In the early 1860s twin 16-year-old boys were put on a boat by their parents in Ireland and sent to America.

The boys arrived in Brooklyn, New York without adult supervision, as their family back in Ireland could not support them.

They made their way by doing hard labor and building new lives.

Those boys were the first of my ancestors on my father's side to come to this country.

Over the years their families became Democrats.

The reason: economics.  Working men and women in the northeast had to struggle to gain decent wages, and Democrats were sympathetic to that struggle.

Back then, many Democrats were traditional people and their party reflected that through the decades.

John F. Kennedy was a traditional guy; so was Harry Truman and Lyndon Johnson.

But today the Democratic Party has turned far left.

President Obama has led that march, and his acolytes in Congress are currently violating federal immigration law, embracing a quasi-socialistic economic theory and, as we reported last night, even embracing radical anti-police groups like Black Lives Matter.

NEW YORK CITY PROTESTORS (Dec. 13, 2014): “What do we want?  DEAD COPS.  When do we want them?   NOW!  What do we want?  DEAD COPS.  When do we want them?   NOW!  What do we want?  DEAD COPS.  When do we want them?   NOW!” 

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OBAMA: “I think the reason that the organizers used the phrase “Black Lives Matter” was not because they said they were suggesting nobody else’s lives matter; rather, what they were suggesting was there is a specific problem that is happening in the African-American community that’s not happening in other communities.”

It is hard to believe that a sitting president is sympathetic to a group that is calling for violence against American police officers.

Remember, the Black Lives Matter leadership has not disavowed the violent anti-cop rhetoric.

In addition, the Democrats continue to enable sanctuary cities; do not openly support Kate's Law, designed to protect Americans from illegal alien felons; and a Democrat Senator Blumenthal of Connecticut even blocked legislation designed to hold VA employees accountable for misconduct and corruption.

Stuart Varney will have that story later.

Talking Points submits that the Democratic Party has been hijacked and is now trying to undermine federal law, undermine law enforcement in general and upend our capitalistic system.

And how many Americans even know that is happening? 

That's the memo.