Kamala Harris has once again come face to face with the fact that she didn't actually win the Democrat nomination as former President Barack Obama reminded voters of how the party works.
While the Harris campaign has continually asserted that the candidate chosen by the DNC, not the voters, is qualified for the job, she still sits in the shadow of the more recent candidates.
This was demonstrated when the poster design by Shepard Fairey's Hope became synonymous with Barrack Obama's 2008 presidential campaign, as Creative Blog reported.
The poster played a significant role in the Democrat candidate's victory over John McCain by delivering a critical one-word message.
The poster design was included in the National Portrait Gallery's collection, and now Fairey has revived the design in an attempt to use the design again for Kamala Harris.
According to the designer, her work is looking to support the effort of Harris to prevent a "convicted felon" from winning the White House once again.
In blue and teal, Fairey's poster of Kamala Harris features the current vice president gazing upward while wearing a circular red KH badge.
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The term "HOPE" is substituted with "FORWARD," which is consistent with Harris's declaration that "We're not going back."
On his Instagram page, Fairey wrote: "In order not to go back, we must go FORWARD!... While we have not achieved all the goals we might be seeking, we are making progress - all in the face of expanding threats and regressive political adversaries.”
He added: “If we act we can move forward our desire for a healthy planet, for corporate accountability, toward equality and away from racism, sexism, xenophobia, and homophobia, for equitable access to opportunity, for full access to the medical care we want or need, for fair and just immigration policies."
According to Fairey, the Harris FORWARD poster is free and open to non-commercial use, and its purpose is to serve as a tool for grassroots movement.
He claims he will not have any financial gain because he was not compensated for his labor.
However, that poster isn't the only one making its way onto the nominated candidate's trail of campaign paraphernalia.
Other artists, including a street artist and illustrator from New York City, have created art in support of the candidate whose primary claim to fame is that she's NOT former President Donald Trump.
Democrat New Jersey Senator Bob Menendez resigned from the Senate on Tuesday after he was convicted on federal bribery charges last month.
Menendez was convicted of accepting gold bars and cash to act as an agent for Egypt after FBI agents raided his home and found $480,000 in cash and gold bars.
He let Governor Phil Murphy (D) know he was resigning the same day he was convicted, and last Friday he ended his re-election bid as an independent as well.
Even so, Menendez is appealing his conviction and has started by filing a 30-page motion to dismiss the case.
"The government failed to prove any of the elements of the alleged quid pro quo," his defense said.
Murphy has named his gubernatorial chief of staff George Helmy to finish out Menendez's term until the election can take place.
Democrat Andy Kim and Republican Curtis Bashaw are running for the seat in November.
The seat is probably safe for Democrats, since a Republican has not won in New Jersey in five decades.
Menendez, 70, has been in political office since a few years after his high school graduation, starting with the local board of education and moving to the state legislature and then Congress.
His Senate career started with an appointment in 2006 when then-Senator John Corzine was elected governor. He then was re-elected and has served since.
He was tried for bribery once before in 2015, when he was accused of getting luxury vacations and campaign contributions from a dentist in exchange for favors.
The charges were eventually dropped when the prosecution couldn't prove its case.
The previous charges may have emboldened Menendez to think he could get away with doing the same thing again, assuming he was guilty the first time.
This time, however, he has a different reality to face.
In case you're wondering what the possible future leader of the free world, her husband, and her second-in-command have been doing lately, X reported on Sunday that it took all three of them to find a bag of Doritos.
Democrat vice presidential pick Gov. Tim Walz (MN) posted the video in which he, Democrat presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris, and second gentleman Doug Emhoff were apparently searching a convenience store for Doritos to satisfy Harris's snack cravings.
"Every road trip needs a snack break. Doritos acquired. I got you, @KamalaHarris," Walz posted with an accompanying video of the escapade.
Every road trip needs a snack break.
Doritos acquired. I got you, @KamalaHarris. pic.twitter.com/5nXfEARqwF
— Tim Walz (@Tim_Walz) August 18, 2024
Seemingly, it was an attempt to be relatable to the masses, but not everyone on social media was receptive to the idea.
