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justinspoliticalcorner · 4 months ago

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Igor Bobic and Liz Skalka at HuffPost:

Former President Donald Trump spoke for over an hour in a rambling press conference on Thursday, making dozens of false and outrageous claims in an effort to wrest the spotlight away from Vice President Kamala Harris’ surging 2024 presidential campaign. Addressing reporters at his ritzy Florida estate, Mar-a-Lago, the GOP presidential nominee insisted his campaign was the one drawing large, enthusiastic crowds on the campaign trail — even though Harris’ rallies attracted tens of thousands this week — and claimed that the vice president wasn’t “smart enough” to take questions from the media as he was doing. “She’s not smart enough to do a news conference,” Trump said.

Trump also claimed he was willing to do three debates with Harris: Sept. 4 with Fox News, Sept. 10 with ABC News, and Sept. 25 with NBC News (the announcement required a clarification from Trump’s campaign regarding the host networks). Both campaigns had agreed to the Sept. 10 debate when President Joe Biden was still the presumptive nominee, but Trump canceled when Harris replaced Biden. Harris’ campaign hasn’t said whether it’s agreed to all three dates.

Harris, meanwhile, hasn’t done a sit-down with reporters since Biden exited the race and endorsed her for the nomination. But she’s marginally improved on Biden’s position in the polls, and Democrats, at least, appear enthused to have a candidate besides the president. “The honeymoon period is gonna end,” Trump said of Harris’ standing in the race. “She’s got a little period, the convention is coming up [...] Everything she’s touched has turned bad.” It was the first time Trump took questions from reporters since Harris announced Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as her running mate on Tuesday. Trump called both Harris and Walz too liberal and dangerous to run the country.

“She picked a radical left man,” Trump said. “He’s got things done that he’s … he has positions that are just not, it’s not even possible to believe that they exist. He’s going for things that nobody’s ever even heard of, heavy into the transgender world, heavy into lots of different worlds having to do with safety. He doesn’t want to have borders. He doesn’t want to have walls. He doesn’t want to have any form of safety for our country.” Trump said he wouldn’t change anything about his campaign or attacks now that he’s running against Harris. “I haven’t recalibrated strategy at all. It’s the same policies — open borders and crime. I think she’s worse than Biden,” he said.

During his press conference, which ran just short of 90 minutes, Trump compared the crowd size at the White House on Jan. 6, 2021, to the audience for Martin Luther King Jr.’s 1963 “I Have A Dream” speech on the National Mall, where about 260,000 people showed up. “Nobody’s spoken to crowds bigger than me,” he said. “If you look at Martin Luther King, when he did his great speech, and you look at ours, same real estate, same everything, same number of people, if not, we had more. And they said he had a million people, but I had 25,000 people.” Trump also falsely claimed that “nobody died” during the attack on the Capitol by hundreds of his supporters seeking to overturn the 2020 election he had lost. At least seven people died in connection to the riot, including several Trump supporters.

[...] Trump gave a head-scratcher of an answer to a question about whether he believed the Federal Drug Administration should restrict access to the abortion pill mifepristone, which survived a right-wing attack before the Supreme Court earlier this year. Some conservatives want the FDA to regulate the pill out of circulation in a future GOP presidential administration. “You could do things that would supplement. Absolutely,” Trump said. “And those things are pretty open and humane.” He added: “But you have to have a vote. The people are going to decide.” Harris’ campaign responded to Trump’s press conference with sarcasm, calling it “very good” and “very normal.” “He hasn’t campaigned all week. He isn’t going to a single swing state this week. But he sure is mad Kamala Harris and Tim Walz are getting big crowds across the battlegrounds,” the campaign said in a press release. “The facts were hard to track and harder to find in Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago meltdown this afternoon.”

DonOld Trump’s chaotic and unhinged presser at Mar-A-Lago yesterday was the same old bullcrap of greatest hits mixed with new lies and delusions, such as falsely stating that he had more crowds than Martin Luther King Jr., baselessly stated that “no one died” on Janauary 6th, 2021, and hinted that he could regulate mifepristone out of existence.

4 more years of DonOld would be embarrassing.

#Donald Trump #Press Conferences #2024 Elections #2024 Presidential Election #Capitol Insurrection #Martin Luther King Jr.#Mifepristone #Tim Walz #Kamala Harris #DonOld Trump

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cyarskaren52 · 1 year ago

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Barack & Michelle Obama Release Statements Regarding The MAGA Riots At The Capitol

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Yesterday was a lot to digest for everyone in America. The Capitol building was overrun by MAGA protesters who rioted and tried to overturn the 2020 election results. After hours of delay, Joe Biden and Kamala Harris’ victory was certified at around 4 a.m. this morning.

Many people have spoken out to denounce Trump for inciting the actions, but their new opinions do not matter as they’ve witnessed the past four years like everyone else. When Michelle and Barack left office, we knew things would be different, bad, terrible, embarrassing–but we didn’t think the Republican party would begin to eat one another from the inside out. Looking back four years feels like more than a decade now and every fear people had when Barack took office happened under the person they elected afterward. The voter fraud claims sadly led to what happened yesterday and the accountability at this point is puzzling as we saw this coming in November of 2016.

Our former first family released touching statements on the events yesterday and reminded us what leadership looks like.

In her emotional and lengthy post, Michelle penned that her heart fell “harder and faster” as she watched Trump supporters storm the highest office in the land.

“I watched as a gang — organized, violent, and mad they’d lost an election — laid siege to the United States Capitol,” she explained. “They set up gallows. They proudly waved the traitorous flag of the Confederacy through the halls. They desecrated the center of American government.”

Michelle went on to call Trump “unpatriotic” and she condemned him for his outrageous behavior and inciting violence.

