Never mind "weird"; Media Parrots Harris Campaign’s Ridiculous Claim That it’s All About ‘Joy’

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 The New York Times is downright comical in this piece: "Harris Used to Worry About Laughing. Now Joy Is Fueling Her Campaign." 

"If you’ve been following news about the election, you have probably heard the word ‘joy’ repeated over and over. This is not a coincidence. It’s a talking point from the Harris campaign, and the media is doing their very best to play along.

“Joy” is apparently the new hope and change, and the use of the term is not even close to subtle.

"You can see it used in this report from Axios:

Harris vs. Trump: America’s mood-swing election

This election is about more than two very different ideologies. It’s about two very different moods: joy vs. rage.

Why it matters: The conflicting rhetoric reflects the conflicting calculations of how to win in 2024 — and how Americans are really feeling about the state of the nation.

Former President Trump sees fear as the primary motivator — fear of illegal immigration, crime, inflation, a declining America. He believes swing voters will embrace his darker view and demand protection, even if they don’t love his style.

• Vice President Harris sees hope (or conflict exhaustion) as the primary motivator — hope to move beyond Trump and fighting, hope in a rising/rebounding America. She believes voters are tired of doom-and-gloom.Ignore the dismal economy.
  Ignore the open borders.
  Ignore the crime in your city.
  Just think of "JOY" when you think of Kamala!
  
  [Could it be any more obvious?] pic.twitter.com/arkL3h4Yww    — Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) August 8, 2024       . . ."The memo has clearly gone out.

  "The trouble with this narrative is that people around the country are not feeling joy. They’re feeling anxious about their savings, the price of gas, groceries, and housing. They’re feeling worried about the state of the country and the world.

  "Kamala and Walz can say they feel joy until they’re blue in the face. It’s not going to change the fact that most Americans feel the country is headed in the wrong direction."

Life in a Democrat Kingdom; Parody from the Babylon Bee and Genesius Times

 Tim Walz Clarifies That He's Never Been To Iraq, But He Has Been To Downtown Minneapolis Which Is Basically The Same Thing

"DETROIT, MI — Coming under heavy criticism over allegedly false claims about his military service, Minnesota governor and current vice presidential candidate Tim Walz clarified that he's never been to Iraq, but he has been to downtown Minneapolis, which is basically the same thing.

"After Walz faced accusations of "stolen valor" after repeatedly claiming to have seen combat in Iraq, he admitted that while he had never actually been there, he had spent a lot of time in and around the hellish, war-torn landscape of downtown Minneapolis, meaning he had likely experienced the same type of horror.

" 'Believe me, it's just as nasty out there," Walz said. "During my time as governor, the level of decay and danger that permeated Minneapolis isn't anything to shake a stick at. So, while I must admit I never actually set foot in Iraq, per se, I would have to argue that my extensive time spent in downtown Minneapolis has given me experience that is just as — if not more — sobering and life-changing than anyone who served in Iraq.' " . . .

Vivek Ramaswamy: ‘I shoulda ran as a black dude’ like Kamala  

US—Hindsight being 20/20, a reflective Vivek Ramaswamy looks back at his presidential run with a newfound clarity. “Yeah, looking back, my biggest mistake was not identifying as a black dude,” he admitted in a recent interview, a hint of regret tinging his voice.

“ 'If I had known that using your Indian and Asian heritage to win in California and then switching it up to African for president was the winning strategy, I’d have been all in,” he continued. “I mean, Kamala did it, right?”

"Ramaswamy’s comments come on the heels of his less-than-stellar performance in the primaries, where he found himself outshouted by louder voices and outmaneuvered by savvier campaign tactics. But now, with the wisdom of experience, he’s ready to rethink his approach.

“ 'Just imagine,” he mused, “Vivek Ramaswamy, the first Afro-Indian Republican candidate. It’s groundbreaking. It’s diverse. It’s everything the modern voter wants. If you don’t vote for Vivek in 2028, then you ain’t Black!” His campaign slogan, already trending on social media, seems to be catching on like wildfire." . . .

