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Thursday, July 4, 2024

Top O' the Briefing

Happy Tuesday, dear Kruiser Morning Briefing friends. Dodduwal enjoyed disrupting rec center karaoke night with the occasional Richard Simmons-inspired haiku.

The 2024 United States Presidential election certainly isn't lacking any drama, is it? A lot of it feels like a hangover from the 2020 election because we've got the same candidates, but there are some twists this time around.

Chief among them is the Democrats' attempt to "win" the election via corrupt members of the judiciary. They don't rest on their election anomaly laurels, the Dems. They knew that they would be saddled with Joe Biden as the nominee again and figured that the Magic Mail-In Ballot Machine might not be enough to get the old boy across the reelection finish line, so they needed a new tactic.

Trump has been counter-punching, of course, and yesterday was given his biggest victory yet in his battle with Joe Biden's Department of Justice. This is from Matt:

On Monday, the United States Supreme Court ruled 6-3 in Trump v. United States that presidents have "absolute immunity" from criminal prosecution for official acts, a major victory for former President Donald Trump.
"Under our constitutional structure of separated powers, the nature of Presidential power entitles a former President to absolute immunity from criminal prosecution for actions within his conclusive and preclusive constitutional authority. And he is entitled to at least presumptive immunity from prosecution for all his official acts," the ruling, written by Chief Justice Roberts, explains. "There is no immunity for unofficial acts."

This decision presents a variety of problems for those who are legally harassing Trump. Matt Vespa writes over at Townhall that it could even have implications for the recently concluded Soviet show trial in Manhattan.

The most intriguing part of the decision was Justice Clarence Thomas's concurring opinion, which gives Trump ammunition in his battle with Special Counsel Jack Smith and is, as Victoria writes, "a multi-page dismantling of the legality of the special counsel's office."

Biden was trotted out well past his bedtime to complain about the ruling. He'd been given a bad spray tan and just enough Adderall to enable him to read off of a teleprompter for a few minutes. He didn't take any questions, of course.

President LOLEightyonemillion and his handlers had a lot riding on Merrick Garland's rogue special counsel attack on Trump, and it has to be particularly galling in what's left of his mind that Clarence Thomas is the SCOTUS justice throwing a massive monkey wrench into the plan.

It was almost exactly 33 years ago when, as Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Joe Biden did everything he could to destroy Thomas's reputation and keep him off of the Supreme Court. He enabled Anita Hill and her spurious accusations and attempted character assassination.

Democrats didn't want Clarence Thomas on the Supreme Court because they all have a visceral hatred of Black conservatives. Heck, their media lapdogs still trot out Anita Hill every so often for no good reason whatsoever and treat her like royalty just to give them an excuse to rehash her lies about Thomas.

Joe Biden was the lead attack dog for the Democrats' unsuccessful attempt to derail Clarence Thomas's journey to the Supreme Court, and he was an utter sleazebag. In fact, it was his behavior during the Thomas confirmation hearings that firmly established that he was one of the most divisive people in Washington.

The kindly uniter story that the MSM hacks told about Biden in 2020 had absolutely no basis in reality, and no one knew that better than Clarence Thomas.

Yes, there truly is something poetic about the fact that Thomas is still on the Supreme Court and that the court has something to say about the perversion of the judicial system in the effort to keep Joe Biden around.

Don't be surprised if NPR is soon overcome by the urge to interview Anita Hill.

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Biden Is Trying to Cash in After His Attack on the Supreme Court

Biden Is Trying to Cash in After His Attack on the Supreme Court

Katie Pavlich

After launching an unprecedented attack on the Supreme Court from the halls of the White House Monday night, President Joe Biden is fundraising off of making the bench a political target.

"Today's decision by the Supreme Court removes virtually all limits on what the president can do. It's a dangerous precedent. I know I will respect the limits of the presidential powers, but any president -- including Donald Trump -- will now be free to ignore the law," a Biden campaign email declares.

"I concur with Justice Sotomayor's dissent today. She said: 'In every use of official power, the President is now a king above the law...with fear for our democracy, I dissent. 'So should the American people dissent? I dissent. I'm asking you to help save the America we know: An America in which presidents tell the truth, uphold the law, defend democracy, and protect our fundamental freedoms. Rush a $25 contribution for the sake of our country," the funding request continues.

