Saturday, September 14, 2024

Flotsam and Jetsam - Still Debating the Debate

Matt Vespa at TownHall on the whistleblower allegations that ABC leaked the debate questions to the Harris campaign, *IF* This Is True, ABC News Is About to Become Engulfed in a Major Scandal. From the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 09.13.24 Louder With Crowder: WHOA! Debate moderator admits OUT LOUD why they ganged up on Donald Trump, The Geller Report: ABC WHISTLEBLOWER Alleges Kamala Was Given The Questions, Promised Trump Would Be “Fact-Checked” and Kamala Would Not. Ace, Former Clinton Advisor Mark Penn: ABC "News" Should Submit to a Full Third-Party Investigation to Determine If They Schemed to Fact-Check Only Trump. Capt. Ed at Hat Hair, 'Absolutely Not': ABC News Denies Leaking Debate Questions to Harris (Updated). "Did ABC actually look into this? Or did it just generate a denial? Nothing in the Daily Beast report indicated a serious review, let alone an investigation on the scale Mark Penn advocated. Don't forget that the Brazile leak didn't come to light in 2016 until the Wikileaks exposure of the DNC's emails. Had those messages never come to light, one would expect the DNC and CNN to have denied any such shenanigans."

Newt Gingrich thinks ABC Lost the Debate. Hat Hair cites WSJ opinion, ABC’s Bias Deprived Voters of a Fair Debate. At RCP, the Great Victor Davis Hanson calls it A Forgettable Warped Debate. Capt. Ed comments "I'm not so sure that Harris didn't end up losing this debate by confirming her shallowness. The media's focus groups seem to confirm that impression in the hours after the debate. But be sure to read VDH's condemnation of ABC and their hosts for warping what should have been a straight-up debate." Sundance at CTH, Even AI Analysis of ABC Debate Transcript Shows Clear Evidence of Bias. Heather McDonald at CJ, says Candidate, Moderate Thyself. "Conservatives are right to complain about the blatant bias of ABC’s debate moderators, but the bigger problem was Donald Trump’s undisciplined performance." Fair. Scuttlebutt says they're Pissing on Our Boots. From the Free Bacon, No, 2024 Is Not Over Yet, "Column: Reports of the Trump era's end are overrated." Gary Franks at TownHall, Spin Doctors Claim Harris Won the Debate. Why, Then, Is She Asking for a Mulligan?. At Twitchy, Morgan J. Freeman Challenges Megyn Kelly to Name 1 THING ABC Should've Fact-Checked Kamala on and HOO BOY. Sasha Stone sees Trump's Surprising Secret Weapon: Sympathy, "Harris might know how to give a strong closing argument but Trump knows television." "Harris made the fundamental mistake of leaving her JOY™ and unity hats at the door and putting on her prosecutor’s hat. Had she shown up as a gracious, respectful, serious person ready to answer serious questions, she might have won over some voters. That wasn’t what happened. She showed up as a hybrid between Hillary Clinton and the ladies of The View."

Dave Strom at Hat Hair sees CBS Accidentally Sides With Trump on Springfield, Sort Of... "CBS Morning show (people watch this dreck?!) accidentally threw Donald Trump a bone: they did a sickly sweet story about a lonely goose and one woman's successful efforts to find her a mate."

At Breitbart, Poll: Kamala Harris Trails Donald Trump 17% with Working-Class Voters — Same Deficit Joe Biden Faced in June. PJM's Matt Margolis has More Bad News for Kamala Out of Michigan "A new Insider Poll out of Michigan reinforces Trump’s momentum, showing him ahead 49 percent to Harris’s 48 percent." But have they counted the mail-in vote? NYPo, Poll: ‘Shy’ Jewish voters, key in swing districts, are turning against the Democrats. Dave Bernstein at the Times of Israel, The Biden-Harris Justice Department Has Failed American Jews Dave Strom, Not Looking So Confident, Kamala...