MSNBC Deceptively Edited Footage of Joe Rogan Talking About Tulsi Gabbard to Make It Look Like He Was Singing the Praises of [Kamala]

But a sniper on a rooftop at a Trump rally, no problem.

Infidel Bloggers   "American Stasi:" DHS Surveillance Teams Followed Around Veteran and Former Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard, Because Her Statements Criticizing the Regime Make Her a Potential Terrorist  "Tuesday night, while self-styled Democratic nominee Kamala Harris pledged to defend "freedom, compassion, and the rule of law" to cheers in Philadelphia, Hawaii's Tulsi Gabbard described being tracked by teams of government agents in a surveillance regime more reminiscent of East Germany than a free country. Whistleblowing Air Marshals told Uncover DC Gabbard was singled out as a terror threat under the so-called "Quiet Skies" program, and the former presidential candidate says she noticed.

"The whistleblowers' account matches my experience," says Gabbard. "Everything lines up to the day."

This story began two weeks ago, when the former Hawaii congresswoman returned home after a short trip abroad. In airport after airport, she and her husband Abraham Williams encountered obstacles. First on a flight from Rome to Dallas, then a connecting flight to Austin, and later on different flights for both to cities like Nashville, Orlando, and Atlanta, their boarding passes were marked with the "SSSS" designation, which stands for "Secondary Security Screening Selection." The "Quad-S" marker is often a sign the traveler has been put on a threat list, and Gabbard and Williams were forced into extensive "random" searches lasting as long as 45 minutes.

MSNBC is again EXPOSED as a propaganda machine for the Democrat Elite, and how they will brazenly try to deceive the American people.

One part of the video @joerogan was talking about Kamala; on another part of the video, he was talking about me. MSNBC combined it together to… pic.twitter.com/E8701iZ8dh

— Tulsi Gabbard 🌺 (@TulsiGabbard) August 2, 2024

Trump supporters are now marked "Quad-S" for being terrorists routinely, the whistleblower told her:   . . ."MSNBC recently cut together a completely-fraudulent video which pretended that Joe Rogan was supporting Kamala Harris.

"Among the claims Rogan was shown making, supposedly about Kamala Harris, was that she "served overseas for eight years" and was "a medic."

"Obviously Joe Rogan was speaking there about Noted Terrorist Threat Tulsi Gabbard, not Kamala Harris. But MSNBC cut together the clear disinformation and presented it on their Twitter feed as proof that disaffected liberal Joe Rogan was now voting for Harris, and his millions and millions of fans should get on board." . . .

Why Tulsi Gabbard Was Put on TSA's Suspected Terror Watchlist . . .  “ 'When I saw that, I thought, ‘Wow, okay. So everything I was experiencing was exactly what I feared was going on,” she said. “It’s bringing to the forefront… how brazen the political retaliation and abuse of power continues to be under the Biden-Harris administration.' ” . . .

JNS poll: Israelis support Donald Trump over Joe Biden

Caroline Glick

“Israel is the one, and you should let ’em go and let ’em finish the job,” Trump said. “He doesn’t want to do it. He’s become like a Palestinian. But they don’t like him because he’s a very bad Palestinian, he’s a weak one.”

"If Israelis were the ones who decided, presumptive Republican nominee and former President Donald Trump would defeat U.S. President Joe Biden in a landslide on Nov. 5, according to a JNS/Direct Polls survey of public opinion carried out on July 9.

"According to the survey, 55% of Israelis would prefer to see Trump elected, 34% prefer Biden and 11% don’t have an opinion on the matter.

"Israelis are unsure whether Biden is pro-Israel. Fifty percent said he is, while 43% said he is not and 7% don’t know.

Anti-Hamas Israeli

"Among young Israelis, the responses were even more dramatic. Seventy-four percent of respondents aged 18 to 29 said that Biden is not pro-Israel. Young Israelis support Trump over Biden 95%-5%.

"Israel and Jewish issues played a small but explosive role in the presidential debate between Biden and Trump late last month.

"In an exchange about what leverage Biden would use to get Hamas to agree to a ceasefire-for-hostages proposal that he announced in May, Trump accused the president of wanting to let the Palestinian terror group remain in power.