But there's just one big problem. The Supreme Court ruling granting presidents immunity for official acts specifically states that presidents are not above the law and that not all actions they take are official.

“It is these enduring principles that guide our decision in this case. The President enjoys no immunity for his unofficial acts, and not everything the President does is official. The President is not above the law. But Congress may not criminalize the President’s conduct in carrying out the responsibilities of the Executive Branch under the Constitution. And the system of separated powers designed by the Framers has always demanded an energetic, independent Executive. The President therefore may not be prosecuted for exercising his core constitutional powers, and he is entitled, at a minimum, to a presumptive immunity from prosecution for all his official acts. That immunity applies equally to all occupants of the Oval Office, regardless of politics, policy, or party," Chief Justice John Roberts wrote in the 6-3 opinion.

"Under our constitutional structure of separated powers, the nature of Presidential power entitles a former President to absolute immunity from criminal prosecution for actions within his conclusive and preclusive constitutional authority. And he is entitled to at least presumptive immunity from prosecution for all his official acts. There is no immunity for unofficial acts. This case is the first criminal prosecution in our Nation’s history of a former President for actions taken during his Presidency. Determining whether and under what circumstances such a prosecution may proceed requires careful assessment of the scope of Presidential power under the Constitution. The nature of that power requires that a former President have some immunity from criminal prosecution for official acts during his tenure in office," the opinion continues. "At least with respect to the President’s exercise of his core constitutional powers, this immunity must be absolute. As for his remaining official actions, he is entitled to at least presumptive immunity."

Meanwhile, Democrats and their friends in the media are melting down over the decision -- with some musing about assassinations and vowing an impeachment of the Supreme Court.

New Poll Pits Biden Replacements Against Trump, and Hoo Boy!!!

New Poll Pits Biden Replacements Against Trump, and Hoo Boy!!!

MATT MARGOLIS

Democrats are utterly terrified following Biden's disastrous debate performance last week. Both the Atlanta Journal-Constitution and the New York Times have urged him to withdraw from the race. Many Democrats privately acknowledge that it was a complete failure and hope that Biden will be persuaded to resign so that a younger contender will be able to rescue the Democrats in the upcoming election. Even some anti-Trump Republicans believe that any Democrat besides Joe Biden would beat Trump easily.

But is that even true?

In reality, it doesn't look like it would make much of a difference. It should come as no surprise that alternatives to Biden have already been polled against Trump to see what might happen if Joe Biden does drop out.

A new flash poll by Data for Progress, a left-wing firm, conducted the day after the debate, tells us a lot about the state of the race post-debate and the issue of replacing Biden on the ballot. A majority of Democratic voters still want Biden to stay in the race, but that number is declining.

Only 51% of Democrats and 35% of all likely voters say that Joe Biden should remain as the Democratic nominee for the 2024 presidential election. This represents a 12-point drop among Democrats since Data for Progress asked the same question in early March.

If Democratic voters have a say in the matter, if Biden does drop out their top choice to replace him is Kamala Harris. The poll found that 39% of Democrats chose Harris, and the next top contender was Gavin Newsom, with just 18% support.

One key problem, of course, is that many Biden alternatives, such as Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer, Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker, Senator Amy Klobuchar, Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro, and even California Governor Newsom are simply not well known to the majority of voters. This of course, is a major problem as it means these candidates would have to spend the final months of the campaign introducing themselves to the nation, which would put them at a clear disadvantage.

Even now, according to Data for Progress, none of the Biden-alternative candidates do much better than Biden.

The survey also asked voters about hypothetical head-to-heads between Trump and Biden, Harris, Whitmer, Newsom, Pritzker, Buttigieg, Shapiro, Klobuchar, and Booker.
In a two-way matchup between Biden and Trump, 45% of voters choose Biden and 48% of voters choose Trump. Compared to Data for Progress’ last head-to-head survey, Trump’s vote share across subgroups has remained relatively stable while “don’t know” rates have grown larger. Harris performs the same as Biden in a head-to-head matchup against Trump.
Among alternative candidates, no candidate performs significantly better than Biden against Trump in a head-to-head race, though more voters indicate they are “not sure” compared to the most well-known candidates.
Only 51% of Democrats and 35% of all likely voters say that Joe Biden should remain as the Democratic nominee for the 2024 presidential election. This represents a 12-point drop among Democrats since Data for Progress asked the same question in early March.