“Once authorities finally gained control of the situation, these rioters and gang members were led out of the building not in handcuffs, but free to carry on with their days,” Obama said. “The day was a fulfillment of the wishes of an infantile and unpatriotic president who can’t handle the truth of his own failures. And the wreckage lays at the feet of a party and media apparatus that gleefully cheered him on, knowing full well the possibility of consequences..”

Barack also issued a statement about his thoughts on the Capitol riots.

You can read both Michelle & Barack’s full statements below.

Here’s my statement on today’s violence at the Capitol. pic.twitter.com/jLCKo2D1Ya— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) January 7, 2021

Like all of you, I’ve been feeling so many emotions since yesterday. I tried to put my thoughts down here: pic.twitter.com/9xzRvrpk7y— Michelle Obama (@MichelleObama) January 7, 2021

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jbreenr · 2 years ago

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⚠ MS MARVEL 101 SPOILERS ⚠

Alright…

Yes, I didn't watch it today at 2am bc I fell asleep. I'm old, leave me alone.

Anyway, dID YOU SEE MOONKNIGHT IN THE M OF MARVEL IN THE OPENING?!???!? AAHSSÑSKLS.

Got excited. Sorry.

I love that they added Blinding Lights and not only for the trailer.

Kamala being a hard core fangirl is such a mood. Like, I can totally see myself doing that (I'm not good at drawing but ykwim).

Also, i know for a fact that my driving test would go the same way. I wouldn't make it to the next block without hitting something.

This dude called her “Camelia” and, he was there for half a second but I already hate him.

Now, Bruno is a bay and i love him. Something happens to him and I go riot. K?

Uuugh. I relate to Kamala in this. I know what is like to have strict parents and growing up like that. I feel ya, girl.

I. Just. Love. How the text messages and Kamala's plan shows with this changing art and neon lights on the streets. They're dope!!

Now, nOW!! Did you see the belt? She was about to add it when her parents entered her room. Añdkdkñd.

And talking about her parents, ngl, I did feel bad for them. Like, they were going to let her go with their conditions and i know it was a wrong way to express her thoughts but we get it.

And the fact that she said that she made her dad cry just gives me this unsettling feeling. Idk, I've mentioned this in the past. I hate the idea of grown ass men crying. It makes me wanna join them.

But well, her plan with the bus didn't go as planned, obviously. And even though I felt bad for her bike, it was a funny touch.

I'm gonna mention just a few of the references I catched from the AvengersCon:

The Star Spangled Man song, the girls from the Stark Expo, that card? with America's ass, the iconic “I can do this all day”.

And I'm sure there are more but I'll check them later.

Okay but, ✨ Zoe's costume ✨ The original (sort of) Ms Marvel costume.

I got scared for a moment with the giant Ant-Man's head started moving, then I was like “okay, they're cheering, it's all cool”, then it moved a vain and it fell and caused the giant Mjölnir to play a wrecking ball and drag Zoe with it and i was scared again.

Luckily (and obviously) Kamala saved her.

And i don't know why people complained about her powers and why they were changed. They look so f-ing cool. They look cOSMIC!

Did you see the art in those credits? The Kamala from the comics? I mean *chef kiss*.

And last but not least… *clears throat* WTF was that post-credit scene? Who are these people and why do they want to bring her in? Mind your own business, floks and leave my girl alone.

Or don't. I wanna see what happens next.

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irisibe · 4 years ago

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White Supremacy

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/navy-contractor-capitol-riot-hitler-timothy-hald-cusanelli_n_604d4165c5b6cf72d096b66b

This article summarizes how a contractor who has a federal job in New jersey told coworkers that “Hitler should have finished the job.” Many of his coworkers stated that he was highly racist and had radical views against people of different nationalities, religions and genders. His views caused him to attend the capital riots in January. He along with thousands of others hold on to these white nationalist ideas because they hate change and anything that threatens their freedoms.

Intersectionality

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/why-kamala-harris-nomination-pushing-academic-idea-further-mainstream-n1240717

This article is about Kamala Harris and her run for office with Biden but also being a woman of color. Intersectionality deals with issues that cross each other to add layers of identity. Not only is Kamala black, she is also of Indian descent and a woman. In political organizations often we see male dominated areas who deal largely with whiteness. These politicians tend to have a narrow mindedness that comes from years and generations of the same politics for the same people. When Kamala comes into play, we see a broader set of ideals that can encompass women as well as minorities. This means that women of color who are both Black and of Asian descent can see parts of themselves in the vice president.

Institutional Racism

https://nypost.com/2021/03/13/second-georgetown-law-professor-leaves-school-over-racist-video/

A law professor at Georgetown Law makes a zoom video call speaking about the majority of her black students being lower than everyone else in her class. This ties into institutional racism because here we have a lawyer who teaches all types of law students at a T14 law school. Her skewered view of the majority of her black students being low in her class makes many question her grading rubric as well as her institutional bias as a teacher. Black students in a top 14 school is not an easy task yet she is saying many of her black students have not shown they are average or above. You are already average or above going to a top university especially as a Black student. There are also many reasons why her Black students might not be doing so well in her class, including her own biased grading rubric. As a lawyer, it is widely known how laws can keep Black people in situations against them and to further allow biases to now make your teaching and law career look questionable shows how embedded racism can be in schools, government and elsewhere.

Microaggression

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Touching a Black woman's hair without permission can be seen as a microaggression. Although it is not racist to ponder over another person's hair, it is not justifiable to touch people and make them feel uncomfortable. Due to history of policing black women's hair and bodies, these acts of being curious can come off as making a Black woman feel as if she's on display or in a petting zoo.

