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Thursday, October 17, 2024

Politics isn’t only about politics anymore. It’s also culture. (More about that in a sec.) But first:

Last weekend, I wrote an article entitled “Here’s How We’ll Really Know When Kamala Harris Believes She’s Losing.” It included a very specific checklist:

Kamala Harris will suddenly open up and do a ton of interviews — including hostile interviews.
The mainstream media will focus extensively on how rotten and awful the American voters are, and the narrative will be planted to blame racism/sexism on Kamala’s defeat.
Tim Walz will be taken from the mothballs and placed anywhere a camera’s pointing.
Bold new legislation (that benefits whatever demo is slipping away) will be announced ASAP by the Democrats.

Well, well, well — just yesterday, the Harris-Walz campaign announced that Ms. Harris has agreed to her first formal interview on FOX News. Bret Baier (arguably the most docile of all FOX News hosts) is the lucky interviewer. And he’s asking viewers for questions.

And today, in the most mainstream of the mainstream media, a pair of VERY interesting stories broke. The USA Today has a brand new opinion piece, “Trump concocts a racist, dystopian version of America only he can save us from.” Not to be outdone, the Washington Post published the companion piece, “Why Trump is doubling down on racism.”

The media is crediting Trump’s ascent to racism (of course), a far cry from their earlier squeals of “joy” when Harris was leading. Because, quite naturally, when Harris was leading, Americans were smart and fair. Six days ago, The New York Times claimed “‘Joy’ Is Working for Harris,” but a lot can change in six days.

The presidential campaign has just entered a new transitional phase.

To understand the Democratic strategy, you need to understand how Democrats view the world: Donald Trump is awful, evil, disgusting, stupid, dangerous, and (of course) racist — and it MUST be true because all their friends and colleagues agree with ‘em. It’s been repeated so often in their echo chamber, it’s accepted as gospel.

So, all along, their strategy was to offer voters an alternative to Trump.

That’s it.

It’s why they could swap Harris for Biden without blinking: the Democrats aren’t voting FOR someone; they’re voting AGAINST someone. (And they assume you will, too.)

Besides, from the Democrat’s perspective, does it really matter if it’s Harris, Biden, or any other Democrat in the White House? Their true power lies with the federal infrastructure and various agencies that truly control D.C. Whereas the GOP needs Trump to get elected to pass legislation, the Democrats just need a body with a pulse. (Which is why Biden had to leave.)

For a while, they thought they hit the jackpot with Kamala Harris. When you only examine her resume, there’s everything a modern liberal dreams of: female, minority, San Francisco, famous. And other than the time she was utterly eviscerated by Tulsi Gabbard during the Democratic debates, she’s mostly avoided embarrassing missteps. She can recite speeches from the teleprompter just fine.

But the problem is that a presidential candidate is more than their resume. Even though the Democrats have doubled down on the politics of personal association, the American people aren’t on board yet. They still seek an emotional, personal connection with the would-be President.

In other words, it’s not enough to simply be against Trump. They also want to vote for someone — ideally, someone they like, respect, and admire.

And Kamala Harris is extraordinarily unlikeable.

It’s not just what she says. It’s her mannerisms. It's her dismissive, condescending tone. There’s an unattractive smugness to her — a smothering sense of elitism. Kamala Harris lacks respect for the American people — and the more she’s in the limelight, the more it shows.

The 2024 presidential campaign always was an unusual political experiment. The Democrats are running a candidate who has never forged an emotional connection with anyone, and they’re hoping “Trump Hatred” will be enough to swap bodies in the White House so they can continue the status quo. But the Biden-Harris administration isn’t popular enough to pull it off. There’s not a groundswell of support to continue their policies.

Accepting an interview with FOX News was the first big sign of a strategic change. Keep your eyes on the next shoes to drop: a vast array of news stories will be coming out over the next 10 days that will blame the American people for Trump’s popularity. USA Today and The Washington Post are only the beginning.

Getcha popcorn ready.

