by | July 26, 2024 · 7:38 am

Democrat Transparency

GovTracker, a group that tracks the partisan leaning of members of Congress, has deleted their data from 2019 listing Kamala Harris as the farthest-left Senator.

Touting itself as the “government transparency website,” GovTracker scored Harris as the “most liberal compared to all senators” in 2019, outranking even Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren. 

The link to that page now goes to “Page Not Found.”

Some have posted on X that the page was still up on July 22, the day after Biden stepped down and endorsed Harris. The archived page says it was gone by July 23, the day Harris announced she had secured enough delegates to lock up the nomination at the DNC next month.

Since the archived version isn’t guaranteed to stay up either, I’m reproducing it below. Cuz, you know, transparency. IMO, the most significant bits below are:

  1. “Ranked most liberal compared to All Senators” – i.e., far left of the American people.
  2. “Joined bipartisan bills the least often compared to Senate Democrats” – i.e., uninterested in working with Republicans.
  3. “Held the fewest committee positions compared to Senate Sophomores (tied with 1 other)” – i.e., neither liked nor respected by her peers.
  4. “Was 3rd most absent in votes compared to All Senators” … she missed 61.9% of votes (265 of 428 votes) in 2019 – i.e., lazy.

These year-end statistics cover Harris’s record during the 2019 legislative year (Jan 3, 2019-Dec 31, 2019) and compare her to other senators serving at the end of that period. Last updated on Jan 18, 2020.

A higher or lower number below doesn’t necessarily make this legislator any better or worse, or more or less effective, than other Members of Congress. We present these statistics for you to understand the quantitative aspects of Harris’s legislative career and make your own judgements based on what activities you think are important.

Keep in mind that there are many important aspects of being a legislator besides what can be measured, such as constituent services and performing oversight of the executive branch, which aren’t reflected here.

Ranked most liberal compared to All Senators

Our unique ideology analysis assigns a score to Members of Congress according to their legislative behavior by how similar the pattern of bills and resolutions they cosponsor are to other Members of Congress.

For more, see our methodology. Note that because on this page only legislative activity in 2019 is considered, the ideology score here may differ from Harris’s score elsewhere on GovTrack.

Compare to all Senate Sophomores (0th percentile); Senate Democrats (0th percentile); All Senators (0th percentile).

Joined bipartisan bills the least often compared to Senate Democrats

Of the 471 bills that Harris cosponsored, 15% were introduced by a legislator who was not a Democrat. View Cosponsored Bills »

Compare to all Senate Sophomores (0th percentile); Senate Democrats (0th percentile); All Senators (1st percentile).

Only Democratic and Republican Members of Congress who cosponsored more than 10 bills and resolutions are included in this statistic.

Got bicameral support on the most bills compared to Senate Sophomores

The House and Senate often work on the same issue simultaneously by introducing companion bills in each chamber. 20 of Harris’s bills and resolutions had a companion bill in the House. Working with a sponsor in the other chamber makes a bill more likely to be passed by both the House and Senate.

Those bills were: S. 129: Saint Francis Dam Disaster National …; S. 280: A bill to reauthorize the …; S. 385: Fairness for Farm Workers Act; S. 488: Justice for Victims of Lynching …; S. 728: A bill to direct the …; S. 1106: Rent Relief Act of 2019; S. 1109: San Gabriel Mountains Foothills and …; S. 1111: Central Coast Heritage Protection Act; S. 1377: EQUAL Defense Act of 2019; S. 1600: Maternal Care Access and Reducing …; S. 1730: Living Shorelines Act of 2019; S. 1926: PrEP Access and Coverage Act; S. 2111: SHIELD Act of 2019; S. 2112: Domestic Workers Bill of Rights …; S. 2221: DONE Act; S. 2225: BASIC Act; S. 2227: MORE Act of 2019; S. 2466: Water Justice Act; S. 2500: Mental Health Professionals Workforce Shortage …; S.Res. 316: A resolution supporting the clean …

Compare to all Senate Sophomores (90th percentile); Senate Democrats (76th percentile); All Senators (88th percentile).