Hypodescent

https://api.ellecanada.com/app/uploads/2020/05/Meghan-Markle-Reads-To-Son-Archie.jpg

Megan Markle is 50 percent black and her son is 25 percent black. Though they are both white passing, they care black blood. Because of this they are half and quarter black and to many people who agree with the “one-drop rule”, they are Black.

Racism

https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/14/europe/charlie-hebdo-meghan-intl-scli-gbr/index.html

The magazine Charlie Hebdo depicts a picture of the Queen standing on the neck of Megan Markle as she proclaims that she can't breathe. Last year, a man named George Floyd died the same way by a police officer. Using that imagery due to Megan's/George’s blackness and the police officer’s/Queens whiteness shows a racial pattern of abuse by the magazine company. Though it is joked to be satire, using the death of a black man to laugh at the bullying of a biracial woman by white oppressors holds a lot of racial and prejudice undertones that highlight how Blackness, whether white-passing or not, is viewed.

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praphit · 4 years ago

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Happy New Year! (hopefully, cuz... whew!)

Ugh! Let's get this year over with; what do you say?? I don't even want to rehash the year like I normally would around this time of year.

Pre-COVID seems like so long ago: We were out at bars, games, concerts, and parties of strangers. We were dancing all up on each other, we were passing the bottle around, we were grabbing all kinds of doorknobs with no concerns. Kids were planning to soon graduate and step into their hopeful, bright futures. Adults were planning vacations around the world to escape a once hopeful present.

Times were good! Look at this groundhog eating pizza.

Not a care in the world.

And then, Thanos snapped his fingers, the world turned into shit, and we all realized how much we cared about Tom Hanks.

Can you imagine if that were literal? I think someone should get another gauntlet and turn planets into literal piles of crap. A new villain - "Poopfingers"

Ew... I know. I'm sorry.

Like I said, I don't want to talk about that stuff. I'd rather focus on entertainment instead. Join me for a few awards that I like to call "The Praphies"

MOVIE OF THE YEAR -

"WAP"

I know what you're thinking - "That's not a movie." Meh, it's movie-ish.

It's got two protagonists, whom are trapped in a mansion. It kinda reminds me of Willy Wonka's chocolate factory, but instead of chocolate being manufactured, we'd got... pleasure. Who doesn't want more pleasure after the year we've had??

There's a lot of weird things happening in the mansion, so that’s good for the plot. Plus, these ladies are all about... empowerment? - I guess?

Sure.

Kylie Jenner shows up for some reason, so I'm sure she's up to something; maybe she's the villain. And according to the lyrics "there's some whores in this house". Will they get rid of the "whores"? Will they embrace the whores? Perhaps this word will be taken back, and used as a term of endearment.

As mama looks at her daughter, walking bravely back into schools some day "That's my lil whore." Maybe we're all whores - what a twist.

It's a good picture. One of Scorsese's best. He did direct it right? I think so.

BEST ACTOR -

This one was a close race for me:

Jeanise Jones (Borat 2 - on the right)

This woman, who was not in on the joke, deserves a medal. She's the star.

Joe Exotic (The Tiger King)

Anyone standing behind Trump during those Rona briefings, who can hold a straight face.

Technically, Joe and Jeanise aren't actors, and Trump's people are... you know, TRUMP'S people, so I give the award to Mario Lopez for his role as Sexy Colonel Sanders.

Did y'all watch "A Recipe for Seduction?" It's entertaining. It was my runner-up for MOY.

SHOW OF THE YEAR -

Easy - "The Tiger King" for keeping us all together in the beginning of this 2020 corona mess.

Which leads me to MY person of the year (cuz let's be honest, Uncle Joe and Kamala... no)

The POY is -

Carole Baskin -

We all know that she murdered her husband, and yet she took over Joe's zoo property, continues her animal rights activism while being openly weird as hell, and was last seen being applauded on "Dancing with the Stars".

Only in America.

Animated action of the year - “Soul” for bringing us this negro,

played by Tina Fey :)

I’m just joking ( I love Tina Fey)... well, she does play him, but it’s not like that; still makes me laugh though. At least she didn’t have to worry about blackface.

I like my action flicks. They all can't be tear-jerkers like "WAP".

Which leads us to ACTION HERO OF THE YEAR --- Kiera Allen

If you saw the movie "Run" then you know this actress. She is the acrobatic, wheelchair-bound star of the movie. She is in a wheelchair in real life. In this movie she breaks through one window, climbs across a rooftop, breaks through another window, all with water in her mouth for a special finishing trick to end the scene. And she throws herself down a couple of flights of stairs. Let's see Liam Neeson try to do that!

I'm serious when I say - I expect to see her in the next "Fast & Furious" film.

Award for LEAST FUX GIVEN - Ricky Gervais, for lighting Hollywood on fire.

Athlete - TEAM JLo and Shakira

--- sidelined me (I attempted to dance like Shakira at work) and sent souls to hell

(that's some powerful booty shaking... and or just another example of white people being mad at brown people for existing)

SONG OF THE YEAR -

Vin Diesel’s "Feels like I do" - not up for debate.

Name another action star in 2020 with a single.

Album of the Year - "The Lion King: The Gift / Black is King" - by Beyonce

We didn't feel much like royalty, but at least we were being heard... well, for a lil bit; a lot more than I ever remember us being heard.

Remember when white people in Hollywood felt so much shame that they did this?

We had corporations like the NFL tryna pretend to be woke. Aunt Jemima and that Native American woman on the butter were freed

(though they did keep the land).

White people were afraid, and thought that perhaps this album was going to spark the second coming of Black Jesus.

