‘Uncommitted’ Nightmare Haunts Harris as CNN Interview Further Fractures Democrat Base

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Democrat presidential nominee Kamala Harris is facing a severe crisis with the pro-Palestinian wing of her party after she doubled down on her and President Joe Biden’s Israel policies in her CNN interview Thursday.

CNN’s Dana Bash pressed Harris on arms policy toward Israel on Thursday night. After Harris initially skirted a direct question about potentially withholding “some” arms to Israel, as the pro-Palestinian Uncommitted movement has been demanding for seven months, Bash did not let her off the hook. Following up on the same question, she drew a “No” from Harris when she asked if there would be any “change in policy in terms of arms and so forth” towards Israel, igniting a frenzy of condemnation from prominent pro-Palestinian figures, including Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI).

The response and the fallout underscore and worsen a massive problem for Harris, who has a fractured base heading into the home stretch of the election. These voters, more than half a million of whom protested the Biden-Harris administration with “uncommitted” votes in the Democratic primary, have threatened and continue to threaten to stay home in November, barring a radical change in policy or a cease-fire. The movement includes Arab Americans, Muslims, young voters, and far-left progressives.

Making the problem so severe for Harris is that the movement began in the ever-critical swing state of Michigan and spread to other key swing states like Wisconsin, places where the presidency is expected to be decided by a slim margin. Harris is on shaky ground, considering she still has not brought home her base at a point in the cycle where presidential candidates typically are focused on courting moderates.

Another aspect to contemplate is that if Harris does change course on this position, she runs the risk of looking that much more insincere to undecided voters on crucial issues. She has already waffled on a number of critical policy positions, including fracking, and polling shows the public views former President Donald Trump as the more genuine candidate by a wide margin. Regardless, the issue has festered so long that winning these voters back with words alone appears impossible. At this point, she needs a concrete stoppage in arms and a ceasefire, which are not on the horizon. (Read more from “‘Uncommitted’ Nightmare Haunts Harris as CNN Interview Further Fractures Democrat Base” HERE)

If Donald Trump’s Sex Life is Fair Game for the Election, So is Kamala Harris’

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Pundit and talk radio host Erick Erickson recently went on a rant about how “both parties have nominated terrible candidates whose supporters have decided to behave terribly to bully people into supporting their terrible candidate.” Erickson makes it known he’s still inclined to vote for Trump, but you’d think any prominent right-wing pundit who publicly expresses doubt about Donald Trump two months before the election would be chalked up as a win for Kamala supporters.

But then there’s the Leninist wing of Never Trump. Sarah Longwell, publisher of The Bulwark, a site largely run by fraudulent conservatives who are funded by left-wing billionaires to help Democrats win elections, really didn’t like Erickson’s tone:

Someone sent me a radio rant by @EWErickson about my disagreement with some at the Dispatch in which he said: ‘Kamala Harris has done nothing but climb the ladder of power since the moment she got up off her knees in front of Willie Brown to put it bluntly to you.’ Swell guy.

Setting aside Erickson’s crude imagery, I’ve covered Kamala Harris’ relationship history more extensively before, but here’s a summary of the facts as we know them: When Harris was a subordinate in the San Francisco DA’s office, she started dating Willie Brown, the most powerful man in California politics, who was 31 years older and married. After the current DA passed over Kamala Harris, a woman who failed the bar exam and is not exactly known for her mastery of the law, Brown was instrumental in alienating the existing DA, and was personally involved in raising money and running Harris’ successful campaign to get elected district attorney. Once in office, Harris let a number of Willie Brown’s friends off the hook when they were facing serious charges — including an egregious case where she let a city contractor and Willie Brown donor skate after endangering people’s lives after defrauding taxpayers by using cheaper, structurally unsound recycled concrete to build bridges and other important structures. This was all reported on in detail by local San Francisco media when it happened, who aren’t exactly in the business of pushing right-wing smears.

And yet, Sarah Longwell thinks Erickson is a bad person because he rather bluntly states the fact that Kamala Harris abased herself personally and engaged in political corruption at the behest of a man who demonstrably advanced her political career. I would have been more circumspect than Erickson, but 26 years after Bill Clinton’s “dalliance with an intern,” I’m supposed to believe Longwell and her colleagues are on their fainting couches because a pundit made a reference to oral sex? (Read more from “If Donald Trump’s Sex Life is Fair Game for the Election, So is Kamala Harris’” HERE)

Dems Keep RFK Jr. on North Carolina Ballot as Swing State Spoiler to Hurt Trump Campaign

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Another day, another manipulation of democracy by the self-proclaimed defenders of democracy.

