In fewer than 30 hours, Vice President Kamala Harris catapulted to becoming the leading contender for the Democratic Party nomination, having sown up more than half of the delegates pledged to President Biden. She has not won a single vote ever in a presidential primary.
Every potential rival suspiciously dropped out, and donors lined up behind her as though she were a modern Pied Piper. Even Nancy Pelosi threw in her support, ditching the hopes of her home state governor, Gavin Newsom. The pace was so rapid that the media, oohing and aahing at the spectacle, forgot all about poor President Biden, who has still not made a live appearance since he retired to his Delaware home to nurse COVID symptoms.
Many on social media suspected that Biden might be gravely ill. To assure Americans that he was alive, Biden phoned into a Harris campaign event in Wilmington. But Biden’s voice was too crisp and sharp, and had none of the hesitation or senior moments he faced in the Atlanta debate fewer than four weeks ago. Once, he rattled off the names of all of his campaign officials so quickly and flawlessly – something that he wouldn’t do even with a Tel-e-Prompter – that he raised eyebrows. If this is how mentally fast and present Biden is, why did he have to drop out?
Biden’s phone call triggered even more questions. As the first Zoom president in modern times, why didn’t he join by Zoom, wearing a mask? How could he speak with such command of what he was saying? It then followed that Biden never actually called in live. It was a recording – carefully doctored and edited to make his voice appear polished and professional – that was played at the event. And Harris gleefully chimed in, although she let the cat out of the bag when she referred to a recording: “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.”
Harris’s coronation smacks of deception of the highest order. In our editorial yesterday, we showed how the Democratic Party had become undemocratic in this saga. But we never expected deception to be the driving force behind their undemocratic actions.
Frankly, we don’t know where to start. According to the media, Biden stepped down because polls showed that he couldn’t win against Trump and, therefore, became a hero by saving American democracy.
All politicians like to win, but what is the Left’s intense obsession to prevent Trump from assuming office? What could Trump possibly do – given all the checks and balances that the Deep State has erected – that would harm America so much? It clearly is not his policies – in fact, in survey after survey, Americans favor Trump’s policies on immigration, trade, economic stewardship, energy independence, reluctance to engage in foreign wars, and strengthening America’s brand. Why are the Democrats so paranoid about Trump?
Kamala Harris has been by Biden’s side for the last four years. Why did she not alert anyone about Biden’s lack of mental faculties before the primaries? In a democracy, how could the person who is second-in-line to the most powerful office in the world not have had preliminary 25th Amendment discussions about how to protect the country? Was saving America from Trump a more significant priority than ensuring that America was making the right decisions in Ukraine, Israel, China, and Iran?
If Biden was so incapable of performing his office’s duties, who was calling the shots then? Oh, wait. We have been repeatedly told, even as recently as the Los Angeles fundraiser where former President Obama walked the President off the stage, that Biden was fine, fit, and mentally sharp.
On June 17, Biden’s press secretary, KJP, insisted that videos showing Biden in a poor light were a political witchhunt: “It tells you everything we need to know about how desperate Republicans are. Instead of talking about the President’s performance in office, we’re seeing these deep fakes, these manipulated videos.” The deception here was that it was not the Republicans who were desperate—it was the Democrats, just ten days later.
Nearly everything that the Democratic Party has done since 2016 has been deliberately deceptive to deny Donald Trump success. In 2020, it was the Democrats who fell behind Biden (who had not won any of the nation’s first three primaries) and Harris (who withdrew a month before the Iowa caucus after her extraordinarily low polling) to lead them to victory. It was the Democrats who sprung race riots on us to make Trump look weak. It was the Democrats that used COVID-19 as an excuse to usher in over 145 last-minute ballot changes. Trump was leading on election night, but when mail-in ballots were counted under extremely relaxed rules, AP declared Biden the winner four days later.
After Biden’s Atlanta debate performance, the Democrats turned on their own party leader – showing how deceptively thin Biden’s grasp on the party was. He was the figurehead head of the DNC and the country. Biden resisted and resisted and resisted – he had, after all, legitimately won the nomination for the second time – but the powers-that-be wielded their Harry Potter’s magic wand.
The wand made Biden announce his resignation via a tweet. There was no press conference, Delaware Oval Office address, cameras, or Zoom call. Thirty-two minutes later, the wand reminded him that he had forgotten to endorse Harris – and Biden dutifully complied.
Thirty hours later, Harris had sown up a majority of the delegates, turning her fire on Trump and showing how the fix was in right from the start. The American voter has been played like a fiddle. If a bunch of oligarchs and party bosses can coronate you, why have the primary at all?
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Geopolitics, Geoeconomics, And More
1. Netanyahu Faces Delicate Balancing Act In U.S. After Biden Exits Race – BBC
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s trip to the U.S. offers him a platform for a reset with Washington after months of tensions over his hardline approach to the war and an opportunity to try to convince Israelis that he hasn’t undermined relations with their most important ally.