"Most normal people don’t make such a big deal about locating a bag of Doritos but congrats on humaning, or something," Tim Murtagh commented.
“Do you not realize those cost us 28% more now than they did 4 years ago because of Kamala and Joe?” another person wrote in a dig at inflation during her administration.
Still another commenter criticized Harris's choice of Doritos flavors. “The only good Doritos are the Spicy Chili (Purple Bag) one,” Isaac Schorr of Mediaite wrote.
"Buying groceries is a game to Kamala Harris and Tim Walz. Is buying groceries a game to you right now?" still another commenter said.
On the other side, people called the critics fun-ruiners and tried to downplay inflation.
While the clip may have been orchestrated to look fun, it was a deadly serious attempt to relate to a deeply divided electorate that seems to have been met with mixed success.
It hardly seems to rise to the level of importance of a U.S. presidential candidate and her running mate, but that probably wasn't the point.
It's scary to think of this airheaded woman becoming president along with her very radical and tyrannical VP pick, whether they enjoy Doritos or not.
As some of the commenters pointed out, there are very serious issues facing our country that will need to be dealt with.
Harris has already shown she is incompetent, and the country really can't afford four years of her ineptitude.
Senator Bob Menendez (D-NJ) has finally dropped his reelection bid ahead of Friday's deadline after being convicted of corruption.
In addition to finally dropping his bid for reelection, Menendez officially resigned his seat, effective Aug. 20, next Tuesday.
Menendez confirmed his decision in a letter to New Jersey’s acting director of the state’s Division of Elections, Donna Barber, saying "By means of this email please be advised that as an Independent candidate for the U.S. Senate in this November’s election I am advising you that I wish to have my name withdrawn from the ballot."
This decision brings the end to Menendez's long and corrupt career as he has become the poster boy for New Jersey's corruption which has been a topic of discussion for years.
Menendez spent years in the Senate enriching himself while advocating for foreign nations and his fellow Democrats reportedly knew nothing about any of it.
Menendez has been in Congress for 31 years and the information coming out about him is a great argument for term limits for Congress.
He was convicted on 16 criminal counts all of which he has appealed and is using $3.3 million in campaign funds to bankroll his legal fees. Now that he has dropped out of the race he can no longer accept new donations.
Barring a major development in his appeals process he will be sentenced on October 29, and at worst he faces decades in prison.
He was convicted of charges of accepting bribes, including cash and gold bars, to benefit the governments of Egypt and Qatar. Much like how the Biden family has been selling influence, Menendez also sold his position to the highest bidder.
Damian Williams, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, who prosecuted the case stated following the conviction that Menendez's "years of selling his office to the higher bidder have finally come to an end.”
Menendez defiantly claimed that he "never violated my public oath," and vowed to fight the conviction. While it remains to be seen what will happen with his appeal, Senate Democrats may be breathing a sigh of relief with Menendez dropping out.
Menendez was running against Representative Andy Kim (D-NJ) and Republican Curtis Bashaw. There was a real fear among Democrats that Menendez may have split the vote allowing Bashaw to take a surprise victory in a deep blue state.
Kim is the Democrat Party's chosen successor for Menendez but until Menendez actually dropped out of the race things weren't going according to plan.
Furthermore, Menendez's insistence on sticking around did more damage to Democrats who have had to act like nobody was aware of his thirty years of corruption and self-enrichment.
Now Bashaw's chances of stealing a surprise Senate seat are back in the ground but some of New Jersey's Republicans are hopeful that the general population will be so disgusted with the corruption that they will look for a change in leadership.
Jamal Trulove, a film director and actor wrongly convicted by Kamala Harris when she was the San Francisco district attorney, has announced his endorsement of former President Donald Trump.
In a video posted to YouTube, Trulove stated, "In 2008, I was framed for murder and wrongfully convicted by the office of Kamala Harris, sentenced 50 [years] to life in prison." He would go on to explain the accusations against him and his decision to endorse Trump in November's election.
