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7 Things Kamala Harris Has Never Done That Will Hamstring Her As President Who would you rather have a beer with: Donald Trump or Kamala Harris? Trick question. Trump doesn't drink and Harris' handlers aren't going to let her off the leash for a drink with you, loser. But if you did somehow end up at a table with Harris and a bottle of wine, don't play "Never Have I Ever." She would kill at that game. Here are seven things Kamala Harris has never done: [...] https://thefederalist.com/2024/08/29/7-things-kamala-harris-has-never-done-that-will-hamstring-her-as-president/

What To Know About Triple E Mosquito Virus The mosquito-borne virus eastern equine encephalitis, also known as triple E, has led to voluntary lockdowns in multiple Massachusetts towns. The Onion answers all the important questions you have regarding the potentially deadly virus threatening the Northeast. [...] https://theonion.com/what-to-know-about-triple-e-mosquito-virus/

Francis Scott Key Estate Sends Cease-And-Desist To Trump For Playing 'Star-Spangled Banner' At Rally BALTIMORE—Threatening significant legal consequences if the campaign failed to heed its warnings, the Francis Scott Key estate sent a cease-and-desist letter to Donald Trump on Friday that demanded he discontinue use of "The Star-Spangled Banner" at his rallies. "This unauthorized political usage is in clear violation of [...] https://theonion.com/francis-scott-key-estate-sends-cease-and-desist-to-trump-for-playing-star-spangled-banner-at-rally/

Family Unsure If Watching Beautiful Meteor Shower Or Just Boeing Plane TEMPE, AZ — The Jennings family enjoyed an incredible light show in the night sky, though it was unclear if it was from a meteor shower or from pieces of airplane falling off a Boeing. "Wow, look at the meteor... or maybe an airplane wing," said Steve Jennings, observing the show. "It's breathtaking. Or maybe really tragic, I'm not sure yet." [...] https://babylonbee.com/news/family-unsure-if-watching-beautiful-meteor-shower-or-just-boeing-plane

That CNN Interview Did No Favors for Harris [...] Following Harris' first sit-down interview since becoming the Democratic nominee, Newsweek found that the political betting odds have turned away from being in favor of the vice president after it was apparent a pre-recorded, scripted, and chaperoned interview couldn't even save her. According to two leading bookmakers, Harris' odds of defeating Trump became slimmer as voters were more skeptical of her chances to win over Americans. [...] https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2024/08/31/that-cnn-interview-did-no-favors-for-harris-n2644177

If I were president? On October 8, I'd have given those savages 24 hours to release every hostage unharmed, and, upon their refusal, turned their sand into glass. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Israelis Forces Recover the Bodies of Six Hostages, Including One American Citizen As Israel's justified war against Hamas raged, the terror group still held over 100 hostages. Once again, a ceasefire agreement was rejected by Hamas last week. Tragically, Israeli forces made a gruesome discovery this weekend in Gaza: the bodies of six hostages were recovered, including one American [...] https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2024/08/31/israelis-forces-recover-the-bodies-of-six-hostages-including-one-american-citizen-n2644179

Outlets Dismissing Kamala's McDonald's Fabrication Shows the Press Truly Acting As Her PR Corps It has been quite evident that our national media circuit is working hard to see that Kamala Harris is elected the first President to reach the highest office with zero voter support. What makes this potentially historic is she is one step away from the Oval Office despite two primary elections taking place without her earning a single delegate vote. But the Democrats and the press are deeply concerned with our democratic process becoming threatened. Sure. To see just how corrupt the journalists in the country have become, let’s take a look at the reaction to this week's revelation that Kamala Harris, despite the boasting for weeks that she once worked at a McDonalds, evidently never actually worked at a McDonalds. [...] https://redstate.com/bradslager/2024/08/31/outlets-dismissing-kamalas-mcdonalds-fabrication-shows-the-press-truly-acting-as-her-pr-corps-n2178765

