The Morning Report — 8/5/24

Good Morning Kids. Well, that was fast, wasn't it. As the saying goes, I guess the Left hand doesn't know what the Far Left hand is doing. Whatever the machinations and protocols between the DoD and DoJ are or were, don't think for a moment that this was Lloyd Austin displaying sanity let alone morality or patriotism. It was a purely, nakedly partisan political move.

Austin likely withdrew the deal not because it blindsided him and he was overcome with righteous indignation, but because the reaction to it was so uniformly negative. On Thursday, Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Ala.), chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, wrote to Austin saying that the deal was “unconscionable,” and declaring: “I, along with much of our nation and Congress, are deeply shocked and angered by news that the terrorist mastermind and his associates who planned the September 11, 2001 terror attacks, which killed nearly 3000 innocent people, were offered a plea deal.”

. . . Austin saw the writing on the wall. He and his fellow regime apparatchiks are trying to get Kamala Harris elected president. Why give Bad Orange Men yet another indication of how treasonous this regime really is? So he took a campaign issue off the table. He could even be angling for the vice-presidential spot, except that the woman at the top is already black, sort of, and so that DEI box is already checked. But Austin has done the regime a valuable service, and will get his reward.

Along with Mark Vanilli Milley, and top brass in all branches of service that are in the top slots because Obama effectively purged anyone he suspected of being disloyal to him and the Left, and loyal to the Constitution of the US. The result is a military that is bereft of effective leadership, morale in the ranks at an all time low, ditto enlistment and the transmogrification of one of America's most crucial societal pillars into yet another victim of Marxist/Leninist rot.

This is the woman Austin et al are hell bent on installing in the Oval Office:

Vice President Kamala Harris (D) has added her brother-in-law Tony West, who defended a convicted terrorist, to her campaign as an adviser. West is also a former Obama Justice Department attorney, the Washington Free Beacon reported on Friday. . .

. . . West in 2002 signed on to defend “American Taliban” John Walker Lindh, who was captured in Afghanistan one year earlier and subsequently indicted for providing services to the Taliban and al-Qaeda—and for conspiring to murder Americans. During the trial, West—then an attorney at the San Francisco law firm Morrison & Foerster, which was known for defending enemy combatants detained by the United States—dismissed claims that Lindh was a terrorist.

Lest we forget that Harris herself actively supported the efforts to bail out rioters, arsonists and thugs who laid waste to dozens of cities in the wake of the death of career criminal George Floyd while resisting arrest. Now four years later she and her party cheer on the mass slaughter of Jews in Israel and defend those who cheer it on here at home and join in the fun by harassing and assaulting Jews wherever they may be. And they're getting off scot-free:

The reasons why prosecutors have dropped these charges are manifold. In some cases (such as in California, Illinois, and New York), the prosecutors were partisan Democrats who approved of the riots, and thus acted to protect the rioters by dropping the charges. In several cases however the prosecutors expressed extreme unhappiness with their own action, stating that they did so reluctantly because they did not think they could win in court. . . in many of the locales where a trial would be brought (such as New York, Chicago, or California), the general population is generally in agreement with the protesters as well, and will act aggressively to find these rioters innocent. And if any are not, expect them to back down to peer pressure, much as many southerners did in the South during the Jim Crow era. . . The daunting conclusion we must draw from this is that the left remains very organized and determined to maintain its ability to commit whatever violence it deems necessary without any fear of consequences. This is the same situation the Nazis managed to create for themselves in the 1930s. It is also the same situation the Democrats and its armed wing the KKK created for itself in the South after the Civil War.
They became immune from punishment, even as they rioted and persecuted both political opponents, innocent Jews, and innocent blacks.

Funny how as a prosecutor, Harris kept many blacks incarcerated even though they might have actually been not guilty or eligible to be paroled just so she could burnish her credentials. In light of the fake outrage over those who question her black authenticity, interesting how this aspect of her life is completely ignored.

Meanwhile, bravo to the British people for standing up to madness, even though they now risk their own freedom at the hands of elected tyrants.

Too little too late? It took decades for the socialists to ruin England, it will take decades to restore Blighty, if it can be done at all given the nature of what the people are facing.

And we're facing it right here as well.