Thankfully, Trulove only spent seven years in prison as opposed to half a century but that is still the better part of a decade of life lost thanks to Harris and her shoddy prosecution.
Trulove was convicted in 2010 of first-degree murder with a firearm after being arrested in October 2008 for an October 2007 killing.
He also was hit with being a felon in possession of a firearm because he had a previous conviction for receiving stolen goods, a major escalation on account of a much less serious crime.
Trulove knew he was innocent but he still watched Kamala Harris smile and laugh when he was sentenced to 50 years to life in prison.
Harris was serving as San Francisco's district attorney, a position she held from 2004 to 2011, and was deeply involved in wrongfully convicting Trulove.
Trulove explained that she was in the courtroom for his sentencing saying, "When they came with the verdict guilty … I turned around, and I looked, and I saw Kamala Harris. We locked eyes this one time, and she laughed.”
After he was convicted, he appealed the conviction leading to California's First District Court of Appeal reducing his charge from first-degree murder to second-degree murder.
In the following hearings, it was revealed that Assistant District Attorney Linda Allen, who worked directly beside Harris, committed misconduct by claiming Trulove had intimidated a witness without presenting evidence.
This would lead to a retrial in 2015 where Trulove's lawyers demonstrated that the evidence did not convict him and he was finally acquitted.
Trulove blasted Harris stating that, "She was the head of it, she overseen it. She had to, it was a murder case, right? And at the end of my paperwork, it’s a stamp and seal, ‘Office of Kamala Harris.'"
Following his acquittal Trulove went on to file a federal civil rights lawsuit against the city and county of San Francisco over the misconduct of Harris's office. Two years later Trulove would be awarded $10 million and then win a settlement after an appeal for $13.1 million.
Trulove didn't hold back saying, "And if you’re wondering if I’m going to be voting for Kamala Laugh-a-Lot Harris, f*** no. I’m going with Donald Trump. Where’s my red hat at?”
Kamala Harris's past as a dirty cop is being covered up by the mainstream media but Trulove is doing his part in blowing her cover. The irony of the Democrat Party running a dirty cop who locked up innocent Black men is almost too unbelievable.
Both former President Donald Trump and his campaign managers confirmed that Corey Lewandowski will come back to help the campaign, along with other former campaign staffers.
Lewandowski has been an unofficial advisor to the campaign but will take a more formal role, according to Politico.
Tim Murtaugh, who was communications director in 2020, will also return to the campaign along with Alex Pfeiffer and Alex Bruesewitz from the MAGA Inc. super PAC.
Leader of MAGA Inc. Taylor Budowich will also take on a senior role in the campaign, Politico reported.
“As we head into the home stretch of this election, we are continuing to add to our impressive campaign team,” Trump co-campaign managers Susie Wiles and Chris LaCivita said in a statement. “Corey Lewandowski, Taylor Budowich, Alex Pfeiffer, Alex Bruesewitz, and Tim Murtaugh are all veterans of prior Trump campaigns and their unmatched experience will help President Trump prosecute the case against Kamala Harris and Tim Walz, the most radical ticket in American history.”
Lewandowski was supposedly exiled from "Trump World" in 2021 after Trashelle Odom, the wife of a major Trump donor, accused him of making unwanted advances toward her.
But Trump has kept him close and in the loop even if he didn't have a formal role until now outside consulting for the RNC.
Trump expressed confidence in Wiles and LaCivita as the new campaign staff were added.
He has experienced a bit of a polling slump since President Joe Biden stepped back from his re-election bid and Vice President Kamala Harris became the nominee.
This was bound to happen as a result of the shakeup--in fact, it's probably why they Democrats dumped Biden in the first place.
Voters seem to be attracted to Harris as the "new" face in the race, even though she has been largely ineffective as vice president.
The media has suddenly forgotten all of her gaffes and ineptitude, and so far the American public seems to be eating it up.
The debate should open people's eyes to Harris's true nature and how absolutely inept she will be if elected.
It's a mystery how she has surged in the polls despite no voters actually voting for her to be the nominee.
