Is anyone surprised to learn that a renowned plagiarism expert says Democrat presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris plagiarized major sections of her 2009 book "Smart on Crime"?
Harris wrote the book with a co-author, Joan O’C Hamilton, as she began her campaign for California Attorney General.
It was intended to “outline her vision of how the criminal justice system should function.“
Dr. Stefan Weber contended in a report that Harris "copied virtually an entire Wikipedia article into her book without providing attribution to Wikipedia.”
He also said she "fabricated a source reference, inventing a nonexistent page number."
Journalist and author Christopher Rufo cited many of the examples on X in great detail.
Weber says Harris used verbatim language from an AP/NBC News report, a John Jay College press release, and other primary sources.
He is known for taking down several German politicians for plagiarism, but the American media will likely try to ignore Harris's plagiarism just like it glossed over Biden's when it came time to elect him.
The Trump campaign has jumped right on the report. Vice presidential nominee J.D. Vance posted on X, "Hi, I'm JD Vance. I wrote my own book, unlike Kamala Harris, who copied hers from Wikipedia."
Hi, I'm JD Vance. I wrote my own book, unlike Kamala Harris, who copied hers from Wikipedia. https://t.co/tkZvK8LrI3
— JD Vance (@JDVance) October 14, 2024
The real question isn't whether Harris plagiarized her book--that seems pretty clear from Weber's report.
The real question is how she was able to rise through the ranks and be running for president without anyone finding out about it.
Either the media failed to even try to vet her or they found out about the plagiarism and hid it.
Neither one of those says anything good about them and their fairness or objectivity--but then we already knew that.
Democrat vice presidential nominee Minnesota Governor Tim Walz was caught on video struggling to load a shotgun despite repeatedly telling audiences on the campaign trail that he is a "hunter."
The video was posted on X by the National Rifle Association (NRA) with the caption: "Reminder: Kamala Harris and Tim Walz are no friends of hunters and gun owners. The Harris-Walz ticket is an existential threat to our Second Amendment freedoms."
Reminder: Kamala Harris and Tim Walz are no friends of hunters and gun owners.
The Harris-Walz ticket is an existential threat to our Second Amendment freedoms. pic.twitter.com/HJRQvHN96w
— NRA (@NRA) October 12, 2024
The video showed him awkwardly trying to load the gun and saying, "It never fits quite right."
Reporters asked him what kind of gun it was and he said it was a Beretta A400, which is a semiautomatic firearm.
While there are a lot of gun owners who probably look awkward loading their guns even though they are familiar with them, the video represents a kind of flub for Walz.
That's because Walz has tried to position himself as a "hunter" and gun owner who wants to ban so-called "assault weapons."
While the Beretta A400 is not considered an assault weapon, it is a semi-automatic like the AR-15, which has been banned previously.
Walz also served in the military for years, so he should be familiar with different kinds of weapons including military ones that are considered assault weapons.
His struggle with the Beretta shotgun could make voters wonder about his supposed proficiency as a hunter and gun enthusiast.
It doesn't really seem like Walz benefits much from his convoluted stance on guns.
A lot of Democrats hate guns and would be turned off by Walz's video and statements that he is a hunter.
Pro-Second Amendment Republicans won't consider him legitimate as a hunter/gun owner if he wants to ban some guns, so who is left to support this iteration of his positioning?
So many Democrat positions are unsupportable anymore and just end up making the majority of people angry for one reason or another.
Former President Donald Trump is surging in the key swing state of Michigan thanks to an unexpected level of support from Arab Americans, who typically vote for Democrat candidates.
Former Trump administration official Michelle Moons wrote in an article for Breitbart News that she and other conservative entities are working to tap into an unrecognized group of conservative Arab Americans who are reportedly eager to support Trump over Vice President Kamala Harris.
Harris and the Democrat Party are losing the support of many Arab American voters due to the Biden administration's handling of the war between Israel and Hamas and the general chaos in the Middle East that has broken out over the past few years.
Under Trump, there was peace and warming of relations between Israel and their Arab neighbors but under Biden, things have the other way, and Arab American voters are demanding a president who has the answers for the chaos and war that has broken out.
Arab American voters are either running to Trump or planning to stay home in November especially after Kamala Harris insulted pro-Palestinian protestors at a rally in Michigan.
Harris has no way to win with Arab American voters thanks to the United States' obligations to Israel which is one of our only reliable allies in the Middle East.
