The Morning Report — 8/22/24

Good morning kids. As Ace reported late yesterday, there is considerable scuttlebutt that RFK Jr, might actually endorse Donald Trump, perhaps tomorrow. And as our fearless leader said this would be kind of a big deal, were it to happen. Going back several months, when he decided to run as an independent given the fact that the party that is or at least was synonymous with his family name screwed him over in his quest for the nomination.

Considering that the Democrat Party, which as history shows us with absolute crystal clarity has never been in alignment with America as founded and has been absolutely subsumed now by ideologically-driven venal tyrants whose hatred for this nation as founded and those who are trying to at least attempt to reverse the trajectory of national suicide they and their lot have put us on is out in the open for all who still have eyes and a somewhat open mind to see, and are repulsed by it.

Make no mistake, RFK Jr. was and is at the very least a doctrinaire liberal, if not an outright leftist. His positions on several crucial issues, most notably free speech while certainly admirable and on the right side still did not make him a serious choice as Trump's running mate as some had suggested a while back. But that said, his pedigree still makes those on the other side of the divide sit up and take notice.

The one area that to the best of my knowledge he has been silent on has been both Israel and the eruption of overt anti-semitism here in the states emanating from the top down within his own party and with the base, both Muslims and braindead brainwashed liberals on college campuses, and in full view right outside the DNC itself. Considering his father was gunned down by Sirhan Sirhan, a so-called "Palestinian" angry about the former's unwavering support of Israel. And the irony of what's going on today hits rather close to home for the son, I would think.

With that preamble, my own view of an RFK Jr. Trump endorsement is it can't hurt Trump but it might make quite a few Democrats scratch their heads and mutter Norman Coordinate! (Star Trek reference).

It's not just his endorsement, but all the societal and economic destruction with the world on the verge of global conflict that everyone is feeling, that this would underscore. That is, it's the fault of Biden-Harris.

For all the recent finger-wagging between Democrats and Republicans over who’s the weirdest, the runaway winner in the weirdo Olympics is Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. Between the creepiness of his personal peccadillos to brain worms(!) to leaving a bear corpse in Central Park(!!), RFK Jr. is a very odd duck. . .

. . . But he had a famous name, the faint whiff of legitimacy, and the bankroll of a billionaire (courtesy of his running mate, Nicole Shanahan). That combination isn’t enough to take you all the way to the finish line, but it certainly gets your foot in the door.
And that was enough to terrify the Democrats.
So they conspired to undermine his campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination. Just as they did to protect Hillary Clinton, they rigged the rules and tilted the playing field. This is what they do. In the past, other Democrats bent their knees accordingly and went along with it (looking at you, Bernie Sanders), and the Democrats assumed RFK Jr. would do the same.

. . .Statisticians and pollsters are still crunching the numbers (and arguing over what they mean), but most evidence indicates that RFK Jr. leaving the race would benefit Donald Trump.
But that’s not going to be the true benefit of his endorsement. It’s actually bigger than that.
This is the week of the Democratic National Convention — the Democrats’ high-water mark. Their entire strategy is to use Kamala Harris’s acceptance speech to kick off their campaign in earnest, delivering Democrats up and down the ticket the momentum they’ll need to carry them to November. And you can bet your bottom dollar that among the key messages in Harris’s speech will be “us versus them” — the power of light to defeat the darkness of evil. (It’s interesting: For all the talk about the GOP being influenced by organized religion, Democrats speak in apocalyptic prose so often, it’s almost a cliché. They might not believe in Revelations, but they sure love the imagery.)
In politics, momentum is an elusive thing. Sometimes, when you lose it, you never get it back.
The value of a potential RFK Jr. endorsement is that it’s deadweight on the Democrats’ post-convention momentum. He saps their rocket fuel. Next week, instead of everyone talking about the DNC and how beautiful/intelligent/Obama-y Harris was, people will be talking, at least in part, about RFK Jr.’s endorsement.

I really cannot know what's in his heart and in his brain worm invaded mind. But the fact that his own party did not want him in a position to potentially become president must mean he recognizes as we all do that the Democrats are not what they were, or that their mythology pimped them as. That is the supposed party of the people and oppressed. Despite the fact that he chose a hardcore leftist as his running mate (more a political move to gain the seal of approval and votes of those within the base that aren't thrilled with Biden. RFK Jr. strikes me as someone that can be reasoned with on issues like the first amendment, big government overreach and fascistic cronyism vis a vis the vaccine mandates. So, that's not a bad thing in the long run.

