The Back-Stabbing Between Harris and Biden Begins, and Things Are Getting Very Spicy

RedState  "With Donald Trump's landslide victory in the rear-view mirror, the recriminations among Democrats have begun. That's the great thing about the transition period. It's uniquely enjoyable in that the victors aren't in power yet and thus can't be blamed for anything, but the losers fight it out over who was at fault. Grab your popcorn because things are going to get spicy. 

"Before we get to the quotes, though, it's important to lay out the battle lines. To do that, you only have to understand one thing: The Joe Biden camp has always hated the Kamala Harris camp. From the beginning of the now-outgoing administration, the long knives have been out. For example, I wrote the following piece back in 2021. 

READ: The Long Knives Come Out for Kamala Harris As Her Vice-Presidency Continues to Collapse

Worn out by what they see as entrenched dysfunction and lack of focus, key West Wing aides have largely thrown up their hands at Vice President Kamala Harris and her staff — deciding there simply isn’t time to deal with them right now, especially at a moment when President Joe Biden faces quickly multiplying legislative and political concerns.

The exasperation runs both ways. Interviews with nearly three dozen former and current Harris aides, administration officials, Democratic operatives, donors and outside advisers — who spoke extensively to CNN — reveal a complex reality inside the White House.

Gloomy Nancy Pelosi ducks questions on swapping out Biden for Harris, gets heated with Donna Brazile at VP concession speech    "A glum-looking Nancy Pelosi avoided The Post’s questions Wednesday about her role in swapping in Kamala Harris for President Biden as the 2024 Democratic nominee — after getting in a tense discussion with ex-Democratic National Committee chair Donna Brazile ahead of the vice president’s concession speech at Howard University.

" 'Do you think it was a mistake to kick Joe Biden off the ballot?” The Post inquired as the former House speaker left the event.

"The 84-year-old Pelosi, who was elected Tuesday to a 20th term representing her San Francisco-based district in the House, ignored all inquiries — including one about whether she expected to run again in 2026." . . .

Dems rage against Biden’s ‘arrogance’ after Harris loss    "Democrats are directing their rage over losing the presidential race at Joe Biden, who they blame for setting up Kamala Harris for failure by not dropping out sooner.

"They say his advancing age, questions over his mental acuity and deep unpopularity put Democrats at a sharp disadvantage. They are livid that they were forced to embrace a candidate who voters had made clear they did not want — and then stayed in the race long after it was clear he couldn’t win." . . .

“There was a Biden weariness,” James Zogby, a three-decade veteran of the Democratic National Committee, said of the shift among the electorate in recent years. “And he hung on too long.”

2 New Yorkers busted in plot to stalk, assassinate Trump ordered by Iran, bombshell indictment reveals

NY Post

 Other would-be targets of the trio included two “Jewish businesspeople residing in New York City,” according to the complaint. Shakeri claimed the IRGC had provided pictures of both potential victims, which “appeared to come from social media and which indicated [their] support for Israel.”

Video: Maybe not these Iranians, but pretty much like them and the liberals they influence. 

"The Iranian government instructed one of its agents to stalk and assassinate former President Donald Trump this past September, according to a bombshell indictment unsealed by Manhattan federal prosecutors Friday. 

"The indictment, which charges Iranian Farhad Shakeri and two New Yorkers with murder for hire and conspiracy, states that an unnamed official in Iran’s notorious Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) instructed Shakeri in the final weeks of the 2024 campaign to “focus on surveilling, and, ultimately, assassinating, former President of the United States, Donald J. Trump.” 

"Prosecutors say that when Shakeri noted that the plot would “cost a ‘huge’ amount of money,” the IRGC official said that “we have already spent a lot of money … [s]o the money’s not an issue.”

"In a phone conversation with an FBI agent, Shakeri said he was instructed by the IRGC on Oct. 7 of this year to have a plan in place to kill Trump “within seven days.”

"If Shakeri did not meet his deadline, the IRGC contact allegedly said, the hit on Trump would be postponed until after the election, which Tehran assessed that the Republican nominee would lose “and, afterward, it would be easier to assassinate [him].” . . .

Here are all the Hollywood stars vowing to leave the US over Trump’s presidential election win

 The Gateway Pundit 

"Packing their bags!

"After former President Donald Trump’s election victory over Vice President Kamala Harris, some of the biggest stars in Hollywood have threatened to leave the US.

Trump’s victory.

 The 40-year-old is allegedly looking to start a new life in the UK with her husband, Ryan Piers Williams, and their two children, son Sebastian, 6, and daughter Lucia, 4.