However, this is overshadowed by President Biden’s decision not to seek re-election. President Biden remains one of the most pro-Israel presidents to sit in the Oval Office, a self-declared Zionist who’s been lauded by Israelis for his support and empathy.
2. Israel Issues Evacuation Orders In Southern Gaza, Kills 70 Palestinians – Al Arabiya
The Palestinians were killed by tank salvoes in the town of Bani Suhaila and other towns just east of the southern city of Khan Younis, with the area also bombarded by air, they said.
Earlier, an Israeli military statement said the new evacuation orders were given due to renewed Palestinian militant attacks, including rockets launched from the targeted areas in eastern Khan Younis. The Palestinians said the orders did not include health institutions.
3. Ukraine Reaches Deal With Bondholders To Restructure Debt Payments – UPI
The potential deal would have BlackRock, Amundi, and AmiaCapital, among other creditors, exchange their current bonds for new ones, extending the debt. The deal would also allow Kyiv to pay only the interest through 2029.
Kyiv was facing an Aug. 1 deadline on its $23 billion debt payments that were frozen during the onset of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
4. Russian Troops Mount Pressure On Ukrainian Logistics Hub Of Pokrovsk – Reuters
Ukraine’s top commander said that Russian forces were staging relentless assaults to try to advance towards the town of Pokrovsk, a logistics hub in the east and that there was active fighting taking place along the entire front line.
Russia has warned that the use of U.S. and Western weapons against targets inside Russia could trigger a new level of confrontation.
5. Hungary Stripped Of EU Meeting Over Ukraine Stance – BBC
The European Union has stripped Hungary of the right to host the next meeting of foreign and defense ministers over its stance on the war in Ukraine.
It comes weeks after Hungary assumed the presidency of the Council of the European Union, a role in which it would normally host the event, amid anger over a meeting Prime Minister Viktor Orban held with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow earlier this month. Hungary described the move as “completely childish.”
6. Xi Jinping Vows To Boost Security, Strengthen Communist Party Control Over Economy – RFA
Ruling Chinese Communist Party leader Xi Jinping has vowed to strengthen control over families, businesses, and financial markets with several measures to advance his vision of an orderly economy that fulfills Beijing’s top political priorities and addresses growing inequality.
In a policy document published after a top-level meeting, Xi said the party’s leadership was China’s “fundamental guarantee” of prosperity and stability in the face of “risks and challenges,” with security remaining a top priority for his administration.
7. Taiwan Holds Drills Simulating Defense Against China Attacks – D.W.
Taiwan launched the annual Han Kuang drill, during which the island nation’s preparedness for a possible Chinese invasion is tested and refined.
Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defense has said that this year’s drill will probe the island nation’s ability to protect critical infrastructure in the capital and help refine the resilience of key facilities throughout the country.
8. Chinese Steel Keeps Flooding Global Market, Pushing Down Prices – Nikkei Asia
China’s steel exports are soaring as Chinese steelmakers unload excess products on the international market amid sluggish domestic demand, prompting some countries to consider anti-dumping probes.
China exported 53 million tonnes of steel in the first six months of this year, up 24%. The total for the calendar year is likely to approach the record high of 110 million tonnes set in 2015.
9. Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Intercept UAE-Managed Tanker – Reuters
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has intercepted a Togo-flagged, UAE-managed tanker carrying 1,500 tons of marine gas oil, British security firm Ambrey said.
Ambrey said the incident was likely a counter-smuggling operation by the IRGC. Iran has some of the world’s lowest fuel prices due to heavy subsidies and the plunge in the value of its currency, making smuggling for resale on world markets very profitable.
10. Microsoft Says EU To Blame For The World’s Worst IT Outage – Euronews
A 2009 agreement insisted on by the European Commission meant that Microsoft could not make security changes that would have blocked the update from cybersecurity firm Crowdstrike that caused an estimated 8.5 million computers to fail, the Big Tech giant said in the Wall Street Journal comments.
Microsoft has Windows Defender, its in-house alternative to CrowdStrike. Still, because of the 2009 agreement made to avoid a European competition investigation, it had allowed multiple security providers to install software at the kernel level.
11. South Korea Blares Border Propaganda Broadcasts In Full Scale For 2nd Day – Yonhap
South Korea conducted anti-Pyongyang broadcasts through its border loudspeakers in full-scale for the second day Monday, the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said, amid tensions over the North’s launches of trash-carrying balloons into the South.
North Korea has launched trash balloons toward the South on nine occasions since late May, including some 500 such balloons Sunday, in a tit-for-tat retaliation for anti-Pyongyang leaflets that North Korean defectors in the South send to the North using balloons.
12. Dogs Can Smell Your Stress And Are Influenced By It – HealthDay News
New research suggests that dogs can sense whether a human is stressed or relaxed, and sensory feedback appears to influence canine emotions and choices.
The British researchers noted that the dog doesn’t even have to know the human well to interpret odor in this way.
Republished with permission from TIPP Insights
