The Morning Report — 8/28/24

Good morning kids. Rush Limbaugh of blessed memory used to say that the Democrats could never be honest about what they wanted to do because if they did, they'd never get elected.

But once they are elected, legitimately or otherwise, the failures of their policies still do not seem to matter, most especially to those who reflexively keep voting them in. I mean, just look at California. And yet.

After nearly four interminable years of an illegitimate Biden-Harris Junta, run no doubt from Kalorama (and Davos) that have lain waste to our economy, society, the rule of law and brought the world closer to global war than ever before (all this on top of the 8 years of Obama's initial stint of fundamental transformation), They're seemingly out in the open about it. And yet, after announcing that she intends to Sovietize the American economy with price controls, the reaction from even those in her own party was to backtrack faster than you can say five-year-plan.

Finally, weeks after having Biden thrown under the bus and being installed at the top of the ticket, she will make her first appearances on state-run media. And yet, those pulling the strings still feel compelled to do this:

What should volunteers for Vice President Kamala Harris’s campaign tell voters about her policy positions? It’s hard to say.Over the course of the Democratic National Convention, Harris’s staff held several messaging sessions for supporters of her presidential run. There, attendees were given a crash course on how to convince their friends and family to vote for Harris this November. But several of them left those sessions, which the Washington Free Beacon attended, a bit befuddled. There was no clear policy outline for campaign volunteers to bring home, nor would any staff members commit to a position on a variety of contentious issues. . .

. . . When asked by the Free Beacon, for example, about how voters should square the Harris campaign's repeated criticism, and sometimes mockery, of Trump’s tariff proposals when the White House has made many of its predecessor’s tariffs permanent, deputy communications director Brooke Goren said, "I’m not going to get into proposals about what the vice president might roll out in the future."

Those at the top know the positions. There aren't any, none that could be revealed lest they completely turn off all but the most hardcore leftist voter. One merely has to look at the track records of Harris and Walz to see what their true beliefs and values are. The Dems can't have that, now can they.

On top of that, we now have Harris taking credit for Trump's border wall and claiming to want to expand it as well as claiming to now be against EV mandates that she pushed hard for not so long ago.

So the strategy is just keep your mouth shut (Willie Brown sighs in sadness) and hope the courts and the media can clear the playing field for you to Walz right into 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.

On top of Jill Stein, Cornel West and RFK Jr., being abused, the latter's endorsement of Trump is going to be a factor — that is if this latest maneuver from the despicable Jack Smith doesn't thwart the Trump train:

The new indictment removes a section of the indictment that dealt with Trump’s interactions with the Justice Department, an area of conduct for which the Supreme Court in a 6-3 opinion last month said Trump was entitled to immunity from prosecution.

The updated criminal case no longer lists as a co-conspirator Jeffrey Clark, a Justice Department official who championed Trump’s false claims of election fraud. Trump’s co-conspirators were not named in either indictment, but they have been identified through public records and other means. . .

. . . The indictment retained the allegations that Trump attempted to pressure then-Vice President Mike Pence to refuse to certify the electoral vote count. Chief Justice John Roberts wrote for the court that the interactions between Trump and Pence amounted to official conduct for which “Trump is at least presumptively immune from prosecution.”

The question, Roberts wrote, is whether the government can rebut “that presumption of immunity.”

Aside from the charges being baseless and spurious, the SCOTUS has already ruled that for his official actions in office, Trump is indeed immune from prosecution. Which in a sane world doesn't even have any bearing on this because in no way did Donald Trump attempt to foment an insurrection or interfere with the electoral process. But you knew that already.

By hook and by crook, all that matters to the Left is attaining, maintaining and increasing their hold on absolute power over us.

Todays’ Democrats likewise are targeting the Constitution’s guardrails against tyranny of both the minority and the majority. On his way out the door, Joe Biden has proposed “reform” of the Supreme Court that would limit the tenure of justices to 18 years, and give the executive branch oversight of the Court, threatening the separation powers and the Justices’ independence. Another target is the Electoral College, which prevents the president from being chosen by a majority that would likely ignore or diminish the rights and interests of less populated states and regions.