It's interesting - black people protested (mostly peacefully); wanting justice, and white people got anxious. People started rioting and looting because of injustices rooted to this country's original sin, and white people, who's ancestors committed this sin, shook their heads at us in shame. Black people and anyone (of any color) standing with them were treated as hostiles, while white people with guns, shooting at black people were hailed as heroes.

What a time.

I wish Black Jesus really did come back to these Beyonce tunes.

Oh, and this stuff happened too

Toobin (Ha! This guy )

ASSHOLE OF THE YEAR (4 years straight)-

Trump

It's not even close. I was going to suggest that the dude from "The Vow" being a strong runner up, but even that would be disrespectful to Trump's assholery.

The world was on fire (metaphorically and literally), and Trump as our leader, threw gasoline on it. "BLM" came along to be heard and get justice for George Floyd, and Trump convinced his worshippers that BLM is a terrorist group. He shot away protesters, so he could pose awkwardly with a bible (doing God's work - this “work” included telling us to do the opposite of what physicians around the world plead with us to do during a pandemic, pushing drugs on us that these same physicians say no to, and telling us to inject ourselves with bleach. Hallelujah!). He accused Biden of corruption (pot calling kettle black). He loses to Biden, but fights the results with zero evidence, and at the sore loser rallies, there were stabbings and arrests, to which Trump praises their efforts.

A round of applause for the Michael Jordan of Assholes.

Donald J. Trump!

RESPECT!

Lastly, The Praphie (most coveted of awards)

The nominees are -

Kaylen Ward - raised over one million dollars for the Australia fires relief, by passing out nude photos of herself... yep. Seriously, look it up. Well, maybe don’t do that:)

Michael Jordan - "The Last Dance" was the only sports content for a sports addict like myself. MJ was the drug we needed.

Dr. Fauci - Really for putting up with us.

Dave Chappelle - a hell of a year for him. Plus, he was dropping N-Bombs and smoking on SNL

The Fly on Mike Pence's head.

Kamala Harris

Cardi B - just because

The winner is - Dave Chappelle

Not only for his great year in comedy (in this bleeped up year), but he has evolved into a modern day prophet. Who would have thought that the guy who made "Half Baked"

would be the one we'd seek out when racial tensions got to the highest levels this year??

Kaylen Ward would have won it, if she had continued her efforts. She could have raised some funds for Greta Thunberg. She could have used her nudity along-side protesters, or even joined doctors around the world, raising money for a vaccine. Smh. That's a shame.

In thinking about Chappelle's evolution, I'm reminded that we're all processing and changing as a result of this year. Some will change for the better, and others for the worse. Some will go to the depths only to rise up again. Regardless, of how you handle it, it's important to know who your true peeps are. Who loves you? Who’s got your back? Who do you love? We're all going to need true peeps to help us endure. Which leads me to my slogan for next year.

"If you love something let it go, if it doesn't return to you. Hunt it down and kill it." Idk about you, but that touches my heart.

Enjoy yourselves as much as you can tonight, and by that I mean safely :) Some of you might want to consider going to bed early, just to end this year faster.

Happy New Year, everyone!

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dunnystuff · 3 years ago

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Sent: Monday, June 21, 2021 11:36 AM

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Hi to all -

We have all heard the saying that a cornered animal is dangerous, and could do violent and unpredictable things. Well, we are surrounded by such things, as the left sees their grip on power slipping on all fronts.

McDonald's

Cherysse Cleveland, age 44, lost it when McDonald's employees refused to mix flavors together in her slushie. She didn't just get mouthy, but physically attacked several of the people there, and they called the police. Cherysse was arrested and charged with assault, and will have her day in court. The video does not help her case.

Supreme Court

A group of 18 states brought suit to declare Obamacare unconstitutional. It is. There is no provision in the constitution to provide any form of health care to anyone, much less to force people to pay a tax, and be forced to buy a product, even if they do not want it. But, the court, which has dodged this issue several times already, dodged again. They did not address the question of the suit - is the law constitutional - but rather, they said they would not act at all, as the states 'did not have standing.' Of course, the states do have standing, and are required, by law, to bring their case to the Supreme Court.

What this tells us is that the Court is no longer part of our government. Every member of it is compromised in some way. They have either been Bullied, Bribed or Blackmailed. They do not dare go against the narrative and those powerful people behind it, for fear of exposure or death.

Trump

He is hitting the campaign trail, once again. He has scheduled a rally in Wellington, Ohio for June 26. This is the first of many, he says. Don't expect glorious coverage on the Lamestream Media.

Biden and China

Remember when Trump decided to 'decouple' our economy from China? Biden and the left opposed that, since they were closely tied to China. The Biden family has many financial ties to China, as do a lot of members of congress. Recall that Dianne Feinstein had a driver who was a Chinese spy - for twenty years. And, who could forget the congressman, on the intel committee, who was sleeping with a Chinese spy? And, he is still on the job. Mitch McConnell is married to a woman of Chinese descent - who is part of the aristocracy of China. Lots of money trails, all coming from China.

The Chinese are very smart. Years ago, one of our embassies was bugged. Everyone knew it, but no one could find any electronic devices. Staff were reduced to communicating using Etch-a-Sketch pads, which erase as the cover is lifted. After a long search, someone discovered how they were being bugged. It was very clever. The chimneys in various rooms were designed like those old-fashioned ear trumpets. A listener could just position himself correctly, and hear all that was said in the room inside. No batteries required!

