The Morning Report — 9/23/24

Good Morning Kids. It certainly seems as if Israel will be expanding its justified, and in reality, ongoing (since 19-forty-eight) self-defensive war of national survival – That is this latest chapter which began on 10/7 of last year with the subhuman Islamic monsters' invasion from Gaza, north into Lebanon. The mind-blowing – both quite literally and figuratively, mass detonation of thousands of pagers, cell phones and walkie talkies which vaporized Hezbollah operatives before they could attack Israel from the north to relieve pressure on their compatriots being turned into Rachel Corrie pancake breakfasts.

That said, the savages launched missiles towards Israel to which the Israelis returned fire, and massively.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) unleashed a new round of attacks against Iranian-backed Hezbollah terrorists in southern Lebanon on Saturday, conducting airstrikes that resulted in powerful explosions ripping through the night sky.

“The IDF completed an additional series of strikes in southern Lebanon since the afternoon, with the direction of the IDF Intelligence Directorate, the IAF struck approximately 290 targets, including thousands of launcher barrels, alongside additional terrorist infrastructure in multiple areas in southern Lebanon,”  the IDF said.

“The IDF will continue operating to dismantle and degrade Hezbollah’s capabilities and terrorist infrastructure.,” the statement added. . . The strikes came after Israel carried out an unprecedented strike against Hezbollah on Tuesday and Wednesday, detonating thousands of pagers and walkie talkies that Israel’s intelligence services had secretly built through legitimate manufacturing companies that it created as part of a plan that was at least 15 years in the making. . . The IDF noted that Hezbollah’s military top chain of command has been nearly entirely eliminated following the airstrikes yesterday.

I had pondered how the Israelis could have pulled this off so quickly if it was a response to 10/7 but 15 years in the making means that at least on some level some people within Israel's leadership understand full well who and what they are up against, as well as their own capabilities and the need to rely on unconventional warfare to neutralize an implacable, bloodthirsty enemy.

A bit closer to home, how's this for a laugh!

Someone made fun of Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Gaza City), and she and her leftist friends and colleagues are enraged. Now, rage is their default mode, so this was no surprise, but the whole incident provided an illuminating glimpse into how leftists try to arouse and exploit rage for their own purposes, and really don’t have much of anything they can use to motivate their cadres if they aren’t angry about something. It all started when Abraham Aiyash, a Democrat (of course) who is currently the majority leader of the Michigan House of Representatives, posted on X a political cartoon lampooning Tlaib. The cartoon, which was the work of Henry Payne of the Detroit News, first appeared not in the News, but in National Review. It depicts Tlaib sitting at her desk looking over at the smoking ruin of her pager and thinking: “Odd. My pager just exploded.”

. . . This is how charges of “racism” and “Islamophobia” are weaponized against those who oppose jihad mass murder and Sharia oppression of women. There is nothing “racist” or “Islamophobic” about this cartoon. It doesn’t mention Tlaib’s race or her religion. It merely makes fun of her for her unapologetic and open support of the jihad against Israel, which allies her with jihad terror groups including Hizballah.

For Tlaib and others like her, however, charging “racism” and “Islamophobia” is the all-purpose response to any criticism, no matter how mild. And why not? It works.

Speaking of Michigan and meshugas, Islamphobia; about as imaginary a concept as that of a nation and people of "Palestine" given the 1,500 year body count and ocean of blood spilled in the name of advancing Mohammedenism all over the world until it drowns in it. I give you this entry:

Democrat Gov. Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan dodged a question about whether Democrat Rep. Rashida Tlaib of Michigan engaged in anti-semitism when criticizing Democrat Attorney General Dana Nessel of Michigan over charges against anti-Israel protesters on a college campus.

Tlaib, one of several far-left members of “the Squad” in Congress, accused Nessel of taking a biased approach when she charged anti-Israel protesters in connection with an encampment at the University of Michigan, the Detroit Metro Times reported, prompting Nessel to accuse Tlaib of antisemitism in a Friday post on X. “State of the Union” host Jake Tapper asked Whitmer whether or not Tlaib’s accusation against the Michigan attorney general was anti-semitic.

I wonder if Democrat VP candidate Josh Shapiro wants to weigh in on this. HA!!!!