Companion bills are those that are identified as “identical” by Congress’s Congressional Research Service.

Got the most cosponsors on their bills compared to Senate Sophomores

Harris’s bills and resolutions had 377 cosponsors in 2019. Securing cosponsors is an important part of getting support for a bill, although having more cosponsors does not always mean a bill will get a vote. View Bills »

Compare to all Senate Sophomores (90th percentile); Senate Democrats (62nd percentile); All Senators (80th percentile).

Held the fewest committee positions compared to Senate Sophomores (tied with 1 other)

Harris held a leadership position on 0 committees and 0 subcommittees, as either a chair (majority party) or ranking member (minority party), at the end of the session. For comparison to other Members of Congress, we assigned a score giving five points for each full committee leadership position and one point for each subcommittee leadership position. View Harris’s Profile »

Compare to all Senate Sophomores (0th percentile); Senate Democrats (0th percentile); All Senators (0th percentile).

Introduced the 2nd most bills compared to Senate Sophomore

Harris introduced 54 bills and resolutions in 2019. View Bills »

Compare to all Senate Sophomores (80th percentile); Senate Democrats (62nd percentile); All Senators (79th percentile).

Ranked the 2nd top leader compared to Senate Sophomores

Our unique leadership analysis looks at who is cosponsoring whose bills. A higher score shows a greater ability to get cosponsors on bills.

For more, see our methodology. Note that because on this page only legislative activity in 2019 is considered, the leadership score here may differ from Harris’s score elsewhere on GovTrack.

Compare to all Senate Sophomores (80th percentile); Senate Democrats (47th percentile); All Senators (55th percentile).

Was3rd most absent in votes compared to All Senators

Harris missed 61.9% of votes (265 of 428 votes) in 2019. View Harris’s Profile »

Compare to all Senate Sophomores (90th percentile); All Senators (97th percentile).

Got their bills out of committee the 2nd least often compared to Senate Sophomores (tied with 2 others)

Most bills and resolutions languish in committee without any action. Harris introduced 3 bills in 2019 that got past committee and to the floor for consideration.

Those bills were: S. 129: Saint Francis Dam Disaster National …;

[Added by CtH: S. 120: “Provisions of this bill were incorporated into other bills which were enacted, so there will not likely be further activity on this bill.”

S. 488: Justice for Victims of Lynching …;

[Added by CtH: S. 488: “A BILL To amend title 18, United States Code, to specify lynching as a deprivation of civil rights, and for other purposes.” It was passed by a voice vote in the Senate, but was not passed in the House.]

S.Res. 231: A resolution condemning the horrific …

[Added by CtH: S. RES. 231 was a simple resolution condemning “the horrific anti-Semitic attack on the Chabad of Poway Synagogue near San Diego, California, on April 27, 2019.” It passed. No other action results from resolutions.]

Compare to all Senate Sophomores (10th percentile); Senate Democrats (9th percentile); All Senators (10th percentile).

Got bipartisan cosponsors on the 3rd fewest bills compared to Senate Democrats (tied with 1 other)

In this era of partisanship, it is important to see Members of Congress working across the aisle. 8 of Harris’s 54 bills and resolutions had a cosponsor from a different political party than the party Harris caucused with in 2019.

Compare to all Senate Sophomores (10th percentile); Senate Democrats (4th percentile); All Senators (11th percentile).

Cosponsors who caucused with neither the Democratic nor Republican party do not count toward this statistic.

Cosponsored the 8th most bills compared to All Senators

Harris cosponsored 471 bills and resolutions introduced by other Members of Congress. Cosponsorship shows a willingness to work with others to advance policy goals. View Cosponsored Bills »

Compare to all Senate Sophomores (80th percentile); Senate Democrats (82nd percentile); All Senators (92nd percentile).

Got influential cosponsors the 13th most often compared to All Senators (tied with 1 other)

9 of Harris’s bills and resolutions in 2019 had a cosponsor who was a chair or ranking member of a committee that the bill was referred to. Getting support from committee leaders on relevant committees is a crucial step in moving legislation forward.