Despite entertaining many elements of the Democrat Party that want to see aid to Israel ended, Harris has been unable to satisfy the radical demands of her party at risk of alienating pro-Israel Jewish elements of the Democrat Party.
This is particularly relevant in Michigan as there is a large contingent of Arab American voters in Michigan that can swing the outcome of the state. Should Arab American voters abandon Harris for Trump or not show up at all, Trump can easily win Michigan.
Moons wrote, "My husband and I started the Conservative American Middle Eastern PAC – or CAM PAC – in October 2024 after a Trump supporting friend told us how much he was hurting financially but that he still wasn’t registered to vote. Seeing this gap in Republican outreach to register Middle Eastern Americans, we couldn’t wait for someone else to solve the problem. Since launching in Michigan, we have seen people willing to wait in line just to get registered and vote for Trump."
The GOP has done a horrific job of reaching out to culturally conservative groups and for too long has just resigned those votes to the Democrat Party.
Now thanks to a combination of Kamala Harris's incompetence and Trump's reforms to the GOP, a new day has dawned and Republicans are hard at work getting those votes that have been neglected for years.
While Trump is also a pro-Israel candidate, he wants a swift and effective resolution to the conflicts plaguing the Middle East and that could draw many of those angry Arab American voters to join MAGA's growing coalition.
Conservatives like Michelle Moons are hard at work doing the dirty work of reaching out to new voter segments and it could pay dividends. Should Trump win Michigan, there are a few scenarios in which Trump could lose the election.
Both Georgia and Pennsylvania are leaning toward Trump significantly and North Carolina was just battered by a nasty hurricane to which Kamala Harris has failed to properly respond to.
Michigan was the key swing-state where Harris is seen as having the edge but with this changing dynamic involving Arab Americans, all that could change and hand Trump a 2nd term in the White House.
Former President Donald Trump announced "Operation Aurora," which is a plan to deport members of an illegal immigrant Venezuelan gang.
Trump announced on Friday that he intended to target illegal immigrant gangs in the wake of the shocking discovery that a Venezuelan gang had occupied an apartment complex in Aroura Colorado.
The building was under the gang's control and the gang was using automatic weapons to threaten and intimidate tenets while extracting rents from them.
A senior Trump campaign official told Just the News, "Today, in Aurora, Colorado, President Trump will be announcing 'OPERATION AURORA' at the federal level to remove illegal migrant members of the very dangerous transnational Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua, or 'TDA.'"
Under President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris, dangerous criminal gangs are setting up shop in the United States and there is little being done to stop them. Under Trump, all of that will change quickly.
Trump's announcement of Operation Aurora is a warning shot to illegal immigrant gangs that have come into the United States.
Trump is giving them an opportunity to get out now or face the consequences should he win the election. At this point in the race, Trump is favored to win multiple swing states and likely the election thanks to his stance on immigration.
Trump is promising a total reversal of the Biden-Harris administration's border and immigration policy and he will be enacting mass deportations as soon as possible should he win a 2nd term in the White House.
The official from Trump's campaign further explained, "This gang member removal program will invoke the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 to target and dismantle every illegal migrant criminal network operating on American soil. Last month men armed with rifles and handguns were caught on camera as they forced their way into an apartment in Aurora, CO, and threatened the tenant at gunpoint."
The fact that armed men who are not citizens are able to walk freely in the United States without facing consequences is absolutely unacceptable and the Biden-Harris administration must be held accountable.
The official continued by saying, "10 minutes later, they opened fire on a 25-year-old man outside the building, fatally shooting him. Of the three identified barbaric thugs, ALL THREE are illegal aliens who were in Border Patrol custody but RELEASED into the U.S. by Kamala Harris."
Americans are becoming increasingly aware of how bad the open border is for the nation and no amount of leftist media propaganda can cover things up.
The video of armed gang members taking over apartment complexes unopposed by police shocked thousands of Americans and that will have an impact on the election next month. Voters are most concerned about immigration and the economy and Harris is behind on both of those issues.
Trump is surging thanks to his strong stances on immigration and the economy and many Democrat insiders are already beginning to worry that Harris's failings could drag the whole party down.
While Trump is handily leading the presidential race, Democrats are still playing for control of the House and the Senate. Should Harris continue to flounder and drag Democrats down, it could hand the GOP control of Congress alongside the White House.
Democrat vice presidential nominee Minnesota Governor Tim Walz was quiet on Thursday about whether he still thinks the Electoral College should be replaced with a "national popular vote" after the head of the ticket, Vice President Kamala Harris, said the campaign did not back that position.