ABOVE THE FOLD, BREAKING, NOTEWORTHY
• Picture a scenario where Jigsaw’s algorithms, which are designed to detect extremist content, are repurposed to suppress political speech that challenges the prevailing narratives. In the hands of governments with a specific agenda—like the current administration, for example—these tools could be weaponized to censor dissent. If a vocal critic of government policies or a journalist exposing corruption were to have their content flagged and removed under the guise of combating extremism, their ability to speak out would be severely compromised. In this scenario, Altitude doesn't just remove extremist content; it becomes a mechanism for stifling legitimate criticism and political opposition.
  Meet Jigsaw, Google's dangerous new anti-democratic tool

On a personal note, some good news, today marks the end of my first stage of treatment for my cancer. Despite fatigue and a fair bit of emotional stress, my doctors are pleased with how I've held up so far. Mercifully, I get a month off and then I'm due for an MRI in early September and then another course of chemo for 6 months. RegularMRIs going forward after that for the rest of my life, however long that is to be.

I truly cannot express my gratitude to all of you these past months for your prayers, kindness and words of encouragement. God bless you all.

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ISRAEL vs IRAN & GAZA/HAMAS/Hezbollah . . . AND BIDEN
• The Kfir Brigade, which has been deployed in Gaza and elsewhere, is now turning its attention to the northern front.
  IDF Brigade, Fresh from Gaza, Drills for Possible Combat in Lebanon
  
• The security alert recommended U.S. citizens in Lebanon make plans to leave or prepare to “shelter in place for an extended period of time.” The alert comes as the country anticipates a retaliation effort from Israel following a missile attack from Lebanese-based Hezbollah terrorists that killed 12 children on July 27.
  US Embassy Issues Urgent Security Alert, Warns Citizens To Flee Ahead Of ‘Emergency Situations’

• REVIEW: 'Israel Victory: How Zionists Win Acceptance and Palestinians Get Liberated' by Daniel Pipes
  No More Half Measures
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• Robert Zimmerman: "The daunting conclusion we must draw from this is that the left remains very organized and determined to maintain its ability to commit whatever violence it deems necessary without any fear of consequences."
  Charges against pro-Hamas rioters have routinely been dropped nationwide
  
• 'This is a ridiculous claim,' Alireza Doostdar says of reports that 'foreign interference' spurred protests
  UChicago Prof, the Brother of a Convicted Iranian Spy, Says Iran Has Nothing To Do With Anti-Semitic Campus Protests

  
  WE-ALL-SLAM-FOR-I-SLAM

• Robert Spencer: What’s going on?
  9/11 Jihadis Get Plea Deal, 9/11 Jihadis Don’t Get Plea Deal
  
• Daniel Greenfield: Wait until after the election.
  Why Did Biden Junta Override 9/11 Plea Deal?
  
• Secretary Austin, a former Army general before becoming secretary, reserved the power to reach any such deals to himself. Addressing the bureaucrat in charge of the failed prosecution, he wrote: “Effective immediately, I hereby withdraw your authority in the above-referenced case to enter into a pre-trial agreement and reserve such authority to myself.” He added: “I hereby withdraw from the three pre-trial agreements that you signed on July 31, 2024 in the above-referenced case.”
  Secretary Austin Commits An Act Of Decency By Revoking Shameful Plea Deals With 9/11 Terrorists
  < li>“The pre-trial agreements followed 27 months of negotiations and were approved by senior Pentagon officials,” Comer said. “This timeline falls entirely within your Administration.”
  House Oversight Committee Launches Probe Into Biden-Harris White House Over Plea Deal For 9/11 Terrorists
  
• West in 2002 signed on to defend “American Taliban” John Walker Lindh, who was captured in Afghanistan one year earlier and subsequently indicted for providing services to the Taliban and al-Qaeda—and for conspiring to murder Americans. During the trial, West—then an attorney at the San Francisco law firm Morrison & Foerster, which was known for defending enemy combatants detained by the United States—dismissed claims that Lindh was a terrorist. “He is not a terrorist,” West said of Lindh during a 2002 Washington Post interview. “He did not go to Afghanistan to kill Americans.” Lindh, who also goes by Sulayman al-Faris and Abu Sulayman al-Irlandi, was later sentenced to 20 years in prison. He has refused to renounce his Islamic extremist ideologies.
  Kamala Harris’ Attorney Brother-in-Law, Who Defended Convicted Terrorist, Joins Her Campaign
  
