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Ohio Sen. JD Vance, as anticipated, easily won the vice-presidential debate Tuesday, October 1, on demeanor, facts, and analysis. But in fairness to a sometimes herky-jerky and nervous Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, he had the harder task of defending the temporary pseudo-conservative make-over of Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris. His additional burdens were her co-culpability for the last three-and-a-half-years of the Biden disaster, and her unwillingness to implement her supposedly "change" agenda in the last months of her vice-presidential tenure.
The CBS News moderators, Nora O’Donnell, and, especially, Margaret Brennan, also as expected, ganged up on Vance.
Now entering Trump country!
Mysterious “traffic” signs featuring former President Donald Trump’s silhouetted profile have been popping up around Staten Island, Bay Ridge and other parts of the city, garnering a mix of confusion, praise and disgust.
“I don’t know who’s doing this but this is f–king genius,” Staten Island artist and activist Scott LoBaido said in a video posted to social media featuring about a dozen of the signs, which are zip-tied to street poles and posts. “They’re all over the city,” LoBaido added. “Now that is clever.”
North Carolina Hurricane Helene victims are furious at the government for, what they say, has abandoned them without proper resources or supplies. Even so, the storm has taken more than 200 lives and the feeder Al government’s response has been less than urgent. More than a week after the storm hit, North and South Carolina states continue to be isolated with hundreds being without power and lousy service, making it difficult to communicate outside of their community.
Most of the areas ravaged by Hurricane Helene are filled with Trump voters. Asheville, North Carolina is a notable exception, but we’re four weeks and change away from a consequential presidential election and two weeks away from the start of early voting in these hurricane-hit states of Georgia (October 15), North Carolina (October 17), and Tennessee (October 16). [snip] Oh, you might still be naïve and think: People are suffering. Kamala wouldn’t withhold aid just to win a few votes!
What are you, an idiot?
Democratic strategist James Carville griped Friday that the Democratic Party is continuously reported in a “negative light” as he clashed with CNN’s host Jake Tapper over Vice President Kamala Harris’ polls in a key swing state.
Polls between Harris and former President Donald Trump have tightened in key swing states, with Michigan becoming a concern for Democrats. While on “The Lead with Jake Tapper,” Carville called out Tapper and CNN’s senior data reporter Harry Enten, who had previously warned about Harris trailing in Michigan polls.
Joe Biden Again Ties Kamala Harris to
Failed Policies: ‘Major Player in Everything
We’ve Done’ replies
Failed Policies: ‘Major Player in Everything
We’ve Done’ replies
President Joe Biden again undermined Vice President Kamala Harris’s campaign on Friday by tying her to their administration’s policy failures.
Biden’s comments are damaging to Harris because she has been trying to run away from a catch-22: She cannot campaign on policies to fix crime, inflation, and border security without undermining the Biden-Harris administration’s policies, but she must tout the administration’s policies to validate her record and candidacy.
If it's Friday, then it stands to reason that there's going to be a Friday news dump. And the Biden administration didn't disappoint with its quiet announcement in the work week's waning hours, stating that it will end plans to provide a path to citizenship for the over 500,000 illegal aliens from four nations that it flew into the United States. Readers might remember the temporary pause in the program in August, after major fraudulent activities were exposed in the program's management, in part thanks to Elon Musk's bringing attention to the Daily Mail's story back in the spring.
Dolly Parton has pledged a $1 million donation to help Hurricane Helene victims after her home state of Tennessee was one of the six states affected.
On Friday, Oct. 3, the country music star and Pitman Center, Tenn. native, 78, traveled to a Walmart in Newport, Tenn., to announce that she and her East Tennessee businesses partnered with the retailer to help aid those affected.
In addition to Walmart increasing its commitment of $6 million to a $10 million donation to hurricane relief efforts, Parton will now donate $1 million to the Mountain Ways Foundation.
According to its website, the foundation is "committed to providing ongoing disaster relief,
As the 2024 presidential election continues to get closer, new data showing how many illegal aliens have been purposely dumped into crucial swing states by the Biden-Harris administration is raising red flags. (X) Keen political observers note how the tactic will benefit Democrats. (X's) The numbers come after Democrats on Capitol Hill refused to vote for legislation that would make it against the law for non-citizens to vote in federal elections. (X Video) In Arizona alone, 78,000 non-citizens are registered to vote.