For years, the Chinese have been stealing our technology, and building copies of everything from cars to airplane wings, to actual ships and aircraft. Hard to miss the resemblance, when you place their systems next to ours. Our universities and business leaders are filled with Chinese nationals, or even ones a generation or two removed. Emory University, here in Atlanta, one of the finest in the world, has nearly a third of its staff with Chinese heritage. That means that other health organizations are part of the network. Government agencies, especially law enforcement and diplomatic services, are heavily infiltrated by people who are agents for China, either knowingly or unwittingly. Chinese students get a 'free ride' to college here, so long as they share their learning with the government. After all, they are told, we pay for your schooling, and we know where your family lives.

In short, in exchange for cash and benefits, vast segments of our nation, from government to business, to the military, to academia, are morally compromised, and dare not offend their real masters. Kind of like those movies where the cops catch a crook, and tell the crook - either you work for us, or we will bring the law down on your head, and all your family.

So, what are China's plans? For years, they have been traveling the world, bribing public officials, and getting 'business deals' to build things in the host nations. Of course, you are required as part of the deal to allow Chinese workers, and to use Chinese banks, who then loot your treasury - like they did in Italy.

Trump was a problem for China. He halted much of their looting, and other actions, and made them do their own research. China went from a 10% annual growth rate to a negative 10% in just a couple of years. That is a huge threat to their economy and security. What to do? Call in their agents - like Dr. Fauci, and unleash a pandemic, to distract and disrupt all that was working against them. Then, build up their own forces, both as a hedge against counter attack, and to use for direct attack, as soon as that was feasible. And, that time could be upon us very soon. What are the clues? Both China and Russia have been quietly recalling their citizens home. That is something you do when hostilities are imminent. Very sophisticated 'stealth' drones have been spotted over military bases in Arizona and other places. Chinese businessmen are building large complexes, including airfields, on both sides of our southern border. Numbers of illegals turn out not to be from South America, but other places, including China. We can hope that this is just a conspiracy theory, and that we are over-reacting.

Eric Clapton

This singer had the audacity to report that he had a terrible reaction to the vaccinations, which is still troubling him. He cannot touch anything hot or cold, or his hands don't work. For this crime, complaining about the experimental vaccine, his friends are abandoning him in droves, and refusing to speak to him. Why, you might think that this was part of a coordinated effort to silence anyone opposed to this vaccine. While young people and small children are virtually immune to Covid, they are under great pressure to take this as well. In fact, some are now advocating to give a version of this vaccination to your pets! Wouldn't you like to know what the real motives are?

The Military

They, too, are caught up in 'woke' thinking. An admiral gave a big speech about the need for mission 'equity', and utterly failed in cross examination with congress. The military, of all groups, does not deal in 'equity'. They deal in superiority, and strength, not in making equal outcomes for all. Until now, that is. Tribal thinking is the order of the day. This was predicted 40 years ago in the book "Mega Trends'. The mass migrations, breaking down into tribal identity groups, and the violence and disruption that would follow.

Florida

The Governor there is sending law enforcement teams to Texas, to assist in their efforts to control the flood of illegals. Texas is being overwhelmed by the tens of thousands bum rushing our border, while Kamala cackles and makes bad jokes.

Biden

At the G-7, his 'get out of my way' charge (you should get out of his way, he might just slip and fall on you, otherwise) led him to tell Putin a thing or two. While Putin laughed at him, and gave us nothing at all, Biden slapped Putin with a list of 16 places he better not cyber-attack, or else. You know, things like the energy grid, hospitals, and other key infrastructure. This is kind of like having us hand Japan a list of targets they should not ever attack, like Pearl Harbor, Guam,. the Philippines and Wake Island. Nothing says strength like giving your enemies a target list.

Portland

During a declared riot a few months ago, Officer Corey Budworth actually pushed a protester, who was throwing Molotov Cocktails at buildings, with his baton. Of course, the politicians wanted to prosecute this officer for his use of 'excessive force'. A board of inquiry exonerated him, completely. But the politicians ignored this, and went ahead, and convicted this officer for this offense. In response, the entire 50-man Rapid Response Unit (a voluntary assignment) quit. Portland, you are on your own.

Twitter

Documents have surfaced showing that Twitter colluded with officials in the State of California, to silence people who complained about corruption in California, as well as all the usual topics, like opposition to Covid rules, or actually having conservative thoughts, or election fraud. This should be a national scandal of Biblical proportions, this attack on the First Amendment. But, since we no longer honor the Constitution, it will be suppressed, as much as the left is able to do so.

Kind of a lot to chew on, isn't it?

Rich

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expatimes · 4 years ago

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Pence, Harris address racism, Supreme Court, COVID-19 in debate

Pence, Harris met for the sole vice-presidential debate of the 2020 campaign.

Susan Page of USA Today moderated the debate from Salt Lake City, Utah.

Their meeting came amid President Donald Trump’s COVID-19 diagnosis.

Plexiglass was installed between the candidates as a precaution.

Trump and Joe Biden are scheduled to debate for a second time on October 15 in Miami, Florida.

Hello and welcome to Al Jazeera’s continuing coverage of the vice presidential debate between Vice President Mike Pence and Democrat Kamala Harris, with Al Jazeera Americas senior editor Jennifer Glasse, political editor Steve Chaggaris, William Roberts, Creede Newton and debate analyst Alan Schroeder.

22:51 ET – Analysis: A far more thoughtful discussion

From Al Jazeera Managing Business Editor Patricia Sabga: After the subterranean bar set by the first debate between President Trump and Democratic nominee Joe Biden, the VP debate offered Americans a far more thoughtful discussion of policy differences.

When it came to economic policy, American voters were offered competing plans underscoring competing ideologies.

Pence pitched Trump’s formula of tax cuts, rolling back regulations and cracking down on “unfair” trading practices as the best medicine for reviving the pandemic-hit economy.