• The radical Islamist militant group Al Shabab claimed responsibility for the attack, which started in the Lido Beach area, according to The New York Times. The terrorist organization has been locked in an insurgency against Somalia’s government for almost two decades, according to the outlet.
  At Least 32 Dead, 60 Wounded In Terrorist Attack On Somalian Beachfront Hotel

  
  OFFICIAL DEMOCRAT PARTY/LEFTIST-ENDORSED ANTI-SEMITISM, ANTI-CHRISTIANITY

• Daniel Greenfield: Every single ‘rabbi’ from ‘Jewish Americans for Kamala Harris’ belongs to anti-Israel groups.
  ‘Jewish Americans for Kamala Harris’ is an Anti-Israel Group
  
• Following his post, Bowman faced significant backlash for excluding Shapiro, with many commenters accusing him of anti-Semitism.
  Rep Jamaal Bowman Endorses All Likely Harris Running Mate Contenders Besides Josh Shapiro

  "BIDEN, And HARRIS, BORDER BLOODBATH," AMNESTY, IMMIGRATION, BORDER SECURITY

• This is a program, mind you, that never got congressional authorization and violates laws already on the books. Yet, despite the patently obvious likelihood of fraud, President Biden and border czar Kamala Harris went ahead with it anyway, flying in nearly half a million people since October 2022.
  Team Biden is shocked, shocked at massive migrant fraud — but still wants to wave them in
  
• Daniel Greenfield: Money stolen from your accounts might be funding pro-illegal advocacy.
  How California’s Bar Stole $95M From Client Trust Accounts to Fund Open Borders

  TRUMP ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT AFTERMATH

• Police said Zijie Li, of El Monte, California, attempted to get into the property on multiple occasions between July 19 and July 30, Fox News reported...
  Police: Chinese Citizen Trespassed at Mar-a-Lago, Claimed CCP Has Ties to Trump Assassination Attempt
  
• It is a conspiracy but it is not a theory.
  The Trump Assassination Attempt and the Kennedy Connection

  FIRST AMENDMENT ISSUES, CENSORSHIP, FAKE NEWS, MEDIA, BIG BROTHER TECH

• “The reality of Harris’s record on migration is far more complicated, according to interviews with three current Biden officials, 13 former officials and others tracking the issue.”
  Reuters Rides to Kamala Harris’ Rescue on the Border Crisis As Criticism Ramps Up
  
• Today’s mainstream journalists are the domestic version of Baghdad Bob. The public must learn to start treating them that way.
  Turns Out We Were Right: Dems Were Playing The Long Con
  
• ‘The Nazi era has substantially shaped the conversation surrounding trans athletes today,’ Vox claimed.
  Vox: If You Oppose Men Beating Up Women, You’re A Nazi

  THE ECONOMY, STUPID

• “We’ve lost 1.2 million jobs among native born Americans. So, all of the job gains, 1.3 million, have gone to foreign-born workers. In fact today, this is astonishing, but there are fewer native born Americans working now than before five years, before the pandemic.”
  ‘Americans Be Damned’ — Heritage Economist: Most of Biden-Harris Economy Job Growth Going to Foreign Workers, Including Illegal Aliens
  
• A Harvard study shows racial gaps shrinking, but confirms that the white working-class is being left behind.
  Working-Class Whites Anxiously Losing Ground
  
• “To put it mildly, the spike in volatility-of-volatility is a spectacle that underlines just how jittery markets have become,” Stephen Innes of SPI Asset Management said in a commentary. “The real question now looms: Can the typical market reflex to sell volatility or buy the market dip prevail over the deep-seated anxiety brought on by this sudden and sharp recession scare?”
  Japan’s Nikkei 225 index plunges 7% as worries over US economy shake world markets

  RED-GREENS, CLIMATE CHANGE HOAX, DEMOCRAT-LEFT WAR ON FOSSIL FUELS, JUNK SCIENCE, LYSENKOISM

• Green New Deal coauthor labels Harris a 'climate warrior'
  Far-Left Climate Activists Say Kamala Harris Is One of Them

  THE 2020 AND 2022ELECTION HEISTS & AFTERMATH

  
  

• Election Watch has compiled thousands of examples of a recent pattern that consists of elderly women making tens of thousands of donations of varying amounts to Democratic candidates and progressive activist groups.
  Is This the Biggest Election Fraud Scandal Ever?

  DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST AND RINO SCANDALS, MESHUGAS, CHUTZPOCRISY

• Emhoff’s statement comes after a report from the DailyMail claimed that Emhoff had an affair with the couple’s nanny, Najen Naylor, 47, and allegedly got her pregnant.
  Doug Emhoff Acknowledges Affair with Nanny

  BIDEN's DEPARTURE and AFTERMATH

• Kamala and the Secret Service look on in disbelief.
  Video: Biden Climbs Up Stairs of Airplane He Isn’t Supposed to Be On

  POLITICS

• Victor Davis Hanson: Moving forward, Donald Trump needs to focus his attack on the disastrous Biden governance of the last four years. Make Harris own it. And contrast it with 2017-21 and what will follow in 2025.
  How Trump Can Win—or Lose—the Election
  
• Following a highly publicized prisoner exchange with Russia Thursday, Kamala Harris spoke to cameras without a teleprompter for the first time since declaring her intentions for the Democrat presidential nominee, prompting questions as to whether the current VP can actually speak intelligibly without reading from a script.
  'Word Slaw': Harris Spoke Off-Script During Prisoner Swap, and It Went..Well, Like This
  
• Miranda Devine: No wonder her handlers won’t let her out without a teleprompter. Biden at least had the excuse of age-related cognitive impairment for his verbal imbecility, but what is hers? She’s either sub-moronic or she’s hiding something.
  Kamala Harris is not a woman of her word — hasn’t stuck to any leftie position since 2019
  
• While many on the left don't like Shapiro because he's Jewish and supports Israel, Fetterman, a strong advocate for Israel, has other reasons for urging Harris not to pick him. "Fetterman’s advisers suggested to Harris’ team that the senator believes that Shapiro is excessively focused on his own personal ambitions," the outlet reports. "His reservations about Shapiro reflect a long-running rivalry between the two ambitious Democrats, who have risen on parallel tracks in a politically crucial state."
  Democrat Civil War Watch: Fetterman Warns Kamala About Picking Josh Shapiro
  
• The moderate governor may have a woman problem.
  Can Pennsylvania’s Shapiro Survive Woke Scrutiny?
  
• Think July was historic? History says: beware the eighth month.
  Watch Out for August!
  
• Kamala Harris has crafted a contrived persona and a phony identity to advance her career, portraying herself as part of a “marginalized group.” The logic is something like this: If she is perceived as part of a victim class (spoiler: she’s not) based on her race, few, if any, will press her on her politics.
  Kamala of Canada — How Harris Uses a Fake Persona and Cultural Appropriation to Advance Her Career
  
• Prior to [so-called quote-unquote] President Joe Biden’s decision to quit the presidential race following his terrible debate performance against Trump, some polling indicated that Trump’s support among black men had surged as high as 30%, a figure far higher than what Republican candidates typically pull down from the demographic.
  ‘To Me, No’: Black Guys At Pennsylvania Barbershop Tell Reporter Kamala Harris Isn’t Black
  
• Trump can defeat Harris at the ballot box if he asks voters “can you name one thing she accomplished as Vice President?,”[Frank] Luntz told FOX 11 Los Angeles’ Elex Michaelson (So, she lies her ass off on camera and the rubes are mollified- jjs)
  Renowned Pollster Says Donald Trump Can End Kamala’s Campaign With One ‘Ten-Word Question’
  
• Late Friday, Trump said he agreed to debate Harris on Fox News on September 4. “The Debate was previously scheduled against Sleepy Joe Biden on ABC, but has been terminated in that Biden will no longer be a participant,” he posted on Truth Social.
  Kamala Harris Refuses Fox News Sept. 4 Debate with Donald Trump in Pennsylvania
  
• Roger Kimball: The Democrats have mutated into the party of nowhere, so it is not surprising that they prefer pleasing fantasy to sobering reality.
  Kamala Harris and the Masque of Magical Thinking
  
• Trump won’t win Minnesota easily, but it is easy to see why he thinks it could happen even though a Republican running for president hasn’t clinched Minnesota in 50 years....
  Could Trump take the North Star State?
  