“ 'Israel is the one, and you should let ’em go and let ’em finish the job,” Trump said. “He doesn’t want to do it. He’s become like a Palestinian. But they don’t like him because he’s a very bad Palestinian, he’s a weak one.”

"Biden in his preceding answer claimed that he had “saved Israel,” but that the Jewish state had “killed a lot of innocent people.” . . .

When Harris says "I'm speaking!" you better listen

Tony Branco

 Harris was wildly insensitive to protesters at Michigan rally (usatoday.com)

Although Democrats are divided on Israel-Palestine, many want to support the Harris-Walz ticket. Brushing off protestors makes that hard.

"Two weeks ago, I wrote about the dangers of idolizing Kamala Harris and dismissing her critics following her bid for president. Harris is not a perfect presidential candidate. This is a truth many knew but were avoiding in the excitement of the new Democratic ticket. The honeymoon is over." . . .

“ 'If you want Donald Trump to win, then say that otherwise, I'm speaking,” she told them.

"This response lacks critical thinking and is also wildly insensitive while having a rally in Michigan of all places, the state with the largest Arab American population by density." . . .

Notice in this speech Harris realized Trump's idea of no tax on tips is smart.

Kamala steals one of President Trump’s most popular proposals  . . ."This caps a career that began with her stealing another woman’s husband. As of yesterday, Kamala added a new theft to her political modus operandi: She stole Donald Trump’s popular proposal to stop taxing tips.

"Trump first voiced the idea in early June during a rally in Nevada (a state rich in service employees):" . . .

“If you want Donald Trump to win, then say that,” Ms. Harris said. “Otherwise, I am speaking.”   . . ."Notice that Kamala didn’t challenge the substance of the heckling. Instead, she simply said the equivalent of please, don’t say that out loud because it will keep me out of the White House. Unsaid was the implication that she might indeed abandon Israel if she got into the White House.

"Bizarre response or not, Kamala supporters were in heaven. I see that nagging teacher I hated back in junior high school, but others saw presidential power!"

Kamala Harris is not f’g around. I edited the clip of her shutting down the pro-Palestinian hecklers yesterday, and focused just on her face. Look at that face. Look at that glare. Look at those eyes. This is not someone you want to F around with. This is presidential. pic.twitter.com/rHYYnN4KLJ

Kamala Harris spent months shooting down concerns over Biden's mental competency | Fox News  . . ."Questions posed to Harris over Biden's mental competency were raised frequently beginning in the fall of 2023, as the president made recurring comments at public events that sparked concerns over his fitness ahead of the election year. The president is 81 years old and would have been 86 by the end of a second term.

"Harris suggested that "what’s on his birth certificate in terms of his age" is not "the measure of the man," when asked about Biden's age in a November 2023 Sirius XM interview.

" 'Let’s not get distracted. Let’s look at whether we have a president that’s actually produced, and followed through on his commitments and especially on long-standing issues that needed to be addressed," Harris said. "Joe Biden has done that. That’s the measure of the man. Not what’s on his birth certificate in terms of his age." . . .

Now Even the New York Times Wants Biden to Resign

With Biden's fake tantrums, his Walter Mitty fables, his molestation of females and general qualities as a national leader, one divines much more than simply senility, but a lack of character and intelligence. Those qualities also missing in many Democrats, media personalities, and entire press networks. The Tunnel Dweller.

 Robert Spencer  

"It is easy to forget the fact, but the president of the United States is an old fellow named Joe Biden, a relic of the late 1980s political scene, a sinister corruptocrat who affects a genial, folksy mien. He's an octogenarian so deep in the grip of dementia that his frequent mental lapses led him to end his campaign for reelection after a disastrous debate with the man he had tried to destroy in numerous ways before a debate became unavoidable, Donald Trump. Yet, although the whole world knows, or thinks it knows, that Biden abandoned his reelection bid because of his cognitive decline, he continues to pretend to be president. Now, even the New York Times is calling for a halt to the charade.