The United States announced that it would be providing $157 million in humanitarian aid to address the “crisis in Lebanon” and those who have been affected by it.
In a press release on Friday, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken revealed that the “nearly $157 million” in humanitarian assistance would go towards addressing “new and existing needs to internally displaced persons and refugee populations” for communities in Lebanon.
“The United States will provide nearly $157 million in new U.S. humanitarian assistance to support populations affected by conflict in Lebanon and the region,” Blinken said
Joe Biden made history for himself on Friday and created chaos when he appeared in the White House briefing room for the first time since assuming power nearly four years ago. By doing so, he also undercut his sidekick Kamala Harris as she desperately tries to pander to voters.
A jovial Biden utilized his appearance to boast about the latest fake job numbers from the Labor Department along with the temporary agreement last night between International Longshoremen’s Association and the United States Maritime Alliance to reopen the ports.
I have long thought that one of the hallmarks of an advanced economy is built-in resilience to shocks to the system.
As with so many things these days, that resilience has eroded to the point that, except in certain areas of the country like Florida, it hardly exists.
You have probably seen many of the same videos I have, in which North Carolina residents are begging for help and wondering where FEMA is. Aside from funding migrants, that is. It seems to be doing a fine job at that, exhausting the funds that should be going to help Helene's victims. Why is FEMA so awful?
As fraud scandals erupt in Minnesota on
Gov. Tim Walz’s watch, accountability
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Gov. Tim Walz’s watch, accountability
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Minneapolis — One state audit found that bonus checks intended for frontline workers during the pandemic were handed out to undeserving recipients. Another criticized a Minnesota state agency for failing to ensure there were no conflicts of interest in taxpayer-funded mental health and addiction programs. A third detailed lax oversight of a program to feed needy kids which federal prosecutors say resulted in the nation’s largest Covid-era fraud scheme. But when confronted with these and other troubling examples of waste, fraud and abuse, some state agencies working under the administration of Democratic Gov. Tim Walz repeatedly minimized or dismissed the allegations, the state’s nonpartisan auditor, Judy Randall, told CNN.
The Government's Failure to Help After
Helene Goes Far Beyond What the Media
Is Willing to Tell You replies
Helene Goes Far Beyond What the Media
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Another day, another batch of news coming from the people that demonstrates just how much the government has failed the people, especially the victims of Hurricane Helene.
Amid the heartbreak and loss, we've been learning that FEMA has completely used up its budget to the point where there's little to no funds for disaster relief, reportedly because much of the budget was used up helping illegals at the border.
This isn't exactly common knowledge because the media isn't being forthcoming with this information. In fact, every time I mention this on various accounts,
Kamala Harris visited Flint, Michigan, to talk to labor union members.
As we reported, she's been losing a lot of union support, so she has to shore up usually reliable supporters. The latest news was from the International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF) , which said that it would not be endorsing a presidential candidate for 2024. The last time they did that was when they also didn't endorse Hillary Clinton in 2016. That was a big message to Kamala Harris, just one of the many messages from unions this year. She's losing a lot of support from union members who now support former President Donald Trump.
Liz Cheney Isn't Campaigning for Harris
for 'Patriotism Over Party' - It Is Out
of Blind Hatred replies
for 'Patriotism Over Party' - It Is Out
of Blind Hatred replies
After January 6th, then-Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) hitched her political fortunes to opposing former President Donald Trump. Then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) saw that as an opportunity to give the Democrats and their coming J6 committee a facade of legitimacy. Pelosi wasn’t looking for a new friend; she wanted a useful stooge. Sure, Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-IL) cried his way through the committee, and he made up the other part of the committee cabal, but Liz Cheney was the co-chair. She had had the gavel. She led the charge. Was it based on love of country? “Patriotism over party”? I submit that it is just the opposite:
On Friday, former President Donald Trump headed to Evans, Georgia, where he and Republican Governor Brian Kemp were briefed on the devastation from Hurricane Helene in the eastern part of the Peach state, and delivered remarks. You might want to read that sentence again. [Tweet]
They were invited by local officials, according to reports:
But the event is not being billed as a campaign appearance, and officials in Columbia County invited both men to attend the briefing, according to a person with knowledge of the appearance, granted anonymity to speak freely.