. ..Finally, the political philosophy of the Democrat Party is consistent with the early Progressives: scientistic technocracy, utopian goals, and a rejection of the underlying principles of the Constitution, which is part of a more general rejection of tradition, especially religion, and common sense. For today’s left, their foundational philosophy is “make it new,” the same guiding doctrine of Chairman Mao’s Cultural Revolution, when what he called “the four olds” ––“old thought, old culture, old customs, and old habits” ––were eliminated by mass murder.

For today’s progressive Democrats, the Constitution–– with its divided and balanced powers, Bill of Rights, and ordered liberty–– is the bulwark against the tyranny they seek to impose on their fellow citizens who resist their utopian delusions, and to expanded power toward which both “marches” have been advancing.

Whether they succeed, or are slowed down enough to change course back to our Constitution, will be determined in November.

Perhaps, in a sense, and again I don't know what's in his heart, and he is after all a Kennedy, perhaps RFK Jr. sees this at long last for what it is and doesn't like what he sees. The problem is the LIVs who do not know or have been brainwashed about history to get them to see this. A tall ask.

Policy positions, schmolicy positions. Just promise paradise on Earth, blame America, capitalism, western civilization and white people for all the misery, call for more of the same to fix the problem, and the world is your oyster. Munchausen's by Progressivism.
Have a good day.

ISRAEL vs IRAN & GAZA/HAMAS/Hezbollah . . . AND BIDEN
• Will the US let Israel win?
  The Gaza End Game
  
• The Government Press Office published a transcript of their telephone conversation, as al-Qadi, the first Israeli hostage to be rescued from within a tunnel, was treated in Soroka Hospital in Beersheba after being rescued.
  Freed Israeli Hostage Thanks Netanyahu for ‘Sacred’ Work; Urges Freedom for All Hostages
  
• The shallow tears that Democrats wept for hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin shouldn't hide that their policies are sure to mean more Jewish and Israeli suffering.
  Democrats Will Weep Momentarily For Hostages, But They Hate Israel
  * * * * *

• Pennsylvania congresswoman accidentally sends dueling Israel-Gaza letters to pro-Israel constituents
  From 'Israel Has a Right To Defend Itself' to 'Immediate Ceasefire': Rep. Susan Wild Caught Sending Contradictory Letters to Constituents, Stating Dueling Views on War
  
• Lloyd Billingsley: No criticism of terrorists and their pro-Hamas supporters at the DNC.
  Steve Kerr and the Killers
  
• You reap what you sow.
  U. Michigan Students Face Consequences of Voting Anti-Israel Activists to Student Govt

  WE-ALL-SLAM-FOR-I-SLAM

• Unlike previous waves of immigrants, many among the recent Muslim influx have shown little interest in integrating into the European vision.... (over 60 years too late with this prediction - jjs)
  Europe will die if it can't confront Islamic extremism
  
• German leftist Chancellor Olaf Scholz has promised to increase deportations of illegals following the fatal stabbing attack that left three people dead in Solingen as it was revealed the suspect in the case is an Islamic State-allied failed asylum seeker, who should have been deported a year ago.“We will have to do everything we can to ensure that those who cannot and are not allowed to stay in Germany are repatriated and deported,” Scholz said Monday, August 26, during a visit to the site of the killings. “This was terrorism, terrorism against us all,” he said.
  Another Major Western Nation is Promising Mass Deportations.
  
• An unpleasant and taboo truth comes out:
  Arab-Americans Denounce Black Americans For Supporting Kamala

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

• Walz is poised to make similar bigoted, totalitarian, and unconstitutional policies across the United States should he be elected vice president.
  Under Tim Walz, Minnesota Banned Christians From Teaching In Public Schools

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

• We have the tools in place to do this — we just need leaders willing to take our border security seriously.
  Mike Pompeo Op-Ed: How Trump must use the military to smash the cartels and build the border wall

• The ad seeks to portray Harris as a defender of the nation’s border and shows distinct footage of border wall in Sasabe, Arizona. The footage was seemingly taken from a Voice of America news clip published in May of this year.
  Kamala Harris’ Latest Campaign Ad Features Border Wall Built by Trump Administration
  