He also said market forces would spur innovations to deal with the challenges of a changing climate. Harris, by contrast, touched on the highlights of Biden’s Build Back Better plan for reviving the economy – a blueprint that includes hiking taxes on the wealthy and corporations, investing $2 trillion in clean energy, improving child and elder care and using the hand of government to spur innovation and create well-paying union jobs.

Trump’s approach will resonate with champions of free markets, while Biden’s plan will appeal to those who want government policy that aims to redress long-standing and now widening inequalities. There are benefits and drawbacks to both approaches.

So much depends on how they are executed – an ultimately, whether the next president can get lawmakers on Capitol Hill on board with their economic policies. After all, it’s not the president who controls taxes and spending. It’s Congress.

US Vice President Mike Pence and Democratic vice presidential nominee and US Senator Kamala Harris covered a range of subjects in the 90-minute debate [Morry Gash/Pool via Reuters]

22:25 ET – Harris, Pence spar on race, justice

The candidates were asked if justice was served in the case of Breonna Taylor, a Black woman who was fatally shot by Louisville police in a botched raid, and Harris and Pence got into a deeper back-and-forth on race and justice.

“I was a part of those peaceful protests,” Harris responded, referring to protests against racial injustice that began after the death of George Floyd, who died in Minneapolis Police custody two months after Taylor. “And I believe strongly, that first of all, we are never going to condone violence, but we always must fight for the values we hold dear.”

Pence said about the Taylor case, in which a grand jury didn’t indict any of the officers on charges directly related to her death, “I trust our justice system, a grand jury that refused the evidence. And it really is remarkable that as a former prosecutor, you would assume that an empanelled grand jury looking at all the evidence got it wrong.”

Protesters march against racial injustice and for Black women following the grand jury decision in Louisville’s Breonna Taylor case, in Denver, Colorado, [Kevin Mohatt/Reuters]

With regards to George Floyd, Pence said, “there’s no excuse for what happened to George Floyd and justice will be served. But there’s also no excuse for the rioting and looting that followed.”

“The presumption that you hear consistently from Joe Biden and Kamala Harris that America is systemically racist and, as Joe Biden said, that he believes that law enforcement has an implicit bias against minorities… is an insult to the men and women that serve in law enforcement.”

22:22 ET – Kamala Harris defends her record as a prosecutor against Pence attack

“When you were DA in San Francisco, when you left, African Americans were 19 times more likely to be prosecuted for minor drug offences than Whites and Hispanics. When you were attorney general of California, you increased the disproportionate incarceration of Blacks in California,” Pence said.

Harris responded, “I will not be lectured by the vice president on our record of what we have done in terms of law enforcement and keeping our community safe and a commitment to reforming the criminal justice system of America,” said Harris, who was the attorney general of California and district attorney of San Francisco before running for Senate in 2016.

22:22 ET – Analysis: Harris highlights Trump’s trade war cost US factory jobs

From Al Jazeera Managing Business Editor Patricia Sabga: Harris also took aim at the US-China trade war, claiming Trump has lost the trade war – that if the goal was to create more US manufacturing jobs, then the trade war backfired because US factory jobs and output started declining after his administration started slapping tariffs on hundreds of billions of dollars of Chinese imports.

But though saving US factory jobs was clearly an overriding goal, it was not the only one for the Trump administration.

Trump had a long list of grievances against China. Among the top ones: the administration has accused Beijing of intellectual property theft. It also wants to stop Beijing’s practise of forcing US companies to transfer technological know-how to Chinese firms as a condition for doing business there.

22:21 ET – Pence, Harris dispute validity of Judge Barrett’s nomination to Supreme Court and confirmation process

“The American people are voting right now, and it should be their decision about who is serving on (the Supreme Court) for a lifetime,” Harris said.

President Trump has nominated Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the US Supreme Court and the Republican-led Senate is moving forward quickly with her confirmation. Democrats argue the nomination to replace the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg falls to whoever wins the election.

Judge Amy Coney Barrett, Trump’s nominee to the Supreme Court, attends a meeting with Republican Senator Kevin Cramer on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC [File: Erin Scott/Pool via Reuters]

Pence warned that the Democrats are planning to pack the Supreme Court if they win the election.

“If they somehow win this election, men and women, I gotta tell you people across this country, if you cherish our Supreme Court, if you cherish the separation of powers, you need to reject the Biden-Harris ticket come November,” Pence said.

22:15 ET – Analysis: Stretch to solely blame Trump policies for all COVID-19 job losses

From Al Jazeera Managing Business Editor Patricia Sabga: Harris pointed out that Trump could leave office with more jobs being lost on his watch than were created. This could happen. However, it is a stretch to solely blame Trump’s policies for the massive job losses that resulted from the pandemic.

Because it was not just the US economy that tanked. The global economy tanked. Case in point – tens of thousands of US energy jobs were lost to the pandemic because global demand for crude oil plummeted.

22:12 ET – Uninvited guest crashes debate stage

22:12 ET – Analysis: Kudos to the moderator

Al Jazeera debate analyst Alan Schroeder: “Moderator Susan Page of USA Today has done an excellent job keeping this debate on track. Furthermore, her questions have been very well framed. This doesn’t mean the questions are always being answered, but it is clear she has thought very carefully about what she wants to ask.”

22:00 ET – Harris slams Trump for putting US troops at risk in Soleimani attack, failing to address Russian bounties in Afghanistan

“After the strike on Soleimani, there was a counterstrike on our troops in Iraq and they suffered serious brain injuries,” Harris said.

“And do you know what? Donald Trump dismissed them as headaches. And this is about a pattern of Donald Trump’s, where he has referred to our men who are serving in our military as suckers and losers,” Harris said.

She also charged that Trump does not “care” about reports Russia had put “bounties on the heads of American soldiers” in Afghanistan and failed to confront Russia Vladimir Putin about it.