While the Democrats expose exactly who and what they are, Donald Trump had a rather interesting meeting with someone I would have thought would want absolutely nothing to do with him, given all of the above as well as the looming national election.

The Democrat mayor of a community with many Arab-Americans in Wayne County, Michigan, who helped lead the uncommitted movement in the Democrat primary, told Sirius XM’s Breitbart News Saturday that his meeting with former President Donald Trump last week “was very productive” and well received by the community, which traditionally votes Democrat. Hamtramck Mayor Amer Ghalib (D) spoke with Breitbart News Washington Bureau Chief Matthew Boyle in a nearly 20-minute segment on the program on the heels of his meeting with Trump in Flint, Michigan. . . Ghalib said his meeting with Trump materialized in part because many in Hamtramck and these neighboring communities are supportive of him and “the shifting dynamics” he is leading. . . “The meeting was very good,” Ghalib, who hails from Yemen, added. “I talked to President Trump about, you know, some statistics here in Wayne County and how it used to be a stronghold for the Democrats, and we always used to vote Democrat. This is not the case anymore here.” Ghalib recounted later in the interview that Trump said “he is going to end the chaos in the Middle East,” adding Trump “doesn’t want wars.”

Hamastramck or Haramtramck? Is this just another Taqqiya Sunrise, or is there something else going on? If this character is trying to appease the blue collar base, which is increasingly disenchanted with the Biden/Harris junta over its insane disaster over pushing EVs that is laying waste to their jobs among many other issues destroying the economy, on top of the Teamster rank and file seemingly leaning heavily towards Trump. Heck of a job trying to right the sinking Democrat ship. Mayor Ghalib.

Wayne County by the way was also heavily swamped in 2020 by the waters of an overflowing toilet in Atlanta on election night four years ago.

Of course, much of the rest of the Democrat Party still felt compelled to pimp this dreck:

Democrats are attempting to get funding restored to a U.N. Agency whose members participated in the October 7 mass killings in Israel last year alongside Hamas. At a press briefing outside the U.S. Capitol on Thursday, several Democratic Representatives called for reinstating funds to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) and the passage of H.R. 9649, a.k.a. the UNRWA Funding Emergency Restoration Act.Among the lawmakers pushing the legislation are Reps. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), who heads the House Progressive Caucus; Jan Schakowsky (D-IL), a staunch ally of former Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA); André Carson (D-IN), the bill’s lead sponsor; and Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), a vocal support of pro-Hamas policies. Overall, 65 House Democrats have joined Rep. Carson in cosponsoring the bill.

Yes, the ongoing conundrum of why Jews continue voting Democrat and Democrat politicians eagerly stick their heads in the nearest oven remains a mystery that I and others here and elsewhere have tried to wrap our non-gassed and decapitated heads around for years.

But, that said how does one explain the equally puzzling affinity for Islam that blacks have considering the history of the global African slave trade that by the way continues to this very day.

From its inception, Islam's history with the West has been one of unwavering antagonism and seismic clashes, often initiated by the former.  By the standards of history, nothing between the two civilizations is as well documented as this long war.  Accordingly, for more than a millennium, both educated and not so educated Europeans knew — the latter perhaps instinctively — that Islam was a militant creed that for centuries attacked and committed atrocities in their homelands, all in the name of "holy war," or jihad. These facts have been radically "updated" in recent times.  According to the dominant narrative — as upheld by mainstream media and Hollywood, pundits and politicians, academics and "experts" of all stripes — Islam was historically progressive and peaceful, whereas premodern Europe was fanatical and predatory.  Whatever else can be said about such topsy-turvy claims — and there is much — they raise the question: if such a formerly well known, well documented, and bloody history could be revised in a manner that presents its antithesis as the truth — with little objection or challenge — what then of Islam's more subtle but also negative influences on history, the sort that, unlike the aforementioned centuries of violence, are not copiously documented or readily obvious but require serious historical investigation? Take Islam's role in facilitating the transatlantic slave trade — which is otherwise almost always presented as an exclusively European enterprise.

Speaking of the upcoming election, as well as the disaffection of blue collar workers for the Democrats, as well as what may or may not happen in the key swing states, There are several links in the Politics section regarding one of the most crucial, the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, that seem to bode well for Donald Trump this go around. Of course, flooding Atlanta toilets and other possible and/or probable Democrat election rigging notwithstanding.