• Sunday’s announcement included the formation of state advisory committees in battleground states. These committees will facilitate Republican-to-Republican voter engagement through activities such as door-knocking, phone banking, and hosting events featuring Republican figures. The campaign is also launching a digital effort where Republican supporters of Harris can share their views online to appeal to fellow Republicans.
  RINOs FOR KAMALA: Harris Camp Drafts Kinzinger’s Ex Chief-of-Staff to Try to Win Over Republicans.
  
• Clarice Feldman: The Democrats think they will pitch a fast one, less than 100 days before the election coronating a radical, not very smart candidate as a substitute for a clearly demented president.
  The Etch A Sketch Nominee and the Mullahs’ Nightmare
  
• Kamala is not going to win a fair election in November. It is impossible.
  Kamala Can’t Win
  
• Brown, who finds himself in a difficult reelection battle in a state trending toward former President Donald Trump, will also reportedly not issue a defense of President Joe Biden’s handling of the Southern Border with Mexico, per CNN. Brown will instead keep his focus on Republican challenger Bernie Moreno by attacking his character and past business practices.
  Ohio Sen. Sherrod Brown to Skip DNC, Will Not Campaign with Kamala Harris
  
• The marriage of Scott, 58, to interior designer Mindy Noce, 47, marked the first time in over 50 years a sitting U.S. senator from the Palmetto State tied the knot, according to The Post and Courier.
  ‘Like a kid in a candy shop’: GOP senator marries at 58

  FOREIGN AFFAIRS, INTERNATIONAL

• Protesters in Bristol were heard chanting slogans such as “we want our country back” and “England ’til I die.” Counter-demonstrators responded with chants of “racist scum, off our streets.” Not all protests were violent, but the confrontations that did occur followed a tumultuous week of unrest across the country.
  ANARCHY IN THE UK: Riots in Major Cities, Protesters Storm Migrant Hotel.
  
• The hardline rhetoric from the left-wing PM, who has characterised the protests and riots as “far-right,”  on the outpouring of rage and violence has been contrasted to his response during the deadly and deeply destructive Black Lives Matter riots in 2020, when he infamously took the knee in solidarity with the Marxist movement and described those involved as “people rightly demanding justice”.
  England on the Brink: Starmer Vows Swift Action Against Anti-Immigration ‘Extremists’, Gov’t Advisor Backs Covid-Style Lockdowns to Stop Riots
  
• Time is running out, as the PRC’s aggression against the Philippines is certainly calculated with one eye on the U.S. election calendar and the realization of what the CCP fears—Donald Trump’s return.
  America’s Eroding Deterrent in the Face of PRC Aggression
  
• By lifting sanctions without getting concessions, [so-called quote-unquote] President Biden strengthened Nicolas Maduro’s regime and undermined the nation’s fight for freedom.
  A Flawed Venezuela Policy Backfires

  DEFENSE, MILITARY, SECURITY AFFAIRS

• As Harris’ national security adviser, Phil Gordon brings a ton of experience to the job—and none of it good.
  Who Is Kamala’s Dr. Phil?

  ACTUAL SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY

• Unlike too many American planetary scientists recently — who have repeatedly implied that finding anything even remotely related to life processes suggests the possibility of life on Venus and Mars — the Chinese scientists don’t make the additional absurd claim that finding carbon on the Moon suggests the existence of life. It doesn’t. Kudos to them for being good scientists.
  Chinese scientists discover thin-layered graphene in Chang’e-5 lunar samples
  
• Up until this posting, I have been confidently predicting the two astronauts would return on Starliner. Now I am not so sure.
  NASA/Boeing push back final decision of Starliner return

  CULTURE WARS, NATIONAL SUICIDE

• Donald Trump, so far from a cultural outlier, is the last champion of the middlebrow.
  ‘Weird’ Tales
  
• ‘The Evil Inclination within us likes nothing better than to put on the long black coat of the pious.’
  Don’t Let Evil Don the Cloak of Religion
  
• Larry Elder: Feigned leftist outrage . . . again.
  JD Vance and Childless Cat Ladies
  
• “I have never been hit so hard in my life.”
  Men Beat Women For Sport in Our Woke New World
  
• Christian Toto: 'Reagan' star stands up for creativity in honest exchange with Patrick Bet-David
  Dennis Quaid on Oscar DEI Quotas: ‘Loss of Freedom of Expression’

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