I opened the article with the line, “Politics isn’t only about politics anymore. It’s also culture.” For the Democrats, the MAGA movement has been an absolute culture shock. And so, when they lose, they’re not going to be introspective and consider where they might’ve lost the American people. The culprit will NEVER be their actions or beliefs.

Instead, they’ll promote a narrative that protects their worldview: Their policies are wonderful, wholesome, and pure… so the problem must be everyone else.

Like the American people.

Kamala Harris's appearance on FOX News is the first step. More will come. If the next 10 days are loaded with headlines about the American people being racist, sexist, homophobic bigots, you’ll know the worm hasn’t just turned — the worm is now packing an Uzi.

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Kamala Harris Uses Bizarre Analogy About Stars to Call Trump Racist, Leaves Viewers Baffled

Kamala Harris Uses Bizarre Analogy About Stars to Call Trump Racist, Leaves Viewers Baffled

By Rusty Weiss

Kamala Harris left viewers scratching their heads after she veered off on a discussion about constellations before making an argument that Donald Trump's criticism of Democrat-run cities is racist.

Harris sat down with former CNN contributor Roland Martin for a live-streamed interview early Monday morning. The pair discussed recent comments from Trump suggesting the rest of America was destined to become as decrepit as Detroit if he fails to win in November.

Trump issued the warning during a speech to the Detroit Economic Club.

"The whole country is going to be like, you want to know the truth? It'll be like Detroit. Our whole country will end up being like Detroit if she's your president. You're going to have a mess on your hands," he predicted.

Martin alleged that Trump's criticism of run-down, crime-riddled cities was a jab at those with large black populations, failing to note the other correlation being that they are predominantly run by Democrats. He believes any criticism of a Democrat-run city is evidence that "he's talking about black people."

And that's when Harris offered up this gem of a response:

"Yes, yes, yes. I- I- you know, there's this whole - I talked with somebody once who said, 'You know, if you just look at where the- the- the stars are in the sky. Don't look at them as just random things, look at them as points. Look at the constellation, what does it show you,'" Harris replied.

It's highly likely she's misquoting the "somebody" who told her that story. Sheesh. No wonder "60 Minutes" felt they had to stealth edit some of her responses during their interview.

Harris jumped on her whimsical analogy to suggest the stars and points (Trump's comments) suggest that he's created his own constellation. A constellation of racism.

"You just outlined it Roland, what does it show you?" she asked. "That the cities that he picks on in terms of black population or black mayor or both. C'mon."

Kamala's two-front war with both astronomy and the English language left social media viewers perplexed.

"I don't think she even wants to be president. She is so over her head and she knows it. She's cracking," one viewer wrote.

"Every interview her handlers must be thinking, 'We should've kept her chained to

It's highly likely she's misquoting the "somebody" who told her that story. Sheesh. No wonder "60 Minutes" felt they had to stealth edit some of her responses during their interview.

Harris jumped on her whimsical analogy to suggest the stars and points (Trump's comments) suggest that he's created his own constellation. A constellation of racism.

"You just outlined it Roland, what does it show you?" she asked. "That the cities that he picks on in terms of black population or black mayor or both. C'mon."

Kamala's two-front war with both astronomy and the English language left social media viewers perplexed.

"I don't think she even wants to be president. She is so over her head and she knows it. She's cracking," one viewer wrote.

"Every interview her handlers must be thinking, 'We should've kept her chained to

the teleprompter,' but then bc of how poorly it went they have to do another one," user Anthony Galli added. "It's like a gambler trying to make back his losses by shouting at a slot machine."

Another referred to the vice president's comments as proof that Trump was right, "Stupid people are the real threat to democracy."

This isn't the first time Ms. Harris has waxed poetic about space and the stars. It's becoming as much a theme with her as an obsession with Venn diagrams, coconut trees, and yellow school buses.

A YouTube series called "Get Curious With Vice President Harris" showed the Veep visiting a group of kids while they toured the United States Naval Observatory.