Those bills were: S. 388: Families, Not Facilities Act of …; S. 513: HEART Act of 2019; S. 593: Do No Harm Act; S. 728: A bill to direct the …; S. 2227: MORE Act of 2019; S.Res. 154: A resolution recognizing the week …; S.Res. 231: A resolution condemning the horrific …; S.Res. 316: A resolution supporting the clean …; S.Res. 429: A resolution recognizing the importance …

Compare to all Senate Sophomores (80th percentile); Senate Democrats (80th percentile); All Senators (86th percentile).

Laws Enacted

Harris introduced 1 bill that became law, including via incorporation into other measures, in 2019. It was S. 129: Saint Francis Dam Disaster National …

Compare to all Senate Sophomores (20th percentile); Senate Democrats (20th percentile); All Senators (20th percentile).

[Added by CtH: S. 129: Saint Francis Dam Disaster National Memorial Act – “A bill to provide for the establishment of a national memorial and national monument to commemorate those killed by the collapse of the Saint Francis Dam on March 12, 1928, and for other purposes.” This bill was incorporated into: S. 47: John D. Dingell, Jr. “Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act”

Enacted — Signed by President Trump on Mar 12, 2019.]

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by | July 26, 2024 · 6:03 am

Border Czar Hoax

The Dems’ lapdog media are trying to distance Kamala from the invasion of millions of illegals by denying she was ever put in charge of the problem.

On July 23, 2024, TIME wrote, “Kamala Harris Was Never Biden’s ‘Border Czar” while USA Today claimed, “Harris’ border work was on ‘root causes’ of migration; she wasn’t in charge.”

The next day, Axios wrote, “The Trump campaign and Republicans have tagged Harris repeatedly with the ‘border czar’ title – which she never actually had.” PolitiFact dittoed with, “Biden didn’t put Harris in charge of overseeing border security.”

They clearly think their voters are stupid and gullible. They’re probably right. Fortunately, we are neither.

On March 24, 2021, Biden announced that he was putting Harris in charge of “stemming the migration” on southern border. This was widely reported. Links below go to stories by NBC News, The Washington Post, The Hill, and Huffington Post. I could have found many others.

It has been common to refer to the person with this mandate as the “border czar.”

On March 31, 2021, Texas Gov. Abbott sent his first letter to Harris, saying, “Now that President Biden has named you Border Czar ….”

On April 9, 2021, a Los Angeles Times headline said, “Biden’s border czar, Roberta Jacobson, is stepping down.”

On April 14, 2021, Axios wrote, “Harris, appointed by Biden as border czar, said she would be looking at the ‘root causes’ that drive migration.”

On April 20, 2022, then White House press secretary Jen Psaki was asked, “Does the president still have confidence” in Harris as border czar?” She replied, “He absolutely does.”

On March 24, 2023, Republicans in the House introduced H.Res.253, which started out by saying, “On March 24, 2021, Vice President Kamala Harris was named ‘Border Czar in charge of leading efforts to stem migration across the United States-Mexico border.” It was never voted on, but it is in the Congressional Record (link below).

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by | July 26, 2024 · 4:32 am

Bits & Bytes

2024: Don’t be fooled. Just because they changed the puppet doesn’t mean they changed the puppeteer.

BIGGEST LIES: [8:27] – Andrew Klavan debunks the myth that Joe Biden is a good man who has been a great public servant.

DEMOCRATS: In all the talk of Joe’s alleged “legacy”, let’s not forget what kind of man he really is and always had been. CLICK https://x.com/4Mischief/status/1815193167026692560 [:25] to hear him talk about how he “loves kids jumping in my lap.”

FAUXTUS: [5:47] – Sky News reports on Joe’s first appearance since the famous “break up by text” letter.

HOAXES: Chuck Ross notes that the title of Kamala Harris’ memoir is The Truths We Hold. He then lists “the seven most egregious hoaxes” she has pushed, starting with Jussie Smollett’s self-aggrandizing hoax (graphic). You can read about them at the link below.