"I think all of us know, the Electoral College needs to go. We need a national popular vote," Walz said Tuesday at a fundraiser at California Governor Gavin Newsom's (D) home.
It's not the first time Walz made such comments; he did so at a Seattle fundraiser as well.
But campaign officials for Harris and Walz said abolishing the Electoral College is not an official position of the campaign.
Fox News could not get a response from Walz Thursday about whether he stands by his remarks, but some other news outlets did get a statement from the campaign that Walz was actually trying to support the Electoral College in the remarks.
"Governor Walz believes that every vote matters in the Electoral College and he is honored to be traveling the country and battleground states working to earn support for the Harris-Walz ticket," a Harris campaign spokesperson said to CNN and USA Today, among other select media outlets. "He was commenting to a crowd of strong supporters about how the campaign is built to win 270 electoral votes. And, he was thanking them for their support that is helping fund those efforts."
The calls for an end to the Electoral College started with Hillary Clinton in 2016 after she won the popular vote by more than 2 million but still lost the Electoral College.
"I think it needs to be eliminated," Clinton told CNN at the time. "I’d like to see us move beyond it, yes."
Other Democrats who have spoken out against the Electoral College process include Rep. Jamie Raskin (MD), who called it a "convoluted, antique, obsolete system from the 18th century, which these days can get you killed as nearly it did on Jan. 6, 2021."
So now the Electoral College can get you killed!
In reality, the Electoral College was instituted so that overly large states like California and Texas don't get to overrule smaller states like Rhode Island and Montana.
It only looks like Democrats are way more popular than Republicans because California and New York vote Democrat by a huge margin.
Using electoral votes evens the playing field so that rural areas have an equal say with cities in elections.
It would not be fair for cities with higher populations to get all the power in choosing national candidates, and that's why our very wise founding fathers put the Electoral College in place in the first place.
The final debate proposal from Fox News featuring former president Donald Trump and vice president Kamala Harris has been declined.
The debates could have taken place in Pennsylvania on October 24th or 27th, according to Fox News's Martha MacCallum, who made the announcement on October 9th, claiming that the network had made its "final pitch" to the campaigns of Trump and Harris on a possible debate, as Newsmax reported.
She said Fox was “offering a chance for them to make their closing argument.”
In a second debate, MacCallum said, the network saw "a great opportunity to give the people one more chance to see them both onstage, and to make up their minds" by allowing Trump and Harris to face off again.
“THERE WILL BE NO REMATCH!” Trump wrote in response on Truth Social, putting to rest any questions about where his campaign stands on the issue of a possible debate.
Thanks to the contentious nature of the upcoming election, questions have arisen about the reaction from the Democrat candidate, but Harris' campaign has not responded to requests for comment.
For his part, the Republican nominee said “there is nothing to debate” due to Harris appearance on ABC-TV’s “The View."
During the appearance, she said she couldn’t think of a single presidential policy or action she would have handled differently if she had been president instead of President Joe Biden.
“It is very late in the process” prior to the Nov. 5 election, Trump said, noting, “voting has already begun.”
Nearly three million Americans have already cast their ballots as of October 9th, according to statistics from the Election Lab at the University of Florida.
On June 27, CNN held a debate in Atlanta where Trump and Biden, his initial Democratic challenger, squared off, causing mixed reactions, with both candidates seeming to think they won the match.
Biden endorsed Harris and withdrew from the presidential race less than 30 days after taking heat for his performance in the debates. She was nominated for president by the Democratic Party not long after.
In a September 10 ABC News debate in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Trump and Harris went head to head. Subsequently, her campaign suggested holding an additional debate but the president has turned down the offer.
One of the suggested Fox dates was already booked for the former president. The famous Madison Square Garden in New York City was reserved for Trump's speech on October 27.
Melania Trump has asserted that her son Barron was denied a bank account after the Trump family departed the White House due to "cancel culture."
In her memoir Melania, which was released on Tuesday, the former first lady laments that she and Barron experienced the "venom of cancel culture" in the weeks following the Capitol disturbance on January 6, as The Independent reported.
“I was shocked and dismayed to learn that my long-time bank decided to terminate my account and deny my son the opportunity to open a new one,” she continued.
“This decision appeared to be rooted in political discrimination, raising serious concerns about civil rights violations.”
She added: “It is troubling to see financial services withheld based on political affiliation.”