At Da Signal, DOGGONE: Reports of Missing Pets True or Not, Ohio City Suffers From Huge Haitian Migrant Influx. At Irons in the Fire, Borrowing from friend on the subject of Haitians in Springfield. Da Fetched, Haitian ‘Voter Fraud’ Operation Busted in Springfield, Ohio, illegal voter registration forms in Creole.  From NYPo, Small Pennsylvania town up in arms over plan to house hundreds of migrants in abandoned school. At Da Blaze, Marianne Williamson predicts 'eating cats issue' will hurt Dems in election: 'Haitian voodoo is real'. Ace notes The NY Times is Whining About Memes Again. That's a Good Sign. The Last Time the Drearily Pious Atheists Were This Exercised About Memes Was 2016. Dave Strom at Hat Hair says The Memes Are Lit...

aAt Insty, LOL, THE MEMES KEEP COMING: And two from the Babylon Bee, RFK Jr. Really Really Hoping Nobody Asks Him Point Blank If He’s Ever Eaten A Cat and Mola Ram Says He Has Found No Evidence To Support Trump’s Claim Of Heart-Ripping Ceremonies Taking Place Within Temple Of Doom.

At JTN Misty Severt reports DOJ releases 2023 crime statistics, Trump campaign fact checks ABC, "Trump commented during the debate that crime rates, especially those caused by illegal immigrants, have drastically risen during the Biden-Harris administration. But Muir shot back: “As you know, the FBI says overall violent crime is coming down in this country.”" and Ben Whedon, 'Absolute Hell': Trump hits Harris, Dems on California crime in LA press conference ""This is where she's coming from as president," he warned." TNP, Trump Vindicated: New DOJ Stats Show Spike in Violent Crime Under Biden-Harris. From Fox, ABC News rebuked by pro-life group, asked for correction of abortion claim by debate moderator, "ABC's Linsey Davis told Trump 'there is no state in this country where it is legal to kill a baby after it’s born'." WokeSpy, Smug Anti-Trump Former CNN Commentator Ironically Debunked by CNN’s Own Reporting. Greg Price@greg_price11 "You want to know what is even wilder? It's literally true that Kamala supported transgender operations for illegal aliens in prison." Quote Marc Lamont Hill@marclamonthill "She wants to do transgender operations on illegal aliens who are in prison" is the WILDEST thing I've ever heard in any debate. EVER." Ace, The New Yorker Refuse to Correct Russian Misinformation, Still Claiming That Kamala Harris Never Endorsed Using US Taxpayer Money to Pay for Sex Changes for Illegal Alien Teenagers. "The New Yorker, as anyone familiar with the oeuvres of Michael J. Fox and Keifer Sutherland would know, prides itself on the meticulousness of its supposedly-rigorous "fact-checking" department."

From the Pop Times, Trump Threatens 100% Tariff on Countries That Ditch the U.S. Dollar. Misty Severt at JTN, Trump pledges to eliminate taxes on overtime ""Today, I'm also announcing that as part of our additional tax cuts, we will end all taxes on overtime," Trump said. "The people who work overtime are among the hardest working citizens in our country. And for too long, no one in Washington has been looking out for them." Adam Turner at RedState says It’s Still the Economy (and the Border and World Chaos), Stupid! Hat Hair's Beege Welborn tells A Tale of Two Receptions. Steve Hayward at Power Line on the Cheney "endorsements", Republicans for Suicide. At Am Con, At Least Vance Has A Plan. "State of the Union: The Democrats have no theory of victory to end the war in Ukraine."

Susie Moore at RedState, Nicole Shanahan Does It Again: 'Who Really Are the MAGA People?' Shanahan was RFK Jr's. running mate.
Sundance at CTH, MAGA and MAHA and RFK JR Gives Details on Why He Refused to be Donald Trump’s VP Running Mate "According to Robert F Kennedy Jr, if he had accepted the position of Vice President to Donald Trump, the White House would have to place him under house arrest after approximately 3 days." 

At TNP, Congress Initiates Poll Watcher Program in Unprecedented Election Security Drive. Natalia Mittelstadt at JTN reports the PA Supreme Court rules mail ballots must have correct date to be counted. "Last month, a lower court ruled that the commonwealth cannot throw out mail-in ballots just because they have incorrect handwritten dates on the envelopes." Breitbart, Democrats Not Spending in Florida, Surrender State to Republicans. 

Matt Margolis thinks Joe Manchin Is a Weasel Who Can't Leave the Senate Soon Enough. Capt. Ed, Man, This Election Stinks, Says ... the Pope. Well, he doesn't get to vote. 