HOT SHOTS: [2:35] – Lloyd Bridges as Admiral, then President Benson was hilarious when the movie came out in 1991. It is seriously unfunny now.

KAMALA: CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/CvfILzqJWdw to see the Republican’s first attack ad against Joe’s presumptive replacement.

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/RoTsUIpP8LA to see what a Black California cop has to say about why he will never, ever vote for her.

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by | July 25, 2024 · 4:23 am

Bits & Bytes

2024: Kamala reportedly has gotten enough delegates to win the nomination. No surprise there. If Dems are good at one thing, it’s doing what Dear Leader (whoever that actually is) tells them to do.

But never forget this. They have known for years that he wasn’t fine, yet right up until they dumped him, they continued to look us right in the eye and tell us he was not just fine, he was at the top of his game.

GERMANY: A German soldier has lost his military career, been fined thousands of Euros, and is serving prison time … for refusing the ‘rona jab.

KAMALA: Joe said she’s done a great job. But I’m guessing the people who actually had to work with and for her disagree. Since becoming VFAUXTUS, she has had a staggering 91.5% turnover rate among her staff. Of the 47 staff members hired when Harris took office in 2021, only four reportedly remained in her employment as of March 2024. 

SECRET SERVICE: In response to a request from the bureau that failed him, Trump has agreed to stop holding outdoor rallies. And, following Cheatle’s resignation, Deputy Director Ronald Rowe has been appointed as the agency’s acting director.

TRANS: CLICK https://x.com/theblaze/status/1815504947418451970 [1:58] to hear Elon Musk explain the heartbreaking reason he is determined to fight to woke mind virus. The “girl” in the photo above is his son, Xavier, who now goes by the name “Vivien”.

TRUMP SHOOTING: [3:12] – Senator Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) obtained and released body-cam footage taken on a rooftop after the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump. It shows a conversation between local law enforcement and a Secret Service agent. Grassley said the body-cam footage confirms four things:

  1. Local law enforcement saw the shooter prior to his presence on the roof;
  2. Local officers shared pictures of the suspected shooter with the Secret Service;
  3. Law enforcement lost track of the suspected shooter; and,
  4. Law enforcement sought access to a drone to secure the water tower after the shooting.

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by | July 24, 2024 · 3:10 am

Bits & Bytes

2024: Polymarket is not a polling firm. It’s a betting firm where people wager their money on the presidential election.

CATHOLIC: [5:41] – What are “vocations”? By Holy Kids.

CELEBRITIES: Variety has published an attack on director Ron Howard and producer Brian Grazer – both self-avowed liberals – for making a movie out of J.D. Vance’s book, Hillbilly Elegy. Their charge is that the two “may have created a monster by legitimizing [Vance’s] origin story.”

CHEATLE: [2:41] – She’s out.

FAUXTUS: CLICK https://x.com/mazemoore/status/1806556780979175820 [3:13] to see a supercut of media lies vs. what we saw with our own eyes.

MYTH BUSTER: [18:34] – Debunking Democrat tales claiming Trump staged his own shooting for political benefit. They examine the weapons, ballistics, and real distances, explaining each thing in layman’s terms. I found it fascinating.

I’m reminded of the video I posted yesterday (CLICK https://x.com/BackThebluecool/status/1814489451051049093 [1:58]) that said the shot that hit Trump’s ear was responsible for the severe injuries to the bystander who survived. The myth busters show why the bullet that pierced Trump’s ear did little damage, yet was capable of continuing on and doing massive injury to someone many feet behind him.

After watching the simulation of what the SS sniper’s gun did to Crooks’ head, I found the photo they wouldn’t show. It’s grainy, but gory. Please scroll if you’re squeamish.

PEDO: Boston Children’s Hospital is one of the leading medical institutions pushing for gender surgeries for kids. Christopher Sheerer, one of its (now former) pediatric cardiac anesthesiologists, has been arrested and charged with producing and distributing child porn.

CLICK https://x.com/victoriapricetv/status/1814499628659687725 [1:52] to hear a T.V. news report out of Boston. The report says Sheerer has only been at Boston Children’s for a few weeks as part of a fellowship.

