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Kamala Harris is roundly criticized for feeding America a steady diet of word salads. But what else can she do, given her impossible task of making the Democratic Party’s progressive policies palatable to the American people? To appreciate Harris’ challenge, note that none of her top surrogates have been able to square that circle either. There is no Democrat who makes you think, why can’t our candidate just say that – as Sen. Tom Cotton and Vivek Ramaswamy do for Republicans while describing Donald Trump’s policies. Harris’ stand-ins may not get lost in the weeds of pablum, as Harris did...

Here's a summary of the transcript: The video discusses the intersection of faith, theology, and the unexplained phenomena of UFOs, featuring Dr. Matthew Halstead from Eternity Bible College. The conversation explores concerns that UFOs might be demonic, how to discern the truth amidst speculation, and the implications for religious beliefs. Key points include: Cultural Curiosity and Theological Engagement: Dr. Halstead explains that cultural fascination with UFOs has been longstanding, and the recent media attention and governmental discussions, especially since the 2017 New York Times article, have elevated the conversation. He notes a lack of theological engagement in this discourse and...

I almost never do this but I'm going to play all four pieces of tape from her reporting. This to me is far more powerful than a poll and Rasmussen, who I love, or New York Times Siena. I don't care about any of that now.When they send Adriana Diaz into restaurants in Washoe County, you should watch, and then it goes past the muster of an editor. What she found on the ground in Washoe County data should give every single one of you a shot in the arm of hope. You see, this means what she found on...

TranscriptGreg: First solo interview stinks like doggy doo. The video of the day comes from Pennsylvania. She did her first sitdown interview all by herself like a big girl. But when we talk about making prices affordable for people, what are the two specific things she has in mind for that? Interviewer: When we talk about bringing down prices and making life more affordable for people, what are one or two specific things you have in mind for that? Interviewee: I will start with this. I grew up a middle-class kid. My mother raised my sister and me. I grew...

Here's the transcript (provided by ChatGPT): Announcer: It's time to play Guess the Question. [Cheering and applause] Greg: Welcome to Guess the Question. We will present three word salads from Kamala Harris at the event that held Oprah, and you can guess what the question was asked of her. Here is the first one. Kamala Harris: We love our country. I love our country. I know we all do. That's why everybody is here right now—we love our country. We take pride in the privilege of being American. We believe in what is possible. We believe in what can be....

She avoids all news conferences, one-on-one nationally broadcast interviews, and town halls. And like Biden, she will debate only on leftist venues with impartial pro-Harris moderators. When asked to provide the details of her past responsibility for the open border, inflationary economy, spiraling crime, attacks on fossil fuels, and collapsing foreign policy, Harris smiles, makes hand gestures, and dodges. She changes the subject to her empathetic personality, her "joy" campaign, and her iconic profile as a supposedly dynamic black woman. When pressed, Harris outsources the task of squaring her hypocrisies and subterfuges to the stonewalling campaign, Democratic surrogates -- and...

Any time there’s an attempt on a presidential candidate — of which there has been an alarming increase in frequency in 2024 — pundits, law enforcement and everyday Americans will inevitably search for the “why” or “how.” After Sunday’s alleged assassination attempt of former President Donald Trump at Trump International Golf Course near West Palm Beach, Florida, the answer to “how” may very well infuriate Americans, law enforcement and pundits alike. According to an ominous report from the New York Post, alleged gunman Ryan Wesley Routh was able to get dangerously close to shooting Trump thanks to a glaring —...

Former National Security Advisor and retired Army Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster became the latest official to make eyebrow-raising comments about UFOs, now formally rebranded as “unidentified anomalous phenomena” or UAP. Asked about UAP during a Sept. 6 appearance on “Real Time with Bill Maher,” McMaster stated that “there are phenomena that have been witnessed by multiple people that are just inexplicable by any kind of science available to us.” ... Over a decade after they were first formally reported, naval aviators’ daily observations of UAP exhibiting amazing flight characteristics off the East Coast remain officially unexplained. John Ratcliffe, director of...

The city hall in Springfield, Ohio, was forced to close on Thursday morning after receiving a bomb threat. A city spokesperson stated that the threat was made in an email that was received around 8:24 a.m., as reported by WHIO. As a result, the building was immediately evacuated. ... “These Haitians are running into trash cans. They’re running into buildings. They’re flipping cars in the middle of the street, and I don’t know how, like, y’all can be comfortable with this,” Springfield resident Anthony Harris told city officials last month, per the Federalist. “They’re in the park, grabbing up ducks...

Kamala Harris had planned to object, fact-check and directly question Donald Trump while he was speaking during their debate next week. But now, with rules just finalized to mute the candidates when their opponents speaks, campaign officials said Harris advisers are scrambling to rewrite their playbook. Harris and her team — holed up in Pittsburgh for a multi-day debate camp — wanted unmuted microphones so that the vice president could lean on her prosecutorial background, confronting the former president in the same way she laced into some of Trump’s Supreme Court nominees and Cabinet members during Senate hearings. Instead, four...