So, for all the panic about Joe Biden and the mad dash to convince him to step aside, it's clear that Democrats won't be in a stronger position if they do, and that may complicate the next steps.

https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2024/06/30/new-poll-pits-biden-replacements-against-trump-and-hoo-boy-n4930282?utm_source=pjmedia&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nl_pm&bcid=15803c7fc8c68b6fd1f0a5e7f4b59fc49df45d48335d4339ad60f7b0a0c7404d&recip=28668535

Wednesday, July 3, 2024

The ‘Record Heat’ Lie and Marxist Machinations

The ‘Record Heat’ Lie and Marxist Machinations

CATHERINE SALGADO

Is the U.S. experiencing record heat this summer? Nope. That’s just the propaganda that the climate alarmists would like you to believe. But Marxists often use global warming as an excuse to restrict liberties and confiscate property rights.

Data that hasn’t been manipulated by climate alarmists shows that this summer hasn’t seen a record heatwave across the U.S. There is no climate crisis, no man-made climate Armageddon, so why keep pushing the narrative? Because it’s a wonderfully self-righteous veneer for greedy, tyrannical, freedom-hating Marxism. Don’t fall for the propaganda, but be vigilant. The most vocal climate alarmists have a hidden — and dangerous — agenda.

For instance, the Biden administration doesn’t promote toxic “green” energy or target gas stoves and gas-powered vehicles to save the planet. These are schemes to make money or make citizens poorer and less independent.

Chris Martz of the Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow’s (CFACT) posted data on June 26 to explain that evidence does not support the “record heat”/global warming claim:

Despite claims from the climate spin doctors that last week's heatwave was “unprecedented,” not one state set a new “all-time” high temperature record… A total of 39 states recorded their “all-time” June high temperature records thirty or more years ago. Of those 39, 31 were set prior to 1960 and 28 prior to 1950. Six states recorded their June “all-time” record highs each in 1934, 1936 and 2012, while five were set each in the years 1919, 1931 and 1994.
The Desert Southwest has yet to see a heatwave that is as intense as that of late-June 1994. In the historical record, it remains unmatched.

As someone living in the Desert Southwest, I can add my personal vouch that we’re not experiencing record heat even within my memory. But by ginning up all this climate hysteria, leftists hope to control people’s minds and actions. The woke activists who glue themselves to streets, splash paint over historic monuments, and swear not to have children because of “global warming” are brainwashed lackeys of Marxist elites. Their life goals are all defined by politicians instead of by their jobs, their families, and their friends.

Loving ‘Humanity,’ Hating Humans: Dostoevsky and Leftists’ False ‘Virtue’

And if people are afraid, as climate propaganda is meant to make them, they are a great deal easier to control and more likely to agree with the government assuming dictatorial powers. By the way, I don’t believe the propaganda is quite as effective as leftists would like, but fear is certainly their goal. As the insidious and climate fearmongering World Economic Forum (WEF) put it, you will “own nothing, have no privacy” and enjoy it — or else. Forget the facts that increased carbon is beneficial for plants and warming makes ecosystems thrive — Marxists have a dystopia to establish!

No major climate prediction has come true in over 50 years. The lies are more ridiculous today than they were half a century ago, but they are still dangerous. We might not be facing our ultimate doom from global warming, but we could be looking at a major dystopian push from Western, especially U.S., leadership that will fundamentally transform our lives.

The Top 5 Lies Democrats Have Told Their Voters: A Message for My Lefty Loved Ones

The Top 5 Lies Democrats Have Told Their Voters: A Message for My Lefty Loved Ones

ATHENA THORNE |

I am dedicating this article to my lefty friends and loved ones. Yes, I still have some of those. I made a pledge to myself years ago that I wouldn't let politics destroy my relationships with good people with whom I have wonderful personal histories.

This pledge is getting harder and harder to keep. Thursday's debate has put it under the greatest stress test yet, and I'm not sure I can keep it much longer.

