Kamala's biggest cheerleaders...
Kamala's biggest cheerleaders...
hint, it rhymes with bainstream bedia...
You can’t make this up…
The Harris Team has been editing headlines and stories from media outlets - and they don’t care.
The Harris campaign has been editing news headlines and descriptions within Google search ads that make it appear as if the Guardian, Reuters, CBS News and other major publishers are on her side, Axios has found.
Harris campaign's Google ads rewrite news headlines — via Axios
BLANK Slate:
Kamala Harris is a blank slate - and the polls show it
A new poll from the Media Research Center shows that MOST Democrats and Independents don’t know where she stands — and it’s obvious she wants to keep it that way. No interviews, no press conferences and no policy papers. AND…she is getting away with it. In 30 years of campaigns I have never seen anything like this. No wonder legacy media is dying - no one is doing journalism.
Stories I’m Reading…
Columbia president resigns in fallout from Israel-Hamas war protests — via Politico
My take: 3 down
‘I’m down to eating ramen’: Social Security benefits aren’t keeping up with inflation — via CNN
Hunter Biden Sought State Department Help for Ukrainian Company — New York Times
In Pennsylvania, Harris can’t shake her anti-fracking past — via Washington Post
Immigrants Are Becoming U.S. Citizens at Fastest Clip in Years — via New York Times
My take: New citizens say they are looking forward to voting in November
New Kamala ad — via Trump campaign
My take: This ad from the Trump campaign is spot on - Kamala on Kamala
Pre-Democratic Convention Update — via Doug Sosnik
My take: Democratic Strategist Doug Sosnik is out with his latest memo
“US Considers a Rare Antitrust Move: Breaking Up Google,” — via Bloomberg
“A rare bid to break up Alphabet Inc.’s Google is one of the options being considered by the Justice Department after a landmark court ruling found that the company monopolized the online search market … The move would be Washington’s first push to dismantle a company for illegal monopolization since unsuccessful efforts to break up Microsoft Corp. two decades ago. … Regardless, the government will likely seek a ban on the type of exclusive contracts that were at the center of its case against Google.”
My take: THIS COULD BE MAJOR
Trump Gambles on Outside Groups to Finance Voter Outreach Efforts — via New York Times
My take: New federal rules allow political candidates to coordinate their efforts to canvass for votes with outside groups like super PACs.
The ground game is critical is close election - how this change will effect the outcome is be crucial to who wins. Never has the party outsourced this aspect of the campaign. Having people support you, versus actually get out vote is different. If they don’t vote it doesn’t matter. Its like people liking your product but never buy it - nice but it wont keep the company in business.
Dems try to block Green Party candidate from presidential ballot in major swing state — via Fox News
My take: Not very democratic is it - notice how little attention this gets — trying kick candidates off the ballot?
Tim Walz’s 2006 campaign falsely described details about his arrest for drunk driving in 1995 — via CNN
Gov Walz has yet to fix his false calim about his military rank on his Gov website, despite team Harris removing it from the campaign site — via Media Research Center
WALZ DEFENDING HIS MILITARY RECORD — via Politico’s Playbook
Walz slammed Trump as an enemy of working people and defended his military record, per the L.A. Times’ Faith Pinho. “I am damn proud of my service to this country,” he said, “and I firmly believe that you should never denigrate another person’s service record.” As he and Harris build momentum at a series of huge rallies, the campaign is working hard to convert attendees into volunteers, NBC’s Yamiche Alcindor reports.
My take: Here’s the thing - this is pure deflection. No one is attacked or “denigrating” his service - and the media is literally ignoring this. In any other world this would be called lying. He DID NOT retire as a Command Sergeant Major - that is a fact. Yet time and time again - on his bio, in speeches, etc - he claims he did. They have now “updated” his campaign bio. He know says he “misspoke” when he carried weapons of war — he never went to a war zone. He also never corrected anyone when they said he had served in Afghanistan. Taking credit for stuff you did not earn or do is lying - whether in the military or not. If this was not Kamala’s running mate they media would be all over this.
Speaking of Walz….
This clip of him should scare you - saying "One person's socialism is another person's neighborliness"
Team Trump should be going nuts with this — socialism?
BTW…Axios is now trying to mainstream socialism and Walz’s views…this was their take on him:
“Follow the money: Walz owns no stocks, not even in mutual funds or ETFs; his net worth is in the low six digits. Buffett owns shares worth $136 billion.
Between the lines: Walz lives in public housing (the Minnesota governor's mansion) and owns no real estate. He and his wife earned $166,719 in 2022 — a decent middle-class salary, but not one that affords many luxuries in a family of four.
Both Walz and his wife, as well as much of their extended family, became teachers. That's a profession where the pay is often modest but still generally comes with a defined-benefit pension.
The big picture: Walz exemplifies how neither wealth nor a high income is necessary to live a happy and fulfilling life with great career success.”
Also..Walz’s praise of a Hilter loving imam…
Poll of the week:
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I’ve put together a page - linked here and as I find interesting websites I will add them — so give this a bookmark and share ideas (I have states RFK is on the ballot, early votes dates, and so on) .
ICYMI: NEW polling in battleground states…
WHERE IS RFK
In the Spring there was a lot of interest in RFK Jr - what impact was he having, who was he taking votes from, what ballots would he appear on. He was polling between 10-15% nationally and even higher in some states.
Then the democrats (who love to talk about democracy being under attack) sued to get him off the ballot in New York (and won) and hope to do the same elsewhere. While RFK made a cameo in Milwaukee he has been seen since.