Will the scales fall from RFK Jr.'s eyes and will he finally shed his red diapers? That might be a tall ask, but it has happened to others in the past, and given what he has personally endured throughout his life, it's a possibility. As for right now, endorsing Trump is a net positive. Because the inevitable attacks from the Dems will put a spotlight on his positions and stand in further stark contrast to their own disastrous policies, which are turning off quite a large number of their own base at a most inopportune moment. Election-thievery and rigging notwithstanding.

And with that, the interminable Nuremberg rally redux that is the DNC 2024 grinds on.

Have a good day, everyone.

ABOVE THE FOLD, BREAKING, NOTEWORTHY
• Ferguson inaugurated ten years of lies about race in America.
  A Decade of Ignorance.
  
• Victor Davis Hanson: Have those who lectured us about democracy in danger now decided to save it by destroying it?
  Who Is ‘Destroying Democracy in Darkness

ISRAEL vs IRAN & GAZA/HAMAS/Hezbollah . . . AND BIDEN
• Robert Spencer: Says Iran has to strike Israel or face a bigger foe.
  Khamenei Ups the Ante
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• House Ed and Oversight committees tease subpoena after admin fails to produce 'suspicious activity reports'
  Biden-Harris Junta Stonewalls Congressional Probe Into US Nonprofits Bankrolling Pro-Hamas Protests

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

• Vice President Kamala Harris is campaigning on solving the border crisis, but 69% of voters believe she supports “open borders,” including the majority of Democrats, according to a late July Hard-Harris survey. The male voters featured on “Fox & Friends” told co-host Lawrence Jones that the junta has allowed illegal immigrants to enter, threatening black Americans’ jobs and benefits.
  ‘It Hurts Black People’: Chicago Barbershop Voters Unload On Democrats Over Immigration Policy
  
• Biden’s Border Czar is going to need a bigger bag of Doritos to deal with the consequences of her big border debacle.
  Report: Biden-Harris Junta Has Lost Track Of Up To 300,000 Illegal Alien Kids (search in Joe Biden's shower - jjs)
  
• Those who might be tempted to dismiss this as a political stunt are likely missing the point that’s staring them in the face. The rules are being applied selectively and to the advantage of Democrat Party elites.
  Venezuelan Illegal Alien Denied Access to DNC; Kamala’s Convention Is More Secure Than America’s Border

  CIVIL WAR 2.0: J-6 FBI FALSE FLAG "RIOT" & AFTERMATH, LEFTIST PERSECUTIONS, DEMOCRAT PUTSCH, AMERICAN DISSOLUTION

• What actually happened on January 6, 2021...and what are Democrats today saying happened instead?
  The Many Lies of Jamie Raskin

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

• The ratings crash suggests that Vice President Kamala Harris is far less popular than the media purported.
  Nielsen: DNC Television Ratings Crash 22% from 2016
  
• Between July 21, when Biden dropped out, and August 17, the Big Three gave Harris 66% more coverage than Trump.
  Media Gives Harris 84% Positive Coverage and Trump 89% Negative Coverage
  
• Adding to this point, Illinois Gov. J.B. [sitz-]Pritzker spoke at the convention on Tuesday night and claimed that Trump is “the man who left our country a total mess" while Harris is "the woman who has spent four years cleaning it up." If she cleaned it up, why isn't she campaigning on that message? Instead, she's claiming that she will fix all these problems that still exist. Remember, when Biden and Harris took office, they had majorities in the House and Senate. They didn't clean up any messes from Trump; they made their own messes, and Kamala now claims that she'll fix them. It doesn't make any sense.
  CNN Contributor Drops Major Truth Bomb About the DNC's Messaging
  
• Trump secured the backing of 17% of black voters in a CBS poll published on Sunday, a significant increase from the 12% he received in a 2020 CNN exit poll and nearly identical to the support he got in a CBS poll released Aug. 4. CNN host Brianna Keilar and the network’s senior political commentators David Urban and Van Jones said it is a significant issue for Harris to lose black and Hispanic voters to Trump and that the vice president needs to ensure she maintains them if she wants to win the election.
  ‘Real Problem For Kamala Harris’: CNN Panel Sounds Alarm About Trump’s ‘Great Deal Of Support’ From ‘Black Men’

  THE ECONOMY, STUPID

• Wednesday’s downward revision has also heightened concern that the Federal Reserve has waited too long to begin cutting interest rates, Bloomberg reported. If the FOMC hesitates to cut rates for too long, it could result in recession instead of a soft landing — an economic slowdown in which inflation is brought down without causing recession.
  ‘Recession May Have Already Begun’: Biden Admin Admits It Overestimated Employment By Nearly 1 Million Jobs
  