"To be sure, the author of the Times column calling for Biden’s resignation was the Paper of Record’s resident conservative, Ross Douthat, so it cannot be taken as an indication that the Democrat Party leadership, which generally uses the Times as its press release service, is on the verge of administering the final coup de grace to the Biden “presidency.” Still, this is the Times, and so it’s an unmistakable indication that there are currents within the Democrat Party that want to jettison Old Joe now. 

" 'Douthat points out that the destruction of Biden’s reelection campaign headed off a scandal: “for a few weeks the media coverage of the Biden White House built up the idea that there was a major scandal here, implicating the inner circle that encouraged the president to run for re-election and practiced deception amid his obvious decline. The potential scale of that scandal has diminished now that the country is no longer being asked to entrust the Oval Office to Biden for another four years.”

"Nonetheless, if Old Joe would just get out of the way, says Douthat, Kamala Harris’ chances of being elected president would increase. “It’s possible,” he writes, “depending on Biden’s true capacities, that by rights he should have resigned and Harris should be president already — which probably would have put her in a better position to win the election even than her current honeymoon does.” " . . .

"Robert Spencer is the director of Jihad Watch and a Shillman Fellow at the David Horowitz Freedom Center. He is author of 28 books, including many bestsellers such as The Politically Incorrect Guide to Islam (and the Crusades), The Truth About Muhammad, The History of Jihad, and The Critical Qur’an. His latest book is Muhammad: A Critical Biography." . . .

Shouldn't this frighten you about Pelosi and today's Democrats?

Pelosi says it's her life goal to ensure 'that man' Trump never steps in the White House again   "Nancy Pelosi's influence can be seen all across the Democratic Party shakeup that in a few short, agonizing weeks has reengineered the 2024 presidential ticket and the race for the White House.

"It was Pelosi who publicly encouraged President Joe Biden to make a decision about his reelection campaign when he had already insisted he had no plans to step aside. Once he exited and endorsed Kamala Harris atop the ticket, it was Pelosi who was a big fan of her future running mate, Tim Walz.

"For the House speaker emerita the upheaval is less about Biden, a friend of 40 years, and more about Republican Donald Trump, the former president she refers to as “Bozo,” “a snake-oil salesman,” “what's his name” and the “Creature from the Black Lagoon.”

“ 'How can I say this in the nicest possible way: My goal in life was that man would never step in the White House again,” Pelosi said, slapping the table with every word.

"Pelosi spoke Wednesday with reporters and columnists about her new book, “The Art of Power, My Story as America's First Woman Speaker of the House,” which calls for an end to political violence in the U.S. But it’s this final unwritten chapter of Pelosi's career that shows the soft power she still wields that can change the course of history.

"Over and again, Pelosi declined to detail her conversations with Biden during this tumultuous period, or if the conversations happened at all. The two have not spoken since he bowed out of the race." . . .

Special Counsel Confirms Hunter Biden Was Taking Bribes

While VP Joe Biden lectured Romania on corruption, the Bidens received over a million dollars from a Romanian company controlled by Gabriel Popoviciu.

  Katie Pavlich   "While President Joe Biden spends yet another weekend in Delaware after the collapse of his 2024 campaign his son, Hunter Biden, is facing new and damning facts from Special Counsel David Weiss. 

" According to a new court filing, the younger Biden took millions of dollars from a Romanian real estate tycoon in exchange for U.S. policy changes toward corruption in the country. The exchange took place while President Joe Biden was the Vice President during President Barack Obama's administration. " . . .

🚨The Biden family’s influence peddling schemes in Romania were documented in @GOPoversight’s bank records memorandum in May 2023.

Bank records don’t lie. The mainstream media took their marching orders from the Biden White House & turned a blind eye to public corruption. https://t.co/W38Xe8q2S9

— Rep. James Comer (@RepJamesComer) August 7, 2024

. . ."Last year the House Oversight Committee, led by Republican Congressman James Comer, launched an impeachment inquiry into whether President Joe Biden accepted money in exchange for changes in U.S. policy during his time as vice president." . . .

Yet the corrupt Pelosi declares that Donald Trump will never see the inside of the White House again.

So what happens when you put Tampon Tim's maxipad dispenser in the boys' bathroom at a typical high school?

