Kamala Harris Receives Enough Delegate Support to Win Democrat Presidential Nomination
(LifeSiteNews) — Pro-abortion Vice President Kamala Harris has secured enough support from Democratic delegates to win the party’s nomination for president, multiple outlets are reporting.
Following a slew of endorsements from prominent Democratic politicians, including Bill and Hillary Clinton, Nancy Pelosi, and Governors Gavin Newsom and Gretchen Whitmer, Harris surpassed the necessary 1,986 pledged delegates needed to become the nominee late Monday evening.
While Harris’ status would not become official until the party’s convention in Chicago on August 19-22, she is the only candidate who has received support from any of the delegates thus far. Current party rules stipulate that candidates need at least 300 delegates for their name to appear on the convention’s ballot.
Harris, 59, was a U.S. senator for the state of California from 2017 until 2021. She was the state’s attorney general from 2011 until 2017. In 2016, she directed law enforcement to raid the home of pro-life hero David Daleiden after he released an undercover video of Planned Parenthood officials discussing the sale of body parts of aborted babies.
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During her time in the U.S. Senate and White House, Harris has unabashedly promoted abortion, LGBT ideology, and other left-wing policies. In March 2024, she became the first sitting vice president to personally tour an abortion facility when she visited a Planned Parenthood center in St. Paul, Minnesota. In 2019, she attacked Trump judicial nominee Brian Buescher for being a member of the Catholic fraternal organization Knights of Columbus due to its pro-life and pro-marriage stances.
The Democratic National Committee has said it plans to move forward with a virtual vote before August 7 to decide its presidential and vice-presidential nominees. Harris is all but a lock to win, although who her running mate will be is still a question mark. At present, Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro and Arizona Senator Mark Kelly are believed to be among the odds-on favorites.
As reported by The Hill, Tennessee, South Carolina, North Carolina, New Hampshire, Louisiana, and Florida were among the first states to award their delegates to Harris after Biden announced he was stepping aside. Delegations from more than a dozen other states have also held meetings since then to pledge their verbal support for her.
Speculation as to why Biden decided to not seek re-election has been widespread on social media. Some believe he experienced an unexpected medical emergency while in Las Vegas recently and that remarks made by his brother Frank to CBS about enjoying “whatever time we have left” with him indicates he is near death. GOP Congressman Thomas Massie has said that a “coup” has taken place.
If a coup happened in your own country would you recognize it?
— Thomas Massie (@RepThomasMassie) July 22, 2024
This is a coup of a puppet regime.
Why is he even in the White House now?
On Monday, Harris held a bizarre press conference where Biden allegedly phoned in to wish her luck in her run. Biden’s voice had a noticeable slur or lisp sound to it, prompting many to wonder if it was recreated by artificial intelligence. Harris herself at one point during the event said, “Thanks for being on the reco–on the call, Joe,” giving more reason that it was just an act with a recorded voice of Biden.
NOW – Kamala speaks to Biden over phone at campaign HQ: “It is so good to hear our President’s voice. Joe, I know you’re still on the reco… on the call… and we’ve been talking everyday…”pic.twitter.com/i6MyVAB9M3
— Disclose.tv (@disclosetv) July 22, 2024
Democrat-turned-independent Robert F. Kennedy Jr. blasted Harris during a press conference after Biden dropped out. “Kamala Harris is a war hawk on Ukraine, she’s a war hawk on China,” he said. She’s “a product of the corporate control of our democracy.”
Republicans are drawing attention to the legal hurdles Democrats will face in replacing Biden’s name on state ballots. According to Fox News, the Washington D.C.-based Heritage Foundation is already preparing lawsuits over the matter. Fox is reporting that “many states – including swing states such as Georgia, Nevada and Wisconsin – might not allow a replacement on the ballot.” Wisconsin specifically “does not allow a candidate’s name to be withdrawn from the ballot except due to death.”
Speaker Mike Johnson reiterated the GOP’s intention to file briefs with the court system during an interview with CNN’s Jake Tapper.
As I said this morning, every state has their own election system and the Democrat party will face legal challenges in trying to remove Biden from the top of the ticket.
— Speaker Mike Johnson (@SpeakerJohnson) July 22, 2024
Turns out the so-called “party of democracy” thinks it can overrule the votes of over 14 million Americans. pic.twitter.com/4zBYhuPxcn
“Every state has their own election system, and the Democrat Party will face legal challenges in trying to remove Biden from the top of the ticket,” he said in an X post. “Turns out the so-called ‘party of democracy’ thinks it can overrule the votes of over 14 million Americans.”