RNC: [11:33] – I didn’t have a chance before to watch Tucker Carlson’s speech. It was a good one.

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by | July 23, 2024 · 5:00 am

Cheater Cheatle

I watched part of Secret Service Director Cheatle’s appearance before the House Oversight Committee. It was frustrating. One representative got to disgusted with Cheatle’s litany of “I don’t know” and “I’ll get back to you later”, she blurted out, “You are so full of shit!”

In her prepared statement, Cheatle said, “I take full responsibility for any security lapse. And “Thinking about what we should have done differently is never far from my thoughts.” But then her responses to almost every single question was so much pointless hot air that even the Democrats got testy with her.

CLICK https://x.com/bennyjohnson/status/1815419656519229738 [6:19] to hear AOC object to the idea that it’s going to take sixty days to get a report on the security failures that permitted Crooks to shoot at one of the most important men in our nation.

CLICK https://x.com/theMRC/status/1815397512871633348 [:48] to hear her b.s. her way through why she repeatedly refused Trump’s team additional aid.

One of the reps posed all her questions as Yes or No answers, prefacing her questioning with the warning that those were the only answers she would accept. And she stuck to it. One of her questions was “Would you characterize the Trump shooting as a catastrophic failure by the Secret Service?”

Despite the fact that everybody knows this, Cheatle tried to equivocate. God bless the tough chick who nailed her feet to the floor and finally got her to answer, “Yes.”

[9:46] – Rep. Andy Biggs (R-AZ) couldn’t get her to answer questions she should have been prepared to answer. Keep in mind while listening to this that her testimony occurred nine days after the shooting. How could she not have such basic information?! A commenter on this video said what a lot of us are thinking: “That woman is a liar covering up an inside job. Period!”

[8:53] – Rep. Michael Waltz (R-FL) says she and Mayorkas, Biden’s Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, should both be fired.

CLICK https://x.com/unlimited_ls/status/1815398506347032798 [5:00] to hear Rep. James Comer (R-KY) questions and her weaselly answers.

CLICK https://x.com/theblaze/status/1815398637842600161 [:53] to hear Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) express his frustration with her b.s.

CLICK https://x.com/greg_price11/status/1815402464096522458 [:17] to hear her give one direct answer to a question. “I think that I am the best person to lead the Secret Service at this time.“

Unbelievable.

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by | July 23, 2024 · 2:28 am

Bits & Bytes

2024: I honestly thought Dems would get Joe to step down by threatening him with the 25th. Now they’re apparently threatening to use it on him to make Harris look better! [5:25]

CLICK https://rumble.com/v57icf6-people-are-calling-this-the-greatest-ad-trump-has-ever-released.html to see a new Trump ad.

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/eSJyKxKZfJQ to hear Congressman Wesley Hunt tell an awesome Trump story.

CROWDSTRIKE: On July 18, CrowdStrike, an independent cybersecurity company, released a software update that turned millions of computers into doorstops. On July 15, 2024, just three days prior, Chief Security Officer Shawn Henry sold off 4,000 of his shares (about $1.5M worth) in CrowdStrike Holdings Inc.

Apparently, Henry has been steadily selling off his CrowdStrike shares for about a year, maybe because July’s crash was the third such incident in 2024. On April 19, 2024, Crowdstrike issued a flawed software update that crashed computers running Debian Linux builds and kept them from rebooting normally. And on May 13, 2024, a CrowdStrike upgrade caused Rocky Linux servers to freeze.

Crowdstrike’s President and CEO George Kurtz has an interesting history. In October 2009, McAfee promoted him to chief technology officer and executive vice president. Six months later, McAfee accidentally disrupted its customers’ operations around the world when it pushed out a faulty software update that turned its customers’ computers into doorstops.

CALIFORNICATION: When a 7-year-old added “any life” to her “Black Lives Matter” drawing, the principal came down on her hard for what he said was an inappropriate and racist act. He made her publicly apologize and banned her from recess and drawing pictures for two weeks.