• Monday’s ruling did not invalidate Biden’s executive order, but simply put its implementation on hold for two weeks to give the court time to consider the facts and arguments, pro and con, of the case before issuing a final decision. Nonetheless, Biden issued a scathing statement on Tuesday, condemning the ruling and accusing the judge of forcing illegal aliens to be “needlessly separated” from their families:
  Biden Lashes Out After Judge Pauses His Executive Order Rewarding Long-Term Illegal Aliens with Path to Citizenship
  
• A resident is missing, and his neighbors suspect the worst, barrels of black-market gasoline are piling up in his abandoned apartment. People who live in this complex are now living under a Venezuelan warlord named "The Cookie Monster." This isn't Caracas, it's Aurora, Colo., and you can thank Joe Biden and Kamala Harris's open borders for turning this complex and others into a third-world sanctuary for these murderous prison gang members. Look for people like this to come to a town near you.
  Meet Border Czar Kamala's Favorite Venezuelan Prison Gang Warlord, 'The Cookie Monster'
  
• Detective says Ulises Martinez admitted he drove the vehicle that struck Matt Carney in June.
  Illegal Immigrant Confesses To Killing Nashville Man In Hit-And-Run
  
• An aggressive display of girl power isn’t going to improve the humanitarian crisis at America’s southern border.
  The Empty Symbolism of Sheinbaum and Harris

  SHAMPEACHMENTS, 2016 CLINTON/OBAMA COUP, CONGRESSIONAL PERSECUTION, SPYGATE, DEEP STATE, MUELLER DECEPTION

• The new indictment removes a section of the indictment that dealt with Trump’s interactions with the Justice Department, an area of conduct for which the Supreme Court in a 6-3 opinion last month said Trump was entitled to immunity from prosecution.
  Feds File New Indictment in Trump Jan. 6 Case, Keeping Charges Intact But Narrowing Allegations
  
• Trump’s post comes after a Washington, D.C. grand jury returned a superseding indictment with four charges: conspiracy to defraud the United States, conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding, obstruction of and attempt to obstruct an official proceeding, and conspiracy against rights.
  Trump Responds to Jack Smith Filing Superseding Indictment: ‘Should Be Dismissed’

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

• Hundreds of people, primarily lawyers and judges, have been appointed to the Environmental and Natural Resources (ENRD) and Antitrust and Immigration Review divisions of the DOJ using its “Schedule A” hiring authority since [so-called quote-unquote] President Joe Biden took office, documents shared with the DCNF by PPT show. Schedule A hiring does not require appointments to be made on the basis of merit and appointments do not expire at the end of the current president’s term, meaning these bureaucrats will stick around even if former President Donald Trump takes office in 2025, according to the Office of Budget and Management.
  EXCLUSIVE: Biden-Harris Junta Rapidly ‘Trump-Proofing’ DOJ As Election Looms
  
• A spokeswoman for the Arlington National Cemetery told the Washington Free Beacon that Trump "was invited by a Gold Star family to participate in a public wreath-laying ceremony and was afforded the same access to ANC ground and facilities as afforded to other unofficial visitors."
  Crazed Kamala Supporters Attack Arlington National Cemetery Director for Allowing Trump To Lay Wreaths on Soldiers’ Graves
  
• Why did Harris deceive not only the public but also the courts about her presence at the DNC?
  Evidence Mounts for Kamala Role in J6 Plot
  
• Targeting the Constitution’s guardrails against tyranny.
  The Progressives’ Long March

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

• CBS News host, who said Harris gave her 'goosebumps,' contributed $10k to Dem nominee's 2010 AG campaign (If Obama was the one is Harris the two? - jjs)
  After 5 Weeks With No Interviews, Team Harris Eyes Sitdown With Kamala Donor Gayle King
  
• Kamala Harris has finally announced her first major network media interview as the 2024 Democratic Party presidential nominee. Both Harris and her running mate, Governor Tim Walz (D-MN), will together sit down with CNN‘s Dana Bash on Thursday at 9:00 PM ET.The interview will occur at CNN‘s headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia—a critical swing state in the 2024 presidential race. Until today, the Harris campaign had remained noncommittal on any major media interviews with both the Democratic nominee and her running mate. The campaign has struggled with how best to use Walz for media engagement. Some campaign officials were concerned that the Minnesota Democrat might stumble in answering policy questions since Harris has thus far articulated little about her political agenda.
  BREAKING: Kamala FINALLY Agrees to Interview But Not Without White Man to Hold Her Hand.
  