A source told Daily Mail that the “Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants” alum is in search of a better life for her kids.  '  . . .

Hollywood hubris takes a hit.

....."Hollywood stars who have said they would leave the United  States if Trump won include Cher, Sharon Stone, Bryan Cranston, Tommy Lee of the Mӧtley Crüe, Sophie Turner, Minnie Driver, Barbra Streisand — who also so threatened in 2016 — Sharon and Ozzy Osborne, Elon Musk’s estranged son, and America Ferrera.

"Want to bet on how many actually do?

"Would anyone’s life be diminished if any of these folks lived outside the U.S.?  Is anyone begging them to stay?  I don’t think so. Many have not had a prominent role in anything for years, if not decades. And anyway, who cares?

"Pretty boy George Clooney decided to take a walk on the wild side. In the summer of 2024, "Clooney penned an editorial published in The New York Times. The gist of it was that he loved Joe Biden, but it was time for another candidate."

Well, it’s quite comical how that has turned out. Many Democrats have now turned on "Clooney, blaming him for a race they believe Biden, or an open primary candidate, would have won.  . . .

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“Don’t Let The Door Hit You in The Ass on The Way Out” – Ex-MLB Star Roger Clemens Slams Liberals who Threatened to Leave US if Trump Won

But...but...The View just won't be the same without Whoopi!

Here are all the Hollywood stars vowing to leave the US over Trump’s presidential election win   ..."Cardi B had a message for those gloating on her timeline, too.

“ 'So listen,” she said in a video posted to X on Wednesday. “Imma let you know this right now, okay? So, you little trumpets, you won, I know you’re happy. Whatever the f–k. No one’s acting like bitter losers. However, you need to leave me the f–k alone because I got one more f–king cigarrete in me before I start lighting your ass up. Alright?”

"Cardi, 31, added, “And that’s word to the United States of mother f–king America.”

P-47 Thunderbolts vs. German Tiger Tanks

 Ed Cottrell and the Battle of the Bulge

"Ed Cottrell was a young airman serving with the US Army Air Forces’ (USAAF) 493rd Fighter Squadron, 48th Fighter Group at the time the Ardennes Offensive kicked off. He and his comrades were given one task that was to be repeated over the course of the battle: support the Allied ground forces by targeting German tanks and equipment from the sky.

"To do this, Cottrell piloted a Republic P-47 Thunderbolt, which he’d nicknamed “Our Mary.” .  .

"As a decorated United States Army M1 Abrams tank commander it is heartwarming to see at the end of this film the two adversaries come together with respect and admiration for one another and finally in decency and friendship. What a wonderful story with a very satisfying ending. Kind of reminds me of my days in the early 1980s in The former West Germany, a place where I have very many happy memories serving with the third infantry division based in Aschaffenburg am Main on the front lines of the Cold war. I was so grateful that two former adversary nations had come together in friendship and mutual camaraderie to keep the world at peace together. My hat's off and my love and admiration for the German people as in my older age now I wish to return to my former Garrison town and say hello once more. Peace and love to all."

Ed Cottrell and the Battle of the Bulge | War History Online

Country Singer Mugged By More Than Reality Changes Views on Guns

Tom Knighton

. . .With all of that, it would be easy to look and think that he's probably anti-gun and he might well have been. Reality, however, has disabused him of that position if that were the case.

Country singer Jay Allen has reconsidered his stance on gun ownership after being the victim of an armed robbery at an East Nashville grocery store.

...

But what really distressed him wasn't the loss of the money — it was the feeling of vulnerability and terror that stuck with him, even after the danger had passed.

"Even with having a muscular stature and being covered in tattoos, it didn't matter," Allen reflects. "He had a gun, and I didn't. I felt helpless, taken advantage of, and mad at myself more than anything."

In the wake of the incident, Allen says he made a big decision: To purchase a firearm for protection.

"It was a wise decision.

"Allen also got training from a friend who was also a veteran, so he didn't just buy a gun and figure he had all he needed, which also shows at least some wisdom. I'd love to see him take that basic level of knowledge and get some professional training--his veteran friend might be a competent trainer, but being a veteran doesn't make you an expert in teaching people how to shoot, much less how to do the other things needed to survive a gunfight.

"I'm sure a lot of people will take issue with his decision, arguing that gun control would have disarmed his attacker, but I'm willing to put down money that the attacker didn't have a firearm lawfully. In fact, based on what we know of how people like that get guns, it was probably a stolen firearm that he either stole himself or bought from someone who stole it. Gun control won't stop that.