My lefty friends and I have been getting along for the past eight years by agreeing not to talk about politics. This was necessitated in 2016 when Donald Trump won, and so many people — especially women — straight up lost their minds. I actually saw marriages fail because the husband wasn't capable of hating Trump as rabidly as the wife needed him to. Think of that: a perfectly good, long-term marriage — thrown away because of politics.

I've still held onto my friendships with Democrats (the ones who stayed married or seemed otherwise sane and decent). Even if there is now an unspoken degree of discomfort with one another, we have so much history together that we press on. But I see their devotion to the party is just as fanatical as ever when I stumble across their social media or they can't help themselves and blurt out some idiotic talking point. And while I still refuse to allow politics to wreck good relationships, the byproduct of my friends' adamant adhesion to their party is that I am losing respect for them.

Their side has lied to them over and over and over — I'm talking major lies of historic proportions — yet they've lapped it up, preened about it to one another, and disseminated the Democrat disinformation. It’s hard to watch people you love, care about, and have relationships with pledge their allegiance to a dishonest cult, but it is ultimately their choice.

Here are the top five blatant Democrat lies I've been dismayed to see my lefty friends gleefully sign onto.

Joe Biden is OK.

We on the right have known for years that Biden is but a senescent figurehead who is in reality the charge of the world’s most expensive memory care facility. Our friends on the left, meanwhile, have convinced themselves that he is a great (they literally use the word "great") president who is firmly in charge.

But after Thursday, they can't possibly keep pretending that Biden is well enough to lead the free world. If any of my friends continue to say this, then I will probably have to steer clear of them until they come to their senses.

The Hunter Biden Laptop from Hell was a Russian disinformation operation.

Again, the size and historical scope of this bald lie leave me speechless.

You couldn't make something like the laptop up. The candidate's son was so wasted that he left a laptop full of every campaign-killer you could think of at a repair shop. The repairman, an honest guy, trusted the FBI and gave it to them because it was chock-full of evidence of crimes. And they buried it.

But the wily repairman had kept copies of the laptop contents and he began looking elsewhere for help getting the sociopathic behavior it documented addressed. The New York Post finally reported the story to the public. What the Democrat machine did next was inexcusable.

Big Tech banned the story. And 51 "intelligence experts" signed a public statement that the laptop appeared to be Russian misinformation — which they knew was a lie at the time. I'm not sure I've ever seen such monumental public deception and election interference in my life (at least not until the lawfare attacks on Trump), but my lefty friends bought it and have yet to renounce it.

Donald Trump colluded with Russia to steal the 2016 election.

Three years and untold millions in public time and money went into this deception, which included the ludicrous and salacious "pee tape" rumor. And even though, despite all the federal intelligence, law enforcement, and legal power that went into the effort, Trump was never charged with anything, far too many Democrats continue to believe he is a Russian asset to this day.

Donald Trump called Nazis “very fine people.”

At the time Trump made his remarks, Marxist mobs were destroying historical markers and monuments that they claimed celebrated racism. Trump pointed out what most Americans believed — that good people were to be found on both sides of that issue. Dishonest, lying leftists claimed he called Nazis "very fine people." In fact, Trump did the opposite. Roll the tape:

'Nuff said. But how many of your lefty acquaintances still think this lie is true?

Donald Trump told people to inject themselves with bleach to ward off COVID.

Obviously, these Democrats are completely unfamiliar with the concept of “spitballing.” CEOs with actual executive experience lead their organizations with vision and direction. They brainstorm with their teams of developers and executors to make advances. This is what it looks like:

Trump pulled off a remarkable bit of leadership with Operation Warp Speed. Whether or not you agreed with the result, the team-building, expeditiousness, and goal-hitting he exhibited were exceptional.

To my liberal friends, I must remind you: You believed all these lies.

To me, you appear incredibly gullible. I’ve been losing respect for you for some time now. If, after the disaster on Thursday evening, you aren’t doing some serious soul-searching, then I may have to give up on you altogether.

And by "soul-searching," I’m not talking about admitting that Biden is unfit and resigning yourself to accepting another candidate. I’m talking about admitting to yourself that you’ve been duped for years, that the lies you've swallowed and spread have been incredibly consequential, and that you've been played and used. Are you ready to admit that your party is run by bad people?

I know you have a lot of ego invested in your decision to support Democrat politicians. You take great pride in being on what you consider to be the righteous side.

But at this point, you just look stupid.

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