Flotsam and Jetsam - More Fox Fallout and The British are Coming!

Stacy McCain, Kamala Harris Bombs in Fox Interview, " The three deadliest bombs in world history:1. Hiroshima; 2. Nagasaki; and 3. The Kamala Harris interview with Brett Baier." At PJM, VodkaPundit, Team Kamala Invoked the Mercy Rule and I Can't Stop Laughing, Matt Margolis, Team Harris Knows the Fox News Interview Was a Disaster and Scott Pinsker, The PR Fallout of the Kamala Harris Fox News Interview "Yikes. If Kamala Harris thought Bret Baier was tough, wait ‘til she meets Putin." At Hat Hair, Dave Strom has Thoughts on the Fox Interview, "Bottom line up front: yes, the interview was a disaster, and no, it will not end her campaign as the June debate ended Biden's," and  Will Biden Nuke Harris Campaign After This?, Capt. Ed, Did Biden-Harris Really Only 'Follow the Law'?, and Jazz Shaw, Is the Election Over Yet? and Harris Interview Drew 7.8 Million Viewers, Beat '60 Minutes' (UPDATED) and Capt Ed. comments "Yeah ... I don't think that's good news for Harris or her campaign." At Da Caller, Former Clinton Pollster Warns Of ‘Eroding’ Blue Wall For Harris After Failing To Connect In Fox Interview. Dan Flynn at Am Spec, Kamala Harris Flunked the Job Interviews, "Leftist sycophants left her ill-prepared for her Fox News interview." Jim Geraghty at NRO, When Bret Met Kamala. Tyler O'Neal at Da Signal, 4 Takeaways From Kamala Harris’ Fox News Interview With Bret Baier. Matt Vespa at TownHall thinks Kamala Harris' Answer to This Question Should Warrant a Special Counsel Investigation. "When asked again if she had any concerns about Joe Biden’s mental health, Kamala replied, “I think the American people have a concern about Donald Trump.” Capt. Ed says 'Joe Biden Is Not On the Ballot' was Kamala's Biggest Dodge. At Twitchy, Of All the Threads Taking Kamala and Her 'TESTY' Fox News Interview APART, THIS One Is the Most DAMNING. At Insty, HUGH HEWITT INTERVIEWS NRO’S NOAH ROTHMAN ON KAMALA’S FOX NEWS INTERVIEW (Video). Ace, Bret Baier: Kamala Harris Tried to "Ice Me" By Showing Up Late, and Then Having Her Staffers Wave Their Arms Wildly to Tell Me to Stop Asking Questions. Virginia Kruta at Da Wire, The Talking Points Have Been Disseminated: Media Swoops In To Defend Kamala In Lock-Step. Capt. Ed, "This pushback has been incredibly lame. Oh, he was rude to interrupt her off-topic filibustering! Good grief. If Harris can't deal with a reporter asking questions and following up on evasions, why should we make her head of state?" Matt Margolis, Liberal Media Caught Astroturfing Reaction to Harris’ Fox News Interview. From Don Surber, Two interviews. Two candidates. One winner. Capt. Ed, "Democrats are going to hit the panic button in a big way when they realize that their spin on this interview is entirely disconnected from reality. That may be as soon as today; the betting markets are only moving more toward Trump, and those are usually indicative of short-term poll trends." Capt. Ed has words on Kamala's Catholic Problem II: Al Smith Dinner Boogaloo. Sundance at CTH, President Trump Delivers Remarks at Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation Dinner.

Dave Strom reports UK Labour Party Paying Staffers to Campaign for Kamala Harris. NBC 15, British Labour Party sending staff to campaign for Harris in US swing states. Robby Starbuck@robbystarbuck, "Huge: The UK’s far left Labour Party has been organizing FOR MONTHS to come to America to campaign for Kamala. This is foreign election interference. Their head of operations who has been a lead planner for Prime Minister Keir Starmer is in charge of this operation. . . To be explicitly clear: The Democrats are getting help from a foreign government to try to beat Trump. Now you know why they invented Russia collusion, it was always projection because they’re actually getting boots on the ground help from foreign governments to help them win. If we have an even slightly competent media then this will be the biggest story in the country by the end of the day." Sundance at CTH, The British are Coming – U.K Labour Party Sends 100 Staff to Assist Kamala Harris "Apparently, some forms of foreign election influence are okay. According to recent reports the British Labour Party are sending their staff to the United States to run support operations in battleground states." Politics UK@PolitlcsUK, "NEW: Nearly 100 current and former Labour Party staff are going to battleground states in the US election to campaign for Kamala Harris, with the party offering to ‘sort your housing’"

Nick Arama at Red State, Megyn Kelly, Tucker Carlson Reveal Trump Team's Hilarious Reaction to Biden Debate Meltdown. Spiked, Kamala doesn’t know the first thing ‘about fascism’. NYPo, Kamala Harris makes a brutal gaffe in speech to Wisconsin voters: ‘I stood up to veterans’. Matt Whitlock @mattdizwhitlock, "“It would be a huge mistake for Israel to enter Rafah. I've studied the maps” I will never get over this sound bite. The worst possible combination of ignorant and arrogant." Beege Welborn at Hat Hair, Unfazed: CBS Offers In-Kind Kamala Campaign Contribution Tim Young@TimRunsHisMouth "CBS's 60 minutes didn't just cut Kamala's rambling answer down to make her sound coherent. They completely replaced the answer to the question she was asked. This absolutely has to be against broadcast standards." If it weren't for double standards . . . From NewsMax, Sen. Rick Scott: Harris' 'Opportunity Agenda for Black Men' Racist. Ace, Kamala Harris's Hot New Plan to Woo Black Men: How's Legal Weed and Free $20,000 "Loans" That Don't Have to be Repaid Sound? "The loans were first announced for blacks only, but after being criticized for this obviously racist promotion, the campaign says that the loans can be applied for by whites, too. I mean, whites won't get them, but they're free to apply." Yep, that's how these things work. Beege Welborn, Who Would Have Guessed a Pre-Election Round of Student Debt Dumping Was Imminent? At Reason, Did Inflation Save Us From 'New Progressive Economics'? "Anti-market progressives dominate the Biden administration. Their policies also help discredit it." Insty cites KRUISER’S MORNING BRIEFING: "Dems’ 2024 Platform — Your Reality Is Wrong, Stupid Voters. “It’s not just the sobering reality of Biden’s behavior that the public is being told to ignore, it’s the harsh reality of the consequences of his policies too.”" Bob Graboyes at Bastiat's Window on Kamala Harris’s Oakland Problem, "Dear Readers ... Help me write an uplifting paragraph about the vice president."

At the Wombat's In The Mailbox: 10.17.24, Twitchy: What Joe & Barack Really Said At The Funeral Will Make Kamala Testy. NYPo, Biden tells Obama ‘she’s not as strong as me’ — and ex-prez agrees ‘that’s true’ at Ethel Kennedy service. Althouse, Somehow we don't have the definitive lip-reading on this yet. Ace, "She's Not As Strong As Me:" Lip-Readers Pick Out Biden's Complaint About Kamala Harris, Made to the Man Who Engineered His Ouster, Barack Obama "Biden groused to Obama in line at Ethel Kennedy's funeral. You can't hear what either man said, but lip-readers think they know what was talked about." Matt Vespa, Look Away, Democrats. Obama Has Some Unfiltered Observations About Kamala. Byron York at WaEx, What Bill Clinton’s gaffe says about Harris and the border. At JTN, Charlotte Hazard thinks Harris' top surrogates Clinton, Obama and Biden backfire on campaign trail, boosting Trump. 