The children in the video were child actors. And that skill was necessary for them to properly pretend that they, as teenagers, were even vaguely interested in Harris talking to them like toddlers.

The video features a spaced-out Harris talking in an over-the-top, exuberant tone to the actors.

“You guys are gonna see, you’re gonna literally see the craters on the moon with your own eyes!” she excitedly told the children, pointing to her own eyes as if the group in front of her consisted of kindergarteners.

Truth be told, they probably would have been better off using a child actor to play the role of Harris.

“I just love the idea of exploring the unknown,” Harris added in the nearly 10-minute video. “To think about so much that’s out there that we still have to learn, like, I love that.”

It should be noted that, like, Kamala Harris is the current chair of the National Space Council.

During this latest interview, Harris reiterated an assertion that Trump is hiding because he is "unfit and unstable."

She made that comment during an interview with Martin, who has previously cast Republican voters as “evil,” and declared war against the political opposition of the Biden-Harris administration.

“We are at war with these people. These folks are evil. They have allowed evil into

Truth be told, they probably would have been better off using a child actor to play the role of Harris.

“I just love the idea of exploring the unknown,” Harris added in the nearly 10-minute video. “To think about so much that’s out there that we still have to learn, like, I love that.”

It should be noted that, like, Kamala Harris is the current chair of the National Space Council.

During this latest interview, Harris reiterated an assertion that Trump is hiding because he is "unfit and unstable."

She made that comment during an interview with Martin, who has previously cast Republican voters as “evil,” and declared war against the political opposition of the Biden-Harris administration.

“We are at war with these people. These folks are evil. They have allowed evil into

their house with Donald Trump. He has now dominated the party," Martin preached during an appearance on MSNBC in 2022. "This evil is spreading.”

The Democrat nominee for President has been accused of running to friendly media during her campaign and dodging tough interviews. Speaking with Martin is further evidence of that. They share similar thoughts on former President Trump.

https://redstate.com/rusty-weiss/2024/10/14/kamala-harris-uses-bizarre-analogy-about-stars-to-call-trump-racist-leaving-viewers-baffled-n2180566?utm_source=rsmorningbriefingvip&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl

SHAMEFUL: Kamala Shouts, Whines, Cannot Answer Basic Questions in Fox Interview

SHAMEFUL: Kamala Shouts, Whines, Cannot Answer Basic Questions in Fox Interview

Paula Bolyard |

Vice President Kamala Harris deigned to sit for an interview on Fox News Channel's "Special Report" with Bret Baier on Wednesday, embarrassing both herself and the United States.

She refused to answer basic questions about her own policies and the record of the Harris-Biden administration, repeatedly filibustered to avoid answering, and even shouted at one point. She was combative throughout, and it was blatantly obvious that she planned to avoid answering substantive questions at all costs.

Asked about the Biden-Harris border policies, she blamed Donald Trump, as if she hasn't been vice president for the last four years. Baier asked her repeatedly if she would like to apologize to the families of young women killed by illegal immigrants that the Biden administration allowed into the country, but she deflected and pivoted to Trump.

Asked if she regretted terminating Trump's "Remain in Mexico" policy, she pointed to her administration's failed immigration bill in defense of the Biden-Harris administration.

Asked about her previously stated position that transgender inmates should get taxpayer-funded transition surgery, she intoned, "I will follow the law," and then went on to claim falsely that Trump supported the policy. "You gotta take responsibility for what happens in your administration," she added. Fox panelist Dana Perino noted afterward that the Trump campaign will run that comment on a continuous loop in the coming days.

Baier asked: "There's a lot of people that look back at what you said in 2019 when you first ran for president, and there have been changes, and you've talked about some of them. When it comes to immigration, you supported allowing immigrants in the country illegally to apply for driver's licenses, to qualify for free tuition at universities, to be enrolled in free healthcare. Do you still support those things?"

"That was five years ago," she replied, "and I'm very clear that I will follow the law. I make that statement over and over again, and as vice president of the United States, that's exactly what I've done."

