Kamala Harris’ Balancing Act

Former California Sen. Barbara Boxer yesterday bashed her former colleagues who have called for Joe Biden to drop out of the race after last week’s presidential debate against former President Trump. Via the Hill: “I disagree with these members who are coming on TV for their five minutes of fame and pushing out a man who has been one of the greatest presidents since FDR,” Boxer said during an interview on CNN. Boxer previously told Los Angeles Times columnist Mark Barabak that the president should get two weeks to prove to the American people that he’s up for the job and that the shaky debate performance was a fluke. “There are two schools of thought.

Aaron Fritschner, a congressional staffer, wrote a very useful thread on Twitter yesterday that explains so much of what's going on with the media swarm on Joe Biden: "Something important, subtle, and largely un-discussed is shaping the way all of us perceive what's happening now. Shifts in editorial standards and a series of biases in reporting and especially amplification are herding the news in one direction. "There are reasons why pretty much everything you see now describes panic, chaos, and backbiting.

Charles Franklin is the director of the Marquette Poll, Wisconsin's gold standard for political polls. Recently, he joined Maggie Daun on her radio talk show to discuss what the latest polls show about the carpetbanker with a pornstache, Eric Hovde. MD: Is Eric Hovde self imploding as a candidate? CF: Well, he slipped a little bit, but it is early in the campaign.

Today is Loser's Day. How did that election go, Limeys? A Feminist Changes a Lightbulb waxes patriotic. Longish read involving legal concepts from Lawfare. Rude Pundit. Annie asks we not give up hope. Nothing to see here but some hypotheticals, to quote the Court, so let's move on. Joe. My. God. An M. Bouffant thing. Send submissions/suggestions to mbru@crooksandliars.com. read more

by Wesley Muller, Louisiana Illuminator June 30, 2024 Gov. Jeff Landry has vetoed a bill that would have made it illegal to deceive voters with false impersonations or depictions of a political candidate through audio or video manipulation techniques called “deepfakes.” House Bill 154, sponsored by Rep. Mandie Landry, D-New Orleans, was one among 31 bills the governor vetoed from the 2024 regular session.

“Like a globe-spanning tornado that touches down with little predictability, deep economic anxieties are leaving a trail of political turmoil and violence across poor and rich countries alike,” the New York Times reports. “The causes, context and conditions underlying these disruptions vary widely from country to country. But a common thread is clear: rising inequality, diminished purchasing power and growing anxiety that the next generation will be worse off than this one.”