In another instance, she stated, "I had an experience in the media sector that highlights the venom of cancel culture."
Melania wrote about the period of time "after leaving the White House," although she did not explicitly reference the January 6 riot.
She also stated that she was unable to participate in a media initiative because the private equity firm that was supporting it "chose not to honor our agreement due to personal animosity toward my husband."
Melania also discusses the effects of her troubled Fostering the Future scholarship program in the chapter.
Melania initiated the initiative following her departure from the White House, stating that she “pursued partnerships to channel donations for scholarships benefiting foster care children.”
However, she asserts that the “leading tech-education company” withdrew from the partnership after her involvement was disclosed and its board resolved to avoid "any public affiliation" with her.
“Despite my efforts to focus solely on children’s education and my willingness to avoid any public association with the program, the school remained firm and terminated the agreement,” she wrote.
The New York Times stated in 2022 that the Melania's Fostering the Future initiative was under investigation by the Florida Consumer Services Division because it had not been registered with them.
In response, the ex-first lady said that the press was out to "cancel" her and her philanthropic work.
It would appear that Barron is unfazed by his failure at the bank; Melania has detailed his success at a New York City university.
“He is doing great,” Melania said during an appearance on Fox News’s The Five on Tuesday. “He loves his classes and professors. He is doing well. He is striving and enjoying to be in New York City again.”
Barron, who is 18 years old, commenced his academic course of study at the Stern School of Business at New York University in September.
Special Prosecutor Jack Smith has pursued Republican nominee former President Donald Trump with crazy-eyed abandon for the better part of the last two years, but a legal expert suggested in a Monday op-ed in The Hill that Smith has actually "botched" the indictments to the point where Trump will never be convicted.
Smith "has pursued Trump with the zeal of Inspector Javert, but has thus far come up empty handed," James Zirin said in the piece.
One of Smith's cases against Trump involving mishandling of classified documents was dismissed because the judge ruled that as a private citizen not confirmed as special prosecutor by Congress, Smith didn't have standing to bring it.
The other has been hacked to pieces by the Supreme Court's immunity ruling, which also delayed its timeline until after the 2024 presidential election.
Zirin argues that Smith's latest motion amounts to election interference. He said,
Straining to right a listing ship, Smith has filed a 165-page, procedurally irregular dump of his grand jury materials, containing evidence that Trump cannot refute. The filing obviously flouts the internal Justice Department rule that “Federal prosecutors … may never select the timing of any action, including investigative steps, criminal charges, or statements, for the purpose of affecting any election.”
He referenced Elie Honig, a legal expert from CNN, who called the brief “Smith’s October Cheap Shot” in another op-ed piece, agreeing that it is a "late hit" intended to hurt Trump with voters.
It's nice to see even some liberals wringing their hands about how President Joe Biden's Justice Department has been trying to put their finger (or in this case, maybe something much heavier) on the scale in order to help Democrats and hurt Trump in the 2024 election.
The Trump campaign probably doesn't need to worry too much about Smith's brief because the kind of Americans who haven't made up their mind yet who to vote for are not politically engaged enough to be swayed by it. As least not in any significant numbers.
Any voter who would be swayed by the brief not to vote for Trump has had plenty of ammunition already for that position.
On the other hand, the brief could very well make some undecided voters angry enough about yet another blatant attempt by Democrats to smear their opponents that they decide to vote for Trump.
"The reasons for the rule not to mix politics with law enforcement are obvious," Zirin said. "Smith could have waited a month. There was no hurry."
But Zirin pointed out other Smith blunders in addition to the brief.
Waiting 2 1/2 years to indict Trump was no doubt intended to coincide with Trump's candidacy in 2024, but Smith underestimated Trump's ability to delay proceedings (as anyone able to afford a passel of expensive lawyers can do easily, Zirin argued).
Bringing the classified documents case in Florida instead of Washington D.C. was another blunder, in Zirin's opinion. A D.C. jury would have ripped Trump to shreds whether the case had any merit or not.
Smith's incompetence has been Trump's gain, and he's laughing all the way to the ballot box.
A court in Ohio rejected a request from a Haitian group to issue arrest warrants for Republican nominee former President Donald Trump and running mate Sen. J.D. Vance (OH) over comments they made about Haitian migrants in Springfield, Ohio.
A panel of judges referred the request from the Haitian Bridge Alliance to county prosecutors for further investigation but found no probable cause for any charges at this time.