Insty, I AM NOT STUNNED: Christopher F. Rufo@realchrisrufo, "This is stunning: The New York Times "plagiarism expert" now confirms that the paper deliberately withheld the full Kamala Harris plagiarism report from him and that, after analyzing the full claims, Harris's plagiarism is "more serious" than he told the Times." Christopher F. Rufo@realchrisrufo "ABC does fake fact-checks to help Kamala. CBS stealth-edits an interview to help Kamala. New York Times withholds evidence to help Kamala. This is endemic—and only visible now because we have X." Mary Chastain at LI, NYT Withheld Full Harris Plagiarism Report From Expert, Who Admits It’s ‘More Serious’. “The most serious allegation concerns Wikipedia. Harris’ book contained roughly two paragraphs copied from Wikipedia without citation.” Robby Soave at Reason, The Media Shouldn't Overlook Kamala Harris' Plagiarism. "The pouncing isn't the point."

JTN, Texas troopers arrest large numbers of special interest aliens, including men from Iran. At ZeroHedge, NYPD Admits Armed Migrant Kids From Gov't-Funded Roosevelt Hotel Terrorizing Times Square.

Nick Arama, Trump Gets More Good News in the Election Forecasts As Kamala Crashes and Burns on Fox. A Larry video at Hat Hair,  The End of the Kamala Campaign! Trump Soars in Betting Markets!  NewsMax, Billionaire Investor Druckenmiller: Market Sure Trump Will Win. Capt. Ed catches Politico whining Trumpmentum Among Black Voters Is Real. Althouse, "'Pennsylvania is such a mess': Inside Team Harris’ unusual levels of finger-pointing/Many of the state’s most well-connected Democrats have been worried about the operation for months." "Insiders are complaining to Politico, " and "Obama is the last Democrat who won Wisconsin with more than 50 percent of the vote...." Insty, DON’T GET COCKY: Eric Daugherty@EricLDaugh. "BREAKING: We are now less than 3 weeks from the election and Trump is positioned MUCH stronger in polling than the 2020 election. Change from this point in 2020: National: Trump+7.4  Pennsylvania: Trump+5.9  Michigan: Trump+8.2  Wisconsin: Trump+6  North Carolina: Trump+4.1  Arizona: Trump+5.1  Georgia: Trump+2.7 RealClearPolitics". Fox, Maxim makes an endorsement for the 2024 presidential election: 'You just lost zero fans.' At the Freep, Martin Gurri: I Refused to Vote in the Last Two Elections. Now, I’m Voting for Trump. "There are only two vital forces in American politics today: those who wish to control everything, and those who wish not to be controlled. Reluctantly, I choose the latter." The Great Victor Davis Hanson, Election 2024: Those Who Lecture Versus Those Tired of Being Lectured. Dave Harsanyi at WaEx, The confessions of a Trump skeptic "Do I wish Republicans had nominated a more coherent, principled, competent candidate for the presidency? Of course. But if anyone is under the impression Democrats tapped such a person, I have news. Spend some time trying to decipher Harris’s swirling, platitude-ridden, incoherent rhetoric, and you will only be further convinced that we live in an idiocracy."

Sundance presents the President Trump Univision Townhall. Althouse hears JD Vance,  "I've answered this question directly a million times: NO. I think there were serious problems in 2020. So did Donald Trump lose the election? Not by the words that I would use. Okay?" "Vance went to law school. Yale Law School. I know he knows how to say something legal about the processes for challenging an election and how they need to fit a time period and come to an end and give us an outcome, and we accept that not because it's perfect, but because the process is good enough and life goes on. Well, he almost says that. I think he could speak more clearly and more legalistically but I don't expect to be satisfied, and I'm not grading papers anymore." And, Elon Musk presents a montage of himself in pro-Trump mode to the tune of "YMCA." Florida's Voice, DeSantis rips reporter on climate change: ‘Chance of me virtue signaling for people in media is zero’. 

From Breitbart, Peter Schweizer: GAI Study Details 50 Threats to Election Integrity. MD Kittle at Da Fed, Mayorkas Stonewalls Ohio’s Request To Help Track Foreign Nationals On Voter Rolls. Gee I wonder why? Hat Hair's Jazz Shaw at Hat Hair, Now Saying Migrants Should 'Love Our Country' is Racist?

Sundance reports Lawyers for Trump Attempted Assassin Ask Judge Cannon to Recuse Herself. Tuff nougies.

James O'Keefe@JamesOKeefeIII, "BREAKING: Senior Meta Engineer Reveals Anti-Kamala Posts Are "Automatically Demoted,” Admits Shadowbanning Tactics." Video at link. Leah Barkoukis at TownHall, In Undercover Video, Meta Software Engineer Explains What Happens to Anti-Harris Posts. Ace, Facebook Enginneer in Sting Video: Facebook Automatically Demotes Posts Against Kamala and "Redlists" the Account. Brady Know at WaEx worries Trump teeters on DOJ’s Google breakup proposal: ‘A lot of power’. Capt. Ed counters "Trump's concerned about China and the ability of American companies to compete. That's short-sighted, though, for two reasons. First, Google is a big part of the reason that companies can't compete effectively in this market. And second, Google uses its market power to flex political as well as economic muscle, generally to support censoring and sidelining Trump's allies." Brad Palumbo at WaEx, Democrats caught bribing TikTok influencers to mislead Generation Z. Dave Strom takes note, EU Threatens Elon Musk's Entire Business Empire Because He Supports Free Speech.

Riley Gaines

Spencer Lindquist at Da Wire reports Under Tim Walz, Minnesota Pays For Kids To Go On ‘Queer’ Wilderness Trips Without Parents. "The program, led by a self-described 'trans non-binary naturalist,' targets 'questioning middle and high school youth.'" From the College Fix, Transgender coach, rehired due to ‘transphobia’ concerns, resigns after porn video surfaces. At Da Caller, Kids Are Being Taken From ‘Non-Affirming’ Parents. Here’s One Family’s Fight To Get Their Son Back. From Campus Reform, Riley Gaines Center launches 'Project BOYcott' to support women athletes who stand up for biological reality, "The Riley Gaines Center at the Leadership Institute launched Project BOYcott as an effort to stand up for female athletes who refuse to compete against biological males." Capt. Ed adds "Good for her. Girls and young women have the power to put an end to the colonization of their athletic spaces and opportunities by refusing to participate in it. That's not easy, but real change never is." I agree. 

Chris Queen at PJM, Who's Got the Joy? You Might Be Surprised. "For about 50 years, a report called the General Social Survey (GSS) has measured the happiness level of respondents. Republicans consistently report slightly higher levels of happiness every year. Hawley points out that Democrats say that they have more emotional issues."  Dave Strom, reports There Is a Mental Illness Crisis Among Liberals. 

The Wombat has Rule 5 Sunday: Where My Wolfsbane At? and FMJRA 2.0: The God-Emperor Works A Shift At McD’s on time and under budget at the Other McCain.