TRANSCRIPT: The original sin of slavery. Today Americans are taught, when it comes to slavery, America was the worst. The Atlantic slave trade from Africa to the Americas was different from any other type of slavery. The United States didn't inherit slavery from anybody, we created it. American slavery was worse because the slaves were reduced to property. They were chattel property. No other system of slavery did that except American slavery. That's complete nonsense. Wilfred Reilly is a political science professor and author of Lies My Liberal Teacher Told Me. Generational slavery, like if you're the son of a...

Kamala Harris has been very secretive about her policies — in fact, no one really knows if she even has any. Unbeknownst to everyone, however, Kamala has been preparing several policies this whole time. In a world exclusive, The Babylon Bee has gone deep undercover to find the following list of secret policies Kamala Harris and Tim Walz want to institute when they are elected: Get rid of dividers between urinals: Tim Walz was reportedly a big proponent of this one. A new tax on money you saved by purchasing something on sale: What are you trying to do, rob...

Here's the full transcript (formatted by ChatGPT): Lex Fridman: I don't know if you know this, but some people call you a fascist. Donald Trump: Yeah, they do. So I figure it's all right to call them a communist. Yeah, they call me a lot worse than I call them. Lex Fridman: A lot of people listening to this, myself included, don’t think that Kamala is a communist. Donald Trump: Well, she's a Marxist. Her father's a Marxist. That's right. Lex Fridman: I believe you have to fight fire with fire. Donald Trump: Politics is a dirty game. Lex Fridman:...

As vice president, Kamala Harris has co-led the first administration in American history that cannot definitively say what a woman is. Her administration's uncertainty over this biological certainty has not just been philosophical. Within the first 100 days of taking office, Joe Biden and Harris unveiled Executive Order 13988 to "prevent and combat discrimination on the basis of gender identity or sexual orientation." Veiled in faulty legal analysis, the directive set the entire federal government on a crusade for genderlessness in every aspect of American society—including employment, housing, health care, and education—the practical effect of which has been decidedly bad...

The fight between Elon Musk and Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes has entered unchartered waters. According to a post on X, Brazil’s bar and NOVO party have filed to overturn Moraes’ X ban in the country. Mario Nawfal, a citizen journalist on X, says, “You know you’ve gone too far as a Justice when the Nation’s Bar Association goes after you.” As reported, the OAB (Brazilian Bar Association) and the Novo Party have asked Supreme Court Justice Nunes Marques to overturn Alexandre de Moraes’ decision to suspend X, which was supported by the 1st Panel. Supreme Court Justice Nunes...

I thought some of you might find this interesting. It looks like AI might be coming around to reality.I use AI every day and have learned to trick it into overcoming any "sensitivities" it may have regarding popular Woke-related issues. I have found that the key to getting a straight answer is asking questions that force the AI platform to address the question from a purely logical POV or by addressing the pros and cons of an issue.Below is an example of how Perplexity.ai did a fine job of telling the truth about "Equality of Outcome" which is a primary...

Here's the main point of the video (excerpt): Douglas Murray: It seems to me, as you well know, that Western Civilization is based on the legacy of Athens and Jerusalem. Athens is under great assault always, but it's not actually under existential assault at the moment. What is being attempted by Israel's enemies is the philosophical and cultural equivalent of burning all the libraries of Alexandria. This is one of the underpinnings of Western Civilization, utterly, utterly at risk—not in a sort of metaphorical way where people might use it as a book subtitle, but in a real way. ......

Here's a Summary of the video: The video features various celebrities and public figures, including Richard Dawkins, Elon Musk, Jordan Peterson, Douglas Murray, Niall Ferguson, Ayaan Hirsi Ali, and Tom Holland, discussing their perspectives on Christianity. Many of them identify as "cultural Christians," appreciating Christian ethics and traditions without necessarily believing in the faith's core tenets. They express a desire for the moral and cultural benefits of Christianity but often stop short of committing to its religious beliefs. The video explores how these individuals, though not traditionally religious, recognize the value of Christian principles in society, particularly in contrast to...

The U.S. Air Force’s Plant 42 in California, America’s premier hub for advanced aerospace development work, especially highly classified military programs, has seen a wave of mysterious drone incursions in recent months. The incidents have now become serious enough to prompt the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to impose new, if temporary flight restrictions around the sprawling high-security facility. The Air Force acknowledged these incidents in response to our questions about purported sightings of unidentified flying objects (UFOs) in the area which became viral on social media over the weekend and that local law enforcement appears to have received no reports...

[T]he Left in America has engaged in cultural warfare – a “whole of society” revolution to destroy Western civilization. Critical Theory, wokeism, DEI, and ideas about gender fluidity – these are all distortions of reality deployed to change our system of values, beliefs, attitudes, and preferences. Leftists believe that by doing so, they will cause existing social structures to crumble. They think anarchic socialism will then become viable, emerging from the chaos of a society without order/values. The following ten are among the techniques of influence the Left uses regularly. The list is by no means exhaustive, nor without a...