"What will stop it, though, is meeting an armed citizen who isn't ready to just let himself be shot." . . .

Trump's 10-Part Plan to Dismantle the Deep State

 Sarah Arnold , Townhall 

. . ."And tenth, Trump promised to establish a constitutional amendment to impose term limits on Congress members." . . .  

"President-elect Donald Trump announced his plans to completely dismantle the Deep State and return the power to the American people. 

"Trump wasted no time between defeating failed Democrat presidential candidate Kamala Harris and getting to work on fulfilling his promises before he called for a crackdown on the district of corruption. 

"In arguably one of the most critical first announcements Trump has made as president-elect, he vowed to immediately reissue the 2020 executive order to restore the president’s authority to remove “rogue bureaucrats aggressively.” 

"Second, Trump said he would fire all of the corrupt individuals in the country’s national security and intelligence organization so that bureaucrats would no longer be able to target and persecute conservatives and Christians. 

“ 'The departments and agencies that have been weaponized will be completely overhauled,” Trump declared. 

"Third, the incoming 47th president said he would reform FISA courts, and fourth, to expose the abuses of power done so by the left. Trump then announced he would form a Truth and Reconciliation committee to “declassify and publish all documents on Deep State spying, censorship, and corruption.” 

"Trump also said he would crack down on government workers who collude with the left-wing media to create false narratives. He promised to press federal charges against them if necessary. 

"Sixth, he plans to make every Inspector General’s Office independent from the departments they oversee to ensure they do not become a part of the Deep State." . . .

Ilhan Omar rejected by Somali Republicans; still wins

US elections 2024: Congresswoman Ilhan Omar defeats pro-Israel Republican opponent    "US Congresswoman Ilhan Omar easily defeated her Republican opponent in her congressional race on Tuesday night, in a win that comes after facing an attempt by pro-Israel groups to unseat her in the primary election this past August.

"Omar, who represents Minnesota's fifth district, faced Republican challenger Dalia al-Aqidi, an Iraqi-born immigrant who describes herself as a "secular Muslim" and is pro-Israel, in contrast to Omar, who is a vocal proponent of Palestinian rights.

"Omar won 76.4 percent of the vote compared to Aqidi’s 23.6 percent, according to the Associated Press, which called the race with 87 percent of the votes counted.

"Prior to the November 2024 election, Omar faced an offensive by the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (Aipac), a pro-Israel lobbying group, during her August primary." . . .

Is Omar's Re-election a Wake-up Call for Jewish Voters? - The Media Line

. . ."Omar has been a vocal critic of Israeli government policies, particularly regarding their treatment of Palestinians and has faced harsh criticism for her views and allegedly “antisemitic” statements. One such statement had her equate Israel, Hamas, and the Taliban, though she later clarified that it was within the context of “accountability for specific incidents regarding … ICC cases.” More recently, while condemning antisemitism on college campuses, Omar implied that Jewish students who support Israel amid its war against Hamas are “pro-genocide.” . . .

Reactions to the new administration

 

Broc Smith

Kamala Harris shows her true colours after election loss  "Sky News host Paul Murray has claimed Kamala Harris revealed her true colours after she waited so long to concede the 2024 US presidential election. "Harris failed to address her supporters at the Democrat headquarters on election night, where she faced an election loss. " 'I think the true insight into her character was that despite being the fighter and the person who was there for joy, on election night, she left the tens of thousands of people who had desperately hoped that they were gonna watch some history who had broken hearts, but she just left them by the side of the road," Mr Murray said."

Comment: The AMISH put trump over the top....they experienced government over-reach when an Amish farmer had his farm shut down. The farm was eventually able to go back to business as usual but it was too late...the Amish saved the day. THAN YOU AMISH COMMUNITY!

MSNBC'S MORNING JOE Does BIZARRE 180 in Response to Trump Win! "Joe Scarborough is the most dishonest human I’ve ever seen on television. He just needs to go away and take his equally dishonest, histrionic wife with him. He is the insufferable man at the party that thinks he is the smartest guy in the room, and she is the wife that sits silent looking at him adoringly and nodding in agreement. Until he says something that actually makes sense. Super unappealing."

Oprah Winfrey's ‘stupid last gas[p] desperation’ at final Harris rally called out    "Newsweek senior editor at large Josh Hammer has called out Oprah Winfrey's “stupid last gas desperation” efforts at Kamala Harris's final rally in Philadelphia.