Flotsam and Jetsam - Bret vs Kamala

The big Fox interview happened more or less on schedule last night between Fox moderator Bret Baier and Democrat presidential wannabe Kamala Harris. Reportedly, team Kamala arrived 15 minutes late, which gave the network a short slot, and a hard deadline to show it at 6 PM EDT. Bret likened it to icing the kicker. I missed most of it last night, since it came on at dinner time (call me anything, but don't call me late for dinner), but I listened to it this morning at Sundance's link below.

At Ace, For First Time, Kamala Harris Will Sit Down to Dodge Questions from Bret Baier "CNN's "media analyst" warns that Bret Baier "has a history of appeasing Fox's Trump-supporting audience."" He was right. Virginia Kruta at Da Wire, Bret Baier Asked The Public What He Should Ask Kamala. Here’s What He Got "Doesn't matter what you ask her, cause the answer is gonna be 'I grew up middle-class.'" As usual, you can watch it if you want from Sundance at CTH, Bret Baier Interviews Kamala Harris. Capt. Ed at Hat Hair had Wednesday's Final Word: TRAINWRECK. OTP agrees, Train Wreck "Harris Goes Off The Rails In Fox Interview." Sarah Arnold at TownHall, Kamala's Campaign Is Over After Fox News Interview. Matt Margolis at PJM, Did Kamala's Fox News Meltdown Just End Her Campaign?. Jen O'Connell at RedState, The Most Devastating Moments of Kamala Harris' Train Wreck Fox Interview. A series of posts at Insty, with lots of fun clips, YOU’RE GONNA NEED A BIGGER BLOG: The Most Devastating Moments of Kamala Harris’ Train Wreck Fox Interview, CAN’T THINK, CAN’T TALK:, ‘I’M SPEAKING:’ Bret Baier Interviews Kamala Harris, AMERICA’S NEWSPAPER OF RECORD DOING STRAIGHT-UP REPORTAGE ONCE AGAIN: The Babylon Bee @TheBabylonBee, "Democrats Wondering If It's Too Late To Go Back To Joe Biden." At the Free Bacon, Harris Ducks 'Responsibility' (and Fact Checks) in Fiery Fox News Interview, "Campaign gamble seems ill-advised in retrospect as Democrats complain of Brett Baier's 'rude' questioning." Althouse, Getting testy. "Why "testy"? Of course, I don't believe these writers independently arrived at the same word. I presume they got the same message." Also "Kamala Harris repeatedly pivots to Trump when grilled on immigration record in Fox News interview." "I'm linking to the Fox News report on the interview. It was horrible to attempt to watch. I got about halfway through." NewsMax, VP Harris Gets Testy in Fox News Interview and Harris Pivots on Migrant Crime Victims: Trump Not Fixing Border. Mary Chastain at LI, Harris: We’re ‘Turning the Page From’ a Decade of Donald Trump, "HARRIS: “You and I both know what I’m talking about.” BAIER: “I actually don’t. What are you talking about?”" Bob Hoge at RedState, Behind the Scenes, Courtesy of Bret Baier: Team Harris Tried to 'Ice the Kicker' Before Kamala Interview. Twitchy, J.D. Vance Offers HILARIOUS Advice for Democrats After Kamala's Train Wreck FNC Interview. JD Vance@JDVance "To my Democratic friends: maybe you should consider swapping Kamala Harris for Joe Biden." Roger Simon, Who Will the Dems Replace Kamala With? "She's done!" VodkaPundit at PJM, Wargaming the Electoral College: Is Pelosi Sharpening Her Knives for Harris? "I'm kidding, of course. It's much too late (I think) to pull yet another presidential candidate switcheroo. But you'd better believe it's a notion Pelosi entertained last night while finishing off her first bottle of chardonnay."

NewsMax, Harris 'Agenda for Black Men' Open to All Americans on Race Neutral Basis. "Vice President Kamala Harris' "Opportunity Agenda for Black Men" will be open to all Americans on a race neutral basis, her campaign told the The Wall Street Journal." Uh huh. From the Babylon Bee, Kamala Appeals To Black Voters By Offering Free Pack of Menthols and Copy of 'Madea's Family Reunion' On DVD. Dan McLaughlin at NRO calls Kamala Harris, the Sex Candidate "When Harris talks about abortion, or same-sex relationships, or a few other culture-war issues — typically those with some connection to sex, although occasionally on matters of race as well — she is much more sure-footed. Not well-informed; her arguments are typically still just a collection of clichés that you’d expect to hear from a college sophomore. But at least she’s clear on where she stands and passionate about the issues." From NewsBusters, Lemon: ‘Far-Right’ Media, ‘Misogyny’, ‘Sexism’ Are Why Black Men Have Ditched Kamala. Leah Barkoukis at TownHall, Harris' Town Hall Event With Charlamagne Got Roasted in the Comments. USA Today, Harris says she remains open to reparations in interview with Charlamagne Tha God: 5 moments. From the Free Bacon, 'Black Men Are Not Political Infants': Detroit Pastor Slams Harris for ‘Exploiting’ Black Voters, Says ‘Virtue Signaling’ Won’t Work. Althouse, Kamala Harris asserts that Donald Trump has said he will "Terminate the Constitution United States." "I'm trying to listen to Kamala Harris on Charlamagne Tha God, but — to use her phrase — come on. What is the basis for this fear mongering?" At  OTP, Kamala Plays The Insurrection Card, Won’t Commit To Certifying A Trump Victory and Harris: $12T Reparations, "Part Of Plan To Buy Off Black Votes." From NewsMax, Trump Warns of Black Voters' Decline Amid Illegal Immigrant Crisis. Madeline Leesman, Desperation? Kamala Busted for Lying About Trump Event. From Da Caller, ‘Not Promoting Expansion’: Harris Climate Advisor Just Undercut Weeks Of Kamala Touting Her Pro-Fracking Stance. OTP, Just Call Her ‘Commiela’ Amid Report Top Ally Is CCP’s Favorite Black Man,  Firefighters Union Refuses To Endorse Harris and  Jimmy Carter Casts Vote For Harris At Age Of 100. He might as well, he's been wrong about everything else. At the TN Star, Man Wrongly Convicted for Murder by Kamala Harris Demands She Face Questions About Men ‘Framed for Murder Under Her Watch’.  Twitchy reports the Daily Wire Tracked Down Person Who Started Dishonest 'Harris Wins' Account (Just Guess). Brent Scher@BrentScher, "The pro-Kamala account @harris_wins, known for heaping praise on the Harris campaign and the source of several viral lies, is owned by a just out of college Biden admin staffer named Ethan Wolf. Taxpayers fund his $94k. New from @realDailyWire:" Da Signal, Biden-Harris Admin’s Medicare Shock for Seniors. At Twitchy, 'Glorious'! Here's the Inevitable Trump Ad Made Possible by Kamala Harris and 'The View'

The ad that became inevitable the moment the words left her lips: pic.twitter.com/cW2gprfx8B

— Guy Benson (@guypbenson) October 16, 2024

From the Free Bacon. Tim Walz Called To Eliminate Spending on National Missile Defense. Insty, IT’S A PARODY, BUT IS IT? Pretty funny TikTok on Walz, but I can't figure out how to embed it. Moving on. 

