Imagine if Kamala Harris had won.

Townhall  

"On education, ask yourself this: Would we even be allowed to know what’s being taught under Harris? Her DOJ called parents “domestic terrorists.” Her appointees would’ve mandated gender ideology in kindergarten and punished schools that didn’t toe the DEI line." . . .

 "Imagine if Kamala Harris had won.

"Imagine what we wouldn’t know. Imagine what wouldn’t have happened. Imagine the jobs never created, the energy never unleashed, the borders never secured, the enemies never deterred, and the schools never reformed.

"Now imagine what has happened under President Trump’s return to the White House—and ask yourself just how much better off we really are.

"In just the first 100 days of Trump’s second term, the U.S. economy added over 345,000 jobs. That’s not bureaucratic inflation either—more than half were created in heavy-lift sectors like mining, construction, and manufacturing. Remember those? The industries Harris promised to “transition away from” with a smile and a bullet-pointed climate plan.

"Had Harris been sworn in, U.S. Steel would not be in the middle of a $14.9 billion partnership with Japan’s Nippon Steel, a deal expected to create as many as 70,000 jobs and revive America’s industrial backbone. She would’ve strangled it in red tape and environmental virtue-signaling before it left the boardroom. Instead, Trump stood in Pennsylvania and declared that America would build again.

"And he meant it. Tariffs on foreign steel and aluminum? Doubled to 50%. Not to punish, but to protect. Because he’s not ashamed to admit that America should make its own steel.

"Imagine the border. Actually, don’t. Just remember it—under Harris, it would have remained wide open, with cartel-controlled chaos from Brownsville to San Diego. The half-million “paroled” migrants waved in by Biden’s DHS wouldn’t have made headlines, because no one would’ve dared to audit the abuse. Under Trump? DHS blew the lid off, revoked the fraud, and sent ICE into the heart of Boston to arrest—brace yourself—a migrant murderer and two child rapists Biden had let go.

"Kamala would’ve handed them legal aid and a voter registration form." . . .

‘60 Minutes’ anchor Scott Pelley ripped for ‘angry, unhinged’ commencement speech criticizing Trump

 

Nolte: Scott Pelley Mocked for ‘Unhinged,’ ‘Self-important’ Commencement Speech  

"Young people can smell a phony a mile away, and Scott Pelley is not only insufferable, he’s one of the phoniest."

Will You Read The Books About Biden's Dementia By Journalists Who Hid It?  ..."The “journalists” who were in the same room with him during the 2020 campaign knew. The “journalists” who covered the White House knew. The “journalists” who covered the Biden/Harris campaign and the Harris/Walz campaign in 2024 knew. Indeed, thousands, if not tens of thousands, in the “news” business knew. Now, with the story that his staff was planning to put him in a wheelchair immediately after Biden/Harris won the 2024 election, they are pretending Biden only had a physical problem, not a mental problem?" . . .

[Pelley's] self-important and ridiculously pompous rant of a commencement speech fell flat.  

"Whichever member of the Wake Forest faculty responsible for the “Hey, let’s get Scott Pelley!” idea probably has a very interesting e-mail inbox over the past week"

 . . ."And as Nolte reminded us, Pelley has the nerve to gripe that “journalism is under attack” on behalf of 60 Minutes, at a time when the atrocious fraudulent journalism of that show has put the entire operation of CBS News at risk of extinction.

"Why? Because of a Soviet propaganda edit of a catastrophic Kamala Harris interview last year which was so naked in its boosterism for her doomed campaign that President Trump is suing CBS and Paramount, its parent company, for $20 billion.

"The word is that Trump has signaled he’d take $100 million. He settled a suit with ABC News, whose Sunday morning host George Stephanopoulos made one comment falsely accusing Trump of being a rapist, for a reported $20 million. Given that 60 Minutes put an entire segment on the air editing Harris’ interview almost into fan fiction territory, $100 million seems pretty reasonable.

"And yet Paramount doesn’t appear to have the money.

"Exactly who is attacking “journalism,” Mr. Pelley? If there’s a villain here, it might well be your team at CBS News, and the “attack” begins to look like mere retribution, if not justice." . . .

POLL: What Was the Worst Media Take of the Week?