• Shorter White House: “We had to do it, bro.”
  White House Justifies Pressuring Facebook to Censor Supposed COVID Misinformation

  
  THE ECONOMY, STUPID

• The balance-sheet blues of big retailers don’t support Kamala Harris’ claims that they are squeezing consumers.
  Gouged by Government

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

• EVs remain reliant on fossil fuels for charging
  Biden-Harris junta Under Pressure To Formally Acknowledge EVs Aren't 'Zero-Emission'
  
• “When she was a senator, Harris cosponsored the Zero-Emissions Vehicle Act of 2019, which contained a requirement for car manufacturers to sell only zero-emission vehicles by 2040.”
  Now Kamala Harris is Against an EV Mandate
  
• Alaska senator says state is 'under attack' from Biden-Harris Junta
  Biden-Harris Junta Bars Oil Drilling On 28 Million Acres of Public Lands, Reversing Trump Actions
  
• Investment suggests Biden-Harris official may not fully buy into the climate agenda he is spearheading
  Biden-Harris Official Behind Green Airplane Push Quietly Reveals He Owns an Oil Well
  
• From showers, to air conditioning, to refrigeration, eco-tyrants are at war with modern conveniences.
  Was Ist Verboten
  
• The preference for dogma over scientific inquiry on campuses has become increasingly prevalent.
  DEI v. Science

  EDUCATION, AND WHAT PASSES FOR IT

• A reported 100 vehicles showed up to rally outside a high school in Edmond, Oklahoma, on Monday after students were told they could not fly the American flag. The demonstration happened at Edmond North High School where locals gathered to push back against Edmond Public Schools’ (EPS) flag rule, which has drawn much criticism, Fox 25 reported.
  WATCH — ‘We’re All United’: Oklahoma Students Protest After Being Told They Cannot Fly American Flag at School
  
• A loss of trust and stature could be just what our elite universities need in order to fix themselves.
  Demystify the Ivies

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

• Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced the state has removed 1.1 million ineligible voters, including possible noncitizens, since passing election integrity bills in 2021.
  Texas Removes 1 Million Ineligible Voters From Rolls, Including Possible Noncitizens

• During its Aug. 20 meeting, the Nobles County Board of Commissioners voted to acquire the monies from the Center for Tech and Civic Life (CTCL). The left-wing organization is widely known for pouring hundreds of millions of dollars from Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg into local election offices during the 2020 election cycle. These “Zuckbucks” were used to expand unsecure election practices and were heavily skewed toward Democrat-majority counties, essentially making it a massive, privately funded Democrat get-out-the-vote operation.
  Minnesota County Accepts $20,000 Grant From ‘Zuckbucks’ Group Ahead Of 2024 Election

  POLITICS

• West made the stunning accusation after the close of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, in an interview with independent journalist Jordan Chariton on the Status Coup News podcast.
  Cornel West: Kamala Harris Offered Me a Job, Debt Payoff If I Dropped Out
  
• Women make up just over 51% of Americans; among those, about 18% are mothers, according to a report gathered by Vote Mama Foundation. The group found that 7.7% of women in the U.S. are mothers to children under the age of six, and 10.2% are mothers to children older than six but under 18.
  There is reason to believe these women will support Trump now that Kennedy has endorsed his campaign and will be part of his administration, according to female commentator Alex Clark.
  Trump’s Latest Move To Siphon Voters From Kamala’s Largest Voting Bloc Could Be A Game Changer
  
• Independent candidate Cornel West and Green Party candidate Jill Stein also made the Wisconsin ballot after legal challenges to their candidacies. The Wisconsin Supreme Court rejected Democrats’ attempts on Monday to boot Stein from the state’s ballot. Stein was accused by Democrats of taking votes from Hillary Clinton in 2016 when Trump defeated her with the help of Wisconsin’s electoral votes. Trump won Wisconsin in 2016 by just over 22,000 votes.
  Wisconsin Elections Commission Keeps RFK On Ballot
  