At Lawrence Person's BattleSwarm Blog, Venezuelan Gang Now In Texas Middle Schools. Da Mail,  'Evil' super gang seizes four apartment complexes in major Texas city in new terrifying show of strength. Ace, Texas Has Arrested More "Special Interest" Illegal Aliens, Some From Iran, Plus: Clips from Kamala's Filibustering Sesh "This is what we have to accept to not be called "racist" by Martha Raddatz." "Tren de Aragua has seized Just Another Handful of Apartment Complexes, this time in Texas. No big deal!" From the Free Bacon, 'I'm Not Doing This S—t Again': Border Patrol Agents Warn of Mass 'Exodus' if Harris Wins Election.

Ace, As Trump Moves To Take the Lead, the Corrupt FBI Crime Stats Stealthily Changes a Fake "Reduction in Violent Crime" Stat That They Gave Biden to Campaign on Two Years Ago "They claimed that violent crime had fallen 2.1% as a favor to El Jefe Biden." Libs of TikTok @libsoftiktok, "BREAKING: The FBI just quietly updated their crime data for 2022. Turns out it was missing thousands of crimes! The updated data shows there were 80,029 more violent crimes than in 2021. There were an additional 1,699 m*rders, 7,780 r*pes, 33,459 robberies, and 37,091 aggravated assaults." Dave Strom at Hat Hair, FBI Juked the Crime Stats, Quietly Revises.

Duane Patterson at Hat Hair wonders Let's Assume the Polling Trends Are Right and Donald Trump's About to Win. Then What?. Riots from the left, and massive resistance from government workers. Sundance, Tucker Carlson and Mark Halprin Pretend 2024 is really 1998 and Mark Halprin Predicts What Will Happen When Trump Wins – Pretends Not to Remember 2016. "In 2016 the Democrats: ~ organized a refusal to certify the election ~ boycotted the inauguration ~ claimed Russia hacked the election ~ broke out in violent protests, including arson, on inauguration day ~ put their genitals on their heads ~ conducted violent protests ~ began the Trump-Russia campaign for the next two years; then tried impeachments." Ace, Mark Halperin: The Re-Election of Trump Would Result in "the Greatest Mental Health Crisis in the History of the Country," As Leftists Literally Have Breakdowns and Pick Fistfights at Work and Even Divorce Their Spouses. And, Politico: Federal Employees Are A-Scared of Being Fired if Trump is Re-Elected, "Oh my stars and garters, no! We can't have our Cherished Civil Servants and Deep State Operatives losing their precious careers as petty tyrants and Election Fortifiers." Josh Hammer at Da Fed reports Democrats Are Launching A Judicial Power Grab In Case Of A Trump Victory. Dave Strom notes Democrats (Re)Embrace Election Denial.

Capt. Ed at Hat Hair, Wait -- Trump Leads Indies By *How* Much in New Marist Poll? +4. Quinnipac, Swing State Poll 2024: Georgia, North Carolina: Trump Holds Lead In GA, Harris On Upside Of Tight Race In NC, Quinnipiac University Poll Finds; NC Gubernatorial Race: Stein Leads Robinson By Double Digits. NYPo, Trump stretches Georgia lead in new polling, but North Carolina a jump ball and 2024 presidential election live updates from Oct. 16 "And in the latest election forecast from data guru Nate Silver — who rose to fame after accurately predicting the results of the 2008 presidential election — the Trump-Harris contest is “now literally 50/50.” Which means you're half-right no matter who wins. Ace, NYT: Why Is Kamala Losing, and Trump Gaining, Black and Hispanic Votes? "On Friday, the NYT released a new poll showing Trump poised to win the most black votes since the Civil War. Okay I made that last factoid up. But he's doing well. "VodkaPundit at PJM, Harris Is Slipping — But Why? "After years in Joe Biden's shadow and then weeks spent running for president shielded by the press in a hazy glow of warm coverage, Americans are finally getting to know the real Kamala Harris — and we just don't like her very much." Also, from Paul Bedard at WaEx, Bad sign: Most not better off than they were four years ago. Beege Welborn at Hat Hair says Shake It Up, Baby, Now! Harris Campaign Shifting Assets From WI to Shaky PA. But remember Dave Strom's admonition, Don't Get Cocky!

Matt Margolis thinks Trump’s Interview With the Economic Club of Chicago Was Epic. Lots of clips. Larry at Hat Hair has a lot of it on video, Donald Trump Destroys Lame Reporter! CNN Panel Goes Down in Flames! Beege Welborn, More, Please: 'Bussin' With the Boys' Answers Serious WaPo Inquiry Re Their Trump Interview. OTP, Trump Suggests He Will Ban Transgender Athletes By Executive Action. Ben Whedon at JTN reports Trump says he's the 'father of IVF' during women's town hall. "The Alabama legislature in March approved legislation protecting IVF providers after the court's February decision." From Da Fetched, Elon Musk Makes Epic Move to Help Trump Win Pennsylvania. Joel Kotkin at The Telegraph, Elon Musk and woke capital are locked in a battle for the future of America, "This election has exposed the sharp divisions between the US’s new feudal elites."

I&I warns Noncitizens Will Vote In November, The Only Question Is How Many? Center Square, Wisconsin, Wisconsin has 78 ballot drop boxes in use compared to 500 in 2020. Natalia Mittelstadt at JTN, Fulton County judge decides seven Georgia State Election Board rules are 'illegal'. "Fulton County Superior Court Judge Thomas Cox said that the new rules are “illegal, unconstitutional and void.”" Also,  Ohio Supreme Court upholds secretary of state's anti-ballot harvesting directive, ""Political activists tried once again to dismantle the safeguards we’ve put in place, specifically in this case against ballot harvesting, and they’ve been rejected," Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose said." Sundance, Fulton County Judge Blocks Georgia State Requirement to Hand Count Paper Ballots. OTP, Georgia Court Blocks Hand Count Rule: ‘Too Late’. Rep. Comer to Newsmax: FEMA's Ga. Response a Concern for Trump. Nicole Silvero, MSNBC’s Steve Kornacki Breaks Down How One Congressional District Could Decide Election. What ifs. 

'Bonchie' at RedState claims Ted Cruz Leaves Colin Allred's Campaign in Shambles With Masterful Debate Performance. 

Jazz Shaw at Hat Hair, Third Trump Assassination Suspect 'Hiding in Fear For His Life' and Capt. Ed reports Alleged 'Assassin' Suspect Sues Riverside Sheriff for Defamation.

Twitchy, Joe Biden Says He Wants to See Donald Trump Sentenced to Prison. Back at ya, Joe.

Jonathan Turley Liz Cheney Under Fire for Allegedly Improper Contacts with Cassidy Hutchinson. Witness tampering. Capt. Ed adds "Strictly speaking, the J6 committee was a political investigation rather than a criminal or civil probe. Ethics guidelines may apply but aren't necessarily enforced in those circumstances unless the House enforces them. Since Cheney no longer has a seat in the House, there won't be much reason for the House to take action. But it certainly speaks to an underhandedness that in this case undermined the principle of legal representation." OTP thinks Cheney Has Cashed In Her Principles, Now Endorsing Democratic Candidates.

Sundance, New Polling: Amid all National Civic and Political Institutions U.S. News Media are Least Trusted. 

Alex Berenson at Unreported Truths, Thank you for your trust and support! "Your response to yesterday's post about Berenson v Biden has been overwhelming - and heartening. Now, an update on the key facts of the case. Not the law, just what we know happened."