The Democrat-led North Carolina State Board of Elections on Thursday narrowly voted to keep Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on the November ballot even though the independent candidate dropped out of the race a week ago, endorsed Trump, and has asked to have his name removed from the list of candidates.

It’s more “cartel” politics from Big Democracy (aka the Democratic National Committee), says the former Democrat who managed RFK Jr.’s campaign.

“I can’t speak for the campaign, but on the one hand the DNC is trying to stop Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s access on the ballot and on the other hand they’re trying to keep him on the ballot,” Dennis Kucinich, a former Democrat congressman from Ohio who left Kennedy’s campaign in October, told me in a phone interview this morning. “What this means is that the DNC is functioning as a cartel with interest groups that support it, and they don’t want any competition.”

As a result, said cartel, Kucinich asserts, is silencing the voices of what he sees as the working people base of the party, rigging the system and trampling all over democracy. Although it’s difficult these days to see trees through the forest of freedom-killing leftists who talk about “saving democracy” from Donald Trump while eviscerating it in pursuit of absolute power.

North Carolina became the latest state to balk at the Kennedy family scion’s request to take his name off of the presidential ballot. (Read more from “Dems Keep RFK Jr. on North Carolina Ballot as Swing State Spoiler to Hurt Trump Campaign” HERE)

‘Chilling Stuff’: Warning Sounded for Once-Unthinkable Concept of U.S. Holocaust

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A prominent Washington editor has taken to his own publication’s pages to issue a warning about an American Holocaust.

What once was unthinkable now still remains remote, but the circumstances that create a danger cannot be ignored, according to Hugo Gurdon, editor-in-chief of the Washington Examiner.

He cites an author’s speculation that given some horrific national disaster, Americans, already triggered by racist rhetoric, could turn bad.

“It is chilling stuff, partly because the subject is so inherently ghastly but also because radical changes in the U.S. since the 1980s make it a country lamentably unrecognizable to many of its citizens,” Gurdon wrote. “God forbid that a Holocaust of Jews is likely in America either soon or ever. But the circumstances that made it virtually inconceivable in the 1980s are now maintained much more precariously.

“A Jewish friend, as level-headed an analyst as you could hope for, told me, ‘I never worried until this year, but now I can visualize it happening, the course of events. It’s part of my worry about America and the crazy Left. Jews are moving to the Right,'” he continued. (Read more from “‘Chilling Stuff’: Warning Sounded for Once-Unthinkable Concept of U.S. Holocaust” HERE)

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Democrats Pass Bill Offering Up to $150K in Assistance for Illegals to Buy Homes

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Illegal immigrants in California could soon be eligible for tens of thousands of dollars in down payment assistance under a new law sent to Gov. Gavin Newsom.

On Wednesday, Democrats in the state legislature passed Assembly Bill 1840 requiring the California Housing Finance Authority’s “Dream for All Program,” which provides residents financial assistance to purchase homes, to consider applications from illegal immigrants. The program offers first-time homebuyers loan assistance of up to 20 percent of a property’s value with a cap of $150,000. Buyers then pay back the loan plus up to 20 percent of any property appreciation depending on income.

Lawmakers passed the changes to the program to include illegal immigrants along party lines Wednesday night.

California Assembly Republican Leader James Gallagher slammed the bill in a statement.

“I didn’t know it was possible to make the border crisis and the housing crisis worse with just one vote,” the assembly leader said. “But Democrats found a way. Giving taxpayer-funded housing subsidies to illegal immigrants will drive costs even higher and encourage more chaos at the border. This is crazy and it needs to stop.” (Read more from “Democrats Pass Bill Offering Up to $150K in Assistance for Illegals to Buy Homes” HERE)

Harris Campaign Confirms VP Reversed Prior Positions on Immigration

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Vice President Kamala Harris is under fire for flip-flopping on her immigration position just two months before the November election as polls reveal immigration is the voter’s top concern.

Harris has been weak on the southern border since day one of President Joe Biden’s term, refusing to visit border towns or stop illegal immigrants from unlawfully entering the U.S. However, just months before the 2024 election, suddenly, she embraced a crackdown on the issue.

Her past positions include decriminalizing illegal crossings, promising to close Immigration Customs and Protection (ICE) detention centers, and saying that ICE should be abolished or “started from scratch” have all come back to haunt Harris, forcing her to change her views. In a statement confirmed to Fox News, the vice president has reversed course and now believes that “unauthorized border crossings are illegal.”

Even more progressive than Biden, Harris has shifted her positions to align with the president’s and signaled her support for a bipartisan bill that would increase funding for border security and ICE.