1. Jeffrey Goldberg: It’s Not that We Covered-Up for Biden, It’s That the Audience Is Stupid 

2. Scott Pelley Scares Students At Commencement Address: “Our Country Is In Peril” from Trump

3. Rosie O’Donnell: “Millions” Are Going to “Die Early” from Big Beautiful Bill

Parody: Dems Unveil Plan To Win Back Men By Having Gay Guy Grow A Beard

 Parody from Babylon Bee 

" At publishing time, the Democratic Party had decided the ploy would work better if the small gay man always left a few buttons on his collared shirt unbuttoned."

U.S. — After spending hundreds of millions of dollars on political consultants to learn how to win men back, the Democratic Party unveiled its new strategy of having a gay guy grow a beard.

"As men have left the Democratic Party in droves over the past several elections, Democrats believe they can reverse the tide by having a very small homosexual man sprout a light beard.

""This will do the trick," said political consultant Dan Jennings as he rubbed more Rogaine onto Pete Buttigieg's jawline. "If you want to win back men, there is nothing better than a homo who takes maternity leave growing out a beard. They will look at this beard and think, 'hey, he's just like me, other than being miniature-sized and a fruitcake. I think I'll vote Democrat.' It's going to happen, just watch."

"While many Democrats hailed the gay beard plan, some members of the party were less sure of the strategy. "I'm not convinced that a little fairy boy in a maternity bra is going to connect with men just because he grew a beard," said Representative Jared Huffman. "Still, I was sure the bald guy up in Minnesota doing jazz hands was going to work, so maybe they know something I don't. I'll wait and see." . . .

Black (woman) and blue (Origin)

 M. Walter

 "So here we have this incredibly smart, accomplished, decent human being, who achieved a life dream, to fly in space, and she gets a torrent of hate...from the “tolerance” people. What a shame." 

"On Saturday, May 31, The Washington Post published an interview conducted by Elizabeth Dwoskin, entitled “A rocket scientist wrestles with backlash over her Blue Origin flight,” and subtitled “Former NASA aerospace engineer Aisha Bowe always dreamed of going to space. She never imagined realizing that dream would let loose a barrage of online hate.”

"It begins:

In early April, I was looking at a beautiful Elle magazine spread featuring the six women who were set to crew the all-female Blue Origin flight into space. There was Katy Perry, Lauren Sánchez, Gayle King — and then my jaw dropped. There was my friend Aisha Bowe, surrounded by celebrities.

Bowe and I have known each other for nearly a decade. She’s a former NASA aerospace engineer and an entrepreneur. I always knew it was her dream to go to space.

"Ms. Doskin figured her friend was slammed with all the publicity, so she waited a bit to text her. When she finally did, she asked her “if she was still basking in the glow,” then writes she “was stunned by her response.” Ms. Bowe, a deeply impressive woman who happens to be black, had been the recipient of a gusher of left-wing hatred. Why? Because Blue Origin is a Jeff Bezos project, and Jeff Bezos had recently been in Trump’s orbit (pardon the pun)." . . .

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I Hate QR Codes

 Love and Science  

"I hated it. I hated being told to use it, I hated having an old man explain something I otherwise had no idea how to do, and I hated the process of using my phone’s camera to connect with my browser."

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. . ."You’re passing a billboard at 70 miles per hour and see a QR code.

"Once you’re forced to use a QR code against your will, you start noticing them everywhere. I truly can’t understand how they’ve become so widely used when the user experience is so poor. And what about those chumps that put QR codes on billboards? How on earth does that work? 

"You’re passing a billboard at 70 miles per hour and see a QR code. Even if you’re determined to use that code instead of just Googling the brand you see on the billboard, is it even possible?

"Can you whip out your phone, open your app, steady the viewfinder over the code and allow your browser to open the page without committing vehicular manslaughter?

"Are you supposed to pull over on the highway and scan from the shoulder? Is anyone tracking the usage of these high-stakes QR codes? This is nonsense at best, and downright deadly at worst.

"The Right Tool for the Job

"Here’s my solution: don’t default. Choose the right tool for the job and the audience. 

"In a situation like a highway billboard, scrap the QR codes altogether and just get better at establishing clear URL naming conventions and using redirecting vanity domains. Sure, it might require a little more creativity, but what’s ultimately easier for the user: scanning a QR code from the passing lane, or committing a straight-forward URL (like site.com/billboard) to memory?" . . .  Full Article...