Her parents sued the Orange County school district, claiming her First Amendment rights had been violated. A California judge recently found in favor of the principal. According to the judge, disciplining the little girl was the principal’s job, not the federal court’s.

Unfortunately, his decision did not address the standards set by SCOTUS in 1969 which requires that, before punishing a child for unpopular speech, a public school must establish that the speech itself constituted a “substantial disruption.”

I’m thinking the principal opened up the school district, and its taxpayers, to “substantial disruption” by making a mountain out of this little girl’s drawing. They’ve already had to pay out to defend the district in court and the case isn’t over. The Pacific Legal Foundation is representing the girl pro bono, and has appealed to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.

They say, “An elementary school is not a totalitarian environment in which students have no rights. The district court was wrong to claim otherwise and set a dangerous precedent, totally stripping elementary school students of their First Amendment rights.”

Personally, I am bewildered why the original complaint wasn’t handled with a little sit down between the two moms and their daughters, who are friends. According to the reports I read, nobody ever even explained to the wee artist why she was being punished!

DEI: Microsoft has disbanded its diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) team. IOW, the entire staff of the Department of Didn’t Earn It has been found surplus to requirements. ::snork::

MICHIGAN: Trump and Vance held their first joint rally in Grand Rapids. I was curious how his ear is doing, so looked around for a close up (above). News reports say tens of thousands lined the streets to greet him and that the line to get into hear him was a mile long.

CLICK https://x.com/Jason/status/1814818248401231944 [:47] to see him mock his own combover. LOL

NEW HAMPSHIRE: On July 19, Gov. Sununu signed three bills and vetoed one that affect how schools, businesses, and medical establishments consider transgender-related issues.

The three approved bills include: HB1205, which keeps girls’ sports exclusive to girls; HB619, which bans genital gender reassignment surgery for minors; and HB1312, which gives parents more control over how, if at all, their children are taught about sex and gender at school.

The vetoed bill was HB396, which sought to protect private businesses and government agencies from repercussion for creating private spaces and facilities for men and women. Sununu said the problem of repercussions doesn’t exist in New Hampshire, so it did not require a law to fix it.

POLITICO: “Little known”?! Where do these turkeys live … in a cave?

Wikipedia says, “The Lord of the Rings is considered one of the greatest fantasy books ever written, and it has helped to create and shape the modern fantasy genre. Since release, it has been reprinted many times and translated into at least 38 languages. Its enduring popularity has led to numerous references in popular culture, the founding of many societies by fans of Tolkien’s works, and the publication of many books about Tolkien and his works. It has inspired many derivative works, including paintings, music, films, television, video games, and board games. Award-winning adaptations of The Lord of the Rings have been made for radio, theatre, and film. It was named Britain’s best-loved novel of all time in a 2003 poll by the BBC called The Big Read.”

Joel Abbott has a scathing and lengthy response to the Politico article at Not The Bee (link below).

TRUMP SHOOTING: I posted the gunshot analysis video above a few days ago. [20:37] – Update: Fox News has confirmed that there were three separate shooters. In addition to Crooks, a local police sniper fired at Crooks, but missed. A Secret Service sniper fired at Crooks and killed him.

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGRqQ07uhVQ

CLICK https://x.com/CollinRugg/status/1814735344195281196 [1:47] to watch the Fox News report. These three shooters only account for Crook (3 shots), the local sniper (1 shot), and the Secret Service sniper (1 shot). The audio analysis reveals there was a fourth shooter (4 shots).

CLICK https://x.com/BackThebluecool/status/1814489451051049093 [1:58] to see a speculative recreation of the 7 shots that came from Crooks’ direction. The yellow line is the first shot, the one that hit Trump’s ear and injured the spectator who survived. The green and blue lines appear to be the second and third shots Crooks took. Then there are four black lines that the audio analysis above attribute to the mystery shooter, one of which killed Comperatore. This video does not address the two shots fired at Crooks by local police and Secret Service snipers.

I’m confused about the shooting of Comperatore. His daughter said his first action was to throw her and her mother on the floor of the bleacher and cover them with his body. The reenactment shows him standing and getting hit in the head.