Kommie REALLY stepped into it with THIS. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ NEW: Gold Star Families Release Devastating Responses to Kamala Harris Politicizing Trump Cemetery Visit Multiple Gold Star families have released devastating rebukes of Kamala Harris after the vice president released a statement politicizing Donald Trump's recent visit to Arlington Cemetery. As RedState reported, Trump was personally invited to attend a wreath-laying ceremony in honor of the 13 American service members who were murdered as a result of the disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan. During the visit, the former president was asked to take pictures with some of the family members. Democrats then used that as a means to attack Trump, with some claiming he broke federal law simply by being present. In one astonishing example, The New York Times released a piece chastizing not just Trump, but all those who appeared in a picture taken in Section 60 of the cemetery. That included several Gold Star family members. Reporter Maggie Haberman saw a name on one of the gravestones in the photograph and called up the grieving mother to mine an anti-Trump quote that also ended up going after the Gold Star families themselves. It was truly a grotesque moment for the press. Harris joined the fray on Saturday morning, releasing the following statement. [...] https://redstate.com/bonchie/2024/08/31/new-gold-star-families-release-devestating-responses-to-kamala-harris-politicizing-trump-cemetery-visit-n2178787

NEVER FORGET: If You Don't Think Kamala Can't Try to Seize Our Guns, Remember What Dems Did After Katrina https://twitchy.com/amy-curtis/2024/08/31/never-forget-if-you-dont-think-kamala-cant-try-to-seize-our-guns-remember-what-dems-did-after-katrina-n2400366

Finally! 'Knife Control' in Germany Following Attack on Diversity Festival After a Syrian illegal immigrant attacked and killed three people and wounded eight attending a diversity festival in the town of Solingen, Germany on August 23, Chancellor Olaf Scholz vowed to do something about it. There were 13,844 "knife crime" incidents in Germany in 2023. So, naturally, Olaf decided the culprit was the knife. Since you can't put a knife on trial or put a blade in jail, Scholz decided on the next best thing; knife control. As silly as that sounds, it's going to happen in Germany. [...] https://pjmedia.com/rick-moran/2024/08/31/finally-knife-control-in-germany-following-attack-on-diversity-festival-n4932139

University of Michigan Club Fair Explodes in Chaos as Pro-Hamas Protesters Broken Up by Police It's back to school at the University of Michigan and that means the "Festifall" celebration for returning students is on. Festifall is a two-day fair that allows students to reconnect and examine various clubs and organizations the school has to offer. Also present at Festifall were about 50 pro-Hamas protesters. They didn't have a permit but they held their little "die-in" anyway. "Die-ins" were silly when they first became popular 50 years ago during the Vietnam protests and they're even sillier now. The cops gave them their three warnings and then moved in. [...] https://pjmedia.com/rick-moran/2024/08/31/university-of-michigan-club-fair-explodes-in-chaos-as-pro-hamas-protesters-broken-up-by-police-n4932150

It Looks Like Kamala Is About To Chicken Out of Debating Trump I'm definitely seeing signs that the upcoming debate between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia on Tuesday, September 10, at 9 pm ET won't happen. Why? Washington Post reporter Josh Dawsey reported on Friday that the Harris campaign has not yet accepted the rules for the debate. [...] https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2024/08/31/its-looks-like-kamala-is-about-to-chicken-out-of-debating-trump-n4932148

Unsurprising, but important. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Body Language Experts Analyzed Kamala's CNN Interview. Here's What They Found. It doesn't take an expert to know that Kamala Harris was out of her element during the softball interview with CNN. She's been avoiding interviews and press conferences for weeks, and despite finally agreeing to an interview with a friendly network conducted by a friendly host, she still needed her male running mate to accompany her. But it should come as no surprise that a body language expert who analyzed Kamala's performance during the interview told Fox News Digital that Harris lacked both confidence and a presidential demeanor. [...] https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2024/08/31/body-language-experts-analyzed-kamalas-cnn-interview-heres-what-they-found-n4932154

These findings are disturbing and heavy. Many examples are quoted. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Columbia Anti-Semitism Task Force: Problems Are 'Serious and Pervasive' Yesterday Columbia University's Anti-Semitism Task Force released its second report on conditions at the school. The task force was formed last November in the wake of the 10/7 attack on Israel. In June it released its preliminary findings minus any specific recommendation for dealing with the problem. The report released yesterday is about 90 pages and now includes recommendations. The publication of this report comes just a few weeks after President Minouche Shafik resigned, making me wonder if reading an advance version of this report is what motivated her to leave. The report leaves little doubt that not enough was done to address the situation on campus last year. In fact, the authors say they explicitly want to counter those who have tried to minimize the seriousness of the wave of anti-Semitism which swept the campus. [...] https://hotair.com/john-s-2/2024/08/31/columbia-anti-semitism-task-force-problems-are-serious-and-pervasive-n3793908

I think that the tweet's conclusion is overstated. The Mayor seemed to be speculating more than "bombshelling." Regardless, he may be on to something, considering all the clandestine, government-funded night flights of illegals into various population areas.