"It comes as Winfrey during the rally issued an ominous warning about a second Trump presidency to voters. " 'The left reader right now as we approach the final hours of this most monumental elections they have a certain cognitive dissonance,” Mr Hammer told Sky News host Rita Panahi. “ 'So it's just stupid last gas(sp) desperation from Oprah Winfrey that’s all this is.”

Peter Doocy: This was so awkward it never even aired Comment to this video: "Apparently going to keep that "no comment" theme going - she hasn't spoken since she lost the election yet either. Her supporters are insulted that she didn't even give them a thank you for their support, no concession speech, nothing...how classless."

RFK Jr. vows to clear out entire departments at FDA

Comments to this video: "I'm so excited about this administration! This is a once in a lifetime chance to make real change in our county!"

From Denmark Europe. "You have no idea how much I love you guys and the MAGA movement. Congratulations on winning the most important election in American history

Thank God! President Obama will not enjoy a fourth term in office.

 Phyllis Chesler  

. . ."And then there's this. Too much violence, too much looting, and mayhem in our major cities; too many illegal immigrants crossing the border; too much working-poor tax dollars going to feed, shelter, educate, and deliver health care, not to American citizens but to the wretched of the earth, some of whom are criminals, (drug lords, human traffickers), or jihadists." . . .

"Thank God! The more gracious of the two candidates has won.

"Presidential character was deemed a very important test of one's suitability for office.

"President Trump was defamed 24/7--none of his real and/or imaginary foibles or character failings were overlooked. Harris was praised 24/7 and none of her foibles ever made it into the mainstream media.

"And now, the American voter has spoken. President Trump has won a "landslide" victory.

"All Ye who despair; all those who are in shock, who are wearing black today, and are vowing to either leave the country or pick up guns and fight: Prithee pause for a moment.

"Please note how gracious President Trump was in his victory speech, how much he characterized his victory as "ours," as something that "we" accomplished. And then, please note that Vice President Harris was a disgraceful no-show at Howard University; she did not even come out to thank all her supporters who had been waiting for her. She plans to issue her concession speech today, either at 4pm or at 6pm, about 13-15 hours after the election was called.

"How can we explain Harris's silence? Was she too "emotional" to speak, too angry, too ashamed that she'd been beaten, or was she simply unable to speak extemporaneously? Was she still relying on her speechwriters and a teleprompter? With all due respect, imagine how Harris as POTUS might have handled the Iranian mullahs and their allies Putin, Xi Jinping, Kim Jong Un, Erdogan, the Qatari Arabs, ISIS reconstituted, and the Pakistani and Afghani Taliban?

"Oh, not to worry. Obama would have been advising, if not controlling, the deep state.

"Really, what just happened? It's obvious.

"Democratic Party leftists have just taken it a league too far. The pendulum was bound to swing back. Our well-intentioned 1960s campaigns to divide people into oppressor and victim; the marxist and feminist belief that everything was socially created and therefore could be uncreated ("by any means necessary"); that anatomy is not destiny, in fact, that biology is not real; that racism and sexism are exclusively white America's gravest sins--no redemption possible; that Israel, our strongest and most endangered ally in the Middle East, was no longer a victim, but had morphed into a "Nazi apartheid" nation state which was allegedly perpetrating a "genocide" in Gaza; and that transboys and transwomen had an almost sacred right to defeat girls and women in sports, share locker rooms and women-only prisons, as well as the right to government funded transition care." . . .

Full Article here...

Bye bye, Barack   "Maybe former President Obama got the message when he spoke to African Americans in Philadelphia. The thrill is gone. The racialist policies just don't work anymore. People are tired of hearing sermons from former presidents with mansions and First Ladies who sent their kids to expensive private schools. 

"We saw on Election Day the end of Obama as a candidate. His "emerging majority" did not emerge, as David Weigel pointed out:" . . . Full article here

. . ."To be fair, maybe no one could have saved the Democrats from the failure of the Biden presidency. Maybe it was too much to expect that a former president would save a candidate trying to defend a candidate who couldn't answer a complex situation.

"Nevertheless, the Democrats need to look for new faces and different speakers at their next convention. The Obama coalition based on identity politics, green energy and taxing the rich is history. I have a feeling that Governor Josh Shapiro is not going to ask the Obamas or Clintons to speak on his behalf the next time around."

Drinking liberal tears

Don Surber  

"But blaming her sex and her race is easier than blaming her lack of intelligence, her lack of any leadership skills and her communist policies. Trump really is a sane genius who bypassed the media through podcasts."

"The presidential race in a nutshell: Trump’s secret weapon was a good presidency. We really were better off four years ago even in the midst of an overblown pandemic.