At Campus Reform, Buildings can be racist, concludes CU Boulder prof and ‘PIECE OF S***’: Gettysburg College admissions counselor unleashes unhinged rant against Trump supporters: "The counselor claimed that Trump supporters have no problem with misogyny, rape, and ‘overthrow[ing] democracy.’ ‘You are no different than the piece of s*** human you stand behind,’ she concluded." Capt. Ed, "I'm torn on this. Lazaro is entitled to her opinion, unhinged though it may be, as long as it doesn't interfere with her work with students. Of course, by posting this publicly, we are also entitled to express our opinion of her opinion and judgment. But unless someone shows how Lazaro's attitude has impacted students, that's probably where we should leave it." Mark Tapscott at Insty, sees YOUR TAX DOLLARS AT WORK: Leave it to the dedicated folks at Open the Books to keep digging deeply into the federal budget (as well as state and municipal budgets) and exposing more of the rottenness, despite so recently losing its founder, Adam Andrzejewski. See here as well. You’ve likely never heard of the Department of Education’s Foreign Languages and Area Studies (FLAS) grants, but your tax dollars are funding more than $283 million since 2020 through the program, including $22.1 million to 12 major universities focused on the Middle East. Among a number of the FLAS-funded programs on those campuses are professors who are blatantly teaching anti-semitism, encouraging violent demonstrations on behalf of the Hamas-dominated Palestinian population, and praising that terrorist group’s October 7, 2023, massacre of more than 1,200 Jews in Israel."

The Wombat has FMJRA 2.0: The God-Emperor Works A Shift At McD’s on time and under budget at the Other McCain.

Flotsam and Jetsam - Defining Kamala

The actual President (in name only), Joe Biden, has all but dropped out of the news, as Democrats and the media (but I redund) try to push the idea on us that Kamala Harris will be the next Preznit. However, Stacy McCain is still looking on with a jaundiced eye at ‘Sundown Joe’ and World War III "The problem with the media’s political make-believe games is that the president’s duties as Commander-in-Chief cannot be wished away, at a time when events in the Middle East are at a perilous turn . . . "@amuse@amuse, Joe Biden climbed back up the stairs of an airplane he wasn't supposed to be on, as Kamala Harris and the Secret Service watched in disbelief. He clearly has no idea where he is or what he's doing. h/t@ianmSC" I heard he went up the steps to thank the flight crew. It may even be true. Meanwhile the first son's trials and tribulation continue, Hunter Biden tax trial: Judge rules Hallie Biden will testify with immunity "Hunter Biden is charged with failing to pay $1.4 million in taxes." It's not fair, he had to give half to the "big guy," does he have to pay the taxes on that?

Meanwhile, it's pretty clear Kamala will be running for Preznit using a modification of the Biden Basement campaign, going everywhere, saying very little, or a least very little that makes sense except for promising everything possible to all the interest groups, and expecting the media to cover for her. At Da Caller, Dem Strategist Tells CNN Host Harris Will Be ‘Defining Herself’ With Ad Spending So She Doesn’t Need To Do Interviews and Segment Comes Unglued After Leo Terrell Rips Dem For Failing To Explain Harris’ Policy Flip-Flops. Capt. Ed at Hat Hair, WaPo: Obamaites Take Over Team Kamala. Take over? They've been behind the throne to whole time. At NewsMax, Larry Bell opines Democrats, Media Gloss Over Harris White House Record. ZitoSalena@ZitoSalena, "Becomes Democratic nominee for president taking zero questions from the press. Curious where the voices among the national print & cable & network news organizations & individual reporters voicing deep concerns. There is so much the public does not know." RedState's 'Bonchie' claims Kamala Harris' Public Inauthenticity Stems From Being Psychotic Behind Closed Doors. The Victory Girls point out Code Switching Is Media’s New Term for Kamala’s Phoniness. At Althouse, "Kamala is throwing a party. She doesn't believe in anything. Well, she's flip-flopped. It's not flip-flop." "Says Tim Dillon, a third of the way into his podcast that began with a description of his visit to The Sphere in Las Vegas." Ace's KT, calls her The Perfect Candidate, "zero depth, adjustable identity. You're black? She's is, too. You're Caribbean? She is, too. You're Asian? She is, too. You're Indian? She is, too. You're a mom? She is, too. You don't have kids? She doesn't either." F--- the White women': Black activists tied to VP Harris could derail Dem 'unity' message with past rhetoric, "Cora Masters Barry, Melanie Campbell have visited Biden-Harris White House over 50 times combined." Insty, WHY IS DNC-CNN SUCH A CESSPIT OF RACISM? CNN Host Explains Why These Black Men Are Likely ‘Low Info Voters’ for Their Opinion of Kamala Harris. Tom Elliott@tomselliott, "Black guys at Harrisburg barbershop tell local CBS reporter that ⁦@KamalaHarris⁩ isn’t really black: “To me, no.” Althouse, "But it’s... a different time. From school board meetings to board rooms, Americans... question whether affirmative action and diversity and inclusion programs are achieving what they’re supposed to." "Writes Jeremy W. Peters, in "Should Harris Talk Much About Her Racial Identity? Many Voters Say No. Even as Trump plays up racial divisions, many Americans said they would rather not dwell on race or identity. 'We can all see that you’re Black'" (NYT)." PJM's Matt Margolis makes the case Of Course Kamala Harris Was A DEI Hire. The Babylon Bee snarks ‘'DEI Hire' Is A Slur’ Explains Head Of DEI Hiring Department.

At OutKick, 72 Percent Of Voters Oppose Men In Women’s Sports, Don’t Realize Kamala Harris Supports It. WokeSpy reports Social Media Corrects Fact-Checking Website Over Kamala Harris’ Support For Illegal Alien Health Care Coverage. Free for all! Paul Bedard at WaEx, Voters fail Harris on border, 60% say it’s key to their vote. Sporting News Weekly finds Harris Wanted to Use Illegal Registry to Harass Gun Owners and Confiscate Firearms. 

At Hat Hair, Josh Shapiro Make-Over, Aisle Eight! Vince Dao@VinceDaoTV, "They just scrubbed Josh Shapiro volunteering for the IDF from his Wikipedia page. Damage control has been turned up to the max. Would be a shame if the Democrat base found out!" In progressive land, the future is always the same, it's the past that keeps changing. (H/T, George Orwell). Da Mail reports Kamala Harris's husband Doug Emhoff cheated on his first wife with daughter Ella's nanny Najen Naylor - and got her PREGNANT. Not really a big issue, but imagine if it were Melania. It would be headlines everywhere. At Insty, THAT WILL LEAVE A MARK: Michaelah Montgomery Sets It Off at the Atlanta Trump-Vance Rally.

This is the single most savage moment of the 2024 campaign cycle 🔥🔥🔥 pic.twitter.com/U1mK2sIsn3

— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) August 3, 2024

Reuters, U.S. labor market weakens, stocks plunge. "That heightened fears the economy was vulnerable to a recession." Fox, Harris blames Trump for latest dreadful jobs report nearly a full term after he left office "July marked the highest level for the jobless rate since October 2021." It's more likely than her taking any responsibility. Matt Whitlock@mattdizwhitlock "Loving these short, raw “courtesy of Kamala Harris” ads the Trump Super PAC is running in targeted swing areas. Grocery bills, gas prices, border chaos, crime - very strong reminders of the issues that gave Kamala Harris a 35% approval rating."