And the question is whether this was gratuitous or, rather, a last resort when all else failed amidst interminable and intolerable delays.

This is detailed and interesting, if not fascinating. Comments? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Bernie-Trump voters are back. Are they poised to play an undetected role in the election? By the time Trump took office, his administration was essentially a Frankensteined power-sharing agreement between several different factions: moderate business types (Kushner, Ivanka Trump, Steve Mnuchin); the Republican professional class (Reince Priebus, Kellyanne Conway); conservative evangelicals (Mike Pence); military hawks (James Mattis, John Kelly); and populist nationalists (Steve Bannon, Stephen Miller). Flash forward eight years, and Trump announced the honorary co-chairs of his 2024 transition team on Tuesday: Tulsi Gabbard and Robert Kennedy Jr., both onetime Democratic presidential candidates. If his 2016 transition lead was meant as a signal to the GOP establishment, this new iteration should be seen as outreach to a very different — and rarely discussed — demographic: the Bernie-Trump voter. Remember them, from 2016 — the outsider, "burn it all down" populists who voted for Bernie Sanders in the Democratic primary and then Trump in the general election? We don't talk much about these voters now, but in 2016, they were all the rage (and often literally raging). Post-election studies suggested their votes may even have been decisive for Trump: data from the Cooperative Congressional Election Study showed that 12% of Sanders' primary voters cast ballots for Trump in 2016 — including critical segments in Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin that were more than enough to swing the election. [...] https://www.wakeuptopolitics.com/p/bernie-trump-voters-are-back

Chiefly political thread is moved from the Waivers forum to the Current Events forum.

Insulting women drivers! Reported!!!!! [not]

Wouldn't that tax their birdbrains?

Study: Crows Intelligent Enough To Steal Trinkets, But Foolish Enough To Think Material Goods Will Solve Problems CHICAGO—Confirming the impressive but limited scope of the birds' cognitive abilities, a study published Thursday by the University of Chicago found that crows were intelligent enough to steal trinkets, but foolish enough to think that material goods would solve their problems. "Our data indicates that corvids display the reasoning skills necessary to pilfer and collect shiny tchotchkes, but they are not so wise as to realize that accumulating physical items will never bring true happiness," said lead researcher Timothy Goetz, noting [...] https://theonion.com/study-crows-intelligent-enough-to-steal-trinkets-but-foolish-enough-to-think-material-goods-will-solve-problems/

Tim Walz Promises To Ensure All Violent Migrant Gangs Have Access To Free Tampons U.S. — In a stirring speech, VP candidate Tim Walz vowed to do whatever it takes to ensure all violent migrant gangs have access to free tampons. "Violent gangs full of undocumented immigrants we could easily deport should absolutely be given free feminine hygiene products," Tim Walz said while on the campaign trail. [...] https://babylonbee.com/news/tim-walz-promises-to-ensure-all-violent-migrant-gangs-have-access-to-free-tampons

Majority Of Wives Admit They Only Clean The House So They Can Smugly Apologize For How Messy It Is When Their Friends Come Over U.S. — A new scientific study published in the September issue of Cosmopolitan Magazine suggests that a majority of wives only clean their house so they can smugly apologize for how messy it is whenever their friends come over. "Oh, I'm so sorry. My place is just such a mess," Tiffany Sanders, the subject of a case study, said as she invited friends into her immaculate home. "I just don't have any time!" Single women and all men are reportedly immune to this behavior. According to the study, [...] https://babylonbee.com/news/majority-of-wives-admit-they-only-clean-the-house-so-they-can-smugly-apologize-for-how-messy-it-is-when-their-friends-come-ov

~~~~~~~~~~~~ Democrats Consider Replacing Kamala Harris With More Coherent Joe Biden [...] Harris's joint interview with running mate Tim Walz was met with poor reviews, with top Democratic officials citing Harris' inability to provide cogent answers or communicate like a person as reasons why the party should turn to the clarity and coherence of Joe Biden. "It may be time to consider a more mentally fit candidate," said one high-ranking Democrat who asked to remain anonymous. "We gave Kamala the good ol' college try, but she just does not display the same mental capacity and clear communication skills as Joe Biden. [...] https://babylonbee.com/news/democrats-consider-replacing-kamala-harris-with-more-coherent-joe-biden