Harris is married to Doug Emhoff, who is Jewish. In the 1990s, as a 29-year-old, she dated 60-year-old Willie Brown, then-speaker of the California Assembly who was not yet divorced from his wife. Brown appointed Harris to two political commissions, a move that has been criticized as a sign of favoritism. While she is a stepmother to Emhoff’s two daughters, Harris does not have any children of her own.
Number of Ukrainians Open to Territorial Concessions Growing – Poll
The number of Ukrainians willing to make territorial concessions to Moscow in exchange for peace has tripled over the past year, according to a recent poll by the Kiev International Institute of Sociology (KIIS). The survey released on Tuesday shows that 32% of respondents said they believe that “for the sake of achieving peace as soon as possible and preserving its independence Ukraine could relinquish some of its territory,” compared to just 10% who said the same in May 2023.
The poll was conducted in two waves on May 16-22 and June 20-25, involving 1,067 and 2,008 respondents, respectively.
The number of Ukrainians open to territorial concessions remained below 10% throughout the first year of the conflict, but has steadily grown since May 2023, according to the previous polls conducted by the KIIS.
In the end of 2023, after the much-hyped Ukrainian summer counteroffensive ended in a failure, 19% of respondents said they would agree to ceding some land in exchange for peace. In February 2024, when the Russian troops launched an offensive of their own and seized the strategic Donbass town of Avdeevka, this number grew to 26%.
Read more Poll suggests growing number of Ukrainians want peace talks
In May 2024, when Moscow’s forces launched another offensive in the northeastern Ukrainian Kharkov Region, it further rose to 32%, according to the KIIS. The number of those opposing any concessions fell from 74% to 55% over the same period.
As part of the latest survey, the respondents were also presented with several models of a potential peace agreement between Kiev and Moscow. The first option saw Russia retaining control of Crimea and the four other former Ukrainian territories, and Kiev abandoning its NATO ambitions and only joining the EU. This model was backed by 38% of respondents, with 30% calling it a “difficult” but “acceptable”option. More than a half of respondents (54%) rejected it.
The second option had Russia keeping the newly acquired territories but allowing Ukraine to join both NATO and the EU. Almost half of respondents backed it (47%), while 38% rejected it.
Read more Most Ukrainians ‘don’t feel European’ – poll
The third option had Moscow ceding control over the regions of Kherson and Zaporozhye back to Kiev, but keeping the two Donbass republics and Crimea. Ukraine would also join both the EU and NATO. This model was backed by 57% of respondents, with 20% calling it an “easily acceptable deal.” A third of respondents rejected it.
The negotiations between Russia and Ukraine broke down in the spring of 2022, with both sides accusing each other of making unrealistic demands. Russia President Vladimir Putin has said that Ukraine must become a neutral country and renounce claims on the new Russian regions for any peace talks to succeed.
UK Sports Commentator Faces Court for ‘Malicious Communications’ Charges over Social Media Posts
Free speech supporters are alarmed after former Premier League player Joey Barton has been slapped with charges of alleged “malicious communications” directed towards sports commentator and past England Women’s team star Eni Aluko.
Responding to the accusations, Barton labeled the judiciary as a “banana republic.” A court date has been set for July 30 following a probe by Cheshire Police in England.
Earlier this year, Barton likened Aluko and fellow commentator Lucy Ward to Fred and Rose West.
Fred and Rose West were a British married couple who committed a series of murders, sexual assaults, and acts of torture against young women and girls, including some of their own children, between the 1960s and 1980s in Gloucestershire, England.
After a police investigation into Barton’s contentious actions, charges were brought by the Crown Prosecution Service. The 41-year-old ex-footballer is set to face these charges at Warrington Magistrates’ Court.
Notably, Barton also compared Aluko to the notorious Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin.
When the charges were made public, Barton expressed his shock on X, questioning the priorities of the police and criticizing the British legal framework for stifling voices.
Microsoft Crowdstrike Payment Blackout Caused Supermarkets to go Cash Only
Shoppers throughout the United Kingdom were left in a panic this past week after an extreme magnitude global tech outage left retailers unable to accept digital card payments.
The newly cash-only operations encountered hordes of angry and confused people who were unable to buy food from the local supermarket because they were heavy on cards and low on cash.
The issue began after a Microsoft software product failed, taking down air traffic control towers, television channels, banks, government office operations, and phone lines. Cybersecurity software firm Crowdstrike claims the collapse of the Microsoft system was prompted by a flawed anti-viral update.
Many retailers and card providers also got swept away with the tech outage, putting an immediate halt on commerce throughout all of the affected areas. The Sun reported that the following retailers, pubs, and banks were affected by the tech blackout:
- Morrisons
- Metro Bank
- Wetherspoons
- Waitrose
- Sainsbury’s
- Co-op Food
(Related: Did you know that Microsoft has a plan to make video game characters fatter and uglier to “avoid stereotypes” and cater to America’s bloating demographics.)