Senator John Fetterman (D-Pa.) is warning Democrats not to underestimate Donald Trump's strong support in Pennsylvania, which is widely believed to be this year’s tipping-point state At the Atlantic Festival, he told Jeffrey Goldberg the race would be closer than many Democrats believe, noting that Trump’s influence has increased since his recent assassination attempt at a rally in the state.. .

This is not the first time Fetterman has suggested that the election in Pennsylvania would be really close, but he also said he believed Kamala would ultimately win.
 "I think if you match up Trump and Harris, which I think that's really what that this is really about, and I do believe [she’s] gonna win Pennsylvania,” he said back in August. “And, of course, it's gonna be close, but I've been maintaining that whether it's Biden, whether it was Clinton, or whether now it's with vice president Harris. It's gonna be very close, and I do believe she's gonna prevail.”
Fetterman, of course, also believed that Biden would win Pennsylvania, despite the unmistakable signs of Trump’s strength there. Before Joe Biden dropped out, Donald Trump held a nearly five-point lead in the RealClearPolitics average in the state, which was huge considering that "old Scranton Joe" has deep roots in the state yet was still struggling to keep up.
It’s also worth noting here that Fetterman may be somewhat responsible if Kamala Harris loses his state. He lobbied hard against her picking Gov. Josh Shapiro, and it is widely believed that had she picked Shapiro, she’d have a more consistent and solid lead in the state.

Oh, Lumpy. You're making me cry. Three guesses why Shapiro wasn't picked.

Have a good day.

I'm sure our friend and polling and elections guru extraordinaire Dave in Florida has thoughts on all this.

ABOVE THE FOLD, BREAKING, NOTEWORTHY
• Victor Davis Hanson: As a general rule, anytime we read an election-cycle solicited letter from retired functionaries, replete with their grandiose former titles, we should completely discount it.
  Our So-called ‘Experts’ and their Silly Group-speak Letters
  
• Miranda Devine: Whether it’s Jill or someone else running the country, the bottom line is that we don’t have a functional president. 
  Who exactly is running the country? Certainly appears to be Jill Biden — and not Joe
  
• The Censorship Industrial Complex is now beginning to get baked into the university system for those who want to be diplomats and spooks. 
  Here's How Sinister the Deep State 'Blob' Censorship Operation Really Is

CIVIL WAR 2.0: J-6 FBI FALSE FLAG "RIOT" & AFTERMATH, LEFTIST PERSECUTIONS, DEMOCRAT PUTSCH, AMERICAN DISSOLUTION
• that’s not the kicker. Ready for this? – “Previously concealed by the Biden-Harris Administration’s Department of Defense, the Subcommittee has uncovered statements by key personnel involved in the deployment of the D.C. National Guard to the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021. These new transcripts indicate that senior Pentagon officials unnecessarily delayed the DC National Guard response to the Capitol on January 6 due to “optics” concerns. The DoD IG claims that the actions at the Pentagon were “reasonable in light of the circumstances” at the Capitol on January 6, 2021. The IG also determined that “DoD officials did not delay or obstruct the DoD’s response to the [U.S. Capitol Police’s] [Request for Assistance] on January 6, 2021.”
  BOMBSHELL! New House Committee Docs Reveal DoD Concealed Trump's J6 Request for Nat'l Guard
  
• The corrupt institution known for covering for the Biden regime appears to be risking its neck to protect Democrats’ derrières again.
  SCOTUS Threats Suggest Democrats’ Attacks On The Court Encourage Politically Motivated Terrorism

  TRUMP ASSASSINATION ATTEMPTS AFTERMATH

• "I worry about you," Trump told Kilmeade.
  Trump Says He Is Worried About Family’s Safety Following Assassination Attempts
  
• Asked if “the feds [are] being cooperative” in Florida’s efforts to investigate Ukraine-linked Democrat donor Ryan Routh for attempted murder—a state crime rather than a federal crime—Trump’s former rival responded: “The answer’s no, they’re not being cooperative.”
  Feds Obstructing State Investigation of Trump Assassination Attempt.
  