Despite the aggressively progressive tone that Vice President Kamala Harris' campaign has taken, even the left-wing take has left something to be desired among anti-Israel protesters.
Harris campaign learned this lesson the hard way when pro-Palestinian demonstrators engaged in violent confrontations with law officers and invaded an afterparty that was held in New York City to commemorate the Harris rally, as Fox News reported.
In the aftermath of a Harris rally that was held in Harlem and attended by Eric Adams, the Mayor of New York City, people were observed following the event and lined the street.
"You set Palestine on fire," one of the protesters was heard yelling.
Protesters who were opposed to Israel were seen in the camera clip making a commotion and putting off smoke bombs: "How dare you," shouted another person.
At prior campaign appearances, Harris has been confronted by protesters, and he has yelled at them to remove them after they disrupted the event.
"You know what, if you want Donald Trump to win, then say that. Otherwise, I'm speaking," Harris said at a Michigan campaign event, eliciting static cheers from the audience.
A glaring weakness of the Biden administration, in the minds of many progressives, has been its backing of Israel's war against the terrorist group Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
This comes just about a week after the Democrat nominee attempted to shout down protesters during a campaign speech in Michigan.
Around the middle of Harris's speech, the demonstrators, who were opposed to Israel's involvement in the conflict with Hamas, interfered, causing a pause in Harris' speech.
At first, Harris spoke to protesters by saying she was, "here because I believe in democracy and everybody's voice matters, but I am speaking now."
Harris became more combative as the protesters continued to shout her down.
"You know what, if you want Donald Trump to win, then say that. Otherwise, I'm speaking," Harris said, attracting cheers from the audience.
All of those who were participating in the demonstration were eventually removed, but not before a heated altercation broke out between supporters of Harris and protesters who yelled at one another.
The conversation took place during a trip that Harris and her new running mate, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, were taking to the states of Wisconsin and Michigan.
The goal of the trip was to garner support from voters who were younger, more diverse, and more committed to labor, in the way that Walz and Harris see the future.
While the Biden administration might be staring down the barrel of the end of it's term, students with loans on their degrees can take hope that President Joe Biden is still pushing for at least one of his campaign promises to be solidified.
To have the president's most recent plan to alleviate student loan debt reinstated, the Biden administration rushed an emergency appeal to the Supreme Court on Tuesday, attempting to keep the campaign promise made four years ago, as The Hill reported.
President Biden's Saving on a Valuable Education (SAVE) Plan would reduce student loan payments for millions of students, but it is now blocked by a lower court judgment because of concerns about the legality of the program.
“The rule is a straightforward exercise of the Department’s express statutory authority to set the parameters of income-contingent repayment plans — just as it has done for three decades,” U.S. Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar wrote to the justices.
In the event that the Supreme Court is hesitant to step in on their emergency docket, Prelogar has asked the justices to instead assess the plan's legality on its own merits and move quickly to schedule oral arguments for this coming fall.
Those who are challenging the SAVE Plan were given a Monday afternoon deadline by the court to react.
This stance is reminiscent of the way the Biden administration dealt with opposition to its previous promise to reduce student loans by $10,000 for each borrower.
After agreeing to consider the case fully upon receiving a request for urgent action from the Justice Department, the Supreme Court last year rejected that plan in a 6-3 ideologically-based vote.
Following the ruling by the Supreme Court, the SAVE plan was initially proposed, pushing forward the president's plan to do away with repayment of many loans.
Phase one, which began last fall, increased the income threshold for income protection from 150 percent to 225 percent over the federal poverty criteria and waived interest that had accrued but was not factored into the calculated payments.
Reducing undergraduate loan payments from 10% of discretionary income to 5% and expanding loan forgiveness possibilities for specific groups were to be implemented in the second phase beginning in July.
Over a decade, the SAVE plan is projected to cost $475 billion, according to the Penn Wharton Budget Model.
Two groups of Republican state attorneys general have challenged it in court, arguing that Congress has to provide clearer permission due to the high cost.