Saying "I'll follow the law" is not a policy position, but she did indeed repeat it "over and over again."

Baeir pointed out that her running mate, Tim Walz, supports those things.

"We are very clear, and I am very clear, as is Tim Walz, that we must support and enforce federal law."

Another non-answer.

She gave a bizarre answer when asked why "79% of Americans believe the country is on the wrong track."

Baier said after the interview that he actually had no idea what she was talking about.

Baier asked when she first realized that Joe Biden was in mental decline. She again pivoted to Trump: "The people who know [Trump] best, including leaders of our national security community, have all spoken out, even people who worked for him in the Oval Office, worked with him in the Situation Room, and have said he's unfit and dangerous, and should never be president of the United States again, including his former vice president, which is why the job was open for him to choose another running mate. So that is a fact. That is a fact."

According to Baier, Kamala showed up 15 minutes late for the interview, reducing the previously agreed-upon length. He said he had many additional questions but could not get them in due to the nonstop filibustering.

https://pjmedia.com/paula-bolyard/2024/10/16/breaking-kamala-shouts-whines-cannot-answer-basic-questions-in-fox-interview-n4933408

Kamala Is Going Down Like the Hindenburg? Break Out the Fake Nazis!

Kamala Is Going Down Like the Hindenburg? Break Out the Fake Nazis!

Kevin Downey Jr.

With almost every poll showing Kamala Harris's chances of winning the election doing down like the Hindenburg, the Axis Powers we call the Democrats, globalists, and deep-state swamp wigglers have released what may be their fake Nazis to scare the medulla oblongata non grata types.

FACT-O-RAMA! The only swastikas I've seen were in the hands of Muslims, who have a centuries-old history of slaughtering Jews and Ukrainian soldiers who are funded by the Biden-Harris administration.

This wouldn't be the first time a Democrat has brought a swastika flag to a Trump rally.

This clown below brought one to a rally in protest of Trump, and the Mockingbird media mud-suckers latched on and pretended he was a Trump supporter. Note the "small crowd" photo comment, which means that someone likely took the photo hours before Trump appeared, another form of Democrat sorcery that morons fall for.

Newsweek later pointed out that the moron holding the swastika was a Trump-hater, yet it may have taken the same bait again and is now reporting that some boaters in a Jupiter, Fla., parade flying swastika flags are Trump-lovin' goose-steppers.

The Newsweek article also decided not to show you this video of Trumpers dousing the Faux Nazis with seawater.

What's a good Nazi fear story without doing one about armed, angry chawbacons?

Newsweek locked onto a story by the Ashe Post and Times referencing a yet-to-be-seen email from a nameless official with the U.S. Forest Service, claiming that the National Guard had encountered trucks chock full of "armed militia saying they were out hunting FEMA."

FACT-O-RAMA! Months before the 2020 election, the FBI allegedly broke up a "militia" that was outlandishly looking to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, take her onto a boat, give her a trial and execute her. Three of those arrested were acquitted. One of the alleged ring leaders was a quasi-homeless guy living in the basement of a vacuum repair shop with no running water.

FEMA stated that it was going to make some "adjustments" due to the alleged threats.

For the safety of our dedicated staff and the disaster survivors we are helping, FEMA has made some operational adjustments. Disaster Recovery Centers will continue to be open as scheduled, survivors continue to register for assistance, and we continue to help the people of North Carolina with their recovery.

Newsweek is reporting that FEMA is no longer going door-to-door in its relief efforts.

Releasing the mythical Nazi hounds and angry peckerwoods is a weak tactic that even weaker people use, like Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.), who stated Trump has people "training up in the hills somewhere."

GAS-BAG-O-RAMA! Mad Maxine also invited her myrmidons to harrass Trump supporters in restaurants and gas stations.

Violent, antisemitic riots rocked the nation as Jew-hating anarchists descended on our country's spendy universities. Many of the plug-uglies sported the Muslim keffiyeh, but I've yet to see one wearing a MAGA cap.