• It seems that the U.S. Secret Service is playing an increasingly dangerous role in U.S. politics.
  Lots of ‘Coincidences’ in Trump Assassination Attempts
  
• The embarrassing failure that is Garland’s DOJ.
  Trump Assassination Attempts and Selective Justice

  ISRAEL vs IRAN & GAZA/HAMAS/Hezbollah . . . AND BIDEN

• Israel hit nearly 300 Hezbollah targets, including thousands of launcher barrels that were about to fire rockets at Israel.
  Israel Unleashes Fury On Hezbollah In New Round Of Strikes
  
• Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu said his country will take "whatever action is necessary" to weaken Hezbollah and alluded to last week’s mass pager and radio attacks as a "series of blows" the terror group did not expect. Israel bombed nearly 300 Hezbollah sites on Saturday in a bid to thwart the terror group's upcoming attacks. "If Hezbollah didn’t understand the message, I promise you it will understand the message," Netanyahu said, adding that he intends to return more than 50,000 displaced Israelis to their homes in northern Israel.
  Hezbollah Promises 'Battle Without Limits' as Israel Fends Off Missile Attacks Deep In Its Territory
  
• Democrats are attempting to get funding restored to a U.N. Agency whose members participated in the October 7 mass killings in Israel last year alongside Hamas. At a press briefing outside the U.S. Capitol on Thursday, several Democrat Representatives called for reinstating funds to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) and the passage of H.R. 9649, a.k.a. the UNRWA Funding Emergency Restoration Act.Among the lawmakers pushing the legislation are Reps. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), who heads the House Progressive Caucus; Jan Schakowsky (D-IL), a staunch ally of former Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA); André Carson (D-IN), the bill’s lead sponsor; and Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), a vocal support of pro-Hamas policies. Overall, 65 House Democrats have joined Rep. Carson in cosponsoring the bill.
  Dems Demand More Cash for Hamas-Linked Group.
  
• Even after multiple assurances from [so-called quote-unquote] President Joe Biden over recent weeks and months that an Israel-Hamas ceasefire could be right around the corner, U.S. officials are reportedly privately starting to concede that he won’t be able to help secure a deal before his term ends.
  Sponge-brain Shits-Pants Biden Claimed For Months That Gaza Ceasefire Was In Sight — Now His Own Officials Reportedly Think It’s A Pipe Dream
  
  * * * * *

• Robert Spencer: And why not? It works.
  Tlaib Cries ‘Islamophobia’ Over Cartoon Showing Her with Exploded Pager
  
• Democrat Gov. Gretchen Whitmer of Michigan dodged a question about whether Democrat Rep. Rashida Tlaib of Michigan engaged in anti-semitism when criticizing Democrat Attorney General Dana Nessel of Michigan over charges against anti-Israel protesters on a college campus. (It's Blue on Joo! - jjs)
  ‘I’m Not Going To Get In The Middle’: Whitmer Won’t Say If Rashida Tlaib Launched Anti-Semitic Attack On Michigan AG

  WE-ALL-SLAM-FOR-I-SLAM

• Police are seeking witnesses to aid in their investigation of a fatal stabbing on Thursday night in Rotterdam, in the Netherlands. The attack resulted in one death and left another person seriously injured. The suspect is a 22-year-old man who was apprehended after being subdued by bystanders and officials.The deadly assault took place near the Erasmus Bridge, a prominent landmark in the city. A 32-year-old local lost his life, while a 33-year-old from Switzerland sustained severe injuries. The suspect reportedly wielded two large knives during the attack.
  Another European Terror Attack Just Happened and No One Is Talking About It.