GRAMMY NOTES: I’m so proud of our Bunny! She got up in front of everybody at Mass on Sunday and lead the Responsorial Psalm, which was taken from Psalm 23. If you’re not familiar, the cantor (Bunny) sings the response line, then invites the congregation to repeat it. Then the cantor sings the verses solo, inviting the congregation to repeat the response line after each segment.

SHORT:

CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/jhnvgF262PY. Cuz wow.

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by | July 22, 2024 · 12:53 am

Bits & Bytes

2024: Biden announced yesterday that he is dropping out of the presidential race. He will stay in office for the remainder of his term.

Democrat rules prevent Biden from giving the 3,896 delegates he won in primaries and caucuses to anyone, but he has endorsed Harris, who has accepted and says she will seek to win the nomination at the Democratic Convention.

Other candidates could make pitches during or ahead of the convention, which is scheduled for Aug. 19–22 in Chicago, Illinois. Some of those names that have been floated include California Gov. Gavin Newsom, Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.), Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro, Maryland Gov. Wes Moore, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker, former First Lady Michelle Obama, and Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear.

COVID-19: A study entitled “Social Distancing During the COVID-19 Pandemic and Neonatal Mortality in the US” was published on July 18, 2024 in JAMA. It reports on research done at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) that found a connection between social distancing mandates and infant health outcomes.

Researchers evaluated over 18 million births from 2016 to 2020, comparing pre-pandemic years to the period after officials enacted public health restrictions in March 2020. They found that, two months after social distancing was implemented, neonatal mortality and preterm births increased. The neonatal period includes the first four weeks of a baby’s life.

They observed that, during the pandemic, there were fewer prenatal visits and medical checkups, appointments that are important to catch and address complications that could be life-threatening to both mother and baby.

EVs: BYD Americas, the U.S. subsidiary of a Chinese electric vehicle manufacturer and Stella, Li, one of its top executives have given hundreds of thousands of dollars in campaign cash to Democrats in recent years.

S&G: CLICK https://www.facebook.com/reel/1922777918155782 to see what Netflix is teaching little children.

TRUMP: CLICK https://www.youtube.com/shorts/n3y4TnpcMM4 to see an awesome American Catholic’s response to the shooting.

TRUMP’S EAR: A week after the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump, former White House physician and current Rep. Ronny Jackson (R-Texas) says, “The bullet track produced a 2 cm wide wound that extended down to the cartilaginous surface of the ear. There was initially significant bleeding, followed by marked swelling of the entire upper ear.”

Dr. Jackson added that the swelling has since resolved and the wound is starting to “granulate and heal properly.” The former White House doctor further noted that, because there are many blood vessels in the ear, there is still some bleeding from the wound from time to time, necessitating a dressing to be put in place.

CLICK https://x.com/liz_churchill10/status/1814024894721798626 [:17] to see how one group of Americans reacted the moment Trump let us all know he was alive. (I need a tissue.)

WHISTLEBLOWER: [12:46] – The “security screw ups” were planned. I gotta wonder how those two gals feel about having been put in the line of fire on purpose. Maybe they’re the whistleblowers … just a thought. Trump was supposed to die.

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by | July 20, 2024 · 11:16 pm

Bits & Bytes

ART HISTORY: The graphic is a piece of the Sodom and Gomorrah illustration from the Morgan Bible, a unique illuminated manuscript consisting of miniature, detailed paintings of events from the Old Testament, set in the scenery and costumes of thirteenth-century France, and depicted from a Christian perspective. IOW, it’s one of the first picture book-slash-graphic novel Bibles. If Father Mike Schmidt had been a Medieval monk, I imagine this is what he would’ve come up with.

EDUCATION: A federal appeals court has issued an order that blocks all remaining parts of the federal government’s Saving on a Valuable Education (SAVE) student debt relief plan that weren’t blocked by an earlier lower-court ruling.

IT OUTAGE: Early Friday, a cybersecurity company called CrowdStrike deployed a faulty software update to computers running Microsoft Windows, causing them to crash, grounding flights, knocking banks offline and leaving media outlets showing nothing but the “blue screen of death.” One tech expert says, “I don’t think it’s too early to call it: this will be the largest IT outage in history.”

J6: Good news … following June 28 decision by the Supremes, U.S. prosecutors have started dropping obstruction charges against J6ers.

SHOT ANALYSIS: [20:37] – I highly recommend you not only watch this with your whole brain, but also with a full screen. This isn’t tin foil hat stuff. This is a scientific audio analysis of multiple recordings proving there were at least two shooters, possibly even three. These do not count the shot the authorized sniper took that killed Crooks.

TIN FOIL HATS or GOLD-PLATED THINKING CAPS? [9:06] – In the video, Newsmax Greg connects the dots between anti-Trumpers and Kimberly “Sloping Roof” Cheatle.

On Jesse Waters, Rep. Michael Waltz said the FBI has told him Crooks had three encrypted overseas accounts and noted the intelligence chatter about an Iranian plot to kill Trump that supposedly caused Secret Service to beef up his protection. (For all the good that did …)

On the other side of the aisle, Democrats and talking heads in the Lame Stream Media are saying Trump wasn’t actually shot, that it was just fake blood, and that his bandage at the convention was a prop to get sympathy votes.

Incredibly, a new poll shows a third of Biden’s supporters believe this crap. I’ll let you know if I see a poll showing how many Trump supporters believe Crooks was a patsy for some deeper conspiracy, possibly involving domestic and/or foreign anti-Trumpers.

TRUMP’S EAR: This is the first close up shot I’ve seen of his injury. It looks to me like the bullet tore out two chunks of flesh. I had imagined he was hit just on the outer part of the helix, where his ear was farthest from his head. But there is also a gouge on the inner part of the helix right by his temple.

WONDERING: [20:26] – One of my Marines was privileged to be present on the South Lawn to greet President George W. Bush returning from a meeting on Marine One. She referred to the Secret Service snipers securing the scene from every vantage point as “very scary guys.” I just cannot believe that some 20-year-old doofus with a gun and a ladder was able to even get near the venue, much less climb on to a roof top that had been oopsie left unsecured within yards of a former president and current presidential candidate. Add at least one, possibly two other guns and, yeah, we’re looking at a conspiracy that had Thomas Matthew Crooks as the fall guy. They probably told him he’d be remembered forever. “Escape your parents’ basement and your dead end job and become world famous, you big loser!” All he had to do was DIE.

SHORTS:

CLICK https://www.facebook.com/reel/467222845812961 to see how Triplet Dad reinvented the baby sling. LOL

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2024: [1:32:23] – Trump’s acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention, Day 4. Beginning at 3:05, he talks about his experiences on Saturday. He says he won’t tell the story again, because it is too painful. That segment lasts about 13 minutes. You’ll need a tissue.

COVID-19: What is this … his third time?! Dearest and I refused the jab and were banned from celebrating with family for all the holidays that year. Since then, they have ALL got the ‘rona, some more than once, while we have not gotten it at all.

OUR LADY OF FATIMA: The St. Conrad Catholic Church in Butler, PA, has an outdoor grotto to Our Lady of Fatima and the visionaries.

PROPHECY: [44:54] – This video was posted on March 14, 2024. In it, the guy on the left describes a vision in which he saw Trump have a bullet whiz by his head, nicking his right ear.

TRUMP: [7:29] – The Body Language Guy analyzes the dramatic change in Trump’s facial expressions since the shooting. One commenter posted that, speaking from experience, “Getting shot changes you. You’re never the same again.”

WORDLE: So, yeah, totally bragging here! LOL

GRAMMY NOTES: Please say a quick prayer for our very own Bunny. She will be taking her first turn as cantor at Sunday’s Mass! Imagine getting up and doing a solo and leading the congregation at her age! I’m busting my buttons!! And I want her to do spectacularly well!!! … Okay, Grammy, calm down now … and give your exclamation point key a rest, m’kay?

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