• A federal judge struck down a Biden junta diktat on Tuesday that banned employers from using noncompete agreements, which would have affected the contracts of millions of Americans.
  Judge Strikes Down Biden junta Rule Affecting Millions Of Workers

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

• Treasury Department's decision 'highly irregular and problematic,' former ambassadors say
  Biden-Harris Junta Gives Chinese-Owned Green Energy Facility Free Pass in NatSec Crackdown on Foreign Transactions
  
• Biden-Harris junta promised $9.2 billion to boost Ford's struggling EV business
  Ford Abruptly Axes Electric SUV Plans Over Slowing Demand, Despite Billions from Biden-Harris Junta

  EDUCATION, AND WHAT PASSES FOR IT

• “I’m a transgender woman, my pronouns are ‘she/her,’” Nory continued. “And I will only accept those pronouns. I will not be addressed any other way. And in the workspace I am protected. And our students should be, too - especially when they’re not over 18, and they don’t have a voice.”
  But Conservatives Are 'Weird'? School Board Meeting Goes Viral For All the Worst Reasons
  
• The University of Kentucky is the latest school to close its Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) offices, joining public colleges in Texas, Florida, and Alabama in eliminating programs that encourage discrimination based on race and sex.
  A Win for Merit: University of Kentucky to Close Its DEI Office
  
• Robert Zimmerman: "The most shameful aspect of this story is how quickly so many people accepted these false charges on their face, without any skepticism."
  Pushback: Parent sues Denver school board and four of its board members for slander
  
• Teachers and students are fleeing government schools in record numbers, saving themselves by abandoning a sinking ship.
  Public school crisis: seeking alternatives

  ABORTION

  
  

• “I think this convention is going to be abortion-palooza. In response to them providing abortions, we would provide actual support to women in need. So, we started a diaper drive.”
  ‘Absolutely Disgusting’: Pro-Life Democrats Might Leave Party Over DNC Abortion Van

  THE 2020 AND 2022ELECTION HEISTS & AFTERMATH

• There is a very real chance that, if the Biden-Harris-Adams playbook succeeds, illegal immigrants will determine the future of our nation’s leadership....
  New York City is the Left's testing ground for turning illegal immigrants into voters

  POLITICS

• Last month, RFK Jr. spoke with former President Trump shortly after Trump had been shot by would-be assassin Thomas Matthew Crooks and discussed childhood vaccines, a topic about which RFK Jr. has expressed skepticism. When the call was leaked by RFK Jr’s son, he apologized directly to Trump, saying he should have told the videographer with him to stop filming.
  REPORT: RFK To End Prez Bid, May Back Trump to Stop Kamala.
  
• In politics, momentum is an elusive thing. Sometimes, when you lose it, you never get it back. The value of a potential RFK Jr. endorsement is that it’s deadweight on the Democrats’ post-convention momentum. He saps their rocket fuel. Next week, instead of everyone talking about the DNC and how beautiful/intelligent/Obama-y Harris was, people will be talking, at least in part, about RFK Jr.’s endorsement.
  The PR Value of the RFK Jr. Endorsement
  
• The Trump campaign unveiled the website during the Democratic National Convention, during which Democrats have been reluctant to talk about specific policies.
  Kamala Harris Doesn’t Have a Policy Page, So Trump Created One For Her
  
• In other words, these aren’t examples of Harris going off script. This is her script. Which suggests that she’s even dumber than we thought.
  Kamala’s ‘Duality Of Democracy’ Word Salad Is Worse Than You Think
  
• Democrats have 'something better to offer,' but they won't say what it is
  Lyin' Tim Walz Wants To Be Your Neighbor
  
• John Edwards was there!
  Scions, Spouses, and Dick Jokes, Oh My: Day 2 of the Democratic Convention
  
• “The discipline is impeccable.”
  The Art of Saying Nothing at the DNC
  
• There is little to differentiate the kooks setting things on fire outside the Democrats’ convention from the kooks setting rhetorical fires inside.
  Tweedle-Kam and Tweedle-Tim
  
• Will they only go back to “acting crazy” if Trump?
  DNC Black Caucus: ‘After 70 Days, We Can Go Back to Acting Crazy’
  
• However, the lead she had before the convention is gone. It's not only been wiped up, but as of the morning of the third day of the convention, Donald Trump has also regained the lead. By the second day of the convention, Trump had a one-point lead. As of this writing, he has taken a five-point Polymarket lead over Harris.
  It Looks Like the DNC Is Backfiring on Kamala Harris
  