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

• David McCormick Op-Ed: The anniversary of last year’s brutal massacre in Israel by Hamas of nearly 1,200 people, including more than 40 Americans, is quickly approaching. But Casey and his colleagues are about to leave DC for the campaign trail without strengthening our laws to combat antisemitism on college campuses here at home.
  Falling down on antisemitism is another grim example of Sen. Bob Casey’s lame ‘leadership’

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

• Assimilation is really what this whole controversy is about. (The refusal to assimilate - jjs)
  Please don't eat my cat
  
• In a coordinated operation late Wednesday night, the New York City Police Department (NYPD) executed a raid on a brothel located on Roosevelt Avenue in Jackson Heights, Queens. The illicit business is alleged to forcibly employ illegal immigrant women brought to the United States by human traffickers. They are forced to work off their debt—sometimes as high as $50,000—through prostitution at the 24-hour establishment.The NYPD vice squad, along with members from the 110th Precinct, arrested both illegal immigrant prostitutes and customers in the so-called “Market of Sweethearts.”
  https://thenationalpulse.com/2024/09/20/police-raid-24-hour-migrant-brothel-in-market-of-sweethearts/
  
• A visit to Springfield finds a small city where thousands of poor Haitians, aided by pro-immigrant charities, have swamped social services and flooded the workplace with cheap labor
  'Why Would They Be Eating Animals? They Have Vouchers!' Springfield, Ohio, Overwhelmed by Haitians and a Housing Crisis, Has Much Bigger Problems Than Pet Rumors (Rumors?! - jjs)
  
• People who follow the rules to bring a foreign-born spouse to America are discovering the big rule: Follow the rules and get punished; break the rules and get rewarded.
  Harris and Biden Putting Illegal Aliens First and Americans Last
  
• The gang, known as Tren de Aragua, has made headlines in recent weeks with its criminal activities in multiple states, according to multiple reports. Yet, border authorities have virtually zero tools to detect Venezuelan migrants’ affiliations with the gang, as the U.S.’ diplomatic relationship with the beleaguered country is effectively on ice, experts told the Daily Caller News Foundation. (The criminal gangster collective called the Democrat Globalists played a not insignificant role in this - jjs)
  Here’s How A Venezuelan Gang Was Able To Infiltrate The US And Wreak Havoc In Major Cities

  BIDEN CRIME FAMILY REVELATIONS

• Acting like this was a perfectly normal event, [MSNSDAP] reported that Jill Biden talked about “inequities” in medical research during the meeting, with the network adding that both she and her husband - you know, the actual elected president - have “a lot of work that they both intend to do during their last few months in office here.”
  So...Jill Biden's Leading Cabinet Meetings Now?

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

• You’ve never seen a field journalist retreat from a conversation as fast as MSNBC field reporter Maggie Vespa when she realizes she might face the slightest bit of criticism for her “coverage” of the migrant crisis in Ohio — which amounts to “debunking” the verifiable claims of Haitian pet-eating while ignoring the larger issue of 20,000 foreigners dumped in a small town of 58,000 virtually overnight.
  MSN-SDAP News Actress Confronted Over Migrant Coverage, Bodyguard Assaults Journalist
  
• We’ve seen this behavior in history’s bloody revolutions. The revolutionaries and their followers believe so deeply in their cause they’ve been willing to kill and destroy. (Of course, those at the top, the Lenins, the Castros, the Guevaras, the Sandinos, and the Ortegas are interested only in power. The revolution is a cover for their tyrannical ambitions.)
  Why Do Media Think Democrats Are Worth Cheating For?
  
• New York Magazine’s Washington correspondent, Olivia Nuzzi, is on leave following allegations of an inappropriate relationship with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. The magazine says the reporter, who once wrote an article complaining about Hollywood portrayals of female journalists sleeping with sources, has “acknowledged to the magazine’s editors that she had engaged in a personal relationship with a former subject relevant to the 2024 campaign while she was reporting on the campaign, a violation of the magazine’s standards around conflicts of interest and disclosures.” (She's gone because he went off the reservation bigly - jjs)
  NY Mag Reporter Olivia Nuzzi Suspended for ‘Personal Relationship’ with RFK Jr.