 Monica Showalter  "For weird characters like Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, now Kamala Harris's running mate, there is no such thing as human nature.

"Which is why he and his woke coevals are constantly in for a surprise when they make human beings into their guinea pigs for a Better World.

"And this is particularly obvious in matters involving children and their identities. It's very well known that boys, when given Barbie dolls to play with will turn them into guns for cowboy play.

"Writer Kira Davis saw what happened when Tim Walz's wokesterly idea of putting tampon and maxipad dispensers in the boys' room of her kids' high school in California.

"That of course meant that at taxpayer expense, the improbable specter of tampon and maxipad machines were installed in all public school bathrooms, including the boys' rooms -- and the boys weren't supposed to notice anything amiss."

 "Here's her tweet thread:"  

I live in CA, so #TamponTim's inspiration is our public school system. Last year my child's high school put pads and tampons in the boys bathrooms, for all those "people who menstruate." You won't be surprised to hear what happened next...1/

Well, perhaps some males will appreciate the gesture.

When Democrats meet.

Kamala Harris Colluded With Planned Parenthood to Cover Up Aborted Baby Part Sales

lucianne

LifeNews   "Five newly-released undercover videos show Texas-based Planned Parenthood abortionists describing how they abort late-term babies alive and then dismember them to avoid the federal partial-birth abortion law and then sell the baby body parts for profit. Liberty Counsel’s client Sandra Merritt, and David Daleiden, founder of the Center for Medical Progress, filmed the videos in 2015 during an undercover investigation of Planned Parenthood. Then-California Attorney General Kamala Harris investigated and charged Merritt and Daleiden while the videos were blocked from public release by a court order. The videos have now been released after a congressional subpoena cleared the way for public viewing.

"In March 2024, a U.S. Congressional panel held an independent hearing for the purpose of “investigating the black market of baby organ harvesting” through abortion. During the hearing, independent investigator David Daleiden presented graphic videos and testimony on how the “industrial-scale abortion business” brokers lucrative deals for fetal organs taken from live babies by dismembering viable babies in utero to “skirt” partial-birth abortion laws. On July 30, Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene, who chaired the panel, released the full versions of the subpoenaed videos.

"The videos reveal two conversations between undercover reporters and Planned Parenthood officials at the 2015 National Abortion Federation commercial trade show. In one video, Dr. Ann Schutt-Aine, the Chief Medical Officer of Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast, explained how to keep baby body parts intact while avoiding violating partial birth abortion (PBA) law, which prohibits killing a baby if any part of its body below the navel is outside the mother’s body." . . .

Kamala Harris Ordered Raid on Undercover Journalist Who Exposed Planned Parenthood’s Sale of Baby Parts, Seized Videos to Block Their Release to the Public   . . ."Instead of investigating Planned Parenthood's illegal activities, Harris launched a criminal investigation against Daleiden and the Center for Medical Progress (CMP), which has continued for nearly nine years.

"This was not just an attack on a journalist but an attack on the First Amendment and the right of the public to know the truth about what goes on behind the closed doors of abortion clinics. Harris's actions were a clear attempt to protect her political allies at Planned Parenthood, even as evidence of illegal activity mounted." . . .

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/08/pure-evil-newly-released-undercover-video-exposes-planned/

Next: did they check out her roof ? Remember this is for Kamala!  U.S. Secret Service Breaks into Massachusetts Hair Salon and Tapes Over Security Camera, Allegedly to Let People Use the Bathroom During Kamala Harris Fundraiser   . . ."However, what transpired next left Powers feeling violated and betrayed. According to Powers, Secret Service agents took it upon themselves to enter her locked salon, use her bathroom, and tamper with her security cameras—all without her consent.

"Security footage obtained by Business Insider showed a female Secret Service agent taping over the lens of a Ring security camera located at the salon’s entrance.

"The agents then proceeded to break into the salon, triggering the security alarm and using the facilities for nearly two hours before leaving the building completely unsecured." . . .

Surely there are better people in America than Pelosi, Walz, Biden and Harris

The stolen valor of Tim Walz   . . ."Walz actually did serve in the Army reserve for 24 years, reaching the rank of Master Sergeant—E8. He retired and was honorably discharged. The Stolen Valor problem has to do with how and when he retired, and his claims after retiring." . . .