'Bonchie' at RedState wants you to WATCH: Kamala Harris Completely Bombs Her First Solo Interview. Althouse catches "Harris, characteristically, has made a lawyerly assessment of pros and cons. She and her advisers have queried whether, given the limited number of ATACMS available..." Writes David Ignatius, in "These people have seen Harris in the Situation Room. Here’s what they have to say. Harris is 'more hard-line than most people think,' says a retired four-star general who has briefed her many times" (WaPo)(free-access link). Ace, Reminder: As the Election Approaches, Politicians Are Falling Over Themselves to Brand Themselves as Bigots and Secretly Implement Racist Policies, Guess who's the Bigot? "You'll never guess -- as the election looms, Kamala Harris has declared herself an Open and Proud Bigot, and says she totally supports the border wall!" At WaEx, Dave Harsanyi notices that On abortion, Kamala Harris is the extremist. From Twitchy, About Those Buses We Keep Seeing at Kamala's Rallies, There's MORE and It's Even WORSE Than We Thought. Or Kamala has followers like the Grateful Dead, but more organized. Bob Hoge at RedState hears WH Photographers' Group Says Kamala Has Overseen an 'Unprecedented Reduction in Access' to Media. Dave Strom, Media Excoriates Biden for Using Term 'Black Jobs'...NOT. It's different when Democrats do it.

WSJ, Harris Is Still Struggling to Blunt Trump’s Edge on the Economy Steve Moore at Hat Hair wonders Hey Kamala, Where Are Your Spending Cuts?. Lost in the ozone again! Pop Times says U.S. Faces Debt Crisis as Interest Payments Exceed $1 Trillion for the First Time. A trillion is just a number. A very big number. Luke Gromen@LukeGromen "Critical debate question that wasn't asked: US Int Expense is > Defense spending for 1st time in at least 65 years. For centuries, when a hegemon's debt svc went > defense spending, it ceased to be a hegemon. Will you cut Entitlements or rates to address this?" From Breitbart, Inflation Picked Up Again in August, Producer Price Index Shows. WSJ, cited at Hat Hair sees Investors Betting Heavy on Jumbo Rate Cut from Fed. Dave Strom again, sees Goldman Sachs for Kamala, Ordinary Americans for the Don but at OTP, Goldman Sachs CEO Says Harris Overstated Firm’s View Of Her Economic Plan. “What the report did is it looked at a handful of policy issues that have been put out by both sides, and it tried to model their impact on GDP growth,” Solomon said on CNBC. “The reason I say a bigger deal’s been made of it is what it showed is the difference between the sets of policies that they put forward was about two-tenths of 1%.” Salena Zito at WaEx, New poll shows Pennsylvania voters overwhelmingly reject Biden LNG pause.

From RVN, Joy Behar Tries To Get Usher To Endorse Kamala, It Doesn’t Go Well For Her. At TAW, Tom Knighton discusses The folly of celebrity worship. "And yet, what is it about these people that’s so admirable? Taylor Swift is approaching 35. She’s never been married, has no children, and other than singing, hasn’t really done anything of particular note that warrants any reverence by anyone else. She’s donated some money, but so have I. I’m damn sure not someone to revere."

Matt Vespa thinks Tim Walz's Reaction to This Freudian Slip About Kamala Is Everything. "He called Harris a “prostitutor.” It’s the worst kind of Freudian slip." Gabe Kamisky at WaEx reports James Comer requests FBI documents on Tim Walz’s China ties. The View From North Central Idaho notices a Former Communist Calls V.P. Candidate’s Wife a Communist.

John Sexton is amused by Ezra Klein Making the Conservative Case for Border Control to Sec. Mayorkas. Straight Arrow News, California considers first-in-nation phone discounts to undocumented immigrants. Most of them have better phones than I do already. From the Center Square, Angel moms to Texas US rep.: Comments about murdered children are 'insulting', but were any cats consumed?