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

• We are a civilization embracing suicide.
  Climate Hysteria and the End of Hope

  CRIME & PUNISHMENT, NON-DOSTOYEVSKY

• Birmingham Police Department (BPD) officers responded at about 11 p.m. to reports of multiple shots fired in the Five Points South Entertainment District in downtown Birmingham, according to a BPD video report on the incident.
  Gunmen On The Run After Leaving 4 Dead, 18 Injured During Targeted ‘Hit’ In Busy Entertainment District, Police Say

  EDUCATION, AND WHAT PASSES FOR IT

• "This, from a college newspaper op-ed!  There is hope for college students!" (Hat tip to commenter MTF - jjs)
  CHANCELLOR | The Educated Fool
  
• Celebrate diversity! Celebrate other cultures! Except when they in any way diverge from the radical views of a handful of woke, American Marxists. The enlightened leftists at Barnard have invested hundreds of thousands of dollars into becoming brainwashed, ignorant bigots.
  Ivy League Idiocy: Barnard Offers ‘Queer Caribbean Critique’ Course
  
• While the group claims its voter resources are ‘nonpartisan,’ the guides indicate a clear bias in favor of left-wing candidates.
  Leftist ‘Voter Guide’ Group Pushes Its Way Into Universities

  ABORTION

• ProPublica’s attempt to blur the distinction between D&C for retained tissue and D&C to end the life of the developing baby underscores the media’s smear campaign against pro-life laws.
  Amber Thurman Died From The Abortion Pill, Not Pro-Life Laws

  THE 2020 AND 2022 ELECTION HEISTS & AFTERMATH— Plus Anticipated 2024 Shenanigans

• A chart created by Eric Daugherty, the assistant news director with Florida’s Voice, showed that in Florida, North Carolina, and Pennsylvania, Democrats were experiencing a downward trend in the number of requests for mail-in ballots compared to the same time in 2020.
  Democrats Losing Mail-in-Voting Advantage over GOP in Swing States, Florida
  
• Critics of the decision are disingenuously claiming that requiring a handout has the potential of “upending the November election” and could “[delay] reporting of results by weeks if not months.” However, the electronic count will still occur, and voters will almost certainly know the election results reasonably quickly.The hand count will simply act as a transparency measure to confirm the electronic results. While it may take time, it will occur before the results can be certified. Most U.S. states already take a week or more to certify their presidential election results.
  WIN: Georgia to Require Hand Count of Ballots to Confirm Electronic Results.
  
• The state removed over 5,000 felons as part of the effort to clean up the state’s voter rolls.
  Oklahoma Removes 450,000 Ineligible Voters From Rolls, Including More Than 5,000 Felons (Now do every state in dis. . . union - jjs)

  DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST AND RINO SCANDALS, MESHUGAS, CHUTZPOCRISY

• . . .Sean Combs was considered a “celebrity in good standing” because he was closely aligned with the Democratic Party. Kamala Harris has warmly tweeted to him, thanking Combs for hosting her town hall event. (No word on whether Kamala later attended his “freak off” after-party celebrations.) FOX News has also detailed Combs’ intimate ties to Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, New York City Mayor Eric Adams, and other prominent Democrats. For decades, Combs has supported liberal causes, including the MTV-affiliated “Rock the Vote” and launched 2004’s “Vote or Die” campaign. He’s had particularly close ties to black Democrats, especially the Obamas. Combs endorsed Joe Biden in 2020 and said “white men like Trump need to be banished” during a radio interview. So, this won’t just be a sex scandal. Before it’s over, it’ll be a political scandal, too.
  The Anatomy of a Scandal: What Happens Next with Sean 'Puff Daddy' Combs and His Ties to the Democrats?

• Daniel Greenfield: Which ambassadorship is he buying this time? Does he get to pick them from a map?
  Obama Holds Kamala Fundraiser With HBO VP Who Bought Ambassadorship for $500K
  
• The union also bragged about Harris’ phantom tough policies on the border and support for agents.
  Kamala Harris Endorsed by National Treasury Employees Union
  
• A new report said that she "violated[ed] state and local tax relief requirements."
  Democrat Senate Nominee Angela Alsobrooks Took Major Tax Breaks She Didn’t Qualify For: Report

  POLITICS

• It’s no secret that Kamala is trying to figure out how to simultaneously present herself as a “new way forward” without distancing herself too much from Joe Biden. The way Kamala speaks, you would think that Donald Trump is the incumbent president. Of course Trump is not the incumbent president, but Kamala Haris is the incumbent vice president—a fact that seemed lost on her running mate during a campaign rally in Bethlehem, Pa., on Saturday, when he declared, “We can't afford four more years of this.”
  Tim Walz Drops a Truth Bomb That Could Sink Kamala Harris’s Campaign