Democratic vice presidential nominee and US Senator Kamala Harris speaks during the 2020 vice presidential debate [Justin Sullivan/Pool via Reuters]

21:55 ET – Harris: Trump ‘doesn’t understand what it means to be honest’

Harris was asked what her “definition of the role of American leadership” is in 2020 and she swiped at Trump’s foreign policy record.

“You gotta keep your word to your friends. You gotta know who your adversaries are and keep them in check. He has betrayed our friends and embraced dictators around the world,” Harris said.

“It’s about relationships. We keep our word, but Donald Trump doesn’t understand that because he doesn’t understand what it means to be honest.”

In his response, Pence referenced Kayla Mueller, who was kidnapped and killed by ISIL (ISIS) and whose family was in the audience at the invitation of Pence. He blamed the Obama administration, and Biden, for not acting to save her life.

“When Joe Biden was vice president, we had an opportunity to save Kayla Mueller,” Pence responded, adding that her family believes “If President Trump had been president … Kayla would be alive today.”

21:50 ET – Pence blames China for the coronavirus outbreak

“China and the World Health Organization did not play straight with the American people,” Pence said.

“They did not let our personnel into China to get information on the coronavirus until the middle of February,” Pence continued.

Mike Pence is doing GREAT! She is a gaffe machine.

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 8, 2020

Biden opposed Trump’s decision to restrict flights from China, claiming it was “hysterical”, Pence said

21:48 ET- Harris challenges Pence on Trump’s handling of trade with China

The president lost his trade fight with China and has lost more jobs than any other US president, Harris said, leaving young Americans coming out of college worrying about whether they will be able to find jobs and many Americans worrying about paying rent.

“This is where the economy is right now, and it is because of the catastrophe and the failure of this administration,” Harris said.

Pence retorted that Trump took on a fight with China that “Joe Biden never fought”.

21:46 ET – Analysis: Pence and Harris spin different narratives of Trump’s pre-COVID economy

From Al Jazeera Managing Business Editor Patricia Sabga: Pence and Harris spun different narratives of Trump’s pre-COVID economy.

Harris said Trump passed a tax bill that benefited the rich. While the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act did benefit the wealthy more than low and middle-income workers, it did cut taxes for American households up and down the income scale.

Pence credited Trump’s policies, including tax cuts, regulatory rollbacks and a crackdown on trade practices the Trump administration considers “unfair”, for the economy’s strength pre-COVID.

But the jury is out on how much tax cuts have contributed to pre-COVID growth. Moreover, manufacturing jobs and factory output started to decline after Trump launched a trade war with China in 2018.

Democratic vice presidential nominee Senator Kamala Harris and US Vice President Mike Pence participate in their 2020 vice presidential campaign debate on October 7, 2020 [Brian Snyder/Reuters]

21:45 ET – Analysis: The candidates’ facial expressions

Al Jazeera debate analyst Alan Schroeder: “The tight shots of the candidates tell two very different visual stories: Pence is tight-mouthed, and his eyes regularly flash with anger. Harris beams and seems amused, even when under attack.”

21:40 ET – Fact check: Pence’s claim that the US has the cleanest air and land ever

Pence again claimed something President Trump regularly claims: “According to all of the best estimates, our air and land are cleaner than any time ever recorded, among the cleanest in the world.”

That’s mostly false, according to fact-checking organisation PolitiFact.“No ranking places the United States at the top of their list for cleanliness,” they conclude.

No, the United States isn't the cleanest country. Trump has said this in the past. It's Mostly False: https://t.co/kp3bJhURhp #VPDebate

— PolitiFact (@PolitiFact) October 8, 2020

21:35 ET – Analysis: Compliments as a debate staple

“Saying something nice about your opponent, as Pence did in congratulating Harris on the ‘historic nature’ of her nomination, has become a feature of debates in recent years,” says Al Jazeera debate analyst Alan Schroeder.

“It’s not a bad idea, especially in a time of polarisation – and especially after Trump’s nastiness toward Biden last week.”

21:33 ET – ‘You are entitled to your opinion, but you are not entitled to your own facts’

21:33 ET – Pence warns Joe Biden would raise Americans’ taxes, Harris corrects him

“On day one, Joe Biden is going to raise your taxes,” Pence said.

“Joe Biden and Kamala Harris want to raise taxes. They want to bury our economy under a $2-trillion ‘Green New Deal’,” Pence said, by banning fracking and fossil fuels.

Harris said Biden has declared he would not raise taxes on Americans making less than $400,000 a year in income.

21:30 ET – Analysis: Pence’s difficult coronavirus task

“Pence has an almost impossible job defending the White House’s response to the pandemic,” Al Jazeera debate analyst Alan Schroeder argues, “but when he uses a phrase like ‘you’ll always be in our hearts and prayers,’ it’s more insulting than comforting.”

21:25 ET – Pence addresses questions about Rose Garden event

The White House Rose Garden event where President Trump announced Amy Coney Barrett as his Supreme Court nominee has been pinpointed as the event responsible for the spread of coronavirus among the White House staff.

Pence addressed that, arguing that holding the event, despite the risks, is about “respecting freedom”.

“President Trump and I trust the American people to make choices in the best interest of their health. And Joe Biden and Kamala Harris consistently talk about mandates, not just mandates with the coronavirus, but a government takeover health care, the green new deal all government control. We are about freedom and respecting the freedom of the American people,” Pence said.

Harris shot back: “Let’s talk about respect of the American people. You respect the American people when you tell them the truth. You respect the American people when you have the courage to be a leader speaking of those things that you may not want people to hear but they need to hear, so they can protect themselves.”