• DAVID HARSANYI: It’s one thing to exaggerate your political accomplishments or lie about your political opponents. Walz isn’t the first politician to spin some fiction about a drunk driving arrest. All in the game.
  There Is Something Really Demented About Tim Walz’s Lying
  
• Trump has truth and an admirable record on his side, while his opponent is part of a failed presidency. Stick to the facts!
  How Trump Can Win (Or Lose)
  
• The former first lady didn’t seem like someone who wants to be president in her turn at the DNC.
  The Mystery of Michelle Obama
  
• David Harsanyi Part Deux: If a person was forced to pick one word to describe the third night of the Democratic National Committee it would probably be “exhausting.” It was nearly 11 pm, three hours into the prime-time portion of the day, when our monotonous Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg finally hit the DNC stage. Now, I’m not a professional political advisor, but one highly doubts that voters — most of whom would be waking up for work on Thursday – were clamoring to hear from the bungling head of the least important bureaucracy in the country
  Is this exhausting, over-long Dem convention convincing any voters?
  
• Daniel Greenfield: Class warfare has always been a hobby of the rich.
  Michelle Obama, Who Makes $750K Per Speech, Attacks Rich Who Take “More than they needed."
  
• “It is our hope that readers will learn from California’s mistakes and be inspired to help their states and communities avoid making a wrong left turn – instead making the case for market-based reforms,” said co-authors Kerry Jackson and Tim Anaya. “Our book is a warning for the rest of the country.”
  ‘The California Left Coast Survivor’s Guide’
  
• The former Republican speaker of the House failed to oust his Floridian enemy.
  Matt Gaetz Beats McCarthy-Backed Primary Challenge
  
• The Democrats have spent the first two days griping about former President Donald Trump, the Republican presidential nominee for the third straight election, whipping out as many ludicrous insults as they can. They have been mostly policy-free in their speeches, instead spending their time on stage trying to convince themselves that working-class voters are not abandoning Democrats in droves and that abortion really is the quintessential issue of this millennium. Neither is true, so they are basically stuck with running on “good vibes” and having DJs play cool playlists while they do fake ceremonial votes that celebrities like rapper Lil Jon make surprise appearances at.
  TAMPON TIM CHANTS ’IF WE FIGHT, WE WIN’…SUGGESTS DEMS ARE LOSING THE ELECTION RIGHT NOW

  FOREIGN AFFAIRS, INTERNATIONAL

• The meeting is just one of several that President Macron will be holding with multiple parties as the National Assembly struggles to form a working coalition and put forward a prime minister. The previously controlling globalist-progressive bloc loyal to Macron is now in second place behind a far-left bloc, with Le Pen’s party in third—despite winning the popular vote—as the single-largest party in the legislature.
  Globalist Macron Meeting With Populist Le Pen Amid Struggle to Form French Govt.

• Members of the left-extremist Antifa organization in Germany have called on supporters to carry out violent acts against properties associated with the populist Alternative for Germany (AfD) party and its supporters. The X (formerly Twitter) account Rote Flora, named for a well-known Antifa squat in Hamburg, posted a picture of a new billboard, which lists “13 things you can do against the AfD,” including attacking AfD members and links to a website suggesting additional violent actions.
  Antifa Unveil Billboard Encouraging Terrorism Against Populists.

  DEFENSE, MILITARY, SECURITY AFFAIRS

• “If an American goes to China 30 times in the ’90s, they have surveillance footage of him,” FNC host Jesse Watters said. “They have surveillance footage, probably of his honeymoon night. What kind of compromise is that? They were worried about Trump in a pee tape situation, but that was all made up. This is serious business.”
  Comer: Very Possible China ‘Grooming’ Walz to Get a Foothold in U.S. Government

  ACTUAL SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY

• All of NASA’s actions in the past three weeks have suggested an increasing involvement by upper management, possibly including White House officials.
  NASA delays Starliner return decision to end of month
  
• Polaris is what astronomers call a Cepheid variable star, which changes brightness on a very precise schedule as its diameter grows and shrinks. In the case of Polaris, that variation is four days long.
  The North Star has spots!

  CULTURE WARS, NATIONAL SUICIDE

• Christian Toto: Rebel comic humanizes former president, reaches invaluable independents
  Why Trump’s Theo Von Interview Should Scare Team Harris
  
• "Let us choose optimism over cynicism and let us include inclusion over retribution”
  Daniel Greenfield : Oprah, Who Said Old White People “Just Have to Die”, Urges “Inclusion

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