• Hamtramck Mayor Amer Ghalib (D) spoke with Breitbart News Washington Bureau Chief Matthew Boyle in a nearly 20-minute segment on the program on the heels of his meeting with Trump in Flint, Michigan.
  Exclusive: Arab-American Democrat Mayor in Key Michigan County Had ‘Very Productive’ Meeting with Trump, Weighs Endorsement
  
• Pennsylvania carries the most weight across all seven battleground states with 19 electoral votes and with 12 of the 15 past presidents securing their victories with help from the state. Trump and Harris are now neck and neck in Pennsylvania, and which candidate voters feel will best handle the economy could be the deciding factor for who wins the state, experts told the DCNF.
  Experts Say Major Swing State Is Once Again ‘Pivotal’ To Trump’s Chances Of Retaking White House 
  
• The anvil of Western Pennsylvania, once used to shape the nation's infrastructure, may yet forge an unexpected political realignment that reshapes the nation itself.
  The Pittsburgh Paradox Could Hand PA to Trump
  
• Now, as we gear up for 2024, Fetterman’s tone has shifted dramatically. While he previously believed Harris could secure Pennsylvania, he is no longer as confident. “I maintain that there’s nothing we as Democrats can say or do that Trump hasn’t already defiled himself with,” he remarked. “People understand who he is, and enough think that’s a feature, not a bug.”
  John Fetterman Raises the Alarm About Kamala's Chances in Pennsylvania
  
• Roger Kimball: Victory for the Democrats will depend on the perpetuation of the illusion that Kamala Harris is in any way a plausible candidate for the presidency of the United States.
  Levitation 101
  
• The event is described as being a “historic Catholic fundraiser” in which the two presidential nominees from the Democrat and Republican parties give “light roasts” that are “aimed at one another and others.”
  Report: Kamala Harris to Skip Historic Al Smith Dinner
  
• Harris accepted CNN’s invite for a debate on October 23.
  Trump Won’t Do Another Debate: ‘It’s Just Too Late, Voting has Already Started’
  
• Harris needs all the Electoral College votes she can get, but one ruby-red state plans to make it harder for her to earn theirs. Nebraska and Maine are the only states that split their Electoral College votes. In April, the Nebraska GOP proposed ending the practice, which could be a game changer for former President Donald Trump.
  If State GOP’s Plan Works, Harris’s Path To Victory Becomes Road To Hell
  
• ‘Trump Force 47 is grassroots, get out the vote, in a box. It’s a machine, and it’s all throughout the state.’
  ‘Never Seen This Before’: Georgia GOP Eyes Comeback With New Strategy After Biden’s 2020 Win
  
• Lee exposed Harris' long record of intolerance, lawfare, and persecuting peoples of faith.
  Kamala Harris comes courting the Mormons for votes -- and runs into Utah's Sen. Mike Lee
  
• The Michigan Farm Bureau has not endorsed a Republican for the Senate seat since 2006, having backed the retiring Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) in her 2012 and 2018 Senate races.
  Michigan Farm Bureau Endorses Mike Rogers over Democrat Elissa Slotkin in Pivotal Senate Race
  
• "That will be it," Trump said. (The country will be dead, and those that killed it won't rest until they kill Trump - jjs)
  Trump Rules Out Running In 2028 If He Loses Election

  THE UKRAINIAN "FRONT"

• The State Department’s former top woman on Ukraine has been an invaluable source on Americans’ involvement in the war—particularly her own.
  The Damage Victoria Nuland Has Done

  FOREIGN AFFAIRS, INTERNATIONAL

• The passage of the amendment was secured amidst chaos and accusations of corruption.
  AMLO Secures a New Judiciary for Mexico
  
• Brexit leader Nigel Farage MP has forecast that his Reform UK party can win the next British general election. He told supporters in Birmingham, England, that the party was now consistently gaining new voters, supporters, and activists, will of whom are fed up with the establishment parties.
  ‘The Sky is the Limit!’ – Farage Rallies Thousands at ‘Reform UK’ Conference.
  
