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Aug 30, 2024 12 tweets 5 min read Read on X
The Awkward Kamala Harris Interview

I watched it so you didn't have to. Here's what happened in under 5 minutes.

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Kamala Harris's first interview as the Democratic nominee just dropped, and she brought in VP pick Tim Walz to comfort her.

Remarkably, it took her less than a minute to bring up Donald Trump, claiming Americans are ready for "a new way forward" and that it’s time to "turn the page" on Trump.

What she failed to mention is that she's literally been in power for 3.5 years.
Then something remarkable happened. CNN unexpectedly asked a good question, pressing Harris on economic issues.

Bash brought up Harris's campaign slogan, "We're not going back," and asked, “I wonder what you say to voters who do want to go back when it comes to the economy, specifically because their groceries were less expensive, housing was more affordable when Donald Trump was president.”

Harris’s response fell flat.
But the questioning didn't stop there. Bash put Harris on the spot over her shifting stance on fracking.

Harris had previously stated in 2019, "There is no question I'm in favor of banning fracking," but now she claims, “I made that clear on the debate stage in 2020 that I would not ban fracking as vice president.”

Ummm… what?

Bash pushed back on Kamala a second time, reminding her that she previously said she was in favor of banning fracking.
Then came the question about the border crisis—a glaring issue for the Biden-Harris administration.

When Bash asked why it took three and a half years to implement asylum restrictions amidst record illegal border crossings, Harris didn't hesitate to shift the blame to Trump.

Yes, this really happened.

Her administration has had nearly four years to address the border, and yet she circles back to Trump as the scapegoat.
Bash questioned Kamala on Trump’s allegations of “turning black” for “political purposes.”

After a long and awkward pause, Kamala replied that Trump’s using the “same old tired playbook” before saying, “Next question please.”

This is actually a new play that Trump developed for Kamala Harris specifically.
Tim Walz finally got his first question when his claims of serving in war crumbled on air.

In a 2018 video clip, Walz said: "We can make sure that those weapons of war, that I carried in war, is the only place where those weapons are at."

The truth is that Walz has never served in a war.

And when confronted on it, Walz dodged the question before blaming his misleading statement on poor English.
Then, the most important question of the night dropped. CNN’s Dana Bash asked Harris if she had any regrets about hiding Biden’s cognitive decline from the public.

Kamala said with a straight face, “No.”

Remarkably, she continued to gaslight the public even more by saying Biden is "smart" and has the "intelligence" and "judgement" to serve as president.
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Next, came the most painful moment to watch of the night.

Kamala Harris broke down in tears when she recalled the day that Joe Biden told her that he was dropping out of the race.

She continued to tell an elaborate story of how she was eating breakfast when it happened. Skip this video unless you think you can handle it.
In the final moments, Kamala attempted to quell the concerns of every doubter who’s called her a “DEI hire.”

“Listen, I am running because I believe that I am the best person to do this job at this moment for all Americans, regardless of race and gender."
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For something a little less painful to get through, check out my thread on RFK Jr. His latest interview with Dr. Phil will literally blow your mind.

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Victor Davis Hanson just laid out three real-world examples that expose how “reverse racism” isn’t just a theory—it’s their strategy.

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Victor Davis Hanson didn’t dance around it.

He opened by acknowledging that the topic he was about to raise was sensitive—but necessary.

“I'd like to talk about a more sensitive topic today,” he said.

“And that's this new appearance—or this growing, I would call it—reverse racism, or a racism that exists among some left-wing, elite Black leaders, politicians, celebrities.”

He made it clear this wasn’t a general accusation.

It was about a troubling pattern he’s seen at the highest levels of politics, media, and culture.

And he came prepared with receipts.
The first involved Susan Rice, former National Security Advisor under Obama, who was later appointed to the Defense Policy Board by President Biden.

When Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth removed her, Hanson said it was nothing out of the ordinary.

“That’s a group of grandees that advised the Defense Department,” he explained.

“They’re political appointments. And traditionally, when a new president comes in, they get rid of most of the prior Defense Policy Board because they feel they're partisans.”

In Rice’s case, she was one of the final additions under Biden.

Her dismissal, Hanson argued, followed the same pattern as every other administration. But Rice didn’t frame it that way.

“She fired back at him and said he was dumb as a rock, an ultra-MAGA figure,” he noted.

“But what was interesting was, she said, ‘White male, cisgender.’”

Instead of debating policy or qualifications, the response became personal—and racial.

“In other words, she attacked his race,” Hanson said.

“She said her administration would have fired him, for this Signal—scandal.”

But for Hanson, the irony was hard to ignore.

Rice herself had been at the center of one of the most controversial moments of the Obama years.