Will there be any more debates? With Biden out of the picture, Trump wants the next debate on Fox, and Kamala doesn't. Althouse, Trump rejects the old agreement to debate — with Kamala Harris swapped in for Joe Biden — and proposes a new one. But I think, in the end, the old one will prevail. "Here's what Trump wrote at Truth Social last night: "I have agreed with FoxNews to debate Kamala Harris on Wednesday, September 4th." He has agreed. She hasn't agreed, and I don't think she will. Why would she? She's boldly claimed Joe Biden's position as the Democratic Party's candidate, and she can claim status as the successor to the agreement. And she will want to, because the terms are favorable to her, and the terms of the proposed new agreement are worse. It's Fox News, instead of ABC." Also, "I spent Hundreds of Millions of Dollars, Time, and Effort fighting Joe, and when I won the Debate, they threw a new Candidate into the ring. Not fair, but it is what it is!" Writes Trump, at Truth Social. Fox, Trump agrees to debate Kamala Harris on Fox News "The Trump-Kamala debate would be held Sept. 4 in Pennsylvania." Jazz Shaw, Trump Agrees to Fox News Debate With Harris, but What About Kamala? WokeSpy, Kamala Harris Offers Ludicrous Reason Why She Won’t Debate Donald Trump on Fox News. Sarah Arnold at TownHall, Kamala Harris Declines Fox Debate With Trump, Here's What She Wants to Do Instead. She can't risk having mods that won't give her the questions in advance. If she can't have staff compose an answer for her to memorize she devolves into word salad. Nick Arama at RedState, Megyn Kelly and Others Serve Dems, Media Some Reality As They Try to Spin Kamala's Refusal to Debate.

The Peacock whines about How an Elon Musk PAC is using voter data to help Trump beat Harris in 2024 election. From Breitbart, ‘We Need to Keep Our Heads Down’: Carville Says Dems ‘Are Not Close’ to Beating Trump. Althouse, "Taiwan must be 'mentally prepared' for a Trump victory in November — and the scrutiny that will come with that..." ""... said Mei Fu-hsing, director of the Taiwan Security Analysis Center, a New York-based research center. 'If [Trump] is reelected, he will certainly demand Taiwan to significantly increase its own defense spending and be more proactive in preparing for war,' Mei said. Improved training is a key way for Taiwan to show it is taking military readiness seriously, analysts say." Sounds reasonable. At WaEx, Conservative group announces seven-figure ad campaign against battleground Democrats.

From Fox, Liberal media pundits slam JD Vance, but voters, donors give him a chance. "From being on the ground and looking at how the money is flowing, reports of JD Vance being a disastrous mistake seem way too early to be believed." Alex Thompson@AlexThomp "Josh Shapiro on Vance: “JD Vance is a total phony baloney. He is the most inorganic candidate I think I have ever seen on the national stage. He doesn’t know what he believes.”" Beege Welborn at Hat Hair, "Says the presumptive VP candidate currently having his biography scrubbed of any references to his Jewishness who would be the running mate of the biggest phony ever. Well. I'd say Harris-Shapiro are who they are, but they aren't, are they? How's that for a profound word salad. JD's gonna eat this clown's lunch." WokeSpy says J.D. Vance Provides Perfect Response To Race-Baiting CNN Question "“She is everything to everybody, and she pretends to be somebody different depending on what audiences she is in front of. I think it’s totally reasonable for the president to call that out, and that’s all he did,” Vance added."

MD Kittle at Da Fed reports Ohio Secretary Of State Finds 499 More Noncitizens Registered To Vote. Keep looking. At WokeSpy, a Shocking Video Claims 14% Of Swing State Voters Are Non-Citizens.

Matt Vespa at TownHall, We Know Why the Secret Service Never Knew Anything About Trump's Would-Be Assassin Until It Was Too Late. "It was so apparent to me that in this incident, in the final 30 seconds, which has been the focus of what happened before the assailant opened fire, there was clearly radio transmissions that may have happened on that local radio net that we did not have," acting Director Ronald Rowe said at a news conference." Paul Bedard reports Six in 10 Republicans see Biden administration’s hand in Trump shooting. It's hard not to be suspicious. OTP, Dems’ Death Cult: Sen. Tester Blasted For Praising Poster Depicting Trump Dead. Gabe Kaminsky at WaEx, Tester under fire for praising poster depicting Trump dead: ‘Sick and twisted’. Matt Vespa again, with a report that There Was a Very Strange Incident at Mar-a-Lago This Week "a Chinese national tried to infiltrate the residence of former President Donald Trump. Zijie Li, 38, of El Monte, California, tried repeatedly to gain access to the property. This was a concerted effort that quickly got the attention of the Secret Service and local law enforcement around the property following the July 13 assassination attempt on the former president in Butler, California. Li claimed to have documents tying his government to the assassination attempt (via Fox News):" Hmmm.

WaEx reports Supreme Court’s immunity ruling returns to DC Circuit Court of Appeals. "On Friday, the Supreme Court’s immunity ruling was sent back to the District of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals, which, in turn, sent it immediately down to Judge Tanya Chutkan at the district court level to address." Will she try to turn it around quickly enough to give Jack Smith another crack at The Donald before the election? She can try, but it probably won't work.

At Da Caller, Trump Did Not Lunge For Limo Steering Wheel On Jan 6, Witnesses Tell Inspector General contrary to Cassidy Hutchinson's testimony to the J6 Committee (which, admittedly, was secondhand). At OTP, Secret Service Fail: Harris Came Within 20 Feet Of Pipe Bomb On J6. But remember, the bombs (one at the RNC too) were designed not to explode, even though they had real explosives. Somehow, even though they have a license plate, the FBI has been unable to identify to bomber.

From Campus Reform a report that Prosecutors drop charges against 300+ anti-Israel encampment protesters nationwide; expert warns campus agitators might 'escalate with impunity'. Trey Hammond at CJ says Prosecute Criminal Protesters "Criminal anti-Israel demonstrators often go unpunished, even as other groups face severe sanctions."

At Hat Hair, Didn't We Just Release Cyber Criminals? CISA and FBI Warn of DDoS Cyber Attacks "Today, as part of their public service announcement series for the 2024 election cycle, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) jointly released Just So You Know: DDoS Attacks Could Hinder Access to Election Information, Would Not Prevent Voting. This public service announcement is to raise awareness that Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks on election infrastructure, or adjacent infrastructure that supports election operations, could hinder public access to election information, but would not impact the security or integrity of election processes. The PSA is part of the agencies’ ongoing commitment to provide the public with information and the election infrastructure community with the support they need to run safe and secure elections."

RVM, 2nd Female Olympic Boxer Gets Pummeled By Transgender In Paris. Da Wire's Matt Walsh, Wokeness Turns The Olympics Into A Farce.

From CJ, Leor Sapir examines The Deposition of Meredithe McNamara. "The Yale physician and expert witness in U.S. lawsuits over youth gender medicine misrepresents her clinical experience."

The Wombat has FMJRA 2.0: A Sight Not Seen For Quite Some Time up and garnering clicks at The Other McCain.