• The event for the four countries’ alliance, known as the Quad Summit, took place at Biden’s Wilmington, Delaware, home on Saturday, according to the New York Post. 
  WATCH: ‘Who’s Next?!’: Biden Snaps at World Leaders, Forgets to Introduce India’s PM Modi
  
• Woof. A bigger collection of self-important bee-essers is not to be found anywhere on planet Earth.
  Ben Rhodes and 740 of his closest friends praise Kamala Harris as 'an effective leader able to advance America's security interests'

  DEFENSE, MILITARY, SECURITY AFFAIRS

• “That whole thing that happened in Lebanon with the pagers and walkie-talkies should be a wake-up call to our readership and listeners that we need a Plan B. Our grid could go down, and our systems could go down, which is why I’m thinking about pagers.”
  Emergency Plan B: “I’m thinking about pagers”

  DOMESTIC AFFAIRS, THE COURTS, WASTE/FRAUD/ABUSE

• City-imposed residential segregation contributed to the infamous episode.
  How Public Housing Fueled Boston’s Busing Riots

  HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE

• While the East Coast is winding down from the dengue drama,the West Coast may be in the middle of its “break-bone fever” season.
  LA County Reports ‘Unprecedented Cluster’ of Locally Acquired Dengue Fever
  
• “The workout on Monday was led by a graduate of the university who had completed Navy SEAL training. . . Our thoughts are with the players and their families, and we are hoping for their quick return to good health under the care of local medical experts,” Collins said in a written statement.
  A Dozen Tufts University Lacrosse Players Diagnosed with Life-Threatening Muscle Condition After Workout

  ACTUAL SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY

• Meanwhile, another asteroid is flying close to Earth and China’s preparing its own planetary defense test.
  A Second ‘Moon’ Will Soon Orbit Earth (No, this is not a reboot of Space 1999 - jjs)

  FEMINAZISM, TRANSGENDER PSYCHOSIS, HOMOSEXUALIZATION, WAR ON MASCULINITY/NORMALCY

• South Yorkshire Police released a statement after the event, saying that 34-year-old Ben Lindsay of Fitzwilliam Street, Barnsley, was arrested during the demonstration. He was charged with two counts of assault by beating and released on conditional bail. Users on social media identified Linsday as the culprit behind the attack on Keen. 
  Man arrested after attack on women’s rights advocate Kellie-Jay Keen during UK event
  
• Bow, New Hampshire seems an unlikely place for the next episode of the gender wars to unfold. But thanks to a district superintendent who wants to control how people think, the battle was joined in earnest.
  School Calls Cops on Parents Wearing 'XX' Armbands at Girl's Soccer Match to Protest Trans Player

  CULTURE WARS, NATIONAL SUICIDE

• While national Democrats and the Harris campaign have touted Swift’s endorsement for almost two weeks now, it appears that the pop star’s backing has done little to move nationwide and battleground polls. The 2024 presidential race remains essentially a toss-up between Trump and Harris.
  NYT Data: Donald Trump More Popular Than Taylor Swift.
  
• Where are the superstars of yesteryear?
  Taylor Swift, Harbinger of Senescence
  
• Christian Toto: Pop superstar's mea culpa stands in stark contrast to these celeb lies
  The Ugly Truth Behind Janet Jackson’s Kamala Apology
  
• If after Kaepernick you still watch this, then you're part of the problem - jjs
  NFL’s ‘Nonpartisan’ Voter Registration Effort Partners with Left-Wing Organizations

  HITHER & YON

• Robert Spencer:  Only Old Joe Biden has now ensured that Carter will not be thought of as our worst president ever. So what were these people celebrating? Why are “celebrities” usually on the wrong side of every issue? If Jimmy Carter was a great president, the nation sure could use some bad ones.
  As His 100th Birthday Approaches, Concert Honors Jimmy Carter’s ‘Singular Achievements.’ Like What?
  
• The author’s final, unfinished novel fused intimations of American decline with an encroaching sense of his own mortality.
  Scott Fitzgerald’s Last Act

  FINALLY . . .

• After yet another DNA test, this time comparing Luis’ with Alequin’s mother, investigators solidified the match and told the family on June 20 that their uncle had been found. “We didn’t start crying until after the investigators left,” Alequin said. “I grabbed my mom’s hands and said, ‘We found him.’ I was ecstatic.”
  6-year-old boy abducted from California in 1951 found safe on East Coast after 70-year search

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