“She was the one that came out on Sunday talk shows and lied five times about the disaster in Benghazi, among other things,” he reminded.

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Elon Musk alleged today, “@realDonaldTrump is in the Epstein files. That’s the real reason they haven’t been made public.”

He said this shortly after Trump posted that Musk was “wearing thin” and that he “asked him to leave,” adding Musk went “crazy” after losing the EV mandate.Image
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But Musk didn’t stop there.

At 4:14 PM Eastern, he quote-tweeted a post linking Trump to Jeffrey Epstein. His only comment? A single raised eyebrow emoji.

The post claimed Trump flew on Epstein’s plane at least 7 times, though there’s no proof he visited the island.

It also highlighted a 2002 New York Magazine quote where Trump described Epstein as “a terrific guy” who “likes beautiful women… on the younger side.”

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Epstein quietly invested in Thiel’s Valar Ventures around 2015. The $170 million stake is the largest asset remaining in Epstein’s estate.

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Thiel once warned about “technocratic Antichrist systems.” So why is he building one?

He also said Christianity means siding with victims. But he took millions from Epstein—the most famous predator of our time. Valar Ventures confirmed it. Thiel’s spokesman? No comment.

As for Epstein? We’re told it was suicide. No files. No footage. No answers. Now FBI Director Kash Patel is hinting at new intel—but still no proof.

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For the first time, Trump spoke out after Musk blasted the Big Beautiful Bill.

But here’s the twist—Musk was watching live and firing back in real time on X.

What happened next was painful to watch.

Trump said, “Look, Elon and I had a great relationship. I don’t know if we will anymore.”

Then Trump posted on Truth Social—and that’s when the gloves really came off.

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“What’s your reaction to Elon Musk’s criticism of the Big Beautiful Bill?”

The mood shifted.

Trump didn’t hesitate.

It was the beginning of what sounded like a very public political divorce.

“I’ve always liked Elon,” Trump said.

“So I was very surprised… He hasn’t said anything about me that’s bad.”

Trump had stayed quiet for a while, but now, cornered with cameras rolling, he was ready to speak.

“I’d rather have him criticize me than the bill,” Trump continued, praising the legislation as “incredible” and “the biggest cut in the history of our country… about $1.6 trillion.”

Then came the pivot—and the reason for the rift, according to Trump.

“Elon’s upset because we took the EV mandate,” he explained.

“That was a lot of money for electric vehicles.”

The way Trump described it, Musk’s problem wasn’t ideological—it was financial.

“They want us to pay billions of dollars in subsidy. And Elon knew this from the beginning. He knew it a long time ago. That hasn’t changed.”
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What’s happening every day in this country should have every American paying attention.

Then he dropped a bombshell about the origins of COVID…

And took a shot at James Comey.

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“We can't have New York, D.C., or L.A. go boom,” he said.

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Right beneath that headline concern, Bongino pointed to two equally urgent dangers: cyberattacks capable of crippling infrastructure and foreign actors targeting U.S. intelligence.

“The massive cyber threat, the counterintelligence threat,” he said, are now “co-equal priorities.”

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“There are people here… who want to do bad things—I think that is fairly obvious.”

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“We have our FBI teams out there at 4:00 A. and 5:00 AM—removing these people from the country, while still preventing a terror attack.”

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“We're not the Federal Bureau of freaking word games anymore.”

If someone attacks civilians while shouting extremist slogans and hurling incendiary devices, it’s not going to be labeled “civil unrest.” It’s going to be called what it is.

“We're damn well going to investigate it—as targeted violence and a terror attack.”

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“What the hell do you want us to investigate it as? A freaking grand larceny auto?!”

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“You're damn right you are. We're all over that.”

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“Well, you're going to find out. Yeah, listen that's the one I am the most optimistic about.”

He revealed that under his watch, the investigation is already back on the table.

“I was pretty clear on my social media account that I ordered that case immediately to be looked into again. We have a great investigator on it and I think we should see action on that one shortly.”
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Anderson Cooper just aired a short segment from his interview with actor George Clooney, discussing his Broadway directorial debut, Good Night, and Good Luck—a play about journalist Edward R. Murrow’s confrontation with McCarthy-era fearmongering. Image
The interview started off with Anderson Cooper trying to paint Trump’s first 136 days in his second term as the “worst” in America’s history.

That was a claim so absurd that even Clooney couldn’t bite on that.

“I can make an argument that we’ve had much worse times in our history,” Clooney responded.

“[In] 1968, every city in the United States was burning. There was National Guard surrounding the White House and the Capitol, and we’d lost Martin Luther King and Bobby Kennedy and Tet Offensive (Vietnam War).”
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