Of course, Kemp and Trump appearing in the same place is huge. They last did that in 2020,
We are hearing more and more about the devastation wrought by last weekend's Hurricane Helene, and how our fellow Americans in Western North Carolina, Eastern Tennessee, and Eastern Georgia have been adversely affected. Towns completely destroyed, too many lives lost, and way too much government incompetence and malfeasance.
But we are also hearing about the good: neighbors helping neighbors, brave heroes in private aircraft reaching remote areas with means of communication, supplies, food, water, and hope. This week's Feel-Good Friday offering is a Helene hero story of a different variety, but it is still one for the books.
David Jones had to travel from Boiling Springs, South Carolina,
Tim Walz has a problem misspeaking.
Since being tapped as Kamala Harris’ running mate, the folksy, plain-speaking Minnesota governor has had to explain a growing number of inaccurate statements — and at times embellishments — about his past. They range from comments about his military service to his visit to Hong Kong more than three decades ago to clarifying that his family didn’t specifically use in vitro fertilization. It’s unclear whether Walz’s verbal errors will undercut his credibility with voters. But the need to continually clean up those claims could politically hurt Walz and Harris, who are locked in a tight race with Donald Trump and JD Vance.
The Supreme Court agreed Friday to consider a woman’s claim that she was demoted because she is straight.
Marlean Ames, who began working for the Ohio Department of Youth Services in 2004, sued the department for sex-based discrimination in 2020, alleging she did not receive a promotion and was later demoted because she is a “heterosexual woman,” according to court records
Ames brought her case under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which bans sex-based workplace discrimination. The justices agreed to weigh in on whether a heightened standard should be required for members of a “majority-group” to bring such claims.
I knew I smelled a stink badger in the perfume aisle when the Mockingbird media myrmidons weren't descending on the areas Hurricane Helene ravaged and weren't writing much about the storm either, despite the brutal stories of death and survival on X.
Once upon a time, Anderson Cooper was eager to beclown himself for storm ratings. Those days are gone.
I just went to CNN, and most stories were dedicated to brainwashing CNN's dwindling audience that Trump is a ghastly hobgoblin. Their most prominent story on the storm was "fact-checking" Trump's statement that the Biden-Harris administration was getting "universally negative" reviews on their hurricane response efforts, like this one:
Vice President Kamala Harris, already under fire for her indifference to the devastation of Hurricane Helene and the federal government's sluggish response, has now raised further eyebrows by recording an episode of the explicit “Call Her Daddy” podcast this week.
At a time when Americans are grappling with the aftermath of a catastrophic storm as well as increased tensions in the Middle East, Kamala's priorities are completely out of whack. Although she has made some appearances on supportive media platforms, she has largely shied away from traditional press engagements and has done zero press conferences.
President Joe Biden shocked reporters Friday by showing up to the White House briefing room for the first time of his presidency.
As the Friday briefing moved past its scheduled hour, the door to the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room swung open to expose the 81-year-old president carrying a binder.
There were audible gasps in the room, as several journalists greeted him. 'My name's Joe Biden,' the president said. 'Welcome to the swimming pool.'
The briefing room was famously constructed over the White House's indoor swimming pool by order of President Richard Nixon to accommodate TV cameras.
The president took questions - but it his response
Elon Musk, in Bid to Get Help to Hurricane
Victims, Has Unreal Conversation With
Pete Buttigieg on X replies
Victims, Has Unreal Conversation With
Pete Buttigieg on X replies
There have been a lot of concerns about getting help to the folks in the areas affected by Hurricane Helene, particularly in North Carolina, where many people have now been cut off from help for days, and the only way they're getting help is by air for rescue, medicine or other supplies. A lot of people have been trying to help, but there have been numerous reports of people being impeded.
Now, even Elon Musk is reporting this as his SpaceX engineers are trying to deliver Starlink systems into the affected area. (X Video)