• Both recently endorsed Trump.
  Trumps Gives Tulsi Gabbard, RFK Jr. Spots on Transition Team
  
• While Harris initially announced in late July that she was “ready” to debate Trump, there has been back and forth over the details, including rules of the debate. Most recently, the Harris campaign pushed to change the debate rules, demanding unmuted microphones. Many conjectured it was because the Harris campaign was seeking another “I’m speaking” moment.
  It’s Official: Donald Trump Reaches Agreement for Debate Against ‘Comrade Kamala Harris’
  
• A New York Times/Siena College poll released on Saturday shows men aged 18 to 29 strongly favor Trump over both [so-called quote-unquote] President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris. On “The Story With Martha MacCallum,” Jackson, who is a Trump supporter, stated Biden had “crushed one of his biggest dreams” with the botched Afghanistan withdrawal and noted how his friends now struggle to find jobs, earn more money and afford a family and a home.
  ‘Dreams Are Being Crushed’: Gen Z Voter Explains How Biden-Harris Junta Policies Have Caused Young Men To Back Trump
  
• The Democrats are telling the American people that socialism has now become the official doctrine of their party.... (I think this boat sailed with Wilson and FDR - jjs)
  The Democrats' platform proves they are now a socialist party
  
• Democrats' abuse of power is the driving force here.
  Why Tulsi Gabbard's Trump endorsement matters
  
• Kamala's campaign wants volunteers to stick to a script with few policy details—just like the VP does
  Harris Campaign Rebuffs Volunteers Asking for Policy Details To Share With Voters
  
• The Golden State is a player in national politics and its ideology impacts the entire country. All of America is one election away from becoming California.
  The Legacy of California’s Political Impact on America
  
• Though his team has remained relatively quiet on the prospect, Hilton has increasingly become active in California politics and policy discussions—signaling to some that he is considering a run for office.
  Could an Advisor to an Ex-British Prime Minister Be the Next Governor of California?

  FOREIGN AFFAIRS, INTERNATIONAL

• Daniel Greenfield: The lives of American sailors were valued less than appeasing Iran.
  Biden-Harris Refused to Stop Houthi Attacks on Ships to Avoid Offending Iran

  HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE

• The left’s politicization of health and fitness drove would-be leftist voters into a dissident ecosystem receptive to Kennedy’s message.
  The Left’s Abandonment Of Personal Health Drove RFK Jr. From The Democrat Party

  ACTUAL SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY

• Bechtel’s original contract was for $383 million, which means the IG’s
  present final estimate of $2.7 billion is more than seven times higher
  The contract was awarded in 2019 and was supposed to be completed by
  2023, in four years. Instead, at best it will take Bechtel a decade to
  complete the job. As I also write, the report also concludes essentially that "it is okay
  for government agencies to spend endless amounts of money without any
  real results, as long as we make believe we care."
  NASA IG: NASA’s effort to build new SLS mobile launcher is an epic disaster
  
• The most intriguing of the starless objects is also the lightest, having an estimated mass of five Jupiters (about 1,600 Earths).
  Webb finds six exoplanets, all flying in interstellar space without a star
  
• "While the petitions from AT&T, Verizon, DISH/EchoStar, and Omnispace lack technical basis or legal merit, their game is clear. AT&T and Verizon seek to hamstring their competitor T-Mobile by talking out of both sides of their mouths."
  SpaceX blasts its satellite competitors for lobbying the government to shut down Starlink/T-Mobile partnership

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

• “The Biden Junta's advocacy for expanding the pool of vulnerable children subjected to life-altering procedures they may later regret is reprehensible. Emails indicating that this advocacy was done for political advantage – possibly to satisfy extremist elements of its base – is even more outrageous,” the congresswoman added.
  House Oversight Subcommittee Probes HHS Over Allegations Adm. Levine Pressured WPATH to Drop Age Limits For Sex Change Procedures on Minors

  CULTURE WARS, NATIONAL SUICIDE

• Christopher F. Rufo: What the aesthetics of the DNC and RNC reveal about our politics
  Oprah vs. Hulk

  
  HITHER & YON

• Sobering 2018 drama speaks to presidential slugfest in profound ways
  Why ‘Chappaquiddick’ Matters Even More Today

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