Flotsam and Jetsam - Where's Joe? Cheatle Testilies

Preznit Joe Biden has been missing since last Wednesday when he apparently fell ill with Covid in Las Vegas and was flown back to Delaware to recuperate. Now, isolating for Covid is one thin, but completely disappearing for nearly a week as the President of the United States, in the middle of election season, and during the time you "chose" to drop out of the race is another. It feels a little like the old USSR when the old premiers would go into hiding for months and even years before their deaths were finally announced. Stacy McCain, Snopes Attacks ‘Unfounded Rumor’ of Biden’s Medical Emergency in Vegas. Bob Spencer at PJM asks Where's Joe? What's Going On? Is Any of This Really Happening? Armas, The missing man. "Day two of the coup: where is the President?" Insty,  IT’S COME TO THIS: Alex Berenson@AlexBerenson "This is... not the worst idea in the world." @SpeakerJohnson Quote "Tarnsman@Vampanor "Replying to @AlexBerenson and @JoeBiden, Mike Johnson as the third in the line of succession should demand to see the President in person."  Da Mail wants to know Did Biden even sign his own resignation letter? Bizarre new theory sweeps internet - complete with photographic 'evidence'. Althouse, He announced it via Twitter... I thought that if Joe Biden was going to do this, he would've announced that he had a presser or..." Ace, Did Biden Really Agree to Withdraw? If So, Why Isn't He Making a Pubic Declaration? "The twitter post about it means nothing, because we've known forever that Biden has nothing to do with that account. Where's Joe?" Althouse again, "When will the press tell us that Democrats 'assert, without evidence,' that Biden has withdrawn?" Glenn Reynolds quips darkly, linking to something I wrote earlier this morning. NewsBusters sees ABC Huff Biden’s Drop Out Will ‘Be Used By Republicans’ Against Dems. Seize! Pounce! The Independent, Republicans seize on Joe Biden announcement to demand he step down as president immediately. Pittsburgh Gazette Pennsylvania Democrats tout Biden’s legacy, Harris succession as Republicans pounce on disarray. The Babylon Bee, America Just Kinda Curious If President Alive. and Dems Pull Off Successful Insurrection. ALX 🇺🇸@alx "Donald Trump was: -Impeached -Banned from all social media -Threatened with ballot removal -Indicted -Arrested -Convicted -Shot. And Joe Biden is the one who dropped out."

From NYPo, Top Dems threatened to forcibly remove Biden from office unless he dropped out, set him up to fail at Trump debate: sources. Forcibly, like carrying him out kicking and shouting, or like 25 Amendment? At Instapundit,  MIKE LEE: That’s a funny way to protect democracy. Althouse, "Top Dems threatened to forcibly remove Biden from office unless he dropped out, set him up to fail at Trump debate: Sources." "They were out to get him, but only after he'd sewn up the nomination, excluding all challengers. Did the old man enjoy his seeming triumph, winning the nomination — a nomination that Kamala Harris would probably not have won, had Biden dropped out a year ago — before they grabbed it and handed it to Kamala? Was the NY Post's source Hunter?" NewsMax cites Blagojevich: Obama Used 'Chicago' Way to Take Down Biden. Stephen Green@VodkaPundit, "The Most Powerful Man in the World™ got ousted by an 84-year-old member of Congress because democracy." Hat Hair's Jazz Shaw hears Hunter Supports Dad Dropping Out. Let's Figure Out Why. Pardons? Money for life? Jacob Sullum at Reason calls it Biden's Final Flip-Flop "The president's decision to drop out after insisting he never would continued a pattern established by a long career of politically convenient reversals." Lance Morrow at CJ, Pride Goeth Before a Withdrawal. Capt. Ed at Hat Hair comments "Everyone involved in this cover-up behaved despicably. That includes Joe himself, but also every Democrat who knew Biden had slipped into an active dementia progression, and every news outlet that gaslit Americans about what they could clearly see with their own eyes." Tom Knighton at TAW, Yes, Joe Biden is out, but how much really changed? Stephen Kruiser at PJM says Once Again, Joe Biden Makes Everything Weird. NewsMax cites Trump: Dems 'Stole' Race From Biden. Ace, THE MORNING RANT: “Preserving Our Democracy” – While National Democrats Purge Their Democratically Elected Nominee, Georgia Democrats Seek to Purge Competition from the Ballot. From Spiked, This is the end of the Democratic Party as we knew it. "Joe Biden’s withdrawal will open the floodgates to unrestrained California-style progressivism."  Jazz Shaw reports Trump Demands Reparations Over Biden Dropping Out, for all the money spent attacking Biden and asks, hopefully, Could the GOP Block Biden From Being Removed From the Ballot? Chris Sandford at Spec World, Biden and Nixon: presidential history is repeating itself "July 1974 or July 2024? The answer, of course, is both. "VodkaPundit takes A Look Back Without Fondness at Presidentish Joe Biden.

Tristan Justice at Da Fed agrees Joe Biden Was Never Fit To Be President. Cutie Pavlich at TownHall says We Have an Update From Biden's Doctor, the osteopath. Joel Mowbray@joelmowbray "We're only starting to dig into the cover-up of Biden's cognitive decline. Everyone knows Kamala Harris is going to be under the microscope." NYPo, Kamala Harris encourages crowd to applaud Biden in awkward first remarks on president’s retirement: ‘You may clap.’ Ace has a Shocker: The Cover-Up of Biden's Dementia Began In... October 2021 "Just eight months into his first term. Obviously the cover up began before then -- with the entire scripted "Basement Biden" strategy."

Capt. Ed, Biden's Endorsement: Revenge on Coup Plotters? ZeroHedge, "Joe Biden's F**k You": Biden Megadonor Refuses To Fundraise For Kamala Harris, but Yahoo! has a 2024 election update: Kamala Harris secures delegate support needed for Democratic nomination; will speak in Milwaukee today.  "Harris campaign raked in millions in donations after Biden endorsement." Dave Strom at Hat Hair sees Democrats Finally Unburdened By What Has Been. VodkaPundit, Introducing President Whatevs. At Liberty Unyielding, Biden drops out of presidential race, and endorses Kamala Harris, who is politically more extreme and would waste more taxpayer money. At Reason, It's Been Easy To Forget How Bad Kamala Harris Is, "But I'm here to remind you." John LeFevre@JohnLeFevre, "If you know someone who could vote for Kamala Harris, send them this thread:" Seriously. Matt Vespa at TownHall reports Axios Has a Damning Story About Kamala Harris. It's Why People Likely Doubt Her Behind the Scenes. Open the Books, VP Kamala Harris Had 92-Percent Staff Turnover During Her First Three Years "Chaos reigns on the vice president’s staff. And Harris tried to hide it by claiming that her office is not subject to the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)." At WaEx, Mark Judge worries Are Republicans ready for Kamala Harris, the queen of opposition research? Beege Welborn at Hat Hair, This Should Help: One W. Brown From San Fran Says Make Kamala President Now. Althouse, "But if it turns out that her short general election campaign doesn't go well, and if she doesn't beat Trump, how much of the blame will belong directly to Joe Biden..." "... for putting the party and Harris in this situation by discouraging anyone else from running against him by snuffing out any whiff of competition. I mean, he changed the primary calendar to favor him and him alone. He ditched Iowa and started the primaries in South Carolina, a state he knew he would win. I mean, how much of this is gonna be on him if Harris loses?" At NewMax Trump Says Kamala Harris Will Be Easier to Defeat Than Biden. Maybe, we'll see. I see the Democrats disestablishing Biden like kicking over the table in a losing chess match, hoping to force a new game you might have a chance of winning. 