"Elections aren’t complicated. People vote for who is best for them. People who think they are smarter than everyone else overlook this simple fact.

"Which is why the day after Americans gave this mandate to President Trump, liberal tears gushed like an overflowing washer. Their Fountain of Uselessness was enjoyable. Their explanations of why the dumbest candidate for president imaginable lost were delicious.

"Maureen Dowd was so upset in her piece, “It’s This Man’s, Man’s, Man’s World,” that she laid this gem:

James Carville warned that Democrats needed to stop coming across as the party of preachy women. But then Barack and Michelle Obama tried to woo black men by scolding them.

"Barack Obama, preachy woman. I like that.

"Oblivious to her own sexism, Dowd blamed misogyny. How dare men not vote for a woman!

"She also wrote, “many of the suburban women that Harris thought she could get voted for Trump.” How dare women not vote for a woman!

"The lesser-known Jill Filipovic wrote, “Men Got Exactly What They Wanted.”

"Wow. We’ll have 110 million Corvettes, 110 million cases of non-Bud Light beer and 110 million new mancaves." . . .

No, no, no. Hold that order. That’s not all she said:" . . .

Musk trolls Trump-haters over victory with photo of himself in Oval office

 Kevin Haggerty; BPR  

"Optimism effused the messages from Musk as he harkened back to President Ronald Reagan when he posted, “It is morning in America again…” and spoke to what was on the horizon for the doers in the country when he wrote, “America is a nation of builders…Soon, you will be freed to build.”

. . ."During Trump’s victory speech, the president-elect brought up the visionary engineer with compliments to SpaceX’s successful booster catch and the deployment of Starlink throughout the areas ravaged by Hurricane Helene to help restore communication.

“ 'Oh, let me tell you, we have a new star. A star is born. Elon!” said the once and future GOP leader. “He’s an amazing guy.”

"Of course, beyond the endorsement spurred on by the Butler, Pennsylvania assassination attempt and the active campaigning throughout the closing weeks of the election, many attributed the path to victory for Trump to Musk’s fight for free speech absolutism that saw him purchase Twitter, expose censorship efforts and remove corporate media’s stranglehold on narratives.

“ 'You are the media now,” asserted the billionaire amid the praise." . . .

Trump’s victory throws diplomatic bombshell into Israel's multi-front war - analysis

 The Jerusalem Post 

"The Trump win could push Hamas to prefer a deal under Biden, believing terms would be better given Trump’s pro-Israeli stances and Qatar ties."

"President-elect Donald Trump’s comeback victory Tuesday weakens diplomatic efforts to end Israel’s multifront wars in the short term and calls into question US long-term support for Israel’s military campaigns against Iran and its proxies.

"It’s the equivalent of a diplomatic bombshell, whose chilling effects will be felt almost immediately, and which already seems to freeze such ceasefire efforts.

"Trump’s policies on all issues relating to Gaza, Lebanon, and Iran will be diametrically different than his predecessor US President Joe Biden and he will chart a new course.

"That knowledge alone creates chaos in a war, in which the US had taken the diplomatic lead in ceasefire initiatives and backed Israel on the diplomatic stage. It has also headed a defensive military coalition that protects Israel from Iranian missile attacks and has supported Israel with military weaponry and supplies.

"The Biden administration’s role this week is already not what it was last week. The question now is what can happen in the next three months and what would happen after January 20.

"Theoretically, a Trump victory should be a celebratory event for right-wing Israelis and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in particular.

"Netanyahu was quick to congratulate Trump on X, writing, “Your historic return to the White House offers a new beginning for America and a powerful recommitment to the great alliance between Israel and America.

“ 'This is a huge victory!” Netanyahu wrote, congratulating Trump who during his first term (2017-2021) was viewed by many Israelis as a true friend of Israel." . . .

Dr. David Barak-Gorodetsky; The liberal camp in the US must undertake a deep self-examination . . ."From the Jewish community’s perspective, the true test for Trump’s administration will be its stance on antisemitism. American Jews find themselves caught between traditional right-wing antisemitism and a new left-wing variant. Some pro-Trump voices within the Jewish American community, as well as in Israel, argue that the American right would demonstrate a stronger stance against antisemitism, particularly on college campuses.

"However, there are also legitimate concerns about Right-wing antisemtism, especially considering the antisemitic attack on the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh in 2018, where 11 worshipers were murdered by a right-wing supporter who blamed Jews for encouraging immigration. The burden of proof now rests on Trump and his supporters to ensure that right-wing antisemitism does not resurface." . . .