Retired USMC Major Confronts CNN’s Brianna Keilar For Attacking JD Vance’s Military Service While Defending Tim Walz’s Stolen Valor

"J.D Vance WENT OFF on Brianna Keilar on Thursday.

“Brianna this is disgusting, and you and your entire network should be ashamed of yourselves,” JD Vance said. “When I got the call to go to Iraq, I went.”

“Tim Walz said he carried a gun in a war. Did he? No. It was a lie,” Vance said." ...

.Veterans Are Posting Pictures Of Themselves On Combat Duty “Not Being Tim Walz”  "U.S. military veterans have taken to social media to post images of themselves on combat duty in Afghanistan, Iraq, and other theatres of war, captioning the pictures “Me not being Tim Walz.” . . .

This is my husband in Iraq 2005 - he served for 20 years !! I, as his wife, do not take stolen valor lightly. And that liar wants to run for VP???
I think Tim Walz is an idiot, ya I said it !!!! And that was me being nice. pic.twitter.com/qJloZmEQ6t

— Rita McQuaide 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 (@RitaMcQuaide) August 8, 2024

Pelosi doesn't know Vance served in combat 🤡 pic.twitter.com/VwtzhSSw7C

— Sara Rose 🇺🇸🌹 (@saras76) August 7, 2024

The Hill    "Third, on July 29 Trump was interviewed by Fox News host Laura Ingraham. She asked about remarks he made at a Christian voter gathering that some interpreted as dictatorial— eliminating the need for voting. Trump told the Christians, “You have to vote on Nov. 5. After that, you don’t have to worry about voting anymore. I don’t care, because we’re going to fix it. The country will be fixed …”

"Such bravado prompted Ingraham to ask Trump, “But you will leave office after four years?” He replied, “Of course. By the way, and I did last time. I kept hearing, he’s not going to leave. He’s not going to leave. Look, they are the ones that are a threat to democracy.” . . .

Seamus Bruner: Seven Troubling Tim Walz Connections to Communist China

. . .“ 'No matter how long I live, I will never be treated that well again…it was an excellent experience,” Walz said upon his return from the first of many trips there. Walz claims that his Chinese hosts lavished him with “more gifts than I could bring home.”

"Walz and his supporters would like us to believe that his cozy ties to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) are not unusual. In fact, he is “hawkish” and staunch critic of the CCP’s human rights abuses, his media allies say. The Chinese have an expression for the practice of providing cover for the communist regime while issuing the occasional muted critiques: it’s called “big help with a little bad mouth.”

"As Breitbart News reported, Walz first visited China in 1989 under the auspices of a now-shuttered Harvard program called WorldTeach. Walz and became so enamored with the country that he and his wife honeymooned there after their marriage on June 4, 1994, the fifth anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre. Walz “wanted to have a [wedding anniversary] date he’ll always remember,” according to his wife." . . .

Good Samaritan with a gun saves a 15-year-old girl from being raped on a Texas sidewalk

Olivia Murray   "As long as you’re not in a Democrat stronghold, you can in fact come to the defense of someone weaker than you who’s being threatened and attacked by a violent assailant, without fear of being thrown in jail. While New Yorker Daniel Penny awaits trial, faces 15 years in prison, and is burdened by legal fees, Texan David Garza is being hailed a “quick-thinking hero” who saved a young girl’s life.

"Here are the details, per a report from the New York Post:

The assailant followed the teen into a gated apartment complex after she got off a Metro bus on Houston’s east side around 12:30 a.m. July 28, according to the Harris County Sheriff’s Office.

That’s when good Samaritan David Garza heard the girl screaming for help outside his apartment.

‘I looked out the window and I saw a man beating up a woman on the ground … trying to take her clothes off,’ Garza told KHOU.

Garza immediately grabbed his gun and ran outside to confront the attacker, security footage shows. He said the suspect had the girl by her hair.

"Below is the doorbell footage captured of Garza as he confronted the man, as well as a firsthand account from both Garza and another witness: . . ."