“[Harris will continue] to ensure sufficient resources to enforce our laws and prioritize detention and removal for individuals who pose threats to public safety and national security, as well as ensure compliance with immigration proceedings and decisions, including removal,” the Harris campaign said. (Read more from “Harris Campaign Confirms VP Reversed Prior Positions on Immigration” HERE)

‘She Ain’t Made for This’: Harris Aides, White House Staffers Vilify Her in Expository Book

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A book written by progressives, about progressives, blasted Kamala Harris at a time when political observers speculated whether she would be replaced as Joe Biden’s vice president. In it, White House aides outlined Harris’s inability to define a political agenda and her total reliance on personality.

Now, with Harris in a tight race for the presidency with Donald Trump, the book has been resurfaced eight months after its release.

As recently as the summer of 2023, a cavalcade of Democratic party superstars like California Gov. Gavin Newsom were brandishing their leadership credentials as calls grew for Biden to step aside. Once that time passed, the left-wing whisper machine turned on Harris and her historically abysmal favorability numbers.

Enter “The Truce: Progressives, Centrists, and the Future of the Democratic Party,” which dropped in January. That was just enough time for the left to replace Kamala Harris and, one would think, supplied them with enough ammunition to do it.

“It was rotten from the start,” a top aide from her 2020 campaign noted. “A lot of us, at least folks that I was friends with on the campaign, all realized that: ‘Yeah, this person should not be president of the United States,’ the aide told the authors. (Read more from “‘She Ain’t Made for This’: Harris Aides, White House Staffers Vilify Her in Expository Book” HERE)

Inspector General Audit: FBI Mishandled 13 Percent of Child Sex Crime Cases From 2021-2023

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The FBI has mishandled a minimum of dozens of child sex crime cases between October 2021 and February 2023, the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Office of the Inspector General (OIG) said in an audit report released Thursday.

Following allegations that the FBI failed to conduct an adequate investigation into the crimes of former Team USA women’s gymnastics physician Lawrence Nassar — leading to the DOJ settling with the victims for $138.7 million — the OIG began auditing to see how poorly the bureau was handling child sex abuse complaints.

Out of 3,925 cases opened by the FBI between October 1, 2021, and February 26, 2023, allegedly involving “a hands-on sex offense against a child or similar offense,” the OIG reviewed 327 incidents as part of its audit.

Out of those incidents, 42 — 13 percent — were flagged for further FBI review because the inspectors “believed the incident may require immediate attention.”

“Concerns that led us to flag incidents included a lack of recent investigative activity, lack of logical investigative steps, not reporting suspected child abuse to appropriate agencies, leads that were not appropriately covered, and instances of substantial non-compliance with FBI policies,” the report stated. (Read more from “Inspector General Audit: FBI Mishandled 13 Percent of Child Sex Crime Cases From 2021-2023” HERE)

‘The Polls Are Rigged’: Trump Gives Mixed Messages on Polling in Race Against Harris

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Former President Donald Trump has given conflicting statements on the validity of recent polling in the 2024 race against Vice President Kamala Harris.

At a campaign rally Thursday afternoon in Potterville, Michigan, Trump first claimed that he was doing well in presidential polls before casting doubt on their accuracy.

“Every time they see me going up in the polls, and we’re leading in the polls, and I think we’re leading by a lot. You know, the polls, the polls are rigged too,” Trump told the crowd of supporters. . .

Hours later, during a town hall with former Democratic Hawaii congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard in Wisconsin, Trump bragged about beating Harris in polling.

“The polls have us up here. We’re up in this — we’re up in states, but it’s close. It’s close,” Trump said. “And, you know, they cheat like hell. So we don’t want to have it too close … because we have to get — we have to win this.” (Read more from “‘The Polls Are Rigged’: Trump Gives Mixed Messages on Polling in Race Against Harris” HERE)

Woman Allegedly Molested 13-Year-Old Girl She Met While Attending Church, Police Say

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Missouri police say they arrested a 25-year-old woman for sexually molesting a 13-year-old girl she met while attending a church.

St. Louis County Police said they were alerted to the alleged abuse by the victim’s mother, who went to police after reading her daughter’s diary.

Police identified the suspect as Brandi James and held her at the county justice center on a bond of $300,000. She is charged with one count of child molestation and two counts of statutory sodomy or attempted statutory sodomy.

An investigation produced cellphone messages that allegedly support police allegations that James had engaged in sodomy with the child at least two times. The victim reportedly spoke to police about the incidents.

Police believe that James met the child while they both attended the House of Deliverance church in Bridgeton. (Read more from “Woman Allegedly Molested 13-Year-Old Girl She Met While Attending Church, Police Say” HERE)