, Allegheny County! (Applause.) Joe and I decided it was time for a guys’ trip. (Laughter.) Actually, Michelle and Jill wanted us out the house. (Laughter.) So we decided to take a little road trip,” says the transcript, even though the video shows the laughs were scattered and muted.

Young Girl’s Unbelievably Powerful Speech on Abortion

◼ When 12-year-old Lia wanted to speak out against abortion for her school’s speech competition a few years ago, her pro-choice teacher disqualified her, claiming that the topic was too controversial. However, once she heard the speech and realized Lia’s amazing command of the topic, she changed her mind. Lia went on to win the entire competition. - IJ Review

If you’re opposed to abortion for Biblical reasons, that’s fine. But as Lia points out, there are also scientific and philosophical cases to be made. If you’re pro-choice, that’s fine as well; just hear this little girl out, and decide what you think is the right choice.

"Obamacare leaves the average 27 year old facing a gender-averaged 47.5 percent premium increase..."

◼ "Even after subsidies, that’s an expense that many Millennials can’t afford. Perversely, such high costs make it even harder for us to purchase health insurance in the future, when we can afford it. - Althouse

From a piece in the Las Vegas Review-Journal titled ◼ "We’re young, but we aren’t stupid."

◼ Report: Many Americans intend to stay without health insurance - CBS Money Watch

"This is a staggeringly high percentage," said Bankrate.com insurance analyst Doug Whiteman. "The government has spent over half a billion dollars promoting the Affordable Care Act, and more than two-thirds of uninsured Americans still don't know about the subsidies."

No more Mr. Nice Guy

◼ President Obama warns youth: Sign up for Obamacare or we will charge you a penalty - Charlie Spiering/Washington Examiner @charlesspiering

During an interview with radio host Ryan Seacrest, Obama explained that young people might be charged a fine if they don't get insured.

"If you can afford it — you just decide you don't want to get it because your attitude is 'nothing's ever going to happen to me' — then you'll be charged a penalty," Obama explained.

Is This Why There Were So Many Young Faces At CPAC?

◼ Throughout our coverage of the Conservative Political Action Conference last week, we were pleased to report that youth involvement in the conservative cause is increasing more than it has in decades. Most of the 20-somethings in attendance at CPAC had a clear message when asked why they’ve decided to get involved: The future looks bad. - Personal Liberty Digest

Via a ◼ CNS News analysis of Bureau of Labor Statistics numbers out today (emphasis in bold):
The labor force participation rate in 2013 for Americans in their twenties hit the lowest level recorded since 1981, when the Bureau of Labor Statistics started releasing employment data on people in the full age bracket of 20 through 29.

The labor force participation rate for people ages 20 through 24—which BLS has been tracking since 1948—hit a 42-year low in 2013.

Since 2008, the last year before President Barack Obama took office, the number of Americans in their twenties who were not in the labor force during the average month has climbed from 8,756,000 to 10,511,000—an increase of 1,755,000 or 20 percent.

The 10,511,000 Americans age 20 through 29 who were not in the labor force in 2013 is the highest ever recorded by BLS.

I can has?

When youth enrollment isn't good, bring on the memes...

◼ Nate Beeler editorial cartoon/Washington Examiner

MILLENNIALS: THE GENTLE GENERATION(?)

◼ ...My generation is also a creative one, because we’ve been encouraged to try things, and the word “failure” is foreign to us. - Teresa Mull/Human Events

◼ CODGERS FREAKING OUT - John Stossel/Human Events

Crotchety old geezers always complain about “the kids.” The Boston Globe frets about “Idle Trophy Kids.” The New York Post asks if millennials are “The Worst Generation?” Older folks (my age) complain that young people spend so much time texting each other that they can’t communicate. And because they spend hours playing violent video games, violence is up.

Bunk.

It’s true that kids today play incredibly violent games like “Halo” and “Grand Theft Auto,” but as the games’ popularity increased (over the past 20 years), youth violence dropped 55 percent. In Japan, kids spend more time playing violent games, and there’s even less violence. And in America, despite media hype, there are fewer school shootings now, not more.

Kids “can’t communicate” because they text all the time? Recently, kids invented Facebook, YouTube, Firefox, Groupon, Instagram, Tumblr, Pinterest and so on. They communicate something.

Inevitably, we older people misunderstand new ways young people do things — we are frightened by the risks and oblivious to the benefits.

Millennials Unhappy With Obama's War on the Young

◼ link - Michael Barone/Real Clear Politics

What do young Americans want? Something different from what they've been getting from the president they voted for by such large margins.

Obama's approval has plummeted 13 points among California women, 16 points each among Latinos and independents and a whopping 18 points among union households.

◼ Oh-oh, even California's turning on Obama - Andrew Malcolm/IBD

As everyone knows, California is the la-de-dah, laid-back land of liberalism that's been Barack Obama's political ATM for six years. Hollywood stars have loved him, fronted multi-multi-million-dollar fundraisers for him.

The most populous state (home to 12 of every 100 Americans) has a Democrat governor again, two female Democrat senators and a Democrat super-majority in the state legislature that has yet to stumble upon a problem it didn't want government making worse at great cost....

And, of course, Obama easily won the state's 55 electoral votes twice, with 61% in 2008 and 60% last year. He was there again just last week, fundraising naturally, sucking up to movie moguls and, believe it or not, strangely bragging of his ability to racially-profile obvious immigrants walking around....

But now comes a brand-new statewide Field Poll. Guess what, dude? The Illinois guy is sliding. Bad. Especially among his traditional core supporters, such as independents, youths, women and union members.

Young Americans Expect Obamacare to Be Repealed

◼ United Technologies/National Journal Congressional Connection Poll finds widespread pessimism among African-Americans about the law's future too. - James Oliphant/at the left-wing National Journal

The young Americans the Obama administration so desperately needs to help make the Affordable Care Act function are the ones most likely to believe the law is endangered, suggesting that sustained House Republican efforts to repeal and undermine the law are bearing some fruit.

More than half of 18-to-29-year-olds who were surveyed in the most recent United Technologies/National Journal Congressional Connection Poll say it is likely the law will be repealed in 2014, even though the chances of that actually occurring are remote....

That has real-world implications. The administration has relentlessly wooed these so-called young invincibles—young, healthy Americans—to sign up to purchase health insurance through online exchanges. Those consumers, who tend to use health care services less frequently, are needed to subsidize the cost of treating older, sicker ones. Without their participation in large numbers (the target for next year is 40 percent of all new enrollees), premium rates for consumers in the exchanges could rise.

'Boomerang' generation can't afford to move out

New York News

◼ They are part of what is now known as the so-called boomerang generation. A new poll shows nearly 40 percent of adults between the ages of 20 and 29 still live with their parents. - FOX NY

...Add to this dismal economic reality another poll; this one about starting a family. Gallup polled 5,000 adults across the United States about when is the perfect age for a woman to have a child. Most answered age 25.

Not A Game