Trouble buying and selling
Just 24 hours into the outage, Visa customers reported an astounding 700 different issues primarily with purchases and payments at stores. Visa, however, claims otherwise:
“There is no indication of any impact on Visa’s ability to process payments from this issue,” a company spokesperson told the media.
“Our systems are operating normally. We are aware of reports of people being unable to make payments and are working with our financial institution clients to understand any impact on their services to cardholders and merchants.”
At Morrisons grocery stores, customers had to use either a chipped or pinned card as contactless payment systems were not working properly.
“No contactless payment in Morrisons this morning – cash or chip and pin only,” one customer reported.
In a statement, a company spokesperson admitted to having “some issues” with payment systems in some of its stores, but that it was “working hard with our partners to resolve this issue.”
The Wetherspoons smartphone app reportedly failed to allow orders and payments as a result of the Microsoft outage. The pub giant said it could only accept cash from customers to pay for their food and booze.
“This is bloody serious, the Wetherspoons app is down,” one alcohol lover complained during the outage.
“I hope no one was planning on going to Wetherspoons tonight,” said another. “Microsoft has crippled them.”
The situation was much the same at Co-op Food stores and the many independently-run affiliates of its parent company, The Co-operative Group. Customers were told that it was cash only until the problem was remedied.
At Metro Bank, phone lines were down which mean customers had a much more difficult time getting through to someone for help with their finances. Some of Metro Bank’s faster payment options were also brought down in the tech collapse.
The entire Barclays investing platform failed to operate during the outage with a company spokesperson also revealing that some customers were “unable to manage their account in the app, Online Banking or over the phone.”
Sainsbury’s denied encountering any problems during the outage despite customers complaining on social media about issues, including one who said her card payment for a shopping delivery was declined “without a reason.”
“You have advised my card payment has been declined for my delivery,” the woman whined online.
“I have tried calling you and have been on hold for 60 mins. You have now sent a text asking me to call and the line is not working. Please can you resolve this for me?”
When the grid eventually goes down for good, cash and other tangible objects will be the only way to trade. Learn more at Collapse.news.
Australian Ministers Urge Stricter Online Censorship of ‘Misogynistic’ Speech
The Australian government’s commitment to online censorship is playing out in yet another way – the perceived harmful influence social platforms have on young men and boys.
Aligned media outlets agree these sites are showing too much content that is branded as misogynistic and promoting harmful gender stereotypes.
Meanwhile, government ministers want to see the companies behind platforms “do” (aka, censor) more.
Communications Minister Michelle Rowland, known for her pro-censorship stance, and Social Services Minister Amanda Rishworth are both quoted in a Guardian article about an “experiment” the outlet carried out by setting up fake accounts representing “generic 24-year-old males” on Facebook and Instagram.
The accounts did not interact – the goal was to see what would be showing up in their algorithmically-recommended feeds. And that the device and the email used to sign up were new, was apparently enough for the Guardian to believe they were safe from Meta’s tracking.
The article’s conclusion is that over the following several months, the feeds started to “veer into more highly sexist content,” especially on Facebook.
But it looks like the majority were memes about sitcoms, Star Wars, “dudebro” memes, Daily Mail, etc., news posts, while Instagram’s biggest “offense” seems to have been showing images of “scantily-clad women.”
The Guardian notes Meta explaining that its algorithms rank content based on interest – and it would appear that when all the algorithm knows about a “user” is that they are a “generic 24-year-old male” – that’s the sort of content it guesses they would want to see.
But, it seems that government officials in Australia would like those algorithms rewritten – to steer young men away from what some observers call “manosphere” and into more desirable areas of the internet.
The report puts it this way: there is “a $3.5 million, 3-year trial to counteract the harmful impacts of social media messaging targeting young men and boys.”
“We’re seeing misogynistic content pushed to young people through algorithms and recommender systems on social media. This is simply not good enough,” Michelle Rowland said.
She added that the government wants platforms to “take reasonable steps to ensure Australians can use their services in a safe manner, and to proactively minimize unlawful and harmful material and activity on their services.”
Although the Guardian’s “experiment” did not result in content condoning violence against women showing up in the dummy accounts’ feeds, Amanda Rishworth offered a dramatic take on the situation by adding that into the mix that was her reaction.
“Around 25% of teenage boys in Australia look up to social media personalities who perpetuate harmful gender stereotypes and condone violence against women – this is shocking,” she is quoted as saying.
Bodycam Footage Exposes Secret Service Documenting Trump Shooting Without Intervening
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