We the People, even our "normie" neighbors, are waking up to fake news. Thank God for free speech.

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Wednesday, October 16, 2024

CBS Headline Is a False Flag (AKA: a Lie). 'CBS Went Full AP...Never Go Full AP'

CBS Headline Is a False Flag (AKA: a Lie). 'CBS Went Full AP...Never Go Full AP'

By Jim Thompson

Ben Stiller is a comedian who has produced and starred in some pretty funny movies. One such movie is the 2008 "Tropic Thunder," which he directed. "Tropic Thunder" (like "Blazing Saddles") could never be made today. In the film, Robert Downey Jr. Plays a “white dude playin’ a black dude." He wears blackface and prosthetics to make him more authentic. His character is a method actor so even when he’s not being “filmed” he remains in character. He says he's a "black dude playin’ white dude, playing a black dude.”

Downey’s character is an “actor” who knows what an actor can and cannot do in character. He laments that a character that Ben Stiller played in another movie went too far. Stiller played a severely mentally-addled man. Downey (the white man playing a black man) tells Stiller: “Everybody knows you never go full retard...you went full retard”.

That phrase has become a meme for never going completely over the cliff. Never say something ridiculous and/or obviously stupid that you get mocked for it. In the world of mainstream media, who are intent on pushing and pulling Kamala over the line, there have been some amazing headlines and stories that don’t match reality.

AP (aka: Associated Propaganda) has been leading the way. AP writers and editors have made no attempt to report news. They report propaganda. AP’s headlines are always slanted left. The words they use in their stories are always slanted left. AP is the gold standard for media hackery.

But CBS is making an October push to catch and pass AP in propaganda reporting. Trust in media is cratering. I submit that CBS (with its editing of Harris’ "60 Minutes" interview) and with this morning's online story, the network has gone full AP. Yep. They went full AP... never go full AP.

CBS’s headlines reads:

FEMA crews threatened amid hurricane relief efforts in North Carolina

Wow. Big if true. It further reports:

Federal Emergency Management Agency crews in North Carolina were forced to relocate due to a reported armed threat against workers, first reported by The Washington Post. Out of an abundance of caution, FEMA said its disaster assistance teams will be stationed at fixed locations instead of going door-to-door, which has been the agency's common practice in the past.
The move comes after an email sent by the U.S. Forest Service to federal responders in Rutherford County, alerted them of an apparent standdown after National Guard troops reportedly encountered armed militia saying they were "hunting FEMA."

Woof, again, big if true. But let’s read the next paragraph in the CBS article.

The North Carolina National Guard sent CBS News the following statement, saying, "The NCNG has no reports of our soldiers or airmen encountering any armed militia, any threats and any type of combatants. We are continuing to serve all those counties in need of our assistance."

Ok, so the National Guard told CBS that the story about armed gangs of men “Goin’ huntin’ fer some FEMA hides” is a lie. The National Guard confirms that it didn't happen, but sorry, AP, CBS writes a sensational headline for clicks anyway. The headline states a “fact” that isn’t remotely accurate – but reports it as a fact - knowing Harris voters will read the headline and tell their friends that armed gangs of KKK-hooded hoodlums have murdered puppies and FEMA people.

CBS then ends the article with some good, old-fashioned Trump bashing, claiming he was spreading misinformation, although that allegation seemingly had nothing to do with the story. You really don't hate the media enough.

My advice to CBS (that it won’t take): CBS, you went full AP... never go full AP.

https://redstate.com/jimthompson/2024/10/14/cbs-headline-is-a-fals-flag-aka-a-lie-cbs-went-full-apnever-go-full-ap-n2180558?utm_source=rsmorningbriefing&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl&bcid=15803c7fc8c68b6fd1f0a5e7f4b59fc49df45d48335d4339ad60f7b0a0c7404d&lctg=28668535?utm_source=thdailypmvip&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl