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Kamala Harris largely has been silent on her plans, should she be elected in November, for America.

She's accepted only one interview so far, and her campaign site as recently as days ago essentially was void of plans.

Her one economic policy announced was a set of price controls for what she called "price gouging," after she adopted the ideology of a trick often used by repressive governments to make their economies look better than they are.

She might be asked about her plans during a presidential debate scheduled Tuesday; she might even answer.

But there's not a lot of reason to wonder, according to an expert: Her agenda will be just what America has seen over the last four years under a Biden-Harris administration, massive government spending, surging inflation (20% so far) that pushes the costs of food, housing and such into the stratosphere and more.

Paul Mueller, a senior research fellow at the American Institute for Economic Research, said during an interview of "Washington Watch" that, "Harris is running a giveaway campaign."

According to a Washington Stand report, that would be more of what the nation has seen under the Biden-Harris regime.

"Of course, the Biden administration has been trying to cancel various forms of student debt for years now. And her approach, I think, to stimulating the economy is more of what we've seen over the past four years, which is extensive government involvement, huge amounts of spending. It's not really an organic growth within the economy," he explained.

Such artificial influences, he explained, cost consumers.

"When you subsidize people's ability to buy things — whether that's higher education or health care — and we give people money in the form of loans or grants or scholarships to do that, what it does is boosts demand. And so what we see over time in both of those areas is rising costs. The cost of higher education has grown much faster than everything else in the economy. The rate of increase for health care has increased very rapidly."

He specifically cited the Harris scheme to give a $25,000 credit for first-time home buyers, which is just going to "put upward pressure on the price of housing."

Even her idea to give small businesses a tax credit could end up backfiring on the nation.

"There are a lot of small business owners who maybe will close down their existing business and start a new one just to get the tax credit," he warned.

And some of the Harris plans simply were stolen by her campaign, from President Donald Trump. One, for example, is her sudden appreciation for the idea of not taxing tips, after Trump already had proposed that.

The report said only one of the economic plans from the two candidates could lead to "robust economic growth."

And it's not from Harris, who would take a hatchet to American families with price controls of food, eliminating tax cuts from 2017, raising the top tax rate to nearly 40%, surging corporate and capital gains taxes, and spending more money on Obamacare.

The report explained, "In a speech at the Economic Club of New York last Thursday, former President Trump proposed unleashing the power of the free market by maintaining the 2017 tax cuts and further slashing the corporate tax from 21% to 15%, cutting red tape, protecting U.S. manufacturing by raising tariffs on imported goods, clawing back all unspent funds from the Biden-Harris administration's Inflation Reduction Act, and making more jobs available to U.S. citizens by deporting illegal immigrants who lower wages and compete for jobs."

Mueller explained Trump's plans have the potential to spur "robust economic growth."

He also pointed out the national debt, some $32 trillion, which has exploded under Biden and Harris.

"So far, we are not seeing a lot of politicians raise their hand and say, 'I'm the guy that's going to give you less so we can save the future.' I think that might be what we need. We're not getting that from anybody at this point," he noted.

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Education bureaucrats in the leftist enclave of Colorado have decided that students in the Jefferson County school district will be subjected to housing rules, on school trips, based on "gender identity."

And their action has gotten them named in a federal lawsuit.

It is the Alliance Defending Freedom that says it has filed a case against the school district for "violating parents' fundamental right to make decisions about the upbringing and education of their children."

The district's policy demands that students are assigned to share overnight accommodations based on "gender identity."

That means girls could be forced to share intimate areas, even beds, with a boy who simply says he's a girl.

Problematic is the decision by school officials to refuse to tell parents that while "girls" will be housed on one floor and "boys" on another, they have "redefined the words 'girl' and 'boy' to mean a student's self-asserted 'gender identity' rather than sex."

Further, the district "refuses to give parents truthful, pertinent information about their children's overnight accommodations, thus hampering parents' ability to make informed decisions about their children's education and privacy," the legal team said.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin took time away from orchestrating his military campaign against Ukraine to confirm his endorsement of a candidate in America's 2024 presidential election.

While Putin's voice on the video is significantly muted, an interviewer is speaking.

"If we can name a favorite candidate it was, it used to be Joe Biden," she quotes. "But now he's not participating in the election campaign."

But, the narrator explains, Biden has told people to support Kamala Harris, "So that is what we are going to do."

He expressed hope that she would ease some of America's sanctions on Russia, and "refrain" from future punishments.

The comments came even as the Biden-Harris regime, again like in years earlier, accused Russia of interfering in the presidential election.

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A new report has found Chinese operatives are using social media platforms to impersonate American voters and spread divisive narratives about issues in the U.S., particularly social issues, and political conversations around the 2024 presidential election.

Graphika, a company that analyzes online social media behaviors, published their report titled "The #Americans" Tuesday, detailing how Spamouflage – a Chinese state-linked influence operation – has become increasingly aggressive on social media platforms, using personas disguised as Americans to sew divisive narratives.

Spamouflage is an influence operation first monitored by Graphika in 2019. Active on over 40 online platforms, it uses inauthentic accounts to promote pro-China and anti-Western narratives. Graphika determined the origins of the operation are linked to the Chinese government.

A new report has found Chinese operatives are using social media platforms to impersonate American voters and spread divisive narratives about issues in the U.S., particularly social issues, and political conversations around the 2024 presidential election.

Graphika, a company that analyzes online social media behaviors, published their report titled "The #Americans" Tuesday, detailing how Spamouflage – a Chinese state-linked influence operation – has become increasingly aggressive on social media platforms, using personas disguised as Americans to sew divisive narratives.

Spamouflage is an influence operation first monitored by Graphika in 2019. Active on over 40 online platforms, it uses inauthentic accounts to promote pro-China and anti-Western narratives. Graphika determined the origins of the operation are linked to the Chinese government.

President Joe Biden, former President Donald Trump, and Vice President Kamala Harris have also all been targeted by these accounts in the run-up to the 2024 election, which both "seeded and amplified content denigrating Democratic and Republican candidates."

The report states Graphika's findings built on research conducted by the Institute for Strategic Dialogue, which published findings in April that the Chinese were using Spamouflage accounts to impersonate MAGA supporters.

While attempts to pose as American social media users have increased significantly, analysts note the accounts failed to get any traction, with the exception being a single Spamouflage account on TikTok that garnered 1.5 million views.

"Many of the accounts' bios suggested the U.S. is deteriorating and filled with discrimination. For example, some posed rhetorical questions with awkward grammar, such as 'is the present America still our America?' or 'is the current president our president?' likely to present themselves as U.S. voters disappointed in the current administration," the report states.

The Chinese government has recently upped its spying efforts both inside and outside of the U.S.

Recently, Chinese military installations have been rumored to have been erected along the coast of Cuba to spy on American military bases in Florida, as well as the state's space program.

Other instances include Chinese agents being planted inside important political offices, where they quickly use their position to advance China's interests. New York's Gov. Kathy Hochul, has recently been caught in a scandal after a former aide in her office was accused of working as a Chinese agent.

Hochul's former aide, Linda Sun, was indicted on charges of not registering as a foreign agent, visa fraud, alien smuggling, and money laundering conspiracy. Sun's husband, Christopher Hu, allegedly laundered millions of dollars paid to the couple by the Chinese Communist Party. Hu has been charged with money laundering conspiracy, conspiracy to commit bank fraud, and misuse of means of identification.

According to a news release from the U.S. Attorney's Office, Sun and Hu appeared in federal court in Brooklyn Tuesday, with both pleading not guilty to the charges.

U.S. Attorney Breon Peace said Sun and Hu enriched themselves while furthering the interests of the CCP.

"As alleged, while appearing to serve the people of New York as deputy chief of staff within the New York State Executive Chamber, the defendant and her husband actually worked to further the interests of the Chinese government and the CCP… The illicit scheme enriched the defendant's family to the tune of millions of dollars. Our office will act decisively to prosecute those who serve as undisclosed agents of a foreign government," Peace said.

It is also alleged Sun blocked representatives of Taiwan from accessing the governor, worked to prevent meetings with Taiwanese officials, and attempted to manipulate public statements made by the governor about China.

The U.S. Attorney's Office further stated Sun repeatedly violated internal rules and protocols, which included providing falsified invitation letters from Hochul's office, allowing CCP representatives to enter the U.S. unlawfully.

The 64-page indictment alleged Sun and Hu bought luxury homes with the proceeds, including a $4 million home in Long Island, a $2 million condo in Hawaii, and a fleet of luxury sports cars, including a 2024 Ferrari Roma.

Gov. Hochul stated during an interview with WNYC she was "outraged" by the allegations, calling Sun "brazen."

"I'm furious, and I'm outraged, and absolutely shocked at how brazen her behavior was. It was a betrayal of trust," Hochul said.

WND reached out to Hochul's Office for comment on the charges against Sun, but did not receive an immediate reply.

Sun was released on a $1.5 million bond, while Hu was released with a bond of $500,000. Bail conditions include Sun being forbidden to contact the Chinese consulate.

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Assisted suicide, that so-called "Medical Aid in Dying" agenda that has been surging around the world, is just one step away from euthanasia, the deliberate destruction of those who don't necessarily want to die.

MAID has claimed tens of thousands of lives in recent years, including massive numbers in Canada, which has radical policies allowing people to ask to be put to death for a wide range of reasons including fear of homelessness. There, in fact, medical officials have refused people treatment, then suggested they allow themselves to be killed.

In America, the agenda is growing, with multiple states now endorsing the idea, including prominently leftist states like Oregon, California and Colorado.

But now there's a move to put the brakes on.

A report in the Washington Stand explains that life advocates in West Virginia are working on a ballot initiative that would keep the practice illegal.

The report explains the state's Amendment 1 is on this November's ballot, in order to provide "protection against medically assisted suicide."

Pat McGeehan, a state delegate, recently told an episode of "Washington Watch" that its intention is to place in the state constitution what already is law there.

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Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act provides vast protections, literal immunity, for web platforms for content users post to the software programs

Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act provides vast protections, literal immunity, for web platforms for content users post to the software programs.

But a ruling from the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals now has said that when those platforms PROMOTE users' speech, it becomes their own. And their responsibility could be vast.

The decision came in the case of Tawainna Anderson, as administrator for the estate of N.A., a deceased minor, against TikTok and its parent, Bytedance.

The court explained the dispute: "TikTok, Inc., via its algorithm, recommended and promoted videos posted by third parties to ten-year-old Nylah Anderson on her uniquely curated 'For You Page.' One video depicted the 'Blackout Challenge,' which encourages viewers to record themselves engaging in acts of self-asphyxiation. After watching the video, Nylah attempted the conduct depicted in the challenge and unintentionally hanged herself."

Her mother, Tawainna Anderson, sued and the district court dismissed her based on Section 230's protections for web corporations over what their users post.

The situation would have been different had the girl searched for and found with offending video on her own. But in this case, the company's algorithms found the video, identified it, and then promoted it to her, the ruling pointed out.

That makes it the company's speech, the ruling found.

"TikTok's recommendations via its FYP algorithm – is TikTok's expressive activity," the ruling said, so the Section 230 protection "does not bar Anderon's claims."

"We reach this conclusion specifically because TikTok's promotion of a Blackout Challenge video on Nylah's FYP was not contingent upon any specific user input. Had Nylah viewed a Blackout Challenge video through TikTok's search function, rather than through her FYP, then TikTok may be viewed more like a repository of third-party content than an affirmative promoter of such content. Given the type of algorithm alleged here, we need not address whether § 230 immunizes any information that may be communicated by the results of a user's search of a platform's content," the ruling said.

The case was returned to the district court for determinations on that claim, as well as "any claims not premised upon TikTok's algorithm."

A concurrence in the majority opinion turned blunt: "TikTok reads § 230 of the Communications Decency Act, 47 U.S.C. § 230, to permit casual indifference to the death of a ten-year-old girl. It is a position that has become popular among a host of purveyors of pornography, self-mutilation, and exploitation, one that smuggles constitutional conceptions of a 'free trade in ideas' into a digital 'cauldron of illicit loves' that leap and boils with no oversight, no accountability, no remedy. And a view that has found support in a surprising number of judicial opinions dating from the early days of dial-up to the modern era of algorithms, advertising, and apps. But it is not found in the words Congress wrote in § 230, in the context Congress acted, in the history of common carriage regulations, or the centuries of tradition informing the limited immunity from liability enjoyed by publishers and distributors of 'content.' As best understood, the ordinary meaning of § 230 provides TikTok immunity from suit for hosting videos created and uploaded by third parties. But it does not shield more, and Anderson's estate may seek relief for TikTok's knowing distribution and targeted recommendation of videos it knew could be harmful."

Those comments were from Circuit Judge Paul Matey.

The majority opinion said, "TikTok makes choices about the content recommended and promoted to specific users, and by doing so, is engaged in its first-party speech."

A report at Just the News noted, "In a footnote likely prompting meetings between engineers and in-house counsel across Silicon Valley and other tech-heavy metros, the three-judge panel emphasized that TikTok's recommendation to Nylah was 'not contingent upon any specific user input.'"

The report noted American Economic Liberties Project Research Director Matt Stoller opined that "It'll take a bit of time, but the business model of big tech is over."

President Obama nominee Judge Patty Shwartz wrote for the panel. Just the news explained she cited the Supreme Court, which ruled "algorithms that reflect 'editorial judgments' about compiling third-party content are First Amendment-protected 'expressive product[s].'"

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The Cleveland Clinic, named in a civil rights complaint for alleged racial discrimination, now has removed all traces of its "Minority Men's Health Center" from its web pages, according to a report from the Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty.

WILL was representing an organization called Do No Harm when it filed a recent complaint.

Now, however, there appear to be changes in the circumstances.

"We believe this move signals that Cleveland Clinic is taking seriously our challenge against its racially discriminatory patient programming," WILL confirmed.

WILL lawyer Cara Tolliver explained, "We are glad to see that Cleveland Clinic is taking steps to remove racial discrimination from its patient programming. While racial identity politics are often problematic wherever they occur, in healthcare, the problem can engender serious stakes, including life and death matters. When it comes to healthcare, providers should be simply extending care efforts to all patients who need it, regardless of their race and under the law —not relying on racial stereotypes as a proxy for legitimate health risks."

Do No Harm official Jared Ross said, "This takedown is an initial win but Do No Harm would like to receive confirmation that patients of all races and ethnicities are now welcomed for treatment at the two Cleveland Clinic programs we highlighted in our complaint.

"Do No Harm will continue working to eliminate racial bias and political ideology from all aspects of medicine."

WILL and DNH earlier this month filed a federal civil rights complaint with the Office for Civil Rights in the Department of Health and Human Services.

It challenged two discriminatory patient programs at the Ohio-based health facility, its "Minority Stroke Program" and the "Minority Men's Health Center."

Both programs aim to address stroke, diabetes, men's health conditions, mental health issues, and other medical conditions, the WILL report on the dispute said.

They tout "a range of benefits from disease prevention and treatment to specialized providers, transportation assistance, prescription assistance, support groups, and education events."

However, the special programs "discriminate against patients based on race and are racially motivated to provide services to some in a different manner from those provided to others," meaning that "Cleveland Clinic's programs violate the anti-discrimination provisions of Title VI and the Affordable Care Act."

WILL reported the men's center pages were completely removed from the clinic, and no mention of the program now is found there.

WND reported when the fight developed that the complaint charged, "Cleveland Clinic may not implement racial preferences, or programs that are racially motivated, to provide services or benefits differently from those provided to others."

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The sacking of Rome in A.D. 410, the Battle of Chancellorsville in 1863, Pearl Harbor in 1941, the World Trade Center and Pentagon attacks of 9/11, and the October 7 raid by Hamas into Israel in 2023, all share a common element – victims were lulled into a false sense of security by aggressors. Historically, it was when the victims – believing a danger to be non-existent – failed to see what was developing, that the aggressors methodically implemented their sinister plans.

Nowhere among America's institutions has more success been achieved in implementing just such a sinister plan than in the education of our children. While we have been concentrating on outside dangers, we have taken our eyes off the danger within. It is one represented by a national school system that brainwashes our children to hate all for which America stands.

An African proverb states, "It takes a village to raise a child." The proverb conveys the message that it requires many people working together "to provide a safe, healthy environment for children, where children are given the security they need to develop and flourish, and to realize their hopes and dreams." In America, that means not only preparing students to contribute to society by providing them with the mental tools to do so but also by providing them with the proper foundation to understand and respect the values that have made our country great.

What we have lost sight of is that these values are not being taught in many of our school systems. Instead, children are being taught an ideology, permitted by irresponsible school boards and embraced by naive teachers, totally anathema to our capitalistic system. Yet whether taught as socialism, communism, or Marxism, it is being placed upon an ideological pedestal by which young people are promised all-inclusive equality. Public rather than private ownership of the multitude of ways for making money may sound good to these young minds, but such education ignores the historical perspective of such ideologies having failed miserably.

While many "villagers" are guilty of ideologically misguiding our students in this manner, one billionaire, Elon Musk, claims that another billionaire "wants to erode the fabric of civilization" as he basically "hates humanity." This civilization fabric eroder is the Hungarian-born and radical leftist billionaire philanthropist George Soros.

Musk warns that "Parents don't realize the Soviet level of indoctrination that children are receiving," with such indoctrination allegedly funded by philanthropists like Soros. It is such funding that ultimately and negatively influences school board members to adopt a capitalism-unfriendly agenda.

Ryan Girdusky is one person who has closely monitored the evolution of this process within the national school system and is doing something about it. He is the founder of the 1776 Project PAC. The mission of his PAC – the first of its kind built from the ground up – is to take the fight locally in getting conservatives elected to school boards. So positioned, such conservative members can then lead the fight to purge school curricula of their Marxist-oriented classes such as Critical Race Theory.

The 1776 Project PAC has attracted several conservative supporters, including Ben Shapiro, Tucker Carlson, and Laura Ingraham. Shapiro notes, to its credit, that the PAC has already successfully shifted over 100 school board races to conservatives in just the past year.

Unlike Pearl Harbor and 9/11, which provided us with no warning, Girdusky is sounding the alarm about our school systems. We would do well to heed what he has to say before it is too late to recover from the damage already done.

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A new, and wild, claim has been reported coming out of publications run by the Egyptian government:

That Israel and the United States, the two most common targets of Islamist terrorist organizations, set up those Islamist terror organizations.

A report from the Middle East Media Research Institute said that the government-published articles claim, "the U.S. and Israel are the ones who established the Islamist terrorist organizations al-Qaida, ISIS and others like them, and that these countries are responsible for instigating terrorism throughout the world."

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"Ten Little Indians" is a 1965 British crime mystery film. The plot involves a group of 10 strangers invited to a party in the Alps who, expecting entertainment, quickly discover otherwise. Greeted by a recording from the absent host, they are told each one of them has been responsible for someone's death. One by one, just like in the children's nursery rhyme of the same name, the number of "Indians" dwindles as guests turn up dead while surviving members try to identify who their host is before they suffer a similar fate.

The film comes to mind as members of another group – formed by members of Congress and known as the "Squad" – seem to be experiencing a similar fate as their political lives, one by one, are being terminated.

The group initially consisted of four women who won congressional seats in the House in 2018. They included Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass., and Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., who all banded together to form the far-left wing of their political party. Since then, they have been joined, in 2020, by Jamaal Bowman, D-N.Y., and Cori Bush, D-Mo., and, in 2022, by Greg Casar, D-Texas, Summer Lee, D-Pa., and Delia Ramirez, D-Ill.