21:15 ET – Pence says President Trump ‘put the health of America first’

“I want the American people to know that the American people to know that from the very first day, President Donald Trump has put the health of America first,” Pence said.

US Vice President Mike Pence and Democratic vice presidential nominee and US Senator Kamala Harris take part in the 2020 vice presidential debate [Justin Sullivan/Pool via Reuters]

“President Donald Trump did what no other American president had ever done. That was, he suspended all travel from China, the second-largest economy in the world. Now, senator, Joe Biden opposed that decision.”

21:20 ET – Pence accuses Harris of ‘playing politics’ with US development of a vaccine

Pence, instead of answering the second question on the role of the vice president, scolded Harris for saying she did not trust the Trump administration’s accelerated efforts to develop a vaccine for the coronavirus.

“The reality is we are going to have a vaccine in record time,” Pence said, telling Harris to “Stop playing politics with people’s lives”.

“Senator Harris, please stop undermining Americans’ confidence in a vaccine,” Pence said.

21:12 ET – Analysis: Harris’ debate strategy

Al Jazeera debate analyst Alan Schroeder: “In her first answer, Kamala Harris previews how she will argue her case: Start with a strong, detailed critique of the Trump administration, then pivot to how a Biden administration would do better.

“This ‘two-for-one’ style of responding is something candidates practice in their mock debate sessions.”

21:05 ET – Kamala Harris says US has witnessed ‘greatest failure’ by Trump on COVID-19

The first question from moderator Susan Page went to Senator Kamala Harris on the coronavirus pandemic. “What would a Biden administration do in January and February that a Trump administration wouldn’t do?” Page asked.

“The American people have witnessed what is the greatest failure of any administration in our country,” Harris responded, adding that the Trump administration “knew” how serious the coronavirus threat was and “covered it up.”

“They minimised the seriousness,” Harris said. Joe Biden has “a national strategy for testing and contacting tracing” that would be implemented, Harris said.

21:00 ET – Moderator announces ground rules for audience

Susan Page of USA Today will be moderating tonight’s debate and, prior to the start, she asked the audience to hold their applause throughout.

“This debate is not about you and me. It is about the millions of Americans who will be watching it,” Page said. “During the debate, please do not cheer, boo, hiss, or laugh.”

“And if you could send me some good karma, that would be appreciated,” she quipped. “But quietly.”

20:35 ET – Inside the debate hall

Tonight’s debate is taking place in Kingsbury Hall at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City. The pool reporter inside describes the set -up there: “The stage is set up with three desks and chairs set about 12 feet apart for the two candidates and the moderator, separated by plexiglass screens… Some 20 seats for guests are set up in front of the stage, at least 6ft (1.8m) apart.”

A member of the production staff holds a seating chart while labelling chairs appropriately spaced apart ahead of the vice presidential debate [Julio Cortez/AP Photo]

The University of Utah selected 60 students via a lottery to sit in the audience, and the tickets they distributed included a liability waiver for the Commission on Presidential Debates and the university regarding coronavirus: “The ticket holder relieves the CPD and the event site host of any and all liability … including in the event of … sickness (including Covid-19).”

20:10 ET – This is the third male-female VP debate; the first had some tension

In 1984, the first-ever general election debate between male and female candidates proved treacherous for then-Vice President George HW Bush, Al Jazeera debate analyst Alan Schroeder notes. About halfway through the debate, opponent Geraldine Ferraro delivered a soundbite that resonated with millions of American women: “I almost resent, Vice President Bush, your patronising attitude that you have to teach me about foreign policy.”

For the remainder of the debate, Bush never regained his footing.

Vice President George HW Bush, left, shakes hands with Democratic vice-presidential candidate Geraldine Ferraro before the beginning of their debate in Philadelphia, October 11, 1984 [File: Gene J Puskar/AP Photo]

20:00 ET – Women organise watch parties to root for Harris

Various women’s groups around the US will gather as Kamala Harris, the first woman of colour on a major ticket, takes the debate stage tonight.

Activist groups, college associations and individuals around the country have organised mostly online “watch parties” as Harris debates US Vice President Mike Pence.

“I really can tell that Kamala is ready,” said Rahdiah Barnes, president of the National Association for Multi-Ethnicity in Communications in New York, which pushes for diversity in media, who has organised a watch party. “This is history. She has something to prove, and I’ve heard her say a couple of things over the past couple days, so I can know that she’s getting ready for war.”

19:45 ET – Battling over details in the time of coronavirus

Vice President Pence’s campaign initially rejected the proposal to have plexiglass barriers between the candidates as a coronavirus precaution, but later relented.

Pre-debate haggling about production details dates all the way back to the 1960 Kennedy-Nixon debates, points out AlJazeera.com debate analyst Alan Schroeder. In past years, on-site negotiators have battled about lighting, lecterns, room temperature, reaction shots – even the colour of the background. Who could have imagined that, in 2020, the dispute would involve plexiglass?

Members of the production crew on stage near plexiglass barriers put up to guard against the spread of COVID-19 as preparations tare finalised for the vice presidential debate [Patrick Semansky/AP Photo]

19:30 ET – Tonight’s debate takes on heightened importance

Even if Donald Trump had not become the international poster child for COVID-19, he was always destined to loom over the vice-presidential debate, especially after his disastrous opening encounter with Joe Biden, writes presidential debate expert Alan Schroeder.

Now, the president’s illness and the uncertainty shrouding the state of his health present Republican running mate Mike Pence with a tricky challenge. It also complicates the task of Democratic nominee Kamala Harris, leaving her with a delicate line to walk. Even in absentia, even from his sickbed, Trump looms over centre stage at the vice-presidential debate.

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