Cutie Pavlich at TownHall hears Congress: The FBI Is Slow Rolling Information About the Guy Who Tried to Kill Trump. "According to Republican Congressman Michael Waltz, the FBI is slow walking information about Crooks and his motivation to murder Trump. Crooks had a number of encrypted overseas accounts. "Clearly he was training, he was preparing. What we can't get a straight answer from the FBI on is, you know he built three IEDs with remote detonators, but what we can't get a straight answer is, what radicalized him? What drove the motives?" Waltz said during an interview with Fox News." Sundance, Following Secret Service Briefing, Democrat Senator Blumenthal Says Americans Should Prepare to Be “Shocked, Astonished and Appalled” About Lapses in Protection for Donald Trump.

From WaEx, DOJ official asked to appear before Congress over Jack Smith ethics allegations. Pop Time reports Judge Dismisses Three Counts in Trump’s Georgia Election Interference Case. From the NY Sun, Fani Willis’s ‘Tenacious’ Case Against Trump Is in Freefall Because of Her Secret Romance — and the Constitution, "The district attorney also faces a looming clash with Georgia lawmakers over her defiance of a pair of subpoenas." Capt. Ed, Fani Willis' No Good, Terrible, Very Bad Week Continues with No-Show. Fox, Fani Willis defies subpoena to testify at Georgia state Senate hearing "DA Fani Willis previously called the Georgia Senate committee's investigation 'unlawful'" You can't do that to me, I'm a black female Democrat!

Steve Richards at JTN thinks Garland's impartial DOJ claims conflict with reports of political interference, bias. "Several whistleblowers’ complaints, an inspector general report, and an FBI scandal are just part of the growing mountain of evidence that the DOJ has not held to the core values and norms that Garland said protect the independence of the department." The Victory Girls notice Democrats Are Desperate For Another January 6th. 

At Hat Hair, Dave Strom sees The Campaign to Arrest Elon Musk Heats Up and John Sexton hears Elon Musk Gets a Lot of Personal Threats (I Wonder Why). CarolinaConservative3@1776Carolina3, "My GOD, @Google is just complete leftist garbage now. It was bad before but it's just completely impossible to find anything other than left wing sources when searching. Unfortunately, @DuckDuckGo has become almost as bad. @elonmusk please consider creating a search engine site! Capt. Ed, Is Google Cooking Search Results for Kamala? Of course! Breitbart, Mark Zuckerberg Declares He Is Done Apologizing for Facebook’s Censorship.

His apparent good standing at the school changed dramatically when he participated in a discussion of the treatment of childhood gender dysphoria at an event in October 2017 sponsored by a conservative think tank, the Heritage Foundation. He expressed his reservations with some treatments and his public comments were reported back to his colleagues.

Dr. Josephson argued that children are not mature enough to make such major, permanent decisions and that 80-95 percent of children claiming gender dysphoria eventually accept their biological sex over time without such treatment.

Those views are widely shared by others and have been cited as the basis for states adopting bans on conversion treatments for young children.

His commentary triggered a backlash at the school, which led to a decision not to renew his contract. When sued, the school invoked the Eleventh Amendment and claimed qualified immunity. The district court correctly rejected that claim and the Sixth Circuit just affirmed that denial.

At Ace's, THE MORNING RANT: Harvard Launches “Introductory” Math Course for its Students Who Can’t Do 9th Grade Math. Greg Byrnes at PJM, Sick Writing Assignment Gets Teacher Fired In New York City. From Campus Reform, Northwestern University bans fat jokes. John Sexton sees Florida's Post-Tenure Faculty Review is Working and wonders Are Elite Colleges Cheating the Affirmative Action Ruling After All? Of course. College Fix, New allegations suggest U. Washington administrators had heavy involvement in DEI hiring scandal. 

From the Free Bacon, Banned Anti-Israel Student Group at Penn Throws Red Paint on Ben Franklin Statue. 

Capt. Ed, Self-Defense? MA Prosecutor Charges Man Assaulted at Pro-Israel Protest. From Twitchy, Scott Hayes, Who Allegedly Shot a Pro-Hamass Protester Appears in Court, Gets Decision on Bail. Kassy Akiva@KassyAkiva, "UPDATE: They just arraigned Scott Hayes and are releasing him on a $5,000 bond. They only charged him with assault and battery with a dangerous weapon. They did not read the previous charge mentioned. An application for a criminal complaint on the anti-Israel guy has been taken out."

UPI approves, Appeals court upholds Colorado's ban on conversion therapy for minors. What is gender transition, if not conversion therapy?


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