Capt. Ed thinks it's Too Fun to Check: Harris' Mock Prep For ... a Media Dinner Party? and Manchin Reminds Everyone: No Avoiding an Open Convention Now. Dave Strom, Biden and Kamala Both Refuse to Meet Bibi. From the Free Bacon, Anti-Israel Radicals Are 'Hopeful' Kamala Will Cast Aside the Jewish State. They Have Plenty of Reasons To Be. Dumisani Washington@DumisaniTemsgen, "The Middle East policy difference between the Trump and Biden administrations is the difference between a depleted Iranian regime and the #AbrahamAccords vs. a revived Iranian regime and October 7. To ignore this indisputable fact is to ignore reality. Sadly, the West has been ignoring reality for quite some time."

Twitchy, THAT'S RAYCISSS! Wes Moore Calls Being President of the United States a 'Black Job' He's being talked about for Kamala's VP. Karol Markowicz at NYPo, For our kids, any Democrat win means schoolhouse madness. You mean added schoolhouse madness. 

At Variety, Hunter Biden Drops Lawsuit Against Fox News.  Capt. Ed, "This lawsuit was going nowhere anyway. Hunter is a public person in the Sullivan context, and the supposed issue of "intimate images" is a very public matter in relation to probes into Hunter's business connections to government. In fact, by making himself part of his father's policy discussions at the White House, Hunter made his judgment even more of a public issue."

Ace, Thousands of Illegal Aliens Rush the Border, to Get Biden Amnesty Before Trump Wins the White House, :They're "surging the border" como El Presidente Josef Biden le dijé."

Yes, that master of resting bitch-face, Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle testified, sort of, at the House Oversight Committee yesterday, where her appearance generated lots of bipartisan heat, but very little light regarding the attempted assassination of President Donald Trump in Butler Pennsylvania. Susie Moore at RedState, WATCH LIVE: Secret Service Director Kim Cheatle Testifies Before House Oversight Committee and Rep. Mike Waltz Gives Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle No Quarter in Oversight Hearing.  Althouse, The impassive Kimberly Cheatle is getting raked over the coals. Shooting News Weekly, Watch California Democrat Ro Khanna Eviscerate Evasive Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle. NYT whines Secret Service Director, Kimberly Cheatle, Pummeled by Lawmakers and The Questions Secret Service Director, Kimberly Cheatle, Did Not Answer. Twitchy, "This Is a Crazy Clip': Secret Service Director's House Testimony Is Making Things Look Even WORSE. Not the Bee, The Secret Service director isn't answering basic questions for the Oversight Committee so Jim Jordan went nuclear on her. Ace, Kim Cheatle Continues to Stonewall Congress; Democrat Ro Khanna Tells Her She Should Resign, "Girlbosses don't take responsibility, ever. Girlbosses crave power -- but not responsibility. When they fail, they look for a nearby White Man they can claim Failed to Position Them for Success," and Secret Service Denied Trump's Requests for More Manpower for Two Years and CHEATLE ADMITS SHE ASSIGNED FOUR TIMES AS MANY AGENTS TO PROTECT JILL BIDEN THAN TO PROTECT TRUMP (the latter in red italic all caps). Chris Queen at PJM, House Oversight Committee Calls for Cheatle's Resignation. At Reason, Secret Service Director Receives Bipartisan Condemnation in Oversight Hearing "While there was some political grandstanding among members of Congress, the bipartisan demand for answers was refreshing." Reason, The Elephant in the Room: Female Secret Service Agents. Someone should ask her to explain why there are two different sets of standards, without making any reference to sex, then let her try to explain. I have no doubt that there are roles for women in the SS, but for the most part, body guards are not it. Let them investigate counterfeiting for example. Matt Margolis at PJM, Trump’s Security Detail Believes Lack of Resources Was ‘Politically Motivated', because it likely was. 

Sean Davis@seanmdav "I didn’t believe until right now that a specific stand down order was given by the Secret Service to leave the assassin alone. But now that we know Cheatle refused to record or archive the comms (or potentially even deleted them), I don’t think there’s any other conclusion to draw."  At Twitchy, Oversight Project's Assassination Information DROP Thread Tracking Thomas Crooks Is DAMNING If True. Oversight Project@OversightPR, "Someone who regularly visited Crooks home and work also visited a building in Washington, DC located in Gallery Place. This is in the same vicinity of an @FBI office on June 26, 2023. Who’s device is this?" Thread at Oversight Project@OversightPR. Tom Knighton at Bearing Arms reports Trump Shooter's Gun Traced Using Controversial Practice. 

At Hat Hair, Dem Pollster: Trump Leads Harris in Key Swing States Too. VodkaPundit, It's Official: Nobody Wants to Run Against Trump. Stephen Green@VodkaPundit ""Black swan event" has lost all meaning." Althouse likes "My baseline view of politics... is that political parties engage in something roughly resembling game-theory optimal behavior..."

"... and undertake reasonably rational strategies in an effort to win elections and fulfill their other objectives.... As compared to Republicans’ decision about what to do about Trump, I thought Democrats had more agency about Biden following his disastrous debate. Unlike Republicans in 2016, Democrats hadn’t even bothered to hold a competitive primary — if they had, Biden’s flaws might have been even evident earlier — so the will-of-the-voters argument was weak. And unlike Trump in October 2016 following the release of the 'Access Hollywood' tape — after which some Republicans called on him to drop out — Biden wasn’t even the Democratic nominee yet since the party convention hadn’t been held. And Biden has always been a loyal Democrat who got a huge boost from the party establishment in wrapping up the nomination in 2020 — not someone who gave his party the middle finger...."

Writes Nate Silver, noting his failure to predict that Trump would win in 2016 and his early prediction that Biden would withdraw, in "Biden and Democrats make the rational choice/They're probably still underdogs against Trump, but Biden dropping out improves their odds."

I see the Democrats disestablishing Biden like kicking over the table in a losing chess match, hoping to force a new game you might have a chance of winning. Insty, SO WHO’S A BIG WINNER OUT OF ALL THESE CRAZY EVENTS? ELON MUSK. "His X (“formerly known as Twitter”) is ground zero for everything. Even the Biden Administration, which went to some lengths to destroy Musk and Twitter after Musk purchased it, wound up making its big announcement on Elon’s platform. And it’s been the most useful information channel, since the established press has been pretty useless, and is rapidly becoming moreso as it becomes clear what messages it’s supposed to be transmitting."

The Post Millennial@TPostMillennial, "JUST IN - A victim of the FBI plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Whitmer speaks out: "The FBI set everything up. They drove people; they paid for everything. They wrote the script."

Hat Hair, NEW: Federal Judge Dismisses Disinformation Czar's Defamation Suit Against Fox, Capt. Ed, "The link will take readers to an uploaded copy of the decision. The judge essentially found that what Fox reported was true, which means there's no basis for a defamation claim. The judge didn't even need to bother to apply the Sullivan standard."

From the College Fix, Challenging Biden’s Title IX rewrite easier with Chevron now gone, law professors say. A lot of things get easier with Chevron gone. Hat Hair, The 'Woman' Biden Left Paul Whelan Rotting in a Russian Jail for Wants to Be Called 'Pops'. Clown World ™ 🤡@ClownWorld_ "Brittney Griner says she wants to be called "pops" instead of mom to new baby". 

Campus Reform, Pro-BDS group defends counterprotest of 'Pride' parade, blames HRC for 'pinkwashing'. Don't you just love it when the lefties have an inhouse spat?

The Wombat makes up time with FMJRA 2.0: A Glimmer of Hope.