The group claimed threats were made against migrants after Trump and Vance made comments about migrants in Springfield eating dogs and cats of residents as well as other "pets" in response to allegations on Facebook that migrants were decapitating and eating ducks from a pond in the area.
Another resident said he saw a cat hanging at the home of a migrant neighbor, carved up in preparation to be eaten, after his friend's cat went missing.
Police in Springfield said they had heard the rumors but that no formal complaints had been made to them about migrants eating ducks or people's pets.
Around 20,000 migrants have been transported to Springfield, which has a population of about 60,000, during President Joe Biden's tenure after being processed at the U.S. border.
Residents have complained that city resources have been stressed by the influx.
The Haitian Bridge Alliance wants charges of felony inducing panic, disrupting public services, making false alarms, two counts of complicity, two counts of telecommunications harassment and aggravated menacing.
Charges could still be filed against Trump and Vance if investigators find any cause to do so.
The judges said that “particular consideration should be given to ‘the strong constitutional protections afforded to speech, and political speech in particular,'” adding that due to the presidential election being “less than 35 days away,” the topic of immigration was “contentious.”
“Due to the proximity of the election, and the contentiousness concerning the immigration policies of both candidates, the Court cannot presume the good faith nature of the affidavits,” the judges wrote.
While Trump still faces dozens of criminal charges, it would be the first time Vance was charged with a crime since he became a candidate for office.
No charges were recommended against the Biden administration or any of its members for violating border laws in allowing such a large number of migrants to enter the country and remain in the U.S.
Such is the state of justice in the country that people who are actually violating laws are getting away with it, while those that merely comment on the situation could end up in court over their words.
Former President Donald Trump has publically contradicted the Biden administration by calling on Israel to target Iranian nuclear facilities following Iran's missile attack on Israel.
President Joe Biden has been demanding that Israel restrain from targeting Iranian oil facilities or nuclear facilities after a massive missile attack. Iran launched thousands of ballistic missiles at Israel following Israel's decapitation of the terrorist group Hezbollah, which is funded by Iran.
Israel is justified in retaliating against Iran but President Biden is trying to keep them on a leash and protect Iran which has become the de facto U.S. policy towards Iran under President Biden's leadership.
This stands in stark contrast to Trump's treatment of Iran which was aggressive and debilitating. Trump bankrupted Iran in order to prevent them from funding terrorist groups around the Middle East and that was a key to keeping the peace.
Biden has catered to Iran and released billions in frozen funds and the result of that has been chaos and war around the Middle East.
During an appearance in Fayetteville, North Carolina, on Friday, Trump took questions during a town hall to address voters. North Carolina is in play for Trump in November and should he win it, it would likely propel him to victory.
During the session, Trump took a shot at Biden saying, "I listened to Biden yesterday, you know, since I went under the wing, you know, I used to go under the wing of the aircraft. Nobody ever did that before. I did all of a sudden, Biden started — but he only takes like a half a question, usually can’t answer it."
Biden has spent most of his time in the White House avoiding the media and not taking questions. Even when he does take questions, his answers are typically curt and his aides tend to hustle him off quickly before he can say something damaging.
Trump continued saying, "But they asked him, what do you think about, what do you think about Iran? Would you hit Iran? And he goes, “A long as they don’t hit the nuclear stuff.” That’s the thing you want to hit, right? I said, I think he’s got that one wrong. Isn’t that what you’re supposed to hit? I mean, it’s the most, it’s the biggest risk."
Trump's common sense shines through as he understands that crippling Iran's nuclear capabilities is crucial to neutering Iran's ability to project power in the Middle East.
The path to ending the war doesn't lie in placating Iran but rather in crippling Iran and rendering them incapable of terrorizing the Middle East. Trump's assertion that Israel should hit Iran's nuclear facilities gives voters a glimpse of how Trump will behave in the White House.
Foreign policy and ending the multiple serious conflicts around the world are going to play a large role in who wins the election in November. Trump is promising to end the wars in the Middle East like he did during his first term.
Furthermore, Trump is confident in his ability to negotiate peace between Russia and Ukraine quickly should he win.
On the other hand, Vice President Kamala Harris has made promises but so far in three years of Biden-Harris rule, there has been no progress made in Ukraine and the Middle East only gets more violent and dangerous.
Harris has tried to claim that she will run things differently than her boss but just this week Biden came out to say that Harris and him have always been on the same page when it comes to policy. That statement could very well have doomed any chance Harris had of separating herself from Biden's horrific record.