In the first action, the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals issued a temporary injunction against the SAVE Plan until it settles the matter. The seven states involved are Oklahoma, North Dakota, Missouri, Arkansas, Florida, and Georgia.
As the case continues, an emergency appeal was filed with the Supreme Court on Tuesday, requesting that they vacate that order. Midway through the second case, the challengers filed an emergency appeal, which the Biden administration encouraged the justices to reject.
The New York Fire Department has found a replacement for its first female fire chief, Laura Kavanagh after she resigned due to a series of scandals.
Robert Tucker, CEO of T&M USA, was named as Kavanagh's replacement by Mayor Eric Adams on Monday and has already been sworn in.
Robert S. Tucker's very first job as a young man was working at the @FDNY communications office.
Today, he becomes the 35th commissioner of New York's Bravest — a real full-circle moment!
Commissioner Tucker brings decades of experience in protecting public safety to this role,… pic.twitter.com/5TTZQrySCJ
— Mayor Eric Adams (@NYCMayor) August 12, 2024
Adams' announcement on X noted that Tucker's first job was in the FDNY's communication office.
A key part of Kavanagh's downfall was her investigation of some of her subordinates for heckling New York Attorney General Letitia James over her prosecution of former President Donald Trump.
FDNY Chief of Department John Hodgens later emailed department leaders that those who heckled her would be found out.
“BITS is investigating this, so they will figure out who the members are,” Hodges wrote.
“I recommend they come forward. I have been told by the commissioner it will be better for them if they come forward and we don’t have to hunt them down,” he warned.
A retired firefighter told the New York Post that the firefighters did not appreciate being "hunted down."
“It was a political stunt for the city to have the AG there. When it backfired, they sent their fascist pit bulls after guys for exercising their First Amendment rights,” he said. “Most were off-duty and not in FDNY uniform.”
But FDNY backed down after hearing that the rank and file felt like they were being hunted down.
Spokesman Jim Long later told Fox News that “nobody is hunting anyone down.”
“We’re looking into those who clearly broke department regulations. It has nothing to do with politics. It’s about professionalism at an official event held in a house of worship,” he said.
She was replaced soon after.
A CDC policy of deleting former employees' emails after 90 days is "probably illegal" according to a ruling by U.S. District Judge Rudolph Contreras on Friday.
A Trump-aligned legal group, America First Legal (AFL), had requested emails from former CDC employees and was told they were deleted 90 days after they stopped being employees, which prompted them to sue the CDC.
The CDC claimed that it uses the National Archives and Records Association’s (NARA) Capstone policy for emails since it falls under the Health and Human Services (HHS) department, which does the same thing.
The CDC also claimed that the deleted records were "adequately preserved elsewhere."
The NARA policy was adopted in 2016 after the CDC said it petitioned NARA to do so, but there is no record NARA ever granted the permission.
“The Biden-Harris Administration’s politicization of records management must end, and we look forward to holding them accountable for their illegal actions in all such circumstances,” AFL’s Executive Director Gene Hamilton said in a press release.
The AFL wanted the records due to the agency's support for teaching gender ideology in the classroom.
After obtaining the CDC document “LGBTQ Inclusivity in Schools: A Self-Assessment Tool,” the AFL sued HHS and NARA in April.
Contreras has now ordered the CDC to stop deleting employees' emails until the previous deadline under GRS 6.1 had passed or until the court ordered that they could do so.
“This is another historic courtroom victory for America First Legal against widespread government corruption,” AFL President Stephen Miller and former advisor to President Trump stated.
/1🚨BREAKING🚨
We just secured a preliminary injunction in our lawsuit against the Biden-Harris CDC for illegally deleting employees’ emails.
The National Archives and Attorney General Garland must now work to recover illegally deleted records and make CDC comply with the law: pic.twitter.com/OsYByavu06
— America First Legal (@America1stLegal) August 9, 2024
AFL said it would continue to hold agencies accountable and pursue justice through the courts.
It probably won't stop the CDC from continuing to encourage the teaching of gender ideology in classrooms.
But it may at least make them be up front about it.